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fAUE EIGHT THE RICHMOND F &LLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, OCT. 14, 1918 MARKETS GRAIN QUOTATIONS CHICAGO GRAIN RANGE CHICAGO. Oct. 14 The range of futures on the Chicago Board of Trade follows: No trading Id wheat. Com Open High Low Close Nov Ill - 121 111 121 Dec. 109 120 109 118U Oats Nor 63 67 63 67 Dec 63 67 63 67 -Lard Oct 26.50 26.30 26.50 Nov 24.95 21.25 24.95 25.25 TOLEDO SEED PRICES. TOLEDO, Oct. 14 Cloverseed Prime, Oct. $23.25; Dec, 123.10; Feb., $23.10; Mar.. $23.00. Alsike: Prime, Oct., $18.05; Dec, $18.25; Mar., $18.55. Timothy: Prime cash, old and new, $4.95; Dec, $5.05; Mar., $5.25; Apr., $5.30. CHICAGO, Oct. 14 Corn No. 2 yellow $1.471.48; No. 3 yellow, $1.30 )1.35; No. 4 yellow $1.201.27. Oats No. 3 white 6669; Stand ard 6669. Pork, nominal. Itibbs, $2223. Lard $26.75. LIVE STOCK PRICES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Oct. 14. Hogs Receipts, 7,000; lower. Cattle Receipts, 1,200; lower. Calves Receipts, 450; strong. Sheep Receipts, 350; lower. Steers Prime corn fed steers 1,300 lbs. and up, $18.5019.00; good to choice steers, 1300 lbs. and up, $17.75 018.50; common to medium steers, 1300 lbs. and up, $17.0017.50; good to choice steers, 1.100 to 1,200 lbs., $16.0017.50; common to medium steers, 1100 to 1200 lbs., $15.00 16.00; good to choice steers, 900 to 1100 lbs., $15.0016.00; common to medium steers, 900 to 1000 lbs., $10.00 16.00; good to choice yearlings, J14.0016.00. Heifers and Cows Good to choice heifers, $9.75011.00; common to fair heifers, $6.50 8.25; good to choice cows, $8.50 10.00; fair to medium cows, 7.75(38.25; canners and cutters, $5.5007.50. Bmi and Ca1ve"-?ooil to rrlm port bulls. $9.5011.00; good to choice butcher bulls, $8.50 10.50; com nion to fair bulls, $7.00 S.25; common to best veal calves, $10.00 15.50; common to best heavy calves. $7.5011.50; stock calves. 250 to 450 pounds, $10.00011.50; lights. $16.1016.15. j guuu lo iuun.0 Suckers and Feeding Cattle (iooii to choice steers. 700 pounds End up. $11.00012.00: common to fair steers, under 700 pounds, $10.00011.00; good lo choice tteers, uncer 7ju pouuas. $11.00012.00; common to fair steers, under 700 pound3. $9.00010.50; med ium to good heifers, $8.50010.00; Medium to good feeding cows, $8,000 i'.f.o: springers, $8.0009.50. Hogs Best heavies, $18.10&18.50; medium and mixed. $18.00018.70; good to choice lights, $18.0018.20; common to medium lights, $18.00 18.10; roughs and packers, $16.00 16.75; light pigs, $15.0016.00; bulk of sales, $18.10 18.30; best pigs, $16.25017.00; common to choico, $16.30 16.75. Sheep and Lamas Good to choice yearlings, $11.00012.00; common to fair yearlings, $10.50012.75; good to choice sheep, $11.00; bucks, 10c choice sheep, $11.00011.50; bucks, 10C pounds. $9.00010.00; good to choice breeding ewes, $12.00016.00; good to choice spring lambs, $12.50 13.00; good to choice wool lambs, $16.00 19.00; rommon to medium lambs, 10.00012.25. CINCINNATI. Oct. 14 Hogs Re ceipts 7,300; market slow; packers and butchers $16.50017.75; common to choice $12016; pigs and fights, $13 16.50; stags. $1101450. Cattle Receipts 6.400; market dull; steers, $6.75016.00; heifers $6,530) 1,200; tows $610 50. Calves Market slow. $5016. Sheep Receipts 100; market steady $308.50. Lambs Market steady, $8 15.00. IT. S. BUREAU OK MARKETS, CHICAGO, Oct. 14 Hogs Rece'pts 26,000; market, generally steady with Saturday's average; lights, $17.60 1 18.45: rough, $16 2516.75; pigs, good to choice, $15.50015.60; butshers, $18.15018.50; packing, $16.75 18.00. Cattle Receipts 30,000; market opened slow on all classes, first sales about in line with Friday's decline. Calves, slow to lower. Sheep Receipts, 60,000; market very slow to open bidding unevenly lower on all classes. PITTSBURG. Pa., Oct. 14. Hogs Receipts, 6.500; market liwer; heavies, $18.40 18.50; heavy Yorkers. $17.90 18.10; light yorkers, $17.00017.25; pigs, $16.50017.00. Cattle Receipts. 2.900; market steady; steers, ..16.50017.00; heifers, ..9.50012.50; sows, $8.5010.50. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 3,300; market steady; top sheep, $11.50; top lambs, $17.00. Calves Receipts 1,000; market steady; top, $19. Oo. PRODUCE MARKET CHICAGO, Oct. 14 -Creamery firsts 610 57c. Eggs Recepts, 5,459 cases; market higher; firsts, 4850c; lowest 46c. Live Poultry Market higher; fowls, 2225c; springers, 26. Potatoes Receipts 70 cars; market steady; Minn, and Dak. bulk, $1.40 1.60; do sacks, $1.7501.85; Wis. bulk, $1.3501.50; do sacks, 17501.80. NEW YORK STOCK LIST. NEW YORK. Oct. 14 The closing American Can. 45 American Locomotive 65 American Beet Sugar 68 American Smelter 79 Anaconda 70 Atchison, 90)4 Bethlehem Steel, bid 73 Canadian Pacific 173 Chesapeake & Ohio 594 Great Northern Pfd 92 New York Central 75 Northern Pacific 92 Southern Pacific 90 Pennsylvania 44 U. S. Steel, Corn 109 LOCAL QUOTATIONS Paying Oats, 62c; ear corn, $1.65; rye. $1.40; straw, $7.50 a ton. Selling Cotton seed meal. $62.00 a ton, $3.25 a cwt.; tankage, $93.00 a ton, $4.75 a cwt; oil meal. $63.50 a ton, $3.25 a cwt FRUIT & VEGETABLES (Corrected Dally by Eggemeyefs) SELLING PRICE VEGETABLES. New cabbage, 5c pound; Chinese cabbage, 15c a pound; green beans, 20 cents pound; carrots, 5c per lb.; spring beets, 5c pound ; cauliflower, 20c pound; cucumbers, 15c; egg plants. 20 25c; leaf lettuce, 20c per pound, head lettuce, trimmed, 30c lb.; I untrimmed, 20 cent a pound; Bermuda onions, 5c pound, parsley, 5c a bunch; mangoes, 30 cents dozen; tomatoes, 10 cents pound, turnips, 5 cents pound; potatoes, 4 cents a pound or 60 cenls a peck. Corn, 30c doz; red finger pepers, 10c a doz.; red mangoes, 2 for 5c. MISCELLANEOUS. Eggs, 47c doz; butter, creamery, 58c pound; country, 45c pound. PRODUCE (Buying). Butter, 37c pound; eggs 40c doz.; old chickens, 15c pound; fry chickens, 22c pound. FRUITS. Peaches, 2 pounds for 25 cents; apples, ned, 10 cents pound; lem ons, 40c per dozen; bananas, 10c a pound; limes, 50c per dozen; oranges, 60c doz; California plums, 2 pounds, 25c; Honey Dew melons, 50c each; Malaga grapes, 2 lbs. 25c; home grown sugar pears, 10c pound; Cali fornia Bartlet pears, 15c pound; Rocky Ford cautelouDes, 2 tor 25c; Tip Top canteloupes, 2025c. grapes, 15c pound; Damson plums, 25c quart. Concord grapes, 45c basket; Tokay Indianapolis Representative Sales Hogs 11 22 55 41 310 124 173 204 $16.25 16.75 18.00 18.20 18.30 $ 6.50 7.00 11.00 12.50 $ 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.00 $ 6.00 7.25 8.00 10.00 $ 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.50 -- - j 03 047 Steers 375 683 723 1250 Heifers 775 770 625 905 Cows 733 943 990 1430 Bulls 1040 875 1040 1310 Calves . 130 235 137 140 $ 9.00 1 11.00 15.50 16.00 Brother of Richmond Woman Is Injured in Escape from Germans Mrs. Daniel Crawford, 200 Rich mond flVTlll(V ret 11 rnH loo, ;from New York city wh n visitpd her brother, Lieut. Albert McGvlon. who is critically ill in a military hos pital there. Lieut. McGylon was cap tured by the Germans while in action about four months ago and was so badly injured that his recovery is doubtful. He, with twenty other members of his company who were in Pershing's army, were captured by the Germans when the company was entirely sur rounded by the enemy. Eight of the men, including Lieut. McGylon got back to the American lines. Mrs. Crawford has been renupstpd I by the government to give no details or ner visit. She says that her broth er is badly disfigured and that his death is expected at most any time. She has four other brothers in the service, all of whom are West Point men, one brother of whom Is a major general now In France. The other three brothers are in camps in this country. BOARD TO CONSIDER TELEPHONE RATES Discussion of the proposed in crease in telephone rates will be held at the Board of Works meeting Thursday morning. All persons who are interested in the question are urged by members of the board to be present at the meeting. The Board of Works this morning heard the report of the telephone rates given by Byram Robbins. city attorney, and will act on it at the next meeting. 11 was aeciaea this mornins to award the contract for an oil and gasoline dispenser to be placed in front of Number 6 North Sixth street, to the Richmond Oil com pany. Superintendent James Dillon of the Municipal Light Plant was ordered by the Board of Works this morning to place an arc light at the corner of Ninth and North A streets. Save leaves from the shade and fruit trees. Never burn them. They are an excellent and cheap fertilizer for the garden. American Versatility is Shown at Shipyards Located in Texas BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 14. The versatility af Americans probably is no greater exemplified any where than in the ship yards of Beaumont and other gulf ports. The ships to help bridge the Atlantic are being built by crews made up largely of men who a year ago were bookkeepers, waiters, barbers, farmers, stockmen and profes - sional athletes. A boat every ten or fifteen days is the program here for the duration of the war. Hog island may not lay claim to pos sessing the only American shipyard located on a spot that a little more than a year ago was a swamp. Beau mont has already built and launched for the Emergency Fleet corporation half a dozen Ferris type wooden ships and has under construction many oth ers In yards evolved from lowlands that in pre-war days were but the j breeding places for mosquitoes. Beau mont has other yards in that have al ways been high and dry. In peace times the progress of ship building here and at other gulf coast points would make a story with ro mantic phases. As it is this great un dertaking has become a commonplace and the people of the city, which was noted as a center of oil production in the southwest, have adapted them selves as if they never had engaged in any other lines of industry. Four Large Shipyards. Before the demand for bottoms be came so urgent, there was one small plant engaged in building fishing and coastwise wooden vessels here. Now there are four large shipyards working on government contracts, and three smaller private building plants. When existing contracts are completed, Beau mont will have contributed 102,000 tons of Ferris type hulls, and will have equipped more than 400,000 tons of similar ships built elsewhere but made ready for sea here. Other tonnage will aggregate 50,000 to 60,000 tons. This does not, however, cover the expecta tion of additional government awards. The first of the larger plants to be established here grew out of the Ital ian government's desire to have ves sels built in the United States. Henry Piaggio, a wealthy lumber exporter of Gulfport, Miss., secured some of these foreign orders, and one of his yards was located here. Others are at Gulf port, Miss., Orange, Texas, and Pas scagoula, Miss. Piaggio built two 3,-000-ton, five-masted schooner rigged ships here, each with auxiliary power, which are now on the seas. Two smaller ships had already been launched and equipped by the How land & Nelson yard and the Tarver Shipbuilding plant. About this time the government went into the shipbuilding business, and when it was understood that southern pine was to be used for a portion of the wooden program, Beau mont became keenly interested, for Beaumont is in the center of what is known as the long-leaf yellow pine regin. Beaumont and Houston lum ber interests obtained contracts for Ferris type ships. This plant is known as the Beaumont Shipbuilding & Dry Dock company, and is controlled and managed by the Kirby-Benner-Link lumber interests, one of the largest manufacturers' of pine lumber in the south. They had one mill within a half mile of the new yard, and others scattered throughout east Texas. The little available river front land on the Beaumont side was quickly secured as the site for two more yards, oper ated by McBride & Law and J. N. Mc Cammon. Was Once Swamp Land. There was, however, a large tract of swamp land on the opposite side of the Neches, and a New York com pany, Duncan, Young & Company es tablished the Lone Star Shipbuilding plant. Each of the companies had contracts from the fleet corporation. None of them had ever built a ship. The ground had to be clearend of timber and jungle growth, filled in to prevent overflows, and graded. One superintendent came here from Health Conditions at Miami U. Improve OXFORD, O., Oct. 14 Miami Uni versity has thus far been unable to place its student-soldiers in barracks. The boys are scattered all over the village. A portion of the cots and blankets have arrived from the gov ernment, but although the mattresses were shipped on September 26, they have not arrived. Health conditions at Miami continue to improve. There are now only twenty-eight patients in the hospital, and only one in a serious condition. Many of those who went home to be sick are returning. The girls will not be called back until next week. In the meantime over two hundred S. A. T. C. boys are drilling two hours each day and are making good head way. Commercial Club Meeting Postponed The regular monthly meeting of the Commercial club will not be held on Monday night on account of the ban on public meetings. The two govern-j ment men who were scheduled to , speak before the meting on food con-j servation and government employ ment service, have been requested to postpone their addresses. t German Agents Try to Obstruct U. S. Trade (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct , .14. German agents seeking to obstruct the expan sion of American trade have taken advantage of the wide differences be tween trade mark laws of North and South America and thereby have forc ed American merchants to pay ruin ous prices for recognition of their wares in Latin-American countries. Thi3 charge is made in a statement issued today by the International high commission, announcing that progress is being made in ratification by American nations of the convention establishing two trade mark registra tion bureaus, one for North and Cen tral American and the West Indies republics and the other for Sbuth America. , the Hell Gate Bridge job and found that his company's land had practical ly nothing on it but trees, underbrush and water. That was in November, 1917. Eight months later that yard launched its first ship, and now has underway four others, almost com pleted, with contracts for an addition 1 al four. A boat every six weeks is the program here. Sixteen hulls built elsewhere are to be equipped with machinery at this plant. The same problem confronted an other large yard which has already launched two vessels, and has four more building, with eight more to come. . NO ARMISTICE Continued Frorr. Page One. tory to the lasting benefit of man kind." The paper shows anxiety over the question whether the allies really are in accord with President Wilson's peace principles, and whether they agree with the terms he fixed for an armistice. It continues: Formal Declaration. "We wish a formal declaration as to an armistice by Great Britain, France and Italy existed to place the matter beyond doubt It believes, however that there can not be any practical doubt on this point and thinks, in consideration of all circumstances that there seems to be no room for a posibility of a hitch between the allies. Such a hitch, it says, cannot arise, if the will of the democracies which are behind President Wilson, is respected. Skeptical of the declaration that the German" government represents the people, the Telegraph points out the fact that the German emperor ap points the chancellor, who names his own ministry. The paper is emphatic that the question of an armistice must be in the hands of Marshal Foch, but insists that one could not possibly be ! granted without adequate gurarantees for instance, the surrender of certain strategic points in Germany. More over, it says: "The British nation has the right to speak on this question by virtue cf its having borne the chief burdens of the war and played a preponderant part in it. ... The British fleet, according to the testimony of all foreign observers, including Admiral Sims, has been the absolutely indispensable foundation of our present victories. "We should be devoid of common feeling of justice and prudence if we do not demand as one of the guaran tees the surrender of Germany's sub marines and the dismantling cf her high seas fleet." Sword Must Decide. The Times regards Germany's ans wer as neither candid nor straightfor ward and says that Germany evades and attempts to confuse plain issues, adding: "The associated governments have not the slightest intention of accept ing mixed commissions to make ar rangements concerning an evacuation of allied territories. An armistice with the central powers can be reached only on condition analogous to those ac cepted by Bulgaria. The lesson for the associated peoples and govern ments is plain. It is to hold firmly to gether and support their armies on the field by keeping a united front at, home while President Wilson prepares that candid, straightforward reply which it is his avowed intention to make. We may rest assured that the government of the United States is as fully determined as the people of this country that Germany in her present humiliation shall abide by that arbitra ment of force to which four years ago she appealed in her presumptuous pride. The sword must decide. There is no other road to peace." Cambridge City, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Warren McClure of Richmond are the guests of Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Ohmit John E. Fray is visiting at Indianapolis Mrs. West and daughter, Mrs. Elam Bare foot and son. Max, from Cowan, Ind., are visiting Mrs. Barbara Barefoot and Mrs. John Dodson The little daugh ter of Walter Ingerman is seriously ill. Mrs Charles Bertsch was called to Washington, D. C. on account of the serious illness of her son, Captain Lawrence Bertsch, who passed away Sunday morning before his mother was able to reach his bedside Miss Bertie Lafever will leave next Tues day for Washington, D. C. to enter the war service as a nurse The local conscription board has received a call for six men taken from class one, men of June and August registration. They will entrain from Cambridge City, Oct. 15... Rev. Jones has been ap pointed one of the four minute speak ers of the county on war subjects David Wissler of Newcastle visited Mr. M. L. Young and family Sunday. Fifteen Registrants Go to Camp Tuesday Fifteen men are to be sent from Richmond to various military camps Tuesday. Eight go to Warsaw and six to Rolling Prarie, Ind. The fif teenth is William TIemeyer who is be ing sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to fill the place of one who was rejected. France Breaks Off Relations with Finns (By Associated Press) PARIS, Sunday, Oct. 13. France has broken off the semi-official diplo matic relations which have existed with Finland, it is officially announc ed. This action was taken because the Finnish diet having by a coup d' etat substituted a monarchy for a republic, called a German prince to the throne. French interests in Fin land will be in charge of consular agent at Helsingfors. SENATOR GIRARD DIES. PARIS, Ooc 14. Senator, Theodore Girard, minister of justice in the Bri and cabinet. Is dead as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident GASLESS SUNDAYS SLOW UP NEW YORK (By Associated Press) NEY YORK, Oct. 14. There Is no need to "watch you step" on Broad way thqse gasless Sunday nights. Without the steady flow of motor ve hicles that formerly kept the traffic squad as busy on the "day of rest" as any other, the asphalt seems all but deserted. j "'ansom, sir!" The once-familiar salutaiton, all but forgotten during a generation of auto mobile supremacy, smites the ear. The cabby has come Into his own again. Horses that had been demoted to com mon equine labor have been recalled to their former places between the curved shafts. Vehicles of the eighties and nineties two-wheeled and four wheeled have been resurrected from the dust and cobwebs of livery stables which once a week have taken on some of their ancient activity. Hansoms, coupes, barouches, and even a few victorias, shabby genteel In faded and time-worn upholstry, rattle over the pavements and line the crubs, to the delight of the old Knickerbock ers and to the amusement of the younger throngs who have never known the metropolis except in its present regime of horseless locomo tion. Between Thirty-third and Fifty-ninth streets last night, traffic policemen stood listlessly at their posts. Whistles that usually signal "Go" and "Stop" were stilled. Cabbies cut corners, and no imperious hand bade them halt. Pedestrians dodged diagonally across the street, and the bluecoats did not interfere. Traffic, without the automo bile, was not traffic in their eyes. An antiquated open barouch rum bled past light-flooded Times Square, its passengers a pair of majors whose rotund, khaki-clad figures bulged over the ends of its tiny seat. In closed cabs rode the inevitable couples man and maid. Millionaires were abroad, too, some of them enjoying the novel ty induced by the locking of garage doors upon luxurious limousines. From the outset the metropolis has complied in every particular with the Government request to conserve gaso line, and though many lines of activity have been curtailed, predictions of a "blue Sabbath" have not been ful filled. New York has been slowed up, but hardly sobered by the gasless Sundays. CZECH'S IN RUSSIA APPEAL TO ALLIES (Bv Associated Press.) VLADIVOSTOK, Sunday, Oct. 13. An appeal to the allies to avert the loss of Samara and Yekaterinburg as well as revive the morale of the Czecho-Slovak forces fighting in east ern Russia, has been received here at allied headquarters. The situation there is said to be serious. Czecho-Slovak units which have been fighting at Yekaterinburg, Kaz an, Simbirsk, Samara and Orenburg are imperiled, 120,000 Bolshevik troops, having joined the Germans In opposing the allied forces in that reg ion. News comes from Tcheliabinsk that the Czecho-Slovaks are losing heavily and retreating along the northern front. Ufa, which is one of the principal concentration points for Czecho-Slovak troops, is threatened and its loss would be well nigh fatal to theCzecho-Slovaks at Samara. Discouraging reports are received from Orenburg which has been sup posedly held by the Cossacks. Ger man activities in Astrrakhan indicate a movement by the enemy tnrougn Turkestan and the exploiting of vast quantities of cotton, wheat and min erals. Limited Number May Be Admitted to Billiard tables and the bowling alley of the Y. M. C. A. may be used again, it was announced today, but only a limited number will be admitted at a time since all precautions have been taken to keep the boys from congre gating in large groups, and the offi cials will continue to keep the strict ruling, stated Assistant Secretary Webb, Monday afternoon. CAMDEN, 0. A case of smallpox is reported in the home of John Mackey on Main street Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dormier and children returned Saturday to their home in Oklahoma after a visit here with Mrs. Dormeir's mother, Mrs. Eva Wall Solicitors at work in the "interest of the Camden Red Cross White Elephant sale to be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, are meeting with a generous response, and over $1,000 worth of live stock together with valu able merchandise, grain, provisions and other articles have already been subscribed. The Byrce Heating & Ventilating company of Toledo, are installing the heating plant in the new centralized high school building. FORCE FARMER TO BUY BONDS DECATUR, Ind., Oct. 14. Sam Bar ger, a wealthy farmer, was forced to buy his quota of $650 of Liberty bonds, here, by an angry mob. TWO DIE IN WRECK BALTIMORE, Oct. 14. Two men were killed, when a Pennsylvania train ran into the wreckage of two work trains that had collided, at Oak ington, Md., near here. MISS HARRIET BELL ILL Mrs. George Chrisman received word Monday that Miss Harriet Bell, a Red Cross nurse at Camp Lee, Va., is ill with Spanish influenza. Miss Bell wrote the letter and says she is not seriously ill. She is a graduate of Reld Memorial hospital and lived in Richmond for several years before leaving here this summer. NEW METHOD'S BETTER SHOES FOR LESS Second Floor Colonial Bldg Pershing Isn't Funny About His Food, Writes Cook (By Associated Press) ROCK ISLAND, III., Oct. 14. Fu ture historians fa compiling th story 'of the Great War may find space to devote a paragrapn to irancis vvaiKer, of Milan, III,,' a suburb of Rock Island. Young Walker has written his moth- ! er that he has been appointed chief cook in General Pershing's mess, and that the commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces is not "fussy about his food." Moreover, he added, It isn't the kind of food that worries the general so much as the quantity and quality of the daily ra tion. To Walker Is entrusted the task of keeping warm the meals of one of the busiest men on the European conti nent. Insofar as is possible, he says, the General is on time at mess call, but frequently staff conferences and other matters of major import delay the commander-in-chief. On these oc - casions it is the duty of the chief cook to see to it that the food for the General and his immediate aides is kept warm and ready to serve when- ever the staff car appears in front of headquarters. "Plain food and plenty of it," covers Pershing's every-day menu," accord ing to his cook. , NEED NURSES FOR EPIDEMIC OF FLU The influenza epidemic has greatly abated here, according to a statement made by City Health Officer Davis today. Only nine new cases have been re ported since yesterday morning and it is thought that those who first hadj ine uisease are geiiing uener iiuw, eu that there are probably not any more cases than on Saturday. The state board of health has issued a call for nurses and doctors to help put down the influenza epidemic over the state. The Red Cross has been asked lo help by canvassing the county for men and women who are willing to help. There are many nurses, however, who are not listed and who have no telephones. Those who are willing to help are requested to leave their names and addresses at Red Cross headquarters at once. The nurses will be paid from $30 to $50 a month. PALMER TO TAKE LOCAL ESTATE The first case of alien property to be handled in Richmond, has arisen in the estate of Morris Meyers, for merly owner of the Sample Shoe Store. Meyers was not married and the entire estate, which consists of $2,100 besides a number of diamonds, was left to the mother and two sis ters in Germany. Meyers had died just before war was declared, but before the will could be read and the estate settled, all means of communication had been broken off, and practically nothing could be done about the matter, stated Alonzo Gardner, the attorney, until the present time, when Alien Property Custodian Palmer could see to the settlement. The only known relative of the late Meyers who is residing in the United States, Is a cousin in Dayton, but he was not mentioned in the will. Dr. C. R. Duffin Passes Examination for Army Dr. Charles E. Duffin was notified today that he had successfully passed the medical examination and would be recommended for a commission in the United States army. He was told that a telegram advising him of his rank and station would be sent short ly. STATE MEETING POSTPONED The state meeting under the au spices of the Home Economics de partment which was to have been held at Purdue university, Oct. 15, has been postponed because of the increased epidemic of influenza. Miss Culbertson, chairman of the Woman's section of the county council of de fense received the notice this morn ing from Mrs. Anna Studebake Car lisle of South Bend. The date of meeting will be announced later. A MERCILESS JUDGE - One Who Shows No Favor. A merciless judge is Father Time. Before him the weak and the wanting go to the wall. Only the truth can stand. For years the following state ment from a Richmond resident has withstood this sternest of all tests. Mrs. E. Brown, 532 S. Thirteenth St., Richmond, says: "About two years ago I found it necessary to use a kidney medicine and as one of my family had found Doan's Kidney Pills very beneficial, I got a box at Thistle thwaite's Drug Store. They were just as successful in my case. I haven't had any kidney trouble since I used them and I feel sure they have cure! me. I advise anyone to take Doan's when troubled with backache or other kidney disorders." Mrs. Brown gave the above state ment in September, 1915 and on Nov- j ember 22, 1917, she added: "I have! had no return of kidney complaint since Doan's cured me. 1 am glad to again recommend them, for I know what they will do." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Brown had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. THE CI.EVEI.AXD, CIXCIXXAT1, CIII CAtiO AXD ST. I.OI IS RAILWAY CO -M HA XV, Cincinnati. O.. October 10, 1918. Notice is hereby given that the An nual Meeting of the Stockholders of The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Iuls Hallway Company, for the election of Directors and the transac tion of such other business as nray be brought before the meeting-, will be held at the principal office of the com pany. -In the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday, the 30th day of Octo ber. 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m. The Poll will continue open until 11 o'clock a. m. DW1GHT W. PARDEE. Secretary. 6,500 CIVILIANS FREED AT LAON (By Associated Press) ! PARIS, Sunday, Oct 13. Sixty-five hundred civilians were liberated when the French troops entered the city of Laon, it was officially stated last night. The statement issued at the war of fice says that the French have passed far beyond the town on the whole front between the Oise and the Ailette river. The official statement reads: "Puring the enemy our troops re sumed the advance this morning over cut-up roads, which the enemy evac uated in haste, leaving quantities of material, shells, barbed wire and rail roads intact. At 10:45 o'clock our ad vancing guards reached the Laon La Fere railroad, where they were met by a violent machine-gun fire coming from Besny-et-Loisy and La Montagne, which were occupied by enemy rear ! guard. "At 11 o'clock all the St Gobaln 1 forest was clear of Germans and the . French flag was floating on the Laon cathedral. Our soldiers found over C.500 civilians who welcomed them with joy. "Continuing their advance our troops debouched from the Laon for est at Samoussy, which was taken. Marshals was also occupied. "Towards two o'clock the enemy machine gun reaction became most severe. At 2:30 o'clock an Italian brigade had passed the town of Mon taigu. At about three o'clock the ad vance continued. There is heavy fighting with rearguards, which have fired upon us principally from VI valse, Couvron-et-Aumencourt and dropped shells on the roads and the railroad. We passed into Samoussy forest and continued the pursuit" ... ONLY ACTION Continued From Page One.l A German newspaper, says that Prince Charles of Hesse, the as yet unappointed king of Finland, has de cided to refuse the throne if it Is not offered to him unanimously. This means he will never wear the ermine. The new Bulgarian government pur poses to publish documents showing that Bulgaria fulfilled her obligations to the central powers without, as It is diplomatically phrased, "receiving re ciprocal consideration.' j City Statistics DEATHS AND FUNERALS Yedding August H. Yedding, 38 years old, died Sunday morning at 9:50 o'clock at his home, 117 South Second street of influenza. He is survived by his wife, Pearl, two sons, Richard and Robert his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yedding, two brothers, Ferdi nand and John, the latter in France, and four sisters, Mrs. Van Shaffer, Mrs. Clara Manning, Mrs. Gehring and Mrs." Fred Lewis. Funeral services will be held from the home at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, the Rev. F. A. Roell officiating. Burial will be at St Andrews cemetery. Services will be private. Ryan Elnora M. Ryan, 58 years old, died at Reid hospital Sunday morning at 8 o'clock. She is survived by three brothers, Joseph, Rees and Will, two sisters, Mrs. Michael Kelly and Mrs. Will Pickett. Funeral services wilt, be held from the home, 414 Pearl street, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at Earlham. Services will be private. SCHROEDER Funeral services for John Shroeder will take place from the home, 312 South Twelfth street, Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Burial will be at Earlham. RHEUMATISM Trusler's Rheumatic Tablets bring relief when all ciher remedies fail. Why suffer? Ask your druggist about Trusler's Rheumatic Tablets, the only purely vegetable remedy for that dreaded disease. Remember, we guarantee every boy. A 30 days treatment, 50c. The tablets are choco late coated and easy to take. Any druggist should be able to supply you, or write the Trusler Remedy Co., Hunting ton, Indiana. 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