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THE 3IOBNIXO OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1913. RED GROSS OFFERS AID TO LUMBERMEN Practical Co-operation, Includ ing Financial Help, Prom ised to Owners. CASUALTIES ARE MANY EXECUTIVE HEAD OP RED CROSS, WHO PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH FIRST-AID SYSTEM IN LUMBER GAMPS. Miss Boardman, Using StatA of "Washington as Basis, Estimates That in Entire Country Five . Men Are Killed Each Xay. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. First aid to the Injured In the lumber camps of the United States Is planned by the Ameri can Red Cross through Miss Mabel T. Boardman, chairman of the executive committee. A proposition offering financial , and practical co-operation for the undertaking was made by Miss Boardman In an address before the Conservation Congress. The Red Cross proposal was received with enthusiastic acclaim. Miss Boardman said no accurate data could be given as to accidents In the lumber industries and for this reason she based her estimates on statistics obtained from the State of Washington. In that state 47,400 men are employed Jn the lumber district. She cites that in 23 months in the Washington lum ber camps 251 fatal accidents occurred: 890 persons were permanently partially disabled, and 840 suffered from tem porary total disability. This gives a monthly average of more than 10 killed, 43 permanently disabled and 86S tem porarily disabled. She assumes that 800,000 people were employed In the lumber- Industry of the United States. This gives the State of Washington one-sixteenth of the total. Five Killed Eack Dtr. On this basis Miss Boardman con siders It fair to figure an annual total for the country of 1920 killed, 8256 permanently partially disabled, and 70.272 temporarily totally disabled. This means a daily death rate of five, with 22 permanently disabled and 182 temporarily disabled. Based on these figures, the Ameri can Red Cross sees an Important field for Instruction In the prevention of ac cidents and In the practical applica tion of first aid to the injured for the lessening of fatal, serious or prolonged results from accidents when they do occur. She adds: "There is almost no labor utilized in the lumber industries that has not some danger involved in it. Physicians have signed many a death certificate of men who bled to death from slight Injuries and whose lives might easily have been saved by some knowledge of first aid." Special Physician Proposed. The proposition of the Red Cross Is as follows: "To make an experiment and we learn best by experience the Red Cross makes this proposal: Toward a fund of $3000 it will contribute $500, if several lumber companies in a given locality will club together to raise the addition al $2500, each contributing according to the number of its respective camps and employes. This fund will provide for the salary and expenses of a phy sician specially trained by the Red Cross for Jnstructfon to men engaged in the lumber . Industry, both for the prevention of accidents and first aid to the Injured. In connection with logging camps, there should be added certain simple but Important Instruc tions in camp sanitation for the ben efit of the general health of all the men. 'Such a doctor devoting his entire time to this work would travel from cairp to camp. In cases of remote camps, he would stay long enough to give tne men daily instruction for a short time. In cases where several camps could be reached mora easily from one place, he would arrange to give ono or two lessons a week at each camp. The classes are formed from volunteers, who receive practical train ing. The men soon realize the im portanee of such konwledge and are willing to learn. Even those who gath er about as spectators pick up not a mue userui inrormtaion." BAKER STUDENTS END WAR High School Pupils Promise to For ; get Class Rivalry. BAKER, Or.. Nov. 20.-6pecIal.) High school students today pledged themselves to discontinue the attempts to break up class parties, and assured Principal Klton that they would for get all class rivalry which was of the militant kind. Recent outbreaks have been growing more and more serious. At first the "stunts" consisted merely In breaking Into the places where rival classes were holding parties and steal ing food Intended for refreshments for the rivals. But these became too tame and recent teats include cutting down telephone wires for use as a guy wire lor floating a flag, perilous climbs up a shaky flagstaff and hand-to-hand en counters between numerous parties, Fearing a repetition of last year's escapades, when a hand-to-hand battle Involving hundreds of students, oc curred In the auditorium. Principal El ton first visited the seniors, obtained a solemn pledge from them that they would desist If the others would enter the same pact, and then got the others .to matte the same agreement. 89 IN FRISCO DEAL DIVORCE SUIT IS FILED Portland Man Says lie Gloved Wife to Pendleton to Avoid Affinity. PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 20. (Spe clal.) A. D. Wright, until recently resident of Portland, has filed suit for divorce against his wife, charging clandestine flirtation with A. H. Gabel, of Portland. Wright alleges he moved his family to Pendleton in order to separate his wife from her' affinity, but Bays she has kept up a secret correspondence with him and has in vlted him to visit her in Pendleton. The Wrights were married In Ne braska in September. 1894. and have one child, a daughter of 8 years. SCHOOL BUILDING IS VOTED 2Iood River Polk Authorize Use of Fond In Treasury. HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 20. (Spe clal) Permission to use as much of fund of $10,600, which is in the treas ury, as necessary to construct a com blned building for a gymnasium and the departments of domestic science and manual training was given the School Board today at. the largest at tended, school meeting ever held here. The taxpayers voted a, school tax levy, o 8.8 mllla, ' ' jy AVIATION TO LIMIT WAR, SAYS DANIELS Secretary Thinks Newly Devel oped Art Will Help Settle Control of Seas. UNITED STATES LAGGING MISS MABEL T. BOARDMAN. otal Profits of Insiders Esti mated at $7,403,000. ARTICIPANTS ARE GIVEN Yoakum Declared to Have Invested $300,000 and Other Officials of Road Had Large Amounts In Big Syndicate. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20. The taMng of oral testimony in the investigation of the receivership of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad by the Inter state Commerce Commission closed here today with the filing. by the St. Louis Union Trust Company of the names of the 99 members of the syndicate that made a profit of $3,000,000 In the promotion of the St. Louis, Browns vllle & Mexico Railroad and its sale to the Frisco. By the disclosure of a syndicate profit of $375,000 by the sale of the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railroad to the Frisco, the amount of syndicate profits through the promotion of sub sidiary lines and their sale to the par- nt road was brought today to $7,- 403,000. Several estates appear in the list filed by A. T. Perkins, representing the St. Louis Trust Company. Mr. Perkins explained this by saying that the estates were those of men who subscribed to the syndicate, but died before the deal was closed. Among those who Invested in the yndicate of 99 that promoted the Brownsville road, according to the list filed today, and the amounts of the investments were: B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco directorate until the receivership, 300.000. W. K. Bixby, now one of the receiv ers of the Wabash, and a director of the Frisco, $108,000. James Campbell, ex-vlce-presldent of the Frisco and president of the North American Company, which filed the receivership suit against the Frisco, $334,000. F. H. Hamilton, treasurer ot the Frisco, $15,000. S. W. Fordyce, $124,000. Mr. Fordyce was recently elected director of the Frisco. The total investment in the syndl cate was $3,980,999. Most of those whose names are given are active in the business life of St. Louis. mated the members might be guided In their conduct as Congressmen. He indulged in no elocutionary ef fort, but now and then used a char acteristic little gesture of one hand. He was applauded only on his arrival and departure, when the members of Congress and the spectators arose to their feet and added "vivas" to the handclapplng. One Deputy, more en thusiastic than the rest, called for a cheer "for the man who is maintaining the national dignity." The only country not represented was the United s States. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the Charge d'Affalres, acting under instructions, was absent from the session. Sir Lionel Cardan, the British Minister, was a few min utes late and bis delay in arriving gave rise to the rumor that he, too, had been instructed to absent himself. At least two diplomats did not see fit to follow the advice and the exam ple of the United States. The charges of Cuba and Brazil were reminded by Mr. O'Shaughnessy earlier in the day that their governments had not recog nized that of Huerta, and It was sug gested that they remain away. A technical violation of the law cre ated comment. General Huerta's staff filed In wearing side arms. It is spe cifically provided that armed soluiers shall not appear on the floor of the House and Huerta has ordained that officers appearing in uniform must do so with empty scabbards. But the swords in evidence at the sides of the members of General Huerta's staff ap peared to emphasize the fact that this is a military administration STUDENTS WILL FROLIC KW GYMNASIUM AT REED COL LEGE TO BE OPENED TONIGHT. Boys Will Box and Wrestle, Then Girls Play Basketball and Dance la to End Festivities. TAX LAW IS ATTACKED MOSCOW BANK CHARGES NEW ACT LEVIES TWICE ON IT. Real Estate Included WItk Capital Stock Also Assessed Independent ly, Says Complaint In Salt. MOSCOW, Idaho, Nov. 20. (Special.) constitutionality of certain provi' sions of the new revenue law was at tacked today in a suit filed in the Dls tnct Court. In which the First National Bank of Moscow is plaintiff and the assessor and tax collector are defend ants. The provision attacked concerns an assessment on real estate belonging to the bank, which, it is alleged, is included in the value of the bank's capital stock and Is assessed twice. once in the stock assessment and once as real property. The suit Is the first of Its kind In stituted in Idaho and its termination is awaited with interest by all banks iu the state. The complaint aaKs that the court restrain the defendants from collecting or attempting to collect an amount in excess of taxes levied on bank stock. HUERTA DOOMED, BELIEF (Continued From First Page.) sions of Congress shorter messages and few have confined themselves so nearly to one subject. It was nothing more than a terse explanation of his mo tives tor dissolving the old Congress, most of the members of which are in the penitentiary, accused of sedition. President Huerta came to the Con gress through lines of troops and the small crowds which gathered were not demonstrative. The message General Huerta bore was in Its essence an ad monition. The incident he related to them of the dissolution of the previous Congress was one by which It vai lutt The new gymnasium at Reed College will be opened tonight with a pro gramme of athletic stunts followed by an informal dance. The girls, led by Miss Brownlle and Miss Harrison, will show their skill at dancing and a bas ket ball game will be played . between the co-eds of the sophomore and fresh1 man classes. Edgar Piper, Jr., and Alvin Shagren . . A B v V.. k . U ...11 match. Clyde Beals and Stephenson Smith will box a few rounds and as both are among the youngest and lightest men in the college and neither famed for skill, something of an ex hibition is expected. Smith is a sopho more and Bealy a freshman, so neither contestant will lack for supporters among the spectators. A maze run, in which a number of the men will take part, will be led by David Brace and Edwin ZabeL After these stunts will come the po litical game. Nominations for mayor have been made and each political party will have a suitable representa tive. The campaign will be waged with swatters while two candidates are seated on either end of a slick pole. suspended in mid-air several feet above the floor. The candidate who is the last on the pole will be declared elected. The programme will begin at 8 P. M, and the public is invited to attend. France Lends In Heavier-Than-Air Machines, Germany in Battle Air- . ships, Willie Britain Is Only Beginning to Awake. . , ST. LOUIS. Nov, 20. "In my opinion, the newly-developed aft of aviation will not only tend to limit the duration and scope of hostile operations, but also aid in the control of the seas, one of the elements contributing materially to the power and prosperity of a nation." Secretary Daniels made this state ment here tonight in the course of a public address on aeronautics. In which he discussed th conquest of the air by the United States Army and Navy and the part aerial navigation will take in future wars. Discussing the potentialities of the aeroplane in war the Secretary said he believed its chief use for . the Navy would be scouting and reconnoissance for destructive offensive operations against hostile fleets and fortifications. Army Has 17 Machines t Navy 7. "The United States Army has 17 ma chines, with a total personnel of 24 officers," he continued. "Seven more machines are in sight. There is at pres ent no definite organization and no plan of co-operation between the Army and Navy. The latter possesses only four hydroplanes and three flying boats, though it is proposed to buy three more. "The war aeroplane and war airship are today recognized and proved en gines of war by the leading nations of the earth. In practice, our recognition is little more than theoretical. Scout ing and Information in land operations are being given over to the aeroplanes and the lighter dirigibles and scouting, information and mining in sea opera tions are being given over to the hy droplane and larger dirigibles, while the large and armed rigid dirigible. capable of carrying several tons of ex plosive and making long sustained flights, is designed both for scouting and for making offensive attacks on ships, arsenals, docks, etc." Canal, Too, Requires Defense. The geographical position of the United States was credited by Mr. Dan iels as the reason for this Government's lagging behind other nations in de veloping and utilizing our own gift,' the aeroplane, to the world. He em phasized the necessity for organizing and training a sufficient and efficient Naval air service to protect adequately the Panama canal, "as well .as our own coast fortifications, and expressed a strong personal belief in this future. Touching on the development of aeronautics, he said: "The United States produced the first aeroplane and the first hydro-aeroplane and European nations eagerly grasped at the chance to utilize them in their armies and na vies. France has .led in the development and use of heavier than air machines. 900 aviators, '12 dirigible balloons and 400 balloon pilots. . While France was devoting her gen ius to perfection of the heavier-than air craft, Germany, at enormous cost In men and money, took the lead in the development of the lighter-than-air machine. The latest model of battle airship in the Germany Navy has speed or 45.7 Knots an hour, carries a useful load of 14,000 pounds and with crew and ballast can carry fuel enough lor 30 hours at lull speed. The ship is armed with two one-pounders and four Maxims and has a wireless outfit for 300 miles. Germany has seven of these battle airships and is building four more with two to be begun in the near future. Great Britain neglected the air prob em until aroused by the growing air fleets of France and Germany, and she has now created an air department in the Admiralty and War Departments, a central royal flying school with naval and military wings. The strength of the Army corps In April this year was 123 officers and E98 men." OREGON'S CONDITION GOOD (Continued From First Page.) National banks, he gets copies of the reports and Includes them in his state ments. Five calls were made this year, the fourth- one being made earlier than usuarr The combined totals of the 256 banks of the state are as follows: Amount. Increase. Total deposits. . .$182.72. 156.87 $7.084. &S8.24 Savings deposits. 16.701.37S.il 1,874.465.10 lv20.8flO.OO 10.'.S3.13.00 28,853,999.00 90.602.361.07 18.296,321.61 7,951, 60 l.Cho 807.140.7 860.560.00 6SS.&0S.17 1,844.428.00 4.644.197.59 1.108.547.99 201,670.95 46.13O.626.0S 3.2S6.S19.2S Postal savlng-e. Capital stock. . . . tiurpius, proms. . T'l b'nklng; captL Loans, discounts. Bonds, securities. U. S. bonds...... Cash and due from banks... T'l resources S19.462,S38.0S S9.6&6.838.1J The totals of Portland banks are Total deposits $74,874,841.56 S2.7S5.OO5.0 Savings deposits.. 13.473.132.20 1,741,421.73 Postal savings . s3.t4i.zx Capital stack 8.648.859.00 Surplus, profits... 6, 182.273.46 Loans, discounts.. 47,947.599.52 Bonds, securities.. 12,0-73,76.02 U. S. Bonds 8.S8,52.0O Cash and due from banks. . . . 2S.OS9.486.53 $91,8S6,95.1 4, 317. 645.0 230.647.86 748.86O.O0 676,469.6 1.684. 4&6.0 1.174.676.9 213.8tf5.10 1.800.692.4 Total resources . Decrease. Reformatory Innate Returned. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 20.- (Special.) Earl Lillian thai yesterday was taken to tne Monroe reformatory, He was arrested . recently here on charge of Impersonating a United States Marshal and taking money to teach a young man to be a detective. He was given 80 days in the county Jail, Later it developed be was on parole rrom sxonroa NORGROSS FINE UPHELD FUEL SECRETARY IN CONTEMPT, SAYS HIGHER COURT. Company , Now Promises to Produce Hooks In Inquiry Into Charges of Big Weighing Frauds, SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 20. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals upheld today the Indeterminate prison sentence and the fine of $2000 Imposed by Judge Doollng, of the United States District Court on David C. Norcross, secretary of the Western Fuel Com pany. who was adjudged in contempt of court because he refused to sur render the books of the company. Eight officers and employes of the Western Fuel Company are under in dictment charged with having de frauded the Government' out of ap proximately 11.000.000 In customs dues on imported coal by Juggling weights. Their trial is set for December 9. Norcross refused to deliver the books to the Federal grand Jury on th Kround that the grand Jury already had access to them, that to take them out of the possession of the company fo anv neriod of time would rorce it t "Not the styles you have already seen These are entirely new. We cannot recall a season when the styles were so diversified, or so genuinely beautiful as they are this. It seems that every other moment produces something distinctly different from the other. There are so many charming new innovations in the matter of cut and trim expressed in The "New Midwinter Styles We Are Showing in Suits and Coats as to surely arouse your enthusiasm. These exquisite creations have just reached us from our New York buying headquarters, and reflect the latest thoughts of the leading Fashion dictators. True, these garments are of the highest type of quality, yet the prices are extremely modest anyone is within your easy reach. Why not come in today and ask to' see a few J Charge Your Purchases, If You Wish You are placing yourself under no obligations whatever when you take advantage of our credit privileges. Credit is merely an additional service. You might just as well enjoy all its advantages, being that it costs you nothing. 405 Washington St., at Tenth ut fitting pJ The Big Credit Institution A r air m .cores entaaon a. of a Lot of 40 PIANOS Each $195, $10 Cash, $6 Monthly Buy your Christmas Piano now we store it for you at our expense and de liver on Christmas Eve. Graves Music Co., Removal Sale 111 FOURTH STREET suspend business, and that the grand Jury was being used by the United States Attorneys' office as an adjunct to the pending prosecutions. Norcross was not arrested. He has until December 20 in which to produce the books, 14 days after the trial Is set to begin. Attorneys for the com pany have already promised that the books will then be in court. KENTUCKY FEEDS CABINET President's Thanksgiving Bird Also From Bluegrass State. WASHINGTON, Nov. ' 20. President Wilson, Secretary Tumulty and the members of the Cabinet will have Ken tucky turkey for their Thanksgiving dinners South Trimble, clerk of the House, will furnish pedigreed bronze turkeys. raised on his blue grass farm The President's bird will be a yearling goh- QUIT MEAT IF YOUR FLUSH YOUR BACK HURTS, KIDNEYS WITH SALTS Meat Forms Uric Acid, Which Clogs Kidneys, Irritates Blad der or Causes Rheumatism. When you wake up with bachache and dull misery in the kidney region, it generally means you have been eat ing too much meat, says a well-known authority. Meat forms urlo acid, which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it: from the blood, and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog, you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels, removing aU the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells, your stomach sours, 'tongue Is coated, and -when tne weather la bad you have ler weighing 40 'pounds dressed. Thai have been fattened on celery, others will weigh 25 pounds. They 1 nuts and red peppers. rheumatic twinges. The urine Is cloudy, full of sediment, channels oftei get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night. Either consult a good, reliable physl cian at once or get from your phar macist about four ounces of Jad Salts take a tablespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for genera tions to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the urine so It no longer Irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is a life-saver for regular meateaters. It is inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful, effer vescent ' MUUa-watsr -drink, Adv. - Thanksgiving "Wines and Liquors For Less Superior Imported and Domestic Brands Our superior purchasing powers and the magnitude of our business are all factors tending to the logical reduction of prices. The best and choicest brands are available here, at prices considerably less than those of inferior brands elsewhere. TELEPHONE ORDERS PROMPTLY DELIVERED CALL UP MAIN 6499 OR A 4499 Imported Wines, all brands from SI. 00 a quart up. Domestic Wines, all brands, from SI. 00 a gallon up. HILLWOOD KENTUCKY BOUR BON WHISKY, FULL t f ff QUARTS, SPECIAL. . . 1 UU MAIL ORDERS FILLED SEND FOB CATALOG AND PRICE LIST. 15c Extra Charge for Gallon Containers on Mail Orders. chest-