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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TTJESDAT. AUGUST 21, 1917. MORAL SQUAD GOES fine on to E. XV. Schmuckley. This is the heaviest fine yet assessed for failure to dim lights, and is but a fore runner of what may b- expected in the future. Judge Jones declared. Those who were fined $5 each for falllnz to have their rear lis-hts in proper order were: A. M. Leisure, Frank Spahn, A. Tiller, E. N. Starr and L. Shaver. J. H. Haas paid a $5 fine for passing another machine on a turn. ,toWE ARE PORTLAND AGENTS FOR FAMOUS BUTTERICK PATTERNS SECOND FLOORw 1 IN MOVING OUR COMPLETE DID YOU HEAR THE LATEST September Records? Hundreds attended the free concerts given yesterday in oui sound-proof parlors. All voted the new Columbia records the most interesting heard in months. We shall esteem it a pleasure to play for you today. Come in at any time. Phonograph Shop, Sixth Floor. $ Sporting Goods Store many odds and ends of high-grade sporting goods were brought to light. In order to acquaint our patrons with the new loca- tion of this department we are closing out these odds and ends at j marked reductions from our lower-than-elsewhere prices. y. Sporting Goods, Sixth Floor. Mayor Will Have Different Way cf Enforcing Laws. FOREST FIRES EXPENSIVE LID WILL NOT BE LIFTED $500 to $600 Daily Spent to Com bat Flatnes In XTmpqua. 18 ( 3 N TVi& QyALrrf Stors? op- Portland I J Liquor Chasers Will Not Be Organ izJ, as Heretofore, and Each Patrolman Will Be Held Re sponsible for His Beat. With the reorganization of the Bu reau or Police, the so-called moral squad, as such, will be abolished, ac cording' to Mayor Baker, who yesterday outlined hia policy respecting vice and bootlegging. He will employ other means for the present, he said, but will "keep the lid ori" and conduct the city as a "closed town." With the announcement of the Mayor, It becomes definitely known that L. A. Harms, a captain of police who has had charge of the moral squad for years, will be transferred to other duty. What It will be the Mayor did not state, ex cept to say that he will have a respon sible place with important duties. The men who have comprised the squad Patrolmen Burkhart, Schum, Spaugh and others selected from time to time, will be detailed elsewhere. ' Liquor Chasers to Be Chosen. Neither does the Mayor intend to continue the present system of enfor cing the prohibition law, but he said he will Inaugurate the plan whereby boot legging will be kept to the minimum by means of specially selected men from the force who will operate secret ly. The squad which has been handling this work will be relieved and others substituted when needed. For many months Detectives Cahill and Ham mersly have had the main responsi bility in this regard and have co-operated with the moral squad- in numerous instances. "I do not believe the squad system is the best for accomplishing results," said Mayor Baker. "I am going to try another way. I believe that it will be found possible to keep the city clean without resorting to that plan. In the first place, members of a squad be come so well known that It is difficult for them to make a move without it being known before they get far. All to Be Held Responsible. "Another thing is that it is possible for one group of men to accomplish but a small part of the entire work to be done and it will be my policy to re quire from all of the members of the force a strict accountability for con ditions !n their districts. While it is probably impossible for a patrolman to perform certain duty in this line of work, he can keep posted, and when necessary to have help a detail can be made for the purpose. "As to the prohibition law, I am go ing to put in a system that will stop bootlegging if it can be stopped. With out going into details, I purpose to use individuals for this work who are not so widely known, and 1 believe that I will be able to rigidly enforce the law." Liirf to Be Enforced. Reports have reached the Mayor that someone had been spreading the state ment that he would permit an "open town" during his administration, and he took occasion to deny this in the most emphatic terms. "I am going to enforce the laws," said the Mayor, "and anyone who thinks I am not is going to be fooled. There will be no 'open town" while I am Mayor. It is the duty of the Mayor to enforce the laws, and I am going to enforce them. "Chief Johnson and I are working out our plans now for the police reorgan ization, and I believe that when these are completed and the changes are effected we will have the most efficient police force in the West, if not in the entire country. We intend to give Portland a first-class, clean and fair administration of law enforcement." Forestry Service men are hoping that the forest fire situation will continue to improve until quenched by a real Oregon downpour. The Southern Oregon fires, several in number, have been controlled, despite dry weather. These fires are burning near Prospect, Blk Creek and . Trail Creek. Fires in the Okanogan forest, of Northeastern Washington, are pre sumed to have abated, as no adverse reports have been received. Fire fighting is expensive campaign ing, but records for the season have been broken by the cost of combating the stubborn blaze in the heart of the Umpqua forest, out from Roseburg. For some days past the cost of fighting the Umpqua fire has ranged from ?50l to ?600 daily. HOTEL PENDLETON IS SOLD X. D. Swearingen Takes Lease- and Fixtures Owned by Portlanders. PENT) ETON', Or., Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) IV 1). Swearingen today pur chased, from H. W. Collins and George E. Good, the Hotel Pendleton lease and fixtures and assumed active manage ment. The hotel is one of the best of the smaller institutions of the Northwest and has been but lately renovated. Mr. Collins and Mr. Good only a few weeks ago bought the interest of Fred Block, of Portland, in the establish ment and Mr. Good has been acting manager. Mr. Swearingen is an old resident of Pendleton and but recently sold the French restaurant and rooming-house, which, with his brother, he had op erated here for the past ten years. PARK SUPERVISOR NAMED Assistant Engineer Sparrow, Crater Lake, Is Promoted. at MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) A. Sparrow, who for the past few years has been assistant engineer in charge of highway work at Crater Lake National Park, has been appoint ed supervisor to succeed Major George Goodwin, who has been promoted to engineer in charge of highways for the National Park Bureau. Mr. Sparrow is now engaged in building the new easy grade trail from the lodge to the rim of the lake at a cost of $9000. The number of visitors to the lake this year continues to grow, having long since passed the former high rec ord. The totals to date are 5677 per sons and 1356 motorcars. SLACKER FIT FOR SERVICE Richard James Warring, Arrested at Pendleton, Says He Is Railroader. BAKER, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) Richard James Warring, who was ar rested in Pendleton on the charge of being a Baker County slacker, was examined by the local board this afternoon and, although he said he had a weak back and a defective foot, he was pronounced by the board fit for military service. Warring claimed exemption on the ground that he is a railroad man. His case will be dealt with by the district board at La Grande. He asked the privilege of being examined, after having been informed that he was likely to be dealt with as a deserter. LIQUOR IS WELL HIDDEN I NO &5 $ Always Up and Doing: g i Men's Union Suits 65 c 5 Fine quality cotton ribbed union suits in a desirable wt weight for present wear. White and ecru garments in short sleeves, ankle length style. Sizes 34 to 46. & Manhattan Shirt Sale continues today. Choose here from the biggest, newest and best stocks in the Northwest. Soft and laundered cuff styles in all sizes. Many with extra-length sleeves for s men with long arms. $1.75 Shirts for. ....... . .$1.35 $2-$2.25 Shirts $1.65 $2.50 Shirts for $1.85 $3.00 Shirts for $2.15 $3.50 Shirts for $2.85 $4.00 Shirts for $3.15 $5.00 to $12 Manhattan shirts $3.S5 to $7.65. All our $1.50 shirts ' now $l.lo. Manhattan underwear at like reductions. Men's Furnishings Shop, Main Floor th 11 35c Eaylawn Pound Paper, 84 sheets fine linen paper to OQ the pound, special at. ... &Js 15c Envelopes to match above paper, 2 packages, spe- OF cial today at itJly 50c M. & F. Special Stationery, 48 sheets paper and 48 QQ envelopes to box, at....""-' 35c Correspondence Cards, 24 cards and 24 envelopes to 15c Kara Linen Tablets, all Q, sizes, ruled or plain Jy 15c Plain White Paper in. Napkins, 100 for i. l"t Stationery Shop, Main Floor. Theyt Just Came In; They Won't Stay Long; They'll Go Right Out Again 7 J 'ftf H-TYV IRTMMOa 2 New Wirthmor Waists Our association with these new Wirthmors though pleas ant we know will be most brief. Patrons with an eye to beauty as well as economy will come to claim them for their own. It will surprise us if any are left when the store closes. $1 Waist Shop, Fourth Floor. NO Dull Days at the Quality Always Up and Doing: Whatever the Season Whatever the Weather Cjl t & Manhattan Shirt Sale Stationery Specials It Is a Patriotic Duty To Eliminate Waste The United States Government makes this request of retail merchants and the public at large "Avoid waste in labor, capital, material and equipment and there by release, when needed, men and capital for the defense of this Nation." THE COMMERCIAL ECONOMY BOARD OF THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE requests the shopping public to take imme diate action on the following suggestions: Carry parcels with you to the extent of your ability. Buy merchandise with in tent to retain that which is purchased, reducing to a minimum occasion for returning goods. When you have goods to be returned, do not leave home empty-handed -carry parcels for exchange where possible. Avoid C. O. D. purchases whenever possible. Shop as early in the day as possible. TO "CARRY IT HOME" you will require a good SHOPPING BAG OR BASKET We have them in all styles and sizes and at lowest prices. 125 Women's Dresses A drastic clearaway of women's and misses' street and afternoon dresses. . Serge, taffeta, pon gee, gingham, voile and linen dresses in plain and fancy models. A few tailored linen SUITS included at this price. Some slightly mussed or soiled from handling. Regardless of former prices $5. None sent C. O. D. None on approval. None exchanged. Apparel Shop, Fourth Floor. Wall Paper in a Sale Assorted Nursery Panels in natural colors, special to- QP day at 6 for UD, Attractive patterns in Bedroom Wall Paper in pink, blue OZ and lavender, single roll"' Cut-Out Borders to match, 9-inch size, yard for only J Use Meier & Frank Dry Paste for hanging your wall 1 F paper, lb. priced at J-tFV Special living and dining-room patterns of Wall Paper in tan and blue, with cut-out borders to match. Single roll 1 25 and -LOC Seventh Floor, Sixth Street. 9 IT CUTS YOUR BUTTER BILL ALMOST IN HALF The "Wonder" 1 EPS $ H f utter -Merger The picture will give you some idea of how the butter-merger LOOKS. We have a con tinuous demonstration on the Main Floor, Fifth Street, to show you how it WORKS. This sturdy little churn is a device that will appeal to all thrifty people. It is called a butter-merger because it Makes 2 Pounds of Merged Butter From 1 Lb. Butter and 1 Pint of Milk or half quantities can be used with proportionate results. And any one can use this simple little culinary appliance. It has a specially con structed plunger with a valve that pumps air into the contents of milk and butter, causing them to "merge" in such a way that no milk remains unabsorbed. The price is only 98c Demonstration Main Floor On Sale Housewares Section, Bas't I Buying Furniture In Our August Sale Is Like Buying Gold Dollars at a Reduction For furniture good furniture is growing scarce. Furniture is advan cing in price. Furniture will always be needed for the American home. And in this annual August sale 6taple furniture the every day wanted kind is offered at great reductions. Now is the time to buy and save, while August sale economies are in effect, and our easy payment plan enables you to live with your furniture while paying for it. Furniture Shop, Eighth Floor. Like Many Other Nationally Advertised Goods Madame Lyra Corsets Are Sold Exclusively at This Store We sell Madame Lyra corsets because we can recommend them to our most discriminating clientele. We have investi gated carefully and found that their National repute is founded on inherent goodness goodness of materials, trim mings, style whatever goes into the making of a superior corset. And, judged from the number of Portland women who prefer Madame Lyra corsets, they are particularly adapted to women of this city. Mrs. Holbrook, Expert Lyra Corsetiere can be consulted at any time in our Corset Shop. She is intimately versed in everything that pertains to Madame Lyra corsets. And for months she has made a careful study of Portland women with special reference to their corset needs. Mrs. Holbrook will give every as sistance in the selection of your new Lyra corset. Come in at your convenience. A wide range of models for figures of varying proportions. $3.50 to $10. Dorset Shop, Third Floor. Have We A Record of Your Eyes? J If so, all that we need to provide R you with a new pair of glasses ac- R cording to your most recent prescrip- R tion is the word from you to do so. You can advise us by card, by tele- JH phone or whatever other way sug- gests itself to you. We will give the matter the same conscientious atten- tion as if you were personally under examination at every stage. If You Have Any g I Eye Trouble and haven't consulted our competent optometrist, you should lose no time in doing so. He will carefully ex amine your eyes and prescribe glasses (only if needed) to your individual requirements. We duplicate lenses from pieces. Optical Shop, Mezzanine, Sixth Street. MUNICIPAL COURT BUSY 03 CASES FACE JUDGE ROSSMAX IX MORXIXG. $260 Collected In Fines, Mostly From Women Arrested In Raids on Questionable Xorth End Resorts. Yesterday was one of the busiest days on record for the Municipal Court since 1916. In all, 93 cases were booked on the docket. Of this number nearly 50 were women arrested in recent North End raids. Seventeen of these cases were con tinued for Jury trials. A total of $260.50 in fines was collected and 38 cases were continued until today for hearing:. The heaviest penalties imposed on women taken in the raids were those of Sadie Stuart and Josie Prone, sen tenced to ten and five days respec tively in the City Jail. Lena Kalta, arrested with a large quantity of stolen goods in her pos session Saturday, was fined $50 and iven a 60-day suspended sentence. Maria Salta, arrested with her, was given a 30-day suspended sentence. John Frail, an I. XV. XV. arrested last week, and who demanded a Jury trial, decided to be heard yesterday, after four days in Jail waiting for his trial to be called. He was fined $35 on a vagrrancy ehargre. AUTOISTS ARE RECKLESS JUDGE JOES THREATEXS TO IM POSE $50 FIXES. Kick Fnptaltis Assessed $35 for Speed ins Over Interstate Bridge Ap proach at 40-Mile Clip. Reckless autoists touched the high marks along the Columbia Highway and other county roadways Sunday, and District Judge Jones assessed heavy fines against offenders who ap peared before him yesterday. Inci dentally Judge Jones gave forth a warning that his p'atience with reck less autoists is about exhausted and fines pf $50 impend against those auto ists who come before him in the fu ture. Kick Paptakis was "hittin er up" on the Interstate bridge approach at 40 miles an hour Sunday afternoon. So fast was he going that he lost con trol of his machine and plunged into a fence, the arresting officer testified. The court plunged Paptakis into gloom when he fined him $35. C. W. Fargo, M. T. Parks and H. S. Jones pleaded guilty to exceeding the limit and were assessed $20 each. Judge Jones established a precedent for autoists who fail to dim their lights at night when he tacked a $10 Klamath Falls Man Fools Police Few Times, but Finally Is Caught. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) Ernest A. Quaif, proprietor of the Hot Springs rooming-house of this city, who was arrested following a raid of his resort when 39 bottles of intoxicating liquor were found in the partitions in the house and false window casings and under a false bottom in the kitchen wood box, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and to pay a fine of $400 and costs of about $80. Quaif will appeal. Quaifs resort had been raided sev eral times during the past few months, but the officers never succeeded in locating any liquor before. ECONOMY TO BE TAUGHT Courses In Food Conservation to Be Made Part of Curriculum. STATE COLLEGE, Pullman, Wash., Aug. 20. ( Special. )Colleg-iate courses in food conservation based on outlines furnished by the United States food ad ministration and on local needs of the state of Washington, are being formu lated, to begin with the opening of college October 1. The subject matter will include such instruction s was given at canning and drying demonstration schools for the training of community leaders which have been conducted in 30 towns and cities of Washington by the ex tension service of the college since July 30. COL. INGLIS' WIFE IS HURT Speeding - Slotorcycllsts Frighten Horse, Which Runs Away. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.) Mrs. William M. Inglis, wife of Colonel Inglis, commander of the Second Wash ington Regiment at Camp Murray, was thrown from her horse yesterday, the animal becoming frightened by speed ing motorcycles and running away. Colonel Inglis made every effort to overtake the frightened animal and was beside Mrs. Inglis when h.r mount turned suddenly, throwing the rider to the ground. Mrs. Inglis was much bruised, but no bones were broken. Carranza's Daughter to Wed. MEXICO CITY. Aug. 20. President Carranza left Mexico City this morning with members of his family for Quere taro. It is believed the President in tends to witness the marriage of his daughter Virginia, and General Can dido Aguilar, former provisional for eign minister. Drafted Farmers Ask Exemption. OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 20. Drafted farmers in Nebraska are almost unan imous in claiming exemption on ac count of their farming, according to members of the Federal district exemp tion board for the North Nebraska district. DAM AND BOOM LAW UP PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIOX HOLDS HEARING IX PORTLAND. Tentative Rules and Regulations Drawn and Discussed Final Action Expected Today. Rules and regulations governing the building of dams and booms, and the driving, catching and identification of logs and timber products were con sidered yesterday by the Oregon Public Service Commission at a hearing at the Courthouse, in which logging and tim ber representatives from various parts of the state participated. Tentative rules and regulations were adopted, which will be redrafted and finally con sidered today. Companies shall file with the Commission articles of incor poration 10 days before being granted a franchise, also a tariff for each class of service, which shall be for public inspection, and every three months a statement of all forest products han dled. The hearing was attended by Frank A. Rowe, Wheeler, Or.; T. G. Rees, Port land; H. A. Sprager, Portland; G. P. McLeod, Hammond Lumber Company; H. O. Starret, Siuslaw Boom Company; O. B. Hinsdale, Gardiner Boom Com pany; Carl E. Fischer, Sheridan; G. M. Cornwall, the Timberman, - Portland; A. C. Shaw, Coos Bay Boom Company; N. J. Sykes, Spauldihg Logging Company; Philip Mult, Mill Creek, Or. i $1.50 Table Cloths $1 A fine Tuesday sale of fringed ta ble cloths in 58x70-inch size. Red and blue borders. Linen Shop, Second Floor. HoneycombBed Spreads $1.49 Slightly imperfect bedspreads of our regular $2.75 grade. Can be easily mended. Size 86x90 inches. No phone nor C. O. D. orders taken. While any remain $1.49. Second Floor, Fifth Street. New Japanese Crepe 29c 30 inches wide. Fast colors in a large selection of fancy and plain stripes, checks and plaids as well as solid colors. Fine for women's and children's dresses and men's shirts. Wash Goods Shop. Second Floor. AUT0IST DIES AT WHEEL Machine of C. A. Li. Berglund Runs Into Bank When Driver Expires. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) C. A. L. Berglund, 69 years old, an expert pruner, was stricken with heart disease this morning while at the wheel of his automobile and died. The automobile, skirting a steep em bankment, ran to the opposite side of the road, and, with the wheels in a ditch, the engine stopped. Mr. Berg lund's dead body, his hands still on the wheel, was taken from the driver's seat. Mr. Berglund was a native of Sweden. With- his family he name to ijhuw 21 years tga, ectUiaj; is 2&i nesota. The family removed here 10 years ago. He is survived by his widow and five children. CITY LOSES 15TH EMPLOYE Assistant Engineer of Aberdeen Leaves to Join Colors. ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) Assistant City Engineer Wat kins will leave this week in answer to the call to the colors. He is the 15th city hall employe here to join the colors. Mr. Watkins will be a Second Lieutenant and is going to Fort Leav enworth, Kan., for three months of training. Other city employes who have enlisted are: W. - L. Sharp, Victor Johnson, Lance Mo- rarmoth, Joe Penn and Fred Whitney, all of the enpineeringr department: Cederio Greene, Robert Rowe and Albert Featherly, ot the water department; A. E. Vaughn, Gus Adams and Harry Adams, of the Wish kah water project; Klllaly Greene, superin tendent of parks, and C. F. Taylor and J. Stewart, firemen. Western Washington Fires Checked. SEATTLE. Aug. 20. Forest fires in the Hood Canal region, in Clallam County along the Stratt of Juan De Fuca. in Cowlitz County along the Co lumbia and in Eastern King County are all under control, according to re ports received by the Washington fire association today. No reports were re ceived on Eastern Washington's fires, but these had been previously reported virtually under control. Read The Oregonian classified ads.