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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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One lot of our $25 Suits and Overcoats. $17.85
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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.
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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