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11 SPOKANE CHOSEN BY ROTARY CLUBS hours and there was no abatement to night. The Southern Pacific canyon route was blockaded tonight by two landslides, one between Kennet and Coram, another between Coram and Keswick. Both slides are In the re gion where smelter smoke in times past stripped all vegetation from the mountainsides, thua permitting water to run off with a rush. It is believed the railroad win be opened by morn ing. The northbound Shasta limited and Dunsmuir local were sidetracked in Redding tonight. Number 13. passen ger, was at Kennet. Nearly five inches of rain fell in Kennet yesterday and more than four Inches today. The river there is up 18 Vi feet and rising a foot hourly. RAIL AUTO TESTED An Unusual Sale of . Fine Floor Rugs at Jenning's Hood River Country Appears Like Fairyland on Trip. Portland Asks for Northwest Conference in 1 91 9 and Sev eral Delegates Are Heard. " CAR MOST COMFORTABLE THE SUNDAY pREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 25, 1017. ELECTRIC ROSES ATTRACT Support or Convention Is Given to Salt Lake City in Effort to Get International Session for 1018--Mr. Raker Talks. VANCOUVER, B. C. Keb. 24. (Spe cial.) fcpokane, Wah., was selected as the scene f the Northwest conference of Rotary Clubs for next year by the delegates at the conference here today, bJt Portland put in a bid for the meet Ins place of the Rotary clubs of the Northwest for the year 1919. This was the principal event of the morning session. of the conference held today, when delegates were present from the chief cities in the provinces of Alberta and Britih Columbia and the states of "Washington and Oregon. The Portland delegation numbered 42 and was distinguished by the fact that each delegate wore a red rose with an electric flashlight In the center as em blematic of the Itoso City. Portland Relocates Speak. Charles E. Cochran, president of the Portland Rotary Club, was one of the chief speakers during the afternoon session of the conference and the res olution he moved at the end of his speech, "That the International Rotary Club convention should pay the ex penses of the district governors of the convention." was carried unanimously. tSeorge L. Baker of the Portland dele gation made an address on "Communi ty Beautifying" and Charles Bird and C. B. Waters, of Portland, also spoke. The morning session of the confer, cue was presided over by President V, J. MeCioughan, of the Vancouver Rotary Club, and" the session was opened by an invocation by Rev. Father O'JBoyle. Salt Iiakf Wants Convention. Purely Rotarlan business occupied the session and matters discussed and res olutions adopted will be submitted be fore the next convention of the Inter national body. R. H. Shaffer, of Tacoma, was elected governor for district No. 15. which embraces the Pacific Northwest Rotary clubs, at the afternoon session. F. .Schramm, of Salt Lake City, asked the co-operation of the conference In the endeavor of the mountain city to obtain the international convention for 1918. This was readily promised. Two resolutions were adopted at the nfternoon session. The first compli mented the Oregon Legislature in pass ing the bill for the appropriation of $45,000 for the Pacific Northwest Tour ist Association. The second was a res olution of hope that the Legislatures of Washington and British Columbia would follow the lead set by Oregon. Close to 7000 Rotarians took part In the banquet served in the Hotel Van couver tonight, when what is said to be the largest single steak dinner ever served in America was placed before the dinners. The Portland delegation made the hit cf the day with its allegorical "stunt" on the "Universality of Rotary." Ro tarians from Portland have decided to stop over and will leave for the south tomorrow, arriving in the Rpse City on Monday morning. POTATO CLUBS FORMED BOYS AND GIRLS IN DESCHUTES ORGANIZE FOR WORK. Each Member "Will Grow One-Eighth of an Acre and Keep Accurate Cost Account Throughout Season. REDMOND, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) bounty Snperlntendent J. Alton Thompson and County Agriculturist R. A. Blanchard have been busy organiz ing Industrial clubs In Deschutes County. Four clubs were formed with a total membership of 34 boys and girls who will raise potatoes this year for competition in the state prize. Clubs were formed at Bend, Deechutes and Tumalo. The Pilot Butte Potato Club elected Ray Wornstaff president and Jessie Stooky secretary. The Juni per Cove Potato Club named Clyde Smith for president and Mildred Witte- man for secretary. The Deschutes Po tato Club elected Katharine Red field and Edith Gray to fill their re spective offices while the Tumalo Po tato Club made Holbert Wallace pres ident and Wayne Wright secretary. The plan of these boys' and girls' clubs primarily is to instill a love of agriculture within the young people, to teach them to use their hands profit ably, and to establish a uniform grade of potato and demonstrate its value in the county. Each member will grow one-eighth of an acre and perform the major part of the work, keeping accurate cost ac count and notes in growth throughout the entire season. The State offers two prizes. One Is a trip to the State Fair at Salem where the boy or girl will have all expenses paid. The other Inducement entails all expenses paid to the State Agri cultural College at Corvallis for the two weeks' Instruction at the Summer School. LINER'S OFFICERS ENLIST Great Northern's Men Now Members of Naval Reserve. HONOLULU, Feb. 24 The officers of the liner Great Northern, which sails tomorrow for Kan Francisco. were sworn in here today as officers of the Naval Reserve. Captain Ahman was given the rank of lieutenant-commander and the oth er officers were graded proportionate ly. A number of the crew also en listed in the reserve. WILLIAM DARLING BURIED Rev. AVard MacHenry Officiates and Committal in Charge of Masons. The funeral of the late William Machine Proves So Satisfactory That Suggestion for Line Cp Colum bia River Gorge Has Been Heard Frequently. HOOD RIVER. Or., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Aboard the recently purchased second rail automobile of the Mount Hood Railroad Company, out on its trial trip over the valley line, which penetrates the fruit districts as far as Parkdale, a rarty of local men last Tuesday were privileged to participate In one of the most uninue Joy rides any of them had ever experienced. The "sugar snow." big flaked and clinging like a floury paste to every thing it touched, covered the entire earth's surface and every bit of in vesting . vegetation and foliage. Tele phone and telegraph wires had become PHILOMATH HIGH SCHOOL WINS DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOUTH WILLAMETTE DISTRICT. -t - -"-t if L: L J55f" Ton ICma von Lehe, Lender of Xea-aflve Team; Roy W. Glass, Superintendent Nrhools and Coach; Ulailix Ward, Colleague on Negative Team. Bottom Frank Palmer, Leader Afflrmajlve Tram, and Stable Jones, Colleague on Affirmative Tram. PHILOMATH, Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) Philomath High School debaters have won the championshK of the South Willamette district by defeating A 1 bany and Eugene High Schools by seven out of a possible eight points. In the first series of debates Corvallis High was defeated and in the second Philomath tied with Albany. The first of the lnterdistrict debates will be held at Philomath, the team here taking the negative against North Bend. Darling was held yet-terday at the chapel of J. P. Finley & Son. Rev. Ward W. MacHenry officiating. Mrs. Fred L. Olson sang, "Beautiful Isle of Some where," and "Lead, Kindly Light." Pall bearers were: Fred L. Olson, H. W. Evans. George L. Himes, C. E. Bohl man. H. A. Kirkland and I Lauridsen. Servicesat the grave were conducted by Columbia Lodge, No. 114, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. Interment was In Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Darling is survived by two sie ters and a brother, Mrs. M. K. Hender son, Mrs. Frances Carey and T. C. Darling, of Portland. FILIPINO ARMY ACT PASSED Island Congress Refuses Fund Maintain German Sailors. to ft ACTIVE L1FK PASSED IN WEST fV . I SINCE 1S33. Tracks Covered by Slide. REDDING, Cal.. Feb. 24. (Special.) A terrific rain storm has swept over Northern California for the last 14 DOESN'T COST MUCH TO TRY IT Tells How to Take Soreness From a Corn and Lift It Right Out. Hospital records show that 'every time you cut a corn you invite lock jaw or blood poison, which Is needless, says a Cincinnati authority, who telle you that a quarter ounce of a drug called freezone can be obtained at lit tle cost from the drug store, but Is sufficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You simply apply a few drops of this on a tender, aching corn and the soreness Is instantly relieved. Shortly v. the entire corn can be lifted out, root and all. without pain. This drug ie sticky, but dries at once. and ia claimed to. just shrivel up any corn without inflaming or even irri tating the surrounding tissue or skip If your wife wears high heels sb. will be glad to know, of this. Adv, MANTLA, Feb. 24. The bill intro duced by Manuel L. Queszon, President of the Senate, authorizing the organ ization of a Philippine army division of 25,000 men In accordance with the Na tional defense act, has been approved by the special session, of Congress. .The Congress did not approve Gov ernor Harrison's recommendation for an appropriation of funds for mainte nance of the German seamen who were removed from the German merchant men in Philippine waters. French aviation experts have per fected a 30-cyllnder motor that pro duces 100-horsepower. F . ' "- - 1 1 A t If.. 3 f if- Henry II. Pearaton. BANDON, Or., Feb. 24 (Spe cial.) Henry H. Pearson, who died recently at Bandon, Or., was born In Chautauqua County, New York, May 14, 1833. At the age of 9 he removed with his parents to Northwestern Missouri. In 1853 he crossed the plains to Oregon. settling five miles west of Port land. In 1855 he enlisted in Com pany D, First Regiment Oregon Mounted Volunteers, and served against the Indians principally in the Yakima Valley. In 1859 he joined in the rush to the gold fields of Fraser River in British Columbia, and In 1861 he mined at Florence and Elk City, Idaho. He was married In 1867 to Miss Mar tha C. Pearson, of Philomath, Or. In 1873 he moved to Wash ington Territory, settling -near Waitsburg. In 1873 he helped drive about 100 ponies to Illinois and Indiana, returning by wagon in 1877. The next year he moved to Grangeville, Idaho, where he lived until 1893, when he returned 4 to Oregon, settling near Marion. where he resided until 1909, when t he came to Bandon. He is eur- T vived by his widow, two sons. I one grandson and one grand daughter. A - I . jdl suspended cables of whiteness. While the under brandies of firs and pines, in contrast with the blanket of white, seemed a Idarker green than usual, every bough was bent with its bur den of adhesive snowflakes. The hut of the laborer and the grander resi dence of the orcliardist all were cov ered with "the beautiful." Sun on Snow Beautiful. . The journey from here to Parkdale. beginning at an elevation of 101 feet and ending at efn altitude of 1700 feet, was like a trip of exploration through an unknown land. One of the mem bers of the party compared the snow covered Hood River Valley to a fairy land and. indeed, the white-robed clumps of Oregon grape and scrub pines had the appearance of elflns on parade. For a rare 10 minutes, while the Dig rail motorcar was stopped at the Park dale station, the sun dispersed the snow clouds and the earth's surface and scintillating branches took on an In comparable brilliancy. But on Tuesday, except at rare In tervals, was one of steady snowfall. As the big vehicle. Its 40-horsepower engine chugging along with a merry song, hastened over the line of steel rails, the huge flakes of "sugar snow" piled up on every hand. Passenger Are Comfortable. To a pedestrian the velocity of a prevailing southwest wind was scarce ly perceptible, but the reeze became a hurricane in the face of the car and the wet snowflakes piled up to a half Inch depth on the front of the ma- cmne and the chauffeur, Albert Shere, found it necessary frequently to wipe away the deposit, that he might see the track ahead. The snow flurries, however In t, way affected the comfort of the car's pttssengers. xne chassis and ma chinery of the powerful machine, which will carry in comfort 26 passengers. are from a White truck. a fn.. wheeled pony truck has been placed under the front of the car. while large flanged drive wheels conduct the car swiftly over the rails. .The body, with its seats ni aisle In every way like a comfortable railway coach, was conKtmoteri in Seattle. The car was asspmhioH Portland by the White Company and with members of the State Ruiin.. Commission and prominent O.-w. li & N. officials aboard, was brought here last Monday by its own power over the O.-W. R. &. N. Railway. It Is stated that the new method of transporta tion has suggested itself favorably to O-W. R. & N. officials and it to pre dicted that similar cars will be in serv ice on that line In the near future, of fering tourists a convenient and com fortable method of seeing the sights of the Columbia River Gorge. . The guests of the railway company aboard the car on Its trial trip were escorted at Dee through the big mill of the Oregon Lumber Company. The personnel of the party carried on the trial trip was: C. A. Bell. County Judge Blowers, C. D. Nickelsen. Joe p. Thomison. Ashley Wilson, superinten dent of the line, all of Hood River; County Commissioner Hannum, of Parkdale: W. A. Van 6coy. moving pic ture photographer, and L Littlepage, a representative of the White Motor Car Company, of Portland. SPY SUSPECT IS ARRESTED Munitions Inspector Believed by Po lice to Be German Agent. . CHESTER, Pa., Feb. 24. Suspected of being a German agent. George Koob, of Philadelphia, an inspector at the Eddy stone Munition Company, was arrested at the plant here today. Koob, who says he Is a native American, but whom the police say was born in Ger mnny and came to this country shortly after the outbreak of the war. had his possession papers which justified his arrest. It Is alleged. On Instruc tion of the Federal officials the police declined ' to' reveal the nature of the documents. Koob has been employed lat the plant two weeks. .According 10 jonn jaenor, a private detective, he passed shells that were imperfect. T The Home of Good Furniture - MM !iiiaui.liaiili(llinyjjjlniiiiLC Liberal Credit to All Limited Number of Fine Body Brussels Rugs at Less Than Present Wholesale Prices TVf ONDAY MORNING we will place on sale, for a limited J-'-- time a number of best quality Body Brussels Rug's of standard makes, including Bigelow Bagdad, Bigelow Middle sex and W. & J. Sloane's Amsterdam in new Spring patterns. This is another demonstration ' of ability of this, house to undersell at a time when the great mills are making almost daily advances in price ad- 9x12 Best Body Brussels Rugs, special $:JO.."0 8-3x10-6 Best Body Brussels Bugs, special... .' . . $21.."0 6x9 Best Body Brussels Rugs, special..: $S2.."0 4-6x7-6 Best Body Brussels Rugs, special $11.50 vances almost double those of the past few months. We foresaw these advances and ordered thousands of dollars' worth of rugs at old prices. The special prices we are mak ing on rugs now would be unusual even under normal condi tions. Under present condi tions the saving to our cus tomers is tremendous. See some of these rugs displayed in one of our Washington-st. windows note the prices. If 1;-: -A "5 v iV Sale of White Enamel Furniture 'T'HIS week we offer white enamel bedroom furniture at decided reductions from regular prices. A few pieces are displayed in one of our Fifth-street windows. $11 White Enamel Dressing Table with 16x20 oval CIA OCT beveled French plate mirror. Special pAUoO $20 -White Enamel Colonial Chiffonier with 14x18 2- A Qf beveled French plate mirror. Special .....PAtcOU $21.50 White Enamel Chiffonier with 16x20 beveled Q-l Q or French plate mirror. Special J)AOO0 $22 White Enamel Colonial Princes Dresser with CI ft QfZ .18x36 beveled French plate mirror. Special JX0OJ $12.50 White Enamel Bed in beautiful Mission design. CQ 7A Special ipU 4 U $1 White Enamel Bedroom Rocker. Specially priced Qf) Qjr now at .fpmdmUtJ $4 White Enamel Bedroom Chair to match. Special at QQ PTfT only..... .....V The Grafonola We have just received a big shipment of new Columbia Grafonolas of the same model as the Illustration. We show them in mahogany, satin walnut and in oak in either fumed or golden wax finish. Special Offer: Leader Grafo nola, 20 Columbia Selections and 300 Needles $81.50 $3'DOWN-$5 A MONTH We have a full stock of genuine Columbia Reeordsj New records received monthly. See Grafonola Window Display. We call especial attention to our exhibit of fine overstuffed living-room furniture, gathered from the best makers, East and West. We also make furniture to order, thus allowing you to select your own upholstery ma terials from our immense stock. Tea Wagons Regular $16.50 Tea Wagons in solid quartered oak or solid ma hogany; 16x20 top, 14-inch ar tillery wheels with extra heavy rubber tire. Spe-. GJ1 1 OA Lcially priced only P ill H o u s e f u r nishings In our basement salesrooms we show complete lines of kitch en granite ware, aluminum ware and table china and glass ware. We make a specialty of Edwin N. Knowles & Company's American-made vitreous china. Steel Bed Special Regular $12.50 White Enamel Steel Beds; 2-inch continuous posts with 5 filler rods and large ball-bearing brass cas ters. Special this week $9.35 Lace Curtain Sale Dozens of pairs of handsome Battenberg lace curtains on sale this week at reduced prices. Are shown on second floor. $2.25 Lace Curtains, pair .SI. 75 $3.00 Lace Curtains, pair $2.10 $5.00 Lace Curtains, pair $;S.30 $6.50 Lace Curtains, pair S1.50 $7.50 Lace Curtains, pair $5.5() $12.00 Lace Curtains, pr. $8.50 Blanket Sale Genuine Oregon Gray All Wool Blankets Reduced. $6.75 Blankets, pair $5.50 $7.50 Blankets, pair $6.00 $8.50 Blankets, pair $0.50 $10.00 Blankets, pr S7.SO Duplex Alcazar Two Ranges in One The homes of today ir belna; up plied Willi rang-en which, burn botli coal and ens. because they, offer "Comfort," "Convenience" and "Kconomy" all 4he year round. IfYouWanttheBest you will ret a PUPLKX ATXTAZATl for your home. It ia the only range that is complete in itself. Not a. part needs to be removed or re placed, either In the oven or on the cookiiitr top, and it Is only 42 inches Ions. You simply "PVLiU or PUSH A LEVEH" and the oven is ready for use with any fuel. It is as easy as tnrntna; on or off the water lu the kitchen fink. Come in and aee this really wonderful ranate. The range here illustrated baa a polished steel top; it is porcelain trimmed and has nickel fittings throughout. It is conveniently equipped with a top oven broiler in the warming closet. Price $90.00 For country homes and those not connected with pas service we show an Alcasar Duplex fitted with the late automatic kerosene burners which Rive all the advantages of gas burners. WK SRLL THIS KIK II 5(CB OV I.IHKItAI, TKIOIS AMI Vi 1-3 Will, TAK K Xtlll OLD R;E IV I'AHl' I'AIMG.M' KOK A AbW 0E. enry Jennin g & Nine Floors HEHDERS OF THE CHEATER PORTI.ASD ASSOCIATION. WASHINGTON STREET AT FIFTH ons Nine Floors RAHSPORT IS SUNK Only 2 of 1000 Soldiers Are Saved After U-Boat Attack. Mrs. Matilda, Lamon, mother of Mrs. B. R. Bradley, of this city, and Mrs. H. K. Lundy. of Portland. A widower and two other daughters and a eon sur vive. Mrs. Lamon was well known in food River and Portland. Mrs. Lundy and Mrs. Bradley were both with their mother at the end. TROOPS GOING TO SAL0NIKI Italian Transport Minas Destroyed. Large Quantity of Ammunition and 3,000,000 Marks in Gold Are Carried. BERLIN, Feb. 23. (By wireless to Sayville. N. Y.. Feb. 24. The Admiralty announced today that the Italian trans port Mlnas. carryintr 1000 soldiers to Salontkt. has been sunk and that all on board except two men perished. An announcement by the Admiralty says the transport Mlnas carried a largre quantity of ammunition and 3,000.000 marks in gold. The announcement follows: "A German submarine on February 17 sank by a torpedo in the Mediter ranean the Italian transport steamer Minas, 2864 tons. The steamer was bound to. galonikl. She carried 1000 troops, a large quantity of ammunition and 3.000,000 marks worth of gold. The steamer's crew and the troops on board perished with the exception of two men who were rescued by the sub-. marine. 'The destruction of the MHnas was reported previously,1 but only now have the details become Known. Tha sinking of the Minas was an nounced officially in Paris on Wednes day. MRS. MATILDA LAMON DIES Woman Known in Hood River and Portland Is Stricken. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. 24. (Spe fial.) News has been received here of the death at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, of RAILWAY FUND IS SLOW Work on Straliorn Project May Jfot Begin Marcli 1. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Feb. 24. (Sppcial.) Captain Siemens,- chairman of the general committee in charge of the Strahorn railroad activities here, and who has recently taken over the task of completing the $75,000 terminal fund by subscription here and through out the county, has announced that he is making some progress. He says that he has but approximately $10,000 yet to raise if one or two parties who have promised to contribute considerable sum do not fall him. -"We are getting a little dally." said Mr. Siemens, but "the progress is not entirely satisfactory to insure the starting of work here March 1. as was contemplated." W. J. Long, representing the bond ing house of Spitzer-Rorick & Co., of Toledo. O.. I? here in the Interests of $325 Piano for $145 Cash r his company, whose bid for tha JS00, 000 bond it-sue of the city was recently accepted. WILSON, SENATORS CONFER Discussion, Bclnjr Neither on Laws Xor Foreign Affairs, Not Disclosed. "WASHINGTON". "?eb. 24. President Wilson this afternoon bad a half hour's conference with Chairman Stone, of the Senate foreign relations committee; Vice-President Marshall. Senator Sauls bury, president pro tempore of the Senate, and Senators James. Pomcrene. Hollis and Swanson. It was said the conference did not discuss the present legislative situation nor the interna tional situation. Its object was not disclosed. DONT FORGET THAT THE Factory Sample Shop formerly at 342 Alder st., across from the Fantages Theater Has Removed TO 286 MORRISON STREET. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or Bladder Trouble? Pain or dull ache in the back la often evidence of kidney trouble. It is Na ture's timely warning to show you that tha track of health is not clear. Danger Slgaalau If these danger signals are unheeded mora eerloua results may be expected; kidney trouble In its worst form may steal upon you. Thousands of people have testified that the mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, is soon realised that it stands the highest for its re markable curative effect In the most distressing cases. If you need a medi cine, you should have the best. Lame Back. Lame hack Is only one of many symp toms of kidney trouble. Other symp toms showing that you may need Swamp-Root are. being subject to em barrassing and frequent bladder trou- Come and see how modern a piano $145 cash will buy here. You will find stored pianos here that you can buy for $J3. $43. $65; more modern ones for t'ja. $145 and $160 for which you need puy 432 to $373 art piano stores. .SKUHITV STOKACiK CO, Fourth at Washington. bles day and night, irritation, sediment, etc. Lack of control, smarting, uxic acid, dizziness. Indigestion, sleeplessness, nervousness, sometimes the heart acts badly, rheumatism, bloating, lack of ambition, may ba losa of fleeh, sallow complexion. Prevaleaey ef Ktdner Disease. Most people do not realize the alarm ing Increase and remarkable prevalency of kidney disease. While kidney dis orders are among the most common diseases that prevail, they are some times the last recognized by patients, who very oftea content themselves with doctorlsK tke rffetrta. while the original d I it rate may constantly undermine tha system. Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all drug stores. Don't make any mistake, but remem ber tha name. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address. Binghamton. N. Y which you will find on every bottle. SPECIAL NOTE Tou may obtain a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by enclos ing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. This gives you the op portunity to prove the remarkable merit of this medicine. They will al?o send you a book of valuable information, containing many of the thousands of prateful letters received from men and women who any they found Swamn Jtoot to be just the remedy needed in kidney, liver and bladder trouble. The value and success of Swamp-Root are so well known that our readers are advised to send for a sample eize bottle. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham ton. N. Y. Be sure to Bay you read this offer in TUo Portland Sunday Ore (onlao. t