Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 256, 9 August 1919 — Page 13

PAGE FIFTEEN ST. LOUIS, HOME OF GOOD BEER, SPURNS "KICKLESS" IMITATIONS WITH CONTEMPT oca! and foreicm WHILE THE "COOK" ENTERTAINS HER "STEADY"

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919.

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS WAGNER'S GRAIN LETTER CHICAGO, August 9. Confirmation of -United States wheat losses small. Chicago receipts; moderate oats crop report; absence of any remarks regarding the grain exchanges have encouraged the buying side. Situation is mixed. Grain receipts are piling up at outside points. A Monday bulge and a Tuesday break might cover the over the week-end lookout. Oklahoma and Nebraska had rain. Forecast Is for one-half dry and onehalf unsettled. Many say September corn near 2.00 is the limit. Looks as though Europe will pay only certain limit for many United States products. CHICAGO GRAIN RANGE Furnished by E. W. WAGNER & CO., 212 Union National Bank Building. Phone 1720. CHICAGO, August 9. Following Is the range of futures on Chicago Board of Trade today: Open High Low Close Corn Sept 192 1944 Dec 153 157 152 157 May 149&4 153 149 152 Oats Sept 74 76 V3 74 76 Dec 77 Vfe 79- 76Mi 79 May 80 82 80 814 Pork Sept 46.50. 47.50 Lard Sept 31.35 31.55 31.30 31.55 RibsSept 26.45 26.60 26.20 26.35 'By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. O., Aug. 9 Wheat iso. l red. $2.252.26; No. 2 red, $2.23 irz-tZi; no. 3 red. $2.18 2.22. Corn No. 2 white, $2.1292.14; No. 3 white. $2.0802.10; No. 4 white, S2.05(9'2.07; No. 2 yellow, $2.0S2.10; No. 3 yellow, $2.04 2.06; No. 4 yellow, $2.002.02; No. 2 mixed, $2.07(02.09. ny Associated Tress) TOLEDO. O.. Aucr. 9 flnvpr raoH Prime cash. $30.00; Oct., $31.00; Dec, $30.00; March, $30.25. Alsike Prime cash. $24.75; Oct. and Dec, $25.00. Timothy Prime cash old and new, $5.40; Sept., $5.95; Oct., $5.S0; Dec, $5.90; Marcn, $6.02. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. Aug. 9. Corn No. 2 mixed, nominal; No. 2 yellow, $2.08. Oats No. 2 white, 76V&'3"S; x0 3 white, 73477c. Pork, nominal; Ribs, $25.75 75Lard, 31,60. LIVE STOCK PRICES (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. August 9. Hogs Receipts 3,500; higher. Cattle Receipts 200; steady. Calves Receipts, 100; higher. Sheep Receipts 200; steady. HOGS Good to choice, 160 to 200 pounds, $22.40022.60; good to choice, 200 to 225 lbs.. $22.40022.60; mid to medium, 160 to 200 pounds, $22.40022.65; sows, according to quality, $15,500 19.25; fat hogs, $20.50021.00; good to prime, $22 40022.60; bulk of sows. SlR.75l7fl9.25: fat haoU- n1 JifldMi ' ' - f-B- is 20.50; feeding-tugs, $20 down; poor to best stags, SO pounds dock, $15019: pigs, $20.50 down; boars, thin sows and skips not quoted. CATTLE Killing steers extra good, 1,300 lbs. and upward. $17.00017.50; good to choice. 1,300 lbs. and upward, 016.25; common to medium. 1.150 to 1,300 lbs. and upward, $15.00'fl6.00; good to choice, 1150 to 1250 lbs., $15.50 016.235; common to medium. 1,150 to J.250 lbs., $14.50015; good to choice 1,000 to 1,150 lbs.. $14.00015.00; common to medium. 1.000 to 1.150 lbs., $14.00; poor to good, under 1,000 lbs., $13.50; good to best, under 1,000 lbs., $10.f)0f12.00; yearlings, $12,500 14. $14.00; good to choice butchers. $12.00 Heifers Good to best, 800 lbs. and up, $13.00015.00; common to medium, 800 lbs. and up, $10.00012.50; good to best, under SOO lbs, $14,000 $15.25: common to medium, under SOO ibs., $S. 50012. 00. Cows Good to oest. 1,050 lbs. upward. $10012.50; common to medium. 1,050 lbs., upward. $9.00010.00. good to brst under 1.C50 pounds, $9,500 $11.00; common to medium, under 1050 lbs.. $8.0009.00; canners and cutters. $5.50 0 7.50; fair to choice upward, $11.00 and $12.50; good to chiWce milkers, $90.000140.00. Bui's vrrn to best. 1 ""0 lh upward, $10011: good to choice. $10 011.60; fair to med., under 1300 lbs., $9.0009. 75; common to good bolognas, $S09. Ca'.ves Good to choice veals, under 200 pounds. $17.50019.00; common to medium veals. ,$10.0010.00: good to choice heavy calves, $9.00012.00; common to medium heavy calves, $5 00&S.OO. Stockers and Feeding Cattle Good u r'm'c Fteers. SOO lbs., and up. $10.2" fi"l 1 .30; common to fair steers. SOO lbs. and up. $.) 0 10.00: good to choice steers under SOO lbs., $10.50; ccdimon to medium, under 800 lbs.. $8.009.00: medium to good heifers, $8.00 9.00; medium to good cows. $7.0008.00; springers, $9,000 12.00; stock calves. 250 to 450 lbs.. $7.5053 11.50; western fed lambs. $18 liowu; western fed wethers. $13 down: bucks, per 100 pounds, $7.0007.50; fair to choice milkers, $750150; clipped stock selling $2 to $3 per 100 lbs. lower than above quotations. SHEEP AND I.AM8S. Spring Lambs $10.00015; bucks, per 100 pounds, $5.00 05.50. Good to choice sheep. $6.0007.50; common to medium sheep, $3,000 5.50; breeding ewes.- $9.00012.00; good to choice light lambs, 514.60015.00; common to medium lambs, $10.00011.00; western fed lambs. $16.00 down; western fed wethers, $11.00 down. Corrected by McLean & Company, Dayton. Ohio. Bell Phone. East 23; Home 81235 DAYTON, O.. Aug. 9. Hogs Receipts, three cars: market, steady; choice heavies. $21.50022.00; packers and butchers. $21.50022.00; heavy Yorkers. $20020.50; light Yorkers. $19.50020.00; pigs. $17,000 19.00; stags. $14.00016.00; choice fat

sows, $18.50019.00.

Cattle Receipts Five cars: steady; fair to good shippers, $12.00 ii.ou; i air to medium nutcners, iiv ftp 12.00; good to choice belters. 93.00 (3)12 00- chnir f -nwa t4 00 H 10.00 ; fair to good fat cows, $7.00 8.50; bolnrna mwi rtAff?! Oft tititfhr hulls. $9.00010.00; bologna bulls $7.0009.00; caives, iuq317.uo. Sheep Receipts, light; market, steady. Sheen. S6.OO08.OO. Lambs. $10.00014.00. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 9. Receipts, Cattle, 250; Hogs, 1,300; Sheep, 1,500. Cattle Market, steady; shippers, $11.50015.00; butcher 6teers, extra, $12.00 013.75; good to choice, $11.00 12.00; common to fair, $7.50010.00. Heifers, extra. $12.00013.00; good to choice. $11.00011.75; common to fair, $7.00010.50. Cows Extra, $10.00 011.00; good to choice. $7.5009.50; common to fair, $6.0007.00; canners, $5.0005.75; stockers and feeders. $7.00010.50; bulls, steady; bologna, $8.0009.25; fat bulls, $9.50010.00. Calves, 25c to 50c lower; extra, $19.00; fair to good, $15.00018.75; common and large. $7.00014.00. Hogs Steady; selected heavy shippers, $22.00; good to choice packers and butchers, $22.00; medium. $21.50 22.00; stags, $10.00013.50; common to choice heavy fat sows, $13,000 18.50; light shippers, $21.00021.25; pigs, 110 pounds and less, $14.00020. Sheep Steady; good to choice, $8.7509.00; fair to good, $6.5008.75; fair, $3.0006.50. Lambs Steady; good to choice, $17.00017.50; fair to good, $13.00017; common to fair, $13.00015.00. (By Associated Press) EAST BUFFALO, August 9. Cattle Receipts, 350; slow. Calves Receipts, 100; $1.50 lower; $6.OO022.OO. Hogs Receipts, 2,000; 25c higher; heavy, $23.25023.50; mixed and Yorkers, $23.50023.60; few 23.65; light Yorkers, $22.25022.50; pigs, $22,000 22.25; roughs, $20.25020.75; stags, $12.00017.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 200; active; lambs, 25 cents lower; lambs, $10.00017.25; yearlings, $8.00014.00; wethers, $10.50011.00; ewes, $4,000 10.00; mixed sheep, $10.00010.50. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 9. Hogs Receipts 2,000; market higher than yesterday's average; top $22.65; heavy weight $22.35022.60; medium weight, $20.60022.65; light weight $20.50 0 $2.60; light lights $19.00021 30; heavy packing sows, smooth $19.40 3 $20.25; packing sows, rough, $18.50 $19.25; pigs $17019. Cattle Receipts 1,000, compared with a week ago, killing steers mostly 50c to $1 higher; better grades of she stock 75 cents to $1 higher; others and canners and bulls 25 cents to 50 cents higher; handy weight calves mostly $2.50 higher, medium heavy $1 to fj higher; stockers and feeders 25' cents to 50 cents higher. Shf ep Receipts 4,ooo, compared with a week ago, native lambs mostly 25 cents higher; westerns 25 to 50 cents higher; ewes, steady to 25 cents higher; yearlings and weathers mostly 25 cents higher; feeders mostly 25 cents higher; breeding ewes, 25 cents higher. (By Associated Pres PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Aug. 9. HogsReceipts, 1,000; market, higher; heavies. $23.40023.50: heavy Yorkers, $23.60023.70; light Yorkers, $22,200 22.30; pigs, $21.50022.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 300; Market, steady; top sheep. $10.75; top lambs. $16.50. Calves Receipts, 100; market, steady; top, $21.00. PRODUCE MARKET (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. July 9. Butter market, firm; creamery firsts, 48053HEggs Receipts, 10,458 cases; market, unchanged. Live poultry, market lower; fowls, 31; springs, 33036. Potato market, strong; Receipts. 33 cars; 111. Kan. and Mo. Early Ohio's sacked car lots. $4.7505 cwt; Minn. Early Ohio's sacked car lots, $4,750 5. LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 9 Final prices on Uiberty bonds todav were 3 1-2 '. 1st 4 2nd 4 . $99. SO . 94.14 93.16 1st 4 1-4 94.00 2nd 4 1-4 93.36 3rd 4 1-4 94.90 4th 4 1-4 93.40 Victory 3 3-4 99.84 Victory 4 3-4 99.82 NEW YORK STOCK LIST (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. August 9. The closing quotations on the stock exchange were: American Can, 52. American Locomotive. 862. American Beet Sugar. 85. American Smelter, 78V4. Anaconda, 68'. Atchison, 91i. Bethlehem Steel, B., 878. Canadian Pacific. 1564. Chesapeake & Ohio, 56s. Great Northern Pfd.. 87'4New York Central. 73. Northern Pacific, 87 . Southern Pacific, 974. Pennsylvania, 43. U. S. Steel, Common. 104 4. LOCAL HAY MARKET New Hay Timothy, $27.00; mixed, $25.00; clover, $22.00. 'By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9 Hay Steady; No. 1 timothy, $29.50030.00; No. 2 timothy, $28.50929.00. BUTTER FAT QUOTATION. Butter fat delivered in Richmond is bringing 54 cents this week. The black apes of Guinea have lon silky hair. The great armadillo has ninety-two teeth.

Seven Miles National Crop Improvement Service I ((TT will not do any good to ad-1 vise rarmers not to retire ana not to move to town, nor will it do any good to preach that boys must be kept on the farm. The only way to solve these two problems is to make country life as attractive and as convenient as town life and the automobile is rapidly doing it," says Mr. Frank Eaackes. vice-president, American Steel & Wire company. "I was reading the other day of a 1 man in New York state who h:id worked his way up from boyhood and : now owns a 130-acre farm improved, i limed and fenced, with n beautiful j house, b'g barns and modern improve- j ments, well storied. Including 50 pure- : bred ewes. Now lie says he is going ! to move to town because his wife wants to go; because he lives eight miles from town over the most abominable road in the world. "He claims he and his wife have been prisoners at h::rd labor without ; even the commonest of pleasures. He says that most of his friends have for - saken their farms and have gone to this town and he wants to go there and enjoy their society. FRUIT & VEGETABLES (Corrected Daily by Eggemeyer's) SELLING PRICES Beets. 5c per bunch; leaf lettuce, per pound, 15 cents; head lettuce, trimmed, per lb., 53c; tomatoes, 3 lbs., 25c; dry onions, per lb., 10 cents; parsley, per bunch, 15c; mangoes, 15c dozen; turnips, 8 cents per pound; earlic. $1 per lb.; summer 6quash, 3c lb.; new potatoes, 4 lbs., 25c, 90c pk.; new corn, home grown, 40c doz.; Michigan celery, per bunch, 5c; green beans, 10c lb.; sweet potatoes, 2 lbs. 25c. Eggs, dozen, 50c; creamery butter per lb.. 64c; country butter, per lb., 55c; spring chickens, 70c. Produce (Buying) Country butter, per lb. 40c; eggs, 42 per dozen; old thickens, per lb25c; frying chickens, per lb.. 33c. Fruits Bananas, per pound, 12c; lemons, per dozen, 40c; limes, per dozen, 50c; oranges, per dozen. 60c; watermelons 3c per pound; cantaloupes, 10c; California plums. 25c per pound; peaches 13c, or 2 lbs. for 25c; new apples, 10c and 15c pound; Malaga grapes 40c pound. BacLroeyer's Tip Top melons, per lb.. Cc. Local Grab Market Richmond flour mills are paying $2.11 for No. 1 red wheat; $2.08 for No. 2; $2.04 for No. 3; No. 4. $2.00; No. 5, $1.90. LOCAL QUOTATIONS (Furnished by Whelan) SELLING PRICES BUYING Corn, $2.00; oats, 65c; rye, $1.65; straw, per ton $8. SELLING Cottonseed Meal, per ton $80; per cwt., $4.25. Oil Meal, per ton, $90; cwt., $4.75. Tankage 50 per ton, $93; per cwt. $4.75; 60 per cent, $108 per to; cwt, $5.50; Quaker City

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"When a farmer retires from his BCtive out-of-door life and hnngs cr0Und the house, his years are num bered and he becomes a nuisance to himself and an especial nuisance to his wife. "Now the crux of the whole matter Is this: If that eight miles of road had been improved by this bunch of retired farmers, the town facilities could be theirs and they could enjoy the country as well There is no ex cuse fo eight miles of abominable roads in New Y'ork state or in any other state. It would take oniy a half an hour cf very conservative driving for him to go to town over a good road and his boy is informed that if he goes to a big city to work he is likely to stand up in, a sweating crowd in a street car for the better part of an hour before he can get ta his lodgings. "Therefore when we all realize that ! every man owes public service in roaa 1 making, this moving-to-town bugaboo ! will not be so prevalent. Fix the road . and you have fixed almost everything 1 that counts." Dairy Feed, per ton $52.00; per cwt. $2.75. Schumaker Feed, ton, $65.00; cwt, $3.35. Salt, per bbl., $2.75. Wheat Bran, per ton $48.50; cwt. $2.50 Bran and Shorts mixed, per ton $57.50, per cwt. $3.00. White Wheat Middlings, per ton $65.00; per cwt. $3.35. Barley Feed, per ton, $6S; cwt. $3.50. PRODUCE MARKET The following are the jobbing prices on produce in Richmond today Eggs Dozen, candled, 45 cents; creamy butter, 56 cents. The following prices are being paid today for produce by Richmond jobbers: Eggs, per dozen, 40 cents; old chickens, per lb., 24 cents; frying chickens, per pound, 28 cents. Local Strikers Already Disgusted With Move At least one striker in the Richmond railroad men's organizations which went out Saturday is already disgusted with the strike. Here is what he told a newspaper man Saturday when the strike was only is hours old: "I am going back to work Monday whether anybody else does or not. I did not want to strike. "We know that he public, the politicans and the newspapers are against us now. We are going back to work and fight the high cost of living and then we know they will all be for us." Only One Diphtheria Case Reported Today Health conditions in Richmond have taken a sudden jump upwards with the diphtheria epidemic under control. Only one case of that disease was reported at the office of City Health Officer J. H. Kinsey on Saturday. No cases of "flu" have come- under medical care and it is thought that the city will be free of objectional "bugs" as soon as danger of contact cases from those already suffering is past.

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EAST YARDS WORK TO BE COMPLETED; ORDERS RECEIVED Orders have been received by officials of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania railroad to push the work at the new east yards to completion. An announcement was made Saturday morning by S. W. Hodgin, division engineer, that plans are being made to start work on the remainder of the construction next week. It is hoped that the yards will be entirely completed by the first of February next year. Approximately 100 men are employed in construction work now. and efforts are being made to hire 300 additional men on the track and building work The engine house, with approximately six miles of track work, and other buildings in connection with the care of engines, completion of the yard track work, and the office buildings at the yards must be accomplished before the yards are fully completed. Track work in the yards will consist of laying about five miles of track, and finishing the grading on the new hump. All of the construction work will be done by the Austin company, which has built all of the buildings now erected on the new yards, and the track work will be under the personal supervision of Clem Wolfe, who had charge of the entire construction since it was origir.al'y started in 1916. The entire cost of finishing the yards will be approximately $600,000. The only feature of the new yards that will not be finished immediately, according to Mr. Hodgin, is the new interlocking system. This, however, will probably be installed later in the year, he 6aid. A vacuum brush which cleans craftsmen's drawings has been patented. BRITON IS CHOSEN TO LEAD TOILERS TV. A. Appleton. W. A. Applet an. secretary of the General Federation of Trades Unions of Great Britain, has been elected president of the International Trade Union Federation, meetfhjr in convention at Amsterdam. Appleton was chosen by thirtv-one votes as epain8t eighteen for President OudeReest of the Dutch labor federation.

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch.) ST. LOUIS. Mc, Aug. 9 St. Louis spurns the "synthetic spree" which is vainly trying to find a place In the dry scheme of things, says the Post-Dispatch. Substitutes tor practically all the old intoxicating drinks, except straight whisky, are displayed on the back bars of many St. Louis saloons, but thus far their only office has been to fill up the space left vacant when the real stuff disappeared when the wartime prohibition went into effect. The bottles containing thse substitute drinks are the choicest product of the glassblower's art and have fancy labels closely resembling those formerly used on the drinks which they are designed to simulate. It is claimed for all of them that they have "the taste, but not the kick." Bars in the hotels and a number of

the larger downtown and west end saloons have an array of these bottles and an assortment of signs on the mirror that would startle the prohibitionist if he should drop in for a sarsaparilla. The signs proclaim that there are on sale gin rickeys. Martini cocktails, Bronx cocktails, ale, port, vermouth and, most startling of all, mint juleps. The "drinking public" has been slow to respond to the appeal of these non-alcoholic con coctions. There was some trade in them when they were first put on sale. Th4s was purely speculative and, based on the chance that they were not really imitations, but the genuine mixtures in disguise. It did not take long for the knowing to establish that this faint gleam of hope was a will-o'-the-wisp. The only kick was that which came from those who failed to find one. Investigator Went Home Sober. A man who went out with the deliberate intention of "tanking up" on these imitation drinks found that he became progressively more sober, arrived home before supper was ready and put in the intervening time pushing a lawn mower over the back yard in perfectly straight lines. At a downtown saloon, formerly famous for the superior quality of its mixed drinks, a Martini cocktail was ordered. The skilled mixer cf other davs Dut it together in his usual painstaking way. First he filled a tall glass with cracked ice, then he reached to tlV back bar and got a bottle conspici ously labeled "vermouth." He poured a jigger of this on the ice in the glass. From another bottle he put in a dash of "gin syrup." After giving the mixture time to chill he strained it Into a cocktail glass and dropped an olive on it. The drink looked like a Martini. So far as the flavor went it also tasted like one, except that the ardency which goes with every genuine "hard" drink was not there. This is true of all the non-alcoholic substitutes. No Good Fellowship. Saloon keepers who have tried to "push" these new drinks say they have made several startling discoveries since July 1 which upset their preconceived notions as to the function of the saloon. They have learned for one thing that the lure of the Winchester, Ind, The Craigvar girls met with Miss Doris Browne, Monday night, in honor of Miss Lucile Hanscom of Indianapolis. Guests present were Miss Mary Comer, Mr3. Herbert Stormes and Mrs. Ed Byrnes Dr. and Mrs. Ivan Brenner gave an Informal dinner party Wednesday evening in honor of their house guests, Mrs. Marlatt and the Misses Josephine School and Mary Marlatt of Sonner3ville. Others present were Dr. and Mrs. B. S. Hunt and daughters, and Mrs. G. P. Hunt and daughters, Mary and Emma Mrs. G. R. Kennedy of Cedartown, Georgia, is here for an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Reynard Mr?. Opal Kirk and children of Indianapolis, have returned to their home after a two weeks' visit with relatives here Miss Edna Wentz, who is employed in the Knollenberg store at Richmond, is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wentz Mrs. Oren Sloan gave an announcement party, Monday evening at her home. South Meridian street, announcing the coming marriage of her sister. Miss Elma Abshire to Samuel Toffee, to take place in September. A musical program was given during the evening Mrs. Charles Johnson entertained the Past Grand Association, at her home, south of the city, Wednesday evening Mrs. Stephen Clevenger left Monday for Fetoskey, .Mien. where she will remain for some time, Mrs. R. O. Copeland is the guest of Mrs. O. O. Fraze. Mrs. Copeland will return to her home in Columbus, Ohio. Sunday Miss Florence Macon entertained a number or young friends. Saturday afternoon at her home in Greenville Avenue The Order of the Eastern Star picniced at Funk's Lake. Thursday afternoon and evening. A large crowd was present. Miss Edith Watson has returned from a short visit with friends at Newcastle and Indianapoli3. Funeral Arrangements Martin-Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Martin will be held Sunday af!ntormnt n-ni hp tn Lutheran ceme - tery. Lamb Julia Ann Lamb. 83 years old, died at. her home, 1326 North F street, Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Surviving relatives are four daughters, all of this city, Martha Burden, Jo- ! sephine Shucraft. Biddy Anderson, and j Edith Holland, and several grandchll'dren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Second Baptist church. Burial will be in Earlham. Friends may call any time, at. the parlors of Pohlmeyer, Downing and company. TENANT STABS FARMER OXFORD. O.. Aug. 9. Alfred McVicker, well known farmer living east of town, who was stabbed eight times Wednesday by Adam Strom, a tenant on the McVicker farm, will live, according to his physician. Dr. A. B. Wilkie. Strom is still confined In the tcounty jail. The charge against him is cutting with intent to kill.

brass foo trail and the "companionship and good fellowship" supposed to go with it are not .sufilcient to keep trade alive when alcoholic drinks are not sold. , They have also learned that many former whisky drinkers have been able to get along on beer containing only 2 per cent, alcohol, and most startling of all, they have found that a large majority of the supposed "steady drinkers" have conscientious scruples against trying to induce them to serve hard drinks in violation of the law. In a few saloons whisky and wines of more than 294 alcoholic ' content may be obtained in devious ways, but the demand for this sort of service is said to be surprisingly small. Several saloon keepers who were questioned on this point said they had

not attempted the surreptitious sale of "hard" drinks because they believe public sentiment would not favor infraction of the wartime regulation, and certainly would not sanc tion violation of the law after the constitutional amendment goes Into effect. Business In the saloons has fallen off. and hotel managers say they have not made enough at their bars to pay expenses since July 1. SKIRTS GOING UP, SOX COMING DOWN; WHAT IS COMING? Ladies who fight the good light of fashion in approved Marquis of Queensberry style atten-shun! The fall dictates are out. Chicago dress buyers have returned from the east carrying with them the. first messengers of the new season, scant of plumage, short of er measure, but however slight, nevertheless, quite decisive. Of the new dreese it might be said in approved ringside fashion they're little, but, oh, my! "Yes, they are a bit short." said a woman buyer in a Stats street department store who had just returned from the east. "But that Is because materials will have to be conserved. Silks, serges, even cotton materials, are scarce and expensive." She held up to view a satin gown whose "shortness" did not err on the side of indecision. "Everything in Paris is the Bame," she declared. On Michigan avenue, the same storv was told. Buyers san rhaDsodie of narrow and abbreviated silhouettes. "They'll get even shorter bfore the season is over," Miss Mollie Livingston, of an importer's shop, said. Socks Are Sold. But here's the rub: While Roberts rules of order demand the shortened skirt, the Hoyles of hosiery announce the advent of the feminine sock. "Dancers have always bought them." a young woman in the hosiery department of a department store declared. "But now sales of socks have increased greatly." "I've seen them wearing socks already," Miss Livingston 6aid. "No doubt more women will adopt the fad." As yet no fashion Edison has come forward with a 6aving invention to bridge the gap. Hose are silken. Many dresses are silken. Fabric manufacturers, meeting in New York, according to a dispatch from the east, have agreed that there Is not enough silk to go around or of other material, for that matter. And there will not be enough material for five years to come. But here's consolation. One dress buyer declared that rtill one fabric may be made up in the lines that a slender maiden loves. The fabric Is lace but then, of course, it takes less thread than a closer fabric, it was explained. On the whole, the minus 6lgns seemed to have it, both on State" street and Michigan avenue this morning. Letter Of Appreciation Given By School Board To Dr. Johnson, Former Head A letter of appreciation for his unselfish devotion to the city schools of Richmond during his period as a member of the school board has been sent to Dr. M. F. Johnston by Superintendent J. H. Bentley by order of tha Board of Education. "The members of the board of edu cation feels that your sixteen years of j service should not close unnoticed and are tnerercre writing you this open j letter to express their own feelings and what they know would be in th minus oi a majority or the citizens, says the letter. Wheat In Walnut Level To Average 20 Baskels HAGERSTOWN, Ind.. Aug. 9. Elmer Crull. thresher, will finish wheat threshing Saturday and will begin thrashing oats next week. The wheat in the Walnut Level ring, where h has been working, this week, will average or more bushels to the acre. Sixty acres, of James Stevens, averJiZ l? ?ra1 j " """" "1- -.l " t"S I coin Eliason ahd 80 acres, which avcr1 g 1 bushels per acre. Farmer's League Heads To Hold Meet At Winchester A district meeting of the farmers' federation of this section of the stats will be held at Winchester, Indiana. August 15. All officers of the county are asked to attend, from Wayne, Union. Fayette and other surrounding counties. SALE IS ANNOUNCED. HAGERSTOWN. Ind., August 9. Homer Sones, living one-half mile from Dalton and four and one-half miles north of Hagerstown, has announced a sale of household, personal property and live stock, for Wednesday, August 20. at 10 o'clock. Jones will sell cattle, hogs sheep, timothy hay and feed, 25 acres of corn in the field and farming tools and, household goods.