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Newspaper Page Text23 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAS", rORTLAXD, NOVEMBER 21, 1920 CHINESE QUIT HOWIE IN SEARCH OF FOOD Men Abandon Famine Zone to Appease Hunger. FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND and Jack Fettlt, their chauffeur, was I en route from Portland to Gearhart. As he rounded a sharp curve he sar a horse and wagon ahead, and In try ing: to avoid a collision Mr. Lang, who was driving-, made & quick turn and his machine plunged over an embank ment a distance of about 30 feet. Mrs. Lang; and the chauffeur escaped injury. Women and Children Subsist "Upon Leaves of Trees and Starvation Spreads Throughout China. PEKIN, ,Kov. 20. The correspon dent of the Associated Press, who has just visited the famine district, met long- processions of men carrying- lit tle bagrsful of clothes slung- over their shoulders, leaving- their homes to seek new ones where food can be obtained. They were trudging from 100 to 300 miles to Tientsin or Pekin in the hope of finding- either work or charity. Their women and children have been left at home, obviously for the reason that the region vjhich they have to traverse is so impoverished that there is little hope oS successful begging. Asked why they had riot brought their families, one man produced what looked like slabs of baked mud. They were made of millet chaff, clover and weeds, with minimum of grain. "Can little children and Old women walk all day with such food to eat?" fee asked in reply. I'armrn Sacrifice Lands. In half a dozen villagesalong the Grand canal nine out of ten farmers have sold their lands at one-tenth to one-fifth the normal price. Wealthy business men from the market towns were said to have bought most of the parcels of land, driving hard bargains with the owners, who have no re course but to sell or rent. If the owner chooses the latter expedient he is likely to get 3 a year for his "mu" of land (a "mu" is approximately one sixth of an acre) and the renter takes the whole crop for the period of the Chia Hwang village was a row of young elms and locusts, from which the leaves had been stripped for food. Four or five persons were sick in the village, two of hunger. Here the children have been dying from lack of proper nourishment- Sight had suc cumbed in the previous ten days. The sale of clothes has been the chief means of support. Every few days some man walks 30 miles to Tehchow as selling agent for four or five fami lies and with the meager returns brings back a few more days' rations. Outward Sians Missing For the most part there have been few of the outward, physical signs of advanced starvation; but in the vil lage of Shia Chung I saw babies with the faces of old men, children whose ribs were pitifully visible under the bluish skin. Here there had been a 100 per cent crop failure. All who could have gone and- those left were held by extreme poverty. At a village near Wu Ch'eng- I met an old man over 60. He had been to the market town and sold two long coats and some boots. The proceeds he carried in a basket on his arm, about six pounds of red millet. His eons, he said, had gone somewhere north, where he didn't know. At home were his wife and his sons' wives and their seven children. Mixed with leaves and clover, he figured that his purchase of millet would last several days. "After that if we die, we dn he said. The Chinese peasant takes his hunger smilingly, as he does everything. Despondency is remark ably rare. The only practicable way to save a majority of the sufferers seems to be to open food kitchens all over the stricken district on a gigantic scale. Koad and canal projects intended to afford work for the population, even were it not attended by too much de- Jay, will only partially meet the re Quirements. WOULD-BE SUICIDE FAILS Alleged Slayer .of Girl on Way Back to Kansas City. BROKEN BOW, Neb.,' Nov. 20. Dennis Chester, alleged slayer of Florence Barton. Kansas City society girl, was placed on a train and started back to that city tonight suffering from the effects of two attempts at self-destruction. Both attempts were made in the county jail here last night, one by strangulation and the other by jump ing from the. "bunk" of his cell to the cement floor of the jail. He suffered a badly bruised head, - but there apparently was no fracture of the skull. Before he was taken away tonight It was necessary to place bim on a stretcher. A number of Kansas City detectives accompanied him. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED Headquarters of American Legion Announces Standing Bodies'. INDIANAPOLIS, In., Nov. 20. Personnel of the new standing- com mittees of the American Legion was announced here today by the organi zation's national head-quarters. Com- hittees appointed included: Women s auxiliary: Roland H. Choate, Massachusetts, chairman; Carl de Long, Idaho. Ceremonies: Rev. F. A. Kelley, dis trict of Columbia, chairman; Charles Hill, Wyoming. DAILY CITY STATISTICS FIANCEE STILL DETAINED BOARD REFUSES TO FREE GIKL WHO WO CUD BE BRIDE. Case of Russian Maid Will Be Ap pealed to Washington by San Francisco Sweetheart. SEATTLE;. "Wash., Nov. 20. (Spe rial.) Cunid lost the first round with Uncle Sam this morning: in the fight of Lloyd Jacot of San Francisco to pain the freedom of Miss Lva Prinz, Kuasian girl, his fiancee, held by im migration authorities on the charge that she violated the passport regula tiona when she stole aboard the ship Cross Keys at Vladivostok to join her sweetheart here. A special board of inquiry, while sympathetic with Ja cot's quest, decided that the release of the girl must come from Washing ton. i-. U. Petitions are being sent to both the aecretary of state and the secretary of labor by K. L. Wienir, represent ing Jacot, asking for Miss Prinz' re lease. He predicted this morning that the- girla release is only a question of time and is certain to follow pre sentation of the facts in the case to higher government authorities. Miss Prinz arrived here on Novem ber and her case was considered by a special board and records were ready to forward to ashington. I. C. Jacot, however, arrived here Thurs day night from San Krancisco, hear Iner of the girl's plight, and obtained ft reopening of the case. He was not fiisheartened by the decision. THEFT CHARGED TO POLICE m 11 Members of' Boston Force Held In Alleged Plot. BOSTON, Nov. 20. Eleven members and former members of Boston police Xorce were held today on charges of larceny and conspiracy to steal as a result of a grand Jury investigation Three of those indicted already were in jail serving sentences for thefts. Charges upon which the men were indicted have to do with the theft of large quantities of liquor and candy and in one case of a diamond ring valued at iuuu. 1SAD0RE LANG INJURED . Prominent Portlander Breaks Arm In Automobile Accident. . ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 20. (Special. Isadore Lang of Portland left for bis home by train mis morning suf fering from a broken left arm am numerous bruises, the result of automobile accident on the Columbia river highway about five miles eas of here last night. - Mr. Lang, accompanied by his wife J WHEAT . CHEAPEST HERE AMEEIO.W MARKET S ARE 'OW LOWEST IN WORLD. 31 arrla g IJ censes. BROWN' - McCUUNG Lawrence A. Brown, 2'2, 6S4 Schuyler street, and Mil dred E. McClung, 22, G45 Hancock street. pkitcharu-jvuttek ArcniDaxa ITU- chard. 21. 6s Grand avenue.-and Sylvia R. Nutter. 19. ttS24 Sixtieth avenue southeast. LEPLEY-MCHOLis M. L. Jepley. iu, 3 Tillamook street, and Jada A. Nichols. 17. SSOT Sixty-seventh avenue southeast. WUUU-CHUhN K. 1. WOOft iZ. o0 East Eighth street, and Frona M. Choin, HO, 685 Kast Eighth street. TAYLOK-BEKKi James Taylor, u. 2044 Willamette boulevard, and Gladys T. Berry. 19, 204- Willamette boulevard. AisiJi!iKSOW-tAtK.h; k van w. Ana er gon, 42. 243 West Park street, and1 Eliza S. Parker. 2&. .feast nty-nrst street. North. J IGGAR-ROENTZ George A. jipear. 20. 6131 Ninetieth street Southeast, and Gene vieve C. Roentz. 22. 6ol .Forty-third ave nue Southeast. DAUGHERTT-BAKER Herbert V. Daugberty. legal, Angela hotel, and Mar garet A. Baker, 17, 54 Morrison stieet. sav A(it-t,.MMt-KSU. james tawara Savage, 44, Buhl, Idaho, and Lettia Amelia Emmeraon, 28. 212 East Eighty-fifth street. CRICHTOX-NEWBEUIN fcrnest w. Crichton, 28, SU1 East Thirteenth street North, and- Ellyn A, Newbegin, 23, 400 Hoilaaay avenue. buwman-buwmaw u. . jjowman, 32, Los Angeles. Cal., and Sara G. Bowman. 34, capies notei. WHE&LER - BKAULKX William A. Wheeler, legal, ISO Union avenue North, and Susan A, Bradley, legal, 254 Union avenue North. MADDOX-WOOD Murohy C. MacldOX, 31, 1339 Burrage street, and Ruth A. Wood. zi, 2tk Hoiman street. M ASTICK-C ATTO Erman E. MasticK. 22, 61 North Eighteenth street, autl Alyz t. uatto, u, at. jonns, ur. BLEKKrK-AL.m. f ratiK jy. ueecer. legal, 209 Thirteenth street, and Berdina L. Allen, legal, Portland. ball-henry Benjamin j. Ball, legal. Vancouver, B. C., andf Helen J. Henry, legal, Portland. Freeee. 23. 411 Hawthorne avenue, and Carol Christopherson, 17, 338 East Thirty- tnird street. BASH FORD -BLAIR Albert W. Bash- ford, legal. Roseburg. Or., and Ethel V. Blair, legal, S65 Fourteenth street. VAROX-MONS3AFEK Simon varon. le gal, 32 Harrison street, and Esther Monsea- ler, legal. ui ruin street. legal, 60 North Twenty-first street, and Lora HiiiDerg, legal, ooi n.ast uarumers street. RALLMAN-K ROHN George K. Ball- man. 21. 5S25 Forty-first street Southeast. and Helen B. Krohn, 19, 1749 Sandy boulevard. HARRINGTON-WILSON Andrew Har rington. 32. Portland, anu Hazel Wilson, 20, 10b Fourth street. Vanrouver Marriajr Licences. KEMP-STANLEY Frank A. Kemp, 35. of Portland, and Mrs. Genevieve Bell Stan- lev, 29, or Portland. aCOTT-SMlTH Shellie Scott. 83. of Cripple Creek, Colo., and Jessie Smith, 29, of Seattle. MARTYN-KEIRNS David L. Martyn. legal, of "Vancouver, and Mrs. Anna B. Keirns. legal, of Portland. KRAMfiK-sALMJbKB unanes 1-1. ivra- mer, legal, of Portland, and Mrs. EthQl B. Saunders, legal, of Aurora, Or. TALHEH r-UKi v Jiiit 1. jn. iaiDert, le gal, of White Salmon, Wash., and Mrs. C I. Driver, legal, of Portland. HilSHNELL-Bl UVVEl-L Lieorge HUftl- nell, legal, of Portland, and Mrs. Hilma E. Bldweil, legal. 01 fortiana. rasm issfc.rs-j.Ajvv v n, t-i k. Kasmus- sen, 32, of Camas, Wash., and Eva M. Lowder, 2S, of Vancouver. HEXUEK-THiouuiuAU w. i. Henaer, legal, of Portland, and Mildred Thibodeau, lfcal. of Portland. DA1XT M ETEO 25 O jLOGIC AI REPORT.' PORTLAND. Nov. 20. Maximum tem- npmture. f8 degrees; minimum, 48 degrees. River reaaing, a. m., .t cnanKe in last 24 hours. 1.9 feet rise. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to ft P. M. ). o.ss men: total rain fall since Septemoer 1. xunv. incnes ormal rainfall since Sep tern Per 1, y. 1 a inches; excess of rainfall since September 1. 1920. 3.12 inches, sunrise, 1 :19 A. M. ; sunset. 4:35 P.. M. Total sunshine, 7 hours 43 minutes; possible sunshine, 9 hours 16 minutes. Moonrise. 1 :37 P. M. ; moonset. 1:0S A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level. 5 P. M.. 30.12 inches. Relative bu midity at 5 A. M., 85 per cent; noon. 61 per cent; at n P. M., 68 per cent. THE WEATHER. TATIONS. Baker .... Boise ...... Boston .... Calgary . . . . Chicago . . .. Denver .... Des Moines. . Eureka Galveston Helena Juneaut ... Kansas City Los Angeles Marsimeld . Med ford ... Minneapolis New Orleans. New iork.. North Head. Phoenix .. Pocatello Portland . Roseburg . Sacramento St. Louis. . . . Salt Lake San Diego. . . San Fran. Seattle .. Sitkat . Spokane . Tacoma . . Tatoosh Isd . Valdeit . Walla Walla Washington Yakima . . . . f K X "0 Wind g c 2 S o . s g a a ? : 3 : ft : : 34 4s:o.nn . . SB I 41 0010. OKI. .tN I 421 4 0.0010!X aii 4s!o.ooi. .is 4i 64111. (Mi;i4S 4i 5R!0.014JW 44i 64:0.001. . ISW 4H( 6410. Oil . . INK J BO 700.0(H10:KE 401 44 0. OO! . . SW I 3B '3SIO.OJI. .B tfi 64 0. Oil 1S 54 T20.00 . . W 4ll 0.04 . . NW 34 SSIO.01 . . W B 4O1O.0O 12 IS 4 68!0.ot . . K i44 SJO.OOIIO'E 4S 5410.0O!12E 4S T8'n.nu;. -w 4 44I0.0116SW 481 r.sio.s.si. .ie 31 5KIO.OO . . NE 44 SSIU.OOl. . X 1&01 (iio.ouiais 3Sl 46I0.7-.' . .XE I 6410. OO . .NW SO 60 rt.OO . . NE I I 44 04!O. 4 . . KK 36144:0. 301. . SE 40l ROiO.OO . . S 4 40 0. 121. .ISW 1 .mp'u. luir. 34riii.ut . . .-N 46 36 0.14 .. S 42 6!0.0l. .N 30 54!0.O4..SW I ICler Clear Cloudy Clear IClear Pt. cloudy t louay Cloud V IClear IClear ;Cioudy Pt. cloudy iClear Clear Pt. cloudy Cloudy Tt. cloudy nam Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear Cloudy Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Cloudy (Cloudy pjiouay Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Latest Ieclino Causes Resumption of ; Baying by Europe Ten dency Still "Weak. CHICAGO, Kov. 20. American wheat became the cheapest in the world today through another decline in future prices here. There was a net loa of from 84 to 6c & bushel for the day, December closing at 1.68811.0?, and March lc below that scale. Corn and oats also declined, partly in sympathy with wheat and partly be cause buyers had no confidence that the bottom had been reacned. although they were below the pre-war value. December corn closed at 64c, while May oats wound up a little below 48c With wheat at its low figure, attention turned to the foreign situation and a feel ing developed that export demand would be attracted here by the low prices. This was strengthened when word came that Italy had taken two cargoes and Germany 400.000 bushels of wheat on the breaks. It was also pointed out that at Buenos Aires March wheat was at a premium of 25c over the Chicago price. These considerations brought a rally that carried December 7. Sf Jrom lts low of 1165 to above l.ou. In the last half hour, however, the general liquidation in the business world again held sway and prices receded. Country offerings of corn continued light uats felt the influence of the general business situation. Srovl?la"B "ere weaker and lower. -ine Chicago market letter received yes- Porrt!anly,a"dVfrb8Clt C0kB mI""iy of Wheat Liquidation ih. opening bulge, and although the market fctiuem rallies. accompanied by weak-end short cnvHnp , v, - decidedly weak. It was reported that the i iJS? yes"rdy might aggregate J.000,000 bushels, but if them t.. such amount worked, it was not evident u xne pit and there .was every reason to believe that the renorts were .reatlv exaggerated. The weakness in stocks and j.oiLon was a disturbing factor and shortly before the close a message from New York, claiming exporters were offering large blocks of cotton for re-sale, gave the trade food for thought as to what might happen should some of the wheat now held by exporters be put back on the market. Spot prices in Chicago were 3 to 5 cents lower and from 10 to 12 cents lower at outside markets. We see no evidence of the current period of de flation having yet spent its force. Corn The market today was no dif ferent than it was on the other days this weeK. mere was nothing to create con fidence in the stability of values and bearish sentiment is being Intensified by the pronounced weakness in cash markets throughout the country. Offerings to ar rive were quite liberal and advices from the west are to the effect that farmers are selling freely. It was rumored that l.j.000,000 bushels of Argentine corn was headed for the United Kingdom and a decline of 6 to in Liverpool prices seemed to substantiate the news. Oats Reached the lowest price In four years on general selling inspired by the weakness in other grains and easier cash premiums In face of light receipts. This market is probably in o stronger position than corn, but nevertheless an important advance can hardly be expected under pre vailing conditions. Rye Scattered liquidation in December rye was responsible for a sharp break in values. There was some buying -of May in evidence by eastern interests. The absence of export buying, in our opinion, means a lower market. Provisions Irregular and trade small with buying power coming largely from shorts and selling in the way of liquida tion. No change reported in cash trade, which is quiet. Leading futures ranged as follows: "WHEAT. Open. HlKh. Low. Close. Dec $1.71 1.74 SI. 65 1.6St March.. 1.6214 1.0oH 1.57 1.68 V4 CORN. Dec 66i .6TH .63 .64 OATS. Dec 444 .45 .42 .43 May..... .4814 .49 .47i4 .47 MESS POEK. Jan 23.10 23.20 22.90 23.00 LARD. Jan 14.87 15.00 J4.75 14.77 May 14.30 14.30 14.15 14.22 SHORT RIBS- Jan 12.80 12.85 12.62 12.70 Cash prices were: Wheat No. 1 red, 1.941.8i: No. 1 mixed, S1.744P1.T5. . Corn No. 2 mixed, 73tff 7344c: No. 2 yel low, 75 76c. Oats No. 2 white, 47M 48'4e: No. 3 white, 45445V&e. Rye No. 2. tl.Sl. Barley. 68c S 1.03. Timothy seed. (5.5096.50. Clover seed, S12&20. Pork, nominal. Lard. (19.02. Ribs, (13.50 16 Minneapolis 'Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 20. Cash wheat No. 1 dark northern. (1.60 1.82 : No. 3, fl.5OVi01.65i4; No. 1 red spring. (1.52 1.55: No. 2, 1.4Ti41.50V4; No. 3. (1.421.47Vi: No. 1 northern. (157 1.5; No. 2, 1.B21.5&: No. 3. J 1.4? 1.50; No. 1 dark hard Montana. (1.57; No. 1 hard Montana. (1.57. Com No. 3 yellow, 65 & 70c ; No. 4. 60 065c; No. 5, 5560c; No. 3 mixed, 59 S 62c; No. 4, 53 6 58c; No. 5. 506 54c: No. 2 white, 4142c; No. 8. 40&40c. Barley Choice to fancy. 75fS0c; me dium to good, 64 74c; No. 2 rye, (1 4314 it Flax $2.062.07. Futures Wheat, December, $1.52; March, (1.54. Oats. December. 80c; May, 43c. Rye, No. 2, (1.4fl1.3 ; May, (1.30 bid. Barley, December, 64c: May, 65c. Flax, November, (2.06; December, (2.07; May, (2.20. Winnipeg Grain Market. "WINNIPEG, Nov. 20. Wheat Novem ber. (1.79; December, (1.76; May. (1.77. Oats November. 63 c: May, 554 c. Barley May. 75 c; December. 76c. Flax November, (2; December, (1.97; May, (2.0S. Rye November. $ 1.60; December, 1.49. Gram at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. CaW; Nov. 20. Grain Wheat. (3. 25)3. 0: barley, spot feed, (2.152.20: oats, red feed. (2.2002.50; corn, white, -SgypUan. (3.103.1&; red milo. 2.752.8o. Hay Wheat, fancy, (2829; tame eats, (2427; wild oats. (18020; barley, (170 20; alfalfa. 220 25. . Seattle Grain Market. SEATTLE, Nov. 20. Wheat, hard white and soft white, $1.50; white club, $1.42; hard winter, red winter, northern spring and eastern "Walla, $1.40: red Walla, $1.20; Big Bend bluestem. (1.55. reea city delivery. Scratch feed. $72 tori; feed wheat, $74; all-grain chop, $38; oats, $56; sprouting oats, $61; rolled oats, sob; whole corn, $54; cracked corn, $56; rolled barley, $58: clipped barley, $63. May Airaira, $2 ton: double com pressed alfalfa. (35: ditto timothy. $42: eastern "Washington mixed, $36.. - ' Coffee Futures Rally. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. An opening de cline of 2 to 13 points was followed by rallies In the market for coffee futures here today as a result of covering for over the week end or buying for a reac tion. The opening decline was probably due to the unsettled showing of the - Bra zilian cables, but the technical position of the market was considered stronger after the earlier weak declines and there may have been some buying -late in the morning on reports that plans were being discussed for creating International cred its. - March sold up from T.05 -to 7.20c and closed at 7.19c with the general list closing at a net advance of 2 to 8 points. December, 6.45c, January 6.69c. March 7.19c, May 7.53c, July 7.90c, September 8.10c. , Spot coffee neglected and nominal. Uberty Bond Yields Increase. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. A continued advance for two weeks in the earning value of liberty Jonds was shown in tne weekly table issued at the close of busi ness today by the. federal reserve bank. The table, which shows market values of the various issues and their approximate yield, if held to maturity. Is as follows: First 3s, market price 924, approxi mate yield 3.97 per cent; first 4s. 86, 4.95 per cent: first 4V4s, 86, 5.18 per cent; second 4s, s., 5.09 per cent; sec ond 44 s. 85, 5.38 per cent: third. 4!s. 88, 6.14 per cent: fourth, 44s, 86, 5.48 per cent; victory 44s, 96, 6.31 per cent; victory 84s, 96. 5.51 per cent. Duluth Linseed Market. DTJLTJTH, Nov. 20. Linseed, on track and arrive. $2.10. Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Spot cotton, middling, 17.25c. EHHS TURNED INTO LYES TYPE READIXG OPTOPHOXE GIVES BLIXD AUDIBLE VISION. Viscount Melville, 17, to Wed. IXJNDON. The engagement is an nounced of Cnarles Saunders Dundas, sixth Viscount Melville, aged 77, of Melville castle, Midlothian, and Miss Marsraret Todd, 4u years old, an Edin burgh hairdresser's assistant, de scribed as of distinguished appear ance. The viscount was British con sul at Santos, Brazil, in 1869, and his first wife was Grace Scully of Rio de Janeiro, who died in 1890. His an cestor, the first viscount, was the great Dundas, known as the un crowned kin.af or Scotland. By Adaptation of Selenium Cell Dr. Fournier d'Albe's Device Trans lates Li glit Into Sounds. An Invention which gives promise of being quite the most remarkable so far developed by man and one which is of the utmost importance to the blind is the type-reading opto phone. This marvelous instrument actually reads ordinary printed mat ter and it reads it aloud very slowly or comparatively rapidly, according to the will of the sightless hearer. Of course, it does not speak any hitherto known language, but as its mechanical eye sweeps over the printed type, it utters musical sounds which vary with each letter, so after the blind hearer has learned this new musical language, he can readily un derstand what the optophone is say ing. Eye" a Selenium Cell. Of course, the mecffanical eye is a selenium cell which bridges a gap in a telephone circuit. As our readers doubtless know, the electrical: resis tance of selenium is carried by Its ex posure to light; the more intense the light, the less the resistance. The selenium cell, therefore, acts as a light-operated valve to control the flow of current through a circuit. If a pulsating light strikes the selenium bridge, a pulsating current will pass through the telephone receiver, pro- uucing a sound wnich may vary all the way from a ticking noise up to a high musical note, depending upon the frequency of the pulsations. Some years ago it occurred to Dr. E. K. Kournler a Albba that by means of the selenium cell, he could let light shine into the black world of the blind through their ears. Next to sight, hearing is the most delicate sense possessed by man. When de prived of eyesight all the other senses are acutely developed, particularly tne sense or Hearing, and Ur. d Albe sought to make the ears of the blind take the place of their eyes. His first aim was to produce an in strument which would enable a blind man to distinguish objects around him, as we do with our eyes, by noting various snaaes or light reflected by such objects. The outcome of : is experiments was the optophone. In this instrument, he used a selenium cell to control the current passing mruuga a teiepnone receiver. This current was interruDted bv means ot clock-driven mechanism so as to pro- uuco a ouzzing noise in the receiver. With it the blind operator could dis tinguish shades of light by the loud ness of the buzzing sound. This was a rather crude attempt at converting sight into hearing. Since then, however. Dr. d'Albe has per fected the optophone with the special purpose of enabling the blind to read ordinary type matter. The instrument is a decided success. It has been tested out in actual practice and a number of blind operators are now able to read any ordinary printed mat ter. The optophone has opened up to them the whole of the world's litera ture. However, the possibilities of the 'se lenium cell have not yet been fully realized. Now that- the K 1 ; -j aHA . abled to read by ear may not further I experiments be performed along the lines of the first instrument so as to give audible vision to the sightless? It is quite conceivable that an opto phone instead of being provided with a single celled eye may be furnished with a mosaic of selenium cells In much the same way as the retina is composed of light sensit've rods and cones. In this way the world of color STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF The Northwestern National Bank OF PORTLAND At the Close of Business, November 15, 1920 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $16,270,811.84 Federal Reserve Stock 37,500.00 Other Bonds and Securities 1,200,358.37 Furniture and Fixtures 64,000.00 Customers' Liabilities Under Letters of Credit, Acceptances and Bills of Exchange 893,434.44 United States Bonds and Certificates 2,052,923.22 Cash on Hand and Due from Other Banks 6,248,603.19 Total . . mm . . .$26,767,631.06 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid In 1,000,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits i 509,148.16 United States Bonds Borrowed , 1,300,000.00 Circulation 50,000.00 Commercial Paper Rediscounted .v. . . . 250,000.00 Commercial Letters of Credit 235,068.27 Acceptances Executed for Customers.......... 654,077.49 Deposits 22,769,337.14 Total $26,767,631.06 tA. M. today. P. M. report preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Probably rain; easterly winds. . Oregon and "Washington Probably rain In west portion: east portion, cloudy: mod erate easterly winds. EDWARD L. WELLS, Meteorologist. Phone your want ads to The Orego xuan. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. Condensed Report of the Condition of the Livestock State Bank At the Close of Business, November 15, 1920 . . RESOURCES - Loans and Discounts $ 975,619.48 Bonds, Warrants, etc 83,440.00 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank ' 3,750.00 Furniture and Fixtures 7,038.25 Cash and Due from Banks 522,821.97 Total $1,592,669.70 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $ 100,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 28,546.77 Rediscounts .... - 255,493.84 Deposits 1,208,629.09 Total ...$1,592,669.70 Condensed Report of the Condition of THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND SECURITY SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY At the Close of Business November 15, 1920 i . . The First Na- Security Savings RESOURCES tional Bank and Trust Co. Combined Loans and Discounts. ...... $25,651,628.49 U. S. Bonds 3,926,234.62 Other Bonds,1 etc 1,758,510.00 Stock in Federal Keserve Bank 105,000.00 Bank Premises and Other Real Estate : . . . 969,755.06 Customers' Liability Under Letters of Credit and Ac ceptances . 2,626,988.73 Due from U. S. Treasurer. . 75,00Q.00 Cash on Hand and in Banks 8,969,973.98 . Total ... $1,648,744.27 1,092,070.36 133,312.50 17,550.00 1,437,110.87 $27,300,372.76 ' 3,926,234.62 2,850,580.36 105,000.00 1,103,067.56 2,644,538.73 75,000.00 10,407,084.85 ,$44,083,090.88 $4,328,788.00 $48,411,878.88 i " The First, Na- Security Savings LIABILITIES tional Bank and Trust Co. Combined i Capital Stock. $ 2,500,009-00 Surplus and Undivided Profits ....... 1,519,191.89 Circulation 1,483,245.00 Letters of Credit and Ac ceptances J. 2,667,921.48 Deposits 34,678,982.59 Federal Pveserve Bank. .... 1,233,749.92 Total ". '. $44,083,090.88 $ 250,000.00 $ 2,750,000.00 391,462.80 1,910,654.69 1,483,245.00 17,550.00 2,685,471.48 3,669,775.20 38,348,757:79 1,233,749.92 $4,328,788.00 $48,411,878.88 The Stock of this Bank is owned by the Stockholders of the First National Bank of Portland, Oregon. misht be translated into a world of music and the" blind "would -be enabled to see with their ears. Phone your want ads to The Oreso nian. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. CONDENSED REPORT OF The United States National Bank Portland, Oregon i Submitted to the Comptroller of the Currency at the Close of Business, November 15, 1920. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts..... $19,936,707.02. United States Bonds and Certificates 3,668,684.75 Other Bonds and Securities 2,673,885.78 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 75,000.00 Bank Premises and other Real Estate 1,073,873.94 Safe Deposit Vaults f 83,450.04 Customers' Liability Under Letters of Credit, and Acceptances 1,266,899.58 Interest Earned ' 138,244.26 Cash on Hand and Due from Banks 8,045,265.61 Total $36,962,010.98 LIABILITIES , Capital $ 1,500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 1,963,885.05 Reserved for Interest and Taxes 155,688.44 Circulation 1,028,200.00 Letters of Credit and Acceptances 1,266,899.58 Unearned Discount .! 39,168.72 Federal Reserve Bank (Govt. Secured) 571,000.00 Deposits 30,437,169.19 Total .,- $36,962,010.98 ladd &tilton j DANK. STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF" LADD&TILTON BANK Kt the Close of Bnilncm November IS, 1020. RESOURCES. Ioans and discounts 119,423.885.03 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank .60,000.00 Bonds and Stocks 1,925,004.76 Customers" Liability on Letters of Credit. 753,984.01 Customers' Liability on Account Ac ceptances 962.642.00 Real Kstate. Claims and Judgments 55.S8S.98 Accrued Interest Uncollected 144,094.41 United States Bonds and Treasury Cer tificates 973,364.45 Cash and due from Federal Reserve Bank and other banks 6,179,536.01 Other Assets 3S.258.68 - ' m $29,516,459.33 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Fully Paid $ 1.000,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 2,138,060.55 Reserve for Interest, Taxes, etc 174,558.44 Letters of Credit 753.9S4.01 Acceptances - 962,642.00 Federal Reserve Bank 1,494.235.35 Unearned Discount 33,923.17 Deposits 22,959,055.81 f29.516.459.33 TJEDERA1 RESERVES 1 SYSTEM 1 (Began Business Oct. 15, 1919) STATEMENT NOVEMBER 15, 1920 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts -. $ 643,264.72 U. S. Bonds . 186,250.00 Other Bonds '. 11,010.62 Furniture and Fixtures ; 26,249.29 Cash and Due from Banks 290,116.70 Total $145691.33 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid In $ 100,000.00 Undivided Profits 7,115.45. Discount on Bonds ; 13,042.46 Deposits : 1,036,733.42 Total. '. .' $1,156,891.33 DEPOSITS ' November 17 $ 274,676.81 December 31 361,860.82 February 28 517,254.07 May 4 668,288.16 June 30 720,346.06 September 8 829,233.95 November 15 1,036,733.42 STATEMENT OP" CONDITION of the State Bank of Portland OK PORTLAND, OREGON. . AT THE CLOSE OP BUSINESS, NOV." 15, 1920. Resource. Loans and Discounts $2.326. 523.09 Bond and Warrants 727,865.45 Furniture and Fixtures 25.000.00 Cash and Due from Banks 706,206.57 Total .....$3,785,596.11 Liabilities. Capital Stock 200.000.00 Surplus : 50.000.00 Bndivided Profits 47.663.95 eposits 3,488,031.16 Re-discounts None . Total! - , $3,785,595.11 U. S.. CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CITIZENS BANK PORTLAND. OREGON. AT THE CLOSE' OP BUSINESS, NOV. 15, 1920. Resources. Loans and Discounts .- 1,834,1 JT.66 Portiana ana niaie uunua w-sj.xji.wj ......... go,uuu.uu 8.420.00 401,196.35 $2,444,881.70 $ 100.000.00 88.431.94 5,489.82 2.250,959.94 $2,444,881.70 Bank Premises and Fixtures Other Real estate Cash and due from banks Capital paid in .... Surplus and Profits Reserved Deposits Liabilities. Joseph Paqnet O. M. Clark. BIRECTORS: QBrpemter . Joseph Supple A. W. Jbambcrt