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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 16, 1916.
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ZA'S REPLY
NOT YET RECEIVED
Washington Nevertheless Is
Inclined to Accept Assur-
ance of Ambassador.
BANDITS ARE SCATTERED
General T re vino Reports Pursuit of
l'crpctrators of Santa Ysa
bel Massacre Already Is
Being Pressed.
' TTASHIXGTON". Jan. 15. General
Carranxa's formal reply to the
demand of the United States for pun
ishment of the bandits who killed la
mining men near Santa Ysabel, Mexico,
Has not reached V armlnpton tonight,
but officials were not inclined to doubt
the good faith of assurances Riven by
the General's Ambassador-designate
here. Kliseo Arredondo. that every ef
fort would be made to run down the
murderers.
These assurances were renewed by
Sir. Arredondo tonight in making pub
lic the report of General Trevino. in
charge of the forces detailed to cap
ture the bandits and insure protection
to persons in the district in which
they had been operating. General Tre
vino, whose dispatch also described the
massacre, said those responsible would
be "hunted down without rest."
Mexican General Reports.
The report of General Trevino was
made public by Mr. Arredondo, and ts
as follows: t
"On Monday, at 1:15 A. M., special
train No. 41 left Chihuahua for Cusl
churiachic, arrived at Santa Ysabel at
1:15 P. M.. and started from there, and
upon arriving at Fort "Kilometer 68.
-west of Santa Tsabel, it found another
train of the National Railways hauled
by engine, derailed. Upon persons
Blighting from their train to see what
bad occurred, they saw armed men on
both sides of the road who were firing
an them, after which a so-called Gen
eral, named Reina. ordered that the
crew be put under guard. He then
robbed all the passengers, looting the
contents of the cars and express. The
murders followed.
"On the same day of the above Inci
dent the general headquarters ordered
that a regiment embark at once under
the command of Colonel Jose "Villa
neuva to start in the direction of Santa
Ysabel with instructions to pursue the
bandits and to endeavor to get in touch
with General Cavazos, who was watch
ing the movements of the enemy which
bad assaulted the train.
Bandits Scatter In Groups.
"The bandits upon observing the
movements of the constitutionalist
forces in all directions, retreated to a
place called Caretas, according to the
Information in hand, scattering in
small groups toward the west and
couth, presumably in the direction of
the mountains of Xurango. If any in
formation is secured that new bands
have appeared in the mountain range
they will be localized by our forces and
will be hunted down without rest in
order to prevent their concentration at
any given point.
"Military headquarters at Juares In
formed this general headquarters that
our garrisons at Pearsons, Casas
Grandes and Madera had been in
creased. 'With this combined movement
of our forces in two divisions along
both sides of the Northwestern rail
ways, it will be an easy matter to Keep
all bands which may appear away from
the place, compelling them either to
disperse or Intern themselves on the
western slopes of the Sierra Madras,
where they will be unable to find any
means of sustenance."
GAS EXPLOSUM KILLS FOUR
(Continued Krom First Pare.)
take testimony of men working around
the E-I when the explosion occurred.
Those dead as a result of the explo
sion are: R. B. Seabert. electrician,
second class; James II. Peck, civilian,
general helper, Brooklyn; J. P. Schultz.
civilian, machinist. Brooklyn; Joseph
XjOgan, civilian, general helper.
The injured are: L. C Miles, chief
electrician. Brooklyn; Ramon Otto, elec
trician. Brooklyn, Middlesburg, Md.;
Guy H. Clark. Jr Frankfort. N. Y.;
John Holsey, Baltimore: James Lyon,
civilian: Henry Zoll, civilian; Otto Has
Bert, cirllian; Richard Heyne. civilian;
Michael Peyser, civilian; August Kap
iin. civilian.
Hydrogen Gaa Theory Advanced.
The opinion was expressed, that the
yrocess of withdrawing the charge
from the batteries might have caused
the formation of hydrogen gas. Explo
sions of that nature have been fre
quent on submarines of all navies, it
was explained, and several have oc
curred on American boats within the
last few years. None of the others was
serious, however.
The E-! was the only vessel In the
world equipped with the Edison nickel
batteries and she made her first trip
successfully with them on December 7
last. It was reported that the new bat
teries gave better speed with less fuel.
The Edison battery, experiments have
proved, generates nearly double the or
dinary amount of hydrogen during the
process of charging, but on discharg
ing or while lying idle gives off much
less. During the battery trials, there
were reports from her officers of an
undue amount of hydrogen. The boat
made one trip with observers aboard
and it was reported that while in oper
ation not enough gas was generated
to be dangerous.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels was
at luncheon at the National Democratic
Club in this city when he was informed
of the explosion. Rear-Admiral Usher
was there also, and the commandant
left for the yard immediately. Com
mander Wurtsbaugh reported to Sec
retary Daniels tonight the result of his
preliminary inquiry into the explosion.
He said:
"The E-S boat, one of the oldest sub
marines, was in drydock when the ex
plosion took place. It was an internal
explosion, there being no apparent
damage on the outside."
The explosion was followed by a
muffled roar within the boat. Imme
diately scores of Navy-yard employes,
officers and sailors rushed to the dry
dock to take up the rescue work.
Orders were issued excluding all out
siders from the yard, and sentries kept
visitors back.
The gas fumes made the work of
rescue almost Impossible until a gas
helmet and diving suit had been ob
tained. Equipped with these, two men
were lowered into the craft, and
brought out several of the injured.
Bodies Are Terribly Burned.
The bodies mere terribly burned. One
was found with a leg blown off, while
the others were crushed.
A man working on the top of the
submarine was blown SO feet. He fell
onto the floor of the drydock, but suf
fered only slight injuries.
The only other fatal submarine acci
dent in the history of the United States
Js'avy was the sinking of the F-4 out
GARRAN
side Honolulu harbor last March with
the loss of 20 men. -
The E-2 had a narrow escape from
accident In September, 1914, while en
gaged in maneuvers off Brenton Reef
lightship. An ensign detected chlorine
gas when the craft was submerged 50
feet and the boat was brought to the
surface by using the pumps instead of
'blowing up the tanks. Every one of
the 19 on board was more or less af
fected by the gas.
EXPLOSION PCZZLES EXPERTS
Early Throng Dismissed in Light of
Facts Ascertained Later. r
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. What
caused the explosion today on the sub
marine E-2. at the New York Navy
yard, with a loss of life and serious
damage to the vessel, probably will not
be known definitely until the special
YOriCG WH.LAMIXA WOJIAS IS
LAID IN LAST RESTING.
PLACE.
,
Berela A. Shaw.
WILLAMINA. Or.. Jan. 15.
(Special.) Berela A. Shaw, only
child of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Shaw, died here recently at the
age of 23. She was ill only
about a week.
Miss Shaw formerly lived,
after leaving Dallas, in Montana
and thence moved to Sheridan,
where her father entered the
furniture business. They later
moved to Willamina, buying a
furniture store here.
Miss Shaw was a member of
the Christian Church, having
joined when in Sheridan. Many
friends and relatives from Dal
las and Sheridan attended the
funeral. Interment was in the
. Willamina Cemetery.
board of Naval officers appointed to
night to investigate has completed its
inquiry. Frof first reports, saying that
the new Edison storage batteries in
the E-2 were being recharged at the
;me of the accident, it was concluded
by Navy Department officials that hy
drogen gas had been ignited, but later
official information that the batteries
were being discharged instead upset
that theory.
A comparatively small quantity of
hydrogen gas is generated by a stor
age battery in process of discharge.
The following statement issued by
the Navy Department tonight con
tained all that was known here offi
cially:
An explosion occurred on the E-2
in drydock this afternoon at 1:15 P. M.,
apparently under the battery deck.
which tore up the battery floor under
the forward hatch. The Edison storage
battery was being discharged through
a rheostat at the time at a slow rate.
"So far, only . a brief vermal report
has been made by Lieutenant (J. G.)
Charles Cooke, commander of the E-2.
A board of investigation, in accordance
with Navy regulations, has been ap
pointed by the commandant, consisting
of: Lieutenant Commander Pope Wash
ington, senior member: Lieutenant L.
M. Stewart, U. S. S. McCall; Lieutenant
(J. G.) Rush S. Fay, recorder.
The board will meet immediately to
Investigate and report."
The department's experts on sub
marine construction said they knew
only of two possible causes of the ex
plosion, aside from the. possible igni
tion of hydrogen gas. While highly
improbable, they said, it was possible
that there had been an explosion of the
oil used to drive the surface engines.
There never has been an accident of
that character, even with boats operat
ed by gasoline, a far more explosive
liquid than the heavy oil used to run
the E-2's engines.
The second possibility, they said, was
that an air flask had exploded. Flasks
which furnish the motive power of a
torpedo carry a pressure of 200 pounds
to the square Inch, while the flasks
used to store air for the boat while
submerged carry, much less pressure.
The fact that the' victims of the explo
sion were badly burned appeared to
dlsmls sthat possibility. It also was
pointed out that the explosion of an
aid flask probably would drive pieces
of metal through the top or sides of
the boat, which was not the case with
the E-2. There has never been such an
accident in the Navy.
It Is too early," said Acting Secre
tary Roosevelt, elaborating on the de
partments statement, "to state defin
itely the cauee of the explosion, al
though, of course, the fact that it oc
curred under the battery deck (which
means the compartment in which the
batteries were stored) would seem to
Indicate an explosion of hydrogen gas.
Some experiments made by the bur
eau of steam engineering with the Edi
son batteries led the department ,to
take unusual steps to ascertain whetfier
or not hydrogen gas in any consid
erable quantities was given off by the
Edison battery while it was being dis
charged, which, of course, is their con
dition when used to run the boat dur
ing submergence, and Mr. A. E. David
son, an expert analyst of air. made
elaborate tests during a six hours' sub
mergence run of this boat. He re
ported that the hydrogen gas given off
while the batteries were being dis
charged was Infinitesimal. In view of
this, it is difficult to see how a gas
explosion could have been the cause,
and we must await further investiga
tion." There, has been half a dozen hydro
gen explosions on Navy submarines in
the last three years, ail of a minor
character Some years ago an Italian
submarine was destroyed and her en
tire crew perished in a similar ex
plosion. Pending the outcome of the investi
gation, officers could not say what
steps might be taken to avert a repe
tition of the E-2 explosion in other
craft. It was learned, however, that
serious consideration was being given
a scheme of operating submarines by
compressed air while submerged. Some
of Secretary Daniels' advisory have
recommended that he ask ongressC for
a special appropriation of $300,000 .for
a conclusive test of the plan.
Pendleton Judge Is Wed 31 Tears.
PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 15. (Special.)
Judge and Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald, of
Pendleton, were showered with con
gratulations yesterday on the 31st an
niversary of their marriage. Judge
Fitzgerald's wife was formerly Miss
Addie Brant. They were married in
Vancouver, Wash. Five children are
living.
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WILSON LEAVES FATE
TO PUBLIC OPINION
Letter of Three Years Ago
Giving Second-Term Views
Printed for First Time:
DEFINITE PLEDGE MADE
Four Tears Too Long for Some Ex
ecutives, and Yet Too Short for
Another With Great Work of
Reform to Complete.
BY LOUIS SEIBOLD.
Washington Corespondent of the New York
worm.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 The leaders
of both political parties are organiz
ing for the coming campaign with
something approximating the psy
chology instanced by the British re
cruiting officers in placarding Ireland
with the question:
"Would you spoil a good fight by
staying out of it?"
The Republicans are not alone in the
belief that there will be a first-class
fight over the nomination for the Pres
idency, joyously approaching the
fervor of a Kilkenny event. They are.
indeed, preparing for a ruction that
will make reminiscences of previous
nominating conventions stale' and un
interesting. The Democratic leaders, certain, al
most to a man, that Wood row Wilson
will be their next standard-bearer, un
less, of course, he removes himself vol
untarily from the. field, are not at all
sanguine six months ahead of their
convention that his renomination will
be accomplished without a disturbing
ripple or two.
' Break In Wilson Ranks Indicated.
They are the more convinced of this
by the recent activities of Mr. Bryan
three times nominated for the Presi
dency alnd three times defeated which
points to a break in the Wilson ranks
if the Nebraska statesman has not lost
his influence.
Efforts by leaders of his party to
obtain from the President some ex
pression regarding his own views con
cerning the matter have met wih no
success other than to elicit the as
surance that the President is of the
same mind regarding Presidential suc
cessions today as he was on February
5, 1913, 27 days before he was in
augurated. On that day he addressed a letter to
A. Mitchell Palmer, then the vice
chairman of the Democratic National
committee, commenting on the joint
resolution then before Congress amend
ing the Federal Constitution by pro
viding for a single term of six years
for a President. This letter, which
has never before been published, re
flects the views of the President now
as certainly as on the day it was writ
ten, when he was still Governor of New
Jersey. It is as follows:
"My Dear Palmer Thank you warm
ly for your letter of February 3. It
was characteristically considerate of
you to ask my views with regard to
the joint resolution which has just
come over from the House to the Sen
ate with regard to the Presidential
term.
Plbllc Opinion Will Be Guide.
"I have not hitherto said anything
about this question, because I had not
observed that there was any evidence
that the public was much Interested
in it- I must have been mistaken in
this, else the Senate would hardly have
acted so promptly upon it.
"It is a mattetr which concerns the
character and conduct of the great
office upon the duties of which I am
about to enter. I feel, therefore, that
in the present circumstances I should
not be acting consistently with my
ideals with regard to the rule of entire
frankness and plain speaking that
ought to exist between public servants
and the public whom they serve if I
did not speak out about it without re
serve of any kind, and without thought
of the personal embarrassment.
'The question is simply this: bhali
our Presidents be free," so far as the
law is concerned, to seek a second
term of four years, or shall they be
limited by Constitutional amendment
to a single term of four years, or to a
single term extended to six years?
'I can approach the question from
a perfectly impersonal point of view.
because" I snail most cneenuuy aoma
by the judgment of my party and the
public as to whether I shall be a can
didate for the Presidency again in 1916.
I absolutely pledge myself to resort
to nothing but public opinion to decide
that question.
Fixed Limitation HlKhry Arbitrary.
"The President ought to be abso
lutely deprived of every other means
of deciding it. He can be. I shall
use to the utmost every proper in
fluence within my reach to see that
he is, before the term to which I have
been elected is out. That side of the
matter need disturb no one.
And yet. If he is deprived of every
other means of deciding the question,
what becomes of the argument for a
Constitutional limitation to a single
term? The argument is not that it is
clearly known now just how long each
President should remain in office. Four
years is too long a term for a Presi
dent who is not. the true spokesman
of the people, who is imposed upon
and does not lead. It is too short a
term for a President who is doing or
attempting a great work of reform
and who has not had time to finish It.
"To change the term to six years
would be to increase the likelihood of
its being too long, without any assur
ance that it would, in happy cases, be
long enough. A fixed Constitutional
limitation to a single term of office
Is highly arbitrary and unsatisfactory
from every point of view.
'The argument for it rests upon tem
porary conditions which can easily be
removed bv law. presidents, it is saia.
are effective for one-half of their term
only because they devote their atten
tion during the last two years of the
term to building up the influences, and,
above all. the organization, by which
they hope and purpose to secure a sec
ond nomination and election.
Illicit Power Most Feared.
"It is this Illicit power, not their
legitimate influence with the country.
that the advocates of a Constitutional
change profess to be afraid of, and I
heartily sympathize with them. It, is
intolerable that any President should
be permitted to determine who should
succeed him himself or another by
patronage or coercion, or by any sort
of control of the machinery by which
delegates to the nominating convention
are chosen.
"There ought never to be another
Presidential nominating convention;
and there need never be another. Sev
eral of the states have successfully
solved that difficulty witfi regard to
the choice of their Governors, and Fed
eral law can solve it In the same way
with regard to the choice of Presidents.
The nominations should be made di
rectly by the people at the polls.
"Conventions should determine noth
ing but party platforms, and should
be made up of the men. who would be
expected, tf elected, to carry those plat-
The weather man says : More snow lower temperature.
I Say: More Overcoats, Lower Prices
There's relief here that the weather msfti can't give. Every
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price. Do your buying; now, men ; they're going fast. There's a
world of warmth and comfort in them.
For Men
$32.50 for Overcoats regularly priced $40
$28.50 for Overcoats regularly priced $35
$24.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $30
. $19.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $25
$16.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $20
For Young Men
$24.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $30
$19.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $25
$16.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $20
$14.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $18
$11.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $15
$ 7.85 for Overcoats regularly priced $10
For Boys
The special prices are $11.85, $9.85, $7.85, $6.85,
$4.95 and $3.95 for dandy Overcoats for boys of
2y2 to 18 years. Every garment is greatly re
duced from its normal price.
Men, Main Floor-
BEN SELLING
Leading Clothier
Morrison.Street at Fourth
forms into effect It is not necessary
to attend to the people's business by
Constitutional amendment if you will
only actually put the business, into the
people's own hands.
"I think it may safely be assumed
that that will be done within the next
four years; for it can be done by
statute; it need not wait for Constitu
tional change. That being done, the
question of the Presidential term can
be discussed on its merits.
"It must be clear to everybody who
has studied our political development
at all that the character of the Presi
dency is passing through a transi
tional stage. We know what the office
is now and what use must be made of
it; but we do not know what it is
going to wrk out into; and until we
do know, we shall not know what Con
stitutional changes, if any is needed, it
would be best to make.
Present Position Abnormal.
"I must speak with absolute freedom
and candor in this matter, or not speak
at all; and it seems to me that the
present position of the Presidency in
our actual system, as we use it, is
quite abnormal and must . lead event
ually to something very different.
"He is expected by the Nation to
be the leader of his party as well as
the chief executive officer of the Gov
ernment, and the country will take no
excuse from him. He must play the
part and play it successfully, or lose
the country's confidence. He must be
Prime Minister, as much concerned
with the guidance of legislation as
with the Just and orderly execution
of law; and he is the spokesman of
the Nation in everything, even the
most momentous and most delicate
dealings the Government with for
eign nati' is.
"Why, a such circumstances, should
he be responsible to no one for four
long years? All the people"s spokes
men in the House of Representatives
and one-third of their representatives
in the Senate are brought to book every
two years; why not the President, if
he is to be the leader of the party and
the spokesman of policy?
"Sooner or later. It would seem, he
must, be made answerable to opinion
in n. nnmewhat more informal and in
timate fashion answerable, It may be,
to the houses whom he seeks to lead,
either personally or through a Cabinet,
as well as to the people for whom they
speak. But that is a mawer to oe
urnt-lrori nut AS it inevitably will be.
in some natural American way which
we cannot yet even predict.
President Entitled to Power.
jtu . f.pt t that the Presi-
X " " "
j . i h.ij r.nnnnlhlA Tor What
happens in Washington in every large
matter, ana so ions as ue 10
manded to lead he is surely entitled
to a certain amount of power all the
power he can get from the support
and convictions and opinions of his
li . ,MintT-vmn ATlri hp. OUght to
be suffered to use 'that power against
his opponents unm nis wum. i
r :i, . liffiiilr fnr .him to
It Will c J v. . -
abuse it. He holds it upon sufferance.
at the pleasure ot puouc opinion, uvcrj
.1 1. : n..ninnn1a 1 n 1' 1 1 1 H f d tlAS
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access to opinion, as he has. He must
keep the confidence of the country by
earning it, for he can keep it in no
other way.
"Put the present customary nmua
tormi into the Constitu
tion, if you do not trust the people to
take care of thtmsejves, but make it
two terms (not one, because four years
is often too long), and give the Presi
dent a chance to win the full service
by proving himself fit for it.
"If you wish to learn the result of
constitutional ineligibility to re-elec-.
: nv -rnr-Trtcr Governor of New
Jersey, for example, what the effect
is in actual experience, ne vm i"
i i... anA with what COm-
yuu uui v i.n.......
Dlacence the politicians banded against
him waitea ior me inevitable ,u
his term, to take their chances with
his successor.
"Constitutions place an can place
no limitations upon their power. They
may control what Governors they can
as long as they please as long as
they canlkeep their outside power and
influence together. They smile at the
.. .1 trninir nf RflvernDm AS
ruining, uira.
some men in Washington have smiled
at the coming ana going qi rrewueuw.
as upon things ephemeral, which passed
and were soon enough got rid of if you
out sal lib". " "
People Mlgnt Be Cheated.
"Ax thinsrs stand now the people
might more likely be cheated than
served by runner limitations 01 me
President's eligibility. His fighting
power in their behalf would be im
mensely weakened. No one will fear
a President except those whom he can
make fear the elections.
"We singularly belie our own prin
ciples by seeking to determine by
fixed constitutional provision wnat t.ne
oeonle shall determine for themselves
and are perfectly competent to de
termine for themselves. w e cast a
doubt upon the whole theory of popular
government.
"I believe that we should fatally
embarrass ourselves if we- made the
constitutional change proposed. If we
want our Presidents to light our bat
tles for us, we should give them the
Young Men, Second Flooi
means, the legitimate means, the means
their opponents will always have. Strip
them of everything else but the right
to appeal to the people, but leave them
that; suffer them to be leaders; abso
lutely prevent them from being bosses.
"We would otherwise appear to be
going in two opposite directions. We
are seeking in every way to extend
the power of the people, but in the
matter of the Presidency we fear and
distrust the people and seek to bind
them hand and foot by rigid con
stitutional provision. My own mind is
not agile enough to go both ways.
"I am very well aware that my posi
tion on this question will be miscon
strued, but that is a matter of perfect
indifference to me. The truth is much,
more important than my reputation
for modesty and lack of personal ambi
tion. My reputation will take care ol
itself, but constitutional questions and
questions of policy will not take carf
of themselves without frank and fear
less discussion.
Own Re-election Not Urged.
"I am npt speaking for my own re
election; I am speaking to redeem my
promise that I would say what I really
think on every public question and
take my chances in the court of public
opinion."
The circumstances in which the let
ter was written are interesting. Con
gress had before it a resolution intro
duced by Senator Cummins (Rep.) of
Iowa, and himself an aspirant for the
nomination of his party at its coming
National Convention.
The resolution was obviously inspired
by the declaration in the Democratic
National platform limiting the Presi
dent to one term, written into it by
William Jennings Bryan, the chairman
of the committee on resolutions. Mr.
Bryan urged the adoption of the reso
lution in a letter to the Senate com
mittee on privileges and elections, and
the measure was passed in the upper
house. It was sent to the House and
eventually thrown into the discard.
The President's letter to Mr. Palmer
was not intended for publication. Its
contents were made known to the
leaders of Congress and undoubtedly
exercised considerable influence in
staying the passage of the one-term
resolution.
There is the highest authority for
the statement that the views expressed
therein by the President have not
undergone any change. The leaders of
his party, urging him to make some
announcement regarding bis plans,
have discovered'-this fact on more than
one occasion. He has persistently re
fused to "play" politics, to say or do
anything that would indicate a desire
on his part for a renomination.
Paragraph la President's Answer.
To one of his most ardent supporters
who urged him to announce his candi
dacy for a second term recently the
President replied by indicating the
passage in the letter quoted above,
which reads;
"I absolutely pledge myself to resort
to nothing but public opinion to decide
that question. The President ought to
be absolutely deprived of every other
means of deciding it. He can be. I
shall use to the utmost every proper in
fluence within my reach to see that he
is, before the term to which I have
been elected is out. That side of the
matter need disturb no one."
A searching scrutiny of political con
ditions of the country has failed to
reveal the existence of any consider
able opposition to the renomination of
the President, except among skeptics!
who believe they are reflecting the
wishes of Bryan by urging the latter's
nomination.
In Administration circles, Bryan's
vehement opposition to the diplomatic
policies of the President, and to the
programme for National defense which
the latter has urged upon Congress,
plus the activities of the Democrats
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way to get rid of dandruff is to dis
solve it, then you destroy it entirely.
To do this, get about four ounces of
ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night
when retiring; use enough to moisten
the scalp and rub it in gently with the
finger tips.
By morning most, if not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more applications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every sin
gle sign and trace of it.
You will find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop, and
your hair will look and feel a hundred
times better. You can get liquid arvon
at any drug store. It is inexpensive
and four ounces is all you will need,
no matter how much dandruff you
have. This simple remedy never fails.
Adv.
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The unqualified endorsement of Kmltola nnd Troxo In a recent
letter from Mrs. S. Grindle. 51S Mignonette St., PittMburg. Pa will
be of Interest to other sufferers from stomuch and Intestinal trou
bles. Mrs. Grindle saysi
"The doctors had given me up, saying the only hope
left was an operation. I tried Fruitola and passed hun
dreds of gall-stones ivith the first two bottles. Am
now feeling better than I have for years past. I will
be glad to sell any sufferer how it has helped me, for
I owe my life to it." ,
Frnltola pouraiea properties that net directly upon the Intcullnnl
parts, softening the congested waste nnd disintrgratlnic the burd
ened partieles that cause so much suffering, nnd expels the accum
ulation to the great relief of the pntlent. Traxo Is a tonlc-nltcratlve
that acts on the liver and kidneys, stimulates the flow of iraslrie
.Juices, to aid digestion, and removes bile from the general circula
tion. It serves to build up the weakened, run-down system.
For the convenience of the public, arrangements have been made
to supply Krultoln and Traxo through representative drUKgists. In
Portland, they can he obtuined at The Owl Drug Co. stores.
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who, for various personal reasons,
would like to see the Nebraska man
nominated for the fourth time, is nat
urally interpreted to mean that he will
lead an army of dissenters in the next
National convention.
Friends Arc Sot Alarmed.
Friends of .the President, however,
are not alarmed over this prospect.
Admitting Bryan's proclivities for mis
chief, they are confident that when the
convention has assembled there will
not be in the minds of the delegates
the thought of any other man than the
President as the party candidate.
But even the most earnest supporters
of the President admit that Bryan,
while numerically outvoted, will be in
an excellent position to provide an en
tertaining fight, even if it be a hope
less one.
Aside from his own interesting per
Annual Clearance Sale
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The Book Section Offers Interesting Specials
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Our stock of sets must be
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less than cost. This is a
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Children's Books Reduced 25 to 50
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sonality, his supporters and the op
ponents of the President apparently
have no other candidate to propose.
Speaker Clark has practically elimin
ated himself by lining up in support
of the President. There appears to be
no extensive or spontaneous demand for
the nomination of Hearst, who, by the
way, is safely counted an ally of Bryan.
Newport Man III in Portland.
NEWPORT, Or., Jan. 15. (Special.)
Ira Hampton, a well-known citizen
of this city, is in Portland undergoing
surgical treatment and his condition
was found by the surgeons to be much
more serious than was supposed. One
operation was performed, but a second
has been decided on. In his weakened
condition the. results of this second
opera I ion are farod.
50c Reprint Fiction 25
Assortment includes books
handled or shelf-rubbed, but
otherwise in good condition.
Several hundred have not
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