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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1914. 9 DRY FORCES AGREE ON ANTI-RUM ACT Measure Is Said to Be Drastic With- Complete Ban on Drugstore Liquor. CLUB SALE ALSO BARRED Serving; of Intoxicants by Hotels Made Illegal in Bill Drafted by Committee, Is Report, and Penalties May Be Mild. All the "dry" forces in the state. It Is understood, have agreed on the pro visions of a bill Intended to make the recently enacted prohibition law effec tive. The measure has been drafted by the legislative committee of the Committee of One Hundred, with the co-operation of George M. Brown, At-torney-General-elect. It is said to have the indorsement of the Anti Saloon League, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Prohibition party and the various other forces that were instrumental in carrying the state-wide "dry" campaign to a suc cessful conclusion at the November election. Its provisions. It is gathered from persons In touch with the committee, are drastic enough to suit the most pronounced prohibition advocates and yet not so severe as to place the bill in a class with proposed "blue laws." All Favor Drugstore Ban. There is one Important provision upon which all prohibition forces are united and one which nearly all mem bers of the Legislature have agreed to support. That' is the absolute prohi bition against drugstores selling liquor of any kind even on prescription of a physician. This section was put into the bill at the request of the legitimate druggists themselves, who do not want their en tire profession brought into disrepute by promiscuous establishments of "fly-by-night" drugstores organized for the mere purpose of selling whisky. Druggists will be permitted, how ever, to carry a stock of pure grain alcohol to be used in preparing vari ous medicinal compounds in which this liquid is the basic substance. Whole sale druggishs whose stock of other drugs is worth a certain fixed sum will be permitted to sell pure grain alcohol to retail druggists for scientific pur poses. Inasmuch as religious organizations have pointed out that they will re quire a limited amount of wine for sacramental purposes, the sale of wine in fixed amounts will be permitted upon orders of regularly ordained clergymen. Wlne-Maklng la Permitted. Private citizens of the state also will be permitted to manufacture wine and cider for their own use, but will not be allowed to sell it. The sale of vinegar is permitted, however. Non intoxicating cider and grape Juice may be sold in any quantities. Physicians will not be permitted to prescribe whisky or alcohoL Although many reputable physicians insist that whisky never has been needed in treat ing any ailment when other medicines were available they will be premitted to administer it from their own private stock, which they may carry for that purpose. Another provision upon which there has been general agreement is that re stricting the sale of liquor in any form in private clubs. There was consider able pressure, it is reported, from such organizations in Portland and other parts of the state, to allow clubs to dispense liquor to their own members, but no such practice will be tolerated. Even the locker-system which has been adopted in a few dry districts as a means of evading the prohibition laws, will be barred. By this system mem bers of private clubs could have liquor shipped to them in care of their club and tap the supply at will with im punity. Nothing like that will go in Oregon if this bill is passed. Shipments May Be Limited. The measure will permit residents of the state to hav liquor shipped to them from points outside the stae, but it is probable that the quantity that may be kept by an individual will be limited and that provision will be made strictly prohibiting the sale of such liquor to other persons within the state. Hotelkeepers are eager to have the measure so worded that they will be permitted to serve limited quantities of liquor on their tables to transient pa trons. They declare that this provi sion is necessary to retain the tourist trade of the state. Their wishes are to be disregarded, according to informa tion coming from members of the com mittee. It is pointed out that this pro vision would be readily misconstrued and too frequently abused. Liquor dealers operating outside the state will not be permitted to solicit patronage in Oregon. It will be per missible, however, to advertise liquor for sale in the newspapers, provided its source is outside the state. Penalties May Be Mild. The penalties probably will not be so severe as the most ardent prohibi tionists advocate. The courts will have the option of assessing only nominal fines against first offenders, but if found guilty the second time the pen alty will not be so light. The third offense will be considered a felony, however, and subject the guilty per son to a penitentiary sentence. Enforcement of the law is to be left In the hands of the local authorities, but private citizens or organlzatiqns of citizens may employ additional counsel at their own expense with authority to act in the capacity of a public official. Failure of the proper officials to en force the law can subject them to charges that may cause their removal. RUSSIANS STILL GAINING (Continued From First Page.) this region, regiments from divers army corps. "Near Inowlodz our troops took pos session of German trenches south of Possare, which they entered after de termined fighting. "South of Malagoszcz an attack which the enemy delivered after a lengthy cannonading was repulsed by our ar tillery. Near the village of Bokhinetz the enemy captured our intrenched po sition, but was dislodged and over thrown by our counter attack. "In West Galicia our troops are ad vancing victoriously. East of Zakllczyn we stormed several fortified works of the enemy, making prisoners of 44 of ficers- and 1500 soldiers and capturing eight machine guns. "Southwest of Dukla our troops dis lodged the Austrians from positions whicTi they had strongly organized. They fled in a panic. "We have realized also an important success south of Lisko, near Gorjanko. "We have repulsed counter attacks by the enemy in the Carpathians at Uzsok-Pass and also new sorties by the Przemysl garrison.". An official statement issued by the war department in Vienna today gives the following summary of the war situation: "In the Carpathians our troops de liberated an attack north of Uzsok Pass and occupied several heights. Our counter attacks to the north of Lup kow Pass (Galicia) have brought to a standstill the Russian advance. "Farther west the enemy attacked some of the passes with small forces. North of Gorlice (Galicia), northeast of Zakliczyn and on the lower course of the Nida the Russian attack failed. In the region to the east and southeast of Tomaszow (Poland) we and. our allies have made progress. Montenegrins Are Repulsed. "In the Balkan war theater all is quiet on the Servian frontier. Night attacks by the Montenegrins on Gal, near Avlovas and Hastva, near Tre binje (Herzegovina) have been re pulsed." The official communication by the German War Office today said of the war in the eastern arena: "In East Prussia, the Russian cav alry was driven back in the direction WOMAS FRIGHTENS BURGLAR. AWAV BY REVOLVER SHOT. 4 Ay 4 Mrs, J. H. Adams. When a burglar broke a win dow in the basement of her home, at 440 East Fifty-fourth street North, in Elmhurst, Sunday night and began to lower a wood-lift that he might gain access to the upper rooms, Mrs. J. H. Adams fired a revolver down the chute. Her husband, who arrived a few minutes later, found only a flattened bullet and some splin tered wood. Incidentally, the flood of attempted robberies in that district has ceased suddenly. of Pilikallen (four miles from the Russian frontier and south of the Nie man River). "In Poland, on the .right bank of the Vistula, the situation remains un changed. On the western bank of the Vistula the offensive to the east of tributary Bzura continued. For the rest, fighting on and to the east of the Rawka branch continues, as well as at Inowlodz and in the region to the southwest of this place. COill'E'lTIOi! IS GALLED BY-PRODUCTS BOARD OF IATIOIVAXi APPtB SHOW TO MEET. . Growers Asked to Send Delegates to Session at Seattle, January 22, to Consider Selling? Agencies. In & call for & meeting- at Seattle, January 23. the by-products board of the National Apple Show asks that a convention of apple-growers of the Pa cific Northwest meet with the board there on January 22. Representatives are asked to attend from all fruit growing districts ln the three North? west states. The call, which was signed by W. H. Pa.ulha.mus, president, and Gordon E. Corbaley, secretary, follows in part: The by-procLucts board, named at the Na tional Apple Show, consists of Truman Sut ler, Hood Kiver, Or.; Gordon C. Corbaley, Bpokane, Wash.; M. J. Higley, Payette, Idaho; J. O. Holt, Eugene, Or.; J. I Hushes, North Yakima, Wash.; Conrad Hose, Wen atchee; W. L. Paulharaus Puyallup, Wash.; H. M. Sloan, Florence, Mont.; I. A. Snyder, Dayton, Or.; Paul H. Weyrauch, Walla Walla, Wash. The members were Instructed to do what, in their judgment, was necessary to estab lish by-product plants in all communities where plants of this kind could be of ad vantage to the growers, and to do what tne board could in behair of a more concen trated selling agency or whatever might be accomplished in aid of a better condition In the fresh fruit marketing situation. The board held its first meeting li the Commercial Club in Korth Yakima, Wash., Saturday, December 5. and organized by naming W. H. Paul ham us, of Payallup, Wash., chairman, and Gordon C. Corbaley, of Spokane, Wash., secretary. . In the Judgment of the by-products com mittee, the Seattle meeting, on January 3, is one of great importance to growers of tree fruit. The apple-growers of the Wen a tehee district will hold a convention in Wenatchee, December 9. It was considered advisable to call an apple-growers conven tion in Seattle on January 22, the place of meetin g to be designated later. The by products committee, by its president and its secretary, requests that each and every apple-growing district hold a similar con- THE OREGONIAN ANNUAL IK GREEN WRAPPERS. The Oregonian Armual will be on sale tomorrow morning', Jan nary 1. Copies desired for mail ing will be rolled in neat green wrappers, with necessary post age. Supplies of The Annual will be available at various prominent street corners, as well as at The Oregonian office, where addresses may be left. Copies all ready for mailing will be sent anywhere in the United States and its possessions, Can ada and Mexico for 10 cents. The price for single copies un stamped is 5 cents each. Be sure to send copies of The An nual, Oregon's greatest advertis ing medium to your friends in other states. Look for the green wrappers. ventlon. selecting- lo delegates from each district to meet with the by-product, board in Seattle. January 22. The districts that the board particularly has in mind in issuing this call are: Wen atchee, - Yakima. Hood River, Southern Idaho. Walla Walla. Rogue River, Spokane, Montana. Lewiston and -the Garfield-Moscow territory. The by-products board suggests that these delegates be selected regardless of the number in which their fruit is now being marketed. In Issuing this call, the by-products board asks the co-operation of every individual vitally interested in the fruit business of the Northwest. The apple trade is a busi ness in which millions of dollars are in vested. The pressing need of that business la better organization and more efficient marketing. PLAN AFOOT TO JOIN ALL LABORATORIES Multnomah Delegation Consid ers Consolidation of State Testing Plants. C. M. HURLBURT REBUFFED Governor Is Said to Have Refused to Provide Duplicate Election Certif icate to Repudiated Man. Petition Changes Planned. A plan to consolidate the several medical laboratories, testing labora tories and other similar establishments now being- operated by the state and city authorities in Portland is being considered by members of the Multno mah County legislative committee with an idea of effecting- economy. It is pointed out that the state de partment of health has one set of lab oratories in the Selling building, oper ated at state expense, that the city au thorities have another laboratory in the City Hall operated at city expense, and that the Railroad Commission has a first-class laboratory in the Court house that can do part of the work of either of the two others. In addition to all this the medical department of the University of Ore gon in Portland is equipped to do much of the laboratory work for the state and city. It is said. ' This subject has been under consid eration for the past few weeks and may be brought up in the form of a bill at the Multnomah delegation's meeting next Monday evening. If not brought up then It is sure to find its way into the Legislature. If the Legislators persist in their economy plans, -it is believed the act will stand a reasonable chance of pass ing. Governor West, it is reported, has re fused to issue a certificate of election to C M. Hurlburt, Representative-elect from the Multnomah-Clackamas joint district, whose nomination on the Re publican ticket was repudiated by the Republican organization. Hurlburt was absent from the state from about two weeks before election until last week. Meanwhile, he was elected, and it is understood that his certificate of election was mailed him by the Secretary of State and returned for insufficient address. When Hurlburt returned he asked the Governor over the telephone if the certificate could be sent him. The Gov ernor replied, so Hurlburt says, that he had thrown it into the waste basket. Hurlburt then asked for a duplicate, he reports, but the Governor refused. Hurlburt Insists that he will take his seat. His place has been contested by Roscoe P. Hurst, his Democratic oppo nent, who alleges that Hurlburt was disqualified before the election by rea son of an alleged corrupt agreement made with a constituent, It was for this same alleged corrupt agreement that the Republican committee repu diated Hurlburt. It will be unlawful to "peddle" initia tive and referendum petitions about the state for signatures if a bill pre pared by the Non-Partisan League is passed. The bill provides that peti tions shall be left with the County Clerks In the state and that the meas ures for which they stand may be 'in troduced on the ballot when such pe titions shall have received the signa tures of the same percentage of voters as required under the present law. The same organization also proposes amendments to the present recall laws, principal among which is a provision requiring 25 per cent of the voters to ask for a reVall election. A bill to establish the rights of il legitimate children has been drafted by a committee representing the Purity League in co-operation with Judge W. N. Gatens and will be submitted to the Multuomah delegation next Monday evening. The object of this proposed law 1s to place children born out of wedlock on the same social plane as children born in wedlock. The mother of such child will be per mitted to make complaint to the Dis trict Attorney in the county in which she lives, setting forth the name of the alleged father. If the accused man de nies his parentage he shall be given a trial before a jury composed equally of men and of women. If his parentage is established by the jury the mother may be entitled to an allowance of money as the court may deem just and reasonable, to be paid by the father. If the father be unmarried, he and the mother will be required to marry. Refusal to do so will be considered con tempt of court. If the father is already married." the mother shall be decreed his divorced wife and given the status of a divorced wife, including the right to take his name. The child, in any event, is to be given the name of the father and shall have all rights of a legitimate child. Conrad P. Olson, one of the Multno mah County Representatives, has gone to Coos Bay on private business and will return late this week. He will take occasion while in that district, to learn, if possible, what particular legis lation the people of the Coos Bay coun try are interested In. Oscar W. Home, of the Multnomah Representative delegation, declares that he is in favor of the salary reductions proposed by Senator Robert S. Farrell, but' insists that the reductions apply only to the better-paid officials. "I don't believe in reducing the sal aries of public employes who-are paid less than $1 a day," says Mr. Home. "I am inclined to think that the $4-a-day men ought not to be cut. That is only a fair wage. "But there are quite a number of of ficials and employes who "receive more than that and who are worth not that much. Some who receive $3000 and more can stand to have their salaries reduced about 20 per cent." Most members of the Multnomah County delegation are in favor of the reductions that Senator Farrell pro poses, -but- they. like Representative-elect Home, do not want to apply the cuts to the lower-salaried men. Senator Farrell now is investigating the salaries of state and Multnomah County officials and will report a bill to the Multnomah County delegation next Monday evening. It is probable, however, that instead of providing a flat reduction of 20 per cent on all of fices, it will fix specific reductions on those salaries that are considered too high. Store Will Be Closed All Day Tomorrow Do Your Shopping Today We Give.Jvf Green Trading Stamps Don't Fail to Get YOURS! Visit the Premium Parlors on 4th Floor and See the Beautiful Articles to Be Given for Filled Books 40c Coffee at 29c lb. Fourth Floor Coffee will be delivered only with other purchases made in Grocery De partment. 40c OWE Coffee, spec- O Q ial at, pound"'' Olds9 Worttnan $c-King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 50c Tea at 39c lb. Fourth Floor Uncol ored Japan, Ceylon or English Breakfast. Delivered only with other purchases. 50c Tea, special QQ at, the pound Oil 37th Annual Clearance Drastic Price Reductions in All Departments Except GROCERIES Sale All Men's Clothing Reduced! Main Floor All men's and young men's Suits, Balmacaans and Rain coats in the Clearance at big reductions. Well known makes in all popular materials and sizes. $15.00 Grades $11.95 $20.00 Grades $14.95 $25.00 Grades $18.75 $30.00 Grades $22.50 $35.00 Grades $26.25 Blues and blacks are also included at the above reduced prices. All sizes for stouts, slims, shorts and regulars. S. & H. Stamps given. Men's Sweaters $2.95 Main Floor Men's heavy knit wool Sweaters in ruffneck style. Shown in gray and cardinal. $4.00 and $5.00 Sweaters (go OCT priced for Clearance J7J Sale Stuitgarter Underwear Sanitary Wool Fleeced Garments Men's $1.50 Stuttgarter Shirts and Drawers, $1.19 Men's $2.50 Stuttgarter Shirts and Drawers, $1.95 Men's $3.50, $4.25 Stuttgarter Shirts, Drawers, $2.95 ' Men's $3.50 Stuttgarter Union Suits, Clearance, 2.45 Men's $5.00 and $6.00 Stuttgarter Union Suits, $3.95 Men's $2.5Q Plaited Shirts $1.89 Main Floor Continuation today of the Great Clearance offering of a well-known line of high-grade Shirts for men at a sensationally low price. Smart mushroom-plaited effects. Distinctive new patterns and colorings. Shown in a complete line of sizes up CC B O Q to 16. Standard $2.50 Shirts, priced for Clearance at POi7 CLEARANCE SALE OF Knit Underwear At the Center Circle 1st Floor Women's $2.00 and $2.25 Union Suits and Wool Vests at $1.69 Women's $1.00 Union Suits 79 Women's $1.25 extra size Union Suits on special sale at $1.00 $1 Lisle Vests and Pants 65 Child's Pants and Vests 20 off Odd lines of famous "Carter" Underwear for children on spe cial sale at these reductions: Standard 50c quality' for 40i Standard 60c quality for 48c Standard 65c quality for 52 c Standard 75c quality for 65c Clearance Sale APRONS Center Circle, Main Floor Extra special offerings in Women's Aprons which afford most unusual opportunities to save. Bungalow Aprons At 79c Center Circle Women's Bunga low Aprons of best Amoskeag ginghams, in pink and blue checks. Open side front. Trim'd with bias bands of plaid. Ckf. Sizes 33 to 42. Special Bungalow Aprons At 67c Center Circle Large Bungalow Aprons of light percale, trimmed with bands of contrasting colors. Strap across back. n ZTf special sale for today at " Sale of Fitted Aprons At 24c Center Circle Women's Percale Aprons, with fitted bib. Trim'd with rickrack braids. Light or dark colors. Priced spe- if. cial for Clearance at"""' a-7 i -tei S I EM. .IT Great Clearance Sale Bedding $1.75 Comforters for $1.25 $3.QO Comforters for $2.19 Third Floor Are you in need of bedding? If so the Clearance Sale affords a splendid opportunity to replenish your needs at greatest sav ings of the year. Clearance of full-size comforters, filled with white sanitary cotton and covered with best quality silkolines in many at tractive patterns and serviceable colors, at the following prices: $1.75 Cotton - Filled Comforters now only $2.00 Cotton1 - Filled Comforters now only $1.25 $1.69 $2.50 Cotton -Filled 2J 7 OQ Comforters now only P O s-' $2.75 Cotton - Filled fl? f QO Comforters now only P'-'"' Standard $3.00 Cotton-Filled Comforters, full size, Clearance, $2.19 $2 Blankets $1.2, Third Floor Extra heavy grade cotton Blankets in gray, tan or white with fancy colored border across ends. These are full size and have good heavy nap. The standard $2 Blan- 2 T Q kets at, the pair P--Wi7 61 Millinery Clearance Second Floor Three wonderful offerings in Trimmed and Un trimmed Hats for today. Trimmed Ha ts At 50c Second Floor 200 Trimmed Hats in latest Winter models and good colors. Turbans, sail ors, etc., with trimmings of rib bons, flowers and other Zflf novelties. Your choice Trimmed Hats $1.95 Second Floor In this group we include many Hats which are worth four or five times the sale price. Stylish models and excellent materials. Choose these Hats to- CI Q CZ day at low price Hat Shapes 49c Second Floor On this table we have grouped a large number of our high - grade Velvet Hat Shapes in the very latest ef fects in sailors, turbans, etc. Mostly black. On EPe-5-0 cial sale now at only Linens & Domestics In the Clearance Department, Main Floor Thrifty housewives depend upon this store to supply their home needs. Just now the Clearance Sale offers bargains of the most unusual sort in Linenacand Domestics. Note following prices: $1.00 extra heavy Silver Bleached Damask now at 80c Standard $3.00 Linen Napkins, special, dozen, $2.48 25c Linen Huck Towels priced for Clearance at ISc 72x90 Bleached Seamless Sheets on sale now at 50c $4.00 Hemmed or Scalloped Bedspreads now $3.00 $7.00 Bound Table Cloths, size 2x2 yards, now S5.60 $12.00 Round Table Cloths, size 2x24 yards, $9.75 $15 Bound Table Cloths, size 212i212 yards, $12.25 Clearance Sale of Andirons -rr , l) $11 Hardware 'Of? $13 J Department ' t $16 j, I on Third Floor 26 )1 - i S32 . I ' $ 9 '"' f 1 P' ' $12 ,.-JL pllSg '-$13 $24 50 Andirons, Clearance Price 50 Andirons, Clearance Price 50 Andirons, Clearance Price 50 Andirons, Clearance Price 00 Andirons, Clearance Price 00 Andirons, Clearance Price 00 Andirons, Clearance Price 00 Andirons, Clearance Price 00 Andirons, Clearance Price .00 Andirons, Clearance Price .00 Andirons, Clearance Price .00 Andirons, Clearance Price .75 Andirons, Clearance Price 00 Brass Andirons, Clearance, .50 Brass Andirons, Clearance, .00 Brass Andirons, Clearance, 3.25 5.75 7.70 9.00 S.OO S1S.OO $16.00 $ 6.00 9.00 4.00 $ $ $ s $ ..;v 8.65 4.38 7.50 $10.75 $12.00 Annual Clearance Sale Dress Goods, Silks $1.00 and $1.25 Wool Dress Goods, Clearance Price, the Yard, at 79c $1-25 Fancy Plaid Silks, 23 inches wide. Clearance, the Yard, at 89c $1.50 and $1.75 Wool Dress Goods, Clearance Price, the Yard, $1.19 $1.50 Fancy Plaid Silks, 24 inches wide, Clearance, the Yard, at 98c $2.25 and $2.50 Wool Dress Goods, Clearance Price, the Yard, $1.69 $1.75 Fancy Plaid Silks, 26 inches wide, Clearance, the Yard, $1.19 $2.75 and $3.00 Wool Dress Goods, Clearance Price, the Yard, $1.89 $2.00 Canton Crepes, 40 inches wide, Clearance Price, the Yard, $1.39 Standard lines of $4.00 and $5.00 Coatings, Clearance, Yard, $2.48 $2.50 and $2.75 Fancy Silks of various kinds, Clearance, Yard,- $1.59 50c French All-Wool Challies, 27 and 30 in. wide, Clearance, Yard, 35 !$3.50 and $4.00 Fancy Brocaded Silks, Clearance, the Yard, $2.29 MOURNERS FILL CHURCH MISS JLPHIA I DIMICK, TEACHER FOR 40 TEARS, AT REST. Woodland Club lias Playlet Tonight. WOODLAND, Wash., Dec 30. (Spe cial.) H. F. ' McNaug-hton, an In structor, tonight will produce, under the direction of the Woodland Com-, merclal Club, a playlet, We should Worry." The affair promises to be the main social event of the holiday a, since a large ball will follow the performance. Electrlo fans havs mada It possible for churches and theaters in Southern India to remain open. all Summer. Cnatarlaa Pastor, Judge McGinn and School Principal Enlogrlse Departed Instructor Floral Tributes Many. Hundreds of educators, business and professional men and women and per sonal friends attended the funeral of Miss Aphia Li. Dimick. prominent Fort land school teacher for nearly 40 years, at the First Unitarian Church yesterday afternoon. Many, including former pupils, were unable to attend the church services so crowded was the auditorium. Following a funeral sermon by Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr., in which he praised the. life and service of .Miss Dimick. Judge Henry McGinn responded on be half of the alumni of St. Mary's Acad emy, from which Miss Dimick was grad uated. The eulogy was delivered by E. D. Curtis, principal of the Sunnyside school, and president of the Portland Principals' Association. John Claire Monteith sang. Among the floral offerings was a large wheel, & tribute from the alumni of Brooklyn school, where Miss Dimick was principal, and impressive pieces from the Portland Principals' Associa tion, the Portland Educational Associa tion, the Grade Teachers' Association and the teachers of the Brooklyn school. The pallbearers were Hopkln Jenk ins, Abe Meier. J. A. Strowbridge, Jr., Fred Bickel, W. Irving Spencer and Dr. John H. Tuttle. The honorary pall bearers were City School Superintend ent Alderman, Assistant School Super intendent Grout. William P. Olds, D. W. Tilford. George T. Willette and Wil liam F. Woodward. - Only immediate relatives were pres ent at the services at the Portland Crematorium. Tax Levy Cut S.5 Mills. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 80. (Special.) The County Court this afternoon fixed the tax levy on the 1914 roll at 1 mills for state, county and county school purposes. This is 3.5 mills below last year's levy. There were two million Slavs In the United States before the uropeaa war broke out. DEFENDER ACTION IS DUE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE AT WEDNESDAY MEETING. Consolidation of County and City Offices Provided In Measure and Legislature May Act. With sufficient backing to insure its passage, an ordinance will be con sidered by the City Council at its meeting Wednesday to create the posi tion of Public Defender of Portland. The measure was completed yesterday by City Attorney LaKoche and will be introduced by Mayor Albee. who is the originator of the defender plan, for the benefit of all persons charged with crime and who are unable financially to employ counsel. As yet, the salary has not been fixed. Already there are nine applicants for the position. 4 Under the provisions, the duties are defined as follows: To attend the sessions of the Municipal Court and to defend, upon request of the defendant, or upon order of the court, with out expense to them, all persons who are not financially able to employ counsel and who are charged in the Municipal Court with the violation of any city ordinances, or with the commission of any misdemeanor, felony or other offense. lie shall also, upon re quest, give counsel and advice to such per sons on or about any charge asalnst them upon which he is conducting the defense. lie shall not, directly or indirectly, so licit, ask or receive any other compensation, fee or reward from any person or persons whom he shall defend or assist as such pub lic defender, nor shall he suggest or recom mend the name of a- attorney for employ ment by any person charged with crime be fore the Municipal Court. Provision is made for the consolida tion of the position of public defender for the city and public defender for the county if the State Legislature at its next session passes an act proposed by Thomas McCusker providing public defenders for each county. Dollars to Swell Belgian Fund. DALLAS, Or.. Dec. 30. (Special.) In response to the request made by the Oregon State Belgian Relief Commis sion the Dallas Commercial Club and Woman's Club of this city are work ing to obtain a lare donation of food supplies to be forwarded to the head quarters in Portland.