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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1912)
, TI1E MOUNTS CI OREGOyiAN, FRIDAY, ArRIIi 5, 1912. POSTCARD AROUSES 22 VICTIMS MU mmmmm, MmMmMMMM Officers of th Efficiency Government League have Issued th following re quest: "All pastor and young people's societies ar respectfully requested to hold Sunday night. April 14. open In the lntereat of good government. A re port from th Efficiency Government League will be read to them at thla time and they ar urged to aid tho or ganisation by giving th report wide circulation. Tho report alluded to will consist of th recommendations of th league aa to th qualifications of th various candidatea aeeklng nomination and election to public office. La FoIIette's Oregon Manager Dons Fighting Armor When T. R. Campaign Opens. ' RETURN OF MONEY SOUGHT & V: ' - ; Kg BREACH NOW IS WIDENED Attempt .to Get Corner on Progre lve Stirs Tp Hornets Jfest. Houser to Stamp State, for Wisconsin Man. Scarcely had tha Roosevelt forces established headquarters in tnis cny until they launched a campaign! to set a corner on Oreg-on procresslTeness. But It was rlsht her they started something that may proTs troublesome to stop. It has served thoroughly to arouse the Irs of Thomas McCusker. commander-in-chief of the La Folletts supporters In this state. He said yesterday that he had donned his fighting armor and would Irorously resist any and every at tempt on the .part of ths Roosevelt people to disorganise the La, roneits strength. I In other words, ths breach between the Roosevelt and La Follette peopls has been widened. Peart Care? ! lUeamlt. Throughout the city several hundred postal cards, with self-addressed post cards attached, were delivered through the mall to registered Republican voters yesterday. Ths card carried the following- messaga to the voter: "If you ar a progressive Republi can, do you not agree that all pro gressives should support the strongest man for the Republican Presidential nomination? At best. La Follette can only have a handful of delegates In the Republican National convention. Roosevelt Is the only man 'that can beat Taft. If yon favor Roosevelt, pleas sign and mall the attached post card." Th postal card bears the signature f R. O. Brand, "secretary Multnomah County Roosevelt committee." Seattasvat Held AsTias T. It. "The Roosevelt peopls will have to whistle to keep up their courage." said Mr. McCusker - yesterday, on 'being shown on of th postsl cards sent out from the ex-Presldenfs headquarter. "Th sentiment among progressives throughout the state Is against Roose velt and for La Follette. Any progres sive who Is a real progressive must realls that La Follette Is the fore most progressive of today and th ablest constructive statesman of th country. "It Is evident Mr. Brand, when ho prepared the postal card for the Roose velt committee, had not seen the re ports of the Presldentlsl primaries In North Dakota and Wisconsin ss to who ts th real progressive. When he hears from South Dakota. Nebraska. Oregon aad California, which will also be in the progressive ranks, he may then realls whst a true progressiva Is. "If Roosevelt was sincere In his protestations of progresslveness. he would not come Into a field which many Republicans feel could ba car ried by La Follette and attempt to di vide the progressive vote. It looks very much to the real progressives that there Is some ulterior motive be hind Roosevelt's action. f cCaaker " Ready, for Fight. "Thus far In this campaign I have let the Rooaevelt forces entirely alone. I have not thrown any bricks In their direction. But 1 do not propose to sit auletly by and permit them to make any misleading statements, such as are contained la their postal card, espe cially when thoe statements are de signed to deceive the progressive voters of th slat. If th supporters of th cx-Presldent Intend to conduct such a campaign In Oregon they may depend upon hearing from me and In more or less emphatic language." When It comes to defining a progres sive In this state and deciding who Is the atrongest progressive candidate for th Presidential Indorsement In Oregon. Mr. McCusker refuses to stand aside for anybody. La Follett Real Progressive. For the lsst month he has been mak ing a specialty of feeling out the pro gressives In Oregon and he aays his Investigation have convinced him be yond question of doubt that La Fol lette la the man the true progressives want. It Is for thla reason Mr. Mc Cusker seriously objects to accepting as conclusive th deductions thst have been drawn by the newly-formed Roosevelt organisation. Mr. McCusker yesterday received a telegram from Walter L. Houser. Na tional campaign manager for La Fol lette. announcing that Houser. who Is tn California, would arrive In Oregon nest week, prepared to make two or thre addresses dally In support of th Wisconrin man. Mr. McCusker has not completed aa Itinerary tor Mr. Houser. LEAGUE TO "QUIZ" CANDIDATES Voters Anxious to Know What Meas ure Offlceaeekers Fvor. Within a few days every candidate for legislative offices, and for the mor Important county offlcea In Multnomah County, will bo spbjected to a "quia" as to his position respecting the en forcement of laws now on the statute oooks. ss well ss to legislation deemed necessary to insure better government. Th questions will be propounded by a committee representing the Good Gov ernment Efficiency League, which ef fected a temporary organisation at the T. M. C. A. auditorium this week. The queries will be sent through the msil. It will not bo compulsory on th part f th candidate to answer the ques tions addressed to him and return his answers to the Inquisitorial body. He can exercise his own plessure In this regard. Tha purpose of the question ing Is to ascertain f rem each candidate something of his Idea on the question of good government and what might be exported of him as a public official If he should b successful In his can didacy for the office sought. fpon tha repllea to thes questions, toe-ether with the result of an Inde pendent Investigation that will b con ducted by the committee as to th eligibility of each candidate for every office, will depend the action or tin l.im. in Indorsing and recommending candidates to the favorabl considera tion of th voters of th county. Kvans to Speak In Eighth Ward. Under th auspices of th Evsns Good Government Club of th Eighth Wsrd. Wslter H. Evsns. Republican candidate for District Attorney, will address the people of Montsvllla at 1:1 o'clock at Orebel Halt Mr. Evans will discuss "white slavery" and also deal with other Important questions of In tersst to th people of Portland In th TAFT STRONG IN LEWIS BUSINESS MEV EXPRESS SENTI MENTS FOR PRESIDENT. Majority of Republican Central Committeemen Opposed to Change In Executive. CHEHAXJS, Wash., April . (Spe cial.) Signatures ar being obtained in thla city of voters fsvorlng th re nomlnstlon and re-election of Presi dent Taft. It Is possible that later a Taft club may b organised. The lead ing Republican business and profes sional men of the city who hav been Interviewed have almost unanimously expressed themselves .for Taft. Titer ar a few Roosevelt men among the classes referred to above. An Inquiry haa been made with the result that it may be safely aald that Lewis County will be for Taft and will send a strong Taft delegation to the Republican state convention at Aberdeen. More than half the members of the Lewis County Republican central committee have been seen as to their Presidential preference. With but one exception all have declared that they were for Taft. Th one committeeman la for Roose velt. Th committeemen residing in the country precincts are equally aa unanimous for President Taffs renom Ination aa are the city committeemen. Th Republican primaries are rec ommended for May and the county convention for May II. It 1 believed that ther will be a number of women sent ss delegates to th county con vention, two having been already choaen In one Centralla precinct, which haa selected Its delegstes. Lewis County Republlcsns ar In clined to be conservative In their ideas. Insurgency hss never run rampant in this county and strong Republican can didate for Representative In Congress who will declare hlmseir for the re nomlnatlon of President Taft would no doubt enlist much support In this sec tion. It haa been true sine vs asning ton was admitted as a state that th Republicans of this county could gen erally be depended upon to stand solid. Even during the days of th first spssms of populism this was on of th few Washington counties that stood firm against radicalism In Its extreme forms. Republicans here generally re gard the extreme Insurgent tendency ss but another manifestation of popul ism. In the primary election this feellna on th part of th conservative element hss more thsn one manifested Itself. RUMORED SALE DENIED WELCH LINE NOT IX SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S HANDS. Manager of Construction Work for Portland, Eugene at Eastern Give Out Statement: nr.cvc Or. Anril (fioeclal.) Pmitu taclratlnn that tha Portland. Eugene Eastern hss not sold out to th Southern Pacific Company la made In a statement given out here today by George D. O'Connor, of Corvallis, manager of construction work for A. Welch In the Willamette Valley. "There Is no truth In It." declared Mr. O'Conner, "I feel that It Is not fair to connect ua with any alleged deal whatsoever with the Southern Pacific. There Is a certain antagonism toward that company, for no particular rea son, perhaps. However that may bo, such reports make it all the harder for our company to get concession to which we ar entitled from the people. I know positively that th fund which Mr. Welch ha received are from th sal of bond and not from the ial of th road or any part of It." Mr. O'Connor made a definite state ment, too. that th Portland. Eugene A Eastern haa bought the old Metho dist Church at Tenth and Willamette streets for a freight depot and pointed out that If th Southern Pacific wer owners of the road they would have no use for this property, having depot facilities In another part of th city. It la pointed out. too, that tha line from Salem to Stayton. surveys for which are now being made, parallela th Southern Pacific very nearly and then tha Portland, Eugene 4 Eastern Is buying six mile of right of way westward from Eugene to reach the Fern Ridge country, that could be reached by a ahort apur from tha Southern raclflc'a Cooa Bay Una. PAVING CONTRACT PENDS Resident In Two Sections Have Right to Ask Further Bids. If resident on Halght atreet. fiom Sktdmor to Alberta, and on Hall, from Second to Front streets, desire com petttive bid for Hassam pavement, they must appear before the street committee of th Executive BoarJ at Its next meeting, to be held twoweoks from yesterday, and say so. If they do not. th committee will twirl th contracts at tha old rat of $1.75 a square vrd. Th members of th com mittee. Vv. H. Flsgerald and R. O. Rec tor, so ordered yesterday at th regu lar meeting. , Both streeU'wer advertised under th old order of thlnga. before tha El 11a competitive paving ordlnanc be came th law. and only one kind of raving waa called for and but one bid on each waa received. Under th Ellla jmw Bt least two klnda must b sub mitted. Th committee members stand ready to follow th wishes of th prop erty oa-ners. whatever they may be, and therefor hav given them another opportunty to appear befor final ac tion la taken. SO Vessels Load In March. ASTORIA. Or.. April . (Special.) During the month of March. 10 ves sels losded at the several sswmllls In tba Lower Columbia River district and tholr combined cargoea amounted to 23 (33.000 feet of lumber as well aa 191.000 shingles, 1.20.000 feet of piling and till bundlea of box snooks. Three of the vessels went to foreign ports with csrgoes totaling 4.303,000 feet of lumber, valued at $40,301. Association Employment Bureau Un dertakes to Force Concern Induc ing Agents to Work to Give Back Initial . Fee. The employment department of the Portland Y. M. C. A. has been making a thorough Investigation of the meth ods pursued by the George G. Cows Company and Its agent In mulcting ita victim. Bert Q. Mitchell, assistant secretary of tha employment department, said yesterday he haa the names of 22 of the company'a victims and that he will probably have 60 names by tonight. Numerous victims aa applying tu the T. M. C. A to obtaln?Jfor them the re turn of th money they deposited with th company as a guarantee of good faith, which they have hertofore de manded of the company, but In vain. Since th arresfof John T. Hoye, agent of the company, said to hav been for merly a minister, and tha testimony of half a dosen witnesses who appeared against him to tell of his swindling op erations, th company has offered to refund the money of Its victims. Agreemeat Cleverly Draw. "Ostensibly the Clows Company Is in the business of selling ' books and eo called patent knife sharpeners." said Mr. Mitchell yesterday. "A cleverly drawn agreement Is presented to a prospect and he is told there Is big money in selling the company' wares. If he will deposit $5 with th company he will be furnished a sample case and allowed to pick his te-rltory, which will b held for him exclusively. If he choostso .appoint other agents, how ever, ha may pay the company $20 and he become the company'a managing agent in the territory he selects, with power to appoint other agents. He is to receive from $20 to $25 a weeK lor nis work, but his salary is not to begin until he has obtained six nw agents for tha company. From these he Is to collect $5 each, send $2.50 each to the company and retain $3.60 In each case himself. With the aix agenta obtained he haa forwarded to the company $15 and the company is at liberty at any time after that to cancel the agree ment If he discovers ha haa been duped and fails to get six agents, the company retatna the money he depos ited. There ar now at a local ex presa office 25 unclaimed sample cases shipped to Portland by this company, showing that 25 men have been diped, and. having discovered they have been stung, have left tha sample cases at the office. Graad Jary Takes Actio. "Th matter waa laid befor the grand Jury, but District Attorney Cam eron declared th evidence was Insuf ficient for conviction. H had talked to Hoye and to Lewis Grant, Jr.. an other agent, and they had satisfied him. ha said, the acheme waa all ight. "We -.vant every person who haa been swindled tn call upon ua and we will endeavor to obtain the return or tne money advanced. "Th chief business of those who work for this company seems to be appointing agents, for I . have never found but one man who was selling the books. Although exclusive territory Is guaranteed to agents, tha mansglng agenta do not hesltato to make con tracta with nameroua parsons for the same territory. Th scheme works af ter the endless chain .rder and the number la multiplied by slxVach time a new man accept the p.oposltloi:. "As to the business end of the scheme, you can buy the same booka their agents sell for $l.o0 at the local stores for $1. Th knife sharpeners, for which they charge 60 cents, could be bought at the 6-cent store for 3 0 or 16 cents. I think they are out of stock Just now, however.' In these days of keen competition everyone knows how difficult it is-for a concern- to become successful. Few achieve success in spite of the field before them and the vast opportunity to make good. That ihe Owl has made good is proven by the fact that we have grown from one to eighteen stores m a comparatively short time Why is it? Thousands upon thousands of "Owl" customers all over the Pacific Coast will tell you why. Ask anyot tnem. . : List of SPECIALS in the Rubber Goods Department For Friday and Saturday Hygeia Nursers, complete bottle and .nip- 1 Q,, pie, special One-Minute Clin ical Thermometers atspe.d?!...59c Glymol Atomizers --special CQP at Do Villbis Atom- . TOT.. 89c Baker Oil- Atom izers spe- QQ- cial at 2-qnart Stransky Irrigator, complete with rubber tubing and 3 hard rubber pipes dji AQ special pXa7 Ask the Nurse for Nurse's Chart IT IS FREE! LIGGETT'S CHOCOLATES ft LB. 80c TO GUARD AGAINST INFECTION Carry Your Own Drinking Cup The individual drinking cup is unquestionably the greatest aid In the world-wide campaign against infection.- These are of aluminum and are collapsible, therefore light and easily car ried In the pocket or handbag. The children by all means should have one. The price 1C. Is only JETUM For Dyeing Straw Hats 25c Black Only Will make vour old straw hat llke new. Easily and quickly applhMl a child can do It. A good brush furnished free with each bottle. "Jetum" can also be used on all kinds of orna mental Iron and acts as OC . as an enamel. Bottle iJ A Comfortable SHOULDER BRACE The "Rexall" at $ l.OO One that does not continually bind that contains no steels is light and cool and so perfectly adjust able that the wearer need suffer no Inconveniences except as an In correct attitude ts assumed. The REXAI.L is sold only at The Owl Store. The price J 00 SPECIAL 39c -FIBERLOID COMBS Time to discard that old comb and get a new one. These are good combs, 8 inches long, family size and very strong. Come In different colors. On Friday and Saturday only can you bUy them at the OQ -special price, each OIC This 19c Sale " in Our ' Kodak Dept. of Interest to Kodak Enthusiasts m f for 16-oz. Graduate XiC regular price 25c. m f for Kodak Candle XaC Lamp regular 25c. a Q for 25c Post Card P't J J7 C Frame, with glass. 1 Q for 250 Pk- Kodak XiC Fixing Powder. . e f for full S pounds of X 1 C Hypo Soda. 1 Q for 25c pkg. of Ei 1 J7 C konogen Developer. 1 fi for Seed's Pa-tes lyCthe 3x3H-in. size. Extra Economy for - "You in These Cut Rate Specials For"' Friday and Saturday Rubifoam regular "1 O e price 25c, for XaliZ Sanitol Tooth Paste regular price 2oc; for.. Bathasweet the 23c size ; for Pray's Rosaline the 25c size, for Liebig's Malt Extract 20c size, special at . . . i Glyeerine 25c bottle, special at "Tiz" for tired feet the 25c size, for Cotton, 1 pound regu lar price 35c, for Pluto Water the 35c size for Danderine the $1 size, special at 01 OJ 0 Rieger's Flower Drops -Tbe Breath of Nature" Just flower fragrance No adulter ants added. A drop lasts weeks and you'll long remember the sensa tion; comes In the following odors In S1.S4 BOTTLES Violet. Rose, Lilac, Lily of the Valley. Toothbrush Satisfaction Will Be ' Yours If You Use a SAP-O-NOL BRUSH XJftaiauiUi The best brush made at any price. eH give you a new brush FREE if the bris tls come out. Each Saponol Brush comes packed in a separate carton, which means that it is kept free from handling and dust. Let your next toothbrush be OC Saponol. The price is . " Whip Your System Into Shape With BURTON BLOOD SYRUP. Spring is nature's appointed season for "toning up" the system. Burton Blood Syrup is the best Spring tonic that wo know of. It helps remove disease, builds up wasted tissue, stimulates the liver to healthy action and cleanses the blood of all impurities e re-om-mend and guarantee it. Now Is the time to take "TO it. The large 1.00 size bottle special Look to "The Owl" to Do Your Kodak Fin ishing. Fromptneis ana satisfaction CAPTAIN JOHN ORDERLEYS The most popular liver remedy that we know ofZlthe most effective. Excellent for bilious ness, sour stomach, constipation and lazy liver. If any of these ailments are yours you can surely find relief in Captain John'25c Orderley's. Box of 40 doses or 3 Boxes for . Comb and Brush Special 59c Tou can secure at this special price a good, solid, regular 50c Hair . brush and a regular 26c hard rubber Comb. The combination of two articles. Fri day and Saturday only. t, thefiQ special Ji7C SJt0 Umlffriu m Sy ESTABLISHED 188 lfe :KO 1 3k. T Seventh and Washington Streets EIGHTEEN OWL, STORES O.V TUB PACIFIC COAST rn1Tro1?roi0M01M03M0MQ W QM0M0M0MQ30M0M031 J cJc-J u v J ' " . ' ,, ,v t ,pCeed I had the reputation for being one of I tary of the Southwest Washington sct- . t i-k r-nws of the Cltirens' I The selection of a secretary to succeea i naa ins i"" ... tiers' aeencv claL) The trustees v . " I ... ,i .v. ...imitinn km ,v. .niiva wnrVtm in develop- llerB agency. -inh of Chehalls have held tneir an- .. n 'B,", .' . l"B . K . r,nhSta nual election. A. E. Judd was chosen recently .Zin nt rk ,n the Northwest, has ac- Chehalls CInb jJccts. pre8,dent. B. A. Bartholomew . vice- called m . n tl M wh'0 1 cepted a position as assistant secre- .. ,ho who.e of Burope. CHEHALIS. Wash.. April 4. (Spe- I president, anq . c ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT 1500 BOTTLES ASSORTED WINES Per Bottle, 15 c To Dispose of the Remaining Stock, as We v Will boon nave to uiusc iui caicuoiv pairs on Account of the Recent Fire FRIDAY "arid SATURDAY Will Be the Proper Days for You to Secure Your 3500 BOTTLES ASSORTED WINES Per Bottle, 20c to 45c EASTER WINES AND LIQUORS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ALL CALIFORNIA SWEET WINES GALLON Including Jug 45c STANDARD BRANDS OF WHISKIESBOTTLED IN BOND James E. Pepper ) QflW Old Kentucky U. h t. And Others GuckenheimerRye Normandy Rye Bottle WHISKIES Distilleries Bottling 60c, 70c, 80c Full Quarts Old Crow $1.00 Bottle MM Main 295S CORNER FIRST AND ALDER STS A 2958 Hermitage $1.00 Bottle