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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

FIOUR-Sprlng wheat. special brands.
In wood, si400 per Dbl. hard spring wheat
patents, IS per cent grade. In Jute. 1880;
straight. in export bags. 1880; first clears,
tl1.7b. in 1uts; second clears. 5000; low
grades. s. 50a9 90; fancy soft winter wheat
patents. In iute sll.T standard soft win
ter wheat patents, $1i0. in jute: fancy
hard winter wheat patents. $50, in 1ute.
standard hard winter wheat patents, 1890
in tute: first clears. s11.Oopll.50. in jute;
second clears. in jute. sl0OolI1l.00; pure
white rye, $500. pure dark rye, f.B.
HAY-Choice timothy, SIS, 5o620.50; No.
timothy. s175Od,lS.5o; No timothy, 1850
dl760. No. 3 red top grassy mixed tim
othy SIS. 5OQIlG. 50. clover. sl5.5od1,.5o; light
clover. mixed. sl65odl7,5o heavy clover
mixed. s1s0cQp17O0: Kansas and Oklahoma
choice so. Ocg2S 90; No. !, $50 oc42loo; No.
I. 81 oOD1e0
BtTIvrER--Creamery extras SIC extra
crsts $3.50, frsts. S5f56c; seconds. S3dpStc;
packing stock, soiha3lhc; ladies'. 1assc:
process, 3Sc.
EGGs-FYrsts. 3dDslc: ordinary nrsts, q
Heec. miscellaneous lots, cases included
g713lc: cases returned, 26dSoc extras, StT
SIC: checks. e2Q26c; dirties, 26d2s}sc; stor-
age. s1&@52t1c
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys, lSc, fowls,
1eIS6e2oc: brollers 26i3oc BOOSTERS, lbc;
ducks. ls91sc springs. 22423c geese 10
nc. springs. 2@n%2c
ICED POULTRY &c: fowls
N10lsc: broilers. Z5@Soc' roosters 100
1910: ducks. 15q16c; geese l2Qibc.
NEW OTATOES-Alahama Triumphs.
g.. solp3 20 per bu louisiana, S29ooSD per
bu cobSlers, Louisiana, SocaS2o.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Three cities, Minneapolis, Kansas
City and Atlanta, fell behind the min
imum allotment they expected to buy.
Secretary McAdoo announces that
the allotment will be as follows:
Up to and including subscriptions
of $4,000, 100 per cent, or 81, 296,6S4-
$50.
Over $4,000 up to and including
100000, 60 per cent, but not less than
$4,000 bonds. or 1886, 06l, $50
Over 100000 up to and including
S250,O0O. As per cent, but not less than
100000 bonds. or 500, 2O5,00O
Over s250000 up to and including
$20O0,0O0, 30 per cent. but not less
than S112,500 bonds, or $1S4,3S1 800.
Over S2,0O0,000 up to and including
S6OO0,000, % per cent, but not less
than $600O,000 bonds, or 500, 205. 900.
Over $6,0O0,000 up to and including
$10,0O0,000, p per cent, or S9,S01 600.
Subscriptions of S25,000,000, 20.22
per cent, or $10,110,000.
One subscription of 500 100000, 2017
per cent, or S5,093,6 $50.
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NAMES EXPORT BODY
PRESIDENT CREATES BOARD TO
HAVE CONTROL OVER SHIP
MENTS OF SUPPLIES.
POWER TO ORDER EMBARGOES
Neutral Nations Known to Have Been
Engaged in Supplying Germany
With Food and Munitions
Will Be Hit

Washington. June 81. - President
Wilson, by executive order on Monday
created the new export council, better
known as the embargo board. 1t Will
have complete authority to declare
embargoes on exports from this coun-
try and is expected to prove a most
powerful weapon in dealing with the
neutral nations that are known to have
been engaged in supplying Germany
with foodstuffs and materials for the
manufacture of munitions.
Under the presidents order, the new
council is made up of representative
of the commerce, agricultural and state
departments and of the food admins
tration. The placing of an embargo by
this newly created organization VIII
make it impossible for neutrals to eX-
port great quantities of foodstuffs ana
other supplies from this country
Through this powerful weapon the
United States will be able to follow the
exports form this country all the way
TO the ultimate consumer.
The new council will have under Its
direction staff of 200 employees to
carry on the actual work of licensing
exports. This staff will be under the
direction of DR.. Il. Il. Pratt, CHIEF OF
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce of the department OF com
merce. Doctor Pratt. ii is understood,
will be appointed by Secretary of Com
merce Redfield to be representative OF
his department on the council. Inc
work of licensing exports is expected
TO be under way within "a hours.
Meanwhile the rusS to get exports
cleared before licenses are demanded
continues. Shippers fear that the red
tape" of getting licenses for each car
go would result in serious delays, and
are trying to get all shipments Off the
docks before the licensing bureau can
get to work.
The new export council will decide
all questions of policy relating to ex-
ports. 1t will have the power, not
only to head off shipments of commodi-
ties to the central powers and to neu-
trails. but will also have authority to
cut off exports of commodities need
ed at home.
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DIphthongs.

Diphthongs were not deliberately de-
viaed any more than English spelling
was deliberately invented. They have
not disappeared from general use ex-
cept in few instances. In proper
diphthong" the sounds OF both vowels
are retained. though merged In one
syllable--as In noise" An improper
dlphthong" is one In which the sound
OF only one of the vowels is heard.
"Eo" in people is an illustration.
Such changes as have been made In
diphthongs have aimed at keeping the
vowel sounded; that is why some pre-
fer to write 'maneuver" In place OF
'manoeuvre." Then there is the sim
plified spoilers fayorite thru"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Washington-That the Poles will
have national army" OF their own
on the firing line in a short time be
came known when the Polish alliance
announced that 100000 men would 60
from the United States to join such a
force.
New York-The federal court here
has dismissed the suit of the owners
of the British steamship Appam to re-
cover as freight money the proceeds
of the sale of her perishable cargo
Ottawa-W. J. Hanna has been APP
pointed food controller for Canada, It
was announced in the house by Pre-
mier Borden. Mr. Hanna left here for
Washington to confer with Herbert c..
Hoover.
Berne (via Paris) A letter OF res.
ignation was sent to the Swiss fed
eral council by DR.. Arthur Hoffman,
chief of the political department OF
the council.
Kirkpatrick, lnd.-Fire which broke
out when seven cars Of gasoline on
the Glover Leaf railroad exploded in
"A wreck here caused damage OF $780,
900.
Washington Forty members OF the
executive council OF the Presbyterian
general assembly pledged the support
of their church to President Wilson
when they were presented to him in
the executive Offices.
New Orleans Two Germans. said TO
have made "incendiary remarks" and
to have had In their possession trunks
packed with bombs, were arrested by
federal authorities here.
London An Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Liverpool says the cot.
ton association decided to close the
cotton market In view Of the sensa-
tlonaI movements OF the last few days,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
lNDlCT 1874 ANTl-DRAFTERS
Alleged Rineleaders OF Plot In ILLINOIS,
Held in $25, 0oo-others
in $1,000 Bail.

Freeport, H., June 27,-lndictments
against 134 alleged participants in the
antl-draft demonstration at Rockford
ILL.,. June were returned on Monday
before Judge Lands of the federal
court here. The three alleged ring
leaders, Clyde Howe. Emil Schrom and
Earl Gully. were charged with con-
spiracy to thwart the registration
law; the others were charged with vio-
lating that law. Bonds for the alleged
leaders were fixed at $4,000 each and
at $1,000 for the others. Bench war
rants were issued on the 81 defendants
who are in Jail here. The others are
confined at Rockford and at Belvi-
dere.
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Y=a o - O E-=n Or
: MAR * ETS /:
MILWAUKEE,, juno "a, 19l7


Butter Creamery, extra, 371ac;
prints, 37kc; firsts, 341s@35c; sec
onds, 33Q34c; process, 35@35hc;
dairy. fancy, S5Q36c.
Cheese American, full cream
twins, 21& Q22c; daisies, 22Q2213c;
Young Americas. 22Q22Ac; long
horns, 22Q22Ac; brick, fancy, 22Q
22Ac.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh as to
quality, 27Q2Sc; dirties. 25Q27c; Sec
onds, 26@2Sc.
Live Poultry Fowls, fancy, 21c;
ROSTERS, old, 15Q16c; broilers, IL
lbs, 2S@30c.
Wheat-No / northern. 2.5S@2.64;
No northern, 240Q2.64; No. 8
northern, 2OOQ2.40; No. 2 hard, 2.42
Q2.47.
Corn-No. 8 yellow, 1.71Q1,72.
Oats-No. white, 6S@69c; stand
ard, 6SQ69c; No. 4 white. 67Q6Sc.
Rye-No. 2, 2.40@2,41; No. 8. 2.37@
2.40.
Hay-Choice timothy, 1S.50Q19.50;
No. timothy. 17.50Q1S.25; No. 2 tim
othy. 16.00@16.50 rye straw. 10000
1850.
Potatoes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Da-
kota, round, white stock, 300Q3.15.
Hogs-Prime heavy butchers, 1915
Q15.90; fair to prime light. 1850
1916; pigs. 12.50@13.25
Cattle Steers. S.00912.5O; feeders.
S.75Q1000; cows, 5.O0Q975; heifers,
7.0041050; calves, 1425@15.25.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Ing carried on day and night between
large bodies OF opposing troops lying
out In the shell holes.
Some OF these holes blown by heavy
callbered guns, are really enormous
craters, In which twoscore OF men can
establish and fortlfy themselves.
Shell holes lend themselves to quick
conversion into machlne-gun emplace-
ments. and those CHASTITY weapons form
the chief means OF defense.
The offensive weapons in shell-hole
warfare generally are hand grenades.
Shell holes naturally are not easy tar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
U, S. DESTROYER SINKS DIVER
u-Boat Rammed After German-Born
American Spies it-Secret
Device Being Used.

Base of the American Navy Flotilla,
In England June 23.-A German sub
marine was rammed and sunk by an
American destroyer after German
born American bluejacket had spied
out the underwater craft, according TO
belief expressed by the crew of GER
tain American sea watchdog which re-
turend to port. 1t was reported that
secret anti-submarine device Is being
used by Y. s. warships.
This is the first German submarine
the word of whose sinking has been re-
ceived by crews of the American pa
troll flotilla.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
OFFER THREE BILLIONS
LIBERTY LOAN is OVERSIZE
scRl6ED st,o35, 22e, $50.
Nearly 4,ooo,oo Americans Dig into
Their Pockets to Aid Uncle
Sam.

Washington, June 25.-Nearly 1000
600 persons subscribed S3,035, 226,S5
TO the Liberty loan, it was officially
announced at the treasury department.
Statistics compiled at the depart
ment estimate 100000 persons. or 80
per cent, subscribed in amounts rang
ing from $50 to $4,000 Twenty-one
persons, of whom John D. Rockefeller
was one, subscribed In amounts of So
100000 or more. The aggregate sub
scrlptions of these vast lots was S1SS,-
10000.
The subscriptions by districts fol-
low:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Deco Sea plylna Now Feasible.

Experiments made by the British ad-
mlralty and the United States navy
prove that deep-sea diving is feasible,
says Popular Science Monthly.
II has been found that the shorter
the time a diver takes In getting TO
the bottom the better, because the
body absorbs less nitrogen. Also, the
diver must have at least one and one
half cubic feet OF air per minute at
all depths.
Lacing the legs OF the Divers suit
increases his stability and permits
him to come to an erect position with
ease. II also lessons the danger of
his falling or being suddenly blown
to the surface.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Specializing at Ones Job.

No matter what your job, you can
make 1t lead straight TO success If
you will specialize at that job and
give TO Il your absolute best. OF course
we all know that from the humblest
possible beginning men have risen to
glory and estate; but II is good for all
of US that we should study over and
over again the lessons which have real
value for us.-Chlcago American.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

gets for artillery, whereas fixed
trenches can easily be photographed
from airplanes and the heavy guns can
almost at once be registered on them
without any great difficulty.
The Germans in the last few days
of fighting have sh,wn a particular de-
sire to cling 10 the shell holes as long
as possible before retiring to their
fixed lines In the rear. This " quite
change from their ordinary habits,
for heretofore they have loved their
deep dugouts In the trenches with q
love that seldom brooks separation
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Live Stock.

CnlcaRO, Juno 70
CATTL GOOD to choice steers, s2,30
10 90; yearlinss, good to choice, Nl.W9lS'@:
fair RI good steers. X70al20o; stockers
and feeders SS.coQlO.25, good to choice
cows. ssoO91O50; good 10 choice heifers,
80 25dl1l Is; fair to good cows $4,000 90;
Gamers. S. eof6 To- cutters. SsoQ7 30; DO
iogna bulls. s.250seo; butcher bulls, y coo
1000. heavy calves. Ss5oQel1.5o, good to
prime calves. 31S.50dl5.7S.
HOGS-Prime light butchers. SIS 4odpl5.75
fair 10 fancy light. sl4.5albR; medium
weight butchers, 2oo425o lbs, sl6 5Ogi5 70 !
heavy butchers. 25odp4oo lbs, sl5. 5ca1b.so;
choice heavy packing. Sl4.S50l5.5o; rough
heavy packing. $14.4o9l52o; pigs. fair TO
good 5i2. o01l40o: stays. sl6Oc8l8.0c.
SHEEP Clipped wethers, lO0o9lo rs
clipped ewes, 50 25ql0.25; clipped yearlngs,
81. 5O3l2.25 shorn lambs, sH759l5 rs.
spring lambs, t6 5oG1s5o
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
MAKE USE OF SHELL HOLES
Soldiers Abandon Trench Lines for
Shelter That Cannot Easily Be DIS
ccrned by the Enemy.

British Headquarters in France
The western front nowadays Is marked
by many changing phases. East OF
the bloody Monchy IL Preux, on the Ar
ras battlefield. and west Of Warneton,
on the MessInes battlefield. trench lines
have been forsaken and fighting Is be
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Not the Jewels Expected.

what Is the matter with Mrs Flub-
duhG"
Its the husband Of hers again. He
sort OF led her 10 expect diamond
necklace for her birthday"
"And thenT'
''Then he brought hume an Offering
entitled Gems From the poets.'-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Htnors Killer OF Children.

Amsterdam. June 27.-Captain Bran
denburg, who led the German air raid
over London In which almost one hun
dred persons, including many women
and children were killed, has been dec
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
"Can Fruits Nations Cry.

Washington, June 25--Secretary
Houston appealed to American house
wives to assist the national food con-
servation movement by canning or pre-
serving perishable fruits and vegeta-
bies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Warsaw University Closed.

Berlin. June 27.--The vosslsche
1eitung learns that Gen Hans II. Won
Beseler, governor general Of German
occupied territory in Russia, has closed
Warsaw university and the Polytechnic
institute because of student strike.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Liquor Barred to Army Men.

Montreal, Quebec, June 26--No army
men In uniforms will be served with
liquor hereafter In any hotel, restau-
rant or shop In Quebec, under law
adopted Mt the last meeting OF the pro-
vincial legislature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Bomb Shakes Havana. Cuba

Havana, Cuba, June 26.--An explo-
sion in the magazine of Cabanas fort
ress shook the entire city on Saturday.
One person is dead and many were In
jured 1t is believed bomb was ex-
ploded.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
MINNEAPOLIS. June q. 1917.

Wheat-No. 1 hard, 2.5192.56; No,
northern. 2,46@2.51; No. 2 northern.
2.36Q2.46.
Corn-No. yellow, 1,67@1.68.
Oats--No. 2 white, 6SQ69c.
Rye-2.28q2.30,
Flax 96314
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Duluth. Mimi. June 90 Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn, |. w. w, agitator, and
40 others were arreSed in n police raid
here in connection with the antidraft
campaign being waged by members of
the organization.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
U. S. Ships Guard Brazil.

Rio de Janelro. Brazil, June g.
Admiral William b. Caperton. COM
mander In chief Of the Pacific fleet OF
the United States navy, and the mem
bers of his staff have been received
with honors here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Firms Demand Republic,

Helslngfors. June 25.--The social
democratic congress of Finland adopt
ed resolutions on Friday afternoon de-
handing separation of Finland from
Russia and the formation of an indie
pendent republic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Bias. Wrecks German Shelter.

Amsterdam, June 26.-The Berlin
vorwaerts says that an explosion prac-
tcally destroyed the Lichtenberg
Smelling works near Berlin. Six
workn,en were seriously injured
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Planning Great Air Army.

More and more the government is
becoming convinced that Americas
first big play In the war must be In
In the air, and the plans for speedily
sending many thousands of airplanes
and aviators to the front from this
country are being pushed with vlgor.
Congress Is asked to make an aero
nautic appropriation of S600000,0O0
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
ENLIST NOW!

Your president calls you'll The
army wants you! The country
needs you!
Come on you loyal Americans
and let's free the world, that our
children may live in peace.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
East Buffalo, N. Y, Juno %.

East Buffalo, n. Y, juno %.
CATTLE-Market active; prime steers,
t3oOal375; butcher grades, SooGl2.B.
CALVES Market slow Gull to choice,
B0Oa15.25
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market active;
choice lambs. $40 ooais 2b; Gull to fair. 80 90
0l87b yearlings, $40 0o0l6,5o; sheep. $50
Rllb0
HoGS-Market active; Workers, $1,000
1880: pigs, S4Joqpl4.75: mixed. ;l5.&4f5s6,
heavy. SIS sOR160o roughs. h3 5o9f40o:
stays, sl2 @a127b.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Government Is Now Going After
the Food, Munition and
Fuel Pirates.
CONTROL BILL IN CONGRESS
Other Agencies Attacking the Profit
eers-Pians Pushed for Huge Amer
lean Air Army-Russia Deter
mined to Continue the
War Against German
Absolutism.
BY EDWARD w. PickARD.

Uncle Sam last week began paying
more special attention to the pirates
that infest the land-the food pirates,
the munition pirates, the fuel pirates
and all the obnoxious brood of prof
iteers whose greed for money obliter-
ates their patriotism, II they ever had
any of the latter quality. The warfare
against these men and corporations Is
being carried on In the way of judicial
Investigations that will result In In
dictments and in proposed legislation
by congress The latter, of course, Is
the administration food control bill,
which the president has been urging
toward passage with the forceful as
slstance of Herbert c. Hoover. Mr..
Hoover told bunch OF senators on
Tuesday why the measure should be
passed, and answered all the obJec-
tons of Its opponents. headed by Ward
aman. Gore and Reed.
In the house on Thursday Represen-
tatives Madden and Cannon of Illinois
made an attempt TO have cotton In
cluded among the articles to be put
under control, but the Southern Dem
ocrats rushed TO the rescue of the cot
ton planter and defeated the plan. The
majority also voted down proposition
by Haugen of Iowa to INCLUDE cloth
ing, shoes and implements I'M the meas
ure. The opposition to the bill in the
house was weaker than In the senate.
Senator Sherman of Illinois flercely
attacked the measure as one designed
to favor the city dweller and union la
Dor and to injure the farmer, and he
took the opportunity to say some very
severe things about the administration,
asserting it had been asleep for two
years and now, had walked up into hys-
terra
Daniels Jolts the Extortionists.
Secretary Daniels became weary OF
the extortions of the fuel magnntes,
and on Monday announced that the
coal and oil the navy needed would be
taken by the government and paid for
at prices to be fixed by the govern
ment,. PRODUCERS Dl Sltti iouhu lltih-
selves facing the prospect Of the same
action.
Organized labor also took hand In
the fight on the food extortionists and
notified the administration, through
the American Federation of Labor,
that unless the prices Of the necessi-
ties of life are brought down TO rea-
sonable figures. there probably will be
an epidemic Of strikes, possibly even
national tie-up in many Industries.
The federal trade commission an
nounced II was ready to begin Its In
yestigation of food conditions on July
j; the information obtained will be
turned over to the food administrator
and the department Of justice.
Why should not the press OF the
| country print prominently the names
OF the despicable creatures who are
taking advantage vi the nations
needs? Decent motives being lacking,
fear of the public wrath might oper-
ate to induce them to cease their ne
farious work.
Planning Great Air Army.
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river, between Warneton and Armen
there's
New-York tribune., 1917-12-25
Estimates Worlds Crops
Rome Institute Reports q
Bumper Harvest

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. Bumper
world crops of corn. oats, potatoes,
rice, sugar beets and tobacco for this
year are shown by estimates compiled
by the International Institute of Agri-
culture, at Rome, made public to-day by
the Department Of Agriculture. Wheat,
rye. barley and faxseed, however, have
fallen below the fve-year average of
production from 1911 to 1915.
The production of wheat in seventeen
countries, not including the Central
Powers, will be 1868, 100000 bushels,
S56 per cent Of the ive-year average.
Corn rnised will amount to 3,3l2, ,0OO.-
900 bushels, which is 14.l per cent
greater than the average production
for the last hve years. Other crops are
estimated as follows:
Rye, 147,oOo,oo0 bushels, e2.2 per
cent.
Barley. 5s7.OOo,Ooo bushels. 9e per
cent.
Oats. 2.es2.ooo, 900 bushels. ll3.s per
cent.
Rice. 100000 bushels, 1855 per
cent.
Flaxseed, 3s. 900, 900 bushels, 69.s per
cent.
Potatoes, 7ls,OOO,ooo bushels, 112.4
per cent.
Sugar beets, 100000 short tons,
1865 per cent.
Tobacco. 1.ls6, 100000 pounds. 1905
per cent.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-25

The stock market gave a good ac-
count of itself yesterday on mod
crate volume of activity. Without
much change in the news over Sun
day, speculative sentiment was more
cheerful. and the Street was dis
posed to give some attention to the
reports of impending peace over
lures from Germany. Prices opened
Substantially higher, as a rule, and
advances were well maintained dur
ing the remainder of the session, un-
der leadership of United States
Steel common, which closed ! Is
points higher, at S512. Railroad
stocks. for the most part, showed
gains of ! to points. Most of the
buying power emanated from the
covering Of short sales by profess
sional spectators, who deemed it ad-
visable to even up their accounts,
lest Developments over the OhrIs'-
mas holiday should be of a character
to have an important influence on
the market. The action Of the mar
ket suggested, as it did in the clos
ing sessions of last week, an over
sold and well liquidated condition.
Stocks have recovered in the aver
age several points from the level OF
extreme depression reached on last
weeks decline. II now remains TO be
seen whether there has been suf-
ficient revival of confidence to carry
the movement further. Fundamental
conditions have apparently been
little changed since the drastic fall
of week ago. The government has
vet to announce its new policy as re-
CARDS railroad control. Uncertain
ties of taxation and war finance have
not been settled. Peace seems to be
no nearer than it was week ago or
a month ago.