13 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TI1UHSDAY, MARCH" 11, 1915. r inmnirn iiimiRMIlin 1Mb PROSPERITY'S JUNE Domestic Orders Pile in Atop of War Requisitions and Entire Nation Is Busy. NEW INDUSTRIES SPRING UP Europe's Demands Enormous With America Called to Erport Millions of Dollars Worth or Material Hitherto JIade Abroad. The plants of th United StatesSteel Corporation ar now running . per cent capacity, as asalnst 40 per cent t the beginning of the year. In the Pittsburg district, comprising w esi frn Pennsylvania. Eastern Ohio and West Virginia, where there was idle nesa five months ago. there is hum ming industry today. Not all this renewed activity is due to the filling of war orders. Domestic trade Is growing, with the railroads In the lead as buyers, and automobile makers and other manufacturers pur chasing materials in a liberal way. War Add Business. The bulk or the business is. of course, caused by the war, as statistics from the Pittsburg manufacturing in duiitry show. To keep pace with the orders received, the mills are working double and triple shifts, seven days a The greatest glass producing cenr of the world is now at Pittsburg. The great glass works of Kurope were in - Belgium and the industry in that country has been absolutely destroyed, for vhe present at least. Orders are pouring in on the American Window Glass Company and its plants are working full time, employing nearly 10.000 men. It is estimated that the war orders alone received at Pittsburg have given employment to 150.000. Many of these orders have been re ceived from governments that have never before patronized the American market and the manufacturers think that, with this opening, they may be able to continue the business started. They argue that much of the work now being done in this country for Great Britain has previously been done in Germany and that the feeling after the war will preclude its be ing done there. Germans Work la Steel Plants. Thousands of the men employed In the great steel and iron works of Pittsburg, from heads of departments down, now engaged in turning out war material or machinery for the Britifh. Russians. French and Belgians, are Germans who served their appren ticeships with the Krupps of Essen, eays the World. They were brought here largelv because of their well known mechanical superiority and have placed loyalty to their employer above their love of the Fatherland. A list of some of the big orders at Pittsburg is given by the World. In addition to the orders for steel for making shrapnel and other ammunition are the following: Half a million dollars' worth of tent stoves. 6000 steel oxygen bottles for the French army. 40.000 keg3 of horse shoes. 1500 tons of steel for horseshoe nails. 5000 tons of barbed wire, auto mobile frames and bodies. 6000 tons of steel for bayonets. 250.000 canteens, S000 tons of chocolate. 100,000 brass caps for shells. five orders for electric flash lights. fJlOO.OOO worth of wagon and harness fittings, rubber sheeting for British and French hospitals. 100.000 bteel whiffletrees, 5000 tons of steel rivets. 2000 tons of galvanized wire rope. 7500 tons of barbed wire for Turkey. The West inghouse Company Is said to be pre paring to rill a 120.000.000 order for war material to go to cither France or England. Outgoing Steamers Laden. The manifests of steamers sailing from New York in January and Feb ruary to British and French ports show the extent of the army supply business America has received. In addition to the exports of foodstuffs are the following, comparison being made with total shipments for the preceding year: Jan.-rcb.. 1!1.". Tear 1(114. Hirvs I4.Mti.0w 7..-lW.M.-. -utotuobil 5.U04.OUO 3.3l.i-! ArA,,p,o,".l"Tu?:,.'on.."n.d S..-.ono .::o.o;2 NVk.l. lead. copper 9.016.000 Leather, nhors. harness and saddles 6.T03.000 Drugs, rheml.-sls and surstcal .upplles ... 1.S9S.000 llanufacturea of iron, steel and bra, not inrludlnc machinery. 3.29S.000 Textile, including cot- ton and knit sooda. . 8,540,000 Petroleum, naptha and a-uoline S.740.000 Manifests of various ships show that the French government paid to New England manufacturers J260.000 for snowshoea alone, an item which does not appear in the foregoing table, and that 1140.000 has been paid for aeroplanes. The British government alo bought J500.000 worth of furs, an unusual item of export in this quantity for the Vnited States. New York is not the only port handling war supplies. Shipments are being made from Boston. Philadelphia. Norfolk. Galveston. New Orleans and also from the Pacific Coast. Mcst of the arms and amunition go by way of Canada. LIGHT RATE INQUIRY OH JIST CII ARGK l.X BAKER AMD VMOJt COUNTIES TO DH FIXED. Hearing at I .a Grande of Suit Began by Commercial Club Taken I'd by Railroad Commission. GRANDE. Or.. March 10. (Spe cial.) To determine what is a just rate charge for light electricity in La Grande, Elgin. Imbler. Cove, Union and . in Baker County towns as well, the ' Railroad Commission, Chairman Camp bell and Commissioner Aitchuson. are conducting a hearing here today. The ja. Grande Commercial Club brought the proceedings on a charge that rates for light were too high, and the Com mission has had engineers in the field appraising the physical valuation of the company, which lias headquarters in Baker County, and serves adjoining . rounties. including Union, with power and light. II. E-. Dixson. attorney for the Com mercial Club; William Jackson, attor ney, of Chicago, and John 1 Rand, of Baker, represent the light company, and statisticians for the Byllesby peo ple, as well as representatives from all the cities interested, make up the at tendants at the hearing. Today's tes timony was solely expert, consisting of reports and testimony by Engineer Neil for the Commission. Adjournment was taken this after noon to let the attorneys peruse the Commission's exhibits. consisting xhiofiv of valuation reports, and to morrow morning the Commission again takes up the hearing. Many witnesses will be called on both sides. A half dozen towns and citiea are interested in the outcome. SUFFRAGIST TO LECTURE Mrs. Pethnick Iawrence to Speak (at Reed Tomorrow. Mrs. Pethwick Lawrence, the eminent English suffragist leader, will lecture on "England "and the War," in the chapel at Reed College tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Amanda Reed Association for women of the college. Mrs. Lawrence at present is touring America in the interests of the Wo- 1 1 i ... waa orean- meil a xctt-o xmij, - i i i . , .. . .... in u'Dchinrtnn. 1 ). C. izea ittsL iiaiiuaij . ...... - with Jane Addams as president. Her activities in rjngiano. wune universal suffrage have been in oppo- -.1.1 tl. . militant mAthndS Of MrS. Pankhurst and her followers. The wo men's peace movement with which she t .. i .1 .n ,1 i in this country has nun (o ivJ.ii. in. . ... ... - received wide approval In the Eastern states and promises to become a world- i -i .. - . rri,A fiHrirMs at Reed " wo muvriireiiu " " . - College is the only public address that she win give in roriuum. ...in .nsW Saturday at the weekly meeting of the Civic League. FARM TALKS ARRANGED Campaign Plans for Southwest Washington lAiid at Centralia. CENTRA LI A, Wash, March 10. (Spe cial.) Officials of the O.-W. R. & M. Company were in Centralia Monday ar ranging for the opening here on the night of March 18 of a three weeks educational campaign among the farm ers of Southwest Washington. A sec ond session will be held here March 13. Talks will be given on March 20 at Chehalis and on March 22 at Ethel. On March 23 another meeting wlll.be held in Centralia for the farmers of this locality. Toledo. Wlnlock. Napa vlne and Ethel are other Lewis County towns where meetings will be held, ail of which will be addressed by C. L. Smith, the official farmer of the road. Meetings later will be held at Castle Rock. Silver Lake. Catlin, Kelso, Ka lama, Carrollton. Woodland, La Conner and Ridgefield. WEE SOMNAMBULIST HURT Child Crreps From Bed and Tumbles Through Ceiling to Floor Below. SPOKANE, WasliT March 10. (Spe cial.) Spokane's latest victim of somnambulism is Wayne Samel, aged 2V4 years, who tumbled out of bed at 3 A. M. yesterday in his parents' home and fell through unprotected joists on the second floor to the floor beneath, receiving a concussion of the brain. The bed was near an unfinished part of the floor. In his descent he tore his way through a heavy paper ceiling, missed by a narrow margin a mreo oihwk spike and fell to the floor below, barely missing an 11-year-old child on the lower floor, who was not awak ened. Doctors who were called found no bones broken. MAN'S WIFESUES SALOON Spokane AVoman Asks Damages for Injuries Laid to Liquor. SPOKANE. March" 10. (Special.) For injuries which she alleges she and her children have sustained on account of the drunkenness of her husband, John Nordlund, Minnie Nordlund de mands damages of $5000 from Gust Pearson, - proprietor of the Stockholm bar. in a suit filed in the Superior Court today. Mrs. Nordlund declares that for more than two years her husband has been addicted to the use of intoxicants and that, although Pearson' knew this, he sold the liquor. She says that, as a result of this, her husband abused her, injuring her health, and that she has been compelled to earn her own sup port and that of her children. BRIDGE WORK BEING DONE Settled Concrete Keplaced in Span Over Salmon Creek at Ridgefield. RIDGEFIELD, Wash., March 10. (Special.) The bridge crew of the Northern Pacific Railroad is at work on the Salmon Creek span, near Knapps station. The bridge 13 made of concrete, which seems to settle a little every year when there is high water that . i. .. -nm th. rnlnmbifL Durinx this period a watchman is placed there day and night. The bridge crew has been busy making Improvements and doing repair work near Ridgefield. where their work train is. Cowlitz to Have Track Meet. t-irT on -.-!ih March 10. (SDecial.) with the coming of Spring weather all the high scnoois or mis county ro . i .. thaU ttaitiinn frnm basket ball to the track and are getting ready for the annual towjits louulj uaun. meet, which will be held at Woodland, Wah.. about May 1. The exact date has not "been fixed, but it will take i .... thA wMc hefore the Southwest ern Washington track meet at Che halis. The principals met ai -tvaiama several days ago and chose a commit- a . onmnnaori of Geor?e A. CamDbell. of Kalama; Fred Stuckert, of Wood land: Lee . Jones, or neiso; u. jl. Adams, of Silver Lake, and Mr. Knoies, of Eufaula, to have charge of the meet. Cottage Grove Plans for League. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. March 10. (Special.) The approaching baseball season probably will be a lively one in Cottage Grove. A meeting to or ganize a city league has been called for Tuesday night in the Commercial Club rooms. Last season, members of the churches of the city organized teams from their memberships and there was a lively contest for the championship. A similar organization has been suggested for this year, but It is understood that there is some objection on the part of those at the head of the churches, and it is quite likely. that some other plan will be suggested. Genesee Telephone Manager Quits. -? irvc-QiTT THaho. March 10. (Spe cial.) Roy A. Ballard, who has been in th emnlov of the. Home ueiepnone Company at Genesee as manager, re cirraw KntiirHuv nisrht and will leave in a short time for Oregon, where he in tends making his future- nome. a new manager will take charge who has been in the employ of the L.ewiston, jiaano, exchange. Clay Workers to Meet March 30. SALEM. Or. March 10. (Special.) The annual convention of the Clay Workers' Association will be held in Salem. March 30-31. The association is an organization of brick and tile mak ers of Oregon and about 40 delegates will be here, it is expected: William E. Wilson, of Salem, is president of the organization. MARKET IS STEADY Wheat Not Influenced by East ern Conditions. MORE GAINS THAN LOSSES Spot Bluestem Brings 13 Cents More Than Last Fridays Coarse Grains Also Firmer Afri can Flour Prospects. Th Portland wheat market yesterday showed its Independence of Chicago by maintaining- a steady front In the face of a sharp decline in the East. The market was somewhat more active, with Exchange sales of. B0.O0O bushels, and there were more advances than declines In the list. The day's sales were as follows: Bushels 6.000 prompt bluestem 6.000 prompt forty-fold 6.000 April forty-fold . k nnn nramot club . . . . .1.43 .. 1.42 . . 1.42 .. 1.40 .. 1.41 .. 1.84 25000 April club e.OOO April Bussian .. 1A nraninl na.t ?34.00 10O prompt Dran - - . z or on Tha iimnrait feature vu prompt oiue- .t.m hinh &t 11.43. was 5 cents higher than' Tuesday's best bid. The last spot bluestem sale was on Frnaay, at i.-o, or 15 cents under the price paid yesterday. Forty-fold and club, prompt aeiivery. gained 4 cents and prompt Russian It cents. The other sales ware eitner at un changed prices or a cent lower than Tues day. Bids otherwise ranged from cents lower to 2 cents higher than the day beiore. Tv,.,- wa alio irregularity in the coarse grains, but on the whole, these markets were steady. a ..hi. fmm tha American Consul-Oenerai at Barcelona says: "The rate of duty on wheat nnrriii into SnsJn has been temporarily reduced to 6 pesetas per 100 kilos (53 cents per 100 pounds) ana mat on wirem. nuu. to 9 pesetas per 10O kilos u cenia per pounds.) "By a decree signed February 2, tne ronu guese government authorized the Importa .i iiuinnnwM kilos C3.674.000 bushels) of wheat Into continental Portugal and the iioru islands. The urain may oe eniereu until July 31 of this year. Of the total .,., authorized. OS.OOO.000 kilos (kilo 2.2M6 pounds) are for making bread, cakes, and biscuits in continental ronusai must be Imported by registered manufactur ers. It is provided that 1,200.000 kilos will be imported into the district of Ponta Del gada (Azores) and 600,000 kilos Into the district of Horta (Azores). Import duties have been fixed at 1 centavo per 100 kilos, or 0.32 cent per 100 pounds.." rnn...i tit w Masterson writes from Dur ban under date of January 18, of the flour situation in South Africa: ,. th first of December there na been a gradual shrinkage of the supply o fiH. in tho nnrhan district, and within the past week there has been a sudHen rise in price. On the date mentioned the Importa tion of flour from Australia ceased, but at the time the public was given to understand that shipments from Canada would propor tionately increase, these two countries b?- I .v.. ...Innlnal tiflUrCeS Of BUI)d1V". Th .a ... ... ... cause of tha recent sudden advance in price nas the nonarrlval of a cargo or Canadian tin,,r whii-h was to have been shipped about December 20, but has not even left Canada at this date January 18. In consequence. Durban bakers are now planning an Increase of a penny (2 cents) a loaf from February 1 to meet the advances In the price of flour. It would seem, with the Australian sup ply entirely cut off and the Canadian of an uncertain Quantity, there might be an open. Ing In this district for the sale of Americas flour.",. Local receipts. In cars, were reported by th M.rfhnnta Exchanse as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Portland 10 Year ago 21 Scas'n to date. 15120 Year ago 14472 Tacoma, Tues.. 154 Year ago 13 Seas'n to date. 8404 Year ago 7S61 Seattle, Mon... 104 Year ago 23 Se&H'n to date. 7r7 Year ago 6024 s 3 s e 3 7 2 6 JS20 1692 1820 1B32 21S5 2H3 1410 2108 1 1 1 .... 2 4 477 .... B6S 2668 643 .... 378 1942 5 5 1 IS 1 27 1002 1803 104O 4652 U31 1578 1071 4017 FOREIGN WOOLS ARB IN DEMAND Eastern Buyers Complain That Western Prices Are Too High. The Eastern wool trade, according to Fibre and Fabric, of Boston,, is setting back watching developments in London and in the West. That paper says: While the sales in London have caused an' advance of at least. 20 per cent on merinos and almost up to that figure in the Australian markets, the trade have found It more of interest to send their buyers Into those markets because even at nrlces asked and Insurance and freight rates added such wools can e landed here cheaper than wools In the West can be purenasea at the present time. This has resulted in a lessening of eontraeting, and It is doubtful It 4.000,000 pounds of the new clip have been disposed of tip to date. Nevertheless, prices for the new clip continue firm. The report of last week that Italian Interests were about to purchase large quantities of Arizona wools seems to have evaporated, as nothing further has been heard fronv.this story. It would seem to have been about on a par with the stories of a few weeks ago that Germany intended to purchase large supplies ot wool in the West. Its agents never seem to bave done anything ot the kind. FRONT STREET TRADE IS "LARGER Increased Demand for Fruit and Vegetables. Prices Generally linn. Fruit and vegetable trade on Front street has shown decided Improvement this week. Buyers are taking hold more confidently and are Interested In a better class of goods. The Jobbers have been increasing their or ders In the South and East and It looks as If normal conditions' would be restored to the produce trade In the near future. The street was well supplied with all lines yesterday. California vegetables gen erally were firm and other lines were steady. Little Future Trade in Prunes. There Is some little talk going the rounds of future business in prunes for 1915 crop, .ii hnnria inok uun future tradin as more than usually hazardous owing to the very great uncertainty as to lorcign mar kets, and the uncertainty grows as time nm.-.rt aavs tha California Fruit News. Some smaller operators report having sold S good proportion aeiiicmoci uupauiij prunes, but so far as the total amount of future prune business done is concerned it Is In the aggregate very small. Five cents for September and 4fcc for October Is learned of In a small way. Cascara Bark in London. London mall advices said of cascara bark: "Still more Inquiry for spot parcels and business has been done at 42s for four-year-old bark. Our coast letter Just in says the position is quite strong and available stocks takan up by New York houses, so we may now see something. They sre unwilling sellers a 1. f." Eggs Active and Steady. The egg market holds very steady at 18 hi cents, ease count for lots. Speculators and other buyers decline to pay more, but are ready to take eft all supplies at this price. Poultry and dresssed meats continue firm, with modern receipts and a good demand. Dairy produce lines were unchanged. Bank Clearings. ni..rina. nf tha Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: ' Clearings. Balances. Portland U.948.077 $173,222 Foruana ...... ... . c.o qta lOAasj ieattle , 1 Tnn.m. 836.471 4pokane 92.91S PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. Merchants' Ezcbange, noon session. Prompt delivery: w neat -r ' . ., , Bluestem l-r. Fortyfold '-J" Club H? Red Russian j-"0 J-g2 Red fife 1-3J 1-" N-olVhlte feed -,..34.00 34.50 VoBirfe:eT "9i0 no. i teea ";;';";;;;;;..2a.r,o 26.00 v.,,.'il:-" Bid. Ask. April bluestem Ht '4 'J'lS Hay bluestem J -J i.-jo April fortyfold . 1-J2 1.44 May fortyfold j l-4 April club J-41 J-ji May club J-if it- April red Russian J"J J-J' May red Russian - J '1; April red life J-Jg May red fife 1-5 April oats :;!! R'-o" May oats j5.7o .;7..U April feed barley 28.2.. J9.S0 May feed barley V;?8"75 J100, FLOUR Patents. J77.20 a barrel, straights, 6.50; whole wheat, 7.20; graham, ''"miLLFEED Spot prices: Bran, $27,500 28.50 per ton; shorts, $29.50; rolled barley. CORN Whole, $35 per ton; cracked, $36 per ton. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, $1416; valley timothy, $12.50; grain hay, $10012; alfaira. Si2tyi3. Fruits and Vegetables. Local lobbing quotations:. TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels. $22.50 per box: lemons, $2.253.50 per box; bananas, o per pound; grapefruit, $3 3.50; pineapples. 6c per pound; tan gerines. C1.25Sl.ia per box. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, hothouse, si. 2501.50 dozen: nenners. 30(SS5o pound: artichokes. 75o per dozen; tomatoes. $4.50 per crate: c&DDage, llftac per jjuuhu, celery, $3.754 per crate; cauliflower, $2 per crate; sprouts, 89q per pound; head let tnr. ner crate: hothouse lettuce. 75c per box: nnuash. IV, c ner pound: spinach, 75c 11 per box; hothouse rhubarb, 1012c per pound; asparagus, zu($zzc per pouau. cgs nlant. SOc tier pound: peas. 1820c. GREEN FRUITS Apples, 60cf$1.50 per box; cranberries, $11 12 per barrel. POTATOES Oregon, $11.10 per sack: Yakima. 11(S1.25: Idaho. $1.10; new pota toes, 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3i 3o per pound. ONIONS Oregon, selling price, $1 per sack, eountrv noints. SACK VEGETABLES Carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.50 per sack: parsnips, $1.23 per sack; turnips, $1.75 per sacic Dairy and Country Produce. Local Jobbing quotations: EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 18.19c, according to quantity; candled, POULTRY Hens, 1314c; broilers, 18 20c; turkeys, dressed, 20c; live, lac; aucas, 10 14c; geese, 8lttc. TiiTTTEtt Creamery, prints, extras. 34c per pound in case lota; He more In less than case lots; cubes. 28 29c. CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobbers' buying price, 10c per pound, f. o. D. qock, Port land ; Young Americas, 16o per pound. VEAL Fancy, 1212ViC PORK Block. 9M:amc pr pound. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River one - pound talis, $2.80 per dozen; half-pound flats, $1.00; one-pound JClats, $2.50; Alaska pink, one pound talis, $1.05. HONEY--Cholce, $3.25 per case. nuts Walnuts 15&)24c ner pound: Bra zil nuts, 15c; filberts, 1524c; almonds, 23 24c; peanuts. 6c; cocoanuts, $1.00 per dozen; pecans, ivtffvc; cnesmuus, ivc BEANS Small white, 6i4c; large waits, 6Vic; Lima, 6ttc; pink, CtSc; Mexican. 6Vic; havmi. fic COFFEE Roasted, in drums, 18 54 33 Vie. SUGAR Fruit and berry. Jtt.JU; beet, $6.10; extra C. $5.80; powdered. In bar rels. fe.55: cube, barrels. $6.70. SALT Granulated, $15.50 per ton; half ground, 100s, $10.75 per ton; 50s, $11.50 per ton; dairy, 14 per ton. RICE Southern head, 646Hc; broken, 4c per pound; Japan style, 4B5c. DRIED FRUITS -Apples, 8o per pound; auricots 13 at 15c; peaches, 8c; prunes. Ital ians, 8 9c; raisins, loose Muscatels, 80; un bleached Sultans, TJ4c; seeded, 83ac; dates, Persian, 10c per pound; fard; $L65 per box; currants, 812c. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS 1914 crop, 1315c; 1918 crop, 13 14c per pound. HIDES Salted hides, 15c; salted bulls, 10c; salted kip, 15c; salted calf, 19c; green hides 13V4c; green bulls. Be: green kip, 15c; green calf, 19c; dry hides, 26c; dry calf, 28c WOOL Eastern Oregon, coarse. 1225c; Eastern Oregon, fine, 1820c; Valley, 25c, nominal. MOHAIR New clip, 26 27c per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new, 4,c per pound. PEI.TS Dry long-wooled pelts, 13c; dr shot -wooled pelts. 10c; dry shearings, eacn, mai.u: salted shearlnes. each. 15 25c; dry goats, long hair, each, 1212ttc; dry mat ahearlnKB. each, 1020c;: salted tibeep pelts, iepruary, r-Liyjuov cava. Provisions. HAMS All sizes. 17i18u;c; skinned, 17 isc: nicnic. 12c: cottage roll. 13tto; broiled, 1928c. BACON Fancy, 2728e; standard, 23Q 24c; choice, 17 22c; strips, 3 7 Ho. nnv Hir.Tjihnrt clear hacks. 13(5)154&c: exports, 15fflJ7c: plates, llH13c XjAKD xierce uwaiai XLemo renoereu, 12Hc; standard, 12c; compound, 8c BARREL GOODS Mess beef, $23; plate , Cjj r.n. KricU.t nnrlr 'M rl nl,lrlri pigs' feet, $12.50; tripe, $9.5011.60; tongues, Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons, 10c; special drums or car rels. J3Vic: cases, 174 20c GASOLINE Bulk, 12c; cases, 19c; englns distillate, drums, 74c; cases, 14V4c; naptha. drums, 11c; cases, 18c. LINSEED OIL ttaw, narreis. I lc ; raw. oases. 76c; boiled, barrels, 73c; boiled, cases, 73c. TURPENTINE- In tanks, 60c; In cases 67c; 10 -case lots, lc less. IS ADDITIONAL SALES ARB MADE AT S7.25 AT STOCKYARDS. Supply So Far This 'Week Has Been I.iBht Trade In Other Divisions Is Quiet. Onlv four loads cf stock, nearly all hogs. were received at the yards yesterday. The market was consequently very quiet. The hog market top is now established at (7.25, and with supplies light, a continued firm market is expected. There was but lit. tie business In other divisions and the under tone was reported steady. Receipts were 3 cattle, 350 hogs and 4 .Ka.t, uhinnur, were. With bogs Nagel Bros.. Altopia, Wash., 1 car: W. H. Mcvianon. rlaisey, l car. Witn mixed toads a. uecaer, onver tnn l ear cattle and hoirs: Patton. Over ton & Fali, Halsey, 1 car cattle, hogs snd sheep. TtiA nav a sales were as iwuune; Wt. Price! Wt. Price 4 hoes... 2-iO $7,251 1 cow 1130 s5.75 04 hoes... 1S5 7.2 2 lambs.. 12o 8.60 "bogs... 100 7.25) 1 wether.. 100 7.25 -.... current at the local stockyards on the various classes of stock: .,., Prime steers $J-50 fT.iS Choice steers I2f J-i? Medium steers - "'""rv Choice caws fW?ft- Medium cows 590J'?! Heifers tf.V'Kfi;i.uu Buiu f-KgfSS Staggs - 4.50 6.U0 Lllht6rr 6.257.25 1.1SUL Kunann Heavy . . sneen Wethers Ewes . . . . Lambs . . .. 6.007.50 ... 6.006.50 ... 7.00 8.50 Omaha LiveHtock Market. SOUTH OMAHA, March 10. Hogs Be 1 000: lower. Heavy, S6.556.65: light, '$6.5.".6.65; pigs, $3.5O6.50; bulk of sales So.wtu'o.oo. Cattle Receipts, 7800; easier. Native steers J6.508.50: cows and heifers, $5.00 tv. ' wurtfrn steers. $6.00 7.7J5; Texas steers. $5.807.20; cows and heifers, $1.75 75; calves, i .uuw iv.wu. 'neep .Receipts. 13.S00; steady. Year lings ss.50a-9.00; wetners, si.ao.uu; lamb's, $3.2018 9.80; Chicago Livestock Market. ... I I .. Tat CHICAGO 4O.000 sIt.v. .1c under yesterday's average. ' n 7KS!6.S.V light, $6.06.874; Ttnlk mixed, $6.30ft45; 'pigs. $5.75.70. Cattle KCCeipiS, Jn.uuv, nca. J'i" sac Cl- U'atlnrn Jt.1. 1 0 fff i . RO : steers, 'and heifers, $3.S07.75: calves, $6.50 cews fl?.73. tsneep n neceipts. I u.- r - -" 1 -' s in- vearllnn. $7.75S.OO; lambs. I . . n cr 1 . .T. flhaa-t ;7.oo 17.65 s lo.oo. L . . 105.057 1 nA .m nninrn nnnn lr I 57,01.1 I II SI I I II 1 1 1 I L I - I 1 1 I I I I I DUIIU ITHUW UUUU Bids Are Opened for New York's Big State Issue. CURB TRADING AT 1043-8 Wall Street Stock .Market Is Dull and Heavy Unfilled Tonnage ot Steel - Corporation Increases 9 7,000 Tons In February,, NEW YORK, March 10. Because of Its possible bearing upon Investment condition the attention of the financial community was drawn today largely toward Albany, where bids were opened for the New York state $27,000,000 bond Issue at J4 per cent Up to the close of the dull and heavy mar ket session, no award of the bonds bad been made, but the average price bid for tne issue 'was regarded satisfactory. On the -curb" which traded in the bonds hen Issued," the hiRh quotation was 104. Other incidents of the day mb;?'.d! publication of the United States bteel ton naie figures for February, showing an in Jreale of about 97,000 tons, which was con siderably under general estimates Incl dentally, several of the small W l panies submitted statements of earnings tor 1914 Lackawanna Steel showed a net dei Icit of $1,737,000 compared with a surplus of $2,675,000 in 1913 and the surplus of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel Company suffered con siderable depreciation. A better showing was made in other industrial Orders for small amounts of steel were placed by several railroads, but demands tor new equipment continues under " pectations. Current conditions in the trade point to maintenance of PrMen'mc"n"eer activity for the next few months, topper shows no improvement over last weeks quotations, despite a better inquiry by do mestic consumers. .,,, th. Firmness In marks was the feature of the exchange market, the change In these rs mlttances being attributed to Private ! buying of the new German war notes .which offer an attractive interest return. If nd"" i mar. kats were more cheerful, but trading in American, was quiet. Total sale, of stock, for the day were 175.400 shares. ..- Bonds as a whole were heavy, severe losles occurring In minor Total I sales par value, aggregated $2.44S,000 United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOC. nuuiAiiw-i; Closing Sales. 600 6.900 1,600 900 2,500 High. 3o; 55 V 39 "Is Low. Hid. Alaska Gold . .. Amal Copper . . Am Beet Sugar. American Can .. Am Smel & Ref do preferred.. Am Sugar Ref.. Am Tel & Tel.. Am Tobacco . . . Anaconda Min .. Atchison Bait & Ohio . . . Brook R Tran.. Cal Petroleum.. r-nn.riiun Pan 30 G4 30 64 39 28 63 101 102 120 ' "26 5 07 8714 17 159 33 4 1014 87. 122 35 21 24 6 10 o8 139 115 31 50 102 59 20 93 22 135 113 66 20 10 11 118 53 12 83 61 101 102 2 25 105 160 17 144 20 1 3 84 15 27 133 120 79 45 105 53 .3 39 Vt 27 63 102 102 1204 222 20 U 95 14 60 Ts 87 17 159U 3',j 2S"t 4"- no 103 1,800 10.-H4 .200 1203 224 26 95 67 Vt 87 17 M, 101 '.i 34 000 500 1.9O0 1,000 30 400 3.800 Central Leather. Ches ; Ohio Chi Gt West . . . C, M & St Paul. Chicago & N W . Chlno Copper . . Col Fuel & Iron . Col & Southern . D & R Grande.. nrofftrrnd. . . 1,400 400 'oOO 8714 87 36"" "35 '22k' 21 iio iisii 3114 31 ios 163 59 69 20 lT4 95 95 22 22 135-4 134 20 14 20 "li'y, ii' "53 'B3V4 '83 "S3 5254 51 .102 102 10314 102 105 105' '1714 '17V4 145 144 '8374 15 15 28 27 120 119 '45 '44 Distillers' Secur Erie . Gen Electric . . . Gt North pf . . . Gt North Ore - -Guggenheim Ex. Illinois Central. Interbor Met pt Inspiration Cop. Inter Harvester. v (1 Southern. . 2.000 500 "560 200 600 300 200 Lehigh Valley .. i00 Louis Nash . Mex. Petroleum. ..1.70O Miami Copper .. 1,100 Mo, Kan & Tex. Mo Pacltio . ... 11,700 XT., TIiurllit ...... National Lead .. Nevada Copper. N Y Central . . . N Y, N H & H. Norfolk & West Northern Pac .. Pacilic Mail Pac Tel & Tel.. Pennsylvania ... tii Ti,l Car . . 300 ""ioO 5,400 200 900 Ray Con Cop . . Reading 400 19.000 KepuDllc x & b Rock island Co do preferred St L & S F 2 pf .... Southern Pac . . 3.300 Southern Ry . . 300 Tenn Copper . . 800 Texas Company , Union- Pacilic . . 10,100 do preferred U S Steel 22,700 do preferred Utah Copper ... 1,200 Western Union. 1,000 53 'i 63 S3 (13 68 08 (MJ Total sales for the day, 174,400 shares PONDS. U S Ref 2s; reg. 4N Y C G 3... 80 641a do Coupon. i.u. - - 91 U fc iis. res ,- , i, HI do coupon. .. .juj 7?u. n".. :"- -. - U S N 4s. reg.. 109 So Pac Con 3s.. 9i do coupon. .. .110) Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, March 10. Mercantile paper, 3ysferlUigPerexCcen'inge easier. 60-day bills, $4 79; tor cables. $4.S0.85; for demand, $4.80.33. Bar silver, 61c. Mexican dollars, 3814c. v Government bonds steads', railroad bonds heTlme loans easier. 60 days, 22 per cent: 90 days, 2 3; six months, 8. Call money steady; high, 2 per cent, low. 1; ruling rate, 2; last loan, 2; closing bid, 1; offered at 2. SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. Silver bars, "sterling - Sixty days, $4.7S ; demand, $4.80; cable, $4.81. LONDON. March 10. Bar silver, 24 l-16d per ounce. Money, 1 per cent. Discount rates, short and three months. 1 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO PBODCCE MARKET Prices Current In Bay" City sn Fruit, Veg etables, Etc. SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. Butter Creamery. 24c; firsts. 23c; seconds, 22o. Egxa Fancy ranch, 21c; pullets, 18c. Cheese New, 812c; Young- America, 1315c; Oregons. 14c. Vegetables Bell peppers. 725c: hothouse cucumbers, 90c$1.10; eggplant, 45c; peas. Pit 11c; asparagus, lOiijluc. Onions Yellow, 60 SOc. Fruit Lemons, 1.502.50; bananas. Ha waiian, $1.502: pineapples, do $l.02.o0; California apples. Pippins. 6a8oc; Belle fleur 25fi)50c; other varieties, 5075c; do. OreKO-l Pippins. ltol.S3; Spltjenbergs, $T.73.25; Baldwins. 75c$l; W lnesaps, Iftawes Burbanka. Oregon, $1.401.5: ilelta II 10(81.20; Northern, fl.ioai.lo; Lompoc, $131.S0;- Idaho, $1L35; sweets 2.252.75; new, c per pound. Receipts Flour, 670 quarters; barley, 4.0 centals; potatoes, 1860 sacks; hay, 199 tons. Coffee Futures. - . . , v. in ThA market for coffee future, was very quiet today but covering and trade buying in the absence of important onerm.. . - t7v. changed to two ." - , months sold two to four points net higher "ward h. mlddie of the Ga? . put eased lightly in mo ia.t.o w e-...0, " " , nei unchanged to three points higher. Bales. 5750. Marcn.o.ooc.F- -- ;.',l.c : June JUiy, o-mi-. s- iember. .80c: October, 6.95c; November, 7 01c: December, i.vai;, oauua.,, Snot, auiet. Rio. No. 7. 7c; Santos. No. 4, 9C. .nnarollff lltl. Cost ana ireisni. ousri l ' changed. io .i.iit.is changed in Santos, but 75 rets lower In th Rio market. Dried Fruit at New York. tfrtrn.- mirrh 1 fi Flva.nora.tff rl an ftriW 1 wiviv, a- - - pies, dull. Prunes, quiet. Peaches, quiet and easy. Cotton Market. uD.,li 10 Rnnt cotton. quiet. Mid-uplands. 8.85c. Sales, 600. Duluth Linseed Market. TTn,u xt t-c h 10. Linseed Cash. l.S6Vt; May, $1.87; July. $1.89. Hops at New Tork. NEW YORK. March 10. Hops Steady. Naval Stores. ....... i st- Tursyoh 1 ft Tiimenllne. SAVAWriAO, , . flrra at 42c Sales, 45 barrels; receipts, oj LADD & TILTON BANK Established 1S59. Capital and Surplus Commercial and barrels; shipments, 83 barrels; stocks, 51. 109 barrels. ... Rosin Firm. Sales, none; receipts, 301 barrels; shipments, 8601 barrels; "rks; 111.423 barrels. A. B. 12.95; C. . --SH: E F G. $3.07; I. $3.1 2 14; K. $3.S2Vi; M, $4; N, $5; WG. $3.45; WW. $5.03. Metal Market. NEW TORK. March 10. Tin nominal; 20-ton lots, 44c bid. 48o asked. Copper steady. Electrolytic, 14.i5i814.87c, casting, $14.25 14.02c. Iron, quiet and unchanged. Lead steady at 3.904c. Spelter, not quoted. Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO, March 10. Butter Un changed. Eggs Unsettled. Receipts. 17.644 cases; at mark, cases included. 161ra 17 Vt c ; ordinary firsts, lOViSlOVtc; firsts, 17KWHSc New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK, March 10. Raw sugar, steady. Centrifugal, 4.71c; molasses sugar, 3.94c. Refined, steady. BIG SALES BREAK WHEAT SPECULATIVE HOLDERS AT CHICAGO IN RUSH TO UNLOAD. Weakness Due to Peace Itumors and Reports That Italy Will Soon Render Help to Allies. CHICAGO, March 10. Rushes ot selling followed one another fast today in tne wni pit and broke prices at one time 8 Vie on ac count of peace rumors and of reports that Italy and other powers heretofore neutral wer9 about to give active aid to Great Brit ain The market closed unsettled at l.VaC to 3c under last night. Other net losses were: Corn, lc to lHo; oats, U !c. and provisions, 2.',io to 10c. Wheat prices tumbled as a result or Lon don rumors that the German Imperial Chancellor would announce terms on whlcli Germany was willing to make peace. The market was also affected by assertions that shiDPine facilities for exporters were get ting worso dally and that charters were difficult to obtain at any price. Scantiness of country offerings, however, helped to cause nervous rallies. Renewed selling pressure afterward pulled down the market lower than before, with numerous stop-loss transactions. 5Vjo under last nights level. Bearish crop reports had some discouraging speculative holders. Corn suffered chiefly from the weakness of wheat. There were conflicting reports as to seaboard demand. Chicago handlers an nounced sales to the Em, but Baltimore sent word of purchases being cancelled Oats were governed almost entirely by the action of other grain. Commission houses sold freely. provisions felt the depression in the mar kets for cereals and hogs. Support from packers was not at all of an energetic sort. Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. .p'"?- July ldl CORN. May July 72H .73 -7't .'- OATS. May ...... -56 -k -57V4 .;. 66 July .521. .M .W -' MESS PORK. Ma, 17.68 ".0 17.47 17 67 ruiy :::.:.i7.97 is.oo i?...' i.. LARD. May July 10 47 10.50 11.45 J.., ..lU.H 18-72 W. -ID-'-dumiT RIBS. May 10.05 10.05 10 00 10.05 July io.32 10.35 10.27 io.j WheatNo. Tred. l.Mtt 0 !- I 1 haccVn'-No"e,tlow. 7c. ' Ne. .''" S9470Vc; No. 4 white, 7O.0Wc. Rye No. 2, $1.13. Barley 700 84c. Timothy $4- 50 0 6.u0. PHmarreclpLsWlicat. 20.000 vs. 554 -000 bull.r?orn. 482.O00 vt 1.063.0U0 bu.h-eis- oats o9,0OO vs. 880.000 bushels sis, pais, JOS.000 vs. 443,000 buthllsn;ieco "000 a" 711.00O bushels; Sattn. os J05.000 bushel. c S5.rornuCsh9e7sToea,ts; &. bushels; flour. 0,000 barrels. Foreign Grain Markets. -LIVERPOOL, March 10.-Futur: Corn tr- to V-d lower. Flour unchanged. BUENOS AYRES. March 10,-Wheat. un changed to id lower. PARIS, March 10. Wheat, higher. Flour, unchanged. Flax, $1.83 Va 1-87. Other Eastern Grain Market". KANSAS CITV. March 10.-Wh' closed. May, $1.42; July. $1-1- 8H--- ST LOUIS, March 10 Wheat closed: May. $1.48 asked; July, $1-137- TTiwiPirn March 10. Wheat closed: MaT.IIS.49G'bid;',Julv. W. 63c bid. DULUTH, March 10,-Wheat closed: May. $1.47; July, Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO . March , tatlons. nominal. Walla wai . Mnkerjaou-r ""pVr&Tr cental. Oau. whUe." $1.774 US0 V" ntal Bran. $28(&. 28.50 Per ton Middlings, 3233 per ton. Shorts, 30la31 per ton. Call board -ales-Barley Ma $1.34 b $1.33 asked; December. $1.34 bid, $l.o asaeu. Pucet Sound tirain Mnrkets. JlSa red Russian. .1.20. Barley, 2 P ion Yesterday's car receip -Wht 60, olts 3. barley U hay 14. flour 4. -... March 10. Wheat Bluestem, tlT4of?onAy fofd:ru.38"c.ub. $1.35; red fife $1.34 rei Russian, " ;"; Wheat 34. barley 1. rye 1. hay 19. ROAD FUND GH DEWED COMMISSION SAYS AWARD TO COL UMBIA NOT CONSIDKBED. Jackson and Hood River o Get M.0O0 F.sch and Rest to Be tilven Where Best Used. SALEM, Or., March 10. (Special.) -v.. smtA Hlihwav Com mission will upend $50,000 of the State Hiahway fund in uommuia v-uuuu ." r . onoiithorlzcd. accordinK to members of the Commission. The Board has not conBKJerea wnero i $200 000 available for actual road work will' be expended and will not for sev eral wceka. About $50,000 of the money will BO to Jackson County under the provls , - kiii no,,,! nt thA recent ses- luns ul " " - ----- - , - sion of the Legislature and Hood River will Bet about tne same amount. iuv balance will be expended by the Board as It believes to the best intrests of S2,000.000 Savings Deposits the state and it is prohaMo that thorn counties which show a dmpiKllln to help themHelves will be nhlcd In ac cordance with tho p'l'c' ,n Com mlMsloia The Ftatcment that Ptate lllpnwav Engineer Bowlhy will have available about $50,000 of the Columbia County road fund for use this year also In questioned here, sinci. A. 1.. Clark. County Juduo, rerently Informed member of the CommUnlon that tho fund was exhausted, lie alno nald that he had been inforni.-d person connect ed with the Slata lllRhwny Kmjtneer's department were rlrciilatlnn a report that the Commission would apportion $50,000 of tho state fiiml to Coliimh.il County. When told thnt tho Hoar. I had not even connidered the matter, ho replied that the county could no noth ing, for it had no money for road pur poses. Three Fruit riatis HuKRewtPtl. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash.. March 10. (Special.) A counter proposal ma.le bv the Yakima Valley l-'ruit tirowers" As sociation to propositions that this or ganization join the Yakima Fruit Sell ers In marketing- Ysklma soft fruits. FURKests that the nellers Join the North Pacific Fruit Distributers. An alterna tive offered Is a special fates bonr.l composed of ono representative of the, distributes nnd ono from th seller. Safety First!!! Bitulithic Pavement TRAVKI KfW firlllK. FRENCH LINE Compasnle l.enerule TrMnallalllluie. ro vi Ai, m;k i k. Sailings for HAVRE ROCIIAMBEAU Mar. 20, 3 P.M. LA TOURAINK Mar. 27, 3 I. M. CHICAGO Apr. 3,3 P.M. NIAGARA Apr. 10, 3 P.M. KOIt IXt'OIIMATlOX AIM'I.V C W. MingiT. SO Sill .: A. I. Chsrllon, i53 Mirriu M.; K. M. Tl"r, '. M. A M. I". R.; lori.ev 11. Mtiilli. III! 3d si.; A. MirMon, HM( 3d kI.I It. Il-kiii, V IS tKh Insloll t.; rlh Hunk K"d. i.lll and Mr Kls.1 F. S. Mi lmUtol, 3d and lhlulvu Mh.; t:. I. Huffy. l;l 3d M I'orllan.l. San Francisco I.OS ANOKI-iiS A.l (.! niLLO S. S. YUCATAN Sulla WcdnewlsT, Mnr. I. st I'. M. NOKTIl l'At 1110 blKAMSHir t . Tliket Office K l'reisht tlfflrs 12SA 3d Ot. tool Nurllirup Ml. Main 1314, A 181 II Muni oJiia, A COOS BAY AM ttKKRA S. S. ELDER RAILS SLMAY, HAH. 11, A. M. AND KVtKK NlShAV 1 Ilfcllf.A lfcM NOKTil l-ACUIC blEAMMIlr CO. Ticket Office D Freight Office lii A al t. U Foot Nurthrup flt. MAIN liU. A 11. t klalu t-'JO. A AUSTRALIA Jtr Honolulu and South Seas ftb.rMt Ll. ( l H'l Tl" 'ECTURA-'-'-SONOMV'-'-SIERRV 10.W Um il RU "te-merr-llUlrrl Lloyd. i l $110 Honolulu JJiaS Sydney. $337i0 For Honolulu March 10, llnrch 3", April t3t April 2T. ilay 11. June July Sydney March 16, April II. Mar 11. June I, .Inly , Aug. 3. Auk 31, ftpu It. OCKAXIO NTKA.MNHlf CO. 673 llaiket ht.. o . 3iiil.ee. 6 LAMPORT R HOLT LINE A 0UTH AMEnicA TMfc WORl.0'4 GREAT GARDEN M UAH1A, UK) Uli J A. SKI IU. SANTOS JIUNTEVIUKO and HL'K.SuS AVKhla Freiiuent sHlllnmi from N'- loik by nw and fatt (1J.0OU ton) paaoenS'T ulruint-ri. Huk i. llunlrU, Urn. AkI., Ifwsy. N.Y. llarsry 11. Miillh. :fd ml nlilnctoa (., r any lornl wkt'iiI. STEAMSHIP balls Direct For S VN FK.VNtlX . ' IH ANUKLE9 AMU oAS U1KUO. Saturday, 2:30 P.M., Mar. 13 SAN FKANCIHCO, I'OKTI.ANO M LOS AMiKLM hTKA.MMHP CO. rulVK mil l AM Asrnt. 1J4 Third blrwt. A 4li. Mais t. AUSTRALIA NKW ZKALANI ASII bill Til HUAt IteKUiar mruuKit iin,r Tahiti and Wellington fr"rn ti f ram-lsco. Mar. ol, April i., iua.r 9 mm days. Bond lor parnpliUt. ...... Lmn Mrainshlp tl New .cslsnrt. Mo. er locsl S. W sad K. K. rnl. 8. S. KOMB CITY BAILS F. M.. MtRCM 11 fa AN FRAlNClfaLJU LOS ANGELES Third ! MMlilBKoa M 4 Itk O.-W . . . . r. 1 k.1 kail iMUl ft SI1!! COOS BAY LINE Steamer Breakwater (Sails from Alssworth Iock. Fortlaad, H A. SI. Wrdnrsdars. l'reisht sad 'I Irkfl Office Alnrth Dork. I'hases ,MI 8MHI. A-U3ai lllr Ticket Office. l SIM St. Fhones Msr.ssll 4mi, A 1SI. FO II TLA. SO A. tOOi UAl . a. L1U t