Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 116, 28 March 1917 — Page 9

. THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 28, 1917.

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Dependable Market " News for Today

QuoUtion? on Stock, Grtin and Produce ifi Large Trading Centers by Associated PressLocal Prices Revised . -Daily by Leading Dealers.

RUMORS OF PEACE LEAD TO BEARISH : TOIIE Oll MARKET

'.' By Associated -Press). . CHICAGO, March 28 Peace rumors 'Had a decided bearish effect today on ? wheat. The influence of continued dry Weather ih the domestic winter crop belt was. soon more than counterbalanced by selling due largely to reports that Germany had offered favorable terms to Russia and that the German chancellor's speech tomorrow would contain new peace suggestions. Word that the amount of . wheat on ocean passage was In excess of last year's total, tended also to handicap the ? bulls. Opening- prices, which ranged 4vom . to lc, higher with May at IMH'td 195 and July at 167 to t MTJeitfere followed -by a. sharp set . back to well below yesterday's finish. ,V Corn sagged' with' wheat' Demand ' was only scattered and speculators pressed the selling side. After opening unchanged to c higher the market 'underwent a moderate general decllo , :: . Oats took the down grade with other -ceteris. Buying orders were confined to small lots.

Active call for lard carried the en

tire provision list upward. There was a noticeable scarcity of offerings.

GRAIN

Chicago Futures WHEAT ; Open. HiRh. Low.

May 194 195 192 July ..... 167 167 164 CORN May ...... 117 1174 116 July 116 116 115 OATS May 614 61 60 July ..... 58 58 57 f ' LARD May 1987 19.94 19.87 July 19.97 20.00 19.87

Close. 194 166 HTH 115 60 58

19.87 19:95

Toledo Grain

TOLEDO, O., March 28. Wheat, cash 2.08. Clover Seed Prime cash 11.15; March 10.87. Alsike Prime cash March 11.50. Thnojthy Prime cash March 25.50. I Chicago Cash CHICAGO. March 28. Wheat Normal. ' Corn No. 2 yellow 1.201.21; No. 3 yellow 1.181.20. Oats No. 3 white 6364; Standard 6364. ' " Pork 34.50. Rigs 17.8518.25. I ; Cincinnati Grain CINCINNATI. March 28. WheatNo. 2 red winter. S2.1202.14; No. 3, $2.0S2.12; No. 4, $1.88(32.00; sales, 2 carts. Corn No. 2 white, $1.24; No. 3 white. $1.2301.24; No. 4 white, $1.21 1.23; No. 2 yellow, $1.24; No. 3 yellow, $1.23; No. 4 yellow, $1.20 1.22; No. 2 mixed, $1.24; ear corn. $1.22 $1.24. Oats No. 2 white, 7172c;. No. 2 mixed, 6869c. Rje Range, $1.4o1.70. n '

LIVE STOCK

Cincinnati CINCINNATI. O., March 28. Hogs Receipts, 4,000; market, slow; pigs, end lights. $713.90. Cattle Receipts, 600; market, cte&dy. Calves Market, strong. Sheep Market, steady. Lambs Market, steady.

Chicago . CHICAGO. March 28. Hogs Receipts, 34,000; market, active; bulk of sales, $14.8615.10: lights. $14.15 $15; mixed, $14.60 15.15; heavy, $14.4315.15; rough. $14.45014.60; pigs. $10.50 14.00. Cattle Receipts, 17.000; market, weak; native beef cattle. $9.1012.80; stockers and feeders, $79.80; cows and heifers, $3.50 10.60; calves, $9.50 14.00. Sheep Receipts. 18,000; . market, weak; wethers, $10.5012.75; lambs, $12315.30. ,

Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 28. Hogs Best heavies. $15.00 15.1 5; mixed and mediums, $16.00 15.05; sood to choice lights, $15.0015.05; common to medium lights, $13.25 15.00; bulk of sale best hogs. $15.00 15.05; roughs, S13.251S.85; best pigs, $12 13.25. Receipts, 6,500. Cattle Prime steers, $11.5012.25; good to choice steers, $10.5011.00; common to medium, $6 8.50; heifers, $6 9. .Receipts, 1,800. Calves Common to best veals 53 18.50; common to best heavy, $610.50. Receipts. 650. Sheep and Lambs Good to choice $13.50 14.76; common to medium lambs, $10 13.75; good to best lambs, $l!fjlj. Receipts, 300.

butchers. $14.60 15.05; light, $14.10 14.75; pigs. $10.50 13.50. '; Cattle Receipts, 5.Q00; , steady; prime fed steers, $11.7512.50; dressed beef steers, $9.75 11.50; southern steers, $8.5011.25; cows, $8 10.50; heifers, $8 11.25; stockers and feeders, $7.7511; bulls, $7.5010; calves, $812.50. . : Sheep Receipts,! 8,000; steady; lambs, $!1.5014.90; yearlings, $13 13.85; wethers, $11.5012.75; ewes, $10.50 12.50. ... -

St. Louis ST. LOUIS. March 28. Hogs Receipts, 9,000; steady; lights, $14.65 15.10; pigs, $9.50 13.25; mixed and butchers, $14.6015.20; good heavy, $15.15 15.20; bulk. $14.65 15.15. Cattle Receipts, 2,800; steady; native beef steers, $7.5012.25; yearling steers and heifers, $8.5011.75; cows $5.3510; stockers and feeders $610. Sheep Receipts, 300; steady; lambs, $1315.40; ewes, $9.5012.25; yearlings, $12.7514.25.

Buffalo ; EAST BUFFALO, March 28. Cattle Receipts. 250; steady. . Veals Receipts, 400; active and higher; $515. Hogs Receipts.. 3,200; active? heavy, $15.5015.65; mixed. $15.50 15.65; Yorkers, . $15.25 15.50; light Yorkers, $13.60 15; pigs, $10.5013r roughs, $13.75 14; stags. $11 12. Sheep and 'Lambs Receipts, 800; active, and steady; lambs, $12 15.85; yearlings, $11 14; wethers, $1212.75; ewes, $6 12; mixed sheep, $11.75 12.25. .

PRODUCE

Cincinnati Produce CINCINNATI, March 28. ButterCreamery extra," 44c; centralized extra, 41c; do firsts. 3Sc; do seconds, 35c; dairy, fancy, 33c; packing stock, 2025c. . Eggs Prime first, 27c; first. 26 c; ordinary first, 56c; second. 25c. Poultry: Broilers under 1 lbs., 36c; fryers over.1 lbs., 25c; turkeys, 24 26c; roosters. 16c. j . Potatoes Michigan, $8; Wisconsin, $8.00. ' ; Sweet potatoes: $1.75 2.00 per hamper. Cabbage $5.50 6.00 per crate. Onions Spanish, $66.60 per 70-lb. crate; white,' $5.506.00; yellow; $10.5011.00 per 100 lbs. , J

Chicago CHICAGO, March 28. Butter: higher. 3540. - " , ' " Eggs, receipts 12,949; market higher. 27 30. Poultry alive, unchanged. Potato market unchanged.Receipts, 28. .

New York Exchange Closing Quotations American Can 49. American Locomotive 72. American Beet Sugar 96. American Smelter 104. Anaconda 84. Atchison 1044. Bethlehem Steel 145. Canadian Pacific 164. Chesapeake ft Ohio 60. Great Northern Pfd 11494. Lehigh Valley 129. New York Central 98. " No. Pacific 96. Pennsylvania 54. U. S. Steel Com. 115. U. S. Steel Pfd. 118.

RICHMOND MARKETS

Glen Miller Prices

Hogs. Heavies. 260 to 300 lbs $14.50 Heavy Yorkers, 160 to 180 lbs. . $14.00 Light Yorkers. 130 to 160 lbs... $12.50 Medium. 180 to 225 lbs $14.25 Pigs .. ; $8.0012.00 Stags . $8.0011.00 Sows v..... .$11.00 12.00 Cattle. Butcher steers. 1.000 to 1.500 lbs ;.$6.009.00 Butcher cows $5.00"? 8.00 Heifers $6.O08.B0 Bulls $5.00 7.50 Choice veals $11.00 Heavies and lights $6.00 7.00 8hep. Spring Iambs .$8.0010.i0

Produce Corrected Dally by Edward Ccoper.l Old chickens, dressed, selling, 30c; young chickens, selling. 30c; country butter, selling. 3540c; creamery frmtf r oc1Hr c AQ fpAeti emo ciaIIiv tr

29c; country lard, selling, 23c; potatoes, selling, 90c a peck - Feed Quotations . Corrected Dally by Omer Whel'in) , Paying Oats, 63c; corn. $1.05; rye.

Pittsburgh TITTSBURG. March 28 Hogs Recelpts. 2,000; market, steady; heavies. $15.1515.25; heavy Yorkers. $15.00; light Yorkers, $13 14.40; pigs, $11.50 12.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts. 500; market, steady; top sheep, $12.50; top lambs. $15.50. Calves Receipts, 300; market, active; top, $14.25. ' Kansas City! . KANSAS CITY. March 2S HogsReceipts, 8,000; steady; bulk, $14.40 15: heavy, $14.9015.10; packers and

Richmond People Dress Well

Richmond is known to be a city of

well dressed people. A large percentage of the men have their clothes made to order. Men's Spring Suits are in beautiful Scotches, tweeds and cassimeres, grays. Oxford blues and browns, all this wealth of new weaves and colorings are combined with the staple blues and grays in serges and tweeds and decidedly pretty are certain effects in which a distinctive pattern is produced by two tones of the' same color blending into the design. Over COO styles in these new woolens at Emmons' Tailoring Company. Fine suits. $15. $18, $24 and up. Corner Ninth and Main.

$1.15; clover seed, $9010 a bushel, straw. $8.00 a' ton. . Selling Cotton, seed meal, $47.00 a ton, $2.50 a cwt.; middlings, $47.00 a ton, $2.40 a cwt.; bran, $44.00 a ton, $2.25 a cwt; salt, $2.25 a bbl.; Quaker dairy feed, $38.00 a ton. $2.00 per cwt Wagon Market r Timothy hay $14.0015.00. , Mixed $1814. Clover hay $1214. AUalfa $15.00. Straw $9.00. .

Indianapolis Representative Sales y

HOGS 7 75 $10.00 14 .....130 13.75 6 ... 205 14.60 69 ........ ;. . ..... .V 196 15.00 69 ........ ...... ...:. 246 " 15.10 " STEERS 2 880 $ 9.00 18 ...1113 " 10.25 22 ....... ....1099 10.50 3 ........1303;. 11.50 6 ...1232 12.35 HEIFERS 2 ......... 710 $ 8.00 20 843 8.75 4 497 9.50 10 ....... 1 754 10.00 9 666 10.50 COWS 5 790 $ 5.50 3 993 6.50 3 896 7.50 4 '. .........1192 8.50 2 1280 10.00 BULLS 1 850 1 $ 7.00 1 940 7.75 1 .1130 8.50 1 .....................1150 9.00 1 ....2070 9.50 CALVES 1 440 $ 7.50 ,3 126 . 9.00 3 133 11,50 16 150 13.00 3 160 . 13.50

City Statistics

. Deaths and Funerals. DRAKE Mrs. Katherine Drake, age 64 years, died at . the home of her daughter, Mrs.. Leboyteaux, 613 Main street, Tuesday afternoon. Besides Mrs. Leboyteaux, she leaves a husband and one brother. The funeral arrangements have not been announced. Friends may call Thursday afternoon and evening.

Court Records

' Grace E. Smith, a nurse, 43 . South Second street, filed suit in circuit court .for a divorce from Henry J. Smith, East . Orange, New Jersey. Cruel and inhuman treatment is the charge. The couple-- was married in 1912. . . V "' ..

Judge Fox in circuit court took' un. der advisement the suit of Myrtle Isabelle Brennan against Harry Brennan for divorce after he had heard H testimony, today. The' woman asks for custody of two children.. Prosecutor Strayer made a plea to Judge Fox to have him refuse the divorce. The woman testified that she is engaged to marry another man: Suit of the Amerjcan Laundry company , against the Richmond .Union Laundry for foreclosure of a chattel, demand $76.50, was dismissed in circuit court today. Allen Jackson, colored, who was arrested' some time ago on a burglary charge, was arrested again last night on a charge of burglary and larceny. Jackson had given bond before. The first count against him was.dismissed when the more serious charge was lodged against him. ; -.- Strayer stated in court that last Saturday, Jackson had threatened to "get him before the sun went down." Jackson became angered "at the prosecutor who was gathering evidence to be used in the trial Friday., The colored man entered a plea of guilty before Judge Fox today and his bond was placed at $300. Lllburn Spinner, colored, was sentenced to serve three months at work for the county and fined $50. and costs in circuit court today when he entered a plea of guilty to a non-support of wife charge. . Probation Officer. Elizabeth Candler is hunting a home for a bright hine-months-old boy. .

RESCUE ENTOMBED MINERS.

(By Associated Press) HUNTINGTON, ARK., March 28. Miners were digging in relays today tp rescue two men entombed last night in an explosion in mine No. 6 of the Central Coal and Coke company here. Fire delayed the work of rescue.

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CHURCH SOCIETY j , TO PRESENT PLAY i

The Young People's society of the Reid Memorial church will give a play entitled, "A Case of Suspension." on Tuesday evening. April 3, at 8 o'clock in the lecture room of the church. The cast will be announced later. Persons are asked to heed the change in time from 7:30 as printed on the tickets to 8 o'clock. A nominal admission fee will be asked. ,

PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY

POWDER SYNDICATE DROPS FROM SUIT

(By Associated Press) LONDON, March 28. When the government inquiry into the Malakite or ' white powder syndicate was resumed today. Sir Theodore Cook and other former backers of Joseph C. Blanche withdrew from the case. This step left Blanche alone in his effort to prove the charges that the British military authorities had failed to make use of his explosive and had prevented him . from introducing it in France.

CANCELS DISTRICT MEET

Prof. B. F. Null of the high school English department announces . that the district discussion contest scheduled for the high school auditorium Friday night has been cancelled. Richmond high was the only school entered.

A non-alcoholic public house the British empire was opened recently in London. . . '

CREAM FOR CATARRH " OPENS UP NOSTRILS Tell How To Get Quick Relief

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J WOMEN 8ERVE SUPPER.

The;' Men's Community club . will hold 4ts first meeting, with supper tonight ; in Second Presbyterian " church dinisgroom. Rev. J. J. Rae will speak and? the "women of the fchurch' will serjve supper. , . ' - , " : ; ; f .v;- v ' ' V. Gypsies traveling by motor car were sen in New York city recently. -

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