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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17
SHARP FALLING OFF IN SHIP
MENTs FROM COUNTRY SENDS
QUOTATIONS HIGHER.
TEMPORARY DECLINE
MARKS OPENING TRADES
Oats Advance In Price With. Corn,
and Because Selling Is Only Of Scat.
terins Character-Hisher Quotations
on Hogs Lift Provisions - Trading,
Tho, Is of Small Volume.

Chicago, July IA temporary de-
cline which took place in the corn
market today were more than over
come by a sharp falling off IN ship
1nents from the country. Besides re-
ce!pts, altho liberal, were much less
plentiful than on the preceding days of
this week. Fine weather seemed to be
chiefly responsible for the transient
setbacksl in the market. Opening
prices, which ranged from % cent 10
~ cents lower, with August at sl.J92.
to 1904, and September at s1.597s to
sI6oA, were followed by a decided
rally which carried August we'll above
yesterdays finish,
About midday the market weakened
again under free selling on the part
OF commission houses, Influenced by
reports Of better crop conditions and
ny the fact that wheat premiums were
fading. Prices closed nervous 3. cent
10 y. cents net lower. with August at
s1.6OPI601s and September al sl.603s
q L.60t4.
Oats.
Oats rose with corn. Selling was Of
only a scattering sort. After opening
unchanged to * cent of, with August
at 10 10 T2is, the market scored
material uprurr.
Provisions.
Higher quotations uu hogs lifted
provisions. Trade, tho was small.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17

l.50; sample yellow, 1.S0Ql.i5: No. >
mixed. LOO: No. s mixed. LAS.
oats-Standard. rs; No. white, IA
Q7ik; sample. T3.
Barley and Rye-No sales.
MILWAUKEE CASH GRAIN.
Milwaukee. July II.
Corn-Firm; No. 4 white. $50; Nos. >
and yellow, l.s0; No. yellow, 10;
No. yellow, las; No. 4 mixed, 1853;
No. mixed, 1855; No. 6 mixed, l.S5.
Oats-Firm to !. cent up; standard,
Isd 7sA No. 8 white, TSs. 97O; No. 4
white, 7S$..
Barley-one cent lower; No. 4, 1.2o
@l.22
Rye-None.
PEORIA CASH GRAIN.
Peoria. July Il.
Comic cars; unchanged TO , cents
up: sample. 94d1.37: No. white, 200.
No. white. 1877: No. white, Las;
No. 3 yellow. LII; No. yellow, 1.5o:
No. s yellow. 1.40al.i2; No. mixed,
l.47ls.
OATS cars, unchanged; standard,
az.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. July .-Cattle-Estimated
receipts for today, 1000; steers SELL
ing SIS and up, strong and active, 9TH
ers and butchers about steady; quality
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17
CHICAGO Potato Market.

Chicago July y.
Potatoes-Cn Unsettled.
Virginia oarreied c05a!cs-5. -
$50.
Illinois and Kansas early Ohios-2.75
62S5.
Kentucky cobblers-3.00G3. $40.
Receipts-52 cars
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17

britons Born at Sea.
On An average 700 British subjects
are yearly born at sea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17


Minneapolis, July II.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, Lbs 01.75; No.
yellow. .556165: No. 3 yellow. l45g
I55: No. mixed, 1.55 l.65; sample
59@i.45.
oats-No. 3 white. S01z 9s11z: stan
dard, 1914 977A: No. white, 16aT;
No. white. mas.
Barley o5 a1.22; choice, 1.22a III.
Rye-1.ss@1
Flax-4.43I44
ST LOUIS CASH GRAIN.
ST. Louis. July IS.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, ITO; No. 3 mixed,
l.ss: No. yellow, 16Sd1.s9; No. 4
yellow. i626i-s4; No. yellow. L53;
No. white. 2.05.
oats-No. 8 white, 7sEa7s; No. 2
mixed, 1917.
= OMAHA CASH GRAIN.
Omaha, July II.
wheat--No. hard, 2.21; No. hard
2.1sA2.ei; No. 8 hard. 219d2.2o.
corn-So. white, 2.ea-9 2-ol:: No. 4
! wii,fi., ISL. 40. . white, 1.1sG1s0; No.
white, 10: No. 2 yellow. 1.ss: no. 8
yellow. 1.s691.s7; No. 4 yellow. i.s2 !;
No. 5 yellow, 1.5s: No. s yellow. l.47Q.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17
Chicago Grain Close.

EhfcaFo, IW!E =.
wheat-No. red. 2.cs92.25; No. 8
red, 2.22
Corn-So. yellow, Iso9Is4; No. 5
yellow. i.7561-5: No. 4, l.55G1.s7;
No. yellow. 1861 1I54; No. 5 yell
low, i4o91.5o.
Oats-No. 3, 77% g7sA: standard, IS
@7s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17
PEORIA CASH GRAIN.
KANSAS CITY CASH GRAIN.

Kansas CITY, July II.
Wheat-Unchange to cent up; No.
dark hard. 2.23d rs; No. ? dark
hard, 32162.24: No. dark hard. go;
No. hard, 2.1eG 2.22; No. hard. go:
No. hard. 2.lSa2.22: No. hard, PIG
62.20; No. 8 hard, 2.17G go: No. l
yellow. 2.1SG 2.l9; No. red, 2,lSd 2.is:
No. red, 2.16G2.1S; No. l white, go;
No. white go: No. white and No.
yellow. 100.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York. July l1.-Trade in today
stock market was mainly professional.
Some buying was evidenced early
Such stocks, however, were generally
sold out before the close. German
troops have advanced about six miles
at obscure points, but French and
American counter attacks are develop
ing hourly and some OF the ground is
being gained.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-17

Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
The sun., 1918-12-01
By WILLARD BARTLETT.

A FRIEND of mine divides books into
n two classes: ~ books to read and
keep; (2) books to read and give away.
l will briefly notice four books of the
year which seem to me to belong to the
first of these classes.
In biography, The Education Of Henry
adams is entitled to rank as the choicest
American literary production Of 1918. In
personal, political and social interest; in
cosmopolitan breadth of view and local
color; in philosophical insight and sanity
of judgment; in critical aeumen and
charm of style; it would be difficult to find
anything that surpasses it among the most
celebrated autobiographies in the world.
In political philosophy, The Limits Of
Pare Democracy, by Froude's brilliant
nephew, w. ii. Mallock, is a eOgent argu-
ment against some of the doctrines which
underlie the aggressive Socialism of the
present day.
In American historical literature one Of
the most valuable contributions is The
Life and Times Of Stephe" Girdrd, in
which John Bach McMaster portrays the
picturesque career of one of those mer-
chant Adventures, of the Astor type, who
laid the foundations Of the commercial
and financial prosperity of the country.
Finally, among books of contemporaries
Gus interest, relating to the great war, I
give high place to The War Letters Of
Edmond Genet, as typical of the pure and
lofty patriotism of the best and bravest Of
our youth who have given their lives that
we may continue to live in peace and
freedom.
The sun., 1918-12-01
BY GEORGE GORDON.

TANADIAN WONDER TALES, by
" Cyrus Macmillan, with illustra-
lions in color by George Sheringham, be-
cause it is so much more beautiful and
American, in the best sense-being fairy
stories of country that is at once the Eel
Dorado Of dream and the homeland of
people-that any book myself as child
read and pondered on that Though have
promised to be an old friend, most ap-
propriately six) l am tempted to keep it
always within reach, and so remain, in
some sort, Peter Pan.
Steep Trails, by John Muir, because in
my late teens rode and knew the cOun-
try round about Mount Shasta of which
he writes so wonderfully well and because
his English has all the grace and strength
and suppleness Of giant pine sentinel
upon the hills that were fresh to the ex-
plorer when he camped among their ser
crets in the 1905.
The Evolution of the Earth and It's In
hdbitdnts, because l was as ignorant Of
geology, biology, anthropology and the
rest as hay hand and am now a seasoned
traveller. among the dark ages before his
tory and as well able to discuss creation
as a curate.
The Tragedy of Tragedies, because I
love Henry Fielding and recognize in
Prof. Hillhouse kindred spirit, one bet
ter able to discuss the great master than
am, and one willing and ready to speak
in language as plain as Antony's.
The Fourteenth Of July and Danton, by
Roman ROLAND, not only because the
French Revolution is as exciting as any
period in history, nor because NJ. ROLAND
tells of it with a wealth of detail and in
sight that makes Of the past a living
dream Though such is his accomplish
ment), but because Mr.. Barrett H. Clark's
translation reads like an original and be-
guiles the casual with a prose that is as
The sun., 1918-12-01
Social Problems.

FAIR PLAY FOR THE WORKERS. By
PERCY STICKNEY GRANT. Moffat, Yard
& Co. $l.60. NAMED BY EDWARD n.
TRALL.
HISTORY OF LABOUR IN THE UNITED
: STATES. BY JOHN R. COMMONS AND
OTHERS. Two volumes. The Macmillan
Company. $3.50. NAMED BY w. B.
MCCORMICK.
The sun., 1918-12-01
Outstanding Books of the Fall and Year
War Books.

War Books.
THE BLACK WATCH. By Scout JOE
CAssELLS. Doubleday, Page & Co. $50.
NAMED BY GORDON B. Moss.
THE FLAME THAT Is FRANCE. By
HENRY MALHERBE. The Century Company.
81. NAMED BY BENJAMIN DE CAssBREs.
THE DESERT CAMPAIGNS. By W. T.
MASSEY. G. P. Putnam s Sons. $50.
NAMED BY W. B. MCCORMICK.
THE ROOTS OF THE WAR. BY WILLIAM
Stems DAVIS, WILLIAM ANDERSON AND
MASON W. TYLER. The Century Company.
$3.50. NAMED BY W. B. MCCORMICK.
THE WAR LETTERS OF EDMOND
GENET. EDITED BY GRACE ELLERY
CLAIMING. Charles Scribner's Sons.
$3.50. NAMED BY WILLARD BARTLETT.
HIGH ADVENTURE. BY JAMES NORMAN
HALL. Houghton Mifain Company. $3.50.
NAMED BY HARRY EsTY DoUNCE.
HOME FIRES IN FRANCE. BY DOROTHY
CAEFIELD. Henry Holt & Co. $l.35.
NAMED BY DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH.
THE WAR IN THE CRADLE OF THE
WORLD. BY ELEANOR FRANKLIN EGAN.
Harper & Brothers. 50. NAMED BY
DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH.
For Boys and Girls.
TOM AND I ON THE OLD PLANTA-
TION. BY ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company. $1.35. NAMED
BY GORDON B. Moss.
PHILIP KENT IN THE UPPER
SCHOOL. BY T. TRUxTUN HARE. The
Penn Publishing Company. $1.35. NAMED
BY CONSTANCE MURRAY GREENE.
THE LOST HUNTERS. BY JOSEPH A.
AITSHELER. D. Appleton & Co. $l.35.
NAMED BY EDWARD n. TEALL.
THAT YEAR AT LINCOLN HIGH. BY
JOSEPH GoLLoMB. The Macmillan Com
pany. $1.35. NAMED BY EDWARD N.
TEALL.
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UN-
DER THE SEA. BY JULES VERNE.
Charles Scribner's Sons. so cents.
NAMED BY BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs.
FIRECRACKER JANE. BY ALICE CAL
HoUN HAINEs. Henry Holt & Co. $3.50.
NAMED BY CONSTANCE MURRAY GREENE
For Children.
THE FAIRY WHO BELIEVED IN HU-
NAN BEINGS. BY GERTRUDE ALICE
KAY. Moffat, Yard & Co. $3.50.
NAMED BY CONSTANCE MURRAY GREENE
THE ADVENTURES OF BLACKBERRY
BEAR. BY MARGARET Fox. Moffat,
Yard & Co. $1.25. NAMED BY Con-
STANCE MURRAY GREENE.
TALES OF GIANTS FROM BRAZIL. BY
ELSIE SPICER EELLs. Dodd, Mead & Co.
$135. NAMED BY CONSTANCE MURRAY
GREENE.
CANADIAN WONDER TALES. BY CYRUS
MACMILLAN. With illustrations by George
Sheringham. John Lane Company. 81.
NAMED BY GEORGE GORDON.
Biography.
UNDER SAIL. BY FELIX ROSENBERG. The
Macmillan Company. $3.50. NAMED BY
GRANT NJ. OvERToN.
THE LETTERS OF ANNE GILCHRIST
AND WALT WHITMAN. EDITED BY
THOMAS B. HARMED. Doubleday, Page &
Co. 50. NAMED BY BENJAMIN DE CAS-
sERES.
THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS.
BY HENRY ADAMS. Houghton Mif1in Com
pany. S.. NAMED BY WILLARD BARTLETT.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF STEPHEN
GIRARD. By JOHN BACH MCMAsTER.
]. B. Lippineott Company. So. NAMED
BY WILLARD BARTLETT.
IRISH MEMORIES. BY E. G. SoMERvILLE
AND MARTIN Ross. Longmans, Green &
Co. $4.2o. NAMED BY HARRY EsTY
DoUNCE.
History.
THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA. Ten
volumes, the first to be published of fifty.
BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. INCLUDING Mary
The sun., 1918-12-01
Literature of Place.

LINTON AND LYNMOUTH. By JOHN
PREsLAND. Dodd, Mead & Co. $3.50
NAMED BY EDWARD n. TEALL.
The sun., 1918-12-01


of the year 1918. 1t represents, however,
the books best liked by the staff of Books
and the Book World
Members of the staff have named from
three TO eight books apiece, selecting them
from the volumes they have received. With
a few exceptions the books named are
from this falls publications.
The merits of the list, as We see them,
are these:
Every book named has been read by the
person naming it.
The variation in the number Of indi-
vidual selections is due to the fact that
some of the staff have handled greater
number of books than others.
With one exception every book named
has been dealt with by the person naming
it; the exception is The -Four HorSemen Of
the apocalypse, named by Mr.. Overton be-
cause Mr.. Merton Stark Yewdale has en-
tered the army since it was described on
September 1.
The list is not a one man list, but the
work of a number of men and women.
Each book listed has with it the name
of the person selecting it; by referring to
that persons short article, following the
list, the reader may quickly find justifca-
ton of the choice.
There is no effort TO represent any
body or anything. The number of titles
under particular heading, as Fiction or
War Books, is solely the accident of selec-
tion.
The list is long enough to be of service
to the majority of book buyers and gift
buyers; it is not so long as to be bewil-
dering and confusing; it is simply ar
ranged. 1t has desirable personal char
acter.
Here it is:
Fiction.
THE WINDS OF CHANCE. BY REX
BEACH. Harper & Brothers. $1.50.
NAMED BY GORDON B. Moss.
WOLVES OF THE SEA. BY RANDALL
PARRISH. A. C. McClurg G. Co. $1.40.
NAMED BY GORDON B. Moss.
BENTON OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED.
BY SERGEANT R. s. KENDALL. John Lane
Company. $3.50. NAMED BY GORDON B.
Moss.
THE ISLAND OF MYSTERY. BY G. A.
-BIRMINGHAM. George H. Doran & Com
pany. $3.50. NAMED BY GORDON b.
Moss.
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOC-
ALYPSE. By VICENTE BLAsCo IBANEZ.
f. P. Dutton Co. $40. NAMED BY
GRANT NJ. OvERToN.
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERsoNs. BY
BOOTH TARKTNGToN. Doubleday, Page &
Co. $1.4O. NAMED BY GRANT N. OvERToN.
MY ANTONIA. BY VILLA SIBERT GATHER.
Houghton Miflin Company. $3.50.
NAMED BY GRANT NJ. OvERTON.
SALT: THE EDUCATION OF GRIFFITH
ADAMS. BY CHARLES G. NORRIS. f. p.
Dutton e. Co. $50. NAMED BY Con-
STANCE MURRAY GREENE.
RICHARD BALDoCK. BY ARCHIBALD
MARSHALL. Dodd, Mead & Co. $3.50.
NAMED BY EDWARD n. TEALL.
SIR ISUMBRAS AT THE FORD. by ID.
X BRosTu. Brentano's. $3.50. NAMED
BY EDWARD \. TEALL.
FOE FARRELL. BY SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-
Couch. The Macmillan Company. $3.50.
NAMED BY FRANK NJ. 0'BRIEN.
GOLD AND IRON. BY JOSEPH HEROES
HEIMER. Alfred A. Knopf. $3.50. NAMED
BY FRANK NJ. o 'BRIEN.
TOWARDS MORNING. BY I. A. R.
WYLIE. John Lane Company. $3.50.
NAMED BY FRANK NJ. O'BRIEN.
BIRTH. BY IONA GALE. The Macmillan
Company. $1.60. NAMED BY CONSTANCE
MURRAY GREENE.
SONNICA. BY VICENTE BLAsCo IBANE-.
nufield & Co. $l.35. NAMED BY BENJA-
MIN DE CASSERES.
JAMESIE. BY ETHEL SIpGwICK. Small
The sun., 1918-12-01
Verse.

CITY WAYS AND COMPAN' '"REETS.
By PRIVATE CHARLES DIvIA..- MOffat,
Yard & Co. 81. NAMED BIZ GRANT
NJ. OvERToN.
THE OLD ROAD TO PARADISE. BY
MARGARET WIDDEMER. Henry Holt &
Co. $1.25. NAMED BY CONSTANCE MUIR
RAY GREENE.
CAN GRANDE'S CASTLE. BY AMY
LOWELL. The Macmillan Company. $1.50.
NAMED BY BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs.
Drama.
THE ADMIRABLE CREIGHTON. BY
SIR JAMES BARRIE. Charles ScE;bner g
Sons. 81. NAMED BY BARRETT H. CLARK.
WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS. BY
SIR JAMES BARRIE. Charles Scribner's
Sons. 81. NAMED BY BARRETT H. CLARK.
QUALITY STREET. By SIR JAMES BAR
RE. Charles Scribner g Sons. 81. NAMED
BY BARRETT II. CLARK.
WING P1NERO. EDITED WITH AN INTRO
pUcTIoN AND CRITICAL PREFACE BY CLAY
TON HAMILTON. Volumes I. and II. E.
L. DullOu O. SO., % q volume. NAMED
BY BARRETT II. CLARK.
REPRESENTATIVE PLAYS BY AMER
1CAN DIR .MATISTS. EDITED BY Mont
ROSE J. Moses. Volume I. Z. p. Dutton
& Co. 1915. NAMED BY BARRETT H.
CLARK.
THE INSURGENT THEATRE. BY
THOMAS II. DICKINSON. B. W. Huebsch.
$3.50. NAMED BY BARRETT II. CLARK.
PROBLEMS OF THE PLAYWRIGHT. By
CLAYTON HAMILTON. Henry Holt & Co.
$3.50. NAMED BY BARRETT II. CLARK.
THE POPULAR THEATRE. BY GEORGE
JEAN NATHAN. Alfred A. Knopf $1.6O.
NAMED BY BARRETT H. CLARK.
THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES. BY
HENRY FIELDING. EDITED BY JAMES Y.
HILLHoUsE. Yale University Press. So.
NAMED BY GEORGE GORDON.
THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY AND
DANTON. BY ROMAN ROLAND. Two
plays, translated by Barrett II. Clark
Henry Holt 6 Co. $3.50. NAMED BY
GEORGE GORDON.
The sun., 1918-12-01
Banking.

THE A B OF THE FEDERAL RE-
SERVE SYSTEM. BY EDWIN WALTER
KEMMERER. Princeton University Press.
$l.25. NAMED BY w. B. MCCORMICK.
The sun., 1918-12-01
Exploration.

IN THE WILDS OF sOTTTH AMERICA.
BY LEO E. MILLER. Charles Scribner 8
Sons. $3.50. NAMED BY W. B. Nc
CoRMICK.
JUNGLE PEACE. BY WILLIAM BEEBE
Henry Holt & Co. $l.75. NAMED BY
HARRY EsTY DoUNcE.
STEEP TRAILS. BY JOHN MUIR. Hough-
ton Miffiin Company. So. NAMED BY
GEORGE GORDON.
The sun., 1918-12-01
Science.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH
AND ITS INHABITANTS SIX Lee
TUREs BEFORE THE YALE CHAPTER OF
SIGMA ri. Yale University Press $3.50.
NAMED by GEORGE GORDON.
The sun., 1918-12-01
Political Philosophy.

THE LIMITS OF PURE DEMOCRACY.
BY W. H. MALLOCK. f. p. button & Co.
Sc. NAMED BY WILLARD BARTLETT.
THE YOUNG WOMAN CITIZEN. BY
MARY AUSTIN. The Womans Press.
$1.35. NAMED By DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH.
The sun., 1918-12-01
History.

THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA. Ten
volumes, the first to be published Of fifty.
BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, INCLUDING MARY
JOHNSTON. EMERSON HoUGH. STEWART
EDWARD WHITE AND Bliss PERRY. Yale
University Press. $3.50 a volume, but
the full set must be subscribed for.
NAMED BY GRANT NJ. OvERToH.
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EURO
PEAN HISTORY. By j. SALwYN
ScHAPIRo. Houghton Mifflin Company.
$3.50. NAMED BY EDWARD n. TEALL.
SEA POWER AND FREEDOM. BY GER
ARD FIENNEs, G. 2. Putnam S Sons. $3.50.
NAMED BY w. B. MCCORMICK.
MAHAN ON NAVAL WARFARE. EDITED
BY ALLAN WEsTCoTT. Little, Brown Co.
50. NAMED BY W. B. MCCORMICK.
ALSACE-LORRAINE: PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE. BY COLEMAN PHILLIP
SON. Z. P. Dutton & Co. So. NAMED
By GEORGE GORDON.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-02

such plans as they deemed wise for
the holding OF d show that would
be a credit to the dealers of this city
and an honor to Richmond
The executive committee having in
charge all matters of arrangement for
the 1918 show Is composed of:
John f. Finney, vice president Of
the Kaehler Motor Company. Inc; w.
Ashby Jones. Jr., president af the
Jones Motor Company. Inc; James A,
Kline, general manager OF the Kline
Car corporation. and Robert r. Kaeh-
Ter, president OF the Kaehler Motor
Company. Inc.
The inauguration and conduct OF an
autom obile show entails O wide scope
of activities, and other committees will
be appointed, covering finance. good
roads, legislative, membership. traffic,
press. invitation and entertainments.
The newspapers OF the city have In =
dicsted their willingness to cooperate
to the fullest extent in giving publicity
to the show.
One can get some idea OF the variety
of entertainment to be offered the
public when the program is consulted,
and IL i~ found that an evening will
be devoted to Rotary Club Night"
another 10 Military Night" Society
Night" Chamber of Commerce Night"
and Dealers Night"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-02

The Virginia legislature Will be in
session and the invitation committee
plans TO arrange for the members Of
the Legislature to attend in body
at time to be agreed upon.
The decorations viii be very elabo-
rate. carload OF material having al
ready been shipped from Chicago
The electric lighting Will be partIcu'
larry attractive. necessitating the in
stallation OF special facilities for the
thousands OF lights that will fill the
improvised sky" that viii cover the
entire show space In the Regimental
armory.
City officials and business men will
lend their aid TO the automobile deal
ers I'm the endeavor to conduct an au-
tomobiie show that will reflect credit
on ali associated with the enterprise.
The administrative board having
granted permission for the use OF the
First Regismental armory. and the
dates having been fixed for the week
commencing January 81. the commit
tee is now actively working out the
many details for perfecting& the show
Henry b. MARKS. general mana ger
OF the show. has opened Offices in Muir
phys Hotel annex, with entrance on
r ghth street, where Information will
be cheerfully given to all who make
inquiries
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-02

If the old saying. - good beginning
makes a good ending" proves true
with reference to the secoTS annual
Richmond Automobile Dealers show.
the men who compose the special
committee for the dealers association
having in charge the arrangements for
the 1918 show will be the recipients
Of many congratulations on Saturday
night, January 26.
For some months the automobile
dealers OF this city have talked OF and
conferred about the advisabiiity OF
holding an automobile show early in
the new year. aud when the dealers
association at n recent banquet at
Murphy's hotel made their plans for
the years activities. President Ftnney
made an inspiring address on business
conditions of the automobile industry
and was followed by several dealers
who made suggestions for the enlarg-
ing of plans for the years activities.
When the matter of holding an auto
mobile show was brought to the at
tention Of the dealers, It soon became
apparent that the members of the as
ISOLATION were not only willing, but
anxious, for another show. IL wRs
voted that II held, the show should
he on alarEer scale than heretofore,
and a special committee was appoint
ed to promptly initiate and develop
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-02
REAL BUSINESS Of
YEAR BEGINS TODAY
Yesterday Business Houses We're
Closed Taking Inventories for
Food Survey.

a The real business of the new year
begins today, all Richmond having
i taken holiday on New Years day in
accordance with time-honored Gus
tom.
All public Offices were closed. tight.
! while business houses generally were
likewits out of business for the day.
All stores dealing in foodstuffs were
closed for the purpose of taking an
account of stock In response to the
call OF the government for a nation
wide food inventory.
Questionnaires have been sent to
every dealer in foodstuffs and to
every manufacturer thereof, as well
as to all hotels, restaurants, commits
sAries of industrial concerns, schools
and similar institutions having stock
of food on hand of the value OF $3.50
or more. All those who have failed
to receive these ques.!onasiras are re-
quested to Communicate with B. c.
Moomaw, Jr.. at the division of mar
kets who has been made the Rich
mof,d agent for the national food
survey, which liz being made under
the auspices OF the federal bureau of
markets.
In order 10 prepare themselves to
have their reports In the hands or
the proper government officials Rich
mond dealers yesterday closed their
! stores and put In the day making the
required inventory.
This morning several thousand
thrifty Richmonders will cash divi-
dend checks sent out by the numerous
financial and Industrial and trans-
portatton concerns doing business here
and today the state treasury Will send
out $4,000 interest on the public
debt and disburse probably si5o,o00
for salaries and appropriations.
The business Interests enter the
new year of Richmond with unquali-
ded confidence in the city's future
II has led all American cities the past
year In the promptness and hberality
Of It's responses To the governments
sAlis for financial cooperation. It's
banking institutions were never better
supplied with money. its credit was
never higher, it's Industries have ali
che work they can do, and its manu-
SAcfuring and johbing trade have just
broken al, records In the total value
u their transactions.