Trre srcmxTxt? oregoniax Wednesday, aprie 26, ioig.
WILSON IS TOASTED
AS NATION'S HEAD
Wednesday a Day of Live Sales in
"Where You Spend the Least and Get the Most for It"
All Goods Purchased Wednesday and Balance of the Month Charged on June 1st Bill
Sipmond8 Co. 'TheHouse of Preparedness'
Merchandise of Merit Only ,
DAILY ENDORSED BY THE SHOPPING PUBLIC
Affectionate Sympathy and
Loyal Support Tendered
i by Associated Press.
MANY PUBLISHERS THERE
life.
fTni7iasis IMacctl. on Fact That, Al
though 000 Memlers Itepresent
Many Shades of Opinion, All
Asrce in Americanism.
'.CKW TOr.K. April IT,. In a toast
offered to President Wilson at the
lun?heon in connection with the an
nual meeting of th AwHOciated Press
liere today, l'rank B. Noyes, of Wash
ington, Is. C, president of the organi
zation, tendered "our afjectionate sym
pathy and our loyal support" to the man
vho, by virtue of his jsrreat office, is
our spokesman to the world and who
tpraks for our right and our honor,"
as "4Jod pives him to tee our rights
and our honor."
Mr. Xoys' audience included news
paper publishers and editors from all
parts of the rountry. Nicholas Murray
liutlcr. president of Columbia Univer
sity, made the principal address. Mr.
Noyes, in his toast to I'resident Wilson,
said :
"On similar occasions in past years
I have dwelt on the heterogenous char
acter of the membership of the Asso
ciated Press, mainly for the purpose
of emphasizing the fact that varied as
our opinions on one subject, we all
agree that each and every one is a
loyal American.
ItiRbt of Opinion Maintained.
"The 900 who compose our member
ship exercise their inalienable right of
holding an opinion on every conceiva
ble subject, including the relations of
this Government with foreign powers,
arid this right they hold and exercise
in common with the rest of the 100,000,
000 Americans.
"Our form of government provides
that the duty and obligation of voicing
the opinion of this Nation in its inter
course rests with and is Imposed upon
our Chief Magistrate. When he speaks
for us in the course of that intercourse,
he speaks for all of us.
":S'j, in this hour of uncertainty as to
what the immediate future may bring
to us. we tender our affectionate sym
pathy and our loyal support to the man
who. by virtue of his great office, is
our spokesman to the world and who
speaks for our rights and our honor as
God gives him to see our rights and
our honor.
Mnajle Toal Offered.
It is our custom at these annual
gatherings to drink but one toast.
"I offer it today with a full heart.
"I give you the health of our I'resi
dent, Woodrow Wilson."
An appeal by the I'resident for co
operation in industrial preparedness
was read. It was:
"To the business men of America I
bespeak your cordial co-operation in
the patriotic service undertaken by the
engineers and chemists of this country
under the direction of the Industrial
Preparedness Committee of the Naval
Consulting Board of the United States.
"Tiie confidential industrial inventory
you are asked to supply Is intended for
the exclusive benefit of the Navy and
War "departments and will be used in
organizing the industrial resources for
the public service in National defense.
"At my request, the American o
eit;ty of Civil Kngincers, the American
Institute of Mining IJngineers, the
American Society of Mechanical Kngi
neers. the American Institute of Klec
trical Engineers and the American
Chemical Society "are gratuitously as
sisting the Naval Consulting Board in
the work of collecting this data, and I
confidently ask your earnest support
in the interest of the people and the
Government of the United States."
Instructions issued by the Industrial
Preparedness Committee to its field or
ganization of more than 30.000 engi
neers in taking tiie inventory of man
ufacturing establishments, directs them
to keep the inventory confidential and
to retain no copies of it for their own
use.
SOUTH SEAS AID ALLIES
I'ickctI Young Inlanders Go to Joisi
1'orccs Against (iermanj.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 23. One
thousand picked South Sea Islanders,
the cream of Polynesian young man
hood, are on their way to Europe to
Join the forces of the entente allies,
according to a statement made here
today by H. A. Richards, British Con
fcul at Papeete. Tahiti, who arrived
esterday from the South Seas on his
way to London.
The dusky recruits. Mr. Richards
ays. were enlisted in the Society Is
lands, where the French authorities
have aroused great military enthusi
asm among the natives.
GERMANS ISOLATE CAMPS
JE(-prial Tor Alleged Ill-Trcatment
of War Prisoners Made.
BI.nUIN. April 23. (By wireless to
Kayvilie, N. Y.) "As an act of reprisal
for ill treatment of fiennan war pris
oners in Northern Africa, who are cut
oft from all communication with Ger
many, the German government has sus
pended all intercourse with the French
prisoners rn the camps at Ohrdrurt" and
Iolzminden." the Overseas News
Agency reported today.
Six carloads of parcels destined for
the French prisoners in the "amps
have been returned to Berne."
Bananas can be ripened in a room kept
t 1 to rt-arrees.
WHEN RON DOWN
Hood's varxaparilla, the Ilrllable Tonic
Sledlciar, Bcilda I p.
The reason why you feel so tired all
the time at this sea on is that your
blood is impure and impoverished. It
lacks vitality. It Is not the itch red
blood that gives life to the whole body,
perfects digestion and enables-all the
organs to perform their functions aa
they thould.
Get Hood's Rarsaparilla from any
druggist. It will make you feel better,
look better, eat and sleep better. It Is
the old reliable .tried and true all-the-j
ear-round blood purifier and enricher,
tonic and appetizer. It revitalizes the
blood, and is especially useful in build
ing up the debilitated and run-don.
Jlood's Sarsaparllla is helping thou
sands at this time of year. Let it help
you. Get a bottle today and begin tak
ing it at once. Be sure and set Hood' a.
othicff else acta like it.
The Great Rug Sale
(Continues)
Prices Advance an Average of $5.00 Per
Rug on May 1st
Buy Now and Save
Rugs for Bedroom, Dining-Room, Den,
Living-Rootn, Library and Porch
Fifth Floorm
Imported Grass Furniture
At Exceptionally Low Prices
Chairs, Rockers, Seats, Tabourettes, Wood
Baskets, Waste Baskets, Settees.
On Display Eighth Floor
New Spring CoatsAll Styles All Materials Every Occasion
Announcing the Most Important Event Ever Held in Our Store
At $10.00
We Shall Offer
50 Original Sample Coats
Every Coat Representing a Recently Designed Style
That Would Sell Regularly to $25.00
Novelty and utility coats of wool plaids and checks, covert cloth,
poplins, gabardines and serges. In a choice assortment of the new
colors, such as black, navy blue, Hague blue, tan, shepherd checks
and mixtures. Every new and fashionable style will be found in this
sale, and in most cases but one coat of a kind.
Coats to
545.00
Coats to
$37.50
Coats to
$35.00
Novelty coats of taffeta silk, silk
poplins, wool gabardines, poplins,
serges and Jersey cloth, in black and
colors. The majority are silk lined.
Plaited, belted and flaring mcdels . .
Automobile, traveling and utility
coats of fine imported showerproof
Scotch mixed materials in browns,
grays and tans. Made full length.
Sale
$25.00
$23.50
Sports and outing coats of import- ")
ed fancy mixed cloakings and wool
Jersey cloth. In rose, green, canary
and tan and gray fancy mixtures.
Sale
$21.50
Coats to
$25.00
Coats to
$23.50
Coats to
$20.00
Coats to
$19.50
Coats to
$16.50
Afternoon and calling coats of
fine black chiffon taffeta silk and
silk poplins, in black and colors.
Trimmed with ornaments and silk. .
Models suitable for all occasions
of tan covert cloth, wool poplins in
black and navy shepherd checks in
black and white with rose, green or
Copenhagen trimmings, and all lined
with the same shade of peau de
cygne silk. Silk, trimmed
Sports models of wool Jersey
cloth in the smartest shades of green,
rose, Copenhagen and white. Also
smart coats of wool poplin in the
cape style
Sports coats, street coats, after
noon and utility coats of Jersey
cfoth, poplins, serges, checks and
fancy materials. For
Of tan covert cloth and fine gab
ardines in tan or navy blue, fash
ioned in the loose Balmacaan style
with convertible collars and belted
sports styles. Sale
Third Floor
$19.85
$18.50
$16.50
$15.00
i
$12.50
New Modart Front
X,aced Corsets
Very Specially Priced ,
at $3.35
Made of fancy material with the me
dium bust and long skirt, free hips,
elastic at the back to give ease when
sitting. Finished with the usual Mo
dart trimming. Sizes 20 to 34.
Fourth Floor
We Have Arranged for Wednesday
A Most Unusual Special Offer of
Trimmed Hats at $4.95
Not a Hat in the Entire Collection That Is Worth Less
Than $10.00
That were made up from the finest sample wing trimmings and
shapes.
Large and medium size sailors, straight and roll brim hats, with
brims of Georgette crepe or silk and trimmed with newest effects in
flowers, ribbons and wings. In black and white. Third Floor
BILL Itl CONFERENCE
Army Measure Net Amended
Before Leaving House.
MANN LOSES HIS FIGHT
Senate Conferees AH "larger Army"
Men Volunteer Army Provision
Kegardcd as Chiefly Val
uable for Trading.
WASHINGTON". April 25. Den,iocratie
leaders in the House today finally de
feated the efforts of Minority Leader
Mann to prevent tne Army bill from
going to conference unamended, and
the conferees of both houses, appointed
later, will meet tomorrow to work out
a final draft of the first ereat pre
paredness measure.
A special rule adopted after brief
debate paved the way for action in the
House. The rule permitted one mo
tion to recommit the bill, but most of
the Republicans, resenting: Speaker
Clark's recognition of Representative
Ixndon, Socialist, to make the motion.
declined to vote on the proposition and
it was defeated. 248 to 1.
"When the Senate conferees were an
nounced there was much comment on
the fact that all "bii? army" men had
been named. Senator Hitchcock, sec
cond majority member of the military
committee and opposed to a larsre
ftandinn army was not on the list.
The conferees are Senators Chamber
lain. I'eckham. Broussard. Dupont and
Warren, and Keprejientati ves Hay. of
Virginia. Dent, of Alabama, and Ivahn,
of California.
For almost a week Representative
Mann had led the fight in thw House
against sending the measure to con
ference. Hi insisted on having- it re
committed to the military committee
with instructions to strike out the pro
vision for a nitrate plant and to insert
the provisions of the Senate bill for
a 250.000 standing army and a Federal
volunteer force.
Iuring the discussion of the rule to
day Mr. Mann contended that a regular
army of at least 250.000 would be need
ed for first line defense if the country
were drawn into war.
When an overwhelming majority had
sustained the rule. Representative Jvahn
moved to recommit and strike out all
of the Senate amendments except that
relating: to increasing the Army to
2.10.000. rimultan.eously. Representa
tive I,ondon. of New York, opposing all
military and naval increases, offered
an unqualified motion to recommit. A
long parliamentary wrangle over who
should be recognized followed, and the
Republicans, guessing that Represen
tative London was the favored one, be-1
cause he voted against the original
House bill, while Representative Kahn
had not, threw Representative Britton,
of Illinois, a Republican who stood
alone with London against the original
bill, into the breach with a motion to
recommit. The right to make such a
motion. Republican leaders contended.
belonged by tradition to the ' minority.
"The gentleman from New York is
a minority in himself, and he is recog
nized." the Speaker ruled, while Re
publicans tood up and shouted objec
tions. Aside from the difference in author
ized strength of the regular Army, the
House and Senate bills are dissimilar
in other important respects. Of great
interest is the Senate federal volunteer
army plan, authorizing a force with
an ultimate strength of 260.000 men
and which has been vigorously opposed
by friends of the National Guard in
both houses. It was retained in the
bill by so narrow a margin in the Sen
ate that its friends admit that its value
will be chiefly for trading purposes
in conference.
Another difference 'is in the size of
the Federalized National Guard pro
posed and the method of Federaliza
tion. The House bill contemplated
425.000 National Guard strength within
five years and also provides that mem
bers of the National Guard shall be
subject to draft in the Federal service
in time of war to obviate any question
of their status.
BAIL DENIED H. !!. FORD
MAX WAXTKD IX PORTLA D IS
IIKLD IX MAXITOBA.
WKe In Released lnilrr flO.OOO Bonds.
Common -I. a Marriage of Gold
HuKh Days la Recalled.
WINNIPEG. Man.. April 25. (Spe
cial.) Bail was refused II. N. Ford
today by the Manitoba courts, but his
wife was released under $10,000 bond.
The Fords are wanted in Portland. Or.,
on a charge of forgery. Ford does not
yet know the particulars of the charges
preferred against himself and wife.
If, as he suspects, it proves to rest
on the information given by a former
wife, in connection with the transfer
of some property, .he may fight ex
tradition. They have been prospering
on a farm near Marcliand. Man., for
two months.
Some years ago common-law mar
riages were recognized in Alaska. They
have now been abolished. Ford went
up to Goldficld in the thrilling days of
'98 and be contracted a common-law
marriage which the United States law
usually regards as binding.
But after heaping up a moderate pile
he returned to Oregon, where he met
the woman who was arrested with him
In Winnipeg. They were married. In
March of the present year they c-me to
Manitoba and bought a farm at Mar
chand. on which they settled.
Puset Sound Item Not in Kill.
ORJ3GONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April 25. The Naval appro
priation bill as agreed on by the House
sub-committee makes no appropriation
for equipping the Puget Sound Nevy
yard for battleship construction. The
committee takes the position that in
asmuch as the Senate handled this ap
propriation in a separate bill, the
House should do likewise.
Governor Itcsigns V. M. C. A. Orfice.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COLLEGE.
Covallis. April 23. (Special.)" Governor
Withycombe yesterday tendered his
resignation from the advisory board of
the Oregon Agricultural College Y. M.
C. A., and later was elected to honorary
membership. During his many years as
director ot the Mate Experiment Sta
tion Governor Withycombe was one of
the strongest workers in the college
Y. M. C. A. work.,
A. J. Flessler Gets Washington Job.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. April 25. A. J. Flessler, of
Portland, was today appointed clerk
in the Treasury Department.
TONIGHT
Rose Queen Contestant
Louise Taylor
will appear at each performance. Votes given with
each ticket after 6 P. M.
Last Chance Today to See
FATTY ARBUCKLE in the Comedy Everyone Is
Talking About, '.'HIS WIFE'S MISTAKE"
and , -
FRANK KEENAN in "THE STEPPING STONE".
Thos. Ince's 5-Act Super Feature
COLUMBIA
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17.
Never be out of it before your present
supply is used up buy your next tube of
PERFECT
A Standard Ethical Dentifrice
Send 2c stamp today for generous trial package of either
Dr. Lyon's Perfect Dental Cream or Tooth Powder.
L W.Lyon Sooa, Inc.. 560 W. 27th St, New York City
EXTRA SPECIAL Just In by Express
350 Dainty New Lingerie Waists 69c
The Prettiest Models Ever Offered at . . .
The latest styles, made of white corded voile and fine allover embroid
ered voile, in dainty patterns that were copied from expensive materials.
All save the popular two-in-onc collars and long sleeves. Some plainly
tailored and others edged with lace. All sizes in the assortment, made full
and blousey.
Imported Pure Silk Pongee
Priced Less Than Wholesale Cost
Fine 4ieavy weight and perfect finished quality, sold elsewhere" at
higher prices. Buy now while our supply lasts at these prices. No
material so popular and fashionable for women's, children's and men's
Spring and Summer apparel no fabric will give such splendid wear
and wash so well.
Comes in Natural Color, 24 and 35 Inches Wide
Special 35c, 45c, 69c, 75c, 89c
$2.50 Latest Model Corsets at $1.69
Made for Durability and Solid Comfort
Models for all figures 1 9 to 28. Low and medium bust styles, with
the newest in-curve waistline, and medium and long skirt. Three pairs
heavy hose supporters attached.
A Special Purchase Makes Possible This
IMPORTANT COAT SALE
At Three Unusual Sale Prices
$6.95 $9.85 $11.45
Coats at $6.95, of velour and shepherd checks in black and white,
brown and white, red and green made in new 40-inch length,
belted style, silk trimmed.
Coats at $9.85, very fashionable models of wool poplin, in black,
navy, Copen. Also tan covert cloth. Belted and flaring, copied
from high-priced models.
Coats at $11.45, beautiful Spring coats in black or navy poplin,
loose fitting and flaring, or pleated, belted models. Some
trimmed with taffeta.
45-Piece Unselected Dinner Sets
Extra Special $2.25
Never Sold Less Than $3.95 in Any Special Sale
Just right for everyday use and especially good for the 'Summer
cottage and bungalow and for camping trips.
Set consists of six each of dinner plates, tea plates, soup plates, fruit
saucers, teacups, saucers, one each covered vegetable dish, uncovered
vegetable dish, salad bowl, large meat dish, small meat dish, sugar
bowl, cream pitcher.
As the number of sets is limited and the price
so extremely low, we will not fill phone orders
and positively no exchanges 'or credits.
HOSIERY SALE
Women's 39c Silk
Fiber Extra Qual
ity Hosiery 23c
Black or wnite. Also white,
sheer gauze thread silk. And
heavier weight with silk lisle
tops. Sizes 8 J2 to 10.
Sale of Kitchen
Furnishings
50c Upright Gas
Lights, complete, at tLuC
$1.50 Bread Raisers,
14-qi. size, enamelea
steel 98c
c. Merchandise ofcJ Merit Only
OIBNEY SOLID TIRES
Save Hauling Cost
Distributor
BALLOU & WRIGHT
Broadway at Oak St. Portland, Oregon
Every Home
Should Have
One
Best Offer Yet Com- JtV
plete Phonograph equip- If
ment and records. All o J
be had on payment of $4.
See announcement page
7, this issue.
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