The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1917, Page 6

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You GAS PERFUME ATOMIZER CHESTNUT CHARLIE * BY BLOSSER Whe Your Wind PRRNISSION ~ ~~ V.W)0T WARD A 600d SToRY ABOUT FEET— WAIT TLL BANDAGE his SOLDIER UP HELEN AN’ VLE HELP You HE LOOKS LIKE V THING PLL HAVE To PUT SPLINTS ON MIS SOLDIER ‘ SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 1917. ‘CAusEe wes HaroLD! war \/ Aw On EARTH ARE ff BAD 1 was Jes MAKIN’ BELIEVE ITS A GERMAN ZEPPELIN POP, To SHOOT aT with MY ANTI- AIRCRAFT GUN! maw! tm uSIN’ "TH" CAGE AS BARBED- WIRE. ENTANGLEMENTS FOR MY “TRIK “To ‘CLIMB OVER ! WHY ARE FEET $4 Quick LIKE OLDEN \ ~ TALES? ?_. = a C'MON C'MON THE ANSWER !! [TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT STOCKS STILE SHOW SUBSTANTIAL GAINS Collapse of Russian Peace Over- tures Exerts Helpful Influ- ence on All Issues. FOREIGN BONDS SHARE ~ IN UPWARDS TENDENCY New York, Dec. 21.—The authorita- tive statement, that reports concern- ing the next government loan are merely conjectural atid decidely pre- mature and. conditons of a collapse of ; Great Northern Ore Ctfs ...... the peace negotiations between Rus- sia aia the Central powers contribut- ed tc the further strength of the stock marke’. tcday. Prices after the preliminary period of uncertainty advanced 2 to 3 Points among leading, issues, with greater gains in the varied list of spec- falties:' Technical conditions also were helpful, shorts ‘ again ' covering rather urgently on ‘the increasing scarcity’ of offerings. Rails and the more representative industrials moved to highest levels in the afternoon, but shaded a point or more toward the end, the reversal synchronising with the definite an-|: nouncement on the railroad situation is to be pustponed until after the hol- idays. Sales aggregated 650,000 shares. With the many large finincial oper- ations now under way, the market con- tinued very firnt; all call money loans holding’ at? six. per cent. Time rates were steady at'5% to 6c for mixed col- lateral, but in point of fact funds were almost: unobtainable, except for. the shorter maturities. | ! Exchange on France, Russia and Spain moved more in favor: of )those countries, Rubles being in fair demand for ihe first time in weeks. ‘ All the foreign bonds augmented yesterday's gains, some by 2 to 4 per cent. Domestic issues also displayed firmer tendencies. Liberty 4’s sold at 77.10 to 97 and the 3%’s at 98.34 to 98.10. Total bond sales (par value) amounted to $5,375,000. United States old coupon 4’s rose % per cent on sale, other issues re- maining unchanged on call. RETAIL TRADE GOOD. Bradstreet Summary Shows Satisfac- tory Conditions for Season. New York, Dec. 21.-—Bradstreets to- morrow will say: Increasingly important government- al requirements, quickened retail trade due to cold weather and holiday buying difficulty in operating leading industrial plants owing to paucity of fuei, and better than ‘seasonal distri: tusion of wholesale dealers as well as jobbers, the trends in the latter re- Spect Laving been carried signs by activity at secondary markets ‘as dis- tinguished from movements at the so- called primary centers, where trade has receded, present the chief char- acteristics of this week’s reports. In- dustry is strenuously trying to fill gov- ernment orders, in the face of numer- ous handicaps flowing from shortage of cars, lack of fuel, insufficient sup- Mies of labor and inclement weather. At the same time the season for in- ventorying as well as the continuous shitting from non-essential outputs has resuited in a degree of quiet in industries that are not favored with war crders. Of course holiday buying has cniarged all retail trade and cold weather and deep snow has stimulated demard for heavyweight wearing ap- parel and footwear. Withal reversa- tions with regard to Christmas trade, reports regarding which lack uniform- ity. Indeed some sections disclose a 1eccrd business and buying of high grades of merchandise, but on. the whole a spirit of economy seems to deminate, and though the final rush may bring the turnover up to a high level. it is likely that numerous mar- Kets will show losses from last year. Weekly bank clearings $6,424,578,000. NEW YORK STOCKS. American Beet Sugar ........ 65% American Can . see American Smelting and Refining 70 American Tel. and Tel American Zinc .... Anaconda Copper . Atchison ...... . Baltimore and Ohi Butte and Superior . California ePtroleum Canadian Pacific . Central Leather . Chesapeake and 0! Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Crucible steel Cuba Cane Sugar . 24% Reading asic. canines | 16.00@16.35; mixed 16.12 16.00@16.35; pigs, 10.00@16.00; bulk 16.15@16.30. | Cattle— Receipts 1,700; active stronger native steers ,8.50@13.50; cows and heifers 6.50@10.00; western steers 7.50@11.50; cows and heifers @16.30; light Brie 4 ee 135 6.00@9.00; canners 5.00@6.00; stock- Great Northern pfd. g1y% ets and feeders 6.00@11,00; calves Inspiration Copper 29% S70@ 12-75; buils, stags, etc. 6.00@ Kainenctt Oey ctf. aoe "“Sheep—Recolpts 3,000; steady; Louisville and Nast 103% yearlings 11.50@13.25; wethers 11.00 Mexican etProleum .. 71% | Gtece, wep 9G ies: lambs 14.09 Miami Copjer 25% 5 @16.00. | Missouri Pacific 22% Montanna Power . 60% | New York Central 63% FORMER MEMBER Northern Pacific .. 17% | Ray Cnsolidated Copper . 20% OF CAPITOL CREW | \ \ Republic Iron and Steel . Southern Pacific Southern Railway . Texas Co. .. Union Pacific U. S. Industrial Alcohol United States Steel .. Utah Copper 83% EMBARGO REMOVAL NO AID 10 SHIPPING Consequently the Aviation Yes- terday in May Corn is Not Sustained in the Pit. STRENGTH IN HOGS BOOSTS PROVISIONS Chicago, Ills. Dec. 21.—Corn prices took a downward swing today, owing largely to reports that the lifting of the railroad embargo east of Chicago had failed to stimulate shipping de- mand. The market closed ‘unsetled, quarter to 1%c net lower, with Jan, 1.24% to 1.24%, and May 1.22% to 1.22%. ° Oats finished % to 2c down, but’ provisions up 27 to 50c. Most’ traders regarded. a bearish ac tion in the corn market as a practical certainty after yesterday’s extra or dinary upturn. Specific grounds, too, for ‘selling pressure were soon ap parent, notably advices that eastern roads had been ordered to return to the west a total of 17,000 empty box cars, and that 2,700 of the cars had been delivered in the last three days. Clear, cold weather likely to improve the quality of the crop tended also to ease the market. The greatest handi- cap for the bulls, however, proved to be a disappointment which increased as the day wore on, that no substan: tial expansion of eastern demand had resulted from the cancelling of the railroad’ embargo between here and the seaboard. Oats, like corn, were bearishly af- fected by the absence of stimulus from the east. Gulf bids were con- fined to country. stations. Strength in the hog market lifted provisions. Packérs bought. CHICAGO GRAIN. Option Open High Low Close Corn— e Jan. ... 1.24% 1.25 1.24% 1.24% May ... 1.28 1.23% 1.225 1.22% Oats— Dec. ... .78 78% 76% £7655 May ... .73% .74% .73 3% MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 21.—Wheat receipts 252 cars compared with 115 a year ago. Corn, No. 3, yellow 1.65@1.70. Oats, No. 3, white .76@.77. Flax 3.44% @3.47%. Flour, unchanged. Shipments 101,- 656 barrels. Barley, 1.30@157. Rye, 1.83@1.84. Bran, 39.00@39.50. ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 21.—Hogs—Re- ceipts 7,000; 15 to 25¢ higher; range 15.50@16.15; bulk 15.80@15.90. Cattle.— Receipts 1,800; killers, steady to strong; steers 5:80@15.50; cows and heifers 6.00@9.00; veal calves, steady, 5.50@14.75; _stockers and feeders, slow and steady 5.00@ 10.00. Sheep — Receipts 2,200, lambs 8.00@16.00; | wethers 13.00; ewes 5.00@10.50. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, Ills, Dec. 21—Hogs—Re- ceipts 23,000 strong 15 to 20c above yesterday's average; bulk 15.10@ 16.60; light 15.30@16.55; mixed 15.90 @16.70; heavy 15.90@16.70; rough 15.90@16.05; pigs 11.25@14.50. Cattle—Receipts 7,000, steady; na- tive steers 7.25@12.75; stockers and feeders 6.25@10.20;\ cows and heifers -10@11.20; colves 9.00@16.50. s Sheep—Receipts 9,000, weak, weth- ers 9.00@13.00; ewes 8.00@11.80; Lambs 12.50@16.35. OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Omaha, Nebr, Dec. 21—Hogs—Re- ceipts 7,000, steady; 7.00@ WRITHS OF WAR Joe Patrick, a well known former employe at the state house, who en- listed some time ago end was signed to Camp Fremont, Calif, writes the following interesting letter dwell- ing on camp life of the rookies: Cantp Fremont, Cal. ‘November 27, 1917 Dear friend, joe: well joe by now when you’ geti this letter i am getting ' so that i woodent chainge this 1i here .as a sold@ger for the governo: chare as long as this here war stic around wtich i hope will be for a short time take it from your old pal. their is a bunch of reasons why i am, fecling this way about what i me shun about not quitting this life one of the mane ones is that i am fealing on the whole, setter than i ever felt in my life befoar witch is saying a good deel after ‘he times weuns had at the capital usent we joe. They is fine food now and we don't have to heat our tents which we have had right along because the sarjint i told me the gurmin: diden! want t» have no men geting over hedted an; then mebbe catching cold or some: ‘hing ‘worse-than a cold like Gladys | has gotten. a cold is sonietimes caut che sarjint says by men just s‘arting n the ariny. | he clames the guvmint take precau- tions vs the men getting cold feat dy makeing the bare-ux cold so they wil lonly have cold feat Dut also ‘old in the other parts of them not there feat. this system joe is a good me as it makes a fellas feat the} same as he rest of him so that their | aint such a thing as cold feat witch youn can under stand after me give- ing you this dope on it hay joe. say joe you will find belo a poem witch i thot was very nice and some body must have copied it like i am copping it to youse. I used to like the army, But now it’s hell to me, For my fect are number seven And my shoes are number three. It’s funny from the outside, But I swear it gets my goat When I measure twenty-seven And I draw a forty coat. But there is some consolation When I'm dressed to do my bit, For my hat-cord and my shoestrings Are sure a perfect fit. i want the bunch to no that i often think of em and wish that North Da- kota werent so far off. California is sum state an generaly has fine weath- er and also Frisco is a fine state to because i some times go to Frisco an I out to no as i have been there, i have a cousin school teacher at Wood- side witch is only ate miles from me an i some times visit her and i have more cousins at Santa Cruz but they aint skoolteachers an i Lavent saw em yet since i got here. Thanksgiving will soon b here an i wont b here as i will be in San Jose with friends, i dont think that i will mis Thanksgiving tho for they might have it to. say joe tell joe a. Eea and joe e. Hilma that i will wri to them later on as i am not eating much and am a little week geting ready for the 29th. well joe i will have to say goodbi as it is nerly chuck time an it is my! dute to fill my stomach, say joe Cap- tain Wanner and me wood make good soldgers any old time hay joe. your, old pal, Private Pat. P. S. say joe do you know that French is much better than Norske any old time an is much better for the tongue to twist on. FUEL DIRECTOR ORDERS | CLOSING OF FACTORIES : Washington, Dec. 22—Fuel supplies ! in Michigan have reached such a low; ebb that Administrator W. KPrudden tonight asked manufacturers in that state to suspend operations of indus-' trial plants from midnight tomorrow until midnight Dec. 29. The only ex- ceptions are factories making war munitions needed for prompt ship- 5 to 10c higher; heavy! ment. | : L} HIDATSU WOMEN HAD ‘Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 22.—Again the truth of the old saying “there is nothing new under the sun,” is prov- en. This time by the tale of an aged squaw of the Hidatsu tribe told to Gilbert Livingstone Wilson, Ph. D. of the University of Minnesota and re- vealed by him in a bulletin on an- thropological subjects. Knitting for the soldiers was an ancient pastime of the young squaws of long ago, s! says, and free verse was chanted by them at their work. Professor Wilson quotes one of the verses: “You young man of the Dog Society, you said to me, ‘When I go to the East on a war party, you will hear News of me how brave I am!’ T have heard news of you; When the fight was on, you ran and; hi And you think +you are a brave young; man. d you have joined the Dog So- ciety; Therefore, I call you just plain dog!” is one of the songs composed he maiders of the be as they sat in the corn fields ting with Leh + porcupine quils garments for the war- SLACKERS SIZED UP ' riors, according to Buffalo Bird Wom- an, Professor Wilson’s informant. The song and the movements of their arms as they worked frightened away the crows who would carry off the grain so badly needed by the tribe in war time—the first food conservation moven d 1 on by women, ac- % to Buffalo Bird Woman. interesting details of Indian ening and folk lore of the Dakota be are contained in the bulletin just 1 isseued by the university. ‘CAMPAIGN TO GLEAR OUT VILLA BANDITS El Paso, Texas, Dec. 22.—A genera campaign to clear the Ojinaga district of Villa followers is under way and the federal forces obtained the first victory when they routed the Villa forces near Cuchillo Parado Wednes- day afternoon. With the arrival of re- infor ents for the federal garrison }in Ojiniaga, General Pedro Favela has begun a vigorous offensive against the Villa bands. William Farnum who stars tonigh can Methods,” at the Bismarck Theatre. See \ | ! t in the photo-drama chtitled “Ameri- | very little loss of life to our We must have the greatest Tanks, the greatest guns, and the most of them, to save the lives of our Amcrican boys. Give United States War Savings Certificates for Christmas gifts. They cost § ach in December, 1917, They ‘are little five-year Government Bonds, bearing 4 per cent compound interest you give may save a Won't you let us ing you the gift whic’ ean boy » the will sa TheFirSt National Bank : BISMARCK, N.D. he Bank with the Cloc. SAVE A LIFE FOR CHRISTMAS The British recently drove five miles through enemy defenses by concentrating to one spot a large number of huge fighting Tanks, great armored cars, equipped with rapid firing guns and machine guns, through mile after mile of the “Hindenburg Line” with They smashed Allies, > at maturi Each ene honor and privileze of sell- ave the Hie of some Ameri- MINNESOTA IS PIVOTAL STATE IN DRY FIGHT Swinging of Gophers One Way or Another May Change the Result. EXPECT A HOT CAMPAIGN St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 22.—Minneso- ta is considered a pivotal state in the fight for a dry nation. It is one of the twenty-one still in the wet column, but antiliquor people consider it likely to shift to the dry side before long. Amendment to the federal constitu- tion requires a favorable vote by three-fourths of the states. There are forty-eight states and if thirty-six of them favor the amendment it will be adopted. More than half are dry now —twenty-seven—and large portions of others are dry by local option. | A warm campaign over the ques- | tion of prohibition is expected there- ‘ore next summer. Upon its outcome; likely to depend the state's decis-! ; Politicians believe that the legislature will put the question of the federal amendment directly up to the people lunless the state amendment should carry by an overwhelming majority, in- which case Minnesota might go on record in favor of nation-wide prohi- bition through direct legislative ac- tion. It is understood a movement is on foot to have Gov. Burnquist asked to call a special session of the legisla- ture to pass on the federal proposal. NO BUTTER EXCEPT FOR OUR ALLIES IS UNGLE SAM'S ORDER Washington, Dec. 21—Ixportations of butter except to nations associated with the United States in the war against Germany has been prohibited by the war trade board. This was disclosed in a statement tonight by the food administration re- questioning buttermakers and dealers to abandon certain types of packages used in shipping butter to the orient, the tropics and other countries ex- cept the’ allies. = TO LIVE AT McKENZIE. ion on the proposed amendment to the j national constitution, which, if adopt- je. would make the country dry. The legislature of 1917 put up to a pleviscite the proposal to make Min- nesota dry by state constitutional amendment. The vote will be taken jat the general election next Novem- ber and the anti-liquor people already are preparing for the campaign. Union! of several of the organizations oppos- ed to the liquor traffic was effected, so far as the actual work is concern- ed, at a meeting in Minneapolis not long ago and the combination is ex- pected to accomplish a great deal in bringing the issue before tie voters. Anti-liquor forces predict that the result of the state election will have! a deciSive effeét on the liquor atti-! 1 S. D. Cook, state agent for the Mon- tana Life Insurance Co., and whose beautiful new home in the Riverview addition was compietely gutted by fire this week, returned Friday from Mayville, and has taken up his winter residence with Mrs. Cook and son at the McKenzie. Mr. Cook was ace panied to Mayville by C. L. Vi who looked over that territory with a view to taking the Montana Life agency for that district. Let us place you on our. regular Sun- day service. Circulation Depart- ment 22 JUST OUT (Big New) tude of the legislature to be chosen’ * q I at the same time. In some localities, . it is expected that the conviction of, the candidates on the question will, have a bearing on their chances of, clection and the vote of the people: cf course will indicate how the constit- | uency of each and the state as a whole stand. 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