- . . - 4 MONDAY AFTERNOON, APR1CT5, ,1918. page seven. Market Review, Marine and Weather News Wilmington spot Ctarleswn spot . Vorfolk spot . . . . iavannah spot . COTTON. 4 STOCK 8k $ 4 32 12 New York, April 15. The morn 32 3 4 ! confident tone of the war bulltin 32.50 gave. Impetus to. an upward movement 33 14 NEW YORK COTTON. Ve York, April 15. The cotton .arket showed continued excitement r" j feverishness early today. The Renins was firm at an advance of 3 i nS "points on covering and trade Irving which was promoted by bull spot advices, the extent of last Peek's break and a favorable view of tj!? war news. July sold up to 30.74 ind October to 29.27 shortly after the -ail. or 36 to 45 points net higher, but advance met heavy Southern sell er This seemed to create an im pression that hedges were-being sold gainst spot cotton and the market foon weakened under a renewaf of pnerst itquldstkm. Before the end ff flit firs notir Jnlv broke to 30.03 md October to 28.60, or 22 to 35 points tflow Saturday's closing. Fine rains werp reported in the Southwest and father conditions were considered generally favorable for new crop profrres?. Cotton ciosea weas. High V?y .... 31.15 jrjv 30.75 October 29.27 n?ceniber 2S.90 at the opening of today's stock mar ket. Speculative issues formed the Basis of the early dealings, however, investment shares making relatively little headway. Pools were active in Alcohol, Distillers, Texas Company, Tobacco and kindred specialties. Union Pacific, Reading, and New Ha ven featured the rails, shippings showing irregularity. Liberty bonds were steady. American Beet Sugar (bid). .. 72 American Can 41 7-8 American Car and Foundry.. ..781-4 American ..Locomotive 62 3-4 American Linseed 32 American Smelting and Ref'g ..77 3-8 American Sugar .. .. American T and T . . Anaconda Copper Atchison " Atl, Gulf and W. Indies . . Januarv 8.6S Low 28.95 28.59 27.40 ? no 27.04 Close 2S.95 28.60 27.10 NEW ORLEANS COTTON. New Orleans, April 15. Prices sere one to 18 points oil1 UQthe open 'eg call in cotton here today, but a rood demand met the decline and a pick bulge resulted. At the end of the first half hour active month3 xere 36 to 38 points above Saturday's close. A better technical condition, owing to recent selling appeared to be the main reason for the improve ment. Cotton closed barely steady at a iecline of 141 to 193 points. High Low May 30.25 ;aly 29.39 October 28.02 December 27.71 January 27124 27.95 27.33 26.25 "2o.94 ' 27.24 ..101 7-8 ..1013-8 ..651-4 ..83 ..110 3-4 Baldwin Locomotive 76 1-2 Baltimore and Ohio 521-4 Bethlehem Steel "B" .77 7-8 Canadian Pacific .. . .' 1381-2 Central Leather 62 Chesapeake and Ohio 54 7-8 Chicago, Mil., and St.' Paul . . . .38 3-4 Chicago, R. I. and Pac 19 1-2 Chino Copper (bid) 41 Coloorado Fuel and Iron:.. ..36 1-4 6.99 Corn Products 36 5-8 Crucible Steel 63 Cuba Cane Sugar ..i.. .. 28 Erie , .. ..1415-8 General Motors, ex div.. ..118 7-8 Great Northern, pf d . . . . . . . . 89 1-2 Great Northern ; Ore Ctf s . . . . 27 -2 Illinois Central (bid) 95 Inspiration- Copper.. 47 5-S Int. Mer. Marine.. 251-8 Int. Mer. Marine, pfd 93 1-2 International Papery 33 Kennecott Copper 32 1-8 Louisville and Nashville 112 1-2 Maxwell ' Motors . . . . . . . . ..251-2 Mexicon Petroleum 941-2 Miami Copper ..281-2 Midvale Steel (ex. div.) 461-2 LOCAL MARKETS. (Wholesale' Prlee.) Eggs (scarce) ..35c Butter 48c Spring chickens 40 tc 60c. Grown chickens 70 to 90 Puddle ducks 60c, Uuineas 40c Beef (dressed) .. .. .. .. 13 tc 14c Irish potatoes (bag) $5.00 msn potatoes, Maine grown, Irish Cobbler aeed potatoes. 150 lb bag .. .. $5.25 N. C. Hams, lb S-. S2 to &s N. C. shoulders VJfoS 30 to 32c Cabbage, 100 lbs7"Tcarc8 .. ..$4.6u Hides, green .. . . 17c Wool, free of burr, 5r Cora, busnel. . . .... $2.00 Bees wax ..' .. 30 to 32c Salted hides l&c Tallow 30 to 12e Onions (2 bushels) ..$4.S6 Peanuts, N. 0. and Va. .. $2.252.2Q Peanuts, Spanlst .. .. ?2.15 Apples. Vinesap, bbl $.73 Oranges, box IMPORTS I HARRY HOOPER ONLY OLD STAR ON BOSTON ROAD SENTENCES IRE COURTS STRONG POINT F Boston, Mass., April 15. Harry Hooper was the only member of the famous old outfield of the Boston Am ericans t appear in the line-up -an nounced by Manager Barrow to op pose the Athletics in. the opening game of the league" season here to day. Hooper . appeared in his familiar role leading off the batting order. Of the other members of the old. out field Duffy Lewis is in the Navy f nd Tris Speaker is with the Cleveland club. Hoblitzell at first base, Scott at short stop and possibly Ruth for pftcher, were the only other members of the former world champions to ap pear on the score card. The remain der of the line-up includes: Shean, second base; Strunck, cen terfleld: Mclnnis, third base; Whit man, left field and Agnew, catch. A warm sun and dry wind Sunday cleared most of the field oT snow and the diamond was in fair condition. Goveraor McCarl was expected to throw out the first ball. Handed Out on Smallest Prov ocation With Abandon By the Recorder Rl BOUNDARY RIDER TO PRIME MINISTER Premier' Hughes of Australia to Tour the United States TODAY'S GANGES: American League. New York at Washington, 4 p. tb.; clear . Philadelphia at Boston, 3:15 p. m.; clear. ' J. No others scheduled. New York vs. Washington. Washington, April 15. The Amer ican League Baseball League season was opened here today with Wash ington to play New York. Walter Johnson was announced in the morn ing as Washington's probable pitcher, Following a week of inactivity in Recorder's court today's session re sembled in some measure the ses sions of former days and the grist prepared for grinding was of sufficient proportions to keep the wheels, of jus tice moving at a rapid rate for a con siderable period and farm and road sentences were handed to the unfor tunates who had been haled into court with perfect abandon. Nathan Crawford was one of the heaviest sufferers of the day. He was sentenced to hard labor on the roads for a period of three months, following his conviction on a charge of larceny. His brother Meaes was ! tried on a like charge, but the evi dence was insufficient to convict and he was discharged. Nathan was ad judged guilty of removing clothing from the store of Mr. J. M. Solky, where he was employed. Pri,or to trial Mr. Solky sought to get a con- ! fassioE from the boy, .Vit it was con tended to the last that he purchased the clothes from a store that does not even handle that brand. Herbert Larkin felt the hand of the law in no uncertain manner, pull ing down a half year's sentence on the roads, following conviction on a charge of assault with a deadly weap on. Viola Southerland and Rosa Mc Knight, colored damsels, will pull 30 Close 27.95 27.33 26.25 25.94 2.J.79 NEW YORK SPOT COTTON New York, April 15. Cotton: Spot quiet? middling 30.05. - LIVERPOOL. COTTON. Liverpool, April 15i r-Cotton: Spot in fair demand; prices weak. Good middling 23.29; middling . 23.36; low middling 22.84; good ordinary 21.84; ordinary 21.32. bales 5.U00 bales, including 4,600 iiierican. Keceints lo.oou bales, m- aainK o.zwj Americans fniures :;sed easy. New; contracts: April rw - v zji.aa: .1 unn sr i . .iniv . . MUC 11.1 ,,111 IT1IIII I HI'I ( i ill 1 1 r.r ... n li h v v Jiav-J linn . .1 linp-.iiii v 1.3 1. . COUNTY UNIONS ARE AGAINST ALEXANDER Missouri Pacific . . New York Central Norfolk &-Western Northern Pacific .. Ohio Cities Gas .. Pennsylvania . . Pittsburgh Coal . . . Ray Consolidated. Copper 21 691-8 ..103 1-4 .. 83 3-4 371-4 .. 441-8 53 1-8 24 1-4 NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON. New Orleans, April 15. Spot cot ton zi),:- to arrive, none. Low mld- ling 31.00; middling 33.00; good . .? - ---Mr.. w COTTON SEED OIL. New York, April 15. Cotton seed 0:1 markpt nn niintnrliTiL Cotton 276 Tar 2 . Receipt: NAVAL STORES Spirits 39c ' Rosin $4.80 and $4.50. Tar ?3 and 13c:' Crude $4, 4, $3. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, April 15. Hogs: Receipts W.OftfM Slrvnr TtrTIV 17 1(15117 7(1- ight 17.2517.85: mixed 17".10 1760 ; 15.70: nip-e i?nfl,i7(in Cattle: Receipts 25,000. Firm. Na- -'O-&-13.O0; calves 10.0015.00. Sheep ReceiDts 12.CK)0. Strong. - -r AU.UU (KJJ I I .Oil . 1 rL III If a AU.UU VLV ' ltd SAVANNAH MARKET Savannah. Ga.. Anril . Turnen- -' mil oO I - ' I KM IPS i z- K UL1 Rosin, firm- salo re.nv.lTvt a 98: 'aipments 101 tnMr Qfi qki Quote: R n w a w t K.25; J v j , ai. n in- iv r 1 1 v v i -w w . ill. WU' ion ' Reading 80 3-4 Rep. Iron & Steel 79 3-8 Sinclair Oi & Refining 27 Southern Pacific . . 83 Southern Railway 2J. 5-8 Studebaker Corporation ... 38 3-4 Tennessee Copper 17 3-8 Texas Co 145 1-2 Tobacco Products 54 3-4 Union Pacific 119 United "Cigar Stores . . . U. S. Ind. Alcohol . . . United States Rubber . . United States Stel .. .. Utah Copper . . Wabash Pfd. "A" .. .. . Westinghouse Electric . . Willys-Overland (ex div.) American Tobacco . . Atlantic Coast Line . , Gulf States Steel Seaboard Air Line 71-2 Sloss, Shef. Steel & Iron (bid). 50 United Fruit .. 1211-2 Virginia Caro. Chem. (ex div.) 40 5-8 88 1-4 124 1-4 54 911-2 78 5-8 40 1-2 40 3-8 17 1-2 160 . 89 7-8 Local Leaders Are Beginning to Rise Up and Smite the Doctor CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, April 15. Favorable weather had a bearish effect today on corn, opening prices, wicnn vail ed from unchanged figures to 3-4c lower with May 1.27 and July 1.49 3 4 to 1.50 14, were fojolwed by a moderate general upturn. Absence of selling pressure allowed pressure on oats to ascend after Lome weakness at the- outset. Big sup plies of hogs had only a transient depressing effect on- provisioas Corn t May . . July . . Oats May July .. , Pork May . . Lard May, July . . Ribs May . . July Open. 1.27 1.49 3-4 .871-2 .831-2 ..47.42 ..25.60 ..25.87 Close. 1.27 1-8 1.49 5-8 .88 1-2 .84 3-8 48.00 25.67 25.97 .. i. ..24.05 , 24.10 24.45 24.57 Cash: C6rn, No. 2 yellow, nominal ; No. 3 yellow, 1.551.65; No. 4 yellow, 1.45 1.50. Oats. No. 3 white, 091; standaird, 901-4031 1-2. Rye, No. 2.60. Barley, 1.40J.78. Timothy, 5.0008.00,. Clover. 20.00 31.00. Pork, nominal.. Lard, 26.57. Ribs, 23.20 23.70. Washington, D. C, April 15. Of the many distinguished foreigners who have paid official visits to the United New york was expected to use either States since the commencement ot tne Mogridge or Caldwell. Ideal base war, rew n any are enuuea io a. muielbaI1 weather prevailed conspicuous nicne in tne nan or iame than the Hon. William Morris Hughes, prime minister of the. Com monwealth of Australia, who is about to begin a tour of the principal American cities in connection with the war propaganda, program of the Allies. To Premier Hughes is due in no small measure Australia's magnif icent contributions to the Allied cause, both in men and money a welcome participant in the British councllls of state and war. Deaf, nervous and dyspeptic, with a constitution unaerminea Dy me terrible hardships of his early days, one marvels at the superb manner in which Mr. Hughes has risen to be come one Of the first men of the Brit ish empire. In a biography published recently Douglas Sladen, an English writer, draws the following picture of the Australian statesman: "Not many inches over five feet in height, not greatly over seven stone in weight, born under the severest handicap o4 poverty, he has made himself one of the greatest men alive, by sheer force of intellect and will. Poverty, from which he had fled, haunted him for half a decade in Aus tralia. It was not until he was near ly 40 years of age that his extraor dinary gifts were allowed to earn him adequate freedom from pecuniary anx ieties." Mr. Hughes was born in Wales in 1864. He was a pupil-teacher in a school in London when he was first fired with an ambition to go to Aus tralia, and at 19, with a few shillings in his pocket, after he had bought a poor outfit and his ticket, he set sail for the Commonwealth, where, after many trials, he was to become chief citizen. Mr. Hughes' first Idea when he landed in Australia was to take up the profession of teaching, but as the only job offered him was one at just over a pound a- week, he decided to go up country. He "humped his bluey" (carried his pack on his back) into the interior, and in due course became a sheep shearer, a man of all work, a bound ary rider, a scrub clearer, a cook for woodsmen in the forest, a cook in a bush hotel, and a workman at vari ous mechanical trades. Then he went to sea as an ordinary seaman before the mast, and ultimately as cook and steward on a sailing ketch. Often the future statesman did not know where the next meal was com ing from, and it was through sleep ing in the open, when he spent 15 months as a sheep-driver, that brought on a chill, resulting in permanent deafness only one of the almost in surmountable barriers which stood be tween him and his present greatness. But force of character and person ality told, .and ten years after Mr. Hughes had landed in. Australia as an immigrant he was ' a member of the New South Wales parliament. for one of the divisions of Sydney itself, be- days each, the former for disorderly conduct and the latter for vagrancy. The court Is 'hopeful that the sen tence, imposed will serve as an accli mator in the case of Rosa and have its good- effect, getting her sufficiently well acquainted with' work that she will be anxlousu for employment upon completion of the sentence. Cash Dodson, a young man carrying an atD-fiill-ir h a r v ntmiA ursta rrm trf rf ! ed of riding- a bicycle on the side--walk. Prayer for judgment' was con tinued upon payment of the cost. Er nest Jackson faced one of the most unique charges of modern times, be ing arranged on a charge of smoking cigarettes. The solicitor suggested ; that the matter be nol prossed and j action of this nature was taken. The extreme youthfulness of the boy was j responsible for his presence in court j on a charge of this nature. j Prayer was continued upon pay ment of the cost in the case charging Georgiana Brown with an assault and , battery and similar entry was order- ed in the case charging John Good man with allowing stock to run at large. Only a time limit was fixed in Goodman's case, the prayer being only for a period of six months. Like ac- j tion was taken in the case charging i Gary Smith with disorderly conduct, ' only without time limit for expira- tion of the prayer. The case charg- ! ing Clarence Robertson With vagrancy j was nol prossed upon suggestion ofj the solicitor and one unfortunate, con- J victed of a drunk, had his prater con tinued upon settlement of the cost. -JN NEW YORK CITY-. A Good Room with Bath at 2.00 to 3.00 Per Day Is Hani to Find, But the Editor of this Paper will tell you "You can get them" at the Hotel Gregorian 35th Street, Bet. 5th Ave. and Broadway. Homelike. Mcx'erT?. Fireproof, Cen tral, nsr Theatres and Shops. Best of Y4m rt Fair Prices. V7rlf tmr !oklt to DANIEL I JtJTCSrSY. Prop. DRIVE MALARIA OUT OF THE SYSTE3 A GOOD TONIC AND APPETlZd. TURNING PONT WEST F IS RON OF T BATTLE SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT. Mrs. BE NG REACHED (Continued from Page Five). Nellie U. Wallington at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. Mrs. Nellie U. Wallington speak in the lecture room of Fifth Avenue Methodist church night at 8 o'clock and the public is cordially invited to hear her. A sil ver offering will be taken at the door. PForgo'Jten Footprints of American Nomen" will be the theme discussed. will the to- ( Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, April 15. County unions in the larger State organization of North Carolina farmers have begun to strike back an offensive against the State council that met recently in Greensboro and repudiated the pa rent body's endorsement of the Lib erty Bonds, has begun. Beaufort county is the first division that has chirped from the far East, but S. H. Hobbs, of Sampson county, father of three boyg who are in the war, not only means to come but as a member of the National Council nd former State official in the Union, but he is going after the scalp of ev ery man who is blocking the bond issue. Mr. Hoobs was one of those hard headed farmers who saw the inevi table trend from the start. He was in favor of war always, not because he wanted it, but because he thought the country could give most of it with the aid of the Allies abroad. He never thought it possible for Presi dent Wilson or anybody else to keep the country out of war. He is sore on Dr. Alexander, E, C. Faires, Geo. Leach and the whole organization, which he thinks has put the entire profession in bad. Mr. Hobbs is due to break out even as Zeb Green broke The Beaufort Union at its Friday night meeting dispelled any doubt as to where it stands. President Wil liam A. Cratch, of the county union, introduced the resolution , that spec ifically repudiates Dr. Alexander and commends the action of Zeb Green, former organizer-lectilrer. This will be something of a shock to Dr. Alex ander, who has coupled his attacks on the American government's en trance into the war with the boast that the county unions are with him and believe as he does. .j Tt i renorted in Rome that as soon as the war is ended the Dowafer Queen Margherita of Italy plans to gratify her long-standing desire to pay a visit to the United States. Ing then only 30 years old. At 36 he was a member of the Federal par liament, at 40 a cabinet minister, and at 41 attorney general of the com monwealth. Ten years later the boundary rider and sheep shearer had become prime minister of Australia. ing from three to six miles. The French contested every foot qf the ground, were able to check the enemy onslaught, and carry out their care fully arranged plan for the occupa tion of the line which they now hold South of the Ailette. "The German higher command also made desperate attempts to enlarge its gains in the area stretching from Montdidier to Noyon and improve the position in this vicinity, but they were everywhere repulsed by the French, who hold firm along this important sector. I "North of the Somme the British re-established their line in the Aveluy woods and took a number of prison ers. "Later in the week very heavy bom bardments developed in , the region East of Noyon and North of Mont didier. "In .the sectors where our own forces are fighting considerable ac tivity prevailed. After protracted artillery preparation the Germans launched an attack against our posi tions Northwest of Toul. Our artil lery was able to disperse the assault ing columns and checked the attack before our lines were reached. Our own infantry counter attacked and drove off the remnants of the enemy units. A number of prisoners were taken. Our casualties were relatively slight. "The" enemy also executed a minor raid against one of .our outposts in the Woevre. Hostile artillery has been active throughout the week, both-in the Woevre and along our po sitions in the Meuse hills and in the Vosges. "Our counter-battery work was very efficient and we replied vigorously to the hostile shelling. "Lively shelling took place along the whole Italian front and the Allies executed a number of minor raids in the Asiago region. "The re-grouping of forces has been going on and in the continua tion of concentration of hostile units is reported. The probability of an enemy offensive in this area taking fplace as soon as the weather becomes more favorable is increasing. "While no events bearing directly on the general military situation took place In the East, it is to be noted that German and Finnish forces have occupied and passed beyond Tammer fora and hostile units are moving Northward with the object of cutting the Russian railroad through Finland to Sweden. "In Siberia the situation remains obscure, the Japanese landing at Vladivostok having been followed by the landing of a British force." Flying Instructor Killed San Antonio, Texxas, April 15.. Lieut. E. B. Markham, a flying in structor at Kelly Field, an American aviation camp, was instantly killed in an airplane fall. A cadet, who accom panied him and whose name was not given out, was not seriously hurt. Lieutenant Markham's home was In Turin, N. Y. The machine fell 200 feet. LOST DOCTOR'S GRIP SOME- where on Red Cross St., between Hospital and Red Cross. Reward if returned to 115 So..3rd St. 4-15-2ti We specialize in the man ufacture of Rubber Stamps and Good Printing Carolina Printingand Stamp Works No. 8 Grace St UNION PASSENGER STA- TION KENNY'S CHECfN TEA The Best Tea on Earth Kenny's High Grade Cof fee 25c tb.s Baking Powder, RICE At Cut Price. Buy W. S. S. - -' - - C. D. Kenny Co. Phone 679 16 So. Front SEEDS COWPEAS SOY BEANS and GARDEN SEEDS John S. McEachern Son 211 Market Street Arrival and Departure of Trains February 1st, 1918. SEABOARD AIR LINE DEPART DAILY ARRIV2 3:55 P.M Charlotte ......12:30 P.M. Parlor Car. 5:00 A.M Charlotte 12:30 A.M. Sleeper opened 10:00 P. M. For Information Phone 178. ATLANTIC COAST LINE DEPART DAILY ARRIVE 5:45 A.M South and West... 12:45 A.M. Sleeper to Columbia, (Open 10:00 P. M. 7:45 A.M... North 6:05 P.M. Parlor Car to Norfolk 8:45 A.M...Fayetteville 8:00 P.M. 8:05 P.M:..New Bern 12:30 P.M. 3:30 P.M... South and "West 1:00 P.M. Sleepefs to Augusta Atlanta 6:45 P.M.. . North 10:15 A.M. Sleepers to Washington, Norfolk For Information Phone 160. STEAMER WILMINGTON. Schedule Effective March 16th, 1918. Leave Wilmington Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9:30 A. M. Leave Wilmington Saturdays G:45 A. M. and 12:30 P. M. Leave Wilmington. Sundays 9 A. M. Leave Southport and Fort Caswell Mon days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 2:30 P. M. Leave Southport. and Fort Caswell Satui days 9:30 A. M. and 3;30 P. M. Leave Fort Caswell 3 :15 P. M. and South port 3:30 P. M, on Sundays. Leave Wilmington 6:00 P. M. Sundays. No stops between Wilmington and Fort Caswell. NEOUN SOLES. Makes Walkin a Pleasure Attached by SULLIVAN, King of Shoemakers N. Front Street ?hon 523. 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