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j GIRLS IMPORTED TO BREAK STRIKE Six Hundred Skilled Telephone . Operators Held in Readi ness in Boston. tin ndbro. FORMAL PROTEST ENTERED You're missing a lot of pleasure every day you are without this wonderful instrument in your home. Oirla Now Xejrotlatlne With Com pany Say Trace Was Violated. Public I Being Protected, Employers Reply. BOPTOV. April . Tba reply of President SpaUltnir of the New England j T'lephorte Telegraph Company to the taoe operators who demand Increased vases Is promised tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile neKotiatlons between the romnanv and lis employe will be con tinued at conferences in which the state board of conciliation and arbi tration will participate. The arrlral here today of a special ' train brlna-ns; SOO traned telephone op. erators from exchanges in e 1 ora, Brooklyn. 1'hlladelDhU and other cities, coupled with the announcement that the whole Bell onranlxation was behind Ihe subsidiary company, was a distinct disappointment to the girls here. Thesa girls sent here are quartered at a prominent hotel and are ready to BO to work at an hour's notice If a strike Is called. This Invasion 01 me .rlty by outside operators was regarded at Bret by toe Boston gins as a viuia non h-r the comnany of a truce ar janiad resterdaT with the state board ,of conciliation, when It was aareed that Knere inouia De no BinRn iicuuiug answer of Prenldent Spalding. O. M. Bugnlazet. vice-president of .the Electrical Workers of America, ap peared before the state board and pro tested against the bringing of other ft iris. Counsel for the company replied rfhat the company was only taxing iataps necessary to protect the public in event of a strike. The Boston girls have the promise of jthe various unions of the telephone (employes to declare sympathetic mtrlkea If the operators go out and also have assurance of support from the Boston Central Iabnr Union. TROUTDALE CLUB ELECTS ' Commercial Organization Names C P. LnmMlen President, TROUTPALE. Or, April , (Special.) Trontdale haa a well-organised Com mercial Club. Twenty representative -citizens organized last week and elected the following officers for the year: President. O. P. Lutnsden: vlce-presl hri.nt. C. a Wilson: secretary, E. O. Tripp: treaaurer. S. A. Edmundson; ser aeant-at-arms. D. W. Mickley. A special committee waa appointed to confer with O. F. McKay, road super visor, over the Improvement of the road between Trontdale and Falrvlew, over which a large traffic passes daily Another committee also was appointed to co-operate with a committee from tbe Falrvlew Commercial Club relative to securing cheaper and better oar service on the electric line to Portland, Also the Troutdale Commercial Club will co-onerate with the clubs of Gresh am and Falrvlew on the development of that district. Another meeting will be held April , at which time other business will be discussed. The admission fee was placed at $1 and the monthly dues Jl. CADET OFFICERS NAMED AY. II. Dunham, Portland, Becomes Captain at Agricultural College. OREGON AGRICVLTT'RAl COU- LKOK. Corvallls. April s. ifpecial.) Newly appointed commissioned officers to nil a number of vacancies In the Oregon Agricultural College cadet reg iment were announced yesterday by Commandant P. J. Hennessey, with the approval of President Kerr, of the col- Upr. V. U. Dunham, of Portland, and L. r. Toner, of t'orvallis, are raised fron tirat lieutenants to captains. J. H. Hat lock, of Tortland. is appointed quarter master and commissary of the third battalion. The following second lieutenants are promoted to be first lieutenants: D. C. Howard and 11. M. Howard. Corvallls; I F. Cronemiller. lkeview: C. N. Miller. Indianapolis. Ind.: M. C. Hayes. i'aaniena, Cal.: J. K. Norton, Airlie; R. Jl. Klnearson, Slllwauklc; O. Shattuck, Klamath Falls: F. JL Harrington. Crcs wcll: S. J. Damon. Ferndale. Cat.; C. A. Dickey, Molalla. (J With a Victrola in your home the world's greatest art ists will provide an evening's entertainment for yourself and friends--whenever you wish and as often as you wish. Any Victor dealer in any city in the world will gladly play any music you wish to hear. Victor-Victrolas $15 to $200 Victors, $10 to $100 Victor Talking Machine Company Camden, N. J. J You can select your talent from among the foremost artists in every line, arrange your own programme to suit yourself and have an entertain ment that is impossible in any other way. CI You can afford a Victrola. Perhaps not the $200 style, but the genuine Victrola comes in styles at $75, $40, $25 and even $15. We are very liberal in our terms, spreading easy payments over a number of months, so that paying for your Victrola is forgotten in the pleasure you and your family derive. (J Why be deprived longer? delivered today. Come in and select-it and have it Kvc;'.? If'' yti 13 Victor-Victrola X, $75 Mahogany or oak OUSTING OF MAYOR TRIED J.a Tenter Official Is Subject of Charr Filed by Attorney. VANCOUVER, Wash., April S. (Spe rial 1 Ouster proceedinsrs against Fred J. Brauer. Mayor of a Center, have "been started in the Superior Court of Clark County by l M. Burnett, County Attorney, on the charge of having; an interest in a company which furnishes the town with lumber. The Washing ton state law forbids an official of an organised municipality to sell any sup plies to any municipality In which he holds such orrice. In the complaint filed today. It Js al It led by Mr. riurnctt that while Mayor of La Center. Mr. Brauer signed a war lrant for 313S-3. which had been ap proved by the Council, and later, cashed the warrant for the Oakdale Lumber Company in which he Is also an officer and stockholder. TEAM CRASHESJNT0 STORE Women and Children Barely Escape lYum Vancouver Runaway. VANCOUVER. Waslu. April S (Spe- cIrL) While standing: in the W. S. Wood furniture store this afternoon Mrs. Foriiyce. a babe In arms, three children clinging at her skirts, and her - mother. Mrs. Hill, barely escaped in Jury when a runaway team crashed In the building-. The double glass door was destroyed and the momentum car ried the horses In among the dressers, bahy buggies, plate glass mirrors and tsbles. it. II. Hill, salesman, warned the women In time for them to get away. Drain Slay Hare Cannery. DRAIN. Or, April (Special.) A movement is on foot to establish a cannery In Drain, and subscriptions are being taken by citliens and farmers, tock will be Issued to the extent of $1000. tha par value of each share be ing 119. When this amount is sub-.'.-tbed an organization will be completed. Steinway and Other Pianos r Morrison at Sixth Morrison at Sixth Player Pianos of all Grades DIVORCE HELD VOID Decree Granted Without Hear ing Testimony Remanded. MILLER IS CASE AFFECTED Opinion, Handed Down Is Circuit Judge Has Absolutely Xo Juris diction to Make Decision I'nder Circumstances. SALEM. Or.. April t. (Special.) That when Judge Henry E. McGinn, of Portland, refused to hear testimony In the divorce case of Ernest M. Miller against Daisy E. Miller, but. without hearing ucli testimony, made a de cree granting the plaintiff a divorce and decreeing the property held in the name of the defendant to belong to the plaintiff and giving him the cus tody of two children and her alimony of $50 a month, the decree so given was void, was the opinion of the Su preme Court handed down today. The opinion was written by Chief Justice McBrtde and specially concurred in by Justice Burnett, "The Circuit Court haa no jurisdic tion to grant a divorce without hear ing testimony and the whole decree Is absolutely void,' asserta Chief Justice McBrtde m his opinion. "The cause will be remanded to the Circuit Court with instructions to vacate the origi nal decree, to hear the testimony and to make a decree in accordance there with. Neither party will recover costs In this court." Other opinions by the Supreme Court today were as follows: Kosa B. Guild, respondent, vs. Port land Railway. Light & Power Company. appellant: appeal from Multnomah County, Henry K. McGinn. Judae: af firmed in an opinion by Justice Burnett This was an action for damages for personal Injuries sustained by the de fendant In which she received Judg ment In the lower court. John Marien, plaintiff and respon dent, vs. M. J. Walsh Company, de fendant and appellant, appealed from Multnomah County. Henry E. McGinn. judge; affirmed in an opinion by Jus tice Lakln. This waa an action to reoover damagea for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while operating a polishing machine. The plaintiff re. celved judgment In the lower court. Fred A. Bredmeier and George Men- xeL respondents, vs. Pacific Supply Company, appellants, appealed from Multnomah County, Henry E. McGinn, Judge: affirmed in an opinion by Jus tice Bean. This was an action for damages for breach of contract- First National Bank of Arvada. Colo, appellant, vs. Zella M. and George A. Bradburn. respondents, ap pealed from Douglas County, J. w. Hamilton. Judge: affirmed In an opinion by Justice Bean. Thia was a suit to set aside a deed executed by tbe defendant. Jesse Hobson, anpellact. vs. M. H. David, administrator-of tha estate of John B. David et al, respondents, ap pealed from Multnomah County. J. P. Kavanaugh. Judge: affirmed In an opinion by Justice EaJcln. Thia is a suit to compel an accounting. many years a leading resident and business man of Brownsville and owner of the water system of that city, who died at Prlncville March 11 last, was admitted to probate In the County Court here yesterday. The value of the estate is estimated at $12,000. The heirs are Hazel Moyer. his widow, of Brownsville, and Gold I e Hooker, his daughter, residing at Falls City. Or. Upon the petition of the heirs, W. P. Elmore, of Brownsville, was appointed administrator of the estate. SOPHOMORE CLASS VICTOR Spirited Contest Is That Held at "Old Willamette." WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or April 8. (Special.) In a spirited contest held In the University chapel at which many "were turned away for lack of standing room, the sophomore class won out in what is termed the freshman glee. In this competitive event members of the four college classes compose and render their own songs, the winning class being given a beautiful glee pennant. For years this event has increased in importance until it has become one of the most warmly contested under graduate affairs at old Willamette. Just prior to the opening; of the con test President Homan announced that Mr. Hill's check for (50.000 toward the endowment fund had just been received by him, this news seemed to stimulate the singers In what was the best con test of the kind yet held here. NEW HOSTELRY TO OPEN BANQUET AND RECEPTION WILL BE GIVEN AT ALBANY. Inspection of Hotel Hummel by Vis itors and Talks by Notables to Mark Event. ALBANY, Or., April 8. (Special.) With a big reception and a banquet at which prominent men from various parts of the Willamette Valley will speak, the Hotel Hammel, Albany's new six-story hostelry, will be formally opened tomorrow evening. The entire hotel will be open for Inspection by visitors. J. K. Weatherford, a local attorney and president of the Corvallis & East ern Railroad, will preside as toastmas. ter at the banquet, and toasts will be responded to as follows: "A Greater Albany." P. D. Gilbert, Mayor of Al bany; "The Hotel Hammel and Its Man agement," Phil Metschan, Jr., of the Imperial Hotel, of Portland; "Hotels of Today," Gale S. Hill, of Albany, District Attorney of the Third Judicial District; "Albany as a Commercial Center." A. C. Schmitt. vice-president of the First National Bank of Albany; "Hotels From a Sanitary Standpoint," Dr. W. H. Da vis, of Albany; "The Educational Ad vantages of Albany," H. M. Crooks, president of Albany College; "Hotels Ihe Commercial Man's Home," C. E. Sox, of Albany? "How the Hotel Ham mel Was Built," E. D. Cusick, president of the bank of J. W. Cusick & Co. and treasurer of the Hammel Hotel Com pany; "Albany as a Railroad Center." P. A. Young, of Albany; "See Oregon First," W. J. Kerr, president of the Oregon Agricultural College; "The Dif ference In Hotels," E. H. McCune, of Albany; "Albany From 1908 to 1913," Fred Dawson, of Albany; "The Benefits of a Modern Hotel, J. N. Chambers, o Albany; "Oregon's Advancement," E. Hofer, of Salem; "Construction of the Hammel Hotel," C. H. Burggraf, archi tect; "Albany's Power Facilities," H. E. Morton, manager of the Oregon Power Company; "Good Roads," J. 8. Van Winkle, postmaster of Albany and president of the Commercial Club; "Ho tel Legislation," Milton A. Miller, of Lebanon, State Senator from Linn County; "Railroads," "Robert E. Stra horn, of Portland, president of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railroad. This new hostelry, which was erected and furnished at a cost exceeding 1100 000 and is one of the most up-to-date hotels In the state, was opened a few weeks ago, but the formal opening was postponed until the entire building was in complete operation. Banker's Hearing April 11. CATHLAMET, Wash., April 8. (Spe cial.) F. W. Parker, president of the Skamokawa bank, has been placed in jail here, awaiting a preliminary hear ing in the Superior Court of April H. Mr. Parker is held to answer charges brought against him by the depositors of the bank. Cashier Strong was also piaceo under arrest but was released on oonos. SS3S Mighty Michigan 40 Moyer Estate Probated. ALBAXT, Or.. April 8. tSneclal.) 'sl Til II II II II Ml II WHAT IS GOOD VALUE IN AUTOMOBILES? Certainly this is not a matter of price. Some cars would be expensive if given away if you were per suaded to buy tliem, A good car is not simplv "good enough." A good car must have plenty of strength in frame and motor it must have permanent features not temporary ones. THE MIGHTY MICHIGAN "Automobile Lnxnry Without Ertrayagance" is recognized as good motor value. Note its qualifications usually found on high-priced cars: 60 H. P.-strenerth in frame, axles and vital parts: 4x5Vi long-stroke motor; electric self-starter; four-speed transmission, center con trol; leu-Hand drive; 118-incb. wheel base; 4 -men tires, 14 -inch Turkish leather cushions, etc. Ihat is what we call GOOD MOTOR VALUE especially at $1850 f. o. b. Portland. 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For over half a century it has proved to be the greatest aid in restoring- digestion to the deranged stom ach, enabling the system to obtain the fullest benefit from food. It has no equal in relieving and remedying coughs, colds, erip, bronchitis and pneumonia and throat and lung troubles. "Bo rare you get Duffy 'It's reEable." Sold hi In! ImttlM Anir hv Burnt rfrnarvfota. tHiMii and deaWfl mt S1.M m botfa. Writs to ow Doctonftir fraa advica od lUaxtimUd mad leal booklet. -"Tba Duffy Halt Whlakay Co, Eocheater, N. T. Duffy's Pure MaltWhiske The estate of the lata H. B. Moyer. for