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9 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, MARCH 31, 1915. NATIONAL DEFICIT ESTIMATE IS CUT KARL H. VOX WIEGAND, WORLD-FAMOUS CORRESPOND ENT, TO WRITE OF WAR FOR THE OREGONIAN. Simmons Says Country Will Not Run More Than 26 Mil lions Behind in Fiscal Year. INCOME TAX RELIED ON Conditions Both in Europe and in Mexico Held to Blame for Fall ing Off In Revenue Coun try Is Growing, Too. WASHINGTON". March 20. Chairman Simmons, of the Senate finance com mittee, took issue today with prophets of a large Treasury deficit. ii a state ment, saying- his investigations at the Treasury have convinced him that the deficit will not exceed 126.000.000. Senator Simmons said there had been 1 to many conflicting estimates of the! probable deficit, some as high as 1S0,- 00.000. that he decided to ascertain the! real facts.' 'During the past week," he said, "I have been investigating this matter closely In conference with officials of the Treasury Department, ana. as result of the investigations and con ferences, I feel safe In saying that the probable deficit will not. If any, much exceed 126,000,000. Canal Cot Tiot Included. Of course this does not Include the expenditures on account of the Panama Canal. These expenses are otherwise provided for by law and are not re quired to be paid out of the current funds of the Government. "The receipts from practically every source." he added, "have fallen below the estimate, due to depressed business conditions on account of the war in Europe. Although the revenues derived from internal revenue tax probably will be increased by the emergency revenue act over the estimates by about $20,000,000. there was on March IS. 1916, an excess of ordinary expendi tures over receipts or approximately ?83,000,000, against a deficit of 124,000, 000 on the same date last year. "The estimated recipts for the re mainder of the fiscal year totals $266, 000,000. while the ordinary disburse ments will amount to J3O7.OO3.u00. an excess of receipts over expenditures for the remainder of the year of foil, 000, 000. showing a net deficit of $26,000,000 at the end of the fiscal year. Europe and Mexico Blamed. "The Increases are due in part to the normal growth of the Government and part are due to conditions arising out of the European war and the abnormal conditions in Mexico. "When the fact is considered that the income tax is not required by law to be paid until about the end of the fiscal year. June 30. and that the bulk of this tax is not in fact paid until i. ( V ? :J s V f- 'W MaaEtabdsiittkikn( .nrnttfi iVi.', Karl H. von Wfesand. Karl H. von Wiegand, one ef the most famous and suc cessful 'War correspondents in the world, has been em ployed by a syndicate of newspapers, whose sole rep resentative in Portland will be The Oregonian, to cover outstanding news features of the present old-world war. His field will be Germany In general and Berlin in par ticular. Until recently Mr. " von Wiegand has been acting as war correspondent for the United Press, being in charge of the Berlin bureau of that organization. His work was of such high value as to attract general attention and admiration. As a result he received a flattering offer to enter a larger field and one where his work would be more widely read. The New York World made the offer and secured Mr. von Wiegand's services, and the World in turn has syndicated his forthcoming ar ticles among some of the most prominent newspapers of the coun try, including The Oregonian. Karl H. von Wiegand is not a native of Germany, as one might conclude from his name, but an American, having been born in Phoenix, Ariz. He began his newspaper career as a correspondent of various New York, Kansas City and San Francisco papers. For a time he was on the local staff of the Ex aminer of the latter city. When the Los Angeles Examiner was started he was a member of the local staff. During the Japanese Russian War Von Wiegand was cable editor of the Associated Press in San Francisco. He scored a beat on the Berkeley airship disaster, the first to occur in this country. He was standing by the side of Francis J. Heney, of San Francisco, when Heney was shot by a thug in a courtroom during the trials following the great municipal upheaval in that city. Von Wiegand was with the Associated Press three years and was then placed in charge of the San Francisco Bureau of the United Press. He went to Berlin as manager of the United Press Bureau there in 1911. He is about 38 years old. - ' MILLION PIGS BILLETED FODDER SHORTAGE CAUSES GER MAN EXTORTS TO BKI.GIXM. Rich mnd Fmt Alike Muit Care for Stock and Occupants of Flats Oft Are In Quandary. BRUSSELS, via London. March 20. I One minion German pies have been about the end of the fiscal year, the D,nated 0 tne civnian population of circumstance of an excess of disburse-1 , , iraents over receipts for the first half MW' of the year and an excess of receipts! The pigs must be fed and cared for over disbursements during the last half by the Belgians, who, without distlnc . of the year will be readily understood.! tion as to class, must perform this serv- "It also will be apparent that any I ice. One of the wealthiest inhabitants estimate based upon the assumption I of Brussels has been compelled to take that the proportion of the receipts and I 12 hoes on what he styles "reduced disbursements -wilt be the same during rates by the week." His poorest neigh- Itie second hair or the year as during I bors have at least one pig to a family, the first half is both misleading and! For some time there have been re erroneous." I ports of a shortage of fodder In Ger- jr. whereas the amount in Belgium Is nearly normal, hence the imports tion of the swine. Belgians are concerned lest the pres ence of the pigs result in' a further depletion, of the already scanty sup ply of food necessary for the people. With their customary thoroughness, the German authorities have devised an elaborate system of billetting the pigs and obtaining reports as to their condition. The distribution system has broken down occasionally, however, with the result that occupants of apartments and flats have found them selves saddled with the care of animals. Whitman College President Better. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla, Wash., March 20. (Special.) After an absence of more than a month because of temporary blindness In his left eye. President Penrose returned to Walla Walla from Spokane Thursday, where he has been under the care of an eye specialist. Although , still undergoing treatment. President 'Penrose's condi tion is much Improved and it is thought that he will completely recover his sight within a short time. Bieo lav; is upset Federal Jurisdiction Over Mi .grations Is Denied. STATE RIGHTS INVOLVED United States District Judge in Kansas Says Act of Congress Is Based on Entirely Xbvel Theory of Government. TOPBiCA. Kan, March 20. The mi gratory bird law was declared uncon stltutional by Judge John C.- Pollock In the United States District Court today. Judge Pollock held Congress had no jurisdiction over game In any of the states and that separate states only have the right to enact laws for regulation or protection of game. Fred Robertson, United States Dis trict Attorney, announced the case would be appealed to the United States Supreme Court. In his decision, Judge Pollock said in part: 'The act challenged is believed to be the single instance in the entire legts lative or Judicial history of this Nation or the composing states, in which contrary view has been expressed. Un less a departure, as radical in theory as it is important in its effects, is to be made from fundamental principles long established by our laws, the act in question must be held incapable of support by any provision of the or eanic law of the country. If the act In question shall, on any ground or for any reason, be upheld. It must surely follow that many laws of the separate states of this Union must hereafter be held to be inoper ative, for there can be no divided authority of the Nation and the sev eral states over the single object mat ter in issue, with either safety to the Nation or security to the citizen." WOMEN DEMAND PEACE LEGALIZED SLAUGHTER DECLARED "SUM OF ALL VTLXAtnV "Mother Half of Humanity" Asserts Right to Be Heard on Questions Involving; National Life. CHICAGO. March 20. Formal call for the Woman's International Peace Conference at The Hague was Issued at the National headquarters here to day. "As women equally with men paci ficists, wa understand that Dlanned for. legalized, wholesale human slaughter is today the sum of all villainy," reads the call. As women we are especially the custodians of the life of all ages." the call continues. "We will no longer con sent to Its reckless destruction. "As women we are particularly charged with the future of childhood. We will no longer endure without a protest that must be - heard and heeded by men, that hoary evil that in an hour" destroys the social struc ture that centuries of toil have reared. ' "Therefore, as human beings and the mother half of humanity, we de mand that our right to be consulted In the settlement of questions concern ing not alone the life of individuals but of nations be recognized and re spected." The call will be sent broadcast. VICTIM IDENTIFIES GUNMEN Two Bound Over at La Grande on . Testimony of Chinaman. LA .GRANDE, 677 March 20. (Spe- cial.) "That China boy shoot me, and that China boy shoot me," exclaimed Wong Won Duck, victim of the tong war in La Grande, who was brought from the hospital into Judge Williams' court today. As the old Chinese gave forth this exclamation he pointed his cane straight toward William En and Charlie Fong. The excitement was too great for the injured man and he be- came hysterical, muttering in Chinese dialect. . - Court adjourned for a time but later took up the case and Eng and Fong were bound over to the grand jury and placed In $1600 bonds each. Wong was not put under oath. On motion of the Prosecuting Attorney, Fong Gan Yu. Toy Young, Toy Sue, Sun Yuen and Jim Livermore were discharged, but William Eng and Charlie Fong were held on the charge of assault with intent to kill. The released Chi nese were arrested the day after the tong war broke out. MILK FROM MAD COW USED Baker Family Loses Animal From Rabies but Feels No III Effects. BAKER. Or.. March 20, (Special.) The baby of William Nelson, of Prairie City, is still cooing and happy, appar ently unmindful that It lived for several days on the milk of a cow that had rabies. The baby was fed on the milk until the animal was taken suddenly ill and died. Then it was discovered that the cow had had a severe case of rabies. Now the family fears that other cows may have the disease and the entire herd is being watched care Other members of the Nelson family drank the milk just before it died and have not felt any ill effects. tlT Annual "pre-rtvcntorY ooK Sale v 3tow In "progress NO other book sale ranks with this Annual Clean-Up Sale of "handled" books, surplus stock, broken lines, and, last but not least, the remaining books from the Lipman, Wolfe stock. The prices are less than we have ever quoted and with out exaggeration mark an epoch in book sales. Below arc just a few suggestions: NEW TABLE OF 10c BOOKS ' A splendid collection of . books, ranging in value from 25c to $1, all assembled on this . table and marked to go at 10 LIBRARY SETS REDUCED 25 TO 6Q Standard authors in sets: beautifully bound In cloth; half and full leather; a Bavlng op portunity without parallel. Make an early selection. HALF-PRICE TABLE A great collection of beau tifully bound and illustrated books of art, travel, history. Oriental rugs, etc., all cut exactly half during this sale. - SPECIAL 23c TABLE A choice lot of first-class books, formerly selling from 50c to $1.50, now specially priced for quick action at 25 (Bill's Tae J. K. GUI Ce Third and Alder, Bookseller, Mettoners and Complete Office Outfitters. ALL DOGS TO BE TAGGED Unlicensed Animals to Be Snared in Vancouver After April 1. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 20. (Special.) Elmer Barbeau, Chief of Police, and hir. assistants, will in the next few days hold their annual sale of tags to be placed on pet dogs In the city. The dog population of Van couver has been known to be as high as 500, and a strenuous effort will be made this year to increase tne num ber of tags sold. Dogs will not be allowed to run loose after April 1. under penalty of being Impounded at the foot of Park street, and later sent to dog heaven, if Z is not forthcoming. Two men will go forth with snares after April 1, and catch all dogs not protected by a license tag. CITIZENS DONATE LABOR Washougal Park Beautified by Men and Schoolboys. WASHOUGAL, Wash., March 30. (Special.) Yesterday was general clean-up day at the Hathaway Park. About 70 men and school bays gathered early In the morning and worked on the school grounds and the park which Joins the grounds. There are 10 acres In the whole place, bordering on the Washoual River. I Thet High School boys worked all morning and the girls furnished a toothsome Irmrh. Citizens worked all Would you believe when we state with absolute sincerity that we buy the highest quality of meat and are serving Roasts, Steaks, Chops, Etc., at the small price of 10c? A large variety of other good things to choose from. COZY DAIRY LUNCH 323 Washington SU, Near Sixth. Day or Night. Our finely flavored Coffee and Homemada Pastry are known every where. . SPECIAL 35 CHICKEN DINNER SUNDAY. day and made a fine showing on the grounds. Another day's work probably will be donated soon. The women or tne city furnished a lunch for the business men. WHITMAN HOLIDAY ASKED Participation of College in Celilo Canal Fete Is Sought. WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla. Wash- March 20. (Special.) To al low students to participate In the rainhration of the opening of the Celilo canal at Wallulu May 4, the Whitman College faculty and the Walla Walla Commercial Club aro endeavoring to secure a holiday for Whitman on that date. Whitman has been connected closely with the open river movement in the past. Dr. N. G. Blalock, the late presi dent of the Whitman College board of trustees, was the original promoter and advocate of the Celilo canal, while Dr. D. S. BaUer. who guve the present college campus to Whitman, built the first railroad from Walla Walla to Wallulu, thus providing the first route from this part of the slate to the coast. Professor W. D. Lyman, of the history department at Whitman also has 1h bored for many years to secure an open waterway from the Inland Em pire to the coast. Kim a Paving Proposed. ELM A, Wash. March 20. (Special.! At a meeting of the City Council war. 1 !..!. naHllnna WAfA fr- vv emicBuaj iiib "--"'""- ----- sented for paving of Main and Tblrd streets, and it is certain that the legal formalities will be-started right away and that streets will bo paved this Summer. Most of the property owners are in favor of iho prooosal. J. H. O'Donnell resigned as Councilman on account of business and A. F. GooXml." was named In his place. Onlr.Oa "UKOMO qtLMXf Krhtn.v,F f-ou reel a oold coining tnisn of the lull nam Lztlv Bromo quuum. i I? for nxori B. W Or.ro on b.i. a. CHEHALIS FARM TALK GIVEN O.-W. H. ST. Agricultulrurist Win Support for Corn Campaign. CHEHALIS. Wash.. March 20. (Sp. rial.) C. L. Smith, the agriculturist of the O.-W. R. A. N. Company, spoke to a large audience last night at the Citi zens' Club rooms. He spoke today at the State Training School and at 1:30 he addressed farmers at the same place. Diversified farming was the general talk given by Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith Monday will speak at Moasyrock in the forenoon, at Silver Creek in the afternoon and at Ethel at night. He will talk at Eveline Tuesday morning, at Napavine in the afternoon and at Boistfort at night. A series of meetings in the southern part of the rounty will begin Wednesday, when To ledo. Colwitz. Wlnlock and Vader will all be visited. Mr. Smith is promoting a corn campaign in particular in this sec tion and judging from indications he already has aroused great interest. Window Shades 25c Here's a bargain that is interesting to Spring housecleaners. 'MOVING D0NE BY MAIL Presbyterian Minister Beats Freight Rates From Klamath to Coast. KLAMATH FALLS. Or- Mar. 20. (Special.) Moving by mail !s the unique feat of Rev. J. s. stubblelieia, Presbyterian minister of this city, who has accepted a call to Marshfield. Or. Books, dishes, cooking utensils and other small articles were packed into parcels weighing not to exceed 50 ' pounds etch and have been started for their destination by parcel post. Marshfield Is in the second sons and the 1600-pound shipment cost $17.60. To reach Marshfield they will travel via Weed. Cal.. to Koseburg by rail. thence by stage over the mountains, about 75 miles. The stage trip at this season frequently requires 48 hours. The freight rate from Klamath Falls to Portland is 11.76 a hundredweight and shippers now must arrange for conveyance by boat from there to Marshfield. VANCOUVER IS USING DRAG Streets Being Evened and Cleaned I by New Method. VANCOUVER. Wash, Madch 20. Special.) The CHy of Vancouver has bought a drag for use on Vancouver's streets. The drag now is being used in smoothing down streets in the city which are not paved. The machine not only fills up the holes and cuts down the high places, but gathers up rocks, tin cans and sim ilar debris. A power street lusher is used continuously on the paved streets, of which the city haa about 15 miles. Vancouver Brewmaster Stricken. VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 20. (Special.) Paul Schulz, president ef the ierm an-Austrian Aid Society of this city and for many years brewraaster of the Vancouver brewery, has suffered a etroke of apoplexy. Mr. Sohuls Is un conscious most of the time and Is un. able to move. However, doctors hold out hope of his ultimate recovery. Tax Payments Omw FaeC Ki-LSO. VvflL, Marc fe. -V Special) Tax money in the sum of $390.00 had been received by County Treasurer George W. Phillips, of CowlJts County, tip to March 15, This represents about To per cent of the total tax payments for the rear. Lace Curtains Half Price Odd lots of two and thrre pairs, PHje to go quickly at from 75 to S.OV pair. All high grade and in tasty pat terns. The Big Sale Will Soon Be Over This is furniture buying time! Don't wait till we've moved! We must lighten the load of moving as much as possible. We'd soon er sell furniture at cost than move it. The problem of moving so many tens .of thousands of dollars in goods is not a small one. especially when one consid ers we must keep our old store open one day and be moved the next. You see the idea, don't you ? Your Credit Is Good One-Half Price on These Big Comfortable Rockers $15.50 Auto Seat Golden Oak Leather Rocker on sale now at $7.7o Auto Seat Leather Rocker in fumed oak. Loose cushion back. Regularly $19.50, now. . .$9.75 Waxed Golden Oak Rocker, with leather seat. An $18.00 reg ular seller, now at $9.00 Fumed Oak, leather seat and back, Rocker. A $32.50 seller, cow on "sale at only. .. .$16.25 $27.50 Fumed Oak Bocker, with leather automobile seat. Hand some and comfortable. .$13.75 Fumed Oak Leather Seat Rock er that regularly sells at $12.50, now on sale at $6.23 $10.50 Golden Oak Morris Chair, pretty stuffed cushions, $5)25 paCt?eT 100-Pc. Dinner Set $11.90 Your Credit Is Good We never mis an opportunity to tell you this. Wo many stores curtail credit, or entirely "ft"' It during sales. NOT J"1" STOHK! Our same old terms of payment hold good. NOW 13cer tsli.lv the right time to buy lxw prices, occasioned by the Mi Re moval Bale now ko hand in nana wiili the ninet liberal of "" Wouldn't NOW be a good time to buy a new outfit? We Want You to Use U Your Old Stove Part Payment Range Discard your old kitchen drudge. Get a Monarch the only range that is fully guaranteed. We guarantee In writing to replace any part free that breaks, cracks or warps within five years of purchase. Pay the easy Ed wards way. Well take your old stove as part payment. Don't wait. The Monarch will make its cost in fuel saving, back saving and in great efficiency. 2a $5 Down, $1 Each Week Buys It Rug Time Is Here Removal Prices! dg Ja 9x12 Reversible Rug, in beau- (f j nj pO3U tiful patterns and colorings. . pr I O $30.00 Seamless Wilton Velvets, 9x12, are now S2S.50 $25.00 Axminster Rugs in beautiful colorings go at. .14.75 $25.00 Seamless Velvet Rugs, 9x12, now go for S18.75 Axminster 11-3x12 Rugs, during the Removal at. . .$31.50 Extra large sizes 10-6x13-6 Brussels'Rugs S27.00 10-6x13-6 Green Wiltons are now S4S.00 10-6x12 Bundhar Wilton Rugs reduced to. $52.50 You can buy one of these beautiful 100 - piece sets at $1.00 er week at dwards'. $4.50 Sanitary Couch Now $2.95 Heavy six-coil construction. Frame Is yery heavy. This Couch will stand u, p when used as a davenport or settee, where most couches soon sag and break. A bargain at $4.50. twice a bargain at 1S.95. ad's Cribs $3.95 $9.50 Mattress R:al $5.65 Side lift. Sagless Twin-Link, Guar anteed Springs; white enamel or Vernls Martin finish; size' is 28x54 inches. This is the greatest' off er In a Chlld'B Crib we have ever had In our store! They're going fast! If your little one needs a bed. BEE this bargain! Regularly Sell at $15.u Fine semi-porcelain. Beautiful new patterns. Handsome decora tions. This is Dinnerware fit to grace any table, and you'd be proud to own a set. See them while the selection is good. You Can Buy It the Easy Way! I'uy on Cash. Week. $ 50 worth Furniture $ 5.00 ? 1.00 75 worth Furniture $ 7.50 $1.50 5100 worth Furniture $10.00 $2.00 5123 worth Furniture $12.50 $2.25 130 worth Furniture $15.00 S2.50 The greatest of all Mattress bargains. Pure cotton felt, Imperial edge. Has a cover of a fine grade of ticking. 45 pounds weight. It is built up of many layers of selected cotton, especially treated to give perma nent resilience. It's a wonderful buy at its usual price. It's a whirlwind at the Removal prices 13.50 Polished Solid Oak Dining Chairs, genuine leath-f I 7C er seat QUI l 04. B0 Ju ra e d o r Waxed Golden DlrilnK Chairs, solid oak, genuine leath-94 OC er seats ipliAtJ Mirrors at REMOVAL PRICESl f S.73 lix244nh t,,,,-.,Tr,, 2.85 $ $Q 16x20-iHf $ 3.95 1fiQ iSxSS-feefc fLt,rr 5.75 $ 8.?9 WreaA flata &.....,..-,,,,.$ 5.95 $18,75 Ffenc yiate at;. ......... ....,. 7,75 flSvOO ftreacfe 1ata aL..rr..rrr..:4 (8J85 UU&JSLJi A. GOOD PLACE TO Xl?iiPiMfsisiii5tT twr"1'6'--1----'1' 1 gjRSI FIRSTsfei siii rr r $20.00 Brass Bed at $10.00 41J.JU llCnUlIie $220 Brass Bed at $16.25 D n J IT $27.60 Brass Bed at.... 18.00 crass uea now $.oo Bed at $27.50 t , Aj Ckf ?60'00 Brass Bed at $29.50 fOyU $80)0 Twin Brass Bed at $35.40