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Show WORLD'S MARKETS 1 . J NEW YORK, April 18 Gams extending ex-tending from fractions to a point at the opening of today's stock market measured the encouragement felt by traders at the more favorable tone of overnight war advices. The war is -ued. including equipments, again led 'he movement. Laid win Locomotive, American Can, American Smelting and Industrial Alcohol displayed especial strength. Steels, shippings and motors also hardened appreciably Liberty-bonds Liberty-bonds sere steady. Pools availed themselves of the bei ter feeling to extend their operations during the first hour. Many low price I specialties were brought forward at I gains of 1 to 1V6 points but investment stocks were again confined to limited areas. Among rails, for example. Read-was Read-was the only issue to show marked strength, recovering its 1 per cent dividend. div-idend. Reading failed to hold more I than B part of Its large fractional gain Liberty Vti sold at $98.90 first -C-; , $96.22 to 96 34; second 4's $96 20 to 96.38. OGDEN LIVESTOCK. UNION STOCK YARDS. OGDEN. pni 18. CATTLE Receipts, 141; market, steadv to strong; choice steers. $1112 50; good. $STi 9 00; feeders. $7.0009.00; choice cows and heifers. $9.50; fair to good. leOCo 7 50; canners, $5.25 1? 5.75; feeder cows. f: o i". :.0; veal raises. I M U". choice bulls. $7.75j 8.50. HOGS Receipts. 165; market, ste dj . '"!' $17; bulk of sales, $17. SHEEP No receipts. market, steady; lambs, $16.50; ewes, $9.00rt 10.50. uy KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 18. HOGS Receipts 8000; market lower. Bulk $17.8517.60; heavy $17 35? 17 66 packers and butchers $17.40'?? 17.65; light $17.5017.65; pigs $13 760 17 25 CATTLE Receipts 5000; market strong. Prime fed steers $16.00017.80; dressed beef steers $14.25916.50; western steers $18.50016.85; cows $8.001)13.75; heifers $9.0(1014.50; stockers and feeders 8 2a'-i 13.25; bulls $8.5011.75; calves $8 001 12.50. SHEEP Receipts 1000; market strong. Lambs $20.00? 21. 15; yearlings S1G "'" 17.50; wethers $16.00'. 17 00; ewes $15 OOtg 16.00. OMAHA LIVESTOCK. OMAHA. Neb.. April IS. HOCS Receipts 20.500; market 25 to 40c lower low-er Heavy $16.70017.10; mixed $16.75 '17.00; light $16.75017.80; pigs $10 00 016.00; bulk of sales $16.7517.00. CATTLE Receipts 8900; market steadv. Native steers $12.5016 00; cows and heifers $9.00T7 14.00; western steers $9.50018.50; Texas steers $9.00 3 11 GO; cows and heifers $8.5011.00; canners S7 Moo 8.50; stockers and feeders feed-ers $8 tin 'i 13 'in, calves $9.001 13.00; bulls, stags, etc.. $s.r.o h 12.50. SHEEP Receipts 11,500; market steady to stronger. Yearlings $16,500 18 50- wethers $14.50016.50; ewca -1 1 25Tt16 50; lambs $16.50 21.25. r Chicago Quotations l i CHICAGO. April 18 Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing a continuance of notably bearish crop conditions corn prices today turned upward to a material extent. Lack of selling pressure was a conspicuous con-spicuous feature of the market. Appar-entlv Appar-entlv a majority of leaders leaned to the "view that for the time being the recent declines had more than discounted dis-counted the nearly perfect crop outlook. out-look. Opening prices, which varied from unchanged to lc higher, with May $1.27 and July $1.46 to L47, were followed by a slight reaction and then a rise higher than before. Some revival of demand from the seaboard strengthened oats. Shorts covered freely. After opening down to a shade up. prices scored a moderate advance. Provisions averaged lower in line with hogs. Outside packers were leading lead-ing sellers. H Subsequently a sharp decline in corn took place, largely as a result of bearish interpretations of war reports. H The close was heavy at the same as H vesterdav's finish at 2-iC lower with H May $1.27 and July $1 434 to 1.44. Weakness of cotton led afterward to additional market declines. H CHICAGO QUOTATIONS. . CHICAGO, April 18. May 1 27 1.27 1 27 1.27 I July 1.46 1.47 1.43 1.43 May .S4 .845s .82 .82 j I July 9 .74 .74"d .73 .73 1 I May 47 15 17.50 47 25 47.4f j; I May 25.40 25.40 25.10 25.20 I July 25.70 25-70 25.37 25.47 ' May 8 23.70 23.75 23.27 23 27 ! I July 24 15 24.17 23.75 23.75 SUGAR. I NEW YORK. April IS. Raw sugar steady; centrifugal 6.005c; fine granu- lated 7.45c. I |