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TUESDAY, -NOVEMBER ' ,1. 1321. 10 THIS OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON EIDER ND DM WIFE BY STABBING Joseph J. Henderson Is guilty of man slaughter for the stabbing; tip death, of , hi .former wife, Gertrude Henderson, Von August. I. according to Che Verdict , Z a jury -in circuit juagg auciwe ; court, returned Just before 10 o'clock - Monday night after the jury bad been ;; out five hours. Henderson was not visibly affected by the verdict. " He sat motionless In his '.chair with his bead leaning against one hand, as he has throughout the trial. t Judge Tucker announced that sentence would be passed Friday morning. Uudge Tucker. In bis instructions, ; stated that six verdicts, were possible: Murder In the first degree, which would have meant hanging; murder In the first degree, with a recommendation of life . Imprisonment ; murder in the second (de gree, automatically giving a life term; manslaughter, with the court fixing the sentence; not guilty, because of hiskd-I tions would be absolutely at the dis- ily, and not guilty. Lposal of the Japanese. It is true that. Barnett Goldstein, attorney for Hen I in war time. England would be obliged which the British government had with the dominion premiers. Opposition to tb renewal of the Anglo-Japanese al liance was unmistakable. America took nQ part, but oar government was happy to see the thing develop In Just that way. - The Canadian premier pointed out again and again that the Anglo Japanese alliance wa endangering friendship with the United States. 'Meanwhile, a series of strange news paper stories emanating from London came steadily to the American press, giving the impression that, of course, the British government and the Wash ington government were- consulting each other about the Anglo-Japanese alliance and that, 'of course, lit was going to be renewed with the knowledge 'and consent of the United State. Just who .waa responsible for the. spread of that lm pression nobody here knows. V. 8. JTAIXS SCXOB But the American officials nipped the thing In the bud. They made it plain in many ways that the British govern ment had not discussed the matter at all and that so far as this government was concerned, it had neither sought nor been given any information about the Anglo-Japanese alliance by the British government. ;j . Anyway, the objections to a renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance began to accumulate on all sides. Stripped of technicalities, a renewal of the alliance meant to the United States a working partnership between En)? land and Japan in peace time whereby England's talents In naval cons truction and war pre para- FEDERAL RESERVE BANK SHOWS BUSINESS GAINING SPEED . -rj , . - ' . '. , '" 11 : ' -: ".. t . 7" - ! tii -mssssHsssf man marcs 11 w sire mw 0PT1M ST C RE derson. set up the Insanity defense for his client, claiming that Henderson was temporarily deranged as a result of his estrangement from his .family. The simple test of -legal Insanity, instructed Judge Tucker in regard to this defense, "is this: Did the defendant at the time of the stabbing know what he wasdoing and that he was doing .wrong? If he did know what he ' dolna- and that It was wrong, he was legally 'sane and amendable to the law." George Mowry and Maurice Crum- packer, for the state, expressed them selves as fairly well satisfied with the verdict, inasmuch as the defense had called alienists and they bad not The Jury's first ballot Is said to have ' resulted In a vote of eight for acquittal ..because of Insanity! and tour for con- " vk tlon of murder in' second degree. The . second ballot resulted in a compromise Ht manslaughter conviction, for which maximum penalty Is 15 years' imprison ment. benefit eoodi- f BRITAIN AND U. S. . a FACE 'SHOWDOWN' . - . .. (Contiaued . From Pace One) to remain neutral, but the last European war showed what the difficulties of neu trality can be and how . "benevolent neutrality" can be transformed into practical help. Furthermore, the British dominions couldn't bear to see their central government working in such close relationship with the Japanese who In other parts of the world were in con stant conflict - with the people- of the British dominions. "WO EDS OF ALLIANCE VAGCE The wotds of the Anglo-Japanese al liance weie vague and general, yet the Interpretation placed on that alliance by the Japanese military leaders and statesmen became' far from vague. The truth is, the British business men of China in a formal statement expressed exactly the viewpoint of America, when they urged that the Anglo-Japanese alli ance be not renewed because It had only served as a menacing stimulant to Jap anese political and commercial aggres sion In the Pacific and Far East. Thus we hue had British citizens in the Far East against the Anglo-Japanese alliance, an Australian premier express lna lukewarm support for it while his people were openly antagonistic Canada boldly proclaiming her hostility to the idea and the British government In Lon don assuring Japan on the one hand of her faith in the alliance and America on the other her permanent friendship. The show-down has become inevitable. AMERICAN TRADE Washington. Nov. 1,-f-Ths most optimistic of general limliima sad rjnt tidal con dition famed' sbK tha beginning- of the do preasion has beaa suds pobiie by the federal reserve board. BnhatimtiaHng this w Secretary of Com merce iloovrr. statement tda that a dis tinct Improvement in bestneae m noted la re port to hie department, - Improvement is the agricultural gfcaation, partieiUarlv in the ta Torable marketing during October, is credited h. thm federal num . burd with having stimulated generally the aotint of important tin. hvlntiT .nd trade. - The Rncet states 'lb higher prices realized by the farmer for tobacco sad cotton ; and from heavy sales abroad hare riren him ready eaah and hare brought him into .the market for purchase snaeonaHa goods with currespooaing trade in producing return.' IHKiiesjDC the credit ; and financial Uoto. the board save: ' The beg Mining of !m pro re meet at notlee able in portions of the country each ss some Southern and South western districts, where credit conditions hare been more leriona than generally knowi." , Distinct encooraging elements in the gen eral business situation needed by the board are "greater demand in the textile industries, in ereaw in production and m orders, in the iron and steel industry, and greater production of bituminous coal." The activity of building has been particu larly noteworthy, it is emphasized. Decaoae of its continuance beyond the time when a sea sonal reaction would normally occur. ' Th. hii that mtail nricea bare reached a level of stability for some time is noted by the board as follows: . , . . "The index number of the federal board shows no change during the month of Sep- tjmhrr while commercial index numbers re flect tendencies to slightly higher prices. Prices are generally in better relations to one an other than at any time during the past 18 months." i Although unemployment continues to be a serious element in the existing industrial situa tion, the board states that there has been a fairly general Increase in the number of men employed. Relatively i little labor unrest ex ists st the present time. Financially, the outstanding occurrence, ac cording to the board, has been the marked in crease in the price of standard bonds, par tirulaily of time bonds, and the limited de cline in rates ot interest. : t High. low. Standard OU Stocks Closlni -I DeODle s soon as he took office that he , wanted' to put America's house In order first before tackling questions ot foreign policy. He honestly believed it could be .done. Mr. Wilson, as president, had glv. ' en first consideration to foreign policy, had gone overseas himself to help settle ' It, while taxation and after-the-war eco nomic issues developed Intense Irritation . at home. Mr. Harding thought he would reverse the process. But when he began getting confidential cablegrams from his trusted ambassador In Great Britain, ' George Harvey, telling him what was- . pen in g in Europe, Mr. Harding took counsel with Secretary Hughes .and he ..realised that the situation was develop- . big faster than be had imagined. He m had believed that, with the settlement of , domestic) questions, there would be time ik. later to enter tha realm of international . conference. ,. When . Senator Borah of Idaho and others clamored log a confer ence on uiqannameni, air,, naming leu utatv wnue ine .oDject was a good one, his hand ought not to be forced. He be- iiavea sucn things could wait till our government was ready to give its whole . hearted attention to the: matter, r- LOirnoir rpsETs flans ,-' But something happened In London to upset Mr. Harding's plans for an Orderly VANDALS HALT AT NOTHING VIOLENT (Continued From Page One) years, according to veteran- policemen who were harassed all night by emerg ency calls to every section of the city. In several cases serious Injuries to the victims were only narrowly avoided. A shower of broken glass was scattered over the bed of a 6-week8-oldjaby sleep ing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Dunnlngham, 1967 East Alder street. when a large rock was hurled through plate glass window. The child was uninjured. Quick action by the police in response to an emergency call from the P. R. L. & P. company probably saved the lives ot several youngsters who displayed more strategy than discretion when they attempted to put a large transformer out Anglo Borne . Bcrysmer . . , Buckeye Cheesebrough Cbeesebrough pfd. . . Continental Crescent Cumberland ...... Eureka trslena. com. . . . . Galena. Old pfd. . . . Galena, New pfd. . . Illinois Pipe Indiana- Pipe Nat'l Transit N. T. Transit Northern Pipe ... Ohio Oil Inter! Pete. Perm. Vex Prairie Oil Prairie Pips Solar Befg Southern Pipe . . . South Penn.. OU . . 8. W. Penn. Oil . . 8. O. Calif 8. O. Ind. S. O. Kansas 8. O. Kentucky . . S. O. N. T 8. O. Ohio 8. O. Ohio. pfd. e Swan Fiacb. . . . Vacuum Washington 8. O. Nebraska . . Imperial OU nnmmliBlnn At V a at Thirtieth etrt nanaung ot tnese thorny questions of for- and Hawthorne avenue. The voltage In toe transformer is tremenaous ana wouia have Instantly electrocuted the gang of lads If they had gotten much fur ther with their designs for putting; out tha lights on the entire east side. Some one discovered their plan and called! the police. The motorcycle men arrived just In time to chase the boys away from tbe dangerous ptay ground. A small real estate office building was dragged into Sandy boulevard near Twenty-second street north, and sur rounded with 15 cords of wood. Police toiled lntovthe -early hours removing the Bid Asked. 18 18 325 380 83 85 160 165 96 90 122 125 28 30 v 128 135 83 89 48 SO 92 96 87 91 162 166 81 84 28 31 , 143 148 92 84 . 276 281 15H 15s . 23 27 , 550 560 , 200 203 , 380 400 84 87 , 226 230 . 54 58 81 H ... .. . 80 H 80 H . 570 585 . 400 415 . 834 338 . 380 390 . 108 110 . 35 39 . 280 285 . 30 35 .. 175 185 . 90 92 Adams Express ....... Agr. Chem. . . .v. Ajax Rubber . . Alaska, Gold sltska Juneau ....... Allied Chem. ..........1 Ams-wisisaent ....... do pfd. ............ Am. Beet Sugar. ...... Am. Bosch. .......... Am. Caa Co. do pfd. ........... Am. Car A Fsdry..... do pfd. . Am; Cot. CHI la, Drag 8ynd. . . . . in. Bide A Leather. . . do pfd. An. Ice Am. IntL Corp. Am. Linseed ........ do pfd. Am. Loco. .......... ! do pfd. Am. BaT. Razor. Am. Ship A Cornice .... Am. Smelter do ptd. n. Snaff Am. Steel Fdry ....... n. sugar - do ofd. Am. Sumatra Am. TeL & Tel Am. Tobacco. . do "B" ..7. Am. Wool do pfd Am. W. P. pfd Am. Zinc.... Anaconda Assd. Oil.... Atchkon - do jptd. . . .' Atlantic Coast Line. . . . tL Gulf W. I.... Baldwin Loco do pfd Balto. A Ohio do pfd - Beth. Steel "B" B. R. T , Butte A Sup Burns Bros. Caddo Oil , Calif. Packing. ...... Calif. Pet. , do pfd Canadian Pac , Gen. Leather Cent) de Pasco. . . . Cbandle Motor. .7... Chgo. -i N. W Chicago Great Western do pfd Chile Copper Chino . : C. M. A S. P do pfd. Coca Cola Chesapeake A Ohio . . Colorado Fuel & Iron. Colorado Southern ... CoL Gas A Electric . . Columbia Graph Consolidated Uas .... Cons. Cigars do pfd Continental Can Corn Products do pfd Cosden Oil C. K. I. 4 P do "A" pfd. . . . . do "B" pfd. ...... Chucible , ........ do rfd. Cuba Cane ' do pfd Cuban Amn. Sugar . . . Del. & Hudson ...... Dome Mines ........ Endicott Johnson ... Erie do 1st rfd. A.... do 2d pfd. ...... 89 20 4.C 27 V SStt 28 ISO a 68 H 36 hi" 6 39 25 H 54 78 tt 108H 125 123 77 42 86" 86 29 91 37 56 7 14 112 13 67 45 78 113 29 30 44 67 12 25 23 37 40 55 39 63 4 91 30 19 45 27 83 28 - 139 5 15 90 5 38 25 53 78 108 24 122 76 32 33 64 " ' '8 19 14 69 12 4i 85 85 28 89 37" 55 14 110 12 68 43 79 113 .28 29 43 67 11 25 23 37 39 55 35 62 3 90 32 32 63 7 1 14 47 10 19 i e s 45 8S TTH 27 S3 28 129 113 18 I - 10 51 65 85 23 46 ' 90 105 4 38 77 106 ' 25 63 78 85 108 125 123 76 98 24 9 41 99 85 85 i9 90 97 87 50 55 6 13 111 12 7 44 79 113 29 29 43 67 7 16 12 69 12 Stock I High. low. 1 By, sign policy. That "something" was the '. Imperial Conference of Dominion Pre mier in June. , -Surely, you will say, a meeting of the . prime ministers of Canada. New Zealand, --. Kouth Africa. Australia 'and India. 1- a . domes tia matter how. coulii aih ! silltatlon lm London effect the calm of , official Washington, a 000 miles away? ins answer is mis r The conference of nremiera waa pallod k Prime Minister Uoyd George to learn ma ainusn empire .. should or saouia not renew the offensive and de- SHORT TER3T SECURITIES (Furnished by Clark, Kendall A Co., Inc.) Price. Am. TeL A Tel. 6s. October, 1922..., 99 do Ss. February, 1924. 98 Am. TeL A Tel. 6s. August. 1925 102 Armour Conr. 7s. July, 1930 100 Anaconda Cop. 6. Jsnuary. 1929 98 Anaconda Cop. 7s. January. 1929 93 Belgian Got. 6s, January. 1925. 95 BethL Steel 7. July, 1922 100 BethL Steel 7. July, 1923 99 Canadian 5s. April. 1923 93 Canadif- 5s, October. 1931... 93 Cop. Kv Assoc. 8s, February, 1922... 101 Cop. Exp. Assoc. 8s, February. 1923... 101 Cop. Exp. Assoc. 8 February. 1924... 101 Co). E-. Assoc 8s. February. 1925... 102 Cuuahy Packing 7 July, 1923 99 Jap. First Ext 4s.:july, 1925 85 Southwestern Bell TeL Ts, April. 1923. . V'.l t Standard Oil of N. T. 7a, January, 1925 97 do 7s, January, 1928 107 do 7a. January. 1931 106 Swift A Co. Ts. October. 1923. 100 D. 8. Rubber 7s. December. 1923 99 V. 8. Rubber 7 a. August. 1930.' 101 fdnsive alliance between. Great Britain 1 wood, but failed to catch the culprits.. a japan, commonly called the "Anglo. Japanese alliance." it was made about ij years ago and provided for a close working arranrement lxtwn iin.n aaMrs uriiAin "Tor i their mutual In Mareat- The phrases of that alliance looked harmless. Indeed, lest It be sup posed that Great Britain would be ob ligated to help Japan In case of war between America and 1 JJavTsArv a, nmvl. g.AM war-- t -I- ,. . ' I M TJ Tad .";t':.y'nSA""fMfo"d th.r " rapid accession, aiewaf i.Mn le rMT. i k and one conductor on the Mississippi t - - ,-. hi, iKiwr wuiiirjr made sir against TORPEDOE9 ON TRACKS Shell-shocked overseas veterans who had occasion to ride on street cars last night, are glad Halloween Is over. A number of conductors and motormen who had been through the ordeal of bombing cannon and flying shrapnel got a new baptism of shell fire when pranksters placed torpedoes on the street car tracks. The ear splitting" explosions in instances any country with which Great Britain had an arbitration treaty. i" "'o osvny oays 191s exception was considered a sop to American opinion and nobody in official circles had any tears 01 sn Angio-Japanese naval com bination against America in war-time. WAR CHANGES MATTERS V But since the Original Anglo-Japanese alliance was written in 1901. many things hare occurred, notably the Euro- -pean war. Various parts of th British i empire wnicn had heretofore allowed ionoon a tree hand in, making foreign policy for the whole empire awoke to a national consciousness. When thousands of" young men, the. nvi -si nation, are sacrificed on line almost forgot to collect fares while the bombardment wss going on. "Whew, I thought the German guns were after me again," said the veteran, as he fox-trotted and shimmied, with his nerves atingle. Fun-seekers struck on the happy idea of tearing a retaining wall down at 463 a-ast Twenty-second street north. They ended the Job by kicking a lot of dirt on th sidewalk. SI658 ARE SWITCHED Signs made excellent sources of mis chief. More than one man returned home late at night to find his horn for sale, while others were warned to keep out 'On man is ald to hav found a yellow quarantine flag to stop him when he returned to his family. And I ! a moves - th fialdof battl for the preservation others found that IS4 Twentieth" street. . . .t"'"J" government geograph-1 or some other icauy ois tan t rrora the bereaved homes. - a spirit of interest develops at once. , uinaua naa lost in greater proportion tnan uia in unitea states ; Australia's brave troops - were mowed . down at ' GalllpoU and on the western front Small wonder that th various British dominions rose up and demanded voice in foreign policy in the ; that might lead to a future war . einc the dominions were given rep rebentatlon in the assembly of the league ot isauons they nve been talc. tng a deep Interest" in the foreign policy or th British Empire. For one thing. Australia alert statesman. Premier Hughes, baa been Interested naturally - In. -what Islands In the Pacific were - awarded to Japan, what was to happen toi former Oermasj colonies under the sstem of mandates or trusteeships set , 11 by the Par hi eonferehc as a sort ot -'sitbstituts for direct annexation of ter-rJtor-. Friction has developed sines tbe Paris conference over the distribution t those lslandkh United States tor '. iitvtance, declining to recognise Japan's FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES Corrected daily by the foreign exchsnee de partment of the faited Bates National bank. U notations below (except toe pound sterhtur) are on the basis of 100 units foreign currency. upening nominal rates on bank transactions: Drafts Cable Par Checks. Transfers. Value. London Lbs. sterling. 3 8.92 3 3.93 . 3 4.866 ris Francj. .. '7.36 . 7.37 19.80 Berlin Marks . . .53 .65 23.61 Genoa Ure....4.09 4.10 19.30 Athens Drachmas 4.50 4.53 19.30 Copenhagen Kroner 18.65 16.70 26.70 Ch riti nia Kroner 13.45 13.50 6.70 Stockholm Kroner 22.80 22.85 26.70 Hongkong " Currency.. 65.90 B8.15 .... Jrpan Ten... 48.00 48.15 Shanghai Taels 79.60 79.90 .... Canadian dollar discount, 9 per cent. Fam. Players . , 64 63 Fed. Min. A Smett. do pfd. PL-ik Tire 11 10 Gaston-Wma. Gen. Cigars ; 59 58 CJen. Hec s 132 131 Gen. Motor 10 9 Glen Alden 43 42 Gen. Asphalt 63 61 Goodrich . 32 30 Goodyear Granby .- . . . Gt. Nor. Ore 31 31 Gt Nor. pfd 71 Greene-Can. Gulf 8. 8teel Hask.-Barker 71 70 Houston Oil 78 76 Hupp Motor 11 10 1U. Cent. Inspiration 36 35 Int. Ag. Corp. com do pfd. Interboro r do pfd. Int. Callahan 4 4 Int. Har. 78 77 do pfd. Int Her. Mar. do pfd 49 4 49 Int. Xfckd 13 18 Tnt. Paper 54 53 do pfd. Inr. fil Wand (Oil 3 3 Jewel ,Tea K. C. South. 24 24 do pfd. , Kelly-Spgfld. 40 40 Kennecott 23 22 Keystone Tire 10 9 Lack Steel 42 41 Lee Tire , Lehigh Valley 54 54 Lorillard 145 143 Lowe Theatres 14. 14 L. A N , Marl&nd Oil 25 25 ilex. Pet.' 102 98 Miami 22 22 Middle States Oil :. .. 14 13 Mid rale Steel 25 24 Mont. Power Mont. Ward Mo. Pac. , 18 18 do pfd. 42 42 M. St. P. A 8. 8. M. North Am 41 40 Nat. Biscuit Nat. Knamel Nat. Lead Nevada Con. 13 12 New Hsren 13 13 Norfolk A W 95 95 Nor. Pac 74 78 Nora Scotia" Steel N. T. Atr Brake N. T. Central 72 72 Okla. Prod. ref. 3 2 Ontario Silrer PACIFIC COAST BASK STATEMENT Portland Banks 1921. Clearings Monday..! 6.454.528 Balances Monday... 1.653.723 Clearings Tuesday.. 4.735.502 Balances Tuesday. . 749,173 1920. 8,165.078 1.883.995 Holiday Hobday Spokane Banks Clearings fTueaday S Balances- Tuesday Sessile Banks Clearings Tuesday Bala aces Tuesday ' Tacema Banks Clearings Tuesday $ Balances Tuesday . . . , San Francises Banks Clearings Tuesday 127.500.000 Oakland Banks Clearings Tuesday .......$ 2.622.006 Lag Bneslsa Banks Clearings Tuesday $14,488,582 1.786.525 691.857 .34.973.741 819.562 596.583 56.474 23 37 40 54 24 38 63 3 90 23 65 45 84 105 32 32 78 67 63 84 7 18 14 102 18 69 12 17 12 63 5 24 10 58 131 10 43 62 31 j 19 31 72 23 38 71 77 10 96 33 7 37 1 5 3 77 102 10 48 13 53 85 10 3 10 24 49 40 23 9 41 26 54 143 14 106 25 101 Ontario W. Otis Steel ...,..... i. ..... Pacific Dev. ....,.... ... ...v. Pac Gas AEleo........ 63 61 Punta Allegrs ... 18 29 Pacific OA .....,... 46 44 Pan. Anu Pet .... ...... 46 44 Pan. Am. Pet -B" 43 43 Penn. ........... 36 85 Peoples Gas 66 55 Per Marquetts ......... 18 18 Purs Oils .............. 35 84 Pierce Arrow 14 13 Pietcs Oil .. ...t.-. . . , . . .7; -:,6 Pittsbai Coal ..........:. ..... Pittas A Weet Vs .... 23 23 Preened Steal Car Pullman .....100 99 Eay Cons ........ 18 13 Reading ............... 70 69 Remington .................. ...... Keplogle Steel ..... . .... Republic Iron 8. 30 49 "do pfd. ..... ..... Republic Motors ......... 7 6 Royal Dutch OU 49 48 By. Steel Springs 9. ... ..... Saxon Motors Sears Roebuck ......... 67 67 8 battue k. Aria. Shell -T. A T...., Sinclair 23 22 Standard Oil (CaL)...... 82 81 Sices Shef. Southern Pacific 79 78 Southern Railway 19 19 do pfd. 44 44 8t L. A 8. P 22 22 Strom berg Cart). 80 36 Studebaker 75 74 Swift A Co Tenn. Cop. A Chem Texas Oil 43 42 Texas Pacific 23 22 Texas Pacific C. A O ... . 26 23 Tobacco Products 61 59 Tran. ContL Oil 9 9 Union Oil Del 22 21 Union Pacific 120 120 United Alloy United Drug' 62 62 United Pood Prod 11 9 United Fruit 118 113 l United Rds. ofTS". J do pfd. 20 20 United Retail Stores. .. 51 60 C. 8. Ind. Alcohol 46 42 U. 8. Rnb 49 48 : do 1st pd ' TJ. 8. Smelting U. S. Steel 80 80 do pfd. 109 109 Utah Copper 65 54 Virginia Chem. - Vanadium Steel 32 32 Virandou Wabash do A pfd. 21 20 do B pfd. Western Pscifio 21 20 Western Union Westinghouse K. A M 45 45 West. Maryland - White Motors WiUys-Orerland 6 5 do pfd. Wilson Packing 32 31 Woolworth 122 120 Worthington Pump W. A L. E. - - - White Oil 13 13 19 10 61 27 46 43 42 BS 63 16 35 14 r 7 69 28 69 - .00 13 69 21 20 49 60 7 49 83 67 83 22 81 37 78 19 44 22 30 74 99 8 43 23 26 60 9 21 120 23 61 10 1113 8 20 50 43 48 87 32 80 110 55 28 31 7 7 20 13 20 83 43 8 35 5 27 31 121 39 8 13 By A. D. Waiton Special Correspondent of Th Journal. Chicago. Not. 1. The demand .for medium and ktwet priced shoes is being insfatenthr felt in this territory arid reflects the consumers' o&s- positaosi toward prices. The leather market is firm, with tendency toward advancing prices. The. dry goods business is " im pro this. .One Jobber reports a gain of 250 per cent ia the number of -road orders secured by nis salesman and an increase of 100 ner . cent ia volume of goods- over the corresponding period of last year. The demand from souSberB buyers is par- tieularb good. Buyers are in the ssarket in km numbers for winter hosiery and under wear la msTnu freely. Tbe mills wis ting part wool and all wool blankets sre sold up until the end of the year. Tk threat of a railroad strike has Inter fered with the buying of canned goods by whole sale grocers, who fear the possibility of hating such goods tied up in cars for seterel weeeka,. In that earn they would Bare to oe naia tor Be fore they had been STsilabie for sale. Stocks, howsver, sre small and Jobbers cannot supply each other's needs on the basis of their "pick up purchases. . - California fruits in Chicago canners' labels are gelling at about 15 per cent advance oer the opening prices of the 1921 season. Total sales, stocks, 624,600 shares. Total sales, bonds, 812.608,000. Money Being Withdraw Philadelphia, Not. 1. An official of one of the savings banks here stated today that with rirawais fmm aarinrs accounts hare exceeded de posits by about 3200,000 a month each month rimi last March. The renilantr of the with drawals is pu ailing the officials. One explana tion offered is that many depositors were com pelled to- buy homes during the extreme scarcity of dwellings and that these purchasers assumed fixed charges for payments of taxes and interest which must be met. As work has been slack, these home buyers in many eases hare to fall back on their sa rings to meet their obligations. INDICATES GRQVTH VERY HEAVY SALES Foreign Bond Market (Furni&ed by Orerbeck A Cooke Bid. rt 61 . . 66 101 Belgian rest. 5s do prem. os do 7s. 1945 ... do 8s. 1941 do 6s. 1925 ..... Bnuil 8s, new British 5s, 1922 do os. 1927 ...i. do 5s. 1929 do Tky. 4s . ...... do ref." 4s Bordeaux 6s, 1924 Canadian 5s. 1937 ... do 5s. 1926 do 5s, 1929 ... do 5s. 1931 . .... do 5,il927 ... do 5. 1927 Chilean 8s. 1941-0 .. Currency Denmark Ss, ia Danish man. Ss, 1943. French 4s, 1917 do 5s. 1920 do Ss, 1931 . . . -. do 7fc 1941 ... do ' 8s. 1945 German W. L. 5s . . . Berlin 4s Hamburg 4s . ., do 4s Leipsig 4s do 5s .......... Munich 4s ......... do 5s Frankfort 4 s Italian 5s. 1918 Jap. 4s. 1931 do 1st 4V 1925 do 2d 4s, 1925 Korway 8s, 1940 . . Russian 5s, 1921 . do 5i. 1926 . do 6s. 1919 .. Swiss 5s. 1929 ... do 8s, 1940 U. K. 5s. 1921 . . do 6s. 1922 .. do 6s. 1929 .. do 5s, 1937 - ,.100 , . 94 ..100 . .397 . .387 ..377 ..296 . .276 ..86 ,'. 89 .. 93 ..95 .. 93 ..88 . . 88 ..99 .. 5 . A03 ..103 . . 45 . . 65 . . 56 ..94 ..99!, . . 4 .. 4 . . 6 .. 5 . 55 .. 6 .. 5 .. 7 . . 6 . . 29 . . 68 .. 85 . . 85 . .104 .. 12 .. 3 .. 13 .. 93 . .108 .. 99 .. . 99 .. 93 ..90 Co.) Ask. 64 70 101 100 95 100 407 397 387 306 286 87 90 94 95 93 90 90. 99 6 104 103 46 68 56 94 100 5 5 6 6 7 7 6 9 7 32 69 85 85 104 13 4 16 94 108 100 9 ,93 90 Sew York. New. 1. -The demand tor "hard" foe men. that is. tor shoes of - the sturdier leathers such as eotdoraa, has been greater, than erer before. This is belisTsd to hars- been inspired by the fact that mors men are wearing" low shoes with wool hose through out ' the winter thaa previously. - , COAL AND COKE ' .' Logan. Wt Vs.. Nor. 1. Coal production in the Logan county field, despite labor trouble, for toe week ended October 15, was 285.000 too. s new record. Cumberland. Md. Since last Wednesday coal has been ssoring otct the Baltimore A Ohio lines at a rats of 1000 ears a day. while hj UmIm. llanUnH : mmw! i. KnA mm Dolomite and. limestone are morlrg to the Pitta- rbunt plants from quarries near MartinatHinr and Haneock in growing quantities. Demand : for empty oars is increasing. The plant of the Cumberland Steel company ts closed by a strike-. the company ordering a wage cut of 20 per cent ana a 10 -hour day. Cniontown, Pa, Not. 1. -Six hundred H. C FrKk Coke company oeeas resumed yesterday giring work to 1000. men. More ovens will be operated soon. The company's coal production is about SO to 33 per cent of capacity. Al though additional orens hare been fired, the coke market is rather soft, production being in clined to keep ahead of demand. No large eon tracts were closed during the past week. Coal is selling st $1.50 f. o. b. mines, while coke is held at $3.25 to 33.50 f. o. b. plant. STEEL Pittsburg, Not. 1. With several additional mills put into operation today, the Homestead works of the Carnegie Steel company "ts operat ing on a basis of 60 per cent, thi best show ing made sines last coring. CHEMICALS Boston, Not. , 1. Chairman Robert 8. Bradley of the American Agricultural Chemical company predicted today that from now on the fertiliser business would improve. He declared .that collections with his company now were normal except in Cuba and parts of the cotton growing states. New fork. Not. 1. The demand for trim ming furs for use on fall and winter coats and suiu has stimulated the trading in raw pelts and price ad ranees hare been noted in many of the skins. 1 GROCERIES Kansas City, Nov. 1. The activity of whole sale and retail grocery! houses indicates that trade is leading the field .in race to get back to normal business conditions. CORN l Fort Worth, Not. 1 . Corn prices are so low in this section that West Texas corn grower, have commenced to burn their surplus stocks for fuel. Coal shipped from Port Worth to these farmers sells for 815 a ton in addition to haulage from the railroad. Corn is selling st cents a Du?nei delivered at the tailrml J The farmers say that corn is the cheaper fueL San Francisco, Nov. 1. The rice harvest is n earing its end here and the crop has proved of fine quality. Government loans may be necessary, the final work of harvesting -to con clusion as the country banks in many instances are unable to assume this load. FLOUR Fort Worth, Nov. 1. Floor prices have dropped, 0 cents a barret at -ell tha Sonth mam saiuing ovnters. . Bojpmenra oi grain -to tha mula and also to the AUsatto seaboard ass slowed up. Wheat pnees here, wnars ams ot the Paa-liandle and West Texas grain is de livered, were the lowest last week that, the have been ia many sears. Minneapolis , Nor. 1. Prices of floor aixj ens xrains eontiao to destine. Family patents ais quoted by the mills today at 37.33 to 37.55 a barrel,' while first patents were of fend at front 37.09 t.s.' Weak Bess ia eash - a seat was raaronaible for the dron. This belli many merchants eat sf the market. ' Pittshure. No. ' 1 .-A Avsjteaa In rroAm oil hare stimulated inquiries tor field supplies and ueriaea mcreaoe -in drilling oneraUona is ex- ; pec tod next spring. '.- 1 , , . FRUIT ' ' : . Saa Francisco, Not. 1j Berry gioens are -planning to enlarge their ' operations next year as prices for berries shipped East this asasoa) hers been very satisfactory. - Ejfierimaeta are now being mads in ahipping lsto raapberries to Chieaica. - . WOOLENS" v - u New To. Nov.- 1. The United SUtea Wor sted company, which opened iu spring lines of serges, tricoUnes and crepes yesterday, reported a good . inquiry, although the demand still is ' largely for costings. - Factors I v of 1 I Safety Public Employment Planned Chicago, Nov. 1. Increase in the number and scope of public works here is being strongly urged as a means of providing employment for men out of work. The Chicago plan commis sion, which has in charge the improvement and beautification of the city, is taking active steps to that end. The plan is complete and its full accomplishment win require 50 years, but much of the work has been done, some is under way and still more is, pending. The commission plans to hasten this" pending work. Liberty Bond Sales High. Low. Liberty, 3 s Liberty, first 4 s Liberty, second 4s. . . . . Liberty, first 4s Liberty, second 4s. .. Liberty, third 4 s Liberty, fourth 4s Victory. 4t Victory, 8 ..... 9268 9256 9280 9328 92S6 9524 9276 9312 9274 9512 9316 302 9960 9950 9958 9956 Close. D254 9294 9276 9304 9278 0518 9304 9958 9958 A THOROUGH, expert analysis of each is sue precedes our pur chase and offering of bonds. This, together with the stability -and experience reflected in . the sixty-two years con ' tinuous standing- of the , Ladd & Ttlton Bank, furnishes the maximum of safety to those with funds to. invest BOND DEPT. Opes 8:S to l hat. 8!J6 to t- LADD & TILTON BANK Oldest In the Jforthwest WASHINGTON AT THIRD . ' - .bbW4B1bT BAaeavasaaasaaaBBBBasvaV Million Dollar Apartment Pittsburg, Nov. 1. Work will be started at once on a million dollar apartment building here. Th? building permits for the last week involve toe expeuditare of 31.366.508 compared with $311,229 for the preceding week and 8210,500 for the corresponding week of last year. 13 24 52 52 18 42 63 40 MS 41 75 12 13 93 74 22 54 72 2 4 $50 Liberty Bonds for $12 The city was startled a few days ago when it was learned that peddlers were offerine fSo Liberty bonds for Jt2 Whether the bonds were spurious or stolen cannot be ascertained because the men were not apprehended.. H is a rood instance to remember because it illustrates 'the wisdomof buying bonds from a permanent banking institution. The Lumbermens Trust Company tor example never offers a bond to a client until the bank's own experts have thoroughly investigated its security its legality and its genuineness and have ascertained that the tsond I is of the character that makes it acceptable for the bank s own investment. . For safety do business with a ; permanent, reputable banking institution. LU1VIBBBMENS Broadway and Oak -5.50$ to 5.80 Security -Direct tax obligation on I According to Maturity CITY f WALLA WALL A the commercial and financial center of Southeast ern Washington. These bonds are acceptable by U. S. Government to secure Postal Savings T)e posits. 6 Water Bonds, in de nominations $1000, due serially 1924-1941. . Prices: 100.73 o 103.61 A small initial payment will secure these bonds in any amount you wish, balance of payment ar ranged to suit. Phone or Wire Reservations SrM AB . VI BB I BTg.XJV dfewjeio Pt-OOeV nmt AND attMaS FnniMAM, Smith , CAMP number, wag in' reality 234 Twenty-second street, when they fol lowed the truidlngr BigTis home. After motor-men on the one-man street car in Irving-ton had kept their pa tience after many agsrevatlons. when Jookesterg continually disconnected the trolley, one ingenluB boy hit on the idea ot cutting- the trolley rope. Time and again the motormen, had adjusted their trolleys, but as the evening- wore on they were forced to frequent the tops ot the street cars in order to connect with the power. Several youths, who evidently wanted to put a grand climax on the evening's fun hurled a brick through a plate g-las window In a grocery store at H9S East Tbirty-second - street., Tbe boys -ran away entcXertng, after, the crash. . FOUCB STOfTED ; ' 1 tng before the eveninr was ovtr the weary desk sergeAnt at police headquar ters. With his several special assistants, murmured m chorus, -What's tha use." two tots draped in terrifying- shrouds that.Ull bore a strange resemblance to rht over the Important island ot Tapl Bheela busy engaged to some v-tlch controls cable communication be tween California and the Far East. DDSfJJUOXS FEAsWAFA? , Australia tsnt anxious to see Japan row more and more dominant In - the rselflc. Western Canada, which has r- t f vr-d many Japanese Imrr.lrrante, has virtually tho same attitude toward the assimilation of Japanese with Anglo Saions as have the people of California. w Zealand thinks about tho same as Australia. It was a stormy . senton gleeful occupation In the veetlbulo-of the Hanover apartments wheti two grown-up gtedestriana slinnod un an them early in the night. A blood -curd growl from the two rrown-UDs wiped the youngsters to Instant atten tion. - "lu M apoloeetic chirp came from' the grinning goblin's mouth. t "We we Jes changing- the name plates on the telephones.- - . , Laughter was the cue for tho good ork to continue. . " . 5"w Terk Bond Market Fanuseed py Overbeck A Cooke eoBpany. Board of Trade building: Atctusoa GenL 4s BaX OUlo Gold 4s .. . Beth. Rfatel Kef. Ss .. . . Cent. Fae. l.tt 4s St. Paul fimL 4Hs .... Oiicago S-W. Geal. 4s .. L. A N. Unl. 4s . New Tort Ry. Ss ..... . Northern Fee. P. U 4s . Beading GenL 4s I'nioa Pac. 1 4s V. 8. Steel 5s , . Union Psc 1st Kef. 4s . Soothers Pac, Coov. & , Soatnan Pae. Con. 4s . Penn. Cone. 4 s Penn. 1st 4 Cbea, A Ohio Con. 5s Oregon Sbort Ham 4s . . Bid. 79 10 68H TH 62 7H 83 K 3Shk TT4 7H T2 5 78 1H 84 S eon 85 Asked. 79 71 84 75 i 62 H 78 84 23 77 77 72 85 H 78 i 4 84 89 81 83 85 ' Fereta-m Exeaaate Xarket Kew-Tork. Kov. l.(V. P. Foreicn ex change epened heavy today. Sterling. S3 92 H : francs, .0737; lire. .0408: snarka, .0053 H ; Danish kronen, .1870. The entire ft, was sngntty sswer at the dot. Harks .00534; sterling 68.91; francs .07S3H: lire .0409; unman kronen .0173. Stocks, Boatla, Cottotk, Grain, Etc, " 3.S-317 Eoard of Tradw BaOdiaig Overbed DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL EXCHANGES ; . aiesisors Ckkcago Board of Trade CorrespeadeaU of loga Bryaa ' . Caieage - Ktw York - ( . . . 1 Name Address..... Do You Own Liberty Bonds ? 'Will Liberty Bonds Come If you do, then send for our folder, Back?" . It explains why prices are increasing. It points out the reasons for market fluctuations. It outlines a practical course for Liberty Bondholders to follow if they wish to improve their investment position. - ' There is no cost or obligation. Call, write or phone today or use the corner of this advertisement. For Your November Investment We offer the following list of well-selected, high-grade; tax exempt Municipal Bonds Lane. County (Oregon) Road 5s . . . 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