Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 172, 2 July 1915 — Page 8

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PAGE EIGHT THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915

MARKETS

WHEAT MAKES JUMP ON CHICAGO MARKET CHICAGO, July 2. There was a sensational advance in the price of July wheat today, that future selling from $1.07 up to $1.12. and bac to $1.11 compared with a cloainging of $1.07 Thursday. September was up lc and Dec showed a gain of 1 for the day. Shorts brought the July freely during the entire session. As there was good buying of the deferred options as well. Corn advanced c and oats were up c. Cash wheat in all positions was up sharply in price. , LIVE STOCK CHICAGO. UNION STOCK YARDS, 111., July 2 Hogs: Receipts 2,000, market Be lower, mixed and butchers $7.307.90, good heavies $7.407.75, rough heavies $7.157.35, light $7.357.90, pigs $6.107.15, bulk of sales $7.40 7.80. Cattle: Receipts 2,500, market steady, beevse $7.509.95, cows and heifers $3.509.10, calves $8.5010.50. Sheep: Receipts 11,000, market weak, natives and westerns $4.40 6.60,, lambs $7.25 10.25. CINCINNATI. CINCINNATI, O., July 2. Hogs: Receipts 4,300, market steady. Cattle: Receipts 800, market steady, caJves $9.50 10.75. Sheep: Receipts 4,500, market steady, lambs $6.2510.00. . INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 2. Receipts 10.000, market 10c lower, best hogs $7.95, heavies $7.757.85, pigs $5.007.90, bulk of sales $7.90. Cattle: Receipts 795, market steady, choice heavy steers $8.509.50, light steers $8.359.25, heifers $5.509.15, cows $5.607.25, bulls $5.007.00, calves $5.00(fi 10.50. Sheep and lambs: Receipts 900, market lower, prime shep $4.0005.00, lambs $6.00 8.50, spring lambs $7.00 9.50. PITTSBURG PITTSBURG, Pa., July 2. Cattle: Supply light, market steady, choice steers $9.253.50. prime steers $8.85(8) 0.00, good steers $8.508.60, tidy butchers $8.508.75, fair $7.758.10, common $6.607.35, common to fat bulls $5.50S7.50, common to fat cows calves $10.75(9)11.00. Sheep and lambs: Supply fair, market slow, prime wethers $6.757.00, ppring lambs $7.0011.00. Hogs: Receipts 15 double decks, market slow, prime heavy $7.807.90, mediums $7.958.00, heavy yorkers $7.95 8.00, light yorkers $7.958.00, pigs $8.00(S8.15, roughs $fi.006.60, stags $5.005.50, heavy mixed $7.95 8.00. PRODUCE CHICAGO. CHICAGO, July 2. Butter receipts 14,472 tubs; firsts 2425. Egg receipts 10,477 cases: 16V2c Chickens 12V6. springers 1821, roosters 9V2. Potatoes: Old 3 cars, new 25 cars; old 17 (320, new 60065. NEW YORK PRODUCE NEW YORK, July 2. Live poultry, fteady; chickens 2226, fowls 16 3 6 z. Butter, easy; cvreamery firsts Eggs, steady; 2026.

GRAIN

CHICAGO, CASH CHICAGO, July 2. Corn: No. 2 7fiai77. No. 2 white 777ii, No. 2 yellowyellow 7ti'ji77, No. 4 yellow TfiVi. Oats: No. 2 white 5253, No. 3 white 50Vi5214, No. 4 white 5052, standard 516(5 53. TOLEDO. TOLEDO, July 2. Wheat: Cash $1.35, July. $1.131,4, September $1.07, December $1.094. Cloverseed: Cash $8.35, October $8.21V. December $8. 80, March $8.82. Alsike: Prime Cash $8.85. Timothy: Prime cash $3.27, October $3.30, September $3.40. CHICAGO FUTURES American Can 46-v 46 Amalgamated Copper ... 75Ta "4?s American Smelter 79 79 U American Beet Sugar ... 484 49 V. S. Steel 6O14 60 14 Atchison 100i 100 St. Paul 91 8414 C,t. Northern pfd 118 118 Erie 26V6 26 Lehigh Valley 143 142 Vi N. Y. Central 89 88 Northern Pacific 106&6 105V4 Pennsylvania 105 Ts 106 U Reading 147 147 Southern Pacific 88 87 Union Pacific 127 Va 1274 NEW YORK EXCHANGE STOCK QUOTATIONS BY CORRELL & THOMPSON, Brokers, I. O. O. F. Btdg. Phone 1446. WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close WHEAT. July 10714 111 Sept 102 104 Dec 105 107 CORN. July 74 74 Sept 72 73 Dec 64 64 OATS. July 44 47 Sept 38 38 PORK. July $16.70 $16.67 Sept $17.17 $17.12

RICHM0NDJ.1ARKETS GLEN MILLER PRICES HOGS. Heavies ....... i .. ...V .... $7.00 Heavy mixed . ... 7.25 Heavy yorkers ; 7.25 Pigs $6.507.00 Sows $5.506.00 Stags .. ... $4.505.00 CATTLE. Best steers ... $7.50 Heifers $7.007.50 Good cows $5.00 6.50 Bulls $5.006.50 Cannere $2.50 nd $3.50 Calves $8 for Saturday delivery SHEEP. Top lambs .- 6c Spring lambs 7c FEED OUOTATIONS Clover hay, $16.00. Timothy hay, selling $21. Prairie hay, selling $15. Straw, paying $6. Oats, paying 42c. Corn, paying 70c. Red clov - seed, paying $5.00. Bran, selling $28 ton. Salt. $1.40 barrel. . Tankage. $48.00 ton. Oil meal, $38.00 ton. Middlings, $31 $1.60 per 100. PRODUCE (Corrected daily by Edward Cooper.) Chickens dressed, paying 18c. selling. 25c Country butter, paring 18c to 25c; selling, 25c to 33c. Eggs, paying 16c. selling 20c. Country lard paying 10c; selling 15c. Creamery butter, selling 33c. Potatoes, selling 70c per bushel. GRAIN QUOTATIONS Corn, paying 70; oats, paying 50c; rye, paying 85c; no wheat quotation; bran, selling $30; middlings. $32.

Representative Sates At Indianapolis Hogs

Av. Price 173 $7.00 98 7.75 146 7.90 164 7.90 177 7.90 241 7.90 176 7.95 525 5.50 1000 8.25 1230 9.00 1283 9.25 493 5.00 596 6.00 575 7.50 766 8.00 685 8.50 710 4.10 910 6.25 1120 6.75 1210 7.25 1000 5.75 920 6.25 ' 1220 6.65 1470 7.00

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DAVIS DENIES INTENTION TO DISCRIMINATE City Lets Coal Contracts at 10 to 20 Cents Per Ton Lower Than Last . Year's Price.

Contract' awards for coal to be used by the city during the ensuing year for all purposes except the municipal electric plant were made by the board of public works late yesterday afternoon. "The board was not aware until after awards had been made that the provisions in the specifications gov erning the bidding on coal for use at Glen Miller park barred every dealer in town except the Harsh company. President Bavis of the board said today. In the specifications it was pro vided that only bids on Glen Allen coal for park use would be considered. and the Harsh company is the only one which handles this grade of coal. President Bavis said that the specifi cations were a duplicate of ones which had been used in previous years. Get Coal Cheaper. Board members were much pleased because the contracts let for coal for general city purposes were at prices ranging from ten to twenty cents a ton less than what last year's supply was purchased for. The awards follow: , Fire Department (65 tons) Mather Brothers, Pocohontas lump, price $3.99 per ton. City Building (80 tons) Harsh company, mine run, price $3.15 per ton. Road Roller (60 tons) Little company, Pocohontas lump, price $4.60 per ton. Glen Miller Park (30 tons) Harsh company, Glen Allen, price $2.80 per ton. Detention Hospital (10 tons) Little company, Winnifred, price $3.05 per ton. The board also awarded a contract for 250 feet of hose for the fire de partment to the New Jersey Car Spring and Rubber company, Brazil heavy, double-jacket brand, at a price of 90 cents, net, per foot. CHARITY ORGANIZES TO RULE CONVENTION The formation of an executive committee to take charge of preparations for the -Indiana state conference of charities and corrections will be taken up tonight by committees which will meet at 7:30 o'clock in the Commercial club. The meeting will include the publicity, public health and public welfare committees of the Commercial club and the governing board of the Wayne county social service bureau. A general plan of organization has been outlined and will be submitted to the committees. This includes an executive committee to have ' general charge of arrangements, and sub-committees to perform the work of entertaining the charity delegates.

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Deaths and Funerals. PAXTON Manfred Paxton, Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Paxton. 405 North "D" street died this morning at the home of his parents. Funeral at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home. Interment Earlham cemetery. MAYER Carl O. Mayer, aged thirty years, .died at 8 o'clock this morning at his' home, 635 South Tenth street, of a complication of diseases. He is survived by his wife and two small children. Short services will be held at the home at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon with services at the Trinity Lutheran church at 2 o'clock. SIEKMAN The funeral services of Miss Anna Siekman who died Thurs day at the home of her sister, Mrs Stoever, will take place at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residence at 318 South Sixth street, Rev. A. J. Feeger officiating. Funeral services will be private for relatives and friends. Friends may call at any time. SEN. KERN PREDICTS WILSON'S ELECTION WASHINGTON, July 2. "President Wilson will be renominated by acclamation in the Democratic convention next year," said Senator Kern of Indiana, majority leader of the upper house, at the state department today. "He will have no stronger advocate in the convention than Mr. Bryan. He will have no stronger earnest supporter in the campaign than Mr. Bryan. The president will have no supporter whose assistance he will need more. As matters stand today, with.no prospect of the war ending, I consider that President Wilson is certain of re-election by a vast majority. DECLARE BECKER INNOCENT OF CRIME NEW YORK, July 2 Following the refusal of Gov. Whitman to commute the sentence of Charles Becker who was doomed to death for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, announcement was made today that two of the witnesses against the former lieutenant had exonerated him. Hartford T. Marshal, counsel for Bridge Webber, one of the self confessed accomplices, declared that his client had confessed that Becker had nothing to do with the murder of Rosenthal. At the same time Sam Shepps, another of the Big Four witnesses against Becker gave out an Interview to an evening newspaper in which he said: "I hold the secret of the Becker case. I'll tell Whitman if he asks." FAMOUS RUSSIAN KILLED IN CHARGE PETROGRAD, July 2. General Tokareff, one of Russia's best known military leaders, was killed on Tuesday in leading a charge against one of the Austrian positions in Galicia. $4.50 SHOES and OXFORDS.. $3.15 BOOT

JUNE STAYS COLD WITH MORE RAINS THAN ON AVERAGE

June broke no records for weather conditions according to the weather summary compiled at the pumping station ; but the month as a whole was colder, cloudier and rainier than the average. There were eight days of rainfall, eight clear days, 17 partly cloudy and 5 cloudy. The greatest rainfall was 1:38 inches on June 15. The maximum temperature was 89 degrees on June 13, compared with 95 degrees one day in June,' 1914. The minimum temperature last month was 43 degrees on June 24, and the same a year ago in the same month. The mean average this last month was 66.7 degrees compared with 68 degrees last year. The greatest daily raise in temperature was 34 degrees on June. 24, and the total precipitation was 3.68 inches for the month which is .59 below normal. The total precipitation a year ago for June was 3.15 inches. The average maximum temperature for the ten preceding years is reported at 93 degrees and the minimum temperature 41 degrees. The highest temperature was 96 degrees in 1911 and the lowest temperature 35 degrees in 1912. CALL EXAMINATION FOR POSTAL CLERK The first -carrier and clerk examination held in Richmond in a year, has been called for July 24 at the post office, according to announcements sent out by Superintendent of Mails Wilson, acting secretary of the board of civil service examiners. The examination is expected to bring a rush of candidates. From the number of inquiries since the first of the year, it is indicated that the examination will be one of the biggest ever held here. Its purpose is to have eligibles on the waiting list. It is customary to have a half dozen, but at present there is only one eligible who can be called on for service. The age limit is eighteen to fortyfive years. Women are eligible for appointment as clerk. The applicants must be physically sound and male applicants must be not less than five feet four inches in heighth with out boots or shoes and weigh not less than 125 pounds. Each applicant will be required to submit a photograph of himself, taken within the last two years. FRENCH PREPARING FOR NEW ATTACKS PARIS, July 2 Another great blow by the German armies in the west is prepared for by the French. It is expected either at Ypres or in Alsace, although the recent operations by the Crown Prince in the Argonne indicate that point on the French- front may be the scene of the next great Teutonic thrust. $5.00 SHOES and OXFORDS . $3.45 Let Your Next Pair Be WALK-OVERS The Shop Ahead. SHOP

ASKS SECOND DECREE . Charging that her husband, William F. Rost, to whom she was married twice, tried to teach their fifteen year old. eon criminal acts, Mrs. Anna Host filed suit for divorce in circuit court today. Mrs. Rost was granted a divorce

An Awful Cutting Affair on South 6th Street South Sixth Street .Is Noted for These Cutting Affairs, But This Is the Worst in Years. The principals being competing business men. The trouble started Wednesday noon and lasted three hours. Few people knew anything ot it until today. One of the parties have left for Springfield while the other may be found at 31-33 South Sixth street W. B. Garver is going out of business. He called on Omer G. Whelan "The Feed Man" and offered to close out his feed stock. Then the slashing began. After Mr. Garver got through slashing Whelan jumped in and started to cut right and left. The result is that we are offering ta all feeders of cattle, horses, hogs and chickens, feeds at a ridiculous low price One lot of Bran $1.25 per 100 lbs. Cracked Corn ....$1.75 Wheat $1.65 Scratch, no grit $2.00 Salt-Em, Hog Tonic, 75c pail at 45c

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ALL 25c PACKAGES OF PRATT'S AND INTERNATIONAL STOCK REMEDIES, 20c EACH; THREE PKGS. FOR 50c Fly Knocker, $1.00 size at ....60c a Gal. -Sprayers 35c Each Garver's Louse Killer, 25c size, 15c, 2 for 25c Axle Grease, 10c size 8c; 2 for 15c All Garden Seeds at Half PriceOne lot of Timothy Seed.... $2.00 a Bu. Cow -Pease, all varieties $2.00 a Bu Soja Beans, all varieties ....,$2.00 a Bu. Binder Twine 9c a Lb. On Account of the Cutting We Will Be Closed All Day, Monday, July 5th. OMER G. WHELAN The Feed Man 31 & 33 SOUTH 6TH ST. PHONE 1679

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