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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1915)
MORNING OREGONIAN, COMBINE 1ST PAY irom the preceding year. Multnomah County, with a decrease of more than $10,000,000. leads. Other counties hav ing decreased valuations are Clatsop, Crook, Klamath. Lake, Marion. Wal lowa and Wasco. The decrease in Crook is accounted for by the fact that the county lost a portion of its terri tory when Jefferson County was formed. - The county valuations so far received are: Baker, $18,400,340: Benton, s.11.242,710: Clackamas, 24,24J,2o0; Clatsop. $1S.USS.1'J2; Columbia, 15.0.S7.:2;; Crook, $...2.8U.': Douglas. 27.22,SH5: Gilliam. $B.S4S.40S; Grant, il.4i.7.'J.Xl; Harney, $S.131.$4:S; Jack son. s.::il.4:!0; Josephine, Js.B0B..-,i0: Klamath. 14.4O0. 104 ; Lake. S9.:;l.::o:i; Iane. $:;.". 40- Lincoln, ?i.422,U8l: Linn, $2f,.i71,iWt: Malheur, .IS.7:tO ; Marion. $-17.119.VWj; Morrow. $0,7:tJ.7--'!; Multno mah, SL'StS.SSS.L'.Vt; Polk. fl2.7U4.110: Sher man. $,'J.-.7.04O: Tillamook, 20.::l,iS5; Cnion. 1,067.97K; Wallowa. 10.S2S.tj5o . Our Tearoom is a favorite with all who enjoy daintily served foods, amid pleasant surroundings. MAIL ORDERS filled from this and all our ads if re ceived within three days of date. Cafeteria in the basement for those who like a well' cooked, quickly served, ap petizing meal. Quarterly License Required of Grocers' Association. Tnauguration Month gees JJs Rusier Than T?,ver - The new,xmplete store sees larger, fuller stocks of desirable merchandise than ever before " its brightness and newness are infectious. Our salespeople have caught the spirit of enthusiasm and helpfulness nt!w t? 5 m & ' dMESSd the best real values- MEMBERS PROTEST CHARGE Selling Information Is Basis ot Act by Council Mr. Bigelow Is Said to Have 1'atlicrcd Movement Out of Revenge. and advanced prices"7 m Whih W6 are able to offer yu todav in face of "filove shortage PROMINENT FILM MAX MO.V ORED BY Bl'SI.NESS ASSOCIATES. 18 TIIURSDAY, XOVE3IBER 4. 191.1 -71 i Tne QuALiTf St owe or Porcri-AMD I J . ' Trie UALrry Stork oe Portlams " ' """" 1 Attempts on the part of License Col lector Hutchinson and City Commis sioner Bigelow to force tho Portland lletail Grocers' Association to pay a quarterly license of 25 and to pay the license on that basis for several years back resulted yesterday in the City Council deciding to subject the association to a license of $12.50 a quar ter, without exacting any fee for time past. Although no mention of it was made before the Council yesterday, it has been charged by members of the association that the sudden demand for a. license fee is a result of the attack of members of the Grocers' Associa tion against the public market, which is in charge of Mr. Bigelow. At first it was insisted that the as sociation comes under a provision of the city's license code requiring a li cense of $25 a quarter and that the association has been doing- business in this class for several years. Payment of the fee from now on and for the time the association has been ilk business in tho past was asked. The associa tion refused to pay and recently was threatened with prosecution. Charge In Contested. The association contended that It was organized to furnish information to members regarding the credit of matrons of grocery stores, and that the association is not a profit-making in stitution, although information is fur nished to others outside of members for a fee. It was the fee system that placed the association in the class of businesses subject to the $25 license, according to License Collector Hutchin eon. The members of tho association, af ter being threatened with- prosecution, conferred with Commissioner Baker and he referred them to City Attorney LaRoche. It was contended by mem bers that the sudden activity of the license collector was occasioned by the opposition to the jublic market and was a matter of revenge inspired by Commissioner Bigelow. Mr. Hutchinson was called before the City Council yesterday and asked to explain why the license was required at this time, rather than heretofore. Mr. Hutchinson declared that he has been after the association a"or a long time and has been particularly insist tent since it has become known that the association furnishes information to others than members. Council Fixes License. J. W. Caldwell, of the association, declared before the Council that the association is not a profit-making in stitution and is merely an organization maintained for the protection of Kroc-ers from "dead beats." He said the association has a monthly deficit instead of a profit. The majority of the Council decided that the association should from now on pay a reasonable license and fixed it at $12.50 a quarter. The license is agreeable to Mr. Caldwell. ORDER ENJOINS POLIGE MAYOR TKI.I.S CHIEF CLARK TO AWAIT COURTS DECISION. Sunday CloftlnK I -aw Enforcement by City Officers Stayed by Recent In junction Forbidding; Arrests. Not until the present injunction and whatever other injunctions may be pi-anted against the enforcement of .Sunday closing law are dissolved will the police try to enforce the provis ions of the law, according to announce ment made yesterday by Mayor Albee. A report to the effect that orders have been given Chief of Police Clark to enforce the law regardless of the in junction was denied by Mayor Albee yesterday. "1 have given no such orders to Chief of Police Clark or anyone else," said Mayor Albee. "I had a conference with City Attorney LaHoche and Chief of Police Clark this morning and the subject was discussed with the result that no action will be taken until the injunction is disposed of. However if the closing law is held to be valid it will be enforced as far as I am con cerned." City Attorney LaRoche said yester day that the police would be in con tempt of court to try to enforce the law with the injunction against it. He said the police in enforcing such a measure are representing the state and not the city. They are acting in their capacity as state officers, and state officers are enjoined from enforc ing the Sunday closing law. Mayor Albee or the City Attorney's office do not have to be served with notice of the injunction. Mr. LaRoche says be cause the enforcement of the state law is purely a state matter, over which the city has no jurisdiction ether than the enforcement through tne police in their capacity as state officers. STATE TAX VALUES GAIN OF 33 COOTIES, ONLY SIX HAVET 1KT MADE REPORTS. Multnomah Property Shows Dron of S10.IH0,000 I)rTr.r In Crook Is Laid to Land Division. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 3. Special.) The value of taxable property in Ore Konj this year assessed and equalized by the different County Boards of Equalization will be slightly in excess of the total value of 114, when it was $S27,442,521.St, according to estimates compiled from reports received by the Slate Tax Commission. With 35 counties in the state all ex cept six have reported their equalized valuations to the Commission and the remaining counties are expected to re port in a few days. The counties yet to oe heard from are Coos. Curry, Hood River. Umatilla. Washington and Jef lerson. Placing the valuations in the six counties which have not yet re ported the same as in 1914. and adding them to the total 1S15 valuations re ceived, the assessed value of properd in Oregon as equalized by the county boards will total $829,249,569. This in cludes the assessed value of the Con gressional land grant of the Oregon & California Railroad Companv. tottrtinic about $21,000,000. s . Of tho 2 counties which have sub mitted their values to the State Tax Commission, eight show a decrease H t' ,s it I V. -:r - it I - -.. -A I " : t J - ,'- - ; 1L,;.;.. 1 W. S. Wessling. "W. S. Wessling, branch man ager of the Pathe iilm exchange in this city, met with the sur prise of the year Tuesday night, when his office employes and . i " fun appeared en masse at his home in Oswego and -. i 1. ri 1. 1 i .. t m ,niii tunny nappy returns of the day. it being his birthday. At the same time Mr. Wessling received a large and formidable box, presumed to contain a birth day gift. Upon being opened, the box was found to contain an other smaller box and within the second box was another. After opening a dozen boxes of various size, he finally came upon a hand some diamond pin. Mr. Wessling Is one of the most popular men in film circles here. RATE FIGHT CONDEMNED COTTAGE GROVE MEET1VG SCORES PORTLAXD LUMBER MILLS. Action on Railway Preferential Cnlled Selfishness Civic Bodies Are C'rgred to Exert Influence. COTTAGE PROVE, Or.. Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) A resolution setting forth the reasons why the life of the sawmill industry of the Willamette Valley de pends largely upon the maintaining of the preferential rate recentlv given valley mills into Northern California interior points, and strongly condemn ing the selfish actions of the Portland mill men, was adopted at an enthu siastic and largely attended meeting of the Commercial Club Monday night. .Th stateme"t was openly made that tne Portland mill men are endeavoring to get the rates so adjusted that the Valley mills will be put out of busi ness and the timber that is now being manufactured locally will be hauled to Portland for manufacture, thus tak ing employment away from a large part of the labor of the valley and at the same time deprive business In terests of a large part of their cus tomers. Copies of the resolution have been sent to all the commercial clubs of the .-..w nave Dec it asked to join in a concerted move to show in no uncertain m n n .. i : . . . ...c icciiiis oi tne Nancy people concerning the rates. Country Depends on Industry. fonowsCOmPlete resoIution in Part s as Whereas. The Cottage Grove country Is largely dependent upon the lumbering and sawmill industry; auu Whereas. The new rate ot 17U cents made feT a4' y"'mt"' Valley po?n?a int In! terlor Northern California points will greatlv encourage and put nevr life into the nlmber business i? the Willamette Valley" be U lanrteS,-hd' Th" .we beve that 'the Port land Chamber of Commerce, other civic bodies of Portland, manutacturers' assocla! tions. wholesale business interests and other residents of Portland who believe in the square deal, should make whatever move is ?"5?.ry, ' draw the Portland ,",. from their course, which would work.ereat hardship, to Willamette Valley millmen and to those dependent upon them, would render hundreds of thousands of dollars of invest! GREEK COMMITS SUICIDE Jolm cmctriu Slioob Scir and Leaves Explanatory Xole. I suicide because I do not like my life any more." was the reason scrib a hastily scrawled note found on the body of John Demetriu a Greek whicn was discovered in the Riverview Cemetery yesterday noon bearing the mark of a gunshot wound 'in the throat self-inflicted. Demetriu was ijnembcr, he said in the note, of the Northwest Hospital Association, and lived at Rowland An nex on Fourth street. He said he nad a cousin at 20SU. Fourth street. Another note, to which he referred in the one found on his body, was in his room It was in Greek, and Deputy Coroner Smith could not get 'it translated yes terday. The suicide used a .38-caliber revolver. R. A. HEMRY IS SENTENCED Former Bank Cashier Gets Iroin One to Five Years. The forgery of a check for $1200 re sulted yesterday in a sentence of one to five years in the penitentiary for R. A. Henry, former cashier of the Wood land State Bank. Woodlawn, Wash. Henry, who is 25 years old. pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Gantenbein and received his sentence. After starting East with some of the money he obtained with . this check Henry returned to Woodland a month ago. according to Francis S. Alkus. manager of the Burns' detective agency bere. In Woodland he was arrested. Following extensive research a French physician has decided that the use of to bacco Is harmful only under certain con ditions and that it Is a valuable tonic and germicide when properly used. Just JnJ Rockwood Pottery that won derfully exquisite hand -made pottery with all its beauty of in dividual desiprn. To be found here only! Five new and dis tinct types, no two pieces alike. Ranging in price from 50c to KM- .B.n Chinese Purses in the most exquisite designs and coloring. Leather, mounted in shell frames. ' Soft petunia shade with rich blue and green and quaint figures. All shapes and sizes $5. .Main Floor, Sixth Street. Traveler's Laundry Outfit "Clothes line," shell clothespins and glass fasteners all fitted into a little leather case, to be tucked into the pocket or suit case. Main Floor, Sixth Street. New Face Veils, daintily em broidered in border effects of chenille dots and velvet bands. Priced 35c to $1. .Main Floor, Fifth Street KM Cjloves-3000 Pairs pine JTrench (gloves Just Hut of pond Qn gale 3 pays The letter at the right tells the talc Steamer "La Touraine" returned to the New York Harbor a few days ago with 3000 pairs of women's gloves in her cargo for us. These were rushed out by fast express and here they are on sale for three days. , These people offer to take care of our future orders "despite difficulties" but whether they will be able to get the laborers necessary and whether the next ship will make a safe voyage who knows ? In addition to these gloves We have included hundreds of pairs of Perrin's, Ireland's, Dent's Gloves Long and Short We know positively that this is the time to buy glove prices are steadily advancing. Anticipate your Holiday needs now supply your glove wants from this great sale. "Rlankets Reduced Warm wool blankets and fine comforts for cold nights now at big savings! 7.50 Wool Blankets $5.75. $10.00 Wool Blankets $8.75. $13.50 Wool Blankets ,$11.75. $15.00 Comforters $ J 0.75. $ 9.00 Comforters at $7.50. Second Floor, Fifth Street. $1.50 One-Clasp Gloves. $1.27 Real French kid, with four rows heavy embroid ery contrasting color. All sizes. Our best $1.50 quality, 2 pairs $2.50. $125 Two-Clasp Gloves, $1 Overseam sewn with Paris point embroidery. Colors are white, black and tan. Sizes 5 to 8. $1.75 Pique Sewn Gloves, $1.45 Women's 2-cIasp gloves of fine French kid, em broidered in new cross-stitch style. White, tan, champagne and brown. 2 pairs $2.75. $2 French Kid Gloves, $1.69 Overseam sewn, fastened with 2 pearl clasps. 4 rows embroidery on back. Black, white, cham pagne and sand. '2 pairs $3.25. $2 and $2.25 Dent's Gloves, $1.43 Dent's popular English gloves for women. In black, Manila, Ha vana, and Golden Cuba. Both P. X. M. and pique sewn. 2-clasp styles in pearl and metal clasps. All sizes. $1.50 and $2 Mochas at $125 Ireland's fine quality Mocha gloves. A special purchase of new Fall gloves makes the price possi ble. $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 gloves, both lined and unlined, special at $1.25. $225 Two-Clasp Gloves, $1.89 2-clasp Gloves, pique sewn, fine soft kid in black and white. Five rows heavy embroidery. Best $2.25 quality at $1.89. $2 P. K. Sewn Gloves, $1.69 Women's 2-clasp dress gloves of soft fine qual ity, embroidered in 4 rows of contrasting em broidery. Black, white, taupe, brown and cham pagne. $3 Long Gloves, $227 Women's twelve-button-length gloves, of fine real French kid. Fastened with 3 pearl clasps at wrist. $2.50 eight-button length, same style as above, at $1.85. I . '" Wtu rjl.',f- . m 1 . $2.50 Long Gloves, $1.75 Long white gloves of fine imported kid. Full 16-button length, fastened with 3 clasps. $3 Dent's Gloves, $1.98 White kid gloves in elbow length. Dent's own make overseam sewn. A remarkable bargain at $1.98. First Kioor. 400 Handsome Velvet gmte prom $27J2J2 $85 The touch of Winter in the air makes "omen's farm "Qnderw'r imely Qffering Scores of savings in our big Underwear Department! Ours is one of the completest underwear stores on the Coast. Here are a few examples of the wonderful savings now to be found here: $2 Harvard Mills Vest 98c $1.50 Athena garments, special Ji iV ft r WTViS I ' H M $27.50 V V $37.50 $29.50 85. . Three models are illustrated Beautiful rich velvets in every imaginable style. Some are strictly tailored, severe and handsome others are quite dressy and some just between. Fur, Silk Braid, Shir ring and Smocking form the trimming. . The colors are blues, browns j greens, grays, damson, amethyst, plum and, of course, black. Some are in three pieces,, with touches of gold lace chiffon and taffeta. Priced at $27.50, $29.50, $32.50 to Fourth Floor. Fifth Street. Silk and wool garments made with high neck and long sleeves. Very elastic. 50c Fleeced Garments 39c Medium-weight vests and pants, high neck, long and short sleeves and ankle lengths. Regular and extra sizes. $125 "Athena" Vests 73c Women's Athena vests and pants, Winter weight, mercerized finish. Vests in high and Dutch necks, pants in ankle length. at 95. $1 -Harvard Mills Gar ments 68c Vests and pants. Winter styles and weights. Mixed, cream and gray.- . r 50c-$l Infants' Vests 38c Genuine "Reubens' " Vests in wool and $ilk. Sizes 1, 2 and 3. Special 38 2 for 75. Children's Pants 40c Mixed wool and cotton pants and vests. Excellent quality in cream and gray. "Sizes 2 to 14 at 40. 0 Mnin Floor, Central. The T ,inen Sale Qoes Qn and every day customers tell us what excellent values are to be found here. This semi-annual event has taken place regularly for years. Come and see the "values" for yourself. Included are many John Brown linens. 'wt x i Table Linens 7.50 Table Cloths, $5.00. $ 3.25 Table Cloths, $2.50. $ 3.75 Napkins, dozen $3.00. $10.00 Colored Sets $5.00. $ 1.00 Lunch Cloths 75. $ 1.25 Table Damask $1.00. Bed Linens 75c Sheets at 59. 85c Sheets for 65. 35c Sheeting, yard 30. 12c Pillow Cases 10. 18c Pillow Cases 15. Second Floor, Fifth Street. A bout 1 J) price for Men's TJnion- Suits Announcing the completion of a special purchase' which our men's furnish ings chief calls emphatically a BIG event. We think you will, too, when you "realize that the 90 dozen union suits involved are from the famous reliable Narragansett Mills, whose name is everywhere recognized as the stamp of quality undergarments. The Newton Knitting Co. (branch of Narragansett Mills) label is in all these union suits They are all new and perfect. Two great lots $3 to $4 Worsted COOPER'S CLOSED CROTCH T I O IA lO ,73tOQ Union Suits at $1.50, $2 Cotton Union Suits at Light, medium and heavy weight to suit every man ! All sizes, 34 to 46, in lot ; natural, blue mixed and gray. Every garment has the genuine Cooper patent closed crotch. Main Floor. : Tm& Quality; Store of Portland Ftftt SijcLK, Tlorritxxy Alder Sta- $122 Fine cotton union suits an ideal Fall and Winter weight for this climate. Sizes 34 to 46, in white and ecru. All have the famous Cooper closed crotch ; $1.50-and $2 grades. WW A New ' "yelworth Blouse 2 On smart new lines, it is de veloped in soft, silky madras. As illustrated, the collar can be worn low, or buttoned high in military effect. Unusual in design, material and style today at $2! Fourth Floor, Central. Skirts Cut to Measure Free Among other innovations' for "Inauguration Month" this ex pert tailoring service will be found most convenient and make it worth your while to buy dress woolens here. Our tailor began cutting skirts on Monday morning and since that time hundreds of women have profited by this offer. Four distinctive new models are on display in our Woolen Goods Section. After your skirt is cut to measure, it will be a simple matter for you to finish it. Investigate this offer. Second Floor, Klfth Stmt. CANAL JOB IS VIEWED GORDON I'K V. I. VISITS PANAMA OX .RETURN FROM EAST. Three Dredses HriuovinK 100,000 Cubic Vard Dally, but Mole Appears Quite Insignificant. Information concerning the gigantic tasK which General Goethals has srone back to Panama to undertake was brought to Portland yesterday by Gor don A. Feel, who has returned from the East by way of the Canal Zone. "General Goethals is -removine: a mountain top that stands higher than Kelly Butte." said Mr. Peel. "Kven that is hardly a fair comparison. Gold Hill stands high above the canal and the much-talked-of slide at Culebra Cut is a section of about 20 acres which seems to have moved down into the canal. "The piessure which causes the slide comes from Gold Hill and it Is there that Goethals is doing the big work. Vvt. the slide they have three dredges at work and they are taking out about 100,000 cubic yards a day. The space that such a quantity of dirt and rock comes from looks so small that one gets the notion they never will get the slide worked out. but the engineers say that three -months will see the canal clear. "We were tied up at Balboa for seven days waiting' for coal and had a fine chance to visit Panama City. So it will not b darkened In event of damage telow decki. a. steamship recently built in England was provided with an auxiliary Uichtlng plant mounted on the bridge deck and operated by a gasoline en-Gine. EXTRA SKIT AT EMPRESS ARTHUR DKMING TO DIRECT STAG. I"G OF "THE IRISH JUSTICE." Tryout Prairammc to Be More Elabo rate Than Vaual and Several -Munlc-a! Numbera Announced. Arthur Deming. the "Merry Minstrel Monarch." at the Empress Theater this week, has arranged to stage a big after-piece, "The Irish Justice," In which all on the bill this week will take part, immediately following the professional "tryout" at the second show tonight. Mr. Deming will portray the charac ter of the Irish judge. The skit will be a burlesque on that famous comedy production. The courtroom scene and all characters will be realistic and spe cial costuming wherever necessary will be furnished by the company. By special request, while the stage is being -set for tho after-piece. Miss Nellie Hoone. the cornet soloist with the Bonnie Sextet, will render selec tions on the cornet, and Miss Dorothy Lewis, the contralto vocalist in Billy Rice's musical comedy company, will sing. The professional "tryout" acts will Include Miss Alice M. Brown, who has Just returned from Chicago, where he has been studying under the direction of Professor Henri Jacobsen, the noted dancing instructor. Miss Brown will ofTer classical and toe dancing. George Kricson, a concert singer with a splendid baritone voice, will sing. The McCool sisters will offer an unusually good yodeling and dancing act. with change of cotume for sev eral numbers. This is one of the most elaborate programmes the EmprJss has presented on "tryout" nie-ht. This Frees Yor Skin Fron Hair or Fuzz (TolLt Tips.) The method hre suggested for the removal of supefluous hair is quick and certain and unless the growth is extremely stubbrn, a single applica tion does the wck. Make a stiff paste with some pofdered delatone and water: apply ths to the hairy surface and after abou 2 minutes rub it off. wash the skin nd the hairs are gone! To avoid disappintment. be sure your druggist sells ju delatone. Adv.