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THE MORNING - OREGOJiTAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. ISWISS FACE PUZZLE LOCATING COMPANY BARRED FROM MAIL terday that negotiations are under way to complete the business arrangement, but was not able to state how much progress had been made thus far. Norman Rupp, of Portland, is a son of President Rupp, of the Michigan company, but- said yesterday he was not in any way connected with th deal. . . The deal is being handled through the Alinneapolis office of the Shevlin Hixon Company, and may be con cluded already, Mr. Shevlin said yes terday. The blocking out of the prop erty was settled upon some time ago. and the final details are now of little importance. Mr. Shevlin said. National Forest, vice-grand: Miss Helen Ramsdell. Cove postmaster, sec retary; F. A. Galloway. Mayor of Cove, treasurer of local ledge. As this is the first convention held since the -66th anniversary of the Rebekah assembly, there will be interesting reminiscences of special Interest to members of the order. ITALIANS HOLD PLATEAU ing to official dispatches received here from Rome. The troops are consolidating posi tions lately won, and the principal of fensive activity at present is by Italian airplanes scouting over the Austrian linns and bombarding depots and col umns of troops. It is the opinion among Italian offi cials here that the Austrians are trying to fortify their lines so as to have good Winter quarters by the time the snows interfere with active operations. ROME. Sept. 27. The Italian offi cial communication today says: "Along the entire front our gallant patrols have caused damage to the enemy and otherwise harassed him. Prisoners have been taken in the Posina region, and arms and ammuni tion- on the Carso front. Our bombins airplanes have been active. Death "Stumps' 'Undertaker. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 20. The fu neral of John Lewis Ingram, who weighs 53S pounds, is being delayed because -the undertaker was forced to wire for a casket large enough for him. Ingram died following a three days' illness. He is survived by his widow and his mother. He traveled about the city in a buggy built espe cially for him, and his chairs and bed at home were made to fit. The principle of the X-ray was first applied in 1895. TECTOSS DKITES FROM E7TTTRE BAIXSIZZA REGIOX. Big Food Problem Yet to Be Solved by Thrifty Folk. Crops in Diking District Big. KELSO, Wash.. Sept. 27. (Special.) A 70-ton crop of hay was cut from a 20-acre field of clover and timothy in Diking district No. 2 this Summer by C. F. Jabusch and the second crop will give 100 tons of silage. J. C. Eldred has harvested a three-acre crop of on lons. getting more than 1000 bushels. Autrlans Believed to Be Mating: Ef forts to Fortify Lines for Com fortable Winter Quarters. Fraud Order Issued Against Sale of Maps of Rail road Grant Lands. BREAD POOR IN QUALITY WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Italian troops have completed their occupation of the entire Bainsizza Plateau, which is now firmly in Italian hands, accord 6 DECEPTION IS CHARGED TJnited States Attorney Takes Posi tion Company Offers for Sale Xo Information Government Will Xot Give Free at Later Date. ORI3GONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash Ingtpn, Sept.. 27. A fraud order has beet Issued by the Fostoffice Depart ment against the Grant Lands Locating Company, at Portland, for using, the mails to defraud In connection with the sale of a. map alleging to eive all Information concerning O. & C. grant lands In Oregon. C. Ferguson Smith, who Is sole owner snd proprietor of this company, has advertised extensively In newspapers In the United States that these lands are to be opened for homestead sale, and offering for sale at $1 a map pur porting to give the location and full description or the lands. The lands have not yet been opened for home stead sale, and it is not known when they will be, and the map was found to be Inaccurate and worthless. Cor rect and full information will be made rubllc by the Government at the proper time. Many Letters Received Dally. Smith, residing at the Ritz Hotel at Tortland. is said to have obtained 17000 from the sale of these maps, and the Postmaster, F. S. Myers, reports that Smith, is receiving 83 letters a .. day besides 332 newspapers. The fraud order closing the mails to the Grant Lands Locating Company was issued by tl Postoffice Depart ment .at the instance of Clarence L. Reames, United States Attorney for Oregon, after C. Ferguson Smith, pro prietor of the company, had been af forded the opportunity of making an answer to the complaint. Mr. Reames recommended the order after a thorough investigation of the company's map-selling scheme. The maps, which It advertised for sale through the columns of email news papers all over the country, were sim ply checkerboard maps of the land Krant counties, showing the locations of the different land-grant quarter sections, which were colored in red. Advertising; Appeals to Farmers. The maps were to be sold at il, t. 13 and $5, according to size. Mr. Reames explained last night that the company's advertising gave the impression that the grant lands were open for settlement now. They were to written as to appeal to farmers, and to make it appear that great areas of fertile lands In the grant could be taken up. "I took the position. said Mr. Reames, "that the company didn't have any information to sell that the Gov ernment 'would not give away free "when the lands are opened for settle ment. I felt that the scheme should be stopped In its inception before ac tual fraud was committed." The Portland Chamber of Commerce nd various commercial clubs had co operated in issuing warnings against the map scheme of the company. It is understood that criminal pro ceedings against the company are not contemplated by the Government, the order closing the mafls to it being con sidered sufficient. TIMBER DEAL IS TRADE MILLIONS OK FEET OB" YELLOW PIKE IXTOLVED. Bend's Tiro Large Milling: Companies Are Exchanging Holdings in Or i der to Save en Logglns;. Officials of the Brooks-Scanlon Lum ber Company, of Bend, are negotiating with the Shevlin-Hixon Company, also cf Bend, and the Huron Timber Com pany, of Saginaw, Mich., for the pur chase of approximately 370,000,000 feet of timber located in the yellow pine belt of Central Oregon. The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company find the Shevlin-Hixon company each operates a big cawmlll in Bend and eacli of them has extensive holdings In that locality. It is said the deal now under way is but the second and con cluding chapter In a business arrange- xnent wnereDy their respective holdings are traded in order to suit their con veniences. Recently the Shevlin-Hixon company took title from the Brooks-Scanlon mill to a large tract in the vicinity of their holdings, and now the programme is to complete the deal by transferring some 22,000 acres with about 300 000 -COO feet from the Shevlin-Hixon to the Brooks-Scanlon people, thereby avoid ing the necessity of duplicating rail road extensions. Some 6000 acres by the Huron Timber Company. ot-which John J. Rupp is president, is located in the belt that is accessible to the pres ent Brooks-Scanlon holdings. E. C. Shevlin, of this city, who is interested in the transaction, said yes- WAR TIME NERVOUSNESS In these war times many people are living in an unnatural condition of nervous excitement. Unless something is done to correct it the inevitable result will be a nervous breakdown, an exhaustion of nervous energy that may take a very serious and unfore seen turn. ... Neurasthenia is one such result with Its accompaniment of worry, lrrltabil ' lty, oversensltiveness and severe head ache. It means that the patient has lost the power-to recover and store up energy. The condition will grow .worse if not corrected. The treatment is one of nutrition of the nerve cells, requiring a non-alcoholic tonic As the nerves get their nourishment' from' the blood, the treat ment must be directed towards build ing up the blood. Dr. Williams' Pink I'llls act directly on the blood and have proved of the greatest benefit In many cases of neurasthenia. A ten dency, to anemia, or bloodlessness, shown by most neurasthenic patients. Is jilao corrected by these tonio pills. Two -useful books, "Diseases -of the Nervous System" and "What to Eat and How to Eat," will be sent free by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schen ectady. N. Y. Your own druggist sells lr. Williams' Pick Pills. Adv. CAMPAIGN TO OPEN SOON C. A. Miller Here From Washington to Push Liberty liond Sale. The campaign for subscriptions to the second issue of liberty bonds will be well under way within the next few days. C. A. Miller, special representa tive of the Government, who will have f t PORTLAND BOYS JOIN IT KITED ' STATES AVIATION CORPS. t t r - n t t mh -A ' t if : . , v V . j Archie F. Roth. Archie F. Roth, son of Dr. J. B. Roth, was born in Portland, Or., and graduated from the Wash ington High School, where he was the star basketball player and one of the best In the Inter scholastic League. He was man ager of the Washington High School football team last year. Several months ago he en listed in the United States Avi ation Corps, and a week ago re ceived orders to report at the Aviation School at Berkeley, Cal. general supervision of the work here, has arrived and is preparing for the work. The arrival of Secretary McAdoo, of the Treasury Department, and his ap pearance at a public meeting at the Auditorium, October 10, will give a de cided Impetus to the campaign. Frank Wilson, a representative of the Treas ury Department, also will come to Portland la the interests of the' loan soon. DEAF MAN IS ACCUSED John Ewen Arrested at Aberdeen for Tearing Down Draft Rules. ABERDEEN, WaBh., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) John Ewen, a deaf man, who has been a resident of Aberdeen for some years, was arrested todav h v the Government agent on a charge of tear ing down draft instructions from a newspaper bulletin board. Ewen refused to discuss the matter following his arrest, although the officers wrote questions on a paper and asked him to answer them. One sheet of the draft Instructions was found in his pocket when he was taken to the station. He is to be held pending an investi gation of his case by Federal authorities. WOMEN TO BE REGISTERED Dates for Service Enlistment Set In Sixteen States. WASHINGTON, Sept 27. Definite plans for registration of the Nation's woman power were approved today by the women's committee of the Council of National Defense. . Dates for regis tration already have been set in 16 states, ten of them by Governor's proc lamations, and In three the work al ready is under way. In some states reg istration will be carried out gradually mruusn io local organizations. It was made clear todav that whlia listing of all women Is desired, registra tion is purely voluntary, and only women who seek Government service will assume any obligation. HOOD RIVER JAPANESE AID Fund Being Raised to Defray Ex pense of YV. H. Hardy's Trip. HOOT3 -RTTVVn tlr Smnt T claL) A campaign to raise funds for financing the tour to be made of Japan by W. H. Hardy, of Portland, who accompanied Commodore Perry on his visit to ins jNipconese kingdom 61 years ago, is being subscribed to lib erally by local Japanese ranchers and fruitgrowers. Subscription papers have been placed on a counter at the store of Yasul Bros., local Japanese mer chants. At the head of them appears a photograph of Mr. Hardy. contributes ' something to the cam paign, says At. xasuu Toothful Forger Paroled. ' GRANGE VTLLE,' ' Idaho, Sept. 27. (Special.) Crate McLean pleaded guil ty to the charge of forgery recently In the District Court,, and was placed under parole for one year by Judge1 Steele. McLean is only 22 years old, and because of - this fact the court was lenient. He is to' report to Sheriff Yates at regular intervals. Wife of Pioneer Called. EUGENT. Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Helen Lovena Crow', wife of J. A. J. Crow, a pioneer resident of Lane County. . She is survived by her husband and one son. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the I. O. O. F. Hall at Crow, interment being made "In the McCulloch Cemetery. Bail Is Forfeited. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) Chief Lenhart and First Officer Simon, of the steam schooner Johan Paulsen, who were arrested a few days ago on a charge of having liquor In their pos session unlawfully, failed to appear for trial in the Justice Court and their bail of 150 each has been declared forfeited. The annual sootfall of Pittsburg is said to be 1031 tons a square pails. Suppression of Two Meatless Days Caused by Cheese Supply Giv ing: Out Sugar Cards Make Division Equitable. LAUSANNE. Sept. 10. The price of bread has increased again, being now 71 centimes for a kilo loaf, and flour is M centimes the kilo. The bread is dark, sour and far from wholesome. Doctors say that the war flour, com posed of many mixtures, too great a proportion of bran, rye and other irri tating ingredients, i3 causing a great deal of sickness and aggravating the state of those who already suffer from intestinal troubles. Many consider It would be far better to have less bread, but made from a better quality of flour. No decision has been come to yet about the issuing of bread cards. Opinions differ much. One deputy con siders that the daily ration should be at least 450 grammes per person; in his opinion the war ration, us pro posed, of 275 grammes, would be too drastic all at once. Food experts all realize the necessity for . farmers to have a larger ration than the towns people. There is even a rumor that the allowance, when it comes, may be In ferior to 275 grammes, owing to the rapid deletion of wheat reserves and the extraordinary difficulties the Fed eral government has in chartering ships. A few Spanish boats have been acquired lately, but the cargoes will be far below what is required. Bread is now sold 38 hours old. The government Is to requisition all the new harvest of wheat grown in Switzerland. The present allowance of butter is 200 grammes monthly per person. This may not last long; only -DO grammes can be bought at a time, even for a family. The suppression of the two weatless days was caused by the cheese supply giving out. The enormouv amount sent to German) as "compensation" had the result of diminishing the reserve to such an extent that people naturally became anxious, seeing that meatless days also caused a larger consumption of cheese. It is truly deplorable that by an excessive exportation the popu lation of Switzerland should now be deprived of a food of the first neces sity. Cheese Is no longer allowed to be sold on the Wednesday market days in Lausanne. Since the Introduction of rice-cards the consumption has Increased instead of diminished, as it had been hoped. As for sugar-cards. It Is found that the consumption of this commodity is about stationary, but the cards have the effect of making the division equitable. CHEHALIS CLUB IS ACTIVE City's Share of War Library Fund Is Nearly Raised. CHEHALIS, Wash., Sept 27. (Spe cial.) The St. Helens Club of this city held Its first regular meeting Wednes day afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. A. Renolds. A report of the state feder ation meeting at North Yakima was given by the delegates, Mrs. N. B. Coff man and Mrs. J. T. McCutcheon. The club appointed a committee to appear before the County Commissioners and endorse the proposed county nurse for tuberculosis. The club has been asked to raise the $225 assigned to Chehalis as the share of the war library fund and they have secured all but about $50 of the sum. Plans have been laid for this year's work and prospects are good for a splendid year. Baker Has 2 000 Cbolce Lambs. BAKER, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) The receipt of 2000 of what are said to be among the finest Iambs in Eastern Oregon was announced by John Hoke today. The lambs were received by Mr. Hoke at Haines yesterday and were bought by him from Joseph Hayes and E. O. Neal, of Heppner. Mr. Hoke says that the lambs bought from Mr. Neal averaged 85 pounds and those he pur chased from Mr. Hayes averaged 75 pounds each. Cove Oddfellows Will Attend. COVE, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) Many members of Wild Rose Lodge, No. 102, Oddfellows, are preparing to attend the Rebekah district convention at Summerville Friday. Among the number are Mrs. Nellie Martin, noble grand; v. u. Foreman, chief ranger Grande Ronde District No. 3, Minan rill " is. 4 '-'He Had a Sayings Account" This is the fre q u e n t remark heard in speak ing of some un usually success ful man very often an ex tremely young man. The facts are, briefly, that the. advisability of consistent ef fort toward sav ings was heeded and the oppor tunity arose to accomplish t h e unusual. You can do the same. Start a savings account in this strong state bank. One dollar or more starts you. l t ; LaddTilton BANK. Was hi ncrtoa ana intra Every item represented in this Sale is the very newest Fall goods. No goods sent on approval. No exchanges. Come today. A Merchandising Event That Has Taken Portland by Storm For Friday and Saturday reater ptei ruber Sale Brings Newest Fall Garments and Millinery at Great Savings! THE EMPORIUM was thronged all day Thursday with thousands of women. Never before has there been an event like this right at the start of the Fall season. Just think of reducing the newest Fall Suits, Coats, Dresses and Millinery at the very time you want it most. Greater September Sale will continue until 6 o'clock Saturday night. If you have not attended this big sale don't fail to come today the values are wonderful. Models Exactly as Shown Here. ' 11 T I -f J On Sale Today. Q f r ' Choice of 150 COATS 150 of the newest Fall coats marked special for Greater September Sale. This big lot includes the very newest mod els in Broadcloths, fine Velours, Kerseys, Plushes and Burellas. Plain and fur-trimmed. We promise this every coat in this assort ment is worth much more than $25. Only 150 women can take advantage select early. Choice of 100 Lovely SUITS Every new model every new material for Fall will be found in this assortment of suits. We won't quote comparative prices, but these suits are worth much more than $25. Materials are Gabardines, Serges, Twills, Poplins, Oxfords and Mannish Mix tures such fabrics found in suits selling up to $40. We'll let you be the judge. All sizes. Se lect early for first choice. 126 New EALL COATS The greatest lot of coats ever shown in Portland at anything like the price. New Velours, Cheviots and Mixtures plush and fur-trimmed. All the new- est shades for Fall. Greater September Sale. $1S.35 Great Group o New Fall Suits GREATER September, Sale brings another ex traordinary assortment of suit values. Suits at $17.45 fine materials, such as serges and poplins, ine very new est colors. New styles in pretty plaits and button-trimmed effects. Greater September w U O Sale Sfl 7 AK Lovely Silk FROCKS Lovely conceptions in Messa lines, Taffetas and Crepe de Chines. New Bouffant drapes and tunics high-waisted ef fects. All the newest shades, too. We only wish we had twice as many of these lovely frocks to sell at $14-.95 TWELVE DOZEN VOILE WAISTS Here's a waist value that will bring hundreds of women to our Greater September Sale. Scores of dainty, crisp, new blouses. Pretty styles with large collars big, full frills, pretty lace trimming and embroid ered effects. While they ff last ..tpi.yu Scores and scores of newest Georgette and Crepe Blouses very newest styles Fall models Greater September values, $2.98. Furs Priced for Greater September Greater September Sale brings many timely offerings in our Fur Department. Red Fox Animal Scarfs now $11.95 White Iceland Fox Animal Scarfs priced now at $15.50 Taupe Fox Animal Shape at..... $33.50 Hudson Seal Collar ette now $22.50 Hudson Seal Cape priced at $15.00 Russian Fitch Throw priced at $17.50 i Fine quality of Taffeta Silk Petticoats flounces, pretty designs in all new shades er September values, $2J5. Our Greatest Sale of Millinery 300 New Trimmed $ 7.50 Hats, Latest Models for Fall, Go in This Sale at WE VERY nearly had to close our eyes when we put the price mark on these lovely hats. $7.50 would hardly cover the cost of materials and the making. They are made of the finest Lyons silk velvet and silk panne velvet in a wonderful array of the newest shapes. If you have not secured your Fall hat, this is your greatest opportunity. The four styles shown in this ad are exact copies of some of a few of the charm ing models. Only 300 trimmed hats in this big as- tf j r r sortment choose early.. Greater September Sale if) OU W Nil deep -Great- 4