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Market Revie; - r iV. . r. VA -x- " " -K COTTON. " iiL-.ton spot ;!:. II spot . . l:;n spot 29 28 1-2 29 NEW YORK COTTON. York, Dec. 1. Th& cotton naar- . ;is r umparatively quiet early to i'n fluctuations irregular. There ,m;e further trade buying, but luoring business was attrlbut ,.fiy to evening up acounts for iio week end or pending a bet : on the approaching govein i -ports. First prices were 2 iuwer to 19 points higher, but ioiv active months were gener ic io points above last night's figures. January was rela-t-asy at the start, and sold off alter the call, or 13 points t ! under realizing. months sold 3 to 7 noints nn- night's closinz figures but at , l ilir market was steadied bylfLa ana reQulslUon papers asked by , and trade buying accompan-' ivnorts that there had been a ;iot demand in the Atlantic late yesterday which was be it) be for the account of for ,(i'nraents. ciosd barely steady. High. liow. 30.20 30.02 29.53 29.35 29.25 29.04- 29.04 28.77 28.71 28.50 Close. I 30.05 29.38 29.09 28.87 28.54 NEW YORK SPOTS. York, Dec. 1. Spot middling 30.90. cotton MEW ORLEANS COTTON. Vv; Orleans. Dec. 1. Irregularity v.til-'d around the opening of the h.'.m!, market here today. January -ho.. "! a rise of 4 points. After the t':n drift was downward and at y:d of the first half hour, the mar 'km: stood at a net loss of 6 to 10 vii:its. under week-end liquidation iroin i he long' side, t 1 1" on closed steady at a decline of l.i to 1 points. High Low. . 28.62 28.31 28.02 27.87 27.73 Close. 28.62 28.35 28.04 27.93 27.76 !). 28.70 28.50 28.19 28.01 27.89 :i ci ' v . J.i'.y NEW ORLEANS SPOTS. :: Orieans, Dec. 1. Spot cotton, and unchanged. Sales on the -;.: li' iie; to arrive 41. 1 u.v middling .28.25 .XrcbiH-g 29.13 CiMni middling 29.63 COTTON SEED. OIL. N'pv York. Dec. 1 The cotton seed oilmarkft closed quiet. spot "i !rrmr.cr . . 18.25 January .M :i cii .May Tula I sales 5,700 barrels. .18.47 .18.50 ,19.00 T CLEARING HOUSE-CONDITIONS. Xcw York, Dec. 1 The actual con miioa of clearing house banks and tin t companies for the week (five ('a'. -i shows thrit they hold $152,122, 4 reserve in excess of legal require ments. This is an increase of $38, 7:'.v70i from last week. MERCANTILE PAPER. NVw York, Dec. 1. Mercantile pa- . t f ,1 -wr ; 1-2 to 5 3-4; sterling, ou uaj 1.71 1-2: commercial 60 day bills inks 4.71; comercial 60 day bills 7-x: demand 4.75 1-2; cables 4.76 liar silver 84 1-4. h:i! in 7 !i CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, Dec. 1. Favorable weather ar-; ;i j.rospect of larger receipts next v. k uavp an advantage today to the l.'-Lo-s in corn. Opening prices, which K.n - i from the same as yesterday's fiiii-h to 1 4c lower, with January 1.20 1 - ' n ::-x and May 1.18 1-8 to 1-4, were l' h r.vp'l by declines all around. paralleled the action of corn, i Market was poorly supported. I '- '., (.notations on i hogs weakened I' " i ions. Later, commission hous- ioi,k the buying side in a moderate v . i ml steadied the market, (wain and provisions prices follows: Open1 Close co:: .i:u () T .1.20 .l.lSi.s . .70 . .68 .174 .70 Vi .68 ! m:. I.AKl: !an. Ai.,v It I I'.S. - !.ia. M..v .46.70 46.95 .24.75 .24.70 .25.45 .25.40 24.45 24.25 25.25 25.17 Xo. 2 and No. 3 yellow nomi Xo. 4 yellow 1.71 to 1.76. OatS : hite 71 to 72; standard 72 Itye No. 2 1.18. Barley 1.10 " Timothy 5.00 to 7.00. Clover ;o 28.00. Pork nominal. Lard : Kibs 27.50. - .. - wm MaritiadttdJVei WILMINGTON NAVAL- STORES Spirit 45 1.2. - x ' " "7 "" Rosin-N.D. tar $3.50 and 16c' . Crude $.4, $4, $3. - Receipts: Cotton Tar . . Crude 650 .124 . 10 MYSTERY MAN IN ;j KEET CASE CAUGHT (By United Press.) Springfield, Mo.. Dec. 1. J. Toward Reilly, man of mystery in tj6 Baby Llovd' Kppt aKrinrvtsr o T L.ioya lveet aoauction' case, is under arrest in-Philadelphia fcdlowmg a na- tion-wid3 search. Agents of the De- partment of Justice arrested him Fri day, local authorities were advised to day. The arrest1 was kept secret. Reilly was jailed under an alias. Not -until Prosecutor O'Day, of Springfield, Mo., announced ' tonight the end of the I"aBC' U1U ultJ arrest become jmbhc. "CBBi" warrant naa Deeh issu- r- ? 5fr- Important devel- "; " ' l. w me apprenension uL xteiuy, according to O'Day, and clearance of the entire mystery of the abduction and the murder of Baby Lloyd Keet is expected shortly. Prosecutor O'Day is or the oDininn ,that Reilly took no part in the actual kidnapping, but he declares that RpII. ly knows every one the canspirators and knows the details of the abduction 'and murder. Reilly, according to O'Day, took no part in the attempts to kidnap C. A. Clement, the jeweier. He was asked to join the plot tjo kidnap the baby and refused. This is borne out by a 'let ter written by Reilly to-a confederate and intercepted by-local officials. Claude Piersol, convicted of the kid napping and under a 35-year sentence, blamed Reilly as the originator of all the kidnapping schemes. He wa3 known during the hunt for the kidnap pers as "Scar Face" Reilly. E. RUSSELL Violinist, With Bell's Famous Hawai ans, Academy of Music, Tomor row Night. FEAST OF HANUKAH i Commemorates Heroism of Ju das the Maccabee. 1 Hanukah, the Feast of the Macca bees, will' be celebrated by the Jew ish community of the city beginning !vith services this evening at 6 o'clock. These will be conducted by Rev. S. Mendelsohn, D. D., of the Congrega tion Temple of Israel j It commemorates the splendid hero- j ism of Hasmonean House of Matta-1 thias, of his son Judas, the Maccabee : and his valiant brethren; their loy- j alty to the faith of their fathers, and their victory over Antiochus, King of Syria, who had waged a relentless war i of extermination against the religion of Israel. Other rulers and races had . sought to destroy the Jew; Antiochus waa bent on the eradication of Juda-. iam Tn accomDlish this end the H Temple was seized and defiled by the : Syrian hosts ; idols were, set up in the : sacred shrine dedicated tp the worship n of the one God ; the prest-hood pro- faned by the enforcement of idqla- ji trous practices, ana uie isiatsnte yji dered, undsr penalty of death, to .bow before the idols of the Syrians. . Un der the military leadership ot Judas (3 Maccabee, the Israelites waged heroic I i warfare against their powerful adver-1 ;- saries for the right to worshipp God ac- j jj cording to the dictates . of ., their con-i science. After three years of war j? on the same day, Kislev the 25th, on ; v which three years before the Syrian j; idol had been placed in the Temple , the Israelites celebrated the birth of 'J their, religious freedom, cieasnea tpe! Temple which had been profaned byj the Syrians and re dedicated it to the; God of liberty and light. ' j MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of the power of sale contained V Thejt: it s-th-In a clrtain mortgage deed made by Delia DBPASfrBB O' TRAINS FROM B. Merrick and husband. John Merrick, to ! DBMBi witMiNflToy V " the North Carolina Home Building Asso- j o W IJH JL to 10 Pi., iatinn iP!.rinP date November 23rd, 1915.' No. 133:55 P. m: Train for Charlotte and nH Huiv rcfristpred on- the records of New Hanover County in Book 88, page 313, the undersigned will sell. a.t public auction, to . i on Mil the highest oldfier,. tor casn. at toe House door in the City of Wilmington, on Thursday, the 13th day of December, 1917, at tWelve o'clock M., the following describ ed property situated in the City of Wil mington, to-wit : BEGINNING at the in tersection of the Western line of Sixth Street with the Northern line of Marstel lar Street, runs thence Westwardly along the northern line of Marstellar street 150 , am ! feet; thence Nortnwaraiy Pei wi Sixth street 32 feet; thence Eastwardly parallel with Mar stellar street 150 -feet to I Western line of lxtn street, inence ; Southwardly along Western Jine pf Sixth thence atr.aa to foot to the Beslnnuag. being part -of Lot 6, Blck 7, according to the official olan of said City oi Wilmington. ' This 13th of November, 1917. NORTH CAROLINA HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION, Bv John D. Bellamy & Son, Attorneys. 30 DAYS-11-13 TWILMINGTON-DISRATCH, SUNDAY - MORlsnNClgECEMBER 1.1917. .. v y STOCKS. ' , ?: New York, Dec. 1. Stocks were ir regular to heavy ,-at the opening of today's Tshort session, some leaders re acting a point and a few specialties as much, as; 2 to 3 points'. Rails also lost ground, especially. Unions Pachfic and Baltimore and Ohio were lower, by 2 to 3Tpoints and ship pings averaged recessions of a point. Rallies in steels, marine preferred, coalers and motors .in the final hour effaced practically, air. Josses. Th.e I closing was steady. Sales approxi- i matea i&uuuu snares, ijipertys neia oT a o -, ol no n t Qo Qo - 8' A. C. L. (W) .. .. , 93 American yBeet Sugar (bid).... 74 American Can . . . . 35 3-8 American Car & Foundry (bid) 65 1-4 American Locomotive 53 American smeiung & itennmg yoj-4 ' American Sugar Refining (bid) 95 Anaconda Copper Copper 571 Atchison A. T. & T. . . .... Baldwin Locomotive . Baltimore & Ohio . . Bethlehem Steel "B" 83 107 1-4 55 1-4 46 3-4 79, Canadian Pacific 13c Central Leather 65 3-4 47 3-8 361-2 181-2 415-8 33 31 28 1-8 54 1-4 29 1-4 14 7-8 89 3-4 90 3-4 27 86 42 7-8 95 7-8 95 j ??Sap?-i h? V," 1 Chicago Mil & St. Paul Chesapeake & Ohio J Chicago, R. I. & Pac. Ry. Chino Copper Colorado Fuel & Iron (bid) Columbia Gas & Electric .. Corn Products . . . . ; . Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar Erie . General Motors Great Northern pfd Great Northern Ore ctfs . . Gulf State Steel (bid) .. .. Inspiration Copper (bid) .. Int. Merc. Marine pfd . . 111. Central . . . , . j iennecuii supper o& 1 Louisville & Naashville (bid) ..1161-2 TV A A. I OO Maxwell Motor Co 28 3-4 i Mexican Petroleum . . . . . Miami Copper (bid) Midvale Steel (bid) . . Missouri Pacific Nevada Copper New. York Central Norfolk and Western (bid) 79 28 42 1-2 23 1-4 17 68 3-4 102 1-4 Northern Pacific 84 3-4 Ohio Cities Gas . . 35 3-4 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Coal Ray Consolidated Copper . . Reading Republic Iron & Steel . . S. A. L. (bid) Sinclair Oil 31 Southern Pacific 91 5 8 Southern Railway 25 Studebaker Co 45 7-8 Sloss-Shef. teel and Iron (bid) 38 Tenn. Copper . . 12 1-2 Texas Co. . . 142 ' Tobacco Products 51 1-8 Union Pa'cific '.. 112 united cigar stores ,u i- U. S. Industrial Alcohol .. .. HQ 3-4 U'. S. Rubber 52 ' U. S. Steel .. .. 92 1-3 United Fruit , 118 Utah Copper 75 7-8 Va. Car, Chem. (bid) .. .. Wabash Pfd. "A" Westinghouse Electric . . Willys-Overland HERALD SQUARE HOTEL 34th ST iu.; BROADWAY NEW YORK EVE1RY comfort and conven ience. On direct car linei. trom all R. R, Stations and Ferries. Two minutes walk to the finest shops and theaVres. ....... ROOMS t 125 with privilege of bath $1. SO per day 75 with private shower bth $.QO per dajr ' ... ...350 with. private bath $a,OOaxdup Qub Breakfast . Special JLoincheon 1 , 25c up A. 60c Dinner a la carte at moderate price J. ired Sa yer Mnnnging Director SEABQABP : Al B lINfc RAILWAY Intermediate Points PULLMAN PAF LOli CAR, WILMINGTON 'TO CHAR- LOTTK. No. 19 5 :00 A. M. Train, for Charlotte and Intermediate Points. SLEEPING CAR BETWEEN WILMINGTON AND CHAR LOTTE. Open at 10:00 P. M. for rassen gers. ... 4 KBIVATj OF TRAINS AT WILMINGTON No. 14 12;40 P. M. Train from Charlotte and Intermediate Poinis. PULLMAN PARLOR CAR BETWEEN CHARLOTTE AND WIIMLNGTONr Wi ' oft1 4 .1 ti A M .-Train frnm fhnrlnfta "riSteedlate Points. SLEEPING CAK . BETWEEN CHARLOTTE AND wttiiNGTON. PASSENGERS MAY KEMAININ SLEEPER UNTIL 7:30 A. m. - : For detailed Information and resorra tions, -call on City Ticket Agent. Orton Hotel Building. 'Phone rlS. R. S. KOONCE, T. P. A. Wilmington. N. d JOBN..T. WEST, D. P. A Ralelfh, T i mi r ill i i i ruaiii a 1 1 n u -r - it in is I t ii iiJiir in iir Chief Sclinilben Has Heatlcd the Fire DearTment the -" Entire Time. - . . ' , j JL ' Yesterday manteor tne zoth anniver sary of the establishment of the paid Equfpment&Ifire department in this city:. The new system was inaugurated under the ad ministration ' Qf Mayor, Silas P. Wright,; the jaejRepublican " mayor of Wilmingtoni irhe ': old ' ' Volunteer system was composed, of two engineJ and hose companies, namely, the At- jlantic and the Adrfan, and one hooki' compaHy. mere was also a colored hos &nd engme company, the Cape Fearl , ' ; : The date Mt.; -.Martin Newman-was chief of the volunteer department fo many years. Mr. naries Sclfhibben, who was assistant chief at that time, was elected t0. be chiet or -the paid department at its beginning, and has (-held the post ever .since, with great credit to himself and to the city. A score of years has passed since the volunteer fire companies ' did ser vice in Wilmington. Many recall the favorite horses that responded to the call of the alarm. The little hose reels ! and engines of those days have given way to the modern hose wagons and auto trucks of the nresent ntifl tho sound pf the gong, which fprmerly called men from every portion of .tha city, now hardily occasions a ripple, in the dailv routine; n the troinoH firQ laddies are propelled to the scene with lightning like rapidity. The c;ld fire horse, that charged so noblv to the battle of .fisrht xxciixivkivl livion. Memory recalls no finer sbirif than that exhibited by the fire horses,! and they were the pets, of young anu j Old alike. The gasoline engine has j eliminated tnem rrom their former sphere of usefulness. . The fire losses for the last twenty years in this city average around S60,- 000 a year. They have been as low I as $16,000 in one year, and as high as ?180,000 in another. The latter loss was occasioned when the Seaboard warehouses burned some years ago. : THERE is no rest for the wicked they say. It's not true. A band of some of the wickedest men that ever drew breath rested for one week, on full pay, while "Who Is 'Number One'?" the new Paramount serial, was being made. 1 ' It happened in the making of one of the earlier episodes. You won't see them rest in, the picture. As far as the spectator knows, they relentlessly and ladder mabatV. : Thwn c iwaB. Ul tt uinxut uaiure syom tne : .. ' ', , . - it 'Viiiams nest wnen ilialMeeE sprains mme 22 1-2 . 9. ; . i "J ""- " ' ER OITIOIJ GREETED ARTISTS ,.- , -f' l V Thn the furst. " Jno0;ival,n !gr4e:tejd Jules Falk, oiiniperrudeArnold, con- !KMiaHna? UhFlicllvBia nist, lait riight , 'when they appeared in their second concert at the Hemen yddriurnv Tne audience was i-rerrtfaa;:fn' the first night, ahdy4 more i. 'appreciative, as was att,caieu uy - tuts rounas oi applause given-'the three artists. e 'program rendered .last mght first Koltl pnTnnnH f Q 1010 .0, a lighter variety, and pfaBly;: having a stronger popular appeal. -Again each proved an artist f,f real merit, holding their hearers Denthralled with the witchery of their The program rendered last night ed: ' , ; x Prelude ' in ' G Minor .... Rachmaninoff Malvina Ehrlich. A .Thought Like Music. ..... .Brahms Hedge Rose Schubert Ye Who Have Yearned Alone. ..... v . . . . , . ... . . . . Tschaiko-Askv A ,Swan ......... 6rieg Dedication jSchumann Gertrude Arnold. La r ghetto Scherzo . Naraini Dittersdovf Mnucl - -SreUo . . . ...... . af?Ce " Tbe Hunt , Sicilienne et Rigandon. Milandre Bocherini , . . Car.U'er :Fr.an.cbeur H E R 4f 'V? V- Vfe ;coo'dr.Wdhenut . fcven More,- Enjoyable - - ;trefets, as t,resitttiJ)I a --hemmar- -An extra piar of Pants free with every ..suiter,, overcoat.. The sec ond greatest offer, of the season. : ' f ' r: Dop't fail to take advantage of this great off er . Come early so you can get your Suit or Overcoat before Chriistmas. Offer begins November 23, and will end December 15. I. L OWE NTH A L s Sole Representative of the Kahn Tailoring Co., of Indianapolis. 402 NORTH FRONT STREET WILMINGTON, N. C. 1 1 :. ; i r. rsfftileni Clifford the star; to the very end except when she turns and relentlessly pursues them. It was this way Kathleen,, fleeing from ".Number One's" band, leaped from the top of a house to the gronnd. In- the picture you see her land, jump tffrfeei aiid sprint to safety. -. As a matter of fact, Kathleen 'sprained an ankle, fainted, and crumpled up in a heap wheja she struck the ground, and they carried her away to the hospital. , DROPPED )EAD- , , ; Died on Street Yesterday. rtApran"da Ayillldtns middle aged coloted osnaTirt9pe44eadyestevr- rhage. Dr. W. H. Moore, who"li'Vs across the street, was on the scene in a few minutes but could do nothing for the stricken -womanvcproner A. S. Hoi- den -,waa notified f and ; yiewed the re mains, out deemed an .jnquest unnecs savyA7p&0,myXimea over to an underUiker. ! Falk. Blind Girrso'jpDigeoconda) . . ...... .'4.."i?-'.liii'" ; y . Pnnff onchielli ClertriidAfnold.s 4. Introduction, and Roiidp Capriccioso ......... .y .... v'w-w'i'vvB.t. Saens Jules FlkfvcT I' On WinsftSbagi.L. :: f meridetelbbn-Uszt Gavotte . . q Giazounow Liebesf rued. ... ,:':. . Kreisler "'' Malvina Ehrlich: The Red, Red Rose Hastings Believe teIfAIl Those Endearing Young Charms . . Stevenson i Mighty Lak a Rose Nevin Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes .... . . English Kathleen . Mavoumeen,:.v., ..... Irish Gertrude Arnold. Meditation Glaszounow -Caprice' Espagnol ........ i. Kette- ( Slavonic Dance-in Q. M inor . r DvorakcKreisler Moto Perpetuo . , ; . . . : . . Popper Jules Falk. Star Spangled Banner. P A3SL7X..S The villains had- to stop work. Ob viously if they had caught her then the story would nave been all balled up. T.he scenario writer had not pro- , V lucu lui auv,iucui.u, vuu "-" J ""u vr j stick to his story. When Kathleen's ankle was well she j retiirned to;ithA jery scot .on which she had'5fii:nen.hfev camera started, she jumpefl to her feet and fled. And Ihe wicked men t.aU rested up, went to work pursuing her again. . PAGE.TH' U l n f m I "TuiJ C0vS r(u PUfcAU" iJi mm mmmi mm. mm. THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS i: Affoi'. a comfort which is appreciated by those who want near or far vision , in one air of glasses. They keep your eyes young in loolta as well as in usefulness. . No line, seam or hump to blur , the vision. EYES TESTED FREC. THROUGH SLEEPERS TO ATLANTA Tbe old established tnrough sleeping car line between Wilmington and At- -lanta will be continued via Augusta, In connection with the Georgia Rail- -road, upon the following schedules: LV. WILMINGTON 3:30 P. M. uv. Florence 7:55 P. M. r.v Sumter .. .. 9:S01VM. Ar. Orangebure 1053 P., M.- Ar. Augusta (EasL time) ..l:35c5ght AR. ATLANTA (Cen. tme) . . 6: 10 A. Mi . Keturnins: Leave Atlanta giSGyP.M. . arrive Wilmington 1:00 P. M. "Passengers may remain In this car, in the Union Depot, wtitch is in the -heart of Atlanta, until 7:00 A. M., if -they so desire, ana on account of tho ' orfrlier Arrival of this train, and the use of the Jnion Depot, convenient., connections may be made with through D'-'irip' piopnine Car Toorh t.r"rt which leave from sa. station for Chi cago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, etc. r, . For fares, tickets, -etc., apply t2 T. C. WHITE, Gen. Pass. t. Phone 160. Wilmington, Hi C. . ....i.i,nniriiimrniiiii 4 v ' ' . I A -vj -j CLASSES XL i iiumiiihhhiihihiiihi j I j g McCABE & CO- ' s .''-' S ,iulJ. vrMi Annl'S'' , j sV-riuicv; vw 5 g )S t&nts. v ' ' jS Room 810 Murchjson Bank Sldg. f - SPhone 996. . Wilminqton, n. v. u Wllin!iniJIll!!lillIll!IiIlllililiii;n!nilSni!!!i!l!!lII!lli!n!ll NOTICE OF UXD SALE ' DEED OF TROST. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained In a certain Deed of .Trust t-xe-onted t-he 10th. day of Feb. 1017, by Alex. H Koonce and Lettle T. Koonce, lua v.ife, .; to C B. Griffin, Trustee f r Neecihan T. ' Llovd, all parties of Orange County,, Stat of North Carolina, and being thereto re- 7 quested by the Trustors and Cestui Qua , -Trust," I, the undersigned trustee, will, sell at publicauctlon to the highest bidder for cash, at the Court House door, in ; the -citv of Wilmington. New Hanover County,"' State of North Carolina, on, Friday, Decem ber the 28th.. 1917, at 11 o'clock, A. M as certain tract of land lying and being Bit uated on Carolina. Beach, in the County of , New Hanover and State of North Carolina,, described-as follows: ' .- Beginning at the Eastern line of Carolina : Beach Avenue South at the point four bun-, dred and fifty (450) feet northwardly from the point where the said Eastern line of ", Carolina Beach Avenue South intersects the northern line of Atlanta Avenue; run -thence eastwardly and parallel with said Atlanta Avenue one hundred. (100)-. feeti thence northwardly and parallel with Car- ' olina Bepch Avenue South sixty (00) feet; thence westwardjy. and parallel with At lanta Avenue one hundred (100) feet tp the v pastern line of Carolina Beach - Avenue -South; thence ..southwardly along the said easternCarollna Beach Avenue South , (00) ',.. feet to the point of beginning: being oth- erwise described as lot 2 in block 2? - of the Southern section of the plan of Car-' olina Beach. as plotted .by JL. -rectont '' -Civil-Engineer, June-Jeptember,--1913, and . duly recorded in map 2, page, -1, of the re- . cord of New Hanover founty. - This Deed of Trust is duly registered In the office of the Register of Deeds for. New .Hanover County, in Book 90, page. ICO. - ' This Nov. 28, 1917. i J ' "; - C. B. GRIFFIN. Trustee. ll-29-30t. 1 -1 I. s -? t ' i " - . " ' ' - ' r - - . ' ' . -v . - " . ' " . - i . , .