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14 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND. SUNDAY ' MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1915 CITY PLANS FOR ihn n IN COMING YEAR Department of Public Works to Start Needed Operations to Furnish Jobs for Soldiers. TREASURY IN GOOD SHAPE Officials Believe City Is on Eve of Greatest Period of Pros perity Ever Experienced. , Conservation and economy to a Ereat ' er degree ' than at any othef similar period In Its history marked th$ conduct ' of municipal affaire of Portland during the flecal year which ended Novem ber 30. v At the outeet of the year, with the war only eight months old and the entire nation bending every effort to win a victory In the shortest possible time, the appeal of Herbert Hoover to save and save and save, with those at the helm of the war administration asking for the conservation of man " power, It was felt by the city commis sioners that the municipality could not , do otherwise than cut expenses to a minimum. ' ImproTcmeats Are Fosteeaed - To this end various departments of the city government sought ways and " tneana whereby every available man In the , employ of the city could be re leased to the fighting forces of the country.. It was due to this fact pricl pally that . public Improvements came almost to a ' standstill. In the department of public . works, for Instance, employes were let put on a wholesale scale. This depart ment has charge of all paving work : done In the city. The total amount of A new pavement laid In the city was 3.13 miles, the leant that has been done here In almost a decade. New sewer Improvements' showed a corresponding decreaiw. The total ex pendltures for all klnd.4 of public street ,nd- sewer Improvements for the year was less than (809,000. 'Now that the war -Is over. Commis sioner Barbur of 'the public works de Vartment, in line With the policy adopted in leading cities ail over the country, is . favoring a program of new construction commenHurite with th demand through out the United Statea tVat'returnmg aol diers. pallor and marines si all bo given every opportunity for employment. With this object In view hS has already outlined improvements to cost at least $2,000,000 and this aggregate ' will be Increased largely before the close of the ensuing year. ' Hew Work Promises Emplojmcnt . On the name grounds of economy the .... expenditures for new water main con Hlructic'h have been reduced to the full' -. t .extent ever since war was declared. Plans are being made already, however, j to readme operations on a large scale. I Much "heeded Improvements will be start ; ed during the coming year in order that ; the largest possible number of men may be given employment. Owing to the general policy of re- frenchmen, adepted during the war per ' lod . the general fund and other city funds are reported by the city Treasurer as being tfr a healthy financial condi tion, i Statistics In the water bureau show . thatthe population df Portland has reached the 311,000 mark. This figure Is obtained by using a multiple of five In connection with the number of water " Services In use at the end of the present ..year. r Reports compiled by the health office show that there were 783 more births In the year Just ended than in the pre ceding year. The number of births re . ported this year was 4829. . In the pre ceding year the number was 4046. The ,- number of deaths reported also showed . an Increase, due to the Influenza ' epi . demlo and to the increased population. The total number of deaths for the year Just past was 8S23, or 1306. fewer than the births for the same period. On Ere of Great Prosperity The excellent health conditions that prevail here are largely attributable, aay health officials, to the pure water supply and to the pure milk ordinances that were passed several years ago, fol lowing a long educational campaign con ducted by The Journal. City officials believe that Portland is on the eve of the greatest period of prosperity that has ever -been known here. They believe that the money saved by a wise policy of Hooverlzlng on pub lio expenditures during the war will now go far towards furnishing the means of employing every man who returns from the ranks of the fighting forces. They favor carrying out every possible public Improvement project, , with due regard to the ability of taxpayers to provide ' the wherewithal. INFLUENZA SERUM ARRIVES Supply Prepared at Mayo Foundation to Be Given Out. Although the rigid quarantine en forced against Spanish influenza In Portland for the past few weeks has. according to Glty Health Officer Par rlah, almost eradicated the epidemic, there la still need for caution on the part of the public. . One of tho most satis factory treatments against the disease It Is said, has been the use of inoculat ing serums. Dr- Parrlsh announces that he has Just received a supply of a aerum pre- . pared at the noted Mayo Foundation of Rochester, Minn. Local physicians may obtain supplies Of this by applying at 'the health office. The serum has been used with great success In the Middle , West. Three Inoculations of the sernm are aiven for. taih - This treatment la expected to immunise eny immunise ine person Inoculat ed for a period of or 10 months. Today's reports at the health office . Show 140 more rnina nf infl. ' v ....wi.Mb, w un two deaths. This Is a larger number than the aver&n of tVia rr v... It la attributed to the probable fact that u7iciaui nave Deen noiding back re ports longer than necessary and the cases may have been observed In a pe- uwnamf. over a weeic past. Masks: Ordered oil: '.Near Flu Patients . Boston,' Dec.' 28. Doctors, nurses, dentists and barbers are ta h r&n,,(-i to wear masks while at work In close proximity to Influenza patients. It was announces loaay oy JLr. William C YToodward. health commissioner. - - ; ' No general order' la Mnumni.ti : v. said, to compel the general public to wear masas wnue on the streets. CZECH LEADER IV, - ' WW A to ft y i tit $ ' t ; 'fiY.r. "... ,. " ii v. Vi''' ';;(' ' '' " t"' ' N tl-' -u ' -v ' ' ft,,. Si I Captain F. Pisecky, who is in the Un ited Stales en route to Prague to discuss with Dr. T. G. Masaryk, provisional president of lite newly formed nation of (echo-Slovakia, his experiences with the Czecho-SIo-vak expeditionary forces in Siberia. HABEAS CORPUS WRIT IS DENIED ALLEGED EMBEZZLER OF FUNDS J. B. Hayden, Charged With Mis appropriating $4000, to Re main in Custody of Sheriff. Acting upon telegraphic advices from the sheriff of Rupert, Idaho, Joseph B. Hayden, a business man well known in Portland and Rupert, was arrested by Inspectors Maloney and LaSalle Thurs day night. He was held for Investiga tion, pending the arrival of officers from Riipert with papers; but when counsel for Hayden filed a writ of habeas corpus the officers filed a charge of being a fugitive from justice. Hayden Is wanted on an embezzlement charge f a carload of hides, said to be valued at 34000. Hayden is the son-in-law of I. PerkeL Becond hand clothing dealer, at First and Columbia' streets. Mrs. Hayden is In the city. An officer from Rupert is expected here this .morning. The writ of habeas corpus in the cir cuit court was denied by Presiding Judge Tucker Saturday. Hayden was turned over to the custody of Sheriff Hurlburt and confined in the county jail, whence he was released a short time after on bail by order of Dis trict Judge Payton. WILL UPHELD BY COURT Sisters of Timothy Mahoney Contest Estate of $6300. The will of Timothy Mahoney. con tested on the ground of alleged undue influence exerted by the sole devisee. was upheld and ordered admitted to pro bate by County Judge Tazwell Satur day. Mahoney died in this city leaving an estate appraised at $6300 and be queathing it to Mrs. William Shawell, a sister now living in Elizabeth. N. J. Mrs. Julia Desmond, another sister, contested the will, alleging that Mahoney was not of .sound and disposing mind and mem ory, stating that he executed the will under conditions of sickness and exces sive use. of intoxicants. WIFE ASKS FOR DIVORCE CHinis Husband's Affections Went to Woman in Georgia. That after their marriage liester E. Butler Tilaced all hla affMtlnnn nHtVi a woman In Georgia la alleged in the di vorce suit Degun ny jane js. Butler in ine circuit court Saturday. They were married In thla city February 2, 1916. Habitual drunkenness Is charged by Mary E. Donohoe against Charles E. Donohoe, to whom she was married at Kalama. Wash., In May, 1910. Margaret Robblns Alleges that Law rence B. Bobbins, whom she married at Vancouver in July, 1917, deserted her In December of the same year. Wire Wins. Divorce .. Mary A. Mosler was granted a decree of divorce on grounds of cruelty from J. N. Mosier, president of the Mosler Val ley bank, by Presiding Judge Tucker Saturday. Divorce t-ocmu1i the same parties were had In Wasco county three years ago. In that case mm, uusoana won ine aecree. whereupon Mrs. Mosler annealed tn h - - . - H.W vu. cillV court, where the decree was set aside. no .mooters were mimed in 1889 and have been separated three years. Bateham FIIm a fr'Vl A noUce of appeal ' to the supreme . v a. j-. xtaienam, con- . 1. i ' Circuit court on a statutory charge, and sentenced to one to 10 years in the penitentiary, was filed Saturday, A motion for a stay of pro ceedlnn will he amijt Judge Morrow Monday morning at 9 :30. FROM? SIBERIA . ' ' . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 'a t- f ' , , "', ' Xkj n k A i; ;i if -t r m '",Z mm GARIBALDI'S DREAM OF ITALY BEING UNITED Efforts of Last Half Century Re suit in All Italian Territory Being Won Back. London. Dec. 14. fT s fvtv Mail.) In the middle of th last the idea of a United Italy appeared to most men as an idle dream. Italy was not. a nation, it was only a peninsula, and the matter-of-fact Victorian decided that it could never be anything but a peninsula. Almost the only man of au thority in England who had the smallest faith In a united Italv wan TQ Imo.Blnn that fascinating cynic with a soul, says a London dally paper. The Austrian vm tVi msat. Northern Italy. The pope was the tem- purai sovereign or Home. A Bourbon Ring, pernaps me worst even of that un pleasant family, was king of Naples. United by Victory la 1878 Rut Mazzlnl llrenmorl rlraam. ' Garibaldi engineered seemed, opera bouffe revolutions, and crany savour piottea, playing first Na poleon III and then Bismarck against Austria. Outside wars played into Ca- ur s nana, ana in 187Z victor Em manuel, the patriotic king, marched Into Rome anil the united kinedom nf Tti was a fact. But there were thousand nf Ttaiiana still outside the kingdom. They re mained outside until last week. The Trentino, the southern portion of the iyroi, nas an Italian population of 373, 000 out of a total population of 385,000 The minority is German-AnntHan al most entirely consisting of soldiers and omciais. Most oi them have probably gone home. Trent Always Italian The people of the Trentino have al ways been fanatically Italian in senti ment, and the capital, Trent, has nour ished patriotism to the motherland by a fervent Dante cult Garibaldi fought In the Trentino in 1866; Diaas (the Earl of Cavan with him) has redeemed it in 1918. . Trieste, now occupied by the Italians, Is essentially an Italian city. Seventy seven per cent of its people are Italians, 18 per cent are Slavs, nnri nniv e no Austrian-Germans. Yet Trieste wan Austria's chief port (the Austrian cuckoo was always a nest stealer) and the principal port in the Adriatic For a while in the middle ages Trieste belonged to the republic of Venice, but it has been In Austrian occupation for 550 years, with a slight break during the Napoleonic period. Now it is assured a greater prosperity, united to tho nation to which Its people belong; 300 Paris Cafes Ordered to Close Paris, Dec 28. The police today or dered the closing of 300 restaurants,' In cluding Maxim's, the Cafe de Paris, and many other famous . establishments on Sunday and Monday because they vio lated tho closing order Christmas eve. by keeping open later than 9 :80 p. ro. The action of the police upsets numer ous dinner parties that had been planned by . Americana attached to the peace commission. ' ' General J. Pershing To Rest Up, at Nice Nice, v France. ,' Dec " 28. General ' Per shing arrived here today. He will take a rest, remaining here over New Tears. Toukam Trulson and his :. daughter, Maxine. .were ground to death Saturday when their automobile collided with a railway train near Los Gatos, Cat. KINGDOM RUED POSTAL RECEIPTS 1918 SHOW Incoming Parcels Post Gains 100 Per Cent and Postal Savings . Show Increase. Receipts of the Portland postof flee for 1918 show a tremendous increase, according to figures announced Saturday by Postmaster Myers. The estimated receipts are $1,630,000, a gain of $300,000 over the year of 1917. This figure shows an increase of pearly 800 per cent since 1 1900, when the total receipts -were $215,000. The receipts, of the local office will exceed by $100,000 the receipts of the postoffice of the en tire country in 1827. ' .Incoming parcel post showed an in crease of 100 per cent during the last year. At the present time fruit, nuts, cheese, chickens, geese, turkeys,- eggs and farm produce are being shipped in from every county in the state. Fresh cream is received in Portland via parcel post from .places 50 miles east of the Cascades. : 4 Mr, Myers declared that In a few years if the postmaster general is able to carry out his program, the entire country will-be gridironed with parcel post delivery routes by large auto trucks. This, it was pointed out. will greatly -reduce the cartage between the producers and the consumers, and will eliminate the' middleman. Postal savings bank shows an In crease of over $200,000 in deposits. There are 6500 depositors, who have a total of $1,800,000 to their credit. Money order business howed a phenomenal1 growth during the year. The total number of domestic and foreign orders issued to date is 321,000, Involv ing an amount exceeding three and one- INCREASE OF S300.000 OVER "The Store That Undersells Jatieary Clean-Up- Now Prevail Throughout Every Section of This Great Store . .. s EDITORIAL The Best Time to Buy Many of uT marvel how the other woman gets along. She dresses well, has a comfortable home, sets a good table, and yet her income is much less than yours. ;How does she do it? We, at the store, can give you the answer. "She knows the best time to buy." -There afe certain times of the year when the same thing can be bought for less. That is the best time to buy that particular thing. By watching the advertising of a truthful merchant, you can take the advice his ads give you and buy best in the "sale" time. i Just now and for the next few weeks "there are clearances, and reduc tions of stocks in many lines of mer chandise due to the changes of season, as well as the approaching inventory period at which for all the things ad vertised you will find it to be the best times to buy. felntory Embroidery Sale In this sale are both domestic and imported Embroideries in patterns, widths and qualities suitable for all purposes. It is an annual event that thousands of prudent women never fail to profit by. Here Are Five of the Many Underpriced Lots LOT ONE .at, yard . (Included are 17-inch Cambric, Corset Cover and Flouncing Embroideries 10 and 12-inch Cambric Shirtings, Long Cloth, Swiss and Cambric Sets and Edges. Fine Baby Edges' and" Sets Beadings, Bands and Insertions. LOT THREE AQ at, yard . .. .JL.". . . ft J s 27-inch Ruffled Flouncings of fine Swiss and Nainsook dozens of patterns to select from dainty baby effects. r 27-Inch Organdie Flouncings at $1.29 Yard ' Fine Imported jOrgandie Flouncings in a complete assortment of charming new patterns. ' ' - ' r Three Underpriced Offerings in Dainty Undermuslins AQh FOR LACE AND EMBROIDERY TRIMMED ENVELOPE HOC CHEMI&E N (P1'1Q FOR LACE AND EMBROIDERY TRIMMED FANCY tbJLcJLc GOWNS & "I 'O O FOR LACE AND ' EMBROIDERY TRIMMED FANCY 3) X mfJU GOWNS Store Opens at 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A. Mi VV TWO BROTHERS IN SERVICE ii 1 1., i Mill .'"-J lit " " " 1' it?.-.-: -'A-. ; " - I ll It Thomas II. Grier Though he has been in France for 15 months. Private William M. Grier, E Company 18th, Railway Engineers, of Portland, has not yet, seen his brother. Private Thomas H. Grier of the British Automobile Transport service, who has been in "France for three years. William, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mal colm Grier of 268 Fourteenth street, en listed soon after war was declared and left Camp Lewis for France in August, half million dollars. More than $4,000. 000 has been paid out by the local of fice on money orders received from other offices and countries. The War Savings Stamps sales at the postoffice will total in the neighborhood of $4,000,000. The Unusual Price Reductions Make This a Phenomenal Selling Event In Our Popular Piece Goods Section We Place Special Showing and Sale Thousands of Yards of Standard Quality . Bleached Muslin In 36-inch width. 32'in. Cotton Suitings In plain and stripe styles. White Jap Crepe In 28-inch width. Percales and Ginghams Of standard quality 36-inch width. ChecksStripes Plaid and Figure Styles; Also Plain Blue 10c LOT TWO at, yard 17-inch Swiss, Cambric and Long Cloth Flouncings and Cbrset Cover Embroid eries 10 to 12-inch Swiss, Cambric and Long Cloth Skirtings -22-inch Swiss All overs, Beadings, Galloons, Insertions, etc. LOT FOUR at, yard 40-inch Voile Flouncings in white and cream handsome silk embroidered pat terns in pretty color combinations. "7J " " niTiiTi . ., I I " L III m ri ! The Most in Value The Best in Quality . ft , William Grier t 1917. He has been many places in France, as has his brother, but the two have not managed to see each other. Neither, has been wounded. The brother in the British army has not been in the United States, but Pri vate William Grier has lived here with his family for about five years, lie was with Kerr, Gifford & Co., and was a member of the East Side Baptist church quartet. , "Silk Hal Harry" Gone Chicago, Dec. 28. "Silk Hat Harry" has disappeared ; bo have 90 of his fellow aristocrats. It looks like duck soup is the answer, for "Silk Hat Harry" and his followers are ducks owned by a fan cier here. . 9 A j i jii i : m aaBBBBMSJBJi a) 'AX I -AX II .1 V'JJ- J A W T 3 IgkUL . vi - I I . - nnuiwiijn i a Because It Sells for Cash " Outing Flannels In pink stripes. '32'in. Stripe Waistings In medium dark colors. Plain Blue Chamhray In 36-inch width. Sizes close 25c 89c 5 Bars for .A Store Closes it 5:30 P. M. Saturdays at 6 P. M. TO E E Council of Defense Committee Is Backing State Board of ' Health's Efforts, TMe child welfare committee of the State Council of Defense is rallying lbs forces to secure much needed legislation along the line of health, recreation and education, according to Mrs. Fred" G. Schilke, chairman, who was down from La Grande Saturday. This committee, having foe Its per sonnel representatives from all child welfare organisations of Oregon, work ing In conjunction with county commit tees' made up of county chairmen of the former woman's committee. In addi ction to county superintendent and coun ty health officer, is planning to back to the limit the efforts of the" state board of health to secure an appropriation for a child welfare department of the board of health. Members of the child welfare com mittee are: Mrs. Fred G. Schilke, chairman; Dr. A. C. Seely. state health officer; Alva B. Milam, dietitian at Oregon Agricultural college; J. A. Churchill, state school superintendent ; Millie R. Trumbull, child labor com mission ; Dr. B. W. DeBusk of the child welfare commission of the Uni versity of Oregon. Multnomah county is represented by Mrs. A. Yy Klegal. chairman; W. C. Alderson, county school superintendent, and Dr. H. U. Cliff, county health officer. A "back-to-school" drive will be started immediately after the holidays to round the children up who have quit school for various reasons. The com mittee will be aided. In this work by the county superintendents and teachers throughout the state. on All in One Great Lot at 25c a Yard FORCES RALLYING SECUR LEGISLATION FOR WELFAR Sales Clean-Up Sale Women! Heay Fleeced Vests and Pants Sizes 34 to 38 to QQ close at, garment OtO 40 to 44 to at, garment 49c Clean-Up Sale Children's Hose AU Sizes 5 to 9 Vz 10 at, pair XmC Strong, durable, fast black Cotton Hose a decided bargain at the above price. Clean-Up Sale Cotton Blankets 64 by 76 inches, tfJQ A Q at, pair tDJdbO They come in grey only and are slightly imperfect. Special Sale of Crystal White Laundry Soap 30c None delivered except with other purchases. Store Closed All Day Wednesday Broadway at Washington affile IN A Dog's Life" Introducing Our Novelty Feature for 1919 Victory Joy-Jazz Orchestra Matters of Syncopated Melody PRES. LOD WICK Xylophone CHARLIE WALRATH Banjo N.CPARRISH Traps IN Cook" A Gurgle, in Gastronomy Fatty .he 10:15 A. M. Continuous 11:15 P.M. t -1 V