THE MORNING OREG ONI AX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17r 1919.
ASTORIA'S DEMAND
FOR DREDGE DEED
Chinook to Come Promptly
When Needed in River.
NAVAL REPORT AWAITED
favorable Word on Columbia Base
Believed Likely McArlhur
Has Xew Duty.
fCliarles C. Hart Is in charta of The
Oregonia!! News Bureau at Washington.
His address Is 822 Rlggs building.)
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, D. C, Oct. 16. Demands from
Astoria, Or., that the dredge Chinook
be returned to the mouth of the Co
lumbia river again were rejected to
day by the chief of engineers. The
Chinook Is now on the Atlantic coast
dredging Thimble Shoal channel at
Norfolk, Va. The chief of engineers
answers that when there is need of
dredging on the bar at the mouth of
the Columbia, which there is not at
this time, the Chinook will be prompt
ly returned to those waters.
Admiral McKean, Admiral Parks and
Commander Hilton, composing the
special naval board which recently
made a trip of investigation on the
Pacific coast, have not made their
report. Upon this report Secretary
Daniels must depend for any recom
mendations which he will make to
congress as to the establishment of
naval bases, including such base at
Astoria, it was explained at the navy
department today. - There are good
reasons to believe that the board will
make a favorable report on the pro
posed base at Astoria, but until the
report is in Secretary Daniels will not
consider the question.
Representative McArthur, who re
turned to Washington yesterday,
found that during his absence some
political responsibilities had been im
posed upon him along wit:, his con
gressional dutie3. As the Oregon
member of the national republican
congressional committee he has been
designated a member of the sub-committee
on campaign literature.
Veterans of the world war from
Oregon and Idaho are making them
selves felt in Washington in urging
recognition of their comrades in in
stitutions created especially for sol
diers. From Oregon comes the request
that Dr. Harry J. Anderson of Cor
vallis, who served in the war for
more than 18 months, be appointed
medical examiner of vocational stu
dents. Joe V. Edwards, Kalama. Wash.,
would be held to be honorably dis
charged from the army by the terms
of a bill introduced in the house by
Representative Albert Johnson today.
Eawards. who belonged to the 29th
company, 20th engineers, was one of
several enlisted men in that company
convicted in France of stealing cigar
ettes, for which severe sentences were
given. Much of Edwards' sentence
was remitted and he was transferred
to the disciplinary barracks for dis
honorable discharge. Representative
Johnson believes that the soldier paid
sufficient penalty and should have an
honorable discharge.
Favorable action by the president
ion the recommendation of Director
Julius H. Barnes of the grain corpo
ration for the lifting of the import
and export embargo on wheat will
mean bis things to the Pacific Inter
national company of Portland, Or.
This company has made several ap
plications to the grain corporation for
permission to ship large quantities of
wheat and barley to Scandinavian
countries, all of which were disap
proved because of the embargo. It is
thought a way will be found to put
the order in effect soon, although Mr.
Wilson's health has prevented his
considering the question up to this
time.
submitted for next year provide only for
malntanance of what the city now has,
together with some few increases to bring
the services up to a reasonably adequate
point. It is the purpose of the members of
the city council to hold all appropriations
to the lowest possible level and should, the
voters vote to raise the tax limitation the
council Is pledged to levy no more of a
tax than Is necessary to conduct the affairs
of the city on the reasonable basis men
tioned. Salary Measure "Withdrawn.
In withdrawing his salary increase
ordinance. City Commissioner Pier
said he would reintroduce the ordi
nance with a clause making the
changes retroactive from September
1. In addition, Commission Pier said
that he would include all employes in
various departments who are not in
cluded In the proposed ordinance
which was to have been voted upon
yesterday.
The withdrawal of the ordinance
averted a clash among members of
the city council, because Mayor Baker
and Commissioner Bigelow were de
termined not to vote for a salary in
crease ordinance when the city cof
fers were virtually empty.
Another important announcement
made in connection with the proposed
measure which will be on the ballot
is that without the increased tax
levy no appropriation can be made for
medical inspection in the public
schools. City Commissioner Mann, in
charge of the health bureau, eaid he
would be forced to exclude the $10,000
planned for school inspection if the
measure failed.
School inspection, he said, is a
measure of prevention which if car
ried out saves the city not only thou
sands of dollars but also safeguards
human life. At present there is but
one school nurse, and she is expected
to care for approximately 40,000 pupils
attending the public schools of Port
land. Commissioner Barbur made . fruit
less plea for the passage of the pro
posed ordinance yesterday, arguing
that in the event the proposed, tax
levy measure did not carry, the bud
get could be trimmed and the salaries
eliminated before the budget was
filed. This argument did not meet
with general favor, the consensus of
opinion among the members of the
council being that the money should
be authorized by the people before
any salary lifts were made.
SPECIAL ELECTION COMING
fContinued From First Page.)
creased over 3. 000.000 since J 013 Al
since 1913 the city has lost an annual sa
loon license revenue of about -IOO 000 a
year. The cost of labor and material has
I""""'1 by leaps and bounds in aU
branches ot the city service and with the
tax limitation standing in the way of cor
responding increase In revenues the city
now faces a crisis which the city council
is unable under the law to meet and which
the voters must meet at a special election.
It is necessary under the law for the
council to adopt the budget of appropria-
in " TV'.nmt 57a,r before November 17.
.J,b';," ! "leKal for the council to adopi
?h! fh of, Impropriations involving more
.rht th Mt'mted amount of. revenue in
II,T,,,; e e a BPeclal election is ab
solutely necessary at this time. Other-
rn fh. Ufrf,!? C,U"allment of service
in the midst of unprecedented growth and
maUcaK' the cUy must me aut-
.hT.he.,Inemr'' f tne c,ty council feci
that it would be a serious blow to the
city ot Portland should it become neces
sary to drop practically all of the present
important municipal projects anl work
particularly when the service Is being oper
ated at the present time on a curtailed
basis due to a lack of funds. To neglect
the upkeep of streets, public buildings
parks, etc.. means only putting off thai
work until later, when the cost will be
greater on account of greater deprecia
tion. Curtailment of police and fire pro
tection would do more to injure Portland
than anything that could happen.
During the past two years Portland has
grown and developed as never before In
a like period. turlng that time the city
rrvice ns oeen una;e for financial rea-
auua t c:ii pace wnn mis development
Imnrnmpnta Sm .
. - -.Tsicticu.
It has fallen far behind in he matter
Of street lichtfncr nnlira ..-. -i ,t -
. ., . i- ,j ure serv
ice, street maintenance, street improve
ment, park and playground improvement
and development and in manv n,hd- n ..
And now with the cost of operation of
e.oi.ci,. " mi tutnu increasing rapidly
the city finds itself unable to continue to
maintain what it haH not in m....... . i.
Ing any step to recover lost ground.
This Is the situation facing the City of
roruaiHi. . ne power or correction is be
yond the city council, being an exclusive
power of the voters of the city, and it is
for this reason that the council is taking
the only available course, the calling of
a nnecial election Th r
a special election. ine Dudget of ap
propriations for 1920 is a public record and
available to all persons. There is no
elaborate plan of general increase of city
f.trces or servires Involved the
28 People Killed
and
869 SERIOUSLY IN
JURED BY AUTOS
TO OCTOBER 1.
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RAW MATERIALS NEEDED
GERSUX DYE IXDUSTRT WIL,I
BE CRIPPLED FOR YEAR.
Several Interests Greatly Handi
capped by Injuries Done to
Plants by Allied Bombs.
(Copyright by the Xew York World, rub.
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON, Oct. 16. (Special Cable.)
Germany will not be in a position
for at least another year to compete
with the United States and the allied
countries for the world's dye markets.
This is the view of Irving A. Keene
of the American Chamber of Com
merce of London, head of the com
mission appointed to investigate the
German dye industry. Mr. Keene has
returned here after a month in Ger
many. He reports that German manufac
turers need raw materials badly for
both medical chemicals and dyes. He
says that after the German dye inter
ests have sold SO per cent of their
output, as in. January, 1919, to the
German government for delivery to
the allies as an indemnity, there will
be hardly enough available to meet
home demands.
Mr. Keene found several big dye in
terests still greatly handicapped by
injuries done to their plants by allied
bombs. He reports that wonderful
crops have greatly encouraged the
people, but there is still much unrest
among the workers and pessimism
amnner the manufacturers.
HOUSE SEES DANGER
III RADICAL ALIENS
Measure Extending Passport
Restrictions Passed.
OTHER ACTION IS PLANNED
Several Bills Providing for Deporta
tion of Undesirable Foreign
Element Are Presented.
"WASHINGTON, "Oct. 16. Activities
of radical aliens in the United States
received further attention today in
congress.
Several bills having for their pur
pose deportation of foreign agitators
and aliens who fail to become citi
zens, and Americanization of foreign
ers now in the country, were offered
in the senate and house, while the
latter passed legislation extending
wartime passport restrictions for one
year. This bill, recommended by the
state department and designed to keep
dangerous aliens out of the country,
now goes to the senate.
Hearings on appropriations for nat
uralization work were continued be
fore the house immigration commit
tee. Raymond F. Crist, deputy com
missioner of naturalization, told the
committee 11.000.000 foreign-born per
sons in the country were not citizens
and that the presence of such a "large
undigested population" created "an
alarming situation."
The senate labor committee, which
has been investigating the steel
strike, decided to hear witnesses Mon
day and Tuesday as to the activity of
radical aliens in that strike. It also
voted to close its Inquiry by the mid
dle of next week so as to get to work
on naturalization legislation which it
proposes to press in the senate.
SOVIET ARMIES CORNERED
(Continued From First Page.)
armies of Admiral Kolchak in western
Siberia is announced in a wireless
message from the Kolchak govern
ment at Omsk dated October 13.
The dispatch reads:
"The bolsheviki are retreating along
the whole line. They are deporting
the entire population between the
ages of 16 and 50 and are likewise
removing the cattle."
The Kolchak message also an
nounced receipt of advices that the
council of people's commissaries in
Moscow had outlawed Admiral Kol
chak and his ministers and ordered
the arrest of his agents and those of
the allies In Siberia.
The message reports that a bolshe
vik wireless dispatch had been re
ceived which admitted that in a plebi
scite in Moscow the workmen had de
clared themselves against the soviet
and as supporting Admiral Kolchak.
LONDON. Oct. 16. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) So successfully has
the defense of Riga proper against
the Germans and Russians under
General Avalof f-Bermondt been main
tained that the Lettish government
considers it safe to return to the city,
according to latest official advices.
Outskirts Held , by Enemy.
The enemy still holds the outskirts
of the city on the west bank of the
Duna, but the fighting has diminished
to a desultory rifle fire.
Private and official advices indicate
that the reservoir of bolshevist sol
diers has been drawn down close to
the bottom, and that they are unable
to provide sufficient forces to main
tain a defense on all fronts. General
Yudenitch's attack, which has already
carried him to a point about 25 miles
from Petrograd, has undoubtedly
precipitated a crisis.
COPKNHAGEN. Oct. 16. According i
to a dispatch to the BerlingBke Tl-
dende. General Tudenitch, having cap
tured Gatchlna, Is now advancing on
Tsarskoe-Selo, the former imperial
residence, which is only 15 miles from
Petrograd.
A British-French squadron of more
than 20 warships has arrived at Riga,
according to a Lettish private report
received here.
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 1. Lettish
forces have fought their way across
the Duna river at Riga and opera
tions there are now developing fa
vorably, according to a dispatch re
ceived from Llbau last night by the
Lettish press bureau here.
A state of siege has been declared
throughout all Lithuania and the mob
ilization of three classes of soldiers
has been ordered, it is announced in
a telegram received here from Kovno.
Russian troops under command of
Colonel Vierkolltch have been con
centrated In Lithuania and with the
help of Germans have occupied tele
graph and telephone stations, and
converted schools Into barracks.
The Lithuanian flag has everywhere
been replaced by the Russian colors.
RIGA CLEARED FOR ENEMY
Capture of Petrograd by Allies Re
garded as Certain.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16. Capture of
Petrograd by anti-bolshevist forces
is regarded as certain, according to
cable advices received to.day and
dated Tuesday, October 14, from J. C.
Miller, representative of the Ameri
can Relief Administration European
children's fund at Yamburg, Esthonia.
Mr. Miller's message said:
The advance of antl-bolshlvlst
forces is continuing, the army now
being 15 miles from Gatchlna. The
city of Riga is clear of Russo-Ger-man
troops. It is regarded as cer
tain that Petrograd will fall.
Subsequent cable advices have re
ported the capture of Gatchina an Im
portant railway center, 30 miles from
Petrograd, by the anti-bolshevist
forces.
ENVOYS' JOB NEARLY DONE
IVCXGARIAX TREATY TO
DISPOSED OF SOOX.
BE
KIEV IS RET A K EX BY REDS
Bolshevists Report Surprise At
tack on Deniklne Town.
LONDON, Oct 16. A bolshevik
wireless message from Moscow re
ports that Kiev was retaken yester
day by the bolsheviki forces.
The communication says:
"On the 15th we captured Kiev by
surprise. The attack was so impetu
ous that the enemy was unable to
cross the left bank of the Dnelper
river and was forced to flee north
ward In disorder."
Kiev has been occupied by General
Denikine's army for a short time, the
bolsheviki having evacuated the
place. An official report from Deni
klne under date of Wednesday, how
ever, said that fierce fighting wai
in progress in the vicinity of Kiev.
Many Deschutes Taxes Unpaid.
BEND. Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) Out
qf the entire list of taxes payable in
1919, $52,690. more than one-sixth, re
mains unpaid, it was reported today
from the o.iice of Sheriff S. E. Rob
erts. On some property the county
ta.i have not been paid for years, a
69 per cent combii ed pena'ty andiln
terest having gradually been piled
up against some parcels of realty. The
first sale for taxes since the organi
zation of Deschutes county, three
yean ago, will be held ear'.,- In 1920.
The amount of taxes which will be
involved has not yet been computed.
Most of American Delegation Mem
bers Expect to Leave Paris by
December 1 at Latest.
PARIS, Oct. 16. The Bulgarian dele
gation Is on Its way back to Paris
and there is every indication that the
Bulgarian treaty will be disposed of
soon. Only the Hungarian treaty then
remains to be negotiated, as it is gen
erally agreed that it will be Impos
sible to hold the supreme council to
gether for the Turkish treaty.
There Is as yet no government In
Hungary with which the peace confer
ence can deal, but the treaty draft
is nearly completed in Paris and
should there be no recognized gov
ernment In Budapest before Decem
ber 1, arrangements will probably be
made to have a few delegates remain
In Paris to negotiate a treaty with
Hungary whenever a satisfactory gov
ernment is established at Budapest.
The supreme council and the peace
conference probably will not end of
flclally until the Hungarian treaty is
concluded, but only a few members
representing the various governments
will remain to complete the work.
An entirely new set of delegates
will probably be selected to negotiate
the treaty with Turkey when the al
lied and associated powers learn
whether the United States will accept
a mandate for Turkey or a part there
of and are able to agree upon the
disposition of Turkish territory.
Most of the American delegation
members are planning to leave Paris
by. December 1 at the latest.
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Adv.
100,000 PRESCRIPTIONS
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"40" WAS DISCOVERED
J. C. Mendenhall. Evansvllle, Ind.,
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compounded over 100.000 prescrip
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yield to "Number 40."
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and Yamhill streets. Adv.
Dress Well
for Business
A man should
look his best in his
daily walks from
home to business.
The new models we
are showing give
you the right style
door wear.
The fabrics for
Fall are unusually
rich and attractive.
They are the kind
of clothes you will
be proud to put on.
Mathis
for
Quality
$25 to $75
Mstilkh
Manhattan
Shirts
No better assortment in
town. Silks, Linens,
Fancy Madras, Cords
in beautiful pattern ar
rangements. $3 to $12
men's wear
Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison
Positively no
exchanges or
reserves
Every sale final
A
al
w
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Business Hours
at the Emporium
9:30 to 6:00
Suits, Skirts, Silk Dresses Regular Stock, Not Special Purchase at the Height of the Season
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Savings $5 to $2 7
$135.00 Suits Now $108.00
$125.00 Suits Now $100.00
$ 95.00 Suits Now $ 76.00
$ 89.50 Suits Now $ 71.65
$ 85.00 Suits Now $ 67.95
$ 79.50 Suits Now $ 64.45
$ 75.00 Suits Now $ 63.75
$ .69.50 Suits Now $ 59.25
$ 65.00 Suits Now $ 55.25
$ 59.50 Suits Now $ 53.50
$ 55.00 Suits Now $ 49.50
$ 47.50 Suits Now $ 42.75
Suits Marked $47.50 to $ 1 35 Reduced
Skirts Marked $17.50 to $29.50 Reduced
Silk Dresses Marked $29.50 to $67.50 Reduced
(Party Dresses Excepted)
SILK DRESSES
Savings $3.50 to $14.00
Wliy
?
These Suits, Dresses and Skirts
are the greatest values ever of
fered at the height of the season.
Come early if you would choose
the most attractive styles & prices.
When our buyers went into the eastern market for fall
goods, manufacturers informed them that unsettled
labor conditions and curtailed production would result
in only 60 to 75 per cent of our orders being filled. We
therefore bought heavily in order to insure delivery of
our normal supplies. For various reasons we received,
contrary to our expectations, FULL DELIVERIES
100 of our orders, and in ome cases even more. We
therefore find ourselves oversupplied at this period of
the season.
You get the benefit of unusual circumstances in this
Sale We Did Not Prepare For
These Stocks of Suits, Silk Dresses and Skirts Must Be Reduced
to Normal Your Saving Is Twofold!
$67.50
$59.50
$55.00
$49.50
$45.00
$39.50
$35.00
$32.50
$29.50
Silk
Silk.
Silk
Silk
Silk
Silk
Silk
Silk
Silk
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Now
Now
Now
Now
Now
Now
Now
Now
Now
$53.90
$47.55
$43.95
$42.15
$38.25
$35.55
$31.50
$29.25
$26.55
Savings
$29.50 Skirts
$27.50
$25.00
$22.50
$19.50
$17.50
Skirts
Skirts
Skirts
Skirts
Skirts
-$2.00 to S3. 00
Now $26.55
Now $24.75
Now $22.50
Now $20.25
Now $17.55
Now $15.75
Don't Delay! This Sale Will End When
Stocks Are Reduced to Normal Level.
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124 128 SIXTH ST. JUST. 0FFWASHINGTQN
FIRST Emporium marked
prices are already incompara
bly lower than those of other
stores where quality is equal.
SECOND Radical reductions
on these original low prices
make the total saving EVEN
GREATER.
Z. SWETTCQ
124128 SIXTH ST,JUST0FFrASHINGTDIi
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