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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1916)
THE MORNING OREGONIAX SATURDAY, 3IARCII 11. 1016. a GHAMBER ON REGQRD FOR IB RATES Traffic Bureau Authorized to Take Action to Secure Port land's Parity Rights. ASTORIA IS LET ALONE Interstate Commerce Commission Decision "Sot to Be Contested t This Time Definite Policy Is Adopted. Directors of the Portland Chamber of Commerce at a meeting yesterday received and accepted the report of the managing committee of the bureau of traffic and transportation relative to action Portland should take to obtain The advantages of its interior position as a seaport, in the light of the recent Astoria rate decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission. They further adopted a resolution approving-' the recommendations of the bureau, putting the Chamber definitely on record as -defining Portland's policy to be for the lower proportional rates to which its natural location entitles it, and authorizing the bureau to take the necessary action in line with carrying out this policy in future. At the same time, by approving the recommendations of the bureau, the di rectors of the Chamber directed that a letter should be addressed to the Inter state Commerce Commission explaining why Portland did not intervene in the Astoria case, and clearing up certain statements of fact in the record which they believe to be in error. Action la Deferred. Tt was also the judgment of the bu reau, as approved by the Chamber in the resolution adopted, that no action Bhould be taken looking to a suspen sion or modification of the Commis sion's order at this time. The wording, "at this time," is inter preted to mean that no action should he taken between now and May 1, the date set in the Commission's order for the railroads to put the new rates into effect. The basis of this recommendation was the Judgment of the committee that it did not desire to disturb the order of the Commission so far as it Elves Astoria a parity of rates with I-'uget Sound. On that account there was no disposition to move against this phase of the order. In the meantime the next move will be made by the railroads which are nffected by the Commission's order. There is also a possibility that Tacoma may intervene. The recommendations of the manag ing committee of the bureau of traffic and transportation, as approved by the directors of the Chamber, are worded as follows: Bureau Report Cited. "It is our conclusion, therefore, no nction should be taken by the Cham ber of Commerce looking to a suspen sion of the order or its modification at this time. We also feel that the Cham ber should address a letter- to the Com mission explaining why this city did not intervene, as well as referring to and explaining certain oth-er erroneous statements of fact in the report, so that it cannot be said we allowed those etatetnents to stand unexplained or un challenged. This course is advised only because the Commission from its report seems to be laboring under a misapprehension as to the reasons for our non-intervention and as to certain other facts bearing on Portland's traffic conditions. "As this case and matters growing out of it in the future will undoubtedly require prompt action from time to time, we suggest it be left with the transportation bureau to handle, with power to take such action in the future as may be deemed advisable." Chamber Approves Resolution. The resolution of approval adopted by the directors of the Chamber reads as follows: "Resolved, that the report of the traffic and transportation bureau upon the Astoria rate case be approved, and that the managing committee of said bureau be and it is hereby authorized nd empowered to take such actton in the future as to matters connected with or growing out of said case as the managing committee may deem desir able, to the end that rates may be se cured for Portland that its natural location entitles it to have." URUGUAYAN FIREMEN BEST Police Unable to Break Up Anti German Demonstration. NEW YORK. March 10. Police re- erves, reinforced by the fire depart ment, had to be called out by the au thorities of Montevideo, Uruguay, to break up an anti-German demonstration resulting from a meeting of the German residents of the city to celebrate Em rror William's birthday, according to "ieorge C. Irvine, naval port officer of Montevideo, who arrived here today on the steamer Vestris from South Amer ica. The Germans rathered at & theater for the celebration. Mr. Irvine said, and oon after the meeting began a crowd collected which became so threatening in its attitude that the police interfered. Their efforts were unavailing, but the firemen dispersed the demonstrators. NOTED RESORT CITY "DRY" Stronghold of "'Wet' Faction in Texas Loses -13 Saloons. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.. March 10. Jvueces County, one of the most popu lous in Southern Texas, voted for pro hibition in a local option election to day, forty-three saloons, chiefly in Corpus Christi. a tourist resort city which has been the stronghold of the "wet" faction, will be abolished by the election. The total vote was 1770 for prohibition, 1544 against. The country vote overcame an anti rrohibition majority of 219 returned in Corpus Christi. Good Roads Bill Amended. WASHINGTON, March 10. The fhackleford bill to appropriate S25. UOO.000 a year for good roads, was amended today by the Senate Postoffice ommittee. which recommended that $1,000,000 be appropriated for 1917 and Sr., ?oo, 000 additional each year until 1921. when JL'5.000.000 would be reached. ELL-ANS Absolutely j Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists DIVORED COUNTESS WHO IS NEW BRIDE ,OF SOXG WRITER JOE HOWARD. I I X ' - - if - - " -w 1 I I ' s if J i -A IRMA KILGALLEN, DAUGHTER OF WEALTHY CONTRACTOR. JOE HOWARD WEDS Song Writer Meets Countess, Former Sweetheart. JILTED WOMAN SURPRISED Wedding Proves Mrs. Witherspoon's Contention That Mabel McCane Was Xot His WifeJudgment ' Soon to Be Awarded. LOS ANGELES. March 10. Two hours after Joseph E. Howard, the song writer, met his former sweetheart. Irma Kilgallen, daughter of M. H. Kilgallen, steel magnate, here today, they were married before a. Justice of the Peace. Mrs. Howard married Count Alexan der Dudley von Maurik de Beaufort in 1909 and was divorced three years later. Mr. Howard today expected his bride's father to be disturbed by the news of the wedding and said that he "wan Just a little afraid to face the music." He will leave tomorrow for Salt Lake City on a vaudeville engagement while his bride will await his return. They ex pect to make their home in Los An geles. "I was surprised to hear of Joe's mar riage then, in the light of what I have learned of his true character since our engagement, I was surprised that I should be surprised at anything he might do," commented Mrs. Edah With erspoon, the woman to whom Joe How ard made love when in Portland a year ago and who will receive a default judgment against him in her $50,000 breach-of-promise suit, last night. The marriage to the Countess fully confirms the contention of Mrs. Wither spoon and her attorney, W. A. Burke, since the beginning of the case, that Mr. Howard is not married to Mabel McCane. When the summons in the suit was served on Mr. Howard, Febru ary 5, he said that he had been married at the time he made an unthinking and meaningless proposal to Mrs. Wither spoon, and that Mabel McCane was still his wife. A default has already been entered against him in the breach-of-promise suit, and a hearing to settle the amount to be paid for heart balm will be held before Circuit Judge Morrow next week. The report that the woman Mr. How ard has married is wealthy leads Attor ney Burke to think that his client may have an excellent chance to collect her Judgment. DETAILS UP TO FUNST0N (Continued From First Pase.) force he thinks necessary and at the same time secure American border towns and ranches against repetitions of the Columbus raid. The committee also assembled facts and figures in relation to a possible de cision to sweep the-whole of Northern Mexico with a military dragnet to catch the bandits. Such a plan, it was said, while certain to end the dis turbed conditions along the border, would involve the use of troops 'by the tens of thousands instead of regiments. FiKum Submitted to Wilson. Figures as to the force the commit tee thought necessary for operations of this character were not revealed. Immediately after they were submitted to Secretary Baker, however, the latter arranged his conference with President Wilson and laid the whole situation before the Commander-in-Chief. Some appreciation of the problem confronting General Funston may be gathered from information in posses sion of War and State Department offi cials as to conditions across the border. General Funston telegraphed a con servative estimate of Villa's forces to day at 3000 men. Other reports indi cate he has 5000. Villa is understood, however, to be short of arms and am munition, which may prove an impor tant factor in the struggle to come. "Wide Rescion to Be Covered. Whether Villa will concentrate his followers to continue to evade pursuit in scattered bands can only be guessed. Department officials realized, however, that the field of operations may in clude a territory approximately 400 miles long and as many wide. In any of these 160.000 square miles Villa might operate with certain knowledge of every trail and water hole. Villa always has shown a preference through his years of outlawry for the mountains that parallel tire boundary line of the states of Chihuahua and Sonora when forced to retreat. There is reason to believe that he is now making his way west and south to seek shelter in the hills. He is known to practically every peon there and in the south near Guerrero are the people among whom he was born. Open Fight Improbable. Once back in the mountains and be friended bv those who fear him, as well as those who idolize him, the ban dit's capture wUl tax American ingenu ity. In hiding and dodging from place to place, he is recognized as an adept, and once "the fox" was a popular so briquet applied to him. Should V illa concentrate his men, the problem of his capture would be sim pie, say officers here, but they do not believe that he can be lured into an open fight. The most promising factor from the American viewpoint is short age of ammunition. It is known that Villa's men have been conserving their already reduced stock of cartridges and have no source from which to obtain more. Their guns are in bad condi tion and many weeks ago they lost practically all their artillery and ma chine guns. It is doubted here if Villa has any cannon or more than two or three guns, with little ammunition for them. The killing at Columbus of Pablo Lopez deprived nim of his most efficient aide- Hegion Devastated by War. The country through which Villa will be forced to fight or flee has been bo harried in the last few years of civil war that the opportunities for forage have been greatly reduced. His own plan of driving off and selling herds of cattle has further reduced his means of continuing the fight. To the south of Chihuahua, across sandy and unproductive stretches of country, there are operating an un known number of Villa's men about Torreon and in the state of Durango. These have lately conducted daring raids and are said to be in better shape than those Villa has with him. Carranza's army at the present is said to be not less than 85.000 and he has increased his store of ammunition. He has approximately 200 cannon, most of them 75 milimeter guns of a French make. His store of ammunition for these is not great, however, and the guns have seen hard service in the last two years. Carranza'a Army Divided. The de facto government forces are divided almost evenly in the north and south. General Obregon has in Sonora, his own state, more than 25.000 of the best men and an equal number are op erating against rebels in the states of Morelos, Oaxaca. and Puebla, south of Mexico City. In the region where Villa is now op erating small Carranza garrisons are located at most of the towns along the railroad from Juarez to Chihuahua and on the Northwestern Railroad that makes a wide sweep westward from Juarez to Chihuahua. This district In cludes Casas Grandes. where there is a Mormon colony; Madera, where Amer icans and Canadians are employed by a lumber concern, and Pearson, where foreign interests also are located. The 5000 troops Carranza today announced he had ordered to'join in the pursuit of Villa, it is believed, will be taken from these garrisons. Cnrranza's Permission IVot Asked. It was learned tonight that the state Department did not ask Ambassador Arreaonao to request permission of his government for American troops to en ter Mexico or for the co-operation of the de fact troops because it wished to avoid placing Carranza in an embar rassing position. The Department realized that if he were forced to refuse the dispatch of me punitive expedition would he an act of war, while for him to accede might create friction for the first chief wnn me radical element, always desir ous of resenting foreign interference, regardless of the motive. Ambassador Arredondo merely was told by Secretary Lansing of the de cision of the President and he sent this miormation to Carranza. AMERICAN BOOKS HELD UP Order Against Import of Paper De lays Unbound Issues. LONDON". March 10. British nnb- lishers who issue British editions of American books are much disturbed bv the refusal of the British Consul in New York to sign consular certificates for the export of unbound books. This action has been taken presumably unaer me oraers oi tne Board of Trad which prohibits the importation of paper, except under license. The publishers say that as there Is no prohibition against the import of oouna dooks tne new order Is ridicu lous and the shipping of books in bind. ing will increase the amount of space utilized instead or diminishing it, the order contemplates. Major May Ran Here. SALEM, Or.. March 10. tSpecial.) A possible Democratic candidate for Vice president was revealed here today when Secretary of State Olcott received an inquiry from Alex C. Patterson, of Jefferson City. Mo., asking what were the requirements for placing the name of E. W. Major, Governor of Missouri, on the Oregon .primary ballot as a can didate for Vice-president, r BOYS tanCWofic & Go. cJ" Merchandise of Mcrtf Only" - - f - JW W IT V Th s.a II I II 'JL, . . ii i ii ! i i. . Jm -t iJ" v riercnarKiiso ot i i'ieni v'" Our First Showing of Spring Suits $5.00 They Are the Best Suits Made, and Positively Can't Be Equaled at $5.00 With one and two pairs "I pants, full cut and full lined. J You simply can't go wrong in buying these suits every one of them, from the blue serges and mixtures to good-sized checks and homespuns, are worth considerably more than our marked1 price, because of the scarcity of wool materials and the remarkable tailoring and finish. All clever new Spring styles, perfect fitting. Here's a Sale That Will Create a Sensation 800 Pairs of All-Wool Pants Go On Sale First Time Today Extra Special 98c This is beyond a doubt the greatest bargain we have ever offered in boys' trousers. This sale represents a great special purchase at a phenomenally low prices fine, durable, all-wool materials in browns, blues, tans, grays full cut and full lined, taped seams, button and buttonholes at knee. Also a splendid lot of wide-wale corduroy pants in drab color only. All pants come in sizes 6 to 1 8 years. What's Your Spring Suit Need? FOR J vWJ Raincoat Sets, Coat, Hat and Leggins Very Special $3.95 Just received, these sets by express. They are light in weight, guaranteed absolutely waterproof. Coat buttons to neck. These sets keep the boys dry from head to foot.. Sizes 6 to 16 years. Boys' new Spring blouses just arrived. Snappy, new patterns, SOc to $1.00. Fourth Floor. Economy Basement Store TODAY ON THE SPECIAL BARGAIN TABLES 50c to $1.00 Sample Spring Flowers at 29c Plain and Embroidered Silk Waists at $1.98 Stamped Children's Dresses, Special at 25c $1.00 and $1.25 Lingerie Waists Only 69c SPECIALS FROM THE CANDY SHOP 25c Best Gum Drops. .19c 40c Hand-Rolled Cocoa nut Bon Bons 25c 60c Whip Cream Choco lates 40c French Mixed Candy .15c Peanut Brittle 19c 25c Creamy Chews. . .19c ,Hard Mixed Candies.. 15c 50c Box Chocolates . .39c J' TTtUTi Merdtandi twoffc & (So. of tJ Merit Ony" r PURCHASE IS URGED Raker Would Add Grant Lands to Forest Reserves. MAJORITY OPPOSE PLAN Forester Potter Urges Delay in Dls posing of Net Revenues In terest of C. A. Smith in Amendment Denied. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March 10. Today for the first time the formal proposal was made to the House lands committee that the Government buy the unsold portion of the Oregon & California land-grant and turn the entire area into permanent forest reserves. The suggestion came from Representative Raker, of Califor nia, author of a bill which proposes to buy the grant from the railroad com pany at 12.50 an acre. He advanced this plea while Associate Forester Potter wu before the com mittee. The forestry official made no direct comment on the Raker proposal, but did urge the plan indorsed by Sec retary Houston. Mr. Raker gave indi cation that later he will press his plan, which has several lndorsers on the committee, but a majority of the com mittee manifestly are opposed, in cluding Chairman Ferris, who believes Oregon ie already surfeited with forest reservations. Forester Potter, while indorsing the main provisions of the Chamberlain bill, urged the committee to eliminate that section which gives to the coun ties and to the state 80 per cent of the receipts from timber and land sales. He thought no disposition should be made at this time of the.net revenue to be derived from the .grant. He thought Oregon would be well provided for if Congress provided for the pay ment of back taxes. S. W. Williams, of the Department oi Justice, interposed objection to this idea and said that the state and coun ties were entitled to more consider ation. He said that under the Cham berlain bill the land would be taken off the tax rolls and that it would be many years before the land, other than small areas homesteaded could be taxed again. As long as the bulk of the lands remained in Government ownership, Mr. Williams said, the coun ties ana state would lose half a million dollars annually through their inability to levy taxes. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY IS PLEASANT, SAFE AND RELIABLE This Remedy Has Won a World-Wide Reputation on Its Merits When a cough medicine must be giv en to young children it is desirable that they take it willingly, which many children do after tasting of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. It contains no narcotic and may be given to a child with perfect confidence. People who have used it for many years have found it to be thoroughly reliable for chil dren's coughs and colds. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family .for the children time and again with excellent results, and found it especially good for whoop ing cough. I can recommend it to all mothers for these complaints," writes Mrs. Joseph McCartey. Pernassus. Pa. "I had a troublesome bronchial cough about three years ago. I coughed almost constantly. It was most annoy ing, especially at night. I tried several cough medicines which never did me as much good as one dose of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. The relief this remedy afforded was very great from the first." writes Mrs. Samuel DerbeJ "I have derived such wonderful ben efit from the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy during the past five years that I can conscientiously rec ommend it to anyone in need of such a medicine," writes Mrs. Jennie Wilson, IvO Ran sport. Ind. "About two years ago I had bronchial trouble. Every cold I contracted af fected my bronchial tubes. Before using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy this would trouble me for months. Two bottles of that remedy rid me of this bronchial trouble and I am pleaded to recommend it," writes Mrs. Emma Parks, Wabash, Ind. These Newest Spring Suits at $18.00, $25.00 and $30.00 Will Not Fail to Satisfy the Mo s t Particular Men. With almost everything entering into suit con struction increasing in price, we have been able to maintain the usual Lipman-Wolfe superior quality without putting up prices. We promise you a better selection of better suits than is to be found anywhere else at these prices. Splendid suits of cassimere, cheviots and worsteds in medium and dark shades. Coats that are made in the form-fitting style, some with the shoestring lapels some with silk-lined sleeves, others are silk lined throughout. Vests finished with or without collars and with extra large arm holes for Summer comfort. Trousers with belts to match and subway loops to insure a com fortable fit at the waist, and can be worn plain or with cuff bottoms. Meamanine Kloor Opening a Men's Hat Department With Every New Spring 5pe Of Hat From $3.00 to $4.00 You'll be delighted with the many and various styles 'of the new Spring hats we are now showing. New soft hats with mushroom and flat brims, with or without bound edges small or large shapes, silk lined if desired. In the new pearl grays, olive green, browns, black, slate, navy and tans. Mr. C. L. Searles, so well known in the men's furnishing world of Portland, is now in charge of this new hat department. First Floor. These New Silk Shirts Are Superior to Any Others at $3.85 They possess more color and a more daring assembling of shades and are of a much finer grade of silk than any we have ever seen at this price. All are made with the soft bosoms and the French turned cuffs and every shirt is made and tailored to fit, rivaling in every way the best custom-tailored shirt. First Floor New NechzWear for Fastidious Men As Well as the Economical At 65 c They equal all and excel many sold at a much higher price. Made of a silk handkerchief foulard with broad Persian borders, in innu merable handsome patterns never before shown. First Floor CAMercrwnclis of C Merit Only" Announcing a Very Comprehensive Display Today of pans parel For Small Women, Misses and Girls In Their Fourth Floor Section Every effort has been made to represent as adequately as possible the newest Spring modes most in demand. Particular attention is directed to the exclusive styles and to the youthful modeling of all our misses and junior apparel. New Suits, New Dresses, New Coats At Prices That Are Extremely Moderate Soft Taffeta Silk Suits are very special at $23.45. Six new models in Cloth Suits at $25.00. New Coats for girls from 8 to 14 years, $4.45 to $14.50 New Silk Dresses for misses and small women at $12.45 to $28.50. Coats for misses and small women at $6.95 Jo $20.00. The new Corduroy Coats can be had for $6.95. to $9.95. Misses', small women's Korrect Skirts, $4.95 to $8.75. New Silk Dresses for girls 6 to 14 years, at $12.50 and $13.&0. Fourth Floor C"MercriarJis of C Merit Only" These Tailored Glace Gloves Were Ordered ' Months Ago Or We Could Not Offer Them 98c Special Made of a splendid lambskin; one clasp. P. K. and P. X. M. seam sewn and with embroidered backs. Each glove is carefully proportioned to fit properly. So far as we can see ahead, the women who lay in a supply of them now will be very wise, for the wholesale prices on gloves are rapidly advancing. And, best -of all, they are shown in all the very newest and most-in-demand colors, such as putty, ivory, canary, oak and white. In sizes from bz to 7. First Floor ' Tare Your Choice Of This Splendid 50c to $1.00 Necrwear at 39c It represents a manufacturer's samples which are slightly soiled from handling, but otherwise as good as new, and will come from a tubbing as fresh as though they had never been on display. Consist ing of hand-embroidered collars and vestees net or lace vestees and collars in many styles and many shapes. : First Floor We Never Ofiered- Better Sheer Handkerchiefs at 12c Each Which are really worth 1 7c and 20. Of sheer linen and lawns with initial or an embroidered design in one corner, with a quarter-inch hemstitched hem. . First Floor fTS