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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

lea, 27hc; New York white. 2sc; Blue Lake.
brick, 26c; Limburger, Soc; French Koqr =
fort, Csc.
Eggs-Per case, $50. case returned
poultry--Live; broiiers III to lbs. yer
lb., 4Oc; to 2h lbs, 25c; under IL lbs
one half price; hens, per lb.. 22c; springs,
per h., csc; old ROSTERS and stays, per h..
15c; stays, per lb., lie: geese. per lb.. loo,
ducks per lb., lac; turkeys, any size over
lbs, per h., 22c; less than lbs. half
price; capons, over lbs, per ID, 24c;
guineas, each, any size, CSC; squabS. Homers,
IA OF. each, per dozen $500; 8 OF. each.
per dozen, $3.50; pigeons. per dozen. sl.2o.
Fruit-oraases 2bos, 2sss, s24s. Ssao
box; zoos, 216s, $3.25 box; zoos 1858. lb0s.
176s, $3.50 box Lemons, fancy, 300s, 360s,
$3.50 box: choice. 300s. S6Os, $500 box.
Grapefruit, 3Gs, $425 box; ass. $3.50 box;
64s, s475 box; CAS-. sos, s6s. sS.25 box.
Apples, market price. Bananas. Sc Id.
Honey-$3S6 per case.
Observation-Disclosures. eating. s3.S5 bu.
new potatoes, s4.24 hamp. Celery, Sl.00 doz,
Carrots. 4c ib. Cabbage, crate lots. lie ID.
Asparagus, 90c doz. Lettuce, head. sl.26
doz Caulifower, s2.75 crate. Cucumbers,
x fancy, Wis doz Cucumbers. fancy, s1.bO
doz Tomatoes, fancy. $500 crate. Toma-
toes, choice. $500 crate. Onions, Bermuda,
$500 crate Onions, wax, 1925 crate.
Sweet spuds. $275 hamp.
Fish-Fresh halibut, 15c; fresh catfish.
10000; black I'D. 11ch salmon. 11@17c;
fresl trout. lis; fresh whitefish. 21c; fresh
yellow pike. No. l. zoe: fresh blue pike. o.
S., 16c fresh Spanish matckerel, Ice; fresh
red snapper. headless. 1Sc; fresh roe shad.
eAch, sOc buck shad. each 45c; pickerel,
sh@10hc; buffalo, dressed, 12c: black
bass. 2O@25c; croppies. l5@1Sc.
Berries-Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.
$500 pts. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday,
$3.50 quarts,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Wheat Prices Are Nervous with Tendenc,
to Advance.


Chicago, May 5.-Wheat prices today
showed tendency to advance owing more
or less to the lightness of stocks and to
the absence Of hedging sales. 1t was said
the holdings of foreigners were sufficient
to make 1t difficult to buy on any sub
stantial scale without materially affecting
values. Much nervousness continued to be
shown regarding developments at Wash
ton as to government control Of prices.
Opening quotations which ranged from 1c
off to 2hc up, with May at $2.75 and July
at $2,20 to s2.21, were followed by de-
cided general upturn and then moderate
reaction.
In the late dealings reports of liberal con.
cessions having been made by the British
government agent at Winnipeg appeared to
help the bull side Of the market here. The
close was unsettled at 3hc to &c net ad-
vance, with May at SASSY and July at
s2.24 to s2.24h.
Corn was governed almost entirely by
wheat. Trade was very small After OPEN
ing unchanged to hc lower, the market
hardened all around.
Subsequently profit taking by holders
eased the market, but the effect failed to
last. The close was steady at 1ac to lac
net advance.
Oats showed but little independence. De-
mand was chiefly for May delivery.
Active buying of lard for leading COM
mission houses steadied provisions. Pit
traders sold.
Cash Prices-wheat: Nos and red
nominal; No. 2 hard, s2s5: No. Q hard
nominal, Corn: No. 2 yellow. $1.5s91.60;
No. 5 yellow. $1.5S@7.6O; No. 4 yellow NOM
inal. Oats: No. white, 70@71Ac; stand-
ard, 7O@71hc. Rye: Nos. Q and nomi-
nal; No. 4, $2.04 Barley, $1.25@153. Seeds
Timothy. s5.0O475O; clover, s12.00@17.0O.
Provisions: Pork $500; lard, s22.250
22.35; ribs. s20.15 920.60.
Butter-Unchanged.
Eggs-Higher; receipts, 17,701 cases; first,
32h 433%c; ordinary frsts, 30h@31h; at
mark, cases included. 30@33c.
Potatoes-Receipts 20 cars: unchanged.
Poultry-Alive lower; fowls. 22@22hc
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Fat Cattle Lower for Week and
Feeders Stronger-Lambs
Dollar Higher.
HOGS TEN UP FOR WEEK

Cattle-Under the influence Of large re-
ceipts, not only here. but at all other points.
the market broke badly everywhere. Beef
steers at this point are around 25c lower
for the week, while medium grades of cows
and heifers are weak to little lower. Can
ners have remained fully steady.
Stockers and feeders have been in very
light supply and they are at the close Of
the week little stronger even than week
ago.
Quotations on Cattle: Good to choice
beeves. s11.5O@12.75; fair to good beeves,
l0.5OQ11.50; common to far beeves. 1925
@10,25; good to choice heifers, s9.25@10.75:
good to choice cows, ss.25 910.25; fair to
good cows. sS.5O@9.s5; common to fair COWS.
$3.50 9S.5O; prime feeding steers. $500
1880; good to choice feeders, $s.75q9,50;
fair to good feeders. $s.009S.75: common to
fair feeders. $6.75@S.00: good to choice
stockers, sS504s.75; stock heifers, $500
1000; stock cows. $500 $3.50; stock calves.
S.00Q10,25; veal calves, $9.0091250; beef
bulls. stays, ETC.. ss.00Qs.5"
Hogs-A broadening in the size of offer
1ngs did not prevent today's market from
being a fitting finish to very satisfactory
week. Shipper demand was of about the
same volume as yesterday, orders being
filled at fully steady figures. Chicago wires
were slightly bearsh and local packers bid
lower early, and in fact bought some hogs
at the opening that were as much as &c
lower. Before long, however, prices began
TO strengthen up. and most of the packer
hogs were finally bought at prices that were
best time. being fully steady to IL anything
a little stronger. A good clearance was
made by mdforenoon.
Representative sales:
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

Sheep-Light supplies and brisk de-
mand have combined to force an even
greater upturn In sheel and lambs this
week than was scored a week ago. and in
most cases a little more. Most of yester-
days supplies did not get in until after mid
day but when sales were made they were
10@15c to on some Of the old sheep a
quarter higher than the day before Six
cars Of wooded Mexican lambs sold from
$l175@1785 the latter figure being 15c
above the top the day before. Fair ewes
were brought at $:3.25 and desirable light
westerns reached s14.25. -Four cars out of
the sixteen on sale were direct to a packer
comparison Of the quotations shows
that wooded lambs are s100Q1.25 higher
for the week, tops being s1.15 above the
high figure a week ago. On the close most
of the light and handy Mexican lambs were
selling at s17.75 and better, while the top
was $17.s5, as against $3.50 the week be-
fore. Weighty lambs would not, of course,
sell quite so high and westerns are quotable
from $3.50 downward. Clipped lambs are
fully Sl.O0 higher. Best are quotable up to
sl450 as compared with top of $3.50
week ago ind other kinds are showing a
proportionate advance.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs,
Mexican, s17,40917.S5; lambs. fed western,
s1700@1750; lambs, shorn, $13.75@14.50;
yearlngss good to choice. $14.50@15.50; year.
lings, fair to good, $13.50Q14.5O; wethers.
fair to choice, $13.25 @14.50; ewes, good to
choice, $13.50@14.25; ewes, fair to good,
$12.50@13.50; ewes, plain to culls, $500
1925; ewes. shorn, s1O.75@11s5.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
QUEENS WERE VERY KINGLY
Elizabeth, Maria Theresa and Gather
inc Were Husky Danes
in Their Day.

1t is said that Queen Elizabeth bore
a greater variety of popular nicknames
than any other British sovereign. She
was called 1.-THE Virgin Queen"
"Gloriana," Good Queen Bess" and
occasionally in compliment to her
masculine mind King Elizabeth" Her
successor, James i, proved such
feeble and effeminate monarch by con-
trast to the knightly queen that he in
Cured the nickname, rarely ventured
in public, but frequently in the privacy
of safe company, of Queen James"
Elizabeth's masculine nickname, al
though less familiar to us today than
most of the others applied to her, is
recognized in Southey's punning
stanza Upon the armada, in which he
makes playful and patriotic use of it in
conjunction with the name of her
great naval commander, Sir Francis
Drake: .....
Oh, nature. to old England still
Continue these mistakes
Give us for all our kings and queens
And for our Dux such Drakes!
The kingliness of other queens than
SluGCll EHLdUCtu has DSCh lSko6iiiLSuy
sometimes in one way and sometims
inanother. When Maria Theresa in
the hour of her country's peril ap-
pealed in person to the Hungarian
noblemen to try their loyalty to her
self and her young son, the fire and
eloquence of her address so moved
them that, as their swords flashed
from the scabbards and they crowded
about her, waving their naked blades
in token of fealty, they shouted, fer
vently:
1--WE will die for our king, Maria
Theresa
In 1894, when General. Suvaroff,
after the second partition of Poland,
stormed and captured Praga after a
twelve hours desperate battle against
superior force, he reported the VIC
tory to his imperial mistress, Gather
inc the Great of Russia, in these
words: s"-... -..
"Hurrahl Praga! Suvaroffr'
To this message Catherine, as be-
fitted king and a commander" says
the historian, answered with equal
brevity, conveying in three words both
congratulation and promotion:
"Bravo! Field marshal! Catherine"
Youths Companion.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
SHE GIVES COURT THRILLS.
"Sit Down." the Woman Tells An
Attorney She Once Spanked
Merrily.

Mrs. w. H. FELTON, Of Gainesville,
Ga, we'll known writer and lecturer,
was the central figure in the trial Of
the Dawes will case for short time
Friday morning. She was on the
stand as witness for the venerable
plaintiffs, and because of her sharp
and witty repartee and hef back talk
with lawyers, the judge and jury, she
came near breaking up the court. As
it was, Judge Pendelton found it quite
difficult to keep order.
At one point in her testimony,
while she was making some comment
of her own, Attorney Ben Conyers
of counsel for DR.. Joel 7. Dawes, who
is seeking to break the will of his
wife, objected to the line of her testi-
mony on the ground that it was ir-
relevant and not admissible.
Quick as flash Mrs. FELTON,, pointing
her finger at Mr.. Conyers, said, "Sit
down, Ben Conyers; | have known
you since you were little boy; |
have held you on my knee and have
spanked you"
Several times she addressed the
judge and jury and several times
she directed her remarks to the
lawyers.
Il read in the paper the other day."
said Mrs. FELTON,, that some woman
testifying in this case had stated
that Mrs. Dawes, who was then Mrs.
Collins, had gone out to catch DR..
Dawes. | want to say right here and
now that DR.. Dawes ran after her
just as much as she ever ran after
him."
Mrs. FELTON, said Mrs. Dawes had
asked her advice about marrying Dr..
Dawes and sal dshe had advised
against it.
when Mr.. Dawes put on his silk
hat, with his little mustache under
meath, he looked like a Russian
count" Mrs. FELTON, exclaimed, to the
establishment of the court room.
my friend fell in love with the
paraphernalia of the presiding elder,
and she thought that some day she
would be the wife of bishop.
Every time he put on that shiny
silk hat Mrs. Dawes fell more and
more in love with him." Mrs. FELTON,
ended.-Atlanta Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Hard Winter Wheat Sells for
So for First Time in His
tory of Exchange.
ALL RECEIPTS ARE LIGHT

Omaha, May s, 1917.
The receipts Of all grains were rather
light today but the demand was active and
all cereals with the exception of white
corn sold at higher prices.
The wheat market was especially strong
at an advance Of DC to sc and sales of No.
hard at SO established new record
price fof hard winter wheat.
No. hard also sold up to IS. but most
of the sales of this grade were made at
s297@2.9s, while mixed wheat ranged in
price from sass to $2.s2.
The corn market was firm and, while
there was a good demand for all grades
of this cereal. the premium on white corn
was somewhat narrower, most of sales Of
this variety being made at a nc decline
while yellow and mixed corn ruled around
20 higher. The commercial grades of yell
low corn were quoted at a small premium
over the mixed. sales Of yellow being made
at 81 5SL5 G154, while the better grades
Of mixed sold from S1.52@l.53h.
The oats market was strong with the
market quoted from &c to Nc higher and
the demand for this cereal was excellent
at the prevailing prices.
No.t2 white oats brought 70Ac, standard
sold at roc, No. 8 white sold generally at
69hc and No. whit ranged from 69H %
69hc.
The trade in rye was very good at a cent
advance hut barley was rather quiet with
prices quoted unchanged.
Clearances were; wheat and flour equal
to $4,000 bushels; corn, $1,000 bushels
Primary wheat receipts were S04, 900 bush
els and shipments 1856. 900 bushels, against
receipts of $4,000 bushels and shipments of
$4,000 bushels last year.
Primary corn receipts were $4,000 BUSH
els and shipments $4,000 bushels, against
receipts of $4,000 bushels and shipments OF
$4,000 bushels last year.
Primary oats receipts were 555, 900 bush
els and shipments $4,000 bushels. against
receipts of 1,125,000 bushels and shipments
of 1,123,000 bushels last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
EIGHTEEN DIVISIONS
IN FIRST WAR ARMY
Virtually Every Detail Worked
Out and Selection Will Ee-
gin When Bill Is Law.
UNITS OF ORGANIZATION

q Washington, May 5.-The full
strength OF the first war army Or
ganized under the selective draft bill
will be 1883 officers and s28,6s9 en-
listed men, making eighteen war
strength divisions, complete in every
arm and supplemented by sixteen
regiments Of heavy field artillery,
equipped with large caliber howitzers.
Virtually every detail has been care
fully worked out and the selection
of the men will begin as soon as the
draft measure becomes law
List of Camp Districts.
A revised list of officers training
camp districts, issued today by the de-
partment, indicates that the western
divisions of the first 100000 new fight
ing men will be formed as follows:
Observation-Disclosures, Minnesota,
Iowa and North and South Dakota.
Observation-Disclosures, Missouri and
Colorado. A..
+. Observation-Disclosures and Texas.
Sixteenth-Montana, Idaho, WASH
ington, Oregon, California, Nevada,
Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and New
Mexico.
In addition there will be two
separate cavalry divisions. Cavalry
officers will be trained at all of the
camps which will open within few
days with 10000 prospective officers.
Each infantry division will consist
of nine fullregiments of infantry, there
of field artillery, one of cavalry, oen
regiment OF engineers, one division
hospital, and four camp inhrmaries.
The total strength of the Sixteen will
be 1902 officers and 439,792 men.
The two cavalry divisions COM
bined will have 1,2l4 officers and 3d.
062 fighting men.
The proportion of coast artillery
troops to be provided out of the first
100000 will be coo officers and 10000
men with sixteen regiments OF heavy
field artillery, strength, z6S officers
and 2l,l04 men, eight aero squadrons,
ten field hospitals, ten ambulance
companies, twenty-five field bakeries,
six telephone battalions, sixteen pack
companies, six ammunition trains
and six supply trains.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

These sales were reported today;
Wheat-No. hard winter: cars, $500.
No. hard winter: l car, $500: 8 cars,
sass; car. s2.s7; car, sass. No. 4 hard
s2.sS' Sample hard winter; l car tsmutty).
sass; car tsmutty), $2.67; 1 car (smut-
ty), sass. No. spring: l car, $295. No.
mixed: 1 car. 1855. No. mixed: SIS
car. s2.S2; car, s2.77h.
Rye-No. 2: rs car. s1.ss; is car, 1877.
No. 8: car. $1.ss.
Barley-No. 4: car, s14s.
Corn-No. white: cars s1.60h. No.
3 hite: cars, $l.60h 2 cars, $1.60. No.
Q yellow: cars, $l54 rs cars, $1.53h.
No. yellow: 2 IS, $l.531a. No. 2 mixed:
2 cars, s1.53h; 2 cars S1.53A; 4 cars, $1.53.
No. mixed: l car (near white), SISSY /:
2 2-3 cars, s1.53. No. Mixed / car, s1.52.
oats-No. 2 white: car, 70Ac. Stand
ard: 2 cars, Toe No. white: car (ship-
pers weights), zoe; 10 cars. 69hc. No. 4
white: l car, 69hc; 3 cars. 69Ac Sample
white: 8 3-5 Ears, 66hc.
Omaha Cash Prices-Wheat: No. 2. hard:
$2.9S $500; No. 3 hard, S2.96@3.00; No. 4
hard, s2.s7@2.s2: No. 2 spring $2.92@2.97;
No. 8 spring, s290@2s5. Corn: No. 2
white, s1.60A @1.6Oh; No. 3 white. $1,000
1904; No. white. s1.5sh @1.6o; No. S
white, s1,5s@l.5sh; No. 8 white. 1850
1.5s; No. yellow. s1.53h @1.54; No. yell
1853; No. yellow, s1.52Q1.52h; No. yell
low. $1.51h @1.52; No. 2 mixed, 1880
1881; No. 8 mixed, s1.52h @L53; No. I
mixed. s1.51& Q1.52: No. mixed, $3.50
1.51%; No. 6 mixed, s1.51@1.51h. Oats:
No. white, 7OQ70Ac; standard. 69h@
zoe; No. white, 6sh @69h No. 4 white,
6s@6shc: Barley: Mailing. s1.4a@1.5o;
t.sS; No. 8, sl.96@1.9s.
ranot ronoa nntlons,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
GERMANS SEE y. S.
OFFER ALLIES SHELL
Berlin Paper Says Entente Mis-
sions Learn America Can't
Produce Ships by Magic.
U-BoATs RULE THE OCEAN

Amsterdam Via London), May 5,
The Berlin Zeitung Am Mittag,
under the caption, Embarrassment at
the Capital" discusses the results OF
the Anglo-French mission to Wash
ington.
1t says that after beautiful speeches
and grand and general promises, the
members OF the missions have come
down to hard facts to find that the
United States cannot produce ships
by magic, and, besides the ocean is
ruled by German submarines. The
newspaper adds that the loans to
France and Italy so far amount to a
mere tip in order to keep those couh-
tries quiet. n ~.
A Blown Eggshell. >>|,
ave do not underestimate the
American danger where it really ex-
lists, namely, after the war on COM
mercial questions" says the article,
"But for the entente's momentary
needs, America has nothing to offer
but blown eggshell. u.s..
Therefore, the whole fury of the
party assembled at Washington burst
over the neutrals. Food that cannot
be shipped to England shall not be
shipped to Scandinavia, Holland and
Switzerland. The alleged reason lis
light crops, but more probably it is
political revenge for the refusal of the
neutrals to come under the heel.
Calls 1t Empty Threat.
"Neutrals should not be unduly
alarmed. 1t is an empty threat, for il
the American farmer has grain to sell
he will sell it to neutrals if he cannot
sell it to England" FL
Elsewhere the newspaper runs a
column of heavy jokes on the patriot
ism Of American millionaires, in
which it says:
What we have long feared has
become a horrid truth; the million
aires are being modified"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
MEMORY IN ACTION
Dainty Package of Vocal Light
Helped Clerk to Find 1.
Goods Wanted. F~

She stood before the hardware
counter in the department store and
her eye had a wandering look. 1t
took in at glance the various things
displayed on the counter and then it
wandered to the shelves.
What can | show youi" asked the
girl behind the counter.
That's what / am trying to think
OF. meant to write the name down
before left home, but | didn't and
can't remember Anyhow, it's one Of
these little doodads that are three or
four things in one, you know. A kind
of a thing-um-a-jig that part of it
folds up and don't-don't you know
what | mean? One of these little Jig
gers that you are sure to find in every
kitchen table drawer, or ought t, find
there, for they come in handy in SO
many ways and you-a funny little
coltraption that you can do as much
with as you can with a hairpin. It's
combination thing-um-b and
don't you know what | mean? 1t is
funny you don't get the idea of it.
Being in a store where you are SELL
ing them every day, l should think
you would know right off what
mean. It's the commonest sort of
little rinktum. A combination affair
that you open cans and pull out corks,
and"
you mean combination cork
screw%
That's it! I knew 7 would remem-
Der the name OF the little jigger if |
had put my, mind on it. Thank you.
Yes, | am sure 1t is a--a-what do
you call it! That's It'll That's It'll The
very identical little squiggledom I was
looking for. Funny you didn't re-
member the name OF it sooner" New
York Times, ri
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
cALLoW SCIENCE AssAILs JOY
Merry Doctor Puts Out Some Advice
That Draws Hot Fire.

A Chicago physician has the monu-
mental effrontery to advise young
men against "philandering" with
young women to whom they are en-
gagged. "Courtship," says this scien-
fist, "can be prosecuted without such
demonstrations of affection. 1t is by
no means necessary that an exchange
of caresses should follow all agree
ment to marry" .... --.',.,
1t is all right to insist that a young
man shall not lay himself out to kiss
the other fellows girl, but if he may
not kiss "his'n," why is courtship, and
why are girls2
1t is held by normal persons, and
has been so held from the days OF the
demand for a Greater Babylon, that
the greatest height to which human
nature can rise is the exalted level at
which John Doe finds himself when
he is so devoted to his own sweet
heart that he would not kiss Richard
Roe's sweetheart unless the situation
were one in which he must do so or
be guilty Of ungentlemanly unwilling
ness to adapt his attitude to the spell
of the moonlight, and the mood of a
maid.
Wlpther a girl shall be kissed al
ways has been, and among regular
fellows-not musty scientists-it al
ways will be, question for the girl
to decide. She does decide it, inva-
riably, in advance Of the occasion.
Her intuitions keep well ahead of the
conscious impulses, to say nothing OF
the designs and the overt acts OF the
young man; not excepting the confl-
dent young man who feels that he has
a way with the ladies. 1t is quite fu-
tile to advise young men to exercise
restraint, to make ungallant conduct
a part of the code of gentleman; to
resort to cruel and unusual behavior
i'll the presence of opportunity.
do not kiss other girls than the
one to whom you are engaged" is as
much advice as any young man is
going to consider seriously. 1t is 60
ing too far to propose the abolish
ment of the "raison d'etre" of the en-
gagement. An engagement is, conf
dentially, as between the engaged
parties, not intended merely to serve
notice upon the public that a mar
rage is in prospect, but rather to cele-
brate a brief and glorious holiday.
from the school of austere convention
before entering upon the serious
phase of life in which broken china,
recalcitrant housemaids, fabbergast-
ing grocery bills, domineering plumb
ers, demanding installment houses
must take precedence over the themes
of philanderers as subjects for discus
sion. .- .
Isn't everyone-even the engaged
young person-entitled to fingf All
work and no play is intolerable. A
brief lnadman's holiday--the divine
madness, of course, and not general
dementia-is the inalienable right of
young persons who have agreed to
pull straight between traces until
death do us part" to settle down to
model citizenship, leaving forever be-
hind them the visions and adventure
ings OF the unblessed, but not uninter-
esting, unattached state.-Louisville
Courier Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Kansas CITY Live Stock Market.

Kansas City. May 5.-Cattle-Receipts, 500
S12O0@12.65; dressed beef steers, $500
1900; western steers. s900@12.60; cows,
s6JO@1075; heifers, $s.00Q1150; stockers
and feeders, $S.UO@11.25; bulls, $775@10.25;
calves, $S.00@13.50
Hogs-Receipts, 1000 head; market weak
bulk of sales, $l6.00@15.s0; heavy, $3.50
@15.90; packers and butchers, s15.40@15.S0;
light, s14,SO@15.50; pigs. s11.00@l4.oO.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 200 head
market steady; lambs, $14OO@1I60: year.
llngs, s13.O0@15.Oo; wethers, s12.50@14.50;
ewes, Sll.OOQ14.9O.