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IS r Is Affecting Many of the Commodity Markets. ICE PRICES STRONG i-Bccf Quotations Are Again lifted by Chicago fuckers. Lemons Are Higher In AH American Markets. litre is a marked upward icuucuw khe commodity markets of this country, fch can bo traced directly to the war. nme or tho article there la apparently connection with attain In Europe, but eneraliy the stoppage of International Imerce or the probability of destruction lorelsn crops that Is the underlying in- nce. At the same time, the mourn"' lo a lane extent, speculative. (finer! rniir prices in the I'acinc i,oav Iketa were advanced 20 cents a hundred kerdav. Farther advances are expected kny time. The New York susar marKei. brdlns; to wires received oy ausar iers. was even more excited man on tno tedlng day. Prices were auvancca iv by Arbuckle. the Federal ana ar- towell withdrew from the maraei ana m lerlcan took no action whatever, ne on the Pacific Coast were only ac- Iting business in a limited way. lcal dlers bouglit freely, but jobbers were pressing sale. pices of all kind were firm and some the grinders withdrew their prices. Ward, particularly, was affected. This le comes chiefly from countries on the rube. to change was annonuced In local coffee l et. but the- market was strong. Trad- In the New Tork market waa again ry, the day's sales amounting to 50.000 t. Iiere was another advance by Chicago kert on canned com beef tm, the day's being H cents, making a 33-cent ad :e on thin size so far this week. In all ported gooda tho feeling was firm. .nun prices In the local market were vanced $1.60 a box to 8t.S0. The stop re of all imports of Sclclly lemon has used a. strong market both in tho East In California. (V'lth the probability that If the war Is Btinued no foreign butter can be brought this country a stronger demand has do- loped In the local market, and speculators buying all the cube butter that Is of- red for storage purposes. Cub" prices are full cent higher. Eggs and other produce also affected, though the progress of the r has no direct bearing on them. I TI.OOK FOR AMERICAN APPLE CROP Lrger Vield Than Cast Year Son Seems Assured. According to the annual apple crop M- ew of the Packer, the outlook at tti frsent time is tor a bountnul crop or bples la the United Statea, The Packer l.vs: "The crop, of course, is not made as early August I and conditions could arise that ould materially change the preaent good htiook. Toklng at the situation from the resent standpoint, there will be eome sp ies In nearly every producing state, mean- Is; that where mere is even a miunago kere will be some fruit for home consump- n. "Unless radically unfavorable conditions rise later this year's crop, aa a whole, will vastly larger than last year. Prices may helped by turning Inferior fruit Into Ider, dried fruit or other by-products. IIow rer, it would seem wise to open the season a fair figure, giving the producer a good Iving profit, rather than to start out at excessively high price, thus cutting oft He demand right at the beginning." klO AOVANCK IN CALIFORNIA LEMONS IhultLng Off of Foreign Supply Raines All Market a. Lemons are now selling at the highest Irl.-ee of the season. On tho street quota- lions were raised $1.50 a box yesterday to IgtfS.oU. The California and Eastern mar kets were strong and excited because of be war, although Importations from Sicily lave been brought to a stop. Green fruits of all kinds were plentiful, knd generally steady. The best yellow California peaches moved at 75 cents and Jregons ranged In price from 40 to 60 Bents'. Cling peaches are about done for. Oregon cantaloupes are coming in heavily from east of the mountains. Many of the ipmenta are of good quality, but owing the lack of uniform packing dealers find It almost impossible to sell them except at low prices. The supply on hand yesterday vas a drug on the market. Retailers cannot figure out from the lr- egular park what they can get out of them, and therefore turn to California cantaloupes, which arc packed evenly. CALIFORNIA rtKFTSES) TO BUY WHEAT rientul Demand for Flour and Grain, but No 'Way of Effecting Sales. There is a good inquiry in the wheat land flour market from the Orient, as was I announced yesterday, but absolutely no way baa been devised yet tor putting sales Ithrough. Country reports told of a little wheat I business here and there, but on the whole the market was Inactive. California Is now (entirely out of the market. Club wheat la considered to be worth 84 cents, but all quotations are nominal. Local receipts In cars were reported by I the Merchants Exchange us fol.ows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay I Monday M I Tuesday Wednesday Year ago .... Season to date . 45 . 48 . IS .641 .275 2 1 0 95 75 13 3 202 230 3 4 139 202 150 18 I Tear ago .... SUPPLY OF EGGS IS DECREASING BrM Candled Stock Will SeU at One Cent Advance. With the falling off in egg receipts ship pers are unable to fill all their orders. The argest handlers will advance the price of an.:.- ! eggs a cent today. The poultry market was In good shape far as chickens were concerned, and the beial receipts cleaned up readily at steady rices. Dressed meats remained firm. There was an active demand for cube litter for storage purpose. speculators sure that if the war continues no butter ill be Imported from New Zealand this lason. Prints are still sola at tne oia ice. POT HOPS ARE BEING PICKED TJP Lieculalive Buying of Remaining 1013 Stock I Looked For. All cable news from the European hop arkets hss ceased. The but cable re ived from Berth, of Nuremburg, said ist it waa hia opinion that no hope would I picked on the continent. It la now gen ally believed that the entire Belgian crop is been lost. Speculative buying of the stock left in is country is looked for. Joseph Harris sterday purchased the Natoma crop of 3 bales at Independence. He declined to ake the price public. A deal involving wr bsles of Washington hops at 15 cents as also reported. ORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Grain. Hour, reed. Etc. FLOUst Patents. $4.80 per barrel; 6 ft ADVANCED exports, $3.St?3.65: valley. 4.50: graham. j; wnoie woc-mu . WHEAT Track prices: Club, Sic: nom Inal: other rrades nominal. MILL-FEED Bran, :32S.50 per ton; easLaAsasnT: middlings. di. OATS No. 1 white. $21; gray, $20 per BARLEY Feed. $30.50621 per ton; brewing. $22; rolled. JiSMiO. HAY Old timothy, $1617: new-crop timothy. $l$ei5; grain hay. s10; alfalfa. $11012. CORN Whole. $35; cracked. $. per ton. Fruits and Vegetable. Local Jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, $1.7503 per box; lemons. ,S-S.5U per box: bananas. ttiHic per pound; grapefruit, California. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, ,oc per sack; .ficplant, 15c per pound: peppers. 1 it Sc per pound; radishes. 153ilic per dozen: head lettuce. $1.75 per crate: arti chokes. $1 per dosen; tomatoes, 70075c per crate; cabbage. lK02c per pound; peas 506c per pound, beans. 406c per pound; corn. $1 per crate; celery, 35 075c per dozen. ONIONS Walla Walla. $1.50 per sack. GREEN FRUITS Apples, old, $101.50 box; new. 7Sc$2 per box; apricots, $1 $1 15 per box; cantaloupes. oUcSigl.llo per crate- peaches. 4075c per box: plums. 00c 011;' watermelons. SOc'o il.10 per hundred pounds; casabas, $2.50 per dozen; pears, $1 it3 per box; blackberries. 75c0$l per crate; grapes. $1..".O01.5 per crate. POTATOES Oregon, new, 1014c per lb. Dairy ano) Country Prodne. Local Jobbing quotations! EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count. 2J'o24c; candled, 2Cc per dozen. POULTitY Hens. 14c; Spring. ltWlfic; turkeys. 20c: dressed, choice, 22c; ducks, 10(9 ilej geese, 10c. BUTTER Creamery prints, extras. 27 0 30c per pound; cubes, 25c. CHEESE Oreron triplets. Jobbers' buying price, 15c per pound f. o. b. dock Portland; Young America. 15 He per pound. PORK Block, 12c per pound. VEAL Fancy. 34-gl4Vc per pound. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River one-pound tails. $2.25 per dosen; half-pound flats. II 40: one-pound flata $2.46; Alaska pink, one-pound tails. Sac; sllversides, one-pound tails, J1.25. HONEY Choice. $3.5003.75 per cage. NUTS Walnuts, 14020c per pound; Brazil nuts, 20c; filberts. 14015c; almonds. U)0SSo: peanuts. 606tiC. cocoanuts. $1 pet dozen; chestnuta. 8 H 010c per pound; pe cans. 14 015c BEANS Small white. Site; large whit tttr, Lima, lc; pink. 6.15c; Mexican. Mi bayou. Sc. COFFEE Roasted, In drams. 10O53o pet pound .... SUGAR- Fruit and berry. 13.38: beet, $.-.0."; extra c, $4.70; powdered. In barrels. $5.50. HALT Granulated, $15.50 per ton; half ground, 100s, $10.75 per ton; 60s, $11.50 per ton, dairy, $14 per ton. RICE No 1 Japan. 4' 5c; Southern htac. !i7ttc: Island. 6tJ5Ho. DRIE1 FRUITS Apples, lOKOUe per pound, apricots, ltijiWioc, peaches. ssiic. prunes. Italians. lu12toc; currants. . raisina. loose Muscatel, 07c; bleached Thompson, Uc. unbleached Sultanas, sc. seeded, Uc; dates, Persian, 707tec per pound, lard, $1.40 per box. K1GS Packages, 8-oz., 50 to box. Si.fc.. package; 10-oz.. 12 to box. 80c; white, 2S-1D. box. $1.76; black. 26-lb.-box, $1.76; black, tu-ls, tox, $-.50. black, lu-lb. box. $Li. CsJarab candy figs. 20-lb. box. $3; Smyrna, per oox, $Lou. Hop, Wool. HI dec Etc HOPS 1813 crop, nominal; 1914 contracts, nominal. PELTS Dry. 12c; dry short wool, 8c; dry shearings, 10c; green shearings, 158uc, salted sheep, $L2501.5O; Spring lambs. 'iU Sfic HIDES Sslted hides, 18Vo per pound, sal: kip, 14c; salted calf, 18c; green hides, III be; dry hides, 25c; dry calf. 28c; salted nulls, 10c per pound; green bulls, 3 Ms. WOOL Valley. 18Vi20bc; Eastern Ore gon, 1602Ofcc. MOHA1R 1914 clip, 27 hie per pound. FISH Salmon, 3 10ic; halibut, 5 3 0 Sc; perch. 7c; smelt, 8o; black cod, ?c; rock cod, 5c. CAbCARA BAKK Old and new. 4feo pet pound. GRAIN BAGS In car lots. 80814c. HAMS 10 to 12-pound, m,O20Hc 11 to 14-pound. 191i02Ofec; 14 to 18-pound, 19s20Vsc; skinned, lS20c; picnic 130. BACON Fancy, 28 0 50c; atandard, 23 H 26c DRY SALT CURED Short clear oacks. 13MV16c; exports, 1416c; plates. 110 Its LARD Tierce basis. Pure. 1218c; som- pound, $c KEROSENE Water white, drums, bar rels or tank wagon, 10c; special, drums o. barrels, 13Vc; cases. 17 r, 02014c. GASOLINE Bulk, 15c; cases. 22c; motor spirit, bulk. HMo; cases, 22 Vic En gine distillate, drums, 7Vc. cases, Hhke: naptha, drums. 14Vjc; cases, llVift LINSEED Oil- Raw, barrels, 72c; boiled, barrels, 74c; raw, cases, 77c; boiled, cases. 72c Bank Clearing. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings, tsaiances Portland Seattle Tacoma Spokane $1.71,X55 1,82,386 418.1S1 .... 46.073 $10S,732 72,67:: 57,926 GRAIN TRADE ORGANIZED MERCHANTS EXCHANGE ASSOCIA TION TAKES STEPS. Prepares for Active BiiMlnasn Uurint; CumiuK Season T. A. I'attiillo Electetl Prenlilent. At the annual meeting of the Merchants' Exchange Association yesterday, steps were taken to reorganize the institution. As Port land is the largest wheat market on the Pa cific Coast it was deemed advisable to put the association on a different footing, that it may take a more active part in the grain business of the port. J. w. Ganons. the retiring president of the association, appointed a nominating commit tee consisting of R. J. Paterson, Thomas Kerr and Otto Kettenbach, who submitted the following list of officers, who were unanimously elected: President. D. A. Pattullo, of Balfour, Guthrie & Co.; vice-president, August Berg; secretary and treasurer, A. Cohn, of the Northern Grain & Warehouse Company. ' Committees will be appointed today to draw up a new set of rules and by-laws for the association. Meetings will be held daily from 11:30 A. M. to 12 M. and each firm in the trade agreed to have representation on the floor at every meeting. The following local grain firms were rep resented at yesterday's reorganization meet ing: Balfour. Guthrie & Co.; Kerr. Glfford & Co.; M. H. Houser, Portland Flouring Mills Company, A Berg, Albers Bros. Milling Com pany, Northern Grain & Warehouse Com pany, Globe Grain & Milling Company, J. H. Klosterman, Campbell. Sanford & Henley Co.; Pacific Coast Elevator Company. C E. Curry & Co., T. M. Stevens 4 Co., Mitsui & Co., Golden Rod Milling Company. S'nzukl & Co., W. R. Bagot Co., Stevens, Smith Co Tri-State Terminal Warehouse Com pany. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKETS Prices Quoted at the Bay City on .Traits, Vegetables, Etc. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. J. Fruit Pine apples, $1.50tr3; Mexican limes. $40; Cal ifornia lemons, $2.7: t 5.50; apples. Graven stein, 500 UOc. Vegetables Cucumbers, 20035c; string beans. 1V5j2':c; peas. 204c. Eggs Fancy ranch. 30Ac; store, ::54c. Onions Yellow. . Cbeese Young America, 14015ic; new. 11 W 14c: Oregon. 15Vi16c. Butter Fancy creamery, 2314c; seconds. 23c. Potatoes Delta, new crop Burbanks. per sack, T3c$l; sweets, 23c pound. Receipts Flour. 2527 quarters; barley, 991)5 centals; potatoes. 7095 sacks; hay. 371 tons. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH, Ga.. Aug. 0. Turpentirre. nominal. 4514c. No sales. Receipts. 940 bar rels; shipments, 132 barrels; stocks, 28.SS0 barrels. Roain nominal. No sales. Receipts, 3387 pounds; shipments, 1342 pounds: stocks, 116,522 pounds. Quote: A. B. $3.50: C, D, $3 52'-; E, F. G, H. I, $3.55; K $4.15; M. 4.S0;N. $6; WG. $6.25; WW, $6.35. WHEAT GAIN SHARP Chicago Market Recovers Over Three Cents in Day. OPENS WITH DECLINES Xews That Stocks at Liverpool Arc Scanty and That Alarming Prices Prevail There Starts Values on Up Grade. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Despite the shock of England having entered the war and of having apparently forsaken plans to guar antee the safety of grain shipments In tended for British ports, prices today on the Board of Trade here developed great strength. Violent declines, which at first took place, were succeeded by an all-around advance. Net gains for the day were: Wheat, lTic to 314c; corn. 114c to 2c; oat 2V4c to 24C and provisions, 23c to $1.5u. Sudden upsetting of the trade understand ing that the question of ocean war risks had been to a large extent settled caused uneasiness, but It was not long, however, before the wheat market began to feel the effect of cablegrams that the stock on hand In Liverpool was scanty and that prices there were advancing in a manner that showed alarm. Abnormal strength In the Winnipeg market was deemed of special significance in this connection. Snipping demand for corn, especially In tho East, was urgent. There were reports that drouth damage was reducing the crop so that the total yield was not unlikely to fall below the ten-year average. Oats developed Independent strength on account of offerings being scanty. The mar ket held firm throughout regardless of the action of other grain. Reports which, however, were not verified, that Great Britain had bought 5,000,000 pounds of meat here, led lo a remarkable bulge in the provision market. Closing futures were as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Sept $ .87 $ .9M4 -86 J .90T4 Dec 2 . .$1 SSH May 83 1.0314 .9814 1031 CORN. Sept 7014 .7244 .70 .724 Dai HV .68 .$414 May SS'i . B .61 V, .) OATS. Sept 35" .3S14 .35'4 Dec, 3$T, .41 .$' .40 Msy 42H .4 MESS PORK. Sept 1S.95 20.80 18.90 20. 3) LARD. Sent S.SO 9.07 8. SO 9.05 Oct 9.00 9.26 .0O 9.2U Jan 9.15 $.87 9.12 D.io SHORT RIBS. Sept 11.67 12.02 11.62 32.00 Oat U.07 11.67 11.02 11.62 Jan 11.25 10.52 10.26 10.62 Puget Sound Wheat .Market-. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 5. Wheat Sep tember and October deliveries Quotations: Bluest em, sSc: fortyfold. 5c; club, S4c; tUo, 83c; red Russian. 83c. Yesterdavs car receipts Wheat, 9; oats, 2; barley, 4; hay, 30; flour, 3. TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 5. Wheat, nom inal, with nothing doing. Yesterday s car receipts Wheat, u; oats, 1; hay. 1. Sun Franrisco Grain Market. PAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5. Spot quota tions: V alla Walla, $1 .50 (h 1.52 ; red Rus sian, $1.5.)1.56Vi ; Turkey red, $l.oo 1.MK: bluestem. $1.57 V4 U 1.60: feed barley. 92fc;'i5c; brewing barley, nominal; white oats, $1.25wl.27-4 ; bran, $23; middlings, $3o 31; shorts, $27 0 27.50. Call board Wheat, firm. Barley, weak; December, 95c. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 5. Wheat Septem ber MKe; No. 1 hard, 05c; No. 1 North ern. MJicOfl.944 : No. 2 Northern, 7Hc $1.02. Barley. 4C.j3c Flax, $1.54yi 1.5BC. BAKER SHIPPING SHEEP HEAVY MOVEMENT TO EAST IS ABOTJT TO BEUIN. Local Hog Market Down Half Dollar in Sympathy w Hit Recent De clines Elsmhere. Nearly all the business done at the stockyards yesterday was In the cattle di vision, .where former prices were quoted. Hogs were weak and lower. Sheep were In active. Seven loads of medium grade Washington steers were disposed of, all bringing $0.00. A load of choice heifors sold at $0.05. Only two loads of hogs were received, but the market was weak In sympathy with the recent depression in the East, and $S.50 was quoted as the current top value. This condition, however, is regarded sjs merely temporary, as the Chicago hog market yes terday was strong and higher. ' Plans are being made by Baker County sheep owners and buyers to make heavy shipments of lambs and wethers to Omaha. About August 10, says the Baker Democrat, Miles Lee will ship a trainload and P. J. Brown, also of Bakor, will sent out 15 cars from Robinet, on Snake River. David Lee will ship a trainload during the early part of this month. - Receipts were CO cattle, 18 calves and 133 hogs. Shippers were: D. C. Boatman, Silverdale, Mont., 1 car cattle; C. R. Forbes, Corvallls, 2 cars cattle and hogs; Will Block, Mon mouth, 1 car hogs; Jordan ft Meyers. Sweet Grass, 1 car hogs. The day's rales were aa follows: Wt. Price. Wt, Price. 34 steers... 1009 $6.0 18 hogs 17 $8.35 34 steers... 1032 8.60118 hogs 345 7.50 21 steers... 104S O.Cu; 1 hog 200 S.50 10 steers... 1041 8.00 1 cow 1010 0.00 22 steers. .. 1030 6.60 1 cow 1300 6.00 36 steers. .. 1032 6.601 2 cows 1050 5.00 23 steers... 1051 6. 6022 heifers. . 1121 6.65 Current prices of the various classes of stock at the yards follow: Prime steers $7.25 07.50 Choice steers 7.00 8 7.2.1 Medlum steers 6.756 7.50 Choice cows 6.o0(ii. (1. 5u Medium cows 5.301 5.75 Heifers 8.2506.OO Calves Bulls . . Stags . . Hogs Light . . Heavy . Shaep Wethers Ewes 6.00 6 (1.25 3.00 0 5.00 4.50&O.0U 8.000 S.SO 7.00 07.50 4.00$ 3.30 4.73 4.23 Omaba Llwfttock. SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 5. Hogs Receipts. 1600; market, higher. Heavy, $7.05 i! 8 00; light. S7. 6007.80; pigs, $7.2507.55. bulk of sales. $7.6507.73. Cattle Receipts. 50O; market, steady. Na tive steers, $7.500 9.75; native cows and heifers. $5.757.75; Western steers, $6.50& S.50; Texas steers, $5.8507.65; Texas cows and heifers. $5.50 7; calves. $7.50 10. Sheep Receipts. 9100; market, higher. Yearlings. $5.506.50; wethers, $5.253.75; lambs, $7. 30 fiS. 10. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Aug 5. Receipts, 16,000. Strong and higher. Bulk of sales. $7.00 lg S.25; light. $8.3506.85; mixed, $7.7508.75; heavy. $7.00S.40; rough. $7.60 07.75; pigs. $7 i -.30. Cattle Receipts, 12,500; steady to strong. Beeves. $7.1009.95; steers, $6.408.40; stockers and feeders, $3.3U7.90; cows and heifers. $3.40 0 9.10: calves. $7.5011. Sheep Receipts, 8000: strong to 15c high er. Sheep, $5.25 0 0; yearlings. $5.T50.73: lambs. $6.25 S. 15. NO CHANCE OF OPENING STOCK MARK Wall Street Settles Down to Waiting Atti tude. NEW YORK. Aug. 5. With the spread of hostilities abroad, Wall street has settled down to a waiting attitude. It is virtually certain that no attempt to reopen the Stock Exchange will be made while the London Exchange remains closed. The stress of the financial situation led the directors of the American Tobacco Company today to declare their regular quartely divi dend of 3 per cent payable In scrip Instead of cash. A bankers' conferepce was called here at which further arrangemecVi Jss made for . . . - - . .. . i a ,t, a ,,.,-;. n tour- DAHO BOARD ACCUSED 'BULL MOOSE" CANDIDATE FOR STATE AUDITOR MAKES ATTACK. Clarence Van Deusen, Expert Ac countant, Declares Land Officials Operate "Grab Bag;." FAYETTE, Idaho, Aug. 5. (Special.) "It has hen the custom for over 20 years for state officials of Idaho, par ticularly the members of the State Land Board, to make a 'grab bag;' of tho public treasury, to divert fraudu lently the funds that should have gone . L. a Cnff, tpaaurv hv mnVinr Innns to themselves through dummies and selling; choice lands to political invi.i ltes for nominal sums without expecta tion of repayment to the state." This statement is made by Clarence Van Deusen. of Boise. In his campaign for the nomination for State Auditor on the Progressive ticket. Van Deusen. wno ib an expert. e ova Via hflK .i.. rived his in formation from studies of the state's records, and that he has photographs of records he says he will publish in the campaign. He promises if elected State Auditor to make a thorough ex- t .i e tut, Vnrl nf th Htfttn nimnji i"n oa -. . . ....... Land Board and the state treasury for the past 20 years ana me suns a.(saini. former officials and their hondsmen for the recovery of money alleged to be due the state. IDAHO HEAT HURTS FRUIT Temperature Ranges From i 00 to 106 For 10 Iajs. PAYETTE. Idaho. Aug. 5. (Special.) The hot wave which struck Southern Idaho 10 days aso Is tho longest period of such high temperatures registered in this part of the state for 10 years. The temperatures have ranged between 100 to 106 every day for over a week, with no forecast for cooler weather. The effect on the fruit crop is hard to foretell. It is causing many prunes to drotj which were slightly hit by frost earlier in the season, but which would have developed if the weather was cool. It has also had the effect of ripening certain varieties of fruit earlier, preventing It from reaching its full size. CANADA'S MILITIA MOVES Fmpress of Russia Taken Over for Use by Government. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 5. Large numbers of militiamen are being moved from Western Canada to the Coast by troop trains on the Canadian Pacific. The militia at Vancouver nas been sent to Victoria. The British government has taken over the Canadian Pacific liner Em press of Russia, at Vancouver. She will sail for the Orient with her pas sengers tomorrow, and will be deliv ered to the admiralty at Honkong. The liner Empress of India sailed from the Orient for Vancouver yes terday. Lumbermen Meet at Hot Lake. LA GRANDE, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) Fiftv lumbermen, including repre sentatives from the Spokane and North ern Idaho country and Eastern Oregon assembled today in the regular quarter ly meetiner of the hite Fine number Manufacturers' Association at Hot Lake. Representatives of the Northwestern Association of Box Manufacturers at tended. The meeting was presided over by George Stoddard. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Aug. 5. Maximum temper ature, S5 degrees; minimum, 58.2 degrees. Total rainfall, 6 P. M. to 5 P. M., none: total rainfall since September 1, 1913. 38.91 inches: normal, 44.66 Indies; deficiency, 5.85 inches. Total sunshine, 14 hours 37 minutes; pos sible 14 hours 3" minutes. Barometer (re duced to sea level) 5 P. M., 29. 8S inches. THE WEATHER. if ri Stats ot Weatn sr STATIONS. Baker Boise Boston Calgary Chicago Colfax Denver Des Moines Duluth Eureka Galveston Helena Jacksonville Kansas City Klamath Falls . Laurler Los Angeles Marshfleld Medford Montreal New Orleans New York North Head North Yakima . . Pendleton tPhoenlx Pocatello Portland Roseburg Sacramento St. Louis Minneapolis Salt Lake San F.-ancisco . . . Seattle Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh It-land . Walla Walla Washington .... Winnipeg Yellowstone Park 9210 8:SE !Pt. cloudy 98:0. 00 4 NW Clear 6o;o 8010. OO' 4iNE;Cloudy 00, 6'E IClear oo!lo SE !Pt. cloudy 84;0. 96 0 88,0 00; calm ,Clear 01 12INE Pt. cloudy 24 4SE Pt. cloudy 82-0. 78 0. 66 0. 80 O. 88 0. 82 0. 94 0. 92 0. 95 0. 75 0. 66-0. 94'0. 82 0. 90 0. 76 0. 16 SW Clear IN Cloudy 56 0. 88 0. 'l030. 110210. I 9S!- 85 0. 840. I 98 0. 94 0. 84 0. ! 920. 64 11. I 78 0 I 900. ( S00. I 5810. ! 98,0. I 800. 76 0. I 8S 0- 00 8NWlClear WEATHER CONDITIONS. Low pressure obtains over practically all of the country: small high -pressure areas are central off the North Pacific and North Atlantic coasts. Showers have occurred In the Southern Rocky Mountain. Plains and Gulf States. Iowa and Minnesota. Thunder storms were reported from Modena, Roswell. Dodge City, Kansas City. Jacksonville and Tampa. The weather Is warmer In the In terior portions 6f the North Pacific Slope. Western Canada, Nebraska, Kansas, the Central Mississippi Valley, Lower Lake Re gion, Ohio Valley. Norieastern Florida and Central California. It is cooler in Interior Southwestern Oregon. Arizona, Texas, the Dakotas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Iowa, West ern Missouri and Eastern Tennessee. The conditions are becoming unsettled over the eastern portion of this district but are favorable for generally fair and con tinued warm weather Thursday. Northwest erly winds will obtain. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Thursday fair: northwesterly winds. Oregon, Washington and Idaho Thurs day generally fair and continued warm. Northwesterly winds. THEODORE F. DRAKE. Acting District Forecaster. tne snipiucjii ui eulu Ists abroad It is probable that the amount may exceed $8,000,000. New York Coffee Market Excited. NEW YORK, August 5. An active busi ness In coffee was in evidence here again today. Including considerable trading in fu ture deliveries in a hastily organized curb market for the purpose of closing out old commitments and releasing hedges against spot supplies needed In the. Interior. The day's business in spot coffee was es timated at about 30.000 bags. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Evaporated apples, quiet, but steady. Prunes, quiet. Peaches, dull. Mercantile Paper. NEW YORK, At-g. 3. Mercantile paper, 6 per cent. Hops, Etc., at New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Hops, steady. Hides, quiet. Wool, quiet. DO 30 8 00 12 W Clear 02 12 SW Cloudy 28 10 S Cloudy 00 8!N Clear 00 S S Clear 00 8!S Clear 00- I N Clear 00 18 NW;Pt. cloudy 001 4 SE i:lear 0010S Clear 00 S S Cloudy Oil 26,.-W Clear 00 4NE Cloudy O0 6SE Clear 001 4INW(CIear 001 6W IClear 00 8 N Clear 00 12IW Clear 00 10 S Clear 00 (E Clear 04 8 W Pt. cloudy OoJ l!'W Clear 0O 20ISW Clear 00 6 -V Clear 0o 4JNE Clear OOi 4(N Pt. cloudy 00:10 S Clear 00 6 N Clear 00 8SE Cloudy 00 24iW Cloudy TRADE BODY IS 0. K. Senate Passes Newlands Bill for Federal Commission. RADICAL CHANGES NOTED Document as Favored by Upper House Xow Differs Much From Measure AVliiclt Received Ap proval of Representatives. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The New lands bill to create a Federal trade commission, first of the three Admin istration anti-trust measures, passed the Senate late today by a vote of !3 to 16. The bill differs radically from the measure as it passed the House, which probably will disagree to the amend ments and ask for a conference. The Senate measure would provide for a trade commission of five mem bers to succeed to the duties now per formed by the commissioner of corpora tions, with greatly extended authority. The powers of the commission would be divided broadly into two classes, one of invstigatlon into the business, the financial condition, conduct and man agement of corporations engaged In interstate commerce, and the other the issuing and enforcing of orders against "unfair competition" by corporations. The section of the bill making "un fair competition" unlawful principally distinguished it from the House, Din and was the chief point of debate In the Senate. All attempts to define or describe tho meaning of the term "un fair competition" were voted down. Sen ator Reed's amendment for this pur pose today being defeated, 33 to 29. The principal change made on the floor of the Senate was the adoption of the Cummins' amendment for n. re stricted court review of the commis sion's orders, similar to the review afforded for orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Pom erene's amendment for a broad court review was defeated, 38 to 27. Other amendments would require the com mission to make a formal finding in favor of a corporation when a prac tice complained of is found to be fair, and allow corporations complained of to have counsel at hearings. The Clayton anti-trust bill, the sec ond of the Administration trust meas ures, was made tho unfinished business of the Senate and will be pressed for early passage. DEATH TIME SAME FOR TWO Mrs. Mary Eaton and Mrs. V, J Brown of The Dalles Pass. THE DALLES. Or., Aug. 5. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Eaton and Mrs. Frank .1. Brown died at exactly the same time 9:20 o clock last nigin. Mrs. Eaton, a pioneer resident nf Ore gon, passed away at the age of 78. The funeral was held this afternoon and thn re-mains will he taken to Wasco for burial tomorrow. Mrs. Eaton came to Oregon in 1845. The death of Mrs. Frank .1. Brown, u-ifn nf n nlivsicinn hern was sudden. Ptomaine poisoning, contracted while on an automotuie trip witn nor nus band two weeks ago. anil heart failure caused her death. The funeral, tomor row evening, will be under the aus pices of the Eastern Star. MUTS TO DjNE AND PLAN Incorporation of Order lo Be Con sidered at Table Toniglit. Officers of the Imperial Dynasty, : . .. t ,-,.!.... f Unl. - i 1 1 moat at the Commercial Club for dinner at 6:30 o olocK tnis evenins; to cuinpino arrangements for the incorporation of the organization and to prepare for the Issuance of charters to outside towns and cities. The ritual committee, con sisting of Muts J. Ed Werleln. W. C. Bristol and Judge William Colvig, will prepare a preliminary report. The entire membership has been in vited to attend the private exhibition of the "Cabiria" moving pictures at the Baker Theater tomorrow night, and Sunday morning at 10 o'clock a picked nine of Muts will play a team drafted from the talent playing at the Marcus Loew Empress Theater. CENSOR BOARD PROPOSED St. Johns Council Passes on Assess ment for Boulevard. ST. JOHNS, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) An ordinance providing for a board of censorship for moving pictures, vaudeville, street speaking and other public functions was given Its first reading at the meeting of the Council last night. It was sent back to the committee for amendment. An ordinance was passed assessing property owners for the paving of Wil lamette boulevard. Mayor Vincent was instructed to in terview the Port of Portland concern ing tho roadway for the Western Coop erage plant. Watson Eastman, presi dent of the company, sent a communi cation saying the company will need the roadway soon to take in supplies. CASCADE TUNNEL BLASTED Hole Throujrlt Mountains Driven and Crews Clasped Hands in Gap. SEATTLE, Aug. 5. The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul tunnel through the' Cascade Mountains, which is 21,000 feet long and which will reduce the altitude of the crossing 443 feet, was broken through by a blast yesterday and the men from the east and the west clasped hands through the gap. The tunnel will save four miles In distance and will avoid the enormous snowfall of the summit. Trains will be in operation through the hole next January. The tunnel will cost $2,000, 000. MILWAUKIE PLAINT VOICED Commission Will Be Asked to Com pel Second Stop by Cars. MILWAUKIE. Or.. Aug. 5. (Special.) At a meeting of the Milwaukie Com mercial Club last night the complaint against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, to be submitted to the State Railroad Commissiop, was read and approved. Secretary Johnson was instructed to file the complaint with the Commission at once. The complaint asks that the railroad company be required to stop Its Ore gon City ears at the foot of Washing ton street in both directions, which the company has refused to do. If it is the skin use Santiseptic Lotion. Adv. PINKERTON & COMPANY UNITED STATES DETECTIVE AGENCY Chicago, HI., ever since 1883 No connection with or relation to the Pinkerton National Detcctiv Agency. Scientific detective work along modern lines. Our COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT We force the payment of bad debts. We operate on the broad principle that you cannot make any one pay you unless he want to pay you, and our province is to make him want to pay you. A DETECTIVE AGENCY CAN VO THIS. Northwestern Offices, 412-13 Lnmbermens bldg., Portland, Or. Phone Main 7741. W. H. TREECE, District Manager. LADD & TILTON BANK KstnhlUhrtl '' Capital and Surplus Commercial and FIVE FIRES CHECKED Crews Battle Night and Day to Head Off Flames. GREEN TIMBER BURNED SIuvIhw l'ore-1 KavHSt'd tJ nin Oisooveifcl Smii ftrr Hunter Leave Woods, but FlfiMeri Xow Have Viipcr Hand. EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 5. (Special.' Five serious forest fires, two of which cover more than 1!00 acres each and for the control or which forest guards and nearby residents have been bat tling night and day for three days, sr.. burning In the siuslaw. west of Eu gene, from fires started by hunters who have scattered through the forests since the opening of the deer season. Mu h green timber has been burned Although all fires uppear to be un der control, the situation in Western Lane County Is serious and Carl V. ub1' by. Deputy State Supervisor, who cam. oiit today, leaves In tho morning with additional guards. The present effi cient system of patrol has nipped, per haps, the most serious conflagration In years In the western part of tin county. - A force of firefighters is still build Ing fire lines on the Chicahomlny. :i miles west of Kug.-ne, but are believed to have checked a fire which has burned through 2S0 acres of green timber. Fire, which started Sunday near the Not! tunnel, has burned over 200 acres, partly in the green timber and a large crew of foresters and nearby residents and farmers are at work and believe the flames under control. Two fires are burning on Wolle Creek, near the headwaters of tbe Sl uslaw. southwest of Kugcne. One of these was detected in its Infancy, shortly after hunters were observed In the vicinity, but tills was controlled after it had burned over 40 or SO acres. tho hMl of l "Hit . VWM - Wolfe Creek and firemen ar. now rijrnt- Jnff the flames whlcn are mirnwiR m vn green timber. CLACK-VMAS BIBS RKFORTstD Prompt Action i ISxtlassiiat BlsVM Taken bj 1'oK-lry Official. Men of the Clackumas-Marlon Fire ratrol Association from High Camp lookout station, in Clackamas County, discovered the smoke of a fire In town ship 7 south, 4 cast, yesterday. The news was telephoned Immediately l the Oregon Fire Association, which promptly sent out mun to fight the blaze. . . J Willotts Ferguson, head warden in that territory, said that the blaze was In a forest of mountain balm trees, which are not valuable commercially, and that no green timber is near. He reported that the scene of the fire is i6 miles from a settlement. Had It not been for the lookout system it proba bly would not have been observed until It had gathered such headway that it would have swept on Into valuable timber. FISH LAKE RBI IS Ql'KM.KI) BlR Force Wins Baltic With ITame. Loss May Be $50,000. ROSLYN", Wash., Aug. 5. (Special.) O T. Green, forest ranger, and his men. with crews furnished by tho Northwestern Improvement Company and the Cascade Lumber Company, have extinguished the timber fire which raged since Sunday in the vicin ity of Fish Lake. The fire covered several hundred acres and for a time threatened to destroy miles of heavily-timbered mountainside. Practical ly all the timber destroyed was about 30 vears old. The damage Is estimated at from J40.000 to 150,000. The men quelled the blaze late to day. Campers are thought to have started the fire. TOWN FIGHTS FOR HOMIS Bovill, Idaho, Fire Checked Berore It Readies Residences. SPOKANE. Aug. 5. Forest-fire fighters In Western Montana and Northern Idaho have fires in the for ests under control, uccording to mes sages received here today. Bovill, Idaho, was saved from de struction early today when 900 men beat out the flames as they approached the town. The wind then shifted abd further Immediate danger was averted. Western Montuiu is dark in smoke from the fire near Bovill. A dynamit ing machine to be used In trenching has been sent to Java. Mont.,' where 300 men are fighting a fire on the Big River. This fire is reported to be under control. BAKER COUNTY FIRE SKRIOLS Fears Are Blaze Will Get Beyond Control or Fighters. BAKER, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) ' $2,000,000 Savings Deposits Forst-flre fighters returned todsv from Spftrtn. the Elkhoru MiuntHi and ths Burnt Ulver range, whrre thry had Just sueceedt'd In checking the vs -rlous forest fires, only t Irsrn thst '. had fire had broken out on Dooli v Mountain, near the Hidden ranch. Tho fire rovers about T0 acre and in on the sdgo of fine green tlmbn Forest Supervisor Palmer started with a crew of forest-fire fighters to thn scene today and rsports wer rsci. that there l farmer ..f the fir. cettit beyond control. This Is virtually the only serious flr now in Baker ('unt. In the canyons of the BUtbOtti MoMtelM there ai.t still some small blazes, hut those b been confined In BStirstered bits of timber, and there Is no likelihood of them gaining any appreciable haaii way. IMiftir lieu ftO.iHK) Trout. IHKL'H, Or.. Aug. i. iHpeclal.) Fifty thousand steelhrad trout plaerd In the streamy neir Putin and Friend today. These trout 0UM frOsS the state hatchery at Bonneville ami were procured by the Oufur Und sjstf (inn Club. Automobiles are less likely to skid on bitulithic pavement, and the surface is not injurious to auto mobile tires. TltAt i.l.KKV (.1 lli.. AUSTRALI . TAHITI AND NKW ZK.W.ANP. Hound Trip Kate.: Hrl-( la l ffMtl 11.11, to Virlilnglan :7..0, la sjdnry .:o. NpnlHl Tactile (bean Tour n..l.JUi( Sou III tes tales i. t.::.'. let class IniraiwU, Bound the World Rstrs on appll. jts.n. Regular throuffli SSrVfOS from San K(sn.lsc . S. 8. Moana llooon tnnsi sails Aug i. o. 8 Wlllochra (1!.04HI torn) sails Kepi 14, f. S Tahiti ( U'.OOO tonsi nulls Oct It. Semi for rasapalL Inlon steain!ili ". of r Zr ilnnO I I.I. fffSc: (;! Market sLresl. Ken Kiauclseo, or local S . ixnil It. It asdlts COOS BAY AMI M BSK I S. S. ELDER MttJ ftl'NDAY. Al'U. It AT t A voUTll PACIFIC HsMMMUr . Ticket Of firs freight Office IUA :sa Bt, H I'o'O Nsrtbnfp i If A IN loll, A ISM 'i !l" mi, v RIO DC. JAN El n U III "VuT riTV Rr At i nrtiL CITY BCAU'IFUL HAHIA, SA.NiUS. Mc Slid . K Now so.- Vast i W.&i'u-tou) I'ssaenser steamers from New Toik every aiisr nats Saturday. Ill -K A DAjrnCM, t.en. Aste.. S Umadnaj, V . lorMev B. Kmllli. Sl and Usblnslen Ms. IT I. oral Vp-lil,.. S. f. Ur.At 1. It All.s 1KB SAN FKANCISCO LOS ANGELES V A. M., Alls. IV. Tbe Kn rYaoi-lwn A Portland K, S. i 3d and Vt a-lilimton 01 a. tvil'h O.-W. K. A N Co.). Tel. Marahall 4SOU. A I'-'l. ALASKA. Special ons-way and round-trip ratss. fteamahlp sails, dlrsct TlUb KVKNIMI AT O'CIAH K Few Reservations Left. Sail ll I Isi II Cortland I on Aacelea sssBsssissJ ( O. FRANK ilOLLAM. A(nt. CM Third Mtresrt. A 4A , Mala Steamer Georgiana Leaves Wasblngton-street hock at I A. If. Dally. Except Friday, for Astoria and Way Landings Returning, Laves Astoria at lill f. M. Fare 11.00 Each Way. Main 1412. COOS BAY LINE Steamship Breakwater Sails from Aliissonh dock. Portland, a J. July 7, 12. IT. 22. -1. Au. J. , 11. 18. n-tl. Freight and tlckst offices. Loaisr Alnswonn liocli. Portland A Coos Bay s. S. Llns. L. H KCATINti. Agent, Hbona slain 3S0U. A DRAIN TO rOO BAT. Auos run dally. Uallgbtful trip rt Allegany or tbe (Joaan-baacb routs. Wire reservations to C, HAl iOUa, Urals,