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Show Opening Is One of the Most Turbulent Recorded Since War Began. ClflPAOO, Dec, 16.-- U'heiit prices shot nkywnrd today. Impel led l.y the Kua.sian dunia'H rf;M'tlon uf pe;if; ami by an-noififimftnt an-noififimftnt that the t.'niu-.d .Sintf;a would not at. nrf:nty offr to mediate. After t:rit f-, hulK:s that carrWM tii'i ma rket up liM.-i ctnt, fjuotiitiittt flurtuatrd widely wide-ly iuiri cloyed utih'-U U-d, ('4 to It -v ntfi ii tit. hlRlier, with Mav at 1 1 . 62 fn J1.63 and July nt .1fii,.-. 'orn gained 3 cents mid o-itH 'jiVa cents. There w;s a setback of l't to 30 .;itl In provisions One of the mnet turbulent opening nines tht war began was wltnHStirl in the wheat pit. It suemed as If iho crowd almost to a man was rushing to buy on the assu mption that peace was yel far distant, and that the recent severe breaks In price were based on a ruinous ml-talte ml-talte as to the outlook. IJko a flash, all offerings to sell were grahhed at by hundreds of nearly frantic brokers, and tho buying stumpedo continued con-tinued until the votuine of transactions hart reached a, huge aggregate. The French victory in the Verdun district dis-trict ridded to the veheinenoe of purchasers, pur-chasers, but some degree of caution began be-gan to be manifest after the rise waa approaching 1 1 cents. Reaction, however, proved brief, and the hulls were In a strong drive again (hiring the last hour, when attention was focused largely on Washington dispatches Indicating that Oritiany would withhold definite peace terms until the belligerents belliger-ents had aereod to a conference. A nrioiincetne.nt of a revival of export business counted to a material extent In the uplift of the wheat market. It whs said that l,!)0n,(Kl0 bushels or more had been taken for Km rope within twenty-four hours, and that Important relief was at hand In the matter of trans-Allan tic whipping facilities. For Baltimore alone tan stea mera were reported aa due to arrive next week to load grain. Com strengthened with wheat, but moved much more slowly, and kept as heretofore within nearly normal limits. Business was restricted by scarcity of railway ears and the consequent scantiness scanti-ness of the movement from first hands. Oats showed little or no Independence from corn- On the upturns leading concerns con-cerns wera Inclined to sell freely. lessening chances of peace made the provision market eag. "Liberal supplies on hand as shown In the send-monthly statement of warehouse stocks also were causes of depression. 11ANCIE OF THE LKADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat Stay . 59 $1.64U $1.60 51.62 July . .. 1.38 1.40 1.36 1.37 Corn May . .. .ni,i .02' .90 .917-8 - July . .. .90 .91a .90 .9lli Oata May ... .R2 .R3a!i " .52 .52-4 July . .. .50 .61 .69 .504 Pork-Jon. Pork-Jon. . . .27.00 27.02 26.90 26.90 May 26.65 Lard-Jan. Lard-Jan. . ..IB. 12 16.20 15.90 16.00 May . .,16.20 16. yd 15.90 16.05 llibo-- - Jan. . ..13. SO is. 82 13.70 13.70 May . ..14.22 14.22 14.05 H.07 CASK QUOTATIONS. '"J Wheat, Noa. 2 and 3 red and JTos. 2 and S hard, nominal. Corn, No. 2 yellow. 92',ifr93e; No. 4 yellow. 90(9c; No. 4 white, 91c. Oats, No. 3 white. 61iflc; standard, 81(ff!52c, Rye, No. 2 nominal. Barley. S5ch20. 1 Timothy, $3,50(06.50. Clover, $J2igU7. Pork, 138.50. Ird. $16.50(16.56. Ribs, $18.80S1H.T0, |