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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, 3rAY 18, 1917.
MR. BAKER TO WORK
FOR CHEAPER FOOD
Candidate Promises, if Elect
ed Mayor, to War Upon Ar
v tificial High Prices.
PLEDGE GIVEN HOUSEWIVES
Iligh Cost to Be Expected on Articles
. in Sliort Supply, but Price Manipu
lation Can and Should Be Reg
ulated, Says Commissioner.
Gforge Tj.. Baker, candidate for
Mayor of Portland, in an address at
r meeting' last- night at 4502 Sixty
first avenue Southeast, in Woodstock,
declared that exorbitant food prices in
Portland must be lowered.
He pledged himself to use to the full
extent all the power of his office, if
he is elected Mayor, to protect the
housewife by curbing speculation in
foodstuffs so far as this city Is con
cerned. "Inflated food prices must come
down," said Mr. Baker. "If we -will
pull together and devote our united
efforts to the task we can bring them
down, even if we have to put out of
business some of those who defy the
public by speculating in the necssities
of life.
"Now I do not pretend for one mo
ment, that the Mayor of Portland, or
any other person, can interfere with
the law of supply and demand. When
there is genuine scarcity in a food
stuff or any other article, its price is
bound to be higher than when there
Is not.
"But I do maintain that an Intelli
gent and energetic man in the office of
Mayor, who puts his heart into it and
throws the full power of his office
into it, can go a very long way in
squeezing the inflation out of artificial
high prices.
Perhaps he cannot stop all the
speculation, but he can stop a big part
of it. And he can make what 13 left a
mighty risky and uncomfortable busi
ness. Artificial Prices Aimed At.
"That is just what I Intend to do as
Mayor of Portland. I will use every
resource of the city government to put
an end to artificial high prices for
foodstuffs, caused by the efforts of
some speculator to make a fortune at
the expense of the housewife.
"That kind of thing has got to stop
and the only way to stop it is to stop
It. We can stop it. As Mayor of Port
land, I will take the initiative in the
work and I will call upon you to help.
And we will stop it.
"I will use the Police Department
end the Health Department. If neces
sary, to combat the high price of food
stuffs. And if the city of Portland
hasn't laws enough now to enable us
to go at this thing as we should go at
it, then we will have some more laws
passed.
"To my mind, we don't need new
laws on the subject so much as we
need the will and the energy and the
Intelligence to tackle the problem and'
tackle it hard.
Food Shortage Exaggerated.
"We all hear a lot of talk these days
about a universal food shortage. Well,
undoubtedly there is a world short
age of food, but it Is not nearly so
acute a shortage in many lines as
some persons- would have us believe.
"You know, and I know, and every
housewife knows that a lot of this
talk about food shortage is being
used merely as an excuse to clamp on
a few more cents to the price. That
Is not a legitimate price Increase. It
is robbing the housewife. That' kind
of business has got to stop when lam
Mayor of Portland.
"I have already made the statement
that if I am elected Mayor and I
fully 4expect to be elected Mayor I
, am not going to hamper my efficiency
by taking personal charge of the Po
lice Bureau, or the Fire Bureau, or
the Health Bureau, or any. other bu
reau or city department.
"I shall turn. the details of super
vising thpse bureaus and departments
over to the- Commissioners and devote
my time as Mayor to supervising and
directing the affairs of the city as a
. whole. I shall hold the Commission
ers . directly responsible for the de
partments under them and In turn I
. shall be responsible to the people for
the conduct of all departments.
Mayor to Be General Manager.
" "Instead of tying myself down to
i an office chair by handicapping my
self with such petty details as disci
plining a policeman or trying to pry
a fireman out of his Job, I shall de
vote my time to the management of
the city as a whole and solving the
big problems that come up. The men
who framed the city, charter intended
that the Mayor should correspond to
the general manager of the city. They
wanted him to be a real Mayor, not a
Commissioner with the title of Mayor.
I propose to be a real Mayor.
"As Mayor I shall give a large part
of my time to such problems as the one
. I have Just discussed of curbing, the
inflated prices of foodstuffs and help
ing the housewife, bringing new -in
dustries to Portland, increasing our
payrolls, adding to the contentment and
prosperity of our wage-earners.
"To my mind, the Mayor of Portland
can, with far greater advantage to the
city, devote his time to the manage
ment of the city as a whole, and the
solution of .vital problems like these,
leaving the routine details to the Com
mlssioners, than by wasting his time
and energy worrying over such details
as minor Infractions of the rules by a
patrolman or fireman."
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
S. Leventhal, of Astoria, is at the
Washington. '
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Palmgren are reg
istered at the Carlton from Stockholm.
Sweden.
O. B. Setters, of Astoria, Or., is reg
istered at the Imperial.
William H. Moeller is registered front
Baker. Or., at the Oregon.
B. G. Cochran, of Salem, Or., is at
the Cornelius..
Henry Akin registered from Sheri
dan, Or., at the Seward.
' Miss Edna M. Henry, of Vancouver,
B. C, is at the Multnomah.
. Mr., and Mrs. O. F. Good pay. of Sea
side, Or., are at the Perkins.
V. Henny has registered at the Mult
nomah from Australia. N. S. W.
" ' R. C. Hillman, a prominent stockman
of Culver, Or, Is at the Perkins.
Samuel W. Johnston, of Seattle, Is at
the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Floan. of Pot
latch. Wash., are at the Seward.
George H. Ivor Is registered at the
Seward from Butte. Mont.
W. G. Carroll, of Brighton, Is at the
Cornelius.
Robert Service, of Baker, Or., la reg
istered at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Rentfrow, of Omaha,
Neb., are at the Oregon, Mr. Rentfrow
is a prominent hotelman of the Ne
braska metropolis.
Charles S. Todd, of Seattle, Is at the
Washington.
W. L. Armstrong, of Detroit, Mich.,
Is at the Carlton.
J. D. Long, of Salem, Or., is at the
Oregon.
K. H. 'Reeves, of Lakeview, Or., Is
registered at the Washington.
R. C. Bacon is registered from As
toria, Or., at the Carlton.
Mrs. O. Paulsen and daughters. Isa
bella, Henrietta and Virginia, have reg
istered at the Imperial from Astoria,
Or.
Mrs. C. Tu. Potter, of Clatskanle, and
Miss H. Keifer, of Springfield, Or., are
registered at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. - J. A.' Brown, of Buck
ley, Wash., aro registered at the Carl
ton. G. iL Sears, of Centralis, Wash., Is
at the Portland.
J. D. Lond, - of- Salem, Or., Is regis
tered at the Oregon.
H. G. Rice, of McMinnvIlle, Or, Is
registered at the Perkins.
Adam Thompson; of San Diego, Cal.,
is registered at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Hinton, of Shan
iko. Or., are registered at the Multno
mah. E. L. Murphy, of Pendleton, Or., Is
at the Perkins.
Mrs. E. Hoffman, of Rainier, Or., is at
the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Roix, of Santa Rosa,
Cal., are registered at the Seward.
J. C. Ernst, of Mount Angel, Or., and
O. W. Ernst, of Seattle. Wash., have
registered at the Seward.
C. G. Knight, of Salem, Or.. Is at
the Perkins.
R. B. Porter, of Spokane, Wash., Is
registered at the Imperial.
R. C. Karberg, of Spokane, Wash.,
is at the Oregon.
Paul C. Golden, of Goldendale, Wash.,
Is registered at the Imperial.
T. E. Gale, of Grants Pass, Or., reg
istered at the Oregon.
'Frank G. Miller, chairman of the Pub
lic Service Commission, registered at
the Imperial from Salem, Or.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Harley, of Astoria,
Or., are registered at the Portland. Mr.
Harley, who is Astoria's Mayor, left for
Seattle last night to confer with the
shipbuilders of the Sound city today.
He will return on a late train.
Sam McMullin, a commercial man of
San Francisco, who has been ill at the
St. Vincent's Hospital, is well enough
to register at the Multnomah. He ex
pects to be here several days before
returning to his California home.
PORT ORFORD IS LOYAL
EVERY MAN OP CONSCRIPTION AGE
TO JOIN COLORS.
One-Third of , Masculine Population
of Nation's Westernmost Town
Already in Army Service.
Every man of conscription ag 21
to 30 in Port Orford, the principal
town In Curry County, already has
enlisted or arranged to enlist In the
Federal service.
Nearly all the boys between the ages
of 16 and 21 and a great many men
over 30 also have enlisted.
Frank B. Tichenor, Representative
in the Legislature from Curry County,
who is visiting In Portland, says that
one-third of the masculine population
of Port Orford already has enlisted.
Mr. Tichenor himself is a veteran of
the Spanish-American war.
Eleven young men will come rrom
Port Orford to Portland this morning
to enter the Army and Navy. They
will be greeted by the Spanish-American
War Veterans, and will be enter
tained at a local theater in the even
ing by George Baker, City Comraia-
ioner. Another group o iu or ia
will arrive tomorrow.
It is significant that none of the
Port Orford applicants has been re
jected on account of physical disquali
fications.
People In Curry County are In
tensely patriotic. While remote from
the ordinary activities of the world,
they are closely in sympathy with the
pulse of the country," says Mr.
Tichenor.
Port Orford is the westernmost town
in the United States proper, and has
population of about 250 persons.
Two New Lysol Products
Giving time -proved protection
contains the famous Lysol
protects the skin from germ
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makes razor and brush antisepticaDy clean, keeps in
fection from cuts and flesh exposed by shaving.
These two new products give the same protection
to your skin that Lysol Antiseptic gives to the Hos
pital, the Doctor, or the Surgeon. They destroy all
disease germs before they can work injury.
No matter how careful you are, your skin is never
free from tiny breaks, scratches, cuts or chapped
places where poisonous germs may enter. -
Before the innumerable, minute wounds heal, they
should be made antiseptically clean germ free to
guard against irritating soreness, blood ' poisoning and
kin diseases which leave permanent blemishes.
Lysol Toilet Soap not only gives this protection, but
is also healing and soothing for the most delicate akin,
leaving it wholesome and sweet. As a shampoo it
cleans the scalp of Dandruff and makes the hair soft
and lustrous. As valuable for baby's bath as for hard
ened and roughened skins.
Lysol Shaving Cream gives a refreshingly cool,
soothing shave with no after-effect of. smarting or skin
Stiffness. But, best of all, it destroys the germs seek
ing entry into the tiny cuts and scratches, and cleanses
the skin for quick, healthy healing. It gives the anti
septic shave.
Ask for these Lysol products at any druggist's, and
for your skin's health accept none other than those
Dealing the signature of Lehn & Fink, sole makers.
CENSUS PLANS MADE
Machinery in Oregon Now Is
in Readiness.
INSTRUCTIONS SENT OUT
Eliglblcs Who May Be Absent From
Their Homes on War Census Day
Are Told How to Register.
General White Busy.
One of the questions most frequently
asked relative to the procedure of tak
ing the war census is how persons who
on the day of the census may register,
are absent from their home precincts
For their convenience the War Depart
ment has provided a special method
whereby they may register by mail.
Five days after publication of the
President's proclamation naming a war
census day. there will be a supply of
registration blanks at the office of the
County Clerk- of every county in the
United States, or at the office of the
Mayor of every city of more than 30,
000 population.
County Clerks Designated.
The County Clerk, or in the case of
cities of more than 30,000. the City
Clerk, is authorized to record the an
swesr of men absent from their home
precincts who apply to him, and to cer
tify to their registration cards. In
Portland, the City Auditor, who corre
sponds to City Clerk of other cities, is
authorized to do this. "
But after. the clerk has made out the
registration card, it'is still -up to the
man for whom it is made out to see
that the card reaches the registrar of
his home precinct by war census day.
He must mail the card to the registrar
of his home precinct, care of the Sher
iff of his home county.
George A. White. Adjutant-General
of the Oregon National Guard, received
from the War Department yesterday a
consignment of 15.000 additional regis
tration cards, and 15,000 registration
certificates. They will be used to sup
ply deficiencies in any of the counties.
General White is determined that all
the machinery for taking the war cen
sus in Oregon shall be in perfect con
dition when the President proclaims
war census day.
The registration certificates are
given by the registrars (war census
marshals) to the men who have been
registered. The certificate is to be
kept and produced on demand at any
time.
- Preparations Are Complete. -
General White has prepared a check
list showing the exact status of the
preparations for taking the war census
in every county of the state. By one
glance at the table, he can see Just how
much has been done, and what remains
to be done before all will be ready for
immediate work on the census.
The War Department regulations al
low eight days after the President's
proclamation for the states to report
their readiness for taking the census,
but Oregon will be ready to take the
census as soon as the date Is named.
General White has accomplished a big
task well in having organized the state
in so short a time for the census.
CENSUS PARADES ARE PliAXXED
Men of Registration Age Are to Have
Places of Honor In Line.
WASHINGTON. May 17 Registra
tion day for service under the war
Army bill will be made the occasion for
patriotic demonstrations all over the
country.
The date soon will be fixed by a proc
lamation of. the President, and Secre
tary Baker, as chairman of the Council
of National Defense, has asked the
state councils of defense to take the
lead, with the assistance of the Cham
ber of Commerce of the United States
and the National Committee of Patri
otic and Defense societies in making it
a memorable occasion.
There will be celebrations in honor
of the men who register, with talks by
Governors and Mayors, all sounding the
note of patriotism. The nines of honor
Antiseptic
Toilet Soap
Antiseptic, and therefore
infection. .
Antiseptic
Shaving Cream
in local parades will ba given to young
men of registration age.
Committees of men and women will
be at every registration booth to pin
an emblem on each man who registers.
This may be a red, white and blue rib
bon or possibly a button bearing the
words:.
"I am registered are you?
Montana Students Buy Bond.
MISSOULA. Mont., May. 17. Deciding
it more patriotic to give money to the
war fund than to spend it on an annual.
me nign scnool seniors will purchase
a liberty loan bond. The interest is to
be donated to some organization in the
hlh school.
Our 60th
Lecture on Gardening
Mr. R. G. Scott, of the Oregon Food
Preparedness Campaign, will deliver a
free lecture on "Gardening" in our Audi
torium today at 4 P. M. Subject of the
talk, "Control of Insect Pests." Be here
promptly at 4.
Auditorium, Sixth Floor.
Here Are a Few of the Extraordinary Offerings in Our
1423d FRIDAY SURPRISE Sales
Women's $17.50 to $22.50 Suits Today at $14.80
A Semi and fancy tailored styles and plain tailored effects. Serge, twill, gabardine and wool poplin in tan, navy, black, gold, green,' etc. 4th Fir.
Men! Perfect Fitting Union Suits at Only 95c
A Fine quality cotton ribbed union suits. Short sleeves, Si or ankle length style. All sizes in white and ecru. Perfect fitting. Main Floor. 5
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k iTicii o rmc kjAiiv lies jl jljljl jlvja jljcll j- 5
d Big wide flowing end silk ties
Men's Bathing Suits Special Today at Only 98c
Attractive looking garments in
Men's Good $3.00 Pants Pair Today
Medium weight worsted in gray with black stripes, black and blue with white 6tripes, browns and fancy mixtures. 30 to 44. Third Floor.
Women's $5.00 Crepe de Chine Waists at $2.95
Crepe de chine waists in white, flesh, tea rose, gold maize, chartreuse, bisque and old rose. All new models. Fourth Floor.
Women's $3.00 to $5.00 Trimmed Hats at $1.75
50 trimmed hats in sailor and close-fitting style. Trimmed in flowers, ribbons and ornaments. Good assortment of colors. Fourth Floor.
Women's 50c to 75c Neckwear Special at 29c
20 styles in the lot. Colored crepe with filet edge and insertion. Round cotton pongee in sports prints. Great variety of shapes. Main Floor.
1000 Pairs Women's Fiber Silk Hose Pair 29c
-Women's fiber silk hose in black, white and a few colors. Mill runs
$ ,5000 Yards Marquisette and Scrim Yard at 12c 0
A great special purchase voiles, scrims and marquisettes. Seconds of the finest quality. Regular values would be 20c to 35c a yard. 7th Fir. p
28c to 36c Hair Bows Each Special Today at 19c 0
Plain and fancy taffeta ribbon in assorted colors, width 4 to 5 inches. A special lot of tied bows in 1 -yard lengths. ' Main Floor.
Boys' $5.00 Palm Beach Overcoats Only $3.85
White Barnsley linen crash with
Splendid PiUow Casefe.
Splendid pillow cases with beautiful drawn work and hemstitched ends.
i 50c to 75c Voile Dress rlouncings Yard at dye J
36-inch white voile flouncing. Worked with heavy floral patterns. A few sports colors. Five yards completes a frock. Main Floor. 4
X 85c to $1.00 Baby Embroidery Yard for 69c
25 inches wide. Ruffle edges. Hemmed and scalloped patterns on sheer, batiste and Swiss. Very dainty designs. Main Floor. 4
Short Lengths of 85c to $1.25 Chiffon Each 69c
Short lengths of nets, chiffons and laces. Flouncing, ed?es, bands and embroidery Va to 14 yards long. Length 69c. Main Floor.
Glass Butter Jar, Two-Pound Roll Size, Each 35c $
6 Sanitary crystal butter jars with glass cover. The most convenient way of keeping a two-pound roll of butter. ' Basement. 4
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UNION PICKET FINED $50
Charles Clarke Judged Guilty of
Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Charles Clarke, a picket on duty at
the Willamette Iron & Steel Works,
was fined $50 In Municipal Court yes
terday for carrying concealed weapons.
W. M. (Pike) Davis, appeared for
Clarke. He intimated that the revolver
found in the patrol wagot when Clarke
was being taken to police headquar
ters had been "planted", in the wagon.
The imputation was strongly denied
American Airfbulance Field Service European War Moving Pictures taken in
France by authorization of the French Government will be shown at Eleventh
Street Theater, May 22 2:30 and 8:15 P. M. Lieutenant George H. Roeder
explains pictures. Auspices Collegiate Alumni Clubs of Portland. Tickets ""fISo1?
Anniversary
Tut QjuaLitV Store- op- Portland
in a broad variety of weaves and patterns plaids, dots, scrolls, brocades,
black with white and black with red
red border. Suitable for all kitchen
White Tailoi
ilor collars, turn-back cuffs, belts and
White Linen Crash
by Lieutenant Jenkins, who has had
serious trouble with Clarke.
George McAnulty pleaded guilty to
carrying concealed weapons. He as
serted that he was unacquainted with
the ordinance forbidding such things.
He is a cowboy.
LIQUOR SENT IN BOXES
Police Intercept "Dry Goods Cases
Consigned to Portland Men.
-Rtrolmm Wellbrook. Miller and
Sales Continue Today!
25c
trimmings. All sizes here today at only
of the regular 50c grade. Three pairs
towels. An extra good value at, yard
Pair Today
Size 45x36 inches. Pair only $1.
Coulter Intercepted two large boxes
yesterday when Joe Eskanac, an ex
pressman, was about to place the
boxes in his storeroom at 231 Sixth,
street.
Investigation showed that the boxes
contained no "dry goods" and "sta
tionery," as indicated on the outside,
but each held a five gallon keg of
whisky.
The boxes were consigned to J.
Rosenthal and Otto Bouden. Eskanac
said he knew nothing of the men nor
that the bcxes contained "booze." The
liquor was shipped from San Francisco.
Read The Orpioninn classified ads.
Our Great Towel Sale
Our great sale of towels made expressly
for the United States Government con
tinues today, Second Floor. Two great lots
Less Than Wholesale I Less Than Wholesale
12V2c
stripes, etc.
Main Floor. 4
98c.
Main Floor.' 4
for $2.19
85c
Main Floor.
Today
15c.
Second Floor. 4
for $1.00
Second Floor.
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