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THE MORNING OREGOXTAN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1915. ACTRESS AND MAN . BEATEN TO DEATH Mrs. Margaret Favar, Former ly of Portland, and Compan I ion Murdered in Memphis. BOTH BODIES ARE SLASHED Slayer 1,'ses Razor After Battering Heada "With Hammer Occupants of Building Say They Had Heard Xo JTolse. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. 2l. Evi dence of a double murder was brought to light today wlien the bodies of Mrs. Margaret favar, an actress, and a man, partially identified as J. C. Crowell, of Greenwood, Miss., were, discovered in an apartment in the residence district. The heads of both victims had been battered in with a hammer and the bodies slashed with a razor. Mrs. Favar had been engaged In preparing a benefit for a local fra ternal order. Occupants of the build ing told the police they had heard so disturbance during the night. &I.AIX WOMAX KNOWN HERE "The Little Widow in Black" Appel 11 i ion by Which Girl Was Popular. "The Little Widow in Black" ts one nppelation by 'which Miss Margaret -ddie Favar. the dancer who was found murdered In Memphis yesterday, was popularly known in Portland, where IS years ago she began her -career here under the direction of Fred T. Merrill. Miss Favar family name is Addie Kavarth. and as a girl of 14 she came with her mother from Australia to Portland to play at the Anheuser hall. Suddenly the two were left stranded and Mr. Merrill took up the training of the girl, who exhibited terpischo rean talents to fit her to make her own way. Mr. Merrill then booked her east and lost track of her until the Lewis and Clark Exposition here . in 1105, when Miss Favar surprised her old acquaintances and benefactors by appearing as the "Peacock Girl" at the Turkish village of the Exposition. She was the sensation of the village and an extra admittance charge was made whenever she appeared. She became a rpecial attraction in every way and to almost everyone who saw her colorful dance, the extra charge was "worth it.' It was while she was dancing her famous peacock creation that she met and was married to Creatore, the famous bandmaster. When Miss Favar began her dancing in Portland, one of her first appear ances after being trained by Mr. Mer rill was at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club's show. This was staged at the old Hellig Theater 17 years ago and Miss Favar did a sketch known as "Tire Little Widow in Black." daring and subtle, but a fetching number, it is recalled by old timers who attended the show. he was referred to by that title more often in those days than by her real, unpretentious family name. After leaving Portland in 1905 Miss Favar went to Florida and California, retturning to appear at the Arcadian Gardens at the Multnomah Hotel, later at the Oaks, and about six months ago on the Pantages circuit. GLARKE PAVING FINISHED PACIFIC HIGHWAY HARDSl'RFACED 1-HOM VANCOUVER-TO L.A CENTER. Vtork Completed 40 Days Ahead of Contract and Effort firing Made to End Other Operations Soon. OLYMFIA, Wash., Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) The completion of the Clarke County section of the Pacific Highway by the General Construction Company, of Spokane, 40 days ahead of the time ' scheduled in the contract has been ac companied by announcement of the state highway department that espe cial . efforts will be made to rush to early completion work on other parts of this highway. The Clarke County section extended 7i miles, from the end of the' present paving nortli of Vancouver to a short distance south of La Center. The state is following up the contractors work with a force account crew, which is (traveling the new road. Chief Engineer -Allen, of the high way department, announced today tnat orders had been given for the use of two eight-hour shifts on concrete work rn the Waterfront road section of the Pacific Highway in Skagit and What com Counties to make certain the open ing of this section by November 1. . Governor Lister also is Insisting that November 1 should see the opening of the new Lacey-Nisqually section of the highway between Tacoma and Olympia, eliminating the dangerous Nisqually hill, scene of two bad . auto mobile accidents last week. The old Walker mountain road on the Olympic Highway south of Quil cene has been eliminated by comple tion thlS(Week of a new section. The old road, with heavy gra'des and hair pin turns, was even more dangerous than the Nisrjually hills, but both heavy grades and sharp curves have been eliminated on the new route. PORTLAND BIDDER WINS HOY A.JOHN-AKXOI.D COMPANY TO BlILD FEKBI.E-MIXUED SCHOOL. ing will consist of three stories and basement. 77 by 130 leet, fireproof con. struction of brick Tvith paving brick and terra cotta trimming. Plans pre pared by D. Nicholls. of Vancouver, and Julius Zittel. of Spokane, were declared recently by superintendents of blind schools In their annual convention at San Francisco to provide for the bes type of building for the education of the blind yet devised. Plumbing and heating contracts for both institutions were held in abeyance temporarily. THREE ARE IN MURDER NET Two 'Men and Woman Arrested in Case of Killings on Train. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Sept. 21. Two. men and one woman are held in the Skagit county jail in connection with the murder of three passengers on a Great Northern' train near this city on the night of February 20, 1914. George Brooks, a real estate broker of this city, and D. J. Hennessey, formerly a Great Northern railroad man, are sus pected of the crime, and Mrs. H. Pearce, who is in Jail with them. Is charged with aiding a criminal with knowledge of his guilt. Brooks, whose movements had been followed since the night of the hold-l up ana muraer, is aiiegea 10 nave gone to the home of Mrs. Pearce, in this -ity, after the crime was committed, an 1 re mained there until public interest in the affair subsided. He regained in Bellingham until taken into custody. The woman was arrested near Pendle ton Or., Sunday, and taken to Mount Vernon last night. UNION HIGH SCHOOL OPEN Sandy Bank Keturning Notes Given for Hailroad Extension Bonus. SANDY, Or., Sept. 21. (Special.) The Union High School opened here with 21 pupils in attendance. These came from the following districts: Sandy, Majorie Adams. Beatrice Beers, Sabra Deaton, Kate Junker, Florence Lamoreaux, Frances Meinig, Gertrude Meinig, Gertrude Metinig, Gladys Mitchell, Ned Mitchell, Ruth Revenue; Cherryville, Dorothy and George Coup er. Mate Moore, Raymond Murray and Mildred Rough; Dover, Carrie DeShazer and Lula Roberts; Bull Run, Ralph Ganger; Kelso, Lillie Jonsrud; Firwood, Ruby Wilkins. Clackamas County Bank is returning notes given to make up the S5J00 bonus to induce the Mount Hood Railroad to Sandy, which was not built. MILWAUKIE SCHOOL GAINS Manual Training nd Domestic Sci ence Classes Keep Growing. MILWAUKIE, Or., Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) Including students of the hiarh school department and pupils of the grammar grades, the enrollment in the Milwaukie School today is 275. which is a 20 per cent increase over the enroll ment of last year. In the high school classes there are 59 pupils, many of whom come from outside districts. The two manual training and domes tic science departments are constantly increasing. In the domestic science department there are two classes in sewing, one in cooking and two in mil linery. Miss Beatrice Jeffreys has charge of . domestic science and S. S. Chambers has charge of the manual department. Including Principal Goetz the district employs 16 teachers. CHEMAWA PUPILS ABSENT Girls' CInb Cans 9000 Gallons of Fruit and Vegetables. CHEMAWA, Or., Sept. 21. (Special.) With many or the 650 pupils of the Indian school absent at rollcall this morning, school was opened for the year. The missing pupils are. for the most part residents of Alaska, or are employed in the fisheries there. Canning operations have been going on by the girls' club, composed of 170 members, who have put up 2000 gallons of tomatoes under the direction of County Agriculturist Chapin. Other things canned have been 2000 gallons of fereen corn, 2000 gallons of string beans and more than 3000 gallons of fruit, all of which grew in the school gardens. - Contract for Structure at Scnool for Blind, Vancouver, Awarded to Tacoma Man for $5K,G5-t. OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept. 21 (Spe cial.) Boyajohn-Arnold Company, of Portland, lowest of 20 bidders, today was awarded, on a tender of $277,000, the contract for the construction of a new group ' of six buildings for the State Institution for Feeble-Minded near Medical Lake. The new structures, an administra tion building, custodian building, twe ward buildings, with a capacity of SO each, laundry and power-house, are io be erected on a new site, a mile and one-half from the lake, and upon their completion buildings on the lake shore will be turned over to the adjoinir. Eastern Hospital for the Insane. The new buildings are to be brick fireproof construction with reinforced cement floors. - The contract for the construction of the new school building for the State School for the Blind at Vancouver was awarded today to S. C. Erickson, of Tacoma, on a bid of $58,654. This build WIDOW ADOPTS MINISTER Rev. A. C. Black&tone, of Ashland, Is Made Heir in $100,000 Estate. ASHLAND, Or., Sept.' 2K (Special.) Rev. Arthur R. Blackstone. pastor of the Baptise Church here, has been adopted by a wealthy widow. Mrs. Aurelia Ferguson, and made her heir. His benefactress estate is reckoned at $100,000 or more. The minister retains the name of Blackstone. He is a young man with a family and has filled the pastorate lor more than a year, coming here from central New York. To forestall criticism, Mr. Blackstone announced the fact of his adoption from his pul pit recently. It is understood that necessary papers have been made out and that the will of his benefactress has been rewritten. LOUIE HING TRIAL RENEWED Ruling in Murder Case Is Reversed in Favor of CJiinese. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 22! (Special.) The Supreme Court today in an 'opinion by Justice Harris, reversed Circuit Judge Davis, of Multnomah- County, and remanded for a new trial the case of Louie Hing, a Portland Chinese, con victed of manslaughter for the alleged killing of Lum Fong. The court held in error the introduction of an uncerti fied paper which purported to show that Hing when arraigned gave his name as Gung Shing. Certain character-testimony also was adjudged in admissible. Hing was indicted for murder in the second degree following the killing of Lum Fog in March. 1913. The jury returned a manslaughter verdict Aberden Asks Commerce Tectnres. ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) Steps to obtain commercial courses from the extension bureau of the University of Washington are be ing taken by the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce. The subjects will embrace commercial law. credits and collec tions, selling and business methods and several phases of accounting. A course in dramatic literature was operated here last Winter with success. More New Fur Trimmings : -All lined, or turned and bound, making a very even trimming, from 1 to 4 inches wide and from 75c to $10.00 yard. Coney in black, white and brown, skunk, skunk opossum, beaver, mink, mole, bear, mufflon, Ice land fox, ermine, sable, blue fox.' First Floor Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shoppers CTfVI lift WolXa CX9 V: HCttt Merchandise effe Merit Only" o. Pacific Phone Marshall 5000 Home Phone A 6691 Pictorial Review Patterns For the Winter Season of 1915 feature all the advanced modes in fact. Pictorial Review Fashions are always at least a month ahead of other fashions. Another feature is that Picto rial Review Patterns are the only patterns with in structions and cutting guides, which come with every pattern. Second Floor $35 Will Purchase One of the Smartest New Fur-Trimmed Tail ored Suits i ando beautifully tailored, of such ele gant quality of broadcloth and fash ioned in such an advanced style that you will wonder' at the price. And in colors we feature only the rev shades of ,navy, brown and," of 1 i v course, a rich black. The jacket has the very latest high collar or rur and cuffs of fur to ma.tch, belted style and wide, braid-trimmed", with a band of black silk braid around the skirt at the top of the deep hem. Third Floor The Untrimmed Hats Of Black Velvet With Taffeta Binding on Cronn and Brim Something Entirely Neiv In small, medium and large shapes, in turbans, model tilted up in the back, rolling side brims and straight sailor styles. Special $2.95 Third Floor $1.00 New Brassieres for 59c Hook-Front and Cross-Back Styles., Made of fine cambric, having wide lace trimming at the top and bottom with V-shape front and back, reinforced under the arms. In sizes 34 to 46. The best style and the best quality in brassieres that we have offered. Supply your needs while the assortments are com ' plete. Fourth Floor Women Planning New Dresses and Gowns Should Become Acquainted With This Wonderful Corset Not a single ripple of complaint has marred the career of the Modart Corset since it made its appearance in our Corset Department. Rather the faultless accuracy of the lines of supreme comfort for all waists and dimen sions have occasioned most enthusiastic pref erence for the Modart front-laced. The Modart is made in styles for all fig uresthe slight, medium or stout the new Fall models are in and are more exquisite and beautiful than ever before. Fourth Floor r.w us? &t Autumn Blouses of Striped Crepe de Chine Special $3.95 Stripes are the newest thing for this season's wear, and these' blouses are particularly smart,- with their fancy stripings in many color com binations. Made in attractive tailored style, with collar that buttons up in mili tary style, or, if preferred, may be worn open at the neck, finished with white ivory buttons. The back is plain, and the front made with yoke effect. Long sleeves, finished with deep turned-back cuffs. Third Floor NEW WOOL JERSEY Sweater Coats Special $8.85 In the Latest Colors, Emer ald, Rose and New Blue These sweaters can be worn now and all through the Winter. Made in a new model, with high turned collar, fastened with pearl buttons. Finished with long sash, with silk tassel and two large pockets. Made of a very fine quality of all-wool Jersey, soft and warm. Third Floor New Tailored Skirts VERY SPECIAL At $5.45 Of Hairline Serge Of Blacfc Duchess Satin Fashionable Black Silks -A Sale- The very silks now most in demand new, old-fashioned silks; silks in the most exquisite weaves, silks hat produce the new 1915 silhouette. Designed and woven to sell at the higher prices. Now here the best special purchase we have presented. BLACK CHARMEUSE . Regular $1.50 quality, full 42 inches wide, sale, $1.19. BLACK CREPE METEOR Regular $3.00 quality, full 44 inches wide, sale, $2.58. BLACK SILK MESS ALINE Regular $1.00 quality, full 36 inches wide, sale, 79c. BLACK TAFFETA SILK Regular $1.25 quality, full 36 inches wide, sale, 79c. BLACK CREPE DE CHINE Regular $1.25 quality, full 40 inches wide, sale, 98c. Secnad Floor Join Our Dress Form Club Have a more extensive, less expensive wardrobe than you've ever worn before. Every woman who owns a sewing machine needs a dress form yes. whether or not you own a machine, you should own a dress form to have your clothes fitted over, thus saving you time and strength. Choose Any Dress Form at $4.00 or More Paying $2.00 Down and $1.00 a Week Two styles as illustrated. The skirt of fine hairline serge, or fancy gray mixture, is in flaring style, with side-tailored pockets and fastened down front with bone but tons, gathered at the back and fin ished with separate tailored belt. The new three-tiered, accordion pleated skirt is of black Duchess sat in, of a very fine, heavy quality. Made with high waistline and fin ished with belt effects.-Third Floor )ur Dress Form Section is now located on the second floor, near the Pictorial Review Pattern Counter, and to introduce this section we are now featuring a most Important Sale of Over 200 Dress Forms NEW 1915 $2.00 BUST FORMS FOR $1.49 Made of papier mache covered with black Jersey cloth, featuring the long hips. In sizes 32 to 44 inches. Kumpacht Complete Dress Form for $4.50 , Regulation bust, with collapsible skirt and stand, all complete. The skirt is collapsible and can be stored in a small space when not in use. Sizes 32 to 44 inches. SEPARATE FORM STANDS FOR $1.50 Can be adjusted to any height in two parts with four-prong base. The Model Adjustable Form The simplest adjustable form made, having no screws to adjust simply pull part to desired size; in 4 sections, 8, 1 2 and I 6 sections. Ask to see them demonstrated. $10.00 Form, 4-section. . . .$6.75 $15.00 Form, 8-section. . .$10.00 $18.50 Form, 12-section. . . $12.50 $20.00 Form, Id-section . . .$15.50 HALL-BORCHERT DRESS FORM, 28 SEC TIONS, ADJUSTABLE, FOR $17.50 The most perfect fitting form can even be adjusted for full skirts. ' Second Floor CREDIT IS APPROVED Investment Bankers Take Business View of Loans. AMERICA'S CHANCE COMING Iwis Banks Show Prosperity. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sent. 21. Spe cial.) The 12 Lewis County banks.- at the close of business September 2, showed total deposits of J2.384. 270.15 which is a substantial increase over the June deposits. As a result of the last statement the Field & Lease Bank of this city, moved into fourth place among the county banks. YOUR WATCH repaired for ONE DOLLAR tomorrow. FRIEDLANTJER'S. 310 Washington, bet. 6th and 6th. Adv. Opportunity Declared at Hand for Nation to Become Creditor In stead of Debtor as Result of Present Situation. DENVER, Sept. 21. A resolution ap proving the extension' of foreign credit wholly as a matter of business and In dorsing: the neutrality policy of the Xational Administration was adopted unanimously by the Investment Bank ers' Association of America in con vention here today. The resolution was introduced by V. It. Compton. of St. Louis, chairman of the special committee on agricul tural credits. It declared that the op portunity for the United States to be come a creditor instead of a debtor Nation as a result of the present inter national financial situation should not be overlooked. Korclfc Demand Averts Crisis.- The resolutions set forth that a year ago this country "faced a financial and industrial crisis of an almost unparal leled nature, which has so far been averted by the enormous foreign de mand for the products of America's farms and factorles."- "The continuance of this demand," the resolution continues, "and the con tinued prosperity of the country can only be assured by the providing of foreign credits in settlement f a trade balance estimated at more than $1,000, 000.000. The refusal of such credits will not reduce the volume of exports demanded by military necessity, but will seriously curtail the shipment of agricultural products, of textiles and of other manufactured goods for ordi nary use." l'urrhaae of Securities Advised, Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of 'foreign and domestic commerce, urged the purchase 'of foreign securi ties by American investors as a means of increasing the strength of the United States in the ncld of world finance. This policy, the speaker declared, would serve to meet the present insist ent demands of European belligerents for funds and place the United .States in a position to be benefited perma nently at the close of the war. Dr. Pratt said, however, that he doubted the wisdpm of making loans to foreign nations "for destructive pur. poses." "I am merely raising the querry." he said, "whether it is sound economic principle to lend our money to our best customers to enable them to de stroy one another, when we might at least be using a portion of that capital in ueveiop tnose countries, which, al though now not our best customers, are Ukejy to become good customers." i : BRITISH PREPARE TARIFF HContinued From First Page.) of the measures he was to recommend. "I must ask tne House of Commons," he said, "to sanction great aiid un precedented burdens. I am confident that if the proposed taxes are assented to by the House they will be accepted by the country." Mr. McKenna said the revenue for the current year would be 1212 000 000 and the expenditure f 1,590. Ono.o'no. ' "Our national wealth Is great," he continued, "and this debt will not crip ple our resources, but we must not overlook the strain which such an ex penditure will impose on our sources of supply. It will be necessary to bor row again." Dally Expenditures Increasing;. Referring to the gigantic total of expenditures, the Chancellor said the navy was costing 190,000.000 and the army 715.000,000. The country also had to bear external advances amounting to 423.000.000. The total daily rate of expeditures would be upward of 4. 500.000 and in the latter part of the year might rise to 5.000.000. Ordinary services, he said, absorbed 170,000,000, excluding the army and navy, but including provisions for the national debt. "There is no record of a nation hav ing voluntarily accepted a burden bear ing so high a proportion to the total national income for which provision has to be made In a single year," he Bald. The new taxation he had to pro pose, he said, would satisfy neither the strict free-trader nor the scien tific tariff reformer. He pointed out it was necessary to impose a tax with? out regard to the permanent effect on trade. Imports must be restricted. "If by taxation we can restrict im ports, reduce consumption and bring revenue." he continued, "we shall have found an ideal finance system." 1 Income Tax Main Standyby. As is usual with British Chancel lors, the main standby of Mr. McKenna was the income tax.' He proposed, he said, to add 40 per cent to the existing income tax rate, combined with im proved machinery for assessing em ployes and relieving cases in which there has been a falling off in income of more than 10 per cent In addition to reducing the exemption limit from 160 to 130. a far-reaching alteration was proposed, permitting payments by half-yearly installments. For employes of all descriptions both the assesment and the collection ire to be quarterly. The effect of theso changes for the present' yar. the Chan cellor estimated, will be to bring in 11.274.000 and for the full fiscal year 37.400.000. MAN IN ZEPPELIN FALLS Ilody Kound "Somewhere in Enf land," Badly Mangled. LONDON". Sept. 21. One member of the crew of the Zeppelin concerned In the most recent raid on London either fell or was blown from' the car. an'l his body was mangled beyond recog nition "somewhere in England,' says the Daily Express. The paper asks whether this ex plains the reported death of Dr. Sticker, widely known in Germany for his re searches in aeronautics. HOW TO READ A BANK REPORT , (No. 4 of a Series.) UNDIVIDED PROFITS , ijrTi akit ' In our former advertisements, you noted the LUMBERMENS NATIONAL BANK .... - - , . , , of Portland first two forms Of Capital: At ao8e of Business September 2, 1915. "Capital,", the foundation fund contributed r ' ASSETS.' by the Stockholders. ' U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation .$ 250,000.00 .(0 , ,, . . . ., U. S. Bonds to Secure U. S. Deposits 75,000.00 " Surplus, the subsequent earnings of the Premium on U. s. Bonds 2o;s75.oo bank itself. - Stock in Federal Reserve Bank y 36,000.00 The remaining form of Capital is " Undivided eal Estate . . .. . .. 0 ... . Furniture and Fixtures 52,600.00 FrOtltS. . Industrial Bonds 53,445.19 In reality, this item is merely the most re- Time Loans and Discounts 3,203,296.11 cent Surplus, which is kept separate on the Call Loans and Commercial Paper $ 7If J5f f . . , , ,, , , . Municipal Bonds 1,143,4 8.98 , books' to indicate more closely the bank s Five Per Cent Fund 12,500.00 progress. . Cash on Hand and in Banks 1,627,347.96 3,559,050.24 Like " Capital " and "Surplus " this item of Total , .17,253,092.87 " Undivided Profits " is a source' of protection , LIABILITIES. , ., u 11 ii. j- j Capita! t 81,000,000.00 to depositors, for all three funds must be con- surplus ; 200,000.00 sumed before the depositors can suffer the Undivided Profits 45031.01 slightest loss. rc-,ilation,T- : ; ' 250,000.00 T , ,. , , . Dividends Unpaid 624.00 In our new advertisement (Thursday) we Deposits , 5.7S7.437.S6 shall consider "Cash Means or Reserves." Total $7253)92.87 lumbermens Natsomal. Bank FIFTH AND STARK