Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 281, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1921 — Page 8

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STOCK MARKET TONE IRREGULAR British News and Bank Report Principal Factors. NEW YORK, April 4.—The resolution adopted by the British railway and transport workers supporting the striking miners caused an uneasy feeling among traders at the stock market opening today. The bank statements were very favorable and showed remarkable Improvement over the previous week. These conflicting factors were reflected in an irregular tone during the Initial trading. Studebaker was In active demand and rose 114 points to 74%. Mexican Fetroleum rose 2 points, while Royal Dutch declined 1% points to 60%. United States Steel reacted % of a point to 80% and Crucible sold down % of a point to 83%. Atlantic Gulf, after falling to 34*4, rose to 35%. General Asphalt rose % of a point to 90%. The rails showed little change. There was another series of bear attacks on various groups of stocks during the first hour, causing declines ranging from 1 to 2 points in the majority of issues in which there was active trading. • The buying in most causes represented covering of board room shorts. The sugar stocks were taken as an object of attack chiefly because of the ease with which the American Beet Sugar has beCn depressed on Saturday. That stock sustained a further reaction this morning of 114 points. Cuban-American Sugar sold down over 2 points to 2314. American Sugar Refining was down over 1 point to 89%. United States Steel came within % of a point of its low record of the year, selling at 79%, after a rally to 80%. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 4 The volume of business transacted Saturday on the stock exchange was moderate, but there was considerable activity In a limited number of issues. Sentiment on the exchange was against the market, and the professional element took advantage of every opportunity. During the early trading, Atlantic Gulf and Mexican Petroleum were in ample supply, but some short covering during the day steadied values. There was no significance in any of the trading. American Beet Sugar and American Sumatra were the real weakilnga of the market. In sugar, the action and the price indicated doubt as to the dividends, while in Sumatra, the market was very thin and the support very poor. Pennsylvania was under pressure again; liquidation in this stock continued steadily. Studebaker also suf- ! sered in the day’s trading. Discussion was again heard of a proa- ! peetive cut in the price of steel products by big companies. This will, of course, prove to be temporarily a disturbing element in the market, but if a cut in price should be offset by a corresponding decrease In wages the result ultimately should prove beneficial, since business will be stimulated and the companies will be assured a fair profit on their output Conditions in Europe are unchanged, and a prolongation of the coni strike will naturally be detrimental to business. The coming week there will be a number of incorporate meetings and the ar- j tion on dividends will be an important I factor in the market. Temporarily, the market looks as though some further reaction is likely. CLEARING HOrSE STATEMENT. NEW TORK. April 4.—Exchanges. 458,591.563; balances. $74,687,775; Federal Reserve Bank credit balances, $70,483,278.

Money and Exchange

Indianapolis bank clearings todav were $2,229,000, against $1,879,000 a week ago. NEW TORK. April 4.—Foreign exchange opened lower today with demand ♦sterling at 53.91. Francs cables were 6.99 c; checks, 6.98 c Belgian cables opened up 7 2Sc; checks, 7.27 c. Lire cables were 4 14c; checks, 4.13 c. Guilder cables were 34.49 c; checks, 34.47 c. Swedish kronen cables were 23.50 c; checks, 23.45 c. Marks were 1.615 c. NEW TORK BANK STATEMENT. NEW TORK, April 2. —Average: Loens decreased, $30,896,000; demand deposits, Increased S4O 828.000; time deposits, decreased $4,475,000; reserve, increased $1,004,630. Actual: Loans, decreased $11,804,000; demand deposits, increased $93,235,000; time deposits, decreased $3,290,000; reserve, increased $6,524,200. MOTOR SECURITIES. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 4 —OpeningBid. Ask. Briscoe 19 21 Chalmers com 1 1% Packard com 11% 11% Packard pfd 70 75 Chevrolet 100 400 Peerless 22 25 Continental Motors com 6 6% Continetnal Motors pfd 85 Sky Hupp com 14 15 Hupp pfd 8S 92 Reo Motor Car 22 22% Elgin Motors 0% 6% Grant Motors 33%, Ford of Canada 273 277 " United Motors 35 65 National Motors 6 9 Federal Truck 19 21 Paige Motors 20 22 Republic Truck 19 21 — ACTIVE OIL STOCKS. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 4 —Opening— Bid. Ask. Anglo-American Oil 17% 17V> Atlantic Lobos 18 22 Borne-Scrymser 360 390 Buckeye Pipe Line 82 83 Cbesebrough Mfg. Cons 190 200 Chesebrough Mfg. Cons. pfd. 100 105 Continental Oil, Colorado... 117 120 Cosden Oil and Gas 5% 5% Crescent Pipe Line.., 29 31 Cumberland Pipe Line...... 135 145 Elk Basin Pete 8% 8% Eureka Pipe Line 94' !- Galena-Signal Oil, pref 93 97 Galena-Signal OH, com 44 46 Illinois Pipe Line 175 175 Indiana Pipe Line 83 85 Merritt Oli 11% 12 Midwest Oil 1 1% Midwest Rfg 140 142 National Transit 26% 27% New York Transit 143 148 Northern Pipe Line 92 97 Ohio Oil 275 295 Penn.-Mex 30 34 Prairie Oil and Gas 465 475 Prairie Pipe Line 195 200 Sapulpa Refg 4% 4% Solar Refining 355 400 Southern Pipe Line 102 105 South Penn Oil 230 240 Southwest Penn Pipe Lines. 08 72 Standard Oil Cos. of Cal 298 302 Standard Oil Cos. of Ind 69% 09% Standard Oil Cos. q3 Kan.... 625 635 tandard Oil Cos. of Ivy 408 413 Standard Oil Cos. of Neb 485 500 Standard Oil Cos. of N. Y 325 330 Standard Oil Cos. of 0hi0... 375 390 Swan & Finch......... 40 50 Union Tank Line 106 108 Vacuum Oil 290 293 Washington Oil 23 NEW YORK CURB MARKET. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 2 —Closing—•Bid. Ask. Curtis Aero, com 3 4 Curtis Aero, pfd 10 20 Texaa Chief 8 15 First National Copper % 1% Goldfield Con 7 9 Havana Tobacco 1 2 Havana Tobacco pfd 4 6 Central Teresa 3 4 Jumbo Extension 5 7 International Petroleum .. 15% 17% Kiplsslng 7% 7% Indian Pkg 2% 3 Royal Faking Powder 113 116 Royal Baking Powder pfd. 80 83 Standard Motors 6% 7% Sait Creek 31 35 Tonopah Extension 1% 1 9-I6 Tonnpah Mining 1% 1% United P. S. new 1% 1% V. S. Light and Heat 1% 1% T T . S. Light and Heat pfd.. 1 2 Wright Aero 4 6 World Film .\.... 1 16 3-16 Jerome % 3-16 New Cornelia 12 14% United Verda 23 25 Sequoyah 5-16 7-16 Omar Oil 2% 2%

N. Y. Stock Prices

—April 2 Prev. High. Low. Close. Close. Adv.-Rum. com.. 16% 16% 10% 16% Ajax Rubber .. 32 32 32 A Ills-Chalmers . 30% 36 36 36% Am. Beet Su. .. 40% 37 37% 41 Am. Bosch Mag. 56% 56% 56% 07% Am. Car & Fdy..122% 122% 122% 123 Amer. Can 25% 28% 28% 28% Amer. Drug ... 6% 6% 6% . Am. Int. Corp. . 43% 42% 42% 43% Am. Loco 85% 85 85 85% Am. Sni. & Ref.. 30 36 30 35% Am. Sugar Ref.. 91% 90% 91 92 Am. Sum. Tob.. 75 71% 73 75 Am. Tel. & Tel.. 105% 105% 105% 105% Am. Tobacco ..114 113% 113% 113% Am. Woolen ... 72 70% 70% 71% Anac. Min. Cos. .30 35% 35% 35% Atchison 79% 79% 79% 79% Atl. G. &W. 1.. 35% 33% 34% 34% Baldwin Loco. . 87% SO% 86% 87% B. & 0 33% 33% 33% 33% Beth. Steel (B). 56% 55 55% 50 Calif. Pete 42 42 42 Can. Pac. Ry... 112% 112% 112% 112% Cen. Leather .. 36% 36% 36% 30% Chand. Motors .80 78% 78% 79% C. & 0 53% 08% 65% 69% Chi. M. & St. P. 24% 24% 24% 24% C.,M.&St.P. pfd. 38 37 % 37% 37% Chi. & N. W.... 62 62 02 63

Chi.. It. I.&Pac.. 26 25% 25% 26 Chili Copper ... 10 9% 9% 10 Chino Copper... 19% 19% 19% Columbia Gas... 59% 59% 59% 59 Consol. Cigars... 4t5% 46% 64% Contin. Can 55 54 54 56% Con. Candy Cos.. 1% 1% 1% 1% jOorn Products.. 74% 74 74% 74% I Crucible Strel... 80% 83% 83% 86% j Cub. Am. Sugar 25% 25% 25% 25% j Cuba Cane Sug. 21% 21 21% 21% (Dome Mines 16% 16% 16% 16% I Endicott 61 60% 6')% 61 1 Erie 12 12 12 12 ' Erie Ist pfd 18% 18% 18% 18% Fam. Plavers... 71 70 70 71% Fisk Rubber Cos. 15% 15% 15% 15% Gen. Gen. Electric.... 136 136 136 136 Gen. Motors 13% 12% 13% 12% Goodrich 37% 27 37 37% Gt. North, pfd.. 71% 71% 71% 72% Hupp Motors... 14% 14% 14 14% Houston Oil 73% 72 72 73 Insplr. Copper... 30% 30% 30% 30% Inter. Corp 5 5 5 5% Inter, pfd 14%’ 14% 14% Inter. Harv 89% 87% 87% 86% Inter. Nickel 14% 14% 14% Inter. Paper.... 55% 55% 55% 55 Invinc. Oil 20% 20 20% 20% Kan. Citv 50.... 25 24% 24% 25 Kelly-Spg. Tire. 38% 38 3S 38% Keystone Tire... 14% 14% 14% 14% Lacka. Steel 52 51% 51% 62 Lehigh Valley.. 49% 49% 49% 49V Loews, Inc 19 17% 17% 18% Marine pfd 51 50 51 50 Max. Mot. 2d pf. S% 8% 8% Mex. Petroleum.l4l 139% 140 140% Mid. States Oil 13% 1.3 ' 13 13% Midvale Steel... 29% 29% 29% 29% M, K. & T 2 2 2 Mo. Pac. Ry 17% 17% 17% 17% Mo. Pac. pfd... 36% 36% 36% 36% Nev. Con. Cop.. 9% 9% 9% 9% N. T. Air Brake 76 74 74 N. Y. Central... 69 68% 68% 69 New Haven ... 196% 16% 16% 16% Nor. A- West... 94% 94 94 94% North. Pac 77% 77% 77% 77% Oik a. P AR. Cos. 3% 3% 3% 3% Pacific Oil 35% 35% 35% 35 Pao-Ara Petrol. 68% 67% 68% 67% Penna. Ry 34% 34 84 34% People's Gas.... 42 42 42 41% Pierre-Arrow .. 32% 31% 31% 32% Pierre Oil C 0... 9% 0% 9% 9% Pittsburgh Coal. 61% 61% 61% 62% Pull. Pal. Car. .104% 104% 104% 104 % Ray Copper 11% 11% 11% 11% Reading 68% 68% 6S>„ 65% Rep. I A- Steel.. 65% 64% 64% 65% Royal Dutch ... 61 % 61 61% 61% Sears-Roebuck . 09% 69 69 69% Sinclair 23 22% 22% 22% So. Pacific 74% 73% 73% 74% So. Railway.... 20% 20% 20% 20% St. L. A S.W.Ry. 27% 27% 27% S. 1.. AS. F. com 21% 21% 21% 21% Strom. Carb.... 36% 36% 36% 36% Texas Cos 40% 40% 40% 40% Texas A Pacific. 20% 20% 20% 21 Tob. Prods 46 45% 45% 45% Transcont. 0i1... 10 9% 10 10 Union Oil 20% 20% 20% 20% Union Pacific ..117 116% 116% 116% U. Retail Stores 49 49% 49 48% U.S.F.Prod. Corp 21% 21% 21% 21% United Fruit C 0.102% 192% 102 102% U.S.ludus. Aleo.. 66% 66 66 66% I'. S. Rubber... 70% 69% 09% 70 < U. S. Steel 80% M>% 80% so% US.Steel pfd ...109% 109 1 4 109% lus% Utah Copper 40% 46% 40% 40% Van. Steel 28% 28% 28% 29 Wabash 7% 7% 7% 7% White Oil 15% 15 15 15% White Motors.. 41 41 41 40% W.Overland .... 8% 8% 8% 8% Worth. Pump.. 49 48% 48% 49 NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS. —April 2 Prev. High. Low. Close. Close L. B. 3%s ... 30 38 90.50 90.30 30.88 L. B. 2d 4s ... 87.10 87.04 87.01 87 10 ’v B. Ist 4%s 87.74 87.02 .87.72 87 62 L. B. 2d 4%s 87.12 87 0 4 87.10 87.10 L. b. 3rd 4% s 90.20 90 10 90.10 00 14 L. B. 4,8 4%s 87.20 87.19 87.20 87.10 Victory 3-,.%.. 97.58 97.54 97 58 97.5s Victory 4%5.. 97.G0 97.56 97.50 97.00 TWENTY STOCKS AVERAGE. NEW YORK. April 4. —Twenty industrial stocks averaged 75 27, off .45 per cent. Twenty active rails averaged 70.18, off .23 i>er cent. CHICAGO STOCKS. (By Thomson Z McKinnon.) —April 2 Open. High. Low. Close. Carb. and Carb. 53% Libby 10% 10% 10 10 Montgy.-Ward.. 17% 18 18% 17% Natt. Leather... 7% 8 7% 7% Seare-Roebuck. 69% 69% 60 69 Stewart-Warner 30% 30% 28 28 Swift A Cos ltl% Swift Internatl. 24% 25% 25% 25% NEW YORK METAL MARKET. NEW YORK, April 4 Copper—Dull; spot and April, offered 12%c: May. offered, 12c; June and July, offered 13%0. Lead—Dull: spot, April. May and June, offered, 4.55 c. Spelter—Dull; .-pot and April, offered, 4.70 c; May and Juue, offered 4.75 c. NEW YORK WOOL MARKET. NEW YORK, April 4. —The wool market was steady today. Domestic fleece, XX Ohio. 22@44c per lb; domestic pulled, scoured basis, 18@72c; Texas domestic, scoured basis, 40@82e. NEW YORK RAW SUGAR. NEW YORK, April 4.-—Raw sugars were steady today, with Cubas at 6.27 c j per lb, duty paid, and Porto Ricos, 6.02 c per lb, delivered. NEW YORK REFINED SCGAR. NEW YORK, April 4.—Refined sugar was steadier today, with fine granulated quoted at 8c per lb. NEW YORK PETROLEUM. NEW YORK. April 4. —Petroleum was steady today, with Pennsylvania crude petroleum quoted at $3 per barrel.

In the Cotton Market

NEW YORK, April 4.—Considering weakness In the English market, the cotton market showed surprising steadiness at the opening today, first prices declining only 6 to 18 points. Liverpool bought and sold In about equal amounts. The South was a seller and there was also moderate local selling. The undertone continued steady after the start, with a better demand from commission houses. New York cotton opening: May, 11.50 c; July, 12.08 c October, 1*1,650; December, 13c; January, 13.05 c. LIVERPOOL, April .—Spot cotton opened at fair inquiry today with prices easier and sales close to 4.000 bales. American middlings were fair, 10.42d; good mid, 8.32d; full mid, 7.62d; middling. 6.57d; low, 5.97d; good ordinary, 4.72d; ordinary, 3.97d. Futures were easy. INDIANAPOLIS PRODUCE. Eggs—Fresh, loss off, 20c. Poultry— Fowls, 26c; broilers, I>4@2 lbs, 45c; cocks. 16c; stags, 16c; old tom turkeys, 30c; young hen turkeys, 35c; young tom Turkeys. 35c; cull thin turkeys not wanted; capons. 7 lbs and up, 42c; ducks, 4 lbs. and up, 23c; ducks, under 4 lbs., 20c; geese, 10 lbs. and up, 10c; squabs, 11 lbs. to dozen, $6; guineas. 9-lb size, per dozen, J 6. Butter—Buyers are paying 47@48c per lb. for creamery butter, delivered In Indianapolis. \ \ Butterfat —Buyers are pavUng 44c per lb. for butterfat, delivered \in Indianapolis. \ \

LIGHT HOGS 25 CENTS LOWER Other Grades of Swine Steady —Cattle Market Tone Fair. RANGE OF HOG TRICES. Good Good Good March Mixed. Heavy. Light. 23. $10.00010.25 $9.00® 9.76 $10.25 ® 10.60 30. 10.00©10.25 9.25® 9.75 10.25®10.60 31. [email protected] 9.50® 9.75 10.25®10.75 April 1. 9.75 ® 10,00 9.00© 9.50 10.26®10.60 2. 9.75 @IO.OO 9.00® 960 10.25 4. 9.75 9.00®' 9.50 10.00 Hog prices were steady to 25 cents lower at the opening of the local live stock exchange today, with light hogs generally 25 cents lower and heavies, mixed and mediums about steady. There were a few sales of light hogs at $10.25, but the bulk of that grade brought $lO, while the bulk of sales for the snort market session was s9.2ii@lo. Receipts for the day approximated 4.000, including a fair holdover from the closing market of last week. A good clearance for today was anticipated, with buying of a general nature and a good

demand by all buyers active in the market. Only a fair market tone was exhibited in the cattle trade, with receipts close to 600 fresh cattle and prices generally steady to strong. Fair to good steers, cows, heifers and bulls ! were steady, choice cattle of all grades ! were strong and poor grades were weak. With 300 calves on the market and a '■ fair demand by the principal buyers, 1 prices were about steady with the close of last week's market. There was a top of $10.50 and the bulk of the good and choice veals brought [email protected]. There were less than 20 sheep and lambs on the market—not enough to establish prices. HOGS. Best light hogs, 100 to 200 lbs average SIO.OO 2<kt to 500 lbs 9.00(g 9.50 Over 300 lbs 8.50® 9.00 ! Sows 7.00@: 7.50 j Best pigs, under 140 lbs 9.75® 10.50 Bulk of sales [email protected] CATTLE. Prime cornfed steers, 1,000 lbs and up [email protected] Good to choice steers, 1,200 to 1,300 lbs B.oo@ 9.00 Good to choice steers, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs 7.25® 8.00 j Medium steexs, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs 7.00® 8.00 ; Common to medium steers, 800 to 1,000 lbs 5.23® 6.50 j —He!f-rs and Cows — Good to choice heifers 7.25® 5.25 Medium heifers 6.00® 6.50 ! Common to medium heifers... 5 00® 6.00 Good to choice cows 6.50® 7.25: Fair to medium cows 4 25® 525 Gutters 2.75® 3.73 [ Canuers 2.01® 2.73 - Bulls— Good to rholre butcher bulls. 5.50® 6.50 Bologna bulls 5.00® 5.50 Light common bulls 4.00® 4.73 —Calves — Gholce veils 9 50@10 50 Good veals 9 00® 9.50 Medium calves 7.00® 8.50 Lightweight veals 5.00® 700 j Common heavyweight chlvps.. 4.00® C. 50 —Stockers and Feeders— Good to choice steers, under S<)() lbs 700® 8.00 Medium cows 4 75® 5.00 Good cows 5.00® 5.50 (!oo 1 heifers 6.50® 6.00 Medium to good heifers 6.00® 6.00 j I Good milkers 50 00® DO 00 ; Stock calves, 250 to 450 Il>.. 5.00® 8.00 SHEEP AND LAAS. I flood to choice sheep 2 (Hi® 5.n0 Fair to common I.oo® 2.00 | Bucks 2.00® 2.50 j Cull sheep I.oO® 1.50 —Lambs—i Common to choice yearlings . 5.00® 6.00 | Good lambs 6.00® 8.00

Other Livestock

Clirr.\r;o, April 4.- Hogs Receipts, L'S.iaxi; market in*//15c up; bulk, $8.7.7® I<>; butchers, $8 7.7*//9.25; packers, $7.75® 8.65; lights, s9.6s'it 10.25; pigs, $9.25® 10; roughs, J7.50fit7.75. Cattle—Receipts, 1.7,0 0: market steady; beeves, 57.75 ft 10.25; butchers, $5.50419.25; cauners and cutters. $2,756/5; stoekers and feeders, $6 2.7® 9.2'; cows, .8.7*5 8.25; calvi.s, s7ft/9.,70. Sheep —Receipts, P.i.ouO; market 25c lower; lambs, J7fiilO; ewys, $2'6.75. CINCINNATI, April 4-Hogs—Re-ceipts, 4,000; market steady to 25c higher; heavy hogs, $9,506(10: mixed, 5106(10 25; mediums. $10.256/lo 50; pigs, $lO 50; stock pigs, $126/12.50; roughs, J 7.25; stags, $5. Cattle Receipts, 1.350; market generally steady; steers, weak; bulls, 25c lower; butcher stock, steady: calves, $16(10.50. Sheep and iambs—Receipts, 4oo; market slow; sheep. $26/5.50; clipped, $26/5; wool lambs, $66(10.50; clipped lambs, ss@9; springers, S2O and down. CLEVELAND, April 4.-Hogs—Re-ceipts, 4,000; market, slow to 15c up; Yorkers, $lO/55; mixed, $10.65; mediums, $9; pigs, $10.65; roughs, $7.75; stags, $5.75. Cattle—Receipts, 800; market, steady, 25c up; good choir? steers, $96/10; good to choice heifers. SBS/9; good to choice cows, $.7 @6; fair to good cows, s4@o; bulls, $0.506/7.50; milkers, $406/ 90. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 1,000; market, steady; to[, $9.25. Calves-Re-ceipts. 800; market, strong; top, sl2. PITTSBURG, April 4.- Cattle—Receipts. S3 cars; market, glow; choice, $lO 0--® 10.2.7 ■ good, $9 .556(9 55; fair, $7.70 6(8.50; veal calves, $lO .To® ll.ot Sheep and Lambs—Receipts, 25 ears; market, lower: prime weathers, $5,756/6.00; good, $5,006/5.50; mixed fair. $4,006/ 4.75 ; ’spring; lambs, .<8.756/9.00. Hogs—lteeeipts, W ears; maiket, steady; prime heavies, $9.M.6/9 50; mediums, $10,756/11.00; heavy yorkers. $10,756/1100; light yorkers, $10,756/11.00; pigs, $10,756/11.00; roughs, $7.006/8.00; stags, $5,006/5.25. EAST BUFFALO, N. Y„ April 2.—Cattle -Receipts, 275; market steady; shippings steers, $609.75; t>uteher grades. $7 @8.50; cows, $. r 4>6/0.75. Calves -Receipts, 3<Xt; market (airly active and steady; culls to choice, $1,506/12. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 1.400, market fairly active; choice lambs, slo@lo.~-0; culls to fair. $76/9.75; yearlings, sheep, s3®7. Hogs—Receipts, 3,200; market slow, 25c lower; yorkers, $10,506/11; , *gs, sll ; mixed, $10,256/10.50; heavies, $9.57* @10; roughs. s7@B; stags, $66/6.50. EAST ST. LOUIS, April 4.—Cattle—Receipts, 4.(M*O; market, steady; native beef steers, $0.506/!5.75; yearling beef steers and heifers, [email protected]; cows, $.7,506/7; Stockers and feeders, [email protected]; calves, $7,506/8: canners and cutters, $9.75@ 10.20. Hogs—Receipts, 11,000; market, steady; mixed and butchers, $9.756/10.20;’ good heavies, [email protected]; rough heavies’ $7.256/7.75; lights, $10,106/10.40; pigs, $10,256/10.40; bulk of sales. $9,756/10.1,7 Sheep—Receipts, .7,00; market, steady; c" es, $.i.2,6/.,((.; lambs, [email protected] ; canners and cutters, $1,506/4. WHOLESALE FEED PRICES. Ton Cwt. Acme Bran $31.00 $1 60 Acme Feed 32.00 1.05 Acme Midils 34.00 1.75 Acme 1 *airy Feed 40.25 2 0.7 E-Z-Dairy Feed 30.50 ] .7.7 Acme H. & M 31.50 LOO C. O. & B. Chop 24..70 1.25 Acme Stock Feed 24..70 1.2.7 Cracked Corn 30.25 U 5.7 Acme Chick Feed 30.25 2.00 Acme Scratch 30.25 1.8.7 E-fJ-Scratch 34.25 1.7.7 Acme Dry Mash 41.09 2.10 Acme Ilog Feed 39.75 2.05 Ground Barley 39.2.7 2.00 Ground Oats 32.2.7 1.0,7 Homlick Yellow 23.00 1.30 Rolled Barley 39.23 2 (X) Alfalfa Mol. 38.00 1.95 Cottouseed Meal 30.50 1.85 I.inseed Oil Meal 48.00 2.45 Acme Chick Mash 45.00 • 2.30 Acme Red Dog 44.00 2.25 FLOCK AND MEAL. E-Z-Rake Bakers’ flour In 98-lb. Cotton bags, SB.BO. Corn Meal in 100-lb. cotton bags, $1.90. GRAINS. Shelled corn In large lots, per bu., 68c. Shelled corn in small lots, per bu., 69c. Chicken wheat in 100-lb. sacks per sack, $3. WHOLESALE BEEF PRICES. The following are today’s wholesale prices for beef .iuts as sold by the Indianapolis markers:. Ribs—No. 2,727 c; No. 320 c. Loins— No. 2,25 c; N r p 3,22 c. Rounds—No. 2, 23c v No. 3, 20c\ Chucks —No. 2,14 c; No. 3.12 c. 2. lie; No. 3,10 c.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1921.

GRAIN FUTURES CLOSE HIGHER Provisions Finish Sharply Off —Market Trend Irregular. CHICAGO, April 4.—The trend of trade in wheat was erratic in the late session of the Board of Trade and closed Irregular. Coarse grains finished higuer, while provisions finished sharply lower. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 4 Wheat —The very favorable appearance of the growing crop of wheat makes the trade inclined to give more attention to proper climatic conditions than to ex port demand. A few showers in western Kansas and general forecast of rain influenced the market early in the day There has been evidence here of u good export business and estimates from the seuboard run as high as 2,000,000 bushels. Despite this, there is no particular strengthening in cash wheat, in fact, sott winter wheat was weak, premiums declining 1 to 2 cents. In the event that the weather map tomorrow inorntng shows rains west and southwest values will probably be slightly easier, but we very much doubt if it is proper to confine all attention to crop conditions and ignore the large export business that has been done the last ten days. Corn and Oats—The accumulations ol corn and oats at terminal markets are not being eaten into by any demand, therefore, the load arising from this source hangs over the market. Every appearance of strength brings selling from cash handlers. It is accepted that the prevailing prices are a distinct disappointment to the producer, nonetheless the producer has seen fit to ship to market considerably more than there is in any demand to absorb. Until this con dltion changes the markets will not show permanent strength. Provisions —Firmness in hogs was ol temporary effect only, the provision market encountering liquidating sales and finding support decreasing as prices declined. Buyers In the cash trade are timid. There seems nothing, at the moment, to cheek that declining tendency. CHICAGO GRAIN. —April 4 WHEAT— Open. High. Low. Close. May 1.37 1.38% 1.35% 1.38% July 1.16% 1.18% 1.13 1.17 CORN— May 60% 60% 59% 60 July 6.3% 63% 62 s 03% Sept 65 65% 64% 65% , OATS— May 37% 37% 36% 57*^ Julv 39 39% 87% 38 ■„ Sept 39% 39% 37% 33:s PORK— May 18 20 18.20 17 10 17.40 July 17.87 17.87 17.80 17.80 LARD— May 10.85 10.85 10.40 10.52 July 11.25 11.25*. 10.80 10.90 RIBS— May 10.32 10.32 9.85 9.97 July 10.70 10.70 10.30 10.33 RYE— May 130% 1.30% 128 1.29% July 1.06% 1.06% 1.05% 1.05% Sept 96% 96% 96 96% CHICAGO CASH GRAIN. CHICAGO April 4.—Wheat No. I red. $1 44® 1.45% ; No. 2 red, $1.42%@1,16; No. 1 hard winter. 81.49® 151 %; No. 8 hard winter, $1.47%f 1.43; No. 1 northern, spring, $1.49%; No. 3 spring, $1.32. Corn j No. 2 mixed, 57%@37%e; No. 2 white. 87%e; No. 2 yellow, 57@38%0; No. 3 white, 55@56e; No. 3 yellow. s*@sßc; No. 4 white, 52%@52 %c; No. 4 yellow, 32® 83%c. Oats No. 1 wtiite, 37%@38c: No. , 2 white, 37@38%c; No, 3 w hite, 35%® | 36%c; No. 4 white, 35@36c. TOLEDO CASH GRAIN. TOLEDO, April 1. Wheat sash, $1.46; May, $1.49; July. -120. for* No. 3 yellow. 61®82c. Oats No. 2 white, 43® He Rye—No. 2, $1.38. llarlej sash. No. 2.1 Toe. floverseed sash (1919), sl2; April.! $9 01); October, $9. Timothy sash tl9ls>, $2.50; cash (1919), $2.00; cash (1920). April and May, 32.65; September, $3.10. j Alslke—Cash (new), $14.45. PRIMARY MARKETS. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 4 Wheat Corn Oats Chicago 66.000 157,000 146.000 Milwaukee ... lti.ooo 78 000 36.000 Minneapolis . 281.000 Is.ivm) 39.000 Duluth 53.000 14,000 91.000 j St. Louis 176,000 108.000 116,000 ; Toledo 13,000 5,000 10,000 ; Detroit 0.000 9.000 14,000 Kansas City. 383.000 55,000 15,000 , Omaha 92.000 91.0(a) 26.00,i ; Indianapolis.. 7,090 35.000 3%000 Totals 1,005,000 570.000 471.000 i Y'ear ago... 869.000 .807.000 734.00 —Shipments - • Wheat Corn Oats Chicago 39,000 100,000 150,900 Milwaukee .. 81XK) 32.000 29.(t00 Minneapolis .. 193.00 29,000 36.000 Duluth 14.000 6,000 St I.ouis 70,000 58,000 18,000 ; Toledo 1.000 4.000 Kansas City.. 182.000 26.000 20.1 MK) j Omaha 31,000 74.000 10,000 Indianapolis 27,000 20,000 Totals 5.".7.0u0 317® 0 293,000 Year ago 370,000 423,000 574.000 —f learinees Dorn W. Corn Oats Baltimore ... 7.000 Galveston ....1,872,000 Totals 1.879.000 Year ag0.... 015,000

INDIANAPOLIS CASH GRAIN. - April 4Blds for car lots of grain and hay at the call of the Indianapolis Board of Trade were: Wheat—Firm; No. 2 red, $1.41>/2@ 1.45*4. Corn —Firm; No. 3 white, 576158 c; No. 4 white, .74 1 f 6f .7,7*40; No. 3 yellow, 576/ 57V.c ; No. 4 yellow, 5.76 1 50 c; No. 3 mixed, 556/,76c. Oats Firm; No. 2 whte, 40@40%c; No. 3 white. 396/39%C. Hay—Weak; No. 1 timothy, $20.506521; No. 2 timothy. $206/20.50; No. 1 ligtit clover mixed, sl9 506/20; No. 1 clover hay. sl7.@ 18. —lnspections Wheat —No. 1 red, 1 car; No. 2 rod, 10 cars; total, 11 cars. Corn No. 1 white, 1 car; No. 2 white, 1 car; No. 3 white, 24 cars; No. 4 white, 6 cars; No. 6 white, 1 car; No. 2 yellow, 2 cars; No. 3 yelow, 6 cars; No. 4 yellow, 5 cars; No. 3 mixed, 3 cars; No. 4 mixed, 2 curs; No. 6 mixed, 2 cars; total, 53 cars. Oats—No. 1 white, 3 cars; No. 2 white, 16 cars; No. 3 white, 4 curs; No. 4 white, 1 car; total, 24 cars. Rye—No. 2. 1 car. Ilay—No. 1 timothy, 1 car; No. 2 timothy, 2 cars; No. 1 clover mixed, 1 car; packing liay, 1 car; total, 5 cars. BOARD OF TRADE STATEMENT. The weekly statement of the lndlanap olis Board of Trade, showing the output of flour by local mills, Inspections for the week and stock In store, follows; COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Output of Flour — Barrels April 2, 1921 6,385 Mar. 26, 1921 5,330 April 3, 1920 7,866 April 5, 1919 10,493 Inspections for Week — —Bushels— In. Out. Wheat 29,000 4.000 Corn 153,000 134,000 Oats 226,000 136,000 Rye 4,000 1,400 Hay, 7 cars. —Stock In StoreWheat. Corn. Oats. Rye. April 2, 1921.. 91,280 463.360 339,420 2,000 April 3, 1920.. 282,842 616,840 70,570 3,430 April 5, 1919.. 248,040 359,550 215,200 2,500 HIT MARKET. The following are the Indianapolis prices for hay by the wagon load: Hay—Loose timothy, new. *"206722; tulxe dhny, new, $17,506/10; baled, s!9@2l. Oats —Bushel, new, 436/45c. Corn—New, 03® 65c per bushel. WAGON WHEAT PRICES Indianapolis flour mills and elevators today are paying $1.30 a bushel for No. 1 red winter wheat, $1.27 for No. 2 red winter wheat, and $1.24 for No. 3 red winter wheat. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO, April 4. —Butter—Receipts, 7,873 tubs; Creamery extras. 48c; firsts, 41@44e; packing stock, 16@18c. Eggs— Receipts, 20,520 cases; current receipts, 21@23c; ordinary firsts, 20@21e; firsts, 2314'’; checks, 17Vj@I8c; dirties, 19c. Cheese—Twins (new), 19*/4@2oVkc; dairies, 20*(>@21c; Voting Americas, 23*4® 24c; longhorns. 22@22*A0; Live poultry—Turkeys, 40c;; chickens, 30; springs, 33c; roosters, 20c; (geese, 16® 18c; ducks, 36c. Potatoes—Receipts, 87 cars; north whites, sl@l,lo;inew Florida Spaulding Hose, No. 1, peAbbi, $12.50; No. 2, $10.50. .

Local Stock Exchange

—April 4 Bid. Ask. Ind. Ry. & Light Cos. com. ... 60 Ind. Ry & Light Cos. pfd. ... 84 86 ndpls. & N. W. pfd 75 ludpis. & S. E. pfd 75 Indpls. St. Railway 00% 57 T. H., T. & L. Cos. pfd 80 T. H., I. & E. com 1% 5 T. H„ I. &E. pfd 7% 13 City Service com 235 245 City Service pfd 66 67 U. T. of Ind. com 1 U. T. of Ind. pfd 7 U. T. of Ind. 2d pfd 2 Ad vance-Rumeiy Cos. com v Advrnce-Rumely Cos. pfd ’ ... Am. Central Life 235 Am. Creogoting Cos. pfd 90 Belt R. R. com 60 Belt R. 11. pfd 43% ... Century Bldg. Cos. pfd 90 Citizens Gas Cos 29 34 Dqjlge Mfg. Cos. pfd 91% ... Home Browing 60 Indiana Hotel c mi 52 Indiana Hotel pfd 90 ... Indiana- Pipe Line 82 80 Ind. Natl. Life Ins. Cos 4% ... Ind. Title Guaranty 59 63 Indpls. Abattoir pfd 50 Indpls Gas 42% 50 Indpls. Tel. Cos. com 6 ... Indpls. Tel. Cos. pfd 89 Mer. Pub. Utl. Cos. pfd 30 Nat. Motor Cur Cos. pfd 5% 9 Pub. Sav. Ins. Cos. * 2% ... Kaub Fertilizer Cos. pfd 39 Stand. Oil Cos. of Indiana.... 68 71 Sterling Fire Ins. Cos 7% 9% \an Camp Hdw. pfd 92% ... Van Camp Pack, pfd 90 100 Van Camp Prods. Ist pfd 100 Van Camp Prods. 2d pfd 100 Vandalia Coal Cos. com 3% Vandalla Coal Cos. pfd 4 8 Wabash Ry. pfd 19% ... Wabash Ry. com G% ... BONDS. Broad Ripple 5s 60 Citizens St. Ry. Cos 60 73 Ind. Coke A Gas 0s 100 Ind. Creek Coal & Min. Cos 1U1) Indpls., Col. & So. 5s 88 ... Indpls. & Martinsville 5s 54 60 Indpls. & North. 5s 42% 46 Ind ills. A- N. \V. 5 51 56% Indpls. S. At S. E. 5s Indpls. & S. E. 5s 70 Indpls. St. Ry. 4s 59 65 Indpls. T. &. T. 5s 70 75 Kokomo, M. &W. 5s 74% 78 T. H., I. A E 3s 48 56 Indiana Hotel 2d 6s 91% ... Citizens Gas Cos 73 78 Indpls. Gas 5s 72 79 Indpls. L. & 11. 5s 73 80 Indpls. Water 3s 86 91 Indpls. Water 4%s 69, 75 Mer. IF A; L. 5s 84> 90 New Tel. Ist 5s yf° New Tel. L. D. 5s 93% ... South. Ind. Power 6s 100 LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty Ist 3%s 90 10 90 50 Liberty Ist 4s K 7 40 Liberty 2d 4s 87,60 Liberty Ist 4%s 8f.44 87.70 Liberty 2d t l ,? 86.90 87.24 Liberty 3rd 4%s 90 04 90 10 Liberty 4th 4%s 87.00 87 24 Victory 3%s 97 46 97.64 Victory 4%s 97.44 97.00

On Commission Row

TODAY'S PRIC ES. Apples Missouri Jonathans, per bbl . $8; fancy Illinois Jonathans, per bbl., extra fancy Grimes Golden, per bbl., s4.ioft/6; extra faney Wlnesaps, per lbl., $7; Bell Flowers, per bbl.. $5; Sp.vs, per bid. $6; Baldwins, per bbl. [email protected]; Rome Beauties, per bbl., ss®7; fancy Starks, per bbl., $5; A Grade Kings, p'-r till!,, $6; Spitzeuliurgs. per bbl., $6; Ben Davis, per bbl , $4.50@5 Bananas Extra fancy high grade fruit, 50 to 60 per bunch, per lb., B@B%c. Beans Michigan navy in tings, per lb., 4%@5; Colorado Pintos In bags, per lb, 5%@6r; California Hinas In tiags, per lti.. B@9c; red kidneys In bags, per lb., 10@ 10%c; California pink chili in bags, per lb., 7®Bc. Beets—Fancy new, per dor. bunches, 85c; fancy h one grown, per bu.. $1.25. Cabbage— Fancy Texas, new per lb., 3c:_home grown, fancy old, per lb.. l%c. Carrots—Fancy homo grown, per bu., 85c. Cauliflower—Fancy California. per crate, $2 50. Grapefruit—Extra fancy Florida, Blue Goose brand, 545, per box, $6.75; 645, 70s and 80s. per box, $7; extra fancy Floridas, 365, per box, $4: 465. per box, $150; 545. per box. $5; 01*. 70s and 80s, per box. $5 50; fancy Floridas. 365. "er box, $3.50; 4tls, per box, $4; 545, per box, $1.50; 645. per box, $5. Kate—Fancy Kentucky, per sack, $1.50; fancy home grown, per bbl.. $2.25. Lemons -Extra fancy Californtas, 300s to 3605, per box, $4 50. Lettuce Fancy hot house leaf, per lb.. 17c; fancy hot house leaf In barrel lots, per lb., 15c; fancy California Icebergs, per crate, $5. Onions Fancy Indiana yellow, red or white, per 100-lb., $1.25; fancy Spanish, per bu. basket, $1.50. Oranges—Callforuius, all grades, per box. $1.25®6 50. l’arsiey—Fancy ltlrge. per doz., sl. Peppers Fancy, small basket, 85c. Pieplant—Fancy home grown, per prh . $1.10; out door, per doz., 25c. Potatoes —Fancy Michigan and Wisconsin round whites, per 130-ib. bag, $2.25; 5 or 10 bag lots, per bag, $2 15; fancy lowa Gems, per 150 ib. bag, $3. Radishes Long red, per doz , 23e; Button, home grown, per doz., 35e. Rice- Fancy head, per lb., 3c; Prolific head, per ib., 6c; fancy Blue Rose, per lb., sc. Shallots—Fancy, per doz., 70c. Spinach—Fancy, per bu. basket, $l5O. Strawtierries —Fancy Louisiana, 24-pt. crates, per crate, $4. Sweet Potatoes- Fancy Eastern Jersey, per hpr., $2 25®3; fancy Indiana Jerseys, per hpr., $2.73. Tomatoe Fancy ripe, 6-lb. basket. $1.50; fancy ripe, 6 basket crate, per crate, $6.50@8. Turnips—Fancy washed, per bu., $1.50; per crate, $2.

Weather

The following tablo shows the state of the weather at 7 a. tn., April 4, as observed by U. S. weather bureaus: Station. Bar. Temp. Weather. Indianapolis, ln<l.. 30.-K 54 Clear Atlanta, Ga 30.32 56 Clear Amarillo, 'fox 29.74 58 PtCldy Bismarck, N. D 29.60 31 Clear Boston, Mass 30.46 .70 Clear Chicago, 111 30.16 56 Clear Cincinnati, 0 30.32 54 Clear Cleveland, 0 30.30 60 Clear Denver, Colo 30.48 52 PtCldy Jiodge City, Kan. .. 29.76 60 Cloudy ’Tlolen*, Mont. 29.86 28 Snow Jacksonville, Fla. . 30.24 64 Cloudy Kansas City, Mo. . 29.98 OS PtCldy Louisville, Ky 30.36 58 Cloudy Little Rock, Ark. . 30.16 54 PtCldy I,os Angeles, Cal. . 29.80 44 Clear Mobile, Ala 30.20 62 PtCldy New Orleans, La. . 30.16 62 Cloudy New York, N. Y. . 30.40 56 Clear Norfolk, Va 30.42 58 Clear Oklahoma City ... 29.94 62 Cloudy Omaha, Neb 29.82 62 PtCldy Philadelphia, I’a. . 30.42 54 Clear Pittsburgh, Pa. ... 30.34 58 Clear Portland, Ore 30.28 32 Clear Rapid City, S. D. . 29.48 56 Cloudy Roseburg, Ore. ... 30.30 . 30 PtCldy San Antonio, Tex. . 29.94 68 Cloudy San Francisco, Cal. 30.00 34 Clear St. Louis, Mo 30.18 54 Clear St. Paul, Minn. ... 29.76 62 PtCldy Tampa, Fla 30.18 68 PtCldy Washington, D. C.. 30.40 54 Clear WEATHER CONDITIONS. Due to an extensive depression in the Western highlands and Northern plains region, there has been widespread precipitation In the far Western parts of the country, but In Central and Eastern sections fair weather, with mild temperatures, has prevailed. The readings are a little lower In the far West and Northwest. and while below normal with killing frosts In parts of the Pacific States, they are yet generally above the seasonal average In Canada, east of the Rockies. CLEVELAND PRODCCE. CLEVELAND, April 4.—Butter—Extra, tn tubs, 53@53Vjc; prints, 54@54V&e; extra firsts. 52@53%c; firsts. 51@51V&c; seconds, 3D@4lc; packing, 12@13e; fancy dairy, 30®33c. Eggs—Fresh gathered northern extras, 28%c; extra firsts, 27%c; Ohio firsts, new' cases, 26V4e; old cases, 26*4c; western firsts, new cases. 25*4e. Poultry —Lise, heavies, 32@33c; roosters, 22@23e; sproig 1 /hickens, 32c for choice.

BRANDS FALSE MOVE ‘SLUMP’ British Magnate Says Films Prosper. LONDON, April 4.—A1l reports of a slump to the contrary, the American film Industry is expanding, and the financial interests of Wail street are taking a bigger interest than ever in the film producing industry. Such is the message brought from the States by Carl Laemmle, a British producer. It doubtless is of interest to the movie goer here, who prefers American films, but it isn't entirely' welcome to the “trade,” which had seen in the reports of panic in the film world an opening for British ventures. “Anierica is undergoing a period of reconstruction,” he declares. "The present condition is simply an aftermath of the war. Prices are coming down and the enormous salaries taken by certain big film stars are coming down in proportion. “But the film business is growing dimre. Picture theaters are multiplying enormously in America. The finest sites in the heart of New York are being marked down for the erection of picture the*aters.” Laemmle denies reports spread here that America has displayed an inclination to boycott British films and gives his theory', gained as a result of his visit, as to why America maintains her Head, producing the best pictures in the world. “In America there are over 16,000 picture theaters,” he says, “and in this coun- | try there are about 3,300. In America the producer obviously is Justified In spending and can spend five times the amount on his production because he caters to five times the number of theaters. It is obvious that a picture coming from England, and costing about one fifth the production cost of an American film, shows up badly In comparison with an American feature.” Laemmle predicts an “invasion” of ! American stars into England for the purpose of producing plays of English setting in English surroundings as more realistic than the carpenter's reproductions out Los Angelos way. MAN SAYS MOON RI LED HIS HOME Divorce Suit Based on Movement of Planets. j CHICAGO, April 4. —The moon’s a : poor thing to regulate a Chicago household by, Judge Holmes ruled recently in the case of Joseph Tranka, charged with nonsapport. Tranka admitted having fled his comfortable south side home, j out submitted the following extenuating j facts: ! If the moon shone in full-orbed glory, ! : lie said, indications were that he would . get his meals on time the next day. For ! j hours Mrs. Tranka would bathe in the magical beams and on the morrow her . enthusiasm for work was marvelous to behold. Washing day was regulated by the plants, he declared. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, I Mercury, Venus and Neptune ordained | by their appearance in the heavens the . days when his shirts should be washed. And far off in the ether nebu- ■ lae, comets, meteors, constllationa, alien suns, fixed and variable stars, which rna le Mrs. Truuka's affections likewise ; varinb’c “I couldn't stand it." said Tranka. ! "The moon was her outja board and the j stars Indicated all the changes in our j household habits. “Every morning she went to see a for- j tune teller. Slip would return too late to 1 prepare m.v lunch. At night she would : leave the dishes unwaehed to watch the j heavens. "One day the moon would be full. That i meant everything would be peaceful the next day. The house was cleaned, the j meals prepared and the dishes washed. “But more ofjen the fortune toiler i would teli her to watch for a quarter or half moon. Those were the days 1 learned not to come home." Mrs. Trunks said her husband left her j last week after quitting bis Job. The I latter told the court lie was driven to it. j but promised to go back and provide j for her. "And forget the moon,” was Judge ; Holmes' parting advice to Mrs. Tranka. i

Marriage Licenses James Hall, l.’’<*B Fayette 43 Grace Hill, 1308 Fayette 27 Donovan Shalch. 120 W. Michigan 21 Cecil Rodgers, 41 N. Oxford 19 Benjamin Thomas, 2fl(>2 N. Alnbamay.. 21 Edythe Garrison, 833 N. Delaware 20 Edwin J. Belton, 1313 Hoyt ave 24 Josephine Fowler, 1313 Hoyt ave 2.7 Harry Murray. 2345 Station 39 Dora Osborn, 2137 Elliott 29 David Hollander, 1147 Hoyt ave 27 Regina Sebutzler, 170S N. Capitol ave. 26 Births Harold and Etna Doser, 3023 E. Twenty-Second, boy. man and Etta Smith, Deaconess Hospital, boy. George and Bonnie Morrrls, 1023 S. West. boy. William and Jainlo Edwards, 321 Koehne, boy. Alonzo and Frudence Wright, St. Vincents Hospital, girl. Cornelius and Laura Longhery, St. Vincent’s Hospital, girl. Lewis and Mary Andrew, St. Vincent's Hospital, girl. Merton and Mary Blank, St. Vincent’s Hospital, boy. Clifford and Elizabeth Phillips, 417 N. Pine, girl. William and Clara Vessels, 1442 Prospect. boy. Albert and Pari Baxter, 1337 Kappes, girl. Mathew and Daisy Eminel, 3129 N. Rrightwood, girl. Ford and Mattie Burns, 2185 -Station, boy. William and Mabel Young, 243 E. Eleventh, girl. Abner and Fern Mears, 1824 Sheldon, girl. ■Tames and Lucy Black, 2514 McPherson, girl. Alfred and Fannie Bowling, 2023 S. Quill, boy. David and Geneva Young, 1657 Cornell, boy. William and Minnie Lcath, 1543 W. Michigan, boy. Max and Rosa Youkelson, 341 Roosevelt Hotel, boy. Frank and Mabel Sheats, 417 S. Alabama, girl. Claude and Elizabeth Slusher, 1020 W. Pearl, girl. Paul and Anna Dickens, 413 Minerva, girl. William and Emma Chapman, 338 S. Addison, girl. Floyd and Hazel Crlckmore, 8819 E. Washington, boy. Ora and Ruth Scarborough, 407 W. MeUarty, girl. Carl and Hazel Herztg, Deaconess Hospital, girl. Walter and Mabel Meade, 1046 W. Thirty-Second, boy. Raymond and Grace Dally, 1136 Bradbury, boy. Deaths Samuel n. Wilson, 73, 2328 noyt, cirrhosis of liver. Margaret E. .Tames, 52, 2919 North Pennsylvania, legarthie encephalitis. Laura Meskill, 44, Deaconess Hospital, chronic interstitial nephritis. May Honeycutt, 57, 127 South Cincinnati, tuberculosis. Clifford I.ervman, 34, 539 East Eleventh, sarcoma. Juliet Moore Zimmer, 64, 1983 North Alabama, uraemia. Gertrude Ballard, 27. Central Indiana Hospital, acute nephritis. Maurice O’Connell, 93, 517 North Gray, arterio sclerosis. , Frederick K. Long, 74, 1143 Central, broncho pneumonia. Alvin W. Holle, 2, Deaconess Hospital, lymphatic leukemia. Helen E. Mitchell, 22, 1417 South Meridian, chronic parenchymatous nephritis.

Hun Army Delegate

General von Seecht of the Teuton army was the German military representative at the reparations conference meeting recently held in London. He went as an aid to Dr. Simons.

WRITINGS LEFT IN CELLS TELL TRAGIC STORY Wronged Innocence Behind Despairing Notes Scratched by Girls. By LAUREL C. THAYER, City Court Frobation Officer. "Where do we go from here, girls?” scratched with a pin on the black-painted walls of a prison cell where women await trial—these words sing their tragic story to every new prisoner. The letters are wavering and unsteady, for the arm of the writer rested on space as she half reclined on her prison cot, a wide shelf fastened to the cement wall. Surrounding this snatch of song are other bits of unlovely literature, tortur- | ing flash lights into the souls of women who have lost their way on life's darker I paths and have come to know the ghastly truth that the Iron door that shuts them I in shuts friendship out. Were there tears In the eyes of the ! other girl who wrote into this grewsoine mural decoration: “Here's where I get 1 sent to Clermont?” Or was she “a re- ; peater.” as they are called at police : headquarters, one who has seen police court before? A few feet from this literary mosaic an iron door opens on the large inner cell room used only for “drunks" and insane. As the grim, blackened walls of th}e room greet unfortunates, the one picture their dazed, sorrowful eyes rest on is the face of a beautiful girl sketched I tin the wallt„at shuts them in from the ivnrid. It is the face of innocent youth, a face if classic beauty and charm. Exquisite- ! y refined features are done solidly in ! pencil. The art of ages is in the profile. It is perfect In outline and proportion. WAS IT HER FIRST MISTAKE? But what of tlje artist? She does not sign her name. She has had her trial In police court and passed into an unforgetting, unforgiving world. Was she a young girl who had made her first mistake? Was she a mother awaiting the arrival of friends bringing her child to see her? Was she one of those hopeless ones whom life has taught to say only “What's the use?” Did she come to this rendezvous of the defeated through the treachery of a loved one? What thoughts guidei\ imprisoned fingers that penciled the face of a maiden of wonderful beauty? Whence came the art instinct that chiseled lines of perfection on the wall of a prison? What of the cherished hopes, perchance, for the life of an artist? Had crushing poverty made that career impossible? Aud where is she now, she who has thus endured the endless hours of a sleepless night while her more stolid prison companions slept? Does she hunger for beauty or is she. as a grain < of sand, swept out Into the ocean of \ life and lost? It Is In the same prison •cell, a room about fifteen feet square, that two girls awaited the call of the matron to the | courtroom during the World War. There was a stir in the courtroom and | a straining of necks as two pretty young women entered, dressed In khaki suits of military style. Both had golden hair. They were charged with vagrancy. They had been arrested at a small hotel. “But what brought you to the city?” asked the judge during the trial. “I came to help my husband," was the hesitating reply. “Where is he?" queried the prosecutor. HUSBAND IN JAIL ACROSS STREET. “Across the street in the Jail. You see, the.y accused him of deserting from the Army and I was the only one who could help him. So I brought my baby and was working in a laundry to get money to pay a lawyer. My friend was taking care of the baby. Two soldiers stopping at the hotel came to our room. They were strangers to us.” As the Judge looked toward the other golden-haired girl a iniddle-aged man stepped forward rs if to intercede. After the girl's testimony the judge asked; “Has the father anything to say'?” The man made hi? ' onfession. "I ain’t done right by the girl.” he almost sobbed. “Our home ain't very happy for a young girl like her and she got tired of living with an old grandmother, a hard-working father and a younger brother. Her mother has got another husband. I guess the girl got lonesome and wanted to see the bright lights. If you., will let her go I will take her home, judge." “Why did you come to Indianapolis?” again asked the Judge. "I couldn’t get work at home and my friend was coming up here, so I just come with her. My father’s good to me. but he's* gone all day and goes to sleep right after supper because he is tired.” Father and daughter left the courtroom J togetner. In the corridor, as they stood facing the probation officer, he saw for the first time his child budding into young womanhood, with youth's insistent demand for self-expression, with the buoyant Joyousness of the young animal. As he thought of the humdrum life of his home, of the lack of companionship for his pretty bine-eyed daughter, he said through his tears: “I.’ll see that she has a happier home. We ain't had no books nor music in our home, but we're goin’ to have ’em now.” THOUSANDS LOST IN NEW YORK ALONE. It is from homes such as this that many girls erme to seek diversion in the city. Sixty-eight thousand of them disappeared from New York last year. Many of these will never again cross the thresholds of their homes, will never look into the sorrowing eyes of the mothers who wait. They have come from broken homes

FRENCH WRITER ANALYZES U. S. WORLD STATUS Says Great Britain Certain to Align Against Japan in Any Struggle. PEACE MOVE IS SEEN PARIS, April 4.—War between England and the United States is beyond the bounds of reason, declares Jean Rodei, well-known French writer. Likewise, he says, it is inconceivable that England should lend even her sympathy to Japan In case of war between the Nipponese empire and America. “Almost simultaneously the lower chamber of the Japanese diet and the American House of Representatives have repulsed by strong majorities proposals to reduce armaments,” writes "Our attention is thus drawn to the Pa™ rifle, where grave events seem in preparation. GERMAN PREDICTS ANGLO-SAXON WAR. “The recent German book by Otto Autenreith, in which, he predicted a great war between the United States and JSreat Britain, has attracted much attention. A great Japanese paper, the Osaka Mainichi. recently expressed the same opinion. In France many people believe, also, that war bewteen the two Anglo-Saxon nations is inevitable. One of our best known members of Parliament told me the other day that war between England and the United States over the question of petroleum is a certainty. * “Assuredly, all the causes, and above all the perspective of an approaching naval supremacy of the United States, should explain the desire which England might have to defeat such an adversary while she still has the power. This eventuality appears even more plausible when we consider that the JapanegeAmerican argument over California immigration laws offers England the chance to act at the most favorable moment. UNION WITH JAPS HELD UNREASONABLE. I “But in spite of all these appearances, such a conflagration, uniting the English I and the Japanese against the Americana is, for those who know affairs sf-tho Far East, entirely unreasonable. Eng'and's interest would suffer if the antagonism of the Pacific would end in tho victory of America or Japan. It is certainly inure advantageous for her to let matters stand ns they are and where she can play the role of arbitrator. “If. ideed. the conflict cannot be avoided. there is no doubt that a victory by Japan would disturb England far more than if America won. A victorious Japan would be in a position to exercise her imbition as “liberator" of Asia. British possessions in the seas of the Far EastJ the Malayan Straits and even in India would be menaced. ENGLISH POSSESSIONS * HOSTILE TOWARD JAPAN. “There are plenty of other strong reasons preventing England from supporting Japan against the United States. 9u of the most important of these is the fact that Caniyia. Austrialia and New Zealand have taken a strongly hostile attitude toward Japan. The English in China, quite strong numerically, are likewise animated by hatred of the Japanese. Before the war citizens of the two countries carried on hot competition In the Valley of Yangtse. There was not a concession granted one that did not result in a protest to the government of the other. This rivalry became so bitter that London diplomats foresaw the possibility of war in the future and rha need the British naval base from J Hong Kong to Singapore. M Negotiations are about to begin foH a renewal of the Anglo-Japanese treat® There is little doubt that it will be newed. for England will not neglect means ..f preserving peace in the But the treaty will not disturb the relations between England the the States. Japan will never succeed in due] 11 g English armies to march U hers against the Stars and Stripes."

where death or the law has deprived them of mother-love or where grim poverty has stalked, taking its toll In sickness, despair and death, or perhaps in ignorance and dishonor. Have you and I anything to do with the making of the world garden where tares and weeds grow? We shall see as we come to know our little sister's stories. Down in Evansville there lives a littla woman whose mother heart takes In every lonely child. One day the probation officer of her city told her of the Ihrongs of little girls on the streets after dark. She could not sleep that night as she lay with wide open eyes listening to the passing steps with horror at the thought that some might be the littla feet of an innocent girl going, unknowing, to her doom. It was Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon who, after that sleepless night, wrote: Where are they going, those little white feet That pass our homes in the dead of night? They were set but late on the pearly street, They must glimmer yet with Its holy • light. Late on re more they will pass at night, Slow and heavy, those little feet. Worn and weary, no longer white. Fit no more for the pearly streets. Where are they going? Where friends have set Men to snatch them, , like human ghouls, To lure with a laugh, and drown with a drink. To buv with a bauble those little white souls. They will drift back later, all stained and . scarred, • jf With draggled pinions too weak Jifr flight. Poor little souls that were once so pure But will never, never again be white. Oh, fathers and mothers, how can you sleep, When the little white souls you were charged to keep That gathered late by your knee at play Have slipped from your careless arms away ? Waken, waken I Arouse ye all, Lest the blood of the Innocent on you fall, Lest the wrong of the weak and the guilt of the town And the curse of the lost on you all come down. DOVEBRAND HAMS fHAVE A FORGET Indiana Brokers America 1 Telephone & Te!egra/4;>'f-j A quarterly dividend of Two * : per share will be paid on Fri.dav.Bl--15. 1921, to’stockholders of record dose of business on Friday, Mu.riifeiSSSy 1921. On account of the Annual transfer books will be closed day, March 19, to Tuesday, 1921, both days included. O. D. MILNE. Trea|-||pf*