Morning Oregonian., November 10, 1917, Page 5, Image 5

TIIE MORNING OREGONTAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1917.
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MR. STANFIELD IS
IN RECEPTIVE MOOD
Speaker of House at Last Leg
islature Says "He Is int
Hands of His Friends."
MANY LETTERS RECEIVED
Correspondents in All Parts of State
Urge Eastern Oregon Slieepman
to Seek Either Senatorshlp
or Governorship.
T am In the hands of my frlen3s. I
would like to serve my state. But. as
In the past, I wish to do only what my
friends think I can and should do."
In those three brief sentences ut
tered at the Imperial Hotel yesterday.
Robert X. Stanfield. Speaker of the
J louse at the last session of the Legis
lature, came just as near as he ever
has of saying- that he would be a. can
didate for political office next year.
And that was all he did say with ref
erence to the political situation. He
Immediately suggested to the inter
Viewer other subjects for discussion.
Home Paper Starts "Feeler.
Tor several weeks Mr. Stanfield has
leen regarded a. probable candidate for
tTnited States Senator or Governor on
the Republican ticket next year. His
prospective candidacy assumed more
formidable proportions two weeks ago
vhen his home-town paper, the Stan
field Standard, published a special edi
tion and mailed a copy to every Repub
lican voter in the state, strongly urg
ing the indorsement of Mr. Stanfield for
one of these two offices.
This plan for feeling out the senti
ment of the Republican voters with
reference to Mr. Stanfield was con
ceived by a group of his personal and
political friends in Eastern Oregon, who
financed the distribution of the spe
cial issue of the Standard. The scheme
lias produced results. In the last week
Mr. Stanfield has received several hun
dred letters from voters representing
ill sections of the state. Some urge
him to seek the Governorship. Others
would prefer to see him enter the Sen
atorial contest. A majority of these
correspondents clearly expressed the
wish that he represent the state at
"Washington.
Mr. Stanfield Is Non-Committal.
Close friends of Mr. Stanfield are
Just as reticent as he as to whether or
not he will be a candidate for any of
fice and. if he does decide to be a candi
date, for which office he will aspire.
It is agreed generally by his friends
that Jlr. Stanfield will be influenced
largely in any decision he may reach
by the tenor of the letters he is re
ceiving from Republicans throughout
the state. Developments as to other
candidates for the Senatorshlp and the
Governorship in the meantime, it is ad
mitted also will have some bearing on
the situation.
Mr. Stanfield said yesterday that his
visit to Portland at this time was en
tirely of a business nature. He had
just returned from Harney and Mal
heur counties, where he arranged for
the wintering of several bands of sheep,
and passed the greater part of the day
at the stockyards. Mr. Stanfield will
return to his home at Stanfield tomor
row night. . . .
WOMEN OPEN EXHIBIT
SURGICAL DRESSING COMMITTEE
PREPARES FOR BAZAAR.
targe Collection of Articles ott Is on
Display In Lewis Arcade, Thirteenth
and Washington.
The surgical dressings committee
that has worked untiringly for many
months making bandages and othei
supplies for the allies will have an Im
portant place in the Allied Bazaar to
be held December 5, 6, 7, and 8 in the
Municipal Auditorium.
Much mystery and anticipation is at-
Tacned to the booth this groun of wor
cn will sponsor, and as a preliminary
they have opened an exhibition of their
wares at Thirteenth and Washington
streets, in the Lewis Arcade, where
xnere are on display a goodly collection
of articles that will be sold at the mod
erate sum of 50 cents apiece. The ar
ticles are all to go at the same uric
but it will be a matter of luck as to
which one the purchaser will get, for
they will be allotted not by choice, but
ty ticket. There will be no chance
rame. of course, because every article
is worth 50 cents or more some, in
deed, are worth many dollars.
Mrs. Holt Wilson and Mrs. E. L.
Thompson are chairmen of the commit
tee. Mrs. C. B. Woodruff and Mrs.
Hepburn are on the central committee.
Mrs. A. U. Maxwell heads a committee
on accumulation and Mrs. Allen Lewis
end Mrs. W. H. Nunn are at the head
of the exhibition committee. Mrs. O. A.
Lyman has charge of the finances and
Mrs. Harry Mayer of the distribution
and final awardings.
All persons who wish to contribute
tome good article that would be ap
propriate for the booth may call at the
exhibit shop. Thirteenth and Washing
ton streets, where they will be cordial
ly welcomed.
IS FEARED
study her lessons with them. She
always passed through the back yard
and alley gate on her way to her
friends' home.
It is believed that the kidnaper
knew of this and lay in wait to seize
the girl. During the last week she has
discontinued her evening trips on ac
count of the early darkness.
"I can't imagine who would want to
kidnap my daughter, unless they were
white slavers . or wanted a ransom."
said Mayor Fawcett.
DAIGHTER OF TACOMA MAYOR IS
SAID TO BE SHADOWED.
BIG WHEAT SAVING MADE
Julius Barnes Points Out Decrease
In Consumption of Flour.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Nov. 9. Co
operation of millers, farmers, grain
dealers and consumers has made it pos
sible for the food administration grain
corporation to effect a big saving of
the cojntry's wheat supply, Julius
ACTIVE BUSINESS CAREER
COVERS MA.VY TEARS.
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TAG OA! TO RAISE
ARMY GIFT FUNDS
Money Will Be Used to Get
Christmas Packages for
Soldiers in France.
THURSDAY SET FOR DRIVE
B. F. Allen.
B. F. Allen, who died at his
home in this city last Tuesday,
aged 84 years, was one of Crook
County's first County Commis
sioners. Funeral services were
held Thursday and interment
followed in Riverview Cemetery.
Mr. Allen was a native of Illi
nois, where he was born March
17, 1833. Coming to Oregon in
1868, Mr. Allen first settled at
Halsey, Linn County, removing
three years later to a farm near
Prinjville where he was engaged
in sheep raising until 1904. when
he came to Portland.
Mr. Allen is survived by five
children, one son and four daugh
ters: Alfred Allen, Mrs. Mary
Smith and Mrs. Ella La Grande,
of this city; Mrs. T. H.iLa Follett
and Mrs. Emma Proase, of Frine-ville.
Barnes, president of the corporation,
declared here today.
Mr. Barnes said the decrease in flour
consumption amounts to 20 per cent.
He said that flour mills have increased
their production 15 per cent above last
year, which is in line with the corpora
tion's policy of encouraging flour mill
ing and exportation of flour rather
than wheat. lour exports will total
approximately 35,000,000 barrels, as
compared with a normal export of 15,
000,000 barrels, he said.
AUTO OWNERS ARRESTED
Traffic Expert Checking on Drivers
In Clarke County.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. D (Spe
cial.) Automobile owners and mer
chants who are not complying with
the auto code or weights and measures
laws are being brought into court in
large numbers by . H. W. Myers, spe
cial agent of the Secretary of State,
who is spending a few weeks in the
county, checking up automobile li
censes, lights, speed regulations and
other details and at the same time is
inspecting measures and scales.
A number of automobile owners
operating stage or for hire cars have
had to procure proper licenses.
12 ACCIDENTS ARE FATAL
Oregon Has Heaviest Week's Losses
Since State Carried Insurance.
SALEM. Or.. Nov. 9. The largest
number of fatal accidents reported for
any single week since the organization
of the Oregon Industrial Accident Com
mission is contained in the statement
for the week ending November 8. The
report shows 12 fatal accidents.
Seven of the fatalities resulted from
an accident near Reedville. when a
train crashed into an automobile. The
remainder were distributed through
various industries.
Jap Liner Grounds.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. Advices
that the Japanese liner Tenyo Maru
had grounded while entering an Ori
ental port on November 4, but was
floated the next day, were received
tcnieht by the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce. No particulars were
given.
Within Xext Ten Days Portland
Must Purchase and Ship Abroad
Total of 6125 Vnletlde Re
membrances for Troops.
Within 10 days Portland must pur
chase and ship 6125 Christmas packages
to American soldiers in France, if the
city keeps pace with the quota assigned
to it. A tag day has been declared for
next Thursday, when members of the
various women's clubs of the city, under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Ferdinand E.
Reed, will launch the drive.
The gift packages, which General
Pershing has promised will be delivered
to every soldier in France on Christ
mas night, are packed in comfort kits.
They contain letter paper, envelopes
and pencil, khaki handkerchief, three
packages of chewing gum. knapsack
ration of milk chocolate or assorted
candy, trench mirror, playing cards, pit
or dominoes, two packages of tobacco,
two packages of cigarettes. . The value
of the gift is approximately $2.
Organisation Is Formed.
The action of the clubs was requested
by Lewis A. McArthur, of the Red Cross,
who asked assistance in obtaining
funds for the Christmas remembrances.
At a meeting held yesterday by women
members of local clubs an organization
was perfected and Mrs. Ferdinand E.
Reed was named chairman.
The dilemma of raising the money
was solved by the Laureinurst nuo,
which sponsored the tag day plan. Tags
will be sold for 25 cents, while large
tags, for display In the windows of
business houses, will sell for $1. W. P.
Strandborg was appointed to place at
tractive card advertisements In all
streetcars. The tag day was officially
sanctioned yesterday by all members of
the City Council.
Drive Leaders Named.
Leaders of the drive in the down
town district will be: Mrs. A. M. Craw
ford, of the Rose City Club: Mrs. Anton
Giebisch, of the Shakespeare Club: Mrs.
A. J. Browning, of the Alameda CluD;
Mrs. R. A. Stewart, of the Irvington
Club: Mrs. J. B. Kerr, of the Portland
Heights Club: Mrs. V. E. Reed, of the
Laurelhurst Club.
HOSTESS HOUSE DONE
Y. AV. C. A. CAMP LEWIS BUILDING
TO BE DEDICATED TODAY.
work under the charge of the commis
sion just now that needs cars.
If the restrictions on open cars con
tinues through next Summer, the com-'
mission will be ready to meet the exi
gencies, Mr. Nunn declares. Plans are
already going ahead for opening gravel
pits and rock quarries and having these
established at such points as will en
able the department to carry out its
highway programme without a hitch.
Cars coming under the order of the
priority commission, acting under in
structions of the President, are to be
used for hauling spruce in the Govern
ment's programme of speeding up the
airplane output. It affects open flat
cars and gondolas and, according to
G. A. Newell, .of the Southern Pacific
system, a total of 30 of its cars are con
scripted. Prediction of such action was con
tained in a Washington dispatch a few
days igo. President Wtlson issued the
order preparatory to the final notifica
tion to railroads. last Tuesday and final
instructions reached Portland yester
day. Immediate compliance will be had
from all roads.
COMMISSION IS UPHELD
WASHINGTON COURT DECLARES
FRANCHISE SUSPENDED.
Denied Appeal of Seattle From Street
ear Fare Decision to Go to
Supreme Court.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Nov.. 9. (Special.)
Contention of all first-class cities of
the state that franchise provisions are
superior to public service jurisdiction
is totally denied by Judge John R.
Mitchell, of the Thurston County Su
perior Court, in passing upon an appeal
taken by the city of Seattle against a
commission order canceling a franchise
requirement that the streetcar company
sell 25 tickets for $1. The appeal will
now be carried up to the Supreme Court
for final adjudication of an issue that
has been bitterly contested since the
Public Service Commission act was
passed in 1911.
In substance Judge Mitchell holds
that the act, through exercise of police
power by the state, relieved the street
car company from the necessity of com
plying with the 'franchise provision re
quiring the sale of commutation tickets
If the Public Service Commission grants
such relief on a showing that the re
quirement is unreasonable. Proof of
reasonableness or unreasonableness of
a rate is held ample if convincing to
the commission. The decision declares
no court would undertake to disturb
the commission's findings from the evi
dence if examined in this case.
This decision follows closely upon a
ruling of the commission whereby a gas
company was permitted to increase
rates prior to a hearing of consumers'
protests. In consequence the Seattle
City Council formally petitioned Gov
ernor Lister to remove the Public Serv
ice Commissioners. The Governor de
clined to act.
War Contract Is Awarded.
NORFOLK. Va., Nov. 9. Contracts
have been let to James Stewart & Co.,
Clothe Your Boys
in these nobby
Suits and Overcoats
at $12.50
These are the clothes made for Oregon boys
to wear through an Oregon Winter.
Full of service is every stitch.
Style a-plenty, too. Cut and tailored with all the
care given to their older brothers' clothes.
Every sturdy fabric that's good
that's in favor.
See them here today
intensified service at $12.50,
very pattern
suits and overcoats of
NIKS SUITS for boys; double seat,
double knees. Mighty good suits, $8.50.
Juniors' Suits and Overcoats
$5.50 to $10
Clever styles for the smaller boys warm, snugly
fitting garments that make the little chaps feel
"growed up."
Boys' M ackinaws $5 to $8J)0
The Second Floor Elevator Service
oerLBeiliiiQ
JjLSMorrisonStreet at Fourth
Inc., of New Tork, for more than 110,
000,000 worth of construction work in
connection with the Government's war
preparations on Hampton Roads.
SPRUCE PLANT PROPOSED
Assembling Yard Run by Millmcn
and Government Suggested.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Nov. 9. (Spe
cial.) If a suggestion made by Captain
Russell Hawkins, of Portland, and in
dorsed by mill owners of Grays Har
bor results in Government action, this
harbor may see the building of a million-dollar
plant for the assembling of
spruce for airplanes.
The suggestion was made by Captain
Hawkins after a general discussion
held at the Hotel Washington yester
day, where Captain Hawkins and other
Government officials met the lumber
manufacturers of the two cities. It was
Captain Hawkins' suggestion thai the
Government might Join with the lum
bermen in planning a mill which wou'd
take the spruce immediately after It
was cut by the mills and cut It up
ready for airplane use. This would
eliminate the hauling East of large
quantities of spruce that proves of no
use.
Albany Resident Dies.
ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.)
William F. Becker, for the past 10
years a resident of Albany and vicinity,
died this morning at his home east
of this city, aged 49 years. He was a
native of Germany, but had resided
most of his life at Flint. Mich. He
was a member of the Masonic fra
ternity. He is survived by his widow,
one brother and three sisters.
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian Main 7070. A 6095.
Group of Diatlnguiahed Women From
Pacific Northwest Cities Will Be
In Attendance.
TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 9. (Special.)
Completion of another unit for the
comfort and happiness of the men of
the National Army and their families
in the West will be celebrated tomor
rok with a public reception and open
ing for the dedication of the hostess
house of the Young Women's Christian
Association at Camp Lewis. Leaders
of women's work in the Northwest, es
pecially in the work of the association,
are assembling in Tacoma today for the
event.
A group of distinguished women will
receive the guests. Among them will
be Mrs. Greene, wife of Major-General
H. A. Greene; Mrs. Chester Thorne.
chairman of the building committee;
Mrs. William T. Burrell and Mrs. C. D.
Stimson, of Seattle; Mrs. Helen Ladd
Corbett and Mrs. William MacMasters,
of Portland, and Miss Constance Clark,
hostess, who is the daughter of an
Army officer.
ROAD WORK IS STOPPED
OPEN CARS TAKEN FROM BIG1IWAT
CONSTRUCTION BY V. S.
Sheridan Pavlnc Operations Come to
Sudden End Gondolas Are
to Haul Spruce.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 9. (Special.)
Work on the Sheridan paving, being
done by the State Highway Commis
sion, came to a sudden end today when
the Federal Government pulled all open
cars for hauling sand and gravel off
from highway construction.
This leaves the Sheridan work as it
is until next Spring, at least, said the
State Highway Engineer today. The
paving work there on the three-mile
job is two-thirds done. By a fortunate
chance this happens to be the only
Police Guards Are Thrown Around Ex
ecutive's Home Efforts Made to
Apprehend Lone Autolat.
TACOMA. W'ash.. Nov. 9. (Special.)
Believing that deliberate attempts
are being made to kidnap Miss Mar
garet 1L Fawcett. 15-year-old daughter
of Mayor A. V. Fawcett. police guards
have been thrown about the home of
the Mayor for two nights and police
detectives are on the trial of the sup
posed kidnaper.
Deepest secrecy has been maintained
concerning the kidnaping attempt in
the hope' that the persons involved
might be caught red-handed. A strange
auto occupied by only a driver has been
taken to a point in an alley behind the
Mayor's home almost every night for
two weeks. The driver has loitered
about the alley and. whenever anyone
approached, has slunk into the shadows
or behind telephone poles to keep his
identity hidden. Miss Fawcett has been
In the habit of visiting girl friends in
the next block early in the evenings to
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"The collapse of the Italian Eastern front is disheartening to the Allies, says the Indi
anapolis News, "not because it points to sure defeat, but because it postpones their victory.
In all sections of the country, we find the press discussing this staggering and
unexpected blow in a tone not of pessimism, but of increased hopefulness and
grim determination. The Chicago Tribune remarks that "the Stars and Stripes are
in the trenches to-day, and they are going forward there, not back, forward till the
enemy's power is beaten down, and he is ready for peace for all time;" while the Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph remarks that "Germany is making a fight to a finish and America
must deliver the knockout blow.' A full-page map graphically explains the
military operations.
In THE LITERARY DIGEST for November 10th, the leading article discusses
from every ?ngle the recent retreat of the Italian army and its probable effect in bringing
ultimate victory to the Allies.
This number of 'The Digest' is particularly interesting, as a glance at the
following headings, describing additional articles, will prove :
"Over The Top" With Men and Money
'With the Money We Are Borrowing: We Are Going to Give You Men the Best Guns and the
' Best Equipment in the World, and We Hope to Put on Every Gun a Bayonet
That WU1 Reach to Berlin. Secretary McAdoo.
The Year's Ten Best Poems
Germany's Arson Offensive
Arab Joy at Turk Defeats
The Issue That is Splitting Russia
German ."Cash ;- for Our War-Chest
Elect ricaF Work;- for the - Blind
London Amazement at the Lincoln Quarrel
How War Saves the' Classics
Preferring Luther to Calvin
The Coming Evacuation of Belgium
Germany's Twenty-first Enemy
War-weary Vienna
The Transatlantic Flight is Coming
Are Tired People Poisoned?
The Bay-crowned Poets
What the Soldier Reads
Are We to Make Reprisals?
The Next Generation
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of a Lithograph by Joseph Pennell, Famous American Artist
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