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THE MORNING OREGONIA??, TIITJItSDAT. AUGUST - 1 191G. SENATE DEADLOCK BLOCKS CONGRESS IT'S A FUTILE DEFENSE. Tlio Most in Value The Best in Quality Come Join the RANKS of the Thursday ! Demand of Senator Owen May t , Result in Indefinitely Pro- V longed Session. Forenoon Shoppers! You profit financially by taking advantage of the underpriced offerings arranged for this occasion, and your presence here in the forenoon Thursday will show your approval of the Summer weekly half-holiday inaugurated here for department store em ployes. All arrangements have been made, to serve you promptly. ! VOTING DATES NOT FIXED 2 Most of Democrats Willing to Agree to Republican Proposals, aii'd Appeal Slay Be Made to Wil- "son to Clear. Way. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Republican Senate leaders and Senator Owen, Dem ocrat, tied the legislative situation in the Senate Into a. hard knot today, threatening the plans of Administration leaders to expedite the shipping, work men's, compensation and revenue bills and. assure an early adjournment of Congress. The obstacle interposed was the Owen corrupt practices bill to limit and reg ulate political campaign contributions. The Democrats did . not include the measure in their legislative programme, but Senator Owen wants it passed and the Republican leaders want definite assurances of its postponement until the December Bession. t'ninlmODi Co Burnt Refused. . When Senator Fletcher sought an agreement to vote upon the shipping bill late today. Republican leaders de manded in return, a promise from the Administration forces that the corrupt practices bill would not be pressed to a vote before adjournment. Most of the Democrats were willing to give such a promise, inasmuch as the bill was not in the Imperative programme. They found Senator Owen, however, deter mined to call his bill up some time be fore adjournment and to demand a vote on it, no matter what the result might be. Senator Owen's attitude resulted in , a. declaration by the Republican mem bers that they would not Agree on any unanimous consent requests to fix a time for voting on either the shipping or revenue bills. Senator Owen there upon announced that he also would re fuse unanimous consent on requests to fix a time to vote on the other bills as long as opposition to taking up his measure persisted. Indefinite Session Threatened. That was the tangled, situation when the Senate adjourned tonight without a. vote on the shipping bill. Some Ad ministration leaders thought President Wilson might have to be appealed to .if the way were not to be cleared for the shipping, revenue and workmen's compensation bills, which would com plete the legislative programme. If Senator Owen and Republican leaders remain determined. It was declared Con gres may be held in session indefi nitely. The revenue bill was reported from the finance committee todayk but the present plan is to pass both the ship ping and workmen's compensation bills before it is taken up. ' 1 TAX TEMPERED TO TIMBERMEN Deduction to Be Made In . Figuring Income Prom Enterprise. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug. 16. Senator Chamberlain secured today the adoption by the fi nance committee of two amendments to the revenue bill one designed to minimize the income tax imposed on owners of timber land in Oregon and other Northwestern states, the other intended to prevent the shipment of halibut into the United States from Canada via Prince Rupert. Senator Chamberlain, in caucus, made a protest against the income tax pro vision as passed by the House, main taining it would place a heavy burden on owners of Northwestern timber lands who hereafter sell their prop erty, for, as the bill stood, they would be taxed on the full difference between the price they paid for this land and the price at which they sold it. He explained that large areas of timber lands had been acquired in. -the Northwest in- the early '90s at low prices, since which time the value has multiplied many times. To" tax profits or sales or timber lands on the basis provided by the House bill. Senator Chamberlain maintained, would be un fair and at his suggestion the bill was amended o that when profits to timber land sale are 'to be taxed, the profit enaii oe ngurea Dy deducting from the selling: price the estimated value of the land on March 1, 1915, the date when the income' tax law first went into operation. His amendment reads "For the purpose of ascertaining the Praia derived from the Sale or other disposition of property, real, personal or mixed, acquired before March 1, 1913, the fair market price or value of such property as of March 1, 1913, shall be the basis for determining the amount or such gain derived. Senator Chamberlain's second amend ment stopping the shipment of halibut from North Pacific water via Prince Rupert into Eastern states markets provides: "That from and after 90 days after the passage of this act no fresh or frozen halibut or salmon from the North Paclfio Ocean or its tributary waters shall be admitted into the United States through any foreign country, except when the same shall be in bond from an American port." Senator" Jones and Representative Humphrey have been advocating this legislation and today they were told by Representative Kitchin, chairman of the House ways and means commit tee, that he would accept this amend ment, it having been Indorsed by the jjepartment or commerce. EYESIGHT SPECIALIST IS y e m Examined Glasses Made, ISO Broadway, Near Washington. ELL-AI Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Onepackage ' proves it 25c at all druggists. J'Tr COPPER AND ALUMINUM CS ii'rt . kitchen utensila take on a SLf rS I Lltrr. cheerful nwnMwhn polished mth r J I XLTAL polish JOt I Tk J ... 100 WILL BE TRIED Mexico to Have Great Series of Courtsmartial. PRIEST FOUND NOT GUILTY Prominent Politicians Held in Con nection Vith. Plots and Hun dreds of Witnesses Have Been Summoned to Capital. CHIHUAHUA CITT. Mex., Aug. IS. Preparations are under way here for the greatest series or courtmartials ever held in Mexico, in an effort to stamp out disloyalty in Northern Mexico. One hundred prominent figures in Mexican politics are held awaiting iriai nere in connection with the discovery of re ceat revol"tioniry plots and hundreds of witnesses have been summoned from all over the republic J.i the first of the courtmartials. J. Arrolla, a. priest, today was found not guilty. General Jacinto Trevino nas received reports from Colonel Zuazua at St. An Ires. Durango. 150 miles southwest of Parral. suyinsr that a band of four men under one of the Murgia brothers and another of 3J under Martin Lopez had fled before his column Into the hills and scattered. He had learned from a ranchman, he said, that five of the fugitives, who are making their way tovard Rincon de Chuviscar, are w mr.Ued. A detachment has been sent in pursuit, it was reported. Reports from Saltlllo said that a con f t rence of railroad superintendents of the lines in. Northern Mexico is being held there. Means of improving the rail service In thia section are being discussed. EL PASO. Tex.. Aug. 16. General Francisco Gonzales, commanding the Mexican army of Northern Chihuahua, left Juarez last night for 'Chihuahua City, where he will appear as a witness against Jose Tnez Salazar, the noted revolutionist, held for trial on a' charge of treason, it was announced at the commandancia today. NAVY YARDS NEED MEN OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER SHORTAGE OF MECHANICS. : Plana to Pot on Doable Shifts, to Clear Way for New Construction. Can not Be Carried Out. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. With an unprecedented building programme facing them. Navy officials are con cerned over the shortage of trained mechanics available for carrying out such of the new work as may be sent to Government yards. Shipbuilding trades have been unable to supply enougn men ror construction now in progress and officials believe there will be considerable delay in both public and private yards, due to this fact. The keels of the battleships Califor nia and Tennessee- still are to' be laid, although contracts for their construc tion were awarded to the Mare Island and Brooklyn Navy-yards, respective ly, many months ago. Work on the California is expected to begin early next month, as enlargement of the slip at Mare Island is proceeding rapidly. At the Brooklyn Navy-yard the de partment had planned to put double shifts to work on the New Mexico, so as to get her into the water and clear the way for the Tennessee, but be cause of the shortage -of skilled labor it has been with great difficulty that a single lull emit naa been main tained. ' To meet the emergency the Navy yards' have been compelled to take in experienced men in large numbers and train them tor tneir work. mm i t&feat and quiokt ofc all poIiBhea. PENDLETON NORMAL URGED Superintendent Cburcliill Indorses Move, Pointing Out Need. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 16. (Special.) J. A. Churchill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is asking the voters of the state to support the in itiative measure on the ballot this Fall providing for the establishment of a standard normal school at Pendle ton. The State Superintendent's last report shows than only 13 per cent of the grade teachers of the state are normal school graduates and he, more than any other man, appreciates the need for more competent instruction, particularly in the rural schools. "Oregon's greatest need for its rural schools is the teacher who has had full preparation to do her work," he said in making public his indorse ment of the measure. "Such prepara tion can best come through normal school training. "I trust that the voters of the state will assist in raising the standard of our schools by establishing a state normal school at Pendleton. The location is central, the interest of tho people of Pendleton in education most excellent, and the large number of pupils in the public schools .will give ample opportunity to all students to get the amount of teaching practice retired ina standard normal school." BIG CANNERIES MERGE? NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN PACIFIC COAST CONCERNS REPORTED. SCRUTINY IS BEGUN Inspector-General Is Looking Into Third Oregon. CAMP IS ALL ON TIPTOE Alaska, California and Hawaiian Com panies Included in 1.1st Distribu tion to Be Simplified. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16. That ne gotiations for a merger of the princi pal cannery Interests of the Pacific Coast are under way in San Francisco was learned here today. The firms named in the reported merger were the J. K. Armsby Company, the Alaska Packers' Association, the California Fruit Canners' Association, the Central California Canneries, the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, Limited, and Bal four, Guthrie & Co. That such a merger was under con sideration was admitted tonight by a prominent business man, who was cred ited in the reports with an active part in the negotiations. He said that he could not discuss the subject beyond saying that the deal had not yet been perfected. The merger, according to talk in lo cal financial circles, will be effected by the creation of a holding company. Its object would be to wipe out the pres ent duplication of distributing plants. The Armsby Company now distrib utes the product ot tne central can neries and the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. Both the California Fruit Canners and the Alaska Packers' Asso ciatlon maintain their own distributing plants, and Balfour, Guthrie & Co. die tribute in Europe the products of all the concerns involved. The officials of the companies said to be involved refused tonight to dis cusa the reported merger. CONCORD TO BE REPAIRED $5000 In Improvements Will Be Made on Old Gunboat. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.) Quarantine Officer Ebert has been notified by the department that Con gress has set aside $5000 for repairing and improving the old gunboat Con cord and has been asked to recommend what alterations shall be made to the vessel. Since the Concord was brought here, approximately $2000 has been spent on her in constructing bunks, Installing a galley, a water system, driving dol phins and making minor alterations. It is probable that the additional $6000 will bo expended in the installation of a heating' and lighting system. KING VICTOR AT FRONT Italian Monarch. Visits Gorizla, Still Under Bombardment. ' GORIZIA, via Rome and Paris, Aug. 16. Although this city is still under bombardment by long-range Austrian guns. King Victor Emmanuel stopped here on one of his tours of Inspection along the Italian lines, watched the effect of the hostile artillery fire and visited the tunnel by which the Ital ians penetrated and surprised the place. While he was entering an automobile to leave Gorizia the King saw a sol dier - wounded in the hand and foot standing at attention. "Don't bother to salute me, comrade," said the King, who shook hand3 with and then saluted the soldier. . I Final Inspection of Field Equip ment to Bo Mado Friday Fa vorable Impression Made by Showing of V. M. C. A. BT WILL G. MACRAE. FIELD HEADQUARTERS. Third Ore gon. Imperial Beach, Cal., Aug. 16. (Special.) Camp today is on lta col lective toes, like a sprinter waiting for the crack of the -starter's pistoL This is because the long-expected Major Frank W. -Caldwell, from the Inspec tor-General's department, has arrived, -arly this morning he began his scrutiny. Major Caldwell 'believes in having first-hand data, and he did the inspecting himself. He began by going over the regiment accounts. That he round things In this Important depart ment in good order can be told bv the fact, that he failed to find reason for audible comment, and also that he was aoie to check up without asking em barrassing questions. It is the purpose of Major Caldwell to inspect the entire Third Oregon and also Troop A. After he had finished going over the accounts he gave the mess tents of each company a rigid inspection. He carried a writing pad in his hand, and as he visited each cookhouse he made notes. He finished his tour tonight, but the final inspec tion of field equipment will be held beginning early Friday morning. This will be a big morning for the Third Oregon, for every piece of ordnance and every bit of equipment will be out in the field when the final drill U held. Major Caldwell will visit Troop A at (.amp JaiDoa Thursday. One thing which seemed to make particularly favorable impression was the splendid showing the Portland Y. M. C. A. is making. Field Secretary Randall has built himself a building of his own designing, and of the 2400 feet of wall space only 34 feet ia a boarded wall, the rest being windows that can be cli.sed when it rains. Secretary Randall waa visited yes terday by the California Y. M. C. A, field Inspector, who said, after seeing the building, with its organ, writing benches and reading table and newspa per files, that if anyone had told him such a building existed he would not have believed it. He was also surprised when he saw the great number of men who took advantage of the building. Mrs. A. W. Fisher, of Corvallls. and her three daughters. Misses Aleece, Ar- din and, Marie, arrived at Imperial Beach today. The party drove from Corvallls by automobile. They left Oregon August 1. Miss Aleece held the wheel the whole distance. NAVAL BILL HEARS END OUR STORE WILL CLOSE AT 1 P. M. THURSDAY. ' EXTRA! THURSDAY FORENOON 8:30 A. M. TO 1 P. J1. Women's Bathing QQ- Suits Only 57 OC For Values to $3.50 Women's Mohair Bathing Suits shown in several different styles. All sizes from 34 to 44 in both navy and black; lines regularly sold op to $3.50 to "close, Thursday forenoon White Dress Skirts, Special fXJG BEST $1.00 VALUES A special clearance of women's fine white Dress Skirts at half price; most all sizes in several popular styles. Lines regularly selling at $1.00, on sale Thursday fore f noon at .iUC Platanoid Picture Frames at 34c REGULAR 50c KIND At the notion counteiv-100 large platanoid Picture Frames in oval shape, suitable for picture 5V by 7 a fine easel frame with velvet back. Regular 50c kind Thursday forenoon at Men's Black Cotton Sox, Special BEST 10c GRADE About 90 dozen pairs men's black cotton Socks to close out at a bar gain price. They come in all sizes, are fast black and are made with re inforced heel and toe; best 10cTf grade, Thursday forenoon at . . 34c 7c Extra! Extra! Thursday Forenoon, 8:30 A. M. to 1 P. M. A PHENOMENAL PURCHASE AND SALE OF MANUFACTURERS' "SCRAPS" 6c ISa Bi Huck, Crash and Damask in i to U'i- lengths, suitable for napkins, tow. fancy work, etc. Regular Values to 20c It is only once in a great while that a favored few merchants have the opportunity to purchase manufacturers "Scraps" or Loom Ends. This time we were fortunate in securing a splendid lot of such goods at a ridiculously low price. Thurs day Forenoon you may share in our good fortune. You have choice from i to lVa-yard lengths of huck, crash and damask such pieces as are suitable for napkins, hand or dish towels, fancy work, dust or polishing cloths, etc., and at the same bargain price we include, an odd lot of honeycomb cotton towels of good size. Remember the quantity is limited and there will be rapid selling, for you have choice from values? to 20c each, Thursday Forenoon at "C 50c EXTRA! Thursday Forenoon 8:30 A. M. to 1. P. M. Gowns and f!hpmis at REGULAR VALUES TO $1.00 Factory samples and odd pieces from our regular lines to close out at less than factory cost. Dozens of desirable styles in both gowns and envelope che mise of fine nainsook and mus lin all extra well made and beautifully trimmed with dain ty laces, embroideries, tucks and ribbons they'll go with a rush, so don't delay your com ing. You have choice irom regular values to $1, Thursday forenoon at Silk Boot Hose. Only REGULAR 50c GRADE At this extraordinary price re duction we are closing out a discontinued line of women's silk Boot Hose a standard make and quality. All sizes in 6hades of tan. Regular 50c grade, while they last, 1 Thursday forenoon at.. XiJl 50c 15c 25c EXTRA! Thursday Forenoon 8:30 A. M. to 1 P. M. Embroider ies, Yard . Included are IS, 27 and 43-ih. Embroideries in a splendid variety of patterns.; 45-inch Voile Flouncings shown in conventional or floral designs with margin or scalloped bot tom; 27-inch Batiste Flounc ings, especially desirable for children's and baby dresses; also 18-inch Corset Covers and Flouncing Embroideries in swiss, batiste and nainsook regular 60c and 75c qualities on sale Thursday- O C forenoon at .aiiJC Women's o O Union Suit ...OOC REGULAR 65c GRADE Sale of women's Summer Union Suits, shown in low neck, sleeveless styles, with lace trimmed or cuff knee; all sizes. Perfect fitting Union Suits of regular 65c quality, Thursday oo forenoon at .O O C yards shall be equipped for immediate construction of capital ships. Acceptance of the toenate proposal i.ctiniinn of sites for subma rine and aviation bases on the Atlantic, Pacific and Juir coasts aiso appeared probable. The House conferees were said to be unyieiaing on io ooo" appropriation of $1,000,000 for special improvements at the Charleston. B. C. SHERIDAN IS NEW CENTER Section Crew Makes That Town Its Headquarters. SHERIDAN. Or.. Aug". 16. (Special.) Sheridan has been made tHe head quarters for the section crw having charge of the railroad between this place and Willamina, Sheridan and Per rydale and Ballston and Whiteon. The section-bouse has been neatly located and the crew has been equipped with the latest g-asollne motor cars. Shirley Walte, son of J. H. Walte. a. retired Southern Paclfio division road master, ia now section foreman. TIad Th Oresronlan classified nds. Boys From Harmony Town MANHATTAN TRIO IN SONGS THA T PLEASE AGREEMENT OX YAHD EQUIPMENT IS IX SIUHT. House Conferees, However, Inrleldln en Senate's Million-Dollar Appro priation for Charleston, S. C. WASHINGTON, Aug-. 16. The $316. 800,000 naval appropriation bill en tered the final legislative stage tosiay. Senate and House conferees resumed their discussions of the comparatively minor items remaining- in disagree ment with prospect of a final report to both houses within a few days, pos sibly by Friday. Following acceptance by the House yesterday of the Senate's building and personnel increases, the Senate today agreed to another conference on the smaller items in dispute, and the con ferees held an hour's session. No agree ment was reached. Another session will be held, tomorrow. In the Informal discussions today agreement by the conferees upon ap propriation of $6,000,000 to equip Navy yards tor war cratt construction was forecast. The conferees, however, stilt are divided on the question of which . 4 ! " 'i, L v - ... i hi ii i v i .i-cki I He IV. "g' MARSH In a Bit of Irish Romance iarriase o Molly-0 The story details the pretty love affair of a little colleen, Molly, who lives with her mother, the Widow Malarky. Their property consists of a pip; and a cow. Like all good Irish they are proud of their pig;, hate their landlord and have difficulty in meeting the "rint." Molly has four ambitions; she wants to buy her mother a silk dress, get a bell for the cow, a ribbon for the pig, and a husband for herself. The fantastic scenes which depict the visit of the fairies to the little colleen are not only unusual but decidedly realistic, and will be a big treat for the kiddies. I - .FAY TINCHER Tl? In a mirthful mixture of mistakes, mishaps and Miss Tincher. It's called "LAUNDRY LIZ" COLUMBIA 6th and Washington Matinees 10c Children 5c Evening 15c Continuous, 11 A. M. to 11 P. 3NI. This Programme Until Saturday Night Only - I t r L l f