THE MORNIXfi OREGONIAN. WEBXTSDAT, 3TAT 26, 1915.
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SOUTH AMERICANS
OFFER TRADE PLANS
Needs of Nations and Oppori
tunities Laid Before United
States Business Men.
SURPLUS CAPITAL INVITED
Colombian Delegate Dramatically
Advocates Western Hemisphere
for Westerners, Kaon Nation.
Coveting Xo Territory.
WASHINGTON, May 25. The story of
ttow vast resources of the United States
mav be used to aid the republics of
South and Central America Is clearing
away difficulties that the European
war has brought on the Western
Hemisphere was told in part today to
business men and bankers who repre
sent this Nation at the Pan-American
financial conference.
In "group conferences" delegates
from 18 countries began explanations
to representatives of the commercial
and financial interests of the United
States of their peculiar needs, and in
dicated in what way capital and credit
could be used to best advantage to
strengthen trade relations.
Only a few of the delegates were pre
pared with concrete suggestions, but
the general idea expressed was that in
the southern republics the surplus cap
ital of the- United States would find
fertile fields for investment which must
bring In the future a closer union of
political and commercial interests.
Colombian llecame Dramatic.
The only general session of the gen
eral conference today was marked by
m. dramatic speech by Dr. Santiago
Perez Triana, delegate from Colombia,
who waved the flag of Pan-Americanism,
and declared that thl hemisphere
should be for Americans. He proposed
jl nw version of the Monroe doctrine
that would make it impossible in the
future for one American nation to covet
a foot of a neighbor's territory or in
vade her sacred sotl.
When the groups assembled after the
general session, the delegation from
Argentina advanced a suggestion which
may make possible an understanding
that all the nations represented shall
work for an arrangement whereby dis
putes arising between business men in
the different countries shall be ad
Justed by arbitration through commer
cial organizations. Later this proposal
was taken up by the executive com
mittee of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, which gave assurance
that everything possible would be done
to have such a plan approved.
Salvador Invites Banks,
Salvador suggested that a bank be
established there with a capital of $10,
000.000. that branches of banks in the
United States be founded and that all
the nations represented at the confer
ence agree that the vessels of every
other American country be exempt from
port duties.
The delegation from Panama is ex
pected tomorrow to bring up the ques
tion of the abolition of the United
States commisaries in the canal zone
so that their trade will be diverted to
merchants of the republic.
GERMANY HAS NO FAMINE
i 'ntimiod From Ktrst Papo.)
rides by train and automobile and
during visits extending from a few
iours to many days in these 17 cities.
Mta AarhPn Po.en
Trior Vadrborn Oraudcn
Kblnts Macdrbunr Kylau
llonn Hannover .Nelcienburi?
Hruhl Hrnndenburfc Alienstein
Koln Berlin
In none of those places have I seen
any sign of deprivation among the
civil population. No beggars anywhere
are visible. Kven in shattered Allenstein
and Neidenburg, where bombardment
and street fighting wrought dreadful
havoc, the population appeared to be
not only well cared for by the military
authorities, but also to be doing a
great deal in the way of taking care
of itself.
In the remote outskirts of Metz a few
shattered windows still tell the story
of the splattering French attempts last
Hummer.
With these three exceptions the two
East Prussian border towns and the
Lorraine metropolis all the places on
my Itinerary were absolutely normal In
appearance and in spirit.
In some of the Tillages the gardens
come close up to the tracks. The
cherry trees are in bloom and the
cheering men seemed at times to be
passing along triumphal roads of
blossoms. Across miles of pastoral
country floated the music of the church
bells. Yet the iron, copper and zina
foundries on the remote horizon were
in full blast, too no Sunday rest for
them in these times.
Holiday Trains Crowded.
On Sunday the trains to Koln are
crowded with people faring from the
surrounding towns for their holiday
making in the capital. I saw spacious
and beautiful municipal gardens full of
happy men and women and children
enjoying themselves sedately. . Their
pleasures appeared to be inexpensive
and rational.
The roar of the ballyhoo and the rat
tle of the roller coaster were stilled,
and some of the pleasures emphatically
were those that contribute to the per
manent culture of a nation.
In the afternoon thousands were sit
ting in the several restaurants and on
the terraces of the great white and gold
beer hall of the Zoological garden. They
were sipping beer and coffee, visiting
and listening to long programmes of
good music Wagner. Bizet. Handel,
Kossini. Verdi and half a dosen other
composers of that rank.
Kach of the hundreds of tables in the
hall bore a big bouquet of flowers and
was spread with good linen. The serv
ice was rapid and civil, and the prices,
while not low, were reasonable.
1'lty Shown for Wounded,
Once in a while you get a glimpse of
the glories of war. as when a one-armed
oldier came threading his way through
Hit; crowd, leading a blinded soldier.
Then a murmur of pity ran over the
people.
They parted to make way for stricken
ones, and women hurried forward and
slipped some oranges into the coat
pockets of each of them. Men gave
them cigarettes. Sometimes little bare
headed girls from the flower shops
passed. They bore great wreaths tied
with streamers of the German colors.
The people always made way for these
little girls.
More impressive than the vast number
of aoldiers in the streets of Koln was
the vaster number of young men not in
uniform. There were so many of them
that one felt that Germany must as yet
hardly have begun to tap herself for
soldiers.
Toward 11 o'clock they came in a
torrent down the narrow Hohestrasse,
the State street of Koln, from the mil
lion-dollar municipal operahouse, where
"I.a Boheme" had been the Sunday night
bill, or from the municipal theater,
where they had seen Sudermann's
"Honor," or from the cinemas, where
they had seen a picture play made from
Augustus Thomas' "Arizona," or Nat
Goodwin in "Oliver Twist," or scenes
from a picture play llftietratlng the life
of Bismarck.
The sight of these throngs of young
men not in uniform convinced me that
Germany has enormous reserves still to
draw upon, and the presence of so many
soldiers in the holiday crowd convinced
me that she is not even using all the
men she already has under arms.
-No Sljtn of Deifperatiok Noted.
It stands to reason that if the situa
tion were the least bit desperate on
either front these new levies would be
rushed to France or to Polish Russia.
Certainly they woul.d not be larking
and sightseeing in Koln, where, said
the American consul, 80,000 soldiers
now are assembled.
,nd do you know where in Koln on
a Sunday morning I saw the most
soldiers in a given space? Standing,
caps off and in wide-eyed admiration,
before Hichter's "Queen Luise of
Prussia," which the munificent Dutch
German Joest gave to the town in 1879.
The luminous eyes of Richter's
"Luise"! they look down upon one
from the far end of this memorable
room of the Wallraf-Richartz museum
as one enters it, and over the room
they diffuse a glory that hushes the
lips and exalts the soul of every be
holder. Battle pictures' hang near the queen
the old emperor saluted by his troops
after Sedan, and the like of that. But
the soldiers have eyes only for the
queen the queen that suffered and in
spired so much. What she meant to
Prussia a hundred years ago she means
to Prussia today. Her room in the
Wallraf-Richartz is a National shrine.
, Cathedral Gives Inspiration.
One sunny morning I sat a long time
on a bench in the little square of the
uom-Klostcr, the spot which affords
the finest view of the Cathedral spires,
foldlers by the score were mounting
the steps and vanishing beneath the
dark arches.
The busy town was going about its
Monday morning tasks, but as one
gazed aloft at the serene towpru a
silence seemed to he sunerimDosed
above the hum of traffic, a vast silence.
I looked long at that fabric at once
so tremendous and so fanciful a kind
of Niagara, it seemed to me, that de
scends in a lovely cataract of stone
down from the blue sky to the street,
the birds wheeling grandly around the
towers half a thousand feet above
When we, thought I, musing of home
and the rancors there, can build some
thing like that we shall perhaps begin
to understand this Germany and not
think of the soldiers passing beneath
those portals as "Huns."
For it was the fathers and the grand
fathers of the men now at war who
glorified the sky with those towers It
was they who finished what the 13th
century had begun. It was they who
crowned the work.
EASY INCOME-HALTS
Seattle Man Confesses Thriv
ing Smuggling Trade.
CHINESE HIDDEN IN AUTO
JAPAN TREATY PLEADED
WOMEV RESIST FORECLOSCRE OK
MORTGAGE BY ORIEXTAL,
Contention Made That One Xot Citizen
Cannot Lend Money and That Japa
nese Cannot Own Land.
LOS ANGELES. Mav 25. Fie-Timr
foreclosure proceedings1 instituted by
N. Oko. a Japanese. Mrs Mat-v t
and Miss Clara Walter, Caucasians, set
up the claim in the Superior Court to
day that under the California alien land
unersmp jaw, uKa cannot own land In
mis staie ana inereiore cannot take
from them a lot given as security for
a $1500 mortgage loan.
The women also contend that under
the treaty between the United States
and Japan, citizenshir u n-Hhh..i
Japanese and that no one not entitled
iu ciLizensnip nas the right to lend
money.
FOUXX-I.OSl-KE is NOT BARRIiD
Japanese Prevented Only From Buy
ing 'In. at Sale.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. Raymond
Benjamin, chief deputy Attorney-General,
aid today that a Japanese can
foreclosure a mortgage on real prop
erty, as in the case of N. Oka at Los
Angeles, but cannot buy in the prop
erty at the foreclosure sale.
The anti-alien land law. passed In
1913, he said, provided that all mort
gages executed prior to the date when
the law went into effect might be fore
closed and title to the land held by the
alien for a stated time to permit its re
sale. Mortgages executed since the law
became effective are not protected, he
said. The Japanese, however, would
have redress under foreclosure proceed
ings. Mr. Benjamin said there was nothing
forbidding a Japanese to lend money.
GABIfJETSTUDIES TRADE
REDFIELD REPORTS YEAR'S BAI.
ACE WILL REACH BILLION.
AiImlniKtrntlon Contends Increased Ex
port to Neutral Is Due to
Cloning ef Other Markets.
WASHINGTON, May 25. With s-.
retary Redtleld's estimate that the
trade balance in favor of the ITrwitofl
States will total $1,000,000,000 on July
wo mem. -resident Wilson and
the Cabinet today discussed the rela
tion of the statistics to the interna
tional situation.
The contention made in Rnn ni-it.i.
that the growing American export
trade shows that the United States is
not suffering from order in council
against which diplomatic protest i
pending will be fully Investigated by
the Department of Commerce.
The Administration view of the situa
tion is that greatly increased exports
to neutral countries shown r. offi
cial figures are not due to re-exporta-
"uu ' vciiiiany ana Austria but to
the fact that European neutrals .mohi.
to get commodities from European
o. c io ouy rrom the
United States.
CARS OF BEflRIES GO DAILY
Hood River Exporting to Middle and
Northwestern Markets.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May 25. (Spe
cial.) Hood River strawberries are
moving in carload lots. Three or more
cars a day are being routed out to Mid
dle Western markets and Northwestern
cities. The rains have caused some
loss, but if the weather clears an ex
cellent yield is expected.
The plant of the Hood River Canning
Company will use a large portion of
the crop. The canning plant has been
enlarged and will handle cherries,
pears and apples as well. It is likely
that vegetables, too, will be canned.
In the Arabian draort th sirocco, or
sati(i1orm. often dipa pits ro fet deep,
rttf-vln tht sand for mllen around.
Patrolman G. W. Russell Jumps on
Machine to Inspect License and
Finds Orientals; Brock Tells
of Getting $2 0 0 Apiece.
For the past seven months, Harry E.
Brock, an enterprising young man of
Seattle, has been conducting a thriv
ing business by smuggling Chinese into
the -United States from Canada. For
every Chinese he got safely into thia
country, ne received S20o in Iiard conn,
and he enjoyed a pretty steady income.
J hese facts are set forth in his con
fession, made yesterday to Assistant
United States Attorney Johnson and
Immigration Inspector Barboui. follow
ing his arrest Monday night lor driv
ing an automobile without a license.
If Patrolman G. W. Russell hadn t
noticed that Brock didn't have a proper
license on his car, no telling how long
he could have kept up his profitable
ousiness.
Patrolman Sees Motion.
Patrolman Russell saw that the auto
didn t have any license in front, and
only a pasteboard license card purport
ing to be from, Washington Slite. on
the rear end of his car. The patrol
man promptly hopped aooard and di
rected Brock to drive to the Police
Station and explain raaltcrs.
En route, Russell glanced into the
tonneau of the car and noted that it
was covered with canvas. Something
moved under the canvas. The officer
pulled up a flap, looked under, and be
held two Chinese wrapped in blankets
and doubled up on the floor.
"This Is evidently a case for the
Government." observed the patrolman,
and after reaching the Station. Immi
gration Inspector Barbour was noti
fied. He quickly obtained confessions
from the two Chinese, ind Brock's con
fession today completed the evidence
Plan So Simple It Win.
Brock said he had met the Chinese
by arrangement with Chlng Chong
Kee, a Vancouver Chinese, at 5 o'clock
Saturday evening seven miles north of
the International boundary, on the
Pacific Highway. He walked them 10
miles across the line that night along
a by-path through the woods, and the
next day drove back with his auto
from Blaine. Wash., and took them
aboard. He said he was to deliver them
to the Hop Yick Wo Company, of Port
land, who would pay him the $400.
His method has succeeded for the
last seven months because of its sim
plicity. Nobody dreamed of looking
into an ordinary automobile for
smuggled Chinese, and his undergiound
railway was a thriving success.
DANGER AGE THOUGHT HERE
Y. M. C. A. Worker Says Spread of
Christianity Is Only Hope.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 25. "We are
living now in the most dangerous age
of the world, due to its shrinkage, be
cause of the greatly improved means
of communication," said John R. Mott,
of New York, in an address here today
before the employed officers of the
Young Men's Christian Association of
California, in Festival Hall, at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
Speaking on the subject of "The Pres
ent World Situation." Mott said that
the world situation was rendered more
complex than ever before in history be
cause of the rising tides of racialism
and nationalism that were manifesting
to themselves in all countries. He con
tended that the only thing that could
make the world a safe place to live in
was the spread of Christianity in its
purest form. The Y. M. C. A., he said,
should look on the entire world as its
field. No greater opportunity, he added,
ever would present Itself for the spread
of Christianity and for the work of
the Y. M. C. A. than is offered now.
BALFOUR MADE NAVY LORD
(Continued From Flrat Page.)
George, with the newly created port
folio of the Ministry of Munitions, re
lieves him of the responsibility of
managing the supply department, and
also A. J. Balfour's acceptance of the
Admiralty were fully expected.
The Marquis of Lansdowne. whose
health forbids work, becomes a mem
ber of the Cabinet without duties, ex
cept participating in its councils, and
Mr. Churchill's position is virtually the
same. His willingness to accept a sub
ordinate position and work for the
success-of the new government is like
ly to make him popular with the coun
try and aid his future political career.
Plea Made to Worklnsmen.
Mr. I-Joyd George and Mr. Hender
son will be especially charged with the
task of rallying the workingmen to the
government's support, and much is ex
pected of the ex-chancellor in organ
izing the country's industries.
Sir Edward Carson represents the
Ulster faction of Ireland and there is
regret that Mr. Redmond declined to
enter the Cabinet and make the repre
sentation embrace all political parties,.
The Cabinet undoubtedly includes the
strongest men in public life. i
Larry Sullivan Gets Bail.
LOS ANGELES, May 25. Lawrence
Sullivan and W. J. Danford. arrested
last week on Federal warrants, charg
ing use of the mails to promote the
operations of a lottery, were released
on bail today. A San Francisco surety
company furnished bonds of $3500 each.
EATING WHAT YOU WANT
Not to be limited in his diet but to
eat whatever he pleases without dis
comfort is the dream of every dys
peptic. Nobody can honestly promise to re
store any stomach to this happy condi
tion because all people cannot eat the
same things with equally satisfactory
results. It is literally true that "what
is one man's food is another man's poi
son." But it is possible to select a pleas
ing diet from articles of food that
cause no discomfort and it is possible
to tone up the digestive organs.
When tho stomach lacks tone there
is no quicker way to restore it than
to build up the blood. Good digestion
without rich, red blood is impossible
and Dr. Williams' Pink Pills offer the
best way to build up the blood. They
also have a direct action on the nerves
and. as the nerves cont:-l the processes
of digestion, these pills are especially
good in stomach trouble attended with
thin blood and in nervous dyspepsia.
You can begin this treatment at once
because your own druggist sells Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. Perhaps you are
not eating the right foods.-Sometimes
the very things that people eat "for
their health" are the things that hurt
them. A postal card request to the Dr.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady. N.
Y., will bring a free diet book. Write
for it tcday.
Don't Delay- Come Today to This Suit Sale
We Want Every One to Share in These Economies
. Unparalleled Response From the First
Every Tailored Suit new. this season
At Clearance Prices
Quality, material, style and tailoring these are the features cf this Suit
Sale. They are worth the attention of every woman who needs a suit. We
must urge you to delay no longer. The busy selling of the past two days
has certainly made great inroads in the number of suits placed on sale. The
assortment is still complete, but we dare not predict how much longer this
condition will last. Come Wednesday investigate for yourself. You will readily understand
then, the great success of this sale. As a concrete example of the very deep reductions, the fol
lowing price list will be of interest:
Suits to $35.00, Sale $19.45
Suits to $50.00, Sale $31.45
Suits to $30.00, Sale $18.85
Suits to $47.50, Sale $29.75
Suits to $45.00, Sale $24.95 Suits to $85.00, Sale $67.50
Suits to $40.00, Sale $21.45
Suits to $55.00, Sale $34.95
'I'M r4 KIHr
Ostrich Collars
Regular to $8.50
Special $3.95
A maker s samples, scarce
ly two alike, in rich ostrich,
black, white, colors. Beau
tiful shades, finest quality.
Klrnt Floor.
All Goods Purchased
Wednesday and the
Balance of the Month
Charged on Your
July 1st Bill
Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shopper
ionum; wotLG as,.Vjo.
nerchandise cfc. Merit Only
Pacific Phone Marshall 5000 Home Phone A GG91
Sale of Flowers and the Newest Fashion Black and White Hats
Just In by Express From New York Sent Us by Our Millinery Buyer
1000 Dozen Flowers
Selling at 50c, 60c to 85c
Special 25c
Beautiful flowers for the Summer
millinery Flowers of silk, of velvet of lin
en, in all the latest, most artistic colorings and
combinations. This wonderful assortment in
cludes roses, forget-me-not, daisies, marguerites,
in all the newest and most wanted effects for
the new flat trimmings, sprays, stick-up effects,
and single flowers for the semi-tailored hat, for
the Panama, for the dress hat. Second Floor
ill
COMBINATIONS
Of longcloth, crepe and
fine lingerie cloth
At Special Prices
Reg. $1.35 1.50 2.00 3.0V
Sale. 95c 1.19 1.59 2.29
Combination corset ' covers
and drawers, in waisted or
princess style, knicker or flat
leg drawers. . Made of extra
fine materials, trimmed with
fine embroideries, laces, edg
ings, beadings, ribbons, inser
tions and medallions. The
greatest variety of dainty new
styles, all sizes 36 to 44.
Fourth floor.
C-O-R-S-E-T
S-A-L-E
W.B. Nuform Corsets,
Regular $2 model. . $1.69
The latest Spring models for the
medium and average figures, fea
turing all the new lines, the in
- curve waist, the long hips and back,
and the medium bust line. Made
of an extra firm, durable grade
of batiste, trimmed with neat em
broidery at the top. and three pairs
of heavy hose supporters attached.
All sizes 19 to 30.
250 Milan Hemp Untrimmed Hats.
The Latest Mid-Season Fashion
Selling Regularly at $2.75, $2.50 and $1.95
Special $1.45
Black and white the fashion of the moment is porlracyed in
these new untrimmed shapes. Black crowns with while brims white
crowns and black brims all black with white edge white with black
edge are some of the many clever and most effective combinations in
this collection of hats. They are made of real hemp, unusually fine
and very pliable. Second Floor
Discontinued Models of
HALF PRICE
If you need a Summer
corset, this is your oppor
tunity. Fourth Floor
All New Spring Shades in These
Silk Boot Hose at 50c
They have just arrived, and are an unusual bargain. Made with
Jeep, pure silk boot, giving all the appearance of the all-silk .stocking,
with the added wearing qualities of their extra silk lisle tops, heels
and toes. In all staple and Spring colors now so much in demand,
in nearly every shade to match the Summer frock. First floor.
Embroideries
' For Graduation Dresses "j
For the Summer Frock !-
For fine Undergarments J PriceS
Sale
25c for 50c and 75c Hand -Loom Embroideries
1 7-inch fine Swiss
embroideries, -20-inch
terns.
Sale of Luggage
Largest Stock in City
$7.50 Seal grain bag $4.98
Three-piece bag. leather lined,
heavy corners, steel frame.
$8.00 cow hide bag $5.58
Sewed edges, leather lined, steel
frame and trimmings. All sizes.
$8.30 cow hide bag $6.68
Black cow hide, heavy sewed
corners, steel frame, leather lined,
three pockets.
$1.75 Mafia Mat. Case $1.23
$2.00 fibre suit case $1.59
Both with steel frame, iron cor
ners, inside lock and bolts.
$7.50 cow hide case $4.98
Genuine cow hide, 24-inch, two
straps all around, leather corners,
linen lined.
$9.00 cow hide case $6.95
Extra heavy, genuine cow hide,
heavy bolts and lock, shirt fold.
Basement
.JJj
TRAVE L
With a Good Trunk
Sizes. 34-in., 36-in.. 38-in.
Sale $11.00. $12.00. $13.00
Large canvas covered trunk, with
fibre binding, and center bands,
steel trimmings, two straps, two
trays, reinforced iron bottom.
$9 canvas cov'd trunk $7.50
Reinforced iron bottom, fibre
bound, two straps, steel trimming.
All Hart man trunks
HALF PRICE
liaaement
Greatest variety to choose from.
and nainsook flouncings and corset cover
crepe flouncings, worked in effective
pat-
$1.98 for45-in All-Over Embroideries to $2.50
Fine, sheer Organdie and voile, now so much in demand for
the smart lingerie "blouses and dresses. In entirely new Summer
designs to be found only at this store.
$1.49 for $2.25 Handsome Organdie Flouncings
Beautiful 27-inch flouncings. that are so well adapted to the
latest many-flounced skirts. A large collection of these fine organdies, in
floral and conventional designs, entirely new. First Floor
Garment Shields
HALF PRICE
Regular 50c quality
Sale 25 c
The famous "sleeve-on"'
shield, easy to slip on with
any waist. Made with net
sleeves, especially for Sum
mer wear. These shields are
never sold less than 50c, and
are fully guaranteed.
Flrat Floor.
To See Is to Know
To Know Is to Want
t -i j . Newest Summer models of organdie, em
WaiSIS broidered organdie, soft finished voiles, in
$1.00
tailored and lace-trimmed styles, long and
short sleeves. , Third Floor
Sale of 2000 Newest Waists
Organdie, Voile, Crepe, Lingerie, Tub Silks, Georgette Crepe, Crepe de Chine
A Wonderful Collection of Latest Styles Just Received
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Reg. $1.50-$ 1.25 Waists
Voile and Organdie
-$ 1 .23-
Reg. $2.00-$ 1.75 Waists
of Organdie and Voile
-$1.75-
Reg. $5.00-$4.00 Waists
of Silk Chiffon Lace
-$2.22-
Reg. $3.25-$3.00 Waists
Tub Silk, Crepe de Chine
$2.33-
Reg. $4.00-$3.75 Waists
of Georgette Crepe
$2.95-
Reg. $4.25-$4.00 Waists
Tub Silk, Crepe de Chine
Beautiful when closed
The FREE
Sewing Machine
(Invented and patented by XV. C.
Free)
THE FREE stands at the head of
the list on points of convenience,
light running, noiselessness. dura
bility, design and finish.
W e will bu your old Machine and
give you the highest price.
We will sell you the best machine
in the world. The FREE, and you
can pay the difference as low as
$1.00 A WEEK
Second Floor.