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THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915. WORST HOT KHOWH IS FEAR Hi LONDON Daily Telegraph Says Quake Js More Widespread Than s Any in Modern Days. ENGLAND PROMISES AID Despite War, Practical Evidence of Sympathy Is Pledged Cnrious Phenomenon Observed Where Fevers Turn Black. LONDON. Jan. 13. The London TTinrTiine- newsDBDera express widely dl in their editorials as to h. mo,it.Ma nf the Italian disaster. The Daily Telegraph says it Is clearly manifest that this eartnquaKe is mi widespread In character than any that has visited Italy In modern times. "There are ominous slKns," says the Daily Telegraph, "that the worst Is not yet known, and that restored communi cations will reveal fearful desoiatioi and loss of life, especially in the south .i Ktron Vnnlcrt and Brin CI II inula ...... . .. duri, which have not yet been heard from." . TABf f v other nana. Fays the effect of the catastrophe, measured in lives lost and property damaged, cannot be compared with the ruin wrought Dy me jaeu vlanil RraHr to Assist. The Daily Telegraph declares that despite the war, tngianu with practical evidence of her sym pathy as soon as It is deemed neces sary and desirable. The correspondent of the Daily Ex press hl -" j " ' "Throughout the night train after train brought Duraens ot buiiotiub humanity from Avezzano to Rome and by S o'clock Thursday morning all the hospitals were full to their utmost limits. ' ,-At Fuiggi. a well-known spa near Rome, a curious phenomenon was ob served. For two hours after the shock the rivers ran as black as the waters from a coal mine. - "Near Salerno, a section of a moun tain called Mont Agnone. which was 3 000 feet long and 500 feet wide, split off and crashed into the valley below, blocking the River Arienna and leav ing death and destruction in Us wake. News Comes la Slowly. The Daily Chronicle's Rome corre spondent telegraphs as follows: "The news of the disaster is still trickling in slowly, owing to the se vere Wintry weather and the collapse of the telegraph and telephone lines. "Forty bodies have been recovered at Tagliacoszo, where hundreds of persons are injured. At Sulmona, the birth place of Ovid, the roof of the fine hurch of San Domenico collapsed, as likewise did that of the barracks, in which a number of soldiers were buried. Many fine churches were more or less damaged in Ceccano." The Ceccano C.ithedral in the Roman province crumbled to dust, and in Mon teroton'do, where the Duke of Aosta has gone to render assistance, the 16th century tower of the town hall, which was 150 feet high, crashed down, kill ing a professor and two collegians. The domes of the principal churches of Zagerolo and Pagliano, in the Alban Hills, have fallen and a similar fate has overtaken the prefecture at Frosi none. Torre Cajetani and Cittaducale were almost wholly destroyed. POPE VISITS WITH INJURED Vatican Dignitaries Attend ronUH on Trip to Hospital. LONDON. Jan. 15. A Rome dispatch from the Stefan! Agency says the Pope, accompanied by the Papal secretary of State. Cardinal Gasparri. Cardinal Merry del Val and other Vatican dig nitaries, visited the hospital of Santa Marta. near the Vatican, today to see those injured in the earthquake. The Pontiff conversed with them, asking for details of the disaster, and distributed gifts. The Stefan! Agency credits lis story to a special edition of the Concordia, which it says declares that the Pope went by an interior passage leading from the Vatican to Santa Marta. across the Basilica of St. Peter's, the doors of which were carefully closed. If the foregoing report Is true, it Is the first time a Pope has left the Vatican since 1870. DEFENSE DATA ASKED FOR House Passes Resolution Asking About Range of Guns. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. A resolu tion by Representative Gardner, calling upon the Secretary of War for informa tion as to the strength of coast de fenses was passed today by the House practically unanimously. It asks whether there are mounted anywhere on the coast fortifications any guns of greater than 12-inch cali ber, whether the range of the 12-inch guns is more than 3000 yards; whether British dreadnoughts of the Queen Elizabeth type do not carry 15-inch, 45-i-aliber guns with a range of 21,000 yards, and whether that range does not exceed by more than four miles the range of any guns on the coast defenses of continental United States. SNOW FALLS ON HEIGHTS Flurries Are Reported for Several Hours in Elevated Districts. Winter weather prevailed on the heights around the city for a brief period Thursday night, although the districts near the river were visited only by occasional showers of rain. The storm was most pronounced on Portland Heights, where snow began falling about 3:30 o'clock, according to police reports, and continued until after 10 o'clock. The crystals were notice able on board sidewalks and small drifts were piled against the houses for several hours after the. snow had turned to rain. Intermittent flurries of snow were reported on the other hills around the city. CROP SURVEY IS MADE O.-Vi. K. & X. Officials Look for Increased Grain Next Season. Following a survey of the crop situ ation in the grain belt east of the Cas cade Mountains tributary to Its lines, the O.-W. R. & N. Company trafflo de partment finds need for advising farm ers as to how to proceed with, planting. The unfavorable season, J far, for Fall-sown grain gives point to the sug gestions. Traffic Manager Miller and "Farmer Smith have gone over the situation carefully and they believe that In view of the high price for cereals of all kinds and the probability of heavy de mand the coming season, wheatgrow ers will get best results if they follow the course outlined. "There are two situations confront ing the farmer," says Mr. Miller. "One is the possible necessity for reseeding in the Spring and the other is the ad visability of Spring seeding of land that otherwise would be in Summer fal low. AU indications point to the fact that the year 1915 will see a demand for all forms of cereals in excess of the supply, and therefore it is prob able we will have the largest acreage of Fall and Spring-sown grain in the history of the Northwest. "Farmers who have retained enough seed for either reseeding in the Spring or Spring seeding in Summer fallow are fortunate considering the present price of wheat. ' "The exceptionally high price for wheat will mean correspondingly high prices for all classes of feed, and farm ers should grow as much corn as pos sible, as with proper selected seed and careful tillage of the ground corn will produce more stock feed than any other plant, and it has been demonstrated that with acclimated seed, corn can bo grown successfully in all parts of the Pacific Northwest. ILL PREVENTION THEME SOCIAL WORKERS BELIEVE RE I.IK F IS NOT ENOUGH. Several Plans for Aid of Idle Are Sac- Kested, Including Labor Burns Directed by State. That society has gone through an evolution and tnat the attention of the public in general is being directed from the relief of suffering and poverty to their prevention, was one of the many points brought out in the addresses made Thursday night at the meeting of the Social Workers' Club. The members representing the leading charities and social workers' organizations of the city assembled in the Hazelwood for dinner, after which several addresses were heard. Professor Arthur Evans Wood acted as master of ceremonies. Illness, unemployment and low waged were ascribed as the principal causes of poverty. According to the statistics furnished by the department or social ethics of Reed College, in which 305 cases taken from the lists of the Asso ciated Charities were tabulated, 29.7 per cent of the causes of poverty were said to be physical incapacity; 25.9 per cent, unemployment; 15 per cent, deser tion; 3 4 per cent, character defects. such as laziness and lack of judgment; 7.8 per cent, alcoholism, and 7.5 per cent, old age, pauperism and similar causes. . Most of the cases of poverty were found among the American born, of whom there were noted 44.2 per cent. Unemployment." said William Field ing Ogburn. "is the most tragic of all ills. If public opinion were to get be hind a measure and cause some of the contracts to be let for work in Winter, matters would be aided greatly." Dr. Ogburn urged the establishment of a state employment bureau and a deeper study of labor conditions on the part of the general public. Dr. Arthur Chance, who spoke on The Problem of Mouth Hygiene," said that physical, constitutional, mental and moral deficiency were caused often by bad condition of the teeth. Reform work and relief work helps medical work. The chief mission of the doctors should he to keep people well and prevent illness," said Dr. Robert G. Hall. 'Low Wages" was the topic ably dis cussed by Father E. V. O'Hara, who said: "Poor housing conditions, insuf ficient nutrition, poor clothing and a consequent lowering of morals is due often entirely to the low wages paid the workers." We aim to teach people to take care of themselves and of others," said Miss Mary Campbell, of the Portland Open Air Sanitarium. HARBOR BILL IS ATTACKED AH Amendments Offered in House by Frear Are Defeated. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Attacks on the 134.000.000 river and harbor ap propriation bill began In the House today as soon as the measure was taken up for detailed consideration. Representative Frear. or w lsconsin. criticised the bill item by item, propos- ne amendment after amendment. All were promptly defeated, hbwever. Among his proposals was one to place river and harbor appropriations unaer the authority of a general river and harbbr board, and to give the President authority to withdraw any appropria tions made by the Dill, in nis ois cretion. I OREGON TROOPSHIP ASKED Bill Providing Way to Send Militia to Fair Is Introduced. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 15. Senator Chamberlain todav followed the example or. senator Jones, of Washington, and introduced bill directing tne secretary or war to provide an Army transport at some suitable time next Summer to carry the Oregon Militia to the San Francisco Exposition and return, with the under standing that the militiamen shall pay for their rattons while aboard the transport. Senator Jones several days ago in troduced a similar bill to get the Wash ington Militia to San Francisco. CABINET SPLIT ADMITTED Von Bcrchtold Ousted From Vienna Councils, Berlin Says. BERLIN, Jan. 14, via London, Jan. 15. The Lokal Anzeiger's Prague corre spondent intimates that the retirement of Count von Berchtold was due largely to his inability to work har moniously with Count Tisza, the Hun garian Premier. It was known lor some rime, aaus the correspondent, "that Count Tisza was really directing the foreign affairs nt h Austrian Empire and that the divergent opinions of Count Tisza and Count von Berchtold with reference to nome and economic questions resuiteu in additional tension." BAKER STAR TO RETURN Cora Belle Bonnie, Sow at Spokane, to Resume Place Here. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 15. (Spe cial ) Miss Cora Belle Bonnie, leading woman with the Baker Players at the Auditorium since the organization of the company last November, will make her last appearance here next week. She will go to Portland January 24 to resume her former position with the Baker players whom she left at the request of her manager to open the local engagement. , A rancher has applied for rental of 820 acres of the Pike National Forest, Colo rado to be used in connection with private land for raialni elk as a commercial venture. AD CLUB "SATIRE" IS LAUGH FEAST Home-Made Skits and Quips About Prominent Folk Are All Rollicking Hits. GEORGE L. BAKER SEATED Charles F. Berg, Retiring President Is Honored ; Show, Without Ex ception, Most Frolicsome Ever Seen at Old Baker Theater. Portland Ad Club members and their friends had the time of their young lives at the "1915 Satire," staged at the old Baker Theater at Eleventh and Morrison streets. The old playhouse has held shows good, bad and Indiffer ent in his history, but never one that proved more laugh-provoking than that of last night. The frolic was all that might have been expected of it and more. The acts of the big revue were run off with a smoothness that savored almost of professionalism, although for sponta neity and humor. It naa an tne iresnmss that marks the amateur production. There were hits at the newspapers, the politicians, well-known members and all the vagaries or Portland's prominent folk were hit off so exactly that the audience rocked with mirth. Encores were demanded on many oc casions and the programme itself was so long that it was late before the show was oyer. Mr. Berg Is Honored. There was but one serious moment In all of last night's performance. That rsim in the first sketch. "Getting on Circuit." when President-elect George L. Baker, of the Ad Club, one or tne players, called for Charles F. Berg, retiring president, and W. D. Whitcomb presented Mr. cerg who a u" mem bership in the club, telling him also of the appreciation the club member ship had for his efforts during the past in building up the organization and working for Its success. Mr. Bere renlied feelingly to the speech in his honor and pledged his earnest efforts in the future toward doing his part to aid the club in anything it might undertake, even though he was retiring from the club's official list He handed over the gavel to Mr. Baker, who accepted it and with a few remarks called the club directorate to order for the business of 1915. Seated on the stage were the following named directors: Roy A. Edwards, Merrill A. Reed, James L. Duffy, George D. Lee. Marshall N. Dana, N. G. Pike, F. G. Whitfield and W. D. Whitcimb. Musicians Go on "Strike." The first disturbance of the night came when the orchestra, playing the opening overture, went on strike and walked out. Walker Campbell, an nouncer of the evening, asked for vol unteers and an orchestra was collected from the audience that played a num ber of airs in more or less laborious fashion, to the amusement of the big audience present. The regular musi cians later resumed their places. "Gettinsr on the Circuit, written by M. Mosseohn, opened the bill and brought many laughs. It developed into the induction of the directors Into of fice. "The Knock- Out" billed as an origi nal sketch, the author evading respon sibility for it, featured an entirely new coon song. "A Knockout, That's All," written and sung by F. L. Moreland, whose part was that of a luckless Jack Johnson. "Scrambled Politics," by Walter w. R. May. was a gridiron diversion, those who participated giving imitations of a number of prominent contemporary Oregonians with takeoffs on their pub lic acts that amused the audience greatly. Political vagaries of well known men were the hits of the piece. "Celestial" Act Staged. "Celestial Journalism." by Merrill A Reed, gave the author's conception of the arrival at St. Peter's gate of the Portland newspapers, and there were many jests at their expense. Lemons, by a. 11. Lermer, snowed a bargain day rush at-i local store, the wiles of the advertising manager to attract business and a resulting in vestigation by the vigilance committee of the Ad Club to keep the enerprising publicity man within bounds. "A Suffragette Wedding in zuid," Dy George L. Simmonds and Leone Cass Baer, was a burlesque of what some believe the world will be when suf fragettes rule it, and was a laughing hit from start to nnisn. The closing sketch and the most pre tentious was presented by the Ad Club quartet and had for its title "The Bat tle of Chile-Con-Carne." The sketch was written by Tom Keating, with mu sic by J. H. Keating. General HoMover, ex-Admiral of the Swiss navy, played by H G. Whipp, and "Nobuddy Home, from Brazil, where the nuts come from," in which part N. A. Hoose was cast, were featured. Dr. R. M. Emer son, M. L. Bowman and Miles Standish completed the cast. "My Red Cross Girl, Good-Bye" and "Old Daddy Eagle of the U. S. A-" songs written by Dean Collins, were sung by members of the quartet and were warmly received. ' Lnnch Is Spread. During an Intermission a buffet luncheon was spread in the foyer. The house was full and everyone enjoyed the satire. John Barrett arrived late, but was in time to hear a few Jokes at his expense. The two committees having the chief responsibility for the show were: Entertainment committee, W. L. Campbell, chairman; M. Moses sohn, F. L. Moreland. A. C. McMicken, M. Christensen; production committee, Charles F. Berg, chairman; George L. Baker, W. J. Hofmann, F. L. Moreland, M. Mosetsohn, Merrill A. Reed, Henry W. Metzger, George Simmonds, B. H. Lerner. Philip F. Rosenthal, A C. Stc Micken, Walter B. Gilbert, director. j MOVIES FOR SCHOOL WORK Lack of Adequate Subjects for Illus trative XTse. Review of Reviews. In the schools themselves nobody seems to have ventured yet to take the first step toward getting the full benefit of this new force; substituting for some of the present less effective book work the stimulating reality of the motion picture. The attitude of many prominent educators is summed up by the reply of Dr. A. W. Abrams. head of the department of visual in struction In New York State University: "I am watching rather closely the use of motion pictures and my own Judg ment is that their pedagogical value has not yet been sufficiently estab lished to warrant our stimulating the schools to introduce their use. The paper which I have recently submitted for the annual report to the Legisla ture contains a statement of cer tain respects in which motion pictures do not seem to meet pedagogical re quirements." One great reason that conservative schoolmen hang back today is that there are practically no films existing which have been made under the direc tion of people who know what schools need. Broadly speaking, all our edu cational films today have been manu factured abroad a bad start; and they have almost without exception been produced by companies depending mainly on amusement films for their business, and dabbling In educational subjects as an experiment side line, without the guidance of editors who know school methods and needs. Even Mr. Edison, marvelous man that he is, is not a practical teacher: ano, in the last analysis, he's making films that his great company can market success fully. And while from some points of view this injection of such a vigorous outside personality, caring nothing for tradition or authority, may oe a gooa thing for education, there is. after all something in the accumulated experi ence and theory of thousands of big minds, working on this difficult prob lem for a century, which it would be childish to disregard so lightly. This belief in the deficiencies of ex isting films is not a theory: out of a fat batch, of letters lying before me, from enthusiastic teachers who are using moving pictures, there is hardly one which does not bewail the lack of subjects adequate for school use. One Rhode Island man says, tor instance: "The films have never as yet been clas sified and do not take the place of any part of the school work. . . .At present, of course, we have to take such films as are available at the ex change.". Another in Pennsylvania: "The handicap to its use for particular subjects in the schools is tne scarcity of films along-educational lines gen erally so that.it is impossible at pres ent to get just what we might desire; for this reasbn we have so far used the machine very largely for entertain ment, with as much of an educational nature as we could work into it-" Still another in Colorado: "So far the sup ply of films has been limited not at all satisfactory." A very acute teacher in Pennsylvania says: "Some of the his torical and civic films are spoiled for educational purposes hecause they are made for the theater audiences. . . . Either films must be made specially for the schools or the manufacturers must be educated. . . . The greatest need now is a comprehensive film service on current topics, science, invention, manufactures and a more satisfactory exchange plan." SWARTHMORE HAS RECORD College Seismograph Shows Series of Quakes Wednesday. TTTTT.ADF,T,PHIA. Jan. 15. Vibra tions from the earthquake in Italy were clearly recorded by the seismograph at Swarthmore College. Arcnrtiinir to Dr. J. A. Miller, profes sor of astronomy, who developed the film of the Instrument today, there . earlAo nf shncka. the first of which was recorded by the seismograph at 8:44 Tuesday mgnt,,or i.oo jv. ju. - .3 RnmA time. The most se vere shock occurred at 11:21 o'clock m.. -i i 1. 1 f.nrrKnnniiinir to 5:12 o'clock Wednesday morning In Rome, though lighter tremors occurred unui 3 o'clock weunesaay aiteruuuu, time. COLQUITT ASKS REPRIEVE Mexican General Urged to Save Four Texans From Death. , TTCT-Txr Tp Jan. 15. Governor Colquitt tonight telegraphed to the mr,r1pr of Mexican troops at Nuevo Laredo, Mex., requesting the suspension of any order respecting Americans rep resented to him to be under death sen tence there, until a run iiearuis given the men. The Governor toon stuira uun . a moaRa-A from Judge C. C. ceiui ... - , f f , i . ! 1 i tv who said four L ll um !--, u ' . citizens of Texas had been sentenced to be shot at JNuevo jjareuo on a trying to cross cattle into the United States without paying duty. Dry Alabama Bill Passes. MONTGOMERY, Ala- Jan. 15. A bill i. AinKnn.o a nrnhihition state to mafttj after June 30, 1915, was passed today . V. . T .Airta arnrA DV UULU lluuov,o v- - r., y- ,..,,-.. O'NTon 1 ii snnnrOVfl it. ... t- hnncAs nr Trio ' iiPEiH.iiiure. anouia uuw" prohibition leaders declare It can be . .ph.. vnta tnllaT passed over nm vow. "v was 74 to 27 in the House and 26 to 9 Governor O'Neal will be succeeded next Monday by Charles Henderson, an avowed local optlonist. TRUS Goodyear Raincoat Co.'s Entire $20,000 Stock Doomed! Goodyear Raincoat Co. 343 Washington St. MAILORDERS when accompanied by check or money order will receive prompt attention. Garments will be altered free of charge. Store Open Saturday till 10 P. M. B I I That boy of yours We've been thinking of him, too, here at this store your boy and a thousand other eager, happy youngsters like him. Here's a whole floor for boys and youths a whole store, you might say filled with suits, overcoats, furnish ings, underwear. Goods that are bright and new right in the style right from the looms. ' Best of all, a January clearance that gives them to you at a lowered price. See what a saving you can make now! ' FAMILY CAUSES CRASH ST. XOt'IS C1.0AK COMPANY SELLS GOODS TO REIATIVES AT COST. President, Wife aid Daushter Draw Fat Salaries, and Mortgage Is Given to Secure Rent. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 9. The Milford Cloak & Suit Company, 716 Washing ton avenue, against which an Involun tary petition in bankruptcy was filed recently, was a family affair, accord ing to the testimony of Albert Lentz ner, president of the concern, who tes tified before Walter D. Coles, referee in bankruptcy. Lentzner, who resides at i7Z3 water man avenue, saia tne siock in irn.ua of the corporation had been sold to the Milford Garment, Company, In which a brother-in-law of his was half owner, and that he (Lentzner) was in the employ of the new corporation at a salary of 3600 a year. The new corporation, he said, had a capital stock of J30.000. Lentzner was Questioned regarains the affairs of the old corporation. He said the incorporators were nimseit, his wife, Mary, and his daughter, Sadie. The capital of the company, he said, was J50.O0O, which consisted of $15,000 cash, a piece of real estate at 1713 Franklin avenue, "valued at si6,uu, ana a 10-year lease on the quarters at 716 Washington avenue, which he valued at $20,000. The lease was sold to tne new cor poration for $200, the attorneys said. The stock in the store and tne gooo will were sold to the new company for approximately $25,000. In order to obtain tne lease on me store, Lentzner said he gave a mort gage on the Franklin-avenue property for $9500 to secure the payment of the rent. Lentzner said he drew a salary of $5000 a year as president of the old company, his wne arew a salary m $5000 a year as buyer ana nis aaugn ter drew $25 a week. It developed at tne nring mat TEE Rp.ins unable to meet the demands mediate settlements, this entire Raincoat stock has been placed in the hands of L. F. Ramsey with imperative orders to turn every article into cash, no matter what the loss. The creditors are satisfied to realize 35 " cents on the dollar of the Goodyear Raincoat Co.'s liabilities. Hence The Greatest Values Ever Advertised - r MEN'S AND Men's and Wom en's $22.50 Gab- WOMEN'S n 1T T 1- 1 4 iuumcuata a r dines, f Trnstee'sPW O RUBBER COATS Genuine $6 and $8 values, a REAL BARGAIN ""SasS Trustee's Price Price . . - Men's en's $25.00 Bal macaans. Tf"v 7 Price .. . Men's and Wom en's $32.50 Im port'd Tweeds and MEN'S AND WOMEN'S DOUBLE TEX TURE SLIP-ONS Genuine $10 val ues, a saving1 of $6.25 Crav-ff at ... Boys' $5.00 Raincoats Trustee s Price is only .... Trustee's Price ' 1NC0AT T WASHINGTON STREET One Door Above Broadway 343 Lentzner was selling clothing to rela tives engaged in the cloak ami suit business at cost price. Lentzner was' asked If he had not returned some of the goods he pur chased before the bankruptcy proceed ings were Instituted. He said he had returned $1000 worth of goods to one New York house and about $200 worth of goods to another house. He was asked If the attorney repre senting the house was not engaged to his daughter, but this he denied. The liabilities of the company, Lentz ner said, were about $79,000. A set tlement of 33 1-3 cents on the dollar was offered. The concern. Lentzner said, sold about $125,000 worth' of goods a year and made a profit of approximately 50 per cent. He said tho expenses for clerk hire and operating cost were about $65,000 a year. GALE DAMAGES WARSHIP Battleship Kansas Buffeted for 7 Hours Off Virginia Coast. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 15. The battleship Kansas sustained damage In yesterday's storm off the Virginia coast, which It will require two weeks to re pair, it wae reported on the warship's arrival In Hampton Roads tonight from Philadelphia. A 60-mile gale whipped up big seas that broke over the vessel's decks for seven1 hours, it was said. The Kansas was on a speed run. FEW CHILDREN ILLITERATE Oklahoma Leads All States Accord ing to Federal Bureau. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Not more than 15 out of every 1000 children from 10 to 14 years of age in the United States are unable to read and write, according to statistics announced to day by the Federal Bureau of Educa tion. An analysis of the figures shows that In 1900 there were 42 out of every. 1000 children between the ages of 10 and 14 who were illiterate. This number of the creditors, who insist on im-i WOMEN'S CRAVENETTES Odds and Ends that formerly sold at $10.00 and $15.00 Trustee's and Wom r7 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ENGLISH SLIP-ONS Genuine $13.50 values. Do not miss this offer. Trustee's fgT Price OVS I ml and Girls' coats 215 COMPANY 343 Boys' Norfolk Suits that were $6.50 to $20 are selling $4.93 to $13.85. Many entire lines have extra trousers free! Dandy new Balmacaans going at the same generous reductions as the suits. Bully, woolly Mackinaws that were $5, $6.50 and $8.50 are trotting out at $3.95, $4.50 and $5.50; now's just the time for 'em, too ! Splendid Overcoats that were $5 to $15 are going at one-half former prices! Boys' Rubberized Raincoats are walking right out into the rain at $2.65. Children's Overcoats selling at $3.95 for those that were $5 to $10 ! Boys' Blouses now 39c, 85c and $1.19 for regular 50c, $1 and $1.50 ones. Bovs' $1, $1.50 and $2 Shirts are now only 85c, $1.19 and $1.65. Warm Union Suits that sold at 75c, $1, $1.50 and $2.50 are reduced to 59c, 85c, $1.19 and $1.95. Bovs' $1.50 Felt Hats a snap at 50c! Children's $2, $2.50 and $3 JIats very special at 79c. Sec od Floor BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth had been reduced to 22 In 1910 and t. 15 in 1914. "From the standpoint of proportional reduction of illiteracy," the bureau says, "Oklahoma leads oil states. In 1909 this state had 124 illiterate chil dren of the ages named. In 1910 It had but 17. Delaware had 20 in 1900 and but four in 1910. New Hampshire re duced its number from four In 1900 to one in 1910. New Jersey from seven to two, Missouri, from 35 to 11, Montana and Oregon from three to one, Vermont from six to two. New Mexico from 183 to 69 and Idaho from five to two." According to the bureau, Nevada Is the only state which has lost ground since 1900. Its illiteracy was then four. In 1910 it was five. Two states South Dakota and Nebraska each having the low rate of 2 per 100, report no re duction in illiteracy between 1900 and 1910. The states having the largest propor tion of illiterate children per 1000 are: Louisiana, with 115 (from 174 In 1900); South Carolina, S3 from 160; Alabama, 77 from 157: New Mextcj), 9 from 12; North Carolina, 68 from 167; Kentucky, 69 from 79; Georgia, 67 from lot: Virginia, 67 from 97; Tennessee, 64 from 119; Florida, 0 from 73; Arkan sas, 47 from 113. EDITOR GETS NEW TRIAL Federal Court Acts in t'aso of an Agricultural Journul. noSTON, Jan. t A new trial was granted today by the United Htfttcs Circuit Court of Appeals to Herbert Myrick and James M. Cunningham, publisher and circulation manager, re spectively, of the Orange Judd North west Farmstead, of Springfield, Msan., who were fined $500 each In the Fed eral District Court on charges of con spiracy to obtain second-class rates for their publication by false statements to postal authorities. Tho new trial was granted on the ground that the prosecutor, in com menting to the Jury on the failure of Cunningham to testify concerning one indictment after he had given testi mony on another, had violated the con stitutional rights of the defendant. T; la eatlmated that the annual catrk of lobKtera In the world la lL,."..cnii.wiil. Goodyear Raincoat Co. 343 Washington St. NOTICE! I beg to inform the buying public that every article in this adver tisement is exactly as represented. This is a genuine sale, with genu ine bargains. Every article must be sold, as required by law. L. F. RAMSEY, Trustee. fill 22 1 mLjm On Sale JJJ I fjll 108.0