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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-14
AT ny" RECEPTION.
Colonel Nugent Will Tell OF
Its War Work Tonight.
Governor Will Entertain ASSO-
citation Boosters Here.

= Governor and Mrs. Arthur Capper
will give reception tonight from 1880
to 10 O'Clock for the members of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. who are in active
service in the army or navy. The par
ty will be given at the Governor s
home, 1881 Topeka avenue. Invita-
tons have been issued to 800 people,
and any Y. NJ. c. A. soldiers who are
in Topeka on furlough are expected
to attend.
Col. George A Nugent will make
an address. He belongs to the 342d
Heavy Field artillery, and is now act
ing as brigadier geenral in command
of the 164th Artillery brigade. He was
formerly director of the coast artil-
lery school of West Point. and more
recently was a member of the general
staff of the army at Washington. His
subject will be the benefit of the Y. NJ.
c. A. to the army. He has been con-
nected with number of the canton
ments, and observed the work of the
association among the soldiers.
Pratt Will Speak.
E. B. Pratt Y NJ. c. A secretary
necessity of keeping up the Y. NJ. c.
A. organizations at home on account
of the necessity of continuing the sup
ply of Y. M. C. A. workers abroad who
must be trained at home.
The Rt. Rev. James Wise, bishop of
the Episcopal diocese of Kansas. will
make an address. He has been visit
ing Y. Nj C. A. organizations at vari-
Gus my environments.
In addition to the speeches. there
will be music by Miss Marguerite
Gohlke.
At the reception a plan will be dis
cusSed whereby the men in camp and
active service may retain their mem
bership in the association during the
war without cost to them. However.
no solicita ton of funds will be made.
Governor Capper- is a member of the
board of directors of the Central Y.
NJ. c. A.
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SHlPYARD WORK LAGS
De- pite Wage Increase. Less Work
Being Done Is Charge.

Washington. Feb. IA new policy
Nard labor is about to be put into
effect by the government lnvestlga-
ton has been started INTO the reports
that workers in shipyards. munitions
plants and other war work have
slowed Lown when they received wage
increases so that they now do less
work for more money.
Within a short time the government
will know exactly the difference in the
work being done by labor today and
that before the inauguration of gen.
era wage boost policy.
Unofficial reports are that not more
than IS per cent efficiency is being
registered sby the working men. The
official checking up ON labor will re-
suit soon in warning from the govern
ment that more speed is essential.
Should this fail. there is talk today of
selling of shipwards and draft work
ers
Some officials here assert labor is
net throwing it's whole spirit into war
work. They declare the greatest
weakness in the war machinery has
been the absence of national policy
toward labor.
Despite the increased wages. con-
strlction work is decreasing, officials
cD1-
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MERCURY GOING DOWN
Continued from Page One. ,


the very completeness of the change.
today viii probably be celebrating.
bu- it is doubtful if the change will
meet with the entire approval of the
majority of the citizens.
The temperature at midnight was
50 degrees, the highest mark for the
night BY o'clock this morning a
drop to 46 degrees had been recorded,
and at 10 o'clock the temperature of
As degrees was expected to be the
measure of the high temperature for
the day. A twenty-five mile wind was
but was expected to shift to the north
west before noon. The high temper
AZURE for the date was 81 degrees in
1910 and the lowest was below in
1900. The temperature in Topeka was
expected to drop to the freezing point
before dark tonight; tomorrow morn
ms the temperature is expected to be
about 10 above zero and the chances
are that the temperature tomorrow
afternoon will not go above 20.
7 Oklahoma City reported a tempera-
ture of So degrees this morning. Camp
Doriphan would be about the same
The cold wave is expected to touch
Camp .Doniphan tonight but the eff
feet there will be light
The forecast issued by MeteoroIo-
gist Flora this morning says partly
cloudy and much colder tonight: cold
wave in extreme north portion; Friday
unsettled and colder. probably light
snow.
Shippers should protect thirty-six
hour shipments north against a tenn
perature of degrees west, 10 de-
greeS; east, Is degrees and south
against 20 degrees.
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Elwood Parkinson. 3+3 Oakland avenue.
has enlisted with the United States
marines and will leave for training
station in South Carolina
Tho Willing Workers society of the
Oakland Presbyterian church will dn"et
With Mrs. Leonard Richardson. 2a2
Winfield avenue. Arrangements viii he
com rleted for the apron and cap bazaar
which is to he held soon.
Little Margaret Carson. who was in
jured by a ball striking her head while
and Mrs Clifford Carson's home. AFTER
avenue. il recovering. Boys playing ball
in a vacant lot across from the Carson
home pitched foul ball. IT having its
final destination little Miss Margarets
head.
Mrs Polly Cuttings and daughter. Mrs
Theodore Field have returned to Alma.
Kan, after spending few days the first
Of the week with Mr.. and Mrs. AL Cuttings.
Kellam avenue
Red Cross auxiliary which was formed
recently are Mrs T. 7. Gleason, Mrs. NJ 7.
Kelsey, Mrs $. w. McGarrah. Mrs. c. NJ.
Peauch. Mrs George Anderson. Mrs.
William Gooden. Mrs. J. r. Hoag. Mrs.
clara johnson. Mrs. B. Spickelmtre.
Mrs Clarence Reaugh. Mrs c. w. Main
Mrs Walter Hamill. Mrs. Jesse Wright.
Mrs Mary Hunter. Mrs. W. G. Greer. Mrs.
H. J. Neiswinter, Mrs |. g Gardner. Mrs.
G. c. Poort. Mrs Bell Shehi Mrs: NJ Ban
non. Mrs. John Lingo. Mrs. J, NJ Graft
Mrs T. W. Sterling. Mrs. cathryn Bow
ers. Mrs. j. w. Arnett Mrs. l. r I-uthey
Mrs. William Hawkins. Mrs: Fife Nc
Casiin Mrs Dora Sinner, Mrs. J. w
Swogger. Mrs. Mary Huey and Mrs
Thomas Potter.
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Travellers agree that 90 per cent of
the German people have lost their
enthusiasm for war. The sole topic of
conversation is food and peace
Intelligent people are asking. What
is the good of launching another Of
fensive?" Many of them know Amer
ica. because they lived and worked
there. These say the United States
VIII continue the crusade a hundred
years. if necessary, to rob Germany of
her spo.ls.
Everything points in the same direc-
tio2-the central empires are econom-
icaily aud generally in such a turmoil
that all the allies need do to win the
wa is to keep equitable war aims be-
fore the world and hold their own on
the west front
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CALM ON FRONT
A merican Sector Quietest Since
Sammies Took 1t Over.
Survivor of Last Battle Says
They Walked Into Ambush.
BY ]. w. PEGLER.

! With the American Armies in
France. Feb. Is, delayed. Broken
.pniy by an occasional exchange of
ehellffire, this was the auietest day on
the --merical. front since the Sammies
cook over this sector.
: There was the usual routine pa
trolling and sniping last night. The
only American casualty was one
Standardization Here's how
Ut happened:
Two Sammies were occupying an
advanced listening outpost. One was
Stationed in the foremost bay; the
other was several feet back along the
sap.
I The Sammy in the rear noticed
movement ahead. He thought it was
. boche and hurled a grenade.
Thcw Grenade at His Friend.
1t wasn't a boche. but his friend.
The latter picked up the grenade and
Agith only a second to spare tossed it
nver the parapet. 1t exploded in mid
air slightly wounding the foremost
Soldier.
wounded in the chest during the re-
cent patro. encounter in which five
Americans were killed. was interview
ed b. the United Press correspondent
an the hospital
The ser ,eant was lying on cot in
whose hands and legs were trussed up
in swinging sings.
Il was leading the patrol and the
first thing I knew the boches attacked
from both Sides he said.
Il fired the whole clip of shots
FROM my pistol then reloaded and
fired three more before was
SOUNDED.
I have not yet heard all the de-
&ails of what followed. Two of the
Fellows killed were national army men.
One was my pal. corporal from
cleveland"
bouncing Rocket New Device.
A bouncing rocket is an innoNa-
fion tried out by the Germans on the
american sector. 1t throws up the
usual star-shell, whereupon patrols
dlastened themselves on the ground
WheT1 the patrols resume their
work, the star-shell suddenly shoots
aip from the ground, with a surprising
reillsim nation of No Mans Land
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HINDENBURG'S

fCoutinued from Page One.l
sLefoy,e Germany is compelled TO sue
Tor peace. The ma sses have been told
so often that an offensive would bring
Immediate peace, they are beginning
to feel duped and angry.
Wilson's Terms Bear Fruit.
unde, stand that President Wilson's
%peech made deep impression in
Germany and probably will bear flu
fuTe fruit.
ON che most reliable authority, l
3earn that the kaiser himself openly
Declared wilson's terms were reason
bic enough to form the basis for ne
gotjations-
Wilhelm, however. is without influ-
lence. am told that while openly op-
posed to the extremes to which the
fw4r party IS leading the empire, he
docs not murmur as HindenburS and
LIdendorff are his absolute masters.
: An American girl, recently arrived
frOm Germany. says many children
and even grown ups are now going
1blrefootcd. They are unabAe to buy
Shoes. A proud professor THE Univer-
fsity of Eeipsig asked as a favor to be
allowed 10 buy the discarded shoes of
<he girls brother.
COB Children of Shoes.
A crime wave is sweeping the coun-
zry from end to end. Thugs often rob
pedestrians of their clothes. The chill
OF one OF were
trobbed Il their shoes while on their
way hoine from school. The weather
was bitterly cold and the children ar
rived with their feet almost frozen
and bleeding.
The girl says the newspapers are
most active in sneer1ng at America
FE;vory effort is made to diminish be-
fore the masses the United States pare
sticipatiou They are constantly re-
Eeating that the American effort is all
bluff am trustworthy of the coun-
fry which produced Barnum.
I he girl had the utmost difficulty
in leaving Germany. She was on the
Verge of receiving a degree at the
University of Leipsig when America
entered he war. The degree was with
held because Americans were refused
permission to leave the country.
Wanted Her to Act as Spy
After a time she was told she could
leave if she would do certain work for
Germany-and would receive the de-
gree AMI big pay"
She Indignantly refused to become
a traitress and spy. Whereupon the
police logged her day and night IN
iii she finally succeeded in getting out.
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Defendant in Breach of Promise Suit
Claims She Had a Husband

Detroit, Mich. Feb. 14-Hearing
of the 100000 breach of promise suit
of Mrs. Havilah Cure. of Dallas, Texas.
against jerome ]. Waters, of Detroit
is in progress in the circuit court
Mrs. Cure alleges that Waters pro-
posed marriage to her a various times
in 1912 and 1913, in Texas. Chicago
and Michigan. and that on the
strength of his promises she travelled
with him and was presented as his
wife.
Waters. a man slightly past middle
age, has married since the dates men
toned in the bill. 1t is understood he
will attempt to show Mrs Cures hus-
band was alive at the time of their
friendship.
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LOYAL. FRIENDS
CONTINUED from Page One,

Continued from Page Onel
ana all OF his spare time to the Allen
ca palsn without letting his war ac-
tivities in Shawnee county fall bebInd
the high standard which had been SET
Whatever happens. whatever
comes, Albaugh had said in the Allen
meeting in Topeka three weeks before
MS death, want every man and wo-
man in this meeting who will agree
to take this pledge with me to stand
up and make the promise public. we
do not know what we may be called
upon to do, but we promise that what
ever it is, we will do it"
Albaugh Had Plans Made.
Nearly SOC men and women-prom-
inent Kansans from every section of
the stateEstood up AIbaugh was
placed in. charge of the organization
work He was made chairman of
the First district organization and the
executive committee elected him to di-
rect the state campaign. Albaugh had
his organization plans practically com
office to his home and died in few
days. But the goal which Albaugh
saw ahead has inspired his friends
And they propose to put Allen across
in every county in the state.
Headquarters will be opened in To-
peka probably March l.
The friends of = enry and Mort are
more determined than ever said
White in speaking of the plan to car
ry on the Allen for governor cam
paign. THE work which was prom
ised at the Allen meeting will be car
ried on We realize the loss we have
suffered in the death of Mort Albaugh
and for that reason we arc all anxious
to redouble our efforts. There is only
one thing to be done now. and that is
to do the work committed to us by
Henry who is on his way to France
and by Mort. whose heart was so fixed
on this cause
The Allen meeting brought together
men who have not agreed or SPOKEN IN
fifteen wears Mort Albaugh's spirit
and determination dominated the
meeting And now. with Morton An
baugflss message burning in their
hearts the old friends will make the
Allen campaign the greatest drive OIL
their lives.
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Kansas City. Feb. MISUNDERSTANDING
5.O0e. Market steady to strong. Bulk Of
sales. S15S0d16.00 heavy, S1595016.10:
packers and butchers, $15sO0 1910; light,
S15.7oM16.0o: pigs, s12.50M15.5O.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000 Market steady.
Prime fed steers. S12 10n1350; dressed beef
steers S10.25012.25: western steers. $1,000
12.I5: southern steers, ST.5oM 1000: cows.
So 156d 1850; beifers. S1.0oN 1150: stockers
and feeders s1.Jo@ 200; bulls. s6.75d 1000;
calves 81 00d13.25
Receipts 5000. Market steady.
Lambs. s16.00G16 yearlings, S13 506n
1fJo; wethers, 81. 50d1350: ewes, S1125@
12.13: stockers and feeders. SS50@15.S5.
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Wall 81, New York, Feb 14.-STOCkS-
Offerings bro8dened later. shipping and
various equipments being added to the list
OF reactionary stocks. The Motor group
suffered most General Motors showing an
extreme decline of points and Maxwell
common and second preferred to , points
Bonds were featureless, except for new
minimum Of liberty Is at 96.14. the second
Is selling at 1892 to 40 and the 31s-s
at 1854 to 91-j2.
Special issues such Distillers Securities
General Motors ard Sum1tra Tobacco aver
aged one point gains at the dull opening Of
today's stock market but Immediately re-
acted on the heavy tone displayed by other
shares of the same class. notably Maxwell
Motors Texas Company anf General Eiec
trfc. Steeis and Coopers were fractionally
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Chicago, Feb. 14.-HOGS-Receipts IS 900
Market firm Bulk of sales, S15.S5t0 49, 20 :
light. S15.J0@ 1925: mixed. S1J.6Od 16. p !:
heavy s13.5oM16.15; rough. s15.5O@ 1855 :
pigs. S1:.50G 1i.sJ.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000. Market weak
Native steers. s.. 40d so: stockers and
feeders, $1.25m 1890: cows and heifers. $3.50
m1160: calves, sS.j06i15.15.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 Market weak
Wethers. S1000d 1925; lambs, S1315d 1890
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DELAY DRAFT MOVE
Will Not Complete Getting Men to
Camp Until Sometime in March.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Movements
of men to complete the first draft,
beginning on February %. will not be
completed within the following five
days as originally planned, but will
extend over into March
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suicide Leaps Before Train.

Chicago. Feb. 14.-South side ele-
waited train traffic was blocked for
more than an hour today, when an
unidentified man leaped in front of
an express train and was killed 1t
was necessary to call wrecking crew
to remove the body. There was a card
in his clothes bearing the name of
James keenan,.
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LIBERTY MAIDS HERE
Majestic Opens Again After Short Re
cess Owing to Show Delay.

Owing to the delay in travelling ar
rangements the Liberty Maids an
abbreviated musical comedy with ev-
erything but the augmented orches-
ira y did not arrive in Topeka in time
for this weeks engagement until to-
da. The Majestic opens with the at
traction Friday matinee
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THE following sa'es were made this MORN
ing at the Stock Yards. Kansas city and
reported over long distance telephone df-
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
son & Co., iiv1 stock commission MGR
chants.)
Kansas City. Feb. 1f-CATTLE-Receip
1000 head. Market strong 10 15c higher.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market DC to
10c higher. Bulk of sales, S15.S5d IL. 10 :
top. S16.15
SHEEP Receipts 5000 head. Market
zra oto adr-
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Kansas City, Feb. 14-CORN-Cash
Market steady to 1c higher. No. mixed
81 .73@ 30: No. g. S1.6l@1.6S: No. 2 white
81 .92d2.OO: No. 3. 81 90: No. . yellow. 81 sc
@1.S5: No. 3. S1.1161.72
OATS-Market A@1c higher. No. white
SS1AM S9c; No. mixed, S5@S6c.
RYES2. 19M2.2G.
kAFIR AND MILO MAIzE-s3.36@ $50.
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTS-S2 100
BRAN-S2. 00d2.1e.
WHEAT-Receipts IL cars.
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
EGGS-Firsts, 4Sc: seconds. ::Sc.
CORN-Close: May. S1.26K.
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POLISH CABINET QUITS
Resigns as Protest Against Giving
Ckrainia Pole Territory.

zurich, Feb. 14.-Resignation of
me Foilsh cabinet, because of dissat-
isfa ction with the terms of the sena
rate peace between Ukraine and the
central powers, was officially an
nounced in Warsaw dispatches TODAY.
Rearrangement of the Ukrainian
boundaries gave the new republic a
large slice OF territory, generally re-
garded as Polish. Resignation of the
Polish ministry probably was the re-
suit of this
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INDICT AZ COAL MEN
Federal Grand jury Charges Viola
ton of Fuel Control Law,

Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 14-The
federal grand jury here today re-
turned % Indictments against Al de-
PENDANTS including coal operators, coal
dealers and coal brokers of the East
Tennessee field. charging violations
of the fuel control bill
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AVENGE SONS DEATH
Father of -Tuscania Victim. AZ. How
ever, Is Rejected as Recruit.

Jackson. Mich, Feb. 14.-W. A.
Clark. whose son. Wilbur, was one of
the Tuscania victims, declares he will
appeal to Washington officials for
permit to enter the service and avenge
his boys death. Clark is 40 years old.
He applied at the local recruiting
office to enlist but was rejected
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BRITISH GOVT
tcontlpued ROM rage one.l

fairs voiced the opinion of the govern
ment's shortening prevailing IN
discontinued section OF the mouse or
commons. He suggested that the war
cabinet was war weary and shouid De
aided by special councils dealing poth
with war and home affairs
andrew Bonar Law. chancellor OF
the excheouer. and Arthur J. Balfour.
fnreien secretary. came to the assist
ance of the hard pressed premier MT
Rorsr Law produced statistics with
the view of disposlng OF cnarses
against the government OF raining 10
carry out promises with regard TO snip
building. food and other matters. Like
the premier Yesterday he challenged
the house to change the government If
If no longer had confidence in its pol
icy.
Secretary Balfour supported strong
ly the premier's view concerning the
speeches of Emperor William Chan
ceIlor Won Hertling and Count Ger
min. saying that they gave not the
slightest indication of an approach to
the allies war aims but rather gave
the impression that three years of war
had produced no change in Germany's
military policy. His speech undoubt-
eddy had a grea influence on the
house and altho the debate continued
a great many members left the cham
Der at the conclusion of his speech.
The vote was taken in a comparatively
thiE house.
Reviews Wilson Speech.
The debate in the house was closed
by Ford Robert Cecil, minister of
blockade. contrasting the demands of
President Wilson with regard to Bel
GUM and league of nations. with the
enemy's attitude on the same ques-
ton He said that Chancellor Won
Hertling proposed to leave considera-
ton of q league until peace had been
concluded.
That, he said. would not be the
proper attitude for Great Britain to
adopt. 1t was no mere phrase to say
that the government was giving the
closest attention to the subject of a
league Of nations. Lor0 Robert added
that he himself had gone so far as to
prepare a scheme for IT. and it was a
matter concerning which they must
have clear ideas before the peace con-
ference met.
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New York. Feb. 4.-BETTER-MarFe
firm. Creamery higher Than extras. 521a@
sc.
EGGS-Market unsettled. Fresh gather
ed extras. J7dJSc.
CHEESE-Market irregular. State whole
milk flats. held specials. 26d 2612c.
POULTRY-Alive and dressed, strong.
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deal of the buying of cash grain here yes
terday was by shippers who wanted the
cars for moving grain to eastern markets
able to take little grain. By buying the
grain the shippers were sure of the cars.
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only Ono "BRoMO QUININE

To get the genuine, call for full name.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Look for
signature of L. w. GROVE. Cures a Cold
in One Day. 30c.-Ad,.
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Chicago, Feb. 14.-BUTTER-Market un-
changed.
EGGS-Market firmer. Firsts. Sc ordi-
nary firsts. J0@51c: at mark. cases inclad-
POTATOES-Market unchanged.
POTAOES-Market unchanged
pOULTRY-Alive unchanged
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DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office.
Z a.. m. Thursday.
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OAKLAND NOTES

Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones. 211 Grittan street.
Telephone between s and 10 a. m. $3.50:
Other hours. 4751 E-o
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New York. Feb. 14.-SUGAR-Raw
steady: centrifugal Coos: moiasses nom
inai Refined sugar. steady; fine granu-
lated. 1.45.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. Feb. 14.-CORN-Corn hardened
in value today owing to the smallness of Of
ferings and to the readiness with which
they were absorbed Besides receipts al
tho liberal. were not nearly as large as on
the preceding day. Further improvement
was reported in traffic conditions east.
Opening quotations which ranged from a
shade off to a like advance with March not
quoted and May S1.251s TO S1.25A were fol-
lowed by a moderate upturn.
The fact that most of the arrivals were
of poor quality failed to affect the market.
Prices closed steady, March S1.HIa and
May $1.25A to S1.26, with the final range
as whole 1sc off to A@ssc up, compared
with "a hours before.
OATS-Sellers of oats were handicapp
by scantin. of supplies Good demand
from shtpse - here remained in evidence
After open. sc to &c higher, with May
size to S11ac, the market scored further
gains
ROVISIONS-Provisions opened slight
~ lower. but rallied.
With firmness in the hog market and
with shipments of meats and lard exceed
ing the total of year ago, provisions
showed an upward slant in the late deal
ings.
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lower and Canadian Pacific heaviest of
the rails at a loss of IL points. Liberty
bonds were lower.