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3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1915. : : I ' - I I I i . - ; i SKIDS PUT UNDER REFERENDUM PLAN McArdle Bill Gets Back to Sen ate With Emergency Clause to Block Move. HIGH OFFICIAL IS HEARD Committee in Washington legisla ture Would Prevent Scheme to Take Appeal on Effort to Shear Governor's Power. Or-YAirfA. Wash.. Feb. S. (Special.) Apparently in an effort to forestall a possible referendum, the McArdle bill providing- for reorganization of tlin State Land Board go that it will be taken from the control of Governor Lister, ramc back to the Senate today with an pmorjrenry clause attached, declaring the measure necessary "for the immediate preservation of the pub lic peace and safety and support of the state government," and to take ef fect immediately. AJ1 bills not necessary for the pur p, -e specified are subject to referen dum under the Washington constitu tion and do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment of the Leg iblature. llolnj- by Kfffrcndum Plan. It was reported last week that if the AIcArdle bills were parsed and repassed over tho veto of Governor Lister, friends of the executive would, invoke the referendum, which would hold the measures in abeyance until the gen eral election of November, 1916, and would insure the Governor's remaining in control until practically the end of his term. The action of the Senate, in attaching the emergency clause to place it in effect immediately, evidently has been taken to forestall such a move. Why the emergency clause should be Attached to the Land Hoard bill and rot to the bills taking the Tax Com mission and .Hoard of Kqualization from the Governor's control remained unexplained tonijrht by members of the innate lands committee which consid ered two of the three McArdle bills. Iltfsh Official Heard. Tt was intimated, however, that the Tciucst for the emergency clause came from a hiffh elective official, and that this statement alone was sufficient in the land committee meeting to cause the affixing of the emergency clause. Friends of Governor Lister expressed the. belief that the. $30,000 patronage to be awarded by the Land Board for the selection of IIOO.OOM acres of lands to he obtained from the Federal Gov ernment in exchange for state school sections in the National forest, was responsible for the action of the Sen ate committee. Whether the statement of the Leg islature in passing the bill that it is an emergency nuasiire will be suffi cient to avoid the constitutional pro vision for the referendum, was dis cussed, by lawyers tonight, different conclusions being reached. JJeath I'rnaKy Wanted Afiraln. Six members of the Washington Sen ate, representing three political par ties, today introduced as Senate bill 2 20 ix measure to reinstate the death penalty for first-degree murder. Senator Phipps. of Spokane. Progres sive, one of the introducers, in the last Legislature voted for the Goss bill which abolished capital punishment. is convinced now. he says, that fear of the noose is necessary as a deterrent to crime. The other sponsors of the incisure are: Mr. Palmer, of King. Re publican. Mr. McGuire, of Douglas, J democrat; Mr. Nichols, of King, .Re publican; Mr. Boner, of Chehalis. Re publican, and Mr. tiharpstein, of Walla Walla, Republican. Enemies of capital punishment are expected to ask that the bill, if passed by this Legislature, be referred to the voters for final decision at the 1915 lection. At the last session. Mr. Goes, of King County, obtained' passage of The bill abolishing the death penalty, after a six-year fight, and successfully foupht off a proposal for attachment of a referendum clause. l)rtiKlrxn ! tors" mil Carrie. Both houses started the fifth week of the Legislature by turning out bills i:i earnest. The Senate passed the "drugiess doctors" measure. Senate bill No. 70, which has been attacked bitter ly by regular physicians, by the sur prising vote of 35 to ti. This measure it uthorizes practice by "chiropractors, meohano-therapists, suggestive ther apists, food scientists, naturopathies and physical culturists," upon passing rxaminat ions to be given by a "board of drugloss examiners. to consist of practitioners of each of the schools of healing named. Old tsehool physicians tonight were reforming th ir lines in the hope of defeating this measure in the House. The House passed two bills on tnird read i ng. approved a number of others on seeoinl reading and adopted a joint resolution vailing for a legislative In vestigation of the feasibility of state publication of school books, recom incndd by Governor Lister. With party lines obliterated, the House wen t into a sharp fight on a roads and bridges committee measure proposing to bar from the public high ways any vehicle likely to injure road beds permanently. Road Protection tlroxurc I p. Mr. Murphine, of King. Progressive, member of the rules committee, pro tested first because the committee, in 1:s absence, put this bill and two oth ers introduced last Friday, on today's calendar. declaring members were Kiven no opportunity to study the measures. Other members took tip the fight on specific provisions of the road bill, declaring all heavy trucks would 1" barred absolutely, while Mr. Wiley, of Spokane, argued that even the wear at 14 tear of a baby buggy might be construed as inflicting some perma nent injury upon a road. All attempts to amend were defeated by close votes, however, the bill going to third rending. Shortly after 3 o'clock the House ad journed and went in a body to the ?epot. preceded by a band, to welcome Francis Kotch. a King County Repre sentative who had been unable to at tend the session previously on account cf serious illness. Mr. Kotch was es corted bark to the House chamber with ceremony and the oath of office ad ministered to him by Speaker Conner. A I US HI P .1 1 TX EY I S LATEST Legislators at Ol.vnipia to Take Rides in Clouds for $5. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. S. (Special.) Aviator Gustav Stromer Introduced the hydro-aeroplane Jitney to the Washington Legislature today, as the latest wrinkle in transportation facili ties, offering to take legislators and others along for $5 or 100 times the ordinary jitney fare. This is to earn enough money to pay for oil and gasoline expended In the trip to Olympia to lobby for an aviation corpi in the Washington Militia, Mr. Stromer's fiscal agent, H. B. Lamonte, announced. Mr. Stromer has accumu lated a waiting list of legislators, resi dents of Olympia and others willing to part with $5 apiece for an aerial trip. All members of the joint military committees and state officials will be entitled to free rides. The aviator to day took Representative Reuben Fleet, of Chehalis County, chairman of the House military committee and Captain of the National Guard, considerably more than 1000 feet above the Capitol dome, thereby fulfullingr a promise made before coming to Olympia. In return Mr. Fleet is to report out Mr. Stromer's bill for an aviation corps. Legislators and others eligible for free rides rapidly are being divided into two classes, those who will and those who won't, with a large majority in the latter division. Governor Lister said today in response to a proffer that he was up in the air with the Legislature already. Lieutenant-Governor Hart also declined to go along. Speaker Conner accepted the invitation, but his duties as presiding officer kept him busy in the House all. day. HOSPITAL FEES GUARDED HOI SB TASSKS. BILL TO GOVERN KM PLOVERS' SYSTEMS. Author Say Measure Is Aimed at F1 T-by-Night Contractor! Accounting of Sums Is Proposed. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) Contracting firms, indus trial concerns, mercantile institutions and other large employers of labor that collect funds from their employes for hospital service will be required to give an accounting of the money and to give the workmen a voice in its expendi tures, by the terms of a bill that was passed by the House today. Representative Home, author of the measure, declared that the system now in vogue among some f the "fly-by-night" railroad contractors constitutes nothing more nor less than an "organ ied graft" against the workingman. He said the established concerns per manently located in the state conduct their hospital systems satisfactorily and that the railroad had been pur posely excluded from the operation of the bill because the arrangements that they have in effect are satisfactory al read y. Representative Anderson, of Wasco, related the experience of a working man of his acquaintance, who worked a single day for a contractor. He re ceived $1.50 for his1 wages and had to pay l out of that for hospital fees. Representatives Cobb and Wentworth, both of whom employ large number of workingmen. defended the hospital systems in use in the lumber industry and among other Targe concerns. They said that out of the fees collected the employers contribute the workingmen's share of the compensation fund, which, under the amended law, as passed by the House last week, will be 1 cent a day. The measure provides that all who enter into a contract with any hospital or physician to care for sick or injured employes and then collect from the em ployes a part of their wages for such hospital service, are required to pot notice of the conditions of the contract so that all employes may know liow the money is to be expended. SENATE SANCTIONS BILLS One Act Provides Bounty for Moles and Gophers in Marion. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) The Senate today passed tho following bills: S. B. 30, by Hollifi To authorize tax col lectors to cancel taxes on lands reverting to state through forfeitures. H. B. l&i, by Washington County delega tion liaising salary of County Treasurer of Washington County from $Skj0 to $1J00 a ear. S. B. SS Providing for specifications and tolerances recommended by National bureau of standards for the Department of Veighta and Measures. Companion bill to one passed a few days ago providing for rearrangement of state into four districts with a deputy scaler of weights and measures for each. S. B. 193, by Bingham To amend section 39t5. Lord's Oregon Laws, referiug to duties of County School Superintendents. H. B. by Thomas Brown Providing for payment of bounties upon gophers and mole in Marion County and for the levying of a tax for the purpose. TEN DAYS F0RBIG ISSUES (Continued From First Page.) of consignees' receipts to inspection by the public, the inhibition against ad vertising, and provisions which are construed to encourage the appointment of a large additional number or paid prosecutors. 1010 Election Recalled. An interesting light on how the voters view drastic prohibition legisla tion is furnished by the prohibition vote in Oreson in 1910. In that year consti tutional amendment and a prohibitory statute were both submitted to the peo ple. The amendment was not very dis similar from the one adopted last No vember, except that it did not give the saloons and breweries a year's time in which to close out their business. It was to have become effective on Jan uary 1. lll, if passed. The ordinary statute submitted at the same time contained some severe search provisions and. while it placed no limit on the quantity that might be import ed for individual consumption from other states, made the consignees' re ceipts public records. Hoth amendment and statute were defeated, but the majority against the statute was 332 greater than the ma jority against the amendment. The statute as a whole was not so drastic as the one passed by the House last week. A comparison, of course, cannot be made that would indicate conclu sively how the people would feel about a radical prohibitory statute, but a clear indication is given by the 1910 vote that sentiment is much stronger against licensed traffic than it Is for interference with personal liberty in the use of intoxicating beverages. What may prove the final failure in the effort to promote trouble between the Governor and the Legislature was registered today, when senator C lark s resolution submitting a constitutional amendment giving the Governor sum mary power to remove inefficient or recalcitrant peace officers and -prosecutors was defeated by the Senate. The resolution was similar in a way to one of the recommendations or the Governor, but it did not come from sources to which he would entrust leg islation which he desired. So it was with a bill introduced by Kellaher earlier in the session providing an appropriation for a Trade Commission. It is significant also mat tne pre tended protest against legislative elec tion of waterpower conierence dele gates did not come from the Governor's friends in the senate.- ADDarently there has been an or ganized movement to present from un friendly sources legislation to whicn it is believed the Governor is com mitted, and so to frame it that it will be objectionable to the greatest num ber. The effort to manuiacture slights against the Governor has been so on vious that both Governor and Legis lature remain serene. There is sus picion that certain office-holders nave combined with enemies of the admin istration to create discord in the hope that consolidation of departments and consequent loss of positions will not be accomplished and that meanwhile tne work of the Legislature and the rec ord of the administration will be dis credited. The conspiracy has wholly railed so far. : PAVING BILLS FOES AND FRIENDS CLASH Senator Bingham's Act Fought as Monopoly and Praised as Economic Measure. YEON AGAINST PROPOSAL Opponents Declare Plan Is Directed Solely Against Warren Company. Multnomah Imperiled, Says E. E. Coovert. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. S. (Special.) That the Bingham paving bill, if passed, will save the connties and cities money and free them from the grasp of a monopoly and that it is aimed solely at the War ren Construction Company were con trary allegations made by represen tatives of various interests at a meet ing of the Joint committee on roads and highways tonight. E. E. Coovert, representing the County Commissioners of Multnomah County, S. Benson and Roadmaster Teon say the bill is Iniquitous and should be defeated. John McCourt, representing companies laying non patented pavements, and Charles "W. Fulton, who said he represented no company, declared the bill is one of the best that has ever been introduced in the Oregon Legislature, and if passed will mean cheaper and possibly better pavement being laid throughout the state. Bill Against One Is Chars?. Ttichard W. Montague, representing the Warrenton Construction Company, declared that the measure was an at tempt to legislate out of business a concern that hr.d stood the test and had been the victor in fair competition. Under the existing law every company was given equal opportunity, he de clared, and the ablest won. Under the Bingham law the enemies of the War ren Construction Company would be given all tin: advantage, he said. Senator Bingham in opening the dis cussion declared ho had introduced his measure in good faith, and he asked those who opposed it to give him credit for being actuated by the purest mo tives. He said the newspaper allega tion that someone tried to get a favor able report on the measure for $1000 sounded like "idle ravings." If the measure should be shown to be in favor of certain big interests, as charged, the Senator declared, he would not only kill it. but would act as "one of its pallbearers." .Multnomah I'lcii Heard. Mr. Coovert said that section 3 of the bill, which provides that patented pavements cannot be laid unless bids have been made for the unpatented article, means that every style of pat ented pavement must be in competition with the unpatented. He declared that Multnomah County planned to lay t5 miles of hard-surface road this year, but if the bill became a law at least 41 miles of it would not be laid. Mr. McCourt declared that only one concern was interested in the patented pavement and the great question was whether that concern was to build all the hard-surface roads and streets in the state or the others are to have a chance. lie referred to the Warren Construction Company, and declared it had been so uniformly successful throughout the country because of its ability to create tile belief that it had the only formula ana iaia tne uesi navement. He thought it was the most successful exploiting agency with which he was familiar, and that other concerns had no means of conveying to County Commissioners tne excel lence of their product. Warren Company Discussed. The lawyer said all the pavements virtually were made of the same ma terials, and that no company claimed a patented base. Disinterested men. he asserted, would say that the old style pavement, that laid by the inde pendent companies, was as good as the Warrenite, that it cost more because it contains more bitumen. The Warren Construction Company was able to lay pavement cheaper than the other com panies because of its patent in placing its crushed rock, he said, and by lay ing the larger rock near the surface it nhrained srood results without the use of so much bitumen and asphalt as the other companies. He asserted mat n tha Warren Construction Company was compelled to bid in competition with the other companies, it couiu mrnisu lower bids than any of them and would do it to get the business. Surfacing that cost the company irom ju to iu cents, a cubic yard, he said, was charged from 75 to SO cents to lay. He said the company made a profit of $5000 a mile on a highway 3 8 feet wide. Cost Too Much, Is Plaint. "The idea I am trying to convey," continued Mr. McCourt, "Is that the counties have been paying more than they should because they are prevailed upon by a company and made to be lieve it has the superior process when as a matter of fact there are two or three others just as good. The counties should have a right to obtain pave ment at a lesser price than now. There should be some method for penalizing a concern for not bidding because of a collusive arrangement with another." Mr. Montague said the Warren Con struction Company, because of its patent, was responsible for the reduced cost of paving. Before it arrived in the market, he declared, the Barber As phalt Company had obtained S3 a cubic yard for pavement that now cost $1. He decried the statement oi air. jau Court that the Warren Construction Company had better means of influ encing public opinion as to its pave ment than other concerns, and cited the employment of Mr. McCourt, an ex United States District Attorney, and Mr. Fulton, an ex-Lrnted states sen ator, as examples of the influential men the. other companies could em ploy. He denied that the pavement of the company he represented could be laid for 30 cents a cubic yard. HOUSE CARPET CAUSES TALK Legislators AVouId Replace 2 3-Year-Old Floor Covering. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) New carpet for the floor of the House chamDer has In the last few days become a subject of discus sion at the State Capitol. The old car net in the House shows much wear. Secretary of State Olcott reports that the carpet was put down aoout years ago. In 1911 the floor of the Senate chamber was covered with bat tleship linoleum. Out of money left over from the 1913 appropriation for remodeling work on the. Capitol the visitors' or spectators' part of the House also was covered with linoleum. In many places the House carpet has been patched and repatched many times. this being especially true around the Speaker s desk. An Overcoat for the boy- at half-price looks like a good buy! Keeps out the rain keeps off the wind keeps the clothing warm and dry keeps money in your pocket! Overcoats that were $5 to $15 are cut fairly, squarely in two; see them, fathers mothers! Look at the window of $6 two trousers Norfolk suits at $4.95! BEN SELLING MORRISON AT FOURTH ORIS wn us E Idaho Measure to Ban Liquor January 1 Is Favored. WETS' LINE-UP TIGHTENS Saloon Forces lo Make Last Stand in Senate, for Governor Says He Will Sign Short - Ballot Amendment Loses Heavily. BOISE. Idaho,- Feb. 8. (Special.) Defeat of the .short ballot constitu tion amendment by the Senate and the decision of tho House of Representa tives to recommend for passage a state-wide prohibition bill effective January 1, 1916, were the two main events of today's session of the Leg islature. The prohibition recommendation is looked upon as a sweeping: victory for the anti-liquor interests. It defeats the coup attempted last week to rush the local option bill ahead of the .lahiinro amonilmpnt and means a record vote in the Senate will be forced. The liquor forces are marsnau lug their strength to prevent passage r t.A t.,tiHrla hill In the Senate, for Governor Alexander is waiting to sign the measure and no pressure mai. can be brought to bear on the Chief Ex- i.riu Vi aavsi r.hanM his de termination to carry out his pledge as SCt iortn in Ills jucaoasc The prohibition enactment measure came before the House in the form of House bill 142, fathered by 20 mem- i .. . i. A coinVil v Tt- wan sent into committee of the whole for amendment and there ably championed oy iviger, lilies, Anderson, of Canyon; York and ed to have an amendment making it unlawful for one to have in his posses sion, but it was defeated in the belief it was a joker. Senator Hutton. of Shoshone, tried 4..nn.at.lr tn anve Tl i shOrt-ballOt constitutional amendment when it came up in the senate, out was unaoie Tt n-3G spnntft resolution No. 9 and attempted to place in the hands of the Governor appointments oi ucm urer, Secretary of State, Attorney-Gen- i 1,'itnr The measure was classed as too radical by its opponents. The committee aaoptea a repui t iu kill it through indefinite postponement by a vote of 20 to 11. Dr. Edward u. sisson, uommissiouei m Tr.,nntj.n tu-rtfi siernal victory in the House when that assembly refused to pass a bill to abolish his oirice. ncp- tit;.,. vmr r.r Lewis, introduced the act to terminate the office. After a spirited debate in behalf of the new educational system or laano me urn was defeated by a vote of 47 to 10. Two important measures passed by the Senate include the Bowman emer- .. Amnir,i-mont hill, mnkine it man datory for County Commissioners to furnish employment to those who ap ply, and the Rockwell act, permitting sale of the 2uu,uuu nignway uoim to the Continental & Commercial Trust and Savings Bank at W per cent. Governor Alexander today sent to the Senate the appointment of George PI Steele, of Coeur d'Alene. as Commis sioner of Insurance. The appointment is for four years and takes effect im mediately. XO 1'LAG ORDERS ARE ISSUED British Government Gives View on Lusitania Incident. LONDON, Feb. 8. Walter Hines Page, the American Amoassaaor w London, today forwarded to the State Department at Washington a report on the Lusitania flag incident. The Ambassador in his report infor mallv reviews the alleged use of the American flag by the Cunard liner on entering Liverpool harbor Saturday morning as described to the members of the Embassy staff by Americans who had crossed the Atlantic on the vessel. The British government stoutly main tains that the captain of the Lusitania was not ordered by government offi cials to use the flag. JITXEY QUERY PROPOUNDED Insured Man Hurt in Bus Appeals to Commission. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) Is a jitney bus a public conveyance? rr.u i - nnestion that Harvey Wells. State Insurance Commissioner. must answer within tne next lew oays. A man in Portland was injured while riding in a jitney. He carried an acci dent policy which had the usual pro vision of double indemnity in case of injury in a public conveyance. The in surance company doesn't want to pay the double rate. The policyholder has appealed the case to the Commissioner. Road Bill Day at Hand. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Feb. 8. (Special.) Two important road bills will be before the House tomorrow. One Is the offering of Representative Tom Brown and carries a tax of one-half mill for general road purposes. It also provides a method by which the state, the county and the affected districts may co-operate for road-building pur poses. The otlwe bill was introduced by Representative Lewis and proposes to levy a special tax on motor vehicles used, as common carriers in both freight and passenger service. Anti-Loan Shark Bill Filed. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) A bill introduced by Sen ator Dimick today prohibits the as signment of wages by married men un less the written consent of the wives are obtained. The Senator introduced the bill by request and it is intended to prevent employes from assigning their wages to professional money lenders to the detriment of their fam ilies. lliree Fund Bills Due Today. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) Three more big appro priation bills will be up for considera tion iu the House tomorrow. They are as follows: Penitentiary. $174.7)0: In stitute for the Blind. J2S.215.80: State Training School for Boys. 965,275. These will dispose of all the appropria tion bills now before the House. 'S PLEA Ml'LTVOMAll MAJORITY FAVORS JUVENILE COURT CHANfiE. Telenramn From Clubs Sot Heeded, but Three I'romine Report Bill of School Board Rejected. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. S. (Special.) A divided report will be presented to the House tomorrow by the Multnomah County delegation on the Wentworth bill to take the Ju venile Court work out of the hands of Judge Gatens and place it in the hands of Judge Cleeton. Although a majority of the Mult nomah legislators present at tonight's meeting voted in favor of the bill. Rep resentatives Stott, Home and Smith voted against it. They will present a minority report, and say they will pro cure other members than themselves to sign it. The purpose of the Wentworth bill is to relieve the Circuit Court of some of its work, and it is said now to be crowded. Judge Cleeton, on the other hand, is reported not to have enough work to do to keep him busy. Many letters of protest were received by the delegation tonight from women's organizations and others interested in Juvenile Court work, and Representa tive Home advocated heeding these re quests. He was outvoted. The delegation also reported adverse ly tonight on the Senate bill to allow the School Board of Portland to do cer tain construction work by day labor in stead of under contract, as a similar provision already had been defeated in the Senate. Senator Moser reported, however, that his bill to abolish the old-fashioned school meetings, in Portland will, be resubmitted to the Senate tomorrow morning with all its objectionable pro visions removed. In this form it doubt less will carry, he said. Telegrams from many women's clubs of this city and from individuals were sent yesterday to the chairman of the Multnomah County delegation in Salem, asking that the Juvenile Court be kept as it is, a department of the Circuit Courts, and a majority asked in addi tion that Judge Gatens be retained as Juvenile Court Judge. Among the clubs working for this" Regain the Mastery Over Bleed Trouble No Matter How Disheartening You Can Overcome It. Blood disorders are quickly checked by S. S. S., the famous blood purlBer. It rushes into the blood and in three min utes has traversed the entire circulation. It penetrates to where the blood is made, it washes out those spots and places where stagnation has settled". It cleanses the membranes, drives irritation from the joints, fills the blood etream with antidotal Influence and from head to foot creates conditions that make for blood health. There are people in every com munity who know this to be true. They have used S. 8. P. for severe forms of rheumatism, for indolent, ulcerated spots, for eruptive skin diseases, for any and all those ' bodily conditions caused by blood loaded with impurities. Being a pure product of Nature it can not hurt the stomach and has therefore been the refuge of a host of people misguided in their dilemma by first flying to those dangerous mercurial drugs which have claimed so many unfortunates. If the skin breaks out in a rash. If bolls or other eruptions appear, If there are blood risings or any other indications of Im pure blood get a bottle of S. S. S. at once of any druggist- But beware of substitutes. If in doubt as to your trou ble or you wish competent medical ad vice free, write to the medical depart ment, The Swift Specific Co., 58 Swift Bids.. Atlanta. 7a. This department Is known far and wide as one of the great est of helps to blood sufferers. But don't delay. to fiet a bottle of S. S. S. today. $10 Cash $6 Monthly DOUBLE CREDIT S190 WILL BUY IT A Splendid :t.M "I .iinl l-rlee" Quality 1'lnno 10 WII.I. IOO IT TO VOIR UO.IIK $ri monthly will keep it there you can afford to pay $K monthly you can, therefore, afford to secure this saving of $ll0 and buy this piano now. In Addition to the Greatly Reduced Prices To induce you to draw on your savings account, wo itsue, during this time Of our Inventory Sale a I When contraction; tor IUW or w-v i-mno, nna I" -von will he Kiven receipt for -. M hen ronlrnrtlna for '- fctoo rinno and you py IS rnh. yon will be alvrn receipt for .'". ") When contracting tor .'UIO or HMI IMnno rt yon pay raali, von will be nrtven receipt for ."0. It on pnr " on a 4.V or ... i I'l.ntt ha. ri-rln I will he S10O. luivrc lauw vi J - ... - - --- - Annual Inventory Sale Now in Progress $61,725.00 Piano Value Now Selling at $40,3.13.50. We Ouofe a Few Specials Numbers and Prices. 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' In exclianKo l nn ..n ..r lr 1 iaa'aarx k--".. - rome during the da). 151 FOURTH Graves Music Co. STREET l'iml sa ..!)5 f.vS .. mid :t-v .. H'.'A lav .. 400 I.V .. :t;.-. i ...4tn i . . two '-'".i .. ..o 4 .. ..- .- . . "i4ni r.i .. 7.V) 4.t . . ."o .. S..0 4.1 . . : ) .. :::.o ih.i .. :iuo I .. n .. a-J si .. :um in .. 42A l: .. too : measure wcro tho Council of Jewish Women, the Oreffon Congress of Moth ers the Portland I'arent-Teach.-r asso ciations, the Women's Christian Asso ciation, the Coterie and Overlook clubs, the Council of Women Voters, tho Y. M. C. A. and several other orpanlxaticns. MTi V. C Hums, president of tho Baby Home; Colonel David M. lninno and others equally prominent sent messaKca to leKislators in behalf of the Juvenile Court. Those expressing an interest were nearly all social workers who had they stated, found the court most successful in dealing with the boys and girls who came under its Jurisdiction. Witness Mileage Kxtrntled. STATE CAriTOU Salem. Or.. Feb. 8. (Special.) Persons living within two miles of tho Courthouse in Portland will be entitled to mileage and witness fees according to a bill passed by the House today of which Kcpresentative Stott. or Multnomah County, is the author. I'n der the present law no one. living with in that distance of the Courthouse can collect witness foes. nill Authorises Burns Kailrcmtl. STATR CAP1TOU Salem. Or.. Kch. 8. (Special.) It will be pnsKlbU by lha terms of a bill passed bv thr House today for the town of Burns In Harney Comity to build a railroad lo con nect with the new line hems built across the stitte bv Ihn O.-W. It. N. Co. The bill so amends the present law that towns of 10HO population may build public unities. XlRlit Seiona May lie Uclil. STATK IWPITUU Ssli-m. lr.. Keb. . (Special.) Tho House will Mart H session tomorrow morning nt 1 o'clock and probably will hold a nlRht session tomorrow also. On account of the Im mense volume of business that yet re mains before the Legislature It Is prob able that nlnht inertlnits will bi a regular IMna the rest of Ihn session. I)ny in Cleaning lllflc Is Killed. IiAVKN'POrST. Wash, Keb. . (r'pe. clal.) Uottfried .lanke. the l-year-ol.i son of .Mr. and Mrs. linttfrled Jankr, who llvo near Odessa, was killed fcun dav bv a bullet from the rifle lie whs .-leaning for a rabbit hunt. The boy a arm warded off the rod which passed to the sldo of his head, but the bullet entered the tower part of the throat. TJ7 e r l "Good for what ails your car." It takes the ills out of hills. ike (Sayoline of Quality THE EXPOSITION OPENS FEBRUARY 20 at San Francisco. Special Round Trip Tickets On Sale February 20. To San Francisco and Return: $30.00 Round Trip from Portland, Limit 30 days. 35.00 Round Trip from Portland, Limit 90 Days. To San Diego and Return : $52.25 Round Trip from Portland, Limit 40 Days. $61.50 Round Trip from Portland, Limit 6 Months. Correspondingly low round-trip fares from all other stations in Oregon, Main Line and Branches. TEN DAYS' STOP-OVER Will be allowed at San Francisco and Los An peles on one-way tickets from February 15 to December 4, reading East via the Southern Pacific. This will enable one to visit both ex positions at very little cost. 3 Fine Trains Daily From Portland Shasta Limited leaves 3.i0 V. M. San Francisco Kxpre. leaver. . .8:1.1 I'. M. California Kxpress leavea 1:20 A. M. tOpcn Union Depot 9:30 P. M.) The Exposition Line 1915. Full particulars, exposition literature, reservations, etc., at City Ticket Office, 0 Sixth street, corner Oak, Vnion I'epot or Kast Morrison street. Southern Pacific John M. Pcott, fleneral Passenger Asent, Portland. Oregon.