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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1914)
- ! - THE - - OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,- TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30,. 1914. i ! IB BRANCHES ARE PROVING HELP TO AMERICAN EXPORTERS .Merchants' and Manufacture . ers Interested in Foreign Markets Given Information EXPORTERS ARE INDEXED ". ... . i i . .. , , - f ' Branches at STew Tort, Chicago, irew ' Orleans and In rrsaetsev Are Da- 4 signed to Trmtftt Outside Trade. . ; Washington. June 80. That branch offices ef the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce are of treat as- ; slatance to- American merchant and ' manufacturers, who are interested la foreign markets and thetr goods, s ' ''.'evidenced by the reports Just received bv Secretary "of Commerce Hedftejd Werlng the work for the tnonth of; lar In the four branches which have o far been established. . These branches .'are at New York, Chicago, I New Orleans and San Francisco. i ' In addition to the uaual corres t pomlence Incident to the officii mn Vegemfnt, . each branch has In. the ' course of compilation an India "of the - exporters in the diKtrlet represented oy It. The names contained In this I Importers rnde are secured by the use j of special forma which are sent to , manufacturers and business- -houses .' which may be Interested In ' export trade. ' When the returns are made the information procured Is carefully -re-, corded, ''he lists are utilized daily to distribute the bureau's various" . pub lications and to place in the hands of exporting firms that may be Interested the confidential Information relating to "Foreign Trade Opportunities." Manufacturers Thriving. The men in charge ef the various J branches are commercial agents of knowledge and experience, and as rap Idly as possible they are extending " their personal acquaintance among ex- porting concerns in an effort to secure their cordial cooperation and support. Many visitors are received, the num her at the New York office during ' May. approximating 485. at Chicago 167, at Han Francisco 87 and at New . Orleans, 33. But a more aggressive ' plan Is being pursued. As time per mits personal calls are made on bus! neas concern "and associations, the number last month ranging from 86 at 8an Francisco down to 11 at Chi caao and New Orleans. Also, when op . portunltles - offer, ' conventions .and commercial organizations are ad dressed relative to the work of the , bureau of fereign and domestic- com' s merce and Its branch offices. . Rdwln E. Judd, of the New Orleans , ofice. spoke at one of the sessions of the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' association at its annual convention held .in New Orleans on May 18, IS and 20. Mr. Judd also was Invited to - Join the' reception committee from the various commercial associations of ,New Orleans to receive the Nashville Hoostera club. Dr. E. A.. Thayer of the -Han Francisco office accompanied the manufacturers' committee and section ', of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce on a tourof Inspection of the- fac-; torlea of .Alameda county outvidet -of ' Oakland.' Some 15 factories " werevls .' ited and all but one seemed to be doing : a thriving business. The heads of several stated that tijey had- more work than they could comfortably han- die arid three were enlarging their ; plants. ' foreign Visitors Received. Consuls B. M-.i Rasmussen, of Ber ' gen, and Walter A. Leonard, of Stav angcr, Norway, were at the New York office on. May 1 and 2 and at the Chi cago office on May 7 and 8, in both iltfes conferring with the representa tives or several exporting concerns in terested in trade with Norway. -a ' At. H.- Dunn, of Cape Town, South -; Africa, arrived In New York an. May l for the purpose of arranging -for a number of agencies aa sole South Afri- ; ran representative of non-compete g firms. Mr. Dunn came . strongly re commended by Vice Consul General William A. Hay good, and during his stsy he is making the New York of fice his headquarters. The Chicago office was visited by Stephen A. . Adam, of Budapest, Hun gary; who was desirous of becoming the Hungarian representative of an American manufacturer of - electric automobiles. Through' assistance'. given him. Mi. Adam mH such manufactur era In Chicago and ; vicinity and ? suc ceeded In making the desired connec tions, and fcfaced art ordertforlO an tomobiles. , ..... Legislative rTax : Committee Meets Sec Idea la Confine lt Activities to Bupsoit of . Two Propose Constitu tional; Amendments. ' - ifolem,r Or., June rjfd. The"! legisla tive tax 1 committee, meeting here td day w4th-tth state tag commission, de cided taAirafiaeltt activities, for the preset? t at least, to. supporVof the two proposed: -conatlutlonai v amendments referred to the people by- the last leg islator and which authorise the clas sification of property for taxation pur pose. A committee of three la to be appointed To prepare arguments In supnort of the amendments for the initiative pamphlet. ' Several other proposed taxation measures .' such as the 1500 exemption measure, were denounced toy various members of the committee, but the opinion was generally.; expressed that th legislature was "in bad", on taxa tion matters, , ajid there was a graves question If -the committee's opposi tion to the so-called radical measures would not have a beneficial effect for the measures. Chairman, Galloway of the tax com mission declared that th state never will solve me rest proDiems or iaxa iton until the cl:sslf ication amend ments are adopted. ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING OPERATION HAS FATAL ENDING Fprmer Commercial Traveler -and Well-Known Lodge ? man -Dies at .Hospital C.; : w, Hansom, fdrrief commercial traveler, and weij known lodge man. Jied at Good-, Samaritan, hospital yes terday following an attack of pneu monia contracted a result of an oper ation for appendicitis nine days ago. the funeral was held at 1 o'clock this afternoon from. : the Finley undertak ing parlors. Interment will be In For est Grove. " ' . - The pallbearers were: r ' Judge 'vV'll Ham M. Cake. Sheriff T. M. word, S. P. King, Barney May, Clyde O. Hunt le, of Oregon Cityr and Homer D. Angeli. . .";.'-::- ;rv ., Mr. Ransom is survived by his wid ow, Mary E. Ransom,, residing at 709 trpper Drive. .Portland heights; Mrev Homer V. Carpenter, daughter, living at 726 Upper Drive, Portland Heights, and Mrs. Clinton Hoyt, a sister, re siding in this cijty. Mr. Ransom was widely known among traveling men, hia 18 years ex perience on th road having brought him many friends. For two years be V i ' I i S J r i ; v il " it mm- , s' ? J vx ' ' lilt 1 81 I - C. W. Ransdm.' .'.--,. . SVEDISH SOCIAUSTS INDORSE'PROPOSAL TO ' DISARM SCANDINAVIA Protective association;.. The last aina years he had devoted to mining enter prises and at the time : of his death he was president Of ' the Commercial Mining company whose pro per tie arw located in Baker county, Oregon. ;H was a prominent member ot the.. Wood men of the World, the Masons and the Knights of Pythias and was the first chancellor of the latter order at For Astoria Decorated for Big Regatta f W.i Admiral Met chan and His Staff Will Be Given Reception Upon Their Ar rival in bity Tomorrow Evening. Astoria:,' d;, June 80.- Astoria is in gala attire for the nineteenth annual regatta and Fourth of July celebration, which- opens in this city Thursday morning. All business houses are dec orated with flags and bunting lor the occasion., "K. ... The Norwegian bark Alcedles, which Will serve for a grandstand. Is being moored to the O.-W. R. & N. dock. and will be put in shape lor the re ception of Admiral Metsclmn ahd staff and Queen Alll and ber -maids. A re ception will be given Admiral Mets chan and his staff when they arrive in the city tomorrow evening. More speed boats are expected to arrive in the city today. The Red Rose and Wastrel of Seattle which arrived Sunday, took a spin 6n the race course this morning. est Grove. He was born at Erie ou. was president of the Traveling Men's ty,' Pftfin., in 1867. , , Swedeiy Norway land Den mark Asked to Unite in Giving Up Large Armies. LAUGH AT RUSSIA PERIL Would Sbertea Army Service Periods . te 81 Komtba, FroMblt TJae ' f Troops la Zadstria4 Conflicts. . to tlTnlted rreaa Leased, W!rtt.i ' v!i Stockholm, June 30. As their reply the Swedish government's demand for an -expensive strengthening of the country's military i and naval - es tablishments,' Socialists here have launched a campaign' In favor of shortening: the period of service in tho Infantry and enginerlng branches Of the army to six months, of prohibiting the use of troops in industrial con flicts and : of democratizing the Of f 1 cers' messes,' In combination with this movement Simultaneous disarmament of Swe den.' Norway and Denmark except for an army corps to defend frontiers. ' A combined declaration .to the world making it clear that the three nations accept at its face Assurances toy the powers " that peaceful tendencies un-. derlle their .foreign policies and that Scandinavia Is anxious to set . an ex ample which might, profitably be fol lowed bjr others. ' - " - A Swedlsn-Norwegian-Denisn agree ment to work together, for peace and the promotion ot international Justice, A aim liar agreement to' employ for the allies' common , good the money and men they will have at their dla do sal after disarmament. - The Socialists take the view that the "Russian peril." of whleh the mili tarists are making; so much capital, is wholly imaginary. iJruggist Is Given v Eockpile Sentence m. J. Kaglus Convicted of Selling Coa trahand -Drugs i Xa Addition JCast Also "Pay -rise of taoo. E. J. -Maglus. druggist at 52l Wll llama avenue, was given 100 Ylays on the rock pile and ordered to ;ty a fine of $200 yesterday afternoon in the municipal court for selling drugs. S. B. Band if er, special agent for the state board Of pharmacy, made the arrest Saturday evening near the drag store, where Maglus was in the act of deliv ering 4 bottle of'eorame and one of morphine to Ned Morgan. Evidence in court yesterday was to tb naeri - of : these drug' -wee. te meat the druggtat s short disUnce from the drug store. ' Maglus denied selling the drugs,, explaining, that be uses it, which Was the reason for hav ing the two bottles Saturday night He is years old and formerly worked i the Albina shops. The case will be ap pealed, hi attorney aaid. And atoms women Wear shoes ' too small because the -right size la too large. . . . : jf BUtistkal ; Note. . London haa 110.000 night workerslV v : Canada population Is ertl mated at 7,100,000. -- - - - . , r " ' Australia's popuUttoa 1 ettimated , at 8.00.000. : - U There are 1200 person employed in the printing trades In Africa. . -'.' Over 490.000,000 persona are under British rule. . ' ' via 1111 over 34.600.009 barrels of etroleum were produced in the "united tate. . ' " ' ' thev have Indorsed the lnter-Scandl navlan scheme proposed by Herr Llnd-ithe effect that Marina has beert sell hagen, Socialist mayor of Stockholm, in g drugs for two years. The custom i ram- vcr ill 1 f r watch Hmrr? 'See Tomorrow's Journal Montavilla to Have Own Public Market Parent-Teacher Association to Open Cart at fiaat Stark and East Sev-tBty-8Ixth Streets Heart Week. The Montavilla Parent-Teacher as-soclat-ion will open a public market on July 1 at East Stark street 'and East Seventy-sixth street, north. : The pres ent plans call for market days on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with hours f rtm 6 to 10 a. m. Permission to use these Streets for ' this purpose has been secured from Commissioners Bigelow and. Dieck. . ', ; " '.Mr. and Mrs. At- C Weinel and Mrs. Vfr R. Cummins will be In charge of the market ahd have already secured the promises of a number of producers neap Montavilla to supply produce. The committee Will visit other farm ers tomorrow to secure additional pro duce for -the market - l "', ;. - ., ; ' Railroad Employe Wins Promotion Friends of It. W. poster, commercial f agent at Portland for the Burlington railroad, are congratulating him. today on ;-hl3j promotion. as. general agent to succeed the late A. C. Sheldon. He will assume his new duties at once. The new. appointee has been in the service of the "Burlington for 22 years and hi experience in the work has been gained In this city. . His appoint ment Is considered by railroad men in general as most fitting testimonial of Mr. Fostsr'i ability. mL aim v; -' ' - i A "hthe Heart of the Olympics" Discovered hv tVi r : fori UC tnh't nian has spent rortunrs to make the 'West's moat wSfc,h'f,.Cnen.tnh01 dV.r.7or"t! . L1? wondroua beauty is -W, we'?romlnK guests from, far and near. Write to the Sol Due Hot Springs-Hotel. Sol Duel Wash :'m-i Puc fnTneral waters for tnedt " r'nP"-poses or charged as a tabls and pleaBuee drink are now UDoh thf market in bottled form. tK fjfm medlclnan water is marvelous ln its effect upon rheumatism, blood, skin " h. kdn,y altd MtdderrdSorSSrs . Order either bind- from .'grocer, or druggist: at cafe or club. ror. or Ll'Jr B?!?! Co.: wholesale Woodard, Clarke tt Co., druggists. rater Slstributois. ' ' "t IV. I I iwnr IS i OF. THE FORMER o c? r-7 x7 n;7.onn m iviin iOEHgM -Flrop the Receiver R. L. Saftui He QiD)J STTOC ST n ' - i i lor Only Over $2.00 Worth of Merchandise for Every $ I Spent Here- Positively as Advertised THE LESS XHAN HALF OE FACTORY COST THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SURGING THROUGH THIS IMMENSE STOCK WI1JL PRONOUNCE THIS 'StmW THE AGE MEN'S SUITS NEARLY GIVEN AWAY! MEN'S SHOES NEARLY GIVEN AWAY I MEN'S HATS, SHIRTS, FURNISHINGS. Etc;, NEARLY GIVEN AWAY! FINEST OREGON WOOL SUITS I nowonly1 ! $2-50-?3-00 SHOES 98c $10w0 MEN'S FINE SUITS GOING, 'S3 THlS Big StOre SHOES, $3.00 TO $4.00 VALUES, IN- g gfl iNuyy ai . , . . ... ... . . y -u.ww. CLUDING PACKARDS . .... I Vl-TA WaS Cl0Sed $2.00 SOFT FELT HATS QQ. GOING NOW AT J nm-Aim $2.00 STRAW HATS VOC SJMEN'S FINE SUITS NOW; CP 1 Q CT realtors $4.00, $S.00, $6.00 STETSON HATS g C Q GOING AT. ;;....,,..... . VP q 30' NOW ON SALE AT . . ... ... ...... .V&.W Positively the Greatest Slaughter bfTtlen'e Fine Oregon 50c B. V. D. AND OTHER UNDERWEAR 5fliw Woolen Clothing Ever Held in Portland! t v ' NOW AT . . ." .' . . 1 . . r ...... C Oregdn WOOtEN tOG SHIRTS Almost One-Third $3 fcURE OREGON WOOL SHIRTS CJ II "J ft 1 10c Sox now 5c 1 50c MEN'S SHIRTS t Cr NOW ON SALE ... : . . . P A 15c Firemen's Sox. . .9c SPECIAL THIS SALE A JC $3.50 PURE OREGON WOOL J f- Oflk 'SSES? rlti JIf $1.00 DRESS SHIRTS, WITH MILITARY SHIRTS, MILITARY STYLE'.: , . , . V P I -0? I25. Botton Garter,14c COLLARS . .... $3.00 WOOLEN CAMP BLAN- . fP TO - W $1 UNION SUITS, ATHLETIC OR LONG .A,QA kets only . . . . . . . : , . '. v a JV Sale Ol&eiaS sleeve . vyr,-i . . J ATONLYf. P:l;??: ' M. SALEAtTT f "T?. "J0!. . 9 5C sALfNowA? WH:P !9&c Wednesday:' G?. .N ..49c . saasaasjBasBBiasvasaajsBBBBBsajasMSswssaBBaas . .. . iria v-- .r , line ' - ; .v - - : , -. ----- ' WATCH FOR. n O'la : ' ' 1 r .. '" ' ' MONSTER YELLOW SIGNS Mom 4