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THE DAILY (UPTTat tatttt . . lirVlAA ftiur , SALEM. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER. 17. 1319. puruimu nuitu oAitl) M llff of sm PAGE ELEVEN. ew York, Dec. II. Thdre haa bee'irT ;ni) ;;, " , ... , 'InK pUOilCaXlUll WJ. JJiouaucciB in- Jm ponWrmtty with expectations, I iidoii known advanoes in staple .miini : v mi - - - - J. nrfw high levels being regis- '"red by English index numbers, Brad tJeet's infleft number as. of December i has aciTanL-eu ij...v vic iously reached. The index number as '.rembei:l,,"20.1766, marks an in crease of 1. 3per cent ever November 1 md rise of eight-tenths of 1 per cent ,er the hitherto .record high level touched August 1, 1919. Compared with December 1, 1918, three weeks fter fne armisme wna ucmicu, -me iniiBv number shows a rise of preset - , j pr cent, tne KUVEtiiue uvci.ucvcui- ler"l, 1917- isl4 Per cent and tne rise ,'ver August 1, 1914, is 131 per. cent. TVhile textiles, provisions and gro ynes and miscellaneous products con tribute the bulb of the rise,. it -in mter- Uine t note that ten out of tne tnir" fn groups of commodities advanced In the period of from November 1 to December 1, that forty-six out of 106 rose over the same period and that w0 groups of commodities, building materials and miscellaneous products, reached new high levels December 1. "Bearing upon this matter of ad vancing American prices, it might be noted that the London Economist inl ilex number as of the close of No vember shows a rise of 2.8- per cent over the like number for the end of October, while the rise "from a ywat October, while the rise from a year ago is 12.4 ner cent and the advance over August 1, 1914 js 172 per cent, which oes to show that the price advances in England growing out of the war anu its attendant evils have been vastly greater there than have been experi encd here." : . . i Qibese Preferred As Railroad Camp Cooks A white man has no chance in com petition with a .Chinaman when it comes to iholding down .a Job as cook in a Southern "Pacifio ..construction camp, according to complaint reg istered with C. H. Gram,' state labor commissioner, by W. J. Rust, super intendent of the U. S. employment service, arshfield. ; According to Rust's complaint Clyde Collier, foreman of a bridge gang on the Southern" Pacific between Marsh field and Eugene, became dissatis fied with his Chinese cook and fired him, displacing him with a tvhite man, He Informed his superior offi cer of his action and was promptly notified to discharge the white man and to give the place to a Chinaman who was coming out on the next train. The order was necessarily obey ed, Rust declares with the result that a white man was' Jet. out of Job in order to accommodate a Chinaman. Rust declares that the complaint against Collier's action in discharg ing the Chinaman was made by ... C Threlkeld of Portland who has a con tract for furnishing Chinese labor to camps on the Southern Pacific. Gram will invest the charge. The Standard By Sialpl, F. Turner, " rress staff correspondent) '..ounce, ,h ",L ""nPany Bnn- rwco.uty, Dec. 17. Lu r,w Easolin. f m ,h " ' rera,, of ,he JWr'-l; lengthy statement to the press today! h'SJ"Uan is -ry'toe. the , ine worm war she wouid Imve been absorbed by the United States, politically and commerciallv. "The present attitude of the (Ani South America," Cebrera said .. . C: ""Porwusts inter and Busonne reauircil existing Oregon St. i- Balsley, district sales of the Standi "To n,e , r," S'es) lh, iT '"uirements of the ex iting Oregon state law, which S,i- degrees gravity, Baume test, to hi r'""' lIe state, it is necessary pret the Monroe Doctrine as meanine"'n0,!hei 8,landard " company to make that Mexico mZZ!tTlT- THi8 SPec:al gaso Amencan expansion. The wisdam. of! " a"housn ot n0 K-tr efficiency maining neutral in the war is nowii,,- Bttso,uie regularly refined proven is now 'by us and sold in AVnshineim.. Talif. Cebrera said' that iiHervenfionist Ami0' ""a .l8ewhw- fe mor' Ie:. Mican -papers bow claim that Mexic. ,!!!!!:.? f"rnish h quires irimuis ana nauilllne. A an has initiated a - camnnim. Great Britain tn tl, Hi....:. '1,,!lne a lower yield of this .uecial the United States, through Ui T"1 0il than the British uecui lJl S 1 there is ot nr regular gasoUne. with "This is absolutely fflj w W-':., consefl.uent Jncreaae.ln the cost of the "We are now onH,,,., ' ' '' 1 s"ec,al Baseline. -The advance of one ..lations everywhere.This hr inter S !' -T ha'f Ce",S P?r Kallon ' tne efl in some quarters as aggonj v ' ? "0t repi!,ent the ad aeatart the United States IS it1! to the Standard Oil corn should inspire in AmJL il. J ! "an . of ufacture!ng the special eonfirtown. , . . gasonne. At the ""t .ncAiL'u is striving to recuperate." SCIENTIST DENIES iSlfiOIS T0ENDT0M0RR0W San Francisco. Dec. 17. Professor Albert F, Porta, noted Italian scien tist, clung steadfastly today to his theory that between December 17th and the en of December, the Pacific Coast will be visited by the worst storms in the history of the country, and that the storm area will extend far eastward. He denied, however, that he had ever predicted the world would end this month. Professor Porta was formerly pro fessor of mathematics at Turin uni versity, He is an architect and pub lishes a scientific journal here. His theory is that the close alignment or six planets on one side of the sun to morrow will result in several sun spots, which will cause great storms on the western shores of all continents. Porta gained fame when he predict ed the eruption of Mount Lassen. Porta also predicted the big Guta- mala disaster of two years ago. His bigest storm this time is scheduled for between Christmas and the New Year. Us .'Piles few 83 Years Oil Eat Works At n4e of Blacksmith and Feels Younger Since Piles' Are Gone. The oldest active blacksmith in Michigan ia still poundins? his an vil in the town of Homer thanks to' my internal method, for treating piles. . I' .-j .:.-.. ..- 5Ip. Jacob tyon, Homer, 3Jich. 1 wish that you could hear him tell of his manv experiences with Ointments, salves, dilators, j?tc. be fore he tried my method. Here is a letter just received from him: : SIr. E. R. page( Marshall, Mich. Dear Sir: I .want you to know wuat your treatment has done for I had suffered with piles for many years and used suppositories ar;l all kinds of treatments, but never jfot relief until I tried yours. Am now completely cured. AlthouKh 1 cm 88 years old, and the oldest active blacksmith in Michigan, i 'eel years younger since the piles have left me. I will surely recom jnena it to all I know who suffer this way. You can use my letter any way you wish and f hope it U1 lead others to try this wonder ful remedy. Toura truly. J. I. LYON. 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Sumpler Valley Freight - Use More lommission Areuments in the Sumpter valley freieht and passenger rate case and in the case of the Baker White Pine Lumber company vs the Sumpter Valley railroad will be concluded be fore the public service commission iat Portland on December 29. The commission will hear argu ments in the application for an in crease in rates by the Philomath Tel ephone company at Philomath on De cember 22 and will go to Ashland on December 27 for hearings relative to an application for an industrial spur crossing' by the Standard Oil com pany and the abolishment of a South ern Pacific grade crossing at Freder ick. Leschutes River Bridge Is Carried Out Bv Flood The falsework on the Deschutes river bridge, 15 miles east of The Dalles was washed out by the rise .in ,.,t,. nf Deschutes river, accord ing to information reaching the state highway department. The damage will result in considerable delay in Vh e construction of the strom & Feiggensen of Portland are the contractors on this Job. same time, the high er price of the special gasoline does not secure for the user any greater value than is given in our regular gasoline. " "The Oregon state law establishes a gravity specification for gasoline. This is in itself a mistake for gravity tells nothing about the combustive, or -power; qualities 'of gasoline. This was clearly pointed out by the United States Fuel administration's commit tee on standad specifications for gasoline. As a result, the government 'adopted boiling point standards for aviation and all other motor gasoline purchased by the government. "Our regular gasoline comes with in the United States government standard specifications. It is refined to a set specification of a chain of boiling points determined by our ex perts as being that which will give the maximum power and mileage and the 'maintenance of reasonable prices to the consumer. , "Another lamentable phase of the Oregon state law is that it limits the possible extraction of gasoline from the crude oil and thus operates di rectly' against gasoline conservation, making less plentiful and more costly the supply. The demand for gasoline ij growing faster than the supply and It is unfortunate that anything should be done to decrease the production! of good gasoline." NLAND Ef iPlPi ASKS Of rcs fie c: Page Bids., Marshall, Mich. Please aend frea trial of yonr Hethod tot Not To Eat To Eat Or Dyspeptics Often Face thta Problem Three Time. Pnily-o so if hey Once Got Aeouainted with Stuart's Dyspepsia TaMes ' indigestion, lth gas, sour rising belching of wind, feeling as SDokane, Wesh., Dec. 17. Freezing towns throughout the Inland Empire continued to plead with Regional Coal Administrator Waldo O. Paine, for fuel, despite the fact that several car loads sent out Monday helped to re lieve the most acute conditions. Snokane entered upon the second 1hv nf her six-hour business day with ,,r,Bifi,,ahl more cheerfulness, due to the fact that the thermometer was 13 above ero. Administrator Paine said there was ,,.,,.(i,.oK. "summer heat In tne t-UJltl' ctt -,. r,. TJoat Pnss mines, whence rnt nnban,'a coal it being only 18 Kclnw. "They can get out the coal In that temperature." he Hiiid. Fifteen cars of coal arrived here yesterday ,aiul eight of the.;e were sent tp points .outside the city. The school district in Seaside hist week voted $000 in bonds to purchase additional land for a new sfnool build-'ng- . J'il N,. 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