The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1917, Page 4

i i THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N, D., as Second Class Matter. ISSUED EVERY DAY GEORGE D. MANN, - - _- Editor; JEY A. WEIR, Business Managet . LOGAN, PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHI- CAGO, Ma:quette Bldg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresge Rldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber _ Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The As:ociated Press is exclusively entitled to. tie use for republication of all news c cuted to it or not other- wise cretite: in this paper and also the local news published herein. All r.gut, ol republication of special : herein are also reserved. MEMBL AUDIT BUREAU OF CIR- “MLATION, Bi PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, Morning and Sunday by © Carrier, per month ..... eee $7 Daily, Morning, Evening and Sun- day, by ier, per month.... .90 Daily, svemng only, by Carrier, + POr MONLN .... see essere ee oe 50 | Daily, Is.cning and Sunday, per month Morn:ng ov North Dakots, one year ...... 4.00 Morning o« tvening by mail out- side of Novth Dakota, one year, 6.00 Sunday, in Combination with Evening or Morning by mail, one year... THE | ATES OLDE (Ustablished 1873) EST NEWSPAPER > WEATHER REPORT. For ‘twenty-four hours ending at noon, Nov. Tempetature at 7 a. m. Tempetature at noon .. Highest yesterday ... Lowest yesterday ,. Lowest last night . Precipitation ...... Highest wind velocity . » FORECAST. For ‘North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. Lowest Fargo St. Paul Winnipeg . Helena .. Chicago I ‘ Os. ++ 52 ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologis:. REMEMBER THE Y. M. C. A. soldieks of aytocracy amuse them- selves; in datas, they’ve conquered, on their (Avay/*to conquer. America, and Temperatures. NOT PROGRESSIVE! Some physicians banded together in the American Association of Progres- give Medicine have decided to seek legislation in various ’states legalizing killing aged persons and incurables, Evidently they overlook the fact shat many persons have done much good and been of great worth. after they | had passed the old age ‘line. They forget the millions’ of instances where sick persons recoveréd health after they were given up by doctors. We cannot subscribe to the doctrine of legalized murder, advanced by these} doctors; nor do we-dgree with them that they are “progressive.” A truly | progressive doctor is one who makes an incurable disease easier to bear and makes it possible: for. one so af flicted to live as long as possible. Further, a progressive doctor is onc} who makes old age healthier and} pushes it farther into the distance of; one’s life—who does his utmost to bring his patients to what we are 0} pleased to call a “ripe old age.” The story we Americans like best in our evening’s paper contains but three words—Haig, hammers huns. “KULTURED” FINANCE, ANYHOW Germany may not “crack,” political- ly. Her war strength may still be as high as,some unbiased authorities say it is. She may he-able to raise a seventh war loan in October and an eighth in December. But it is indis- putable that she has, practically, gone without foreign trade for over three years; that one-sixth of her war loans has to go as interest on preceding loans; that her interest charge alone » {is $200,000,000 more than the imperial income; that her mark has so de- preciated that her nearest neighbors decline it; ani that, evén within her own confines, some of her mortgage! bank bonds are selling above the im- perial bonds. There is no people on earth, save} one “kultured” into going it blind, that would or could stand for such! business and financial, condjtions, even in*peace times. It is some “kultur,” when the horny-heartcd business cle- ment believes that finances are 0. K. so long as “me und Gott” are able to work at the prigting presses issu- ing national securities that go ‘round and ‘round on no basis whatever. The New York women who scorns alimony in her divorce, petition ought read ‘thig, account of how the|to have no trouble in\remarrying. | A RUSTY OLD ‘SAW “Take care of the pennies and the then help ‘take. hell out of war by dollars will take care of themselves,” aiding: the Yx.M.C. A. “In» Gerbeyillier, standing beside their graves, J studied the photograph of the bodies of fifteen old men whom the Germans lined’ up’ and shot ‘be~ cause there were no young soldiers to kill; heard the detailed story’ of a woman whose boy of fourteen, being nearest the ago of a soldier, was first banged to a pear tree in the garden, and when the officer and soldier had left him andiwere busy setting fire to the next house, she cut the rope, revived the stfangled boy, only to find the soldicrs had returned, and while the officer held her hands behind her back, his assistant poured petrol on the boy’s head. and clothes, set fire to him, and while he staggered about, a flaming torch, they shricked with laughter.”"—Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. Some wild-eyed patriot suggests that all girls should scornfully refuse and candy offerings from young men. He has mixed up the end of the war with the end of the world. all ice cre LET US ENCOURAGE HOGS! Throughout the Mississippi and Missouri river regions, the prevail- ing topic of conversation, even in quite polite circles, is hog, and the scat of the nation might as well make up its mind that something has got to be done about hog. The farmer has been selling most all his hogs, including brood sows, until there's hardly a squeal audible in all that vast region. Mr. Farmer si he has been selling because prices were uncertain, and he has stunted to such effect that the food administration has decided upon a minimum price of $15.50 on hog at Chicago. In fi the only uncertainty, about hog prices that has worriéd the farm- cr, for many months past, ‘has been uncertsinly as to whether his hog would be worth $1 more tomorrow or $1.50. A rise was as certain as rise of the sun. Most of the farmers sold, down to their last brood sow, or thereabout, and now those who still have breeders have got to be en- couraged by government. Ordinarily, $15.50 on hog at Chicago would make any conscientious farmer blush over its acceptance. But, in addition, the hog-raisers are demanding a fixed price on corn—hog-food. The farm-! ers fear uncertainty as to corn, hay- ing raised over three billion bushels of it the past year. More hog-food for fewer hogs might, naturally, mean cheaper hog, but maybe government will have to encourage the farmers by smashing natural laws in respect of both, hogs and hog-feed. Certain it is that if, under present high prices, the producers of bacon, pork and ham are in the Slough of Despond, some- thing mighty strong has got to be done to lift them up... - + we penned laboriously in old-time copybooks and nodded gravely at this bit of saw-dust from tight-fisted wise- acres, And-now here is our owms_sober! minded government pleading’ food ging for lavisly expenditure of nies the next! conservation at one minute ay te en- It now appears the rusty old penny- saving saw has done a lot of damage by retiring the humble but indispens- able penny to the shadowy recesses of" the children’s bank. And now comes the war tax with all the necessities | of lite, like stamps and movies, adding extra pennies to their demands. And lo! in the small and exclusive coin family “the last shall be first” and! the\Piave line, the United States government is try- ing to hire a Pied Piper of Hamelin to lure all the pennies from their modest abodes in china pigs and cast iron apples. The United States mint has been parent to some threc billion pennies —about 30 to a person. At least half of these have been lost—gone the same place all the pins go. Two-| the line td§d the correspondent, tha thirds of the 15 that are left are salted in children’s banks~and if the war tax is to move smoothly they must} many of thel come out and go into the wide world to do their bit, the less important nickle and dime retiring to the second line of defense in the banks. “Take care of the pennies and the war tax will take care of itself” is the wartime version—or try this on your mouth organ. If to your nation~you would not be fickle Change your jive pennies into just one nickle. If you persist in refusing to buy veal and lamb, you'll make leather and clothing cheaper. With Turkey at 40 cents a pound its patriotic elimination from the festal board is a duty unusually pleas- ant. No German peace proposal which does not begin with “We will repay, give up and make good” is worth the paper it is written upon. Over in Indiana they're talking of instituting “coalless” days. Say, be- fore this saving of things stops, we'll be lying in bed all day, empty! Manufacturers of rubber “arctics” have agreed to turn their entire prod- uct over to Uncle Sam. Drat a war policy that demands sacrifice of our last joy in footwear! a That great war conference, ’tis re- ported, is going to discuss unity of; command with a commander-in-chief | of all the anti-German armies. Noth- ing save personal, modesty can pos- sibly prevent Colonel Roosevelt's pre- -|senting himself for that job. Scene in D. W. Griffith's mighty spectacle which comes to the Auditor ium theatre on Saturday, Nov. 17th. ‘ CONTINUOUS CAANONADNG ALONG. THE AER. PAVE “TRUS BIE BAT hilly country from, the vicinity of Feltre to the Sette Comuni. attempts made by, the enemy to pierce the northern front.and encircle the Italian’ left wing haye failed. The Berlin officiat communication asserts that on the upper Piave 10,000 Italians have been cut off and forced der, and also that the Teu- tonic allies have pressed southwest- ward from Bellunof and standing before the ‘town of Feltre, on the west bank of thé-Piave. sidered possible thatthe enemy may make an ‘attempt te-press: southward from this region along ‘the valley and the railroad, but the Italians here are entrenched in strong positions which apparently cannot be taken except un- ler heavy losses. . The situation’ in Russia as a result of the ‘Bolsheviki revolt is still ob atches have been \Baseball Magnates_ Disagree Dissatisfied Owners of the Amer- ican Association Start Italians Take Stand on Banks of tream and Reports from Louisville, Ky., Nov. 13—There was no secession of dissatisfied club own- ers of the American‘ association, nor was a new attempt made to‘ form a new league at the annual meeting American ‘association, stormy five-hour during which Jas McGill, president of the Indianapolis club, made the sug- gestion of a new league, the meeting adjourned until Wednesday to await action on redistricting of certain min- or league territory expected to be taken by the National association:ot professional baseball leagues, meets tomorrow. President Hickey of the American association declared tonight that the movement of the Indianapolis, Louis- ville and Toledo- clubs to withdraw and merge with certain clubs of the International ‘league: appeared to be He predicted that the association would open the 1918 sea- There, were. reports, how- ever, that McGill, Roger Bresnahan, owner of the Toledo club, and O. H. Wathen,. president of the Louisville club, would carry their fight before the National association. SOULS DEPEND ON GOD TO KEEP THEM IN THER ORBITS Sun Fitting Symbol of Supreme Being Declares Rev. L. R. Call of Baptist Church The soul of man depends upon God to keep it in its true orbit, just as the earth depends upon the sun to keep it in its true orbit,” declared the Rev. L..K. Call, acting-pastor of the First Eaptist church in his sermon Sunday morning. The text of the ser- was taken‘ from Psalm 84:11. (“The Lord God is a Sun.”) “Man in the ancient world worship- ped the sun and regarded it as a liv- ing/thing. The Phoenicians worship- ped the sun when they worshipped Baal; the Moabites when they wor- the Ammonites when they worshipped Moloch. The Israeli¢es also worshipped the sun. is said that Abraham bowed before the sun while it was high in the heav- In the absence of authentic rev- elation it is no more strange that the reverential Hedrew should exclaim, ‘The Sun is our God,’ than that the heaven inspired Psalmist should de- clare, ‘The Lord God is a Sun.’ “A -more fitting material symbol of God, than the sun, it would be diffi- cult to find, whether it is considerea in its vastness, its power or its beni- It is the source of the most intense light known to man. And just the gates of the day and floods the world with light, enabling us to see a thousand pleas- ing objects, even so does God shine into our lives and give us power to see a thousand moral glories. The sun is also the source of heat. It has power to melt a cylinder of ice three miles in diameter and as long as the distance from the earth to the sun, in one second of time. This typi- fies the power of God. He is entirely adequate to care for his creation, whether it is the physical, moral or spiritual universe. The sun is also the fountain of life. Without the sun no life could exist. Without God there could be no life God is the source of eter- nal life just as the sun is a source of Jesus Christ brings the soul, darkened by sin, to a place in the sunlight of God’s mercy, and God Front Are Favorable. here, of . the AUSTRIANS ATTACK Attempts of Enemy to Pierce the Left Wing of Defenders Proves Failure. man emperor arrived Sunday at the Italian theater, where he met Emperor Charles and King Fer- dinand, according to a Gorizza dis- He congratulated Emperor Charles on his escape from drown- ing. The:German emperor contin. \, ued his journey along the front. seure. No direct d sived from the ussian capital since day eevning, when it was report- rd that there had*been considerable street fighting in which cadets, fol- of Premier Kerensky, worsted by the Bolsheviki troops at By Associated Press. talian Headquarters in Northert Italy, Nov. 13.—The Italians are hold: ing, the Austro-German advance or Early reports fro ‘ont today were favorable. vy shelling is in progréss all along\the new front, talians are entrenched back oi the weqt bank of the Piave river, an¢é The fighting was be ‘un by the cadets, owing to reports with a large body of men, was close to the capital. premicr and his. foflowers, had not put in an Sunday night. On the battle fronts in France and Belgium comparative calm prevails, except for the usual artillery activity and raiding operations. In Palestine the Turks, who have] + been pushed back on numerous: sec- tors by the British forces under Gen- now are preparing de- *ensive positions 20 miles southwest lem, near Hebron. The British, however, are using the mounted troops, and again have made some progress toward El Tine. tish infantry also has attacked the snemy’s right flank successfully and captured, a number of machine guns. Gas masks are being worn by the American troops in the trenches in France as a result of the Germans using gas shells against them. ns and the Germans are using considerable quantities of shrap- nel against oppo: AMERICANS GASSED. (With the American Army in France, Nov. 12—The American infantrymen in the trenches and artillery in the gun pits have had their first real ex- perience with gas shells. mans have let Joose many during the last two days, making the use of gas masks necessary. Shrapnel also has been freely used by both sides. During a recent night the enemy machine guns were again turned on the American trenches, the Americans replying with an ‘equally vigorous fire. FATAL FLIGHT. Plane Comes to Earth Killing Ca- nadian Officer and U. S. Sergeant Malloy. several points. that Kerensky, pearance up to ro-German force is taking the place ofgthe advanced guard on the east bank, The strip of water betweer the lines‘is half a mile, widening a some points to a mile. An obseRyer back from a tour along ding had become continu ustrians, are using five inch guns, ngt yet having brought uy heaviest pieces. enemy is turiting his fire against thc b Bell towers of smal ringing the westerr the. Italian artillery as observation posts The Italian artiilery reply is spirited le number of guns: d in bringing bach high Campani villages of thi bank to prev from using th from a conside: that they succ from the old front; The battle front‘fas two main sec- ends from Feltre per from Feltre ir bridge, whete uards crossed lown the lower Near Feltre the river turi into the mountains wi a railway on the west bank. ‘The enemy is on the this mountain region and may attempt to come down the vall railway. The Italians hi tage of a river defense,at\this point but they have strongly. to the sea and the, westward. The Vj the last Italian real the Piave, is half wa: The fight at Asiago was tlearly a feeler to test the strength of ian line. Snow is falling int regions, and a severe cold spell pre- ALONG SANGUINARY LINES. as the sun opens The Italian and the Austro-G armies are in battle array alon! Piave river from the hilly regi the north to the Adriatic sca. ItaHans on the western side and he enemy along the seatern bank. The main army of the Austro-H garians and Germans has taken the place of the advanced guard w has been scattered along the strea™ for several days, and throughout th entire region the guns of both sides /|are engaged in duels. enemy is using only five inch guns, having been unable as his heavier pi guns of the Italians siderable numbers of those able to bring back with them during the retreat from the Isonzo front. Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 1 ond Lieut. R. L. Johnson, € royal flying corps, and Sergeant Mal- loy, United States aviation section, were killed this afternoon when an airplane in-which they were making a practice flight, fell about seven miles from this city. MARQUETTE STARTS PRACTICE. Players Indisposed at St. Louis in North Dakota Game. Thus far the’ 4 Milwaukee, Wis. Nov. 13.—Mar- ette university football team today an to practice for the contest with NQrth Dakota next Saturday. ers who were indisposed after the ‘St'sLouis game are recovering and The Italians are holding the line WESTERN HARKETS ERAN, POISIONS CATTLE AND HOGS The Day’s News from Boards of Trade and Stockyards of: Great Central West. NEW YORK STOCKS. New York, Nov. 12.—Stocks dis- played general improvement in the early stages of today’s dull session, gaining one to three points. This ad- vantage was materially and in some cases wholly lost later, moderate sell- ing succeeding the publication of President Wilson's Buffalo address. ‘Absence of untoward foreign devel- opments over the week end, more en- couraged domestic industrial advices and the extent of the short interest were factors of varying importance in the early improvement. More tnan 60 of the more prominent rails, industrials, shippings and spe cialties were comprehended in the day's dealings, the market making uy a in breadth what it lacked in activity Coalers, trunk lines and Pacifics were strongest of the transportations, but that entire division fell back on @ sharp reaction in Canadian Pacific and St. Paul. United States Stcel rose early to 94%, but yielded two points and closed at 93, a net gain of half a point. Othe: steels and the coppers and equipments moved in the same irregular way, but shippings and some of the motors held the better part of their one to three point advance. Trading dwindled as prices sagged in the last hour on the lack of bullisk initiative and a renewal of bearish ag gressions, the market closing with an frregular tone. Sales amounted tc 605,000 shares. Exchange on Rome and Petrograd rallied appreciably, mainly as the re sult of relaxed, pressure. Domestic money rates hardened for the short maturities and call loans were unal tered. Foreign issues made decided recov- eries in the otherwise irregular bond market, gaining from % to 2 points Total bond sales (par value) aggre gated $3,570,000. Liberty 4's made a further decline from 99.989 to 99.96, the 314’s rang ing from 99.36 to 99.26. United States bonds, old issues, un changed on call. CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, Nov. 12.—Both inactivity and strength, oats today led corn Scarcity of cars available for the movement of oats proved the domin ating factor. Oats finished 2 to 25 net higher. Corn gained 1% to 2%c closing unsettled, with December a‘ $1.20% and May, at, $1.15%. Provi- sions advanced 2% to 50c. ‘Attention focussed on knowledge that although a large stock of oats ex- isted, the supply was not in a position to enter readily into commercial chan nels. It was explained that produc ers had become extra cautious abou sales of oats to arrive for nearby de liveries. In this connection, report: were current that railroad equipmen’ was necessarily being utilized to the utmost to dispose of soft corn, a per ishable commodity, of which the ag gregate this season had assumed huge proportions. Likelihood of a falling off in arrivals of oats drew specia notice to free buying for seaboard ac count and to relative smallness of the amount of oats on hand here lese than a quarter of the total a year ago Corn rose mainly as a result of up turns in the oats market and in Wal’ street quotations. Besides, some au thorities contended that the yield o merchantable corn would not be muct in excess of last year. * Provisions swung upward’ wit grain. Option. Open. High. Low. Close. Corn— A Dec. ... 119% 120% 119 120% May ... 114% 116% 114% 1158 Oats— Dec. :.. 61 63% 61 63% May... 62 64% 62 63% MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. + Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 12.—Wheat —Receipts, 671 cars, compared witb 565 cars a year ago. Corn—No. 3 yellow, $2.20@ 2.25. Oats—No. 3 white, 61% @62%. Flax—$3.39@3:47. Flour in carload lots, fancy patents 20c lower, quoted at $10.30 wood; first clears, 10¢ lower, quoted .at $9.65, jute. Other grades, unchanged. Ship ments, 89,897 barrels. Rye—$1.76@1.77. Barley—98c@$1.27. Bran—$31.50@32.00. OMAHA LIVE. STOCK. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 12.—Hogs—Re ceipts, 4,300, lower; heavy, $16.70@ 17.00; mixed, $16.80@17.00; light, $16.90@17.25; pigs, $10.00@19.00; bulk, $16.80@17.00. k Jattle—eceipts, 20,000, steady to lower; native steers, $9.00@16.00; cows and heifers, $6.75@9.75; western steers, $8.50@13.50; cows and heifers, $6.50@9.25; canners, $5.25@6.25; feed- ers and stockers, $6.50@13.50; calves, $9.50@12.50; bulls, stags, etc., $5.76@ 8.00. Sheep—Receipts, 7,300, strong to 25 cents higher; yearlings, $10.75@ 13. wethers, $11.00@12.50; ewes, $9: 10.75; lambs, $16.00@16.75. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. ‘i Chicago, Nov. 12.—Hogs—Receipts, 40,000; tomorrow, 18,000, at Saturday’ 50; light average; bulk, $17.10@ $16.65@17. mixed, $16.70@17.60; heavy, $16.70@17.60; rough, $16.70@ 16.90; pigs, $13.25@16.75. Cattle—Receipts, 23,000; tomorrow, 12,090, firm; native steers,’ $6.75@ 16,80; western steers, $5.85@13.4 stockers and feeders, 65@11 cows and heifers, $4.50@11.75; calves, $6.75@ 13.00. i Sheep—Receipts, 20,000: mtorrow, 18,000, firm; wethers, $8.70@12.85; along the Piave, and also in the re-' gion running. westward through the li h Ryan will work his men to the in preparation for a hard battle. gives eternal life through Christ. ‘The Lord God is a Sun’ ” ewes, $7.00@11.25; lambs, $12.00@ 16.65. . SOUTH ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK. South st.- Paul, Mint Nor. re Hogs—Receipts, 20,000, steady, lower; range, $16.00@ 16.55; bulk, $16.40@16.50. is Cattle — Receipts, 19,500; killers, steady to strong; steers, $5.00@15.00; cows and heifers, 1@8.00; veal calves, steady, $4.50@11.50; stockers: and feeders, strong to a shade higher, - 5.00@11.00, Fcneep--Recelpts, 2,500, steady, with lambs at $8.00@15. wethers, $7.00@ 13.00; ewes, $5.00@10.50. NEW YORK STOCK LIST. American Beet Sugar sees 1% American Can ...+-.s+s+ a4 American Smelting and Refin, 73 an 3rucible Steel ... Cuba Cane Sugar. American Tel. and Tel. 107% American Zinc vee . 125 Anaconda Copper .- » 55% Atchison ...+++-> 5 84% Baltimore and Ohio - 53 Butte and Superior. . 15% California Petroleum . » 1% Canadian Pacific . . 133% Central Leather . « O1% Chesapeake and Ohio. 5 41% Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul ue 36% Shino Copper ....-+-+ ° ? 37% Colorado Fuel and Iron... » 3234 » 53% Grea! Jreat Northern pfd... nspiration Copper . nt. Mer. Marine pfd. ctfs Zennecott Copper ....- Louisville and Nashville. Mexican Petroleum ... Miami Copper .....- Missouri Pacific ... Montana Power .. New York Central - 68% Northern Pacific . . 86% Pennsylvania .... ~ 48% tay Consolidated Copper » 81% Yeading ..-----+ Sih ag o 8 OTS R 1% Republic Iron and Steel.. ..- Soathern Pacifie ... Southern Railway . Texas Co. ..--- Union Pacific ....-- U. 9. dndustrial Alcohol United States Steel. Jtah Copper ..- i ST.PAUL.° i, = HOGsS—Receipts, 11,000; 25¢ high- + =yage $16.50@16.95; bulk $16.70@ 75. ¥ 16.75. WLE—Receipts, 3,100; steady; steers, '$5.00@15.00; cows and heifers 35.75@8,00; caluves steady, $4.50 11.50; stockers and feeders steady; 35.00@11.00. SHEEP—Receipts ~ 1,500; steady; ambs $%00@15.75; wethers $7.00@ 3.00; ewes $5.00@10.50. CHICAGO. HOGS—Reccipts - 24,000; strong; walk $17.25@17.60; light $16.90@17.60; mixed $16.901@17.70; heavy '$16.90@ 17.70; rough, $16.90@17.10; pigs $13.60 @17.25. ¥ CATTLE—Receipts $16,000; weak; rative beef steers, $6.35@16.40; west- wn steers $5.85@12.40; cows and heif- ws $5.65@11.50;, calves $4.50@11.75; wethers $8.70 to\12 SHEEP — Receipts 41,000; steady; -wethers $8,70@12.75; lambs $12.00@ $16.65, 3 a MINNEAPOLIS. No. 3 yellow corn’. 20 @225 No. 3 mixed ..:..... ‘218 ~@220 Ither gradés corn 126 @2 No. 2 W. Mont’... 60%@ 66% 3, We oe 624%@ 63% arrive .... 7 C2YU@ 63% So. 3 white oats . -. 61% @.625%% Arrive .....6.- + CLM@ER% No. 4 white oats ...... 60%@ 62% Barley ;.....++ 98 @119* noice barley +. 119 @127 tye .. 178 @179 tye to arrive 178 Plax on . 339 @341 ‘lax to arrive ++ 326% @32845 id Dec. oats + G0%N iew Dec. Oats . O%@ wh. May oats ..... 62%0 % Close 1:43 p. m. . DULUTH. Jats on trk............ 634%@ 64 Oats to arrive, Nov. .... 63% Rye en trk ... + 176 tye to arrive Nov. 25.. 176 Nov. rye . seeee 176 dec. Rye 171N May rye . 1848 Barley on trk ... 98 @127 Flax on track 340 @346 ‘lax to arrive’. 339 lax to arr Nov. 25.. 340 Nov. flax Dec. flax . May flax Close 1:45 p. m. UNFAIR COMPETITION Farmers’ Elevator Says Compet- itor Pays Too Much for Wheat Unfair competition is charged by the Starkweather Co-operative Eleva- tor Co. against a .competitor who is paying $2.10 the bushel for No. 1 dark aorthern and No. 1 amber durum while the co-operative comipany is pay- ing but $2,08. The price of $2.08 the Starkweather company advises in fil- ing a formal complaint with the state rail board leaves a spread of but 15 cents:the bushel. to cover freight charger, handling and commissions, and the elevator people are inclined to doubt that its competitor is paying the same price at Starkweather as in other points. INSPECTION INSUFFICIENT Elevator Company Claime Present Plan Is Fee-Grabbing Graft Contending that the present inspec- { tion of scales on the part of the sher- iff is a mere perfunctory fee-getting | operation, in which the sheriff throws / a couple of weights on the scales, ‘ notes the result, pockets his fee and walks away, the Western Lumber & Grain Co., of Bowman writes the rail- | way commission asking that there be | laid down for the sheriffs a set of |. rules which will make the testing of | scales under a load compulsory. § HAS. AUTHORITY. Washington, Nov. 12—The inter- state Commerce Commission, the Su- preme Court held today, has authority / to compel railroads to establish /! through routes and joint rates in con- nection with ‘other carriers. 7 ¢