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THE 'MOUSING OREGONIAN. THTJRSDAT, OCTOBER 15, 1914. ARIZONA WILL NOT CALL OUT MILITIA State Relieves Tension When Danger of Divided Respon 1L sibility Is Shown. FEDERAL THREAT CHECKS Secretary Garrison Informs Gover nor Hunt Border ..Will Be Pro tected and State Troops Are ot Required. "WASHINGTON'. Oct. 14. A telegram from Governor Hunt, of -Arizona, to night announcing that'jio movement of the state militia, -to the Mexican border had been authorized and expressing the Governor's 'desire to co-operate ' in avoiding further; complications of the situation on the border was received with much relief by President Wilson and Secretary Garrison. The message, which concluded a. day of telegraphic interchanges on the subject, was ad dressed to Secretary Garrison, and .aid: ' "I appreciate your courteous tele gram and thank you for advices con veyed. Both the President and your self may feel wholly assured that I realize the gravity of the Mexican sit uation as an international problem, and my sole desire is to co-operate in avoid ing further complications and at the same time accord all possible protec tion for Arizona's citizens and prop erty. State Militia Not Called. "No movement of' the state militia has been authorized. I shall communi cate with you as the occasion requires and feel sure that sut-h advices as you may extend at intervals will greatly assist me in allaying excitement over existing danger." Secretary Garrison at once replied as follows: "Your message received. Am very gratified with the expression of your attitude. Will keep you fully in formed." In the course of the day the Secre tary, at the direction of President Wil son, had telegraphed Governor Hunt, pointing out the danger of divided re sponsibility should the state troops go to the border. It was indicated un officially later that if the Arizona Gov ernor finally did send troops to the international line they might be called into the service of the Federal Gov ernment to bring all forces under one commander. Deliberate Shooting; Charged. Two telegrams passed between Gov ernor Hunt and Secretary Garrison, one with reference to the situation at Naco, Ariz., and the other with respect to Douglas, Ariz., in both of which border fighting had made American citizens apprehensive. Concerning the situa tion at. Douglas, Governor Hunt tele graphed that "one soldier and a. child have been struck by shots from Mexi can garrison of Agua Prieta; firing across the boundary is described as being deliberate on the part of the Mexican garrison." Secretary Garrison telegraphed in re ply that reports from General Bliss and the commanding officer at Douglas. Ariz., said no one had been wounded and that only stray bullets were fall ing on the American side of the line, livery precaution was being taken to guard American interests, he said.- and additional troops could not be utilized. The Secretary warned the Governor of the "grave consequence" that might follow the sending of militia .to the border and called attention to the manifest propriety of not embarrassing the President as to the international Situation. Gravity la Emphasized. "The President again today requested me," he said, "to emphasize in my dis patches to you the gravity of the situation,-the fact that he is doing every thing that properly can be done and his earnest desire that you should abstain from complicating and embarrassing the situation." The Secretary said he had no doubt "highly colored and exaggerated re ports" of conditions along the border reached the Governor, adding that true accounts could be obtained by com municating with the Army officers commanding at Naco and Douglas. Frank S. Thomas, one of General Villa's representatives, filed a protest with the State Department today, de daring that the Carranza forces at Naco had deliberately "backed up to the American line for the double purpose of escaping to the United States if oc casion demands and also to invite at tack so that a few bullets would un avoidably fall on American soil." He charged that Carranza's forces under General Hill were part of an "attempt to provoke intervention on the part of the United States." BAKER KNIGHTS HONOR DAY Mass and Programme Held in Honor of Columbus' Work. BAKER. Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.) The Knights of Columbus were pres ent in a body at solemn mass at St. Francis Cathedral Monday morn ing. A musical programme was offered by the choir of fct. Francis Academy. Bishop O Kellly. I. JJ.. delivered i sermon eulogizing Christopher Colum bus. He dwelt at some length on th work the Knights of Columbus have done and are doing in this country. A large number of Catholics of Baker were present to participate in the event. CITY SAVES ON CONTRACT Baker Builds Own Pipeline for $21,913 Iiess Than Bids. BAKER, Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.) Bakers new pipe line to the Elkhorn Mountains is just completed, at a cost of 121,913 less than the estimates and bond issue of J54.700. The work, which was completed in three months, cost 32,i SB. 99, and was done entirelv by the city, with Baker citizens doing the work. Contractors had bid the full amount of the bond issue, and the City Com missioners, believing the work could be done cheaper, decided to do it themselves. estimates made of the amount of water available and the amount of power available to the city as well as esti mates of cost of installing a plant which would furnish municipal lighting for homes and business houses in Ba ker. The petition came at a time when the city campaign is well under way and is of striking significance. - '' The report on Baker's municipal street lighting plant for the first four months' operation shows a material saving to the city on the cost of its lights. The operating expenses were 1196.58 while the cost to the city under the private ownership was $7200 a year. The, entire cost of the plant was $25,000 and the saving of $3800 and mcre a year will retire the bonds long before their maturity. There are installed in the city now 205 large nitrogen street lamps, each 250-kilowatt These prove not only inexpensive but efficient. Under the private ownership system there were 114 old style arc lamps furnishing less light at more than double the cost. HOOD RIVER FETE IS ON CAR.MVA I, DRAWS MERRYMAKERS OUT OP HARVEST FIELDS. : Buckanwa, Decked in Cowboy Itesralia, Lead Parade and People Plan to Dance on Streets. , HOOD. RIVER. Or.. Ctft 14 rsns cial.) The Commercial Club tonight Degan its annual harvest carnival, and the streets are thronged with merry makers, who will increase each night until the close of the event Saturday evening. The-picking of apples will have been finished practically by Sat urday, and the hundreds of transient laborers will join, the local people in the celebration. ' . . This year's carnival is different from the event of last year, a rodeo feature having been promoted by Gilbert Edg ington, an x-f orest ranger, who re turned yesterday from Eastern Oregon with five outlaw horses and the follsw Ine buckaroos: fiiri Ktcl tt.h Ui,r:nv.H, Claude Like, Redding brothers. Babe Ewing, Harry Allen, Shorty Hall and Vern Hutchinson. Hutchinson, e-arbm In all t v, niA turcsque accoutrements of the cow country, gave a thrilling street parade With the COWbnVR thia ntAfnnnn T V. carnival will close Saturday evening wiin a. street aance. "Cheer up" and "smile," instead of the "strenuous-sounding" phrases that hpVA rliorticlorW ,1 1 . 1 1,1 , uut.ua una state fairs in the Northwest, are the slogans or nooa Kiver people at the carnival today. BOY GUN VICTIMS BURIED Harry Nolan' and Matthew Harris Mourned by Playmates. VAJCCOTTVTTT? Wuh i Nolan. 12 years old, killed accidentally by his 14-year-old brother, who was carrvinff u shntntn whn u ,, - - J vvcxv looking for the cows in the pasture, ucm iiuui ol. james catnolic Church today. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nolan. Harrv wa a nnnil rf li !,..,..... diate room at Minnehaha School. The enure scnooi. with Principal W. E. DudtAV HnH TAarhiira A T i .- u 1 1 1 , : ney and Miss Rose Eberly, attended kllO QC1 VKV, The funeral of Matthew TTai-r of J. T. Harris, of Sara,, killed when hunting with his playmate. Alva Wil son, Saturday afternoon, was held from the Christian Church at Sara this morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. F H. Reddick, Methodist, of Felida, con ducting the services. The pupils of the school where Matthew was a pupil attended. NORWAY IS IN DOUBT Neutrality Is Maintained With Fear of Trouble. BOTH SIDES ARE ACCUSERS Crisis Is Expected to Be Brought About Over Shipment of Contra . band and Food ThTousb. Na tion Into Germany. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Sept. 19 (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The word "neutrality" has ac quired a flexible and. variable quality undreamed of by the founders of dic tionaries.: There is the -violated and therefore unavailing neutrality of Bel gium; the grim, almost belligerent neu. trality of Holland,- and the frightened neutrality of Norway. The result of the sharp attacks on the Norwegian press, both by the Ger mans and the English, has been to frighten Norway out of any Individual opinions of her own. Recently she has been charged with 1 having sold her press to England. She had hardly time to defend herself against this accusa tion before there appeared in the cor respondence of the London papers a severe arraignment of the Norwegian press for having accepted bribes from Germany. In an earnest-desire to give no color to either of thes charges, Norway has - sedulously cultivated a neutrality that is beyond reproach. Of all neutralities it.is, outwardly at least, the most perfect and unquestionable. . Conversations Are Guarded. Norway Is in a pof ltion where "any thing she says will be used against her." Men before expressing an opin ion of any sort reassure themselves of the identity of the questioner and then look guardedly in both directions to see that they are not being overheard. Press reports have become content with statements of purely uncontrover slal matter, and the official commu niques of the English, French and Ger mans. The statements of government offi cials are guarded and noncommittal. For this reason, it is unusually inter esting to find beneath this unimpeach able exterior undercurrents of genuine feeling. The most pronounced of these is favorable to the allies. It is evident that none of the Scandinavian countries has recovered from the sense of injury at Denmark's treatment by Germany at the time of the Franco-Prussian war. Among the military classes there Is a leaning in the other direction which has developed out of a fear of danger from Russia, and a natural Scandina vian hatred of that nation. If it were possible to ootain the net result of these two influences, it might be said that the present Norwegian sentiment is friendly toward England, but modi fied by resentment at her combining with Russia. Norwegian-German Crisis Near. A crisis of supreme importance to Norway and Germany now seems im pending. This is the question of the use of Norway as a route for the intro duction of food and contraband articles into Germany. Since the declarations of war. the Norwegian exports to Ger many have noticeably increased, and a visit to the steamship lines plying be tween Christiania and Stettin shows the importance to Germany of this chan nel. Government officials in Chris tiania say that no ammunition had been carried to Germany by this route and that the Norwegian government would not allow it, but at present Norway is under no injunction from England not to supply Germany with any material she may desire. Norway is now apprehensive of an English challenge of her right to ex port and transmit products to Ger many. , A partial mobilization has taken place in Norway, but most of the forti fications which have acted as centers are so distant from Christiania that the capital itself betrays no sign of a Eu ropean war. Financial Condition Impaired. The most serious damage which Nor way has suffered from the war is that which concerns her financial condition Just as she was in the midst of devel oping her railways, her water power and her agriculture, the war suddenly cut off the capital she was borrowing from France. This left her with her development arrested, and with a pub lic debt of 600.000,000 kroner, or about 1150.000,000. The half-completed rail ways in Norway show how her devel opment was retarded before it could pay returns on the borrowed capital invested. The effect of this financial burden has been felt by every business ani Industry of Norway. Immediately upon the declarations of war, a moratorium was declared. This continues, and, though all business is going on as usual, with the exception of the Bourse, it is being cramped by a scarcity of money. RELIEF PUN IS OFFERED AMERICAN WOULD HAVES BELGIANS RETURN TO HOMES. rorkerspth Possibility of Complications Arising Tfcronch Too Many Committees Is Pointed Out. LONDON, Oct 14. Herbert G. Hoover, chairman of the relief com mittee, interviewed today concerning the generous American efforts to al leviate distress among the Belgians, expressed the opinion that unless the application of funds thus raised be under the direction of persons familiar with existing conditions in Belgium, there' will be inevitably an overlapping and a great waste of energy and money. "All the American relief w should combine into one committee, he said, "which would embrace all the American committees already es tablished in Belgium and in London." Mr. Hoover was emphatically of the opinion that the creation of concentra tion camps for Belgian refugees and the billeting of them on the general community in England and Holland as now is being done, instead of satis factorily settling the problem, would "lead only to demoralization and after ward create a worse situation than now exists." "While Holland and England," he oontinued, "have risen magnificently to the occasion and now are looking after all the immediate wants of the refugees, there is no ultimate solution of the problem except by repatriation to their own villages and homes. Our evidence shows that the homes de stroyed by the war amount in reality to only a small percentage of the whole. This repatriation undoubtedly would require considerable funds,- be cause a large number of persons have to be provided for through the Winter and the agricultural communities must be enabled to sow the seed for next year's crop. "The work of repatriation could be undertaken only by an American or ganization which would receive, not only the co-operation of the allied governments, but also of the German government. With, the German oc cupation of Antwerp there is provided a port of entry for the return of Belgian refugees and for the entrance of provisions for them. "Such repatriation would be not only the best thing that could be done for Pig r 1 Barn mm r.isn rav iicmstff? to Mother's Friend "I lm not surprised to obeervs the number of men who come into the storo to purcbasa 'Mother' a Friend " remarked a, leading druggist. Tt- 4. - 1 V HK'S iVi i sen a nuDoy 10 xn drug a tore. "Mother's Friend" ia applied externally over the abdominal muscles. It ia a gentle, aoothins lubricant. penetrates to the fine network of nerves beneath, the skin and has & marked tendency to relieve the muscular strain to which these broad, fiat abdominal muscles aro subjected. Tho cords, ten dons and ligaments aro thus permitted to stretch, without the corresponding surface strain so often involved during the period of expectation. This in part accounts for ths entire absence, in many cases reported, of nausea, morning sickness and other distresses, such as laceration of the epi dermis bo often the case when this gentle form of lubrication is neglected. Mother's Friend" has been highly recommended by a host of women who know from experience and by men who know from observation. Write BradOeld Regulator Co.. S08 Lamar Bid.. Atlanta, Ga., and we win send you a yaiu&hlo 1UU book to axpectant mothers, . - . the Belgians themselves, but it would relieve the other governments concerned.'" FIRM MAY START ANEW Baker-May Lumber Company Credi tors to Hear Head's Plea. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) F. R. May, head of the Baker May Lumber Company, whose business at Mays was thrown into the hands of a receiver last week, has arranged for a meeting of the creditors to be held Saturday at which he hopes to ar range to havo the receivership ended and again personally resv.me charge of his affairs. Mr. May believes he has secured suf ficient financial backing to enable him to handle the business successfully and new lumber trade, that is assured him from the start, is expected to carry e concern along. J. T. Stoddard, re cently from Portland, and formerly a successful mill man at Doty and at Westport, Or., was last week named receiver for the Baker-May Company. BAKER ASSURED TAX CUT Levy Probably to Be 5 Mills Owing to $10,000 Surplus. BAKER, Or., Oct. 14. (Special.) Lower taxes for Baker for next year was forecasted by Mayor Palmer at the City Commissioners' meeting today when in a preliminary estimate on next year's levy Mr. Palmer said the levy probably would be 6 mills, if the as sessment valuations are the same. Whatever the rate. Mr. Palmer an nounced, there would be needed about $10,000 less than there was this year, owing to the fact that the surplus this year would be about $10,000. ALLEGED FORGER HUNTED Trail of Bad Checks Said to Have Ended at Baker Stirs Sheriff. BAKER, Or. Oct. 14. (Special.) Evidence that checks amounting to several hundred dollars, alleged to have been forged by Frank Namba, have been scattered broadcast between Poca tello. Idaho, and Baker, was received bv the Sheriffs office today. Namba. who is charged with passing .Don't these glorious Indian Summer days give you touch of the "wanderlust,,? Don't you want to be out of doors, enjoying the glory of all Nature? Why live in a cramped apartment house- where a janitor can tell you exactly what time to stop playing your piano or in a house where you can't ever see old Hood or St. ' Helens unless you take a trip up to some high point when It is possible to buy and build on Westover Ter races Portland's choice view property, on the most remarkable terms ever offered in Portland? - ' Even four or five years ago you could not buy view site property to compare with "Westover on the basis that you can now secure one of these magnificent sites! This spe cial offer covers even the building of a home if you wish. You can pay for it all on probably the same outlay you are now expending for rent. Investigate today. The owners reserve the right to withdraw this proposition any time. BAKER LIGHT MAY SPREAD Plant to Serve Homes as Well as Streets Is Contemplated. BAKER, Or., Oct 14. (Special.) City Commissioners of Baker yester day, in response to a petition bearing names of hundreds of citizens, ordered F. N. Clark & Company Selling Agents Second Floor Title Trust Bldg. 89 Fourth Street Main 5423 A 761 7 Take a ride up to completed "Westover today. By machine go up Lovejoy street to Cornell Road. Then follow Cornell to "Westover. There is a good auto road to the top terrace. By streetcar, take car on "Morrison. Transfer to "West over" car at Twenty -fifthand Pettygrove T HE SHORTEST ROUTE BETWEEN PORTLAND AND SPOKANE ' is via the NEW AYER SHORT LINE of OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Superior service daily between Union Depot, Portland, and new O-W. R. & N. Passenger Terminal in the heart of Spokane Leave Portland 8:00 P. M. Arrive Spokane 7:55 A. M. Leave Spokane 8:30 P. M. Arrive Portland 7:20 A. M. Tickets, reservations, and full infor mation upon application to: CITY TICKET OFFICE, Third and "Washington Streets, Marshall 4500, A 6121. several checks in Baker, Is. still miss ing. The description is only general. The Sheriff's office is expecting to find him. if at all, to the West. T. Nakaji, held as an accomplice, has told little on the subject. Mis handwriting agrees only In a few small particulars with that of the checks. Namba was a Japanese who until a yeaf ago worked in positions of trust here, and it was easy lor him to cash the checks. SPOKANE CLOSES BOOKS Registration Surpasses Previous Rec- ors by 4321 Voters. SPOKANE. Was"hT" Oct 14. (Spe cial.) Cityregistrationforthe gen eral election November S closed at :10 last night at the City Clerk's office with the largest daily total of 1917. and the second largest registration for a single day in the city's history, beinc surpassed only by the last day of 1913, when 2200 were registered. The total registration was 37,086, an increase over 1913 of 13,736, and over 1912. the Presidential year, of 4321. Centralia Project May Get $19,000. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) Yesterday at the Chehalis City Commission meeting Mayor Coleman announced that it is proposed to spend an additional J19.000 in extending the gravity water distributing service to every part of the city. The voters originally voted J185.000 bonds with which to build the pipe line from the Intake into the city. Never Were Reliable Pianos, Player Pianos and Baby Grands Sold for the Low Prices We Are Selling Th em Old Established Makes Player Pianos of Highest Grade for Less Than Same Quality Up right Pianos Sell for in the Usual Way We bought outright and had turned over to us by Mr. Lucore the balance of altogether forty-four of the costliest Pianos in the SOULE BROS.' Failure Sale. TWO GREAT SAXES NOW IN ONE I V The most important event in West ern piano merchandising, is the Manu facturers Emergency Surplus Sale, merged with the Soule Bros. Failure Sale. ' Everyone knows that every manufac turer, especially- of musical instru ments, has been at his wits end to know what to do with his surplus stock, that is why the manufacturers' representatives, Ellsworth, Barnes and Davey and Lucore, are now in charge of this greatest of all Portland piano sales Eilers Music House to buy three surplus pianos from the factories for every two they now selL Remember, these pianos are all new, guaranteed. ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS SALE. The famous Duotonal (Double Sound board Piano), also the Eilers De Luxe Player Piano are included in this great sale. However, a sale like this can never happen again, for the same con ditions will never again exist. Never Were the Old Reliable Makes of ' Pianos Offered at the Low Price Now Marked on Every Instrument. Never since the establishment of the Eilers Music House many years ago have prices been made bo low and terms so easy. Think of buyins: the Chickerlng, America's oldest and best; the Sohmer, pride of New York: the in strument you find in the most exclu sive circles of that great city; - the Kimball, the piano that today enjoys having received the Indorsement of more of the great artists and musici ans than all other makes combined, and we could go on and enumerate many other makes included in this emerg ency sale. However, for the future pro tection of smaller dealers who must secure the established retail prices, plus the freight, it has been agreed, not to advertise the names of these new pianos now on sale in connection with the price. the: prices. Instruments that are worth $1000, $1100 and $1150 in the regular retail way can now be secured in Uprights. Players or Grands for only $585. How ever, if you do not care to invest in the very highest priced of all musical instruments we will sell you the me dium grades at correspondingly low prices. This would mean Instruments ralued at $200. $250 or $300 for $93. $118 or $145. Or for only $195 we fur nish highest grade, strictly warranted Colonial design Uprights which usually sell for more than double this price. TERMS. Vfe have decided to give 40 months, 30 months, 20 months .or 10 months' time in which to pay for a piano in this sale. For Example "We Quote : $900 Chickering Baby ' Grand $487 Used, but big bargain. $1150 AVeber Pianola. $488 Late 88-note, used. Steck Pianola, Stuyvesant Pianola and others used equally low. $750 Lester Grand, just like new $366 Less than half. $950 Knabe Grand, less than half . .$472 For professional use. $500 Behning $286 $400 Wegman .$237 $400 Emerson ...$188 $250 Kingsbury $ 8S $350 Vose..... $124 $375 Estey. ....... ... .$165 Like new. $275 Ludwig $137 , Like new. $800 Melville -Clark Player Piano $396 $600 Kingsbury Inner Player .......$288 Late 88-note model. $600 Angelus Player Piano $225 $400 Hallet & Davis. .$140 Fine for Students. And many other, new or nated, at equally low prices, so me of them taken In part payment at our own price for new pianos and player pianos, durinjc this great Manufacturers Emergency and Surplus Sale Lucore. Ellsworth. Barnes and I vey now In charse of combined sale of the Some Bros, failurv tock and the Manufacturer' Emergency and Surplus Sale. Broadway, at Alder. Store ooen iu the evening until 9 o'clock during- this sale only.