THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1914. '
AUSTRIAN CONSUL
STIRS' ABYS1IANS
. AGAINST ITALIANS
Serious Trouble for Allies
.If Herr Schwimmer's Plot
ting in Africa Is Successful
ITALY SENDS TROOPS
Xtall&n SubUo X Hot Olvra. Full la
formation tot Fear of Effect on
Relation With Austria.
Rome, Nov. 29. (By mall via New
York.) AuHlrla is trying to drag
Abynlnla into the world war.
-t may bo that Germany Is trying,
too, but the Italian government Is cer
tain concerning Austria. It has re
ceived detailed reports from absolutely
reliable ources of the plotting of Herr
8chwimm-r, tho Aifbtrian consul at
AJlls Aba.
This information was not given out
officially. In --view of tho fact that
the government has not made It pub
lic, it probably would be refused trans
mission over the Italian telegraph
wires. It was obtained, however, from
unquestionable authorities, and for
that matter it la not much of a secret
in well posted circles.
Whether or not Herr Kchwimmer has
also Intrigued against Italy Is not cer
tain. . --
v ' Mors Troops An Sent.
Even If It was unintentional on his
part, he has nevertheless succeeded, as
a result of his mischief making for
the allies' benefit, 1n stirring up con
siderable hostile Abyssinian sentiment
against the Italians.
Signs of this feeling became so evl
: dent recently that the Rome govern
ment deemed it necessary to strength-
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Kit US luiitini J ciwiiMifiiivn. ...
' nossession of Kritrea, which lies be
tween the Red sua and the Abyssinian
frontier.
It was announced when the troops
left Italy that they were destined for
the Trlpolttan Kgypt frontier and the
explanation was given that fears wero
entertained ot an overflow of the Turk
ish campaign In Egypt Into Tripoli.
This occasioned considerable sur
prise at the time, etneo the Turks were
. . . . .......... firt-nt'u Matnrn frnn.
tier, then, and aome hundreds of miles
lay between them and Italian terrl
' tory.
Nor was It a fact that the govern
ment Intended to use Its reinforce
ments in Tripoli. Instead It was for
Eritrea that they were bound.
May Have Been Accident.
The presumption Is that it was by
accident that Herr Schwlmmer stirred
the Abyssinlans to a state of un
friendliness so far as Italy Is con
cerned. It Is recognized that both
Germany and Austria resent the Ital
ians' failure to help them against the
allies, but they are so anxious to pre
vent them, now from Joining the r.l
jles themselves that it is unlikely
they would purposely risk angering,
them by their- representatives' activi
ties at Addis Abea.
; ' The possibilities are also t,liat the
Italian government's reasons for re
pressing news of the situation in Erit
rea waa its unwillingness to let the
t public knpw of the harm done by Herr
' bchwimmer. As is well known, there
' Is already a strong sentiment through
out Italy In favor of war with Aus
tria, an4 If tho fact should be pub
lished that a uililary expedition to
Eritrea had been rendered necessary
by the Austrian diplomat's meddling,
the people's anger might render it im
possible for the government to avert
hostilities longer.
Trouble for tha Allies.
Should the Teutonic agent succeed
in inducing, the Abyssinlans to go to
war, he will have accomplished what
will prove very serious for the allies,
as well as for Italy.
The Egyptian Soudan, British
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rea, Italian Sonialiland and French
Komalilan.i all border on Abyssinia
and would be very difficult If not im
possible to protect against extensive
invasions.
The Abyssinlans, too, have a hi in
reputation as fighting men, as Italy
Knows to its cost.
The obliteration, a generation aed
of a large Italian military expedition
engaged in operations against King
Wenellk has never been forgotten hero.
It has not been forgotten, either, in
Abyssinia, There has been a smolder
of resentment there against Italians
ever since, and this was probably re
sponsible for tho fact that, probably
against his own wishes, Herr Schwim
mer's attempts to provokethe negua
to an invasion of the neighboring pos
sessions seem to have aroused Abys
sinian Sentiment to an even greater
extent in favor of an attack on Italian
, territory on the same coast.
titled to vote at the election which Is
the subject of contest- Since the act
is general in its scope and authorizes
any elector to contest the right of any
person to any office for which he has
the right to vote, it certainly author
izes this contestant to. contest the
election of the contestee to the office
of sheriff. If both acts are in effect,
a defeated candidate for a county of
fice has a choice to proceed under the
old law or under the new iff an elec
tion contest. A candidate for a dis
trict office comprising this county
would be confined to the proceedings
provided by the Corrupt Practices
Act. '
"It Is a familiar rule of, statutory
construction that where a later stat
ute clearly covers the whole subject
matter of an antecedent act, and it
plainly appears to have been the pur
pose of the legislature to give expres
sion to 4he whole law upon the sub
ject, the antecedent act is repealed
by necessary implication (1 Suther
land Stat. Const, 2nd Ed. pp. 465-6).
This, rule has found frequent expres
sion in the decisions of our supreme
court.
What Was Electors' Intent?
Did the electors' intend to repeal the
former law, or was the new law In
tended to be. merely cumulative? Did
they intend to express in the later act
the whole law on the subject 'of elec
tion contests as it should thenceforth
exist in this state? Several provisions
of the two acts are In conflict and
their provisions differ widely in sev
eral particulars. The provisions of
the statutes under consideration relate
to the same subject, to election con
tests. The new law is vastly wider
In Its scope, and enlarges materially
the remedy provided by the old law
An Intention will not be ascribed to
the lawmaking power to establish con-
uicung systems upon the same sub
ject, or to leave In force provisions
of a law by which, the later will of
the legislature may be thwarted, or
overthrown.
Hew Law Covers All Contests.
'The act of 1908 as construed by the
supreme court appears to cover the
whole subject of election contests, by
candidates as well as by electors who
were not candidates; it provides all
the essential remedies provided by tho
old act and enlarges materially the
Bcope of election contests: it provides
other conditions upon the exercise of
this right; it fails to provide an ap
peal, but there is no constitutional or
vested right to an appeal. It seems
to me that it was the intention of the
legislature to repeal at least so much
of the former act as conflicts wiyi or
differs from the provisions of the
later act, and that they Intended by
this act to regulate by a uniform rule
the entire subject of election contests.
In my opinion this (remedy can only
be pursued by filing a petition and
bond and by issuing a citation in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
act of 1908."
Intoxicated Drivers
Need Ask No Mercy!
Judge Stevenson, In Sentencing Mer
chant to Jail, Issues Warning to
Persons Driving Automobiles.
"Any man who drinks booze and Is
brought before this court Tor driving
his machine recklessly while under
the influence, can't expect to get off
with a fine from this court."
With tills statement. Municipal
Judge Stevenson this morning sen
tenced R. Ij. Whitcomb, a merchant
and former proprietor of the Mount.
Scott Fuel company to five days in
Jail. Whitcomb was wrested by
Motorcycle Patrolman H. L. Coulter
Saturday afternoon on the Hawthorne
bridge. r"
A short time before Whitcomb had
run his' automobile into a bakery
wagon standing on Grand avenues An
appeal to the circuit court was taken.
Evidence in the case against Daniel
R. Howell of the Kilham Stationery
company, arrested for reckless driving
was taken this morning." HoweU's
machine struck a milk wagon at
Twenty-fourth , and East Everett
streets yesterday evening, and Pa
trolman Palmer immediately took him
into custody. Further evidence will
be heard tomorrow.
Cardinal Agliardo III. .
Rome, Dec. 21. Cardinal Agliardo.
one of the best known members of the
Sacred College, was 111 here today of a I
complication of bronchitis and , pneu
monia. It was admitted that bra Ill
ness was serious.
SHERIFF WORD LOSES
FIRST ROUND OF HIS
ELECTION CONTEST
(Ontlnued From Page One.)
NORTHWEST DEATHS
Mrs. AVilliam Uojd. "
trcewater. Or., Dec. 21. Mrs. Wil
liam I-Ioyd Sr. died suddenly last
Thursday from paralysis at her home
at Meadow Brooks farm, near Free-
water, fehe was born in 1847, in Illi
nois, and -had resided here for 37 yeais.
Her husband, two sons. Henry Lloyd
and William Lloyd Jr., and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Stanfield of Odessa, survive
her. The funeral was held Saturday.
der the provisions of section 3428 et
sequltur 1- O. L. These sections were
enacted in 1854 and provide a mode
for contesting tho election of county
officers, but not district or state of
ficers. "In 1908 an initiative act was enact
ed by tho elertors which is popularly
known as the 'corrupt practices act-'
(1.-1909 p. 10). This act contains provi
sions for election contests and pre
scribes the procedure in such proceed
ings.
"It la contended here that the act ot
1854 was repealed by the act of 1908.
and that this proceeding should have
been Instituted under the later act.
"In 7'azwell vs. Davis, 64 Oregon.
325, it is said that the act of 1909 is
general in its scope, particularly sec
tion 3529 -L O. I. and we think au
thorizes any elector t the state, or
any political division thereof, to con
test the right of any person to "any
office for, which such elector has the
right to vote, including the office of
' circuit Judge."
, "If this (Word vs. Ilurlburt) were
a case of first Impression, I might
reach .a different conclusion; but this
court is bound by the decision of our
court of last resort. Under this rul
ing it seems clear that the act of
1908 in relation to election contests
is general in Its scope and provides
an adequate mode for the contest of
an election to the office of sheriff
by a defeated candidate against a suc
cessful candidate to determine who
has received a plurality of the legal
votes cast at the election; that la, to
determine who was legally elected to
the office.
Aot General la Bcope.
"To be eligible to election to this of.
tic one must be an elector and en-
Mrs. Frank Propst.
Albany, Or., Dec. 21. After a resi
dence of 63 years In Linn county. Mrs.
Frank Propst died Friday at her home
near Albany. She was born in Illinois
In 1838, crossed the plains with her
parents in 1851, settling in this county.
Her husband and six children are liv
ing. The children are: Sirs. Maria
Miller of Albany; Henry Propst of
Grand View, Wash.; A. G. Propst ot
Albany; Mrs. Dana Butler of Lebanon;
L. B. Propst of Lebanon, and Mrs.
Thomas E. Riley of Albany.
John R. Smuiles.
Spokane, Wash., Dec 2l.-John R.
Smailes, formerly of Morrow county,
Oregon, died of Bright's disease in a
local hospital Wednesday. For a
number of years he was In the confec
tionery, business at Fourth and Mor
rison in Portland.
Mrs. Anna Layton.
Philomath, Or., Dec. 21. At the age
of 75, Mrs. Anna Lay ton died here
December 13. Her father settled . in
Benton county in 1847, crossing the
plains when Mrs. Layton was only 8
years old.
Hold-Ups Rob L. A. Streetcar Crew.
Los Angeles, Dec. 21. Search was
being made today for a pair of masked
bandits who held up and robbed two
Btreet car crews last night during a
driving rain. A small sum of money
was stolen from each crew. ;
Flannery's Misfortune.
A tithe yards they tell of a man who
was visiting an acquaintance, one of
the foremen, wha askedhim:
"Did you hear about'poor Flannery?"
"Niver a word; phwat about Flan
nery "
"Shure, the big steam hammer In
the foundry dropped on bis chlst and
killed him."
"Well," said the man, meditatively,
VO'm not surprised, for Flannery al
ways did have a weak chest,"
St
ore upen
With a Grea
TONIGHT From 6 Until 9 P.
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Increased Force of Experienced Salesmen
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Smoking Stands
Special $4.50
tly
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Made of solid
oak finished in
golden oak or
fumed oak. Com
plete with brass
tray and cigar
holders as shown
i
the illustration.
Wicker Sewing Basket
Special $4.45
These baskets are
firmly constructed
made of j selected
quality wicker. "Tiey
would make most
useful and practical
gifts. In style as il
lustrated. 1 .
Sewing Stands
Special $3.95
Of solid oak, fin
ished in golden oak,
famed oak or ma
hogany. Fitted with
four small compart
ments for thread,
needles, etc., and
one large compartment for sewing
materials. In style as illustrated.
i I Fifth Floor
Good, Practical Gift
FURS
There are two dominant
factors that make this sale
unique: First, that
Every Fur Reduced
which makes this occasion of
unprecedented importance.
But most important of all is
the fact that our furs are
guaranteed and that every
piece shown is in -the most
popular fashion.
The regular prices
range from $10.00 a set to
fZUU.UU. special novo from
$8.10 to $160.00.
Third Floor
ALSO OFFER IN
THE SUIT ! STORE
Every Suit Reduced
Every Coat Reduced
Every Waist Reduced
Every Skirt Reduced
Every Dress Reduced
Every Sweater Red'd
Just Received From Oar
Florence Office
The Latest Novelty
ITALIAN BLANKETS
$1.00, $1J5, $3.50, $5.00
Fifti Floor
fSfe Gift of Fine
fN Gold and Silver . jgfi
$ L " Expressed in a Vf
Wealth
IfF Of Variety W $8fc
M , In Our . fs mi
Ttxe Power oi a D dllar
lis Forcefully Demonstrated in
Tle Holiday Bazaar
On the Second Floor j
Where Thousands of Xmas Gifts
Are Assembled for Your Inspection
Nothing Over One Dollar
Linen Handkerch'fs Odd Initials
100 DOZEN IN THIS SALE
Regular 25c Handkerchiefs
Special 1 7c j
All pure linen, with real hand-embroidered initials in dainty
wreath designj quarter-inch hems. In these handkerchiefs there
are only initials u, P, J, H, S, W, T and K.
75c Box Handkerchiefs, Special 48c Box
Pure linen handkerchiefs, with neat hemstitched hem, embroid-
corner. Initials G, L, E, M, D, N, A, F, 'B, C, K
this assortment. Three handkerchiefs in a box.
First Floor
ered initials in
and R only in
The Christmas Book
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grum
bled "Jo"; in Miss Alcott's immortal "Little Women."
A good many people feel that way about Christmas if ft
doesn't bring them any books.
Nothing quite takes the place of the volume that carries be
tween its covers hours of delight, forgetfulness, help for the
man, woman, boy or girl you want to greet.
Even the big gift of something else is made richer if you tuck
a carefully-chosen book in with it.
Come into the Lipman-Wolfe Book Store Tuesday and or
der the books that will carry your message to friends.
If you don't know just what to choose, ask us We know
them all I Balcony j Book Store
I THE DOLL
. Have a Store All Their Own
"The House of a Thousand Babies
I On the Second" Floor.
The biggest, brightest, airiest doll house ever seen
Thousands of dolls of every kind imaginable.:
$2.50 Full Jointed Dolls 98c
25 inches long the famous "Pansy" and "My
Dearie" dolls, with character bisque heads, natural
curly ,hair, movable eyes. J
. 75c Character Dolls 48c !
Dressed in gingham dresses, with bonnet shoes
and stockings bobbed hair.
$1.25 Dressed Dolls 75c
11 inches long full, jointed,
movable eyes, . dressed in char
acter styles. Also many character
dolls in different sizes.
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J Merchandiso of J Merit Only ;
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Practical, Artistic Gifts i
From the Art Room f l
Jewelry
Store When Every
Article Is -Marked
From
A Fifth to Half
Less Than
Regular
Finrt Floor
mm
Sixth Floor
$1.50 Silver Deposit
Trays, Special
59c
m
1:1:
:4i
50c Cut Glass f?3
a uiuuicrtt
11-inch celery trays, with cut
star bottom and decoration of
silver deposit in attractive design,
as illustrated.
$1.50 Cut Glass
Nappies, Special 79c
6-inch nip-
pits, with or
without h a n
dle, deeply cut
In rich pattern
on heavy
blanks As illustrated. - .,
$1.50 Crumb Tray Set
Spec'l 98c
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SLIPPERS
Hundreds of Slippers for Xmas Gifts
FOR WOMEN
Felt toilet de luxe slippers in blue,
old rose, taupe and lavender at $2.00
pair. -
Felt comfy slippers with felt pad
ded soles, in blue, Oxford, purple,
taupe and orchid, at $1.50 pair.
Felt Juliet Fur-Trimmed Slip'
pers, special 98c.
Felt Juliet Ribbon-Trimmed
Slippers, special, $1.19.
Felt Easy Soft-Soled Slippers, special, $1.19.
Slippers for Men
Brown kid Romeo hand-H
turned soles, $1. 50 to $3.
Slippers in opera styles,
custom grade, in tan, seal,
brown, vici, black; hand
turned soles, custom last,
$3.50 pair.
Full line of men's black or tan kid Everet and opera slip
pers, priced from $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 to $2.50 pair.
Basement
tot W
Tray and
brush of brass
I in antique fin
ish, embossed decoration As il
lustrated, r
$4 7-Piece Cake Sets
Special $1.98
Special 29c
Water glasses, '. beauti
fully cut on heavy blanlyi,
in attractive designs, .cut
star bottom and plajjn
tops. As illustrated. HI
S3 augar and Cream r
Special SlM Set
Of rich cut
glass, deeply
cut on heavy
blanks, in
handsome pat
ter n s. Low
squat shape,
notched han
dles As illustrated.
$1.00 Silver Bonbon
Dishes, Special 49c
Quad r u p 1 e
plate bon bon
dishes, in a nov-
1tv rlnart rt
size, pierced design. Asillustrated.
98c Silver-Plaiid Vase
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Matinees and Negligees Half Price
Handsome, long, graceful negligees of
soft albatross, French flannels and some of
silks. Made in Empire and loose-flowing
styles; trimmings of laces, ribbons, scal
loped edges and some-with small lace sleeves.
The matinees are also very attractive, be
ing' made of challies, French flannels and al
batross in clever styles with lace trimmings,
II i ' - nei trimmings anu nuuuns. ;
I I V Ay They come in light blue, pink, rose, white,
I jri-s lavender, purple, gray and tan.
$5.00 Matinees $2.50 $6.00 Negligees $3.00
$4.50 Matinees $2,25 $10 Negligees . $5.00
$6.50 Matinees $3.25 To $30 Negligees $15
Pourti Floor
Set consists of a 10-inch plate,
and six 6-inch plates, hand-paint-
ed on Nippon china, decorated in
gold. As illustrated.
75c Imp. Candle Lamp
Special 39c
Of white bisque,
ornamented with
child figure, fin
ished with hand
some colored shade. Stands 11
inches high As illustrated.
75c Sil. Deposit Dish
Special 48c
t 5-inch jelly dishes
of heavy crystal, with
attractive decorations
of silver deposit. As
illustrated.
$2.00 13-Inch Serving
Trays, Special 98c
Mahogany f i n -ished
serving trays,
in oval shape, with
brass handles, glass
and felt back. Dec
orated center.
As illustrated.
Special 59c
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Full 5 inches high,&i
attractive pierced desigjn,
with glass inset for hom
ing watsr. Heavily silver
plated. As illustrated. f
$2.98 10-inch Bisque
Bust 98c
These bu s t s
are in pure white
and the subjects
co m p r i s e f a
m o u s authors,
poets arid other
well-known sub
jects. As illustrated.
$3.50 Sheffield Plate
Dishes, Special $1.75
Eon bon dishes of:
O! f !
extra neavy aiict-;.;
field plate, decorated
in crape design, 'with
pierced sides. Mounted cn stand.
As illustrated. :
$8 Cut
' if- .
Vase
$2.48 Sil. Pie Dishes
Sp'l $1.75 Special $4.98
Heavily silver
plated frame in
pierced design, with fireproof
GlaSISf
50c French Shoulder Bouquets Special 25c
All kinds and varieties of the finest French flowers,
made into little bouquets, now so much in vogue.
There are single flowers and clusters of tiny flowers,
in nearly every color and combination, so closely cop
ied from the real flowers as almost to defy detection.
Second Floor
$4 French Mirrors $2.98
Handsome mirrors for halls, lmng-rooms
and bedrooms, 36 inches long. In antique
gold frames, ornamented at the top with hand
colored rosebuds, and also a small colored pic
ture reproducing the old masters. These mir
rors wotild make most acceptable Xmas gifts.
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Framed Pictures Sellingio
$3.50. Very Special 95c
This sale embraces one of the largest and
most diversified assortments of framed pic
tures that we havever presented at one price,
and at a price so' low as this. .
Pictures reproducing famous paintings by
the old masters, framed in handsome antique
gold frames and dark colored frames.
Also a large assortment of popular pictures
by American artists, hand-colored with walnut
veneer frames.
$1.25 Framed Maxfield Par
rish Pictures 69c -
A complete assortment of all .the newest
subjects of Maxfield Parrish pictures, in color,
framed with carved old gold frames.
-r-Sixth Floor
If I I
baking dish, 10 inches in diameter
Ebony handles. y
As illustrated.
$2.25 10-Inch Bisque
Figures
Special 98c
Including famous
subjects, such as
"The Boy With
the Thorn, etc.
Finished in pure
white.
As illustrated.
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Ha n d s o m e vase,"i
deeply1 cut on heav3f
blank, full 12 ,nche
high. Cut star bott
torn, notched top. As;;
illustrated. Hi -
$1.75 7-Pc p!lkve Set
Spec'l 98c
Hand-painted
Nip p o n china ,
decorated in gold. Setconsists of
an 8-inch dish and siki individual
olive dishes. As illustrated.
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Six Big Holiday Glove Altracfions
Continuing Our Great GloveljSale
Special $1.25 III
$1. 50k Doe and Chamois Cloves, Guaranteed Washable
Special 95c i
$1.25 One-Clasp Lambskin Gloves, in White, Tw, Gray
Special $1.95 - Sit
$3.00 Cape Gloves, in 16-Button Lengffi
Special $1.19 J
$1J50 French Lambskin Gloves, in Two-Claspi Style .
Special 98c lif .
$1.25 Cape Gloves, in' an Extra Serviceable Quality
Special $1.95 r
$2.50 Lambskin Gloves, in 16-Button Length.
Fkst Floor
.AGENTSFOR FREE SEWING MACHINES.