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Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
RECEIPTs-cARs.
Total receipts ................ IL
DISPoSITION-HEAD.

. CATTLE-Cattle were in light supply
as usual on Saturday, there being moth
ing OF any Importance in sight, For the
week receipts have been very liberal, al
though running a little behind last week.
The market, which had advanced very
rapidly during the three weeks previous.
decent TO common Kinds Of cattle. that
Is, cattle selling under $500, are around
SgSoc lower now than at last weeks
close, The choicest cattle, selling above
$500, have shown much less decline. being
In most cases no more than l0ql5c lower
at the worst.
about the same proportion as beef steers
being on an average right around &c
Stockers and feeders OF good quality
and good breeding have been in active
demand all the week. and prices on such
are steady to strong, The less desirable
kinds OF stoCkers and feeders have been
more or less neglected and have been in
fluenced by the break in beef steers. so
that they are a little lower than week
ago.
Quotations on cattle; Good to choice
beeves, 81 .OOa9 60; fai. to good beeves,
-. .SOaS IS; common TO fair beeVes, 81 5Od
$50 good 70 choice heifers, S.2SqS p;
good cows, 81. 25Q6 75; common 10 fair
COWS, S4.50Q6 Is; good To choice feeders,
N;65qS,l0; fair to. good feeders, 81 500
1.65; common 10 fair feeders, So O0a1 80,
good to choice stockers, S,7SdS, ,25 stock
heifers, S6.75Hl 10, stock cows, S6.Wgl %
stock calves, s. .oOaS.G0: veal calves, S,OC
QiO, 90: bulls, stays etc., 81, 5Oq1 80,
HOGS-The hog supply was II anythins
a little larger than usual for Saturday
receipts being l32 cars or 9,6l3 head, The
weeks total Is 81, ,2S6 head, a gain OF 1900,
over last week, 1900 larger than two
weeks ago and 3,O0O heavier than FOL
/ the same week last year,
shippers and two or three OF the packer
| buyers were in the field fairly early buy
I ing the better classes OF hogs at prices
| that were steady to a little lower thar
/ the early trade yesterday, some sales
looking as much as SC lower. The market
| was. however. an exact repetition Of yes
/ terday's, for one OF the packers agaiT
| laid out, and another quit after buying
/ few loads, so that after part of the hogs
/ had been sold prices slumped exactly a.
] they did yesterday.
/ After something like two-thirds of the
hoRs had been cleaned up the weakness
set in. and from then Il was an extremely
/ sticky proposition. Bids dropped TO fully
/ l0c below early prices. In fact some sell
| ers had never been able TO get bids OF
the early trade. and before the close ever
more decline than that was quoted II
7
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
OMAHA GENERAL MARKEr.
Wholesale Prices for Produce
Charged by Omaha Dealers.

AhhE9eu W Omhhm beHAeEhs
BUTTER-No ! creamery in cartons,
PorLTRf-Hens, itc; roosters. SIC;
young ROSTERS, 1iGl4c; ducks, l2hc,
sesse ssSIy lsl4c turkeys i5aiso per pound.
tic, ac; block, 2sc; twins, ishc; daisies,
lehc triplets. 1glkc; young America 2ic
blue label brick, l9ihci limburger, 22c; Inn
ported French RoguefoTt, Soc.
OYsTERs-Chesapca. a.e por gal: Stand
ards. N.25; selects, $50. Northern, per
gal: standards, sl.4b, selects. {l.S0,
FIsHFgsibs slpe per Ig'n's Ib cs,fsbp M per i7c ~ hal,
but. i6c; salmon. 17iAc; red snapper, 1ic:
founder, fIS llc. Frozen, pct ID fiaNsbggt.,
l0c salmon. iOGfi2c pickerei. 7dsc; pike.
9dloc. Smoked per h.. White. tic. Kip-
pered, per h.: Salmon. lie; Finnan had
dnies, sns l2c; roe shad. Sc each; shad roe
BEEF CUTs-No, ribs. ishc No. 2
ribs. 1s%c; No. 3 ribs, i41tc; No. 1 lolns,
No. ] chucks, l0Ac; No. chucks, 1910
No. chucks. 10kc: No. / rounds, l4lTc
No. 2 rounds, 14hc; No. 3 rounds llc;
NO; ] plates, s11c; No. 2 plates, 9hc; No.
6Truit and vegetable prices furnished by
Gilinsky q Co.
oFRufTs-oranges sunklst. eis. sos,
1925 box 2OOs, 2iss sos s.. Is box. Lemons
Golden Bowl Soos 3jos. $500 box; Silver
Cord, A50 box. Grapefruit: 35s, S2.7b box;
64s, E325 box. sos. 3.75 box; 46s, $500 box;
@s, $3.50 box 96s, 1868, $3.50 box Grapes,
bOnS0 keg. bananas: Medium size
lunches, sl.50Q1.75 bunch medium size
yumbos. s200g2.25 bunch; regular size
Jumbos, $2.5002.75 bunch extra large
Jumbos, S300a32 IS bunch Mammoth
Jumbos, S36OQ375 bunch.
MISCELLANEOUS Comb, 81. 70
crate; Airline, 24-6 or. $3.50 case. Dates,
figs: Drum dates, S2.75 box; fard dates,
12c ID. stuffed dates. s115 box new figs
lI-lO size, Sc box Popcorn: No. l. rice,
4hc ID; 40-1 lb., packages. $3.50 case. Pea
roast. sc ID; Jumbo, raw, s1kc ID Jumbo,
roasted, 9hc; Filberts, 15c h.; pecans,
lShc lb.; pecans, Jumbo, 171kc lb.; mixed
nuts, l5c lb Cranberres. $500 bbl. cider,
1925 keg.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

15c higher on Thursdays early trade
all grades were fully steady to- I'm spots,
higher than on Friday of the previous
week, but after first rounds Thursday
anything weighty was very slow sale.
some Of the best eighty and eighty-five-
pound lambs escaped serious declines
but aside from that packers laid down
on heavies and waited until they could
buy them their own e.. way yesterday s
prices being as much as a quarter lower
than the close OF last week wherever
weight was a factor
While no very heavy runs are expected
next week, traders believe weight will
continue to be more or less of a han
dicaD.
Quotations on sheep and lambs Lambs,
good to choice, sl075all.35; lambs, fair
to good, $40. fq1075: lambs fall clipped,
s90069.75; lambs, fresh clipped, $S.50a
900; yearlings. fair to choice, light 80 %
$1,000; yearlings. fair to choice, heavy,
81 S50I9.46 wethers fair to choice, ST. 750
$50; ewes. good TO choice $I75dS.25; ewes,
fair to good, s7OOd7Sj
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
QaotatiOns OF the Day on Various
Commodities.

NEW YORK. March R-FDoUR-
WHEAT-spot. weak; No. durum.
$l.G4.; No. hard. $i20aa; No. / northern.
Duluth, Sl.SlA. and No / northern. Man
itoba. s., 81. (. o; b. New York. Futures,
weak; May, Sis,
CoRN-spot. weak; No. yellow. s2Aa
sc. G l. T. New York.
OATS-spot, easy; standard, 50ikc: No.
white, 49l4n50c.
HAY-steady: No. l, slsSdl. 70: No. 2.
q. zOaa.so; No 8. t.ooqi.O6; shipping. 80
HoPs-Firm: state. common 10 choice.
1915. lide5c; 1914 5Qsc; Pacific coast, 1915,
l2fJl5c; 1914, SdlOc.
hIDEs-Firmi Bogota. Sa@S4e; Central
LEATHER-Firm; hemloek firsts. sSR
Sac seconds, S2d33c
PRONISIONS-Pork firm; mess. Sgs OC
ge509, family, 81. .50d2l60; short clear.
S22.00a25.O0. Beef, steady; mess SiT. OOli
l7.so family. $iS.50al9.5O. Lard, firm:
middle west, Si1 O04lli. 10.
TAI.LOW-Firm; city, sac; country,
S4nsbc; special. sac.
BUTTER-Firmer, receipts, 6,i5a tubs;
creamery extras, SI1tqa9c; firsts. 35d37c
sec0nds. s3H35ikc.
EGGs-Weak: receipts. 1850 caseS;
flrsts. &c: firsts. 2iazllzc; seconds. eca
cHEEsE-Firm; receipts, La7 boxes;
state. held. specials. ishc; same. average
fancy, lSc; same current make average
run; iIhqlI1zc; Wisconsin twins. held.
PoULTRY-IAve, weak; chickens lie
broiiers. &c; fowls. lsc: turkeys. sc
dressed quiet, prices unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle Steady-HORs weak-sbeep
Steady

CHICAGO, March 1S-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts. 100 head; market steady; native
beef cattle, S50dS. .95; western steers, 81. 40
aS,60; stockers and feeders, S6.00QS, 25;
cows and heifers, $3.S0aS7O; calves, sS,25
01O75.
HOGS-Receipts, 10000 head market
weak at &c advance; bulk of sales, $9.5560
$40; light, S915d9.7O; mixed. $9.25@9.70;
heavy, 50. .25d9.75.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Recelpts, 500
head; market steady; wethers. Ss,2O0lS.9O;
ewes, $6.00qS.65; lambs, $9.50411.50
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features of the Trading and Closing
Prices ON Heard of Trade.

Prices ON Heard OF Trade.
CHICAGO, March ie-Possibiities OF
peace gave fresh downward swing TO-
closed nervous, ic 20 1MGD1Mo net lower,
with May at Sl.O6saq1. .O6g and July az
si.O5M. Corn finished !sgie to lhc Down
Wound SnS S1Ss np 0ai UNCHANGED @ e isc higher
From start to finish wheat prices were
ruled chiefly by selling, which resulted
from European suggestions that the enc enc
remote Liverpool dispatches asserted
that rumors of peace were regarued
lightly by British traders, but the faot
a notably decline was generally construed
here as more accurate indicating the real
outlook. Week end profit taking by
shorts led to some slight rallies In the
wheat market. but none that seemed TO
be OF a lasting sort. About the only ex-
port sale heard OF was 10000 bushels in
Corn was bearishiy affected by the de-
cline In wheat. Tue market felt the IN
fuence also OF the meageruess OF ship
ping inquiry. Oats weakened with other
grains. Export transactions were said
10 have been confined TO Canadian oats.
Higher prices on hogs tended to lift
provisions. Pork Jagged owing mere or
less to reports of eissatsfaetion with re-
chiesse Cash Prices-,.wheat: No. 2
red, si,C9i No; 2 rcd, r.G&i;oI; No, 2
srua Mo yellow. I nc nominal: No Yellow, tS $40
ne: No. I white. 6sq7Oc. oats: No. 3
white. l2Qi3c: standard. ttMatS5Ac. Rye:
S506f7. COZ clover. Sl000QlS75. Provisions:
Pork, s2l.25q22.75; lard, ni.os1s; ribs. sli.Oo
M1l.95.
EGGS-Isower, receipts, H,@S cases;
firsts, 1sni9lAc; ordinary firsts lSeglSHc:
Al mark. cases included. lSqi9c
TATOES-Higher; receipts. "a cars;
Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Da~
kota whites. sSq96c: Minnesota and Da-
kota Ohios. Ss495c.
PoULTRY-Aiive. lower; fowls. l6hci
springs, iSc.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
GRAIN And PRODUCE MARKET
Wheat Leads a General Decline Of
the Market with a Drop, of Two
to Three Cents. N
SELLERS HOLD FOR ADVANCE

OMAHA. March Is. 1916
The local casn market was weak today
and there was a general decline tn prices.
The wheat market was especially bear
ish and ruled from 20 20 Sc lower.
The demand for wheat was good. the
receipts fair, but the sellers we're not
anxious to let go at the prevailing
prices.
Corn receipts were heavy and the de
mand for this cereal was good. A teW
cars OF better grades OF corn sold about
unchanged, but the bulk OF the sales were
made at decline OF 2hc.
There was very little demand Tor oats
and the market ruled from lc to INC
lower.
Rye was quoted nominally ie lower and
barley was quoted unchanged.
Clearances were. Wheat and flour
equal to iii5,ooo bu.; corn, %i,oo bud''
oats. 17000 bu.
Liverpool close Wheat. 1850 lower;
corn. 2d3d lower
Primary wheat receipts we're l.3ss,0oo bu
and shipments 73i 900 bu, against re-
ceipts OF $1,000 bu and shipments OF 6sS,-
600 bu. last year.
Primary corn receipts were $4,000 bu
ana shipments $4,000 bu.. against re-
ceipts OF 10000 bu. and shipments or
$1,000 bu. last year.
and shipments $4,000 btu. against re.
ceipts OF eO9 900 bu. and shipments OF
7g7 900 bu. last year
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Everybody in Town
Is Wearing Green

Whether there were ever any snakes in
Ireland. and whether the patron saint
had anything to do with their removal.
II was quite evident yesterday that there
were plenty Of loyal Irishmen in Council
Bluffs. Green of every hue was shining
In all directions. shedding its rays from
real and siiken shamrocks. flashing from
nuttering ribbons worn by men and
women. girls and boys and by ba bies
trundled along by their mothers.
Thousands who had not a tinge OF an
cestral Irish blood In their veins found
real Joy In ''wearin' O. the green" The
crowd was 30 good-natured that even
Traffic Officer weimar. who Is so Ger
man that he is closely related 10 Bis
marck. was not mobbed when he admitted
that the Germans had given grounds for
international complications by putting
German carp in the River Shannon.
Never was ST. Patrick's day more fully
and spontaneously observed.
Investigate the A. Rospe plan OF sell
ing pianos. It's system whereby you
, get the best possible musical value 70,
the least money. 4O7 West Broadway
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

S.OS7kat1tN. No. northern, 81 0jNdl. .0sas
FLOCR-Fancy patents. $50; firsts
clears, Ab0. second clears. unchanged.
BARLEY-62d7lc.
RYE-Sqdq0ikc
BRAN-S1S 00dls.5O
CORN-No. yellow, 75dT6c.
OATS-No. 3 white, 39lhG40kc.
FLAX SEEDS. 2Stff2 3lN.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, March 1s.-CoTToN-
Spot, steady middling uplands. il.95c
sales. 100 bales. Futures closed steady;
May. 11.eac: july. 12.iSc; October. 12Hc;
December. 12.4lc; January, 12lSc
Cotton futures opened steady; Nav,
II eic; July, 12lic; October, 12.22c; Decem-
ber, II. 3ec; January, l24ic.
LIVERPOOL. March 1s,- COTTON =
Spot. easien. good middllng. s.0Sd; mid
ding. 7,Sid; low middling, IBID; sales
3,OOG bales.
The cotton market closed steady at Q
net advance OF two to six points.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
sioux city Live stock Market.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, March ls.-CATTLE
Receipts, 400 head
HOGS - Receipts, 5000 head: market
go; light. $s.OOq91O; bulk of sales. 1910
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Not quoted.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
London StocIx Market

LONDON, March 1s.-American securi-
ties on the stock market closed steady
after very dull session
SILVER-Bar. q 3-l6d per ounce
'MONEY-4d4R per cent
DISCOUNT RATES-Short bills, 5h per
cent; three months, SIS per cent
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Kansas city Live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY, March lS.-CATTLE-
Receipts. 500 head market steady; prime
fed steers. $9.s6d965; dressed beef steers
s790d9.16; western steers, 81. 50d9. 10; stock
7.75; calves, $6.50Q1l00.
HOGS-Receipts, 1000 head market
strongs bulk OF sales, $9.3OQDs 60; heavy.
$50; Iisht. ssi5aa.5O; pigs. S.509s.sO. '''''~
SHEEP AND LAMBS-No receipts;
market steady: lambs. $10.65111. .30 year.
lings $9.25910oO: wethers. $S.00q9O0; ewes.
T.50GS.30
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
st. Joseph Live stock Market.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March lS.-CATTLE ID
Receipts. 100 head; market steady;
steers, T5Cqs;5oi COWS and heifers. A.50
HOGS-Receipts, 1000 head; market
steady; top. $3.50; bulk Of sales. $500
SHEEP AND LAMRs-No receints
market nominally steady; lambs. SlO.501
II 30
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

NEW YORK, MArch lB-EVAPOR-
ATED APPLES-Steady; fancy, 7Ads5tc;
choice. sG64sc; prime, 4ika5Ac.
DRIED FRU1TS-Prunes, quiet: Cali
fornia. 4Gilhc; Oregons. 7kG9kc. April
cots, steady; choice. 9&q10c: extra choice,
10Itdti0Ac; fancy. 1l&D12c. Peaches,
steady; choice, SIC; extra choice, 5hc;
fancy, eye Raislns dull; loose musoa-
tells. 6%GD1c; choice 10 fancy seeded. 7hd
7tRe; seedless, 9ha1Oihc.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
OIL and Resin.

SAVANNAH. Ga, March 1s,-TUR-
PENTINE-Quiet, 5Omc; sales. none; re.
celpts, I barrel; shipments, 16 barrels;
stocks S,5i8 barrels
ROSIN-Quiet; sales. none; receipts,
$50 barrels; shipments. none; stocks,
7s, 7sl barrels Quotations; a, b, @, d,
10, T., q and II. $500; /, S5.15; X and M,
Sb.i0;' VIC. s6.65: WV S.75.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
knnsns city Grain and Provi.Ior.

KANSAS CITY. March 1s-wHEAT-
No; No. hard; oo q .oiq1:oS; No. red, 81, ,03q
CORN-No. mixed, 67a671kc: No .
white, 67lsq6S1kc; No. yellow, 691kc: May,
41Gl42c.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Liverpool Grain Market.

LIVERPOOL March 1s.-WHEAT-Spot
No. Manitoba, 12s 1Od: No 2, 1Ss Sd No
9, 13s 4d; No. 2 hard winter, gulf, i2s I'd
No. 2 red, western winter. 12s 4d; No. /
:, ,CoRN-spot. American mixed. new,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Dry Goods Marker.

NEW YORK. March 1S.-DRY, GOODS
Cotton goods markets closed very
strong with printed cloth sales for the
week In this market in excess of zoo OO0
pieces, Wool markets were firm today.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Bank CIenr1nRn.

OMAHA March B-Bank clearings for
corresponding day last year 81, IA, iO4 so
The total clearings for the week endinp
today were 25,2l2,S717 and for the cor
responding week last year $l9, ,524 73497
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

These sales were reported today:
Wheat: No. 3 hard winter: | car, sghc; 2
cars, 9s1hc, car, s9c; / car, CSC; ! car;
cars, e6lzc car, eec; Z cars, e5lsc; ] car
(gmuttyl Njkc No. 4 spring; car, tOc.
No. durum: 2 cars, SIC. No. 8 durum:
2 cars. sscl No. ! dur,Im car, 9oc.
Rye: No: 3; J car. SIC
'Corn2No. 3 white! 2 cars, sc; cars,
e5lsc No. white cars, &C; 8 cars
esHc; 2 cars. 6sc. No 8 white: I car
os Se%? cars cars sss ss No ss ssloN NJ? Ssr ss
&C. CSC; car S ssa.c; c. cars salfc. No. 8 vel
Sw sSS cSr S%r' 5c sGy Sample sS ?SG ysoS S oSsT
Sse'' No mixed; i car, choice, Sc; !
car 6Go; cars. s5lzc. No. ! mixed: !
car. CSC; cars. 64lkc; cars, exc; cars.
f'S car Gsc: ssc ssT esT sge Gar SsS esrs &c. care
mixed: mixed 's; i car. SIC: 3 ears, go. sample
mixed: ] car, 54c; / car. 5sc; car S2Ac'
oats9Nc. oSt nc 3 white: 2 cars, hMc. No;
white: / car, ale. Sample white
or Omaha aha Cash Prices-wheat: No 3 hard,
s75ssNc: No. 1 hard. 94dee1fci No; =
spring, 81. .O561 u; No spring, n.OSgle,0Os; le,0Os;
No 2 durum, 95de7c; No. 3 nurums Ssa
CSC. Corn: No. white. 6bgSeci 10 10,
Mo N''e White iS'G sSaSsc; dsS; No ! yellow, S7q
, 67iIc. No 4 yellow, Bttkdf6bho; No. vel
low. eaG6flkc: No. yellow, bS4641tc; NO
3 mixed. e5q66c; No. mixed, 6sgpe3c y y o o
sample i1eo lssisSc Oats: No. 2sNwhite, l2!tq
4sc. standard, 42d742hc; No. white, ha
SiiLc: No. 4 white, 40d1405tc, barley; Malt
ing, 6766ac; No. feed, 52u65c. Rye NO
2 Pfffg5c No. g. s8GiS4c.
chicago closing prices, furnished The
Rec by Logan a Bryan. stock and grain
brokers, sis South Sixteenth. Omaha:
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

SHEEP-As was the case on the pre-
Vious day packers finally made fair
clearance Of yesterdays supply, but
heavy lambs again sold on a steady TO
lower basis. AS compared with week
ago. yesterdays prices on the light and
handy-weight lambs were strong TO 100
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
St. Louis Grain Market.

ST LOUIS, March S.-wHEAT-No. z
red. 81 .12; No. hard. nominal; Nav.
81 39TsSl ;oS%@l .Os%; July, sl;G2h;
May, 1870; July. 741sc.
oATs-No. 2. 4214c; No 2 white. nom-
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Clearing House Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-The statement
OF the actual condition OF clearing house
banks and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold Si3S, ,Sg4 $50 reserve
In excess of legal requirements This is
a decrease Of S2,S32,e 200 from last week 5
statement. The statement follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention

Council bluffs office Of
The bee is At IA north
Main st. Telephone A.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK. March 1s-MERCAN-
TILE PAPER-3q3h per cent
STERLING EXCHANGE - Sixty-day
bills, M!2ls; demand, A,769s; cables. $477
SILVER-Bar, SIC; Mexican dollars,
43S.c
BoNDs-Government. steady; railroad
steady.
Closing quotations on bonds today were
nj III "~AN
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

raid which
civilians
s and railroad organized themselves against repetition
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

Receipts and disposition of live stock
at the Union Stock Yards, Omaha, for
twenty-four. hours ending at o'clock
p. m, March 49,
RECEIPTS-CARS
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

Butter Market
ELGIN. March ls-BUTTER-Thlrt
five tubs sold at sc cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

May. u.OSh hQ1.c63t July, tl0st.qpi 0Siz /;
cash No. hard. h.lS7s; No. / northern.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19

quotations furnished by Burns Brinker Co..
Omaha National bank building;
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-01
PORTLAND GIRLS IN WAR ZONE.

Portland, ore, January 31.-Had
the three daughters Of f. E. Rickert,
a former Chicagoan, now living in Or
egon, been boys, undoubtedly they
would have been warriors, with pref
erences for the aeroplane or subma-
rine corps. As it is, they have de-
termined to place themselves in the
midst of war and strife. Two already
are in the war zone. Miss Frances,
the youngest. is nurse in a London
hospital. Miss Ethel has applied to
the British government for permission
to go to France to learn how to help
in making munitions, that she may
teach English women, and Miss Edith,
mtii recently an assistant in the de-
partment of English literature at the
University OF Chicago, is now on her
way to India, where, it is reported.
there may be an uprising of natives
at any moment She is seeking expe-
ricnces that may be utilized in her
stories
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-01
To
AVERT STRIKE
Coal Miners and Operators TO Hold
Joint Conference At Mobile,
Alabama.

Mobile, Ala, February 1.-The joint
union leaders of Illinois, Ohio, West
crn Pennsylvania and Indiana. which
will open here today, with the object
Of reaching an agreement on the basis
for wages and working conditions in
the anthracite coal fields for the COM
ing years, is considered one of the
most important labor conferences of
recent times. For on the measure of
success which the conferees achieve
lin bringing about some concrete
agreement depends the peace of the
mining industry. The operators have
been preparing for the contingency
of a strike when their agreements
with the men terminate on March 81,
and the United Mine Workers have
on the other hand, perfected their
organization with view to fighting il
out Tor higher wage scale, more ia
yorable working conditions and rec
ognitlon OF Their union. These two
great organizations of capitalists ami
workers have had many clashes in the
past. Although there have been CON
Ccssions on both sides, the main issues
have never been settled, and the min
ers believe they have had the worst
oi past agreements.
Eight miners and eight operators
from each of the four coal producing
states will take part in the delibera-
lions here. They will represent all of
&c interests involved in the coal sit
uation, with the exception of the
public. Representatives of the De-
partment of Labor at Washington will
be in evidence and will try to relieve
the tension and bring the factions to-
gether.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-01
NAP STOCKS BRING RUIN OF
PROMINENT BROKER.

Providence, r. l., February AL
bert p. Miller, Jr., the Providence
boad broker accused Of embezzlement
.Cf 100000 from his customers. has
been adjudged a bankrupt and his
creditors will meet tomorrow to pre-
sent their claims. His assets are said
10 be limited to a few thousand dol
lars. It is estimated that losses to
creditors will total over a half mil
lion
That Miller lost his clients money
IN war stocks ON the New York Stock
Exchange is the information given out
hy the police. The broker is said to
have traded heavily in Bethlehem
steel with a brokerage house in New
York, and was caught short of the
market on every raise He made reg
alar visits to New York each week,
,aEthg his wife with him, and when
She crash came it was totally unex-
royted
Last November Miller was III and
"a his return to his office his clients
teean asking him for their dividends
and other moneys. He went home ear
~ one day, packed his travelling bag
and took his departure. That was on
december l6 lie was not heard from
ior ten days and was not apprehended
10y the police until January s, when
ne was found In a Boston hotel.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-01
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION At
WINNIPEG.

Winnipeg. Manitoba, February l.
The International Joint Commission,
consisting of commissioners from the
United States and the Dominion of
Canada, meets here today to hear all
those interested in the subject of pow
.er in connection with the investiga-
ton OF the levels of the Lake of the
Woods and tributary waters.
This controversy has been pending
between the two governments for
nearly thirty years. The Lake OF the
Woods is "A body of water 1900 miles
in area and containing some 5000
scattered islands. by the cohstruc-
ton of the Norman Dam at the outlet
of the lake, at the city of Kenora,
Ont, the level of the lake was raised
materially, submerging many thou
sands of acres of agricultural and
timber lands in the drainage area of
both countries.
The commission has made a COM
plete typographical survey of the
whole territory and is now gathering
the final facts as to water power I'm
order to prepare its recommendations.