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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
WHOLESALE PRODUCE.

Wholesalers are paying the following
prices in indianapolis for eggs, poultry
and packing stock butter:
Eggs-Fresh, 40c doz.
Poultry-Fowls, &c. broilers, IA to
2 lbs, soc; cocks, 1Sc: old tom turkeys,
32c; young tom turkeys, IL lbs and up,
$50; young hen turkeys, lbs and up,
3Sc; Gull thin turkeys not wanted; ducks,
lbs up, 24c; ducks, under lbs, zoe
geese, 10 lbs up, zoe SQUADS, Ii lbs to
doz., $3.50.
Butter-Clean packing stock, 35c Id
fresh creamery butter, in prints, is sell
ing at wholesale at csc; in tubs, &c.
Butter Fat-Indianapolis buyers are
paying 69c ID.
Cheese WHOLESALE selling prices)-
Brick, 29030c Id; New York cream, 32c
Wisconsin full cream, sic; longhorns,
3S@34c; limburger, 38c.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
Lire Checks Make
New Low Record

NEW YORK, March 31.-Lire checks
made a new low record here today, open
ing at 20.72. off 10 confines. Demand
sterling opened at $3.seH, up &c; franc
checks, 1906. Off 16 confines: Belgian
cables, 1410, off 20; marks demand .0140,
and Canadian dollars, .91S.
Demand sterling closed at 3.S9%, up
Az francs checks 1857. up %; lire
checks 20.57, up 3; marks demand 0140,
and Canadian dollars. .922.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
LATE FINANCIA
NEWS


NEW YORK, March 31.-The
Sun financial review today said
Holiday atmosphere, accent
the announcement that the s
change would remain closed {
day, following Good Friday re-
vaded the securities market toI
the beginning. Trading was 4
1.-THE Use in Stutz Motor
with the same spirit as in the
or more. the price working abe
Cructble Steel made a gail
points by midday, The otH
were / to 2 points higher.
with the advance to II pei
call money in the last hour d
stocks began to recede.
1.-THE cotton and grain mari
strong"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
CLEVELAND PRODUCE.

CLEVELAND, March 81. - Butter
ira irsts, 6715@6Sc; hrsts. 661s &c
prints, 1c higher; second, 621a@63c
packing, S2G312c.
Eggs-Northern extras, 471ac; extra
firsts, 47c; northern frsts, new cases,
ASH G47c; old cases, 46c; southern and
western frsts, new cases, 44i9c; fresh
gathered extras, ISkc; frsts. 4512@4Ic
new and old cases, 45c; western drsts,
45c.
Poultry-Capon chicken, 45Q5oc per
pound; light fowls, 40Q41c; extras, 439
45c; BOOSTERS, 24c; springers, 4O@41c
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
Fancy Heavy Steers
Sell at 14c Pound

u. NJ. Hughes of Medoa, Ind, was at
the local stock yards with some fancy
fat steers.
Eighteen Of the best. weighing around
$50 pounds. sold al $14, and six, topping
the scales at the 400 mark, sold at $13.6O
Cattle were bought for New York
packe- and the sale was handled by
Gish, Carmichael & Co.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
COTTON SELLS
AT HIGH MARI
New Levels for Season Mad1
in Early Sales.

NEW YORK. March 31.-The cotton
market was firm at the opening today.
with first prices IL to 81 points highef
on active trade, Liverpool and specula-
tive buying.
New high levels for the season gEera
touched on all positions, either on Of
shortly after the start
At the end Of the first fifteen minutes
the list showed net gain of 80 to g
points.
Realizing sales for over the holidays
were well taken.
Cotton Opening-April offered, 4OcS
May, 39c; July, 3625c. October, 32-s0cs
December, 32.o2c; January, 31.45c; Feb
rusry, 31.40c.
LIVERPOOL, March 31-Spot cotton
quiet; prices easier. Sales, 1000 bales
American middling fair, 90. Sc; good mid
ding, 20. 63cffi full middling, 28.33c; mid
ding, 27.63c; low, 24.33c; good ordinary
21.13c- ordinary, 2013c. Futures wert
quiet
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
TOLEDO CLOSE.

TOLEDO. o., March 31.-Corn-No. 8
yellow. S1.66. Oats-No. white. 81.
Rye-No. . cash. S1.s4. Barley-No. 2
cash. SLIGO. Alsike-Cash, $3.50; April.
$3.50: May. $685.. Conversational and
March. s34 %; April. S32.50; October. S23 /:
December. $3.50. Timothy-1917 and 1918
cash. $3.50; 1918 cash. So; March and
April. Sc: May. $j95: September, 1920:
October and December. 500. Butter,
73c. Eggs. 47c. Hay, $40.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
New York Exchange
Closed for Two Days

NEW YORK, March 31.-The govern
ing committee of the New York Stock
Exchange this afternoon voted to grant
the petition of the members to close on
the exchange on yesterday Saturday,
April g.
This means that there will be no SEES
sion of the stock exchange after the close
Thursday, April 1, until Monday, April g.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
WAGON MARKET.

The following are the Indianapolis
prices Of hay and grain by the wagon
lOaN:
Eay-Loose timothy, $32635 a ton !;
mia ed, S31d32; clover. $324S3.
Corn-Si.65@1.70 a bushel.
Oats-95G9Tc a bushel.
Straw-Wh heat SS@9 ton; oats, $14d15.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO CASH.

CHICAGO, March 3.-Wheat-No. 8
hard winter, S2.57. Corn-No. mixed,
$685. No. ( mixed, S160@1.62; No. 2
white, S1.6S@1 CO. No. white, S1e415@
yellow, $167h@1 $50 No 8 yellow, $1.65
@166; No. yellow, $1611163. Oats
No. 2 white, 9811 999c; No white. 941s
496c; No. white, 94695c. Standard, Sic.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

Corn--No. white, l car; No. 3 white,
/ car; No. white cars No. yellow,
6 cars; No. mixed, l car; total. 23
cars.
Oats-No white, 10 cars. No. 3
white. cars: sample white, ! car; No.
mixed, j car; total. il cars.
Rye-No. I, 1 car.
Hay-No. / timothy, cars; standard
timothy, cars; No. / clover mixed, l
car; total, cars.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
GRAINS.
(Acme Evans c

Shelled corn. 2-bu sacks, bJ|
Shelled corn. small lots. bu.. |
Shelled corn. large lots, bu..
Oats. 3-bu sacks. bu.-....
Oats, bulk, large, bu..-..--j
Oats, less 100 bu. bu......
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
NEW YORK METAL.

NEW YORK, March chopper
Firm; spot, March and April. 1870 bid
May, 19c bid: June. 1DI5c bid; July, 1850
bid APRIL and May st S7oc obi bid speiteT". err
Firm; spot, S.5oc bid; April, May, June
and July, 6h@SAc.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
TODAY'S MARKET
NEWS IN BRIEF
NEW YORK. srocKs

Market opened higher with Stutz the
feature. Continued strong until after
noon, when all rate advanced to 10 per
cent. This induced some selling. Near
close rate jumped to IL per cent and
some pressure exerted, but not of broad
proportions. Market closed irregular.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
OATS ACREAGE GAINS.

Price Current says: Seeding new oats
crop progressing as rapidly as weather
conditions permit, indicationsl point to
fair increase in acreage Hog slaughter
tngs In the west $4,000, week Jago 655,-
0O0 year ago 650,OOO For season 1897,
900 year ago 2,Ss2, 200 last yeat."
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
HEAVY HOGS HIT
FOR SHARP LOSS
Cattle Steady, With Steers 25c
Up-Calves Steady.
RANGE OF hog PRICES.

Receipts, 1900; market light and me-
dunn hogs 15@25c lower; heavy, 5o@75c
lower.
Receipts were too liberal for the mar.
ket to absorb and prices broke lower
from the start
There were no urgent orders for heavy
hogs and this class Of porkers suffered
Hogs weighing from 100 to $50 pounds
were 15c lower from $50 to 2lt, pounds
Zoe lower, and over 275 pounds 5O@15c
lower.
The final schedule esta blished for 16o to
200 pound hogs was $3.50, 200 TO 225
$685., 225 to $50 $l610, $50 to 275 5000,
2T5 to 800 S15.25. 300 to $50 $l475, and
$50 I'D $14.50 down.
and pigs showed a weaker tendency at
$3.50 down, with fewer sales at the top
mark
Bulk of sales cleared at $15.75@16s5O,
with the top for few fancy light hogs
S16.65.
Receipts, 1900, market. steers 25c
higher, others steady. Activity charac-
terized the cattle market, with the pres
ence of outside orders, particularly for
good weight steers, which were strong
throughout at an average advance or
about 25c.
Leading local packer was not buying
heavy, account Of shortage Of refrigera-
tUE ears WHICH mas NOAACbbCA NONdAt4pha
at the packing plant.
Medium grade butcher cattle and good
cows aud heifers were steady and can
ners showed no decline.
Bulls were considered fully steady
Bunch os eighteen fat steers weighing
around $50 sold at S14, and six weigh
ing about / 400 cleared at $3.50.
Calves.
Receipts, 700; market steady.
Calf sales started Off strong. but soon
weakened, and finally settled on a level
about steady with Tuesday.
Choice veals sold at Si7@17.50, with a
good bunch of sales around the $3.50
mark at the start. but Sl7 was the bulk
top in later trading for good stun.
Good veals sold at Sl6M17, medium at
SE.50@14.50. light Sl0gi2. and the
heavy ST@10
Sheep.
Receipts, 400; market steady.
Some spring native lambs sold at &c,
few others at 1Gc, and some sheep at Sc,
fully steady TO strong. AZ compared to
prices prevailing all week.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
NEW YORK LIBERTY BoNDs

quotations.: First 3i5s, 07-0S; first Is,
9O5S; second is. $3.50: first 4As, $3.50 ;
second 4As, $3.50; third AIS, 9294
fourth 4As, S9.S4 Victory 3As, 1856
Victory 4%s, 9756.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
LIVE STOCK.

Indiana polis-Hogs, light and medium,
15@25c lower; heavy, 50075c lower; cat
tie, steers, 25c higher, others, steady !;
calves, steady; sheep, steady.
Chicago-NO market, account Of strike.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
WAGON WHEAT PRICES.

Indianapolis elevators and mills are
paying S2.45 for No. 1 wheat, S2,42 for
No. and S239 for No. 8. All other
grades according to quality.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

Seed potatoes are scarce and higher.
Car shortage is playing havoc with re-
ceipts, dealers assert. Ohios now quoted
at SIS and the Early Rose at $3.50. Price
on Cobblers depends upon receipts of tho
next few days. Seant supply in markeI
now dealers say
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
PRnYISInNS

Chicago Board of Trade-Pork, 30c
lower; lard, 10000, lower; ribs, 2S@30c
lower.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
INDIANAPOLIS CASH GRAIN.

Corn-Strong: No. 8 white. S167ia: No
white, Si.6l; No. 8 yellow. Si.6412G
16dl5; No yellow, Sl.6S@1.641s; No. 3
Oats-stronE: No. . white, $1o1A@
I.O3k: No 3 white, S1.0lAd1.O3A,
Hay-Firm; No. ! timothy, S34GS4.60;
No. Timothy, S334I33.50; light clover
mixed, S330 1870; No. l clover mixed,
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
GRAINS.

indianapolis Cash-Corn, strong, lose
higher; oats, strong, 1@2c higher.
Chicago Cash-Corn, 1@3c higher; oats,
1c higher.
Chicago Futures--Corn, 1@3c higher;
Toledo Cash-Corn, 215c higher; oats.
1c higher; rye, &c higher; barley, &c
higher.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
CHICAGO STOCKS.
(By Thomson & McKinnon's Wire
LOCAL HIDE MARKEr

Green Hides-No. i. 1Sc; No. 2 TIC.
Green Calves-No. /, 40c; No. 2, 3S11c.
HorsehiGes--No. l. $40; No. 2. 50. Cured
Hides-No. I. zoe: No. 2. 18c.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

Home grown green onions arrived In
the market. These were quoted at 25d
zoe dozen punches. Dealers predict =
crimp in sales of shallots If the home
grown continues to arrive.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
Today's Market Gossip

Report. from New York says that day
light saving puts q strain on money mar
ket by delaying settlements.
A leading interest in New York EXP
presses the opinion that per cent
money will prevail within week.
Minneapolis wires: Cash wheat, So
higher; corn, unchanged to &c highers
barley, &c higher oats. &c higher; rye
firm"
Number of holders Of United States
Steel common close of March dividend
and 7SO1S previous record year ago.
New York wire says that weakness In
rails is attributed to foreign liquidation
There has been some suggestion made
that we can expect liquidation Of Amer
lean securities as an aid to provide for
payment Of Anglo French bonds due in
october. This seems logical, as such
procedure would do away with the neces-
sity Of shipping gold TO provide.
Grain letter by early wire from CHI
cago says that considerable portion OF
yesterdays demand for cash corn was
for delivery on March contracts. One
hundred cars daily will supply the in
dustries. Chicken feed dealers are weII
supplied with kaffir and milo maize Any
lowering of cash corn prices will be re-
fected in the May and July.
Stock letter By wire from New York.
says: April is a period Of heavy die
tribution. The banks are called upon
distribute dividends and interest. Thi
money ordinarily flows back within
week or ten days, but in the interim vii
not cause ease in the money marke
The immediate market does not act
keeping with bull ideas. Special stock
continue their acrobatic features but b
yond confusing the public mind accom-
plish nothing for the general list VI
are inclined to think we have reach
the end of our spring rise; at least bt
factors seem to have spent their fore
Money is the main obstacle"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

Fresh shipment caulihower received.
Price holds steady at $2.75@3 crate. Con-
dition OF present shipment is better than
has been the case recently, dealers say.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

Tomatoes are in supply and demand Is
good, dealers state Fresh receipts ar
rived and were priced at $4.50@5 crate OF
six baskets, or 81 basket.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
On Commission Row
Car Florida celery received. Selling SOC
ate lower at $5.50@6.

California asparagus was an arrival.
Selling at 81 crate lower. Now quoted
at So for twelve punches or S5cG1 bunch.
Quality is good. dealers report.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31
Housewives Market

The following prices are the genera.
prices charged at the city msrket. OBJ
tanned by striking an average OF the
prices charged at various sfRnas.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

Report from New York says that day
light saving puts strain on money mar
ket by delaying settlements.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

The following prices are on nrst quai-
.ty No. / government inspected meats
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-31

A leading interest in New York ex-
presses the opinion that per cent
money will prevail within a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31

Great Britain Registered U S. Patent Ohce
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10
MAGIC IN GOLD AND HUM0R
How Happy Combination Of the Two
Put End to "Run" on Famous
English Bank.

4 story is told. with some reserya.
ton, by a London paper, concerning
the grandfather Of the well-known
Quaker peer. Lord Peckover The
story goes that, during a run on the
bank Of which he was a principal, at
one time known as that Of Quincy,
Birkheck. Peckover & Co. he exhibit
ed. within sight OF the counter, bags
fun of gold. surmounted by a peck
measure also filed with sOyerelgDs
You see" he explained to the de-
positors anxious to draw their bal
ances. that there Is enough money
for you all. and peck over" This Is
said to have terminated the run. Such
Is the magic OF gold. and Of humor'
One feels by no means certain that
stacks of flyers" would have achieved
the same happy result. Or to revert
10 the time OF George III, when the
sum OF twopence was represented oy
O solid two-ounce coin. would large
pile OF these weighty "cartwhees
have allayed the fears Of the snlal
depository mol Not even ware
houseful Christian Science Monitor
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10
One Car to "a Persons.

There is motor vehicle In the
United States for every "a persons
in Canada the proportion Is probably
one to each so; in England. one to
200; In Denmark, one to 800. and
In France. Belgium, Holland, Switzer-
land and Germany about one to every
400, says the Compressed Air Maya
zine, New York. In 1917 1t was esti.
mated that Italy had one car to each
1000 OF population: Portugal to each
1890. Spain to each 1900. Austria
Hungary, to each 2.650, and Russia
to each 5000. In Australia there was
one for each 40 of population, and
In South America, as whole. one for
each 1,430.
Many a minor city in the United
States has more cars than the whole
of China or Japan.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10
FEW SEE SECOND CENTURY
Not Many Claiming to De over One
Hundred Years OF Age Can
Prove II.

Sea serpents being out OF date, and
wild men" somewhat exhausted of
interest, there comes the recent story
of Kentucky man who celebrated the
131st anniversary of his birth by taking
his first motor car ride.
When report of this sort Is In
vestigated 1t usually is found to lack
proof.
Some years ago. at meeting of the
Actuarial Society of America, It's
president. John X. Gore. said: THE
well-known cases OF individuals com
monty believed to have lived a century
and a quarter and even much longer
have not In any instance been verb
fed"
There is usually temptation to exag
gerate the age of extremely old per-
sons; often they do II themselves. Not
very long ago man In England, inter
eSted in the study of human longevity.
offered 5000 to any man or woman
that be or she was 100 years old or
more. There were hundreds of claim
ants. but In no case was irrefragab
proof submitted.
In point Of longevity. women are far
ahead of men, generally speaking.
They are more resistant to diseases
and they live longer. And yet women
are called the weaker SEX" So they
are, musculariy. but II is manifest that
they are the stronger sex constitution
ally. They possess what biologists
term greater ''viability"--a superior
ability to survive.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10
MORGAN NOT ALWAYS HARD
Great Financier Proved He Had Kindly
Heart as Well as Keen
Business Mind.

There Is no better test Of mans
bigness than his way of handling sub
ordinates who make mistakes.
]. PIerpont Morgan. the elder, had a
clerk who. living beyond his means
sought to make up the balance through
speculation and. having failed. helped
himself to the firms money.
The culprit was called into Mr. Nor
gan's private office.
He expected arrest. Instead he was
told to go home and tell his wife all
about II. And tomorrow morning."
said Mr.. Morgan, "see me again."
The clerk obeyed. and Mr.. Morgan.
TO the young fellows amazement.
handed him in bills the full amount of
his peculation - So. 400 - with: "Put
that back where you took the other
from. II is a loan from me. and ex-
pect you to return II as soon as you
can. None of the other clerks know
anything about 1t. Let me see II You
can't be a man"
After many months the yOungster
restored TO Mr.. Morgan the last dollar
of the debt.
After counting the pile of bills on
his desk, TO which he had added those
just given him. Mr.. Morgan observed:
"Well. my boy, II was bit harder
saving 1t than losing II. I'll warrant.
Now take 1t home and give II to your
wife. It's a safe bet that she saved
most OF it."-Boston Post.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10

However the ordinary journalist may
have to curb his pen, the descriptive
reporter of football can still give rein
to his fancy and his rhetoric with little
fear of the sub-editorial blue pencil.
To him a match is usually a tour
ney," and the ball lends itself to such
varied description as "the leather"
the oval" "the globe" or even the
bounding sphere" If the players hail
from Sheffield they are "knifegrind-
ers;" from Northampton. "cobblers :"
from Luton, ''strawhatters :" from
Reading, "bisculters;" from Devon
shire, 'cider drinkers" and from West
Ham, hammers"
The swift runner is "twinklefooted,"
or has brilliant hoofs." II a player
is skillful In head play. he fuses the
Uranium with brilliant effect" or does
good brain-box work" If the ball
hits man on the nose, he receives
a smacker from the spheroid on his
proboscis"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10
Brother buttons Noble Work.

The American secretary for the Mis-
sion to Lepers estimates that there are
not fewer than 2.eoO.0Oo iepers in the
world, 5000 OF wf,m have been con-
verified to Christianity. Apropos of
this, the Hawaiian legislature has of
fered to pension Brother Joseph Dut-
ton. who succeeded Father Damien at
the leper settlement on Molokai.
Brother Dutton has not been off the
leper island for 33 years, and has spent
$4,000 of his own money TO relieve
the poor creatures among whom he
lives. But he refused the pension.
wishing no reward and expecting to
work on to the. era In the cause to
which he long ago devoted his life.
The world has heroes of when 1t rare
ly hears; and 1t cannot be otherwise
than that such self-sacrifice must win
a higher reward than governments or
the plaudits of peoples can confer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10
Hope Not All Abandoned.

Miss Threeyears was watching Tue
grizzly bear in his new cage to Inc
northwest OF the lion house. A "
Gently constructed chain OF bear anu
other animal cages there has addeo
immensely to the attraction OF inc
place.
Somebody threw the old grizzly
peanut, and then another. but Dom
nuts hit the bars and fell just OUTSIDE
the cage. The bear reached his pa"
through and tried TO scoop the tempt
ing nuts in, but his long, yellow claws
seemed to be In his way.
He had to use his claws as sort Oh
rake. and the spaces between 'ps
prongs OF his rake proved too "iue'
so the peanuts slipped through.
Miss Threeyears was most sympa,
thetic. The poor bear couldn't get MS
peanuts. But there was yet hope lug
keeper would be around shortly WIN
the bears dinner. and then
Maybe he can get It wifi a FORK OF
a 'poon," she said.-Washington SUIT
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10
MARKS RlCHELiEU'S TRIUMPH
Why Eleventh Day of November Is
Known in French History as
the "Day of Dupes."

Few people know that the whimsical
title, 1.-THE Day of Dupes" has been
given to the 18th of November. 1880
and that it was so named on the oc.
casion of the triumph of Cardinal Rich.
ellen over his enemies, who imagined
they had cast him to the ground. new.
er to rise again.
Marie de Medici had prevailed upon
her weakling son. Louis NH. to dis
miss him from office as prime minister.
and this scheming woman had no diff
Guilty in persuading the tickle and
weak-minded king to carry out her
wishes. and, furthermore, to raise to
that dignity Richeieu's mortal enemy.
the Marshal De Merillac
Richelieu was prevailed upon by his
friends to make one last effort to pre-
vent the ruin which seemed ready to
fall on him. With this view he pro-
ceeded to Versailles, then only a small
hunting lodge recently purchased by
Louis, where he had an interview with
his sovereign.
The result was that the king again
surrendered himself into the cardi-
nal's hands. and Richelieu succeeded
in binding the chains on Louis more
firmly than ever, establishing himself
with sway which was absolute He
did not fan 10 take vengeance on his
enemies, and among others the Mar
shall De Merrillac was brought to the
scaffold.