First War Insurance Policy Signed by McAdoo
AMERICA
LIVES
Better Goods for Less
UP TO DEMANDS
filADE BY ALLIES
Money
LATEST
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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
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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
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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; ' "- .
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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.!!:
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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
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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
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LIBERAL INTEREST ON SAVINGS
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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.'-'"'
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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
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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
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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
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