THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTXATVD, DECEMBER 31, 1916. TARIFF DUTIES ON 3 ITEMS PROBABLE Consideration Given to Put ting Revenue Duty on Wool, Rubber and Coffee. PLAN IS TO MEET DEFICIT 3Vcury Department and Congress JTot Figuring on Protection, but on Added Receipts Increased Sugar Tariff Is Proposed. b ASHINGTOX. .Dec. 30. The advisa bility of restoring tariff duties on wool, rubber and coffee and of increasing the present tariff on sugar Is under con sideration by Treasury Department of ficials and in Congress as a means of averting the threatened deficit at the end of the next fiscal year. The plan to increase revenues which Secretary McAUoo is formulating with the President's approval probably will be submitted to leaders in Congress within a few days after the expiration of the holiday recess. Indications are that It will contain recommendations that wool, rubber and coffee be taken from the free list and placed under low tariffs, but it Is more uncertain what recommendation will be made with re gard to sugar. In fact, the entire tar iff programme of the plan to increase revenues has not, it is said, taken a definite form. Protective Ratea Opposed. The tariffs under consideration are understood to be nominal and designed to provide revenue only. Rates that would amount to a protective tariff are understood to be opposed by de partment officials and Administration leaders In Congress alike. Indications are that the proposed tar iffs would be specific, providing for duties on the basis of weight and quan tity, rather than on an ad valorem basis. The latter method has disad vantages which are not found in the former. It is said, and, in addition, would involve a higher collection cost. The tremendous volume of importa tion of rubber and coffee would furnish even at a nominal tariff considerable revenue, officials declare, and would distribute the burden of taxation upon virtually everyone in the Nation. Sta tistics showing the volume of Imports of these materials and of sugar and wool have been studied closely by offi cials with a view to ascertaining the extent of the tariff to be recommended. In the case of wool, which would pro vide a smaller revenue than any of the other articles under consideration, a slight advance In tariff rates on woolen products to keep pace with the advance In raw wool might also be suggested. Bond Sale Propowd, Too. How much revenue would be provided by proposed tariff changes officials frankly admit can be determined only by experiment, although it hardly would be sufficient, they feel, to meet the deficit. This Treasury officials esti mate at $180,000,000, as against an esti mate of $300,000,000 made in Congress. Revenue obtained through the proposed tariffs probably would go to meet con tinuing expenses and expenses due to emergency, such as that of ordering the National Guard to the border and maintaining it there, would be met through the sale of Panama Canal bonds, understood to have been ap proved by the President. In selecting rubber, coffee, sugar and wool, as the bases of consideration offi cials were prompted by a desire to Impose whatever tariffs majPbe necessary only upon raw materials. Iron and steel are understood to have been eliminated from consideration, as well as Iron ore, because It was felt that to disturb ex isting conditions In that industry would be tantamount to upsetting the situa tion In a trade of enormous proportions at present delicately adjusted. Manu factured goods, it is understood, vir tually have been eliminated from con sideration through the desire to place the burden upon raw materials only. No return to the recent stamp taxes Is contemplated in the Administration programme, officials assert. The un popularity of this form of taxation was fully demonstrated. It is felt. In the operation of the emergency revenue legislation adopted soon after the war. A consumption tax on widely-used ma terials would be equally unpopular, of ficials believe, and would be impossi ble of strlot enforcement without the stamp feature. Destroyer Allen Has Test. BATH. Me.. Dec 30. The torpedo boat destroyer Allen today completed her builders' acceptance trials. The final trial was a four-hour run on which an average speed of 30.20 knots was maintained. EVENTS OF 1916 IN UNRULY MEXICO. January 10 Villa bandits murder 17 American mining me,n taken from a train at Santa Ysabel, Chihuahua. January 13 Victoriano Huerta, ex - de facto President of Mexico, dies at El Paso, Texas. January 13 Resolution introduced In both houses of Congress to send army into Mexico to protect Americans. March 9 Villa raids Columbus. N. M., killing 19 Americans. March 10 President Wilson orders General Pershing to Invade Mexico with 5000 men. March 14 House adopts joint resolution empowering President to recruit the Army to 120,000 men. March 15 Pershing's army enters Mexico. March 29. Colonel Dodd's command clashes with Villa troops at San Geronimo; 60 Mexicans killed, four United States soldiers are wounded. April 1 Tenth Cavalry, under Colonel Brown, surprises Mexicans after all-night ride and kills 30 near Aguas Calientes. April 12 American-detachment is ambushed in city of Parral. April 12 Carranza informs Wilson It Is unwise for American troops to remain logger in Mexico. April 22 Colonel Dodd and Seventh Cavalry, after all-night ride over mountains, engage In running fight with Villa bandits. April 29 Major-General Scott and Mexican Minister tf War Obre gon confer at El Paso. May 6 Major Howze routs Vlllistas south of Cusl. May 5 Villa bandits kill five in raid on Glenn Springs. Tex. May 31 Carranza in sharp note demands Immediate recall of Per shing expedition. June 16 Carranza orders attack on Pershing's men if they move east, west or south. Mexicans called to arms at Juarez. June IS President Wilson orders the whole National Guard to the Mexican border. June 21 Small scouting party of Tenth Cavalry almost wiped out by Mexicans near Carrlzal. June 25 President Wilson demands release of 17 Americans cap tured at Carrlzal. Samuel Gompers makes similar request, June 28 Carranza orders release of American prisoners. August 30 Fifteen thousand Guardsmen ordered home from border. November 23 Villa starts siege of Chihuahua City. November 24 American and Mexican commissioners sign peace protocol at Atlantic City, N. J. November 29 Villa captures Chihuahua City, but soon abandons It. December" 10 Villa issues manifesto regarded by United States Army men as declaration of war on United States; bids Mexicans "oust barbarians of North." December 15 Villa makes peace overtures to United States. Will "end raids if United States quits." December 19 Oeneral Pershing's troops must stay, is United States' reply to Carranza's demand for withdrawal. December 22 Villa, gaining in strength, takes Torreon, threatens recapture of Chihuahua City and to take Juarez. December 28 Carranza refuses to sign protocol in Washington, making situation more serious than at beginning of year. December 28 Kentucky troops again fired on, use machine gun In reply. NAVAL CONTRACTS NEAR BATTLE CRUISER COXSTRUCTIOX VIRTUALLY AGREED. Building of Vessels on Baals of Cost and Arctntage la Planned : Scout Vessels Kot Yet Awarded. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Officials of the three shipbuilding companies which submitted proposals to construct battle cruisers virtually have reached an agreement with the Navy Departmemt on a form of contract to govern the building of these vessels on a cost and percentage basis. As none of the com panies submitted specific cost figures, all four of the cruisers authorized at the last session of Congress probably will be built at actual cost plus a specified percentage. Present indications are that the awards will be made early next month, the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry dock Company, the Fore River Ship building Company, of Quincy, Mass.; the Union Iron Works, of San Fran cisco, and probably WilliamtCramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, getting contracts for one battle cruiser each. Secretary Daniels has determined to equip the Philadelphia Navy-yard for battle cruiser construction, but that will take more than a year. The department is facing a perplex ing problem In getting the four 35- knot scout cruisers authorized under construction. A contract for one has been awarded to a Seattle company. and bids on the other three have been readvertised. but Navy officials have no assurances that tney win Dring any proposals within the cost limit set by Congress. Noted Railroad Iiawyer Dies. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Frederick Whitrldge, railroad lawyer and writer on political economy, died here today after an operation for appendicitis on Wednesday. He was born in New Bed lord, Mass., In 1852. DO YOU SUFFER FROM BACKACHE? When your kidneys are weak and torpid they do not properly perform their functions: vnnr hoi-u- o ,.-. j v - . till (J you do not feel like doing much of iiuiuiut. iou are liaeiy to be de spondent and to borrow trouble. Jus as If you hadn't enough already. Don" be a victim any longer. The old reliable medicine. Hood' Sarsanarilla. crive.q Htromrtu .. - . to the kidneys and builds up the whole system. wood's faarsaparilla is a peculiar combination of roots, barks and herbi Io other medicine acts like it. because no other medicine has the same formula or ingredients. Accept no substitute, but Insist on having Hood's, and get it today. Sold by all druggists. Superfluous Hair. Any woman can remove unsightly hair wlthnut discomfort or injury to the most delicate skin by simply apply ing to the affected part a paste made by adding a little water to Demount', a perfumed powder. Upon Its removal In two or throe minutes the nk!n will be found rmooth and bulrless. A single application usually suffices for the most obstinate growths. Demosant' Is perfumed and will not irritate or dls n; Does not stimulate the growth of new hair. Fully guaranteed. For 50 cents one can obtain a generous sup. ply by mall In plain wrapper from the Eabencott Laboratories, Portland, Or., or any drug or department store can supply It. Trial size for 25 cents, which la not perfumed. fighting strength materially through the conversion of Carranza soldiers, captured and deserting. Into rebel troops and through captures of arms and ammunition. Including about 30 pieces of artillery. Officials would not be surprised If similar tactics were employed by Villa In a short time to weaken the Carranza strength In the north, about Monterey and Saltillo, prominent points on the National Railroad east of Chihuahua. It is this situation, coupled with the continued operations of smaller bands about Saltillo and other districts, and a more Important movement along the central east coast, that has caused ob servers here to regard with greater seriousness the predicament of the Car ranza government. HIGH COURT DECIDES 356 Income From Cases on Oregon Su preme Docket Aggregates $13,280. SALEM, Or., Deo. 30. (Special.) A total of 356 opinions were handed down by the Oregon Supreme Court during the year of 1916, according to a state ment prepared today by Judge J. C. Moreland, clerk of the court. Total filing fees aggregated $11,020, while fees for admission of attorneys amounted to $2260, or a total of 113. 280. The number of cases disposed of by written opinions was 817 and on stipulation or motion 14. Mandates is sued during the year totaled 320. During the biennial period 776 ap peals were filed and 763 opinions handed down. The total cash receipts for the two years amounted to J23,-071.03. FISH 'CHANGE PROPOSED BILL FRAMED TO ESTABLISH STATE INSTITUTION. California Market Inspector Behind Campaign to Control Prices by Fixing .Maximum. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. (Special.) A bill for the establishment of a state fish exchange was framed today at a meeting called by Harris Weln stock, State Market Director. The bill is to be introduced, at the next legislative session and is the re sult of an effort made last Summer to establish an exchange for Jhe regula tion of fish prices, through co-operation of fish dealers. Mr. Welnstock now plans a bill which would fix a maximum price to be paid fishermen; wjuld license all fish dealers, brokers and organizations, and the money resulting would be used In a publicity campaign designed to edu eate the public In the matter of eating more fish. For yArs there has been waged a campaign to lower the high price of fish to San Francisco householders, but so far nothing has been accomplished, the price steadily remaining on a par with prime meats owing. It is con tended, to the manipulations of a few men who control the situation. WOMAN'SGOWNSSEIZED MRS. WILLIAM COREY ACCUSED BY CUSTOMS INSPECTORS. LEWIST0N JiORN WINNER Crop Once Thought Impracticable Takes Prize In East. LEWISTON. Idaho, Dec 30. (Spe cial.) Three years ago it was thought corn could not be successfully raised In this locality. Then started a move ment for the introduction of corn and it was raised under improved methods, until now it is one of the chief prod ucts of the district. Ralph Windsor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Windsor, has been awarded second prize on a 10-ear exhibit of corn entered at the second annual Na tion Corn Show at St. Raul, held there this month. The corn was raised by young Windsor on his father's tract In Lewlston Orchards. FENCE WIRES CARRY DEATH 4 Man and Wife Electrocuted. Appar ently After Deliberate Act. TUCSON. Ariz., Dec. 30. Raymond Torres and his wife, both more than 80 years old, were electrocuted today when they tried to go under a barbed wire fence to attend New Year's serv ices at the ancient San Xavler Mission. Investigation led Sheriff Forbes to offer $250 reward for the apprehen sion of persons who, he believes, tapped a live wire and attached it to the fence. Steel Maeoatc'i Wife ChsrKPd i ( h Not Declaring for Duty 950O Worth of Her Clothes. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Gowns valued at $500, the property of Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of the president of the Midvale Steel Company and ex president of the United States Steel Corporation, were formally seized by the customs authorities here today, pending a decision as to the Federal action, on the ground that the clothing was not declared for import duty on her arrival Thursday from France. Mrs. Corey, formerly Mabelle Gill- man, an actress, after a hearing to day, explained a mistake had been made. The gowns were found In the trunk of a traveling companion. Mrs. Corey said they were packed there by a maid without the owner's knowledge on departing from London for Paris, where Mrs. Corey visited her chateau. Conn Band Instruments and Banjos McDougaU Music Co. 325 Alder St.. Orearonlan Block. Free Course of Instruction on Every Instrument Sold. REBELS NOW MENACING (Continued From First Page.) actionary movement are following a plan of campaign having for its Im mediate object the recruiting of an army and the collection of equipment rather than the occupation of territory. It Is pointed out that Villa has entered towns of Importance in Northern Mex ico eight times since he resumed opera tions on a larger scale only to sur render them again without a struggle Tbe net result has been to add to Lis RUSSIAN PORT BLOCKADED German Warships Mine Entrances of Raumo on Uulf of Bothnia. BERLIN, Dec. 30. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) German warships placed mines covering both entrances to the Finnish seaport of Raumo' on the Gulf of Bothnia on Thursday night, according to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, says an Overseas News Agency item today. According to these advices, Raumo, at present the most important Russian port, is now totally inaccessible to navigation. $50,000 IN OPIUM IS SEIZED Two Trunks Filled With Drug Are Confiscated at Honolulu. HONOLULU. Dec. 30. A record seiz ure of opium was made here today by United States customs officers, who took possession of two trunks filled with the drug, which were brought here on the Matson liner Manoa. The opium was consigned to B. Castoy. who has evaded arrest. Four hundred tins of the drug were in the two trunks, valued, according to Honolulu quotations, at $50,000. Last Day of Leap Year Brings Glad Tidings to the Homes of Portland and Surrounding Country EDWARDS' Annual January Sale! This anticipated event always means a flurry around Portland. In making this, our FORTIETH ANNUAL SALE, we can say that YOUR interests are above our own. as the astonishingly low prices are witness. Your business relations with this firm must even be more firmly established, and with this end in view we have decided to CUT PRICES in many articles to the wholesale price that dealers would have to pay today for this high-grade furniture. EXTRA SPECIAL CUTS EXTRA SPECIAL BARGAINS in Davenports, Dining Tables, Breakfast Tables, Chairs, Rugs, Steel Springs, Bedding, etc., etc. Below we enumerate a few articles showing the wonderful reductions made. These attractive prices may be taken as a true criterion of the splendid values to expect throughout this store during this SALE. DINING TABLES $9.95 Solid oak, regularly $15, cut to Regularly $24.00, cut to $17.50 Regularly $29.50, cut to $21.50 $40.00 Jacobean, cut to $29.50 OVER STUFFED ROCKERS AND ARM CHAIRS TAPESTRY Sample Rocker, Eastern make, wing back, mahogany (? 1 ? QP finish; an ideal fireside piece. Regularly $25, cut to P -HJeitJ Rocker and Arm Chair to Match Deep spring seat and back; best grade tapestry; construction guaranteed; VERY RICH PIECES; will sell separately if desired. Regularly $31.50 each. flJO A Priced special for this ?ale at PCi1e I J BREAKFAST TABLES mm Regular $2.50, J1 QQ Cut to pX.Ot7 COOL WEATHER HINTS The recent cold spell is a reminder of warm bedding. You can get matchless bargains here in blankets and other bedding. Regular $9.50 all-wool Blankets cut to $6.8o. Don't miss this chance. OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE will please REMEMBER that EDWARDS' is no farther away than their nearest postoffice or letter box. Order from the advertising and secure1 the same terms and credit benefits as Port land customers. OVER-STUFFED DAVENPORTS Everyone a beauty and a rich embellishment for even the most pretentions home. During oar January Clearance Sale these beautiful luxuries are within the reach of all. Beautiful Denim, with oil-tempered springs In seat and back, stuffea with moss, tow and cotton a variety of patterns. Regular $49.50 cut to S30.00 Regular $70.00 cut to S40.50 Regular $77.50 Brown Denim, loose-cushion seat, opens up to mak dr"Q ff full-sized bed, steel link springs. CUT TO wWJ Tapestry Davenport, diamond tufted back and pillow arms, hair (QQ ff filled, the best In stock. Regularly $108, cut to Spaoe does not permit Justice being done these splendid goods. Inspection Invited and EVEN ADVISED If you are desirous of securing the best bargains ever offered In Portland. EXTRAORDINARY RUG BARGAINS PATENT LINK FABRIC STEEL SPRINGS A cllmpse at our Immense rujr display Is enourta to make conaatsseura revel In urlljcht. Vou have about a thousand patterns to seleet from and every one a g-em. All room sua. COME EARLY to set the ad vantnir of the irrrat variety of desljms. ' i ST, Intrrain 9x12 6.85 27.50 Axmlnster. 9x12. . .18.!5 UGioo Tyvan 9x12. . . . . . Ill M $24.00 Brussels 8-Sxl0-6..f lg.TK J.19.50 Velvet. 9x11 1 1.05 $35 Wilton Velvet. 9xl2..27.50 Higher-priced rugs correspondingly cut. Rooming-house and hotel proprietors have a grand chance at this great RUG SALE. Patent twisted galvanized rust-proof fabric with band edges angle steel end rails; fabric elevated three inches above side rails by malleable corner castings; frame finished flQ JC in Vernis Martin gilt finish, REGULAR $6, cut toPe.DO YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD On $ 60 purchase pay 8 ff.OO Cash. 81. OO Weekly On $ 75 purchase pay 7.SO Cash, SI. SO Weekly On $100 purchase pay SIO.OO Csush. 82. OO Weekly On $125 purchase pay 812. SO Cash. 82.25 Weekly On $150 purchase pay 81S.OO Cash. 82. SO Weakly On $200 purchase pay - 820.00 Cosh, 83. OO Wekly GOOD PLACE TO TRADE 101 lfl Make hay while the sun shines Edwards' January Clearance Sale is Your Harvest, Come and reap while prices are cut to the roots. Accepted Masons, in public by A. C. McCown, installing officer, and Bam AVhlte. marshal : Dr. A. C. McCown. worthy master; John F. Dean, senior warden; William F. Breshears. Junior warden; M. J. Duffey. treasurer; U.- E. B levin, sectetary; Charles H. Powell, treasurer; Ben Duffey. senior deacon; L E. Anderson. Junior deacon; K. A. Anderson, senior steward; B. E. Ander son. Junior steward. Cherry Chapter No. 123. Eastern Star, officers were In stalled as follows by S. A. Anderson, its first past patron, and Mrs. Maud Rees, marshal: Ella M. Anderson, worthy matron; John F. Dean, worthy patron; Mrs. Stella Dean, associate ma tron; Mrs. A!ice Duffey. treasurer; Mrs. Mildred McCall. secretary; Mrs. Bessie C. Lay. conductress; Mrs. Lola E. Pow- .1, l . a api ,, t r c tr Pnn. stance A. Anaerson. msyisis Charles H. Powell was toastmaster. Rev. O. E. 5tto and Rev. C. C. Pratt. ueaui. fin u .11 1 n . 1 . . ji. --ninv 1 - 1 . t , 1, nrinAinQi aneakr, Thft rieonra- , III. .1. " I tions were the National colors. Psyche Mine Sale Being Negotiated. BAKER, Or., Dec. 30. (Spcial.) J. D. Dixon, owner of the Psyche mine in the Ureen Horn district, announced today that he is closing negotiations for the Cove Masonic- Officers Installed. COVE. Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) The following list of officers was Installed by Cove Lodge Ha, St, Ancient Frets and sale of the mine to a company of Baker people. The new company will do ex tensive aeveiopmem wora auu w in suu new equipment, wmcn win 1 nui imp n bodern ore reduction plant. The mine nan oeen iaie xor iu. .n. , though development work has been close. Mr. Dixon did not disclose the purchase price, but It will be high In tens of thousands of dollars. TAC0MA HAS LESS CRIME Prohibition .Given Credit for Heavy Cut in Court Cases. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) Reduction in the number of cases filed In Pierce County Superior Court is ascribed to prohibition by Judges and the clerk of the court. In 1916 there were 210 crtmlnal and 1450 civil actions started as against 222 criminal and 1806 civil cases dur ing the previous year. The major share of the criminal prosecutions this year were for violations of the dry law. so the figures would Indicate that other phases of the criminal business had de creased greatly since last January. A HAPPY and Prosperous New Year is the wish of Jewelers, Since 1868. Broadway at Park. The Housewife's Resolution: "With the beginning of Nineteen Seventeen, I am going to turn over a new leaf in my housework. Baking Day will simply be a memory for I've dis covered a way to eliminate its drudgeries. I Will Let IRU - i U . - Be My Baker! "After giving their delicious cakes and crackers a trial, to the complete surprise and delight of the family and after visiting their spotless daylight factory at 6th and E. Davis streets I've concluded it will be a very satisfactory solution of the problem. Youll like this way, too." 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