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THK BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1920. 7. Billiard Stars May Play in Omaha J. E. Weaver Trying to Sclied -.1 T i v ; t, me oppe, Lannetax, Lay ton and llorcmans. By RALPH WAGNER. E. Weaver, supreme dictator at Omaha Athletic cluh billiai'l the parlors, if you please, a green clotn marksman who isn't always puffins on a bifr black cigar, made the an tiouiicemcnt yesterday that if hi plans materialize, Willie Hoppe Bob Cannefax, John Layton, Edouartl llorcmans and several other lesser lights in the green cloth sport will perform before Omaha billiard play ers before the spring flowers start blooming. ( Willie Hoppe, who is king among the 18.2 players, will probably meet Horemans, who holds the champion ship of Europe, some time this win . tcr in a championship match. Tin wizard of the tables is planning a trip through this section of the coun try and will probably stop off in Omaha for a two or three day ex hibition, John Layton, who recently won the three-cushion championship of the United States, is another cue' art ist who is expected to show his abil ity as a player' before local followers of the game. Just ,at present Weaver lias a job on his hands at the O. A. C. taking care of the three billiard tournaments now being staged by he club members. Several dark ' horses" are being trained for the tourney and when the time conies for the chamnions of the three di visions to meet for flic club cham i pionship Weaver expects several close games and even . goes so far as to say who will win thecue loiios. ) Chamberlain Receives $2,100 for "Pro' Raines. , ; Guy Chamberlain, iromer Uni versity of Nebraska star foot ball player and who was a member of the StaleysyDecatur, 111., profession al eleven during the season just past, today is rich by $2,100 as a result of playiifg with the Illinois jiggregation. Saturday members of the Staleys, received $2,100 each for their three months gridiron work. Not so bad, ch? ' "Rabbit Punch" Ended BrehnanV Chances in 12th. The "rabbit punch" ended another boxer's chances to cop championship honors the other, night when "Big Bill" BrerVian and. p Jack Dempsey mixed things up in ol New ork. The punch that is dreaded by all fighters, barred In Australian rings and made famous a long time ago by Milburn Saylor, is the blow that the champion uncorked on his oppo nent last week.- - -" The end for Brennan came after one minute and. 15 seconds of bat tling in the 12th frame. The two fight ers were exchanging blows in the center of the riiiff when Dempsey shot a blow to "Bill's" mid-section. Brennan started to fold up like a book and as quick as a flash the llrfllltDIUIl IlIlJUk'IIL 1 1 1 IT 1)111 Id IU1I pancn into play ana raising ms right he permitted it to fall like a triphammer on the back of Bren naii's neck.- The challenger took the fatal 10 and the bout was over. John Clay of Houston, Tex., Leads Amateur Trap Shots in U. S. New York, Dec. 19. John D. Clay, an amateur, of Houston, Tex., shot at more registered targets dur ing the 1920 season than any other , marksman in the United States or Canada. He shot at 12,950, missing only 850. This gave him an average of .9343. Clay competed in 39 tournaments in practically everv sec tion of this country and Canada. Chartes G. Spencer of St. Louis shot at more targets in registered competition than any other profess ional, U.33. He broke 10,944 for an average of .9659. Spencer took part in 33 tournaments. For several vears Spencer has shot at not less than 10,000 targets each season. Ever since the official averages have been kept he has always exceeded 96 , percent. No othershootef is credit ed with such an enviable record.. Council Bluffs Grid Player Wins Letter Fulton, Mo., Dec. 19. (Special.) FJnler Poston of Oouncil Bluffs, la., quarterback on the foot ball eleven of the Missouri Military academy at Mexico, Mo., member of the Mis- sbari state conference, was among the nlavers who were awarded the letter .M" by Coach John Joy Kist ier for meritorious work on the grid iron during the season that recently drew to a close. '.' Poston is a halfback but the fact that two quarterbacks were lost to tne team before the season had got ten fairly under, way necessitated th r,'-trm he switched to quarVr. W1THTHE Heinle Kcliumnn, who has been laid OP with a broken hard slnca October, is back In the cams, and la In training for his bout with oJ Benjamin, December II at Portland. Th fifteen rnand bout between Johnny Dundee .and Pal Moran, the New Orleans Hrht'lht. will b foufht Monday nlfht at few I'rwans. -uuaaeo is a mini uvui tto. ' After murh trouble, match between Jack Brltton, wsllof weight champion, and your.k Denny, th rugged. New Orleans boy. has been closed. Tney meet in a ' fiff.-pn-ruund tn a decision at New Orleans December !!. the same night that Joa Lynch ruest Pete Herman In New York for th bantamweight .tltla, Pom- lnlck Tortcrich la staging the contest, The Mlchlran lumber region, which not - oo many years ago turned out one of the greatest featherweight the world evr knew In "Terrible) Terry" MrOovern. gives premise of presenting fight fan with an otter champion, Thl on In th middle weight dlvlaion. Th nwcemer Is Jack Mason, -now a Chlcagoan, whose perform anees In near-by rings ha shown thai be possesses th right stuff. Jack Vg-itton, world' welterweight chsmpion. Is going on h same sdventur r Pete Herman, bantamwslght champion. Ho leave America for England to d. fend his title in a twenty-round contest with Tad Kid Lewis, English weiter 'champion, at London, ' February II. Th men will weigh 14T pounds M i p. nt. the day of the bout. It is hinted that llnrry. Stout of Milwaukee will re'-ree. as a clau.ivm granted Britton in his ton- llnrry. Stout of Milwaukee will referee, as Giants Top Babe Ruth Price Heivte Grolu Determined to strengthen the Giants so that New York's famous National .Ler.gue club again may be cqmc a pennant winner, John Mc Graw made the Cincinnati Reds the largest bona fide offer ever made for a ball player. McGraw offered to Church Teams Make Hard Fight . . , Pearls, Bensonites and Grace Lutheran Basket Ball Quin tets Playing Good Games. OAMBS THI3 WEEK. Tuesday nltht Pearl Kopn against Low A venae Presbyterians; I'nlted Pres byterians ae-alnsr M. R. Harness; Urniou M. K. against Belle vue Presbyterians; Pearl Memorial aralnst Clifton Mill Presbyter Ian. Thnrsday nlrht Pearl Kop against M. E. Wop i Believe Presbyterian against M. K. Hararai Benson M. K. aftnst Iwe Avenue Presbyterians! Jraee Luther an against United Presbyterians. With the first round of play ih the Church basket ball league closing a week from Thursday night, it is still uncertain as to who will be in the lead when the halt is over, as practi cally all of the teams with the ex ception of the Pearls, Kops and Clif ton Hill Presbyterians are making a strong bid for the first place honors. The Pearl Memorials, last season's champions, and the Benson M. El are picked by many fans to be in a tie for the honors. Both the Pearls and Bensonites are tied for first place and have several hard games to play during the re mainder of the first half. Eight contests arc on .the pro gram at the Y for the Christmas week. Chairman Verne Moore of the Y basket ball committee has called a meeting of the Greater Omaha league for tonight to make final plans for the opening of the league. Any tcsms wishing to join the circuit are urired to be present. Ihe meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock. Pete Wendell Expects Large Entry List at Aquatic Meet Jan. 13 Pete Wendell, swimming in structor at the Omaha Athletic club, is an ambitious person. I'f you should happen to get past the door man at the O. A. C. and by chance stroll up to the fourth floor and while there notice a husky bird blowing a whistle, don't thiak he is teaching a bunch M traffic police men how to regulate I automobile drivers, because if you Jdo you are all wrong. This person who strolls about on the fourth floor cf the club is none ether than Wendell himself. Pete is training his Athletic club relay swimming team for the com.ng tank meet, scheduled to be held at the O. A. C. January 13 tinder the aus pices of the Amateur Athleti.- Union. Wendell has mailed invitations to every high school, college and the universities in Nebraska Ktid. ac cording to the replies, a large entry listi is' assured for the coming water events. ' Besides the 200-yard relay swim, several ether aquatic events will be staged. Minden ftigh School Learning Wrestling Game Minden, Nek. Dec. 19. (Special.) The Mindeu high school boys are going to learn the art of wrestling. Owen Daily, grappler, has charge of the young mat artists and from all indications, severst promising wrestlers are among the classes which work out every week. HIGHSOffcL BASKETBALL Stromsburg SS-BIMnu City 12. Stromsburg. Neb.. Dec. It. (Special.) The local high school basket ball team won a hard-fought and Interesting game from th Rising City quintet here by a acoro of 25 to 18. Last week Stromburg de feated the same team op the latter'! floor by a scor.of 26 to 21. The Stroms burg aecond team trounced tho Riverside five, 45 to 10. ' gotten SMIastlng-; 23. Hastings. Neb., Dec. IS. (Special.) The Sutton high school barket ball tem defeated the local high school quintet here by a cor of 34 to 112. The visitors outclassed their opponents In all deport ments of the game. Etelnhauer of the winners was the outstanding star of the game, scoring six field gonU and rlajinc a good floor gams. Minden, 17 1 Kenesaw, Id. , M'lndon. Neb.. Dec. 19. (Special.) Tho 1)20-21 basbet ball season for the local high school opened here when th Minden boys' team defeated the Kenesaw 'quintet by a scors of IT to It, and th local girls' five lost to tho Kenesaw girls, 42 to 7. The local schedule follows: January T Holdrege at HoldreRC. January 10 Wllcos here. January 14 Open. January 21 Holdrcge here. January 28 Hastlnga here; February 4 Franklin here. February t Hastlugs thvro. February 10 Ulltner at Olttner. February 17 Curtis Aggies her. February JS Harvard her. Marcn 2 Sutton at Sutton, Basket Ball rraetlr Btart. Bloomfleld. Neb., Iee, (Spoctal.1 The local high school coach lias started bosket ball practice among the Bloom field studnts nrd th prospects for a good tram are bright. Th first game will j be pluyed with Crvl'.litnn hlsli Urn "-jt -1 v.ectt in January an uic ucai iuun. write out a cljeck, .ir $150,000 ior the pick of the Cincinnati club which means either Heinij: Croh or Eddie Rous, botii former Git tit players. Garry Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati team, admitted the offer: out would not .discuss it. l Mike O'Dowd Offers Johnny Wilson $5,000 For 15-Round Match St. Paul. Minn., Dec. IS. Mike O'Dowd, former middleweight box ing champion, tonight said he woul pay $5,000 to Johnny Wilson, who wen the middleweight ti'le last spring, for a-15-round return match with Wilson. ' O'Dowd said Tex Rickard, fight promoter, had offered Wilson $35, 000 for a match with the former champion. In addition to the $5,000 "bonus" O'Dowd said he would give Wilson $1,000 ifvthe latter again beat himl Cancel Notre Danie Game at Lincoln South Bend Eleven and Corn huskers Will Not Meet on Nebraska Field. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1. (Special Telegram.) Notre Dame will not play on the Nebraska gridiron fle'xt fall, it was definitely announced by Athletic DirecJbr FVW. Luehring to night. ' ' . The Hoosier eleven which has bat tled the Cornhuskers at Lincoln for the past five years, is anxious to get a game with Nebraska at South Bend, Ind. . . There is a possibility that this game will be arranged, although thr Cornhuskers have two or three, trips arranged already. The Rockne eleven was originally scheduled to meet Nebraska at Lincoln ' on Thanksgiving day, but it was found impossible later for the Cornhuskers to get this date. r- . Schools with which Nebraska is still dickering for games are: Iowa, Michigan Aggies and a number of eastern schools. Bluffs Volley Ball 'v Championship at "Y The Council Bluffs Y. M. C. A. volley ball players' journed to Oma ha Saturday night in hopes of winning the championship and went home well satisfied. The Bluffers beat the Omaha Athletic club team and then turned around and just to show the local "Y" athletes their strength at playing the game, trounced Weston's" squad by scores of 15 to 7; 15 to 1L and 15 to 11. The scores of .the Bluffs-Athletic club game were: 12, to 15, 15 to 10, 15 to 9 and 15 to 10.. Denny Ryan's O. A. C. team evened matters up when it defeated the Omaha Y. M. C. A., 12 to 15, 15 to 11, 15 to 12 and 15 to 14, in hard fought games as ihe scores indicate. Boston College Coach Suggests men s Teams Boston, Dec. 18. Varsity foot ball by women was suggested by Major Frank We Cavanaugh, coach of the Boston College eleven, at a dinner. "Women hr.ve shown, they could right," he said and I should not be surprised if in five ycKrs there was agitation for varsity foot ball among the women's colleges. Stove League Gosip. nilly Holbrook say he Is golnr to shine bright anion th semi-pros next year. The Western Newspaper union expects to have a rrsck learn In the race next year, according to several of Us employ ees. Council Dluffs will win a championship next season if the iirediction of Alfonso Martin, one of llluifers' crack ture Is correct. McAulllil'e, who performed at the short station for the Paulson's Fords last sea son. Is hr.vlns a Krcat time these days studying "how to plrk Vm up at. the short baK next reason." Mac expects to bo with the Fords again. Hit i. pltch'.r for the Taulson' Fords. Is still heaving esses to ke:p In condition. At Vernon, who Jumped his contract with the Drlvc-H-Youis'-lfs to play with tho Armour. bn't worrying about belni; sus pended until 122 from amateur base ball, rs bo has signed up with the i-- Louis Cardinals. Harry Smith, star centerfielder of the Itow-en Furniture company trp.m, will prob ably mnmir? tho team next season, pro viding Jofinny Dennlson decides to give up the managing end. Sam Moore la already lining op players for nxt season. Fim has the basj ball fovtr the year through and Is In favor of playing all througu the winter. Monty Montaa-tie tells us Hint the Grace Lutheran team will win the pennant In th Church league noxt year. Monty alwayu predicting aomthlng. which is more than sortie of tliem do. It is rumored that the luspendrd amateur base ball players will form a league for themselves. This should be some lesgue. Maybe a game, maybe not, who Knows. .lames Mllola, recording srrretnry .f the Municipal Amali-jr Hh" Hall asHi:lntion. cays he Ie i.oli.s to linvj something inter '.stinir to ic.id for the iir-nit'i-m at iiie nc-xx l.tui'iius What In It, .llin: Comiskev to Sell White Hose Club Negotiations, for Sale of Chi cago Team to Oil Magnate Ueing Ma-ie Onietly. (Cupi'rlchtea. Collyer' Publishing Co Negbtiations for the sale of the Chicago White Sex by Charles E. Comiskcy to Jim Crawford, the Tul si, Okl. oil magnate, are being quietly conducted and the deal may be consummated before the veiling of the American league play- injT season, according to authorita tive s ' information. Approximately $1,000,000 is said to be involved in jthc deal. j Comiskcy is said to be ready to j retire from base ball if he can get his price for the club, and Crawford h?s the money and the backing to make the White Sox one of the : richest clubs in the big leagues. He lis in the market for a major fran i chise and was to have financed one of the clubs in the American league had the threatened base ball war materialized. V The present owner of the White Sox does not relish the task ahead ot him of practically completely rehabilitating his team. It is under stood he would welcome an oppor tunity to escape from the uncertain ties of the next few years, the criti cism of the fans if the team falls into a rut and censure for his leni ency with the suspected players in the base ball scandal and the antag onism of fellow magnates. These factors, combined with his growing physical weakness, furnish the in centive for his desire to retire, and it is considered probable that he will accept a reasonable offer from Crawford. Local Hand Ball and Volley Ball, Players To Play at Lincoln . Both the champion hand ball and volley ball players of the Y expect to come home victorious next Tues day niirht from Lincoln, where they will battle with the Lincoln Y. Those who will represent the local V" in hand ball at Lincoln are Warren Ritchie. Elmer Neville, John Calvert, sr., and Lddy Lawler, the present title holder. Lincoln's volley ball team is the state champions. The champs won the title last year, but Omaha is go ing to win it backUhis time," is the slogan of the Omahans. A large crowd of hand ball and volley ball fans will make the trip to witness the games. Adam Krieger Signs ; To Meet Moormeier Beatrice, Neb.. Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) Adam Krieger of Lincoln, and Fred Moormeier of Cortland, r.i-. havp K-'trned to meet in a wrestling match for a purse of $100 here Christmas day. i ne i-mtom grappler will cocede 20 pounds to the Cortland mat artist. . O. A. C. Splashes O. P. WEKDEIX. . x . m a l I--. ft A f Member National HwlmmlnB Instructors' AMHKinUUn, 1 1 - it..l. . , il,a n A. C rhnmn V innir . , . - roud-strokcr; George Amos, a closo second; . r T 1 1. a dlvo, whn liken to chase' the gold fishes, and Mlaihe Young. who swims so lasi nis oonica gov uv., fnrin the O. A. C.'s famous relay team of whales. w ses i or i. . v - - to see some real hot stuff from the high ooara, xaey tan v v.u... so. he Js the only O. A. C. swimmer who over Hwam more than 10 miles In one stretch. u..M.kAs IIItm ihe maI aA r.ll M. But ,T I ..... . - . - thut one day last week he forgot to re move his bathrobe before entering the tank. Last l-Tlday' when Charlie Pickett sta- ,l t Ul...lf at til. rinn, nt Iha Kftt L1UIICU a. n. - - - with tho hose connected with city ice u-ir. we witnessed some real excitement when he made a mistake and proceeded to give our famous Atncan batn atienn ant. Charlie, an awful soaking. Good thing our JU. A. is gouu numureu. i: I , r.r.n. ... hlHInv up and down the old tank hi good form. Mile crawl stroke swims are a daily diet for these two fast mermen. The 200 vard free stvle swim January 13. is go ing to be a real event. I,. H. Mattson I getting In regularly and making some progress on the shark degree. Quarter mile swims are getting easier each day. Looks like be will tackle the mile soon. - James Flynn Just got started last week. Two lengths back stroke and two lengths side stroke the first week is not so bad for a beginner. We can see another nnmo on the quarter mile list very short ly. A. V. Crawford, the star goal tender of the Reds, He sure can stop some hot ones. Has entered the club breast stroke championship- swim on January 13, and looks like he will cop some of the mack erel. KImer Reddeo says swimming la abso lutely the beat exercise in the world. Be sides having learned to swim In the O. . C. mini, he la one of the strongest boosters at the club. The Elmer Beddeo swimming trophy will be awarded the winning relay team on January 13. John Sterling and A. 8. Boxgluin are getting in very regularly at noon. The way these two Hvhaies keep at the game, proves it is the beat exercise for everyone. 0. H. Woodward and Glenn R. Rleder are getting in for quarter mile awlms. Since Rleder took up diving, Mr. Wood ward has decided our versatile friend, An nette, will soon be outclassed, V. Ray Gould has started swimming regularly again after n absence of sev eral weeks. We expect Mr. Gould will qualify as a whale this woek. ' Swede Anderson back In the swim. The O. A. C. water polo team Is looking bet ter every day. With McOIUlvrav, N'eff, Oaunel and Anderson to represent the O. A. C. at the January meet, the prospects are good to cop first place In the cham pionship relay swim. Tes, if we make a record In the relay swim. t will be recognised as official as we have the sanction of the Western Association of the Amateur Athletlu Union... .. .lack Oarsey la diving well and with the addition of Oaupel to the swimming team, we will no doubt see some good development of divers at the O. A. C. "Urleks" Klein I a regular bark stroker. Getting into the tank quite regularly and we notion E. W. Htoltenberg practicing hard for the proposed race between these two Vhalra. which will be held during society night swim tr the near future. Dr. Fred Wearne is a real breast strok er with a frog kick that makes the cold fish ditty. nr. T. D. Holer and Pr. Flaagher say the O. A. ocean has tb finest wster tn the World. That Is. to swim in. Any way' they sure" can swim, and both are; nrat Class whales. Watch tliem spout! C. Wallace McGIIMvniy la burning up the tank s usual and the boys will have to go some to copy the 200-yard cham pionship swim. 13. A.- Thomann, jr., going better than ever ami wltli the wider field of compe. tlllon opened np hy the A. A. I', sanc tioning (. A. -. meet", we look for still luster swirririina- by this c fimlng; youiuj h.viimulnfc' i-hump. j Financial Lave Stock Omaha. Doc. 17. Kocelpts wrre; Cattle Mors Official Monday ...,14,;rl 9,510 Official Tuesdny ., .111.01? 1 1,375 Official Wednesday.. .lli 11.6M (Ullcinl Thursday ... 3.103'- Mil Official Fiiiluy S65 5.(177 Kslimate Saturday . . 46 3.H00 Six days thl weck.i. 31.S46 liiHS S'vjrie days last week Uti.UM 4!i,77i Same davs 2 w'SyS'o ?6,226 37.47- Hnine days 3 w's'a'o 27. 117 4H.7W Suiiib days year ago. . 3:1,596 CS.Si- Sheep 4, 678 .14 14,S4t i.Ml 41. 70S jo.eoi 37. U6 34.7HO 6i,t:o Receipt and disposition of I've- stock nt thu Union .Stock ynrdu, Omaha, Nb-, fur J4 hours ending at 8 o'clock ). m , l)ceinber is, 1920; R ECE1PTS CAKLOADS. Hogs.fjhctp Vf c bnsh t'nli Ion Pacific .' 6 JO 20 S 3 t 3 C. & N. W., eapt C. N. W.. west C, St. V., M. O l, V. & Q , east C B. & Q.. west C R. I. & P., east Illinois Central Chi. Ot. West Total receipts DISPOSITION HEAD. V I 1 ogs. SS 454 785 8 Morris & Co Swtft & Co , Cudahy Packim Cc Armour A Co Schwartz & t'o.x . . J. W. Murphy .... Ioiil Packing Co. Swift from Sioux i Total ... 0U. 77.1 452 Siy! 4,103 Cattle With only two loads or about 43 head of cattle on sale this morning the market was nominally steady with yester day on all classes. For the week receipts aro the heaviest since four weeks ago, ar rivals having been 31,600 as against 26. 900 last week This heavy run coupled with a limited demand resulted In decline of from 75c 11.60 on baef and butcher cattle during the week. Present steer values are the lowest in five yoars and cows are the lowest in about nine years. Receipts of Blockers and feeders were heavier this week than last and a decline of 26-a'6c wipes out all of last week's ad vance. Range beeves are selling 6075c lower than a week ago. Quotations on cattle; Fair to good beeves, $7.759.25: common to fair beeves. JH.50fi7.7f.; good to choice yearlings, fluid 11.76; fair to good yearlings, 17.750) 9.00; common to fair yearlings, 16, 00 7.7C; good to choice heifers. $6.00 jjK.00; good to choice cows, I5.00jt6.2f-; fair to good cows, S3.75&-6.0O; common to fair cows, 1 2. 50 ig1 3. 7 5; good to choice feed ers, J7.50&S-76; fair to good feeders, J6.75 7.60; common to fair feeders, 16.600 6.60; good to choice Blockers, $7.1-0-8 rt. 60; fair to good ftockers, $6.607.50: common to fair Blockers. $6.00ifr6.5O; stock heifers. $3.766.25; stock cows. $3.604.60; vesl calves, S7.6O9.0O; hulls, stags, etc.. 13.60 tf-6.76; good to choice grass beeves. SS.00 9.00; fair to good grass beeves, $6.76 7.7.7; i common to fair grass beeves, $4.50 if 6.60; Mexicans. $5.0066.00. Hogs The week la closing with the usual light Saturday run of hogs and a stronger trend to prices. Trade had plenty of activity and most of the supply sold at an advance of 'OjtlSc with shippers furnishing a fair outlet for good hogs. Best bacon and butcher weight hogs sold on outside orders and to one of the lnde pendant packers at $9.00, the days' top. Bulk of the receipts changed hands at a spread of $8.608.90. Receipts during tho week have been of moderate size and prlceB show some decline and are closing around 63c under a week ago. The range of values has shown a tendency to narrow and sales are more closely bunched than at any time so far this season. HOGS. No. Av, 35. .192 47. .255 67. .234 64. .193 52. .367 76. .232 Fit. Fr. No. Av. ... $S 65 69. .231 Sh. 40 110 Pr. (8 96 8 70 8 80 8 6 8 66 9 00 8 76 8 86 8 60 8 26 65. .260 64. .200 44. .363 13. .185 120 : 70 no 110 330 Sheep A few loads of sheep and lambs wero received today but most of them were locked up for Monday's trade. One bunch of native lambs sold at $7.50. and some rather ordinary ewes brought $3.26. Receipts during the week have been f fair volume with the trsde very cratlc. Some advance occurred Monday and Tues day, but the market Blnce then has been sharply lower. Fat lambs are closing at a net decline of about $1.75, and are no it selling from $9.26 on down. Fat sheep are about 76c lower 'for tho week with good, ewes quotable at $3.253.75. Feeders have been scarce and are mostly . 60o lower for the week, selling around $8.00 8.75. 'ft Quotations on sheep: Best fit lambs, t9.009.26; medium to good lambs, $8.00 W8.75; plain and heavy lambs, $7.00J 7.75: yearlings, $6.257.00; wethers $4.25 5.25; good to choice ewes, $3.503.76: fair to good ewes, 3.26g-3.50; cull and canr.er ewes, $1.502.50; feeding lambs, 7.758.75; feeding ewes, $2.603.50. Chicago live Stock. Chicago. Dec. 18. CTattle Receipts, 1.000 head,- compared with a week ago: Beef steers mostly 50c to $1 lower; butch ers' stock, 75c to $1.60 lower; cenners, 50 cents lower; bologna culls, 25 to 40 cents higher: butcher bulls, 60 cents low er; vealers, 50o to $1 lower; hesvy calves, steady; stockerg and feeders, 50 to 75 cents lower. Hogs Receipts. S.000 head; steady; lights, steady; others mostly 10 cents lower 'than yesterday's average. Top, $9.60 for sorted 160 to 170-pound hogs; practical top. $9.40: bulk, $9 009.26; pigs, steady to strong; bulk desirable, 90 to 130-pound pigs, $9,4019.50. Sheep Receipts, 1,000 head; compared with a week ago: Fat lambs, $1 lower; yearlings, 11.75 lower; feeder lambs, tl to $1.26 lower: practically no trading In breeding and feeding sheep. Fat sheep, 76c to 8,1.25 lower. Sioux (lily live Htock. Sioux City, la.. Dee. 18. Cattle Re ceipts, 200 head: market steady; fed steers and yearlings, I6.5013.00; fat cows and heifers, $4.506.50; canners, $2.503.25: vealers, $2.608.60; common calves, $4.00 J6.50; feeders. $5.60,7.60; feeding cowi and heifers, 13.2666.00; stockers, $4.50 6.60. Hogs Receipts, 3,608 head: market lie lower; light, $8.258.66; mixed, $8.40 8.55: heavy, $8.65f8.70; bulk ot sales, $8.408.60. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 150 head; market steady. Kansas City Live Stock. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18. Cattle Re ceipts, 540 head; market for the week, cattle and calves unevenly:76e41.25 low er: others 60c!)$1.0i) lower; stdekers and feeders steady to 20c lower. Hogs Receipts, 400 head; market steady with yesterday's average; top, $8.76; bulk of rales, $8.608.76. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 500 head; market for week, fat and feeding lambs about steady; sheep mostly 25c lower, St. Joseph lire Stock. St. Joseph, Mo. Dec. y. Cattle Re ceipts, 2 cars; market nominal; steers, $6. 00 12.00; cows and heifers, $3,258-9.00; calves. $5.00(57.75. Hogs Receipts, 3,000 head; marker stesdy to 10c higher; top, $3.76; bulk of sales. $8.60ffS.75. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 300 head; market nominal; lambs, $9.00 10.00; ewes. $2.603.75. ' . w York Money. New Tork. Pec. 18. Prime Mercantile Paper S per cent. Exchange Heavy. Sterling Demand, $J.60Vi: cables, $3.61. Francs Demand, 6.92c: cables, 6.94c. Belgian Francs Demand, 6.26c; cables, 6.27c, flullders Demand, 8t.l2n; cables, 3l.!6o Lire Demand, 8.45c; cables, 3.47c. Marks Demand, 1.36-! cables, 1.36o. ' Greece Demand, 7.35c. New York Exchange on Montreal 6!4 per cent discount. Sterling declined further tn the late dealings; demand. $3.494; cables, $3.60. Chicago Produce, Chicago. Dec. IS. Butter Steady; re ceipts. 1.8S0 tubs; creamery extras. 51c; standards, 44c; others unchanged. Egga-r-LowerS receipts, 1,286 cases; firsts, 67jj-68c; ordlnsry firsts. 594Sc; miscellaneous lots, 57 963o; refrigerator firsts, 6G4j tf 56c. Cheese Unchanged. Liberty Bond Prices. New Tork, Dec. 18. Liberty bonds rlos,e: 'Ss. 90.60; first 4s, 66.50; bid; soc-ond 4s. 94.66; first 4H. 85.50; second 4s, 84.60; third 4Us, 87.20; fourth 4H. 86.13; Victory 3n 94.90; Victory 4. 95 06. Chicago Potatoes. Chluago. Dec. 18. Potatoes Receipts, 16 cars; market steady; northern white, sacked, 1 1. So o 1.50 : hulk, $1.454 1.60; Idaho rurals, $1.50, snaked. 8pot Cotton. New Tork, Dec. II. Cotton spot quiet; middling, 15.15. Indian Motorcycles EVERY TRICYCLE AND BICYCLE " At 'Wholesale Price Until Jan. 1st OMAHA BICYCLE CO. Sam, th Indian Man, Prop. 16 th tind Calcaeo Sta. and Industrial News Financial. iyf Ntw Jjirk 5Eitiifj0. By ALEXANDER PANA NOYES. Chicago Trlbun-()mu'.i: Hoc leased Wire. New York: Dec 9. How much force there is in t lie bcliet expressed at the end of last week by 'merchant in several lines of trade, by the mercantile agencies and by a good, many Wall Street peep!?,- that "the bad news s nearly all ;oiJt." and that therefore otic, may expect hereafter, genuine- buying on . larger scile, cannot yet be judged ,vith entire confidence. '. y .'' . ' . . There has been buying, and-of a substantial character, during the' re cent spasmodic break in prices both for securities and merchandise. Thot it had no controlling influence on prices is easily explained by the fact lhat purchases were far overbalanced by the sales of hard-pressed ' hold ers, but secondly by the further fact that in a visibly declining -market, even the purchasers who believe that prices are down to intrinsic values will buy cautiously and will not fol low prices up,. They are never likely to put' in their full ' Complement of orders at such times unless con vinced, by the actjon oi the market itself, that influences -making for a continuous decline have spent their forces. .. " Needs Loud Deferred. In ihe field of Industry It may at least be said that provision for consumed needs even' below -the normal, has been long deferred and. In- due course must be made. It is not su eay to be sure whut those needs will he 'Under the changed conditions created by the shrinkage of business Incomes, 'the actual losses In curred in Wall Htreet, or in general trade, and the wage reductions or partial unem ployment. But It' Is' equally true that this question cannot he even tentatlve' answered until . surrender by the retail merchants to the existing situation shall have brought prices to a level at which the public will abandon whatever Is vol-' untary of the "consumers' strike." That will, in all probability occur next month. ' The financial marksta also have an interesting test before them. Some yeirs ago,- one of the most fa miliar Wall Street traditions was the "(.'hrislmas market,?- by which was meant an expected display of cheerfulness and rising prices on. the Stock exchange In Christmas week,-, . Situation Very Complex. - Wall Street rtaclf was some time dis posed to attribute such markets to the prevailing spirit of tha season. But the real explanation,-was. something quite dif ferent; It was the buying of stocks and bonds by brokers or speculators In ad vance of the --expected reinvestment of the January dividend and coupon money. There will be relnvestment of accruing funds at the end of the present month, but the financial -situation is so very com plex at the present time that it is not easy to forecast lis'-influence on the mar kets. Severe and general trade reaction has tw.o opposite effects on the attitude of investors. Such great shrinkage in the volume of capital employed in general business leave s multitude of thrifty business men with Idle money In their hands. Thite men will resort to the filgh-grade investment market, and the onger they expect to last, the more apparent they are to place in high-grade bonds or Blocks," the greater part of their surplus. This is one reason why bond -prions traditionally rise when com modity prices fall. At the present moment, however, there are two strong .offsets. One, which has been u.ipleasantlj-- familiar of late, is tha actual lack of surplus funds In the hands of Individual merchants or producing com panies, whose warehouses are still pretty well filled with good's that are not moving to consumers, while tho fall In price had cut heavily into inventory valuations. The otner is the uncertainty of next year's profits, combined with the certainty of next year's taxes. . , , Money Kates Important. This Is .only one Instance of the per plexing anonomalles which surround the Investment' marjiat, The most practical banking experts are apt to forecast the money situation In the new year as one in which ries will be relatively low, but losns not. easy to place at all by those to whom increased credit would be partic ularly useful. A very pertinent question will have to do with the relation of the rate for money in ordinary loans to the cost of capital for Investment In long term securities. Ordinarily in the r-ast the- two have moved pretty closely In har mony, and it might perhaps be said of the present situation that the 8 per cent Interest rate on the 25-year Swiss and French government bonds lately floated in America measured the same conditions as the 8 per cent rata on merchants' paper. Hut on the other; hand the commercial paper rate will Certainly be affected next year by the fact that Inactive trade will greatly reduce the total borrowings, where as all bankers know that largely increased reo.ulsit.lons will be made on the invest ment market . by : borrowing governments ana corporations - z anytning like ad vantageous terms can be had. The remark of the secretary of the treasury: that deflation of commodity prices "mean-increase In the buving power of modey and of the present stat ue of 'the promise to pay money at a, future date."- and "that as th In. evitable deflation takes place and the price oi money Decomea normal again, market prices . of Liberty bonds and vic tory nous should--anoreciata in accord ance with Inexorable economic law,'' un doubtedly applies tn the long run to the entire investment market. The complicat ing consideration' Is how far the wt-ikln of that law may be delayed or hampered uy i no temporary incidents or a difficult readjustment of - credit. This will be tested, between now and the end of Jan- nary. . CHICAGO CLOSING PRICES By Tpdlka Grain -Co., Doug. 2C27. Dee. 18 Art: Open. High. Low. I Close, Yes'y Wht. I Dec. 1.69 H Mch. 1.65 1.7" 1.664 1.61H 1.6SH l.ftii 1.70 1.62H 1.6914 1.64H ,1.68 1.6954 1.5S4 167 1.67 1.42 1.42K 1.43 - .6SK .69 e9i .71 JT2Ts .71V. -72 .73 .724 .46 .46i .46 ;,.4H, .48 .48H ; .8K .48 ,47 22.40 22.40 32.80 13.03 13.07 13.43 k 13.30 13.33 13.65 11.20 . Kl.20 11.45 11.80 11.82 12.03 May 1.60, Rye. . ' : Dec. 1 '1.1! 7 V 3av 1.4J Corn. ( Dec .70 .76 May I ,711 . .73 V, JUl.v I . tlS. .74 Vi Oats. I Dec. I .46", I .47 May .48! .49 K July .4KU 4! T . I " Jan. 122.40 122.40- Lard. I Jan. 1U.40 13.42 May 13.70 13.70 Klbs. I Jan - 11.40 '11.40 May (13.06 12.06 Foreign Exchange Bates. Following are today's' rates of exchange as compared with the par valuation. Fur nished by the , Peters National bank: Austria, par valuation. .30; today, .0026. B-'a'1111"' par valuation, .195; todav. Ciccho Slovakia, today, .0120 Denmark, m. vnttf. , England, par valuation, 4.86; today. 8 54 France, par valuation. .193; today, Ofijo' 0146rmany' V"r valutlon' .JS8; today. Greece, par valuation-'.196; todav. .0755 Italy, pr valuation, .l6; today, 0360 Jugo Slavla. .today. .0011.- Norway, pgr valuation, .27; today. .1500. Sweden, par valuation. .27; today, .1996. j 8"ert.nl, par valuation, ,195; today, Evaporated Apples and Dried Frnlis, ?cw York, Dec. 17. Evaporated 'Ad- pies Market neglected i runes wasy. Apricots liarely steady. Peaches Dull. Raisins Quiet. New Vork Coffee. Vork, Dec. 18. Butter Unchanged. ng5S Steady, unchanged. ' Cheese Irregular, unchanged. Poultry rr4 ,I..HU, 7....I. aa--. - - -.-'. J , l- 1 -a, others unchanged. . j ' ' New York Sugar. New Tork, Dec. 18. Sugar fulures Closed steady; sales, 2,600 tons; .Tanuarv, 4.2c; March, 4.40c; May, 4.66c: July, 4.71c. Indian Rjcyclea Chicagd Grain By CHARLES P. MICHAELS. Chicago Tribune-Omaha ' lira leased M ire Chicago, Dec. 18.- Highest prices were made tor all grains early in the d;ly. Heavy selling ami reactions were encountered, makn.'g (lie close irregular, with the near future of wheat and com lower and the dis tant deliveries higher. There was good class of buying, but advances met felling, and wheat closed J-ic higl-.fr, with May leading; corn was J'iC lower fto IJbc higher, the litter on May, while, oats were vsc higher. Rye closed unchanged to jic lowers and barley ic lower- to unchanged. Provisions were heavy and finished, at the bottom, with losses of 40c on pork. 35c on lard, and 2025c on short ribs. Depressing financial and business conditions, lower price? for stocks, cotton and Sugars have leen offset by export buying of wheat and the close was 44jc higher than a week ago, while corn is ?'(51?jc higher, oats K;c higher to c lower, rye up 2c, and barley ?-k ' higher. Provisions are lower "with pork off 35c, lard, ,6.'485c, and short ribs, 675v90c, January leading. Sentiment Bnlllah. The British commission was out cf the market tortsy, hut Is expected (o be in Monday. Kxport buying of whist was too, ooo bushels at the gulf at Slo over Chicago March. The market is beglnnlm to show the purchase of nearly io.ooO.uOO bustiers' per tveek for tho last throe weeks by the exporters,' as trade sentiment is a little more bullish. The market had support on the weak spots from strong lntorcsts, who turned sellers on the bulges. The movement continues liberal, and in excess of last year's. Strength In corn was a big factor. Corn was bought by the name Interest that led the buying on Trldav. Their purchases wore large and ncarlv equal to those of the previous day. Switching from the short to the lontr slds'of the market by lntereats that have been in fluential offset the effect of th" prospects of Increased receipts and of l,avy local "'n- ,Mav w UP to 73iic, on advance of 5Sc from the low point of Thursday, with the closo ',o from the top. Oats were well supported by tho same interests as on Friday, and bv others, while the selling was scattered. May was up lc from the close of the previous day and closed ic from the top. Rye received less attention. Prices had n 2o range, and closed at nearly the bot tom. Barley was slow without striking features. Cash prices unchanged to 2c lower. v Pit Notes. While there has been considerable Change In sentimentamong many traders who are now Inclined to the buying side of all grains, thero Is as yet little con fidence thst prices are to wirrk materially higher. depressing economic conditions are still strongly in evidence and many traders, while bullish at henrt, believe great caution should be used in getting long on the bulges. Persistent buying of wheat for foreign account in tho feco of relatively low rates exchange, depressing economic conditions, and the. fact that the new Argentine crop Is now moving, is causing many in the trade to wonder what is the underly ing cause of Ihe Injlstent demand. Broom hall estimates that the United Kingdom has sufficient wheat on hand and on par sage to last until the middle of April, yet the British Commission has been the largest buyer of wheat. In some quarters the belief Is expressed that part of this buying Is for other countries, .presumably the central powers. It U expected the "rltish commission will buy wheat Mon day. A leading local professional who lias been bearish on corn for several months said after the close that he believed little money would be made on the bear side un der 70c for May regardless of tho size of the crop, or tho movement. Receivers expect to sea much larger receipts this wefc. Trade Mark MWs.Sy , ' NATIONAL BLANK BOOK COMPANY Hoiyolta, Mats. Trade Mark ' mm J J j SEE YOUR STATIONER OR OFFICE SUPPLY HOU8e Send for a free copy of "GOOD FORMS FOR RECORD MAKING" showing hundreds of ready ruled end printed forms for accounting. mifiiiisHSiiriSfitntimstitsi.'iHassiiiirrisrsntiitetnneiiwnmitsiti Th UPDIKE GRAIN COMPANY Operating large, up-to-date Terminal Ele vators in the Omaha and Milwaukee mar kets, are in a position to handle your ship ments in the best possible manner i. ., cleaning, transferring, storing, etc. MEMBERS Chicago Board of Trade Milwaukee Chamber of Com merce Minneapolis . 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Na. 1 hard. 2 tars, tl.73; 1 cnr. $1.71; 1 car, M.70; 1 our. $1.6 (amuttyl. No. 2 hard. 2-3 cars, tl !; 5 cars, 11.61: S cars. 1.66 (smutty); 2 cars, tl.di (smut ty). No. S bard. S cars. fl.(l; 2 cars, 11.61; 1 car, Sl.si! (smutty): 1 car. tl-H (smut ty): 1 car, J1.60 (smutty); 1 car, 11.6 (very smuttv). No. 4 hsrd, 1 car, $1.S (heavy): 1 rsr. $1.(14: 1 cur. $1.68; 2-5 car, $1.58 (very smultyl. No. 6 hard, 1 car. $1.0. Ni. ) sprlr.g. 1 car, $1.80 (northern). No. 2 mixed. 1 csr. $1.1)3 (durum); 3-5 oar, $l.0 (smutty). CorlK. N'o. 3 white, 1 car, 02c; I ear, 61c. No. 4 white. 1-3 car, 57e. Ni. 2 yellow, 1 car. C7c. No. 3 yellow, 1 car. 4c (apodal bill ing); 1 car, 63c (special billing); 2 cars, 61c. No. 4 yellow. 1 car, tUo; 1 car, E8c. No. 5 yellow, 1 car, SSc. N'o. 3 mixed, 1 car, 60o (near yellow); 2 cars, tc. No. 4 mixed, 1 car. E7c; 1 car, 57c (old billing); I cars. 56c. N'o. 5 mixed, 2 cars, 55c;-1 3- cars. Ho OATS. ! Vo. 3 white. ,2 cars, 4"o. No. 4 white. 1 car. 45c; 1 car. 44!4e. RTR No. S, 1 car. $l.4; 1 l- cars. 11.11. Sample, 1 car, $1,411. FIARLKT. No. 4. 1 car. 65c. OMAHA RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS (CAHH). , I Receipts Wheat Corn ........ Oars live llarley ...... Shipments- Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley Todsy Tfk. Ago Tr. Ao ft 4H 74 it i ? IS ! 4 4 10 'i 4 4 H 19 1 .1(1 il PRIMARY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS (BUSHELS). Receipts Today Year Ago Wheat l.IOt.OOO 714,000 Corn 611,000 SU.flO-P Oats 481,000 409.000 Shipments- Wheat ,'..... Corn Oats 29,000 - S63.000 423.000 5S7.001 46,0O() 4$6,00' CHICAOO CAR LOT RECEIPTS. i Week Tear Today, ago. ago. Wheat ...11 3 . 19 Corn 74 ft . 1S3 Oats 6 68 60 KANSAS CITY CAIl LOT RECEIPTS, Wheat 2J 173 187 Corn 43 29 40 Oats 6 ST. LOUIS CAR LOT RECEIPTS. Wheat 135 127 26 Corn 34 47 8S Oats SI 33 56 NORTHWESTERN CAR LOT RECEIPTS OF WHEAT. Minneapolis 236 ?7 253 I'uluth ....61 53 7 Winnipeg 911 $34 212 Total ..354 320 SCO New Xork Dry 4tooda. New York, Pec. IS. Wide sheetings today were revised to a basis of Goo for 10-4 pepperall bleached. Cotton goods were steady with trading lighter. Yarns showed a slight Increase In inquiries. Bur laps quiet and wool markets steady. The underwear trade still complained of little new business. WVERY type of l?ound Book and fT. Loose Leaf Device is made by die National Blank Book Co. These products are Eagle marked so that you can be sure of getting genuine National products. 1 tie goods of Afferent blank book makers look very much alike on the stationers' shelves. It's the daily office use that demonstrates the superior quality of National goods. Heavy reaerva stock of National Blank Bmbs at carried at the Hoboes factory. UyouieoiMTMrciaJ Utioner kaaat a National book to fit tout need, he can get it in a hurry 1 from blank book neatl. quarters, , - AtofDr.& Cr. Potting SUps senf free from Cite factory to accoantantM, i OFFICES AT OMAHA, NEB. LINCOLN, NEB. HASTINGS. NEB. CHICAGO, ILL. SIOUX CITY, IA. 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