TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRTDAT, DECEMBER 4, 1914. '
UNDERWOOD TARIFF,
GERIiflS INTEND TO
BATTLE TO FINISH
FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OP TAMMANY EX-CHIEFTAIN AND HIS
BRIDE TAKEN SINCE THEIR WEDDING.
HOT WAR, TO BLAME
Official Figures Show Demo
cratic Bill Has Failed to ,
Produce Revenue.
American From Berlin Says,
However, People Know De
feat Must Come.
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NEW TAX UNNECESSARY
MATERIALS ARE LACKING
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mill BETTER COFFEE FOR
Reasonable Tariff Amendment, as
Suggested by Republicans, "Would
Have Served Imports Greater
Ilia ii Before ' War
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 3. That the Underwood
tariff act and not the war in Europe is
responsible for the treasury deficit,
"Which In turn made necessary the im
position of tha so-called "war tax," is
borne out by interesting official, sta
tistics compiled by . the Department of
Commerce. These figures, made public
by Secretary Redfield, disclose that the
Imports into the United States for the
10 months ended October 31, 1914, ex
ceeded the imports for . the first 10
months of 1913, when there was no war
in Europe, by exactly $88,097,021.
Furthermore, the same statistical -tables
show that the imports for Octo
ber, 1914, exceed the imports for Octo
ber, 1913, by 35,131,218,
Underwood Bill Is Failure.'
This report. Issued under, the direc
tion of the Secretary of Commerce,
hows that the imports for the first
10 months of this year were valued at
1 1,543,531,394, as against a total of
SI. 460,334,373 for the first 10 months of
1913. In like manner, the imports for
October of this year were valued at
(138,080,520, as compared to a valua
tion of 132,949,302 for October, 1913.
When the war tax bill was pending
before Congress the charge was repeat
edly made by Republicans that the sad
condition of the Treasury was due pri
marily to the failure of the Underwood
tariff law to provide sufficient revenue
to run the Government, and secondly
to Democratic extravagance. While the
figures compiled by the Department of
Commerce throw no light on the lat
ter charge, they seem to establish un
questionably the contention that the
Underwood bill is & failure as a revenue-producer.
War Is Not Real Reason.
By the same token, these figures jus
tify another Republican contention,
that the "war tax" would have been
-unnecessary if Congress had been will
ing to amend the tariff law reason
ably. While the figures published by the
Secretary of Commerce sustain the Re
puolican contention, - they also prove
conclusively that there is no founda
tion for the Democratic assertion that
the condition of the treasury and the
necessity for an emergency tax is due
to the war in Europe. Incidentally the
official figures disprove the popular
notion that our import trade has been
greatly diminished as a result of the
war. Not only is there a marked In
crease for the 10 months, but the
month of October, two months after the
outbreak of hostilities, shows that our
Imports were more than 35,000,000
greater than in October of last year,
before war was dreamed of. and when
trade was in normal channels.
PARIS WILLBE CAPITAL
French Parliament Called to Meet In
City December 2(2.
PARIS, Dec. 3. The French Parlia
ment has been called to meet in ex
traordinary session at Paris on Decem
ber 22.
The members of the French Cabinet
are to leave Bordeaux next week for
this city,, where they will put them
selves at the disposition of the finance
committee of the Chamber of Deputies.
There have been several reports dur
ing the past month that the French
government, which went from Paris to
Bordeaux in the early part of Septem
ber, was about to return to Paris and
resume there the functions of govern
ment. Previous reports have said unofficial
ly that the government was about to go
back and that Parliament would meet
the latter part of December to pass
emergency laws.
LANDS OPENED TO. ENTRY
More Than 300,000 Acres tn Oregon
j Declared Non-Irrigable.
WASHINGTON, Dec S. Orders were
Issued today by Secretary Lane open
in? to homestead entry more than 660.-
00 acres of Western public lands
which have been determined to be non
irrigable. After January 11, 1915. the
lands may be taken up in tracts of 320
acres each under the enlarged home
stead act.
More than 800.000 acres of the prop
arty is In Central and Eastern Oregon,
in Wasco, Crook and Grant counties.
In Montana there are about 100.000
acres, mostly in Chouteau, Fergus and
Custer counties, and more than 160.000
acres are in New Mexico, in Guadalupe,
Roosevelt and Chaves counties.
BOMBS DROP ON KRUPPS
Aeroplane Attack on Cannon Factory
I Reported From Berlin.
LONDON, Dec. 3 A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegram Company from The
Hague quotes a message from Berlin to
the effect that the Krupp factory at
Essen, Germany, was bombarded yester
day by an aeronaut.
It is said bombs were dropped from
the aeroplane on the buildings devoted
to the manufacture of cannon. The air
man escaped uninjured, and the extent
of the damage has not been ascertained.
Kandy Woman Candidate for Council
SANDY, Or.. Dec 3. (Special.) Mrs.
Percy B. Shelley, president of the
Sandy Women's Club. Is candidate for
Councilman in the city election to be
held M inday. - The other candidates
for Councilmen are Otto Meinig. Fred
Proctor, George Wolf and Casper
Yunker. Three are to be elected. F.
E. Beckwlth Is candidate for Recorder
and R. F. Essor candidate for
Treasurer. The present Mayor. P. R.
Meinig. holds over.
Haakon to Inspect His Coast.
LONDON, Dec 3 A dispatch' to the
Daily , Mail from Christianla, Norway,
says that King Haakon goes to
Trondhjem today, where he will em
bark on the battleship Harald Haar
zagre for a cruise along the coast from
Trondhjem to Bergen in order to In
spect the measures taken for the de
fense of Norwegian neutrality.
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Photo Copyright by Underwood and Underwood.
MR. AND MRS. RICHARD CROKER.
NEW YORK, Dec 3. (Special.) Richard Croker. the 71-year-old
ex-chief of Tammany Hall, was as exuberant a bridegroom as a.
youngster 60 years his Junior, when he made Princess Sequoyah, who
in every-day life was Miss Bula Benton Edmondson, his bride. The
wedding took place in the home of Mr. and Mrs. -Nathan Straus on
Thanksgiving Day. The happy bride and groom are now at Palm
Beach, Fla-, where Mr. Croker has an estate.
TOWNS' AID ASKED
Appeal for Belgians Is Sent by
Relief Committee. ,
MANY LETTERS GO OUT
Body Headed by Samuel Hill Urges
Tliat Organizations Be Formed
Throughout North-west to Help
War-Stricken Sufferers.
The Belgian relief committee, of which
Samuel Hill is chairman, has sent let
ters to persons in cities and towns
throughout the Pacific Northwest, re
questing that the persons addressed
form committees, with the Mayors and
the postmasters as other members, to
solicit funds for the relief work.
The letters, which are signed by
Samuel Hill. Oa Coffin, AT. D-, J. Van
Hoomissen, G. Henri Labbe and Joseph
Closset, say: cL
Oregon. Washington and Idaho will send
a shipload of provisions, sailing from here
during this month; the urgency of your ac
tion is apparent. Money collected should be
receipted for and the names of contributors
and amounts given should be published in
your paper. Checks made payable to the or
der of the chairman of our committee will
be indorsed by him, and the receipt sent you
by the treasurer.
Only nonperishable provisions are accept
able and are as follows: Flour, beans, peas.
nee, conaensea mil, rruits ana vegetables
dried or in tin cans, canned salmon and
cured meats. The railroads will transport
free of charge the supplies contributed. Ship
to the Belgian Relief Committee, care
Municipal Dock, Portland, and it is need
less to say "ship as soon as possible."
Belgium was a neutral country. All will
agree that these starving. Innocent people
shouli bo helped; feeding noncombatants
should commend itself alike to all. The
British, Dutch and German governments con
sent to the shipment of supplies; our Gov
ernment indorses it. Remember, these Bel
gians were Industrious, peaceful, honest and
lawabiding; they have lost their all ; they
must have food to survive the Winter. '
Put your band In your pocket and con-
alder how you would feel if their condition
we.9 yours. Give all that you can, and help
feed as many of -those deserving people as
possible. As an illustration. $1.25 will buy
and deliver in Belgium a 49-pound sack of
flour; this sack of flour will feed & starving
muuui ior inree montns.
1 ARREST MONTH'S RECORD
Eugene Claims Low Score for
Drunkenness to Each 10,000.
EUGENE. Or., Dec 8 (Special.)
Several months ago Eugene disputed
the record claimed by Oakland. Cali
fornia, as the most ordorly city In the
United States, having but one arrest
a day for drunkenness for each 10,000
population with a claim for the National
honor with only one arrest a week.
Eugrene since bas broken Its own
record. With a population of 15,000
people. It had but one atrest for drunk
enness during the whole month of No
vember. The lail has been used less
In the past three months than any time
In 10 years, according; to local officers.
RICH LAWYER ARRESTED
Forgery and Bond Jumping; Twenty
Tears Ago Are Charged.
CHICAGO, Dec. S. Charged . with
forfeiting the bond on which Carle ton
Hudson Betts had been beld In New
York 20 years ago and accused of
iorgery. Carleton Hudson, a wealthy
attorney and for many years an active
member or the Moody Church, was ar.
rested fiere today, at the reauest of th
ew lorn ponce. He was released on
Doncs and will nave a hearing tomor
row at which a continuance will be
asked, bis attorneys said. The arrest
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was made on complaint of Dr. Charles
Sanders, whose uncle Joshua Sanders,
was on Betts' bond in 1894.
Hudson would make no statement.
Although he was reported to have
prospered and taken an Important part
in numerous financial deals since
coming here, Hudson became best
known through a suit he and other filed
recently naming Swift, Armour and
other Chicago packers as the backers
of Louis Eihle, an attorney who had
organized a cotton seed oil corpora
tion. On the strength of the commer
cial rating given Eihle as the promoter
of this company, Hudson and others
charged, they had lent the lawyers
almost 4250.000. Unable to force pay
ment on the alleged loan, Hudson and
others named the packers as co-de
fendants in the Buit in hope of re
covering from them. This suit is pend
ing. Eihle and the packers denying the
cuargea.
Hudson would not discuss his identi
fication as Betts, the bond jumper of
20 years ago. The police said they
had found evidence, however, which
had established the Identification as
complete.
CANCER OFFER TRACED
MURDERER OF THREE PERSONS
WOULD AID SCIENCE.
Frank J. Bicker Is Man "Whom Kew
York State Refuses to Allonr to
Be Inoculated.
BUFFALO. N. Y., Dee. 3. Frank J.
Hlckey, who was sent to Auburn prison
from Buffalo in December, 112, to
serve from 20 years to life for the mur
der of Joseph Joseph, a 7-year-old
Lackawanna boy. Is the prisoner who
has offered in a letter to Thomas Mott
Osborne, warden of Sing Sing prison,
to sacrifice himself for Inoculation with
cancer virus to ascertain- whether the
disease is contagious.
The first offer was made "several
months ago to Dr. Roswell Park, of
this city, who died a few days later.
The letter was turned over to the di
rector of the State Cancer Laboratory,
who referred it to Attorney-General
Carmody. The Attorney-General ruled
that the state could not accept the
offer.
Hlckey, in his letter, said he made the
offer with no idea of possible pardon
or commutation of sentence, "only de
siring to show that as in the past
years of my life I have done much
evil, I would now do good."
Other crimes to which Hickey con
fessed Included two other murders
that of a New York newsboy in Central
Park and an old man in Lowell, Mass.
SINN FEIN IS SUPPRESSED-
Britain Takes Second Step Against
Irish Sympathizers With Foe.
DUBLIN. Dec. 3, via London. The
newspaper Sinn Feia did not appear to
day, the publishers refusing to print
it, in consequence of having been
warned by the authorities that they
would be liable to prosecution for the
publication of treasonable matter.
This is the second step in the sup
pression of Irish publications which
have been opposing enlistments and ex
pressing pro-German sentiment. The
police last night raided the office of
the Irish Freedom, a monthly publica
tion, and also confiscated all copies of
the paper offered for sale on the news
stands. Whitman-Idaho Game Xets $72. 50.
WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla,
Wash., Dec 3. (Special.) That the
City of Walla Walla will support conference-
football was shown In - the
financial report of General Manager of
Athletics Harold Lyman, for the game
with the University of Idaho played
here ' on Thanksgiving day. The total
expenses tor the game were $698.05 and
the total receipts for the game outside
of the student tickets were 1770.65,
snowing- a profit of 1 72.50,.
Scarcity of Copper for Shells and
X Urates for Powder Already Felt.
June Fixed aa Limit Sta
tion Fights for Terms.
(By Sneclal Cable to the New York Times.)
LONDON, Nov. 23. The Daily Tele
graph publishes a long article by an
American, Just returned from Ger
many, which gives an interesting pic
ture of that country and the attitude
of the population toward the war. He
says:
"Let me say at once that the patriot
ism and determination of the Germans
is not one whit behind that of the
allies. At no time have the Emperor
and the Crown Prince been more popu
lar than at the present. At no time
has the personal ascendancy of the
Emperor been greater. Those who ex
pect to see a sudden outburst of So
cialism, which will force the govern
ment to make peace, are living in a
fool's paradise.
"I am fully convinced that the Ger
man people intend to right to a finish.
At the present moment the Germans
have 68 corps, fully mobilized, each of
an average strength of 43,000 men of
all arms. This, you will see, makes
nearly 3.000,000 ot men fully mobilized
and in the field.
Essential Materials Lacking-.
"The military authorities have cre
ated 10 fresh corps out of the surplus
of the landwehr, and from the vast
numbers of volunteers who have come
forward. They say that they have ap
plications from no fewer than 2.000,000
volunteers, but this, I think, is an ex
aggeration. To my certain knowledge
large numbers of the lands turm have
not yet been called up, and compara
tively few of this class have been sent
to the front.
"There is absolutely no shortage of
food supplies in the country. Of wheat,
rye and meat there is plenty.
"Where Germany will fail is in those
articles, essential tc war, which re
quire raw material that she cannot
produce herself.
"I have seen great hopes placed on
the failure of ber supply of petrol.
These hopes are Ill-founded. Officials
assure me that there is still enough
petrol in the country to last for an
other year and a half. My own per
sonal investigations bear, out this
statement.
"On the other hand, everyone admits
that there is a. terrible scarcity of
rubber.
Copper and Nitrates Scarce.
"More serious still is the shortage of
copper, which is essential for the man
ufacture of shells and ammunition.
"I have every reason to believe that
the supply of gunpowder is causing the
general staff the gravest anxiety. They
lack the saltpeter and nitrates neces
sary for its manufacture. They care
fully avoid giving direct answers to all
questions on this subject, and prefer to
turn them away with some feeble ex
cuse. When asked why they are using
old ammunition they say, 'We wish to
get rid of it.'
"I do not mean to imply that there
are not still immense reserves of am
munition in the country, but from my
inquiries I am convinced that, even on
a scale vastly below that of the pres
ent time, they will, for this reason
alone, be unable to carry on the war
after next June. .
"I am sure that the most vital con
siderations of this struggle are Ger
many's lack of copper and gunpowder,
or the essentials necessary to make the
various explosives now in use."
Summing up the writer says:
"In their inner hearts the German
official classes realize quite well that
there can be only one result to the
present struggle. They know that they
are beaten. They realize that the odds
against thm are too great. They are
fighting now to obtain the beBt terms
possible.
Nation Determined to Hold Belgium.
"They are determined to fight to the
bitter end rather than yield, and are
equally determined to bold on to Bel
gium and preserve their fleet, as they
are the only two weapons left with
which they can obtain favorable terms.
"They hope by prolonging the war to
exhause the patience and endurance of
the allies. They hope to offer such
strenuous resistance on both frontiers
that rather than continue the war the
allies will meet them half way.
"I have spoken with many who
frankly admit that they expect to lose
Alsace and part of Lorraine. On their
eastern frontier they expect to lose
part of East Prussia, so that Russia
can straighten out her frontier. They
expect Austria to lose Galicia for a like
reason. All they hope is to preserve
the unity of Germany and to save what
remains of the empire.
"The official classes, society In fact,
all those who know keep up smiling
faces. At heart they are in despair be
cause they know that, however long
they continue their resistance, before
a year is out the lack of certain essen
tials in the destruction of mankind
will bring them up against a stone wall
in which there is no exit except by the
acknowledgment of their defeat."
VALPARAISO FOR ALLIES
CAPTAIN BRITISH SHIP SAYS ANTI
GERMAN SENTIMENT STRONG.
Centurion Held in South American Port
10 Days While Enemy's Ships Are
Near Strange Craft Sighted.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.)
That there is a strong anti-German
sentiment in Valparaiso, making it ex
ceedingly dangerous for a person
rashly to espouse the side of Germany
in the war, is the assertion of Captain
Fraser, of the British ship Centurion,
which arrived from there last night
after lying outside the mouth of the
river for eight days.
A three-masted ship and a three
masted bark were sighted standing off
the river Sunday, but their names or
nationality could not be ascertained,. as
the weather was thick.
The Centurion was beld at Valpa
raiso for 10 days on account of German
cruisers being off that port, bnt she
saw no trace of the cruisers after sail
ing. 1
Valparaiso has fully 100,000 idle men,
says Captain Fraser, and the great ma
jority of them are on the verge of star
vation. These men came from the salt
peter mines along the Chilean coast,
which have been closed as a result of
the war,
EpoondTT.-.. , igiil I
GERMANY QUIETS RUMOR
FOOD FOR RELIEF OF BELGIANS
WILL NOT BE SEIZED.
Government Agrees Not to Interfere
With Carton of Unneutral Ves
sels Bound for Holland.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3. The committee
of mercy today made public the fol
lowing cablegram from James W.
Gerard, American Ambassador at Ber
lin, which was forwarded here by the
State Department at Washington:
"The German government is entirely
in1 sympathy with - laudable work of
the American commission for Belgian
relief.
"The naval forces cannot lawfully
seize food on neutral ships bound for
neutral porta Germany will, not in
terfere with unneutral ships bound for
Holland with food from the United
States, even if food is destined for
Belgium. Subject to revocation, the
German government agrees to permit
unneutral ships to carry food for Bel
gium via Dutch ports, and will guar
antee - that the food will be utilized
for the purpose intended.
"The German government recom
mends, however, that as a precaution
such unneutral ships shall be furnished
with a certificate from competent
American authorities, testifying that
such food carried by unneutral ships
via Dutch ports is Intended for the
relief of the Belgians, and further that
the unneutral ships shall be also pro
vided with a pass issued by the Ger
man Embassy in Washington, authen
ticating the certificate issued by the
American Government."
This official assurance, it was said
by the committee of mercy, sets at rest
numerous . rumors to the effect that
American foodstuffs shipped into Bel
glum to be used tn- feeding the starv
ing refugees might be seized by the
German military authorities for the
commissary department of their troops.
ZAPATA KEEPING ORDER
BAREFOOT SOLDIERS PATROL MEX
ICO CITY STREETS.
VlUa Orders That Private Property Is
Not to Be Occupied Except With
Consent of Owners.
WASHINGTON. Dec 3. Provisional
President Gutierrez and General Villa
are in Mexico City, and several of their
military chiefs have gone to Cuerna
vaca to discuss with General Zapata
and his officers the distribution of
forces in the capital and vicinity.'
This was reported today in official
dispatches to the State Department,
which said that conditions In Mexico
City were quiet.
"Zapata soldiers, meagerly clad, some
being barefooted, patrol the city," said
an announcement from the State De
partment, summarizing official mes
sages dated late last night. "The army
of the north Is encamped in the sub
urbs; no further molestation of for
eigners bas occurred and fair order is
being maintained. Thus far ithere has
been no friction.
"Orders have been issued by General
Villa with reference to the occupation
of private property on the entry of his
troops. It is said that private prop
erty is not to be occupied without the
consent of the owners."
The State Department was informed
that General Carranza and General
Candido Aguilar went to Jalapa three
days ago on an inspection trip.
SEARCH TO BE HASTENED
Britain Promises America Vessels
Will Not Be Unduly Delayed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s t. Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice officially assured the State
Department today that Great Britain
would not delay American ships unduly
in searching them for contraband. He
said an amicable adjustment probably
would be reached, especially If Ameri
can shippers made it plain on their
manifests that copper and other 'con
traband goods shipped with cargoes of
meat and food were not destined for
trans-shipment through neutral coun
tries to Germany or Austria.
While at the State Department the
British Ambassador discussed In a gen
eral way the English wool embargo.
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He had no definite advices as to the
conclusons of his government on the
subject, but felt sure that an arrange
ment soon would be made whereby
American merchants could, through
special permits, obtain Australian wool
on guarantees the product would not
be re-exported to enemies of Great
Britain.
LUNCH BOX DRAWS SHOT
Youthful Hunter Mistakes Tin for
Will to of Deer's Forehead.
YONCALLA, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.)
A tin lunch box that he was carrying
endangered the life of Joe Sellers, who
lives about six miles from this place.
Monday night. Paul Bullvant. 13, who
bad been watching for deer which bad
been passing that way, mistook the tin
for the white of an animal's forehead
and shot.
The bullet hit Sellers, who was about
40 yards away, just above the knee,
passing around the ligaments and un
der the bone, missing all arteries. The
wound will not prove serious unless
blood poisoning should set in. Sellers
was taken to Roseburg for treatment.
TENIN0 STONE DEFENDED
Quarry Agents Urge Pleasing Color
as Reason for Use.
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 In response
to the Oregon protest against the use
of Tenino stone as against Oregon
sandstone for the public building In
The Dalles, filed yesterday with the
department, the Portland agents of the
Tenino stone Quarry today telegraphed
the department, insisting that the color
of their product is pleasing and should
be used in the public building at The
Dalles, regardless of the protests.
Reference Is made to the Tenino
stone used In the Women of Woodcraft
building, and in the Pittock residence,
both in Portland.
WOMEN ARE TO UNHOBBLE
Fashion Will Issue Loose-Skirt Edict
in Toledo Today.
TOLEDO, O., Dec. 3. Women are not
going to wear tight skirts any more.
Such is fashion's decree for next
Spring and Summer.
The makers of American styles for
women have decided on thtt one point
and are going to confirm their decision
at the 25th semi-annual convention
of the National Cloak, Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers' Association, which wiil
open here tomorrow. Assertions made
tonight are that milady will wear a
tailor-made suit with plenty of plaits
on the skirt.
PROHIBITION WRIT WAITS
Washington Attorney-General to Act
When Court Files Order.
OLTMPIA, Dec. 3. Until the formal
order is entered by Superior Judge
Claypool, which restrains Secretary of
State Howell from announcing and
Governor Lister from proclaiming the
results of the official canvass of the
returns on the state-wide prohibition
bill, Attorney-General Tanner will not
make bis formal application in the Su
preme Court for a writ of prohibition
to annul the action of the Thurston
County Superior Court.
The formal order may be entered tomorrow.
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KING STIRS ENTHUSIASM
BRITISH MONARCH TO PROLONG
STAT AT BATTLE FRONT.
Rulers of France, Belslum and Britain
and Leading; General j Bold Con
ference oa Field.
LONDON,' Dec. 4. Such enthusiasm
has been aroused among the allied
troops by the visit of KJng George to
the battle front that his stay in France
may be extended considerably.
On Wednesday, according to a dis
patch to the Daily Mall, there was a
meeting of the Kings of Great Britain
and Belgium, President Poincare, of
France; General Joffre, commander-in-chief
of the French forces; Field Mar
shal Earl Kitchener, British Secretary
of State for War; General French, com-
mander-in-chief of tho British forces,
and Abbe Lemaire, the famous Mayor
of Hazebrouck.
The meeting was in the region where
the three allied armies were nearest
together. General Joffre came from a
point in the battle line 200 miles dis
tant by special tratn. Abbe Lemaire
met him and acted as guide for the dis
tinguished group.
King George inspected the British
troops yesterday. He traveled along
the line in a motorcar. At several
points he visited the 'trenches and
bombproofs and talked with the offi
cers and men. A desultory German can
nonade meantime was progressing.
POSTAL SAVINGS PILE UP
Portland Department Gains $1000
in Accounts Daily.
Postal savings accounts in tho Port
land postoffice continue to grow at a
rate of more than $1000 a day.
For the month of November a net
gain in deposits of $31,000 was to be
found, a steady increase considered re
markable at the holiday period of the
year.
There are now 7627 individual ac-
counts in the Portland savings depart
ment, with aggregate deposits amount
ing to 31,059.670. .. -
Horses Start for France.
OMAHA, Neb.. Dec 3 A shipment
of 1144 horses Intended for the French
army left the South Omaha stockyards
for Jersey City today. An order was
given for 10.000 more, to be delivered
after December El.
SEVERE RHEUMATIC
PAINS DISAPPEAR
Rheumatism depends on an acid
which flows in the blood, affecting the
muscles and joints, producing Inflam
mation, stiffness and pain. This acid
gets into the blood through some de
fect in the digestive processes, and re
mains there because the liver, kidneys
and skin are too torpid to carry it off.
Hood's Sarsaparilla, the old - time
blood tonic. Is very successful in the
treatment of rheumatism. It acts
directly, with purifying effect, on the
blood, and through the blood on the
liver, kidneys and skin, which it stimu
lates, and at the same time it improves
the digestion.
Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today. Sold by
all druggists. Adv.
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