Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 29, 1915, Page 16

14 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL ' | ene I keyn, 3 | fromen roasting chickens 164@17%c; turkeys, 15@73ic OMAHA GENERAL MARKET. s, 16@184e; turs steady: western 17 fowls broflers, B@Me 2 20¢ GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKE Liberal Offerings with Little De- mand Send Price of Wheat Down Oent and Quarter. SENTIMENT IS QUITE BEARISH OMAHA, April 2, 1915 There was a_fairly Ifberal amount of wheat on the floor today, but there was Ipractioally no demand, and on acoount jof the poor demand and the lower cables, ithe market was off from a cent to & cont 1, 1<1b. cartons, 3le; No, TTFR~No. 2 #0-1b, tv ¢ CHEBSE—imported Swiss, c; Amer fcan Swise, e, bBlock Swiss, 2 6%, daisles, 17%c; triplets, 17%c America, 18c; blue label brick, I burger, 2.4b," %e; New York rted_French hoquefort, e, ISH-Trout, l4c; large crapples, léc Balibut, 13c; channel catfish, lic; herring, Tc; codfish, 14c; mackerel, ifc; salmon 15c ) T POTATOES—Kan: bbl Wholesale prices of beef cuts effective April 3 are ag follows ' m & quarter. Whenever the export F CUTS8=Ribs: No. 1, : No. 2, trade In cash wheat shows a hait for a . 18%c. Chucks, No, 1, 10%e day or two, the short lines are put out, 8, 9%ec. Loins: 'No. 1 which shows poor judgment on the part 1, 1Mc. Rounds 'of_the speculators. 0. 8, 12%0. Plates The cotn receipts were good and most fof the corn offersd for sale was taken up. . The white and vellow corn still com- fum over the mixed. Corn %e to %e, while oats Sentiment was decidedly bearish be- oause of the ent crop conditions !l.: all winter wheat distriots, coupled wi the fast that the wfln‘ wheat orop I8 Jikely to be somewhat larger than last i No. 8, #e —Brollers, 14e; cocks ducks, ;' pigeon tull feathered thered, fc; squabs 00 Fruit and vegetable prices fupnished by ! Gillinski. Fruit company J O Callfornia extra ' o’ pavol ,r.l'l‘.(; "5 p:r box; -box | §%C; roONters 1o, per _di spring chick- | geone, lf\(., %00 OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKE? Killing Cattle Steady and !‘efller: and Stockers Lower Lambs Fif- teen to Quarter Lower. HOGS ARE MOSTLY TEN HIGHER BOUTH OMAHA, April 25, 1915 Receipts were Cattye. Hogs. Sheep Official Monday 9,105 2,084 4914 {Official Tuesday . 6,650 14,655 §,003 IP,-Ilmll» Wedneaday 40 13000 5500 | Three days totals....21.15 1 ‘Smm- days last week.. 188 2 ‘' |Eame 2 weeks ago 14,554 2, : |Bame 2 weeks ago. 12,674 3,815 Bame 4 weeks ago 16,038 ;8,578 Bame days iast year.. 12,817 15,508 The following table shows the receipts |of cattle, hogs and sneep at the South Omaha iive stock market for the year to date, as compared with last year: 1915, 194, Inc |ce ; X Hogs 1 5, 3 Bheep 863,653 860,498 41 The following table shows the average price for hogs at the Mo for the la Fear. ¥ tancy California | Stock mark Clearances wera: Wheat and flour, S ber box. 6-box lotu, | comparisons; R ESRRY ‘e'allll L‘I;wfi:‘.‘b:lm.hd i corn, nome; r Lemons Fanc [H"l\h‘:dl Date. | 1915. [1914.,1913.]1912. [1911. 1910, [1908. ] cice 5 Tverpodi mpot markst: Wheat, %@nd %‘fn",‘, vok %n, ;| ADHI MR R lower. corn, unchanged. s285: S, $350; oan, $475 per. box, Ap- | ADT wl o] & ) » &) 8% i Primary wheat receipts were 800 white winter Pear- | {50 708l 8 9tl9el 688 bushels and shipments §17,000 bushels, per box; extra fancy Ganos, | 4bTH 269 0| 968 8 inst recelpts of 379,000 bushels and "“Dineappies: Fancy Cuban | APril I8 cul e 8 b s last year 8.7 per cr becrath :z:-y Al | (3 PETIRG 86 per or ghipment Wedne ! 2 000 bush or Thureday, April % and . Baga it {H 19 IRR of 1000 bushels and shipments |§2 to $2.28 per bunch; 42 per b Straw- | 290 a 784 bt 000 \bushels last year. rries: Louislana pints, market price | ABEH s 748 H Primary oats receipts ';.5,.“\"“‘ busl onsdun of shipment, prospective price, | 250 sidy 742 9 fl els and _shipments _ 1,000,0u he %5 _per_came. 4 [ e 706 Against recoipts of 32,000 ‘bushels and VEGETADTES_California new cab- :lp:’ll‘ o™ |18 s13 * whipments of 74,000 bushels last year e, to 100 Ibs., 3c per (b. Celery 34 761 2| Head iettuce, § e e per A Endive: %c per Ih, . 2 per 1b.; Texan Ber mudn, white, $2.25 per crate; Texas Ber- guda, yellow, §2 per crate.’ Onion se . " . The following sales were reported today {=Wheat: No. 2 hard winter, 1 car, §L56. 3¥e, 5 hard winter, 4 cars, §L65; | car |8L54; 3-3 car, S8 'No. 4 hard winter, e $1.83; 14 car, SL48. Parley: Ne. 4, , _i%e. Oom: No No. c; 3 cars, 704 No. 4 white, No. 1 yellow, b cars, 7 cars, 3 cars, 7%. No. 4 car, 71%c. ' No. 6 o s s Eallq ?l’f 4 mlh 1 car, No. § mixed, 1 car. 7i%c mixed, 2 cars, 7le: 1 ¢ hite, 3 cars, Ae. 511 e;l car, bige. Sa ar- o por doz. Potatoes. olorado Rurals, o per hu.; Red River Ohlos, %c_per bu.; Minnesota whites, B¢ bu, Mushrooms: e Ib, -grown A $1.% per dos. mérb‘TL AN)?B" ‘l;-« Turnips US—8hel popeorn, éc w, lota L 8%ec per Ib.; sal Cocoanut 50 rr Nuts: No. 1 California walnuts, 1 b, Brazila: 124c per Ib. 60 6 ox. fi r hox. Sugar walnut dates: $1. X, bert r Ib, Pecans: per Ib. Almon K per Ib Kansas Clty Gral AR, nd Recelpta and disposition of live stock at the Union Stock Yards, Houth Omahs, for twenty-four hours ending at 3 p. m RECEIPTS—CARS, Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. C, M. & St P 17 10 . Wabash ... B ] 1 o Missouri Pacifio 1 3 4 Unijon Pacific . a 3 un 2 [} v [ “ 1 % 12 . L] k . » 2 10 .13 7 1 | 1 8 5 ’ 2 4 y M8 1% 2 HEAD. Cattle. H Crdahy Packing Armour & Co. Schwartz & C H 1500 | Steady to stron; couple of bunches of Mexicans sold at prices that were quoted as 10grisc lower i g $10.60, but these sales falled to establish a trading basis, and as packers were still bidding a flat quarter lower on the balance of the offerings nothing more was done until & hour By playing the game out untl packets Findlly cartied thelr point, -and, As was the case yesterday, the bulk of the males was n flat quarter lower. of the Mexicans as well as gome westerns moved at $10.40, with th 81060 standing as the 4 | now generally i0c lower than Monday | all of 3@c under the close gf lust |week. There is hardly enough clipped stuff showing up to make a basis for quotations, and what Jittle is coming. fs not very eagerly sought after. uotations on aheep and lamFs. Lambs light, 310.1071050; lambs, heavy $9.750 ) 1090;" lambs, shorn, $5.00i8.40; yearlings, o Light, $9.0069.55. vearlings, heavy i 9.0, ‘wethers, #oa1 to choice, 18 00@4.50; wethars, fair to_good, $.700S5.00; ewes, |#00d to' choice, §1.T6@82; ewes, fair to good, $1.2647.7. IN Av Pr. fed clipped lambs " 50 fed ewes " 650 | I shorn ewes 106 {177 fed Jambsa ‘™ 9T o culls . . n s ™ |23 Colorado iamba.. 2 15 10% 3 Colorado Inmbs e | CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET Cattle Irreguinr—Hogs Unsettled— Sheep Weak. | _CHICAGO, April 28 — CATTLE—Re | ceipts, 16,000 head; market irregular; na- tive bee! stecrs, $5.1568.75; western stesrs $.00@7.40; cows and heffers, $3.10a8.05; calves, $5.00G8, 5. HOGE—Receipts, 2,000 head: market un- settled at b@wloc advance; k 7,60 $1.567.7 RHEFR! A X head; market weak; sheep, $1.40@8.40; lambe, $5.10410. | 8t Louis Live Stock Market. | 8T. LOUIS, April 28 —CATTLE—Re- | celpts, 2104 head; market, 10@tic lower; native beef steers, 7.4 yearling | steers and heifers, $8.0.@0.%; cows, $6.00 T; stockers and feeders, 3.0067.75; exas and Indian steers, $5.2508.0; cows |and heifers, $4.00%6.%0; native calves, 1 $6.00419.50. HOGS~Receipts, 6406 head; market, e higher;, plgs hnd lights, $6.00G7.90; mixed and butchers, $.5608.00; sood heavy, §7.5047.70. SH P AND LAMBS-—Receipts, 1,884 | head; market, steady: lambs, $.50%10.75; ewes, $6.5008.25; clipped lamba, 38.75@9.10; e-rfln‘l. B.60@9.00; clipped yeariings, G i oe S8, herten .76; cows, $4.8G7.%5; helfers, atookers ' and feeders, 36, ves, $6.00 7. hea bulk, §7. packers and buto 307,40, OGS8—Recelp! ; heavy, ors, $7.300 7.2, A0; 1ight, " $7.307.40; ' pigs, § BHEEP AND | LAMBERecolnis, noon | 1915. INEW YORK STOCK MARKET |Trading Presents Some Unique Features During Day's Session. Bulk | |GENERAL RISE IN LAST HOUR NEW YORK, April 28 —Trading in stooks today presented some unique fea- itures, in" the sense that activity and slrength were most pronounced in local tractions and a few of the industrial and lequipment isaves, whose now | nelligerents. Not until the the usual speculative favori in more than small degree crerations Interborough-Metropolitan common and preferred and Westinghouse over- final hour did s participate in the day's ; Shadowed all other issues during the first |four hours, individual transactions In the |Iatter ranging {rom 1000 to almont b,000 \shares, the stock closing with a net gain of 9 points. Advances of 2 to 3 points In |tractions were associated with the pro- ' posed Justment of the Inter- | borough which promises sue- cessful consummation. | Shares of the General FElectric, New {York Airbrake and the Locomotive and |Findred concerns roge 3 to 6 points, while | |wotors and more isolated specialties trailed along to the extent of 2 to 3 points The general advence of the last hour, which “was preceded by a brief “dip among the leaders, followed an announce- ment that the $40,000,000 of Baltimore & Ohio 4% per cent notes offered by a bank- ing syndicate carlier in the day had beea cversubscribed. A few important stocks falled to share in the late recovery, but o strong underione prevalled at the close, leven secondary rallroads advancing spirit United Stages Steel was in fa throughout session, yesterd, quar- terly “report being accepted as strong proof of improved trade condition V/as supported by statements from trade suthorities to the effect that many new orders for equipment were coming into the market. Total sales of stocks amounted to 804,000 shares. In addition to the Baltimore & Ohio note issue it was understood that the Pennsylvania and New York Central were completing the detalls con- d with forthcoming flotations, pre- sumably in the form of bonds. New )ork Central debenture s were the feature of the largest bond market in several years, contributing about 7 r cent to the day’s total, par value, of $9,500,000. There were also heavy private sales of bonds made b{ banking intereats to large ocor- porate Investors. [United BStates bonde werg unchanged on call. Number of sales and leading quotstions on stocks were as follow: demand AlaskaGold ‘ Ameigamatet nome American Beet @ kL Amerfoan Can . Anerican S & R. American 8. & R. ptd Am, Bugar i diging....o American Tel. & Tei.... American Tobacco 4 i . 3 mixed, Toe; No. ho; No, tember, white, BS@6SY%c . i No. 2 keys, Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, A and "'C{“'nfi'; i :o“l()'mm' L} Fg. A B n,u\un'—a, 3. RYE-$L1 8. BRAN. ; Neo. 1 bosgar oo, hard, i No. 328 : HagEE 2 Spgiagfitys Cotton Market. RK, SRR SRRy T b IRN AR 00t Sy, o Ooteber ko 0o May, e TRy (M T AR po #ood mid- middling, N YORK, April 238 - META A .%0; London, £3) b S 4.35; May, $13.75; London. £! firm; eloctroiytic, 18.5719.00; $15.50. Iron, quiet and uncha London Coj . casting, fituren £8 Spst tn Li6 100 res, ;| £164 1. “Antimony, £ssgez. u%’ Dry Goods W 3 W April ’»—'DRY GOODS— arns 7." Worsied "yarns® were Sl but prices wi firm. Burl w, | in laces and e and knii goods moved highe —— o A o e | e ns, ol and eak el 3 Juseph Live Stock Market. ST. JOS| Pril 3 —CATTLE- Re- cel head. Market L lower: steer: cows and heifers, $0Gs L & ™ head l-‘tu 18 w; steady. packers ng nothing: top, K. e e > b w. firsts, 2e; i il 28— WHEAT — ¥ 3.0 i s \\'."Murnhy [ 1 e i i3 X! best "“‘n" ;:ld -n.t‘ show III,'Iu: altho they @ th‘:\'n 1:‘ ¥, lum to wa:; ana are not fai from last w 5 3} i RS AN L] 3 m 7 T T8 » 08 160 » S TR -1 " Te » HEl & 8 3 s 2 w 13 k] " = » o HOGS — Kocelpts were considerabl erday, but at that we ey tha Fationy B Sttt 18 bear trouble in al res A than & nickel rchases landed at shippers had litt e purcl it to_no more t higher. of thelr pus At . 5979, with a top of ¥1. PR innde thete” firet blds erally steady to s prices, Teide Sone Gutil a ate hour Y 5 mioceeded in buy! ures that were no but_about that wi ¥ ‘. o rada reached this' basis. ved B‘I lvely fashion, and :&.‘ fow n‘hunu to clear the yards. R, T N R made at t\u‘finl end of this advance the - Bulk “‘1 with A pest of ‘week, al- w 3 price: t | N " plicy were | to- weo sued W. R | a over s Gibson for damages. all that misrep- Twenty-two cars, or "% Salied 1Or | repentations were made of the Madison his inorn- - Fractically ail the s act! ng of lambs, s pui They have ail week mw--‘my i‘-" L3 o ‘Along 'Sowards 103 'ciock & u | St of K00 Sloux Clty Live Stoek Market, BIOUX CITY, April 28.—CATTLE-Re- oipts, 3,600 head: market, steady: na v $7.1668.00, butchers, | ) o 0, pts, market, $7.2007.25; mixed, $7.20 l;;. bulk of sales, $7.2097.25. head ¥; A BS— P AND LAMBS-Recelpts, New York Money Market. NEW YOR (CANTILE PA STHRLING BXCHANG! day billa, $4.7650; cables, $4.7985; for de- L Bar, W%c. Mexican dollars, INDS--Government, steady: railroad, cen i wixty- sixty and six months, 2 oent. on bonds my were I 1 £ g 5 i Bfiilders to Meet to 001_1§_i_der Strike promise is likely or not, or whether the contractors are at all willing to yield to the demand gf the brickiayers and the carpenters for § cents an hour advance in wages. idea that no serfous trouble will resuit, or that if a strike does ocour it will be short-lived. TOM HUGHES’ SISTER GOES TO SEE HIM AT HOSPITAL Miss Nellle Hughes of Emerson, Neb., & sister of Tom Hughes, traveling pas- senger agent of the Missourl Pacific, now very low and suffering from diabetes, is in the city on her way to be at the bed- { #ide of her brother. | No word has been received from Mr Hughes afnce the return of T. F. God { trey Monday morning and this is taken | to mean that he is no worse, Miss Hughes |says that her brother Tom is one of a family of twelve children, elght of whom are living and most of them residing in waa | Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is about & years of age and the oldest of the family, MRS. NICHOLS CONFESSES TO THEFT FROM EMPLOYER Mra. Dora Nichols, 1807 South Nine- teenth street, who was arrested several days ago for the theft of two dfamond rings, taken from the home of Mrs Fred Sargent, 1618 South Tenth street, con- fessed and returned the property upon promise of immunity. Mrs. Nichols was employed by Mre. Sargent to help in some house cleaning. GETS VERDICT OVER DEAL FOR SALE OF MADISON HOTEL Mrs Mary Huller, | hotel which induced her to purchase it from the defendant, was awarded & ver- ¥ & Jury in District Judge Estelle’s court. The trial lested two weeks. Bullding contractors 'still express the | in the company hospital at St. Louls, | Avaconda Mining | Baltimore & ‘Ohio. Brookiyn Rapid Tra: fornia Petroleum Call lc Gy AprH 28 -PRIME MER- it Harvard a German Exchange Professor NEW YORK, April 2.—Prof. Kuno Meyer of the University of Berlin an- nounces in a letter to the. Times today that he has resigned his candidacy as exchange professor at Harvard university { because of an anti-German poem, entitled “‘Gott mit Uns" printed in one of the student publications. Prof. Meyer announces that he sent his resignation to President A. Lawrence Loweil of Harvard, informing him that he considers the poem the crowning incident of a serles of acts from Harvard offenstye 10 the Germans and that he endorses “‘the hope expressed by my brother, an honor- ary graduate of your university, that no | German will again be found to accept the | post of exchange professor at Harvard." | The poema won.the prize in a compet)- |tion instituted by the publicatien for poems on the war, f. Meyer was to have filled his term as exchiange fessor during the next college year. pro- Tango Matinees for Boyd Theater Moving along the lines of progress. as well as safety first, to the end that noth- |ing shail be left out that might make | his patrons happier or his theater more {popular, Manager Burgess announces a tango matinee as a feature at the Boyd hereater. | Commencing with Thursday of mnext | week, the matiness at the Boyd will be |featured by dancing after the perform- ce. The stage will be cleared and the audience will be given free access to the floor for dancing, i so Inclingd. Four Years More of War, Germany's Idea LONDON, April 28.—A telegram to the | Evening News, from Copenhagen quotes the German counselor of state, Herr Gottachalk as saying that systematio of- forts were being inaugurated in Germany for the purchase of sufficent foodstuffs for a four years' supply. TO TEACH Y. M. C. A. LADS HOW TO USE PULMOTOR How to use a pulmotor will be demon- strated to twenty boys.of the “first aid" class of the Youns Men's Christian asso- clation this evening by Dr. T. T. Harrls, ead police surgeon, i { { compunies are | furnishing large supplies to foreign! 10. 5. ASKS TURK 10 | GUARD CHRISTIANS | Washington Appeals for Relief o{' Armenians on Request of Russ Envoy. ’KUID! ARE BELIEVED TO BLAME | | | WASHINGTON, April 28.—An ap- |peal for relief of Armenian Chris- tians in Turkey, following reported | massacres and threatened further | outrages, was made to the Turkish | government today by the United | States. | | Acting upon the request 0(! !the Russian government, submitted | \lhrough Ambassador Bakhmeleff, | ' Secretary Bryan cabled Ambassador | Morganthau at Constantinople to | | make representations to the Turkish “ | authorities asking that steps be taken | |for the protection of imperilled Ar-| |menians and to prevent the recur-| {rence of religious outbreaks. | Calls with Dispatch. Ambassador Bakhmeleff called at the | State department late today with a dis- |pateh from his government, which in- |cluded an appeal to the president of the | ! United States for aid, forwarded through the Russian government. from the Catho- {Mes of the Armenfan church at Etchmi- {adsin, in the Caucasus, Russia being at | war with Turkey and unable to conduct | negottations directly in the matter. “The request from the head of the Ar- ! menian church to this government, for- | warded through the Russi mbasea- dor,” sald Secretary Bryan, the first jofficlal notice the department has re- cefved of the reported Armenian mas- sacres. “Our action was taken as a matter of humanity. We notified Mr. Morganthau to submit the matter to the Turkish gov- ernment asking that inquiry be made and combining theréwith a request for repre. sentations on behalf of the Armenian . Think Kards to Blame. Dispatohes from Tiflis several d { 'y 9% | contained the first news of atrocitles |against Armenians in Turkey. Officlals | here are inclined to the belief that Mo- | hammedan Kurds, whom Turkish troops | several weeks ago drove out of Urumiah, Persia, where -outrages had - been com- | mitted against American and Frenoh migsionaries and refugees, crossed into | Armenia to renew their warfare against | Ohristians. ‘| | Read The Beas "Busiress Chances” and get into your own business. v prioe to select provided ome Why choios in The sooner you 'start 168,200 for the * | selves. because™. Did You Receive = Premium Catalogue! quicker you will get the premium. Phone Douglas 1889, Luxus Mercantils Co., Dist. Fred Krug Brewing Company tons of Steel ‘Pennsylvania” The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has proposals on millions of dollars of steel and will follow the theory of helping the other fellow first, that they may help them- That applies to your case too—don't put off buying “just - It hurts. <] New Lodge Home In Omaha Planned By Royal Arcanum Recommendations for the establishment of a Royal Arcanum home in Omahs were adopted at the closing session of the Ne- braska grand council of the Royal Ar- eanum, held yesterday at Hotel ¥onte- nelle. The proposed lodge home will be intended ms a place for meetings and recreation for members of the order, to be buflt and owned by the jurisdiction of Nebraska The idea was brough: eut In the an- nual report and recommendations of the retiring grand regent, Carl H. Geroer of Lincoln, and was adopted at once, with a ccmmittee authorized to meet at Omaha within two months to formulate detajls ef the plan. The committes will consist of the regents of all subordinate councils in the state and all the officers of the grand councfl It was also decided by the grand ecoun- ¢il to start a campaign for the purpose of trying to land the 1916 shpreme or na- ticnal council for Omaha. Grand Regent Gerber, who becomes sitting past regent by custom, wi 50 chosen to be supreme representative of Nebraska at the na- tional council, which meets next menth st New York. Ie was instructed to make every effort to bring next year's supreme council to the Gate City: The following officers were eldcted: W. C. Sundblad, Omaha, grand regent: Ed- ward L. Bradley, vice grand regent: George J, Brown, Lincoln, grand ovator: Jullus Rosenzwelg, Omaha, grand chap- Jain; C. 8. Copeland, Omaha, grand guide: | Willlam Gritfiths, Lincoln, grand warden; ¥. D. Burgess, yr., Cedar Rapids, grand sentry; H. C. Stafford, Omaha, trustee. The only exception to the rule of ad- | vancing each officer one step toward the grand regency was in the case of grand secretary-treasurer, which office has been held for several years by Stanley P. Host- wick of Omaha. He was re-elected, PRISON FOR CIVILIANS. AS A BLOW AT GERMANY LONDON, April 28.—In an editorial to- day the Morning Post demands that pras- tical measures be taken to prevent the alleged mistreatment of British prisoners fn Germany. The newspaper suggests “the interment of all Germanm in the British empire and holding them and their propérty as hostages for the good treatment of prisoners. The Odd Lot New York Stock Bxel Review tella’ how oan bange Partial Payment securities en that is with & reason- Plan—f abie initiel deposit and sucoeeding emsy ments wntil you MH.I::‘MI title. pay- Issued r. for samaple Toekiz_#1.0 & eoples.) ot-e falr offimh_u’:wm asked for o