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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1914.
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TO
E DELEGATES TO
DALLAS CONFERENCE
Presiding Elder of Portland
' District 'Will Be Present at
Meeting.
Mme. Caillaux
Tells of Stolen
Breaks Down
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Love Letters
M. Gaston Calmette, Editor of the raris Figaro, Shot and Killed at
the Dek Shown in the Picture, by Mme. Henriette i- Caillaux,
Wife of the French Minister of Finance, SI. Joseph Caillaux. It
Was a Political Love Tragedy. The Editor Attacked the Finance
Minister for His Official Acts, but Broke, the Unwritten law
by Publishing Part of a Ixnre-Letter Written by Minister Cail
laux to Mme. Caillaux. When She Was the Wife of Another Man.
t. John. Or.. March 21. Rev.
Onirics C. Poling, pastor of the first .
United Evangelical church, of Port-
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a..,,.,, anu 'l CftlM! lift U l. ill, A .
land district, will preside over the
law quarterly conference at St. Johns
Evangelical church next Thursday
evening. A delegate will be elected
at the meeting to represent the local
church at the annual Oregon confer
ence to be held at Dallas, Wednesday,
April 1.
The conference will convene at the
Itollas Evangelical church and will
remain In session over the following
Hun lay. The conference will be at
tended by about 25 delegates, one from
each charge In the state served by a
pastor. The proposed federation of
the United Brethren churches, the
United Kvangellcal churches and the
Kvangellcal Association In the estab
lishment of a new college will be dis
rtissed. The United Brethren college
Mtriiady' established at Philomath, Or.,
may be selected as the location of
the new college.
Other chdTches in this vicinity
which will be represented at the con
ference are the Ockley Qreen Evan
gelical church, the Milwaukie, Or.,
Evangelical church and the First
United Kvangellcal church of Port
land. Rev. C. C. Poling will preach at the
St. Johns Kvangellcal church at the
evening services Bunday. At the close
of the communion services, new mem
bers will be received Into the church.
Rev. J. A. Ooode, pastor, will preach
at the morning services.
The Salvation Army will hold a
meeting at 8 o'clock Tuesday even
ing, March 24. at 8t. Johns Evangel
ical church. The Philo Christo Sun
day school of this church has pre
sented a new set of altar chairs. The
Hans Dieu Itten young people's Sunday
school, class gave a successful musical
entertainment last nisrht 1n Eagle hall.
Rev. James K. Murphey, pastor, will
preach on "The Third Period of Cre
ation" this morning at the First Con
gregational church of St. Johns, and
will also preach this evening. At 3
o'clock this afternoon he will preach
on "Union" at the Congregational
church at Park Rose.
"Matter" will be the subject at the
Christian Science services at 11
o'clock this morning in the McDonald
building.
Mrs. Ormsby, a prominent worker
of the State Sunday School associa
tion, will givr an interesting talk on
the work of the association before the
Sunday school of the local Chr!-:tlan
church today.
The S. P. I. class is planning a
"hike" for members and friends to
follow the Sunday school on Sunday,
March 29.
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Tax Law Decision
..Expected. Tuesday
Vpo--Judge Cleeton'S Tlndlngs Will
r ' Depend Wasiber Oonaty Has Klght
o Assess penalty.
Next Tuesday morning Circuit Judge
Cleeton will decide whether the pro-
vision of the last tax law placing a
J m X per cent a month penalty on deferred
second half tax payments shall stand
or not. The decision is promised In
the suit of Itoger B. Sinnott to restrain
Tan Collector Iewis from collecting
the penalty. It will come Just one
week before th taxes of the present
year become subject to the penalty pro
vided, the last day of payment with
out penalty being March 31
The suit, It is believed, has held up
many tax payments as but approxi
mately $2,820,000 of the $8,948,676
Magistrate Boucard Pours in Volley Questions Upon Slayer
of Figaro Editor and She Is Reduced to Tears; Hus
bands Awaits Her at the Prison,
By C. F. Bertilli.
(By the International New Service.
Paris, March 21. The elemental fe
male defending a stricken male was
the spectacle presented today when
Mme. Caillaux was arraigned before
Magistrate " Boucard In the Palais de
Justice for a preliminary esarninatlon
on the chargft of killing Gaston Cal
mette, editor of Figaro, who had at
tacked In his paper, the character of
her husband, the former minister of
finance.
Whn she stepped into the office of
the magistrate,. Mme. Caillaux still
bore herself with a queenly air and
retained the mask of indifference and
absolute calmness that she has dis
played ever since the tragedy.
While confined in her luxurious suite
In the Saint Lazare prison, the accused
woman has had the privilege or hold
ing long conversations with her hus
band and as soon as the magistrate be-
LIST OF TEXT BOOKS
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ADOPTED BY
BOARD
Rigler's Arithmetic for Begin
ners Included; Vote Stood
Three to Two,
The list of text books submitted by
Superintendent Alderman . for use in
the Portland schools for the next four
years has 'been adopted by the school
board. The list Includes former Su
perintendent Klgler's arithmetic for
beginners, entitled. "Numbers Step by
Step."
The vote on the adoption of the
books stood 3 to 2. The majority was
composed of. Directors Munly, So tu
rners and Beach. Directors Sabln and
Hummer voted In the negative.
In his report Superintendent Alder
man said that, in making his recom
mendations, he had taken into consid
eration the adoption of text books by
the State Text Book Commission, and
the recommendations of a special com
mlttee on the selection of books for
the local schools made last spring, and
In a number of cases there was an
agreement.
Director Plummer said that, if the
Rlgler book was eliminated, he would
vote in favor of the remainder. The
adoption of the Rigler book ended a
long contest against it.
Superintendent Alderman submitted
a price list of the books adopted which
shows that the cost of books has been
reduced from $47.32 for the complete
set to $40.15, or a reduction of $7.17
for all the books needed by a pupil
from the time he enters until he grad
uates from the grade school. A lib
eral sum is also offered for old books
in exchange.
. Following Is a list of the books
adopted:
Spelling: books "Word Mastsrv " hv
Florence Akin, for lower grades, pub-
iisnea Dy Hougnton-Miiriin et Co.
Leaflets to be supplied from our own
printing presses for upper grades.
Civil Government Reinsch's "Civil
Government." published by Benjamin
Sanborn & Co.
English Aldine's First Language
Book Bryce & Spauldine. published bv
Newson Company. . Webster-Cooley
'Course In Enrlish." books 1 and 2.
published by Houghton. Mifflin & Co.
Arithmetic Rigler's "Numbers. Step
by Step." published by O. P. Barnes,
and Watson White's "Complete Arith
metic," published by L. C. Heath &
Co.
Physiology and Hygiene Gulick'Hy
giene Series, two-book edition "Good
Health" and "The Body and Its,. De
fenses." miblished bv Glnn Co.
Geography Fairbanks' "Home Geog
raphy" for third and fourth grades.
published by Educational Publishing
Co.. ana Tarr Sr McMurray s 'Tvorld
Geography," published by the Macmil
lan Co.
History Mace's "A School History
of the United States," published" by
Kana & McNaiiy.
Readlne Sloan's F'rp and Second
books, published by the Macmillan Co.
Story Hour Primer, books 1 and 2. pub
lished by the American Book Co. Riv
erside Third. Fourth and Fifth Read
ers, published by Houghton, Mifflin &
Co.. and Elson's Grammar School Read
ers, books 1. 2, 3 and 4.- published by
escon- orsman company.
Drawing Wuest system.'
Securing Fund for
Road Improvement
V assamsw ' i- S
Portland AntomobUs Clna Conunitteas
, Meeting With Suecsu In mx-Tlffr-Ttn
Highway Xiak la tba System.
Prospects are that the Rex-Tfgard-ville
road, which is the principal link
in the-road system from Portland Into
the Willamette valley on the west side
of the river, will soon cease from
troubling. The committee appointed by
the Portland Automobile club to se
cure funds with wblcb to Improve the
road Is meeting with a fair degree of
success. j
Jesse Edwards, a member ot the com
mittee, said yesterday: "We are pre
senting the matter to the public not
as an enterprise for the exclusive! bene
fit of the automobllist, but as a utili
tarian proposition. The road will be
of great commercial value In bringing
to Portland the produce of tributary
country which is unable to be trans
ported at a' profit under present condi
tions. The committee Is meeting with
fair success in securing subscriptions
and we are confident that we shall
have the improvement under way In the
near future." I
It is estimated that It will require
the sum of $17,000 to improve the road
and of this amount $12,000 will need
to be 'raised by subscription.
Washington county will build the
stretch, from the Tualatin river to the
Multnomah county line. This will leave
practically five miles of the road to
bo built by subscriptions from Port
land citizens. While no part of the
road lies In Yamhill county citizens
of Newben have promised to con
tribute the sum of $2000, realizing the
economic value of an improved road
to them. From Portland to the Wash
lngton county line ttie road will be
hard surfaced. The remainder of the
distance will be macadam.
Will Teach Young
Idea How to Shoot
Zieotorea Win Be SeUrered to Pros
pective Guardsmen; Company "C to
Try to Xeaoa Tall Strength,
For the benefit1 of young men de
siring to enlist in the Oregon National
Guard, lectures will be delivered In the
Armory tomorrow evening at 3 o'clock:
bv Cantain MeLougnun rrom Vancou
ver Barracks, Major Bowman ; of ' the
Third Oregon Infantry, and Captain D.
E. Bowman, of "C" company.
Company "C" will make an effort
to recruit to its full strength by to
morrow evening and will commence
active drilling for the maneuvers
probably at Red Bluffs, CaL. and next
year at San Francisco In connection
with the Panama-Pacific exposition.
The whole regiment will be repre
sented in the 1916 maneuvers. Com
pany "C" Is ranked among the most ef
ficient military organisations In the
state and is commanded by Captain
Bowman First Lieutenant MeConnell
and Second Lieutenant C. A. Waddell.
taxes has been paid In. But eight days
of actual collection, not Including next tt ,,Btinninn hr todav it was ed
Duuujr, ituwui i ) parent that she intended to aoanaon
be made. To accommodate the rush ex
pected at the last the ofrice will be
kept open next Saturday night and the
nights of the Monday and Tuesday fol
lowing, or the nights of March 28, 30
and 31, until 9 o'clock.
With the 3 per cent rebate allowed
last year to March IS on payments of
taxes almost $6,000,000 of $7,139,206
taxes was paid in before the rebate
ended.
Tax Collector Lewis made his first
remittance of state taxes yesterday to
State Treasurer Kay, sending him a
check for $100,000. The state taxes
this year amount to $1,570,737 and one
half of that amount must be Pld by
the county by May 1, whether collect
ed 6r not. The other half is due No
vember 1.
Wife Says Husband
Was a Spendthrift
Mrs. Oaeal Alleges Oaeal. was "Xeck
less" and "LMJ" aad That He
Squandered portnne She Xnherited.
Oreeon City. Or.. March 21. Five
v of "reckless squandering of
money" by a "lasy, unambitious hus
band" is recounted In the divorce com
plaint of Mary V. Oneal against Sam
uel R. Oneal, filed in the circuit court
at Oregon City today. Mrs. Oneal al
leges she gave ber husband all he
wanted to spend and also started him
In business only to have him fall and
lose all her money Invested because
of his indolence.
Mrs. Oneal claims sne inherited
$126,000 about four years after she
married Samuel. Oneal at New West
minster, British Columbia, and she
says that in five years it had all been
squandered by her husband. After he
had failed in business, she alleges, he
persuaded her to finance a trip to
England and Scotland, where he
claimed he could make money, but he
only recklessly spent more than ever,
Mrs.' Oneal says. She further alleges
that after all her money was gone
Oneal became quarrelsome and threat
ened to kill her. They were. married
tin October. 1901.
REPORTS ARE NOT ALL IN
her original line of defense, in which
she contended that she had killed cai
mette in order to prevent the publish
ing of her love letters, and would now
appear as the defender of her hus
band's political reputation.
Calm Broken by Questions.
She wore a stylish black gown, top
ped by a small toque with an aigrette
and while the magistrate and lawyers
labored under great , emotion, she was
quite composed. She told how deeply
she loved Caillaux, how she had sup
ported him in his political triumphs
and was determined to go to the ut
most extremes to defend "a noble pa
triot." At this point, M. Boucard opened a
raking fire of questions concerning
her love letters and managed to pierce
th wall of her defense. The supernat
ural calm of the well-schooled society
woman was shattered in one dramatic
Instant and she burst into a fit of
passionate weeping.
Calmette Had Two letters.
"Yes," she cried despairingly, "Mon
sieur Calmette had two letters my pre
sent husband wrote me. How they
came to be stolen from me I cannot
tell, but In order that he should not
print them. I determined to attack
him."
This was the dramatic denouement
toward which the magistrate has di
rected his questions and without com
ing to the actual details of the crime,
he soon adjourned the inquiry.
When she left the Palais de Justice,
Mme. Caillaux was a picture of deep
contrition.
M. Caillaux, who today definitely
closed his political career by notifying
his constituents that he would nqt
stand for reelection to the chamber,
was waiting to greet his wife on hej
return to Saint Lazare and learn the
result of her-examination. Shortly after
her return to the prison she gave this
statement to the newspaper men:
Kmi. Caillaux' Statement.
"The attacks on my husband during
the last month became so bitter and
were of such abominable nature that
I could not endure them longer. I have
always been closely associated with the
political career or my husband. I know
him to be a man of honor and integ
rity. The attacks made on him were
unjust and unfair. I stood them as
long as I could, hoping that they
might cease after a time, but they
grew more bitter as time went on, be
coming more and more -unfair.
"It maddened me when my friends
cased paying me social calls because of
these attacks. They grew cold and hos
tile toward me because of Calmette's
unfairness and when I learned that the
has made still more intricate the maze
of contradictions between politicians,
magistrates and barristers, and this is
producing a deplorable impression.
Existing Regime Boomed.
Tonight's Liberte goes to the length
of quoting Montesquie's dictum "when
the people no longer have confidence in
the country's justice, the existing re
gime is doomed."
Hundreds of Mme. Caillaux's friends
called at the prison today to leave
cards or flowers, while others wrote
letters expressing their sympathy. She
spent the greater part of the forenoon
arranging her correspondence.
The watchfulness of the prison at
tendants, caused by rumors thatthe
prisoner might attempt suicide, has
been relaxed. She gives no sign of
being morbid or depressed.
The suite occupied by the distin
guished prisoner comprises three cells,
one serving as a bed room, another as
a work room and the third as a din
ing room. Each opens on the same corridor.
RACE RIVALRY
INTRODUCED IN
TOLLS REPEAL
Held Head Under
Water Until Dead
SContesano Man in Note Xjeft Behind
Said He Had Hot Slept for Sixty
Bays; Browned in Shallow Water.
Aberdeen, Wash., March 21. Alex
ander Ellison, aged 55 years, commit
ted suicide today by drowning in a
slough near Montesano. He had been
fearful of disease, and had not slept
for 60 days, according to a note he
left. He jumped into the slough in a
few feet of water and held his head
under by grasping an old wagon tire.
He had no immediate family. A
brother. Matt Ellison, is a well-known
rancher.
! If was announced yesterday after
noon from the water meter referen
dum headquarters, maintained in con
nection with the offices, of Whitney
. L. Boise in the Railway Exchange
building, that while sufficient signa
tures for the referendum had not been i attacks were to be carried -on for an
.rougni to tne onice it was believed indefinite period I decided to be re-
thal there would be enough after all ' venged.
feports had been turned In. The antl- Today's proceedings ot4 the parlia
meter committee expects to file thti mentary commission investigating the
" referendum petition late thi week, it allegations against Caillaux and Monis
was announced. ; - 'In oonaecUon with the Rocbette affair
tion will have more Republican than
Democratic support in the senate at
least.
Just when the bill will be taken up
in the senate is not yet known. Senator
O'Gorman is smothering it In commit
tee, but if he does not permit the bill
to be reported, then it is the intentlon-
of the supporters of the administration
to move that the committee be dis
charged from furtner consideration.
This will precipitate the fight.
81ms Charges Dilatory Tactics.'
A bitter charge was made in the
house today by Representative Sims of
Tennessee that the house Republican
leaders were delaying the final vote in
the house on the river and harbor ap
propriation bill in an attempt to defeat
the Pano:ia canal free tolls act.
Mr. Sims Is authority for repealing
the bill. He is fighting behind the
president for passage of the bill. It
has been decided by house leaders of
the different factions that the Panama
canal tolls act repealing bill shall not
be brought into the house until passage
of the rivers and harbors bill' now
under consideration.
Republican leader Mann, Representa
tive Moore and others denied the truth
of Mr. Sims charges and accused him
of taking orders from the White
House.
100,000 Men Wanted
to Make Good Roads
The Ad club campaign to Induce
100,000 Oregon men to work with pick
and shovel Improving the roads of the
state on a day which Governor West
will appoint by proclamation will be
vigorously organized this week. ("Are
you strong for good roads?" the club's
question, with its mate, "Are you game
for a day s real work on the roads?"
will be used as the heading of an in
vitation to other organizations to join
the movement Each community will
be expected to organize Its own plan
Portland organizations will try to fix
the Rex-Tigardville road in a day,
dividing the ten miles of bad road in
Washington county between them, and
each trying to make the best record
and win a prize banner which will be
offered.
SECRETARY WILSON ILL
Washington, D.. C, March 21. -Secretary
of Labor Wilson is confined to
his home with an attack of the grippe.
Secretary Wilson attended the cabinet
meeting yesterday, but was obliged to
go home shortly after returning to
bis department.
Funeral' Takes Place Today.
Mllwaukle. Or.. March 21. The fun
eral of i Darwin Hyde, aged il, who
died lost night at his farm on Foster
road, in East Milwaukie, will be held
this afternoon from Hemstock's funeral
parlors, SeHwood. Interment will be
in Brainerd cemetery. I Deceased is sur
vived by 'his widow. Mrs. Mabel Hyde,
and one prej&eiy . ,
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MILWAUKIE
STUDENTS
TO PRESENT COMEDY;
CAST IS SELECTED
"Back to the Country Store,"
Name of Play to Be Given
In City Hall.
Mllwaukle. Or., March 21. The cast
for "Back to the Country Store." War3
Macauley's three act comedy which
will be presented by students of Mil-!
waukle High School in the city ball
at 8 o'clock the evening ot Friday,
April 17, has been selected as follow:
"Qulg" Higginbotham, Howard Cooper
'14; Mrs. Higginbotham, his mother.
Miss Ruth Alexander, '15; Mr. Higgin
botham. his father. Wilfred King. '14:
Dudley Weatherwax. his crony, Wil
liam Miller, '17; Miss Marguerite Van
Buren, his girl. Miss Doris Martin, '15;
Maria Judklns. his next best girl; Miss
Rachel Btrkemeier, 'IS; Hiram Huckle
ton, grocer, William Merrlott, '16; Mrs.
Gerllnger, country dame. Miss Flor
ence King, 'H; Mrs. Timless, widow
with six assorted burdens. Miss Ollva
Johnson, '14, Principal Robert Goet
will coach the players.
Mllwaukle school will hold a spell
ing contest here at 8 o'clock the night
of Saturday, March 28, with Wichita
school, which has already "spelled
down" five schools. Three represent
atives will be chosen from each grade
above the third.
A tennis competition is being ar
ranged with Gresham High school
with matches In boys' singles, doubles,
girls' singles, doubles and mixed dou
bles. The baseball team will play the
Gresham High School team at Gres
ham, Saturday, April 11; the Oregon
City High School team at Oregon City
Saturday, April 18, and the Gresham
High School team here Friday, May 1.
"Safety First" Films
Shown Railroad Men
ICotioa Pictures Used to Bemoastrate
ratal Bad to Wales Carelessness
Sometime Xieada.
To what fatal ends the carelessness
of railroad men sometimes leads, was
shown by A, W. Perley, special agent
of the mechanical department of .the
O.-W. R. A N. company, yesterday, in
a series of "Safety first" motion pic
ture reels before a group of officials
of the road in the company's "educa
tional car" at the Union depot.
The films are designed to instruct
switchmen, firemen, car repairers,
br&kemen, and all other employee how
not to do their work. Several deaths
and a number of amputated feet. : one
ciushed chest, and numerous sprains
and contusions are given as horrible
examples.
Mr. Perley has presented the films
before employes at almost all the
division points of the system. Of spe
cial Interest to enginemen is a reel
illustrating how improper firing of an
engine wastes coal and increases labor.
Mr. Perley prefaced his picture show
with a lecture on the general trend of
public opinion and regulation, with
particular reference to the employe's
part in making It more favorable to the
transportation companies. He held up
the state of Washington as the most
hostile state of the union to railroads.
with the result that the Northern
Pacific is now spending no money In
the state for new construction.
Some new figures are shown by Mr.
Perley covering the earnings of the
roads and what becomes of the money.
These are presented in tabular form on
the stereoptlcon screen.
SEATTLE p
TO CELEBRATE OVER
F ALASKA
OPENING D
S 3
City Make Mera$ at Car-
nipal Time ar$ "Spirit" Is
Given Full Sy. .
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Work has started on the widening,
grading and straightening of Harri
son street from the Oswego cutoff of
the west side Southern Paclfio rail
road line tracks to Cherry avenue. As
old mill will be torn down to permit
of the widening of the street, which
will be macadamised later.
An Increase in the number of in
quiries for Milwaukie residence and
business property is reported by Red
mond & McGovern.
Seattle. Wash, M&Cch 21., Thou
sands of joyous, t&ilteklng citizen
gathered in the downtown section to
night and. in one of il)e most remark- ,
able celebrations tbity has known,
went wild with riot aad pleasure at the
final opening of Aljkka by President
Woodrow Wilson andjoongrsss. through
the passing of the Alaska railway
measure. j ' '
The streets had all the semblance ef
Potlatch week at UsJ culmination. Gay
throngs lined the thoroughfares, while
through the midst passed a motley
pageant of - marchteg "ourdoughs," .
floats, fraternal orders and the "Alaska -special."
symbolislngSie railroad which'
will go 1000 miles lnsJ the heart ot tne
territory under dlreftlon of the gov
ernment. The train as drawn by a
real locomotive mar.sed by Governor ,
Ernest Lister, as engineer, and J. 8.
Chllberg, president the Chamber tut
Commerce, as flrenwi; Mayor Hiram -C
Gill was the'CondAfctor in charge of.
the "special." 5!
Band music, red fS.,a huge bonfire,
exploding bombs and' grotesque figures
threw a glamour rftbout h night,
making it one long lie be- remembered.
As was fitting, Alaska and Alaskans
were the center of attention,
B. L. Swesea, of e Tilikuma, was
grand marshals for Jh occasion. The
line of march ;waa Second avenue
from Yesler way to 'Virginia street and
thence east to! Fouglh avenue, where
the procession again wheeled and went
north to Blanchard jthe scene el the
bonfire. j jfl
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BORAH REGRETS THAT
PRESIDENT HAS NOT
, COPIED CLEVELAND
Washington March 21. Referring to
the repeal of canal tolls today. Senator
Borah, of Idaho, said: 'The over
whelming sentiment against the repeal
bill expressed at the Carnegie hall
meeting in New York Friday night is
the best evidence of the tremendous
public interest in this question."
Discussing the tolls question,' Seng'
tor Borah said:
"A Democratic president on one oc
casion delivered an ultimatum which
led us to the verge of war rather than
permit England to enter the political
arena of the western hemisphere. That
has been a stand which- has had the
Indorsement of the people.
"It seems unwise that an adminis
tration, following a policy which it be
lieves to be consistent with the treaty
obligations of the United States, should
not take the people of the nation into
its-confidence.
"In the past the senate has zealously
guarded the rights of the American
people in international matters.1 It is
the duty of the senate to continue this
nollcy. When the senate voted to for
tify the canal, it said in unmistakable
terms to Great Britain, "We reserve the
right to manage the enterprises for
which our people pay.' It is inconceiv
able that the United States without the
support of a single foreign nation
should build the Panama canal so that
other nations with larger-shipping in
terests, might reap the benefits. The
canal is for the American shippers.
They are to receive the benefit and it
Is my belief that the senate in the end
will come to realize this. The; voters
of the country will tell them if they
do not heed before.
"I am clearly of the ctplnion that the
Hay-Pauncefate treaty does not miti
gate against free tolls. I am firmly
convinced that free tolls are wise as
an economic proposition. And I think
that to yield at this time "will virtual
ly be a surrender of a portion of the
sovereign power - of the " country to
Great Britain." I
Minister Accepts ,
Call to Portland
Bev. K. M. KaU of Traaklln, XndU, to
Take Charge of the rirst Christian
Church Here Early In April.''
Rev. H. M. Hail, of Franklin, Ind.,
who was recently given a call to be
come pastor or the First Christian
v.r in this cltv 'has accepted, and
will assume his new duties early in
April. Rev. Mr. Hall Is a graduate of
Transylvania university, Xiexlngton,
Ky.; Bauer university, inianapoiis,
and received his degree at Yale. .Ha
ha held pastorates In some of the
cities of the east. Since the
resignation of the pastor. Rev. W. F.
Reaeor. two months ago. Rev. S. M.
Conner of Spokane has acted as supply
pastor at the First cnurcn.
EDUCATORS WILL SPEAK
"The Newer Ideals of Education'
will be the subject upon which three
educators have promised to speak at
a luncheon of the Unitarian club of
Oregon, to be held at tne commercial
ninh at noon Tuesday. State Superin
tendent of Schools J. A. Churchill.
vrnfpssor William uonger morgan, or
Reed college, and Superintendent of
Portland Schools L. R. Alderman will
address the club. An attractive 50
cent luncheon has been prepared tor
the club- members. A committee com
posed of W. P. Olds, J. D. Hart.
w e Herring, j. d. oweu ."i dw
ney G. Lathrop has the luncheon In
charge.
CITIZENSHIP IS DENIED
Christian Andrew Swanson, a native
of Sweden, was denied his final citizen
s' in naoers with prejudice yesterday
bv Circuit Judge McGinn when Exam
iner H. B. Hazard produced recoras
showing that Swanson had been con
victed with a woman of the underworld
of an immoral act nearly two years
ago. In all 14 applicants for final pa
pers were denied because of Incompe
tent witnesses ana laaiure m
Nineteen were admitted to citizenship.
Because of the primary election May
16 no naturalization examination win
be held in April ana mo "i ucbuub
will be in May oerore circuit juoi
Davis. !
Young Jumped In Time..
Oregon City, Or, March 21 A nar
row escape was experienced this after
noon by Harry L. Young, manager of
the Oregon City division of the Port
land Railway. Light & Power com
pany. Mr. Young was superintending
the installation oi a ei'v
Seventh and Main streets', when a rope
which was holding up' the heavy sign
temporally, broke and let thej sign fall
to the pavement. Mr. Young was di
rectly under the falling sign, and
Jumped Just in time to avoid being
struck, i I
Mrs. Alexander Asks Divorce.
Oresonr City, Or, March 2lL Robert
Scott Alexander sat on the edge of
the bed, stropped his raxer, and. so
htg wife alleges, told her If he got It
sharp enough to cut a hair he would
"cut her heart out. disembowel and
dissect her." This Is the chief com
plaint made by Mrs. Ella W. Alex
ander, who filed a divorce suit against
her husband today in the circuit court
of Clackamas county. She says they
were married! at Cranbrook. Britisn
Columbia. December 29, 19Q9. She
further avers that her husband Is very
cruel to her.
'Jennings Lodge Social.
Jennings Lodge, Or..March 21. A
basket social and dance will be given
by the Fraternal Union of America in
Batdorfs hall the evening of Thurs
days March 26. Each of the women will
bring a basket mncn "Jor two. Th
committee on arrangements is com
posed of Mrs. Harry rtobinson. Mrs.
fcubelda Jones, Miss Fern Hart and
Miss Ivy Batdorf. !
Apparel
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IT IS WELL worth fihe while
of every lady anfl ! miss in
r Portland and vjcinEy to visit
our woman's store, if cjfcjly to ac
quaint themselves with ie newest
productions of the weavetfs and the
designer's art. Here Ete fabrics
from the world over, taoored into
the latest American asd French .
models garments' Charming and
graceful in outline, and perfect in
their fashioning. You will be de
Jighted with this remarkaiie exhibit ; '
your leisurely inspect! is wel
comed. EH; i
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Suits-
suits of silk, of poplin, and of
all the newest wool fabrics, in
weights suitable for Spring and
Summer wear. Our suits are noted
for their thorough wbrkrjinship and
splendid fitting qualitiesjiach model
being made by an expe-jt man tai
lor. The garments shojfn are un
usual in style and theyjare devel
oped in rare and pleasing 'color com
binations, tj;
l9.5opo $84.50;
Coats-
coats of moire silk, bf checks
and plaids, of golfine jEjnd waffle
weaves, and in other inf ported fab
ric in high color tones. Balmacan
Coats in the genuine Scottish find
Irish weaves. The ei-tiibit a? a
whole is fully represen&tive of the
world's best fabrics, an-ji: the styles
are new and exclusive 2j:
$12.5(fji0 $35.00
Dresses-
A varied showing Hbf dainty
frocks gracefully fashjpned from
chiffon and taffeta, chartreuse, crepe
de chine and crepe rneteor. Our
dresses are all made by epert dress
makers, each being afj individual
garment, showing rare? touches of
artistry. i p-
jU5.0$to $35.00
Our woman's store occupies tee1 entire third
floor; it is cool, inviting and abundantly lighted
by windows and skylights. Everf jfabric is seen
here in its true colors. Each garment is mod
erately priced; you are courtesrfuily invited.
No charge tor alterations.
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