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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5. 1916. SEAM WINNER FRIENDLY SUIT " CUSTODY OF YOUTH FOR Auto Strikes Load Of Railroad Iron Machine Bamaered fey OoXlisfc ! Knocked Dows and Shoulder Braised is mMuit. An automobile driven by Frank Bohme of 84 East Eighth street north ran Into ' some railroad rails projecting from the '. rear of a Twohy Bros, truck at Front and Burnslde streets last nlyht. The automobile wm damaged. The Twohy i . o il J Bros, true waa being- towed by a rna- IVlauer tO oetlle Orana-jrhlne of the Hunt Transfer company and driven by C. J. Toxey. An auiomooiie anven oy itooeri Judge Davis Makes Ruling in Matter to Settle C father Guardianship. DAMAGE SUIT IS PENDING J Burner struck A. Janlts of 228 Yamhill street at Fourth' and Washington itreets at 1130 last night. Janlts' shoulder was bruised. nit tor f 100,000 DtndfM for Death of Clifford OrtTM' Faremts Ki Been Com ma need. ASHLAND OFFICIALS i Clifford Graven, the 5-year-old lad TO BE RETAINED BY NEW CITY COUNCIL oer whose cutody his grandfathers in , Portland inl Seattle have been Id friendly litigation In Judpe Iavis' (If- j partment of the rirrtilt court, will make hiw home in Seattle. This was the de cision rendered toJay by Judge Davis, i V. It. Graves of Seattle was appoint- ' ed by a l Seattle court guardian of CI If- COUnCll AskS RemOVal OT the mm w urn me itu puieiiin were Kiueu in a railroad accident several months ago. At the time Mr. Graves ai named guardian, Clifford was at the home at his Portland grandfather, Levi Hathaway, h2 Uantenbeln avenue. Mr. Hathaway .petitioned for the sppoint- j luent of himself a guardian of the boy, and the legal question involved whs Chief of Police; Declared Out of Order. COUNCIL TO AMP T TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BUY WATER PLANT St, Johns Water Officials and Commissioners Discuss the Matter This Morning. LAWYER SAYS "PIRACY" Attorney aCoataroe Kays Lf City Valid Zt Would B form of Legal ized Bobbery. Father Hickey Dies Of Influenza Attack Catbollo Klaeloaary rifteen Tears la Charre of "Work la EwUta Oregon t Wm 75 TMTS Old. Father Hickey, since 1900 in charge of missionary work of Roman Catholic church In eastern Oregon, died at St. Vincent's hospital at noon today. He had been Ul for a number of days with Influenza. Father Hlskey came here 15 years ago from an eastern diocese and originally to the 1'nlted Ktattj from Ireland. He was "5 years of age. During the past II months Father Hickey had been chaplain of the con vent of the Holy Child in Portland. Funeral arrangements have not been made as yet. PREPAR E DNESS PLANS i whether a Seattle court hail the power to MLpoint a guardian for Clifford when Clifford was outside the Jurisdiction of the state of Washington. Judge Davis upheld the contention of H. M. Ramsey, who acted as counsel for Mr. Graves. W. M. Davis of this city and R. K. Corkey of Spokane were attorneys for Mr. Hathaway. Suit for $100,000 damages against the railroad for the death of Clifford's par ents is pending. Thre Arrested for Drunkenness. Fifteen arrests were made in the 2 hours ending at noon today by the po l.ce. Of tliese thrrc were for drunken li'ess. They were George Drescher. Al fred Rebeck and Fred YV. Doremut. Drencher and Rebeck were before Judge Stevenson today and lie con tinued their cases for sentence. Dor v mus Is at the emergency hospital. Jail ntences will soon be handed out for drunkenness, announced Judge Steven son today. vr Ashland. Or., Jan. 5. Ashland' new ly elected city council held its firs; sesnlcn last night at the city hall. Mayor Johnson delivered his I'.nmial message to the council. It was brief and to the point. Mr. Rants, newly elected councilman from the Third ward, and Mr. Root of the Second ward were active at their initial debut. In the appointment of officers for various departments of the water company, electric light company and street department, all of the present fore Is retained except in the police department, where one patrolman was taken off. Mr. Banta advocated the. removal of Chief of Police Porter for various reasons, which he wan tod to present to the council, and Mayor Johnson called Ranta out of order three, limes during the heated argu ment over the removal of Porter, bringing back memories to the spec tators f the political strategy and pe-sonal feeling expressed i!nng th mayoralty campaign of Johnson an 1 Bant a. The city hall was filled with spec ' tators. The city council this afternoon will attempt to determine whether to pur chase the water plant in St. Johns owned by the St. Johns Waterworks & Lighting company or build a mu nicipal plant within the district. The question was discussed by the council and officials of the company this morning. The discussion started after a report by Commissioner Daly and City At torney Da Roche, u committee ap pointed to confer with officials of the water company, had been submitted, recommending that the offer of the company to sell Its plant for 1120,000 be rejected and the city start work toward the construction of a plant of Its own. Richard W. Montague, attorney for the water company, said that lf the council did not purchase the plant but built a parallel plant of its own within St. Johns it would be legal piracy. He urged that if the city did not purchase the plant at 120,0(K. the question should be submitted to a board of arbi trators, and said that his company would be willing to accept the figure decided On. Commissioner , Daly contended that the only value of the plant was Its serviceable value and said that the water engineers had estimated that tiie city could build a plant with dou ble the capacity of the present private plant for JliM.oOO. In an attempt to reach a compro mise Commissioner Baker suggested that the company be offered 1100,000 lor its plant and said that he would be willing to vote for that amount. MUST BE IDIFE I, IS WHHI HOUSE BELIEF Reported Defection of Sena tor Kern From Program Indicates Break. GOVERNMENT OFFERS EVIDENCE TO SHOW THE VALUE OF TIMBER Counsel for Oregon Lumber t Co. Makes Effort to Ex clude Testimony but Fails. Export Wheat Rates May Be Readjusted Pvallsaed for Only Adranoe of Their BOOKKEEPER ON STAND LUMBERMEN N Assertion Mads Monty Waa CHran Entrymea by Employ of Com. pany to Prore Uj? With. Washington, Jan. S. (T. P I nless It Is materially modified. President Wilson's military preparedness pro gram will be beaten, the administra tion Itself believes, it was authorita tively learned today. Senate Leader Kern's defection from the ranks of supporters furnished final rroof of this to the White. House. He Day's Registration 34. Tuesday's, registr.. '.Ions at the court house were as follows: Republicans, mule. 244; Democrats, male, 62, fe maJe S; Independent, male 8. female 1: Progressives, male 1, female 20, Prohibitionists, male 21 Socialists, Male 1. female 1. Total 3$4. Substitution of Tires Alleged. Dan Tornoski wax arrested by Deputy Constables McCullough and Druid today on a charge of larceny by bailee preferred by H. M. Johnson. Johnson alleges that Tornosk: substi tuted wornout automobile tires for good tires on a machine rented from Johnson. White Slaver Pleads Guilty. George P. Klnsey, a bartender, pleaded guilty beforo Federal Judge C. K. Wolverton today to violation of the Mann white slave act. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment la the- Multnomah county Jail. Burglars Find Easy Way to Make Coin; Games of Chance Taboo at Astoria Police Chief and Sheriff fret Busy, j With KraU That Punch boards, Dice ' Boxes and the XJke Suffer. I Astoria. Or., Jan. 5. Last evening Police Chief Houghton and Sheriff Rurns clamped the lid on punchboards, dice, pea pool and other such games of chance. Kvery place operating was visited and the edict delivered In per i son. I Th officers' orders war obeyed j without wrangling, and last night the crepe was found on the dice boxes and punch.boa.rds were not to be had. Yes terday's action, while delayed, was the result of a meeting held a fortnight ago in District Attorney Mulllns' of- , fice, the officers gave out. The taboo on all gambling is placed j for all time, the officers declare, and any further violations of the law will 1 be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Card games are next in line for of- ial attention. Park Offer Accepted. The offer of the Laurelhurst com pany to allow the city the use of a block south of the Laurelhurst park for a playground was accepted by the city council this morning. The park bureau proposes to erect playground apparatus on the block loaned. PERSIA FACTS STILL AWAITED BY PRESIDENT (Continued From Pace One.) -iSled Hits Telephone Post; Boy Injured Edward Jeerop, Afed 14, Second "Vic tim of Serious Coasting Accident During Present Snow Storm. Hdward Jessup, aged 14, of 107 East Seventy-ninth street, was seriously in jured last night wh,!le coasting. His fcled collided with one on which a boy to open an account, presenting a check narn?d Larry Hughes was riding, and for $260, signed by H. W. Grunwaldt, a telephone pole. The boy was taken and drawn on the United States Na- to t,le Portland sanitarium. He was tional bank. The check was verified res,lnB" well this morning and will as O. K. by the latter bank, and "Bren- probably recover. ner" began drawing on the check, ex- j liobert Terry, who was injured in trading all but S50 of the sum. coasting Saturday night. Is sUll in a . The check was found to be a forgery, serious condition at St. Vincent's hos- pltal, although slightly Improved to- I day. Blank Checks of United States JTatlou al Bank which War stolen Are V sad In Clever Forgery Seal. , Burglars who entered the heme of I H. W. Grunwaldt at ."82 Rrazee street, j December IS. among other things, stole 1 a check book containing blank drafts on the 1'nited States National bani:. 1 On December 21, a man giving the! name H. B. Brenner went to the Ca-' nadian Hank of Commerce, represented that he was connected with the Port land Automobile companv. and asked PEOPLE TO VOTE ON repeal of Sunday Infantry Band Will DLUtUAW IHI5 ("ALL P1QTT or, Thn to1 o tt a xujr uii xuuxouajf 'Continued From Page One.) Vancouver, Wash.. Jan. 6. The sec- items for postage the, originators and ond of the series of weekly concerts at tne posi assemDiy nan. ancouver Barracks. by the Twenty-first Infan try band under direction of Frederick O. Butler, chief '-jnuslcian, will be given Thursday evening at 7 :30 o'clock. The program announced by Conductor Butler is as follows: March. The Pathfinder of Panama. Sousa.) Overture. The Count of Essex (Mercadante.) Excerpts from "High Jinks" (Frlml.) Tone Poem. In Lover's Lane. . (Pryor.) Grand Fantasia. Echoes from The Metropolitan Opera House. (Tobanl) Suite in four parts. Don Quixote a. A Spanish Village. b. Sanoho Panxa. v. Dulcinea. d Don Quixote (Safranek.) Waltx de Concert. Tales of The Vi enna Woods (Stmusa.) Popular Medley. Harris Hits. No. 7. arranged by Mackle.) "i nit proposed measure have not expended a cent in Its fur therance. This is taken to indicate that there Is a widespread sentiment throughout the state, for the repeal of the Sunday closing law which was passed in 1884 but which has lain dormant until quite recently Each mail brtnits signed petitions Into the office of Dan Kellaher. presi dent of the Independent Retailers' as sociation, and there is every Indica tion that far more than the requisite names will be secured. The response to the call for signa tures has been spontaneous, men in all lines of business being aghast at ; enforcement of a law so drastic. j Wo Xewspepera; Bo Street Care. With a few specified exemptions, one of which Is theatres, the law makes mandatory the closing of al most every kind of store and a cessa tion of business endeavor on Sunday. Street cars cannot be operated. I newspapers cannot be sold. If the law is carried out to the letterocordlne; to those who ask Its reneal f Zoe Cream Barred. ' s'attl. Wash.. - . . I Anatole Vasllieff, .-rue i vi uuiiiina inai .will BUI- wrfr bvan ' a . 1 . .. 1 v u r. ' biuli C 1 1 i V 1 CT ' ment of the law is that of manufactur ing and distributing Ice cream. Sunday being at present the best day of the week In this Hne. , ; Sunday shipments to towns in Ore- go 11 and Washington constitute a large ' part of the trade of Pertland ice cream manufacturers. The Ice cream la sent Sunday morning, aa dealers in small towns seldom have icing; facilities for 1 Failed to Kill Self; Sentenced to Jail Jan." .tr. p. a young Russian today to serve a IJSO rroe in the county .Jail for. having failed to end his own life In a suicide pact with his sweetheart. Valentine Veronina, December 15. The fine was imposed by Judge Gilliam as a penally for attempting suicide. He and the girl agreed to end their existence be cause they had not money enough to get married. She was found-4ead In a boat floating In Lake Union, and the :r: " - side. 11 1 ft II l. Not on y will this class of business i T . " T , , ff but under the interstate Overturns; Baby Cremated. commerce act Washington manufac turer wiU be able to ahip Into Oregon of a Sunday while Oregon manufactur , ens are tied hand and foot, it is as serted. Dan. Kellaher. Ben A. Bellamy. S. S. Rich. C E. Munro and Leo XL Merxlck ' are th. sponsors for' th Initiative measures repeejinc the present drastic New York. Jan. 5. U. N. S.) An alcohol lamp In the children's hospital on Blackwell'a Island was overturned today under the cot of Benjamin Bruce, an Infant patient suffering from pneumonia, and he was cremated. Mary Abbott, a nurse, waa badly burned m Attempting to. rescue- the child. Thirty-four other children escaped In jury. - ' i: .-; - ..... - the liner carried a gun will be the main bone of contention. Lansing said in this connection that naval authori ties probably will be asked to deter mine the efficacy of the Persia's 4.7 Inch gun, with a view to showing whether Its presence was sufficient excuse for an unwarned attack. Bote Wot Considered Tet. The secretary denied that the gov ernment is considering a note to Aus tria yet. With regard to a report that the administration would warn Amer icans not to travel on armed merchant men, he said U had not been discussed. Delay 111 any action from Austria was ascribed to the Inabilltyfof tne commander of the submarine, which is believed to have sunk the Persia to reach his base and report. Officials felt, however, that as soon as this re port is available ai.d lf it shows he ex ceeded the proprieties, Austria will take proper action without waiting for America's ultimatum. Cabled summaries of survivors' affi davits are expected soon by the stale department which has ordered its of ficials abroad to get information s rapidly as possible. Boilers on Ship Blew Up. Unofficial reports that the Persia's boilers blew up promised to figure in the situation, but officials do not be lieve that the reported boiler explosion was the Initial cause of the disaster. The tension which marked the situ ation yesterday in official circles was somewhat relaxed today. In fact, a slight optimism was manifest. Hope for a satisfactory outcome was based on Austria's possible action. Some authorities held that she will take the initiative In disavowng the Inci dent and in punishment of the attack ing submarine commander, should It develop that an Austrian under sea boat was responsible. Officials do not believe that Austria has repudiated her promise in the last Ancona note, which agreed that Aus tria desires to maintain friendly rela tions with the United States and to observe international and humane laws as insisted upon by this government. Senate Dbts Persia. Chairman Stone of the senate for eign affairs committee this afternoon brought to an end a warm debate on the Persia In the senate that threat ened to embarrass the administra tion's foreign policy. He withdrew consent to consideration of the foreign policy. Senator O'Gorman of New York said that the government warned citiiens in Mexico to remain s.way from the fighting area, yet it had not regarded this as a surrender of American rights. Then, he asked, why Americans should not waive for the present their right to travel on belligerent vessels. Sena tor Nelson of Minnesota queried at, to whether American Consul McNeely was unpatriotic because he sailed on the BritUh liner Persia. Stone Xeada Off Debate. At this stage Stone headed off fur ther discussion, apparently acting in compliance with the wiehea of the ad ministration that the foreign situation be kept out of congressional discussion If It tended to be embarrassing. Senator Gore of Oklahoma la the father of bills to bar American cltl sen from belligerent shipe, which brought on the discussion. President Wilson will call his cab inet together Friday morning when, it is expected, the nation's policy to ward submarine attacks will be form ulated. It Is hoped details of the Per Ela sinking will arrive before then. has balked at the program because he held that his Indiana constituents are opposed to It. This leaves the program unsupport ed by the leaders of both houses. Major Leader Kltchin of the house held off from the first and announced he could not give his aid to the pro gram, but Kern was expected to lead the administration fight In the senate. Cltiien Army Opposed, The preparedness sentiment which swept the country several weeks a, has reached its crest, som leaden think. Moreover. President Wilson i- receiving discouraging reports of thi situation. The opposition to the program cen ters In Secretary (iarrlson's army plan, which includes military training for a vast citizen army. "The people bacK homo,'- do not liie it, many congress men report. "I will stand by my statement that generally 1 will support the prepared ness program, but which of several proposed plans I will approve I can not say," commented Kern today. Bryan Influence Seen. The political and personal relation rhip between former Secretary of State Bryan and Kern has always been close, and Kern's defection Is traced to the ex-secretary, who spent two days with Representative Kltchin making I lans against the administration pro gram. Preparedness hearings were begun today by the house naval committee and they promise to last for several months. Hearings on the army meas ures will begin In the house military committee tomorrow. Secretary Gar rison is slated to be the first person examined by the members. The administration Is confident that two battleships and a number of auxil iary vessels will be authorized. The need for more government docks, where battleships and smaller vessels can be built, was the general tenor of the testimony of Rear Ad miral Stanford before the naval committee. Trotest at the introdue. Ion of testi mony showing amounts of timber cut from lands Involved in the gov ernment's suit to recover timber an 1 stone entries alleged to have b.en secured through fraud, was made to day before Judge R S. Bean by coun sel for the Oregon Lumber company. The objection was that such testi mony predicated the asking of dam ages nnd that damages cannot be re covered in a suit In equity. Judge Benn ruled that the testi mony should be admitted, subject to the objection, that the record might be complete. Assistant District At torney Reckman then placed on the stand several timber cruisers who had made a back-seale of timber cut from th. claims. James K. McCrea. a private cruiser employed by the government, and Ralph lf. GilllUnd of the United States land office, submitted maps of the Baker county claims and testified in detail as to the amount of timber that had been cut from each. This consumed nrbit of the morning. Frederick H. Atkinson continued testimony he had g'ven yesterday. He said thut after he hnd become bookkeeper for the Oregon Lumber company In 1903 he rak-found some 2j or 30 notes given he company by entrymen back in 1 899 covering money paid them to turn In at the land office in proving up timber claims. These, notes "Apparently haJ never been paid. A. O. Littleton of laker testified that he had made an ntry In 1 899. and proved up at the 1 Grande land office. He said he hl been handed the money, about $510 a few minutes before he went to t land office. He said that the mom was wrapped In paper and given hlfn on the street by HI Hyde, bookkeeper for the Ore gon Lumber company. He said he gave no note or security of any kind and had paid no publication fee. He said he had signed some sort of : paper afterward, possibly a deed, in the office of the lumber company. For tliie he paid he received a credit of $100 on the company's books, he having owed It money at the time. Tariffs nay Be Ptve Says la Effectiveness. s Rail carriers may readjust their rates of export wheat , to meet the present emergency by publishing tar iffs for only five days In advance of their effectiveness, according, to an orrr of the Intestate Commerce commission received by the Cham ber of Commerce today. R. H. Countlss. manager of th transcontinental frolght bureau, had made application that the trtatutory time of 30 days' publication be modi fied because of tie closing of the Panama canal and the congestion of freight at the Atlantic seaboard. The commission refused Countlss' applica tion, but the traffic and transporta tion bureau of the chamber sent a telegram urging that it rescind its action. Movie Actors Get a Taste of Beal Life core Snowbound is California; Pood Sunning Xrfw; Wttl Attempt Sash With Alaska Dora aaA Bnowshoes. Vletorvllle. Cal.. Jan. 8 (U. P.) Snowbound on Pine Knot Lodge above this city, 20 persons, mostly motto. 1 picture actors, will make a dash to escape on Friday. At that time, with some riding on sledgea behind Al askan dogs and others using snow- shoes, they will follow the line of the trail toward Vletorvllle while Shay brothers drive heavy trucks Into the mountains as far as Cactus Flats, whero they hope to meet the actors The movlo people have been snowed in for several wee! s. Their food Is running low. TRACI RUMOR THAT FRANCE S SEEKING BIG ORDER Report That Nation Is in- the Market for 200,000,000 Feet Causes Inquiry. Lumber manufacturers and dealers In Portland and throughout the Pa cific northwest are busy trying to run down to an authentic source the rumor that France Is In the market on the Pacific coast for 2 "..00u,000 feet of lumber for trench lining and Other purposes on the fighting lines. During the rast several months the allies plaa'ed orders with soTthern pine manufacturers for 200,000,009 feet of common pine lumber and ex pressed the desire to purchase 200. 000,000 feet at the figures quoted on the lumber for which orders we-e placed, but It is known that the southern manufacturers refused t consider the offer a few days ago. The rumor la now going the rounds that France turned to tho Pacific coast. In the belief that the material may be obtained here to better art vantage, and it is believed her, too, that this might be done sinco south ern pine prices ha -e advanced rapidly result of the large busineas now Columbia Highway Program Featured i ,i i An Satire Xvenlng Xs to Be Oivem to Xocal Matter at Convention of the United States Chamber of Oommroe.: That an entire evening of th pro gram for the convention of the Cham- ;' ber of Commerce of the 1'nlted States to br held in Washington. 1. C la"l' February, has been tet aside for the j Columbia river highway wa the n nouncetnent made by George U. Hardy, : executive (secretary of the Chamber of' Commerce, speaking liefor-e the '.Apart-- , ment House bhho iatiou in the Ctntral - library latt night. ' Tourist travel was the subject tinder' diHcussion and Mr. Hrdy pointed out that the ad t-rt l.-i ng value of a Colum-- bla highway picture exhibition at each - a convention would In of inestimable value. He read a te'egram from the Los Angel, s Chamber of Commerce Mating thut the value of tourist travel'' to that city was from CO.OOO.OOd tv I50.000.tivu a year Jw4vws L Meier, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce letter writing week committee, asked those present' to engage actively In the campaign." Frank Brunch Kiley described scenic ppots around Portland and Samuel C, Lancaster gave an illustrated" lecture on the highway. the mills humming . down Robber Found Just Man He Looked For Waa Xeld Up at 7 Morning and Believed National Park In Wasliington. Washington. Jan. 6. (I. N. S.) Representative Johnson of Washing ton has Introduced a bill providing for the establishment of a national park in the state of Washington to be known as the Olympic National park. The bill provides for an appropriation cf J100.000 for the construction of roads in and near the park. Fake Veterans in Baker G. A. R. Camp Port Commander, Upon Taking- Office, BLakee a Declaration of Somewhat Startling Wature. Baker, Or., Jan. 5. J. M. Yeates, the new post commander of Joe Hooker I post, G. A. R.. when installed in office charges in his speech of acceptance. In addressing his fellow comrades, Mr. Yeates stated that there were members of the organization not entitled to membership, having failed to produce credentials, and he announced that his first step would be to see that all Im postors are ousted. He claimed that some have become members of the post who never fought for the United States In the Civil war, or any other. That one of these Impostors joined In the line of march at a recent public meeting and wore a Grand Army but ton, to which he is not entitled, the old veteran claimed, and he proposes to see that these other "veterans" are ousted from the ranks. His vigorous remarks created quite i a stir among the old soldiers, of whom j there are about 100 in the post, and while no names were mentioned by the commander, others are hinting at one or two members who will be given a chance to retire gracefully without , being publicly ousted. I Son of One of the IJarly Pioneers Dies Miles Arnsplger. who died yesterday at hie home, 610 East Twentieth street, waa a son of one of ttve earliest pio neers of Oregon, Geo re Ampiger, who came across the r lns with his family. Miles' Arnsplger was orn in Clack amas county, and wa G6 years, 8 months and 11 days old He had lived for the last 40 yeare in Portland. He Is survived by the wldo . Mrs. Kmma Arnsplger, and five ch Idren George. Milton and Russel Arnsplger: Mrs. C. K. Johnson and Mrs. W. J. Hoffer, all of this city. He wa&- a member of Portland camp. Woodmen of the World, and of the Knights and Ladies of Se curity. Funeral arrangements will be made by the Edward Holman company Weary X sines o'clock This of S2.25. "You're Just the man I'm looking for." said a man to Henry Haines of 11 East Eightieth street north, at 7 o'clock tills morning, a lie stuck a gun Into Haines" face at Buxton and Nelson streets, and added: "Give me your money, quick!" Haines had $2. 21, which the robber took. The victim said the robber looked to be about 45 years of age and about six feet tall. He had a few dayt' growth of beard. Wood Alcohol Is Cause of 2 Deaths as keeping there. Canal Problem Handicap. The one great obstacle interfering with the European orders here has been the closing of the Panama canal, but it 1s hoped that the waterway will oe open tor navigation by March 1 or soon thereafter, and In that event it would not take much longer to make deliveries from the Pacific northwest than from points on the Gulf, It Is pointed out. It has been figured out that it would require about 60 steamers of the aver age slxe employed In the offshore lum ber trade to carry the material. Steamers available for lumber carry ing are about aa scarce as the prover bial hen teeth just r.on . and freights are exorbitant, but 1' is also pointed out that If France or the allies pur chase the lumber, it will be seen to that It is delivered within the speci fied time, even If craft have to be commandeered to accomplish the feat. Some Doobt Truth of Inquiry. However, so far none of the Immense business has yet been placed In Port land or the surrounding lunlber dis tricts. Some manufacturers here say there Is , absolutely no foundation of truth In the rumor, but ethers feel quite confident thst France Is In the field ready to buy If satisfactory quo tations are obtained. According to V. H. Ransom, mana ger of the Eastern & Western Lumber company, the order has been placed In the hands of two lumber brokers, on of San Francisco and the other of T Seattle. Wash.. Jan. B. (P. N. ".) Because their craving for the drink denied them when prohibition became j coma, with Instructions to figure or. early deliveries. H. Bj Van Duzer. manager of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company, con tends that the report is merely gossip. "It started with a lumberman on Puget sound who when asked how much lum ber was wanted by France but could not be delivered, replied, 'About 200,- 000,000, he explained. The present story according to my best information grew out of that statement." C. E. Dant of Dant A Russell, whole sale lumber dealers, Inclined to doubt the reports. Xnqmlrlea Are Beported. "Inquiries have been coming Into this office for the past 18 months for lumber for delivery to France," he said, "but none of these Inquiries has resulted in an order being placed on the Columbia river. Two cargoes, one at Westport aad one at Inman-Poul-sen's, remain to be delivered and have effective led them to Imbibe quant! ties of wood alcohol, two men are dead here today. Jack Mullen died at the city hospital from tjhe effects of an overdose of wood alcohol diluted with water and an unidentified man was found dead from the same cause In a local hotel. ; Minors Prohibited From Pool Rooms Minors are prohibited from pool rooms under an ordinance passed with an emergency clause today. Formerly the ordinance allowed boys between IS r.nd 21 years of age In poolrooms until 10 o'clock at night. All boys under 21 years of age are now prohibited from entering the places. Dedication of Gorge Is Now Proposed President Colt of Chamber of Com marcs Sends Word to Chief Poreste Graves ; Thanks Are Also Xgtended. . C C Colt, president of the Chambr of Commerce, today sent to Chief For ester Henry S. Gravis a telegram Urg - ing that when the national dedication o! the Columbia rUer highway la mad Curing the coming Rose Festival. tU -ceremony also be extended to a dedica tion of Columbia Gorge park. I President Colt extends to, thje for ester the thanks of the chamber and.' of the Oregon public for his Interest . and enthusiastic support of the project to set aside the 14.000 ctes of forest land adjoining the highway as a park. He nsks that tlie dedication be fea tured by the pres.' nee of Mr. GraVuS and a representative of the department u. agriculture. District Attorney in, A Quandary Now Disposition of 15 barrels of alcohol' and eight barre's of cologne spirit, which consists rhleTly of alcohol, la', puizllng District Attorney Evans to day. The shipment arrived -last nighty from California. It was brought to' this state by the steamship Great Northern and was consigned to a bondi ed warehouse in Portland. The float destination of the liquor, however, 1 a drug company. If 'he company chooses to make the londed warehouse Its legal agent, it is not within the province of the district attorney to interfere with the delivery of ' the goods, says Mr. Evans. Aged Couple Kought. San Francisco, Jan. It. ' ( C P.) Local police are hunting an aged coo- pie, who. It 1s alleged, have been pass ing many bad checks. They appeared like innocent folks "from the.country, and their checks were eagerly accepted In most cases. held down valuable space ori these docks for nearly six months. "Our representatives abroad have reported that while France would lika to have lumber there is no chance of' it being delivered." AH agree, however, that the order If placed, would prove a boon to the lumber Industry, and the beneficial ef fects on other lines of business would be far reaching. Only Two Americans Aboard. Washington, Jan. S. (I. N. 8.) The state department today received the following report from American Con sul Gaulln at Marseilles: "Marseille agents of the Peningula'r tt Oriental line state that only two Americana were aboard the liner Per sla. - -.'These . were'1 American Consul McNeely, who Is missing, and Robert Grant of Boston, who was aaved." Highways 'Are Improved. Baker Or.. Jan. 5. County Commis sioners William J. Welch and J. P. Rltter have been at Nelson, where, in cooperation with the O-W. K. & N.. th county Is making extensive Im provements to the highways. Including the elimination of some grade crossings. Pierong Named to Head Amusements Nick Pierong, formerly manager of the Empress theatre, has been appoint ed 'superintendent of . amusements for the 116 Rose Festival. Mr. Pleronrf took up bis new duties today. The an nouncement was msde from the Fes tival headquarters today. Frank E. Smith Honor Gnest. In appreciation for his services in handling the Manufacturers' and Land Products' show a luncheon will he given at the Commercial club tomor row noon by the managing committee, of the Industries and manufacturers' bureau of the Chamber of Commerce to Frank . E. Smith. Mr. Smith took over -the 'direction of the show follow- line tho death of the late A. J. Kings- iy.. On the Way to Ben Selling's Clearance Sale! Hundreds are taking advantage of the genuine reductions on my regular stock of fine tailored apparel for men and women. Every garment is new and every one is offered now at a price far below normal. All garments bear my label, which is a guaranty that you are to be satisfied with every purchase, small or great. You are invited to make your selections now and take advantage ot .the reduced prices. Men's Suits and Overcoats ' Men's S40 Suits and Overcoats now $32.50 Men's $35 Suits and Overcoats now $28.50 Men's $30 Suits and Overcoats now $24.85 Men's S25 Suits and Overcoats now $19.85 Men's $20 Suits and Overcoats now $16.85 All Blacks and Bines Included , Young Men's Suits and Overcoats Young Men's S30 Suits and Overcoats $24.85 Young Men's $25 Suits and Overcoats $19.85 Young Men's $20 Suits and Overcoats $16.85 Young Men's Si 5 Suits and Overcoats $11.85 Yourig Men's S10 Suits and Overcoats $ 7.85 ATI Blacks and Blues Includes! Tomorrow! Manhattan Shirt Sale! No old stock here' These are the 1915 Fall patterns. The best the newest! Percale, Madras, Silk. Silk and Lisle, Wool, Silk and Wool. $1.50 Manhattan Shirts $1.15 $2.00 Manhattaq Shirts $1.55 $2.50 Manhattan Shirts $1.95 $3.00 Manhattan Shirts $1.95 $3.50 Manhattan Shirts $2.85 $1.00 Manhattan Shirts $2.85 $5.00 Manhattan Shirts $3.85 BEN SELLING "' f.'. . - " - ' v -.'K:'"' Morrison Street at Fourth LEADING CLOTHIER Women's Suits Half Price Newest Models, Man-Tailored Women's $62.50 Fancy Suits $31.25 Women's $48J50 Fancy Suits $24.25 Women's $37.50 Fancy Suits $18.75 Women's $29.50 Fancy Suits $14.75 Women's $24.50 J ancy Suits $12.25 Women's $19.50 Fancy Suits $ 9.75 '4 Fur-Trimmed Plush Coats r Women's $35.00 l'lush Coats $25.00 Women's $30.00 Plush Coats $22.50 Women's $25.00 l'lush Coats $16.50 Women's $20.00 Flush Coats $15.00 Fancy Coats One-Half Women's $45.00 Fancv Coats $22.50 Women's $40.00 Fancy ("oats $20.00 Women's $30.00 Fancy Coats $15.00 Women's $20 Fancy Coats $10.00 at