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4 BEIGARIA'SATTITUDE ONE OF NEUTRAITY HAS NOT SLIGHTEST AGGRESS- IVE INTENTION, BUT WILL DEFEND RIGHTS. FOLLOWS HOLLAND'S WAYS Like Switzerland and Holland, the Balkan State Will Be Ready to Protect Itself—Greeks Welcome Relief From Uncertainty. London.—A dispatch from Sofia da- ted September 24 gives the semi-offi- cial statement issued on that day: \The entry of Bulgaria into a state of armed neutrality is, according to the view in government circles, ex- plained by changes which occurred re- cently in the political and military sit- uation. \Bulgaria has not the slightest ag- gressive intention, but is resolved to be armed to defend her rights. Fol- lowing the example of Holland and Switzerland, Bulgaria is obliged, in view of the movement of troops ef- fected by her neighbors and the dan- ger threatening her from the fact of the Austro-German offensive against Serbia, to proclaim armed neutrality while continuing conversations with the representatives of the two bel- ligerent groups.\ Greece Maintains Treaties. Athens, via London.—King Constan- tine and Premier Venizelos, at a con- ference, have reached a complete agreement in regard to both the steps already taken by the government and the measures which are demanded to meet the Balkan situation. These measures include mainten- ance of Greece's treaty obligations. Great relief has been caused throughout Greece by the order call- ing for the mobilization of the army. The people apparently are glad to ex- change the uncertainties of politics for the possibility of war. It is gen- erally believed in unofficial circles that a struggle eventually between Greece and Bulgaria can not be avoid- ed. Mobilization is now under way, pro- ceeding quietly. The people are be- wildered, not knowing whither it may lead them. PRINTING LETTER \BAD FORM\ Captain Von Papen Declares \Idiotic Yankees\ Refers to Editors. lerancisco.-+-eztptaiu Fgarts von Papen, military attache to the German embassy at Washington, who is here with Prince von Hatzfeldt of the em- bassy taking in the exposition, denies that the expression \idiotic Yankees\ contained in 'the letter entrusted to J. F. J. Archibald and intercepted by the British authorities, was intended to apply to the American people. \The much-discussed letter was to my wife,\ he said. \In passing it may be said that publishing a man's letter to his wife is deuced bad form. When the British authorities at Falmouth found these letters on Mr. Archibald they pounced with avidity on the two words that have made all this trouble. \They published only an exerpt of my letters, thus changing its meaning entirely. My wife, or any one else, reading the letter from start to finish would have gathered that the expres- sion 'idiotic Yankees' referred to the publishers of a New York newspaper. ''The journal had been calling us conspirators and other objectionable epithets. It grew especially vehement after a portfolio containing certain of our private papers had been stolen from one of our men on the train. In writing to my wife I dealt with these publications. Not a word did the British publish about these parts of my letter.\ REPORT ON BELGIAN AID. „Commission of Rockefeller Foundation Spends Cash. New York.—The expenditure of nearly $1,000,000 for relief of Belgium, the appropriation of funds for medical work and research and investigation of conditions in Belgium, Holland, Po- land and Serbia, was the work done by the war relief commission of the Rock- efeller foundation 1,n Europe up to January 1, 1915. A review of the foun- dations activi'ties after the outbreak of the war and up to January 1 is now made public as the second part of its annual report. Generals Disclaim Blame. Washington.-114or General Fun- ston, commanding the United States troops on the border, and General Na- farette, the Carranza commander, both disclaim for their men responsibility for the fighting Saturday near Progre- so, Texas, in which one American sol- dier was killed and an officer was wounded. Leave for Mexico. env, Pronnfonn_ Onrtoirt Pron.' Papen, military attache to the Ger- man embassy at Washington, D. C., and Prince Von Hatzfeldt, .left here Tuesday for Mexico. The Swiss legation' at Washington has advices from Berne that manufac- turers in Switzerland are anxious to supply the Christmas toy trade of the United States. MARKET REPORT Chicago. Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.1501A6; No. 3 red, $1.1101.14; No. 2 red, $1.040 1.10; No. 2 hard, $1.17. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 73 1 / 4 074 1 / 4 c. Rye—No. 2, 97c. Barley -50060c, Timothy—$5.5008.00. Clover—$13@18. Butter—Higher; creamery, 210 25 1 / 2 c. Eggs—Lower; at mark, cases in- luded, 17023 1 / 2 c; ordr 4 : , y_ firsts, 21 1 / 4 022%c; firsts, 22 1 / 2 0 1 / 2 c. Hogs—Slow, 5c above yesterday's average. Bulk, $6.7508.75; light, $7.3508.25; mixed, $6.6508.25; heavy $6.4007.80; rough, $6.4006.80; pigs, $5.5007.50. Sheep—Steady. Wethers, $5.250 6.25; lambs, 06.2508.75. Cattle—Firm. Native beef cattle, $6010.40; western steers, $6.6008.85; cows and heifers, $2.6508.25; calves, $7010.50. New York. Spot cotton, steady; middling up- lands, 11.35c. Raw sugar easy; centrifugal, 4.02c; molasses, 3.27c. Coffee—Spot quiet; Rio No. 7, 6.75c; Santos No. 4, 9c. San Francisco. Eggs—Fresh extras, 38c; pullets, 35%c. Cheese—New, 11 e 14c ; California cheddars, 13c; young Americas, 13 1 / 2 c. Barley—Steady. Oats—White, $1.3201.35. Feedstuffs—Middlings $30032; bran $26027; cracked corn, $41042; shorts $27028. Liverpool. Wheat—Spot No. 1 Manitoba, lls 11d; No. 2, 11s 9 1 / 2 d; No. 3, us 8d; No. 1 northern Duluth, lls 4 1 / 2 d; No. 2 red western winter, 108 2 1 / 2 d; No. 2 hard winter, lls 100. Corn—Spot, American mixed new, 6s 9d. Portland. Cattle—Cattle market opened up this morning with a run of 1,200 head. Prices ruled around the $6.90 mark for choice steers, $3 for best cows, bulls at $4 and stags scent as high as $6.65. The stock went fast, with bulk ranging from i6 to $6.50; outlook Hogs—With a fair run of 2,600 hogs, trading in the swine division was not very brisk, owing, probably, to lack of quality. One load of good hogs brought $6.75, be over last week's close. The bulk sold at $6.50 to $6.65. Sheep — Sheep transactions were made rapidly, with an advance of 25c on yearlings. Lambs are grabbed up quickly at $7, ewes at $5 and weth- ers $5.50. Tacoma. Wheat—There is little of activity as yet developed in the wheat mar- ket. Buyers show no inclination to buy up for supplies in the absence of tonnage with which to give it dis- cir, -whi+e-growers are -still- -very storing in their position, with the re - suit that interior warehouses are filling up with unsold grain to an ex- tent that has never heretofore ob- tained. Receipts for last week were but 294 cars at Tacoma, 304 cars at Seattle and 397 cars at Portland. The total shortage at those terminals, by comparison with the same date last year, is 2,800 cars, or over 3,000,- 000 bu., and there are indications that marketing will be . pretty generally distributed throughout the year, un- Prices have hardened slightly with- in the week, though there is no ap- preciable change in the situation. Bulestem is quoting at 90e, with club at 85c. Chicago prices hold at the same level, practically, as a week ago. The mills are buying rather sparingly, awaiting the advent of a more comprehensive outlet for flour, while foreign demand is not impera- tive, with only scattering exports, a portion of w h ic h were for South America. Charters still hold around the 90 shilling mark. THE SPOKANE MARKET. A feature of the situation is the continued relative improvement in business. There is a good, steady de- mand in progress along normal lines for fall business following the extra impetus imparted to mercantile in- terests in the stocking up of house- holds upon the return of the sum- mer-outers. The betterment that is noted in manufacturing and whole- sale centers is also indicated in an expension of demands in all sections of the country. The number of in- terests that continue to show the ef- fects of conser.vatism are getting fewer. In the lumber trade, which has not been favorably affected by the war in Europe, business shows some im- provement, and in some instances it is reported that a higher price has been secured on requisitions, and there is a prospect of a gradual pick- ing up of business and prices. ButterThe butter market is fair- ly active, with prices holding as for- merly, at 29032c for Washington creamery. Supplies are moderate, and the undertone of the situation well maintained. Cheese—Market shows no change Business rather quiet at 17c for trip- lets and 19c for cream brick. Eggs—The egg market still holds in rather a demoralized condition. While arrivals of fresh ranch stocks are light, there has been enough to meet the demarld up to the present time. As to prices, the figures still remain at $808.50 wholesale. rrebil AleaLb -- r0110Wille, 71 rawer demoralized condition in the fresh meat trade for several weeks, prices have been declined on pork to 100 10 1 / 2 c, steer beef 909 1 / 2 c, cow beef 808 1 / 2 c, mutton 10012c and lamb 14015c. Live Stock has also de- clined, quotations being as follows: Steers $5.5006, cows 03.5005.50, sheep , 04.5005.50, hogs 04.5006. Poultry — With the market over- stocked with poultry, the price on hens has declined to 10c and spring chickens to 12 1 / 2 c. Very little im- provement in the demand has taken place. Lard and Cured. Meats—A slightly weaker tone is indicated in hams and bacon, with quotations on local hams at 15c and eastern 15 1 / 2 c. Lo- cal bacon is quoted at 16@19c and eastern 17020c. Local lard has slumped to 8c, while the eastern holds at 9%c. Apples—A little more interest is manifest in apples, although the mar- ket is still well supplied from local sources. Fancy varieties are still quoting at $1.2501.50, with cookers jobbing at 75ca$1.25. Other Fruits—Lemons are a lit- tle easier this week at $4.5005 for fancy stock and $404.50. for choice. Grapes are now at the height of the season, but prices hold rather firm, the only change noted being in Con- cords, which are quoted at , 25c. Peaches and cantaloupes are a little easier, the former quoting at 40045c and the latter 85c@$1. Cranberries are now in market and jobbing at $10 per barrel and $3.50 per box. Potatoes—Spuds are showing ex- cellent stock, with Yakimas quoting at $1 and locals 85c. Sweets are off again at $2.50 per cwt. Other Vegetables — Onions are steady at 65075c, while carrots are slightly easier at $1 per cwt. Pump- kin and squash still hold at lc per Pound and tomatoes are easier at 25030C. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat—There is a slightly better tone to the wheat market this week and there has been some movement, although it has been of a rather spas- modic nature. The seeming inclina- tion of growers to store their wheat is evidenced by the fact that interior warehouses are filling up with un- sold grain to a greater extent than ever before. Should this attitude con- tinue, marketing will probably be pretty well distributed throughout the year. Prices are a little firmer than a week ago, though there is not much change in the general situation. Bluestem is quoted at 80c, with club at 73c and red Russian 69c. Flour — Another readjustment in flour prices was effected this week when the local mills announced a re- duction of 25c per barrel all along the line. This makes the quotation on patents $5.50 per barrel and sec- onds $5.25. Feed—Slight reductions are noted in bran and oats this week, the fig- ures being $22 for bran and $24 for bran and shorts, while oats dropped to $24 and steam rolled oats was marked down to $25. STOCK AND CROP NOTES. The first estimate of the apple crop of the Wenatchee district is placed at 3,000,000 boxes. H. C. Darwin of the Indian Cache ranch, at Lewiston, Idaho, this week s inh7Fd\ a - straight carload of Nfa aga grapes to Omaha. The cutting of the Tokay crop has begun. A shortage of 20,000 bales in the Oregon hop crop will result in a ben- efit to the growers of the Puyallup valley this year. The Oregon crop is said to be of rather poor quality, while the valley crop is of extra good quality. INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT. Entiat, Wash., has sold bonds to the state to the amount of $16,000, the proceeds to be used in the con- struction of a new school building. The council of Harrington, Wash., has sold bonds to the amount of $20,- 000 to the state and will use the pro- ceeds in improvements to the water system. The directors of the Wenatchee reclamation district will sell bonds to the amount of $500,000 recently voted to be used in improvements and re- pairs to the high line canal. LUMBER AND WOODWORKING. The Anacortes Co-operative Shingle Co. has been incorporated by 14 for- mer members of the Cavanaugh Mill Co., Anacortes, and will operate pne of the shingle mills of that concern. The Grays Harbor Lumber Co., Ho- quiam, last week dispatched three trainloads of 1,000,000 feet of clear lumber to Baltimore, Md., compris- ing the initial shipment on a \coast - to -coast contract of 3,0(10,000 feet. The remaining trainloads will depart within a week. BREVITIES. J. J. Hill has renewed his gift 'of a year ago of $10,000 to the Great Northern Veterans' association. The greatest weekly volume of ex- ports and the largest favorable trade balance since July 1 were shown in the foreign trade for the week ended last Saturday. Exports were $65,- 249,883, as against $33,593,708 for the previous week, and the excess of ex- ports over imports was $35,423,734. Charges of conspiracy and willful abuse of corporate privileges granted them by the state are made against Chicago packers in a suit filed by the state of Texas in the state dis- trict court. As punishment for these alleged crimes, Texas, through its at- torney general, asks fines totalling nearly $15,000,000 and the cancella- tion of all charters and permits al- lowing the packers to operate within the state. Cnnuilhurra 514ar5a II,M. Ind Galena, Ill., Sept. 27.—A cloudburst, which covered a stretch of country north of this city for 20 miles Sunday, caused the greatest flood Galena has experienced for 25 years. The water covered the business streets of Galena to a depth of from two to 10 feet. Some men economize by letting their wives do without the things they need. MINING NEWS The Midget Gold Mining and Mill ing Co. has leased the Tom Thumb group of claims at Republic to Z. E. Merrill. The Montana Gold Mining Co., op- erating a claim on Goat creek in the Okanogan country,...bas uncovered a drift of gold -bearing ore four feet on the face. Work has been _resumed on the Imperial mine in the Coeur d'Alenes under the direction of John M. Nord- quist. About 300 feet of silver -lead ore has been exposed in the upper tunnel, part of which runs better than 50 per cent lead. New York Meta Market. The metal exchange quotes lead $4,50 asked; spelter not quoted. Copper firm. Electrolytic, $18. Metal exchange quotes tin dull, $32 @32.50. 38 13a49 1 %c.silver, 49 1 ic. Mexican dollars, % c PORTLAND EXPOSITION IN OCT. Second Annual Manufacturers' and Land Products Show. October 25 will witness the opening in Portland of the second annual Man- ufacturers' & Land Products Show. The exposition will be in progress un- til midnight, November 13, and each aay Will offer a special feature, event or programme in which some city, town or community of the northwest will take part. The exhibition is intended to show the whole of the northwest under one great roof. More than 75,000 square feet will be devoted to exhibit space and Oregon, Washington and Idaho counties and communities have been invited to take part. The management of the exposition is this year giving free space to land products displays and a grand prize is to be given for the best county exhibit. Portland's chamber of commerce pre- sents the exposition, and the directors of the show, have been named by the industries and manufacturers' and the Oregon development bureaus, two of the most important in the work of the organization. Exhibits, from the field, forest, factory and stream will be ar- ranged in an attractive manner, and visitors will be given a truthful pre- sentation of the agricultural, industrial and horticultural greatness of the northwest. The exposition is open to exhibitors from the entire Pacific coast. Special products will be awarded for apple and potato displays, and the best individual farm exhibit. The exhibit of apples at this year's show will be a feature. The transportation lines are so -op- erating to make the exposition a suc- cess, and low fares for the round trip will prevail while the show is in prog- MONTANA TIMBER CUT HEAVIEST Idaho Leads Free Use List With 25,000,000 Feet. Washington.—Montana leads the na- tional forest states in the amount of timber cut under sales during the last fiscal year, according to a report of the United States forest cervice, with more than 101,000,000 feet, but takes second place in the free -use cut, with 18,000,000 feet. Under the free -use law the states aer allowed to use such timber as is needed for state purposes from national forests within their bor- ders, and individuals are allowed for personal use timber to the extent of $20 yearly. Idaho leads the free -use list with a cut of nearly 25,000,000 feet, and is a close second in the tim- ber cut under sales contracts, with over 100,000,000 feet. Oregon Colorado, Washington, Ari- zona, California, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and South Dakota in their or- der, contributed from 60,000,000 to 24,000,000 feet under both free -use and sales. CONSUMPTION CUR5 INDORSED. Doctors at Philadelphia Meet Say Gib - son's Method Will Cure. Philadelphia.—Physicians who have spent years in the study of tuberculo- sis declared at the closing session of the seventh annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Re- search, at the Hahnemann medical college, that the cure evolved by Dr. Jefferson D. Gibson of Denver, Colo., retiring president of the association, is one that in 10 years ought to place tuberculosis among the relatively non- fatal diseases. Dr. Gibson mentioned the cure in his address opening the meeting on Thurs- day and described it in detail in a pa- per at Saturday's session. It provides a cure by adding X-rays, ozone and static electricity to the climatic and dietetic treatment now common in tuberculosis hospitals. By this method, he claims, the pres- ence of the disease can be detected in healthy, robust persons even before the well known symptoms begin to form and cures can be effected in ad- vanced cases in remarkably short time. Dubuque Hit by Storm. Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 27.—The heavi- est rainstorm in the history of the ei tv swpnt nvpr this spetion Sunday. causing thousands of hollers' damage to property and tying up railroad traf- fic. Schwab Gets Baldwin Works. Philadelphia.—Control of the Bald- win Locomotive works has been ob- tained by Charles M. Schwau of the Bethlehem Steel company and the Du- pont Powder interests, is the report. MandIrypes 01 - 16110asaity OR months war dispatches from Galicia—where vast armies have swayed back and forth, locked in one of the outstand- ing, titanic struggles of history to decide the fate of empires and of two mighty races—have gripped the popular attention more than the news from any other battle theater. On Ga- licia's fields during the past few months Lave been done such feats at arms as the modern world could not have dreamed of; the strength of great Russia swept over this Austrian crownland, driving its powerful ar- mies over the plain in the North, over the central hflls, up the southern slopes of the ragged Carpathians, on their lofty, icy crests, beyond these crests, and hovered over the fertile prairie land of Hungary. Here the wave spent its to then ir- resistible force, and upon the dreary mountain rocks, above the clouds, amid the ice and snow and chill cold of early spring, the flower of Russian and Austro-German strength began rolling backward toward the north, still locked in continuous, grinding battle, until the foothills were left be- hind and the terrific contest surged in the direction of Lemberg and the northern plain. The nature of this war theater that has beheld among earth's sternest, most bitter scenes is intimately described by William Jo- seph Showalter in a statement pre- pared for the National Geographic so- ciety. This writer says: Densely Populated Land. \Austrian Poland is practically em- braced by the crownland of Galicia. This crownland is almost exactly the size of the state of South Carolina, but it has a population six times as great. If, continental United States, exclusive of Alaska, were as densely populated as Galicia we would boast of a population four times as great as that Of Russia. And yet Galicia is the poorest of all the provinces of Austria. It lies outside the ramparts of the Carpathians, which rob it of the warm winds that otherwise would come to it from the south, and also live stock where it belongs. The same methods of agriculture that we used in the United States before theb days of the self -binder and the grain drill are still in force in that region.. \It is in Lemberg that the only Polish -dominated legislative assembly In existence holds its sessions, for Lemberg is the capital of Galicia, and the Poles, both because of their shrewd political ability and their nu- merical weight, control the Galician legislature in the face of their rivals. the Ruthenians of East Galicia. Thep city of Lemberg is largely modern—a compact nucleus surrounded by scat- tering suburbs. \While Galicia is almost wholly an agricultural region, and while a large, percentage of that agriculture is car- ried on in the old-time way, there are, some few manufacturing neighbor- hoods and industrial districts. Dis- tilleries occupy first place among theb industries, and there are many beet - sugar and tobacco factories. Petro- leum springs abound along the Car- pathians, and some of the towns irs this region grow from small villages to modern Beaumonts between Neill' Year and Christmas. \Galicia has many of the world's most famous salt mines. Those at Wieliczka have been worked for near- ly seven centuries, at one time being a principal source of revenue for thee Polish kings. Railroads are not per- mitted to run near them lest their vi- brations result in cave-ins. Withis these mines are a labyrinth of salt - hewn streets and alleys, lined with pillared churches, staircases, restau- rants, shrines, and monuments. Austrian Poles Fairly Well Treated. \Austria has never treated her Poles as the Russians and the Prus- sians have treated theirs. The Poles of Austria are as free to sing their national songs as the people of our own South are free to sing \Dixie!' They are as much at liberty to glorify their past and to speak- their native tongue as though they were free and / independent. Except that they must pay their taxes to Austria and serve, : \* Itg a olit# - Sfyi et at i ',41' . \ ‘1 ° ‘4, 4 4 \t , - , f ,. . , '•.°V 4 it 4 -3: iiii$411111411 MrSeloWs, I2Ya2a.1..f&t.e.al turn back upon it the cold winds of the north. Thus these mountains give Galicia long, cold winters; short, wet springs; hot, blistering summers, and dreary, chilly autumns. \The glory of Poland's past and the hope of her future are Cracow and Lemberg, for it was the former that was her capital in the yesterday of history and the latter that is her capital today and which would be her capital tomorrow were Polish dreams to come true. In Cracow, the great city Of Poland's past, the royal palace still stands; but it is used as a bar- racks and not as the home of a king. The cathedral is now the Valhalla of its departed greatness; for there sleep the kings and the heroes from the Jagellons to Kosciuszko. Not far away is the Kosciuszkaberg, one of the most remarkable memorials ever reared by the hand of man—a huge mound of earth brought by loyal Poles from every battlefield in the world consecrated with Polish blood. \The country around Craeow is flat and is devoted almost wholly to small farming and trucking. The peasants dress in white jackets and blue nreecnes, ana wear jackboots; their womenfolk, with large bright shawls and picturesque headdress, brighten and give spirit to the countryside. Primitive Agriculture. \From Cracow to Lemberg the trav- eler encounters good land; it is fairly evel and entirely innocent of fences, boundary stones marking party lines, and tethers or herdsmen keeping 7. d'IrIn7/55 4 3P ghZa in Austria's army they are practically self-governing. \As western Galicia is the strong- hold of the Austrian Pole, so eastern Galicia is the main dwelling place or the Ruthenian. The two races never get along very well together. The peasant population of Austrian Po- land eke out a hard existence. Is many parts of the country the peas- ant lives in a log hut covered with straw; he breakfasts, dines, and makes his supper of porridge, wash- ing it down with bad brandy; and in general lives a life full of want and empty of pleasure. The peasants who farm for the nobles receive no money in payment, but only a share of the crop, often as low a share as one -twelfth, a wage of slow Marva. tion.\ Unselfish Enterprise. \Look here,\ said the benevolent. looking man, \you have asked me for work every time I passed this corner for the last three weeks.\ \Have I?\ was the surprised inquiry of Weary William. \Yes you have, and I have given you money once or twice. Now, what would you do if I offered you work?\ \What would I do? I'd lake your name an' address, guv'nor, an them if I found anybody that wanted work. I'd sen\im roun'-ter yer. I'm a phil- anthropist, an' run a free employment agency. I don't get a penny fur my time—only jest what comes in sod. dentallike from folks like you,\
