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T THE MORXIXG OREGONIA3T. FRIDAT, JULY 13, 1917. PROHIBITION FIGHT NOT NEAR ITS END Differences in House and Sen ate Make Contest Likely k in Conference. LOBBIES ARE STILL POTENT Kcsardless of Vote on Prohibition in Food Bill, New Effort Will Be Made to S ubmit Con btitutional Amendment. OREGOXIAN" NEWS BUREAU, Wash Ington, July 12. The prohibition fight in Congress is not ended, and it may not end when the Senate and House reach a final agreement on the proh bition provisions of the food conserva tion bill. What the ultimate outcome will be is difficult to forecast, but it probably will be indicated by the kind of legislation which the Senate and House put up to the President for ap proval. The House, in considering the food bill, voted for a "bone-dry" United States during the war. On the theory that by stopping the manufacture of whisky, beer and wine they would be conserving food products, the House voted to stop the production of those liquors during the continuance of the war. The Senate, after considering all manner of proposals, finally voted to ignore beer and wines, and voted only to stop the manufacture of whisky and other distilled liquors, and is now wait ing for the Gore substitute. More Contests In Sight. - With the House and Senate voting for different propositions, the bill must be adjusted in conference, and after the, conference committee reaches an agreement, its report must be ac cepted by both Senate and House be fore it can be sent to the President for approval. So there are at least two bitter fights in immediate prospect, one in the conference committee and the other in Senate or House, or both, according to what the conference com mittee agrees upon. Any general attempt to withdraw this liquor from bonded warehouses will lead to another prohibition fight in Congress to prohibit the sale of whisky during the continuance of the war, for such withdrawal would be contrary to the professed intent of the (senate in adopting the Robinson amendment, though it might not be contrary to the expectation of many Senators who voted for that amend ment. Senator Borah, for one, will fight to suppress all whisky traffic if he finds a general withdrawal of whis ky from the warehouses in contempla tion of the proposed purchase of all Whisky by the Government. Dry Amendment to Be Offered. Regardless of what Congress ultl mately does with the prohibition amendments to the food bill, there will be a renewed effort to get a vote on the resolution submitting a prohibition amendment to the constitutional amendment to the states for ratifica tion, and if the food bill passes in such shape as to allow the withdrawal of vast quantities of whisky from bond. the fight to restrain the sale of whisky during the war will be waged with full force. From the prohibition standpoint, the lively fight in the Senate, and the awitch of four Democratic and one Re publican Senator on the whisky ques tion demonstrated that the whisky in fluence is still potent in Washington, for it is no secret that the whisky lob by was in evidence throughout the dis cussion of the food bill; lobbyists were found around the Capitol corridors and In the Senate office building, yet their activities were never investigated, though the lobby investigating commit tee is still in existence. It is true, also. that the prohibition lobby was present and active, but the whisky lobby proved the more effective and ulti mately won out. It did not win everything; It could not head off the injunction against the manufacture of further whisky, but it did contrive to get authority to sell all whisky that has been manufactured to date, and with a restricted supply it can sell for fancy prices. trainload left Auburn last Friday after being assembled in less than three days.. A partial list of the orders piacea by the committee was given out to day. The list shows onl a portion of these orders on which the mills are actually working and includes mate rial ordered for both the les Moines and American Lake cantonments. The list shows that orders for more than 14.000,000 feet of lumber now are being made up at the different mills, and members of the committee say that many other orders have been prac tically placed. The Oregon and Southwest "Washing ton companies which received contracts and the amounts are as follows: Beaver Lumber Company. Portland. 2C1,- 1R8; Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, Eugene, 5oti,40-: Bridal Veil Lumber Company, Fort- land. 103,164; Clark & Wilson Lumber Com pany, Linn ton, S.".?.H5; Coast Range Lum ber Company, Portland. ttU.OOO: Columbia River Door Comnany. Rainier. Or.. ;U5..".P4; Crossett Western Lumber Company, Wauna, Or.. aJ.110; Doty Lumber & Shingle Com pany. Doty. i:i'J.'220 ; Eastern & Western Lumber Comoanv. Portland. 434,r27; Kails City Lumber & Log Company. Portland. 241.- 34::: CJrays Harbor Commercial company, Cosmopolls, 270.0O0; Hoqulam Sash & Door Company, Hoquiam, 10,O0; Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company, Portland, -i.ui-, l--ona Mills Lumber Company, Leona. Or., 113,- Leudlughaus Brothers. Dryaa, 1.1. McKenna Lumber Company. McKenna, li7."i: Northwestern Lumber Company, Ho quiam, U26.14i; Peninsula Lumber Company. Portland. 474. ei a: port tana buraurf pany, Portland. 323.502; Hoult Brothers, Portland. 8i.971; Charles K. Spaulding Log ging Company. Portland, 87.840; West Ore gon Lumber Company, Llnnton, Or.. 382. 43; West port Lumber Company. West port. Or. 3'4.i.ir: Willamette Valley Lumber Company. The Dalles. 184.324: Wind River Lumber Company, f ortiana, i.s.so ieew 1 Comparative prices are misleading and often untrue Notice that we don9t use them! UNION TO LOSE CHARTER ELECTRICIANS SAID TO HAVE VI O- LATED AGREEMENT. International Officials Indorse Agree ment as Drawn and as Rejected by Local Vnlon BUTTE, Mont., July 12. That the Electricians' Union at its meeting last night not only took exception to one or two clauses in the agreement drawn up by its strike committee with the Montana Power Company, but made flat rejection of the entire agreement in its present form became known to day, when union men began discussing the situation as the result of last night's action. That the union's vote will bring very serious difference in labor ranks here is also acknowledged. The agree ment was indorsed by the officers of the Electricians' International Union as being as favorable to the men as any agreement in the country. It was discovered today that the elec tricians "on the. hill," who are on strike, violated an agreement to give 30 days' notice of a strike when they walked out. It was stated today that the officers of the international who are here will, at the regular, union meeting tomorrow night, direct the "hill" electricians to return to their, work and carry out the provisions of their contract. Failure to obey these orders, it is said, may involve for feiture of the union's charter in the international. NATION OBTAINS STEEL AGREEMENT MADE WITH PRODUC ERS OF BASIC PRODUCT. DES MOINES GETS FIB j TRAI.NLOAD REACHES DESTINATION IN FIVE DAYS. Northwest Companies Receive Orders for 14,000,000 Feet of Lumber for Two Cantonments. T A CO MA, 'Wash., July 12. (Special.) Twenty-four carloads of Douglas fir lumber from the Pacific Coast arrived at Des Moines today after being rushed across the continent in less than five days time, making a new record for freight shipments, according to word received today by the fir emergency committee. The lumber will be used in the construction of the new can tonment at Ies Moines. The first DON'T LOSE YOUR PUNCH If you feel a growing dissatisfaction with life and 'ill health seems to threat- eu you without the symptoms of any specific disease showing, your nerves ate probably undernourished because yuur blood is thin. Take a moment to examine into your own case. Have you lost the ability ! to make a quick decision and take prompt action whenever necessary or do you worry and hesitate in indeci sion and consume an undue amount of time over things that you used to do Quickly? Are you prematurely old? Don't let the arteries In your brain pet hard. Don't let thin blood starve your nervous system. Proper diet for the first and a good tonic. Dr. Will lams' Pink Pills, for the second are What you need. 3 f you have any nervous troubles write today to the Dr. 'Williams Medi cine Co., Schenectady, N. Y for their little book on nervous disorders. It gives methods of home treatment and directions regarding hygiene that every one should have. A diet book will also be sent free on request. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by your own druggist or will be sent direct by mail, post paid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box. six boxes for 92.50. Adv. Manufacturers Assure Car Builders of Enough Steel for Speedy Construction WASHINGTON', July 12. Formal an nouncement was made by Secretary Baker today that an agreement had been reached with representatives of the American steel Industry in confer ence here under which the entire prod uct of the industry would be made available for the Governments war purposes at a price to be determined on the basis of a cost-of-production in quiry being conducted by the federal Trade Commission. On their side, the Government repre sentatives assured the steel men that reasonable profits would be included the price fixed, and that provision als would be made to care for the expan sion of the industry to meet new de mands. Steel manufacturers. Secretary Red field announced today, have assured railroad car builders of enough steel to insure speedy construction. Ther are now building in this country about 80,000 cars and some 2000 locomotive The agreement, coming immediate! after a statement by President Wilson, outlining his views on the price ques ion, was taken as Indicating the pol icy the Government will pursue toward business during the war. Governmen officials generally, it is known, favo system insuring the fullest co-opera tion of industry and desire that ar rangements may be made whereby it will be made, it is declared, to arrive at price agreements which will give the Government supplies at costs reason able for both the seller and purchaser. FAIRGROUND DEAL PENDS Proposal That Clarke -County Buy Tract to Be Considered. VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 12. (Spe cial.) The proposition that the county buy the Clarke County fair grounds at about $445 an acre, or about $14,000 in all. including administra tion building, racetrack, grandstand and other buildings thereon, will be discussed at a mass meeting at the fairgrounds Wednesday. July 18. The County Commissioners M. E. Carson, Abe Miller and John P. Kig gins will be present. It is generally believed that the fair would have paid well had the Columbia River In terstate bridge been completed before It went into bankruptcy. Santisentic Gives Skin Comfort. Instantly rplieTes. cure nd prevents otaafl r Irritated skin. Cools and sooth's. You'll like 1U cleanly, healtiy odor. . 60c All druiisiata. Adv. FORT WORTH MOB FEARED Murderer May Be Spirited Into State and Hidden by Officers. Captain of Detectives Young', of Fort Worth. Tex., will arrive in Portland this morning and with Constable Toll Johnson will start on the return trip with Rufus Coates, confessed murderer, and Clyde Tucker, his alleged accom plice. Saturday. Mr. Johnson says that at the time he left Fort Worth sentiment was run ning high, but he would not say wheth er or not he and Captain Young would return Coates and Tucker to Fort Worth. It is the opinion of the police that the men will be spirited into the state and placed in jail in some town other than Fort orth. South American Conference Off. BUENOS AIRES. July 12. The con gress of neutral toutrt American na tions to formulate a common policy m respect of problems arising from th war has been postponed indefinitely, Phone your want ads to Th OiesO' nian. Main 70.0, A 6093. THERE are still a good number of snaps in our sale of USED PIANOS and organs ! For instance ! There are piano players at $10.' ' Seventh floor Lipman, Wolfe &' Co. DON'T worry if you break your eye glasses bring the pieces to our optical department we'll have new ones ready in a jiffy. , Second floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. R Women who know the most about skirts and values will be intensely interested in this emarkable sale of SKIRTS at $8.75 Novelty walking skirts! Yes, and dress skirts, too! ft 83 of them in all, and there's not one of the 83 but would sell for just about double this Friday sale price. Some of them are of woolens, others are of silks, most of them in sports styles and patterns. And note this! They're all SAMPLES that means there's j"ust one of a kind! We believe it will be wise for women to come early, for such skirts as these will not linger long when they're selling at about half price! Third floor Lipman, W olfe & Cttt, Dress and utility GOATS at $16.50 Women will find much about this sale of coats at $16.50 to thuse over. The styles are the ones most in vogue right now; the colors and the fabrics are the most popular, too, and as far as values are concerned well, you're going to wonder and wonder how they can be sold for so little! They're all 48-inch coats, belted models with big collars and fancy pockets! Some are of wool velour, others of wool poplin; the colors include gold, apple, green, rose, tan. navy and Copenhagen! Third floor Lipman, Wolfe Sr Co. The famous INNOVATION TRUNKS make their Portland home in our Sub-Basement! You'll find a world of other good baggage here, too! Sale JUNIOR SUITS at $7.95 About half t!'.eir usual price! Small women and juniors will fairly revel in this display of pretty suits. There are pleated and belted models, with pockets and collars of the newest cut. If you can wear a junior girls size you can hardly afford to miss this sale! There are suits of gabardine and granite cloth, with silk-lined jackets and wide collars of silk or broadcloth. All the seasonable colors. A wonderful lot of JUNIORCOATStogoat$9.95 They're such remarkable values that we expect them to go like the wind. And they will, too, when junior size folks come in and try them on. Fourth floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Just see! 1 r a rr-v t t a ooivr a rr- ' 12c ea. Lily bowls flower baskets vases comports bonbon bowls in tbe fashionable and most effective black glass! A striking background for flowers! We've only a limited supply, 60 we've decided to make the rule no deliveries no phone orders and no C. O. D. orders. 6th Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Specials in bud and FLOWER VASES Thin blown flower vases, 8- inch 10i Tapered bud vases lot Engraved glass baskets 19 Cut and engraved vases 196 Etched bud vases, 6-inch. .. .39 Etched bud vases, 8-inch. .. .49 Large engraved baskets 59 Cut triangular bud vases 490 Large triangular bud vases... 59 Hand engraved bud vases, 6 inch 546 Hand engraved bud vases, 8 inch 690 Hand engraved flower vases, 10-inch 696 Hand engraved flower vases, 14-inch $1.09 6th Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co. A wonderful sale of FILET LACE, 22c A special lucky purchase of these laces many of them copies of real filet lace patterns makes it possible for us to offer these edgings and insertions at so low a price. Main Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co. or sake A sale of coolness men's Shedaker Distinctly Summery GRASS FURNITURE Outfitting for one's own home isn't a thing of seasons, generally speaking, but these grass chairs and tables speak of coolness and fresh air so emphatically that we've chosen them to exploit in this Summer outfitting time! Rocking chairs $8.00, $8.75 to $11.00 Steamer chairs and couches. . . .$13.50, $17.75 Tables $7.95, $8.25, $9.95 $11.00 Stools and tabourettes . .$1.75, $2, $2.25, $2.45 Kiddles' chairs and rockers $2.45, $2.65 Fifth floor Lipman, Wolfe 6r Co. UNION SUITS Lot 1 79c Lot 2 98c Lot 3 $1.29, two for $2.29 Lot 4 $U9, two for $2.39 Lot 5 $1.59, two for $2.59 They're the well-known Sh.eda.ker Athletic Union Suits, with the patent closed crotch. Made of such soft, cool, ma terials as nainsook, madras, soisette, silk mercerized materials. silk mull, and silk uppers with the more durable madras pants. Washington-street entrance, mam floor, Lipman-Wolfe Co. LOOK for our Base ment advertisments in other papers tonight it gives many of the reasons why our Base ment Store is growing by leaps and bounds! Today in our SEMI-ANNUAL SHOE Clearance we are going feature LOW SHOES and OXFORDS at greatly reduced prices! to A special chance to buy Doctors'- Dentists Cooks' Barbers COATSandAPRONS There's going to be a sharp ad vance in price on coats and aprons for dentists, laboratory workers, barbers, cooks, sodla fountain men, bakers, butchers, etc. Here's an opportunity to buy these garments at old prices that will mean dollars and dollars' worth of savings for men who buy enough now to fill their needs. White coats, $1.25, $1.35 Of heavy twill and duck; military collars and detachable buttons. Some with V necks. White duck coats, $1.50 With military collars and frog fas teners. Cooks' coats, $1J25 Made double breasted, of heavy twill. Doctors' and dentists' coats, $2.00 With military collars and detachable buttons. Braid trimmed. Silk mercerized coats, $2.75 Of tan silk mercerized material with twill silk braid trimming. Plain waist aprons 30c Heavy bib aprons ' 40c Heavy French aprons 50c Butchers' frocks $2.25 and $2.75 Cooks' caps 20c, three for 50c Main floor Lipman, W olfe & Co. I LUST GAMPS NAMED Routing of Troops to Mobiliza tion Points Completed. CALL WILL COME SUNDAY cient for the men have already been obtained. The fact that the Guard Is to be under training even before drawing for the selective army begins indicates that of the men drawn the first to see service will be those assigned to fill vacancies in the Guard or the regulars. Today's recruiting figures show that the regulars were short a little more than 39,000 men. which probably will be reduced to less than 30,000 before the draft forces become available. The best obtainable estimates of the Na tional Guard strength indicate that they will need less than 100,000 men when they go to camp. Guard Will Be TTnder Training Be fore Draft Becomes Effective and First Men Selected Will Fill Gaps in Banks. "WASHINGTON, July 12. Selection of camp sites for the National Guard was completed today when Secretary Baker approved Hattiesburg, Miss., and Alexandria, La., and announced the change of the Fayetteville, K. C, site to Charlotte, N. C. Routing of the guardsmen from all states to their camps for training preliminary to their departure for France . was immediately worked out by the military bureau and the list of assignments submitted to Major-Gen eral Bliss, acting chief of staff, for approval. None of the bureau's recom mendations were" revealed. The first increment of the Guard will be called into the service of the Federal Government next Sunday al though the draft clause of the Na tional defense act will not be applied to any of the Guardsmen until Augusts. Movement to the camp sites can begin within a few dajs as supplies suffi- and West Virginia, on trial charged with violation of the Sherman anti- Geologlcal Investigators Drowned. 1NVER1IERE. B. C, July 12. Charles W. Drysdale, Ottawa, chief of a gov ernment geological survey party, and William J. Gray, a university student of Vancouver, his assistant, were drowned yesterday when the raft in which they were attempting to cross the Kootenay River, upset. Coal Operators Are Acquitted. NEW YORK, July 12. The jury in the case of the semi-bituminous coal operators and companies in Virginia Time and again la dies looking in our windows say, "Oh, if I had only seen these coats before I bought mine.' J. M. Acheson Co. 362 Alder, near Park. trust law. brought In a verdict today of not guilty for all the defendants Attention Stenographers! Harold H. Smith, the fastest typewriter operator living; in the West, and instructor of typewriting: in the State College of Washing-ton, is attending: the N. E. A. Convention. You can have an opportunity of seeing him give a demonstration at Meier & Frank's Auditorium, 6th floor, between 12 and 1:30 on Friday, the 13th. Come to the Underwood Office, 10th and Stark Sts., on Friday, the 13th, from 5 to 6:30 P. M., and meet him. He will be glad to demonstrate expert methods by operating the Underwood Typewriter for you at that time. f v ft LONGING fc FOR A CHILD Youngr Wife Almost in De spair. Now has Beautiful Baby GirL There is nothing more charming than a happy and healthy mother of children, and indeed child-birth under the right -conditions need be no hazard to health or beauty. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound has brought jov to many childless women by restoring them to normal health. Here is a notable case. Omaha, Neb. "I suffered from fe male troubles when 1 was seventeen years old. 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