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1,0 HOtMAN DECLARES: I IRHTNFR niRHI II ATFfl . mmmvm m w m , w aw w mmm 9 m wmmr 'Story That He Was Caught in Hotel Raid Is "Damnable," . Says County Commissioner COUNTER CHARGE MADE Commissioner Bolmaa Calls Colleague "Wily Politician, Without Single ': Constructive Achievement." ' "If the practices In the administra tion Of the Multnomah county goveni 1 ment were reported .from Russia or Turkey, you would hold up your hands in holy horror," declared County Com mlssioner Rufus C. Holman, In a spir ited address before the Oregon Civlo league luncheon In the Chamber of .Commerce yesterday afternoon. : ' "But here," he continued, "you per tn It abuses to continue rtgnt under your fnoses. and men to continue In office 'whose only motive is political." Specifically, he referred to W. L.. I.ightner, chairman of the county com mission, aa "a wily politician, who can " r.ot point to a single constructive achievement during his long tenure of public office." Llghtner Is a candidate for re-elec-itlon to an office he has now held more than a decade. Xdghtnar Termed Extravagant. , Commissioner Holman declared that, s a minority member of the board, he not only Is frustrated in any plans for :: betterment, but no record is allowed to be made In the county's official mln utes of his motions. - He charged Llghtner with the "eX ' travagance of wasteful and political methods" In public office, and held him responsible for the circulation of false reports calculated to Injure Holman's- Integrity and destroy his standing In : the community. With this preliminary. Holman said, "I charge no less a person than W. U. Llghtner, chairman of the county com mission, with circulating a report that I, a friend and two women were caught in a raid on a hotel and taken to the police station, where, because of my position, I was released. Calls It a "Lie." "That Is damnable! It Is a "lie!" Holman said that Llghtner went to Roadmaster Yeon and told him the story, and then said, "Coovert's office . (Coovert Is attorney for S. Benson and J. B. Yeon) is against me, and I want you to tell them this." "You "wouldn't use such a thing "against Holman, would you?" Holman 'quoted Yeon as asking Llghtner. I "'I might have to," Llghtner an swered Yeon, with an inference that he wouid be silent if Coovert. his clients and myself would cease to oppose his, Llghtner's, candidacy for county com missioner," Holman continued: then: - u - w vw u M4a.nuiaiicu Bays Disorder Prevailed. ; Holman declared that a condition of the utmost disorder prevailed when he entered the office in which he is now serving a second term. There were no adequate records. The clerk of the former board left hastily for 4"a stay abroad. The employment of a : . purchasing agent was opposed by Llghtner. Conditions at the county .farm were Indescribable. There were, Holman related, on the occasion of t an initial visit, five dogs in fhe chick en yard. The bogs were dying of . cholera and were kept in a pen on the slope of a hill where many springs bubbled out of the ground. In a hole back of the buildings rags and sputum .from tubercular indigents were placed; , this hole was alive with rats which fccampered all over the place. The cows were in a pitiable condition. The superintendent of the poor farm did ,not iujow how many acres it con stained, how many head of livestock or what was the property on hand. -Other Conditions Referred To. Holman said an effort was made to build a county hospital on the wet ground on the north slope of a hill -when, a free site can be obtained on the hill above Terwllliger boulevard. He said he had prevented the pay ment of S 4 000 for hospital blue prints .,by a firm bf architects, which, he said, had never supervised the con struction of any kind of a hospital. He said that when he proposed that the older girls from the Detention home should be given training as nurses, Llghtner circulated a story ' that Holoman wanted" prostitutes sent from the city jail to care for patients in the hospital. ' He declared that he, his home and family have been spaed upon; that plots have been made to get him Into compromising positions, and that all the persecution has been visited upon v- him because he dared publicly voice his protest against the Llghtner meth- - od of -county administration. j "And now yon will hear it said," Holman declared, "that Llghtner be- John C. McCue For District Attorney 'Primary Election May 19, 19is" 'Strict law enforcement , impartial and economical administration." - , (Paid Advertisement) - REPORT I ' """" t w l I lieve ln the- practices , of old-fash- jonea economy and t&at be is put to it to resist innovations.' The county commissioner said that when he visited the Detention home he : found ft indescribably filthy as to kitchen and toilet facilities, but that -, when i be induced an architect, without charge,: to make recommenda tions for putting the structure in sani tary condition, he was hooted at. And yet, he concluded, the, of flee of county commissioner couiu pe maae one of the, greatest public benefit. The county commissioners are mem bers of the - public - library ' board and of the Interstate bridge oommlsaion. They constitute the relief board and the boundary board.; ; f BERNST0RFF IS CONVINCED OF 1 GERMAN GUILT (Ooatlneed From Page One.) reichstag. To stop it entirely In com pliance with President Wilson's de mands will be a difficult task. It is admitted, but one way is seen to do It That lies in assurance to the people Of Germany that It is stopped only to seek a. basis upon which it may be continued with the official stamp of neutral (American) approval. Hope prevails here that the foreign office may thus extricate Itself from its di lemma In a settlement not only satis factory to the United States but to the German people. newspapers Xiess Antagonistic. Unofficial advices are that a num ber of newspapers which have been for an unfaltering continuance of the strongest possible sea warfare, are now assuming the attitude that per haps Germany has gone a little too far. This is taken as a mpst favorable indication. It is known positively that Ambas sador von Bernstorff is working vigor ously to avoid a rupture. He does not wish a break between the two coun tries. It Is said, however great the sacrifice. GERMAN PUBLIC CALM AND DISPOSED TO TRY TO AVERT A RUPTURE Berlin, April 22. (U. P.) The Ger man public was brought face to face tonight with the possibility of an early rupture between Germany and the United States. President Wilson's demand that Germany abandon her present subma rine methods under penalty of a diplo matic break was on every lip. The text of the American note was pub lished for the first time in the after noun papers and came as a rude shock In the midst of the Eastertide observ ances. Angry comments were heard In some quarters. Publication of the presi dent's threat to break off relations in creased the inxiety of the American colony. People Mostly Calm. But the vast majority of the people of Berlin remained calm, apparently awaiting word from grand headquar ters of the army, where the kaiser and Chancellor von Betbmann-Hollwegg are deciding the course Germany will pursue in the most serious crisis that has threatened the friendly relations of the two nations. This spirit of re straint was shown today by two of the most influential of the German papers. the Tageblatt and the Lokal Anzeiger. in discussing the German-American crisis. Anticipating possible outbursts by that portion of the press which has indulged in caustic criticism of Amer ica In the past, they gave warning that It was folly to hold the United States lightly as a possible enemy and urged that the German leaders do everything consistent with honor to prevent a rupture. Majority Oppose War. "The overwhelming majority of Ger mans do not want war with America," wrote Theodore Wolff, editor of the Tageblatt. "Only light-headed politicians and writers posing as powerful will under estimate such an addition. to the ranks of the enemies of Germany, but Ger mans will bear even the hardest, if the hardest Is unavoidable. The people de sire that the leaders themselves find the right way." The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, with per haps the largest circulation of any newspaper In Germany, insisted on the right of Germany to "hit our foes in the weakest spot," but added: "Nevertheless, we want peace with the great people across the water, just as we have not wanted war with our present foes. Agreement Zs Possible. "An agreement with the United States Is possible even across the ocean. We emphasize here that we may have overstepped our right to safe guard our vital interests and honor " It is quite probable that Monday will see the arrival In Berlin of a large number of Americans, come in from interior cities of Germany in the belief that a break is imminent. Con sular officials and the embassy here have been beselged all day for lnforl matlon, and many Americans have ap plied in advance for transportation to neutral countries should a break come. Consul-General Lay cabled Wash ington this afternoon after a confer ence with Ambassador Gerard that some arrangements should be made at dnce to care for Americans who may be stranded in Germany without funds If diplomatic relations are severed. Of about 1000 Americans in Germany, Lay estimated that at least half are with out sufficient funds to carry them to neutral countries in the event of a break. Gerard Sees Von Jagow. Berlin, via Amsterdam, April 22. (U. P.) Ambassador Gerard eon for rH tonight with Foreign Minister von Ja gow regarding the American submarine note. The conference 'was- a brief one. Preparedness Bills Are to Be Put Aside Washington, April 22. (TJ. P.) Lay ing aside preparedness measures, con gress will begin consideration Monday Of the Philinnin InAtiunilaiui. n - ww ,A A x the house, and of the Hollis rural cred its measure in xne senate, ix) ng fights are expected on both, although the rural credits measure will find considerable support among Progressive .Repub licans. : , Luncheon at Cornelias. Corvallis, Or., April 22. Friday aft ernoon Mrs. Easterday, Mrs. Tedron and Mrs. Jackson gave a silver lunch eon at the home of Mrs. Eaaterday for the benefit of the scholarship loan fund, at which time $10 was taken In. 8,000,000 Cossack Boots. London, April 22 I.: N., s.) Three hundred thousand steers will yield up their hides to make the 8,000,000 Cossack boots jnst ordered here. Each pair of legs takes nine feet of leather and each pair of fronts two feet. . -h- ' MEREST WILL , BE : CHARGED ON UNPAID FIRST HALF OF TAXES Second Half Will Not Become Delinquent Until October 5, Says -the Law. CONDITIONS ARE NAMED Action Can Be Commenced to Collect Taxes on Personal Property October 5; Uta Provided for. Those who did not pay the first half of their taxes on or before . April 5 will be required to pay Interest on the first half at the rate of one per cent a month or fraction thereof. This has no . effect on the second half of the taxes', which will not be come delinquent until October 5. if the first hair is paid berore May 5 one per cent interest will be col lected also. If not paid until after May S, but before June 5, two per cent interest will be collected, and so on through the months until October 5. before which date the fcecond half is also due. Becomes Delinquent October 5. If the second half is not paid by October 5 it becomes delinquent and Immediately begins to draw interest at the rate of one per cent a month. On November 5 an additional penalty of 5 per cent will be added to all taxes not paid prior to that date. If a person waits until October 6, for instance, to pay his taxes, he will be required to,pay seven per cent inter est on the first half and one per cent on the second half, according to XX S. Huckabay, head of the tax depart ment under Sheriff Hurlburt. If the taxpayer waits until Novem- ber 5 to pay his taxes he will be re I quired to pay eight per cent penalty on the first half, two per cent on the second half and a five per cent penal ty on both first and second halves. To Advertise Idst. Four months from date of delin quency, which Is October 5, the delin quent taxes will be advertised. The delinquent taxes will be advertised February 5. Sixty days later the tax certificates will be sold.. Thereafter property owners will have three years In which to redeem the certificates. Action can be taken to collect taxes on personal property on October 5. As ! soon as the tax becomes delinquent it has the same standing as a judgment lien and the personal property may be slezed and sold for the amount of the tax. Mr. Huckabay says that wherever possible the personal tax is charged up to the real estate, and in that way it becomes as secure as the tax on the real property. This is done in cases where the property owner has real property as well as personal property subject to taxation. PLOT TO KILL MORGAN FRUSTRATED BY MAN OF GERMAN DESCENT (Con tinned From Page One.) to carry the plan to a successful con tusion. According to a statement made by Captain Barnltz, in charge of the bomb and arson squad, Oalley went to po lice headquarters and made known the offer to him by Newton. Galley told the police he promised Newton he would place him in touch with Ger man authorities wtio would aid him in carrying out the secheme. Detective Sempfs was assigned to the case. He posed as the German official. Sempfs, in his affivadlt, says that he and Galley went to the branch of the Phoenix & Chatham bank at the Bowery and Grand street, where they met Newton. Sempfs says he was Introduced as the German agent. Bad Two Proposals. Newton, it is alleged, then went over his plans for killing the' financier. Newton said he could commit the crime in either one or two ways, the first was to gain access to Mr. Morgan's office and there shoot him. The second and best plan, according to Newton's Idea, would be to hire an automobile. He would follow Mr. Mor gan's auto when It took him to his home In Glenn tove, I I. Newton's plan, says the affMavit, was to shoot ahead of the Morgan machine while on a country road and there "stall" the engine of his vehicle. He said this would effectively stop the Morgan auto and It would be an easy matter for him to shoot Mr. Mor gan or throw a bomb Into his niacbine. Further explaining the plan to kill Mr. Morgan in his office, Newton, it is set forth, showed Galley and De tective Sempfs a badge upon which was inscribed "In his Majesty's Serv ice." This had been given to hlrrr while he was employed in a muni tions plant In Canada. Newton said that he would show the badge to the guard on duty at the Morgan offices and could easily enter the place and accomplish what he desired. Newton, it Is alleged, told the two men that they could demand him to do anything by which he could dem onstrate that he was working only in the interest of the German govern ment. Newton said he preferred to be sent to Canada before taking any ac tion against Mr. Morgan's life. Wanted to Blow Up Plant. He said he wanted to show them that he was not afraid to carry out any task assigned. Newton desired to blow .up a munitions plant. ' He further told Detective Sempfs, the tatter's affidavit says, that this would take but a day or two and he could then return to this city and carry out his plans to kill Mr. Morgan. Newton repeated In , the detective's presence his previous assertion that he would demand no money until after Mr. Morgan had been killed. The affidavits containing the start ling facts were read to Magistrate Handy in the coarse of Newton's ar raignment. - The court ordered that Newton be returned to jail under $5000 to await further examination Monday. Newton was arrested In a saloon at University Place and Thirteenth street on April 18. Not until ' several days later did the - police make : the fact known,'; -; : :' '". '- '-''?''. Newton - told 'the .police, they say, that he had brought with him from Canada a suitcase In which was a bomb with a time fuse. He left this in the railroad station at Buffalo. The police immediately communicated with the Buffalo authorities With : the re sult.: that the suitcase and . explosivo were .found. ; Newton i agreed, accord ing to the police, to blow up the Brooks locomotive works at Dunkirk, N. T., with the explosives he had in bis possession. List to Start on Long Walk n t . . m K S K s Lecture on Life Under Sea At left- Carl Frank List, who spe At tight William Edward, Itingler. I Carl Frank List proposes to live again through the stirring 17 days he spent under the sea as a virtual prisoner on board the German sub marine U-39. He is starting Tuesday morning for San Francisco, afoot. He will lecture on the way and, from the proceeds of these lectures, defray his expenses. Accompanying him will be his cousin, William Edward Ringler, a well known young Portland man. They hope to traverse the entire -con- inent, sleeping under the stars In the long reaches and telling the story of German submarine warfare in every village, hamlet and town en route. The boys will make their start from The Journal building, Broadway and Yamhill street, at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. They will only have enough money with them to cover their eat inr expenses for one day. After that their regularity of meal tlme'wlll de- pend upon the Interest they arouse In the romance of the under-sea. List had shipped as a sailor on the Norwegian ship Cambuskenneth at Portland. The craft was ldbded with wheat for the United Kingdom. About 20 miles off the south coast ' of Ire land the submarine met up with the Cambuskenneth and sent her to tne LAW ENFORCEMENT, ECONOMY, PLEDGES OF JOHN M'CUE Candidate for District Attor ney Addresses Republicans at Sellwood Yesterday, John C. McCue, candidate for the nomination for district attorney, told members of the Sellwood branch of the Oregon Republican club of his position on strict and impartial law enforce ment and an economical and efficient administration of the district attor ney's office yesterday afternoon. He declared that the incumbent, "Walter Evans, by the employment of unneces sary deputies and hired counsel had administered the office at a big ex pense to the taxpayers. He said that although the duties of the office had not Increased since the administration of Evans' predecessor, Mr. Evans had seen fit to employ a number of addi tional deputies and other officers. The system that Evans Inaugurated, he said, increased the expenditures of the office "more than two and one-half times over the expenses when Cameron was in office. "It will be my purpose If- nominated and elected to conduct the office on as economical and efficient a basis as possible," said Mr. McCue. "I will per sonally direct the trial of all import ant cases, and will not shift my duties to deputies as Mr. Evans has dona ever since he has been In the office. I will handle all matters with justice, fair ness and Impartiality to all. "Because I defended George Schultx and secured his acquittal, I have been accused of being a friend of the liquor interests. Nothing Is further from the truth. I simply did my duty for my client. I say right here that If I am elected district attorney I will prose cute any violation of the prohibition law just as strongly as I defended Schultx and will do all I possibly can to bring about a conviction. I am pledged to a strict enforcement of the law and an Impartial and" economical administration of the office and In no event will X deviate from such a policy." Mr. McCue appeared before the vot ers of the Pleasant Home district last night. Mary Antin Will Appear Wednesday Announcements of Her Address Very Modestly Made This Tear, Because of Xdmited Capacity of Theatre. Mary Antin, the Interpreter of the Immigrant, Is to appear at the Little theatre next Wednesday evening. "When Mary Antin was In Portland a year ago, her personality and her lecture charmed Portlanders. This time announcements of her address are very modestly made, because of the limitations in seating capacity of the auditorium j where she is- to speak. ; - Name of English Bard Is Honored Elaborate Shakespearean Festival Hv en by Shakespeare Study Club and Monday Musical Clnb. - An - elaborate Shakespearean - festi val, commemorating the tercentenary of the death of the English bard, was given by the " Portland Shakespeare Study club, " assisted j by the t Monday Musical club chorus, in the Lincoln high school auditorium last night. Lu clen E. Becker directed the chorus. M mmm my .,4.-- ,",. k- '" -'"',',', Siyf Xm :Wi - --k ne 17 days on German submarine. bottom with solid shot fro... u uvk guns. All the members of the crew except those who happened to be Germans were given a chance to escape by the ship's boats, the Germans being taken into the submarine. List, however, though a native born American, passed himself off as a German and thus learned the secrets of the sea diver. During the time he remained on board the U-39 sank 11 ships. List even helped with the guns and the torpedoes. He kept up his bluff of being a German until he was landed safely on German soil. Then he ob tained passage to New Tork through the American consul and worked his way back to Portland through" the Panama canal on the American Hawaiian steamer Honolulan. It Will be this story that List will tell his audiences on the long walk. He has a numtor of lantern slides il lustrative of submarine warfare which he expects to use to make his story more graphic. The story of List's adventures was told In a series of articles in The Journal published early last Septem ber, after -his return from the war POSES PLACED ON IN VIOLATION OF LAW Prosecution of Alleged Of fender, Who Is Candidate for Office, May Follow. , According to a law passed by the legislature last year. It Is unlawful to post placards along public highways in Oregon. Testerday afternoon Amos S. Ben son took a spin In his auto along the Columbia river highway and was as tonished to see a great number of election placards bearing the name of "Littlefield" nailed to posts and trees in conspicuous places all the way to Warrendale. E. V. Littlefield is a can didate for the Republican nomination for congress. Mr. Benson tore down as many of the placards as be could reach and his attorney, E. E. Coovert, stated last night that he plans to take steps immediately to prosecute Mr. Little field. "If I remember -correctly," said Mr, Coovert, "Mr. Littlefield was a mem ber of the legislature that passed the law. One thing certain, we are not going to permit ' the highway to be made unsightly with a lot of adver tising signs and placards. Any Infrac tion of the law will be prosecuted vigorously." ' Ford and Cummins Enroute for the TJ. S. Kate Keturns In Hebraska Presidential Preference Primary Show Cummins Sunning Strong. Lincoln. Neb., April 22. (U. P.) Henry Ford and Senator Cummins are running neck and neck in the Nebraska presidential preference primary. Both have In the neighborhood of 18,000 votes, with 60 per cent of the state heard from. Cummins, however, is running strong in late returns, and may pull out ahead. With Ford and Cummins running so close. It Is difficult and hardly safe to make predictions on the final result; however, the fact that the Cummins vote is showing an Increase Is believed to augur well for the Iowa senator, for It is said to Indicate that the country districts are giv'ng him some advan tage. It was claimed at the Bryan head quarters that, out of the 16 delegates to the national convention, 9 will be pronounced Bryan men. All hope has been abandoned, however, for W. J. Bryan, who is a poor sixth In the race for delegate-at-large. Commercial Club At Gresham Elects Mayor George "W. Stapletoa Is Presi dent; Organisation "Will Kara "Wider : Scope. Gresham, Or., April 22. At a meet ing of prominent business men of Gresham on Friday night, the Com mercial club was 'reorganised and new officers elected. The new officers are: Mayor George W. Stapleton, president; D. B. Towle, vice president; O. A.. Eastman, cor responding secretary; H. L. t. Clair, recording secretary, and Max Schnei der, treasurer. . ; The new organization will .have .a broader scope than the old commercial body. Five members were elected to act with the officers as a board of managers. - Those elected werei Frank Jones, K. A. Miller, George T. Honey, 3. Cannon and Charles Cleveland. COLUMBIA HIGHWAY ORGANIZATION OF , IS MADE PERMANENT international: Body Is Expect ed to Bring Closer Together Pan-American Countries, MUCH IS ACCOMPLISHED Selerates . BigHly Pleased at Pro. ress Made at Buenos Aires 17 ext aseetwo; la Chile. , Washington.. April 22. The Inter national high commission meeting in Buenos Aires for the purpose of cre ating stronger and closer financial and commercial relations among the republics of the western hemisphere, has perfected a permanent organiza tion. William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, was elected president of the commission, Professor John Bossett Moore of Columbia university, vice prosicent, ana ur. s. Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania, secretary general. Permanent headquarters of the com mission win be established in Wash ington. The commission is composed of nine members from each of the American republics, the secretary of the treasury or minister of finance acting as chairman of the respective sections, and the creation of a perma nent organization was regarded by the delegates from every county rep resented at the conference as a dis tinct step toward the realization of a greater and wider Pan-Americanism. According to advices received by the treasury department, the dele gates to the conference are enthusias tic over the Important results accom plished and the bright prospects for the future. The meeting has greatly strengthened Pan-American programs and sentiment. Subjects of vital con cern to every American republic have Deen considered by the conference, which has crystalized its conclusions in resolutions which will be submit ted to the participating governments. These resolutions reveal the obsta cles which retard the development of Pan-American finance and trade and. point out the remedies. The commission adopted resolutions declaring the creation of an American merchant marine to be of paramount importance. Strong sentiment devel oped at the meeting in favor of coop eration between the leading South American governments and the "United States to secure results. Delegates from Argentina, Brazil and Chile drew particular attention to the seriousness of the transportation problem. Minister of Finance Calogeras of Brazil declared that Brazil strongly supports the efforts or the United States to solve this pressing problem. Speakers at the meeting declared that Latin America looked to the United States to meet the situation and the belief was expressed that full develop ment of Inter-American relations was Impossible without an adequate Amer ican merchant marine. As a Pan-American unit of money of account, the conference adopted the franc of .33437 gramme gold 900 fine, which is exactlv one fifth of the value of the United States gold dollar. This is regarded as of fundamental import ance, because it creates an established basis which ultimately, like the Latin union of Europe, will provide inter changeability of gold coins among all American republics, as each country becomes prepared to establish its gold circulation unit. This new Pan-American unit was recommended by the conference for uniform use in connec tion with custom statistics. The conference urged the comple tion of an intercontinental railway system, and the improvement of tele graph and cable facilities In order to bring the American republics Into the closer union which their community of interest invites. Government control of all wireless communication was recommended by the conference. It was realized that a most desirable step in the promo tion of closer financial and trade rela tions was the creation of freer and cheaper means of communication. For this reason Is was pointed but that it was most important to improve telegraph and cable facilities. It was proposed that an early con ference of wireless experts be held at Washington and that all countries represented at the Buenos Aires meet ing take steps to coordinate the devel opment of the science of wireless telegraphy. All of the many reservations made by various countries in The Hague convention In 1912 in connection with the adoption of a uniform law for bills of exchange were unified and agreed-upon at Buenos Aires with one exception. This brings the proposed uniformity of law regarding bills of exchange nearer to realization than ever before. Recommendations for clarifying In ternational conventions on trademarks and copyrights were also approved by the commission. The American delegates left Buenos Aires April 14 , for Chile, to be ' the guests of the government of Chile. Business Men Visit Sooth America. Washington, April 22. As another practical step In the program of Sec retary McAdoo to carry out the pur pose of the Pan American financial conference, a committee of citizens of the United States sailed from New Tork Apiil15, for Bolivia, Chile and Peru to return the visit of the emi nent bankers and business men of those countries who attended the con ference. ' The trip Is being made In response to a resolution Inviting bankers and business men of the United States to visit the Latin American countries. A Cough May Lead to Tuberculosis Distressing and dangerous compli cations may follow if you neglect it. Even when so serious a stage is reached. Eckmin'g Alterative may bring relief. For more than 20 years It has been widely used In such cases with beneficial results. As with any medication employed In this trouble, the best results are ob tained when the patient pays strict attention to diet and . gets plenty of rest .and. fresh air. . Because of its easily assimilable content of calcium chlorid. this prepa ration la effective where a tonic up builder is indicated. As a corrective of nlghtsweats it has proved most useful.- It may be tried with absolute safety, since it contains no harmful or habit-forming drugs of any sort. Sold by The Owl Drug Co. and lead ing druggist. Cckmaa laboratory, Philadelphia. HIGH COMMISSION which was Introduced ; by Senor Dr. Pedro CosiQ, dnalrman of ' the. Uruga yaaw . delegation, i and unanimously adopted : by the pan-American financial.- conference, v Secretary McAdoo, in pursuance of that resolution, ap pointed a committee to- arrange the return visits, of p- which James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel corporation, ;; Is chairman. . The party which sailed was organised by Mr.iFarrell's committee. 1 A. similar 1 committee has just re turned from a visit to Central Amer ica, and committees to visit . Argen tina and-Brazil, which are now being organized, expect to sail from New Tork on April 29. Like committees will be formed to visit the other coun tries of Latin America. The committee which sailed April 15 is composed of the following mem bers: O. M. Clark. Portland Or.: A. W. McLellan. New Orleans; Ernest II. 1 wanas, New York.. 24,000 Coal Miners Given Strike Order Refusal of Pittsburg Coal Company to Abide by Agreement to Pay Increased Wage Xiea&s to Issuance of Order. Pittsburg, Pa., April 22. Twenty four thousand coal miners in the bi tuminous coal fields of this section were tonight ordered to strike by Pres. ident Van Blttner and other union offi cials of District No. 6. " This action followed refusal of the operators of the Pittsburg Coal com pany to abide by the agreement re cently reached In New York. It was not learned that any other district will be immediately affected. Simultaneous with the announcement from the union's headquarters, it be came known that representatives of the operators and miners have been in conference for several days on the sit uation. The operators refused to rec ognize the validity of the New York agreement. When the men were paid late this afternoon, those on yardage and dead work were not given the 6 per cent in crease fixed by the joint scale com mittee in New York. The order to Btrlke came immediately. Decision of Chicago Judge Brings Laugh University of California Professors Scoff at Idea That Pranols Bacon Wrote Works Credited to Shakespeare. Berkeley, CaL, Anril 22. (U. P.) Professors at the University of Cali fornia tonight scoffed at the decision of Judge Richard S. Tuthill, of Chica go, in a legal opinion, declared the works of Shakespeare were written by Francis Bacon. "What does It matter what a Chica go judge thinks?" said Professor Leon ard Bacon, professor of English. "Tha whole thing Is absurd. The Bacon theory sprang from a woman who died In the madhouse." The "code theory" upon which Judge Tuthill based his opinion was laughed to scorn by Dr. Herbert E. Corey, of the English department. "By the same method," he said, "a Harvard man recently proved Shakes peare to be the author -of" aJfclay writ ten in Rhode Island. .How can any one take such an opinion seriously?" Professor Walter M. Hart, assistant professor in philology, - said the story" was a hoax. He said that by the same method it could be easily proved that Shakespeare wrote the Bible. Cabinet Will Govern Affairs of Chinese President Yuan Authorises Vtw Sys tem to Replace Present Presidential System; Ministers B sponsible. Washington. April 22. U. P.) President Yuan Shi Kal has authorized the organization of a cabinet govern ment to take the nlace of the present presidential system in China, accord ing to a dispatch to the Chinese lega tion today. According to the new sys tem, the heads of various ministries will assume joint responsibility for the conduct of national affairs. Recall Petition Filed. Oakland, CaL, April 22. (U. P.) Charging that he had deserted Mayor Davie in a campaign of promised re form, the Taxpayers" league this noon filed papers asking that an election be called for the recall of F. F. Jack son, commissioner of health and safety. The paper has several hundred names more than the necessary 6600 With a TaUor-M.de The Suits I make are. the equal of the highest price tailoring. I have the best cutters and tailors. They know how to build-in my patented flax can vas and real haircloth front. That is why the clothes I build never lose their shape. jl personally look after every order. If it don't suit me you can't have it. - ' ' - - This immense stock of seasonable patterns, suit able for all year wear, is for your unlimited selec tion. - .. - some as low as The mark, oi a v it) oil dressed Ask Me to FOUND GUILTY OF TO OF Luke Dillard, Married, Father of Two Children, Convicted in Circuit Court. ACCUSED CLAIMED ALIBI Convicted Man One of 10 Men and Boys Implicated by Girl; to Be Sentenced Heat Week. Luke Dillard, 40 years old and mar ried and the father of . two children, was found guilty of the charge of con tributing to the delinquency of a 1ft year old girl. The Jury in Judge Mor row's court, which took the case at 11:20 Friday night, returned a sealed, veraici i wo nours ana 4 b minutes later. The verdict was opened and read by Judge Morrow yesterday morning. For his defense, Dillard endeavored to establish an alibi, testifying that he was stalled In the snow with his au tomobile on the night of January 18. when the girl testified the crime was committed in a downtown hotel. Dillard is one of eight or 10 men and boys who were implicated by the girl. Seven of the boys pleaded guilty In juvenile court. Dillard will be sen tenced next week. INJUNCTION SUIT IS UP Question Affecting Peanut Vendors' to lie Arjrued. The question of whether a permanent Injunction shall be issued restraining the city from enforcing Its ordinance prohibiting peanut and popcorn vendors from standing their wagons longer than 30 minutes in any one spot on the streets in the congested district will be argued before Circuit Judge Davis ' next Tuesday morning. , . On application of several vendors n temporary injunction has been issued by Judge Davis. Time for arguing the question of making the injunction permanent was set for yesterday morn ing, but other cases took up the time of th court. In the meantirae the city la restrained from enforcing the ordi nance. City officials expressed. In dignation yesterday because' the tem porary Injunction was issued without giving the city authorities an oppor tunity to be beard. . Divorce Mill Busy. Divorces were granted -yesterday a follows: Ida Burchfleld vs. C. S. Burchfleld; Klla McKenn., vs. Tom Mc Kenna: EL K. Lott va. Hattl M. Lott. jSuit for divorce was filed by It. L. I Moore against Bertha M. Moore. They 'were married in Portland In 1912. lie charged cruelly. Palmer Is to Enlist 1 In American Legion Porta er Worth western Z,eogne Umpire, and Washington Guardsman Will Enter Hospital Corps and Oo to War. Seattle, April 22. (U, P. Carl fc. G. Palmen, formerly a member of First, company C. A. C, National Guard of Washington, and well known in Seat- lie as a isormwesiern league oaaeoaii umpire two years ago, will leave this evening for Vancouver, B. C, where be will join the hospital corps of the Two Hundred and Kleventh regiment, American legion. After several month of preparation at Vancouver, he ex pects to leave for the European front, Portland Company ; Is Next to Lowest - - Seattle Man Bids $31,350 for Coa st ruction of Wireless Towers at Cor. dova, Alaska. Washington, April 22. (U. P.) Bids for the construction of new wire less towers at Cordova, Alaska, were opened.at the navy department today, Nichols Flelnness. Seattle, was the lowest bidder at $31,350. The North- west Steel company, Portland,- Or.,', was the nest at approximately ?40, 000. There were 10 bids, the high est $52,000. .-.! f. a- Suit I DRIVER CONTRIBUTING DELINQUENCY GIRL Save Money Dress Better II V I .-w III 111 -Lis Ais oracr ; v . iin - - - '-- -. X III , ' . - BT l.airillByitJ I Sixth at Stark Street 8 Prova Tbisi