n1. -,H 1 JV '- rnh.- tr '! . PHILADELPHIA MAKW JIooln-.l. GRAIN AND FLOUR .nrtlDli. i.v" Tt nominii. . 23 238 bus. ii iioir..wi,r.f CtlU1'"" I'niii wu a to . loca- rr,oui j.v "nut no" .. -,fin tier ..It t, j'i. .1 I . -"-.t-W" ' . J' "i f ( j- "r ' . . 'i ( . ?" EVENING: CLBDGBIPHnADELPHIA:, 'PEIDAY .'. T. KJ-iJ v :. -"t j--.,--!-'''." y .$' " f4 Oi - ,ii: p.t r.-ir . ! VT' 1 ! triinin(f ftr1 . , (rntton t ... in www '-;!. AbOUt g urn " 4ti hacfl lioom teftmiH! spring, nrs. !. ". 'winter straight. "-?;. lgnt. . hi. M ii)')MTli.t"i '"'.;:- .. bit" ua :: r r. -'-. -i "asms. iii '. s. . I? ijJS' .ViV tK A,5 ?' tuVmifu chcic. ft nrin". "i.T-cmi ?.v iv -uir. -;;. K 31 ... Pr'M. 's.j K onnVTSIf rVn.t-.?.tt,,aw! 88 0 !' PROVISIONS i.lr .obblng .?"""""' city I 6'-.LV m '? iS'.no oWrled. 33c; S EriBi t'fffii'SdMndw. T?Md:-,?S t -:.- hi. -!;?.;" r..., fa mil v. .uy " fc'SKSii. f J-.'?iffl5iVic do, skinned. ws ! ..'; if-ms. -poked- city f "smoked,, western i... nnr memo r, tyf ...a? :Dj.ti - - r.V.i l.VT2 iftiVr. J01 ".."Too "doVVmpk.d, ne cim'ti a i cuirui -- r innir. BIAMSSiJtt.BSS5S: CgtoV?S,AVttrdi.,d do. in tub.. tjpfiNED SUGARS .. m.rket ruled firm on a basl. of 8.15c for DAIKx ntuuu'" .. . . - -atlK1 Arm nnflP llsht ''' utrTTER ? '?'"J ?i'.' iSfoi 0i: Western aferw4icfon Sn.4Se.4,.f,k1r.n5 ofnrlnts JobblnR at 4$ J'5).. r-i. new-lald cita wre cnro and !rJ?mand fair but much of the dupply tm. ,,t..,San?aifd nnd unattractlva stock. ."' .h."5 hH and weak Following- ar' th r.n nnv --- AnJa nvnriiv iiraiB. iii.iu :.iAMB. pree cr"' .". -!.- .w c. ... extra flrats, se: seconds. lected tea which QQ0U"U y I lpti LOCAL TRADE CONDITIONS CHANGE SLIGHTLY IN WEEK High Prices and Scarcity of Labor Con tinue to Exert a Retarding Influ ence In Most Markets in'pkipVt1'!? r9vl,w ot iT conditions I".,? .!.".? elP,hln by R - DUI CO. 8hOW8 ii i Y -,1 chnnKe In the cotton yarn sltua tlon. Weavers imd knitters are not dls t??,h? blly hevy. they appear to tnl .,..;.' i ".' DS ,ow "rnand for yarn Is mostly In the knitting- trade. ?Jr.Lr.r.k" "" "rn; though miiii.,1'. i ir mark't ,how" 1!ttIe chanre. ?i f ef ,'r.s ne PrPrinr for all open Inics and falr-slted orders are reported. The Iron nnd steel market continues without materia change and but little new business Is being taken on. Ml 1, aVe booked to capacity for the remainder of th- ' f"d therc,r manufacturers do not look for any let-up for several mrimi.. Manufacturers of loWtSvw "tUn larr. Shlprds are busy .ndt'iSlA'S ' " ,tul!& inVr.&O 75 per case: . Wi iWft Vr c.. .fancy .el WItVVhi market ruled steady under 91."... KerinKS and a fair demand. Tns 1 a We'.,'I. Were .IS follows: AEff lOTK. lull V ,MUtloM ""ent 2214c. specials higher; k JJ, new. 2in 022c. do fair to sood, J;. 5102114c. POULTRY lC?23c: roosters 10 W 17c; Diumo. 5 enow- 2 lbs. apiece. 2U27c; not Leghorns, smaller sizes. ;rntp.4c; uuckb. i mn, E' ,rtm Demand w-a fair and the market ruled r-ffd.?Vodteorterlng,:.Quotatlon. Kwii is to Quality. "" S?S Sntckens, not LfEhorns, ??i?r. Mfitns. nol E !?.. While Leghorns, 20M24c; ducks, l'ewn T !!'' Indl.n nunner, 17018c; pigeons, old I lie: ? Wafos." In vonne. D.r pair. 20022c I. nnFSSEO Fine, desirable alied KtocK fjoia i and ruled firm unaer iignt onering. ine ' ..'.liSi follow: Fowls. 12 to box. milk JSMcked fancy, selected. 25,4c: uelahln itf,nTlanoor apiece, 25e: weluhlnit 4 lbs. $ r ailece. 24'4 c: weighing 3V4 lbs. iriM 23$ "elphtSl! 3 lbs. apiece 21 2.1o: tPIIWi ? P , Ki.P. fnnrv. dri-nlcked. welch- f0":,!1"'. nrt over nolece. 23Wc: iselghlng er sizes, 17010c; broilers. Jersey. !8if30c: other nearby. 8c: turkeis. fresh-killed. ow-ic; com 22c; sciuabs, lbs, per doz- lbs. per lbs. per An BU .! w ' '. . - . - .. .. - Kn 12 40ffl2.00, do, welRhlns 7 lbs per aoien, 4 1(4 It's and over apiece, VTbtlc. 224 f 23c. small, ill roosters, drv.plcked. lljc. SL'Sr Tb -WtVrn. best here. 2; SSP20e:2c; .ducks, spring. 21 . Si oon white, wiismnps uw;.- n E IJTBtMM). do, welghlnir 0010 toim. 3 1003 00. do. weighing 8 .x I? fkW i:-7. - .. Aotinc ii'i'm, ins ne lilnffii'75: 'dark. Jl.o01.75; small and No. L McO $1.10. FRESH FRUITS Usual were in goodd.man.1 and ruled nrm SiVSKSi J gene'rally ste.dy:";Quotat on-" T""." "". UiOMnn-B Kfirt iVf Jer- ia n....... Vow Vnrlr. npr nt. I .".. i ,v.t lllrri .",11c-. Ulackberrles r - " ' . n)trt D.antinF.lDI pnl e nt ..V. .vaa.t. .' - .-, ,w. .. unj er r qt 912c. Raspbi ttle. Huckleberrl's. per nt jr Mb. baiket Sour. 4O0 t . ftnb4n Pherrles. jer S-ID. oalKei oour, mwui omccv. i-wiut, 'i Plarni. Delauaro and jiurjiana, per uaiwi, lOCvll. urapes, ueiawaiiri vvi o-uaoM. - ii toih't i -ntainunes Georcla. per stand & irl'crite. B0ce.S0: do. do. per pony crate. ; VKwlli oo. ao. per at craie, -'iui, .w, b irtioni. per standard crate, 3 2."i04. do. do. m rwinv rrate. 12.MK do. do. per flat crate. h.1001 6.1: do. North Carolina, per standard trite. ll.IO01.7a, do. do. per pony crate. OOcOT 11.25; dj, do. per Hat crate, 250110c; do. Mary fill., per standard-crHte. $1.2182. I"eJto,hes, Owrrls, per carrier r.lherta. fancy. ISC3 23: ). ordinary. .,..'.02 75, Helle of Georgia, finer. IJ; do. ordinary. 2 5002 75. Water tukiiii. southern, per car, J225034O. B VEGETABLES TottioM ere Irreeular In nuallty and alue. tptntili onions were easier, but other .arletlcs ttowsd little change Quotations: White pota ,ti, Eiitern Shore, per bbl. No. 1. $2 '."8 '1 15; No, 2, 00c (1 HI White potatoes, Dela " win. tcr bbl., No 1. $303 21 Whlto potatoes, Jenir'rer S-bus basket No. 1. HO 75c; No. . UCtSc Sweet potatoes. North Carolina, per Ul No. 1, I07, No 2, J34. Onions. Jer er. per H-bus. basket. ri070, do, Kasto-n i.ori, per basket, 35W7U, do, Spanish, per trite. SSSSOc. Mushrooms, per 4-lb. basket, HBI4U. f't Ii CLOSING LIVE STOCK PRICES CmrMCn . 3 ItOOS Recelnts. IS 000 "i in), tomorrow, 11.000 head. Market aittve. i teiOs higher. Hulk, U5 20&1U 23, Heht. If illTOOlflSO: mbted. J14 ,1W10.33; hea.y. Ill .OBiii to: rough, jii r.uojn in ' CATTLE Rerelnts. 3.100 head Market good wi lit ititdy. Others weak Top price 114 6HEcr Receipts, ouuii neia. jiarhei siow SSS itildv. Tnn ttrlre. 110 ri.V K UilBS Top price. 114.00. 'tOUTH OMAHA Aug 3 HOGS Rerelpts, LI.HQ hl-il. fArket erv uneven, ffenerally f? 10e hlthir. leid Market steady. K-w. -5C lower; teedera weaker. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 3. CATTLE. Mit.it itudy to weak. MOOS. 3500. Best, steady. Common. S.C HEP 100. Nnmlnnllv !, lv 2000. :3c to , i NEW YORK BUTTER ANt EGGS nlE' T0RK. Aug 3. BUTTER Receipts, li 602 tuba. M-r-U-et ilnnrlv Duntit t Inn tin tilm 4 " itCWS Receipts, 8034 cases Market Irregu .. No changes. CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS CHlPir.n a .. i ft"- -0'000 'ubs 'lift 3 BUTTER Firm Extra, 38V4C, firsts, 375 nn I......I- n ,-.- n,.hrt -... Ui, JOHesie, ordinary (lrsts. MV, 020c. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET VWTT,V.. . ... fi ie, IU11K.. Antr. :t. Thfl market lor tJrtes futures opened at an adiance of 1 to i points today. Trading on the call n as ;Wt, tales amounting to 1000 baes. Sep ' IW-tr was the onlv month In whlrh there fcytwUiaes. t was almost void of selling pressure the few hlivlni? nrdarq In th t Inf? jly Influenced prices, March selling at ii o clock, or 6 points above the Of VeSterdflv. Ttravll vAnnftaH frntR bjjn, noted In seieral unimportant sec- there, but this had llttln nr nn effect ,l4n!Pment hero at thl3 season of tho . tucai spo. market continued in demand, with Illo 7s quoted at PHc Tes'day's . Open Hlsh Tiw Close closa .. 7,70 7.01 7.78 7,00 7.78 . . . 7 ST fi nn , ftn on 1 6V '" L'?l 9 JV I.V. l.oi' lil I41? J.7 8 00 7.07 i. o.ua N.12 R OS 8.1.1 8 03 ..115 8 25 8.0S 8.25 8.12 Nw High for Sugar Futures VOHK. Aug. 3. New high rec tre &B9ln morla .-!.. .-. At. An.nlnlf "ugar futures market, when Sep- . ai o.u8c. The advance In con was due to the unusually strong l In actual sugar, where, new hltth VtmutL.:" 0,8 maJe at the close of that iSttSt l -'"rday. On the call con- kST HISS imniinl.J .. i,r,t ' -- Hi'., I '"""s,- m ioou ions. .hub. I local 5eman? came 'rom European 1,7" interests, with some scat I'l ' -"'"6. :.. fine Sugar Unchanged 'York. a i ..f ., m nMha;:r.-',"?A.,a"""S1"" ?Th.fet.,,Uc nni Arbuckle Dros. ine federal and wma :,,- r-nm. SwIItS: VM.3? & c: r'm.aln , M '7.02c i-uoan Li2jKCUiriCAT10N JSLA''n JFUCND .ImFr&f SBR rSi ass In the anthracite market domestlo sites continue scarce. Central Pennsylvania steam coal Is bringing from 13.20 to SJ.50 a ton for buckwheat, S2 to l'2.2S fof rice, Waist manufacturers have been fairly U.2S to 31, bo for barley. The demand con tinues good for pea coal, which Is bringing from 2.o to J4.BS at the mines. Dealers nave oversold and have not been able to oatch up on deliveries, and In a number of Instances refused to bid on contracts. Domestic leaf tobacco has been In fair request during the laet week and prices aro advancing. Inquiries are being made for good grades of Pennsylvania, Connecti cut and Ohio principally. Sumatra and Havana tobacco continue to be sold In small lots at advanced prices. Tho largo cigar manufacturers report good orders from out of the city. POWER MERGER THROUGH Liverpool Cotton Mnrkct LIVEHPOOr., Aug. 3 Spot cotton was quiet with prices unchanged today. Sales were 3000 bales. The receipts were 57.000 bales, Including 63,700 bales, American. Spot prices were: American middling fair, 20.08d; good middling, 19.05d; middling, 19.36d: low middling, 18 90d; good ordl nary, 17.05d; ordinary, 17.4Sd. Lehigh Navigation Turns Over Electric Interest The- sale by the Lehigh Coal and Naviga tion Company of Ita elcctrlo Interest, negotia tions for which have been going on for some months, was consummated today by tho de livery to the Lehigh Power Securities Cor poration of all of tho stock of the Lehigh Navigation Hlectrlo Company, which car ries with It controlling Interest In tho liar wood l.lectrlc Company, the Schuylkill Oas nnd Electric Company and tho several other afnllatcd coal, water and power subsidiar ies doing business In the eastern part of Pcnnsyhanla. The consideration received by the navi gation company was $1,500,000 cash and 61,000 shares of stock In tho securities cor poration, which amply reimburses It for Its Investment, with Interest, as well as the risk taken by the navigation company In estab tlshlng nnd del eloping the electric property which It Is now parting w Ith, Among the most Importnnt details con nected with this transfer nro contracts which assure the navigation company a suf llclent supply of electric power for the operation of Its mine for tho ne.tt fifty years, and tho electrlo plants an adequate coal supply for a like period. Another feature of tho deat Is that tho present mortgage of tho Lehigh Navigation Electric Company becomes a closed mort gage, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany retaining the 33,000,000 of Series "A" bonds of thnt mortgage, which It now owns, but giving tho securities corporation nn op tlon on tho purchase of fame, running to IJy reason of Its large stock ownership the navigation company will be closely con nected with the operations nnd tho (level opment'of tho new company. Cotton Buyers nnd Sellers NEW YOllK, Aug. 3. October Mitchell nnd Sellar bid; Hentz, Martin and Guild offered December Wilson bid McPadden, Orvls and niack offered. ' January Downs, Ilartcorn, Schley nnd it, Hubbard bid ; Dashfort, HoFenberg, Mitchell, Waters and Martin offered. March Allen, Klonlun nnd H Hubbard bid! Schley, Waters, Kosenbprg nnd Mc Dougal offered. May Wilson, Waters nnd C Itlcks bid; Durnett nnd Sellar offered NAVAL RESERVE HAS NEW CLUB AT CAPE MAY ,jlu 'imktk '- I Miss Leo Gives Cottage to Men and Committee Takes Charge of Amusement Work CAPE MAY, N. J Aug. 3. Lending actlio nnd efficient aid In the practical work of providing normal amuse ments for tho thousands of young men be longing to the naval coast defense reserve now at Capo May, the rtev. Paul S. Howe, of Capo May; Miss Nina Lee, of 2000 Walnut street, Philadelphia, and Miss Frances Ferguson, of 101 South Lafayette street, this city, nre at the head of a moiemcnt to mako the leisure hours of the men In uniform pleasant ones. They constltuto a committee that has estnbllhed a club for tho uso ot tho en- lit'utV wwijfi rtlc.tr stationed hera. Miss Lee nan riven th nrtlnll use of her spaclOtiVcottaejs attlJ of Beach and Windsor avenue". ', been fitted up with writing rooms, ! room and larlous games and thrown' to the men for their comfort and U Is provlnr extremely popular with' No dues are charged, since the orn tlon Is being supported wholly by volu contribution of the, martv residents, i resort nho have been aroused by uw ported existence oi vice in otner camp I rounaings. The naval reserve has arranged a. gram for a coneert and dance, write'. bo given under tne auspices or, a comi of the managers ot the club, on th. City Pier, the use of wnicn has -enT talned through the courtesy of Major Will Steiens nnd the city commissioners,,! the evening of Saturday, August 4. fJ proceeds to be used for the support of i rlllh. n-h. affair will Include a prpfrtmAs .r.V;i selections by the Naval R ""-.". ti..triian Trio, and various v S5SSini followed by a dance. Th, .t. 1. awaited with great Interest by the mer co.ony. IWH 'iiiniifH! reirew "Biiiii ',1k' .in mm 'jlilliilWhi'i Ambassador Gerard's Expose Kaiserism Starts The first installment contains revelations that will startle America. They include a hitherto unpublished account of a private interview between Ambassador Gerard and the Kaiser, in which the latter made a decision that has cost the lives of millions. is one of the handful of statesmen and diplo " inside story" of Prussia's ambition, treachery the only American who was close enough to Ambassador Gerard mats who know the and intriffue. He is the Kaiser to watch every step in the unfolding of the great plot against human liberty: He has written the full account of his experiences for publication serial in the as a PUBLIC vmm ! ! , . mafmmaBmmmamKSK' m (Hi ,:SSI Sunday I 1 m M m m m m 9 w LEDGER The National Newspaper Published in Philadelphia installments will appear daily and Telephone your newsdealer now to copy of Sunday's issue for you, and mail the coupon for the rest of the series. Beginning with Sunday's issue, Sunday for about six weeks. order a Public Ledger Company, Box 1526-C, Philadelphia. Please instruct your carrier to deliver the Public Ledger, daily and Sundau, forjhe period of the Gerard Series (about six weeks) . nHrtt from meat the customary interval s. If I wish to discontinue at the end of the series I will notify you or the carrier. -..- . Name, Street City . State. & 4fr.y llev- s' iy" Uiagja- Wllk!i&tf& . JJ fWMnfM' l&ifc&hsl M-ryj'-CSi' jr-t j.nir?"' -' it-ft.
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