Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1921 — Page 15

STOCKS SHOW SOME STRENGTH Crucible and U. S. Steel Close Higher—Rails Strong. NEW YORK. May 27—The stock market closed Irregular today. Some of the active issues rallied slightly oa short covering in the late dealings. United States Steel rose from 81T* to K% and Crucible recovered 1 point to 69%. Studebaker, after being forced down to 60%. rose to 70%. Reading recovered 1 point to 70% and fractional advance* were made in the other railroad shares. Baldwin moved tip points from Its low to 82. Railroad and other bonds were Irregular. Total sales of stocks were 538.600 shares; bonds, $10,718,000. Total sales of stocks for the week were 8,521,000 shares; bonds, $61,496,000. (By Thomson & McKinnon) —May 27General selling of stocks from which even the rails were not immune, characterized today’s market. Early trade was extremely light and when after the first hour a bad break came in sterling, those who had been working for higher prices abandoned their position and began to dispose of their holdings. There was a temporary lull in the selling when the Baldwin Locomotive regular dividend was announced, only to be followed by a fresh wave shortly after. Motors, steels and the fertilizer stocks were the vulnerable points, and selling in these groups was at times heavy. The fertilizer issues were under pressure when some doubt was expressed as to the payment of the next Virginia Carolina preferred dividend, this particular issue making anew low for the year. The high rate for money which still persists (714 per cent again today) adds to the difficulties of those committed to the long side. Expressions of the various heads of steel corporations while professing optimism for the future, were construed as bearish for the present and served to encourage liquidation. Weakness such as todays will probably be frequent during the reconstruction period, and will afford opportunities for investment to those who are convinced of ultimate prosperity for our industries. TWENTY STOCKS AVERAGE. NEW YORK. May 27.—Twenty industrial stocks averaged 74.81, up .55 per cent. Twenty active rails averaged 72.38, up .93 per cent. CLEARING HOrSE STATEMENT. NEW YORK. May 27.—Exchanges, $725,187,729; balances. 577.039.941: Federal Reserve Bank credit balances, $67,672,549. 1 Money and Exchange Indianapolis bank clearings Friday were $2,019,000. against $1,959,000 for Friday a week ago. NEW YORK. May 27.—Foreign exchange opened weak today with demand sterling lr lower at $3.91. Francs yielded 1 centime to 8.39 c for cables and 8.38 c for checks. Lire rose 1 point to 5.33 c for cables and 5.32 c for checks. Belgians francs were unchanged at 8.39 c fcr cables and S.3Sc for checks. Guilder cables were 3455 c; checks. 34 83c. Swedish kronen cables were 23.15 c; checks. 23.10 c. Marks were 1.61 c. MOTOR SECURITIES. (By Thomson & McKinnon; . —May 27 —Opening— Bid. Ask. Briscoe 10 12 Chalmers com 1 1% Packard com 8 9 Packard pfd 70 72 Chevrolet .....100 400 Peeness 27 2S Continental Motors com 6% 0% Continental Motors pfd SO 85 Hupp com 1234 13% Hupp pfd 92 97 Reo Motor Car 17% 18 E:gin Motors 4% 5% Grant Motors 3% 3% Ford of Canada 235 240 United Motors 30 60 National Motors 4 6 Federal Truck 17 19 Paige Motors 16 17 Republic Truck 14 13 ACTIVE OIL STOCKS. (By Thomson & McKinnon. —May 27 —Opening— Bid. Ask. Anglo-American Oil 19 1914 Atlantic Lobos 19 22 Borne-Scrymser ...; 360 390 Buckeye Pipe Line 80 82 Chesebrough Mfg. Cons 185 193 Chesebrough Mfg. Cone pfd. 98 l'lO Continental Oil, Colorado... HO U 5 Coeden Oil and Gas 6 7 Crescent Pipe Line. 27 29 Cumberland Pipe Line 136 140 Elk Basin Pete 7% 7% Eureka Pipe Line 89 92 Gaiena-Signal Oil. pfd 93 97 Galena-Signal Oil com 40 43 Illinois Pipe Line 173 177 Indiana Pipe Line 79 82 Merritt Oil 10 10*4 Midwest Oil 2% 3 Midwest Rfg 44 National Transit 27 29 New York Transit !.. 40 45 Northern Pipe Line 89 92 Ohio Oil 270 275 Penn-Mex 24 27 Prairie Oil and Gas 485 495 Prairie Pipe Line 18.3 192 Sapulpa Refg 4 4% Solar Refining 395 410 Southern Pipe Line 91 94 South Penn. Oil 210 220 Southwest Penn. Pipe Lines. 60 64 Standard Oil Cos. of Cal 76 77 Standard Oil Cos. of Ind 72% 72% Standard Oil Cos. of Nas 590 610 Standard Oil Cos. of Ky 400 410 Standard Oil Cos. of Neb 150 160 Standard Oil Cos. of N. Y 330 335 Standard Oil Cos. of 0hi0... Swan & Finch 30 45 Vacuum Oil 299 3uo Washington Oil 28 32 NEW YORK CURB. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —May 27 —Closing— Bid. Ask. Curtis Aero, com 2% 3% Curtis Aero, pfd 10 20 Texas Chief 8 15 First National Copper % 1 Goldfield Con 5 7 Havana Tobacco 1 1% Havana Tobacco pfd 4 6 Centra! Teresa 2% 3% Jumbo Extension 4 6 ii: ter national Petroleum 15% 15% Xiriesing 4% 4% Indian Pkg 1 2 Royal Baking Powder 113 116 Royal Baking Powder pfd... SO 83 Standard Motors 5 7 Salt Creek 33 38 Tonopah Extension 1% 1% Tonopah Mining 1 5-16 1% United P. S. new 1% 1% U. S. Light and Hat 1% li; U. S. Light and Heat pfd.... 1% 1% Wright Aero 6 8 World Film .'.... 1-16 3-1 C Yukon Gold Mine Cos % 1 Jerome 1-18 3-16 New Cornelia 14 16 United Verde 24 28 Sequoyah 516 7-16 Omar Oil 1% Sep. Tire % % CHICAGO STOCKS. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —May 27 Open. High. Low Close. Arm Leather... 12% Arm. pfd 88% 88% 88% 88% Carbi and Carbo 47% 48 56% 47% Libby 8% 8% 8% 8% Mont-Hard 20 20 19% 19% Nat Leather.... 7% 7% 7% 7% S-Warner 26% 26% 25% 25% Swift iCo 99% 97% 97 97% Swift Internat. 21% 25 24% 24% NEW YORK METAL MARKET. NBW YORK, May 27.—Copper—Quiet; spot and May. 13%c; June. 12%<g13%c; July, 13®13%e. Lead—Easy; spot. May, June and July offered, sc. Spelter—Easy; spot May, June and July, 4.60®4.?5e. NEW YORK WOOL MARKET. NEW YORK. May 27.—W00l was quiet here today. Domestic fleece, XX Ob o, was quoted at 22@43c a pound ; domestic pulled, scoured basis, lS@72c. and Texas (flomestic, seouyed basis, 40@82c.

Directors Declare Baldwin Dividend PHILADELPHIA, May 27. The directors of the Baldwin Locomotive Works today declared the usual semiannual dividends of 3% per cent on the common and 31-3 per cent on the preferred stocks. N. T. Stock Prices —May 27 Prev. High Low Close Close Ad.-Rum. pfd. . 47 46 46 48% Ajax Rubber . 29% 29% 29% 30 Allis-Chalmers .33 32 % 32% 33% Am. Agricultural 50 48% 50 50 Am. Beet S 37% 37% 37% 37% Am. B. Mag. Cos. 45% 45 45% 45 Am. Car & F. .122% 122% 122% 128% Am. Can. 31 29% 30% 30% Am. H. &L. Cos. 12% 12% 12% 12% Am. H. &L. pfd. 54% 52% 53 54% Am. Inter. Corp. 46 44 44% 45% Am. Linseed .. 30% 30% 30% 29% Am. Locomotive 86 84% 84% 85 Am. Smelt & R. 43 42% 42% 43% Am. Sugar Ref. 88% 87% 88 88% Am. S. T. Cos. 02% 59 60% 62% Am. Steel F... 29 29 29 Am. Tel & Te 1.104%.104% I(H% 104% 104% Am. Tobacco ..128 126% 127% 128V* Am Woolen .. 73% 72 73% 73% Associated Oil .100 99 100 99 Anaconda M. C. 41% 40% 40% 41% Atchison 81 81 81 81 At. G. & W. I. 38% 37% 38% 38% Baldwin Loco .. 82% 81 82 82 B. A 0 41% 40% 41% 41 Beth. Steel (B) 57% 56% 57% 57% California Pete .44% 43 44 44% Can. Pac. Ry. ..115 115 H 5 115% Cen. Leather .. 37% 36% 36% 37% Chan. Motors .63 62 62% 63 C. & 0 58% 57% 57% 58% CM. & St. P.. 29% 28% 29 28% C. M. &S P pfd 43V* 42% 42% 42% Chi. & North... t?T 67 67 66 C. R. I. & Pac. 33% 32% 33% 33% Chili Copper 12 11% 11% 11 Chino Copper... 25% 24% 24% 25% Coca-Cola 28 27 % 28 28% Columbia Graph 7% 7 7% 7 Cons. Gas 87 86 86% 87% Cent. Can 47% 47% 47% 49 Cosden Oil 33 32 % 32% 82% Corn Products.. 69 68% 68% 69% Crucible Steel.. 71 69 69 % 70% Cub.-Am. Sugar. 21% 20% 20% 21 Cuba Cane Sug. 18 17% 17% 17% Dome Mines.... 18% 18% 18% 19% Endlcott 62% 81% 62% 63% Erie 14% 14 14% 14% Erig Ist pfd.... 21 21 21 20% Famous Players 73 69% 70% 72 Gen. Asphalt... 69 66% 67% 68% General Cigars.. 58% 58% 58% 58% Gen. El*! trje.. .134% 133% 134 135 Gen. Motors 11% 10% 11 11 Goodrich 37% 36% 37% 36% Gt. North, pfd.. 68 67% 67% 67% Gt. North. Ore.. 29% 29% 29% 29 Houston Oil 72% 72 72% 73 Inspir. Copper.. 36 35 35 36 Interboro Corp.. 4% 4 4 4% Invincible 0i1... 17 16% 17 18% Inter. Harverst. 90 86% 88% 89% Inter. Nickel.... 13% 15% 15% 14% Inter. Paper 70 67% 69 67% I*l. Oil & Tran. 4 4Vs 4 4 K. C. Southern. 27% 27 27 27% Kelly-Spg. Tire 41% 40% 41 42 KencL Copper.. 21 20% 20% 20% Laeka. Steel.... 47% 471* 47% 47% Lehigh Valley... 53 52 52 53 Lee Tire 26% 26% 26% .... Loews, Inc 14% 14V* 14% 14% Marine c0m.... 15% 15 15 Marine pfd 54 54 54 55 Mx. Mt. 2d pfd. 5% 5% 5% ..... Mex Petrol 151% 149% 149% 150 Miami Copper.. 23 22% 22% Mid. St. 0i1.... 13% 13111 13% 13% Midvale Steel... 27% 27 27 27% Mis. Pac. Ky... 21% 21% 21 % 21% M Pac. Ry. pfd. 41% 40% 40% 41% Nat. En. & St.. 41% 50% 50% 51% Nev. Con. Cop.. 12 12 12 11% N. Y. Air Brk.. 68 65*; 05% 67% X. Y. Central... 69% 68% 09 69 New Haven 19% 19% 19% 19% Nor. A Western 97% 96% 96% 97% North. Pacific... 71% 70% 71% 71% Ok. P. & Rf. Cos. 33 33% Pacific Oil 37% 36% 36% 36% Pan. Am. Petrol. 67 65 65% 66J* Penna. Ry 35% 35 35 34-* People's Gas 52 50% 50% 52 Pierce-Arrow .. 24 22% 22% 23% Pierce Oil C 0... 9% 9 9 9% Pittsburgh Coal 60% 60% 60% 60% Pull. Pal. Car. .101 100% 100% 101% Pure Oil 32% 32 32% 32% Ray Copper 14 14 14 14% Reading 71% 70 71 72% Rep. Iron & Stl. 57% 56 56% 66% Replogle Steel.. 26 25% 25% Roy. D. of N. Y. 60% 59% 60 60% Sears Roebuck. 79 77% 78% 78 Sinclair 25 23% 24% -’4% S-Sheff S. & I. 39% 39% 39% 39 So. Pacific 76% 76 76% 70% So. Railway.... 20% 20% 20% 21% •Stand. Oil N. J.. 144 144 144 St L. & S.F.eom 25 24% 25 25 Strom. Carb.... 36 36 36 3b% Studebaker .... 73% '59% 70% 73% Tenn. Copper.. 8% 8% 8% 9 Texas Cos 37% 37 37% 37% Texas & Pacific 25% 24% 24% 24% Tob. Prods 57 50 56% 57% Transcon. 0i1... 9% 9% 9% 9% Union Oil 23% 23 23 24 Union Pacific .120% 119% 120% 120% U. R. Stores.... 60% 59% 60 60% U.S. F. P Corp 20% 20% 20% 20 U. Fruit Cos. ...110 108% 110 U.S. Indus. Alco. 68% 68 68% 69 U. S. Rubber... 68% 67% 66% 67% U S. Steel 82% 81% 82% 82% U.S.Steel pfd .-108% 108 108% .... Utah Copper.... 55% 55 55% 55% Van. Steel 32 31 31 32 Vir-Car. Chem... 30% 28% 29% 30% Wabash 8% 8% 8% .... Wab. Ist pfd.. 22% 22% 22% 22% White Oil 13% 13% 13% 13% West. Union.... 87% 87% 87% .... West. Electric.. 46 45% 45% 45% White Motors.. 38% 38 38 38% W.Overland .. 8%% 8 8% 8% Worth. Pump... 49% 49 49 49%

•Ex-Div. NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS. —May 27 Prev. High. Low. Close. Close. L B. 3%s 88 00 87.80 87 80 88 00 L. B 2d 4s 87.00 87.02 L. B. Ist 4%5.... 87.68 87 42 87.6" 87 00 L B. 2d 4%s 87.20 87.12 87.18 87 16 L B 3d 4%s 90.64 90.50 90.58 90.54 L B. 4th 4%5.. 87 28 87.22 87 24 87.22 Ylctorv 3%s 98.00 97 90 08.00 97 98 Victory 4%s 98.00 87.90 98.00 97 92 NEW YORK PETROLEUM MARKET. NEW YORK. May 27.—Petroleum was weak on the market here today, with Pennsylvania crude petroleum selling at $3 a barrel. NEW YORK RAW SUGARS. NEW YORK. May 27.—Raw sugars were weak on the market here today. Cubas sold at 4.89 c a pound, duty paid, while Porto Ricos were, quoted at 5.02 c a pound, delivered. NEW YORK REFINED SUGAR. NEW YORK, May 27.—Refined sugars were quiet today, with fine granulated quoted at 6.30®6.50c a pound. NEW YORK HIDE MARKET. NEW YORK), May 27.—Hide prices were steady oil the market here today. Native steer hides sold at 13c a pound and branded steer hides at 12c a pound. NEW YORK TURPENTINE. NEW YORK. May 27. —Turpentine was steady on the market here today, selling at 66%c a gallon. NEW YORK COTTONSEED OIL. NESV YORK, May 27.—Cottonseed oil was steady here today. Spot soid at $7 per barrel.

In the Cotton Market

NEW YORK, May 27.—The cotton market opened arjive today at an advance of 13 to 17 points. Favorable cables induced good buying The demand continued good, with a result that prices were about 30 points net higher at the end of the first fifteen minutes. New York opening cotton: July, 12 98c; August, 13.20 c bid; October, 13.80 c: December, 14.18 c; January, 14.22 c; March, 14.50 C. The market was steady in the hue dealings. The close was at a net advance of 5 to 10 points. LIVERPOOL, May 27.—Spot cotton was slow at the opening today. Prices steady and sales close to 2,000 bales. American middlings fair. 10.32d: good middlings, 8.72d; full mldlings. B.*7d; middlings, 7 62d; good ordinary, $.37d; ordinary, 3.62d. Futures opened quiet.

HOG VALUES SUFFER DECLINES Trade in Cattle Demoralized— Calves Steady, Sheep Down. RANGE OF HOG PRICES. Good Good Good May Mixed. Heavy. Light. 31. 15.85 @ 8.90 $8,50@ 8.75 19.00® 9.15 23. 8.75@ 8.80 8.20@ 8.05 B.Bo® 9.00 24. 8.50 B.oo® 8.25 8.50® 8.75 25. 8.25 B.oo® 8.25 .2o 26. 8.25 8.00 8 25 27. 7.85® 8.00 7.50® 7.80 8.00 Hog prices reached anew low level in four years today, < when general declines of 25 cents occurred. Best light hogs sold at SB, light mixed brought 7.90@8 and mediums [email protected]. Heavy hogs brought [email protected] and pigs generally the price of the loads. Roughs sold as low as $6. while there were a few sales at 56.25. Stags i rought $4.75. The bulk of sales for the day ranged at $7.80®8. Receipts were again large, with 9,500 fresh and close to. 2,500 stals hogs on the market. Buying was of a general nature,' with local packers taking about 6,000 swine. Shippers were also buying, but it was thought that about 2,000 would be held over for the closing market of the week. Declines were attributed to large receipts here and in Chicago and lower prices on practically all of the principal hog markets of the country. Trade in cattle was demoralized. Receipts were close to 60S) cattle. Up to a late hour in the forenoon but few cattle had been sold. Buyers were bidding 23 to 50 cents lower than the prices of the market of the previous day. During the past week prices of cattle have made decline of [email protected]. A slack in the beef trade in the East Is said to be the chief market influence. Veal prices were about steady, with a fair demand and receipts approximating 500. However, there were fewer sales at $9.50 on choice calves than there were on the market of the pervious day. The bulk of the choice veals brought [email protected], With 400 sheep and lambs of poor quality on the market prices were weak. Sheep brought $2.50 and lamb3 $6%10. HOGS. Best light hogs, 160 to 200 lbs average SB.OO 200 to 300 lbs 7.50® 7.80 Over 300 lbs 7.50 Sows ~... a ..... . 5 6.00 Stags 4 Best pigs under 140 lbs 8.00 Bulk of sales 7.<o® 8.00 CATTLE. Prime eornfed steers, 1.000 lbg and up B.oo® 8.50 Good to choice steers, 1,200 to 1,300 His 0.25® .50 Good to choice steers, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs 7.00® 7.50 Medium steers. 1,000 to I.IOC lbg 6.50® i.OO Common to medium stecra, 800 to 1,000 lbs B.oo® 7.00 —Heifers snd Cows — Good to choice heifers 7.50® SOW Medium heifers • 6-00® < 00 Common to medium heifers . 5.00® Sw Good to choice cows 5 s‘® 850 Fair to medium cows 5.00® 5.50 Cutters 3 <o Cauners ....... 2.00® .50 —Bulls — Good to choice butcher bulls. 5 00® 550 Bologna buils 4 2o® 501 Light to common bulls 4.1X1® 4.w> —‘C h 1 v c s* - * Choice veals t ni!l! Medium veals < ® Lightweight veals 6.00® <OO Common heavyweight Teais . 5.00® 6.00 —Stockers and Feeders — Good to choice steers under SOO. lbs ‘ I*}® fOO Medium cows ’Jo® 50" Good cows 500® .> 50 Good heifers Medium to good heifers 4 2591 5 <o Good milkers 45.00885.00 SHEEP AND LAMBS. Springers * 6AO® 10.00

Other Livestock CHICAGO, May 27.—Hogs—Receipts. 28'hK); market, 25 to 40 lower: bulk, $7 50 @7 75. butchers, $7 [email protected]; packers. S6M 107.45; lights. $7 60-07 90: pigs, $7.25® 7.80; roughs, [email protected] CatUe—Receipts. 3,000: market. 10 to 25c up; beeves. $10(00.15; butchers. $5(0,8.50: canners and cutters, $2.25(04.50: Stockers and feeders, $5.50®8.25: cows, $t 50(07; calves, S7(O 9 Sheep—Receipts, 7.000: market, steady: lambs, $8(011.50: ewes. sl®s. CINCINNATI, May 27.—Hogs—Receipts. 4.500; market steady to 25c lower ; heavy and mixed hugs, $; mediums. sß@ 8.25; light* ami pigs. $8.25; roughs. $0.50; stags. $425. Cattle—Receipts, s*>o; market weak; bulls, weak: calves, $lO Sheep and lambs—Receipts. 3,000; market steady. CLEVELAND, May 27—Hogs—Receipts, 3.000; market-50c lower; yorkers, $8.10; mixed, SS 10; mediums. $8.10; pigs, $8 10: roughs. $*5.25; stags. $4 25. CattleReceipts, 1,100; lower. Rheep and latuhs —Receipts, 600; market slow; top, 10. Calves —Receipts, 400; - market 50c@$l lower; top, $10.50. PITTSBURGH. May 27—Cattle—Receipts, light; market slow* choice, s9® 9.25; good, $9©9.30; fair, $8(08.50; veal calves. $10.50(011. Sheep and lambs—Receipts," 12 doable decks; market steady; prime wethers. $5.50(06; good. ss@s 50; mixed, fair. $4(04.75; spring lambs, $10.50 @ll. Hogs—Receipts, st* double decks; market, lower; prime heavies, $7.75418; mediums. $8.25(08.35; heavy yorkers, $8.25®5..'15; light yorkers, $8 25(08 50; pigs, $8.50®8.75; roughs, $5(05.75; stags, $3.50® 4. EAST BUFFALO, N TANARUS„ May 27Cattle —Receipts, 525; market dull, 25@50c lower; shipping steers, $5.25®*.75; butcher grades, $7.25@8, Calves Re(-elpfs. 300; market active, 50c lower; culls to choice, $4(05.50. Sheep and lambs —Receipts, 1.200; market active and steady; choice lambs, sll©tl.so; culls to fair, $7 .'[email protected]; yearlings, $8(09.50; sheep, s3@7. Hosts —Receipts. 16.900; market slow, 35@75e lower; yorkers, $8 [email protected]; pigs, $8.25; mixed. $8.10(08 25; heavies, [email protected]; roughs, [email protected]; stags. $44; 3. EAST ST. LOUIS. May 27—Cattle Receipts 1.000; market steady; native beef steers. $7.50(08.10; yearling beef steers and heifers. $8,75(09.10; cows, $4(06.50; steckers and feeders, $5(06.50; calves, $8 @9 75; canners and cutters, $2.50(03.50. Hogs—Receipts, 7,500: market 10015 c lower: mixed and butchers, [email protected]; good heavies. $7,504/7.80; rough heavies. $5.25(06.50; lights, $7.7508.10; pigs. $7.25 @8 10 ; bulk of sales. $7.65@7 90. Sheep— Receipts. 3.000; market nominal; ewes. $4.25(08; lambs, [email protected]; canners and cutters, $3 25(03 50. Swine Prices Hit New Low Level CHICAGO, May 27.—Flooding of live stoek markets over the country with light and medium weight hogs today caused the price of porkers to reach the lowest prices since 1916. After a week of heavy declines, Itogs toboganned from 25 to 40 cents a hundred pounds in the chief markets. Farmers, well stocked up with large supplies of corn they were unable to unload, have fed the surplus to hogs and rusheil them to market Reports from the yards here today showed that hog receipts increase 110,000 over the correspondent time for last week. The huge influx is about spent, commission uien stated, CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 27. Top hogs broke to $8 10 per hundred weight, at the Cleveland stock yards todajt, the lowest figure since Jan. 29. 1916. KANSAS CITY, May 27.-—Hog prices fell to new low levels here today, touching $7.75 per hundredweight. This Is the lowest price maintained since 1917. PITTSBURGH, May 27—Heavy hog receipts at the week.end broke prices badly here today. Toppers opened at $8.75 and broke to $8.25, with some unsold at the wind-up and $8 being bia. WHOLESALE BEE E PRICES. The following are touay s wholesale market prices for beef cuts aa sold by the Indianapolis markets: Ribs—No. 2,25 c; No. 3,20 c. Lotas— No. 2. 25c; No. 8. 20c. Rounds—No. 2 22c: No. 3,18 c Chucks—No. 2. 13c: No A lie Plates— No 2 10c: No S c

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1921.

Local Stock Exchange

STOCKS. —May 27 Bid. Ask. Ind. Ry. & Light com 55 Ind. Ry & Light pfd 72 82 Indpls. & Nw. pfd 75 .ndpls. & Southeastern pfd 75 indpls. St. Ry 50 65 T. H. Trac. & Light pfd 60 T. H., Indpls & Eastern com. 1% ••• T. H., Indpls & Eastern pfd 6 Union Trac. of Ind. com 1 Union Trac. of Ind. Ist pfd Union Trac. of Ind. 2d pfd 2 Advance-Kumely corn... Advance-Burnley pfd... 44 ... American Central Life 235 Am Creosoting pfd 91 ••• Belt It. K. com 54 60 Belt R. R. pfd 44% 50 Century Bldg. Cos. pfd 9* ••- Cities Service Cos. com 22t> 230 Cities Service Cos., pfd 04 65% Citizens Gas Cos 28 30% Dodge Mfg. Cos. pfd 87% ... Home Brewing 45 ... Indiana Hotel com... 63 Indiana Hotel pfd 93% ••• Ind. Nat. Life Ins. Cos 3a i , •• ■ Indiana Title Guaranty...... •*** 8p Ind. Pii>o Lino Cos 77 84 Indpls. Abattoir pfd 40% 50 Indpls. Gas 43 50 Indpls. Tel. Cos. com .... ... 2 ... Indpls. Tel. Cos. pfd......... 90 Mer. Pub. Util. pfd..... 41% ... Nat. Motor Car Cos 8% 0% Public Savings Ins. Cos. 8 Rauh Fertilizer pfd 43 ... Standard Oil Cos. of Ind 71% <3% Sterling B'ire Ins. Cos 7% 8% Van Camp Hdw. pfd ... • Van Camp Pack, pfd 29% ■■■ Van Camp i’rode. Ist pfd 100 Van Camp Prod. 2d pfd..... ... 100 Vandalia Coal Cos. pfd 4 7% Yaudulia Coal com ...... 3% Wabash Ry. Cos. pfd 21 ... Wabash Ry. Cos. com 7% 9 BONDS. Broad Ripple 5s 60 Citizens St. Ry. 5s 69% 76 Indiana Coke A Gas 6s 100 Indian Creek Coal & Min. 6a ... 100 Indpls., Col, & So. 5s 88 ... Indpls. & Martinsville 55.... 53% ... Indpls. North. 6s 42% 47 Indpls. & N. W. 5s 62 57 Indpls. S. & E. 5s - 45 ... Indpls. S. & S. 5s 60 Inapis. St. Ry. 4s 57% 65 Indpls. Trac. & Ter 5s 71 74 Kokomo, Marion & West. ss. 74 77 T. H. I. & E. 5s 46 Union Trac. of Ind. 5s 52 57 Citizens Gas 5s 72% 79 Ind. Hotel Cos. 2d 6s 95 Indpls. Gas 5s 72 79 Indpls. Light & Heat 5a.... 75 80 Indpls. Water 4%* 66% 74 Indpls. Water 5s 88% 90 Merchants Heat & L. ref 5s 87 93% New Telephone Ist 6s 94 New Telephone 2d 5s 93% ... Southern Ind. Power 6s 100 LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty Ist 3%s 87.66 88.30 Liberty Ist 4s Liberty 2d 4s 66.80 Liberty Ist 4%s 87.34 87.74 Liberty 2d 4%s 87.0.8 87.38 Liberty 3d 4%* 90.55 90.80 Liberty 4th 4%s 87.22 87.48 Victory 3%s 97.70 98.00 Victory 4%< 97 70 98.00 SALES FOR THE DAY. 10 shares Indpls. St. Ry 51% Local Curb Market (By Newton Todd.) —ilsJT 27Bid Ask American Hominy Common ..14 22 Burdick Tire & Rubber 1% 3% 1 Capital Film Cos 1% * Choate Oil 1 2 i Columbia Fire Ins. Cos 0% $% Comet Auto 1% 2% Duoseuberg Motor Car Com.. 5 0 Elgin Motor Car 4% 5% Federal Finance Cos. Com 123 145 Great Sou. Prod. & Ref. units 4% 5% Haynes Motor com ... 118 Hurst & Cos. common 2% 4% Hurst A Cos. pfd 50 70 Indiana Rural Credits 66% SO Indianapolis Securities Pfd... 4% 6% Majestic Tire & Rubber ....12 18 Metropolitan 5 50c Store* com 10 17 Metropolitan 5-50 c Stores pfd 42 f>o Robbins Body Corp I'nUH.. 40 60 Stevenson Gear Cos. Pfd. ... 6% 9 Stevenson Gear Cos. C0m.... 5% 6 U. S. Mortgage Cos. Unit5....148 167%

On Commission Row

TODAY'S PRICES. Apples—Fancy, all grades, per bbL, $2 VOriC 50. Asparagus—Fancy home grown, per doz., 55c; large bunches, per brh., 60c Bananas —Extra fancy high grade fruit, 50c to 60c per bunch, per lb.. Bc. Beans—Michigan navy, in bags, per lb., 4%W5e; Colorado Pintos, in bags, per lb,, 6%®6%c; California limas, in bags, per lb., 7%®Bc; red kidneys, in bags, per lb., 12® 13c; California pink chili, in bag*, per lb.. 7®Bc. Beans—Fancy green, per hamper, $3 50. P.eets--Fancy new, per dos. bchs., 75c. Cabbage—Fancy new, per 76-lb. crate $5: less than crate, per lb , 7c. Carrots—Fancy, home grown, per hpr., $2 Grapefruit—Extra fancy Floridas, all brands, per box. $5 50®7.25. Green Onions—Home grown, per doz., 15c; large buuches. 500. Kale Fancy, home-grown, per bbl., $3 Lemons —Extra fancy Californias, 300s to 3605, per box, $5.50®6. Lettuce—Fancy hothouse leaf, per lb., 20c: fancy hothouse leaf, in barrel lots, per lb., 1.8 c; fancy California iceburgs, per crate. $5 New Potatoes—Fancy Triumphs, per 150-lb. sack, $2; 5 or 10-bag lots, per sack. $l9O Onions- Fancy Indiana yellow, red or white, per 100 lbs . $1; fancy Texas yel low, per crate. s2;‘fancy Texas white, per crate, $2.25. Oranges—California, all grades, per box, [email protected]. Peas—Fancy Mississippi, per hamper, $4 Pieplant—Outdoor, per doz., 35c. Pineapples—Fancy Cuban, per box, $4 50®3.50. Radishes —Long red, per doz., 25c; button, home-grown, per doz., 25c. Spinach—Fancy, per bbl., $2.50. Seed Potatoes—Fancy Maine Cobblers, per 150 Ib. sack. $3; fancy Rural Ohios, per 120-!h. sack, $2. : Strawberries Fancy Tennessee, per 24-qt. crates, s6®7 50. Swpet Potatoes— Fancy Eastern Jersey, per hamper, $2.50. Tomatoes —Fancy ripe, 6-basket crate, per crate, $6.50. WHOLESALE FEED PRICES. Ton. Cwt. Acme bran $20.00 $1 35 Acme feed * 27.00 1.40 Acme midds 80 00 1.55 Acme dairy feed 7 37.25 1.90 E Z dairy feed 30.25 1.55 Acme H. & M 32.75 1.70 ■Acme stock feed 24.00 1 23 Cracked corn 3150 160 Acme chick feed 40.50 2.05 Acme scratch 37 50 1.90 E-Z scratch 33.25 1.80 Acme dry mash 40.00 205 Acme hog feed..... 39.00 2.00 Homllck yellow 26 (X) 1.35 Rolled barley 80 25 2.00 Alfalfa mol ~. 33.00 1,70 Cottonseed meal 88.00 1.95 Linseed oil meal 42.00 2.15 Chick mash 44.00 2.23 FLOUR AND MEAL. E-Z-Bake bakers' flour in 98-lb cotton bags $9.65 Corn meal in 100-lb cotton bags 1.95 INDIANAPOLIS PRODUCE. Eggs—Fresh, loss off, 18c. Poultry— Fowls, 20@23c: springers, 1% to 2 fbs, 35®40c; cocks, 10c old tom turkeys. 25c; young hen turkeys, 30c; cull, thin turkeys riot wanted: young tom turkeys, 30c; ducks, under 4 lbs, 15c: geese. 10 lbs and up, lie; squabs, 14 lbs to dozen, $4.30; guineas. 9 b size, per doz, $2, Butter—Buyers are paying 30@31e per lb for creamery butter, delivery in Indianapolis. Butterfat—Buyers are paying 25e per lb for butterfat, delivered in Indianapolis. CLEVELAND PRODUCE. CLEVELAND, May 27.—Butter—Extra, in tubs, 84®34%c: prints, 35@85%e; extra firsts, 33@33%e: firsts. 31%@32e: seconds, 22%@23c: fancy dairy, 14%® 23 yic; packing stock, 12@15c. Eggs— Fresh gathered northern extras, 27c; extra firsts, 26c; Ohio firsts, new cases, 23%c: old cases. 23%e: western firsts, new cases, 22%c. Poultry—Live heavy fowls, 26(0)27c : rooster*. 18c: broilers. 40®SOc.

GRAIN VALUES MAKE RECOVERIES Unfavorable Crop Reports Force Prices Upward. CHICAGO, May 27.—Grain quotations made recoveries on the Chicago Board of Trade i.oday after opening generaly lower. The later advances were due to reports that the rain In Nebraska and Kansas had slackened without materially aiding the wheat crops. Provisions were irregular. May wheat off 2c, at $1.66, and closed, up lc. July wheat opened off lc, at $1.27, and closed, up %c. May corn opened off %c, at 61%c, and closed, up l%c. July corn opened up %c, at 63%c, and closed, up l%c. September corn opened at 65%c, off %c, and closed up %c. May oats opened unchanged at 38%c, and closed, up %c. July oats opened off %c, at 40%c, and closed, up %c. September oats opened off %c, at 42%c, and closed, up %c. (By Thomson & McKinnon) —May 27 Wheat—There is no change in the character of the crop news, but the number of complaints has been less than recently. Some of the private authorities are moving eastward and are finding the stand thin with evidence of heading short. The goodly rains the last day or two have taken the edge off the crop news. Export demand has been slowed down by weakness In foreign exchange. About the only demand for cash wheat in this market is for the purpose of delivery on May sales and this demand is confined to smaller bosses, larger elevators having withdrawn from the market. Asa result, deliverable grains sold about 2 cents below a delivery basis. This condition is not due to any h lavy movement this way, but to the desire of the buyer for consumptive purposes to await developments. Corn and Oats—The material inroad into the visible supply of corn and the Frospeot of further heavy shipments rom here, together with the condition of the winter wheat crop have all served to create a number of friends for the coarse grains. So far, the demand appears ifiainly in corn for the reason that accumulations are decreasing more rapidly than the oats. Considering the relative price of wheat, corn and oats look cheap. The market i* in position to respond to .increased demand or a failing off of receipts. Provisions—The strength in corn has offset a weak hog market. It is claimed that consignments of lard to Europe are finding better consumptive demand than heretofore. This market is considered low enough and will respond to further strength In corn or a lighter movement of hogs. CHICAGO GRAIN. —May 27WHEAT— Open. High. Low. Close. Mav 1.86 It>9 1.65% 1.67 July 1.27 1.30 1.28 1.27% CORN—•May 63% July 63% 65% 62 v * 4% Sept..... 65% 67% 65% 66% OATS— May 38% 40% 38% 39% July...- 40- 41% 40% 40% Sept 42% 43% 12V* 42% PORK—•May 17.30 •July 1730 LARD—•May .... .... 9.35 July 9.60 9.60 9.00 9.60 RIBS—•May 9.75 RYE— Mav..... 1.63 1.65 1.63 163 July 122% 123% 120% 1.20*4 Sept 1.0C4* 1.08% 1.05 1.05 •NomlnaL CHICAGO CASH GRAIN. CHICAGO, May 27—Wheat—No i, red. $1.87%: No. 1, mixed, $1.63; No. 2, hard winter. $169%: No. 1, northern spring, $1.70; No. 2. northern spring. $167%. Corn—No 2, mixed, 63%®64%c; No. 2, white, 63®05%c . No. 2. yellow. 63%c; No. 2. mixed. 63%®64%c; No. 3, white. 64%e: No. 3, yellow. 63%®64%c; No. 4. mixed. 02%c: No. 8, white. 59%c; No. 6. yellow, 58®59c. Oats—No. 2, whits, 4t%®41%c; No. 3, white, 40%®41c; No. 4, white, 40%c. TOLEDO CASH GRAIN. TOLEDO, May 27.—Wheat —Cash and May, $1.54 bfj; July, $1,33. Corn—os® 07c. Oats—Cash. 42%®43%c. RyeCash, $1.48. Barley Cadi, < lc. Clover seed —Cash, sl3 75; October, $10.30; December. *lO 30. AUike 1 ash, sl3 50; August, *11.50; October, $10.50 bid. Timothy (19181 cash, $3 02%; < 10191 cash. $3.07%; (1920) cash and May, $312%; September, $3.45; October, $3.32%. PRIMARY MARKETS. (By Thomson & McKinnon) —May 27 — Receipts— Wheat. Corn. Oats. Chicago 88,00.) 661,000 207,000 Milwaukee .. 22,000 46.000 25,000 Minneapolis . 297,00" 28.000 20.000 Duluth 50.000 24.0C0 73,000 St. Louis .... 107.000 138,000 110,000 Toledo 10,000 11.000 16,000 Detroit 4,000 Kansas City, 202.000 46,000 12.000 Omaha 144,000 157.000 12,000 Indianapolis... 7,000 106,000 40.000

Totals 971,000 1.217.000 515.000 Year ago... 749.000 575,000 662,000 —Shipments— Wheat. Corn. Oats. Chicago 44 900 240.000 253.000 Milwaukee .. 106,900 1.000 25.000 Minneapolis , 84.000 18.000 34,000 Duluth 100X00 St Louis 525 00 52.000 26.0f0 Toledo 7,000 2,000 4.000 Kansas City. 242,000 44.000 14.000 Omaha 130,000 62.000 32.000 Indlauapolis... 1,000 11,900 38,000 Totals 765.000 439,000 424,000 Year ago... B<M,OOO 275,000 554.000 —Clearnvces— Dom. W. Corn. Oats. Philadelphia... 132,000 Baltimore ... ....... 301,000 Totals 132,000 301,000 Year ago... INDIANAPOLIS CASH GRAIN. —May 27Bids for car lots of grain and hay at tbe call of the Indianapolis Board of Trade were: Wheat —No sales. Corn—Steady : No. 2 white, 63®64c ; No. 3 white. 02® 63c; Nq. 4 white. 6"%® 62%c; No. 2 yellow, 62%@63c: No. 3 yellow, 61@61%c; No. 3 mixed, 61®62%c. Oats—Steady; No. 2 white, 41%@42%c; No. 3 white, 40%@4t%e. Hay—Steady! No 1 timothy. $lB 50® 19; No, 2 timothy, 518®18 50: No. 1 light clover mixed, $17.50@18; No, 1 clover hay, slo®l7. —lnspections Wheat—No. 2 red, 1 car; No. 3 red, 2 cars; No. 4 red, 1 car; sample, 2 cars; total, 6 cars. Corn —No. 1 white, 2 cars; Nq. 2 white, 30 cars; No. 3 white, 7 cars; No. 4 white, 1 car; No. 6 white, 1 car; No, 1 yellow, 5 cars; No. 2 yellow, 19 cars: No, 3 yellow, TO cars; No. 6 yellow, 1 car; No. 0 yellow, 1 car; No. 2 mixed, 4 cars; No. 3 mixed. 2 cars; ear, 1 car; total, 84 cars. Oats—NO. 1 white, 6 cars; No. 2 white, 36 ears; No. 3 white. 2 cars; No. 1 mixed, 1 car; total, 46 cars. Hay—No. 2 timothy, 1 car. HAY MARKET. The are the Indianapolis prices for hay by the wagon load : Hay—Loose timothy, new, $18@li); mixed hay, new, $10®17: baled, slo®l7. Oats —Bushel., new:, 35@38c. . Corn—New, 60®65c per bushel. WAGON WHEAT PRICES. Indianapolis flour mills and elevators today are paying $1.50 a bushel for No. I red winter wheat, $1.47 for No. 2 red winter-wheat and $1.44 for No. 3 red winter wheat. CHICAGO PRODICE. CHICAGO, May. 27.—Butter—Receipts. 1,208 tubs; creamery extra, 28c; firsts, 22®27c; packing riock, 14@15c. Egg— Receipts, ; 26,391 cases; current receipts, 20@21C; Ordinary firsts, 18® 19c; firsts, 21%@22<*; extras, 24@24%c; checks, 17%c; dirties. 18c. Cheese-Twins (new), 13%o: daisies. 1364®J4e; young Americas, 14%c; longhorns, 14®14%0; brick. 13%®14c. Live poultry—Turkeys, 25c; chickens, 2Tc. roosters, 12c; geese, 15®20?; ducks. 25® 80c. Potato—Receipts, 57 cars; Northern Whites,; 59®65r per cwt.; Louisiana 1 sad Texas. $2.15®2.25 <per bbL

Weather The following table shows the state of the weather at 7 a. m„ May 27, as observed by U. S: Weather Bureaus: Station. Bar. Tsmp. Weather. Indianapolis, Ind.. 29.85 72 Clear Atlanta, Ga 30.00 74 Clouoy Amarillo, Texas... 29.84 60 Clear Bismarck. N. D.... 29.72 56 Clear Boston, Mass 30.04 ( 68 Clear Chicago, 111 29.78 68 Cloudy Cincinnati, 0hi0... 29.88 72 PtCldy Cleveland. 0hi0.... 29.92 62 Cloudy Denver, Colo 29.82 54 Clear Hodge City, Kan.. 29.82 54 Clear Helena, Mont 29.84 40 Rain Jacksonville, Fla.. 30.04 74 PtCldy Kansas City, M 0... 29.72 84 Clear Louisville, Ky 29.90 72 Cloudy Little Rock, Ark.... 29 86 70 Clear Los Angeles, Cal... 29.84 5(1 Clouuy Mobile, Ala 30.02 74 Clear New Orleans, La... 29.98 74 PtCldy New York, N. Y.. 30.08 70 Cloudy Norfolk, Ya 30.10 60 Cloudy Oklahoma City .... 29.78 66 Clear Omaha, Neb 29.62 64 Cloudy Philadelphia, Pa... 30.08 70 Clear Pittsburgh, Pa 28.96 66 Clear Portland, Ore 30.18 46 Cloudy Rapid City, S. D.. 29.70 56 Clear Roseburg, Ore. ... 80.16 38 Clear San Antonio, Texas 29 86 72 Cloudy San Francisco, Cal. 29.74 52 PtCldy St. Louis, Mo 29.76 70 Clear St. Paul, Minn 29.08 72 Cloudy Tampa, Fla 30.02 76 PtCldy Washington, D. C.. 30.08 02 Cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. Since Thursday morning showers and thunderstorms have occurred in the middle and upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the extreme western Lakes region and In the far northwest. High temperatures continue over the middle and eastern sections, but it is now considerably cooler in western Canada and the North Pacific States. A temperature of * degrees below freezing, with snow, is reported from Edmonton, Alberta. CORN AND WHEAT BFLLETIN. For the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a m . 90th meridian time, Friday, May 27, 1921: Temper- I ature. £ ■ sjj ae i Stations of j ~aSi c ® District. Z? £-£■ if® ?• c*: £5“ s i 0 52 South Bend j 77 I 64 ] 0.24 | Slippery Angola 76 ! 58 0 Fair Ft. Wayne 70 I 62 0 Wheatfleld 87 !66 0.08 Good Rovol Center.... 76 i 60 0 Good Marion 82 I 05 0.12 Good Lafayette 80 i 70 0 Good Farmland 78 1 65 0.08 Good Indianapolis .... 79 ! 69 j 0 Good Cambridge City ’64 | 0 Good Terre Haute 80 : 70 0.01 j Good Bloomington .... 79 f 67 0 ■ Fair Columbus 84 : 66 ! O’ Fair Vincennes 87 ] 68 i 0.26 1 Soft Paoll 78 69 ! 0.45 | Fair Evansville 80 j 70 j 001 ! J. H. ARMINGTON, Meteorologist. Weather Bureau. WHEAT ACREAGE SHOWS DECREASE Entire Crop of United States 88.8 Per Cent Normal.

Only 3 per cent of the 1.953.000 acres of wheat sown in Indiana last fall were abandoned np to May 1, according to the last report made by the United States Department of Agriculture. This leaves 1.894.0C0 acres for harvest this year compared with 1.950,000 acre* last year and 2,800,000 in 1919. The principal damage to the crop last fall was caused by Hessian Gy. There was no winter killing in any part of the- State, but floods did slight damage in a few southern counties. The condition of the wheat crop May 1 was 90 per cent of normal, according to the report, compared with 65 per cent last year, and indicates a total production of approximately 32.896,000 bushels, which Is about the average for the State. For the United States, there is 38,721.000 acres of winter wheat remaining for harvest this year compared with 37,773,000 acres last year and 49,106,000 acres In 1919. The condition of the entire crop Is 88.8 per cent of normal and indicates a total production of 629,287,000 bushels. Last year, the total production amounted to 577,763.000 bushels and in 1919 it was 729,503.000 bushels. Many farmers of the State are said to be pessimistic regarding the final outturn of the crop, as there is a peculiar yeilowlshness in many gectious that does not look good, and many fields are infected with Hessian fly and other iaj jurlous insects. The rye acreage for grain in Indiana i this year amounts to 313.000 acres, showing an Increase of 3.000 acres over last i year The condition w s 95.2 per rent of ! normal Mav 1, and Indicates a total yield 1 of 5,002.000 bushels, compared with 4,334,000 last year and 5,040.000 for 1919. For the entire United States the rye harvest this year totals 4,544,000 acres. The condition May 1 was 92.5 per cen: of normal and Indicates a total production of 72,700.000, compared with 69,319,000 for last year and 88,909,000 bushels In 1919. There was an Increase of 3 per cent in the tame hay acreage this year over last, making a total cf 2,271.000. The aor *; age of wild hav decreased slightly and now stands at approximately 21,000 acres. The condition of all hay May 1 was 93 per cent of normal, compared with 87 per cent on the same date last y ea *' JjUIL. rating a total production of J.iuo.ow tons for the State. According to reports, th-re is still 19 per cent of the last years crop still on the farms and amounts to 546,000 tons, which Is considerable greater than the flve-.vear acreage. The acreage of tame hay for the entire United States shows an increase of 1.7 per cent over -that of last year, while wild hay shows a decrease of 2 per cent for the same period. The conditions of all hav May 1 was 91.5 per cent of nor_ noil and Indicates a total production of 107,884,000 tons for the United btates. Os the total crop produced In the United States last year there is 18 per cent or 19.440,000 tons still remaining on the fa Up*to May 1, 58 per cent of the plowing for spring planting and sowing in the State had been completed and 49 per cent of the planting and sowing had been done, which is considerably less than had been done on the same date last >e por the United States 77.8 per cent of the plowing and 63.5 per cent of the planting and sowing had been reported 1 condition of pastures in Indiana was 9° per cent of normal May 1. compared'with 72 per cent last year at the fia por "the" United States the condition of pastures was 91.8 per cent of normal. Tim mortality of live stock In Indiana during the year ending May 1. was slightly lower than the five year average and was attributed to the unusually mild winter more than to any other thing. For horses and mules*lt wag 17 per 1,090 from disease.: for cattle it was 16 per 1.000 from disease and 6 per 1,000 from exposure; for sheep it was 2i per 1,000 from disease and 10 per 1,000 from exposure; for lambs It was 50 per 1.000 from both disease and exposure and the fame for swine. , The condition of live stock In the State fcS compared with normal was 95 for horses and 94 for sheep and swine. For the United States the mortality per 1000 w as 14.6 per cent for horses and mules, 17 for cattle from disease, and 9.3 per cent from exposure; for sheep it was rv> 9 f rotn disease, and 14.8 from exposure; for lambs, all causes, it was 46.2 and for swine 44.2. The condition of horses compared with normal was 96.2 per cent ; cattle, 93.8 per cent.; sheep, 95.4 per cent, and swine 94.4 per cent. SWORDFISH BCI TTLES SHIP. NAIROBI, Africa, May 27.—An Arab dhow, after crossing the Indian Ocean, was making Its way down the Benadlr Coast toward Mombasa when it was attacked by a giant swordfjsh. Efforts to drive the fish away proved futile, and after one or two charges it succeeded In piercing the hull of the boat, sinking it almost immediately, Tlis crew managed to swim ssherfcir, '

FAMOUS WOMAN , DEFIER OF EARL , DIES IN DENVER Moved on to Nobleman’s Hunting Preserve and ‘Staked OuV Claim , DENVER, May 27.—Mrs. John J. Manford, who gained fame half a century ago by her determined and successful "smoking out” from the Estes Park region of the Earl of Dunraven, and who was known to thousands of American tourists who have visited the Rocky Mountain National Park, is dead. She succumbed to a surgical operation in a Longmont (Colo.) hospital, and was buried In Loveland, Colo., last week. As Miss Flora Shoemaker, Mrs. Manford abandoned a prosperous dressmaking business in Denver, in the early 70s, to become a ‘‘squatter’ on land in the Estes park region that Lord Thomas Wyndbam, Earl of Dunraven, had attempted to acquire as a "hunting preserve.” Lord Thomas made his first visit to the Estes park region, now the Rocky Mountain National Park in 1872. He was so delighted with the country that, a few years later, he started a Campaign to secure title to the entire countryside and keep It as a vast estate upon which he and his friends of English nobiltiy could hunt big game. It was charged In some quarters that a number of men were hired to homestead the region and turn their claims over to the Earl. He secured, it is said, title to more than 16,000 acres before the Federal Government learned of his lordship's plans, and moved to check them. Learning from an "inside'’ source that Uncle Sam was preparing to contest the Earl of Dunraven’s claims, and that the territory might be thrown open to new entry. Miss Shoemaker closed out her modiste establishment and went to the park, After carefully scrutinizing the "estate” of Lord Thomas, Miss Shoemaker selected a particularly beautiful tract on the west bank of Fish Creek, just opposite a palatial hotel and casino that the foreign nobleman had erected to house hie visiting friends. Miss Shoemaker quietly filed a homestead entry on the tract ind pitched a tent for her temporary home. A tremendous protest was voiced by the English colony against this invasion, and some threats are said to have been made upon the young woman's life. She defied the Earl and his guests, and, purchasing a rifle and a goodly supply of ammunition "dared” any one to oust her. For weeks following. Miss Shoemaker was subjected to numerous petty annoyances. She was unable to hire men to build her house or do any work about her claim. Undaunted, she started the arduous task of shaping with her own hands a log cabin. Several night attacks were made on her lonely shack, but the Intruders were driven away when she opened up with volleys from her rifle. At the end of a few months, Miss Shoemaker had completed a log home, and also built a substantial fence around most of her property, "under the noses” of the protesting Englishmen. The plucky “squatter's” determination and success inspired others and soon new settlers began to "stake out” claims on the land desired by the Earl of Dunraven, contesting his title to the property. They came so rapidly and In such numbers that Lord Thomas lost hope of holding the domain, relinquishing his claims and leaving the country forever. The Manfords have operated a chain of cottages for the benefit of tourists for the past few years. All Things Come to Those Who Wait NEWPORT. R 1.. May 27—An emigrant from Sweden less than six months ago, with no money and few clothes, Martha J. Ekberg. 19 years old. bandsome waitress at the Muenchinger King Hotel, Is now the bride of Burton J. Baldwin, proprietor of that hostelry. The ceremony was performed in the United Congregational Church, the bride's only attendant being her aunt, Mrs. Charles Steijen. Quick to learn the duties of a waitress. Miss Ekberg became a favorite of Ihe late Mrs. Amanda S. Muenchiuger, owner of The hotel, and immediately after the latter’s death, the young Swedish girl came into possession of the costly Jewels and wonderful wardrobe of the hotel owner. By the will of Mrs. Muenchinger the entire SIOO,OOO estate was left to Mr. Baldwin, who had been her managing director for several years.

Marriage Licenses Lawrence Hammill, 2703 E. Washington st 21 Lou Horner, 6 E. Tenth st 36 Elmer Watkins, 1611 Garfield place... 41 Mary Buckner, 37 E. Thirty-Second st. 49 Walter Sturgeon, 428 Araolda st 32 Ruth Jackson, 428 Arnolds st 32 Leonard Pfleger, 1029 E. Ohio st 26 Agnes Anderson, 847 Oxford st.. 21 Houston Pitzger, 315 TV. St. Clair st.. 26 Anna Hill, 1406 Arsenal are 25 John Wilson, 1024 Spruce st 26 May McGathey, 1040 S. Illinois st 25 Carl Chipan, Decatur. 11l 21 Goldie Terneas, Decatur, 111 21 Arthur Stewart, 1541 Shelby st 31 Carrie Stewart, 1723 Shelby st 21 William Moore. 1157 Roosevelt ave.... 47 Rosa Page, 224% W. Fifteenth st 44 Fred Warner, 630 Division st 56 Stella Hasewrikle, 630 Division st 3S Births Arthur and Mary Cohee, 2937 Paris, boy twins. Marul and Madeline Freyvonx, St. Vincent Hospital, boy. 1 Edward and Margaret Masterson, £915 Sangster, boy. Carl and Mary Becker, 4111 Park, girl. Samuel and Mattick, 752 Ivetcbam, boy. Hal and Edna Situs, 529 Udell, girl. William and Mary Kervan, 625 North Rural, girl. Theodore and Oral Luetleman, £347 Hoyt, boy. Charles and Theresa Webber, 1220 North Garfield, boy. Harry and Irene Ringenberger, £263 Kenwood, boy. Corwin and Irene Weaver, 907 East Minnesota, boy. Willis and Henriette Medcalfe, Deaconess Hospital, boy. Herald and Elizabeth Carl, 1405 St. Paul, boy. John and Genevieve Greiner, 1125 West Thirty-Second, girl. Ralph and Wanda Feustermaker, 146 East Forty-Fourth, girl. Harry and Bertha Reed, 2308 East Washington, girl. Hugh and Lucile Mullen, 2838 North Western, girl. John and Elnora Springer, 2022 South Meridian, girl. Rufus and Minnie Freeman, 2339 Sheldon, girl. Herbert and Violet Winburu, 1533 Wade boy. Deaths Infant Schooler, 6 days. 617 West Michigan, premature birth. Mary E. O'Dell, 64, 3375 West Tenth, cerebral hemorrhage. Mollie James, 44, 1332 Columbia, carcinoma. Marie Lee Druit, 66, 520 F.ast Vermont, carcinoma. Frederick W. Klein. 60, 1147 English, ehronic myocarditis. William Rowland. 70, city hospital, sarcoma. Marie Liese. 64, Methodist Hospital, chronic myocarditis Thelma Rehman, 17, l)eacone?6 Hos pltal. appendicitis. La urn B White. <io. 935 West ThirtySecond, cerebral hemorr 1 ■ e. Mary Belle Mascoe, 55, 3120 Morgan, carcinoma •• Mary G. Clifton. 66. 33 Parkview chronic ("terstiH 1 ne '* f Arte Dildine, "A oi'

DENIES HE IS 1 CHILD’S FATHEI Millionaire, 76, Accuses Bel gian Wife, 30, in Suit. DETROIT, May 27.—"1f there is an] Justice in the world the stain will be re moved from the parentage of my llttl girl," says Mrs. Madeline Beals Corby the wife of Thomas W. Corby, Gross Point millionaire, who Is asking lor at annulment of their marriage, and whi alleges he is not the father of Vfarh Theresa Corby, eighteen months old The suit of the scVenty-six-years-oK millionaire and his thirty-year-old wlf< features the centuries oil . drama o youth and age, a prenuptial separatioi agreement and the dispute 1 parentage O: a child. It shows, too, some of the remote consequences of the war which oi the death of Mrs. Corby’s first husband Maurice Beals, left her stranded in th< country, unable to get back to her relalives In Belgium. Maurice Beals was a yonng Belgiai contractor who had made Detroit hli home. In the course of a business transaction ho met Mr. Corby and il connection witlv this transaction tb< Grossa Point millionaire called at th< Eeals’ home. There he met Mrs. Beals golden of hair, and blue of eyes. When he returned from California severa' months later to learn of her hnsband'i death, according to Mrs. Corby, he askeC ber to preside in his home. It was stipu lated that she was not to be regarded at a servant. , —-x This was In August, 1918, ana ns Mn. Beals could not return to her relatives in Belgium at that time and her first hus band's estate was not then settled, she agreed. Mr. Corby's seventy-odd years were resting lightly on him, and he looked scarcely more than fifty-five, says his wife. He was kind to her and she liked him. Their acquaintance ripened into something more than platonic friendship, Mrs. Corby admits, but declares he de* layed marrying her. Finally they were married in May, 1919, but Mrs. Corby maintains that the aged millionaire Insisted on her signing a separation agreement before he would marry her. According to this agreement. In case of legal separation, she was to receive $50,000 in lieu of dower rights. A few months after the ceremony the baby, Marie Theresa, was bora and "Mr. Corby was very much delighted and called the baby his ‘heiress,’ ” Mrs. Corby said, adding; "He seemed very fond of her until he quarreled with me and then he turned against her too. When I had arranged to go to Europe last June to settle my mother's estate everything was all right, hut my trip was delayed a week and that time Mr. Corby and I quarreled. The quarrel was over money matte.rs. Then he started the suit I Have had no money from him since we separated. “Then." Mrs. Corby added with tears in her eyes. "Mr. Corby's lawyers brought suit charging Mr. Corby is not the father of Marie Theresa.’’ OUR NEWLY RICH TICKLE FRENCHY Jokes About Quest for Titles. PARIS, May 27.—" The first man to he king was a poet, and the last king to rule upon this earth will, without doubt, be an American multi-millionaire, who will buy a crown and a nation.” Clement Vautel, French humorist, thus turns np the conclusions of a host of Freneh writers who have been having a lot of fun at the expense of A r-(ce n millionaires whose money is bolstering up ruined monarchies in Europe. Official announcement of the engagement of young William Leeds to the Princess Xenia, niece of the King of Greece, has bronght out all the timeworn Jobes about Chicago pork-packers, who kidnaped daughters of bankrupt dukes, much to the delight of the dukes. The French papers recount all the adventures of AnDe Gculd with her eounf-hus-ha;id. the marriage of Helen Zimmerman of Cincinnati to the Duke of Manches(er and numerous other matrimonial al-. (lances between American money and European titles. TITLE HUNTERS SCARCE. "We mnst admit that the Yanbes millionaires are gaining ground rapidly," says Le Petit Bleu. “In tbs pari they were content to marry daughter? of dukes, barons or counts whose coats-of-arms had lost their gilt edge ages ago. But since the war the American millionaire has becoma a valuable article of Importation. “Now we learn that one of President Harding's ‘subjects' has announced his engagement with a princess—not a contraband princess, not a princess of recent nobility, not one of the kind of princesses that frequent our Paris night dancing clubs —but a real princess born la the shadow of a throne They say that King Constantine first opposed the alliance, but that his hesitation was of short duration when he learned how much money young Leeds was bringing into the royal family.” NEEDED HIS CROWN REPAIRED. Vautel's version is slightly different. King Constantine pondered a moment. says Vautel, and frankly remarked ; ‘‘All right—my crown needs to ba resoldered.” But. adds Vautel, there should be no objection to such alliances, providing one of the last “American kings” doesn’t let his ambition run away with him and disturb Europe. “After all," he writes, “one of these American kings of steel, or of pork, or of celluloid collars is the equal either of a small or a great princessi Furthermore, It is only Just to say that William Leeds Is a fine boy and that, lespite the money he Is taking int* the adventure, it was also a love af'alr. Europe may expect to see othafv of the same kind.” Ask Portland’s City Council to Pray PORTLAND. Ore., May 27—That the city council of Portland should be a subject for prayer is the mature conclusion of the Portland Ministerial Association—and other citizens may agree with ths reverend body. The ministers have sent a request to City Commissioner Pier that all sessions of the council be opened with prayeg hereafter. There Is no budget appropriation tbr prayers for the city fathers, however, and adoption of the suggestion will depend on whether the ministers consider (he need great enough to voluntarily offer their services.

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