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T11JS 310KMXG OKEGOxNiAN, GOETHALS ADVISES NEW CANAL POLICY Great Warehouses and Rooms for Display of American Goods Advocated. TOLLS SYSTEM CRITICISED Abrogation of Taft Agreement and Establishment of Sovereignty Over Zone Declared Neces sary to Make Canal Pay. PITTSBURG, Dee. 11. Addressing tnore than 100 engineers at the annual dinner of the Engineers' Society ot Western Pennsylvania here tonight, Major-General George W. Goethals rec ommended the abrogation of the Taft agreement with the republic of Panama and the establishment of complete sov ereignty over the Canal Zone by the United States. He also declared that the Canal could be made to pay largely if It were allowed to engage In busi ness other than that directly concerned with the transit of shipping. "It appears to me that we can accom plish much more than has already been done," said General Goethals, after he had detailed the profit accruing from the sale of coal and the provisioning of ships as now carried on by the Canal Zone government, "but we must go about it in the right way. "We must first of all get rid of the Taft agreement and insist upon the complete sovereignty of the United States 0 long as the land is used for the purpose for which It was ceded to the United States. We must allow all materials and supplies to enter the Bone free of customs duties and en courage enterprise that will result In the building of great warehouses and showrooms for the storage and display of American goods. "If these things are done, and If we limit the Administration to the interest of America and Americans, we will have done more to bring about better relations with the people of the Cen tral and South American republics than anything else we might do." General Goethals reviewed at length the question of Canal tolls and declared that because of the system under which American and English vessels were rated as to their carrying capacity, on which they are taxed for tolis, all the advantage was with English chipping as against American, and it worked also to the disadvantage of the Canal. "Congress has failed to take action on a bill to bring about the necessary change," he continued, '"ind we are now losing 30 per cent and discrimi nating in favor of British shipping against our own. If the Canal was once put on a proper toll basis we would soon begin to pay Interest on our bonds." GAR EXCESS IN EAST statistics reveal causes op shortage: ix west. Kew England Lines and Roads Entei lug New York and WashinK- ton Hold Thousands. Statistics showing precisely how the freight cars are distributed have Just been compiled and Issued by the American Railway Association. They throw interesting light on the causes of the car shortage on the Western roads. These figures show that the New England roads, the roads entering New "York City and the roads centering in "Washington, 13. C, are holding an ag gregate of 100,807 more cars than they own. On the other hand, the Southern roads, the Western roads and the Cen tral Western roads are suffering under a bhortage aggregating 74,503 cars. It Is reported that the Pennsylvania aystem alone Is holding and using 31. 000 of other roads' cars, while the Union Pacific system asserts that it Is short 6200. COUNTY HEADS GATHER JUDGES - AJiD COMMISSIONERS TO ! TALK ROAD PROBLEMS. 'Annnal Convention of State Aaaoda , tion Will Be Convened Today ( at Courthouse. The demand for a recodification of the road laws, problems of road con struction and the care of the indigent poor are matters to be grappled with by the delegates to the annual conven tion of the Oregon Association of County Judges and County Commis sioners, which opens in the Courthouse today. The convention will open this morn ing In room 320 of the Courthouse and continue until Friday night. The an nual banquet will be at the Benson mmvti Ashamed of her bad complexion If you, too, are embarrassed by a pimply, blotchy, unsightly com plexion, try Resinol Soap and Res inol Ointment regularly for a week and see if they do not begin to make a blessed difference in your skin. They also help make red, rough hands and arms soft and white.. 3oqp and Ointment xr told hy all drurgltts. For trial free, write to Dept. 20-R. Remiuol. Baltimoie. Hotel Thursday night. Friday will be devoted to an inspection of highways and bridges in Multnomah County. The president of the convention Is Commissioner Holman, and the secre tary. Commissioner Holbrook. both of Multnomah County. Commissioner Gunning, of Wasco County, Is vice president. This, morning will be given to regis tration of delegates, validation of rail way tickets and the payment of the an nual dues to Secretary Holbrook. The convention proper will open at 2 o'clock this afternoon with an address of wel come by S. B. Huston, State Senator of Multnomah County. D. B. McKnight, County Judge of Linn County, will re spond. At 2:15 F M President Holman will deliver his message. Oswald West, ex Governor of Oregon, will next speak on "The Management of County Farms and. the Care of the Indigent Poor." "Problems Incident to Care of Chil dren; Wards of the Juvenile Court" will be a discussion Introduced by George Tazwell, County Judge-elect, of Mult nomah County; in which Charles Robl son. Deputy District Attorney of this county, will participate. Widows' pensions will be the subject of talks at 4 o'clock by W. M. Mai one, of Benton County; T. J. Cleeton, County Judge of Multnomah County, and Mrs, M. Trumbull. 'S CRIES AVAIL UBflDEXTEFIED MAJT ATTACKS MRS. HARRY LANG ON HEIGHTS. Assailant Drops Victim and Rons Wnen She Screams, Bat Second Mam, Lurking; Near, Gives No Aid. Mrs. Harry Lang. 610 Myrtle avenue. Portland Heights, was attacked by an unidentified man on Vista avenue near Montgomery drive about 5 o'clock yes terday. Her cries, however, frightened the man away and she was rescued and taken home by friends passing In an automobile. The attack was made at a lonely spot on the street. Mrs. Lang said she was passing down the sidewalk and that as she passed this man he accosted her and then suddenly stepped forward and seized her. She screamed and he, be coming frightened, dropped her and ran. She said another man was stand ing nearby but offered to give her no assistance and was apparently a con federate of the first. Mrs. Lang could give no description of her assailant other than that he weighed 165 pounds and was about 5 feet S inches tall. , ' Mrs. Lang is the wife of Harry Lang, president of Lang-Jones & Company, Jobbers. Mrs. Lang was badly fright ened and suffered from a nervous shock as a result of her experience. CASES MAY BE ADVANCED Motion Made for Speedy Trial ol Causes Affecting Port, SALEM, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) A motion to advance on the Supreme Court docket two cases against the Port of Portland will be acted upon at a consultation of the justices of that court tomorrow morning. One of the cases. Rose ve. the Port of Portland, the Peninsular Lumber Company, and a number of other de fendants, seeks to enjoin the port from dredging the Oregon Slough or doing any work on the Oregon Slough, or from expending any of the public funds of the port on such slougn. The other, Stevenson vs. the Port of Portland, seeks to enjoin the port from expending money on coal bunkers, or from supplying coal to shipping. DAVID GRIGGS PASSES Telephone Manager at Cottage Grove Dies at Age of 41. EUGENE. Or.. Dec 11. (Special.) David Griggs, manager of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's In terests at Cottage Grove for 13 years, died at the home of his father-in-law. State Senator L H. Bingham, in Eugene today. He was 41 years of age and was born at Comstock, Or., where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Griggs, located In 1872. He was graduated from the Uni versity of Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y. He is survived by his wife and three children, Grace, Allan and Roy. The body will be taken to Comstock tomorrow for burial. AMBULANCE FUND $7000 Stanford University to Send 2 0 Men to France in January. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal, Dec. 11. J. H. Eastman, treasurer of the fund being collected by San Francisco bankers for the purpose of sending Stanford students to France to become part of the American Ambulance Corps, announced today that there was about $7000 in the fund and that 20 men would leave from here for the French battlefront early In January. The men will be kept In a company by themselves, Eastman said, but they will be a part of the American Ambu lance Corps. SINGING SCHOOL FORMED Stone Class of 24 to Hold Session Every Tuesday Night. STONE, Or.. IDec 11. (Special.) A singing school was organized at the Stone schoolhouse last Tuesday even ing by J. R. Edwards, an Instructor of vocal music, of Vancouver, Wash. The class, now consisting of 24 members, will meet every Tuesday evening. Professor Edwards also organized classes recently in the Damascus, Logan and Sunnyside school districts, which also meet weekly. FARMER AND WIFE KILLED Manitoba Couple Murdered for Pro ceeds of Sale of Wheat. WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 11. James Vincent, a farmer living five miles northwest of Stonewall, near here, and his wife, each 3a years old, were, found dead in their home today. It is be lieved, they had been murdered by rob bers. A large sum of money, the proceeds of a recent sale of wheat, which was known to have been in the house, is missing. A Man's Shop for a Man's Gift $3.50 Dressing Gowns $2.95 A special lot of about 50 garments that are regularly priced at $3.50 are on special sale this week until closed out at the reduced price. These are well-made dressing gowns, especially suitable as a gift for a man. $3.65 EXTRA SPECIAL A lot of men's silk shirts in beautiful stripes; made with French cuffs. These are offered this week at a special price. . ... . . . . Gifts for Men Beautiful silk neckwear, 50c to $4.00. Kid gloves, $1.50 to $3.00. Fine mufflers, $1 to $3.50. Silk hosiery, 50c and $1.00. Silk pajamas, $7.50. Linen handkerchiefs, 25c, 50c. Main Floor 11. Gnoemn MomsonatTomth re 21 GIRL'S MIND BLANK the firm, of which hla son, C C. Going, is a member. The building is one story, of brick and plate-glass frontage of 175 feet. Miss Rauscher Unable to Re call Events Before Fall. NAMES NOT RECOGNIZED Physician Doubts Effort Is Being Made to Avoid Telling Story and Is Satisfied Fracture 1 of Skull Affects Mind. SALEM, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) A strange angle was added to the mystery surrounding Miss Clara Rauscher, who is at Salem Hospital recovering from injuries sustained by a fall from a second-story hotel window here a few days ago, when she recovered con sciousness today and talked intelli gently, but her mind, as far as the events of several weeks ago are con cerned, proved to be a perfect blank. Dr. W. B. Morse, her attending physi cian, after a careful examination of the young woman's condition at the hos pital, declared he is satisfied that she is not feigning and that the case of the girl is similar to those so often used as a basis for works of fiction. Employer Not Remembered. "My examination of the young woman's mental condition was careful and not directed to obtain information relative to the details surrounding the accident at the hotel." said Dr. Morse. "I questioned her casually relative to Mrs. MacDougall. She worked for Mrs. MacDougal for five or six weeks prior to the accident. She gazed at me blankly and professed absolute igno rance of the existence of such a woman. "All questions which I asked her relative to the events of the past few weeks met with a similar profession of ignorance. Her memory as to events prior to that time seems to be per fectly clear, and otherwise her mind seems to be unaffected by the acci dent." Recovery of Mind Uncertain. This latest development to the case of Miss Rauscher, which has been a baffling mystery to of ficers here, causes a still more strange complication. Whether she will recover her mind or whether the past few weeks of her life may remain indefinitely as a sealed book to her, the physician was unable to say today. Miss Rauscher was taken to the hos-. pital after she sustained a fractured skull from falling to the concrete walk in front of the hotel building. A man who registered as F. E. Kruetz. and obtained an adjoining room for "his sister" was charged with a statu tory offense by the District Attorney today and released under a $1000 bond. A charge of carrying concealed weapons Is still hanging over him. Kruetz is said to have admitted to the police to day that hi3 intentions in entering the girl's room at an early hour In the morning were not of the best. New Marshfield Building Dedicated. MARSHFIELD. Or., Dec 11. (Spe cial.) The Going building, recently completed here, has been dedicated by its occupants. Going & Harvey, and 1000 persons attended. The structure was erected by A. C. Going, a Port land business man and capitalist, for DAIRYMEN TO HEAR TALKS Experts to Address Convention at Corvallis January 2 to 8. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Dec. 11. (Special.) D. H. Otis, assistant dean of agriculture and head of the department of farm man agement of the University of i Wiscon sin, and M. E. Schroder, a prominent Minnesota breeder of dairy cattle, will address the dairymen or the state at the Farmere week at O. A. C. January 2 to 8. "The Farmer as a Business Manager" and "Factors Making for Success In Dairy Farming" will be the subjects treated by the Wisconsin authority on January 4 and 6. Mr. Schroder will speak before the Oregon Holstein Cattle Club January 3 and will address tbe Oregon Dairy men's Association January 4. GOVERNOR . WANTS $5000 Smaller Appropriation for Liquor Law Enforcement to Be Asked. SALEM, Or, Dee. 1L (Special.) The Governor's office will ask only $5000 from the next Legislature .for the pur pose of paying special agents as pro vided for under an act of the 1915 Legislature. Under the 1915 act an appropriation of $7000 was made for the biennium. and .it is expected that the executive offices will turn back into tbe general fund of the state treasury approxi mately $3000 of the appropriation. While it is feared the provisions of the "bone-dry" amendment may be more difficult to enforce, the executive is satisfied that with the $5000 appro priation he will be able to see that the new law is enforced. CLOTHING STRIKE LOOMS New York Conference Falls and Big Walkout Seems Unavoidable. NEW TORK. Dec. 11. A strike In volving 60,000 makers of men's and children's clothes in this city and New ark, N. J., on Wednesday, seemed un avoidable tonight after representatives of the American Clothing Manufactur ers' Association and the union had failed to reach a satisfactory solution of their differences. At a conference late today the manu facturers refused to grant an eight hour day and a flat wage increase of $2 a week, contending that It is im possible at this time to reduce the hours of work. HIGHER RATE IS OPPOSED Water Users of Crook County Proj ect Charge Discrimination. SALEM, Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) Water users of the Squaw Creek Irri gation Company, in an answer and cross-complaint filed with the Public Service Commission today to an appli cation of .the company for Increased rates, declared that the company's rate of 40 cents an acre is unreasonable and unfair. Tbe allegation also is made that the company discriminates by charging a higher rate to some users than to others. The Squaw Creek "Irrigation Com pany's land is situated near Sisters, in Crook County. Baker's Bridge Grange Elects. STONE, Or., Dec 11. (Special.) At the regular December meeting of Baker's Bridge Grange Saturday, the following officers were elected: Master, Herbert Burger; overseer, Frank Hat ton; lecturer, Mrs. Ellis Burger; stew ard. Grant Mumpower; assisant-stew-ard, James Willock: chaplain, T. E. Brown; treasurer, Mrs. Rose Smith; secretary. Miss Anna Bachmann; gate keeper, Arthur Cliff; ceres, Mrs. John Hatton; Pomona, Mrs. Mabel Dallas. Flora, Mrs. Ollie Craden, and lady-assistant steward, Mrs.- Frank Hatton, 13 The HARDMAN Five-Foot Grand An instrument of exquisitely grace ful tinea, that oc cupies no mora pace than an up right piano. Caruso sayst "Itm TONE is wonderful." $675 n! Easy Terms if desired A 11 19 a -AKU5U a HIS K9 FAVORITE PIANO. ' Morrison Street at Broadway n 14 BIGHT IS ASSERTED United States Asks Safe Con duct for Tarnowski. NEW NOTE IS EXPLICIT Allied Embassies Known to Have Advised Governments to Modify Position, Rather Than Allen ate American Sympathy. WASHINGTON. Dec 11. A third com munication was sent today by the State Department to Great Britain and France regarding a safe conduct through the allied blockade for Count Tarnowski, the new Austrian Ambas sador to the United States. The com munication says again this country re gards the unhindered passage of the envoy as part of the admitted right of diplomatic Intercourse and reiterates the opinion that the allies are acting beyond their rights in attempting to hinder such Intercourse between this country and Austria. As with the preceding note, which was sent 12 days ago, the present one is explicit in pointing out that this Government does not demand a safe conduct for Count Tarnowski In its own name, but is merely explaining what it regards as the international law in the matter. In the first place the United States, acting as Austria's representa tive in England and France, conveyed Austria's request for a safe conduct. The new note was prompted by the fact that no reply has yet been received from either England or France, where as the new Ambassador expected to sail from Rotterdam on December 16. It is felt here that some assurance should be had before that time, though it had been indicated that Count Tar nowski will sail regardless of whether he has been granted a safe conduct and that he probably will be allowed to pass the blockade. The allied embassies here are known to have communicated to their home governments the feeling that any ad vantage to be gained in holding up the new Ambassador would not be com menBurat with the consequent loss in One-MInnte Talks on Home-Ownin Number Ten "What Is the Best Proposition Offered to Finance the Construction of My New Home?" We answer this in Yankee fashion. "Where mUo than In the properties offered by us can you secure loan ol as high aa 80 per cent of tbe valuation of lot and bouse, for aa low a rate of interest as 6 per cent, ever a period of 10 years and without the usual 3 per cent building loan fee 7 Portland, already a "city of homes," should now take her place among the foremost American cities which' boast of the largest percentage of privately, owned homes per capita. Today this proposition known as the Ladd Thrift Plan is being talked about in every family where there is a hope of some day owning their own rr-ms. The combination of lower interest rates, longer time to pay, a larger percentage of loan, and repayable m monthly installments, brings home-buying within a few dollars a month of house -renting. You can never appreciate the liberality of tab plan until you have permitted us to explain it m detail. Mumo ocMurmcMT LADD ESWE COMRWf., Cwwrd Blg. 8 & Sfta-fc ootliern lifornia. via Superior service on Santa Fe's fast trains: The Angel and Saint between San Francisco Stockton and Los Angeles and the only . through sleeper to San Diego. All travel comforts. Unequaled dining service. H. H. Francisco, Gen'l Agent. 122 Third St- Portland. Or. Phone Main 1274. E. W. Zamzow, Trav. Pass. Agt American sympathy. It Is understood that these suggestions nave Dorne fruit abroad and that even if the allies do not actually recede from their po sition in a public note, they will allow the fact to become Known lnrormany that the count may come through the blockade without hindrance. Telephone Hearing Canceled. SALEM, Or.. Dec 11. (Special.) Af ter setting a hearing for January 3 at Tillamook on the question of a physical connection between . the Tillamook Telephone Company and the Pacific Teleprraph & Telephone Company, the Public Service Commission today can celled the hearing Indefinitely owing to the inability of parties interested to appear at that time. It Is expected a new hearing date will be eet In the near future. Family of Seven 111; One Dies. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec 11. Sne cial.) The family of Lacy Bernard, re siding In Kansas City Addition in this city, became afflicted with dysentery the latter part of last week. A child. Alfred, aged 4, died Saturday- night and the funeral service was oonducted today from the family residemce. Rev. W. T. Milliken. pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated, and was assisted by Rev. J. A. Ware. THE ABLE TOURING CAR Roomy for 7, well powered, light in weight, holds the road well, and. graced with ex tremely good lines this is the 7-passenger 6-30 Chalmers. A car that gets attention from two kinds of motorists those that like a good looking car; those that like a good performing car. $1350. (AH prices L.L. Detroit) H. L. Keats Auto Co. Broadway at Burnside I ! Pi - m ' i
