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TIIK 3IORXIXG OREOOXIAS, WEDNESDAY, 3IARCII 29, 1916. UNITY OF ACTION IS PLEDGED BY ALLIES Paris Conference Says Eco nomic Solidarity Is As , L sured for War. FREIGHTS ARE STUDIED Nations to Work Together in Scour inr Diplomatic Action to Pre vent Hcvlctualing of En emy, Says Statement. ' VAftlS. March 28. The conference of the entente allies, which ended today, adopted the following resolutions Just I)rlor to adjournment: "The representatives of the allied governments in conference at Paris March 27 and 28, 1916. affirm the com plete community of views and solidar ity of the alliefc. They confirm all the measures taken to realize unity of action and unity of front. "They understood by that at the Fame time unity of military action. assured by the entente concluded De tween the general staffs, unity of eco nomic action, the organization of -which the present conference has regulated, nd unity of diplomatic action, which is guaranteed by their unshaken will to continue the struggle to victory for the common cause. 'The allied governments decide to put into practice in the economic do main their solidarity of views and in terests. They charge the economic con ference which is to be held shortly at Taris to propose for them appropri ate measures for the realization of this sol idarity. "With a. view to strengthen, co-ordl-Tiate and unify the diplomatic action to be exercised to prevent the revic tualing of the enemy, the conference has decided to establish at Paris a per manent committee, in which all the allies will be represented. "The conference has decided: First, to continue the organization already begun at London, of an international central bureau of freights; second, to proceed in common and with the brief est delay to seek practical means to apportion equitably between the al lied nations the charges for maritime transportation and check the rise in freight rates." ELOPEMENT IS SUSPECTED Girl Leaves Note Implying Suicide, but Mother lias Warrant Issued. Ailene Clunkers, 13 years old, left her home at 805 Halsey street yester day, leaving a note implying that she was about to kill herself. Both the girl's parents and the police believe that she has eloped with Lawrence Davenport, a young man who has been attentive to her. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Miss Munkers and Mr. Law rence on charges of disorderly con duct. " " The following is a part of the note left by the girl: "Darling Mother: I have worried you enough. You will find me some day in the realm of glory with God. Arid mother, dear, don't worry or grieve over the loss of me, but forget and forgive. Xow, mother, by the time you get this I will be no more. Don't hunt for me or worry. Tour daughter." - The girl's mother, Mrs. X. F. Mun kers. 805 Halsey street, reported the girl's disappearance to the police last night. Miss Munkers Is about five feet two inches tall and has gray eyes and brown hair. Tuesday's War Moves ANOTHER determined effort by the Germans to break through the French lines northwest of Verdun has resulted in failure and with heavy losses to the Germans. After days of intense artillery prepa ration for another effort to lessen the Fix miles intervening them and the Paris-Verdun railway and the nine miles still between them and Verdun, the Germans launched a great Infantry attack on the Haucourt-Bethincourt sector. In successive waves, the Ger mans were thrown into the fray, but all of tlreir attempts were put down by the fire of the French guns and fire of the French infantry. There still Is an intermittent bom bardment going on northeast of Ver dun and in the Woevre region. In, the Argonne the French are giving the German lines no rest, while in the NOT A PARTICLE . OF DANDRUFF OR A FALLING HAIR Save Your Hair! Double Its Beauty in Just a Few Moments. 25-Cent "Danderine" Makes Hair Thick, Glossy, Wavy t and Beautiful. Within tent minutes after an appllca ion of Danderine you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be after a few weeks' use, when you see new hair, fine and downy at first yes but j-eally new hair1 growing all over the scalp. Danderine is to the hair what fresh fhowers of rain and sunshine are to vegetation. It goes right to the roots. Invigorates and strengthens them. Its exhilarating, stimulating and life-producing properties cause the hair to Crow long, strong and beautiful. A little Danderine Immediately dou bles the beauty of your hair. No dif ference how dull. laded, brittle and rcraggy. Just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw It through your hair, taking one small urand at a time. The effect is amaz ing your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance: an incomparable luster, softness and luxuriance. Got a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toi let counter, and prove that your hair Is as pretty and soft as any that It has been neglected or Injured by care less treatment that's all you surely ran have beautiful hair and lota of it if you will Just try a little Danderine. Adv, Vose the artillery action has been marked on both sides. On the Briit.sh front. In the St. Klol sector, the Germans opened a heavy artillery tire on the British forces hold ing the ground gained by them Mon day. The British artillery replied ef fectively, and, according to the British official statement, these positions are atill in the hand of the British. In the Postavy region of the Rus sian front Berlin reports that the on slaughts of the Russians against the German lines have been withstood, and that the attacking forces have suffered heavy casualties. A semi-official dispatch from Berlin says that the Russians have attacked in their offensive with 60 divisions over a front of 120 kilometers, and that, their losses have been not less than 80,000 men. Heavy Italian bombardments of Aus trian positions on the Doberdo Heights and along the isonzo continue. A German air squadron has dropped bombs on the harbor works at Saloniki and the entente allies encamped north of Saloniki. A German torpedo-boat destroyer was rammed and sunk by. the British light cruiser Cleopatra in the recent en gagement off the German coast. There were no German survivors. Two more steamers nave been sent to the bottom, the Eagle Point, a Brit ish vessel, presumably by a torpedo, aid the Harriet, a Danish vessel, by a mine. The crews of both vessels were saved. GIRL CONFESSES ARSON FEAR OP KATE OP" WHITE GIVEN" AS CAISE. SLAVE Wallrt Soys She Tried to Kill Herself by Opening Gas Jets Two Dead, 18 Injured.' CLEVELAND. March 28. As a result of the confession of Bessie Reimers, 19 years old, a waitress, that because she feared she would be forced into white slavery she set fire to her apart ment this morning, causing the death of two persons and injury to 18, the girl was arrested today on the charge of manslaughter and arson. George D. Hanson, a waiter, and George Bauman were also arrested on the charge of being suspicious persons, pending a further investigation. In her signed confession the girl said she was being driven to desper ation by Hanson and his associates, who, she said, wanted her to become a white slave. As a result of a police raid on the Foster Apartments last week in which she was innocently in volved, she lost her position as wait ress and in' her confession she declared she sought death as a means of evad ing Hanson and his temptations. The girl admitted .that in an effort to commit suicide she turned on two gas Jets without lighting them, bound her ankles and gagged herself and then waited for death. A small stove ignited the gas and started the fatal fire, - she said. FLOODS ARE SUBSIDING MICHIGAN" AND OHIO TOWN'S LONGER IN DANGER. Damage, However, Is Heavy, Bridges Over Rivers and Creeks Having Been Swept From Foundations. DETROIT. March 28 Reassuring reports that cities and towns in the flood region of Lower Michigan were no longer seriously threatened by high waters continued to reach Detroit late today. These reports, however, in creased the toll of damage. Bridges which spanned rivers and creeks in the Saginaw, Bay City and Flint dis tricts were swept fom their founda tions. Saginaw and Flint were the only Im portant points which reported rising rivers. Washouts made it impossible to run trains on the Detroit & Mack inac Railway to Alpena from Bay City. Rescue parties from Bay City went to Bangor Township to assist families re ported marooned. One death, seven injuries and many narrow escapes due to flood conditions have been reported. Miss Pearl Savage, IT years old, was drowned In Pine River, near Standish. She was with her father and brother in a buggy which was swept away when they attempted to cross the river. Savage and his eon were rescued. COLUMBUS, . O." March 28. Flood waters in rivers throughout Ohio were receding rapidly tonight, according to Weather Bureau officials. Portsmouth reported today that the lowlands about the city were flooded, but that no homes had been abandoned. The situation in the Muskingum Val ley became critical today when the river was within a foot of the danger mark, threatening Coshocton, Zanes ville. McConnellsvflle and Marietta, but reports from these cities tonight were that the water was slowly falling. SUTHERLIN HAS BEET SEED Planting of 500 0 Acres Expected in Effort to Get Factory. SUTHERLIN, Or., March 28. (Spe cial.) Two and one-half tons of sugar beet seed, sufficient to plant more than 400 acres of land, and eight beet plant ing machines were received at Sutherlin today from the headquarters of the Oregon-Utah Sugar Company at Grants Pass. A seconds shipment of at least three tons of beet seed will arrive within the next week. Little difficulty is expected in sign ing up 5000 acres here for beet growing next year, which is the amount of acre age required to insure a sugar .factory being built at Sutherlin. AUT0M0BILISTS ATTENTION Watch the Northwest Auto Co.'s ad Sunday for sensational announcement, which will interest all automobile own, ers and prospective buyers, Adv. Santlam Supervisor Transferred. iALBANY, Or.. March 28. (Special.) F H. Brundage, supervisor of the San tiara National Forest with headquar ters in this city, today was transferred to Portland, where he will be super visor of the Columbia National Forest, which has its headquarters in that city. Mr. Brundage has been stationed here for 3V4 years, and during that period marked improvements have been made in the Santlam National Forest. He left for Portland today to take up his new duties. Johnson Proposes Military Road. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March 28. Representative Johnson, of Washington, today intro duced a bill appropriating $2, 000.000 for the construction of a 60-foot high way from Vancouver Barracks down the Columbia River to Forts Columbia and Canby. The bill stipulates that the road shall run through Woodland, Martins Bluff. Kalama, Carrols, Kelso, Stella, Oak Point. Cathlamct, Skamo- Kawa, (mnooi and JUwaco, ROSE FESTIVAL PLAf OUTLINE IS r.lAHE Children's Parade, Opening Day Feature, Will Be Held on West Side This Year. CENTER TO OPEN JUNE 6 Uioadwa' AVill Be Illuminated as " Court of Honor and Grand Promenade Hose Fountain Will Be Fnique Feature. The annual children's parade, opening-day feature of the Rose Festival, will be held on the west side of the river this year. This is the decision of the board of governors of the 1916 Festival as outlined in the tentative programme adopted at last night's meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. For several years the parade has been staged on Grand avenue, but It is believed a great many more people can see the pageant If it is held on the West Side. The question of changing the parade from the East to the West Side has received serious consideration and unless the programme for the 1916 show is changed the great pageant will move through the down-town business section the morning of June 7. With the decision of the changing of the children's parade from the East' to the West Side, comes the definite plan to open the festival center the night o June 6. In addition to the crowning cere mony, opening of the floral center with its gorgeous beds of bloom and the first presentation in the United States of a rose fountain, will come the illu mination of Broadway, to be the court of honor and grand promenade. Band concerts at the festival center will con clude the night programme June 6. The children's parade will move promptly at 9:45 A. M., June 7. This will be followed at 2 P. M. by the Na tional dedication of 'the Columbia River Highway, the event to be staged at Multnomah Falls. The Festival Queen with those to take part in the ceremony will proceed to the highway after leading the children's parade. Committees are at work arranging the details of the dedication of the great roadway. The second day will bring the floral pageant and the last day the fraternal, military and civic parade. A regatta on the river will be a fea ture of this year's Festival. Fast hy droplane races will be staged, the course to follow under the bridges. This will serve to accommodate thou sands of people along the waterfront, on the steamships at the wharves and along the bridges. Efforts are being made to bring boats from Seattle to take part in the races. A river pageant will be included In the programme. Another feature that is attracting attention is the annual .roller-skating marathon to be staged by the sporting department of The Oregonlan. The route will be over the downtown streets and several hundred boys will take part in the contest. Events at the Golf Club and the an nual Rose Festival shoot by the Port land Gun Club are features already ar ranged. GERMAN WARGRAFTSUNK DESTROYER RAMMED BV BRITISH CRIISER, NONE SAVED. London Confirms Loss of Medusa, but Soys Crew AVas Rescued by An other Vessel of Fleet. LONDON, March 28. Official an nouncement was made today .that in the recent engagement off the German coast a British light cruiser rammed and sank a German destroyer. All the ships employed in the opera tions off the German coast have now returned to their ports except the Medusa, which ship, as was feared, was sunk after all her crew had been taken off in bad weather by the destroyer Lassoc without any casualty, a fine piece of seamanship. Our destroyers, while dealing with enemy patrol vessels, were themselves attacked by enemy aircraft. They re ceived no damage of any kind. "The following passengers were rescued from the enemy patrol trawlers which were previously reported sunk by our ships, viz: Four from the trawler Otto Rudolf, IS from the trp.wler Braunschweig. "On Saturday night a division of German destroyers was encountered by our light cruisers. One of these de stroyers was rammed and sunk by H. M. S. Cleopatra. None of her crew was saved." CIDER WITH KICK SEIZED Orricers Allege Drink Contained 8 Per Cent of Alcohol. OREGON CITY, Or., March 28. (Spe cial.) Another alleged seller of hard elder was arrested today. George P. McKlnnis. of the Clackamas Heights district, was arrested at his home by Constable Frost and Sheriff Wilson, and two jugs of cider, which are said to contain 8 per cent alcohol, are held as evidence against him. He entered a plea of not guilty. McKlnnls made cidf r on his farm and mixed with it pure alcohol until it had the proper strength, it fs said. Then, the officers charge, he dispensed it to the neighbors. GOVERNMENT TO PAY HALF Senate Slakes Fall Co-operation a Condition of Building Road. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 28. The Senate today. 25? in adopting the provision of the Indian appropriation bill authorizing the con struction of two bridges across Uma tilla River on the Umatilla Indian res ervation to cost $28,000, accepted an amendment proposed by Senator Lane requiring UmatUla County or the state of Oregon to defray half the cost. As the bill passed the House, the Fed eral Government was bound to pay two thirds of the cost. The Senate also adopted an amend ment increasing the appropriation for the Salem Indian school for 1119,000 to $135,500, the increase to be applied to repairs. It appropriated $3000 for a bridge across Williams River, on the Klamath reservation. The following amendments were made affecting Washington appropriations: One hun dred thousand dollars in part payment to the Yakima Indians for water rights on Yakima River; $95,000 for water rights for allotted Indian lands In the West Okanogan Valley irrigation dis trict; opening the mineral lands of the Spokane reservation to mineral de velopment under leases. CAfJOE VICTIM IS FOUND BODV OF CHARLES KIRK PATRICK RECOVERED AT LINNTON. Companion of First National Bank l-.m-ploye, Drowned Last February, Still Missing. The body of Charles KIrkpatrick. 660 East Madison street, 22-year-old clerk in the clearance department at the First National Bank, who with Harry Gammie, paying teller in the Ladd & Tilton Bank, was drowned in a canoe accident in the Willamette Rver off Rock Island five miles south of Ore gon City Saturday. February 12, was found floating in the river off Post office bar about two miles below Linn ton yesterday- - The body was brought up the river to Portland by the harbor patrol launch and was taken to J. P. Finley & Sons undertaking parlors, and later will be sent to relatives in Los Angeles. The body was found yesterday morn ing by workmen employed upon the dredge Willamette, which is operating off Postoffice bar. The body was identified as that of KIrkpatrick by A. J. Farmer, 660 East Madison street, an uncle of the young man. Kirkpatrick lost his life during the freshet of February. He and Gammie were with a party of the Portland Rowing Club, canoeing down the Will amette from Salem. The canoe occu pied by the two young men turned over when they were off Rock Island. Mr. Kirkpatrick was a member of the Multnomah Club and the Rowing Club and was well known as a canoeist and athlete. He was also a member of the Naval Militia. Mr. Kirkpatrick's mother and two sisters live in Los Angeles. CREDITS HELD CONTRABAND Britain Explains Seizure of Secur ities on Dutch Ship. WASHINGTON, March 2S. Great Britain's reply to an inquiry by the United States regarding the removal of $12,000,000 in securities from Dutch steamers en route from Rotterdam to New York and touching at English ports, was transmitted to the State Department today by Ambassador Page. In substance, it said that such securi ties as were of German ownership and were being sent to America to estab lish a credit here, were held on the ground that they were as much con traband as would be a shipment of an equivalent amount of specie. The Brtiish government explained, however,' that careful examination had been made of the seized securities; that only such of them as were clearly Ger man owned had been detained, and that the remainder already had been for warded to the consignees in this coun try. 96 SHIPS LOST BY NORWAY Sweden's - Ijoss Due to AVar Is 4 0 Vessels; Many Subjects Killed. COPENHAGEN, via London, March 28. Ninety-six Norwegian ships have been lost during the war through sub marines or mines, according to a news paper statement published here. It has been established that 20 Norwegian steamers have been destroyed by Ger man submarines, 77 Norwegian sub jects thereby losing their lives. The total Norwegian tonnage lost amounts to 125,000, valued at 28,000,000 kroner, while the cargoes were valued at 90,000.000 kroner. In addition, German prize courts have seized a large number of Nor wegian vessels. Sweden in the same way has lost 40 vessels of a tonnage of 50,000, valued at 10,000.000 kroner. One hundred and twenty-eight Swedes have lost their lives. GERMAN PLANES ARE BEST British Airman Says Losses Are Due to Poor Machines. LONDON, March 28. Noel Pember-ton-Bllllng, formerly of the Royal Naval air service, who was elected to the House of Commons recently on a platform calling for the improvement of the country's aerial fighting forces, said in the House of Commons today that a series of casualties with a to tal of 150 dead, 150 wounded and 105 missing, was duo to the sending up of British aviators in aeroplanes which were outclassed hopelessly by German machines. Mr. Pemberton-Billhng asserted Ger man aeroplanes were immensely su perior to British machines, notwith standing the fact that within 20 miles of London there could be obtained en gines better than those used by the Germans. A'HIa Reward Being Raised. BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. March 28. American and Mexican business men at Monterey are endeavoring to raise $50, 000 in gold as a reward for the capture of Villa, dead or alive, it was said here today by Americans returning from there. It is planned to have the re ward go either to the captors or to a charitable institution. Rend The Oregonian classified lids. mil lEftHsSAPl'. j This Is Red Letter Day at the 1 I " H ' Hi DOUBLE For the Dressing Table 50c Cameline . . .400 II 25c Rosaline ...200 50c Odorono 450 50cPebeco .....390 25c Colgate's Tooth Paste 2O0 25cEuthymol Tooth Paste. 150 BOcVeloute Face Powder 230 Kent's Whalebone Headache Brush $2.50 35c Tooth Brush . 230 $1.00 Hughes' Ideal Hair Brush 790 $1 Cloth Brush C90 $1.25 Hair Brush 890 1 Nail File 50c 1 Orange Stick ; 10c SPECIAL 1 pkg. 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The opinions of distinguished for eigners who pass through America by way of the finest hotels in the biggest cities he discredits as they deserve, and all the assertions of various of our own writers to the effect that the United States is lacking in the ele ments of literary culture, or humor, or chivalry or what not, John Kendrick Bangs denies point blank and in the past ten years of going to and fro in thA land he has encompassed himself Premium Parlors Crumb Sets Any of our Brush Brass, Copper or Nickel Plated Crumb Sets, values to $2.50 your choice $1.49 New Church's Apple Juice A pure, sweet, unfermented cider, of the same high quality as Church's Grape Juice, the Gold Medal variety, bottle, 10, 150 and 23 BATHING CAPS A full new stock of Bathing Caps just in. A style and color to suit every bather. Call and see them. Prepare for Moth Time The Moth Bag is here af fords protection from moths, soot, dust and moisture. Tar Bag, suit size .500 Cedar Bag, suit size . O50 Cedar Bag, overcoat size 750 with a comfortingly large cloud to testify to the soundness of hi a posi tion. Mr. Bangs was entertained yesterday afternoon with an automobile trip to some of the scenic points about the city. He will be the guest of the Ad Club at noon today, at which time W. E. Conklin will be chairman of the day and recognition will be given to the fact that Mr. Bangs' lecture under the auspices of the Portland Education Association brought in a substantial contribution to the Vista House fund for the Oregon pioneer memorial at Crown Point. Mllwaukie to Buy Meters. MI LAV AUK IE. Or., March 28. (Spe cial.) A special meeting of the Coun cil has been called for Wednesday night to make an appropriation and call for bids for water meters and lead con nections. Milwaukie will receive water from Portland through a big meter, and the city has decided to meter each consumer. The cost will he about $5000. The city will provide lead con nections to prevent breakage and leak age of water. Southeast Comer Fifth and Alder i 1