Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1920 — Page 8

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STOCKS SLUMP BEFORE CLOSE Call Rate Jumps to 12 Per Cent and Prices Drop. NEW YORK, March 28.—After some strength at the opening, the stock market developed weakness and losses of from fractions to seven points were suffered in the active issues. Trading was quiet. Steel common, after advancing % to IOoU, yielded to 104%. Baldwin Locomotive dropped 2 points to 134% and Crucible 2% to 244%. Genera! Motors rose 3% o 378 and then fell to 371. ,Stutz Motors yielded 3 points to 315, while Chandler Motors rose 4 points to 161. Pierce Arrow rose over 1 point to 70%, but quickly lost this upturn. Mexican Petroleum rose 1% to 202% and then fell to 201. Sinclair was active, advancing 1 point to 44%. Pan-American Petroleum, after rising to 104%, yielded to 103%. Atlantic Gulf continued in demand, advaneing 3% to 171%. Colorado Gas was prominent, selling up 2% to 63. United States Rubber fell 1% to 110% and Stromberg Carburetor 2 points to 92. The tone during the forenoon was strong, with many issues being in scant supply. ■ Steel common, after falling to 104%. rose to 105%. and Republic Steel rose 1 point to 109%\ Baldwin Locomotive was heavy, falling over 3 points to 133. The shipping issues were in demand. Atlantic Gulf advancing to over 172. Chandler Motors rose further to 164% and Pierce Arrow advanced to 71%. Sinclair Oil advanced 1% to 46. The market closed weak. Heavy selling developed when the call money rate rose to 12 per cent. Baldwin Locomotive yielded 4 points, to 131%. Nearly all the other Issues ■were In supply at declines of from 1 to 3 points. Pan-American Petroleum yielded over '■4 points to 100%. Industrial Alcohol from the high of 98% yielded to 93%. Crucible dropped 8 points from the high to 255 and General Motors to 370. Southern Pacific was finally 99%; Atlantic Gulf, 165; Marine preferred 93%: Stndebaker 105% and American Woolen, '132. Total sales of stocks "today were 882.100 shares; bonds. $9,184,000. NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS. NEW YORK, March 29.—Liberty bond quotations: First 3%5, 97.50; first 4s. 9C.30; second 4s. 89.9): first 4%5, 90.74: • second 4%5, 89.92; third 4%5. 92.80: ■fourth 4%5. 89.76; Victory 3%5. 97.46: •Victors 4%5, 97.46. NEW YORK METALS. NEW YORK. March 29. Copper quiet; spot, March and April. 18@18%c. Lead quiet: spot and March B%c bid. Spelter firm: spot, 8.40 c bid; March. 8.45 c bid; April. May and June, 8.45(g8.62%e. ACTIVE OIL STOCKS. (By Thomson A- McKinnon.) —Opening— Bid. Ask. Anglo-American Oil 26% 27% Atlantic Refining 1500 1550 Buckeye Pipe Line 97 100 . Chesebrough Mfg. Cons 235 240 Continental Oil, Colorado... 6*o 600 . Cosden Oil and Gas 8% 9 Crescent Pipe Line 32 35 Elk Basin Pete 9% 9% Eureka Pipe Line 140 145 Galena-Signal Oil, pref 94 98 Galena-Signal Oil, com 82 86 Illinois Pipe Line 173 ITS Indiana Pipe Line 100 103 Merritt Oil 20 20% Midwest Oil 1% 2 Midwest Refining 170 173 National Transit 31 33 New York Transit 182 187 Northern Pipe Line... 102 106 Ohio Oil 355 365 Pean.-Mex 57 <SO Prairie Oil and Gas 650 670 Prairie Pipe Line 256 260 Sapulpa Refining 5% 5% Solar Refining 400 420 Southern Pipe Line 145 150 South Penn Oil 315 325 Southwest Penn Pipe Lines. 84 88 Standard Oil Cos. of Ca 1.... 348 ;552 Standard Oil Cos. of lnd 84*i 850 Standard Oil Cos. of Kns 600 trio Standard Oil Cos. of Ky 410 440 Standard Oil Cos. of Neb 410 450 . Standard Oil Cos. of N. Y... 440 445 Standard Oil Cos. of 0hi0... 490 510 Swan & Finch 98 103 Union Tank Line 124 128 Vacuum Oil ..... 415 425 VYashington Oil 37 42 CHICAGO sifOCKS. (By Thomson & McKinnon) Open. Close. BOoth Fisheries pfd 65 65 Carbide and Carbon 73 72 Chicago Pneumatic T 001.... 100% 100 Cudahy Packing Cos 97% 97% Diamond Match 121 121 Libby 30% 29% Public Service pfd 90 90 Sea re-Roebuck 250 2:!0 Stewart-Wamer 48% 47% Swift & Cos 122 120 v Swift International 45 44 Armour pfd 99% 99% Nat. Leather 14 14 Mont. Ward 39% 59% Straus & Cos. Offer Hotel Bond Issue S. W. Straus & Cos. announced today they have underwritten a first mortgage 6 per cent serial bona issue of $5,000,000 on the Drake hotel now being ererted on the Lakeshore drive, Chicago. The bonds are secured by a first mortgage on the land, building and equipment. The new hotel will contain 780 guest rooms and will be under the same management as the Blackstone hotel, Chicago.

Foreign Exchange Opens Unsettled NEW YORK. March 29—The foreign exchange market opened unsettled today with demand atefiiing at $3.91%, off 3 cents- franc checks 14.52, off 25 centimes and lire demand 19.92. The market closed irregular with de'mand sterling $3.92%,. off l%c; franc checks, 14.50, off 23 centimes, and lire checks off 22 centimes at 20.14. LOCAL HIDE MARKET. Green Hides—No. i, ISc; No. 2,17 c. Green Calves —No. 1. 40c; No. 2, 38%c. Horsehides —No. 1, $10; No. 2, $9. Cured Hides—No. 1. 20c: No. 2. 19c. Weather Conditions Station. Bar. Temp. Weath. Indianapolis 29.79 40 PtCldy Atlanta, Ga 29.92 58 PtCldy Amarillo, Tex 30.00 26 Clear Bismarck. N. D.... 29.62 26 PtCldy Boston, Mass 29.92 4) Cloudy Chicago, 111 29.64 36 . Cloudy Cincinnati, 0 29.78 44 Cloudy Cleveland, 0 29.56 46 Cloudy Denver, Colo 29.88 28 Clear' Dodge City, Kas... 29.98 30 Clear Helena, Mont 29.78 36 Clear •Jacksonville. Fla... 30.02 68 Clear Kansas City. M 0... 29.92 38 Clear I*>uisville, Ky 29.90 40 (Hear Little Rock, Ark.. 30.04 44 Clear Los Angeles, Cal.. 30.92 48 Clear Mobile. Ala 29.94 66 PtCldy New Orleans. La... 29.96 64 Cloudy ■New York, N. Y. . 29 82 44 Rain Norfolk. Va 29.82 ’64 Cloudy Oklahoma City 30.06 38 Clear Omaha, Neb v 29.84 34 Clear Philadelphia, Pa... 29.78 52 Rain Pittsburg, Pa 29.00 60 Clpar Portland, Ore 30.20 44 Clondv Rapid City, S. D.. 29.72 38 PtCldy Roseburg, Ore 30.20 42 Clear San Antonio, Tex.. 30.02 50 Clear San Francisco, Cal.. 30.04 48 Clear St. Louis, Mo 29.92 40 Clear St. Paul, Minn 29.64 24 Clear Tampa, Fla 30 02 72 Cloudy Waahingrton, D - C.. 29.72 58 Cloudy Observation taken at 7 a. m... March 29, 1920, by United States weather bureaus. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The disturbance In the west Saturday morning developed much in intensity during Sunday, and moved northeastward, accompanied on Us eastern front by high winds and severe local storms. It Is new centered over the northern lakes region, and has been followed to the west and south by considerably lower temperatores. Another depression center is present In the Canadian northwest, and higher temperatures prevail thence southward •Mr the middle Rockies and the southWkslmrn plateau. JT. H. A R SUNG TON, Meteorologist.

TODAY’S MARKET NEWS IN BRIEF NEW YORK STOCKS. Market opened with show of strength. i>ut reactions soon set in and losses developed. Around noon steadier tone in evidence only to be shattered near • lose by rate of call money, which jumped to 12 per cent. Market closed weak. GRAINS. Indianapolis Cash—Corn, steady, unchanged: oats, steady, unchanged; hay, firm. Chicago Cash—Corn, unchanged to 1c higher; oats, unchanged to %o higher. Chicago Futures—Corn. %®l%c higher; oats, %@%c lower. Toledo Cash-Corn, unchanged; oats, unchanged: rye, 2e higher; barley, 1c higher. LIVE STOCK. Indianapolis—Hogs. 25@50c higher: cattle, slow and uneven; calves, steady: sheep, nominal. Chicago—Hogs, 20<925c higher; cattle, no market, account of strike; sheep, no market. PROVISIONS. Chicago Board of Trade—Pork, 65@75c lower; lard, 30(g38c lower; ribs, 23®70c lower. i Local Stock Exchange STOCKS. . Bid. Ask. fnd. Ry. & Light com 38 lnd. Ry. & Light pfd 90 95 Indpls. & Northwest, pfd 75 Indpls. & Southwest, pfd 75 Indpls. St. Ry 46 50 T. H., T. & Light pfd 76 T. H., I. & E. com 1% ... T. 14., T. & L. pfd 75 U. T. of lnd. com 1 U. T. of lnd. Ist pfd 5 11 U. T. of lnd. 2d pfd 2 Advance-Rumely Cos. com ... Advance Rumely Cos. pfd.... 65 Am. Central Life 235 Am. Creosoting Cos. pfd 97 Belt Railroad com 109 119 Belt Railroad pfd 52 ... Century Bldg. Cos pfd 99% ... Cities Service com... ... Sities Service pfd ... Citizens Gas Cos., 1917 34 Citizens Gas, prior to 1917... 34% ... Dodge Mfg. Cos. pfd 99% ... Home Brewing 50 ... Indiana Hotel com 65 ... Indiana Hotel pfd 99 lnd. National Life 4% ... Ind. Title Guaranty 64 72 lnd. Pipe Line Indpls. Abattoir pfd 49 52 rndianapolis Gas 63 56 Indpls. Tel. Cos. com Indpls. Tel. Cos. pfd 75 90 Lerncke Realty Cos. pfd 95 Mer. Pub Utl. Cos. pfd 42% 52% Natl. Motor Cos 20% 21% Natl. Cnderwrlt Cos ... Public Savings 2% ... Rauh Fertilizer pfd 50 Stand. Oil Cos. of Ind 840 sterling Fire Insurance 8% 10 Stutz Motor Cos Van Camp Hardware, pfd... 90 Van Camp Pack, pfd 100 Van Camp Prod. Ist pfd.... 100 Van Camp Prod: 2d pfd 99 Vandalia C'oal com 5 Vandalia Coal pfd 10 Wabash Ry. com .’ 8 Wabash Ry. pfd 27% ... BONDS. Broad Ripple 5s 52 ... Citizens Street Ry. 5s 70 83 Ind. Coke & Gas Cos. 6s 91 Ind. Creek Coal A Min. 65.. 98 ... Indiana Northern 5s ... Indiana Union Traction 5s Indpls., Col. A- South. 55.... 88 Indpls. &• Greenfield 5s 95 ... indpls. A Maitinsville 55... 57 ... Indpls. A- North 5s 30 41 Indpls. A Northwestern 55.. 52 62 Indpls A- Southeast. 5s 44 Indpls , Shelby & S. E. 5s Indpls. Street Ry. 4s 59 67 Indpls. Trac. A- Ter. 5s 65 67 Kokomo. M. & M. 5s 83% 88 T. H.. I & E. 5s 69 Union Tra<\ of lnd. 5s 70 Citizens Gas 5s 77 82% Indiana Hotel Cos. 2d 65.... 97% 101 Indianapolis Gas Cos 73% *0 lnd. L. A- H. 5s 79 86 Indianapolis Water 5s 8!) 94 Indianapolis Water 4%s ... 72 78 M. M. & L. ref. 5s 90 94 New Telephone Ist 6s 03 ... New Telephone 2d 5s 98 ... New Tel. Long Distance 55.. 91 ... South. Ind. Power tts 91 ... BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES. Aetna Trust 100 ... Bankers Trust 117 City Trust .80 ... Commercial National 70 80 Continental National 111% ... Farmers Trust 390 Fidelity Trust 120 Fletcher American National. 257 Fletcher Kav. A Trust C 0... 168 Indiana National 293 3<H) Indiana Trust 206 Live Stock Exchange 382 Merchants National 282 National City 114 People State 176 Security Trust 117 State Sav. A Trust 89% 94 Union Trust Cos 368 380 Wash. Bank & Trust C 0... 131 LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty 3%s 96>0 97.50 Liberty first 4s 90.38 90.58 Liberty second 4s 89.30 89.60 Liberty first 4%s 90.40 90.60 Liberty second 4%s 89.68 89.9S Liberty third 4%s 92.70 93.00 Liberty fourth 4%s 89.70 89.80 Victory 3%s 97.34 97.54 Victory 4% s 97.40 97.70 SALES. 30 shares Indpls. St. Ry 49

Local Bank Clearings Today $2,681,000 Same day last year 1J&2.000 Increase over last year $819,000 Today’s Market Gossip Representatives of big eonper producers and affiliated banking interests have formed a $50,000,000 company to extend credit to foreign consumers. 1 Unite-1 States grain corporation reports exnorts of wheat and flour to March 19 at 146,000,000 bushels, against 211,000,000 bushels year ago. Consumption frozen meats in Great Britain is 30 per cent below pre-war standard and there are large stocks on hand, according to a London cable. General Electric stock reported to have been going extensively of late into Investment hands with result that the floating supply of stock is so small that bidding for moderate amount is expected to elevate the price sharply. Gov. Harding of the federal reserve board said today: “Federal reserve specifically precludes the purchase of discount by federal reserve banks of notes, drafts or bills covering merely investments or issued or drawn for the purpose of carrying on trading in stocks, bonds or other investment • securities except bonds and notes of United States government.” Corn letter by wire from Chicago says that three cargoes of Manchurian corn were recently bought for importation via Pacific coast. Farm reserves are larger than normal. Shipping oemand does not exist. Feeding demand is slowing down. These are good and sufficient reasons for thinking that corn is high enough. But they do oot mean that prices will decline at once. Slow distribution is an element that lends stubbornness to market. WHOLESALE PRODUCE. Wholesalers are paying the following prices in Indianapolis for eggs, poultry and packing stock butter: Eggs—Fresh. 41c do*. Poultry—Fowls. 34c; broilers, 1% to 2 lbs, 50c; cocks. 18c; old tom turkeys 32c; young tom turkeys, 12 lbs and up, 38c; young hen turkeys. 8 lbs and up, 38c; cull thin turkeys not wanted; ducks 4 lbs up. 24c; ducks, under 4 lbs, 20c;’ geese, 10 lbs up, 20c; squabs, 11 lbs to doz, $7.50. Butter—Clean packing stock, 35c lb; fresh creamery butter, in prints, is selling at wholesale at 60c; in tubs, 68c. Butter Fat—lndianapolis buyers are paying 70e lb. Cheese (wholesale gelling prices)— Brick. 29®30c lb; New York cream. 32c; Wls onsin full cream, 31c; longhorns, 83®54c; Uinburgor, 88c.

GOOD HOGS UP 25 TO 50 CENTS Cattle Market Spotted, With Calves About Steady. RANGE OF HOG PRICES. Good Good Good Mar. Mixed. Heavy. Light. 23. $14.60® 15.00 [email protected] 24. [email protected] 14.50®15.00 [email protected] 35. 16.50016.00 14.26 <@ Is. 75 [email protected] 26. 15.26 ® 16.75 14.25® 14.76 16.00 27. 15.50® 16.00 14.60® 14.76 16.25 29. 18.75® 16.25 14.75®15.00 [email protected] Receipts. 4,500; market. 25050 c higher. Run of hogs on hand was not enough to care for requirements and from the star; prices were higher, One local packer had an inside on most of the receipts and other buyers engaged in a keen scramble to get their share. This was a condition favorable to the selling side and all classes of hogs benefited. There was no definite schedule r.s more laxity than usual was allowed In the matter of weights, but the" little hogs profited the most, selling at $10.50®10.75. with a liberal Sprinkling of sales around the top mark. Medium and mixed hogs were generally 25c higher, with sows and roughs also up 25 cents. . Sows showed a top of $13.50, but bulk of good stuff cleared at $13.25. Pigs were about steady, although some fancy stock sold at sl6. Bulk of sales, however, for the good weights around 130 pounds was registered at $15.50 down. Cattle. Receipts, 1,200; market, slow and uneven. There was a spotty and irregular trend to cattle sales, with a dragging tendency in evidence. Steers finally established a stronger tone and were conceded to be a shade higher. Good cows and heifers were about steady, but the medium grades of butcher stuff were 15®25c lower. Cauners held steady and bulls showed no shading off in price. Market was slow in getting started and buyers appeared in no hurry to fill their orders. Calves. Receipts. 800; market, steady. Calves held about steady with a weaker undertone apparent, particularly for the medium weight veals. Choice veals cleared at sl7 and the good at $15.50® 16.50. Medium* at sll®l4 were barely steady. With the Chicago strike in force and reports from Pittsburg indicating a plentiful supply there was no outlet for the calves on hand and salesmen were forced to push sales. Only one local packer was in Qie market and he took the bulk of the receipts. 4 Sheep. Receipts, 50; market, nominal. There was a bare scattering of sheep on hand, not enongb to create a market. HOGS. Best hogs, 160 to 200 lbs average $16.50®16.75 Good. 2to to 225 lbs average.- 16.25 Good, 225 to 250 lbs average.. 15.75 Good, 250 to 275 lbs .average.. 15.50 Good, 275 to 300 lbs average.. 15.25 Good, over 300 lbs average... 14.75® 15.00 Roughs and packers 10.50® 13.25 Bulk of sows.. 12.75(ft13.25 Best pigs, under 140 lbs 15.00G15.50 Bulk of good CATTLE. —Steers— Prime cornfed steers, 1,300 lbs and up [email protected] Good to choice steers, 1,300 lbs and up.... 13.00® 13.50 Good to choice steers. 900 to 1,200 lbs 11.50<@12.50 Common to medium steers. 1,100 to 1,200 lbs 10.50® 11.50 Common to medium steers, 900 to 1,000 lbs O.SOfftIO.OO Good to choice yearlings .... 11.00G13.00 Heifers and Cows— Good to choice heifers 11.00® 13.50 Fair to medium heifers....... 9.75®10.i'5 Common to light heifers B.oo® 9.50 Good to choice cows 9.50®11.50 Fair to medium cows 8.50® 9.25 Canners 5.00® 6.00 Cutters 6.50® 8.00 Bulls and Calve*— Good to prime export bulls.. 900® 930 (rood to choice butcher bulls. SJ4HCL 9.50 Bologna bulls 7 00® 8.00 Choice veals 17.00 (rood veals 15 50® 16.50 Medium veals 1L00®14.00 Lightweight veals 9.00/ftiloo Heavy calves 7.00®10.00 Stockers and Feeding Cattle — Good to choice steers, 800 lbs and up 1000@1100 Common to fair steers. feOO lbs and up 9.00® 950 Good to choice steers, under SOO lbs 9.50® 10.00 Common to fair steers, under 800 lbs B.oo® 9.25 Medium to good cows. 6.25® 7.2-5 Medium t<> good heifers 7.00® 730 Fair to best milkers 75 00® 12.5.09 Stock calTes, 250 to 450 lbs.. 7.00®>!1.(k) SHEEP AND LAMBS. Good to choice sheep 9.50®10<M) Common to medium sheep... 5.00® 8.00 Good to choice yearlings ... 13,oO(dl4.oo Common to medium yearlings 10.u0®12.00 Western fed lambs 18.00® 18 50 Good to choice iambs 17,50®18.()0 Common to medium iambs... 14 o(>®l7 00 Bucks, per 100 lbs 7.00® 8.00 Other Live Stock | CINCINNATI. March 29 Hogs Re ccipts. ,8.400: market strong: heavy, $14.50 @15.50: mixed, medium and light, sl6; pigs. sl4; roughs. $12.75; stags, $8.75. Cattle- Receipts. 2,100; market Tery slow. 25c low*-; bulls steady; caiveg. $18.50. Sheep—None. CHICAGO, March 29.—There were practically no sales of live stock today, due to the walkout. Trade was too erratic to quote prices on cattle and sheep. CHICAGO, March 29. Hogs—Receipts. 2,000; market strong, 20®25c higher; bulk. $14.80® 16: butchers. [email protected]; packers. J13.15.i18.75; light. $15.20® 16; pigs [email protected]; roughs $12.00® 13.15. Cattle —Receipts 1,500; no sales. Sheep Receipts. 8,000; no sales. CLEVELAND, March 29.—Hogs -Receipts, 5,500; market 35c higher; yorkers, $1(135; mixed, $16.35; medium, $14.75: pigs, $15.75; roughs $12.60: stags, $9.50. Cattle—Receipts, 1,100, market steady; good to choice steers, $12®13.50; good to choice heifers, s9®ll; good to choice cows, $8®10; fair to good cows, s6®B; bulls, ss@o; nillcbers, sso® 150. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 1,000; market 25c higher: top, $16.75. Calves—Receipts, 1.000; market 50c@$l higher; top, S2O. PITTSBURG, March 29.—Cattle—Receipts, 85 cars; market lower; choice. $13.75® 14.50; good. [email protected]; fair, slo<®ll.so. Sheep and lambs —Receipts, 20 double decks; market steady; prime wetbers, $15(8)16: good, $13@14; fair mixed, $10.50# 11.50; spring lambs, sl3® 20. Hogs—Receipts. 40 double decks; prime heavies, $14.75®15; mediums, $16.25 ®16.50; heavy yorkers, $16.30® 16.75; light yorkers. $15.85® 16; pigs, [email protected]; roughs, [email protected]; stags, s9®lo. EAST ST. LOUIS, 111.. March 29.—Cattle —Receipts, 4,000; market, cattle strong, prospects higher; native beef steers. [email protected]: yearling beef steers and heifers, slo® 13; cows, $9.75@11; stockers and feeders, slo® 10.60; calves, $18.75® 19; canners and cutters, $4.75®6.50. Hogs— Receipts, 12,000; market 35@30c higher; mixed and butchers. $15.75®16.35; good heavies, $14®15; rough heavies, $11.50® 12.75; light, $15.90(8)16.35; Digs, $13.75® 16; bulk of sales, [email protected]. Sheep—Receipts, 1,200; market 25e higher; ewes, $13.75®14; lambs, $19®19.50; cauners and cutters, ss®6. EAST BUFFALO, N. Y„ March 29. Cattle—Receipts, 4,000; market active to 25c lower; shipping steers, sl3® 14.25: butcher grades, 9@13; heifers, so® 11; cows, s4@ll; bulls.. [email protected]; milch cows and springers, $50®175. Calves—Receipts, 3,000; market slow to $1.25 lower; culls to choice, [email protected]. Sheep and lambs— Receipts, 10,000; market. active and steady: choice lambs, $20®30.50 ; culls to fair, [email protected]; yearlings, sl6® 18.25; sheep, s6@lo. Hogs—Receipts, 12,000; market slow to 10@25c higher; yorkers, $16.40(8)16.50; pigs, $15.75® 16; mixed, $16.25(816.40; heavies, [email protected]; roughs. [email protected]; stags, s9@lo. MAX SHAW A PROUD DADDY. Maxwell Shaw, head cattle buyer for Klngan A Cos., at the local stock yards, was on the receiving end of a flood of congratulations today. There is a daughter at the Shaw home that arrived last week and the news had just gotten to the yards. Max was wearing a radiant smile that eloquently bespoke the role of a proud daddy he is now portraying.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 29,1920.

CORN STARTS UP AND OATS DROP Storm Causes Dull Day, as Wires Are Down. CHICAGO, March 29.—Trading in grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade today proved quiet and featureless, due i to lack of out3ide trading. Absence of information caused by wires '■ being down caused many to hold off. Proviisons were lower. March corn opened late at $1.61%, up %c, and later gained %c. May corn, up %c at the opening of $1.56%, gained a further %c later. 1 July corn, opening up %c at $1.50%, remained unchanged. September corn opened up %c at ! $1.46%, later lost %c. May oats opened unchanged at 86%c and later lost %c. July oats opened up %c at 79%c and later lost %c. It was a featureless market in corn options today 'with the March delivery closing higher, while the deferred fu- ; tures were unchanged to a fraction lower. ! March eotrn closed l%c higher, while the May and July closed unchanged. September was %®l%c lower. Trade was I light throughout. May oats closed %@%c lower; July was 1 off %c, while the September 'was %c off. Hog products finished lower in aympathy with corn and oats. CHICAGO GRAIN. —March 29 — CORN—Open. High. Low. Close. Mar. 1.61 1.62% 1.61 1.62% tl% May. 1.56% 1.56% U 65% 1.66 t % 1.56% 1.55% July 1.50% 1.51 1.49% 1.50% 1.50% OATS— May. 86% 86% 86 86% * % *6% | July 79% 79% 78% 78% • % 78% PORK—- ! May. 37.25 37.25 36.50 36.50 * .75 July 37.50 37.50 36.60 36.60 * .05 !LARD — May. 21.15 21.15 20.70 20.80 * .30 July 21.90 21.92 21.47 21.52 * .38 i RIBSI May. 19.10 19.17 18.40 18.40 * .70 ■July 19.70 19.70 19.30 19.37 * .70 ; July 19 70 19.70 19.30 19 37 * .23 •Decrease, tlncrease over Saturday’s close. CHICAGO CASH. CHICAGO, March 29. —Wheat— No. 2 mixed, $2.50; No, 2 hard winter, $2.58; No. 3 hard winter, $2.65; No. 4 northern spring, $2.50. Corn No. 2 mixed. $1.63; No. 3 mixed. $1,60®1.61 %; No. 4 mixed, $1.58® 1.50%; No. 3 white, $1.62%®1.3%; No. 4 white, $’..,'.*@1.60%; No. 3 jetlow, $1.61 %@ 1.63; No. 4 yellow, $1.58%<@ 1.50%. Oats—No. 2 white. 95%@96%c; No. 3 white. 93@95%e; No. 4 white. 92% j @94c; standard. 88c. TOLEDO CLOSE. TOLEDO, 0., March 20—Close; Corn No. 3 yellow, $162. Oats—No. 2 white, [email protected]. Rye—No. 2 cash, $1.78. Barley ' —No. 2 cash, $1.54. Alsyke— Cash and April, $36.50; May, $36 9* Cloverwl Cash and March, $35.50; April, $34.00; : October. $23.26. Tlmotby, 1917 and 1918 cash. $6.90; 1919 cash. $6.10; March $6 10; April, $6.05; May, $6; September and October. $6.15. December, $6.10. Butter—--73c. Kggs—47c. hay—s2.lo. I-RIM4KY MARKETS. ! x —March 29 (By Thomson & McKinnon) Receipt*--Wheat. Corn. Oats Chicago 49.000 146.15 K) 123,000 Milwaukee... 12.000 75.000 164,<4)0 Minneapolis 379,000 .'IB,OOO 08,000 Duluth 17,000 2,000 St. Louis.... 64,000 166.000 184.000 Toledo 5.(44) 12,000 Kansas City 282.000 108.000 39,000 Peoria 13,000 117.000 67.000 Omaha 62,<X4< 111,000 54,000 Indianapolis. . 99.(44) . 30,000 Totals 883,(44) BC7 000 793.000 Year ago 658.000 872,000 852,000 —Shipments— S Wheat. Corn. Oat* Chicago .33.(410 96.(44) ,140,000 Milwaukee 9 Ono 40.(44) 38.0(41 Minneapolis. 117,000 8,(44) 33,(44) Duluth 1,000 14.00* 1 St. lAi uis 24*44) 68,000 67,000 Voledu 1,0(4) 3.000 ! Detroit 7 .*4lO 6.000 Kansas City. l!),"0O 30,000 12,000 I’eori* 13 turn 96.0(e) 54.(44) Omaha 48.(40 81)44) 36.000 Indianapolis. 3.000 27.000 6,000 Totals 268144) 458.000 402,0*4) Year ago.. OSI.OOO 306.(44) 685,000 —Clearances- - Domestic W. Corn. Oats, Nw York... 04.000 Boston ..... 40.(44) ....... j Philadelphia. 34,(44) ’ Baltimore... 202.0*4) Galveston.... 57.(44.) Totals 427.000 Year ago.. r F9i’..o*4) 6,000 478,000 INDIANAPOLIS CASH GRAIN. —March 20 Corn- Steady; No 3 white,. $1.65%® 1.66%; No 4 white. $163%; No. 3 yellow, $1.63%; No 4 yellow, [email protected]%; I No 3 mixed, $1.64%® 1.65; No. 4 mixed, SI.OO. Oats- Steady; No. 2 white. $1.01%; No. :i white. 90%c®$L00%; No. 4 while, 90%c. liny Firm; No. 1 timothy. $34®34.50; light clover mixed, $33@33250; No. 1 elover mixed, $32.50®3.3. s 2 red, 2 cars; No. 3 red, 1 car; total, J cars Corn—No. 3 white, 22 cars; No. 4 white, 10 cars; No. 3 yellow, 9 vara; | No. 4 yellow, 10 cars; No. 3 mixed, 6 icars; No. 4 mixed. 5 cars; ear, 1 car; ! total, 63 cars. Oats -No. 2 white, 24 ears; No. 3 white, 8 cars; No. 4 white, 4 cars; sample white, 2 cars; No. 2 mixed, 1 car; total, 30 cars. Hay—No. 1 timothy, 2 cars; standarn timothy, 1 car; No. 1 clover mixed, l ; car; total. 4 cars. Htraw—No. 1 oats, 1 car. WAGON MARKET. The following are the Indianapolis \ prices of bay and grain by the wagon j load: Hay—l.oo sc timothy, $.32®.33 a ton; mixed, s3l @32; clover, $32@33. Corn—sl.6s® 1.70 a bushel. Oats—9s®97c a bushel. Straw —Wheat, sß®9 ton; oats, $14®15. Chicago Strike Cuts Receipts of Stock CHICAGO, March 29.—Because of the strike of 1,800 members of the Live Stock Handlers’ union here, there were meager | live stock receipts at Chicago stockyards today. Hundreds of cars of stock were diverted to other markets during the night, i Nearly all of the big packers practically stopped slaughtering at their plants. i Instead of the 19.000 cattle which should have arrived at the yards today, only 1.500 came in. Hog shipments fell from the expected 45,000 to 2,000, while only 8,000 of 16,000 sheep scheduled arrived. A shutdown of packing house killing plants will be forced on packers ber‘ > | within the next thirty-six hours, union men stated, unless some agreement Is reached. CLEVELAND PRODUCE. CLEVELAND, 0., March 29.- ButterCreamery in tubs, extra, 68%@60e; extra firsts, 67%@08c; firsts. 60%@tt7c; prints, 1c higher; seconds, 62@02%e. Eggs—Northern extras, 47c; extra firsts, 46c; northern firsts, new cases, 45c; old cases, 44%c; southern and western firsts, new cases, 44 Vic; fresh gathered extras, 48c; firsts, 47c; new and old cases, 45c; western firsts. 44c. Poultry—Capon chickens, 45@50c per ? found; light fowls, 40@41c; extras, 43@ sc; roosters, 24c; springers, 40@41c. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO, March 29.—Butter—Re- j ceipts, 8432 tubs; creamery extra, 64%c; ! Firsts, 56@63%c; packing stock, 30c. Eggs -Receipts, 22,914 cases; ordinary firsts, 40%®41%c; firsts, 43%e; I'heoks, 37@3Se; dirties, 41c. Cheese—Twins, new. 28@28%c: daisies. 2!)@3oe: young Americas, 30%@81c; longhorns, 80@30%c; brick. 27%@28c. Live poultry—Turkeys, 40c; chickens, 42c; springs, 39c; roosters. 26c; geese, 22c; ducks, 38c. Potatoes— Receipts, 44 cars; Minnesota*. Dakotas,, Ohio*. 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On Commission Row Tomatoes are 50c crate lower, at s4@s for six baskets, Spanish onions quoted 40c higher basket of forty pounds. Now selling at $3. Shallot green onions down 25c dozen bunches to $1.25. More coming in, dealers say. Cabbage is %c pound higher, at 6@6%c. Higher at shipping point and heavy demand, dealers state. Texas spinach is 75c bushel lower. Now selling at $2.75. Dealers report quality not up to former shipments. Florida oranges selling 50c box cheaper. Now priced at [email protected]. Receipts have been more liberal, dealers report. White onion sets are down 25c hundredweight to $4. Now selling on the same basis as the red and yellow. Fh lida celery is 25c crate higher. Now l,uoted at [email protected]. Shipments of good \quallty stock are dropping off, dealers assert. Seed jY tatoea are selling 50c hundredweight \ cher. Red River Ohlos now quoted at $7; Earl Rose, $6.50; eastern Cobblers, $7: Triumphs. $7. Seed pota- | toes are acting in sympathy with the northern potato market, which is showing a higher quotation almost daily. TODAY’S PRICES. Apples—ln barrels. Extra fancy Red j Jonathans, sl2; extra fancy Grimes Golden, $11; Baldwin, $8.50; O'eenings. $9; Hubbardson, s9® 11; Jonathans, s9® 10.50; Rome Beauties. $8.50®10.50; Kings, $9; Wlnesaps, $10; Maine Northern, $10; Wealthy, SS; York Imperials. $9: Kin-! naird Favorites, $6; Grimes Golden No. 1 grade, $9. In boxes: Rome Beaut.es, 80s to 150s, $3.50; Grimes Goldens. 96s to 1755, $3.50; Delicious, 80s to 15b, $4.50; Yellow Ortley, 72s to 1625. $3.50®3.75;! Spitzenberg, 80s to 150s. $3.50. Bananas -Wund, B%c. Beans Michigan navy, in bags, per lb., 7%c; pinto. 7%e; limas, 13%c. Beets 65-ib. bags, $1.50. Cabbage Bound, 6®6%c. Cauliflower—Crate, $2.75®. Carrots —Basket. 40 lbs., $1.75; new crop, dozen btiuches, 40c; hamper, 50c® $1.25. Celery—Florida, [email protected] crate. Cuetimhers—Hothouse, Davis, doz. $3; box 2 doz. $5.75. Grapefruit—Extra fancy, Florida*. $3.25 @4.75. Honey -Comb, new, eases of 24 caps, $7.75; extracted, 60-lb. fins. 22c; Bouth American, dark extracted. 16e lb Lemons—California*, standard box, $5.25®5 50. Lettuce—Leaf, pound. 16*@18c; Iceberg, crate, 4 doz, SS.2S@3NO. Mangoes—Florida, 2-do* basket, $1.50;; | crate, sl6. Nuts- Filberts, pound. 20@32c; English walnnta. 37@40c; chestnuta, 35e; pecans. ; 80c, s<>e. 70c; Brazlla. 28c; almond. S3® 36c; shellback hickory, 10c. Oranges -California navel, box, s7@9; Florida, $7@750. Onions--Indiana yellows, cwt, $7;; western yellow, $7; Spanish Imported, to.lb basket. $3: shallots, do*. $125. Onion Sets—Red and yellow, bu, $4; white, $4. I‘otatoea—Northern whites, cwt. $6150.! Potatoes- Seed, Red River Ohio, cwt, $7; Early Rose, $6.50; eastern cobblers.) $7; Six Weeks Triumphs. $6.50. Sage- Fancy, doz. 50e Spinach- Texas, bu, $2.75. Strawberries-—Quart box, 65@75c, Sweet Potatoes - Eastern Jersey, bu, $2 75; Nancy Halls, $2.25. Tomstoea—Crate. 6 baskets, $4@S; basket, sl.

Housewives’ Market The following price* *re ;h# genera! price* charged at the city market, obtained by striking an average of the price* charged at ration* stand* • Appiea, choice, per to t 06010 Asparagus, bunch 10M15 Bananas, do* .20030 Iteana, nary, lb .11 f'.eana. lima, lb ,1S Mean*, Colorado pinto* 1b.... .10 fleet a. lb .10 Carrotta, bunch .10 Cabbage, lb -. .10 Cauliflower .25035 celery, bunch 10015 Cratinerrlca, lh t>7% Cucumbers. bothousc. each 250110 Grape*. Imported, lb .50 Grapefruit, each .05010 lemont, per dot 25030 I.ctiuce. leaf, per lb .20 Head lettuce, each 10015 Unions, lb 00010 Onions. Bermuda, each 050.07 % onions, green, bunch .10 Parsnip*. 2 lbs .15 Paraley. per hunch .05 Potatoe*. 3 lbs. .25 Peppers, green, each .07V* Potatoes, 3 lb* .25 Kadtabea, bunch .05 Rhubarb, bunch ,10 Spinach, lb .20 Strawberries, qt bo* .73 MEATS. The following pricer are on first qtiai.ty No. 1 gorernment Inspected meat* only: I.atnb chop*, lb 55000 Leg of lamb, per lb 45050 Boiled bstn, per lb .75 Smoked ham, per lb ... 40030 Hound steak, per 1b.......... .35 Fresh beef tongue 30 Smoked beef tongue 40045 Konst beef .26030 Flank steak .30 Beef teuderloln .50055 Pork chops .35 Pork tenderloin .73 Porterhouse ateak 40030 Chuck steak 280.30 Bolling beef .18020 Bacon 40000 Lolu steak 35 Hama, whole ..'100,15 Lard, lb 27% Lamb stew 15025 Spareribs, lb .25 Shoulders, fresh beef .30 Shoulders, fresh pork .27 Beef liver .15 Veal chops 86040 Veal stenk .50 Calf liver 30035 PRO DC cm. Hens, full dressed, lb .55 Egg*, freab, select, do* 440.47 Frys, dressed, lb .03 Butter, creamery, lb 72075 j Wholesale Meats - ■■ Smoked meats shown call for discount of Vic lb for order of 150 of on* Item; 250 lbs and over discount of Vic lb. FORE.. HAMS— Regular, 14 to 18 lba .% Skinned, 12 to 14 lbs .80% 1 Fancy boiled .53 BACON— Fancy breakfast, 6 to 7 lbs.. .48 Sugar-cured squares / .24 Fancy sliced, 1-lb cartons... .55 PICNICS— Sugar-cured. 5 to 7 lbs .23 SALT MEAT— Dry sett Jowl butta .17% lard— Refined, tierce basis .24 Open kettle, tierce basis .25 FRES*II PORK - Spare ribs .23 Shoulder bonea .08% Tenderloins [email protected] Dressed hogs .24V*) Light loins, 7 to 9 lbs .33% Extra light loins, 4 to 0 lba .34% Fresh boneless butts .33% Boston butts .27 Skinned shoulders .24 SAUSAGE Breakfast, In 1-lb cartons.... ,30 Standard, fresh bulk .18% Frankfurts, hog casings .19% FRESH BEEFS. > Medium steers, 100 to 500 lbs .17% No. 2 heifers 17^ Native cons IS%@IT% Medium cows .15 LOINS— No. 3 .21 RIBS— No. 2 .31 No. 3 .18 ROUNDS— No. 3 20 No 2 2° CHUCKS— No- 3 .12 PLATES— No. 3 10 VEAL. CARCASSES— No. 1 quality 27%®.31 No. 2 quality 19%@.22 WAGON WHEAT PRICES. Indianapolis elevators and mills ara paying $2.35 for No. 1 wheat. *2.82 for No. 2 and *2 29 for No, 3. All other j trades according to quality. 1

COTTON MARKET OPENS UP FIRM Later Dealings Prove Strong and Entire List Gains. NEW YORK, March 29.—The cotton market opened firm today at an advance of 2 to 26 points and later ruled strong on a general demand promoted by the storm reports from the central and eastern cotton belts. Liverpool was a buyer of the near months and the south and New Orleans purchased the distant positions. Cotton Opening—April offered 30.60 c; May, 38.51 c; J)ne, 37.15 c; July, 35.85 c; October, 32.40 c; December, 31.58 c; January, 30.85 c; February, 30.50 c. LIVERPOOL, March 29.—Spot cotton in limited demand; prices easier; sales, 4.000 bales. American middling fair, 33.24d; good middling, 30.24d; fully middling, 29.24d ; middling, 28.24d: low middling. 24.94*1; good ordinary, Z1.74d; ordinary, 20.74d. Futures opened quiet. WHOLESALE FEED PRICES. (Acme-Evans Cos.) Ton Sax. Cwt. Ac. Bran $59.00 $3.00 Ac. Feed 62.00 3.15 Ac. Midds 00.00 3.35 Ac. Dairy Feed 76.50 3.90 E-Z Dairy Feed 62.26 3.15 Ac. H. & M 73.00 3.70 CO <fc B Chop 62.00 3.15 Ac. Stock Feed 59.00 3.00 Ac. Farm Feed 66.25 8.35 Cracked Corn 72.25 3.65 Ac. Chick. Feed 74.50 3.75 Ac. Scratch 71.50 3.60 E-Z Scratch 68.50 3.45 Ac. Dry Mash 73.25 3.70 Ac. Hog Feed 70.00 3.55 Ac. Barleycorn 73.50 3.70 Ground Barley 78.00 3.90 Ground Oats 73.00 3.70 Honiltk White 72.25 3.65 Rolled Barley 78.00 390 Alfalfa Mol 63.50 3.20 Oil Meal 86 00 4.35 Cottonseed Meal 80.00 4.06 FLOUR AND CORN MEAL. B-Z Bake, basis 98 lbs cotton sacks. barrel $13.39 Corn meal, 100-lb cotton sacks, barrel 4.40 GRAINS. Shelled corn, 2-bu sacks, bu $1.83 Shelled corn, small lots, bu 1.74 Shelled corn. large lots, bu 1.73 Oats, 3-bu sacks, bu.... 1.12 Oats, bulk, large, bu 1.05 Oats, less 100 bu. bu 1.00 Clothing’, Worth $l5O, Stolen From Home The police are seeking burglars who entered the home of George B. Elliott, 1123 Fairfield avenue, Sunday morning in the absence of the family, and stole clothing valued at $l5O. The same gang is believed to be responsible for the robbery of the Bills Seanes’ home, 1449 Fairfield avenue. The Searles family Is out of the city and it has not been learned what was taken from their home. ' Marriage Licenses DUlord F. Phillips, 23, miner, Elgin, Teuu.. and Martb* E. Chambers. 10, 830 South Dels ware. Raymond Engle, 26, machinist, 225 North Capitol, and Ruth Apple, 28, machine operator, 1437 Madison. Finley It. Belcher, 24, laborer, 118 East Eleventh, and Jessie Carter, 28. musician. 957 Eim. Theodore H. Sickler. 20, auto mechanic, ConrersvUle. Ind., and Lavlna Fallen, 18, telephone operator. 1149 Church. Louis Vaneff, 27, laborer, 34 North California, and Verge LJttard, 19, 519 West Washington.

Births Edward and Esther Brill, 2645 Brill. girl. Koliie and Jessie Morgan, 1074 Holbutu, girl. John and Bessie Cuddy. 2114 Martindale, girl. Russell and Hazel WTiitmore, 31 South Denny, girl. Elmore and Agnes Humbles, 1407 West Twenty seventh, girl. William and Blanch Daniels. 1518 Laurel, boy. Samuel and Lskle Fields, 2623 Sherman drive, boy. Raymond and Csrrlo Donovan, 51 South Sherman drive, boy. Herman and Ruth Cutkomp, 1035 North Capitol, boy. Claude and Edith Mcßroom. 421 West Forty-first, girl. James and Misha Hatfield, 418 Arbor, boy. fin cry and Clara Fitch, 642 Maxwell, boy. Charles and Essie Pool, 2825 School. girl. Ray and Dolly Weddle. 1501 Fletcher, boy. W. D. and RonsVy Bloorahof, St. Vincent's hospital, girl. John and Marie Coffleld, St. Vincent's hospital, girl. Robert and Catherine Stevenson, St. Vincent's hospital, boy. Emory and Ada Bocock, 2143 North Capitol, boy. Harry and Elizabeth Evard, 710 East Twentieth , Poy. Ira and Alvina Branham. 402 South Rural. boy. George and Edna Stevenson, 909 West Twenty-ninth, boy. , Deaths Constantine A Davla, 43, 3820 College, acute cholecyetitis. James Voonek, —, 2143 North Capitol, premature birth. Stephen M. Sparks, 63, 2637 North Delaware, chronic myocarditis. Edna A. Schakei 22, 1309 Spann, pulmonary tuberculosis. Ido Bernice Hunter, 11, 556 King, hypostatic pneumonia. Elizabeth Crossland, 50. Methodist hospital. broncho pneumonia. Josephine Mary Fitzgerald, 80, SL Vln -ent’a hospital, acute uremia. Nona A. Walker, 40, 3350 West Michigan, apoplexy. Elizabeth Bala. 73, 2552 North Salem, pulmonary odema. Lemuel Allen, 42, 768 Weat Twentyfifth, carcinoma. Mary K. Teller, 72, 835 North California, cerebral apoplexy. Georgia E. Pott, 78, St. Vincent’s hospital, diabetes mellitus. Oee Gullett, 53, St. Vincent** hospital, empyema. Carl Schmidt. 43, 2900 South Meridian, pneumonia. Fraun J. Hensehel, 78, 2153 South New Jersey, arterlo sclerosis.

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Clyne Begins Probe of Reported ‘Corner* CHICAGO, March 29.—Federal District Attorney Charles F. Clyne today began investigation of the books of a number of Chicago Board of Trade firms in connection with the government’s Inquiry Into the alleged “corner” in corn .here. All of the firms concerned arf said to have been heavy traders in co.ti.

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British Send Gold to Pay Off Bonds £EW YORK, March 29.— G01d bullion toftillu? consigned to J. 1‘ Mofigan & Cos. arrived here on JP steamer Lapland yesterday. This is the first shipment from tno British treasury to pay off the AngloFrench 5 per cent bonds due In October.