Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 189, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1920 — Page 25

STOCKS GAIN QUIET STRENGTH Oil Issues Strong After Early Show of Weakness. NEW YORK. B-.-. 17—Initial quotations showed fractional improvement on the stock market, but a heavy tone set In immediately after the opening, causing reactions in the principal issnes. Steel common yielded % to 78%. Baldwin Locomotive, after advancing to 8714, dropped to 56%. Crucible Steel showed the heaviest lose, falling ’4 to 7ftßepublic Steel rose 14 to 39V4 and then dropped 1 point. Tha only wide fluctuations were in the oil issues, a peculiar situation being created In the Mexican crocks. Pan-Ameri-can Petroleum selling far below Us proportlate value compared with the exchange terms for Mexican Petroleum Mexican Petroleum was ex-dividend 3 per cent, open’ng at 162%, a gain of 114, and then declined to 161. Pan-American Petroleum was ex-divi-dend 1% per cent, opening at 7614, an advance of %, from which it yielded t^ Dutch rose 2 points to 5514. Railroad stocks were generally Arm, Redding and Southern Pacific both making fractional upturns. St. Paul preferred opened 1 point b'gh'er at 40M., quickly reacting to 80%. American Telephone, and Telegraph was actively traded in and sustained a slight loss. . , .. After the irregular movements or the opening, the market became one of qniet strength, despite the efforts of professionals to force recessions. There was an absence of liQUination. Steel common advanced to above 79 end Baldwin rose nearly 1 point from the low to 5714. Reading advanced 1 point to 53%. Southern Pacific was steadily bought, moving np 14 to 97%. The oil stocks, after early -weakness, turned strong, Mexican Petroleum rallying from 161 to 163. ~ Pan-American Petroleum rose from u-* to 76%. * . ~ . Scars-Roebuck was exceptionally heavy, falling over 3 points to 89%. (By Thomson dr McKinnon) —Dec. 36 This has been another day of liquidation. but on a very moderate scale when compared with recent sessions, commission houses being active on the seiliug side from the very opening of the marDuring the day there was a noticeable tendency toward dullness, which probably influenced short covering, giving the raa, ket at times moderate rallies, but there vsas nothing in the buying today to indicate any material improvement in the investment demand, though the buying in United States Steel was at times impressive. In a genomi way we see no change whatever in market conditions. It is true that many stocks hare probably declined to a point where the present quotations d!eer-r the changed condition in business, but there are some lines, notably the steel industry, where deflation can hardly he said to have made much progress. and therefore will constitute a disturbing element in the market for some time to come. Until such time as a change has occurred in the condition of business it will be difficult to bring about any sustained advance and therefore we expect a resumption of selling. CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT. NEW YORK, Dec. IC. Exchanges, $1,068,919,613: balances, $ 111.089.210; Federal Reserve Bank credit balances, $314,157,997.

Money and Exchange i _____ Indianapolis bank clearings today were $2,721,000, against $3,299,000 a week ago. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Foreign exchange opened higher today. Sterling, $3.53%: francs. .0606; lire. .0356; lire _aMes. .02.-7; marks. .0139; Canadian dollars, .8672. NEW YORK CALL MONEY'. NEW Y'URK, Dec. 16.—Money: * ..1 money rnled 7 per cent; high, 7 per cent; low. 6 per cent Time rates steady, all p**r * -it. Prime mercantile 'paper stead;-. Sterling exchange was strong, with b -a !u hankers' hills at $3.5t)% for demand. MOTOR SECURITIES. ißy Tbvmson & McKinnon.; —Dec. 17— —Opening— Bid. Ask. Briscoe 7 &% Chalfers com 1 1% Packard com „ 11% 12% Packard pfd 76 79% Chevrolet 400 Peerless 22 22% Continental Motors com 6*4 714 Continental Motors pfd 93 93% Hupp com It ]o' Hupp pfd 90 95 Ileo Motor <'ar 24 24% Elgin Motors S 6 Grant Motors 2 2% Ford of Canada 263 269 United Motor- 23 49 National Mop rs 6 I<> Federal Truck 20 22 Paige Motors 17 ig Republic Truck 27 30 ACTIVE OIL STOCKS. •By Thomson Sc McKinnon.) —Dec. 17— —Closing— Bid. Ask. Anglo-American Oil 17% 18 Atlantic Refining 1000 1070 Borne-Scrymser .♦ 400 420 Buckeye Pipe Line 82 84 Chesebrough Mfg. Con 190 205 Chesebrough Mfg. Con pfd... 07 300 Continental Oil, Coio 108 111 Cosdeu Oil and Gas ~.. 5% 6 Crescent Pipe Line 27 29 Cumberland’ Pipe Line 125 135 Eik Basin Pete 7% 8% Eureka Pipe Line 85 95 Galena-Signal Oil, pfd (new) 92 99 Galena-Signal Oil, com 44 46 Illinois Pipe Line ..... .. 153 158 Indiana Pipe Line .' 83 85 Merritt Ot 11% 12 Midwest Oil 1 1% Midwest Refining 3+5 147 New York Transit 158 163 Northern Pipe Line 90 93 Ohio Oil 285 295 g. & R 4% 4*4 Penn.-Mex 35 38 Prairie Oil and Gas 46u 475 Prairie Pipe Line 195 200 Sapulpa Refining 4% 4% Soiar Refining 350 375 Southern Pipe Line 97 100 South Penn Oil 235 240 Southwest Pern Pipe Lines.. 38 62 Standard oil Cos. of Cal 310 313 Standard Oil Cos. of Ind 68 70 Standard oil Cos. of Kan 580 COO Standard Oil Cos. of Ky 42*> 450 Standard Oil Cos. of Neb 410 430 Standard Oil Go. of N. Y*.... 320 325 Standard Oil Cos. of 0hi0.... 405 415 Swan & Finch 43 (’0 Union Tank Line 9S 102 Vacuum Oil *BO 300 Washington Oil 30 35

NEW YORK CURB. (By Thomson Sc McKinnon.) —Dec. 16)-*-Closing Bid. Ask. Curtis Aero, com 1 3 Curtis Aero, pfd 10 20 Texas Chief 6 12 First National Bank... % 1 Goldfield Con.., 5 7 Havana Tobacco 1 1% Havana Tobacco pfd... 3% 7 Cent. Teresa 2% 3% Jumbo Extension 4 6 internat. Petroleum 15% 16% Nipissing 7% 7% Indian l'kg 3% 3% Royal Baking Powder...llo 120 Royal Baking Pow. pfd. 79 S2 Manflard Motors 0 8 Salt Creek 25 28 Tonopah Extension .... 1% 1% Tonopah Mining 1% 1% United-P. S. new...... 1% 1% U. S. Light and Heat.. 1 1% U. S. i,t. and Heat pfd 1 2 Wright-Matin 4 6 World Film % % Yukon Gold Mine C 0... 1 1% Jerome % % New Cornelia 13 16 United Verde 22 25 Sequoyah 3-16 5-10 Omar Oil 2% 2% Rep. Tire 1% 1% LOCAL HIDE MARKET. Green Hides—No. 1,6 c; No. 2, sc. Green Calvee—No. 1,8 c; No. 2, 6%c. Horsehides—No. 1, $4; No. 2, $3. Cured Hides —No. L 8c; No. 2. 7c.

N. Y. Stock Prices Adv.-Riune. com 15% 15% 15% 15% Ajax Rubber.... 27 27 27 27% Allis-Chalmers .30 29% 30 29 Am. Agricul. ... 50% 65% 55% 56% Ain. Beet Sug... 49 45% 46 49 Am. Car & Fdy.l22 120% 122 121% Am. Can 23% 22% 23% 23V 3 Am. H.&L. com. 6% 6% 6% 6% Am. H.&L. pfd. 41% 39 39 41% Am. Drug 7% 7 7% 7% Am. Int’l. Corp. 37% f.(.% 37v 4 37% Am. Linseed.... 53 53 53 53% Am. Locomotive Sl% 81 81% 82 Am. S & Ref... 40% 39% 40% 40% Am. Sugar Ref. 87 85 85% 86% Am. Sum. Tob.. 70 68% 68% 70 Am. Steel Fdy.. 29% 29% 29% 2% Am. T & T 98% 97% 97% 97% Am. T0bacc0...112% 111% 111% 114 Am. W001en.... 03 61% 02% 02% Am. Zinc & Lead 0% 6% 0% 6% Anaconda M. Cos. SC% 35% 36% 37 Atchison 80% 79% 79% 80% Atl, G. & W. 1..108 106% 108 107% Baldwin L0c0... 87% 85*4 56% 87% B. & 0 32% 32 32% 32% Beth. Steel <B>. 52% 51 52 51% Brook. R. Trans. 10 9% 10 10 Canadian Pac...112% 112 112% 112% Central Leather. 36 35% 35% 36% Chandler Motors 73% 73% 73% 71 C. & 0 57% 56% 56% 50% C. t M. & St. P.. 27% 20% 20% 27 C„ M. & St. P. pf 41% 39% 39% 40% Chi. & Northw. 68% 07% 07% OS% C., R. I. & Pac.. 25% 24% 25 25% C..R.1.&P. 6% pf 57% 57 57 58 C. 7% pf 67% 66 60 67% Chili Copper 9% 8% 8% 9 Chino Copper .. 18% 18% 18% 18% Coca Cola 20% 20% 20% 20% Col. Fuel & Iron 26% 26% 26% 27% Columbia Gas . 54% 54% 54% 55 Columbia Graph 10% 10% 10% 10% Consol. Gas .... 79 78 7.8% 78% Con. Can 61% 01 61 02 Con. Candy Cos.. 5% 5% 5% 5% Corn Products . 65% 64% 65% 65% Crucible Steel .$2 75% 80% £2 Del. & Hudson . 94% 94 94 95 D. & R. G., pfd. 1% 1% 1% 1% Erie 13% 12% 12% 12%

Erie Ist. pfd. .. 19 1,8% 18% |s% Famous Players 45% 47% 48% 49% Fisk Rub. Cos. . 10% 10% 10% 10% Gen. Asphalt ... 41% 38% 39% 40% Gen. Cigars 54% 54 54 54% Gen. Elec 120% 119% 119% 119% Gen. Motors ... 13% 13% 33% 15% Goodrich 34% 32% 34% 35 Gt. Nor., pfd.... 74 72% 73% 73% Gt. Nor. Ore ... 26% 26 26 23% Gulf States Stl.. 33 32% 32% 32% Houston OH ... 78 77% 77% 79% 111. Central 84% 53% 83% 84% Insp. Copper ... 30% 30% 30% 30% Interboro Corp.. 4 3% 8% 3% Inter. Harvester 96% 95% 95% 05% Inter. Nickel ... 12% 12% 12% 12% Inter. Paper ... 48% 48% 48% 4SN, Invincible Oil .. 22 20 22 21% K. C. Southern . 1.8% 18% jg% ig% Kelly-S. Tire .. 33% 85% 35% 36% Kenneeott Cop. . 16% J 6% 16% 36% Lack. Steel .... 50% 49% 50% 50% Lehigh Valley . 54% 53% 63% 64 Loews Inc 10% 16% 16% 16% Jj- * 98 98 99% Marine Com 11% 11% n% jo: Marino pfd 49 48% 4>% 45% Max. Mut. com. 2'* Max. M2d pfd. 4% 4% 4% Mex. Petr01....116% 1(W 164% 164% Copper.. 13% 15% 15% 15% Middle St. Oil.. 12% 11% 11% 12% Midvale Steel... 30% 30% 50% B>% M„ K. & T 3% 33 3% Mis. Pac. Ry... 17% 16% 17 17% National Lead.. 08% 09% 6i% ... Nev. Con. Cop. 8% 8% s% .v% N. Y. Air Brake 81% 61% 81 Vi 82% N. Y. Central.. 69 08 % 09 68% New Haven 16% 16% i% 17 Nor. & Western 97% 60% 97 96% Northern Pac... 77% 75% 77 77% Ok P. & Rf. Cos. 3% 3% 3% 3% Pacific Oil 37-? 37% Pan.Ain. Petr.-). 77% 70% 77% 77% Fenna. Ry 40 39 , 4-) 39% People’s Gas 37% 87% 89 Pierce-Arrow .. 19% 19% 19% i% Pierce Oil C 0... 1(% 10% 10% 10% Pittsburgh Coal 57% 56% 56% 56% Pressed St. Car 81 % 80 80% ,M Pull. Pal. Car.. 101% 101 101 % 101% Pure OU 32% 31% 32% 32% Reading 82% 81% 82 82 Rep. Iron & St 61% 69% 09% 61% Keplogle Steel.. 70 68% 69% 70% Roy. I). of N. Y. 56% 64 56 % 56 Sears Roebuck. 93% 92% 93 94% Sinclair 24% 23% 23% 24% Slos-Shef. S.&I. 48% 48Vi 48% 61 Sou. Pacific.... 98 96% 97% 97% Sou. Ry 20% 20% 20% 20% KtandOllN.T. .64' oi o+3 o*r, Strom. Carb... 28 27% 28 27 Studebaker 40% 39-% 30& 4<% Venn Copper.. 7% 7% 7% 7% Texas Cos 43 42% 42% 42% Texas & Pacific 17% 17 17% I s Tob. Products. 50% 46% 49 1 <j 50% Transcont. Oil. 7% 7% 7% 7% Union Oil 21 20% 2v% 2"% Unit Ret Strs. 62% 61 51% 62% U.S.Fd.PrdOor. 19% lh% 18% 19 Unit Fruit Cos. 198% 196% 198 19ft U S Ind. Alcoh. 65Vi 64% 64Vi 65% V R Rubber... 62% 61% 62 63% U 8 Steel 79% 78% T 9 79 U S Steel pfd.. 106% 145% 106% 16% Utah Copper.. 51 60% 50% 60% Vanadium Steel 38% 36% 38% 39% Vir-Oar. Chom. 31% 30% 30% 31 Wabash 8 7% 8 7% Wabash Ist pfd 20 19% 20 20 W. Maryland.. 10% 19% 10% 10 Western Union. 83% 83% 83% 81% West'house Elec 41% 4U& 41 41% White Motors.. 3+% 34 34 31% Wiliys-Ovc-rland 5% 5% 5% 5% Wilson & C 0... 38 87 % 38 37 Worth Pump.. 40% 39 39% 40%

TWENTY STOCKS AVERAGE. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Twenty Indus, triai stocks averaged 70 60, down .tp> cent. Twenty active rails averaged 72 •%), down 2\ per cent. NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS. —Dec. 16— Prev. High. Low. Close. Close. First 3%s .... 90.14 89.84 .89.90 90.23 Second 4s .... 85.40 85.2 4 85.20 85 20 First 4Via ... 86.30 86.12 80.12 36.12 Second 4%s . 85.00 86.10 85.14 85.36 Third 4%a ... 88.04 87.78 87.78 87.88 Fourth 4%S . 85.92 35.68 85.78 85 90 Victory 3% a . 95.0S 90.00 95.00 95.00 Victory 4%s . 93.10 95.00 95.02 93.00

In the Cotton Markets NEW Y’ORK, Dec. 17.—The cotton market was a small affair at the opening today, and without important change. Initial quotations were 1 to 10 points lower, because of easy cables and later rallied about 15 points on further cover ing from January shorts nnd then eased again on a statement by the National Gtnners’ Association, sho.ving 10,820,000 bales ginned from the growth of the crop this season to Dec. 12, against 9,397,000 bales, according to the Government, for the same time lust year. Early business was mostly local, except the Liverpool trading on both sides of the market. Wall street was a seller. At the end of the first twenty minutes the list was about Bteady at a net decline of about 7 points. New York cotton opening: December, 15.33 c; January, 15.60 c; March, lS.noc; May, 15.53 c; June, 15.30 c bid; July, 13.63 e; October, 15.65 c, IjIVEUPOOL, Dec. 17. —Spot cotton in limited request. Prices were irregular. Sales ran close to 4.000 bales. American raids, 15.55d; good raids, 12.33d; full raids, 12.08d; middlings, 10.58d; low raids, 7.31d; good ordinary, s.o!Ttt; ordinary, 3.31 and. Futures were steady. Terse Market Notes WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The condition of Winter wheat on Dec. i was 81.9 ter cent of normal, the Crop Estimate Bureau of the Agriculture Department announced today as compared witli 85.2 pc.r cent on Dec. I. 1919, and 98.5 per cent for the same dny 1918. The condition of rve was renor-ofl -1 !>0.5 per cent as compared with 89.8 per cent Dec. 1, 1919, ami vj yei cunt the same day in 1918. The area sown t" winter wheat was announced as 40,005,000 and that of rye as 4.053.000. In 1919 the area of winter wheat was 41,737,000 acr&s, which Is 2.S per cent more than the area sown this f ! Rye was 5,250,090 acres, which Is 11.4 per cent morq than was sown tills fall. The average condition of wheat on Dr •. 1 during the ten-year period has been found by the Crop Estimate Rur.vtu to b 88 per cent, while the average condition of rye for the tetDyear period has dc< h found to be. 91.2 per cent. NEW YORK METAL .MARKET. NEW YORK, Dec. 16 —Copper—Weak ; spot and December offered. 14c; January, February and March offered, 14%c. Lead—Weak; spot, December and January offered, 4.93 c. Spelter—Weak; spot, December, January, February and March offered, 5%e. ■ 111 II HIM—II ■ 1— ——l—Wl——l———M —l—Mil—i

LIGHT SWINE 50 CENTS LOWER Heavy and Medium Hogs Steady—Sheep and Lambs Down. RANGE OF HOG PRICES. Good Good Good Dec. Mixed. Heavy. Lleht. 11. $9,650 9.75 $9,500 9.65 $9,750 9.85 18. 9.650 9.75 9.500 9.65 9.750 9.85 14. 9.25® 9.35 9.25® 9.35 9.35® 9.50 16. 9.15® 9.25 9.00® 9.25 9.25® 9.35 lfl. 9.25® 8.35 9.00 9.40® 9.75 17. 9.25® 9.35 9.00 9.35® 9.50 Prices on the hog mart of the local live stock exchange were steady to 25c lower at the opening of the market today. Heavy and medium hogs were practically steady with the prices of the Thursday market, but light hogs were fully 25c lower.

The lower tendency of prices on the lighter hogs was contributed to the usual rule of supply and demand. There were fully 15,000 hogs on the market, and the demand was sufficient to take practically all of the fresh hogs. More than 1,00 stale hogs were on the market from Thursday’s close, but it was thought that these, too, would be cleanod up in view of the fact that there might be light receipts on the Saturday market. The top on light hogs was fO/O. whereas the top on the fame grade was $0.75 on Thursday's market There were some light hogs that brought ns low as $0.33, but the bulk of taem sold at close to the top. Heavy and medium hogs brought $9 and $0 25410.35, respectively. Pigs and roughs were practlcnlly steady, with pigs at [email protected], and roughs, $7.50(38. The bulk of sales was so<3ft..4). There was only a fair trade In cattle at the opening of the market and there was but little change to the better in the forenoon hours. Trices were generally about steady, with a few good steers aud butcher cattle a little stronger and some poor stuff of all grades a Lttle weak. Canners and cutters, however, were steady with a fair demand. Receipts at an early hour were fight at approximately fifteen cars, or around 400 cattle, and it was estimated that the total receipts for the day would not run much higher than 6<K). With light receipts and a fairly strong demand, prices on the calf market were fully strong at the opening of the market nnd continued that trend during the early forenoon hours. There was a top of $!4. w:‘h the bulk of the choics veals at $12.50' 1 jj13.50. A better demand was shown for the caramon and poor grades. Receipts for tho day approximated 350. Prices were hit by a sharp docline on the sheep market. Prime sheep were fully 50 cents lower at $3 33.50, and lambs were generally $1 lower, with top lambs at sSfft. ’ _ The sharp rise in prices on the Thurs day market was duo to an exaggerated demand by one or two buyers, who paid no heed to the decliue In prices on the Chleago market. These same buyers were bidding much lower today. Receipts w;re light at around 300 sheep and lambs.

HOGS. Best light hogs, 100 to 200 lbs. average 9.35<9 9 50 200 to 3Hi ,bs. average 900 Over 300 lbs Ss(+4i 9-00 Rows 7.344% 8.00 B* st pigs under 140 lbs 0 04'S .* 50 Bulk of sales 9.004 ft 050 CATTLE. Prime cornfed steers, 1,300 lbs. and up 10.00(312.50 Good to choice steers, 1,200 to 1,300 lbs e.004t10.50 Good to choice steers, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs 8 00*2 9.25 Medium steers. 1,000 to 1,100 lbs. 7.50(3 BJO Common to medium steers, 800 to 1,000 liit 9.004? 7 00 Heifers and Cows Good to choice heifers 775^10.00 Medium heifers 9.004$ 725 Common to medium heifers. 4.oo'ji 6.0*1 Good to choice cows {sog 7.00 Fair to medium cows 4 50 * ( liters 2.v % 4.25 Canners 3.004 J, 3.25 —Bulls Good to choice butcher bulla. 5.5047 7.0) Bologna bulls 4.50 £ 5.75 Light common bulls 3.7043 4.73 —Calves Choi-e veala 12.504J13.30 Good vo-ils 10 0043,11 >SO Lightweight veals 0 50% 8.00 Medium teals 9+10%10.00 Heavy weight calves 7.50% 5.50 Common heavyweight calves.. 3.5041 0.00 —Stockers a is! Feeders - Good to choice steers, 800 Ilia. and up 8.004? ft.OO Good to choice steers, under 800 lbs 7.004? *OO Medium cows 4.50% 5.09 flood cows r.+iiKu: 5.50 flood heifers 6.504), (7(H) Medium to good lu-ifers 5.0044 6.00 Good milkers 60.00<ft95.00 Stuck calves, 250 to 450 lbs... 5.00@ 8.00 SHEEP AND LAMBS. Good to choice sheep 3.u<> Fair to common 2.(i04j 2.50 Buck 2.50© 31(8) Cull sheep I.oo# 1.50 • —Lambs— Common to choice yearlings. 6.504? 6.50 .Spring laAbs 8.00% Other Live Slock CHICAGO, liec. 17.—Hogs Receipts, 27,000; market 154135 c up; bulk, $9.15% 9.35; b t hers, $1+104)0.40; packers. -• ~v, (R 9.10; lights, $H.154J3.50; pigs. f9M.30; roil:• lis, ,>.x 70)0.585. Cuttle Receipls, 6,000; market steady; beeves. $9.25% 14.50; butch rs. $7354)10.25; canners and cutters. $2.75% 1.15; stockers and feeders, $3.50449 ; . o-.vs, $4,154)8.80; calves, sß4i 10. Sheep Receipts, 11.000; market 254400 c lower; lambs, $041,10.15; ewes, $3.25445. CINCINNATI, Dec. 17. Hogg Receipts, O..VW; market steady to 26 cents higher, roughs 25 cents lower; heavies oud mixed, $9.50; mediums, lights and pigs, $9.75; roughs, $7.76; staas, $0.26. Cattle Receipts, 7<M; steers, dull, none selling; she stuff 50 cents lower; bulls, weak; calves, sl4 and down. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 400; market steady to 50 cents lower; sheep, $!%+,50; lambs, SO4? 12. CLE\ ELAND, Dec. 17.—Hogs— Receipts, 4.500; market, 54? 15c up: Yorkers, $9.40; mixed, s;i.+o; medium. $0.40; Hgs, $0.75; roughs, $7.75; stags, sc.o. Cattle Receipts. $3.50; market, slow, dull. .Sheep and lambs Receipts. 1,000; market, 50 cents flowat; top, sll 50. < ahes -Receipts, 4(ift; market, slow, dull; top, sl4. EAST ST. LOUIS, Dee. 17.—CattleReceipts, 1,2*00; market, steady; native beef steers, $94;10; yearling beef steers and heifers, $9,504)11; cows, $0.50(3)7 50; Stockers and ff*eiiers, $5.25@7; calves, ? 10.5(>4411 ; canners and cutters, $4(34.75.' Hogs -Receipt*, 12,000; market, steady; mixes! and butchers, [email protected]; good heavies, $9.(d;9.15; rough heavies, $7.75%8; lights, $9,254(9.50; pigs, $9449 50; bulk of ihlcb, $'.%i9.20. .sheep and lambs— Reci ijits, 1.80; market, steady; ewes. $4 75+H.5; lambs, $11.50(312; canners and cutters. $1.506J3. PITSBt RGH, Dec. 17. Cattle—Receipts. light; market steady; choice, sl2 ftt 12.50; good. $lO 504)11.50; fair. $104411; veai calves, 814.50(315. .Sheep and lambs Receipts, teir; market, slow; prime wethers, so.((i.(>.:*"; good, $5445.50; mixed, lair, $44)4.50; sp-ing lambs, $12(012.50. Hogs—lt: ceipts, 20 doubles; market higher; prime heavies, $8.704(9; mediums, $lO 504)10.60; heavy yorkers, $10.6044 10.00; ligiit. yorkers, 810 504410.60; .pics, s'o 50% 10. GO; roughs, sß(p.ft ; 6.50, EAST BUFFALO, Dec. 17.—Cattle— Receipts, 75c; market, active and steady; shipping steers, [email protected]; butchers grades, SB% 17.50; cows, $2:0,7.50. Calves —Receipts, 100; market, active and m isidy; culls, choice, [email protected]. Sheep ami lambs Receipts, 10,009; market, slow and lower; choice lambs, 511.50%' 12; culls, fair, $6@’10.75; yearlings, $S @9; sheep, $>446.50. Hogs—-Receipts, 12.0M ; market, active and steady, I.V--lower; yorkers, $9.85 44IO; pigs, slO4l 10.25; mixed, #9.00449.75; heavle*, #9.604) 9.75; rough*, stag*, SS.SO@T.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920.

— ' Local Stock Exchange * —Dec. 17STOCKS. Bid. Ask. Indiana Kail. & Light, com. 60 ... Indiana Rail. & Light, pfd. 84 Indpls. & Northwest, pfd 75 Indpis. & Southeastern, pfd. ... 75 Indpls. Street Railway 50 05 Terre Haute T. & L., pfd ... T. H., I. & E. com 1% 6 T H I & E pfd 9 12 Union Trac, of Ind., com 1 Union Trac. of Ind., Ist pfd. ... 14 Union Trac. of Ind., 2d pfd. ... 2 Advance Rumeiy Cos., c0m.... 14% ... Advance Rumeiy Cos., pin ... Amer. Central Life 235 Am. Creosotlng Cos. pfd 90 Belt R. H„ cum 62 70 Beit R. R„ pfd 45 Century Bldg. Cos. pfd 94 Cities Service Cos com ... Cities Service Cos pfd ... Citizens Gas Cos 31 84 Dodge Man. Cos., pfd 94% ... Home Brewing 55 ... nil. Hotel, coin 60 ... Ind. Hotel, pfd 90 ...* Ind. Nation+tl Life Ins, Cos.. 4% ... Ind. Title Guaranty 59 69 Indiana Pipe Line Cos 81 Indpls. Abattoir, pfd Indpls. Gas 43, 50 Indpls. Tel. Cos. com 5 ... Indpls. Tel. Cp, pfd.. 88 Mer. Pub. Util. Cos., pfd 34 Natl. Motor Car Cos 5 10 Public Savings Ins Cos 2% ... Kauh Fertilizer, pfd 40 ... Standard Oil Cos. of Ind 6SO Sterling Fire Ins. Cos 8 Van Camp Hdw pfd 93 ... - Van Camp Packing pfd 94 Van Camp Prods Ist pfd ... 03 Van Camp Prods 2d pfd .... 93 Vnndalla Coal Cos., com 5 Vandalla Coal Cos., pfd 10 Wabash Ry. Cos., pfd 19 ... Wabash Ry. Cos., com 7 BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES. Aetna Trust Cos 104 Rankers Trust Cos 118 City Trust Cos 85 Commercial National Bank. 65 Continental National Bank. 112 125 Farmers Trust Cos 200 Fidelity Trust Cos 120 Fletcher Am. Natl. Bank 250 Fletcher Sav. & Trust Cos 162 indlanu National Bank 263 Indiana Trust Cos 192 Live Stock Exchange Bank Mere. National Bank.., 280 National City Bank 112 ... Peoples State Bank 186 ... security Trust Cos 120 State Savings A Trust 93 ... Union Trust Cos 340 Wash. Bank & Trust 150

BONDS. Broad Ripple 5s 69 lutlpls. St. Ky. 4s 59 65 lud Coke & Gas Cu 84 ... Indian Creek Coal & Min. 6s. 95 Indpls., Col. Ac Sou. 55....... 88 ... Indpls. a Greenfield 5s 96 Indpls. & Martinsville 55.... 55 lndpis. North 5 41 45 Indpis. A North. 5a 49 50 lndpis. A 8 E 45 ... Indpls., tdifclb A 8. E. ss. 70 Indpls St Ky is 53 (10 indpls. Trac. A Term 55.... 08 Kokomo, Marlon A West. ss. 30 b 4 1. 11. I. A E. Cs 4C Union Trac. of ind. C* 52 53 Citizens Gas 5s 73 7b% lud. Hotel Cos. 2d 6s 90 Indpls Gas 5* 71 Indpls. Water 5 87% 92 Indpls. Water 5s 87% 92 Mer. H. A L. ref re, 85 90 New New Telephone Long Ids. s*. 93% ... Southern Ind. Power 6t 86 LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty first B%a 89 61 Liberty first 4s Liberty second 4s 84.86 Lloerty first 4%s K‘> 8i) Liberty s-wond +%s A*,.00 Liberty third 4%s 87.50 Liberty fourth 4%s *5.6)) Victory 3%s 91.78 Victory 4%s *. 95 02 —SALES— S2SO Liberty fourth 4%s 85 70 #3.000 Victory 4%s 95.12

On Commission Row TODAY’S PRICES. Apples Missouri Jonathans, per bbl., $9; fancy Illinois Jonathans, per bbl., s'; extra fancy Grimes Golden, per bbl, $0 j. 9, extru fancy Wine baps, per bbl., $9; Bell Flowers, per oi>l„ $6 50; Baldwins, per bbl., $6, Bpys, per bbl. $6; Klnnsrd Red, per bbl. 164.C5, Kn.p. nor bill, *6; Wolf River*, per bbl. $5 50. Noue Such, per bbl., $5; Malden Blu-li. per-bbl., s+.so; Greenings, per bbl., $0; Choico Jonathans, per bbl., $6 Almonds —Extra fancy grades in *ll brauils, per lb, 21<9 32c. Beans— Michigan Navy, In bags, per lb., 6Vc@6c; Colorado Pintos, in bags, per iii, 7at,7%c; Black Eyes, In bags, per lb. B‘o.Dc: Red Kidneys, in bngs, per lb . 124p13e, California Limas, In bags, por !b , Ift'dio. California Pink Chili, tu bags, per lb.. 7%,"-c; Lintels, per lb., 12%e; dried peas, green, per lb., $ 10c; split yellow peas, In 00 lb. bags, per lb.. 9c; split green peas, per lb., 10c; Marrow tat beaus, in bags, per lb.. 12c. Beets -Fancy borne grown, per bu, $1.50. Bananas Extra fancy high grade fruit, 50 t Ooc per bunch; per sb., $9. Cabbage—Fancy Northern, per lb.. 1% Carrots -Fancy home grown, per bu. t $1.50(0,1.85. Celery Fancy New York (in standard crate*), s6i£7 do*,; per crate, $0 50; fancy New York trimmed, per bunch, $1.2561 33. Cocouuuts—Fancy, per doz., $1.25; per baK Cranberries- Fancy C. C. Howes, per bbl , $18; per bu., $.. Cucumbers— Fancy Florida small, per do*., $2. Egg Plant—Fancy, per do*., not quoted; last price, $2 50. Grapefruit Extra fancy Florida (Blue Goose brand), 365, per box, $.>.23; 465, per box, $6; 545, 645, 70s and 80s. per box, $6; fancy Florida*, St’s, per box, $4.23; +os, $4.73; 545, 64s ami 70s, $4.75; 80s. $4.75. Lettuce —Fancy botnoiiue leaf, per lb.. 25c; In barrel lots, per il>., 23c; fancy California Icebergs, per crate. $4 50 Oranges California, all grades, $3.50@6. Onions Fancy Indiana yellow or red, per 100-ib. brigs, $1.75; fancy Indlaua white, per 100 lb. bag, $2.30; fancy Spuulsh, per crate, $2.25. Parsley Not quoted.

Potatoes--Fancy Michigan and Wiscon sin round whites, per 150-lb, bag, $3; 5 or 10-lb. bag lots, per bag, $2.90; fancy Idaho Gem*, per bag, $2.50. Radishes —Botton, Jurge bunches, per doz., sl. Sweet Potatoes—Fancy Tennessee Naey Halls, per hamper, $2.50; fancy Eastern Jerseys, per hamper, $3. Spinach—Fancy large bunches, per doz., 80e@$l. Turnips—Fancy washed, per bu„ $1.25 @1.50. Milliard—Not quoted. Kale I’ancy, per barrel, $2.25. Cauliflower—Fancy California, per crate *2.40. Oyster Plant—Not quoted. Leek—Fancy, per doz., 20(g30c. Sage—Fniiey, per doz., 45c. Green Onions —Fancy, per doz., 17%e Tomatoes—Fancy ripe, per G lb. basket, $1.50; fancy ripe, 6-basket crate, $7 50 Rutabagas—Fancy Canadian, per 50 lbs, $1 ; per 100 lbs, $1.75. Peppers—Fancy, per small basket. 75c: per 1)% bu crate, $6. Kumquats—Fancy Florida, per qt, 25c. Tangerines— Extra fancy 106s, 108 sand 196s boxes, $4. Lemons—Extra fancy Callfornlas, 300s, per box, s+. Grapes—Fancy California Emperors, drums, 31 lbs, $7; imported Spanish Malagas, pqT keg. sll@l2. Nut Meats-.-Pecans, 5 lb enrtoons, per lb, !)()<•; Walnuts, per lb, 60c; Almonds, per lb, 55c; Filberts, per lb, 40c. English Walnuts —Fancy, per lb. 26 ©3lcPecans—Fancy, per lb, 25(®80c. Filberts—Naples, in bags, per lb, 24(81 26e; Sicily, in bags, per lb, 20©23e. Brazils—Large, washed. In bags, per lb, 32c. Raisins—Fancy Spanish clusters, 20 pkgs to box, per box, $8.25; 5 1-lb pkgs to box, per box, $2.40. Hickory Nute—Shellbarbs, per lb, 10c. Peanuts—Virginia Jumbo, salted, per lb, 18c; .Tumbo blanched, in 10-lb cans, per lb. 32c. CHICAGO PRODUCTS MARKET. CHICAGO, Dec. 17.- Butter—Creamery extras, 51c; creamery first, 4364 c; firsts, 47c; second33®36c. Eggs—Ordinaries, 66 ©64c; firsts, 66®69c. Cheese —Twins, 22%c. Live Poultry—Fowls, 16® 24c; ducks. 20c'; geese. 24c; spring chickens, 23c; turkeys. 38c; roosrters, 18c. Potatoes—Receipts, 24 cars; Wisconsin and Minnesota!, sl^g®Lso.

GRAIN PRICES MAKE ADVANCES Wheat In Big Demand by Houses With Seaboard Connections. r CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—Buying for export today caused prices of grain to advance in trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat, especially, was in demand by seaboard commission houses. Provisions were irregularly lower. December wheat opened up 2%c at $1.67 i and subsequently advanced 2c. March 1 wheat opened at $1.59%, and up l%c| and gained S%c later. December corn was up %e at the open- : Ing, 68c, and. later gained 2%0. July, corn opened at 691-$, unchanged, and; advanced 2c additional before the close. December ofits wag up %c at the open- j ing at 46%c, anil later gained I%C. July oats opened up %c at 47c and gained %c in later trading. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —Dec. 10— YVheat—An unexpectedly large foreign demand for wheat overnight developed this morning in the way of reports fr< m the seaboard confirmed by the character of the demand fur the deferred deliveries. The close of lake navigation and the completion of harvest in Argentine, generally,. bring a cessation of export business In this country at this time of year. In the face of these usual conditions the volume of foreign demand is quite significant. It is rumored that the government of North Dakota will request holders of wheat to market a portion of their holdings In order to relievo the financial situation. Any increase in offerings might be opportune, as It was claimed today that foreigners were unable So fulfill all of tlicir Heeds because of scarcity of offerings. The Australian exportable surplus is now extimated at 88 000,000 against previous estimates of 92.000 00.) to 100,000,000. in the light of iniustriul and economic conditions, always prevailing at the end of the year ant) more than usually prominent ru-w, it is reasonable to expect a small Investment demand Therefore, market will prove erratic until the public mind Is at rest, but to our way of thinking the amount of wheat actually shipped abroad so fur and (he amount of new business ns dally estimated preclude the idea of benefits’ to be derived from expectation or lower prices. Corn—Tho strength in wheat was reflected In the early corn market hot them being no strong developments which would argue for high prlc. a, tho market encountered considerable opposition, based on the recent Government estimates of record production. The one ergument In common use Is “How can the surplus of feed grains be consumed?” It Is difficult to answer this argument except to say that the country is n -t likely to market the surplus in volume at tills level of values We are not Inclined to expect any Important action of prices either way. Oats It is not possible to nncover anything now in th<* oat market. Trans actions are of moderate proportion and confined to local Interests, vclth corn the corrsilng Influence. Provisions--There was a better tone in today's hog market with demand broader Domestic trade in cash products is Increasing. There were some Inquiries from Europe and demand from there is probable If exebango Improves.

CHICAGO CASH GRAIN. WHEAT— Open. High. Low. Close. Dec. ... 1.64% 1.66% 1.63 1.64% Mar. ... 1.59% 1.62% 15d 1.58% CORN— Dec 68% ,ta)% .6" .67% May ... ,69% .7u% .67% .68 July ... .70% .71% .08% .69% OATS— Dec 44% .46 .44% .+5 May ... 47% .48% .46% .47% July ... .4, % .41 % ,4v-,j .46 4 PORK— Jan. ... 22.10 22.40 2! 90 22.40 LARD— Jan. .. 13.27 13.27 12>.90 13,17 M*y . 13.37 13.50 13.12 13.43 RIBS— Jan. ... 11.42 11 +7 11.20 11 32 May ... 11.65 11V. 11,62 11>0 CHICAGO CASH GRAIN. CHICAGO. De< 16. Wheat No T hard winter, $1 77%'g 1 7S: No. 2 hard winter, $1.75fJ17T; No. 1 northers spring, 1175 Corn—No. 1 white (old). 73c; No. 2 white. 71 %c; No. 3 white, (,8% tc'J -. No. + w bite. 67c; No. 2 yellow (old), 79,.'.50%c; No. 3 yellow, 73%'<t75e: No. I y-Tb*w, 6ft%7.V Oats No. 2 white. 4?%-q (B%c; No 3 white. 4(!%®47%c; No, 4 white, 45?ft6%c; standard, 43®48%e. TOLEDO < Asll GRAIN. TOLEDO, Dee. 16 t lose Wheat Cash, December and March. $1 %*. Corn No. 2 yellow i old-, M-; mew), Tsc. Oats No. 2 white, 52(<<55c. Rye No. 2, $1.52, Barley No. 2,80 e. ClovtnM— Cash (lftltL, $1 i 65; cash (lftJOi, Ills,); December, 511.55; January, lliftd; February. $12.15; March. $12.10. Timothy—(’asli 11918), $3.. :,, cash 11919). $3.53 : December, January and February, $3.60, March, $3.62%. Alsike -Cash (new). *l6; cash and March, |!6.50; December, sl3 x3.

PRIMARY MARKETS. (By Thom von A McKinnon) - Dec. 17 - When t. Corn. Oats Chicago sh,i> 198.0rt0 212,000 Milwaukee.. . 5."00 IUOKtt MOJO Minneapolis.. 363.090 142.000 110,(06 Duluth 125.000 3.000 5.000 81 Louis.... Id7.'*lo 00,: 4)0 72.000 Toledo 3,000 14,000 6.000 s(otrodt 4,0 M 4 00 16,(410 Kansas City. 211,000 31.000 2."<X) Omaha 82.000 73,000 32.000 I ndLuua polls. 12,000 49.U1)0 20,0-10 Totals .... 870,900 657.000 501,000 Year ago.. 7s;t,(KX> 807,000 405,000 —Shipments - Wheat Corn. Oats. Chicago 43, 000 97."00 U7.M) Milwaukee... ~ 27.000 21,000 'Minneapolis. 136,000 44,000 6UWO Duluth 243.000 5.000 St. Louts 106,000 21,0)0 82,000 Toledo if.ooo J.:**) 12,(00 Kansas City. 248,000 7,<>G 10.0 X) Omaha 101. mu 21.000 24.000 Indianapolis. 3.000 39,0;) 8,0-0 Total* KMI.OJ) 257,009 340.(00 Year ago.. 628.000 4>2,04) 378,60.) —Clearances - Dorn W. Corn. Oats New York... 179,000 Philadelphia. 16H.990 New Orleans. 338,000 Totals 705.000 '

INDIANAPOLIS CASH GRAIN. —Dec. 17— Bids for car lots of grain nnd hay ut the call of the Indianapolis Board of Trade were: Wheat>—No sales. Corn-Firm; No 3 white, 72®73%c; No. 4 white, 69%®70%c: No. 3 yellow, 77©79e; No. 4 yellow, 73©75c; No. 3 mixed. 70®ff2c; No. 4 mixed, 68©70c. outs—Steady; N >. 2 white, 30%%51%c; No. 3 white, 50<450%c. Hay—Weak; No. 1 timothy, $26®26.50; No. 2 timothy, $25©23.5i>; No. 1 light clover, $24©24.50; No. i clover hay, $24 .by ©23. —lnspection s Wheat—No. 2 red. 1 car; No. 2 soft white, 1 car; total, 2 cars. Corn—No. 3 while, 1 <nr; No. 4 wh!*?, 6 cars; No. 5 white, 9 cars; No. 6 whpo, 1 car; No. 2 yeJlow, 1 car; No. 3 yellow, 2 cars; No. 4 yellow, 16 cars; No. 5 yellow. 12 ears; No. 0 yellow, 1 car; No. 2 mixed, 1 car; No. 4 mixed, 4 cars; No. 5 mixed, 3 cars; No. 6 mixed, 2 cars; total, 59 cars. Oats —No. 1 white 4 cars; No. 2 white. 11 cars; No. 3 white, 4 cars; total, 19 cars. liay—Standard timothy, 1 car. WAGON WHEAT PRICES. Indianapolis flour mills and elevators today are paying $1.90 for No. 1 red wheat, SI.BB for No. 2 red wheat and $1.84 lor No. 3 red. HAY MARKET. Tbe following are the Indianapolis prices lor hay by the wagon load: Hay—Loose timothy, new, s2<<ss23; mised hay. new, $26©28 • bal 'd, s2o©2&. Oats —Bushel, new, 50©53c. Corn—New. 735230 c per bushel. WHOLESALE PRODUCE. Eggs—Fresh, loss off, 60c. Poultry—Fowls, 19fti/24c; springers, 23c; cocks, 15c; old tom turkeys, 35c; young tom turkeys, 12 IDs aud up, 35c; joung hen turkeys, 8 lbs and up, 40e; cull, thin turkeys not wanted; ducks, 4 lbs and up, 25c; ducks, under 4 lbs, 20c; geese, 10 lbs and up, 20c; squabs, 11 lbs to doz, $0; guineas, 2-lb size, per doz, $6. Rabbits Drawn, per doz, $2.25 Butter—Buyers are paying 48®49c for creamery butter delivered at Indianapolis. Buttarfat—Buyers Kre paying +s@4oc fo^crcamdeliveredVtlndlHnapoUi^^

• Weather The following table shows the state ot tho weather at 7 a. m., Dec. 17, as observed liy U. S. Weather Bureaus: Station. Bar. Temp. Wenth. Indianapolis, Ind.. 29.H1 27 Cloudy Atlanta. Ga 29.90 40 Clear Amarillo, Tex 30.24 28 PtCldy Bismarck, N. D 30.10 14 Clear Boston, Mass 20.48 32 PtCldy Chicago, 111 29.72 26 Cloudy I Cincinnati, .0 29 76 80 Cloudy Cleveland. 0 29.56 30 Cloudy Denver, Colo 30.12 30 Cloudy Dodge City, Ivas... 30.24 24 Cloudy Helena, Mont 30.10 30 Cloudy Jacksonville, Fla.. 30.04 40 Clear Kansas City, M 0... 30.13 28 Clear - Louisville, Ky 29 88 32 Cloudy Little Rock, Ark.. 30.12 40 Cloudy Los Angeles, Cal.. 30.04 52 Clear Mobile Ala 30.12 42 Clear New Orleans La.. 30.18 46 Clear New York. N. Y... 29 56 28 Cloudy Norfolk. Va........ 29.06 34 PtCldy Oklahoma City 30.24 '3O PtCldy Omaha, Neb 30.10 24 Clear Philadelphia, Pa... 29.58 36 Cloudy Pittsburgh. Pa 29.58 28 Snow Portland, Ore 29.98 40 Clear Rapid City, 8. D v 30 13 16 Clear Roseburg, Ore 29.90 36 Cloudy San Antonio, Tex.\ 30.12 40-- Clear San Francisco, CaL 29.98 50 PtCldy St. Louis, Mo 29.93 30 Clear St. Paul, Minn 29 80 22 Clear Tampa, Fh 30.14 54 Clear Washington, I). C.. 29 54 32 Cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. The areas of high and low pressure are moving slowly eastward, the latter haxing caused light snow flurries In the northeastern sections since Thursday morning. Elsewhere throughout tho country generally fair weather prevails. It is colder from the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys northwestward and the readings are below xero in parts of Alhertn and Saskatchewan, Temperatures, however, over the Northwest are ii.-.ir or only silently below ths enuonul average. Warmer weather prevails west of the Great Divide, where the pressure Is falling. J. H. ARMING TON, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau. r NOW THEN, FOLK, CAN YOU DOUBT? Female Monkey Blocks Cage Exit on Curious Squirrel. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. Mme. Charlotte, the temperamental monkey who delights the children ut Golden Gate park with her unending display of pranks, has at last secured a companion. Charlotte, herself, solved the problem which long had perplexed Superintendent David Wooster Taylor. The new companion to Mine. Charlotte is one of the brown squirrels that inhabit the park. The squirrel, of an inquiring turn of mind, entered Charlotte’s cage through a hole in the wire netting. Charlotte prevented exit by twisting the wire into place. The squirrel seems contented, as food is abundant and on cool nights they snuggle together Previously Charlotte's loneliness had caused Superintendent Taylor no end of worry. He placed u honey bear in the monkey cage, but Charlotte kept the bear awake by pulling his cars and ho hail to he removed. A puppy plared In tho cage proved too interesting a plaything for Charlotte and he was removed much the worse for wear. A bird suffered a worse *fate. Then Superintendent Taylor threw np his hands in dismay. Another long period of loneliness for Charlotte until she s dved the problem of a companion herself. Now sit is well. Marriage Licenses Jake Garnett, tot W. I’ratt st 22 Cara Mitchell, 2213 l-cxington 22 George Locke. 1413 E. Market st. 21 i Lei a h G. Weston, 317 N. Keyille av.... 20 Robert 11. Walker, Newport. Ky 22 Lelah B. Meyers, Newport, Ky 26 Lawrence Kim. Kllrabethtown 36 i.ethu Mao Gibson, Louisville. Ky 32 Uonxo Boyd, 2024 N. Capitol av 75 i Charlotte Gever, 3115 N. Meridian st... 70 Births ' John nnd Mary McNally, Methodist i Hospital, boy. Walter and Minnie Now-bold, 947 E Morris, girl Kite and Helen Oilcan, 1001 W. Morris. boy. Edward and Maggie Lord, 1413 Pleasant, girl. (Tint and Amanda Reynolds, 1034 8. girl. Sam siiu Sallle Lewis. 22'ft Winter, boy. Frends and Doris Murphy, 29 0 N. Delaware, boy. Albert and Ruth Bavidge, St. Vincent’s Hospital, girl. Jacob and Nell Purky, St. Vincent's Hospital, boy. George and Minnie Preston, 22P2 N. Gale, boy and girl (twins.) J. It and Helen Compton. 925 E. Fortieth, boy. Raymond and Ruth Cranston, Deaconess Hospital, girl. Corey ami Thursea Greene, 912 Daily, girl. Thomas and Irene Yarvel, 437 W. McCarty, girl.

Deaths i Sarah McConnell, 34, 112) Spring, puli monarv hemorrhage. U.-se E. Strung, 45, B+3 N. Meridian, carcinoma. Indium. Slaughter, Cl, 215 \\. North, cert-bra! hemorrhage. Hannah Mary Hanks, 46, 212i N. Alabama. chronic nnrc-.fhymatmis nephritis. Mary C. Addington, 76. 1821 Central, carcinoma. „ . _ Theresa Mary Iloffacker. In, Deafness Hospital, general tuberculosis. Robert. .1 Jones, 77. 16 L. Mielilguu arterlo sclerosis. Charles Eugene Diesel, < months, 1340 N. llliuois, broncho pneumonia. Jane Gooding 11111, S2, 1924 W. Michigan. erysipelas. Martha L. Spencer, 30. 3029 N. Illinois, pulmonary tuberculosis Henry E. Shaffer, 65, 2120 M inter, apoplexy. WHOLESALE FEED PRICES. Ton sail. Cwt. Acme Brand $4200 $2.15 Acme Feed 42.00 2.15 Acme middlings 40,09 2.33 Acme Dairy Feed 52.50 2.65 E-Z Dairy Feed 42.50 2.13 Acme H & M 40.75 2.10 Acme stock feed 36.50 1.80 Crm ked corn 40.00 2.05 Acir.e chick 50.00 2.63 Adue Scratch 4 7.00 2.40 K-& Surateh 41.00 2.25 Acme dry masil 52.00 2.65 Acme hog feed 50.50 2.55 Hoinlik, yellow +O.OO 2.05 Rolled barley 47.00 2.40 Alfalfa Mol 46.00 2.35 Cotton seed meal 4-s.OO 2.45 Lluseed oil meal 01.00 3.10 GRAINS. Shelled corn, small lots 90 Shelled corn, large lets 89 Shelled corn, 2-bu. sack 94 Data. 3-bu. sack 62 Oats, large bulk .58 CORN MEAL AND FLOUR. Corn meal, cwt., not $2.25 E-Z Bales, bakers' flour. 98-lb. sack. 10.35

CLEVELAND PRODUCE. CLEVELAND, Dec. 37.—Butter—Extra, in tub lots, per lb. 55%©39c; extra firsts, 57%@58e: prints, rift'Ati'i-Oc; firsts, 55%0$ 56c; seconds, 53©54c; packing stock, 32(1 25c ; fancy dairy. 42(<)45c. Eggs—Fresh gathered Northern extra. SOc; extra firsts, 78c; Ohio firsts (new cases), 7*c; firsts (old cases), 75c; Western firsts (new cases), 7(>e; refrigerator extras, 62c. A case contains thirty dozen. Poultry— Live heavy fowls, 26©28c per lb; light itock, 19©20c; old roosters, , 18@19c; spring ducks, 53© 4 Or; turkeys, 45c; geese, 25©33c, WHOLESALE BEEF PRICES. The following are today’s wholesale market prices for beef outs ns sold by the Indianapolis markets (quotations by Swift & Cos.): Ribs-No. 2,35 c; No. .3,20 c. Loins— No. 2,22 e; No. 3,17 c. Rounds—No. 3. 24c; No. 3.17 c. Chucks—No. 2, Sse; No. 3,12 c. Plates —No. 2,14 c: No. k. 12c. \ GERMAN BEER THICKENED. j BERLIN, Dec. 17.—-Many German brew.- 1 yrics are facing ruin ns a result of the ] falling off of the consumption of near- j beer. To prevent this the council h | adopted an ordinance permitting, htewer- j les to thicken brw. / I

GALLANTRY OF KNIGHTS OF OLD NOLONGERSAFE Modern Feminists Say Hat Lifting Means Man Regards Woman Weak, Helpless. SOME OPINIONS GIVEN By FREDERIC J. HASKIN. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—ls the system of formal courtesy with which men treat women a sign of respect or of scorn? Doos it put woman on a pedestal or brand her an inferior? These questions are Just now the subject of a good deal of debate among advanced fem'alnists, and it la even possible that some pronouncement on the subject may be made by a leading woman’s organisation. No longer Is it safe for a man indlscrimiaatingly to lift Ms hat to a woman. That Is, not if she happen* to be 4 feminist of tho most advanced school. These radicals say that bat-tlpplng, far from signifying respect, means simply that the man regards woman as a weak and helpless creature. They dig back into the romantic days of chivalry and produce data showing that the bold, brave kniglua used to remove their weighty helmets in the presence of any one who was to be trusted or harmless. Women came in this second group. There may have been othex reasons why the knights made a lady’s presence a regular excuse to dispense with their head cages. Probably the weight made their bend.} ache. Probably, too, they liked thicx feminine friends to see their noble features. But the big Idea, whether they were cousclous of it at all times or not., was that woman was a thing apart and not to be taken seriously. The same principle, according to the feminists, has come down to us in other bits of gallantry which In their true meaning proclaim woman's inferiority. This is true of a man walking on the outside of tho pavement to guard a woman companion against any danger from the street, and also of a man rising to give a woman a seat in a street car. The first is obviously an act of protection, based on the Idea of woman's fragility. Regarding street car conduct there is some controversy. The advance guard of feminism finds that when a man rises In a public place to-reslgn his seat to a woman he is making a special concession to her sex, especially her frailty. If the woman is able-bodied, the Insinuation is not exactly a compliment. Therefore, they say, the pantomime of exchanging positions on a street car can be eliminated and social intercourse will bo one step nearer an honest, sensible basis.

OLD IDEA&, STILL GUIDE IN SENSIBLE FORMALITIES. Most of the women, however, even those who prefer not to accept favors from men when offered on a basis of special consideration for their sex, agree that very often a man is to be applauded for giving up his seat to someone else. Common politeness—not offensive chivalry—demands that an old person of either sex, a woman with a baby, a cripple, or a sick person, should be seated In a street car or waiting room. Some concede that a man can even surrender Ids scat to a tired-looking woman of any age without implying that she is a mere doll to be handled with care. And. of course, gome women say that they like to see a man show consideration for them, xvhatever it implies. Ancient ldas of woman's piace in society still guide us w hen It conies to many speiai formalities. In some places it is still held the correct thing for a man to precede a woman upstairs and deceud after her. The origin of this is obscure, but we have been told that it probably could be traced to the time when women wore hoop skirts. This fashion, combined with the poilte idea of the time that a woman had no legs, would make It proper for a man to conduct himself so that the illusion might remain unshuttered, if he desecended first, and stood awaiting his fair companion below, cither the styles in clothing or in decorum would have had to change. Nowadays, whin women's skirts are knee length and street car steps two feet high, the precaution of a man preceding a woman up a flight of steps is obviously out of date. Recently convention has changed somewhat to allow the man to follow the woman both up and downstairs. Another threadbare convention is for the women at a dinner party to adjourn to the parlors, leaving the men to smoko and talk in the dining room. This procedure started at medieval banquets when everybody, men and women alike, crammed to the neck on as many kinds of food as the host could pile on an overladen board. After dinner the damsels retired, nnd their lords preceded to drink themselves to ska*p under tb# table. This dinner party etiquette, which was still justified until recently by the fact that women were supposed to object to cigar smoke, is now a mere hollow form. Certainly few modern women object to the scent of tobacco smoke, nnd many feel slighted if not invited to help make it. The women do not intend to keep their theories in the conversation stage. There Is talk here pro and con of a public declaration to sct'Je these matters of what is desirable in the way of courtesy from men. It is In this connection that the Woman's party is considering a bill of rights to be drafted by the national convention of worneu voters when it meets at tlie capital next February. This would certainly simplify the situation for perplexed man. Before such a declaration could be made, however, there would have to 4>e a concensus of opinion obtained. So far, there has been no organized attempt to find out where women voters stand on the question, though there is no doubt every woman has her own definite ideas on the subject. We give here three sample opinions by women who are representative, aud we predict that the convention will have some trouhle in reconciling the different factions which will rise to show that lifting a hat is an act of scorn or a gesture of reverence. Margaret Hatfield, who is a strong believer in woman's equality with man, and who retains her maiden name, though married, expressed the following view: "There always has been, nnd I suppose always will lie, the .chivalry which Is founded on women *heing the mothers of the race. Man's willingness to carry the heavier physical burden is founded on this factual basis. But the chivalry which divides women Into two classes, tho protected and the unprotected woman, Is Intolerable, and the quicker It Is

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done away with, the quicker we will ap proach real civilization." Margaret Hatfield found out that hat tipping and other ceremonies were only skin deep In our civilization, when she left a sheltered existence to experience the sensations of a bread winner in a strange city. In nine weeks of the experiment she held half a dozen Join, all miserably paid, and she learned that the unprotected girl doesn’t get much • in the way of disinterested gallantry from men. She advocates that a man should do away with the outworn, bothersome formalities toward the women he regards as worthy of his protection. in their place she would have him adopt toward all women the same attitude of sensible courtesy that he uses in dealing with men. EXPRESSIONS OF SENSIBLE YVOMEN. Mabel IJoardman, the first woman commissioner of the District of Columbia, is opposed to the hnti-chlvalry crusade. "To discard the courtesies bestowed upon women would mean a loss and not a gain," she told an audience a few days ago. “Chivalry adds to life’s values. To dispense with amenities, which have become a habit and are in no sense a burden, would be a great mistake." Still another attitude is taken by Anita Pollitzer, legislative secretary of the woman’s party, who said thoughtfully, when questioned: "Whether the ancient customs of courtesy from men to women continue to 09 followed Is a matter, it seems to me, of the compietest indifference to women. AH courtesies reflect credit upon the person who offers them and not upon the person to whom they are offered. The lifting of a hat is a graceful act becoming to almost any man and if It is omitted, the man alone loses.” As for the men, they seem to hesitat* to express their sentiments, freely. Most of them tip their hats on the streets remove them in elevators, because they' think the women expect it. Some, privately object to the custom on the ground that It is responsible for uncounted colds and cases of pneumonia. Back 1nj.664 Samuel Pepys wrote Into his diary: "Home to bed, having got a strange cold in my head by flinging off my hat at vJinner and sitting with th® wind in my neck.” And ever since, men have grumbled more or less about exposure to drafts In the cause of chivalry. If Margaret Hatfield and the other progressives are right, men will soon be freed of hat raising responsibilities. These women hold that the custom is slowly dying out anyway, and that if enough women denounce it, it will soon be ns obsolete as the old-fashioned bow which required lots of space and more time than the modern man or woman would care to give to non-essentials.

London Newspaper Writer Finds U. S. Anything blit Dry Never Realizes He Is Breaking Law in Sipping Booze in Gotham. LONDON,Dee. 17.—That America is not as “dry” as it Is to be over here and that It is not "seriously frantic” over the Irish question are two of the discoveries made by a correspondent of a London paper who is now in New York. The correspondent had been in America—meaning New York—just ten days when be made these discoveries. "There is not a particle of truth in the suggestion that American sentiment has been completely alienated since the conclusion of the war,” states Frank Dilnot. in an article published in one of the leading afternoon papers. He gives as his first example the old story of the steward of the smokingroom on the liner on which he sailed, to America coming- into the room and saying: “Empty your glasses, gentlemen. No more drinks to be served: we are within sight of the Statute of Liberty.” This, it seems, was intended for Irony, bnt the correspondent says it was misplaced. for he declares; He learned afterward "to his horror” that he was breaking the law. "Thirty hours later I was enjoying dinner with an American friend and was openly served with excellent sauterne at a restaurant whose attractions are known to all fashionable New Y orkers.” "it is enough,’’ he saya, “to say for five moment that the steward’s remarks on the liner lead to a pessimism which is very far from being justified by facts. America always was a very temperate country in the use of alcohol and X shall not be going beyond the facts in saying that it Is not less temperate than it used to be.” K On the Irish question he says: "There are violeut diatribes about Ireland in some of the papers; pathetlo and regretful articles about Mr. Swiney in some columns, and in a few courageous prints some downright hard British common sense—call it American common sense if you wßl about Sinn Fein. “I think the latter represents the opinion of responsible Americans and probably 00 or 70 per cent of the Inhabitants. The balance comprises gome screaming mallgnnnts who would somehow or other find nu additional cause of offense against Britain if Ireland were suddenly turned Into a separate republic.” On the question of the League of. Nations Dilnot has much to say. His main comments are; “So far ns I can ascertain the Republican victory is rather favorable to Britain than against her, since the stalwart and responsible Americans who form the leaders of that party are those most allied in temperament and feelings with Britain. "In passing it may be said that there is a genuine and widespread feeling that the very first act of the Republican government will bo to take steps toward an international anti-war association. "There is a vast prejudice against what is called ‘Mr. Wilson's League of Nations,’ but at the same time there is a tremendous tendency toward the spirit nnd ideals which are behind it.. "All of which means that America is not devoid of those party prejudices which are to be found even in England.” HOOCH FILLS CITY HALL. DENVER, Dec. 17.—50 much illicit liquor has been seized by local police nnd stored nt the City Hall that alterations to cost approximately 515.000 have become necessary to make room for the police department.

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