Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1921 — Page 10

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STOCKS DEVELOP STEADY TONE Some Issues, in Brisk Demand, Show Pronounced Strength. NEW YORK, Feb. S. —Business was practically at a standstill during the first fifteen minutes trading on the stock market today. Pressure was agalti exerted against many issues, but prices fluctuated within fractional limits. The tendency was to lower figures. The oils came In for most of the selling and sustained the heaviest losses. Mexican Petroleum yielded 1%- points to 155. while Royal Dutch had a rapid drop of 1% points to 60%. Steel common made a slight gain, selling at 82%, but immediately dropped back to 82. Crucible fell 2% points to 00, and Baldwin yielded to 87%. Republic Steel was down % of a point to 64%. Northern Pacific fell 1% points to 87. Missouri Pacific preferred was excep tionally strong, advancing 1 point to 30%. Sears-Roebuck yielded 1 point to 85 and pressure also continued against General Asphalt, which dropped 1 point to 64%. Atlantic Gulf was another weak spot, dropping 1% point to 66%. After the declines in the first fifteen minutes the market developed a steadlei tone, with some Issues in brisk demand and showing pronounced strength. Texas & Pacific Railroad became prominent, advancing 2 points to 23%. United States Steel common was • bought all through the first hour, having a range of from 82% to 81%. Northern Pacific continued active and yielded to 56%, after which it rallied to 87%. Mexican Petroleum, which was weak in the early trading, rallied to 156. Sears-Roebnck was again under presaure, declining 1% points to 84%. General Asphalt, after selling down to 65%, advanced to 66%. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —Feb. 3 Market yesterday was again a rather unlnferestlng affair; the commission house business was unimportant and professional operations were mainly on the selling slue. Values tended downward, which is not at all surprising, considering the waiting attitude of the public, the absence of support from this source and the uncertainty created in Europe. From business circles the reports, while Indicating improvement here and there, are not particularly encouraging. The leading catalog houses report a very heavy decrease in sales for the last month. Several prominent economic students claim that further declines of commodity prices are more than likely. The review by the Iron Age Is not very favorable, showing an important decline during January of pig iron production, which forecasts smaller output of steel and Iron, while money has again hardened and prevailing rates discouraging operations on the long side. TWENTY STOCKS AVERAGE. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Twenty Industrial stocks averaged 74.03. down 50 per cent. Twenty active rails averaged 75.21, down 17 per cent. CLEARING HOCSE STATEMENT. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Hearing house statement: Exchanges, $899.315,156; balances, $83,730,121; Federal reserve bank credit balances, $62,774,05A Money and Exchange 1 Indianapolis bank clearings today were $2,263 000. against $2,127,000 a week ago. NEW YORK, Feb. 3 -The leading ex ; changes wore weak today at the opening of the foreign exchange maiket. Demand sterling fell IV- to $3.83%. Francs fell 12 centimes to .0703 for cables and .0702 for checks. Belgians fell 12 centimes to .0733 for cables and .0737 for checks. Marks dropped 4 points to .0157. and lire yielded 3 . points to .0304 for fables and .0363 for checks. Guilder cables were quoted at .3390 and cheeks .3330. Swedish cables were .2190 and checks 21.85. NEW YORK CALL MONEY. NEW YORK. Feb. 2.—Money: Call money ruled 8 per cent; high. 9 per cent; ' low. 8 per cent. Time rates, steady; all 6%®7 per cent. Time mercantile paper, steady. Sterling exchange was steady, with business in bankers' bills at $3.33 for demand. MOTOR SECURITIES. (By Thomson A McKinnon) —Feb. 3 —Opening— Bid. Ask. Briscoe 14 15 Chalmers, com 1 1% Packard, com 10 10% Packard, pfd 75 77 j Chevrolet 150 500 Peerless 22 22% Continental Motors, con. ... 6% 7% Continental Motors, pfd 90 95 Hupp, com 13% 13% Hupp, pfd 88 93 Beo Motor Car 22 22% Elgin Motors 5 6 Grant Motors 33% Ford of Canada 240 248 United Motors 35 45 National Motors 4 6 Federal Truck 19 21 Paige Motors 17% 1.3 Republic Truck 21 23 ACTIVE OIL STOCKS. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —Feb. 3 —Opening— Bid. Ask. Anglo-American Oil 18% 18% Atlantic Refining 990 1050 Borne Scrymser 390 410 Buckeye Pipe Line 83 A5 Chesebrough Mfg. Cons 185 200 Colonial Oil 100 108 Continental Oil, Colorado... 110 115 Cosden Oil and Gas 6 6% Cresceut Pipe Line 30 33 Cumberland Pipe Line 120 130 Elk Basin Pete 7% 8 Eureka Pipe Line 92 96 Galena-Signal Oil. Pref. new 94 98 Galena-Signal Dil. com 46 49 Uiinols Pipe Line 172 176 Indiana Pipe Line 84 87 Merritt Oil 11% 12% Midwest Oil 1 1% Midwest Rfg 136 1:;8 National Transit 27 29 New York Transit 100 105 Northern Pipe Line 94 97 Ohio Oil 277 282 Penn.-Mex 33 36 Prairie Oil and Gas 470 480 Prairie Pipe Line 190 200 Sapulpa Refg 4% 4% Solar Refining 365 375 Southern Pipe Line 103 108 South Penn Oil 230 240 Southwest Penn Pipe Lines 68 72 Standard Oil Cos. of Cal 290 295 Standard Oil Cos. of Ind €B% 69% Standard Oil Cos. of Kan.... 570 590 Standard Oil Cos. of Ky 415 430 Standard Oil Cos. of Neb.... 380 400 Standard Oil Cos. of N. Y.... 343 348 Standard Oil Cos. of 0hi0.... 380 400 Swan A- Finch 45 53 Union Tank Line...l 110 115 Vacuum till 315 325 Washington Oil 30 35 NEW YORK CURB MARKET. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —Feb. 2 —Closing Bid. Ask. Cnrtls Aero, com 3 5 Curtis Aero, pfd 10 20 Texas Chief 7 12 First National Copper % 1 Goldfield Con 6 8 Havana Tobacco 1% 1% Havana Tobacjo pfd 5 8 Cent. Teresa 3 5 Jumbo Extension 3 7 International Petroleum 15% 16% Nipissing ... 8 8% Indian Pkg 2% 3% Houston Oil 105 110 Royal Baking Powder 79 82 Royal Baking Powder pfd.. 7 8 Siadair Gulf Oil 24 28 Tonopah Extension 1 1% Tonopah Mining 1 7-16 1 9-16 United P. S. new 1% 1% U. S. Light and Heat 1 1% U. S. Lleht and Heat pfd.. % 1% Wright-Matin 4 6 World Film 1-16 3-16 Yukon Gold Mine Cos 1 1% Jerome % % New Cornelia 16 United Verde 27 29 Sequoyah 5-18 7-16 Omar Oil 2% 2% Rep- lire 1% 1%

Says Europe Causes Bad Grain Markets CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—A clique of European governmental buyers are responsible for the instability of the grain market, Joseph P. Griffin, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, charged here today. Griffin urged grain exchanges in this country to bar Argentine grain prices from the American market, alleging the European buyers controlled the grain markets of this country and have been using “fake quotations” on the Argentine market to force down prices in the United States. * N. Y. Stock Prices —Feb. 2 Prev. High. Low. Close. Close. Adv.-Rum., com. 18 18 38 18% Ajax Rubber .. 36% 84% 35% 35% Allis-Chalwers . 34% 34 34 34% Am. Aricul. .... 55% 54% 54% .... Am. Beet Su. .. 43 42 42 44% Am. Bosch Mag. 54% 54% 54% 54% Am. Car & Fdy..121% 121% 121% 122 Am. Can 30% 29% 29% ' 30% Am. H. & L. com 9 8% 8% 9 Am. H. &L. pfd 43 40 % 41% 43% Am. Drug 6% 6% 6% 6% Am. Int. Corp... 46% 45 43%. 46% Am. Linseed ... 59% 58 58% 60 Am. Loco 82 81% 81% 82% Am. Sm. & Ref.. 42 40 % 41% 42 Am. Sugar Ref.. 91% 89% 90% 92% Am. Sum. Tob. . 79% 79% 79% 80% Am. Steel Fdy. . 30% 30 30% 30% Am. Tel & Tel.. 99% 99% 99% 99% Am. Tobacco ...118% 116% 117 118% Am. Woolen ... 66% 65 65% CUT'S Assoc. Oil 99 99 99 99% Anac. Min. C 0... 35% 38% 38% 38% Atchison 82% 81% Sl% 8? Atl. G. &W. 1.. 69% 67% *3B 69% Baldwin Loco. . 88% 87 BS% 88% B. & 0 34 33 33 34 Beth. Steel B .. 56% 65% 56% 56 Brook. Rap. Tr. 12% 12% 12% 12% Canadian Pac. .116 115% 116 116 Cen. Leather ... 39% 39 39% 39% Chand. Motors .71 69% 70% 71 C. & 0 55% 58% 58% 58% Chi., M. & St. P. 27% 26% 27 27% C..M.ASt.P. pfd. 42% 42 42 42% Chi. &X.W. .. 67% 67% 67% 67% Chi. R. I. & Pac. 20% 26 20% 26% C.IU.&P. 6% pfd 62% 62% 62% G 2% C. 79c pfd 73 72 % 72% 73% Chili Copper ... 12% 12% 12% 12% Chino Copper.. 22% 22% 22% 23 Coca Cola 23 21% 22 23 Col F. & Iron. 29% 29% 29% 29% Colum. Gas 60% 59% 60% 60% Cclum Giapb... 11% 11% 11% n% Consol. Gas 78% 78 78 78% Cont. Can 63% 63% 63% Cont. Candy Cos 3% 3% 8% 3% Corn Prods 70% 69% 70 70% Crucible Steel.. 92% 91% 92% 93 Cub. Am. Sugar 28% 28% 28% D. & R. G. pfd.. 4 3% 3's S% Endicott „ 62 61 61 62% Erie 13% 13 13% 13% Erie Ist pfd.... 19% 19% 19% 19% Fam. Players... 56% 56 66% 56% Fisk Rub. C 0... 14% 14% 14% 14% Gen. Asphalt 67% 64% , 65% 67% Gen. Cigars 60 60 60 o Gen. Electric ...127 127 127 127% Gen. Motors.... 14% 14% 14% 14% Goodrich 41 40% 40% 40% G. North, pfd... 77% 75% 77% 76 G. North. Ore... 28% . 2&% 28% 28% G. States Steel.. 34 34 34 Houston Oil 73% 72% 72% 75% 111. Central 89 88% 88% 89% Inspl. Copper.. 34% 34% 34% 35% Inter. Corp.... 4% 4% 4% 4% In*erboro pfd... 13% 12% 12% 13% Inter. Harvest.. 95 94% 95 94% Inter. Nickel.... 15% 15% 15% 15% Inter. Paper.... 58% 57% 58% 59% Invln. Oil 25% 24% 24% 25 ! K. C. South.... 19% 19% 19% 19% K-S'field Tire... 40 45% 45% 46% Kern. Copper... 49% 19% 19% 20 Lack. Steel 53 52% 52% 53% Lehigh Valley... 52% 51% 52% 52 i T. Inc 16% 16% 16% 10% 1 L. & N 99% 99% 99% Marine com 14% 14 14% 14% Marine, pfd 52% 51% 51% 52% ! Max. Mot. com. 5% 5 5% 5 j Mexican Petr 01.156% 154% 156% 107 Miami Copper.. 18% 18% 18% -8% Mid. Sts. 0i1... 13% 13% 13% 13% i Midvale Steel... 31% 30% 30% 31% K„ K. & T 2% 2% 2% 2% Mo. Tac. Ry... 18% 18% 18% 18% Nat. En. A Stp. 60 60 60 60% Nev. Con. Cop.. 11% 11% 11% 11% N. Y. Central... 71% 71 71 71% New Haven 20% 20% 20% 20% Xorf. A West.. 09% 99 99 99% North, racifir... 88% 85 88% 85% Ok. Pro. A Ref. 3% 3% 3% 3% Pacific Oil 34% 34% 34% 34% Pan-Am. Petrol. 74% 73% 74% 74% I’ecwn Ry 40% 40% 40% 40% People's <4t<S... 37 36% 36% 37% Pierce-Arrow... 26 25% 25% 25% Pierce, pil C 0... 10% 10% 10% 11 Pittsburgh Coal. 59 59 51* 59 Prat. Steel Car. 93 92% 92% 93% Pure oil 34% 34% 34% 34% Ray Copper 3% 13% 13% 13% Reading 83% 82% S3 83 Rep. Irn. & Stl. 68% 84% 65% 65% Kyi. Dteh. N. Y. 63% 62% 62% 64% Sears-Roebuck.. 86% 81% 86 80% Sinclair 23% 23 23% 23% Sloss-Shf S. A I. 51 51 51 Southern Pac... 96% 95% 96 90% Southern Rv.... 22% 22 22 22% St. OH X. J 156 156 156 St.L. & S.F.com. 21% 21% 21% 21% Strom. Parb.... 36% 36% 30% 37% Studebaker .... 57*4 56% 56% 57% Tenn. Copper... 8% 8% 8% 8% Texas 43% 42% 43 43% Texas & Pac.... 2f% 20% 21% 20% Tob. Products.. 53. 52% 53 53 Trans. OH 9% 9% 9% 9% Union Oil 22% 22% 22% 23 Union Pacific...ll9 118% 119 119 Un. Ret. Stores. 55 53% 54 55 U. S. F. I*. Cor. 24% 23% 23% 25 Fn. Fruit C0...107% 106 106 100% U. S. In. Alcoh. 68% 67% 67% 68% U. S. Rubber... 68% 67% 67% 68% U. S. Slee! 82% 81% 82 82 U. S. Steel pfd.lll% 111% 111% Utah Copper 56% Vanadium Steel 37 36% 36% 36% Vir.-Car. Chem. 37% 36% 36% 37% Wabash 7% 7% 7% 7% Wab. Ist pfd... 20% 20 20 % 20% W. Maryland... 10 10 10 10 Western Union. 85% 85% 85% West. Electric... 45% 44% 45% 44% White Motors... 38% 38% 28% 39 Willys Overland 8% 8 8 8% Wilson A C 0... 42 42 42 42% Worth. Pump... 49% 48% 48% 49% NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS. —Feb. 2 Prev. High. Low. Close, close. L. B. 3%s 91.92 91.70 91.80 91.90 L. B. Ist 4s 80.59 L. B. 2d 45.... 85.54 85.40 85.54 85.70 L. B. Ist 4%5.. 87.30 80.40 86.70 80.70 L. B. 2d 4 %s.. 86.50 86.60 80.24 85.70 L. B. 3d 4 %s.. 89.54 89.02 89.54 89.14 I, B. 4th 4%5.. 86.80 80.02 86.08 80.00 Victory 3%5... 97.24 97.16 97.16 97.18 Victory 4%5... 97.28 97.14 97.20 97.20 CHICAGO STOCKS. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —Feb. 2 Open. High. Low. Close. Armour pfd 92% Carbide A Carb. 55% 55% 55 55% Libby 12% 12% 12% 12% Montg.-Ward.... 15% 15*% 14% 15% Nat’l. Leather... 8% 8% 8% 8% Sears-Roebuck.. 86 80 84 NO Stewart-Warner. 31 31% 30% 31% Swift ACo 102% 102% 101% 102% Swift Int'l 27% 27% 27% 27% Armour Leather .12% Piggly. Wiggly.. 14% 14% In the Cotton Market NEW YORK. Feb. 3. —The cotton market opened steady today at a net decline of 17(233 points. Weak Liverpool cables, with pessimistic advices from Manchester, caused considerable local selling, to which was added pressure from spot houses, and Liverpool. this being partly absorbed by Wall street and the South. Little change occurred from initial levels during the first fifteen minutes and the undertone was unsettled, with sentiment inclined to be bearish on the Manchester situation. New York cotton opening: March, 13.50 c; May, 13.80 c; July, 14.20 c; September, 14.25 c bid; October, 14.U0e; December, 14.80 c. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 3.—Spot cotton opened in poor demand today with prices easier and sales close to 3.000 bales. American middlings, ll.SOd; good mid' tilings, 9.56d; middlings, 8.06(1; full middlings, 8.91 a nd; low middlings. 6.91d; good ordinary, 5.41d; ordinary, 4.91d. Futures opetred quiet. NEW YORK METAL MARKET. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Copper—Dull; February. March and April, offered 13c, Lead —Easv; spot, offered sc; February, March and April, offered sc. Spelter— Easy; spot, February, March and April, offered 0.03 c.

LIGHT HOGS 25 CENTS HIGHER Other Swine Prices Held Steady—Cattle Trade Slow. RANGE OF HOG PRICES. Good Good Good Jan. Mixed. Heavy. Light. 28. $9.25010.26 $9.50010.00 $10.00010.50 29. [email protected] 9.250 9.75 10.00010.25 31. 9.500 10.00 9.500 9.75 $10.25010.50 Feb. 1. [email protected] 9.400 9.75 10.26010.60 2. 9.500 985 9.250 9.50 10.00010.35 3. 9.600 9.90 9.250 9.50 10.25010.60 Hog prices were steady lo 25 cents higher at the opening of the local live stock exchange today, with heavy, medium and mixed hogs Bteady and light hogs generally 25 cents higher. Some light hogs sold as high as $10.75 at the opening of the market, but those sales j were few, and after the rush of the first few minutes most of the sales of that grade of swiue were close to $10.50. Pigs and roughs also were practically steady. Receipts for the day approximated 12,000 fresh hogs, with a good clearance for the market of the day before. Trade In the cattle alleys was slow, with only light receipts and practically no demand by the principal buyers, i Prices were about steady on most of the j few sales that were .made during the early hours of the market. With close to 300 calves on the market, | there was a fair tone to trade, with the exception of a slow demand for medium : calves. There were, however, few If any j sales at $14.50 on choice calves. Other 1 prices were practically unchanged. With close to seventy-five sheep and ' lambs oa the market, prices were steady. hogs. : Best light hogs, 100 to 200 lbs average [email protected] 200 to 300 lbs average 9.25@ 9.50 i Over 300 lbs 8.50® 9.00 Sows 7.50© 8.00 1 Best pigs, uuder 140 lbs 9.50®10.00 Bulk of sales [email protected] CATTLE. Prime confed steers, 1,030 lbs and up 8.50@ 9.00 Good to choice steers, 1,200 to 1,300 lbs 7.75® 5.50 Good to choice steers. 1,100 to 1,200 lbs 7.00@ 7.50 Medium steers, 1,00 to 1,100 lbs 6.50@ 7.70 Common to medium steers, ! 800 to 1,000 lbs 5.00@ 6.50 —Heifers and Cows— Good to choice heifers fi.oo@ 700 Medium heifers 4.00® 5.50 Common to medium heifers.. 4.00® 5.00 Good to choice cows 4.50® 5.50 Fair to medium cows 3.50@ 4.75 Cutters 3.00® 4 00 Canners 2.50® 3.00 —Bulls— Good to choice butcher bulls.. 5.00® 6.50 Bologna bulls 4 00® 5.00 Light common bulls 4.50® 5.00 —Calves— Choice veals [email protected] j Good veals I 12..0 *@13.00 Medium veals 1. 9.0U®12.00 Lightweight veals 6.00@ 7.00 Heavyweight veals 7.00® 8.00 Cornon heavyweight calves.. 5.00® 8.00 —Stockers and Feeders — Good to choice steers, under 800 lbs 7.00® 800 Medium cows 4.50® 5.00 Good cows 5.00® 5.50 Good heifers 6.50® 6.00 Medium to good heifers 5.00® 600 Good milkers [email protected] Stock calves, 250 to 450 lbs.. 5.00® 8.00 SHEEP AND LAMBS. Good to choice sheep 3.00® 3.50 Fair to common 2.00® 300 Bucks 2.00® 2.50 Cull sheep I.oo® 1.50 —Lambs— Common to choice yearlings.. 5.00® 6.00 Spring lambs B.oo® 900 _ —. - —— Other Live Stock CHICAGO, Feb. 3. —nogs—Receipts. 43,000; market, 10®15c up; bulk, $0.25© siO; butchers. $9 2041,9.55; packers. $8.40 @9; lights, $0.85® 10.35; pigs. $9.15® 9.25; roughs, [email protected]. Cattle -Receipts, 9,000; market steady and strong; beeves. s6.tk>®:*.so; butchers, $4 85@8; I'Htme'B and cutters. s3©s; stackers and feeders, $4.75@8; cows, $4.35®7; calves, slo® 12'50. Sheep Receipts,. 20,060; mar- * '■'*■ lower; lambs, $7®9.T5; ewes, s‘[email protected]. CINCINNATI, Feb. 3.—Hogs—Re ceipts, 6,000; market weak; heavy hogs, 89.75® 10.2f>; mixed. $10.50; mediums ami lights, 810.75; pigs, $9.50; roughs, $8; stags, $6.50. Cattle—Receipts, 6,*J00; market dull and weak; bids sharply lower; canners and cutters steady ; bulls steady ; ialves, $13.50® 14; few. $14.50. Sheeps and lambs Receipts, 50; market steady. CLEVELAND, Feb. 3.-Hogs—Re ceipts, 4,7*00; market steady; yorkers and mixed, $lO 75; mediums, $9 75; pigs, $11; roughs. $8; stags, $6. Cattle Receipts. 300; market slow. Sheep and lambs — Receipts, 800; market steady; top, $9.50. Calves—Receipts, 300f market slow; top, $15.50. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3.—Cattle—Receipts light ; market steady ; choice, $9 25 ©9.50; good, $8.75©9; fair, $7.5)4@8; veal calves. $14®15. Sheep and lambs —Receipts light: market steady; prime weth erR. $5.75©0; good, ss®s 50: fair mixed, s4® 4 55; spring lambs, s9®lo. Hogs— Receipts 25 doubles; market steady; prime heavies, $9.75© 10; mediums, $10.90 ©11; heavy Workers, $ 10.90® 11 ; light yorkers, $10.90® 11; pigs, $10.90® 11; roughs, $7©8.25; stags, ss®o. EAST BUFFALO, Feb. 3.—Cattle—Receipts, 175: market dull, weak; shipping steers, sß®9; butchers' grades, $7.20©8; oews, $2.50®6.75. Calves—Receipts, 150; market active, steady; culls, choice, *1.50 ® 15.50. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 6,000; market slow and steady: choice lambs. $9.50® 10; culls, fair, $7®8.7; yearlings, s7®B; sheep, $2.50®5.50. Hog* —Receipts, 2.400; market fairly active; yorkers, $11.25®11.50; pigs, $11.25; mixed, $10.50® 11; heavies, $9.50*1,10.75; roughs, $7.75©8; stags. $5.50©6.50. EAST ST. LOUIS. Feb. 3.—Cattle—Receipts, 1,000; market steady; native beef steers, $7.60@8; yearling beef steers and keife.rs, $6.50®7; cows, $5.50©6.50; stock ersr nud feeders, $5®0.75; calves, $12®75 @l3; canners and cutters, $4®4.25. Hogs -Receipts. 13,000, market 15®25c higher; mixed ami butchers,' slo® 10.40; good heavies, $9.25®9.75; rough heavies, $7 50® 8.25; lights, $1025® 10.00; pigs, $9.75® 10.25; hulk of sales, $10.15® 10.50. Sheep | —Receipts, 500; market nominal; ewes. $4.25®4 75; lambs, $9.25®9.75; canners and cutters, sl@3. WHOLESALE FEED PRICES. Ton. Cwt. Acme middlings $38.00 $1.95 Acme dairy feed 42.00 2.15 E-Z dairy feed 47.50 2.4 C Acme H A M 30.25 1.85 C. O. A B. chop 34.00 1.75 Acme stock feed 30.00 1.55 Cracked corn 32.50 1.65 Acme chicken feed 40.75 2.10 Acme scratch 38.75 2.00 E-Z scratch t. 30.00 1.85 Acme dairy mash 40.00 2.35 Acme hog feed 45.50 2.80 Ground barley 44.00 2.25 Homlik yellow 31.50 1.00 Rolled barley 44.00 2.25 Alfalfa mol 39.00 2.00 Cottonseed meal 41.00 2.10 Linseed oil meal 51.00 2.bt> Acme chick mash 49.00 2.50 FLOUR ANI) MEAL PRICES. E-Z Bake baker’s flour, 98-lb. cotton bags $1920 Corn meal, 100-lb. cotton bags 2.00 INDIANAPOLIS PRODUCE. Eggs—Fresh, loss off, 47c. Poultry—Fowls, 24®29e ;sprlngers, _/c; cocks, ltic; stags, 16c. old tom turkeys, 35c; young tom turkeys, 12 lbs. and up, 40c; capons, 7 lbs. and up, 33c; young hen turkeys, 8 lbs. and up, 40c; cull, thin turkeys not wanted; young tom turkeys, 40c; ducks, 4 lbs. and up, 25c. ducks, uuder 4 ibs., 20c; geese, 10 lbs. and up, 20c; squabs, 11 11)8 to dozen, $7; guineas, 9-lb. size, per doz., $6. Rabbits —Drawn, per dozen, $2.50. Butter—Buyers are paying 47®48c for creamery butter delivered at Indianapolis. Butterfat —Buyers, are paying 47@4Sc for cream delivered at Indianapolis. CHICAGO PRODUCTS. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—Butter—Creamery extrus, 45%c; creamery firsts, 44c; firsts, 38® 44c; seconds, 30® 37c. Eggs—Ordinaries, 45®46c; Units, 49%c. CheeseTwins, 23c; young Americas, 2fi%c. Live poultry—Fowls. 35c; ducks, 35c; geese, 20c; spring chickens, 30c; turkeys, 43c: roosters. 21c. Potatoes—Receipt© 38 cars; Wisconsin and ItilaneaoU. sl®l.BS.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1921.

GRAIN FUTURE PRICES SLUMP Free Buying and Favorable Weather Conditions Factors. CHICAGO, Feb. 3—Grain prices slumped on the Chicago Board of Trade today, due to an overabundant market and free buying. Favorable weather conditions throughout the wheat belt also was a contributing factor. Provisions wera unchanged. March wheat operned unchanged at $1.57, losing 4c later. May wheat opened down %c at $1.47% and lost 3%c subsequently. May corn opened at 65%c, down %c, and lost an additional l%c before the (lose. July corn, off %c, opened at 67%c and lost l%c later. May oats opened off %c at 42%e, losing %c additional before the close. July oats opened unchanged at 46%c and dropped %e later. (By Thomson A McKinnon.) —Feb. 2 Wheat—-Tuesday's export sales and a recovery In Buenos Aires prices brought about a change of front In wheat markets Market was stimulated at one time by a report that the supertax on Argentine exports had been fixed. This was denied later, it developing that the normal tax for February had been placed at slightly less than the January normal tax. On this question of tax it seems to us that a rally is not an important matter in determining our prices. It relates more Intimately to the Argentine farmer than to any one else. There has been evidence at the seaboard at Winnipeg and at one of the Western markeis of new .export business, but as yet no deuiils are obtainable. Argentine wheat Is quoted at 6 to 10 cents under United States sorts, delivered Europe and United Kingdom. In face of these discounts new foreign demand for our surplus is of importance as showing either that our wheat is more desirable or that the surplus of all countries will be needed. Domestic exporters reduced their bids in the country for gulf shipment, resulting in purchases of just exactly nothing. Kansas mills find difficulty in supplying their requirements because of the very light offerings by the farms. It seems to us that new export sales from tills iftne forward, if of any volume whatever, will have considerable influence in shaping prices, because of the very small surplus remaining. Within another month the condition of the growing crop will become a factor. Conditions, at the moment, are reported favorable, but trade Journalß suggest the posfbllitv of more than the ordinary claims of insect infestation.* The greater oppor tunities seem to lie on the Investment side of the market. Coarse Grains—The strength in wheat was an Influence in corn und oats, but of greater effect was the sharp falling off In country offerings and consignment notices. Industries showed a little more interest in buying cash corn, but the shipping demand is not improved. It Is felt that both corn and oats have fully discounted the accumulations in terminals and the slow demand flt the same time, and it is recognized that the Btocks of corn in elevators must be in greater demand if prices are to score any particular advance. Provisions—A little business in cash lard reported, but volume is not large. The buying of deferred deliveries yesterday seemed to come from former •••Hers, theer being no improvement in new trade. CHICAGO GRAIN. —Feb. 3 WHEAT — Open. High. Low. (lose. March... 1.57 1.5 t% 1.51% 1.52% May 1-47% 1.48 1-42% 1.43 C< May 65% 65% 04% 64% July 67% 67% 66% 66% May. 41% 41% 40% 41% .1 (i 1V... PORK—•May 22*° 13.20 13.30 13.20 13 20 K NbiyT. j. . 12 20 12 20 12 02 12.10 R Ma7..... 132 1.33% 1.0*% 1.30 July 1.13 114 1.10% 1.10% •Nominal. CHICAGO CASH GRAIN. CHICAGO, Feb 3.—Wheat No. 2 rod, $1.78; No. 1 hard winter, $1.60%; No. 1 northern spring, [email protected]. Corn No 2 white, 61®01 %o; No. 2 yellow 61® 01 !.,<•: N<> 3 white, 58@59%c: .No. 3 yellow, 59©605; No. 4 white, 56©50%c: No. 4 yellow. 55@5%C. Out*< No. 1 white, 39%©40e; No. 2 white, 39%@40.-; No. J white, 38®39c; No. 4 white, 37®37%c. TOLEDO CASH GRAIN. TOLEDO. Fel). B.—Wheat—Cash, $1.78; March, $1.76; May, $1.65. Corn— 2 yellow, 02c. Oats No. 2 white, 41c. Rye N,,. 2, $1.42. Barley—No. 2,05 c. Clover seed -Cash (1919), $11.50; cash (192©). $10.20; February, $11.75; March, $11.85; % rll $10.05. Timothy—Cash (1918), $2.05; cash (1919). $2.93; cash (1920) and February. $3; March, $3.05; April und May. $3; September, $3.25. Alsike —Cash (new), $15.50; March, $14.50. PRIMARY MARKETS. (By Thomson A McKinnon.) —Feb. 3 Wheat. Corn. Oats Chicago 23,000 787.000 101.00" Milwaukee ... 11.000 4 >,o*o 0.000 Minneapolis . 218.000 SO.OOO 38.000 Duluth 65,000 8.000 10.000 St Louis.... 84.000 57.*)00 64,000 Toledo 8,000 9.000 4,(XX) Detroit 2.000 6.000 4,000 Kansas City.. 142.000 29.000 14,000 Omaha 60.000 101.000 28,000 Indianapolis.. 13,000 02.000 28.000 Total* 626.000 1,200 000 207.000 Year ago •• 806.0*40 672,000 140,000 —Shipments— Wheat. Com. Oats Chicago 65,000 145.000 108.00) Milwaukee ... 6,000 Minneapolis . 171.000 38,000 104,00 J Duluth 25,000 1,(00 ■■■ ■■ ■ St Louis 113,0 0 07,C0) 106.000 Toledo 4.000 13,000 16 00) Detroit 8,000 K.visas City.. 279 000 20.000 34.000 Omaha 48.000 29,000 10,000 Indianapolis 22.090 82,000 Totals 711.0X4 375.000 424,00) Year ago... 691,000 467,000 540,0.10 —Clearances — Pom. W. Corn. Oats. New Orleans. 255,000 Totals 250,000 Y'ear ago ... 96,009 INDIANAPOLIS CASH GRAIN. Feb. li— Bids for car lots of grain and liay at the call of the Indianapolis Board of Trade were: Wheat—No sales. Corn Easier; No. 3 white. 58%©61c: No. 4 white, 56%©59c; No. 5 white, 52% @o4c; No. 3 yellow, 58%@60%c: No. 1 \ ellow, 50%©68%c; No. 5 yellow, 63%@ 35%c; No. 4 mixed, 53@56c; No. 5 mixed, •!)(& 51c. Oats —-Steady; No. 2 white, 39%@41c, No 3 white, 38%@40c. llay—Weak ; No. 1 timothy. [email protected]; No 2 timothy, $21.50@22; No. 1 light clover mixed, $21©21.50; No. 1 clover hay, $19©20. —lnspectors Wheat —No. 2 rod, 1 car; No. 4 red, 1 car; No. 5 red, 1 car; No. 2 soft white, 1 car; No. 3 soft white, 2 cars; No. 2 mixed, 1 car; total, 7 cars. Corn—No. 4 white, 9 ca-s; No. 5 white, 3 cars; No. 3 yellow, 1 cur; No. 4 yellow, 8 cars; No. 5 yellow, 4 cars; No. *1 yellow, 1 car; No. 4 mixed, 2 cars; No. 5 mixed, 1 car; sample mixed, 1 car; total. JO cars. Oats—No. 2 white, 12 cars; No. 3 white, 1 car; total, 13 cars. Hay—No. 1 timothy, 3 cars; No. 1 clover mixed, 2 cars; sample, 1 car; total, 6 cars. HAY MARKET. The following are the Indianapolis prices for hay by the wagon load: Hay—Loose timothy, new, $22@23; mixed hay, new, $21@23; baled, $24®25. Oats—Bushel, new, 45@50c. Corn—New, 70®75c per bushel. WAGON WHEAT PRICES. Indianapolis flour mills and elevators today are paying $1.70 for No. 1 red wheat, $1.67 for No. 2 wheat and $1,64 for No 3 red. WHOLESALE BEEF PRICES. The following are today's wholesale market prices for beef cuts as sold by the Indianapolis markets: Ribs—No. 2,29 c; No. 3,20 c. Loins— No. 2,25 c; No. 8,18 c. Rounds—No. 2, 24c. No. 3.18 c. Chucks —No. 2,12 c: No. a, 10c. Flats*—No J2c; X*. ioa.

Business Outlook Considered Good DALLAS, Texas, Feb 3.—Steady, conservative buying by retailers, minus extravagance and recklessness of the recent ‘‘period of Inflation,” indicates speedy return to normalcy at the opening of the spring wholesale season here, Dallas wholesalers declared today. Local Stock Exchange —Feb. 3 STOCKS. Bid. Ask. Ind, Rail A Light Cos. com . 60 ... Ind. Rail. A Light Cos. pfd... 84 86 Indpls. & Northwestern pfd. ... 75 Indpls. A Southeastern pfd 75 indpls. St. Ry 55 59 T. H. T. A Light Cos. pfd.... 65% ... T. H., I. A E. com 2 ... T. 11., I. & E. pfd 10 ... Union Trae. of Ind., com Un. Trac. of ind. Ist pfd... 6% 16 Union Trac. of Ind. 2d pfd 2 Advance-Rumely, com 18 ... Advance-Rumely pfd 49% ... American Centra! Life 235 Am. Creosote Cos. pfd 93 Belt. It. R., COE. 62 66 Belt R. R„ pfd 451 55 Citizens Gas Cos 30 34% Century Bldg, pfd V 93 Cities Service pfd 67 68 Cities Service pfd 67 68% Dodge Mfg., pfd 93% ... Home Brewing 65 ... Indiana Hotel com 70% ... Indiana'Hotel pfd 93% ... Ind. Nat. Life Ins. Cos 4% '... Indiana Title Guaranty 59 71 Indpls. Abattoir, pfd 45 50 Indpls. Gas 43 50 Indpls. Telephone Cos. com.. 6 ... Indpls. Telei/houe Cos. pfd... 89 Mer. Pub. Util. Cos. pfd 40% 50 National Motors 4 3 Pub. Savings Ins. Cos.: 2% ... Sterling Fire Ins. Cos 7% 9% ltauh Fertilizer, pfd 45 Stand. Oil of Indiana 70 80 Van Camp Hdw. pfd 90 100 Van Camp Pck. pfd 92 - 100 Van Camp Prods. Ist pfd... 92 101 Van Cutup Prods., 2d pfd... 92 Vandalia Coal Cos. com 5 Vandalla Coal Cos. pfd 10 Wabash R. K. pfd 20 Wabash R. It. com 7% ... BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES. Aetna Trust Cos 100 108 Bankers Trust Cos 118 Commercial Nat. Bank 65 Continental Nat. Ban*. 112 City Trust Cos 85 Farmers Trust Cos 200 Fidelity Trust Cos 124 Fletcher Am. Nat. Bank 230 255 Fletcher Sav. A Trust C 0... 100 Ind. Natl. Bank 265 285 lud. Trust Cos 175 195 Live Stock Exchange Bank.. 385 Merchants .National Bank... 280 National City Bank 110 120 Peoples State Bank 187 Security Trust Cos 120 The State Sav. A Trust Cos.. 90 95 Union Trust Cos 335 350 Washington Bank A Trust.. 150 BONDS. Froad. Ripple 5s 63 ... Citizens street Railroad 5a.. 70% ... Ind. Coke and Gas (is ... Indian Ck. Coal A Min. oa.. 92 Indpls., CoL A Southern 89 .. Indpls. A Martinsville 55.... 55 ... Indpls. A North. 5a 43% 48 Indpls. A N. W. 5s 54 69 Indpls A S. E. 6a 45 ... Indpls., Shelby. A S. E. ss. 70 Indpls. St. Ry. 4s 60 65 Indpls Trac. A Ter. 5s 71 75 Kokomo Marlon A West. ss. 78 81 T. H . LAE 52 Union Trac. of Ind. 6s 53 58 Citizens Gas 55.... 71% 81% Ind. Hotel Cos. 2d 6s 94% ... Indpls. Gas 5s 73% 82 Indpls. Light A heat 5s 75% S3 Indpls. Water 4%s 70 75 Ind pis. Water 5s 88% 92 Mer. H. A L. pfd. os 86 91 New Telephone Ist 6s 94 ... New Telephone Long Dls. ss. 93% ... Southern lud. Power (is LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty Ist 3%s 91.80 92.20 Liberty Ist 4s 86 40 Liberty 2d 4s 86 30 Liberty lm 4%s 87 30 87.64 Liberty 2d 4%s 86.50 86.70 Liberty 3d 4> /4 r. $4)70 90 00 Liberty 4th 4%s 80.9S 87.2" Victory 3%s 97.20 97.50 Victory 4%s 97.22 v 97.40 On Commission Row TODAY’S PRICES. Apples—Missouri Jonathans, per bbl., $8.50; fancy Illinois Jonathans, per bbl., $7.30; extra fancy Grimes Golden, per bbl., so©9; extra fancy Wluesaps, per bbl., $9; Bell Flowers, per bbl., $6 50; Baldwins, per bbl., $5.50. Bpys, per bbl., $4 50©6; Rome Beauty, per bbl.. $8; Kiuuard Red, per bbl., $6; Kings, per bbl., $6; Wolf Rivers, per bbl., $5; None -Such, per bbl., $5; Maiden blush, per bbl., $4.30; Greenings, per bbl., $5,50; choice Jonathans, per bid., $6 Beans- Michigan navy. In bags, per lb., 5@5%0; Colorado pintos, in bags, per lb„ B@7c California Unius, in bags, per lb., B%®4>c; red kidneys. In bugs, per lb., 10%@(0%c; California iauus, iu bags, per lb., B%®9c; California pink Chili, lu bags, per lb., 7%@Bc; yellow eyes, per lb., 12c; dried peas, green, per lb., Pc; split yellow peas, in 60 lb. bags, per lb., 9c; white kidneys, per lb., 11c. Beets—Fancy home-growu, per bu., $1.50. Bananas—Extra fancy high grade fruit, 50©6(>c per bunch; per lb., B©B%e. Cabbage—Fancy Northern, per lb., 2c. Carrots —Fancy home-grown, per bu., $l- - Florida (4-doz. crate), per crate,'s3.73; fancy Florida trimmed, per bunch. sl. Cocoanuts —Fancy, per doz., $1; per bag of 100, $5. Cranberries—Fancy C. C. Howes, per bbl., $17.30. per bu., $6. Grapefruit Extra fapey Florida (Blue Goose brand) 46s and 545, per box. $7;: 04s, 70s and 80s, per box, $7.23; fancy Florldas, 465, per box, $4; 545, per box, $4.30; 64s and 70s per box, $3; 80s, per box, $3. Lettuce—Fancy hothouse leaf, per lb., 22c; lu barrel lots, per 11)., 20c; fancy California icebergs, per crute, $4 50. Oranges—California, all grades, $3.50® ; 6.50. Onions—Fancy Indiana yellow or red, per 100-lb. bags, $1.40; fancy Indiana white, per 100-lb. bags, $1.40. fancy Spanish, per basket, $2.50. Parsley—Fancy large Bikes, per doz., $1 Potatoes—Fancy Michigan and Wisconsin round whites, per 130-lb. bag, $2.40; 6 or 10-lb. bags, per bag, $2.35; fancy Idaho Gems, per bag, $2©2.23. Radishes —Button, large bunches, per doz., $1; long red, per doz., 40c. Sweet Potatoes —Fancy Eastern Jerseys, per hamper, $3; fancy Indiana Nancy Halls, per hamper, $2.25; fauey Indiana Jersey, per hamper, $2.40. Spinach—Fancy, per large basket, $1.40. Turnips—Fancy washed, per bu., $1.50; per crate, $2.50. Kale—Fancy, per barrel, $2 25. Cauliflower—Fancy California, per crate, $2.73. Oyster plant—Fancy, per doz., 50c. Leek —Fancy, per doz., 35c. Sage—Fancy, per doz., 45c. Rutabagas Fancy Canadian, per 60 lbs., $1; per 100 lbs., $1.75. Peppers—Fancy, per small b. sket, 73c. Kumquats—Fancy Florida, per qt., 23c. Tangerines—Extra fancy Floridas, lbs and 160s, per box, $4.50; 1965, per box, $4; 2165, per box, $3.50. Lemons—Extra fancy Californias, 300s, per box( [email protected]. Sassafras Bark—Per doz., 40c. Grapes—Fancy Imperial Malagas, per keg, $13@14. Strawberries—Fancy Florida, per qt., 70c. Colored Cigarettes LondonVNext Craze LONDON, Feb. 3. —London’s next craze may be colored cigarettes! A few of the fashionable and more expensive tobacconists are exhibiting them, but as the price Is nearly prohibitive, It is certain that only the well-to-do smoker will be able to afford them. The cigarettes are of many colors, some are yellow, some purple, some red, some green, and altogether they look like the side of a camouflaged ship. Ail the cigarettes hare silver mouthpieces.

RANCH-RAISED FUR SUPPLANTS WILD QUALITY Sentimentalists Soon May Cease Worry Over Methods of Trapper. COMMON SENSE RULES WASHINGTON, D. C.—Much attention was attracted recently by a cartoon which depicted a fashionable woman clad in furs, caught in a steel trap and dragging herself painfully across the snow. The implication was, of course, that the trapping of fur-bearing animals is a cruel business, that every woman who wears furs is a party to it, and that she ought therefore to be put in a steel trap herself In order to learn what it feels like. This is the kind of sentimentality that still makes a hit with a large part of the American public, despite the fact that ! It is as alien to common sense and the | facts of the case as a nightmare. It is | in the same class with the persistent at- ; tack on the use of living animals for scientific experiment, which involves the sacrifice of their lives. The prevention of this use of animals In the preparation of serums and anti toxins alone would cost thousands of human lives the first year it went into effect. SENTIMENTALITY WOULD END RACE. The fallacy underlying all of these sentimentalities about the killing of the ; lower.animals consists In the failure to recognize the fact that man Is a carnivorous animal who lives by killing, and whose only alternative is to be killed himself, directly or indirectly. It is our inevitable destiny, as the species of mammal which dominates the earth, to kill all other living things in order to maintain that domination. And it is our duty as civilized men to kill as cleanly and painlessly as we can. But the sentimentality which shrinks In horror from killing is a symptom of race degeneration. The sentimentalist who would atbolish ail killing, lives only by the protection of those who are not so squeamish. If we all became sentimentalists on the sub- , Ject, the *-ace would soon disappear off the face of the earth. At least it would if we stuck to our sentimentality. Asa matter of fact, we probably would revert to savagery and recover our lust for blood. It may be objected that while killing in general is undoubtedly necessary, the cruel form of killing represented by the catching of animals In steel traps is not necessary. But as a matter of fact it remains necessary until some other equally effective and more humane way of killing these creatures is discovered. And n"b primarily because we need their furs either. The fur problem Is rapidly being solved by the raising of fur-bear-ing animals in captivity. Already ranchraised fox and skunk furs are standard commodities, and a great variety of other fur-bearing animals are being raised .in small but growing numbers. RANCH-RAISED FI R | OF BETTER QUALITY. The ranch-raised fur is better in quality than the wild fur, and it is bound to improve enormously as the methods of selective breeding are applied to these creatures. Consider what man has done with the dog, producing from one or two parent stocks a great variety of creatures, varying in size, form, color and coat. There Is no reason to doubt that some of the fur bearers will be equally i Improved. The fur farmer will put the [ trapper out of business. The trapper i will no more be able to compete with him than a man with a shotgun could compete as a food producer with tho owner of a well stocked poultry farm. Fur will then be produced humanely, at least In appearance. If given his choice, the fox would rather run wild and be trapped than live in a pen all his life and be drowned in a bucket. But at least there Is nothing about fur farming to urouse the sentimentalists. i he trouble is that the trapping will have to go right on. If trappers in almost every county In the United States • dial wage ceaseless war on the pred- | atory animals, no soic of stock raising would be possible anywhere. These anij dials, unchecked, would reach an asi founding abundance. If would be as im- | possible to raise chickens in an ordinary j farming community as it is now to raise j them in a complete wilderness. Already . the taxpayers of the nation, cooperating with those of a number of Western j States, are maintaining a little army of Government trappers to keep down tba royotes, wolves and panthers in the West. When the private trappers go out of business, as they probably will, it will be necessary to extern! their army enormously. Tho foxes, skunks, raccoons and weasels would make life just as hard for the farmer in the East as the beasts do in the West, where they are not kept dow-n. METHODS OF TRAPPERS. Perhaps the sentimentalists who campaign against trapping and wearing of fur can suggest some better way of killing these animals than trapping. If so, they should come forward. These creatures cannot he shot, because they are noetural in habit. Poison is a less sure and often a more painful way of killing them than trapping. And the trapper makes his trapping as painless a business ns possible because a frenzied animal is apt to Injure Its own fur. Traps for aquatic animals, such as muskrat and beaver, are nearly always set attached to a sliding pole in such a way that the trapped animal is dragged under water and drowned almost immediately. ! The trapper goes to his traps as often as possible because he knows some wild thing is apt to find the quarry and devour it. He makes the business as quick and painless as be can because it pays to do so. A good example of what happens when a fur-bearing animal, or any other creature, Is completely protected, has taken place In the West. In several Western States the beaver was nearing extinction, and so laws were passed protecting It for a number of years. No doubt the laws were broken a good deal on the sly, but at any rate the beaver have increased greatly. Now the beaver Is one of the most harmless and friendly creatures In the woods. He kills neither flesh nor fish. He eats no growing crops. He lives on the bark of trees, and the trees which fur- i nish his favorite food in the West are j mostly of no timber value. But the | beaver will build dams, and he will build ] them wherever you let him. In many j parts of the West he has built dams in such a way as to flood whole farms and destroy whole crops, leaving men poor. It then becomes a case of kill the beaver or starve the man. The State game wardens are kept busy signing special permits for trapping beaver where they have seriously Interfered with farming or made it impossible. It Is too bad that yon can't go out and reason with the beaver, but the fact remains that he is guided wholly by instinct and quite devoid of reason. You might as well try to eoason with a sentimentalist. CLEVELAND PRODUCE. CLEVELAND, Feb. 3.—Buttaf—Extra, in tub lots, 63%fflr>4c; prints, 54%@55c; extra firsts, 62%@54c: firsts, 51%@52e; seconds, 44@45c; packing stock, 12@15c; fancy dairy, 25@30c. Eggs—Fresh gathered northern extras, 03c; extra firsts, ;62c; Ohio firsts, new cases, 60c; old esses, 59c; firsts, new, 59c; storage, 50c. Poultry—Live heavy fowls, 34@35c; light stock, 25c; roosters, 21c; spring ducks, 38®40c; turks, 43@60c; geese, 23c; spring chicken*, choice ssQß2c.

Marriage Licenses Ora Lowery,,sol% North Emerson av. 47 Myrtle Belles, 501% North Emerson av. 49 Donald Stewart, Detroit, Mich 36 Bertha Grannis, 1516 N. New Jersey st. 35 l’eat I’assetty, 1158 Kentucky av 21 Births William and Agnes’ Wood, 550 Goodlet, boy. John and Loetta Lane, 2517 East Twen-ty-Fifth, girl. John and Macella Thompson, 1306 West Twenty-Fifth, boy. Earl and Chrystal Munson, 1321 Flney, girl. John and Nettie Davis, 1353 East Minnesota. girl. Olie and Gustava Raoch, 1746 Roosevelt, girl. * Lewis and Fannie Zoltas, 719 Summerset, boy. Edward and Elma Rothkoff, 1147 South State, girl. William and Mary Lexon, 322 Spring, boy. Roy and Carrie Boyer, 2021 North La Salle, girl. Paul and Rosie Fant, 2532 Columbia, girl. Dexmont and Ruby Schmehr, 842 East Morris, boy. Wil iam and Mary Bertram, 154 Arizona, boy. Thomas and Nettle Keene, 236 North Summit, boy. Deaths Ruth Brown, 1, 1014 St. Peter, broncho pneumonia. Robert Dewt yne Sehooley, 5, 431 Blake, bronebo pneumonia. '• Infant Brown, 1 day, St Vincent’s hospital, premature birth. * Luie Cline, 28, city hospital, tuberculous meningitis. Fred L. Welland, 34, 1422 Oliver, cerebral meningitis. William Melvin Sheppard, 45, TwentyNinth and Clifton, acute dilatation of heart. Hester Kinder. 80. 613 N. Gladstone, hypostatic pneumonia. Martha J. Zinsmeister, 58, 1340 Burdsal parkway, .carcinoma. Dora A. Elliott, 46, 622 Laurel, pulmonary tuberculosis. Charles William Wise, 26, 106 S, Noble, bronebo pneumonia. Melvin Borden, 4 months, 722 S. West broncho pneumonia. INSURANCE MEN OPEN SESSIONS Mutual Union Will Elect Officers Friday. The Mutual Insurance Companies Union of Indiana opene© its twenty-fifth annual meeting at the Hotel English today and will be in session until tomorrow noon. M. S. Campbell of Valparaiso, president, made his address at the opening session. Appointment of committees and filing of reports, with addresses by Frank E. Ilay, vice president, Hagerstown, and Governor Warren T. McCray also were on the program. The afternqon program called for reports of committees and addresses by Miles Schaeffer, insurance commissioner of Indiana; Harry P. Cooper, Crawfordsvllle; H. L. Nowlin, Indianapolis; C. A. McCotter, Indianapolis; J. J. Fitzgerald, Indianapolis. For the Friday session addresses are scheduled by Jesse R. Johnson. Carmel; 11. H. Freidley, State fire marshal, with a report of the national association meeting at Boston by Mr. Campbell. Election of officers will complete the session. Dog Pines to Death for Missing Master ALTOONA, Pa.. .'HI 29 —‘Sheppy,” the shepherd dog that for ten years had made Its home at the Blair bounty jail at Hollidaysburg, is dead of a broken heart. He pined away for his master, former Warden John 1. Riddle. When Riddle's term as warden expired he moved to his farm In Turkey Valley to be succeeded by William Relfsteek. Riddla took “Sheppy” to the jail ten years ago. The dog had not been the same since his old master left. He searched all over the jail for Riddle and whined piteously. It was thought he would strike up anew friendship with the new warden, but he did not. And a few days ago “Sheppy” was found dead. Weather The following table shows the state of the weather at 7 a. m., Feb. 3, as observed by United States Weather Bureaus : Station. Bar. Temp. Weather. Indianapolis, Ind... 29.91 33 FtCldy Atlanta. Ga 30.10 28. Clear Amarillo. Texas.... 29.70 32 Cloudy Bismarck N. D 29.76 12 Snow Boston, Mass 29.78 32 Snow Chicago. IU 29.86 28 Cloudy Cincinnati, Ohio .. 29.98 30 Clear (develand. Ohio ... 29.80 SO Snow Denver, Colo 29.68 38 Clear Dodge City, Kan... 29 62 32 Cloudy Helena. Mont. 29.68 32 PtCldy Jacksonville, Fla... 30.14 42 Clear Kansas City. Mo.. 29.78 36 PtCldy Louisville, Ky 30.32 30 Clear Idttle Rock, Ark... 80.04 32 Clear Los Angeles, Cal... 29 96 48 PtCldy M )bile, Ala 30.14 40 Cloudy New Orleans 1,a... 30.12 44 Cloudy New York, N. Y.... 29.68 30 Cloudv Norfolk, Va 29.5S 86 Cloudy Oklahoma City ... 29.54 32 PtCldy Omaha, Neb 29.66 34 Cloudy Philadelphia. Pa... 29.92 34 Cloudy Pittsburg, Pa 29.88 30 Snow Portland, Ore 30.10 42 Rain Rapid City, S. D... 29 70 30 PtCldy Roseburg. Ore .. 30.18 42 P.ain San Antonio, Texas 80.06 42 Cloudy San Francisco, Cal. 30.18 50 PtCldy St. Louis, Mo 29.92 36 Cloudy St. Paul, Minn 29.88 8 PtCldy Tampa, Fla 30.12 52 Cloudy Washington, D. C.. 29.96 34 FtCldy WEATHER CONDITIONS. Since Wednesday morning precipitation lias occurred In northeastern sections In connection with the disturbance now over tho St. laxwrenco valley, and also there line been light precipitation over much of the far Northwest and the north Pacific region. An extensive depression trough now extends along the eastern slope of the Roekies which has caused higher temperatures generally over most of the plains States and middle Mississippi Valley, although tho readings are somewhat lower over the upper Mississippi Valley and the western Fakes region. J. H. ARMINGTON, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.

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EGG CRATES IN STRANGE HOUSE SUPPLY REPORT Congressmen Also Evidently Use Alarm Clocks and Baby Rings. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—The needs of Congress are many, running from powder puff boxes and metal eggs cratea on up to mahogany desks. The annual report of the clerk of the House of Representatives shows a wide variety of expenditures from the contingent fund of the House. No record is given to show for whom the expenditures were made or whether the expenditures were reimbursed, although, of course, It must be presumed that they were. Some of the contingent fund expenditures were as follows. One box partyinvitations, 45 cents; one dozen No. <■ Hornet cards, $2.75; manicure set No* CD7897, $5.40; two ‘‘From Me to You’™ calendars, $1.60; one puff box, $1.50; three two-dozen metal egg crates, $2.35; one thermos bottle, $4.20; two “Some One Like You” books, sl.; one Jewel case, $3.30; one watch bracelet, $22.50; one baby ring. $1.50; one silver locket, $4.50. ALARM CLOCKS REASONABLE NEED. Evidently Congress found It difficult to awaken last winter, for the report shows that on March 16 twelve alarm clocks were purchased for s2l, and thi* purchase was followed a month later by another purchase of twenty-four more alarm clocks. One warm August day, the report shows, It became necessary to purchase one ‘‘lce blanket.’ The refurnishing of the clerk’s office cost considerable, for there were tw© rugs purchased at a cost of $507, but that was a minor expenditure compared to the $1,283.25 spent for a rug for the House lobby. The majority leader's room got a rug at a cost of $410.10. At least Congress keeps clean, for twelve dozen bath towels were purchased for $126. And when Congress bathes It is an affair of luxury that rivals the baths of famous old Egyptian queens, for the report shows that on July 16 eight bars of soap at $1.50 a bar and ten bare of soap at $1 a bar were bought. Nearly every ro'ter must hare received a Christmas card, for the report shows that huge numbers of Christmas card* were purchased from the contingent fund. The high cost of speaking is reflected in the report. Congressmen mall their speeches to their constituents and expert folders are hired to prepare ths speeches for mailing. Fifteen pages of the report are filled with expenditures for folding speeches, a fair example of these expenditures being a payment of $124.50 to Arthur T. McAvoy for folding 128.000 speeches during March, 1920. On June 22 there was paid out $40.50 for six barrels of paste using in mailing speeches. When a member of Congress die* it I*4 also costly. The report shows that it ufl customary to spend $350 for a casket fori a deceased member and the expense* ofs the burial party run rather high. Investigations cost Congress a great deal. Representative James A. Frear received $2,500 for expense* incidental to a trip made by a subcommittee Investigating aviation between Aug. 10 and Oct. L 1919. This was one of hundreds of expense bills paid for members of Investigating committees and special investigators. A perusal of the report ! convincing that the cost of legislation comes high. No Fear of Spooks; Has Hotel Atl Alone KANSAS CITY, Feb. 3.—To live alon in a boiev, no landlord, no landlady, no roomers, no bell-boys, no porter* and maids and nobody to whom he caa pay rent is ths experience of John Morton, known at the New York Life bulldirg. where he is employed, as “Judge" Morton. ‘ The “judge" lets himself Into the hotel every night with a patskey. If he wants any service he serves himself. Recently,, when he met the negro woman who tor-J merly “did” his room, she was willing to go to the place and put it to only on condition that he would accompany her and one of her woman friends and remain until she had finished. "Iwon’t stay eround where they’s spooks,” she told him, “unless someone’s witK me.” Morton is the only roomer remaining at the Roth Hotel, • 115 West Nintlx street, whore the body of Frank (“Rats”) Miller was found with two bullet wounds In the head. When it was learned that the body had lain in the hotel for three days Morton was the only one of fourteen persons living there who did not peek np and leave. The landlady, after visiting police headquarters, confessing she killed Miller, and giving bond, went to Grace Hospital, where she is recovering from a beating she says she received at the hands of Miller before she shot him. Morton does not know whan she will return, but says he sees no reasoa for moving as others have done. “And I’ve got the quietest hotel la Kansas City for a home,” he added.

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