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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917. NONPARTISAN PLAN WILL BE SURVEYED r Join the Red- U. S. War Savings and Thrift Stamps on sale at our Accommodation Bureau, Basement, Sixth Street. Thrift Stamps 25c buy one today and start a thrift card. All Charge Purchases Friday and Balance of Month Go , on January Accounts Made Skirts Cut to Measure Free if materials purchased in our Dress Goods Shpp. Skirts accordion, box or knife pleated for $1. Second Floor, Fifth Street. Cross Today All you need is a heart and a dollar. Help make good Portland's 100,000 quota Memberships in every class issued at our Red Cross .Booth, Main Floor, Sixth Street. Grange, Farmers' Union and Payable Feb. 1st Labor Federation Will Con fer at Corvallis. Rounding Out 27 Years of Weekly Surprise Sales With the Final Friday Surprise in 1917 $ Meier & Frank's 1455th Friday Surprise Sales SENTIMENT TO BE FOUND 18 The- Quaajty' STofeof-poktlamd Advisability of Forming Organiza tion In Oregon Will Depend on Inquiry Legislation Also Will Be Considered. Whether or not the Grange, Farmers? Union and State Federation of Labor shall unite in fostering the organiza tion of the Fatners' Non-Partisan League in this state will be decided by those organlaztions within the next month. If it is decided to introduce the organization into this state, that decision will be reached soon in order that it may take a hand in the primary and general elections next year. This much was admitted yesterday by rep resentatives of the farmer and labor organizations, who admitted that the project was receiving their serious con sideration. The advisability of organizing such a league in this state . will come up for preliminary consideration at Cor vallis January 1. when representatives from the Grange, Farmers' Union and organized labor will be in attendance at the exercises incident to farmers' week held annually at the Agricul tural College. Sentiment to Be Ascertained This gathering on New Tear's day will be addressed by C. E. Spence, of the Grange, and E. J. Stack, secretary of the Oregon State Federation of La bor, as well as by members of the Farmers' Union. This time has been selected as opportune for broaching the subject and ascertaining the senti ment of the state as It may be re flected by those attending the Corval lis meeting. The plan will receive further consid eration at the annual convention of the State Federation of Labor which will be held at Astoria January 14-18, in clusive. O. E. Hartwig, of this city, president of this organization, said yesterday that the attendance at this year's meeting promises to be larger than ever before. During the last year organized labor has extended its opera tions generally throughout the state and the newly-organized unions already have selected delegates to the state gathering. "Aside from considering the prac ticability of launching a farmers' non partisan league in this state, various other matters of Interest to organized labor will come before the Astoria con vention," said Mr. Hartwig yesterday.. Legislation to Be Considered. "Chief of these will be that of de ciding upon a campaign for bringing about the enactment in this state, pos sibly through the initiative, of a law that will extend to the state the pro visions of the Clayton amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law with refer ence to the use of the injunction in re lation to labor disputes. "Organized labor is also desirous of legislation that will make compul sory on all employers of labor the pro visions of the compensation act. Some plan will also be evolved at our state convention for financing the strikes now being waged by employes in the paper mills at Oregon City and Leban on and at Camas, Wash., unless those controversies in the meantime have been adjusted." The present officers of the. State Federation of Labor, in addition to Mr. Hartwig, the president, are: Vice-president, O. E. Hibbs; secretary-treasurer, E. J. Stack; executive board, Arthur Brock, of Portland: A. W. Lawrence, of Salem, and H. M. Lorentsen, of Astoria. 8 PORTLAND PAIR INVOLVED K. C. PARKER AND OPAL COOKSEY ARRESTED TOGETHER. Man Admit Being Slacker and His Companion Confesses She In i Mother of Four. COTTAGE GROVE, Or, Dec S7. especial.) K. C. Parker, recently of fennsylvinla, 25 years of age, and ad mittedly a slacker, was arrested here last night in possession of an auto claimed by the Union Meat Company, of Portland, and in company with a wom an who gave her name as Opal Cook sey, of Portland, and admits being the mother of four children. An employe of the Union Meat Company arrived to day and took the car home and the Multnomah County authorities are ex pected tonight to take charge of the couple. The impassable mud of Pass Creek Canyon proved the undo'lng of the pair. Deputy Sheriff Pitcher did not receive word of the theft until after the car had passed here and he notified the local garages that he wanted to go with the first service car called for the canyon. He had but a few minutes to wait, and sure enough, his auarrv was there. No one familiar with the roads wouia nave attempted to have passed here by the highway. The couple refused to give their names and ages until this afternoon. The man is 25 and the woman probably 10 years older. The man says the woman was ignorant of the theft. He admits his guilt. ! FRANK J SMITH At 2 28 Alder St. Sells you these cheap and absolutely fresh Oregon meats. Kindly note there are no cold-storage meats at Smith's. Top quality prime ribs of beef. 15c. T-bone steak and round steak, 16c Pure pork and veal sausage, 15c Smith's famous corned beef, 10c. Necks of beef and beef stew, 10c Pot roasts of beef and beef hearts, 12 He. Short ribs of beef and veal stew, 12 He. Plenty of fancy veal cutlets. 20c Fresh, sweet veal roasts, 15c and 18c Rib steak and choice Hamburg steak. Beef and veal bones for broth, 5c. Come in the morning for beef tongues, 15c Every morning you get beef liver, 10c. Smith's best carefully graded home grown, highland potatoes, delivered to your home, 3 big sacks, $5. Smith's good mixed potatoes SI for a big sack. Adv. , Father O'Hars to Speak. k Father E. V. CHara will speak in the interest of the Red Cross drive to day at noon at Sixth and Alder streets i r 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE Misses', Children's Angora Caps for 39c To 98c values. A sample line of misses' and children's wool angora caps in many different styles and colors. Some in combinations. Spe cial for Friday only at 39c. Second Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE Children's $1.85 Rain Capes Only $1.59- This special for Friday surprise only. Children's red and blue rub berized sateen rain capes with at tached hood. Sizes from 6 to 14 years. Exceptional at $1.59. Second Floor. 1455 Til FRIDAY SURPRISE Regular 30c Yarn, Skein 18c A Friday disposal of odd skeins of yarn. Many different colors are included in the assortment. Regu larly 30c skein in this Friday sur prise sale at the low price of 18c. .Second Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE Women's Stamped Night Gowns at 69 A very special low price for night gowns of this quality. Stamped night gowns in a great variety of pleasing patterns. All sizes in the lot. Special at 69c. Second Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE $1.00 to $1.25 Flouncing, Yard 69c 27-inch lawn and batiste embroid ery flouncing with dainty floral de signs combined with Filet edges. For misses' wear, undermuslins and grad uation frocks. Yard only 69c. Main Floor. 1455TII FRIDAY SURPRISE Friday Sale $1.50 Table Cloths for $1 An extra special sale for Friday only 58-inch round scalloped, mer cerized table cloths that sell regu larly for $1.50. Very specially priced for Friday surprise at only $1. Second Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE $12.50 to 16.50 Coats For Misses and Women $10 Just 75 of these finely serv iceable coats- for women and misses Friday only $10. Smart, comfortable loose belted models with large col lars of self material or of plush. In navy, brown, green and black. Try and arrange to be here early. Apparel Shop, Fourth Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE! 12V2c-VlV2c Fancy Taffeta Ribbons at 10c Striped, corded effects and dainty Dresden patterns in a large assort ment of staple colors. Fancy taffeta ribbons from 4 to 4 inches wide. 12c to 17c values, yard 10c. Main Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE! Tq $1 Values in Books, Special for 25c A Friday surprise sale of books of nearly every description fiction, poetry, travel, adventure, science, art, etc An immense quantity of to $1 values on sale Friday at 25c. Fifth Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE! Friday Sale of $1 Silverware Only 79c From our regular stock. Includ ed are mustard jars, horseradish jars, child's cups, candlesticks, castor 6ets, bonbon dishes, etc. Ex ceptional values at 79c. Main Floor. 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE! Good $1.50 Alarm Clocks, Special at $1.29 For Friday only we will sell the well-known Sphinx alarm clocks, made by Westclox, at this low price. Reliable time keepers with good loud alarms. Special $1.29. Main Floor. 1455TII FRIDAY surprise; Our "Special 89c" Water Bottles at 69 An extraordinarily good Friday surprise sale of flannel-covered hot water bottles in size 2. Guaran teed for one year. Our "Special 89c" hot water bottles at 69c. Main Floor. 14 5 5TH FRIDAY SURPRISE! Fine $1.25 Khaki Utility Kits at 98c Khaki utility kits, consisting of the following: Card of safety pins, 2 styles of buttons, needles, scis sors and thimble. Regularly $1.25. For Friday surprise, only 98c. Main Floor. I 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE! Remnants Fine Scrim, Yard at 10c About 1000 yards of remnants of fine quality scrim, swiss and mar quisette taken from our regular stocks. The entire lot placed on sale for Friday surprise at yard only 10c. Seventh Floor. 1455TII FRIDAY SURPRISE! Women's $3.00 Waists at Only $1.65 A Friday surprise of fine quality tub silk waists in white and flesh only. Also a few Georgette crepe waists in white only and striped sports waists. Broken 6izes. Fourth Floor. MEIER A FRANK'S 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES $1.50 Serving Trays 89c Friday only, while any of 200 remain, we 'will sell these fine mahogany finish serving trays at 89c instead of $1.50. These are Exceptional Values In several attractive designs Blue Bird, cretonne and inlaid. Housewares Section, Basement. $1.69 MEIER A FRANK'S 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Men's Flannel Shirts for sJ t Broken lines, but all sizes included. Worth up to. twice this price. Some navy blue, also gray and a few khaki shirts. Most of these shirts have lay-down col lars attached, others military style col lars. A limited number for Friday Sur prise $1.69. Night Gowns 75c Men's flannelette night gowns, cut full and roomy. Worth a dollar today. In neat striped patterns with V necks and lay-down collars attached. All sizes in cluded. B oy s' Sweaters $1.59 Boys' good worsted plated sweaters in gray, maroon and Oxford. Warm, serv iceable sweaters in ruffneck style. Bro ken lines, but all sizes from 26 to 34 in cluded. Men's Farnlahings Shop, Main Floor. 3 5 i 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE Men's and Young Men's Fine ALL WOOL Overcoats $1185 ALL WOOL overcoats made by the Oregon City Woolen Mills in a wonderful Friday Sur prise Sale at only $11.85. Very practical garments for Portland weath er, well tailored and built to stand the stress of wind and weather. Three-quarter length coats in loose raglan style with convertible collar that buttons up snugly under the chin. Slash pockets, turnback cuffs on sleeves. In handsome gray and brown mixtures. One illustrated. Friday only $11.85. Come as early as you can. Men's Clothing- Shop. Third Floor. MEIER A FRANK'S. 14 5 5TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Friday We Will Sell 385 Pairs of Women's High Shoes : $5.45 And you can judge what an unexampled sale of high grade shoes this is when we tell you that many are reduced to LESS THAN HALF the original selling prices. Included are J. & T. Cousins and other standard makes in a large assortment of styles, both lace and button models. Short lines and discontinued numbers are included. All are -exceptionally good values. The assortment includes all tan shoes and tan with white or ivory kid tops. Black with colored and white kid tops. Colored combinations. Dark brown suede shoes. Bronze kid and patent leather shoes with kid or cloth tops. Broken sizes, but a good range of sizes, although not in any one style. Friday only $5.45. Shoe Shop, Third Floor. MEIER A FRANK'S 1455TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Boys' 2-PANTS Suits For Friday Only 13 to 18 Years There isn't any thrifty mother or father of a growing boy but recognizes that 2-pants suits at $3.85 are the very bigjjest kind of a bar gain today. These suits we offer at this surprise price are made of sturdy tweeds, homespuns and cas simeres. Double or single breasted Norfolk models with smart three-piece belts all around. Colors include gray and tan mixtures, brown and gray checks and gray striped effects. Best of all every one of these suits has two pairs of full cut, twill lined knickerbocker pants a feature which means, as all parents know, practically double life to the suit. Extra special values for Friday Surprise only $3.85. Boys' Clothing Shop, Third Floor, ! or. ENGINEERS TO BENEFIT PATRIOTIC BALL WILL BE GIVEN AT MULTNOMAH HOTEL. Friday and Saturday, with a dinner party at the hotel and a visit to "Fair and Warmer" Friday night. Exhibition Dancing; by Mlsa Ruth Alexander and Allan Melkle Will Be Stellar Feature. In a glow of wonderful, shifting color, two dancers will appear in ex hibition dances of original steps, at the benefit ball to Company E. 18th Railway Engineers, to be given tomor row night in the Multnomah Hotel, by the local auxiliary. The dancy duo are Miss Ruth Alexan der and Allan Melkle, who have con sented to illustrate their art at the patriotic ball. Apparatus "for new and unusual lighting effects has been volunteered by W. A. Stone, of the Service Film Company, and the selec tion of the color scheme for the exhibi tion dance will be by Mrs. Urdahl Smith, creator of the art flliare. Many tickets already have been sold to the benefit ball, and the sale will be continued tomorrow night at the Pine-street entrance to the Multnomah. The dance is to be informal, and the invitation extended is to all who wish to combine patriotism 'with pleasure. Company E is now in service on en gineering projects of great military value, somewhere in France. Its local auxiliary has taken an Implied con tract to look after the comfort and welfare of the absent boys, many of whom are Portland young men. Every dollar raised by the dance will be de voted to a comfort fund for the lads of Company E. Salesmen Sit as Directors. Twelve traveling salesmen, sitting as a board of directors to outline the pol icies of the Hudson & Gram Company for the ensuing year, are holding their tenth annual convention at the Mult nomah Hotel. It will continue through THREE SONS IN SERVICE Patriotic Hood River Parents Con sent to Youngest Joining Xavy. HOOD RIVER. OR., Dec 27. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Carson, parents of 12 children, have given three of their boys to their country. John, the last of the sons to enlist, who went to Portland yesterday with his mother 'to Join the Navy, is only 17. Joe K. Camon, Jr., Is a sergeant of 12 Company, Oregon Coast Artillery, at Fort Canby, Wash. He is a graduate of the law department of the Univer sity of Oregon. Laician Carson Is now at Princeton, where he is taking special aviation work In an officers' training class. He enlisted as a private last Spring and secured his early training at Camp Kelly, Tex. The father of the family of patriotic young men is chief of police here. WILL MAKER CONFUSED PECULIARITIES OF LATE FALING ADMITTED. MRS. BR-R-R! BR-ft-R! IT'S COLD There'll soon be a freeze-up and the price of potatoes will do a go-up and you'll remember what "you paid for spuds last Spring. Potatoes are cheaper today than they will be for years to come. Come down to Frank L. Smith's, 228 Alder street, and buy your Winter's supply today. Smith's best carefully graded, home grown, highland potatoes, delivered to your home, 3 big sacks, only $5. Smith's good mixed potatoes, a big sack for $1. Potatoes for stock feed, $15 a ton. Adv. Lumbermen Are Busy. STEVENSON, Wash.. Dec. 27. (Spe cial.) Sawmills and logging camps in this vicinity have shortened their holiday vacations this year, owing to the increased demand for lumber. All mills resumed operations yesterday. Mr. Strong Testifies Benefactress Had Habit of FaUlnar Asleep While Disenastng Business. That Mrs. Xarifa Jane Faling ob tained an acquittal for the killing of her husband at San Francisco years ago through a plea of emotional In sanity was testimony admitted yester day by Thomas N. Strong on cross examination in the W. Tyler Smith will contest over the $600,000 estate which was left to Mr. Strong and C. Lewis Mead. Mr. Strong, however, declared that Mrs. Faling had been able to transact her business matters for many years after her murder trial, and up until a short time before her death. Mr. Strong admitted that Mrs. Faling had shown many peculiarities, but he did not think that she was at any time insane. He said she had had a habit of falling asleep while she was talk ing to him over business matters. She would also inquire frequently about her banking matters and express doubt that the banks were honest with her, he said. In many of her conversations she would confuse happenings of the past with those of the present and in other ways showed many such little peculiarities, Mr. Strong testified. He will continue his cross-examina-Mbn before E. E. Heckbert, of counsel for Dr. Smiith, to'day. CHAUTAUQUA PLANS PEND Conference to Be Held by Ellison Wriite System Managers. A three-day convention of 25 local managers of the Ellison-White Chau tauqua System, assembled from various cities of the Northwest, began yester day in this city and will end tomor row night with a banquet In the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the conference is to discuss plans for next year's Chautau qua circuit. The banquet Saturday night will be attended by L. R. Wheeler, A. I Fish. J. M. Scott, general passenger agent for the Southern Pacific; A. D. Char leton. assistant general passenger agent for the Northern Pacific; Will lam McMurray, general passenger agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Company, and C. W. Meldrum. assistant general passenger agent for the Great North ern Railway. W. M. CAKE, JR., TO MARRY License Granted In San Francisco. Bride Is Gertrude R. Carter. W. M. Cake, Jr., 31, and' Gertrude R. Carter, 27, both ' of thla city, were granted a marriage license in San Francisco yesterday and the news of the nuptial plans was a complete sur prise to Mr. Cake's parents. Mr. Cake is a son: of W. M. Cake, lawyer, with offices In the Chamber of Commerce building. Members of the family last night disclaimed any knowledge of the young man's Intended marriage and said they were not ac quainted with the prospective bride. CRANE EMPLOYES INSURED Christmas Gift Presented by Com pany at Annual Banquet of Club. A Christmas gift of a $1000 insurance policy andi 10 per cent of his year's sal ary was presented to every member of the Crane Club, composed of employes of the Crane Company, at the club's an nual banquet last might in the Benson Hotel. About 40 members of the chib were present. George R. Auger acted as toastmaster. The banquet committee consisted of R. M. Silknltter, A. F. Douglas and. M. J. Brennaru MILLS COLLEGE TO EXPAND Mrs. Phoebe Hearst Gives Large Sum for Greater Seminary. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. (SpeciaL) Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst has given as a gift to the trustees of Mills College a large sum of money for the creation of a greater seminary. Bernard A. Maybeck, the architect, who designed the Fine Arts building at the Panama-Padflo Exposition, has the plans in charge for many important structures for the institution. The general scheme Includes two main vistas, with a main entrance. The plan for the buildings on the ground provides for the departments of musts and art. A number of small houses will form homes for groups of eight or ten of the girl students. Bingham After Ship Contract. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 27. Sta'te Senator I. H. Bingham Is In Washington conferrln with members of the Oregon delegii tion and enlisting their support in his effort to procure ship contracts for the International Shipbuilding Company, of Columbia City. Or. Cuticura Soap Is Ideal for the Complexion and Skin Because So Delicately Medicated 365 DAYS IN 1918 FOR YOU TO DRINK The Drink That Fits A Friendly Drink In bottles on draught everywhere THE PORTLAND BREWING COMPANY o