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TIIE MORMXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JTTXE 30, DE VALERA VETOES MEET G Ml LONDON Sir James Craig Also Turns I Down Dublin Conference. FOUR UNIONISTS ACCEPT Refusal of ClMcr Premier Expect , ed to Detract From Weight of Gathering. DUBLIN'. June 29. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The proposal of Pre Slier Lloyd George for a conference in London on the Irish ouestion be '. tween representatives of southern "and northern Ireland and the British government is impossible of accept ance in its present form. This declaration was made by Eamonn de Valera, the Irish repub lican leader, to Sir James Craig, th , Ulster premier, in reply to Sir James notification that he cannot meet Mr. De Valera in a preliminary conference Jin Dublin. Mr. De Valera's letter was quoted . tiy the Irish bulletin, organ of the Dall Eireann as follows: I greatly regret that -you canno ; come to a conference in Dublin Mon day. "Mr. Lloyd George's proposal, be .cause of its implications, is impos sible of acceptance in its present form. Our political differences ought to be adjusted and can, I believe, be ' adjusted on Irish soil. But it is ob Tious that in the negotiation of peace with Great Britain, the Irish delega ' tion ought not to be divided, but should act as a unit on some common principle.'" All four southern unionists. Earl ' Middle-ton. Sir Maurice Dockrell, Sir Kobert H. Woods and Andrew Jame ; son. have accepted Mr. De Valera's invitation for a conference at Dublin Monday, which will presumably form a prelude -to a further reply by De ' Valera to the British prime minister. The refusal of Sir James Craig to . attend, however, it is contended, will detract from the importance of the ' conference and many unionists here regard the invitation to the Ulster . premier as "mistaken tactics" on the part of the republican leaders. Sm HE.VKY "WOODS ACCEPTS One Vlsterite Ready to Meet Sinn J Fein In Dublin. BELFAST. June 29. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Sir James Craig, the l Ulster premier, declined today the in -vitation extended him by Eamonn de , Valera. the Irish republican leader, to , meet De Valera in Dublin. The invi tation was contained in a letter to the Ulster premier and four other ' eminent Irishmen outside of De ( Valera's party, asking them to meet ' him at the Mansion House in Dublin Monday for a conference. Four Other Invited. The other men invited were Earl Middleton, Sir Maurice Dockrell, Sir Robert Henry Woods and Andrew Jameson. De Valera. in his reply to Lloyd George's invitation for a conference with the Ulster premier and the Brit Jsh prime minister at London, for an Irish settlement, in which the repub - lican leader indicated he deemed Irish " unity essential to a lasting peace, said he was consulting "with such of the principal representatives of our ni ton as are available," and added: "Before replying more fully to your letter I am seeking a conference with certain representatives of the political minority in this country." In his reply to the republican lead ers invitation. Sir James said: "It is impossible for me to arrange any meeting. I have already accepted the prime minister's invitation to the London conference." Sir Henry Woods Accepts. Sir Henry Woods has accepted De Valera's invitation. The answer of Sir James Craig added that he would publish tele prams in order to obviate a misun t demanding in the press between a namesake in the southern Irish par liament and himself. The theory ad vanced here was that De Valera's in vitation to a conference was really sent to Professor Sir James Craig of Dublin, but that De Valera's attention being drawn to the confusion in names, he decided to fly at higher rime. NEW TARIFFBILL IS IN f Continued Krom First Pare ) roats, 1 cent; fresh mutton, 1 14 cents; fresh lamb, 2 cents; swine, 1 V cents; fresh pork, cent; bacon and ham, 1 cnta; lard, 1 cent; compounds and sub snitutes, 20 per cent; Underwood free. Kresh milk. 1 cent a gallon; condensed And evaporated milk, sweetened, lht cents; Vnderwood free. Butter. 8 cents. Underwood, 2 V cents; oleomargarine. & cents; Underwood Vs cents. Cheese, 5 cents; Vnderwood, 20 per cent. Eggs. 6 cents a dozen; Underwood, free; dried eggs, 15 cents a pound; Underwood, JO cent. Horses and mules valued at not more than 150, $30 a bead; Underwood, 10 per cent. Honey, 2V, cents a pound; Underwood, 30 cents a gallon. Fresh fish, 1 cent a pound; Underwood, free. Prepared salmon, 5 per cent; Under wood, free. Barley, IS cents a bushel. Underwood, same; buckwheat, 30 cents 100 pounds, 1 I'nderwood, free; corn, 15 cents a, bushel. Underwood, free; macaroni, 1 4 cents a pound. Underwood, 1 cent; oats. 10 cents a. bushel. Underwood, i cents; milled rice, U cents a pound. Underwood, 1 cent. Wheat Levy Is 25 Cents. Rye. 10 cents a bushel; wheat, '25 cents a bushel; wheat flour and products, 50 c-nts a hundred pounds; bran and by products, $1.50 a ton; cereals, breakfast fiod, 17 per cent, all free in the Under wood act. Apples. 25 cents a bushel. Underwood 3ft cents; bananas, 2 cents a bunch. Under wood free ; cherries, 1 cents a pound. Underwood 10 cents a bushel; grapes, in barrels, 25 cents a cubic foot, Underwood svme; raisins, 2 cents a pound. Under wood -same; lemons, 2 cents a pound, Underwood free: limes, o ran ires and grape fruit, 1 cent a pound. Underwood 18 cents a package of 1 cubic feet; olives, 20 cents a gallon. Underwood 15; pineapples, cent each. Underwood H cent each; plums and prunes, y cent a pound. Un derwood 1 cent. Almonds. 4 cents a pound. Underwood t cents; Brazil nuts. 1 cent a pound, Un Srwood same; cocoanuts, cent each, I'nderwood free; peanuts, 3 cents a pound, Ysdcrwood cent; walnuts, 2Vi cents a pound. Underwood 2 cents. Flaxseed, 25 cents a bushel. Underwood So cents; dried beans. 114 cents a pound. Underwood free; dried peas, 75 cents a hundred pounds. Underwood 10 cents a bushel; on tons, 75 cents a hundred pounds. Underwood 20 cents a bushel; Irish po tatoes, 42 cents a hundred. Underwood free; tomatoes, raw, 1 cent a pound. Un derwood free. Chocolate Tax 17V Ir Cent. Chocolate and cocoa, 17 i per cent Underwood, SH per cent. Hay, 4 a ton. Underwood, $2 a ton; hops, 24 cents a pound. Underwood 18 cents; hop extract, $1.50 a pound. Under wood, 50 per cent. Flax Flax straw, S2 a ton. Underwood, free; flax, 2 cents a nound. Underwood, free; hemp, cent a pound. Underwood free; jute yarns, 2Vj cents a p 01144, derwood. 20 per cent; cordage, 4 cent a pound, Underwood. cent; table damasks, towels, sheets, etc.. 28 per cent, Under- I wood, free; clothing, 33 1-3 per cent, Un- Htrunnd " .- ...... - V r,m 1 Milt at pound and 17 per cent advalorem. Under wood, 10 per cent; linoleum. 23 per cent. Underwood, 30 per cent; straw mattings, 3 cents a square yard. Underwood, 2tt cents; rattan matting, 9 cents a square yard. Underwood, 30 per cent. Sugar and molasses Sugar, tank bot toms, syrups of cane juice, molasses, test ing not above 75 sugar degrees and all mixtures of sugar and water, 1.16 cents a pound and 0.04 of one cent a pound addi tional for each additional sugar degree. Underwood, 0.71 cent a pound and 0.026 for each additional sugar degree; molasses and syrups testing not above 43 per cent, 1 cent a gallon. Underwood, not above 40 degrees. 15 per cent; maple sugar and syrup, 4 cents a pound. Underwood, free. sugar cane, $1 a ton. Underwood, 15 per cent; sugar candles, 30 per cent. Under wood, 25 per cent. Chemicals. Petroleum, crude 35 cents a barrel. Un derwood free; fuel oil 25 cents a barrel, Underwood free. Coal tar products. eluding dyes, stains, colors and tars, 30 per cent and 7 cents a pound to 35 per cent and 7 cents a pound. Underwood a to 30 per cent. Drugs, barks, herbs, etc., 10 per cent, Underwood, came; flavoring extracts not containing alcohol, 25 per cent. Under wood, 20 per cent: glycerine,, crude, 1 cent pound, refined. 3 cents a pound, unaer- wood, crude. 1 cent a nound. refined, . cents a pound; ink. not specially provided for. 20 oer cent. Underwood, lo per cent iodine. 20 cents a pound. Underwood, 15 cents; camphor, 25 per cent. Underwood, 1 to 5 cents a pound; menthol, 2o per cent. Underwood. 50 cents a pound; anl mal oils, 8 to 12 4 cents a gallon. Under wood 3 to 8 cents a gallon ; linseed oil. 2 W cents a pound. Underwood, 10 cents a zallon: olive oil. BV. cents a pound Underwood. 30 cents a .gallon; distilled oils, 20 to 25 per cent. Underwood, 10 to 20 per cent. Paints and colors, 25 per cent, wood, 20 per cent; soaps, 15 to cent. Underwood. 5 to 30 per cent 1 to 1- cents a pound, Underwood, a pound. Cotton Manufacture. Cotton yarn, under No. 40, 1-5 number a pound. Underwood, 5 to cent; yarns, Nos. 40 to 120, pound and cent a number mm n ARCTIC I PUIMED Bf BRITISH Sir Ernest Shackleton Command Expedition. to Under 30 per starch. 1 cent cent a 10 per 8 cents a pound for each number above 40, Underwood, 10 to 25 per cent; cotton waste, 5 per cent. Underwood, same; sewing thread H cent 10 yards. Underwood. 15 per cent; cloth unbleached with average yarns under No. 40. 4-10 cents a number a pound. Under wood, "Vz to 12 H per cent; above No. 40, 16 cents a pound and ,55 a number a pound above 40, Underwood, lie to 27 hi per cent. Cloth, bleached, under No. 40, .45 of one cent a number a pound. Underwood, 10 to 15 per cnjil; above No. 40, 18 cents a nound and 3-5 of one cent a number a pound above No. 40, Underwood, 20 to 30 per cent. Cotton sateens, 10 per cent in aaamnn to the rate on cotton cloth, underwood, unlisted; pneumatic Ure fabric, 25 per cent. Underwood, 35 per cent; tracing nd oil cloths, 3 cents a square yara ana 17 per cent, to 5 cents a ard and 20 per, cent. Underwood, 25 and 30 per cent. Cloth containing cotton and silk, 8 cents a square yard ana l per cent. Underwood, 30 per cent; table damasks. 8 per cent. Underwood, 25 per cent; i quilts and bedspreads, 20 to 30 per cent, Underwood, 2.t per cent; maenmery Deit Ine. 20 per cent. Underwood, 15 per cent knit fabrics, 23 to 35 per cent. Underwood, unlisted. WooL Unmixed wools 2a per cent ad valorem up to 7 cents a pound. Underwood free Wools on the skin 24 per cent up to cents a pound. Underwood free. Other wools and animal hair 25 cents a pound up to 35 per cent ad valorem, Underwood free; waste 25 cents a pound. Underwood free: nails in cents. Lnnerwooa iree shoddy and wool extracts, 14 cents, Under' wood free; manufactured, 16 2-3 cents a pound and 10 per cent ad valorem, Un derwood 8 per cent; yarn 20 cents a pound nd la per cent ad valorem. Underwood 18 per cent : woven fabrics 30 cents pound and 22 per cent ad valorem up to 36 cents a pound and 29 H per cent ad valorem. Underwood 35 per cent; blankets 20 cents a pound and 20 per cent up to 30 cents and 20 per cent. Underwood 25 per cent; felts 20 cents a pound and per cent up to 30 cents and 25 per cent. Underwood 35 per cent. Knit Fabrics. Twenty-five cents a pound and 20 per cent up to 36 cents a pound and 25 per cent. Underwood 35 per cent. Hose, gloves, mittens 30 cents a pound and 25 per cent, up to 26 cents a pound and 30 per cent. Underwood 20 to 40 per cent. Knit underwear. 30 cents a pound and i per cent up to 36 cents a pound and per cent. Underwood 30 per cent. Clothing, 20 cents a pound and 'Jo per cent, up to 36 cents a pound and 30 per cent. Underwood lio per cent. Carpets and rues 1 to 5 cents a square foot, and 20 to 30 per cent. Underwood 20 to 50 per cent. Tobacco and Products. Mixed wrapper and. filler tobacco, nn stemmed. $2 a pound. Underwood $1.85 stemmed $2.65, Underwood 32. oO; filler unstemmed, 45 cents a pound. Underwood o.tc; stemmed 60 cents. Underwood ftu. Ail other tobacco and snuff 55c, and cigars, cvigarettes, cheroots. $4.50 a pound, and ja per cent ad valorem, as provided n the Underwood tariff. Karl ben ware and Glassware. Fire brick. 10 per cent advalorem, Un derwood, same;, tiles, 8 cents a square foot. Underwood, 5 cents: cement, 5 cents 100 pounds. Underwood, 10 per cent; lime stone, 5 cents 100 pounds. Underwood free; lime, 10 cents 10O pounds, under wood, 5 per cent; gypsum, 25 cents. a ton, Underwood, 10 per cent; unwrought clay, ton. Underwood, 50 cents; asphalt, $1.50 a ton. Underwood, free; mica, 6 cents pound. Underwood, a per cent; graphite. 10 per cent. Underwood, free. Crockery, 25 per cent. Underwood, 15 per cent; china, 35 per cent, Underwood, same; bottles and blown glassware, 40 per cent. Underwood, 45 per cent; plate glass, 1 cents a square foot. Underwood, 6 cents; ye glasses. 20 cents a dozen and 15 per cent. Underwood, 35 per cent : Incandes cent bulbs, 35 per cent. Underwood, 30 per cent; mirrors, 30 per cent. Underwood, same. Grindstones, $2 a ton. Underwood, $1.50; slate, 17 per cent. Underwood, 10 per cent START TO BE IN AUGUST Explorer Will Sail From London in "The Quest" for Trip of 30,00 0 Miles in South. SCHOOL BONDS APPROVED 90,000 Issue ut Vancouver Car ries by Vote of 474 to 220. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 29. The 90.000 school bond issue, which was placed before the Voters in a special lection yesterday, was approved by vote of 474 to 220. About 68 per cent of the normal vote was cast. The money from the bonds will be sed in the construction of two new school buildings and the purchase of playgrounds for the girl pupils of Arnada Park school. The bonds will be sold in install ments with a saving: in interest over the type of bonds which had pre- iously been approved. Boxcar Thief Suspect Released. R. S. Bean, federal judge, ye-ster- ay ordered a directed verdict in favor of J. H. Hickey. alleged box car thief, at tne request ot tne de fendant's attorney, John Collier. Col- er maintained the government had failed to produce enough evidence to warrant the case going to the jury and Hickey was released from th custody of the marshal. He had been charged with stealing several pairs of trousers from a boxcar in the Albina yards. It was contended that the government failed to Identify the alleged stolen property in the grand jury indictment. LONDON. June 28. (By the Asso- ciaiea tress.; sir Ernest Shackleton wno commanded the British antarc tic expedition in 1907-09, which reached within 97 miles of the south pole, and also the antarctic expedi Hon in 1914-18, will be the leader on a new voyage of discovery covering 30.000 miles of uncharted sections of the southern Atlantic and the Pacific antarctic eeas. He will sail from th nort of Lon don the end of August in a 200-ton ship, brigantine rigged, named "The Quest." He win have with him a small picked staff, including six com panions of former polar expeditions. The Daily Mail published this an nouncement. The expedition, which will be called a Shackleton-Rowett oceanographical and antarctic expedition, will be financed by John Queller Rowett of agricultural research and Frederick B. Becker, a well-known paper man ufacturer. The Quest will be equipped for every branch of scientific re search. A specially constructed sea plane will be taken and air currents will be charted. Salvages First ObjeetlTe. The first objective will be the Sal vages, a group or rocky islands in the Atlantic between the Canary and Madeira islands; thence the vessel will proceed for St. Paul's rocks, lit tie known island on the equator; hence to the Trinidad, where Shackle ton landed in - 1901 from Captain Scott's ship Discovery and saw the great petrified forest, which will be xnlorpd Shackleton then will go to Tristan da Cunha, in the south Atlantic, and Gough's island, eight miles long and 4000 feet high, which has been only once visited before. Soundings will be taken of the ocean plateau about Gough's island in an endeavor to settle the surmises regarding an underwater continental connection between Africa and Amer ica. The vessel will continue on to Cape Town, whence begins the exploration of antarctic regions where no keel has been in the last 90 years. Biff Tract to Be Vlxlted. Enderbyland will be visited. This is a large tract, but whether a con tinent or an island is unknown, as its limits remain unmarked. The vessel will emerge from the antarctic by the Weddell eea and call at the South Sandwich islands and south Georgia. She will then proceed eastward. The next country to attract The Quest will be New Zealand, and the Pacific will be dredged for the lost island of Tuanaki. which has been mentioned in old nautical records and native legends, but has since disappeared. The Quest is now at Southampton. She is 111 feet long and 12 feet in depth, with a 23-foot beam. She was built in Norway in 1917, is of oak, pine and fir, and has been tested in heavy ice. Her sides are two feet thick and her bows are of solid oak sheated with steel. Her steaming radius is 9000 miles, and under sail with a stiff breeze she can make eight knots. She carries wireless equipment. MONEY FIRST FAIR NEED (Cnntlnurd From First Page.) Rail Chiefs See . Harding. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 29. The steering committee of the Association of Railway Executives conferred with President Harding today regarding railway readjustments and announced afterward that the subject would be discussed further at a conference of members of the association Friday in New York. Cniform Tice Ordinance Planned. HOQUIAM, Wash., June 29. (Spe cial.) Harbor municipal officials and county authorities conferred Monday relative to a uniform ordi nance regulating soft-drink places, cardrooms and poolhalis. which was to be put into effect in Aberdeen, Ho quiam and county towns over which the county has jurisdiction. S. & H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood. Main 353; 560-21. Adv. by various bodies favoring it and the state had given it recognition by legislative resolution and invitations were being engrossed lor distribu tion as a result of that action. Much publicity, said the speaker. had already: been obtained for the fair, and Boston, Mass., and Atlanta, Ga., which had projects of their own on foot for 1925, had waived their claims in favor of the Oregon enter prise. An official exposition stamp for letters had been promised by the postoffice department. Railroad sup port was promised, Mr. oratke said. and the co-operation of the entire west seemed certain. $3,500,000 Needed for Fair. It was the expressed belief of the speaker that a. creditable fair could be given by. the expenditure, of 3,- 500,000 one that would attract an attendance of no less than 7,000,000 persons. If each of these persons spent but $30 in the state as the re sult of the exposition, he pointed out that the toal new money brought here would not be less than 8210,-000,000. President Meier, In regard to financing, said a tentative proposal was under consideration, which was not yet official, whereby a state wide campaign would be undertaken to obtain subscriptions of o0 each from 50.000 persons to .the fair fund. Portland itself would also undertake to raise 81,000,000. If that much Interest were shown. he believed, a liberal state appropria tion could be had, while the railroads, automobile interests and others would contribute, without doubt, and some taxation plan could be relied upon to swell the total. Development Fond Underwritten. He said $10,000 already had been underwritten to carry forward pre liminary work and although much had already been accomplished, prac tically no money had been spent so far. He said the project now stood at the crossroads and a decision as to whether to launch the exposition definitely must be made. He asked for expressions of opinion from those present as to what they favored as the future programme. t Mr. Meier called upon a number of those attending to express their ideas. Kdgar B. Piper responded by saying the desirability of the proposed ex position was pretty well recognized, and all would, undoubtedly, conclude it was a good thing, provided always a feasible scheme for financing it were approved. It would be well to determine this in detail and was, he believed, the first essential. If a wise and practical plan were agreed upon, he had no doubt the fair would prove a success. DixrouraginK Note Sounded. A discouraging note was injected into the proceedings by A. L. Mills, who doubted the wisdom of carrying out the fair plans under present con ditions. He felt certain exploitation work so far accomplished had been good, but he held it would be folly to continue with the project until it was known where the money was coming from. He was willing, he said, to leave it to a vote of the people, at both city and state elections, as to a taxation plan for a large part of the fund and then persons of means should be asked to underwrite a sub stantial part of the burden. He held that without some definite assurance of this sort the proposition would be upon too uncertain a basis to- augur success. Nathan Strauss took an opposite view. He said the time was ripe, in his opinion, for a project of this kind as it would give an incentive toward which the state might direct its ef forts with good results. He said he believed reliance would have to be placed upon the people of Portland in the main, rather than upon the state at large, for financial support. Lacking a concrete financial pro posal, Edward Cookingham said he did not think the meeting could make a definite decision in the matter and it would be unfortunate if plans were advanced without sufficient backing. , "With finances assured," he said, "our slogan will be 'God speed the fair,' but without that definite back ing, it might be changed to 'God help the fair. I am in favor of the ex position, but we must have a concrete programme." James B. Kerr held ft would be quite possible to submit a tax levy for fair purposes at a special city election, and also at the next regular state election. Confidence that the project could be put over with credit to the city and state was expressed by Leo Friede. who cited the success of the 1905 ex position and said he thought the state at large would support a tax for the 19L'3 lair. Mrs. Ida Callahan of Corvallis, pres ident of the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs, said the women of her organization would support the expo sition. She recognized the financial structure must first be laid, however Great Enterprises Pnt Over. Most optimistic of all speakers was John B. Yeon, who said if all waited until everything was in just the right condition for advancement not much would be accomplished. He. recalled the projects of the interstate bridge, the Broadway bridge, the Columbia river highway and others and said in eacn case mere was determined oppo- sition, but all- the prophets of evil had been proved false. "If we want a greater Portland and greater Oregon," he said, "I think it is our duty to make sacrifices to help things along and I know of noth ing more constructive than this fair. Upstate they want the fair and I be lieve they will support it. You can tax me together with the others .and if it comes to private subscriptions 1 will also come to the front on that." O. M. Clark declared he would vote for the fair, but he believed a finan cial plan should first be outlined and agreed upon. Chleasro Vlnltor Optimistic. Interesting among the talks was that of Gordon Etrong of Chicago, of ficer of the Building Owners' asso ciation, who said he saw in the ex position an opportunity for publicity for Portland and Oregon. He 6aid the Rose City has at its door more natusal scenery than any other big city of the country can boast and that this is the natural summer play ground of America. Personally," he said, "I shall not be satisfied until I have sent everyone know out here in kindness to them and I believe if you will first sell yourselves on the fair project, your finances will arrange themselves naturally." Followed then the formulation of a motion that would record the avowed policy of the meeting. No fewer than six motions were put before it was decided to simplify them all by ask ng merely for a concrete plan of procedure from the finance committee before definitely going on record as resolved to proceed with the under taking. A second meeting when this will be available for consideration will probably be held within a week. DEFENDS PENSIONS Miss Robertson Rebukes Member From Texas VETERANS' CAUSE UPHELD Oklahoma Representative Suggests Short Speeches in Congress as Stroke for Economy. BUILDING CUT BELIEVED PROBE COMMITTEE CON VINCED OF TRUTH OF CHARGES. Chicago Report Says Methods Em ployed in Exacting Tribute In finite in Disguise. CHICAGO, June 29. The evidence submitted to the Dailey joint legis lative committee, investigating al leged graft in the building industry here has convinced the committee that scarcely any building, large or small, erected in the city of Chicago within the last two years, has been immune from the imposition of graft. The committee made this statement in a report tonight to the state. leg islature. Exhibits produced by witnesses, the report said, show the "many devices and practices resorted to by many la bor business agents, associations of employers and material men, to stifle competition and increase prices. Working rules, jurisdiction disputes and agreements of various unions and crafts have furnished a fertile field for criminal operations of dishonest business agents," the report said. "The methods employed in exacting tribute," the report continues, "have been infinite in disguise. It has been exacted to the form of insurance against strikes by the payment of money before construction of build ings has been begun, or by the pay ment of large sums of money to pre vent strikes called upon the slightest, or no pretext whatever by the pay ment of money to call off strikes, whether such strikes had any founda tion or not from the union labor view point. "Associations of material men have been guilty of practices as hurtful to building operations as the criminal practices of crooked business agents. Exchange of cost Information, pooling of bids, exchange of bids and of price lists, reporting to each other of bids and contracts, average cost systems. I restrictive agreements with labor unions, agreements witn dishonest la bor leaders and many forms of 'co operative competition' and other euphemisms have served as devices ror the restraint of trade and the in flation or prices of building ma terials." THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, June 29. Miss Alice Robertson, "the lady from Okla homa," has attracted much attention in the house by ber ability to con dense eloquence and good common sense into a few words. Incidentally, in a speech pleading for the monthly payment of pensions to soldiers of the wars prior to the fight with Ger many, she put a new slant on the thought of economy. Her suggestion was. that congress is costing the country, more than necessary by the tendency to talk too much. Her speech was in reply to Representative Blanton of Texas who was bitterly opposing the monthly pension payments. Pension Cheeks Have Stories. "I wonder," said Miss Robertson, "if anybody an either side of the house was ever a postmaster? I was for eight years in Oklahoma, where there are persons from all over the United States. I learned many ,things from the quarterly pension checks that came into my hands. I wonder if the gentleman from Texas Texas, down on the Mexican border, where an army went in 1848, made up of the flower and the chivalry of the south I wonder if he knows how many southern gentlewomen look forward to that quarterly check? At first I could not understand how United States pension checks were coming to the widows and daughters of the nrbst unreconstructed confederates I had ever known, until I found out that they were 1848 checks. Do you begrudge those gentlewomen the poyment of those checks monthly? Not many of them are left. But do you know what it means to a woman to have a little money of her own, no matter how happy she is in ner surroundings, with the children who care for her most tenderly? Let those widows of 1848 get their money monthly. Do not object, you Texans. "I say nothing about the war of the '60s. I am of Yankee blood, they say, but next to my father the best man I ever knew wore the confed erate gray. I pinned over the big silent heart of that confederate sol dier the cross of honor that no one after him was worthy to wear. So I say nothing about the pensioners of the 60s those old men, some of whom used to think I was not really just and honest with them, and that I was holding back the pension check. Their anxiety was pathetically pain ful to me. Then, sometimes they died just before the end of the quar ter, and there was trouble. Many a time I have spent hours and hours hunting for that quarterly check. I knew what it meant to them. But I pass over that. "I am perhaps one of three women in the United States wearing not an auxiliary badge but a member's badge of the Spanish War Veterans, because my camp at home made me a member in good standing. Sectionalism to Be Erased. "One of the pledges that we of the auxiliaries take is that as the men of 1898 died to wipe out sectionalism, as they came together north, south, east and west in the common cause of our country, so we will do all in our power to wipe out sectionalism. So those persons who bore and suf fered and had little glory those men of 1898 who did work for their coun try that will be appreciated later shall they not get their pay monthly? "I am not going to talk any more. I try not to talk very much, for si lence is golden, and I realize that every extra word we speak here makes that much more expense to the United States government. Some of us might begin, as I shall begin right now, to save money by stopping." SOoOOO Stock R eoMCooo Sale! r This is a Real, Genuine and Extraordinary Clean-up the entire stock has been listed and all single samples, discontinued patterns and surplus stocks are listed. NOTE THIS: . Single samples and discontinued patterns will remain at reduced prices until sold Surplus Stocks, such as Monarch Ranges, New Process Gas Ranges, Sella&'s Kitchen Cabinets, Sleepwell Mattresses, etc, will be s.old at reduced prices only until the sur plus is gone. The same Easy Terms No Interest, will apply with every purchase as though you paid full and regular price. SEE THE WINDOWS THEY'RE FILLED WITH BARGAINS OUTFITS SELECTED, HELD FOR FUTURE DELIVERY NO EXTRA CHARGE 15 to 20 Off On All Discontinued Patterns and Surplus Stock of Brass, Wood and Iron Beds Moss Rose and Bluebird Decorated Furniture Beautiful Walnut and Mahogany Sets Oak Arm Rockers and Arm Chairs Three-Piece Settee, Chair and Rocker Seta atfi s s i- eR, 25 Off All discontinued patterns and surplus stock of Two and Three-Burner Gas Plates. Electric Table Stoves. v Table Lamps With Art-Glass Shades. Silverware and Clocks. ' Aluminum and Granite Ware. 42, SO and 100-Piece Dinner Sets. BUS LINES ARE DISSOLVED Three Corporations File Xotioes of Withdrawal. SALEM, Or., June 29. (Special.) Valitons, Inc., with headquarters in Salem, has been Incorporated, accord ing to articles filed with the state corporation commissioner here today. The incorporators are R. J. Valiton, Rosamond Valiton and S. H. Gregg. The capital stock is $15,000. Notices of dissolution have been filed by the Astoria-Seaside Auto line, the A. J. Auto line, the Portland Hood River Auto line, the Portland St. Helens & Astoria Auto line and 15 to 50 Off On the following See them on the first floor: Three Mahogany-With-Cane Velour Suites. One Mahogany-With-Cane Mohair Suite. One Three-Piece Tapestry Overstuffed Suite. Five Tapestry Overstuffed Davenports. Three Velour Overstuffed Davenports. Nine Tapestry Overstuffed Chairs and Rockers. 1 Three Velour Overstuffed Chairs and Rockers. YOU CANT PUT IT OFF ANY LONGER BECAUSE PRICES ARE CUT BEYOND THE QUICK Jne'Sfey 5tisfftctorRftn. Built with rivets (not bolts). Have Blue Mirco polished top copper rolled plate steel walls and duplex drafts. The surplus stock only (67 ranges and gas attachments) at these prices: $138.00 Monarch with i&2i-ineh oven 4143.00 Monarch witn lxzi-inch oven $148.00 Monarch with I9x2l-inch oven $153.00 Monarch with Zlxzi-inch oven $19.50 Monarch Gas Plate attachment, now. $30.00 Monarch Gas Plate attachment, now. . $68.50 Monarch Gas Range attachment, now $72.50 Monarch Gas Range attachment, now Terms to Please Your Requirement. S103.00 S108.00 $113.00 S118.00 S14.00 S21.00 S56.00 S60.00 Your Old Store Taken as Part RUGS! 10 to 25 Off r designs that the mill since And over half are nei have only arrived from May la. Just to Give This Sale a Little More Pep Look 'Em Over AOood PlaceTo Tradi i -5th 6 n Eas y Terms - No Merest Onulne Wlltnn Wiltons. Krincert Wilton Velvets Thick Seamless Axmlnnters. "lonely Woven Seamless Brussels. Seamless Reversible Art Klbers. STECI!. PRICKS, TOO. O l.XLAID AMI I'HIVr LIOLtLMS Shepard's Auto line, all having head quarters in Portland. Notices of withdrawal from opera tion in Oregon were fiied by the Brookings Land & Townsite company, and C. O. Lumber company, organ ized under the laws of Missouri, ana A R Porter Lumber company organized under the laws of the state of Washington. Loss in Farm Fire Heavy. WESTOX, Or., June 29. (Special.) Fire last night completely de stroyed the large barn and contents on the McDonald ranch, two miles southwest of Weston. Spontaneous combustion was believed to have started the blaze. The farm was op erated under lease by A. H. Schwandt The loss will total several thousand dollars. Cowlitz Doctors Elect. KALAMA, Wash., Jnne 29. (Spe cial.) Dr. L. S. Roach was chosen president of the Cowlitz County Medi cal society Monday. Dr. Striker of Ridgefield was elected vice-president; Dr. C. 'J. Hoffman of Wood land, secretary-treasurer, and Dr. Hackett of Kelso was elected as dele gate to the state medical convent on. 4 Douglas Towns to Celebrate. ROSBBURG, Or., June 29. (Spe cial.) Riddle, Tiller, Glide and Drain, Douglas county towns will celebrate the Fourth of July, The American Legion post of this city had planned a celebration early, in the year, but decided to withdraw in favor of the smaller towns. Floors That Are Lustrous and Beautiful can be easily attained with Liqnid GromU tbe floor nxniih that is as durable as it is beautiful. Time, use and hard knocks have no effect on this marvelous finish, it's almost wear-proof as well as water-proof. Sold by good dealers fox sixty-three years. Mad by RERRY BROTHERS I JT WrUi L.r. Mkr kJ Varnishes and Point Specialties"1' Detroit. Mtcfa. (21) WaIkeraU,OiXsrio DANCINGtaught De HoneVs Academy, 23d and Wash ington. Classes Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings all summer. All dances guaranteed. Ladies. $2; gen tlemen. $5. Private lessons all hours. The leading school. Phone Main 7656. TOl'B MONEY REFI'XDED IF NOT SATISFIED. Hazelwood Fountain Specials Delightful, Cooling; Drinks and Refreshing; Soda Fountain Creations. Fresh Frozen Mint Julep Alaska Snowball Grape Cobbler Loganberry Rickey American Beauty Sundae Pond Lily Sundae Pineapple Special Chocolate Dusky Dream Special Maple Fudge Sundae Roast Almond Caramel Sundae Caramel Pecan Special ' Broadway Hazelwood 127 Broadway The Hazelwood 388 Washington St. THO!HlSOr v I Deep-Cam UuH a ' Are Better 9 (I Trademark Registered THE SIGN OF PERFECT SERVICE Thoroughly experienced Optometrists for the ezaml a tion and adjustments, killed workmec to con struct the lenses a, concen trated service that guaraa. tees dependable glasses at reasonable prices. Ca.plete Lene Grtaflfca fr aetory om the Prealees SAVE YOUR ETE3 THOMPSON i) OPTICAL LNSTITUTB Cnas. A. Rusco, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS Portland's Largest, Most Modern, Best Equipped. Kz elusive Optical Establishment XOO-lO-1 1 tOBBETT BLDU, FIFTH AL MUURllU) klmue 1DOM 9 & aj AJ & g INGROWN TOE NAIL How to Toughen Skin to Nail Turns Out Itself A few drops of "Outgro" upon int kin surrounding th ingrowing nail reduces Inflammation and pain and o toughens tha tender, sensitive skin underneath the to nail, that it ca not penctrat th flesh, and th nali turns naturaiiy outward almost over night. "Outgro" la a harmless antiseptic manufactured for chiropodist. How ever, anyone can buy from th drug tor a tiny bottle containing direc tions. Adv. CORNS Lift Off with Fingers v J 1 Tk A J M Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little ?reesone" on ar. aching corn. In stantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift it right oif with lin gers. Truly! Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Freexooe" for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn or corn between the toes, and th cal luses, without soreness or irritation. AdT. for Sprains and Strains Athlete everywhere know that Sloan's quickly takes sore ness oat of muscles, and brings quick, comforting- relief to all external aches and pains. Liniment pain's Uneimy Thone your want ads to The Or. gonian. Main 7070, Automatic o0-9s.