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V t 14 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1915. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. OREGON. SEIZURE OF PARCEL POST MAIL BY ALLIES MAY START TROUBLE British Hold Such Mail Sub ject to Same Conditions as Cargoes of Ship, FRENCH ALSO OFFENDERS teports Prom Swltaerland Tell of Ex amination of Xiettera and Packages to and From Americans. "King George," Old Alaskan Slave, Dead Wm Captured ny Xlawock Xndlane Jnrlag Canadian Bald and Waa Be Uered Orandaon of an EtU Spirit. Wrangell. Alaska. Dec. 29. CP. N. S.) "King TJeorge," Alaska s oldest slave, is dead here today. When a youth of 110 King George" was cap tured by the Klawock tribe during a plundering expedition Into Canadian l.rrllnrv and until the DOWT of the t'nlted States government suppressed , slavery lie waa mo nmto v. uic w oc ks. Even after he was given his free dom "King George" was closely WaiL Iie'J U Lilt! jmu.r. . itv ; lleved bini to be the Krandson of an evil spirit. "King ueorge was years old at the time of his death and lor several years had been totally blind. week; the sending out of statements of account on February 10 with a uni form letter used all over the United States. It Is asserted that thus an immense amount of money in tha aggregate can at once be put In circulation and a gratifying impetus ba given to trade all over the land. Water in Alcohol; Dealer Is Arrested They .re arresting 'em for selling water now. A week from today It may be dif ferent. Morris Kline, of Kline Broth ers, wholesale liquor dealers, was ar rested yesterday afternoon on com plaints reaching the. office of Dis trict Attorney Evans that shipments of drinks sent out from the Kline Brothers establishment, under the label of "Pure Grain Alcohol," ron talned more pure Bull Run water than liquor. A test, or taste, of the wet goods convinced the district attorney that something was wrong, and Kline wa taken into custody on a charge if violating the pure food labeling act. Complaints were made about ono ahipment sent to Salem and another sold In Portland. Kline gave bond. Iurtall A. F. and A. M. Officer. Soio, Or, Der. 29. The following officers were Installed in tha Scio lodge No. 39, A. K. and A. M.. Mon day night in the presenre of the Ma sons and their families: V. M.. Thomas Small; S. V.. G. M. Kinley; J. W.. Fl i". IVery: treasurer. V. A. Kwlng; secretary. K. I. Myers; tiler. A, E. Randall; and N. Young. deacons. J. S. Stecha Ilomb Throw rs in Montreal. 1,.. 2S. I. X. S. i.!. today broke tlie on St. TimotHV A'n.M'ien sustained Montreal. tw A Miiikhaiid I windows In ' street here. Mr: a broken rm. "Washington. Dec. 29. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Seizure and search of parcel post mall may become a large- International Is sue between the United States and Great Britain because of the increas ing assumptions of British officials In Interfering with such shipments. Great Britain Is not the only of fender, as reports also come from Swit zerland of the stoppage and examina tion by the French of letters as well as parcel post mall destined to or from Americans in Germany and Austria. Until a few months ago parcel post packages passed freely through the neutral countries, the United States having arranged for dispatch through Holland, Denmark and Sweden when direct communication with Germany was interrupted. Then came refusal of steamship lines to accept parcel post for Germany, and at first there was no clear explanation for it. Cnrlstmaa FTaaenta Bald Up. Now comes announcement that the. British hold parcel post matter to be outside the postal conventions and sub ject to seizure and search as a part of a ship's cargo. Irritation over this action has been increased by the near ness of the holiday season. Christmas presents sent by Americans in the Teu tonic nations to relatives and friends In other countries were held up, as were also packages going In the other direction. The development of this situation Is storing up a lot of diplomatic trouh'.e. This government waa not in position to deal with the refusal of steamship lines to carry parcel post to neutral countries, but the seizure of mail on neutral ships and of mailbags passing through Switzerland raises a direct Issue with the British and French. Congress Taking notice. There have been signs of an erup tion In congress over acts of the Brit ish on the seas resulting from the or ders In council. The first gun was Senator Hoke Smith's resolution asking for a report on interference with ship ping, which was broadened, before adoption, to Include Investigation of the destruction of American lives. The parcel post situation intensifies the feeling held by a large number of congressmen that the time has arrived to make sharp representations to Great Britain and France, in spite of unset tled negotiations with Germany and Austria over the Lusltanla and Ancona On one hand It is argued that Uncle Sam would be undertaking "too large a contract'' by sharply pressing the Is sue with the entente allies while the controversies with the Teutonic allies are so unsettled. The contrary view Is that Germany and Austria may look more kindly upon American demands if like vigor is used In presenting this country's case against their enemies. Favorable Impression Z.ort. It is pointed out that a favorable impression was created In Germany as to the sure-enoutli neutrality of this country by the note sent to the British some time ago, leading to practical re sults In the progress made toward ad justment of the Lusltanla affair. That favorable impression is said now to be lost because of the recall of the mili tary and naval attaches and the Aus trian notes, Great Britain in the mean time extending, rather than restricting, the hardships imposed upon neutral commerce. Never in the history of the republic lias the state department had to deal with so many 'loaded'" cases at once. and for this reason there Is a wide spread feeling in congress that violent talk should be avoided. There Is gen eral confidence in Secretary Lansing and no questioning as to the adminis tration's desire to pursue a course lacking neither la firmness nor impartiality. DRUGGISTS OF EUGENE DECLARE LIQUOR LAW NOT FAIR TO DEALER Agreed Not to Sell Alcohol Under Law as Chances Do Not Warrant Handling, Eugene, Or.. Dec. 23. EVery drug- J gist in Eugene has agreeU not to sen alcohol under the prohibition law and therefore none will give the bond re quired by law. The reason given by the druggists Is that they do not care to take the chance of being prosecuted. 1 hey say that the law In this regard is an injustice to them. "It put all the burden upon the drug gist, when It ought to be placed on the consumer," said one druggist today. "There will be no alcohol sold in Eu gene." said another druggist, "unless it is sold illegally. We are not going to take chances and have decided to Co away with its sale." Road to Josepliine Caves. "Washington, Dec. 29. Congressman Hawley is working with Chief Forester Graves to devise a plan for improve ment of roads to the Oregon caves In Josephine county. At the last session authority was given the secretary of the interior to grant a term lease for hotel privileges within the Siskiyou National forest, which Includes these caves. Grants Pass people are interested in the hotel project, but lack of roads Is an ob stacle. Mr. Hawley has suggested gov ernment aid for a road up William creek and down Greyback creek to con nect with the Holland-Crescent City road, with a side road from Greyback to the caves. Complaint From Redmond. Washington, Dec. 29. Responding to a complaint from the Redmond Com merclal club of Redmond, Or., through Senator Lane, concerning changes al leged to have been made in the star route between Redmond and Prlneville the postoffice department states that no deviation from the previous route has been authorized, and the contractor has been advised to comply strictly with the routing. Petition for change In routing of aervice between oodland and Hall Cowlitz county. Wash., has been de nied, according to information received by Congressman Johnson of that state on the ground that the proposed change would not Improve conditions existing Word "From" Worries Washington Wets Olyropla, Wash.. Dec. 29. (P. N. s.) Upon the leiral definition of the word "from" depends the right of saloons in Washington to operate one whole day after the state wide prohibition law Is popularly supposed to become affective. Section 33 of the prohibition law de clares that "this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after the first day of January. 1916." The . contention is that 'from and after" ' really means "after" thus not actually ,. making the law effective until Janu ary Z. Will Work Prisoners. Eugene. Or., Deo. Five Iane rci;ity prisoners, ail serving terms for lx -otlegging, were taken to the county pf or farm tii s morning to clear off a tract of ground on the place so that it can be cultivated to rais- more crops. The cOLinty court issued an or der that the prisone1-. be employed. They will be in charge of Ahe Gilbert, who. dirlng the greater part of the year, has supers ision over the opera tion of the county rock crushers. The experiment of working the county prisoners was tried last year. From six to 10 were employed on one of the rock crushers for several weeks and all were glad of an opportunity of working In the oren. Surgeon To Treat Sick Piute Indians Prevalence of Trachoma Among In diana of Harney County Xieada to Action by the Federal Government- Washington, Dec. 23. (WASHING TON BUREAU F THE JOURNAL) C. S. Heir.line. field officer of the In dian service in Oregon, who l.as been In Washington several weeks to assist m working out a means for treatment of trachoma among Piute Indians in Harney county, has been assured that an expert surgeon will be sent to treat these Indians. The Indian children have been ex cluded from the public schools because of the prevalence of trachoma, and arrangements have also been made to t.ike care of this situation by cooper ating with State Superintendent of S-. hoolg Churchill of Oregon. The gov ernment will make tuition allowances that will be about sufficient to estab lish a separate school. Mr. Heinllne lias also had up with the Indian service the question of al lotment of lands to the Klickltats and u;lied tribes along the Columbia, for whom six sections have been set aside in the John Day country. Concessions will be made by allotment to minor children In such manner that only one parent will be required to go on the land, the most of these Indians being engaged in fishing along the Colum bia, Coyote Killed Few Miles Outside City They Are Plentiful in Multnomah and TamhlU Counties, Hunters -ay: ' Hounds "riush" Others In "Vicinity. Coyotes have appeared again In con siderable numbers In Multnomah and Yamhill counties, according to R. P. Martin, of 406 East Russell street. and R. Bryan, of Lafavette. who brought a pelt to the Multnomah county courthouse yesterday to collect a bounty of $3. The animal was killed after a half day chase In the country 1 miles east of the city limits of Portland. Two other coyotes were "flushed " by the pack of hounds owned by the hunters as Martin and Bryan were on their way to the city with their trophy. Snow, which was falling at the time, made the going difficult for the dogs, and they were called off the trail. Another hunt in the same vicinity j will be held Sunday morning. Bryan says four coyotes have been seen near the city limits of Portland within the past week. Newberg Schemes to Its Collect Old Bills Inauguration of Tj Up Week" Za Plan of Jaerchante to Bring In Long Standing Aooounta, In February. Newberg. Or.. Dec. 29. The businenj men of Newberg are considering the arranging for a "Pay Up Week" Feb ruary 21-26. Inclusive as outlined by the Merchants' Trade Journal which proposes a national enterprise of this sort. In Waukon. Iowa, a town of only 2000 population, this scheme was Inaugurated last January with sur prising success there being over 150. 000 old debts paid up in the tlx days Full Instructions as to procedure have been received here. These Include a proclamation from the mayor of a town or city; the use of specially de signed stamps pasted on envelopes and packages sent out from stores: the use of window cards; the fixing of bargain prices on on8 or two articles for the ALL CHARGE PURCHASES TOMORROW AND FRIDAY GO ON JANUARY ACCOUNTS, PAYABLE FEB. lst New 1916 Hunting and Fishing Direct access to our Basement Licenses should be secured before Cafeteria and Dairy Lunch by Saturday Issued in Sporting the Sixth and Alder-streets stairs. Goods Store Basement Balcony. Good foods, quick service, low prices Basement, Sixth Street. Tne QnAj.tr Y SroTa oe Poktlams v J Have music in the home New Permits for visiting the Obscr- Years Victrolas.Columbiasand vation Tower may be secured at Edison Diamond Disc Largest the Accommodation liureau, stock of machines and records Basem't Balcony Special Guide. Easiest terms Basem't Balcony. Cleanup Week Brings Great Bargain-Givin For Thrifty Folks Who Believe, "To Save Money Is to Make Money. " Stunning Coats Furnishing Goods Cleanup At Cleanup Week Prices Practically the whole coat season is ahead of you the Wintry days of January, February and March, when every woman needs a warm topcoat. The season's smartest coats now at cleanup prices. Beautiful velours, plushes, broadcloths, gabardines, serges, tweeds, etc. Many of them fur trimmed. Kt $ 6.95 our $10.00 Coat. Kt $ 7.85 our $12.50-$15Coats At $11.45 our $17.50 Coat. Kt $14.85 our $19.00 Coats. At $16.95 our $20-$25 CoaU. Dresses Reduced At $ 5.85 our $ 7.50 Dresses. At $ 8.85 our $15.00 Dresses. At $12.45 our $20.00 Dressea. At $16.85 our $24.50 Dresses. At $19.65 our $30.00 Drease. JTonrtn Tioor. rifta Street Order fey Mall. ijyj Stamped Undermuslins In a Cleanup Sale 69c for 89c Combinations and Camisoles The daintiest of underwear made up, stamped, ready to be embroidered Camisoles and envelope combinations, of sheer batiste and fine lingerie cloth. Stamped in dainty designs, many lace trimmed. 25c for 50c to $1 Pillow Tops Cushion tops of linen, burlap and poplin, stamped in dainty conventional and floral designs. Many styles and shapes arc included in a cleanup at 23c. .lavcond Floor, Sixth Btrt jART AUTHORITY TO LK TralllM H aW Pltwst 1 H I Art K tiat in lrf W . M. rw. ... jtr rt ui r 9 Mm yyj '' e-t.jt : tLa anasK ff VfS i J' "' v Ur m f TJ" tmr J" carara leatara u C I f IJI""" T- -! r aft. i i is I J I J J i I Judge C' -111 laurk (he r4- 9 J;Jt!et, .f patnui.. , ft Trwi- ,1 I I 1 ' kHie i IM anvaia I 1 t a'L Tv Je) aemfcare II aata- J a- tn ha. as a-tts4 yi Use fc MaMBBtv fwakaaai. J j aTKTT' K We.. D T Ta . J M W! I Welworth Blouses $2 One Model as Illustrated This week's blouses are unusually smart even for these splendid Welworths. One style of crepe de chine, pin k. or yellow, with smart vest and collar of white crepe de chine, set in with hemstitching. Another model of white Chin silk, with reverj and collar, trimmed with large pearl buttons. On sale Thursday only at $2. Tourta Floor. Central Mall Orders FiUau Smart Velvet Hats, $3.50 A Cleanup of $5 to $9 Hats Clever styles in many sizes and shapes. With flower, wing and fur and ostrich trimming. Unusually smart for mid-winter wear! $1.95 for $3.50 to $5 Hati All our prettiest $3.50 to $5 hats, in scores of becoming styles small toques, large and medium sailors for cleanup at $1.95. 75c for $2 to $3.50 Shapes Splendid velvet shapes in all the wanted sizes and styles. Cleanup Special 7 5c. Fourth Floor, Sixth Street. All Those Who Dance and their name is legion are more concerned about their dancing slippers this season than ever before. Never have skirts been more saucily short and flaring and never have dainty slippers been more imperative. The new Coronation Beaded Pump in Satin or Kid is here Exquisitely dainty and artistic. A dove gray suede is cut in fancy openwork, design from instep to toe, and beautifully hand beaded in cut steel. Black satins are beaded in steel or jet. Bronze kids are hand beaded in self tones and dainty brocades are combined with kid of delicate tone. Priced at $3 for a smart satin slipper to $12 for the new Gait dancing boot. Third Floor, Fifth 'Street. Women's Linen Kerchiefs 18c Broken Lines 35c Initials 5000 of them all pure linen and hand embroidered ! Some pure white, many with colored initials and embroidery. Wide assortment of styles. Every initial here, but not in each style. Cleanup special at 18c each, or 3 for 5 0c. None sent C. O. D. No tele phone orders. Main Tloor. Fifth Street "Willamette" Rotary Sewing Machine, $32.50 Any one of the hundreds of users of Willamette Rotary .Ma chines in Portland will tell you that it is the lightest, easiest, most desirable of all machines. No Shuttle to Vibrate The .round bobbin can be wound automatically while you sew. Light and easy to operate. Golden oak with automatic drop head $32.50. Investigate the easy club pay ment plan $1 sends a Willam ette Rotary to your home, and 5oc a week pays for it. Other Willamettes $15.75 and $25. Stxta Tloor, Xlftfe treat $1.39 for $1.75 Juno Dress Forms Now with ev e r y b o d y busy sewing for winter parties and festivi ties, these diess forms will prove most timely aids. Juno forms are splendidly p r o portioned, with long hips, so that skirts may be draped over them. Cleanup Thurs day at $1.39. $2 Stands $1.79 A d i u s t a b le stands, for dress forms, raised or lowered as desired in fitting specially priced for Thursday at $1.79. BaconA Tloor, rifth Street A RESPONSE today to these extraordinary savings " that compared with the Christmas throngs of last week. You'll not wonder, when you read 'these prices, selected at random from the scores of phenomenal cjfeanup offerings. Silk Shirts, $2.49 Lfsually $5 Exclusive pure silk shirts in smartest patterns. 95c for $1.50 and $2 Shirts All brands, excepting Manhattan. Patterns of every description. Big tables filled with them, ranged In sizes for easy choosing. 55c for "Paragon $1 Special" Shirts All fresh and new-label. :very shirt bears the genuine "Paragon $1 Special" Pure Thread Silk Sacks for 25c An excellent quality in black and colors. The kind usually told at 50c. High-Grade Sweaters for $2.95 A Cleanup of $5, $6 and some $7 Sweaters. Broken lines, but all sizes and colors in the lot, for men and women. QQ. for Munsing OL Union Suits Men's genuine Munsing Union Suits, fine Egyptian cotton, me dium weight. All sizes. Extra special at 98c. C 1 .89 for Men's $2.50 PJ- to $3.50 Undw'r 79c for Staple $1 Union Suits Broken lines and samples of Men's warm, flece lined cut high grade worsted union suits. ton union suits in natural gray Wright's, Newton and Spring- and ecru. For thtf Cleanup Sale tex makes. tomorrow, 79c. JmmX Inside Morrison It. Entrance Order by MaU The Big Clothing Opportunity WE believe our Men's and Bovs Clothing stores have seen the greatest growth the last few years of any in Portland. Greatest value, day-in-and-day-out, is the policy which has put this business forward so phenomenally. Now we make reduc tions like these to re-adjust our stocks; it means value giving unrivaled. - i One lot of our $25 Suits and Overcoats. $17.85 a ' One lot of our S30-S35 Suits and Overcoats, $21.85 Boys' Wool Surface Raincoats, $4.65 A splendid, all-service coat, for cold and rain. Wool surface, wi'Ji rainproof Miner fabric. Raglan sleeves, convertible velvet collar, storm cuffs and slashed pnk:f. 1 'radical and dressy. Ages 3 to 18 years. Special tomorrow. $-1.65. Boys' Suits, $4.35 Each With 2 Pairs Pants A special purchase. Norfolk? in grays, browns and tan mixtures. 5 to 18 years. Samson Suits, $6.50 Each With 2 Pairs Pants Satisfaction or a new suit free. Norfolks, ill practical colors. 6 to 18. TTilr a Floor, riftta Straat Ordar bj Mall Initialed Bath Towels 19c for the Best 25c Kind Good weight bath towels, size ','OxlO inches, with largo red embroidered initial. All initials are here, but quantities of each limited. Cleanup at lfc. 5c for 10c Waih Cloths Turkish cloths, with initial embroidered in red. Cleanup at 5c each. $1 for $1.25 Linen Damask Extra heavy linen table damask, 70 inches wide, in a number of effective patterns. Special at $1 the yard. Second Floor, 5th St. a a Ejn&MLsrJ i 1607 The- Quality Store- of Portland nrU, -Sixltv. "MoT-risory Alder 3ta Fool Ills relieved quickly and effectively by our Chiropodist. Manicuring Parlors Fifth Floor. Sunkist OlZr Oranges OJL New California tree-ripened na vel oranges. Size 126 t the case. Usually 50c dozen tomorrow, dozen, priced 35c. Gem Bacon, 6 t 10-lh. strip?, li strips, pound 19c. Mixed Nuts, all new varieties the pound 19c. New Walnuts, 4 5c carton 35c. 25c carton 19c. Budded Walnuts, new 191 5 crop, priced, pound 22 Jtc. Loganberry Juice, Carmen's me dium bottles, dozen $2.75, bot tle 25c. Pop Corn, old and dry, lb. 7Jic. Seedless Raisin. "Not a Seed," No. 1 cartons 12faC. June Peaa. R. P.. 15c grade, No. 2 cans, doien $1.45, can 12Hc Seeded Raisins, freshly seeded. No. 1 cartons 10c. Xlata moor, rift Street