i
DR. W. B. MORSE IS
HEALTH BOARD CHIEF
New Vital Statistics Law Is
Lauded at Annual Meeting
of State Organization.
FEW DISTRICTS NOT FIXED
trak C. Kelr. ft rrUd.
Xum& Coaaattlnx Enslnewr- to
A14 U SprrUK of Munic
ipal Wste Soppll.
AX.rM. Or. D-- aPatel
T"e atata Board ef TT.al'.h. -al
meeting here today. sletad P.
V," sV tllTM. Of :m. preel-ler.t tT
111. lie suece-d r. It A, !"--
I wt tnl. pr A. O. ..;. ef
Vra- waa el;sd vu-e-rrawMerii end
r David N'. nUr. ef rortiaed. ee
f.'ery aa4 rierrer.
Tt the ereriioB ef te rarl
law.- f?r anlform rli!f!l ef '
teeuttea. aee.s br the last
l,n. U provtaiag effective la the ert
t:rr-e II kas beea In eeratloa tae
sWUralioa ef Dr. Roberg. registrar, la
k. report I tbe Board.
jtiaee Jay If lest. w. WofX ef
4itrir'.lB the teaeCM ef the state be-
. 21 eaaectee have beea visited by
I KoMtf and registrars eppoleted te
heae complete record ef birtaa and
h . .-
Coeatlee whera ragtstrare ar r
Be aspeisiej are HaBer. Coee. Crook.
CuFtr. Jefferson. Klamath, Lake Lie-
em in. Xalbear en J TU'.m.
w4 ItM Wale r.atr.
"Wbea the entire stale fcae beea dis
tricted." said Dr. Roberg. "we will
r:y far Oregoa'e edmleiloa lata the
Inderal regtetratloa arse."
t'ader a act of the laet Legislature,
tba Jitate B rtf of Health receives
pervtsloa over municipal iiir sup
piiee t see that Mtiiu? regulations
are observed, aad the Hoard U required
ta lu;l the eaedltlone !' Bay
?ity eeeke to establish dw ir
lo:y. T M th RmH la tM work.
Ik to4r appoint! Frank C K.r.
rsrtlaa4. aa onultIB anctaacr.
Coparatlaa with iba craaoa Child
W;'ara ComnlMloa la IgmliMM
aa irar.lln Bl6Ka waa prom:J
r tva ftoard. Il la tha Islaatloa to
iitrfala pnata4 mattar ea haaltb
aiBfacta iimcc paraala aa4 wlta Iba
bi-l W;fara Laacua. aa4 Iba loar4
Inttv4 la prwrMa for tanttarr Inapac
lioa et OrtCn'a rural acSoola.
Warm af 1Mb Caaatatt lajra4.
py raolatla Iba P-r4 Ia4ra4
tha work of Dr. C E. Ca.hatu Sal'tn
baaica arncar
Isloraaasaal of tha arltoa or tba
CCata Board of Kaalcb af California la
appiaitac a comasictaa la look Into
laproar coaditloaa la tbal ataia witb
a vtaw ef rm IB a OoTaramaal la
MUt lib a lfcroariua waa ia by
lAa uroa Hoard.
Taoaa praat at to4T'a roUnc
(f: tt. W. B. Uori laJam: Dr. kl.
A. Puree. Fort.aoJ. Dr. Dal4 N. Ha
br. Pertlaad: Dr. Andrew C ttmltx
TtrtlaA. and Dr. A. C. Saalar. Hoae
bar. Dr. C. K PUbal!. Uaaford. and
Dr. it B. alarcel.uj. i'ort.enJ. wire
Bot preaaaL
IliDOOR CONCERTS FREE
VlMOVfm AHMT 4D witx
Tbaraatara Are DnUuM aad rap
lar aad Rataa KaaW III a
Meadarad la !. ItalU
xxscoxrmn eapiiac:cs. w.b
re. : j. Sjatrtal. Durla t Iba Biat
mar mootfte tae ftmauo T.etr-ar
Iafaatry 14. uad.r tba laad.realp af
r.-l.rtca U. Hut.er. baadnaa;er. care
ei'ioor concerta oa tba par4e
(na4. Tb.aa coacerte bave proa4
vary popular aad eftactne t baaa
ac.ad.4 by baadrej.
Hr. Vatlar bow baa arraared ta (tre
aertea ef Indoor coacarta la tbe peat
aaaacseiy ba.1. trao ef cbar. aad taa
fO.U la eordiaity laUad ta aicaad ail
af d.ta. Mu: loere are eaavtr.4 tb.y
alwaya bar aa ec.t:.Bl pro.
raavmo aad ai aa roel waaceaar. Tbe
aa;y raooasaaae tbe playara will ra
.ia wui be apprevlatoa by tbe aodt
'. t'?a tba att.oliace dapania eotlre'y
&ar or ast taa coecrta will be
cat:aed tbroac&oot tbe Wiat.r
n.ataa
Taa Brat cearart wl'l Pa b.Id la tba
yat mmmiiy bail TaurwSay eaala.
T-eceeaber 21. tj.ant al oc;.
:li.l a-4mai- Pa played tbe
weea fo.ioam ib.'r receipt, or aa eooa
tAareafter aa potiata.
YEAR'S SH0RT DAY NEAR
. o Toxtay. tWxaaa Tomorrow
la Oa W bol M Inala f tmrtcr.
Nearly anyone Toa meet today will
tU yea. tf yea bappea la aak. taat Ibia
la tbe eborteet day la Iba year. Tbt
111 fie yoa tse opportunity to tome
t b: at bita asd l.l b ra lan
ha la rsef. Tbe almanac wtU back
)u1 up.
Tomorrow Va tbe bert.se day la tbe
y.ar. It la a wbole aaiaale aborter
I bar t:T.
beeer aara December 21 la Iba
a.lerteat day la tba year would ba all
r ail If be were talhtrc for N.w Tor
or isd-aca. or aoroa aucb place. Tbe
Z'ececaber 31 aad 13 are beta ejUy
abert ta tbeeo placea
B :t it wea't do Xor Orecoa aad
TVai&iaatea.
PRELATE ACCUSES MEXICO
Collrctioae anJ Coafraaloaa Forbld
dra ta Catboli Cliarcltes.
BAt-TTlfOnrC. Dao. CardlaaJ C0
Teoaa aaaouacad Ibat ba bad received
a lett.r io.Jay fratn tbe arcbblanop of
t'asara. Mat. lafortrlsc bias tbat Ibe
lrrni (oTeraracat bad for3Mlaa
tn;:ct!ott to be lak.n la Catbolic
rirrrf. C"nf.aIoa bae baaa tor
h,l :n fjr aurue 1 1 "aa. aut iicf to tbe
rr!ib Hep
-Ha rat. tea many ef tha coeditteae
taoit tba ci.rcr aad tae a una. aaia
le cardinal, "aad It B-.akee one (bud
dar to tkisk cf tbeee eutrA"
PROSECUTOR'S WAME USED
ratttr Rmtaarant Man AcvmcJ of
I orjry la . rra! 'axl.
t
PEATTLX. Waaa, Doa. Jl tf-i-c!aX
Jka A. itart, raalauraal aaaa.
waa arraifaa4 la Jvatlea Brisker
court loday oa a cbarca of forties tbe
name of Alfred IL Lundln. proattlln
attorn. la a check for IJlTJ.Ta. Tbe
prlaonar pleaded not guilty and hla
preilauaary baartna waa Bel lor u
c.rrber II. lita boad waa fiaed Bl
II la altcx.d la tha compIaJst that
Hart aed ii la Mra Kalherlne kL
Ciaberc He bad preoslaed to pay her
ea ruai oecaaioae bat ba sever made
coed tbe debL II la cbaraed tbat be
aowed ktra. Ctabera tbe forced cbecb
vbicb be aaid ba waa solna ta caaa.
He dtd no I aab bar to caaa It ktra.
CI bar took tbe cbeck away froea him
e
7
If
1
e Dr. W. Mm Baraa, finMtel af e
m
0 Plata Baw4 ef Ueallb,
t aaaaaa aa
and preeeated It la PTeeeentor loBdta.
Tba proeeaUea fallowed.
SOCIALISTS SM MOVE
XATIOV - 1IDB CAwrAIC TO
rrics cotrtmcxrE rLAta.
Pappert af XaeaterJeei n ad aad by
Matlaaai Raeewtleo CaemaBlttee.
Otaar -faatrale to B larakadU
CIIICAOO. Dac 10. Tha National if
ecsura roaimlttae ef the Soclallat party
at a roeetlne bald bera today planned
a Natloawida campalsa la aapport of
tbe Joint resolution Introduced la Con
srvaa ray klayer Looaoa. tbe partya
only rapreaeatatlre at the National
Capitol, directing- President Wllaoa Im
nadiatcly ta call a conference of the
neutral aaUeaa with a view of tndlng
tba Curop.aa war. and named a com
mitt.. cor.aistlnc of tu V. Deb,
of Indianapolis. Morrla ilillnull, of New
York. International aacrvtary of the
i-ocillt party, and Jarr.ea 11. Maurer.
of f.nn ylaoi. to call oa Praaidant
IVUko la tVashlnfton and area btm
to use bis Influence la obtaining tbe
passage of tba Jolal reaolulloa b Con
s' r-.
Tbe comrrttt.e alao decided to benn
official correspondence with the eo
ciellat paxtlea of Iba leading neutral
coantrlee of tlurope with a view of
baaing thera Introduce similar rsaolu
tior.s la tbe parliatneala of tbelr re
pectlra counlrlea
FIVE IfJ RAID ARE- FIMED
On Obtaloa ConUaaaovca) of Caaa
and Two For fell lull.
Four woraca and aaa roan were fined
and two tnea forfeited ball yaeterday.
as aa aftermath to ibe raid oa tbe
C.ark Hotel early Suniay niornlcg by
rollca Lieutenant Harms, eergaast
Oalsaar. aad Falrolmea Martla. Wiilett.
ttrijai. forkaa. Breuaalng. rowell asd
ABun Jiob,
CBarlea Cray, cbarctd with Improper
ronduci. p;4cd guilty an 1 was flnsd
II. Iloaa Uabcovk. co-d.(Bdaat. ob
tained a continuance of bar case until
December 33. iate Drown and Helea
5: a art. alias Anderson, were fined III
each ea vagrancy charges. On the
same c.arg.e t-aura Alexander aad
Maatae Wesloa ware fia.d II each aad
lie f'.ase remitted by Judge atevensoo.
H. Small. y and aajnu.l llurnatt. two
maa arrested la tbe raid. fori. It.d ball
ef l:i each.
PEACE DISCUSSION DODGED
PrtTnlcr Aqnlth Drclluca to Talk
on aJer In rarllamrnk
LT.VDON. Dec. S Premier Asqulth
dacliaad la be drawa Into aay discue
sioa of tha aubject ef peaca today ta
tha Mo'jee ef Coaamoos.
Sir Wi:;iarn l'o..ard Pylea. on. m tier
for North Salford. auacaatad, lbl re
cent debaiee la Ibe It.ubelag Indleated
a dispoaitioa to transfer tbe lasa.e of
Ibe war from tbe battlefield to the
council chamber. He waa eager to
know whether the government could
iao t'.a way clear ta suggest any form
ef reeponae to that dl.poeltloa.
Tbe rremter Intimated that tae gor-
.rnm.nt'e posltloa waa aacbaaged oa
tie matter of peace.
FORESTRY REVENUE GAINS
Commercial Sato of Timber Only
Show No Increase.
WASHINGTON. Da A 2. Improve
ment la g.nerai buatseee rosdltiona
baa beea flt la large revenue r turns
from ail Natloaal foraatry actlvltlsa.
ac.pt the aa'.e ef commercial timber,
according to the annual report of For
atr Cravee. made public today.
The report shows Increased earnings
during the first three montha of tb
fiscal year ltlt ef fllf.tv over the
am a period last year.
County Farm Rent Tnrne-1 In.
Tbe county waa made ft. richer
yesterday by a check from B. M. Lom
bard aa real ea tbe oil county farm
which the latter had bought, but which
casno back to tbe county oa a fore
closure proceeding. Lombard waa un
tile to pay tbe installments. The money
represents the rest which had beea
paid ta Lombard by tenant a between
tne foreclosure and the eaptralloa of
tbe rvrdemptloa period.
At: jmey-Flancsj Itrat Candidate.
LA CrwaVDE. Or, Dee. 39. (SpeclaL)
County politico fame out of hiberna
tion today wbea IX. . Dlaon. a young
attorney eooa to marry Mlsa Luc 11.
jeiutr, of thte city, announced bla
candidacy for tbe Republican nomina
tion to the office of District Attorney.
Tbta la tbe first definite candidacy to
coma forth.
New Court Clerk nice Band.
Freak TV Menneesv. the new rl.rk
o-ir:e Distrt.t Court, filed a fieee
boad yestarriay and assumed tbe office
la which he bad. baaa appoiat.d to
succeed Crge L. Willy, wno realgaed
aXieg aoaf easing to s AborUga.
TRAIHSIIISNOWFREE
Worst Blockade at Telocaset
in Three Years Broken.
NORMAL TRAFFIC RESUMES
Snow Plow and Crew. W ith fchoveU
Soon Clear O.-W. R. Jt Jf. Tracks.
Wind Cesaatlon Reported and
?to Iore Trouble Expected.
BAKER. Or- Dae. 39. (Special.)
Tha worst blockade la railroad traffic
la the past three y.ara started last
oirni at vacoo. nr.e mnr . -
L'nion Junction, when winds, gucklag
through a aearby gulch, piled anow
high on the O.-W. It. N. track.
Tbe blockade started at o'clock and
anded at noon loday. Train No. la
Vas sent last nlabi back to TrlocaseU
at I o'clock this nioroing. was held
give the r"n'ra a cliance te obta
prov. atone anu
. . . . .ij
in ine roeantirae pnowpivw.. Vn. m.f
and rotary, were rushed to tbe seen
novel genes were set
- - Va IS talRlfil ll
V V IV M J ' - - -
Baker. II hour lata At one time last
nts-bt five trams were iu.i w..
Bacon.
While the blockade waa on. ra. n.
mrmm h-M tfl Raker Bhd
moved oa toward I'ortland when No. II
arrived. . .
The wlad which caused tbe trouble la
reported to have di.d down, and no
repetition of the blockade la eapecled.
LA CRAXDE TR.JETIC ItESCMES
nelper Ensloe I Caoijbt In One
Slide on Telocaset Kill.
LA ORANDE. Or. Dc 30. (SpeclaL)
at S e'clock tblo afternoon tbe last
train tied up by tbe anow slides near
L'oloo Sunday bad passed La. (Sranda
and traffic la again normal. Yester
day'a gale and snowfall caused three
lldee near Uacan oa the Telocaeet 11111.
the first oae catching a helper engine.
Five passenger traine were neia up.
seme of iBera lor ! bourA uch tralna
aa did sot have dlnera on tbem were
bached up to dining-car trains ana in
this way neither bunger nor cold added
to the worrlee of tbe long waita. Cross
laaee la the valley are well choked
with enow drifts and country travel
eras extremely difficult today.
ACTOIaTS SAW FAXXEX TH13M
Wind Fweepsi Grayg Harbor and
Makes Roada Impassable.
n en nc c v tv.ah ? 0 ( Spe
cial.) The heaviest wind and rain
storm of the Winter swept Craya Har
bor laat sight aad today, but did Utile
damage.
Five large treee were blown across
i. ik.fi.iiii.n'.itnArt beach road, and
automobile partiea en route to Aber
deen had to atop and borrow aawa with
which to remove these roa. obstruc
tions. The rainfall of the peat 3 hours
Baa beea - a incnex
5450,000 IM OPIUM HELD
RECORD flEIICRB PI ADD ABOARD
JATAAKSH LINER.
ghlpas.at laleaded for Mealra aad
Arllea af "aa rraaelaea As
taarltlea ta 0a ITaleeled.
shipment of opium Intercepted here by
customs orfl-iale last rialurday aboard
the Japanese liner Sclyo Maru. In
transit from Hongkong. China, to
Saline Crux. Mexico, was found loday
to bo the largest slogle aelsure of the
contraband drug ever maae m
L'ailed StateA
fceventy cases each containing 100
rt sniuffl and valued at
epproxlroateiy IISO.OOO were taken
from the veeaeu Jo eirona nan tjT-.u
made to conceal the forbidden ship
ment, and officials of the Toyo Kls.n
t.-.i.t. k. aaid tonlrht that they
would proteat the saisure to tbe Cua
tomt Department at Washington.
. . ii.. .Kinm-nra th.v aaJd. had
passed through Ihla port previously,
and thy added Uial other veesela
carrying opium lo Mxlco, porta fre
quaotly had atopped at Honolulu. Ililo.
tto fedro and other United State
porta and proceeaco; wnuoui
' . , -A
The aelxure wee made under a Fed-
raj law prohibiting the ehlppln of
opium tbruuck a L'nlted Elates porL
COURT SUSPENDS CURB
inOB JtACniSCRT COMFASfTs RE
OCIIIT IS CRAFTED.
Order Will Held Call! Jaaaary 33.
Waew Arsrasaeala fa set Aside Ra
atralalag Decree Are lieard.
ST. LOCIS. Deo. 10. An order aas
eeoding the temporary Injunction Is
sued agslast the t'nlted Phoe Machinery
Company In the Uovcrnment sun unaer
tbe Clayton law waa Issued In the
L'nlted Slate Circuit Court of Appeals
today.
Tbe prder waa Issued oa the promise
of the L'nlted S;io Machinery Company
to give $100.00 bond to aecure tbe pub
lic against Injury aa a result of tha eua
pension ef the Injunction.
Tbe order waa Issued after the bear
ing of erguroente In which attorneys
for tha company contended that It was
losing thousands of dollars through
vtolatlona of contracts by msnufactur
ers who lease machln.e from tbe L'nlted
Shoe Machinery Company.
The company. It waa said, had fO.OOO
machinca leaaed to shoe manufacturers.
Tbe order of euspenston will hold
until January IS. wbea the court will
hear arguments on a motion to aet
aside the Injunction.
The Injunction or the order suspend
ing It do not a r fact the merits of the
anil-trust suit, which may not be final
ly decided for two y.ara.
SIGNS OF OPERATION NOTED
Dr. J. G. Stroura Teetiflee in Trial
of Dr. An.plnnd.
Dr. J. O. Strohtn waa the first
wltnesa to testify directly that an
Illegal operation bad been performed
upon Anna Anderson, who died In the
office of Dr. A A. Aosplund October 15.
He made the tatetnnt on the
witness-stand In Circuit Judge Kava
nauab'a court yesterday la the trial
of Dr. Ausplund. charged with men
i ugh lar, Err. fetrobm, who waa on
BABY'S EYEBROWS
IfSCMf
Scalp Thickly Coated Also.
Caused Irritation. Spread
to Hair Roots.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
"Then my baby waa ana month old
I aa a yellow scale aa his ojetwuaa
after found tha bla scalp
was thickly coated with
It also. Tba sfelsua be
came quite Inflamed aad
caused h-rltarioa and tha
eralea aiatad to the roots of
hla hair. Bis scalp Itched
so be h-rt taxed It, and hla
hair became thin and dry.
"After be was eleven
ssontos old I got some
Coticara Soap and Ointment. Oa combing
bis hair I soUoad bis scalp was almost clean
and with a faw appUcattoaa he waa healed."
(Signed) Mrs. Nathan Sherman. Kelso,
Waatu March 10. 191V
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 33-a. Skla Book oa request. Ad
dress post-card "Carleara. DepA. T, Be.
" told throughout the world.
of the phyilclaha tbat performed tb
autopsy, said some sharp Instrument
bed been used on the victim.
City Detective Frederick Mallet
testified tbet when he arrived at tbe
Ausplund office. October It, he found
It In much disorder and the doctor
eaclted.
The caaa probably will be finished
tedsy.
PRISON GAMPS SATISFY
AMERICANS FUTTJ GERMANY WTLL
1NO TO TREAT CAPTIVES WELL
Berlin Objects t Leadea'e Zeal ta Tell
ies sf oe Bad Caaap aad la Over
leaking- Favorable Report.
BEBXIX. Dec JO. (By wirelesa to
Sayvllle.) The Brltlah official atate
ment concerning the reports of the
American Embassy at Berlin on the
British prison camns In Germany hae
been received in London newapapera ar
riving hare.
It la noted that while the report
sbowlnsT unsatisfactory conditions at
the Wittenberg camp Is given, the
same seal has not been shown with
regard to tbe favorable report on tbe
American Investlgatlona at the Ruhle
ben camp. Jamea W. Gerard, the
American Ambassador to Germany, In
authorizing the publication of the re
porta. laid down the condition tbat all
or them, favorable or unfavorable,
should be published.
Attaches of the American Embassy
enaaged In prison camp Inspection re
port that camp conditions, although not
Ideal, are aenerally fairly satisfactory.
considering wsr conditions, and that the
camp and the central administration is
ready to attend promptly to any com
plaints or criticisms brought to their
attention.
"Bad" camps are found occasionally.
It Is said, but these are exceptions, and
are usually traceable to the peraonal
vindictive neglect of camp commanders
or subordinate. Moat of theae. bow
ever, are humane and Interested In tbe
welfare of tha prisoners.
The American Embassy's principal
trouble lately baa been to aecure suf
ficient warm woolen underwear for tbe
British prlsonera
TALE A5D HARVARD MAT STAGE
A.MtXAL MILITARY GAME.
ISOO Cambridge Stadeats Earoll for
Training. Many of Wbeaa Will
Take Coaraea la Tactlca.
CAMBRIDGE. Ma.f.. Dec :0. A
mlmlo war game between regiments
composed of students of Yale and Har
vard Universities was proposed loaay
bv William A Pew. retired Brigadier-
General of the National Ouard of this
stale, at a meeting or Harvard stu
dents, at which 12uu enrolled for mili
tary training. General few's recom
mendation was received with applause.
He suggested that the maneuvers be
held each bummer.
President A. Lawrence Lowell, wno
presided, rererr.d to tne expeuiency m
preparedness. Too much stress should
not be placed on drill, however, he said,
adding that the Important part of the
preparedness plan at Harvard would
be tbe work In the classroom. A courae
In military aclence. to be directed by
a regular Army officer and which will
count toward a degree, la to be atarted
at the beginning of the next semester.
The Harvard football team of tnie
season showed the, results of the appli
cation of military system, according
to Head Coach Percy D. iiaugbton. He
said tbat he brought home several lea-
sons from the Plattaburg encampment
and that the eleven waa disciplined In
accordance with them.
COLONEL MARTIN ON VISIT
Ex-Commander of Third Infantry In
Portland for Holidays.
Colonel C. H. Martin. United Statea
Army, who has been stationed with his
command, the Eighteenth Infantry, at
Douglas. Arl for the last several
months, baa returned to Portland with
Mrs. Martin to pass the holidays here
and renew old acquaintances. They
are at the Hotel Mallory and expect
to remain about two weeka.
Prior to leaving Portland, about a
year ago. Colonel Martin waa In com
mand of the Third Infantry, Oregon
National Guard, by special detail from
the War Department. Colonel Martin
brlnga word that conditions on the
Mexican border are rapidly becoming
settled.
Olil Kelso Li very man Sella.
KELSO. Wash, Dec. SO. J. T. Rob
ertson, for more than IS years a Kelso
livery stable proprietor, closed a deal
Saturday, selling his livery atable and
business to W. J. Deavera and son,
Avery Deavera. The new ownera took
over the establishment Immediately.
Mr. Robertson, who Is well known to
II visitors in Kelso, baa been operat
ing In bla laat location for ten years,
previously he wss In the livery busi
ness on the west side of the river. W.
J Deavera waa formerly In the expresa
business In Kelso, but sold out about
two yeara ago and purchased a nearby
farm,
ana anoa
n " w
Why Not Give a
VIC TRO LA
We Have Styles to Suit Every Purse
tj A VJCTROLA will
bring great happiness to
any home not only this
Christmas, but for
years to come.
t B':- 1 K"1l
ill i
The $100 Style in Oak
or Mahogany
Shermanlilay
VTCTROLAa AND RECORDS
Sixth and Morrison Streets
HIGH OFFICER 10 AG!
Attorney-General May Conduct
Pendleton Riot Inquiry.
CASE. DEEMED IMPORTANT
Grand Jury Examination of Police
by State Official Suggested by
Prosecutor. Who Says Impar
tiality Would Be Assured.
so (Special.)
Following the election riot In Pen
dleton December . the suhsequeni r-
- . .Li., DnltytA 1 I T M Tl i II K
real ui ui v , , -
and Policeman Stephens on complaints
made by E. W. McComaa. for which
they have been, bound over to the
grand Jury, comes Information that
. i t? m w - nrnhahlv will
AllorDey-ufluci.i v. " - -
conduct the grand Jury investigation
or eeno. ons o i aim
... , . .. irmriTirtr KtMwer.
uisincb auwi i.. j . . . . - .
who returned from Salem yesterday.
where he aiienaoa a
. . . . . i- aurhnrltv for the
statement. While in Salem Mr. Stelwer
discussed the matter with Mr. Brown,
and asked him to take charge of the
a . fm.
Investigation on ireouui
. w - .nn.miinltv attaches to
poriuti v-v ... ...
tbe criminal cases which have grown
out of the election.
. . r-. i -.. . v. r.ai4 the re-
eir. cmi -ci hji .. " -
ouest because he coneldered the pres-
tlge of me auorncj-vf":'"-
.,i h.in ta sruarantee an Impartial
Investigation of the trouble.
While It is possioic uii
tera of serious Import may prevent
Mr. Brown or any of hla deputies from
. . - r .t:r.n h. has nromlsed
coming io biiuiCwm, ..- - r -------
to let Mr. Stelwer know definitely
within a tew o.-iye.
The grand Jury convenea In January.
WAR oYiTES ASKED
GOVERNORS OF WEST REQUESTED
TO CO-OPERATE IX FIGHT.
Stray Doga Alao taBe Extermlaated
ta Cbeck Epidemic af Rabies.
Cattlcmeat I'rged to Aid.
c x7 hi avrrrsco. Dec 20. Tele
grams to the Governors of Nevada,
L'tah. California. Oregon and Idaho
Baking co-operation In a campaign to
destroy coyotes and stray dogs In their
states to control "an epidemic of ra
bies" were aent tonight by J. S. Bog
gess. of tbe United States public health
service. ' The situation Id a dozen coun
ties of the adjoining atates of Callfor-
-1. x-... I . np.irnn and Idaho was
BIS, w.o
described as acute at a conference of
state and Federal healtn ana toresiry
officials, who met here today under
the auspices or tne v-aiiiorma
Board of Health.
w. - - .1. w mA K an Interstate com
mittee named by the conference and
headed by Dr. BOggesa to oegin ira-
1 1 . . .1 In the affjwteri states With
the co-operation of forest rangers and
inspectors tne wore, oi iwnuiu"u.
Cattlemen who attended today's
.. .nnnlntsil enmmlttees to co
operate with the health autboritiea.
Cattle associations of the five affected
states were telegrapnea louism '
Immediate co-operation.
r. nlanrvad todav ta district the
Oregon oountlee of Harney, Grant.
Wheeler, Croon, altmau ana umu"
mw.A iHshA rnuntfiti of Owyhee and
Cassia and to patrol theae districts.
Kelso Mill Closes for Holidays,
trrt crt Wsah Ttj. 2(1 I SDeclal.)
The J. if. Moore shingle mill here is
closed down Xor two weeks over the
!llMfe:jf
tit : i I t
ill
jilipt
: 1
The $75 Style in Oak terras will be ar
or Mahogany ranged if desired.
d There is a bigger demand this year for
Christmas Victrolas than ever before. Make
your selection now and have it put aside for
delivery Christmas week. Our stock is now
at its best a leisurely selection now is more
pleasant than a hurried choice during the
Christmas rush.
8TEINWAT. WEBER AND OTHER PIANOS
Christmas holidays. During the shut
down some needed repairs will be made.
The fireboxes under the boilers are be
Ine rebuilt and the log slip will also
be repaired. Parts of all four shlngler
machines were shipped last ween io
the msnufscturers at Tacoma, where
some late Improvements will b made
upon them. The Moore mill has been
operating almoat continuously through
out the past year.
PLEA MADE F0R CONGRESS
Anti-SurfragisU Ask Militants to
Halt Tormentine Tactics.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Spokesmen
of the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage argued before the
Senate euffrage committee today
against tbe proposed Federal suffrage
amendment Mrs. A. J. George, of
Brook line, Masa., secretary of the as
sociation's congressional committee, de
nounced the tactics of the suffragettes
In "tormenting Congress."
"Questions of international relation
ship, of preparedness, of the National
defense and of finance are vexing the
wisest minds," she said. "Is it any
time to further the propaganda of this
new crop of hyphenated Americans who
place their wishes above every other
need of the country?"
CARD OF THANKS. .
We desire td extend our sincere thanks
to the many friends who sssisted us
during the sickness and death of our
beloved son, William Pitney.
Adv. MR. AND MRS. WM. B. HOBART.
Sight, Taste and Smell
Make Appetite
The Logic of Hot Steero
Food must look eood or
you don't want it
It must smell good or you
won't eat iL
It must taste eood or you
won't like iL
Anything to eat or drink
tnat looks, smells and tastes
good is goine to give you an
appetite if it's time for you
to eat.
' That's the way a cup of
Hot Steero makes people
hungry.
Its fragrant steam greets
their nostrils with a promise.
Get Steero Cubes in boxes of 12, 50 or 100 Cubes
from your druggist, grocer or delicatessen dealer.
And be sure you get Steero. . There are imitations.
Schieff alia A Co, Distributors, New York
: 3S! American Kltohen Produots Co., KcwYarlc li ' J jggl
Award J Mtdal of Honor
at Panama-Pacific Exposition
San Francisco, 1915
The $15 Style in Oak
1J These wonderful
instruments are
priced to. suit every
purse $15, $25, $40,
$50, $75, $100, $150,
$200, $250 (electric)
and up to $400. The
easiest Davment
& Go.
PIANOLA PIANOS
Opposite Postoffice
MEXICAN CREDIT MAY GO
CLOSING OF FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS
IS THREATENED.
European Embassies Protest to Wash
ington Against Carransa's Plan
to Force Note Redemption.
WASHINGTON, Dec 20. Closure of
foreign banks in Mexico City and de
struction of. Mexican credit are pre--dieted
in official communications to
day to the State Department from some
of the European Embassies, should
Carranza carry out his intention forci
bly to compel the banks to redeem their
notes in gold Immediately when pre
sented by the government.
Strong representations have beea
made to the State Department by the
Embassies.
Representations against closing
banks unable to pay bills of exchange
in gold were sent today by the State
Department to J. R. Silllman for trans
mission to Carranza. The chief bank
affected is the National Bank of Mex
ico, a concern whose stock is held
chiefly by French investors.
Polish Town's Name Changed.
BERLIN, via London. Dec. 20. Or
the authority of Emperor William, the
name of the Polish fortress town of
Novogeorgievsk, which was captured,
by the Germans last August, has been
changed to its historic Polish name.
Mod I in.
Its taste is a delicious combi
nation of the flavors of beef,
vegetables and spices. Drink
it down and then you can eat.
The good effects of a hot
drink are well known. The
influence of smell and taste
on appetite and digestion are
everywhere recognized.
Steers has them all. Hot Steero (
is made by simply dropping a
Steero Cube into a cup and
pouring on boiling water.
If you never drank a cup
of Hot fcteero, wnat i
waiting for?
Simply Add Boiling Wats
you y i