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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915. PRICE OF FUR SOARS AO Records Broken at Govern ment's St. Louis Sale. FOREIGN BUYERS COMPETE Blue Foxes Bring $111, Compared AVith $42 Two Years Ago Pair or Silver Foxes at Private : Sale Brings $2 610. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21. All previous records for prices brought by Govern ment furs were broken and the prices of the last Government sales were ex ceeded by from 66 to 171 per cent at a Government auction held here today. No other such sale will be held this year, the usual London sale being pre vented by the European war. Traders and buyers from all parts of the world were here and European buyers bought heavily. H. M. Smith. United estates Commis sioner of Fisheries, telegraphed to "Washington, tonight a report"- which showed that the Government's 513 blue foxes had brought an average of $114.47, as compared with the $42.21 average of the last sale held two years ago. J3ixn.y-tive Government white fox skins brought an average of $24.55, as compared with $14.77 two years ago. Seventy beavers brought $12.75 each on an average. The record price at a sale by private iealers immediately after the Govern ment auction was $2610 for a pair of silver foxes. One hundred and, thirty five others brought from $400 to $900 the pair. A sea otter was sold, for $580. Today's sales aggregated about $160,- ooo. The auction will be continued to morrow. The Government's furs came from Pribiloff Island, the Government farm off the coast of Alaska. EUGENE PIONEER DIES Silas M. Titus, Owner or 3Iuch Business Property, Passes. EUGEXK, Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) .Silas M. Titus, pioneer of Oregon and for 40 years a resident of Eugene, died at his home at 2:30 o'clock thie morn ing. For seven months he had been confined to his bed as the result of a fall in which his .hip was broken. He is the owner of considerable Lugene business and residence property. Mr. Titus was born near Columbus, C, in 1827, movinjt later with his par ents to Indiana. Ke crossed the plains In 1852. In the late 50s he married Mis Georijie H. Pierce, who survives him, together with three grandchildren Mrs. H. H. Stapleton, of Koseburgr; Harry Titua, a student in a dental col- l'Ce at Portland, and Miss Alice Titus, of Eugene. Since his fall, seven months ago, Mr. Titus has been confined to his bed, his axed wife bein constantly at his bed side. SCHOOL SURVEY IS MADE T" " University of Oregon , Bulletin Rei ports Conditions in Ashland. 'ASHLAND. Or., Oct: 21. (Special.) "Constructive Survey of the Public School System of Ashland, Oregon," i! the title of a recent University of Ore gon bulletin issued from the state printing office. It is a publication of 52 pages, dealing with the entire range of echool activities both physical and intellectual. Various classifications of chapters deal with grounds and buildings, teach ing staff, course of study, methods and special tests, progress of pupils, and administrative organization. The work is illustrated with views of the several school buildings. The board of survey, which compiled the bulletin, included Vred C. Ayer and Don C Sowers, of the University of Oregon, and Charles It. Krazer, Superintendent of Schools at Everett. Wash. WAR CALLS ALBANY MAN C. Ij. Hooper to Sail Soon for New Zealand to Enter Regiment. ALBANY. Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) A resident of Albany, C. 1. Hooper, has been called to the colors of the all ies and will leave soon for his native land of New Zealand on his way to the front- Hooper Is an officer of the New Zea land Ouarde, which have been ordered Into active service.. Mr. Hooper will leave Albany on No vember IS for San Krancisco, from which city he will sail later for New Zealand. He expects to reach his old home about Christmas and it is ex pected his regiment will leave for the scene of war about the first of the new year. Mr. Hooper has made-his-head-quarters in Albany, for the past two years, while traveling for a wholesale drug firm. MY LABEL goes on a Suit of Clothes or an Overcoat only when the fabric is entirely trustworthy and the tailor ing beyond criticism. It is a label that stands for the integrity of every transac tion at this store; it serves as a paid-up policy that insures satisfaction to the wearer. If, for any reason, full serv ice is abridged, cash in your label at its face value on our. part, cheerfully, eagerly. There's many a new garment here awaiting your coming fabrics the best patterns the most clever models the new est. Suits and Overcoats $20 to $30 Men, Main Floor Young Men, Second Floor Ben Selling Morrison at Fourth Look for the Label BRITONS GET CALL Letter Sent to Every Eligible, Urging Enlistment. NATION'S FAITH PLEDGED Earl of ' rerby Tells Men to Atk Themselves Whether They Arc Doing Everything Possible for Safety of Country. LONDON, Oct. 21. The enlistment of recruits by the plan of Earl Derby, di rector of recruiting, cannot begin until early next week, it is officially an nounced, "as a royal warrant is neces sary before the men could be passed to the reserve and classified In their proper groups." Meanwhile, the Earl of Derby, with the consent of Premier Asqulth and Earl Kitchener, the Minister of War, has sent a letter to every man eligible for military service who is not engaged in munition work, in which he says: "Premier Asquith has pledged ' the country to support our allies to the fullest extent of our power. It was a pledge given on behalf of the nation and indorsed by all parties. Every man of military age and fitness must equal ly bear his share in redeeming it. Kitchener Wants Every Man. "May I, as the director-general of recruiting, beg you to consider your own position? Ask of yourself whether, in a country fighting as ours is, you are doing all you can for its safety, and whether the reason you have hith erto held valid as one for not enlisting holds good at the present crisis. "Lord Kitchener wants every man be can get. Will you not be one of those that responds to your country's call?" The Earl of Derby also has addressed an appeal to employers to facilitate the enlistment of their employes.- Appeal Made to Kmployers. "While making a most earnest appeal to secure men under the voluntary sys tem," he concludes, "I cannot help pointing out to employers what must be -the alternative if I fail. If they will only realize their position and act under the voluntary system, as they would have to act under a compulsory one, the success of this campaign would be certain. "I especially beg employers to as sure any of their men who patriotically undertaKe toe duties ot a soldier that their places will be kept open for-them to return to when the war ends." CEMENT M ft ER KILLS -MAN Worker at Roseburg Falls' Vnsecn Into Month of Machine. UOSKBURG, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) Charles L. Robbing, formerly, of -Milton, Or., was instantly killed at Table Creek, about 40 miles south of Rose burg, today, when : he . fell : into -the mouth of a rement-mixer which he was operating. The body was brought to Itoseburg and will be shipped to Forest (rove for hurlal. There were nc eyewitnesses to the accident, although 25 men were em ployed in the immediate vicinity of the machine. Mr. Kobbins was 36 years of age and wore a Masonic, emblem. His mother lives at Milton, Or. At the time of the accident he was employed bv the Southern Pacific Company in repairing a trestle spanning Table Creek. He had been at work here for afcouf two weeks. FRANK L. WAHLER IS DEAD International Electrical Worker Succumbs at Pendleton. PKNDLETON. Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) Prank L. Wahler, 31 years old. a prominent member or the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, who had been employed in Pendleton for the rast two years by the Pacific Tele- rhone Telegraph Company, died at hlB home here yesteroay ot typnoia pneumonia. ' For four years Wahler was employed bv the same company in California, and was transferred to The Daifles. Or., in 1S99. Two years ago he was trans frrred to this city. His widow and a son. Lloyd, 2 years old, survive him. The body was sent today to Portland on Its way to Auburn, Cat., zor Durial. GARUNE REPORTS LOSS PORTLAND RAILWAf-MGHT PUTS DEFIC IT FOR -YEAR. AT SS417. Governor Withycombe today as the ten tative time for holding the meeting be tween the committee named by the re cent Oregon-California land grant con ference and representatives of the Southern Pacific Company. The ex ecutive has written to the members named by the conference to ascertain if the date selected will be satisfactory. The meeting will take place in the Hall of Representatives at the Capitol. The Governor's action was taken fol lowing the receipt today of a letter from D. W. Campbell, general superin tendent of the Southern .-Pacific Com pany, saying that the company stands ready to meet with the conference com mittee. ( The resolution adopted by the re cent conference authorizes the confer ence representatives "to confer with the representatives of ihe Southern Pa cific Company, to the end that a plan be evolved whereby the co-operation of the Southern Pacific Railroad can be secured in opening the Oregon-California grant lands to early settlement without further litigation." Members of the conference commit tee to represent the state are Gover nor Withycombe. Secretary of State Olcott, Treasurer Kay, W. I. Vawter, Medford: L. E. Bean, Eugene; S. M. Gar land, Lebanon, and C. ,12. Spence, Ore gon City. . , . TWENTY TO BE INITIATED Knights of Columbus to Hold Cere mony Sunday. Details for the initiation of a larse class were completed last night at a special meeting of Portland Council, Knights of Columbus, and the cere monies are to take place Sunday at Cathedral Hall, Seventeenth and Couch streets. The Knights and their prospective brethren are to assemble at the Cathedral and attend mass in a body at 9:45 o'clock, and. at 11 o'clock the first degree is to be exemplified, being followed by the second, degree at 2 o'clock, and the third, degree at 4 o'clock. There will be a banquet at the Portland Hotel at 6:30 o'clock, and several hundred Knights are expected to be present. Delegations are coming from Vancouver, Wash., and council in Eastern and Southern Oregon, as Portland. Council has issued a general invitation for visitors to participate in the degree work. . GUARDIANSHIP IS ENDED APPOINTMENT BY COUNTY COIKT IS REVERSED. Circntt Judge Belt Hands Dons Deci sion at Dallas In Lons-Fongkt Griffin Case. DALLAS, Or., Oct. 21. fSpecial. Guardianship of her two children vested by the County Court In Mrs. Emma A. Griffin has been revoked by Circuit Judge Belt, who decided that the Coun ty Court had exceeded its jurisdiction in making the mother guardian of the children. The decision is one out growth of a long legal tangle caused by the fight the father and mother have waged over Vivian and Bernice Griffin. The Griffin case had its beginning in Crescent City, Cal., where Mrs. Grif fin obtained in 1913 an interlocutory decree of divorce, the father of the chil dren being vested with rights of visi tation. In his suit, which led to the mother's guardianship being revoked, the father charges that she left California with the children, contrary to the orders of the court at Crescent City. The case has been replete with com plaints and cross-complaints, petitions and demurrers and the mother even has filed a second suit for divorce in Mc.Minnville. What the next move will be in the fight for the custody of the two Griffin children is problematical. - "Depressed Business Conditions" and Jitney Share Blame In Public Service Report. . SALEM. Or.. Oct. - 21. (Special.) The Portland Railway. Light & Power Company today filed with the Oregon I'ublic fcervtce Commission its report for the year endinc June- 30 last, in which a deficit of $8417.22 is shown for the company during the preceding . 12 months. With the report, the company sub mitted a copy of its report to the stock holders for the year ending December 31 last in which "the. unsatisfactory showing." is declared to be due to "the continuation of depressed business con ditions prevailing in 1913, and to com petition of the Northwestern Electric Company." The jitikeys come in for a share of the blame. The financial statement shows that for the year ending June 33 last the company's operating revenues for the entire system totaled $5,518,469.55; op erating expenses $3,893,301.04. and net operating revenues $2,625,168.51. The operating income is given at $2,035,- 269.80, and non-operating revenues at $234,904.81. The company's total gross income lor the year amounted to $2,- 232.647.63, while it paid in taxes on operating property the sum of $581.- 906.89. Interest and bond discount deductions totaled $2,208,888.77, leaving a net income lor the year of $23,758.86. During the 12 months the company expended $1161499.55 on its . railway properties. The company operates in Portland. Salem. Woodburn. Silverton. Mount Angel. Gervais.-Oregon City-and Van couver. Wash. GRANT CONFERENCE IS SET Governor Names November 1 8 at Sa lem aa Tentative Date. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) Thursday, November 18. was set by HIDERS OF SUIT YET IN JAIL Charles Ivie Declares He Obtained Clothes From Chance Roommate. Charles Ivie, who was arrested early yesterday by Patrolmen Morris, Tully and Thorpe, Is being held in the city jail while an effort is being made to discover the owner of a suit of clothes which he was found concealing in a yard. Ivie said that the suit belonged to Dr. Ayres Powell. According to the story he told" the police, Ivie and Dr. Powell were drink ing together and later went to a rooming-house for the night. Dr. Powell went to sleep and then Ivie took his suit of clothes and hurried away. He says he is unable to remember where the rooming-house is. In his ramblings Ivie went to the Buffalo lunch to obtain something to eat and there pocketed a couple of sugar bowls. CENTRALIA ASPIRANTS OUT W. H. Hodge Is 19th Candidate Vo Enter Municipal Race. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Oct. 21. (Spe cial.) W. H. Hodge, City Clerk for several years under the old Council- manic form of government, today an nounced his candidacy for Mayor at the coming municipal election. Mr. Hodge is the 19th candidate to enter the race, five having come out for Mayor and 14 for Commissioner. October 26 is the first day for filing petitions of candidacy. . The registration books will close N vember 15 and the ' primary will be held November 22. With the small army of candidates running a record registration is anticipated, as the peti tion of each candidate must contain the names of 100 legal registered voters. MILITARY TRAINING URGED Veterans at McMlnnville Favor In troduction Into Schools. . M'MINNVILLB. Or.. Oct. 21". (Spe cial.) A lively meeting of the McMlnn ville camp of Spanish War Veterans, at which a large number or Grand Army veterans attended. One Grand Army veteran was added to the camp rolls as an honorary member. The stand to be taken on the ques tion of military training in public schools here along the plan suggested by Adjutant-General White in the Port land schools was discussed. A commit tee to prepare a resolution covering this plan waff appointed. Past Camp Com mander Henry O. Miller urged a resolu tion to place the question before the next State Legislature. Nrly "tOO tons of copper were used in buiming- . 'ocean-to-ocan " telephone. BOOSTERS VISIT DALLAS POLK COUNTY EXHIBITS ASSURED AT PORTLAND LAND SHOW. Monmouth aad Independence Also Are Called Upon to Make Entries and School Pupils Are Interested. DALLAS, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) D. C. Freeman, O. M. Plummer and H. B. Miller, representing tne Chamber of Commerce of Portland, visited Dallas today in the Interests of the Land Products Show to be held in Portland, commencing next week. A visit was made to the grade and high schools of the city, and brief ad dresses were made by the visitors. Much enthusiasm was displayed by the students of the local schools. The Dallas Commercial Club enter tained the Portland men while in the city. - After visiting the schools, an informal meeting of the business men and members of the local Commercial Club was held, and assurances of ear nest support of the coming show were received. It was principally through the efforts of the Dallas Commercial Club that Polk County decided to ex hibit this year in Portland. Lofeving Dallas about 10:30 this morning, the Portland boosters were taken y automobile as guests of the local boosters organization to Falls City, where a visit to the public schools was made. While there . a visit was made to the domestic science depart ment, and Mr. Plummer was able to convince this department that a freshly baked loaf of bread from the depart ment would add to the noon meal. Luncheon was had in Dallas, an in formal affair being given by the Dal las Commercial Club. At 2 .o'clock the visitors left for Monmouth, where they addressed the students of the grade, high and normal schools. Tonight a public meeting was held 77 II. " ill rYA fern Special Discounts Offered Now a,' . Furs will 1 be the popular favorite in Winter fashions, especially "Foxes. You will find : the most complete collection of these attractive furs in bur new Fur Department. Red Fox Scarfs from $5.95 to $30. Mink Beaver Raccoon What to Do to Get Fat and Increase Weight The Real Cause of Thinness Most people eat from four to six pounds of good solid f at-makin food every day and still do not increase in weight one ounce, while on the other hand many of the plump, chunky folks eat very lightly ana keep gaining; all the time. It's all bosh to say that this is the nature of the individual. It Isn't Nature's way at all. Most thin people stay thin because their powers of assimilation are defective. They absorb Just enough of the food they eat to maintain life and a semblance of health and strength. Stuffing don't help them. A dozen meals a -day won't make them gain a single "stay there" pound. All the fat producing elements of their food Just stay there in the intestines until they pass from the body as waste. What such people need is something that will prepare these fatty food elements so that their blood can ab sorb them and -deposit them all about the body something. too, that will multiply their red blood corpuscles. and Increase their blood's carrying power. For such a condition it Is well to re com mend eating a Sargol tablet with every meal. Sargol Is not, as some believe, a pat ented drug, bnt is simply a careful combi nation of six of the most effective and powerful assimilative and flesh building ele ments known. - to chemistry. It Is abso lutely harmless, yet has been wonderfully effective and a single tablet eaten with each mal often, according to reports of users, has ths effect of increasing the weight t a thin man or woman from three to five pound a week. Sargol Is sold by all good druggists everywhere on a positive guaran tee of welsht Increase or money back. Skunk Lynx -k Opossuni . Civet Hudson aeai men Wat Wrii Reliability, Variety, Service " j fl . The Wonder MBlinery s The Neio Store e AT ALDER AND SIXTH STREETS p- mil " - llic ww Jm2t in Independence under the auspice of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Much interest is being- taken in the coming event in Portland, and it is certain that Polk County -will be well represented in attendance. Klamatli .Gets Institutes. KLAMATH FAIJUS. Or., Oct. 21. fSpeciai.) According- to the County School Superintendent Fred Peterson, M. S. Plttman, expert of rural schools from Monmouth Normal School, will be a Klamath visitor trom December 6 to 13. While here he will make an in vestigation of schools and will hold institutes, -visiting as many of our schools as possible. Mr. Pittman is one of the best-known school ' experts in the West, and it is expected that the institute under his charge will be the source of. much aid to Klamath County teachers. - Salem Hoy Admits Forgery. SALEM. Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) Fol lowing his arrest here today by Chief of Police Welsh, Curtis Tucker. IB, of this city, admitted having forged checks totaling $30.50 in Salem. Falls City. Dallas and. Oregon City. The boy drew the checks in favor of Arthur Ticker, signing- the name of C. S. Gibson. GRANGE MUMMERS TRAVEL Pine Grove Harvest Entertainers to Visit Vpper Hood KlTer Valley. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Oct. 21. (Spe cial.) Members of the Pine Grove Grange, the oldest grange in the county and known as one of the most success ful in the state, are winnins recognition as mummers. The Grange members for the past several years have been put ting on a variety show each Fall to ward the close of the apple harvest at their East Side headquarters. So successful was their show last Sat urday night, when an audience of 400 from the city and neighboring- parts of the Valley wer present. that the Grange men and women will appear at other Valley centers. The Grange minstrels and variety performers will journey to Parkdale in the Upper Valley Saturday. night. . Insurance Opinion Given. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) A school director may write Insurance on school buildings in his district, accord-" ing to an opinion today by Attorney General Brown in response to a query by Insurance Commissioner Wells, but" he cannot legally give his commission to the district. The Attorney-General held that to give the commission he re ceived for writing tne insurance to the school district would be rebating, which, the insurance statutes do not permit. Mrs. Julia Kaster Dies at Elma. ELMA. Wash., Oct. 21. (Special.) Mrs. Julia Kaster. an old resident of Ford's Prairie, died today after an ill ness lasting several days, he leaves six children. The funeral will be tomorrow. Gome to Portland's Greatest Shoe Store For Standard Makes of Shoes for Everybody at THIRD to HALF OFF Regular Prices Over 25,000 pairs will be on sale. Open Saturday Evening Until 10 P. M. For Ladies' Finest $3.00 and $3.50 Dress Shoes For Ladies' Finest $4.00 and $5.00 Dress Shoes Sale of Men's Shoes H $1.98 OYER 3000 PAIRS MEN'S DRESS AND WORK SHOES On Sale at Follewtns Price, t Men's $5.00 and f (.00 QQ Shoes for. 4i00 Men's $4.00 and $4.60 M 40 Shoes for. irO Men's $3.00 and $3. B0 I QQ Shoes for.k Ij30 BOYS' SHOES iBsThroes 98c Boys' regular $2.50 I OQ Shoes for Beys' regular $3.00(1 QQ Shoea for t30 MAIL ORDERS FTLLEn. All Slx. Children's Shoes In Stock. Special Prices as Follows: Children's SSc $hoes 4c CQa Pumn "V Cblldre n's $1.25 Shoea and 7 Q n I $1.485 59cPll 98c H! Pumps. C h 1 1 d r e n's J1.60 - $1.75 6hoes QQa Pumps... 30U Misses' $2 and $2.50 Shoes Pumps $1.48 All sires In blacks, tan. In whites and .patents, cloth onrl 1r i i linn MAIL. ORDERS FILLED $1,98 $2.48 J Thousands of pairs of Ladies' Fine Dre Shoea on sale. They come in patents, grunmetals. dull kid, new blue and white buck, with cloth or kid tops; blacks and colors: all styles of heels, light, medium or welt ed soles. The best 3 to $5 vals.. 5 I OR onH !t? AS all sixes AA to EE width: sp'l. pair tOO ctllU iitO MAIL. ORDERS FILLED. Men's and Ladies' Rubber Heels, any vize, now I C on sale at. per pair... I M 5c for Men's and Ladies Cork Soles 5c 79c 17c for a-la-1 Shoe Polish. for lo Drl-Fft. for S1.50 Arch Sup port. for Jtny 25c Sk( 1 1 mtM I n K- CREEXFlELIrt COR. FCIIRTH ID AI DER STS. Seaa T.or Mall Order. Here. SHOE WHILE YOU WAIT-