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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, UTnXKSDAT. SEPTEMBER SO. 1914. 19 nminnii ninn 'n s ftfl ununliH mm HAUb Congregationalists in Confer ence Score Tango Tunes. CHOIRS TO ROUT NEW AIRS Ministers Urge Co-operation of Sun day and Public Schools In Ueu of Reading Bible In City Classes Many Attend. Less tango and ragtime music in Sunday schools, more standard music and a system permittirfg; children at tending Sunday schools to receive credit therefor in the public schools were urged at the meeting of the Con gregational ministers and Sunday school superintendents at the Atkinson Memorial Congregational Church, at East Twenty-ninth street, Monday night. The Portland Congregational Minis terial Association met at 5 o'clock and heard reports from ail churches in the district. Rev. J. R. Knodell, president, resigned to leave for Eastern Washing ton as superintendent of missions. Rev. K. Myers, of St. Helens Congregational Church, was elected president in his place. Following the afternoon conference the ministers and Sunday school su perintendents had luncheon in the church parlors. Then the conference of superintendents and ministers was held, with Rev. J. R. Matthews, super intendent of Sunday schools of Oregon and Washington, presiding'. Rev. Mr. Matthews urged association of Sunday schools with the public schools. He said such a course would be- better than having the Bible read In the public schools, provided Sunday school pupils could be given credit in the public schools for their Sunday school work. Other ministers and su perintendents spoke in favor of the plan, expressing the opinion that the same objections urged against reading the Bible in the public schools would not be urged against the credit system. The conference went on record against "tango and frivolous" Sunday school music and advocated the use of more Landard music in Sunday schools. To carry out the idea of better music Rev. J. J. Staub, of Sunnyside Congre gational Church, was made chairman of a committee to organize junior choirs In all Portland Congregational churches, these choirs to combine and Bive a concert In the holiday season. Pennants will be awarded the choirs winning credits for attendance and faithfulness. The ministers declared the object of this movement is to dem onstrate the advantage of better Sun day school music and to displace much of the "tanso" music now in use in Sunday schools. Ministers and Sunday school superin tendents attended from all Congrega tional churches in the Portland dis trict, f BOY SCOOTS KEPT BUSY MEMBERS- OF FORCE IN BRITAIN AID WAR PREPARATIONS. Coast Watched for Zeppelins or Armed Raidera from German Fleet j ;e and Bridge Patrolled. " (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) LONDON, Sept. 15. The Boy Scouts of Great Britain are distinguishing themselves in almost every way sug Cested by juvenile fiction. From the north of Scotland down the eastern coast to the Isle of Wight on the south. Sea Scouts are patrollng the shore, watching for the dreaded Zeppe lin or for some armed raider that might have escaped the British North Sea . fleet, with a view to sinking the army transports In the Channel. Railway bridges and reservoirs are watched by camps of Scouts, relieving the soldiers who are needed at the front. Orders come into the Scout district headquarters for buglers for Lord Kitchener's new army, for British buglers are from 14 to 18 years old and enlist by their parents' consent. These are some of the military as pects of Scout life. But the Scout ideal of service useful to the public still is supreme. Owing to the rapid recruiting in war time, no one, not even Sir Robert Baden-Powell, knows the exact number of Scouts In the United Kingdom. But In London alone there are 150 acting as orderlies in the War Office, about the same number In the Admiralty, tending to telephone calls and acting as mes- ' sengers, and 700 or more who do the same service-the- Red Cross and re cruiting headquarters. Besides, there are about 300 Scout cyclists. Scouts are to be found at every train, guiding refugees with money to boarding- . houses approved by the British relief societies. One thing that has particularly im pressed Americans in London is the business-like and military air of the 1 British Scout. He has no sheepish feel ing about appearing in uniform. He is proud -of his organization and takes his duties seriously. The Scouts are volunteers in the full est sense, even to paying for their own uniforms. But a publicly-assisted can teen which serves meals at from one to three pence now keeps down his cost of living. ine ijiri uuiaes, tne leminlne branch of Baden-Powell's organization, are no lees busy. There are more than 10,000 of these Guides in the Kingdom, and since the war their uniform has be come quite familiar on London streets. The girls are concerned, in part, in knitting mufflers and stockings for the Scouts, but only in part. To take random instances of their usefulness, the Guides at Leeds scrubbed down a house that was being turned into a military hospital. In Hertford shire they did the mending and darning . for a regiment of Territorials. At Craw Jl ley they made puzzles to amuse con " valescents and sewed newspapers to gether for extra Winter blankets. At L, the London refugee camps for homeless the children. At Harrow they are rais- Uvery Red Cross hospital has Its .corps of Girl Guides, who wash the -.corps Ot t '-iiishes and Viands and .Cigwagglns -l uu Bcueiai cleaning, run nd sometimes, save steps by S-WAR OUTBREAK SURPRISE V German raro-A to-mi v. Trlr ria ! Among Those Captured by Britislx. v V MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 20. """Correspondence of the Associated f ess.) Unaware of the outbreak of ft War ftn' whftllv imincniilnii. nt V Iception awaiting them, the captain fi the German cargo steamer Wilden fels brought his vessel serenely through Furl x-aiiip neaaa a lew cays ago on lib way irom ew York to this uort. Jpon reaching tho examination area ksld tho Beads tha vessel was slowed down, and, to the utter astonishment of the skipper, Probst, by an armed guard sprang aboard and enlightened him and his crew, and took charge of the ship. Probst was the more estonished be cause his vessel was equipped' with wireless and he had been in communi cation with shipping when crossing the Southern Ocean. This wireless subse quently was dismantled by the author ities here. The Wildenfels, which be longs to the Hansa Line, of Bremen, left New York June 29, and apart from a short call at Capetown came direct to Melbourne. She has about 8000 tons of cargo on board. A similar unpleas ant surprise was given the captain and crew of the German-Australian cargo steamer Berlin at Sydney. She came from Hambure via the CaDe of Good ) Hope, but was not provided with wire less. HELP OFFERS TOO ENGLISH EAGER TO CARE FOR BEL. GIANT REFUGEES. Hundred Thousand Homes Are Throvra Open and Outnumber Vast Flow of Sufferers. LONDON, Sept. 29. England has come to the relief of the stricken Belgian refugees with such spontaneous mag nanmity tht thea refugees committee has been forced to decline many of the flood of offers of shelter. The authority for this statement is Lord Gladstone, ex-Governor-General of South Africa, who is now a leader in the cimmlttee work. Six thousand Belgians have already been placed in private homes, while 3000 are in the London depots awaiting distribution. Five hundred came In yesterday and some 300 others are scat tered in lodging and boarding-houses, for whose keep the government has as sumed the responsibility. lwelve local committes are engaged in the refugee work and additional committees are being formed in va rious parts of Great Britain. Up to this time offers from 100,000 persons to care for the refugees have been re ceived and the committee has found It necessary to issue a circular saying it had a superfluity of offers. The great bulk of such offers prefer to take in women and children. For a time the tide of refugees ar riving in Great Britain reached as high as 4000 a day. How many will arrive hereafter depends upon eventualities in Belgium. Seventy tons of clothing and other supplies have been donated for the unfortunates. . CANADA WILL TAKE FISH DOMINION IS ABOUT TO RESUME "LIBERTY OK ACTION." Notice, Soon to Be Given. Inspired by Failure of United States to Approve Regulations. OTTAWA. Ont.. Sept. 29. Owing to the failure of the United States to ap prove regulations governing the taking of food fish in boundary waters, the Canadian government Is about to serve notice that it resumes its liberty of action, it was learned here tonight. A treaty between the two countries was signed six yer.rs ago for the appoint ment of a joint committee to frame fishing regulations applicable to bound ary waters from the Atlantic to the Pacific. . Lr. David Starr Jordan, rep resenting the United States, and Pro fessor Prhice, representing Canada, agreed on a set of regulations. Canada approved thera, but the United States failed to do so, owing chiefly, it is said, to objection from lake fish ermen. In 1892 Canada gave notice that unless the regulations were 'ap proved at the next session of Congress, Canada would resume liberty of action. The change of administration In the United States influenced Canada to de lay at that time. Canadian government officials appar ently saw no prospect of the United States putting the regulations into ef fect, and the government now proposes to make such amendments to the ex isting fishing regulations for the Can adian portion of the boundary waters as may be deemed best. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Sept. 29. Maximum tem perature. 71 degrees; minimum, 61 degrees. River reading, S A- M., 3.0 feet; change in last 24 hours, 0.3 foot rise. Total rain fall, 5 P. M. to 5 P. M., none; total rain fall since September 1, 1914. 8.09 inches; normal. 1.75 Inches; excess, 1.84 Inches. To tal sunshine. 6 hours 3 minutes; possible, 11 hours 48 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level) 6 P. M., 29. Ss inches. THE WEATHER. Wind so a State of Weather STATIONS. Baker Boise ........... Boston Calgary ......... Chicago. Colfax Denver Xes Moines Duluth Eureka Galveston ........ Helena Jacksonville ..... Kasa.i City ..... Los Angeles ..... Marshfield Medford Minneapolis ..... Montreal ........ New Orleans .... New York ....... Xorth Head North Yakima ... Pendleton Phoenix ......... Pocatello Portland ........ Roseburjj ........ Sacramento St. Louis ........ Salt lake San Francisco . . . Seattle Spokane Tacoma Tatuosh Island . . Walla tVulla Washington ..... Winnipeg Yellowstone Park. 76JO.OOI10ISE S4f0.00 4 XW Clear Clear SS'0.00 418 solu.oo ' ijXW S20.O0 lOjSW Pt. cloudy Clear Clear Clear -atjv.vui cairn 76 0. 14 4IW Rain 80,0 .001 700.01 66I0.O0 SO 0.00 4;S 8 N'W Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy :14 X 72:0.00 6 E 78j0.'l6 12XE 78,0.00 SSE Clear 74 0.00 SO 0.00 so o.ou 8 ;W Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain Cloudy I12.XW 7 4,11 lllll S 'H 52 0.02:10 S 7410.00 14'X lSi-SW 60MI.00 80 0.00 74 0.00 83j0.00 ssio.oo: sslo.oo 71 A nn Clear 4 W 4iS 4JW 8 N 4'E 41V Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Ft. cloudy Clear 76 O.0O Clear 8S,0.00 SiS Clear Clear 7S 0.001 4:W 72'0.02 tSW Pt. cloudy fioin.ool 4 w Cloudy 86,0.00 78 0.00 s'.N Pt. cloudy Clear Clear IB 4 W 4!W 4jW 4 S 70 0,00 54 0. 12 7-I10.00 S0.00 70 0.00 Rain Clear Clear SlHE Clear 68;0.00 jSW Cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. A trough-shaped low-pressure area ex tends from California north to British Co lumbia and thence northeastward tn h. Tond the limit of observation. The weather n the Eastern States is controlled by a targe ujgn-pressuro area, wiu me Highest barometer reading at Dululh. Minn. Local rains have fallen in Utah, Wyoming, ex treme' Northwestern Washington and iu por tions of the East Gulf State. It is warmer in Wyoming, Montana and the western portions of the Dakotas. The conditions are favorable for generally fair weather in this district Wednesday ex cept in Western Washington, where it will be unsettled with rain probable. It will be cooler Wednesday in Oregon and Eastern Washington. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Wednesday fair, cooler; westerly winds. Oregon Wednesday fair; cooler except near the coast; westerly 'winds. Washington Wednesday probably rain west, fair east portion, cooler east portion; westerly winds. Idaho Wednesday fair, EDWARD A HEALS. District Forecaster. Prisoner at the Bar. ' Buffalo (N. Y.) Express. "What is the charge?" asked the Magistrate. "Nuthln" 't all," snickered the pris oner at the bar; "this's on me." CROP QUALITY GOOD Grain Standards Fixed by Chamber of Commerce. SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S Samples Being Prepared lor Dis tribution In World's Markets, Where Local Rating Is Officially Recognized. The (rain standard committee of tha Portland Chamber of Commerce yesterday announced ths grain standards for the 1914 crop of wheat, oats and barley in the Pa cific Northwest. The test weights as agreed upon are as follows; Pounds. Milling bluestem 58 Shipping bluestem 8 White Walla 58 Red Walla 58 Fife E9 Turkey red 69 H Red Russian 57 White brewing barley 48 Blue brewing barley. 45 - Feed barley ......................... 41 Feed oats .'. .1. . 36 The standards are practically the same as those of last year, except in the case of barley, which is a little lighter. The grain standard committee is composed of Robert Kennedy, chairman ; Thomas Kerr, D. W. L. MacGregor, M. H. Houser and Wil liam 3. Albers. Samples will be made up and distributed as soon as a supply of bags Is received. Te samples will be sent to the Liverpool and London exchanges and to all other markets where the wheat of Oregon, Washington and Idaho is sold. The standards of the Portland Chamber of Com merce are accepted as official everywhere. The wheat market was firm yesterday. Country reports told of a considerable volume of buying during the , past two days at various points. The buying was un derstood to be mainly for European ac count. Farmers ideas were firm. On the Merchants Exchange bid prices for wheat were the same as on Monday, ex cept for bluestem, offers for which were half- a cent lower. No business was put through. Oats bids were reduced 50 cents to $23 for spot, and sellers asked a quarter less than on the preceding day. For November oats 826.50 was bid and $27 asked. Oats inquiries have been received from the At lantic seaboard, ' but business la not work able at present prices. Barley was quiet and unchanged on the board. Demand from Argentina for Pacific Coast barley was reported. Local receipts in cars were reported by the Merchant Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Monday 153 14 16 10 Tuesday 65 12 9 9 13 Year ago 110' 21 2 16 8 Season to date. 49S7 464 696 574 441 Year ago 4623 704 589 605 600 BETTER PRICES PALP FOR HOPS Oood lots Selling on Market at 14 and 15 Cents Acreage in England. There was a more cheerful feeling in the hop market yesterday. The demand ' Is broadening and dealers do not find grow ers so ready to part with their hops as thoy thought would be the case. j The largest transaction of the day was the purchase by Klaber, Wolf & Netter df 280 bales from Ed Seeley, of Woodburn, at 14 cents. Julius Plncus sold 63 bales of his Independence hops to McNeff Bros, at 15 cents. McNeff Bros, also bought 100 bales at Salem. The J. W. Seavey Hop Company sold 200 bales at Eugene to A. J. Ray & Sons at 12 cents. The Jackson lot of '80 bales at Aurora was bought by Green- Br&lnard at 18 H cents. Catlin & Linn paid 13 $4 cents for the Honeycup crop of 62 bales at Buena. Vista. O. Bergstrom, of Needy, sold 33 bales at 13 cents. . The Kola Keis Hop Company bought 100 bales at Salem at 14 cents. Bishop & Keyt reported they paid 14 cents for the Simon crop at Salem. No additional crop estimates were cabled from England. Local dealers were skepti cal about the 600,000 estimate sent by one of the London .firms. This same firm last year at picking time predicted an Eng lish, crop of 430,000 ckt., and It came down 255,000 cL The English Brewers' Journal of latest date says: "The hop crop now being gath ered in will be the largest In bulk and the best in quality that this country has grown for the past, five years. We estimate the total production at about 440,000 cwts." The British Government's official esti mate of the acreage in hops In England this year la 36,601 acres, an increase of as5 acres over the area grown in 1013. The official figures for put years follow: Year. Acres.fear. Acres. . - .57.504 . . .58,040 ...54.-J17 . . .50.86a .. .49.735 . . .51.843 . . .01,308 ...51.17 . . .48,04 .. .47.038 . . .47.700 .. .4S,ti7 . . .4t,722 .. .44.038 .. .38.016 . . .33,530 .. .62.880 . . .33,0. . . .34.N0 . . .3.JL676 50,661 1820 . . ..U,U4SjIS93 1823 1830 1835 1S40 1845 IboO 1855 I860 1870 1875 1H80 1SS4 1SS5 186 1887 1888 1880 1SU0 1N1 1802 46.7 lhils5 40.72ilu 58,31t518U7 44,0S31S:IS 4S.00S.1KSK 43.1271 1900 &7,7371801 .4ti.:.'Tllluu2 . ... .60,580) 1!H)3 61,1711!K)4 6ti,60SlO5 .'.00,259! lit 00 .71.327J 1U07 70.127,1008 63.706,1600 5S,4S0lal0 57.7271911 &,9111'12 u6.142 113 56,258,1914 CHICKENS frjKI.L, AT STEADY PRICES Dressed Meats Are in Light Demand Eggs -Unchanged. The poultry market was in good condi tion yesterday, especially for chickens. Hens and Springs cleaned up readily at 13 $ cents, as receipts were not heavy. Large young ducks sold at 13614 cents, but old ducks draggged- Geese and turkeys were also slow. Dressed meats did not move freely. Top pork was quoted at 10', 4 cents and vaal at 13 cents. The egg market is holding steady. Many fresh Eastern are being offered and are making up for the deficiency in Oregon ranch eggs. - No changes were reported in the butter or cheese markets. DEMAND FOR APPLES IS INCREASING Peaches HUH Coining in, but More Slowly. Grapes Steady. Tho demand for apples Is gradually. In creasing as the- supply of Shimmer fruits diminishes. The cheapness of apple prices Is counted upon by dealers to stimulate local consumption to a large extent. Plenty of local Salways and late cling peaches are coming in, but the demand Is of small proportions. Yesterday's carlot arrivals consisted of a car of Tokay .grapes, one of Hood River apples and the usual banana train. The steamer brought a good-sized ship ment of oranges, onions and green vege tables. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were - as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland 51,648,316 S127.738 Seattle 2.023.167 223. 108 Tacoma 348.786 32,814 Spokane 484.317 60,964 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Dairy and Country Frodnee. Local Jobbing quotations; EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 31$8-c: candled, 333-35c. POULTRY Hens. 13 Vac; Springs. 13Ho: turkeys, young, lSJOc;- ducks, 10S'14c; geese, lOllc BUTTER Creamery prints, extras, . 85o per pound: cubes, 80032c VEAL Fancy. 12tt$13c per pound; rough and heavy, 9 11c. CHSESB trialstsj Jobbers fctjfag price. 15c per pound f. o. b. dock Port land: Youn? Americas. 16Hc per pound. PORK Block. UlljlOljC per pound. Grain, Hour, Feed, Etc Merchants Exchange, noou session. . t Wheat Bid. Ask. Bluestem 1.02 I 1.05 Forty-fold 98 Vi 1"1 Club 94 .96 Red ROBBlan, 8f. .8 3 Red fife S3 .93 Vl uats No. 1 white feed 25.00 26.25 Barley . No. 1 feed 20.00 22.50 Brewing 21.00 23.50 Bran 23.0O 25. SO Sports 24.50 25.25 All quotations for prompt delivery. M1LLFEED Spot prices: Bran, 25 26.50 per ton; shorts, $2Su2S.50; rolled bar ley. 28. FLOUR Patents. 85.40 per baarel; etralghts, $4.60; graham. $5.40; whole wheat, $5.60; exports, $4.20ty4.4o. CORN Whole. 338 per ton; cracked. $39 per ton. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, 816 17; grain hay. $llgl2; alfalfa, $12 3' 13.50. Prnlts and Vegetables. Local Jobbing quotations; TROPICAL FKUITa Oranges. $2.2803.00 per box; lemons, $6 6.50 per box; bananas. 44ftc per pound; grapefruit. California. $3.25; pineapples. tfTc ner pound. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. $1.50 per box; eggplant, 7c per pound; peppers, 60 per pound; artichoaea, s5c(t$l per doa.; toma toes, 30(oOOC per crate, cabbage, lftc per pound; peas, lollc per lb.; beans, tibc per pound; corn, 75c$l per sack; celery. 50&-85C per uoaen; cauliflower, $1.254?1.73 per dozen; asparagus. e.. per box; sprouts, luc per pound. ONIONS lellow, $131.25 per safk. GKliEN FRUITS Apples, 75ctfl.50 per box; .cantaloupes, $11.50 per crate; ca sabas. $L25& 1.5o per dozen; pears, $14?l.io; peaches, 45fc65c per box; grapes, 75ca$1.50 per crate; cranberries. $8.00 per barrel. POTATOES Oregon, $1,3511.50 per sack. Yakima, $1.50; sweet potatoes, 2feo per pound. Staple brocerles. Local Jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River one-pound tails. $2.30 per dozen; half-pound flats, $Lo0; one-pound flats, $2.55; Alaska pink, o-ne-pouud tails, I1.U5. HuNiil Oroide, -$3.25 per case. " KUTd Walnuts, 10fe4i2uc per pound; Bra zil uuls, 14c; filberts, 14 !t 15c; almonds, 23c; peanuts, 5(ti6c; cocoanuta. 1 per dozen; pe cans. 14 15c BEANS Small white. 6Vic; large white, 6ic; Lima. 5c; pink. 5c; Mexican. Ihrna; bayou. 6c COFFEE Roasted, In drums. 18ttQ38tte! SUGAR Fruit and berry,' $7.30; beet, $7.10; excra C. $6.80; powdered. In barrels, $7.55. SALT Granulated. $15.50 per ton; naif ground, luos, lo.. per ton; sos, $11.50 par ton; dairy, $14 per ton. KICiO No 1 Japan. 6Hc; Southern head, 67Hc; island, tfc DRIED FRUITS Apples. Sfto per pound; sprieots. 14, 16c; peaches. 7c; prunes, Italian, 104tf12o; currants, ⁣ raisins, bt8c; .Thompson, llc; un bleached Sultanas, be; seeded, 7 ft 12c; dates, Persian. 77o per pound; fard, $1.40 per box. FIGS Packages. 8-oz.. 50 to box, $1.01 package; 10-oz-. 12 to box, 80c; white, 25-ib. box, 11.75; black. 25-lb. box. $1.75; black, au-lb. box. $2.SO; black. 10-lb. box, $1.15; caiarab candy ngs, 20-ln. cox. $3; bmyrns, per box, $1.60. - Uops. Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS 1914 crop. 12a lie; 1913 crop, nominal. HiUUS Salted hides, 13c per pound; salt kip, 14c; salted calf. 18c; green hides, 12a; ury hides. 25c; dry calf, 28c; sailed bulls, 10c per pound; green bulla, tiftc WOOL Valley. 18 5 iff 20 Vic; Eastern ore. gou, 120VjC MOHAIK 1014 clip, 27Sc per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new. 40 pe pound. PELTS' Dry. 13c: dry short wool. 8e; dry shearlings, 10c each; green shearlings, 16 30c each; Spring lambs, 24p26c; green pelts, short wool, August 60c, July 60c; grsa lambs, July 65c. August 75c Provisions. - HAMS 10 to 12-pound. 202Hic; 11 to 10-pound. 2014I&21HC; 14 to 18-pound, 20V" (Uf'iWic; skinned. 17$21c; picnic, 14Vac. BACON Fancy, 29 'u 31c; standard, 25 26c. DRY SALT CURED Short clear backs. 14(017e: exports. 15wl7c; plates. 11013c. LARD Tierce basis: Pure, l2Vaiil4c; compound, 9VaC Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, bar rels or tank wagon. 10c; special, drums or barrels, 13Hc; cases, 17H20"c GASOLINE Bulk. 14c: cases, 21c En gine distillate, drums, 7c: cases, 14sC Naphtha, drums, 13c; csses,-20c LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, 72c: boiled, barrels, 13Vc; cases, 17fe&20feC LAMBS AND SHEEP FIRM FORMER SELL AT Jtfl.lO AT NORTH PORTLAND , YARDS. Best Yearlings Bring: Hog Mmr- feet Continues Weak No Cat tle Are "Received. Receipts at the stockyards were small yesterday, consisting of fire cars of hogs and tour of sheep. Hiilf a, dozen loads of cattle, carried over from the preceding day, furnished some business In that line. Mut ton material of all kinds was firm. The weakness of the swine market continued. Cattle trading was within the former range of quotations. The bulk of steer sales were around the 6-cent mark. A few choice calves brought ?S. Trading in hogs was not as heavy as usual, and $7.00 was as high as buyers would pay for the best that were on hand. Choice lambs sold at $i and $0.10. A load of good yearlings brought $5.-5 and s small er bunch sold at Jo.lO. Receipts were 317 hogs and 653 'Sheep. Shippers were: With hogs S. B. Becker, Gervais, 1 car; P. G. Cockland, IMatnview, 1 cn.r; B. H. Erwin, Prescott, 1 car; Frank Meyer, Cul ver. 1 car; Lay & Hansen. Drummond, 1 car. Avtth sheep N. J. Sevier, Dresden, t car; A. R. Vaughn, Ashland, 2 cars; R. B. Meyer, Bend, 1 car. The day's sales were as follows: Wt. Price Wt. Price 1 steer. . . 3 steers. . 'J. steers. . 4 steers . . ' 8 steers . . 2 steers. . 7 cows. . . 1 bull 5 cows. . . 3 cow . . ;-. 7 steers . . 20 steers . . 3 calves 3 steers . . 18 mixed.. 2 calves .. 2 calves. . 7 calves. . 7 HO .oot G hogs.. . ;."." $G.M iM7 i.05 7'J hogs.. . . 7 7.10 1U4U- ti.orl i!9 hogs.. . . a7J 7.00 A10 O.OOj 33 hogs.. . . U2 7.!o 2 ".mi ;i hoL'i. . . . a io 7.oo 8sr 6.35 T2 steers.. . 3 073 6.20 JtOl .. 1 steer.... 10!(J D.00 4. ar 5 steers. . . r.$ 5.50 5. J5i 1 steer .- ltio 6.25 iM 896 UO 5.1!5 85 lambs. .. 71 6.00 to u.xoi ;i yeiu-rgs. us 5.10 130 160 trtM la.ni os. . . , 71 6.10 ."i 5 hoes.. . . ' 34(1 6.10 M5 6.50! 81 hogs.. . . V.0 7.10 sj.ti( SUoks.... 147 7.8' 445 6.00 37 hogs. .. . 1 7u 7. 630 5.l 8 hogs.... 1'Ul 7.O0 4 a.OO bogs. . . . HO 6.75 bJ 5.25 IS hotfB. .'. . 145 6.50 250 yearl'gs current prices or tne various classes 01 stock at the yards follow: Cattle Prime steers - . . $6.7.1 ! 8.0O . . 6. 50 0.7 5 . . 6. 25 6. 30 . . 5.75 & 6.O0 . . 5.115 l 5.75 . . 5.0 0-6. Jo . . f.004i,S.50 . . 3.00 4.75 , . 4.0O '4 6.00 . . 7.23 & 8.03 . . 6.5U&7.25 Choice steers Medium steers Choice cows . . Medium cows . Heifers Calves Bulls Stags Hogs Light Heavy Sheep Wethers Ewes , , Lambs . . 4.0Oi3.40 . . S.fiO 14, .,o . . 5.00-0.10 Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA. Sept. 2U. Hogs Re ceipts, OOOo; market, steady. Heavy. fi.O; .light. $fe.l0f.40; pigs. $7.758.20; bulk of sales, 5.053.10. Cattle Receipts, SfuOO; market, steady. Native steers, $7.00 & 10.50 ; cows and heif ers, $5.65(7.50; Western steers. $U.25&6.75; Texas steers, $607.35; cows and heifers, $5.50 & 7 ; cat ves. $ s & 1 0. 56. Sheep Receipts, 48,000; market, lower. Fed muttons, $5.50&6; wethers. $55.50; lambs. $7,1047.35. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Sept. 2'J. Hogs Receipts, 11.-00Oi- market, unsettled, early advume of 5c partly lost; bulk of sales $6,1546.70; light, $8.603 '0.13; mixed. $8: 10 9.15; heavy. $'.b5 &S.93; rough. $7.S5fc S; pigs. $4.758.65. Cattle Receipts. 6000; market. slow. Beeves, $6.75 1 1.05 ; steers, $6.20 Sr. 10 ; Btoekers and feeders, $5.60(8.20; cows and heifers, $tf.50a H.10; calves, $"..50 lLHS. Sheep Receipts, 35,000; market, weak. Sheep, $4,.75' 3.73; yearlings, $5.60 6.30; lambs, $0.25(4Bv7.65. 'Cot ton Q uot at Ion 0 Tt vetl. XEW YORK. Sept. 21. K. M. Wel, chairman of the conference committee of the New York Cotton Exchange f orwar1d today the following notice to all member!,: ''Notwithstanding tho reduction by 1 Liver pool to fid for January-February cotton, no margins are payublo to or to bo deposited for Liverpool beiow 5.8.10 for January-February, Lklvat'tol u4 sto tor iHotmbw, Hmw York GAIN IN EXPORTS Merchandise Shipments From New York Increasing. FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOWER Larger Offerings of Grain and Cot ton Bills Announcement off Gold Pool Formation May Be Made Before End of Week. NEW YORK. Sept. 29. Th financial dis trict found encouragement today in the records of exports of merchandise from this port for the last week. The figures ex ceed by almost $3,000,000 the total for the previous week and show an increase of $3.21:2.000 over th same week of l'J13. To tills important factor and Increased offer ings of cotton and grain bills were attrib uted the diminished activity in foreign ex change at lower rates. The gold pool continued its activities, with intimations of a cteunlte statement of Its accomplishment before the end of the week. It was learned that at least tlve of the reserve cities have announced their willingness to subscribe more than their quota to the $16o,000.o0o fund If necessary. Steel trade advices offered little em our agemcnt, .incoming business being reported as the smallest in some years. Approval by the. Interstate Commerce Commission of the application of the East ern roads fur . an increase in passenger mileage from 2 to '2 hi cents served as a partial offset - to the announcement that shippers in Western and Central states in tend to combat the proposed freight rate Increase, which comes up for rehearing In the coming month. Three Important roads the Union Pa cific, Canadian Paeific and Southern Rail way submitted August statements today. Union Pacific showed a fair net gain, but the others exhibited substantial losses, Cana dian Pacific falling almost $600, 00O, despite a- big reduction in operating expenses. Sterling Exchange. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Mercantile paper. 7 per cent; sterling exchange steady; for cables. $5 5.01; for demand, $4.99 5; bar silver, 53 c. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept, 29. Silver bars, 52kc; Mexican dollars. 45c; drafts, sight, 2c; do. telegraph, 5c; sterling. cable. $5.00.. LONDON. v Sept. 29. Bar silver, steady, at 24d oer ounce. MISSING COFFEE 8TEAMKBS RLrORT British Vessels Turn Up at Trinidad and Market Is Easier. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Anxiety regard ing the safety of two British steamers, which recently cleared from Brazil with cof fee for the United States, was relieved today when they reported from Trinidad and rather an easier tone developed in the local spot market. Cost and freight offers from Brazil were a shade lower, owing, it was supposed, to the recent withdrawal of buy ing orders here as a result of the confused war risk situation, but there wtts still more or less uneasiness over the import situation, and local prices were not quo tab) y changed. Rio 7s were held around 6c and Santos 4s lOc to HMjc. uccording to description. Kaw sugar steady. Molasses, 4.67c; cen trifugal, 5.02c; refined steady. WOOL LS WITHHELD FKO.H GERMANY London Urokers Iorm League to Prevent Shipments. LONDON. Sept. 29. -Wool brokers of England have formed a league to prevent tho purchase of wools suitable for army requirements by neutrals on behalf of Ger many. There have been heavy purchases of Yorkshires on behalf of firms In neutral ter ritory, which are known to be doing busi ness with Germany. This has aroused sus picion and brokers have now organized to ascertain the ultimate destination of the wool before any suspected order is even considered.- SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Quoted at the Hay Cltj on Fruits, Vegetables, Etc SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 29. Fruit Pine apples. $1.50(12; California lemons. S 2 tfi) S : apples. Uravensteins, &Oc a $1 ; Bellf lowers, 40f'j 75c ; New towns, 75(fl 00c; bananas, $1 fe$1.73. Vegetable Cucumbers, !540c; "string beans, lVs 4r-V.c; peas, 6 6c. Eggs Fancy ranch, 41o; storage, 30c. O'tions Yellow, 45 55c, on dock. Cheese Young America, 14 V fc15 H c; new, 10g 14c; Oregon, 1 tic Butter Fansy creamery, 2Sc; seconds. 27c. Potatoes Delta Burbanks, per sack, 7So &1; sweets, $1.&0&L60 per sack; Salinas Burbanks. $l.50'u-l.UO. Receipts Flour, 2642 quartes; barley, 210,354 centals; potatoes, 666O sacks; hay, 45 tons. 'aval Stores. SAVANNAH, Sept. 29. Turpentine nom inal, 45 1 c. No sales ; receipts. 290 barrels; shipments, 19 barrels; stocks, 27,677 bar rels. Rosin nominal. No sales. Receipts, 1324 pounds; shipments, 321 pounds; stocks, 113, 840 pounds. Quote: A, B. $3.50; C, D, $3.52 Vj : E. F, O. II, I, $3. B5; K. $4.15; M, $4.o0 ; X, $6; WG, $6.25; W W, $6.35. Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Sept. 2. Butter Receipts, 8U05 tubs; market, unchanged. Eggs, higher; receipts, 7719 cases j at mark. cases included, 2Sfc.21e; ordinary firsts, 10 1 (&20 h c; firsts. 2021,4c - Driest Fruit at w York. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Evaporated apples quiet. ir runes urm. feucnea dull. NEW COUNTY W RISE PETITIONERS WOl'LD CREATE "SIl'SLAW" FROM UNE. County Court Asked to Place Issue Upon November Ballot, but It Mar Be Too Lnte for Measure. RUGENE, Or., Sept. 29. Petitions asking for information of "Siuslaw" County, taking 800 square miles of the timbered and Coast territory frtom Western Lane County were filed this afternoon with the Lane County Clerk bearing: sufficient names to place the issue upon the November ballot. The petition bears 370 names. The registration in -the territory affected totals approximately 600. Under the Wood bill the County Court Is required to call an election whenever petitions are presented with a majority of the voters in the precinct. The petitions filed today by Itobert A. Huston, of Florence, are filed under this law and not as initiative petitions. This point was raised as to whether the petitions have been filed in time to be placed on the November ballot. The proposed county will embrace virtually all the territory In Lane County west of the Coast mountains and will be 40 miles long by SO miles wide. Its assessed valuation is approx imately to. 000, 000 and its population Is estimated at 2000. It will Include, near its eastern boun dary, the towns of Blachley, Hale, Wal ton and Alma. The line runs between Long Tom. Richardson, Cheshire, Spen cer and Coyote precincts on the east and Lane. Walton and Mound on the west. Mound precinct Is partly divided by the line. On the Witness Stand. L Rire. Judge Did you last night really call this man Imbecile -ana Idiot? The Accused (gathering his wits) I have some doubt of It; but the more I look at him, the more I think it possible. The First National Bank TIFTH AND MORRISON STREETS. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $3,500,000 Interest Paid on Savings and Time Deposits Security Savings and Trust Company Fifth and Morrison Streets. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $400,000 THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of 'San Francisco. Founded 1864 " Capital Paid In f. $8,500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits ,. .$895,6649 Commercial 'Banking. Savings Department. PORTLAND BRANCH Third and Stark Streets LADD & TILTON BANK Capital and Surplus Commercial and BULGE DOES HOT HOLD WHEAT PRICES FLATTKX OCT AT CLOSE OK SESSIO. liasre Increase In World's Available Supply Total Causes Market to Collapse. CHICAGO, Sept. 29. Wheat prices Bat tened out today after m. decided bulge due to reports of the closing; of the Dardanelles. A large increase of ttie world's available supply total was chiefly responsible tor the collapse of the market. Closing prices were weak at to He under last night. Corn finished lto 24c down, oats oft IS trlVic to IMblHc and provisions' ranging from 30 cents declino to aa advance of 25 cents. Until the last hour bulls had almost com plete control of wheat. The dispatches telling of traffic having been stopped in the Dardanelles were taken as evidence of com ing hostilities between Turkey and Russia and of growing probability that Italy and Greece would declare war on THirky and Join tho allies. Assertions that Greece was buying Hour on a large, scale in the united States counted also on the sldo of higher prices for wheat and so. too, did a falling off in receipts Northwest. A large increase of the world's available supply total resulted later in a setback for Drlces. Bellins Increased also because ot assertions that the Dardanelles would re- oDen within a few days and that the Rus sians had captured the fortress of Prsemysl. Reports of large sales or oats to tne gov ernment of Greece could not be confirmed and, in consequence, the oats market, which had been tending up grade, sunerea a snarp break. Foreign selling of January lard and Tibs unsettled provisions. Nearby deliveries were relatively strong on account of covering by shorts. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. .Low. Close. Sept. 1.08Vi 1.08Vi Jl.OSH Jl.OSH Dec 1.10 h. 1.1 1 H LOST. 1.0 May LIT 1.1SU LIS lli ' CORN'. Sept 75H -.73 .13V, .7JV4 Dec 69 VI .69 K .87 .87 74 May 72 Vi .733 .70. .703, OATS. Dee. 49i .49 .47Vi .47 May .5m .52', .504 .51 MESS PORK. Jan. 19.97H 19.S7H 19.7Vk 17H LARD. Oct 9.8S S.85 S.BJ14 .R5 Jan 10.16 10.15 9.90 9.9714 SHORT RIBS. Oct 11.15 . 11.25 . 11.15 11. !a Jan 10.55 10.55 10.40 10.40 Cash nrlces were as follows: Wheat, N o. 3 red. il.07 hi K 1.09 T4 ; No. hsrd. $1. OS M 1.09?,. Corn. No. 2 yellow, 74 76c; No. S yel low. Ithi 75ic. Barley. S'&TOc. Rye. No. 2. 924e. Timothy, 3.7Slji. Clover, nominal. European Grain Market. LONDON. Sept. S'J. Cargoes on passage, steady. LIVERPOOL. Bept. 29. October wheat, 8s 31: December wheat. Ss Quantities on passage. 30,004. OO0 bushels; increase, l.atW.0O0 bushels. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 29. Wheat Sep tember. $1.0714; December. Sl.OU; No. 1 hardi Sl.lUVi: No. 1 Northern. S1.0TO Sl.uU'.i: No. -J Northern. Jl.Oi&l.OT. Barley. 336 Sic. Flux, 11.40 Vi 'f 1.4r.Vi. San Francisco Grain Market. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. Spot quota tions: Walla Walla. $l.Kii& l.7 Vi : red Rus sian. fl.C51.8;4 ; Turkey red. 1.S0; blue- stem. JI.SO'JI.50; reed barley. i.o u-i.iu; white oats. l.OOfe 1.52 4 '. bran, 329; mld dllnss, ;tl32; shorts, .)GQ:il. Call board Wheat, easy. Barley Decern, ber, l.oa4; May. $1.17: October. 1.10 asked; November, fl.lo asked. Puget Sound Grain Markets. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 20. Wheat Oc tober and November delivery: Bluestem. The Canadian Bank of Commerce HEAD OFFICE Toronto, Canada. Established 1867. A general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Letters of Credit and Travelers' Checks Issued. PORTLAND BRANCH. Comer Second and Stark Sts. F. C. MALPAS, Manager. 1.1 S2,OOO.OOD Saving's Deposits $1.03: fortyfold. 6Sc: club. 91c; fife. 0c; red Russian. S'Jc; Turkey red, l.v. Yesterday's car receipts Wheat. 121; oats. 3; barley. 2; hay. 1'7 ; tlour. 5. TACOMA. Wash.. Srt. 25. Bluestem. 1.04; fortyfuid. U7c; club, one; tlfe. l)5c. Yesterday's car receipts Wheat, ST; bar ley, S oats, 2; hay. 2-4. Duluth Linseed Market. DULUTH, Mirn.. Sept. :!. Unseed Cj1, (1.41; September. SI. 44; December. S1.4 ii. Hops at New Tortc NEW YORK. Hept. Hops easy; Pacific Co;ist, 1!14. TRAVELERS CI "TDK. Steamer Service Steamer "HARVEST UEIi, leaves Ash-Street dock dally ex cept Sunday, 8 P. M.. for Astoria and way points; returning, leaves Astoria daily except Sunday, 7 A. M. Tickets and reservations at O.-W. R. & N. City Ticket Office, Third and Washington streets; or at Ash-Street Dock. Phone: Marshall 4500, A 612L . HONOLULU $110, 1st class, round trip. (54 days from san Francisco.) The most attractive spot on entire world tour. American steamers (10.UO0 ton dlspL) of OCEANIC LINE sail to Hawaii every S weeks. You can make this trip In Is dsys from San Frsncisoo. giving i days on tha lalnnria Sydney, 19 nays from San Francisco, fSOO round trip 1st class. S200 2d Ola.,. Send for folder. Sydney nhort Line, 67H Market 6L, Ban fc'rancir. STEAMSHIP Sails Direct for San Francisco. Loa Asgeles and San UIcko. TODAY, SEPT. 30, 2.30 P. M. SAN FRANCISCO,. PORTLAND LOS AGELS STEAMSHIP Cu, FRANK. MOI.I.AM. Art. 124 Third St. A 451l, Malst 2. American -Hawaiian Steamship Co. "The. Panama Canal Line. EXPRESS FREIGHT SERVICE Between Portland. New York, Charles ton and Philadelphia. For Information as to Kates. Sailings, Ctc. Call on or Address C I. KENNEDY, A cent, 270 Stark street, Portland, Or. NIGHT BOAT FOR THE DALLES Str. State of Washington Leaves Taylor-st- dock daily, except Thursday, at 11 P. XL for The Dalles. Lyle. Hood River. White Salmon, Underwood. Carson, Stevenson. Returning-, leaves The Dalles 12 o'clock, noon. TeL alaia 612. San Francisco LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO S. S. YUCATAN Sails Wednesday Sept. 30 at 6 1. M. NORTH PAMEIC STEAMSHIP CO. Ticket Office I 1 rrUht Office. 122 A 3d tit. I Foot Norturuu St. Haiti UU. A 13141 Mam .". ... A S4 23 JA&A&ld St HaJ S. S. BEAR KOJl SAN FK AN CISCO LOS ANGELES 3 P. M-, OCTOBLR 3. The San Francisco & Portland S. S. t o.. Third and aahlnsrton Sts. iti O.-W. R. A N. Co. Tel. .Marshall 43UU, A U!t. COOS BAY LINE Steamship Breakwater &slis from Alnsworth dock. Portland, s A. AC Sept. . 10, IS. to. IS. to. Freight ana ticket officea. Lower Alnsworcm cock. Portland A Coos Bay L 8. Lisa L. H. KEATING, AgeaU Pbons statu 3WJU. A lUdS. Steamer Georgiana Leaves "Washinton-stret Xbck t 7 A. M. Daily, Kxcept Monday. Astoria and Way Landings Returning Leaves Astoria 2:00 P. Fare, l.ou Each v. ay. Main 1422.