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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1913)
19 TIITC ukjsuoaiai, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1913, SUGAR DOWN AGAI Fifteen-Cent Reduction in All Grades. MARKET TONE UNSETTLED Trade Apparently Is Discounting Tarirf Change That Becomes Effective on First Day of March Next. . All (Trades of sugar were reduced 15 cents a hundred In the Coast markets yesterday, following the decline In Eastern prices the day before. This Is the third drop In sugar prices In a fortnight. The market Is in a Tery unsettled condition and there Is no telling what the next move will be. The tariff change seems to Be the main factor In tha situation. The first reduc tloa will not take effect until March 1, but It is apparently being discounted In trade KDinuinm now. Southern producers of raws are forcing their stocks on the market and Cuban raws are also being offered free ly, while refiners are enabled to obtain con cessions. The beet sugar people are also offering with freedom In an effort to get what they can of what remains of the sugar season. With all these producers making efforts to unload before the tariff reduction becomes effective, the market has naturally been iiutd in a weak condition. It looks as If the decline before March may be so ex tended that no further reduction will be necessary when the new law goes Into er feet. OREGON WOOL SELLING TN EAST Boston Market Is More Acttvo at Steady Prices. Wool trading has revived In th Boston market, according to advices received yes terday. In tha past week over 8,800,000 pounds, mostly territories, changed hands. Among the sales were 150.000 pounds of Oregon staple at 18 cents, 100.000 pounds of Idaho fine staple at 18 V4 cents, 100.000 pounds Montana three-elghths-blood staple at 2H4 cents, 200,000 pounds Wyoming clothing 1n the original bags at 17tt to 18 cents. 100,000 pounds Montana clothlna t 17 cents, 100. 000 pounds Montana In the original bags at 18 to 20 cents. 1150.000 pounds Montana fine clothing at 18 cents. 150.000 pounds Montana half-blood clothing at 19 cents, 350,000 pounds Colorado and New Mexico clothing In the original bags at 17 to 19 cents, 100. 000 pounds graded fine and line medium Utah at 17 to 17 H cents. An Eastern writer says: "Both buyers and sellers show a more cheerful attitude to wards the market. In view of the steadi ness, the fact that values are well sus tained Is not surprising. Less bickering over prices has been seen the past week than for a long while. The fractional dif ferences In Ideas of buyers and sellers are not so strictly held. Woolmen say that wcol sells more readily now than at any t:-o since the new clip began to arrive or evei since the first of the year. Prices have kept at about the same level for the past month.' YAKIMA HOP MARKET IS LIVELY About Seven Hundred Bales Are Sold Dur InC the TJay. The Oregon hop market was quiet, as there werv fewer orders on hand, but other wise there was no change In the situation. The East Is showing some Interest and sales to Eastern dealers were reported. The lull In export buying Is no more than could be expected after tho recent spurt of activity. Trading operations continue under way In the Taklma section. McNeff Bros, bought 630 bales thefe -yesterday at 25 cents. Bob Uvesley secured 82 bales at 24 cents ana Grafton paid 25 cents for 80 balsa. About 8500 bales of Yakima hops have been sold In the past 10 days. WHEAT NOT OFFERED FOR SALE Offerings of Outs and Barley Are' Also Light Demand Lacking. . The wheat market was Inactive and weak. Some buyers quoted lower prices, but such prices were wholly nominal, as farmers were Indifferent and would not consider reaucea bids. There was practically no demand from any quarter. There was also a- lack of demand for barley and oats. Offerings In these lines were light, however, and prices were about steady. Local receipts. In cars, were reported by the Merchants Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Monday 125 24 16 35 18 Tuesday 81 12 5 16 11 Wednesday ... 18 17 5 Yeag ago 68 8 0 Season to date.5S3:i 995 707 Year ago 67S7 714 675 3 3 701 5t)2 13 749 6S3 PLENTY OF PEACHES STILL COMING Almost No Demand for Late Receipts. Grapes Are Firm. There were liberal receipts of peaches yesterday, but practicaly no demand for them. Fifty fents would buy the best stock. Tokay grapes were well cleaned up and the market was firm at $1.25. Another car Is due Friday. Two cars of bananas are due today. Most of the ripe stock received on the last trala has been worked off. Not many California vegetables are com-J Ing up. as the dry weather in that suite has shortened the supply. Local celery is still abundant, but sells fairly well at 40363 cents. Receipts of local tomatoes are decreasing. The best stock Is worth 60 cents. Chickens Plentiful but Firm. Firm poultry prices prevailed In spite of continued good receipts. Large hens sold at 13 cents and Springs at 16Vs cents. Veal was weak with 14 cents the top quotation. The ecg market was firm at 40 42 cents, the price- that have been current for several days. Trere were no' changes In the butter or cheese markets. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland $3,437,334 $185,750 Seattle 4,031.812 330,187 Tacoma 613,8155 C4.044 Spokane 1,032.625 109,454 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc WHEAT Track prices: Club, 78c; blue stem, M88Sc: forty-fold. 7c; red Russian, 77c; valley, 79 80c. FLOLK Patents, $4.70 per barrel; straights. $4.10: exports. $3.5."S3.70; val ley, $4.70; graham, ,$4.60; whole wheat, $1.80. OATS No. 1 white, $24.5023.50 per ton. CORN Whole, $37; cracker. $3S per ton. M I LLS TUFF S Bran, $22 per ton; shorts, $24 per ton; middlings, $31 per ton. BARLEY Feed. ?24''25per ton; brewing, $2526; rolled. $28ig2. HAY' No. 1 Eastern Oregon timothy, $13 Id; mixed timothy, 1214; alfalfa. $12; clover. SS.50; valley grain hay, $ll12. CLOVER SEED 'Buying price, fancy re cleaned, 9y9fec per pound f. o. b. shipping points. Fruits and Vegetables. Local jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, $6 per box; lemons, $869 per box; pineapples, 7c per pound; bananas, 4lQ3c per pound; pome granates, $2.25 per crate. ONIONS Oregon. $1.60 1.76 per sack; buying price, $1.50 f. o. b. shipping points. VEGETABLES 'Beans, S4c per pound: cabbage. lHc per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 1.50 doe.; corn, 104j)15c dor.; cucumbers, 25o per doien; eggplant, 7o per pound: hothouse lettuce. 90c $1 per box; peas. G0 7c per pound; peppers, 57c per pound: rad ishes, llJ12o per doz.; tomatoes, 60c j$ 1.50 par box; garlic, 1012"io pound: sprouts 10c per pound; artichokes, SI per dozen' squash. l4c per pound; pumpkins, l?o per pouna; ceiery. 4U' tjc per aozen. POTATOES Oregon, HOefrJl per hundred; buying price, 75 85c at shipping points: sweet potatoes, S2 per crate. OKEEX FRUIT Apples, 80c3$2.60 per oox; cantaloupes. $2.25 per crate; peaches. 25 50c per box; prunes, 2c per pouna; pears, si.Z5ral.oo per Dox; grapes 75c 61.35 per crate. 12V(&15o per basket; casabas, 2c per pound; cranberries, $8.50 tr per barrel; Turkish melons, 2c per pound. Dairy and Country Produce. Local lobblnjr Quotations: POULTRY Hens. 16c; Springs, 164e: turkeys, live, 2022c;; dressed, nominal; ducks, 1214c; geese. 1212c. EGGS Oregon fresh ranch, candled, 40 42c ner dozen. CHEESE Oregon triplets, 17c; Daisies, 17io: Youne Americas. 18c BUTTER Oregon creamery butter cubes. S4c per pound; butter fat, delivered, 34c per pound. PORK 'Fancy, 32c per pound. VEAL Fancy, 1314c per pound. Staple Groceries. Local jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River, one-pound talis, $2.25 per dozen: half-pound flats. 81.40; one-pound flats, $2.45: Alaska, pink, one-pound talis, 85c; sllversldes, one-pound tails, $1.H3. HONEY Choice, $3.2.3.75 per case. NUT3 Walnuts. ISc per pound; Brazil nuts, 124 15c; filberts, 1515c; almonds, 20c; peanuts, 5o'ic; cocoanuts, 90c$l per dozen: chestnuts, 11c rcer nound: hick ory nuts, 8S'10c; pecans, 17c; pine, 17Vi 20c. BEANS Small white. 8o: large white, Lima. 6.30c; pink, 4c; Mexican, 5c: bayou, 4.40c. SUGAR Fruit and berry. 15.10; Honolulu plantation. $5.05: beet. $4.f0; extra C. 84.60; powdered, barrels, $5.35; cubes, barrels, 85.50. COFFEE Boasted, in drums, 18Sf32e per ponnd. SALT Granulated. $14.00 per ton: hair- ground, 100s. $10.25 per ton; 60s, $11 per ton; dairy, $12.50 per ton. RICE No. 1 Japan, 65o: cheaper grades, 4V4c; Southern head, 69ii8lC?ie. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 10c per pouna; apricots, 1214r; peaches, 8llc; prunes, Italians. 810c; silver, lSc; figs, white and black, 6 7c; currants, 9c: raisins, loose Muscatel. 6U7tc: bleached. Thompson, iic: unbleached, sultanas. Ottc: seeaea. 7i?8Hc: dates, Persian, 7tt8c per pound hard. $1.65 per box. FIGS Twelve lu-ounce, S5e; on -ounce. $1.85: 70 4-ounce. (2.50: 80 10-ounce. $2.25 loose, 50-pound boxes. GhbQTc; Smyrna, boxes, $1.10 1.25; candled, $3 per box. Provisions. Local jobbing quotations: HAMS 10 to 12-pound average. 2021e 12 to 14 pounds, 20 5 21c; boiled, 22c skinned, 20c; picnic, 14 c BACON Fancy. 29 30c; standard, 22 a 25c. LARD Tierce basis, pure, Utoci com. pound, 1014c." DRY SALT MEATS Backs, 15C; smoked, 17c. MISCELLANEOUS Extra mess beef. $21 per barrel; extra plate beef. $22.60; pork feet, six per barrel; tripe, $10012 per oar ret; bologna sausage, 13o per pound. Hops. Wool and Hides. HOPS 1918 crop, prime and choice. 25 zc-c: lyiz crop, nominal. PELTS Dry. inc. Spring Iambs, 405feoo; shearlings. 30OT500. HIDES Salted hides. 1212He per Ib.i It Kip, c; salted calf. 17Sisc green hides, ll1114c; dry hides, 232314c; dry calf, 25c; Baited bulls, 8Vio per pound; green bulls. 7 He. WOOL Valley, loraise; Eastern Oregon, ll16e. MOHAIR 1913 clip. 2527c Per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new, 5o per pound. Linseed Oil. Gasoline, Etc LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels. DOo; boiled, barrels, 61c; raw, cases, 64c; boiled, cases. bee. OIL MEAL F. o. b. Portland works: Car- lots, $35; 6 and 10-ton lots, 134; ton lots $3n. TURPENTINE Barrels. 58o; cases. 6Io. COAL OIL Cases. 174 20o: drums and barrels, 1013V4c. GASOLINE Cases, 23c; bulk, 16a. HEM MET MPS BUYERS PAY TOP PRICES FOR BEST QUALITY. Choice Lambs Again Selling at $5.50 and Other Sheep Firm Hogs Holding Up Well. There was a ready market for the mod erate supply of stock offered at the yards yesterday and buyers paid top . prices for the best quality. Only four loads of steers were on sale and they brought !6.8o to $7.50. A small load of prime cows sold at $7 and others at $6.50 to $8.25. Hogs were steady and unchanged. One load went at $8.75, the recent top, and other full loads brought ,8.55 to $3.70. The best heavyweights sold at $7.70. Sheep were the firmest feature of . the market. A small bunch of ewes brought $4, an advance of a dime, and a load of wethers sold at $4.25. Three loads of choice Iambs were taken at $5.60. This price had not been touched in the lamb market for a week. Receipts were: Twenty-six cattle, 438 hogs, 1146 sheep and 21 horses. shippers were: O. S. T. Mills, Terrebonne, 1 car cattle; A. R, Ford, McMlnnvllle, 1 car hogs; J. B. Morehead, Goldendale, 1 car hogs; William Morehead, Centervilie, 1 car hogs; J. Stegman, Centervilie, 1 car hogs; E. McLennon, Cold Creek, 1 car sheep; Aie Hamilton, Goldendale, 8 cars sheep; C L. Kirby, Sharon, 1 car sheep; L. H. Mars tin, Moro, mixed load hogs and sheep. The day's sales were as follows: Weight. Price. 6 steers 1153 $7.00 40 steers 1061 7.50 11 steers 811 6.85 31 steers 898 0.85 20 ewes 104 4.00 259 wethers 87 4.25 134 lambs 78 5.50 267 lambs 74 5 GO 145 lambs 7B B.50 hogs 192 8.75 1 hog 160 8.55 98 hogs 185 8.55 7 hogs 120 8.00 2 hogs 815 7.00 22 his 191 8.65 132 hoKS - 208 8.60 2 hogs 21.1 7. Bo 2 hogs 185 8.00 2 hogs . 820 7.70 2 hogs 210 8.00 97 hogs 200 8.70 4 hogs 235 8.65 2 hogs 255 8.25 6 hogs - 120 7.75 7 hogs 837 7.65 78 hogs 1BO 8.65 19 cows 978 6.50 23 cows 1023 6.50 4 cows 1100 5.05 1 cow 1610 6.00 66 cows 1004 6.00 14 cows 1085 7.0U 2 cows 1030 6.25 The range of prices at the yards was as follows: Cattle Prime steers $7.50$S.2S Choice steers 7.ZSO 7.60 M:ium steers 7.00 M 7.26 Prime cows . 6.500 6.90 holes cows 6.60 Prime cows ................... 6.50 t& 7.00 ileifers 6.00 0 7.00 Light calves 8.00 (.00 Heavy calves 6.75 7.7S Bulls 8.500 6.90 Stags 5.75 0 $.79 Hogs l.leht ...... 8.403 8.75 Heavy - 7.450 7.70 Sheep Wethers 4.00 4.60 Ewes 3.25 4.00 Lambs 4-uuw o.ou Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 15. Cattle Receipts, 6500; market, lower. Native steers $7 50'9.r.O; native cows and heifers, $60 7.05; Western steers, J60 8.25; Texas steers, $5.57.10; range cows and heifers, $5,50 0 7.25; calves, $6.7609.75. Hogs Receipts, 6-H0; market. . lower. Heavy, $7.9SS.10: light. $7.7508; pigs, $5.257.25; bulk of sales, $7.9008. Sheep Receipts, 88.000; market, easier. Yearlings, $5.3005.75; wethers, $404.65. lambs, "$6.5O0'f.l5. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. Cattle Receipts. 18. 500: market, weak to 10c lower. Beeves, $7950; Texas steers. $6.8007.90; Western steers $8.1008.25; stockers and feeders, $5.2007.65; cows and heifers, $3.60 0 8.25: calves, $7 011. Hogs Receipts, 32.000; market, slow, 50 10c under yesterdays average. Light. $80 8.50; mixed. $7.9508.55; heavy, $7.8508.50. rough. $7.8508.05; pt '. $508; bulk of sales, $8.03 08.45. Sheep Receipts, 52,000: market, slow and generally 10c lower. Native, $3.85 04.90. Western. $403.25: yearlings, $505.90; na tive lambs, $5.8507.10; Western .lambs, $5.9 07.15. EARLY GAINS LOST Short Selling Wipes Out Ad vance in Stock Prices. MEXICO NOT A FACTOR London Is Buyer With Higher Mar ket v for American Securities. Money Rates Harden With Bet- . ter Inquiry for 60-90 Days. NEW YORK. Oct. 15. For a time today some of the ground lost by the stock mar ket on Tuesday was retrieved, but In the final hour another selling movement wiped out much of the recovery. The early Im provement seemed to be based largely on the operations of the trading element. Little attention was paid to the Mexican situation, and conditions abroad were again uncertain. London's prices for our securi ties were generally higher and that market bought 15.000 shares here, mainly United States Steel and Copper. The local movement embraced a variety of Industrials, People's Gas gaining three points on announcement of Increased dlvt dend. Steel common and preferred, Amert can Telephone and such speculative special ties as United States Rubber, Westinghouse and local tractions rose a point or more. New Haven was .conspicuous among the railways for Its two-point gain. Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, American Can and International Harvester were heavy. The late selling was ascribed In part to conditions In the steel Industry, as reported by trade authorities, and to renewed offer ings of the short Interest. The local money market was Inclined to harden on a better Inquiry for 60 and 90- day accommodations, although rates were nominally unchanged. Bonds were Irregular, with some decline In speculative Issues. United States coupon 2s rose hi per cent on call. Total sales, pat value, $1,800,000. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Reported by J. C. Wilson & Co., Lewis ouuainff, .roruana. Closing Sales. High. Amal Copper .. 34,000 72 Vs Am Beet Sugar. 100 23 Am Can Co ... 20,000 82 do preferred.. 600 92 Am Car & Fdy. 800 42 Am Cotton Oil.. 100 8854 Am Smel & Ret 1,200 63 do preferred.. Am Sugar 100 108 do preferred Am Tel & Tel.. 1.20O 1224 LOW. Bl'l. 71 ii 71 23 80 14 92 42 88 62 , ios" iiiii 23 30 92 41 38 02 9914 107 114 121 Anaconaa z.zuu 30 ft 4 84 Atl Coast Line 115 ATA Santa Fe 11.400 98 98 92 98 92 do preferred.. loo Bait A Ohio ... 1,400 Brook R Tran.. 800 93 92 86 225 66 11 123 100 20 295 89 27 ?.X 129 17 13 26 139". 80 124 108 13 67 103 23 150 93 86 92 85 225 66 11 127 100 1 '89" 27 i29' " "i 26 189 81 128 108 18 67 102 28 Canadian Pao C A O 16.700 227 BVU 07 C A O W 2D0 11 C & N W 400 128 C, M & Bt Paul. 1.70U Central Leather 100 Central of N J Chlno 6,500 Col Fuel A Iron 300 101 89 28 Col Southern ... Consol Oas . .... D & R Q Distilling Secur Erie General Eleo ... Gt North Ore .. Gt North pf ... Illinois Central. Interboro Met .. do preferred. . Inter Harvester K C Southern.. 100 129 400 13 2.40O 600 140tt HOU 51 40O 124 300 10K 1 ,W 1 Q ll 100 18 3.100 BOO 500 2.200 68 104 23 1. Lehigh Valley 161 100 Louis & Nash 131 Mexican Central 200 . 12 .12 11 Mo. Kan & Tex oo a J is Mo Pacific 500 28 28 28 National Lead ........ ..... ..... 44 Nat Biscuit Ho do preferred.. 118 N Y Central . . . N Y, Ont & Wes Norfolk & West Northern Pac . Pacific Mall .... Pacific TAT.. 3,000 95 27 . 94 27 102 106 2UO 27 102 106 19 25 90 111 124 160 19 18 86 21 108 150 82 17 65 105 T 61 300 102 1,800 107 do preferred.. Pennsylvania ... 1.200 111 2.600 125 46.900 161 200 19 100 13 13,500 80 1,800 21 111 123 10 19 13 80 21 reople s uas . . Reading Kepubuc o dc Rock Island . . . Southern Pao . . Southern Ry ... Texas Oil Union Paciflo .. 26,600 151 149 82 do nref erred. . U S Steel 70,000 55 54 do preferred.. mi mois 106 Utah Copper ... 8.10O 62 ?4 Wabash 61 Western union. 1WJ ni Westing Elec .. COO 66 61 65 65 42 W.nnn!n fnf . ..... Total sales for tne aay, ou,oiw ww. BONDS. pnnrted v Overbeck & Cooke Co., Board of Trade building, Portland. Atchison general 4s............ 934 Atlantic Coast Line 1st 4s 91 B & O gold 4s 91 R R T Is 82 03 v, 91 92 82 95 102 Chesapeake A Ohio 4s.. .... C M A St P gen 4s 101 Cal Gas 5s 63 C B Q joint 4s 04 Int Met 4s 74 Louisville & Nashville unl 4s... 93 92 04 75 94 69 84 93 95 91 92 89 100 71 90 83 103 74 66 93 99 06 60 91 86 96 96 108 103 110 110 Missouri Paciflo 4S on NYC gen 3s N & W 1st con 4s Northern pacific 4s Oregon Short Line ref 4s... Oregon Railway Nav 4s.... Pacific Tel 6a 82 92 94 89 91 S 100 Peona con 4s r, t. a a v Tpf 4s . 69 Southern Paciflo ref 4s 0 Southern Paciflo col 4S 98 Southern Railway 6s 103 Southern Railway 4s. .... 74 United Railway lnv 4s 64 Union Faclllo 1st ana rei . . . TTnited States Steel 5s 99 West Shore as 4 Wabash 4s 4S14 WMtliiL'houiB Elec cony 5s..... 91 Wisconsin Central 4s 86 United States 2s registered 94 United States 2s coupon 94 United States 8s registered 102 United states 3s coupon .....102 United States 4s registered. ... .109 United States 4s coupon ivv Stocks at Boston. ROSTOV. Oct. 15. Closlnr quotations: Alloues 33 IMohawk 40 Amalg Copper.. 71: Nevada Con .... 15 A Zi Lt & m... 1.11PIH31K MUIM. OTt Arizona Com .. 4 North Butte..... 25 B C C s M. Tfl ijvonn una i Cal & Arizona.. 62, Old Dominion... 49 Cal A Hecla 495 Osceola 76 Centennial 13 iQulncy 66 Cop Ran Con Co SS.Kliannon n E Butte Cop M. lliSuperlor 28 Franklin 8 ISup & Bos MIn.. 2 Granbv Con ... 71 Tamarack 28 Greene Cananea. 291U S S R 4 M... 86 I Royalie (Cop) 18 1 do preferred... 46 Kerr Lake 3Utah Con 8 Lake Copper.... v utan uopper .o. oa t. Salle CooDer S'-A I Winona ........ ltt Miami Copper... 22 Wolverlne 110 Money, Bxchanse, Etc. vstw voTtTC Oct. 16. -Money on call. steady, 8 03 per cent; ruling rate, 8 per cent; closing. 8 3 per cent. Time loans, steady; 60 days, 4 05 per cent; 90 days, 5 per cent; six months, 5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, o wo per cons. Ktprlinc exchange, barely steady, $4.8140 for 60-dai bills and $4.8556 for demand. Commercial Dins, x.oi. Bar silver. 61 c Mexican dollars, 47o. Government bonds, firm; railroad bonds. Ilrmer. LONDON, Oct. 15. Bar saver, quiet, 28d rer ounce: money, 34 per cent; rate of discount In open market for short bills, 4 per cent; do, three months' bills, 4 15-10 per cc:t. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16. Silver bars, 61C Mexican dollars, nominal. Drafts Sight, par; telegraph, 8c. Sterling In London, 60 days, $4.81; sight, $4.85. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE EXCHANGE Prices Quoted at the Bay City for Vege tables, Fruit, Etc. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15. The follow ing produce prices were current here today: Fruit Apples, Bellflowers. I1.150L65; Newtowns, $1.1501.50; other varieties. . 40c 011.65; Mexican limes, 15.6006; Cali fornia lemons, $4.5008; pineapples, $102.24 Cheese New, 15 17c; Young Americas, 16c. Eggs Fancy ranch. 49c; store, 42c Butter Fancy creamery, 82c; seconds, 80c. Vegetables Cucumbers, 75c$1.25; green peas, 606o; string beans, $0tc; eggplant, (090a. Onions $1.8501.45. Potatoes River Delta whites, 85c 0 $1.05; Salinas Burbanks, $1.9002; Merced sweets. $1.3501.60. Receipts Flour, 2918 quarters; barley. 17,760 centals; potatoes, 7580 sacks; hay, 267 tons. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. Easy French ca bles caused an irregular opening in the coffee market today, but after starting 11 points lower to 11 fromta higher, active months sold 10 to 17 points net higher on bullish crop news. There were reactions later, with the close steady, 4 to 11 points net higher. October, 10.60c; December, 10.80c; January. 10.92c: March, 11.16c; May, 11.3c; July, 11.56c; September, 11.68c. Spot steady. Rio. No. 7. llc; Santos. No. 4, 13 c. Mild dull. Cordova, quiet at 1316c, nominal. Raw sugar firm. Muscovado, 2.92c; cen trifugal, 3.42c; molasses sugar, 2.67c. Ke nned quiet. - Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. Lead easy, 4.35; London. fl9 17s 6d. Spelter, easy, 5.26 0 6.35; London, 20 12s 6d. Coppei Standard spot and futures, nom inal, no transactions; electrolytic, 16.500 16.87; lake, 16.75017.00; casting. 16.370 16.75, Tin easy. Spot and November, 40.20 0 40.50; December. 40.150 40.45. Antimony dull. Cooksons, 8.S0. Iron quiet and unchanged. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga., Oct. -15. Turpentine firm at 39 40c; sales, 147; receipts. 301; shipments, 303; stocks, 27,369. Rosin Arm. Sales, 2099; receipts. 1320; shipments, 5510; stocks, 152,620. Quote: A. B, C. D, E, $3.57; P. G, H, $3.8(1; K, $4.15; M, $4.65; N, $5.35i WO, $6.20; WW, $6.30. 1 Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. Butter Unchanged. Eggs Unchanged. Receipts. 4382 cases. Cheese Lower. Daisies. 15015c; twins, 14 015c; Americas, 15015c; long horns, 15015c Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. Cotton futures closed steady, 2 to 10 points net higher. Spot cotton quiet. Middling uplands, 13.50c; do. gulf, 13.75c Sales, 100 bales. Duluth linseed Market. DUX.UTH, Minn., Oct. 16. Close: Linseed, eie; may, fi.ao ; uctouer, i.ou uiu. Hops at New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. Hops steady. Pa ciflo Coast, 1913, 28032c; 1912, 25026C. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW" YORK, Oct. 15. Evaporated apples firm. Prunes unsettled. Peaches quiet. M0T0HB0AT CLUB DIES MEMBERS VOTE TO DISSOLVE AND KITORGAVIZE. New Organization Will Be Purely for Sports, and Money on Hand TJsed for That Purpose. The Portland Motorboat Club Is no more. At a special meeting: of the members last night, the club was dls solved. This does not mean that the club is defunct. Plans which have been under consideration for more than year to put the club on a purely sport ins: basis probably will be carried out The quorum that met last night voted to turn all the assets and liabili ties of the cluh over to Commodore C. W. Boost and to discontinue the Portland Motorboat Club as a corpora tlon. Dissolution papers will tie sent to the Secretary of State at Salem by At torney Shepherd as soon as they can be made out, and when they have been filed the club will reorganize. The club was organized and inccr porated as a business proposition. It has been a success and has consider able money in reserve. This will be used purely for the promotion of mo- torboatins. In three weeks a meeting: will be called to org-anize the new Portland Motorboat Club. Commodore Boost then will donate to the organization the money turned over to him by the old club. '. It Is predicted that the Oregon Wolf II will not take part in the Portola Festival water meet. Rumor has it that the boat Is not the success ex pected, and that it would not be able to accomplish the object of its build ing the defeat of the Oregon Kid. GBTJMAJf WILL FIGHT BRAXTON Portland Featherweight to Have First Try in San Francisco. Ralph Gruman, Portland feather weight, will have his first trial In the California boxing game tomorrow night at Dreamland Rink, San Fran cisco. Jack Bratton, a well-known California 125-pounder, will be his op ponent. Gruman has been working out with Ray Campbell, Johnny Mc Carthy and Jimmy Carroll. Ralph will be seconded by "Spider" Kelly and Johnny McCarthy. "I expect Ralph ' to knock Bratton out," said his brother, Sherman H. Gru man, last night. "He has picked up on infighting and is much stronger than when he won the city title here in Portland boxing for the Columbus Club," "Wrestlers Start Fist Fight. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 15. (Special.) After seven, minutes' wrest ling tonight between Ed Warner, of Walla Walla, and Ben Jackson, of Pomeroy, the contest developed into a rough-and-tumble fight. Referee Rob lnson interfered. Excited spectators had to be chased from the theater by a patrolman. LiNE TO PORTLAND PLAN ALASIvAX CANXERYMEJT RE PORTED STEAMSHIP BACKERS E. J. Dodge Steamship Company Mentioned in Connection With Shipment of Million Cases Here. If the plana of a number of promt nent Alaska cannerymen do not go amiss, a line of steamships connecting Portland and ports in Southeastern Alaska, with fast and frequent freight and passenger service, will be inaugu rated in the Spring. News that a Portland-Alaska line is contemplated has reached Portland from the North, where It is said that seven prominent cannery men have been in negotiation with of ficials of the E. J. Dodge Steamship Company with a view of establishing the new service. It is planned to place the freight steamships St. Helens and Nortnland in service between Portland and South- astern Alaska and either to charter or purchase at least one passenger vessel for the route. It is announced that the new line will be subsidized by the sup port of the cannerymen interested and later may enter a traffic agreement with one of the transcontinental rail roads operating out of Portland. There are about 10 canneries controlled by Portland capital operating in South eastern Alaska. The freighters St. Helens and North land are owned by the E. J. Dodge Company. The names of the cannerymen con nected with the pending deal have not been made public, but it is reported that they have asreed to ship 1,000,000 cates of canned salmon annually by the nerV line to Portland. LOW WHEAT FEARED Predictions of 75-Cent Market Depress Chicago. EFFECT OF TARIFF LAW Market Drop9 Sharply Cnder Sea son's Previous low Price For eign Offers Also Weaken - Corn and Oats. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. Active campaigning today on the part of bear traders carrlea the wheat market sharply under the sea son's previous low price, although the rec ord for depression had been made only the day before. The close was weak at c to H0?ic lower, virtually the bottom figure. Other leading staples showed declines corn He to c, oats lo to 1V0 and pro visions 7to015o lower. Predictions that wheat would go as low as 75c a bushel, because of the tariff changes, formed one of the elements which Influenced the market. A temporary upturn was due. In part, to falling off in primary receipts, which were more than SOO.000 bushels less than a year ago. Corn went down grade chiefly as the re suit of a selling drive based on talk of Ar gentine Imports. Liquidating sales forced oats down worse than any or the other cereals. The reasoi lay In continued free offerings from Canada. Lower values for hoes weakened provl slons. Packers gave the market but little support. h Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. . .84 I .84-4 . .80 .90 Low. .84 V4 Close, Deo. May .89 CORN. Dec ..-.. .67 May ...... .69)4 .87 .70 .67 H .09 .87 H .89 OATS. Dec 89 .8914 May 42 4 .42 ft .83 .41 .88 MESS PORK. Jan 19.B2ft 19.52ft 19.40 May 19.60 19.65 19.53 LARD. Jan. 10.27ft 10.32ft 10.25 May 10.45 10.52ft 10.40 SHORT RIBS. Jan. 10.27ft 10.S0 10.20 May 10.40 10.42 ft 10.87 ft 19.45 18. 65 10.2S 10.42 H 10.22 H 10.87 ft Cash prices were: Corn No. 2, 68ft6Sc: No. a whn 68 ft 69o; No. 2 yellow, 68 69 '4 c; No. 68i68ftc; No. 8 white, SbViffiODo; No. yellow, 68 ft Q 69c Rye, No. 2, 68c . Barley, 65080a Timothy, S8.7505.25. Clover, tDi3.i2.iO. Ban Francisco Grain Market. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15. Spot quota- t ons: Walla Walla. 11.48 O1.40: red kus- sian, $1.43?i1.45; turkey Red, !1.57ftf0 1.60: bluestem, U.60S. 1.62ft ; feed barley, f i.oqh y LOOK, Dicffiufc , 1.11 71; W"11D tl.S7ft1.40; bran. (2425; middlings, 30 61 si: snorts, xzowzo. Call board: Barley firm. December $1.38 per cental bid. $1.3!)4 asked: May. S1.4AU per cental bid, fl.47ft asked: October. fl.SS per cental bid; December, brewing, 11.42ft per cental asked. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 15. Close: wlieat, No. 1 hard, 84o: No. 1 Northern. 82ft R4He: No. 2 Northern. 804 SrS2t4c: No. 2 hard Montana, 8081fto, No. 8 wheat. 78ft80fto; December, e2ftjezc; Jiay, 81 iiO. Flax S1.34ftl.S7. , Barley 368c Paget Sound Wheat Markets. SEATTLE. Oct. 15. Wheat Bluestem 8Sc: fortyfold. 79o; club. 78o: Fife. 78o: red Russian. 77c. Yesterday's car receipts: Wheat 20, oa.' 5, barley , hay zi, nour lz. TACOMA, Oct. 15. Wheat Bluest em, S8c; lortyfold, Oc; club, 7Bc; red Russian, 79c. Car receipts, wheat 79. barley x, corn 2, oats 2. hay 17. European Grain Markets. LONDON. Oct. 15. Cargoes on passage, a poor demand zor distant positions. English country markets, easy; French country markets, weak. LIVERPOOL, Oct. IB. Wheat Spot steady. no. 1 new AianitoDa, is ittu; futures, easy; October, 6s 11 d; December, 7s ftd: May, vs cu weatner unsettled. ASEBALL8AT IS CLEW FIST) SIAY THROW LIGHT ON WINTKRS' aitHRDEK, Possible Weapon Is Discovered Near Crime Scene Coroner's Jury Finds Wllkins Gniltj-. A baseball bat was found yesterday by searchers In tho neighborhood of Boise and Mllwaukle streets, where Lou L. Winters was found murdered Sunday morning:, the result of a fractured skull. The find wag made by Detective Tien enor and a party of citizens several blocks south of the scene of the crime. Wllkins, the confessed slayer, says he dealt the- blow with an umbrella handle, but this statement Is not ac cepted by the police in their Investiga tion. Wllkins yesterday elaborated on the details of his confession, first made Tuesday morning;. His statements con cernlng his pal "Jack" are rambling and evasive. The theory is advanced that "Jack" may have worn the mask and even dealt the blow that killed Winters in playing his role of "second to Wllkins. Wllkins was found guilty of mur der in the first degree by a Coroner's Jury yesterday, and the facts will be laid before the grand Jury. Wllkins remained cool in the face ol the verdict and said he would rely upon his father, who lives at Superior, Wis., to see him through the ordeal of a trial. He begged that his father, who he says is wealthy, be notified and asked to come to his aid. Funeral services over Lou L. Win ters will be held at 2 o'clock this aft ernoon by Rev. Charles Saunders, sec retary for the Christian Church, and will be conducted under the auspices of Willamette Lodge, No. 2, of Masons. 'ANTAGES PLAY REALISTIC Italian Dashes to Stage in Repro duction of Ellis Islnnd. ' Realism In the crude was staged In an impromptu manner for theater- oers at Pantages last mgnt wnen an excited Italian dashed down the aisle during the progress of the remarkable play of immigrant lire, A uay at .cms Island," crying Here I am, Manuela, here I am." A sauad of ushers started after the man In a moment, but he reached the orchestra pit before he was stopped. Even then he continued to call to the players on the stage, "I come, Manuela. Your brother, Enrico, n is x. Quieted, the man gave his name as Enrico Carvonni, and his residence as 231 Hood street. He said that his sis ter had been lost in the great Immi gration Bureau at Ellis Island two years ago and that he has hunted for tier since. The man was releasee upon his promise to behave after he had been made to understand that the THERE IS A REASON Why every man should have a savings account regard ' less of his position in life or the size of his income. The inducements we offer for your patronage are Con ' venient location, a courteous, accurate service and Four Per Cent Interest. Think it over, then bring ns your account. MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK Under Government Supervision. FOUNDED 1886. WASHINGTON AND FOURTH STREETS. LADD STILTON BANK Established 1859. Capital . (surplus . ........................ Deposit Commercial and Savings Accounts OFFICMJ. W. M. Ladd, President. Robert S. Howard, Asst. Cashleft Edward Cooking-ham, Vice-Pres. J. W Ladd, Asst. Cashier. W. H. Dunckl.y. Cashier. Walter M. Cook. Asst. Cashier. Oornar WaaUafton aad Tidii Street. First National Bank Cap tal $1,500,000 Surplus $1,000,000 Oldest National Bank West of the Rocfcy Mountains 00EXEE FIRST AND WASHINGTON ST3. f R'l n tmiiJ" Direct Liu to JUavrlarI traiicf MM H-wCl " '"TTTflnr oalUnes from Ntr York very Wednesday. 10 A M. ff SauIs. 1 LA LOKRATJfE.Nev. 8 LA PRO! 13 P- LA SAVOliS ....Nov. 1J tt'ItANClS(new)NoT. 20 l.AsAVOAK Dec. 10 Twin-screw steamer. iQudmpie-screw steamer. fl'Kt'-J- SATlllb.1V SAILINGS FROM NtW VIlilK, 3 P. M. -1-S!i CABIN 1 11 J and TU1KU-CLASS Passsns.rs Onl. CTCICAOO Oct. 25 LaTOl KAINK Nov. t & ?tl?e"'' 80 eth mt-LA- tbnrlton, 8:i5 MorilMin st.; E. M. Tailor. O. M. S Bt. P. Hy.i Dorsey B. Smith, iiU 6th t.; A. C. MUelduu, 100 Sdst-i II. Illck.on, 122 lid St.; North Bank Road, ulh and Stark st... aiceot". rortlal'tl. fc. D. Walker, wait Lnlun L'ariric Kuilunv. people on the stage were carrying: out a play. RELIGIOUS POLL PLANNED Y. 31. C. A. Will Secure Portland Data Before End of Year. A religious census of every man, wo man and child In Portland Is about to be undertaken by a committee repre senting every religious denomination in the city. A meeting: will be held at the Y. M. C. A. next Monday night at which plans for the enumeration will be outlined. Rev. J. H. Bennett Is chairman of the committee and A. A Morse Is secretary. It Is proposed to name a certain day. before the end of the year, upon which canvassers will visit every homo, every hotel, roomingr-house and every other place of habitation In Portland. Per sons who have no religious affiliation will be enumerated under a separate classification. They will not be urged to Join a church, but will be given an opportunity of doing so. The canvass will provide not only a religious census of the city, but should furnish a fairly accurate count of the actual population, which has not been available since the last Federal cen bus was taken more than three years ago. Dredge Starts to Portland. ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 15. (Special.) Is Your Bank a real factor in your success? If you merely use it as a temporary storehouse for your funds you are not making the most of your banking connec tion. The Northwest ern National Bank desires to enter helpfully in to the business plans of its cus tomers in ways permissible for a c onservative bank, and en courages inquiry on their part into the ways in which this bank mays co-operate with them. OFFICE Third and Oak Streets WML 1 9 1,000,000.09 4... 1,000.000.00 .14,000,000.00 France New Wed., Oct. 29 kntk Not-. i "i t uii:iuik n. a The dredge Chinook completed her Summer's work on the bar today and will leave tomorrow morning for Port land, where she will be laid up during the Winter. Morgan's British Estate $5,890,155. LONDON. Oct. 15. The will of the late J. Plerpont Morgan was probated here today. His estate In the British Isles amounted to $5,89,155. 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