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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
ICE RACES WILL
BE HELD SATURDAY
Public and ParOchial schools Are
Expected To De Rep
resented.

School children of South Bend will
compete against each other in skat-
ing for the first time Saturday aft
ernoOn when the preliminary heats
in three races for the grade school
championships are held at the oliver
playground rink. IL is planned to
have skaters from 16 public grade
schools and seven parOchial schools
in the preliminary heats. the win
neTs in the various events to COM
pete for the title on the following
Saturday.
As many skaters as the schools
wish 10 enter will be allowed in the
preliminary heats Saturday. There
will be competition in 50-yard, 100
yard and 220-yard dashes for both
girls and boys The first three TO
finish in each event will race for the
championship on Jan. %. A 400
yard relay race, each contestant TO
skate 100 yards, will be held as a
part Of the finals.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
is MADE GUARDIAN
Move i Made to Keep Boy From
Joining Navy.

Sylvester SosnOwski's parents
separated and were divorced many
many years ago. Sylvester at the
time of the granting of the divorce
was made a ward of the grand
mother.
But the grandmother died and
Sylvester went TO live with his
uncle, Joseph X. Sosnowski. The
father was in parts unknown, and
the mother had remarked.
For more than five years Sylvester
lived with his uncle Lately he took
it into his head to enlist with Uncle
Sam as recruit, but his uncle de-
sirous of having his nephew assist
him in bushes, persuaded him to
change his mind.
Joseph SOsnowski was appointed
a guardian Monday in circuit court
OF Sylvester.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
MRS. CATHERINE T.. ROTH

Mrs. Catherine +. Roth. Il years
old. died at her ONE at Bertrand.
Mich. Sunday at ernoon at 1890
o'clock, following an illness Of u
years. She is survived by her hus-
band. John Roth. and the following
children: Mrs. Mary Wilkerson of
Illinois. Fanny r., Catherine E. Car
RE A. Helen G., all living at home.
She was born in Williamsport, Pa,
July "a, 1874. and came here a num-
Der of years ago from her birth
place. She was married 10 John
Roth in 1866.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17

DEATHS
MARGARET BROWN.

Margaret Brown, 215 Lincoln way
W. died Sunday morning at Ia
o'clock following an illness OF IL
months. She is survived by the fol-
lowing children: William c. Brown
of this city. Mrs. NJ. A Shuey OF this
city. and Mrs. G. +. White Of Ohio.
She was born in New York and
came TO this city more than so years
ago.
Funeral services will be held from
the residence Tuesday afternoon.
Burial viii be in the Mishawaka
cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence Tuesday afternoon at
? o'clock. Rev. John +. DeGroote
officiating Burial will be in the
Mishawaka City cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
WANTS $4,000 DAMAGES
suit is Result of Auto and Motor
cycle Collision.

The poor little innocent Ford. butt
of many a joke and a tool in the
hands of the vaudeville comedian.
is now made the basis of a damage
suit in circuit court. Alfred T. An
drews, by his next best friend, Frank
:. Andrews, charges that Eugene
Gross was driving a Ford car on
Nov. 10, last.
He further charges that in a col
lisiOn on the same evening at L.afay-
cite and Sample SITS, between the
above mentioned Ford and a motor
cycle on which Andrews was riding.
that he was seriously injured. suffer
ing a fractured skull and badly
bruised arms and limbs. He asks
$4,000 personal damages against
Gross and $50 for damages to the
motorcycle.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
ONE MAN Is KILLED

International News Service:
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. IL
Frank Osborne, % years old, Of
MOntezuma, Ind. is dead Louis
Stiedel. "a years old, is probably dy-
ing. and Hugh Thomasson is out on
$4,000 bail. as a result of an auto
mobile accident here early yesterday.
when ThomassOn drove his roadster
containing eight youths, members Of
prominent families. into a mail
wagon. ThOmasson is held on a
charge Of involuntary manslaughter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
RUSSIAN LOSS IS HEAVY
Turks i'm Report Admit Advanced
Posts Retired.
international News Service:

International News Service:
CONSTANTINOPIE, Jan. II (via
Berlin wireless. To-day official re-
port from Turkish headquarters an
nounces there has been intermittent
artillery fire near Kut-El-Amara.
Mesopotamia. and that the Russians
have suffered heavy losses in the
Caucasus region. The text Of the of
fetal report follows:
There has been intermittent ar
tillery firing in the region OF Kut-
El-Amara.
I'm the Caucasus the Russians
have repeated their attacks against
the Turkish positions on both banks
Of the Aras river, suffering heavy
losses, particularly in the district be-
tween Aras and the Id valley. Here
Turkish advanced posts retired some
distance after having detained for a
week strong enemy forces"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
WIFE JOINS HUSBAND
Deaths of Couple Are Only Ten Days
Apart.

Ten days after the death of her
husband. Mrs. Jacob Coble of Har-
rison township. Elkhart county, died
Of pneumonia Sunday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. w. II
Kryder. els Riverside DIR. Mr.. Coble
died at his home and while coming
here TO visit with her daughter after
the funeral of her husband. Mrs.
Coble contracted a cold, which de-
veloped into pneumonia.
She was born in Columbiana
county, Ohio, May IS. 1s43. Mrs.
Kryder is the only surviving relative.
The body was shipped to Goshen
Monday morning and viii be taken
by automobile 10 Harrison township
where the funeral will be held Tues
day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
FIXTURES TO BE SOLD
Order is Issued to Receiver To the
McMShilI Co.

Clifford V. DuCoL1b, receiver for
the McMahin Co, which has been
plunged from one difnculty into an
ether since it's organization in South
Bend, has been given an order from
the circuit court authorizing the i'm
mediate sale of all fixtures and stock
at a private sale.
The firm was thrown into a re-
ownership by an Ohio creditor,
which alleged that the liabilities of
the company more than exceeded its
known and visible assets.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
FORMER RESIDENT HURT
Newton PoysCr Injured i'm Fall at
Tcrrc HaUtc.

J. w. Poyser. IS South Bend av.. re
turned Monday from Terre Haute,
~ here he visited his son. Newton,
formerly Of this city. who suffered
fractures OF nearly every facial bone
in fall from a 30-foot scaffold last
week. POyser was working on the
platform when it broke and he fell
10 the cement sidewalk below.
His nose and the jawbones on
both sides of the face were broken.
The upper lip was split through to
The teeth.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
CITY MINISTERS MEET
Prayer offered For Success of Evan
gclistic Campaign.

Prayers that the simultaneous
evangelistic campaign which starts
i'm 80 churches OF the city Sunday,
might be a success. We're said at the
regular meeting of the Ministerial
association at the Y NJ c. A. Mon
day morning. Routine business in
regard TO the campaign was taken
up.
Signs announcing the campaign
have been placed in front of all of
tho churches that will take part in
il. large streamer inviting every
body TO attend the services has been
hung across Michigan ST., north Of
Washington av.. and another has
been stretched across Lincoln way
in the downtown district in Mish-
aWaka
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
INJURIES ARM IN FALL
Barry ScanIOn Takes Tumble on \
Slippery Walk.

Barry Scanlon, attorney. suffered
two severe falls on the slippery ice
on last Friday and Saturday. He
thought little of it until Sunday.
when a wrist and arm began to pain
him. He remembered that he had
broken the fall with his right arm.
Sunday he went to see a doctor
An X-ray examination was made anu
il was found that all the ligameais
had been torn away. The arm was
bandaged and put in a splint.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
FASTS THIRTY DAYS:
FEELS BETTER NOW.

international News Service:
WASHINGTON. Jan. l.. -
Breakfast today was a real meal
for J. Ray Adams. clerk OF the
senate suffrage committee, al
though he ate only a slice of dry
toast and drank a glass OF hot
milk. He approached il rather
gingerly because II was the first
food he had tasted for 80 days
Adams undertook a 30-day fast
fast as a means OF curing chronic
INDIGESTION. He declares he feels
better than he ever felt before
and that he lost little weight
through his fast.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
COURT SUSPENDS FINE
James SillrOy Promises TO Go Back
to Michigan.

James Gillroy promised Judge
Warner Monday morning that he
would go back 10 work at Kalamazoo
Immediately and the judge suspend
ed a fine Of 500 and so day SEN
tcnce at the state penal farm Gill
10y was arrested for ntoXication
and pleaded guilty. lie said that he
vas released from the penal farm in
september and had not taken a
drink since until he mixed some
Quinine and whisky together for a
cold.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
WOMAN Is NOT GUILTY

International News Service:
BRAZIL. Ind, Jan. 17.-After be-
ing out seven hours a jury found
Mrs. Myrtle Gibbons not guilty of
the murder of Eloy Smith of Terre
Haute Mrs Gibbons shot Smith in
the lobby of his thea;er when she
said he tried 10 choke her.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
TO AID ADMINISTRATION
Rep. Sherley to Lead Fight For De-
Tense Program.

Interna tional News Service:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Hope
for the administrations prepared
ness program was renewed today
when ii became known that Rep
Swagar Sherley of Kentucky, chair
man of the subcommittee on forti-
fications, has agreed to lead the fight
for IL in the house.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
ASSOCIATION WILL MEET

A meeting of the stockholders of
the Kosciuszko Building and Loan
association will be held at st. He'd
VICES hall this evening at o'clock
A president, treasurer. secretary and
directors are TO be elected
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
COURT NOTES
= = = = = = \ = = =
NEW CASES

NV N-NNTaN.
15S69-Alfred T. Andrews by his
next best friend. Frank :. Andrews.
vs.. Eugene Gross. damages Of S4.5OO.
asked. circuit.
269S-E. l.. Martin vs.. Yale Lum-
Der Co. ct al. on note. Judgment OF
S1,1SOS2. with 500 attorneys fees
asked superior.
2697-Annetta Kale vs.. George
Kale, divorce, grounds. non-support.
superior.
26sS-COmmerCial Loan & Trust
Co. VS.. Ethel NJ Barber. action on
account. superior.
270O-Hill Publishing Co. vs.. Allen
and Curtis. action on note. superior.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
INSTRUCTS FARMERS
John =. BOrdner Conducts Institute
at Oscela-Wyatt Next.

John :. Bordner. county agricul-
tural agent. is conducting a farmers
institute az Osceola this week. Cues
tons OF importance 20 farmers are
being discussed. The OsCeola meet
ings will continue through Wednes-
day. Beginning Thursday Mr.. Bord-
ner will hold similar meetings at
Wyatt for three DAYS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
ENLIGHTENMENT CHARGED
Pastor Causes the Arrest OF Former
Policeman.

Fred c. Maddox. former policeman.
pleaded not guilty 10 a charge of
EN- bezzlemcnt in city court Monday
morning and his trial was set down
for Jan. % Maddox IL charged
with emhezzling S43.23 from Rev.
Paule Neljkor for whom he is alleged
10 have acted as an agent in a
financial transa ctlon. The complain
ing witness alleges that he gave Ma
dick the money 10 apply upon a note
and says that the defendant failed
10 do so. Madick denies the allega-
tions and Is ont under 500 bond.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
DIES, AGED 1913.

international News Service:
NEWTON. y. J., Jan. 17.-Char-
les Ashford. who had an unusual
hankering for chewing tobacco, is
dead at the age OF 103.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
SENT TO ATHENS.

International News Service:
ZURICH, jar. 17.-Prince Eitel
Frederick, son Of the kaiser. is re-
ported by swiss newspapers 10 have
been sent TO Athens by the German
government on a special mission to
King Constantine of Greece.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
THE SOCIAL SEASON

may he considered at its height just
now and the party dresses on sale
at SS.s5 are at their lowest price for
they were formerly sold up TO $3.50.
BRANDON-DURRELL 60.
-Adyt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
1918 FOR SUITS

they wore price tickets up 10 $500
earlier in the season. And suits of
style. quality and tailoring such as
are found only at
BRANDON-DURRELL co.
-Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
II ANYBODY TELLS YOU THEY
CAN'T FIND PLUSH COATS

In town just ask them whether they
have been 90 Brandon-Durrelrs. $50
OF them at S1475 and $3.50. Spec
tai purchases from 10 leading New
York. Cleveland and Chicago makers
--Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
SHERIFF SOME BETTER
Bailey Ordered To Take Thinks Easy
or a Time.

Sheriff Charles +. Bailey. who has
beer confined to his bed during the
past week with a severe attack of
Monday TO partially resume his
duties. His illness was Of very
painful nature but his convaIescence
has been rapid enough so that he is
now able 10 be about with the doc
tors orders TO take things easy for
while"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
NEW PLUSH COATS AT THE
PRICE OF MARK-DOWNS.

$50 lovely plush coats received
within the past week. At $3.50 and
$14.75-of course they would sell
at much higher prices earlier in the
season.
BRANDON-DURRELL co.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
ANNUAL JANUARY
SILK SALE

Starts Thursday Morning. January
10th. See Wednesday papers.
GEO. WYMAN & co.
--Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
ANNUAL JANUARY
SILK SALE.

starts Thursday Morning. January
goth. See Wednesday papers.
GEO. WYMAN * co.
-Adyt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-17
ANNUAL JANUARY
SILK SALE.

Starts Thursday Morning. January
both. See Wednesday papers.
GEO. WYMAN' & co.
-Advt.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-15
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia. Dec. H.-BUTTER-R Ruled nrm un
der light offerings and fair demand. The quota
tons follow: Western solid-E -Eacked creamery
fancy Specials Il; extra. a40; extra frsts. Ssa3slt
hrsts SaSh: do, seconds 35a56: renovated, extra,
81 do, frsts. S3; do, seconds 2; nearby prints,
fancy. g. average extra 4oa4l hrsts, Ia3S; seconds
S'aS6 special fancy brands Of prints. 4sis
bGGs-Fine new-laid eggs were well cleaned up
at the late advance. Following are the quota,
tlons: Nearby extra, per doz. Al: nearby hrsts
1880 per standard nearby current receipts 20
per standard case; Western extra, per doz.. n
extra hrsts, 1880 per case; do. frsts, lS.2O; re-
frigerator extras, 1880; do. hrsts. OO; seconds,
$50 candled eggs jobbing at Sass.
, LIVE POULTRY-Fowls. as to quality 15aI7:
ROSTERS. BALI; spring chickens. according to quail
lily, Aa6; ducks. to size and quality. lsals;
turkeys 2Oa2; geese. l6a1s pigeons. old. per pair.
cav DO. young, per pair, 1a5.
DRESSED POULTRy-Fresh-killcd. dry-packed
@Turkeys, per b fancy. nearby. 26a27; fancy West
ern. SAY; fair to good 22a2I: common lsa2O fowls.
~ TO box, dry-picked, fancy selected. g. weighing
ssaS pounds apiece. ~: do. pounds apiece, zl'4
ao.' ga pounds apiece %; do. pounds apiece IS.
fowls In barrels. ice packed. fancy.N dry-pcked.
weighing fka5 pounds and over apiece 2: weighing
pounds apiece. q: smaller sizes l6als: old
ROSTERS, drypicked, 49, roasting chickens Western,
t aty-pcked In boxes, weighing pounds and over
per PAIR, q; roasting chickens Western, in boxes.
weighing pounds per pair. q; roasting chickens.
western, icepacked, in barrels weighing pound
and over. per pair, "a roasting chickens, Western.
IN Dures' weighing pounds per pair. 2: broilne
chickens. Western. in boxes. weighing 3a4 pounds
per pair. aaA: chickens. weighing 5as pounds per
pair' 2Oa2 do. mixed sizes 2la22; broiIers Jersey.
fancy 3oaS2; broilers other nearby weighing IIsa2
pounds apiece 2SaSo broilers nearby smaller Sizes
SaA Ducks. nearby spring. Z2a24; do. Western.
OaZz Geese. Western. nals. Squads per dozen,
White weighing II to II pounds per doz. 575a6 co.
white weighing to 10 pounds. per doz.. 4s5a5 50:
white. weighing pounds per doz. 40oa4S5; do,
no.' 7 pounds. per doz.. 35oa375: do. do. ess1S
pounds, per doz 2T5a2so; dark. 25Oa2so: small and
No. Q. 6oaL25
The Washington herald., 1916-12-15
wACHlNGToN PRODUCE.

Quotations given below are for Iarss lots Of sood
marketable goods only. Joboers prices are higher.
Lower grades may be sold for less. Fancy sood,
command higher prices.
EGGs-Fresh. per doz-. 4oaf2: Southern ssa4u.
BCTTER-Best prints, new, per h.. Il; do, tub
20: rrOcsfs, 4aS5; store-paeked. 3A3.
LARD-Tub. Pure. per H.. N1als; do. com
pound. Hsal5: cottonseed oil, per nre-gaIloo can.
SIS.
CHEEsEzNcv York, new, per n. BaA: nat
25ao6: Swiss. domestic. Sza,5: do. foreign, saso
LIVE PoULTRY-Chiekens. per T.. lsa2o: henA
per NJ l6al7: ROSTERS pr n. II: ducks. per D.
lsa2o; turkeys. per n.. 3a3
DRESSED POULTRY-Chictens, choics pr ID,
lsaeO hens. choice. per D.. I7als; turkeys choice
per n. 8a2s; do medium. per n. 9aA.
LIVE SrOCK-Calres veal prime per n,
l2alE1; do. medium. Il: spring lambs. fat, PEI
D.. ISl2; sheep per n. 54a6h.
DRESSED GooDS-Pork small. Per h.. Il: do.
heavy pe1 ID. Ilzllh.
GAME-Rabbits, choice. per doG-. 3OOAS.5O; com,
mon. l.5Oale0.
GREEN GooDs-Beans, per basket, l5.2 8
beets. per 100. 35oa4.oO: Brussels sprouts. per
quart. loal2is cabbage per 100 lbs. S5a4: :carots
per bunch. Gas; celery New York, per crate.
25oa5oO: cucumbers. per basket, 3ooa3.5o; cymbngs
per crate, l.5oaf-3: eggplant per crate, 25os4 90
ksle. per bb .; lettuce Florida per basket
l5ca300 okra, F1orida per crate l5oa4 50; onions
per bag. 3.Sai.5o; peas Florida per basket 30os
6o7 peppers. per crate. L5oas5o potatoes per bbl.
3y5oa40; do, northern, per sack. go; ruta
20a375; Fpinach. per bbl, l.5oa2oe: tomatoes,
Florida. per crate. 25oa45O: turnns per box soa75.
FRUITS-Apples. per bbl.. 25Oa55 50; grapefruit.
per box. 3oosS5o lemons. per box SooA3 So oranges
per box California ST5a5oo: do. Florida 25oa3 90;
pineapples. per crate, S.5OaIoo
sEEDS-Bluegrass, per bush. L4oal.so; clover,
alfalfa. per n. =: do. siska. per D. l5aI7
red. Per lb.. Hltal7: do. white, per lb.. s.; tim
othy. per bushel 22oa2S; orchard Ersss per busheI
226a2.4o; red top. per n. Sail.
GRA1N-Corn. old. white. per bushel. eesss;
do. yellow. ssaes oats. white. per bushel. Cas-;
do. mixed, 6la62; wheat, milling. per bushe lisa
l.D; do. ordinary. l.loal15.
HAY-nmothy. No. l. per tor H.oaIsyoo; do.
No 2 400: mixed. 10 ooal2oo; ear corn. new. per
bbl.. go; wheat straw, per ton 500; tangled ne
strsW. per ton. lo; long rye straw. per ton. h.oo
The Washington herald., 1916-12-15
WHITE

WHITE
Milton p. Miller 81 yean. Providence Hospital.
Helen Speake, .. Sbley Hospital.
Peter King a. St Eizabeths Hospital.
Celynda Werner Ford. q, Emergency Hospital
Gustav Augustine, g. Washington Asylum Hospt
Nichol Main, S. rs l2th 4. ne.
Henry MS>Haynes. 81. 1871 Q st. NV.
Anna Bell Black. IS. 1908 First ct.
Barbara Locher, "a 42l st. NV
Bridget Dorsey. 6S. 1876 Sth st. NV.
Edmund ]. Sopher. g. front Of e0 Pa. ave. se
Theresa Davidson Mooney. is. 70 Rock Creel
Church road.
Susanna A. Moreland. G.. 1901 Harvard u. NV.
Charles T. Creecy, 80. rear l2i4 Fla. ave. ne.
Robert Clifton. day 1906 Irving st. ne.
Margaret Dorothy Thornberry, months. lo2 North
Carolina ave. Sc
Alfred Ffock. 8 days ChiIdren's Hospital.
COLORED.
Henry Bond, Il years, Freedmen's Hospital.
Joshua BrRxton. 70, l48 Spring road.
Elizabeth Hill. Is. Washington Asylum Hospital
Haywood Heams. 5. Providence Hospital.
Harry Terry. days DA Georgia ave. NV.
Marceilus Williams. days. Homeopathic Hospital
The Washington herald., 1916-12-15
In the World of Finance and Trade
Big LOSSES SUFFERED
AGAIN IN WALL Street
Attitude of Allies Toward Peace Causes
Heavy Selling.

CBy the Internatioaal News Service.)
New York. Dec. A-Because the allies
let q lie known today that they would
give respectful consideration to Ger
many's peace terms Wall street had an
other exciting market In which the vol
ume Of trading equalled the huge total
Of Tuesday and in which losses greater
than those Of Tuesday were added TO
the large ones already recorded
Lowest prices Of the day were made
near the close and there was no eVi-
dencs Of support. It can be said, as II
was said after Tuesdays session. that
the technical condition Of the market has
been weakened rather than strengthened
BY the decline. Usually the reverse ts
the case after . severe break. But COM
nlission houses admitted that until late
this afternoon practically all the selling
since the German peace proposal had
been due to fear Of peace rather than to
impaired marginS
To-day margins began to look thin and
Thousands Of calls for additional funds
VIII b received by customers all over
the Omitted States tomorrow morning.
Margins that stood % per cent and bet
ter on Monday morning are now under
10 per can't IN the active issues.
Actual decline IN the market were not
Of especial interest today because they
were such as are always seen when the
market goes crazy. It was the old sor-
did story Of one loss piled on top Of an
other and Of bargains that few were
able to accept.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-15
COTTON MARKETS

New York Dec. H-There was a sharp upward
movement in The cotton market today with final
uGC cations not far from the best . belief that
GeImanys p7OpOsals for Ieace could not be ignored
tN the entente allies. Other factors were s~buIish
statement domestic consumption by the Census
Burtau: favorable SPOT adVices from the South
and reports that large business pending
IL Manchester. Among the buyers here were Wall
Street and local interests. Bulls who gave sup
Port, and there purchasing by the trade. Weak
in securities had a two-fold effect the
staple. At time it broke the market, but
finally TIE opinion ssemed to be that Wall Street
investing in cotton.
Liverpool cablss were favorable reporting ad-
Of 10 tc a POINTS at the time Of the opening
here
= bullish government consumption report and firm
cables caused advances Of Is to 6 points at the
STAT with the strong. Trading smaller
than recently. The market was finally irregular
az a net advance Of % to 20 POINTS
Port receipts for the day were E e2 bales, against
@,s57 bales last year. Exports for the day were
.20 bales Clearances for the season to date
aggregate 2.7S.096 bales contraSted with 2096,57l
bales for the corresponding period last
Spot here was quiet. five points lower at 1880;
the sales ware 100 bales
midd'inE unchanged at ls cents; the sales were
llI6 bales
Rsceipts at Galveston were s52 bales, at New
Orleans 2s5 bslesH at Savannah 3.o57 bales. and
at Houston j.9i4 bales.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-15
q. s. Treasury Statement.

Condition of the Treasury at close of
business yesterday was:
Net balance In general fund. s121, ,612, ,32S;
total receipts yesterday, 1886 043; total
payments yesterday, $5,0S2, 49,
The deficit this fiscal year is s112, 293 657,
against deficit Of $50. .967. .325 last year,
exclusive of Panama Canal and public
debt transactions
Ordinary receipts for the present fiscal
year up to the close of business Decem-
Der are as follows: S329. $50, ,205. As: for
the corresponding period last year, $685.
So. .25l.35.
Ordinary disbursements for the present
fiscal year up to the close of business
December Is are as follows: s4fl, ,0So, 49, Is;
for the corresponding period last year.
sSH, $50, $685.