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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 28, 1917. 5 - ROTTEN EGGS COST CONSUMERS HUGE SUM Edited by Hyman H. Cohen OAR GRAINS ? i' nxpimi nnnmnii A oltAUT rUolllUK IN WEEK'S TRADING aU Hold Well and Fractional Ad . ance Shown Iato in Period for Barley Argentine (.rowers Fear liow Price for Wheat. COS A Tf OF ! - MILK HAS WIDE SPREAD $50,000,000 Spent for Rotten Eggs Annually in Country There ha been a steaily market all around for onrse grains la the. Port land trade rlu i In rr the wk. In some instance price have- been iractionaiiy hlh.r. hut In gen.-ral IHtte change ha b.n ImihateJ In country bias. The additional piipplleg of eastern oat (omlnr to tlx- ((.am tias aciro somewhat agalnt the price ior m Northwest product although It as not molested during th; week. With cereal Interests able to secure their full requirements of oats In the east' at lower prices landed here, than Ihey have been able to purchase Northwest lock, there ha heen but little incen tive to go after the latter. Advance late la the week In the barley market was due mostly to the Tart thai holdings of farmers are very ulna!', anil there !s a liberal demand for everything that Is left here. ' Movement of wheut to maiket con tinues heavier than current demand Kut h ..unrrHMllnri I nevertheless bet ter taken care of than during recent Bay Wheat Grader. High large purt of this years wheat crop haa graded high at the markets No. -3 or better unite r .the federal wheat standards made effective this year. The United StateM department Of agriculture tails attention to this because persistent false rumors have been circulated in the Bruin trade, and particularly among country ship per and producers, to the effect that, under the new federul standards for wheat, very little of the marketed crop is utriiifi, nr im w-t;ii, .. ... the higher prudes. On the contrary the requirement of the federal stand ard for wheat are not such as to worl: hardship on the country shippers and producers, for under these stand ards high grades have been given to a heavy percentage of the wheat mar keted. 4 Portugal Wants Wheat A speclnl advice received from W. I.. Lomle, I'ntttHl States lonsul gen eral at Lisbon. Portugal, says the Portuguese -government Is in the mar-; ket fof 30,000 Ions of wheat for early delivery. It I estimated that the ' total requirement before the new" crop iext year wil be a minimum of ,'.u,000 tons. The native wheat was below the averatie yield this year, and will not supply the demand later than Jan uary 1. mis. Would Delay Argentine Harvest The drain Dealers' association of Roserio, Argentina, makes several Im portant recommendations regarding the preparation for market of the wheat crop which is expected in the December harvest. Tlu association, recommends tha' thrashing be delayed to economize tin use of sacks, which will cost about j cents each IT. currency . Further suggestions to the producer are to the effect that when thrashing can not be delayed the wheat should be storeJ in bulk; that the same cars that carry the wheat to the primary market shall return with empty sacks; that zinc Sheets should he acquired as flooring for grain deposits and canvas for to covering;- that government loans shall be made upon wheat In bulk; and that the various arain-tradlng associations shall approve the use of second-hand sacks lor wheat for export. rear Low wheat Price Much apprehension Is shown In re cent advices from Argentina regard ing the future of wheat prices for the cor. tins production. Quotations for wheat of the new crop for delivery In January and February have begun to circulate, and there is a considerable difference in price between cash wheat of the old crop and future wheat of the coming crop. While wheat fo.r Immediate delivery in selling In Ro sarlo at the equivalent of about $1.58 per bushel, wheat of the new crop for delivery In February Is quoted at about $1.12 per bushel. Indicating not only the expectation of a large crop but also 'anxiety as to the possibility of exporting it promptly and as to the fnean of storing It and borrowing agalrist it pending its sale. The heavy discount upon the new crop prevent Jt sale by dealers in advance, and If this condition continues the producer will be obliged to carry the grain until ,th dealers are assured of means of export or until foreign interests enter the Argentine market. No doubt is entertained that the wheat of the Rosario district is needed in the mar kets of the world and that good prices will be obtained, but the shipping situation Is such that dealers appre hend that farmers may be forced to 'throw their wheat upon the local mar ket without regard to the Immediate 'demands for export. -UFAT New crop, tdurotem. 12.05; forty fold, 12.03; club. 92-01; Russian. $1.88. tide water trick basis. fLOCK Relunjr price: Ptet,- $10.20: Wll laarttt valley. $0.80; local straight. 9S.4043 B.aO; bakers' local. $10,004)10.20; Montana spring. $ll.O0l 1.U0; exporta. $7.60; whol wheat. $10.40;- graham. $10.20; rye flour. $IO 73 pee barrel. . HAY Buy tug liriee, new crop, Willamette timothy, fancy. 924.O0Q2S.O0 per ton; Eastern Oregon-Washington faacy timothy, ( ); al falfa, 924.OOfcHl.VOO; - vaey . etch. $24,000 S3 00; cbaat. $-'2 00 23.00. clorer. 122 AX) per too; grata. 121'. 00(3:23. 00 per ton. UFU1.N BACKS Nomlaal. No. 1 Calcutta. 18e tn ear Ma; less asnounta higher. iniUCTUFFS Nominal ailing price: Bran. $.T0 OOJ3l.0O; ahorta, $33 00tf 34.00; middUnxV $41.00 r ton. KULklO OATS Per to $33.00. ROLLED BARLEY Per ton. $M.0057 00 CORN Whole. $W.OO: cracked. $84.00 ton RVB Baying prices $70 per ton. Merchants Exchange October bids: OATS Week Bat. Frt. Thura. Wad. Twi. Mon. aao. JU1T 1818 1917- . ! 9 4830 8400 4900 ALL AMERICAN CITIES Data Regarding Actual Cost Is Un reliable Because Conditions Vary .So Much Kven In One Neighbor hood Some Wisconsin Figures. Agitation pro and con regarding the actual cost of producing milk tn the Unl&d State had grown with great utride since the Kuropean war started and the price of nCK to consumers nas reached such extraordinary high figures. Definite fieiireo jcrn rAi n r ika no of production naturally vary, not only between seasons and in numerous sec tions of the country, accorrilno- 1 fho cost of feed and other 'incidents hut I L Boiten EgrfS Costly Perhaps you don't know It. but nev'clil.c.klia OU .0.1. U Itat of the American people collectlvtiy are paying upward of 9i0.ut0,uuu eaca year ror rotten eggs. Perhaps you did not know that you were buying rotten eggs. It matters nothing whether you actually buy them or riot you are paying for them, just the same. This sum of 3iO,uO0,uyu a. year is the tribute paid by the American people lor carelessness in the handling of eggs. In these days of conservation, such a loss should riot be tolerated. It holds back the American poultry industry and puts a tax upon the public that should le e:iminated. A. J. Hoover not the rlooxer of international fame, but a Portland man who knows the ins arid outs of the egg game, tells of this huge waste. By A. J. Hoover At n rp-cnt i'(nfrpticft nf tin. fnntl also among dairymen of the same sue.- i administrators and poultry and egg lion. ueaieis one question or waste in uie Good cows will bring down the cot handling of eggs was discussed at some of production while so-called "star i length. Figures at hand show the boarders'1 are costly critters to kevri . enormous loss of $50,000,000 yearly mu ii me tost oi proaucmg mug is guaged by these latter anin als. milk wUl certainly become a luxury instead of being placed in the necessity class. In Wisconson, during a cow competi tion in 1 5 1 1 , whtn 16V Holsteins were used, the cost or producing milk on the farms ranged from $1.25 jer hun dred pounds to 78 cents, the average for the tntlie herd being !)U cents per hundred pounds. The cost per ouart rangtd from 2.73 cents per quart down io i..u cents per quart, tn-- average being L0! cents per quart. These fig ures resulted when alfalfa soil at $18 r ton, ensilage i a ton. bran ill a ton and cottonseed meal $6 per ton. Kxperts of the American Wire & Steel company after an exhaustive in vestigation, write: Farmers should be members of cow testing associations and eliminate the through, handling of t-ggs. A small percenta-e of this loss is throueh stor age operations and Is unavoidable and cuiino. properly clasoeil as waste. The waste in eggs, if traced to its proper source, is through the careless or unscrupulous producer. The bare statement that the producer knowingly wastes his own produce that he niay profit thereby would sound i ecu 1 in r. but such is the fact with this particular article of food. A little ex planation will make this perfectly clea r. In the earlv season he markets his product regularly and prompt. y because of declining prices. The stock reaches the market fresh and eatable. As the season advances he holds 'his eges for the Increased price, sometimes holding SUCCESS OF LIBERTY LOAN GIVES STREET A BETTER FEELING SWINE TRADE VERY them for. eeks even in warm weather. When he decides to sell, he take them to the country meici.am, who pays aim the market price for his worthless stuff. Under the present method of purchasing supplies from country points, the dealer buys from the coun-. Financial District in More Cheerful c . y uiciviiaiit lib uiaijv ui i;gk3c vouul.. i When the eggs reach the candling! room they show a heavy shrinkage in ' rots, and in many instances entire cases : are ii-u.id to contain notnmg tit tor ' human consumption. The dealer must J of necessity figure his percentage of I proru nigin enougn to cover tnis loss, i Frame of Mind; Bullish Senti ment in Regard to Future of Stock Market Quotations. and in the end the consumer pays $50,' 000,000 yearly for rotten eggs. In this article we are discussing the ignorant or unscrupulous man who practices these methods for his own jrofit and is directly responsible for mis enormous- waste, ana not me con- New York. Oct. 27. (U. P.) The Xew York Evening Sun's financial re i view today: : With success assured in full meas , ure for the second Liberty loan. Wall : street was in a most cheerful frame , or mina today, a gooa ueal of hull stfientious .nan who markets his goods , isn sentiment was heard with respect promptly all the year. J to the course of prices next week when Another practice of this same class , the loan campaign will be out o-f the of saeculating producers is to put awayLwav and monev mmliilnni nrumhlv eggs in limewater. salt or "water glass will be easier. Traders had this pos- anu later selling iiieiii to iue cuuiis y dealer as fiesih eggs. K&r?rs so treated are readily detected ERRATIC TOO BIG A SUPPLY Killers Generally Bearish During the Week's Activities at North Portland Good Cattle Firm but Junky Stuff Is Neglected. eibi&i0 loolt forward to and the re- suit W"33 a fair amount of short cov ering, although business in general AU RECORDS During the month of October re ceipts of livestock at Worth Portland were the greatest of any similar peri od since the stockyards were estab lished her. Unofficial estimates place tha arrivals of all livestock around 955 carloads. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RI'N Hoga. Cattle. CalTea. She-p. tWl I FINANCE, TIMBER, INDUSTRY REVIEWED bv the exnerlenced candler and are was narrow and nnlv mnHpraivlv m-i i.iaueu as iwyiiu or liiiiu Ljaa iuaii.ci j lve. and sold as such. These conditions will prevail as long as the present system of buying is con tinued. Apparently the remedy is up to the large dealers who handle the bulk of supplies. Only by a combined and determined effort on their part can this be accomplished. Bv navinir for egtrs on a candled and graded basis, the country dealer will be forced to use the same mei'.iud for, self protection and this loss placed i where it properly belongs. This will in a large desrree ' e.imlnate this tin- -necessary waste and will be a lasting : benefit to the egg producer of the : state. Some legislation along this line Prices were higher from the onen- ing and before the close of the first hour a well developed swing upward was in progress, with a particularly good showing by the steel, shipping, copper and equipment groups. Range of New York prices furnished by OTer- beck & Cooke tiiiildlng: Co., 210-217 Hoard of Trade Oi.St itlKI ION iOpen I Uiglij Imw l'loe might be beneficial If the details could : Am be worked out and he made into a worK able thing to handle. Aliieku Gold A Ills t 'halmem, c Am. Beet Sugar , Am. Can. c Am. Car Foundry, c Am. toiton uil, Am. 21 u, Ti I 21! 7T i 771 77 i 41, 4S 41 7-V '2Hr24U;'24li' Ml ' testing associations and eliminate the n P T- boarder" tows in the herd. Masa- KT1 P.P. OT n,3.PS IS chusetts. which fought so stubbornly Aluu UA Showing Sharp Rise Junk Man Is Very Important Fac tor in Woolen Markets of the World. ror nugner price Tor milk nas done so little with the cow testing association idea that extension workers wor ry over the lack of interest in this important subject. There should bo better bulls at the heads of the herds. The bull is nine tenths of the herd. Only cows which will produce milk with- the greatest economy should be permitted In the Industry. The farmer must keep a set or books. . The rag man is one of the important for it is absolutely Impossible to an- I personages these days. With an insuf alyze a business for profit and loss , f ioient supply of wool produced to fill without a well kept set of books. requirements, the mills have been com- Study must be made of the cost of I polled to use an increasing volume of producing crops, and more crops must 1 raga or shoddy. This has made the he produced and fed on the farm upon ! rag picker a regulator of the price of which milk Is made. Bulletins of the wool. Agricultural Experiment Stations of i The shipment abroad of rags from Minnesota, North Dakota and N'e- I the Grenoble district of Southeastern braska on this subject should be In i Fiance is at present impracticable on the hands of every farmer producing I account oa the verv high prices, the Corn Opens Down But Closes Higher Oats. Start and Lead Chicago Ses tion With a Loss Provisions Hold Strong. Unseed IxconiotiTe, c. . Am. Smelter, c .... Am. Sugar, c Am. Tel. & Tel. ... Am. Woolen, c Atu.conda Mining Co. 1 A tCDlHOQ, c ; Huldwin Loco., c 61 I Baltimore Ohio. c... f7 ' j Bethlehem Steel "B ' . . b4, 8Vj MV, I Brooklyn Rapid Transit! Wi! 6:;Val JWA Bi-tte A Superior lVa, 19 Vs 19 cunrornia retroieum, c 42-H ti7i 29 21", '-a . .-v '.-j l OS f-.t 1 l-07 105 10V 1131114 li:i114 44 444 44 I 44V4 6M 61 Chicago. Oct. 27. (TT. P.I Corn I Ci nndian Pacific Ctutral leather. c Ctttaijeake & Ohio Chi. Gt Weatera, c. t'hi.. Mll."& St. Paul.. C hicago & .N-W., c thiuo Coiper t olo. mel x Iron, c. 144 73 46ifc 145144 74Val 73 47 W I Consolidated Gas VL j X. . ' f ." Kru froducts, c uiK the days short session, owing to : crucible Steel c sales and demands being about equally ; Distillers balanced- The market was exceedingly . Krte, c nervous. . i Gti.tral 'Electric December corn opened at $1.18. I ("lrich Rubber ... . down Vic. but closed Uc higher. Jan- I1 re lnds.. uarv ooened ic hieher at XI .16 . t closing at 11.16. May opened at ! fcl surtttes . .' .! ai.ij. oii -c, ciosiiijt at I,lutrll Alpohol 3Tsi 44 ! 90 I 90 i 3i 374i 18'H, 18 1S24 13S 40 V 4oyt 28"Vi 2 99 t H milk. Tt would seem superfluous to say study should be made of the subject of feeding the milch cow. but here Is a place for the most careful and per sistent study, and on this subject there ire available some splendid texts. The milk producer must be in posl ion to convert the excess production f the spring months into one or all jf the merchantable forms, or he must av the big distributor for doting the work for him. It Is probable that the ack of technical training in this coun try will continue the present arrange ment indefinitely. Not enough attention is being paid to the conservation of manure; the dairy farmer must erect manure pits and be prepared to handle this valuable material to best advantage. shortage of rags in this region, and the cff and closed' c lower at 584c. ! interboro c" .'.'.' .'.'.".' May opened unchanged at 60Vc. clos- j Kenoeeott Copper .. lng He down. There was no trading ! Kan. City. Southern, CATTLE SUPPLY GAINS WHILE HOGS DECREASE Official figures are Just published giving the result of an enumeration of cattle, sheep and swine in the Nether lands during March and April, 1917. The number of cattle, all kinds and ages, was 2,301,532; in 110 it was 2.026,943 a gain of 13.5 per cent In 1917. The number of sheep counted this year was 520.275; in 1910 it was 483,082 a gain of 7.7 per cent. The number of swine counted this year was 1.185.438; In 1910 it was 1,259,844. showing a loss of 6.9 per cent during tho Beven years. In connection with these figures It is remarked that during the period of six years from 1904 to 1910 the number of cattle increased 20 per cent and swine 25 per cent. Comparison of sheep Is not possible, as the manner of numbering tnem was changed during that period. XEW FEED STUFF IS INVENTED FOR CATTLE B000 4900 BO0O 6000 Bid. 4SS0 4000 4000 4900 4900 4900 BARLKV read 4WT.0 8700 4009 6000 4050 6000 Brewing noo auoo sioo moo Bioo sooo Kuturea were quoted: OATS Nottmber , BARLEY JfoBnbT feed ftiotaiubvr brewing Eaafarn oata and corn In bulk: October No. 3 whlta Octt.brr 38 lb. clipped Noihr No. 3 Kovamber clipped, CORN January No. 3 yellow January N. 3 mtied february yellow February uiixed AffOO 60 JO 4400 4.100 4400 4600 6300 6100 61K) fiOOO BUYERS SCARCE AND . COTTON PRICES LOSE Regarding a new feedstuff for cattle. Erwln W. Thompson, 'United States commercial attache. The Hague, Neth erlands, advises: Dr. van Calcar, a professor of bacte riology at the Leiden university. Is re ported to have invented a new feedstuff, and also a machine which will produce 20 tons of this feedstuff per day. Al bumen and fat are obtained " from .l.iiffhl.rlrAii... a n.1 fltthlna. fint6ii' fecuia is obtained from potato and fruit refuse;- and tho necessary salt may be derived from refuse of vege tables. The fodder is mixed In such a fashion as to contain a sufficient per centage of fat, albumen, and carbohy drates, with an admixture of straw. heather reeds and mussels. ,l ne new fodder not recommended as feed for milk cows as it gives a peculiar tasti to the milk. 2S27c per lb.; 1917 crop, 8033e per lb. WOOL Willamette Tuiiey coarse Cotawold 70; new white calico cutt ngs, , y-r ... -- - W lbi; HIDES Salted. 25 lba. and 'no. ls- ..ia stags, 60 lba. and up. 14c; salted and green ko w ,rr ivK' --t- ana green BANK STATEMENT OF COAST Cleartng Moiiday ... Tuaday . . . Weonaaday Thursday . Kiliay Saturday . . Week . . . Clearing . Balance .. Cleartnga . Balances . . Clearing! Baluncea . . Clearings . Clearings Portland Banks Tbla week. ....$ 4.6).401.69 .... 4.31.997.0 .... 4.791.130.33 8.727.2S6.22 8.794.734.36 4.004.39.V63 Tear ace. S.684.598.M 8.OM.474.04 8.184.40fi.14 2.611. 2a.Tl 8.70S.B91 6S 2.735.206.61 82o.638.045.31 81 8, 746, 542. 83 Spokan Bank 9 1,083.682 201.598 difficulties to -e encountered in trans portation to seaports. The paper mills in the vicinity of Grenoble use high grade linen and cot ton rags, which come generally from Ph central, northern and northwestern parts of France. They are classed at the mills as superfine linen, fine linen, choice cotton, and new calico rags. It is impossible to quote exact prices, but approximate figures per 100 kilos, as given by one of the larger mills, are: Superfine linen, superior, 162 francs; fine linen, superior, 116 francs; cotton, first, superior, 85 francs; cotton, sec ond, superior. 75 franca; calico rags, superior, 92 francB. i'rlces have increased since 1913 for the superrine linen iu per v-cni., . . ca nAi -Ant Th r-nli-I lor luiivii, i.i . L , ov - coes have varied little in price, having been always high. Values which are furnished by one of the most Important rag merchants of the district as being the approxi mate prices per 100 kilos made at t'he present time in France are: New light-Colored calico prints, 60 to 65 francs; calico sinning, hkhi. i u.v.. Cu g ; tn 70- nw white 110; unbleached canco cuttings. 100- new blue calicoes. 70; new khaki calicoes, 66 to 70; new dark calico 'prints 80 to 35; new fustians. 35 to 40: new white linen. 170 to 180; mixed old white rags, clean linen jand cotton, 80 to 85; light old calico prints. 40 to 60; dark old calico prints, 25 to 30; old fustiana, 25 to 30. JOBBING PRICES IN PORTLAND These prleee are tboae at whtrb wholesaler sell to retailer, eieept a otherwise stated: Dairy Prodso BUTTER Craaaiery, prists In paraffin wrappers, extras, 4c; prime firsts, 46c; tlrau, 44 Vic; cob, "fu less; cartons. lc U tnce; dairy, Soe. BUTTERKA'i Portland delivery bail. He. 1 cream, 62c. Clltk.SK Selling price: Freak Oregon fane roll cream triplet, 28c .b.; Young America, 28c lb. Pric to Jobbers, flats, 23c; iouug Aaaerlca. 27 c, I. o. onca, mc in.; un Larger. 83c; brick Swisa, 8c. Kaii8 Selling pric: Case eocnt. 628S3 dosen; buying price, 51052c per dosea; alt lug price, candled, 66c; aelected candied, 67c; atorage. 47c; eaatern fresh. 48050c. UVB POULTRX H.'na, beavy Ply mon tt Rocks, 19c lb.; ordinary chickens, 17 18c per lb.; lUgi, 12Vic per lb.; small st lings, 17&19c per lb.; large springs, 17c per lb.; turkey. 23UIUiC per lb.; dressed, fancy . 2S30t: per lb.; culls, 23c; squabs. J2.0O do sen, geese, live. Ufa lie; Pekia duck, young, l&it'JDc per lb.; Indian Runners, old duck. 144x17c per lb.: pigeon. S 1.25 dosen. Ireth Fruit and Vegetable FRESH FHUlTS-MJriuiges, 3-73(i,4 per box; tMUUiuu. ttv pr ID.; leuiuu, 4u.tMiiMi.uo; u:.. tornia grapetruit, 94.25; peaches, Oregon, 60 tt(6c Jer tox; pears, 1.2jb.UO per bwx. BUUallkS Uuckleberrlea. 12Hv per lb.; cianoa tries, 4.Zo(a4.50 per box. APPLi! Uriiuea Uoluen, Jieilflower, Win ter Bauana, box, l-5. 91-75; fancy Jonathan. 125s. 91-76; fancy Jonathans, IdSa, 11.65; fancy Jonathan, 15U and l3s. 1.6V; fancy Jona thans, 175s, 91.5o; fancy Jonathans. Ia8 and 20Ua, 91.45; Kings, rail Pippin, etc., 91. ij; ccoklng apples, 4 tier, 91-26; cooking apple, jumble pack, medium alse. 91-00. URAPh Oregon Muscat, 1.00; Oregon atalaga, 4Vc lb.; Oregon Tokay, 91.5 per crate; Concord, 1015c par baskst; California Tokay, 91.25(01.36. ONIONS Oregon. 93(33.50; Garlic. 8c lb. k-uTAf OKS Selling yitce, uioat stoca local. 91.7o4f2.ou. buying price, ordinary shipping, 91-20; sweet potatoes. 93. 2543.50. i.ua..iiuuu fiiv uer sacs; i.ta per in October. Provisions were steady despite a strong and higher hog market. Range of Chicago prices furnished by the United Press: CORN Open. High. Low. Close December 11SV, 11914 116H 1181 January U? 116VJ lir.a 11H May 113 118V 11254 112 OATS Peeember 5si "Mi B814 MU May 60H 60V4 69 69 PORK October 4150 4200 4100 4200 Ji-.ruary 4000 4135 4080 4085 LARD October Norember 2475 2485 Jsxuary 222S 22C3 RIBS October .... Jsntiary 2210 2245 24W 2225 2210 2487 2475 2230 26Z" 2210 If, up to 16 lba., 220; green hides. 25 lbs. Tscoms Bank Seattle Banks San Francisco Banks Los Angeles Banks .$ 418.794 67.3S2 .9 4.244.837 579.733 .9i6.i59.457 .9 3.739,042 carrots. 91.5U Pr sack; beeu. sack; parsnip, 91.75 per sack; cabbage. Ideal, lulluc lb.; green onioi . . i-w HU.1 iMr dosea bunches; celery. Hew Tork, Oct. 27. (I. N. S.) Buyer "war rrce at th opening of the cotton Diarkat today and the tone wis wesk with price declining 13 to S3 point. Not until materially lower lerala bad beeu established did ' th market assume recognisable propor ' tkms. Near th close, selling pressur In December ibacam acuta, forcing prices to the low point f th day. Inrrraad Southern offering added te th weak feeling and final price -were- ar the low. repreeeutlng a net decline of 34 to 42 point. Uoatb. Jannary March . 'May ... Jnly ... Xcnbi Open, ...2s0 ...2ft4 .. .2618 .. .2Ha .2760 High. 2tm 2646 2620 2603 2760 ' Low. 2M 2627 2U06 2W0 2718 Close. 2662 2628 2W5 25B0 2729 Eastern Grain Markets Duluth Cash oats, 56584c. Winnipeg Cash oats No. 2 white, 674c; No. 3 white, 64c; extra feed, CUicavgo Cash barley, 91.1001.35; corn No. 2 mixed, 92.10; No. 2 yellow, $2.102.10H; No. 3 yellow, J2.10V4; oats No 2 nrrtxed. 584c; No. 2 white, 60V4: No. S white, 59H60c; stand ard oats, 694604c. St Louis Cash corn No. 3, yellow, 91 88; oats No. 3 white 60c. Kansas City- Cash corn unchanged. Oats unchanged. Corn No. 2 mixed. 91.95; No. 3 mixed, 91-94. Minneapolis Oata closed. May 59 4 c. Winnipeg Oats closed, December, 65 He; May. 66Vc. Duluth Flax closed, October, 93.17; November, 9315; December. 93.974. Kansas City Corn closed. Decem ber, 91.184; January, 91.164; May. 91.12; oats, December. 58; May. 60 "c. St. Louis Corn closed, December, $1.20; May, 9113V; oats. December, 59 V4; May, 60 c. f " m 1 - New York Coffee Market New Tork, Oct. 27. (IT. P.) Coffee Spot. So. 7 Beo, 8c; Santos, 9c. ion. 26c dosen bunches lb.; bead lettuce. 7U6275 0Ofii65c uer di.sau: artichoke. 91. 00 ai.ck; cucumbers. 254jSe pe. doses; tomatoes, Oregon, 60u75e per box; mliui. 6vi.ee per lb.; striu beac. W lb pes, 7c per lb.; cauliflower, Oregon. 91.00 Q1.75 per dozen; pumpsjn., iHWic per ib. Ksata, Fish and Previsia DRKSSku AltA'la seuittg price, couatrf kUled beat boga. liwc per lb.; ordinary. liUttnt: Ici iw-, k.. AMHjiioc per lo. oiuiur l-44ail4Vc per lb.; rough ueary WU.ll-- per lb-, goau. oc per lb., lambs, 19 gtllc per 10. ujutkwa. itoi per lb-; beef, z in up iier lb. ShlOa.KD MEATS Bam. 2BV33c per lb -breakfast . bacon. 334147c; ulcaiiS. 25c 11. ! ebttage roll. Hoc, short clears, 2t32c; orl mat axDort. smoked, 33c per lb. LARU Kettle rendered, tierces, 27c ner ID.; ii.uu.iu, .w,trvwuu, .ic OYSTERS Olyrapla, gallon, 93.50; canned, eaatern, 6be per can; 96. 00 per dosen: easiera. la aheil. l-l per iou: eaatem oysters, per aiton. sum iiv.-, , flSH Drewed flounder. 6c; red sal Btou. 14c; --luiue. - uc; tercn. texsc; soles. 7c; salmon trout. 18c lb.; halibut, 16c lb. bltck cod, 8c: herring, 6c lb.; rasor cim," i ) down; nara sueu. c in,; i75 box crsb. 91-75f32.60 per dosea. Grocsriea SUGAR Cub, 90.73; powdered, 98 .CO; fruit or berry. 9&.OU; i yeUow, 97.4o; granulated. 98.00; beet. 9-00; extra C. 9JXO; goluea C. 97.60. HON ET New. 94.00t34.26 per ear-.--. KICK Japan tyle. No, 1. "iic; New Or. leans bead. 9c; blue rose. 8Ke. .SALT Coarse, half ground. 100a, 915.00 per ton; 50. 916 00: tabl dairy. 50a, 919.76; loo. 919.25; bale. 92.68; fancy table and dairy. 925.76; lump rock, S20-00 per ton. BEAMS Nominal Small white. 14V4e; larg white, 14;; pink. 101e; baycu. lOHe; rd. 10e. i Hops, Wocl and Bides 1 BOPS Nominal. Buying price, 191 crop kl nd no. 13c: areen stars. 0 lbs. and 'nn 1 1. dry f llot hides. 21e: dry flint calf, on' to 7 lb., 30c: dry salt hide. 23c; dry horse hide 91.6020; salted horse hides, 93.OO&4 00' horsehair, tall. 80c; horsehair, mane, ioc' dry long wool pelts, 42c; dry short wool Delta' 25z30c: salted beep pelts, long wool each' 94.Cuftio.OO; alted lamb pelt. ecU. 91 60& 2.50; salted short wool pelts, each, 91 5uJj 2.00; dry sheep shearlings, each. 15ao? Silted Ueep shearlings, each, 2S50c. TALLOW No. 1. lie; Ho. 2. c: grea,, ,CC?lITTiM OR CASCARA BARK Burins price, per car lot. 74c per lb. MOHAIR 1917. 55o per lb. Base, Paints, OH ROPE Sisal, dark, 23c; white, 22Ue ner lb.; standard manlla, 32c. ' W LINSEED OIL Raw, bbU., 91.25 Vm: kettle boiled, barrels. 91.27: nw L. 91.35; boiled, cases, 91-37 rr gallon; lot Tof 2.60 gallons less. COAL OIL Water white. In ("rums and Iron DSfreis. ivc H-i WHITS utau lbs.. I2e. RPBf Ton lots, 12c per lb.; 500 TT7RPKNTINB Tank. 66c: eases. 7Be; 11 eca tot. 1 te , AMERICAN LIVESTOCK PRICES fimaha Hog 916 Omaha. Oct. 27. Cattle Receipt. 800: steady and unchanged. rtogs Receipts, 1800; steady. Mixed, 315.50 15.75; good to choice, heay, 915.8O1Q 16.0O: rough. 915.40(315.60; light, 915.75a 15.90; pigs, 914.00(316.00; bulk, 915.80(315.90. Sheep None. DENVER HOGS NOMINAL Denrer. Oct. 27. (U. P. ) Cattle Receipts. 2500. Market steady. Steers. 98.00(91 150; stackers sna ieeaers, o.oogn.io; calres 98.COei0.5O. Hogs Receipt, 100. Steady. Few com mon st 910.50. Sheep Receipts. 100. Steady Dwee, 99.3OS10.25: lannbs. 918.00(316.75. KANSAS CITY HOGS 916.25 Kansas City, Oct. 27. (I. N. S.) Cttle Receipts, 15O0. No quotable market. Hog Ileceipts. 500. Quality plain. Strong. sold arouna sio.uuisio.zo. Sheep Receipts. 2000. Mostly gosU. No trading. Money and Exchange New York. Oct. 27. (I. N. S.) Ster. 11ns: exchange was firm with business in bankers' bills at 94-75.15 for de mand; I4.7H4 for 60 day bills, and 84.69 ror u day diiis. London. Oct. 27. (I. N. S.) Bar sil ver, unchanged at 42 d. N'ew Tork. Oct. 27. 7t. n. S.) Com merclal bar silver, -unchanged at 834c r Prune Crop Much Better in Polk; Price Very Good Latest reports indicate that de spite all the earlier reports of set rious losses in production, the 1917' crop of the state Is within a few fractions of that of 1916 and with the higher prices in effect growers are obtaining much more money. Ralph P. Riggs, formerly a member of The Journal staff, who has 50 acres near DaUaa, re ports a total output of over 100,000 pounds oil dried . fruit.' He says that the Polk county crop is mixed; some being roore than a year ago while others show a loss. The gen era average was about the same aa a year ago. The bulk of the lata sales in that section were from 9 to 11 cents a pound, orchard run. Lackawanna Steel I-ehiga Valley IiOuisvllle & Nsahrllle. MaxwU Motors, c. ... Mexican Petroleum ... Miami -Copper M!dale Steel Missouri Pacific National Lead Nevada Consolidated . New Ha Ten New York Central N. Y.. Ont. A Western Norfolk A Western, c. Northern Pacific Pacific Mall Pennsylvania By Peoples Gas Pressed Steel Car, c... Ray Cons. Copper Reading, c Rep. I run A Steel, c... Rock Island Sears, Roebuck A Co. . . Rhattnck Studebaker. o louthern Pacific Southern Railway, c. . . Tennessee Copper Texas Oil Texas Pacific Third Arenu Union Pacific, c United States Rubber, c t'nlted States Steel, c Utah Copper Virginia Chemical, c... w . u. xeiegrapn - Westinghouse Electric. Willys Orerlantl Wool worth I . 11 1116 45 7s o3i, 17 SO 3y, 86 14 31 ( H4 isvi 27 12 M 11 11H 46 7a 34 17 H 81 324 87 4 311 46 , 27!, 'is, 27 B4, 14 . 63 57U, 6 20 144 U 74 fKH! 7H 46 A HOW 43 I 43 no 90 son; 30 371 37 lSi; 1SV 132 134 4014! 401j 2S'I 29 99! 9914 TI.Ih week 6531 I-it week 5712 Previous -eek .... 61M Month ago 2M70 Year ago 7332 Two year apo.. . .102SK) Tbiee years ago... 527) Pour year ago. . . . 4380 r-313 3207 2656 X715 112 1634 lfW 1747 170 105 1 170 45 2.7 S3 60 401 2 5810 4470 4363 134 338.1 7236 Action of the swine trade at North Portland, in fact throughout the coun try, was of erratic nature during thelsir.ee week. Liberal runs were shown lo cally and the immediate wants of the big killers were more than taken care tf. Weakness began in the initial trading of the week, values being 50c lower on Monday when tops went to It. On Wednesday there was a fur ther loss of 25c, and on Thursday the market broke 40c to 915.35 for tops On. Friday there were signs of Im provement with sales again back t 915.50. Killers had to be coaxed to purchase hogs during the latter part of the week and this brought about the downfall of values. General hog market range: Prime light 9 15. 25 13.50 Prime heary 13.2561 15.50 V 13.O0 13.50 Rough heary 14.25(314.50 Cattle Quality Is Absent While there was some rather vgood guallty stuff offered in the cattle divi sion of the North Portland yards dur ing the week, bulk of the arrivals consisted of poor stuff; in fact a large per cent or me snowing was South American Trad X Record. Trade of the United States with South America in 1917 far exceeds that of any earlier year. For the seven months ending with July In 1917, the exports to South America were 9162,698,000 against 9117,788.000 In the correspond ing months of 1916; 973,118,000 in 1915 and 960,000,000 n the correspond ing months of 1914. all of which im mediately preceded the war. As the war began in the month of August, 1914, an opportunity is now given to compare in very exact figures our trade with South America during the war period with that in the period which preceded It. A compilation by the National City bank of New York of the. trade with South America in the first seven months of 1917 shows a total of 9547.000,000 for the seven months, ending with July, 1917, against 9202.000.000 in the corresponding months of 1914, or an increase of over 170 per cent In the three year period. This Increase occurs in both imoorts I and exports. Imports from South America, which amounted to only 9142,352.000 in the seven months end ing with July.' 1914. the period im mediately preceding the war, were for tne corresponding months of 1917, 9384,119.000. an Increase of 170 per cent, while the exports to South Amer ica, which were 960,091,000 in the seven months of 1914, were 9162.698,000 in the same months of 1917, also an Increase of 170 per cent. This in crease of 170 per cent in the trade with South America In the threa veara the beginning of the war is greater than that of the trade with ether parts of the world, which show an increase of only 120 per cent In the same period. The increase In com merce with South America occurs in the trade with all countries in both imports and exports, but is more dis tinctly marked in the trade with Ar gentlna. Brazil, Chile and Peru. Exporta to Argentina, which amounted " to but 918,677,000 in the seven months of 1914. which immedi ately preceded the war, were in the corresponding months of 1917, 952, 614.000, or nearly three times as much in 1917 as in 1914, while Imports from Argentina grew fjom 936,678.000 in the 1914 period to 9119,402,000 in the seven months of 1917. To Brazil the exports grew from 914,369.000 in tha seven months of 1914 to 935,795,000 In 1917 and the imports from that coun try fVom 957,539.000 in 1914 to 396. 845,000 in the corresponding months of 1917. To Chile the exports grew in tho i,nr. a '.n5 fom 910.204.000 in the seven months -..vv -v . . . , . a , .y r v v 1 i.iitr caillO 1 iorwaru to worth Portland, Kil ers , lf7 95 25 4 BOH 41 '23" 73 V4 W 21 'ii" 89 87 2 13 145 119 58 105 81 42 2214 12 11 116 46 7 33 17 80 1 S6 31 46 27 'is 27 20 107 96 21 60 41 "23" 75 21 "21" 4 88 28 13 147 120 68 107 83 42 23 20 107 93 26 DO 41 22 73 BO 21 '21" 39 87 27 145 119 58 105 81 41 12 1 1 116 45 7 33 17 80 BS 119 32 87 31 45 27 45 18 27 71 20 K'7 94 25 50 41 67 23 75 81 21 153 V 2) 40 S7 27 13 147 13 18 120 58 108 83 87 could not take hold of this stuff and feeders did not desire It, but In the end took hold at materially reduced values. In the face of this weakness for poor quality cattle, the market stood in good shape for better stuff. General cattle market range: Best beef steer 9 9.60Q10.00 Good beef ateer 8.00(1 9.2S Best beef cows 7.006$ S.00 Ordlnsry to good cow 4.0043 6.75 Best heifer 7.00ft 8.00 Bull 4.00a 6 75 Calve O.OOfti 9.60 Stocker and feeder steer ....... 4.00Q 7.25 Mutton and Lomti Firm Strength was shown all through the mutton and lamb trade at North Port land for the week. There was a rather good supply offering and at times the market was somewhat congested, but in the main killers took hold freely of whatever was' offered. Wethers and earllngs showed advanced prices as did the better class of ewes, but be3t limbs held practically uncnanged at last week's final figures. General sheep and lamb range: Western lambs 914.0OQl4A Valley lamb 18. 504 14. 00 Yearling 12.6013.00 or 1914 to 327,895.000 in the corre sponding months of 1917, while the Imports from Chile advanced from 914, 746,000 In the 1914 period to 950.728. 000 in the same period of 1917. To Peru the exports increased from 93,847.000 in the 1914 period to 911. 567,000 In the seven months of 1917. Correspondents Get Carrnxy. In accordance with Instructions from the federal reserve banks, Portland banks, in making money shipments to their correspondents, are now largely send ing currency. Instead of gold. This is in accordance with the policy of the federal reserve banks since the war . began, of mobilising all the available gold in the reserve houses. Since the first' of the month, money shipments from Portland banks on correspondent accounts have been almost exclusively in currency, except where the gold was aoeclflcaUv reauested. Bankers all over the country are being- educated to the fact that the people must cultivate the use of currency, Instead of gold. For the first time this fall the Astoria fishermen have been paid in currency. A banker of taat city requested half a million dollars on his account from a local bank, and asked for gold. He said that his customers had been used to gold all their live", and Insisted on it. but he was given the currency in stead, and instructed to tell his cus tomers to change their habits. The ruling in regard to gold is not an un desirable one to the bankers. The shipment of gold is much more trou ble and expensive than shipment of currency, and bankers are not sorry over the new arrangement. Imports Pass Billion Xarav For the flrBt time in the history of American , trade the imports of raw materials passed the billion dollar mark durins the fiscal year 1917. According to statistics published by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the department of commerce, the exact total was $1,109,665,040, a noteworthy Increase over the 9948,826,500 in 1918 and the 9632,865.860 In 1914, the Jaat normal year before the war. The raw materials now imported in the greatest quantities are hides, India rubber, w, silk, wool, raw cotton, copper ore and flaxseed, and Important increases are recorded for furskins, gums, mineral oils, uncut diamonds, manganese ore, nickel ore, line ore and dyewoods. British BeecAnd KortOffe Bulla;. Some time ago the British government," Dursuing its general policy of re stricting all foreign loans by its sub Jects. instructed British mortgage com panies not to renew maturing loans upon lands in the United States. Sec retary of the Treasury McAdoo took up the matter with representatives of the British government with the result that the order of the Britieh govern ment has been rescinded so far as it relates to mortgages held on lands In the United States. This act shows the ! appreciation by the British govern ment of the financial help the Ameri can people through their government are extending to the United Kingdom. The Americans who would have been chiefly affected by the rescinded Brltr lsh order were southern planters who rare extensive borrowers from British mortgage companies, it being esti-v mated that possibly a hundred million dollars of British money is loaned out on mortgages on southern lands. Hew Haven Totes Big Stock Issue. Stockholders of the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad, at a special meeting Thursday approved the pro posed issuance of 845,000,000 preferred stock. The stock is to be offered to present stockholders at par and will be redeemable at 110. The proceeds are to be used for refunding 945,000,000 of notes due next June. Wethers . Eve ... .. 12.00S ... 8.504 12.50 10.60 42 u, 22; 22 11S Total asies for the day were 347,900 sharea. New York Bond 3Iarket Atchison Genl. 4i Bal. A Ohio Gold 4s ... Beth. Steel Ref. 5s Cent. Pacific 1st 4s .. C. B. & Q. Col. 4a St Paul Genl. 4s Orlcago N-W. Genl. 4s L. & N. Cnl. 4S New York Ry. 6a Northern Pac. P. L. 4s , Reading Genl. 4s Union Pacific 1st 4e .. V. 8. Steel 5s Union Pac. 1st Ref. 6s Southern Psc. Conv. 6s Perms. Oonr. 4s . Penna. 1st 4 CUe. A Ohio Cost. 5s Bid. 85 80 85 SO 94 &8 '7 20 84 87 100 80 92 9tt 91 79 Foreign Bond Market A. F. 5 Oct. 1920 v 91 U. K. 6s Sept. 1918 98 IT. K. f.s Not. 1919 94 U. K. 5 Peb. 1919 :.. 98 U. K. 5 Not. 1921 98 A. P. Sec. 6a Aug. 1919 ...... 93 Rep. Franc 6s 1913 94 Paris 6s Oct. 1921 136 Marseilles 6s Not. 1919 90 Russia Extn. B 1921 89 Russian Intl. 5s 1926 60 Dom. 5 Aug. 1917 142 Dora. 6s Apr. 1921 94 Doin. 5s Apr. 1931 '4.3 Dom. 6s April 1926 91 Argentine 6s May 1920 90 Chin 6s 1919 Dom. Canada 5s 1937 94 France 5e 1919 96 Ask. 86 SOVi 90 81 91 M 87 88 20 84 88 91 10O 81 93 99 92 W 2 98 94 98 98 43 96 145 90 90 62 144 94 93 93 96 96 95 96 DAIRY PRODUCE ON THE COAST Wool Speculation a Feature at Boston Low Grade Stock In Best Demand During Week -All Lines Show a Good Call. Boston. Oct. 27. Speculation in low scoured wools, quarter blood and be low, has featured this week's market. Wools that a fortnight ago were neglected at 90c to 91 have been sold freely at 91 to 91.15. The committee on wool supply is try ing to stop the speculation. The gov ernment "rejected this wool wnen it was first In the market. The Boston trade Is to get 45.000 hales of wool of the quality per mitted by Great Britain to come from Australia. Greasy territories have been selling moderately. Transfers Include Soda Springs three eighths and quarter blood at 70c and similar grades from Wyoming: at 68c. Colorado running to half blood sold at 64c. Scoured values of territories show little change. Fine staple is quoted at 11.80 to 91,82. hair blood staples at $1.70 to $1.75, thre eighths blood at 91.45 to $1.50. quarter blood at $1.25 to $1.35. fine clothing at $1.66 to 91.70, fine medium clothing at 91.55 to $1.80. Arrivals this week were 3.3ol.271 pounds domestic and 2.575.000 foreign. Onion Growers Want $5 for Their Crops Say This Price Would Be a Fair . One if tho Government Makes Any Price at AIL Seattle Market Seattle. Oct. 27. (U. P.) .Butter Native Washington creamery cubes 4 8c; do. brick, 4 9c; storage California cube, 44c; do. brick. 45c. Eers Select ranch, 62c; storage, 42c' Cheese Oregon triplets, 26; Young America. 28c; block Swiss, case, 37c; Badger brick, case, 34c; do. single, 35c; Washington triplets, z&c. - San Francisco Markets San Francisco. Oct. 27. (U. P.) Butter Extras. 43c; prime firsts 9 Eggs Extra, 66c; extra firsts, 86c; extra pullets. 47c; extra nrst pul Iftm 45Ac. Cheese California flats fancy. 23 c; firsts, 21c. Los Angels Market Lo Angeles. Oct. 27. (I. N. S.) Eggs, 58c butter, 45c. . POTATOES ALONG THE COAST Seattle Market. Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 27. (TJ. P.)) Onions California yellow, pound. cents; Yakima, pound, 2c. Potatoes Locals, new. $46 $50. San Francisco Market. San Francisco, Oct. 27. (U. P.) Onions Brown or yellow. 92.5092.60 for good stock. New potatoes Delta. 91-85 2.00 per cental for choice; Delta fancy. 922.15;. same Sonoma, 92; same fancy, 93.16. Sweet potatoes, per pound. 2 94. 3c on the street. Los Angeles Kaiket Lea Angeles. Oct. 27. I. N. 8.) Potatoes Northern Barbsnks. - 92.66(32.90; Russets, 92.76; Rural. 92.4Qtg2.45; Sweets, 92.S5tJ2.8i. Xew York Metal Market New York, Oct. 27. (I. N. S.) top per, unchanged. Spelter, quiet; spot. 7H74e; No vember and december. 7 & 7 c At the meeting of the Confederated Onion Growers' association yesterday, the growers decided to ask the food administration to place a price of 95 per 100 pounds upon their offerings, providing the government placed any price upon the product. The growers paid that owing to the shorter crop than expected and the much higher cost of producting the onions, they were entitled to such a price. During the week 15 carloads of onions were shipped. No late sales were reported; the lack of cars for shipment being the cause. Last sales were, at 92.60 per cental. GREATER STOCKS FISH HELD IX COUNTRY INCREASE IN WEIGHT OF CARS-OF LUMBER FULLY DECIDED UPON Chairman Miller of Oregon Service Commission Ad vises Prosetts Are Futile. Salem, Or., Oct, 25. The Interstate Commerce Commission, has definitely declined to suspend new railroad tar iffs increasing minimum weights on lumber in carload shipments from western territory, according to infor mation received today by Public Serv ice commission from Frank J. Miller. chairman of commission, who is in Washington. D. C. "This question has been definitely settled, and the only rerourse is to file "formal Complaint with Interstate Commerce Commission, and try out the question of reasonableness of tar iffs," says Mr. Miller. "Every effort has been put forth to change- situa tion, but without effect." Strong protests were made by west ern lumber manufacturers against in creased minimum weights, as the ef will be to Increase freight fates in many instances. Confident that Washington author ities are doing all in their power to relieve transportation congestion, Mr. Miller expresses the. belief that need less agitation over the car shortage will do more harm than good. "The American railway association car service bureau assured me today that they would make every possible effort to supply cars, for fuel ship ments from Utah, westbound," says Mr. Miller. "Thirteen hundred and fifty cars were diverted a short time ago for that purpose; 500 additional cars were ordered into that territory today, and about 600 new cars, or dered by the Utah transportation com panies for coal handling, have left the factories, and inasmuch as all of Utah coal movement is westbound, I think that we may expect eastern Ore gon to receive Its proper proportion of equipment devoted to the coal movement." 10 BOSTON ARTISTS HAVE 'BOX SEATS' AT NAVAL FIGHT IN ITALY From Sicily Villa Submarine Is Seen to Blow Up Seven Vessels and Bombard City, Summary of storage holdings of fish. October J5, as given by the Unite States bureau of markets: Reports from 133 storages show that their rooms contained 61, 934. 763 pounds of frozen and cured fish on October 15. The 109 storages tnat reported for October 15 of this year and for the same date last year show a present ttook of 49.S19.794 pounds as compared with 41.846,482 pounds last year, an increase of 7.973,312 pounds, or 19.1 per cent. Chicago Dairy Produce Chicago, Oct. 27. (I. N. S. Butter Receipts, 7,084 tubs; creamery, extra, 4Sc: extra firsts, 42c: firs. 39 41c; packing stocky 56 37c. Eggs Receipts, 4445 cases. Current receipts. 3537c; ordinary firsts, 3S& (tr36c; firsts, 36037c; extra, 4243c; checks. 21 30c; dirties. 29 32c. Elgin Batter Higher Elgin, Oct. 27. (I. N. S.) Ten tuba of butter were offered for sale on the Elgin board of trade today at 43 cents The price last week was 42 cents. Grim Sport Brings Sorrow to Motorist Drew, Miss., Oct. 27. James Wat son, driving a big new touring car, found lots of sport in running down chickens that chanced to cross the road in front of him. Colonel Roose velt killing big came on the equator was never happier than Watson, un til a chicken became tangled in a wheel and was hurled through the wind shield, breaking it A piece of glass penetrated Watson's eye. He was taken to a hospital, where the eyeball was removed. Xew York Bank Statement New York. Oct. 27. (I. N. 8.) Bank statement Average, loans increased 9102,696,000; demand deposits decreased 971,865,000; time deposits- decreased, 92,655,000; reserve decrease, 927,631,610. Actual, loans" increased 9308,139,000; demand deposits decreased $54,196,000; time deposits increased $18,000; re serve Uecreased $20,946,300. San Francisco Grain Market San Francisco. Oct. 27. Cash grain; Wheat unchanged. Barley, per cental Feed. 12.37 S Z. Rome. Italy. Oct. . (By Mail.) (U. P.) Not every theatre of war stages a public performance. Sicilian waters about Taorrnina, however, re cently did. And Mr. and Mrs. Myron Nutting of Boston had box seats. Being artists and temporary resi dents of Rome, they were painting in Sicily. The show began one day, while they were breakfasting on the bal cony of their villa- This is what they say when Mars pulled up the curtain: Clouds nf smoke began to settle about a British freighter not far from the shore. Lifeboats were ixwred one by one and the crew began to make their getaway. Suddenly a submarine snaked out of the waters and watched its victim in its last agony. The captain of the freighter, now known to have been torpedoed, was made a prisoner. In 16 minutes the ship divided and plunged to the depths. Thereupon the undersea craft boastfully turned its attention to Taorrnina. Two shells fell within 60 feet of Mr. and Mrs. Nutting, as seeming pay ment for their excited curiosity. Oth ers struck more distant targets, but all accomplished only the slightest material damage. The drama, starting at 9:20 in the morning, did not conclude before 1 o"clock noon. At one time six sailing vessels entered the scene farther out toward the horizon. The submarine submerged and stole out to them. One bv one thev rnl- apted like pins knocked down in a lowllng alley. Meantime, the shore guns were spit ting at the enemy craft, but their shot always fell short of the mark. After ward, an allied torpedo boat and patrol boat burst on the stage. After a little game of hide and seek the undersea craft submerged and made its exit. It was next reported at Messina, having sunk a sailing boat en route. Several deaths, including a few native Indians, were included in its days toll. London Dogs on Decrease London, Oct. 27. A marked decrease in the number of dogs is reported from several quarters. 92.42 ty; do. shipping. $2.40 $2.50 o. b. Interior shipping points. Oats, per cental New red, feed. iz.op9z.e; 00.. seea graae, 93.19 99.25. Overbeck & Cooke Co. Stocks, Bonds. : Cotton, Grain, Etc. DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL EXCHANGES Members Chicago Board of Trade Correspondents of Logan Bryan Chicago. New York. SlS-air Board -f Trade SailtUar.