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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-24

BRITISH ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN FRANCE, Friday. Nov.
23.-The impression which existed
in the minds Of many soldiers that
the British tanks we're freaks of lit
tie value as instruments OF war is
being wiped out on account Of the
achievements Of the great army Of
these mighty engines which on
Tuesday morning broke through
the main Hindenburg line and car
ried the war miles into enemy ter
ritory.
The work which the tanks did
on that first day and have been do
ing ever since is one Of the most
striking features of the war. 1t can
not be said there are alone RESPONSE
BILE for the tremendous victory won
by the British, for infantry, artil-
lery and cavalry all have played
their part. Nevertheless, the tanks
drove the entering wedge without
which this triumph probably would
have been impossible.
In a few hours they tore 10 shreds
lines of barbed wire the demolition
Of which by a concentration of ar
tillery would have required many
days. Furthermore. their employ
ment made impossible the arrange
ment of the secret attack, which
would have been out of the question
had the artillery been brought into
play.
losses Extremely Light
The tanks have demonstrated
fully their power in saving the lives
OF men and in conserving ammuni-
ton. The casualties among the in
fantry which followed the tanks in
TO action were exceedingly light.
The correspondent has heard that
two battalions for instance, had only
one casualty each and that another
suffered the loss of only three men.
This is almost unprecedented in an
attack OF such magnitude.
The casualties among the crews
Of the tanks also were very light
on the opening day, which is the
only one for which reports have
thus far been received. 1t is inn
possible to state how many tanks
were in action, but there were sew
eral hundred and out of all the
men who went forward in them it
appears but fewer than 90 were
killed and fewer than 100 wounded.
Many of these casualties were due
20 the fact that men left the tanks
TO perform some work in the open,
where they came under the fire Of
snipers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-24

The return engagement Of The
Black Stork' opens at the Oliver
theater today and continues over
tomorrow. The picture is founded
on the famous Bollinger baby case
in which DR.. Harry Haiselden, a not
ed physician of Chicago, refused TO
operate on this defective child TO
prolong its life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-24
AT THE OLIVER.

Lyman II. Howe's new production
which comes to the Oliver theater
Wednesday and Thursday, includes
a series OF pictures that depict the
gorges, cascades and picturesque
ruins Of ancient days in southern
France. Another subject reveals
the weird beauty of Alpine heights.
Other features are logging in
Maine, broncho- breaking in the wild
west, a ride over the Cascade noun
tains in Washington, Somewhere in
the Atlantic" OF Uncle Sans New
Navy, including scenes of firing
"salvos'' by night and the latest de-
vices and methods in operation for
defense and attack in air and sea-
and midshipmen at the L. S. naval
academy at Annapolis.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-24

sc CIGARS. Best in the city. at
COQNLEY 49, Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-24

BIG TURKEY SUPER, 95c.
Special for today. to D. IN. at
Washington Restaurant Adv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-24

IL is now possible 70 give more
details OF Tuesdays battle. In the
advance south OF Cambria. the first
hard fighting occurred at Lateau
wood. which lies on the Cam brai
highway south Of Masnieres. This
wood finally was cleared Of Ger
mans and the advance continued
toward Masnieres. Some opposition
vas encountered in a suburb but by
\ O'Clock this had been overcome
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03


Will Strang, Of Connersville, arrived
In Richmond this morning on deter
mined hunt for evidence Of his letter.
He returned at noon to Pennville to at
tend the funeral and to continue his
efforts to get the mail. He will spend
tomorrow in an investigation, while
Prosecutor Strayer. armed with an
opinion from the postmaster general
at Washington, and possibly search
warrant, will aid him.
Would Have Told Him.
Tiny would have told me every.
thing. If he told anyone" said Mr..
Strang He learned that Section 1899
OF the Postal Rules and Regulations
covers the removal of mail from rural
free delivery boxes as a crime punish
able with a fine of not more than $1,000
and penitentiary sentence of not
more than three years.
II will put this matter in the hands
OF the grand jury" said Prosecutor
Strayer. Il am going to get the let
ters."
A demand for them from Coroner
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
KEEN DEMAND PUTS
WHEAT FIGURES UP

CHICAGO. Jan. 3.-Keen demand
from the seaboard gave fresh strength
today to wheat. In this connection,
some leaders seemed to Be disposed to
put emphasis on forecast Of scarcity
In the United States before spring and
on opinions that peace In Europe had
been definitely postponed. References
to a possible effective submarine cam.
paign received less notice. Opening
prices, which ranged from the same as
yesterdays finish to ~ higher with
May at $1.s01s to $1.s1N and July at
s1.46N to $1.47N we're followed by a
slight sag and then q substantial ad.
vance all around. ~
Corn borrowed strength from wheat
Chances Of q continued export demand
tended also to lift prices. After open
ing " off to * up the market scored
moderate general gains.
Scantiness Of offerings made the
oats market firm. The upturns In
other cereals appeared to intimidate
sellers.
Lower quotations on hogs weakened
provisions. Besides, Tonga we're nerv-
GUS in regard to the big stock Of lard
on hand in Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Cincinnati Produce

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 3-Butter-
creamery extra, 43c; centralized ex-
ira 40kc; do firsts. 43c; do seconds.
34c: dairy fancy, SAC; packing stock.
27@2Sc.
Eggs-prime firsts, 4Sc; firsts, 46kc;
ordinary firsts, 40c; seconds. Csc.
Poultry-Broilers under ~ lbs /,
tic: fryers over TX lbs, tic; roasting
4 lbs, and over, tic; turkeys, 20@21c.
Lemons--California $2@3.50 a box;
Messina. $4@450; lines, S5@1.00.
Potatoes - Michigan, $6.00@6.25;
home grown, $6.0O@6.25.
Cabbage-$3.50@4O0 a Dbl.
Onions-Spanish, $1.65@1.75 per
crate; shipped, $45O@4.75 per 100 lbs.
Sweet potatoes-Jerseys, $3.50 per
Dbl; Virginia sweets, $4.00@425.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
HUNT FOR LOST
(contInued From Faee one.l

IContlnued From Face One.
States mail, from which they were
taken. might throw new light on the
case which would soften the crime.
Calls For Complete Facts.
Carl Kaufman, the son, has not seen
the letters, he said, and he does not
know where they are. None was ad-
dressed to him but he expressed his
eagerness to Prosecutor Strayer to
bare the facts and quiet the numerous
stories and, theories which are afloat
in the neighborhood. Very unusual
circumstances came up in the prose-
cutor's preliminary investigation on
the grounds yesterday After denial
by Mrs. Conway. of any knowledge OF
the final disposition of the letters, she
said:
Il was crying and | couldn't read
them. The coroner took one and read
part of it. He threw the letters back
to me and said, This is a family affair."
Someone took them out of my lap,
don't know who. l suppose it was
some curious person.
Asks About Her Interest.
If the members of the family, are
satisfied, what do you care what has
become of the letters?" asked Mrs.
Will Hudson, who with Mrs Conway.
had been in complete charge at the
Kaufman home, before the arrival of
the SON
Mike Gehring said Mrs. Conway
asked him to get the mail from the
box. He did and when he was in the
house, he noticed that it was undeliver-
ed mail. He handed it to Mrs Con-
way. he said. He and other neighbors
said Mrs Conway's daughters, Mrs.
Maggie Doyle, tore letter open which
was addressed to the Palladium, at
Richmond, and was reading part of it
when Coroner Morrow took it away
from her and read part of it, before
handing all the letters to Mrs. Con.
way. .....-a
Must Conceal Letters.
One of them said, according to wit
nesses in the room: eve can't let
these letters get out"
One person, who is now travelling
in Ohio, probably saw where the let
tiers went. He will returned to Rich
mond Saturday afternoon and to his
home in Pennville Saturday evening
and probably will reveal who conceal
ed the mail
Mr.. Kaufman's neutrality-suspicious.,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03


Morrow, who would legally be custod-
ian of evidence in the case, was made.
but he had been told by Postmaster
Beck, unofficially. that the letters
probably belonged to the estate and
not to the persons to whom they were
addressed. He refused, under those
circumstances, to demand the letters
from Mrs. Conway, to whom he de-
liyered them.
Theory Generally Accepted.
Theories that the case might have
been a double murder now have beer
quieted and the suicide-murder belief
is generally accepted. From external
evidence, not including the reported
statement of Kaufman In a letter, that
his wife had attacked him with a pitch
fork, 1t appears that he shot her dur
ing the morning. wrote five letters and
sealed and stamped three of them.
placed them in the rural free delivery
box in front of his home then return
ed to the house and shot himself, the
suicide occurring probably shortly
after noon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Indianan0lis

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January b.
Hogs Best heavies, sl0.40@1065:
medium and mixed. 102O610.60; good
to choice lights, $1O20@10.35; COM
mon to medium lights, s9.5061o25;
bulk sales of best hogs. S10.20@1060;
best pigs, $9@9.25. Receipts. 10000.
Cattle-Prime steers. s105O@11.25;
good to choice steers, s975@10.50;
common to medium, $7.50@925; heif-
ers, $4.50@7.50; good cows. $6@775.
Receipts, 1900
Calves - Common to best veals,
$8.00@1350; common to best heavy
calves. $6@10.5O. Receipts, 300.
Sheep and Lambs-Good to choice,
$7.50l8.00: common to medium lambs
$S.00@1225; good to choice ewes,
81 5O@8.10; good medium ewes. $3.50
@7.25; good to best lambs, $12.50@
1895. Receipts. 400.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Kansas CITY

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 3-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000; steady; bulk. $3.50
1895; heavy. $10.30@10.40; packers
and butchers, $10@10.40: light, $3.50
@10.1O; pigs, $8.25@9.
prime fed steers, $10.50@11.50; dress
ed beef steers, $S.25@1O5O; southern
steers. $6.5o@S.50; cows, $5.25@S.5O;
heifers. $6@10.50; stockers and feed
ers, $6.250S.50; bulls, $550@7.50;
calves. s6@11.50.
Sheep = Receipts, 1000; steady;
lambs. $1275@13.40; yearlings, SIG
~; wethers, $8.75@10; ewes, $4,000
1925.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
st. Louis

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-Hogs-Re
ceipts, $4,000; steady; lights, $10@
1875; pigs, $7.75@9.25; mixed and
butchers. $10@1o.45; good heavy
s10.40@10.50; bulk, $10@10.40.
Cattle = Receipts, 5000; steady:
native beef steers, $7.50@11.5O; year
ling steers and heifers, $S.50@11.50;
cows, $5.50@8.5O; stockers and feed
ers. $5.30@7.50; calves, $6@12,25.
Sheep Receipts, 1000; steady;
lambs. $9@1355; ewes, $6@9,50;
yearlings. $10@11.65.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 8. = Hogs Re
ceipts, $4,000; market. strong. bulk
of sales, Ss.90@l0.35; lights, $S.40@
1920; mixed. $S75@1045; heavy,
ss.95G 1o.45; rough, $9.90@10.05; pigs
$75099.10
Cattle - Receipts. $1,000; market.
weak; native beef cattle. $7.25@11.80.
western steers, $7.25@10; ,stockers
and feeders, s5.25@S25; cows and
heifers, $4.25@10; calves, $9@13.
Sheep Receipts, 10000; market
strong: wethers. $915@1o25; lambs,
$1l25613.60.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
I1ss0l.s7; No. /. s1.52@lss. Sales.

$1.s3@1.S7: No. I. $1.5201.62. Sales.
5 cars.
Corn. No. 2 white, 97@h; No. 8
white, 9Sh@97; No. white, 95h O
96h; No. 2 yellow. s7QM; No. 8 vel.
low, 96h@97: No. 4 yellow. 96h q
96h; No. mixed. S7@h; ear corn.
94@97.
Oats: No 2 white. 66@h; No. 2
mixed. 65166.
Rye: Range, 31.35@146.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Chicago Cash

CHICAGO. Jan. 3--Wheat: No. 2
red, $1S9@1.90; No. 8 red. @1.86@1.s8:
No. 2 hard. $1911s; No. 8 hard, $1.76.
Corn: No. yellow. 94A Q96; No.
2 yellow, 911a@94A; No. 4 white 91A
093N.
Oats: No. 8. white, SAX @55R;
Standard. 55@k.
Rye No. 2. nominal; No. 3, $40.
Barley, 90@$1.27.
Pork. $3.50.
Ribs, $13.12@14.00.
Lard, 15.05@15.15.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
PRODUCE
Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Butter: I'm
changed.
Eggs: Receipts, 2,72S cases: mar
ket lower.
Poultry alive: Lower; fowls, $50
18hc; springers. 1870.
Potato market: Unchanged. Re-
ceipts, 20 cars
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 3.--Hogs-
Receipts. 2,400; market, active; pigs
and lights, $6.50@9.S5.
Cattle - Receipts. 600: market,
strong.
Calves Market, weak
Sheep - Market, slow
Lambs - Market, weak.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
LIVE STOCK
Pittsburgh

PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. S.-Hoss-
Receipts. 1000; market, higher;
heavies. $10s0G11; heavy Workers.,
s10.50@10.70: light Workers, $9.759
10: pigs, $9.2519.50
Sheep and Lambs - Receipts, 800;
market, steady; top sheep. 1885:
top lambs. $l4.00. 4#
Calves - Receipts, 100; market,
steady; top, $14.00.
top, $14.00.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Today's Market Quotations

Workers, $s.75@1025; pigs. $500
s.75; roughs. $s40@9.s0: stays. $3.50
@825.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 1000;
active; lambs, $S.50014.15; yearlings
$7@12: wethers. $9.60010; ewes,
$450@9: mixed sheep. $9.25@950.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Buffalo

EAST BUFFALO, Jan. Seattle
Receipts. $50; steady.
veals-Receipts, so; active; $4.50@
$1525.
Hogs Receipts, 1000; steady:
heavy, $10.sO@11; mixed, $10.SO@
1885; Workers, $1075@10.S0; light
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Feed Quotations

Corrected Daily by omer Whelan)
Paying-Oats. SOC; new corn, soc;
rye, s100; clover seed, $8.00@9.0O a
bushel; straw. $500 ton.
Selling-Cotton seed meal, $4,000 q
ton, $3.50 a cwt; middlings, $500 a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
GRAIN
Chicago Futures
Toledo Grain

TOLEDO, Jan. 3-Wheat: Cash.
1881; May, 2001.. ,.
Cloverseed: Prime cash and Jan,
$1,000.
Alsike: Prime cash, $11.30; March.
$11.40.
Timothy: Prime cash, $3.50: March.
$3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03

ton, $1.85 cwt.: bran, $500 a ton.
$40 cwt.; salt, $1.s5 Dbl. Quaker
dairy feed. S31 ton. $1.65 per cwt.;
tankage. sos ton; $2S5 a cwt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
New York Exchange Closing
Quotations

American Can, soy.
American Locomotive, 81A.
American Beet Sugar, 90.
American Shelter, 1875.
Anaconda, 843s.
Atchison, 104M.
Bethlehem Steels, $40.
Canadian Pacific, 164.
Chesapeake & Ohio, 65A.
Great Northern. pfd., 11S.
Lehigh Valley, 1871.
New York Central, 103.
No. Pacific, 10.
So. Pacific, 97A.
Pennsylvania, 56H.
U. S. Steel, CON-, rs.
U. S. Steel, pfd., 100.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Cincinnati Grain

CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 3.--Wheat:
No. red winter, $1.Ss@1.90; No. g.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Produce

Corrected Daily by Edward cooper)
Old chickens dressed. selling. Csc:
young chickens, selling, Csc
country butter, selling. 40c: creamery
butter, selling. Acc; fresh eggs, selling
Zoe; country lard, selling, zoe; pota-
toes, selling 1925.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03

Wagon Market
Timothy hay-$14.0O.
Mixed-S12.00.
Clover hay-$12.Q0.
Alfalfa-$15.00.
Straw-S7.0O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-06
Today's Anniversaries

The Mayf1ower sailed from Ply
mouth. England, on Sept. 6, 1920, for
America, having on board 101 emf
grants, afterwards known as the Pill
grims. 1t cast anchor in the harbor
of Cape Cod on Nv. g., landing soon
after being made at Plymouth, Mass.
This place had been named by Cap
tain John Smith on a previous voy-
age of exploration. Grace Darling.
daughter of an English lighthouse
keeper, with ,her father, rescued fiji
teen passengers from the wrecked
steamer Forfarshire in a terrific
storm on Sept. s, 1893, Her name
has become famous through this no.
BILE action. 1t was on Sept 6, 1887.
that Geronimo, the Apache chief, and
his band surrendered to General
Miles. The band had long been pur-
sued and their capture at times SEEM
ed hopeless. The surrender put an
end to the savage outbreaks by the
Indians.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-06
PLAZA

A sp1endidly diversified program
of vaudeville and screen play will be
put ON approval at the Plaza for the
latter half of the week commencing
With to-day's matinee
: Pfpifax and Panlope, the greatest
knock-a-bout comedy tumbling COM
edy tunbling act in the show bust
ness win headline the attractions
while as an added feature Allan, Cliff
ford and Barry, a trio of charming
and gifted young women In a refined
and artistic offering Of song and in
strumental music, will hold forth.
Payton and Hickey, q clever team
of comedians and. Turrely with his
most unusual and entertaining novelt2
win complete the, vaudeville.
The main screen feature is by
Right of Possession" a Vitagraph
masterpiece starring Mary Anderson
and Antonio Moreno. The story of
the play is intensely dramatic and well
plotted and should prove fully as
much of a drawing card as the vaud-
evi1le program.
The seventh episode OF THE Fatal
Ring" series will be shown in con-
junction with the vitagraph attrac-
ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-06
EMPIRE

Until you have seen Metros pro-
duction of 1.-The Stacker you have
not experienced the real, soul-piercing
thrill of patriotism. That's what they
all said at the private showing of this
Metro wonderfully in which is featur-
ed Emily Stevens and all star cast of
Metroites which took place at 10:3U
this morning at the Empire theatre.
Emily Stevens, in the opinion, OIL
the reviewer, gives the best, most APP
pealing characterization Of her bril-
liant career before the motion picture
camera. ''The Stacker awakens.
one to the true feeling of patriotism
in an unusual and original manner
that is sure to prove itself. The play
is replete with stirring situations and
.tensely dramatic scenes that grip and
hold the spectators spell bound
throughout the seven absorbing acts.
The story deals with a Stacker"
who hears the country's call and
leaves for the battlefield Somewhere
in France" There his latent courage
awakens and he shows his devotion
for the love of his flag the Stars and
Stripes. No longer is he THE Slack
err but a loyal and true American who
will give his all for, his Country
even as YOU and I.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-06

self-just adorable Vivian Martin. At
any rate. the critics agree thatrIittle
Miss Optimist.'' her latest Paramount
picture, is well named.
At present Vivian Martin is filling
a long term engagement for Para
mount for whom she has already pro-
duced THE Stronger Love-" Her
Fathers Son. 1.-The Right Direc-
tion,'' THE Wax Model" THE Spirit
of Romance 1.-THE Girl at Home
and "a Kiss for SUSIE
Among her other accomplishment
Vivian Martin is an expert cook and
delights in concocting delicious edi-
bles- Miss Martin has allowed a few
Of her most famous recipes to be cir
cu1ated through one Of the great
newspaper syndicates IN a column
called THE Vivian Martin Cooking
Chatter Thus many a housewife,
seeing the charming star on the
screen, has gone home to initiate her
to the extent Of Vivian Martin
Salad or other delicacy-which,
after all Is the sihcerest f1attery and
quite as complimentary as that of the
'rss'v girls who copy her gowns and
curlz- i
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-06

LYRIC

Meeting with unparalleled success
In their Tirst weeks presentation, the
all-star Poll players have settled
down for a long run at the beautiful
new Lyric theatre. ,-Sfile-a-Minsse
Kendall is proving a smashing hit
and stock lovers of Bridgeport are
vsaising, the fapltiess presentation of
Gwen Davis, speed play. Great credit
is being given S. z. Poll for making
good his promise to give Bridgeport
the best plays with the most evenly
balanced stock company in the East.
Warda Howard; Is making new
friends at every performance and
Dudley Aver is proving a big drawing
card. Petite Elise Bartlett has won
scores of admirers by ner personality.
while Arthur Buchanan, beloved OF
theatregoers, is proving himself an
actor par excellence.
Manager Arvine has surprise In
store for next week, when "Rich Man
Poor Man. by George Broadhurst
will be the presentation. The theme
is of gripping interest and puts the
question up to the feminine portions
of the audience. which would
choose?" The rights to produce this
play were produced by Mr.. Poll at a
tremendous expense, and only goes
to prove that he is leaving nothing I'M
done to give Bridgeport the best at.
fractions at popular prices.
A Week from Sunday the San Car
los Opera Co., which is now playing
a successful engagement at the Forty
Fourth street theatre, will be heard