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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918. NEW CONSERVA I CARDS ARE ISSUED i Two Wheatless, One Meatless and Two Porkless Days Weekly Required. VICTORY BREAD IS COMING .LA err Loral American Is Trred to llelp Win War by Rlgldlj Main talolng War-Time Progrimmo of V. S. Food AdmlnUlralloa. WASHINGTON". Jan. 21. Tea w toiti card of the food administration has been tsaued and shortly will be dl trlbuted throughout the Lolled Statea to aid housekeeper In observing the 11 food conservation proararoroe of two wheatless. ons meatless and two porkless days week, aa announced In J 'resident Wilson a proclamation. Tba card, carrying an explanation of the weekly plan, will go Into affect to- day when the bakera begin the mann factors of the "Victory" loaf, a war broad containing a per cent substi tute for wheat flour. Bakers ara to Increase the aubstltutea for wheat flour until a 20 per cent substitution ts reached February 24. At the same time. grocers will sell householders wheat flour only when the purchaser buys aa equal amount of some other cereal. The food administration card asks "every loyal American to help win the war by maintaining rigidly aa a mint mum of eaviog the following pro gramme: ' "liar two wheatlesa days (Monday ard Wednesday) In every week and ons .wheatless meal In every day. Redaeed CoaamsafitloB) Aba. "Explanation In "wheatleas day and In wheatless meals of other days, use no crackers, pastry, macaroni, break fast food or other cereal food contain ing wheat and use no wheat flour In any form except the small amount that may be needed for thickening aoups or - srravles. or for a binder In cornbread and other cereal breads. As to bread. If . you bake It at home, use other cereals than wheat, and If you buy It. buy only war bread. Our object ts that wo ahould buy and consume one-third leas wheat products than wa did last year. "Have on meatless day (Tuesday) In ' overy week and on meatleaa meal In every day. Have two porkless day (Tuesday and Saturday) In every week "Explanation 'Meatless means with rut any cattle. Log or sheep products. on other daya uss mutton and lamb In preference to beef or pork. Pork- !' means without pork, bacon, ham, lard or pork products, fresh or pre served. Use fish, poultry and eggs. As a nation, ws eat and waste nearly twice aa much meat aa ws need. Saving of Fats freed. "Make every day a fat-saving day - (butter. lard, lard substitutions, etc.) "Explanation Fry less, bake, broil. , or atew food Instead. Save meat drip pings. L'se these and vegetable oils for cooking Instead of butter. Hutter has food value vital to children therefore, give It to them. Us It only on the table. Waata no aoap: It la made from fat. - tie careful of all .fata. We use and wast two and a half times aa much fat aa w need. "Make every day a sugar-saving day. "Explanation L'se less augar. less aweet drinks and candy containing augar. Aa a nation, we have-used twice a much sugar aa we need. The card also cautlona householdera atcainst boarding food and gives re newed aasurance that tbs Government, or it control or export, -will retain for our people a sufficient aupply of very essential foodatuff." Warning against limiting the food of growing cnuaren is given. FERRIS GRAFT IS HUGE l"oo"n'l From First P case against Fertia In four paragraphs: Ftrat That Ferrl. when recommend ing the Cllnchfleld Navigation Com pany to General Coethala and recom mending that the Slipping Hoard buy up the Cllnchflrlds' contract for four ships at the Hoan yards, did not dis closs that he (Ferris) had a financial Intereat In those contracts, nor did he disclose that the Cllnchfielda had placed their contract with Sloan at a pries of I3$.000 per ship, whereas they wars almost Immediately selling the contract to the Government at 1490.000. an advance of 1105.000 per ship. Kelatloas Ait Misrepresented. I. Ferris deliberately misrepresent ed - to General Goethals hia relations MS th" f"t'n-hfl-l'l rnrnMnT. In In- I 01 TREATMENT OF NEURASTHENIA Preparation Contaiainr Alcohol Should Not B Used by Sufferers From the Great American Disease. ' Neurasthenia la a condition of ex haustion of the nervous system. The causes ars varied. Conttnuoua work, mental or physical, without proper va eatlon periods, without proper atten tion to diet and exercise, alao worry over the struggle for success, ars ths most common causes. Excesses of al most any kind may produce It- Some diseases. Ilka fevers and ths grip, will causa neurasthenia. Bo also will a severs shock. Intense anxiety or grief. The symptoms ars oversenaltlveness. Irritability, a disposition to worry over trifles, headache, possibly nausea. Tbs treatment la on of nutrition of ths nerve cells requiring a non-alcoholic tonic Miss Alvtra Freeman. R. F. D. No I. Albion. N. T, owes her good health to the tonlo treatment. She says: " "For two years after I bad typhoid fever I did not reraln my strength. MV complexion and llpa were white, my blood was poor and I became very nervous. I bad filming and weak spells, whsa everything seemsd td be In a whirl and turn black before me. 1 had headaches continually. - "I was constantly under the car of a doctor, but his remedies did not help ma. I then began the uss of Dr. Wil liams Pnk Pi. la and found they were helping tns after 1 had taken them a abort time. I continued taking them until I waa restored to perfect health. I am sonstantly recommending the pills, for so many people aak what medicine cured me." Two useful books. "Diseases of the Nervous System and "What to Eat and How to Ear." win be sent free by ths Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Scheneo tady. N. T. Tour own drngglst sella Dr. William- Fink, FUia. Adv. troduclng ths vice-president of the Cllnchfleld Company to Goethala Ferris said: "I have no interest In ths ships except to represent my clients in the Planning and building of ths vessels. n race of this, Ferris waa to recelv (.0i out of this transaction, and ha lready aecured an advance of 111.200 i account. J. September S Admiral Bowles In trueted Ferris not to take on any new contracta Involving payment to htm of reea. tie agreed not to do ao. Later It waa found that Ferris was prepar lng . plans for the Jahneka Company, to be used in Its contract with the United Statea, and that Ferris was to accept 120.000 from them. Through Ferris' assistance (by way of modify lng standard plans for fabricated ships) the Jahneke Company saved a large amount on Its contract. , Ferris' Letter Vague. ' 4. Ferrla letter of explanation, though apparently very carefully drawn, is vague and Inconclusive and does not satisfactorily explain the com promising position in which ha has been placed in any one of the transac tlons referred to," says the assistant counsel. The first document considered by tbe Senate commerce committee today was Ferris' letter of explanation of January 21, submitted to Admiral Bowies. In it Ferris saya that April IT. last, he negotiated with tha Ship ping Board, offering to prepare plana lor cargo ships. On April IS. ha saya. General Goeth ala urged him to enter the employ of tfis Shipping Board aa naval arc hi tect and ha agreed to accept tha offer at a salary of 13000 per month, ths Government to pay all costs of ths work, draftsmen, etc, "plus 10 per cent for overhead." That same day, ha says. Goethala accepted bis offer in all re spect, aave that he cut the aalary to 12500 per month. Thla agreement con tinued In effect until September IT, last. aaarta Boat Paya Fee. In May of last rear, aars Ferris, tha Submarine Boat Corporation asked him to prepare plans for a 6000-ton fabri cated. steel ship and agreed to pay him a 13000 fee. He says hhas not received thia fee. but ha does not say that sub sequently the Government advanced many millions to this same company to build numerous ships Identical with the one In question. Admiral Capps. on September 14. ae cording to Ferris, went Into his agree' ment with the Submarine Boat Com pany and authorised hlra to accept that fee, but inatructed him be waa not to receive fees for any plana aubsequently drawn; that from that data forward he must give all his time to the Gov ernment and cease private designing, In November or December last. Ferris said various contractora were trying to obtain duplicates of tha plana ba had drawn for the submarine boat company. The firm of Jahneka Company, he ad mits, "placed an order with his (Ferris') New York office for these plans and specifications" and for these duplicates Fsrrls waa to receive (20,000. STARVING EOROPE GLAMORS FOR FOOD Thousands of Women and Children Make Piteous Appeals in Poland. RIOTS RAGE AT PRAGUE Cllark field Paya 3 Per Cent. March 11. last year. Ferris entered Into an agreement with tba Cllnchfleld Company of New York to plan and su pervise the construction of four motor ships on a basla of per cent commli alon. hia total fee to bo 124.800. In June ths Cllnchfleld Company paid him 111.200 on that contract. C. Bockun. prealdent of the Clinch field Company, on April 20 wrote Ferris In reply to his letter of April 16 one day after ha had testified h had en tered the employ of tha Shipping Board, agreeing to pay Ferrla 14800 mors for his work on tha four motorshlps. Bockus also agreed to pay Ferris 3 per cent for designing four steamers to be built by tha Sloan yards, and atated he had an option with the loans under which they were to build 12 addi tional steamers, and on the 12 ships. Bockua offered Ferris a fee of 1 per cent. These propositions Ferris accepted. Reelgaalloa la Requested. All the foregoing facta ara gleaned from tha letter of explanation which Ferrla aubmitted to Admiral . Bowles. The Admiral, in reply, said to Ferris: "Your letter of January 21 has received tha careful consideration of tha legal division and been aubmitted to Vice President Plea of tha Emergency Fleet Corporation, and I am asked to Inform you that your resignation la requested, to take effect Immediately." Admiral Bowlea also submitted to tha committee a memorandum in which he states h telephoned tha Cllnchfleld people and found that the 111,200 had been paid to Ferris and learned also that tha Clinchfields regarded their contract with Ferrla aa effective and that they expect to pay him the re malnder of th fea due on tha designs of th 12 snips. Admiral Bowie adda: "The facts disclosed do not Justify me In placing full confidence in Mr. Ferris for ful fillment of the responsible dutlea with which fas is charged." Retail Batcher Storm Market London to Secure Supplies and Police Interference " Is Found Necessary. WASHINGTON. Jan. Food riots In Cracow, Poland, have become so serious, said an official dispatch today, from Switzerland, that the authorities bava appealed to the Austrian prima minister for aid in quieting tha dls- urbanees. Martial law haa been pro claimed and the hours of public eating bouses curtailed. Thousands of women and children ara reported parading th atresia dally, demanding, food. LONDON. Jan. IS. Retail batchers. many of whom have been unable to open their ahops for the last fortnight on account of nhortaee of meat. tormed tha- Smithfleld Market thla morning for the purpose of obtaining heir aharea of large consignments of Scotch mutton which had Just arrived. Before the meat could be unloaded the market waa - crowded with retailers. who demanded substantial suppllea, and virtually took possession of the stall. Police finally restored order and one carcass was aerved to each retailer. ' ZURICH. Jan. 2S. Three thousand persons took part In a riot In a su burb of Prague Friday, against re duction of tha flour rations, a Vienna dispatch saya. AMSTERDAM, Jan. IS. It is re ported by ths Zeltung Mittag, of Berlin, that negotiatlona have been completed between the German and Austro-Hun- garlan food boards. In consequence of which. Germany baa placed 6500 tons of flour at tha disposal of Austria- Hungary. Count Westarp bad not used tha word annexation he advocated tha seizure of territory based on military successes. Such an attitude, the Foreign Secretary continued, "Is impossible from the out set for tha present Imperial govern meat. In view of all its principles and its past. 0 "IF SELECTS INSTRUCTORS Men to Prepare at Camp Lewis for Teaching Military Science. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. tt. "-(Special.) Professor J. V. Bovard, Instructor In soology, and Dean Walker, director of tntra-mural sports and assistant instructor In the depart ment of physical education, have been named by the faculty military commit tee to attend the officers' school, at Camp Lewis for special Instruction in the various branches of military science. Governor Withycombe s approval of tbe action of the committee in sending the men outside of the state has been re quested and it Is expected that he will sanction tha move in time for the men to leave soma time tomorrow. . . Tha men are going to the officers' school under an arrangement made with officers in command at Camp Lewis, whereby they will accept for special instruction a limited number of men recommended by Lieutenant-Colonel John Leader, commandant of the University Battalion. Each will spe cialize in the instruction given in a specific branch of military science, such as musketry, bayoneting or bombing. and will return to the campus as In structors in tha cadet battalion as soon as they have mastered their special branches of work. 'THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH" Store Opens at 8 :30 A.M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. Store Closes at 5:30 P.M. Saturdays at 6 P. M. NEW MINISTRY IS OPPOSED Attitude of Hungarian Independence Party Announced. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 28. The Hun garian Independence party, of which Count Michael Karolyl Is head, has de cided to adopt an attitude of opposi tion toward the ministry lust formed by Premier Wekerle. but It will sup port the government's franchise bill, a Budapest dispatch reports. Count Karolyl, now openly opposed to the Hungarian government, has been one of the foremost peace advocates of Hungary, He caused a sensation in December, 1915, by demanding in the Hungarian parliament that the govern ment make peace propoeals. Last year ha was reported to have initiated a movement to obtain peace for Hungary, with or without tha consent of Ger many and Austria. In November he went to Switzerland to further his peace plana. The Most in Value The Best in Quality A Timely and Unusual Sale of Infants' and Women's Knit Goods Unusual in variety of styles, colors and patterns, unusual in the excellence of the qualities and unusual in price reductions. Hundreds of Scarfs, Leggings, Caps, Sets, Robes, Jackets, etCj. are to be closed out at prices which will bring scores of eager buyers to our Infants' Knit Goods Section. The Savings Are Extraordinary Knit Caps for Infants, Women and Children at . 19f, 29tf, 39S 49e TO $1.29 Enit Sets, Consisting of Scarf and Cap, at $1.29, $1.59, $3.19, AND $2.98 89 Wool Sweaters in All Styles for Infants and Children at 69fS 981, $1.69, $2.29 AND $2.49 Wool Sets, Including Cap, Sweater and Leggings, at $3.39, $4.19, $4.39 AND $5.19 All our Wool Scarfs go on sale at. . , Wool Carnage Robes priced to close at 79d Women's "Hug-Me-Tight" Knit Jackets at S1.59 A great lot of Knit Leggins to close at. S9? A visit to this department and a view of our Third-Street window display will disclose many other special offerings. OREGON SOLDIER IS DEAD Hubert E. Roberts, of Warren, Is Victim of MeclngiUs. WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. General Pershlns; today reported First Lieu tenant H. A. Brown, medical reserve corps, attached to the British expedi tionary forces, sllshtly wounded In ac tion December SI. No details were riven. His mother. Mrs. Tilli Long; Brown, lives In Cincinnati. General Pershlns; also reported the death of Hubert 11. Koberts. Warren, Or- from meningitis. ST. HELENS, Or.. Jan. tt. (Spe- U. OF 0. GIRLS ADOPT BOY Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Care for Little French Lad. to UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eug-ene. Jan. 28. (Special.) Hubert Fairault is the name of the little French boy who has been adopted by the local chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. National so rority. Hubert Is but 9 years old, but already the terrors of Prussian kultur have been brought vividly home to him. His father was one of those to fall in the defense of France on the western front. He makes his home with his mother, who, in times of peace, kept a claL) Hubert E. Roberta waa 28 yeara Ismail shop. old. married and had no children. He I The little lad's plight was brought to waa called on the first draft, at that! the attention of the Kappa Kappa Gam- time bring; a resident of Idaho, where, ma girls by the American Society for is believed, his wife now Is. He waa I the Relief of French War Orphans sent to Camp Le--Is with the first con tingent of drafted troops. Mr. Roberts' father la W. M. Roberta. a farmer, whose postofflce ts Warren. four miles from this place. through Its business secretary. Eleanor C Jenkins.- Daily the girls watch the mails for the first letter from ''our boy." i... .. . ' , BRITISH L0SSES DECREASE Casualties for Week About Half Those of Previous Week. SLES BAR AMERICANS JAPAV REfTSES PERMIT TO LAND IX MARSHALL CROt P. New Iateraattoaal Qaeatlea May Arise Berweem Coaatrle mm Itesalt mt Seat's Pacific DevelopsaeaC HONOLULU. T. H.. Jan. la. By Mall.) That Japan Is not only colonis ing ta Marshall Islands group In the South Pacific which she took from Ger many early In the war. but la barring American trade from getting a foot- old in the group, was brought out to- ay when the well-considered plana of Honolulu association of business men to establish trading connection were blasted by the refusal of the Japanese Vice-Consul here to grant them permit to land on the Island or to put their case before the' Japanese government. Th result Is that a new Interna tional question may arise between Ja pan and th United States. It Is the vast quantity of copra In tha Marshall Islands, formerly controlled by the Germans, which made the prospects of entering the trade so attractive to Honolulu Interests. Teara ago 1000 acres of sugar cane were planted and a number of hogs left on the islands, and now, according to reports, there are 10,000 hog running wild on tha atolla. The association of business men here had planned to purchase tha Nlcblgo Mara and embark Into the trade by bringing the hogs to Honolulu and thus relieving the meat shortage now In force her. Grants Tass Young Folks Busy. GRANTS PASS. Or, Jan. IS. (Spe cial.) Th boys and girls of Grants Pass will strive to make tha city the? first city in th state to become wholly organised, as Junior Red Cross auxilia ries. Tha East School waa th Drat school In th state to be organised and now th Fourth Ward and th Junior High scholars have all signed tha pledge. Japs Want "Sake" Exempted. HONOLULU. T. H, Jan. SI. (Special) Tbe Japanese of Hawaii want their National drink "sake" exempted from th prohibition ban should it ba placed on thla territory, according to a resolu tion drafted, passed and sent by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of this city to President Wilson. CeMs Ctiw II radar ha aad Crip. LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablet re move cause. There Is only one "Bromo Qui nine." y.. w. GROVE'S sissature ea box. tito Adv. PROHIBITION GETS SETBACK Haivailan Oflclals Refuse to Indorse Petition to President, HONOLULU. T. H-. Jan. 18. (Spe- iaL) Prohibition sentiment and the movement here which has gained the upport of practically the entire busi ness community received a setback to day when Prince J. K. Kaianiaoaole, delegate for Hawaii to Congress, and General J. P. Wisser, commanding the Hawaiian Army Department, refused to indorse tn petition embodying a resO' lutlon passed by the Chamber of Com mere, th Rotary Club and the Ad Club asking President Wilson to de clare th Island of Oahu a barred sooe to liquor. Prince Kalanlanaola refused on the grounds that the local liquor commis sion has power enough to suspend tbe I Canadians In Conference With Gov- liquor traffio here. General Wisser re fused on the grounds that it was a problem for th civil population to solve and entirely out of his depart ment. LONDON, Jan. 28. British casualties during the week ending today were 8588. divided aa follows: Killed or died of wounds Officers. 25: men. 1714. Wounded or missing Officers, 128; men, ST21. These figures represent the virtual cutting ltv half of British casualties as compared with the previous week, when 17.043 were reported. Two weeks ago th high total of 24,979 was reached. LABOR PROBLEM DISCUSSED ST. PAUL DAIRYMEN MEET Annual Stockholders' Luncheon Giv en by Commercial Club. ST. PAUL. Or, Jan. 28. (Special.) One of the most enthusiastic and In teresting meetlnga of Ita kind ever held In these parte waa the fourth annual dairy luncheon given by the St. Paul Business Men's Club to the stockholders of St. Paul creamery as well aa all dairymen living hi tbe vicinity of St. Paul at th St. Paul City Hall Satur day. Tha particular attraction beside tbe long row of tables of "eats" for tha 110 guests who participated waa the heart-to-heart talk given by Etat Dairy and Food Commissioner J. D. Mickle. t Th fact that the cream checks paid by the local cneamery for the year of 1917 totaled ten times as much aa the approximate amount paid out for the same purpose during 1914 showa how th dairying business has been grow ing In thla small community. ernment Officials ao Washington. OTTAWA. Ont, Jan. 28. The Cana dian labor problem In its relation to the United States has been under dis cussion in Washington during tha last few days. - Senator Robertson, minister without portfolio, who is there in company with W. A. Corry, Deputy Minister of the Interior, and a special delegation head ed by General Manager Jones, of the Canada Cement Company, haa returned to Ottawa and is submitting the result of his conferences to tbe Government. The result of tbe discussion with United States authorities was in every way encouraging, it was said. Two Special Offerings in MEN'S UNDERWEAR Fine Merino Shirts and Drawers At 90c Garment One of the best-known and most reliable makes of Men's medium-weight Merino Shirts and Draw ers in natural gray. All sizes up to 50 priced this sale at 90 a garment. Fine Worsted Shirts and Drawers At $1.50 Garment Fine medium-weight Worsted Shirts and Drawers in natural gray--exceedingly high-grade under wear. Shirts in sizes 38 to 44 and drawers in sizes 84 to 44. On sale at $1.50 a garment. Underpriced Offerings in DOMESTIC GOODS Economies That Prudent Housekeepers Will Be Quick to Take Advantage Of Towels at 29c Each Fine all-white Bath Towels with hemmed ends. They come in good weight and 20 by 42 inches. Towels at 39c Each Fancy Colored Bath Towels, shown in neat and desirable color combinations. They come 22 by 44 inches. ' Toweling at 12ftc Yard ' A heavy, durable Crash Toweling; full 17 inches wide considerably undervalued at above price. Sheets at 95c Each Eeady-to-use Sheets of fine heavy round thread linen-finish sheeting. Full size for double beds. Sheets at $125 Each Extra quality Sheets of linen-finish round thread sheeting. They come 81 by 99 inches and without seam in center. H n ft m H R 14 R H B Ft 0 M n ra R ' B n n n ii n n B ' B R R - R H R R ' H H H H H H - H H R n H H H H H H tiuumumuuuuuuumumummumuauuuunmu muumuuumuunmmmmmmuummmumBmvnm As a result of the appointment by Governor Pinkham of H. Gooding Field as head of the selective draft office tn Hawaii to succeed the - lata Captain J. F. Green, considerable criticism nas arisen "because of' the fact that the newly appointed head, to celebrate the winning of his new Job, took It upon himself the same evening to go to a hotel on the beach at Waikiki and make a Dublic spectacle of himself while ap parently under the Influence of liquor. The public appears to be of the opinion that such a man should not De in or- flce, and many letters have been sent to the Governor together witn petitions to have the man discharged. Appeal to Be Expedited. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 The Su preme court toaay agreea to expeaue the' appeal en proceedings brought by the Associated Press to prevent the pirating of news by the International News Service. Tha court fixed April 15- for hearing arguments. CROP OUTPUT INCREASING Montana Boys and Girls Interested : , In Agriculture. . BOZEMAN, Mont, Jan. 26. Boys' and girls' clubs in this state produced crops valued at a total of $91,022 during the past season, according to the report of M. J. Abbey, state club leader. Up wards of 4000 girls are registered In the bread and garment making clubs. Fifty-nine club members reported $1996 worth of corn grown; 659 potato club members reported $26,591 worth of potatoes; 617 garden club- members reported garden vegetables valued at $55,472 and 114 canning club members $3218 worth of canned goods. HOLDUP DETAILS GIVEN Passengers Bring Information Raid on Mexican Central. of SOLDIERS TO HEAR CLUB U. of O. bingers to oive Concert at Camp Lewis Auditorium. TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 28. (Special.) Th University of Oregon' Men's Glee Club will give a concert In the Auditorium at Camp Lewis next Thurs day night. Th call of the Bugle broke op the ranks of the Men's Glee Club last year. and wben the club was formed last September it was found that but half of last aeason'a songsters were back in school. Several members of last year's glee club, as well as a .large number oi Oregon students are now stationed at Camp Lewis and are looking forward to seeing their former schoolmates. JUAREZ, Jan. 28. Passengers arriv ing " from the state capital today brought confirmation and additional details of the train holdup by rebels on the Mexican Central between Corralitos and Rellano, 30 milea south of Jlminez, last Wednesday. Thirty-five passengers and train guards were killed, 16 young women were carried away by the rebels and all the passengers robbed of their valu ables and stripped of their clothing. The band was thought to have been in command of Cantu Reyes. Emma Goldman Loses Case. WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. The Supreme Court, by declining to grant a rehear ing of their case and ordering the man date Issued at once, today refused to delay further the carrying out of the sentences of Emma Goldman and Alex ander Berkman. convicted in New York, of conspiring to violate the draft law. The court sustained their convictions on January 14. Miss Goldman and Berkman were sentenced to two years and fines of $10,000 each. SEIZURES NOT SANCTIONEC Dr. Ton Kuehlmann Makes State ment lor Government. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 28. In replying before th Reichstag main commitlei on Saturday to a apeech delivered bj Count von Westarp, Conservative lead er, the German Foreign Secretary, Dr. toa - ALashlmann. - said, that, - aJiho&gb. Grants Pass Bankers Elected. GRANTS PASS, Or.. Jan. 38. (Spe cial.) The Grants Pass Banking Com pany at an adjourned meeting of Its stockholders elected the following of ficers and directors: President, Claus Schmidt; vice-president. L A. Roble; cashier, Frank C. Br am we 11; assistant cashier, George P. Jester; directors, L A. Roble, Frank C. Bramwell. Franklin S. Bramwell, John Hampshire and Her bert Smith. New Officer Not Wanted. HONOLULU. I. H, Jan. 28-Special.) Whether you have 'Acid-Mouth" or not It is a good plan to use the denti frice that you know will counteract it. That dentifrice is IPdldC TOOTH PASTE If you are free from "Acid-Mouth," Pebeco will help keep it away if you have it, Pebeco will counter act it. That is what Pebeco was made to do to counteract "Acid-Mouth" as well as to clean and whiten your' teeth. Get a rube of Pebeco now and use it twice daily. Find out for your self how refreshing and efficacious Pebeco is. Maybe you are really missing something you would rather not miss if you knew more about it. Isn't a trial worth while? Pebeco is sold by druggish everywhere GILBERT SAYS: 'Ill's Summer all Winter in Port land." ' WHAT DO YOU WANT? A CAMOUFLAGE PIANO OR A REAL PIANO? The latter has: Ivory keys, NOT celluloid. Veneer cases, NOT painted. Copper Wound Base, NOT tinny. Most Reasonable Terms Consistent With Honest Merchandising. Lowest Price In Portland. Harold S. Gilbert The Reliable Piano Merchant, 384 Yamhill St. No Salesmen ' Nor Fakra. Pianos Planoa Planoa Bought. Rented. ftold. HOOVERIZE AND ECONOMIZE. Send Us Your Old Rugs, Carpets and Woolen Clothing. We Will Make Yon Those Mvrrlast Ing Western Urand Reversible, Hand - Woven Fluff Rugs "They Wear Like" Iron." PHONE US AND Otm" DRIVERS WILL CALL. Ont-ofVI'own Patrons Send for Descriptive llooklet. Freight Paid Both Ways Mull Orders Western Fluff Rug Co. 54-Srt Union Ave. N.. Cur. Egut Davia. Phones toil 6518, Home li 1475. WE DO SCIENTIFIC CARPET CLEAMNti. RAG RUGS WOVEN, ALL SIZES. laZ NIGHT SCHOOL Second Term JUST BEGINNING at BUSINESS COLLEGE ENROLL NOW Good position as soon as competent. FOR COUGHS AK3 COLDS take a prompt and effectire remedy one that acts quickly and contain no opiates. Yon can (tet such a remedy by askinc tor m r re ts m a B H II E m R B m B B B il n an