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TITE MOItNTXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, FEBRUAKY 2o, 1918. ' IrSOLOIER ENTITLED li TO DAY IN COURT Man in Service of Country Cannot Be Denied Chance v for Defense. ' LAWSON CASE IS REVERSED In Opinion Given by Jn-llce Bran, Suprnit Tribunal Holds Anion .galn.-t Guardsman Should Have Bern Postponed. . SAL.KM. Or. rb. :i- (Special.) Much Interest has been abown In the derision banded down lat week by the Eopr.me Court In an opinion by Jus tice Bean, wherein the court holds that a soldier In the service of his country is entitled to his day In court when be ! Ins: sued, and that the trial court should (rant a postponement In the hearing of such a suit until such lima aa the sol dier may appear and make adequate de fense of his rights. The principle la Involved tn the cause of M. R. Elliott versus Doualaa Lawson. and came up from Crook County, Judge . T. E. J. Duffy being reversed. Elliott. as an attorney, had seven accounts ( against Law ion for collection. These aggregated f 1149.4. Uwjca was at boms on a furlough from the Mexican border, where he had been training, and Just aa he was about to return to the encampment he was served with papers In the proceedings. Compelled to leave Immediately. Uv I son hurriedly engaged an attorney and left the matter In his hands. The at- torney. Jay R. Upton. .In making Ae s. fens for Lawson. pointed out that culture, with headquarter at Washiestea, i. . at salaries ranging from al.uu lno a year. Inspector ef small arms, aaniatant lnpeet or of small arm. fnr boi h men and women, at vartnue manufacturing planta within the l'nlte.1 atatrs at aalartea ranging frum MK to s.'tno a irear. lnp.ctor of military trucks, assistant In' pector of m4(nr vehicles (male. In the Uuartrrmafrt.r t'orps. Lnited States Army. and the odeance Department at Large of the War Department at establishments throughout the t'nllrd Plates, at salaries nnt'.ii from sljoo tu IJ4'0 a year. w Aoi-iant Inspector of machine guns. 11-00 to I.H. Auutinl Inspector ef rusher tires. $1I0 to I". Assistant Innpector nf fabrics lor pneumatic llrva. flLiH to St.1o. Inspector of sun rsrrlacrs. $ln to liion Asnl.tant Inspector of gun rarrlagea. to H:. Aui-tant ni.pcior of gun car rlage parta. 1imm to $ 1 "O0. Aasistant Initpector of artillery wheels l-'mi in f lino. Aaslstsnt Inspeetnr of gun carriage forg- Inss. lU'no to I. ). Assistant inspector of castings. .1-00 to Am.lsl.nt Inspector of steel mill products. flJixt n I.Vx a year. Many varanriea now exist in the po- sltions listed above, for men only, in tha Ordnance Department at Large of the War Department for duty at var lous manufacturing planta within the Lnlted .states, at tha salaries indicated. On account of the urgent needs of the service, applications for the above po sitions may be filed at any time. Further Information and application forma may be obtained from M. K. Wtgton. local secretary. Board of V. S. Civil Service Examiners. Poatoffice building. Portland. Oregon. BEAN CROP IS BOUGHT GOVKRKM COMMISDKF.m EM. TIRK PHODI CT 1.1 CALIKORM A. Appraxiasately S-MX0.000 M ill Be Paid for Crap. Which Will Be Storel and Carefnlly Cwarded. DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS WAR CAUSE Royalties of Europe Unite to Form Close Corporation for Self-Protection. PEOPLES ARE PROPERTY Former Ambassador Gerard Gives Interesting Accounts of Intimate Personal Incidents In Life of Kaiser Wilbclni of Germany. bla property In Crook County: that It was Impossible for him to obtain second furlough to return to Oregon to attend the trial: that the plaintiff. El liott. well knew Lawson would return to Oregon as soon as his military serv ice was completed, and that Lawson had not had sufficient time to prepare depositions In bis own defense. Coarl Reviews Case. The Supreme Court. In passing; on the auestion. said. In part: "Douglas Lawson la a resident of Prinevllle- Crook County. Or. In July, . 11. In response to the call of the J . m a w I 1 . .1 I. X' .tlonal Guards of the various states of the I'nlted States for duty on the Mex lean border. Although living In Oregon tha defendant Waa a member of the National Guard of the state of Maatta rhusetts, and responding; to the call en . listed with his regiment In the service Pl in v n uru pisira. lis was 1 rii ni- Mexican border near El Paso, Tex. . "In the month of August he was granted a furlough for the purpose of returning; to Prinevllle to attend to cer- tain private matters, by the terms of ' which he was to return to the regiment on August 31. 11. For a few days prior to August 2. be had been in the city of Prinevllle and on that day. while traveling; in an automobile " from that town to connect with the only train leaving Central Oregon, on inn uaj n was- ritrg jiu 1110 sum mons and complaint in this action. He , bad no more than a half-hour In which to look op bia attorney, advise him of , the situation and catch the train In order to rejoin his regiment, which he wsa compelled to do and did. The court then recites the proceed - Ings had which resulted in a verdict directed for the plaintiff. Lower Ceert Reversed. "It Is the policy of the law." declares Justice Mean in his opinion, "to give . a party to an action his day In court. any defense claimed by him. Under - the circumstances of this case, as de tailed by affidavit on behalf of the defendant and In regard to which there is practically no controversy, we think the trail court. In the exercise of Its - discretion, should have granted a post ponement of the trial. Such Judicial discretion should be exercised accord lag to fixed legal principles In order to promote substantial Justice: Linn Co. VI. Morris. AO. Or, iZO. "1 il. In t K h.klll.pv r .i country and oh that aixoant compelled to be absent from the place of trial of a rase in which he was a party and at which bia presence Is necessary for .a proper conduct thereof, the defend ant haa one of the strongest reasons for the continuance of the action. It Is shown that the presence of the de fendant at the trial was absolutely necessary. Chapter ITS of too Law a of 11T, pace 51i. relating to and limit ing stilts to foreclose mortgages and levy of executions upon Judgments upon and against lands of soldiers and sailors In the actual service of the United States during the war. Indi cates the legislative trend In regard to such matters. . "The Judgment of the lower court Is reversed and the cause remanded for such further proceedings ss may be deemed proper not Inconsistent herewith." PASCO HAS SCHOOL FIGHT KIcction of Director Involves Reten tion of Superintendent. TASCO. Wash.. Feb. !4. imperial.) As the campaign for School Director proceeds it grows In Intensity and In terest. The bone of contention Is whether or not Walter T. Ricks shall te retained aa city superintendent of arhoola, J. W. Hays, who Is a candi date to succeed himself, opposes the re tention of Mr. Ricks, while Mrs. D. R. Ilartng. his opponent, has not commited herself on whom she favors for super intendent. Editorially the Express Is opposing 4he election of Mrs. listing. Mr. Risks haa announced that he will resign In time for another auperintendent to be obtained for next, year, stating that he haa contracted to manage a lyceum bureau In Portland, but this announce ment has not lessened Interest In the contest. Mr. Ricks took charge of the Pasco schools eight years sgo, when they were not accredited. Today the schools employ 24 teachers snd sre accredited. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. J4. The white bean crop of California, amounting to approximately 30.000,000 pounds, has teen commandeered by the United States Army and will he put under mili tary guard, according to announcement by H. Clay Miller. Pacific Coast repre sentative of the division of co-ordination of purchases. United States Food Administration. The Government will pay approximately f 4.000.0UO for the crop. Miller announced. The smalt white beans will be stored and heavy military guards will be thrown around the storehouses. Miller announced. "Dealers will suffer no loss as a re sult of the price for which the Govern ment will settle, unless they have paid more than the market price for the beans. The producers will receive 111.50 a hundred pounds for recleaned beans after they have been taken to a common shipping point. The dealers will be given the cost price plus a small profit." Miller said. All trading In white beans was sus pended as a result of the order. An Army embargo to prevent the shipment of white beans out of the state was put In operation last Friday. Mr. Miller announced also that the Government had contracted to purchase 10.000.000 pounds of pink beans at Is a hundred pounds, recleaned. Mr. Gerard's second book, writ ten since his departure from Ber lin upon the severing of diplo matic relations with imperial Germany, haa been secured by The Oregonian for exclusive newspaper publication In Ore gon. It will appear simultane ously In dally Installments In this and other newspapers licensed by the Public Ledger. Any Infringe ment of the Public Ledger's copy right will be prosecuted. personal property of the monarch and all expressions of power become rjer- MISS FAYE BOLON WINNER Willamette's Representative at Ora torical Contest Chosen. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY". Salem. Or- Feb. 24. (Special.) Misa Faye Bo I on won first place In tha local ora torical contest of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association of Willamette University, held here last night. Miss Bolon's oration was on "America and Democracy on Trial." Mlaa Bolon la a Junior In the college of liberal arts. By winning In the local contest she -will represent the uni versity In the state contest to be held at Eugene next month. J. Fred McUrew won second place with his oration on "The Call for Man hood." The other contestants were Ralph Thomas, who spoke on "To Live aad Let Live." and Paul Wapato. whose orstion was entitled "You Are the Hope of the World." Last year Miss Margaret Garrison. the winner of the local contest, won first place in tbe state and-Jn the Coast contests and Is to represent the Coast at the National contest which will be held In Washington, D. C, next Ze ceraber. POWER LINE RIGHT ASKED Company Would Supply Towns Lewis County If Permitted. in CHEHAUS, Wash Feb. 34. (Spe cial.) Tbe Central Light & Manufac turing Company nss filed a petition with the Lewis County Commissioners for a franchise to construct and oper ate an electric light and power lin between Walvllle. at the Lewis-Pacific county line, to Meskill. 12 miles west of Chehalis. The company asks for permission to use the county roads for Its work If needed, A 60-year fran chise is asked. March IS has been set by tbe com mlsslonera as the date for hearing- the petition. It is understood that if this permit Is granted Western Lewis County towns will get electricity from the North Coast power lines operating In this section. GOVERNMENT JOBS OPEN Clfll ric CununNfcion Announces liiani. nation for Varied Positions Tm Vnlt states Clvlt Scrvlc Com mission innounff open competitive ex minations mm follows: bip drafini. mrr Mt-ttir m-hanlral pnaj t rue- ( gars 1 t 4 nfliman, f r hi work, for hot r fnrt mi1 women, tn lh Navy I " pmffnnt. Waushtn (tow. D. anrt tn th a.yarJ r-nrtces lbruhut lh l'H1 01 9- r-l ransTtnc fmm A4 to StLM - Mnr a.-an-i-ts row t, AsowtAfii in drrr di irkvtinc fmat! In th Itur'sa 0 JJAXkwtaV, UpU IXUCal Ol AgfV DAIRY INSTITUTE PLANNED Mt. Angel Business Men Will En tertain on March S. t MOUNT ANGEL. Or, Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Plans have been completed for tbe dairy Institute and free lunch to be held on March 5. - The programme follows: Address, "Co-operative Creameries Compared With Centralixera." by J. D. Mlckle. of State Dairy Food Commis sion: speech by M. Welnacht. president of the Mount Angel Creamery; enter tainment by businesa men: speech on "Itest Crops to Plant for Dairying." by Professor Kdward B. Fitts. Corvallis: "Better InlryinK." by J. I). Mlckle: "Si los and Knsilage." by Kdward B. Fitts, Oregon Agricultural College. The institute wjll be held under the direction of the Mount Angel business men. 88 YEARS - ROMPED OUT Hubbard Honors Active Member of Congregational Church. HUBBARD. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Mrs. Lucretia 'Abbott rounded out S years of life, the last ! of which were spent In Hubbard. She is still active. Her chief delight Is In the local Con grgatlonal Church, for the founding of which she and Mr. Abbott, deceased, were largely responsible. The Helping Hand . Society yesterday rave her a fitting reception at the church manse. Grandma Abbott Is an enthusiastic member of the Red Cross and-Knitting Club and seldom misses a meeting. Her son, J. If. Abbott, la a resident of Port land and Is In tbe employ of the St. Johne Shipbuilding Company. Head Tbe Urcgoaiaa classified ads. BY JAMES W. GERARD. American Ambaaaador at tbe Uerman Im perial Court. July 23. 1813, to February 4, 1K1T. Author of ' Mr Four Tears in Ger many." (Copyright, 1K18. by Public Ledger Company.) In a monarchy all subjects seem the pronet strums sonaL This extends throughout all countries ruled by royalty. When.- for example, a member of the royal family dies, even In another country. It must be lamented by the court circle of other lands. Here is the official notice aent to all diplo mats and members of the Imperial Uer man Court on the occasion of tbe death of the Queen of Sweden: The Court goes Into nuiurnlnr Indi. fnr her Majesty the Queen Mother of Sweden tor three weeks np to and Including the 19th oi January. 1V14. Ladles wear black silk dresses for the first fourteen days. Including January 12, with black hair ornaments, black gloves, black fans and black Jewelry; the last eight days with white hair ornaments, gray gloves, white fans and pearia Gentlemen wear the whole time a black band on the left sleeve. Clvlllsns wear with the embroidered coat, during the first fourteen days, including January 12. on occasions of "grand gala." gold or sliver embroidered trousers ofStbe color of the uniform and In the one as In the other caae gold or silver embroidered hat with white plume: with the "small" uniform, however, black trousers or knee-breeches, black silk stockings, shoes with black bows and the "three-cornered" hat with black plumel. During the first fourteen days gentlemen wear black woolen vests and black gloves, in the last eight days black silk vests and gray gloves. Berlin, December .80, lsia. The Ober-l'eremontenmelster. GRAF A. El'LENBURO. By command of his Majesty the Emperor. mourning will be suspended for New Tear's Day and the 17th and 18th of January. Keyaltlra Clone Corporation. ' So It Is apparent what a close cor poration all the royal families make and the peoples are simply viewed as the personal property of the ruling princes. . In his telegram which the German Kaiser wrote to President Wil son on August 19. observe how all is personal. The Kaiser says: "I tele graphed to his Majesty the King, per sonally, but that if. etc.. I would em ploy my troopa elsewhere. . . . His Majesty answered that he thought my offer ... He speaks of the King of the Belglums "having; refused my petition for a free passage." He refers to my Ambassador In London." This telegram shows, on the other hand, another thing the great ability of the Kaiser. Undoubtedly he knew why I was coming to see him to pre sent the offer of mediation of President Wilson but from our conversation I do not think that he had even In bia mind prepared the answer, which sets forth his position In entering: the war. He 'said. "Wait a moment; I shall write something; for the President." Then taking the telegraph blanks lying on the table, he wrote rapidly and flu ently, it waa a message in a foreign language, and. whatever we may think of Ita content, at any rate it Is clear. concise, consecutive and forceful. Kaiser tbe Master Schemer. The personal touch runs through that extraordinary eerjes of telegrams in tne rsmous -wiuy-?ilcky" correspond ence between Kaiser Wllhelm and the last of the Romanoffs, discovered in Petrograd by Herman Bernstein. These reveal, moreover, the surpassing craft of the Uerman Kaiser. He was the master ecnemer. routing for German trade, always rar his advantage, he twists the poor half-wit of the Winter palace like a piece of straw. Kmperor William waa not -satisfied witn a quiet lire as patron of trade. Aa ne studied the portralta of his an castors he felt that they gazed at him with reproachful eyes; demanded that he add. aa did they, to the domains of the Hohenzollerns. that he return from war in triumph at the bead of a vie torious army with the keys of fallen cities born, before him in conquering niarcn. One-tenth of Frederick the Great's people fell, but to the poverty-stricken peasant woman of Prussia, lamenting ner nusoana and aeaa sons, did it mat ter that the rich province of Silesia had been added to the Prussian crown? what waa it to that broken mother whether tbe Slleslan peassnts acknowl edged the Prussian King or the Aus trian Lmpreaa? Despots both. . And what countlesa serfs fell In the wars between the King and the Empress! I once asked' Von Jagow when this war would end. He answered, "An old his tory of tbe Seven Tears' War concludes: 'The King and the Kmpress were tired of war. so they made peace.' That is how this war will end." Will it? Will it end in a draw, to be resumed when some king feels the war fever on him? No. this war must en'd despots, and witlt them all wars! Balgarlaa Klag Offended. It is all aucb a matter of personal whim. For instance, before Bulgaria entered the war on the side of Germany even the best-Informed Germans pre dicted that King Ferdinand would never Join Germany because of an Incident which occurred In the Royal Palace of Berlin. This is bow it happened: It Is the custom for one monarch to make his pals lp the king business of ficers of his tftiny or navy. Thus the German Emperor is General Field Mar shal and Proprietor of the Thirty fourth "William the First. German Emperor and King of Prussia" Infan try and Seventh "William the Second. German Emperor and King of TruiH" Hussars. in the Auntro-Hungarian army: Chief of the "King Frederick William HI St. Toter-bnrg Life Ousrds." the Eighty-fifth "Vlburg" In fantry and the Thirteenth "Narva Hus sars, and the "Grodno" Hussars of the Guard, In the Russian army; Field Marshal in the British army. Honorable Admiral of the British Fleet, and Coloncl-in-Cbief First Dragoons; Gen eral In the Swedish army and flag Ad-1 miral of the Fleet; Honorable Admlra of the Norwegian and Danish Fleet; Admiral of the Russian Fleet; Honor able Captain-General In the Spanish army and Honorable Colonel of the Eleventh "Numancia" Spanish .Dragoons and Honorable Admiral of the Greek Fleet. Kaiser Becomes Familiar. The King of Bulgaria was Chief of the Fourth Thuringia Infantry Regi ment No. 72, In the Prussian Army. As per custom on a visit to Berlin be don ned his uniform of the Thuringian In fantry. He had put on a little weight, i and military unmentionables, be It: known, are notoriously tight. So as he leaned far out of the palace window to admire the passing troops, he presented it am a mark so tempting that the Emperor, EtZf ii J tn Jovial mood, was impelled to admin- f.'-' ri ister a resounding spank on the sacred seat of the Czar of all the Balkans. In stead of taking the slap in the same Jovial spirit in which It was given, the Czar Ferdinand, a little Jealous of the self-assumed title of Czar, became furiously angry so angry that even the diplomats of the Metternich school believed for a time that he never would forgive the whack and even might re fuse to join Germany. But Czar Ferdi nand, believing in the military power of Germany, cast his already war-worn people in the war against tbe allies, much to the regret of many Bulgarian statesmen, who, having been educated at Robert College, near Constantinople, college founded and maintained by Americans, and having imbibed some what of the American spirit there, were not over pleased to think themselves ss eventually arrayed against the United States of America. But there Is no monarch In all Eu rope who la more wily than Czar Ferdl nand. 'At a great feast In Bulgaria, at which Emperor William was present. Czar Ferdinand toasted the Emperor in Latin and alluded to him as "Miles Gloriosus," which all present took to mean "glorious soldier;" but the exact Latin meaning of "glorious" is "boast ful," a meaning well known In Berlin, where, at the 'Little Theatre." in series of plays of all ages, the "Miles Gloriosus" of Plautus. bad Just been presented a boastful, conceited sol dier, the "Miles Gloriosus." the chief character of the comedy. , Maximilian's Wards Qaoted Nothing illustrates more vividly -the belief of the royal families of the cen tral empires in their God-given right to the plain people than those few words of Maximilian written before his ill-fated expedition to Mexico. Speaking of the palace at Caserta, near Naples, he wrote: "The monumental stairway, is worthy of Majesty. What can be finer than to imagine the sov erelgn placed at Its head, resplendent in the midst of these marble pillars to fancy this monarch, like a God, gra ciously permitting the approach of human beings. The crowd surges up ward. The King vouchsafes a gracious glance, but from a very lofty eleva tion. All -powerful, imperial, he makes one step toward them with a smile of Infinite condescension. Could Charles V, could Maria Theresa appear thus at the head of .this ascending stair, who would not bow their heads before that majestic God-given power?" What was the condition of the people under Maria Theresa, whom Maximilian spoke of as possessing a power that. according to him, was so God-given that no one could fail to bow the head before her majestic presence? The peasants, under her rule, were prac tically slaves, as they could not leave the lord's lands or even marry without his permission, nor could they bring their children up to any profession other than that of laborer. In other words, the children of the slave must remain slaves. Poor Maximilian! He was a brother of the late Emperor Franz-Joseph and a member of that Kalserbund and royal system which, while America was busy with domestic difficulties between the North and South, sought to wrest from Mexico her liberty. I wonder if the Mexicans have forgotten the inci dent and Its implications. One-Man Power Alvrays Falls. But one-man power always fails In the end. No man, king or president, whatever he may himself think, has a brain all powerful and all knowing. There is wisdom in counsel. Too much of some favorite dish may lead to in digestion and that to bad Judgment and disaster at a critical time. Napoleon III, Just before 1870, was suffering from a wasting disease and so allowed himself to be ruled by the beautiful, narrow, fascinating, foolish Spanish Empress whom he gave to, the French in a moment of passion because, as she said to him, "The way to her room lay through a church door Colonel Stof fel, the French military attache to the Berlin embassy, wrote confidentially report after report to the Emperor tell ing him of the immense military strength of Prussia and of her readi ness for immediate war. But most of these reports were afterward found un opened in the desk of .the doting, sick and fallen Kmperor. For, after all. however divine the King, Emperor or Kaiser may consider himself, he Is but a vulnerable human being and no accident of birth should give even a small number of people on earth Into the hands of a single mor tal. 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Atkins and Drake will be up again. Fred. Shoemaker, City Controll er, Is the only avowed candidate so far for a Commlssionershlp and he has been advised by the City Attorney that he must resign his present place if he is to make the race. This he declines to do. Shoemaker says that inefficien cy is noticeable In some of the city offices. He urges a business adminis tration. , DRINK BILL IS LARGE "BACK OF THE YARDS" DISTRICT SUPPORTS 3O0 SALOONS. ALLEGED SPY IS INTERNED Frank Mollman Accused of Spread ing German Propaganda. SALT LAKE CITT. Utah. Feb. 24. Working under tbe direction of the German Consulate at Denver before the war, and foremost, it la charged, in spreading German propaganda and spy activities In -Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and Utah since April 6, 1917, Frank Mollmann. German reservist, was or dered interned yesterday at Fort Doug las for tbe duration of the war. Mollman was arrested by Federal authorities January 28 for certain pro- German utterances. It Is understood he has been under surveillance by Federal officials since the severance of relations between Germany and the United States, TENINO BOYS HEARD FROM' Corporal Arthur McElfresh Writes His Father From France. CENTRAL! A, Wash.. Feb. 24. (Spe cial. Thomas Forrey and Ray Nicola, two Tenino boys who enlisted in the Army, have arrived safely In France, according to letters Just received by relatives. Their trip across the At lantic was uneventful. At the point In France where Com pany M. Klst United States Infantry, is located, there are many Uerman and Austrian prisoners, according to letter received by J. C McElfresh, of this city, from bis son. Corporal Ar thur' McElfresh. The letter also bore the information that Walter Schacht has been promoted to a Corporalcy in Company M. Vernon Williams Appointed Teacher. ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Vernon Williams, of Portland, son of an instructor in manual Training at tne Benson Polytechnic bchooi. in that city. has been appointed instructor in manual training In the Albany Hitrh School. He will aucceed Professor K. A. Hudson, who becomes principal of the Albany HlKh Fchool when the resignation of W. B. Young, present principal, becomes effective on March 2. The new instruc tor is a younn man and a graduate of tbe Benson Polytechnic School. TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 24. (Special.) Tacoma's political interests are cen tered more in bond issues this Spring than in candidates, although a Mayor and two Commissioners are to be elect ed. Thesbond issues present a strange problem to the voters. At tne regular city election, to De held April 2, the purchase of the phys ical properties of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company will be decided. Be cause of alleged inefficient service, the voters will have a chance to decide whether or not they want to spend $6, 000,000 for the plant as it stands. An extra 1500,000 would be tacked on to the Issue as a sinking fund, for the traction system. Mayor A. V. Fawcett, James C. Drake, Commissioner of Finance, and Charles D. Atkins, Commissioner of Public Works, are the retiring officials, and although they have not declared them selves, it is understood that they will be In the race again. Situation Is Complicated. This complicates the situation. The Mayor is opposed to buying the street railway system until there has been a close appraisement of its value. It is known that the Stone & Webster In terests, of Boston, the present owners, would be only too glad to unload. Mr. Atkins holds that if the people are not satisfied with the car service they should buy the system and make the improvements. Another obstacle presents itself. Should tbe street railway bond issue carry on April 2 and the auxiliary pow er question fail two weeks later, it would leave the city In the position of owning the streetcar lines and being forced to buy power from Stone & Web ster, who are centralizing on this one phase of business. Although the ordinance covering tne power bond issue nas not Deen intro duced as yet, it probably will provide for floating 15,000.000 tn bonds.. The city with its municipal power plants feels that It cannot supply the elec tricity needed during the next year or more to develop industry. , Bfaeh Complalat la Heard. A hearing before the State Public Service Commission on the streetcar situation in March may clarify the sit uation somewhat. The Tacoma Com mercial Club has declared that the present conditions hamper industrial progress, and shipyard managers have complained of the service furnished to their men during rush hours. It Is pointed, out, however, -that the city, if it owned the lines, would not be in a position to improve matters On the American Lake line to Camp Lewis, for without an enabling act from the Legislature the city could not extend Its lines outside of its own limits. RED CROSS GATHERS MOSS Aberdeen Chapter Collects Sphag num From Bogs for Soldiers. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe- clal.) The sphagnum moss pad depart ment of the Aberdeen Red Cross Chap ter has become one of great impor tance. The moss, gathered in the bogs of this county, is exceptionally valu able in war hospitals as an absorbent for it will absorb 20 times its own weight, while cotton will absorb but three times its weight. I L. Maley, a cigar manufacturer, has donated a large room and 150 feet of drying racks for the moss have been constructed there. The moss is garn ered by E. B. Benn in the west end of the county free for the Red Cross, and the Caldwell Transportation Company brings- it to the city free of charge. School children clean the moss. This moss"can be found in almost un limited, quantities near the ocean beaches of the harbor. Hundreds of acres are covered with it. HOOD RIVER SAVES FUEL Office Bjyldings to Go Unheated During Hours of Night. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The Oregon Fuel Administration,- through the local Council of De fense, has issued orders for all office buildings to cease the use of fuel for beating office rooms except in day time. The fuel conservation movement af fects the following 'Hood River build ings: The Hall building, Brosius build ing. Smith building, Eliot building. First National Bank and Heilbronner building. Where lower floors of the buildings are occupied by business enterprises that require night work, the rule will not be applied. Tono Mine Victim Buried. CENTRALIA. Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The funeral of Richard Will iams, one of the two victims of the mine disaster at Tono Wednesday, was held' in Centralia today. The local Masonic Lodge had charge of the grave side services and Knights of Pythias, Oddfellows and members of Tono Local, No. 1717, United Mine Workers of Amer ica. attended the services as organiza tions. The body of Alfred Jones, the other victim of the cave-in, was taken to Seattle yesterday, accompanied by a delegation of Tono miners. Testimony Offered at Wage Hearing Shows $4,500,000 Was Spent for Liquor Last Year. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. Residents of the district known as "back of the yards," t spent $4,500,000 a year for drink, ac cording to testimony given yesterday in the stockyards wage arbitration by Elbert Beeman, In charge of employes' The section embraces 125 square blocks of tenements and is occupied almost exclusively by foreign-born la borers, 40 per cent of whom are em ployed in the packing-house industry. The witness read from a report pre pared by Young Men's Christian Asso- I elation workers in 1912, which showed , in tbe district averages $15,000 a year. This district now has 300 saloons, or 75 more than in 1912. Beeman introduced in evidence a. large map of the territory showing there are 75 more saloons than retail stores where food is sold in the sec tion. The numberof food stores given was 225. Representatives of organized labor, in cross-examining the witnesses called by the packers, endeavored to show that the saloon is only indirectly a factor in causing the conditions com plained of by leaders of the men. They declare that the men are led to drink to excess through overwork, bad con ditions of labor and Insufficient wages. It was argued that if these evils were remedied the saloon would no longer be an element In the stockyards labor problem. 13 Centralia Boys Enlist. CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Yesterday 13 more Class 1 draft registrants left for Vancouver. They enlisted in the spruce division of the Signal Corps through the Lewis County- exemption board. Just A Touch Of Ice-Mint. PRESTO! Corns Wither and Lift Out With Fingers No Pain. Smelt Run Begins in Kalama River KALAMA, Wash., Feb. 24. (Special.) For the first timo in several years smelt are running up the Kalama River. As soon as the discovery was made the news was telephoned to Kelso and many of the smelt fishers imme diately responded in their boats. The fishermen averaged about 50- 50-pound hn-ram ,nl, tha first nilrht. but it la l ' . I expected the average will expected the average will be much Mayor Fawcett apparently feels rea-I larger hereafter. Mark Our Location CONSIDER how con veniently the Northwestern Na tional Bank may be reached in going to and from your place of work, home, shopping center and amusement district. Therefore, whether your account be household or personal SAVINGS or business CHECKING, this is the logical place for it. Savings Department open Saturday Evenings from 6 to 8. nn n ni pp pr pr f ii tv m rr n rr, IT n rn pi n Corn sufferers either round: cet right up close and listen here's good news for you. The real genuine "Corn Killer" is here at last. No humbug:. Ice-Mint the new discovery made from a Japanese product is said to surely and quickly end all foot misery. Think of it; only a touch or two of that cooling sooth ing Ice-Mint and real foot joy is yours. No pain not a bit of soreness either when applying- it or afterwards and it doesn't even irritate the surrounding skin. It just makes a pair of tried, swollen, aching, burning feet glow with cooli ing comfort. Hard corns, soft corns or corns be tween the toes, also toughened cal louses Just shrivel right up and lift off so easy. It's wonderful. Every foot sutferer can appreciate a treatment like this, especially women who wear high heel shoes and men who are obliged to stand ou their feet all day. " Try it. Just ask in any Drug store for a few cents' worth of Ice-mint and ' learn for yourself what solid foot com. fort really is. There is nothing better. 0 mm 1 uiwrK' THIS WOMAN KNOWS She Proved that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound Does Help Suffer ing Women Watertown. N. Y. " Last fall when I was expecting to become a mother was in very poor health. I suffered from a female weakness so I did not have strength enough to do my own work and could not stand on my feet for any length of time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound corrected my trouble and I jm croved in health an that when my baby came the doctor said he never saw a women get along; any better than I did and I know it was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that helped me."- Mrs. Ernest Beebb, 124 Wyoming Ave., Watertown, N. Y. Women who continuallyovertax their strength until they get into such a weakened condition should profit by Mrs. Beebe's experience, and try thia famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. 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