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TIIE MORXIXG OTTEGOXIAN. FRIDAY, MAY G. 191G. 8 CHARGE OF APATHY STIRS CHAMBERLAIN Senator Resents Mr. Harley's Statement That Nothing Is . Done for Naval Base. ARGUMENT GROWS HEATED Promise Finally Made by Oregon Senator That Hearing AVill Be Arranged and Tliat ire Will v . lo All in Jlis Tower. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 25. Chairman F C. Har ley. of the naval base committee, who returned to Washington todays to re new his fisht for the passage of the Hawley-Lane naval base bill, grot a cold and at the same time hot reception when he called on Senator Chamberlain this afternoon. The Senator, in lan Kuap. 'hat was nothing- if not forceful, res'" ' (! the charge made by Mr. Harley In 1 - address to the Chamber of Com merce that he (Mr. Chamberlain) was apathetic towards the naval base bill. Mr. Harley, in language quite as posi tive, retorted that every assertion he had made to the Chamber was abso lutely true and that Senator Chamber lain had been apathetic, if he under stood the meaning of the word. The conference at which Senator I.ane was an interested onlooker was somewhat protracted, but before it was over Senator Chamberlain and Senator J.ane agreed to arrange a hearing be fore the Senate naval committee, at which the Oregon delegate and Mr. Harley can present arguments in favor of the naval base bill. Both Senators Lane and Chamber lain told Mr. Harley they had arranged a hearing for him once before, but when the hearing was scheduled he had started West. Mr. Harley replied that he had called on both Senators re peatedly during his first visit urging them to get him a hearing and they had given him nothing but promises and did not arrange the hearing until after he had been called from Wash ington. When the heated discussion ended, both Senator Chamberlain and Senator Lane assured Mr. Harley they would do everything in their power to secure favorable action this session on the Columbia River base bill. The Senators promised to arrange an early hearing, which they, the House mem bers and Mr. Harley will attend. Mr. Harley also called on the three Oregon Representatives,' who promised to concentrate their efforts on the na val base bill. Representative Hawley, ,fter con sulting two members of the House na val committee, said a hearing could not be had before that committee until the House passes the naval appropriation the latter part of next month. He had assurances that a hearing could be had soon afterwards. bright eyes and hustling temperament to which his body yields readily. He reaffirmed the claim made by the Weeks followers that the Massachu setts man would get 200 votes on the first ballot, and therefore would lead the field. The stray follower of Senator Cummins that one runs across now and then insists that Moses is out of his reckoning and that Cummins will be found to be the leader when the result of the first ballot is announced. The Weeks headquarters will not be opened until Sunday. The first an nouncement in behalf of Mr. Weeks was given out today by Mr. Moses, who said: "There are a great many elements which have brought Senator Weeks prominently to the fore as a Presiden tial possibility, but foremost of all, I should say, is the universally high esteem in which he is held by those whom he has served in Congress during the past decade. It is no exaggeration to say that every member of that body. Republican, Democratic and Progres sive, is an admirer of Senator Weeks' personality and talents, and it is the good word which they have passed along throughout the entire country that has reassured East and West, North and South alike, that he is a man among men." ORATORS MEET TONIGHT MOXTK SMITHSO. IS OREGON BATER AT N'MIXKVILLK DE- ReprenenlaU vch From Washington and California Institution! Are to Appear In Contest. M'MINNVILLE, Or., May 25. (Spe cial.) The Pacific Coast interstate oratorical contest is to be held in Mc Minnville tomorrow night when Ore gon's representative wall meet those from Washington, North California and South California. Monte Smithson, of McMinnville. who won the state contest at Forest Grove in April, is to represent Oregon. Mr. Smithson also represented Oregon last year in the Pacific Coast contest held at Berkeley and won Second place. This is to be one of the most keenly- ontested intercollegiate events held the Coast. The Kouth California ontest this year was declared to be qual to a National contest and was won by Gordon Palmer, of Redlands University. J. R. Brokenshire will represent Stanford and Northern Cali fornia and Washington's representative 11 be Vernon Bacher from Whitworth College, Spokane. The winner of this contest will speak t the grand National at Lexington, Ky.. December 28. The Western interstate section is this year being given under the man agement of McMinnville College, which furnishes the prizes amounting to $100 and also pays all other expenses of the contest. The presiding officer will be Harry G. McCain. National vice president, who represented the Pacific Coast. Oregon and Willamette Univer- ity in the grand National contest of 1910, taking second place. Oregon's man this year is a sopho more in McMinnville college and a member of the Alpha Gamma Nu fra ternity. 46 GRADUATE AT R0SEBURG Three Members of Class Receive Scholarships. ROSEBURG. Or., May 27. (Special) The annual commencement exercises of the Roseburg High School were held at the Antlers' Theater here Monday night. The high school orchestra fur nished music, and the invocation was spoken by Rev. William Riley D. Shel don, or the University of Oregon. The diplomas were presented to the 46 graduates by R. I. Stephens, chairman of the Roseburg School Board. Among the members of the class who received scholarships were Marie Pickens, Lee Leonard and Harold Zimmerman. Those . who had finished the teachers' train ing course were: Ellen Millikin, Gladys Price, Sybil Farnsworth, Belle Smith. Bessie Davison, Charlotte Caw ley, Isabel Croucher, Lenore Scott and Alda Watson. ROOT FORCES TO COUNT Cfortinuf.l From First Pasp.) chairman of the committee that will try to win with the New Yorker, will get into the race Fridav. Enthusiasm of the candidates for the highest honor the party has to give bubbled over, but through it all there was a clear note of Root sentiment. Men from the North, the East, the South and the West who gathered around headquarters admitted that there was strong sentiment for the lormer New York Senator. Mr. I'epper did not lack company in the train that brought him to Chicago. His friends of the enemy forces were with him. George H. Moses, of New Hampshire, who will try to lead the Weeks cause out of the wilderness of doubt, was one of the Root lieutenants' traveling companions. Two others were G. W. Mooney and A. N. Rodway, ootn oi jnio ana both for Burton. Campatsn Said to be Bona Klde. Naturally the first question put to Mr. Pepper concerned itself with the legitimacy of the Root efforts. Mr. Tepper said that the movement in be half of the great New York lawyer is Dona ride; that it is not a cover for movement in behalf anybody else nor is it an attempt to keep another man from winning the prize that a third man may land it. On his way to Chicago Mr. Dwight will stop off at Clinton, N. Y.. where Mr. Root makes his Summer residence, there to gaze on a bed of forget-me-nots which it is the Root custom to plant with his own hand "each Spring and to tend lovingly, especially lovingly this year, until the blossoms fade. George H. Moses, of New Hampshire, lormer .Minister to Greece, had much to say concerning the certainty of the nomination of Senator Weeks, of Mas sachusetts. Mr. Moses is an energetic man. with I A For Infants and Children. Th Kind You Have Always Bought' Itching Torturt Stops It Is unnecessary 'for you to suffe with eczema, ringworm, rashes and similar skin troubles. A little zemo. gotten at any drug store for 25c. tl for extra large bottle, and prompt ly applied will usually give instan relief from Itching torture. It cleanses and soothes the skin and heals quick ly and effectively most skin diseases. Zemo is a wonderful disappearing liquid ana does not smart the most del icate skin. It is not greasy, is easily applied and costs little. Get it today and save all 'urther distress. Zemo, Cleveland. FAIR GROUNDS ATTRACT DRIVEWAYS. FOOTPATHS, ARE IMPROVED. uwss Great Sale of Wash Suits $1.50 to $4 Suits, Special 75c Just 268 Suits to be sold Friday and Saturday at this astounding price ! Oliver Twist, Middy, Russian and Sailor Blouse styles in white and color combina tions, including the famous "Regatta" make. The mate rials are madras, rep, chambray, galatea, linen and Devon shire cloth, all in fast colors. All sizes in the lot, 2 to 8 years. Suits that have heretofore sold at $1.50 to $4, some even higher; today and Saturday Boys' Norfolk Suits $5 These are extra knicker suits in a variety of sturdy, well'made fabrics; coat and knickers full lined and thoroughly tai lored. Just the suits for Summer. Buy them here tomorrow at. 75c .$5 Fine Skolny Suits, New York Made, $10, $12.50, $15 ' Second Floor BenSelline Morrison at RmrtkC-J LUMBERMEN MEET Manufacturers and Loggers Here Today. TRADE STATUS TO BE TOPIC Hli hardson and Ethel "Williams, of this city. Mr. Williams came to Forest Grove eight years asto from Paonla, Col. The funeral services will be held tomorrow, with burial In Forest View Cemetery. Klower Hcdn Arranged Alonic Artistic Linen nulldiniCK to Be Put in Better Shape. SALEM, Or.. May 25. (Special.) With hard-surfaced carriage and auto mobile driveways to all parts of the grounds, crushed granite footpaths. grasey lawns and acres of seasonable blossoms artistically grouped, the Ore gon State Fair Grounds today present a beautiful sight. When the gates open for the 55th annual fair, the grounds will not be surpassed for attractiveness by any other state fair. The fair this year will open September 25 and con tinue through September 30. Contrary to the usual custom of wait ing until two or three weeks before the opening of the fair to begin the im provements to the grounds. Secretary Lea now is at work on the buildings and grounds. The entire lawn of four acres in the inner court area has been spaded and worked down and sown to grass. The flower beds have been rearranged along artistic lines. A bed of peren nials has been planted upon each side of the main entrance walk from the Southern Pacific station to the main gate. The court between the machinery hall and the new pavilion has been converted into a lawn. A crew of 18 patients from the State Hospital is at work upon the flower beds and improving the footpaths lead- ng to different parts of the grounds. Convicts will be given the Job next week of grubbing out the unsightly brush from the fence rows and clean ing the grounds. ORATORS COMPETE FRIDAY Colleee Prohibition Sneakers Compete at McMinnville. Will M'MIXXVILLE, Or., May 25. (Spe cial.) The Pacific Coast oratorical con test of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association will be held in this city, Friday night. The champion orators of Oregon, Washington, Montana and Northern and Southern California will compete for a prize of J100. and the winner will represent the West at the National contest. Oregon will be represented Friday night by Monta C. Smithson, of Mc Minnville College, who won the state contest at Forest Grove last month. Smithson took second place in the Pa cific Coast contest at Los Angeles last year. CUT IN RIVERS BILL ASKED Democratic Senator Moves to lte- I duce Appropriation One-Half. WASHINGTON. May 25. Senator Hustings, of Wisconsin, Democrat, moved today that the $43,000,000 river and harbor appropriation bill be recom nutted to the commerce committee with instructions to report a bill carrying not more than one-half the amount in the present measure. The motion was before the Senate at recess and may be voted on tomorrow. Senator Shafroth, of Colorado, offered an amendment providing that the local ity to be benefited by any contributions must contribute 20 per cent of the en tire amount. It did not reach a vote. Revision of CJradina: Hulcs Will lie I'p for Adoption or Kejeetion. Demonstration of first Aid to Be Feature. Many lumber manufacturers and log gers from Oregon. Washington and British Columbia are expected to at tend the meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, which will be held at the Portland Hotel at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. Karly arrivals indicated one ot tiie largest gatherings of manufacturers in recent years. Port land lumbermen especially have been active in their invitations to the out-of-town millmen. The afternoon's programme includes a discussion of market conditions, manufacturing operations, American lied Cross Society first aid and either the adoption or rejection of revised grading rules governing the manufac ture of fir, cedar, spruce and hemlock ' products. J Firnt Aid to He Demonstrated. In addition to marketing and indus trial problems, the lumbermen today will see a practical demonstration of first aid to the injured. This will be given by lr. W. X. Lipscomb, field representative of the American Ked Cross Society. Owing to the large num ber of injuries and accidents in the lumber, and logging industry. the American lied Cross a year ago de tailed Ur. Lipscomb to Fervice in West ern Washington. He instructs work men what to do and what not to do in case 'of accident, drilling them in the proper care of the injured pending the arrival of a physician. Grading rules to be discussed at this afternoon's meeting include a rule for selecting structural timbers according to strength and fiber density. This rule has been formulated by the American Society for Testing Materials. Market Conditions Improve. At this time the Oregon and Wash ington mill men especially are inter ested in the market outlook. Uuring the past few months prices have strengthened materially, though tttill generally under the lumber market of 1913, which was considered normal. The cost of manufacturing is said to have increased about $3 per thousand feet during the past year, due to ad vances in labor, equipment, mill sup plies and logs. In the face of these conditions the weekly barometer of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association shows ship ments last week slightly less than pro duction, for the first time this year. On the other hand, the barometer shows orders increasing as compared with the previous week and exceeding produc tion by nearly 3 per cent. ANNEX TO HOTEL PLANNED Forty-Two Kooms to Be Added to the Marion at Salem. SALEM, Or., May 25. (Special.) Pi rectors of the Capital Investment Com pany, owners of the Hotel Marlon, this city, today decided to authorize the construction of a 42-room annex to the hotel. The annex will cost $15,000. It was announced. With the completion of the annex, work on which will he started at once, the notel will have a capacity of 116 rooms. the Hotel Marion formerly was known as the Chemeketa and was built in 1S67 at a cost of $110,000. Later the name was changed to the Commer cial and then to the Willamette, under which name It was known until 1910 when it was changed to the Marion. EMPLOYER IS . ACCUSED Violation of Industrial AVelfarc Rules Charged to Mrs. Fritz. Mrs. Clara Fritz, proprietress of the Villa St. Clara Apartments. 203 Twelfth street, was held to answer to the grand jury on a charge of employing a woman in excess of 54 hours a week contrary to the standard fixed by th TO? rt i v - . -j'rvv Art, 3 V'V. IfrP v W vm w in You Folks, Who Used to Play can now secure an elegant Player Piano and with the aid of the wonderful hand-played music roll interpret your favorite piece, "Silver Threads Amonjr the Gold," "Ben Bolt," "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" and hundreds of the dear old songs. At this 3-day sale of used Players we offer some re markable Player bargains; for example, here are a few: Kingsbury Player Piano S !." Furlong 88-note Player ?J)." Rich Oak Player Piano .S2S $900 Lester Player Piano $103 88-note Pianola Piano Player .. $:2:50 Walnut Case Piano Player .StU." Oak Case Piano Player $l:SO Auto Player Piano J?2S." Terms $ per Month and Upward. Graves Music Co. Every instrument guaran teed and full purchase price allowed on better Player later if so desired. 151 Fourth Street, Near Morrison Call and Get Tickets. We Give Free Tickets for Down-town Picture Show. Industrial Welfare Commission, ln Dis trict Judge Bell's court yesterday. Mary Weber, who is employed as janitress at the plaCc. testified that when she first began employment there she was on duty from 5 o'clock in the morning until 8 or 9 o'clock at night. She said that at present she was not working such long hours because she had her work more systematized and some of it had been turned over to other employes. Deputy District Attorney George Moury represented the state In the case. and Chester Murphy defended Mrs. Fritz. Action was brought at the in stance of Iabor Commissioner Iloff. Bulger ;ots 3 0-Day Iteprieve. HEXYKH. May 25. James C. Bulger, under sentence to be hanged this week for the killing of L. F. Nicodemus. re ceived a 30-day reprieve today from Governor Oeorge A. Carlson to the week begining June 18. Th t"nltd stuff produces two-thirds of the world's suoply of corn. 9 FOREST GROVE MAN DIES James It. Williams, 69, Civil War Veteran, Leaves Seven Children. FOREST GROVE, Or., May 25. (Spe cial.) James Ralph Williams, a vet eran of the Civil War, died at his home here last night, aged 69 years. He was born at Ottumwa, la. He was married to Lewisa J. Lacky, July 29, 1875. He is survived by his widow and seven children: Harvey and Hardy, of Crip pie Creek, Colo.: Fred, of Paonia, Colo.; James, Mrs. Altn Ooley. Mrs. Faster Mosquito War Is Planned. ABERDEEN Wash., May 25. (Spe cial.) A war on mosquitoes will be started here next week by J. B. Kinne, city health officer, who plans to cover all stagnant ponds in the city with & coating of crude oil. Mosquitoes never have caused much trouble here, but the precaution is being against possi bility of these pests carrying disease. The consumption of coffee in France has about doubled in toe last 50 years. FITS RIGHT TIGHT IN THAT PICNIC BASKET pfniQ Green Chile Cheese T. S. Townsend Creamery Co. Wholesale Distributers for Oregon and S. W. Washington. In fm lobby' Tread ne of the Five Forget Tires During Your Holiday Motor Trip Out in the open in your car for the week-end and the holiday! Are you prepared? Is your car ready tuned up? 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