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Ill THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1914. BOURNE FAVORS STATE I .--V , , .---(. . ; CONTROL OF FUNDS TO BETTER ROADS MA Ex-Senator Fears Discrim I ination Under Federal Con ! trol and Bureau Power. (Washington Bureau of The Journal. 1 ! Washington, Jan. 13. It Is absolute ly certain that any form of federa. aid to good road will preclpate a controverey over the question whether th government or the local authorities hall control th Xunda and tho construction of the roads, This Is clearly shown In the report recently made by the secretary ',Tlculture and the postmaster gen eral regarding expenditures under the $500,000 appropriation contained In tho postofflce appropriation bill of 1912. It is evident that local authorities wfl! Insist upon retaining control of high way improvement, and Just as clear that government highway authorities wjll insist upon control being turned over to them. The report says: i "From correspondence and from the attitude of local officials In many places, it appears that there Is a dis position frequently, to avoid the obvious, requirements of the present act with respect to government con trol over the expenditure of Joint t ands." The view expressed by the secretary of agriculture and the postmaster gen eral Is that: "Every effort should be made to draw local funds within the range of killed supervision by t&e federal gov , trnmenL" Bourn for Stat Control. That this question of jurisdiction would certainly arise, was indicated a year and a half ago in an article by former Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr.. who At that tlma hftfrnn on j7. Xvvvk . wnv.o, juuiua ucuufCD uiuinriL uncompromisingly in favor of state aad local control, basing that conten tion upon the assertion that local au thorities are best able to determine the location, character and extent of Improvement, and that federal control will result in the establishment of a vast organization which can be used by any administration for political purpoHes. That tho people who una the roads should control them, is Bourne's position. The secretary of agriculture and the postmaster gen eral assert that: "Action by the states providing that the control of certain lowal road funds might .fans to the federal government under certain stipulated rondittons seems as logical as that any federal allotment should pass to the control of local officials by congressional ac tion, and 'such ne.ensary uniform ac tion by the states should he required preliminary to any large scheme for federal aid." This uhows tho decided opinion of , government officials that no exten sive federal aid should le granted un til the states take legislative action yielding control to the government. H rcara Discrimination. Another of Bourne's contentions is that under government control there is danger of discrimination in favor of some states and against other states. II cited as an illustration of such dls- . crimination the action of the reclama tion service in extending excessive sums of the reclamation funds in some states so that other states were de prived of their fair allotment. That there is some basis for the contention . that there would be discrimination in ' the expenditure of road funds, is in dicated by the expenditures the gov ernment has already made of the $500. 000, already appropriated, nearly one fourth of which lias been allotted to Ohio, notwithstanding that state, un der the basis of apportionment pro posed by ex-Senator Bourne, would be entitled to only ." per cent. Undoubt edly the government officials would . find some plausable reason for as Signing an excessive amount of road funds just as they . found plausible reasons for assigning exi-esslve amounts of the reclamation funds to some of the states. In the cas ai the road fund. Oregon has received - per c erit of the total, ' whereas its allotment as indicated by the basis of apportionment worked out by Mr. Bourne, would be 1.S6 per tent. . The act appropriating the 1500,000 did r.ot prescribe any basis of apportion ment but left it to the discretion of the ttostmaater reneral and the necre- tary of agriculture. v : Allotment By Stat. - Their first plan was to allot $19, ' states i were not ready to accept im- ; mediately the cooperative aid offered, th nUn wam phnnffed anil in thin man- I svv. xne allotments to siaies mui far made are as follows: Alabama $10,000 Connecticut 10,000 Delaware 10.000 Oeorgia . 2.",,030 Iowa 10.000 Kentucky 10.000 Maine f0.)00 Maryland 10,000 Minnesota 2u,000 Mississippi 53,000 Missouri 10.000 Ohio 120.000 Oregon 10.000 South Carolina 10.000 Tennessee - 10.000 Texas 1 40,000 Vermont 10.000 Virginia 6,500. 33.000 Allotments to other states were not maris hauiiu for lpeal or other rea sons, the states were not ready im mediately to participate Dy putting up the required $2 for $1. The secre tary of agriculture and postmaster general are now asKing ior an uum tlonal appropriation of $1,000,000, and it la miito i-ertain that before this is granted, former Senator Bourne, who has taken a very great interest in uw ovrwl roads nroblem. will put up a strenuous fight either to prevent plac ing this fund ror expenditure m discretion of the department or hedg ing the appropriation with conditions which will prevent discrimination. Bourne Is a bitter opponent of ..n......,...H nnwer " insisting that at all times ' laws should be drawn so clearly and explicitly mat in dividual or state or community will know exactly its legal rights and re sponsibilities without being left sub ject to the whim or ipse J1 of Z bureau or department head here in Washington. The Issue Is now dearly drawn and congress will be called upon to declare in any road legislation whether ulti mate control shall rest with a govern ment bureau or with the local and state officials. ALMANAC STOREHOUSE OF FACTS AND FIGURES The World Almanac has made its annual appearance. It is complete from the new tariff, the income tax and the currency bill to the final baseball score, and from the parcel post to the state of the woman suffrage movement The standing features of the book are fully present, as usual the elec tion return's, population tables, the sta tistics of cities, of crops, of colleges, of industries, of churches, of every thing that exists and grows. There are the expected pages of sporting rec ords and the facts of a year In art, literature and the drama. There are lists of trusts and of millionaires and the condensed family trees of distin guished Americans. There are the con stitution, the declaration of independ ence and the platforms of political par ties. There are a year's chronology and a year's necrology, besides the n. toHiea f ereat events in years past. And there are other things which it would taae an tunmua ui sizf! The World has its more than a thousand pages Just to mention. CHURCH TO EXAMINE E. A. SLOYER CHARGES E. A. El over, formerly acting chief of police, and police captain, who was recently dismissed by Mayor Albee, will" appear late this afternoon before the conference of the Free Methodist church, which will Investigate the charges npon which Slover was dis charged from service. Slover was once tried by the church and exoner ated. Slover has been an ordalne minis ter of thp Free Methodist church for 16 years. The Inquiry tonight was in spired by a request on the part of min. isters of other denominations that an other investigation be held. They took the stand that such action was neces sary to the good repute of ministers as a whole. The hearing, which will be private, will be held in room 612 Chamber of Commerce, beginning at 6 o'clock. "Colonel" Thatcher O. K. Ironside, Or., Jan. 13. After being delayed so long that his friends feared he might have met with mishap, "Col onel" Thatcher, "good roads apostle," arrived at Ironside Saturday and gave an address. The, "colonel's" traveling outfit of a span of mules attached to an antiquated wagon attracted much attention. LAW AGA INST DANCING IN SCHOOLS NOT MADE L R MORA REASONS Dr. Sommer Declares Farm ers Inspired It to Prevent Taking Desks. From Floors Morals had nothing to do with the enactment of a state law against danc. ing in the public schools of Oregon, ac cording to Information secured by School Director Sommer. Instead the law was passed at the request of legis lators from the cattle country of east ern Oregon, who' had grown tired of having the desks yanked from the floors and many broken when a coun try dance was scheduled. Owing to the oft repeated declara tions made recently by those who op posed folk dancing in the schools, to the effect that the law was passed for moral reasons. Mr. Sommer made a few inquiries just to satsify his cu riosity. He found that the legislature was aiming against the destruction of property solely when it enacted the law. "The law was passed about 12 years ago," said Mr. Sommer. "As near as I have been able to ascertain, it was introduced on the request of members from eastern Oregon. "In those days, particularly In the thinly settled districts of the cattle and sheep country, the country schools were used much for social centers. There debates were held, church meet ings and social gatherings, that In cluded dancing. "Naturally a dance required floor space and this necessitated the re moval of the desks. In some cases the desks were not removed any too gently by enthusiastic cowpunchers, and as a result the iron standards were broken and in some instances the floors dam aged by pulling out the desk floor screws. "And it was to prevent further harm to the schoolrooms that the legislators were finally called upon to prohibit dancing by law. "The original law clearly shows that the measure was enacted to prevent desk removals and not because there was a feeling that dancing was a men ace to morals. After prohibiting dancing in schoolrooms it adds that no furniture shall be taken up, and provides a penalty for taking up furni ture." MILLER GIVES DOCK LAND TO THE PUBLIC Half-Mile Frontage at Flor ence to Port of' Siuslaw Commission. Cannot Praise Duffy's Enough (Special to The Journal.) Eugene, Or., Jan. 13 Geo. Melvin Mil ler, a pioneer realty dealer of Eugene, and owning much property at Florence and vicinity, has deeded half a mile of waterfront land at Florence to the Port of Siuslaw commission for public docks. In the deed there is a clause which specifies that railroad tracks laid on the property must be for the use of any other company that might build Its lines to Florence, that no charges for dockage shall be made ex cept enough to pay operating expenses. up-keep and insurance, that no lease shall be made on the property con veyed for a period longer than 10 years and that all .revenue received from rents, leases, storage or otherwise In connection with the property in ex cess of the actual operating expenses shall be applied to permanent Improve ments. The Port of Siuslaw has agreed to Issue an additional $100,000 bonds and it is expected that the government will duplicate this sum as it did when ! the first bonds were Issued. The mon ey will be used for the extension of the Jetties at the mouth of the river four miles below Florence. The water over the bar has materially deepened during the past year or two, due to the construction of the jetty, it is claimed. At half tide a few days ago ' when the gasoline schooner Patsy crossed, the 'water was 18 feet deep. TWO PERSONAL INJURY SUITS FILED AT EUGENE r Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W, Margeaux have received so much benefit from Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey that they advise everyone who is run down to try it, for it has given them health and strength when all others failed. : i"My wife and I have used Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for some time, after trying'a number of doctors without very much benefit, and we feel others who are suffering with weak heart or a general run down feeling should try it. If they will take Duffy's as directed, they will find much better health. My wife Is now able to take her walk before breakfast and do her own washing and iron ing, and sleeps well. I know my back is stronger and I do not feel as I used to. W are 66 years of age and Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has done us both so much good we feel we cannot say enough in its praise." Geo. W. Margeaux, Arlington. Cal. When men and women pass the age of sixty they need a remedy that will quicken the circulation, bring restful sleep. Invigorate the brain and prevent decay. , ! Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Is the agent that will produce these happy results, so that your old age will be one of health, energy and happiness. It Improves the digestion and assimilation of the food and gives tone and vitality to every organ of the bodj It has been used with remarkable results in the prevention and relief of consumption, pneumonia, grip, i coughs, colds, asthma, ma-la.ria.-jmd low- fevers, stomach troubles and all wasting and diseased conditions. It is; Invaluable for overworked men and delicate women, and is recognized as a family medicine verywhere. It makes the old feel young and keeps the young- strong and vigorous. Get Duffy's today It's just what you need. Sold by most druggists, grocers and deal ers, $1.00 a large bottle. - Protect yonrselX agatnet possible fUll9g; when bottle is empty, break it! - . t. TH uuuy Aiait wnissey wo., nocueasor, x. Eugene, Or., Jan. 13. Joseph Bur gess, a laborer on the Eugene-Coos Bay railroad, who was injured one day last fall when a rock fell on his head while he was working In the Not! tun nel, 23 miles west of Eugene, has sned the Willamette Pacific Railroad com pany for $50,000 damages for the in juries, alleging that he was perman ently crippled and that he will never again be able to work. He avers that the railway company was careless and negligent in not providing him a safe place to work. E. Peterson, administrator of the I estate of Oscar Matson, who was killed by a blast of dynamite on the new logging railway being built by -the Footh-Kelly Lumber company above Wendling. has sued the Abbott-For rester company, contractors on the road, for $7500 damages on account of Matson s death, alleging carelessness snd negligence on the part of the de fendant in not- giving the signals in time for the workmen to get awav from the blast. At the time of the explosion four men were directly over the dynamite. Matson was killed and the other three were badly hurt. Exclusive Portland Agents Innovation Wardrobe Trunks Merchandise f c Merit OnUT Exclusive Portland Agents Domestic Sewing Machines KING ALFONSO WORSE,. OPERATION NECESSARY! Madrid, Jan. 13. King Alfonso was reported today as growing steadily worse from the 'tuberculor growth In the upper part of his nose and it was understood he would make a trip to Vienna very soon for an operation. It is whispered on court authority that the case is very ' serious and It Is doubtful if even the use of the knife will effect a permanent cure. NO TRACE OF BANDIT .WHO ROBBED MAIL CAR Los Angeles, Jan. 13. Postal and I county authorities still were at seal today in their search for the lone ban dit who robbed a mall car of a north bound Southern Pacific train near Laos Angeles Saturday night Alfred Tosh, arrested on suspicion, was released after mall clerks on the train that was robbed had failed to Identify him as the outlaw. A Special Clearance Sale of House Dresses . and Kimonos That Will Appeal. Particularly to Fastidious Women-Carefully Made Attractively Designed $1.65 House Dresses, Clearance 98c Dresses of percale in black and white checks, and blue and white checks made with round neck and sailor collar and side revers. elbow length sleeves. Trimmed with fancy bandings. . The skirts are plain with habit backs and piped waistline. $1.50 and $2.00 House Dresses Clearance $1.19 Here is a very large assortment of Checked. striped and figured percale house dresses and a ffew ginghams. Made collarless or with lay-iown 'collars and elbow sleeves. Trimmed with pipings and bandings of contrasting colors. Made plain skirts or with panel backs. $1.50 Dresses $1.25 $1.75 Dresses $1.49 $2J25 Dresses $1.69 To $5 Dresses $4.25 In this assortment will be found house dresses of per cale, gingham and chambray, in stripes, checks and plain colors. Made with V-neck and collars and cuffs of embroidery or of plain-colored percale. In light and dark colorings, such as black, navy blue, pink, light blue and lavender. Fashioned in a variety of pretty styles. t $2.50 and $2.75 Crepe Kimonos. Clearance $1.89 Serpentine crepe kimonos in plain colors and fancy flowered designs. In loose flowing styles, shirred at the neck, sleeves and down the front. Plain crepe kimonos trimmed with shirred rib bons, belted in the back. In lavender, pink, blue, black and other light effects. i $1.75 Long Flannelette Kimonos $1.35 These kimonos are made of a fine soft quality flannelette in fancy stripes or figured designs. Empire style with turndown collar and scalloped edge, set-in sleeves. 75c and 85c Cover-All Aprons, Clearance 59c Of striped and checked ginghams and percale in checks, dotted designs, figures and fancy striped- Made with kimono sleeves, round neck and belted across the back, finished with plain colored bandings, rourth rioor Women Who Would Save on LACE CURTAINS Now the Time Lipman, Wolfe's the Place At no time in any previous Clearance Sale have we offered so many beautiful lace curtains at special reductions. Curtains that measure from 2 and 3 yards long by 40 to 50 inches wide, including such patterns as FUet Scrims, Art Scrims, Battenberg Lace, Cluny .Lace and Irish Point trimmed. In white or' the popular Arabian color. $2.25 Curtains, only $1.68 $5.00 Curtains, only $3.45 $ 7.00 Curtains, only $5.19 $4.00 Curtains, only $2.95 $6.00 Curtains, only $4.35 $10.00 Curtains, only $7.45 The Variety of Materials and Designs in Drapery Materials Is Unusual at Clearance Prices 25c Scrims, the yard. .19c 60c Cretonnes, yard 28c 20c Cretonnes, yard . .17c 18c Swisses, the yard 14c 15c Curtain Swisses, 12xc 50c Scrims, yard 39c 35c Fancy Scrims, yd. 27c $1 Sun-fast Madras. . .79c 25c Fancy Art Scrims 17c 50c Fancy Nets, yard 3&c 35c-40c Plain Scrims 29c 50c Madras, yard. . . .39c i Fifth Floor New and Original Models in Blouses of Net Crepe, Voile and Lingerie Clearance $3.45 We have made extraordinary efforts to give the greatest va riety and the smartest, newest blouse models at this price. And we are certain that this sale will be a decided surprise to you. Made of soft, pretty voiles, fancy cotton crepe, dainty lingerie and net in various styles showing the new high collar and long sleeve models as well as the collarless effects fancy turned down collars, pleated frills, surplice effect, drop shoulders and yokes in front and back with the new blouse ettect are some ot their many features and on others are panels of embroidery and filet lace insertion.; Separate Skirts of French Serge, Spec'l $4.63 Practical styles showing straight gored models with the at tractive side drape and trimmed with cloth covered buttons, having the side slit. High-waisted effect, finished with two pleats in the back. ; In black and navy blue. Third Floor New Model Corsets Specially Priced $3.50 W. B. Nuform Corsets, Special $2.29 These corsets are made of striped coutil, embroidery trimmed, medium bust, long hip and back, elastic lacing over the thighs, giving ease and comfort. Three pairs hose sup porters attached. Sizes 19 to 30. $1.75 W. B. Nuform Corsets, Special $1.19 This model is made of plain coutil, trimmed with embroi dery at the top, new extreme low bust, with medium and very long hip and back ; also very long over abdomen. Two pairs hose supporters attached. Sizes 19 to 30. Clearance Price on Brassieres, 42c Brassieres made of a good quality cambric. Cut with square or round necks. Some have embroidery trimming. and others lace medallion set in and edging to correspond. We have them in the open front or crossed back styles. $1.00 Brassieres, Clearance 79c ' This brassiere is made of good quality cambric. Cut with V, round or square necks. Also some made of net. Trimmings are embroidery, insertion and lace, some simulating yoke ef fects. Open front and crossed back styles. Fourth Floor A Sale for His Roguish Majesty The Baby In this sale mothers have found it very economical to buy baby clothes that are attractive and yet practical. Everything for the little tots is reduced during this sale from little knitted garments to bask ets and furniture for the nursery. Crocheted Sacques, sale prices, at only 29c to $2.15 Crocheted and Knit Boot' tees 10c to 85c Leg gins 63c to $1.25 Afghans and Quilts, on sale at. . ? .$1.15 to $4.25 Bands 12c to 22c Pinning Blankets, on sale at only 42c to $1.25 Long Flannel Skirts, on sale at. . ., .63c to $3.79 Wrappers. . .29c to $6.39 Short Flannel Skirts, on sale at only. .55c to $4.25 Bibs 4c to $4.25 Crib Pads .22c to 85c Blankets 42c to $1.65 Feeders 8c to 63c Long Slips. .42c to $36.25 Sweaters. $1.25 to $4.25 Fourth Floor The Wonderful Success of ii Pictorial Review Patterris Has Surprised Us $ We can do no greater favor for those ladies of Portland who are not yet using them than to recommend that they tryne. Even the simplest street or house dress made after Pictorial Review Patterns has the French chic and style admired y all good dressers. Your dress can have them, too, but you-must use Pictorial Review Patterns. We request that you visit our Pattern Department, where Miss E. Matthews will fully explain their advantages. February Patterns now on sale; also the celebrated Pictorial Review. Second Floor "The Finest Offerings of Art Needle work Ever in a Sale" This is the comment we hear on every side since we Opened this sale Tuesday our patrons who have availed themselves of this opportunity, are loud in their praises of the; beautiful things and their most unusual prices; In one section you will find all madeup and embroidered lingerie at half price, which consists of women's night gowns and slippers, dressing jackets and boudoir caps, 'children's bibs, dresses and caps, pin cushions and various other useful and beautiful things made of fine lingerie and exquisitely hand-embroidered. M Near by is another sign marked "HALF PRICE" and under this card are heaped many and various table covers, scarfs and soft pillows elaborately embroidered on the finest quality of linen crash, novelty burlaps and linens. These pieces sell at $4.00 and' as high as $50.00 each regularly. And besides these half-price things will be found table after table filled to overflowing with all kinds of stamped sofa pillows, table scarfs and centerpieces ready to be embroidered and marked at prices that range from a half to less than half for instance; $1.25 Stamped Pillow Tops 50c, and 75c Tops only 49c $1.25 and $1.50 Stamped Scarfs and Centers only 50c 50c Elk-Pillow Tops, stamped . .25c $1.50 Made-up and Stamped Corset Bags of fine linen 75c If you have any little folks at home you can find a most taried as sortment of little one-piece dresses, middy dresses and rompers made up and stamped for embroidering that sell regularly at 75c to $2.50 Clearance, 38 to f 1.25 Second Floor w. omen s Sh oes In the Popular Fabrics In the Popular Styles Clearance $3.35 Regular $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 Models Each day of this great annual shoe sale we ; feature some one special price Wednesday these very smart button and lace shoes at $3.35, mark the lowest price yet quoted on this grade and style of boots. Of dull calf, patent colt, tan calf, velvets and black suedes in styles that have been brought out this Winter for Street and semi-dress wear. ' In this section you will also find Clearance Prices on all Winter models for Women, misses, children, men and boys shoes that have been the favorites with well dressed folks all season and promise to be good, for Spring wear. Basement' Household Linens Irish linen table cloths, full grass bleached, fine coijtnt linen of a firm, heavy quality in artistic designs with a "border on four sides to match. Sizes range from 2 by 2 yards to 3 by 2 yards. $2.75 Cloths $2.29 $3.50 Cloths $2.89 $4.25 Cloths $3.49 $4 Napkins to match, size 22 ins., Clearance, doz. $3.49 CLOTHS IN CIRCULAR DESIGNS U Suitable for round, square or oblong ubles. Full grass sbleached, pure Irish linen. Sizes from 2x2 yards to 3x2 yards. $30 Cloths $2.89 $4.50 Cloths $3.59 $5.25 Cloths $4.39 Napkins to match, size 22x22 ins., Clearance, dpz. $3.50 $1.50 TABLE DAMASK, CLEARANCE $1.25 YARD This is a special purchase of fine linen damask in a heavy weight, woven in figured and floral designs. 70 inches wide. fapkins to match, $3.50 a dozen, 24 inches square. 'j.f Linen Finish Bed Sheets Absolutely free of dressing, made of pure white cotton, evenly woven. These sheets are hemmed according to thread, thus assur ing perfect shape after being laundered. ' i! ? Size 2l2 by 2 yards, Clearance, each 5sb Size 2lz by 2V4, Clearance, each 63c Pillow cases to match, 45 by 35, special 12c Each $4.00 White Satin Bed Spread, Clearance $3.15 In size 2yi by yards with hemmed ends and bordered on four sides, woven in scroll and set patterns, medium weight, closely woven, prominent designs. . Turkish Bath Towels, Clearance 23c Positively this is the beat towel ever offered in Portland at this price, made of twisted, two-ply cotton, 45 by 23 inches. Hemmed ends, full, long terry and firmly woven. Reversible Turkish Bath Rugs 65c Size 40 by 24 inches made of two-ply twisted cotton yarn with fast hemmed ends and edges, in red, blue, tan and pink, in assorted designs and fast colors. Basement Only Four More Days giJJjjJJjJU RS fj ' 'r'e5er . Yarn Demon- ' 4&f&gg Miss S. E. Schaefer, the Fleish Vvir er Yarn Demonstrator is here to show you the new things, and to teach, without charge, any who wish instructions. The Fleisher Yarnsmay be abso lutely depended upon to give you lasting satisfaction. Re member there are jonly four more days left of this Free Demonstration. i Second Floor Clearance of Grafonola and Cabinet Special. $59.80 This Is a very, handsome combination talking machine and cabinet finished in oak or a rich mahogany. The cabinet is made to hold 115 records' and with each combination sold you have your choice of 24 selections In records and 1000 needles. THIS GRAFONOLA AND CABINET will be delivered now and you begin paying February 1, balance to be paid at the rate of $1.00 a week. Basement 3 Popular Sheet Music Special 2 for 25c "Down in Oeorgia ' Way," "Sing Me The Rosary, " "My -Sweetheart From My Old Home Tavern," "What D'ye Mean You Lost Ypiir Dog?" "I'm Coming Back to Dixi4 and You," "He'd Have to Get Undes Oet Out and Get Under" (to fix up, his auto), "Pegg O' My Heart," "Underneath the Cotton Moon," "Antl i Rag-Time Girl," "Pullman Porters: op't Parade," "When Was There Ever a Night Like This?" "Down the Lane Tiat Leads to Drowsyland," "Flow Along River Tennessee," "When It's Apple Blos som Time In Normandy,?. "Interna tional Rag." 8aaiaai :1 r" Vi:-' ; V.-..'