THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, J UXiT 18, . 1918. 3 EX-SPY TELLS OF WORK DONE IN U. S. OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST Gaston B. Means Admits Worked for Kaiser and ; Received $177,000 He NATION WAS NEUTRAL Tieing Up of Construction of "Mos quito Fleet" Intended . for Entente Allies Was One ' " of His Schemes. CHICAGO, July 17. Revelations of the methods of the German epy system In the United States were made today by Gaston B. Means at the $3,000,000 King: will hearing:, to determine the legality of one of two instruments said to have : been left by the late mil lionaire. , ... Means, who appeared as a witness for the heirs of Mrs. Maude A. ICingr, for whose alleged slaying; he was tried and acquitted in Concord, N. C.,, last tsummer, freely admitted receiving: money for acting- as a secret agent of the German government before the out break of the war with the United States. ... - - He said he received $85,000 at one time and $92,000 another, for his serv ices to Germany, and of - delivering $1,300,000 which he received on a check to Captain Boy-Ed, one of Germany's chief spies in this country, who was subsequently expelled. He received the check at a railway station, he said. Asked regarding the services for which he received the $92,000, Means said: "I made that money the way lots of other Americans did, some of them the biggest lawyers in New York. I can easily tell you the 'place where I col lected it right in the Trinity Church yard at a designated tombstone." The witness also admitted that he and German spies in- this country were to tie up the building of electric boats "the mosquito fleet" building for the allies in this country. Means said that he found that the boats had gun emplacements and that Captain Boy-Ed called this to the attention of the neutrality board at Washington. rresiaeni wnson then very prop erly asked him why he was doing de tective work in the United States," declared Means. "And now for the first time the public knows why Captain Hoy-Ed was sent back to Germany. I turned all my information over to the Government. BIG SPLASH PROPOSED LABOR WOULD HAVE ANOTHER LAUNCHING DEMONSTRATION. WASHINGTON. July 17. The Army casualty list today ehuws: Killed in' action, 39; died of wounda, 16; died of disease. 4; died of airplane acci dent, 2; died of accident and other causes. 6; wounded severely, 96; missing, 9; prisoner, 1; total, 173. The list includes Private. Ernest Paeschke, Junction City, Or., died from wounds; Private Norman H. Hawkin son, Weiser, Idaho, died of disease; Private Robert O. Borgert, Bracy, Slont., wounded severely; Private Rob ert E. McEnany, Vancouver, "WaUh., ' missing in action. Sergeant Paul Geg gere. Green Bay, Wis., erroneously re ported killed in action, is now re ported on duty. The list: KILLED IN ACTION Sergeants George Gessgere, Green Bay, Wla. ; Ralph Cox, Sharpsville, Ind. : Charley Davis. Washing ton, ,N. C. ; Corporals Dave Davla. Soddy, Tenn. : Claude R. Harper, Social Circle, Ga.; Samuel M. Krafft, Akron; Luke Napodono, Brooklyn; Harry Peters, Toledo; William H. Salvador, Philadelphia; Cook Joseph W. Hoce, Salisbury. N. C; Privates Charles Af remoff, Brooklyn: Alonzo P. Baldwin. Des Moines; Samuel Belinskl, Bridgeport, Conn.; Joseph Bucior, Buffalo; Bradley Burkhart, McRoberts, Ky. ; George H. Downing, Natural Bridge, Is. Y. ; James A. Dunham, Whiting, Kan.; William Ellison, Elmlra Heights, N. Y. : Roy L. .Finney. Cambridge. Kan.; Ed win L. Frank. Constablevllle, N. Y. ; Frank B. Huddleston, Melbourne, Fla.; Morris Krupot. Brooklyn; Samuel Lemma, Canandaigua, N. Y. ; Nick Malnus, Ageia, Greece; George P. Meagher, Llllis. Kan.; Robert E. Mitchell. New. Haven; Charles E. Montague, Ho- boken; William Newsbaum. Fulton, N. Y. ; Samuel R. Nicholas, Tullahoma, Tenn.; Karl C. O'Brien, Ronceverte, W. Va.; John O'Con- ner, Elmira. N. Y. ; Charles E. Patterson, Paola, Kan.: James H. Poe, Laurel Blooraery, Tenn.; Joe-D. Pulllam. Round Bottom. Va.; Charles A. Schiavone. Waterbury, Conn.: William Selbert. Hagerstown, Md. ; Donald C. Stough, Lander, Wyo. ; John Tesoro, New York City: Milton E. Van Pelt. Bronx, N. Y, DIED FROM WOUNDS Lieutenants Scott L. Lennen, Soldier, Kan.; Harold C. Mills, Troy, N. Y. ; Sergeants John J. Hogan, Syra cuse, N. Y. ; Newton Louden. Humansvllle, Mo.; Corporals Ernest Benedict, McLean, 111.; Gerald D. Fitzgerald, New York; Na thaniel McConahy, Newcastle, Pa.; William H. Parsons. Sandy Hook, N. Y. ; Privates Jo seph J. Butler, Burlington, Vt. ; Max Fein sod, Newark; Raymond Harrison, Torrlngton, Conn.; Frank W. Manning, Newton, Mass.; Edward A. Nelson. Lowell; Ernest Paeschke, Junction City, Or.; John O. Pearson, Elyrla, O. ; Van R. Tolford, Sand Creek, Mich. DIED OP DISEASE Sergeant Gordon Bent- ley, Pontiac, Mich.; Privates Norman H. Hawklnson, Weiser, Idaho; Paul W. Hor nada. Royal Oak, Mich.; Nlcolal Plccoll, Ard more. Pa. DIED OF AIRPLANE ACCIDENT Lieu tenant Abram R. Frye. New York; Sergeant Robert Dunn, Norwich, N. Y. DIED FROM ACCIDENT AND OTHER CAUSES Wagoner Edwin H. Gray, Elaine, Utah; Privates Harold A. Bracken, Chicago; Francis J. Burckley, Brooklyn; Lewis A. Burger, Birmingham; Donald L. Flgenbaum. Harvey. III.; William Laldlaw, St. Paul. WOUNDED SEVERELY Sergeants Harper C. Burns. Perkins. W. Va.; Joe C. Collins, Winnebago, Minn.; Steward Fatland. Minne apolis; Weldon Giles. Leonard. Tex.; Jo seph Hlbbert, Philadelphia: Elmer C. Lind qulst, Hartford. Conn.; Robert A. Roper, Memphis; Albert . samples, Klcnwooa, w. Va. ; Robert Sweed, Cincinnati; Corporals Noah Akers, ' Beaver, Ky. ; Steve Bajewlcx. Frankfort, Pa.; Harry N. Hill, Philadelphia; James M. Jones, Wllliamston, N. C. ; Robert E. McDonough, Marghalltown, la.; Edvlge Mezzanotte, Philadelphia; Benjamin Napier, Toliver, Ky. : Bruce E. Neublg, Oswego, N. Y. ; Fred A. Rankin, Estherville, la.; Joseph W. Rice, Hornell, N. Y. ; Morris Schuchman, New York; Clarence D. Scott, Wilmington, Del.; Willie Singleton, Ritchie. Ky.; Musician John Branca, Harrisburg, Pa.; Mechanic James A. Esposele, Jerseys. City ; Wagoner Abraham Zung, Brooklyn; Cooks Thomas J. Doherty, Lower Campsle, Ireland; Arthur L. Kramer, Sioux City; Privates Zachary Bailey, Berwind, W. Va.; Joseph Beck. Chicago; CHAUTAUQUA DRAWS ELiaha Bedell. New Britain, Conn.; Harry Berry, Ogdensburg, Js". J.: Ivan D. Berry, Council Bluffs, la.: David V. Brinkley. Ames. Ia.: Hubert Blayneh. Olin, la.; Will iam F. Borchardt, New York: Robert O. Borgert. Brady. Mont.; Joseph Borowski. Bessemer, Mich.; Paul L. Brady. Whltes boro. N. Y. ; Silas D. Branham. Amherst, Vs.: Lawrence E. Brooks, Council Bluffs; Ray S. Brooks, Radcllffe, Colo.; John Capuzlello, Lawrence. Mass.: Sol B. Cohn. Oakland. Cal.; John R. Coolidge, Fort Worth: Royal Crook. Rome, N. y. : Andrew Cushie. Gil- berton. Pa.; Paul Diboutanida. Rochester, N. Y.; Archie Donaldson. Dexter Cltv. O- Floyd Donathan. Falls Mills. Va.; Horace England. Glasgow, Ky.; Robert P. Falls. Kings Mountain. N. C; Inke G. Franklin, Golden Pond, Ky.; Joseph H. Goodman. Springfield. Mass.; Jesse S. Gustin, Hanover, Kan.: Charles P. Hammer, Klngsley, la.; Theodore Hariglns, Irwin. Pa.; Henry J. Hart man, Allenstown. Pa.; Robert E. Hlckey. Denton, Tex.; Charles Htgglns, Tlconderoga, N. Y.; Elmer Horning, Chaumont, N. Y.; John E. Howe, Glenburn, Pa.: Vincent H. Reben, Chicago; Tony Jochumson. Cedar Falls. Ia.; William L. Johnson, Sioux City, la.; Thomas J. Kilty, Charlestown. Mass. ; George J. Lang, Ottawa. Minn.: Charles Lauqizza. Canaatota. N. Y. ; Jabex C. La verth. Dry Creek, W. Va.; Leroy Lawrence, Camden. N. Y.; William Legg. Grimm's Landings. W. Va.: George L. Lewis. Cllfty, Tenn.; John L. Tait, Winnebago, Neb.; Eu gene McCarthy, Rome, N. Y. ; Howard H. McGee, Olathe, Kan.; Muir M. McKelvey, Loe Angeles: Lerue M. Martin. Malvern, Iowa; Albert E. Maver. Westmoreland. Kan.: Ottaviano Pettineo. Newark. N. J.: George S. Pinfold. London. England: Harrison F. Rachow, Round Lake. Minn.; William C. Ramm, Battle Creek, Ia.; Ollls G. Raworth Dorchester, Neb.; George F. Roberts, King ston, N. Y. ; Anthony C. Rupp, Catherine, Kan.; Clarence A. Schmidt, Lemars. Ia. ; Max C. Shaw, Cedar Falls, la.: Glenn Sheets. Hoi ton, Ind.; James F. Sllhanek, Cicero, 111. W. B. Shears, Aurora. 111.; Amos M. Tip pins. Atlanta. Ga. : Dominik Tomkln. South Bend. Ind.: L. Troutman, Lewis, Kan.; Earl M. Ward, Atlanta. Ind.; James O. Williams. Oklahoma City: Kenna J. Williams, Liver pool, W. Va.; Timothy W. Williamson, Van Zant. Ky. MISSING IN ACTION Sergeant Carl S. McKee. Sibley. Ia. : Corporals Charles H. Doane. Terre Haute. Ind.; Earl E. Murphy, Hartford, Conn.; Privates E. E. Brunkow, Wamego. Kan.; Robert E. McEnany. Van couver, Wash.: Mike Orestan, East Youngs- town. O. ; John E. Sciuilo, Waterbury; James J. Shea, Cincinnati; James Whrlteneur. Smiths Mills, N. J. PRISONER Private Effln Lehuky. Phlla delphla. VANCOUVER. Wash., July 17. (Spe cial.) The first two Vancouver boys mentioned in the casualty lists from France are brothers, Robert and Fred McEnany, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McEnany, 3500 V street, this city. Last Sunday Mrs. McEnany received advice from the ,War Department that her youngest son, Fred, was missing since a battle on June 16, and late yesterday another message' told that Robert, aged 22, was also missing. Mrs. McEnany is almost prostrated. ' Both boys enlisted In the Third Ore gon Infantry several months before war was declared, ana tney spent several months at Vancouver Barracks and-lat er on guard duty in Oregon and Wash ington before the Third Oregon went East. An accident sustained while on duty kept Fred in the hospital for sev eral months and his older brother crossed to France several weeks ahead of him. They were transferred to the same company. Company D, 127th In fantry, recently. Mr. and Mrs. McEnany recently re ceived letters written by the two boys. under date of May 22, in which they stated that they were marching toward the battle line and were resting within the sound of the big guns. Both boys attended the Vancouver High School, and KoBert, who is re ported missing today, was a. member of the graduating class of 1914. AT OREGON CITY Excellent Programmes Range From Humorous Lectures to Classic Music. BALL TEAMS PLAY DAILY Marshall Louis Mertins, "Preacher, Poet, Prevaricator" Presents Feature of Day Child Problems Today's Topic. THURSDA YA One-Bay Sale of Crepe de Chine BLOUSES Special $3 TODAY IX CHAl'TAVQl'A, Morning. 8 Physical culture. 9 Mother Goose Chautauqua. 9 Canning team Industrial Club work, direction Miss Parker. 10 -"The New Man and the New Testament," Brainerd. 11 Forum. Programme in charge Consumers' League of Or egon; Secretary K. L. Trevitt pre siding. AfternsoB. 1:30 Concert, Zedeler's Sym phonic Quartet. 2:15 Lecture, Charles Craw ford Gorst, noted "blrdman." 4:30 Baseball. Wllsonvllle vs. Willamette I. At S. Company. 6 Symposium. Speaker, Miss Edna Groves, supervisor domestic science, Portland public schools. Even lac 8 Concert, Zedeler's Sym phonic Quartet. 8:30 "Remaking the Kentucky Mountaineer," James A. Burns, president and founder of the Oneida Institute. 4 ' . Good quality silk crepe de chine BLOUSES in styles that are dis tinctive and very wearable for every day. Some have embroidery pin tucking and pleats. Novelty collars, some with the. high, stock collar effect. All are the kind of waists you will want to add to your ward robe of useful, as well as good-looking, garments. In white, flesh ar.j maize colors. TODAY ONLY AT $3.00 Third Floor Lip man, Wolfe & Co. i I i V Clearance of 100 Yards Printed GEORGETTE CREPE AND CHIFFON Only 100 yards in this special Thursday clean up sale; in a good variety of patterns, with light or dark grounds. Suitable for Summerf rocks and blouses. Very special at $1.95. A fain Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. $1.95 Plan Is to Make Labor Day Seconal Fourth of July In Floating of New Vessels. WASHINGTON, July 17. American labor , has proposed to the Shipping Board that Labor day this year shall be made a second Fourth of July in the launching of a record number of ships 10 neip aeieat Germany. Chairman Hurley today referred the proposal to Samuel Gompers, president or tne American Federation of Labor, who will take up the Question with unions on the Pacific Coast, where the suggestion originated, with' a view to making the celebration National, if it meets general approval. Officials were gratified by the pro posai, but they feel that since ths suggestion came spontaneously from the men, it should be developed by them without urging. There were 95 hulls made ready for launching July 4 ahead of the time set for their completion. This was the greatest addition ever made to any na tion s tonnage in a single day. It is believed an attempt will be made to equal or surpass it on Labor day. Band, lectures by war correspondents and military officers, concerts, a. car toonist and speeches by noted ministers and authors. All churches in Ashland and vicinity will be closed during the Chautauqua, and will unite to conduct their services with that organization. The programme will be held in the new Chautauqua Dunding, recently completed at a cost of $25,000, for part of which Ashland is bonded. It has a seating capacity of 4000. LUTHERAN SYNOD CLOSES GOAL STORAGE ADVISED CO-OPERATIOX OF RAILROADS AND LARGE CONSUMERS IRGED. OREGON CITY, Or., July 17. (Spe cial.) "Preachen, poet, prevaricator" so is Mertins, the famous humorist, self-styled. At his appearance this aft ernoon at the Chautauqua pavilion he lived up at least to the poetic implica tion. His talk was ful of zest and carried with it a world of information on how to be - happy. Marshall Louis Mertins is a preacher who spreads the new gospel of living with your own consciousness, after first making that consciousness fit to live with. To a large audience he appealed with a, message of good cheer. - His stories were original and funny. He is also a master of pathos. His references to the war were replete with heart-stirring phrases and showed a keen insight into conditions abroad. The Morrison-Smith Company, a de lightful pair of artists on the piano and harp, appeared both afternoon and evening, and gave beautiful selections from a variety of music classics. Both Mildred Morrison and Alice Genevieve Smith are recognized Lyceum and Chautauqua stars. Child Problems Today's Topic. This evening Judge Roland W. Baggott, an eminent Ohio jurist, gave lecture on "The Juvenile Court in Action." The problems of the boy and Extensive Plans Made for Welfare Work In Army Service. G0NZAGA MEN TO TRAIN AH Students Chance to Over 1 8 Will Get Commissions. SPOKANE. Wash., July 17. (Spe cial.) All Gonzaga University students 18 years old or over will spend next Summer's vacation at a student army training camp. As has already been announced, Gon zaga students will take a military training .course at the university next year under Government supervision. and advices from Washington Tuesday state the students will be given a six weeks' intensive training course next year at a Summer camp. "I do not know where thecamp will be, said President James M. Brogan. My communication from the War De partment states simply that there will be a number of these camps to accom modate -men enlisted in the students army training corps. The Government will furnish "transportation, rations, uniforms and other equipment. "I have" also been notified that sev eral members of the students' army training corps at Gonzaga will be picked by the War Department for special training in the reserve officers' training corps to receive commissions on being graduated." TACOMA, Wash., July 17. (Special.) Rev. H. H. Koopelmann, of Portland, preached the pastoral sermon on Mon day at the Lutheran synod for Oregon, Washington and . Idaho, which com pleted Its conference by visiting Camp Lewis and laying out plans for wel fare work among the 4000 Lutheran communicants who are in the National Army at that cantonment. Lutherans will raise the salaries of missionaries in the future also, the high cost of living being felt In this field. Paid secretaries will be hired to superintend mission work. Members elected on the board of su- Have I pervisioh for Concordia College, Port land, were Rev. K. Stuebe, Rev. H. H. Koppelmann, R. Kuhnan, M. Kuempel and A. Balgemann. The old boards for the indigent students funds and trus tees of the church extension fund were elected. Pastoral visitors elected wer Rev. W. Janssen, Oregon; Rev. C. Bey erlein. Eastern Washington; Rev. W. H. Koss, Southern Idaho; Rev. T. Glhring, Western Washington. Difficulty of Transportation In Winter Maltea Fuel Short aars Certalnry Unless Stacks Pat In New. Western railroads have been advised that In view of the desperate condi tions that will confront railroads in the movement of coal for domestic use tho coming Winter, storage of coal for railroad use should amount to from 15 per cent to 20 per cent of demands for annual use. Notwithstanding all the efforts of the Fuel Administration and hearty co-operation of the rail roads and larger consumers and of a great many people, a certainty of fuel hortage still confronts the people of tho country, in the opinion of the heads of the Railroad Administration. In & communication to heads of the various railroads, the roads are asked to review their situation and store added quantities where possible, es pecially roads located at a distance from the mines. This request has been cent out by the regional purchasing committees in each of the districts, and of general interest to the public as denoting the certainty of fuel shortage next Winter. MEN PLAN FOR WAR WORK V. M. C. A. Conference at Is Well Attended. Seabeck SITE FOR PLANT OFFERED La Grande Makes Bid for Fruit Drying Establishment. LA GRANDE, Or., July 17. (Special.) J. D. McKennon, president of the La Grande City Commission, has offered publicly to furnish a suitable site for any reputable dehydrating firm that will install a plant here. The proffered location abuts the railroad, lies just outside of the city limits and has city water. "The sooner my offer is accepted the oener it will suit me," said Mr. Mc Kennon, in making the announcement. SEABECK. Wash.. July 17. (Spe cial.) The following Oregonians are attending the Summer T. M. C. A. conference- here with a view to engaging in work as Army Y. M. C. A. secretaries, Lnd most of them expect to go over seas: Edward E. Gabriel. J. G. Kilpack Edwin Rawden, P. H. Atkinson, Walter Hayne, P. Waldo Davis, Hugh Miller, David B. Hill. A. L. Linbeck and Guy E. Spencer, all of the Portland T. M. C. A.; C. L. Shaw, Baker; Rev. H. N. Aldrich Salem; David B. Hill. Pendleton; E. M. Pettigrew, Salem; F. F. Nash, Prine- ville; W. S. Plowman, Dallas; J.' E Lewton and Rev. R. C. Day. Sheridan. The total registration is 274. Of these 103 will engage in war work, 63 overseas, 23 in home work, 20 as sec retaries in Army camps and 55 in camp work. CAR MEN GET MORE PAY Wages on Tacoma Municipal Line Are Raised $1.90 Per Day. TACOMA. Wash., July 17. (Special The Tacoma Railway & Power Com pany has conceded the demands of employes working on the municipal carline for 10 hours' pay and eight hours' work. Before the recent raise in wages the employes working split shifts were allowed 10 hours' pay for six or seven hours' work. Last week the company posted notice that pay would be on an eight hour basis hereafter, . giving the men about SI a day more. The men ob iected on the ground that tho order ASHLAND. Or.. July 17 rsnwial I was .retroactive, and demanded 10 Preparations have been completed for hours' pay at the new scale, giving the twenty-sixth annual session r. th $5 instead of S3;10 to new men. Thi Southern Oregon Chautauqua, which I point was conceded. will begin an - eight-day programme nere tomorrow. Ticket sales are fully John r T7 v n n Kiuric Uoct chSv up to expectations, and are declared to Justify the costliest programme ever WASHINGTON, July 17. John D run at the Ashland Chautauqua, which I Ryan, director-general of aircraft pro CHAUTAUQUA AT ASHLAND Churches Will Hold Union Services During Eight-Day Programme. is being put on this year for the first time by the Ellison-White Chautauqua circuit. Features include Thaviu's Exposition ductlon, will leave Sunday for a visit to the Pacific Coast, during which h will make a personal inspection of th spruce situation in the Northwest. if n i u.t . v XV ( 1 I, I . w COLONEL WINS REQUEST Noibel Peace Prize to Be Dissolved Formally Today as Suggested. t WASHINGTON. July 17. The foun dation for industrial peace created to administer the Nobel peace prize of $40,000 donated by Colonel Roosevelt when he was President, will be for mally dissolved tomorrow at a meet ing of the board of trustees. Congress already has passed a reso lution to dissolve the foundation at the suggestion of Mr. Roosevelt, who said that the money should not lie idle when it could, be used for war relief- He asked for its return so that he might expend it through the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other organizations. It was Mr. Rosevelt's intention that the fund donated by him should be a nucleus for other gifts, but none ever was received, and the Income from $40,000 was not sufficient to carry out the original purpose of the founda tion. The fund now amounts to $44,' 000, of which $6000 is in liberty bonds. Charles Crawford Gorst. Famous Bird Student, Who Lectures To day mt Gladstone. LINDBERGH ESCAPES TRIAL of the girl rae well known to him, and he made recommendations of pre ventive measures. Those in touch with the Chautauqua programme state that the numbers scheduled to appear throughout the balance of the week are some of th best on the circuits of the country. The Zedeler's Symphonic Orchestra, a quin tet of artists on stringed instruments, will appear both afternoon and evening tomorrow. Nicolal Zedeler, organizer and director of the musicians, is said to be a master of the violin cello. With them appears Emma Brucs Beck, vocal soloist. Tonlitht', Talk, by J. A. Burns. The evening lecture tomorrow will be by James A. Burns, founder and presi dent of the Oneida Institute, on "Re making the Kentucky Mountaineer." It has been said of the Oneida Institute that it has done more to drive the feuds from the Kentucky mountain than any other factor. The baseball game tomorrow will be betwen the Wllsonvllle and Wlllam ette Iron & Steel Company teams. Daily games are features of the Chau tauaua entertainment. In the afternoon tomorrow, Charles Crawford Gorst, noted bird man, will give a lecture on the life and habits of birds. . Case Against Xon-Partisan Candi date for Governor Dismissed. FAIRMONT, Minn., July 17. A. R. Allen, County Attorney for Martin Cnnntv. haft annnnniM that tViA tsk ra against Charles A. Lindbergh, defeated I Fixing of Same Cost to Public as to DRY GOODS PRICES NEX Republican candidate for nomination as Governor at the June primaries, set for trial July 18, will be dismissed. The decision of the State Supreme Court in regard to the indictments against A. C. Townley, president of the Non-Partisan League, and Joseph Gil bert, an organizer of that organization. which caused dismissal of their cases. caused similar action in the case against Lindbergh. The prosecution of Lindbergh, who was indorsed in his candidacy for Gov ernor by the Non-Partisan League, was based on his alleged attempt to teach Non-Partisan League doctrines. Spanish Steamship Torpedoed. ATHENS, Greece, July 17. A Span ish steamship on which Minister Lopez de Vega was returning to Spain has been torpedoed by a German sub marine. The ship flew the Minister's flag. The diplomat and his family were rescued. The German government was notified of the Minister's depart ure a week in advance. V. S. Is the Plan. NEW YORK, July 17. The Nations Wholesale Dry Goods Association de cided at a meeting here today to ap point a special committee of seve members to confer with the War In dustries Board and formulate a price fixing programme. The committee wil suggest prices which the Jobbers will maintain, in line with the action al ready taken by the manufacturers. Speakers declared that in fixing prices on cotton goods and otner commodl ties the Government had no desire interfere with profits, but asks tha the same price be charged the civilian trade as is charged the Government. It is not proposed to disturb estab lished trade customs. Bank Examiner Xamed. OLYMPIA, - Wash., July 17. (Spe cial.) John A. Vanderpoel, cashier o the Grandview State Bank, at Grand EDITORIAL -Busy, busy, busy every day. It has been a great clearance month. Each, day gives evidence that men and women are finding" this store an ideal Summer shopping center. ' Every day the power to sane is demonstrated through our advertising, and every day the response is grow ing greater and greater. There is no lagging here; no mid summer apathy. Everybody about the store is on tiptoe for new sales records. There is just as much enthusiasm here every day as though it were the day before Xmas. Come! We Are Portland Agents for PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS Second Floor Clean-Up Sale of CORSETS , Very Special -' f' $2.98 Buy the extra corset that you want for Summer or for Fall, for corsets like these are not marked at such a price often. LA VIDA, REGALISTE and GRECIAN TRECO In Broche and Coutil Plenty of corsets, in all sizes to select from, but not all models in each size. Low and medium bust styles, with long hip and back. 4th Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. i i i i I HOME-KEEPERS, Today We Offer New Models in APRON DRESSES $1.69 You'll be amazed to see what splendid quality, charming apron house dresses we have on sale for only $1.69. There are two most attractive models, and we have tried in the sketch to give you an idea of their style. They are made of percale in plain colors and figures, trimmed with colored bands and pockets to contrast. Puff and kimono sleeves. A re markable showing at $1.69. Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & C. KODAKS First Floor tSipntanwoff (& Co. eTMerchandise ofcJ Merit Only" view. Wash., was today appoimen dp- uty state bank examiner, eiiecnve Au gust 1. No vacancy exists on mo "i" staff, but Increased business in tho de partment has maae expansion 01 inn force necessary. BELGIUM MUST BE FREED America Said to Have Great Interest In Stricken Nation. LONDON. July 17. German newspa pers gl-e prominence to an interesting statement on Belgium by Professor Hans Delbrueck. In the Neues Weiner Journal, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam. 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