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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1918)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, ' JANUARY 20, 1915. SILVER DOLLARS TO RETURN TO BULLION Congress Will Be Asked to 1 Airthorize Melting of 150,000,000. ALLIES NEED WHITE METAL th North Pacific Fair Association her today aat September lt-21 as U daws for th 1SI Washington Ftat Fair at Taklma and September 23-2 for the Ore a on Stat Fair at Salem. Other fair datea aet follow: Vancouver. B. C August 19-4; Cheballa. Aufuit 2f-I0; Elma, Septem ber 2-7; Spokane. September (-14; Rols. September J0-October I: New Westminster. September JO-October a. George K- Walker, manager of the . Southwest Washington Fair of Che- halls, was elected apresldent of tha North Pacific Fair Association. T. B. Griffith, of Spokane, was re-elected vice-president and John W. Pace, of Seattle, secretary. The "918-19 board of appeal will be composed of A. H. Lea. secretary of th Oregon Stat Fair: Frank Meredith, of tha Washing- ton 8tat Fair, and W. Brown, of Vancouver. B. C Tha 119 meeting of tha Fair Association will ba bald at Spokane. VIENNA SOCIALISTS RISE IN PROTEST Charge Made Voice of People Is Stifled in Peace Negotiations. FIVE BIG MEETINGS HELD Ir11aUon Already Drafted Would Ennenr Government to Ta chase Entire Output of Mine la Cnlted State Above Market. WASHTXGTOV. Jan. Congress will be asked aeon to authorise the ascitis- of 150.000 0e atlver dollars aow stored In the Treasury to supply ellver bullion for esport to America's allies and to pay trade balances. -Simultaneously. 1 1 and II atlver cer tificates Issued an the basis of tha re served coins will be withdrawn and Federal Reserve bank notes of the nnt denomination issued la their - place, according to tentative plan by Treasury officials. The silver dollars eventually would ba reminted from silver to ba bought by the (government next year. Legislation now drafted would au thorise these measures, and In addition would empower the Treasury to buy all ailv.r produced In the In lied States at a price to b determined, by agree ment with producers. Prr te Be Dallar. This price probably will be about 21 aa ounce. S cents above the current market price, and Is expected to stim ulate ailver production to 100.000. eue ounces during the next year. About 7t.0oa.toa ouncea was produced In the Vnlted States In 1917. Some Treasury officials believe that If the Federal Reserve act Is amended to permit reserve banka to Issue their notes la 21 and 22 denominations, in stead of 25. the smallest under the present law, the demand for II and 13 bills will encourage the Issuance of the reserve bank notes aa silver cer tificates are withdrawn. Ferels Desaaad Heavy. About tl'O.oOtf.OOf have been coined and 445.000.000 silver certificates are outstanding. At present oaly about It2.300.a0i Federal Iteserve bank notes are outstanding. These are distinct from Federal Keserve notes, of which there aro I1.3.000.000. The war baa caused an unprece dented demand In itesrly all countries for silver for monetary purposes and to pay trade balancea according to the readjusted channels of com me re.. Negotiations have been conducted be- tween the American, and British gov ernments looking to the acquisition of the American output, probably evsn of tha world's production, and Its distri bution among the allies. 3 -BASIS FOB LIBEL SOUGHT ir ATTORNEYS FOR LA FOtLETTE QVOTE EDITORIALS. Resolutions Declare President WII son and Lloyd George Have Shown Proper Consideration, of Laboring Classes. Witnesses CaestUaed at Mediae a. Wis. Iaalry Mad late Acta ef Fatrtetle Bodies. MADISOX. Wis., Jan. 19. Attorneys ror United elates senator iiooan -La "Toilette, attempting today under the discovery statute of Wisconsin, to secure a basis for a llhel auit against the Wisconsin etate journal ana n editor, tucnera uoya Jones, quotea numerous editorlala from the Journal and news artlclca written by Charlea Edward Russell, a member of tha Root Commission to Russia. Senator La Follette s attorneys also devoted murn time io qucuninai wn nessea aa to the attitude of Chief Jus ivin.ln .r lit. fllati flunreme court, toward muniii w-in. Inquiry waa made alao Into tha activity of patriotic organisations in an effort to show whether there waa a conspiracy to condemn La Follette'a attitude toward tha war or whether It waa a spontaneous action on me part of the Individuals. The hearing will ba continued Jan uary 2 a. YOUTH HELD FOR THEFT (Br the Associated Press.) STOCKHOLM, Jan. 19. Report! of strikes and other demonstrations In Austria which the Austrian govern ment ha permitted to be telegraphed aboard acquire new significance when read In connection with the Vienna Arbelter Zeltung'a report of five So cialist meetings held. In Vienna Sun day. Tha meetings, which were attended by vast numbers of persons, protested against "robbing tha Austrian people ef ai Influence In the peace negotia tions by continually postponing the meetings ef tha Chamber of Deputies and Delegates and by suppressing all criticism In tha press of Germany's and Austria s foreign polley. Th meetings demanded that the peace negotiatlona at Breet-L.i tovsk ba conducted In a friendly spirit; "that the government reject the demand that Russla'a border nations' right of self- determination be rendered illusory and alao reject the desire to annex portions of these landa against the will of the Inhabitants. A resolution adopted by the meetings further declared that the Socialists re gard the' peace programme of Premier Lloyd George and President Wilson aa a sign that even the enemy nations can bo forced by the laboring classes to modify their Imperialistic alma. Chesterfield Clothes The reputation of this store and its policy of integrity and square dealing need no further exploiting; so when we say we give you more for the money than any other store in Portland through our selling policy, it's true. We save you one-half the regulation profit you pay at other stores. We pay from thirteen to twenty-one to sell at twenty; from twenty to thirty-two to sell at thirty. We guarantee to duplicate in value any Suit or Overcoat sold by other, stores at $25 or $30 at our price, We guarantee to duplicate in value any Suit or Overcoat sold by other stores for $35, $40 and $45 at our price, CHEITKH MILLER. AOKO 14. TAKJkS CAR AT OREtiOX CITY. Lad Adaalta Gallt and Saya He Is Mesa- he- ef Pwrtlaad Gsaf ef Ae aaablle Thieve. OREGON' C1TT. Or, Jan. It. (Spe cial.) Chester Reed, aged 14. of Port, land, waa arrested this morning by Sheriff Wilson as he was cranking a car atolen from Victor Boasilier Fri. day night. The arrest waa made at Maple Lane, near the residence of August Splinter, where young Reed passed tba night. Ha admitted the theft. Ibe car waa taken from in front of LAYMEN'S DRIVE PLANNED Dr. Petty and Dr. WrifilH Keturn From Meeting of Cburcb Workers. Dr. A. M. Petty, of Portland, secre tary of the Home and Foreign Missions for the Baptist Church in the North west, and Dr. O. C- Wright, superin tendent ef Baptist work for Oregon, have returned from Chicago, where they attended a meeting of the laymen and other church workers in the inter est of the laymena million-dollar drive for war work. Oregon share In this drive will be $10,000, plus tha regular mission quota, which ia about 930.000. making $40,000 In all. The drive will start in March nd probably will ba conducted from III I III Every day in the year. Every day in the year. When we tell you there will be a 50 advance in the cost of clothing for Spring! you can bet it's true; so we say supply your needs now and save 50 or more, j TD CORNER WASHINGTON AND WEST PARK STREETS AX E ARBOR DAY IS COMING SECO.fD FRIDAY IV FF.BKIART date wirr or cascades.' tlaer "Maaaal aa Pane ef Dt by. State Saprriatcad- eat ef Schools. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 19. (Special.) The lsst Legislature changed the law relative to Arbor day se that It will hereafter be observed on the second Friday In February in all schools west of the Cascade Range and on the sec ond Friday in April In schools east of the mountains. Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill has just Issued aa Arbor day manual, which in part says: "It Is well to teach our bora and glrU the value of trees, shrubs and flowers, and to ahow bow they add to our nappines and prosperity. Aside from the planting of trees and - tha I"" "r"..u t..TJ:I- v-JiT?: 7": Dr. Pettya office, 39J Tllford building. elVrg man waa In the .tori Reed. Dr PeU Or. Wright were in a w olves wH "hi "mother Mre. Sand I1 JiP In Milwaukee. Wla, o,..K .. . in.ti.nrf r.- n their way home, but were not hurt. away from home Friday and came to Oreron Oltv. He first experimented with the car ef Deputy Assessor Cooke, and falling to start it, he took Mr. Cooke'a key and walked toward Twelfth street He later spied Mr. Bossiltera car. and started for ealem. he told the offlcera At the Splinters' farm he called for a lantern, asserting na was naving trouble with the car. Mr. and Mrs. SOLDIERS ADOPT ORPHAN Railway Engineers to Bring Boy to America at Close of War. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON". Eugene. Jan. 19. (Special.) Adoption of a lit- Spllntera took the youngster in, gave I tie Frenoh orphan boy by the company him a bed and preahTasl. wnicn tney are conneciea. is tola Following his departure this morn. I in letters to friends on the campus lng Mrs. Splinters missed a valuable from fcddie Dorr and Clay Watson, gold ring, some driving gloves and two former university students, who have strings of beads. I .ZZ . vi oi iicuniuii- Mrs. Splinters called the Sherlfra or- - and Sheriff Wilson, with Mr. They are sergeants In Company E, OREGON WILL WORK State to Be Organized for Next Liberty Drive. C00KINGHAM IS CONFIDENT flee Bosailter. who was in the office at the time, made a quick run .o Maple Lane and caught tba lad Just as he was cranking tha car to continue his Jour ney. The articles taken from the Sixteenth Railway Engineers The adopted boy, they (ay. is given every attention that army life permits. A regulation uniform haa been made for hint by the company tailor, and he has been placed in school. He eats and Splinter home were found In his poa. eieepa wlth tne men n'the company, session. jlwho "5laB to bring biro, to America iepuiy trainee Auururj oui "'ciwhen the war is over, a Juvenile complaint against tne dot and he waa taken to hia mother to beautlfication of our homea and school Portland, who will be hell responsible A nWAMrCMCMT l5 RAPin grounds, we are emphasising the pro- for hia appearance In court next Tues- m t-"' 1 UrtrlU Members of Ordnance Clasa Sow Stationed at Fort Dodge, taction of our forests from fire danger. "Arbor day haa been set apart by law to encourage the planting, pro tection and preservation of trees. In order that the pupils may be pre pared to understand the meaning of Arbor day and to enter Into the spirit ef the exercises they must first be taught something of the value of trees and their uses. Many good results have day. Young Reed aald he was a mem ber of a gang of youngsters who have been stealing cars In Portland, ana their names were turned over to thai Portland offlcera by Sheriff Wilson. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eucene. Jan. It. (Special.) Advancement haa CHROME ORE SOON TO GO eora ! s" smiock and Roy "Mill vm" V I Brown, members of tha first claaa in 'threuVh theThserTInce" ctIrborT Ferml G'"";, O0 ho reported for further training at In the past, and with the help of the Shipment Throoh PhlladelphJana. Tw "iLw tiJjl.?.0mb.er' teachers and pupils the good work Tn y r. ow .'f ctlT ""' and are will continue Until every school ground f,1"1,'0"4. l 0I .Do- In tha state la provided with trees and aerobe. We hope aa a result of our RANTS PASS. Or, Jan. II (S. elal.) Chroma ore from Josephine Bullock haa won his aergeant atrlpes ana tirown baa bean appointed cor porai, Fifteen other members of the first aiataa Government. The Goloenda ciaaa. wno aiso were cent to ban An tic ktd through a better understanding chroma property at Takllma, owned by tonio tor instruction, have bean trans- more Intimate association with Collard. Moore Coilard. wnicn naa terreu iu not jaiana. tu. been lying idle lor several montaa, win concentrating machinery will be in- AVIATOK I KAINING TO BEGIN efforts that eur Oregon boya and girls County soon will ba shipped East In I will help te protect the forests and I '' Quantities for use of the United taat taa uvea of all of us may be en- the beauties and wonders of nature." COAST FAIR DATES SET 60 i Idaya thla mine will be ahlpplng five rA r IomH of eoneeittratea nr week, re- Oregon State Fair at Salem Will Be I quiring the mining of 100 tens a day. K. J. Roan haa had a contract for President of Portland Clearing. House Association Looks for Quick and Effective Action When Campaign la Launched. Oregon's drive to put the next liberty loan ever the top. whenever It comes along, will ba so thoroughly or gantsed aa to reach tha farthest nook and corner of the atate and in the quickest possible time, according to a statement by Edward Cookingham. president of the Portland Clearing- House Association., who returned with other members of the executive com mittee from a vialt te San Francisco vesterdav. A. L. Mills, president of the First National Bank, of Portland; Robert E Hmlth. manager of tha campaign, and Edgar B. Piper, who went to San Fran Cisco with Mr. Cookingham, also re turned to this city yesterday after at tending the conference, which was called by the governora of the Federal resenve of thla district. The Pacifio Coast was fully represented, and those present exchanged Ideas on how best to oonduct the coming drive. A Dan onet riven by one of the patriotic or Once This Beauty Had Pimples Stuart's Caldam Wafers Proved That Beauty Comes From the Blood and From Nowhere Else. Prove Trial Held September 33-2. NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C-, Jan. !. feleatee attending the meeting ? How to Reduce Fat Without Dieting the ore output but diftlcultiea of pro duction caused delay and complications which resulted tn litigation, which has Just been cleared up. The Atlantic Ore Alloys Company, ef Philadelphia, haa purchased the output and makea an ad- vance of t:o,Ooe (or ore. and thla amount will be expended la equipping the mine with machinery and eom- menclng operation Or Exercise M0SER.,S WISC0NSIN MAN This Is the time when fat people ehould be thinking about reducing their weight and ahould step making the fat that Is such a burden to them. The beet way and the eaaleat way la the one about which so much baa been aald and written thla paat rear. Thla way la the Marmola way. The famoua xiarmoia f-rescription aas been pre pared la tablet form. Thea little tab leta contain nothing but the elements that ge to change the best things that produce fat Into guod, strong blood, nerves, tissues and bone. More than in is. nese tauicta aosoro and remove the fat remaining at the rate ef two. three or four pounds a week. Tou must not confuse Marmola Prescription Tab lets with harmful patent drugs and hurtful reducing methods. These tab- leta go into your atomarh Just like the food you eat. They build up the Juices ef your digestive organs and correct these Jutce so that they produce nq sore fat. ' ley are harmless, yet thou sand of r and women all over this land teda . e of firm figure and nor mal atse . suae of these little tab- leta This Is why every druagtst every where earrle them In stock and will ael) them te jrou. If your drugrtat does net have them or you would rather send 7t cents, the price of a case, to the Marmola Company, Woodward Ave, netrolt. Mich, they wllj send them to yoa at once la a plain pack age, poatag paid. -Adv. Candidate for Governor Informs Marlon County Friends. 8ALEM. Or, Jan. 1. (Special.) The fill or on or the ottlclal of th Stat Highway Commission la a mem bar of the Marion County Wisconsin Society. By coincidence, Gi C Moser, candidate for the office of Governor. alao Is a native of Wisconsin and I taking occasion to Inform the Badgers of that fact. So the wife of the High way Commlsaioa man was surprised the other day when ahe received a letter from Mr. Moaer, which read In part: "You have, ne doubt, read th an nouncement of my candidacy and I trust the principles for which I stand may meet with your approval. I have always been a good roads booster, but we are not getting a dollar'e worth of roads for a dollar under our preeent administration." The wife of the Highway Commis sion official declares she is glad that ahe Uvea la a suffrage state. C W. Fulton Slightly Dexter. The condition of C W. Fulton. x Cnlted State Senator, who haa been aerlously 111 at hia bom In thla city, waa reported slightly Improved yester day. Mr. Pulton has been confined te his home sine early In November. Bernard L. Metzger Receives Orders to Report at Berkeley. Bernard L. aletsger. son of W. w. Metzger. president of the Stanley S. Thompson Company, received orders yesterday to report immediately to the aviation training camp on the grounds or the inlversity of California at Berkeley for training aa aa aviator. toung Mr. Metzger took the Dhval- eal examination at Seattle recently for the aviation section. He was one of the few to be accepted. Now be la to begin active training. Linn County Resident Dies. LEBANON. Or- Jan. 19. (Special.) O. L. Baltimore, a native of Linn county.- died at his home in Lebanon Tues day at the age of SO years. He was born on a farm four miles north of Lebanon on which bla grandfather. Philip Baltimore, aettled tn His death waa caused by heart trouble after an illness of about a week. He had lived In Lebanon for the last fif teen years. He Is survived by his widow and one son, Lonner Balti more, a fireman on the Southern Pa cific Railroad. Thla With Ftra Package. Plaster your akin all over and you'll stop bresthlng In an hour. There is only on way to remove pimples. blackheads, eruptions and eosema with Us rash and Itch, and that la by the ganlzatlons of the Bay City was a feature of the conference. "We were unable to obtain very much definite Information aa to the next campaign, said Mr. Cookingham, "but wo feel that th conference was of great good to all in attendance. No one present waa able to give th date for the loan, its amount or the terms of Interest, as that information is in the hands of Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo, who alone knows about these matters. "Robert E. Smith, of Roaeburg, has been chosen director of the next cam paign for Oregon, and ha has opened headquarters in th Northwestern Na tional Bank, building, where he is working out details of the drive. We propose to have a thorough state-wide organization through which It will be possible to reach every corner of the territory in our Jurisdiction with the greatest possible aacillty. In all prob ability there wilt be a large central committee, but we have not as yet completed our plans, and it la not possibla to state Just how we will pro ceed. As soon as the committee is In possession of furthen facts, they will be made public." Alleged Spy to Be Interned. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 19. (Special) Hans Beckendorf, alleged German spy, arrested at Lake Tapps some months ago, was started for the Fort Douglas, Utah, Internment camp to day. Beckendorf asserts that be Is highly connected In Germany, but de nies that he Is a spy or that he wants the Kaiser to win the war. He was arrested at a logging camp, where be had been working. Benton Raises $1500. CORVALLI3. Or., Jan. 19. (Special.) Read The Oregonlan classified adw. Benton County went over the top again today with the Knights of Co lumbus drive. This county was ap portioned $1500. The committee this afternoon reported that the total ap portionment had been reached. PORTLAND'S FINEST GARAGE NOW OPEN We are now in our fine, new, concrete, fireproof, modernly equipped building, prepared to give our patrons the very best service to be had at moderate prices. AT YOUR COMMAND, DAY OR NIGHT PORTLAND GARAGE Fifth and Taylor Sts. Marshall 600, A 1177 .IRIiaBDIBBiaiaHIBIBDBBI.BIIB ti?tni&&rStettmt$t.X - V: II. From the 7 ' -" w'l' .-" - sC i in- " ' " Amity School Wins Two Debates. AMITY, Or, Jan. 19. (Special.) The High School debating team defeated Corvallia High last mght, the home team taking the negative. 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