Morning Oregonian., November 25, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

THE 3IORXING OREGONIAN, SATTJRD A.Y, NOVEMBER 25, 1916.
FARMERS' PROTEST
EMBARGO ON F000
High Cost of Everything He
Has to Buy Is Pointed
Out by Grange.
PRICE CAUSES ANALYZED
City Coasius Who Buy In Small
Quantities and "Live Out of
Cartons and Cans" Rapped.
Munitions Ban Suggested.
VASHIXGTOX, Nov. 24. In defense
of the farmer the National Grange, in
annual session here, issued a statement
tonight analyzing the high cost of liv
ing and attributing the rising prices
of farm products to poor crops and the
Increasing cost of what the farmer has
to buy.
If any embargoes are to be placed
to help the situation, the statement
says, they should be on manufactured
products, particularly munitions of war.
Prohibition of gambling in foodstuffs
and provision of more storage-houses
under control of the farmers them
"selves also are suggested. The state
ment says:
"In many countries with cheap labor
and high-priced lands the yield per
ncre exceeds that of the United States.
The American farmer, with cheap lands
flnd high-priced labor, produces many
times as much per man as does the
farmer of any country in the world.
Cause of High Price Analyzed.
"The high price of farm products is
due to several causes. Some of the
more important ones are: The climatic
conditions of this country during the
past year were perhaps one of the lead
ing causes of crop shortage. A long,
cold, wet Spring, followed by very hot,
dry weather, extending over a larger
area of country than is usually the
case, reduced acreage and yield to a
lower degree than has been the case
of any previous year. For example,
the wheat in the Northwest was a crop
failure: the corn crop was in many
sections a partial failure, as well as the
potato and vegetable crops.
"It must be borne in mind that the
high prices have struck the farmer in
whatever he buys, as much as they have
the city consumer. Farm labor is
scarcer and higher than ever. Every
thing the farmer buys, whether machi
nery, fertilizer, fencing, clothing or the
necessities of life, has increased in
price by leaps and bounds. This is also
true of taxation, the increase being in
many sections 50 per cent or more,
during the last five years.
Farmer la Large Consumer.
"In former days everything the farm
er needed was produced on his farm or
in his immediate neighborhood. This is
all changed and the farmer of today is
the largest consumer of manufactured
products, even in too many cases buy
ing his meat and flour.
"Our city cousins have changed their
method of living quite as much as we
have. Instead of buying in quantities,
as formerly, they live in cramped quar
ters, with a kitchenette 6x8, and buy
in very small quantities, or live out of
cartons and cans, and in many cases
with little regard to home economics.
""With this can be coupled expensive
methods of distribution, which is not
the fault of the farmer.
"The fact that nearly one-half of
the civilized world has left the field of
production and entered upon the work
of destruction has increased the de
mand for all kinds of products and
goods. We believe that prices will be
high for several years, especially for
manufactured goods.. As to the prod
ucts of the farm, the fixing of prices
Is mainly by the law of supply and de
mand in the markets of the world.
Embargo Declared Unfair.
"When the farmer sell3 some of his
products, as he did only a few years
ago, at less than cost, he gets no re
dress, no reduction in taxes nor in any
thing he buys, and it would be very
unfair that when he is getting a fair
price for some of his products to place
an embargo on what he produces to
lower the price and ultimately reduce
the supply. So an embargo on wheat
and other cereals would in the long
run mean decreased acreaXe.
"But if embargoes are to be placed
to help the situation, they should be
on manufactured goods, particularly
munitions of war. This would give the
farmers more laborers and reduce the
prices of what he buys.
WOMEN HEAR MR. BAKER
Opportunities In Business Pointed
Out to Newly-Formed Club.
George L. Baker, City Commissioner,
(rave an interesting talk on oportuni
ties for the business woman at the sec
ond meeting of the newly organized
Progressive Business Women's Club
last night in the hall of the Northwest
ern Bank building. Mrs. Eunice Evans
gave a talk on sticktoitiveneas; Mrs.
Florence Ridings spoke on co-opera
tion; Mrs. R. M. Towle on the working
out or individual problems, and Mrs.
R. S. Lathrop on business women In
Manila.
The club meets every Friday night
at i :6t o clock. Business and profes
clonal women are Invited. Mrs. Ridings
is president, A. A. Arnt ia secretary
ana iivelyn Fisher treasurer.
SALARY CUT IS RESCINDED
J. N. Wheeler, of Public Works Ie-
partmenf, Restored to $130.
On motion of Commissioner deck
the City Council yesterday rescinded
be action taken recently while sitting
as budget committee, cutting the sal
ary of J. N. 'Wheeler, an employe in
the Department of Public Works. His
salary was fixed at $130 a month- in
place of I11S, to which the Council cu
it at first.
Commissioner DIeck said "he had in
vestip:ated the question and found that
Mr. Wheeler's salary should be $130 to
be comparable with other men doing
the wine class of work.
EQUESTRIENNE IS BETTER
Bliss Mabel Lawrence, Who Was
Thrown, to Leave Hospital Soon.
Miss Mabel Lawrence, plucky young
woman member or the Portland Hunt
Club, who was thrown from her horse
at the annual paper chase last Satur
day, is rapidly improving at St, Via
cent s Hospital.
Miss Lawrence received several scalp
wounds and it was at first thought
that she had been seriously injured.
She will be sufficiently recovered so
as to leave the hospital within two or
three dava. it is now said. Dr. A, ff.
Kockey is In attendance. V
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ED.MO.ND, Or., Nov. 24. (Spe
cial.) Denton -G. Burdick, of
Redmond, will be the second
youngest member of the coming Ore
gon Legislature. He is only 25 years
old. The youngest legislator is K. J.
Goode, of Multnomah, who is 21.
Mr. Burdick is Representative-elect
from the district comprising, Crook,
Jefferhon, Grant, Klamath and Lake
counties. This district is probably the
argest Representative district in the
United States. In area it. is about
equal to the State of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Burdick was the nominee of all
hree parties, having the Republican,
Progressive and Democratic indorse
ments. He fame to Oregon five Vars ago
from North Dakota and has been en
gaged in the practice of law here
sinr-e. iJrr. Burdick is a graduate of
the law department of the University
of Iowa. He is a member of the ex
eoiifive board of the Oregon Irrigation
Congress and is actively interested in
rrigation development.
John GUI, elected short-term Senator
from Multnomah County to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of Ar
thur Langguth to become Police Judge
of Portland, has served in three pre
vious Oregon Legislatures.
In 1SH2 Mr. Gill was elected as an
ndependent to the House. In 1903 ne
was again elected to the House, this
timp on the Republican ticket. In 1814,
as one of the 11 members of the citi
zens' ticket who received the Repub
lican nominations for the House as
the result of a widespread demand for
business session of the Legislature,
Mr. Gili was elected to his third term,
heir fc high man on the ticket.
When Senator Langguth announced
his retirement from the ocnate Mr. Gill
became a candidate to succeed him. He
ran unopposed in the primary and was
cfposed only by a Socialist candidate
at the general election.
Mr. Gill was born in Yorkshire, Eng
and, but has lived in the United States
since his boyhood, coming with his
parents to Worcester, Mass., in 1854.
He attended, the common schools there
and learned the printer s trade. He
worked as a journeyman printer before
coming to Oregon in 1878.
In that year he went into the busi
ness of J. K. Gill & Co., ft which he
became a partner in 1875. Mr. Gill has
always taken an active part in civic
affairs. In 1891 and 1892 he was a
members of the citizens' committee that
brought about the consolidation of
Portland, East Portland and Albina, at
that time separate towns.
LA
GRANDE. Or.. Nov. 24. (Spe-
Union County will be represent
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NEW RULER TO BE KARL 1
TITLE OF EMPEROR. OF AUSTRIA.
HUNGARY CHOSEN.
Ambassador Fenfield to Act as Spe
cial Envoy of United States at Fu
neral of Francla Joseph..
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WASHINGTON, Nov, 24. Ambassador
Penfield notified the State Department
today that Thursday, November 30, had
been ret as a date for the funeral of
the late Emperor Francis Joseph. The
messtvge said the new Austral
Hungarian ruler would bo called
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VIENNA, Nov. 22. via London, Nov.
24. Frederic C. Penfield, the American
Ambassador, today received a notifica
tion from Washington that he was to
act as special envoy of the United
States at the . funeral of Emperor
Francis Joseph.
Reports from Budapest indicate that
the Hungarians strongly desire to have
the coronation of the new Emperor
JCing occur the first part of the coming
month. It is probable that Emperor
Charles will spend a considerable time
in the Hungarian capital each year.
COLONEL LUDLOW TO LEAVE
Commander of Columbia Forts Goes
to San Francisco.
ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 24. (Special.)
Colonel Henry H. Ludlow, who has been
in command of the forts at th6 mouth
of the Columbia River for the past
three years, has received notice of his
transfer to the Western department,
with headquarters in San Francisco. 'He
Is making arrangements to leave Fort
Stevens during the early part of next
week, possibly Monday.
Who his successor will be yas not yet
been announced, but It la most likely
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John Gill (Rep.),
Senator-Kleet Front Multnomah
Countr for Short Term.
WaKfr M. rierce (l)rm.),
Senator-Elect From In Ion and
AVallowa Couutlrn.
ed in the Legislature at the next ses
sion by a new man. Charles Albert
Small, of La GraHdp, won in this race
over the present Democratic incumbent
by a najority of 280 votes, notwith
standing the fact that in Union County
President Wilson received a majority
of 824 votes.
Mr. Small Is a native of Indiana and
graduated " from Fairmount Academy
and Earlham College, both in that
Btate. He graduated from Harvard
Law School in 1907 and was admitted
to the Massachusetts bar in 13'. In
his college days he distinguished him
self on three occasions as an orator
and debater. He has been practicing
law in La Grande since 1910 and has
had his share of law business in the
Circuit and in the Supreme Court. The
amount of his legal activities is meas
ured t some extent by 43 Circuit Court
cases Sn one year, including a great
variety of law and equity cases.
Mr. Small's supporters in Union
County believe that they have in him
a man that they can rely upon in every
time of test to stand first, last and al
ways for the interests and welfare of
the people.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Nov. 24. (Special.)
Walter M. Pierce, Joint Senator-elect
from Union and Wallowa counties, is a
resident of Union County, making his
home on his 2500-acre farm some six
miles from the City of La Grande. If
it were necessary to grl.ve his occupa
tion one would be compelled to classify
him as farmer, lawyer, politician, as
he Is equally eligible to honorable
mention in either class. He is a grad
uate from one of the Eastern law
schools and for a number of years was
actively engaged in the practice of
law In Umatilla County, where he also
served the people as County School Su
perintendent and also as County
Clerk. Later he began farming on a
large scale and represented the peo
ple again as Joint Senator for Umatil
la, Union and Morrow counties.
- Later he took up his residence In
Union County, where he engaged fn
farming and stockralsing on a large
scale and at the same time was active
in several large business ventures, the
principal of which was the rebuilding
and reconstructing of the electric liKht
plant which furnished light and power
for the various towns in Union County.
The past few years he has devoted the
greater portion of his time to his ex
tensive farming and cattle interests.
Mr. Pierce Is a man of recognized
ability and an orator of note. He has
ever been an exponent of education
and Is at present member of the
board of regents of the Oregon Agri
cultural Collge, devoting much time to
its affairs. He is a strong advocate
of anti-single tax and is president ot
the State Taxpayers' League.
that it will be Major Leonard T. Wald
ron, formerly Captain of the Ninety
third Company, Coast Artillery Corps,
now stationed at Vancouver Barracks.
GIRL SHOPPER ARRESTED
Sliattuck Student Is Said to Have
Charged Gifts to ex-Employer.
The expense of Christmas shopping
is said to havj caused trouble f" Miss
Edna Brown, a 17-year-old student at
the Shattuck School, who was arrested
last "night by Detectives Hyde and
Abbott and charged with buying goods
on the credit of her former employer.
Fred F. Henshaw, district engineer for
the United States Geological Survey.
One of the girl's alleged purchases
was a wrist watch she is said to have
sent to a girl cousin in Missouri for
a Christmas present.
Miss Brown is charged with obtain
ing $77.40 worth of goods at the Olds.
Wortman & King store, and $15 worth
at the Meier & Frann store. She was
formerly a domestic in Mr. Henshaw's
household.
Mrs. Fannie Crohn 111.
Mrs. Fannie Crohn, whose wedding
to S. Crohn, of Seattle, was an event
of social notice last July, is seriously
ill at the Good Samaritan Hospital,
where she underwent an operation a
few days ago. Mrs. Crohn came to
Portland from her home In Seattle
about three weeks ago, and became 111
almost immediately. She is under the
care of Dr. Andrew J. Giesy. Mrs.
A Crohn was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Gevurtz, 806 Water street.
Special to Carry Fishermen.
A special train will leave Portland
over the Southern Pacific at 3 o'clock
tomorrow morning for various points
along the Nehalem River on the Tilla
mook line. A large party of fisher
men will make the trip. The train
will be parked In the Union Station
at o'clock tonight, when all who
(wish may get on board. The special
will return to Portland late Sunday,
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WOMEN IN PROTEST
Untimely Garbage pollections
Perturb Heights Club.
PRICES CAUSE COMPLAINT
Council Will Be Asked to Regu
late Charges and Hours, so as
to Keep Men From Calling
During Social Affairs.
Imagine an afternoon tea at one of
the residences on Portland Heights.
And then Imagine the feelings of the
hostess to have the garbage man call
for the garbage Just when the affair
was nicely started.
This propensity on the part of the
garbage man to attempt to "break Into
society," as well as alleged Inequality
in the prices asked for collecting gar
bage, resulted In an indignation meet
ing at the Portland Heights Club last
night. As a consequence the City
Council will be asked to regulate the
price and hours of collecting garbage.
Resolutions were adopted urging the
City Council for such regulation, and a
committee appointed to take the mat
ter up with that body. The resolutions
also favored municipal collection of
garbage.
The committee appointed Is composed
of the following': Henry Boyd, S. B.
Huston. Roy K. Terry, G. A. Grlswold
and A. B. Slauson.
The need for some regulation of gar
bage collection was emphasized by Dr.
Boyd, who said there is a great in
equality in the price at which garbage
Is collected from different residents of
the Portland Heights district. He said
some householders were charged only
50 cents a month, while others were
required to pay $1.50.
"In one Instance," he said, "a woman
was required to pay but 50 cents pre
vious to moving to the Portland
Heights district. After moving she
was charged $1.50. When she asked
the reason she was told that she had
become rich and could afford the
higher price."
Mr. Boyd said that the habit of col
lecting garbage at all hours of the day
was also disagreeable, owing to the
fact that in many Instances the gar
bage man would come around when
some resident was holding an after
noon tea or other social function.
He expressed the belief that the
Council had a right to regulate gar
bage collection, authority being given
by a rider to the ordinance passed In
1913, which created the crematorium.
J. E. Davidson, president, presided.
Stores Hobbcd at Gearhart.
SEASIDE, Or.. Nov. 24. (Special. )
Thieves who broke into the branch
Ftore of A. R. Washer Co., at Gearhart.
Wednesday night, helped themselves
to a large quantity of cigars, groceries,
all the cash left in the cash register.
and then made a strenuous effort to
break open the safe by using an ordi
nary pick and sledgehammer. but
failed. A few days ago the general
store of Otto & Sons was also broken
into and a considerable quantity of
merchandise and some money was
taken.
Greek Accused by Bojr of 1 .
Harold J. Hatch, aged 18 years, re
ported to the police last night that he
had been held a prisoner in room 28
at the Porter Hotel, since last Thurs
day night, by Theodore Koroness, a
Greek, who, the boy says, wanted him
for immoral purposes. Koroness was
arrested by toergeant Sherwood and
held on a tentative charge of disorder
ly conduct. Hatch was detained as a
witness.
Five Liquor Rulders Arrest One Man,
Dell Bonney. 141 Eleventh street
was arrested at that address last night
by Detectives Hill, Hammersley and
Cahill, and Patrolmen Spaugh and
Richards, and charged with violating
the prohibition law. The police found
no liquor on the premises, but confls
cated a barrel of empty bottles, which
they held as evidence.
Girl, 10, Complains of Prowler, 40,
The police last r.lpht received a re
port that Elizabeth Bastasch, 10 years
old, had been annoyed by a man about
40 years old at East Eighth and East
Morrison streets. It is said that the
man prowls around that neighborhood
e-rry night after school and annoys
in price.
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M. C. A. DORMITORY DWELLERS
HOSTS TO WOMEN FRIE.NDS.
Building la Decorated and Visitors Are
Taken on Inspection Tour Before
Programme Ia Given
There were no ties, collars and shirts
strung about the rooms of the dormi
tory of the Toung Men's Christian As
sociation last nignt. There was no dis
order apparent in-any of the 170-odd
rooms, for the 208-odd young men oc
cupying them had prepared for visitors.
"Open house" was what the inspec
tion was termed. But it afforded abun
dant opportunity for "her" to discover,
as she was piloted about the building
by "him." what sort of a host "he"
would make in a home of his own.
Each rooi,i. although it had. perhaps,
no particular admirers, received its
share of attention. The model rooms
were pointed out by the patronesses
who led strangers through the dormi
tory. Following an inspection of the don
raitory from top to bottom the visitors
assembled in the auditorium, that had
been specially decorated with a mass
of ferns, where they listened to an en
tertaining programme arranged by the
general committee.
On that programme appeared must
cal numbers by Mr. and Mrs. btanley
Baker. W. 11. Carkeck, Krlts DuErunn,
11. S. Preeg and Edwin Guiver.
Refreshments were served at the con
clusion of the programme.
Those who had the affair In charge
were Sylvan est. Fred Abrahamsen.
E. R. Mitchell, Clifford Masson and
Charles Witt. The patronesses were
Mrs. R, C. French. Mrs. 11. W. Stone
and Mrs. Stanley Baker.
RANCHER IS FOUND DEAD
W. A. Bovtngdon Expires in
Yard Near Gresham.
His
The dead body of W. A. Bovtngdon.
a rancher living near Gresham, waa
found in his barnyard at daybreak yes
terday by his invalid wife, who Is 70
years old. He had been missing all
night. Death ia presumed to have been
due to heart failure, tsays Deputy Coro
ner Smith, who took the body to the
There are now 48,000 telephones connected with
the system of The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company in 'Portland.
This means ONE telephone to every SIX people. 7
More than S000 of these telephones have been added since Janu
ary 1st of this year. This large increase makes service more valuable
to the users.
If you are without telephone service place your order now and
have the benefits and protection of the service during the Winter
months.
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
go "the 'prices on food products particu
larly eggs, sugar, flour and meat. Let
Ghirardellfs" Ground Chocolate, a food
full of nourishment, in fact more nourish
ing than eggs, take the place of other
more expensive foods. Despite the pres
ent conditions Ghirardelli's Ground
Chocolate has not been advanced
For Health and Economy
cup of
kirardellfs
Ground Chocolate
D. GHIRARDELLI CO.
public morgue. An autopsy will bo
held.
Mr.. Bovtngdon. wo was 60 years
old. went out to feed the horses Thurs
day night. He did not return. His wife
was alone In the house and was pre
vented by her Infirmity from searching
In the dark. As soon as morning came
she investigated and found her hus
band's body.
Police Called to Disband Strikers.
The police were called out last night
to prevent trouble between strikers
and strikebreakers at the Pettit Feath
er & Bedding Company, at Twelfth
and Lovejoy streets. The strikers, who
were assembled at Twelfth and Glisan
streets, disbanded without violence and
no arrests .were made. A policeman
will be detailed to protect the workers
going to and from the plant until the
strike is settled.
Sulesnian Accused of Peeping.
ff. K. Beers, a salesman, was ar
rested at Eleventh 'and Columbia
streets last night by Motorcycle Pa
trolmen Tully and Morris on complaint
of James Chatfleld. a grocer, who said
Beers had been peeping through the
windows of Mr. Chatfleld's home. Beers
was charged with disorderly conduct.
Henry Kpperson, Dufur, Dies.
Henrv Epperson. BS. of Dufur. died
last night at the Good Samaritan Hos
pital from cancer of the stomach. He
is survived by a widow and family at
Dufur.
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Malaria Destroys The
Red Corpuscles of the Blood
S. S- S. Relieves Malaria By Cleansing The Blood.
Malaria Impoverishes the blood,
thereby weakening the entire system,
tmce the Malarial germ gets Into the
blood it multiplies. saturating the
blood with Malarial poison and impuri
ties. You lose energy. You are a con
stant prey to headaches, worn-out.
tired feeling. The complexion becomes
sallow, the tongue coated. In order to
get relief you must administer an anti
dote directly to the poison, and a tonic
blood nourishing food, to build up
the wasted system. S. S. S. is the one
thoroughly reliable blood tonio that
will destroy the Malarial germ, and en
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DAN KELLAHER ID GO
PUBLIC DOK COMMISSION EH WON'T '
BK It E APPOINTED.
Mayor Albee Declines to Give Rea.oa
for Change find Says Satreuor
Not Derided On Yet.
Dan Kellaher Is not to bo reappointed
a member of the public docks Commis
sion when his term expires December
7. Mayor Albee said yesterday that h
hss two men under consideration for
the appointment and that Mr. Keliahcr
is not one of the two.
The Mayor refused to announce his
reasons for not reappointing Mr. Kella
her, but It Is understood the Mayor
has been dissatisfied with the actions of
Mr. Kellaher in a number of Instances.
The Mayor has not disclosed the names
of the men he has under consideration.
Considerable pressure has been brought
to bear on the Mayor in behalf of Mr.
Kellaher. but without avail. Among
those who have been urging his reap
pointment are members of the East Side
Business Men's Club. Including J. Dan
nells. the club's president, and City
Commissioner Bigelow. Mr. Kellaher
was appolnt-d to the position in March.
1912 by Mayor Rushllcht.
Mechnrl-TTi whereby the m'Ur. of a pi mm
and rh'nor ph can b comtlneJ naa limtn
l-t.nt-il bv it Nt J-r-y n, venter.
rich the blood. This building up and
blood cleansing process go hand In
hand You feel the effect Immediately.
8. S. S. begin, at the root of the trou
ble. It destroys the germs and poison,
revitalizes and restores the red blood
corpuscles. In a short time you feel
tha delightful sensation of relief from
ague, headaches, chills and fever. You
soon feel the full sense of vicor that
goes with perfect health. There Is
nothing as good. Get S. S. S. from your
druggist- Medical advice without
charge. Write Medical Dept.. Swift
Specific Co., Atlanta. Go.