THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1923
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KMG INTERVIEW
suns up cm
"Author Should Have Said It
.If He Didnt," Is Stand.
U. S. POSITION SCORED
English Writer Declared to Have
Warm Feeling for United
States in Heart. .
TORONTO, Oct. 1. (Special.)
Mrs. Sheridan's interview with Kip
ling has caused wide discussion in
Canada with the Kipling repudiation
producing scarcely any abatement.
"Still if Kipling didn't say it, why
didn't he?" asks the Toronto Star.
A special writer in the same paper
contributes the following: "Kip
ling's denied outburst reflects a real
feeling, which, with his genius for
repression, the elevated Englishman
does not wear on his sleeve. It de
rives partly from something that
was poignantly felt and freely,
though not proclaimed in London,
when the great German push on the
channel ports in the spring of 1918
was still a horror.
"A letter came to Ottawa from a
man who, with official advantages,
was an unofficial looker-out fo'r cer
tain cabinetters. It said that if the
Hun pressure continued the game
would be up' by mid-July; and that
the feeling against the Americans
was becoming embittered. They had
only 250,000 men in the fighting
line. Their increase was not being
hurried because it was militarily
calculated that when the European
armies were at the point of exhaus
tion the United States army would
march on to Berlin. That view may
have been unjust, but that it was
held Arthur Meighan rs well as
Rudyard Kipling could testify."
Faprn' Opinion Divided.
The Toronto Globe accepts Kip
ling's denial and thinks "the United
States should regard the Incident as
closed."
So does the Mail and Empire which
srivs: j
"Kipling denies that he said what
Clare Sheridan reported nim .
lng. His million admirers will be
pleased to hear it. but he has been
so flammed in the United States and
elsewhere because he was supposed
to have said it that he is likely to
be goaded into saying something
WBut a real outburst comes from
the Toronto Telegram, which under
a flaming heading. "Rudyard itip-
ling a Friend; Not a Flatter of the
United States," prints the following
on its first page:
"111 will for Americans or hatred
of the United States has no place in
rtudyard Kipling's heart or
thoughts. True Americans would
sooner be condemned by Kipling
than be praised by the A. G. Oardi
ners and the rest of the mongrel
scribblers who fawn upon the Unit
ed States in 1922 just as these Little
Englanders fawned upon Germany
in 1910.
Sycophants Are Scorned.
"Chorus of despairing groans from
these sycophants greeted the publi
cation of an alleged interview with
Rudyard Kipling. That chorus has
been silenced by Rudyard Kipling
denial of the interview.
"If Rudyard Kipling had spoken,
Britons would have been well ad
vised to listen.
"It was time that Rudyard Kip
ling's voice or some other voice of
power uttered the truth that can
aid America-first Americans in tnei
battle to bring the United State
into a right relationship to the prob
lems of her own peace and safety.
"American intervention in th
frreat war was no more philan
thropic an disinterested than Ca
nadlan intervention in the great
war. Americans, other than those
of the baser sort, understand tha
Britain and her allies fought for the
safety of the United States from
1914 to 1917 just as truly as the
Americans fought for the safety o
the United States from the spring of
1917 until the autumn of 1918. Every
dollar of Britain's debt to the United
States was a dollar spent to insure
the safety of every mile of coast
line of the American republic not
less surrsy than that dollar was
spent to insure the safety of every
mile in the coast line of the British
empire.
Stand la Defended.
"Britons refused to realize that
peace and safety were Ideals that
could only be established on the
foundations of service and sacrifice.
The British peoples failed to give
timely heed to the counsels that
would have prepared a well-armed
Britain to secure peace without war
or would have enabled Britain and
her allies to conquer in a short war.
"Kipling is right in his abhor
rence of Britain's tendency to soft
dealing with Germany and Britain's
forgetfulness of Germany's hard
dealing with France. Alleged Inter
view with Kipling is wrong in blam
ing the United States for the mili
tary decision that kept the allies
from carrying their advance to Ber
lin in 191S. The United States has
sufficient to answer for in the in
troduction of that Wilsonian devil-
try of "self-determination" to the
counsels of the allies. The United
States has had no great share in
allied failure to treat Germany in
1918 as Germany had treated France
and Belgium in 1914 and other years
of the war. N
Debt Payment Expected.
"But that alleged interview with
Rudyard Kipling is worthy of him
in Its effort to awaken the soul of
the United States to a truer valua
tion of Britain's material losses and
moral gains in the great war. The
United States will get the claims
of her war debt against Great Brit
ain honored to the last pound,
shilling and penny. And Rudyard
Kipling would have been no enemy
to a good understanding between
Britain and the United States if he
had mentioned war claims that can
not be measured in terms of money
and war debts that cannot be pW
in dollars and cents."
HIGHWAY SURVEY ENDED
Route of Roosevelt Improvement
in Coos County Completed.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Oct. 10..
(Special.) Engineer Drinkhall, th
state highway commission engineer
ingr department field man. has com
pleted th survey of the last por
tion of the Roosevelt highway In
Cooe county between Coqullle and
Bandon, and elves the dletano be
tween th center of the two cities
as 18 miles. Contracts have or will
be let for the grading" 4etween
Coquille and Bandon. and next year
will see the completion of the high
way, a portion of which Is already
on grade. The former distance be
tween the two cities by Ui old
highway, with twists and turns, was
between 23 and 26. miles.
The commission recently went
over a portion of the highway, and
it was brought to its attention that
it was an important link, connect
ing all of Coos county's traffic with
the coast travel down through Curry
county to California.
TAX CUT SUIT IS WON
Assessment of Aberdeen Kealty
Holdings Held Arbitrary.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) That assessment of realty
holdings of Edward C. Finch, un
developed land within the incor
porated limits of Aberdeen, waa
made for 1920 in an arbitrary and
capricious manner such as to amount
to constructive fraud, was upheld by
the supreme court today, affirming
Judge George B. Simpson in superior
court of Grays Harbor county.
- Finch sued to enjoin collection of
1920 taxes levied amounting to $2567
en a basis of an assessed valuation
of $31,605. Finch tendered the
county treasurer payment of 8629.53
as payment in full on an assessed
valuation of. J7750, which he con
tended was the proper assessed val
uation. The, courts upheld hia con
tention.
New Seattle Bank Chartered.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) The Queen City bank of Se
attle, with paid-up capital of $50,000
and a surplus of $5000, was granted
a charter today by John JJUke
supervisor of banking. The bank
will be located at Freemont, a sub
urb. Its charter prohibiting mainte
nance of its offices within the cen
tral banking district of Seattle, re
cently defined by Supervisor Duke.
Organizers of the bank are L. V.
Peek, president; E. T. Verd, vice
president; W. J. Speer, cashier, and
John M. McMullen and R. G. Steven
son. Church Held in School.
Church services for the Central
Presbyterian church, which was de
stroyed by fire recently, are being
held in the new Buckman school
building and the regular mid-week
mc ettings held on Thursday evenings
are being conducted at the east side
branch library. These temporary
meeting places are expected to be
maintained for some time until the
new building now being planned is
completed.
Marriage Licenses Issued.
KALAMA. Wash.. Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) The following procured mar
riage licenses here: M. W. Scott of
Seattle and Sylvia High of Portland;
Kenneth Hartman of Ostrander and
Leona Cline of Vancouver; L. R.
Bush and Virginia. Hall of Kelso;
Wallace Pearson and Suzita Espy
of Portland.
Attack With Knife Charged.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) Ben Foglesong has been ar
rested and charged with second
degree assault on Ed Greeley with
a knife at a dance in the Lincoln
creek neighborhood west of Cen
tcalia Satufday night. Greeley,
whose wounds are in his stomach,
Is expected to recover.
Labor Lien Suit Wins.
KALAMA, Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) A judgment for $,5000 and
attorney's fees of S750 was allowed
by Judge Kirby in the case of the
laborer's lien filed against the Ford
Thompson Lumber company of
Kelso by about 75 ex-employes of
the company.
DAILY METEORpLOGlCAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Oct.' 10. Maximum tem
perature. 65 decrees; minimum, 52 de
grees. River reading at 8 A. M., 2.0 feet:
change In last 24 hours. 0.4 foot fall.
Total rainfall .5 P. M. to 5 P. M.), trace;
total rainfall since September 1. 1022,
3.23 inches; normal rainfall since Sep
tember 1. 2.i9 inches: excess of rainfall
since September 1. 1922. 0.24 inch. Sun
rise. 6:11 A. M. ; sunset. 5:.'i5 P. M. Total
urmhine October 10, 1 hour 41 minutes:
possible sunshine, 11 hours 14 minutes.
Moonrise. 9:21 P. M.. October 11; moon
set. October 11. 11:3S. Barometer (re
duced to sea level) at 5 P. I 29.94
inches. Relative hlmidtty at 5 A. M.. 95
per cent; at noon, K5 per cent; at 5 P.
M., 76 per cent.
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Inconsistency in His Public
Utterances Cited.
RAIL UNMERGER IS ISSUE
Arthur C. Spencer Declares Ore
gon Vitally Concerned in Dis
posal of Lines Within State.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 10. To the
Editor.") In his comment through
the press upon the action of the
supreme court of the United States
in denying the petition of the
Southern Pacific for rehearing hi
the government's case for the un
merging of the Central Pacific Mr.
Sproule declares the utmost respect
for decrees of that court, but pro
ceeds with an attempt to show tha
it has no persuasive force. He fur
ther asserts that the decision from
the court for which he entertains
this respect would operate to tear
apart the Southern Pacific system,
and in literature previously circu
lated represents that there will re
suit confused remnants of rail
road, neither of which can function
of itself." Then he invokes th
transportation act, with the as
sumption, in which he desires the
people to join, that the commission
is not bound by the supreme court's
decision.
The transportation act was passed
in -4920, some two years before the
decision of the supreme court- It
became a part of the law of the
land, and if it was pertinent to this
case it operated upon the record as
effectively as though the case had
been instituted after the transporta
tion act was passed. Had the trans
portation act the effect of nullify
ing the law. as it existed when the
government brought this case, the
supreme court would have rendered
no opinion upon the merits in the
case, but would have dismissed the
proceedings. As stated by the su
preme court in Mills vs. Green, 159
U. S. 653, "the duty of this court.
as of every other judicial tribunal.
is to decide actual controversies by
a judgment which can be carried
into effect, and not to give opinions
upon moot questions or abstract
propositions, or to declare principles
or rules of law which cannot affect
the matter in issue in the case be
fore it."
Contention Held Unwarranted.
The insistent contention of Mr.
Sproule to the people that this
opinion means nothing to the inter
state commerce commission is, it
seems to us, unwarranted in view of
expressions from that body with
which he is. we are sure, familiar.
In this connection we quote a letter
from C. C. McChord, chairman of the
commission, of date July 18, 1922
addressed to H. O. Frohbach, secre
tary of the Medford chamber of
commerce, which reads as follows:
I have your letter of the 10th Instant
urging that this commission take ap
propriate steps to avoid the recent decree
of the supreme court of the United States
requiring separation or the southern pa
cific and Central Pacific properties.
In -reply I have to say that, so far as
I know, there Is no pending proceeding
in which this Commission could under
take what you ask, unless the omnibus
proceeding looking to the voluntary con
solidation of all railway properties of the
country into a limited number of systems
Is one In wh.cn that matter couia com
petently be considered. As far as I am
advised our power tn and by any pro
ceeding to reverse or nullify the decree
'of the supreme court is at best an open
question.
In the meantime, I may add, the decree
of the court does not have the effect of
closing any transportation routes or of
Increasing any transportation rates, and
those matters are at a times within our
regulatory control.
Many Persons Held Misled.
Hiss assertion that the decision
will operate to tear his system into
remnants which cannot function has
misled many people served by its
lines, and they are entitled to know
that the supreme court's decision n
effect prohibits this very thing, and
requires that the two systems be
dealt with, either by way of appor
tionment or by provision for joint
or common use whereby "each com
pany will be able freely to compete
wfth the other, to serve the. public
efficiently and to accomplish the
purpose of the legislation under
which it was constructed."
That the supreme court's decision
safeguards both the railroads and
the public in this respectis to be
noted in the concluding paragraph
of Chairman McChord's letter.
wherein, he says: "The decree of
the court does not have the effect
of closing any transportation routes
or of increasing any transportation
rates, and those matters are at all
times within our regulatory con
trol." Furthermore, the same properties
are involved now as in 1913, when
on behalf of the Southern Pacific
Mr. Sproule attempted to accomplish
the sale of the Central Pacific to
the Union Pacific, and under oath
before the California commission re
lated how communities served by
both lines would enjoy the benefit
of competition, but that "the effect
as to local points not competitive
probably would be unnoticed, de
pending, however, on the policy of
the new owners."
Apportionment and joint and com
mon use between the two companies
was arranged for in the, contract
that was consummated at that time,
and Mr. Sproule should, not be heard
to challenge the wisdom of the su-1
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preme court in its adoption of a
programme that was so earnestly
urged by him a few years ince as
beneficial to both the railroads and
Act Preserves Competition.
The transportation act seeks to
preserve rather than eliminate com
petition. In writing the opinion of
the interstate commerce commission
in the case of Gile & Co. versus
Southern Pacific, company, 22 I. C. C.
298, Franklin K. Lane, the commis
sioner from California, said:
Under a condition of monopoly car
riers will Insist upon securing what the
traffic will bear, even as against the
strictest regulation, whereas under com
petition concessions will be made by
wh ich Industries win be, developed and
communities established.
The transportation act of 1920 is
mandatory upon the commission
that in grouping railroads "compe
tition schall be preserved as fully
as possible. When a commission
which has pronounced itself as
quoted from the Gile case comes
to administer this transportation
act, it will not eliminate this man
date for competition, nor will it
disregard the finding of the supreme
court in this case that the South
ern Pacific's control of the Central
Pacific ope rates to suppress or ma
terially reduce the free and normal
flow of competition in the channels
of interstate trade," and that said
control constitutes Ma menace and
restraint upon that freedom of
commerce which congress intended
to recognize and protect, and
which the public is entitled to have
From the record it must be ap
parent that the only question that
can be considered unsettled and not
definitely determined is. How are
the lines around San Francisco bay
and between San Francisco and
Portlad to be disposed of by appor
tionment or by provisions for joint
and common use, whereby both
companies may operate in competi
tion with each other? This is the
question that the people of Oregon
are vitally interested in, and, if
they appreciate its importance upon
the state and Its future develop
ment, they will not be led away
from it. If the Oregon lines are
apportioned to the Southern Pacific
it will continue in the almost exclu
sive control of the transportation
in western Oregon. If, on the other
hand, the people Insist upon pro
vision for joint and common use
and competition, they should bo
able to obtain it.
ARTHUR C. SPENCER.
raWBJMOB FAIR
STRAW VOTE 9 9 TO 73 FOR
EXPOSITION IX 1927.
Progress in i'ire Prevention Is
Topic at "Weekly Luncheon
and I nee Cup Displayed.
A straw vote on the plan of hold-
ng Ahe Oregon exposition in 1927
taken at the luncheon of the Rotary
club yesterday at the Benson hotel
resulted In 99 votes being cast for
holding the exposition at that time
and 73 opposed to the exposition
One vote was in favor f holding it
in 1930.
Portland's average annual death
rate from fire before the launching
of any fire prevention campaign
was from eight to ten persons, ac
cording to J. A. Shively of San
Francisco, member of the national
board of fire underwriters, in s pea ki
ng on fire prevention. Since th
campaign was inaugurated he said
the death rate has been lowered
to about three.
Tom Wiliams, who was chair
man of the day,, said that the fire
losses in Oregon in the first eight
months of this year would have
een cufficient to build the 1927
exposition.
The Ince cup won by Portland
for being the first city in the United
State last year in fire prevention,
was exhibited. Moving pictures
showed the Portland .fire bureau
n action.
Will Cressy, Orpheum actor and
Rotarian, told a story.
Inheritance Tax Paid.
OLYMPIA, Wash:, Oct. 10. (Spe-
cial.) The inheritance tas division
of the attorney-general's office yes
terday received a check for $4564.11
from executors of the estate of John
Finch, w-althy Spokane man, who
ied in 1915, This is the balance
ue on an inheritance tax totaling
21.715.83, of which $17,470.90 was
paid in 1916. The final payment has
been held up because of a number of
bequests to chanties, the tax com
missioner desiring to ascertain
whether the charitie In question
ere tax exempt.
Hotel Contract Awarded.
KELSO, Wash., Oct. 10. (Special.)
The West Lake Construction com-
any of St. Louis, which has the
contract for the construction of the
Long-Bell Lumber company's six-
tory hotel building at Longview,
west of West Kelso, has awarded
the sub-contract for the construc
tion of the foundation to the Hart
Construction company of Tacoma,
who recently completed the Long
Bel company's big dock on the Co
lumbia river.
Incendiary Burns Barn.
FOSSIL. Or., Oct. 10. (Special.)
A fire of incendiary origin Friday
night, October 6, totally destroyed
a barn belonging to Abe Huntley, a
farmer, living about 10 miles south
of Fossil. The barn contained about
$500 worth of hay and new harness
and saddles, .besides other articles.
The loss was about $1200, with no
insurance.
Thone your want ads
Oregonian, Main 7070.
to The
T HE GUMPS THREE
WHEAT IS STRONG
Corn and Other Grains Take
Slight Rise in Price.
NEAR EAST BIG FACTOR
Pit Clement Inclined to Go Slow
Until Situation Is Clarified
to Some Degree.
BY CHARLES D. MICHAELS.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 10. Local operations
were the main factor in the grain mar
kets today. They offset all other In
fluences. . Tha government report had an
early depressing Influence on corn, but
wheat turned strong. The trade soon
forgot all about the report. At the last
wheat was up Wc. oorn was k
higher to c lower, oats He higher t
iac jower, ana rye 7c higher.
A majority of the Pit element was dta
posed to go slow on either side of wheat
until something definite develops in the
near east situation. During the eari
trading strength in Liverpool and claim
of frost in Argentine attracted little at
tention. rom these causes. Drlces eased
orr siig-ntiy irom the previous day
close. Strong commission houses ab
sorbed the offerings On the decline. Later
ouying by , local, professionals started
values upward.
bnorta covered freely on the advance.
The finish was at the top -after a rang
of 1 hkc Premiums for wheat at th
seaboard continue to advance. Number
two hard f. o. b. New York sold at
over December.
At the Gulf No. 2 hard was lftttc over
December bid for Octobar loading witn
no offerings, and 30c over waa quoted
tor jno. 1 ManitoDaa r. o. o. Montreal
Red winter on spot here was off Ac at
6c over December due to the withdrawal
of local mill from the market.
Corn had a range of q. The lowest
prices wax made early. The highest wa
toward the last. The finish came within
HO of the top. Aside from the gov
ernment report, there was little in the
situation that attracted attention. While
many traders construed It as bearish, the
fact that total supplies are over 3ihi.uk),
000 bushels less than last year Induced
fair buying on the breaks. The seaboard
showed less anxiety for supplies. Bids
from the gulf for nearby shipment were
withdrawn down state. Spot offerings
sold readily at full prices, compared with
December. Receipts were 4(K oars.
December oats were Inclined to act
tight and closed about He under the
May against lc under the previous aay,
Cash houses took some December. Heavy
weight grain was In demand In the
sample market with the basis as much
as H 4 lc better as compared with the
December. Keceipts i cars.
Houses, with eastern connections were
moderate buyers of rye. Some Canadian
f-ye now at Buffalo sold at equal to five
cent over Chicago December. The two
northwestern markets received 239 cars.
Corn has more friends than any other
rmn All the larce local operators,
with few exceptions, as well as many of
the commission houses, were on tne bum
side. A large feeding demand, with in
rifoatlons of its increasing, owing to the
continued heavy purchases for feeding
cattle. Is a strong factor in consuming
corn at a good rate.
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A Chicago receiver says he was noti
fied today of th arrival of three cars
o? com. all rrom tne same station m
northwestern Iowa, coming over the St.
Paul roads. One was on the road 33
days from the loading time, the others
30 to 40 days.
a
Messages from Buffalo today said
there were 4,700,000 bushels of wheat
afloat there. This Is not included in the
visible supply. The unloading Monday
was 900,000 bushels.
The Chicago grain letter received yes
terday by the Overbeck & cooae com
pany of Portland follows:
Wheat The market gave an excellent
account of itself today without any par
ticular change in general conditions to
explain the strength. Shading of pre
miums on certain grades of wheat in
Chicago failed to depress the futures
and in fact Beemea to remina tne irsae
that millers had been paying exhobltant
memiums for choice milling wheat, out
side markets were strong, not following
the easiness here.' Bids were again re
ported in the market for gulf wheat
for export at an advanced basis. Foreign
news contained nothing significant, the
general opinion being that stocks of
wheat in Europe are small and their
purchase limit only by the ability to
finance and also to ascertain extent to
the availability of wheat In North
America. Domestic flour trade continues
exceptionally good and promises to re
main the sustaining factor In the market.
Com Liquidation inspired by the gov
ernment crop figures was a factor only
during early trading and the market
closed firm with losses fully recovered.
A sustaining factor was the strength In
tha local spot market in face of liberal
receipts. Cash prices were H 9 H -cent
higher relative to the futures, which en
couraged the belief that the buyers who
withdrew last week and caused a reduc
tion In the basis would again be In the
market. A summary of th prospective
supply situation does not disclose any
thing bearish, regardless of whether this
latest govrnment estimate proves ac
curate later In the season when husking
returns are taken into consideration.
Oats Trade was small and devoid of
feature aside from some buying of De
cember, which showed symptoms of being
in a light position. The cash market was
relatively steady on moderate receipts.
Country offerings to arrive remain light.
Bye Prices held relatively steady on
a moderate volume of local buying,
which offset hedging pressure from the
northwest. Cash rye was firm at 2 cetns
over Dacamber for No. 2 on track.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. Hijrh. Low. Clowe.
Pec S1.07 $1.07H I1.06H $1.07
Mav -i.w H l.H i.wt
July 1.02 1.021 1.01 1.02
CORN.
Dec .M 62
Mav -3 .64 .3 .4
July -64 .S3 . -64
OATS.
rec .39 ,3R .30
May an' .nnai .afl .3J
July .38 ...8 .38i4 .38
LARD. .
Oct 11.45 11.45 11 87 11.87
VOTES FOR 25
. 8.52 8.32 9.43
t 47
SHORT RIBS.
Oct 10.75
Cash prices were as follow:
Wheat No. 2 red, S1.1A; No. t hard.
Si 08 si lou.
Com No. 2 mixed. HOc: No. t
yellow. Bfi67Wc.
Oats No. 2 white, 40$42hc; No. 1
wnite, 39Cf 41 He.
Barley. tfe tc.
Timothy sed. SKr.2V
Clover seed. IM OOtf 1S50.
Pork, nominal.
Lard, 11.40.
Ribs, Ill12. N
Primary Receipt.
CHICAGO. Oct. 10 Primary Receipts
Wheat. 1.043.000 bushels versus J.1W--0O0
bushels; corn. 1.4S0.OU0 bushels ver
sus l.SMt.OOO bushels; oat a. 1.003. 0O0
bushel versus OOO bushels.
Shipments - Wheat. SHH.OO0 b'ishels
versus 784. 0OO bushels; corn. 1.077.0OV
bushels versus 81S.OO0 bushels; oats,
753. 0OO bushels versus SS4.0OO bush la
Clearances Wheat, 302.O0rt bushels:
corn. 1 80.OOO bushels: oat a, luO.OOO bush
els; flour, 7 OOO bar re la
Cash Oral a Markets.
Furnished by Jordan-Wentworth A
Co., Portland:
OMAHA. Oct. 10, Wheat No. 1 red,
$1.04 tY LOT: No. 3 hard. $1.04f1.07.
Corn No, 3 yellow, A0lc.
Oats No. 3 white. 39c.
PT. LOT'IS. Oct. 10. Wheat No. 1
red. $1.1691.20: No. 3 hard. SI. IX
Corn No. '2 mixed. 8tc; No. 2 white.
7 fjr8c.
Oats No. 2 white. 42G42c.
KANSAS CITT. Oct. 10. 'Wheat No.
1 hard. $1.10; No. 3 hard. $1.091.13.
Corn No. 3 mixed. 63f4c; No. 3 yel
low. A6c.
Oats No. S white. 404!c.
DULUTH. Oct. lOv Flax $2. 39.27.
WINNIPKO, Oct. 10. Wheat NO. 2
northern, &c.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
Reported by th MeCauU-Dlnmor
Orain company of Portland:
Wheat No. dark northern, food to
fanoy to arrive, 1. 1.1 r 1.23 ; fancy
No. 1 dark northern. 1.1 V 1 ! :
No. 1 dark northern. $1.11 W 1.17. : to
arrive. 1 1.12 : No. I northern. (l.uU
1.15; to arrive, $1011: fancy No. 2
dark north.ro. tl.l 2 C 1.1 4 ; No. 2
dark northern. $1.00 01.14 : No. 2
northern, tl.OSU S1.121 : fancy No. 11
dark northern. Sl.nnu.Ci.1ftt: No.
dark northern. $1.0261.11; No. S
norihern $l.no4 i.o14 ; No. 1 dark hard
Montana. $1.1091.15; U arrive.
$1.0901.12: No. 1 hard Montana.
$1.00 01. 10 : tn arrive. $1.04 01.00
No. 1 dark hard Minnesota and rioutn
Dakota. $1.09 01.11 : to arrive. $1.00
01.10: No. 1 hard Minnesota and
South Dakota. $1.04 01.07; to arrive.
$1.0401.07; fancy No. 1 amber durum
7c0$l.lO; to arrive. R407c;
No. 1 amber durum &5097c; to ar
rive. 2e; No. I durum 8S0ftec
to arrive, 3c: fancy No. 2 amber
durum. nn0U9c: No. 2 amber durum
920O4M.o; No. 2 durum. 207.e.
Corn No. 2 yellow, nl0AlHr; to ar
rive, Oe; No. S yellow. 60OOc: to
arrive, S9c.
Oata No. 2 white. SGS0S7Sc: No. 3
white. 34,0SSc; to arrive. atr.
Harley Choice to fancy. 070 59c:
medium to rood. K3 0rfic: lower, 47 0.p2c.
ttye no. 2, fiH0u7He: to arrive. c.
Flax Mo. 1. $2.27 02.28: to arrive.
$2.27.
Wheat Futures December. SI. 07:
May. $1.09.
Grain at Han Franrlaro.
BAN FRANCISCO. Oct 10. Wheat
Milllnr. $1.8501.90: feed. $1.KO01.9O,
Barley Feed. $1.27 0 1.8T : shlD-
Plns, $1.5001.50.
Oata Red feed. $1.85 01.80.
Corn Whit Egyptian, nominal.
Hay Wheat. $15018: fair. $13015:
tame oate. $1R018; wild oata. $12014;
alfalfa, $16017; stock. $1101$; straw,
$9 S 10.
S
Seattle Grain Market.
SEATTLE, Oct. 10. Wheat. hard
whit, soft white, western white, soft
red winter, northern spring;, $1.11; hard
red winter. $1.10: western red. $1.00:
Bis Bend bluestem. $1.28.
eed and hay Unchanged.
Wlnnipec Wheat Future.
WINNIPEG. Oct. 10. Wheat. October.
97c; December. 97c; May, $1.00.
PRESSURE OX COTTON MARKET
Prices at Close Are 10 t 27 Points Xet
lwer.
(By Chlraro Tribune Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. The cotton msr-
ket was in a weaker technical position
early today and under moderate local
realizing and southern hedge selling
eased off about 20 points after an ir
regular etart. Rtrst prices were 8c lower
to le higher, but pressure increased
quickly and the market took on a dls
tinctlvely heavy undertone. The trend
n the second hour was decidedly down
ward. The market rallied somewhat
in later dealings as new trade support
and a little outside buying came uto
the ring. Prices moved up to about on
level with Monday's final bids, and
early in the last hour fluctuated around
that level. The last' hour saw heavy
pressure, which sent prices off further
and they closed 10 to 27 points under
yesterday s final figures.
Spot, quiet. 15 points decline, 21.65a for
middling upland.
Southern spot markets: Galveston.
21.20c, 16 points decline; New Orleans.
21.13c. unchanged; Savannah, 21.25c. 1$
polnta decline; Augusta, 21.88c, 12 points
decline: Memphis, 21.25c, unchanged:
Houston, 21.10c. 19 points decline; Little
Rock, 21c, unchanged.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Cotton future.
opened steady: December, 21.86c: Jan
uary. 21.7c; March, 21.80c; May. 21.7Jc;
July, 21.57c.
.Futures closed barely steady. Decem
ber. 21.69c; January, 21.5c: March.
21.70c; May. 21.6.1c; July. 21.50c
GRAZING DATA GATHERED
District Forest Office Compiles
Statistics for Congres. ,
EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 10. (Special.)
D. C. Ingram of the district forest
ffice in Portland is working- In the
Cascade and Siuslaw national for
ests in this city, preparing data for
congress on the grazing lands In
hese forests to be presented when
he question ow advancing the grai
ns fees comes up for decision.
Eastern and middle western stock
men have asked that the national
forest grazing fees be advanced, ar
guing that western stockmen are
at an advantage over them because
of the low fee for grazing.
The Ort;onian is the medium
through which many people supply
their wants by using- its rlaesifled
columns. Telephone Main 7070.
BUCKS
Jan..
TEST IS P WO
FOR FUTURES ACT
Chicago Board of Trade
Votes to Fight Law.
MEASURE HELD ILLEGAL
Number of leading i.rmin Brok
ers Called a M'ltnmw
as Hearing Opens.
CHICAOO. Oct. 1ft. tlrctrs ef th
Chirac berl of trad void toaiitit
to tfwt the constitutionality $f the grais
trade act. which veats In the s-raiafy
of agriculture the pw-r ! ruiat
dealings in future d'tvH of grain.
Th law whirh is to be totd
roc-entljr onactvd br engras t b
romi vffectlvo November 1. ao4 waa
Intended t replace a former law de
clared uneonaiiiuiional by tha I'nHea
Htotea supreme court. Action atrainat
the previous law was not i-. by the
board of trade, but hy individual mem
bers In tho supremo courts eieia
as to tha former an. Chief Jusiico Taft
said iho suit should ha bea filed
by tho board Itaoif. and such a couroe
Is being followed in tho present case.
New Art Held Illegal.
The attorney at tho hoard of trade,
Henry 8. Robbins. ass given an opinion
that tho. now art Is unconstitutional
baaing his opinion upon tho am
grounds pn which ho had oiMaind
derision of tho supreme court holding
unconstitutional the former at, know a
as the ;apperTln hor law.
A number of Chicago's loading gram
brokers were ordered to appear ijty
befr.ro the federal trade commission,
which opened Its inquiry hero into future
trading in wheat.
Findings of the commission, which be
gan its hearings In Washington last
week, will bo mads in a repvri to the
United Piates senate.
All members of the commission ecept
Nelson B. Oasklll, chairman, had ar
rived In the city. They are Victor
Murdoch, vice-chairman; Former Sen
ator John F. Nugent of Idaho. Houston
Thompson and Vernon Van Kieet. ' The
commission has com te Chicago to get
what it considers tho most Important
information on domestic trade said Mr.
Murdoca. "t hicago ts tho grsln future
market of tho world.
"Wo wsnt to know the otfert of cer
tain rule of the Chicago board of trade
and of transactions la wheat futures. '
Hearing Is T.n live wed.
A clash between Victor Murdoek. rice,
chairman of the commission, and M. M.
Townley, attorney for seveial wi;neses. j
enlivened the hearing.
Townley advised his clients sex to an
swer any questions unless they choee to
do so.
"Unless th Investigation is directed
a gal net some specif- corporation or a
specific deal Involving Intesetate com
merce, the com m lesion cannot force any
one to answer any question." Mr. Town-
ley said, "and 1 wfll o advise my
clients."
Mr .Murdock said th hearing was a
general Investigation.
J. Eterlovltx. who said h was
farmer and member of the Chicago board
of trade, waa questioned about a tele
gram h Sent to J. J. Replogle. th Sleel
magnate, last spring advising him to buy
wheat. Mr. rteriovits testified that he
was short 50.000 bushels and later long
a similar amount In the market last May.
Telegram Act of Oonrtewjr.
Th telegram tn Mr .Replogle, the wit
ness said, "was an act of courtesy." H
said ho had met th steel man several
time and "wanted to bav aim make
some money."
In th nine days' after the telegram
was sent wheat advanced gradually.
muting; buyers to sell out at a good
profit, the testimony showed. Th wit
oeas declined to commit himself on inis
angle further than to say that Mr. Re-pk-gie,
had he sold at the right time
could have made considerable money.
Vice-Chair man Murdm k. In a start
ment b-for tho opening of today's sms
Ion. said th Inquiry ws directed at
future trading subsequent to t ho re
opening of th wheat pit at th Chicago
Board of Trad July 19. ini'O.
"On July . 1020, a week before the
board or trade resumes cuinea, wheat
sold at fg a bueoel." Mr M unlock said.
"Uy November 21 the pries bed gn
down te 11- Wheat has been plunging;
up and down ever sinoe. On on -ca
..on, la May. 1021. wheat closed sx II M
per bustisl and opened nes t morning; at
II. So per bushel. our hearing her
wher aven -eight of th trading is
done, la to amermtn th real reason
for those seemingly unnecessary f.uctu
tions.
"A crowd of steel men have, during- r
cent years. Interested themselve in the
grain market and another group we rail
th Palm Beach crowd have bHi dlv-lng-
into it. Th latter crowd piays th
market professional y. spend their wm
ters In Florida., henc th nam, and
manipulate the market by wire."
common will open
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
OF STATE ASSEMBLE.
Sessions Iirgln Thin Morning and
Mill Continue I'ntil Friday
Xlght; Lrcturcs Plannrd.
FSundajr school workers from alt
parts of Oregon sr. la the city to
attend the S7th annual convention
of the Oreron Sunday rlchool iho.
eiatlon, which opens st 10:J0 o'clock
this morning- in the First Methrxtiat
Episcopal church. Twelfth and Tay
lor streets. The convention will
continue until Frldsy nlsht and will
Include In lis programme lectures
on practically every phase of Bible
school work.
J. Shreve Durham of Chicago, su
perintendent of the home visitation
department of the International Mon
day School association, will arrive In
the city shortly before noon, snd
will be the special spesker at the
soon luncheon of tho fat fttrga
live commit te in the V. M t A
cafeteria. H s topic will b "My
rirther and 1
Following the opening dotle.t
service this morning greetings will
he extended to th. visiting 4rct)
by Is. K. Mar in. president Of th
Multnomah County Kndy l-ho!
asportation; Mayor Baker and Chief
of Police Jrnhin. Kolowmg tho
opening service r K- Carson rf AW 0
land, stale president will jrsnl
hie annual meag.
Th ft rat ronrnUn Institute see
smn will he from 1 I to 1 f M In
th various room of th tiundsy
or h of 1 1 temple adjoining th chur-h.
At 3 li M. ir. H r.r I'arher.
pastor of the First MlhoHt
Kptocopal church, will glv an ad
dreta on Th H'M and It Mm
ag." tn h followed 1 fnt'le
later by a talk from If. W. M H n.
fn, pastor f the Kast Hid hejptist
churvh. on "The Ppintual rreparg
tlon. of the Teacher -
Th ee. ond Institute aloft of th
day will ho from 7 le to I I'.
with clatMie again for all dnrt
meats. At I II th Jennings Ldg
Sunday hno orchestra i'l gte
s special recital, after hu h th
main addreas of th dy will t
fven by Mr. Durham. M s topic wlI
Together,"
OIL PROSPECT REPORTED
OAKLAND-Sl TIIFni.l I l.tj
yikldx r.nrri!SK.
Trace of High C.ran PrtmlftiBi
AIo Found. Indira tlnx Ac
tual rrrsrncr of hupply.
ROSF.nurtfl. Or. Or i i (Spe
cial ) The most significant ell
prospect In the stale of Oregon
struck today at the Oakland-gainer-lin
oil well. a cording to the report
ef E. B. Latham, manager, wh
slates that tha drill today eftt.r.4
a soft shale formation st a 4Pn of
about lo feet and that s hesvy flow
of paraffin, was, containing stream
ers and islands of oil, was rumped
Into the circulating ditch. How of
paraffins mdlratsa a high grade of
nil, similar to that of the Humboldt
fields. lr I .at ham reports Al
though penetration ta only t0 feet,
yet gas haa been struck and oil col
or are frequent. Today s discovery
Indicates positively the presence of
oil. Mr. Latham reports, althouaa
there Is still a nuetion as tn
whether It will be struck in paling
quantities.
It Is understood that two mora
drills sre on the way to llosehurg
to be used In prospecting for oil In
the Camas vslley vtcini'y. An oil
company located st Punsmulr. Cat,
la beh nd the Oakland butherlln
mnvenv nt. while an eastern firm is
understood to he barking: the tea
new ventures.
FAIR PROGRAMME GOOD
Moesjrork Eipoctrtf to Tut On
Excellent Show.
CHEHALIS. Wash . Oct 10 iKpe-
clal.) The community fair that Is
to be hld st Moesyrock, mile,
southeast of Chehalis. haturday. Oc
tober 14. promises tn prove the big
gest card of its kind ever yet at
tempted by a rural community lr
Lewie county.
Tom Cunningham Is rhalrmsn
the executive committee snd hie as
sistants Include Miss Mabel II Mien
Shaw, superintendent of the Moesy
rock schools; John t'una ef Hsr
mony, Chsriee Larson end Jmr
Tucker of Kllver Creek. Mrs Ke le
Belcher, Tck Ktellah and Mr. Ven
ter of Rlffe. Mallle liamron.
Ohosn. Ian nhaner. Mrs W A. H
hlrley and frofessor Hunter o:
Moss) rock.
LAST FAIR NEXT WEEK
Final Community Kvrnl Is to Be
Held al houth Bend.
tOl'TH PKNIi. tVssh.. Oct. l,
f Special. I -The last of a series e
Is rnmmunlty fsirs will be held I"
Psclflc county next week with th.
South Bend community fair Thurs
day snd Friday. October t and if
As soon ss the local fair la eve' -three
Judges from the Mouth Ben.
Commercial club will compare net. .
and try to decide which of the fal.
this year wins ths silver prise rup
offered by ths South Bend Cemmer
del club.
Work already Is progressing on s
ten-acre county fair grounds be
tween ttouth H nd and Katmona
and if It can be completed by ties
fall on big county fair will be be. a
DEATH BLAME IS FIXED
AuUtlet Killed by Own Carrlree-
nc, Coroner's Jury Finds.
TH DALLKH. Or. Oct. ("fe
cial.) After an hour s deliberation
ths coroner s Jury Investigating tn.
death of Claude Derochs returned s
verdict of death due to his owi
carelessness lieroche met his aeate
Hundsy night when the car hs ws
drivina went over a hsnh on th
Iufur rosd about four miles west a:
Tha Uallra.
It was brought out al tha meet
ing that Peroche had served In th
I'nllrd Pistes army and had de.
sertrd before the end ef the enlist
ment snd look ths name of Jac-k
Ixi we. which name hs wee knowa
by In this community.
ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL
Alvln A. King, Bank aehler of
Walla Walla. Iead.
WALLA WALLA. Wash. Oct. 1.
(Special) Injurlrs sustained In
sn sutomohlle accident October 1
resulted In ths death last night of
Alvln A. King. sgd n. cashier ef
the Farmers' ' Merchsnts hsnk.
Survivors sre his daughter. l's.
Howsrd Turner: three brothers. Kern
snd J. f. King, ef VVsiia Walla, and
Floyd King of ryten. and two sis
ters, F.rele A. King snd Stella B.
Stafford, of Walls Weils.
Mr. King had lived in wsna
Walla sines 1J. Hs wss saeisiant
poatmsster before engaging in
banking. His wlfs died last winter.
Jitney Line- Planned.
CHEHALia Wssh . Oct. 10 Spe
clsl Adolph Schmidt and his as.
soclates. who recently took over
the auto slsge Interests of Bla.r
motor line, opersting between Che
halls snd Olympla. wlj make foe.
aval application to the department
of public works at Oiympia for a
further exteneion of their frenrhlee
privileges which will enente them
to run hourly between Chehelle end
Centrslla, It has bean annoatved.
Thus far the department ef puhlic
works has -stood pat on ths matter
of Jitney service between the twin
cities, on the ground thet the elee.
trie line, which gives half-hourly
service. Is entitled to the limits
amount ef business that exists
Ka4 The Oreg on lea classified ss