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V THE OREGON , DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY. JUNE 21. 1918. GEORGE A. STEELE 'DIES AT HOSPITAL Former State Treasurer and Port ";' land Postmaster Also Built First Electric Lines in City ; CAME TO PORTLAND IN 1863 Political Career Begn in 1870 With His Election as Treasurer of Multnomah County, ): ' ' '-ueorge A. Steel. Portland pioneer, died . day, after an illness of eight . weeks' titration. - Mr. Steel served one term as state treasurer la the earlier days, served r, was the builder of the first electric lines In the city. - A brother, William O. Steel, Is super- ' lntendent of the Crater Lake National ' park. He had been In falllnr health for his attention to business matters until a few weeks aaro, when at the advice of Ms physician he was" removed from We home, 242, East Twentieth street, to the hospital. Heart disease Is given as the cause of his death. , Mr. Steel cam to Oregon in ISM from Ohio when but II years of age. As the result Of his nntlrlrw affnrtit and im- .Usual business ability he became Iden tified with the progressive life of tho . city and took a prominent part in the development of Portland and the state, lie was prominent in politics and served as state treasurer from iq7 to mil Came to Peruana la lsst fearing the past few years Mr. Steel Bad been engaged In the real estate Keller Bteel, with offices In the Lum ber Exchange building. Oeorg Alexander Steel was born In rtafford. Ohio. Anrll 22. ll. When if rears old he left his home and came to Portland, via the Isthmus of Panama, arriving In this city In 1862. His brother, s fames Steel, came to Portland one year earlier., " George Steel worked as a clerk and UVi 1110 111 (irl IIW fWri OK Tils residence in Portland. In 1865 he : as appointed assistant postmaster and . two ireara Lafar tank m. nnaitinn i"wimi an uiv uua m ilium name, in JI79 Mr. Steel entered Into partnership ith J. K. Gill and bought, out the Bar- sett book and muslo store, at that time located at 104-JU7 First street. Later the partnership was dissolved. Mr. ' " ... ww vuatneov ana Mr. Gill taking over the music busi ness. Afterwards they traded their in ftereets and Mr. Steel sold the muslo ; business to C C, Mortis. V EsUred Politics is 187 C rrom 1870 to 1872 Mr. Steel was treas urer of Multnomah county. In 1876 he bras elected chairman of. the Republican ; State committee and one year later was Appoinwu. poaiat ani ox we poetol- trm danartrrmnt tnr tVi. Mmthmt ht. PROMINENT PORTLAND ' PIONEER PASSES AWAY George. A. Steele : ( jurisdiction embracing Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Alaska. He resigned this position In 1879 and was appointed deputy collector of customs for the port of Portland the same year, -serving In that capacity until late In 1880. President Garfield appointed Mr. Steel postmaster of Portland in 1881 and he served for four years. He loet.this po sition with the election of " President Cleveland and Was.agaln appointed for a four-year term by President Harrison In 1890. The most "Important business enter prise established by Mr. Steel was the Portland ft Fulten Park Street Railway company. He had as a partner In the incorporation of the company his elder brother, James Steel. Work was begun in 1889 and completed in 1890. The line was four miles long, extending on Sec ond street, at that time the principal business thoroughfare, from G' street to Fulton park. Bsllt Pint Eleetrle Line This was the first electric line on the Paclflo coast and established the reputa tion of Portland as a progressive city. Afterward the Hawthorne avenue and Oregon City lines were built by Mr. Steel and his associates.- These street railway lines later passed from the con trol of Mr. Steel's company during a season pf extreme financial depression. Mr. Steel served as state senator from Multnomah county from 1886 to 1890; was chairman of the Republican nation al committee for Oregon fronr 1896 to 1904, and held the office of state treas urer of Oregon from 1907 to 1911, this being his last public service. Mr. Steel was married in 1889 to Miss Eva Pope of Oregon City, one of the early settlers of Oregon. "He had been a member of the First Congregational church during the ast 60 years and was connected prominently' with an charitable and progressive enterprises in the early history of the city. Since the death, of his wife, September 1, 1917, Mr. Steel'"health has steadily failed and his death was not unexpected. buy w. a. s, Austrian Losses 120,000 . Rome. June 21. (TJ. P.) The Austri an lost 120,000 men up to .Wednesdav, the Corrlere d'lt&lla declared today. OREGON WILL SEND 1350 SELECTED MEN Order Received Today Directing Boys Entrain for Fort McDow ell Beginning July 5. Oregon will send a total of 1350 men to Fort' McDowell,' CaL,. the men ,to entrain during the five day period be ginning July 5, according to an order received today at the adjutant general's office from Provost Marshal General Crowder. The men will all be selected from class 1 of the selective draft. The quotas assigned to the different counties of the state are as follows: Bier .'43 Msrloa Wo. 2 SB 19 Morrow , . . H Multnomah . . ...3 Pb ....... .. .28 Rherawa ...44 Tiltemook n . Clackamas ....... Clataap Colombia ..K. . ., Coo Crook J TJaiatiUa Curry............ ft I nJon VotchnU ......... 14 Wallowa , Dooclaa ;....... WaMe ......... , tiUUam 1 Waahtaston , Orant 1 Wlwlw ........ Harney 19 Yamhill Mood Hirer .......10 Portland No. 1... Jaokaoa 44 Portland No. 2. ClUHUU . . . , . Josephine , . Klamath Lane . . , Mncoln I Jim Malheur Marlon No. 1.. . . , .13 .20 .28 . 9 .20 .48 .47 .SB .22 .44 .14 .88 .40 .SS .20 .IS .88 .88 .23 .28 .12 .80 8 Portland No. 8 .10 Portlaad No. 4.. .28 Portland No. 8.. .15 Portland No. 6.. .68' Portland No. 7.. .11 Portland No. 8.. .41 Portland No. .. .88 rortland No, 10.. .41 Total 1880 Kone to Be Passed The provisions of the president's direc tion of March 11 to all local boards to pass by temporarily all men actively en gaged In the planting or cultivation of crops, does not apply to this call, and boards will be required to select all numbers without regard to this direc tion. Next week Is to be set aside by all local draft boards for the reclassification of ail draft registrants, according to a circular letter being sent out today by Captain John E. Culllson of the adjutant general's office,, to all local and district exemption boards, government appeal agents and legal advisory boards. This Is in accordance with on order from the provost marshal general's of fice, requesting that all draft boards re examine the questionnaire of their reg istrants for the purpose ef reclassifying and to set aside a week in June In which to do this work. Carry First to Report. Up to the present time only one county has reported to th adjutant general's office, that one belnff Curry, the farthest county away ; in the tate. Here the work of reclassifying hn vsn completed and out of a total rp-r" -tlon of only 805 men, 26 hove he n added to class 1. subject to anx" '. Since none of the tocal boaMf v reported the results of any re-iaf-tion, the week beginning Jun- " t " been set aside for the boards to v sufficient time to this work. "While 4he most unsatisfactory ola--flcations have resulted In connection with dependency cases, the attention of all selective service officials is di rected to the fact that reclassification is to take place in all cases where the original classification Is not convinc ingly correct," reads a portion, of the circular. v Assistants may be appointed for ap peal agents In all cases where the appeal Summer CJoih tit es vnov ht imffi right l I - S-r-S agent Is unable to render the full meas ure of service," r- Legal advtBory boards are requested to meet at - once, confer wltn appeal agents and local boards, and proceed with a systems tio analysis of ques tionnaires and records, so that their recommendations may be "submitted to the local boards. r -V . Matt Be Keeratted The district boards are instructed as follows: "It is vitally necessary that class 1 be recruited up to tho maximum. Where there is any doubt, resolve In favor of the government. Sentiment and sympathy, which have controlled In the past and resulted in a too liberal application of the classification rules, cannot longer stand in the way of the government. Personal desires, comfort and conveniences of registrants and their relatives and friends must be Ig nored where they conflict with the in terest of the nation." - During the month of June, Oregon will have sent 2000 Into service at Camp Lewis, 309 into training at Benson Poly technic school and on July 1. 140 men will enter training at the Medical Arts school at San Francisco. Beginning on June 25 and continuing for three days thereafter, questionnaires of the second edition will be sent out each day to 25 per cent of the regis trants of the class of June, 1918.. SUV w. s. s. ITALIANS SWEEP ALL BEFORE THEM IN DRIVE ENORMOUS PROFITS IN ( Continued from Paso Oie) Follow Our Own Boy into the Fight Buy Wax Savings StMnps-provfd the money to back them up to U regularly, every week, until the war Is over. : s-r ? : .: Phegley &. Cavender v .i ' x Z ...Corner Fourth, and 'Aider Streets ' - f - - - ' - - - - v ----- - - i - have been swept away by the flooded river. The Austrlans have succeeded In throwing three new bridges across in the San Dona sector, but the cur rent s is less swift there, owing to the broadening of the river, and the posi tions are less exposed to Italian artil lery fire, because of the latter's" greater distance from the bank. Hladeabarg Directing Strategy The enemy units farther north are still In great danger of capture or an nihilation through inability to obtain reinforcements or replenish their ammu nition . or food supplies. This Is partic ularly the ease just south of Candelu, where the Italians drove forward to the river, splitting the enemy forces. Attempts by the Austrlans to cross the river in boats and rafts have re sulted in many being swept away and drowned. Resumption of the Austrian drive southward from the mountain region Is expected hourly. This most obvious strategy success of which would out flank and compel retirement of the whole Piave line is believed to have been counseled by' Hindenburg and Lu dendorff who are- reported to have paid a flying vjsit to Austrian headquarters Waiting to Bring Up SsppUes In the initial drive last Sunday the greatest enemy effort was concentrated in the mountain area. But this was naturally, anticipated by the Italian command and it was here that the Aus trians sustained their most serious re verse. Of the 40 divisions (480,000 men) employed here more than. 30 divisions (360.000 men) suffered such heavy losses they were compelled to retire. The Austrlans have been . forced to relieve every division used In the moun tains pn the first day of the drive. This is responsible for the compara tive inactivity on that front. The enemy alBO needs new supplies of munitions and as soon as these are brought up and his divisions reorgan ized, he is expected to striae another major blow from the north. Csecho Slovak Units Aid Austria Despite the faqi that the Austrlans are reliably reported to have used near ly' a' million men; already practically their entire effective force a wounded enemy officer declared they . still have considerable reserves. - - Czecho-Slovak units ' are aiding the Italian troops and. have performed bril liantly. Huns Put Forth False Claims London, June 21. (U. P.) The bat tie along the Piave river is continuing with great violence, night official statements Indicated. The Italians drove forward at three points, forcing the Austrlans backward at Montello, north of the Monte Belluno railway and west of San Dona di Piave. The Austrlans made a slight gain west of Zenson. but were promptly driven back. The number of Austrian prisoners now exceeds 11,000. "The enemy replied to our fire on the greater part of the Piave with violent counter attacks, tried out with great tenacity," . tho Austrian war of fice said. "All his efforts were in vain. Berlin - reported that ' small attacks by. the enemy north of Albert, south west of Noyon and southwest of Chateau-Thierry - failed with heavy losses. . The Germans also claimed that "be tween the Meuse and the Moseele our thrusting troops penetrated deeply Into an American position at : Selcheprey and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy." (This may refer to the attempted German raid following the American gas projector . attack In , Montmare wood. According to staff dispatches this was stopped before tho Germans fairly left their trenches. The same dispatches said the Americans suffered no losses.) - Paris reported intermittent artillery fighting between Montdldier and the Oise and south of the Alsne. Field Marshal Haig reported sue-' cessful raids In Flanders. f- Dispatches -from American headquar ters reported that American forces stormed German trenches east of Caa tlgny. In the Montdldier region, inflict ing heavy losses and destroying sev era! enemy machine gun nests. The American losses were said to be light. Larae Austrian Forca Cornered Wajihlncrtnn- Innn 1 fTT r A been pornered between the flooded rirve ana ens advancing Italian troops in um Montello, the British war office reports todaV utattxl. Tha Italians ' ar 1lhaJt tkl former unes at virtually all poia'S front the Montello to tho sea, and are making Kama in tne mountains above, tha, Won teiio. . . Destruction of the bridge, either bv artillery, or the floods, has biock-exi t: Chance Of the Austrian! tr aTtrlnta themselves. It is believed here,' and sur render ox targo manners is expected mo mentarily. The Italians reported the recapture of a large number of guns abandoned early In the drive. ' The British war office refers to the Italian advance at Nervesa. which was described In a London dispatch, from an authoritative source, as a "big victory. The London cable said the Italians were trying to .flank the 1mm. . L Montello -region, on the north. .. i siwt w. S.S. t - . iiooa Kiver Woman nie t Hood River, Or June tL Miss Eliza beth Tollman died Wednesday morning at the borne of her parents in this city after a short Illness. Miss Tollman had . aw KMm tanco telephone companies here for the pan eigM years.' - ur late ahe. had been chief operator ft the Homo Telephone eompsny. M , - .-. MANY BUSINESS LINES PRODUCED BY THE WAR Startling Statements Supplied to Tax Committee in Congress by Revenue Department. Waahlnrton. Jiiim 91 ST " ?tf o Records of incomes and excess profits of American business during 1917 were supplied by the treasury department to the house ways and means committee, drafting the new revenue bill, today. xnis oata, complied ny collector of In ternal Revenue Roper in levying In come and excen profits taxes, con tained many revelations to the com mittee. The fact that the law requires the treasury department to keep such information secret prevented disclosure of the most startling facts placed be fore x the committee. It was learned, however, that many business ventures nnowea enormous pronts during tne first nine month of the. war. Tfc MO I business, for Instance, showed profits ranging up to 2 TOO per cent. The eommlttae eonaiAirA1 (ve meth ods of levying excess profits taxes to day. 5 Under one method, that in vogue in ringiana, extremely neavy levies would be made on profits growing di rectly out of the war, while profits that would have accrued regardless of the war would be only lightly taxed. The alternate plan Is that now In practice here, under which all excess Droflts ara taxed. BUY w. a. a. WHEAT TO COST MORE WITH RISE IN FREGHT ( Contained from Pace baa) Hoover has long hoped that higher Wheat prices would be unnecessary. Farmers planted record acreages on the $2.60 wheat price amendment pending in congress, but not passed. The basic $2.29 price will not be changed even now. It la officially indi cated. But farmers, held to a fixed price, will be protected against a freight rate increase which they would other wise have to bear. ' Differentials to Be Adjusted. The differentials in different markets will be adjusted to meet the increased freight rates. A slight additional mar gin also may be allowed to cover In creased threshing costs. There is no possibility, however, of $2.50 wheat. It is officially Indicated, unless congress goes contrary, to the 'wishes of the pres ident and food officials.- --. Montana ' farmers have : protested to Hoover, asking for an Increase to cover the additional 4 cents a bushel freight rate ' to Minneapolis they will nave to pay under the new schedule. Rates from Kansas City to New York will increase about IS cents a bushel. It is estimated, which must be borne by eastern consumers. - i- v Car Xereaeat Beglas Officials are working out proper In creases in conjunction with the railroad administration. ' The great movement of cars from all over tho country to the wheat growing territory Is already begun, according to the railroad administration. The car situation Is better now than at any time In the last three years. Cars are being "parked" in the wheat belt, it was said today, which was Impossible last year, and every effort is being made to pre pare for the prevention of the wheat piling up at the seaboard. Wheat Pit WiU Not Reopen Washington. June 21. L N. S.) Rumors that the Chicago wheat pit would soon resume operations were em phatically denied by officials, of the food administration. Arrival at local markets of the first of the new crop from Virginia had given rise to persist ent reports that the pit was about to be revived. "Emphatically no; the wheat pit will not open." said- an official, speaking for Mr. Hoovem The first wheat of "the early spring crop created considerable interest in the wheat supplies at. band in nearby mar kets. The supply Is nearly exhausted. It was said, and Jfce barrels have been scraped to the bottom to make final shipments overseas. v Shipments of wheat to our allies will cease temporarily within the next 10 days, it was said today. Our promised allotment for this year's crop to the fighting forces has been virtually kept. and with a small movement before the end of the month every bushel of wheat promised will have left our shores. Nearly 150,000,000 bushels went across. It was learned. Shipments of the new crop begin in September. Great praise was today given the American housewives who, through co operating in the conservation measures of the food administration, made posal ble the enormous movement of wheat to our allies. "It was the women of America who saved the situation said administra tion officials. . Big Crop in Canada Winnipeg, Man.. June 21. (U. P.) Provincial governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan today estimate the two provinces will produce 210,000,000 bushels of wheat this year. In " Sas katchewan the crop Is estimated at 160, 000,000, while the Manitoba crop is es timated at 50,000.000 bushels. IS BAILIFF Mrs. Walter L. Spaulding Offi ciates) Six-Cent Fare Case Is Argued. Salem, Or., June 21.--As acting bailiff. Mrs. Walter X spaulding today offi ciated at the opening of the Oregon supreme court, announcing the arrival of the 'judges and convening of the court. : This la said to be the first time In the history of the court that a wo man has performed this function. Bai liff Raymond is ill. Court opened at s o'clock this morn ing to hear arguments tn the Portland ft-cent sg-eetcar fare case. Six judges. tnf enure- court except Justice Moore, are sitting in the case. Justice Johns is sitting with the other judges, al though he did not arrive " from Port land until after the arguments had be gun, as he did not know a morning session of the court was to be held. Speaking of a statement that he prob ably would be disqualified from sitting in this case because of expressions made by him before his appointment to the bench, he said today that he bad never expressed an opinion as to the legal points Involved. He said he had strong ly criticised the city administration for the poor showing it had made in pre senting its side of the case. The opening argument was made by Martin L. Pipes in behalf of the city. He was followed by J. O. Bailey, as sistant attorney general, representing the public service commission. Next will come R. A. Lelter and Frederick .V. Holman, for the streetcar company, and City Attorney LaRoche will dose the argument for the city. It la expected the arguments will take the entire day. BUY w. . a. Salem Man Expires Coming From Church Salem, Or., June 21. Returning home from prayer meeting at the First Pres byterian church last night, Charles D. Purdy, $4 years old, suddenly became 111 and died within an hour of heart failure. He lived at 960 Mill street, and had been a resident of Salem for more than 30 years. He leaves a widow and two sisters, Mrs. Elisabeth Fulton and Mrs. Sarah Robinson of Salem ; brother, Ed Purdy of Waukon. Iowa ; two daugh ters. Miss Edna Purdy and Mrs. Ruth Brant of Salem. Organizer of Union'! Sentenced f-b DeatK sswew " f f Mena; Ark., JantLr.Jt. & Beo C Caughron. organiser for the Working Class union, was today sentenced to death in the electrlo chatr. August 22 for the murder of Deputy "Sheriff Kir-' land, who was killed la a raid on out laws at Hal tons Gap, April it. He pleaded guilty. His brothers, Benond and Lon, who also pleaded guilty, rer given life and 15 years, respectively. Four others, including two army deacrt era. involved In the Hattons Gap atfala, were given from S to 17 years each. BUY W.S.g, Woman Wounds Husband Seattle. June 21. (U. P.) Mrs. Dos Van Zandt seriously wounded her hus band, R. H. Van Zandt, a printer, when In the heat of an argument in their home here, she seised a ran and shot him in the left knee last nighU EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS To Buy Glasses It la m sir ry that ye kmw bow to bay alaaaaa inUUfoaui. .It is qoallr aecaaaanr to kaw wncra and from whom to tmjr th.m. That yam may nara kaaoly appre ciate tha vain of thla adraTtfca .ast jrm ara to raaaaabar tkat you . bara only on pair l ayaa: aad thml; wkat oralfct and what sfauaaa. ara ef aaat importaaca to you. Sir William CROOKES Tfea taaewaed aye aad siaa ap- nallat. with a wtd world nputaUaa. ha dvaa to tha world a Latta that Beet the aoeaaaary naeda ef ntt lioaa. In parUealar doaa hi aetaB tlfically jttatad slaaaaa appeal to the who snffat from tha harmful tayi of outdoor lictit aad indoor arti ficial. Wo bar than and ahoold - fca plaaid to aara you caU aad t aa hw yon. HOPKINS OPTICAL CO. M MOROAK BtJILDISQ THI&D FLOOR Broadway and Washington 8t J tat. EPir i y Give Him A Fair Start MRS. WILSON: Why,Mollv. you don't give that poor little tyke a cathartic every day, do you? '-trW , MOLLY PHILLIPS: This isn't a cathartic, mother. It's Nujol. It was the only thing I could use while the baby was nursing. was terribly constipated, you know, just after he was born. ' ."Vf MRS. "WILSON: Well, that's to be expected, I guess. I remember the trouble I had when you were born, dear. MOLLY: Oh, mother. I was in awful shape. I tried every thing. And everything fail- . ed. All the laxatives and cathartics I was taking be- can to affect the babv. " er had colic and lost weight. My milk really seemed to poison him. Then the doctor orderedftheNujol treatment You know the body doesn't -absorb Nujol at aH and con - sequentiy Nujol doesn't af fect the milk, it passes v . ( ;...v. Far your own protection insist' that tb druggist giro Ton the gen vjnm Nujol, in a sealed and capped bottle, bearing tho Nujol trade mark in red ftevcr othtrwU. Nujol kt absolutely pttrt end harm' Uss. Inferior substitutes may giro unpleasant results. Genuine Nu jol sold by aU rjntggista in tle U. S. and Caaada. Send 50 cents and we win ship new kit sise bottle to U. S. soldiers and sailors anywhere. Write for attractrre free booklet on the Nujol treatment: Section 5. Nujol Dept- Staxslard Oil Co. (New Jersey), jBayonac, n. J. , (Mrs. Wilson is assisting at the dally rites performed before the altar of her grand-son. Master John Edward Phillips, Jr.) smoothly along the intest- MRS. WILSON: How do you ines, softeninflr and clearinflr feel after takint? it? " out the food waste as it MOLLY: Oh, nothing but goes, it was an ideal treat nient for my condition. 4 MRS. WILSON: Does it work quickly? MOLLY: No it depends on the individual It took me several days, but since then I've been regular as clock work. That's one of the best things about it There's no griping, no violent action isn't it funny, mother, that some people don't feel they are getting results unless they get disturbance and rough treatment in the pro cess! You would never know you had taken Nujol if s so gentle. It simply softens the contents of the bowels and prevents the drying out and collecting of poison matter in the 'colon' the larfce in testine. THaf s where al- good effects because there are no drugs in NujoL That's why it can be taken reg ularly. You don't have to set aside a day to recover from it every time. MRS. WILSON: Do you give it to the baby regularly now? MOLLY: Yes, indeed, he's already started. Every baby is born with a natural kink in his bowels it has to straighten out naturally, and Nujol prevents any obstruc tion there. It rather helps Nature to help herself. The doctor-approves, and this sample of the youngest gen- ' eration is going to grow up thinking Nujol inside is just as important as his morning bath outside which, it is. And mother, look here! MRS. WILSON: Yes, Molly? most all disease breeds you M0LLY: See how well he know. takes it! jxequia - SS 9 ; lf 'I? ar - m' m lt -arT-a, " " rmffl.Nujol 1 lxt- o a?w '