TIIE 3IORXIXG. OREGOXIAN, FRIDAT, DECEMBER
8, 1916.
J0HN A. CARSON IS
DEAD AT SALEM
his wife continued to utilize "Smith"
while with him there, was adduced by
next-door neighbors. F. II. Tlssot and
his wife, and by W. H. Crabtree. a
nearby merchant.
The Tlssots also described seeing
Smith paint a brown suitcase black,
although tha connection of this fact
with the prosecution's case was not
established today.
"Olive Oil TJsed on Ranch.
A. R. Stewart, a taxicab chauffeur
of Seattle, testified to picking- up Smith
a passenger on Jiay 24, 1915, and
carrying him to the Interurban station.
At the time, Stewart said. Smith had a
suitcase and a parcel which he said
was "olive oil, of which he used a good
deal on his ranch."
a-rutt- I-1 1 I rn - o-.idu.y nuumicu w.o
LbuloLA II V C OLAI rlLLtU employment of Smith by the German
Late Attorney Nationally
Prominent Through Legal
Activities in Alaska.
Imputation Gained Through Min
ing Contests in Kortli Is That
or Authority Without Peer.
Masons to Hold Funeral.
S.HTKM. Or.. Dee. 7. (Special.) John
A. Carson, a cousin of Sir Edward
'arson. the Irish statesman, and
one of the best-known attorneys
in the Pacific Northwest, died sud
ripnlv at 5 o'clock this afternoon at
his "home on South Higrh street, this
i-itv. Althouch he had been in ill
health for many months, he was at his
office all day yesterday, and his death
was unexpected. Death was flue 10
sreneral breStiner down.
Mr. Carson had a wide reputation as
a. minine and criminal attorney. From
1905 to 1910 he made annual and
sometimes semi-annual trips to Alaska,
where he acted as counsel for the ex
tensive Guggenheim and Havemeyer
interests. A few years ago he leaped
into National prominence from a series
of published interviews which he gave
out on the Alaska Controller bay con
troversy, which arose from the Ballin
jrer-Pinchot incident- As an authority
on Alaska mining law he was consid
ered without a peer, and he was head
counsel for the great Alaska corpora
tions in some of the leading legal con
t"sts taken through the Northern
courts.
Ireland Is. Birthplace.
John A. Carson was born November
f. 1860, at Lurgin, near Belfast, in
County Down. Ireland. In 1862 his
parents removed to Georgetown. On
tario. and settled on a farm there. He
received his early education at a pri
vate academy at Milton. Ontario, grad
uating when he was 17. For a short
time he taught school. At the age of 23
he graduated from the Trinity College
of Liberal Arts and Osgood Hall, the
logal department, at Toronto. He re
turned to Ireland In 1885, but a short
t'me later went back to Canada, where
he took up the practice of law at To
ronto. He was married at Acton, Ontario,
December 5, 1888, to Helen Fraser-
Allan. They came to Salem, Or., arriv
ing here May 18, 1889. He was natural
ised here.
Public Office Held,
Mr. Carson was leading counsel In
some of the most important lawsuits
ever tried through the courts of Ore
gon. In the sessions of 1911 and 1913
he was a State Senator from Marion
County, and among other legislation
he fathered the move creating the girls'
industrial scnool here. as well as
standing sponsor for the bill which
gave the state a new school building
end state library. His only other serv
Ice In public office was as a member
of the City Council here.
He was a member of the Masons,
Elks, and Oddfellows, and was the
oldest Knight of Pythias In Salem
Plans had been laid by that lodge to
tender him a special honor in the near
future.
He is survived by a widow and five
children: Esther. Catharine, John. Al
land and Wallace, all of this city; a
sister in Seattle, and a brother in On
tario, Canada.
The funeral probably will be held
Saturday under the auspices of the Zla.
sons, although definite
have not been announced.
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John A Carson, Prominent Attorney
and Citizen, Dead at Salem.
purely for the purpose of gathering In
formation concerning entente muni
tions shipments.
Theodore Roche, attorney for the de
fense, adduced from Mr. Stewarts tes
timony that Smith had been seen In
Seattle several times in the three or
four months prior to the Seattle ex
plosion, and prior to the time when it
is asserted he was a powder works
employe on San Francisco Bay.
Early testimony today concerned
Smith's relations with this powder
company.
Cryptic Message Read.
District Attorney Preston introduced
one of Crowley's alleged telegrams to
Mrs. Margaret W. Cornell, his secre
tary, sent from Tacoma to" San Fran
cisco following the Seattle barge ex
plosion, as follows:
Work has been good. Am all fixed.
No connection with the big circus. It
was an accident to the elephant.
The message was signed "C"
According to Mr. Preston it proved so
cryptic that Mrs. Cornell had to tele
graph and write for an interpretation.
It was indicated by the prosecution
that this message was intended for
transmission to the German consulate-general.
"T0UNG gentle
men.now'sthe time to select holi
day apparel.
Here is the store where you will
find the clothes that none may
criticise.
Nobby belted-back Overcoats; swag
ger models in rough fabrics, all exquis
itely tailored.
Suits that satisfy from every view
point; finely tailored garments that
fairly exude optimism.
$15, $18, $20, $25
Second Floor.
Buy a gift for a man in a man's shop that's
where HE would buy it. We specialize on
men's wear all the year round and we arc
better prepared to serve you than the depart
ment store.
BEN SELLING
MORRISON AT FOURTH
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A DRASTIC TROUBLE
Great Cut Price Sale for
Two-Fold Purpose.
LABOR INFLUX DEPLORED
MR, HOFF FEARFC1 OF RESULTS OF
SHirBOLDI.VO REPORTS.
Pre Statements Are Held to Blame for
"Exaggerated Impression" of Pros
perity on Pacific Coast.
PUPILS STUDY PROCEDURE
Parliamentary Rules Followed
Aberdeen Schools.
in
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Dec Y. (Spe
rial.) Principal It. I. "U'ise. of the
ranKlin , hcliool. has commenced the
organization of literary societies in all
the grammar grades from the fifth to
the eighth. Each society has student
orricers and these conduct the literary
exercises of the class. Each club has
a. faculty adviser who Insists on proper
puniameniary proceaure.
Considerable interest has been aroused
among students in the study of "Rob
erts Rules.
HALF MILLION SEEK VOTE
tltlzensWp Certificates Issued to
93,911 Aliens in Year.
SALEM, Or.. Dec. 7. (Special.) State
Labor Commissioner Hoff In' his forth
coming biennial report will deplore
what he terms "an exaggerated im-
arrangements pression in the minds of the laboring
element of the country," which he al
leges has been developed by flattering
exploitation of the shipbuilding indus
try on the part of the press.
Advance copies of the editorial mat
ter in the report were issued today.
He declares that "a diligent canvass
of the situation through the medium
of the employment agencies of the state
tends to confirm the fears of an un
warranted stream of unskilled labor
ers into the state which has already
overflooded the market and threatens
to grow worse if the agitation in the
press continues unabated."
He says that statistical reports to
his department show that 13 of the
Plants employ an aggregate of 650
skilled and S60 unskilled laborers in
the construction of boats of all types
and descriptions, not including two or
three of the larger ones, reports from
which had not been received up to the
time of going to press. The plants re
porting, he says, represent an aggre
gate investment of $909,200, and pay
out in salaries and wages to labor of
all classes more than $1,000,000 an
nually.
WASHINGTOX, Dec. 7 Approxi
mately half a million foreie-ners tnnlc
eteps to become naturalized American
citizens during the year ended in June,
according to the annual report of the
bureau of naturalization, made public
today.
Declarations of intentions were filed
by 207.935, petitions for naturalization
by 10S.009 and courts issued certificates
to 93,011.
VAN DYKE LAUDS FRANCE
EX-MIMSTER TO NETHERLANDS
WRITES EULOGY IX VERSE.
Diplomat Has Said He Retires From
Service so He May Write Freely
What He Thinks and Feels.
CONCESSIONS ARE GIVEN
Continued From First Tag.
unknown individual to watch the dyna
Biite on the night of the explosion.
"SVhen asked by Mr. Preston whether
he bad any reason to believe this
watchman still alive, he answered neg-
room thrilled at the possibility of eluding with these lines:
Smith's being revealed as the nameless
watchman. But Liliko. who had seen
him today in the corridor of the Fed
eral building-, refuted this.
That Smith styled himself "Walter
Brown" while living in Tacoma prior
to this and other explosions, and that
NEW YORK. Dec. 7. Dr. Henry Van
Dyke, whose resignation as Minister
to The Netherlands was announced last
Monday, contributes to the current
number of the Art World, under the
title. "The Name of France, a three-
stanza poem glorifying France and con
OF INTEREST TO ALL HOMES
Finest of Pianos, Including Chicker-
ings and Klmballs, as Well as AH
Manner of Musical Merchan- .
dise, AVithln Reach of All.
The announcement of the Ellers
Music Houses of their intention to sell
quickly a limited number of Chicker
ing, Kranich & Bach, Kimball and other
finest pianos at greatly reduced prices
is bound to arouse unparalleled inter
est.
Quite a number of Autoplano player
pianos as well as the less expensive
types of player pianos as well as pi
anos and baby grands will be included.
The mere mention that the finest se
lected instruments from nearly all the
leading piano makers of the United
States will be offered for sale at cut
prices should be sufficient to start a
stream of piano purchasers to either of
the two establishments.
Every reader of The Oregonlan may
be sure that the finest selection of
Chlckerlngs and Kimballs, and Soh
mers, and Deckers, as well as New
York's finest art piano, the Kranich &
Bach, besides dozens of other and less
expensive makes will be found included
in this making-up-f or-lost-time sale.
Everything, or nearly so. will be of
fered at very greatly reduced prices,
and on easy payments of HO a month.
some pianos only $8 and even one 8
a month. The sale prices will be found
far below anything ever heard of dur
ing the 30 to 70 years that these vari
ous magnificent makes have been rep
resented in Oregon.
There is a' matchless opportunity
here for every home now to get a fine
piano for very little effort and for
very small outlay, and all will do well
to investigate this without delay.
Our object in making this sale is to
make up for lost time. In remodeling
and rearranging our Broadway build
ing, subletting a portion of the down
stairs and taking on more space up
stairs, we lost about three months of
valuable time. Very little business
could be done. We also lost still more
time remodeling and re-arranging the
great establishment of the Graves
Music Company into a complete Ellers
Music House, with most extensive pi
ano departments. Five floors and a
splendid store on Morrison street, to
gether with the great main floor sales
room fronting on Fourth street, near
Morrison, are devoted there to the sale
of everything that is finest and fore
most in musical merchandise.
We also;wish to definitely establish
both locations as progressive and alert
Ellers Music Houses In name as. wen
as in fact. This we wish to do in the
shortest possible time. By making
prices -so low we aim to sell three in
struments where but one would be sold
otherwise. In doing this we shall
readily take this season all the in
struments contracted for by us with
the various great factories. And we
shall go into the new year as though
there had been no interruption.
The unbounded success of this sale
is assured. Think of grand, fancy ma
hogany or mottled English walnut
cased, high-grade upright pianos that
have never been sold for less than 4o0
before, now going at $285. The $350 and
$325 styles for only $186. $212 and $165,
and still others for $158, and even less.
Some second-hand square and upright
pianos for a mere song. We want all out
of the way.
No advance in price when easy terms.
$15. $20 or $25 down and $6, $8 or $10
a month are desired.
Persons living out of town may safe
ly order by mail or telephone, as we
agree to pay freight both ways, on any
piano that does not prove satisiactory.
Every piano sold during this sale will
be fully guaranteed by the respective
manufacturers, as well as by ourselves,
for five years from date of purchase.
Eilers Music Houses, Morrison at
Fourth and Broadway- at Alder Adv.
INDIAN GIRLS UNPROTECTED
Representative llatvlej Makes Pro
test Law Being Dratted.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Dec. 7. Representative Hawley,
acting on complaints filed with him
while in Oregon, today protested to the
Indian Bureau because of failure of
the Government to take steps to protect
Indian girls at Government schools and
on Government reservations against the
wiles of white men. and also protested
because doctors who have been per
forming illegal operations on Indian
girls have not been prosecuted.
He was told that there is no existing
law which provides for the punishment
of seduction or criminal operations on
Indian girls, if committed at Govern
ment Indian schools or on Indian reser
vations. A bill to punish these offenses Is be
ing drafted and will- be Introduced by
Mr. Hawley within a few days.
FiRST FREE CLINIC HELD
POOR ARE EXAMINED IX EFFORT
TO STAMP OUT TUBERCULOSIS.
Sale of Seals Pays for Work In Ore-icon
and Survey Reveals That Many
Preparing Food Are Diseased.
One of the two free tuberculosis
clinics for those witiout funds was
held last night at Fourth and Burn
side streets, under the auspices of the
Oregon Association ror the Prevention
of Tuberculosis. The second clinic will
be held at the Neighborhood House,
Second and. Wood streets. Saturday
morning. The clinic last nigUt was
for men and women and the one Sat
urday will be for children.
The free clinics are a part of the Na
tional anti-tuberculosis propaganda.
The week of December 3- to 10 was set
aside Nationally as a time for con
certed effort to stamp out the tuber
culosis plague and was also signalized
by the opening week of tlae Red Cross
seals sale.
The sale of seals will continue until
Christmas, as the Oregon Association is
endeavoring to raise $5000 for the fight
against the spread of the disease which
takes one out of every 12 persons who
die in Oregon and one out of every
seven who die throughout the United
States. .
The association is sending a nurse
into the homes Qf the needy to bhow
them how to protect themselves against
the disease. It also is sending inves-
SENATORS PLAN DRY FIGHT
First Move Is to Be Made. in District
of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. First efforts
of prohibition leaders in Congress at
this session are to be directed toward
making the National capital dry.
The initial move will be made by
Senator Sheppard, of Texas, and Sen
ator Kenyon. of Iowa, who will cham
pion the measure from the Republican
side.
ffiasom
toiiShoui
COLUMBIA:
VICTOR,
A name that calls the world to share
The burden of sacrificial strife
Where the cause at stake is the world's
tree life
And the rule of the people everywhere
A name like a vow, a name like a prayer.
I give you, France.
In a statement to the correspondent
of the Associated Press at The Hague
announcing bis resignation. Dr. Van
Dyke said:
"The main reason was my wish to
return to work as a writer, with full
freedom to say what I think and feel."
Prison Turnkey Appointed.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) Al
Southwlck, of Salem, has been appoint
ed turnkey and chapel guard at the
State Penitentiary by Warden C. A.
Murphy. He succeeds Sam Burkhart.
whose resignation was accepted re
cently. Southwick formerly was con
nected with the prison under Warden
Minto's regime, but was displaced. He
went to Arizona from here, returning
to this city at news of the appointment
of Captain Murphy.
Germans Seize Dutch Pish.
LONDON, Deo. 7. A Reuter dispatch
I from Amsterdam says that from a num
ber of Dutch steam trawlers towed into
Cuxhaven, the German authorities took
I 85 per cent of their fish on the ground
!of contraband, as that proportion of the
total Dutch catch had been assigned to
GROCERIES LOWER
AT THE D. C. BURNS CO.
Note These Grocery Specials, Then Come to Us
and Save Money
Special Friday and Saturday Only
Juno Coffee
GUARANTEES QUALITY AND
rtiU ECTlON IN BLE.DI.G.
A splendid Coffee, constantly
growing in favor, and the most
satisfying to the great majority
of drinkers of high-grade coffee.
Regular price 35c per pound.
SPECIAL,, Per Pound
Or 3Vi lbs. for Sl.OO
OREGOX WALNUTS
Oregon Walnuts, ungraded, lb. S3
BUTTER
Butter, Ekonomy Brand. 2 lb.
cube 80c
PURE CANE and MAPLE SYRUP
Old Settler Brand Cane and Maple
Syrup, gal., reg. 1.50. spl. 81.25
Old Settler Brand Cane and Maple
, Syrup, b gal., reg. 80c, spl. 72c
Old Settler Brand Cane and Maple
Syrup, qts., reg. 45c, special 38C
SPECIAL, PRICES ftUALITV
CORN AT REDUCED PRICES-
Canned Onarga Corn, doz. $1,50
Canned Onarga Corn, each.. .13
Don't get off on a side track
when it comes to canned corn. No
such thing as "Better than Onarga
Corn."
H7L1U1
Flour Is Going to Advance 20c a Barrel
LAY IN YOUR SUPPLY NOW
THE UOOD THMGS OK LIFE
Come "to those who plan not to the careless who
go along, here and there, heedless and Indifferent, and
then blame Fate if they stumble into a mud puddle.
Don't buv a sack of flour without being sure it is
SUPERIOR FLOUR, then blame cruel Fate because
their bread and biscuits aren't fit to eat.
SUPERIOR FLOUR, SPECIAL PRICE, per Sk. 52.0;"
SUPERIOR FLOUR. SPECIAL PRICE, bbl 8S.OO
WHITE ROSE FLOUR, per sack S2.0Q
WHITE ROSE FLOUR, per bbl S7.SO
PURE BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, Old Time
Eastern Brand, 1916 crop. No. 9 sack......... .65
Members of the Greater Portland Association
CREDIT IF DESIRED We will be glad to extend credit to all good peo
ple who will kindly furnish Portland references. WRITE FOR MONTH
LY PRICE LIST. .
D. C. Burns Company
Wholesalers to Private Families, Hotels and Restaurants.
, 208-210 THIRD ST, BET. TAYLOR AND SALMON.
One and One-Half Blocks South of Public Market.
SPECIAL MAIL ORDER SERVICE. WRITE FOR MONTHLY LIST.
Why Pay Fancy Prices
For Your SHOES
5000 Pairs of Ladies'
FINE DRESS SHOES
Including; all the newest two-tones,
s well as plain patterns, now on sale
it, per pair -
$1.98
$2.98
$2.48
$3.98
the most beautiful lot of Ladies'
Shoes we ever had.
They come in 'the new white,
bronze, blacks and patents an'
lark tans, in all the newest shape'
and styles. Every size and width is
here, up to $6.00 grades, now at
$1.98, -$2.48, $2.98, $3.98.
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HOUSE SLIPPERS
Buy Them Now at Factory Prices
c a
For ladies' $1.60
Juliets blacfc 2
ana colors. AL
sizes.
Pair
A PAIR for Men's $1.50
pers, all sizes.
AO-
70L Comfort Leather Slip-
79c a Pair
For Misses' and Children's Red
Felt High-Cut Slippers.
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MAIL ORDERS FILLED
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tigators throughout the state making a
survey.
This survey-has disclosed that many
waitresses, housewives and others inti
mately concerned with preparing food
for others are afflicted with the disease.
All co nty", state. and city health boards
are co-operating, as is the Visiting
Nurse Association.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
KINS OF METAL POLISH SK
Ttfideof the floM oils, contains no acta, Vjtn-
SO smtnonia, nottung injunout. Clean
f nd polishes. Quickest of all. Imparts
a brilliant, lasting luster to doorknobs,
brass railings and all bright metal.
Rrli in twr ntzst e&na itw all
Grocery, Hardware and Drug b tores
res. r:--' i ;
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WHAT A THING IT IS TO BE FIT!
To be not merely free from actual sickness, but to be well, abun
dantly well, exuberantly well and to have the mental vim and
stamina which go with physical robustness!
Such health is out of the question for you as long as you are de?
pendent upon laxative and cathartic pills in order to keep free
from bowel trouble.
Wholesome food, reasonable hours, exercise that is the way to
cure constipation. Meanwhile don't drug your system with pills
which only aggravate and confirm the constipation habit.
Nujol relieves constipation effectively without disturbing the"
digestive processes or forming a habit. It encourages and facil
itates normal movements.
Nujol is bottled at the refinery and is sold only in pint bottles bearing
the name Nujol and the imprint of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey).
Refuse substitutes be sure you get the genuine. Write today for booklet,
"The Rational Treatment for Constipation."
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(NawJerMr) A
Bayonne New Jersey
Englanc