HARVESTER
DRAWN
NTO SISAL PROBE
Effort to Intimidate Bankers
From Advancing Funds in
.. Yucatan Is Charged.
BOOKS TO BE ASKED FOR
Investigation of Alleged Monopoly
Broadened; Adaptation of Fac
tor System Is Pleasing to
Mexican IManters.
J -VrAriHINGTON". I-. 19. The inves
tigation of charges that American
financiers have attempted to monop
olize the sisal crop of Yucatan. Mexico,
was broadened today to include an in
quiry into whether the International
Harvester Company sought by intimi
dating American bankers to prevent
sisal planters from obtaining money to
market their crops.
The agriculture committee of the
House conducting the investigation de
cided to call as -witnesses President Mc
cormick and other officials of the Har
vester company and Arthur Reynolds,
vice-president of the Continental &
Commercial National Bank, of Chicago.
-. ..i .v.. honic m mihmit a rec-
nnu iv aowh. i "
ord of the balance maintained there ny
the company during the last thrtee
years. Officials of the National City
Bank, of New York, will be asked to
testify, too. regarding charges that the
Harvester company also exerted influ
ence on that institution.
Harvester Threat. Related.
The committee adjourned until n"1
Thursday after hearing testimony by
Dr Victor A. Rendon. head of a com
mission created by the Yucatan gov
ernment to market the sisal crop, and
Sol Wexler. a New York banker, presi
dent of the Tan-American Commission
Corporation, organized in this country
to finance the Yucatan planters.
Wexler, whose corporation guaran
teed to lend the planters $10,000,000 a
vear for five years, testified that he
had been told by George M. Reynolds,
president of the Continental & Commer
cial National Bank and James Perkins,
a vice-president of the National City
Bank, that the Harvester Company was
unwilling for them to lend money to
the Pan-American Corporation.
"George Reynolds is an old friend,
both in business and personally." Mr.
AVexler said, "and when I first ex
plained the corporation to him he was
favorable to it and said he would be
srlad to lend it large amounts. The
Harvester Company then had on de
posit about $1,000,000. The following
day he said that Cyrus McCormick had
threatened not only to decrease the
deposit but to withdraw a representa
tive of the Harvester Company from
the bank's board of directors if loans
were made.
Banks Net Influenced.
"James Perkins, of the National City
Bank, also said his bank was willing
to lend the corporation large amounts
and later said Mr. McCormick had en
deavored to prevent the bank doing
business with me. Neither bank wa
influenced by the threats, however, and
we made arrangements for loans from
each of them and now have a. substan
tial deposit with each."
One of the terms on which the cor
poration agreed to lend money to the
planters, it was brought out. provided
a commission of S per cent on sisal
aold in addition to the regular rate of
interest on money lent.
In response to a question by Senator
Ransdell. Wexler said that in view of
the war times, disturbed conditions in
Mexico and the bonus of $200,000 the
corporation would have to pay. it was
not prepared to lend the Yucatan or
ganization up to $10,000,000.
The method of forming such a cor
poration to tinance marketing, the wit
ness said, was derived from the old
custom of factors being retained to
handle the- crops of Southern cotton
planters.
"The farmers in Yucatan were highly
pleased." he added. "For the first time
they were running their own business
instead of having it run by foreign
corporations. corrupting everybody,
the police, the officials and the railways."
FRUIT PLAN ANNOUNCED
GROWERS AND SHIPPERS TO WORK
WITH GOVERNMENT.
C-peratlve Marketing Agency Will
Have Headquarters at Spokane
If Washington Approves.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) Spokane has been made the
headquarters for the Fruit Growers'
Agency, Inc., organized by Government
representatives, fruit shippers and
growers yesterday, according to an
nouncement today of the details of the
movement, which is expected to unite
every fruit-producing section of the
Northwest under uniform marketing
regulations.
uring the coming season will be in
augurated the most advanced step ever
attempted by the Government in co
operative marketing by producers,
which will extend even to the forma
tion of general pools by the entire
Northwest for entrance into foreign
markets with Northwest apples.
The general secretary of the Fruit
Growers" Agency, with offices here, will
receive reports of all shipments and
sales, gaeher information from Eastern
marketing centers, direct the assem
bling of pools, advertising, opening of
new markets, and meet all other re
quirements of the growers.
"This is the plan which bankers,
businessmen, growers and the press
have been demanding," today said C.
A. Malbeuf. of Portland, who was ap
pointed to announce the details.
"It is built about the uniform con
tract, in which the grower is permitted
to set the price for which his fruit
may be sold. The agency is open both
to growers and shippers, the member
ship fee being $10(1. Passive member
ship is to be granted for $5. The con
trol will rest with & board of trustees,
half of whom will be chosen by the
shippers and half by the growers."
Formal organization of the board of
trustees, and the election of a. secre
tary, will take place In Spokane after
the plan has been placed before the
growers of every district of. the North
west. The plan is to be placed finally be
fore the United States Department of
Agriculture for ratification.
INDIAN ATTITUDE RESENTED
Residents or Umatlla Provoked by
Opposition to Uridge.
PENTIETONr. Or- Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) Considerable resentment la ielt
here at the attitude of the Indians on
the Umatilla reservation toward the
plan to construct bridges across the
Umatilla River at Mission and Thorn
Hollow. Two-thirds of the cost of the
bridges is to bo taken from the tribal
funds and is reimbursable. To this the
Indians object, saying they have not
asked for tbe triages.
The feelincr of those interested in
Pendleton in the bridges is that since
the funds to be loaned by the Indians
are reimbursable they should not de
mur.
HEAVY REGISTRATION AIM
Aberdeen Republicans Have Plan to
Defeat Socialist Candidates.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) A systematic campaign to pro
cure heavy registration of voters in
Aberdeen will be conducted early in
O. A. C. GRADUATE ACCEPTS
POSITION IN WYOMING.
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Senator Defends Foreign Pol
icy of Administration.
Gny Hobgood.
OREGON ARGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE. Corvallis. Feb. 18.
(Special.) Guy Hobgood, who
was graduated from the course
in agriculture last June and who
is doing graduate work, in agron
omy this year, has accepted a
position as agriculturist for Fre
mont County, Wyoming, at a sal
ary of $1800. beginning March 1.
Mr. Hobgood's qualifications
for this position are considered
excellent, as he has had a very
broad and thorough training in
agriculture, with a fine record
as a student, and at the same
time has had a very wide ex
perience in farming In a num
ber of the Western states under
semi-arid conditions.
March by the Aberdeen Toung Men's
Republican Club for the purpose of de
feating two Socialist Councilmen who
are standing for re-election and to in
sure the heaviest possible vote for John
G. Lewis for Governor this Fall.
A well-advertised registration day
will be declared, and every non-toclal-lst
voter who has not registered will
be urged to do so. A large number of
automobiles have been donated lor use
on this day in. getting out registrants.
Three members of the club will work
in each precinct. The automobiles will
all operate from a downtown heaaquar
ters.
CHARLES BLUROCK BURIED
Vancouver Stores Close In Honor of
Pioneer Merchant.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 3 9. (Spe
cial.) When Charles A. Blurock, pio
neer business man of this city, came
to Vancouver 37 years ago. he came
with his parents In a prairie schooner,
drawn by oxen.
Today, his funeral was held, and
every vehicle in it. numbering more
than SO. was an automobile, including
the hearse.
The funeral was held from the First
Presbyterian Church. Rev. II. S. Tem
pleton. officiating. The big edifice was
filled with friends who gathered to pay
their last respects.
In token of respect, the stores in the
city closed from 1 until 3 o'clock, that
all might attend the funeral. The flo
ral offerings entirely covered the cas
ket and the entire front of th rostrum
in the church.
The pallbearers were three of his
brothers Edward M. Blurock. George
Blurock and William IL Blurock. John
Marsh, Samuel Marsh and Mr.Purdin.
THEFT LAID TO SWITCHMEN
Looting in East Youngstown Riot Is
Charged Against Six.
YOUNGSTOWN. O., Feb. 19. Six
employes of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Railroad Company were arrested toaay
on orders from Prosecuting Attorney
Henderson in connection with the East
Youngstown riots in January.
The men were employed in tne i-ast
Youngstown yards on the night of the
riot and are charged with looting and
other crimes. They are the first Ameri
cans to be prosecuted for the rioting
nearly, 100 foreigners Having Deen al
ready indicted in this connection.
Wood Alcohol Sellers Sentenced.
sitstti.p Wuh. Feb, 19. Tatsuo
Takano. a Japanese, proprietor of a
drugstore and recently convicted of
manslaughter for selling wood alcohol
loheioH an s-min alcohol to Tom Shan
non, who drank the fluid and died, was
sentenced today to two to .2U years in
the state, penitentiary.
liuoodu Shingle Mill Resumes.
. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) The Bucoda Shingle Company
has resumed operations at its Bucoda
nlant following a long snui-aown
caused by snow and flood. The Lake
Creek Shingle Company, at Morton,
will resume operations Monday.
"HYPOCRISY" IS CHARGED
Don't Let Soap
Spoil
Your Hair
When you wash your hair, be careful
what you use. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkali,
which is very injurious, as it dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Just plain mui
sifled cocoanut oil. for this is pure and
entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and
beats the most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can get
this at any drug store, and a few ounces
will last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about a-teaspoonful is all
that is required. It makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor
oughly and rinses out easily. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy and
easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and
takes out every particle of dust, dirt
and dandruff. Adv.
Conditions in Mexico Declared No
Better Than When Intervention
Was Opposed; Neglect of
Defenses Asserted.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Senator
Lewis, Democrat of Illinois, in a speech
in the Senate today on the "Hypocrisy
of Statesmanship," assailed Elihu Root
for his address before tne JNew lorn
State Republican convention attacking
the Administration's foreign policy.
"Mr. Root says it is necessary in this
international crisis to have a President
who means something more tha
words." Senator Lewis said: "That we
should follow words with" action. What
action? There can .be only one thing
and that is war. If he means that he
wants war with Germany, why does he
want war? If Mr. Root, speaking for
his party, expects to pledge the party
to war, let him declare it with cour
age and the Democratic party will meet
the issue."
Conditions in Mexico Unchanged.
Referring to Mr. Root's' declaration
that the Government had neglected its
duty in not acting more forcefully with
regard to Mexico, senator Lewis read
from the former New York ex-Senator's
speeches in the Senate opposing
a Democratic proposal for intervention
in 1911 and the occupation of. Vera
Cruz in 1S14.
"The conditions In Mexico now are
the same as they have been for more
than four years," said Senator Lewis.
"These conditions prevailed when the
New Yorker was in this body as
spokesman for his party. When Sena
tor Stone introduced a resolution
which sought power from the Senate
to direct President Taft to act. Senator
Root condemned the effort of the Dem
ocracy to do the very thing which he
now says should be done. The Senator
from New York declared such a course
would be a step backward in the path
of civilization.
Defense Neglected In Past.
"Who is behind the masters of the
Republican party now? Whom do they
serve by making war upon Germany?
And if they do succeed, then how are
they to proceed? They confess that aft
er IS years' power and at a cost of
more than $300,000,000 spent under the
guise of National defense, there is no
Army, no Navy, no aviation corps, no
fortifications. Did not Senator Root
himself, on this floor, participate in
the filibuster to kill the bill which
would have provided ships that might
have carried out Army against an
enemy?"
When Senator Lewis had concluded.
Senator Smoot had inserted in the rec
ord Mr. Root's entire New York con
vention speech.
Grays River Timber Purchased.
CHEHALIS. Wash., Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) Reports from the Grays River
section are that R. C. Bell, of the Co
lumbia Logging Company, has pur
chased the holdings of the Portland
Lumber Company at Grays River. This
is one of the biggest outfits on the
river, representing a valuation of . a
quarter of a million dollars.
Dean Sheldon Goes Kast.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Feb. 19. (Special.) H. D. Sheldon,
dean of the school of education, left
this week as university representative
to the department of superintendents'
meeting of the National Education As
sociation, to be held in Detroit, Mich.,
February 21 to 26.
Humphreys Seventy-seven
For Colds, Influenza,
If your bones ache, chills run down
your back, your eyes and nose water,
if you are feverish, restless and irrit
able you've got the Grip.
To get the best results, take "Sev
enty-seven" at the first chill or shiver.
If you wait until you begin to
cough and sneeze, have sore throat
and influenza, it may take longer.
' 23e and $1.00. at all druggists or mailed.
Humphreys' Borneo. Medicine Co., 156
William 'Street. New York.
ECZEMA
Also Tailed Tetter. Salt Rheum, Pruritus,
Milk Crust, Water Poison, Weeping
Skin. Etc.
I believe enema ran be cared to stay. I
mean just what I say. C-U-R-E-D and NOT
merely patched up to return again. Re
member I make this statement attar -Handling
nearly a hM million cases of eciema
and devoting 12 years of my life to Its treat
ment. 1 don t care wnat-aii you nave wen
nor hoar many doctors have told you that
you could not be cured. All I aak is Just a
rhanm to nrove mv claims. If you write me
TODAY I will send you a FREE TRIAL of
mild, soothing, guaranteed treatment that
will surely convince you as It has me. If you
are dieguBted and discouraged I dare you to
give me a chance to prove my claims. By
writing me today I believe you will enjoy
mora real comfort than you really thought
this world held Tor you. Just try it, ana l
feel sure you will agree with me.
DR. J. E. C ANN AD AT.
1114 Court Block. 8edalla. Mo.
References: Third National Bank. Se-
dalia. Mo. Send this notice to some eczema
sufferer.
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.
Ah! What relief! Your clogged nos
trils open right up, the air passages of
your head are clear and you can breathe
freely. No more hawking, snuffling,
mucous discharge, headache, dryness
no struggling for breath at night, your
cold or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get a small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos
trils, let it penetrate through every air
passage of the head; soothe and heal
the swollen. Inflamed mucous mem
brane, giving you Instant relief. Ely's
Cream Balm is just what every cold and
catarrh sufferer has been seeking. It's
Just splendid. Adv.
Store Opens 1 ;
Pc jl)&MM Hon..
Phone: "..-"-- - Phone:
Marshall 50SO The Most in Value, the Best in Quality A 2112
Stamped Gowns
$1.00 Grade
69c
Ready-made fine crepe Gowns
stamped in many pretty pat
terns; they come in styles with
square, round or V-shaped neck
and with kimono sleeves. All
sizes. Lines regularly Q
sold at $1.00 Reduced to U 7C
I Surprising Savings in New Spring
Smbroideries
100,000 Yds. Attractively Underpriced
They're desirable in every way
new and handsome and de
serving of a better fate than
to be sold for less than real
worth, and only through a very
unusual trade event are we
permitted to quote these low
prices. It is a great special
New York purchase of Imported Embroideries. We were tempted
by their beauty and the big price concessions and you'll be likewise
attracted when you see them. Make a list of a full season's need
from these offerings.
Lot 1 Embroideries
Worth to 25c, at, -I
Yard 1JC
Baby Edges and Sets, hand
loom Edges, 9-inch Skirtings,
ribbon and plain Insertions and
Galloons; in fact, all sorts of de
sirable narrow embroideries in
the latest new patterns. Prac
tically an unlimited variety to
select from. Qualities worth up
to 25c a yard priced for f f
Lot 2 Embroideries
Worth to 48c, at, nfi.
Yard OC
The popular 12 and 18-inch Em
broideries in a wonderful line of
new patterns, fine Swiss, Nain
sook and Cambric materials in
Skirtings, Flouncings and Corset-cover
styles in small and
large patterns in closed or eye
let effect. Qualities regularly
sold up to 48c priced for QC-
,iJ
This Sale at This Sale at
Lot 3 Consists of a Great Assortment of
Dress and Baby Flouncingrs, 2 7 -In. "Width
Handsome Patterns, With Scalloped, Ruffled or
Hemstitched Edge 95c to $1.25 Qualities. CQ
This Sale at JC
Without a doubt, the most attractive lot of beautiful new embroid
eries we have ever had the good fortune to place before you at such
a great price-saving. Included are both 27-inch Dress and Baby
Flouncings in fine sheer mercerized Swiss and Batiste. They come
with scalloped, ruffled or hemstitched edge and in dainty patterns.
The dress patterns are equally as handsome, for they are shown in
open lacy effects or in bold , conventional designs made on fine
batiste, cambrics and other desirable materials. All high-class Em
broideries in qualities regularly sold from 95c to $1.25 aCQ
yard. This Sale at Only JIC
Sale of Dainty White, Cream and Ecru
Curtain Scrims
Plain, Open and Colored Bordered Styles In 35c,
40c and 45c Qualities All at the One Price, OA
Yard.... W
At this great price reduction we are closing out a big over-stock
of the finer Curtain Scrims just at this opportune time, when house
keepers are planning Spring housecleaning. The assortment in
cludes a great variety of styles, plain or with open or colored
border. They come in white, cream and ecru and in qualities OQ
regularly sold at 35c, 40c and 45c a yard. All reduced to &IC
100 Styles in New Cretonnes at 25 Yard
Cretonnes are in great demand this season and we have provided
an unusually large and varied assortment for your selection, more
than 100 different styles in beautiful colorings and all OP
priced at
Lace and Scrim Cur
tains at 98 Pair
An extensive variety to select
from, both Lace and Scrim Cur
tains in white, cream and ecru.
Those in scrim are finished with
lace edge. All are 2 yards
long and in good width. The
regular $1.25 lines. This QQ
Neat Scrim Curtains at
$1.98 Pair
Fine white, cream and ecru
Scrim Curtains in hemstitched
styles with lace edge and insert
ing. 2 yards long and in
good width. The kind regularly
sold at $2.50 pair.
Sale at
$1.98
Misses' and Women's
ts
Revealing Fashion's Trend Moderately Priced
From$12.95to$35.00
Today thanks to the development
of our splendid organization you
are brought in touch with fashion's
favored ideals a full month ahead of
usual. Authoritative models in the
season's favored fabrics, poplins,
serges, gabardines, etc.; also black
and white checked materials the
coats come in a variety of belted ef
fects that flare from shoulder or
waist and the skirts in every
instance correspond with the new
ideas. All sizes for misses and wom
en in navy, black, Copenhagen,
green, etc. You are very welcome to view tnese nanasome new
Suits; youll find them most moderately priced JJQC f"fl
from $12.93 to. ipOO.UU
New Spring Styles
Children's Dresses
59, 85, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75
An unsurpassed showing of the new season's styles in plaids, stripes
and plain colors. The materials are Amoskeag ginghams, cham
bray and Anderson's Scotch ginghams. All are extra well made
and neatly finished and trimmed. All sizes, from 6 J- r7tt
to 14 years.. Special values at 590 to. P
Fudge Aprons QA
Tlie 50c Grade tJ?i5
A special underpricing of the popular Fudge Aprons they come
ready made of good quality material and are shown in many pretty
designs the kind regularly sold' at 50c- Reduced for this OQ
sale to 07C
Fashionable Hew
lack Silk
CSak.11 1
98c
36 to 40-Inch Widths in
Paillette de Soie, Satini
Sublime, Swiss Taffeta
and Other Weaves $1.23
and $1.50 Grades at
Deep, lustrous Black Silks in qualities,
weaves and weights that are most popu
lar for Spring garmenjts. Included are
40-inch Black Satin Sublime, yard-wide
Swiss finished Taffetas, Paillette de Soie,
Satin Duchesse, etc. Silk that fashion
has decreed to be most fashionable for .
the coming season. Qualities sold elsewhere at $1
$1.50 priced here at
PONGEE SILKS
This SaleQQ
the Yard1
A splendid lot of natural-colored
Pongee Silks in real Shan
Tung weave and full 24 and 25
inches wide, underpriced for
this sale in an emphatic man-
while they last the QQ
25 to
ner
price will be
PONGEE
This Sale
the Yard
98c
SILKS
75c
34-inch real Shan-Tung Pongee
Silks in natural color that will
outwear and outlook any silk
made a quality regularly sold
at $1.25 a yard and well worth
it. Price ,this sale at "TC
only OC
Women's Seamless Side
Riclieliu Union Suits
Perfect-Fitting;, Super-Weight Garments, in All
Styles and Sizes Unsurpassed in - f(
Value at.... $1.UU
If comfort, fit and quality count in Underwear, then these Richelieu
Union Suits surpass anything you have ever seen. They are made
of the finest superweight cotton and shown in all sizes and styles
for Spring wear. They come with seamless side and f1 tf
fit perfectly. Tljey are unsurpassed in value at, a Suit V W
New Two-Tone Silk Hosiery at 50t Pair
Exceptionally attractive values in the new Two-Tone Silk Hosiery.
All desirable color combinations in the latest shades. They are
high-class stockings, made with high-spliced double heel and doubl
toe. All size$. A Silk Stocking of extra fine quality at, Cfl
the Pair OUC
A Special Showing of Leading New Models
H. l G. Corsets
At $1 to $3 Pair
Special space will be devoted to the showing
of R. & G. Corsets during the week in out
Corset Section and we cordially invite inspec
tion of the latest new models. You'll find
styles for rounding out the slender figure,
and reducing the appearance of the stout as
well as those that will fit the medium figure
with comfort and grace. They are moder
ately priced corsets, of guaranteed quality,
that will please you in every respect, roi
lnurintr iva liit four nnnular new models.
MJ Tf 111 vi ' " v - M
Can't you arrange to see them at this time?
A 332 Shown with medium bust, long hip and heavy front steel.
Elastic insertion at back. Made of fine coutil. rr
Price pXmJJ
B 334 A fine model for the average figure. Made of coutil and
shown with long hip and medium bust. Heavy tfjl"
supporters and rustproof boning. Price piJV
B 248 This model is especially adapted for the stout figure. Made
of coutil, reinforced with extra heavy steel and t1 CZ(
double coutil band across front. Price piJJ
C 366 A smart model for the average figure. Made of heavy cou
til with reinforced front and three-inch elastic I0 ff
insertion at back. Price p-.VJW
Men, Attention!
Let the underpriced offerings in our popular Men's
Section assist you in the purchasing of the new
season's needs.
Men's Union Suits of Silk Lisle, $2.50 g gg
Grade, at
A worthy saving at this special underpricing of Men's Union Suits
of silk lisle in form-fitting styles with closed crotch. All sizes in
ecru color; a quality and make regularly sold at $2.50 f1 gQ
a suit reduced to p . JtJ
Men's Socks Seamless Regular 15c i Un
Grade at, the Pair, XU
About 100 dozen pair of Men's Fine Cotton Socks, made seamless
and with double sole. All sizes; they come with black top and white
foot a quality regularly sold at 15c a pair. Priced lOJi,.
this sale at 16
Women's Shoes $2.37
Regular $3.00 Grade
A fine line of shoes to select from for women. They come in patent
colt and gunmetal leathers with cloth top and either high or low
heels. All sixes. The kind sold regularly at $3.00. C0
Priced this sale at M?J I
Children's Shoes in gunmetal, vici kid and patent leathers. Either
black or tan top. Sizes 5 to 8 inches. Regular $1.50 and Ck7
$1.60 grade at V I
Men's Shoes, Sp'l, $2.97
Regular $3.50 Grade
This sale includes a fine assortment of Men's Shoes they are high
grade Shoes shown in gunmetal, blucher and welt leathers. This
lot also includes heavy tan, challenge calf and chronic calf leathers
in blucher style. They come with good heavy soles and CO Q7
are the kind sold regularly at $3.50. Priced this sale Pii'