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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Thugs Attack Wrono PARTY

Roundup.-A brutal assault, evident
ly intended for City Attorney T. ]
Mathews, has ben reported to the Do
lice by Essington Lees, nephew d
Mathews, has been reported to the pe
men late at night as he was about t,
enter the Mathews home. A shee
was thrown over his head, a rope wal
drawn tightly about his neck and hi
was almost choked to death. A third
man, apparently in command, searched
their victim and remarking that h.
was not "the right one" ordered hiI
release.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
War Shipments Must Be Approved.

Washington, April 10.-To insure
against miscarriage of shipments of
explosives into Mexico all such ship
ments are approved at the White
House before being forwarded, it has
been learned. Even shipments of dy-
Mantle to private mining companies
in Mexico are approved by the Presi-
dent before they are permitted to
reach their destination. When ship
ments reach the border from factories
in this country they are held by u
toms officers until the Treasury de
partment notifies them.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
VERDICT FOR FALSE ARREST
Former Alderman of Three Forks
Awarded $1,000.

Bozeman.-William Sauer, former
alderman of Three Forks, has been
given a verdict for $1,000 against
Mayor Ralph l.. Robertson and Mar
shall Jerry Hoyt by a district court jury
here because of his false arrest and
Imprisonment November %, 1915.
AS adduced by the evidence brought
out in the trial, Marshal Hoyt, on in
structions from Mayor Robertson, ar
rested Sauer and imprisoned him for
several hours in order to compel him
to attend a meeting of the council.
The Three Forks executive claimed
he had the right to resort to this ex-
IRENE to compel Sauer's attendance.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Ice Gorge at cuIbertson Goes Out.

Culbertson.-The big ice gorge in
the Missouri river near here that
caused the river to overflow it's banks
and inundate a large portion of the
valley, has gone out and the river has
now returned to normal conditions.
The gorge was about four miles in
length and backed the water up to a
depth of ten feet. The river covered
he valley between this town and its
natural bed, being four miles in width.
Farmers from south of the river came
to town in boats last week.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
BANDITS STAY SALOON MAN
Murder Great Falls Victim Who Dis
regarded Order.

Great Falls.-A. A. Eggert proprie-
tor of the Gold Rings Bug saloon on
the west side of the Missouri, was shot
and instantly killed by n of two men
who entered the saloon for the pur-
pose of robbery. When the men en-
tered the back door of the saloon Egg
CERT was behind the bar and five Gus,
toners were in front. At the com
mand to hold up hands the customers
complied but Eggert reached for a
gun. AS he reached one of the rob-
bers shot, killing Eggert instantly
Without waiting to do any robbing the
two men ran out Of the front door.
So far there is no clue.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Chicago Milk War Near End

Chicago, April 10.-The milk war be-
tween producers in the Chicago dis
trict and the distributors in Chicago is
practically at an end. Only one of the
distributors, the Borden Condensed
milk company, has not agreed to buy
milk at the new price, an increase of
% cents a hundred pounds over the
old price. Local officials of the com
pany tentatively agreed to settle at the
price demanded. but announced their
action would have to be ratified by the
directors of the company at New York
hefQre contracts were signed.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
MONTANA PUBLISHERS MEET
Teton County Newspaper Men Con-
vene at Conrad-Invite Toole Coun-
ty Representatives to Affiliate.

Conrad.-The first meeting of the
newspaper publishers ever held in Te-
ton county convened at Conrad. The
newspaper publishers were shown the
new fax fibre plant and afterward
were rendered a luncheon by Conrad
newspaper men and citizens. A bust
ness session followed, at which a num-
Der. of important matters were dis
cussed.
F. N. Egelston, representing the
Toole county publishers, attended the
meeting and it was voted t o invite the
publishers of that county to affiliate
with the Teton publishers.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
County DecIamatory Contest Held.

Culbertson.-One Of the biggest
ty to be held this year occurred here,
when the Sheridan County Declama-
tory contest vas held. Practically all
the towns in the county entered con-
testants and many of the rural schools.
Preliminary contests were held previ-
ously throughout the county, and from
zach local contest, one contestant was
sent here for the final meet. In all
there were % contestants entered.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
ELEVATOR HEAD SUICIDES
Manager of Plant at Stanford Shoots
Self Through Head with Small
Caliber Pistol.

Great Falls.-James Allison, mana
ger of the Montana Central Elevator
company's elevator at Stanford, has
been found dead in the elevator Of
fee. Tightly clutched in his right
hand was a % caliber pistol. He had
shot himself through the roof of the
mouth. He had been in charge of the
Montana Central elevator at Stanford
n year. No cause for the suicide is
assigned by his friends.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Butter. eggs and Poultry.

Minneapolis April 10-Butter, Cream-
cry, extras, lb. 34c; extras, frst, S2c;
drsts, 3lc; seconds 29c; dairy extras,
Eggs-Candled, free from rots. small
dirties and checks out: Ice; current re-
ceipts rots out. case. $6:4o; checks and
Live Poultry-Turkeys, fat, 10 lbs.
and over. 1Sc; thin and small. 1910;
lie; hens, fat, A lbs. and over, TIC:
under 4 lbs. 14@15c: geese, fat, 13c;
ducks, 13c; springs. lie; STACEY wear,
lings. 14Q15c; young guineas. dog. SIS.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Democrat Elected Mayor of Helena

Helena.-R. R. Purcell, a of
Helena in 1904-6 again in 1924, has
again been chosen executive of the
capital city, defeating Mayor Lincoln
Working by a majority of 331. Coun-
cilmen w. J. Beckett and A. E. Cum
mings were reelected over John Carl
son and DR.. H. ]. Wirth. Helena is
under the commission form of govern
ment and the city election is on a non
partisan basis. Purcell is a democrat
and Working a republican.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound My
mother bought it and the next month I
was so we'll that / worked all the month
without staying at home q day.. l am
in good health now and have told lots of
girls about IL. "-Miss CLARIcE NORM,
u Russell Street, Taunton, Mass.
Thousands of girls suffer in silence
every month rather than consult a ply
stefan. If girls who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion would take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, a safe and pure remedy made
from roots and herbs, much suffering
might be avoided. :.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. (confidentiaD for free
advice which will prove helpful. ~
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
General Farming Conditions Good.

Acknowledgement farming condi-
tions over the state are in good con
dition, according to the semi-monthly
report just issued by the Banking Cor
poration of Montana. The report
shows that spring blowing is we'll un-
der way, although there may be q
slight loss in winter wheat in some
parts of the states. Livestock Jared
well during the winter.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

Rev. W. III Warner kidneys were at
fault, SO l took Dodd's Kidney Pills.
They were the means of saving my life.
On Feb. 18th, 1916, / write to say that
undoubtedly your medicine restored
me to perfect health.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
lets for indigestion have been proved.
Soc per box.-Adv.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
ALLIES CALL CONFERENCE
To Discuss Economic Questions In
Paris April 20.

Paris, April 10.-The conference of
the Entente Allies for discussion of
economic and commercial questions
will assemble in Paris on April 20. It
will be attended by many distinguish
ed delegates including a number of
cabinet ministers from the various
countries.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

neuralgia, cramps
in my muscles,
pressure or sharp
pain on the top of
my head, and nerv-
u dizzy spells. l
had other symp-
toms showing my
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
FIathead Ranch Brings $43 ,44o.

Belgrade.-A large and important
realty deal, pending for some time,
has just been closed and the w. B.
McVay home place of West Flathead
of 1,040 acres, has been sold to Arthur
Brooks, who came to the valley r.
Gently from California to locate, ami
to Roger H. Hufine, a large land owr-
err of the valley, for a consideration d
S43, 440.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Chicago Live stock,

Chicago, April MISUNDERSTANDING,
1000; steady at yesterdays average;
bulk, ss55as7o; light. sSS9@s.so;
rough. 1926 @9.40; pigs, $3.50 a 10.
Cattle-Receipts. 200; steady; native
beef steers, $S.00@10.00; western steers,
$S:75@oows and h%eifers, $4.2O @9.10;
calves, $3.50 900.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000: steady: weth-
ers. 1925; lambs, $8.7b@11.40.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Blow Safe at HuntIey; Get $500.

Billings.-The general store at Hunt
ley, Mont, IA miles east of here, has
been robbed by two masked men, who
smashed a rear window, kept the night
Waterman off at the point of a gun and
blew the safe, using five charges of
nit~roglycerine. They obtained between
$500 and $500 in currency.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK.
Mfnneauplis Grain.

Minneapolis, April 10.-Wheat, May
s1.22; No. 2 northern, si.19h; No. / dur
um, $1.11k; No. 3 orr, 75hc; No. q
white oats, 42kc; barley, mailing. etc;
No. 2 rye, SAC; No. / fax, $2.13N.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Wisdom Pioneer Resident Suicides.

MISUNDERSTANDING his arms so that
he would be unable to use them,
George Blevidence, aged Sc, a pioneer
OF this section, with a hemp rope tied
around his neck and fastened to a
beam in his barn, leaped off a chair
and strangled to death. B~levidence
had become Respondent. He was a
veteran of the civil war.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the h., in sealed ans
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co.,
Chicago, for a souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the 3 lb. Canister Can for $1.00.
ADV.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

South st. Pauk April 1O.-Cattle-
$5.5O@8.25; hogs, 1925 @S.60;
sheep and lambs, $7.36@s.30.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
SAVED MINISTER'S LIFE.

Rev. W. H. Warner, Route 2, Myers
vile, Md, writes: My trouble was
sciatica. My back was affected and
took the form of Iumbago. l also had
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

TO stay at home
from work and suf-
fer a long time.
One day a woman
came to our house
and a k ed m v
mother why / was
suffering. Mother
told her that l suf-
fered every month
and she said, why
don't you buy a
bottle of lydia, r.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

A man thinks he is misunderstood
because he doesn't know himself.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv. Il.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

South ST. Paul Live

Duluth, April 10.-Wheat, May
41.1SB; July, $1.1S%; No. l Northern
$1.2O No. l durum. Sill.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

Faith will mountains today IL
backed up by hard work.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

A good conversationalist lets up oc-
casionally.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

DR.. J. n. RINDLAUB (specialist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. -.
Fargo, N. D.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

We never have much use for people
who are smarter than we are.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
GIRL COULD
Not WORK
How She Was Relieved from
Pain by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Taunton, Mass.-"I had pains in both
sides and when my periods came l had
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

A successful fool doesn't realize that
he is one.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

1t takes a silly woman to make a
fool of a smart man.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

Women with the most cheek do the
The Washington herald., 1916-05-18
CHURCH CLUB OPENS
ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Fortune TeIIers, Japanese Tea Gardens
and Minstrel Show Are Fea-
lures at St. Stephens.

Mysterious fortune tellers lana
hese tea garden with fair waitressess
pleasure hall. and a minstrel show
were features of the annual festival
OF the Mems Club of St Stephens
episcopal Church. which began in the
parish hall of the church. Fourteenth
street and Columbia road northwest
last night The festival will be re-,
peated tonight and tomorrow night.
Throughout the evening the Women
Delta, Theta and Alpha circles of the
church conducted delicatessen booths
in the lobby.
S. Percy Oliver was king of the
blacN face clan in the minstrels
Those who assisted him were Henry
Boddts, William Moor. Horace George.
jackson Keblinger, Robert Miller,
wesley Peckham, Richard Clark. WILL
lam Anderson, Frederick Ouinter and
Thomas Scrivener Rev. f H Stevens
was musical director Solos were rem
dered by Miss Blanche Green, Miss
Elizabeth Anderson. Miss Helen Hop
kins and MISS Louise Cotter
Following the minstrel MIR. oliver
took the leading role in two farcicaI
sketches, In The Trenches" and The
Clowns Mishaps." In the former he
was assisted by Henry BOddis. Wesley
Peckham and Melvin Oliver; in the
latter by c. P. and Melvin Oliver.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-18
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia. Ma i BUTTER The market
r'''d firm with demand absorbing the limited of
feri0E. We quote: Western fresh. solid Iacked
Cre wery. fancy specials So extra 3'a32. frsts
aa1n'1: seconds. 29a29is nearby prints. fancy. "A
average extra g frsts. 2s3l: seconds esaS0; spe
Cal fancy brands Of prints Johhirg at 57alO.
EGGS-Demand was gOot and the market ruled
firm. with supplies well under control. We quote
In free cases. nearby extras G per Dozen. nearby
frsts. S.O5 per standard case, Pennsylvania cur
rent receipts. 575 per case: other nearby, current
reCeil IS, $50 per case; Western extra 3 per doz
e1, Western extra Arst S7.05 rer case: do. frsts
s. 6Oa6eO per case; Southern. per case, s. l5a645 a
to quality; fancy selected eggs were jobbing al
.sa29 per dozen.
LIVE POULTRY Fowls per h. lsa2o
roostsrs, l2al3; spring chickens, according to
quality. weighing ls2 pounds apiece 34a3s; Whit
leghoTs, according to quality. 2Oa32; ducks as tr
size and quality. Gals; geese HAS; pigeons old
per Dair, Ss3o; do Young, per pair 0a22.
DRESSED POULTRY Fresh killed dry-packed
fowls. Il to boz dry picked. fancy. selected. 2H
do, weighing 4l4a5 pounds apiece. 2; do, 4 pound
apiece. lSa20; fowls in barrels fancy. dry-picked
apiece 2lla smaller sizes I7sD: old ROSTERS dry.
picked, Is; broiers. Jersey. fancy. 5Oa55; broiIers
other nearby. weighing 2a3 pounds to the pair
Nsi5; broilers, nearby. larger sizes, SsiS capons
7er pound. weighing salO pounds apiece. 1a2s
smaller sizes. 23a26: ducks. nearby, spring BaG8
sduabs, per dozen white, weighing llal2 pounds per
dozen. 5OOa58 do do, aal9 pounds per dozen
4.30sl9; do, do, pounds per dozen. 35Oa3 IS
do. do pounds per Dozen 275a3.Oo; do. do Sash
pounds per dozen. 2OOa225; dark. 2.00a2. 3; small
and No ,, l.OOall5.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-18
ROBS House OF jewels
And CASH IN DAYLIGHT
Burglar Enters Home of George E
Long Through Window and Ran
sacks Rooms. Securing $500.

BY forcing the back window in broad
daylight a robber yesterday entered the
home Of George f. Long, 254s Thirty-sev-
enth street northwest, and took over 1900
I'm jewellery and cash. A white man
who had been seen in the vicinity for
several days was seen by a neighbor
leaving the house.
Mrs. Long had been visiting friends I'm
Wisconsin avenue. and returning home
about noon. found the house in disorder.
She Immediately called up her husband.
a clerk in the War Department. to ask
him if he had been home. Mr.. Long no
tfied the police.
An investigation showed that the man
had forced the rear window with some
kind Of a tool. From the appearance Of
the house, the robber had ranssck d
everything. even pulling tapestries from
the wall. Twenty dollars in cash and
everything gold was stolen. Other trim
kets left behind showed where the man
had dug them to test their value.
Considerable silverware, locked in the
sideboard, was untouched. Other silver
pieces lying around the house had been
gathered together, as though the man
intended taking them. but found them
too large to carry.
The articles taken consist largely Of
NOR ograme pins. chains and one or two
peal set pieces
The Washington herald., 1916-05-18
PRICES Forced
down STEADILY
Selling Pressure Applied by
Professional Traders Keeps
Volume of Activity Up.
READING MAKES RECORD
General Electric Shows Up Strong.
War Stocks and Related Issues
Decline Most Extensively.

New York. May l7.-Selling pressure
applied rather conspicuously by the
professional trading element maintain
ed the volume Of activity in the stock
market today up to the recent average.
The course of prices was a continua-
tion OF the reactionary movement
which developed on Tuesday follow
ing the liberal realizing sales con-
Quoted on Monday and toward the end
of last week
From the outset Of the session pro-
fessionaI eudeavor was quite confident
ly exerted against quoted values.
There was a revival OF speculative
talk about the peace prOpa ganda of
which Germany has been the inspiring
source, but it is doubtful Of the acti-
vtties of the stock market represented
anything more than trading tests OF
the immediate position
There was no striking uniformity in
the stock exchange price movement
Indeed there was noticeable Irregular
ity. although the general trend was
down Reading was advanced aEgres-
sively to a new high level in the
late dealings. and rails weEej steady
on the whole throughout the day.
General Electric was a strong eXcep-
+ion to the heaviness of most standard
industriaIs. and the selling of the cop
per shares attested the trading in
terpreta ton of their prolonged slug
Eishness War stocks and related de-
scriptions declined the most extensive
". but the proof OF the market sttua-
tion and Of market tendencies, II the
market has any tendency. depends on
more than the transactions of one or
two days.
The new gold impOrtations from
Canada we're increased by S2.25O,OOO to
about $3.50. 200. but there was no out
ward sign that Wall Street regarded
these shipments as having any present
signifcanCe for quoted values
The Washington herald., 1916-05-18
LOCAL STOCKS
UP GENERALLY
wv T. .
Washington List Improves
While New York Market
Is Fighty.
RESERVE BOARD TO MEET
General Electric Reported Planning tc
Declare Extra Dividend-Grapho-
phone Preferred Held Tight.

While the New York market was show
ing a disposition to 1ightiness as a result
Of peace rumors and selling movements In
munition stocks, the local list bucked W
yesterday and improved both in selling
volume and tone.
Traction stock was up fractionally over
the last previous sale, selling to the eX-
tent Of sixty-three shares at Sc.
Quotation bids for Railway preferred
were advanced - point to 81 l.: selling
eN-dividend I IA per cent and oOdd lots
were traded in al 81 IS A 5-pOint ad-
yance-to Ia in bids for Graphophone- pre-
ferred failed 10 develop trading. Arlng-
ton Fire Insurance went up 1-2 to 9. The
bid on Lanston eased of 1-2 point to Is -
with offerings at = IL as compared to
g on Tuesday.
Other sales included 5000 worth of Po-
tomaC Electric Power consolidated 5 pei
cent bonds q 100 1-2 to 100 3-S; 100 worth
Of American GraphOphone first SIS al
"S IS to %; 1000 Metropolitan Railway
IS, at 1O4 3-4. and shares OF Mergen.
thaler Linotype stock at l61.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-18
BEST FINANCIAL PAGE IN WASHINGTON

toes, white, Eastern Shore, McComicks. busheI.
s5a90 do, Maryland and Peunsyltania. bushs. / oos
Llo; do, New YORK and Maine. buShel. l.ooal.lo;
d.. new Florids No a barrel, aS.5eas0O DO. No.
2. barrel 4.50a5.0o; swee;A yellows. Eastern Shore,
Nd, barrel. 25a25O; do, Eastern Shore, Va, bar
rel, l75a2O; do, Delaware fancy. barrel, 225a25o
do, York River. fancy, barrel, l75a3 do, ram
pers, No. l, barrel. 4Oa75; vans. North Carolina,
No. l barrel L5oa200: do Maryland and -Nirgnis,
barrel. 1.5Oa175; apples. New York State, packed
bsrrel, 2oOa35O; asparagus. Maryland and Virginia,
No. l. dozen, l.5Oal.s 90: do. cnlls. dozen. 75sloo
beans Florida, green, basket, l.5Osi.75; do. wax
basket, l5oa20O DO, pearl. basket. 2Ooa25; beets
Charleston. bunch 2a3; cabbage, Charleston, crate,
25oa3OO celery, Florida. crate. l.25sl.7S; cicnm-
bers Florida basket. S.OOa35o; egEpIAntk, Florida
crate, l.5Oa3.O0i grapefruit, Florida, box. 25Oa2oo
kale native buEhei box, l5a9O; lettuce. North Car
olina, k-banel basket. 20oa3Oo; do. Charleston
'S-bauel basket, 2Oa3.Oo; onions. Texas Bermuda
crate, L25aLe5; oranges. as to size. box, SooaiO
peas. Charleston L-barel basket, l75a2oo; do,
North Carolina, barrel basket, L75s20O, do, Nor
folk. h-barrel basket. l.7Sa2.G0; peppers, Florida
crate. 2OOa25O; radishes. North Carolina. long
basket. 5Oa75; rhubarb native, bunch lzal; spin
sch, native bushel box 4oa5O; squash, F1Orids
basket 2OOs225; Strawberries. Norfolk, quart, 5al0
do. North Carolina. quart, esl2; do, Eastern
Shore, Va, quart. l0sl5; do. Rappahannock, quart
7aIZ: tomatoes Florida. fancy, ipe, crate, 2Jos
500; do. choice Joa2&
The Washington herald., 1916-05-18
COTTON MARKETS.

NeY Yoh. May IL Renewed buying for Wall
STREET and by wire houses strengthened the cotton
market today, puces closing at net gain Of 10 to
Is points. Liverpool also good buyer and
business was more active.
The weekly report If the Weather Bureau indi
Gated that cultivation Of the crop had been pushed
Tgoroply in nearly all States but that stands were
UUOr in many sections while in South Carolina
excessive heat had intensified dr0IIght conditions.
SPOT at Liverpool in good demand at un-
Changt,f- prccs on the basis Of sd for midupland
Futures In he English market steady at a net
advance Of 81 to 81 POINTS Spot here Is points
higher a. l3.l5 The sales were lOO bales.
Fort receipts for the day were % B5 bales CON.
Tared with T. 40 year ago New York warehOuse
stocks are l5 80 bales oontrasted with 2l5775 Last
year. Exports for the dsy amnunted To 1850 bales,
against l6 O46- a year ago. TOdays total include
3E3 bales to Great Britain, 2.T5 to France. 1854
TO the continent. and SIS to japan and China.
ClearanCes for The aggrrgate 4.I39.l 10 bales
compared With 800 ~ for the corresponding period
last season.