THE MORXTXO OREGOMAX. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1914.
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DEALER SEIZED AS
LOTTERY MANAGER
A. D. Baker, of National Mer
cantile Company, Accused
of Conspiracy.
SEATTLE JURY INDICTS
Charge Alleges Planned Distribution
of Prizes of Cash and Homes to
Investors Seven Men in North
west Cities Are Held.
A. D. Baker, local manager for the
National Mercantile Company, of Van
couver, B. C, with offices in the Cham
ber of Commerce building, was arrested
yesterday ty Deputy United States
Marshal Jackson, charged with con
spiracy to commit a crime against the
United States by using the mails to
promote a lottery. The arrest was
made on an indictment returned by
the Federal grand jury at Seattle, and
on telegraphic Instructions from Clay
Allen, United States District Attorney
there, to Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney Rankin in Portland.
Baker furnished a bond for $2000,
and will have his preliminary hearing
ivTnnn.r -Har ir will rift determined
whether he will resist removal to Se
attle for trial.
Six Other Accused.
Named with Baker in the indictment
as co-conspirators are: George E.
Stillings, president of the National
Mercantile Company; O. K. Fltzsim
mons, its secretary: Charles Merrill,
C T. NelliBt, R. C. Oeder and John Doe
Fenlon.
The alleged lottery, the indictment
sets forth, was curried on by issuing
contracts for the company, called "Na
tional Loan and Home Purchase Con
tracts." which called for the payment
of installments by the signers, and
which, it is alleged, contemplated a
distribution of prizes to the contract
holders after they had paid certain
specified amounts.
These prizes, Mr, Rankin said yester
day, were to be in c.sh and in houses.
Home of the contract-holders, he said,
had drawn prizes, representing a por
tion of the amounts they had paid in,
but to his knowledge no one had re
ceived a house.
L,npHes Said to Mainstay.
Tt is alleged in the indictment that
there was no money behind the plan,
the prizes being paid out of the money
paid in on the contracts. Mr. Rankin
said that apparently the chief income
of the company was from contracts
forfeited by reason of non-payment of
installments.
George E. Sailings, as head of the
National Mercantile Company, brought
suit for injunction against Corporation
Commissioner Watson, to prevent the
operation of the state blue sky statute
against his concern several months
ago. Judge Wolverton, in his decision,
ruled that inasmuch as Stillings had
not attempted to comply with the blue
Pky law, he could not ask to be ex
cepted from its provisions. The ruling
did not affect the constitutionality of
the law. Judge Wolverton commented
adversely on the company's methods.
The company has offices in Vancou
ver, B. C, Seattle, Tacoma and Port
land, , The others who were indicted
are connected with, the company in the
cities other than Portland.
FUND SOURCE IS GIVEN
ACCUSATION UK DEMOCRATIC WO
MEN IS DEMEU.
ConeresMlonnl XTnlon for Woman Suf
frage Aided Financially by
Wealthy Member.
'The time has arrived when some
flat denial of the continuous accusa
tions of prominent Democratic Women
must be refuted," said Mrs. Jessie
Hardy Stubbs Thursday night. "On
tseveral occasions Dr. Esther Pohl?
Jjovejoy has asserted in public that the
Congressional Union for Woman Suf
frage 'obtained its funds from some
unknown source' and hinted that they
came from the Republican party.
"It seems unworthy of a suffragist,
who knows full well who the famous
women are who compose the executive
committee and the advisory council of
the union, and that the funds are the
generous oontrJ.piXi9na..of such women
as Mrs. O. H. 1J. Belmont and hun
dreds of others, eager to see the end of
the long struggle for woman suffrage
In the United States.
"It is true that most of these wo
men formerly gave their donations to
the National American Suffrage Asso
ciation, of which Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw is president, and when Oregon
was won for suffrage in 1912 a com
mittee, of which Dr. Lovejoy made
one, received regularly from the treas
ury a goodly sum toward the campaign
fund which had been given by many of
the same women who today prefer to
throw their support to the union.
"In view of this fact, it is ungra
cious, to say the least, to question the
integrity of others.
"Money from the East was welcome
in those strenuous campaign days. In
the great battle for National woman
suffrage, what is the difference be
tween 1912 and 1914? None at all. It
was a fine love offering then. It is
today;
PATRIARCH FOR BOOTH
JOSKPII BITIITEL, VETERAN R1'2-
Pl'BMCA.V, I'BKBICTS TItlVMPH.
OrtOKcnarinn Declare Chamberlain's
Tartars Will Not Rrirat Him and
That State la Tired of Democrat.
Joseph Buchtel, pioneer and veteran
Republican, who is confined to his
home at 1260 East Washington street
on account of blindness, is greatly in
terested in the political situation ii
Oregon and predicts a sweeping Repub
llcan victory next Tuesday.
"With a majority of about 4 0.0no in
this state." said Mr. Buchtel. "there
ought to be no question about Renub
licau success all along the line. If the
Democrats had that much maioritv
there would be no hope for the Repub
licans, but I think the Republicans will
stick to their ticket this year. We need
a Republican victory. When George
Chamberlain goes to Washington he Is
an out-and-out Democrat and votes for
the Democratic measures, but when he
comes to Oregon he wants to be known
as a non-partisan candidate. But 1
don't think, that scheme will work any
more. Every Republican owes It as a
duty tothe party and the state to vote
for Senator Booth and the entire Re
publican ticke.
''Republicans have been electing
Democrats long enough: in Oregon. Let
them read the questions that were sub- 1
m it tea to me democrats m a recent
issue of The Oregonian and judge for
themselves whether they should vote
for Democrats. Those questions can
not be answered by the Democratic
leaders and, of course, they did not at
tempt to answer them. Those ques
tions show why the Democratic party
should not be in power. I hope every
Republican will stick to his ticket this
year."
Mr. Buchtel will be 84 years old No
vember 22. He is in good health, ex
cept for his blindness, and his afflic
tion has not taken away his cheerful
ness. MAX COHEN TAKEN TO JAIL
Unless United States Supreme Court
Acts Sentence Most Be Served.
Judge Bean having denied a stay of
sentence for Max G. Cohen, under two
year sentence at McNeil Island for
subornation of perjury, the former
Portland attorney was taken to the
County Jail by United States Marshal
Montag, and unless Cohen's application
to the United States Supreme Court
through ex-Senator Bailey for a writ
of habeas corpus Is honored, he will
be taken soon to the Government pen
itentiary. Thomas Mannlx, Cohen's attorney, ap
plied for the stay immediately fol
lowing the receipt by District Attorney
Reames of the mandate of the Supreme
Court denying Cohen's application for
a writ of certiorari, which, if granted,
would have given him an opportunity
to argue for a rehearing before that
tribunal.
Cohen was indicted" in November,
1912, for having persuaded Esther
Wood to testify falsely in a case
against her husband, Jake Gronich,
charged with white slavery, Cohen
having defended Gronich in the case
which resulted in Gronich's conviction
The application for a writ of cer
tiorari was based on the contention
that Esther "Wood could not have per
jured herself in a case against her
husband, because a wife is not a com
petent witness in such a case. Judge
Gilbert, of the Circuit Court of Ap
peals at San Francisco, ruled, how
ever, that this portion of the statute
did not apply in white slave cases.
where the wife was the white slave."
HEAT UNIT PROTEST MADE
I tail road Commission Hears Gas Ex
pert in Plea Against Ruling.
Contending that a dollar's worth of
graa containing- 600 heat units per cubic
foot would furnish practically no more
heat than a dollar's worth with 5ti0
heat units, the Portland Gas & Coke
Company yesterday finished its protest
against the State Railroad Commis
sion's ruling requiring them to in
crease the number of heat units in
their gas.
The Commission made a ruling In
May, 1914, effective in six months, in
creasing the company's monthly aver
age of heat units from 560 to 600 per
cubic foot.
Alfred E. Forstall, the company's gas
expert from New Jersey, testified yes
terday that for ordinary purposes the
heat value of gas with 5t0 heat units
per cubic foot was about the same as
gas with 600 units. The efficiency in
some cases, he said, would be even
higher.
9 COUPLES GET LICENSES
Yamhill Brother and Sister Figure
in Double Wedding at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 29. (Spe
cial.) Marriage licenses were issued
here Wednesday to nine couples from
various cities in Oregon and Washing
ton. One couple from Portland at
tempted to get married, but the pros
pective bridegroom, who was a minor.
tried in vain to get his parents consent.
A brother an3 sister from Yamhill, Or.,
figured in a double wedding, each act
ing as the other's witness.
Those securing licenses were: Wil
liam Gold and Margaret Turner, Ore
gon City; Fay Harford and Lillie Rich,
J. K. Cane and Anna Whitman, and
W. J. Whitman and Rosa K. Haberlin,
all three couples being from Yamhill;
J. W. Coach and Mrs. Alice Adams,
Portland; W. G. Carlisle and Mamie
Benjamin, Orchards, Wash. ; Floyd
Patty and Louise Welch, Portland;
Noel Sower and Marie O. La, Wilson,
Estacada and Portland; William Scott,
Portland, and Frances Hortense Du
rette, Corvallis, Or.
1AII,V METKRO LOGICAL. REPORT.
POllTLAND, Or.. Oct. Maximum tern,
perature. t3.2 deterees; minimum, "i."i.2 de
crees. River read in?, 8 A. M., 3.3 feet;
ohatiRe in last 24 hours, none. Total rainfall
u P.M. to 5 P. M.. none; since September
1, 6.40 inches; normal. o.iM inches;
excess. 1.1" inches. Total sunshine. 1 hour
r minutes: possible sunshine, 10 hours 34
minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level
5 P. M.. 29,u;t inches.
THE WEATHER.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A disturbance of moderate enersry is cen
tral north oi Vancouver Island and a large
hisrh nressur area overlies the Lower Mis-
si 'sinni Valley. Ueht ruin has fallen in
Western Wash in et on. oortions of California
and the lke Reeion. It is much cooler
California and correspondingly warmer In
the Gulf States.
The conditions are favorable for rain in
this district Fridav with increasing south
v.esterly winds along the coast.
FORECASTS-
Portland and vicinity Rain, southerly
winds.
Oregon and Washington Rain, southerly
winds Increasing alone tno coast.
Corvallis Kalds Chinese Laundry.
CORVALLIS. Oct. 29. Five China
men were arrested on a charge of
(rambling tonight, as the result of a
raid on the Hop Ivee laundry by fetter
iff Gellately, with Oeputies Robert H
Gellately and George Eglin. Twenty
dollars in cash and a deck of cards,
found on a table, were seized as evi
dence. The Chinese will have a hear
ing; tomorrow.
HOP BUYING HEAVY
Two Thousand Bales Taken at
Steady Prices.
BELATED OCTOBER DEMAND
Largest Deal Is Purchase of Walker
Crop of 70 0 Bales at Independ
ence Increase In Septem
ber Beer Sales.
With the approach of. the end of the
month the hop market has taken on more
activity. About 2000 bales changed hands
yesterday and the prices paid Indicated a
very steady market condition. Hop values.
In fact, have undergone no change In the
past three weeks, despite the efforts of the
shorts to buy cheaper.
The J. W. Seavey Hop Company yesterday
bought 10O bales from Sloper & Patton, of
Independence, at 11 cents, the Reuf lot of
lOO bales, at Independence, at 10 cents,
and the Evana crop nd another, aggre
gating 130 bales, at Silverton, at 10 cent.
The Walker Bros crop of about 700 bales,
at Independence, was ought by Klaber.
Wolf & Netter. The terms were not given
out but It was reported that two prices
were paid, according to grade.
H, L. Hart bought the Heisler lot of 1S8
bales at Gales Creek, paying 11 cents.
The F. S. Johnson Company purchased
over 400 bales. Including the crops of Olson
Bros., J. Johnson and two others, aggre
gating 1GS bales. In the Silverton section; 93
bales at Aurora, being the W. J. Miley crop
and two other lots; the H. Boge, Snyder
and Michel lots, amounting to 140 bales, at
Hi I Is bo ro. and a carload at Banks.
A Yakima message Te ported the sale of 70
bales liv Wrade & Son.
Beer sales In the United States last month
increased 09.417 barrels over September last
year. The gain is a small one. but it is
significant in view of the fact that In August
there was a decrease of over 900,000 barrels
and a loss in July of over 500,000 barrels.
The turn in the tide is doubtless a reflection
of the improvement in industrial conditions
throughout the United States.
Total beer sales In September of this and
former year were :
Barrels.
1914 3.S47.077
VJVt 0.777.66O
l'.Ua - 5,074. C54
1V11 5.C:t8.30:i
1910 5. 047.4:17
1!K9 5,4i.o;;3
imos 0.37::. .".1
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HIDES ARE STRENGTHENED BY WAR
Increased Ford en Demand for Leather Is
Sustaining; Factor.
It would seem that prospects for a pro
longed war abroad have had a material ef
fect on the hide markets, not only of this
country, but of imported varieties as well.
Uncertainty erowine- out of the European
conflict naturally did not tend to help do
mestic leather trading;. although home
buyers, having allowed their supplies of
leather to run alarmingly low, operated
freely durintr August, and sizable contracts
were placed by leather buyers for present
and future needs at that time, but since
then the call from domestic users has been
slow.
Durine the nast fortnight the demand for
most varieties of hides has rapidly Improved.
The domestic demand for leather is no bet
ter than at anv time since the end of Au-
euat and in fact most reports say conditions
are even worse, so far as the call from
home buvers is concerned, but very recently
former , inauiries from foreign sources for
leather and leather srooda developed into
actual orders, in many instances for extra
large-sized Quantities, and it is this devel
opment in the leather situation that has un.
doubtedly influenced a renewal of the de
mand for raw material.
Considering these developments it Is only
natural for the packers and hide dealers to
view the iuture with more confidence.
While naturallv lower prices have ruled on
latest trading, recent business has been very
active ail alone- the line and supplies of do
mestic packer and country hides and Latin
American dry and wet salted have been
heavily reduced, so that now the trend of
the market is if anything upward.
It is eenerally believed that tanners have
larger export orders to deliver than they
are disposed to report, as shown by their
Interest in the raw stock market, and evi
dently manv look for a continued foreign
outlet and are buying bides in anticipation
of the future.
DEMAND FOR WHEAT AGAIN REVIVES
live Thou hand Bushels of Forty fold Taken
at Sl.ll Other Grades Also Higher.
There was & much better feeling in the
wheat market yesterday and a general
broadening of the demand. as compared
with the conditions that prevailed earlier
in the week. The market was not active,
however, as farmers were disinclined to sell
at current prices, and the cramped condition
of local docks caused some of the dealers
to hold down.
Wheat farmers throughout the country
are in a verv bullish frame of mind. The
bulge in prices last week caused thm to
set their ideas at a high plane, and they are
waltinsr now for something better than last
Saturday's bids. The market receded a
cent or two from Saturday's price, but is
now working back slowly to that level,
which makes It likely that the selling move.
ment will soon be resumed.
Prices in the 'local market yesterday were
higher all around than on Wednesday. Five
thousand bushels of forty fold changed
hands at $1.11, as against the top bid of
$1.09V2 the day before. Bl estem" was a
cent hicher in the offered price, and red
wheats made a similar sain. December
wheat of all grades was quoted higher.
There has been no change in the general
oats situation, but buyers on the exchange
offered uO cents more than on Wednesday,
bidding 2S on spot. Barley bids also im
proved.
Local receipts, in cars, were reported by
the Merchants' Exchange as follows:
Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay
Monday 149 17 13 ' 6
Tuesday 0 10 0 7 5
Wednesday... Ho 17 16 7 5
Thursday 5 12 4 10
Year ano. 6 0 11 IO
Reason to date 7100 6VJ 961 SOO 752
year ato. .. 705 1200 845 7b0 U06
WALLOWA COUNTY FLOCK 3 DECREASE
Homesteader Responsible for 50 Per Cent
uf Reduction.
ENTERPRISE, Or., Oct. 29. (Special.)
In the last five years the number of sheep
in Wallowa County has been reduced one
half, according to figures prepared this
week, after the bulk of this season's ship
ments had gone out. The total five years
ago was 190,000. Today it is about SO.OOO.
The homesteader has been responsible for
this great reduction in flocks, iast of En
terprise and Joseph a few years ago
stretched the finest range in the West; up
lands affording bountiful Summer pasture
and valleys provided grass all Winter. One
could ride from Enterprise to Snake River
without having to turn aside for a fence.
Now he toes a large part of the way along
fenced-in roads.
Not only did the homesteaders take land
out of the range, they also made what was
left less accessible. Settlers got in between
choice parts of the range and flocks could
not move from one to the other. Flock
masters have been in continual danger of
trespass suits, as the law protects untenced
private holdings. Thus thu expense of run
ning sheep has increased very largely in
many districts of the county. At the same
time, wool and mutton have been down, with
an appreciable advance this year.
The number of sheep owned in the county
now is about as follows:
Fred W. Falconer, 4500; J. H. Dobbin.
4500; Dobbin & Falconer, 11,000; Dobbin &.
Huffman, 8200; T. Blanc, 1300; O. Gail lard.
1300; Omar StubMef ield, lu0: E. F. Dotson,
1500; Albert Morgan, 1100; J. L, Johnson,
150O; L. C. Johnson, 8500; J. Ray Johnson.
2SOO; E. F. Johnson, 2S00; D. & M. Sheep &
Land Co. and A. F. Arnold. 16.0O0; Frank
Kernan, X500; peter JBn un.y 10.0OO; tt. A,
McGlaughlin, 500; J. C. McFetridre & Sons,
13C0; Frank Gowlng. 1300.
The X. & M. and Arnold sheep are esti
mated lo consist of about &000 ewe and 70O0
lambs. Mr. Beaudoin now has more than
are credited to him In tha foregoing, hot
after sales now in prospect are completed it
is estimated he will have about 10,OUu aheep
left.
A week ago Saturday and Monday, Dobbin
& Falconer shipped out 36 cars of hp.
mostly lambs, from the county. They will
gather up a few more large lots before th
season ends.
Very few sheep will be fed for the mutton
market here this Winter. Mc Cully A Ram
ble, who have done so much of this la the
past, will do no feeding In this county, al
though they are expected to do some at
Portland. lobbin A Falconer will feed
few small lots.
LIVESTOCK SAXES ARE NOW ACTIVE
Pendleton Man Turns Over $57,000 Worth
at Cost of $2L
PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
Nate Rains, one of the best-known stockmen
in this section, has just completed a record
in stock selling. He turned over business
worth 157.000 in 30 days at a working cost
of only $1. He bought; and sold hundreds
of cattle without seeing them and all it
cost him was stage hire, telegrams and in
cidentals. The shipments were made by
consignees and the labor of loading the cat
tle at the ranches was done by the buyers.
Out of this lot. Mr. Rains sold about
S2O.C00 worth of cattle to Julius Guderaln,
a wealthy Butter Creek ranchei. '
Kgg Prices Advance Steadily.
The advance In the egg market Is a steady
one. The general Quotation on candled
fresh Oregons yesterday was 40 cents, with
42 cents obtainable for the best selected
stock.
The poultry market was weakened by large
receipts and hens and Springs sold, for the
most part, at 13 cents. Turkeys were in
oversupply and 19 cents was 'the top price
quoted. Dressed veal was weak at 13 cents
for the best and pork was steady at 9
cents.
There were no changes In the butter or
cheese markets.
Grape Market Firm.
With light receipts of California grapes
this week the market is now practically
cleaned up and prices are on a firm basis.
The apple movement is slow.
The steamer brought an assortment of
California vegetables, including beans, peas
and sprouts. Local cauliflower and cab
bage were in large supply.
- Pendleton Farmers Holding Wheat.
PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 29. (Special.)
Many of the farmers in this county are hold.
Ipk larae Quantities of wheat on speculation.
Dave Horn, pioneer stage coach man, has
5500 sacks, worth over $12,000. in his ware
house, and other farmers have almost equal
quantities.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
yesterday were a follows:
Clearings. -Balances.
Portland Sl,525,tt3 S 88.2J7
Seattle 1.91S.-M8 111,155
Tacoma 3i8.a5 56,0s9
Spokane .. 467,413 66,297
PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS
Grain, Flour. Feed, Etc
Merchants Exchange noon session:
Wheat Bid. Ask.
Bluestem 1.11 1.12
Forty-fold 1.10 1.11
Club 1.07 1.0
Red Russian 1.01 1.02
Red fife 1.02 1-04
Oats
No. 1 white feed 28.00 28.50
Barley
No. 1 feed 25.50 2S.B0
Brewing 23. so s4.ow
Bran 21.25 22.00
Shorts 22.25 23.i0
All quotations for prompt delivery.
Futures Forty-fold. December. Sl.ll bid;
club. December. $1.09 bid; red Russian, De
cember, $1.02 bid.
MILL FEED Spot prices: Bran, $24 ftp
24.50 per ton: shorts. X26& 20.50; rolled bar
ley, S25.5026.5G.
FLOUR Patents, $5.60 per barrel.
straight. $4.60; graham. $5.20; whole
wheat, 5.40; exports, $4.4.
CORN Whole, $37 per ton; cracKvO. 9-i
per ton.
HAT Eastern Oregon timothy. $15
15.50; grain hay. llOOll: alfalfa. $12.50
13.50; valley timothy. $1314.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Local Jobbing quotations:
TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, $33.50
per box: lemons. $55-50 per box: banana
464Hc per pound; grapefruit. Florida. J4
4.75; pineapples, 7c per pound.
VBGBTABLiSH (JucumDers, ouc per aos.;
eggplant, 7c per pound ; peppers. 5 & 6c per
pound; artichokes, vue per dosen; toma
toes, 60 & 90c per crate; cabbage. Ole per
pound; peas, 10c per pound; beans, S10c
per pound; celery, 50 75c per dozen; cauli
flower, 40 75c per dozen ; sprouts, 8c per
pound. Head lettuce, $2 per crate; pumpkins,
1c per pound; squash, lc per pound.
GREEN FRUITS Apple. 5c.50 per
hex : cantaloupes, $1L50 per crate : c
bas, $1.2561.50 per dozen; pears, $1(21.30;
grapes, 90c 6 $1.15 per crate; cranberries.
$8 48.50 per barrel.
POTATOES Oregon, 85c$L10 per sack;
sweet potatoes 2c per pound.
ONIONS Yellow, S5c$l per sack.
Daily and Country Produce.
Local jobbing quotations:
EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count.
26- 37c; candled, 40i(f42c; storage, 28 30c.
POULTRY Hen. 13c; Springs, 13c; tur
keys, young, lit & 19c; dressed, 23 fjf 25c;
ducks. 1 0 15e ; geese, 10 4j- 12c
BUTTER Creamery, prints, extras, 84 c
per pound iu case lots; c more in less tha a
case lots; cubes, 30c.
CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobbers' buying
price, 14 wc per pouna r. o. 0. Quck Portland;
young Americas, 15 Vi c per pound.
VEAL Fancy, 1 1 Uc.
PORK Block, Uc per pound.
Staple Grocartsa.
Local jobbing quotations:
SALMON Columbia River oae-pouad
tails, $2.80 par dozen;- halt-pound flats,
$1.50; one-pound flats. $2.53; A i ass a pia.
une-pouna taxis, ax.ua.
HONEY Choice. $4.25 per case.
NUTfc Walnuts. lWOUc par pouad;
Brazil nuts, 14c; filberts. 14 15c; almond.
3c; peanuts, fitfc; cocoanut, $1 per dos
an; pecans, 14 wide.
BKANa Small whita, 6c; large white.
I'-ac; Lima, fee. puut, 6c; Mexican, 7fes;
bayou. 6c
COFFttE Roasted, la drama, I'ttOlSHt
per pound,
SUUA.R Fruit and berry, $6.60; beet.
$6.40, extra C, $6.10; powdered, in barrels.
$0.tw-
toA.LT Granulated, $15.50 per ton; naif
ground, 100a, $10.7b per ton; 60a, $LLitt par
von; dairy, $15 par ton.
HlCi No. 1 Japan, 5o; Southern head,
6(mc; island, 6c
DRIED St it j VI H Apples, 8 a per
pound; apricots, 14 916c; peaches, 7 Ho;
prunes, Italian. I0a12ic; currants, sa;
raisins, htfSVfec; Inompsoa. 11 e; ua
blcacned tiuiianaa, ec; seeded. 9lc,
itatea, Persian, S io per pound, fare,
tl.4w per box.
1 -
Hops, Wool Hioea. Eta.
HOPS crop, Sfetfllc; laift crop
nominal.
HUiS Salted hides, 13c per pound; salt
kip, 18c; sailed call, l&o per pound; sail
dry hides, 24c; dry call, 2oc; salted bun
luc per pound; green bulla, aa,
WOOL V alley, 17 lac, vauera Oregoa.
IS w 20c nominal.
AiOkLAlK 1U14 dip, 27c per pound.
CAiCAitA BARJk. Old and new. M
pound.
raU-TS Dry. 10llc; dry abort wooL I
O&c; dry shearlings, 1015c each; greea
n ear Unas, 15 25c each ; p rln g lam bs, a
f 25c; green pelts. October. ttOft 70q.
PravUtone.
HAaLS Ten to 12 pounds. 19HJ20UC- 14
to 15 pound. l2Uc; skinned. 17 U a
kUc; picnic. 14c
BACON Fancy, 2o 9 30c ; standard. 25 fit
26c "
DRT SALT CURED Short clear back
1417c; exports, 15Wl7c; plate. 11 Lie.
L-A.RD Tierce basis: Pur. 11
compound, ttc
Oil.
KEROSENE Water white, drama hax
rels oc tank wagon, 10c; special drums of
barrel. 13 c; caaea, 17 2C o.
GaSOLIN Bulk. lc; csvscx, 21st n
g ine distillate, druma, T e ; ease. 1 40 .
Nap tha. drums. 18c; cases, 20a.
LINSEED OIL Raw, barrel, 01o; raw
cases, 66c; boll ad, barrels, ode; toiled, ease.
6ec
TURPENTINE In tank. 60: la ;4
G7c; ten-case lot, lo lesa,
Chleaco Ialry tTotlace.
CHICAGO. Oct. SB. Butter, higher.
Creamery, :tj:2o.
Eggs, steady; receipt? 4531 eases at
mark, cases Included, 1 ft 2?;. t e l ordinary
firsts. 23&24HO; Orsis. niBua.
EUROPE WAIITSUDAN
Foreigners Seek Ten Million
Dollars for Six Months.
INTEREST AT 5 1-2 PER CENT
Stronger Investment Demand for Se
curities at ?vew York -Predictions
of Trade Improvement
Many Cotton Pool Halts.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Steady Improve
ment continued today In the domestic finan
cial situation. This waa accentuated not
only by the stronger investment demand,
but also by the significant fact that foreign
interests were negotiating for a loan of $lv
OuO.ooo for six months on a fiVs Pr cent
basis.
The- market for numerous short-term is
sues waa active.
E xc h a n ge on Lon d on waa m ore varlab la,
but closed under yesterday's prevailing; rates.
Money on time and call evinced an easier
trend, considerable 30-day loans being made
at 5i per cent.
The cotton pool situation assumed another
phase today when local interests announced
their Inability to arrive at a settlement with
Liverpool brokers over contracts which were
outstanding at the outbreak of the war. The
financial side of the proposition was fur
ther complicated by the refusal of interior
banks to join in the plan pending more
definite assurances from Southern banking
interests.
Predictions of trade Improvement.
voiced ty the executive of the United States
Steel Corporation, were supplemented by
banking and commercial Interests in various
sections of the country. Bank clearings
showed a more irregular tendency with con
tinueu contraction at this center.
The Bank of England statement was
again noteworthy, chiefly for its continued
gain of precious metal, which in the past
weeK amounted to over $,flw,uoo, to which
an overnight inrcease of $4,750,000 should
oe added.
SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET
Prices Quoted at the Bay City on Fruits,
Yesretables. Ktc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. Fruit Pine
apples. $2.i50z3.5: California lemons, $1.75Q$
t.vu; appies. 5eiuio wers, 40&UOC; bananas,
$1.25&2: Mexican limes. $3&5.
Vegetables Cucumbers. l!5($40c; string
oens, zwc; eggplant, VttUc; tomatoes,
10 la 23c.
Eggs Fancy ranch. 53 c; storage, 30c
Onions Yellow, 40 50c
Cht-ese Younir America. 12 Mi Itic; new,
lO&lOfec; Oregon. 14ic; Young America,
10c.
Butter Farcy creamery. 30c; second,
i!7c.
Potatoes Delta Burbanks, per sack. 75c;
streets. $1.40 1.00 oer sack; Salinas Bur
banks. $1,4041.00; Alvarado, $1.25&1.40.
Receipts Flour. 3520 4iuirt'jr: barley,
40 So centals; potatoes. 65 0O sacks; hay,
30fl ton.
Sterling Exchange.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Mercantile paper
0(3 0. Stirling exchange easier. Sixty-day
bills. $4.80.50; cables, $4.00.50; demand,
$4.00. Sterling Demand, $4.87; cable,
$4.00. Bar silver. 48c.
LONDON. Oct. 29. Bar sliver, 22 Hd per
ounce: rate of discount, three months' bills,
3 4M per cent,
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 29. Silver bars,
4Sfec.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29 The coffee market
waa auiet again today. Rio exchange 011
London was quoted at a decline of 6-10d at
the close yesterday, but quotations in the
Rio market were 75 rels higher and, so far
as could be learned, the few cost and freight
offers in the market were firm at un
changed prices, prices in the spot market
were unchanaed at 6c ror Rio 7s and
10 c for Santos. December contracts were
Quoted at 5.7oc to 5.75c in operation of the
liquidating committee.
Raw susar weak. Molasses. 2.90c ; cen
tdfugal. 3.04c. Refined dull.
Pelts Advance at London.
LONDON. Oct. 29. A sale of sheepskins
waa held here today. Thirty-six hundred
pelts were offered and practically alt were
sold to the home trade. Marines advanced
from 13 to 20 per cent and crossbreds were
from 20 to 30 per cent higher.
, Cotton Future Down at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 29. Directors of the
Cotton Exchange reduced today the price of
January-February delivery 5 points to 4.50d,
the change to take effect at the opening to
morrow. GOOD RUN OF SHEEP
RECEIPTS OP OTHER KINDS OF
STOCK ARE LIGHT.
Market Holding: Steady In All LI nee.
Top Hop; SU1I Bring
ing S6.90.
There was a good run of sheep at tha
stockyards yesterday, but otherwise receipts
were light. Not much buslnesa waa put
through, and the market was without new
feature.
In the cattle market a load of steers
brought $6.25, and a few odd lota of butcher
cattle went at the usual prices. The best
huga on hand sold at $6.90.
Receipts were 48 cattle, 139 hogs and 1037
sheep. Shippers were:
With cattle C. Stack, Lyle. 2 cars.
With hogs J. W. Howard, Redmond, 1 car.
v 1th sneep Bald win Sheep Company,
Madras, 1 car; W. s. Burroughs, Lyle, 3 cans.
With mixed load S. C. Bucker, Silverton,
1 car hogs and sheep.
The day s sales were as follows:
Wt. Prlce.l
Wt. Price.
. .1240 S4.O0
22 stcra
2 steers
1 steer .
1 heifer
2 cows .
2 cows .
3 steers
1 bull ..
2 cows -
4 cows .
.1205 1 6.251
..1285 6.25
1 bull .
5 hogs
8 hoes
2 hogs
1 hog .
&1 hops
12 hogs
1 hog .
103
t.-2
1120
S.75
170
260
350
201
246
191
S.VO
6.40
6 90
6.80
6.90
6.60
6.50
. 840
. . S30
..1155
. .111S
.1510
.1135
. .1215
Drlces
6.251
5.251
6.351
4.001
5.0UI
6.001
3 nogs
3 hogs
160
180
(.40
Current
tne varioua c' '.sres of
stock at the yards follow:
Cattle
Prime steers
Choice steers .
Medium steers
Choice cows
Medium cows .
Heifers
Calves ........
Bulls
Etas
Hon
Lisrht
Heavy
.. ..6.757.O0
.... 6.5oftrS.73
6.250.50
.... fi. 7530.00
.... 5.2.Vr5.75
. ... 5.50 6.25
.... 6.00 0 8.00
. ... 3.0O&4.75
.... 4.50 if tf. 00
. ... .7.1(5(!0
.... 5.75 0 3.90
. ... 4.0095.50
3.50 4.33
. . . . 6.00 G S.00
i-h
Wethers
Ewes . .
Lambs
Omaha Livestock Market.
SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. 29. Hogs
Receipts. 4mo; market, steady. Heavy. SO. 95
&7.1U: liKtit. S7.050C7.20: pigs, Stt.50 4jy 8.50 ;
bulk of sales. S7&7.10.
Cattle Recelnta. lui0: market, stronc.
(Native steers. Sil.'.lgf 10.T.O; native cows and
i neuers. & ..5; V estern steers, V
8.25: Texas steers. 15.11061 7.25: Texas caws
and heifers. S54z 6.2- : calves, $6 5lO.50.
Sheep Receipts. 21,00o; market, higher.
Yearling. $..6j 6.25; wethers, S5.30& 3.&0;
lambs. S7.2U& 7.45.
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2!). Hogs Receipts. 24.
OOo; market, steady to 5 rents above tha
ooeniux. which whs 5 cents under yester
day's average. Bulk of sales, $7.25 $j) 7.55.
part of a lond at $7.75; light, S7.05w.55;
mixed. S7.10&7.7O: heavy. $7. 057. 65; rough
f 7.05fi 7.15; pigs, 4. 504) 7.15.
Cattle Receipts, &0O0; market, firm.
Beeves. $6.3511: steers. S5.739.25; stock
ers and feeders. $5&s.l; cowa and heUera.
S4.503 9.2U; caH'rs. ST. 25 11.
6heep Receipts. 2&.0O0; market, slow.
Fheep, S5S6: yearlings, S5.S5eS.75; lambs,
$8.25 8 8.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. Oa Oct. 29. Turpentine
nominal. 45Vic; no sales: receipts, 475 bar
rels: shipments. 10 barrels: stock, 28.629
barrels.
Hosln nominal: no sales; receipts. 1494
barrels; shipments, none: stock, 113. 450
t.arre'.s. Quote A. B. S3.50: C. I. S3..12H.
K. K. O. H. I. 13.55: K, $4.15; M, $4.50;
N. $0; WG. SS.25; WW. $3.55.
THE UNITED STATES
NATIONAL BANK
PORTLAND. OREGON
i f UNITED STATES
Capital .... $1,000,000
Surplus
OFFICERS
J. C AIX9WOKTH. PxvaldeaC
B. LKA BARJTEU. -Vtee-Presidvat. V. A. BOLT, Aut Caaalea.
A. M. WBlfiHT, iat Ca.aler,
R. W. SCHMEEB. Caakinw r. 8. DICK. Aut. Caahlcr.
The First National Bank
FITTH AND M0BEIS0N STREETS.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $3,500,000
Interest Paid on Savings and Time Deposit
Security Savings and Trust Company
Fifth and Morrison Streets.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS....... $400,000
LADD & TILTON
BANK
BatabUakcd ISO.
Capital and Surplus
Commercial and
STRONGER AT CLOSE
Wheat Gains Strength Be
cause of Export Dealings.
SALES 1,250,000 BUSHELS
Heary Foreign Trade in Flour Is
Leading Factor In Chicago Mar
ket Scandinavia- and Hol
land Active Bayers.
CHICAGO. Oct. 29. Notwithstanding that
wheat ruled lower most of the time today,
considerable strength developed In the last
hoar, owing to belief that export dealings
In flour, as well as wheat, had assumed
great size. The market closed firm, He to
He above last night. Com gained He to He.
net: oats finished e up. and provisions Ir
regular, varying; from 10c decline to a rise
of 7 He.
Export sales of wheat for the day were
estimated as high as 1.250,000 bushels, mak
ing about C.0OO.O00 bushels so far this week.
In addition. 250.000 barrels of flour were
aid to have been disposed of for export from
the Pacific Coast. Bulls were further en
couraged by assertions that all of the Scan
dinavian countries and Holland were active
buyers of wheat.
Export demand for corn helped to rally
that cereal.
Oats appeared to be governed chiefly by
the course of other grain.
Packers buying checked a rather sharp
break in provisions. The market had pre
viously been on the down grade with hogs.
Futures ranged as follows:
' WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Dec 1.13 1.14 1.12-4 1.13S
May 1.18 l-iatx 1.17 H 1.18 H
CORN.
Dec.
May
,. .67H .as
.. .7014 .70
OATS.
.. .4 .48
.. .51 .52H
PORK.
..18.90 18.S5
, .19.05 19.10
LARD.
. . 9.8TH 9.90
. . 10.00 10.C2 H
RIBS.
.07
.60-51
.CSti
.70 i
Dec.
May
.48
.51 H
.49
.524.
Jan.
May
15.72H
1S.97H
18. 85
19.07 Va
Jan.
May
9.S2H
104)0
9.87 tt
10.0O
Oct.
Jan.
JO 20
9.N2tt
. . 9.75
9. S3
9.73
Cash prices were as follows:
Wheat No. 2 red, 1.11J 1.12K : No. X
hard. Sl.lO ei-12H.
Com No. 2 yellow, 73&73ttc; No. 3 yel
low. 72 H 073c.
Rye No. 2. !4c
Barlev. 5977c
Timothy. S4JT" 50.
Clover, $11S14;
Kumpean Grain Markets.
LONDON, Oct. 29. Cargoes on passage
steady.
LIVERPOOL Oct. 29. Options closed:
Wheat. Hd higher; corn, lad hipher; spot
market steady and unchanged. Wheat fu
tures; October, s; December. 0s 2d.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 29. Wheat Decem
ber. Sl.K'H; May. Sl.lBtt; No. 1 hard.
$1.13: No. 1 Northern, $1.10 if L.13 ; No.
2 Northern. $1.07 1.15S.
Flax $1.2S4gI.3H.
San Francisco Grain Market.
8AN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29. Spot quota
tions: Walla Walla. $1.82tt 1.85: red Rus
sian, $l.e01.83: Turkey red, $1.5C1.U0;
bluestem. Sl.90tfl.05; feed barley, $1.1JJ
1.12H; white oats, $1.5091.55; bran. (25;
middlings. $3031; shorts. $2526.
Call board: Wheat firm. Barley. December,
$l.5tt bid; $L1 asked: May. $1.23 tt bid.
$1.23 Is asked.
1'n xr t Sound Grain Markets,
SEATTLE, Oct. 29. Wheat Bluestem.
$1.10: fortyfold. $1.09; club. $1.07; Fife H.U3;
red Russian. $1.00; Turkey red, $1.U5.
Yesterday's car recelpts Wheat 15, oats
5, barley 1. hay 5, Boar 7.
TACOMA. Oct. 29. Wheat Bluestem.
$1.15; fortyfold. $1.10; club. $1-08; red Fife,
$1.07.
Car recelpts Wheat 83. hay 17.
flops at New York.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29. Hops easy; state
common to choice, 1914. 30a40c; Pacific
Coast. 1914. 12& l.-.c: 1913. 10W12c
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK- Oct. 29. Evaporated apples
quiet; prunes easy: peaches quiet: raisins
easv.
Coffee Kxrhanare Will Not Open.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29. The hoard of man.
aaere of ate amm aask. CoUae Kxchanae
DEPOSITORY
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
Savings Deposits
Veti tDday not to open the exchange, as
had tjfien pmpoaad, ot the expiration o tha
HntlJh innfaiorlTim. November 4.
The
Canadian Bank
of Commerce
HEAD OFFICE
Toronto, Canada.
Established 1867.
A general bankins; business
transacted.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Commercial Letters of Credit
laaaed.
Exchasss on Londoia. RnKlasiaU
Bosuglat aasl Sold.
PORTLAND BRANCH.
Corner Second and Stark Sts.
F. 0. MALPAS. Manager.
WYEUiiar ttipi,
SYDNFY 1 QTJ AYS FROM
X SA FRANCISCO
AUSTRALIA . , .
SAMOA A.VD A.J1.ER,CA:V
SOUTH SIS AS STliAMEKS
Splendid steamers. Lloyds 100A1 (10.000
tons diapL) of Sydney Short Line sail
ing Oct. 27. Nov. 10 and 24 and every
two weeks for Honolulu; Oct. 27, Nov.
24 and every 28 days for Sydney.
$110 HOMOLULU SSlSlK; Sydney $337.50
Round trip, second class. SVPNKY $22B.
Various tours. Including- Java, China. Jspas
and Hound tue World, braid for folder.
OCEANIC S. S, CO,
673 Market St. San Francisco,
COOS BAY
AND EUREKA
S. S. ELDER
SAILS SUNDAY. NOV. 1. AT 9 A. M.
NORTH s-ACIFlC EiTEAMSHU CO.
Ticket Office Freight Office
ltt A id bt. I Foot Nortbrup St.
MAIN 1314. A 1314 Main 5203. A 5423
S. S. BEAK FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
3 1. M-. NOVEMBER 2.
Tha Baa Francisco at Portland 8. 8. C.
Third and Washington a (with 0--W.
K. at N. Co.). Tel. Marshall 4500, A 6121.
COOS BAY LINE
tSl tAAldliU" UKtAJiWAlKK
Kails from A ins worth deck. Portl-usd. 8 P.
M. ovary Tveaay. jmisht ttna ticket otric
lower Alnswortll dock. It. C B. 6. 5. L43.
L. U. KMting. Agent, fbonea Mai a 160U. A
233:. City Ticket Utiice, 0 bixtn tot-. C W.
bimger. A cut. If fa on oe Mtu-ioU &otJ. A
4121.
Steamer Georgiana
Lcavca Weihtng-ton-etreot Dock at 7 A.
Daily. Except Monday.
Astoria and Way Landings
Returning Leaves Astoria at 1:00 P. at.
Far $1.00 acn War. Main 1422,
NIGHT BOAT fOH THE DALLE3
Sir. State of Washington
Leaves Taylor-st. dock dally, except
Thursday.at 11 P.M. for The Dalles. Lyle.
Hood River. White Salmon. Underwood.
Carson, Stevenson. Returning;, leaves
The ajiaa IS o'clock, noon. Tel. Main
13-
American - Hawaiian Steamship Co.
The Pssnns Canal Lino."
IIPHES5 KKKIGHT SERVICK
Between Portlaad. New York. Charles
ton and Philadelphia.
For Information as to Rates. Sailing's.
Etc Call on or Address
C. D. KENNEDY, A seat.
17 O Stark Street, Portland. On.