Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 250, 31 August 1917 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1917

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Today's Market Quotations

STRENGTH IS GIVEN TO CORN MARKET CHICAGO. Aug. 31. Announcement of the government price for wheat fixing $2.20 a bushel for the highest grade tended to strengthen the corn market today. Traders found offerings light at the start. Weather forecasts of generally fair and warmer through the belt tended also to harden prices. Corn opened Quarter cent to c higher with December at $1.09 to $1.10, and May at $1.07 to 11.07 Early trading carried figure fractionally higher. Fluctuations were slight. Oats displayed considerable strength initial advances being from to 14 cent, September scoring the greatest gains. Demand was good, shorts buy ing freely of the near month and country offerings were extremely light. Provisions were higher with the ad vance in live hog prices. Lard was in J Cash sales of wheat yesterday were at about the figures fixed by the gov ernment action announced today, no. 2 red sold for $2.20. Its differential on the basis of $2.20 for No. 1 Is $2.17 a bushel. GRAIN QUOTATIONS CHICAGO. Aug. 31. The range of futures follows: Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. No trading. - cornDec 109 112 109 112 May ......107 108 106 108 OatsDec. ...... 66 66 65 56 May ...... 68 59 58 59 Lard Oct 23.47 23.67 23.45 23.57 Jan 22.32 22.37 22.30 22.37 CHICAGO, Aug. 31. Wheat: No. 2 red, $2.20; No. 2 red. $2.15; No. 2 hard, $2.25G2.28; No. 3 hard, $2.22 2.25. . Corn: No. 2 yellow, $2.052.09; No. 3 yellow, $2.07; No. 4 yellow, nom inal. Oats: No. 3 white, 57-i58U; Standard, 5758c. Pork: $43.55. Ribs: $23.5024.00. Lard: $23.65. TOLEDO. Aug. 31. Wheat: Prime cash, $2.19. Cloverseed: Prime cash. $12.95; Oct.. $13.95; Dec, $13.80; March, $13.85. AlBike: Prime cash, $12.35; Sept., $12.35; Oct., $12.35. Timothy: Prime cash, old $3.60; new, $4.00; Sept., $4.00; Oct., $3.90.'

CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 31. Wheat: No. 2 red winter, $2.202.22; No. 3 $2.18(3-2.19; No. 4, $2.1a2.16; salves, 12 cars. . - Corn No. 2 white, $2(2.02; No. 3 white. $202.02; No. 4 white, $1.97 1.99; No. 2 yellow, $1.931.95; No. 3 yellow, $1.93 1.95; No. 4 yellow. $1.92 1.93; No. 2 mixed, $1.93 1.95; ear -corn. $1.902.02. Oats No. 2 white, 58 59c; No. 2 mixed, 55 56c. Rye Range, $1.681.76.

LIVE STOCK PRICES CINCINNATI, Aug. 31. Hogs Receipts, 2,200; market, steady; common to choice, $1115.75! pigs and lights, $1217.25; stags, $1115. Cattle Receipts, 1,500; slow. Calves Market strong; $5014.75. Sheep Receipts, 900; market, strong. Lembs Market, strong; $8.00 016.75. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 31. Hogs. Receipts, 1,500; market, active and higher: heavies, $18.80018.90; heavy Yorkers, $18.75018.85; light Yorkers, $17.00017.50; pigs, $15.50016.00. Sheep and Lambs tteceipts, 500; market, steady; top sheep, $11.25; top lambs, $15.75. Calves Receipts, 200; market, steady; top, $16.00. CHICAGO. Aug. 31. Hogs Receipts, 4,500; market, strong; higher; top $18.85; bulk of sales, $17.50018.65, lights. $16.85018.85; mixed. $16.75 18.85; heavy. $16.75018.75; rough, $16.75017.00; pigs, $12.25016.50. Cattle Receipts, 200; market, strong: native beef cattle $8.20016.50, western steers. $7013.50; stockers and feeders, $60 9.25; cows and heifers, $4.65013.15; calves, $12016. Sheep Receipts, 6,000; market, strong and higher; wethers, $8011.35; lambs, $11.25017.70. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 31. HogsReceipts, 6,000; higher. Cattle Receipts 950, weak. Sheep Receipts, 1.000; Calves Receipts, 600; slow and steady, steady and lower. Cattle. Steers Trlme corn fed steers, 1300 and up, $14.50015.65; good to choice cteers, 1300 and up, $12.50013; common to medium steers, 1300 and up, $11.75 0 12.50; good to choice steers, 1150 to 1250, $12.50013.50; common to $14.00016.00; bulk of sales, of good medium steers, 1150 to 1250, $11.50 12.50; good to choice steers, 800 to 1100, $9.50011.50; common to medium steers, 800 to 1100, $7.5009.75; good to choice yearlings, $1012. Heifers and Cows Good to choice heifers, $9.50011.25; fair to medium heifers, $8.5009.25; common to fair heifers, $6.0008.25; good to choice cows, $8.75010.00; fair to medium

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cows, $7.208.50; canners and cutters, $5.000 7.00. Bulls and Calves Good to prime export bulls, $8.5009.50; good to choice butcher bulls, $8.0009.00; common to fair, bulls, $6.00 7.75; common to best veal calves, $9.00015.00;' common to best heavy calves, $6012. Stockers and Feeding Cattle Good to choice steers, 700 lbs. and up, $7.75 08.50; common to fair steers under 700 lbs., $6.0007.75; good to choice steers under 700 lbs., 7.5008.25; common to fair steers, unier 700 lbs., $5.2507.50; medium to good heifers, $6 07.00; medium to good feeding cows, $5.2506.75; springers,-$5.60 8.00; stock calves, 250 to 450 pounds, $7.508.50. Hogs Best heavies, 190 and up, $18.75 019.00; madium . and mixed, $18.75019.00; common to medium, $17.25 0 19.00; good to choice lights, $18.75019.00; roughs and packers, $15.50 015.85; best pigs, $16.00017.00; light plgs $13.00015.75; bulk of sales, $18.75019.00. Sheep 'nd Lambs Good to choice" sheep, $9.50010.50; common to medium sheep, $6.0009.25; good to best lambs, $10.00012.00; common to medium lambs, $9.0009.75; yearlings, $10 11.00; bucks. 100 lbs.. $7.0o7.BO; spring lambs, $10.00016.50; good to choice breeding ewes, $9.50013.00.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 31. Hogs Receipts, 500; higher; bulk, $17.80 18.70; heavy, $18.25018.85; packers and butchers, $18.00018.75; light, $17.50018.50; pigs, $14.000 17.00. Cattle Receipts, 1,500; steady; prime fed steers. $15.00016.00; dressed beef steers, $11.50014.50; southern steers, $7.50011.50; cows, $6.00010; heifers, $7.50013.00; stockers and feeders, $7012.50; bulls, $7.258.25; calves, $7 13. Sheep Receipts, 1,000; steady; lsmbs. $16.00017.00; yearlings, $10.50 012.50; wethers, $9.50011.50; ewes, $9010.50. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 31. Hogs Receipts, 3,000; higher; lights, $18.25 18.75; pigs, $13.00017.50; mixed and butchers, $18.40018.65; good heavy, $18.75018.90; bulk, $18.25018.85. Cattle Receipts, 3,000; steady; native beef steers, $8.00016.00; yearling steers and heifers, $7.00014.00; cows, $5.0010.00; stockers and feeders, $6.509.60; native calves, $5.75 $15.50. Sheep Receipts, 1,200; strong; lambs, $11.00017.00; ewes, $9.00 9.50; wethers, $10.50 12.00; canners and choppers, $4.5006.50. EAST BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 31. Cattle Receipts, 400; slow. VealsReceipts, 550; strong; $7.0017.00, a few at $17.25. Hogs Receipts, 1,300; strong; heavy and mixed, $19.0019.10; yorkers, $18.75019.00; light yorkers, $17.50017.75; pigs, $16.50017.00; roughs, $17.00017.50; stage, $14.000 16.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 1,000; steady and unchanged. .

PRODUCE MARKET

CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 31. Butter: Creamery, white milk extra, 43c; centralized extra, 41c; do firsts, 39c; do seconds, 35c; dairy fancy, 38c; packing stock, No. 1, 35c; No. 2, 30c. Eggs Prime first loss off 38 c, fts. 27c; ordinary firsts, 34c; seconds, 30c. Poultry Broilers, 2 lbs. and over, 26c; do under 1 lbs. 26c; roosters, 159, hens, 4 lbs., and over, 22c; under 3 lbs, 22c; hen turkeys 8 Its and over 20, toms 10 lbs. and over 20, culls 8c, white ducks 3 lbs and over 16c, do under 3 lbs. 14c, colored 16c, spring ducks 2 lbs. and over 19c, geese choice full feather 12c. do medium 10c, guineas $4 per aozen. Potatoes Georgia Triumphs $4.25 4.50 per bbl.; Virginia, $4.2504.50; Eastern Cobblers, $4.2504.50; homegrown and Louisville, $4.25 4.50. Onions Home grown, $1.0001.50 per bushel. Cabbage Home grown, $1.752.00 per bbl. Tomatoes Home grown, $1.75 $2.00 per bushel. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Closing quoquotations on the New York Stock Exchange follow: American Can, AO. ' American Locomotive, 60. American Beet; Sugar, 85. American Smelter, 94. - Anaconda, 69 i. Atchison. 98. Bethlehem Steel, 109 bid. Canadian Pacific, extra div, 157. Chesapeake & Ohio, 57. 4 Great Northern, pfd., 104. Lehigh Valley, 60. New York Central, 80. No. Pacific, 101. So. Pacific, extra div, 93. Pennsylvania, 52. U. S. Steel, extra div, 109. U. S. Steel, pfd., 116. CHICAGO, Aug. 31. Butter market: Unchanged; receipts, 8,519 tubs; creamery firsts, 3841c. Eggs: Receipts, 9,662 cars; market, unchanged. Live poultry: Market, unchanged. Potato market: Lower; receipts 75 cars; Minnesota bulk, 95c $1.00; Jersey, $1.151.25. LOCAL QUOTATIONS GLEN MILLER VRICES Hogs. Heavies, 260 to 300 lbs $16.00 Heavy Yorkers, 160 to 180 lbs.. $16.00 Light Yorkers, 130 to 150 lbs $15.00 Medium, 180 to 225 lbs $16.00 Pigs $8.00012.00 Stags $8.00011.00 Sows $12.00 13.00 Cattle. Butcher steers, 1,000 to 1.500 lbs $8.00010.09 Butcher cows $5.00 0 8.03 Heifers $S00 10.00 Bulls 1 $5.00$8.00 - Calves. Choice veals $12.00 Heavies and lights $5.0007.00

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v Sheep. Spring lambs $12.00 FEED QUOTATIONS (Corrected Dally by Omer Whetan.) Paying Oats, 50c; corn, $1.50; rye, $1.35; straw, $6.00 a ton. Selling Cotton seed meal, $57.50 a ton, $3.00 a cwt; middlings. $50.00 a ton, $2.65 a cwt; bran, $40.00 a ton, $2.15 a cwt; salt, $2.25 a bbl.; Quaker dairy feed, $42.00 a ton, $2.25 a cwt; tankage, $78.00 a ton, $4.00 a cwt; oil meal, $60.00 a ton; $3.25 a cwt . WAGON MARKET Old Hay Timothy bay $20.00. Mixed $19.00. Clover hay $15.00. Alfalfa $18.00. Straw $6.0007.00. New Hay Timothy $16.00. Mixed $14.00. Clover hay--$14.00. Alfalfa $18.00.

FRUIT & VEGETABLES (Corrected Daily by Eggemeyers) SELLING PRICES Vegetables. Beets, 5c a bunch; green corn, 25c per doz.; carrots, 5c; green beans, 10c per lb.; wax beans, 10c per lb.; head lettuce, 30c per lb.; cauliflower, 15c, 20, 25c; Michigan celery, 5c bunch; or 3 for 10c; cabbage, 3 to 4c per pound; cucumbers, 5c; curly lettuce, 15c per pound; dry onions, 5c per lb.; green mangoes, 15c doz.; red mangoes, 5c; parsley, 5c per bunch; new potatoes, 3 cents per pound; home-grown tomatoes, 5 to 8c per pound; sweet potatoes, 10c pound; lima beans, 35c quart; shelled out corn field beans, 20c quart; spinach, 12c per pound; okra, 35c per pound; dill, 15c per bunch; oy6ter plant, 5 c bunch; breakfast radishes; 5c bunch; new turnips, 5c pound; finger peppers, 5c dozen. -.... Fruits. . , New apples, 6 8c per lb.; bananas, 7c per lb.; cantalouges, Home Tip Tops 25c ea.;. huckleberries, 35c qt.; lemons 40c a dozen; limes, 30c a dozen,: oranges, 40c a dozen; Bartlett pears, 5c each; peaches, 10c lb; California plums, 15c per pound; eggs, ' 38c; creamery butter, 50c; nectarines, 15c per pound; malaga grapes, 30c per lb. Miscellaneous. Hickory nuts. 10c per lb.; walnuts, 15c per 1-4 peck; eggs, 35c. PRODUCE (Paying Prices.) (Corrected Daily by Eggemeyer and Sons.) Butter, 33c; chickens, old, 18c; fryers, 22c; eggs, 28c; potatoes, new, $1.35. Indianapolis Representative Sales HOGS

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NEW YORK, Aug. 81. United States Marshal McCarthy announced today that be was considering plans to take care of 200,000 drug addicts, who have been deprived of their sources of supply following a number of raids mad recently. The marshal said he had been visited by persons in all walks of life who bad confessed they were slaves of narcotics which they were now unable to get because of the vigilance of the authorities. They begged the marshal to tell them of some institution where they might receive treatment - About 300 alleged drug. venders have been arrested by the government authorities in the city In the past month. THREE BANDS Continued From Page One. one, two or three ranks deep allowing the militia and "our army boys" to march through the lines to stand at post office corner for program. A number of patriotic songs will be sung by a picked chorus of male voices and short speeches will be made by Attorney Henry U. Johnson and Secretary Albus of the Commercial club. In the evening a military ball will be held on North A street and the street will be roped off and brightly lighted. The commanding officer of Fort Benjamin Harrison will probably announce Saturday- whether the Richmond men in camp there will be allowed to come here Monday to participate in the parade in their honor. Major Paul Comstock of Richmond has taken the question up with the commanding officer. . . , . 14 '.. 1099 10.60 1 1090 12.50 HEIFERS 3 ' 736 7.00 2 610 7.50 1 ........ 720 9.00 2 i 835 10.50 3 725 11.00 COWS 3 783 5.25 2 945 6.00 2 . 830 7.25 2 1150 9.00 3 1126 9.40 BULLS 1 910 6.50 1 1020 6.75 1 1100 7.50 1 1260 8.00 1 1320 10.25 CALVES 3 v 396 7.00 2 155 10.00 2 200 12.00 5 154 14.25 2 ... 170 15.00 The smallest known bird is a Central American humming bird that is about the size of a blue-bottle fly.

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Have you noticed that the pass-out checks don't run in rotation? The explanation Is simple. Just enough of the checks were printed for the fifteen days of the Chautauqua, and they each bore a number, but to run them in rotation wonld Invite fraud. The checks could be printed by the hundred, and gate-keepers would have no way of detecting the fraud. So the number and color for the day are picked out at random each morning. Bob Was Revealed as Youth of Parts Title. He Don't Like the Limelight Any More, or "The Way We Do at Chautauqua." ' SCENE Tents at the Cbauqua grounds. PERSONS Bob Smith ol the east gate, a determined young woman, and friends. Also, two pails of water, and a bath towel. PLOT Bob has sprinkled water over the young woman early in the evening; she has vowed revenge. TIME 10:00 p. m. The Play. Smith is sleeping peacefully. Young woman appears with two palls ( of water, brushes back tent flap and dashes water on Smith. He hastily arises. She leaves. Smith: "Where In Sam Hill's my bath suit? I can't sleep in these all night! (He takes off pajamas.) Friends: "We'll pull back these end flaps, old man, so's you can see to hunt. Want a little light?" (Produce flashlights and turn them on Smith. Tableau for benefit of persons outside.) Smith, (seizing towel, to wraparound him): "Cut it out you sons of guns, or I'll !" (He moves around trying to get out of light which follows him.) Smith: "Cut it out I tell you. Please, fellows, le'me get my bathing suit Have a heart! Oh. darn it!" (He dives under a cot and exit) (Curtain.) TO WED CAPTAIN LONDON. Aug. 31. The engagement is announced of the honorable Irene Molesworth, daughter of Viscount Molesworth, to Capt Charles Rowley, of the British royal artillery, and a son of I. R. Capel Howley of New York. They will be married in London on Oct 14. AVERAGE WEIGHT 200 POUNDS CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind., Aug. 31 A fine sale of hogs from the John Shroyer farm was reported yesterday. There were forty head in all which fetched $1,423. The average weight was 200 pounds. of