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THE 'MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY,- SEPTE3IBER 27, 1015. VALUABLE TRADE IS FAST SLIPPING AWAY Editor of Hon!u!u Paper Shows Japanese Domination in Pacific. NOTE OF WARNING SOUNDED Movement Started la Hawaii to Me morialize Congress for Kepeal ot Coastwise Shipping Lair Sea man's Law Brings Crisis. and dangerous position if the traffic between Honolulu and the Pacific Coast ports of Portland. San Francisco and Seattle Bhould pas into the hands of foreign shippers operating vessels under foreign flags. That is what the laws would mean, and that is apparent ly what the seamen's law already has done to the traffic between the Philip pines and the mainland of the United States. "I am not in a position to say that the seamen's law is the 'source of all our difficulties. I - can Only observe one of its first results, and it is ob vious that something must be done to counteract its ill effects or supple ment its good features. We need a clear-cut policy for the upbuilding of the American merchant marine if we are to continue to do business and hold our own beyond the three-mile limit of the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts." TELEPHONE LEAK FOUND ELDERLY SUBSCRIBER USES RE CEIVER TO HOLD HER KXITTIXG. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Sept. 26. "Japanese domination of the commerce of the Pacific is a cer tainty unless the United States awakens from its slumbers and makes an ag gressive fight for this valuable trade." This is the prediction of Wallace R. Farrington, of Honolulu, who is in Washington on a visit after 23 years passed in the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Farrington is the editor of the Star Bulletin, of Honolulu, and for almost a quarter of a century has been a close student of the Orient and knows inti mately the Oriental, and consequently is able to speak authoritatively. He is anything but a jingo, but in plain language he sounds a warning of Jap anese aggressive tactics for the domi nation of the Pacific trade that spells oblivion for the future of the United States merchant marine unless the Gov ernment gets busy immediately. Hawaii's especial interest in trans Pacific trade i3 made plain by Mr. Far rington in an authorized interview, which follows. He said: Hawaii Vitally Interested. "Hawaii is vitally interested in the National programme which Is to be de veloped for placing an American mer chant marine worthy of the name on ell oceans, more especially the Pacific. Being an outpost of the Nation in the Pacific, we of Hawaii are in a position immediately to feel the efects of and fense the far-reaching crisis resulting from the withdrawal of the Pacific Mail steamships. This came as a result of the conclusion of the owner of that pteamship company that they could not operate the line under the new sea men's law which goes into effect on No vember 1. It is a terrific blow to Hawaii, and even a greater blow to the future of American shipping and the development of American commerce in th Pacific and with the nations border ing on the Pacific. . 'Since these ships were actually with drawn I have recalled a conversation with Captain Robert Dollar at the time tie arrived in Honolulu in company with a delegation of Chinese financial and commercial leaders who recently made a tour of the mainland of the United States. Captain Dollar, at a dinner given the party by the Honolulu Cham ber of Commerce, told of a talk he re cently had with a leader in the Japan ese commercial world. This Japanese gentleman asked Captain Dollar to ex plain to him the terms of the new sea men's law. This the Captain did in detail. The Japanese, after reflecting a few moments, said: 'It seems impos sible, indeed impossible. Now we will certainly control the Pacific From present indications that is ex actly the conditions we are facing in the Pacific. Shortly after I left Hono lulu a movement was started in the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce to memorialize Congress for the repeal or the coastwise shipping law insofar as it relates to Hawaii. What Result Bound to Be Told. "It can be readily understood why euch a movement would secure an en thusiastic following if the citizens of Hawaii were prompted entirely by mer cenary motives. The withdrawal of the Pacific Mail boats means that we lose five of the best American liners and four steamers a month calling at Hono lulu. Under the coastwise shipping law we cannot travel between Honolulu and the mainland ports on chips flying for eign flags except by paying $200 fine into the United States Treasury. The natural thing, therefore, for the people to do when five American shins ara withdrawn would be to appeal for the suspension of this law. unless there were other important factors to be taken into consideration. The import ant factor is that the suspension of the coastwise law would, in the estimation of a great many well-informed people, result in the. Japanese steamers taking practically "all the business between Honolulu and the mainland of the United States. They would go in to get this busi ness and in this activity they un questionably would have the support of their Government. American steam ships would find their passenger traffic unprontaole and would withdraw. "Consequently, it is to the credit of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, made up of the large and small busi ness factors, that the members, at a largely-attended meeting, voted down the proposal to request the suspension of the coastwise laws. That means that loyalty to American interests in the Pa cific is a live'issue among the business men of the territory of Hawaii. We are not afraid of the Japanese in the sense of fearing them as an enemy, but it is folly to shut our eyes to the fact that Japanese interests are aggressive com petitors of Americans in that part of the world. "We, in the outpost of the Pacific. are in daily and hourly touch with the forces that are operating to determine, in one way or another, the power that shall dominate the commerce of the Pa cific. I have read with much interest the statement of Senator Saulsbury that tne idea or ever having any ufTi culty with Japan Is all humbug. agree with his point of view insofar as it has to do with the good inten tionss of the present-day leader of Japan. On the other hand, it is use less to make light of the fact that our friendship with the Japanese is that of the friendship between competitors. Japaaeae Are Ambltlena. "The Japanese are ambitious and ag gressive. Japanese business leaders and the Japanese government are working continually to extend the power of the nation and, in fact, to control the com ' mcrce of the Pacific, to say nothing of the Oriental territory bordering on the Pacific. Our general disposition is to expect to retain the power without being aggressive. The natural result of such policy is likely, to be that we shall be backed on tne map ana wake up some day to a realization of our fol lies. Then it is possible that we will decide that we shall have to fight to regain ground lost by lack of fore- eight. "The merchant ships of the United 1 f-tates ought' to be the leading car riers of trade on the Pacific Ocean. We must have the ships if we expect to keep control of our connections with the naval and military, to say nothing of the commercial outposts of our coun try. I do not pretend to be an expert on the subject of what form of legisla tion will best develop our merchant marine. But I have had some experi ence as an observer of the course of events in the Pacific. We cannot hold our prestige by sitting tight and letting Nature take its course. Certainly, the country would be in a most ridiculous Company Willingly Provides Old ln tmment so Jamesport Sab acribera Get Service. JAMESPORT. L. I., Sept. 20. A mys tery which, has developed half of the telephone . subscribers of Jamesport into reluctant detectives has been definitely solved and those who speak over the lines of the Jamesport Tele phone Company can hear answers as clear as the human voice from the other end of the frequently mute wires. This situation is new and there's a' reason. Up to two months ago the telephone service ot Jamestown was entirely tolerable. Of course, there were times when a curious subscriber would take off a receiver to find out a scrap of in formation about some beloved creditor. but in the main a person talking over the sagging lines was likely to get something in the way of an answer. Lately, however, a person might as well open a window and scream in the direction of the quarry as to attempt to talk to him by telephone. All that has romped back over the wires for weeks has been a faint gurgle and an electric song. The things that the sub scribers said in their own homes while standing with a non-receiving receiver have been eloquent but in bad form. Finally, every one in town got to dis cussing the mystery and cussing the telephone company out. Complaints piled up to the roof of the. local tele phone office, and the manager, placing his hat upon a worried brow, went out to talk in heart to heart Cashion with everyone along the line. Every sub scriber swore that he never, in any circumstances took a receiver off un less he was about to talk to someone else. No one would admit doing the slightest thing to "gum" the wires. The records were looked into then. and it was found that at about the time the difficulty with the service began a new subscriber, who, incidentally, was a very old woman, had a telephone in stalled. The telephone force decided to center their efforts on her home. There, they wero convinced, the trou ble rested. Two inspectors went to her home and asked her all about how she used the telephone. She explained that she used it to talk through and to listen through, but that the listening had been pretty weak. They want away, held a crafty conversation and re turned. They peeked through the win dow of the old lady's dining-room and saw her knitting a sock. She sat near the telephone instrument and the sock was wrapped about the receiver, which was off the book. They rang the bell. accused the woman, and she admitted all. They hurried to the telephone of fice, got an old receiver, suitable for knitting work, and now Jamesport folks are using the telephone and getting results. W.C.T.U. CONVENES Women Oppose High School Military Drill. ORGANIZATION IS STRONG AUTO BANDITS ARE DARING New Xork Cashier Beaten Robbed Before Crowfl. and NEW YORK, Sept. 26. One -of the most daring of the numerous holdups by automobile bandits that have taken place in this city in the last year, oc curred today when three men sprang from ar automobile to a crowded side walk, blackjacked Charles Fried, a cashier, until he was unconscious. snatched a satchel containing $2000 in cash, and sped away. The robbery occurred on First ave nue, between Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth streets. The holdup was carried out with so much daring and speed that no attempt was made to in tercept the robbers. DULUTH, Sept. 2 S. L. Reichert. treasurer of the Duluth Street Railway Company, was robbed of $1600 in cur rency today irk a First National Bank elevator. Of three men believed by the police to have participated in the rob bery, one was captured. He denies the theft. He gave his address as Omaha, and name as Ralph II. Miller. Members Will Fill Pulpits Today of Methodist Ministers Away at Conference Sessions Are to Continue. . What -vas held by the delegates to have been the greatest of all Multno mah eounty conventions of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held Saturday at the Central Methodist Church. The meeting was begun at 9:30 and was representative of 22 unions in the county, whose presidents told of the work of the past year In their several sections. Mrs. W. L. Han son, the superintendent, gave her views on military training in the schools. "We should protest strenuously against the introduction of such a system in the public schools. It is high time that we were awakening to this fact," she said. The devotional services that opened .the convention were led by Mrs. Esther Frankhouser. Next on the programme came the presentation of the prizes to the victors of the temperance essay contest. This contest is conducted annually by the union. "The Effect of Afbohol on the Nervous System" was this year's subject. The winners were Margaret Saundress, of the Sellwood School, and Jeanette Tefnon, of the Stephens School. The prizes were awarded by Mrs. G. L. Buland. Prin ciple S. H. Morgan, of the Sellwood School, spoke. Drill Protest Approved. After the union reports, the memorial service and the mid-day prayer were held and the delegates enjoyed a lunch eon. A number of informal discussions and propositions were taken up dur ing this time. All through the lunch eon and during the day the various Woman's Christian Temperance Union members were in continual accord with Mrs. Hanson on the idea of making public their protect against the Intro duction of military training in the schools. On the afternoon programme were the reports of the committees and of the secretary and treasurer. Lloyd Ough. of district 35. whose essay re ceived honorable mention, read his composition. A musical programme fol lowed. The annual county election resulted in the re-election of Mrs. Mattie Sleetn as president: The other officers are: Vice-president at large. Mrs. . Ward Swop: recording secretary. Mrs. Mil dred Hansen; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Kachel Kelly; treasurer, Mrs. James M. Donaldson. Gold Medal Awarded. Last night a programme was given and the gold medal contest held. Miss Irene Hollendback, of Lents, gave "Only Cider," and bore off the medal. A large number of contestants spoke, and the whole programme was enthu siastic. Arthur Lynn sang a number or scotch songs. D. MacClaren ad dressed the assemblage. An unusual feature will be noted In the programme for today. The Metho dist ministers are attending the con ference at Roseburg, and their pul pits will be occupied by Woman's Christian Temperance Union women. At the Central Methodist Church Mrs. Mattie B. Sleeth will speak. "How Can the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union Aid in the Enforcement of Prohibition Law?" will be Attorney General Brown's talk at 3 o'clock. He will be followed by District Attorney Evans, who will speak on "Can the Prohibition Law Be Enforced In Mult nomah County?" 'In the evening. "The Work of the Toung People's Branch" will be taken up. Talks and music by the choir will complete the programme. The work of the association it has been found at this convention, has been thorough ly successful during the past year. lie ports show that the membership, as well as the number of people who are interested in the cause, has increased greatly during 1914 and 1915. This afternoon's session will begin at 3 o'clock and will be open to the public. Mrs. Lillian Downing will have charge of tbeevening session. COUPLE SLAIN IN COTTAGE Former Banker and His AVife Beaten and House Burned Over Them. PRINCETON, Wis., Sept. 2 6. The bodies of Captain Robert Mueller, ex- teller of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, an officer of the vV isconsin National Guard and a member of the Governor's staff, and his wife., were found among the smouldering ruins of their Summer cottage at Puckaway Lake, Wis., today. When the bodies, barely touched by the flames, had been removed from the wreckage it was discovered that the heads of both Captain Mueller and his wife had been beaten in. Gashes and cuts were found on the scalp and face or each. No friends or acquaintances of the couple could Imagine any reason for the slaying. BULGARIANS SMUGGLED IN Arrest Follows Bringing of 80 0 From Canada to United States. TOLEDO, O., Sept. 26. Charged -with smuggling 800 or more Bulgarians from Windsor. Ont., to Detroit, then to To ledo, Mike Tonoff. a Bulgarian, was arrested here today by Government of ficers. The arrest followed affidavits made by some of the men brought across. J The call received from Washington ordering 100 Bulgarian officers to re port at New York preparatory to re turning to their foreign country brought about the expose of Tonoff's alleged activities, the officers say. MICHIGAN HEADS WARSHIPS Efficiency Ratings for 1915 Are An nounced by Xavy Department. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. The United States battleship Michigan led all other vessels of the battleship class for bat tle efficiency in 1915, according to an announcement Saturday by the Navy Department. The battleship Texas was second and the Georgia third. INFANT DIES0N TRAi:j Xolse and Excitement Thought Fatal to Five-Months-Old Babe. SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Noise and excitement incident to travel are believed to have snapped the life thread of Joseph Iceland Rog ers, aged 6 months, on a Spokane, Port land &s Seattle train Saturday morning. Although not hearty it showed no signs of illness on being laid on a seat by hls mother, but was lifeless when picked up afew minutes later, about 14 miles from the city. The parents of the child, Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Rogers, were on the way from Portland. Or., to Alberta. The coroner found that death resulted from natural causes. important factor, and another consid eration is the fact that less fertility is removed from the soil than when the crops themselves are sold. In one experiment conducted on the farm hogs were kept on alfalfa pas ture at the rate of 1815 pounds of live weight to the acre and given in addi tion a ration of two pounds of shelled corn for each 100 pounds of live weight. They were kept on the alfalfa 121 days, gaining in the course of this time 457.5 pounds. They were sold for 7 cents a pound, corn costing at the same place $1.70 per 100 pounds. Tak ing these prices as a basis, the net re turn on the acre from the hogs was 141.44. At the average yield of alfalfa hay to the acre, this means that the hogs paid $11.23 a ton for the alfalfa they consumed. The local market price of alfalfa hay was only $4.50 a ton. The experiment was continued by turning four hogs from the alfalfa, on September 22, into corn and leaving them there until all the corn was con sumed. This required 20 days, during which period the hogs made a total gain of"-145.5 pounds. At 7 cents a pound this worked out - as $40.72 an acre for the corn, or $1.17 a bushel. DEATH-AUTO DRIVER FREED Second Jury Exonerates but Repri mands Man for Lad's Death. "Not guilty, with a severe repri mand," was the verdict returned by a Jury in Circuit Judge Gantenbein's court Saturday in the case of Fred Skogseth. charged with involuntary manslaughter. Skogseth was driving a truck which on December 7, 1914. ran down and killed Russell Ward, aged 11, at Will iams avenue and Killingsworth street. Once before a Jury in Judge Gatens' court had convicted Skogseth. On a technicality a new trial was granted and yesterday he was acquitted. Russell Ward, the only son of his widowed mother, was -skating on the pavement when the truck.' which, ac cording to the testimony, was on the wrong side of the street, struck and killed him. BANK SUES, LOSES $820 Jury Favors Defendants on Evidence of Fncredited Deposits. OREGON CITT, Or., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Instead of obtaining a verdict, the State Bank of Tenlno. Wash., the plaintiff in a suit against Frank and Leo Polehn. was ordered to pay $820.63 to the defendants. The bank sued to collect on a series of notes totaling $3000. The Polehns introduced evidence that they deposited more than $3000 in the bank six years ago which never was credited to their account. Testimony was introduced. showing that W. D. Hayes, the cashier of the bank, accepted the money and put it in tne bank to his own credit. Later the bank went into the hands of a receiver and Hayes and the presi dent were prosecuted on a charge of ac cepting deposits when they knew the bank to be insolvent. MISS TURNER IMPROVING Woman Who 'Tried to End Life by Jump Still in Serious Condition. Miss Edna Turner, the young woman who leaped from a window on the fourth floor of the Fliedner building, Eleventh and Washington streets, Fri day morning in an attempt to commit suicide, showed an improvement at the Good Samaritan Hospital Saturday and some hope for her recovery was enter tained. The nature of the internal in juries received by the young woman from her drop of 50 feet have not yet been determined, but they are believed to be ot a serious nature Miss Turner Saturday told the at tendants that her folks lived in Louisi ana, and that she had a brother in Rochester, Wash., but she did not wish him notified because of his large family and the desire not to make him any expense. HOGGING DOWN PROFITABLE Alfalfa and Corn Made to Yield Good Returns at Belle Fourclie. WASHINGTON, D C, Sept. 20. A marked increase ln,the amount of live stock on the Bella Fourche. South Da kota reclamation project is shown in a recent report of the United States De partment of Agriculture's experiment rarm on that project. The tendency, says this report, is to feed more and more of the farm crops and to sell live stock products. Pasturing hogs on al falfa and hogging corn are coming into favor. The results of experiments con ducted on the Government farm indi cate that this is a decidedly profitable way of marketing alfalfa and corn. The small amount of labor involved is an WRONG RAILWAY IS SUED Action to Collect $7500 Damages for Death Begnn at Oregon City. OREGON CITT, Or., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Probably through a mistake of an attorney, the Willamette Valley Southern is named defendant in a suit filed to collect damages for the death of F. C. Woods, who died as a result of Injuries received when hit by a train between Rupert and Risley sta tions on the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company's line between Ore gon City and Portland on July 10. 1915. G. B. Woods, who brings the suit as administrator for the estate of F. C. Woods, asks for $7500. High grass is said to have prevented Woods from looking down the track to see the approaching train. WAR ORDERS EXPECTED Munitions and Submarine Contracts May Come to Portland. Portland yet may become the center for some of the activity due to the con struction of war equipment and war material for the belligerent armies in Europe, as recent reports indicate that the Willamette Iron & Steel Company is about to land a big contract not only for shells, but for submarines. B. C. Ball, president and general manager of the company, who is re puted to be in Europe seeking contracts of this kind, is expected home soon. While he has reported no progress In his mission since the first announce ment of his absence in The Oregonian a few weeks ago, it is understood that ha is certain to bring some orders with him. WOMEN NAME CHAIRMAN Congressional Cnion for State Com mittee Chooses Miss Cook. At a meeting of the Woman's Con gressional Union Saturday. Miss Cor nelia Cook was chosen to the chair manship of the state committee. The other members of the committee are Mrs. W. J. Hawkins. Mrs. Harold Saw yer. Miss Emma. Wold. Miss Li da O'Brien. Mrs. Gertrude Corbett and Mrs. F. L Kline. It was decided at the meeting yes terday that Miss Virginia Arnold, state organizer, would organize, deputations to wait on Representatives in Congress ginnott and Hawley. Classifying Our Service Homes. We wil build you a "Guaranteed" home on ronr lot or ours according to vour Ideas and Income. It would be folly tor you to acquire a home without first Inveatlfatlng our method. The Oregon Home Builders. 133 3 X. W. Bank. Bids. Lots. If you 1a not own your own lot we will supply one in any first-class district at extremely reasonable prices. Easy terms on lot and home. The Oregon Home Builders. 1330 N. W. Bank Bids. Fiuaoces. "We will finance the construction of your home. 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Trading Stamps given with ail finishing work- Basement 0M (DRUGSI W A R D RUBBER GOODS $1.25 Douche Syringe on 0Q sale for 0 UU $1-25 Two -Quart Foun- QOn tain Syringe 30u $1.50 Two-Quart Water CI I Q Bottle vli I 0 Slumber Sox for. ii "I5cV'25c, 50c We Deliver -MAZDA LAMPS and Charge Ko More. See Oar Basement Electrical Department. A BOOK OF 8. a H. GREEN STAMPS PWF.tl f PEVKRAI- DOIJ.AR lARXTn ALECK STREET AT WEST PTlgK - "MARSHALL -STOP-MOME A 6471 FREE, 10 2C STAMPS with all ice cream or soda, pur chases in our Tea Room or at the Soda Fountain from JP.M. until we close at 9. H jiHj CORSET IS HEALTHFUL SURGEONS FIND PRESENT STYLES AID GOOD POSTURES. Will loan your money on close-in Im proved residence property. Consult our fi nancial department. The Oregon Home Builders, 1330 Xorthwentern Bank Bids. Plans. We bav.3 our own Architectural Depart ment and will plan your home according to your ideas. The Oregon Home Builders. 1330 N. W. Bank Bldg. v Estimates. Without obligation to yourself we will esti mate the cost of the home you may pro pose. The Oregon Home Builders, 1S30 M. W. Bank Bldg. This Is the time to buy and build. You will find a great ieal may be saved by act ing at once. The Oregon Home Builders. 1330 N". W. Bank Bids. Examination of 30 OO New York Gar ment Workers Vpaeta Idea Hitherto Accepted. Washington; Sept. 20. "The mod ern corset appears to be a decided aid In preventing very bad postures," is the statement of the United States Public Health Service in a comprehen sive report on conditions among gar ment workers of New Tork City, taking issue with a doctrine hitherto almost universally accepted as true, from the physicians' standpoint. The report is the result of a careful study and examination of the garment workers, during which aboat 2000 men and 100O women employed in this trade In New Tork City were examined, and records kept of the results. That corsets had prevented the wom en from suffering many of the ill ef fects of bad positions assumed by gar ment workers at their tasks was one of the conclusions drawn by Surgeon J. W. Schereschowsky, who wrote the report. "While the postural habits of wom en were not studied so- carefully as those of men," the report declares, "still it wa evident that defective postures were not ao frequent among them. It the first place, the modern corset appears to be a decided al-d In preventing very bad postures. Sec ond, consciousness of the personal ap pearance is a far more powerful influ ence in women than it is in men. "Inasmuch as until very recently the prevailing styles and the type of cor set used are not becoming unless the posture assumed by the wearer be more or less correct, we have in wom en a powerful incentive to good postures which is not operative tor men. Besides this in women, their average age was so low that, aa a rule, the normal tendency of human beings to 'slump' when habitually sedentary had not as yet time to overcome the operation of other influences which in women tend to make for a god post ure." Declaring that "tuberculosis ts un doubtedly the most serious disease prevalent among garment workers, be ing over three times as prevalent among men as among women." the report recommends open air shops in which workers with tuberculosis ten dencies could be employed. and taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital. CROSS USED IN LIFE HOPE Man With Broken Back Is Kept in 3 Told in Shape ot Cross. NEW TORK, Sept. 20. For the first time in history man. instead of bearing a cross, is being borne by one. This is the strange feature in the case ot Frank Henderson, 22, an ironworker, who broke his back in a fall from the sixth story of a building on which ha was working. He was taken to Belle vue Hospital, where it was found that he had only one chance for life, and that was to be "crucified." Henderson consented to the crucifix ion, which means that he is encased in a plaster cast molded in the form of a cross. The cast, the first of the sort ever used in the hospital, was invented by Dr. Frank Carr. and is intended to throw the weight of the body support entirely on the arms instead, of on Hen derson's legs, which are paralyzed. How long Henderson's crucifixion will continue even Dr. Carr could not say. "It may be for weeks," he said, "but I believe Henderson will be cured." Mrs. J. W. Barkness Injured. Mrs. J. W. Barkness. 693 Vancouver avenue, received severe cuts about the face and injury to her eye Saturday in the overturning of an automobile in which she was riding at Castle Rock, Wash. She was brought to Portland ROBERT M'GRAW IS DEAD Former Slate ol Steamer Annie Comingrs Is Tubercntosis Victim. Robert McGraw. former mate on the steamer Annie Commlngs. died Saturday at hie home. 1085 East Eleventh street. North, of tuberculosis, at the age of 44 years. Mr. McGraw has been in this state for more than 10 years. He is survived by a wife and three year old son. A brother. Albert McGraw, of Portand. also survives him. No definite funeral arrangements have been made. on. The Coroner's Jury gave a verdict of suicide. Motorcyclist Badly Injured. Lloyd Bilyeu. of Centralia, Wash., re ceived a broken jaw and possibly a fractured skull Saturday in a motor cycle collision at Kalama. Wash. He was brought to Portland and taken te the Good Samaritan Hospital. Point Hope. Alaska, whirh. is in darkness during the long arctic Winter, will son have an electric plant. Storms along th coast will be harnessed, by windmills to pro- dnre the electricity. OSTEOPATH PHYSIIIAfiS Members Portland Ostaopathlc ' Au'o. MURDER Philadelphia IS "DREAMED" Woman Asks That Body of Bead Man Be Exhnmed. Philadelphia! Sept. 20. Basing her request on a dream. Miss Amy Steele, of 4527 San so m street, this city, went to West Chester to ask that the body of Charles Bell, who was found dead from gas there a few weeks ago, be exhumed and an examination be made. The woman, who is Bell's cousin, says she dreamed on three consecutive nights that her cousin had been mur dered. She was in conference with District Attorney Sproat and has en gaged an attorney. Bell, who was a cousin of Congress man Thomas S. Butler, was found dead in a second-story room of his home on August 9. Two gas Jets were tornea TATE FA All Week, Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 GO VIA OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY DAILY ROUND TRIP GOOD FOR RETURN TILL OCT. 6TH. Low Rates From All Oregon Electric Points Fast Trains to Salem Leave : Baker. Dr. Lillian, 920 Corbett Bldg. Phones Main 3227. A 4S79. Barrett, Dr. H. Lester. 419 Morgan Bldg. Phone Main 429. Browne. Dr. Aim St., 331 Pittock Blk. Phones Broadway 3609, Marshall UU. 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Dr. tvi S 124 East 24th St. N. Phone East 6332. GOULD NOT STAND ON FEET Mrs. Baker So Weak Could Not Do Her Work Found Relief In Novel Wety. 6:45 A. M. 8:23 A. M. 10:40 A. M. 2:10 P. M. 4 :40 P. M. 6:00 P. M. 9:20 P.M. 11:45 P. M. SPECIAL DAYS Monday, Children's Day; Tuesday, Women's and Good Roads; Wednesday, Woodmen of World, Salem and State Societies; Thurs day, Portland Day, Elks' Night;. Friday, Press, Manufacturers, Scandinavian; Saturday, Shriners, Grange, Pioneer and Carnival Night. Oregon Electric Ticket Offices 5th and Stark 10th and Stark North Bank Station 10th and Hoyt 10th and Morrison Depot Front and Jefferson Take trains at North Bank Station, 10th and Stark, 10th and Mor tfison, 5th and Salmon, 2d and Salmon and Jcfferson-st. Depot. Adrian, Mich. "I suffered terribly with female weakness and backache and got so weak that I could hardly do my work. 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