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11 ISEE ALSO BACK PAGE, THIS SECTION ! EMINENT VIOLIN STAR IN REPEAT RECITAL Miss Maud Powell to Be Heard in New Programme at Heilig Theater This Afternoon. Tomorrow-LAST DA Y of Our White Sale and Sale Odds & Ends & Surplus Stock Brother and Sister to Be To gether in Banker's Home. Hundreds Have Paid or Con traded at Prices in Ex . cess of $2.50 an Acre. GIRL HAPPY, IN NEW DRESS Plight of Family About to Be CASE GOES TO CONGRESS Broken Cp to Prevent Starva - tion Stirs Up Many and Offers Begin Early. 1 4fr v Fflajewflsa THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, ' PORTLAND JANUARY 30, 1916. '". GRANTLAND BUYERS ASK MONEY REFUND RICH TAKE CHILDREN f , -.: U ' r1 f 'N ... -V?- .V- rv More Is Based on Supremo Court Decision Kegarding Sales of Property Xow Held by South ern Pacific Railway."' Vurchaaers of Oregon A California land grrant tracts who actually have entered Into contracts with the South era Pacific Company, the present holder of the lands, but who have paid or contracted to pay a sum in excess of the legal limit of 12.50 an acre set by the Supreme Court, are making efforts to obtain a refund of those excessive amounts. Thomas B. Keuhausen, formerly In spector in the Federal land depart ment, has been retained by a large number of these persons, and will go to Washington. D. C, within a few weeks to present their cases to the Congressional committees now investi gating the various bills providing for ultimate disposition of the lands in accordance with the Supreme Court's recent decision. It is pointed out that a number of settlers or prospective settlers ar ranged, long before the litigation re sulting in the recent decision was started, to pay various sums lor tne land, ranging from $3 an acre upward. ome of them, it is explained, actually paid the full amount under these con tracts, while others have never com pleted their payments. Relief la Asked. Now, In the light of the Supreme Court's decision fixing the maximum price that can be charged for this land at $2.50 an acre, these people want to be relieved of paying more than that figure for the property. There are several hundred of these contract holders, most of them resi dents of the land grant counties in Oregon. None of them have received deeds for their tracts from the railroad company. A considerable number have paid for quarter sections, at a price greatly in excess of 2.50 per acre. In many instances' these claimants have made total payments which would en title them to a considerable refund from the company, the excess being the difference between $2.50 an acre and the total sum actually paid under the contract in each individual case. Quite a number of tho contract holtiers have made partial payments on their contracts, and now claim the right to receive deeds upon payment by them of- the balanco, figured on a basis of $.50 per acre. " Validity la Reeogalard. One feature which distinguishes this new group of claimants from the others who have appeared, is the fact that their contracts have -always . been, recognized by the Oregon & ' Cali fornia Kailroad Company as valid. The record of the contracts was before the Supreme Court when It rendered its decision. Thus, it is claimed, no con flict can arise between the contract holders and the applicants for other lands within the grant. If the Government should demand an accounting from the Oregon A Cali fornia Railroad Company, in order to determine the amount of money re ceived by the company in excess of $2.50 per acre, the contract holders will ask that the excess should be turned over to them Instead of to the United States Treasury. This is on tho theory that inas much as "the Supreme Court has de clared any amount above $3.50 an acre to be invalid, the Government Itself is not entitled to the excess charge. Such amounts, according to the contract holders, should be returned to them. Prior to going to Washington to present the views of the new claimants, Mr. Keuhausen Intends to visit the land grant counties and confer per sonally with the majority of the in terested persons. AT the Heilig Theater this afternoon and under the direction of the Heilig management Miss Maud Powell, the distinguished violin vir tuoso, will appear in another recital, this time of a popular nature. When Miss Powell appeared in re cital at the Heilig January 30, so large a crowd was in attendance to greet her that dozens of people were turned away from lack of seating accommo dation. So this afternoon's recital will afford a suitable opportunity to hear again this sterling artiste, and in an entirely new programme. On this occasion, also. Miss Powell FOLK AFAR INVITED SAFETY FORUM - FORMED CHAMBKlt MEETING ATTENDED BY SOO REPRESENTATIVES. Executive Committee f 17 Cheaea Frem Commercial Body, Employ, era mmd Workers. A safety forum, talked of in Portland for months, was organised Friday night by employers, employes and representa tives of commercial and business or ganisations and universities to conduct a general safety-first campaign in Portland and cities tributary to Port land. The meeting which was held in the Chamber of Commerce was attended by about 200 persons interested in the work. An executive committee of 17 was appointed. This comprises five repre sentatives of the Chamber of Commerce and the Public Safety Commission, four employers, four employes of Portland concerns and four representatives of universities and schools, as follows: Harry P. Coffin, chairman, and B. F. Boynton and J. P. Jaeger, represent ing the Public Safety Commission: Jacob 'vanxler. representing the civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce; George r. I-ee. representing the manu facturers' bureau of the Chamber of Commerce: A. J. Labbe. Aaron Frank. I. A. Pattullo and Pr. F. A. Dammasch. employers: F. J. Connerly. Guy Phillips, John C. Martin and a woman not yet named, representing employes; C. V. Dymenl. representing the faculty of the University of Oregon: C. R. Hoer ner. representing the students of the University of Oregon, and two students yet to be named. WAR STAND IS EXPLAINED Mr. Lane Answers Resolutions of Cnited Brethren Pastors. In reply to the resolutions adopted by the Portland United Brethren-Evangelical Ministerial Association concern ing preparedness for war. Senator Harry Lane this week says in a letter to Rev. C. C. Foling. president, that he opposes a large standing Army and will oppose expenditures for that pur pose. He favors a bill to enlist 500.000 to 1.000.000 men now idle from six to nine months, pay "ruling" wages and employ the men In building highways throughout the country, and at the same time training them in rudimen tary military tactlca two days each week. . Festival Publicity to Center Beyond 50-Mile Radius. TRAVEL STATISTICS CITED Action Taken After Report Is Made by Chairman of Transportation Committee of 1916 Show. Posters Being Issued. Publicity efforts of the 131 nose Festival will be directed toward at tracting visitors from beyond a radius of 50 miles of Portland. This decision was reached as a result of a report re ceived from W. C. Wilkes, chairman of the transportation committee of the 1916 festival and assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Spo kane, Portland & Seattle Railway. Figures on the travel to the 1915 show were compiled by the railroads serving Portland and forwarded to Mr. Wilkes. The report has been turned over to S. C. Bratton, chairman of the publicity committee. "Reports show," writes Mr. Wilkes, "that we must go after the business beyond a 50-mile limit. While the heavy travel was within the 60-mITe zone, there was one exception when the ele gant showing of 81 per cent was re corded by the O.-W. R. & N. for the territory beyond the 100-mile zone." The transportation and publicity de partments of the festival are co-operating to exploit the festival far and wide, with close attention given to en couraging travel beyond the 50-mile radius. The report of the railroad lines serv ing Portland on the travel to the fes tival last year is as follows: O.-W. R. N. Percent. 0 to 73 mileff limit 11 T5 to 100 mllea limit S 100 miles ajij over 81 Southern Pacific Company ITnder 0 mllei CO r0 to 7. miles .... ................... 19 75 to loo miles 8 will be assisted by Arthur Loesser, one of the most talented of the younger pianists who has ever appeared in con cert in this city. This afternoon's programme: Sonata. "A Major" (Ceaar Frank): violin and piano in four movements, alle gretto ben inode.-ato, allegro, recitative fan tasia, allegretto plu mosso; concerto, "A Major" (Mozart); cadenzas by Grasse, in three movements, tl) alletrro sperto. (2) adagio, :! tempo dl menuetto; "Valae Triate" (Sibelius); "Molly on the Shore" (Percy Grainier . by request: "Spanish Dance" (Fernandex Arbos), tango. Piano solos- "Gavotte" (Srambatl), "Bourree (Saint Sa?ns), for left hand alone; "Ber ceuse" (Chopin), "Polonaise, in A Flat (Chopin). "Herre Katl" rHuhay). Over 100 miles 1' B. P. S. an O. B. Rys. Under 50 miles , .v g; so to 74 milea ........... ............ - 7c to mites Over 100 miles 10 Already Portland and foreign lines have taken up the matter of exploiting the 1910 festival by -using the . dates and slogan-on all folders and booklets. Several Eastern lines, which Ibsuo monthly magazines, have been supplied with photographs and material. When the new poster is issued more than 12,000 will be circulated over the country by the railroads. In the North west the steam, electric and water lines always support the festival and give it widespread publicity, and last year commercial club secretaries in cities and towns of Oregon personally dis tributed the 1916 posters to hotels and business houses to help exploit the June show. The new Oregon Chamber of Commerce will aid In this work this year. DETECTIVE CHIEF VISITS Charles M. French, of Thiel Serv ice, Spends Day In City. On a trip of Inspection of the West ern offices, Charles M. French, of Chi cago, president of the Thiel Detective Service Company, reached Portland yesterday ana will leave for the Puget Bound cities tomorrow nignt- tie is checking up the work of the local office in the Chamber of Commerce building. While here he is looking up a number of old friends who live in the city, among them being Chief of Police Clark. President French came here direct from San Francisco, and he was much surprised to find so much snow. Throughout the length of the Sacra mento Valley, he said, snow prevailed a most unusual circumstance. Mr. French regards himself as a Portland pioneer, having been here in 1S80, when the Thiel service opened an omce nere, which has been maintained ever since that date. Jewish Relief Society to Meet. The annual meeting of the Jewish Relief Society will be held today at 3 o'clock in the vestry rooms of the syna gogue, at Sixth and Hall streets. The Jewish Relief Society is the only one of its kind that operates without the usual overhead expense. Tjfflcers are: D. Nemerovsky. president: Ben Selling and Slgmund Sichel. vice-presidents; Dr. N. Mosessohn. secretary, and A. Rosenstein, treasurer. OFFICERS OF WOMAN'S AUXILIARY PORTLAND MOTORBOAT CLUB RECENTLY. ELECTED. It makes no difference what their names are call them Dorothy Smith and Robert Smith but she's the la-year-old girl who for eight years had kept house for her father and brother and studied night and day to be able to earn money for them all and he's the 9-year-old lad, an invalid from starvation. Tho three formed the fam ln destitute circumstances which the citv department of public safety rl day announced must be broken up for the welfare of the children. But Dorothy and Robert are to have one of the finest homes in Portland, with a mother to care for them, and a father, and all the advantages two chil dren could ask for. For the story of their plight in The Oregonian Saturday of the fight to keep the family together, and of the hovel without a stove went home to the hearts of Portland yesterday, and a new world opened itself to these voungsters. Before daylight, even before Mrs, Lola G. Baldwin, head of the protective bureau, arose, telephone calls began to come. "We have a home for one or both oi those children." This was the story all day long. There was almost a fight, as it were, over the children. "We want the little girl," said the wife of a banker on Hawthorne avenue. Til take your name, but others have already spoken for her," replied the Public Safety Department. 'We'll take them both keep tnem together as brother and sister," came the reply. And in this banker's home tney will probably be reared, although the father's consent must be had before the final decision Monday. And homes were not all. Some sent clothing, including a little muff. The Grade School Teachers Assocla' tion telephoned that a girl ambitious enough to attend night and day school n the hopes of some time supporting a family was worthy of aid, and they gave $10 for a new dress. Mrs. Sampson, police matron, brought some material for other new clothing. and with a friend she worked in the jail upstairs almost all day. Dorothy was there and helped, and at 4 o clock in the afternoon, when she walked out of the station in her new middie blouse. which she herself had helped make, she was the happiest, prettiest little 15 year-old in all the world. She Just smiled all over - in her radiating happiness, with two pretty dimples, sparkling eyes, and. a frank, wholesome look. It was too good to be true, she said, just like a fairy tale, for she had had so few pleasures in the eight years as housekeeper. six million miles or more on the Atlantic hichwav without shipwreck Is the record or Howard Ernest Uinslay, purser of the American liner tit. Louis. Having; reached tho age of 60, he gave notice, on the last trip or tne vessel, nis extermination to re tire irom me sea. GIRLS ! LOTS ! L BEAUTIFU H 25c-Cent Bottle of "DanderirV"' Makes Hair Thick, Glossy and Wavy. i- a it T" i re r . Kemoves n JJandrurr, otops Itching Scalp and Fall ing Hair. At the first meeting of the Auxiliary to the Portland Motor Boat Club held on Friday in the home of Mrs. Alfred Ogilbee, Kingsbury Apartments. Mrs. George L. Baker waa unanimously elected president. Mrs. Alex G. Riddeil was chosen vice-president and Mrs. James S. Smith, secretary-treasurer. Lunch eon was served and cards enjoyed after the repast. Honors were won by Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Walrath. The ciub members are anticipating a busy year of social activities. The next meeting will be with Mrs. George W. Kendal, on February r "-"naMMSslM& ' titV- an--""!- To be possessed of a Lead of heavy, beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fluffy, wavy and free from dandruff is merely a matter of using a little Danderlne. It Is easy and Inexpensive to have nice, soft hair and lots of it. Just get a 2a-cent bottle of Knowlton's Dander. ine now- all drug stores recommend it apply a little as directed ana witnia ten minutes there will be -B appear ance of abundance, freshness, fluffinesa and an Incomparable gloss and luster, and try as you will, you cannot find a trace of dandruff or falling nair; out your real surprise will be after about v.o weeks' use, when you will see new nair line ana uownjr j i v but really new hair sprouting ail over your scalp. Danderlne is, we believe. the onlv sure hair grower, destroyer of dandruff and cure for Itchy scalp, and it nt -er fails to stop fall hair at once. Jf you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really Is, moisten a cloth with a little Danderire and carefully draw it through your hair taking on small strand at a time. Your hair v i be soft, glossy and beautiful in just a few moments a delightful surprise awaits everyone, who. tries tils-Adv. I eW . mm? " (.k Women's and Misses' Suits No Comparative Values Given in This Sale They're Too Astonishingly Great! 148 Suits at $10.00 220 Suits at $15.00 195 Suits at $20.00 212 Suits at $25.00 --Of course it would be impossible adequately to describe'775 suits par ticularly these groups as in many instances they're odds and ends from dozens of lines. Plain tailored and trimmed. Serges, poplins, corduroy, velvets, broadcloth and sport mixtures. Black, navy, brown, green, and scores of stylish mixtures and com binations of colors. COATS $15.00 to $19.50 Coats at $10.00! $20.00 to $29.50 Coats at $15.00! $32.50 to $35.00 Coats at $20.00! DRESSES $12.50 to $20 Models, Now $7.85! $22.50 to $20 Models, Now $15.00! Dresses of all sorts pretty silks, velvets, messalines, silk and doth combinations for aft ernoon wear and practical serge dresses for business and street. This is a big "cleanup" to make ready for the new Spring stocks that are commencing to arrive. The season's best styles. Big, roomy, comfortable garments for cold weather, lighter coats for the Spring season, and coats ideal for rainy weather. Clearaway of WAISTS--Odds and Ends At $2.98 Were $4.50. Several good styles, black crepe de chine, Georgette crepe lace and flesh colored waists, some lace trim'd. At $3.98 Were $5.50-$6.00 Pretty models, made of chiffon taffeta, plaid silks, black and white effects, many beautifully lace trimmed. At $U.98 Were $8.00-18.50 Georgette crepes, crepe de chines, lace and. striped grena dines. Plain tai lored or "dressy" blouses. At $5.85 Were $10.50 to $12.50 Newest Georg ette crepes and voiles. All white, blue, black and brown shades. Many models, At $745 Were $12.50 to $14. Soft Georgette crepes and chic chiffons, mostly blues and blacks, for wear with street costumes. Fourth Floor, Central. Final Cleanup of Undermuslins GOWNS in a variety of styles, materials and patterns some of sheer nainsook, others of soft batiste, lingerie cloth or crepe, lace and rib bon trimmed. 59c, 79c, 98c, $1-27, $1.59, $1.98, $2.98. ENVELOPE CHEMISE, well made and finished. Some pretty lace-trimmed effects, others with simple embroid ery edge. $1.47, $1.59, $1.95, $2.29, $2.98. COMBINATIONS of soft nainsook, daintily made and trimmed, $1.59. CORSET COVERS in many styles, lace and embroidery trimmed, some with sleeves. 29c 49c 59c. DRAWERS in knicker or wide-knee effect. Lace and embroidery trimmed, at 29c 59c 79c 87c 98c WHITE SKIRTS in the pretty, new, fluffy models, popular for Spring. 93c $1-47, $1.93 CREPE DE CHINE envel ope chemise and camisoles, lace trimmed. $1.95 Corsets for Clearance 98c Odds and ends of splendid corsets. Nearly all styles and models included but not all sizes of any one kind. A few Nemo corsets in discontinued models, or slightly soiled from displayincluded. Third Floor, Sixth St. Jersey Silk Petticoats $3.98 Astonishing bargains in fine silk jersey underskirts. One lot made with full taf feta flounce in almost all the popular colors specially priced at $3.98. Another lot of all taffeta petticoats, with fancy flounces, some fluted, others with small ruffles special at $3.98. Messaline Petticoats $1.98 One lot of excellent messa line underskirts for quick let go! Good quality silk, well made, with fancy flounce. Special at $1.98. Third Floor. Sixth Street. "Keeping Up With Lizzie," by Irving Bacheller $1.00 Mr. Bacheller lectures about this book Tuesday at 8:15, Lincoln High School. Basement Balcony Last Day White Sale of Misses' and Children's Needs Mothers, if you have not seen the splendid bargains fo&the children offered on our Second Floor during the great White Sale, come in tomorrow. It s the last day. and savings are big! Misses' $1 Gowns, 79c Warm fleeced flannelette Gowns. Fancy pink and blue stripes. With or without col lars. Yokes and fancy braid trimming. Sizes 6 to 14. Infants' Coats White coats both long and short. Crepe de chine, Bedford cord, serge and flannel all re duced! Were $4.50, $5.50 to $22.50. Now $2.25, $2.75 to $11.25. White Coats White coats for infants and girls broadcloth, tweed, serge, herringbone cheviot and novel ties, sizes 2 to 14. Were $5.00, $10 to $19.50. Now $2.50, $ 5 to $ 9.75. Second Floor, Sixth Street. School Beauti fying Committee meets at 4 P. M., Monday. 1 1 1 u s trated T a 1 k s on Art by Mrs. R. E. Rockwood and Mrs. Julia Mar quam. Sixth Floor f m& Quality" Store or- Portland Charge Purchases Monday go on February ac counts, pay able March 1. ;SEE ALSO BACK PAGE, THIS SECTION