THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917.
SHIPPERS URGED
TO HELP SAVE CARS
Progress Made in Relieving
Traffic Congestion, but
i. Big Task Remains.
DYER EXPLAINS SITUATION
Southern Pacific Official Points Oat
That Merchants Can Aid by -Placing
Package Orders
49 Honrs Earlier.
Car savin? is belne accomplished to
a. notable extent by the Southern Pa
cific Company, according- to J. H. Dyer,
assistant general manager, with head
quarters offices in the Yeon building,
but more attention should be given to
the subject by shippers. With addi
tional care given to the subject, he said,
much more good can be accomplished.
Between July 1 and November 1, this
year, according' to Mr. Dyer, the system
saved 25,403 cars, based on the average
tons per car for the same period of
last year. Of this number, 7447 or
29.3 per cent, were saved in the load
ing of less than carload freight, which
is the only commercial loading over
which the company has any control. .
The Portland division of the South
ern Pacific saved 6723 cars or 28 per
cent of the above number, but the
saving In less than carload service was
relatively small, due to daily service
being maintained to practically all
points.
Marekand la Posltloa to Help.
"The merchants can perform a great
ervlce." said Mr. Dyer, "if they will
place, package orders 43 hours earlier
and permit equipment in package car
service to be loaded to maximum space
capacity. Only a small proportion of
the trade would be inconvenienced by
trl-weekly service and such arrange
ment would result in a large saving
Of cars.
"While In Oregon the Southern Pa
cific tonnage per car. Including all
commercial commodities, has Increased
from 25.1 In July to 27.8 in October,
1917, there are still many lightly
loaded cars moving. This is partly due
to old orders that were placed prior to
when the campaign for heavier loading
was begun, but there are some lines of
industry and small shippers that con
tinue to maintain a dlstinterested at
titude in conservation of equipment by
Intensified loading and pnmpt release
of cars.
"If these shippers could fully realize
Just what this work amounts to, they
would no doubt fall in line. Were It
not for the saving made by other ship
pers, they would feel the present car
shortage much more and they should
bear in mind that the cars they are
now loading light have been made
available to them by the earnest efforts
of some other shipper.
Shortage Greatly Reduced.
"To Illustrate just what this means,
on one day recently, the Southern Pa
cific lines were short in this state 1220
cars of all classes. Incomplete figures,
which are reliable for the purpose,
show this shortage would have been
10,213 cars, had an Immense saving
not been made since July 1 by Intensi
fied loading.
"This, In general. Is a very fine
showing. However, it is pointed out
that had all loaded as well as the best
in all lines of shipping, an additional
4515 cars could have been saved. This
number of cars available for use today
would relieve the situation in the
Northwest to a large extent. If not
fully.
"Statistics are not available to show
the cars made available by more prompt
loading and unloading, but this feature
has added greatly to the car supply.
However, there are shlpp rs who con
tinue to hold cars the full free time
allowance and a number who are pay
ing demurrage, while it is possible and
In soma cases even to their advantage
to release them the first day.
"Individual effort is the solution tc
the present situation. If each car Is
treated Individually, loaded to Its maxi
mum space or weight capacity and
released promptly, the transportation
lines will soon be able to supply cars."
TRAFFIC IS TO BE POOLED
Contlimd From F1rt Page.) '
President Wilson during the day by
heads of the four railroad brother
hoods, whe renewed their pledge of
loyalty to Government- administration.
They spent about an hour and a half
with the President, and It is under
stood they received assurances that
most railway employes would not be
liable to the next or even the second
draft call by being placed in the sec
ond draft classification.
Mr. McAdoo tonight made his first
public utterance since his appointment
last night In a statement, saying that
at least until he has time to mature
his plans and policies railroad oper
ation "will be conducted through ex
isting railroad organization."
Co-operation Appeal Made.
"This new task is of great magni
tude and difficulty," said Mr. McAdoo.
"It cannot be done in a moment and
It cannot be dope at all unless the
people of the United States, as well
as the officers and employes of the
railroads give to the railroad director
their Intelligent and patriotic support.
Z earnestly seek the co-operation and
assistance of every good citizen in
this great work.
"The operation of the railroads as a
thoroughly united system is of funda
mental importance to the success of
the war. Without it. we cannot get the
effective use of our resources. The
supreme test In this war will probably
come in the year 1918. Victory will
depend upon our speed and efficiency.
We can get neither speed nor efficiency
unless the railroads are equal to the
demands of the situation.
Vlgoroaa Actios Promised.
"I can only say at the moment that
the problem will be taken hold of vig
orously and that plans and policies will
be announced from time to time as
rapidly as it is possible to mature
them. Meanwhile the business will be
conducted through existing railroad
organizations with all the support and
power of the Government asserted in
behalf of more efficient and satisfac
tory operation.
"The Director-General of Railroads,
upon invitation of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, has accepted offices
in the Interstate Commerce building.
"The Commission has also placed at
the disposal of the director the entire
work and facilities of the Commission.
HOTEL PERKINS
FIFTH A.VD WASHINGTON STREETS,
PORTLAND, OREGON. '
HANDY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPERS.
Rates to Suit You,
Special Low Rates to Fcrmauacat Guests.
Mr. McAdoo does not expect to ask
an appropriation for administering
Government operation and his staff
probably will be composed largely of
men already on the Government or
railroad payrolls. He will receive no
additional salary for acting in the
dual capacity of Director-General of
Railroads and Secretary of the
Treasury.
Equalization of Salaries Proposed.
The pending demand of the four fail
road brotherhoods for a 40 per cent
wage Increase will be considered prob
ably in a month or two, along with the
more sweeping question of higher
wages for all employes. The Director
General's advisers will suggest that a
board of managers be appointed to
thresh out general wage matters for
his final consideration. A sharp reduc
tion of high salaries now paid railroad
presidents may help in a small way
to provide funds for wage increases.
If Congress follows President Wil
son's recommendations concerning the
guarantee of the average pre-war
earnings, it will obligate the Govern
ment to the extent of 3918.424,885, the
average annual earnings of all roads
for the three years ending last June
30. Figures compiled by the bureau ol
railway economics, an agency of the
companies, show net operating income
for the year ending June 30, 191s, as
695,931.861; for 1916. 31,005.192,794, and
for 1917. $1,064,100,790.
Compensation Is Discussed.
Congress might establish this basis
of compensation, virtually the lease
rate for the period of Government op
eration, but it could -not compel any
road to accept the terms, and a com
pany would have recourse to the courts
if it considered the rate too low. This
course is not looked for from many
roads, however.
Under the bill which officials nave
drawn for presentation to Congress It
would be provided that earnings ex
ceeding this basis would revert to the
Government for general expenditure or
as a special fund for railroad improve
ments. Dividend payments would be
subject to supervision and approval
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. Reads would make their own
improvements under the plan and pro
vide for their own bond issues, but
both would be under Government su
pervision. The size and interest rate on securi
ties issues would be subject to the In
terstate Commerce Commission's ap
proval and the rate would be limited
to a minimum of 4 per cent and a max
imum o( per cent. The President
would be authorized to buy on Gov
ernment account any or all future rail
road bond Issues, most of which would
be to provide additional equipment or
improvements, thus the necessary legal
means would be provided for Govern
ment financing of improvements. Such
a plan would automatically give the
Government power to regulate Im
provements and to prevent extraordi
nary and unnecessary expenditures -for
such purposes.
It Is understood to be Mr. McAdoo's
Intention to resort to construction of
new lines wherever needed for effi
cient prosecution of the economic
forces behind the war.
WALL STREET SEEMS PIEASED
Pessimism of Last Few Months
Gives Way to Enthusiasm.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Wall Street
expressed unqualified indorsement of
President Wilson's plan for the Govern
ment to run the railroads by a sweep
ing advance today In the securities
market. The upturn was one of the
most sensational seen in years. The
assurances of net earnings and of the
maintenance of railroad properties
were the factors of the Government
programme which pleased investors
and dealers in stocks and bonds.
The pessimism of the last few
months over the railroad outlook gave
way to enthusiasm when the rather un
expected news from Washington was
read in this morning's papers. Orders
to buy poured into brokers offices
from over all the country and the mar
ket was primed for a big advance long
before it opened.
Railroad shares, especially those un
der greatest depression In the wide
spread decline of recent months; re
corded extreme gains of 5 to 10 points
in the representative group. 12 to 18
points In the less active dividend Is
sues and 3 to 13 points In numerous
non-dividend stocks. Including several
not long out of their reorganization
stage.
The bond market for rails kept pace
with the movement on stocks, various
underlying or junior Issues advancing
t to IU points.
Greatest gains in the bond list were
made by the coalers, notably Eries,
with substantial improvement In the
convertible Issues of secondary West
ern and Southern roads, including
grangers and cotton carriers.
Industrials and utilities also bene
fited by the scope of the Administra
tion's programme.
The total sales approximated 1,200,
000 shares, the largest turnover on
the bull sldo since the early months of
the year. ' (
WEST TO GAIN ADVANTAGE
Commissioner Altchlnson Sees Bene
fit in Government Operation.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 27. In the opinion of Clyde
B. Altchlson, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, Government opera
tion of American railroads In at least
one important way, will work to the
substantial benefit of the Paclflo Coast.
Mr. Altchlson, speaking of the Presi
dent's order, pointed out today that
under Government control, competition
for freight will be wiped out, and
freight originating on the Pacific Coast
will hereafter be moved over the most
available route, as will freight moving
from the East to the Pacific Coast.
Under the old system,-with the vari
ous roads competing, he pointed out
that one road, blocked by snow, or other
cause, though unable, temporarily, to
move freight on its tracks, would not
relinquish that freight to a line that
was open. This resulted in compound
ing congestion. This will be obviated
under Government operations. Mr.
Altchlson also believes Government op
eration will have a tendency to ex
pedite the unloading of cars upon ar
rival at destination, and in this way
Increase the number of cars available
to handle traffic.
The President's proclamation. It Is
explained at the Interstate Commerce
Commission, covers logging railroads,
as well as ordinary common carriers,
but it is the belief of members of the
Commission that logging roads later
will be exempted from Government con
trol and operation, and be turned back
to their owners.
CLUB DISTRIBUTES MONEY
Deserving Families Receive Checks
as New Year's Greeting.
Fifty-six deserving families having
one or two members in active service
with the army or navy are to receive
New Year's greetings from the Pro
gressiva Business Men's Club in the
form of ohecks on money taken in at
the "Punkin" Festival held recently
at the public auditorium.
The club Is distributing the money
where it will do the most good. Each
family which will receive a check has
been aided heretofore by the Red Cross
and is deserving. Much of the money
taken In at the Festival has been ex
tended as loans to families awaiting
delinquent allotments.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nian. Main 7070, A t0S.
ERIE OFFICE CLOSED
UNDER NEW ORDERS
Other Eastern Railroad Rep
resentatives Expected to
Be Called -in at Once.
FEWER TRAINS PREDICTED
Direct Routing and Application of
Engines Now Hanling Passengers
Regarded as Likely to Help
Relieve Car Shortage.
The first effect of Government oper
ation of the railroads of the United
States to make Itself known In Port
land came yesterday, when a telegram
was received by Jesse Piatt, general
agent here for the Erie, directing him
to close the Portland office In the Rail
way Exchange building and report at
Chicago. He probably will take a po
sition there with the Erie offices.
The move was not entirely unexpect
ed. In that rumors have been flying
about for some time that foreign lines
here would close their offices and quit
solicitation.
Speculation t Is aroused as to what
will be the effect, on other offices on
Railroad Row, particularly the repre
sentatives of Eastern roads. It Is given
out as a snrewd guess that others will
close and that those offices that remain
here will be removed from the Third-
street row and will go upstairs Into
office buildings, that solicitation will
stop and that representatives here will
care for only such business as the Gov
ernment directs shall pass over these
lines.
The Council of Defense has alreadv
declared against circuitous routing and
solicitation Is In vain when there Is a
traffic glut that is country-wide, as at
present.
Co-ordination Main Future.
Other probable effects of the Govern
ment order taking over the operation
of the railroads during the period ot
tne war offer an interesting avenue of
speculation. There Is, of course, to be
a co-ordination of all the railroads
under one head so that the Ration's
business, that of war, may be handled
efficiently.
Car supply is perhaps the mosl
vexing problem of all just now in
moving traffic, and hand in hand with
this phase of the situation goes the
lack of adequate motive power. It Is
believed the Director-General of the
Railroads can help out car -supply by
employing the autocratic powers that
will be his. He can, through military
orders that spring from necessity, sus
pend rulings of the Interstate Com
merce Commission as to demurrage and
can bring about, through the employ
ment of troops to enforce his commands
if need be, the prompt unloading of all
freight cars.
Quicker dispatch, of course, means
an increased supply in freight cars
available for loading and an added
means to bring this about is likely
to be embargoes on freight move
ments not absolutely essential to the
conduct of the war. This will release
both cars and locomotives for Govern
ment purposes.
Pooling to Give Help.
Pooling of equipment of all lines
and direct routing, with the wastes of
competition for the business elimi
nated, will do much to remedy present
evils, It Is expected, and disputes over
priority .of shipments will. It Is as
sumed, be eliminated through Govern
ment control.
And in connection with all these
things there Is more than likely to
come along a "don't travel" order, the
object being to save cars, to save fuel,
to keep the line clear for Important
freight movements and to release loco
motives for hauling munitions and es
sential Government traffic.
There Is certain. It Is believed, to be
a reduction in the number of passenger
trains. Crack passenger trains, such
as the Shasta Limited and the North
Coast Limited, the first the pride of
the Southern Pacific and the other the
magnet that lures much travel over
the Northern Paclflo, are likely to be
Interned for the period of the war.
Cnrb on Travel Expected.
Useless traveling will, undoubtedly,
be placed under the ban. Just where
the dividing line will come between
useless and necessary may be left to
certain officials to decide and pass
ports may yet be required to take a
Journey from one city to another.
Nine passenger trains daily between
Portland and Puget Sound, over one
line of railway, are expected to be re
duced in number when the new Gov
ernment control gets going good. So
many trains are said to be unnecessary
and they congest the line to the detri.'
ment of troop and other Important
Government train movements.
Duplication of trains to Spokane and
other points in this territory may very
likely be eliminated by Government or
der. All railroad officials and employes
are likely to be under as strict military
discipline as if they were in the Army
and when labor difficulties arise or
other untoward events happen the Gov
ernment will know how to adjust mat
ters. Officials Won't Bo Changing.
Incidentally, railway officials will
not be lured from one line to another
during the war period by-the offer of
higher salaries. The Government will
have exclusive control of all railroad
talent in the country to; dispose of as It
sees fit.
Railroad officials in Portland were
not opposed to the new Government or
der yesterday, generally speaking, al
though it was realized It is a big task
to weld ths whole transportation sys
tem of the country into one efficient
machine.
All officials were awaiting more light
on the subject before being willing to
discuss the proposition at length or In
detail. L. C. GUman, president of the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway,
said .he expected ths plan would make
for greater efficiency, although it is as
yet a little too early to predict the re
sults of ths Government's war meas
ure. Foodstuffs and lumber produced In
this section of the -country, so essen
tial to provisioning the Army and for
manufacture of airplanes, he expects
will be moved without delay under the
new plan of railway management.
HIGHER . RATES ADVOCATED
President Rea, of Pennsylvania,
Discusses Finanpial Feature.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. President
Samuel Rea, of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, tonight authorized a
statement on the Government control
of railroads, in which a broadening of
the rate structure is suggested to
cover increases in the costs and to
avoid the necessity of Congressional
appropriations.
The statement says:
""Samuel Rea. president of the Penn
sylvania railway system, said be was
not prepared at present to make an
authoritative statement on the proposed
governmental control of railroads. The
working features of the plan are not
yet announced and there are many
possible results In the suggested three
year period preceding ' June 80. 1917,
on the roads in different parts of the
country."
The plan would, he assumed, be
broadened to provide not only for
renewing and extending maturing ob
ligations, which would be necessary
to stabilize the financial structure of
the country, but to provide new
capital tor additions and betterments
to road and equipment. This is im
peratively required to move the war
traffic on the Pennsylvania system
promptly and naturally the rate struc
ture should be broadened to cover the
Increased costs and charges to avoid
the necessity of congressional appro
priations which would have to be made
up by increasing general taxation. In
short, the railroads must be made self
sustaining. .W.W. LEADER ON TRIAL
COURT ASKED TO CANCEL NAT-
IRALIZATION OF AGITATOR.
Carl Swelgln Accused of Practicing
Frand In Obtaining Cltixen
ahlp Papers.
Assistant United States Attorney
Rankin yesterday brought suit in the
Federal Court to cancel the naturalisa
tion of Carl Swelgln on the grounds,
based on Swelgin's own admissions,
that he was a member of the I. "W. W.
at the time he obtained his final citi
zenship papers In the Circuit Court of
Coos County, at Coquille May 27, 1913.
This is the first suit of the kind ever
brought In the United States.
The complaint recites the preamble
of the I. W. W. creed and sets forth
that Swelgln was employed as an or
ganizer for the organizatfon when he
applied for and received his citizenship
papers. The cancellation of the natu
ralization Is based on the allegations
that, as an active member of the I.
W. W., Swelgln could not have been
attached to the principles of the Con
stitution of the United States and for
the further reason that he practiced
fraud and deception on the Circuit
Court which granted him citizenship.
Swelgln first came to the attention
of the Federal authorities as an I. W.
W. organizer at Bend during the labor
disturbances In the mills at, that place
several weeks ago. Later he was in
terned at Klamath Falls and was be
ing held for Investigation in connec
tion with the wholesale indictment of
I. W. W. members throughout the coun
try by the Federal grand jury at Chi
cago. Swelgln will be held pending a
determination of the suit to annul his
citizenship, when. If wanted as a wit
ness, he will be sent to Chicago.
ALIEN TO BE INTERNED
MIKE HE CHI DECLARES HE WILL
NOT FIGHT AUSTRIA.
Other Enemies Held by XT.' S. Attorney
on Charge of Not Carrying the
Required Pass.
"T would rather spend the rest of
my life in Jail than to fight Austria,"
declared Mike Becih, an unnaturalized
Austrian, when asked by Assistant
United States Attorney Rankin yester
day, if, as a resident of this country,
he would take up arms in defense of
the United States. Mr. Rankin last
night telegraphed Washington for au
thority to order Becih Interned during
the war. . The man had been arrested
as an alien enemy.
Requests have also been mads by the
United States Attorney's office for the
Internment of Fred Bussa and Paul
Robert Polst, both German alien ene
mies. Bussa had been in Portland for
88 days without obtaining a pass.
Polst not only was without a pass,
but had failed to notify the authori
ties at New Rochelle, N. Y., where he
registered June 5, of his subsequent
change of address.
George Llchtblau, Henry Dletrech,
Alfred Schmidt and Charles Mine, four
German alien enemies, arrested by
Deputy United States Marshal Tlche
nor, were released by the United States
Attorney's office yesterday on condi
tion that they obtain and get a repre
sentative citizen to vouch for their
full compliance with the President's
proclamation In the future.
NEGROES HOLD MUCH LAND
Property Owned by Colored Race
Valued In Billions.
NEW YORK, Dec 27. Negroes in
the United States own approximatel)
20,000,000 acres of land, or an area
equaling the combined territory of
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu
setts and Rhode Island, as well as other
property valued at $1,000,000,000,
according to Moorfleld Storey, pres
ident of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
who addressed a conference of the
association here tonight.
The war has given the negro oppor
tunity to fight for his country, Mr.
Storey continued, and the conduct of
the black man on the battlefield will
prove of great benefit to the race.
"The country needs all her men, high
est, humblest, weakest, all," and "of all
races and color," the speaker declared.
Soldier Can't Reach Family.
PHILOMATH. Or.. Deo. 17. (Spe
cial.) Lyle Smith, of the class of 1916
at Philomath Academy, who enlisted
in the aviation service from here last
Summer and has been training at
Champaign, Or was unable to see his
family on a recent visit. The family
had moved to Tillamook and railroad
communication wasVut off by the
storm. Mr. Smith then went to Tlslt
friends at Salem, and experienced an
other disappointment when he found
they were away on a trip., but for
tunately they returned home before
hs had to leave.
Washington Exceeds Quota..
SEATTLE. Wash, Dec 27, Figures
compiled tonight showed that the state
of Washington had gone "over the top"
In the Red Cross membership drive,
with a total of 235,000, which Is 23,000
In exoess of the state's quota. With
the campaign continued to the first
of the- year, local headquarters work
ers were positive ths final total would
reach 250,000.
Bomb Thrown Into' Consulate.
WASHINGTON, Dec 27. Previous re
ports of a bomb being thrown into the
American Consulate in Odessa on, De
cember 8 were supplemented today by a
cablegram from ConsuWJeneral Rey,
who said little damage was done and
no one was hurt, as the building was
empty.
Italian Consul-General Transferred.
DENVER. Colo., Dec 27. Chevalier
Oreste.Da Vella, Consul-General of the
Italian government here, today received
word of his transfer to ths Consulate
General at Ban. Francisco.
fte HI'
IF YOU
Auto
Strop Safety
Razor
GET ONE
Oar 30-day trial
will convince you
the best, easiest
and cheapest
shaves spell
AUTO - STROP
HI', M;
Q ; '4 & i
tta-ax.il Els
1 jj;
Shave for two years for $5.00
At Reduced Prices
50c Ivory Pyralin Picture
Frames 39
$10 Toilet Set, Derby Silver
3 pieces Hair Brush,
Mirror and Comb. .$6.49
$5.00 Military Brushes
and comb..... ..3.89
$6.00 Ebony Toilet Set
3 pieces Comb,
Brush and Mirror S4.39
50c Java Riz Powder 39
Simplex Alarm Clock
runs and alarms for eight
days with one winding.
Guaranteed to please
Only $3.00
Specials Today and Tomorrow
KEEN
- KUTTEIl
SCISSORS
For All Uses,
75c I7p.
PROBE IS
Coal Inquiry Is Restricted by
President's Action.
IMPROVEMENT IS IN SIGHT
GoTernment Control of Railroads
Will in Part Solve Transporta
tion Problem Hoover to Tes
tify on Sugar Today.
WASHINOTOM. Dec 27. President
Wilson's decision to take over the
railroads wIU keep the Senate coal In
quiry within narrower limits than
originally planned. Members of the
manufacturers' committee investigating
both coal and sugar, are disinclined to
go Into the transporatlon difficulties
now that they believe Improvement is
In sight and in the hearing today
touched only casually upon the lack
of railroad facilities which- has been
blamed for most of the coal shortage.
W. B. Colver, member of the Federal
trade commission, the only witness to
day, said failure of railroads to place
enough cars at mines had resulted In
bituminous miners of the country being
idle an average of two or three days
a week, which not only limits produc
tion but tends to make discontented
laborers. Had there been plenty of
cars this year, he stated, enough coal
could have been mined to make up the
60.000,000 ton shortage Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield estimates exists.
Mr. Colver reiterated, however, the
oommission's opinion that no car short
age exists and that misplacing of cars
is what is causing the trouble.
Production was at Its lowest ebb and
prices the highest, he testified, when
President Wilson set tentative coal
prices in August and it was price con
ditions prior to that and transportation
conditions, both rail and water since,
that led to the present situation.
Early last Bummer, Mr. Colver told
the committee, the operators had con
tracted for 80 per cent of the estimated
output for the year at prices higher
than those later fixed. Just before the
prices were fixed there was violent
bidding for coal not contracted for and
In many cases still higher prices were
paid. Then, he explained, the opera
tors hurried to deliver this high priced
product, leaving the contract coal, the
bulk of deliveries, until later.
Prices set by the President were
high, the commissioner testified, but
not nearly so high, as those In most
contracts and much lower than that
sold without contract. Existing con
tracts in most Instances have been al
lowed to stand, bancs much coal is
m
NARROWED
Take Your 2 O Extra Stamps
.Today With the Coupon
Wood-Lark Yard Sticks
FREE for the Asking
HAVEN'T AN
$2.25 Ivory Pyralin Clocks
now S1.89
$10 Ivory Pyralin Toilet Set
3 pieces Hair Brush,
Comb and Mirror S8.75
50c LablacheFace Pdr. 39
50c Pozzoni's Face
Powder 39
50c Hind's Honey Al
mond Cream 45
$1.50 Oriental Cr'm S1.25
50c Cameline 40
. ,r
$2.50 3-qt. Hot Water
Bottle, two-year
guarantee, 1.98
2-quart Combination
Hot Water Bottle
and Fountain Syr
inge, with flannel
cover .... 1.59
All Dolls and Stuffed Ani
mals at V3 OFF
"Old Mill" Toilet Paper,
dozen-. 77J
"Skyline" Toilet Paper,
dozen 49
ALDXB SCTPJgTAf WEST FMMt MAB8HAH. 4700 -HOME
Always & H." Stamp First Three
being sold at prices higher than those
fixed by the President.
The committee will take up sugar
again tomorrow morning with Food
Administrator Hoover testifying-.
OREGON B0YS SATISFIED
Troops at Camp Meade Tell Repre
sentative MoArthur Camp I O. K.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 27. Representative Mc
Arthur, who recently received ' ile
grams from parents of Oregon boys,
members of the 23d Engineers, charg
ing that conditions at Camp Meade,
Maryland, are far from satisfactory,
and that the men are being subjected
to hardships, made inquiry yesterday
and today, interviewing a dozen Oregon
troops at this camp.
Without exception the soldiers said
that they were comfortably quartered,
that they had abundant clothing of the
right sort, and that food was plentiful
and good.
BOARD MAY MODIFY RULE
Scarcity of Help Makes Change in
Resident Clanse Necessary.
Owing to the scarcity of men and
women for municipal civil service po
sitions, the Civil Service Board may
drop Its standing rule requiring every
person who takes atf examination to
have been a resident of the city for
at least one year.
Also a rule may be adopted continu
ing eligible lists for two years in
stead of allowing them to be auto
matically cancelled at the end of one
year. These measures were considered
by the board yesterday and referred
to City Attorney LaRoche for his opin
ion as to the legality of such changes.
Training Camp Alternates Named.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 27. An
nouncement was made here today by
the University of California of the -ien
who have been selected as alternates
for he delegation to be sent from the
university to the third officers' train
ing camp to begin at 'Linda Vista, near
San Diego, next month. Among those
named are: Frederick E. Danner, Camp
Lewis, Wash.; William A. Fetterly,
Camp Lewis; Donald McClure, Camp
Lewis; Eugene V. Castle, Camp Lewis;
Perry E. Lantz, Sunnyside, Wash.; Will
lam A. Cowell, Milton O. Ogdenheimer
and Reddman A. Reed, all of Camp
Lewis; Frank V. D. Bangs, Spokane,
Wash.; Don C. Billlck, Ruby, Ariz.;
Archie M. Hunt, Joseph L. Knowles,
William D. Wolfe and Paul J. Dough
erty, all of Camp Lewis, Wash.; Arthur
W. Wilde, Seattle. Wash.; Carl F.
Biedenbach, Camp Mills, Long Island,
N. ' Y., and Andrew I. Smith, Camp
Lewis. .
Mrs. Margaret Beltz Dies.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 27. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Margaret Beltz, aged 67.
died today following a long illness. Her
widower, C. F. Belts, is a prominent
member of the G. A. R. and Mrs. Beltz
BRING THIS COUPON
AND GET
;V 9n-RYfT-n-9n
Vlfcl I "S. & II." Trading
RrVa Stamps on your
first $1 cash pur
chase and double
on the balance.
Good on first floor and in
basement today and Satur
day, December 28 and 29.
AH 1918 Calendars
'20c for 10d 40c for 20d
50c for 25 d
NEW YEAR CARDS, also THANK
YOU CARDS 5S 10S 15d
We have a new shipment of
HURD'S PAPERS in delicate tints.
Lennox Lawn 50
Lennox Lawn SI. 40
Lawn Finish 85 to 2.50
ROBINSON'S REMINDER
A splendid New Year's gift for
a man 50 and S1.00
50c Robertine 40
Cucumber and Elder Flower
Cream 25S 50S 75d
50c Dickey Creme de
Lis 39
50c Odorono 39
50c Carmen Face Pdr. 45
Why Not Kalsomine
those shabby walls ?
ALABASTINE
is easily applied will not show laps
dries quickly is sanitary and cheap.
$2.00 will finish a good-sized room. Let
us show you our $2.00 Color Combination.
TRY
SLUMBER
SLIPPERS
For Cold Feet,
2Se to 75c.
A 6171
Floor
always has taken a prominent part in
patriotic work. Besides her widower,
she leaves two daughters, Mrs. J. S.
Stranahan and Mrs. O. A. Schultz, of
Tillamook. Or., and two sons, Frita
Beltz. Prosecuting Attorney of Island
County, and Oswald Beltz.
WOMEN PREPARE FOR WORK
Thousands of Chicago Nurses Re
leased for War Service.
CHICAGO, Dec 27 Four thousand
Chicago women have completed a.
course in elementary hygiene and homJ
care of the sick under the auspices of
the Red Cross, it was announced today.
The course, it is believed, will release
more trained nurses for war service.
Body Recovered From iiake.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Dec. 27. (Spe
cial.) The body of John Salo, a home
steader who fell from a gasoline boat
in North Lakes yesterday and drowned,
was recovered today. Salo and a com
panion were returning to camp after
the holidays, when Salo. falling from
the boat, sank before it could bo
turned. Coroner Fred Wilson, who
was informed of the affair, will go to
Lakeside tomorrow and probably hold
an inquest to determine the cause of
the accident.
fcfcinROM the technical as
Jt? pect Cremation has
many advantages over
earth burial. I have a
friend who has a haunting
fear of waking up In his
grave after having been
buried for dead. The man
who understands and ap
preciates Cremation can
certainly face this newer
process without such hor
rible thoughts."
DR. ROBERT G. HALL.
Portland, Oregon.
"Visit the Portland Cre
matorium. It will help you
get a more comforting un
derstanding of a subject
that Cremation makes eas
ier to face.
Portland
Crematorium
Sellwood ear to 14th and
Bybee.
Visitors 9 to 5.