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7, 1918. THIS STORE USES NO COMPARATIVE PRICES THEY ARE MISLEADING AND OFTEN UNTRUE I King Cotton Has Proclaimed Friday a Banner Day! i TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JUNE KING COTTON SAID: THESE WARM DAYS WILL i MAKE THIS A MOST POPULAR SALE WITH Women's and Children's j UNDERWEAR Underpriced WOMEN'S KNIT UNION SUITS, 69c c In all wanted styles, low neck and sleeveless in regular and extra sizes. And V-shaped yoke styles, with mercerized tape trimming. WOMEN'S SWISS RIBBED UNION SUITS at $1.25 Low neck, sleeveless style, with tight knee. The popular Kayser brand. WOMEN'S KAYSER RIBBED VESTS, 50c 1 Swiss ribbed lisle vests, in plain .or French band styles; also a large assortment of vests with crocheted yokes; white and flesh.- WOMEN'S FANCY VESTS At 35c Women's vests, in regular and extra sizes; Swiss ribbed cotton, made with crocheted yokes. BOYS' COTTON UNION SUITS, 49c Cotton ribbed Summer weight union suits, with short sleeves and knee length drawers. , BOYS' B. V. D. UNION SUITS, 75c Also the porosknit suits . at this same price; comfortable styles for Summer wear. CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS, 50c Nainsook union suits,. with tapes and extra buttons for fastening dress and garters; sizes 2 to 12. GIRLS' FINE UNION SUITS, 50c Fine ribbed union suits, in Sum mer weight; low neck, sleeveless, tight knee style ; sizes 2 to 16. CHILDREN'S UNDERGARMENTS, 25c Vests in all sizes; regulation style and tight or loose knee pants; at 25c. Main Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. KING COTTON SAID THEY'RE MIGHTY PRETTY THESE Gingham Dresses $6.95 For Women and Little Women at Just the sort of dresses that are being featured in all the fashion magazines now. Snappy Summer models of plaid and checked gingham, in a variety of novel styles. SOME HAVE COLLARS AND ZUFFS OF WHITE PIQUE. OTHERS HAVE EMBROIDERED SHAWL COLLARS OF ORGANDY AND VIOST OF THEM HAVE NOVELTY POCKETS ALL VERY SPECIAL T $6.95. Third Floor Lipman Wolfe Sr Co- MP FOR YOUR VACATION Walrus grain fibrekord three-piece bag; good lock and catches; steel frame, cloth lining. Special $2.45. Mezzanine Fir. Lipman, W olfe & Co. EMBROIDERED MODELS Dainty models, including Chil dren's Hats, Pretty Dresses, Scarfs, Pin Cushions, Rompers, Card Table Covers, Gowns all at HALF PRICE Fifth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. BEEF AC 1L3 ... .10., 3 K Will Buy a 4? Qjf TOYO THAT WILL DO Fi Panami FINE QUALITY FOR ANY OCCASION ALL THE LATEST SPRING BLOCKS Panamas Are Going to Be Worn More Than Ever This Summer THE TOYO ORIENTAL PANAMA at $2.45 is a wonderful hat for work, outing, auto or street wear. GENUINE SOUTH AMERICAN PANAMA HATS are on sale now. at prices ranging from $3.65 to $6.35. A FEW IN WOMEN'S SIZES Non-breakable, which can be folded into small parcel $1.50. Main Floor, Just Inside Washington-Street Entrance. t SPECIAL SALES IN THE ECONOMY BASEMENT TODAY FOR BANNER DAY cTMei Merchandise ofc Merit Only" FIGHT THE U-BOATS BUY THRIFT STAMPS ON SALE MAIN FLOOR A. I t mm mm mm n n r ,M"r7WM n , ,- mn nr 1 T .. 1 - 1 n' rrn nm n mm n mm 1 1 mmm M ,M M mm n tmm uamjLml mmL m jiaiM.li a aTiMa im u ij u j am i mmm i f BAD MEAT OFFERED Packers Deny They Sold Unfit Food for Army Use. WILSON & CO. MAKE REPLY tendant from the Blackfoot State Asylum. When the Sheriff in his rounds about midnight glanced into her cell she was lying quietly on her cot fully dressed. Soon after, apparently, she removed her stockings tied them into a loop, one end of which she hung over the hinge of the door, with the other about her neck. The loop was so low she had voluntarily lifted her feet from the floor to effect death by strangula tion. Death had occurred evidently with out a struggle. The Coroner's jury at 5 o'clock this evening gave a verdict of death from self-inflicted strangulation. Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Charles Deering and Mrs. John Siebert, of Buhl. Representatives of Big Chicago Cor poration Appear to Make De fense England Declared Safe From Famine. WASHINGTON; June 6. Further evi dence of the sale or offering for sale of unfit meat for the Army has been dis covered by the Federal Trade Commis sion, W. T. Chantland, chief examiner, declared today when representatives of Wilson & Co., Chicago packers, appeared In deny charges that they have sold unfit meat. Food Administrator Hoover's declara tion that prohibition should be by leg islation, and not by "forcing the food administration to be responsible for an orgy of drunkenness," drew from Rep resentative Randall, of California, to day the statement that a full war pro hibition measure will be urged in Con gress at this session. Wilson' Letter Read. President Wilsno's letter to Senator Sheppard, of Texas, opposing Repre sentative Randall's amendment adopted by the House to make unavailable a $1,000,000 agricultural appropriation unless the President exercises powers under the food control act to prohibit the use of grains in making beer and wines, was read to the Senate today. . "Frankly I was very much distressed by the action of the House, said the letter. "I do not think that it was wise or fair to attempt to put such compul sion on the executive in the matter In which he has already acted almost to the limit of his authority." So many patriotic housewives have offered to supply canned and pre served fruits and vegetables to the Oovernment that the food administra tion tonight issued an announcement explaining why the offers cannot be accepted and emphasizing the neces sity for the continuance of canning and preserving for civilian use. The statement points out that no Governmental department is permitted by law to accept an article without paying Ton it, and says that even if home preserved foods could be legally bought their purchase would be im possible because of the difficulties con nected with inspection and necessity for close packing to save space In ships. Splendid Spirit Praised. "This splendid spirit is extremely praiseworthy," said the food admin iteration's announcement, "and it can be turned into channels that will do exactly as much for oun armed forces end the allies as though it had pro vided them with millions of cans or jars of home preserved food." GENERAL MIGHIE DEAD AMERICAN AR3IT OFFICER PASSES AWAY '.SUDDENLY. Death of "Well-Known and Brllliut Soldier Occurs on Train ar Rouen, France. PARIS, June 6. General Robert E. L. Michle, of the American Army, died in a railroad train near Rouen yester day. His death was sudden and un expected, as he had not been ill. WASHINGTON. June 6. News of the sudden death of Brigadier-General Rob ert Lj. Micbie near Rouen. France, yes terday, came as a shock today to War Department and Army circles. He was a brilliant soldier. For a long time General Michle was chief aide to General Hugh I. Scott, former chief of staff of the Army, and had accompanied the latter on numer ous missions of importance. Chief among these was General Scott's trip to the Piute Indian country in Utah, where he quelled an uprising among the Piutes. When General Scott visited the Mexcan bandit chief, Francisco Villa, and when he conferred with the Mexican authorities at 1 Paso, General Michle's assistance was of great value. He also accompanied General Scott with the American mission . to Russia last year. He was a native of Virginia and was 54 years old. GERMANS LAY PLOT 40,000 Teutons Have Crossed Border Into Mexico. AIM IS EMBROIL REPUBLICS speak. The fire destroyed the build ing and practically all the contents. It is supposed to have been started by a defective flue. The men folks were out In the field working. The daughter realized the danger but was unable to move or to tell her mother, the latter, as stated, not realizing the danger on account of her deafness. The girl is said to have managed somehow to attract her moth er's attention by pushing over a chair or other article. By the narrowest margin, the girl was saved, but the home and all but a few of: its contents were lost- HANGS HERSELF ADJUDGED INSANE, ASYLUM IM PRISONMENT IS ESCAPED. Mrs. Melissa Murray, Aged 53, Resident . of Bnhl, Idaho, Uses Stockings to Commit Suicide. TWIN FAL.I-S. Idaho, June 6. (Spe cial.) The dead body of Mrs. Melissa Murray, age 53, wife, of J. E. Murray, of the neighboring town of Buhl, yes terday adjudged Insane in a probate court hearing, was found Wednesday hanging from her cell door in the county Jail here, where she was con fined -awaiting the arrival of an at- CENSORS WORRY GERMANS Two Deputies Make Protest In Open Setting of Reichstag. AMSTERDAM. June 6. Allegations that the German censorship is growing more stringent were made at -the open ing sitting of the Reichstag Tuesday by Baron von Rechenberg of the Cen trist party and Deputy Bauer, a Social ist. Matters were growing continually worse. Deputy Bauer said, and the cen sorship had Increasingly placed itself in service of the "lust of cdnquest." even meetings for equal suffrage be ing forbidden although their alms coincided with Government policy. The feeling among the people was becoming even more exasperated, the deputy added. LIBRARIAN TO GO TO CAMP Mrs. Kidder, of O. A. C, Has Po sition at Army Cantonment. CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, June 6. Mrs. Ida A. Kidder, librarian of the Oregon Agricultural College at Cor vallls, is coming to camp next Monday as librarian for the base hospital. The library work at the hospital is to be extended considerably. The gift of a medical library from the Washington State Medical Asso ciation was announced today. It will be used to supplement' the base hos pital library and will be accessible to enlisted men of the medical corps who are denied the use of the hospital li brary and doctors stationed at regi mental infirmaries. Read The Oregonian. classified ads'. Americans Arriving From Cuba Say Hnns Flourish In Carrama's Land Cuba Forces - Mexican Club In Havana lo Vacate. NEW TCRK, June 6. A steamship from Cuba which arrived recently at an American port had among her pas sengers Frank McNenney, father-in- law of Murray Hulbert, Commissioner of Docks and Ferries. Mr. McNenney has been spending the Winter months In Havana for the last 60 years. He said that 40.000 Germans had crossed from the United States over the border into Mexico since the outbreak of the European war. It was the aim of the Germans In Mexico, he said, in some way to embroil the United States with that country for the purpose of inducing America to send troops across the Rio Grande and thus - divert as. far A.s possible this country's attention from the war In Europe. Other passengers said the Cuban authorities had forced the Mexican Club in Havana, which had its quarters in the former Miramar Hotel, facing the Gulf of Mexico, to vacate these quarters because of the location of the building on the seashore. The passengers asserted that the feel ing between the two countries had been so bitter that the Mexican Minister to Cuba on May 20. Cuban Independence day, when President Menocal reviewed a big parade, declined to sit with the president in the reviewing stand. With flour at 80 cents a pound, except to a favored few, the food situation In Cuba was still serious according to Senor Luis A. Baralt, the new Cuban Minister plenipotentia. to i'Bru, who was also a passenger. Senor Baralt was accompanied by his wife and their daughter. Blanca. Sugar was being sent out of Cuba in larger quantities now, since the United States assigned more cargo ships to the trade, said Senor Baralt, and the ship arriving the other day brought the largest sugar cargo she has ever car ried 22,000 bags, or about 7,150,000 pounds. FARM HOME DESTROYED Paralyzed Daughter Sees Flames but Is Unable to Give Warning. MORTON. Wash., June 6. (Special.) Word was brought to Morton today of a fire at the farm home of J. W. Watts, of Randle, last Thursday which nearly cost the lives of Mrs. Watts, who is quite deaf, and of a daughter, Effie, 18, who is paralyzed and unable to Just Read This No natter how many Bales you will ao to Remember that Blank's Sample Shop la the cheapest in P. art la ad for the best bargains aad the beat Suits, Dresses, Coats, Waists aad Skirts. Blank's Sample Shop 360 Morrison St, corner Park FRANK H. RANSOM RESIGNS Portland Advisor of War Board Frets Under Red Tape. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 6. Frank Ransom, of Portland, who for several months has been serving in an important position with the lumber committee of the War Industries Board, has tendered his res ignation and expects soon to return to Portland. Mr. Ransom, during his stay In Washington, has rendered invaluable assistance to Government officials with lumber problems on their hands, and his resignation is understood to bo due to red tape that has lately been interfering with the businesslike con duct of his office. Mr. Ransom's resignation has not been accepted, and his immediate su periors are urging him to withdraw it and continue his present work of ad vising on lumber. MANAGERS ARE CHANGED Oregon Power Company Makes Shifts In Willamette Valley Towns. EUGENE, Or.. June 6. (Special.) Four changes in resident managers for the Oregon Power Company In Willam ette valley cities were announced to night by Elmer Dover, of Tacoma. president of the Mountain States Power Company, which owns the Oregon Power Company. J. I. White, who has been manager at Albany, has resigned his position and will engage In business for him self In Seattle. He will be succeeded by C U. Steelqulst, who has been man ager at Dallas. II. A. Joslln. manager at Eugene, will be transferred to Dallas. Fred Brown, an employe from the company's Tacoma office, will take over the supervision of the Eugene business. MYSTERY SHIP SEEN U-Boats May Have Supply Vessel With Them. STEAMER ACTS STRANGELY toes. This occurred in Westport yes terday. Wilmer In the son of the as sistant lighthouse keeper at this point. Suspicion Exists That Submarines of Germans Have Tender That Masquerades as Neutral Trader. AN ATLANTIC PORT. June S What he now believers was a German subma rine supply ship masquerading as a neutral trader was sighted off the Vir ginia capes on May 25 by Captain Ray, of the American Bchoonrr Joel Cook, which reached here recently. "At the timo I attached no signifi cance to the incident, but on reaching this port and learning of German sub marine activities down the coast. I communicated what I had observed to naval authorities." said Captain Kay today. "I was off Fenwlcks Island lighthip (off the Virginia capes) on the 25th, when I sighted two submarines, which I took to be Americans on trial cruises.' the skipper said. "They were big fel lows bigger than I thought subma rines were made. They seemed to be trailing a steamer, but after a time this steamer, strangely enough, dropped astern of me. then speeded up and came alongside without hailing me. A mist then set in and I lost sight of her There was no distinguishing mark on this vessel and she flew no flag." Off the Fenwlcks Island lightship Captain Ray said he observed two gray cylinderr, which he believed were mines. Westport Boy Snooty Foot. WESTPORT. Wash.. June . (Spe cial.) Wilmer Dusenberry, 12. Inves tigating the pull of the trigger on a small shotgun with the business end pointed at his toes, found out to his satisfaction, and Dr. Mclntyre. U. S. A., extracted 16 shot from the young man's RESERVATIONS SUNDAY TIME CARD First Show 11 A. M.; 12 :30, Dedication Con cert and Show. 2:30 4:00 5:30 7:00 8:30 and 10 P. M. Entire Doge Sections Reserved for Each Show. The event Dedication of the big $50,000 Wurlltzer Unit Orchestra in conjunc tion with "The Unbeliever." featuring the U. S. Marines. for Loge Seats for any Show, Week Beginning SUNDAY, JUNE 9 may be made NOW at regular Box Office prices by phoning "MAIN 70, LOGE "BOOKING" to be called for before 6 P. M. on day before the show. LIBERTY Broadway at Stark CHURCH LOYALTY ASSURED Pacific Synod of Kvaneiical Or ganization in Session. YAKIMA. Wash.. June 6. Members of the Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Church In session here today have spent more during the past year for the support of the church and church missions than ever before In the his tory of the Synod, according to the re port presented this morning by the treasurer, J. M. Trabert. of Berkeley, Cal. Roy. F. W. PiiFsnrd. of I,a Orande, Or., pret-ide:-.t of the synod, delivered the president's address this morning and asked the people "to consecrate ourselves and our talents to the cause of righteousness and inspire our peo ple to make all needful sacrifices." At the clone lie recommended the appoint ment of a committee to draw up reso lutions pledging the support of the Lutherans to the utmost to the cause of the United States in its war agatntt German-. Aberdeen to Observe l'l Dav. ABERDEEN. Wash.. June . (Spe cial.) Jack Sullivan, of Seattle, owner of the Aberdeen Baseball Club, will de liver the Flag Day address here June 14 at the annual exercises to be con ducted by the Aberd.en l.odce of Klk. A strong programme for the occasion is being arranged by a committee con sisting of F. W. Hasten. Clyde Pitch ford and F. C. Wilcox. i.Trsaai?'?!?fc rntmu Ty- I E LOUISE REST AT THE Amid Swiss scenes in the Canadian Pacific Rockies win dows framing million dollar pictures of peaks and glaciers "la the Lake, ever changing, is Beauty herself, ss nearly visible to mortal eyea as she may ever be. The water, beyond the flowers, is green, ajways different green. Then a little wind awakes in the distance and raffles the surface, yard by yard, covering it with a myriad of tiny wrinkles, till the lake is milky emerald while the rest still sleeps. And at length the whole is astir and the snncatches it and Lake Louise Is a web of Laughter, the opal distillation of ail the bods of all the Spring." In the Heart of the CANADIAN PACBFIC ROCKIES Ridee, drives, Alpine climb- in whti Ri m.i4 to Lake in the clouds, boat- f iog, metropolitan cuisine. Get to know rnmAm better he's yoor nearest ally. ASK FOR RESORT TOUR NO. w- J. V. Murphy, :en. A.. Para. Dept fansKiln Paj-lfle Riiflwar. 65 Third bt. I'ortland, Oregon. Reasonable Rates u - y r' -w i iJlllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliMIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllU 1 "Damaged Tinplate for Sale" 1 Bids are invited on about 5774 boxes tinplate approximately 14 Inches EE by 18 3i inches, weighing about 110 pounds pe,r box, all more or less damaged by water ex SS. "Burma Maru. Tinplate is now at Balfour EE Guthrie Dock, Tacoma, where It may be inspected upon application to the undersigned. ZZ EE Sealed bids marked "Bids for Tinplate" must be in the hands of Johnson & Higglns of Washington, 602 Colman Building. Seattle, by 11 A. M. Thursday, June 13th, 1S14. Certified check for -3 per cent of amount must accompany bids. H Right Is reserved to reject any and all bids. Further particulars may ZZ be obtained from Johnson & Higglns of Washington. fliiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiri