Show r 1 t 11 Financial and nd Commercial C I 4 I l. r DEMAND FOR CORN i PRODUCTS GROWING 11 DY Dr V JOSEPH F. F By Ty International News S Service f Chicago Feb 5 While corn was in urgent d demand today an and commanded 15 cents over the yellow variety arlet never neverin of ot tho United States was I in the history tho demand for corn flour cornmeal and other corn products as urgent ns s Never in the history history his his- they ther are at present have substitute of ot the country I tor tory I demand as ns urgent flours been In such Inow n now Advances wore shown hown of 5 3 to 3 cent In n oats oatIS and i ic In n corn toda today There Thero were sales or of cash oats amounting to bushels which arc to be shipped s s soon as possible but The Tho provision market was Wa quiet today on an advance anco of Oc In firm inThe the price of or hogs at the yards ards t w with th level lovel 1725 for the best figure B r ro the tho ho top ton combined 1 which was this year car o far ar so cash situation an and 1 ma made madea e with a strong a higher range ranso for futures futures range J as ss fellows con coR- coR L n. n I Low IA I 11 e l I I 15 1 t. t 4 1 15 5 un ai IJ JJ t-OA t OATS OATS- TS ft Ia I 1 I m 2 l 1 60 a POUl 11 t I I 4 ro I 1 l LARD R tJ 9 90 9 S L- L f. f I 12 s' s iday 11 S I. I 2 nii allis allis- s JI ij IU I 1477 n 11 Corn Corn Corno o. o ellon lIow nominal No o. o 3 yellow 1 im No 0 I 1 t Oat rn O 3 white whitt S 61 laS 3 1 is Hj-f Hj Rye Xo No o. o Z nominal 11 Timothy Timothy 5 fIO O. O Pork pork J 10 0 MARCONI 1 SLATED AS ASA A AMBASSADOR TO U. U S. S Rome Feb It G.-It It is i reported here that thal William Marconi will replace Count Macchi dl di Cellere Italian ambassador am am- at Washington Count Macchi di Celere it is understood understood under under- stood Is returning returning- to Rome Home and nd will likely 1 bo be 0 sent to Petrograd where Italy 18 13 3 now represented b by a charge daf da faires s. s Senator Marconi according to tho the re reports reports re- re ports will wiil go o to the United States as Italian high commissioner with tho the rank of ot ambassador I MEXICAN OFFICER is KILLED lULLED BY U. U S. S GUARD GUARDEa Ea Eagle le Pass Tex Feb 6 As G.-As' G. As a CI re result re- re suit sult of ot refusal of ot order to halt A. A Coste Coate of ot the Mexican army armr was shot and killed d and Maj Manuel Ruiz also qt th the Mexican arm army was taken prisoner prison prison- er by American guards to today a noar i while attempting to cross the Hlo 10 Grando Grande In violation o of International al law Tho The American guard fired Ired only after several shouts of ot Halt Hall LA INQUIRY I DEFERRED nnED For For the first Washington ton Feb 5 time In many weeks the tho Senate Sonata elections dee clec- committee again toda today considered its contemplated Investigation of Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator La Follette's St. St Paul speech at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked as disloyal but carne came to lo no iio decision de de- de cislon chlon on its procedure 1 4 I LIVESTOCK MARKETS 1 1 I North orth orth Salt Lake Feb Cattle 64 Market Choice utters JS ilO CW J steers te rs St nil fair steers steer i Q choice cows s and heifers 7 ii fair air nr to goil l co cows cowl 9 ami 6 iCO cutlers bologna bulls bulle SO fat tat bulla bull nos Iloga lpt none Market steady Choice tnt rut boss bogs pounds pound to O pounds pound ISi m mixed fat at hogs bogs HO 0 pounds and up lS none Market Choice Sheep Rt Receipts clIt an fed lambs lambs' OO choice wethen 11 O fat tnt mothers lOJ fat Cat ewes ves e OO 0 Op 1 n Feb Peb 6 C Cattle Receipts 11 II Market dark steady Choice steers teNs good 1001 JOO OO feeler feeders 7 choice cows 1 and smi belt helf era fair to Ii 00 ai 00 cancers 40 o- o 00 feeder celler cows COSTS Teal real caIn I 10 lOCO 1000 oss Receipts steady Tops i 5 bulk balk o of snIts sales 1575 Sheep Sheep Receipts Receipts none Market steady study Lambs lUOm OO ewes 9 C Chicago Feb 5 S. ne Hoc Receipt iMO to morrow morro Market strong Oc above abote yes yea 8 tertia erday's aHr Hulk of or sales 17 liGht 16 IC lUj mixed huy heavy heary lough 1 pi pis pis HOO Cattle Cattie Receipt tomorrow lO Market Market Mar ket Itt unsettled Native r ste steers n 8 stockers stock ers era and Bud feeders cows and aDd heifers G. G caIn caie 9 n oJ Sheep Receipts Ir Irl l' l tom tomorrow Mar I ket k-ct stead fC e ewes 13 3 CO lamb lambs H. H 5 liS I Omaha I Teh leb ell 5 S. Hops Receipt Mar Market Market ket Oc to tn higher higher- lieu Heavy mixed 16 light pigs bulk of or sales 16 IG Cattle Cattle Receipts Market RIo slow steady Native steers steen cows cowa sod and heifers heifer western steers Teens 7 7 2 cows OWl and beier nl 7 9 3 canners C. C stockers ant ami feeders 6 G 15 calves 13 00 bull buli sines etc 7 Sheep Sheep Receipts Receipts Market steady stealy Tear 11 O fi 13 CO 00 ewes ees 1 O lambs 3 Kansas Feb Frh 5 Hogs Receipt s SC O O Market higher Bulk of ot sales Mien heavy hI 1700 and 64 light pigs pies Cattle lAttI Receipts OO Market Prime fed feil steers steere 12 1 dressed steers 10 lOi q 12 25 western ste steers N 9 cows u. heifers 1125 stockers stocker and and feeders 75 ii llen 61 bulls c cain caires i 00 Sheep Sheep Receipts Market higher Lambs yearlings H S 1200 1209 I ewes I M 1 0 U I C 1 Y New P. York Feb 5 Mercantile S. paper lulls 42 commercial 1 six six- Sterling day Sixty day c mn ty day bills l on banks commercial 11 sixty sixty- day ly Mill lJ demand mn ll 75 4 4 cables 46 Demand 51 cables Guilders Demand 43 n cables 43 hires D mantl S 56 66 cables SS 85 Rubles Demand 12 cables 1 12 Mexican dollars busts 69 S Government ann and railroad hernia bonds easy Time loans fOn sixty day ninety day and six elx months 4 Call money strong high i. B low lorr 3 Z ruling ra rate te TiiA closing hill hid 3 I. I offered a at t 3 Si l. l last lut loan 3 Ilk 34 su SUGAR C t H. H New Xe- York rob Teh 3 Raw Itaw Raw sugar teady cm- cm 6 3 molas e nominal refined steady 8 S I crushed 8 O mould A. A 7 79 93 cubes I powdered pO powdered powder d fine granulated r u 74 4 diamond confectioners confectioners' A A. A 7 I 3 33 No o. o 1 1 0 FA FATAL TAL POISON DOSE TAKEN BY MISTAKE Missoula Mont Feb 5 W. W. W IT Bingham fling fling- ham a Coldwater Mich historian and once a Montana newspaper ne r man Is ex expected ox- ox 1 to die within a week as a result of poison polson which he hc took hero yesterday afternoon Bingham said yesterday that he took the poison polson by mistake When hen he first called for help however he lie said Do Donot Donot Donot not mind mud about aboul a doctor Im I'm going to cross the great divide Bingham came to MIssoula l about a n month ago to gather material for or a history history his his- tor tory o of the state I STOCKS SCORE GAINS IN DAYS DAY'S DEAliNGS BY fly DA WALL All Dy fly T International News Service Sence Now New e York Feb 5 Stocks opened strong toda today but the selling pressure caused b by the taking over of or petroleum control b by tho the government soon goon forced a reaction of about a point After I great irregularity for tor a couple of hours tho list lIRt turned strong and closed In much better condition than It opened Specialties were vere the feature of ot the da day Distillers being the favorite fa toward tho the close Malt Industrial trl l Alcohol nn and 1 Atlantic Atlantie At At- lantic lantie Gulf Gult and West cst Indies attracted much attention Reading was one of ot I I the firm railroad tocks stocks As the standard stan stan- dard stocks were quiet all da day professional lonaI Ional Wall all street pal paid 1 most attention I Ito to the specialties Writing Paper preferred preferred pre pre- I 1 was the tho first to distinguish Itsel it It- It r sel self Report that American Malt may go Into liquidation caused 1 buying of or Its stock Tho Thc reason for believing the company compan plans to liquidate are nrc briefly that It has discontinued the salo sale o. o of malt ant and that orders are arc to bo be Issued I closing five o of the company company's s a plants before the end of ot this month Prohibition Prohibition tion has done It Malt could liquidate paying off the I back dividends of ot 33 3 3 1 per cent an and leaving between 75 and par for the pro pre But In or order to liquidate two two- pre pre-I thirds stockholders of the tho common must consent an and 1 to secure their consent consent consent con con- I sent it Is probable that 20 or 25 ashare n It share would he bo paid to that thal class of or stock Should the preferred and common common cornmon com corn mon stockholders bo unable to come to terms as to the price to bo be paid to tho the common commonS It Is suggested that the di directors directors dl- dl rectors could pay the tho back dividends dl to the preferred still leaving lea over o In cash caRh to together with all tho ho real estate Income from this cash together with tho rental that would woul bo be received e from tho plants would enable them to pa pay 6 G pT pr Ir cent Indefinitely on the preferred This victor for prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- thus seems to mean handsome profits for both tho common and preferred preferred pre pro erred stockholders Advance of Distillers to a new high price for the movement toda today was due to expectations of a special cash divi elend There Is no official warrant for expecting It It but the tho earnings Justify so something m a t h i ii g. g Buying of New ew York Air Brake Drake re recently ro- ro has been heen good and anel has been based 1 on liberal contracts received from rom tho the government so that should enable enable en en- able it H to continue Its present lan lat large e dividend payments payments payments-payments payments not by byan an any means discounted 1 in the price of stock General Motors made mode another exhibition of strength th a advancing 1 In tho the afternoon afternoon aft aft- more than eight points above the low price o of tho the morning A majority majority majority ma ma- of the stock of the tho company Is held outside o of Wall all street and Is not nota a available for speculative transactions NE MW YORK STOCK M LIST T. T Is l II II L. L II- II C AmerIcan net beet Sugar 75 7 77 ii American Cnn Can 2100 tS IS 3 Sis M Amer Car Car loll ry j CO 72 71 71 American Locomotive i TS f SI Amer f Ht 83 8 a U 63 Amer Sugar OO 1 A Amer mer Tel 5 Tel 1000 lOS lOEl 10 ItS Amer Z I. I L. L t It 8 0 63 63 3 GOO S M E- E W i A. A G. G k W. W J. J S. S Lines Lints COO Baltimore t OhIo i GI SI 1 B. B t Sup C Copper 19 9 U 15 lell l' l ell Cal I 00 lt J. J 35 11 I Canadian 2300 Central Leather 72 12 t 71 it Ohio 7 63 I 2 63 I C C. C Mu c St L Pout Paul 13 4 42 f JI r. r It I 1 f lae lac 2300 20 ChIno Chine Copl Copper r 1900 44 Hh 43 43 3 Colorado Fuel 1 k Iron 1 1 Corn nero 33 3 3 32 aJ 33 Crucible Steel 67 Cuba Cane r Ii 1 30 O OJ J S I. I OO 43 40 42 4 15 General Electric 16 15 Motors l HO 1404 CereaL creal Northern n I Grat or Or Orp 3 2 27 7 4 I Copper Corlet roo 46 4 5 mt Int Mar of r. r Marine pr H s 1 1 21 4 Nickel S' S 27 15 otial 33 II 31 1 3 32 K e. e 16 l Copper ClI 13 1 3 32 23 I LI c aJl Maxwell Motors 1 29 31 Mexican n 91 92 02 Miami 1 01 I C Cooper 00 31 30 I It PacifIc 00 00 2 2 Montana Power ow r O I Nevada Copper too 11 lS 18 4 New tW York COO 71 71 70 71 71 5 No N. Ii 11 k H. H O 30 9 J Norfolk OO 10 l i 1056 Northern Pacific 16 Si 56 26 Pacific Mail 1311 i Pennsylvania 45 Pittsburgh Coal COli I 41 hay Con COD Copper I. I 1200 24 23 21 76 6 75 75 i Rep Iron 8 Steal 1800 is 73 77 71 1400 II 84 84 23 3 3 23 Studebaker Corporation Ii roc I CIt 1 2 Texas Co 40 S 18 1 1600 lI I C. C S In U. U S S. S St St. Steel l 56 93 s 95 Preferred lii Utah Copper 1200 00 51 62 4 83 Wabash B. B oo 00 23 23 22 Union oo In SI N 00 nJ 4 9 Westinghouse e Electric 1400 n 41 41 1 Total sales for or the day 5 0 FOUR OFFICERS ADDED ADDEO TO U. U S. S A. A GENERAl ML STAFF I Washington Feb cb 5 Four Four general officers were wore added 1 to the general staff start of ot the army today as aa assistants as to the chief of ot staff The functions of or the staff state will be distributed 1 among these assistants with authority to act In the name of oC the chief The Tho object Is to ex ex- pc decisions an and 1 action The functions are distributed as lS follows fol fol- fol lows Executive and operation storage and traffic purchase and war plans The effect of or the order Is to a add d Major General and Brigadier General Palmer Pierce to the general staff Harr In their capacities respectively as director of ot traffic and storage and di director director dl di- rector of purchases purchase The war var plans section Including the tho war college Is headed b by Brigadier I General P. P D. D Lochridge ge Major Jajor General General Gen Gen- eral cral John BRidle le now acting for General Gen Gen- eral Bliss DIllS as ns chief of ot stuff but soon to lo be relieved by Major General PCS Fey ton March l will head the executive section and will be available a as the Immediate assistant of ot the tho chief |