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THE HORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, 3IAT 23, 1917. 3 VEGETABLES AND FRUITS HOT SHORT High Prices Not Justified, Say Officials of Department of Agriculture. FOOD BILL UP IN HOUSE "Lexer Introdnccs- Measure Under Which President Plans to Ap point IT. C. Hoover Director of Food for Station. pends both in the Senate and House in connection with the food bills, and also. but only in the Senate, upon the war taxation bill. Senator Gore, chairman of the Senate agriculture committee. who will have charge of the food production bill to be pressed in the Senate tomorrow, said the committee will resist any effort to attach prohi bition amendments, of which a score are pending, to that bill. To expedite the legislation compris ing steps only for including foodstuff production, the Senate committee hopes to exclude all extraneous amendments. especially those proposing to prohibit manufacture of grain or other food stuffs into intoxicating beverages, or other prohibition proposals. Apparent spread of sentiment in Con gress for some degree of prohibition legislation effective during the war, is causing widespread belief in ultimate enactment of "dry" laws, at least to a limited extent. The Optical Department offers guaranteed eye glass mountings and deep-curved lenses at the very special price of , $5.00 Second floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. &?o. c) Merchandise of cJ Merit Only Pictorial Review Patterns 81x99-inch Mohawk SHEETS, 97c Splendidly heavy seamless sheets, the kind that any housewife is proud to own; and they'll wear and wear and wear too ! Special for today only at 97c No phone orders. Second floor Lipman, Wolfe Sr Co. COTTON MEN AID NATION masxpactchers name: commit tee TO SUPPLY MATERIAL. TTASHINGTON, May 22. High prices for fruits and vegetables cannot be de fended on the ground of a supply short age, in the opinion of the Agricultural Department, which announced today that detailed department figures show a shortage only in old potatoes and strawberries. Shipment of potatoes, onions, toma toes, cabbages, lettuce and celery dur ing the last week, said the announce ment, were at least equal to those a year ago when prices were much lower. Twice as many bushels of new potatoes and tomatoes and nearly seven times as much lettuce as during the corre sponding week last year were handled from the producing fields. Shipments of old potatoes were given as "considerably lighter" than last year and shipments of strawberries "ap proximately one-third less." Cold stor age holdings of creamery butter on May 15 amounted to 6,239,716 pounds, and of eggs 3.259,860 cases. Holdings of butter increased about 67.2 per cent from May 1. WASHIXGTOM, May 22. The second of the Administration's food bills, re vised to create an emergency agency to control under the President's direc tion distribution and sale of the neces saries of life, was introduced in the House today by Chairman Lever of the agriculture committee. The first bill aims at stimulation of production and calls for a general survey of the coun try's food resources. The regulatory measure was re drawn after President Wilson had held a series of conferences with Herbert C. Hoover, who is to be food admin istrator under the bill and with Secre tary Houston and members of the ag riculture committees of both houses. It places the widest powers of - con trol over necessaries of all. kinds, in cluding price fixing, in the hands of the executive. Consideration of the food measures Will be hurried as much as possible in Congress. The Senate will take up the first bill tomorrow. The House will take up the food question as soon as the revenue bill is out of the way. The legislation as now proposed by the Administration. Mr. Hoover thinks, will meet the food problems. He issued the statement tonight regarding the second bill: Bill Moderate. Says Hoover. "The bill covers very ably and in telligently the powers necessary for the President to possess in order to set up a compentent food administration. These powers, combined with the power proposed, in-, other legislation, should make it possible to eliminate hoarding, speculation and waste in distribution. They are more moderate than those possessed by the various Kuropean food ministers, but with the good will and co-operation of the dis tributing trade should make success possible without in any manner being burdensome upon legitimate trade." The measure classes specifically as necessaries foods, feeds, shoes, cloth ing and fuel. Briefly, the measure would do these things: Declare the production, manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of neces saries to be affected with a public in terest. Make it unlawful to commit or per mit preventable waste or deterioration of necessaries; to restrict supply or distribution or to enhance prices to excessive levels. Authorize the President to establish standards and grades of foods; toestab. lish their quality and value. Hoarding Is Barred. Authorize licensing' of manufactur ing, storage and distribution of foods to prevent uneconomical manufacture or inequitable distribution; empower the President to order disposition of lioaTded stocks. Authorize the President to prevent hoarding, monopolization or the exac tion of excessive profits, by having the Government either manufacture or deal In necessaries; authorize the taking over of factories or plants for Govern ment operation if neeessary to provide proper distribution at fair prices. Authorize the President to prescribe rules for the conduct of exchanges and boards of trade or to prohibit entirely their operations if in the public in terest. Minimum Prices Allowed. Authorize the fixing of minimum prices to the producer to stimulate pro duction; authorize import duties if im portations threaten operation of guar anteed minimum prices; authorize pur chase by the American Government at the prescribed minimum prices of sup plies for the allies or for the United States. Establishment by the President of maximum prices to break food corners or to prevent hoarding and specula tion. Authorize the changing of milling grades or the mixing of grains in mak ing flour. Authorize the President to prescribe restrictions on the use of foodstuffs in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors. xne measure is oasea on the war powers of Congress and operates throughout the country irrespective of state lines. Liquor prohibition legislation im ForIkb Secretary Balfoor Addrenca Convention, Saying America's Pres ence in War Inevitable. "WASHINGTON-, May 22. American cotton manufacturers, gathered here today to appoint & war committee for co-operation with the Government, were addressed by Foreign Secretary Balfour, head of the British war mis sion, who told them that adhesion of the United States to the allied cause made it absolutely certain that mili tary autocracy would not be able to cast all nations of the earth into the same mold. Mr. Balfour, introduced by Secretary Daniels, was given an enthusiastic wel come. "None of us suspected when this great war started," he said, "that the United States, thousands of miles away, would be drawn into it. And yet I think, in looking back, that the logic of events was irresistible. Prom the beginning there has been but one choice, and that choice inevitable. The United States has not hesitated to take it, and now that she has taken it, she will not withdraw, I am confident, until the objects sought are attained. "Only the historian of the far future will be able to see all the causes and all the cross-currents of this monster struggle. We here today cannot project our gaze sufficiently to envisage it all." The manufacturers will undertake to see that all cotton needs of the Gov ernment are promptly and economically supplied. 50 GALLONS DAY'S FIND Silk and V7 weve assem white bled a remarkable lot of serge dresses at $14.85 DEPUTIES CONTINUE TO DISCOVER WHISKY TRUNKS. Railroad Man Says Pnllman Porters Returning; From California Are Do ing; Wnoleaale Liquor Business. Another drive on the bootlegging business by Deputy Sheriffs yesterday resulted in uncovering five trunks filled with whisky. A total of 50 gal lons of liquor was confiscated during the day. A novel method of attempting to beat the liquor laws was nipped in the bud when a typewriter case containing a five-gallon jug of whisky was taken from a check stand at 52 North Second street, where it had been consigned to an unknown person. The ower of the liquor evidetly became aware that the authorities knew of its existence, as he failed to call for it. According to a special agent for the Southern Pacific, who was in Sheriff Hurlburt's office yesterday, the colored porters on trains operating between California and Oregon are doing a wholesale business in whisky. Their latest method of beating the law is to put the liquor in suitcases and hide them under the seats. They then notify their customers in advance that the liquor is en route and the cus tomer then goes on board the train picks up the suitcase and walks out with his cargo. The special agent said that thirsty individuals living in Portland some times went to Oregon City, where they boarded a through train from Califor nia, got their suitcases with whisky and then got off at Portland as though they were returning from a trip. i A sensational sale of Untrimmed hat shapes For today only They're such frocks as you'll delight in, because they have so many uses! They are taffetas, pongees, crepe de chine. Georgette, and the very fashionable white serges. Vou'H be amazed at their style and quality, too, jpr they're such frocks as you'd usually pay a-plenty more fori Third floor Lipman, IVolfe & Co. $ 1 .0.0 Half price and in many cases they're but a third of what they were made to sell for! They're all new shapes of Milan hemp, the very hats that are most in demand right now. - They'll go in a hurry at this low price, so don't put off buying too long. Third floor Lipman. IVolfe 6r Co. Silk chiffon cloth, 79c yd. -40 and 42 inches wide! It's such a remarkable sale that there's sure to be a crowd here early in the morning! Many colors to choose from. Mallinson's Georgette crepe, $1.48 yard 40 inches wide. All in lovely designs and colors. Second floor Lipman, IVolfe & Co. Sale of 300 Boys' WASH SUITS for Wednesday only at 95c These suits are so very exceptional that in order to make the distribution as broad as possible we will limit the sale to four to a customer. No phone orders will be accepted and none will be sent C. O. D. or on approval. There are a number of pretty styles, in both plain and fancy wash fabrics, Sizes 3 to 8 years! fourth floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. The girls' store 4th floor offers Junior SUITS at $21.95 They're suits that have been marked at much more than half again this price, but we've decided that they must go, and right speedily. And they're sure to vanish when girls and small women see how very special and how very stunning they are! Fourth floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Wednesday only! 40 -in. crepe de chine It's silk that we've been selling usually at considerably more than $1.79. And the fact that we've reduced it for one day's selling will cause thrifty folk to come hurrying in to buy as much as they can use! More than 20 shades to choose from! Second floor Lipman, Wolfe Sr Co. mm $1.79 Hand embroidered and smocked " NIGHT GOWNS 98c They're of pink batiste, figured crepe and mull, in such a riot of smocking, dainty flower sprays, lace and hemstitching that it's going to be hard, indeed, to choose which is the prettiest. , - Envelope chemise. 98c Some are made to match the gowns, as the set's the thing, even in lingerie. But all of them are lovely, and at 98c they're wonderful ! y Fourth floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. For Wednesday only we offer L'estelle front laced corsets $1.69 This is a very special price for these splendid pink or white coutil Corsets, designed for medium, medium heavy and slender figures. A number of styles, some with ventilated back. Fourth floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. A sale of JUNIOR COATS $4.95 Juniors and small women will be. glad to hear that such remarkable coats as these can be bought for so little as $4.95. They're made of Shepherd checks and block checks, in full and short length, all full flare styles, belted and pocketed. They're amazing values for $4.95. 4th floor Lipmdn, Wolfe & Co. Wednesday only stamped ENVELOPE PILLOW CASES $1.98 pair ; Of 68 per cent linen. 3 1-3 yards to each pair. Just figure for yourself whether you could buy the material all unstamped for $1.98! The patterns ' are delightfully effective ones lhat you'll love to work. This sale is for one day only. Fifth floor Lipman, IVolfe cr Co. Special Ladder stools 69c This is a remarkably low price for these folding ladder stools, firmly built, that serve the double purpose of stool and ladder. Fifth floor r-Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Sale of pretty Neckwear at 75c Almost half of the former price was taken off, and when we tell you that they are the very pieces that so many women like best you'll come hurrying for yours. Main floor Lipman, W olfe & Co. ILLEGAL REBATES CHARGED Indictments Returned Against Com mission Men and Agents. SAN FRANCISCO. May 22. Indict ments were returned here late today against Peter N. Berg, claims agent; Richard L. Stevens, local commission merchant, and the Moran Company, packers, charging conspiracy to de fraud, in connection with rebates on freight shipments. Harry W. Adams, manager of the California Fruit Dis tributors, was indicted on a similar charge Saturday. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion charged that the accused attempt ed to obtain from the railroads much larger sums than was actually due on freight alleged to have been damaged in transit. Other indictments are expected to follow. MEDICINES, LIKE MEN, HAVE CHARACTER From their fine outward appearance mrougn me various elements of sirengm mai go to mane up the stand ing of a remedy. Including the final and absolute test does it "make rood"? does it cure? Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Pills conclusively prove every day that they are medicines of the uinesc cnaracier. Hood's Sarsaparilla originated in physician's successful prescription. x-epuron iius, named from pepsin and iron, include nux and other tonics. For scrofula, eczema, humors, boils, pimples and other eruptions for loan of appetite, indigestion and dyspepsia for kidney and liver troubles for loss of appetite, that tired feeling for brain fag, nerve exhaustion, anemia ana poor, inin Dlooa Hood s Sarsapa rilla and Peptiron Pills r ake the ideal luumn lucuicine, in o lormer Defore meals, the latter alter. STATE'S RIGHT MAINTAINED Li. E. Bean Declares Court's Ruling on Tax Bill Not End of Case. EUGENE. Or., May 22. (Special.) L. E. Bean, author of the Bean bill providing for the placing of the Oregon & California Railroad grant lands on the assessment rolls, declared today by the Supreme Court to have been ille gally passed, said tonight that the ac tion of the court in ruling the question from the ballot does not settle the question of the state's right to tax the land. "This don't settle the question," Mr. Bean declared. "They have taken away from the people by sheer technicality the right to decide whether this land should be placed on the assessment ' rolls, but they have only stayed the day when this matter will be finally settled. GOAL MEN WARNED Trade Commisison Threatens to Force Prices Down. INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY Action Is to Be Taken Unless Pro ducers and Dealers Do Not Ad here to Their Promises to Reduce Anthracite Cost. vania, and Gale A. Polndexter, of Wash ington state. They bring the total of the class to 181. . NINE ON BOARD IS URGED Senate Passes Bill, With Provislo, Increasing Commission. WASHINGTON, May 22. The bill to increase the membership of the Inter state Commerce Commission from seven to nine members and allowing them to divide into sections for the expediting of business was passed today in the Senate with an amendment by Senator Smith, of Georgia, providing that the whole Commission must give a hearing and confirm freight rate increases be fore they become effective. A similar bill is pending in the House. MEXICO SENDS NOTE Protest Against Submarine Warfare Is Reported. ENVOY IS AT- ROTTERDAM Count Tarnowskl and Admiral nintze Have' Uneventful Trip. ROTTERDAM. ,via London. May 22. Count Tarnowskl von Tarnow has ar rived here after an uneventful voyage from the United States. Count Tarnow skl, whose Ambassadorship to Wash ington ended before it began, will leave for Vienna on a special train tomor row. At the same time his fellow pas senger. Admiral Paul von Hintze, dis missed German Minister to Pekin, will entrain for Berlin. None of the party had any complaint to make in regard to the examination of the ship by the British authorities at Halifax. WASHINGTON. May 22. weasurei to force down anthracite coal prices will be taken, the Federal Trade Commis sion announced today, if producers and dealers do not ahere to their recent promises to cease extortionate prac tice. The Commission issued this state ment on the subject: "In its interim report of May 4 to the United States Senate the Federal Trade Commission promised that its utmost efforts would be used to assure fair distribution and fair prices of an thracite coal. "The Commission has Bent agents into different parts of the country who will observe closely throughout the an thracite trade the operation of plans , formulated at recent conferences of the Commission with operators, Jobbers and representative retailers for bringing down prices to moderate levels and keeping them there. "These field agents wil 1 report promptly to the Commission for ap propriate action any renewal of the in tolerable abuses that marked the ac tivities of certain elements of the trade during recent months. "The idependent operators have real ized that the situation calls for public spirited action on their part and it is expected that they will reduce their present prices to moderate levels for the season and co-operate in every way with the Commission." . U. S. SOCIALISTS NAMED Delegation to Stockholm Conference to Go Uninstructed. CHICAGO, May 22. Morris Hillquit. New York; Victor L- Berger, Milwaukee, and Algernon Lee, New York, will rep resent the American Socialist party as delegates to the conference at Stock holm, Sweden. Announcement of the selection of the three delegates was made today by the National executive committee of the So cialist party. The delegates will be uninstructed. Gale Poindexter to Get Diploma. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. May 22. Unable to take their final examinations with their classmates graduated March 29, two members of the 1917 class of the Naval Academy were given a special examina tion and will receive their diplomas. They are Lawrence Harvey, of Pennsyl- - Barges Ordered Into Service. ST. LOUIS May 22. Orders that all Government barges and steamers on the Mississippi River be placed in immedi ate commercial service have been re ceived by Colonel C. McD. Townsend Engineers' Corps. U. S. A. The order was issued to relieve freight conges tion. Twelve barges and two steamers will go into commercial service. Airmen Attack Russian City. PETROGRAD. via London. May 22. A German airplane has dropped bombs on the railroad station at Kishinev, capital of the province of Bessarabia. A soldier and two children were killed and five workmen injured. Governor Vetoes Liquor Bill. MADISON, Wis., May 23. Governor Philipo vetoed the Evjue bill for a statewide referendum for the liquor question for next April, today. Read The Oregonian classified ads. U. S. NOT TO URGE ENTRY Country Would Be Unable to Give Effective Aid to Either Side In War, Admits General Alvaro Obregon, ex-Minister. AMSTERDAM, via London, May 22. A Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that the Mexi can Minister to Germany is reported to have handed a note to the German government protesting against the sub marine campaign. The report followed a prolonged conference between the Mexican Minister and Foreign Secre tary Zimmerman on Monday. MEXICO CITY. Monday. May 21. It was indicated here today that a thor ough understanding existed among government officials that the United States had not and would 'not exercise pressure to force Mexico to take sides in the war. General Alvaro Obregon. who re cently resigned as Minister of War, ex plained today the reasons which prompted Mexico to endeavor to main tain absolute neutrality in the war. At a farewell dinner before his depart- uure tomorrow for Sonora, he said Mexico's self-respect called for this policy. Hven if Mexico joined the war. he said, she could give no effective aid. General Obregon indicated that ben efits which mights accrue to Mexico from a declaration for one side or the other were appreciated clearly, but said it did not seem to him to be compatible with the dignity of the na tion to accept such benefits when all that Mexico could give in return was, aa he expressed it. "our regards." After visiting his home in . Sonora. General Obregon will go to Washing ton and New York. Dyke, former American Minister to The Netherlands, arrived I. ere today from England. Dr. Van Dyke resigned his position in the diplomatic service last lecember and since has been in Eng land and France. violated the election laws here at the election last November. This action serves to throw the case out of court without trial. LIFEBOATS FIRED UPON Survivors of Two 'Sinkings Slake Similar Reports of Incidents. LONDON, May 22. Thirteen surviv ors from the Norwegian steamship Madura have reached land. Their ves sel was shelled and sunk by a German submarine. Two men were killed by shell fire and seven were wounded. The survivors report that the submarine gave no warning and fired on the men as they were lowering the boats. Twenty-three survivors, including the captain's wife, from the. Russian ship Lynton, 2351 tons gross, have reached land. They say their ship was sunk by a German submarine without warn ing and that they were shelled while getting into the boats. BOND OPPOSITION WEAK Grangers Indignant at Resolution by Hood River Pomona. HOOD RIVER, Or, May 22. (Spe cial.) Despite the fact that the Hood River County Pomona Grange has dis seminated the news that it has of ficially adopted a resolution in op position to the 16.000,000 road bonding act. men who have taken a canvass of the five community granges of this county declare that less than 5 per cent of the S0O members will vote against the issue. Local grangers have expressed an in tense indignation at the action of the Pomona Grange in adopting the resolution. Ex-Minister Van Dyke Home. NEW YORK, May 22. Dr. Henry Van Case Thrown Out of Court. CINCINNATI. May 22 United States District Judge Holltster today sus tained the demurrers to the indictments which charged 99 men as those having Hungarian Strike on Since May 1. STOCHOLM. May 22. via London. According to information received here from c Hungarian source a strike has been continuously in progress in all the Budapest munition factories since May 1. 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