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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1017. 11 GOIIGRESSSUSPECTS DRY LAW MOTIVES Reed Amendment Believed In tended to Help Turn Pub , lie Against Prohibition. 15 STATES ARE AFFECTED representative McArthur Says His Vote Against It Is Dictated by Sentiment of His District and State's Rights. OREGONIAN NETVS BUREAU. Wash ington, Fev 26. Once more Congress has demonstrated to the satisfaction of Its members that it is dangerous to "monkey" with prohibition legislation. The latest demonstration came with the overwhelming adoption oy the House of Representatives of the Reed amendment to the postoffice appro priation bill, which, when it becomes effective, will render "bone dry" every state that is now or hereafter becomes only partially dry; that is, every state which, while prohibiting the sale or manufacture of Intoxicating liquor, still permits its importation. As to the motives which actuated Benator Reed to offer this amendment no one can speak save the Senator him self, but. hailing from Missouri, and being known la a "wet," suspicion was cast upon the amendment when it was offered and pressed. The benate Be lieved the author of the now-famous amendment had some ulterior purpose to serve, and no one believed he was elncerely in favor of making "bone iry" those states that are only par tially dry under existing state laws, need's Mother Suspected. In some quarters there is a suspicion that Senator Reed, In offering his bone-dry amendment, was expecting the House to kill It, because his amend ment did not properly belong on the postoffice appropriation bill. It is a lact that some Senators who voted for the Reed amendment 'were confident the House would reject it. The more prevalent opinion, however, Is that Senator Reed wanted his amend ment adopted by both House and ben- ate, not because he believes in mak ing the country dry, but for a very different reason. Senator Reed's state is a great producer of beer; it la de cidedly wet, and its delegation In con cress is overwhelmingly wet. But it is a fact that the brewers get the short end of the mail-order busl ress in states that prohibit the manu facture of liquor, but permit its Im portation. The freight rates and ex press rates almost prohibit the ship ment of beer Into many of these states, whereas whisky and other distilled liquors, being less bulky, can oe shipped at less expense, and according ly make up the bulk of imports into this class of dry states. Distillers Hit Hardest. Undr the Reed amendment the brew ers will be hit not nearly so hard as the distillers. The distillers will be heavy losers, inasmuch as 15 states are made bone dry by the Reed amendment. The general presumption is that Sen ator Reed, or some of the wets Who stood with him, figured that the adop tion of his amendment would tend to rreate a reversal of public opinion in tome of the dry states when they go "bene dry," and that state dry laws will sooner or later be repeajed in or der that the states may not be af fected by the Reed amendment. This amendment does not apply to any state that Is, under its own laws, wet. It does not change the situation in states such as Oregon, Idaho and AVashing ton, which have gone bone dry of their own initiative, but It makes bone dry etates like Maine, Virginia and others, which, while dry in a sense, have been permitting their citizens "to import liquor for personal use. Those states are now destined to be "bone dry." aicArthur States Position. Representative McArthur, of Port land, stood alone among the Congress men from the Northwest In voting against the Reed amendment, and be fore casting his vote stated his posi tion frankly in the House, saying In part: "I opposed the Reed amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill for the reason that it imposes harsh nd un warranted restrictions upon the citi zens of many states of the Union in denying them the right to import liquor from other states for personal or family use when they enjoy this right under their own constitution and laws. i "This amendment is the most thor oughly dishonest piece of legislation that has been proposed in this Con gress. "It is amusing to behold the same people who are clamoring for a refer endum upon the question of National prohibition come here and shout so lustily for this measure which denies to the peop.e of 15 states of this Union the right to settle the liquor question Tinder their own constitution and laws. "I live in a state that recently adopted a 'bone-dry' amendment to its constitution, although my own district rejected this amendment by a majority of 9799 votes. I feel, therefore, that the people whom I represent in this Congress and to whom I am account able for my vote are not in sympathy with thla radical legislation. "There was. however, a matter of ereater importance -t issue. It is one of the guarantees of the strength and preservation of the Union the right of local self-government. Any abridge ment of this right 13 fraught with the gravest danger. I therefore did as my conscience dictated and voted against the amendment." TODAY TO BE FAIR, PERHAPS Weather Man Is Uncertain, but Op timistic In Prediction. Uncertain weather rnnrtit inn day and Monday seem to have abused me weatnerman s notions, for today he has augured "probably fair, variable winds." Winter, not content to die without a struggle, sent shivers through the Fpring hopefuls yesterday by clouding the skies, blowing rather an ley blast and sendlner in a. f w -nrt-n, fTai,aa Indicate his notion of resisting the mild weatner or opring. , After getting out their filmy frock Mnnriav Portland woman ,ni, o-kt v , . of it and again donned their spats and xurs. BAKER REVIVALS PLANNED All Churches Except Roman Catho lics Unite for Meetings. BAKER, Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) (Pastors of all creeds except Roman Catholics are a unit, in declaring that; Baker needs to be awakenea spirit ually. For a fortnight they have been quietly working- toward this end, and today announced that revival services will open early in March and run until after Easter faunday. Convinced that outside talent is needed to bring about the necessary spiritual revival, the local ministers have engaged the Lynes-Huggins Evangelistic Company to handle the religious sessions. The Rev. Mr. Lynes does the preaching and his partner stirs up preliminary enthusiasm by singing. . Tentative plans call for opening the revival March 11 at the Baptist Church, according to Rev. Mr. Helman, secre tary of the Ministerial Association. The services will be held alternately in every Baker church except the Roman Catholic. The local pastors will Join with the visiting evangelists in con ducting the daily meetings. 20 DEAD Iff COLLISION PENXSTLTASU TRAIN TELESCOPED ' WHILE STANDING. Steel Coach Forced Through Wooden One Ahead When Freight Plows Into Rear End. ALTOONA. Pa., Feb. 27. Twenty persons, including a negro porter, were killed in a rear-end collision between an express trairfand a freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad at Mount Union station. 34 miles east of here. early today. The passenger train was discharging passengers at Mount Union when the freight plowed into the steel sleeper on the rear, which was forced through a wooden coach ahead. The two coaches were so tightly Jammed to gether that it was some time before It was possible to extricate their occu pants. ' Following is a list or the identified dead: Chester A. Minds, 25 years old. Ramey. Fa.: Mrs. T)orls Minds. 28, hts wife: Chester A. Minds, Jr.. their in fant son, 2 weeks old; Miss Maud Minds, 28. Conifer. N. T.. sister of Mr. Minds; M. A. Caslisch, Conifer, N. Y.. brother- in-law of Mr. Minds; Mrs. A. S. Delllng. Cleveland, sister of Mrs. Minds: Rich ard Owen, 7; Dorothy Owen. 6: Jean Owen. 4, nephew and nieces of Mr. Minds; Charles Levlne, New Tork; P. B. Pollard. New Tork; Milton Hymes, New York; N. Bright, porter; J. S. Kelley. Brooklyn; H. A. Roefler. Fratt- vllle. Wis.; I AV. Montgomery, sales man. Bloomington, 111.; P. R. Fanning. Platteville, Wis; body supposed to be that of Mrs. Fanning because of a let ter congratulating her on her marriage. On this body was a Bible bearing the name of Miss Ellen P. Uayt, Denver; C M. Medski, New Tork. OREGON SENATORS SPLIT MIL CHAMBERLA1X IX FAVOR. OF GRANTING PRESIDENT'S WISH. Mr. Ijine Opposes Idea of Giving? Vnre strlctcd Authority and Advocates Special Session. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash Ington, Feb. 27. Senators Chamberlain and Lane are not in accord on the ques tion of giving the President unlimited authority and unlimited funds to use as he may deem proper in handling the German situation. Senator Chamberlain said today that the President's request made of Con gress yesterday should be granted fully and without reserve. He said the Presi dent had the confidence of the people and would not lead the country into war without Justification. He will sup port the Administration programme. Senator Lane Is listed among those Democrats who do not believe in giv ing the President unrestricted author lty. He maintains that the problem is of such seriousness that It should not be disposed of hastily. How he will vote he did not indicate, and has not decided, waiting to see what legisla tion is proposed by the foreign rela tions committee. He said the remain ing days of the session were not enough in which to solve this problem and favored an extra session. Senator Chamberlain, while not fa voring an extra session, believes one will be forced. MAYOR HIGHLY PRAISED PLEA TO OREGON DELEGATION DRAWS CONGRATULATIONS. Foes of Peace-at-Any-Prlce Idea Are Enthusiastic lit Approval of Slap at Pacifists. There are quite a few anti-peace-at- any-price advocates in Portland. Judg ing from the response Mayor Albee got yesterday from the telegrams sent to members of the Oregon delegation In Congress Monday night in which he urged ".National honor first." The Mayor was kept busy answering his telephone yesterday in response to congratulations on the messages sent. The telegrams were a deliberate slap at the "peace-at-any-price" people, who urged the Mayor to Join with other prominent citizens In sending pacifist messages. H. W. Stone called the Mayor on the telephone and urged him to send the message in favor of peace regardless, saying other prominent people were sending messages. The Mayor had a round-up with Mr. Stone over the phone and announced that he would not do as asked, because he did not believe in that form of patriotism. It was not, however, until the Mayor got home and started thinking over the subject that he resolved on tele grams. But they were not the kind Mr. Stone had urged. They urged, instead of "peace at any price," the holding of National honor above all else. RAILWAY ORDERS STEEL Viaduct Over Oregon City Street to Be Under Way Soon. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 27. (Spe cial.) Steel for a girder on Fourteenth street has been purchased by the South ern Pacific and a new viaduct will re place the wooden structure at that point as soon as the material can be obtained from the manufacturers. Word to vthls effect was received from Superintendent Burckhalter today oy Mayor liacKett. The steel girder will widen the passageway under the tracks to 40 feet. The street now is partly blocked by the bulky supports of the wooden trestle. The letter puts an end to all contro versy between the railway and the city. Ontario Women to Win Vote. TORONTO, Feb. 27. The women of Ontario were virtually assured that right to vote when the government. through Premier Hearst, tonight en dorsed the bill of J. W. Johnson providing for equal suffrage. TWO HURT lil SPILL Auto Driven by Woman Goes Over Steep Bank. LIVES ARE SAVED BY TREES Roadster of James Monaghan, With Mrs. G. Vam Emburgh at Wheel, Plunges Off Grade Near St. Helens, Turning Over Twice. Mrs. G. Van Emburgh and James Monaghan, both of the Venable Hotel. were injured at 2:30 o'clock yesterday by the overturning of an automobile down a 60-foot embankment near Rocky Point, on the St. Helens road. The car turned over twice during the plunge and landed bottom-side up in a clump of trees. The trees are believed to have saved the lives of the autoists by Dreaking the rorce or the falL Their injuries are not regarded as serious. The machine-was a new roadster pur chased only recently by Mr. Monagbah, Mrs. Van Emburgh was driving, and evidently lost control when she reached the grade overlooking the steeps rocky embankment above the railroad track. The occupants were pinned under the machine when it stopped, but were able to free themselves. They were Just clambering up the embankment to the road when a St. Helens bus, driven by vv . L. Dallas, came along and picked them up. The bus brought them to Portland, and took them to their hotel, where they were attended by Dr. A. L. Berkley. Mr. Monaghan has three fractured ribs, and injuries to his back. Mrs. Van Emburgli sustained Injuries about the back. She is about 30 years old and has lived at the Venable Hotel 15 months. Mr. Monaghan is superintend ent of a logging company at Cochran, Or. The car was damaged to the ex tent of J300. Respect for "Indian George' Is Kindled Anew. Hood River Weather Prophet Ap pears on Scene nn Long Predicted Fall Threatens Traffic. rjOOD RIVER. Or., Feb. 27. (Spe XX clal. Pursuing his custom of years. George Chlnadere, octogenarian Indian of this city, hailed as a false prophet because of his predictions of snow this Winter of the depth of a squaw and a half, went tottering on his way mis morning, making his daily calls on friendly whites. Yet despite the 12-inch snowfall, the depth of which was Increasing at the rate of an inch an hour, the old redskin marched along more majestically than has been his wont. George consistently refused to make comments on the weather, but the smile on his wizened face and the gleam of his one good eye said plainly "I told you so." The heaviest snow of the season has been falling the past few days, and it lies 20 inches deep tonight. The deep snow is occasioning delays In the serv ice of the Mount Hood Railroad Com pany. and O.-W. R. & N. officials fear a tieup in their traffic between here and Portland. Vv ork of logging crew of the Oregon Lumber Company In the southwestern part of the county has been stopped, and the big mill at Dee, which began the season's run last week, has been forced to close down for lack of logs. The snow at Mount Hood Lodge in the upper valley is 43 lncnes deep. It is likely that road supervisors who have begun their annual task of clearing the Columbia River Highway win nave ine work to do over again for the avalanches that are expected to roll down from the rock-strewn gorgeside will bring a new accumula tion of debris. COUNTESS SEEKS DIVORCE Former Mrs. Jnman Sues De Czaky in New York Court. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. (Special.) Count Kalman de Czaky, hereditary governor -of a Hungarian province, whose distant cousin. Count Szechenyl, married Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, was sued for divorce in the Supreme Court here today by Countess Maud de Czaky, who was Miss Maud Howard, of San Francisco. The count was served at the Ritz-Carlton. Countess de Czaky was married twice before she became the wife of the Hungarian nobleman and she was his second wife. As Miss Howard, the countess was married to Montgomery Bryan, of San Francisco, who died. Her second hus band was Robert D. Inman, a wealthy Oregon lumberman. This marriage ended witn a divorce. Count and Countess de Czaky were married secretly in 1908 at Kenosha, Wis., the members of the American countess' family objecting to the count as her husband. . PHONE LINES TO CONNECT Pacific Company Ordered to Ex change With Tillamook System. SALEM. Or, Feb. 37. (Special.) The Public Service Commission today Is sued an order requiring the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company to al low a physical connection of its lines with the Tillamook County Mutual Telephone Company, the order being effective March 15. Inasmuch as the -Commission de clares itself as being not unmindful of the fact that minor operating diffi culties may arise from interchange or traffic, the matter is not closed and jurisdiction Is retained byVthe Com mission to make further orders from time to time as may be deemed neces sary. BORDER . FILM CONTINUED Views of Troop A and Battery A to Be Shown at Sunset All Week. Portland families and friends of the Oregon soldiers who served eight eight months on the border are get ting a closeup view of the life and work the "boys" - were doing. The troop and battery at drill, doing their dally bit of preparedness, is being shown at the Sunset Theater. There Is between 1200 and 1500 feet" of the picture, which was filmed at Camp John H. Beacora, Calexico. Because of the popularity of the picture. Manager Jennings will continue the picture for the remainder of the week. Metolius Man Succeeds Pierce. SALEM. Or., Feb. 27. (Special.) Nelson A. Burdick, of Metolius. today was appointed attornew for the State Land Board for Jefferson County to succeed O. A. Pierce, of Madras, who has resigned. trMI WWiV7 Droto in at tVic 500 CLERKS LAID OFF GREAT FALLS GROCERS DISPENSE WITH DELIVERIES, TOO. Wholesale Houses Shut Down, Lumber Yards to Cloae Today, and Con tractors Cease Work. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Feb. 27. About 500 men are out in Great Falls as a result of a lockout by the grocery stores of the city this morning, clerks reporting for work being Informed that there was no work for them. Drivers of delivery wagons, both grocery and meat, delivered until noon today, and were then told to lay off. All wholesale houses In the city shut down hls morning and laid oft em ployes. The lumber yards of the city announce that they will close tomor row. All contractors have closed work, although there was little doing In this line. Construction upon the 1200.000 filtration plant of the city came to a sudden stop. In the grocery stores proprietors are working, and announce that they will continue to keep their stores open aa do meat shops, but people must come for their goods and take their turn to be waited upon. It is regarded as extremely possible that the lockout may involve several thousand if settlement is not soon reached. SPLIT SEASON FAVORED PATRICK THINKS DIVISION OF SCHEDULE WILL BE GOOD. Coast Hockey Prealdeat Points Out That Portland Would Have Bee la Running la Second Half. VANCOUVER, B. C Feb. 27. (Spe cial.) That the Pacifio Coast Hockey Association will follow the lead of the National Hockey Association and adopt the split schedule next season is the belief of President Frank A. Patrick, of the Pacific Coast Hockey Associa tion. The National Hockey Association moguls ran their league this season on a split schedule basis; the winners of the first half, the Canadians, will play off with the winners of the sec- I ond half, which will be completed next Saturday. Quebec or Ottawa will be the contender for the Eastern honors against the Canadians from present ap pearances. The winners of the Eastern play-off will be entitled to come West and play the winners of the Pacifio Coast Hockey Association for the world's title. , President Patrick is enthusiastic over the split schedule idea and there is no doubt, he says, that It will come into force in the Coast League next season. By running the schedule in this manner the team that starts the season with several young players who take some time to set going will or a Sundae or a refreshing glass of Ice Cream Soda will be delightful and you won't feel weary and all fagged out when you go home. Be sure it is Leading fountains throughout this entire territory serve it. EAT Wc have a clever recipe book called "Fifty and One Ways of Serving Weatherly Ice Cream" Ask for it at the Fountain. always have a chance in the second half. "Take the Portland team, for in stance." suid the Pacific Coast Hockey Association prexy. "Had the split schedule been in operation this year it would have been near the top In the second half instead of finishing third. "The probabilities are that Spokane might have won the first half, had the split schedule been In operation, and Portland would certainly have had a good chance In the second half. The Uncle Sams got away to a bad start and it took the youngsters. Irvin, Loughlin and Marples, quite a time to settle down to professional hockey. Now, however, these same youngsters are playing wonderful games. The Portlanders, though starting bad, would have had a chance to capture the second half and perhaps win the Coast title In the play-off. "There are many features to the split schedule which make at worth while for the Coast League to adopt it, and I have no doubt that both play ers and fans will Indorse the move." OREGON TO DEBATE AGGIES Labor Arbitration to Be Topic at Annual Forensic Duel. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 27. (Special.) Oregon's debating team, composed of Lewis Beebe and Don D. Davis, meets the Oregon Ag ricultural debaters here in forensic battle Thursday night. They will up hold the -negative side of the question: "Resolved. That capital and labor should settle their Industrial disputes in legally established courts of arbitra tion." On the same evening the Oregon af firmative team, composed of Walter Myers and Vivian Kellems, will repre sent the varsity on the Aggies' floor at Cor vail in. This is the fourth year that Oregon has met the college in debate, and in the four years the uni versity has toeep victorious three times. Miss Kellems is the only co-ed regu lar member of the team. ABSENTEE CAUSES WORK Xame of Senator Never at Session Appears Often. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) Senate clerks revising the records and preparing the journal of the last ses sion feel kindly toward Senator Bing ham. of-Lano, but each time they en counter' his name now they whisper softly to themselves under their breath. Although absent during the entire session, his name will appear in the Senate journal nearly as often as that of any other raember. and it is neces sary to insert after each and every roll call the fact that he was absent. The desk clerks haven't figured up how many times they have written his same since the session closed, but It will run up into a goodly figure. For a "silent Senator." he at least is caus ing the boys a lot of trouble. When arranging flowers In vases, put one grain of permanganate of potash in the water; it will then keep perfectly sweet and fresh. v During a shopping trip a plate of A PLATE OF ICE CREAM EVERY DAY PORTO RIGO LACKS FOOD PLANTERS ASKED TO l$E PART OF LANDS FOR HOME SUPPLY. Agricultural Strike for ft aad Eight Hour Day Thro wo 2T,000 Cone Field Employes Out of Work. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Feb. 20. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) So serious is the question of food supply in Porto Itico that Gov ernor Yager has called together the sugar and other large planters of the Island, and urged them to devote a por tion of their lands already under culti vation to the raising of beans and other vegetables and fruits for home consumption. Practically all of the commercial crops of the Island. Including sugar, tobacco, coffee and fruits, are grown for export. Today, one week after the calling of the first agricultural strike of the sea son, there are 25,000 cane field em ployes out, according to the police, who report that five sugar centrals, most of them In the eastern part of the island, are now closed. So far there have been no disorders, according to the police. The strikers are demanding SI and Mother-Made, Quick Acting Cough Syrup X Should ho Kept Handy lu Every Costa Little. T T f if. it, ,h tTTtttTTTtTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTt Mothers, you'll never know what you are missing until you make up this in expensive, quick-acting cough syrup and try it. Children love its pleasant taste and nothing else will loosen a cough or chest cold and heal the inflamed or swollen throat membranes with such ease and promptness. It's equally as good for grown-ups as for children. This splendid cough svrup is made by pouring 2 'a ounces of Pinex (50 cents worth), into a pint bottle and filling the bottle with plain granulated sugas syrup. This gives you a full pint n family supply of much better cought remedy than you could buy ready-mada for 2.50 a clear saving of $2. The moment it touches the inflamed, eold-congested membranes that line tiia throat and air passages, the healing be gins, the phlegm loosens, soreness leaves, cough spasms lessen and soon disappear altogether, thus ending a cough quicker than you ever thought possible. Hoarseness and ordinary coughs are conquered by it in 24 hours or less. Kxcellent for bronchitis, whoop ing cough, spasmodic croup, bronchial asthma or winter coughs. Pinex is a highly concentrated com pound of genuine Norway pine extract, combined with guaiaeol and is famous the world over for its quick healing effect on the membranes. Beware of substitutes. Ask your druggist for "2Va ounces of Pinex" with directions and don't accept anything else. Guaranteed to give absolute satis faction or money refunded. The Pinex Co., ft. .Wayne, lad, an eight-hour day, the same demand made by them last year. Last year they compromised after an increase had been granted them. Ballot Titles Keep Official Rust. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) Attorney-General Brown Is busy writing ballot titles. Under the law all meas ures that go on the ballot must carry two ballot titles, one ten words long and ina oiner iuu woras iodk. t ex pected he will have these ready the lat ter part of the week for all measures referred by the Legislature to be voted on at the special election to be held In June. A CLEAR COMPLEXION Ruddy Cheeks Sparkling Eyes Most Women Can Have Says Dr. Edwards, a Well-Known Ohio Physician Dr. F. 1L Edwards for 17 years treated scores of women for liver and jowel ailments. During; these years he ave to his patients a prescription made if a few wrtl-known vegetable ingredi ints mixed with alive oil, naming them Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, you will bow them by their olive color. These tablets are wonder-workers on die liver and bowels, which cause a nor mal action, carrying oS the waste and joisonous matter in one's system. If you have a pale face, sallow look, lull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head tches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out f forts, inactive bowels, you take one f Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets nightly for a time and note the pleasing; results. Thousands of women as well as men ;ake Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets the successful substitute for calomel now ind then Just to keep in the pink of con dition. 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. HOW THIS MOTHER Got Strength to Do Her Work Fair Haven, Vt. "I was so nervous and run down that I could not do my housework for my little family of three. I had doctored for nearly two . years without help. One. day I read about Vlnol. and, thanks to it, my health has been restored so I am doing all my housework once more. I am telling all my friends what Vlnol has done for me." Mrs. James H. Eddy. Vlnol contains beef and cod liver peptones. Iron and manganese pep tonates and glycerophosphates, which create a healthy appetite, aid digestion. ana maKe pure blood. The Owl Drug Co.. Portland: also at the leading drug store In all Oregon towns. ?oaLA GuIPPZ wtavrrafa" nnrahr mb T- ' n itu on .nn'vrir f . . . COtO TiBttTS" lr.Tr ft wiU SU ivsi'ir c.-e 1 vj i rrer t L?iy aj-v- i-al I -d mii i -