TITK MORNING- OREGOXIAX. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1913.
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SALOONLESS NATION
Kansas Executive Thinks Con
gress Will Adopt Temper
ance Resolution.
ANTI-LIQUOR FORCES MEET
Patterson, of Tennessee, Tells Why
He Shifted From "Wet" to "Dry"
Ranks Constitutional Amend
ment Will Bo Petitioned.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 12. Predicting
that a resolution prohibiting- the traffic
In Intoxicating beverages in the United
States and all territories under Its
Jurisdiction soon would be adopted by
Congress, and declaring- that "if I am
Governor of Kansas, I will immediately
convene the Legislature, in special ses
sion if necessary, for the purpose of
ratifying the amendment," Governor
Hodge, of Kansas, threw the fifteenth
biennial convention of the National
Anti-Saloon League in an 'uproar of
applause tonight.
Governor Hanna, of North Dakota,
Rave statistics to show the prosperity
of his state under the "prohibition"
reign and said "The Brewers' Year
Book" showed no consumption in his
state of their products in 1911. Gov
ernor Hanna said, however, that some
Intoxicants were used in North Dakota,
but that the consumption was so small
that there was practically no profit for
distillers or brewers.
I'attcmon, of Tcnnuwe, Enllnto.
The day session was brought to a
climax by a stirring address by ex-Governor
Patterson, of Tennessee, in which
bo gave reasons for his enlisting with
the anti-saloon movement and reviewed
his former life and activities, which,
according to his statements, bad been
with the forces opposed to suppression
of the liquor traffic.
"The Anti-Saloon League and I have
not always been, friends," he said. "The
paths we traveled were wide apart. But
th;y have meK and we now find our
selves in the same road, actuated by the
same desire to destroy the traffic in
liquor.
"I am aware that to have suddenly
changed the views of mature manhood,
which 1 once asserted and proclaimed
from one end of Tennessee to the other,
lias excited surprise and provoked com
ment. 1 am neither ashamed nor
abashed to stand before this audience
and acknowledge the wrong."
Commenting on one of his messages
to the Tennesee Legislature, In which
he opposed further legislation to regu
late the liquor traffic, Mr. Patterson
reiterated that at that time those were
his honest convictions based on mis
Judgment. He continued:
Pride of Opinion Cast Aside.
"I have seen the trail of liquor in
the criminal courts; I know and have
been a participant in its paralyzing
and corroding influence in' the social
and public life of our National capi
tal. "I have seen it drag down many
of the associates of my boyhood. I
have seen its forked lightning strike
my firstborn, the child of my young
manhood. At last I have felt Its foul
and stealthy blow as it turned on me
In its deadly and shaming wrath on
me, who had pleaded before the people
for Its very existence.
"When logic failed and reason gave
no answer, I cast aside all pride of
opinion, all thought of what the world
might think or say, and went to the
throne of Almighty God. There, on
bended knees, I asked for light and
Ftrength and then I arose a changed
man.
I favor prohibition in any form
that will either reduce or destroy the
liquor trartic; favor it person-wide,
town-wide, state-wide. Nation-wide
and world-wide.
Cnnsrcnn to Be Petitioned.
The council of 100, which will form
ulate the demands on Congress for
submission of the Federal amendment
to the Constitution providing for Nation-wide
prohibition, will meet Friday
and It is expected that 1000 signatures
will be, attached to the petition, in
cluding Governors, ex-Governors and
members of Congress.
"In some states the throne of po
litical power is in the saloon," said
Governor Hodges, in his address to
night. Kansas people, he said, believe
"the morality that guides us individ
ually must guide us as state and Na
tion. "The quickest road to effective pro
hibition is through Congress. The time
is opportune for Federal prohibition
and Nation-wide equal suffrage."
Kev. Father J. J. Curran. of Wilkes
barre. Pa., said in his address that the
Catholic church, through individual ex
pressions of its clergy, eventually
would give hearty indorsement to the
work of the anti-Saloon League just as
it had worked for personal abstinence
In the past.
$8.25 PAY IS RECOMMENDED
(Continued From First Paw.)
Commission, suggested that $8.25 would
be an Improvement over present wages
in laundries.
"We can call another conference It
we find that this is not satisfactory,"
he said.
The recommendation that the maxi
mum hours a week be E4 was adopted
on an amended motion by Mr. Kay, who
first moved for 65 hours a week, so that
the woolen mills of the state mignt
work a 10-hour schedule five days In
the week, with five hours Saturday
forenoon and a half-holiday Saturday
afternoon.
Father O'Hara suggested that it
might be well to consider the fact that
in less than a year the people of Oregon
will probably be voting on a law to
limit all labor to eight hours daily.
No recommendation was made on the
question presented to the conference by
the commission. "Do you not think that
a maximum six-day week should oe
recommended for all women employes?'
It. A. Booth, of Eugene, moved that
the recommendation on this point be
six days a week maximum, with two
half-holidays If desired.
The motion precipitated a discussion,
in which Father O'Hara said that he
was not certain that the abuses were
sufficient to demand legislation, but
that there are Instances which demand
attention.
"For instance, the Pullman Company
is making the women who clean Its
cars work seven days a week," he said.
Miss Caroline Gleason, secretary
both of the Commission and the con
ference, said that telephone girls In
Portland work 15 days straight with
out a day off. ,
In the discussion as to the effect of
the recommendation that one year be
considered the term of service before
a worker is considered experienced,
Mr. Roberts suggested that some
abuses might creep In.
"If that happens." said Mr. Booth,
"there will be another conference."
Rulings Subject to Change.
"Yes." said D. Soils Cohen, of Port
land, chairman of the conference, "the
rulings based on our recommendations
are not like the laws of the Medes
and Persians. They are subject to
change at any time."
Mr. Cohen, with Mr. Booth and Mrs.
Sarah A. Evans, of Portland, presi
dent of the Oregon Federation of
Women's Clubs, acted for the general
public In the conference.
In response to the question, "Is night
work reasonable and consistent with
the health and efficiency of female
employes?" Mr. Kay declared that he
wanted to "stand pat" in the opinion
that women are not harmed by night
work.
"It Is true that there is a certain
class that prefer to do their shopping
Saturday night," said Mr. Roberts, "but
I do not believe that It Is good for
women to work at night, and I will
always 'favor early closing."
"I move that we go on record that
we do not believe it is detrimental for
women to work nights," said Mr. Kay,
after some discussion.
"The Commission would not like to
get such a recommendation," said
Father O'Hara, "in the face of the fact
that the whole of the present move
ment for industrial betterment is to
ward night closing, and that just the
other day the representatives of 16
European nations declared against
night work for women."
Mrs. Evans urged that there would
be danger to the women workers them
selves in a ruling that would prohibit
their working after 6 P. M.
"I know that certain establishments
in Portland are already getting ready
to discharge their women and employ
men if such a ruling is enforced," she
said. "They have taken the bit in
their teeth and will try to make this
law objectionable, even to the work
ers themselves."
This idea was scouted by both
Father O'Hara and Mr. Roberts,- who
said that it would be impossible for
Portland stores to dispense with the
services of the thousands of women
and girls employed by them.
The conference may be called to
gether again 'to consider the question
of the six-day week. As the recom
mendations stand at present a girl or
woman may work in all of the seven
days of the week, if she does not work
more than 54 hours for the entire week.
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FILM MONOPOLY DENIED
DYER SAYS COMPETITION IS "KEEN
AND OFTEN BITTER."
jt omana stores until 8 P. M. This
means that the department stores may
employ women Saturday nights until
that hour. They already have the
early-closing rule' for other days In
tne week, it also means that on other
days during the holiday rush they may
employ women to that hour, so long
as no woman worker In a Portland
store works longer than 8 hours and
20 minutes in any one day, nor more
than 50 hours in any week, as pre
scribed by the Commission's ruling.
The Commission, in Its statement Is
cued yesterday says:
"The 8 o'clock dismissal hour does
not apply to women employes In
restaurants, confectioneries, hotels,
telephone and telegraph establish
ments, nor has the Commission con
xempiatea any such ruling in the
past.
Separate Conferences Doe.
It Is probable that separate confer
ences will be called for laundry and
telephone workers. It was announced
after yesterday's conference meeting.
The recommendation that $8.25 be the
minimum weekly wage for women
workers In the State of Oregon, whose
cases have not already been covered by
rulings of the Commission, was made
on the motion of Thomas Kay, State
Treasurer and one of the owners of
v-oolen mills at Salem. With Thomas
Roberts, of Roberts Bros.' department
store. Portland, and Emery Olmstead
manager of the Northwestern National
Bank, Portland, he represented the em
ployers on the conference.
M rs. L. Gee, of Portland, one of the
employes' representatives, objected to
$8.25 aa being too low, particularly for
laundry workers. She was the only one
of the three employes' representatives
present yesterday, the others being
Mrs. Steve King and Miss Marie Bur
ton, of Portland.
Rev. Father O'Hara, chairman of the
Story Told of Hukc Salaries Paid to
Actors and Rivalry for
Work of Playwrights.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12. The so-called
moving-picture trust, defendant In
Government suit, has not eliminated
competition, according to the testimony
of Frank L. Dyer, president of the
General Film Company, which, with the
Motion Ticture Patents Company and
other firms and other individuals. Is
accused under the Sherman law.
The General Film Company, said
Dyer, has a network of film supply ex
changes across the country.
"Our competitors follow us where-
ever we go," he declared. "Their com
petition is live, keen and often bitter.
The Independent film exchanges are
often in the same building with our
offices and frequently they try to get
offices on lower floors in order to
Intercept our customers before they
reach us. There are a few cities and
fewer localities where our competitors
do not reach, but wherever there is a
demand for their services they are able
to serve almost as well as we can."
Dyer said the company paid motion
picture actors and actresses as much
as $500 and $1000 a week. "We make
ridiculous offers to get them to work
for us," he testified. "The competition
is also keen for the work of play
wrights. There is open competition
between us and the Independent ex
changes. It is impossible for us to
raise the price of films unduly, but
we do get better prices than the others
aa a general thing."
SWEEK CHOSEN FOR SIAM
Bryan Makes t'nofflcal Announce
ment of Coming Appointment.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 12. The nomination of
Alex Sweek, of Portland, as Minister to
Siam will be sent to the Senate tomor
row. Secretary Bryan having an
nounced unofficially today that Swek
had been agreed on for this appoint
ment. Sweek was strongly recommended by
Senator Chamberlain, and is Indorsed
by many Oregon Democrats in letters
and telegrams now on file in the State
Department. Senator Lane said he had
taken no part In bringing about
Sweek's appointment.
It is understod that Secretary Bryan,
who is personally acquainted with
Sweek, was instrumental In securing
favorable consideration of Sweek's
name by President Wilson. Early in
the Administration Sweek was a candi
date for postmaster at Portland.
Charlton's Hearing Still Far Off.
COMO, Italy, Nov. 12. Porter Charl
ton, the young American awaiting
trial here on the charge of murdering
his wife at Lake Como, in 1910, learned
today that the hearing of the case was
not likely to begin before the end of
March.
ews Intensely Interesting to Shoppers
pettoeen uxtbzg
Never have furs been so
much in demand as this season.
Touches of fur are used on al
most all the evening goivns, and
many smart street costumes and
afternoon frocks are trimmed
lavishly with the soft material.
And fur trimming is even creep
ing into the realm of lingerie;
exquisite nightgowns and negli
gees are made softer and dain
tier by touches of if not fur,
its best imitation, sreansdotvn.
What ivoman does not love
the soft touch and appearance
of fur?
We are showing furs for
' trimming, including swansdown
and marabou, dainty Utile fur
hats in mole, seal and coney,
with combinations of these furs;
and our fur department is re
plete with muffs and scarfs of
most exquisite design and ma
terial and, of course, we can
show you the fur-trimmed suits,
gowns, frocks, yes, and negli
gees, too.
For tVie Outdoor Gir
Dear Little "Madcaps," this
is not the title of a book, but the
name of the cleverest little bon
net for motoring and ice skating
that has yet-been devised.
It is developed in silk velvet,
brocaded velvet and shimmer
ing silks in all the pretty new
shades, and just think, it has a
patent brim to hold the veil in
place so it cannot slip.
Some cunning velvet ones
have a touch of fur about the
face.
They fit low and protect the
forehead and ears, and I can't
think of anything prettier or
more "cumfy" for the out-of-door
girl. First Floor.
About Butterflies
Butterflies are beauty-flies. Did
you ever think of that? Wouldn't
pou just love an enormous one
perched on the side of your hat, or
a double-Tvinged beauty on your cor
sage, or perhaps tilled airily in your
coiffure ?
Dampness cannot mafye these
droop and lose their beauty. They
are made of Tvaterproof maline and
are nen and wonderful in design.
First Floor.
4omettrin2 JSeto
Adjusto Beli
$5.00 Petticoats
Special $3.98
of Canton Crepe
These petticoats are made
with Adjusto Belle elastic top,
and have deep knife - plaited
flounce finished around the bot
tom with knife-plaited band of
messaline silk. ' '
Made of Canton crepe in all
the newest shades, such as ma
hogany, tango, golden brown,
emerald, wistaria, Royal, Co
penhagen, black and white.
Third floor.
$1.75 W. B. Corset
Special $1.19
New model W. B. Corsets
for slender and medium figures.
Made of an excellent quality
coutil with low bust, medium
long over hip, without boning on
hip. and long straight back.
Finished with two pairs of
good hose supporters,' and
trimmed at top with embroid
ery edge.
This corset is made with the
precision and workmanship
which characterize the W. B.
Corsets of every price, and will
give splendid service and fit
perfectly.
All sizes. Fourth Floor.
Pullman Caps
Special 59c
A little boudoir cap made of
faille silk in plain design with little
band across front and tiny pleated
frill around back, i
Shown in olive, lose, navy, brown,
Copenhagen and black.
Neat, pretty little caps" that will
delight the traveler.
Fourth Floor.
A NFW CO AT-From an Imported Model, Special $32.50
The Smartest Coat
OF THE SEASON
The new yoke effect model
coat, a style which has become
very popular in the large fash
ion centers. Made of fine im
ported wool Ottoman cloth in
black, navy and Copenhagen.
This coat is cut in the popu
lar 48-inch length in a side
button effect, fastened with
large ornaments. Has large
storm collar and deep cuffs of
fine silk plush. .
The collar is convertible and
may -be buttoned close under
the chin or left open, forming a
"V."
The workmanship and finish
of this coat is the finest
This is an exact copy of an
imported model and retains all
the original touches.
Third Floor.
Smart Blouses New Models
$7.50 Crepe de Chine Blouses
Special $4.95
x White, black and Copen
hagen crepe de chine blouses of
heavy quality silk, made in, the
new turned-down collar effect,
with yoke front and back.
Long sleeves with cuffs prettily
trimmed with buttons.
$6.00 Chiffon Blouses
Special $3.95
Novelty dress waists of extra
quality chiffon in navy, Copen
hagen, brown and black, over
white. These waists are made
with high neck and long
sleeves. The yokes are of lace
and net and are finished with
silk velvet ribbon and fancy
ball buttons. The front is plait
ed and tucked and has a vest
effect of fine white net
Third Floor.
Thursday Domestic Day Housewives' Economy Day Thrifty Day
Triumph Sheets and Pillow Cases
Positively the most favorably known sheets and pillow cases
on the market today. To use Triumph bed linens once means
always a friend of Triumph, because they are made as they
should be; the texture and shape does not change by laun
TRIUMPH SHEETS
for Single Beds
Size 54x90 inches, special,
63c each.
Size 63x90 inches, special,
68c each.
For Three-Quarter Beds
Size 72x90 inches, special,
85c each.
Size 72x99 inches, special,
85c each.
For Full Size Beds
Size 81x90 inches, special, -
85c each.
Size 90x99 inches, special,
95c each.
TRIUMPH PILL'W CASES
Size 42x36 inches, special,
19c each.
Size 45x36 inches, special,
22c each.
Size 50x38Yz inches, spe-
dal, 25c -each. Basement.
PILLOW SLIPS AT SPECIAL PRICES
Hemmed pillow slips of evenly woven, extra quality muslin. Well
made, three-inch hem.
42x36 inches, special. .11c 45x36 inches, special, ,12c
Hemstitched embroidered pillow cases, made of firm mus
lin with neatly embroidered conventional designs.
Sizes 45x36 inches, Special 25c each
Our Dinnerware, Cut Glass Sale
Is Breaking All Records
Don't Miss This Opportunity
There is no abatement of the enthusiasm this wonderful
sale has aroused among our patrons. The reductions are
so great, and the quality of the merchandise of such ex
cellent worth, that housewives all over the city are mar
veling, and showing their appreciation of our splendid
offering of Dinner-ware and Cut Glass by purchasing
large quantities for holiday use, as well as supplying their
needs for home use.
For Three More Days
We Will Continue to Give
209b Reduction on AH Dinnerware
Showing 40 New Open Stock Patterns
Quarter to Half Off on Cut Glass
Sixth Floor.
Untrimmed Hats A Sale
The popularity of smart hats with just a touch of trim
ming makes this sale of utmost importance to you.
Hats of silk velvet, of plush, of clipped beaver and velours in medium,
large and close-fitting shapes, and black and all desirable colors.
Hats with sailor crowns, with tam crowns, with crush crowns. Hats
with straight brims, rolling brims and mushroom brims; severe tailored
effects, dress effects and sailor effects. Hats for street, for theater and
semi-dress wear. And all at such remarkable reductions as to seem al
most unbelievable.
$3.00 Models, Special 95c
$3.50 Models, Special $1.95
$4.50 Models, Special $2.95
Second Floor.
Merchandise of J Merit Only" "
20c PLISSE CREPE 12yzc
Printed patterns in Persian
designs. Soft finish, free from
dressing. In patterns suited for
house dresses, kimonos and com
fort covers. Blue, tan, yellow and
lavender effects.
20c Robeland Fleece, 15c
A medium weight bath robe and
lounging robe, flannel, in dark col
ors. Each piece has two distinct
designs. Full 27 inches wide.
60c Cotton Bats, 43c
Three-pound weight. Quilt size,
84x72 inches. Clean, long cotton.
12y2c Cotton Challie, 7c
36 inches wide. An ideal cloth
for comfort covers and curtains.
We have only a limited amount
of these.
18c White Crinkle Crepe,
M2Ve
The kind that does not need to
be ironed. Soft and pliable. Suited
for waists, dresses and underwear.
12Y2c Printed Flannelettes,
7c Yard
Some velour finish, some twill
finish. All fleeced back, well
adapted for house dresses, kimonos,
children's dresses and comforters.
12yzc Dress Ginghams, 9c
Extra heavy weight, suitable fov
women's dresses, men's shirts, chil
dren's suits and rompers. Stripes,
plaids, dark and medium ' back
grounds. LINEN HUCK TOWELS
Special, 15c ear., $1.60 doz.
These towels measure 36x 1 8
inches, hemmed ends. They come
in all white, also with red stripe
end borders.
$1.50 Table Cloths, 98c
Made of pure German linen, sil
ver bleached. Hemmed ready for
use. Neat patterns, bordered on all
N sides. Size 60x60 inches.
Not a particle of dressing in
these cloths. Just the kind for gen
:ral use. nMmt.
House Furnishings Reduced
5000 Yards Linoleum of Finest Quality
in Inlaid or Printed Patterns
Pretty designs in tile or inlaid wood. Light or medium dark
grounds. Linoleum suitable for kitchens, bathrooms, halls and
borders under carpets. A number of handsome patterns to
select from. All first-class, fresh merchandise.
75c Printed Lino.eum, Special 43c the yard
$1.50 Inlaid Linoleum, Special $1.09 the yard
Manufacturer's Rug Samples
$2.50 Axminster Samples, Special $1.47
$2.00 Tapestry Brussels, Samples, Special 98c
Manufacturers carpet rug samples, 27 x 54 inches. All
firmly bound. Made from the best quality of Axminster and
Tapestry Brussels Carpet in pretty Oriental and conventional
designs.
$2.50 Bis? el's- Carpet $35 . Bigelow Axmin
Sweepers Sp'l $1.98 ster Rugs, Sp'i $24.85
Bissel's standard carpet sweep
ers in golden oak or mahogany fin
ish. Best quality of China bristles
in sweeping brush. Complete.
DRAPERIES REDUCED
18 Curtain Swisses . . . .14c
25c Curtain Scrims . . . .19c
35c and 40c Madras . .29c
50c Curtain Scrim . . . .39c
60c Curtain Nets 43c
$1.00 Curtain Madras. .79c
50c Cretonnes 29c
Size 9x12
Bigelow Axminster rugs in pret
ty floral and conventional designs
in soft, rich colors of tans, browns,
ind red and green tones. In small
allover effects and medallion de
signs. COCOA DOOR MATS
Made of selected quality of co
coa fiber, firmly bound.
$lJo Mats, size 16x27, ea.. 93
$1.50 Mats, size 20x31, $1.19
Fifth Floor.
SSI
JAPONIC A SILK PETTICOATS
Eiact Reproductions of Imported Crepe de Chine Models
SPECIAL $1.98
Pink or white japonica silk petticoats in narrow style, trimmed
with deep flounce of closely pleated shadow lace, ribbon run.
Handsome skirts that will give better service than silk, and appear
as well. Fourth Floor
Ribbons
Our Pre-Holiday Sale Is at Its Height
This unparalleled sale of Ribbons for holiday use is
proving to be of the same proportions as our recent sales
in other departments. It is a sale which you should surely
take advantage of, and supply your immediate wants, your
Xmas needs as well as your requirements during the en
tire Winter season.
Ribbons for fancy work oi all kinds, ribbons for gir
dles, sashes, millinery purposes, dress trimmings, fancy
vests, and for tying up your Christmas gifts.
All at decided reductions
This includes all the new velours, ratines, futurist and
other new ribbons that are so much in demand at present.
First Floor.