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THE MORNING- ORKGONTAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1918. 17 6RMNMTERSE OPPOSED BY TRADE Merchants Exchange Objects to 2-Cent Advance. PROTESTS TO GOVERNMENT Senators McXary and Chamberlain Are Requested to Urge Pass age of Cummins Bill. Freight rates on grata and grain products aro to bo advanced, beginning February 1, 1919. two cents a hundred pounds over the rates now In force, according to notice is sued by the United States Railroad Admin istration. The increased rate will affect all points. The Merchants Exchange Association was "notified of the proposed advance by Charles Ciulnn. secretary of the Grain Dealers' Na tional Association. The members of the local association decided that an energetic protest should be made, and President Ceorge A. Westgate appointed R. J. Pater eon and X. A. Leacb a committee to wire to Edward Chambers, director of the di vision of traffic, and Charles A. Prouty. director of the division of public service and accounting, - objecting to the advance and asking for -a hearing before the in creased charges are put into effect. The committee was also instructed to wire to United States Senators McXary and Chamberlain, urging the passage of the Cummins bill, introduced in the Senate on November 11 by Senator Cummins, of Iowa. This bill puts the rate-making back into the hands of the Interstate Commerce Com mission. If the Cummins bill is passed, the Railroad Administration may initiate rates, but these rates will not become effective until after investigation and hearing by the commission. CORK BIDS KAISED FIFTY CENTS Local Offers for Barley Dollar Less Than on Thursday. Corn was the only firm grain on the local board yesterday, with bids 50 cents higher than on Thursday. Offers for bar ley were down 11. Oats bids were un changed. Weather conditions in the Middle West, b.i wired from Chicago: ""Winnipeg, clear, 10; Minneapolis, cloudy. SI; Chicago, snow ing, 20; Kansas City, cloudy, light snow, 81; Omaha, eloudy, 20." Bradatreet's reports North American clearance", this week of 9.175,203 bUBhels of wheat and 23S.S94 bushels of corn. San Francisco reported the gralnbag mar ket comparatively inactive and easier, at 17'. 4 cents. The embargo on jute will be removed by the Government not later than February 28. The steamer Kongasan Maru lias arrived at Seattle with 6000 tons of gunnies. Terminal recetpta. in cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay Portland- Friday 7 .... 7 2 2 Tfar ago 10 .... 7 3 4 Kcuwn to data. 5635 770 1486 B4r 2085 Year ago 8346 151, 477 735 1116 Tacoma Thursday 23 23 .... Year ago ..... 5 .... .... 2 1 Peason to date.37S7 IS .... 120 837 Tear ego 3180 63 .... 170 1039 Seattle Thursday 114 .... 12 5 85 ear ago 24 .... 8 5 5 reason to date, 8071 48 864 453 1881 lear ago 3272 186 919 735 2116 I-OETtASIJ OFFICIAL FOOD PRICES Weekly Statement for Buyers Issued by Food Administration, The official commodity price list for the weelc ending December 31. Issued yesterday -by Thomas O. Farrell. Assistant Federal Food Administrator for Oregon, follows: Wheat flour, per 24U.-lb bag Wheat flour, bulk, per pound Harley flour; per 0 8-10 pound bag Barlev flour, bulk, per pound live flour, per 10-lb bag Kve flour, bulk, per pound torn flour, bulk, per pound lilce flour, bulk, per pound Cornmeal, bulk, per pound Cornmeal. package. 2-lt. pkgs. per pound.. Victory bread, price per loaf, 24-oz Victory bread, price per loaf, 16-oz Oatmeal or rolled oats, 2n-oz. pkg, per lb... oatmeal or rolled oats, pkg.. per pound.... Rice, unbroken, standard quality, per pound Hominy or hominy grits, per pound. Sugar, granulated, bulk, per pound Beans, white, navy or pel (not lima), lb. Leans, colored, pinto or any other colored variety, per pound Potatoes, white or Irish, per peck.......... Onions, per pound ltulslns. seeded, per 16-oz pkg Prunes, medium size. 60-70, per lb Canned tomatoes, standard grade, per 20-oz. No. 2 can Canned corn, standard grade, 20-oz., No. 2 can Canned, peas, standard gde, 20-oz., No. 2 can Canned salmon, tall pink, Alaska, per 16-oz. No. 1 can Canned salmon, tall red, Alaska, per 16-oz. No. 1 can Evaporated milk, unsweetened, per 6-oz. can Evaporated milk, unsweetened, per 16-oz. can Milk, bottled, per quart Iriutier, creamery, print, per pound......... Oleomargarine, per pound Eggs, freali, per dozen Cheese, American, full cream, cut, pound.. Lard, pure leaf, bulk, 5-lb tins, per pound.. Lard, pure leaf. In tin. per pound Lard substitute, bulk, per pound........... Lard substitute, in tin. per pound Bacon, breakfast, sliced, standard grade, lb.. Pork chops, per pound Ilnm, smoked, sliced, per pound T'.r.und steak, per pound liens, year or more old. dressed not drawn HIDE AND PELT PRICES DECLINING Mohair and Tallow Markets Are Also on Downgrade. -With the wool, mohair and tallow markets In a very unsettled condition and prices tending downward, buying prices In the lo cal market have been readjusted accord ingly. A new list Just Issued by the H. P. Norton Company notes the following new prices: Dry long-wool sheep pelts, 25c per pound; medium and short-wool pelts. 15c to 2fc: No. 1 tallow, 8c; No. 2 tallow, 7e: No. Todd Dry Dock and Construction r Corporation built the finest steel ship building; plant on the Pa cific Coaat. They gave us four re peat contracts. Two for their buildings at the ship yard at Tacoma, one for extending: their plant in Eeattle and one for 100 or more houses for their Ta coma employes. wnri Casco Building:. Established 1904. 1 crease. 7o: No. 2 grease. 5c; long staple mohair, 60c; short staple mohair. 40c; burry mohair. 15c to 20; dry long-haired goat skins, 25c per pound; dry short-haired goat skins, 3Cc to 75c each. Hide prices fixed by the hide, leather and tanning section of the War Industries Bureau for the month of January will be He per pound less than those that pre vailed during the months of November and December. The price of calfskins will re main unchanged. CCBE BITTER rji BETTER DEMAND Weather Market In Egg Trade Poultry Is Very Firm. There was a little better demand for fancy grades of cube butter and holders were not disposed to sell under 60 (Cents. It was a weather market for eggs with 70 cents the ruling quotation on ordinary can dled stock. Some small lots sold lower, but the large receivers would not make concessions. The-poultry market wa firmer even than before Christmas. Receipts were small. Local Apple Demand Slow. There was no change in the local apple market- The demand was slow and most of the stock offered was dead ripe. Shipments were 6 cars to New York, 2 each to Boston, Charlotte. East Boston: 1 each to Blsbee. Douglas, East Portland, Indianapolis. Omaha, Pittsburg. Providence, Salt Lake and Taylor. Storage Holding of Fish Larger. The monthly report of the Bureau of Mar kets shows storage holdings of fish on De cember 15, 1918. aa follows: The 191 stor ages that reported showed total stocks of 121.971.479 pounds of frozen fish, cured herring and mild cured salmon. The 196 storages that reported for December 15 this year and last show present holdings of 120, 883.457 pounds aa compared with 83.460,818 pounds last year, an Increase of 45.6 per cent. Onlona and Potatoes Quiet. Potatoes sold in the local market at 11.75 01.S5 for the best Burbanka. $1.50 1.60 for ordinary, and 11.25 for poor grade. Netted Gems were generally quoted at 12. Onions moved slowly with Oregon stock held at fl.S0erl.75. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland 4, 620.1 us si.2au.0J3 Seattie 6.6.4,700 1.2D7.e20 Tacoma 7S4.SSH 1"H.Hj2 bpokane l,32u,33 5J6,2ou PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Flour. Feed. Etc. Merchants' Exchange, noon session. Northwestern oaLs and barley, sacked: -Bld- Dec Jan. Feb. Oats. No. 2 white feed. I S54.00 So4.ro Barley, standard feed 4U.U0 4W.O0 Baney. tunuard "A" S0.O0 60.00 eastern oats ana com, own. Oats, No. 3 white 49.00 3s-lo. clipped white 51.00 Corn, No. 3 yellow 62.50 61.00 Corn. No. 3 mixed..... tfl.50 CO.uO 50.00 51.00 6'.5o OU.oU WHEAT Government basis. 42.20 per bu. FLUUK Family flour, S10.90p 11.05 per barrel; bakers, 10. 70 t 10.85; whole wheat, S'J.U5yi0; graham, $y.65W.aO; corn meal, v.itva 10.30. MILLFEED Mill run, f. o. b. mill, carlots, $36 per ton; mixed cars, S36.50; ton lots or over. 938.; less than tons, S3a; rolled barley, tr.jM'5U; rolled oats, 15761; ground barley, sobiutiO; alfaifa meal, S4UM4. CORN Wnole, tfu3-73. cracked, S7175. UAI Buying prices, f. o. b. Portland; Eastern Oregon timothy, S30&32 per ion; Valley timothy, S27per ton; alfalfa, .S27.Su. Valley grain hay, 2o. clover, 2tS(u.27; straw. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER Cubes, extras, 60c: prints, parchment wrappers, extras, box lota. 65c, cartons, 66c; half boxes, fee more; Jess than half boxes, lc more; butterfat. No. 1. 67o per pound, station. EGGS Oregon ranch, candled, rots and cracks out, 70c; selects, 75c per dozen. CHfc-ESE Tillamook, f. o. b. Tillamook: Triplets. 36c; Young Americas. 37c; Coos and Curry County: Triplets, f. o. b. Ifyrtle Point. 854c. POULTRY Hens, 30c; Springs. 28c; roos ters, 18c; ducks. 35c; geese, 30c; turkeys, live, 35c; dressed, 4Sc VEAL Fancy, 20 21c per pound. PORK Fancy. 19 020c per pound. Fruits and Vegetables. Local Jobbing quotations-. ? . FRUITS Oranges, . navels, S3.7506.OO; lemons. S56.50 per box; bananas. 94f9Sfco per pound; apples, flfa'S box; ..pears, $22.o0 per box; grapes, $!r per keg: cran berries, $6 per box; huckleberries, 17ftc per pound; grapefruit. 3.75fe-7. VEGETABLES Tomatoes, $2.73 per box; cabbage, $2S2.25 per 100 lbs.; lettuce. $2.50 Retailer pays. (S $1.43 Consumer should pay. $1.60 OS 1.63 j , .OS 6-10 (a .07 .71 - .7 .07 .73 78 ...a ...s .06 1-3 .t9 1-2 .06 1-7 .05 .00 9-10 .04 7-10 .08 .12 1-2 .08 1-2 .06 1-2 .07 6-10 .11 .05 3-4 .09 1-2 .10 1-2 .09 .01 3-4 .02 12 1-4 .13 .07 .SO .07 1-2 , . it 'IP it .f6 1-: .12 .Of, .lo .13 .10 .OS .10 .14 .07 1-: .11 .14 .08 7-10 Wl ' .07 7-8 it it n it it. ..08 0-10 it t & .08 1-2 it .08 fl it .01 3-4 ji .12 if .12 3-4 & .15 .16 1-4 .15 il . .11 .05 .09 1-2 it 1-2... 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ONIONS Oregon. $1.50 & 1.75; California browns, $11.50. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SUGAR Sack basis: Fruit and berry, $9.55; beet, $1.25; extra C. $:.15: powdered in barrels, $10.25; cubes. In barrels. $10.45. NUTS Walnuts, 27035c; Brazil nuts, 32c; filberts, 28c; almonds, 24ijf29c; peanuts. 17c. SALT Half-ground, 100s, $15.00 per ton; 60s, $17.25 per ton; dairy, $25 per ton. RICE Unbroken, 8.9&11C per pound. BEANS Jobbing prices: White, 8H 10Hc; colored, 89c, COFFEE Roasted, in drums, 25 40c Provisions. Local Jobbing quotations: HAMS All sizes, choice, 4040',jc: stand ard. 3D'iSVic; skinned, none; picnic, 27c; cottage roll. 37c. LARD Tierce basis, standard, pure. 29tc: compound, 23 He. BACON Fancy. 52334c; standard. 49 52c; choice, 36 it 46c DRY SALT Short, clear backs. 2834c. Hidea and Pelts. HIDES No. 1 salted. 30 po'unds and up. 14c: No. 2 salted, 30 pounds and up. 13c; No. 1 green, 30 pounds and up, 11c: No. 2 green. 30 pounds and up, 10c: No. 1 salted bulls, 50 pounds and up, 11c; No. 2 salted bulls. 50 pounds and up, 10c: No. 1 green bulls, 60 pounds and up. 9c: No. 2 green bulls. 50 pounds and up, 8c; No. -1 green or salted calf skins up to 15 pounds, 29c; No. 2 green or salted calf skins up to 15 pounds. 27Vc: No. 1 green or salted kip skins. 15 to 30 pounds. 15c; No. 2 green or salted kip fklns. 15 to 30 pounds. 13Hc; dry flint hides. 7 pounds and up, 28c; dry flint calf, under 7 pounds, 3Sc: dry salt hides, 7 pounds and tp, 22c; dry salt calf, under 7 pounds, 32c; dry cult hides or calf, hulf price; dry stag jr bulls. lSc; dry salt stags or bulls. 12c PELTS Dry long-wool pelts, per pound, 25c; dry short-wool pelts, per pound, 15-y 2oc; salted long-wool lamb pelts, each. Vlit 1.75: salted long-wool sheep pelts, each. $1.51 tf2.50; dry sheep shearlings, each 1535c: Halted sheep shearlings, each 30 60s. LIVESTOCK LIST STEADY EIGHT LOADS RECEIVED AT YAKDS AXD TRADE QUIET. Bulk of Ilogs Are Sold t 91' Prices Unchanged in All Lines. Etsht cars of stock reached the North Portland stockyards yesterday. Business was raLher quiet, as usual during the holi day period, but the market was steady tnroughout. The bulk of the hog sales were at $17.' The few head of cattle -offered were mostly of medium grade. Receipts were 120 cattle, 2 calves and 312 hops. The day's sales were as follows: WL Price. I Wt Prie. 1 cow. . . . 9 mixed. . 1 cow .... 1 bull 1 steer. . . 10 hogs. . . 6 hogs. . 1 cow. . . . 4 cows. . . 4 cows. . . 1020$ 8.25! lcow.... 50$6.00 4.j o.uu lcow.... hmu 800 4.00 39 hogs. 1620 7.50:S0hoK0. 9U0 11.001 5 hOKS. 13U 15.251 6 hogs. 75 13.60' 2 hogs. 104 0 7.50. 1 hog. . 7H." 6.7.V10 hOKS. 740 S.25I18 hogs. J!0 16.85 210 17.00 175 16.75 315 16.00 206 15.8.-. a:.o 15.50 130 15.25 19tl 15. OH 106 4.00 2 ewes. Prices current at the local yards are as follows: Cattle Prl'e. Prime steers $12.50'13.' Good to choice steers 1 1.50-T 1 2.31 Medium to good steers ......... 10.no fij. 1 1.50 Fair to good eteers fc.OO" 9.50 fommon lo fair steers ......... 7.50fri 8.50 Choice cows and heifers .00 10.00 Fair to medium cows, heifers.. 6.50 7.50 Cannere D-50St 4.50 Bulls 6."H't 8.O0 Calves 9.00&12.00 Hogs Prime mixed .............. Medium mixed Rough heavies Pigs Sheep Prime lambs Fair to medium lambs ..... Yearlings Wethers Ewes 17.OOC17.25 16.75'al7.O0 14 75116.00 14.003 15.00 12.nnrl3.00 ' 0.0(1 11.00 10 OOfil.ll. 00 9 OO'.i-lu.OO 6.00 a fc.ou Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Dec. 27. (United States Bu reau of Markets.) Hogs Receipts. 27.00O, market, steady to strong with yesterday's best time. Bulk of sales, $17. 50&, 17.80; butchers. $l7.01'r 17.83; light. $16.S0(b 17.70. packing, $16.75J 17.60: throwouts. $15.60$ 16.75; pigs, good to choice. 13 oOff-15. Cattle Receipts. 6000. beef and butcher cattle steady to 15c higher. Calves, steady, best feeders and others slow to lower. Beef cattle, good, choice and prime. $15.90f 19.75; - conftnon and medium. $9.50 19.50. butcher stock, cows and heifers, $7.85 fc 14.50; canners and cutters, S6.65&7.S5; stockers and feeders, good, choice and fancy, $10.50 (a 13.75; inferior, common and medium. $7.254 10.60; veal calves, good and choice, $14 fit 15. Sheep Receipts. 10.000: fat Iambs and yearlings. fully 25c to 50c higher. Fat sheep, opening slow. Feeder trade quiet Lambs, choice and prime. $15.60tol5.8.V, medium and good. $14.25 & 15.50 : culls. $10.50 -fii-l.": ewes, choice and prime, S'J.aooxiu; medium and good. $S.50S9.50; cutis, $4.60 7.25. Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. Dec. 27. Hogs Receipts. 10.500. 10c to 15c higher. Heavy. $17 w 17.60; mixed, S17.2OA17.ii0. light. $16.85? 17.40: pigs, $10fixl4: bulk of sales. $17.15'- 17.40. Cattle Receipts. 2000, 15c to 25c higher Native steers. $ll.50fij 18.60; cows and heif ers. $7912; Western steers, $9.5016: Texas steers, $8.50fiJ 11.75; range cows and heifers, $6.7511; canners. $6'27; stockers and feed ers. $6 j 13; calves, $.8ri 13.75. Sheep Receipts. SKO0. 25c higher. Culla $4.5067.50: wethers. $I011.50; owes. $7 50 (g-9.50; lambs. $1215 40; feeder lambs, $14 it 14.50; yearlings, $111 ORIGINS OF 1 LIVESTOCK LOADED Shipments to th Leading Markets of tbe Pacific Northwest. - State origins of livestock loadsd Decem ber 26: Cattle Horses.Mlxed Calves. II ogs.Sheep.Mulcs. Stock. For Portland Idaho ......... 1 2 1 77 "2 i 77 T. 5 6.. 3 1 1 .. 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 5 1 .. 1 1 .. " 2 4 .. .. 2 3" ' .. .. 2 2 7 " .. .. 6 1 1 Oregon ........ Washington ... TTl Portland One week ago.. Four weekago One year a?o. . For Seattle Idaho Oregon Washington ... TCI Seattle.". One week ago. . One year ago.. For Spokane Montana ...... Washington ... Tt'l Spokane. One week ago.. Four weeks ago Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE. Dec 27. Hogs Receipts 278, tronc. Prime lights. $ 1 7.25 17.45; medium to choice. $17fiJ17.25; medium heavlen, $16 a 16.40. rough heavies, $154f 15.40; pigs, $15 10.40. Cattle Receipts 75. strong. Best steers, $11 ($12; medium to choice, $10 50 11.80; common to good, $64 8.50; best cows and heifers, $8.5069.50; common to medium, $5 7.D0; bulls, l-oiu-l.ou; calves, .tUQi.z. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARK El Prices Current on Eggs. Vegetables, Fresb Fruits, Etc at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 27. Butter, 67 6SV4C eggs Fresh extras, 75c; fresh extra Bui lAffl 71c. Cheese New firsts and Toung America, not quoted. Poultry Hens. 83 034c; young roosters. S4c; oroners, t.tf vol.-, iryera, 3bP43c pigeons, 4.iuiaa; equaus. uuouc; veese. .U .11 . ILl.K.J D, uibowu. IIIOC Vegetables (Jeiery, $4.uuuo.u0; squash cream, iuvjwc; auuuaru, Oifl.50; egg tomatoes, $225&3. lettuce. $1,5042.75; po tatoes. Salinas, $3.00fa-3.?o: rivers, tils . 2.25: sweet. 34f4c; new. 4 a Jo; onions Australian brown, $1.2501.50; pearl, Subc gariic. 2530c; caunnower, T3c$l; beeta $1.2I-' 1-5"; carrots, f l.Ooro, 1.25; turnips, 7 Jo j$1.00; string beans, ,12 $ 17c; lima, 10'12c. pumpkins. $1&L25; mushrooms. 2u60c; Brussels sprouts, 6 7c; green onions. $L23 ti-1 it. t ruits Lemoni, a..ouo.oo; oranges. $4 W( . UHiiaii.B, ivoi., t""ePPieB, S-i.OOftS 6.00; apples. Belief lowers, $1.50i1.75. Spits enberg, $2-.5u; grapefruit, $2.60-h-3 SO- pears. Bartletts. $3; grapes. Tokays, riiiiyciuia! .eiucb, ,,.uu ... avaca does. $5&7; persimmons, $1.00&1.50; cran berries, $5.50fir$6.50; quinces. U0cfy$l 15 casabus. 50cj-$1.00. Receipts Flour. 2101 quarters: barlev 2866 centals; beans, 615 sacks; potatoes, 3964 sacks; hay, 10 tons; hides, 274; wine. 66,720 gallons. APPLE MARKETS WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LOWER PRICES ARE QUOTED THIS WEEK. . Potatoes Xot Helped by Sharp De crease in Shipments California Onions Clean Up. The volume of produce shipments con tinued the decrcaae of the preceding week on moHt lines. The price movement wm irregular- Celery and lettuce, oranges and grapefruit continued to rise. Apples and potatoes showed no definite trend, while cabbage, beans, sweet potatoes and cran berries showed slight to moderate declines, says the weekly produce review Issued by R. I... Ringer. In charge of the local office of the Bureau of Markets. While the general price range on apples held about as last week, a few markets nuote slightly lower. Northwestern boxed Vinsaps, extra fancy, after reaching top of $2.40 f. o. b. shipping points, closed slightly weaker, at f J. 10 r 2.25. Consuming markets eloped at a narrow, slightly weaker range of J'J.So &3.Vo per box. New York Baldwins, A 2 closed slightly lower in New York, but the range was firm at 5.2u fr6.r0 per barrel. F. O. B. sales in Wetu ern New York shipping sections ranged $5 5.75. Virginia Yorks. A 2Vi, ranged firm In Chicago and St. Louis at 5.bOit7. Ship ments continue to decrease, with 131S cars, compared with 1677 cars last week. The movement is about three times the rate of the corresponding time last year. The British Ministry of Shipping (Can ada) has released 10 per cent free space to ft II liner companies, such space to be used for the carriage of foodstuffs and material urgently required in Great Britain and to include green apples. The past week has been one of dlscour aguuicuL lor boldws of potato slock, la rplte of continued decrease of shipments I until they toaW only 1S07 cars in com- I parison with ?18 the previous week, prices ; navtj noi stirrened perceptibly in any part f the country. They are -still around !h- i.u. sacked, per hundred in the producing sections for properly graded stock and $1.50 c;u per hundred i the consuming mar kets, according to the distance shipped. While prices have held about steady on the Pacific Coast, they are weaker in Texas and shipments from the Pacific Northwest are slowing down as a result. Carlot prices at Fort Worth that were V2&2-05 or Col orado and Idaho stork are now $1.05 9 2. For the week California shipped 172 cars. Washington 49. Oregon SI and Idaho 03. X decrease of 42 cars from the previous week. Onion values have been steady at all points. The variable condition of the wind up of the California crop gives a wide range of quotations there from CO cents to $1.24. Tbe period has arrived when Oregon grow ers must begin to move their storage hold ings. They have been holding for $1.75 per hundred, but are taking considerably less now, and the movement Is expected to Increase after tbe holidays. The shipments total only "J 13 cars for the past week, as compared with 3S6 the week before. That was much heavier thsn a year ago. how ever, when the movement totaled 107 cars for the corresponding period. The trend of bean prices was Irregular, but averaged fairly steady. Hand-nicked pea beans in bulk, reclcaned basis, held at .-.ouTr per hundred, casn to growers, in Michigan producing Beet ions, and mostly $7 in New York. Sackjed recleaned stock tn consuming markets ranged steady at $100 l" -'. California small whites advanced to $8.2 j q 8.50, sacked, cash to growers, and recleaned stock ruled $11 In Boston. Cali fornia limas held at $10 10.25 In producing sections and $1212.50 in consuming mar kets. BOND TRADING IS ACTIVE TURNOVER IS LARGEST FOR ANY DAY THIS YEAR. New . Minimum Prices Are Estab lished Stock Recovery Aided by Short Covering. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Covering of short contracts wss a fsctor of considerable Im portance In today's stock market, prices tn iceneral recovering at the first signs of sup port, though manifesting soma Irregularity on profit-taking towards the close. Among the few conspicuous exceptions to the better trend were St. Paul, common and preferred, and some of the secondary coalers and several of the other rails. Far more active relatively than stocks was the bon.3 msrket, the turnover In that quarter aggregating probably the larirest total of any session this year. Liberty bonds, wli h the fourth 4-is at the low reVord of 04.2O and tlio first and second 4s at new minlmums of 9l!.sO and H'-.00( respectively, contributed mainly to the extensive deal ings. The early rally embraced utilities. Includ ing local tractions, but gains In that quar ter were not long maintained. Coppers also fell back on reports of additional price cutting in affiliated metals. Shippings, oils, motors and equipments were the sustaining features. United stntes Kteel ended at a slight gain, after iosltiK half a point. ' Salea amounted o 72d.OO0 shares. Aside from ths heaviness of the liberty rroup. the bond market lacked feature, for eign Issues holding firm. Total sales, par value, aggregated S2.7D0.0OO. Old' United States registered 4s lost i per cent on sales. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. 1 .ant Sales. Am Beet Sngar American Can.. 2.700 Am far & Kdry 4.W0 American Loco.. 4.700 Am Pm A HefK. 16. MM Am Sugar Befg. 4M Am T1 & Tel.. o.Oiik Am Y. L & Sm. . 700 Anaconda Cop.. l,4o Atchison xnnn A n & W183L o Bait & Ohio ... S..W0 Bethlehem B .. 7.S0U B a tropper .. l.ooo ruf Patrol .... 400 High. Low. FHle 4fit ti 7B-S, HOS 12 1 V 11 u. 1 1 o , R2t 61 'i 2014 1 S '1 r.7 . 40 4ti 0 7--.i lio'i 87 H 12 UH no1, 1011 M B0i 20 1, 135 5S :;s ?? 5 1 4 3 s 47 i :.fi M 2 4!H 18 14.-. 12i 111 .-.is n 45 111 S1H r.o 14 32 llS'i 2S lB7i 22 S 24 74 30 Vi '9.i" ' 4nii 4C1 104 7?4 73 " 2R' 30 M 1S7 IOI n:i I12i 72 S 20', R4 42 hz 4W e!'i 61 7Hi llOt, 97 H 12 4 6"H 1 U 110 .M 61 HIS 20i, 135 37 r.s '.n so P3 23 H 31 V4 47 Va r.6 2H r.o4 i--i 14B, l.W 04 V. 31 ) H'l 43 , 1 1 2 V, 31 30 Vk 33 ' 11S-H 28 244 lBi 74T. 31 103 V, nsu 44 4SVi Canadian Pacif. .1.60H Central Leather. lO.f.'iO Ches & Ohio . .. JOrt Chi M St P.. H.H'iO Chi & N W 700 C R I tc P ctfa.. 1.00O Chino Copper .. 7.30 Colo FHi & Iron. ROO Corn Prod Kefg .oon Crucible Steel .. 3.000 Cuba Cane Sug. .V-iOO Distill Securities ft.SuO Krle 4.0O0 Oeneral Klectrlc 700 G-nrat Motors. 1.S00 Ot Nor prd 7.SOO Gt Nor Ore ctfs. 2.ROO Illinois Central. 00 Inspir Copper... 12.70O Int M M pfd ... 12.0IIU Inter Nickel ... f..20 Inter Paper .... l.lnO Kennecntt Cop. i.SOO Louis & Nash . . 2O0 Maxwell Motors Mexican Petrol. lS.loo Miami Cooper. . 1.800 Missouri Pacific S.I'OO Nevada Copper. l.BoO N Y Central . ... 5.000 N Y N JI H.. 12.700 Norf West . .. . . . . . . . Northern Paclf. S.rtno Pennsylvania . . 15. ' Pittsburg Coal.. BOO Bay Consol Cop 5-i2 Reading 22.200 Hep Ir Steel.. 2.700 CKa Irl Cnn - - ...... 2rii 4 Wn 4SH r,7 20 W. . f'OI 17i 14fi; j::o 14 4.-'i 112H 3-" SO'i 2KV, 1C.0V4 22Ti 24 '4 IB 7r.-,. 31V. 44 -3 4Va SO fcOK 74 Vs io6' ' 2ft r.i 127H IOI i 04 112H 7:1 '4 20 , 43 Vi o so 74H 14S ttti 20 r.ovi 1Sli 127" 101 93 1121 73 . 21114 8.H4 42 Southern Pacif. 170 Southern Ry ... I? Studebaker Co.. 8.10O Texas Co 1 J l-nion Pacific . . ;.3po TJ 8 Ind AlcohoV I.IOO L- S Steel lOB.OOO do pfd ...... t'tah Copper ... Wabash P'd B.. Western Union. Westing Electric 1.800 6.70O 6 0OO 400 3.200 BONDS. TJ S Ref 2s Reg do coupon .. "gj U S 3s Reg 8 An COUDOn Penn Con 4VJ... !n Union Pac 4s 87 V S Ftenl Ks.... Ii! 1.4 S'o Pac Cv fis....lot"v Anglo-French 5s 07 Vi U S L 3Hs 90.UO do 1st Con 4s. K2.80 do 2d 4s P2.HS do 1st Con 4 vis Pn.30 do 2d Con 4 Vis 03.311 do 3d 4V.S ... 03.4H do 4th 4V4s... 94.44 TJ SMi Reg. .. -do coupon . . ' Atchen Gen 4s. D'A R G Ref 5s NYC Deb 6s. Nor Pac 4s.... Nor Pac 3s Pac T c T 5s. Bid. ins 100 S3 r. 84 14 r.ni 94 Vi Boston Mining Stocks. BOSTON. Dec. 27. Closing quotations: Allouez 43 North Butte ... Arli Commercial 12 oid Dominion i Cal & Arizona... 61 Vi Osceo a Cal ; Hecla 423 Superior ...... . Centennial 12H!?up & Bos Mn. I1V4 34 47 r-on R Con Co.. 40V .Miannon 55 90 17V4 78 Vi E Butte Cop Mn 9 Franklin - 3 Isle Hoy Cop). . 23 T I r'nnn.r ... 4 Utah Con ... W lnona ...... Wolverine . . . Granby Conn Mohawk 5ml Money, Exchange, Ete. NEW TORK. Dec. 27. Mercantile paper, unchanged. Sterling 60-day bills, unchanged; demand. S4 7373- cables. $4.7633. Francs, demand S.43V4. cables 5.45; rullders, unchanged; lire, unchanged. Mexican dollars, unchanged. Time loans firmer. 60 days. 90 days, six months. 5H54 per cent. Call money, unchanged, LONDON, Dec 27. Money and discount, unchanged. " . w York Dairy Produce. NEW YORK. Dec 27. Butter easier. Creamery higher than extras, 68 Vic ; extras.' 68rB8Vio: firsts, 68V468e. Kggs higher. Fresh-gathered extras. 67 fil6sc; fresh-gathered regular packed extra firpt, 658c; fresh-gathered firsts, 63 2640. Cheese higher. State whole-milk flats, fresh specials; 37 9 87 Vac: average run, 33 V 36 Vic. Chleago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Dec 27. Butter, unsettled. Creamery. 556c. Eggs, higher. Receipts, 869 cases: firsts, 62V'a3c: ordinary firsts, 5lw60c; at mark, cases Included, 60 62c Hops at New York. KEW YORK. Dec. 27. Hops firm: state, medium to choice. 1918. 2tl'g37c; 161T. 1S& 20c: Pacific Coast. 1918, S4'40c; 1917, 23 ($27c. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Evaporated apples, quiet. Prunes firm, awaiting offers. Poaches, nominal. Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Dec 7. Cotton, spot quiet; middling. 32.30c New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Sugar, unchanged. Dulnth Linseed Market. BULUTH, Dec ii. Linseed, 13.61. CORN ADVANCE IS SHARP'! OVERNIGHT JCMP OF 7 !J CENTS IN CHICAGO MARKET. SlKrtness or Receipts Is Cause or Strength December Is. Most Active Option. CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Sharp advances In 1 the corn msrket resulted today from per sistent meagerness of arriving supplies. At I one time the December option showed sn overnight Jump of 'Vic Prices closed un settled, varying from the same as yester days finish to 6tc hlcheir with January l 124 1 42H and May 1.S6 ft IWi. Oats gained S c and provisions 10c to l. A-l! deliveries of corn, except May, rose to the hlghrst prices yet this season. De cember led in point of strength but bust ness in that month was not large. The tcx that receipts were even more scanty than has recently been the cae gave the bulls a decided advantage. On the bulge, however, country offerings became some what more liberal, and conflldemble realis ing by longs here took place. Nevertheless. December, unlike the other months, held most of Its advance. Oats derived atrength from corn. Gains were checked, though, by assertions that exporters wers out of the market. Gossip that the February price of bogs would be the same aa for January helped to nit provisions. Leading futures ranged Open. Higii., CORN. m follows: Low. Close. Jan. $1.42Vs 11-44 $1.42 $142 1.37 1.38 Vi LSSH i-o- OATH. est, .ns .ft?1 . eavs .70s .6&s .tta1 PORK. 47.30 42.(10 ' 42.90 42. SO 4U.9U LARD. 23.90 23.93 23.87 23 90 23.83 24.02 2.1. 23.97 KIBS. S3. IO 25.03 23.03 23.55 25. 7.1 j;i.50 23.70 Jan. May Jan. May Jan. May Jan. May Cash prices were as follows: Corn No. 2 yellow, nominal; No. 3 yel low, I1.5S4, l.f.O; No. 4 yellow. l.3t V I 37. Oats No. o white, 6 v, 7uc ; standard, 1 0 ft 71c. Rye No. 2. 1.623 l.2Vi. Barley 1.03. Tl mot hy $ von 11.00. Clover Nominal. Fork Nominal. Lard 123. HO. Ribs .Nominal. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 27. Barley, 663 95c. Flax, 13.54 v 3.56. Grata at Baa Frmaeiseo. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27. flour. 11 43 pet barrel. Grain Wheat. Government price, 1 0 per bushel: barley, 2.152.20; oata, white feed, nominal; corn. California yellow. S2.85. " Wheat and wheat and oat. 23o7 tame oat. bariey. llinlj: ,,. l&tlw: barley atraw. 5080c. Meals Alfalfa, 136; cocoanut. nomlnaL HOLIDAY QUIET IN WOOL MARKET late rent Centers Entirely la Goverxuneat Auction. BOSTON. Dec 27. Ths Commercial Bul letin tomorrow will say: "Interest centers in tbe wool auctions al most exclusively and with the intervention of the holiday, little business has been done, allotments Irom the wool distributor's ollice having been timed. The quantity of wool to be ofiered at the next sales will be about the same as at the preceding series, the only prsctical difference being that the of ferings will consist of wools which may be expected to meet the demand as expressed at the last aalea. t "The foreign markets have changed little during the week and while manuiacturera are looking the market over for sampling purposes and to see what can bo done for next season, the goods markets are moro or less as they were a week ago. The demand for mohair has been dull." California Northern. 1. 32 31 33; middle county, 1.43(rf 1.4.".; southern. Il.iia 1.37. Oregon Kasturn No. 1 staple, tl Mffll SS; Kastern clothing, Jl.b9gl.40; valley No. 1, SI. 401. 42. Territory Fine staple. 1.5S'(T l.BO; half blood combing. xi.K2ftl.6o; three-eighths t.lood combing, S1.2.'.z 1.3U; fine clo tiling, l..'.0i 1.53: fine medium clothing, SL40a 1.43. Pulled extra, 11.583L60: AA, S1.56L5S; A supers. 1.4-"'i 1.43. Mohair Domestic quotations: Beet comb ing. 75&S0c; best carding. 70?J 75c. COFFEE FCTCRES CLOSE AT DECLINE- Opening Prices af Thursday Too High to Attract Buyers. NEW TORK. Dec. 27. There was a de cline of approxfmstely 1 rent a pound tn the market for cofTee futures here today. Local brokers said that the opening pricea of yeaterday had evidently been too high to attract buyers and that trade interest, who were trying to hedge against coffee afloat or prospective purchases In Brazil, found very little demand around the ring today. The opening was unchanged to 45 points lower and the more active months sold 70 to 100 points below last night s closing fig ures during the day. with May touching 16.60c. July 16.30c and September 16.29c. The close was at about the lowest of the day. showing a net loss of 75 to 93 points. Closing bids: May. 16.S3c; July, 16.34c; (September, 16.2c; October, 16.13c; Decem ber 16.05c The local spot 'market was reported en tirely nominal at 17V4C for Rio 7s and 22c to 22VC for Santos 4s. Cost and freight of fers from Santos were reported a shade lower, including 4s at 21.10c to 21.25c. American credits. The official cables reported an advance of 200 rets in the Rio market. Santos spots were unchanged and the early cables re ported an advance of 50 to 100 rets In fu tures, but was followed by later reports showing a decline of 75 to 175 rels. Receipts at the two Brazilian ports were S4.000. READJUSTMENT FAR FKOM COMPLETED Buyers Hold Bnrk I'ntil Future Outlook Is Clearer. NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Dun's Review to morrow will say: A year of unexampled achievements nears its ending with the process of economic re adjustment accentuating the seasonal re pression of business activities Recognition that the change to a peace basis, although continuing steadily since early November, is yet far from completed. Intensifies the hesitation Incidental to inventorying and other annual accounting, and the prevailing disposition is to defer Importat engagementa until the future outlook Is clearer. That the question of prices is one of Increasing significance there is abundant evidence, and many buyers are prompted to hold com mitments wt'.hln the closest limits through the belief that yielding tendencies lately de veloping in some leading commodities will widen In their scope with the return of free markets. Yet the further removal, after January 1 of the arbitrary regulations and restrictions, affecting production, distribution and prices, will make possible the conducting of opera tlons along more natural lines and there is confident expectation that the revival of regular domestic and foreign commerce, once it fairly commences, will make gratify ing progress. Weekly bank clearings were (5.541.671,044. NaTal Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec 27. Turpentine firm, 65vc; sales. 177; receipts. 3o6; ship ments. 22; stock, 30.424. Rosin steady. Sales 782; receipts, 2842: shipments, none; stock. 77.825. Quote: B, D. K. F, G and H. (13.10 13.20; I, 13.63; K. (15.70; M. (16.15; N. (16.20; WO, (16.4; WW, (16.75. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Dec 27. Lead weak. Spot offered at 6.05c. Spelter easy. Spot offered at 8c. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Births. DAVIDSON To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Da vidson. 120 Otis, December 20, a son. WHITLOW To Mr. and Mrs. William D Whitlow. 1397 Peninsula avenue, December 20. a daughter. WILSON To Mr and Mrs. Albert WIN (on, 811 Sacramento, December 16, a daugh ter. SUMMERS To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Summers. 144 North Eighteenth, December 14. a daughter. HOLTGKEVE To Mr. and Mrs. Walter lloltgreve. 227 East Fifty-second, Decem ber 21. a daughter. LYBARGER To Mr. and Mrs. George E. Lybarger, 174 Thirteenth. December A3, a daughter. LAIRD To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Laird. 292 Tenth. December 19. a son. HOLMK.S To Mr. and Mrs. Frank If. Holmes. East Eighth and Couch, September 14. a son. CUKLITTO To Mr. and Mra. Joe P. Cur lltto. l&l Mill, December 24. a daughter. UANLEY To ilr. and airs. J. C. Hanlcy, LIBERTY BONDS If yon must SELL roar I.lbrrfr Boe-ds. ?EI.L n I . If yea cast Bl'V more Liberty II011K m l rrotst t !. We bar u sell Liberty Honda at the aiirktt. YOC CAXSIOT I0 BrTTER YOf MAY DO M"OI!K Tho closing prices of LIBERTY BONDS on tbeNtwYork Strx-k Kxchanga for week ended Friday, December 27, were as follows: First First S.-ond Third Fourth 3Un 4s 4 4',s 4 W 4s 4 '4 a Saturday 98.20 93.00 S1.04 96.P6 94.30 9S.S 94.34 Monday... 99.28 93.02 93.24 97. 10 95.00 96.00 9500 TueKday 99.00 93.10 93.00 9S.S0 94.80 95. SI 94. SO Wednesday Holiday Thursday 99.10 92.90 9I.7C 9S.60 94.48 !.V32 9.4 Friday 99.60 92.S0 92. 9S 96.30 93.90 93.40 94.4b Liberty Departmrat Open I'atll 8 P. M. 5atardaya SAFETY DEPOSIT Y.UtTS MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc. The Premier Municipal Bond House 309-11 STARK, BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH (GROUND FLOOR) Telephone Bdwy. 21.31 Katahllsaeel Ortr S Tears United States Railroad Administration W. G. McAOOO, Director Geaeral of Itallroada PLEASE SAVE YOUR OWN TIME And help prevent congestion at ticket offices by buying INTERCHANGEABLE SCRIP BOOKS - -sal eaYesSxaeaasaa sj axi saw sxasaaaj ass xsBsaBsBsBssBissx Good for bearer or any number of persona on all passenger trains of all railroads under Federal Control On Sale at Principal Ticket Offices INQUIRE AT CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE Corner Third and Washington Streets A in boy. Wash.. December 18. a daughter. nAl.FOU-.To Mr. and Mrs. V. UHam St'.n'ey Ra;lour. 937 Fast Eighteenth, De cember 20. n daughter. CI.AKF.MAN To Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Clasemifcn, 334 Cook, December in. a daugh ter. W'KBSTF.R- To Mr. and Mrs. Jaraea A. Wehster. 7t'.i E.ift M:tn. December 9. a son. STACY To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence K. Stacy. 467 Flint. December 8. a daughter. Marriage Licenses. T.KWIS-WA Rn Harry Lewis. 46. 143 Nineteenth atrcct, and Fraukie Ward. 41, same address. nALI.ER TAEXXI.ER John H. Bailer, legal. 1732 Kt SIxtevi'th street, and Kath erlne Taennler. Icsal. 71." Cleveland avenue. MYF.RS-ISCHAM Jesso E. Myers. 2U. Camp litvU, and Freda A. Ischam, 19. St. Vincent's Hospital. Vancouver Marriage Ureases. FIELDS-PKTTIT John Field.-, 49. of Crswfordsville. Or., and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Pcttil. .".. f H'.u.ufam. Wah. Hl'llT-IRiRNK Thomaa P. Hurt. 65. of Clatskanie, or., and Mrs. Margaret Home, 60. of Clntukanle. Or. TIM M AS-JuHXSi in John M. Thomas. 21. or Portland, and La Rose V. Johnson. IS, of Athanv. Or. WESZKK-CHURCII ""nar!es Wenxrk. 29. of HiKbwood, Mont., and Ethel R. Church, IS. of t'amaK. Wash. MTEHIUERKS- KOET1IE John Myer dierks, 22. uf KUIefield. Waah.. and Kosa Koethe. is, of TtldBefleld. Wash. MILLER-MOON Kzra D. Miller, 4. of Portland, and Anna D. Moon. 3o, of Port- '"e-NYART-KNTART Ross Enysrt. 40. of Portland, and Heme Enyart. 27. of Port land. PARIf-PREIS James Paris, 31, of Port land, and Hermine Prels. 24. of Portland. .M'LAI'GHLIN . STKVENS Edward Mc Laughlin, legal, of oilverton. Or., and Mrs. Martha Ella Stevens, legal, of Portia ad. HUNS MISTREAT PRISONERS Marshal loch StnJs Soldiers to Watch German Camp. ZURICH. Dec. 27. (Havas.) A bat talion of Infantry has occupied Mann helm by order of Marshal Foch in or der to watch the prison camp near there where 10,000 allied prisoners await lib eration, according to the Badische Landes Zeitungr. The paper adds that thi step vras taken because of bad treatment of prisoners, several of whom were murdered. Mannheim is within the neutral xone east of tlie Rhine outlined by tbe terms of tho armit-tloe. Ex-Royalty Offered Refuge. BERN, Thursday. Dec 18. Most or tho members of the former Austrian royal house, who have remained in Aus tria, aro reported to have fought safe ty in neutral legations In Vienna. The Argentinian and Chilean legations have offered hospitality to a dosen former Archdukes and Archduchesses. m DAILY METEOROLOGICAL BtPORT. PORTLAND. Or.. Dec, 27. Maximum temperature. 44 degrees: minimum tempera ture. :I4 degrees. River reading. S A- M., I.S feet: change In lust 24 hours. 0.1 foot fall. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to a P. M., none: total rainfall since September 1. 101 S, 12.4G Inches: normal rainfall since September 1. lS.aS Inches: deficiency of rainfall since September 1. litis. Inches. Sunrise. 7 :a3 A. M. : sunset. 4::i2 I'. M. : total sun shine. 2 hours 12 minutes: possible sunshine. 8 hours 41 minutes. Moonrlse, 2:32 A. M. : moonset. 12:42 P. 'M. Harometer (reduced sea level. 5 P. M.. 30.27 Inches. Relative humidity at noon. 77 per cent. THB WEATHER. r ,.7 Wind I 2. 2 O 9 3 7-9 2. - C S r - Z. ? jr 5 ? State of STATIONS. 5 ; . g r Weather - -E i : . .: : : 5 : : : Baker Boise Boston Calgary Chicago Denver Dps Moines . . . Eureka ...... Ca'.vejton Helena ....... t Juneau . . . . . Kansas City . . Los Angeles .. Marslif:e!d ... M:dford Minneapolis .. New Orleans. . New York North Head... North Yakima. Phoenix I'ocatello . . . Portland Roeeburg Sacramento . . et. Louis. . . . Halt Lake Han IM.-go. . . . sjan Francisco. Peattle Sitka Spokane ...... Tacoma Tatoosh Island Valdett Walla Walla. -Washington . . Winnipeg 1 2. ao 12 2.; 24' ::i :;s 2i 2s is, 4 1 2: 24 :tl .v.- :is, 4s 241 4') . ..i:S 2; :so 4S! 74 2Si 21: 44 i.: 2 1 421 41 40i 4S 22' 2s 82' 2 1 1: :: 10. SE . .INW . .'NE . . S W ::nw . Jnw . . : w . . ! W . JK . . SB 22 NW . .!W ICloudy , Clear l 'loudy ' I t. cloudy it 'ioudy Clear Snow ii ricar ICoudy ICloudy i Pt. cioudy 'Cloudy Clear (Clear It'lear iSnow iCioudy iClear 'Cloudy 'ciouOy Clear (Clear (Cloudy .jsw . N .'W .W 4 W 3S'Hn . .'SK . . ' N W . . ! W . .IE . .NE . .;N 41 12 Clear (Clar :i2 52 2s; 34' i:oi 34 40' ; 421 r.4 2SI 4 . . .i'4 22 3U1 .-.il r.o 40' .V . . .'3S 24 3' 24 34; . .1 lo; 12 NW Snow Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy . .INW . . N W . . :n 14 S N "' ICloudy 'Cloudy (Rain 'Cloudy ICloudy Cloudy 'C'ear 14 W os . .1 . . .. .iW . 'NW 12 S tA. M. today. day. P. M. report of preceding FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Rain, southeasterly winds. Oregon Rain west, rain or snow east por tlon : Increasing southeasterly winds. Washington Ruin west, rain or snow and not so cold east portion; fresh southerly winds. Idaho Fair south, rain or snow and not so cold north nortlon. Southwest storm warnings 6:40 P. M. mouth of Columbia Rlvpr. . LDVAltD L. VLLS. Meteorologist. PEACE PROBLEMS TACKLED UKCONSTRCCTION- COXGRKSsS IX SKSSIOX AT TACOMA. Programme, of Land Development and Fmploymrnt Will Re Laid Before Legislature. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 27 (Special.) Preliminary work on u statewide re construction programme was begun to day by delegates from arious parts of the .state, meeline in Tacoma. The problems are political, economic and social, ari.cfntr from the readjustment from a war to a peace basis. About 40 delegates are in attendance. tJood roads, logped-off land develop ment, socihI welfare and employment are topics for discussion. The conference now In progress is to be followed by a larger Mate-wide re construction congress to be held about January 10 at a city to be selected. The purpose of the present meeting is to form a working organization and to outline a tentative programme for the coming congress. A call for the com ing meotinpr also will be issued and each community of the state w ill be asked to name Its delecates. Representatives here for the con ference tins morning discussed in formally the questions to be taken up at the later meetings. Most of tho Seattle delegates, among whom was Mayor Uansop. are Interested In a land development programme. Tacoma dele gates see a big problem in social wel fare, while delegates from other parts of tho state are interested in good roads. Legislative aid will be sought next month after the adoption of a work ing programme at the reconstruction congress in January. Tho meeting will end tomorrow. LABOR OFFICIAL IS CHOSEN J. II. Lyons, of Tacoma. to Super intend Railway Transportation. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 27. (Special Joseph H. Lyons. widely known among labor union men of the Coast, has been appointed superintendent of transportation on the municipal rail way. Mr. Lyons will assume hia new duties January 1. when the city takes over the operation of its own lines front the Tacoma Railway Power t'ompany, which has been operating them-ever since they were put into use. Mr. Lyons will be paid elSO a month at the start. The saliiry will be raised to I2U0 later. W. Ci. Denny, who has been superintendent for the city, has been appointed superintendent of power and equipment. Some months ago Mr. Lyons resigned as secretary of the Tacoma Central Labor Council to help solve the hous ing problem for shipbuilders. Extra Dividend Voted. CLEVELAND, Dec 27. Directors of the American Shipbuilding Company voted in favor of a 24 per cent extra dividend on the common stock, in addi tion to the regular quarterly dividend of 14 per cent. The 4 per cent divi dend is payable in cash on February 1 next to stockholders of record on Janunry 13. interest on y- savings ueposits J National Bank Established 1301 A. G. Thomas, Special Agt. iMCt l.um t rmena HI die. TRAVF.I.FIW or IT! F.. ADMIRAL LINES- S. s. A t'RF.LI.t. Freight only, sailing every II da s. CITY OF TOPF.KA Passengers and freight, falling D cember 2S and every 12 days thereafter. Marsbfleld. North Mend. Enrtka and San Francisco. Tickets sold to Los Angelea and Ssi Diego. Also to All Porta In Alaska. Fares include berth and meals. IOI Third St. A S332. Main 1466. AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS Via Tahiti and Itaratonga. Mall and pas senger eerviee freui ass frrancisce every 30 days. l.MON S. 8 CO. OF NEW ZEALAND. SSO California St.. San t raoc'x-e, , ec local ieaiashli aud railroad agoacls. AM 7 4