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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-23
Roosevelt Boom Has Been Sent
Out Over Country
To See How 1t VIII Take. Say
Party Leaders.

New York, Dec 23.-The Roose-
welt boom for the Republican presi-
dental nomination has been shot out
through the country by ardent admir-
ers of the colonel to see how it would
take" in the opinion of several Re-
publican national committeeman and
party leaders here to meet with Ma
tional Chair man Charles D. Hilles to-
day
Committeeman Charles A. Spies. of
New Mexico, who conferred with
Hilles, said fatty that he does not
believe the colonel has any thought of
trying to secure the Republican nomi-
nation Committeeman Ralph II.
Cameron, of Arizona, said he believes
some of the coloners friends are try
ing to convince MIN against his will
that the country is demanding that
he return,
They think the colonel will throw
his hat into the ring If the country
warns up to the talk of his can
didacy." said Cameron There are
other gentlemen who think the coun-
try's response to the Roosevelt feelers
will convince his closest friends that
the sentiment is not for the colonel.
Among the six national commit
teemen from the west, gathered here,
1t was plain that there was no sem
timent favoring the colonel. They all
expressed the belief that the Repub-
lican party could win with Roosevelt,
but according to one western leader:
I'VE are not going to win with
Roosevelt. Neither Taft nor ROOSe-
welt will be able to swing the next
convention"
Deny Important Conference.
Republican chieftains at the Wal
dorf denied today that any important
conference had brought them to New
York. The westerners declared they
had dropped off in New York on the
way home from the national commit
tee meeting at Washington. They said
they had paid their respects to
Hilles, but denied RooseVelt's candi-
dacy was under discussion. They did
not think it significant that incoming
trains brought only Republicans hos
tile to Roosevelt to town. including
Murray Crane of Massachusetts, Vic
Penrose of Pennsylvania.
The Arizona national committeeman
suggested that dark horse may
run away with the Republican conven-
ton. The others fought shyly away
from expressing personal preferences
among the field of candidates.
"Out in Nevada" said Colonel Max |
son, national committeeman from that |
state, I'VE play poker with our cards |
close to our belts until it's time for a |
showdown. That is a good game to |
play when looking for a presidential |
Maxson lunched with Chairman |
Hilles today. 1t was understood that |
Penrose would see the national chair |
man later in the day.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-WHEAT-Wheat de-
veloped fresh strength today influenced
BY Liverpool reports Of continued urgent
were that world shipments this week other
than from America would be Light, Ex
porters appeared to have raised their bids
of futures were readily absorbed. After
at $L211s and May at si.2s to s1.24, the he
rose all around above yesterdays level.
Assertions that New York interests with
French connections were good buyers led
to further upturn, the market touching
new high price lever Tor the 1915 crop.
1t was said export sales today would
aggregate one million bushels. The close
was nervous 2R to cents net higher with
December at $1.245s and May at 81. 25M
CORN-Corn hardened with wheat. The
fact that the weather was favorable was
offset by continued smallness of receipts.
Opening prices. which ranged from the
same yesterdays finish to k@Hc high
er were followed by slight decline and
later a general gain.
Despite heavy selling the market went
to the highest prices yet this season. The
close was unsettled at &c to A@Ac net
advance.
OATS-Oats were governed chiefly by
the action of corn. Trade was light and
fluctuations narrow.
OVISIONS-Scattered buying the
part of commission houses gave firmness
to provisions. Weakness in the hog mar
ket was largely ignored.
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BACKED BY BERLIN
German Government Financed
Rubber Smuggling Scheme.
Even United States Mails We're
Used by Smugglers.

New York, Dec. 23.-Federal off,
Gals are prepared to show that the
plot to smuggle rubber out of New
York for Germany, exposed. had the
direct backing of the German govern
ment.
1t was learned today that DR.. Helm
rich Albert, whose activity in the Ger
man propaganda resulted in his re-
turn to Berlin, was at the head of the
scheme. Doctor Albert gave the in
structions to Max Jaeger on which
Miss Anna Gekkers was engaged TO
carry the : 500 pounds of crude rub
Der found in her persona luggage.
Doctor Albert supplied the funds for
the plot from the Deutsches bank,
with which he is connected as head of
the rubber department. Doctor Al
bert also secured the release from the
German army of a man who was Sc
lected by Jaeger to meet age nts at
Rotterdam and take care of their
baggage containing the rubber.
The value that is attached to rub
Der in Germany just now Is illustrat-
ed ly the scale of prices which were
to be paid the big corps of agents who
were to travel back and forth between
New York and Rotterdam. On each
trip they were to carry in trunks, bags
and packages not less than 1900
pounds of rubber each Rubber is
selling in New Pork today at IS cents
per pound. 1t is worth $40 per pound
in Berlin.
For this service each agent was to
have the choice of first or second
cabin passage on the ships, as desired,
an allowance of $50 for tips, SIS for
baggagemen and $175 for expenses in
Rotterdam and New York between
of $3.50 per trip was to be paid each
a gent
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HOLD JOAN OF ARC
pope Decides That CanoniZatiOn of
This Time Would Be Contrary
to Neutrality.

Paris, Dec. 23.-Monsinor Touch
EFT bishop of Orleans, asked the pope
during a visit to Rome to hasten the
canonization of Joan of Arc, says the
Rome correspondent of the Petit
Journal.
The pontiff, however, pointed out
the Significance attached to such a
step at the present time when Joan of
Arc, more than ever, is a symbol of
the military valor and heroism of
France. He said that to avoid the ap-
pearance of Fastening the canonization
which could be considered contrary to
the neutrality, that the vatican de-
sired to maintain toward all the bellig-
erents. he had decided to postpone the
canonization until after the war.
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GAVE NO WARNING
Continued from Page one1


landed them at Port Said Wednesday
morning. The company provided no.
tel accommodations for them and is
arranging to forward them to their
destinations. On the passenger list
were 81 men, "a women and Is chill
dren, most of whom were British sub
jects.
The agents in their report say fur
Their:
1.-THE passengers express great ad-
uniration for the skill of the captain
and officers and for the discipline of
the crew. Perfect order was main
tanned during the embarkation which
was carried out with the greatest
promptitude."
Excitement in Toxic.
Toxic, Dec. 23.-News of the sink
ing of the Yasaka Maru reached To-
kio today and caused great excite
ment The advices received here say
the steamship was sunk by subma-
rine near Port Said
Advices received by the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha state that the Yasaka
Maru was torpedoed without warning
and that she sank in 20 minutes. This
occurred in the afternoon of Tuesday
and it was midnight when the passen-
gers and crew were rescued by the
French gunboat-
He Was Born in China.
London. Dec. 23.-W. ]. Leigh is an
American citizen born in China. His
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this week and corn stocks increased 171,s21

this week and corn stocks increased III. 321
bushels.
Exports from the United States and Can:
ada yesterday were 5S1, 900 bushels of
wheat, 10000 barrels of flour, 95, 900 bushels
of corn and 1000 bushels of oats: wheat
and flour combined, S51. 600 bushels.
A weekly foreign crop summary con-
tanned the following: United Kingdom
weather is unseasonably cold, with snow
Native wheat movement is slow. France
Weather is seasonable, and wheat outlook
is favorable. Russia-An official report
says wheat seeding is finished ON a re-
Rumania-An official revised estimate
makes the wheat crop 100000 bushels.
compared with "a, 400, 600 bushels last year
and average of 50 million bushels.
Heavy exports have been made and hold
ings are large. Austria Hungary-wheat
yield was YER disappointing, and large
import purchases are necessary. Balkan
states contributed heavily. Supplies are
still scarce. Italy-Wheat condition is
reported being unfavorable on a re-
duced area. India-Rain in the Punjaub
greatly benefited wheat and permitted
additional seeding. More general moisture
is wanted. Observation-Disclosures is favor
able for harvesting and arrivals of wheat
at ports are large. Merchants at Sydney
adhere to the estimate of 120 million sur
plus. Argentina-New wheat is not offer
ed freely. Weather has been against
harvesting"
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UNREST IN ATHENS

&C. we'd frorr PIE l,pf.i
of Warm which was at first depicted
as u fornidab BILE Russian attack on the
: chief Bulgarian port has stirred Lon
don, but according to reports from
both sides il was nothing more than
a minor naval action among torpedo
boats. in which the shore batteries
participated However, large Rus
sian fleet is said to be in the vicinity
of Varna and the action may be mere
ly preliminary to a serious Russian
attack
-weilerkopf is once more
a subject of contention. Possession of
the summit of this mountain has been
disputed so closely by military forces
as well as by those who officially re-
cord their movements that an Asso-
ciated Press correspondent was called
upon last April to decide the relative
positions of the opposing sides. In the
present instance the French assert
they have expelled the Germans from
their highest trenches The Germans
admit retirement from the summit
which they assert they had occupied
since April.
The French claim they have not
only advanced their positions sub
stantially, notwithstanding the fact
that the Germans succeeded in re-oc-
cupying some of the lost trenches,
but have forestalled in a measure an
offensive which the Germans had been
preparing in the Vosges.
Sinking of the Yasaka Maru.
The Japanese liner. Yasaka Maru.
was sunk by a submarine without
warning, according to reports from
her agents. The vessel went down in
the Mediterranean while bound from
London to Japan with 120 passengers,
one of them an American, all of whom
were saved. The Dardanelles eXpedi-
ton has cost the British 112. 921 men.
these being the official figures of
casualties up to December IL. OF this
number 1.6O9 officers and 1870 men
were killed.
Petrograd advices contradict the re-
ports of the landing of Russian troops
at Varna on the Bulgarian Black sea
coast There was only a brush with
the coast batteries there by warships
pursuing a Bulgarian torpedo boat, it
is declared The Germans are contin-
l1inc their counter attacks at Hart
rnanns- Weilerkopf. in the Vosges, the
summit of which was taken by the
French on Tuesday.
French Official Statement.
Paris. Dec. 23-The following COM
munication was given out at the war
office this afternoon:
THE night was relatively calm over
the whole front. South of ArraS in the
vicinity of Beaudrains our artillery
kept up its destructive fire. In Cham
paiCn there was hand grenade fight
ing east of Navarin farm and in the
sector of Hill 1873
I'm the Vosges, at Hartmans-Weil-
erkopf, the situation is unchanged on
Our left, where the counter attacks of
the enemy are proceeding. Our right
continued to make progress yester-
day"
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Row OVER JEWS JUST AS A FEELER
Germany Wrought Up Over
Anti-Semitic Feeling.
Competition in Trade Brings
About New Trouble.

Berlin, Dec. 23.-Anti-Semitism. an
issue which has been almost dead
since the beginning of the war, has
been revived this week by the Tages
Zeitung and other newspapers
In consequence a controversy which
may be described as almost bitter has
broken out between papers of the
Tages Zeitung stamp on the one hand
and those like the Tageblatt, which
adopt a liberal attitude in regard to
the Jewish question on the other. The
more liberal papers resent intensely
every anti-Jewish movement. partic-
ularIy as il is asserted German Jews
have borne their share of the wars
burdens literally and are doing their
utmost for the fatherland in both a
military and an economic sense
The present revival of the anti
Semitic movement began with saw
age attack IN the Tages Zeitung
against Eugen Dietrich of Jena. who
had accused "a Berlin morning news
paper''-inferentially the Tages lei
tung-of being anti-Jewish- The lat
ter denied 1t was the newspaper at
tackled and further reused Jewish feel
ing by putting the blame on still an
other Berlin journal.
The Tageblatt entered the contro-
versy calling the Tages Zeitung utter
ances base defamation of German
Jews many of whom died for the
fatherland after voluntarily Joining
the arrny-ir which they were notably
different from certain anti-Semitic ma
tionalist typewriter heroes who have
not lived up TO the war propaganda
they preached for years.
Feeling on the Wane.
Theodore Wolf of the Tageblatt.
vino is perhaps the most prominent
editor or Germany, declares that not
wfthstanding the recent revival of
anti SemitisTn, the feeling against Jews
in Germany is gradually on the wane,
existing nowhere to a great extent ex-
cept possibly among the minor no
bility.
I am eias t.
is absolutely no anti-Iewish movement
In government circles or in the high
mobility" Mr.. Wolff said.
Equal Rights in Army.
The Jew now has equal rights in
the army and may become an officer
along with a Christian.
1T is only among the minor nobil-
ity that the Jew is still unwelcome, on
account of the fact that he is able to
outstrip his competitors. who are jeal-
Gus of him. But do not forget there
are notable exceptions in this class. A
few German newspapers which repre-
sent this class of the minor nobility,
such as the Tages Zeitung, and the
Taegliche Rundschau. are naturally
anti-Jewish, but their agitation is be-
coming less effective each month. 1
look for eventual liberty for Jews IN
Germany such as exists in America to-
day"
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Kansas city, Dec 23.-WHEAT--Cash !:
Market Mar unch "a , No; hard. $1129
1.2O; No. 3, SLOSa1.17
CORN-Market unchanged to &c up.
No. mixed, &c; No. 3, 65% 6166c; No 2
white, 6ec No. 3. 651ac; No. yellow, en-
6l6sc: No. 3. 66Ac.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. 2 white
43@4313c; No. mixed, 39@40c.
RYE-S7c.
HAY-Market weak. Choice timothy.
81 .0O12.0 choice prairie, $950G10.O0;
choice alfalfa, $1550G16.OO.
KAFIR-No. 3 white 94c.
WHEAT-Receipts 1876 cars.
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, $1.16% July.
81. 0S1z GLOSS.
CoRN-May. 671ac; July, 7oa4c
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KILL AUTO MOONSHINER
Load of Liquor Was Too Much for
Alabama Man and His Famous
Machine.

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 23.-M. j.
Rambo, known as the automobile
moonshiner," was shot and killed by
deputy sheriffs in Covington county
early today.
The deputies came upon Rambo in
the road where his car had broken
down under a load of liquor. Rambo
imm ediately opened fire and in the
fusillade of shots which followed he
was killed.
one of the officers was wounded.
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GO DOWN IN HISTORY
Kaiser Sends Message of Praise in
Coincidence to Widow of General
Won Emmich.

Berlin, Dec. 23.-Emperor William
has sent a telegram of coincidence to
the widow of General Won Emmich,
whose death was announced yesterday
at Hanover.
The rulers message follows:
'I have lost an officer whom 1 high
ly esteem as a paragon Of fidelity and
devotion, as a soldier and man, and
when history describes the most glo-
rious achieveme tents of this war, Liege,
st. Quentin, Galicia and Poland-his
name will occupy one of the first
places"
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father was a Californian. Mr.. Leigh
has spent most of his life in China
but recently has lived in England. He
was returning to China on the Yasaka
Maru to take position with a bust
ness house. His family is in London.
Mrs Leigh has received a cable mes
sage saying her husband is safe.
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find WHISKY STILLS

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 23.-Fed-
eraI revenue officers returned to
Charleston today after a raid in the
moonshine district of Nicholas coun-
tv They brought with them Robert
and George Thomas, accused of oper-
ating illicit whisky stills in the noun
tains
The officers took q complete distill-
ing outfit which gave evidence of
having been in recent use, and a lot
of materials.
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promised to make good and care for
the kiddies. That is the reason Gov
ernor Capper Is sending the man home
for Christmas.
He Was Only 16 Years Old.
Louis Gregory is Wyandotte coun-
ty negro. He was convicted of the
murder of Roy Martin in 1904. Greg
DRY was 16 years old at the time the
crime was committed. He has made
an excellent prison record and will be
given a new chance outside the walls
of the state penitentiary.
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She ISN'T CURED YET
But Woman Who Wrote Threatening
Letters to T. r. Has Been Re
leased From Asylum.

New York, N. Y, Dec. 2s.-After
being confined in institutions for the
insane since November, 1914, Mrs. Ida
Won Claussen, writer of threatening
letters to Theodore Roosevelt and
others is to be released from the state
hospital for the insane at Middletown
and placed in the custody of her
brother, Matthews Claussen, of New
York city.
cured
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FIRE AT KANSAS Mine
Top Workings of Black Diamond,
Owned by Topekan, Destroyed;
Second Incendiary Fire.

Burlingame, Kan, Dec. 23.-For the
second time within year an incen-
diary fire Wednesday morning de-
stroyed all the top workings at the
Black Diamond coal shaft. The fires
are believed to have been set by per-
sons opposed to the use of coal dig
ging machines. Several Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe cars also burned.
The loss is $4,000, insurance $4,000.
The mine is owned by ]. c. Gafford
of Topeka.
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KILLING STEERS.


Kansas City, Dec. 23-HOGS-Receipt s
1000 Market Sc TO 1Oc lower Bulk Of
Taies, S9,o9cnS:45 heavy. s63O06.JO;
S1g0MG;25: pigs, S5.OO05.
CATTL E-Receipts 700. Market strong
irice fed steers. S9.0OGf9.75: dressed beef
steers. SG-251dS $50; western steers. SGOO0I
80: southern steers. S5.OOSI6.T5: cows
and feeders, $5;50@T.75; bulls. $47505.75;
Lambs Ss-23eIs. 50: yearlings, S6.75d7. 70 :.
SHEEP-Receipts 22OO. Market steady
wetners. %. 15ni.50; ewes, 50 2561G 90
stockers and feeders, 81. 25ds.25
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Because of its tonic and laxative effect
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE can be TAX
en- by anyone without causing nervousness
nor ringing in the head. There is only one
''Bromo Quinine' E. w. GROVES sigma
ture on box. 25c.-Adv.
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BELL:ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
proves it. 25c at all druggists.


Wall St., New York. Dec. 2s-sToCKs-
Profft taking exercised the usual effect
but recoveries were prompt. Mexican Pc
troleum extending its gain to S1.O51k while
smelling rose almost a point TO 1O6K
Steel was offered in large blocks, one five
thousand share lot selling at SG9&. New
York Central denoted further accumuIa-
tfon, advancing 3-5 to 1904, its top price
In two years. Unusual activity was shown
by Lake Erie and Western common and
preferred and New York Chicago and st
Louis at substantial gains. but Fries were
distinctly heavy. General Motors fell 1911
to AK and Bethlehem Steel 90 to 4G5.
Bonds were irregular with diminished
dealings In Anglo-French 5s.
Coppers and Oils were again the leaders
at the outset Of today's moderately active
market, with the usual neglect of more
seasoned issues Initial gains of substan-
tial fractions to full point were recorded
by Amerio-n Smelling. Utah. Anaconda
and Tennessee Coppers, while Mexican
Petroleum rose a point to the new record
Of 103N., United States Steel scored
fractional advance at the openinR soon
adding to its gain. Such speciaities az
Crucible Steel. Studebaker and American
Car also were slightly higher, with a fur
ther demand for Mercantile Marines
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Kansas City, Dec. 3.


Chicago. Dec. 23.-WHEAT-Close De
cember, S1.249s May, 81. 259s July. S1-161s-
1850.
OATS-December, ~ 1-3c; May, 457sc-
LARD-January, 1851; May, s987M990-
RIBS-January, $3.50; May, Sob.
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Chicago. Dec. 23-HOGS-Heceipts 81 600
Market dull, Zoe under yesterday Bulk
Of sales. $5.9oa6.4O; light, S5.J0G625: mix
ed, S5.9ou6.45; Deavy, S8.O5m65O: rough
S6.050015; pigs. 81 25675 IS
CATTLE-Receipts 5000. Market firm
Native beef steers. $500 %: western
steers. $50 20: cows and heifers. 50 sO6l
$50; calves. $G.25O9.G5
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market firw.
Wethers, $6.10Q6.s0; lambs, S6s5d9,JQ
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Minneapolis wheat stocks have increased
1 100 900 bushels thus far this week.
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
have increased 217,5l2 bushels thus far
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Liverpool Grain Market.

Liverpool. Dec. 23.-wHEAT-Spot Nc
1 Manitoba, 13s; No. 2. not quoted; No:
lbs I'd: No. hard winter. new, lbs Id.
CORN-Spot, American mixed. new
9s I'D.
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Chicago Produre Market

Chicago, Dec. 23-BUTTER-Market I'M
changed.
EGGS-Market unsettled. Firsts, 2s6
2S15c; ordinary firsts. 2615d27c. At mark
cases included. 2262Shc.
oTAToEs-Market higher. Michigan
and Dakota white, 70175c; Minnesota and
Dakota Ohios. 65d73c.
POULTRY-Alive; lower; fowls, 11Hc;
springs. 1215c; turkeys, 16c.
New York sugar Market.
New York, Dec. 23.-SUGAR-Raw
easy; centrifugal, 4.S9; molasses, Alp; re-
fined, quiet.
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The range of prices for grain futures IN
The Chicago Board of Trade as reported
BY Thos. j. Myers. Broker. Columbian
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1.-THE following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards. Kansas City and
reported over long distance telephone III
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
son 4 Co. live stock commission mer-
Kansas City, Dec 23-CATTI,F-Re.
ceipts 200 head. Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market 1Oc
lower: Bulk of sales, $6OO6fG35: top SO Al
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 head. Market
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iH;v special wire to T. J. Myers. coiumDiaa
Building-l
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New York. Dec. 23.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creamery extras, 90 score. 3411@
35c.
EGGS-Market weak. Fresh gathered
extra fine, 35d36c.
CHEESE-Market firm. State whole
milk. flats, held specials, IN H1715c.
POULTRY-Dressed. steady.
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Chicago, Dec. o.


KANSAS City Grain Market.
1.-THE r-nge of prices for grain futures n
The Kansas City Board OF Trade as re-
ported by Thos. J. Myers. Broker. Colum-
bian BldR.l