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! . TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 20, -1916. 2 -AIRCRAFT OF A1Y DECLARED UNSAFE Senator Says Men Compelled to Fly Against Own Judg- ment Were Killed. Commercial Club, and will hold a farm ers' meetine in the Commercial Club rooms. A large attendance of farmers is anticipated. Later, in the early Spring;, a farmers institute will be con ducted in Kelso by the Washington Mate College instructors. EXTENSIVE CIVILIAN GAMPS ADVOCATED LETTERS ARE GIVEN OU Charge of "Contemptible Inefficient cy" Pressed Before Congress Chairman Hay Said to Uave Bluffed Committee. ; WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. More evl dence in support of his charge tha ; - the Army aviation service is "con !", temptlbly inefficient" was ms-lo public tonleht bv Senator Robinson, who ae ! . lared he would continue his efforts i-for a. Congressional investigation ae I unite the announcement of the War i DeDartment that it would make an in fiuiry into the subject. Chairman :"' Chamberlain, of the Senate military com - mlttee. before which Mr. Iiobinson tes ! lifled yesterday, said he would ask ' the committee to vote on Monday on ' the Senator's resolution for lnvestl nation. "I Introduced my resolution in De cember." said Senator Itoblnson. - waled until yesterday for the War De ' vartment to act. For months the 1) pertinent bad all this information. As ; '. a, result of Inefficiency, several men who believed the machines were un- ' ' fcafe were compelled to fly and were killed. Now I think the Inquiry should ; ; be made outside the Army. ' - ' Letters Are Given Out. : The Senator said further data re- ! crardlnar the service ltad been laid be' '. Jure him tjday by persons who said tney naa autnoriiauve inionuauuu. This, together with documents pre- rented to the miliary committee yester J. day. Including the photographlo copies I'd the letter purporting to have passed between Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel r. Keber. in charge of the aviation serv- V ice. and Captain Arthur S. Cowan, in :'- charge of the San Diego station, will be ' placed at the disposal of any lnvestl II satins committee Congress may a.P' point. The information made publlo tonight was given out in the form of ... a. statement by Senator KODinson. nuoi V Ing from additional letters he said had been written by aviation officers. "In one letter," said the statement. "Colonel Keber wrote: . "'The House military committee, ' which is Mr. Hay, for reasons best - known to himself, made up his mind to stick to 1300,000 and he succeeded in ; : bluffing the Senate conferees. This is the whole story and had we gone to . xome other committee we would prob i. Ably have gotten as much money as T- the Navy a.ld.' Motereycle Oat of Date. "A letter from Captain Cowan to ;i Colonel Reber. dated January 13. 1918 " asked for authority to spend $300 for 5 the purchase of a 1313 motorcycle. ' "My official reason.' wrote Captain j. Cowan, 'for wanting to purchase this motorcycle Is that the latest modern motorcycle we have here is 1913. We should keep track of the improvements J; ana be ready to recommend the type 'best suited for our work. My personal I reason for wanting to purchase this ; motorcycle is to provide myself with jneans of transportation between North I island and my quarters at Coronado.' Li . "Upon the quartermaster's corps in the Army is placed the duty of bulld Ing barracks, and they have an appro- . priatlon for that purpose. Nevertheless, j Colonel Reber, on May 29, 1915, wrote j as follows to Captain Cowan: j "'There is one thing I wish you 1 would be very careful about and not ' let your quartermaster refer in any J. way to the structure we have erected I on North Island as temporary barracks. J- A requisition arrived the other day for j something for the temporary barracks ' and the quartermaster's office fell down ; in a fit. They said they had no tem- porary barracks and that they knew ' ' nothing about temporary barracks, j, which was their proper state of mind, s we cannot tell any person officially i" that we have built barracks.' " ROAD DESIGN THESES WIN La Grande High School Student Gets - First Prize in Contest. ; LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. 19. (Spe rial.) Ralph Poston, a Junior In the V La Grande High School, is the best road designer among Union County high ; scool students. His essay, contributed : along with 7S others at the call of ; the La. Grande Commercial Club for J theories on that subject, has won first 1, prize money. f- The award of prizes was to have been . made in conjunction wih Good Roads r day at the recent Farmers' and Home- seekers' week. The second prize aleo j went to La Grande High," Alfred John- son, likewise a junior, taking second iionors. - Laura Adams, of the Elgin grade T Fchool. took first mong grade students 1 and Irine Swauger, of Kamcla, took the .second prize. MILLIONS GIVEN BELGIANS American Gifts Total $7,500,000, Says Minister, With Thanks. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. America has contributed J7.50O.O0O to the relief of j Belgium, according to B. van de Vyvere. Belgian Minister of Finance, who sailed today for London on the steamship St. PauL after spending sev eral weeks in this country. Up to Feb ruary 1, foodstuffs and clothing valued at more than 180.000.000 had been shipped into Belgium, he said. Belgian interests supplied more than J60.000.0UO of the sum expended. The remainder w.s..f 1Z11 ?e. i.?pJ1 -or .Y"' Another rian to Instruct Citizens tlAlro AUU UVUCI LI sCB 4UU U av3 Enrollment for Training to Be Proposed as Substitute for Continental Army Plan. 100,000 RESERVES INTENT Vyvere said that 136,000.000 worth ot supplies had been bought in this country. The Belgian Minister thanked the American people for their generosity. and said in a farewell message: I ask you, individually, and as a Nation, to accept the love, the friend ship and the faith which ia offered to America by every Belgian as the- trib ute or tneir gratitude. to Be Officers Is Fostered by Senator Chamberlain i Win ter Courses Provided. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. A scheme for expanding the civilian training- camp movement into a definite organi zation of Federal volunteers will be f AMO urm-r ir nnmnnrn " L.UIVU VVHI I Id nCVWanUCU I Proposed to the House military com mlttee by Representative Kahn. of Cal- Elma Man to Sell Alaska Mine for $5j),000 After 15 Years. ifornia, ranking Republican member. Under the plan, the organization would be in a measure a substitute lor the Administration's continental army MfhemA fnflllm Af wVilf h hAfnra thA I ELMA. Wash.. Feb. 19 (Special.) Congressional committees was one of J. w. Donaldson, a resident or this the factors leading to the resignation place, is about to become a ricn man, of Secretary Garrison. after vnr nf wnitlne- and hondohinii Details have not been worked out. in Alaska. Sir. Donaldson was one ot ut Representative Kahn said tonight ... i . li had been in correspondence with the early Alaska pioneers, but not one tnose UTglBg dlrect aM b"y Congre8S for of the lucky ones. Today he is waiting the Summer camp movement who told on a deal which soon will be brought him 100.000 men could be enrolled if to a close for the sale of four of his such aid were wanted. Mr. ICahn be- Tninea nt .urn whlMi ..nohi .,.,,.4 1 lleves several regiments could be the 50,000 mark. The mines are being i .W" ? ?""e lnemIye purchased by a Seattle concern. mte instrucrVon t V;rv L, FT' 1 t , , . I . ' " - I xiie rnpiu rise in copper is me cause the camps. of the purchase. Every year for the . , , jsoiinB aaaraimeui. to use these training camps in a gen eral pian lor training reserve officers. RIIIDDIIirr IO OFT noinr U1.. me oecretary or IVIHnniMUC. IO OCI MOIUC "ar 10 "'rect that camps be held on uoiernraent reservations or elsewhere. Bran Owens Gets Annullment De cree When Predecessor Appears. me government meeting all expense except for cloth ins and other tersonal equipment. A system of Winter courses in meoreticai matters would be pro vided, and men who nassed auecean. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 19. ruuv through this training for a period fSDecial.l Evan OOwnn. a rooMoTit Bf years would receive commissions a this county, has obtained a decree In Second Lieutenants in the reserve of- Sunerior Court here annulling- hi. mar. I naera corps or proDatlonarv commlq-I riage to Mrs. Margaret Shoddy in Jef- Blon In the regular army in the same iersontown. Jiy.. in AugUBt of last year. None of the committees dealing with Owens' rnmnlalnt srt Tib rHA I preparedness Dills was In session tnH ov en Mrs. Shoddv's ntntemunf that hi- On Monday the House militarv commit. husband was dead, and she declared in leo wlu oegin rormal drafting of the her answer that she believed this to be b,1! t0 Federalize the National Guard, the case. She was married about 10 and the Senate committee will runma years ago in coirax. Wash., to Louis consiaerauon or the regular Army in- anoaay. xney separated and she sud- crease dhi. posed him dead when she married Owens. Recently she found that he still was living. MOST CLARKE MILLS RUN Plant at Vennersborg Has Many Or ders and Prepares to Operate. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 19. (6pe cial.) The sawmill operated at Ven ?-ir-i.r5:-f-. SZZHhJ;?0?y- fZ n emergency appropriation of J2.757,- Early Reports Expected. Several items in the latter bin nn which agreement already has been reached will be reDorted bank t th Army experts asked to draft the lan guage of the sections, and a report from ine war Department of Senator Cham berlain's bill proposing universal mili tary training also Is expected. captain Bristol, head of the Navv Aviation Corps, is expected to auneur Aioncay Deiore the House naval com mittee in connection with the proposed expansion or the service. A request for if,0"11,! " ur 0. Emitted ?odarbrseeretary Dan- ha'unnlr'eoian111 ZZ IelS' -ay be disused o'f fTr.rno'wfver; hauling the plant and getting it In whinh . h s.or.. .rf R. , Admiral Strauss, chief ot ordnance, may explain the need of the additional shape to operate. The mill is seven miles from a railroad and the lumber will be hauled that distance. Most of the mills in the county are operating and orders are more numer ous than for several years past All lines of business feel the Improvement or the lumber trade, CHEHALIS FORMS CHORUS Organization of Men Will Practice on Tuesday Nights. ordnance equipment specified. Bis South Bend Store Purchased. SOUTH BEND, Wash.. Feb. 19. (Special.) Announcement is made if I the purchase by State Senator J. W. I Kleeb, Robert A. Rohrbeck and B. K. Short of the Shlnney Held Company dry goods store here. The concrete building and property also has been bought. The name of the new store will be changed to the Emporium, and HAVE GOOD HEALTH CHEHALIS. Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe cial.) Chehalls will have a male! choral organization, C. S. Bown, W. B.I Taylor and C Ellineton beinsr the committee named to report plans for permanent organization. Regular Take Hood's Sarsannrllla. the Old Re meetings win De neia ior practice ii.ki. snn rr- i iUCOUlt I11SUUS. 1UCID WKS tH CLILC3I1U-I anca of SO at thA fneetina to AraanlzA. I and it is expected that between 30 and Don't let the idea that you may feel I 40 will loin the organization. oetter in a cay or two prevent you An organization of women along the rrom Betting a ootue or nooa s oarsa- same lines also will be perfected. parllla today from any drug store and starting at. once on ins roaa to neaiw 1 ami of ...... tr . M JVC I so urmiso xuvurs aiurut ireuiu wv, i. imr.-. . l I KELSO. Wash., Feb. 19. Following poverished it lacks vitality, your diges- tha address of C R Cotrell. Commls- I tion Is imperfect, your appetite Is poor, sioner of Rural Credits and National I and all the f unctions of your body are Market for the Washington State I impaired. Gransre. before the Cowlitz Pomona I Hood's Sarsaparilla is a wonderful Granite, which met today as the euests I blood tonic. It will build you up quick- of the Catlln Granee. of this place, the er man any otner medicine. . it gives County organization went on record as I strength to do ana power to endure, it BAKER SHIPSJEER AWAY j Shipping Brings No Profits and Vast 5. Quantities Aro Destroyed. V. BAKER, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) s.'With the shipment of 3800 gallons of t- bulk beer by the American Brewing & I; Central Ice Company to Salt Lake City 'Probably the last of the liquor held in storage in Baker has been disposed of. ' In all. 7000 gallons of beer were , stored at the Baker brewery follow-r- 1ng the bottling plant fire early in 'January, but of this amount 3200 gal .Ions were poured out by order of the i- Knited States Revenue Department. J' "Charles Bodeau. manager "of the brew ery, declared that little or no profit ' -was made in shipping the malt liquor to Salt Lake. In John Day 896 gallons ; held by James Shields, distributing -.' agent for the brewery, were emptied into the sewer. favoring the Morgan Rural Credits Bill and the National Marketing measure. The afternoon meeting of the Grange wai thrown open to the public, and a big turn-out was on hand to hear Mr. Cottrell. Dinner was served by the women of the Catlln Grange, and a programme was given in the evening. Simon Caro, Koseburg, Candidate. ROSEBURG, Or.. Feb. 19. (Special.) Simon Caro, for nearly 50 years a reader of The Oregonian and a promi nent Roseburg business man, today an nounced his candidacy for Joint Rep resentative from Douglas and Jackson counties. Mr. Caro is a Republican and, if elected, will succeed William I. Vaw ter. who died at Medford recently. Tono Mine Runs Full Blast. TENINO, Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.) The big coal mine at Tono. ojaerated in conjunction with the O.-W. K. & N. Company, is running full blast. More than 40 new families have moved into Tono since last Fall. The new plank road to Tono is open. Palm fiber material is being- substituted for cedar In thw making of cigar boxes. is the old standard tried and true all- the-year-round blood purifier and en- ricljer, tonic and appetizer. Nothing else acts like It, for nothing else has the same formula or ingredients. Be sure to ask for Hood's; insist on having it. GIRL INVESTS FIFTY CENTS; ACQUIRES BIG FORTUNE Here's a story of a 50-cent investment that resulted In the acquisition of a fortune. It Is romance such as you read In books. A poor girt had a rich suitor, so goes tha tale, who soutrht her hand in marrlaae. Her beauty was exquisite. Then one day her skin became mottieo, spotted, pimp lea ana her beautv vanished. The jclrl ai not die- I rourared. She made a trio awav and took with her a bottle for which she paid 50 j cents. She used tne contents ot tno Dome and when she went back to her sweetheart her skin was once more like milk and roses. She saved her romance and won her rich lover as a husband. It she had not he would surely have turned from her repul sive face. The 50-cent bottle contained Santlseptic Lotion which fft to be had at most drug stores and is remarkable for the complexion, ir you nave pimpies, Dioicnea, BDott. tan. windLurn try SantiseDtio Lotion. Delightful after shaving. If your druggist hasn't It send the money to sbencott Chem. I leal Laboratories, Portland, Or., and it will besent you postpaia. ii Depot Robber Is Convicted. 1 " NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 19. 2 (Special.) James Tarker was con . victed by a Jury in Superior Court yes J terday of complicity in the holdup of f the Northern Pacific station agent at "W'apato on January 20, 1915. when the J agent. John Trimble, was shot through i the arm when he resisted the robbers. 1 Tarker and Moore, his pal. escaped with $15 in cash. They were arretsed a few days later, and lloore now is serving a j term In the Penitentiary. Parker J escaped from Jail and recently was t captured in Montana. 5 J Farm Kiixrt to Talk at Kelso. J- f KfeLSO. Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.) f Professor Thomas Shaw, the Great ;J Northern Railway Company farm ex- -pert will be in Kelso Wednesday after jioon under the auspices of the Kelso Assets, $9,500,000.00. J2.'ZS?S22i Twenty Payment life Policy ers Life Insurance Co., Lincoln, Nebraska. Dear Sir: Your Mr. H. T. Fer guson delivered to me today a draft for $795.43, cash surrender value of full return premiums Twenty Year Bond, taken twenty years ago. The settlement is very satisfac tory indeed, giving me twenty years' insurance protection, and a profit over the amount paid, in for premiums of $241.93. My only regret is that the policy was not larger. Yours very truly, ANNA STANLEY BLATCHLEY. Matured in the Old Line Bankers Life Insur ance Company of Lincoln, Nebraska Name... Anna M. Blatchley Residence Fort Scott, Kansas Amount of policy .$1000.00 Total premiums paid company 554.00 SETTLEMENT Total cash paid Annal. Blatchley $795.43 And 20 Years' Insurance for Nothing. Ask the man who owns one of our policies. Have you an agency? Have yon ' - a policy?. " it is planned to establish a bjg- depart ment store on the first and second floors. Mr. Short will be the active manager of the store. . Montesano Has Cheese Factory. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe cial.) The Montesano Creamery Com pany has announced the addition to its plant of a cheese factory. This week the first batch of cream cheese was placed in one of its new curing rooms. The Satsop chese factory, which was established about a year ago, has been a marked success and probably had something: to do with the establish ment of a cheese plant at Montesano. Tenino to Build Firebouse. TENINO. Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.) The City Council has granted a re l quest of the fire department members for coats and helmets. It Is expected to erect a building: at once for the chemical enpine. Agony of Leg Sore Stopped byD.D.D. Woman Tells Pitifnl Story "I am the mother of 12 children. I took a varicose ulcer on my leg at the birth of last child five years ago. I used every ointment that is made. I was laid op for nearly five weeks with a doctor at tending me who did nothing but treat those kind of things. Doctors told me to lie In bed. bat where there Is a biz family one cannot do that. Then I beard about D.D.D. and as I used to tear my leg at night until It was a bleeding mass, I determined to try a bottle. 1 can t tell you toe ease it gave me. 1 never used to sleep for the pain. Many a time I nearly fell with the dizziness In my head from want of sleep. Now my pg is healed np, thanks to tha blessed D.D.D. I never expected It to cure. I only got It to take away the terrible Itrh. Br degrees I saw the big sore getting smaller." MRS. ST ITT. 292 N. Weston Kd. West Toronto, Ont. Come to us and we will tell Ton more about this remarkable remedy, 25c. 60a and si.uu. lour money oacg unless me first cottle relieves you. iSkidmore Drug Company, The Owl Drug Company. You'll Have to Hurry if You Want to Take Ad vantage of Our Clearance Sale! About 200 Kirschbaum Medium -Weight Suits men's and young men's styles, all sizes, this season's models must be sold this week. Select the suit you want and measure your savings by these prices: $20.00 Suits Now $14.75 $25.00 Suits Now $17.75 Phegley & Cavender - At the Sign of the Cherry Tree. CORNER FOURTH AND ALDER STREET WILL COVER YOUR FLOOR We Measure, Deliver and Lay No Extras. , The Tourist Car Finest Baby Vehicle Shown This Year QUALITY NEVER EQUALED AT THE PRICE Genuine Inlaid Linoleum block, tile and wood effect patterns. Colors go through to the floor. Your choice of many patterns. Some unusually attractive designs are the exact reproductions of hardwood floors. You all know that Inlaid Linoleum usually sells at from one dollar and a quarter to one dollar and seventy-five. Here is your chance to save $8 to $15 by making your selection now. HOME BUILDERS Let us lay linoleum in your bath before the plumber sets your tub and fixtures. Saves cutting, prevents water from getting under your linoleum makes it last twice as long. Select your pattern now. We'll deliver when you say. Tfl TO ,,,Dl7I,T, IC iiiiTi Arrange to open an account at this store and take advantage of this special price, even I VjUiV LiLLl 1 ID UUUU if y0u don't have the ready cash the price will be the same and you can pay as little down as $1.00 on $10.00 worth of linoleum. The balance easy weekly. Your Old Furniture Taken as Part Payment on New Come In, select the picren you need and arrange to have our man look at your old foods. We take furniture, carpets or stoves as part payment on new and allow all they are worth. A few of the many good things that await you in our exchange department, Fourth Floor Six only, Full-Box. I,ather-Sat Dlnlnjr Chalra. solden J j 2(QQ JtO Full-Slse Iron Bed, tC QC Vernla Martin enamel... JiJJ 121.00 Full-SI se Brans Q QC lied for J.JJ $5.00 OUT-OF-TOWN FOLKS We Invite you to open an account Trlth ns. Onr easy payment plan la the most generous ever offered. Sfo matter how small yoar Income or where you live, Edwards will frost yom. For nearly half of a rrn tary we have been fornUhina; homes all over Oregon on easy monthly payments. If you haven't a rataloarue of our home outrits, send for one today. IT'S Rfc)U. Pay on $ SO worth $ 75 worth $100 worth $125 worth $150 worth $200 worth Cash Week i - ...$ K.00 $1.00 t fC ...$ 7.50 $1.50 t J . . . $10.00 $2.00 rZJi I . . . $12.50 $2.25 ffliXkTi Iff I ...$15.00 $2.50 fSiilXlAZJ J ...$20.00 $3.00 v"'jr Furniture, Furniture Furniture Furniture Furniture Furniture A typical summer go-cart 'which some of the happiest, healthiest, jolliest babies will ride around in this year. The light-running Tour ist with Auto Top. Your credit is good. Curtain Stretchers 89c Tuesday mornlns; we place on sale 73 only, Full-Size Folding Curtain Stretchers, with statlonerypQn pfns, at v:?31' May be used also for quilting; frames. No phones. None C. O. D. China Matting 17c Wednesday only a limited number of yard3 of regular 25-cent china matting at 17c. Heavy quality, choice color. No phones. None C. O. D. $18 Silk Floss Mattress, full sizo 121.00 C o p p er Coil Gas I I QC Water Heaters, connectod I w J25 Water-Motor Wanning Ms chine guaranteed to do 10 Cfl the work HiSU J13.90 Dinner Sets, bun-0 fin Id Wivv rdred-piece, white and gold' 3-Room Outfit 165f2 Including Rugs $16.50 Cash $12 Mo. frrs ?EfThe hvmg-rooin, just as O.OO pictured here, furnished completely with solid oak furniture in straight lines and your choice of finish, waxed golden or nut brown fumed oak, including 9x12 axminster rug. $5.65 Cash, $1.00 Week ipT'OeOv dining-room in sol id oak, any finish, including plank top table and 6 chairs just as shown, also a beautiful tapestry rug, 8.3x10.6, the pattern of which may be selected. $4.55 Cash, $1.00 Week A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE VZSS 1rfflTOAKSTnEB djn oHThe sleeping-room is iJPO.O3 complete with either sanitary link or steel coil spring and built-up layer-felt mattress. We in clude also with this set one of the new light steel beds which have be come so popular. The hardwood chiffonier, dressing table and rocker are exactly as pictured and are nicely fin ished. Also your choice of pattern of Colonial, rag or wool-fiber rug. 5 isasaTa. $6.35 Cash, $1.25 Week li YOURFLOoS I fmaaiKBll mill WHl-U HULI J KvaM.Ti., atfga lill