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PAGE TWO n, THE POPULATION 3M Government Co-operation is Asked Solving Great Problem Which |S§v Has Arisen Over the pje War. Artiata Are Taken Care of and Given a Good, Substantial Meal*for Ten Cents in Famous Gardens. £By Henry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent. PARIS, April 24. (By mail to New York.)—Government co-operation ir. BOlving the great problem of repopu JPS luting France when the war is over was today asked by the national al liance for the increase of the Frene.i population. For a number of years past this society has been hardlat work on the question of bringing^ France's birth rate up above its mortality. With the possibility of France losing, fn the present war, at least 1,000.000 of the very flower of her manhood, the alliance has redoubled its efforts. It has Just submitted to the govern- WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT A Physician's Advice. "Indigestion and practically all right ts^sSAyvviife ^fY0'r •-. In LARGE FAMILIES NAMED HAVE GOOD HEALTH Take Hood's Sarsaparillat the Old Reliable Sprlnp Tonic. Don't let the idea that you m-y feel better in a day or two prevent you from getting a bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla today .from any drug store and starting atlonce on the road to health and strength. When your blood its impure and im poverished it lacks vitality, your di gestion is imperfect, your appetite is poor, and all the functions of your body are impaired. Hood's Sacsaparilla is a wonderrul blood tonic. It will build you up /juicker than any other medicine. It gives strength to do and power to endure. It is tbe old standard tried and true all-the-year-round as the majority of their male children. One brother alone, Maurice Blanc, haa eighteen- sons scattered about at the front M. Foret, a farmerfat Rigny-sur-Aar roux has all nine of his sons under the colors and all three of his sons in-law. Joseph Bonnet, a wood-worker at NeuilJy-stti^Seine. and who himself was wounded in the Franco-Prussian war in 1S7& has ten sons with the army. Nine are on the firing line but the tenth has been*assigned to-other serv ice. ment a long list of French families THe world who have all the way from half a]P*iais Royal dozen to a dozen and a half children disposal of the hnndr»os of at the front. It is urged that govern- .artists whom the wy has reduced mental recognition be given to these jttoe wge starrmwa. .. families to such an extent as' to serve At a Male r«tMra^^ pavtlton jn as a permanent atcoangemott to tk«|ti» cemt£T at the .saniena. future to the raising of large. fiMnfli^] Cardinal mchelfeoin beared this action will as a mere patriotic dntv. 'dszing the succeeding two centuries One of the meet interestingidiscoT-fwltMSsed m. tbe gay^t ^ncs:ands large have been jasc as cfceese, rice, cakes, ^ae. coffee, been tires aaUteiy disproved. allowing Is a list of aone of As fuaiHn viddk the aflhace has sake! the C«»" "sum to reeogaixe: artists tn tbe face, thefa- Profeseor Cbariae RiefceC swsaber SnaCy taken «p with the sovran**®1 «fc. iww of ejgM Inr the cbfldrerf of Henri Bcwfthe*..a|||J cbMraa. of whom in sons as w«H vice pmisidawt of th«Cf*tr-*l ane lalss az» sen It ills tbeidtfosi ef Pecoratlre Arts. Tne inin-, eolon (istcr at arts placed tbe gardens or Tbe late Aifred 4e FSorOkv wba hi tbe royal ptface at h*i diapoeai and u» liinr a •ember oC tbe to-fthere At tbe Ma« W«1 yavflncsi tne oi riamr. tbe pwniwt'tf cet iwtoatat has }met beetsopee-j^,, with tbe amy as are also tbe hes-jfhe atotei of Bse arts aad oaef y^jn he abandoned. baada of am foar of tbe ilaigbters. 'representative of fte sakm TRUTH MAY forms of stomach trouble are. nine of the incident received at the state times out of ten, due to acidity there- department from Consul Liscoe at fore stomach sufferers should, when- Rotterdam today. ever possible, avoid eating food that' Inasmuch as it is understood the is acid in its nature or which chemical action in the stomach de-, their areoplanes with representations velops acidity. Unfortunately, such a of the Iron cross and none of the rule eliminates most foods which are other belligerents' air craft are pleasant to the taste as well as those known to have similar markings. It which are rich in blood, flesh and was considered an important piece of nerve building properties. This is the evidence had been secured. reason why dyspeptics and stomach sufferers are usually so thin, ema ciated and lacking in that vital energy which can only con« from a well fed body. For the benefit of those suffer ers who have been obliged to exclude from their diet all starchy, sweet ov fatty food, and are trying to keep ui) a miserable existence on gluten pro-' ducts, I would suggest that you ahonld try a meal of any food or roods which you may like, in moderate amount, taking immediately afterwards a tea spoonful of bisurated macnesia in a little hot or cold water. This will neu tralize any acid which may be pres ent, or which may be formed, and in stead of the usual Teelinir of uneasi ness and fullness, you will find that your food agrees with you perfectly. Bisurated magnesia is doubtless tlie best food corrective and antacid known. It has no direct action on the stomach but by neutralizing the acidity of the food contents, and thus removing the source of the acid irri tation which inflames th,- delicate stomach lining, it does more than could possibly be done by any drug or medicine. As a physician. 1 be- WAR BABIES Juarez. Mexico. or is merely and true aii-iu«v«.-» blood arles that they remain in their homes- them a total of seventy-five children. So far tbe alliance has not been able to get the complete figures on this family, bat it is known that all six of the brothers are under arms as we "ok nnrHWand enrfcher tonic and appe- until the present situation develops !Quincy Uzef xothiS el" acts like it for The Japanese leflatlon deelIn«s to for has Jorlty of the cabinet favored tf,e simply add to the th. eries made by the alliance in -prepar-:oi Frenci ooort Ufe. th® ^sta ''-'.work. rfj^fdlfied tog the liEt of families that have ctw-'iMresfberiSiiieat idceaM a he«L The today to have a"1* tributed the most sons to the present: mess at litis price wilttinclude Ueto( ito permit the continuation of coal ex defense of the -patrie" is thew(fce«f wttfc nnshreavs. newpotatoe3 U1® of tbe Hi »di mj ef Moral «L power to close establishments that are He bad Con aaas «ad famr\ T*e ftrst loeal served was p^itaaen dan9erous to workers, will be finally daagbtera. AH toscr at the soaa are so* not ody by ahoet 10® arwslMt by no —. a PMtrul I fnom any {jutlrjes (rTTCr|t kOf'Frencn Two of tbe soas base been woaJel artists, the Bailoual aoeiety of flne cmd. aad are back as tbe front. jarta, the autumn sakm. and me natioo Of tbe "i— sons «f Professor Ca- lal school and union of decorative arts. BiHe Jordan, also at th« hwillsif etgbt are with the colors. 'Henri Bocflhet. who immnou iue )crew has been landed at Kinsale. AS sevea of tbe sou of General deftaarsnt. wfflt do aH of the cooMng ana Castelnaa west to tbe front eeeept tbe:servtiig free to the artists unol the: TRAWLER SUNK. yoaugest. who is a mere scho«a hoy I war e«da. Tbe 19 cents they pay if GRIMSBY, England, May 6.—The yet- Three have been killed. expected to be sufficient to boy the Side by side with these families cf .raw flood. German submarine. _T_ xrVDo TTMTftW "TntaUeetBals" are listed those otj Dollar Day, May 8 The Stratton was held up by the I PltxAtvIH A"""" UHIUJI worklngmen who have znade equal if not greater eontrfholloas to the na- fc,V VT? dv vv/tuni! nesday and her crew was taken on 1 tton's defensec HJSVtJS. DX* ripe for secession and sovereignty of: put into their own life boat and tum their own. ed adrift to be picked up by a Hartle- Crosses on Aeroplanes. WASHINGTON? May C.—The aero-| plane which bombarded the American: steamship Cashing off the Dutch! coast had three crosses painted on: its under side, according to a report The report contained no other new facts. Dollar Day, May 8 pool trawler. TO BE ADOPTED foreshadows what is coming is Eng land. "The war babie to be adopted will be those whose acothers are una hie to support there. Tli^ee w:!l izxla!«? many young girls who have h*sen wronged by those not caring tr as sume responsibility. The situation is probably not exaggerated, but wheth pr It is or not it i^ painfully known world-wide that surh a situation real ly exists and that it mnrt b* drsalt with. This intend to do." Mrs. Pankhnrst said that on J-jue 8 she will unfold the detail» of her plan to the British public and wf!l then ask for financial and moral trap port. She said that she will appeal to America and oth^r neutral ro'in triep for aid so tHat the work can zo forward without delay. Th? number lieve in the use pf medicine whenever!0' babies to be cared for initially win necessary, but I must admit that I' depend on the public aid received cannot see the sense of dosing an in- ^ifs. Pankhnrst expect* to come to flamed and irritated stomach with drugs instead of getting rid of the acid—the causa of all the trouble. Get a little bisurated magnesia from Wil kinson & Co., or any druggist, eat what you want at your next meal, take some of the bisurated magnesia the t'nited States next winter to !»c ture and personally enlist American aid. Dollar Day, May 8 Slaughter Located in Mexico. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] DENVER. Colo., May 6.—Whether •s ,«1^cted above, and see if I'm not Connie C. Slaughter is actually under arrest cm his father's ranch near' und®r surveilance pending arrival of extra dition papers could not be stated by the local federal authorities today. They Intimated that the difficulties with the various factions in Mexico might complicate extradition, although the officers were certain that finally Slaughter would be returned here to face indictments for looting the Mer chants' National bank at Pueblo. Dollar Day, May 8 JAPAN (Continued from pace 1.1 are freely expressed here. Neverthe- drs. but serious outbreaks will follow been delivered. President Yuan n.mfiMn caller yeaterday. A. C. Ruckdeechrt of lonjj was! Shi Kai and the cabinet held a conference today, but nothing made public. It Is understood thst while a ma- the Japanese demands, the minority nation's Japanese troops »re Dollar Day, May 8 ENGLiAND (Continued from pa£e any place other than British posses sions and'the allied countries. It is jnfl of porta 431 mon among the intellectual classes of Bflwn. the coona^ as amen? the poorer. Tfcej OfaHtte classes, oorapations and THE LIQUOR QUESTION. idea that any ope class for 'tcueuak* preleasieaa hard hit by the war tear lq^qon, May 6-—The cabinet to reasons has restricted mn tikaa as- iuro suffered lima Tl '11 'day discussed at some length various other the rasing of Isrse haa azsd scaUptora. Vot a tbem ^a*' proposed modifications of the Lloyd srti pfctere or a statae siaoe the war Hquor bill. The bill in its, 'egaa. W» star-ration aetsaBystarlne fore« e'®* many colleriea and that thous- of miners will be ^rown out of to the Scandinavian countries and to South America. 1 original form Is admittedly dead. The T.ATE THE DAILY GATE CITY lng a new less, the capital remains quiet. Up to |orB doing the painting and putting had a very Pleasant time. th present there have been no. disor- the bOBt te oppoaiticn of the Irish members killed AVPTQTVT) A a OpV xhe5P contention that Ireland had ARKEallilJ A part in the making of munitions, she a(so waa not benefitins prosperity that certain In were receiving, was an argu- that the government could not answer. ft is ^jeved that a compromise which will Blve and SCHOONER SUNK. LONDON. May 6.—The BrltUh schooner Earl of Latham has been Children and ofter tor^d'^d 'off the ""lr£h"eo£t Her i^fJ'y t«wi Ttooflhet. who founded the res-, ZZ ,• irin.*i. (later proceeded to Benin. trawier gtratton has been sufrtc by a aubmarine in the North sea on Wed- ^—*7 board the German craft The sea! The most startling of these is tVoottoned from page L) cocks were opened to sink the vessel,! h« Local Cloarmakers family by the name of Blanc living at! but after waiting four hours the rsalnt Paul, near Brian-les-baina. in republicanism as well as hostility to1 patience of the German submarine Upper Savoy. There six brothers, all the existinsr northern regime under commander became exhausted and hej *,-{netv Keokuk union men were of whom were married, bad among president Tuan Shi Kai was said to 1 fired eight shots Into her hull with *eats I have developed rapidly of late, were his deck gun. Later on the crew were I gmov__ ^4^,, I •itlimf A# A S tkaia I laoaA With Tommy Atkins. [Copyright 1915 by the United Press.l by Germans have lately been decorating vided into two parts. You spend the JTXVri mj-iv -co first part. IT you're arn,3r it happr- fCoatiBt'fl froci l.i can show yon a young EkigHsh officer who probabl* wears a monocle in Piccadilly and who never loses bit well bred expression of being bored, even while he's showing you over the zreat hath bouse and laundry which h» started some months ago. "WeH. here's tbe bar of tricks,** he ia?«. an he waves his riding stick Former Iowa the government that the proposed high tax nd oor men who got no ehaace to bathe' during tbe early part of the war. Sca» of them went three months without bathtne. Tre **t two of their shirts called up te picture frames wh!eh onrht to be presented to the 7 rtti«t missum. It isn't tte dirt so mnrh tbe little animals, what? W*I7. wf. took tMe Jolly old place and t».'red it into a cl-3ggl«if hooae for the rally "we" Is really this Lo-don 'feap. "Had to work with what we r/wM find here." he (tpUu. "W» are bathtsg a thomma* soldiers here every day. It takes a soldier aa hour to go tlirs«A the a»d he comes out vitk Ms vxtWnrm cterflteed and with bis soc*». shirt aad n4cr wear all dean taH fr*rt aad darned."! "Ho* do jrm Vis dotte* washed tnA dried so aoomT" "Oh. yov see, te duesst ®st feist own va4enm*m* tfrtt •itM Hamilton Gate City should Japan Invade China. The gov-( Holdfodt of Chicago, is a Ham-, A. W. OHarra of Carthage waa in ernment has suggested to the mission. uton business Sin^sThLthe same formula or say whether any further attend*• j. sorreil of South Peoria, was a to Hamilton that are due to Mr. nothing else has the same ingredients. Be sure to ask Hood's insist on hawing it. say been made to reopen the neg«tk: business caller yesterday. or whether the Japanese ultimatum Shields of Hamilton, I1L, May 6. Will Sohm, of Quincy. was in! Iowa, was a business caller yesterday. Hamilton yesterday on business. We hoar there ta another enterprise \V W Pinkerton of Davenport, has going to locate in Hamilton. Wo been in Hamilton for two days on seem to be on the map in big letters, business. IBS caller today. AJfred Maggard were poeition that to do tomorrow will get that." __ Justice Andrews' ruling followed CTeatdist&nce i« tne war. -ii una £l^«.r£nci: ject as the remarkable new convales real resistance.,^ hoaplta,8 In rl^ed and not have mounted cannon at Tainan. In in Shantung^ without any opposition being made by the Chinese troops there. there Bloomington, He gets a BOme soidier layout nAftition that to 10 SO Will tfot •hat'1 I .TiidHaa the war rone, which are nothing more or less than rest hospitals for wounded or sick ••The Follies" is a real theatre In a were soldiers excused from shooting and fighting lust because they could sing and dance and make otner sol diers forget themselves. The night I saw "The Follies," there were Londoners around me who en joyed the show as heartily apparently as if it had been given in a music hall in London. The song hit of the night was this: "Hear the military bands a playing, 'Rule Brittania and God Save the King But for the fellows in the trenches Thinking of their wenches, There's one song only, When they're sad and lonely, And that's little Johnny Morgan On his old mouth organ, Playing "Home Sweet Home'." YOUNG WAS Dollar Day, May 8 Senator Held for Several Hours, But was Allowed to Go. [United Press Leased Wire Service.! LONDON, ,. May Advicea from Vienna say that former U. S. Senator Lafayette Young of Iowa, and a com panion, were arrested at Innnsbruck. Austria, on Tuesday on suspicion of espionage. Young was held for sev eral hours, but when his Identity was established he was released with apologies. His companion was detain ed for some time afterward,- but even waa released. Young to Ber,,n near the of tbe [Copyrighted in Great Britain.! HEADQUAR riottS OF THE BRIT-. were several selections by the {Jparmaikera quartette. April 20.—fBy mall to New York.)— Dollar Day. May 8 A week with the British army, is dl- 8» «rxn 7. is ai- im I N HTW an America*?. learning that quietness and an ah sence of fuss doesn't mean lneffl- ciency: yoa spend the second half fn observing demonstrations of one hun-, dred percent efficiency. It is not only in the brilliant ends of war. like flying and fighting that fB^ ln the .. It was stated that his companion had been suspected of being a spy and that it was because of this that Young was arrested. -Dollar Day, May HOSTS AT SMOKER M._ Eniov Entertaln- ment by Local Cigarmakers Union Last Night. the cigarm&kers' union at a at zm-kfc''- ""e more Geo Rayburn. of Neosho. Mo.. was day now than have been for years, registered at Hotel Granite yesterday. Mrs. Clara R. Titus of Keokuk gave The new submarine boat is receiv- a luncheon to sixteen of her friends at coat of paint. The stockhold- the Hotel Granite yeaterday. They flne shape. They expect) Miss Joy Walker of Carthage was ready for action by Sunday. registered at Hotel Granite yesterday, strangers here every tOD, y®"*erday and D. R. Evans of i^erested In our town as in Hamilton yesterday on much or:more than any one in the °n business. Mr. «™«t "any things O'Harra having an interest in oar was a town, D. P. Ooffman of Lincoln, m., Muscatine.'a business caller yeaterday. lay-out that was left said Attorney Ivins. eliciting the col- yesterday he leaves, onel's broadest smile, with a full here and some soldier that view of his teeth and no resentment. A troubles., British army efficiency extends vigorous effort of Roosevelt's law- If Japan takes control of China ty nhysiciology. In a town not ajyers to get in the evidence of Albany force, the government will be safe,: from the bath house is conditions. but if she Is granted the right to dom- ••Follies." It's a theatre. The lawyers contended that Roose inate China's affairs, a revolution is, object certain. ..J hind tho trench line forget all about, with corruption and that they should The best troops In the army ane a» jt has exactly the same ob-jbe allowed to prove that Roosevelt sembled here, but these are not in! shape to make any They are short of ammunition every sort of supplies. cures" Tor tired or nerve-strained men ===aB9 ti«1vawo is to make the soldier be-|velt's alleged libel charged Barnes was told Barnes was a party to al leged Albany graft, by having "ma chine" workers employed in gambling houses. That the libel statement referred solely to state and not local corrup tion, was Justice Andrew's decision. fair sized town. It's a soldiers' show.! He said any facts Roosevelt had of The six men who make up the troupe local Albany affaira were immaterial. The ruling shut out a vast quantity of testimony. Dollar Day, May 8 To Send Hospital Unit. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, May 6.—A complete hos pital unit, to be known as the Chicago corps will be Chicago's contribution to the British army it.was learned to day. At the request of the British Var de partment, Dr. John B. Murphy is organising the corps to consist of thirty-two Chicago doctors, and seven ty-four nurses. It is expected to be ready to sail in five or six weeks, its active head when it leaves American will be Dr. James M. Neff, an associate of Dr. Murphy. Volunteers are in excess of the re quirements, Dr. Murphy said today. Dollar Day, May 8 Big Tax Returns. [United Press Leased Wire Servlee.1 CHICAGO, May 6.—The Common wealth Sdison Co., has personal holdings in Illinois to the value of $31,000,000, it developed today when tax schedules were returned to the assessor. An increase of 12,000,000 Is shown over last year. The Marshall Field estate sched uled $14,500,000. •Dollar Day, May 8— THE WEATHER For Keokuk and vicinity: Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with prob ably showers. Friday fair. For Iowa: Partly cloudy tonight. Cooler east and central portions. Frost in west portion tonight. Fri day fair. For Missouri: Showers tonight. Cooler north and west portions. Fri day partly cloudy, probably preceded by showerg extreme southeast portion. Weather Conditions. The weather is unsettled east of the Rockies, with depressions central in western Texas, the central moun tain region, and in the upper Missis sippi valley. last night. Tb. smoker was given 1 rainfall was heaviest at Denver, where for the purpose of boosting Keokuk- it has changed to snow this morning, made cigars. The event was a veryj It Is somewhat warmer east of the successful one and proved very en- Missouri river, and an area of high joyable. There were short informal pressure, moving from the north into [By Wm G. ahepherg. United Press maA* by a number of those I Montana is causing freezing tempera Staff Correspondent.] pre8ent_ ON WITNESS STAND Boo#eveIt Apain Occiapies the Front Seat, But Only for a Few Moments. There have been showers from the the union hall here plains to the central valleys, and the I 1 ». Refreshments were served ture in the northern mountain and p. c,eddes. United Press Suff you see remarkable results attained gy~RACU8R, N. Y.. May 6.—Legal it In the common, every dar affairs Correspondent.] Barnes-Roosevelt libel keeping trial were raised today against testl mony of alleged vice and graft ln Al bany. Justice Andrews excluded sucb evidence desired by the Roose velt side. Tbe ruling was regarded as a serious setback for the defense. The ruling preceded a five minute appearance of the colonel on the wit ness stand. His farewell experience as a witness was perfunctory, cut short by declination of Barnes' law- aero** the entrance of tho red brl^k to cross examine him. building. "I don't care to have anvthing fur -Tc-j see there waa as awfol let of to do with Colonel Roosevelt." /*U evening. Music plains states, the temperature falling was furnished by the local band and to 28 at Denver last night. Conditions indicate partly cloudy weather, and cooler with possibly showers for this section tonight, fol- lowed by fair weather Friday. River Bulletin... Flood Stage. Stage. Change St. Paul 14 6.0 x0.4 I .a Crosse 12 6.5 0.0 Dubuque ...18 8.5 -0.2 Davenport 15 6.8 -0.2 Keokuk 14 7.2 0.0 St. Louis 20 Not received The river will remain nearly sta tionary, or fall slightly from Daven port to Keokuk during the next forty eight hours. 1 Local Observations. May. Bar. Ther. Wind Wth'r 5 7 p. m. 29.78 65 S Pt.Cl'dy 6 7 a. m. 29.77 65 SB Lt. rain Mean temperature 5th, 57. Highest, 69. I.owest, 45. Lowest last night, 55. FRED Z. GOSEWTSCH, Observer. Key, Orphswm Tonight. United wmm WW* tou.city —Idwira. Orain Review. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, May 6.—After an open ing bulge in prices, wheat today weakened. The opening advance was due to firm cables. Later prices were sharply lower on the prospects for more record breaking crops this year. News of Kansas prospects was a prime factor of the bear side. There was very little doing in the corn market. Prioes were unchanged up to at opening. Later, when wheat went down, corn prioes fol lowed suit. The oats opening was quiw and a shade easier. With the downward trend In other cereals, oats prices al so went noticeably lower later. Provisions opened with. slight but the increased receipts soon showed its effect In sharply lower prices. -f. CHICAGO, 111., May 6.- WHKAT- CORN— OATS— Close. Open. High. Low. Close. 160% May 161% 161% 159:% 160% July 134% 134% 132% 133% Sep. 124% 134% 132% 123% 76.14 May 76* 76% 70%- 76.14 July 79% 79% 78% 78% 80Vfc 80% 79% .^79% May 54% 54% 54% 64% July 54% 54% 53% 53% Sep 47% 4T% 46% 46% PORK— May ..... 17.90 July 18.22 18.32 18.13 18.32 18.65 18.72 18.55 18.72 LARD— May 10.07 July 10.30 10.30 10.20 10.22 Sep 10.55 10.55 10.45 10.47 RIBS— 10.40 10.42 10.40 10.42 10.75 10.77 10.67 10.75 11.02 11.02 10.95 11.03 Chicago Cash Grain CHICAGO. May 6.—Wheat—N"o. 2 red, $1.59%@1.60 No. 3 red, $1.59 No. 2 hard, $1.59^01.60% No. 3 hard, $1.58%@1.59%. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 77% 078c: No. 3 yellow, 77%@77*c: No. 2 white. 78@78%c No. S white, 77%c No. mixed, 77%®78c No. 3 mixed, 770. 77%c No. 4 mixed, 76%077%c No. 5 mixed, 76%c No. 6 mixed, 74%0 76Vic spring, 72@73%c. Oats—No. 3 white, 54%055c No. 4 white, 54054%c standard, 56%056c. I Peoria Grain. PEORIA, 111.. May 6.—Corn—Mar ket %01c lower. No. 3 yellow, 77c No. 3 mixed, 77c No. 6 mixed, 74%c. Oats—Market unchanged. %c lower. No. 2 white, 55c No, 8 white, 54%0 64%c. ago CHICAGO. Ill nominal. Barley, 76079c..'. May 5.—Rye, No. 2, Timothy, $5.5007.00 Clover, $8^0*3.00. Chicago Live Stock. [United Press Leased Wlre Service.] CHICAGO, May 6.—The hog market olosed slow at the opening prices. The estimated receipts for tomorrow were 18.000. The cattle market alsscd slow and steady, with $8.90 asURPfop. The sheep market closed strong with $8.40 the top tor sheep and $10.50 for lambs. Chicago Live Stock. CHICAGO, May 6.—'Hog receipts 21,000 market slow, steaddy. 5c low er.* Mixed and butchers, $7.2507.65 good heavy, $7.40@7.«0: rough heavy, i$6.95@7.10 light. $7.35@7.75 pigs. $5.25@G.35. Cattle market steady. 10025c higher. Receipts 3,500 beeves, $6.50 @8.90 cows and heifers, $3.00@8.40 Texans. $5.75@6.80 calves, $6.50@ 9.25. Sheep receipts 6,000 market steady. Native, $7.40@8.25 western, $7.40@8.40 lambs, $8.00^10^0 western, ^S.OO^IO.SO. St. Louis Live Stock. EAST ST. LOUTS, May 6.—Cattle receipts 1.000 market steady. Texas receipts 150 native beef steers, $7.50 @8.50 yearling steers and heifers, $8.00 09.30 cows, $8.00®7.25 stock ers and feeders, $6.00 @7.76 calves, $8.00@i6.00 Texas steers, $5.25 8.00 cows and heifers, $4.00@6.00. Hog receipts 6,000 market steady. Good to heavy. $7.60@7.76 rough, |7.65@7.70 light, $7.00 ©7.25 bulk. $7.4007.75 pigs, *6.2507.50. Sheep receipts 3.000 market steady. Bwes, $9.50010.75 sheared yearlings, $7.0007.75. Kansas City Live Stock. KANSAS CITY. May 6.—Cattle re ceipts 1,500 market steady, strong. Steers, $6.7509.15: cows and heifers, $4.0009.15 stockerg and feeders, $6.5008.00 calves. $6.00010.25. Hog receipts 5,000 market steady, 5c lower. Bulk, $7.3007.40 heavy, $7.3007.40: medium, $7.3007.45 light. $7.8007.46. Sheep receipts 3.000 market steady. Lambs, $8.50010.40 ewes, $6.7508.25 wethers, $6.0008.75. Omaha Live Stock. OMAHA, May 6.—Cattle receipts 3.300 market strong, 10c higher. Steers. $8.0008.50 cows and heifers, $6.6008.00 stackers and feeders, $7.5008.00 calves. $7.2501000 bulls and stags, $5.0006.75. Hog receipts 12,000 market 5010c lower. Balk. $7.150 7.25 top. $7.35. Sheep receipts 7,000 market 150 25c higher. Yearlings, $9.0009.35 wethers, $8.2508.75: lambs, $10,000 10.36 ewes, $7.7508.50. _. ...'raf.. 1 4i. •Vx:. "Chicago Produce* CHICAOO, May 6 —Butter—Bxtrias, 28c firsts, 25A26HC: dairy extras, 26c: dairy firsts, 23024^0. B*gs—Firsts. 18H018%c ordinary firsts, 17H0.17KC. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915 LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS Cheese—Twins, 15%016%c Youne Americas,. 15%016%c. Live' poultry—Fowls, 16c: ducks I 12013c geese, 8010c turkeys, 12c Potatoes—Receipts, 37 cars Wig. consin whites, 31040c reds, 30@35C Michigan whites, 31040c reds, 30@ 35c new potatoes, Florida Hastings No. 1, $5.35 per hbl. No. 2, $4.25 per bbl. Frnlt—Apples, $2.60©4.25 per hbl. lemons, $2.00 02.75 box oranges, $1.00 03.00 box strawberries, $3.00 per 21 New York Produce. NHJW YORK, May 6.—Flour market quiet, firm. Pork market quiet. Mess, $19.00® 19.50. Lard market easy. Middle west •pot, $9.95010.05. Sugar, raw. market firm. Centrifa. gal test, $4.70 Muscavado 89 test, $8.93. Sugar, refined, market quiet. Cut loaf, $6.90 crushed. $6.80 powdered. $6.10 granulated. $6.00@6.05. Coffee Rio No. 7 on spot, 7%c. .fm1 Tallow market easy. City, 6% country, 6%06%c special, 6%c. Hay market firm. Prime, $1.15 No. 3, 960,-11.00 clover, 9O0$1.O7%. Dressed- poultry market' steady. Chickens, 15021%c turkeys, 14@ 21c fowls, 13%018%c ducks, ll@ 22c. Live poultry market fairly active. Geese, 9c ducks, 120246 fowls, 17%c turkeys, 11012c roosters, 10011c chickens, broilers, ,3$043c. Cheese market steady. State milk common to special. 14%017%c fall skims, 30S skims, common to spe cials, 9013%c. Butter market firm, steady. Cream* ery extras, 31c dairy tuba, 23@30c imitation creamery firsts, 21% @2214c. Egg marked firm. Receipts 50,181. Nearby white fancy, 23023%c near by mixed fancy. 2O021%c fresh, 19% 022%c. New York Money Market, NEW YORK, 'May 6.—Money call, 2 percent. oa Six months, 2% 02% percent. Mercantile paper, 3% percent. Bar silver London, 23 9-16d. Bar silver New York. 6O0. Demand sterling, $4.79%. 8t. Louis Hay. ST. LOUIS, May 5.—Market steady receipts at St. Louis, 9 cars at East St Louis, 14 cars. Choice timothy, $21.50 No. 1 timothy. $19.00 021.00 No. 2 timothy, 417.50019.00 No. 3 timothy, $16.00017.00. stock Markst Notes, II [United Press Leased Wire Service.], NEW YORK. May The stock market opened strong with big rail ways and industrials to points higher, Bethlehem Steel was up one point, Reading and Union Paciflo %. 1 Despite strong bear pressure, the market held firm during the first hour with Bethlehem Steel advancing five points on 100 per cdnt stock di vidend rumor. Southern Pacific ad vanced one And a quarter points. The market showed increased strength around noon although the volume of tffcding was comparatively light. War rumors circulated in the {street did not depress prices, trad ers general 1» ignoring them. y. Kan«a* Wheat Crop. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] HARPER, Kan., May 6.—Kansas is getting ready for the biggest pros perity parat® of all. The big proces sion will start about one month ftom next Mon day, morning and will feature principally big self binders and head ers which will parade around tha great wheat fields ln this section,-'-fol lowed by an army of harvest hands. From Wellington to Medicine Lodg?. seventy-five miles, is one great wfieat field. Sumner, Harper and Bar boa counties have 55o,00o acres to cut and that Is just a small part of the Kan sas wheat belt The wheat stand3 high and strong and has a dark green color that makes the termer begin to enlarge his bins and consult the family about how the money will be spent. There is only one doubt about the crop—will it beat last year's bumper crop? Official estimates do not indi cate that it will, but the final count may be another story. Little damage has been caused by the hessian fly. Horse snd Mule Market. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 5.—Horses While there was a fairly good demand for southerners, this trade was not on the basis the eastern selling was, as buyers from the Atlantic seaboard states were in for all the material suitable to them available. Good east ern chunks and drafters were ths money-bringing kinds and prices drift ed to a level which was evidently higher than these kinds have sold this year. While there was a ripping good trade in the ring, this selling was not on the basis that war-horse selling was. Buyers representing foreign na tions on the market continued to call for their usual heavy sup-plies of the suitable kinds. Large offerings of these types were disposed of ana prices on all these were higher than on any other kinds. Southern horses $ 60j1i8 Kastern horses 12501" Extra good heavy eastern drafters 185021" Army horses Il5(fi1f5 Mules—Buyers detaand all quality and plenty of It, and ane not willing to pay prices that look right for theW when they do acquire the material. The usual snmmer dullness has ap parently set in and there is no sign of betterment at present. Cotton mules $ 25011® Cotton mules, 14V4 hands... 10001" Good ordinary, 15 hand mules 1800189 Good quality mules, 15H hands 15001®® Extra good quality, well- ... built mules 18562»