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THE 3IORXTXG OKEGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, MAKCII 17, 1915. i- mm Atift' 25,000,000 SHELLS Seven Million Men Are Now at Front Awaiting Word to . Advance on Germans. HOSPITALS ARE DOUBLED Tens or Thousands of Auto Trucks Are Prepared as Transport for lAtng, Rapid Pursuit Recent , OffensiTe Only "Moderate." ' PARIS, March 5. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The French and British general offensive will begin as oon as the fields are dry and artillery can be moved over them, according to present plans. A moderate offensive was berun early in the new year to Vrrn the allied trooos in -spirits and the Germans encased on the defensive. . The Ions internal since the German advance into the Northwestern pari of 3"rance and Southern Belgium was ftopped has been employed by the French in assembling vast quantities of munitons so that when the real of iensive does bepin it can be carried on with sustained power for two or three months with an enormous ex j'enditure of small-arm ammunition and shells. It appears likely that the French artillery has a store ol Zo.uuu, 000 shells. A Ions and rapid pursuit could not tie sustained with the railways torn no behind retreating armies without ndenuate automobile transport. For this reason the French and Knglish have gathered tens of thousands of automobile trucks. All the machines In a procession of new automobile trucks seen on a country road this week were American built. Four hun dred were counted in one line. It understood that English and Frencli trmv orders in America for automobile trucks amount to upward of 30,O00,00O. The 100 divisions of French troops of a normal strength of 30,000 each " have been brought up to beyond the full war strength, so that regiments of 3000 men on a regular war rooting ire tiucntlv have JiiOO men. Not only has the wastage been repaired, but consid arable additions have been made to the full lichtlnfc strength, The British troops now on this side f the channel are said to number U0, 000 and they are reported to have been f-omin? over during recent weeks at the rate of one or two army corps a week. Some weeks 100,000 men have crossed the channel. General Jol'fre is reported to have tskod that the number of beds in the hospitals in Tarls be doubled in prep aration for the forward movement. All boys' schools in the city are to bo taken immediately for hospitals. The French sanitary corps now has 300 hospital trains fully equipped. Each train can transport 500 seriously wounded, so that the hospital train ca pacity is now 50.000. The exact num bcr of automobile ambulances at the but there are sev- front Is unknown, cral thousands. .FEAR SEALS CHILD'S LIPS larhficld JBoy, 5 Years Old, Keeps Playmate's Death Secret. ; MARSTIFIELD, Or., March IS. (Spe cial.) Fear of the police kept Norman Burroughs, 5 years old, from telling for two days that his playmate. Earl .Littler liad fallen into the bay here and drowned. The boys were playing to gether Friday- evening when the tragedy occurred. Norman rau home but said nothing until Sunday. Then he confided his secret and his fears to his mother. Meanwhile searchers had been drag ging the bay in futile efforts to find the body of Earl, whose disappearance had caused his parents to bellove he liad been drowned. The body has not been found. PAST'S DEAD NOT BURIED Wilson';, strike Commission Peters If Trip to Colorado. WASHINGTON. March 16. President Wilson s Colorado cool ' commission, aonristinc of Seth AV. Low, Charles W. stills and Patrick Gilday. has post poned its visit to Colorado until Autumn. The commission reported to the President, today that 71 of the oper ators, producing 61 per cent of the coal mined in Colorado, in a joint let ter advised that "no useful purpose can be served by the commission go ing to Colorado." and the temper in ihlrh they write says even more elo quently than their words that with them, "the dead past" has not yet "buried its dead." PRINTING BOARD TO SAVE 3r jli-latlve Journals to Be Reduced n Size mid Bound as One. SAl.KM. Or.. March 16. (Special.) The state Printing Poard has decided to abbreviate the information in the journals of the recent session of the Legislature so as to make only one volume necessary for oolli houses. - it will be about as largu as the last louse journal. It is figured, by the Board that a ma terial saving not only in paper and binding, but in printing, will bo made us a result of the new system. The Eaton Printing House, of Ku srenc. obtained the contract for binding the session laws, its bid being ITJ7.60. M'CHORD IS NEW CHAIRMAN Annual Change Is -Made In Inter state Commerce Commission. WASHINGTON, March 16. Commis sioner Mcc'hord was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission late today, succeeding Commissioner Harlan. The chairman changes every year, members of the Commission ro tating In the unir. Mr. McChord. who is a remocrat, is from Kentucky, and was appointed to the Commission by President Taft in 1M. He was actively concerned in railway legislation, and was special counsel for his stats in several rate cases before coming to Washington. Engineer's Toes Cut by Train. T. K. Luster, railroad engineer, lost several toes yesterday when he slipped from the engine footboard under the wheels of the train while It was be tween Forest Grove and Portland. The man was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospitar ' WANTED A MODERN MRS. MOODY IS DEAD Wife of ex-Governor Taken Suddenly at Home. DEATH FOLLOWS MEETING Despite Advanced Years, former Executive or State Bears Vp Well Under Shock Which Comes After Wife Greets Him. SALEM. Or.. March 16. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Moody, wile, or z,. r. ex-Governor of Oregon, died suddenly of congestive chill at her home in this city tonight. She apparently was m the best of hcaltli until stricken aDoui o'clock. She soon became unconscious and the end came in a few minutes. Mrs. Moody attended a Bible study. cnnriticted bv Mrs. C. A. rarks, eariy the afternoon and took a aeep in terest in the work, sno waiKeu. jimic with snveral friends, chatting with them in her usually spirited manner. She greeted her husband cordially upon arriving home ana reurea iu uci iuu.u tn tireoarc for the. evening mcai. The ex-Governor ana several women fri.n.ls were with Mrs. Jloooy wnen she was stricken and altnougn a pnysi cian was summoned at once he was un- ki.. tr. An invih iic for ner. er oeau apparently was accompanied oy nine suffering. Iespite his advanced years Mr Moody withstood the snocK wen and several hours later was able to ive a sketch of Mrs. mooay s me. Mrs. Moody was born in Lebanon, nd.. April 18. 183G. her parents aymg when she was young, feho erossea tne plains with a family named Henry in 1852 and settled at Union Point, near Brownsville, J-mn county. nuo married there in 1S53. The young cou ple remained at Union Point until 18u6, whon thev moved to Illinois. Return ing to Oregon in 1862 Mr. and Mrs. Moodv located in The Dalles, where they lived until 1S82. when Mr. Moody was elected Governor. They have since lived in Salem. Besides her husband, she is survived bv four children, Malcolm P. Moody, of The Dalles: Zenos A. Moody, of Ash land; William If. Moody, of Shsnlko, and Ralph K. Moody, of Portland. A daughter. Mrs. E. 1'. McCornack. died several vears ago. The funeral arrangements have not been msde. but it is probable that It will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, in this city, of which Mrs. Moody was a member, and the inter ment will be in one of the Salem cem eteries. BUS THREIS BIG CHAMiES LEFT OIT OF REDRAFTED JIT SKY MEASURE.' Mayor Alhee to Inalxt That Amend ments Derided on Recently at Pub lic Hearing; Be Incorporated. Just why three important changes made in the proposed Daly jitney ordi nance by the Council at a recent public meeting were not incorporated in the ordinance when it was redrafted and returned to the Council for further con sideration ia a question asked by Mayor Albee. The fact probably will be the subject of inquiry at today's meeting. The Council at its recent meeting decided that the number of passengers carried by the Jitneys except the large buses) should be. limited to the seat ing capacity. This question was de cided by a vote and was recorded in the official records. The provision was not incorporated in the revised draft. The majority of the Council voted to make the license fee a minimum of $3 a car. with 25 cents a seat additional for all seats over seven. When the ordinance was redrafted the fee was not fixed in accordance with this vote, but was made $2 minimum (Instead. - - - ST. PATRICK TO DRIVE THE SNAKES FROM OREGON. wAW- . . x w - Tho third change voted upon in the original ordinance was that the jitneys stop before crossing train traeks the same as do the streetcars. This pro vision was changed In the redrafted ordinance so that the muchines had only to slow down. The Council today will decide the question of future consideration of the jitney ordinance. Mayor Albee ' has drafted amendments to the redrafted measure, setting out the provisions which the Council voted upon, but which were not incorporated. He will insist that these be incorporated. FLAVEL EXCURSION FILMED Pictures by A'orthwest Weekly to Be : Shown at Star Theater. A complete motion picture record of the Flavel excursion was taken by the Northwest Weekly and will be .shown at the Star Theater, beginning today. More than 600 feet were filmed. Motion pictures were taken of the occupants of each car and the machine was wheeled down the aisles.. The landing of the boat was clicked off by the camera man, as well as special views of tho leading personages pres ent. The Flavel film will run at the Star Theater till Saturday night. With an estimated production of nearly ER2,000,Of0,000 cubic feet of natural gas, the united States established a uw higli record last year. Clarice Vane A song led to the marriage of Slarico Vance. "Sunny Eouthern linger." who is headlining the show at the Empress this week. In real life Miss Vance is tho wife of Mose Gumble, of New York, who is ranked as the world's greatest publisher of mu sic. Fublisner and actress met. lor the first time ten years aro and their marriage followed singing :ing a her I lessons given Miss Vance by Gumble. who had published son;; particularly suiting vocal talents. Miss Vance is noted for her perfect enunciation. She entered vaudeville several years ago, after long success in dramatic, productions, including i"The LJghts of London. "Ticket of Ieave Man." "Nevada or the I.ost Mine," "Uncle Josh" and 1 "Phoenix." Miss Vance will be the star of the Press Club's Jinks ! tonight, shef and her accompanist, Tom Mitchell, volunteering to en- tertain the newspaper men in Li: nonor oi ot. raincs s cay. J ACTHKSS AMI. I. BE STAR OF 4 PRESS CLIB SHOW t i ftWirrr- I t BOND ELECTION SET Petitions Filed and Vote Ordered April 14. Is 8112 NAMES ARE ON LISTS lifforts to Be Made lo Get Polling Places Free to Keep Down Cost of Voting on Road Securi ties for $1,250,000. Multnomah County's special election to decide the proposed issue of road bonds to the amount of 11.250.000 with which to pave the Columbia Highway and other trunk roads will be held April 14. Petitions for the special election were tiled yesterday with the County Commissioners ajid an order was made setting the date. April 14 is the earliest day that can be fixed for the election. Preliminaries such as advertising must be complied with in order that the election, be legal. Notices, which will be posted through out the county, will be printed today. The petitions, which had been checked by County Clerk Coffey's otffice and found accurate as to detail, were filed with the County Commissioners by Roadmaster John B. Ycon and E. K. Coovert, who, with Amos Benson, have maintained headquarters in the Yeon building and carried on the campaign for signatures to the petitions. 8112 S'amrs Are Lists. There was a total of 8113 names on the lists that served as the basis for the special bond election. Thirty peti tions, with 1500 names additional, that had been In circulation throughout the county, were not returned In time for filing but they were not needed, as only 2250 names were required. The law provides that to call such a special election voters to the num ber of one-twentieth of those casting ballots for the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the posi tion of Supreme Court Justice at the next preceding election must sign the petitions. Judge Benson, who received the largest number of votes- for that position in November, polled approxi mately 45,000 votes. Petitions Are Approved. The petitions were approved not only by the County Clerk, but by the. Dis trict Attorney and the County Surveyor as well. Notices of election to be printed for posting will number about 7000 and It is expected to place them through out the county the first of next week. "The Sheriff will get as many poll ing places free of charge as possible for the bond election," said E. E. Coo vert , aftrtelftnlteliadle HAYE YOU HAD THE GRIP? The debility and depression follow ing an attack of the grip is not a fancied dlsdrder. "Post-grlppal neu rasthenia" is the medical name for this condition and its seriousness is recog nized by all medical writers. One authority says: "Broadly speak ing, every victim of grip will suffer from post-grippal neurasthenia also. Lowering of nervous tone, with in creased Irritability Is the most strik ing effect of the disease, with languor of mind and body, disturbed sleep and vague pains in the 'head and else where." livery sufferer will recognise the symptoms. What is the remedy? " After the fever has passed and the influenza has subsided the diet should be more liberal but be limited to arti cles easily digested; rest and sufficient sleep are essential and Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the only medicine re quired in most cases. This treatment should be continued until the patient is completely restored to normal health and spirits. It is a specific treatment and rarely if ever fails. Send today for the booklet "Building Up the Blood." It is free if you men tion this paper. Address the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. 1 Woman Stops Husband From Using Tobacco as Okie Wife Broke Her Hasbaa at the Tobacco Habit With a Recipe She Gave Secretly. She Telia What She Vaed. A well-known Ohio woman, whose husband has been a heavy user of tobacco for years, broke him of the habit by the use of a simple home recipe that she gava secretly. She very gladly told what she used but request ed that her nam should not be made public, as her husband does not know why he quit using tobacco. She said: "The recipe la inexpensive and can be obtained from any drug store, and given secretly or with the patient's knowledge. To 3 oz. of water add 20 grains of muriate of ammonia, a small box of Varlex Compound, and 10 grains of pepsin. Give a teaspoonful three times a day at meal time. In the food or in the coffee, tea or milk. This recipe is perfectly harmless and has no color, taste or smell, and will be found ef fective for tho tobacco habit In any lorm.- Aav. set "Generally speaking, it will likely be possible to get the use of garages or other quarters rent free in almost every precinct. This will reduce ma terially the cost of the special election to tho county." 2 BANQUETS SCHEDULED OVERFLOW MKETISU ARRASGKD IIOVEMEKT. FOR CONSOLIDATION Interest In Commercial Bodies Pro gramme for Friday Sight Keen as Shown by Reservation. Tnterest of the business men in the consolidation movement of the com mercial bodies was proved by the over subscription for seats at tho get-together banquet set for Friday night, which has made it necessary for the committee to arrange for an overflow meeting to be held at that time. Al ready the reservations amount to more than 400 and they are still coming in. The two banquets will begin at S:3V Friday night, ons at the Commercial Club and one at the Multnomah Hotel. The speakers of the evening will be A. U Mills and c. C. colt. Each speaker will appear at both meetings, Mr. Mills going from tne Commercial Club to the Multnomah Hotel and Mr. Colt from the Multnomah Hotel to the Commercial Club, as soon as each has finished his first address of the evening. Interest in the other features ot me movement are going with as great en thusiasm as the movement for the meeting Friday .night. Three hundred committeemen will be appointed before the end of the week to handle the great four-day membership campaign which will begin next Tuesday. E. L. Thomp son was selected yesterday to bo chair man of the committee on membership. The oriranlzatlon of the plans lor tne work of the various bureaus of the con solidated body is being carried forward vigorously. In outlining tho scope of tne worn planned for the Oregon development bureau and the tourist and convention bureau ot the New Chamber oi com merce. r. V. unase, in cnaraa ui uic movement, said yesterday: The best expression of the noepitaiuy o' the people of the city can only be given through the united action and the co-opera tion of the citizen uuuugu buiiio t..wv... n f-u I nrtraTlltlilion. This Ib expressly provided for through tlie bureau of publicity "nd conventions of l'e New rorttand Chamber of commerce, under th provisions of this bureau the promiscuous and repeated solicitations for ubucriptloiiii particularly among the merchants, will b greatly reduced, as tho expenses to be met by the central organization for this purpose are provided for in the Chamber budget, thus coming from tho general revenues of the or ganization. Additlcnal financial aid. when ought, will le confined to the membership of the pjrticular bodlis affiliated with the National or otiier organization whose mem bers are to le the guests of the citizens or POThenactlvllles of Hie Ormon tjevelopment League will be fostered and encouraged In the New Portland Chamber of Commerce, as indicated bv the title ot one of the nine bureaus arranged to have direction of the activities of the Chamber. This Is the Oregon development bureau, which v. ill Include the maintenance ot membership In the League and be the League s hcadqnar- eTTnls section ot the Oregon development bureau will be assisted In Its work bv a pe clai committee on Oregon commercial bodio and another on permanent exhibits. This bureau will have -more or less inti mate relations with such bodies as the Grange. Farmers- Union. State Dstrymen's association. Pure-bred Livestock Association, Woolgrowers' Association, all local and other county end dislrlci organizations for the pur pose of advar.elng Oregon's Interests. "My but Sanatogen makes one enjoy living!" AND you know it is a pleasure beyond t the telling when, after weeks of overwork have weakened your system's forces, you begin to take Sanatogen and feel that old-time vigor come back with a new desire to accomplish and a new joy in living. -The best of it is that it's no temporary relief that Sanatogen gives but a real, lasting improvement in bodily health and especially in the health of the nerv ous system. For combining the proper ties both of a food and a tonic, Sanatogen nourishes the nerve-cells, rebuilds the wasted energies and tones up the who'e system as it helps gather a new store of strength. You can scarcely 'doubt that Sanatogen will help u when you remember that over 21,000 doctors have endorsed it in personal letters and when you read what John Burroughs, the celebrated naturalist, writes: "! hart bets rrHr hftttftlM SsnatAftrn. Mt steer. It Afty pntrnl letter lli.tn ft was onp year sad my uiad aad Mietaflh art luwii bupiVveH. Or what Colonel Watterson, the f am-, out editor, writes: ' t do not think I tlftiM hive ttln1 uivvitaHtv with tit Snatt. urting equally iob ibe digvxUvC orftart-t and the taere centvre. Sanatogen is sold by good druggists everywhere in three sizes, Irom $1.00 up. Grand P t'rf, liitmtftinxal fnvth9of Medicine, X.Mdoti. W14 for a Free copy of Nerve Health Regained." If you .h to lean, mory ah,...i Santtoer Vrite for a copy. of this booklet, beautifully illustrated and compri.infj '','' M.forn,,,ion of the crcatct mterrU. Tear thia off .reminder t address. TH E BAUER CHEMICAL CO. 28Q. Irving Place. New io.k. ::::::: ioc veiling ic ::::::: 5co.n.t. Thread 2c;::::::j I: Ideal and Bon Marche Stocks l!'BANERUlp'Tii 'j! l! Sale Begins at 9 A. M. ! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I $1.25 Carpenter Hf : Ladies' $1 Waist J ll ! Overalls, Union x J chettr"mmin! hih I vfT 2 , ., ... 1 H 1 and low neks. Hps- LA f made, with bibs m Jt X "1l"lr tl v'." p- Jt W g -V CL! a. 35c I 2 Made of Blue Amoskeag1 Cham- uray, tin sizes . . Men's 50c Suspenders Suspenders, in dif ferent color stripe.-. Th regular 6(.'c val ues are placed on special sale at only. 21c! ) i Boys $1.00 Pants 49c New vtyie boy Pa i ts In plain and mixtures; standard $1.00 values. .i-ipe--ial for this sale at only Men's 15c Coll; Arrow brand lars, and hi sizes. C6 Regular two for values. Special at.. Men's $3.50 Shoes f One lot of men's fine fll Dress Shoes; values Tl,1 usually sold for J J J $3..ri0. npr tinir at... Isiisi rn r r i rr i,.eei vc tursci v.uvcrs m. v. TACK SUSPECT IS HELD CAR COSDICTOR ARRESTKU OS COMPIAlT OF JITNBV URIVKRS. Buamen Swerve Out of Path but Other Autolnt Is Victim Public Safely Chairniaa Proaeciite. On the complaint of two jilmy bus drivers who assert that they saw him throwing handfula of tacUa in their path. W. K. Hover, a atreetcar con ductor on the North and South Tort land line, wan arrested by City l-o-teotives Boyle and Maloney yeaterriny. Boyer will appear for heuring in Mu nicipal Court today. Sam U AUler. of 423 Third alicct. and D. Brown, of 7S4 Corbctt street, both jitney drlvera on the North and South Portlana run. were followliiR tho streetcar of which Boyer waa conduc tor, ahortly after S o'clock yesterday morning, (TOlne south. Near Third and College atreeta the drivera nlleaod the conductor, from the rear pint form of the car, deliberately scattered aev eral handfula of tacks in their path. They turned out of the way and avoid ed the tack, but an uuto followinc stopped with a puncture. The .jitney l Men's $2.00 Pants f p ! Ladies' $15 Suits Qn CC ! Made of all kinds I IL In erire anil faix-y J) J tQJ ? T " e striped materials InVfif mi " t lined with T "V T I liirht ami in dark g HI satin or niesiialinc. B - shades; usuhI $2.00 m m f m a J in all kindu t m m a values. Specially nhadea. Value up to . . priced at only U.i", on nale ..... 7 w m Regular 75c Sergei f P7 5lc J hirty-mx 111 p n e n wide. In h. variety of nhrtd. J : ok ul hi 7."c G value. On peclMi sale now at only. 15c YARN 1-7 1 Yarn in all colors. a sCjj Regular 15c values. Specially priced at, the skein Ladies' $1.50 Kimonos 79c!i l'lunnelptte. fn plalr and in flowered pat terns, all colors; l.r0 Values, hpiujla now at mm liars 1 I, Ladies' $12.50 Dresses Cf OC 53 coi- .n:irn.oj; T.frc'P 0J sizes, m g M eto., beautifully B r r A WM - trimmed. Values up J J r -JC 9 rf W to $u.r.O. on apoi-lnt ? Rt.. .vHle at only ,i t only Ladies' $3.50 Shoes 98C:1 J Ladies' g u n m e tal button Shorn, tho Z usual $3.50 value, on sale, a nair at IC- 1I.. Cli ...eeei "- drivers returned to Portland and swore out complaints BKalnst the car conductor. Willi tho dt-tecltves they met the car on Its return trip at Twenty-third and Thurman and Boyer was placed tinder arrest. Boyer win lator released on hi, own tecog nlzance. Harry P. ColTin, chairman uf the Public Safety ComnilxKlon, will prOh cuto Boyer. The two Jitney driver.' were the only wllne" of the alleged act that could be found eterday. Tho taclta were of the larpe carpel variety and were particularly effect ive when used lo pnnclurc the rubber tires. No ti k were found In the pos session of Boyer. Sunday Movies In ISoschiirR l'avorrcl. KOSKlUTii;. t)r March !. tSpe rH.) Atritatlon in tho direution of i.lolnc JioacbuiK'a iiiovma pi. turn thea ters on Sunday received a Jolt yest'-r-day. when a majority of th. niambeia of the Council decided lhy weie op posed to such lcislallou. Nearly evciy nieinbera of the Council cxpiraaej hini solf as salii'flefl with the mariner lu which tho movie aro being conducted here. I llllMHll t'llllllfcil SlK-OI iO JlOfl. The next niretlnir of the orastiUation for Hie ait tidy of Kxceptlotial Children will be held in the office or I.. It. Al derman. Superintendent of ttdivnia. In the Coin! house F'ridav at A oVlnck. j-' jit