THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 4. 1915.
An Event of Interest at Meier & Frank? s to Every Man, Woman and Child!
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Remember I This Contest for This Week Only
To stimulate extraordinary public interest in the exceptional merchandise offerings which we launch tomorrow morning, we will
give away TEN FREE TRIPS to the Panama-Pacific Exposition this week. No long wait, just a spirited contest lasting only 6 days
and. ten people will see the greatest World's Fair in history at our expense. REMEMBER ALL EXPENSES PAID Railroad or
steamship fare, with $10.00 for incidentals and $5.00 a day allowance for hotel expense. One week allowed for the trip.
You Can Be One of the Ten
Rules of the Contest
FIRST One vote will be allowed for every 25c purchase' or multiple thereof.
Four votes for $1.00; five votes for $1.25; six votes for $1.50, etc.
SECOND Vote certificates must be secured at the counter at the time pur
chase is made.
THIRD Votes are given on all cash and charge purchases.
FOURTH In fairness to the contestants, purchases made through our whole--sale
or contract departments are not entitled to votes.
FIFTH Votes must be cast on date of issue. No soliciting of votes allowed
in the store.
Ask any floorman for additional details. Contest folders for the asking. ..
Voting booths in both buildings. Temporary Annex and Main Building.
H
ow to Win a Free Trip
Much will depend upon your initiative in advising your friends to make their
purchases here, secure the votes and turn them in to your credit. Perhaps you
know several of your friends who are going to buy Suits, Dresses, Trunks or one
or more of the thousands of articles sold daily in this store. Ask them to secure
the votes for you.
Ask ten of your friends to assist you in securing votes in this contest. Each
of these ten who are personally interested in you will no doubt agree to interest
ten of their friends, and thus you form an endless chain, all working toward your
being one of the ten to take this wonderful trip.
Perhaps you have friends coming in from the country. Suggest to them that
in making their purchases here they secure votes and turn them in for you.
These and countless other methods will suggest themselves to you as ways in
which you will have an opportunity of being one of the fortunate ten.
Winners of Contest Will Be Announced in Our Ad Next Sunday
Plan to Do Your Shopping Early in the Day !
See Double Page Announcement Center This Section of Paper
H. T. JONES HONOR GUEST
jtETIRING MEMBERS OP WASHIXG-
TON BOARD OF CONTROL DINED.
.Mate Officials and Emptojn Gather at
Olympia Service of 12 Years
Z . la Record Eatabllshed.
I OLTMPIA. Wash, April 3. (Special.)
1 It T. Jones, dean of all Washington
tate officials, who retired from the
atate board of control. April 1. After
years of continuous service, was
uest of honor at a banquet tendered
.Mm tonight by state officials and em--floyes,
citizens of Olympia and other
friends. Superintendents and ex-super
lintendents of grate institutions came
from various parts of the state for
ahe occasion.
Governor Lister introduced Thomas
Jkl. Vance, of Olympia, as toastmaater.
George E. Morris. Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. Clark V. Savldge. Com
missioner of Public Lands, and others
'responded to toasts. The retiring of
ficial received an Ivory and sold headed
-cane as a sift from his friends.
Mr. Jonea has completed two full
"terms of six years each on the board.
'hel-ngr chairman at the time of his re
tirement. No other member of the
-board. It la said, ever completed one six
. yej term, on account of political up-
-heaveUa.
- - Mr. Jonas tan ura- proved' firm despite
the fact that he was a Democrat, and
served under four Republican Gover
nors prior to the election of Governor
Li6ter two years aro. He was appoint'
ed originally to fill the place vacated
by Ernest Lister, present Governor,
who organized the board, accepting
the short two year term provided upon
the creation of the board, and retiring:
durinp the McBride administration. The
Governor has not yet selected a suc
cessor, but expects to write the com
mission for the new member dated
from May 1.
SHOT MISSES DOG BITING 7
Search for Animal Goes On and Vic
tims Take Pasteur Treatment.
The dog that bit five children, two
men and no less than eight or ten dogs
near Riverview Friday, while thought
infected by rabies, has not yet been
found, although the State Board of
Health officials are putting forth
every effort.
Among the victims are: Louise
Schwertmann. daughter of Henry
Schwertmann, 1347 H Corbett street;
Max Page, of Riverdale Station, and
Leon Michel, a chauffeur, in addition
four other children .were bitten, two
of whom were Italians. Mr. Page shot
at the animal but it escaped,
The dog is said ta be a mongrel
Spita-fox-terrier, Tha victims are
taklzrc tua Pasteur treatment under the
direction o( tha Beard ef Healthy and
tba 0s that were bitten are Being
hot. ...
GERMAN ARMY LOCATED
EMPEROR WILLIAM REPORTED AT
DIJfAJtT, BELGIUM.
CoDenaaaren Correspondent Says Von
Kluek. Wounded, Is Near Laon.
Reserve Strongly Placed.
LONDON, April 3. The Evening
News has received a dispatch from
its Copenhagen correspondent, giving
what - purports to bo the Jocations
of the various German armies in
the west.
According to this dispatch, Emperor
William is at Dinant, in Belgium, with
General von Falkenhayn, chief of staff;
General von Behler Is at Dixmude, In
Belgium, with four army corps; the
Crown Prince of Wurteraburg Is at
Maulde, near Lille, with three army
corps; the German Prince of Bavaria,
with three corps, is at or near Camhral,
in the department of the north, France;
General von Herrtngen Is at Latere,
northwest of Laon, in the department
of the Alsne, with four corps; General
von Kluck, whs has been wounded,
has three corps near Laon; General von
Buelow is at Vousiers, to the north
east ef Chalons, with foUF corps; Gen
eral ven Einem is between Busancy
and Btenay, to the north of the Ar
ffonma, with three perj and twa more
corps la reserve, wniis ua uermaa
Crown Prince is at Etain, near Verdun,
with the Fifth Corps and two more
corps in reserve.
Farther to the south is General von
Falkenhausen's line from St. Mlhiel to
Muelhausen. with one corps and sev
eral brigades in reserve.
LIVE WIRE KILLS LABORER
Section Hand Dies Instantly Xear
Prescott.
ST. HELENS, Or April 3. (Special.)
County Coroner White held an In
quest here today over the body of John
Butterworth, a section hand, who was
killed instantly yesterday at 4:30 P.
M., near Prescott, by coming In contact
with a heavy voltage electric wire.
The wires carrying the voltage are
owned by the Oregon-Washington Cor
poration, which supplies electric cur
rent to several of the small towns
along the Columbia River. The cable
crosses the Columbia a short distanoe
above Presoott, from the headworks on
the Kalama River. The wire hangers
had become decayed and dropped from
the pole, permitting the wires to sag
nearly to the ground.
Butterworth stepped from the rail-
read grade, and steeped to pass under
the wire, but his head touched it. two
ef his fellow workmen ran to his aid
and in doing so one was stunned
through contact with the wire en his
head and another was severely burned
en tha hands, Butterworth leaves a
wis aVesl (tight small children.
GERMAN SALLY STOPPED
DEADLOCK ON WESTERN BATTLE
FRONT CONTINUES.
Germane Report Belgian Effort to
Regain Lost Position Failed Min
ing Operatlona Progresa.
LONDON, April 3. Reports from
Paris' and Berlin today indicate that
the deadlock In France and Flanders
continues with virtually no change.
The French tell of stopping a German
effort to debouch near Lassigny; the
Germans relate that Belgians failed to
regain a farm they previously had lost.
and that a French charge in L Petre
forest had failed. Neither side makes
any claim to successes.
The report of the French War Office,
Issued at Paris tonight, said:
"Saturday at Dompierre, to the south
west of Plrone, we continued to make
satisfactory progress with our mining
operatlona.
"Near Lassigny, tha Germans at
tacked and attempted to debouch. They
were stopped short by our fire as they
were sallying forth from thetr trench.
"In Upper Alsace, in the region ef
Bernhaupt-le-Haut, we repulsed two
German attacks,"
Tha- earlier French report said:
"In tha regions ef the Semme. La
Beisselle and Dompierre mining war
fare continued, with noticeable advan
tages for the French. The total num
ber of prisoners taken at the forest of
Le Petre, northwest of Pont-a-Mousson,
March 30 to April 1, is more than 200,
including six officers."
The German War Office report,
issued today at Berlin, related to
operations of yesterday. It said:
'The Belgian attempt yesterday to
win back Klosterhoek farm, which the
Germans occupied March 31, resulted
in failure.
"A French charge in the forest of
Le Petre was not successful.
"A French charge on the heights
south of Nieder Aspacb( west of Muel-1
hausen, was repulsed.
ballots on a beautiful "tango" shadn
of paper, were piled on the long counter
of the registration department.
2500 VOTERS REGISTER
Sample Ballots for County Road
Bond Election Passed to Public.
When the registration office in the
Courthouse closed at 9 o'clock last
night after a day little busier than
any of the rest during the two weeks
It has been open, Deputy County Clerk
Dan Gregory estimated that about 2500
people bad registered, re-reglstered or
changed their addresses. Accurate fig
ures were not available because the
books have been kept open during the
process of segregating the non-cltlzen
voters.
Yesterday for the first time the sam
ple ballots for the county road bond
election to be held April 14 were
passed around. Stacks of these sample
Kcnnewick Ha Clean-Up Week.
KENNEWICK, Wash.. April 3. (Spe
cial.) The week ending today, by spe
cial proclamation of the Mayor, was
designated as clean-up week, with Ihe
result that much of the rubbish, oms,
weeds and refuse of vacant lots, alleys
and streets have been cleaned up and
hauled away. A paint campaign Is also
on and many people are repainting
fences, sheds and old buildings. The
city has been hauling all refuse free
this week.
New Lewis School Officer Cbown.
CENTRA LI A. Wastu. April S. (Spe
cial.) J. C. Canterbury, superintendent-elect
of Lewis County schools, haa
announced that his deputy will bo
George Bright, a Lewis County edu
cator, who has taught for a number
of years in the vicinity of Rlffe. Mrs.
Mary Huntley had been deputy under
Superintendent Carrier and her friends
were hopeful she would be retained.
Crippled Man Has Accident.
WEXATCHEB, Wash., April
(Special.) As he was getting ofT : a
train at Mansfield Thursday J. B. Dab
ner. of Salt Lake, Utah, a traveling
salesman, fell. Injuring his spine and
breaking two . ribs. Four years ago
Mr. Dabner had both legs cut off In a
railroad accident, lie is 27 years old.