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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1913. 12 TODAY'S MARKET QUOTATIONS - Local and Foreign Chicago and New York markets fur-i tiisbed by E. W. Wagner & Co., mem- provisions, stock and cotton; private wires to all financial centers. Corrc apondenta on the New York Stock and Cotton Exchanges Tri-city office In Rock Island hotel. Phone Rock Is land 330. P. J. McCORMICK. Manager. CHICAGO MARKETS. Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. Nine O'clock Market. 1 Hogs 5c lower tban yesterday's aver age. Mixed 7.90 8.60, good 8.25 8.60. rough 7.90 8. 15, light 8.00 8.C0. pigs 4.50 7.50, bulk 8.10 8.50. Cattle weak: 10c lower. Beeves 7.10 9.50, cons 3.25 S.40. stockera 5.50 7.65, Texans 6.50 8.00, westerns 6.25 8.40, calves 9.003 11.00. Sheep 10c lower, 3.00 5.10; 4.85 7.20. Close of Market. New cabbage, Louisiana, pound... 3c Onion, Texas. Bermuda and Silver Skia, per bushel 1 1-00 Chickens. . Old cocks ' 7c Hens 12c Spring ,...nc Fish Market. Buffalo Sic lambs l Perch 4c.c . I Haiibut. fresh -c i Pickerel, pound Sc Dec. H 84 84'4 84U-B May 90V iOM 89 S9S-B Corn Dec 67 67H 6714 6"1 May 69 . 70 C9 69 A July 69Vi 6969 69 B j Oats Dec 39'i 39i 3Si 3SH A May 42 4-'1 41 41 Pork Jan 19.52 19.52 19 40 19 45 A May 19.C0 19 65 19.55 19.55 A Lard Oct.; 10.27 10.30 10.25 10.30 Jan. 10.30 10.32 10.25 10.25 B Ribs Oct. 10.5710.60 10.55 10.60 A Jan 10.27 10.30 10.20 10.23 A Hoes closed weak at early prices; 6c Catfish, pound . . T .. 1 to 10c lower man yesteraay. aiixea 7.90 8.60. good 8.25 8.60, rough 7. SO 8.15, light 8.00 8.00. Cattle weak to 10c lower. Sheep steady to 10c lower. Southwest Receipts. Hogs. Cattle. Sheep. Kansas City 11,000 11,000 16.000 Omaha 6,000 6,500 38.000 Hog Receipts. SL Louis 8,000 St. Joseph 5,800 Sioux City 5.000 St. Paul 3,000 NEW YORK STOCKS. New York, Oct 15. Following are the quotations on ta New York stock mrk?t tcJay: Gas 124 Union Pacific 150 ! United States Steel, preferred . 105 87c; No. 2, ns, 86R7c; No. 3, ns. j United Statel Steel, common .. 55 83Mc; No. 4, ns, Slfi83c; No. 2, s, J Reading 160 8687c; No. 3, s, 83 85c; No. 4, s, j Rock Island, preferred 21U H83c; No. 1, vc, 84 84c; No. 2, Rock Island, common 13 Trout, pound .15c .14C tions in India and Australia, and the very poor demand for cargoes in distant positions which are freely of fered at concessions. There was some steadiness however in the March op tion which recovered 1-8 on the less favorable Argentine weather condi tions. At 1:30 the market was easy with prices 1-4 to 7-8 lower than yes terday. Corn opened easy and 1-4 lower on the lower American cables, but later the market reacted with decline of 1-4 on talk light Argentine shipments a& gregating three million bushel and this' caused some outside covering. At 1:30 the market was steady and unchanged to 1-4 higher. All Grains Close Low. Chicago, Oct 15. Liquidation was persistent during the entire session induced by accumulations of grain over the holiday, fine weather and slack cash demand. Weak foreign ad vices were responsible for the opening decline, which was followed by fur ther decline as the session progress- if WAGNER'S REV JEW H Morning Grain Letter. Cables 'i to ?i lower on wheat, re flecting yesterday's decline, only en couraging feature for the buyer being) ed all grains practically closing at PLANS ARE READY FOR WATERWORKS Experts Employed by the City Explain What They Propose to Do. NEW EQUIPMENT NEEDED Fred J. Postel, In Charge of Inside Wcrk, Declares There Is Evi dence of Leakage. Chicago Cash Grain. Wheat No. 2, r. 92 93c, nominal; No, 3. r, 91 92c, nominal; No. 2, h, 89i83c; No. 3, h. 84 85c; No. 4, hw, 8383c; No. 1, ns. 87 Broomhall's remarks of less favoraii'e Argentine weather conditions. . Ve believe declines from here will .be stubbornly contested and that the bearishness of the situation la well discounted in the price. We still be lieve in the purchases at this level and advise purchasers on opening breaks. Corn cables unchanged to i lower. Main bear factor Is the unusual low price for old. Husking returns are ccmin poor. Market nov on fighting ground und strong efforts will be made to depress the near future- below 70. Oats. So much pessimistic news Tn this moraines papers on this cereal that we feel that there Is more hope for t! em now but advances will hard vc, 83S4c; No. 3, vc. 82fiR2c; No. , Chicago & Northwestern ... 1. dur. 84fS5c: No. 2. dur. 82 84c; Southern Pacific 86 I No. 3, d-ir, 79 81c. New York Central 95 Corn No. 2, 6S',(? fiSc; No. 2. w, i Missouri Pacific 2S 6869c; No. 2, y, 6S69'4c; No. Great Northern 124 3. 68U68c; No. 3, w. 68' 69c; I Northern Pacific 106?; No. 3, y, 6869c; No. 4, 67 Smelters 63 CSUc; No. 4. w, 6Sc; No. 4, y, 68 I Colorado Fuel & Iron 28'4 68c. I Canadian Pacific 225 Oats No. 2, w, 4041'c; No. ,3. i Illinois Central 10SU w. 3839'4c; No. 4. w. 37 3S'ic; Pennsylvania 111 low figure of the day. We believe the primary movement will make a favor able showing after today. Corn Argentine importation talk and good weather and slack demand for old corn here were the main de pressing factors. On the other hand, our husking returns In some cases were sensationally bad. We antici pate further decline in this cereal, but favor purchases near the 70c level for May. Oats Oats are cheapest dairy food now, lower than bran, but liquidation promises also to carry this cereal lower, especially in view of the large visible supply. Provisions Respondent to poor hog 12Si, ;to maintain owing to the large supplies ; demand and general weakness in the Mandard, SS'(j 40'4c; Kg, 37 39c. Liverpool Cables. I to off; Wheat opened to off. Corn opened off; closed to sugar oir. Chicago Receipts. Today Wheat 103 Corn 242 Oats 262 . Contract. 18 St. Paul Copper Lehigh 93 24 ... 26Ts 56 . . . 86 . . . 92 ... 92 ... 108 ... 100 71 Valley 150 Erie Chsapeake & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit closed Baltimore &. Ohio Atchison Northwest Cars. To- Last I.ast day. week, year Minneapolis 416 3S1 549 Dulutli 249 443 531 Winnipeg 1,295 1.043 991 Chicago Estimates Tomorrow. Wheat 38 Corn 195 Oat 190 Primary Movement Receipts. Shipments. Wheat today 1,301,000 745,000 Year ago 2,164,000 1,283.000 Com today 614.C00 425.000 ear ago 419.000 356,000 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Opening of Market. Hogs 33.000; left over 3.Mrt; opened r.c lower. Mix d T.Miffi S.c.'. good 8.13 8.02, rough 7.75S.t5, light S.Ouft? 8.63. Cattle 17100. Sheep 5(V00; weak to 10c lower. Market Square Sales J Oct. 14, 1913. Six loads of corn at 75c. Six loads of oats at 4345c. Four loads of timothy hay at $15 16. Two loads of wheat at 90c. LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS. Oct 15. Following are the whole sale quotations on the local market today : Butter, Eggs and Cheese. Eggs, fresh, dozen 2Sc Eggs, storage, doaen 25c Butter, dairy, pound 25c Butter, creamery, pound ., 33c Butter, packing 6tock, pound 18c Vegetables. Parsley, bunch 3c Cucumbers, hot house 10c20c lettuce, pound , 12c Potatoes, bushel 80c90c Onions, bunch 3c ia commercial center. Provisions. 34,000 hogs here, slow, a to 10 lower; top 8.55. Packers are against them and we look for further recessions. Drift of the Weather. minois Generally fair ton'ght and Thursday; coder tonight and in the east and south Thursday; light frost in northwest portion tonight. Indiana Fair tonight and Thursday; colder Thursday and in north tonight. Iowa Generally fair tonight and Thursday; cooler in east tonight; prob ably frost tonight. Lower Michigan Fair tonight and Thursday; colder; probably frost to night. Upper Michigan Fair tonight and Thursday: colder tonight, with frost. Missouri Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; cooler tonight and in south Thursday. Wisconsin Fair and frost tonight; rising Thursday. North Dakota Fair ton'ght and Thursday: rising. South Dakota Fair tonight and Thursday; rising temperature. Nebraska Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Kansas Fair tonight and Thursday; colder. Montana Fair and warmer tonight. Wyoming Unsettled tonight and Thursday; probably rain or snow; warmer in north tonight. Liverpool Situation. Liverpool, Oct 15. The wheat market opened easy and 1-4 to 5-8 low er, being influenced by the weaker American cables yesterday, decline in Winnipeg, following the opening prices further declined 1-8 to 1-4 with real izing on the improved weather condi- grains. We believe further recession in prices is due. Stocks With the Steel corporation September bookings 33,500 tons daily and railroads in the market for rails and equipment on liberal scale, we can not see the wisdom of the present bear campaign. Railroad traffic east of Chi cago ana St. Louis is reported 5 per cent better than a year ago. This does not indicate that business has gone to "pot. Steel, Amalgamated Copper, Great Northern preferred, Atchison and St. Paul are on the bargain coun ter. Cotton Just the kind of a break to buy cotton. . We do not anticipate much further setback. One cannot go far wrong buying May cotton during tne montn of October. Ten year rec ords show May cotton bought at this time of the year return good profits later on. Daily United States Weather Map WILSON IS TO OPPOSE NEW HUERTA PLAN. (Continued from Peg-e One U. S. Department of Agriculture. WEATHER BUREAU. :9 33 2Q3, r n57 Ca I ft 2 I Un..i r "W n i C i - 'q7-riX e.c r LA., Generally . fair tonight and Thursday; cooler tonight. eg , V 6 i l 5. 7C s I BXPLANATORY'NOTES. ? I v. )r X3Q.O Oct. is, itiz, -j am ' ObMrrmtlona tekra t t . 75h nHdio Urn. Air pnwort T4itr4 to m le.L- Isobkra (contlonoitt lines) pus tbmnrh polot riul Air piwun. IsotbwD HJotied Un pus tbrouffc poloaof quU Mmpentora; drn only for tro. freezlDC. SO", and 100. 'O clear. O parUyeloadr: O dor. r: o: report mininc. Arrowj tj wltij the wind. First flenra. lowest Uiaprtar put 12 boars: second, practpltauon of .01 loch or men tat past U hoars: third, msxlmqm wind velocltr. WEATHER CONDITIONS. i Light rains cn the north Pacific coast hars resulted from an area of low pressure which Is appearing over British Columbia. Another low which ererlies the southern plateau states Is attended by cloudy skies on the east ern Rocky mountain slope and show ers have fallen on the coast cf Texas. The low which was yesterday over Manitoba Is dlsappearins to the north eastward of the Great Lakes and has been succeeded in the northern Rocky mountain sections and the up per Missouri Talley by the northwest ern high which has caused a sharp fal: la temperature as far eastward as Iowa and western Wisconsin. The continued eastward movement of the high will be attended by generally fair weather in this vicinity, with cool er and probably frost tonight. . OBSERVATIONS. High. Low. lBaa 46 42 ( Buffalo SS 2 I Denver 72 S6 j Jacksonville TS hi Kansas City 80 64 j New Orleans 82 68 New York 64 45 'Norfolk 6S 5! Phoenix 90 5S Rock Island 77 El St. Louis 76 60 St. Paul 74 38 San Diego 74 60 San Francisco 64 52 Shuttle 5 44 Prep. .84 .00 .00 J0 .00 Washington 66 54 .00 Winnipeg 60 26 .00 Yellowstone Park .. 40 18 .00 MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Flood. High. Chne. St. Paul Red Wing Reeds Landing La Crosse . 14 .14 . 12 . 12 . 18 . IS . 18 . 10 . 15 3.6 3.2 3.5 2.0 3.5 3. 4.6 1.8 3.3 X0.2 XO.1 X0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 j Lansing .00 Prairie du Chien .00 j Dubuque OOjLe Claire .00 Davenport .00 .00 j .00! .00 : sitsippi will occur from below Du- .Oojbuque to Muscatine. .0:j J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. were received during the day and the text was given out at the state depart ment. The documents were read at the cabinet meeting. Members of the cabinet expressed themselves as as tonished at the audacity of Huerta. They were apprised by President Wil son of the nature of the two communi cations sent to Huerta through Charge P'Sbaughnessy and all approved the vigorous representations. The cabinet meeting was about to ad journ when press dispatches announc ed that Senor Querido Moheno, Mexi can minister of foreign affairs, had characterized the American communi cation as "intemperate." Official Washington awaited last night the formal reply being drafted by the Huerta administration. Charge O'Shaughnessy reported he bad cn- ; veyed both communications and had I been assured with respect to the im prisoned deputies that no violence would be done them, but that they would be tried for sedition. V. S. OTE EXDS PARLEYS. It is the second note of the Ameri can government, which is said to be only 150 words long, practically break ing off negotiations with Huerta, which is believed to have prompted Moheno'e description "intemperate." Administration officials hold that with most of the members of the Mex ican congress in jail, a prominent member of congress who dared to speak adversely to the Huerta admin istration still mysteriously concealed and the congress dissolved, it is im possible for the civilized world to be lieve that the Huerta group is capable of establishing or maintaining consti tutional authority in the republic. They feel also that the Huerta officials are no longer deserving of such dip lomatic relations as have existed. There Is no concrete evidence that the Washington administration Intends to use drastic measures. The Whit house has discouraged the heads of the army and navy from taking any steps that would give an alarmist Im pression. Some officials said they would not be surprised of the failure of .the Huerta government to comply with promises made to Mr. Lind would cause the Washington administration to consider throwing Its support to the constitutionalists in the north of Mexico. This might carry a lifting of the embargo on arms. Many senators think the constitu tionalists would soon triumph If they had such assistance. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan hitherto have opposed such step, but informal communication with in the last two weeks with the con stitutionalists has Indicated that the Washington administration Is ecrutin ising the leaders of the constitutional 1st movement to determine their pur pose and whether they could estab lish constitutional authority In Mexico. Developments axe expected quickly now, as the rejection In advance of the election planned for Oct. 26 is City commissioners spent the morn ing with Fred J. Postel of Chicago, associated with W. S. Shields, con sulting engineer, R. O. Friend, resident engineer, and C. D. McLane of Rock Island considering improvements to be made .at the waterworks. Mr. Postel is in charge of inside work, while Mr. Shields is supervising out side work. "So far we have been planning the details of the work and have not made much of aa outward showing," said Mr. Postel -discussing the situation. "From now on, however, we can begin to show results, provided the commis sion authorizes us to carry our plans into effect. We have now gone about as far as the authority vested in us warrants." SUBMITS RECOMMBNnATlOS. Following are the recommendations which Mr. Postel submitted to the commission: Boiler room equipment There should be stokers under all four boil ers, as well as coal and ash handling equipment. Pump pit Make the pit. water tight by waterproofing materials in side. The excavation for the new centrifugal low lift pump is practical ly completed. New low lift pump unit, Bids should be received on a surface con denser and for wet and dry pumps suitable for this service. " Piping Bids should be received for furnishing material as per plans we have outlined, which have been prepared for the steam piping for the entire station. The piping, as planned, is laid on the loop system with suf ficient number of valves in the line to make possible the shutting off of one section for repairs without interfering with the remainder of the plant. The installation of the piping should be by day labor under the supervision of the resident engineer. Measuring devices and cost system A main station meter, a feed water meter and an automatic coal scale should be installed at once, and a sys tem of daily records kept One of the most serious defects with the preesnt plant Is the lack of measuring instru ments necessary to determine the cost of all production: Present high lift, pumping equip ment Determine as soon as possible the steam consumption of the Holley pump per 1,000 gallons. After this test Is made the question of whether or not the Installation of a new high pressure pump will be justified from an economic standpoint can be settled. At present practically all of the pump mg is done by the Hol.y pump, the two Deane pumps being used merely tor emergencies. OITSIDE LEAKAGE. Losses outside the sta ion On this question 1 prefer that Mr. Shields who Is directly in charge of that part of the work, shall pass. Let him de cide what shall be done to stoo the outside waste whether by metering a part or all of the consumers or by searching for underground leaks. Without question there is an excessive waste of water, either in underground mains or by consumers. All the rec ommendations made merely provide means for delfvering the water to the capacity of the present pumps, into the mains at the building wall and with gre"at economy. They can have no effect in increasing the pumping ca pacity or stopping waste outside the station. Recommendation is made that the city commission authorize the Instal lation of new equipment which will cost $16,700!. TONIGHT And Every Night Until Sold Out Jewelry Auction Sale 7:30 p. m. Ingalls' Jewelry Store SAFETY BUILDING Positively going out cf business. Diamonds, watches jewelry at auction. A Bonafide Quit Business Sale A diamond ring free tonight. Ccme, get some nice things at your own price. Chairs for ladies. Remember 7:30 tonight. Ingalls' Store SAFETY BUILDING PLEADS GUILTY TO AN ASSAULT! ! Tody Dvlis. Charired With1 Crime Against Children, Fined $100. Tony Dylis, Moline, recently indicted on a charge of crime against children. this morning in the circuit court plead guilty to assault and was fined $100 and costs by Judge R. W. Olmsted. The defendant will work out the cum at the county jail at the rate of $1.50 a day. . Dylis was tried at the present term of court but the jury failed to agree and were discharged. L. L. Lagle, Moline, was his attorney. The com plaining witness was Alice Briten- stein, and it was claimed that on Sep tember 5 of this year he took indecent liberties with the four-year-old child. The case of William A. Smith vs. the German National Life Insurance company, is still occupying the atten tion of a jury in court. The suit is over wages, G. A. Shallberg appearing for the company and Harry McCas Nov. 10. ENTER A DEFENSE OF RUSSIAN JEWS Hebrews at Washington Deny Charge of Use of Human Blood for Ritual. on such a trial as this in Russia with out interfering." Rabbi Roscnau of Baltimore outlin ed the history of the bluod accusation against his race. "This accusation," he said, "Is not new with the Russian govorumeu'. For over H.iMtrt years Jrws have been persecuted all over the world. Apion, a Greek, was tho first prominent anti-Semetic, and there hHe been thousands of tlieni ever since. "But how ridiculous is their charge! Every student of Jewish history, of Jewish religion, and of Jewish cus toms knows that to use blood in any shape is repulsive to the Jew. We I do not use the blood of animals for religious purposes. We do not use the blood of animals for food. Every Jew and every man who knows the Jew knows that we drain t,he blood from the meats we eat before we eat them." Congressman Fobs declared that h-; attended the meetjng as a free citizen of a free country to protest against the accusation in the name of modern .civilization and religious tolerance. He praised the Jew for what he has accomplished for civilization and de clared that aM students of Jewish his tory knew the accusation was false, lie declared the time would come soon when Russia would be compelled to bow to the wish of the civilized world anil treat the Jew as it itrcata all other citizens. Dr. Glusshak, in closing the nicctins said: "Tonight's protes's will he like wire less messages sent to every city and country in the world from Washing ton. I hope the various stations wi'.l he all those social workers and social forces which are always ready to stand for right, justice, equality and tolerance. I know they will receive the message." RIVER FORECAST. No important changes in ) Mis- 1 : likely to draw out a new exoression of policy by the United States. It 19 expected that foreign govern meots will follow the lead of the United States in whatever steps are j taken. ' I Oee at t decree ia which Huerta assumed a dictatorship was dated Oct. 10, and says: Until the people elect new magis trates who shall take over the legisla tive powers, and in the belief that the government should count on all the necessary facilities to face the situa tion and to reestablish the constitu tional order of things in the shortest possible time, as is its purpose, since Oct. 26 has been set as a date for election of deputies and senators, VIc toriano Huerta, constitutional presl dent ad interim, has seen fit to decree these articles of decree: Article 1. The judicial power of the federation shall continue in its func tions within the limits set by the con stitution of fhe republic and the de cree of the executive of Oct. 10 of this month and such others as shall be Issued by him. Article 2. The executive power of the union conserves the powers con ferred upon him by the constitution and assumes furthermore the depart ments of governacion, finance and war only for the time absolutely necessary for the reestablishment of legislative power. Meantime the executive takes upon himself the powers granted by the con stitution in the aforementioned depart ment and will make use of them by issuing decrees which shall be observ ed generally and which be may deem expedient for the public welfare. Article 3. The executive of the union will render an accounting to the legislative power of the use which he makes of the powere which he as sumed by means of this decree as soon u this is ia inaction, Washington D. C.; Oct. 13. Over 3,000 Hebrews met in 'he temple of the Washington Hebrew congregation to protest to the world the innocence of the Russian Jew ac cused of using human blood for a ritual. Dr. Leopold Glusshak, a prominent Jewish surgeon, presided. The speak ers included Congressman Simeon D. Fees of Ohio, a Christian; Rabbi Will lam Rosenau of Baltimore, Rabbi Rob ert Simon and Simon Wolf of Washing ton. These four resolutions were adopt ed: . 1. That we contend that the Jew ish religion has no rite exacting hu man blood for ritual purposes. 2. That Blnce the early days of our religion we have bad no sect nor anjj secret sect that made use of Christian blood for ritual purposes. 3. That we protest to the world. In the name of justice, civilization, and religious tolerance, against the false accusation of Mendel Bel'.ia of Kieff of having murdered Andrew YushSn eky for the purpose of using his blood for ritual purposes. 4. That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the public prosecutor at Kieff. Simon Wolf, a Washington attorney, who was active in the effort to have this country abrogate the treaty ot 1S32, condemned the Russian novern ment for its treatment of the Jew. "The Jew," he said, "stands for love. peace, justice and civilization, and It ill befits any civilized nation. Chris tian or otherwise, to stand by and look RIVER COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET HERE SOON The members of the Mississippi Riv er commission will hold their annual fall session on board the steamer "Mississippi" at this city at 10 o'clock a. m., Nov. 10. The commission will make an in spection trip from Rock Inland to New Orleans, J,a., and will give public hear ings at points along the route on mat ters connected t.Ith the improvement of the Mississippi river. Any one who may wish to meet the commissioners in connection with river improvement or levee work is requested to commun icate with its president, room 1322, In ternational Life building, St. Louis, Mo., by Nov. 1, 1913. Removal Mctices. Dr. S. B. Hall has moved his office to Robinsou building, 203 Eighteenth street. Dr. V. H. First has moved his office to Robinson building, 208 Eighteenth street (Adv.) Washington While preslng all its other suits to oust settlers rrom tha 400-foot right of way it claims through Colorado, the Union Pacific railroad abandoned in the supreme court its litigation against the city of Greeley, Col., over that point. Washington. Prevention of cruel m itl ods or slaughtering animals in stockyards in being made a matter of government supervision. The method approved is that of stunning, followed by bleeding. All tbe news all the time The Argus. ..i.ii." ' Lt4f 3 ,s 1 i i -1 1 0A Reverses don't last forever. And to quickly banish their effects let us loan you money enough to tide you over. Your Furniture will do for security but we won't touch it. Low charges long time eaey payments. 4 mm IB?!" FIDELITY LOAN CO. 403 Best Bidg. Phone R. I. 514 ROCK ISLAND mm m m m m m ATIII III illll III r.'i'.i . k x mm 1: I H .. WmW. K- l ' Ji'" nrI!tli:i':!n!tl;H";p!-i!H';lli'!!::;!:.::;J,i;i!:!i:i r.il !j !'! 'ii :!!, , ,r ?!!!!'! m "I 'M I.M i, .1 ,': 'ill; ;;;! 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