Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 38, 26 December 1917 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 1917.

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SCARCITY CAUSES CORN TO ADVANCE CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Scarcity of offerings brought about a moderate advance today in the corn market. Demand, however, was only of a scattering sort. The market was of a decidedly holiday character. Opening prices which varied from unchanged figures to M higher with January $1.26 and May at $1.24 to were followed by gradual gains all around. Strength developed in oats on account of general covering by shorts. The Impetus came from signs of a revival of shipping Inquiry on the part of seaboard interests. Higher quotations on hogs gave firmness to provisions. Receipts of hogs were . less numerous than had been expected. GRAIN QUOTATIONS c.tnr.xr.n. Tiec. 26. The ranee of futures on the Chicago Board of Trade follows: No trading in wheat Corn Open. High. Low. Close. Jan. fc 126 126 125 126 May ....... 124 125 124 124 Oats Dec. .. 78 79 7S 79 V2 May 75 76 75 76 Lard Jan. 24.25 24.40 24.20 24.20 Mav 24.80 24.80 24.57 24.57 CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Corn No. 2 yellow and No. 3 yellow, nominal; No. 4 yellow, $1.651.70. Oats No. 3 white, 80 Sic; standard. 8181c. Pork Nominal. Ribs $23.8724.37. Lard $24.25. TOLEDO, O., Dec Prime cash. $2.20. 26. Wheat Cloverseed Prime cash. old. $16.20, new $16.30, Dec. and Jan. $16.30. Alsike $14.40; March $14.50. Timothy Old $3.60, new and Dec, $3.70, March 39. LIVE STOCK PRICES CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 26. HogsReceipts, 7,000; market steady; packers and butchers, $16.7516.85; common to choice, $1316; . pigs and lights, $1216. Cattle Receipts, 800; market slow; steers, $611.75; heifers, $611; cows, $5.509. Calves Market steady, $514.50. Sheep Receipts, 100; market steady, $510.50. Lambs Market steady, $1017. PITSBURCH, Pa., Dec. 26. HogsReceipts, 4.500; market higher; heavies, $17.20 17.25; heavy yorkers, $17.1017.20; light yorkers, $15.75 16.25; pigs, $15.2515.50. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 2,500; market steady; top sheep, $12.50; top lambs, $16.80. Calves Receipts, 200; market steady, $16.50. CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 26. Hogs Receipts, 2,600; market strong; bulk of sales, $16.90 17.25; lights. $16.25 17.20; mixed, $16.7017.30; heavy, $16.6517.30; rough, $16.6516.80; pigs, $1215.90. Cattle Receipts, 11,000; market strong; steers, $7.4514.40; stockers and feeders, $6.6510.30; cows and heifers. $5.3011.4O; calves, $8.70 15.50. Sheep Receipts, 19,000; market weak; wethers, $8 13.10; lambs, $12.6016.40. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26. Receipts Hogs, 8,000; higher; cattle, 1,150, strong; calves, 300, steady; sheep, 200, steady. Steers Prime corn fed steers, 1300 and up $13.5014.50, choice steers 1150 to 1250, $12 12.50; common to medium Bteers, 1150 to 1250, $13.00 33.50; good to choice steers, 800 to 1100 $9.5011.50; common to medium steers, 800 to 1100, $6.509.50; good heifers, $3.0010.00; fair to medium to choice yearlings, $1113.00. Heifers end Cows Good to choice heifers, $8.5011.00; common to fair heifers. $6.008.25; good to choice cows, $8.0C9.75; fair to medium heifers $7.50(51; 8 25; fair to medium cows, $7.00?j7.75; canners and cutters, $5.00 7.00. Bulls and Calves Good to prime export bulls, $8.00 9.50; good to choice butbeer bulls, $7.50(!8.25; common to fair bulls, $6.007.25: common to best veal calves. $715; common to best heavy calves $512; stock calves 250 to 450 pounds, $7.5010.50. Stockers and Feeding Cattle Good to choice steers, 700 lbs., and up, $9.00 (Tf 10.50; common to fair steers under 700 lbs.. $7.009.00; good to choice steers under 700 lbs., $8.009.50; common to fair steers, under 700 lbs., $o.00fj;7.75; medium to good heifers, $6.00 7.50; medium to good feeding cows, $5.507.00; . springers, $5.50 $7.5C11.00. Hogs Best neartes, 190 and np, $17.1017.35; good to choice lights, $17,000.17.10; medium and mixed, lights! $17.10017.15; roughs and packpis 214.00(316.25: best pigs. $15.25 $13.75; light pigs, $14.0015.00; bulk of sales. $1717.25. Sheep and Lambs Good to choice to medium yearlings. $1011.00; common to fair yearlings, $6.009.75; bucks. 100 lbs., $7 9; good to choice breeding ewes. $9.50$13.50; common to medium spring lambs, $I0.14.00; fl5.0015.50. EAST BUFFALO, Dec. 26. CattleReceipts, 960. steady. ' Calves Receipts 400; steady, $7 17.50. - Hogs Receipts. 7,000 strong: heavy M7.2517.35; mixed, $17.00 17.25 ; orker3, $17.0017.1&; light yorkers, H6.0016.25; Piss and roughs, $15.75 e16.00; stags, $13.00) 14.50. Sheep and Lambs--Receipts, 7,000; Iambs easier at.$13.0018.75; others Inchanged.

PRODUCE MARKET CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Butter Market, lower; creamerey firsts 3948. Eggs: Receipts 4,469; market, higher; firsts 4851c. Live Poultry: Market higher; fowls, 1823c. Potato market Higher; receipts, 40 cars. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, $1.902.10. CINCINNATI. O., Dec. 26. ButterCreamery whole milk extra 53c, centralized extra 50c. do firsts 48c, do seconds 46c, dairy fancy 44c, packing stock No. 1, 33c; No. 2, 29c. Eggs Prime firsts loss on 55c, firsts 54c, ordinary firsts 40c, seconds, 38c. Poultry Broilers under 2 lbs., 21c; fryers over 2 lbs., 21c; roasting 4 lbs., and over, 24c, roosters 16c, hens 5 lbs. and over, 24c; roosters 15c, hens 5 lbs. ditto under 3 pounds, 15 cents; hen turkeys 8 lbs. and over, 26c; toms young 10 lbs. and over 26c; do old 15 lbs. and over 23c; culls 8c; white ducks 3 lbs., and over 23c, colored do 22c, geese choice full feather ISc, do medium, 17c; guineas $3.25 per dozen, younger guineas 1 lbs and over $4 per dozen, do under 1 lbs., $33.50; geese, choice full feathers 18c; do medium, 17c. Potatoes Early Ohio $2.752.85 per 100-lb sack, Michigan $2.40 2.50 per 100-lb sack, Wisconsin per 100-lb sack $2.402.60. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YORK; Dec. 26. Closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange follow: American Can., 34. American Locomotive, 49. American Beet Sugar, 64. American Smelter, 70. Anaconda, 56 Atchison, 78. Bethlehem Steel, 68. Canadian Pacific, 130. Chesapeake & Ohio, 42. Great Northern Pfd.. 80. New York Central, 63. No. Pacific, 75. So. Pacific, 77. Pennsylvania, 42. . U. S. Steel, Com., 83. T LOCAL QUOTATIONS FEED QUOTATIONS (Corrected Dally by Omer Wnefan.) Paying Oats. 70c; old corn, $1.85; new corn, $1.25; rye, $i.60; straw, $9.00 a ton. Selling Cotton seed meal, $58.00 a ton, $3.00 a cwt.; middlings, $49.00 a ton, $2.50 a cwt.; bran, $47.00 a ton, $2.40 a cwt.; salt, $2.35 a barrel; tankage, $92.00 a ton; $4.65 a cwt.; oil meal, $63.00 a ton; $3.25 a cwt. FRUIT & VEGETABLES (Corrected Daily by Eggemeyera) SELLING PRICES (Corrected Daily by Eggemeyera.) VEGETABLES Brussel sprouts, 30c; green beans, scarce; beets 3c per pound; carrots 3c per pound; cabbage 3 to 5c per pound; cauliflower 15 to 25c per head; hot-house cucumber 15c; egg plants 15 to 25c; kohlrabi 10c bunch; kahl 5 to 8c per pound; leaf lettuce 15 per pound; head lettuce 5 to 20c per head; French endive, 75c per pound; leak, 10c bunch; mushrooms 75 to $1.00 per pound; onions 4 to 5c per pound; Spanish onions, 8c per pound; shallots 8c bunch; young onions, 5c bunch; oyster plant, 10c bunch; parsley, 5c bunch; mangoes 3 to 5c each; radishes 5c bunch; squash 10 to 20c each; spinnach, 13c per pound: H. H. toms 20 to 35c per pound; turnips 3 to 5c per pound; water cress 5c per bunch; celery cabbage, 10c per pound. FRUITS Apples 3 to 8c per pound; grape fruit 8 to 10c; emperor grapes 13c per pound, 2 for 25c; comicheon 13c per pound, 2 for 25c; Spanish malaya 13c per pound, 2 for 25c; Calf, malaya 13 per pound, 2 for 25c; cranberries 16 to 18c per pound; Keefer pears 2 to 3c per pound; Honey dew melons 35 to 60c; Valencia oranges 40c doz.; Florida oranges 40c doz.; lemons 30c per doz.; bananas 7c per pound; limes 30 per doz.; pine apples 15c each; Cal. pears, 6 for 25c; pomegranates 8 to each; home persimmons, 15c box; tangerines, 40c per doz. MISCELLANEOUS Chestnuts, 25 to 40c per pound; new shellbarks, 8c per lb.; black walnuts, 3 Chicago Officer Says He Was the First American To Enter No Man's Land CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Lieutenant Walter B. Schafer, former halfback on the University of Chicago football team, claims to have been the first American officer to go over the top into no man's land under the barrage of French gunners, according to a letter exhibited by Schafer's fraternity brothers at the Midway school. Schafer in his letter told of the manner in which the small body of American troops crept out in the night under a peppering of bullets, to cut away the barbed wire entanglements in order that a heavy assault might be made the following day. "It was a dark night when we were told in the trenches that it was time for our start," said Schafer. "Just as we were making final preparations a French officer came running from an outpost yelling, 'Guess! Guess!'" "'Guess what?' we asked him. '"Guess! Guess!' was his only reply. "Til bite. I'll guess your right hand, said one of the men, who looked at his clenched fist. '"Non! Non! Guess masks,' shouted the Frenchman as he siezed his! safety helmet. "We had just tirile to put on our gas masks before the danger came, and if We had kidded him much longer there might have been sad results. We went out into no man's land and I know that I was the first American officer to go over the top for Uncle Sam."

to 5c per pound; eggs, 55c per doz.; butter, 50c; fry chickens, 29c per lb. PRODUCE (Paying Prices) (Corrected Daily by Eggemeyer & Sons.) Butter 40c; chickens, old, 16c; fryers, 18c; eggs, 48c; potatoes, new, $150. Onions Yellow,; $3.00 3.25; white, $2.753.25 per 100-lb. sack; Spanish, Tomatoes Hothouse 1520c. per lb. $1.65 1.75 per crate. Indianapolis Representative Sales HOGS 9 68 $15.00 5 328 15.15 70 181 17.10 77 211 17.15 16 .........272 17.25 STEERS 2 ........670 7.25 27 944 9.65 17 1197 11.50 18 1285 12.75 HEIFERS 4 ....485 7.00 2 690 7.50 2 870 9.50 3 : 533 10.50 COWS 2 ,i 820 . 6.00 2 825 6.50 2 1415 10.00 BULLS 1 690 6.50 1 1450 8.50 1 1510 9.75 CALVES 2 ..285 5.00 5 ...110 14.00 4 ....172 15.00 Berlin Householders Are Forced to Clean Walks During Heavy Snowstorms AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10. (By mail) Early In December, Germany suffered from storms and cold weather, says the Vossische Zeitung, the severity of which has not been equalled for many years. For more than ten days rain, snow and wind were working havoc, interrupting telephonic and telegraphic communication. The whole country was in the grip of severe frost which in Berlin almost entirely stopped horse traffic, according to the Berliner Tageblatt, which adds "that horses are in very bad condition owing to lack of food and to the fact that boy and women drivers do not know how to handle them properly, causing frequent accidents." With each fall of snow, Berlin families are faced with the duty of clearing . away the snow in front of their dwellings. Several mornings have provided the spectacle, over which the newspapers make merry of all sorts and conditions of people busy clearing the snow from the pavements. This official order is occasioned by the fact that there is not sufficient labor to distribute coal in the city, take away garbage or handle goods at the stations. The Vorwaarts calls them "honorary snow sweepers," but refuses to treat the matter as a joke. It says: "It is all very well to laugh when there is only an inch or so of snow, tut what will happen when there are a few feet to clear away?" and demands that prisoners of war be used for that and similar work.

Tombstones are being used for location monuments in the new mining district near Sodaville, Nev., where a fabulously rich ledge of tungsten ore was discovered recently, according to reports brought to Reno by men who answered the call of the desert and rushed to ge some of the claims. "''"" 'HjLwi 1 1 1' jdAaEft 66

ITALIAN TROOPS RECEIVE TOKENS FROM AMERICA Red Cross and U. S. Officials Distribute Christmas Gifts Among Southern Allies. (By Associated Press; VENICE, Sunday, Dec. 23. American Christmas cheer will be carried

to the Italian soldiers in the trenches and to the sick and wounded soldiers in and around Venice by B. Harvey Carroll, Jr., American consul at Venice, acting for the American Red Cross. Mr. Carroll will leave Venice with Gen. Di Viterfranchesoa, so as to make the tour of the trenches on Christmas eve. They will be accompanied by detachments of soldiers with trucks bearing huge bundles of gifts for distribution among the troops. Each soldier will receive a package containing socks, handkerchiefs, tobaco, sweets, some articles of fod and a distinctive present Remember Wounded. Another distribution will ' be made in Venice on Christmas eve and Christmas morning to wounded soldiers and civilian poor. Large numbers of wounded are now coming in from the Piave to the hospitals of Venice. Each of these will be remembered with clothing, food and sweets. The civilian poor are being cared for regularly to the number of 1,200. Eight hundred received meals at one American soup kitchen and 400 at another American kitchen. In addition to the extra Christmas dines, each woman and child will receive a present of clothing and food. The clothing consists of blankets, shawls, underclothing and stockings, most of which has been manufactured in the American Red Cross factory at Maestre, a suburb of Venice. The city of Venice remains comparatively undisturbed by the recent renewal of enemy pressure on the lower Piave nearest to Venice, where his line is twelve miles east of the city. While shells from the heavy guns could reach Venice, it is known that the enemy has been unable to bring across the river anything except machine guns a few pieces of small calibre. No shells have fallen anyway near the city. The" rumble of the bombardment can be heard day and night, but the population has become accustomed to it, as it had the previous menace from the air and the sea. Believe Pope Has Intervened. One of the chief reasons for calm is the belief that Pope Benedict has intervened in some way by which. the Austrians will not shell the city. This report cannot be verified, but the population generally believes it, and it is one of the main reasons for the calm with which the pressure on the lower Piave has been accepted. The custodians of the art treasures in the city have, considered it desirable to move a large number of paintings and statues which up to this time had been stored within the city. The most valuable were sent south months ago. but now the entire bulk of removable art treasures has been taken away. It is estimated that 12,000 square metres of paintings were taken from the ducal palace alone. The famous equestrian statue before St. Mark's is being dismounted for removal, although it was at first intended to protect it by a brick covering. Few of the remaining civilians wish to leave Venice, but the municipality and the American Red Cross assist all who wish to get away. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY

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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, December 24 (By The Associated Press). The American expeditionary force tonight capitulated to Santa Claus. With a light snow falling throughout the zone, every man in General Pershing's army "doughboys," cavalrymen, artillerymen, marine engineers, "mule-skinners" stopped work as the sun went down and started in to do the bidding of the jovial Saint, temporarily in command. First there was a rush to open the Christmas packages from home, for during the day mail truck alter mail truck had arrived in the various towns, where the troops are quartered, loaded to the top with presents. The mail arrived at the base part late, and extraordinary efforts were made to get it to the soldiers promptly. Given Cause to Rejoice So many a lonely American fighter, who had about come to the conclusion that his friends at home had forgotten him, had cause to rejoice. With their new sweaters on, new pipes in their teeth, some of them smoking fragrant cigars, the men of FISH BUREAU TO ACT ON PRODUCTS WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Quality and price of new fish foods put on the market through the assistance of the department of commerce must conform to standards set up by the government or the producers will not reap the benefit of official recommendation of such foods. Secretary Redfield said today that an official label "Recommended by the Bureau of Fisheries" was being provided for all new fish products which meet the government requirements. Two manufacturers recently were debarred from use of the label, one because he allowed the quality of his product to deteriorate, and the other because he attempted to take advantage of the growing demand for the new foods to profiteer by increasing prices. Secretary Redfield recalled that tomatoes once were sentimentally known as "love apples," but were regarded as poisonous and fit only for decorative purposes. What has been accomplished with tomatoes, he expects to be accomplished with dog fish, of which one million cans have been sold since the name was changed. Menhaden, eulachon, shark and whale also are being eaten in increasing quantities. On the Pacific coast, especially, whale is meeting with high favor. Leather shortages are being mitigated by the use of fish skins, samples of which have been put on exhibition in the secretary's office. A soft, pliable leather, suitable for shoe uppers or heavy gloves, was made from the intestines of a whale. The skin of a porpoise produced a fine grain, thick leather, shark skin was tanned .into a coarse, tough leather for mechanical purposes, and the gray fish produced acceptable leather for book backs. TWO SEAMEN LOST WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Leo B. Murphy, a seaman, of Oroville. Cala., and O. K. Vidahi, a seaman, of Arlington, N. J., were lost overboard from a transport on December 17. Glen Miller Stock Yards Market Every Day Call Phone 3744 SHURLEY & GAAR BUT

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the army then set to work in earnest making it merry for the children of France. . At some distance from the American zone the railway engineers at the British front and other engineers at the French front were spending their Christmas eve under fire, but even there the children of nearby neighborhoods were being cared for. It was in the headquarters town of the first division to land on French soil that the most elaborate entertainment was held, however. Because the church there was small, the Y. M. C. A. hut was commandeered. Gigantic Trees on Hand During the afternoon the American officers and men worked hard erecting a gigantic Christmas tree and decorating it, while sentries posted outside kept inquisitive youngsters at a safe distance. Finally the doors were open--ed and the procession filed in, each little French boy and girl dressed in his or her best, and accompanied by the mother, or, in the cases of the little refugees, whose mothers and fathers are missing, by the woman who is caring for them. There was a tense air of expectancy until the lights suddenly were flashed on and the tree and Santa Claus were revealed. The revelation was the signal for a chorus of shrill, joyful cries from the assembled youngsters, who were all eyes for the tree with its glittering tinsel set off here and there by the customary red, white, green and purple lights. Crossed American and French flags numerously were displayed, and from every branch there hung boxes of candy, jumping jacks and candy sticks, drums, dolls and other playthings and a plentiful sprinkling of apples and oranges. Piled high at the base of the tree there were many boxes containing toy soldiers, guns, uniforms, tops, sewing sets, with heavy woolen mittens, mufflers, warm coats, dresses and shoes. SUITS and OVERCOATS Cleaned and Pressed, $1.00 JOE MILLER 617i2 Main St. Second Floor

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PARIS, Dec. 26. Premier Clemen ceau has sent a circular letter to General Petal n and all the army chiefs pointing out that the experience of three years of war has shown that existing age limits are too high and that with a few rare exceptions commands are not effectively exercised at over 56 years for a regiment, 58 for a brigade, 60 for a division and 62 for an army corps. Under these conditions, he adds, general and field officers over these ages must be given commands hereafter in the rear or placed at the disposal of the minister of war. The only exception to this rule will be general officers recommended to retain their commands on the personal responsibility of generals commanding armies. In the future the premier declares, no promotions will be made to the rank of general of officers who have served only a short time In the line. This policy will result in placing at the head of the fighting troops, he hopes, chiefs who know them well and in whom the soldiers can have fnll confidence, from having seen them at work. The same principle will be used in promoting field and subordinate officers. President Wood of the American Woolen company has purchased an old bank building in New Bedford, Mass., because of its sentimental value. It is the place in which he first worked, earning $4 a week. NO COLLECTIONS 99 7? M TA 1

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