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First War Insurance Policy Signed by McAdoo AMERICA LIVES Better Goods for Less UP TO DEMANDS filADE BY ALLIES Money LATEST 7I - Crash Toweling. ... . ........... i llo. Yard- Extra Quality Crash Toweling. ........ . . .V. . . . .ISo.Yard Ladies' Long: Kimonas . . . .75c Each Ladies' Apron and Cap Sets. . . . . .... . j. . . . A9q Each Children's Gingham and Serge Dresses, complete assortment, each, .. .... t.. . . . . .V. l. :75c, 08c and $1.45 . ' ' ' ' " ;i' - ' ' Our prices always the lowest. GALE & CO. Commercial and Court Streets g Styles ing Daily one Hoover Program 4)f Conserva- tion Is Bringing.Surplus for Entente GOODE TALKS ON FOOD Nearly every train now is bringing us more of those attractive j Spring D r e s s e s , Suits, Coats, Smts, Petticoats etc, direct from the fashion center! They combine material, workmanship and style at prices they can not be gotten at elsewhere than in' a J. C Penney Co. store. To properly appreciate the values on these beautiful garments yon should not fail to dome and see them Silk Petticoats, $ 1 ;98, $2.98! $3.98, $4.98 and $5.90 XHZ COLDEN RULC. ' & , S7 i. ., . it Great National Movement of ; Self-Sacrif ice Described, in Detail The first war insurance portcy slgneu by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo was! handed by him to Yeoman M. J. Kromrn,, the first man to be Insured by Uncle 8am. The third man In the photo la the private sec retary ; to Mr. Me Adoo.l i . " ; ; OFFICER TELLS OF HIS FLIGHT. FROM' GERTiiANY it likely that I shall be transferred to1 serving at San Diego before becoming restless arid enlisting : with the Ca- idea . seems . to ; bo that the United LONDON. Feb., 13. Sir WUlJam Coode, who since the entry of the United States Into the war, has oc cupied the' Important post of llason officer between . the British food ministry and the United States rood administration, discussed ,the pres ent food situation in an address, to day to the London Rotary club. ' "Few people," said Sir William, 'have yet grasped the fundamental fact that Great Britain still relies on the United States and Canada foi 65 per cent of her essential food -stuffs. Unless we can get thfs food or nearly, all of It, we nhall peter out. As to how we ret, the popular Formerly Chicago Store, Phone 1072 nadlans in Victoria. I hare now recovered from the effects of ser-onty-two days diet of cabbages and turnips." . :7m. SERVICES TO I.IETR0P0LIS -MIc ; Service. Commission Vill Tern Over Data to ' ' Portlanders rhe public service commission yes day through Chairman Miller sent c following offer to Mayor George naker ol Portland: We are ad rised - that you r el ty iincll has made an appropriation thirty thousand dollars to defray e expense of making an appraisal the properties of ' the Portland llway, Light ft Power company, rhls commission, as you know, has rnt considerable time and'irfony on an- Inventory and appraisal, but pntly cobipleted, of. that property, d there Is filed in onr office an mense amount icf engineering data d compatations submitted In con rtlon therewith. We also have on o the testlirtony taken in 'the val Jon cases, exhibits introduced by slneers of both the company and commission and all other data d information obtainable at the no of the investigation. Mr. J. P. Newell of 'the Tirm of well.. Oossctt and Walsh of your y, and now in the service of the nadian government making an ap ilsal of the Canadian Northern STUMEZE i:.n fix trwi or stomach Kr l yr-Mra I iuffrc1 with c 'rh of the Mofniit'h, IndlKi-xtlon, our 'h, Kmt, hendaclira. and intrtim;i t ait Ihuugh rn jr ntnmiPti wna hrinir im. up. 1 decided U try STUJUhZK two dy I w feeling rel(vU f nufferlng. 1 now hav a good ei lt ml can cat anything I like iliwut auffrrinfr In the least; J ak yon are aufferlng- from ntuixach mbh t.Klfe uilt irrt rernvdr al and b mad w!L aa I Ttav n," llowuM U ilojnn. 711 S. Hwnn.l , Tacoma, Washington. STITMKK for mI and guaranteed by .11 Urug- ts. railroad as a, basis for purchase by the government, ws in charge of the work for our commission in valuing the railway and water power proper ties. Mr. It. If. Dearborn, then at the head of the electrical department of the University of Oregon, and now occupying the same position with the Oregon Agricultural college, was In charge of the valuation of elec trical power equipment and lines. Desiring to be of every assistance possible In bringing the street rail way fare controversy In Portland to a speedy and Just settlement, we hereby tender to yonr city the use of all Information and data in our flies, in connection with this case. and : the. assistance of our commis sion and its employes in any way that we can be of service to you. Itl Is probable that by an analysis of the record already obtained by us In da-! tefminlng this case, and the use cf such assistance as we might be ahlo to render,' the expense of the Inves-1 tigatlon undertaken by the city can be materially- reduced. ! This offer has heretofore been sub mitted verbally bv the ; undersigned to Mr.i Da Kellaher, commissioner of finance, and also to Mr, W. P La ftoche, city attorney It Is now made to you in order that yoi may feel at liberty In the interest of the city to Mil upon us and be' assured of re ceiving such, information and assist ance, as we have available In this matter.-. i-M; ' "- . . i - Former Sante Fe Railroad Man Was Shot Down in Aerial Battle STORY IS TOLD TO KING O'Brien ,and Monarch Have Complimentary linpres- sions of Each Other Hard 'W People whose blooi Is pure are not nearly so likely to take bard colds as are others. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes the . blood pure; and this great medicine recov ers the system after a cold as no other medicine does. Take Hood's. ITALIAN1 WOMAN FIRST CAPTAIN States is an up, to date combination of miracle loaves and fishes and the widow's crust. "What I want yprx to realize Is the amazing, way In , which the energies and sentiments of th American veo. jie have been . narncased to a . great national movement of organized self- sacrifice, so that the allies can have food enogh to carry on." He :pro- ceeoea to give a detailed account 6 the steps taken by the United sutes toward food production and conser vation. "The cynle will tell you." he said, "that It is rediculous tq. imagine that the American people, living In the midst of plenty, will make such sac rifices as these for the sake of thetr allies thousands of mile away. The eynic will relegate President Wilson Examination Is Passed and !i"ebilf4 SL.!!: . mm ! . I " - i-iiiwiiiu lueausu. uui Assignment to wercnani Vessel Awaited ' AMKRICA TO IIIRr.AXU. Hlbernl. . fair, on your atorm-beatrn anore . - Ilowlye and: shelter now my sons. No - more - t Are they more mine than yours! One common, tie Kaat hind ua both when heroes, murd- Poor,, rnansled forms, wsve-besten, liallid, dumb v la death on flood of ocean-tide they'll Ana you win take them to your mother. hreaat. An 1 to mine your living, sons have ' preamsd.i Full sweet j I heir rkep beneath your Our hoys who've made .The Glt t? rrueanm and to i 'laudlus Thayer, ncrketry, February Sth. Wonder 1 if there are any meat less Tuesdays in tho new Finnish Diet? I 3 cr; - . T a h - J ' I fit I r'.'H r ' s , ' i . a I START THIS SYSTEM BUDGET your IhiumcIioIiI and : iHrsoaal t-xiHiixlituretf. .Anortioii h t-frlHiii jn-r et-nt for Jicooxsitlo a er ecnt for reason a Il iilcnHiiirH. TIicji cathj veek,or month .plucr a t-ertHin per cent iii a SAVINGS ACCOUNT at the United Htatoa Xutiontil Hank. Start With One Dollar It Yon Wish ... , l.t- -t 'V'i . LIBERAL INTEREST ON SAVINGS ..Lj f j' Oj 4 I I I i I III A It I LONDON, Jan. 19. (Correspond ence of The Associated' Press.) Flight-Lieutenant Pat O'Brien, the former ' Santa Fe railway man who effected a remarkable i escape from Germany after being shot down in an aerial battle as a member, of the Royal Flying: Corps and who walked across a part of Germany, mil of Lux emburg, and lielglum before dlgfin under the : "wire of ), death" and reaching Amsterdam, has Just told his story to the king at Buckingham palace. And O'Drien and the king have formed complimentary, impres sions of each other. ; i "I have met some of, the heads of departments on the western division of the Santa Fe, some of the biff bnsinees men in Chicago, and -a few of the men doing the fighting in im portant positions in this war, and I want to say that the king Is one of the best," said O'Brien, who Is a na tlvo of Momence, 111., and a resident of San Francisco. "I don't think he knows what side means. We shook hands heartily three times on my arrival, when I, thought J might be taking too much of , bis time and started to go, and finally when we said good-bye. ? "I received a telegram to call at 10:30 o'clock and. arriving two min utes before, found the King on rail road time. I was not kept waitkig a minute, but was taken directly to mm by one of his secretaries who withdrew on presenting me. We then chatted for 40 minutes, the King showing great interest in. my experi ences and questioning: me minutely as to my route from the time 1 jumped out of the train window un til I concealed myself nearby and studied the electrical ly-charEed bar ricr between Belgium ! and Holland for about a week of night before suc ceeding in a plan of escape. "The King first offered me a chair, but when 1 , declined - politely stood with me throughout our conversa tion. He certainly had more than an amateur's knowledge of electricity, as 1 gathered by the lively interest he displayed at the several ways 1 had In mind as to how best to put the live wires out of business. I thought first of grounding the current in the several wires with a horizontal met al bar, then made a ladder of sap-t lings so greeen that the wood proved a conductor and decided on another plan successfully. : "He was keenly Interested in my jump through the window of the train and the guard's effort to hold me in. I think- he laughed mct heartily. at my passage with the guard guard previously when I com-! plained of our having to ride In fourth-class compartments. The guard responded " that we rightfully should bo riding In hog-trucks. I answered that such would be po f cable to Idlng with Cemans' and then my English-speaking guard ex- pioqea m gutterals, probably not knowing fprofanity In a foreia-n tongue v i "I couldn't realise the King was. a klngi He seemed just like other men,' but more interested 'in nj story,; He expressed grcat .sympathy for my mother owing to her long belief that I . had bwa killed. It indeed-having been no announced In the British official report. - I have been given leave for three months to visit her at Momence, 111., but my time may be extended. It is very r received my first training and was the American Flying corps, in which PARIS, Jan. 31, Italy claims the first woman to qualify as a eapta'n of a merchant vessel in. the ocean- luomlnl. a. young .woman, of Viareg-1 Hntlsh representatives In the United glo, Italy, who has just passed her . ,?s,d emted as likely to be final examinations and is awaiting an asslngment to active setvice. . . Bom and reared among a sea-fating folk. Miss Belluomint developed In early lire an ardent desire to fol low the' sea for a career. She com muntcated her ambition to her rel atives and friends but they laughed at her. A woman sailor! It was un posslble, they told her. . The young woman was not to be swayed from her purpose, however, and she finally found a sympathetic friend 1n a retired sea captain. who told her pf having seen women navi gators in the coastwise trade of the Hawaiian Islands. The girl's remark able knowledge of the sea surprised the old captain who gave her every encouragement and. finally recom mended her to the martlme author ities of Livourne. Some months later Miss Bclluo mlnl was, by special decree, allowed to take a course in the Nautical In stitute of Vlareggio. Her progrtts was astonishing. ;Tbe ease and facil ity with which she mastered the dif ficult nautical problems submitted to her won the admiration-and respect of her professors and fellow students, who aided her in every way possible. New difficulties presented them selves, however, after she had passed the required examinations at-tht In stitute, the Mariner's Union refused at first to break its traditional poli cy of admitting 'a woman Into its membership. The girl's perserveianee finally triumphed over all obstacles and she., received the coveted mast er's license In the ocean-going traJ. Concerning her plans Miss Belluomi nl said: I'l enter sea service at a troub'cd period whan each day one risks his life at sea but I will attempt to dem onstrate to my sailors that a. woman may be just as courageous as a man. If I should be unfortunate enough to have my boat torpedoed. X shall fol low the traditional. policy of the sea and see that the crew is saved first. I shall be the last to leave the boct that has been confided to my care. My life! I am ready to sacrifice It. I am today at the service. of nry country and of her dear and noble sisters. France, America .and Kng land." ean be these voluntary measures tested by results ' "Eary last month we received from Mr. Hoover i a cablegram saying he found that as a result or the Ameri can conservation campaign he had 150.000.000 of bacon and 25.000,000 pounds of frozen meat more than the available. His offer Was so pected that wa had to -bustle to get the finance and. shippiffg for this winter and fall.. Later on It turned out that the amount of frozen meat available was thousands of tons above the Hoover estimate. Except for the holdup of shipping In Ameri can porta due to congestion on the railways and blizzards our bacon and meat sh?tag e would loni bace have been eased by these ailments which represent only a small percentage of the total sacrifices of the American peoples. i "It Is lucky for us that a man like Mr. Hoover Is at the helm of the allied food supply and that behind him is a people willing to deny them, selves so . we may, live to fight." RUNBUSIWESS Alliance Is Concluded Be tween British, French and American Lines lines are now excluded. The main offices of the organization will be in Paris.- . : The formation of the new "con ference" may be taken as a definite and far-reaehing step towards an after-War shipping policy in which the entente allies do not propose toi allow Germany to dictate. The old pre-war Atlantic conference-had its offices! at Jena, in the heart of Ger many, and It held most of Its meet ings in Berlin and Cologne. The new conference will consist, for the pres ent, only, of; British, American and French lines, German and Austrian lines are Excluded, nd no neutral lines ' hare yet ben admitted. The underlying idea of the organ ization is protective. A representa tive of, the conference, in a talk with the newspapermen , here, said that, "the t primary object is to consoli date, In a commercial sense, the in terests of the allies, who have stood shoulder to shoulder In the war. We must have everything ready when peace is declared to endeavor to con serve business to the allies and to keep control of. the Atlantic trade. We kirew what we have had to suffer In the past through . the Insidious German penetration, ' and ' how the German lines worked always to the prejudice of other nationalities In spite . of their agreements. , The new organization will co-oper ate with ? various sectional confer ences which are already in existence, such as the transatlantie passenger conference In New York , and the Mediterranean-Atlantic conference, which includes mainly Italian and British lines. ' The Atlantic conference as at present-constituted, includes the follow ing lines: Canard, White Star, Al lan, Canadian Pacific, Anchor, An chor-Donaldson and Dominion (Brlti isn); American line (American); Compagnle General Transatlantique (French.) FRMCEHEDS r SPHAGNUTtl LIOSS Material Is Used As Absorb- j ent in Hospital Behind Battle Linef , A WORD TO MOTH KIIS. Mrs. E. J. Bedard, Cowich, Wash., says: "Foley Honey and Tar Is the best I ever used. I always keep a bottle In the - house for children. A quick core for' coughs and colds.' It heals raw. Inflamyl surfaces, loosens Phlegm, eases hoarseness and diffi cult breathing. checks racking conahs. " J. C. Perrr. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb 9 Sph. gnurn moss, which grows profusely In the Ouget Sound cewntry and Alaska, is, wanted. for use as an ab sorbent In , the hospitals behind tho battle lines in France, according to a bulletin 'issued by the latany de patment of the University of Wash ington.' ' " " . Hikers of the"northwest now gen erally spend their Sundays In- the forest and bogs gathering Sphagnum instead of loamlng the hUls and val leys. The mountaineers,, a Seattlo tramping organization has turned a large quantity of. the mors over to the University to be sent overseas. 'Sphagnum moss, when dry, will absorbed twenty times ' Its own weight without dripping, according to. authorities. The moss has absorb- . ant powers far greater than cotton, it is claimed. V r In preparing the'moss for hospital uae, pads six inches square are made and? sterilized for use aa dressings for wounded., These moss dressings are considered very useful for, bad burns and splint pads for fractures., Through the University of Wash- frirtAfi wsaf9-1 hrfciifa n A mAia A t ab ins bare been shipped to FranceV All the work on shipment was done by volunteers. c ' jThe moss Is generally found la cranberry marshes and in wet places In forests.' The young leafy stems . ate desired. -. , The mayor of North rialnfield. N. announces that hereafter- wife beaters convicted In , his court will be whipped. .j - - v ; : A pound of butter sold at auction at a-Washington Red Cross fair for l7 haa been sent to President Wilson.'-'"' :'-:J-'.- .' f--. T ' t ; ITfSCOrWSTARTSTOLlOnPiOV LIBERTY THE A I RE LIVERPOOL. Feb. 5. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) rBrithth, American and French steam ship, llo.es , interdsted - in . the north Atlantic trade havo concluded an al liance for the purpose of-governing the passenger business of the lines, according to an official announce ment. The alliance will be known as the "Atlantic Conference," re placing a similar organization which existed before the war, but from whlrh the Gorman and . Austrian K r smi mrf MAE IIUBB AY ' and -HOBART BpSTyOItTn Id . "A r.!onr.io;i riAiiL" SIX ORIPPmO PAIITS, EACH i TlrBTTT TWft PTrtTIV fTX Xt s T T T .U02UI0N. DAYS,, . CXX8TAXT RUFFKRKR, FIKI "I have benra constant sufferer from kidney trouble and ; was . down sick in bed," writes C. F. Reynolds. 41-2 llerrlrk St.. Elm Ira. N.' T. 1 commenced taking Foley ' Kidney Pills. In a few days I was up out of bed." Recommended for rheum atic palps, backache, biliousness, sore muscles, stiff joints, "tired out' feeling.- J. C. Perry. A 1IEHERVED HONOR. ' George W. Braden, f athletic dl rector at tho National Army encamp ment at Camp' Meade, was' recently tendered a dinner in honor of his appointment as physlcal-dlrector-ia-chlef of the Itallsn army. Director Braden, in answering a toast to his new appointment, Tfrgan with the words; ' ' "We all get what we deserve, but only the successful admit it." Washington Star. v ' Because of a dispute over their "perfect - baby" a 1,'hlcago man and wire are up before Domestic Rela tions court. r The Furi Starts Today SMILING DOUG FAIRBANKS In One of His Best "s , : jf" : . - . m ... . ?' - -r ' ' - A ff 1 i BUGS THMTBE v.1 'A , y-'. ::).' 1 The story of a young pickle manufacturer and his itch for publicity. He goes the limit to win the girl, but falls down often J before winning. SPECIAL PRICES WE PAY THE WAR TAX- KIDDIES. 5c. MATINEE3 10'c V EVENINGS . ISc L-. i i )