PACKINGHOUSE
AIR
(j:tc Testimony Before Sen
. r.te. and House Com
mittees at Meeting
NEYIS ALSO WITNESS
rt-. tin '- r tt tir .i
vndrgw M Dig rive w nn
Throttlin g Industry
Throughout Country
.WASIIIXGTOX, Jan. 20. Offic
ii ; oi independent packing and
r ' .k yard firms appeared before
t'.ththe. senate and agriculture and
Louse Interstate commerce coromit
tffw today in opposition to legisla-
,'a for government -. supervision of
'J he. meat packing Industry. Francis
J. Heney of San Francisco, .who was
hief counsel for the federal trade
m mission in Its investigation of
the five big packing concerns, also
wai a witness before the senate com
mittee, i William. Magiviny. presi
dent of the , St, Paul Vnion Stock
Tarda. fnM 1he hntiHf . rnntmilt-w
t!.at government intervention would
cause more harm than good... and
suggested that in the light of its ex
perience in fixing the price of wheat
the government should go slow in
;, attempting -to fix meat prices,
D. V. Taliaferro, vice president
ani general manager of the Detroit
pacing' firm of Hammond, Standish
& t'ompnny, testifying Before the
senate committee said that while he
ship he believed that would be bet
ter than an attempt by the govern-
mem xo reguiaie pacsing nouses
and stock yards.
Denying that' profits of packing
concerns had increased under the
. mum . . .
licensing Bj-Biein, air. laiian-iiu eaiu
'bis company's profits in 1918 were
ftnlv hntit 22 rr rnni nit th MBitaiJ
' stock, -whereas. In" 1917 it was
around 88 per cent.
Mr. Heney In his testimony chars-
ea msi me die uainers nav
throttled the packing- industries
throughout the country, to build an
inn fui . iminnnn r a t i nips?n.
where prices' are fixed for the entire
'country." . M
The witness also : said the pack
ers 'were interested in securing rep-
resentauon on me .council oi na
tional ' defense" because it was ex-
' pected committees wiould be formed
for purchasing food jsupiMies." Cor
respondence from the packers files.
he added, shows there were many
ways In which they expected to bene-
'.it. itoui i. ue BciiTiiies oi me council.
Joseph .Taggart; former- representa
tive from Kansas, denied before the
senate committee that while a mem-
ber of congress he as favorable to
the packers in legislative action, as
- was indicated by the testimony of-
rerAd recpBtl Mr. lTpner
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OFFICIALS
THHIR OPINIONS
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J. Ogden Armour', of Armour &
Company Will appear tomorrow be
fore the house committee, ana Louis
P. 'Swift of Swift & Company Is ex
pected to testify before both com
mittees later in" the week. ,
ROAD BILLS ARE
PILINGUPHIGH
In House Yesterday Whole
Batch! of Them 'Assail
the Desk Clerks
Representative Sheldon started
the road bill a rolling with consider
able speed in the house yesterday
when he introduced a number o
bills on roads and highway matters
One would 'make a speed limit of 30
miles an hour on state highways: an
other would provide an emergency
fund for the highway commission of
$30,000 and with a companion bill
allow for speedy payment or claims
foflab or and material where sucb
are deemed necessary by the commis
sion: a third would empower th
commission to sell obsolete equip
ment, and still dnother would pro
vide for the highway commission es
tablishing a system of road Bigns on
state highways. .Still another wouLi
have the present .vehicle road law
extend to the counties east of the
Cascade mountains. (
LONG DISTANCE PHONE
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KLE3TOX, W. Va., Jan. 20.
CHARLESTON
An orier restraining the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone company from
putting into effect at midnight th
new schedule of rates as provided by
Postmaster General Burleson's re
cent rule, was issued tonight by the
West Virginia's public service com
mission jn determining the author
ity of the postmaster general.
CASK "LEFT TO COrirTS
CHICAGO. Jan. 20 Officials fron
the Chicago Telephone company
said tonight that, as a result of the
injunction the new schedule for toll
and long distance, telephone rates
authorized by Postmaster General
Burleson will not be effective on lo-
cal or Inter-state calls until the
courts have decided the case.
, i SUIT IS EXPECTED
COLUMBUS, O., Jan- 20. The
Ohio public utilities commission and
State Attorney General John . G
Price - will take action tomorrow to
prevent colection in Ohio of the new
toll and long distance telephone
rates approved by Postmaster Gen
eral" Burleson effective at midnight
tonight. It was indicated -that the
action probably will be an injunction
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Marines Servingi in War r ;
May Gain Tax Exemption
All marines who h.ive served in
the war,' arid their widows will be ex
empt frjjm taxation nn to $20.00 un
der the provisions of a measure of
fered in the house yesterday bjr
Weterlund. "
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HE wax -wrapped
sealed package
with WR.CLEY'S
upon It Is a guar
antee of quality.
Tne tersest 'chewing
gum fatfories in the
world the largest
selling gum In the
world: that is what
WR1GLEVS means.
SEALED TIGHT
KEPT RIGHT
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REPRESENTATIVE
ATTACKS LEAGUE
Barnhart Cites Own Experi
ence Says Organiza
tion Is Injustice'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Activi
ties cf the security league were crit
icised today by Representative Harn
hart of, Indiana before the special
house committee Investigating the
league. Citing hi own case. Mr.
Barnhart said the league had attack
ed him as having ""voted wrong"
on six of the eight measures includ
ed on the congressional chart and
"not voting" on another. He de
clared he had voted for every pre
paredness and wax measure passed
by the house and signed by the pres
ident and the measures on which he
was reported as voting "wrong"
were inconsequential partisan, issues.
- "Time and again I called the at
tention of the league to the great in
justice it was "doing me. but I re
ceived oily evasive replies." the con
gressman said. "No attempt was
made to rectify the wrong. The
league would not even, say that the
reason I had not voted on one of
the measures was because I was at
the bedside of my "dying wife."
Mr. Barnhart said the league was
an organization fathered" by the cap
italists of the country to defeat eon
gressmen who refused to bow to
their wishes and to give clean rec
oras to those wno had put money
into their pockets by voting for the
declaration of war and who sought
to protect them by voting against
the income tax.
"These war profiteers conceived
the idea of the league, contributed
money to pay its expenses, and hired
tools to do their rotten work," Mr.
Barnhart said.
In replying to BIr. Barnhart, Mr.
Orth said the congressman had made
many assertions which could not be
borne out by facts.
CARDINAL ASKS
WINE FOR MASS
High Churchman Says Total
Prohibition Will Injure
Daily Sacrament
BALTIMORE, Jan. 20. Cardinal
Gibbons, in a statement issued to
day, makes a plea that wine may be
obtained for sacramental purposes.
"We have 20,000 Catholic clergy
men in the United States who every
day pffer the secrament of the mass
How can they perform this duty if
they cannot obtain wine?
"I know I. will be replied to that
wine is permitted for sacramental
purposes.. I cannot see -how this
will be, if the manufacture, sale and
Importation of wine is prohibited
The law of prohibition strikes the
individual liberty of worshipment.
I have always been in fav6r of strict
regulation of the manufacture and
sale -of liquor instead of absolute
prohibition . because by a restriction
regulating liberty of the individual
is "preserved, whereas by prohibition
we face legislation which in the long
run cannot be carried out and an
early resnlt of prohibition will be
the secret and illicit manufacture
and sale of bad liquors whereby the
government will ; be deprived of
Jarge revenue, besides being put to
enorin,ous expense in the employment
of agents to enforce the law. More
over, in the .carrying out of the law
I also see an invasion of the home
which up to how all men have agreed
is a sacred and holy place.- These
agents may enter our homes with the
violence of burglars and the immunl
ty of officeis of the law."
NOTES FOUND ON
SPORES' BODY
Murderer Lays Blame fo
Shooting on Dallas Boy
in Communication
DALLAS, Ore., Jan. 20. (Special
to The Statesman) The bodies of
M. B. Spores and Miss Lena Brown,
who were found In the farm home of
Miss Brown near Monmouth, Satur
day morning have been ! brought to
this city by Coroner R. L. Chapman
who was- called . to the seehe of the
shooting. 'At an inquest held Satur
day the Coroner's jury decided that
the deceased. Miss Brown, came to
her death by being shot with a re
volver in the hands of Spores, who
Uthen ended his own life.
The murderer left two notes, one
of which ' he evidently intended to
send to Miss Brown "but didn't in
which he said that as ''she had caus
ed him to -get a divorce and break
up his home he was going to make
her sorry for it and that she would
never see him again." The "other
note was evidently wiltten after the
shooting-and it stated that "he had
killed Miss Lena Brown, and that
Roy Pitzer, a Dallas boy was th
, quested in the last note that his
body be buried beside that of his
victim. .
Miss Brown, who managed her
farm by herself, had Spores hired
to do her chores for her and wheth
er she encouraged his Jovemaking is
unknown to her relatives. She leaves
a mother and two si3ters, living near
Monmouth. Funeral Kervlces, over
her remains will be held Tuesday.
Little Is known of Spores in the
neighborhood as he had residod
there but a short time. A wife from
whom -he was attempting to secure
a divorce lives fn Portland, i- No ar
rangements have been made for his
funeral. j
PHYSICAL PROBE
OF PEN STARTED
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Members of House Committee
to Serre Named Yester
day by Speaker Jones
Representative Hughes, Hosford
Horne, Gordon. Thomplon, Child
j and Haines were selected by Speaker
Jones yesterday as a committee of
the house to investigate the physical
condition of the buildings at the state
penitentiary and to file a report upop
the same with the house-.'
' The committee was' selected upon
a motion of Mr; Hughes made
week,; and in his motion it was
plainly stated that the examination
was to extend no further than, an ex
amlnation as to the physical condi
tion of the structures.
Marion County Man Sends
" in BUUor Publicity
Representative Weeks of Marlon
county yesterday sent into the house
desk his bill to provide that assesors
shall list grain, fruit and berry land
and products.. This measure would
have the assessors file their state
ments on their findings in this regard
with .the secretary of state, and
would give wide publicity to the de
velopment of Oregon along ffiese
lines. The bill has met with faVorr
able comment from a number of the
members.
Vould Guarantee Bond
Payments by the StateWX
Gallagher introduced in the house
yesterday a bill which would pro
vide for the state garanteeting the
payment of Interest and principal
on irrigatjon and land. Improvement
district bonds. This measure If
passed by the legislature, will be re
ferred to a vote of the people.
State's Scenic Resources
May Gain Appropriation
Scenic resources of he pacific
Northwest would continue to Ve ad
vertised by the Pacific Northwest
tourist association for the next two
years under a measure proposed bv
the delegations of Josephine and
Jackson counties. They are askinr
for $25,000 annual appropriation
for the biennium and would contin
ue this form of advertising in the
manner that it has been done in the
past.
' (i. A. It, POST ELECTS.
Dallas. Ore.; Jan. 20. (Special to
The Statesman) At a - meeting of
S. Grant Post G. A. It. held in
the armory this week the following
old soldiers. pCCivll-.war days were
elected to office for the ensuing
year: Commander. David Smutz;
senior vice commander, John Stein-
feldt; junior vice commander, Isaac
Phillips; . adjutant. B. Lovelace;
surgeon. II. P: Shriver; chaplain, J.
R.. Marsh; officer 'of the day, C. O.
Fixjua; officer of the guard, David
Darling; patriotic Instructor, Tl. II.
McDougal; - sergeant major. E. L.
Johnson. The officers were Installed
by Past Commander John It. Marsh.
BILL CARES FOR ALLOWANCES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. The
house" today passed a bill providing
that no reimbursement shall be re-
Quired, except in cases of fraud, for
government allowances paid, but lat
er cancelled, to dependents named
dependents by enlisted men.
CITY TO AID SUIT
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es. . Of this amount several hundred
dollars will come back from patients
able to pay for the care given them
and from sale of the furnishing of
the hospital.
By passage of a resolution It was
left up to Mayor Albin and City Phy
sician J. Ray Pemberton to say when
the existing ban shall be removed.
Present closing orders were amended
so as to include bowling alleys.
. A measure Introduced by Dr. F. L.
Utter also met a favorable recen-
. I rvvi- I j i l : ;
iiuu. iuii pruviutrs a ipniai cm-
sens committee composed of the
mayor, a doctor, a minister, the sec
retary of the Commercial club, a
banker and the editors of . the local
papers, who are expected to carry
on an educational campaign empha
sizing the necessity of taking influ
enza precautions and respecting the
quarantine. By a motion of Mr. I
Johnson the mayor is also to appoint I
four physicians to aid the special
health committee.
Good in on Park Ilnarxl.
Election of the city park board re
sulted in the designation of R. B.
Goodin to serve the three year term.
J. WVMaruny, the two year period
and John J. Roberts for the one year
term. The personnel of the play
ground board has not yet been an
nounced.' '
. Both ordinances, Tosterd by Chief
of Police Varney, changing the pres
ent city regulations regarding Im
portation of alcoholic liquors and
purchase ;of cigarettes by minors so
as to correspond with the state laws
passed the second reading and were
held over until the next council
meeting, 4 . .
Petition to gravel an alley caused
the council to do away with the old
established precedent of graveling
unimproved streets and alleys upon
request without compelling the resi
dents to provide their own gravel
and pay for the hauling.
Street Commissioner W. S. Low
requested permission to purchase
new pouts in order that several hun
dred street signs, now missing, may
tx replaced. This was referred to
the street committee.
Discussion over employment (of a
janitor for the city comfort station
resulted in delaying action until the
building committee can present a
report. -
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A NUMBER OF ENAMELED BEDROOM D R E S S E BS, CHIFFONIERS,
BEDSTEADS, - DRESSING TABLES .ROCKERS AND , CHAIRS AT SACRI
FICE PRICES TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW SUITS ARRIVING.
$:i0.00 Ivory Chiffonier
$:U.OO Ivory Chiffonier
$22.00 Ivory Chiffonier
$27.00 Ivory Bedstead
$2G.OO Ivory Uedstead
$5.50 Ivor' Rocker
$5.50 Ivory Rocker
$4.25 Ivorj- Rocker
MANY OTHER PIECES AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
HAMILTON'S FURNITURE STORE
: 340 COURT STREET
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WOMEN VOTED
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votes.
BADEN' SOCIALISTS LEAD
PARIS, aJn. 20. Retains of the
elections for the German national
assembly for the third electoral dis
trict of Baden showed the. majority
Socialists to have won five seats, the
Centrist party five seats, the Ger
man Nationalist party one seat and
the German Democratic party 3 seats-
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PAP.IS. Jan. 20. The first result
are too incomplete to permit of any
opinion asto the significance of the
elected. The results In 'urttem
burg were majority .Socialists 450
616 votes and seven seats; German
Democrats 332.010 vote and four
and four seats; Centrists ,303.020
votes and four seats.
DEMOCRATS LEAVE RRUNWICK
rARIS..Jan. 20. At Brunswick
city the cltiiens league without Democrats.-
polled 16.477. Democrats
16.200; Majority Socialists. 6.363i
Independent Socialists 26.335.
It is noteworthy that the united
bourgolse parties polled more than
the minority party although Bruns
wick is one of the latter' stron?
holds. ' - r
Barmen City Nationalists 22.96R&
Ceittrists 8.310; Democrats, 112.68D-.
majority parties 29.302; minority
parties lft.949
Thompson Will Be Named
, on Highway Board Again
Governor Withycombe announced
yesterday that he will appoint W. L
Thompson of Pendleton as a mem
ber of the state highway commission
upon the expiration of his present
term. March 31. There had been
rumor afloat that Mr. Thompson
might possibly be replaced when hl
term was completed. .
.-I am entirely satisfied with the
commission and do not know how i
could be Improved upon," was the
governor's answer to this rumor.
Sumpter Valley Strike Is
on Way to a Settlement
Telegraphic advices received late
yesterday afternoon from Washing
ton Nindicate that the strike trouble
on the. Sumpter Valley railroad ma
be near to an end. as the public ser
vice commission was" informed tha
Edward Chambers of the railroad ad-
nmistration has ruled that wage ad
vances in an aggregate of from $2j.-(
000 to $30, 000 annually should b j
given to the men.- The telegram;
stated that the method of raisin
this amount was to be determined la
ter. . '
Salaries Rise for Justice
of Supreme Court Sought
Justices of the supreme court now
receive a salary of l)ft a year
This Is not enough, in the opinion of
Representative Burdick, who has In
troduced a bill to raise their salaries.
to $6000 a year. It is understood
that the lawyer members of the bouse
are .generally in favor of this pro
posal. It is also understood that
bills for raising the salaries of the
governor, state treasurer and secre
tary of state on a somewhat similar
basis will appear before the session
is over. '
Great Grist of New Bills
Comes Up in the House
II. B. 51. hv Callagher rrovl lin
for state guaranteeing payment
interest and principal, on land im
proving bonds.
II. B. 32 by WesterliJTvd Vrovid
ing for fxemption of tax for marines
and their widows.
: II. B. 53. by Burdick FUlnc sal-
CLEARANCE PRICES
- on White and Ivory
Enameled . . ;
BEDROOM PIECES
See West Window
'...$23.50.
...$25.00
$18.25
j. .... ..$22.50
$21.00
; $45.
l .$4J5
$18.50 White,
$20.00 White.
$20.00 White
$18.50 White
$18.00. WhitO
i I O- WkU. tnomJ miairo TK
$7.50 White Enamel Chairs $4.85
$3.50 White Enamel Chairs " - $255
$2JiO White Enamel Stool $1.75
4. . . .j. .S3.75
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arlea justices of supreme court at
$6,000 annually.;
II. B. 54. by Weeks Reqniiinr
assessors to compile agricultural and
horticultural data,
H. B. S3,, by Jones (Lincoln and
Polk) Appropriating $2,500,000
for Roosevelt Coast Highway Military
highway.
IL B. 56, "by Sheldon DireeUn
highway commission to maintain
sign boards.
II. B. 57, by Sheldon Requiring
highway commission to accept monev
from counties and Individuals.
H. B. 58, by Sheldon Empower
ing highway commission to make
prompt payment of claims for labor
and materials. -
H. B. 53. by Sheldon Authorizing
highway commission to establish em
ergency f irnd. ,
II. B. 60. by Sheldon Empower
ing highway commission to sell ob
solete materials and equipment.
H. B. 61, by Sheldon Fixln
speed limits on state highways at 30
miles per hour.
: II. B. 62, by Richards Providing
for election of school clerk of Mult
nomah county.
II. B. 63, by Richards Extending
tax levies for Portland school dis
trict to raise teacher's salaries.
U. B. 64. by Sheldon Authorizing
sale of wornoat equipment of higher
educational institutions.
II.. B. 63..1)y Dodd Relatlnr to
mechanics liens.
II. B. 66, by Dodd Relating to
organization of irrigation districts-
R. II. 67,. by Thrif Relating to
compensation of attorneys.
II. B. 68. by Sheldon Extending
weight of load law to Eastern Ore
gon counties.
II.. B. 69, by Dood Relating to
organization of drainage districts.
II. B. 70. by Roman. Prohibiting
the giving of tips. ,
II. B. 71, by Roman Providing
Ch!!drcn: Cry
fr-u
The Zlad Yen Bare Always Bought, and which, fcas beea -la
use for" over oyer 30 years has borne the signature cf
and Bas tcea made under his per
-' sonal supervision since its infancy.
4UCMltZ Allow no one to deceire to a In this-
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health ef
Infants and Children -Experience agakut Experiment
What is'CASTORIA
Castpria is a harmless substitute lor Castor Oil, Pafegorfe, '
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is pleasatL Jt contains -neither
Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
ge Is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it hs .
been In constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
T7iad , Colic and Diarrhoea ; allaying FeTerishnesa arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation cf Food;" giving healthy and natural deep.
The Children's panacea Tbe Mothei'yFxiend.
GENUINE CASTOR1A ALWAYS
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In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Enamel Chiffonier..... $16.25
Enamel Chiffonier $1755
Enamel Dresser $1755
Enamel Dress. Table. . .$14,75
Enamel Dress. Table... $14.50
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that the county treasurer shall be
tax collector.
II. B. 72,' by Bnrnaugn Relatia
to adjournment of court when judge
Is" absent.
II. B. 73. by Gallagher RclieTto
express companies from depositing
securities with the secretary of th
state. . . -
II. B. .74, by -Wasco county dele
gation Fixing salary of .school su
perintendent for. Wasco county:
II. B. 73. : by Galagher Relatin
ta attorneys' fees in actions on pol
icies for insurance.
II. B. 76. by Jackson and Joseph
ine delegations Appropriating '$Z5
000 a year 'for Pacific : Northwest
Tourist association. -
H.B. 77. by Smith (Baker) Re
moving state aid from Industrial ac
cident commission and amending
workmen's compensation law.
II. B. 78. by Smith (Baker) Re
lating to publication ot school dis
trict budgets.
II. B. 79. by Gordon Ameding sol
diers' and sailors' reflef act to maka
It valid.
II. B. 80. by Gallagher Making
evidences "of Indebtedness on insur
ance policies non-negotiable, -
II. B. 81. by Richardson Appro
priating money for the attorney gen
eral to Investigate and prosecute al
leged land frauds.
II. B. 82, by Thrift Providing re
lief forIrs. J. R- Stannard-
II. B. 83. by Thrift Relating to
court practices.
II. B. 8 4. by Jones (Lincoln and
Polk) Fixing terms or circuit court
in Lincoln county.
The following house bills were
passed by the house today:
H.Sl. 4, by Lewis Providing for
annexation of territory to Portland
school district.
H. II. 79. by Gordon Amending
act providing for relief to soldier
and sailors, making it valid.
3,
for Fletcher's
Signature of
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