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TIIE MOItXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1016. Gil MS ARE ! FILED IN BATHING Nymphs Disport in Pool at Foot of Snow Sanks-Icy , Water Evokes Shrieks. CINDER CONE IS CLIMBED Absence or Sunday Supper Event 'ot to Be l-'orgottcn Trip to Jyost Itivcr Valley lleveals Vnsuspccted lieauties. BT BEATRICE TOUNG. CAMP RILET. Or., Aug-. 14. (Spe cial.) Everybody woke up early this morning, eager for breakfast. Why? Because of our early Sunday dinner yesterday, of course, and the fact that there wasn't any Sunday night supper. Up here amid the snow peaks, where the air stings one into doing stunts hitherto undreamed of, the absence of the Sunday night supper caused con sternation. After breakfast a party of 39 set out for the Cinder Cone, an immense file of cinders on the north slope of the North Sister. W. C. Toran was the leader and this evening at the camp fire he related the adventures of the trip. He said: ' "We all started out to gether, everybody got to the Cone and I brought 'em all back to camp." Then Mr. Yoran sat down. But others continued or rather elaborated his account, so that finally we had quite a story. Route Is Iloclty. The trip was without special inci dent, however, the chief item of note being that a large part of the way led over huge boulders, which required strides of such proportions as to incon venience some of our shorter members very considerably. It was snow and grease paint and goggles going up snd rocks and recriminations coming down. Still another trip of today was that Jod by Ieroy Ayer to the Lost River Kalis. The valley through which Lost Kiver flows to the southeast of our ramp, between here and the Husband, is justly celebrated for its beauty. It Is the paradise of the botanists. Sloping gently down from . lofty rrags, its sun-swept meadows are ablaze with bloom. Brilliant blue larkspur and Jacob's ladder nod against flaming yellow Adder's Tongue; the vivid green of the lush grass is pep pered with millions of white Marsh Marigolds. Purple Crags Loom l'p Looking up, one sees crags purple with the lovely Pride of the Mountain against a higher background of tall dark trees, shading patches of dusliy white snow and the dazzling peaks looming in the distance. In the bottom of the valley loops and circles the rapid stream, clear and cold, fed by myriads of tiny rivulets from the snow fields, its deeps and Fhallows alternating in a thousand little cataracts that chatter happily. It is a long six miles from ourcamp. over snowy ridges and rocky slopes to reach this lovely valley, but so great' has; its . fame - become that even the laziest of us eagerly make the tramp to witness it. Today we have the excitement of a couple of movie men in-our midst. They arrived last night, with much apparatus and a handsome tireat Dane who won all hearts on sight. The men are: R. C. Bruce and J. O. Sill. They got some pictures this afternoon. Bathing Girls Filmed. About 4 o'clock, as some half dozen of us were just finishing a story, read aloud 'round a Capitol Hill campfire, we heard screams off to our right. We rushed madly down the hill and dis covered some eight or ten of our intrepid maidens in bathing suits, sporting in the pool at the foot of the adjacent snow banks. Their shrieks as the icy water splashed over them roused the echoes of the sleeping hills. The movie man stood grinning on the snow, turning the little crank of his picture ma chine. He was chuckling with joy as the nymphs before his camera became more bold and running up the snow banks, plunged with shrieks and waving arms down into the pool below. Resort Is Popular. The Lost River Valley, already en larged upon, has become a popular bathing resort. Its only drawback is that it is a little too far away. Six miles, over rocky ridges, to a bath and fix miles home again well, it's a little different from the bathroom across the hall. Our sunsets up here are dreams of glory. The top of the mountain glows. The rosy light on all these summits is indescribable. Then, while the jagged horizon still glows faintly red and purple, comes the moon, a splendid silver sphere that makes the upper snow fields glisten and lights our tortuous way to and from the campfire. PLAGUE FIGHT GROWS (Continued From First Page.) regulation and control, is headed by Surgeon C. H. Lavlnder. of the Public Health Service, Chicago; Dr. W. C. Woodward, of the District of Columbia; Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, of Illinois; Dr. V. G. Young, of Maine, and Surgeon J. W. Trask. of the Public Health Serv ice, being the other members. 11,717 Cases Reported. A National survey presented by the tj.te delegates showed 11.717 cases In 38 states reporting, including cases re ported since January 1. Several dele gates said few cases in their states were traceable to the Eastern epidemic and others reported the plague more prevalent in rural than urban districts. The majority advanced the opinion that it was , unnecessary to keep the schools closed in their states. Assist ant Surgeon-General W. C. Ttucker, who with Acting Surgeon-General A. H. Glennan, presided over the confer ence, gave out tonight . the following synopsis of the views of the speakers: "It appears to be the consensus of opinion that segregation of persons wit the disease is desirable and that opening of schools is also advisable. Travel is dangerous when It permits irovement of acute or chronic car riers of the disease. The eyidence is ftgaint Insect transmission and trans mission by food is hypothetical." Humans Probable Carriers. Reporting on a scientific study of symptoms and control of the epidemic in New Y'ork. conducted by many state, city and Federal scientists. Surgeon Wade Frost, of the Public Health Serv ice, said: "Frankly we don't know how the disease is transmitted, nor its cause. The evidences strongly point to hu mans as the carriers. The evidence is that it is purely a human disease and if it is contagious a large pro portion of persons exposed are Immune. It must be spread largely from sources other than sick persons, mostly adults. Against that is the known seasonal prevalence. Our theories do not ex clude transmission by insects. Trans mission by the lower animals is hy pothetical. We hardly suspect any but dogs and cats. Its rapid spread indi cates human carriers." Despite the New York epidemic. Sur geon Frost said, the most striking characteristic of the disease is that it is most severe in rural communities rather than in cities. He said 99 ier cent of cases occurred among children under 10 years old and that 75 to 0 per cent of infections can be traced to previous cases of direct contact. There are few infections of persons exposed in their families, he said. Dr. George Draper, of the New York Healtn Board, said quarantine of para lyzeo. persons was not effective against transmission. He said milk possibly was a source of infection and that while at first negroes were believed immune, cases lately had appeared among that race. The conference adopted a resolution thanking the New York authorities for their frank disclosures of conditions here as an assistance to other states in taking preventive measures. PRESIDENT CALLS HEADS (Continued From First Page.) which the employes and the committee may agree. The railroad presidents, it is under stood, justify their stand on the broad ground of maintaining the principle of arbitration, which, if sacrificed in this instance, they intend to tell the Presi dent, will be destroyed as a factor in the settlement of industrial disputes. Congrress Takes Kote of Crisis. With the growing seriousness of the situation. Congress began paying more real attention to the crisis today, and there were many indications of inter vention to prevent a nation-wide tie-up. The general impression is that the railroad officials, after seeing the Pres ident tomorrow, will ask for several days, perhaps a week or more, to con sider their course. It was emphasized by those of the officials who arrived tonight, however, that all of these plans were tentative. A score who came from New York on a special train went into session soon after their ar rival with the managers' committee, and it was said that one of the pos sibilities under consideration was the preparation of a statement to be given out before their visit to the President, putting their position before the coun try. Asked whether the managers would be backed up in their decision. Presi dent Baniel K. Willard. of the Balti more & Ohio, said: "I assume they will be." Two Plans Considered. Two plans are being considered for the makeup of the proposed commis sion in case the President's plan is ac cepted. The first provides for the ap pointment of all three members, if that should be the size of the commission, by the President, and the other for selection of one of the members by him and the other two by the railroad em ployers and employes respectively. The plan, as presented by the President to the employes, was couched in general terms and did not go into details. Sug gestions have been made that the com mission be made permanent. The conference between the Presi dent and general committee of employes jasiea aoout an hour. After the mem bers of the committee had assembled in the East Room they were introduced to the President by A. B. Garretson, their spokesman. In a short speech Mr. Garretson pointed out that the Presi dent's position in summoning repre sentatives of a large number of work. ingmen to the Whfte House, without others present, for a discussion of a labor problem stood unparalleled. In his talk to the men the President explained his feeling that a strike must be averted at any cost because of the disastrous effect on the country. President Undecided on Issues. Regarding the collateral issues, the President admitted that he was at a loss to say how they should be settled. If the question of overtime and other problems were left to him, he said, he would have to ask for a. commission to help him decide what would be fair. He added that in his belief there were enough honest men in the United States to decide these questions fairly to both sides and that they would do so if called upon. At the conclusion of the President's talk the four brotherhood heads ques tioned him in order to bring out all the points for the benefit of the members of the general committee who have not been at the previous White House con ferences. If the men desired, the President said just-before they left, they could remain in the room in which they had assem bled and decide whether they would approve or reject his proposition. He was willing, he said, to withdraw and let them come to a. decision. Mr. Gar retson thanked the President, but ex plained that he believed it would be best for the men to go to their hall for meeting. When they left, the men were invited to shake hands with the President Men Pleased With Prospect. . Optimism marked every move of the brotherhood men during the day. They were pleased over the President's plan as outlined to them by their leader in formal conferences and appeared to like it even better after their meeting with the President and the two frank discussions of the situation among memseives. Leaders declined to forecast the ac tion of the men when they vote on the President's proposal tomorrow. but e.verywhere the feeling existed that tney wouin approve it overwhelmingly. GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE IS PROPOSED Democrats on Senate Finance Committee Plan Payment of Guard Mobilization. $130,000,000 IS REQUIRED Treasury Statement, Showing Large Approaching Deficit, Accompanies Report Further Provision ' May Be Accessary, WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. A bond is sue of $130,000,000 to meet extraor dinary Government expenditures due to the Mexican situation was unexpectedly recommended to Congress tonight by majority members of the Senate fi nance committee, with the concurrence of the Treasury Department. The bond issue is urged in the re port of the finance committee Demo crats filed in the Senate today on the $205,000,000 revenue bill. In addition to the proposed issue and the revenue bill, the finance committee asserts that further appropriation of $86, 000. 00 will be necessary to defray the expense of operations in the Mexican emergency if conditions on the border continue as they are now after December 31, 1916. The J130, 000.000 to be provided by the proposed bond issue, the report says, will meet Mexican expenses only until the end of this calendar year. Disbursements Exceed Receipts. Accompanying the finance committee majority's report, submitted by Sena tor Simmons, was a general statement from the Treasury Department, esti mating disbursements for the fiscal year 1917 at Jl. 126,243, 000, and receipts $762,000,000. "The total appropriations for the fiscal year 1917. inclusive of those car ried in the eo-called shipping bill, which Is to be defrayed by the issuance of Panama bonds, will exceed the ap propriations for the fiscal year 1916 by about 1496,000,000," says the re port. "This increase Is represented principally by $167,000,000 additional appropriated for the Navy, $166,000,000 additional amount appropriated for the Army, $20,000,000 additional ap propriated for fortifications, $41,000, 000 for deficiency appropriations about $35,000,000 of which is due to the Mexican situation and increased requirements of the Army and Navy, and $20,000,000 for a nitrate plant, which is a preparedness expenditure. The increase in the appropriations for the fiscal year, other than for these extraordinary purposes, is not beyond the normal increase. Blame Put on Preparedness. "But for the additional expenditures made necessary to defray the cost of preparedness, the increased revenue to be raised by this bill would not be necessary and the estimated receipts under the present law would be consid erably in excess of the estimated dis bursements for the fiscal year 1917. In this conection attention is called to the fact that $21,000,000 of the normal increase for the present fiscal year rep resents the amount appropriated for rural credits and good roads. "in a statement furnished your com mittee August 17. 1916, the Treasury Department estimated disbursements for the fiscal year 1917 at $1,126,243,000 and estimated receipts for 1917 at $762, 000,000, making the excess of disburse ments over receipts $364,243,000. This total includes appropriations amount ing to about $130,000,000 to meet ex traordinary expenses and disburse ments incident to the Mexican situa tion, the mobilization of the National Guard and the operation of our troops along the border and into Mexico for the six months ending December 31. 1916. Should this condition exist beyond that time a further appropriation of $86,000,000 will be necessary. Dond Issue Thought Proper. "In the opinion of your committee. concurred in by the Treasury Depart' ment, this latter sum, namely, $130,000,- 000, should be financed by a bond issue. This would simply be following not only the custom of this country but of ail other nations under similar circum stances." In its analysis of the revenue bill as revised by the Senate committee the Treasury Department estimates that the annual revenue to be derived will be: From income tax $109,500,000: inheritance tax, $20,000,000 for 1917 (after law is in full force approximate ly $65,000,000); munitions manufac turers tax, $40,000,000; miscellaneous, including beer, liquors, stamp taxes, etc., $35,500,000, a total of $205,000,000. Bacon Candidate for Senator. NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Robert Bacon ex-Ambassador to France, today an nounced his candidacy lor the nomina tion for United States Senator fron New York, in the coming Republican primary. Newest 1917 Models Innovation Trunks Just Received Sold Here Exclusively i Close Out Stamped Center Pieces and Luncheon Cloths Imported Materials Stamped for Cross-stitch Embroidery To $2.50 Cloths $1.50 To $4.00 Cloths $3.25. To $5.00 Cloths $3.95 To $5.95 Cloths $4.50 Vlt th Floor. Great Western Travel Bureau For Tourists Offers information on nearby points of interest. Automobile trips, train and steamer sched ules. Check baggage to desti nation. Touring car and taxicab service. . First Floor Close Out of Drop Patterns WILTON RUGS Size 36x63 This Season's Dropped Designs Regular From $9.50 to $11. $5.95 Fifth Floor. Closing Out $5.00 to $12.00 Corsets Smart Set, La Vida Etoile de France $2.95 These are mostly in sizes 19. 20 and 21 with some larger sizes. Fourth Floor i FINAL DISPOSAL An Event In Which Our Summer Suits and Coats Selling at $25 and to $35 Are Offered at $10.00 Silk, Serge and Golfine Coats Pongee, Gabardine and Check Suits V bird Floor. Jfrencfj Hand Embroidered Combinations Selling to $5.50 $2.25 Selling to $2.95 $1.69 Made in a variety of most attractive styles, of im ported materials with scal loped edges and dainty floral sprays. Due to the war, these dainty gar ments are practically out of the market. Fourth Floor. - MEN Clean-up of Globe Knitted Athletic Union Suits Regularly Sold at $1.50 $1.15 Athletic union suits in a special weight and quality suitable for all-year-round wear. A special quality of the famous Globe make. $2.00 .Lisle Suits $1.65 Made with long or half sleeves, specially tailored, with closed crotch and trouser seat. First Floor 200 Modish Attractive Novelty Crepe 117 A TPTP Soire Silk de Chine VV A Ll Sirred Chiffon Sold Kegulany (PO Cf Crepe To $5.00, TODAY Third Floor. r I ,1,-. 24 Steamer Trunks 1 lUIlKS (Samples) QlO QC Regular to $24.00 P . J MarcIv.nJ.o of J Merit Ony" I HEARS BURIAL IS SET BODY OF FORMER. PORTLAN DKR EX. FECTED TOD.VY OR TOMORROW. Death In San Frnncl.ro Knd Trip for Health Transportation 1'ont Once Held Here. The funeral of W. A. Mears. brother of S. M. Mears. president of the Port land Cordage Company, probably will bo held here tomorrow. Mr. - Mears died in a San Francisco hospital on August 12. It I, expected that his body will arrive in Portland either today or tomorrow, and the funeral will be held shortly after its arrival. Mr. Mears was born in Fultonville. N. Y.. in 1849. He lived for many years in Nebraska and left there to go to Spokane. For many years he was the head of the transportation committee of Spokane, and it was his work and his efforts that helped put Spokane on the map as a Jobbing center. After leavlne Spokane, he came to Portland in 1S94 and entered the merchandise brokerage business, at which he was verv successful. After a number of years in this busi ness, a transportation committee was organised here and Mr. Mears was urged to become its head, which he eventually did. and. as in Spokane, he was very active in this city in his work as secretary of the transportation com mittee. Later he was solicited by the wholesalers of Seattle to take the sec retaryship of their transportation com mittee and only resigned this position a few months ago on account of ill health. At the time of his death he was in San Francisco, with a view of bene fiting his health. About two years ago Mr. Mears lost his wife and this was a severe blow. He is survived by two sisters liv ing in Nebraska and Washington, D. C. and a brother, Sam M. Mears, presi dent of the Portland Cordage Company. WAR USURY IS DETECTED German Bureau L'ncovers Extensive Frauds In Food. THE HAGUE, via London. Aug. 17 The new German war usury bureau has justified its existence by revealing sur prising details of widely ramified ood frauds, according to reports received here. The frauds are said to involve a half dozen leaders and 100 accomplices. These men are said to have smuggled hundreds of tons of wheat, rye and barley flour from the province of West Prussia to Berlin, where it was sold 'at a profit of 300 per cent. The existence of the flour, reports say. was concealed from government stock-takers by all manner of artifices. The flour was shipped on night trains as potatoes or machinery. Among the accomplices and ringleaders were sev eral government officials and several station masters, who are charged with connivance in the fraud. German newspapers are demanding exemplary punishment for the men arrested. J. E. f GALBRAITH PASSES Prominent pigct Sound Ru.sincss Man Dies in Seattle. SEATTLE.' Wash.. Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) James E. Galbraith. president of Galbraith. Bacon & Co., prominent in business and fraternal circles in Seat tle for many years, died yesterday. Mr. Galbraith had bet in poor health for nearly four nionfha. three of which he passed in bed. t Mr. Galbraith was born in Rochester, N. Y.. September 19. 1849. While still a boy he moved with his family to Wis consin and the greater part of hia youth was passed irk that state. After several years in Nebraska. Mr. Galbraith came to Puget Sound in 1890. settling in Fairhaven. The next year he moved to Seattle and later organised, with W. W. Austin and Cecil II. Bacon, the Galbraith, Bacon & Co.. of which he was president at the time of his death. He leaves a widow, two daugh ters and one son. One of his brothers is Richard Galbraith. of Joseph, Or. Independence Tcacliers Named. INDEPENDENCE. Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.) Miss Beryl L. Holt, of Salem, and Miss Edina H. Venator, of Port land, have been appointed by the School Board to places in the local schools. Miss Holt will take the high school position of Miss Aimeda Fuller. Repub lican candidate for Polk County School Superintendent. Miss Venator will suc ceed Miss Martha C. Galbreath. re signed, who has accepted a place in the Portland public schools. owing to present school conditions. Su perintendent J. W. Hodge was here to day making new appointments. Plans are now being made for a new bond election and it is hoped that it will be possible to open school on time. School Hoard Members Ileslgn. ELM A. Wash.. Aug. 17. (Special.) C. H. Palmer and J. C. Olson resigned Wednesday from the Flma School Board TROUT BREKFAST PLANNED Kuscno to Kntcrtaiit San Francisco Trade K.curioniMs. EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.) A trout breakfast is to be the princi pal feature of the entertainment to bo provided for thts trado extension ex cursionists trom San Francisco Monday morning, according to an announcement made today by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. Volunteers will whip the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers on Saturday, to procure the fish. The California!! will arrive in Eu gene at 8:T.O o'clock Sunday night, and remain in the city until 2 o'clock Mon day afternoon. Then they will leave over the Willamette-Pacific Railroad for Coos Bay. where they will pass sev eral days and be present on the open ing day of the Coos Bay Railroad Jubilee. Wheat Makes Another Sensational Rise Read Your Daily Paper Flomir 20c ILoweir at the D. C. BURNS CO., than the market quotation. Buy from us ( NOW and save money. Superior Flour Fancy Patent Regular per barrel $6.00 Special Friday and Saturday only, per barrel S5.S0 Superior Flour Fancy Patent Regular, per sack ' $1.65 Special Friday and Saturday only, per sack SI. 50 White Rose Family Flour Regular, per barrel " $5.80 Special Friday and Saturday only, per barrel $5. GO White Rose Family Flour Regular per sack $1.55 Special Friday and Saturday only, per sack $1. 40 Whole Wheat Flour 10-lb. sack 35e Whole Wheat Flour 50-lb. sack $1.60 New Today Corn Williams' Oregon Canned Corn, doz $1.2o ea. 11 New Today Peaches Sliced Peaches, Extra 2s, Laurel Wreath Brand dozen Jj1.5(V each 13 Ceylon Tea Special Prices The cream of the Ceylon Tea crop, gathered in the highest altitude, where the slow maturity of the leaf is productive of the exquisite flavor so highly prized by the Ceylon tea-drinkers. Special price, Cri-, the pound ; .OvIC New Today Asparagus Asparagus Tips, Hilldale Brand, Is Tall, doz. $1.63 Each : 15 Asparagus Souplets, 3s Libby's, doz. $2.25 ea. 200 JUNO COFFEE is a coffee of rich body to meet the tastes o$ those who prefer a heavy blended fullness of flavor and aroma. Regular price per pound 35c. Special price three and one-half t 1 or the pounds P Pound ?29c D. C. B 208-210 Third St., Bet. Taylor and Salmon urns company IVz Blocks South of the Public Market. Wholesalers to Private Families, Restaurants and Hotels Special Mail-Order Service Write for Monthly Price List teMessage to theiNation CarMM KltiAN SKNOlNESSAGeOTMEIFt( 111 ETVFIRST MESS AGETOE ffikj NATION WrTX SMOKE AND "MWI-flLANKTt iffitfj NATION. O. S. GOVERNMENT SPECIAL vfa7 BEFORE Columbus discovered Ameri ca the American Indians signalled their Nations by means of the primi tive Smoke and Fire Blanket, effective but limited in scope. In 1916, the United States Government had a message to give to its people con cerning "Safety-first" the modern para phrasing of preparedness. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which had spent more than $100,000,000 in a short space of time for industrial preparedness in equipment and roadbed, was selected by the Government to assist it in the prepara tion of this mammoth enterprise, furnish a steel train for the purpose, and be the pion-j eer in the great educational plan. cq The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, whose lines reach cities and towns covering more than seventy-five million people, trans ported the great train of twelve steel cars, comprising the "Government Safety-First Special", to as many of the cities and towns on its lines as was possible; helping the Government in every way to tell the people what the Government means and what it is doing for them. t) The train is now doing missionary work on other lines. If the Baltimore & Ohio can serve the Government in this important capac ity it surely can serve you. Investigate its modern train service for yourself. 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