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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,

CHICAGO, April 15.--Corn rose today
10 the highest prices yet this season
for May delivery. Continued wet
weather was the chief reason. Open
ing prices. which ranged from hc off
10 Nc advance, with May il6O1l.H,
and July ii.bah u Le4. we're followed b,
moderate setbacks all around.
Later, the market rallied temporarily
owing 10 Indications that excessive
moisture was damaging the quality OF
corn shipments. The close nsverfhe-
less, was weak, y to itc not lower
with May 81 san to Si5sN and July
1i52x 10 Si.ba%.
= Oats, like corn. reflected by only .
transient advance tho builish Influence
OF widespread rains After opening NC
TO Sdnc higher. with July shn
6xc. the market underwent general
saG.
High price records were again brok-
en- In provisions.
subsequently,, advances Hn general
ware more than wiped out. a. a result
" realizing by holders.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
MAY FOURTH TO BE
EMPLOYMENT SUNDAY

Churches throughout the country
will cooperate with the United States
government employment service IN
finding work for discharged soldiers
by observing May 4 as employment
Sunday While the Ministerial Al
lance here has no, taken any defi-
mite actien on the movement. il is un-
derstood that many Of the ministers
Of the city will cooperate with the
government, replacement work in this
way, according to Rev. {. R. Hair
field presidrnt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. April 10 HOGS receipts
- 900 strong. mostly lOc higher Top
5000: bulk $40 'ou 206j, heavy $50 51d
20 20. medium $50 I5u ?0.7o. iigh, 1850
d2o,5j, pigs s0Ul9.ln, CATTLE.
receipts . 900. strong: calves slow
heavy steers 81 6ju 80 10: Hight so. u
nlst0. butcher cows an dhelfers 81
Gfi550 Gamers ieoou lois; calves
81 o0uijij stocker, $50 a 10 90.
SHEEP receipts 1000; higher Lambs
N7.s51 % 10; Gull. 81, o0uliS me.
dium ewes il2OOn 1850. oulIs 5000
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
You Can Trade In
Other Securities.

Torrcy & Company are specialists
ln Automotiye Stocks and Bonds, but
We handle other securities S well.
Our business in the New York and
other markets is large and growing.
Ii YOU have investments In other
Preferred Stocks or Bonds which
Weld less than percent. or IL they
DO not give YOU the very great profit
which is offered you by the Common
Stock OF this Truck Corporation, we
shall he glad to quote you the market
price on your present securities and.
il YOU desire. sell them for YOU,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
COTT TON
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. April E A ria,
of ~ to II points In the first half hnuL
of trading today was the iesponse Il.
the cotton market to tho political ucg3
~ over night Census bureau figures
on consumption were even more unfty-
ofnbl- than expected but had no lnflu.
rurc against values
Improved spot accounts and reports
m more rain In portions ~ the central
h'lt Kept the advance going At noon
prices were go to ~ points up
Spot cotton steady. Quotations re-.
vi-"d middllng unchanged Sales on the
spot NJ; 10 arrive IOIC Low mid
ding 2l2ic mlddinR 20 1ic. good mid.
lllng 41.iJc. Receipts J,gsl, stock i2s..
$40
shorts covered IN volume and NJ !
O'Clock tho trading months were al a
net advance ~ o. to 6g points
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
HOME CAMPAIGN TO
BE DISCUSSED TODAY

The six months campaign 10 build
1000 homes in Oklahoma City will be
discussed at a meeting of the cam
pagn subcommittee Of the Chamber
OF Commerce industrial development
committee this afternoon. At this
meeting the advisabii,y OF placing the
movement before the city commission.
the central trades and labor council
and other civic organizations will be
considered, The plan was originated
in meeting Of representatives of the
building trades. held in the chamber
last night.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
Assets.

The Truck COMPANY has splendid
property OF ~ acres within ~ miles
Of New York City. Its fifteen build
ngs are the last word in modern con
>,ruc,ion. The assets directly behind
the Preferred Stock We offer you are
vastly greater than the outstanding
preferred. Its facilities. buildings, ma
chinery and equipment are all com
plc,c and are ready for an increase OF
output TO FOUR TIMES the present
output
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
Type of Truck.

he company manufacturers one
and one hall ton truck, and record,
show that 70 percent of ALL merchant
users and ~ percent of ALL farmers
rcquire this type Of truck In addition
the company manufactures a power
iul. sturdy. shor, coupled chaSSi,
which pulls two.wheeled bodies OF
hire, and one half and five ton ca.
paciy Thus /, serves EVERY need
Of industry. which is the why the vol
ume Of available orders is so great
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
A Few Examples.


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>." IN N"'N o. me '"i'''e'' NO.
t1r company grew 90 S'Gpb "o.s
and esu.d Sg207 ,l.t dividend, la
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ur Ger COMPANY ,lo"0 stock srea
., SuOp ogck m f. OF K
YEARS and m addition the rumpar
n,,I c.tr J..deni, which have mot
been made rublic. In the llup Motor
car comp,ny 500 stock grew ru
even wear, - $4,000 .'o,k ard
,-ncd sag 10 ra,h dividend,
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

MADRID. April ls-(Havas)-In
official circles here i, is believed that
the new cabine, TO be formed by An.
tonic Maura will be a liberal consoli-
dation, with the supper, of the former
premier, Romanones. The Marquis
de Alhuecemas.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
Motor Truck Profits.

In the Federal MOTOR Truck
company $1,000 stock grew in sN
years to $4,000 stock and earned
lO cash dividends. What the
automobile concerns did in the way
Of large earnings the successful Mo
tor Truck companies are JUST BE
GINNING TO DO.
The war has revolutionized the use
OF Motor Trucks and the movement OF
freight raw materials and merchandise.
Every one knows that Motor Trucks
won the war, that their wonderful
mobility, strength, lasting qualities
and great carrying capacity enabled
rs to arm, equip and maintain over
three million men with unheard OF
speed. and that the armies and peo-
pies o. all Europe learned the need
and value OF Motor Trucks Just as
We learned it, What few Of the gen
eral public know is tha, the vast, but
exactly tabulated records OF war use
show that horse or mule CON
SUMES twenty-five per cent as
much as il PRODUCES A standard
Motor Truck consumes LESS than
ONE PER CENT a, much as !, pro-
duces, and this consumption includes
operation, maintenance. repairs and
replacements. Moreover. the life Of
Motor Truck working at full ca
pacity every day is twice as long as
the life OF horse or mule working
at full capacity every day, During
the war horses working at maximum
capacity for ten consecutive days
were often killed BY the strain OF
those ten days
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

OUTSIDE LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH.

PORT WORTH Texas Npul - -
CATTLE receipts iouu. steady Bocvcs
tNslOlis noes receipts 3bOn
rterdy 80 ln' higher. heavy $50 nOU
% 2a SHEEP receipts I 600. slow aud
,,cnd'. lambs tlG uOuiaio
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
KANSAS CITY CASH DRAIN.

KANSAS CITY, April ib,--wHEAr:
ss;h sTse'S,.d s. sc to Fs;, NJ So s.S
ssinssesSsHssa si'ssSasss! Y No. Whit. Ina; No S !
yellow Si.sioiss, OATS unchanged
10 lower: No, . white 7ibc; No. Z
P,1sd PHst ,1oHe7ie' No. red 7oe''c
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
How You Get the
Common Stock.

Every purchaser of two
shares of Preferred Stock
which is sold at its par value
Of $1,000 is entitled to buy
one share of Common Stock
for $1.OO.
Thus $4,000 buys six shares
of Preferred and three shares
of Common.
Sl05.OO buys ten shares Of
Preferred and five shares Of
Common.
$504.00 buys 48 shares Of
Preferred and "a shares of
Common.
$l,008.OO buys 96 shares Of
Preferred and 48 shares Of
Common.
You can buy on the Partial
Payment Plan if you prefer.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, April i5.-CORN 40 I
yellow thJji isu ssh OATS standard
6sa n 70sc, RYE: No. ii.6sisUl.7?n
BARLEY: sl03dl,ij.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
NEW YORK COFFEE.

NEW YORK. hpril - -COFFEE No
Z Rio ls'lc, futures steady, May 10 o2c.
July Il UsC
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times over.

By all the rules which govern sound
investments your money is SAFE in
the Preferred Stock. The Common
Stock may do for you what Billy
Groves common stock did for him.
Billy Grove was clerk in the
Downey House, Lansing, Mich. In
1904 he put ST 900 in the original issue
of REQ Motor stock. Today his for
tune is counted at $4,000, There are
many like Billy Grove who enjoy in
comes of thousands of dollars every
year from the COMMON STOCK of
automobile concerns which cost them
but few hundred.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
CATTLE RECEIPTS.
co TO 5000 HEAD.
Directs 10 Packers Swell
Receipts Here,
RECEIPT SroDAY.

CATTLE several hundred head NJ
cattle hillod directly 10 packers helped
considerably TO swell the receipts h"ro
today Tho mnrhot continues active
snd steady The early top price for
steers VAS 81 H. these going to tho
packers The bulk ~ tho steers sold
for from 81 10 SIS Tho butcher mar.
bet Va. hctive this mOrning. 81 being
Tho top price for n"lfer- aud ~ the top
price for cows Tho stOckor and feeder
ma.ket was steady
Closing anotst,ons.
Prices ~ tho various grades ~ uhtilc
o.. approximately ns follows
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

These are the securities Of an estab-
lished, very successful and rapidly
growing Motor Truck Company whose
sales are expanding every week. Its
net earnings for LAST year we're very
considerably more than the amount of
the dividend on the Preferred Stock.
The NEW BUSINESS offered would
earn the Preferred Dividend many
times over.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
ST LOUIS

ST IOIlS. Nprl POULTRY.
hens 30'g, ypIugS 1Sr. others nm
changed BUTTER and EGGS un.
changed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

lONDgN. Apr,l IS \ Copcu.
hagen dispatch 10 ,le Exchange Iclc.
~ lph company says that the ACh,ulr.
Hat, md the Abcndblltt oi Berlin
pfur icporls rcc,iyed from travellers
10 the ciicc, tha, communists At Bu-
dapeN have executed Ar.hduke
Joseph. Dr. Alexander WekerIe. for
mcr premier, and Baron Joseph
SNcprcnyl. minister Of commerce
The report, the dispatch says ia, not
been confirmed
Nfcldukc Joseph NJ Austria. J.. d son
oi Archdukc Joseph Charles lou,, and
va, born At Alc,uIl on Nugu,t9. l%2.
lie received technical education a.
the University oi Budapest and later
became commander n the Seventh
corp, II the Aus,ro Hungarian army
During the war he was M command
oi the southern section NJ the eastern
Jatilc front II va, reported ou April
II that he and hl, son Archdukc lo.
Seph Francis. had taken the oath to
submit uucondltlonally 10 the Hunga
ridn national council which was vet up
after the fall OF the government led
hy Count Michael karolyi
DR. Alexander Wckcflc ha, ior 'hc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS CITY. April ij-HoGs re-
ceip,s 10000 steady TO higher Bulk
t2o 100 20 ~. henv,eS S20.e0T2l00; me
dIum go 3on Is. lights tie.0oa 20 So;
pigs Slso0ul925. CATTLE: receipts
10 900. steady. 10 weak. Heavy steers
,Ii 5Oifi9 so. ligh. Si0b0T 1915: butcher
cows and hsifsrs $500 1850. canners
N75a6tO. calves $40 $50 1900; stockors
s. sou 90 SHEEP: receipts 1900;
steady. Lambs iids0dls.bo, oulls
SI3.25uisj0, medium ewes l2.2bU
IS %, breeding ewes eioBulT75,
KANSAS CITY, April iS.--In accord
with the steadily increasing price OF
hogs, III head, averaging a27 pounds
each, sold for s2l 90 per hundred weight
on the local market today This II n
Jump OF 30c over yesterdays high mark,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

In our opinion there Is no security
offered in the market today which
combines TO give YOU the opportunity
OF sound, sure. safe investment Of
Your money in high grade 8 per-
cent Preferred Stock with a record Of
earnings and dividends behind it, and
at the same time the opportunity Of
making fortune, as Billy Grove did,
from the enormous expansion OF an
industry due to world changes which
never CAN occur again in our life
lime
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
NEW YORK SUGAR.

sew YORK, April IS SUGAR, raw.
steady, Centrifugal I2sc. fine granu-
lated . 0Or
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

II is an opportunity for
you to make sound,
safe investment in a dividend
paying Preferred Stock, yield
ing eight per cent per year.
But WITH the preferred
stock goes COMMON stock,
which means a full share in
the PROFITS.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

Now that the war 10
over the whole world has
walked up to the impera-
tive need Of Motor Trucks.
Europe has never learned
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

HOGS The hog market was st"ndN
this morning with a top price ~ $50 30
Tor several loads, Most Of tho silca
wrrS FOR from $40 81 10 $50 % The
Sucker market, was steady. mo~t of
the sales beng made for from tls TO
80
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CiTy. April lb.-C0RN
close. May ti.5oS; July NNN. Sept,
sLt1k Oi.l7A.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15

Keep your Liberty Bonds: They are the
safest investment in the world. And sub
scribe ALL YOU CAN to the Victory Loan
Cut out this coupon and mail to US.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-15
Do YOU want to make $500 grow into
$4,000, as many others HAVE done?

quantity production of
automobiles or trucks.
South America, Africa and
Asia are not machinery
manufacturing countries.
A america is the Motor
Truck builder for the
World.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16
ARE YOU USING
 THE CORRECT KIND?
lNew York Tnbunel

Are you using the correct kind of chair at your work? For. according to the Scientific American. d correctly de- signed seat requires that the feet. thighs and seat be comfortably sup ported, and that the back be in a proper position for the particular work on hand. Judged by this standard. the article continues, most Of the types Of chairs used in factories are entirely un- suited for the work done.
 A recent survey on chairs brings out the following requirements for hy- gieniC chair nd foot rest for industrial workers First Of all it will be ad- unstable in height. Other necessary considerations of the ideal chair follow.
 "The back consists of one slightly curved and rounded bar set between the posts at a height 10 nt into tho small of the back. Tho height Of this bar is adjustable The space below this bar is left open in order that the opcr- ator may be able Co sit well back in the chair. The angle of the back posts was made adjustable in order that it might be adapted Go various kinds Of work.
 The seat has a high front portion and Is curved so as to fit. as nearly as possible, the under side Of the thigh. The advantage of this is that the thigh is well supported throughout it's entire
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16
MOTHER IF JUDGE
 JOSEPH H. K|BbEY
 DIES IN 86TH YEAR

Mrs. Caroline Cunningham Kibbey passed quietly away last night at 10 o'clock at the home of her son, Judge Joseph H. Kibbey. after an illness of two days. Mrs. Kibbey was born in 1884 and was therefore in her eighty fifth year. She was married in 1862 to John r. Kibbey, for many years judge of the Wayne county, Indiana bench and who died in 1908.
 Judge Kibbey was for many years the law partner of Oliver P. Morton. the famous war governor of Indiana and afterward United States senator from that state.
 Mrs. Kibbey leaves five children, Judge Kibbey of this city being the eldest. The only other son, Captain Frank Kibbey, is in charge of the sol diers' home near Fort Leavenworth. Mrs. kibbey was a woman of the highest education and marveously re- tained her faculties to the last. She was woman of the sweetest character and was beloved of all who knew her. For the last ten years she had been spending the part of the year in Phoenix
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16

length. and the tendency Of the raised front of the seat is to keep the body well back in the seat and in an upright position. This throws th~ pelvis as close to the back of the chair as possible
 prevents sliding forward and distrib- utes the weight of the body between tte thighs and the seat. The front edge Of the seat is rounded in order to pre- vent pressure on nerves and blood vessels.
 Chairs should be of such a height that the feet can be firmly planted on | floor or foot rest. They should never he allowed to dangle. With this idea in mind the foot rest was designed. At all points the feet are comfortably and solidly supported There is no tendency for them to slide down the slope. and thus call for an effort to keep them in place. A foot rest of this type has the | advantage Of allowing the legs to be stretched out or drawn in at will. This frequent change of position adds to the comfort and lessens the fatigue of the
 worker. The curve of the foot rest is an arc of circle. the center of which
 is the knee. This is approximately the true locus of the feet in all positions. and seems to be close enough to thai
 locus for all practical purposes"
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16

fore a pleasure to report to New Eng land and points in all outstanding di- reactions that the first big idea has struck home with a thud at a camp which it is needless, and might be rather reckless. to mention.
 The 319th infantry. which is located somewhere in America for the nonce, was started. .testerday by a suggestion from Joe Matthal. long a private in the
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16

regular army, but who has just been appointed a rsgeon officer in the 319th.
 He is in charge of the dispatching of information by the use of pigeons. Unto him, within five minutes after his appointment, came the great idea Why not cross pigeons with parrots,
 so that when they had a message to
 deliver they could repeat it orally in full?
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16

Joe N"tthai has been quieted and camp physicians report his pulse again normal
 During the evening a picked squad called at the ! geon Coop and heard that until yesterday Joe had never made suggestion of the kind since the fall of 1906. At that time while eating a portion of shad ~t the Presidio he suddenly decided that if a shad was
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16

crossed with jelly fish it would pro- duce boneless- shad. The experiment took six weeks. at thy end of which time the only development was a jelly fish full of bones. At the time, ac- cording to the new pigeon officer he swore off suggestitg. The pigeons have cured him permanently, he believes.
 Use The Republican Classified Pages
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16
Give Studio Recital

MT. and Mrs. Romeo Prick enter tained their pupils and the faculty of the Arizona School of Music at a stu dio recital Thursday evening. An in teresting program of vocal numbers was given by members of the class, after which refreshments were served and social hour was enjoyed by all.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16

It makes no difference what your wants may be you can have them sup piled by using and reading The Repub- lican Classified Pages-Arizona's Lead ing Advertising Medium.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16
WOULD CROSS CARRIER
 PIGEON WITH PARROT

From the day of Americas entrance into the war it was conceded in New England that Yankee ingenuity would win the world struggle It is there
Arizona republican., 1919-02-16

This is a new photograph of Miss Mary Archer Glass, the younger daughter of Secretary of the Treas ury and Mrs. Carter Glass. It is ex- pected that Miss Mary will make her debut some time before spring.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29

ance as war correspondents, and this
second trial did not last quite as long
as the other one.
Maggie Wade, the defendant
twenty minutes previously testified
against Mrs. Hawkins, the new de-
PENDANT, with gusto. Maudie Wade
one of the entente against the Hawk
ms family, and in the fight at the
start, also testified effectively.
1t was 1880 o'clock last evening
before Mrs. Hawkins told her "wn
version of her defense on the stanu,
lit being that she was merely rescu-
ing her daughter from the two Wade
girls.
This closed the long dual trial, ex-
cept for the arguments of Attorney
lSprowls, and the city attorney, both
of which were short.
Mrs. Hawkins had right to pro.
| tect her child" said Judge Nc
lNamara, "but there is question as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29

testifying, said he did not know the
nature of an oath, but later said he
knows perjury Is a crime, and his
evidence stood. Willie Small quail
fed at once as a witness.
Her own story of the battle was
told on the stand by the defendant,
Maggie Wade, rapidly and she said:
81 didn't use no loud language; I
did call her an old hen though"
When the court reached the case
against Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Wade
was the first witness to describe the
combat between the quartet of
femininity all over again, and one
after the other, about the same wit
nesses gave the same narratives as
when the Maggie Wade case was
being tried the previous hour.
The Combatants Earrate 1t.
They were not carried into as
much detail as on their first appear
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
Whole Neishborhood on Benches.


were a score or more or persons in
the court room waiting for the trial
to begin. Most of them were wit
nesses in the case which was to be
tried, and the friends of the. con-
tending parties sat on either side of
the room with their respective
forces.
Up to the time that the witnesses
were asked to retire from the court
room both groups Of them sat on the
hard old benches, laughed and
chatted gayly with their friends.
They all seemed to enjoy the
affair great deal and didn't care
how long they were kept in the
place. At o'clock, when one of the
woman witnesses was told she might
go home, she said:
'I'd rather wait until it's all over;
I'm Just wait for the bunch"
The court room was picture of
contentment, just before the case
was tried with the women arrayed
l. in afternoon gowns, street costumes
and kitchen aprons eagerly waiting
the chance to testify; the babies in
their mothers arms cooling in spite
of the heat; the half dozen little
boys over-alled and barefooted, dang.
ling their legs which wouldn't quite
touch the floor when they sat on the
benches, and the pretty little girls
with bright ribbons on their hair and
chewing gum in their mouths.