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THE MOBNIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 19Io. SULLIVAN OUCH! PAIN, PAIN. MUTT AND JEFF BILLED TO APPEAR "IN MEXICO" Gus Hill's Stage Adaptation of Bud Fisher's Celebrated Characters De clared One of Greatest Mirth Producers Extant. AS 'EMINENTLY FIT' ACHING JOINTS Witness Whose Wife's Family h Friendly With Bryan's Bub pain right out with small trial bottle of old , "St. Jacob's OiL Defends Minister. 8 -1 BfZL - RUB RHEUMATIC UNPOPULARITY NO BAR Santo Domingans Described as Op- j - posed to Every Existing Govern ment Bryan Himself 3Iay Be Called to Testify. NEW- YORK. Jan. 27. Austin J. Col Jett. Director-General of Public Works. in Santo Domingo, to which post he was personally recommended by Sec retary of State Bryan, he said, appeared as & witness today in favor of James Sullivan. American Minister to the X)omaician .Republic at the investiga tion of Senator-elect Phelan into the Minister's fitness to hold his post. Collett asserted that in his opinion Sullivan was eminently fit to represent the United States in Santo Domingo in the double capacity in which the American Minister there is obliged to act that of business man as well as diplomat. Collett is a son-in-law of ex-Mayor Dahiinan, of Omaha, and said his wife's family and Secretary Bryan's were personal friends. Native Against Government. Sullivan, he conceded, was not popu lar with Dominicans, but he held that Sullivan was not to blame. "I think no American Minister to Santo Domingo ever will be popular, ho asserted. "Santo Dominicians are always against, their, government, and if the government is recognized by the United States the American Minister is bound to be unpopular.". Never, Collett said, had he been asked by Sullivan to favor one contractor above another, nor had he seen any thing in the Minister's private or of ficial conduct that was improper. The Banco Nacional, which has been called an untrustworthy institution for the deposit of government funds, was char acterized by the witness as "all right. John I. Mann, who preceded Collett as director-general of public works, said he never had heard of Sullivan's compelling a contractor to take off $21,000 from a $100,000 road contract. Fee Paler to Obtain Contracts. Thomas J. Hassett, a contractor, tea tified that he had paid $5000 to W. C. Beer, attorney for Banco Nacional in terests, as a fee for procuring con tracts for developing lands in Santo Domingo, but declared that the pro posed contracts were not to be paid for out of government funds, and had no connection with the government. Commissioner Phelan announced that documents received from Mr. Sullivan in his defense would be put into evi iK ' : ' " J Is : - rr""tl ii i mhwmwwi'iuuii'ihw""iu" l . MITT AND JEFF PRESENTED BY GUS HILL AT HEILIG THEATER. Little did Bud Fisher think when he conceived the idea of the "Mutt and Jeff" cartoon series that his effort would be the nucleus of a play that will live forever as one of the greatest laugh producers for young and old the stage has ever known. The fact that Gus Hill produced and managed the play, was good for tune for "Bud," as there is no more successful and consequently able show man in the country than Gus Hill. It can be truthfully said that he never had a failure, which is due to good judgment and not good luck. That Mutt and Jeff in Mexico" bids fair to be more profitable this season than in either of the previous two, is due to the personal attention Mr. Hill gives to every attraction that bears his name.- He never allows anything to be come shopworn or moth-eaten. Every year a show is sent out to tour the country it is a new one in everything but the title. No matter how many seasons the old title may be used, the material in the entertainment is not permitted to retrograde, therefore, managers and theatergoers may always rest assured That at every visit or our old friends, "Mutt ana jerr, tne en tire offering will be new. "In Mexico." the vehicle used for laughing purposes this season, is an innovation in play writing, which fact can be proved by a visit to the Heilig Theater. Broadway at Taylor stret, tonight, tomorrow or Saturday nights. with a bargain matinee Saturday, when the big "Mutt and Jeff in Mexico" pro duction, requiring a full 60-foot carload of scenery and properties with 85 performers, will be presented. , , . WORKERS IN 1814. dence tomorrow, and that the invest!- TOTAL OF S311.967 PAID EX-STEEL gallon wouia men recess, id De resumea in Washington on Monday or Tuesday of next week. It is probable that Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the President: Secretary of War Garrison and possibly Secretary Bryan will be I among the witnesses called at the Capital.- Later Mr. Phelan plans to go to Santo Domingo to complete the inquiry. Amount Is SS0.152 More Than Aged and Infirm Ex-Employes of Company Received Previona Year. FERRIS OLD PLEA MAY DIE (Continued From First Page.) PITTSBURG, Jan. 27. More than $500,000 were paid to aged and infirm ex-employes in the steel industry dur ing 1914, according to the fourth an nual report of the United States Steel Club, was quite willing that the bill I and Carnegie pension fund, which was be defeated, and pxnrpsKPa satisfaction made public here tonight. Ine total over the result. The bill was not in- disbursement for tne year in actual troduced at the request of the Gov-1 figures is $511,967.90, an increase over Arnnr nnr hurl h A hppn onu n iceleH with I ISI of SMt.loJ.iD. .n the iihwt Th. i'nn.mrrigi i-int,'.! The fund was started January willingness to undertake the same I since which time tnere nas been ti-nri, withnm rn.t t th. tiv. a total distribution oi pensions 10 re wholly relieved the need of legislative tired employes of the Steel Corporation enactment. I amounting 10 i,oio,uji.ij. I I ne ri9Durg District leaas in me amount paid in pensions to employes of mat was anotiier wnacK at tne nignithe various subsidlarv companies dur cost of government which the Senate ing 1914, with $282,651.99. Cleveland took today, when it passed a bill ar-I and vicinity ranked next with approxi lecting the printing of official reports. I matelv SoO.OOO. while in the Chica It the bill passes the House hereafter I district the amount distributed was there will be no voluminous-bound vol- I $30,157.86 limes detailing the activities of each In New England the retired employes state department, but such printing I of the Worcester, Mass., plant received will be confined to reports of a few I pensions aggregating $39,855.56. The Important offices. The reports of others iron ore regions of the Northwest re- will be typewritten and filed for record I ceived approximately $20,000, and re in the office of the secretary of State. It is estimated that the bill will save about $30,000 a year. The Senate also I I tired employes in the various transpor tation subsidiaries of the corporation drew $12,057.67. The remainder of the fund distributed went to retired em ployes of various plants scattered over the country, including the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company. The latter's pension list amounted to $3903.10. There are 2521 beneficiaries of the fund at present. The average pension for each case added was $20.40 monthly. the average age of the beneficiaries was 63 years and the average term of service a fraction under 29 years. made final the repeal of the law re-1 4 quiring a state census, thereby insur-1 f ing a saving to the counties of the state about $100,000. What may be said to be the first exhibit of German military tactics is being demonstrated in the Senate chamber tonight. The sportsmen of the ptate have attacked in mass formation. They are here from all parts of the state and fill the chamber in the ef fort to prevent such radical amend ments of the game laws as will abolish the Fish and Game Commission and convert the game funds into the gen eral fund. WiAe- Money Vse Sousht. In the matter of forestalling a change in the method of handling game funds the sportsmen have a strong rontiment to overcome. The impres sion prevails that there is more money accruing to the fund than is wisely ex pended. The attitude of members committed to a change is not that game protection and propagation shall be neglected, but that part of the money v. : .. V. V ,. .... V. . w. ........ n .4 V... 1l "he devoted, to useful purpose, i Per- 1 J haps, if a means can be devised insur- I . ing a more business-like administra tion of the funds without converting them into the general fund that com promise will be acceptable. ORPHEIM CHARACTER SONG ARTIST MEETS BOYHOOD CHUM HERE I-'IGHT OX TAX I.IST FUTILE Senate Shelves Act Aguin-t Publisli- Ing of Delinquents. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.) The Senate today post poned indefinitely a bill by Smith, rep resenting Coos and Curry counties, re pealing the law providing for the pub lication in newspapers of delinquent tax lists. The author urged that de linquents by notified by letter. Garland said the proposed plan would T.ot save money to the counties, for the delinquents had to pay for the publi cations, and that it would not be nearly en satisfactory as the present system. Bingham said the system suggested had been tried and found unsatisfac tory, which accounted for the present law providing for publication of the lists. Smith said he had been informed ty the Tax Collector of Multnomah that lie got belter results from notification by letter than by publication. Garland declared If there were any business men who do public -work for a small remuneration they are the pub lishers of the country newspapers, llinton supported the bill, declaring the poor who were delinquent had to pay for the publications. The vole was a tie. Historians that more than 10"0 miles of the loor Nil were protected by artl tuiI embankment and other works of en stoeerlnr kilL Louis London. . Two former Minneapolis boys. schoolmates, members of the same boys' gang of mischief makers and friends through their struggles for success, yesterday warbled the refrain "Gee, But It's Great to Meet a Friend From Your Old Home Town" as they came together in the hall of The Oregonian building. One was Louis London, the in terpreter of character song studies at the Orpheum. The other was Ralph Mitchell, a mem ber of The Oregonian staff. Dur ing school days London earned monev as an usner in tne .Metro politan Theater. Mitchell was a menial on the Minneapolis Tri bune. Both had ambition. London wanted to be the man who sold tickets at the box office. Mitch ell's one desire was to be editor of a newspaper. London was forced to take singing lessons. Mitchell was forced to go to school, and finally to take a job as a cuo .reporter. - since men London has been a member of the Bostonians, has sung with the big musical organizations of the East, among them the grand ooera production of "The Girl of the Golden West," which played T Portland about two years ago, I Fi and Mr. Mitchell located in City of Roses. the FEW ARE IDLE IN BERLIN Call for 1000 Men to Clean Streets Has Only 60 Responses. Tn:i:l.IX. Jan. 16. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) When the Berlin city government several days ago offered work for 1000 men in clear ing the streets of snow, only 60 men ap plied. In the whole empire the number of persons out of employment was re duced in November, and at the end of the month was only about one-third as great as at the end of August While labor conditions have im proved, it is observed that the number of unoccupied flats and stores in Great er Berlin is steadily increasing. This is especially the case with the larger flats and with small shops for the sale Rheumatism la "pain only." Not one caBe in fifty requires internal treat ment. Stop drugging. Rub soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil" rigbt into your sore, stiff, aching joints and muscles, and relief comes Instantly. "St. Jacobs Oil" is a harmless rheu matism cure which "never disappoints and can not burn the skin. Limber up! Quit complaining! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest "St. Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, and in just a moment you'll be free from rheu matic pain, soreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't suffer! Relief awaits you. "St. Jacobs Oil" has cured mil lions of rheumatism sufferers in the last half century, and is just as good for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, back ache, sprains. Adv. of food and other articles of ordinary household consumption. It is expected, too. that a large number of larger flats will be vacated within the next three months, for many families are not re newing their rent contracts, preferring to move into smaller quarters some because they have lost members in the war, many for reasons of economy. The number of empty flats and shops has now risen to such an extent that house-owners, it is estimated, are now receiving about $19,000,000 a year less in rentals than normally. - WILSON VIEW UNSHAKEN VETO OF IMMIGRATION BILL IS EX PECTED TODAY. Literacy Held Not True Test of Quality of Newcomer- Congress Discusses Probability of Passage. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. President Wilson's veto of the Immigration bill is expected in Congress tomorrow, with a special message giving as the reason for disapproval of the literacy test which it proposes as a condition of entry to the United States. Two- hours of argument at the White House today with Senators and Repre sentatives of the Congressional com mittees which handled the measure left the President unshaken in his belief that a literacy test in not a true test of the quality of an immigrant for citizenship. The prospect of repassage of the bill over the President s veto was the ab sorbing topic of discussion in Con gressional circles tonight. Senator Lodge, at the White House confer ence today, was said to have intimated to the President that such action seemed likely. Supporters of the meas ure, pointing to the overwhelming votes by which both House and Senate rejected amendments to strike out tne literacy test when the bill was on Its passage, predicted that the necessary two-thirds vote to make the bill a law without the President's signature could be mustered. Opponents of the bill were sure they could not. An immigration bill vetoed by Presi dent Taft for the same reason was passed over his veto in the Senate, but failed by five votes in the House. FILIPINO FUNERAL ORDERLY Popular Manifestation Not JIade in Behalf of Executed General. Three Things to Settle at the Motor Show 1 Gasoline Economy or Real Economy ? sBBBBBSIBBIItlBBSSSS? 2 Right Weight or Wrong Weight ? 3 A Proved or an Unproved Car? TT isn't gasoline saving: that keeps your car's expenses down. It's very little that can be saved in gasoline. There isn't $25 dif ference in a season's driving be tween the gasoline bills of any two light sixes" on the market. It's cutting down repair items that is REAL economy. Often one repair bill will wipe out a year's saving in gasoline and oil. - If that were not true, the Chal mers "Light Six" wouldn't be any more economical than any other "light sixes." There are other cars which are just as sparing of gasoline. The big difference" is that the Chalmers "Light Six" STAYS PUT" keeps running month after month without any need of attention. So Chalmers "Light Six" own ers have come to call this the "car of economy." BUY a car that's underweight and you get a flimsy car. It may save a little in oil and gasoline, but it's going to cost a lot more in repairs. You must have enough weight to make the car sturdy and strong, to make it easy riding, to make it hold the road when you "open up" a bit, and to give season after season of service at the lowest cost. When you buy a Chalmers "Lipht Six" you are settling this weight question sanely. Take a good look at this car in the Chalmers Exhibit at the Show. Note how substantially it is built where weight is necessary for strength and safety. Glance at the strong torque tube anchored to the frame that takes up the stresses and strains of driving. Because this car is a RIGHT weight "Light Six" it rides most easily, gives longer service and holds upkeep cost at the very lowest notch. THE purchase of an un proved car is a speculation of a proved car a wise invest ment. The Chalmers "Light Six" has proved in the past season's serv ice that it costs far less to own than any car of similar size and power on the market. The motors in the Chalmers "Light Sixes" put on the road in May are still running "sweet ly" and smoothly. Six million miles of travel have produced no signs of weakening. Originally this car was priced at $1850. It was a big value at that price now, at $1650, it is a $200 greater value. You should see this car. It's at the Chalmers Exhibit. H. L. Keats Auto Co. Portland, Or. Seattle, Wash. $1650 MANILA, Jan. 27. The funeral of General Noriel, one time insurgent i i 1 11U A ...nllnna . j , i.. j .in., i tive. inere was no u i n i ul uw der of a political enemy in 1902. was orders for which the Army had been attended bv none of the popular man. WUHeu vt ifestations which were . feared on ac count of the prominence of the General Estate to Pay $488,672 Tax, rile Influential fnllmvin? nn r tlc.11 - I i riv in tho Province nf Cavite. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 The estate A great throng attended the funeral, I or me iaie taariea a., uouwi, n umis- hut the people were not demonstra- nate, will pay an inheritance tax or I945S,tws.3 me secona largest in Cali fornia, according to Frank P. Sproule, the inheritance appraiser, who filed his findings today. The largest tax was paid by the Irwin estate of San Fran cisco. The value of Canfield's property was set at $8,664,598.14. I. W. AY. Leader Must Serve Term. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 27. The Court of Errors and Appeals today affirmed the conviction of Patrick J. Qulnlan, a former leader In the Industrial Work ers of the World, charged with inciting disorder In the strike of silk mill work ers at Paterson. N. J. Quintan was sentenced to a maximum term of seven years by the lower court. lie is now at liberty on ball. Americans Rename mail matter to Soutli America continue to put Imnirncient posts,, on it in a rrt?Rt manv re.-. jjr ' 'vThe Eight-Cylinder. Cad- iliac will do more of the MS j Igll things which : a motorist ' WmM ' I wants his car to do than Iflllf I jj in I SsOBfl 6$ m 30 Days! Some Stunt, Eh? ji-LdL LIGHT Get the Book at the Auto Show Mitchell ewis&S taverCo. East Morrison and First Washington at Twenty-First