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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX. FRIDAT. OCTOBER 1". 1915. ORIENTAL TRADE IS ALL GIVEN AWAY La Follette Act Said to Haye t Put American Flag j&l, Off Pacific. JAPANESE NOW IN CONTROL JI. ir. licrg. Pacific Mail Officer, Tells W'liy Tt la Impossible to Compete Wltli Iiow Wages J. Paid by Other Xations. "The LaFollette seamen's act does not go into effect until November 4, but already it iias made an outright rift of the trans-Pacific carrying trade to the Japanese, and in a short time American ships now running between San Francisco and Central and South American ports will also be with drawn," said H. H. Berg, purser of the Pacific Mail liner Newport, Wednesday. Mr. Berg Is in Tortland on a visit t. his brother, Charles F. Berg, promi nent in the Chamber of Commerce and Portland Ad Club. He has been with the Pacific Mall eight years, on the fjan Francisco-Panama run. "With the sale by the Pacific Mail line of the steamers Mongolia, Man churia, Korea. Siberia and China, which were under the American flag, and the Persia, under the Knglish flag," con tinued Mr. Berg, "the Japanese now have the Oriental trade out of San Francisco to themselves. The disposal of these vessels hag been a terrific blow to shippers. Shippers Face Big Louses. "Some Idea of the conditions they are facing may be gained from the fact that the Japanese line which has suc ceeded to this trade has every foot of space on its ships and every passenger accommodation eold up to the end of January. Shippers can't get space for their goods, can't fill their orders and are up against big losses. "The opportunity Is so tempting that It is understood that another Japanese line is going to enter the field. Ship pers have no prospects of relief for a long time to come, however. And the addition of this other line will only nerve to give the Japanese a further throttle-hold on the trans-Pacific trade. "Under the LaFollette act it is sim ply impossible for American ships to continue in the trans-Pacific trade. This is not theory, but cold fact. The act requires that 75 per cent of the crew 111 net be able to understand the lan guage of the ship's officers, and thus makes it necessary to employ white men as ordinary sailors, waiters, stokers and for other rough work on a vessel. Handicap Iteirnrded as ImposMlble. "Where the Japanese ships pay these men $8 to $10 a month, the American ships will now have to pay $30 to $40 a month. When you consider that the Manchuria carried a crew of 400 men, you can see what an impossible handi cap thi imposes on American vessels. Without the advantage of being able to employ the same cheap labor that the Japanese lines employ, competition Is impossible. ... "The Pacific Mall has long been known around the whole wocld as the best steamship company- to work for. Wages on ships on the Pacific Coast are higher than anywhere else in the world, and the Pacific Mail paid higher wages than any of the other Pacific Coast companies. Now it hao not only gone out of the trans-Pacific carrying business, but as soon as it can sell its ships, it will go out of the Central and South American business as well. "It is Impossible for anyone who is not in the business or familiar with it to realize what a calamity this -will be to the Pacific Coast. Not only in San Francisco, but at all the ports in Central America . where these vessels touch, they do realize it, and are clam oring against it. "When the Paciflc Mail ships go out of business the service will probably fall into the hands of tramp steamers, going wherever they get cargoes and not operating on any schedule." Mr. Berg has been in Portland since Monday. He leaves Portland today for Ban Francisco to Join his ship, the New port, which sails on October 23. The round trip to Panama takes two months. NEW WAY SAVES BABIES GROWTH CAUSIXG STARVATION JS COXQCBItED. Discovery of Operation for Congenital Pyloric Stenosis Announced by Chicago Physician, CHICAGO, Oct. 14. (Special;) After working out theories and exneriment- lng on animals for years, Alfred A. Strauss and Isaac A. Abt, of the staff of Michael Reese Hospital, has an nounced the discovery of a new opera-, tion for congenital pyloric stenosis, which, it is said, will save the Jives of thousands of babies. The operation has been performed successfully by the two physicians during trie last year, but the first public announcement of the experiment and its success was made today. Many newly born babies are found to have tumorous-Iiks growths -around their pylori, which prevent food from pass ing from the stomach to the Intestines. As a result the baby is unable to re tain food, it suffers starvation, grows weak and eventually dies. Instead of forming a new connec tion, the new operation cuts away the thickened muscles around the pylori. It is a sort of ehelling-out process which leaves the opening clear. DRYS W!NIN MONTANA County Election for WlilcU Prayer Is Offered Banishes Saloons. BILLINGS, Mont., Oct. J 4. The local option election today in Richland County, concerning which prayer was offered today In the National W. C. T. U. convention in Seattle, resulted -in an overwhelming victory for the drys, ac cording to reports received hero late tonigrht. ' The vote in Sydney, the county seat, was drys 301, wets 95. the United States' coast guard cutter Snohomish and the tug Prosper.- Hurto Marredonr, the steward, died October S of the disease, which made Its ap pearance aboard the ship six weeks ago. - When physicians from the quarantine station boarded the vessel tonight they found four sailors in a serious condi tion s!nd all the rest of the crew, in cluding the master, too ill to work. It taxed the strength of the men to bring the vessel inside the cape and when the Snohomish arrived they could hard ly make fast the tow line. So weak were the sailors that they could not reef the salis and the Sno homish and the Prosper frequently had to struggle against the -wind which filled the loose canvas. " The Stella was 71 days making the passage from Callao. The sick men will be transferred to the marine hospital tomorrow and the ship sent to quarantine for fumiga tion an-1 cleaning. The quarantine offi cers said the Stella was in the most unsanitary condition of any vessel that ever came- to Puget Sound. MORE POWER IS WANTED ItAiLROAD COMMISSIONS TO PETI. TIOX LEGISLATURE. Authority to Eliminate Ultimately All Crude Crossings on Rail roads to Be Asked. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. State Legislatures throughout the United States will be petitioned by their re spective railroad commissions to adopt laws giving the commissioners power to eliminate, ultimately, all grade crossings, according to a resolution adopted today by the 27th annual con vention of the National Association of Railway Commissioners, which is in session here. The crossings were branded as dan gerous. . No definite plan looking to ward their elimination was adopted. Alexander Gordon, of San Francisco, a member of the California Railroad Commission, told the convention that figures compiled by the Southern Pa cific Company and the Pacific Elec tric Company, both of California, showed that out of approximately 25, 000 persons only 35 stopped and looked in both directions when passing over a railroad grade crossing; 1694 did not stop, but looker in one direction; 8950 kept going, but looked in both direc tions, while 14.000 neither stopped nor looked on either side. OFFICER'S FAMILY BARRED Hoard Tells Joe Keller State Will Pay for His Maintenance Only. SALEM, Or., Oct. 14. (Special.) Acting on the opinion of Attorney General Brown, the State Board of Cintrol Wednesday instructed Warden Minto, of the penitentiary, to inform Parole Officer Keller that he no longer is entitled to residence and board for his family at state expense. In a recent ruling the Attorney-General held that the parole officer alone was entitled to maintenance and office room. Governor WIthycombe told the other members of the Board that he believed the original intent of tha law was for the parole officer to receive a residence and maintenance for his family, as the law states he shall reside at the prison. Officer Keller offered to pay rent for the house belonging to . the state In which he has been living and to pay the state for provisions obtained, but the Board deemed this could not prop erly be done. ALLEGED SWINDLER ' HELD Promoter Said to Have Induced Many to Invest In Scheme. ' ., VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) Arrested as L. A. Kingkenny on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, a man known here as I A. King will be returned to Seattle tomorrow to face charges made by persons who are said to have invested money In his scheme for the manufac ture of briquets. He was arrested last night by Sheriff Biesecker. The prisoner is said also to have or ganized a company in Portland for the manufacture of briquets. The man, who is about 60 years old and of impressive appearance. In said to have passed as L. A. Kenney at Seat tle and as L, A. King at Spokane. where he was a Justice of the Peace. BERI BERI PATIENTS IN Peruvian Crew Barely Able to Make Tow Line l'ust. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Oct. 14. The Peruvian barkentine Stella, which passed in at Cape Flattery Tuesday flying signals that all hands were 111 'it bert berl and unable to work the .'ip, reached port last night in tow of ANTHRAX PATIENTS BETTER Both Mercury and Serum Ilep-tecl to Have Good Results. BENSON CITT. III., Oct. 14. Mer cury Is being used successfully in the treatment of Dr. J. C Helper, -of this city, who Is suffering from anthrax, the rare disease--which attacks men and cattle, physicians here said today. Dr. . Helper was stricken, about the same time as Pr. George F. Stack pole, of New York City, who is being treated with a serum prepared in Gov ernment laboratories In Washington. NEW YORK,' OctTTi. Physicians who have been -aiding George F. Stackpole in his determined five-day fight asrainst anthrax, announced today that the serum obtained from the Government was slowly overcoming tho disease. v PACIFIC MAIL STOCK CUT Capital Reduced, Difference to Bo Returned to Stockholders. NEW YORK. Oct. 14. Shareholders of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which is controlled by the Southern Pacific Company, yesterday approved the plan outlined bythc directors calling for a reduction of the capital stock from $20,000,000 to $1,000,000. It was also voted to change the par value of Pacitlc Mail shares from $100 to $5 and to authorize the amount of capital above the amount of the reduced capi tal to be returned to stockholders on a proportionate basis, at sueh times and in such manner as the directors nay hereafter determine. Today's aation Is the outcome of the withdrawal of the Pacific Mail from the trans-Pacific trade. BULGARIANS MEET, CHECK Division Reported Almost Annihilat ed by (serbtans. PARIS. Oct. 14. Private advices are to the effect that a Bulgarian division was almost annihilated in a fierce bat tle near Kraguyevats, Serbia, says a dispatch to the Havls Agency from Bucharest dated Tuesday and delayed In transmission. EX-BANKER SEIGEL SHU NED In PRISON Convicted Merchant Retali ates by Speaking to None, Because He "Isn't Sorry." MANUAL LABOR NOT DONE Kidnaper of Official Sentenced. MERCED, Cal., Oct, 13. Albert E. Fisher, convicted of kidnaping City At toraey Henderson with intent to com, mtt robbery an4 extortion, was sen-, fenced tpday in the Superior Court to serve 33 years in the state penitentiary at San Quentin. Man Who Defrauded Many Sow Is Pondering Over Figures of Ber- tillon Measurements. Acting as Hall Clerk. ROCHESTER, X. Y.. Oct. 9. When Henry Siegel. tire New York banker merchant, went to Geneseo, last June to accept his ten months' prison sen tence. Captain Bill Craig, warder of the Monroe County Penitentiary, hapr pened to be in the village and was in troduced to the man who within a few days was to become his enforced guest. "Well, warden," Siegel asked jok ingly, "what kind of work are you going to give me to do in Jail?" "Well, Mr. Siegel," Captain Bill re plied, "can you curry horses?" The former department store mag nate, seated in a rocking chair on the porch of the Big Tree Inn, stretched his" arms and legs to their full length, surveyed them whimsically and re plied: "Yes, : Mr. Warden, I can if you will give me a stool." Areporter, who visited Monroe Coun ty's model institution in Rochetser, found that no such crude labor has beer thrust upon Siegel. More than two months after he was locked up, the most arduous thing Siegel has had to handle . has been a pen. Siegel has two duties in the prison. He keeps the Bertlljon records and as sists the "hall clerk," who registers the inmates much after the fashion of an up-to-date hotel. Favoritism Is Denied. That the lightness of his duties is due to any favoritism is emphatically denied at the prison, where it is . ex plained that both Siegel's age and his diminutive stature unfit him for man ual labor, while the ability at figures which proved so disastrous for the thousands of depositors In his savings bank makes him useful in the clerical work of the institution. The biggest surprise that Siegel has had since the failure of his department store enterprises is declared by those who have watched him to be the fact that he has failed to be a popular prisoner. " Up to the moment the penitentiary doors were closed upon him he was "Mr. Siegel." Supreme Court Justice Clark so called him staying sentence. The court addresssed him so when, six months later, he directed that sentence be carried out. The Sheriff of Liv ingston County "Mistered" him on the way to the prison, while Deputy Sher iffs politely carried the convicted man's baggage. But the story of Siegel's misdeeds followed him into this confinement and the part of it that has been empha sized and reiterated behind the prison gates has been that the once wealthy merchant's victims were nearly all poor people. After that he was plain "Sie gel" when he wasn't Just "A. L,.," his prison number. - - Men In Gray Shun Him. And so the men in gray have shunned Siegel. He was quick to perceive their attitude and he retaliated by assum ing an air of exclusive aloofness. He speaks to practically no one within the place except an occasional word to Warden Craig and the necessary talk with those with whom he works. One of the first requests he made after he had fallen Into the routine was that he be transferred to clerical work in the front office. The prison wireless accounts for that as a desire to escape the suspicious and resentful glances of the gray-clad men who somehow managed to deny him the brotherhood of the convicted. But the request was at once refused and Siegel remained among but not of bis fellow convicts. An attitude that was spontaneous on the part of the inmates at first has now become fixed and intentional. The rea son is that Siegel hasn't shown any re morse or any realization of the suffer, lng he caused. "He doesn't seem to feel it," Captain Craig said, "That removes the one claim that he might have to sympathy. If he suffers for what he did no one knows It and the feeling here U that he got off too easy." The big, good-natured warden, who has made his prison farm the admira tion of prison workers all over the state, then more than intimated that the prison authorities believe there may be further punishment in store for Sie gel. Mr. Craig didn't say that the author ities in Boston, where there is a. per jury Indictment hanging over Siegel's head, had formally asked to be notified of the exact time that he emerges from me institution, tie did admit, though, that in seme way he, as head of the prison, has been made officially aware of the existence of the claim of the Boston police on his prisoner's' person. Interview Denied Reporter. "I don't want to say anything and I don't want to hear anything," was the reply he returned when told a reporter would like to talk with him. A few moments later, as the reporter walked through the cell block, Siegel, dressed' in the plain prison gray, was perched on a high stool at the "room clerk's" desk, peering at a book through steel-rimmed spectacles- and chewing gum in his old vigorous fash Ion. He looked well and there was no change n his appearance . except that his mustache has been shaved off and the bald spot on the top of his head has widened its margins a bit. The prison records show that he has gained seven pounds in weight. When Siegel saw the reporter ap proach he moved his glasses, sat up straignt, threw out nis small chest. and let the ghost of a smile flit ever his face. But though the reporter was known to him he gave not the slight est sign of recognition or greeting. Of late he- has talked less about "restitution and rehabilitation." though new and then he still declares he hopes to square up his huge indebtedness some day. It will be recalled that the day he went to Jail Siegel admitted that rather than offer to- pay back $150,000 to his depositors in the hope of having the stay of execution of his sentence made permanent, he had decided to serve his time and use that sum, promised him by friends, to establish himself in busi ness when he comes out. This plan, the officials say, he has not metioned for weeks, though he did tell Henry Solomon, chairman of the State Prison Commission, two weeks ago, that he still "hopes to make good." May Be Ont In February. Besides Mr. Solomon, the only visi tors the former department store king has had have been his Geneseo counsel. State Senator Charles Newton, who has palled twice; a nephew, who came to see him from Cleveland, and a brother from. Chicago, who called once. He - receives . no letters except an A NERVINE TONIC In many severe nervous disorders the best remedy is often a tonic The most active tonio treatment Is recommended by the highest medical authority to ar rest the progress of such diseases. It is Impossible to reach the nerves directly with medicine. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a nervine tonic but they act on the nerves through the blood, enabling the blood to carry to the nerves the elements needed to build them up. Neuralgia, sciatica, sick headache and a number of more severe nervous trou bles are properly treated by building up the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and are often entirely corrected in this way. If you are nervous you can help yourself by refusing to worry, by tak ing proper rest, sleep and vacations, by avoiding excesses and by taking out-of-door exercises. For medicine take Lr. Williams' Pink Pills, the non-alcoholic tonic. Sufferers from nervous disorders who have been taking treatment without benefit should investigate the tonic method. Write today to the Dr. Wil liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.. for the booklet, "Diseases of the Nerv ous System." It will be sent free on request. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail on receipt of price, fifty cents per box. six boxes for $2.R0. occasional one of the crank variety, and he seldom writes. His spare time and under tho lenient administration of a prison where Captain Craig says. "We try to treat them as humans, no matter what they ve done," he has plenty of it is devoted to reading. He devours everything in print he can get. The visits of Attorney Newton gave rise to rumors that an attempt was to be made to get Siegel a commuta tion of .the remainder of his sentence. About the time the lawyer called. Mrs. Emmeline Baker. who lost heavily In the bank crash and led the fight to have his prospective offer of $150,000 repayment to tho depositors refused by the court, wrote the pris- oner a letter in which she offered to Intercede with Governor Whitman in Siegel's behalf provided he would promise to try to pay all his debts. -wnat could sne do?" Siegel asked contemptuously of Warden Craig and tossed tne letter away. Since then the prison has beard nothing of pardon ambitions.. With good behavior, such as has so far always characterized him for Siegel, though aloof and taciturn, is not surly he will get 50 days off his ten months' sentence, five for eaeh month, that will bring about his release about the mid dle of February. For two weeks, shortly after lie was locked up, Siegel had a heavy cold. which necessitated his removal to the institution's hospital. He got thin and coughed constantly and his condition somewhat alarmed the physician. But he soon mended and was sent back to his cell after 14 days, declared to be in better health than when he entered. BAIL SECURED BY RADIO Andrew D. Mcloy Arrested on liiner for Conspiracy. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. Andrew D. Meloy was arrested by United States agents when ho arrived on the steam ship Nieuw Amsterdam and was ar raigned before United States Commis sioner Houghton, charged with conspir ing with Frans Rintelen, a German wine merchant, to defraud the United States Government In procurring a passport for Rintelen. Meloy; who said he had recently been engaged in- promoting Mexican: antes- prises, was released on $10,000 bail, for which he arranged -by wireless.-- Meloy, his secretary. Miss Hattl Brophy, and Frans Rintelen, alias E. V. Oasche, were taken off the Noordam at Kirkwall by British military author. lties in August. Meloy and Miss Bro phy were returned to this country at me instigation oi tne Department of Justice. VANCOUVER MOOSE RAIDED Liquor Confiscated in Buffet Lodge and Two Arrested. or VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) In a raid on the buffet in the Moose Club here last night Sheriff Bie secker and Chief of Police Barbeaij confiscated a quantity of beer and whisky, George C. Cates and Al Jacobson were arrested on charges of conduct ing -the buffet and selling liquor la a dry unit. Highwaymen Rob Lawyer. C. R. Thompson, a lawyer who lives at 541 Sixth street, reported to the police Wednesday that he had been held up at Sixth and College streets by two men and robbed of $4. Mr. Thompson said he was going home from a French class at Lincoln High School, when the men covered him with revolvers and backed j)im into an alley. One of the robbers then held Mr. Thompson's arms while the other ransacked his pookets. (DRUGS) Double Trading Stamps Friday and Saturday m t- . o." . f . r r.1 ffDRUGS I wenty Extra stamps uit uut ioupon Below Economy Bargains First Three Floors Today DRUG SPECIALS 15c Cocoa-1 1 n nut Oil Hu 25c Day 17. Rum I I u 2.'ic CastorlTn Oil 2 Tic Rose Water.. l5c 25c Tl ncture si,arpe.e..nl8c -5c Camphor- 25c Sweet! On Oil IOC Main Floor. LEATHER GOODS $S.50 to $9 BlackLeather Traveling Bags. 16, 17, fff Cn J8-inch, choice for. ODiOU $12 English-Made Cowhide Suitcase, 24-inch, now y Q $7.75 26 rnch Cowhide t-uitcase now at. $11.75 Steamer Trunk, three- ply basswood. heavy brass corn ers, 34-incu now, it. special. $5.85 three l r a p a $7.85 3(CL riicrniint n ur High- ww iu "'""""i" Ciradr Stenm er, Wanbobe and Combination Trunk. Bee this line of trunks b e f ore purchasing elsewhere and you will be convinced. Main Floor. CURLING -IRON HEATERS New line of Alcohol Heaters. atifrorn1..Pla.Ud:25CtO$2.00 Electric Heaters and Curlin!? at?.n.8.$l.50,$3and$3,50 Basement. PERFUME DEPARTMENT JL m f0c P o n d's Extract Van i s h 1 n g OA Cream. 60cCame-Q A n line 0 25c Eepey-7p Cream. ... I I W 60c Still man Freokle OQn Cream.. . WwU 75c AVilliams' English Vio let or Lilac T o 1 1 e t CQ Water. .. wwl Main Floor. CANDY SPECIAL 60c pound "Wood-Lark" Spe cial Mixture of Chocolates, Rolls and Nougats on sale OQn now at 4 0c pound Toasted Marsh- OAn mallows now at 4rU 10o Peters' and Cailler'slpn Favors, three for. " BueneHt BRISTLE GOODS $1.25 Hair Brush on sale RQn now for 0u $1.50 Hat Brush on sale QQn now for. Ow 25c Tooth Brush; now on I On sale for. $1.00 Ladies' Comb, rub- RQn ber, at only Main Floor. USE THIS COUPON 20 EXTRA 20 Bring this coupon and get 20 extra "S. & H." Trading Stamps on your first $1 cash pur chase and double stamos on balance of purchase. Good rirst three floors today. Oct. 15. H "CRESCO!' FLOUR DYSPEPTICS. MAKE VOIR BRKAD AND BISCtIT WITH "CHESCO" FLOl'Il. Pure wheat product without excessive starch. Recommend ed by the medical profoxMion for tndigestt on. acidity or flatulence. Sold only in. orig inal ten-pound sacks. Mala Floor. OUR NEW KODAK PLAN We Have Worked Out a Way to Sell You ANY KODAK YOU WAIT OX YOUR OWS TERMS. See our Photo Department in the Basement for full details. A full course In photo Instruc tion with each camera sold. "WOOD -LARK" CEDAR OIL POLISH For Furniture, Floors ao4 All Kinds of Woodwork. Dries ttaickly and Does Not ljave the Surface Oily. Especially Adapted for Use With Pollute Mop. Trial size OCn Quart for 7Rf ..tOU only IwM for. -Basement. THE NEW HANDY LIGHT Can Be Used on Dresser, Mir ror. Bed, Chair, Table, Piano, Ete., or Hans on the Wall. Adjustable Shield, Brash Brass Finish. Complete with 40-watt CO OC Waida lamp Basement. RUBBER GOODS $1.75 Two -Quart Hot- I flfT Water Bottle for v I iUw $1.50 Three-Quart Foun- QQn tain Syringe for OOil $1.50 Bulb Syringe on QQn sale now for OOv Two pairs Slumber Sox OCf now for. "CELLO" Metal Hot-Water Bottle, ftnnr- anteed for Five Years. One-CI jr Thre-i) Five-0 pintvlilO pint. pint., vu Main Floor, WE CUT THE PRICE $1.35 Plymouth Gin. I 17 imported, at lll 75c Tipo White Wine onCQ. ale now for wOl $1.50 De war's Extra I 07 Scotch now for vliul $1.00 Fisher's Pure Rye Q7i on sale for 01 u $1.00 Buchu Gin on sale 07. now for 01 U $2.25 Geneva Gin. im-p 1 70 ported, on sale for V I if 0 Bawemen t. LATEST STATIONERY 50c boxes Stationery, rover in black and while, "Mi-Lad i 01 Falre," special at OOu $1.00 P a p e t r 1 e. flat fhoet. long, narrow envelope, 77 special at I lu 50c Colonial Parchment, 07 n in white and tints Olb 7 5c and S5c Imported P a p e tries, lined envelopes, Cq special at OOu Main Floor. mm K E C SUNBEAM MAZDA LAMPS The Kind That Gives Three Times the I. i r h t for Same Cost as he Old Carbon Lamps. 10. 15. 25 or 40 watts In tho blue carton, five to the I OC box. for 0 1 iu3 Sixty watts, five for I 0(1 only 01 iOU -Basement. PATENT MEDICINES $1.00 Aye r's S a r s a- 70,, parilla.. . I uy $1.00 Wine of ?orr.?.ul.67c $1.00 Maltlne ?onr.sa.1.!75c roVD:D:?:67c 7fio H a 1 I s Catarrh cqp Cure 30u $1.00 H e m a- fVr.1. 75c 35c Drtk e's Croup OC Eemedy.. 0U Main Floor CUTLERY DEPARTMENT Keen-Kuttcr Safety I flfl Razor for w I iUU Gold -Handled Pocket Knives 20 - year guarantee CO flfl now for. v4iUU $2.00 Adams' Lather I QQ Brush on sale for . Main Floor. "FLATTONE" Sherwln - Williams' Flattone Paint, for Plastered Walla and Interior Woodwork. Dnrable. Washable and Beautiful. Sniy.wOC fGor!l?.n$2.0Q GET A COLOR CARD. Basemen. m m Hi We Deliver MAZDA LAMPS and Charge Ko More. Sea One Basement Electrical Department BOOK OF S. A H. GREEN STAMPS SAVED IS BV BAL HOLLARS EARNED. AUDTR STRTCTAT WEST PABK MAESMAU. 4-700 - rlOMT. A fe7. FREE 10 2?C STAMPS with ail tcs crearo or soda pur chases in our Tea Room or at the Boda Fountain from t V. M. uatil ws close at v. VILLA MAKES DENIAL Confiscation of American Min ing Works Not Authorized. PROTECTION IS PROMISED Governor Avlla Said to Have Iswuerl Decree William JJocb. Jr., Con fers With Secretary I-an-sinc on Sitiiutlon. EL. PASO. Tex.. Oct. 12. General Villa, in a telegram from Casas Gran de tonisht. denied that he had author ised confiscation of American mining property in Chihuahua, or elsewhere. He added that he would not permit Americans or other foreigners in Mex ico or their property to be harmed. Villa officials in Juares explained to night that the recent decree threaten ing confiscation of the American Smelt ing & Refining properties and also that of other larKe mining companies in Mexico had been Issued by Governor Fidel Avlla. of Chihuahua, and that the latter acted without authority from General .Villa. NEW YORK. Oct 13. William Loeb. Jr., who represents - the American Smelting- & Refining Company, Gug frenhelm properties left .tonight- for Washington for a conference tomorrow with Secretary Lansing regarding the reports from El Paso that General Villa had praered the reopening ot me com pany's mines and smelters by Friday under the threat of seizing them and operating them himself. Before leaving for Washington Mr. Loeb explained that work on the prop erties of the American Smelting & Re fining Company in the Chihuuhua and Santa Eulalia districts was suspended three weeks ago when Americans re ceived warning from the State De partment to leave Mexico. Mr. Loeb added that thousands of Mexicans were thrown out of employment as the result of the closing of the mines. Westman, Brown's sister-in-law, and Brown's small step-daughter fled screaming from the Brown homo to a neighbor's house, where Mrs. Westman fainted. Motorcycle Patrolmen Crane and Gouldstone rushed to the house, but notified the police nation that Brown refused them admittance and threat ened to shoot them if they tried to ener without a warrant. Lieutenant Harms went with reinforcements to take charge of the police activities. The small stepdaughter told the po lice that Brtfwn had spanked Mrs. Westman, following a family quarrel. THREAT CHECKS POLICE Citizen Deries Officers lo Enter House Without Warrant. With threats to shoot anyone who tried to enter his home without a war rant, Howard Brown. 555 East Morri son street, successfully defied a squad of police sent Wednesday night to In vestigate a report that Brown was abusing his family. After loitering in the vicinity for a time, the police con cluded that toelr interference had at least stopped Internal trouble in the home, and returned to headquarters. The first intimation of trouble in the Brown homo came when Mrs. Vera n 1 '( nl Mil r B r M 4 ill III 1 Dress Up in enjamin Clothes and you will fully express your taste and satisfy your needs. - From the humble button to the fabric and tailoring;, all things are good and serviceable. Benjamin Suits Over coats, Raincoats $20, $25. $30, $35 Buf f um & Pendleton Morrison Street Opposite Postof f ice I ONLY SIXTEEN, GIRL VERY SICK Tells How She Was Made Well by LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. New Orleans, La. "I take pleasure I in writing these lines to express my grati tude to you. I am pnly J6 years old and work in a tobacco factory. I hava been a very sick girl but I have improved wonderfully (inca taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound and am now looking nne and feeling a thousand times better. " Mis3 Amelia Jaquillard, 3961 Te boupitoulas St, New Orleans, La. St. Clair, Pa. "My mother was alarmed becausa I was troubled with suppression and had pains in my back and side, and severe headaches. J had pimples on my face, my complexion was sallow, my sleep was disturbed, I had nervous spells, was very tired and had no ambition. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound has worked like a charm in my ease and has regulated me. I worked in a mill among hundreds of f!r!3 and have recommended your medi cine to many of them." Miss Estella Mauuibe, 110 Thwing St, St. Clair, Pa. There is nothing that teaches mora than experience. 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