Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 40, 28 December 1914 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, DEC. 28, 1914.

VITALITY OF WOMAN SAVES GROFF FROM EXECUTION IN CHAIR Pox Sends Husband Assailant to Prison for Short Term Upon His Plea of Guilty. "Your wife's unusual vitality Is all that saved you from the electric chair," Judge Fox told William Groff, 60, today and sentenced Groff to a term of two to fourteen years in the state penitentiary with a fine of $100 additional. . For the past month, Groff has said

at times that he would plead guilty to ; assault and battery with intent to murder If taken in court. At the time set, he refused and was returned to his cell. Today he was brought to court. He nodded his head and said "yes" to the affidavit. He was Immediately sentenced according to the statute. Groff Slashes Wife. On Sept. 8, Groff waylaid his wife while she was returning home from a factory in which she was employed, and slashed her with a knife he had been sharpening for the purpose for two weeks prior to the attack. Her throat was cut, abdomen pierced, body slashed and the muscle was almost cut from her left arm. No hope was given for her recovery by two or three physicians but in' spite of poor facilities for caring for her at her home, she improved and has been out for a month. According to law, Groff can be held until September 8, 1915, and can be tried for murder if Mrs. Groff dies before that time. He was indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill by the grand jury Nov. 11. After the judge pronounced sentence on him, Groff made remarks about his wife which indicated the degree of malice he still bears toward her. REV. MOTLEY GIVES CHRISTMAS SERMON Central Christian Pastor Proclaims Message of Salvation at Evening- Hour. The Rev. W Christmas Christian l u ' '!! ley delivered a !! ;r ike Centra! yestr ri'ay moi ning on "The W' 'Mil's Grt atest Birthday." "The birth of Christ was tbr g widest birthday .f the world." srir! !!ov. Motley, b ai:Fo it iran?cpnds ail others. I: :'m:,Ii,s every phar-f cre.tti'iv, ;d '.. universal and fterr.a! in its ap'.'Lri.Mcn. it r liber; y lies- vof si!', had i i Aris-.'oi I0'!'.:. the V; born mako;; hday of hope, puro, i (I its great e"i .un";" i: was the b!i i tv a'- and Al'V-a ndr i ' iifr.io; IMa'.o a 'id " op'iy; Cicero and v :;:'' y, but before 1 : . mi c 'e had been ! ::- -hip His birth : i' n from the r.v.'X the devil; salva;:iy and spiri' ; salvoworhl. the f! rh tion of mind, b tion for time ar.d for eternity." PASTORS TAKE OVER CHARGE OF MISSION Association Favors Effort to Increase Church Attendance On Sunday. Work of the fourteenth street mission will be taken over by the various Friends churches of the city, and the general public will be asked to give financial and moral support to the work as in the past. The ministerial association decided not to makf the work inter-denominational, but to keep it under the control of one denomination. Just how the work will he carried on is not known. The association passed a resolution of thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Elizabeth Candler, who has carried on the work for several years. Some time ago she expressed u desire to give up the charge. It is probable that she will be asked to continue the work. Favor Member Canvass. A full report was not received from the committee having charge of the matter of holding an every member at church Sunday In January. Since the body of ministers were all favorable to holding such a day, it was not felt necessary to take action on that phase of the question, and the association voted to leave the matter of selecting a date with the Evangelistic committee. A communication was received from Dr. McFarland. secretary of the peace movement of the Federated Council of the churches of Christ in America, asking the backing of all the churches of the city in passing resolutions asking for a speedy termination of the present great war. Kcv. W. H. Motley, pastor of the Central Christian church read a paper n "The Church of Today," in which lie showed how it was necessary for the church to adjust itself to present day conditions, in order to keep up with the modern trend of the times. FALL BREAKS RIB FOR FRED WHITE Fred R. White, of the Gardner, essup - White firm and president of the Central Charities Bureau, is recovering from an accident. Mr. White slipped on the icy sidewalk Thursday on Main street, between Ninth and Tenth streets. As he fell his side Btruck the edge of a step, breaking a rib He will be able to leave his home within a few days. BUS REPLACES CAR. Because the hospital car is out of r-omnilssion, the Westcott hotel bus will be used tonight to take persons to and from the Reid Memorial hospital, where the annual musical program will be presented tonight. Persons going out in the bus have been ashed to met at the hotel at 7:30 u'clock,

LATE MARKET NEWS Edited by A. D. Cobb, Agricultural Expert.

BUSINESS CAUTION DEPRESSES MARKET Henry Clews Believes Undue Hesitancy Reacts Against Activity in Stocks. BY HENRY CLEWS. NEW YORK, Dec. 28. The quietness usual at this season of the year is intensified by the feeling of caution which exists in all parts of the country. It is a fair question to ask if this caution is not going beyond reason and reaching a stage where it must react, as all sentiment does when allowed to go to extremes? It is quite true there have been many reasons for depression in this extraordinary year of 1914. But many of these reasons no longer exist; some have been amply discounted and others of a positively encouraging nature have not had an opportunity to exert their full influence. Among the. reasons for uncertainty which no longer exist are the Mexican difficulties, the anti-trust and investigation manias and the tariff re-adjustment. These important problems absorbed attention during the first half of the year, but since they have been ignored, and for five months the market has had unexpectedly to face the most colossal war in history. The entire business world received a shock which it will take years to obliterate. So far as this country is concerned, however, the effect has been very largely discounted. Business quickly adjusted itself to war conditions, and is now going along nearly "as usual." In the future this market is more likely to be sensitive to news indicating peace than to news of an opposite character. The indications are that, the war may last as long as at one time feared; and, if peace should come within the next six months, the financial effects will prove less disastrous than anticipated, as all. the belligerents are showing a greater ability to meet the costs than was calculated upon. The war, therefore, while still a matter of groat uncertainty, has been well discounted in this market, and should not produce any further material depression unless disaster occur which at i ho moment seem beyond the range of probabilities. FIGURES FOR HOGS TO REMAIN LOWER FOR REST OF YEAR ' It looks now as though the $7 hog lias had his day for this year," said Jerome Shurley of Glen Miller stock j yard today. "Wtih the lifting of the quarantine in thirty-six more counties, in Illinois, and also the lifting of the! embargo in Kentucky and Ohio, all! buyers are predicting large shipments j of hogs this week." The receipts on Saturday were light owing to Christinas coming on 1' ri-! day, and the circulation of a report that the yards were again quaran-1 tined. This report originated from the j fact that some Preble county farmers j brought several loads of hogs to Rich-! ranod to load at the railroad yards, J which was in violation of the interstate quarantine laws. Quarantines Shipmnet. Dr. Clem quarantined the hogs and the railroad yards but in no way did this action have any connection with the Glen Miller yards, which have complied to the letter with the quarantine regulations and have the approval of both Dr. Wagoner, Federal inspector, and Dr. Clem, state inspectior, and farmers need have no fear of getting their stock handled as fast as they deliver it. The largest deliveries of hogs for the week were as follows: Charles Strader, 22 head that brought $6.75; Luther King, 50 head, averaging 240 pounds that topped the market at $7.00; H. S. Bogan, 37 head averaging 316 pounds; Charles Showalter, 48 head. The following men had stock on the market during the week. Edward Ewbank, T. Tschaem, Russell White, T. S. Bogan, Harvey Osborne, O. M. Jennings, Miles Shute, Garnett Ringley, Scott Edwards. Charles Meyers, Elmer Kendall, Wilbur Davis, H. W. Ewing, A. C. Dickinson, J. Morgan, J. Lybolt, Charles Strader, H. S. Bogan, Roy Sheffer, Edward Cotton. RECORD OF HOGS HAULED TO YARDS The daily receipts and shipments at the Glen Miller stock yards for the week ending Saturday, Dec. 26, were as follows: Day Hogs Cattle Cars Monday . 73 1 Tuesday 154 2 Wednesday 71 4 1 Thursday 118 9 2 Saturday 174 20 3 Total receipts 590 hogs, 24 calves, 9 cattle 9 car loads. Top. price Saturday for hogs $6.75. QUARANTINE CATTLE IN ALLEN COUNTY BY LEASED WIRE. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 28. Government veterinarians today placed a strict quarantine over Allen county, affecting all hoofed animals. Caitle can not be removed from - farm, to farm and many of the roads have been ordered closed. Several new cases of foot and mouth disease, discovered today, cause this action. A machine has been devised for imitating the noise of an aeroplane en- j gme. wun tne onject or alarming hostile troops.

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LONGS SELL HEAVY ON WHEAT MARKET James A. Patten Starts Selling Movement and Scat- ' tered Longs Follow in Wake. BY LEASED WIRE. CHICAGO, Dec. 28 The feature of the wheat market today was the heavy selling by scattered longs who followed in the footsteps of James A. Patten. The latter inaugurated a selling movement early and the trade with wheat on hand sdld, and in addition to this there was heavy selling in the way of putting out short lines. There was a partial change in sentiment with the bears in the majority, and resting spots for the day showed net losses of 1 to 1. Corn Closed 1 to lc lower; oats were off c, and hog products were unchanged to 2c lower. The visible supply of wheat decreased 2,253,000 bushels and oats increased $1,165,000 bushels the past week. Cash transactions were: Wheat, 180,000, of which 40,000 bushels were at the gulf; 250,000 bushels of corn, with 20,000 for export, and 1,350,000 bushels of oats, with 1,100,000 for export. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Furnished by Correll and Thompson. I. O. O. P. Bldg. Phone 146. Am. Can 24 Amal. Cop 60 Am. Beet Sugar ZZM Am. Smelter 56 U. S. Steel 48 B. R. T 84 Utah Copper 48 Atchison 91 St. Paul 87 1i Gt. Nor. pfd 113 Lehigh aVlley 130 N. Y. Central 82 Northern Pacific 996 Pennsylvania 104 Reading 1424 Southern Pacific 81 Union Pacific 115 24 52 Vi 33 56 49 84 48 9H4 87 113 13074 84 99!,i 104 143 82 116 CHICAGO GRAIN WHEAT Open. 128 131 Close 126 128 119 66 73 74 49 53 $18.62 $19.20 $10.24 December I May iJuly .121 CORN December May July December 67 74 73 OATS 49 54 MESS PORK. $18.70 , $19.45 LARD. $10.05 $10.75 May January May . . . January May ... You with

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Farmers Can Improve Conditions by Insisting on "Loss off Basis. Indiana has a bad system of marketing eggs, causing an immense number of poor quality of eggs to be brought upon the market. This lowers the price and reduces the profit to the producer. Some of the causes of this condition must be placed on the buyer. Competition is so strong with egg buyers that- they are afraid i to buy eggs "loss off," for fear of losing trade. Some competitors will take eggs "case count," and since it seems to be the desire of many farmers to sell eggs by this method, he gets all the trade. Some day the buyers are going to- get up enough courage to agree to buy all eggs "loss off," or according to quality only, and then there will be some equality of prices for eggs. If every farmer in the community will demand of his buyer that he pays for eggs on the quality basis, he will find the average buyer only too willing to grant the demand. Popular opinion can control almost any situation, and if It be the sentiment of any community to obtain fair prices for eggs, those prices will soon be forthcoming. There are some Indiana buyers who are now feebly trying to buy eggs "loss off," and the producers should surely encourage them. If there happens to be some real stubborn buyer in a community it would certainly bo advisable for the farmers to ship tho eggs to some other buyer who wfil more than make up the difference in order to obtain good eggs. This is a condition that can be controlled by the farmers. They can make it what they want it to be, if they will stand together and demand a market where the method of buying is "loss off." RIBS. January $10.62 $10.26 May $10.65 $10.60 CHICAGO WHEAT CHICAGO, Dec. 28 Wheat: No. 2 red $1.261.29, No. 3 red $1.25 1.28, No. 2 hard winter $1.261.29, No. 3 hard winter $1.25 1. 28, No. 1 4 northern spring $1.151.24, No. 3 northern spring $1.21. Corn: No. 2 mixed 67 '4 68, No. 2 white 6768, No. 2 yellow 67 68, No. 3 mixed 6667, No. 3 white 6768, No. 3 yellow 6768, No. 4white 6667 No. 4 yellow 66!a67. Oats: No. 2 white 50 j 51, No. 3 white 4950, No. 4 white 4949, standard 50(S50. CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 28 Hogs: Receipts 4,000, market active, packers and butchers $7.00'5T7.40, common to choice $5.506.60, pigs and lights j $5.507.40, stags $4.505.75. Cattle: I Receipts 600, market steady, steers j $4.257.50, heifers $4.257.00, cows $3.256.00, calves $5.0010.00. Sheep: Receipts 200. market steady, $2.25 7.55, lambs steady, $5.7o7.55. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK UNION STOCK YARDS, 111., Dec. 28. Hogs: Receipts 35,000, market 1015c higher, mixed and butchers $6.857.40, good heavies $7.10g7.35, rough heavies$6.857.05, light $6.85 Our

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7.35. pigs $5.356.50, bulk of sales $7.107.30. Cattle: Receipts 18.000, market steady to strong, beeves $7.00 8.60. cows and heifers $3.508.40, stockers and feeders $4.506.50, Texans $6.007.25, calves $7.009.50. Sheep: Receipts 15,000, market 10c higher, natives and westerns $3.65fi 6.45, lambs ?5.758.50. -o

INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28. Hogs: Receipts 7,500, market 15c higher, best hogs $7.40, heavies $7.257.40, pigs $7.257.40, bulk of sales J7.257.40. Cattle: Receipts 450, market steady, choice heavy steers $8.508.00, light steers $8.25 8.75, heifers $6.507.75, cows $6.007.00. bulls $6.256.85, calves $4.008.50. Sheep and lambs: Receipts 150. market steady, prime sheep $4.254.75, lambs $7.258.00. TOLEDO GRAIN. TOLEDO, O., Dec. 28.: Wheat: Cash and December $1.2714. May $1.31, Corn: Cash 70, December 63, May 75. Oats: Cash 52 V4, December 51, May 56. No. 2 rye $1.11. Cloverseed: Prime cash and December $9.65, Mar. $9.60. Alsike: Prime cash and December $9.32, March $9.50. Timothy: Prime cash and December $3.52, March, $3.60. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO, Dec. 28. Butter: Receipts 5,449 tubs, ceamery extras 33, extra firsts 3131, firsts 2729, packing stock 2021. Eggs: Receipts 3,068 cases, current receipts 2234, ordinary hirsts 3132, firsts 3435, rxtras 4041, dirties 16 n. Cheese: Twins, new, 14, dairies 14, Young Americas 15, longhorns 15. brick 14. Live Poultry: Turkeys 15, chickens 1011, springers 11, roosters 9, geese 1212, ducks 13. Potatoes: Receipts 20 cars, Wisconsins and Michigans 35(ft:45. v PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK PITTSBURG, Dec. 28. Cattle: sup ply 35 cars, market active, prices higher; choice steers $9.159.35, prime steers $8.759.10, good steers $8.25 8.75, tidy butchers $7.508.25, common $6 $6.50, common to fat bulls $5.507.50, common to fat cows $4 $7.25, heifers $6 6.50, veal valves $10 $10.50, havy and thin calves $78. Sheep and Lambs: Supply very light and prices higher; prime wethers $5.85 $6, good mixed $5.40 5.75, fair mixed $4.755.25, culls and common $2(7i3.50, lambs $68.90. , Hogs: Receipts 40 cars, market active, higher; prime heavy $7.45, mediums $7.50(57.55, heavy Yorkers $7.50 7.55, light Yorkers $7.55(7.60, pigs $7.557.60, roughs $66.50. stags $5.75S$6.25, heavy mixed, $7.457.50. NEW YORK PRODUCE N Y PRODUCE NEW YORK, Dec. 28. Dressed Poultry: Quiet; chickens 1225, Fowls 1217, turkeys 1223, ducks 8fil5, geese 1015. Live Poultry: Firmer; chickens 12 (riUVs, fowls 1314i2. turkeys 14 15, roosters 10V2, ducks 1416, geese 147?15. Butter: Stronger; creamery extras 32435, creamery firsts 3034, state dairy, tubs, 2433, process extras 251426, creamery specials 3336. Cheese: Quiet, 1516, whole milk

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extras 39 40, firsts 36 37. RICHMOND MARKETS LIVE STOCK Glen Miller Prices HOGS. Heavies $6.60 Heavy yorkers $6.60 Light yorkers $6.60; Pigs $5.75 and $6.00 CATTLE. Best steers $7.00 Good cows $5.00 and $8.00 Bulls $4.50 and $5.00 Canners $2.50 and $3.50 Calves $8.50 for Saturday delivery. FEED QUOTATIONS Timothy hay, paying $18. Rye straw, paying $7. Wheat straw, paying $6. Oats straw, paying $7. Oats, paying 45c. New corn, paying 60c. Red clover seed, paying $7. Timothy seed, paying $2.50 bushel. Bran selling $28 ton. Middlings, selling $30 ton. Salt. $1.40 barrel. PRODUCE (Corrected dally by Ed Cooper. Old chickens dressed, paying 18c; selling, 25c. Young chicl- is dressed, pay in 18c; scllin- 23c. Country butter, paying 25 to 30c; selling 30c to 35c. Eggs, paying 35c; selling 40c. Country lard paying lie; selling 15c. Creamery butter, selling 38c. GRAIN MARKET (Corrected daily by Richmond Roller Mills. Phone 2019.) Wheat paying $1.15, oats paying 40c, old corn paying 55, rye paying 75c. COAL PRICES. (Quotations corrected daily by Hackman, Klefoth &. Co. Anthracite nut. $8.60; Anthracite No. 4 and egg, $8.35; Pocahontas lump or egg, $5.75; .Pocahontas mine run, $4.50; Pocahontas slack, $4.00; Jackson lump or egg, $5.75; Winifred, $4.75; Jewel. $5.25; Tennessee, $5.50; Hocking Valley, $4.50; Indiana, $3.75; coke, $7; Winifred Washed pea, $4.00; nut and slack, $3.00. MRS. LORENA WILEY DIES AT OLD AGE NEW PARIS. O., Dec. 28. Mrs. Agnes Iorena Wiley, aged 71, died Saturday noon at the home of her son. Charles Wiley, four and one-half miles north of New Paris. Mrs. Wiley had been ailing for several weeks with a complication of diseases and her death was not entirely unexpected. She was the widow of Marshal Wiley who died over thirty years ago and ha9 always lived in the vicinity of Braffettsville, having overcome many obstacles in rearing her children, who were all quite small at the time of her husband's death. The children are Mrs. Eva Fulghum. Winfield. Kansas; Mrs. Clarence Wenger. Findlay, Ohio; Mrs. W. D. Brawley, Mrs. Frank Brawley, Mrs. Laura Billman and one son, Charles Wiley. Mrs. Fulghum will be unable to reach here for the funeral i services, which were held Mondav aftWay,

MEXICANS STARVE AS WAR CONTINUES Appeals to Ask For Aid to Relieve Famine Conditions in Republic. BY LEASED WIRE. EL PASO. Tex.. Dec. 28. Fifteen thousand men, women and children In Northern Mexico are starring and Buffering terribly from the unprecedented cold weather In the higher sections. Famine is taking Its victims daily. American Red Cross agents are doing everything in their power to alleviate the distress. The state of Texas, through relief societies working along the border, is furnishing as much food and clothing as possible. Even these efforts have proved unavailing to over come the conditions that have been left in the wake of the revolution, though the fighting has now shifted further to the south. Investigation by the International News Service has revealed the fact that whole villages are without food. The inhabitants have been robbed by bandit bands operating without hindrance. An appeal is to be made to the entire American nation to aid the sufferers. The aid must come soon or

thousands will perish. American representatives still in Mexico have sent appeals to the Red Cross for more help. SMALL EATON BLAZE DOES $50 DAMAGE EATON. O., Dec. 28. A fire which started in a waste basket Saturday morning incurred a loss of $50 in the offices of the Eaton Telephone company. A number .of receivers and a few other telephone appliances were destroyed. How the fire started Is unknown. The fire department responded to an alarm, but several of the girls left the switchboards and succeeded In extinguishing the fire by the aid of house extinguishers. SPEAKER'S DAUGHTER TO WED JOURNALIST TBY LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Numerous messages of congratulation from all parts of the country were received today by Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of Champ Clark, speaker of the I house, whose engagement to James j M.Thompson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, was announced last night. ; The wedding probably will take place i in June at the Clark home in Bowling j Green, Mo. Numerous social affairs will be glvI en for Miss Clark in Washington during the balance of the winter and spring. The bride-elect Is 20 yearR ! old, and first met Mr. Thompson at i the Baltimore convention. KING CHILD DIES. Word has been received here of the death of George D. King. Jr.. oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Dowell King of Billings, Mont. Mr. King is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. King of this city, and is employed by the Nicholson Shepherd Thresher company. Mrs. King was formerly Angela Freeman of this city.

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