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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL ,18. 191S
xwrowtr1'1 "' lwnlllil'H)i''""-ry"',""' ' '" ' n mm
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Your Share
in Wifinfng the War
Buy and hold
Bonds 'of the
Third Liberty Loan
Bonbright & Company
MOHIUB WISTAR BTnOOD. Jr.
Uintpr
437 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
New York Boston Chlci(t Dalrolt
NEWS OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA j STOCK PRICES
LOCAL STOCK TRADING BECOMES
BOOKLET
bout oil, mining and in
dustrial stocks traded in
on the New York Curb.
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More than 400 stocks are In.
eluded, allowing their dlTlJnd
rite, sir value, high tail low
range for the montb and year
and other figures for Tett
Docket reference.
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let of Information concerning
Curb atocka. Simply mall na
the coupon below.
JONES &BAKER
. STOCK BROKERS
WldcnerBltJg. Philadelphia
'HQNES fclMg
Ntrt YOKK PITTSBUROII
CHICAGO BOSTON
Birtct Pnrau Mw
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET ACTIVE
WITH MANY ISSUES ADVANCING
Assumption Is That Important Banking Pools
t Are Responsible for Demand Strength
Is Surprising
New York, April IS.
The stock market continued to show a surprising decree ot sticngth
In thin morning' trading, with many Issues making advances of moic
than 1 point, and there wad genernlly a mote cheerful feeling In regard
tp both the speculative situation and the war outlook than has been noted
for some time past.
It was assumed that powerful banking buying hits been In the mar
ket at the Intervals when stocki seeme dto be pressed for sale for short
account. Hnd tills bujlng Is said to hae been followed by the formation
of pools In many Issues, based on definite knowledge of curient earnings
ntul pending deelopmcnts.
United States Steel was traded In on a large scale, opening at 91'4
nndadvanclng to 92V4. and the demand lnct cased substantlallj us the up
ward moement progressed.
Other steel Industtlals made gains of mound 1 point, with Baldwin
Locomotive again vattracting attention by advancing Is, to "".
Tool activities 'wei effected in putting up American Can 1", to 44,
and there was Inside buying again In Distillers, which also lose more
than 1 point, crossing 48.
There were Indications of Rockefeller bulng In Into national Paper,
which ranged from 38 to 39. Other lsues geneially moved upwald all
through the first hour, there being baldly any exception to the geneial
display of strength.
News from the battlefields in Piance wrs anxiously awaited, but confi
dence prevailed that a change in the situation there is cIoe at baud.
New York Stock Sales
SCATTERED SELLING
STRENGTHENS CORN
Trading on Very Limited
Scale Export Demand Ab
sorbs Cash Offers
ioszs a hakes.
Wltener BiAlilnp.
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Shippers, Attention!
f.RXIN 11KI.T U LATH Lit I (RF.('.T
(hlrnro. April IK IlllnoU, Mlooiirl
and Wisconsin rnsetllesl tonlttlit and
Friday.
Minnesota Pnrtly cloudy tonight! I rl
day fair nnd root,
Iowa shower, turning to nnw
flurries, nnd colder tsinlghti Frlduy tmrl
l rlotidr nnd cold.
North Dakota and 'nnlli Dnkntn den
ertill fair tonight nnd IrlibiM rolder to
night, with frerzinr temperature.
Nebraska I lisrltletl nnil colder li
nlaht'. with freezing temperature! trlday
fair nnd cool. . . ...
Ivnnsns l'neltcd nnd folder tnnlsht.
temperature nnr freczlngi rrldiu fair.
Montana unri Vtjrmlnte Fnlr nnd colder
tonltht.
('lilrngn, Atirll 18
T n nrnmlnnt , nmirVtaoti houses
weer buers of torn this morning and out
the market was firmer Offering'" werei
small and the Helling was scattered
i Trade wa confined to local interests and
i whs not large The lece.pta here today
were 187 cars
May openetl, unchanged, at tl 27 and
later advanced ',c. July started at
1 47 to $T 46b, against Jl 40 at the
end jeoterday, and later sold a; $1 47's
Shorts were disposed to cover on, lire
U... - ... . j . ,... D D
""'.-pet" lor tuu ion oa weisni cargo, . . , , ..,.. ,i,. t'rto
Phi adelnhii m m., v,i, n,, i..ji.. ' .llwlnnn nf raider weather 111 the West
I Shipments from Argentina lor ine v-k
I were estimated at 520,000 bushels,
i against 1.061.000 bushel a jear ago
I Business In oats was quiet. Small
purchases made tlto market a little min
er. Receipts weie i.i earn,
4. 1IAFITON LIGHTERAGE CO.
800 fearl Street. New York
Broad 4613.
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ISIB RKAIi K3TATB TRUST HI.IHJ
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ronmnATinv & disputed ArrnuNTq
KnnrATiovti.
lloth nw
JTRAYFR"? The Beet Puslneaa School
H l IU I CIV J oi-07 Che.tnut Street
Foaltlons guaran'd Enter now. Day or night.
AlMURo'd Mines
A'.ka Juneau
AlllvchVmMfi:. ...
Am Ileet Sugar. .,,
AmCan
AmCanpf
Am Car A Kdy
AmCar&Fdjrnf..,
Am International...1,
AmrottonOtl . ...
Amice
Amlcepf
Amlllde A-Lenh .
Am Hide A I, pf . .
Aml.lnseel .. ,
Am Llneedpf . .
Am Locomotive
Am.Ma'tlnjr .
Am Smelt &Ref
Am Pme't & lief pf
AmSumatftTob
Am Steel Foundrlei
Am Sugar ftef
Amlelo. lei . ..
Mil Woo en
Am Woo'en pf
mVriti tl'if
Am Zinc I. a s
Anaconda Ooper
A ten 1'opA.SI
Atlantic (lulf A W I
Hadnln loco
Paltimore A Ohio ..
Halt A Ohio pf . ,
Ilelh'ohem steel
HcthSCIaii II ..
llethSs icpl . . .
HrookHnrtT
llutte A Superior
( al I'elroeum
( al Petrol pf
Canadian I'ac If.c .
Cent heath Co
cent LealhC pf . .
Ccrro do Pjvj V
ERRATIC CONDITIONS SH"
IN COTTON MARKET' "-' ' '
f hi It I A Par
'l' III Al'dpcpf
( llIAI'7pcpr .
Ch!'o Copper
rhino Copper
Columbia Uai A K .
Corn prod fief . . . ,
Cruclb'e Steel .
I Cuba Cane Sucar ..
I Cuba Cane Sujar pf .
I Deere o pf
Del Lark & Vict
Den A Itin Grande pf
I Dome Mines
insurers Securities ,
Krle
i:rlelstpf
Krie'jilpf
fidston ni A V . .
enerai K'ectric
(ieneral Motors
Cioodru.hH FCo
(.1 Northern pf
i Cit Nor r for o p
llllnoli Central
Inspiration Copp"r
I Inte. Mcr Mar
Inler Mer Mar pf. ...
I Inter Nickel
I Inter Paper
l KanCiH South
Kenneiott Copper
Lack Sleel
leh'ch a"ev
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Maj Dept Stores
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1000 .N Y G 4s 195'J 5
.1000 U H Itub"Ss.. 78
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ii lit.
7 l.eh Nav.
17 J'enti nil 44 '4
Id Pblla Kleo 2.
HilMlTtc 2
Km Ton Uel. 3W
100 Ton Mln. 3i'i
135 U S Steel 01
3 W J & S. 304
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man
3001.1b Bonds
3VaS.. 1)8.30
350 . do 4s . 00
I iioo Phlla Klec
iVt 5s 03 14 1)3
It 30 Net
,nw A.M shee
At 04 Yt
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Chenilct . .v.....
Comlen K (n,.,.. ,.
Curtlea
IWilBh Vallej Coal Salea..
VNgrrni Copper
Hal Henul ...(
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do n't h
Sennt-H Copper
st Joseph Lead
Hiilunarlno
United .Molora .
t'n Verde IJxt ...'...
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do prof
MONEY-LENDING RATES
I'll lt.A II KI.IMI I A Call 0 pel i out T
time. Ti'U'iffi per cent Commeielal
paper, thiee to four months, Bfflfi per
cent , six months, fi per cent
i PINLA. INACTIVE STOCKS
I Following are quotations for Inactive
i stocks listed In the Philadelphia Stock
Exchange and In whien mere were no
transactions today. The price given is
the Inst prevloui closes:
2S 3"
SI VI
31 30
ai st
3 s 4'-'
II 11
(.-. in
"n? '5!
3i: ."is
si' j'
Am Ice 10
Am Oas ... 77 ' j
Acme Tea Co ,B4
Acme r 1st pi 33
Opening Quite Firm, but With
drawal of Liverpool Support
Brings Decline
COTTON lllll.T HKTlli:il ( ONDITKIN.
New lork. pril 18. The following tern
pernlures v.ero recorded In Mie cotton belt
this mornlngi
Fort Smith. IKi llklahoniu. 50i Na.h
vllle. .Ill Ahilenr. I.lttlr Itork nnd Vlem
phls, 30 ( hnttiinoficn nnd Knowllle. 3Kt
Xirkfttiiirg. Vlerldlnn nnd Mnntgomer. OOi
nn ntonlo. I'ensncoln nnd Milfoil, (,!i
New Orlrnns, (lit Thonmsilllr, ( Imrlrs
ton, Avnniiull nnd tt Mmtncloti. tOt
xhreveporl. ngiistit. Tnmptt mid .laik
sonvllle. A81 Corpus t lirlstl 11ml (inlies
ton. 70.
There wns .01 Inch of prei iphnllmi nl
M1K011, .00 nt Tlinm.iaillle, III nt ( hit
tunooga. .20 nt t llnilnatoti. .26 ni Nnsh
vllle nnd PenhMioU nnd .11 nt tluntn.
firm.
New lork, April IS
;rratle conditions prevailed tbiough-
he llrt hour The start was uulte
showing an advance of from 1 to
36 points on stronger cables, buying bv
Liverpool and complaints of too much
rain In the eastern belt and steadiness
among spot holders in the eastern belt
Sentiment here was bearish, liouevei
and later, when the support from l..ver-
pooi was witnaravvn, a occtine iiegan 1 Meilcati Petrol
some or ino selling was uue to reports Mex Petrol pf
"" 1 Miami copper
from lVashlngtnn that price-fixing
be
cotton goods and woolen goods ma
expected shortly.
There vva gooil Wall slTeet and New
Orleans hu Ing, but It proved Insulllclent
to absorb the offerings.
M.dra'o Steel
Mls-ourl Paciiie
Nat Knam A St.i
Nevada Con Cop
Ne orkCent
MURIO
K AftTIME PIANO PLAYING
ViMVJ TAnCIHT IN 20 LESSONS
Booklet Stalled Frr
CTIIIISTT.NSE.N SCHOOL ( Popular Slosle
1520 Chestnut St. Spruce 967
Miv onened at Sl'c. against 81c at
th end esterda. and later sold at
iSI'iiC Jul s!rted at "t'ic to 71c,
'against 74VaC nt the end jesterday, and
llatei bold at 74TBc
I The export demand continued to ab
j sorb cash offerings, but .the domestic
I Inquiry Is slow. Shipments from Ar
gentina for She week wore estimated at
4.000,000 bushels, against 1,391,000 bush
els last year
The receipts of wheat at Minneapolis
and Duluth today were 120 cars, against
276 cars last jeaj: at Winnipeg 170
cars, against 214 cars; at Chicago, 3
cars, compared -with 50 tars.
Shipments from Argentina for the
week were 2.250.000 , bushels, against
240,000 busnels last jear.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED
Iron Cap Copper Company, a dividend of
25o per eharc on common, payable May 1
to atock of record April 20
11 F. (loodrlch Company, regular iuar
terly of $1 on common, pajable Auguat 13
to atock of record Auguat 2
Fprene Manufacturing Company, regular
quarterly of 2tt per cent on common. pa
abl May 1 to atock of record April --
Kelaey Whvel Company regular quarterly
of 11,73 on preferred, pajable Ma 1 to
atock of record April 20
Pacific Power and Light Comj.in (Port-
lnd. Ore ). regular quarterly or ."V Per
lent oil preferred payable May 1 to atock
Commission Gives Largest Ad-,utc.r(frdrVton '""isieeinc company, .-mi-
I annual or a a anare on nrpienm .11 . ;
'on common, payable .May I to holders of
STBINO IlKSOKTS
iTLANTIO CITV. N. 4.
wesuiunaicr , ,t PrV.t. batha. rum.
i.r. Ill on -Hi 12'ipdallT Chaa. Ruhr,
FINISH INVESTIGATION
OF RAILROAD WAGES
Toward noon the mat ket was very ac- ' e orkOnt A W
tiv and about 50 points under last , Norfok A West
night's close.
Receipts at the polls for the day aie
estimated at 8000 bales, against 10.213
bales a week ago, 7302 bales a yeat ago
and 14.381 bales two years ago.
Ye8lerdn's
t losrt
May ...
July
Orlob-r
December
Spot . . .
Ill Ml
2'1 4S
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.in ': .in lj in In
2'1 "J 20 7-' 2 02
L'H 17 2 17 27 II".
2S IT, Jl 1,1 27 31
vances to len Getting
Least Pay
I record April 20
Financial Briefs
John A, McCarthy has been elected a
director of the Finance Company of
Pennsylvania for the full term of one
year, succeeding the late Illchard
Cook.
Washington, April 18
Ilecominendatlons' for wage Increases
for railroad employes have been com
pleted by the railroad wage commls
lon A report will be submitted to
Director General McAdoo uii his re
turn from his Liberty lan speaking
tour In the West.
Nothing was made known as to the
amount of the Increases to be given,
although It has been said that employes
now receiving the smallest pay willbe
frtven the largest' advances The com
mission began lis work January 21.
It Is understood the program calls for
a sliding scale of Increases, and that
all employes, regardless of union or non
union adulations, will be treated alike.
Extensive hearings were held, in addi
tion to Investigations made by experts.
The revision 1b the most extensive ever
undertaken. affecting approximately
J.000.000 persons.
New York. April 18 The cost of. , n..l.l.oJ
permanent railroad Improvements should Huntingdon Man Had Ueen mnisneci
Liverpool Cotton
Liverpool. Atirll 18 Snot cotton
quiet tnday with prices firm on the basis
of 23 07(1 for middling, old contract, an
advance of 31 points The sales were
5000 bates. There were no receipts
Futures were tjulet In the early dealings
Old contract, spot prices, were Ameri
can, middling fair. 24.28d': good mid
dling, 23 59d : middling, 23 07d , low mid
dling. 22 54d : good ordinary, 2155d:
ordlnao, 21 02d
Wheat Flour Output Increases
Minneapolis, Minn.. April 18 'Ihe
Minneapolis wheat flour output last
week Increased 9580 barrels The mills
made week ending April 13 162,555 bar
rels against 372,775 In 1917 Today
twenty mills are In operation The flour
trade for the time being is In a rut
The eastern otlices ot some of the larger
Minneapolis mills report business as
virtually at a standstill Ilujers want
wheat flour, but there Is little to offer
on account of the exceedingly light
production. (
Northern I'aciPc .
Ohio Cities Clas . .
Ontario Mirilnz . ..
Pacific Mai!
I'ennsjltanla It II
I'eopesOasChl .
I'ere Marquette ..
Phi arle phla Co
P lis Coal . .
Pitts A West Vapf
Pressed Steel Car pf
Public Service N J
Itj steel Sprlnj . .
.. illy Steel Spring pf
rtS r, .. I'nniMr
Heading
ltep Iron AS
Savase Arms
Saion Motor
St 1,-San Fran
Seabojrd Air I,
Seaboard Air I, pf
Sears Iioo A Co
Sine air Oil nef .
, Southern Pacific
' Southern Itv ..
Southern R pf
i-SludebakcrCo
1 Stutz Motors
I Term Cop A Cberu
'leiasCo
' Tobacco ProiuctJ .
Union Pacific
I Union Pacific pf
1 Unllc-d Clears .
United Unit .
USIndA'coio . .
USSmRefAM .
US Steel
US steel pt
1 Utah Copper
Va-Caro Chem
1 VV'uh..h nf
I abash p III
INACTIVE NEW IOKK STOCKS
?.iirtn,ine' or Quotations for Inactlva
vw York stocks and In vvhlcn there ! Wabash
were no transactions touaj The pries
f.Is.n is the lasc urrviuua salt.
1 . lun . ltt fat Biscuit. 97' ' We Is Farm Km
The .New York SubtreaBUry gained , A,ax rtubber. ; JNat uis ,if. .H014 Western Marjland ..
1393.000 from the banks vesterday mak-1 Am Ag Ch. . 11 ,'" f .4ij Western Union I' . .
Ing a cash net gain since Friday of , Am Kxpress. . 7J v! c'I?, ,? I W estlnchouse K A M .
WW. Urn I- Pf- r,, N-2tKn&aPnr1S2,VestEA.Mpf .
Amer '"'; 091 Xat Lead . : kt ' Wheel A I. F.r.e
r n jp. n , Icono SI r.nn.nnn Hnnds 1 Am " ;, - )
u. n. sv . . .D- v., , Am Hmeiv
Alh1.11. . Y API II IS The I'ublic
Service Commission, second district, lias
miiiinrlzerl the Buffalo. Iloehester and
99
.... jt.1 FdV 03
? " Tohacco 10
flfl'i
Am To pf new 98
iNat x.cad ... 67
N" Y Air Mr ii
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I llese.ve banks vve.e as follows J-fi,,"?, fi
first cnlunin gives th rates for W tie Scnuyl BI
Inds up to and Including the f- Ief,lllNr1,Rnts .
. ,.,.,, 1.1, llm cnrnnil fnr a lie- ,u" Pa'a . S3',
Reserve Ranks' Discount Rales
Olllclnl discount rates at the twelve
Federal
(The
nil tiprlnd
l.on.rla, iiiulm 11 llin cprnrld fnr a lie
rlod of sixteen lo.nlrtety davs The third
and fourth columns give the intes for
ledlscoimts of collatetal loans secured
lis (lovetnment bond, or notes)
Com 1 paper (Inv'l pper
10 to !n
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Alliance In..
Airier Ilvvv...
A rtwy pf ..
Amer Strs .
Am Strs pf
Brill J O
Brill J (5 pf..
Huff A S t c.
Buff ec S pf.
cam steel.
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19
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92
23 U
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48
127
Cataws 1st pf 52
cataw 2d pf. 64
Cien Asphalt. 15't
(Jen Asplt pf 48,
it ft n t ... 10
Hi & B T pf. 17
Keystone Tel. 8
l.tt urotners 25 '4
Leh Nav res
1st pd . ..., I.'l
l.eh Val 58 ,
Leh'A'al Tr.. 20
lh ValTr pf 26',
I. N 2d rt pf. 43
Ij X vvr w I. . 7
North Cent.. 73 U
North Penna 80
Pa Salt .... 88
Phlla Co.... 22,
Thlla Go pf.. 23 u
Phlla ft West 8
Ph AW pf... 34
PUT 26
Phlla Tract.. 67
Penn Traf... 2i
rtwy Co Gen. 4
II C. 1 war... 27 '4
U S Stl pf.v109',s
Cn Trnc ... 39
Warwick Irn. 8'J
West Coal . . 70
Wm Cramp.. 79
York Ttwy . 9V4
U Cos of X J.189H
OMLiLf AiNJJ 1k3 UlNllNTJliKjHi!STIN
Tonopah Issues Again Lead Tradintr. hut aII
v t , a 1 i mi t k y.
jn ot Active ana rneir r rices Are Un
changedLiberty Bonds Quiet
The local stock market did not show any response this forenoon to ifil
nrtlflti. nml etronfrtli thnt nnneared at the nnenlnc mi ttu. x- 4. . .12.1
change, and the, total turnover ptevlous to midday in the Phlladelbhia ,-S
actloni was again about as small ai the smallest o ftho recent dull ...
Street, and thete did not seem m k. "i
nut brokers called aii...fl
TJte change was a surprise to the St
specific leason forthcoming to account for It.
ttwtijl
to the small crowds In attendance In their hoard rooms and said thsttff
Liberty Loan drive was again an Influence In retarding stock trading j8
Of the strictly home shares the Tonopah Issues made up th ebulknn,-
ness, following their same course of the last few dHjs, but even those Is1
ciki not (10 mucn cnriy in ine uny, am, uuiii iunoian iieimont and TontmX'H
Mlnlntr vvptp iinrhnnced npar mtddav. havinrr held stptwlv ii.ha..l '. LtH
" " ' I """"Knootnj
rnfonnnn ,jj
1. Il. - 1 a. I I a 4 -. fl m.lU,1.le.Ul. mi.-ai
laenin hv;uiioii iubi ',4 i" iuiaucinim rjiet'inc was UnchastSi
rvnntvlrnnln tlnllinnd rlprlinpd n fraction tn 44 nnri Wat !...... . . tx
. ....- , - - -v uwety Rnj
shore lot ? to 3ft.
Steel common wai Inacthe, but, following Its sensntlonal advarce
New vorK, 11 uas maruea -up a iuu poini 10 vm.
1 IViaMii 1 nnn linnrla t am nflt Hlnlf In nil ns Inrrra n bahi. .
"'"tiij wj. .-.n- .." - nv-aic ag USUal fcfii 1
the 4s, which" were the most active, were off 22-100 of 1 per cent tfa
tne enti 01 me iiroi num.
iniHadelphia Electric first 5s changed hands at 93 off a trifle
.snrvnnnnmnnt U n B ITIflllo tfiflnV thf tYlP Jfil 051 fififi nnhll.t ..-. .
niiiiuuiiv,v.u.v..l .lu ...vw . ...7 v.,..v.wvv vnjjimi 8CIDCK Af Hi
fnited Gas Improvement Company had been admitted to the regular lg
of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. This removes it from the unlfst?
aeparuiieiii. ,
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Phllarl'lpliln ..
Clcvelrtri'! . . ,
Kit hmonil . . . .
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Chicago .
st Louli
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in io on
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!WESLEYANHAS500
SERVING COUNTRY
I Philadelphia Markets
PROVISIONS
"Ihe market ruled Arm, with a fair
lobbing rlemnnd Thp quotations follow. City
hef, in t omokM and air dried, :4c,
entrrn b"ef In ats amokfil. lUr, cltj
nif. knurklea and tenders rrnoked and air
dried 35c, western beef, knuektes and
tndTs, smnkrd. 3'c beef hams $. oork.
famllv. NA20.3; hams. S. P cured, looe
Lli ft ,11c: hams, skinned o,ise. 'JOtiTano
harnn. skinned, smoked 30.11c, other hann.
smoked, city rured ai to brand and aer
hro :f'.c; hnm smoked, western rured
RfUfS'Jp, hams boiled boneless 41c, plcnlr
shouldprs H P cured loos-, il'4c. plenlc
shoulders, smoked L'.V4c, bellies. In piekle,
areordinc tn aerase Ioosp, 3Jc, breakfast
hncon as tn brand and aterace, elty cured
iiif break fast bacon western curra n
lard western refined, 27'i fr'.'Se
tlt kettle rendered 7t2S8r
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY 1C0H0N GOODS PRICBl
ATTEND BIG MEETING STILL ARE GOINGII
Council of Nation's Experts to
Open War Convention
Today
UKI'INKU SUGARS
110'j 118
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ii'j'i' University Men With Colors
;;; j Include Teachers, Under-"
-''( ' graduates and Alumni
nurkvt rnlrd
for rxtra nn
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Mlildlrlonn, Colin., Apill 1 1 Wes
lov.in now 1ms mnri than Sfld men In
the service. Including fifteen
of the teaching staff. J10 undergrad
uates who have left college to answer
the call of their counti.v and mote
than .100 alumni
Since the last 1M was published n
number of additional enlistments have
been tepoited as well as some pionio
llons Dan C Kenan, the Wesleyan
football coach. Is now a flist lieutenant
In the field artillery and I- In France
12. Payson Tlayvvard, a former Middle
town man and a vv ell-Known basketball
pliyci, has been commlssioded a first
lieutenant Ills parents live In Hartford
now.
The list ot additional names, Including
the three faculty members, follows-
.Vocl V Hen-lngei, "11, instructor in
rieiman and history, navy department;
!l''a now lotated nt the shlpjards at Quincy,
ii tMass
' Leslie I. Terry, assistant In chemls-
tiy, private In the chemical ervice i-ec.
Hon. National Army, nddiees, S021 .Ma
comb street, Cleveland Park, Washing
ton, n C
Kawreni-e I, .-stetle, Insttuctor In
chemlstr , was first commissioned first
lieutenant, ordnance: has-iPLently been
piomoted to captain in the National
Army: Is now stationed at Washington,
a O.
1iiiimih1 was fHlr an'l thi
FifHil on a basla ot 7 I.V
Utanulnttfl
DAIRY I'RODUCTS
( llt.i;si: Chnke slwk was pretty well
(leaned up at full Usurer Quotations New
York, uhiile milk, fanrv , Utffi -IVt. sixtlals
hleher fair to soml SSP-'-V
POULTRY
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STEM, PLANT MORE ACTIVE
Gcfman Propaganda Blamed
Troubles in Past
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RUtnorirea me uimi, i,TOre,.i Am ,.--
Pittsburgh Itallvvay Company to Issue Am T & Cap
I1.SOO.000 4V4 per cent Wty-ear con
solidated mortgage bonds. Tne com
pany has also received ,au:horlty from
the commission to pledge all or any pavt
of the bonds as collateral security for
short term loans under certain prohi
bitions. The proceeds nf the loans are
to he used to pay for cost of additions
and betterments.
BAKER KILLS HIMSELF
not fall on shippers, according to
the New 'Yojrk Hoard of Trade and
Transportation, which went on if cord
In opposition to the Government'a sug
gested advance In freight rates. The
board favored higher carrtnj; charge:.
If they are foundnecessary to meet In
creased cost of Inalntenance, operation,
replacement or a reasonable return upon
Investment, but declared a proposed ad
ranee to provide funds for 100.000 cars,
imany locornptlvea and other equipment
needed for freighting of war supplies
"a War ta. ot a moat odious character "
'Ther never was any public approval
of policy which warranted oe would
permit rate high enough to create funds
tar the extension of Ilnee or the en
largement of rolling stock." said a re
"' port adopted by tne board's committee
on railroad transportation.
These) undertakings should be financed
by Investor, and, riot by uhlppers, was
tbt. attitude taken." "" '
Honor Flair for EnaU
AtUatawa. Vm.. April !. J5mau. the
thriving Miravlart borough jf Jhlgh
n " aust)' ih lew than twelve touVa won? a
ijPfWflt JpvTa HOwr ,!, i"S"; Kutv'
for Food Law Violation
Huntingdon. r April 18. Worried
over the enforced closlpg of his bakery,
Itobert C, Kramer, forty years old,
swallowed poison and locked his store
door. Ills dead body was found two
hours later. Ten days ago Hood Admin
istrator Hamilton accused Kromer of not
putting necessary substitutes In his
bread and he agreed not to bake for
thirty days.
Word came yesterday that he woujd
be permitted to start up his bakery to
day, but Kromer was not aware of this
when he died.
Repair Storm Damages
MltUllle, N. .. April 18The wash;
outs on the Maurice Itiver. Sa Isle and
i..i.i hranchea of the West- Jersey
and Seashore Railroad, which were swept
I away by the heavy atom, and tides of
I last week, are reported repaired and
I train are running on schedule time.
RMIey Perk Schools" Drop German
Cheater. V.. April U.-VTpe nidley
VarVx School Board has -vote-a to a is-
-. e. T. TIT . so
JoSViPj"
As DC 1st Pt
Asso Oil ; p
Atchison )ret JJlj
All Coast ",
SKf-rSIl&nv'as
Bkly Un oas.ios
Brown Shoe., es
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$,'&," HZ
Norf & soutri Sig I NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
rsorf & W nf i .-... i.i, ...n to i .... ,.
llrllilrlirm. Ph.. Apill 18. Accoidlng
to Information ftoni the llethlehcin Steel
Works, the labor situation at the plant
Is considerably Impiovcd. with all de
partments working virtually full handed.
There are, however, some men out In
No 4 machine shop They are virtually
nil from Allentnwn. These men are hold
ing meetings dally In that cltv. (iciman
propaganda Is blamed vfor the trouble
Theio was no diUit bance of nny kind
here today
Government's Local N
Market Reports
;"" ?r. 45
Au, ? Btee 6t
Ohio Pue Sn am
Ohio Gas'rc,, e.14
Owens Bottle. 70
Pan Ti r. m .,..
pprn;Axr?PepJ3H
e- nrk. April 18, In the nnenlnc I
market for coffee futures today Septem
ber was the only month In which there '
was trading, but the undertone was
stead nnd unchanged to an advance of '
1 point.
ToJaV'a
opfninif
fierce Arrow 37i
fin npr '
rills fLVt 52
i. o.jrr-" w
"trpi far
fh-nillfr Slot 8I, nfad jSt'pf.: '
...! r!a. XK atnw. ,... v!
I oilu "-'
cont -"
Con
AuguM
pteniber
October
November
trcemb-r
January .
February
Marrh ...
April . ..
liny
Juna .
July . ..
H..HJS.15
R.SIOS 00
8,H.ie8 ns
Veaterday'a
cloae
K 1IIS 41
S ISCCH.tt
S.4BOR 47
K.4UiM M
K.MftH T.t
s..-,hOn 17
S lllsjs 03
K.IWlfH UK
KaofiK ni
s.aiin-K.ai
n xtnn an
8 HUH 3U
Ti(s rfnfly rrporf la sent out by the
Huicnn of Murkcts ot Ihe United Hlalrx
Otpiirtment of Apriculliiic, Philadelphia
branch, to(ft headquarters at 300-3 IS In.
turance Exchange HulUUng
(Wholeala prlcra on targe tots to, Jobb-ra.)
fhuits
APPI.KS Per bhl (III to 4.1 nuarlrr
petka). New VorK. llalilwln, A urarle. i', -In .
$.130, fancy. A grail., :!'-!. IT, H sratle.
'-"a -In.. 1.1 .in junarailed, ii I.S3; VIrslnU.
Uano tttt 7.1
PINRAI'PI.KS Porto nii-o, vr crate CJ4
to 4K pineappleal. I3..-.08T.1
STnAVVIlKItniKH North (arrtna per
ouart (3- quart rrate), Klondikea and
lllaalonarlea, 270VSc
vi;aKT,nt.t;s
AMI'All SUL'K .CiillfurnU ner box- II
In ea), 5reen t'oioesal ana jumoo
I.IVC SunnlleM tm nnli moderate hut
etnbets j ther vvaa little tradlnir and tirkes favored
nujeri. ivuniaiiona vnuaena. aoii-meaieu
rooslera, .lj$(alc. ataairv vouna roonterav
'J1ff:tlli oil roosters, '.M5?"llo durka Pekln,
a.'Hi.'lli do Indlnn Itunner. J8i3iic aiew.
ss fr .1, h eulntaa per pair tl :.nfi1.ilS,
pluenns old per pair 1.1i1iic do oung.
pel pair .Tlfi.V.r
FRESH FRUITS
The market ruled steady on choice stock
of Miot descriptions Trade, houeer whs
qulft Quotations An pies per bbl Win
sap. $l(.i. Northern Spy 1 1 ft (I. Albemarle
Pippin Sltftl, Ilnldwln. Wtf. Home Beu
tv HWriAfi. niihurt XiGIT flnnn tH6i)4 7Ti
Hen la!s it I 7 apples, western per
hox Ulnesap 2ff3 .'( Spttrenburtr. II. flu
HW Koine Beauty I'JfflL 7,"p I'earmaln
i7."iti-'N Newtown fipptp. ii."ioaini.
flano II "."tftvj ("u. applfs, nearh. per
hamper ftMcfi II .V) do do, per i -bush
bskt . SSefi II Tt Lemon n per box 4M
," 3H lteinanris, per bunrb SUfr3.Au
((ranges Florida, per box. 14 77tftH J.i do.
f'Hlirorntri per lm Si .V11& 7 50 Tanjjer
Ines Florida. ter strnn It177. flrupefruU,
KKirhln rifr Irfi S'J r,iilit T, Plnunnlen.
Porto Illeo per rrate S3ff.1 Cocoanuts. per
naff JlTi Strn wherries Alabama, per
nt 276c. do North Carolina per ut .
VEGETABLES
The market waa generally stead under
moderate offerlnsa and a fair demand Quo
tation. White potatoea .lerse, per .
bushel baaket (.1.1 'b I No 1 WfjIIOc,
No , i'ili31r white potatora per 1011 lbs
Pennavlvanta 1 3.1ffi I in. New York.
tl 3.11U Ml, western tl .1W1 , Mlchlxan.
tl 3i(ri 10. Delaunre Hnd .Maryland, tl In
SSI 30 white potatoes Florida per bbl
No 1. t" .1007 No 3 tl nnennll. white
potatoes Florida per bushel-hamper or box,
3U3 .111. white potatoes Florida per 1,10-lb
bai; No. 1. t'l No 3 t-1 aweet potatoes,
lerbevv per 't. -bushel basket (33 lbs ) No. 1
t. 1.101 Ml. No 3 ,1U$t7.1c swell potatoes
teraev, per hamper No I tl, 101. 00,
No 3 7,1ei tl.3.1. celerv Florida per crate
l 7.103.7.1: lettuee South 1'arollna, per
hamper. t3 7.104 3.1 lettuce. California, per
irate, tlGM tin. cauliflower. California per
rrate, tl03..1O, brussela spiouta X.one
Island per ouart. irifr3'c csftplant, Florida,
per boa t3,10(fl. essplant. Cuban, per boa
tl03r,u, cucumbers Florida, per basket
tl .103.31. aquash Florida, per crate, 11.30
101 7.1. splnarh, Norfolk .per hbl . t303.3,1.
kale Norfolk tier bbl tl dpi. 7.1: bana,
Florida per hamper, tl .1003, beets, Flor
ida per rrate tl 3103 beeta Florida, per
ion bunthea t.'!?lt. peas South Carolina,
pel hamper. t3 inlt 3.311. peas Mississippi,
per hamtier t-' .1003: peaa California per
druni t70S peppers Florida per erat
t303 2.1: peppers Cuban, per box tl .vmi
3 .10: tomatoes Florida per crate t2 V.1H
3 33, tomatoes Cuban, per crHte. t203,
turnips lanaoa rutanaaaa tier ino iha.
.'.Oclftl. radlsheav Norfolk, per bushel-baa
ket. lll.,.i aanaraaus so
bunches, jjvi.i. asnaraaua, Callrornia, per
dozen bunches t3fo7: lahbaae, Tlahlah seed
per ton, tlS032, tabbaae, Florida, new, per
basket tl 2.101 71r cabbase. Florida, new,
per bbl -crate, t303l onlona, per 100-lb, bair
l 7.K2 31. onlona Texas new. p-r crate
No 1. 12.30, 'n. 2. t2: watercress, per 1110
bunches, tl.3003.,10. mushrooms, per lb.,
233(lc
for
Cincinnati, (., April 18.
The National Korclgn Trades Council,
lard, pure ; opening here today, will take up matters
of great lmpottance ftom tne standpoint
of war service. Nine of the ten lead
ing manufacturers of the country repre
senting Industiles vital lo the conduct
of the war will submff reports detailing
the status of these Industries In rela
tion to foreign trade The lines on
which leports will he marte Include tex
tile", lumber, chemicals, automobiles,
finance, metals, oils, agriculture and,
coal The afternoon session will be de
voted to reports on trade conditions after
the war and on "exports control." Many
Government experts on foreign trade
will attend.
James A. Farrcll, chairman of the
council and president of the United
.Slates Steel Corporation, headed a dele
gation of more than n hundred ot the
nation's leading manufacturers nnd ex
porters who arrived from the ICast yes
terday. Delegations ftom all sectjons of
the country, some from as far distant as
San Francisco, will nttend. It is ex
pected that 1300 delegates will be here
today
Among the prominent men who have
arrived are E. A. S. Clark, president
of the Lackawanna Steel Company, New
York city: Julius II, Barnes, president
of the Barnes-Ames Company, Duluth,
Minn . Howard 13. Cole, director of the
Standard Oil Company, New York; Fred
I. Kent, vice president of the Bankers'
Trut Company, New York city ; H. C
Lewis, treasurer and general manager of
the National Taper and Tjpe Company,
New York city j Charles A Schleren,
president of the Charles A Schleren
Company, New York city , 13 P Thomas
president of the United States Steel
Products Company, New York city, Dan
iel Warren, vice president of the Ameri
can Trading Company, New York city
Quotations Advance Desniti
Decline in Raw Material!
and Price-Fixing
Xcts Hrilforil, .Mats. April l H
There seems to be no limit u tJ
soaring ofjcotton goods prices. Imj,
face of a decline in the raw mni.i
market and a conference at Wathlorun 1
un mo iiue-uiuu ot tirice-nxtng bujmo!
goods offer new business to mill, u
sensational advances over prevloui (ji;'l
tracts Print -cloth construction, h,,?
risen In the last week by from onwirtf
n uiir-imu u-ciu it yaru, ana many toaj
structlons of line combed goods treif
two cents a yard sjf
..ujEir oc,r,, lu CITLI H lamiM Q
goods The Gov eminent Is now lMr
close to 40, per lent of the output oft),
cotton mills, ami it Is predicted In naJ
places that by the middle of the jar
the Government nnd other vvariienrisi
will havo contracted for SO percealif,
the production Cutting off half to
supply of goods for the civilian tut'',
this prospect they seem to act on (it
theory that under thc!,e conditions prim
are n negligible consideration Incontruf
with getting the goods.
Some goods are up close to ,M ps
cent above the prices paid the first af
this year. Many goods have adTitiS
B0 per cent Print cloths are nowbrtaj
juk sioiu i io 4i iu a pounu, ana nuf
'constructions nf fine combed goodiut
held for Jl.i.i to tl 85 p2r pound Hw
retail stores In the United Statu
a.alkal, tU730. extra selected
vw
dozen
(thick
(Israel 1.1 2.1: pxtru (amy (medium),
A 2.1. fancy (thin). J 73 iholcee (very thin),
t.1 2.1 New Jersey ureen. per bunch ftvncy,
StlRiUIr primes 3003.1c culls 3002.1c.
IIKANS Florida, pr bush. (12 to 13 quar
ter pecks) green, tl 7302 30, poor, 73c,
was 12 .1(102 7.1
caiihaiik New rorK per ion. nsnisn
RAILROAD EARNINGS
SKAIIUAKI) AIM 1,1 NK
IRIS
t2.7H4.2nl
tu. 'MI" "ninnr na
.'i. ,iif "(ana AIlllnrssK February gross
W-S"1 " i? Slua'aker pf b " ' . ' "Sr.rh..,n"'. r.'S&'Iii
uc Steel P," Jexas Co rcta 18U BOSTON ANU JIAINH
February gross . 13.937,31)1
31K,2K
18
"M
raertnan
'..SHsle the Pla of CaUsauQU, d WJfJK rk7hlnB of qeVnun la the
HAinfcurgrt-Hi, lueU wVa JJT.000. The S""n.u,f .M.ools. A? the suggesUon of
fnial f th rf work, wa ?v,00O, I ifha prlnelpata. M the, board substituted
. H. r TJ Jv.r TKrenoh lrrenta of pupHa objected to
, Kwaver ScJMotb CHmm Gtm
r. .. Aurrt 1 ttsld t a .be tn
?'t '!.. - T .A.tlaMaail.1 fcllllal tifal SB M A
1 Dp tftifect that
Corn
S.1'
n-l Jtr Hud 10 Thlrrt A
Eleo Str Bat. BJH Transue-Wms io
Flit 8pf... "U Teh Products 5J
55 S-'-'ssu Ic,?...fC;- !IU
uen wm-. rj,T fT'J- V"J. " '
iso 01 ... --
Greenj Can V J?
Gulf Sts Stl SV4
Hartman Cp
Hav Eleo . .101
Homestake M 7J
tnf Am .... u
Underw Type 100H
Mn,d?rw T nfl04
I, B- p new j"
Unlteo Drug . 774
Un.Drg lar nf 411?
... :.l nf. 411 t'nlt Pan Rrrt til
Int arv N JlIOlJ HnA'l2 Lteel 38
Two months' cross S,0i7.V
CANADIAN PACIFIC
Second week April . t3.35,(nin
Vrom January 1.. .. 38,173,000
Uecreaae
lill1171
472.1011
lin.'.nmi
1.913,000
LONDON STOCK MARKET
InterCons r T
Int Con Cp Pf
i.W.P II'
H " v. t H nf 11
tl fl IM Al t-e nT,
KSm tS.'" 9ii4 R iiubbir si "
Kelly Spring 4SH U MXInP
h oca i.Dr 1,
Atchison
Canadian raelflc
Chra 4:,Ohlo
St raul
F.rla . .
Krla 1st pref .
Illinois Central
i Louis Nun
central j-aeino .
Pennrylanla . . .
Headlns
Southern I'ae'dc
llnlon Paclftc
U B Steel
trillion
12J0
. !88
. . .10
IF
. . 1 0H
117
ft'
84
87
, 13 ,
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47
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6.1 4
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is
LorlllarO .. .Ill
Manhat Zlco
May
Max
More Bond Against Dank Notes
tr..l,ln,lAn Anrll 1 sf Controller nf
the cunency reported today" that during
MeTe raciiwi rw
N Vv April 18 -The Rev. I Wont. r""'
a w,,
!tli has Men
fottagsf.
a hed th) dost,
that -war
i)
V Ir C & C T
liep pfl0U Vi'frVri n n' 14
Motur' . 21 V4 !!:!" V.Jl. 1
un M .at nfjfiX viril -""'' it.. I, hi. iHert -..inntli. ended March 31 there
Sux Til ii f 20t wMd SS'if 4 iVe deposited as eecurity' for national
MteH Ctm ;..!'' WiU wtSf !nK UQteN I'nlted Siatee bqids to the
lu.., Ttnimm hi i..v C7WWSr T 1 .., n'fies,T,t, kiifliiirlni. Il,&
WllacnCoejr M . Period Jt)ver m$ "JiMrawn
WlllVa oi vf !'. IWiiMed Rate boirdOPWi.n 14,:88.-
WiCntv( ' lift, IM "oHfrt Htat fw ", oeposlt
"tTIl T Hw iiliT" IfWt" ' " it -n jurpur, u'uicitira
tweri removed from I M'rA?T4'Ju.
.. Y .,teaatia h, , V Mtt'l'
Wo
I'm tf
seed tlH03O. Florida. t"r t bbl. (10 to .10
lhs ) pointed type II 2301 73 per crate
(Un tn ton lbs ) t 2,1
CAULIFLOWBU California per crate (l I
dozen heads), 1303 SO. poor, it0125
Cl'CU'MHKnS Florida, per hamper (1 to
7 dozen), fancy i(fl 4ii choice, tl .10
0 1 7.1 . . .
FHUPLANT norma, per crsie. rancy
I IIO I .111: choirs t3 51103
Imreaae KAI.K Nil folk per bbl (30 to 22 quar- I
ih-,,1.,1 ler peeks!, cicnai .-i i
31H.JSM . f PT-PirPK CBllfnri.Is nee crate tl tn S
dozen), tl 2.1. South Carolina per hamper
(2i loSVi dozen! 13 2.1012,1
JIUSlinoOMS Nearby per lb. (2 to 4 lb.
basket). an&ISc
ONIONS New York per 100-lh sacks,
vallont I20r2.2.1. lexas pef cralt (1 bush ),
bollera 1203 23 No 3. tl 73
PKAS Mississippi per bush baakft (1 1 to
JS nuarter pecks). 1303 28 .. ,
niRni.!ftra Florida, ner cfat-. 0i
POTATQbHFIorlda. per double- . I bb!.
140 ouarler pecks). No I It 3.10(1 1) N'n
tt .loon ijo-ih ssi-ks vo t io i
No 2. t4 3S' bulk, pei 100 lbs Peopsyl
I vanla 11500100 Nw York Llnjtd
per 100 lbs , it 40
RAniSHESr-Norfolk per iiuah basket,
VI ".101 7.1
RHURAItn PennavlTanla. ai)d New Jer
sey per bunr.h 20814 c
SPINACH-Norfoik per bbl. (20 lo 22
quarter pecks). 202.2.1
BWKKT POTATOES Nearby, per 'I -hush
harket IS to 8 quarter pecks). It 1501 10.
CUTOMATOBH Florida, per (l-basket reals,
fapcV " tinil to 144 tomatoesi t2 7aeS23.
eholc (ISO tomaloea), 88 5002 73,
WATEIlCItESS Nearby. pr bunch, 3
0c3cQANirT3 rr bag (80 lo 100 nuta).
17 AUCTION BALF.S TBSTKnPAT
ArPf.ES Northwealern. .P",.I"1', Wipe.
pis l!iW. Oano f J 0192 001 Ban
Psv.. J.l2-tt",,jl. ..... ,.
.SBtfr tiuWi m in W W V .
is 7B0R . 4 al lornl mr ? IC l.w
m hci 80US0 )70 to SWi' Jn ho.
Mt!EMo''' f'edfornl. per 'Vei noa fa
fiRAPRtaVu-e "'.) lr V til to
BATUM, BLAC KSEA PORT,
IS CAPTURED BY TURKS
Constantinople Says Deputations of
Population Came to Meet and
Welcome Troops
London, April 18 An official state
menment from Constantinople announces
"the capture by the Turks of the city of
Batum, the Black Sea port of Trans
caucasia. "Batum has fallen Into our lmnri"
! sas the olllclal statement "The enemy
defended the outer foils step by step
On the evening of April 13 attacks
against the southern forts of the fortress
asparaaus southern, per dozen i commei)Lefl ana proceeded with the
Kreaiesr. stuoDornness, Some of the
forts surrendered without fighting, but
the others arreted great tesistance.
"Deputations ftom the civilian popu
lation of the town came out to meet
our tioops and welcomed them. Tim
town and the harbor establishment
were occupied without tesistance being'
met. In the town everything 8 quiet.
The enemy losses were heavy.
"Last of Lae Van our troops occu
pied the town of Sell.''
Batum Is n the Transcaucaslan
tetrltory ceded under the terms of the
Brest-Litovsk peace treaty This le
gion has been evacuated by the Rus
sians, but Its occupation by the Turks
Is being resisted by the Armenians
and Georgians,
Dr. Richard on Kuehlmann. the Ger
man Foreign Minister, has telegraphed
to H. Tchtcherln, the Bolshevik Foreign
Minister, lo (he effect that the Russian
Black Sea (eet has separated Into sec
tions of unknown nationality and. In
violation of the peace" treaty providing
for the disarmament of Russian war
ships, is attacking allies of Germany
Docto- von Kuehlmann gives notice
that all Black Sea warships continuing
to act In violation of the Brest-Lltovsk
treaty will after April 20 be treated as
hostile ships.
ase. southern, ItO.SIfHO 0.1 per ease', fsnev ' ttnt , -mvrsrrsTs , T ntoiimitTO
.elected carefully cBndlert eras wera lobbing i ZUUU AfllliUllvAW P ItllUliMj
tl lwisir M"r '114s
DAIRY PRODUCTS
(YESTURDAY)
lU'TrKR Recelpta of aolld-oacked -r-am
rv continued lUht and Ihla market fil-d
steady. In spite of lowr r-ports from N-w
York Ibiyers were not disposed o operate
sxcept for actual needs but demand waa
sufficient lo Weep supplies well -leaned up,
Prlnta wprs In amall supply and aleadv
inder r fair itemand Quoiattons:
Western, fresh, solid-packed T-amery
xtra, 11c; hlaher-scortna" aoods 1ils47c
xtra Brata l4044'-sc: Orala. ISJr It 14!1 sec
nds, 1ilsi2c: sweet cresmary. extra, tie,
inder aradea. 41ifl)4.V:: nearhv prints, fanrv,
nc; do, average extra, 4004Rr: Orsta. 444J
1.1c: seconds, (I04.lv snecla brands lobblnr
tt f.O32c.
Recelpta. as complied bv the (lureail of
Markets lOOt tuba of butter and,424R cases
n( ega.
r.OllS The market riled steady with a
good demand ltecelpa wera not so large
and supplies 'si-re rlns-iy cleaned up Sales
1 Tn I nan" ni ii-ittuy "urr-ni r-c-ipis at
' ,il.?,a Win S'I per -ase un
IM
selling cotton goods cheaper thaatM
could buy them for replacement TSi.l
consumers of the country will nottoJ
for few months what is now asm
place In primary cotton goods marttti
and when they do they may toniMa,
present retail prices very cheap tjf
DIRECT FEDERAL FIltE j
AT KANSAS MILLING CGV
4
Food Administration Charges &
legal Efforts at Price lj
Inflation 4
tVnslilnejton. Aftrll 18. The llceiise aT
the I8mert-Illncke Milling Compat35.
Kansas City, one of the largest mpl
concerns in the Missouri Valley, Ml
be revoked, according to recomnKtJi;
tlons made to the food adminlstn: .
by Commlssitncr Murdock, of thaTi
eral trade commission The caoPMl
Is charged with Inflating wheat ea
the nubile. 10-
Mr. Murdock recommended' also tW
the license nf the Frailer TacklPt Co
pany. of Elvvood, Jnd , be w'.thheul iW
company failed to deliver tomato calaj
sold on contract, but O. B. Frailer, pf
Afint an,) nulnrltv stockholder. W
over tho plant, manufactured cats
inrl ,nM If nn Ihn BtlOt market tl '
hlgjier price. It was charged M?nJX
"omniission.
I
ha Street
lh l.ll.. u,aa Iha ..n.r.l I..JI..'k..l.
i.. .H..v, -. . ... ..-., -,,,,,,. ,,nn,p
Quotations:
Nearby frsts. Ill in per case- do rurr-nt
receipts tio.so p-r cass western extra
Hrats, 111. in p-r case do, firsts, llo.sn per
-t-lllj
J
4- Rt,
aI
,7
LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS
Clilraso. April I MOOS Katlrnated re
relpts today 3J,nno bead, left over 0(194
head: tomorrow an. 00(1 head Market alow
and mostly 1.1c lower than yesterday's aver
age Ton 117 83 bulk. t!7 43017 73; light.
If 7 30. 17. S.I. mixed. 117 2.1417 S3, heavy
tin 40017.7(1. rough, iUMOftlA 7.1: yorkefa.
maiOWSO Plga II 234 17 23, good to
choice heavy 117 S0lr17 70 '
CATTI.B Katlrnated reselpta today 10 IKI0
b,ad: tomorrow, hooo head Prospect ateady
to atrona; riejvean UltMllOQ. row, and
helf.rs, I7I10OHJ0 atockera and feeders
IS73V12 7.1. reive, JBU50. poor to
mMllum' 112 204113 40. N ' r "
SHF.er katlrnated recelpta today 10 000
head! tomorrow OOiio head Prnsoects atrnnr
at yesterday's close Native 118.2.1417,33.
western. I144M7 81 yearllnas. tt.i 73HIB.
inmus, iii.eiir.i ..i wraierti jitv
MEN INVAI.IDED HOME
Transport Also Brings German
Prisoners Taken From (Jap-
tured U-Boat
21 75.
i
irsna rlly. Anrll Is CATTLB He
celpta 5000 bead. Market strong. 10c higher
1IOCJR Itecelpta 8000 head. Market
ateady
JSHF.BP Itecelpta. 1000 head Market
tron,- t
Kauth-Omaha. April IS HOas necelnts
te.oon head Market 1820e lowar. Tlangv.
fin 7Ant7 30
CATTLB Recelpta. 10.000 head. Market
tu lower. . i
"HBBP rtaeeinla l?,0ot) head Market
ateady. .fara, 7b
" Tj.. . .1 A ! A . al d ,,
Call ( Crt,l4lftlw ft( SatS fcmlw . tUr4f n. fllty-tUi,. years old'fofnie'rlv'
MlKrlabyrg. AprU U, -Stt, Banking
Comlnlsalcricr-. Lefenn Indav laauw.
call fw the condition or all f-sisy-
v is;
Mil
An Atlantic Port, April 18 Wth her
rails crowded by men In uniform, chiefly
the khaki of Uncle Sam, a big American
transport has arrived here It was said
that among the voyagers were about
2000 anldlers nnrl knllnra uiwl a nnnih..
ot" Germans captured from submarines!
oy aniencan ncstroyera in British
waters.
The transport docked in the early
evening. Local officers of the army and
navy transport service Reclined to give
any information as to whether nr tint
prisoners from U-boats were aboard or
as to tne number or aiiorsj and soldiers,
most of whom, it was said, were re
cuperating from illness or from wounds
received in battle
What disposition was m?de of the In
valided Ashling men supposed to be on
the ship could not be learned
Suicide In Graveyard
Mil.. 8t fcaijl's, iruet compan!,)
ft v bum loalrivitfoor. of jne clone ci-V.-
promlpent buslneai rnan. tti this toin,
L-uniiiiivieq j,y(t;iue uanav Ills par.'nlK
wnaii ii jp-neiu two bullets
CLOSE FOUR COLLIERIES!
High Water and Strike Slow Doj
Shamokin Plants
miaimikln. Pa.. Anrll 18.-Four fj
argest collieries In 'h- SnamoklBJ
trlct were made Idle jesterday tWMjgi
high water and one by strike iw
...... nl!,r.. m,1i-o and I'antnyl""
operations of the Susriuehanna WJgl
Company are In Idleness thrombi
a ...im m,, n. inner level ttoraiwrvi
'he result of the rapid thaw folHtt
fqur-foot snowfall last weea, ;
n.u- T ,.l KMHler cnlllerVV Of U14 I
company. Is Idle as a result ol ' il
..n. v, a,.,, than half of uie.i"
have the'reoulred union credantlala.g
he result that fellow ntmu -vj
to enter the mines with them, l"
officials ejepect io sei' -jj
uitl.ln a abort time, having apprised
men today that they were s lolathif
agreement.
HONOR DEAD PASTOPSi
Lehirrh Presbytery Extols M(g
of Two Former fliemDersi
v lU.le.on. I'-. April l-f;
services .or me " , ; ii
man of Pottsvllle. and the Rev
J Quick, of Bangor were co
at the thirty-eighth annual mi
the Lehigh rrcsoytery
at IntJl
Proahvterlan Church here na rwy
B. Jack, of Haxleton. and thi p i
H tyilllamson. of r"""""'
8l,iK.cr"'.. ,..., x- fie.ner of!
,ii ,vc ,,"..-. -- -ucj
ton. wag elected moderator to "s
ihe Rev C P Miller
ot Tn
. ..1. r:
. . ,,,.iap r.1 na.ur v
lected clerk to fil the """y
or ino liev. nownru - '" , itarth'J
who has gone to a charge at J" J
boy. N J. De Forrest" waae aij
Brown were licensed as prew' ,
Refined Sugar Unehans4
New York. April 18 """.V,?
nvA ..nni.anvaa with all local f
auotlne on the basis of TJM V
cn.,tQ,.,T Thn Pedera) "
N'atlonal compIc are eti'l '
Cuban ivv aU unchanged '
duty paid
Wllnlnirion Veteriilgran
." ,.i 4uii i nJ
it vs iiHitiiariuii. pyj,. ,r" 'rtlfl v,
through ,ii Jireaat Trratrggedv ouurred I Wn of tbi-eUy h'diiy-,r
tianiHi) una gixts vr" ."'4 '."' ,"". . ' . ,
tn the OaliiiJIlll Crmetevy,
lieen enfioro.) f favminu
laten ensagA.) , imhui. at T.it,.hn.U
it n
luf ni i.ia urc
ii-. le:.'i
i,
I
uotiflcsi.
,)
an lo. aaaaX.H,WVi
J0" thi taat two ye
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