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THIS MORNING OKEGONIAN. THURSDAY. MAY 13, 1015. 17 JITNEY UP TO PEOPLE Measure Will Be Placed on June Ballot. COUNCIL TAKES ACTION Ordinance, as It Stands, Saul to He JliUlcut of Any Jitney Act Adopt ed in Any City Whore Busi ness JIas Sprung I'p. Sl'MMtltY OF PROVISIONS OP jitk oiidivax h; SI II- MITTFI TO VOTERS. No jitney shall be operated without the operator or owner first necuring a permit. Application for permit must show route to be followed by jitney, seating- capacity and the schedule of trips to be made. Fee of. $3 month charged for jitneys fceatina; up to seven pas Bengers. Tweny - five cents a month fee extra for each addi tional seat. Council may reajke permit of jitney owner or driver for cause. Service must be given daily from 6 A. M. to 10 A. M. and from 3 V. M. to 11 P. M. Jitneys shall make complete trips to end of routes except dur ing morning and evening rush hours. Kate of fare limited to 5 cents. No more passengers than seat ing capacity shall be carried. Jitneys to be inspected for me chanical defects that might cause accidents. Weekly fumigation of Jitneys required. Jitneys night. must be lighted at Jitneys shall not leave their routes during operating hours. Kxamination of chauffeurs to determine ability to operate car safely provided. Driver convicted of reckless driving shall bo barred from driving for one year. lloute signs must be attached permanently to front and sides of cars. Operation on Washington street from Third street to Broadway prohibited. The voters at the city election June 7 will vote upon the question of adopt ing or rejecting the same ordinance that the City Council passed April 2, which measure was held up by the in vocation of the referendum. The City Council, by unanimous vote yesterday, repealed the ordinance against which the referendum was in voked and at the same time re-enacted the measure and submitted it to the voters by unanimous vote. In doing this the measurer will appear on the ballot in Juno, instead of being held over for two years. It was proposed at first to change the measure in a number of respects, but this plan was given up in favor of submission to the voters of the ques tion In the exact form in which it was passed by the Council and held up by the referendum. The position was taken that the jitney interests can find no objection to this procedure, inasmuch as it ia merely the submission to the voters at this election of the ques tion which the jitneys have asked to have! submitted at the election two years hence. . - The ordinance, as it stands, is said to be the mildest of any jitney measure adopted in any city where the jitney business has sprung up. The jitney interests have objected to some of the provisions of the measure as it stands. Particular objection has been made to the nurpber of hours the jitneys would bo required to operate and to the plan of requiring them to operate on fixed routes. They want the privilege of de serting the'r routes at any time and going where more passengers can be eecured. JITVEY M1SX DltAl T OWN' BIMa i Council lo Be Asked to Submit Two Jlcffulatioii Measures. A jitney regulation ordinance drafted to suit the ideas of the jitney drivers will be presented to the City Council today or tomorrow with a request that it be given a place on the ballot at the June election along with the regulation incisure framed and adopted by the Council. The new measure has been drafted by the Auto Transit Welfare Association, of which John C. Lne is president. In their ordinance the Jitney people propose to provide for a mechanical in spection, of the jitneys and an exam ination of the. drivers to determine their ability to handle cars properly and to dotermine their good character. Provisions will be made for a small Jicense fee and for a five-cent fare. The jitneys in their measure will leave out provisions requiring them to operate at any definite time or on any definite schedule or on any definite route. They will leave out also pro visions regarding the posting of the route signs in such manner that they cannot he easily removed and the crowding of the cars except to provide that no person shall ride on the fen ders of the cars. The jitney interests contend thRt the Council's measure is too severe on them inasmuch as it requires them to op erate both early in the morning and late at night and requires them to fol low certain fixed roujes and to main tain a schedule of service on those routes and prohibits them from leaving those routes. The jitneys wish to be placed at liberty so that they can go and come aa they please, operating only at such tines as business can be carried on profitably. PERSONALJVIENTION. T J. Miller, of Salem, is at the Mult nomah. Burt Curda.no, of Ileppner, is at the I'erklns. J. J. Wright,' of Boise, is at the reward. B. W. Welcn, or Larson, is at the Nortonia. W. Ia Graham, of Corvallis, is at the Portland. C. I. Godwin, of Baker, is at the Cornelius. C .T. Cherrington, of Spokane, is at tho Seward. A. Jaloff. of Astoria, is registered at the Reward, J. Ta Morrison, of Hood River, Is at the Imperial. William Fjncheon, of Seattle, is at the Carlton. O. W. Oswald, o Mount Angel, is at the Carlton. F. T. Kane, "of forest Grove, is at the Perkins. Mrs. H. M. Flavel, of Astoria, U at the Portland. W. II. Kdwards, of WoodlanU, Wash., is at the Cornelius. Mr.-and Mrs. B. TVI. Atkins, of Kelso, are at tliu Imperial. JA. W. Farley. W. F. Culver and B. W. Taylor, of Los Angeles, are regis tered at the Oregon. Mrs. J. P. Fuller, of Seattle, is at the Oregon. Robert Dodson. of Columbia, ia at the Cornelius. A. C. Blair, of Goodwin, is registered at the Carlton. W. C. Wurfel, of San Francisco, is at the Carlton. Mrs.. J. P. Simmonds, of rendleton, Is at the Portland. J. II. Molara. of San Francisco, is at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Gray, of Pasco, are at the Imperial. F. W. Dehart, of Hoods, Wash., is reg istered at the Katon. Jamea Edmunds, of Seattle, is reg istered at the Katon. W. G. Williams, of Eugene, is reg istered at the Seward. C. If. Smith, of Brownsville, is reg istered at the Perkins. . F. A. Kittridge, of Medford. Is reg istered at the Oregon. P. C. Hayward, of Amity, is regis tered at the Nortonia. J. D. Fletcher, of Hood River, is registered at the Eaton. B. E. Cobb, of The Dalles, is regis tered at the Cornelius. R. W. Beaudre. of Regina, Saskatche. wan, is at the Nortonia. W. Connolly, of Spokane, is regis tered at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. A. Sorenson, f Minne apolis, are at the Nortonia. Mrs. J. M. Hanson, of St. Helens, Or., is registered at the Eaton. Captain T. J. McGenn. of the steamer Breakwater, is at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mclntire, of Eugene, are at the Multnomah. Air. and Mrs. Dan Driscoll, of Fair banks, Alaska, are at the Oregon. F. H. Rosencrantz and R. H. Dear born, of the Agricultural College, are at the Imperial with a party of engi neering students. They are inspecting the steam plants of the city. CHICAGO, 111., May 12. E. B. Hazen, of Portland, is registered at the "Con gress. , HOG MARKET IS STEADY SMALL. Sl'PPLY AVAILABLE FOR MID-WEEK. No Cattle Are Received at JVorth Pert land Tarda Trading; Chiefly in Sheep Division. Another day passed without any cattle receipts at the stock yards, but a fair sup ply of sheep came in. and the trading was mainly in this division. A good sized bunch of wooled lambs was sold at $8.25. a quarter under the price that has been ruling. Yearlings brought $7.23. No change was. apparent in the condi tion of the swine market, but there was nothing on hand yesterday that would com mand more than $8.10. The indications are that cattle will sell at good steady prices when a supply Is received. Receipts were 28 hogs and 4r."i shee-p. Shippers were: H. A. Keeker. Albany. 3 cars sheep; F. B. Decker, titlverlon, 1 car hoss and sheep. The day's sales were as follows: Wt Pr.l wt. Pr. .".hogs 326 S8.1t) 2 hogs ....125 $7.00 3 hogs ....'-'00 8.10 1 hog 210 8.00 1 hog ....240 8.101105 lambs ... 73 8.25 3 hogs loo 8.001213 ye'rlings loo 7.25 5 hops ...136 7.501 17 ewes 178 4.25 1 hog 480 T.OOI 10 sheep ...126 6.25 24 hogs 222 8-10 Prices current at the local stockyards on the. various classes of stock: Best steers 7.308.C0 Choice steers 7.007.50 Medium steers 6.757.00 Choice cows 6. 25 iff 6. 8u Medium cows , 0.00S73 Heifers , B.00M6.75 Mulls ,,. 3.50 a 3.73 Stags 5.lXlfl.7o H ogs . I''Rht 7.r.08.13 Heavy , 8.3047.3 toheep Sheared wethers 6.00 7. OO Sheared ewes 4.tl0&5,7.f Sheared lambs S.00 tft 7.25 fall wools 1 higher. Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA, May 12. -Hogs Re ceipts f.tno, steady. Heavy, $7.157.25; light, 7.'.'SW7.,'U; pigs, 0.507.23; bulk of sales. $7.24a'7.30. Cattle Receipts 5200, slow. Native steers. $7.fi0 8.63; cows and heifers, 5.75t 7.85; Western steers, i.,".0$j.8.(Kl; Texas steers, J6.0oift7.35: cows and heifers, J5.50iij7.00; calves. ?7.25'a 10.23. ,-lheep Receipts 1500, higher. Tearlings. $.xnn!V40: wethers, $s. 0018.73; lambs, 0.0o& 10.00. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAOO, May 12 Hogs Receipts 21. 00O. strong. 3c to 10c above yesterday's average. Hulk. 7.5)Cji7.63; light, $7.40fci 7.75; mixed, '$7.35&j7.72Vfe ; heavy. $7.05ro 7.65; rough. J7.or.fy 7. pigs. 3.50ff7i7.10. I 'a I tie Receipts 16,000, weak. Native s'eers. 6. SO if 9.15: Western steers. J8.0 ".So; cows and fieifcrs. $3.50 ft S. 70; calves, $6.501 B.00. Sheep Receipts 10.000. firm. Sheep $7.70 ifiS.so: lambs. 8.40 11,30; springs. 19.00 IB 12.00. WHOLESALE MART IS PLAN Furmcrs to Bo Accommodated at Joast Washington-Street Booths. A wholesale market will be estab lished in connection with the Fast Washington-street public market, if the plans of Market . Inspector Mel serve and the committee from the Fast Side Business Men's Club are carried out. The retail market opens May 22 and -will be kept open Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday, and later will be kept open every day aa soon as the business justifies a daily market. "There is a demand for a wholesale market on the part of many farmers." said Market Inspector Messerve yes terday, who had just returned from a trip through the farming districts of Multnomah and Clackamas counties. "I met many farmers on my trip, and many of them are anxious that we should open a wholesale department in connection with the retail market, and I feel sure it can be done, not, per haps, on the first day, but later in the month. The large owners of prop erty in Central Fast Portland are get ting behind the East Washington-street public market, and I think we can start the wholesale market in a short time." " ALBERTA MARTJS TO OPEN Celebration to Be Saturday and Booths Are Given Children. A celebration will mark the opening of the Alberta public market, Twenty third and , Alberta streets, Saturday. Mayor Albee and Commissioners Bige low and Brewster will attend. The hour has been fixed "at 8 o'clock. Booths will be awarded to children, where they will dispose of the vegetables grown in their gardens, aa well as to older folk. One hundred feet of booths have been awarded to adults and 10 booths have been set aside for the children. Child Welfare officials assured Mrs. Josephine Sharp, member of the Alberta market committee and one of the most active workers for the movement, tnat there will be no interference with chil dren who bring their products to the market, since no rent is charged for the booths and they do not, therefore, come within the restrictions placed about a mercantile establishment. The selling of garden products on Saturday will not interfere with the srhool work of the children, either, and Mrs. Sharp is satisfied that no stum bling block remains In the way of the successful opening of the loug-we oted Alberta market, GRQWERSNOWEAKER Sheepmen Have High Ideas as to Wool Values. RAWLINS - BIDS REJECTED Oregon, Idaho and Texas Growers Waiting for Public Sales. Limited Selling in XJtuh and Colorado. Although a number of buyers are In the field, no trading In Eastern Oregon wool has come to light eo far this week. Grow ers maintain a firm front, and there is no reason to expect they would do otherwise, or that they will change their attitude soon. It Is taken for granted now that the Oregon market will not open, actively, until the sealed bid sales begin. Wool buyers nave a report that a sale will be held at Pasco on May 15. The Idaho season will open on May IS, when the first sale will take place at Mountain Home. Wool sales dates announced for Ontario and Idaho points are as follows: Ontario, May 21, June 0 and June 23. Midvale, May 23, June' and June 22. Mountain Home, May IS. June 1, June 13 and June 29 Caldwell. May 27, June 10 and June 24. Dealers believe atiey see a change under way In the sentiment in the West which may lead to a larger movement. In the new clip. In a few sections the ideas of buyers and sellers are no doubt setting closer to gether, but In the Important growing sec tions, the sign of such a change are rather vague. The growers' position was pretty well shown at Rawlins, where tho bids at the sealed bid sales were tured down and only a few clips could be moved at private sale. The. bids that were rejected varied, according to the wool, from 18 to 22 cents In the grease and the clean landed cost In soma Instances was aa high as 67 cents, but the Eastern buyers could make no Impres sion ob the growers. j Only a limited business Is passing now in Utah and Colorado, on the former basis of 60 to 63 cents for medium to fine and fine medium. Estimates of the purchases to date In that district range from 3.000.000 to 4,000,000 pounds. Navajo wools in New Mexico are selling In a small way at 21 to 22 cents, Texas Is shearing, but It Is said no wool will be of fered until the public sales. The California market is also quiet. Reporting on the situation at Boston, the Commercial Bulletin says: Sj "Buyers, however, are "fully alive to the fact that dealers who have considerable quantities of Australian and Cape wools for sale, acquired them for the most part at prices which show them a very good profit on today's market basis and consequently they are shopping around considerably and taking those wools always which are offered on the low side of the market, other things being equal. This attitude on the part of the buyers is hardly calculated to stimulate prices any, although it must be said that there are dealers who are unwilling to ac cept buyers' quotations on either their lor eign or domestic wools. "With the mills acting In such a delib erate manner and apparently with good cause, dealers find little In the element of the situation upon which to predicate the future with much assurance. -and while they are generally optimistic over the outlook and willing to take all reasonable chances in buying the new clip, there Is still no common basis upon which the growers and dealers have begun to operate at all freely. Indeed, American buyers have resumed op erations to a certain extent In the foreign markets, where values are still considerably lower than the prices American growers de mand for their wools." WHEAT VALVES ARE MAINTAINED. Bids Arc Generally Higher, But no Salex Are Made n Board. No wheat was sold at the Merchants' Ex change yesterday, but the bidding was strong enough to put spot prices in most instances on a higher level. For bluestem, prompt delivery, offers were 2 cents better than on Tuesday, fortyfold bids were B'A cents higher, club gained 2 cents and red "Russian 1 i cents. Fife was in less demand and the bids did not equal those of the preceding day by 2 cents, while Juno wheat of the differ ent sorts Was somewhat easier than on Tuesday. The feed grains continued dull with but littlo change In prices offered. Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat. Barley, t'lour. Oats. Ha.y. Port'nd.AVed. 1 1 . Year ago. . 2 .... 5 Se'xon to date 15.824 1S74 18i:s 1!:S4 1056 Tear ago. . 15,o77 25&S 2027 1577 2582 Tacoma, Se'son to date S.S4S f.SS .... 6i? B061 Year ago... 8.672 705 .... 452 2o57 Seattle. Mon. ;16 5 3 ai 50 Year ago. . 7 .... 12 .... 3 Se'sontodate 7.4S8 1071 217:1 1178 w;4 year ago.. 6.5Q0 1-1 ll76 122 481a POULTRY - SELLS AT LOW rttlCEd. Receipts of Hens and Broilers Are in Ex cess of Demand. Poultry continues to be the weak feature of the country produce market. As the egg-laying season slows down hens are be ing sent to market more freely and prices decline. Sales were made yesterday at 12 and 124 ' cents. More broilers are also coming in and 20 cents was tho best price that could be obtained yesterday. There was not much-' call for other kinds of poultry. , , The supply of dressed meats Is now about equal to the demand and prices are holding steady. The egg market is also steady. Some storing is being done. The butter trade is in a healthy condi tion. Some of the ereamerymcn would like to see prices advanced, but others oppose a change at this time. OREGON STRAWBERRIES n.ENTlFVL. Weather Is Against Trade and Also Af fects Quality. The strawberry market was In rather poor shape yesterday. Receipts were large and the quality of a good many of the arrivals showed the effect of rain. Weather con ditions were also against trade. Hood Rivers sold at 1.r0 to J2. and they cost more at shipping point. Springbrooks sold for the most part at $1 to 1.50. ac cording to quality, while most of the South ern Oregon berries went at $t a orate. The railroad blockade is being gradually raised. Some of the delayed vegetable shipments came in last night by way of Ogden. Cascarn Bark at London. Mail advices from London say of tho Cases ra bark market: "The prospects are brighter today than for many years past. Those large orders recently cleared our market, and it ia now difficult to find any 'cheap' bark, unless SOS was paid for. seven years old "and 47s 6d for about two to three years. Inquiries, too. are good, Tliere has been some c. i. f. business done, and the bull point" is they have only a ton or two to sell over there. C:Ule comes. 'Market rising.' Our friends send over the price of 42s, subject to being still unxold." v Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: t'leiirlngfl. Balances. Portland I !i:;. n:; I li.!S2 Seattle "... 2.0K5. 17 II. ".,024 Tarnma .-.2S.l! 122,t;.:i Spokane litin.'JtS S7.IS5. Weekly BanH Clearings. Rank clearings in the United States for the week eudins May, 6, as reported tu i ad- street's, aggregate (4. 17.250.000. against 1 3. 241. 453,000 ia the preceding week and $::.443.23S,Ooo In the same week last year. Following are the returns for the past week with percentage of change from the same week last year: ' Increase. New York . .;,3S.217,OC0 36.7 Chicago 364.00O.OO0 Philadelphia lS,l?.u(i .7 I'.o&ton 1S5, 240,000 22.8 St. Louis 87,79'i.OOO 11. s Kansas City 74,3J,0O( 41.0 Pittsburg &S.545,tR0 .l San Krancisco li.'!, 340.00 1.4 Baltimore , 37.453.0OO 1.1 Minneapolis 21.23S.O00 22.l Detroit 25.477.000 .s Cincinnati 27.20S.iluO 3.5 Cleveland 3i,4O.0X IS. i l,os Angeles 21.S40.OO0 .ev Orleans IS. 378,000 18.S Omaha 20.761.000 19.8 Milwaukee 13.967,000 4.4 Atlanta , 13.930,000 'S.8 Louisville 14.726.000 11.0 Seattle 12.065,000 1.0 Buffalo 12.133.000 7.5 St. Paul 11.99:1.000 8.7 Portland. Or 11.I83.0OO 8.6 Denver .5S7,0ni 1.5 Salt Lake City 6.010.000 2. Oakland J, 3S3.O00 "14.3 Tacoma , 1,744.000 19.2 Sacramentq 1.7S6.000 13. San Diego .252. 0OO M2.S PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Floor. Feed, Etc. Merchants Exchange, foreuoon session. Prompt delivery: Wheat Sid. Asked. TV.nestem S 1.20 S 1.21 "4 Korty-fold l.lili 1.1SV4 Club 1.14- 117 Red fife 1.09 1.15 Red Russian 1.07 Vx LOU Oats No 1 white feed 2S.50 30.75 Barley No. 1 feed 22.50 28 50 Bran 25.00 . 2(1.00 Shorts 26.50 27.00 Futures June Wueatem 1.20 1.22Vj June forty-fold 1.13 1.21 June club 1.14 1.1.1 June red fife l.OS 1.17 June red Russian 1.0S 1.12 June oats 20.50 31.25 June barley 23.00 2:!.50 June bran 23. 5o 211.25 June shorts 26.00 27.50 FLOCR Patents. 8.60 a barrel; stralghta, 86; whole wheat, $6,80; graham, 86.60. MILLKEED Spot prices: Bran, S25.509 26 per ton: shorts. S27.50412S; rolled barley, 827.5028.5O. CORN Whole, $35 per ton; cracked. 30 per ton. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, tl4f13; Valley timothy. $12S12.30 grain hay, 110 12; alfalfa, S 12.50 a 1X50. Fruits ana Tegetanlea. Local jobbing quotatlons TROPICAL, FRUITS Oranges, navele. $2.254i 3.25 per box; Mediterranean sweets, $2.25 2.50; lemons, S3.50tf4.73 per box; bananas, 4Vs6'5c per pound; grapefruit. $4.25 $j 5.75. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, Oregon, 73c 3 $1.25 per dozen; artichokes, 75c dozen; to matoes, S3 per crate; cabbage, SHVOiii per pound; celery, $3.50 Q 4 per crate; head lettuce, $2.25 per crate; spinach, 5a per pound; rhubarb, llfeo Per pound; aspar agus, 7Se 11.25; eggplant. 25c per pound; peas. 78q per pound; beans. Ju12u per pound. GREEN FRUITS Strawberries. Oregon, $12 per crate; apples. SI 61.75 box; crar berries. $11 4 12 per barrel; cherries. 11.70 2 per box; gooseberries. 4 5c per pound. POTATOES Old, 1.75nf 2 per sack; new, C4'iV!e per pound. ONION California, yellow, $1.50; white, $2 per crate. SACK VEGETABLES Carrots, $l.50Oa per sack; beets, $2 2.25 per sack; turnips. $1.50 'i per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Local Jobbing quotations: KGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 1 S ( 1 flo : candled. IDVsGtie per doten. POULTRY" Hens. 1212'Ac: broilers, 20 Sj22c; turkeys, dressed, 2224c; liv-. 1S& 20o; ducks, old, 0&12c; young, isejZOc; geese, S(&9c BUTTER Creamery; prints, extras, 25c per pound in case lots; !jo mora in, less than case lots; cubes, 21 H 221c. CHEESE Oregon triplets, jobbers' buying price, 14c per pound f. o. b. dock, Portland; Young Americas, 15c per pound. VEAL Fancy, lOQIOHo per pound. PORK Block, 10101te per pound. Staple Groceries Local jobbing quotations: SALMON . Columbia River one-pound tails, 12.30 per dosen; half-pound flats, $1.50; one-pound flats, $2. SO; Alaska pink, one-pound tails, $1.05. HONEY Choice, S3.25 per case. NUTS Walnuts, 1524c per pound; ra zil nuts, 15c; filberts. 14$24c; almonds. 23 ai 24c; peanuts, cc; cocoanuts, $1 per doz.) pemns, lu&20c; chestnuts, 10c. BEANS Small white. 6V4c; large white, 6c: Lima, lc; bayou, sc Coffee Roasted, In Urn ma, SltiOSSUc SUGAR Fruit and berry, $0.80; beet, sa.BO; extra c, S6.30; powdered, la barrels, 7.05: cubes, barrels, $7.20. 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, 6U &6c; broken, 4c per pound; Japan style, ofe-5 14c. UK1EU FRUITS Apples, be per pound; apricots, 13 15c; peaches, Se; prunes, Ital ians, SigOc; raisins, loose Muscatels, 8u; un bleached Sultanas, 7,,jc; seeded, Oc; dates, Persian, 10c per pound; fard, $1.65 per box; curraute, 8 it 2o. . . Hops, Wool, Hides, Eta. HOPS 1014 crop, nominal; contracts, nominal. HIDES Salted hides, lie: salted kip, 14e; salted calf, 18e; green hides, 13c; green kip, 14c; preen calf, 18c; dry hides, i:4c; dry catf, 26c, WOOL. Eastern Oregon, medium, 25'JOc; Eastern Oregon, fine, 1820o; Valley, 23 l2C. MOIJAIR New clip. 32;4(&'33o per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new. 44ic per pound. PELTS 7ry long-wooled pelts, 14c; dry short-woolea pelts. 12o; dry shearlings, each. 10!; salted ahearlings. each. 13t$25ul dry goat, long hair. each. 13c; dry goat, shear lings, each, 5 0i2Oc; salted loug woul pelts. May, $1&2 each. Provisions. HAMS All sizes, 17 1 8 'Ac; skinned. 17 0 18c; picnic, 12e; cottage roll, 13Ve; broiled. lt)2Sc BACON Fancy, 272Vn standard, 239 24c; choice, lT',4St22c; strips, 1714c. DRY SALT Short, clear backs, 1315Hc; exports. 154 17c: plates, ll(pl3c I .A RD Tierce basis: Kettle rendered. 121-c; standard, 12c; compound, 8c. BARREL GOODS Mess beef. 23c; plate beef, $24.50; brisket pork, $2S.30; pickled pigs' feet, $12.50; tripe. $il.50 11.60; tongues, $2530, , Oils. KEROSENE Water white', drums, barrels or tank wagons, 10c; special drums or bar rels, IHVic; cases, 11 M VOMe. GASOLINE Bulk, 12c; cases, 19c; engine distillate, drums, 7li-c; cases, 7V4c; naphtha, drums, 11c; cases, 18c LINSEED OIL, Raw, barrels. 73c; raw, cases, buc; boiled, barrels, 77c; boiled, cases, S2c. TURPENTINE In tanks, 00c; in easea, 67c; 10-case lots, lc less. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKETS Prices Current in the Bar fity on Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. Butter Fresh extras, "3t.c; prime firsts, 22lcj fresh firsts, 22c. Kxgs Kresh extras. " 3 ! c firsts, 21c; sec opds. lsVc: pullets. 2lc. Cheese New. &11l4jc; Young America. 12 'jc: Oregon, 13 1aC. Vegetables Ceiery, r.Oefci $1.25: peas, 4'(i3i; cucumbers, $11.15; asparagus, $f.50tr2; string beans. 47c; wax beans, 3 q 5c. Onions California, 6i3f7ic; Oregon, SOW 0c. Krnlt Lemons, $l.5Via' 3. IS: grapefruit, $1.60(0 2: oranges, $1.7512.75; bananas, Hawaiian, $1.50I25; pineapples, Ha waiian. 4 5c; apples, California Pippins, 75cirl 30. Potatoes Oifron, $1.7fJ2; Idaho, 81.50& 1.9": new, StfBVjc; sweete, $22.25; garnets, 3 rg 3 M c. Receipts Flour, 1134 quarter sacks: bar lev, 12.383 centals; potatoes, $89 sacks; hay, 300 tons. Naval Stores. 8AVANKAH. C5a.. May 12? Turpentine Wrm 42c. SaJes, 825 barrels: receipts, 253 barrels; shipments, none; stocks, 21,860 bar rels. Rosin Firm. Pales. 1273 barrels: receipts, 14'R barrels: shipments, none; stock. 01,278 barrels. Quote: A. B. $3; IJ, 3.or.; E, S3 IO; V, $3.20; Ci. $3.30: H. I. $3.33: K, $:;.10; M, $4; N, $5.05; W, G. $3.60; WW, $0.60. London Wool Sales, LONDON. May 12. The 7840 bales of fered at the wool auction sales were today quickly sold. There was a strong demand from the home trade and France for crosa hreris. the best grades of which are now unchanged, while other grades are S per rent below the last auctions. Merinos har dened. New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK. May 13. Raw sugar firm. Centt'lffigal, 4.S9c; tnolassea sugar, l.lCo. Re filled firm. FIRST GAINS LOST Stocks Are Strong in Early Part of Session. REACTION COMES LATER Disturbing lleports, Accompanied by Further Short Selliiis, Cause l'n settlement War Specialties Prominent in Trading. NEW YORK. May 12. Securities of all classes displayed marked stabllUy during the greater part of today's moderately active session, but fell away in the final hour to the accompaniment of unconfirmed rumors of a disquieting character. Early gains of 1 to 2 points in standard shares and as much as 3 to 6 in the specialties melted away, the decline being accelerated by a renewal of bearish operations. The international situation was the one governing factor throughout the list, giving its first manifestation of strength on an nouncement that Washington had formu lated a definite policy respecting the sinking of the Lusitania. The trading element evi dently chose to interpret this favorably and proceeded .to buy, concentrating its efforts mainly about United States Steel. The movement in this stock derived additional impetus from reports that the Steel Corpo ration had received large orders for un finished material from companies now filling wur contracts. War specialties were prominent at Inter mittent periods. Bethlehem Steel, Westing house Electric and allied shares being freely absorbed at a more or less steady advance. Railroad issues of the investment class were bought, the rise in grangers and Pa cifies being based upon excellent crop pros pects. Coppers also were conspicuous, the entire group moving upward on a revival of domestic demand for the refined metal. Total sales of stocks amounted to 735.000 Shares. Routine news embraced the receipt of $3,000,000 gold from France, engaged a week ago by an international banking house hav ing closed relations with the Bank of France, Trade authorities Issued conflicting reports as to the state of the steel and iron indus try and exchange on London was more steady, while francs and lires were lower. Investment conditions abroad, as reported by the London market, denoted hesitation by British investors. That part of the new Argentine loan offered by London bankers was closed with evident success, while an East Indian loan for a nominal amount seemed to find little inquiry. Many "future" sales, indicating a recur rence of foreign selling, were recorded In the local bond market, which was firm in the main. A feature was tne weakness of Ar gentine os, which declined 13 points. Total sales, par - value, aggregated $3,100,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales, High. T.ow. bid. Alaska Gold.... 6.000 24 t 33 H 81 Amal Copper... 33.7HO (ill'i 1,7 67 Am Beet Sugar. 4,700 47 45 43 ' American Can.. 2X.0O0 31! '.a 34 34 Am S)A &l Kefs. 4,000 67 v 60 'i 66 Vs do pfd 10.'. Am Sugar Refg. 2HO HIS lOli 106 Am Tel & Tel.. 80U 12n ll!Vi 11!Vi Am Tobacco.... 2O0 230 230 2:wi Anaconda Mill.. 14.2O0 31 U 32 S2'i Atchison 2, Hon lot lit" 't :il7 Bait A Ohio... 2.800 736 72 72t Br Rap Trantit. '.mo 8H i SM, S7? Cal Petroleum.. 300 16li 1Ut IB'., Canadian Pac. Suit 160 157 157?! Cent Leather... 2,4nO 37', 36 tfc 3U 'ties & Ohio... 800 44 43'i 43 Chi Gr West... S00 12"4 12' 1 I i Chi Mil & St P HO Chi t N W 125 Chluu Copper... lS.oon 45H 43 4" Colo F & ron... 4,000 28 27 27'. Colo ft South ..... 2S T & R G : . 7 do pfd - 13'i Plst Securities.. 2.200 14i 13U 14 ' Erie 13,000 26 " 25,i 2(1 lien Electric... !nio 153 13it'i 15o Or Nor pfd 1.000 IIS 1 1 7 ".j 117 Gr Nor Ore ctfs. 3. Mm 33tJ 31 't 31 ti Guggenheim Ex. 3,300 5U, 573. r7'i Illinois Central ; . . . 107 Inter-Met pfd.. 6.500 12 i n Inspiration Cop. 9,300 SI 2U 2HV4 Inter Harvester H3 K C South 3.6O0 27ai 264 26 Lehigh Valley., 1no 141 1M 140 Louis A Nash... 3.000 121 110 IIS Mex Petroleum. 16,200 76V. 72 7214 Miami Copper., 3.000 25 24'..'. 24 M K & T 1,000 131, 12 12 Missouri Pacific. 3.6O0 14 Vi 14 l.'l'I Nat Biscuit 115 Nat Lead 3.2O0 61 H 58 H 50 Nevada Copper. 2, loo 15 14 'a 1 4 u N Y Central.... 1.200- SIS (65 S-", " N Y, N H & H. 3,000 65 64 ' 64',, Nor West 102 Nor Pacific 2,!100 107 105'.'. li5'i Pacific Mail.... 2.1oo 21 20 20i Pac Tel & Tel.. 3oo ::i 30 3014 Pennsylvania .. I.r.oe 1071,5 106 1071. Ray Cons Cop., s.soo 23 22 2''TI Resding '60.SH0 146 143 1 44 ' Rep lr & Steel. 1,6110 J7j 2' 27'. Rock Isl Co il do pfd a.4in is, . i StI.&SF 2d pfd. 41111 5 .-,14 r,V. Southern Pacific 30,ni !! "s7Ti 7 71 Southern Rv l.fcnti 17'i I"1 16 Tennessee Cop.. 700 324 31 .".IV. Union Pacific... SO.Sno 1207 T'4T 1".", do pfd 400 M 81 Sl U S Steel 123.0O0 r.r.'-i 53 53 do pfd 500 1071, lutj'l 107 Vtnh Copper... 28.400 011 63 63 T-i Wabash pfd.... 2.300 2 1 2' Went Union.... 2.2'i 67 ti 6- 66 'i. Westing Elec... 72.100 03 87 Ssu Montana Power. 12,000 4i 46 46 Total .sales for the dsv, 735,000 shares. BONDS. U S Ref 2. reg. 07 Nor Pso 3s 04 . do coupon.... t8 I do 4s ii U S 3a, reg 100t4f'ninn Pso 4s... fl, do coupon. .. .looiSo Pac Conv fs. fios. U S N 4s. reg,. 109 r M s P c. 5s. 103 do coupon. .. .HOHlPa Conv 4 ',-s.. .loll 'A , N T C G 3'4js.. 0 j Money, fexehang. Kte. NEW YORK, May 12. Mercantile paper, i3 per cent. Sterling exchange atcartv; 60-dav bills, r4.7H.50; for cables, $t.S0; for demand. $4.70.60. Bar silver, 5014c. Mexican dollars. .ISUa. i;overnment bonds steady, railroad bonds irm. Time loans easier; CO and 90 days, 2 per rent; six months. 3H- Call money easier: high. 2 1 per cent: low. 1 ; ruling rate, 2: last loan, 8; closing bid, 1 1 i ; offerer! at S. PAN FRANCISCO. May 12. Sterling. 60 nave. ll.iv:,; aemana. t. 1 y i ; cable. $8IV4. LONDON, May 12. Bar silver, 23d per ounce. Money, 1 '.4 ftl 1 ',- per cent. Piscoiint rales Short bills, 2- three months, 274. India Council bills. Is .. l-32d. Stocks Steady at I .on dan. LONDON, May 12. A moderate amount of business was transacted in the American section of the stock market and prices held lightly above parity. The closing was steady. CORN ACRKAGK 4; RKATT..Y IXf'RKASEO O.-W. K. A X. Agrlrult iirint Reports Growth in Inland Kmplre. WAI.I.A WALLA. Wash.. May 12. (Spe cial.) Corn acreage all over tiie Inland Em pire shows a hip increase over !at year, states l.ou H. Smith, assistant agrtoul tural 1st of the O.-W. R. A: N. Company, who was here Monday on his war from Rend, Or., to Davton. Mr. Smith slates that II. B. Hutchinson win plant a mile of corn along the railroad right-of-way. the railroad furnishing the corn. The rar-to-a-row plan Is to be fol lowed. An ear of corn Is used at a time, the kernels being planted In the row as far aa they will go. Then another ear Is used. Better results are obtained In selecting the seed, states Mr. Smith. MAY 23 IS THE HORSE SALE I1ATK Eastern Bnyem Will Bid for Wallowa County Products. WAIJ.OW. Or., May 12. (Special.) A horse sale will be conducted May 25 and 20 under the management of A. B. Hall. Buy ers are expected from Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and other horse centers. The liorsjs are sold to the highest bidder for draft, artillery and cavalry purposes. A sale of this nature was held in March. Thirteen buyers were present and prices ranged from $4i to $175. There have been buyers through the Wal lowa Valley almost every week during the Winter ami Spring, and many of the surplus horses have been sold. 1CK (REAM MAKING HAS NOW BEGl'X Herniititon Creamery Opens TL'p Operations In New Held. HERMISTON, Or.. May 1'- (SpeclaL) The Hermiston Creamery Company has In stalled a 20-gallon ice cream freexlng ma chine and will supply tee cream as well as hutte-. The company have aventa In Echo, fctauticld and Umatilla already. The Her- 1 1 1 THE Oldest Bank in the Pacific Northwest cordially invites your account Subject toCheckor in its Sav ings Department, with the assurance of courteous treatment Corner "Washington and Third ESTABLISH ED 1859 mlston Creamery was started here in 1012. In 1014 J. A. Roberts, of Spokane, and S. R. Oldaker. of this city, became the pro prietors, and they now have more than 3)0 cream customers and are selling all the but ter thev possibly can make, not only In the Irrigation distorts, but in Spokane. Pendle ton and Portland. PROMISING OITLOOK' 1' WHEAT BELT Fruit Prospects Are Favorable In Nearly All Section. WASHINGTON, May 12. Continued im provement of the Winter wheat outlook, promising conditions for Spring wheat, a breaking ef severe drouth in the Eastern and Central cotton belt and timely rains over the Eastern portion of the corn belt were announced today in tho National Weather and Crop Bulletin, issued by the Department of Agriculture. The fruit outlook continues favorable In nearly all portions of the country. WHEATSGHANi3ES RAPID BRL1AK AXU. BILGE ALTERNATE IS chicagA riT. Crop Damage Reperts Are Believed Be Exars;ertel and Market at Close la Unsettled. CHICAGO. May 12. After msny rapid changes of price today the wheat trade ap peared to be governed chiefly by belief that warning reports of crop damage In the Hes sian fly districts had been exaggerated. The market closed unsetttled at to c under last night. Corn finished "is tq c down, oats Sc off to o up and provision with declines of 3 to 20c. At first the course of the wheat market, a swift succession of breaks and bulges, seemed to reflect more or leas the uncer. tainty of dealers regarding chunces that the I'nlted States would break off relations with Germany. Complaints of dry weather in North Dakota helped the bulls to rally the market to some extent as the session nearett an end. Favorable weather both In this country and In Argentina led to considerable selling of corn. . Oats were sustained by demands from cash houses. Provisions lacked support. Leading futures ranged aa follows: WHEAT, Open. High. Low. Close. May $158 $! $l.i'i 17 . July 1.3! !4 1.3S 1.S0 1.31 CORN. May 75 .74 .74 .7EH July 7S .'$"4 " ' OATS. May July . .. .63 'i -S3 3', .JJs . .. .5314 .53 -SS MESS PORK. Julv 11.53 18.2714 13.10 18.10 aept 18.S5 13.65 1S.UO 1S.0 LARD. July 9.90 9 5 ': Sept 10. 10 10.15 ' SHORT RIBS. jlv 10. 42 10. S 10.53 10 52 Sep.. ......10.87 10.S7 10.2 10..2 Cash prices, were: -Wheat No. 2 red. $ l.u It 1.58 Vs ; No. 8 bard. $1.57 14 & 1.59 Vi. Corn No. 2 yellow, 7778c; others nom inal. Rye Nominal. Barley 72 'a 7 Sc. Timothy J5&S.50. ' ' Cover $S.oO!r13. . Primary receipts Wheat. 74O.OO0 1 vs. B4S l. OOO bushels: corn, 478.000 vs. 274.000 bush els: oats. 540.000 vs. 425.000 bushels. Shipments Wheat. 857.000 v. I.-!'00 bushels: corn, &5,M)0 vs. 4 22.000 bushels, oats 7S3.000 vs. 1,017,000 bushels. Clearances Wheat. . 1.584,000 bushe s; corn, 20.000 bushels; oats, 20tK bushels; Hour, 53,01X1 barrels. Foreign tintin Markets. LONDON, May 12. Cargoes oil passage: Whoat, d higher; corn, Quiet. BUENOS AYRES, May 13. Wheat opened 1 lower; corn. May 2'A lower, June lis Minneapolis (irain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. May 12. Wheat May, $154' Julv, $1,411. No. 1 hard, $l.bl: No. 1 Northern, $ I.5H . 1.50 U ; NV 2 Northern. 1 .52 ". W 1.5s . Barley, 6b'o4c. Klax. $1.07 V V I.HOV8. fcastens Grain Markets. OMAHA. May 12. Cash wheat, 4 ta 6 higher; corn, 1i higher; oats, 1i to 1; higher. KANSAS CITY. May 12. Wheat. 2 to 8 higher; corn, !x higher; oats. 1 ' te 8 higher. CHICAGO, May 13. Cash corn and .oats steady to Vi higher. . . - (irain at Han Franciarw. SAN KRANCISCO. May 15. Spot quota tions: Walla Walla, -M 0 & 3.1 3 Vi : red Bus. sian. I052.1; Turkey red. $8.10&S lo: bluestem. $2.153.:0; feed barley ,11.1. I 1.17 Vil bran, $2.508 37; short, $.'8.-0 middlings. $33033. Call board: Barley, December $1.18Vi. Ptiget Sound Orals Market,. SEATTLE May 12. Wliest -Ttlutsl'm, $1 14 fortyfold. 1.vn: elm.. l.: f'f. $1.07; re-1 Russian. $l.t3. Barley. $2., per ton. Yesterday's ear receipts Wheat, 1., oats, ; barley. '1; fl"ur. 0. TACOMA. May 12. Rluestem, t-1si fortvfoW. $1.15: club, $l.las1.13; red fife, $1.0'.'; red Russian. $1.. Standard Oil IMvldend Declared. NKOKOSHA. Kan.. May 12. The regular quarterly- dividend of II a share on the stock of the Ktandard Oil Company of Kan. ,as was declared payable June J. to et.x-k-liolders of r.eord May 2. at the annual meeting of the company here today. Ilia officers of the company were re-elected. Dried, Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, May 12. Evaporated apples quiet, prunes firmer, peaches dull. Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Mav 12. Spot cotton q'ilet. Middling uplands 0 s5c; sales, loOO bales. Coffee Futures, NKW YORK. Mav 12. The msrket for eoff futures more than lost yesterday's im provement during todays trading as a re sult af scattering llnuldatlon and trade sell ing which was supposed lo be Inspired by continued nrvousne."S over International polities and reports of easier firm offers ef new crop -coffee for forward shipment from Prazil The msrket opened at a decline of to o" points and closed at a net loss of 12 to 10 nolnts. Sales 21.000 hsgs. Mav, n.KJc; June. 5.86c; July. 6.loc; August. J4e; Sep tember, n.Hfce: October. T.olc: November, 7 04.-- December. T.o6c: - January. i.lle; February. 7.17c: March 7.22c: April. 7.2Sc Spot, quiet; Rio No. 7, 7c; tantos Io. 4, 10c Offers of new crops Santos 4s were report ed In the cost and freight markt at 9.10o to 0 25c and of old crop Rio is at i.20c to 7 2f.:. Rio was 2.7.1 reis lower Santos un changed. Rio exchange 1-32d lower. Metal Markets. NEW TORK, May 13. r-opper quiet. Elertrolvtlc, Ire; casting, 18.$09 18.75e. The New York Metal Exchange quote tin dull, offered at 41c. Iron quiet and unchanged. The Metal Exchange quotes lead quiet, 4. 1 7 W 4. 2 3c. Spelter, no market- At London, lead 19 17s tdfft: 10s. Spel ter, 161 10. . Chlrago Ialry Prodo.ee. CHICAOO, May 13. Butter lower. Cream erv. 30 Hi 37c. Eggs lower. Receipts !.l cases; at mark cases Included, 17lil8e: ordinary firsts,' ltfrl71e; firsts, 18gi8Vjc, Wool at New York. NEW TORK, May 32. Wool Steady. Hermiston Alfalfa Cntting to Begin. HERMISTON. Or., May 12. Special. With the warm sunshlns and moisture the past few weeks the alfalfa tracts on the Lmatllla project will be readv for Its firvi cutting about the lust of this week. Tne allalfa now stands from 25 to 32 lr-chvs h jr'- and is the best ever grow n on the project.' Iluliilh Linseed Markt-.. DL'I.l.'TH, May 12. Linseed, cash $2 011i. May $2.01Vi, July $3 04. Convict on Itoad Lcaics. SAI.KM. Or.. May 1 2 ( Special.) Superintendent Minto. of the peniten tiary, has announced that Kllsworth Kelly, committed from Josephine Coun ty for larceny from a duelling:, escape Monday while working- at a roek-orueli-er in Clatsop County. He was a mem ber of a crew of 13 ent from the prison last week. His term was from one to seven years, and he had been in prison about one month when sent to Clataop County. BITULITHIC PAVEMENT ENDURES! TRWKI.KRW C.I llK. Sciri Francisco Los Angeles (Without thsste Lo Route) The. nig. Clean. ,4'om fortable, Kleltsntl) Appointed, Seagoing; Mramshlp THE BEAR Sail From linavtnrih Dork 0 A. .!., MAY 17. I04 (Golden Miles en Lolumbiu lUvrr. 411 Kales Include Uerth and Meals. Tables and Service I nexcelled. The Sn Francisco & I'erllaad . S. Co., Third and 1 SNhlnstiin !ta. wih .-. H. A i,.) 'ivi. Mar shall 4.'HXI, A 6121. GOING EAST IDEAL. ROUTE BY WATER ALL THE WAY THROl'OlI THE PANAMA CANAL TO NEW YORK Yia LO!i ANGEI.KS or SAN DIKIiO. Large American Trans-Atlantic Liners. - "FINLAND" "KROONLAND" 22,000 Tons Displacement. Front San 1 rancisco May 28. June 1 from New York.... May 22, June 1 4. July 1 - And every third week thereafter. I'anama I'acifin Line. 619 becond Ave., Seattle, Loral Itail or Stew4iiwhli Agents. FRENCH LINE CoiaipMsnla tamei-ale Traautlanttqu4' Sailings from NEW YORK to BORDEAUX NIAGARA May 22, 3 P.M. CHICAGO May29,3IM. ESPAGN K June 5, 3 1. M. KOCHAMBEAU June 12, 3 P. M.' FOU INKORMATiON AI'PLY C. W. raiuger. 80 6 til st. i A. It. ( harltnn. ibi M .rrtx.a t.t . M. lalur. V. M. M. I'. Hm Homey 14. smith. 11 ad sl. A. C bheldoa. 10O Sd et. II. Dickaan. $-4 4 a-ll-lngtoa at.. North liaek Koad. olh aad Mark sts. 1'. H. Mel arland, 2d and t ahlitngtai t. K. H. luilfy. 1J4 ad at.. I'ortland. North Bank Rail 26 Hours Ocean Sail U-lJe(-k, Triple Screw, 4-Knot falatlal H. M. '.NOKTIIKK.V If," SAN FRANCISCO May IA. , 2:1. 27, 31. Steamer train leave North Hunk Matin. tl A. M .. arrives Klavel l-'.:;o; lunch at."a-rl ship; r1. arrives tan l-'iancltcu S::;ti 1'. M. next da, SDKTII RINK TICK KT OCITCK, I'htin-: Mar. o. A iM'.l Titli and Stark Honolulu and South Seas ShartMt Lis I It OsiekeU tfmm "VENTURA" "SONOMA" "SIERRA" 10.000 ton 1IKKH 4N Bletar Kateil Llojda All $110 Honolulu t" dlLs Sydney. J337it? Kor Honolulu June s--, July 4-L'O. Aug. J-17-31, srt. 14-i'S. F-r Hydiiey June 8, July 4, Aug. S, Aug 81. OCEANIC STEAMSHIP CO. IS Market hi- baa froocUe. COOS BAY ANO KI'RRKA. S. S. Kilburn SAIIJi I KIUAV, MAV II. a r. M. NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. Ticket Office fl Freight Office 132A 3d fct. Knot Northrup .St. Main lilt. A 1314 II Mlu iOi, A 31.3 BAIIUDOS. BAH I A. RIO OE JANF1RO SAMTOS. LA! i PORT K CLT WWZ Frequent ssilioirs from Stw York bj M and fast U-.&oo ion) paftsencer steamers. BCSK 4MKLS,ba.AsU.,S lnrf,I.t. Horsey B. Smith. 8d St Washington ila., or efi J any oU.er local ogt I H .1 U I HI . -a gun saw 1 a s. u "i x l a j am l