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" L ' THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, FEBRTTAKT 17, 1020 iTI KT IN NOTE TO ALLIES IS DENIED Approval of Fiume Ruling Refused by U. S. Is PREMIER'S REPLY WAITED Vliil liouse Says Next Step Will Xliuge on Answer to Memo . randum Sent by Wilson. WASHINGTON', Feb. 16. (6y the Associated Press.) Decided objection to recognition of a settlement of the Adriatic question on lines repugnant to those agreed upon In the treaty of Versailles and not reconcilable with the principles embodied in the 14 points of President Wilson was ex pressed by the United States in the recent note to the allied governments. The note van not a threat to with draw from participation in Kuropean a r fairs. It was said officially at the IWhltie House, but said that this coun try could not be a party to the dis position of Fiume as agreed upon by Uie allied premiers without consult ing the United States, and conse quently would not concern itself with the questions involved, including the policies of the Adriatic, if the settle went were enforced on the govern ment of Jugo-Slavia. Premiers' Reply Awaited. The next step of the Washington government awaits on the reply of the allied premiers to the American xiote. The interesting suggestion was xnade in official quarters that the Vnited States might cease its Kuro pean relief work, which the allies lave been anxious this country should continue, to keep down unrest, if a modification of the peace treaty were put into effect which the United states would regard as contrary to the principle of self-determination. The facts which influenced the de partment of state in framing the new American note follow: December last, at a meeting or me supreme council in Paris, a settle ment of the Adriatic question was agreed upon, which to become effect Jve required, acceptance by both th Italian and Jugo-Slav governments. She 'basis of this. In brief, was th Creation of a buffer state of Flume and adjacent territory, and America, ps represented by Under-Secretary J-olk; was a party to the arrangement ew Plam Adopted by Premiers. After the withdrawal from Europe f the American peace commissioners. and while the Adriatic issue was still st subject of discussion between the TrlnCipal&, a meeting was held in London of the entente premiers, Lloyd lieorge, Clemenceau and Nitti. and an entirely new plan was drawn up, without participation by America, and forwarded in the shape of an ultima turn to the Jugo-Slav government. S he oasts of this was the recognition f Italy's title to much of the eastern coast of the Adriatic ana uaimatia, And there were other substantial ad Unions to Italian claims which did xiot agree In principle with the orig in il understanding. The latest American note was in the nature of a protest against this meth od of procedure. It was not an ultl mutum or a threat, but pointed ou that 'if nersisted in. this would leave the United States in the position of being expected to ratify a treaty hioli confirmed boundary lines be yond readjustment which it already had declared to be wrong. And. fur thermore. It was recalled that this latest move had been made by the premiers without consultation or ad vice from the Washington govern ment. though this country would be bound to abide by the results should It ratify the treaty. some of the schools, there is no super- vision worthy the name. It is claimed further that there Is a practice of dismissing teachers without warning or previous criti cism of their work, and the last ob jection in their statement Is to the effect that elections and fixing sal aries are held too late to make it possible for the local teacher to se cure positions elsewhere if they choose to do so. This nublic statement is the cul mination of a series of meetings held by the teachers throughout the pres ent school year. Although the city superintendent. W. R. Rutherford, off on a ieave of absence, finishing a course at Stanford university, the teachers declare that this statement is aimed at him and his admlnistra tion. C. A. Howard, principal of the high' school, is acting as superin tendent in Mr. Rutherford's absence. 512,000 GOAL EACH DAY ARJIEXIAX COMMITTEE SPXRS WORKERS TO MORE EFFORT; Checks and Cash Are Coming In Every Mall and Quota of City Will Be Reached, Is View. EUGENE TEACHERS IRATE ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES RE PORT SCORING CONDITIONS. Ill islier Salaries and Charge in Ad ministration Among Objects of Movement. ' EtTGEXE, Or., Feb. 1 (Special. 3n sensation in local educational circles iau been created by a published statement signed by a committee from the Eugene Grade Teachers aasocia' tion; setting forth a number of griev ances of the teachers of the city which Jhave been discussed for some time past but which have heretofore not seen made public in their entiret First the committee, which claims to represent practically 100 per cent of the teachers in the grade schools. claims the teachers are underpaid and-that their salaries are less than those of the teachers of any city or JKugene'a sixe in the northwest. Their second complaint as published is that thev object seriously to the method tf rating teachers by which salaries re determined. They call attention lo a so-called "merit" system which, they say in their statement. 100 xer cent of the teachers declare to be unjust. A third complaint is an al leged lack: of helpful and efficient supervision. They declare that out aide the department of music and the department of physical training In Irritated Itcbing Skins Sootbed Witb Cuticura BaAeWith Cuticura Soap Dry and Apply the Ointment These super-creamy emollients usu ailv stop itching, dearaway pimples, redness and roughness, remove dan druff and scalp irritation and beal red, rough ana sore hands. If used for every-day toilet purposes they do much to prevent such distressing troubles. Use the exquisitely scented Cuticura Talcum to over come heavy perspiration. Via XmI Ftm Vf Mill Alru "Cwltl UWi" "' "' '' kMmir- f!,,. grp &r. Oirtwt2SwdMr. T-um ate. SgVvTOtticMra Seap akevas witaowt nag. 43. C. Lancaster, chairman, and his hard-working aides, confronted with the task of raising J J 2.000 a day for the next four days, if Portland is to raise its S73.200 quota on scheduled time are bending every energy to finish a systematic canvass of the city by Friday night. They are making an effort to induce those wno nave money to give for the starving Ar menians to assist in expediting the work by bringing or sending in their contributions direct to headquarters. corner Broadway and Yamhill, with out waiting to be called upon by a solicitor. The campaign leaders were greatly encouraged yesterday by several large contributions. One of these was re ported by Miss Evelyn Full, president of the Knworth league of the First Methodist church, the members of which raised $1150 for the fund. An other generous contribution was i JS50 check from the First Christian Scientist church, sent in by B. S. Josslyn. Chairman W. S. Raker, in charge of the Industrials division and who Is also doing "flying squadron" work, reported four contributions of $500 each from the officials of the follow ing: First National bank. U. S. Na tional bank, Ladd & Tilton bank and Eastern A Western Lumber company. Rev. D. A. Thompson, in charge of the territory from DIvlBion to Haw thorne avenue, from the river to Lents, turned in $214 which had been col lected from four precincts, comprised of humble homes, by Mrs. Julius Krebs, who said that every home in the four precincts had made a con tribution. Director George Estea of the local Masonic lodge, who last week sent out ,600 letters to Portland Masons appealing for contributions, reported vesrerdav afternoon that every in coming mail is bringing a flood of checks -and currency in response to these letters. Several thousand dol lars is expected from this source. AS Adriatic Conference Wot tended by U. S. At ALLIES ARE "RUFFLED" If America Evades Responsibilities, She Can Hardly Take Part in Shaping: Terms, Says Press. ' DANCE TO START FUND GEORGE WASHINGTON PARTY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23. Masonic and "Eastern Star Orders Hope to Raise $3000 at Initial Entertainment at Auditorium. As one of the first steps toward securing the funds wherewith to erect the new state Masonic and Eastern Star home upon property of the lodge near Forest Grove, a George Washington party and dance will be held Monday evening. February 23. at the municipal auditorium, by the social jclub of the Portland chapter. Order of Eastern Star. The event will be the first of the kind for the Masonic home, and Is expected to be followed by others given by the various Masonic ana Eastern Star social organizations of the city. More than 4000 tickets for the affair have been issued, and as the dance Is open to members of the lodges and their friends a large at tendance is expected. It is hoped to raise at least $3000 toward the con struction of the home as a result of the evening. J. S. Roark, past master of Tabor lodge, A. F. and A. M., and also sec retary of the state committee in charge of plans for the state home near Forest Grove, is chairman of the committee in charge. Stouden meyer, band leader for Al Kader temple, will, have charge of the or chestra arrangements and Ralph Hoyt will preside at the organ. The auditorium will he decorated fittingly for the occasion and - the large crowd expected will be handled by an efficient floor committee. A considerable number of lodge mem bers and friends are expected from nearby points, as a result of the in terest which has been created in the first benefit event for the new state home. GIRL WIFE IS PAROLED Forger Given Into Husband's Care After Two-Year Sentence. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 16. (Special) Mrs. Bertha Shtfflett. who was ar rested here two weeks ago on a charge of forging about a doxen checks and passing them at local stores, today was indicted by the grand Jury. She pleaded guilty, waived time for sentence and was sentenced, all within IS minutes. . Judge Skipworth sentenced Mrs. Shifflett to serve two years in the state penitentiary, but paroled her to her husband with the provision that he is to report to the district attor ney and parole oiiicer once eacn month. The judge warned her that if she violates the law in any particular during the two years she will be sent to prison to serve the full term. She 18 years ot age ana nas been married only a few months. LONDON. Feb. 16. (By the Asso ciated Press.) President. Wilson's note to the peace conference on the Adriatic question has furnished Lon don political and newspaper circles with a surprise and interest surpass ing that evoked . by the vvnson- Lanslng correspondence. - The Lansins Incident was regarded as an American family affair, toward which foreigners shoivd be merely disinterested spectators. The presi dent's reappearance as a determined party In the peace negotiations was construed as - almost as threatening his order for the George Washing ton to be prepared to take him home from France. The first versions of the event gave it the aspect of an ultimatum, which meant that the council of the allies must stand by the terms which Pres ident Wilson accepted In December, or America would shake-the dust of European, affairs off her feet alto gether, and also that the council had framed a stiffly-worded reply adher ing to its January offer to the Jugo slavs." . " Tension Hal Relaxation. Later information appeared to soft en the stiff-necked positions credited to both parties. This consisted of the messages from Washington that too sweeping a construction had been giv en to the president's words, fortified by news from Downing street that the council had not finished compos ing its answer. Nevertheless, Premier Millerand's cheerful observation to the reports on Friday "There is not a cloud ahead Is taken as a purely diplomatic optimism. The afternoon papers displayed stirring headlines in which "bomb shell" was the favorite word. If not a bombshell, it was an entirely unex pected ruffling of the waters about the parliament houses, where it ap pears to have been assumed that bo long as America had not even a rep resentative at the conference table, her voice would not be heard in the debate, 4 Compromise Is Favored. The general spirit of the conference shown in the results of its first week's London sessions seems to be concilia tory and to tend toward compromise. The same spirit may animate its cor respondence with Washington. This tendency is displayed in the mildness of the second note to Holland regard ing the ex-emperor's status; in the unexpected concession to Germany oi permitting her to try 'her so-called war criminals, and the favor given to the proposal to keep the sultan on his throne in Constantinople. Some writers connect this new era of mildness with the disappearance of France's grand old man, Clemen ceau, from the stage. The shifting of the conference from Paris to London sees a revival of the former misunder standings , between the British and French over newspaper questions- While the meetings were held in Paris there were constant charges that the French papers knew more of the con ference secrets than the other allies and that the Paris press made strong campaign for French Interests, supported by superior knowledge of what was going on. Secrecy Marks Meetings, The London meetings began with the customary agreement of the con ferees that secrecy be observed and that the newspapers be given a daily official report only. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting today on President Wilson's note on the Adriatic settlement, says: "Europe is having its own experi ence of the presidential temperament in the new American note on the Adriatic difficulty. This document re jects the compromise framed by the entente and threatens that if it is per sisted in the -president will take no further part in the peace conference. But this- outcome, regrettable as it may be, seems inevitable. If America declines to bear any of the practical responsibilities of the settlement, she can hardly claim any part in the snap ing of its terms." DOG DIVIDES HAWLEYS (Continued From First Page.) OIL -BEAR!NG SAND HIT Driller Near La comb Reports Find- ins Favorable Indications. ALBANY. Or, Feb. 16. (Special.) The Oregon Petroleum company, which is boring for oil near Lacomb, today struck oil-bearing sand at a depth of 150 feet. This is the third tratum of sand encountered. Though this does not assure oil in commer- ial quantities, the driller considers it good indication. The well is being drilled near the bed ot Berver creek, about three miles east of Lacomb. The company doing the work is a corporation in which most of the tockholders reside at Lacomb and Lebanon, with a few Albany men in terested. S. KT Ureen Holms n Fuel Co. Adv, . Stamps for cash. Main 3ai. 660-il. board while the latter was opening a can of tamafes. This was the only time, she said, when sbe had noticed anything of this character, although there were differ ent occasions when she heard them having family "spats." She said she was In her room one night when she heard Mr. Hawley tell his wife that if they couldn't get along any better than they were doing he wanted his freedom, ana that he would return to his people and she could return to hers. The witness said, however, that their quarrel ap peared to have been settled that night as they were in good humor the next morning. This was Just a week be fore the divorce suit was started. Without any evident sign of nerv ousness, and with a smile playing about her lips at frequent intervals, Mrs. Hawlev recounted her marital troubles with a low voice which was scarcely audible beyond the attorneys' iesk. Suffering as She Is from a throat affection, her voice broke fre quently, and throughout the morning session she sipped not miiK in oraer to keep her voice under control. At the outset she gave the names of boys and girls In Oregon City with whom she had associated prior to her marriage with Mr. Hawley, on March 11. 1016. Friends Scorned, She Say. They were the children of the best families in town," she said in answer to a question. "And what was your husband's at titude with reference to those friends after your marriage?" she was asked on direct examination. "He told me that I had bettered myself financially and said he then wanted me to better myself socially. He said these friends of mine were of the working class." "And what about your social en joyments, since your marriage?" she was then asked. "Well," was her reply, "I Have been to only four or five dances since my marriage. Mr. Hawley looked upon dancing as hard work, and he also said he couldn't retain his presage if he associated with his employes." The witness then went into detail concerning alleged brutal treatment received by her at the hands of Mr. Hawley. She remembered specific dates as far back as July 6, ,1917, when, she testified, she was roughly handled. "It was on that date he said he was tired of it all and wanted to go back tit his lather and,. njothert" she said. "He- called me a low down contemptible little pup.' In -r fact. whenever he got mad that was a term he frequently applied to me." Gown Ripped Off, Saya Wife. At another time during her direct examination Mrs. Hawley told of an alleged occurrence about six months ago when her husband kept her awake until late in the night talk ing to her. "He wouldn't let m go to sleep, so finally I got out of bed and taking an extra blanket started into another room to lie down on the lounge until he went to sleep. As soon as I got up he switched on the light and jumped up and grabbed hold of my nightgown. He tore it off of me dur ing that spell." - At this Juncture Mr. Schuebel in troduced the torn . nightgown as an exhibit, tne ursx to oe oiierea by the plaintiff. As attorneys gath ered about the exhibit table to ex amine the bit of torn negligee the women in the rear of the courtroom stood up in an effort to eye the' ex hibit. At another time, the witness sam, her husband told her he was going to leave her-and would take their baby, a girl now 28 months old. I remember caning mm mammas little sissy boy when he threw tny arm against the sink and I fainted." she testified. "When I came to he had me by the arms pulling me up stairs." At another time, October 12 of last year, the witness said ner nusDaRa told her he wanted to leave ner ana intended taking the baby. . I told him that there wasn't a court in the country which would give him the youngster," she said. 'But he told me that his father's influence and his father's money could buy the courts and get him the custody of the child. He told me there was no use of my trying to fight the case as I could not win it." - - i "Did he ever make any other refer ence to his father's money?" she was asked. j- "Yes; he said his father's money could buy him' out of the draft." The plaintiff's attorneys then ques tioned her at length .concerning Mr. Hawley's interest in the Hawley Pulp & Paper company and about the value of stocks and property owned by him, of which the witness showed complete knowledge. - "Did he treat you as a partner in any of his business ventures?" she was queried. - ' "No, I wasn't a' partner at allv I was just a plaything," was,lr ready reply. , . "' " It was at this point that the wlU ness, speaking with such low voice that It vexed the women spectators outside the railing, gave testimony concerning alleged offenses in their marital relations of which she com plained in an amended complaint. More Love Wanted. And what was your general atti tude concerning this sort of treat ment? What did you say to him? How How did you feel?" These questions were shot at her by Attorney Schuebel. "I told him if be would love - me more we would be much happier," she answered with a quick smile. At another time, she said, her hus band came home and nagged her be cause she had combed her hair down over her ears. "He said I looked like an idiot." she testified. "I told him he looked like he needed a mental examination him self. He then said something about my not being straight before I was married, and I got so angry 1 picked up a bottle of Worcestershire sauce and threw it down on the floor." Just before the court adjourned this afternoon, the counsel for. the plain tiff announced that but one more wit ness will be called for the plaintiff's case proper, and it is expected that the defense will have its innings starting tomorrow afternoon. Many other witnesses have been called by the plaintiff for use in rebuttal test!' mony, and the case probably will con tinue throughout the week,, il not lonsrer. -Associated with Air. scnuebei in conducting the plaintiff's case are C. D. and Earl C. Latourette. Earl Latourette handled some of the exam ination of witnesses yesterday in con junction with Mr. Schuebel. , SEATTLE TO VOTE 99,000 Ballots May Be Cast at Primary. TRIPLE ALLIANCE ACTIVE Opposition Is Badly Split and Some Hope Is Held of Putting . Slate Over at Election. POLICE TO GIVE LECTURE AI3I IS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TOLL. Schools to Be Visited With Film to Show Children Dangers of City Streets. A safety-first educational campaign among the school children and stu dents of the city is to be taken up immediately by Lieutenant of Traffic Police Frank Ervin in the hope of cutting, down t the high toll 'which traffic accidents have been levying from the j children of school age- in the city. ... "' This campaign will take the form of a lecture and safety-first - film which will be shown to students of all the schools of the city, the lec ture being delivered personally by Lieutenant Ervin. - . Lieutenant Ervin . will" begin his series of illustrated lectures Wednes day in the- Rose City- Park' school, and after that he Intends to cover one or two schools each day until he has spoken in every grammar and high school in the city. A feature of the campaign will be the appointment of-four students to serve as guards at each school. These students will be- authorized to watch for violations of the traffic laws on the part of drivers passing the school and to report same with the number of the car in each -Instance to the traffic bureau. They will be Instructed to watch especially for speeders. i WIFE DISLIKES GERMANY HCSBAVD WOULD GO "HOME,!' ALLEGES RUTH K. ZORNS. Repeated Attempts to Persuade Re turn Canse of Divorce Suit, Says Plaintiff. Germany holds no attraction for Ruth K. Zorns and the repeated at tempts of her husband, William O. Zorns, whom she married in Portland on September 10, -1919, to persuade her to return with him to the "vater land" brought her into the divorce court, she avers in a complaint filed yesterday with County Clerk Bever-idge. A weekly slap and occasional dodg ing of missiles, once taking the form of an ash trav. at another time that of a shoe, were in the- routine of her married life, declares Mrs. Zorns. Kmma J. Fielder denies, in an an swer filed to the divorce suit of Rob ert C. Fielder, that she had ever told her husband she could only be a sis ter to him. Further, she says that a woman living in Portland told Fielder that if he was nice to her she would not answer a letter which Mrs. Fielder had written her. Three divorce suits filed yesterday were Manah Lowell against Edgar L. Lowell, Alphus M. Skoulos against Alex G. Skoulos and Luclla B. Cowles asaiust Willis Cow lea. ' , SEATTLE. Wash; Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) With the largest list more than 99,000 of registered voters the city ever has had. candidates for nom ination for mayor, corporation counsel and five places In the city council will go into the primaries tomorrow. The candidates have finished a most strenuous campaign and, as interest is running high in both the mayoralty and councilmanic races, a record- breaking vote is expected. The can didates whose names appear on the voting-machine ballot and the offices which-they seek follow: For mayor Hugo M. Caldwell, James A. Duncan and C B. Fitzgerald. For corporation counsel Walter F. Meier. For councilmen (three-year term, three to be-elected) A.-Lou Cohen, C. , M. Dahlager, Oliver T. Erickson, Lee Roy .-Henry, Robert B. Hesketh, Frank B.- Kannair- Fred W. Kelly. Joseph Kildall, W. D. Lane, Charles Marble, P. C. Merriam, Frank. F. Mul len, Cftrl H; Reeves, R. Sartor!, Phillip TlndaU, XV. M. Tomlinson, John . D. Wenger.- - - - Alliance Group Hopeful. Two-year term (one to be elected) A. X,.Drake, -Charles H. Gallant, T. M. Parker, fteorgfe E, Ryan, George B. Worleyv-. v ' One-year term (one to be elected) John . B. Carroll, Ben F. Nauman. One- group of votes,, that cast by the- triple alliance,- will be bestowed on a slate headed by James A. Dun can, or general strike and Mooney day parade fame, who Is a candidate for mayor, and including two coun cilmen, Oliver T. Erickson and W. D. Lane, who are candidates for re-election. The triple alliance hopes to nominate Duncan for mayor; it Is confident that its councilmanic slate will survive the primaries, for oppo sition to the Duncan organization is badly split, -dividing its strength among four candidates for' the two- year term and 12 candidates for the three-year term. ' Over Sunday the Duncan campaign managers circularized the city,, mak ing a last minute appeal to a voting class to whom Duncan has talked in his speeches when he Ignored most of his radical record and pleaded for a golden-rule government. Mayor C. B. Fitzgerald and Hugh M. Caldwell, mayoralty candidates, held rival noonday gatherings, today. Mayor Fitzgerald is the first chief executive to be elected from on- of the suburbs and though the port-and school elections demonstrated the triple alliance Is strong In Ballard, the mayor expects to cut down their showing in the municipal election. Mayor's Forces Confident, At Fitzgerald headquarters, while work of preparation for tomorrow's primaries was. under way,' other sup porters of the mayor were preparing for continuing his campaign on until the election of March 2. .The Fitz gerald forces are so thoroughly con vinced that the mayor will lead the list of mayoralty candidates In to morrow's primaries that they , have 'engaged halls for the rest of the week - and are working on a speaking pro gramme that will cover every section of the- city. Charles D. Davis, chairman .of the Fitzgerald central committee, has ob tained personal pledges from one or more workers in each precinct of the city that they will take charge of the Fitzgerald fight at the polls to morrow. . To be actually represented by not less than one worker In every precinct always has been the ambition of Se attle , candidates, but this result has never been accomplished until the Fitzgerald workers In about two weeks' time built up such an organization. In addition, there are enough volun teer workers .from former service men to give one or two additional supporters at each polling place. Ef forts will be concentrated on getting out a big vote. Voters to Get Rides. Most of the candidates tomorrow will have an automobile service to bring voters out to the polls, but it is unsafe to depend on the machines to go after everybody. It would be im possible to carry all of Seattle's vot ing population to the polls and first attention will be given those physical ly unahle to make the trip on root CD Samuel Cddwyn ancTRex Beacfi Srcsent Rupert Hughes' Famous Story 1 I I -TT!' ( C J IP" Other New Goldwyn Releases: Will Rosen la -Jubilo ' Tom Moor In "Lord and Lady Ally" Madge Kennedy In Strictly Confidential" Pauline Frederick ta "Bonds at Lore" Rex Beach's "The Silver Horde" Caraldtne Farrar In "Flame of the Desert" Goldwyn Bray Animated Cartoon ne Cup ofEJuni , Which wa the real woman? In this beautiful body thara war two girls 4 no, three, four or more. The discontented villas t Sir!, the runaway,' the vaudeville actress, the adopted daughter of wealth, the society butterfly, the stenog rapher, the hip-builder which was the real ftlrl? She didn't know herself the man who loved her didn't know. Once more Rupert Hughes has struck the belt. Once more he has written and Goldwyn has produced a great American picture. A picture that will be eeen with wonder and excitement from the Atlantic te the Pacific. It Is the biggest picture of them all the most powerful the most intensely American in spirit. WATCH FOR THIS GOLDWYN PICTURE AT YOUR FAVORITE THEATER a OLD VTK f'M O T I O PI C TVR'ErS and those who reside at a long dis tance from the polls.. There are many other voters who only have a short time in which to get to the polls and they will be looked after by the automobile workers.' The great bulk of the voting population resides within easy walking distance of the polls and these people are ex pected to go out and vote early so as to keep out of the way of the last minute rush. Voting machines will be used in an the city precincts, two being installed in each of three west slue nrecincis. where an unusually heavy registration had. and one being used else where. Five machines will be held In reserve to be sent out in event a call comes for one of them. Thomas Irving, custodian of the machines, has a staff of four experts on duty under him to assist In event of a call for help. All election officers nave been especially coached In handling the voting machines and no delays are expected. '- ' Railroad Employe to Get Pension ALBANY, Or, Feb. !. (Special.) After 41 years' continuous service for the Southern Pacifio company Am brose Bowers of this city has retired from the work of the company and H1I receive a pension. When he be gan work in 1878 the road extended southward from Portland only as far as Roseburg. For many years past he has served as foreman of a bridge construction crew. Ashland Gnard Inspected. SALEM. Or.. Feb.'' 16. (Special.)- i InsDection of the several companies of the uregon national guara was started at Ashland today. Accord uig to an announcement made by Adjut ant-General Stafrin, the inspections will continue for more than two weeks, and will Include every, mili tary -company In the state. TODAY An Important Letter Beaverton, Oregon: "I was" taken very sick with a bad case of liver trouble and indigestion, and had a severe case of catarrh of long standing, since I was a young girL I doctored and doctored with different doctors and fhe last doctor we paid $200.00 and I was no better than when I began. I almost gave up, but happened to think of my mother's being cured of a severe case of salt rheum with Golden Medical Discovery so I wrote to Dr. Pierce while lying in bed and stated my case. I followed his direc tions fb the letter and can say that I was cured. I took the Golden Medical Discovery,' 'Favorite Prescription and Pellets also used Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Later I was cured of a bad case of bladder trouble with Dr. Pierce's Anuric. I have a son and a daughter that were also cured of the worst chronic coughs by taking the ' Discovery. . My family cannot praise Dr. Pierce's medicines too highly. We are never without them and I have had a copy of Doctor Pierce's book, the Common Sense Medical Adviser (price 50 cents ) for the past 30 years." I cannot say too much for Dr. Pierce's medicines." ; Mrs. Caroline Boles, Box 363 If your druggists does not have Dr. Pierce's medicines or book,sejid direct to Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. j A picture quite different from any you have teen. A story of a "blind" husband, a pretty wife and a love buzzard, staged differently and finishing differently from what you think. COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA Director Knowles has a special score. Orchestra Matinee Daily 2:30 to 4:30 P. M. V) ef.lJiX lilt I'MJ mmm W Warn Ia f lb YOUR LAST G t CHANCE TO SEE " lJ Her Newest, Peppiest . Picture M Q DOROTHY GISH "MARY ELLEN MJ ( COMES TO TOWN" rQJs V f'or Three Days Only MI X. ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN O CV5. Greater Than Fame Jt'"" -NS- A Glawlaav Fawhiatlna MDr I 1.0TC Mary Soptoly. C sol - liVt M a a 1 1 leemly rrodiiee, ' t II V7. Arte Willi a Krura- f .! 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