THE MORNING-' OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915.
FRANCE INCREASES
IT
we
LOAN
finance Mijster Says Gold
Comes Not From Large Cash
Boxes, but Pocketbooks.
EXPENSES ON INCREASE
Expedition to Dardanelles Costly
but Necessary German System
- Ironically Called "Cliang
v' ins Paper lor Paper."
PARIS. March 18. la a speech in th
Chamber of Deputies today on the pro
posal to authorize the government to
ris the limit for the Issue 01 ireas
ury bonds from 3.500.000,000 francs to
4 .iflft 000.000 francs. Alexandre Ribot,
Minister of Finance, said:
"The way in which the people of
Fmnre liavA taken these bonds sur
passes expectations. Great difficulties
laced the treasury at the beginning of
the war. The treasury is cumiuerms
t np m
"Tnwnri the rnd of last year the
monthly expenses -were 1.100,000,000
francs. The expenditures during th
first months of 1915 have been from
1.230.000.000 francs to 1.300,000.000
francs rather nearer the latter figure.
Kinenditures are increasing owing to
fresh necessities for example, the
military expedition to the Dardanelles,
for which no one would reproach us.
We shall have to manufacture in
creased quantities of war munitions,
hut- material and necessary provisions
and. lastly, our expenses certainly will
be augmented on the day we retake
possession ox me maueu uck w.
German Ptnmnre Ridiculed.
M. Ribot sketched ironically th
methods of German finance, which.' he
iL consisted of an exchange
paper for paper a. process encouraged
by recourse to the penal code.
"If it is possible to administer wisely
the finances of the country." said the
Finance Minister, "the merit is that of
th entire neoole. It is the little sav
ines in the wollen stockings which
have come to the aid of the country
the gold has come In the beginning, not
from the large casn noxes, dui i
ocketbooks.
Those whom I have wanted to at
tract to the treasury have come to us.
The river is composed of little brooks.
In the name of the country and of the
chamber I address my thanks to
the citizens.'"
M. Ribot remarked that France had
not needed to employ the deception
to which the governments of . the
enemies of France had had recourse
to raise money "because there is con
fidence that what we say is the truth.
Stricken Patriots to Be Aided.
"We brush aside with disdain the
maneuvers and artifices to which our
adversaries have had to resort," he
added. "We will use our financial
Htandintr to its last limit. That which
the Bank of France has begun, the
neoole of the country will carry on.
"We cannot refuse help to those of
our fellow countrymen whose homes
havo been destroyed.
"Fortunately, alongside the prospect
of larcer expenses are reassunns in
dicatlons of a restoration of the busi
ness of the country. The Increases in
direct taxation have been paid cheer
fully by those able to do so, the reve
nues from indirect taxation are in
creasing, whiie the customs deficits are
riiminishinK and we are able to hope
" that on the day of peace there will be
an exposition of activity in the devel
opment of the riches of our country
which will permit us to overcome all
difficulties.
Financial Operation Analyzed.
M. Ribot. in analyzing the treasury's
operations in 1914, said the government
had asked for 3,600.000.000 francs
J720.000.000) of Bank of France and
1. 100.000.000 francs ($240,000,000) by
public subscription, while in 1915 the
Jiank of France had supplied about
1.000.000.000 francs ( JCOO.000.000) ana
the country had furnished 2.500.000,000
francs $500,000,000 1.
The national defense bonds, the Fi
nance Minister said, had yielded, up to
.March 12, 3.862,000,000 francs ($.
400.000).
-M. Ribot concluded his speech in the
midst of an outburst of applause. The
Chamber unanimously passed the bill
Increasing the limit of defense bonds.
come a witness, out I did not offer him
anything.
"He declined to testify because he
was afraid his own record would be
brought out on cross-examination. He
was indicted in Nome on a charge of
embezzling Government funds, and 1
appeared for him at his preliminary
bearing.
"I have a counter affidavit on file in
San Francisco. In this I deny all the
assertions made by Wright. In justice
to me. this should have been included
in the San Francisco dispatch. Wright
evidently has come under the influence
of the opposing lawyers. I believe he
filed the affidavit in the belief that I
never would know anything about it,
since I had left the city."
Mr. Hume yesterday exhibited what
he said was a copy of the affidavit filed
by Wright in San Francisco. It reads
as follows:
"Hume came to me in San Francisco
in 1914. He said: 'Look here. Joe, we
want you to become one of us in thi
suit and be the same as we are. We
want you to be with us and for tis. W
will give you such a percentage of
whatever the plaintiff receives in th
action as will be satisfactory to you.
WASHING
ON SENDS
T
PROTEST TO VILLA
Objection Made to Levy of
Million Pesos on Monterey, :
Affecting Foreigners.
BKRI.IX. March IS. by wireless to
Fayville. N. V. New subscriptions to
the war loan amount to 182.000.0O0
marks. Included in this amount is
SO. 000, 000 marks from depositors in
Rerlln savings banks and 30,000,000
marks from the City of Berlin.
The Rhenish Province Bank sub
scribed 65,000,000 marks and the de
positors in this bank a further sum of
45.000.000 marks, large subscriptions
are reported from Holland.
W. T. HUME IS ACCUSED
A1TKMPT TO nmE.MK PROS.
PECTIVE "WITNKSS IS CHARGED.
Blnltnomah County ex-ProsecntinjE -At-
tnrafr Itoalrs Truth of Affidavit
of rx-Iostmatrr of Nome
SAN FRANCISCO. March IS. Start
ling charges were made today against
Attorney W. T. Hume, formerly Dis
trict Attorney of Multnomah County,
Or and now living in Portland, widely
Known alons the entire Pacitie Coast,
in an affidavit filed in the Superior
Court here in the case of Mrs. Ell
Heim. who la suinjj for a ?. 000.000
Krub-Make share, which she claims
the rich Ophir gold mines of Alaska.
Joseph VYrisht. ex-ppstmaster at
Nome, is Hume's accuser. In his sen
rational deposition he asserts that
Hume, who is counsel for Mrs. Heiro.
offered him a percentage of the final
fruits of the suit if he would testify for
their Fide, and also tried to coerce him
into Riving false testimony.
Mrs. Helm recently obtained an order
for an accounting of the properties,
which consist of the Ophir mines in
Alaska, and other properties. Mrs.
Heim' suit, which has been pending
some time, is based on her contention
that she prub-staked Jeremiah Wilson
and his wife in Alaska prospecting
w hich resulted in the location of the
Ophir mines. Others associated with
the Wilsons were made parties to the
suit. The defense contended that the
money advanced was a loan.
CHARGE FALSE, SAYS MR. HT7ME
Accuser Once Indicted on Govern
ment Charge. Says Attorney.
The charges are absolutely false,"
paid Mr. Hume yesterday. "I asked
"Wright to testify in that case as to the
bad condition of the mail service in
Alaska about 13 JO. 1 atked him to be-
STEEL EARNINGS DROP
S-EWER E EMPLOYED BIT AV
ERAGE.WAGE IS HIGHER.
Number of Employes Among- Share
holders Exceed 40.7O0. But Annual
Privilege Is Withdrawn.
NEW YORK. March 18. The annual
statement of the United States' Steel
Corporation for 1SU14. issued today, of
fers proofs of the depression in the
steel industry during that year. Earn
ings of tSl,746,51s show a decrease of
$65,421,000. compared with 1913, while
the net income or S46.520.40s is a de
crease of S58.800.284.
In 1914 the corporation mined only
17.034.981 tons of iron ore, against 28,
738.451 tons in 1913, and its total pro
duction of rolled and other finished
steel products for sale fell off 3,360,326
tons to 9,014.512 tons.
The average number of employes
the service during 1914 was 179,553,
against 228,906 in 1913. and the payroll
decreased from S207.206.176 to J162.379,-
907. Average salaries of employes at
the mills were -slightly higher, how
ever, the increase being from $2.85 a
day to 9Z.S8. in tne administrative
and selling departments average sal
aries increased from $2.82 to 12.97 per
day.
Chairman Gary said that because or
the uncertain conditions in the trade
and for the additional reason that
large number of employes had been
laid off, the corporation decided not to
offer employes the usual annual priv
ilege of subscribing for stock under
the plan observed during tne preceding
years. About 40.uu employes are
among the corporation's shareholders
at. this time.
TRAPPED FOES BURNED
GERMANS FIRE FORESTS WHERE
RUSSIAN'S SEEK BEFl'GE.
Holes Made in Land Over Which Army
raxses, Canal Locks Opened and
Force in East Prussia Dies.
LOXDO.V, March 18. How the Ger
mans employed both fire and water to
destroy the Russians in the campaign
the Masurian Lake district ol t,ast
Prussia is related in a communication
received bv the Westminster Gazette
from Gothenburg.
German strategy coutited not only on
water and mire, but even fire," the cor
respondent at Gothenburg declares.
'These engineers have lor many years
been equipped with a peculiar kind of
auger for excavating the trunks of soft
trees, such as the Mazurian nrs. When
the Russian army first advanced into
East Prussia, German engineers hastily
excavated numbers of trees. When
Russian troops reached the Mazurian
district, German engineers at once
opened the canal locks, drowning the
invading troops.
Some Russians reached the forests,
but of course they had no idea that
manv trees had been charged with
gasoline. It was an easy task for the
German artillery to set a match to this
bonfire and burn the Russian regi
ments they had entrapped."
UNIONS QUESTION PLAN
WOMAN MOBILIZATION" PROPOSAL
DISTURBS BRITISH LABOR.
League Contends 40,000 Idle Members
Should Be Provided With Jobs Be
fore Influx of Untrained Begins.
LONDON. March T8. The novel and
rather revolutionary plan of the gov
ernment to mobilize women to replace
men needed for war service, although
onlv tentatively outlined by the Board
of Trade, has aroused wide discussion
In England, especially in organized la
bor circles, which are disturbed at the
prospect of the influx of thousands of
untrained, nonunion women into tne
spheres of various activities.
Miss Mary MacArthur. secretary ol
the Women s Trade Union League, an
organization with a membership of
240.000. says there are at least 40,000
union women at present without em
plovraent and she feels it is incumbent
on the government to give them first
consideration.
Miss MacArthur said today:
"Trade unions, even if convinced of
the necessity of this innovation, will
require satisfactory guarantees as to
the conditions under which these wo
men are to be substituted for men. Are
they to receive the same wages for the
same work?"
SWISS SUFFER HEAVILY
Nation Hardest Hit of All Neutrals
on Account or War.
GENEVA, March 4. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) In propor
tion to her position, population and
rea. Switzerland is suffering finan
cially perhaps more than any other
eutral nation. fcne has spent more
than 160.000,000 on her army, she has
lost several millions on her exports
nd as much in decrease of production.
by reason of her industries closed for
lack of raw material.
From August 1 to the end of Decem
ber the hotels in the Bernese Oberland
lone have a deficit of J5.000.o00, ow
ing to the loss of American and Eng
lish patrons.
Debtor Sues County for $13,421.
ASTORIA. Or., March 18. (Special.)
A suit was filed in the Circuit Court
today by Robert D. Searcy, assignee of
Edward Klilfeather, an Insolvent debt
or, against Clatsop County to recover
J13.421.70. The action grows out of the
contract for the construction of the
County Hospital at the poor farm. The
complaint recites that the original con
tract for the building was $18,000 and
the sum of 11537.50 Is still due.
BRITISH EMBASSY ACTS
Situation Called to Attention of
State Department Forces I'ntler
Villa General Attacking at
Point Xear Tampico.
WASHINGTON". March IS. A protest
was sent by the United States today
to General Villa against the collection
from Americans and other foreigners
of part of a special tax of a million
pesos levied at Monterey. -
The British Embassy had brought to
the attention of the State Department
a report just received from Monterey
saying that the British-owned light
and power company there had been
called on to pay S35.000 as its share
of the new tax.
Just how the general assessment was
to be apportioned, the State Depart
ment was not informed, but the under
standing was that General Villa had
laid an omnibus tax oh the city, leav
ing it to the authorities there to raise
the money in whatever way they saw
fit. The order was dated March 16,
it was said, and 15 days was the time
given in which to raise the money.
Department Without Details.
The brief statement by the Depart
ment in regard to the matter said:
"The Department has been informed
in advices emanating from Monterey
that General Villa has imposed a forced
contribution of 1.000,000 pesos on cer
tain persons, including foreigners and
church authorities. No details regard
ing the matter have been received.
The Department has protested pre
viously, notably in the case of the tax
which General Obregon tried to collect
in Mexico City recently, against any of
the Mexican factions forcing contribu
tions from foreigners. General Obre
gon heeded the protest and the tax was
removed as far as foreigners were con
cerned. Other advices to the Department said
living conditions in Mexico City were
improved, that railroad communicatons
to El Paso probably would be opened in
four or five days and that fighting be
tween Carranza and Villa forces has
begun near Tampico.
Villa Forces Xear Tampico.
Villa forces under command of Gen
eral Chao were said to be at Ebano at
tacking the Carranzistas, who were
strongly fortified and bringing up rein
forcements from Tampico. Ebano. which
lies only a short distance to the west
of Tampico, is an oil industry center.
Reports from Piedras Negras said
Raoul Madero had arrived at Sabinas
with 6000 Villa reinforcements, which
would garrison Piedras Negras and the
surrounding country. One hundred Villa
soldiers are assisting the local police
at Piedras Negras to maintain order,
and the city is reported quiet.
PERSIAN INTRIGUE P.1FE
BRITISH SAY GERMANS ARE FO
MENTING UPRISING OF TRIBES.
Pamphleta Addressed to Indian Array
Call on Soldiers to Rise and Kill
Their Officers.
I.ONDOK. March 18. The Indian Office
announced that documents have reached
the government showing that German
consular officers in Persia and agents
of German firms have been engaged in
intrigues, with the object of facilitat
ing a Turkish invasion of Persia and
promoting a rising of the tribes against
Great Britain.
The ex-German Consul at Bushire, on
the Persian Gulf, who is stationed at
Shtraz, aided by Germans and Indians
from Berlin, say the Indian Office, has
been circulating pamphlets addressed to
the Indian army calling on the soldiers
to "throw off the hated yoke and rise
and kill your officers.
A long appeal to the Mussulman sol
diers also was found urging them to
ioin in a "jihad" (holy war).
Telegrams are made public Dy the
Indian Office which it says show that
arras and ammunition consigned to the
German legation at Teheran were re
ceived through Bushire. These supplies
were to be used to arm the tribesmen
who were to attack Bushire.
Court Ousts $1-0,000 Damage Salt.
ASTORIA. Or, March 18. (Special.)
-The trial of John Einna against
STUDY AND EXERCISE
Study does not hurt a child un
less the study time is taken from time
that should be spent lr out-of-door
exercise.
Overstudy and lack of exercise make
thin, bloodless children. It is a com
bination that provokes St Vitus' dance
If your child is thin and pale, list
less, inattentive, has a fickle appetite
and is unable to stand still or sit still,
you must remember that health is even
more important than education.
See to it at once that the . patient
does not overstudy, gets at least two
hours of out-of-door exercise every
day, sleeps ten hours out of every
twenty-four and takes a non-alcoholic
tonic like Dr. Williams' pink Pills until
the color returns to cheeks and lips and
the appetite becomes normal.
For growing children who become
pale and thin Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
are not only safe but in the great ma
jority of cases they are the very best
onic that can be taken. They build up
the blood and strengthen the nerves
and assist nature in keeping pace with
rapid growth.
The Dr. Williams Medicine Company.
Schenectady, N. will send you two
books on the blood and nerves if you
mention this paper. If your child is
very young ask for the booklet "The
Care of the Baby." Tour own druggist
sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Hog and Chicken Feed I
-
Large lot of hog and
chicken feed, princi
pally wheat, whole or
cracked corn for sale
cheap in lots to suit.
J. SIMON & BROS.
FRONT
& GRANT
Thomas Mokko came' to a sidden end
in the Circuit Court today when the
court directed a verdict for the defend
ant, saying the plaintiff had not made
out a case sufficient to go before the
jury. Notice of appeal was given. This
is the action brought to recover $10,000
damages for alienating the affections
of the plaintiffs wife.
COFFIN CONCEALS METAL
High Price of Metal in Germany
Tempts Swiss Speculators.
, GENEVA. March 2. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) The high
price of $1000 a ton for copper deliv
ered on the frontier is offered by the
German government, while the cost at
Marseilles or Genoa is from $350 ,to
$400 a ton. The opportunity has tempt
ed many speculators.
At Chiasso lately barrels of wine
ticketed for Frankfort were found to
be a quarter filled with copper. At
Singen on the Swiss-German frontier,
near Lake Constance, the Swiss au
thorities became suspicious of the ex
traordinary number of funerals cross
ing the ' frontier and finally ordered
one of the coffins to be opened. It was
full of copper. ,
CAUSTIC POEM EARNS JAIL
French Lieutenant Sentenced for
Kidiculing Kaiser With Pen.
BERLIN, via London, March 18.
Authorship of a poem containing sar
castic references to Emperor William
has resulted in First Lieutenant Alfred
Humbert, of the Thirty-first Regiment
of French Rifles, a war prisoner in
the Strassburg, being sentenced to six
months' imprisonment.
'. The wife of the chief surgeon of the
hospital in which Humbert was being
treated and to whom he gave the poem
has been sentenced to one month in
prison for utterances unfriendly to
Germany.
10R YOUNG MEN we
show a beautiful selection of
Springtime tartan plaids, Glen Urqu
hart checkss. trirjes. tweeds. Dlain prravs
and blues, in fact every sort of new cloth patterns.
Easter is not complete without a new garment. Be
dressed in the height of style, the right style, the only
style for young fellows. Come in today and choose your
Easter suit.
$10 to $30
Second Floor
BEN SELLING
Morrison at Fourth
cial.) Declaring that he has not seen
his brother for nearly 50 years, Pat
rick Rice, of Chicago, has written Sher
iff Quine in hope of locating James
Rice. It is believed the missing man
is a resident of Douglas County.
Brother, Missing 50 Tears, Sought. I
ROSEBl'RG, Or., March 18. (Spe-j
Non-Support Brings Sentence.
ROSEBURG, Or., March 18. (Spe-
ciaL) Surrendered by his bondsmen
early Tuesday, Gus Ambrose, who re
cently was convicted on a charge of
non-support, was sentenced by Judge
Hamilton to three months In the Coun
ty Jail, Sentence was suspended upon
the promise of the defendant to con
tribute $15 toward the support of his
wife and six children. On account of
the many complaints of non-support
here of late, the grand jury, at its lait
session recommended the establish
ment of a rockpile on hich to work
the delinquents.
It : akl that T. B. Maraulay's mimorv
was o rcK'ntiv thai, ofier leading a book
oiu-e. he could (rlv alt the valient polntu of
It, and recite many long paaeaa-ea of H verbatim.
Extra! Extra!! Here's News of a Real Sale
The Toggery, 384 Washington St.
After Six Years in Business
All Fixtures
Showcases
Etc., Etc
For Sale Now
j ' A
Store Is Now
Closed
Nothing Sold
Until 9 A. M.
The Selling Out of This Great Stock to the
Public Starts at 9 A. M. Today
The closing of this store and the sale of the stock will come as a great surprise to Portland people. Its
friends are legion, as no store in the City of Portland has ever carried more worthy merchandise. At the
low prices at which the stock is to be sold it will go like wildfire, and it is but a matter of days until the
Toggery passes into history.
Prices Less Than Absolute
Wholesale Cost!
Society Brand Clothes for Men
Divided Into Two Groups as Follows:
Values to $25 Incl?3Z
Spring
All Sizes 34 to 46
NECKWEAR HOSIERY
Regular 50c 25c Values
29c 12c
$1.50, $2, $2.50 Shirts
Including the Famous "Arrows'
Values to $35
Including Spring
Garment
All Sizes 34 to 46
ARROW COLLARS NECKWEAR
All Sizes, Dozen Regular $1.00
65c 4-Qc
$3 Hats, Choice Now
Very Special
B. V. D. Underwear, Shirts
and Drawers, now priced OQp
at, each f
All $4.00 Hats, soft and stiff.
latest styles, now J 7rt
priced at ....P
4
384 Washington, Between W. Park and Tenth lILy)
You all know the merit of the merchandise that composes the stock of this high-class store. Standard lines
that are familiar to all men, is the kind of goods you will find here, and you can buy them in nearly every
instance at less than the actual wholesale cost. Prudent men will supply their needs now. You must come.
A Real Sale for Real Men!
Come! Don't Miss It!
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