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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1918.
13
FLOUR HOARDING
TO PROVOKE MORE
DRASTIC ACTION
U. S. District Attorney ' Asserts
Untes Practice Stopped Heavy
Penalties Will Be Asked.
FIFTEEN ARRESTS Aft E MADE
Reasonable Supply Held to Be
r. :l ma r'.-- ti
tnuugn ior ou uays) i nose
. , Holding More Should Disgorge
. Fifteen arrests have bean mada by
xeasrai authorities since the middle or
May for violations ' of tha anti-flour
refutations retarding hoerdlns; of Hour.
Flva of tha .numbw arrested, when ar
raigned, pleaded ruiUy, and received
fines ranln from S50 to $500.
Tha law In this respect la not thor
ourniy understood by tha public, ac
cord In r to W, A. Glover, who Is In
.Charge of tha secret service operations
in tne Portland district
Aocordlnc to tha statutes, flour shall
ba deemed to ba hoarded when held.
contracted for or arranged for by any
parson In a quantity In excess of his
reasonable requirement Tor consump
tion by himself and hi dependents for
a reasonable ienfth of time. A reason
able length of time is construed to be
10 days.
Will Aik Heavy Peaaltles
Persons holding a quantity In excess
bf Ms reasonable requirements, whether
tna flour waa purchased three years ago,
' . .1 ... I It - . . . a
xik Aiwrncj nanej recently statea
that unless the public stopped tha prac
tice of hoardlnir flour, ha wnnM aalr tha
court for heavier penalties and possibly
Jail sentences.
Thosa who have been fined for hoard-
Ins; flour are:
Purse .Is Lost; v:
Owner Seeks One
Who Advertised
Mrs. A. CIsdo. who Uvea east of
Montavllla, Tabor till, on July .
lost a purse containing sv consider
able sum of money, all of her ready
cash, on : Morrison street, between
East Eleventh and1 Second street,
and advertised for tha return of tha
pursa and money in The Journal's
classified advertising eotumne.
At about tha same time Mrs. oapp
read a Journal "classified", concern
ing the finding of a purse containing
money, and aha la anxious to learn
who Inserted ; this advertisement.
Tha advertisement was "blind," and
there la no way of learning who was
sponsor for-, it : except through the
person himself, ;
If tha parson -- who - Inserted the
"purse' found" ad will communicate
with Mrs. Clanp, it will toe greatly
appreciated, and theaperaon so doing
win be doing deserved Justice to Mrs,
Clapp. -
GREEK ALLEGES IS
FRIENDS OF LIFETIME
OREGON BANKERS
WILL MEET TO PLAN
SELLING CAMPAIGN
Carl S. Ktlty of Federal Reserve
Bank Here to Assist In Distrl
butionlof Treasury Certificates
BANKERS URGED TO- HELP
58,326cAutos in
Oregon; Is 10,000
More THan in 1?
According to tha records' at police
headquarters, 10,000 mora . autotno
mllea are la operation In Oregon al
ready this year than were In opera
tlon during all of 11X7. According
to the records of-the secretary or
state there were 48,632 care licensed
.to operate last year. The number
S8.SS8 arrived In Portland Saturday
and waa delivered to 1 U Hollings-
worth of 890 Bast Eighth - street
north. ; Harry P. Coffin, chairman at
tha publlo safety eommlaaion, said.
"if tha applications continue to come
In aa fast aa they are at present the
number 00,000 will be 'Issued by Sep
tember X." . .
Government to' Issue $1,500,-
000,000 Certificates a Month
to Meet Current War Needs. .
DISTRICT WM
IITTEE
OF CAPITAL ISSUES
COMMITTEE NAMED
.New Committee Supersedes Pre
vious Sub-Committee, but ln-
eludes Many Old Members. ;
53 Without. Card's
Are Taken to Jau
MRS. MEYER LOSES
DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP;
ARE GUILTY OF
F
RAUD
Sam Politis Begins Suit in Cir
cuit Court Against Two Fel
low Countrymen.
Carl S. Kelty, assistant sales director
! of the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco, arrived In Portland Friday
to confer with a -committee aDSointed
by E. O. Crawford, president of tha Ore
gon State Bankers' association, to assist
n th. distr;bution o.- united suta. National Event.Held in Connec-
w"' ceruiicai.es or indebtedness.
Edward Cooklngham. as chairman of
i this committee, haa called a meeting for
Monday, for the purpose of outlining
plank for a state-wide selling campaign.
All sections of the state are represented
among the nine. members of the bank
ers committee, and It la expected that
: at win be present at Mondays meeting.
national championship for ladles fancy
diving from Mrs. Constance Meyer, also
At the euggestlon of B. w. Wilson, of Portland, in a sanctioned contest held
airector or sales of the twelfth federal i.t T..rt.
m to mi.uiui, k is proposea to interest
intending purchasers of fourth Liberty
loan bonds in the purchase of treasury
The cer-
Alleging that his lifelong friends, Thra
slvolaa and Nick Raptakls. born in the certificates of , indebnTw.
same town in Greece, defrauded him out I tlf icatea pay Interest at the rate of 4W
of his hard earned money. 8am Politis Per cent per annum, and may be traded
began suit in the circuit court Saturday ?J "!?!rty Joan. bon4t m October. They
eftam-mn 1115(1 8U" " -acuve invMtment ror pros-
He had come to town from Heppner, and
resentatlons to invest his savings In a i v nruiiwMi iuu. iiuiuum u vnw . v
frult and confectionery stand at Tenth indebtedness are now being offered for Ing tryouts to choose entrants In the
IUML nuF tha Narth Hink lnot mi,, nuwuimuii in mo aLixivuxit, ui a i au.uuu.- I r uiMiinv.uit wvunwinux
sold him a half interest m tha stand for M vry two weeks, and the quota of The summary of eventa,. follows :
According to advices received by Man
ager Ambrose, of tha Portland branch ot
the federal reserve ., bank, the capital
issues committee, created by the war
finance corporation act has announoed
the appointment of a district oommittes
for the Twelfth federal reserve district.
This committee is appointed to super
sede the previous sub-committee on capi
tal issues and Its auxiliary committee.
Members of the superseded committees
have bean Included ' amour those if ap
pointed on tha enlarired district com
mittee, the" personnel of which is as fol
lows : . , .
John Perrin. chairman, chairman of
tna board, federal reserve bank. Ban
Francisco; James K. Lynch, vice chair
man, governor, federal reserve bank, San
Francisco : George A. Batchelder of K.
H. Rollins Sons. San Francisco t L W.
Hellman. president Wells Fargo Nevada-
National Bank, San Francisco: C K.
Mcintosh, vice president Bank of Call
fornla, N. A., San Francisco ; J. F. Bar-
tori, president Security National" bank
and BMIirllv Truit a Rsvtnr. hank. Tvta
Thelma Payne ,of this city won th Angelas j Herbert Fleiachhacker. alter
nate; George K. Weeks, president Na
tional City company ot California. San
Francisco. The following have been ap
pointed an executive committee. F. F.
Johnson president Boise City National
The new chamnion came aa a surnriae. 1 hank, Boise, Idaho ; John Henderson,
preeiaeni iienaerson uaniung oompany,
Elko, Nev.; A. M. Chef fey, vloe presi
dent Home Savings bank, Los Angeles
THELMA PAYNE WINS
tion With Tryouts at Mr A. A.
C. for Western Meet
for the applause of the large crowd
which waa present at the Multnomah
expoctaUon was that Helen Hicks, who ZiT'iLIr.
pectlve bond buyers with ready funds.
Orgoa,s QaoU Fixed
won second place, would be decreed the
winner by the board of Judges, composed
of Harry Fisher, Frank Hartnar and
T. Maurice Dunne. V
lea ; Oatl B. Johnson, vloe president' Pa
cific Mutual Life Insurance company.
Los Angeles ; H. J. McClung, president
Phoenix National bank. Phoenix, Aria.
A. L. Mills, president First National
The championship event was the only prt,ra T n a ! ZT
vk.. v- bank, Portland; J. C. Alnsworth. presi
dent United States National bank. Port'
land ; L. H, Farnsworth. president Wal
ter Bros., bankers. Salt Lake City, Utah
R. B. Burmlater, vice president and
Fred Kebbe Sr., Mohler, Tillamook H500. taking his $180 and his promise to tt twelfth federal reserve. district has 0-yrd free itjrI-Ed ,Hrt. flrit; fa ( Jj fe Bank Trust
county, fin S0O.
Fred Kebbe Jr.,
county, fine 1250.
John Wonsch, Portland, fine $50.
Jacob Kleger, Portland, fine ISO.
John Schneider, Portland, fine $50.
The following men have been arrested :
Joseph' Herrle, mallcarrler, Portland,
11 sacks.
CUoraa R. Schook. Corvallls. Or.. S
sacks.
L. Kassebaum, harnessmaker, Port'
. TSntt. aaoka.
Sam Schnltser, Alaska Junk oompany.
4 sack.
Hans J. uniers, roruana, sauna.
Henry Rlckert, Corvallls.
: Oscar Llnd, Portland, 7 sacks. ,
Otto Nelson, Portland. 4 sacks.
-'Hi A. Lehrbaes, Portland, sacks.
Peter Stanovlch, Astoria.
More Arrests Llksly.
A majority of the men have been re
leased on bonds, ranging from $500 to
1 1000. awaiting arraignment, while
. Winer nvv wvu ' viriin wu.ww
The federal agents, in a majority of
the cases, found the flour packed sway
In boxes and trunks ana Mi in attics.
The Six sacks being held by Lehrbasa
were found in a trunk In his attic, while
that being held by Ehlers was found
In a box in his attic. Llnd has seven
sacks in his possession, three Of which
belonged to him and four to Nelson,
who was arrested on the same day.
Secret service agents ars doing the
Investigation of hoarding Upon Inf or
nation furnished them by the food ad
ministration
Flour Illegally held by, persons should
, be- turned over to the grocers from
whom It Was purchased, thus avoiding
investigation and possibly a Jail sen-
- tence.
Wife Granted Divorce
' Presiding Judge Tucker granted' a de
cree of dtvorca Saturday afternoon to
Amber H. Borchers against William C.
Horchers on the ground of desertion.
. They were married at Vancouver, Sep
tember 11, 1911. The court granted the
' mother the custody of three minor chll-
aren ana sso a momn ior meir .uinwri.
pay the remainder In three months. They fld at $53,000,000 for each Issue. 1 Albert JCnegrene, second ; Myron Wllsey,
Mohler, Tillamook represented to him, he alleges, that the sahsorlptlons In this district to the first tnira. nme is i-o seconas.
Stock, fixtures and aood will ware worth Issue Of June 25 aesrre fated 18.000.000. t fiunge ior aisianoe jawing, iitbi;
$3000, and that the business took In from
$10 to $100 a day. As a matter of tact.
he alleges, the stock, fixtures and good
will were worth not more than $700, and
that tne daily receipts were vastly less.
TWO COUPLES DISSATISFIED
One Woman Says Husband Faked Sui
cide to Terrify Her.
Declaring that her husband kept her
awake manoiousiy an one night by turn
and to tha offerinr at Juiv s w. txa . Hosford, second; Reed, third,
000.000. I 60-yard novice for men 0. W. Smith,
Oregon's nuota of subscriptions- for ru: k. v. uoie, secono. nme s-e
tfiana CAPtlfiAatM ha Kn tt-rnA . 1 seconOSV
titmoiM mr, v, .lu,ti A..wt..j 1. 1 800 yards Hosford, first Wllsey, seo-
$8,834,000. For the issue of June 85 sub- id : Buckland (back stroke champion of
scriptlons in Oregon totaled $5.20,600 M"10.""'. V111-, V.."-; .
and for the Issue of Jul- S. tS Stl.OOO. ens uivina; exnioiiion, -uaum ow
The city Of Portland subscribed for mwii .uenn ana wair J"-
ll lu KIM in h. im.. Af T k I tU vara, ior junrart-junn orDr
i"'iw w avnuw ws v aaasw Saw awaaaa I . - . A
t n Ann i h i ,,- :t.,i a first: uoya iiyeny, secona; ivooen
ri. wi. n.niEa. uiiru. -v nv-.iuo.
.Mnt-.a .k. ...... I 500 yards.
company. Ban Francisco; James J. Fa
gan, vice president i Crocker National
bank, San Francisco : Herbert Fleiach
hacker, president Anglo A London Paris
National bank, San Francisco (also al
ternate on executive committee for J. F.
Sertoli) ; John D. McKee, president Mer-r
cantlle National bank. San Francisco
M. F. Backus, president National Bank
ot Commerce, Seattle, Wash. ; C.
Shepherd, manager federal reserve
branch, Seattle, Wash. ; D. W. Twohy,
comprises the states of Oregon, Wash-.
50 yards, for Juniors-John Bernard. I riT:': . w..,:;.,' k.' v "a ' v:U1'
T.1nv4 Ttnflv. aanond: Robert .
Wash. ; Ralph 8. stacey, presiaent Na
tional Bank of Tacoma, Waah. All ap
plications for approval of issuing secur
500 yards Hosford, first; Swing,
ing on ana on tne ugnts. accused her ington, Idaho Nevada. Utah. California, Beca' .... :;wii..w lUes should be addressed in duplicate to
'r. J,r. ihiri i capital issues committee. National Met-
Enegrene, second; Stemple. third. Time . hutl!, xv.mMntrt n
of Immoral conduct and on several oo- Aritoha- and the territories of Hawaii
caslons threatened to take his life for and Alaska. In tha laana f tfum
the purpose of annoying and terrifying certificates for June 25 Oregon and
her. Hattla cJertruda Dunn hpran m t . . . .
for divorce in the circuit court Saturday oversublcrtbed theirouotas. and In the Ponshlp)-Thelma Payne,, flrst ; Helen
...n ,..i..t , t-.. . ' I "venuDscriDea meir quotas, ana in tne ,0n . mnatanc Mever. third.
1:12 1-5.
Ladies' fancy diving (A. A. U.
cham-
OVER HALF OEMS.
ALLOTMENT
PAD
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
Acknowledgements SentOut Re
mind Subscribers That Delay
Means Stamps Cost More.
Fifty-two per cent of the $MSl.fl0
War Savings 8tamps quota allotted to
Multnomah county tor lilt. . haa Jtean
paid In. according.. to -a report made
at the War Savings 8tamps headquar
ters, upon returns from the federal
reserve banks and tha postoff tee. -;Thls
report. conpUed July 17, showed, that
stamps -wita a maturity value el
$3,841,704 had been-paid up. -
Figures - for the entire suta . show
that 50: -per . cant ' of the stamps sub-
scrtbed nave been Uken. - the ouota
V
Toasg Wemea Separated Fresi Zseerts
Kept Busy Haatlag-Vp Begiitratiea
Cards t Belgiaa Milk Faad Orews.
Fifty-three men of draft age were ar-
restedby the police Saturday night be
eauae they did not have their final claa-
siflcatlon cards with them. Many a
young couple out for the evening were
separated by the hand of the law, and
tha young woman waa obliged to go to
her escort's home and bring his classifi
cation card to police headquarters. Ac
cording to the stories told at the police
Information desk, the theatres lost quite
a number of prospective customers Sat
urday night .
According to the desk sergeant every!
man arrested but one deposited a coin
(usually a ss-cent piece) In the Belgian
milk bottle. As a result ot the police
raid, several dollars was collected for
the relief of the starving babies In Bel'
gtum and Franca. Tha man who re
fused to put a cent In the bottle la said
to be Arthur Smith.
The patrol wagon answered 40 calls
saiuroaj mgnt in aoout seven noura. I being . :$17J4 4.780 " and tha ; maturity
Following are the nam ox tne men ar-i value of , th stamps, paid up being
rested ou a charge m iwiini v vmi i ti,M7. ' -
their classification cards: A. A. Smltn.1 Both tha eoantv and oa i -want
John O. Ferris. Kontlntlno o. Mpoloa. I wll , over their - allotments, the county
iamei wagner. irioya sunieit. ew subscribing, about seven minion dollars
Olson, vlto CastlgUona, Charles Tuny. I and the ' state . eighteen mUlioha.
James Bowldlng, Arthur Hanson. Moody I Postcard acknowledgements of pledges
A. Smith. Allen Noyea, Joseph B. mom. I r being sent out by the Oregon War
Sidney Neat oscar- ipsauaiaon. ATtnur i savings , committee, " of .which C.'. 8.
H. Cairtck. John Hanson, uoya craw-1 Jackson Is stat - director, ranindina
ford. Antolne Olsen, Howard Baker, j subscribers that, taadalay f purchase
Louis Demaa. Francis Blahop, All Hog- of stamps means that stamps will cost
bars:. Albert Brown. Charles Ott Dart mors : and that the mav ha ourrhaaad
Peck. Thomag w. fietoner. eyron u. at any time from nostofflce. anv bank
Fry. Frank H. Trandson. Frank L. Blge- or other .authorised agent Subscrib-
low. Oaorga H. Ecklea, Emu Larson, era are reminded that they may pur
Henry wesiasae, jsawara b. onwam, j coin more man uy suMcribea. up
Charles Dorsett Charles L. Noonan. I to $1000. and . that purchases for the
Arthur Smith. Irvin Run, victor -A.no, year, wnae they may be mada 4n any
Stanley B. Soff, Fred C Neiaerarome, montn. must be completed by recm
Constantlne O. Oranna. cnaries sen- oer ii.
.mm a Wllllaaa I .
nett nonnsn.u " -me showing made on the: report
Kluge. Alexander Email, Oust Strum, of juiy 1T u m0st gratifying, and be
Charlaa Rosa. Oscar L. Lirbe, Walter I nnd all asnaetatiana. rm
Hanley. Joseph Campbelt Anton Poro- jued, chairman of the War Savings
pat and Mahlon Blaine. oommittee In the Third ' congressional
district "w have the educational
work done, and the quota Is pledged.
People are buying stamps much faster
than - we had expected and we have
a half months . yat to re.
Muimoman county ana orsgon are
doing splendidly."
Bales of stamps since the drive
Society Has Fine r.
:'.Collection of Map::'
Oeerrs K. Bunts Bit 4M Maps XesU
f 2tertwett BaUsg Bak. U 1M .
Wkleh Caaaet Be Duplicated.
The fin eat collection ot maps la tl:v
Waste and 'one which cannot fed dupli
eated. la the opinion of Oeorge H. Rime:
secretary and custodian of the Orego
Historical society. Is Wing made aoces
alble to tha public by Mr. Himee, -
Nearly 404 maps are In tha collection- '
eome of them dating as far back as 138c-.
and soma of more recent origin. Mr
Hlmes la having thm ' mounted on loU
for permanent preeervaUoa, and will ar
rang them finally In chronological ord ' '
and suspend them from brackets In th
wall In a way that they may be easily re
f erred to.
Among the Important maps la one of .
tha mining sections of Oregon and Idaho
in 1844. showing the route of the oid Ore- - -
gon TralL There 1 also a map mad In
IS4S of Umpqua county, comprising the
region now occupied by Douglas and
Lane counties. '
A table showing statistical figures oi
the United States In 1830 ie also In th.
collection. Population of the atate ant
t err it or la from 170 to 1830 Is shown, a
wall as the stats capitals, claaaea of In . ,
habitants, principal mountain and hill,
lengths ot the'prtnclpal rivers, lengths,
. i a , . a a i f
OS in principal raiiroaa uiusnaa ana in
progress, and other detailed Information.
Mr. Him baa Been collecting tne
maps for many yeara. and 1 stilt collect
ing, for "the map that are common now
will some day all have disappeared." be
says. i
The great majority of the maps are or
the Pacific Northwest although some of
them are from other portions of -the
country. '
Draft Registrants
To Meet Monaay
Indian Warfare Is
Puddin' for Yanks kJ-j
atiawnwn againai rrana uunn. un one i,.. At Julv nana t th- .tot.o
r;m.;. 7:?r: HT..'jr,r r tor, -ienbd uu quota.
Quantity of ground class and went and certlfleaui UiUxatn
lay down on his bed. ostensibly, to die. J The 'oeitlflcates , are . being Issued In,
Tie earns $5.50 a. day at the Peninsula! anUcroatloh of the' -fourth Liberty loan.
shipyards, she says. She asks for the which it is expected will be offered the.
custody of three minor children and latter part of October. Expenditures of'
demands $so a month for. her and their the government In the prosecution of
support. They were marted in this city i the war now amount to $l,t 00.000,00
October 26, 1907. 1 monthly, which is at the rate of the
Alleging that his wife left him eight monthly offerings of treasury certifi-
days after their marriage in Hsppner cates. These expenditures are increas-
m june, mi, c. w. Ranck asks for ing at the rate of $100,000,000 monthly.
a divorce from Emma Ranck.
Steel Will Filed
The will of George A. Steel, one time
state treasurer, who died in this city
June SO. was admitted to probate Friday
afternoon by County Judge -Taswell.
Clarenoe A. Gilbert was appointed as
asanutor. Tha valu . ttt tha uttU nra
not given, r After a number of bequests Indebtedness are free from
Th total amount of certificates to be
issued In anticipation of the fourth Lib-
arty loan is $8,000,000,000. The two
Issues already offered have each had a
maturity of approximately four months
and those to be offered later will have
varying maturities, probably not longer
than thia term.
United States treasury certificates of j
all taxes.
Doctor's Wife
Kills Rheumatism
Was Bed-Ridden Long While.
.Surprised Him by Walking
'.. Over Mile From Home
Suddenly Appearing Be
. fore Him in His Office.
Discovery ot True Cause of Dis
. order A Boon to Sufferers.
2
w
"We live and learn" savs H. P. Clear
water! Ph. K. th wenTtnown authority
on rheumatism, neuritis Snd associated
uers, - na iww wi. u vr,
of this disease has been dl
red It win b a
i who auffer. Fo
takln dltferent.k nds
inasa naa been ais
a areat ooon o
r years mu-
Foi
hlv .believed
n
c
this
necessary constituent of the
11-
kliavarl In
Acl theory
, or menicine
t
Vltaliv
i blood
V urine from the vstem. Whv
da
an
physicians
who ar uo to date
now know tnat uric Acm never
din and never can cause rheuma
tism, an analvsia" of the blood
. and urine. . also content of th
w)a ehowlng lnfalllblv th existence
Dlqsonou Toxins known as Indol.
jenol and Skatol. the true fjrd under-
JVinol and Skatol. t
Tvlna caue. of the disean'
KerT ractlcaff y1 bedrlad
writes .as follows; .
7 'ueinr a nnj
exhausts
ine. Here. Is an
whose, wife bad
a. long wmii
en
ir a nhyslcian.I had naturally
everv avauaoie maans at
ner. .
fa
beins; alert.
JO
Command In. my efforts to cure.
iiv - oiacouraaea. - i
aise
Alns
avorina
iscoverles made bv
was nature
inousanas nave, eeen ana are
bellev and follow the old
Arid' theory. Tna nhvsictan.
with an onen mind, and end
keen abreaat Of tne d
lust like
today Jyho
ectenc. learnea inrouan tn nwsoapers
that he ,could obtain mv new. author
ised book without charge, which fully
xDlalns how to auicklv neutralise and
eliminate th true cause of the disorder
1111 cauMQ nil caaar wir, ma mantr
innth of untold
sne usea the new wine
eacrioeo therein, and lo.
nionths oi
for the book an
SndW-:
.mot
ind .behold ! Bv successive,
sold improvement his wlf
startled him toy walking o
from their home and auddenl:
nerore nim. in .nis. oi
She haa comoieteiy
tie.m . . '
sent
II, O-MU 1U.
a staaes .of
u
of from $100 to $300 to relatives and
friends, $200 to the First Congregational
church of Portland, $100 to the Congre
gational church of Orsgon City, the
residue of the estate was devised to the
Fattojt home and , to the Baby home. -
Court Open Forenoons Only
County Judge Taswell announced Sat
urday that the county court would be
open for business during the vacation
term in the forenoons only. Resumption
of afternoon sessions has been set for the
opening day of the September term, the
first Monday in September.
Winnipeg Water
Bonds Offered Here
Ins Which It Bslag Offered by Mor-
ris Brothers Is tor Five Tears aad
Prteed So as to iret , Per Cent
One of the chief Investment attrac
tions otfsred by Morris Brothers this
week te an issue ot $100,000 of Greater
Winnipeg water district 5Vi per cent
gold bonds. The issue is dated June 1,
1913, and is due June 1, 1923. The bonds
are offered at a price to yield the in'
vestor t per -cent.
That the finances of the city of Wia
nlpeg are in a splendid condition is
shown by a review of the last, annual
report of the sinking fund trustees ot
the city for the year ending April 30.
1918, pubitsnea in the Bond Buyer ot
July is
According to the report the total as
sets now amount to $9,100,139.1$. a gain
of . $$57,444.$$ over the previous year.
uivib inwrnt carnjnn tor tne vear
amounted to $Sis,3ta02, while interest
requirements were $31$,4B3.64, leavlna a
balance ot $1$.16$.4S. The average rate
of interest earned during the year was
8.123 per cent.
A remarkable decline In the net debt
of the city in th last four years la
shown. In 1914 the gross debt waa
$41,302,918 ; tne smiting fund, $4,609,086
and . the. net debt $IT.13,33 1. in 191$
the gross, debt had been reduoed to
$19,992,330 and the sinking fund in
creasea to i.iu.iiv. leaving the net
debt at $30,$9t,691, a decrease of
$6,301,140:
Morris .Brothers report that, the Issue
of water district bonds now being of
fered find, a 'ready market among Port
land Investors.
with the exception of estate or inheri
tance taxes and graduated additional
Income taxes, commonly known as sur
taxes and excess-profits and war taxes.
Incomes from certificates the principal
sum of which does not . exceed $$000,
owned by any one person are. entirely
free from taxation. The certificates are
issued in denomtnatlona of $500, $1000,
$6000, $10,000 and $100,000.
, Banks Asked to Bay '
At maturity these certificates will be
paid in cash or may be exchanged for
one -day
ver a mile
killed her rheum-
sen
have applied th treatment descriW
therein, lust as the doctor'a nif. Am
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or ineru nave renor
selves luuy cured, many of them in two
and scores or thei
selves fullv cured
weeks' time. -Any
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hi remarkable book. "The.lnner Tlfv
tjrls of Rhumatt8m., to all who write.
I U-.4 t-utiiorizeJ edition.
ti
rted them
ern in two
lavina the
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id beneni
money is asxM fur
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loan then due. They are not receivable
In payment of taxes.
The treasury department has an
nounced that during the . summer there
will be Issues aggregating probably $2,-
000.000,000 of certificates. In anticipa
tion of next year's Income taxes, and
these will have a longer maturity. The
total amount -of certificates Issued Will
probably be reduced by the amount of
tax certificates issues..,- " ;-
The government has asked that each
banking Institution In - the country set
aside 2tt per cent of its gross resources,
meaning its footings of assets and lia
bilities, for the purchase of these cer
tificates every two weeks. In the larger
Cities, for the most part 'purchases of
certificates have been very satisfactory.
Captain Swenson, ;
ArHves in France
; Mrs. Karl Swenson of Beaverton re
ceived a - cablegram from France last
night announcing the safe arrival there
of her husband. Captain Karl swenson
of the medical corps, who, until recent
ly, waa stationed at Camp Lewis. Cap
tain Swenson was a practicing physician
In Portland for several years prior to
entering tne army. - - v - .
Hicks, second : Constance Meyer, third,
Relay race Team Composed, Cole,
Enegxene. Hart Balbach. Time 1 :0$ $-5.
Little Hope fHeld
' Out for H. A. French
Search Has Itot Been Abandoned About
. Moate Crlsto, Wash., Bat Son Fears
Father Met With Accident (
No news of the whereabouts ot Henry
A. French, aged Resident of Portland,
who is believed - lost in the Cascade
mountains near Monte Crlsto, Wash.,
has been received. Search haa not been
abandoned, but as he has been missing J
since July le, his son. L. H. French,
who haa returned frpm the scene, has
small hope hia father is alive.
Mr. French, who is 70 years of age
and has been for a quarter of a century
a resident of Portland, was staying in
Casscrest Inn in Monte Cristo. He went
for a walk the morning of July 1$, and
has not been seen .or Heard from since
that time. Blood hounds have been em-oloved-
in the search, parties of men
have scoured the woods for miles
around, but to no avail. The country
about Monte Crlsto is rough and honey
combed with old prospect holes, and fear
is entertained that he may have fallen
into one of these or have supped into
C, and a triplicate copy sent to district
oommittee on capital issues, care federal
reserve bank, san Krancieco. Forms
will be supplied which must be used in
all applications. Capital Issues commit
tee will, pass upon all issues aggregat
ing more than $100,000 by one obligor,
but th district oommittee has original
and final Jurisdiction In Issues aggregat
ing $100,000 or less.
Canadian Red Cross
Founder Is Visitor
July f. $7.660; July 10. $71,176; July
It $60,013 : July 12, $123,542; July IS.
$119,909; July 1$. $ll,3$; July It.
$79.630 ; July 17. $56.$St.
British Press Favors
Work-or-JaU Law
London, July 20 I. N. S.) The New
Jersey law which provide for jailing
of all men who will not work during the
war haa been given wide publicity In, the
British press.
"We need a similar law over here,"
wrote Mark Allerton, novelist in advo
cating adoption of a similar measure
forcing all Idlers Into national service.
"Even today there are far too many
people who think this is not their war.
but somebody else's war," he Said. "Let's
have the New Jersey law .tight away,
Work national work or JalL''
Hltg 1 VOU Vl SI!,? WW VVMNIW va I - -
the- Installment on the fourth Liberty a canyon or ravine, so injuring himself
that ne was unaDie to get out.
will return to Monte Cristo to join again
in the search for his father..
Officers of Rescue
" Society Assemble
Three Xew "Members of Board Attend
MeeUan Committee. Named for Tag
Day, to Be Held September $L
Officers and directors of the Pacific
Coast Rescue and Protective society, em
bracing the Lout home. Albertlna Kerr
Nursery -home, the Portland Commons,
the Elisabeth cottaae. the Oreeon Prison
but in many of the country district th j league and Domestic Relations bureau.
response has oeen very disappointing, met Wednesday, July 17, at the T. M. c.
according to Mr. Kelty. , I A. In business session: All reports ln-
Thls has not been due, he says, to any I dicat progress,
lack of sympathy with th plans f the I The board of directors extended a wel
government for financing the war. . but come to J. K. Gill, A. H. Averill and J.
rather because of pressing local de-1 p. Raamussen, who will serve as direct-
Canada supports Its Red Cross by
popular subscription, as In the United
States, but many counties levy a tax
of l'or 2 mills, dividing the financial
burden among all the people, accord
ing to Surgeon General G.- S. Ryertoa
ot Montreal, who is in Portland, a guest
at the Norton! hotel. General Ryerson
was the founder of the Canadian Red
Cross and for many years its president.
General Ryerson has but recently re
turned from France and England,
where he spent many months In Inspect
ing the work done by the Canadian Red
Cross there. He mentions as one ot the
things accomplished the building and
equipment of 'a $50,000 hospital which
has been given to the French govern
ment Hospital supplies of all kinds.
too. are being furnished for the allied
armies. 2000 or 3000 cases a month
being shipped from Canada to a depot
in Paris, where they are distributed.
mands for funds.
Misunderstanding Evident
There "is an
ors for the society,
.The committee on arrangements for
evident lack of under- e nn", 5 1:J1?
Standing on the part of the majority of
the 1850 banks of the district as to the
liberal offer which is made by the fed
eral reserve bank to loan to the banks
the fund wherewith to purchase the cer
tificates on the security et the certifi
cates themselves. In the case of a num
ber of banks these loans are for 15 days,
era! reserve district has stated i that H hi I H V ATI IJfl.n H A , I Wfl
new loans may be granted to a reason- w"v r ,w " v
able extent unui the proceeds nave-been
realised from maturing r crops In any
locality,; jv- . .'--T -
v m. i.M.v-MAnWAW k wtlr 7aa 4 lsa
JlUeIlsl W iiwii-i""i'vi a &. aws wo t : y j - - .
nHMtha a nf MPtinfitM mutt mm wnuaren caiusfcu iwo more ire om
thrmirta aV mftmMr bank, preferably on uruy .LUTr o-jli-vu
" . . - I - a -. A . lit.
the State Council of Defense, on Satur
day, September 2t Is composed of Ros-
coe P. Hurst. Rev. C. O. McCulloch. Mra
R. E Bondurant. Dr. Thomas Wynne
Watts and Mrs. Esther Jacobs.
A vot of thanks was extended to Dr.
Allen P. Noyes for services to the babies
at the Albertlna Kerr Nursery home.
Moire Fifes Saturday
in the': same community, individuals
and corporations . desiring to purchase
Suserlclc of 1151 East Grant street built
a fire in the basement of her home, ao-
......,. ma at an-mmh-1 cording to . the fire marshal, and the
k.. v,. radaral rMmi fire spread upwards through the wood
Following hi work In assisting Ore- Mft-.The Sunnysld . fire i department -gon
banker ttr the wgantaaaoi? f a nponded and soon luid.tha Was under
,.rVr "CT shai the child has played th same trick
Is treasurer of the Ltanbertnens Trust . iVjT,
Company of Portland, and has been
loaned to the Federal Reserve Bank ot
Ban Francisco tor a four months period.
,: ' Guardsmen oil Rifle Ranffe . .
Companies and F of the Multnomah
Quard are spending the week-end on the
riflev range at Clackamas. !Tha guards
men encamped Saturday afternoon and
will return Ato-the city Sunday evening.
Boys tn swimming in Sullivan's gulch
ullt a bonfire Saturday afternoon and
et the fire get-away from them. 'The
fire department was called out to ex
tlngulahed the grass fire that followed.
Mrs. W. Woods smoked up her, home
at $41 East Fifty-fourth street north
Saturday. She was boiling par aline wax
on a ga stove, according to the fire
marshal, and ' the fire became so hot
that! the handle. -melted off the kettle.
London. July $0. The following tribute Sales of stamp since the drive of
to tha American fighting qualities ap- the week of June 23. show the way in
peered In the Evening News tonight : 1 which Portland la taking up pledges
"The Germans are now squealing made. Sales by days from July to
.Knii tha affactlvanea of th American 17 inclusive, are :
fighting. They have good reasons to
squeal. The Americans sja fighting In
Indian fashion, where the trenches ars
abandoned.
"The American army teaches men to
fight In the open, to advance In short
rushes, take cover and advance again.
This calls for discipline of the highest
degree, but no less for individual cour
age and skUL Tn lesson wa ursi
learned from the Indiana, and waa
4aitd to modern military need.
"North Of Chateau-Thierry. whr the
marine hunted the German out of
their machine gun pita, showed effec
tively this system can be employed
against a foe who Is schooled differ
ently. A nw battle line ar created
throuah forests nd hills, w may ex
pect to hear more ot the American style
of f lghtlng." -
Former Portlander
Cited f or Bravery
For coolness and bravery under fir.
when h saved two comrades who had
been burled beneath debrl or their dug
out by a Oerman shell. Ernt G. Gray,
formerly ot Portland, has been cited In
the French. and American army oroere
for bravery. Gray is the son of Mrs.
Annie Gray, 1550 -Vincent avenue, and
brother of William O. Gray, 134S Vin
cent avenu. H I a member of tne
One hundred first field battalion of the
slmal corps.
Gray was in a dugout on tne west
front during a violent enemy bombard
ment operating di field telephone, when
the explosion of a hll threw him from
the shelter. Notwithstanding the ter
rific bombardment he dug out two com
rades buried in the debris, saving their
lives. The French order of citation was
signed by General Passaga. command
ing the Thirty-second army corps; and
the American order was signed by
Lieutenant Colonel Duncan K. Major Jr.,
chief of ataft
Guarantee the soldiers sugar ration
by sticking to your own.
All men of all cla registered for
th draft and all youths of 20 years' .
la Portland and Multnomah county ar '
oalUd officially to a meeting Monday -evening
at Tha Auditorium at I o'clock.
Tha subject bfor th meeting will
be legal obligation and pHvtlge t .
men n taring military arvte communi
cable dlaea, and social hygien.
The speakers will b Captain Richard
L. Rusaall of the lth depot brigade.
Camp Lewis, and Chart A. Cochran.
Portland lawyer. William F. Woodward,
e all-man of exemption board No. T. will
preside. There are certain thing which
it Is lmpratlv that men entering mili
tary service should know about self car
both before and after entering active"
service which will be presented in detail
by Captain Russell, and which largely.
constitute th reason for the official .
catling of the Monday evening meeting.'
-ll any Oral tad man fall to receive
notice from hi draft board of this meet
ing h will accept the newspaper notice
aa hi official nolle to b prent at the
meeting on Monday evening In The"
Auditorium." said Captain J. E. Cuillaon
Of th adjutant general's office, ye-'
terday. . . .
Coopersoe Company-Resumes - .:
Tha It. John mill of th Western
Cooperage company la operating again
after Its fir- on tha night of July 12.
but two day's operating tlm being lot
a a result of th blase. The damage
was confined entirely to tha stav fin
ishing department the loss amounting to
not more than $4000. . .
This Dining Table We eli
Mother, Why Don't
You Take Nuxated Iron
And Be Strong and Well and Have Nice Roy Cheeks Instead
of Beinf IMervou ana imtaora aii tne lime ana tooKing
So Haggard and Old? The Doctor Gave
Some to Susie Smith's Mother When She
nr esre ti V . A J . ?
was worse uir man t uu ni suu
Now-She Looks Just Fine
Any Woman Who Tire Easily I Ir
ritable, Nervous and Kun-vown
Should Talc Nuxsled Iron U Help
Ineraas Her Health, Strenfth and
Vitality.
mphaslsed the fact
inctnri a n o u i a
rescrlb more oraanUs
on uxaiea iron
'or their nervbu. run-
own. weaK. naftiiru
ooklnr women oa-
enta. j-"?tiior mean-
anemia. Th skin -or
n anaemic woman i
risn ii&dq
s
ale. th .
Via muuilMl lalc tOn.
e Drain xars, ana tne
MIS.
y vjj
. ' -Lf
W&tL L' r f T . ?J P' 'Walk
VjliI "; j rd- fext take two
I r Vi5l?4 : ' ; live-grain tablets of
I Ay KVSV - r I ordinarv nuxated
..'aliC. Viv?. 1 1 i 1 iron three times nr
Special '
tTT
With Each
Teble
Sold
WE WILL GIVE FREE
TOFITTHETABLEA
Hunts
Cellular cuaranleed
iitjuiDWioor'muTFBoor
iriemnrv falla. and oft
en thev become weak.
nrvous. imtaDie. aet-
pondent a n d melan-
ctaolv. When the Iron
goes from the blood of
women tne roses mo
from their cheeks.
"Tri tha moat com
mon food ot America.
the starches, suaara.
table avruoe. candiea
polished rice.' white
oread, soda cracaara. war am
Discuits. raacarom. ' tonienn
saao. farina. darinujai.eu end
law... . k found. Renniiur nroi
1K1 . a I 1 a. U Aa.a.iT.. ...k.
,bVa removeu ui - ii..V""y --" --fn (n vn ivr invr .!
. .KaaaVaa' WltKnllf tf.TV K&na.r. ,HVthll
imi uuii k un - vne oia , lorma vl rw
uced.iron. iron acetate, or tincture of
fin almnlv tn Mm a few mail
water. In wnicn our -'7hi- - The Iron amandxl hv Mother Nature
coloring matter in tnv.eiooq
dren Is. ata not that kind
tift It Ytmr AMiWwTt
nlown
nr an the while ha
o. . I arlna. awiiiiuiu j r.r:ii,- enaurance ranniv dt vaKinc iron in uij
iwrm ana uiia aiier. mev naa
three times ni
fav arter meal for
wo weeks. Then teat
your atrenrtn aaain
and fee how much
you have a a 1 n e d .
umber of nervous.
run-down todI who
av most as-
encth ana
processes
; - .vn ., h.- iimu Imno
nrnit fnrm of oraar
would use salt wnen
enouan aait."
"Iror
your
ti
chrfMv-Si
" Without it. no,matterTiow much
or iron,
tht ca
lated to do you any rood. oth
may prove wore than useleH.
MafiHlaMwwt We Xasaud Iron
it k
a to
orm
on must take iron In
aaaiaV imotdm ana ftHimi
r xooa. otnerwis it
ran. Uch tt
or WWII TOl V Tour.iwi ""'"7 MM i exttstbu.
VJui-?y,1-S tKVatrenSlh out of It. ' l" lTwtnea aMil"
SttTT'CSCffit lust likea vlii Th. av.
rrn lo afbw lln a aoil deficient In ri aa eonrwy m
iron. If vou ar not troii or well vou- pereiukw ar wj mm
owe it toyoursit to mane tne rouowinc oupaiwea iota tr
test: See how long you cn worit or now aa cunu unucuu.
reftb4 aad r oanirndti above kj Bhrticitn
la ot a erf r-BMlr. hat on vhich it wu
CitUke the elrtor Wrcsa'c
MMaUM, oom aH
black mc xumrt tba
anfectarafv-saennta ennt
tiMxtorr rxmiu ta every
Nraad your SMtney.. it
IM Vl mi c.
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We JL
I I atO. V-
Table: . ' Ml CT
as Part ' l
We
Allow ;
Highest
Price
for Your
Used .
Goods'
We are showing a large line of Tables in
Golden dull finislv straight line designs;
William and Mary design, tables in Jaco
bean finish j also Queen Ann designs
in American Walnut and Mahogany, all
at money saving prices. We invite your
inspection of the splendid values we of
fer. All sold on easy terms without in
terest. ' -.-.'
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