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As the ministry o f marine, on Feb­ ruary 29, announced that the number o f survivors o f the Provence disaster was estimated at 870, it is indicated that upwards o f 3130 lives were lost. This great number o f casualties makes the disaster the greatest on the sea in modern times. Up to the pres­ ent tim e the largest number o f lives ever lost in one wreck was when the W hite Star liner Titanic struck an ice­ berg off the Newfoundland banks on April 14, 1912, and sank with a death loss o f 1595. The rescued numbered 743. The vessel, however, when in the trans-Atlantic service, could carry 1960 persons, including the crew, and it has been presumed that as she was transporting troops between ports not far apart, she was carrying a number o f men larger than her normal capa­ city. ___________________ ~ TH E H O U SE O F SERVICE. m M O TO R C A R S U P P L Y CO., Inc 13 B ro a d w a y No. Portland, Or«. Eras Ship HAZELWOOD CO. PORTLAND. 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Made Since 1846. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 a aw ■ Ail Dealers OR W RITE No Such Aspersion Allowed. "Isn't there a gr«at deal of esprit du corps in that organization?” "N ot a bit of 1L Every man Jack In It 1» on the water wagon."— Baltimore American. C. Gee Wo HV* fcorb- • ’ petnediM cur* all ■ inde of oilmonta of tren and women w ith - oat . Chip mm her S a root a . are unkaawn is The C Gw Wo Chínese Medici«? C*. c l e - s r r v t 3t.. Portland. O ra Mention Paper. P. N. U. w •sa U k w w ■ E N * n u s e ta . A n A No. II. 191« » « «, l Will Adopt Six Boys, Chicago— Six homeless boys o f less than 6 years o f age and o f varyin g na­ tionalities. are to be adopted by Mrs. Bessie Fuller, o f South Porcupine, On­ tario, Canada, as a sociological experi­ ment, she announced here. Mrs. Ful­ ler, who is v is itin g in Chicago, assert­ ed that, having no children o f her own, she plans to rear the six, regardless of color, race or creed, in the Canadian back woods, her theory being that they w ill fuse in the “ m elting pot.” Mrs. Fuller is the w ife o f a mining engineer. • 5000 Worth o f Liquor Taken. Seattle— Deputy sheriffs raided the home o f P. E. Sullivan, who conducted a large cafe at Fourth avenue and Pike street before the prohibition law went into effect January 1, and seized 160 cases o f intoxicating liquors other than beer, and said to be worth $5000. The liquor, it was said, had been removed to Mr. Sullivan’ s home from the rafa when the prohibition law went into effort. Under the law it is illegal to possess over two quarts o f liquor. WILLIAM THAW Fred Thompson, night clerk at the Laclede hotel, St. Louis, is asking hia friends to believe this one: "About 8 o'clock the other night,” Thompson says, “ a tall, rangy rurallte entered the lobby of the hotel and ap­ proached the desk. A fter 1 had fixed him up with a room he asked me if I would take care of some money for him. I told him I would be glad to put it in the safe. He fished down in his trousers pocket and produced a $2 bill. " ‘Just pot that away,’ he said, ’ I am going out for a iittle while and 1 don't want to take any chances with these city slickers.’ "I kept my face straight and as­ sured him it would be safe on his return. He started to leave and then turned around and asked how late we kept open “ 'Oh, I ’ll be here when you get back.’ I told him. “ ‘ W ell, I don’t know,’ he replied, ’ I calculate I'll be pretty late. Most 1U o'clock, likely.' " I assured him I would be on deck, but he did not seem satisfied A fter pondering a few moments he asked: ‘"C ou ld I see Mr. Laclede?' "T h at had me going for a few min­ utes, but when I recovered I told him Mr. Laclede had gone to bed.” William Thaw, an American aviator Pierre Laclede, the founder of St. Louis, for w hom the hotel was named, in the service of France, who liae been died in 1878. promoted for -ood work. T h e g irl w ith a c le a r skin w in s I I you, too, are embarrassed by a pimply, blotchy, unsightly com­ plexion, just try Rgsinol Soap regularly for a week and see if it does not make a blessed difference In your skin. In severe cases a little Resinol Ointment should also be used. Resinol Soap helps to make red, rough hands and arms soft and white, and to keep the hair healthy and free from dan­ druff Contains no free alkali. Resinol Snap and Ointment heal ectema and simi­ lar skin-eryplums and usually stop itching instantly. U p and Down Dang er . An old lady who lived alone outside a small village in England was ner­ vous about Zeppelins, so she made careful inquiries as to her best course. “ I don't think there's much to worry about," said the vicar In answer to her questions. "But. if you like, you ran do as some folks are doing—sleep In the cellar.” With profuse thanks the old lady went o ff to alter her domestic arrange­ ments. But in half an hour she was back again, anxiety once more wrink ling her brow "T h e cellar's all right for Zeppelins, sir," she said, "but suppose one of them submarines comes instead?"— Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. the committee on rules, is absent in Texas, I take the liberty o f calling your attention, as ranking member of the committee, to a matter o f grave ■ concern to the country, which can, 1 believe, be handled, under the rules of the United States congress, only by that committee. “ The report that there are divided I counsels in congress in regard to the foreign policy o f the government is being made industrious use o f in for­ eign capitals. 1 believe that report to ] be false, but so long as it is anywhere credited it cannot fa il to do the great­ est harm and expose the country to the most serious risks. 1 therefore feel justified in asking that your com­ mittee w ill permit me to urge an early vote upon the resolutions with regard to travel on armed merchantmen, which have recently been so much ; talked about, in order that there may he afforded an immediate opportunity | for full public discussion and action upon them, and that all doubts and conjectures may lie swept away and [ our foreign relations once more cleared o f damaging misunderstand­ ings. “ The m atter is o f so grave impor­ tance and lies so clearly within the field o f executive initiative that I ven­ ture to hope that your committee will not think that I am taking unwarrant­ ed liberty in making this suggestion as to the business o f the house, and I very earnestly commend it to their im­ mediate consideration. Cordially and sincerely yours, “ W O O D RO W W IL S O N .” Total Tax from Incomes Show Marked Increase New Y o rk — An estimate that ap­ proximately 30,000 corporations w ill pay income taxes this year in the Sec­ ond internal revenue district o f this city, was made by Collector Lowe. Collector L ow e’s district takes in Natural Fatality. the lower part o f Manhattan, in which "Danae died, didn't she. when Jupi­ are situated the main officers o f many ter showered her with gold?” o f the country’s greatest corporations, "W e ll do you know many wives who bankers and financiers. The total col­ wouldn't drop dead of the shock if lections this year in this district from their husbands started throwing real all forms o f Federal taxes, Mr. I-owe money at them " — Baltimore Am er­ predicted, w ill exceed $35,000,000. ican. Collections last year amounted to $26,- 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . ________ Responsibility. "Does your wife let you carry the Chicago— The Federal income tax latchkey?” w ill lie paid by 4000 more Chicagoans "She compels me to carry It,” re piled Mr Mekton. " I have to be sit­ this year than last, according to the Smietanka. ting on the front steps waiting to open prediction o f Collector the door for her when she gets home." Forty--')' x thousand citizens o f Chicago paid the tax last year. They contrib­ — Washington Star. uted $2,407,591 and corporations $2,- Deduction. 671,382. "W h at conclusions did you draw from your study of the ancient Egypt French Cruiser Sunk, lan inscription?" asked the professor Paria— The French auxiliary cruiser of archa. oloev "W h y " replied the superficial »tu La Provence was sunk in the M editer­ deizL ” 1 archied that the old Egypt- ranean last.Saturday, it was announced ‘ ans had their comic artists the same officially. A t Malta 296 survivors as we have.” — Washington Star. have been landed. The ministry of marine estimates the number o f survi­ vors at 870. Four hundred survivors were landed at Milo. I.a Provence was one of the largest o f the French line vessels. , ll » r gross tonnage was 13,753. She was requisitioned by the French government for naval service at the outbreak o f the war. Strength Past Fifty Yean can be n s attained by adapting tbe rifb t noorisb- (heat, and Nafore’ aowa ail- food in S c o ff’s Emulsion itren«lL'ned thousand* of ken and wome« In roatiooe their work «ad aaefalaeti for Many years. Seott '• £ m ln M is a food, a medi­ cine and a tonic to keep the blood rich, avoid rheumatism and thwart nervous conditions It la free from alcohol or harm­ ful drugs The best physicians p rearn h e it. i«-ss L GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS Plants, Bulbs, Garden, Orchard Portland — Wheat — Bluestem, 98c and Poultry per bushel; fortyfold, 93c; club, 90c; Supplies, red F ife, 88c; red Russian, 88c. Fertilizers, Etc. Hay — Eastern Oregon timothy, $18.50«i 19.50 per ton; valley timothy, The tablet form o f this old $16; alfalfa, $20. reliable remedy makes it possi­ Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $23.50 ble for you to check any ilhiess N e w C a ta lo g N o . 64 F re e . (i5per crate; lines the breathing apparatus and cabbage, $1.50 (it 1.65 per hundred; the digestive apparatus PERUNA Dr Isaac Thompson’s garlic; 10«? per pound; pepper», 20(u relieves catarrh. In tablet form it is 25c; eggplant, 25c; sprouts, 8tn9r; E V E R -R E A D Y -T O -T A K E horseradish, 8Jo; cauliflower, $2<«i2.25 p erorate; celery, $4.75; lettuce, $2.50 Its prompt action makes it in­ is both • remedy for weak, inflamed valuable for men and women ex­ «( 3.25; cucumbers, $1.25 (a 1.50 per eye« and an ideal eye wash. Keep posed to sudden changes in the dozen; hothouse lettuce, 75c(u$l per JDW eyes well «ad the* «ill help keep you. weather or compelled to be out in O C - .i $1! DrottUh « mt hr box; spinach, 90c(u|l; asparagus, 25c Mail up«« revetpT o! price. slush and rain. per pound; rhubarb, 14c. W R ITK KOK FUSE HOOK LE T It will also be found most satis­ Green Fruits — Grapes, $4 per bar­ JOHN I- THOMPSON SONS * CO. factory' as a tonic following an at­ 14.1 Hiver SI.. Troy, N. Y. rel; cranberries, $11. tack of illness. Potatoes — Oregon, $1.25(u 1.50 per sack; Yakitnas, $1.60(u 1.60; sweets, C A R R Y A BO X wherever you Co. Traveler« and otheraoom- $3.25<>(3.50 per hundred. 1» no more necessary pellni to take long drives in the ould and than S n ia llp o m . Aims Onions — Oregon, buying prices, $2 anyone whose occupation subiecti him to erp.rlrnc. hi« Jrmoastjst.6 (be dancer of suddru colds may use It a* a f. o. b. shipping point. H (hr almost miraculous effi- preventive with the assurance that tha eacy, snd h ir m lr iiir « ..if AnUtyyhnid Vacclnatloa. Apples — Spitzenbergs, extra fancy, tablet- made are from the same foraiulary Be mated NOW by y. ur phy»lcUa, you sod aethe liquid aiedtcine with Its tl years of $2.25 per box; fancy, $2; choice, four Uintiy. It is mure vital th.a house lor .rases. success before (he American Public. $1.25(ii l.50; Y ellow Newtowns, extra Aik your phyrlclan, druggist, or send for “ Hava you hsd I ypt. 1?" oilin g of T y p h o id Vscclos, The Psraaa Cswpaaf. CslamVas. Oka fancy, $2; fancy, $1.75; choice, $1.35 results from use, sod danger from Typhoid Carriers. (d.1.50; Rome Beauty, fancy, $1.50(u JMC CUTTfft LABOftAtOftY, S rfth tttY , CAL Moswciss ysccisis a r u r a l sa ils s. a » 0». LKIssl 1.60; Winesaps, choice, $1.15(u 1.35; Stayman, choice, $1.25(u 1.35. He Sure Knew Him. Eggs — Jobbing prices: Oregon “ Where are you going, all dressed ranch, candled, 19c per dozen; un­ candled, 18(o 18|c;. up?” Poultry— Hens, 16«i 16Je per pound; "O ver to Danville to a wedding.” springs, 16c; stags, 12c; turkeys, “ Who's getting married?" live, 18(o 20c; turkeys, dressed, choice, "Old Bill Onions Know him?” "Bure 1 know him. Bill Onions that 24(o 25c; ducks, 12(ol4c; geese, 10c. lives on the Hensliaw place." Butter — Prices from wholesaler to “ No, he rents the Jones farm." retailer: Portland city creamery, "B ig stout fellow ?" prints, 60-pound case lots, standard Sufficient Proof. “ I'd call him rather slim." grade», 29c; lower grades, 27Jo; Ore­ " I don't think so. Hail lots of hair A citizen was standing on a street gon country creamery prints, 60-pound the last time I saw him.” case lots, standard makes, 28c; lower corner looking it bit depressed when a “ Cross-eyed like?” grade», 27 (o 27Jc; butter packed in I friend sauntered along. "N ot so you could notice." “ What seems to be the trouble, old "Got a son by his first wife, about cubes, 2c leBB. Prices paid by jobbers man?” solicitously queried the latter, 13 years old— tall, skinny boy with to producers: Cubes, extras, 2.rxu25J r; extending tho sympathetic hand. "You firsts, 24 Jc; dairy butter, 14(0,17c; are a sight like sad scenery." funny teeth?” "No, Bill's never been married be­ butterfat. No. 1, 27c; No. 2, 25c. " I have just had something of a fore.” Veal Fancy, 10c per pound. Jolt," answered the sad one. " I was "1 guess I know him, though 1 Pork— Fancy, 9J(o 10c per pound. bequeathed a silver service as tbe wouldn't be sure. Who's he tnarrylugl*’ Hops - 1915 crop, l(Vo 13c per pound; solid thing a few weeks ago, and now "T om Garden's widow. Know her, I I know it is only plated ware.” 1916 contracts, l l(o 12c per pound. maybe?” "Sorry to lo ur tli.it. old follow,” re­ Wool — Eastern Oregon, 20 (o 30c; "L ittle bit of a woman with red But you may be valley, 27(o28c; mohair, Oregon, 28(o turned the friend. hair?” mistaken.” “ Gosh, no; she weighs 200 and her 29c. "Oh, no, I'm not,” was the mourn­ hair's black as coal.” Cascara bark Old and new, 4c per ful rejoinder of the sad one. "T h e "D rives a car, doesn't she?” pound. service was on the sideboard the other "1 reckon not I reckon she never Cattle — Prim e steers, $7 (o 7.70; ; night when burglars broke in, but rode in an automobile In her life.” choice, $6.50(o 6.75; good, $6.75(0 7; they never touched it."— Philadelphia "W ell, give 'em my regards. They’ll medium, $6.50 (o 6.75; choice cows, I Telegraph. probably remember me.”— Newark $6.50(o 6.75; medium, $5.25(o6; h eif­ News, Jolt For The Motorist. ers, $4io 6.40; hulls, $2.50(0 5; stags, $3(o 5.26. Before motoring became as popular "A Lot of Influence.” Hogs - Light, $7.50(q8.15; heavy, as it Is today a man was driving a big Sir W ilfrid l.aurler, the former car through a country section several $6.50(o 7. prime minister of Canada, was im­ Sheep— YearlingH, $7(0 8; ewes, $6 miles from a town when he saw a man standing in the middle of the road. mensely popular with all classes of to,7; lambs, $8(o9.05. "H old on there, m ister!" cried the Canadians, and many went so far as man, wildly waving his arms as the to credit him with authority far be­ j ear approached " I want to talk to yond the limits of the dominion. Washington Butter Markets It is related that some years ago an ye! ” "W hat's the matter with you coun­ illiterate old Canadian visited Quebec Cut to Meet Competition try constables?" angrily shouted the front his home in the country, and got Tacoma — On the verge of a break mitomobtllst. bringing ills machine to into conversation with a friend whom he met there. In the course o f their for some time, the Washington butter a standstill "I wasn't going at a rate talk the name of Queen Victoria was market Wednesday weakened and the of over 20 miles an hour!” " I ain't no country constable, mis­ mentioned, and tho old countryman was astounded to hear that her ma­ price toppled to 30 cents. laical job- ter,” was the rejoinder of the man. jesty was dead. tiers attribute the drop to the breaking M y wife's been Invited to a weddln.' i an’ I wanted to know if you wouldn’t "D e a d !" lie exclaimed. "Then who o f the California and Oregon markets. let me have a little gasoline to clean has taken her place?" “ The Prince o f Wales has now be­ They say i f the Washington market her whlto gloves."— Philadelphia Tel- come King Edward V II,” he was told. did not follow in line with its neigh- j egraph. “ By G eorge!" cried the countryman, with a sharp whistle. “ The prince boring competitors there would be an Electric Door Bell Made For House Cat. must have had a lot of Influence with influx o f butter from the other two Sir W ilfrid Laurier to get a big Job states. To avoid that situation, prices When a cat owned by the keeper of like th a t!”— Pearson's Weekly. were set down and the home trade will the Platte Fottgere lighthouse on the Island of Guernsey wishes to enter be accommodated by the local product. Its muster's dwelling it rings an elec- Abner Was Landed. Further changes in local prices are trie bell to summon a member of the Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader, remarked a few days ago that not predicted, although the production household to the door. This has been when the fair girl casts her net the is said to be larger and the cream made possible by the construction, near the bottom of a door, of a shelf poor fish might as well yield, and told which actuates a switch when a light production more active. this story as an illustration; "R ecently a man returned to his Fresh ranch eggs continue to get weight is placed upon it. Thus, when home town after an absence of many weaker. Prices are now down to 21(d) the eat Jumps onto this small ledge, which is supported by a bracket, the years and rambled down to the corner 22 cents a dozen, the cheapest they cm in! is ( I om .1 Front tin* March grocery to get wise. " T suppose,' rem arked the oldest have been for some time. Dealers re­ Popular Mechanics Magazine. inhabitant in handing him Information, port receipts rapidly increasing daily, l i a i s l l « n l t b r , S tron g, lle a n t lf a l K yM 'that you rem em ber Sim Sim pkinsf ’ Oculists uml ptijraicksua use-1 Murlue hys " ‘Oh. yes; I knew Sim very well,' with the demand about the same. They B m e d y many year# before It n a a offered as S answered the former resident. 'I also are hopeful o f a strengthening o f the Domestic Kje Mo, H e in e Murine Is Hilll Com­ pounded by Our Physicians and guaranteed knew his daughter Mary. Went to by tbem as a Ittllable lie lief for Kyra (bat Need school with her. They say that after demand. I are Try It In your B y »* and In baby a Eyea — waiting fifteen years she married a Nu sm arting Just Kye Comfort Huy Murina Association Sells M ore Hops. struggling young man.’ of your Druglflst — a<'< - |>t no Substitute, and If Portland Sale» o f hopa controlled interested s r l t i for Hook of the E ra Free. ” ‘ Ain't no doubt about that strug­ glin' part of it,’ was the grinning ro by the Oregon H opgrowcrs’ association U l K IN G EL r. Itt-L lK IlV C U .. C I1 IC A U O joinder of the oldest inhabitant. 'Seth it W ill Be All Right Then. done his derndest to git away, hut at prices up to 12 cent* for the best Mary landed him, all right.’ ’’— Phila­ grades were reported Uiis week. The Edith— I shouldn't think you'd want buying was understood to be chiefly delphia Telegraph. to marry such a forgetful uian as for export account, although there are Jark. Advising A Beginner. also domestic orders on the market. Ethel—But he says the reason he “ So you’re going In for public speak­ Hugo Ixiewi bought 275 halea of Y aki­ forgets tilings is heeatise he's thinking ma hopa from Satterws ite & Frye at so constantly of me that he cannot re­ ing?" 11 centa. Other Yakim a sales were the member anything else "Y es.” Edith—Oh, I see. You don't expect "W ell, make up your mind that you Courshave lot o f 90 hales and the M. ran say more in half an hour than you W. Phillips crop of I S f hales. Two to have any trouble after you're mar­ can in two hours."— Detroit Free carload Iota o f Sonoma hops were ried.— Boston Transcript. Press. bought by Donovan & W o lf at UJc. Charitable Hope. Fine Scruples. Crawford— The Janitor of our fiat Is Umatilla W oolgrow eas Will Hold. Father— I want to tell you this, my Pendleton, Or. Nurtwithfftsiyiing going to give some kind of an enter­ tainment. son: the secret of success is hard the recent wool sales there appears to Crabshaw For your sake. I hope It work. be a feelin g that they do not exactly j will be a housewarming.—Judge. Bon— If It's a secret, dad, you shouldn't have told it Fortunately. represent the tendency i if the sheep­ A Bad Risk. I'm too much of a gentleman to take men o f Um atilla county. T h e growers, advantage of information gained In as a class, are inclined to w ait until "Broken your New Year's resolu­ that way.— Boston Transcript. shearing tim e to dispose u f their clip. tions yet?” "E very one of them. I wish I'd Dan P. Smythe, one o f the largest Oregon growers, expresses the belief had the dog goned things Insured. that Um atilla county grotftrrs w ill neff contract before shearing tim e, even | though he admits that the .‘price quoted is high. Mr. Smythe states it is not] the tendency o f grow ers to contract. The Old and Reliable EYE WAtER TYPHOID He Was Cautious. I l f S || T C n Fvcrvnne to know about DAD’S VTM n I C U EIJKTHIC HAND LltiHT A real, g n a t big light, safe, handy and cheaper than oil. wind and storm-prix>f Fully illustrated cir­ cular. Roitledge Sen! k Flora! («.. 169 24 Si.. Partlud Washington, D. C.— By a vote o f 68 to 14 the senate Friday carried out President W ilson’ s wish and killed Senator Gore’s resolution to warn armed belligenrent Oil-Fuel Boiler of Great Efficiency. I Americans off Attention of marine engineers has ships. been drawn to a new type of boiler In a turbulent scene, such as is sel­ lately put forth by an English inven­ dom witnessed in the senate, voting tor. The curious device makes use proceeded, with senators shouting ob­ not of flues nor of colls of pipe to se­ jections, fu tilely demanding recogni­ cure quick steaming, but of hollow con- tion to explain their positions and centric cones. Accord‘ ng to tests making hot retorts to each other, all made, a boiler of this type, the size of ‘ a hogshead, will generate as much o f which were out o f order. A t one tim e so many senators were steam and has as high a horsepower rating as the ordinary boiler many shouting for the vice president’s recog­ times larger. This compactness and nition that the sergeant-at-arms was high rating make the boiler particu­ called to restore quiet. larly adapted to marine service, vhere A fte r having maneuvered fo r two space Is valuable, besides which, lis days to get the resolution in such par­ ease and comparative cleanliness of liamentary position that it was dis­ operation result In quite a substantial posed o f without debate, the senate saving of labor. Several views of the boiler appear in the March Popular then proceeded to a general discussion o f the subject, which continued all a f­ Mechanics Magazine. ternoon, to the dismay o f administra­ tion supporters. There were free ex­ To Brea): in New Shoes. Always .h a k e in A l l e n ’. Foot Ease, a powdar. pressions o f opinion that the senate’ s It cures hot, » w e s t in g , aching, sw ollen ieeb I Cures corria, in gr o w in g n a il , and bunions. A f , action, because the vote actually was all druggists and shoe mere«. x'.c, Dont accept taken on a motion to table the Gore any substitute. Sam pie mai led FREE. Address resolution, with a correction by the Allen S. Olmsted, Le Koy- N. Y. author and a substittue by Senator Mo- The Wrong Impression, Cumber, was in e ffect a “ Scotch ver­ A Quaker fell asleep in meeting and d ic t,” and had not actually accomplish­ soon began to snore. For awhile the ed the purpose o f the President. nasal notes were soft and smooth and Such statements aroused the Presi­ did not disturb the worshippers, but dent’s friends, who feared they would finally the sleeper let out a few extra produce an effect exactly opposite to kinks and the effect was a trifle dis- : that intended. I t was intended to concerting. "Friend Hezeklah." whispered an g iv e notice to the world that the sen­ acquaintance, digging the other in the ate stands behind the President in his ribs, " I think thee had better arouse demands on Germany fo r the rights of thyself.” Americans travelin g the seas. “ What did thee say? What did thee In the house, however, the foreign say?" cried Hezekiah, somewhat con­ affairs committee, by a vote o f 17 to fused "W h at is the m atter?" 2, took a longer step toward meeting "Nothing, friend Hezekiah," was the fu lly the President’ s wishes. It voted quiet rejoinder of the other, "only thee was snoring a little, and I was afraid to report the M eLem ore warning reso­ that outsiders might think the spirit lution, with the recomemndation that had moved thee to a trombone solo 1 it be tabled. In the report the com­ instead o f an expression of thy con­ m ittee asserts that the constitution im­ posed the conduct o f diplomatic nego­ victions."— Philadelphia Telegraph. tiations on the President, and “ with T h e n H e L e ft . this practice the com mittee does not He was telling about all the things l feel it proper fo r the house o f repre- he owned, his prize bulldog, his bunga senattives to irte rfe re . ” low, his touring car. "But you don't seem interested." he i German S cores Air Raids. complained. "Yes, I am," responded the other | Geneva, v ia Paris — The bombard­ chap, "but I'm rather occupied today. I ment o f open towns in France and Eng­ T ell you what. You just mail me a j statement of your assets and I ’ll read land by aircraft was sharply criticised It with all the admiration and awe in the parliament o f the Duchy of you could possibly desire."— Washing j Baden by the progressive deputy, Herr ton Star. Hummel. A violent scene followed the deputy’ s remarks. Herr Hummel de­ A Reminder. clared that attacks on such towns on "T h e old-fashioned boy used to the pretext o f reprisals was only the mind every word his father gpld.” useless butchery o f peaceful citizens. "Y e s ," replied the rather cynical youth; "hut you must remember that Deputy Kolb, Socialist, called atten­ the old fashioned boy had one of those tion to what he termed the “ brutal thoughtful, old fashioned fath er»."— treatment o f the new recruits, who are shortly to be sent to the trenches." Washington Star. Washintgon, D. C.— President W il­ son decided Wednesday that he cannot proceed with the German submarine negotiations while dissention in con­ gress weakens his position before the world, so he called for a showdown on the pending proposals to warn Am eri­ cans off merchant ships o f the Euro­ pean belligerents armed for defense. Making clear that he considers the President, and not congress, is charged with the conduct o f the foreign rela­ tions o f the United States, he wrote a letter to Representative Poll, acting chairman o f the house rules commit­ tee, asking him to provide parliamen­ tary means fur bringing the agitation out into the open on the floor o f the house, for full discussion and vote. The President’s letter to Mr. Pou, the signal that the administration was ready to g ive Germany a demonstra­ tion o f unity, fo llo w s : “ My Dear Mr. Pou;— Inasmuch as I learn that Mr. Henry, the chairman of 1916 Catalog NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; Treaty Thought Doomed Washington, D. C.— Administration senators admit they have practically no hope o f ratification for the Colum­ bian treaty, proposing payment o f $15,000,000 to Columbia for the parti tion o f Panama and making mutual ex­ pression o f regret. A thorough can­ vass o f the senate has convinced ad­ ministration leaders that nearly all Republicans and several Itemocrats would resist ratification to the last. A vote on the measure. It is believed, should be avoided, because o f its effect i upon Columbia. GOOD APPETITE I GOOD HEALTH A SP LE N D ID ID E A The appetite is an ex­ cellent oarometer of the condition of the “ inner man.” Watch it, and when it loses its accus­ tom ed keenness, try HOSTETTER’S Stomach Bitters It is an excellent tonic and appetizer. Get the genuine. Wool L ow er at Lundon. London — The seconad aeries o f the Wool auction sales opened Wednesday with offerings o f 7200 bale*. The at- tendance was large. T h e moderate aelection was in fa ir demand, but both merinos and crossbreds declined from 6 to 7J per cent. Labor difficulties and the question o f financing were largely responsible fo r the lower prices. Russia took s few lota of scoured merinos and the home trade the rest. No sales were made to Am erica. j | j , | j H og Supply L arge. February was another b ig hog month i at the Portland Union Hriockyarda. The month’s run totaled nearly 25,0001 head, an i m-rcase o f 48 62 head over the receipts in the same month o f 1915 and equaling the gain recorded in the NO RTH W ESTERN AG ENTS opening month o f this year. In other P o r t l a n d »Seed C o ., divisions there was a fa llin g o ff in re­ ceipts in FeLruary, which was most Portland. • O regon pronounced in the sheep m« .vemenL 1