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9 THE 3IORXING OREGOXIAJT, WEDN CSDAT, JUNE 20, 1917. SENATORS ARGUE 4 HOURS WITH HOOVER Food Administrator Insists Control Measure Is Needed to Protect Public. I.OW BRITISH COST CITED Flour Is Twice aa Klpensive) in America Quizzing by Opponents to Be Renewed Friday Foes In House Lose Strength, fConMno4 Prom TMmt Pa.) the allies but for ourselves," Mr. Hoover replied. "Even If we had not gotten into the war, we would have been up against this tremendous de mand from Europe and probably driven to some legislation to protect our own people." ir. Hoover expressly disclaimed au thorship, personal interest or respon sibility for the bill's provisions extend ing to fuels, declaring he was only interested in food. The provisions for commandeering factories, mines and other plants, he added, would not be necessary in ad ministering food questions. Senator Reed referred to a section which he contended would permit the Government to take from cribs and bins grain stored there in excess of the amount actually needed by the farmer and asked Mr. Hoover's opinion regarding- the enforcement. "As far as I am concerned, I would not attempt to execute It as far as the present situation appears," replied Mr. Hoover. One Amendment Acceptable Senator Gore asked Mr. Hoover If he "would deny to the farmer the right to judge the amount of crops he should grow. "If the Government guaranteed a inlnimum price," Mr. Hoover replied, " we might not get the beneficial re sult for the farmer unless we also have the power to limit imports." Mr. Hoover said "possibly" the bill should be amended to give farmers the right to- determine their own produc tion. "We don't propose to go to the extent of fixing consumers' rations," Mr. Hoover added, "except as to hotels, restaurants, etc., regarding the amount of bread portions to be served and the like. England did a. foolish thing in trying to fix maximum, prices, a failure Wherever tried." "Do you contend that under the bill you can say to Senator '. Reed, for in stance, that he shall eat . a . soup bone or a steak on .certain days," asked Senator Kenyon. . - "I don't think we have any such right nor should we have it," air. Hoover replied emphatically. "But we should have the right to suggest the use of a soup bone a day and see if we can reach any agreement volun tarily." I,w Keedlem, Says Mr. Reed. " Senator Reed insisted that legisla tion is not needed to effect such volun. tary arrangements, -but Mr. Hoover said a law should -authorize he food ad ministration to that end. - Mr. Hoover said with all wheat im ported, bread prices In Belgm were 60 per cent less than In New York City, yhile those in England and France are SO to 40 per cent lower with producers realizing the same prices. "We have now a high cost of living," ho continued, "beyond the abilities of certain sections of the population to withstand and to secure proper nour ishment from the wage levels. Unless we can ameliorate this condition and unless we can prevent further ad vances in price we must confront fur ther an entire rearrangement of the wage level with all the hardships and social disturbances which necessarily follow. We shall in this turmoil ex perience large loss in National effi clenoy at a time when we can least afford to lose the energies of a single man. Self-Dental Is Purpose. "We propose to mobilize a spirit of self-denial and self-sacrifice in this country in order that we may reduce National waste. If democracy is worth anything, we can do these things by co-operation. If it cannot be done. It is better that we accept German domina tion and confess the failure of our po litical Ideals. "Wo have no hope of complete suc cess, but we have hope that we shall succeed so far as to enable this coun try and the allies to remain constant in this wa r." . ' Mr. Hoover denied that the millers have been the ffTeculators in the grain market and said that what action they might have taken in that regard was purely for self-preservation. Mr. Hoover warned against legisla tion to prevent dealing In futures. "If you pass legislation of this kind you might demoralise the trade of the country," he said. Future Shortage Is Question. "The real question." he said in a pre pared statement preliminary to Sena torial questioning, "is whether the shortage will continue next year and what will be the requirements of the allies and America. Despite the reduced consumption of the allies they will re quire a larger amount of cereals next year than ever before. The allies are more isolated In food sources. It takes three times the tonnage and double the trouble to get Australian wheat. Crop failures in the Argentine give no hope of relief from there before next Spring. ine aiues are dependent upon North America for the vast majorltr of their food imports. We should be able to supply so per cent of what thev re quire. The other 40 per cent must be made up by further denial on their part ana saving on ours. "We can Increase our surplus. The It Works! Try It Tells how to loosen a sore, tender cern so It lifts out without pain. Good news spreads rapidly and drug gists here are kept busy dispensing frcezone, the ether discovery of a Cin cinnati man, which is said to loosen any corn so It lifts out with the fingers. Ask at any pharmacy for a quarter ounce of freezone, which will cost very little, but is said to be sufficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You apply Just a few drops on the tender, aching corn and instantly tle torenees is relieved, and soon the corn li so shriveled that it lifts out without- pain. It is a sticky substance which dries when spptied and never inflames or even irritates the adjoin ing tissue. This discovery will prevent thou sands of deaths annually from lockjaw and infoetion heretofore resulting from . the suicidal habit of cutting corns. Adr, situation for them next year means increased privation. Without an ade quate food supply no European popula tion will continue to fight and we shall find ourselves alone against Germany. Specalatlea la Rampant. The Russian revolution was a food riot, and even yet that ally is tem porarily paralyzed. Responsibility rests on our Government for failure of de mocracy through a shortage of food." Turning to domestic conditions Mr. Hoover said this country had been ex periencing "unprecedented prices and rampant speculation, citing how mid dlemen and all other persons in the distribution processes have been pur chasing Increasing supplies to avert in dividual shortages. Mr. Hoover cited the canning .trade as an example where the entire out put of vegetables and fish for 1917 has been disposed of already before it has even reached the canners. He pre dicted further high prices. Thousands of men. he said, who heretofore have never owned a dollar's worth of food stuffs are now speculating in necessi ties. "The average prices to the consumers in countries where food administra tion is now in effect are lower than those now prevailing in the United States," he said. Bread Lower la EbrUihL "In England the price of bread la even 25 per cent below the price we pay. I believe that unless some ad ministration of our food is taken we will look back at these prices as being moderate. "Provisions for the Government to buy and sell commodities will be neces sary for use only as to a very few prime commodities. The aim is to stabilize prices and thus eliminate speculation. The balance wheel for stabilizing prices Is gone. We need an artificial balance wheel. By setting up a wheat commisson wa can buy wheat, regulate its storage and trans portation and handle it until exported or sold in this country. If we do not do this wheat prices may relapse on ac count of our not being able to store and carry it. with speculators securing the sole benefit and farmers bearing the loss. "We can contract tomorrow with the allies for a certain return for every bushel of wheat we can sell. By con trolling prices at interior terminals we can assure millers their supplies and simplify transportation. Reduction Is Forecast. "We feel confident consumers' prices of sugar and flour will be reduced as well as others through our co-operation with leaders of other trades. "We must have power to license grain elevators so that they may play their part In the team work of the Government." VIENNA CABINET RESIGNS POLISH OPPOSITION TO WAR BUD GET CAUSES CRISIS. Defection Declared Sufficient to Tnm Scales Against Government Antl German Kingdom Desired. BASEL, Switzerland, via Paris, June 13. A Vienna dispatch says that the Austrian Cabinet has resigned. ZURICH, . via Paris, June. 19 The Polish Deputy Daszlnskl declared in the Vienna Reichsrath that more than 30,000 Poles have been hanged by or der of the German authorities, accord ing to the Vienna Arbeiter Zeltung. Pan-Germaniat Deputy Heine shouted: "They have not used the rope enough. All - of them ought to' have been hanged." - -At these- words all of the Slay and Polish members rushed upon Heine, and the President was obliges to suspend the sitting in the midst of a tremen dous uproar. . COPENHAGEN, via London, June 19. The revolt of the Poles in the Austrian Parliament is declared by the Vienna correapendent of the Vossische Zeitung as having produced a Cabinet crisis. The Vossische Zeitung correspod.nt, however, -points out that the defection of the Poles in Parliament Is sufficient to turn the scales against the gov ernment. The Poles Indicated the se riousness of their Intentions by a de cision to vote against the budget, being the first Parliamentary group In any belligerent country aside from a hand ful of extreme Socialists in refusing to vote a war credit. The Polish aspirations aim at prac tically an independent kingdom openly on an anti-German basis. SENATE HONORS MIRY OREGOS MEMBER GETS ASSIGN MENTS EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD. Varlons Colleagues Resign in Favor of New Lawmaker and Another Piaea Set for December Session. ORE GONIAL NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton, June 19. Senator McNary, by resolution of the Senate, has been as signed to membership on the following committees: Publlo lands, Indian af fairs, Philippines, Irrigation of arid lands, public health, Paclflo railroads, manufactures and expenditures in the Department of Commerce. He also has been assured that in December he will be made a member of the committee on agriculture. These assignments are extraerdi narlly good for a new Senator, and peculiarly so considering benator Mc Nary entered the Senate In the midst of a session. An additional plaee was created for him on the publlo lands committee by resolution of the Senate and various Senators resigned in his favor from the other committees named. The quality of Senator McNary's as signments is indication of a desire on the part of the Republican Senate membership to hold the Oregon sena- torshlp at the next election. DEATH OF GIRL PROBED ADOPTED ORPHAN FOCSD DISMEM BERED IN FIRE BllSiS, Nebraska State Officials Take Up In. veatigatiea en Bases n Keellna, Wy LINCOLN, Neb., June 19. The State Board of Control, In charge of the Ne braska Home tor uepenueni iniiaren and other state institutions, today or dered an- investigation into the death of Tressie McCro&siu, the 17-year-old ward of the state, recently reported burned to death on the ranch of Mary Harlan. Keeline, Wyo. Information reaching the board Indi cates the dismembered and decapitated body of the girl was found in the ruins of the burned ranch house. Tressie McCrossin was adopted by Mrs. Harlan and was known as Irene. She lived with Mrs. Harlan and the lat ter 8 brother, a man named Donahue, who la 65 years old. WASHINGTON OPENS ARMS 10 RUSSIANS Throngs, Cheering Mission as it Passes Through Streets, Give Great Welcome. BUSINESS BEGINS TODAY Party to Be Received by President and Department Officials and Message From New Govern- . ment Will Be Delivered. WASHINGTON7, June 19. Washington received the Russian diplomatic mis sion headed by Ambassador Boris Bakhmetleff today with warmth and enthusiasm. Greeted by Secretary Lansing and other officials and escorted through streets lined with cheering people and bonktng automobiles, the mission re ceived a welcome expressive of this country's response to the mighty dem ocratic upheaval In Russia. Having rested during the afternoon from their five oveeks' trip, the visitors dined quietly tonight at the home placed at their disposal. Tomorrow they will pay their re spects to Secretary Lansing and go with him to the White House to be received by President Wilson and to present a message from the new Rus sian government. Lieutenant-General Roop will convey the greetings of the Russian army to Secretary of War Baker. The following are members of the special embassay in order of their rank: Ambassador Boris A. Bakhmetieff and wife, Lieutenant-General Roop, repre sentative of the Russian army; Profes sor Lominosoff, member of the council of engineers and representative of the Ministry: Professor Borodine, represen tative of the Ministry of Agriculture; M. Novltsky. representative of the Min istry of Finance. WOMAN AUT0IST ARRESTED Reckless Dri-viug Charged When Car Runs Into Theater Entrance. Mrs. Nellie Smith was arrested on a charge of reckless driving last night by Patrolmen Helms and Maxwell after her automobile had run into the en trance of the American Theater, First and Main streets. Mrs. Smith sustained a -broken nose In the accident, and T. R. Alder, a laborer, sustained a scalp wound. He was standing near the theater and was knocked down by the machine. The automobile was so firm ly wedged in the theater entrance that several men were needed to back It out by hand. W. A. Wright was arrested by Pa trolman Myers at Twelfth street and Hawthorne avenue and charged with driving an auto while Intoxicated. GERMAN TITLES BANNED Ivinj; George Asks Subjects to Adopt English Surnames. LONDON, June 19. The following of ficial announcement was made today: 'The King has deemed It desirable In the conditions brought about by the war that those princes of his family who are subjects and bear German names and titles should relinquish these titles and henceforth adopt Brit ish surnames. 'At the same time and consequent upon his decision the King has been pleased to confer peerages of the United Kingdom on the following: The Duke of Teck, marquis; Prince Alex ander of Teck. earl; Prince Louis of Battenberg, marquis: Prince Alexander of Battenberg, marquis." DEATH HALTS HONEYMOON Sister of John Xoble, Killed In Spo kane, Is 6n Wedding; Trip. OREGON CITT, Or.. June 19. (Spe cial.) A sister's honeymoon In Cali fornia was out short yesterday by news of the death of John Noble, fol lowing an accident Saturday when he was run over by a train In the Spo kane yards. Mrs. Jehu Stahl. of Fresno, the sister. Is a recent bride and was on her honeymoon trip. Mr. Noble was the son of an ex- county assessor, waa a member ef the Oddfellows, and was born and reared In Oregon City. The body was sent to Portland for burial. His wife In Spokane, his mother in Fresno, a brother, J. j, iweole, Oregon City; two sisters, Mrs, Stahl, Fresno, and Mrs. W. K, Glen, Spokane, survive. Klamath Kails Honda Invitation. SALEM. Or., Juno 19 (Spealal.) W. H. Mason, of Klamath Falls, chairman of the committee having charge of the celebration over the turning ef the first dirt for the new Strahorn railroad into Central Oregon, has sent through Sec retary of State Olcott a general invi tation to all employes in the State Cap itol building to attend the celebration, July 8 and , Lewis County Farm Home Barns, CHEHAUS, Wash., June IS. fSpe cial.) T, J. Longs' farmhouse on his place, 19 miles southwest of here burned today, entailing a loss of S 1500, partially covered by insurance. Sparks on moss on the reof caused the blaze. Half ef the orchard was destroyed. T. W. Long, son of T. J., occupied the place. Intoxicants Are Defined. WASHINGTON, June 19. Any drink containing alcohol was defined by the AN EASY WAY TO GET RID OF WIND AND SUNBURN rjTHOSB who pnjoy outdoor pursuits J. yet dread the effect of sun and wind burn, a tanned face, arms and neck, the soreness and discomfort, will be glad to know of a simple, easy home method of treating these trou bles that removes all evidence of ex posure and keeps the skin soft, clear, white and free of discomforts that usually attend on such experiences. This is a lotion called Santlseptic, which can be procured at most drug Postoffice Department today as intox icating liquor within tl:e meaning of the law forbidding mailing of liquor advertisements into dry territory after July 1. Meythl, wood and denatured alcohol are excepted. The department ruled also that the prohibition against advertisement applies to liquor for sci entific, sacramental, medicinal and me chanical purposes. SUICIDE ATTEMPT MADE J. M. Kcele Drinks Carbolic Acid in Home of Divorced Wife. J. M. Keele. a laborer, attempted to conftnlt suicide early last night by drinking carbolic acid at the home of his divorced wife. S903 Nlnty-fifth street Southeast. Patrolman Simpson reported that Keele had threatened to kill himself in the same manner on June 9. He was treated by Dr. J. H. McSloy and taken to St. Vincent's Hos pital by the Ambulance Service Com pany The police say that Keele, who Is the father of five children, baa been trying to persuade his ex-wife to re turn to him. He went into the house last night, and threatened to drink poison. The family ran to call the police, and found him unconscious on the floor when they returned. DEFECTIVE LIGHTING FOUND Volunteer Medical Inspection at Eu gene Discloses Eye-Strain. EUGENE. Or, June 19. (Special.) A system of volunteer medical Inspection in the Eugene schools. In which all physicians who are members of the Lane County Medical Association give their services free, has disclosed that the eyesight of children attending the Patterson grade school has been im paired by the lighting arrangement in the building, according to a report made tjy city Superintendent of Schools W. R. Rutherford at the annual meeting of the school district patrons yesterday. He recommended an immediate change in the lighting system. L. L. Goodrich, cashier of the First National Bank,- and Dr. Grant 8. Beardsley were elected School Directors at the annual meeting held yeaterday. FIRE CHEATS RED CROSS Meeting at Halfway Breaks Up When Audience Fights Blaze. BAKER. Or., June 19. (Special.) Halfway residents ran from a Red Cross meeting to aid their neighbor in his attempt to save his home- from flames, but without avail. John L. Rand, W. H. Strayer and Judge Gustav Anderson, of Baker had just concluded their appeal for Red Cross contribu tions when the alarm was sounded and all went to fight flames that were licking up the home of Ernest Evans. The blaze had such a start that other houses' were threatened and the crowd could only prevent the spread of the flames. The loss is estimated at 13000. TALKING COSTS $1500 Woman, Falsely Arrested for Theft of Cow, Wins Verdict. It cost J. S. Hawks, a rancher of the Gresham country, just $1500 to ac cuse Minnie Young of the theft of his cow. A Jury sitting before Circuit Judge Phelps yesterday returned a ver dict awarding the plaintiff this amount She brought suit for false arrest. The plaintiff averred that Hawks had her placed- under arrest last Octo ber on a charge of stealing a cow and a calf from him. He signed a Justice court complaint charging her with the theft and later had the' charge dis missed.' NEW DIRECTORS NAMED G. M. Ttice and M. Fricdly New Mem bers of Pendleton School Board. - PENDLETON, Or, June 19. (Spe cial.). M. Rice, vice-president or the First National Bank, and Manuel Frledly. real estate man, are the two members of the School Board elected yesterday. Mr. nice first declined the place, but at the last minute consented to be a candidate and had the com plete backing of the business men. Te vote was by far the largest ever polled here, more than 1000 votes being cast. The result was: G. M. Rice. 787; Manuel Frledly, 7: Mrs. Ella P. Terpening,. 979; James S. Johns. 168; budget, yet 300, no 69. Kansas Allows Big Bond Issue. TOPEKA. Kan-, June 19. The State Utilities Commission today granted the Chicago, Rock Island &. I'acIIlo Railway Company permission to Issue (12,500,01)0 In bonds for the purpose of retiring, redeeming and refunding a like amount of bonds at par value of the Chicago, Itock Island & Paoifto Railroad Com pany, dated May 1, 17T, and due May 1, 1917, which have been assumed by the company, ' ' I Mall Clerk Sentenced, SACRAMENTO. Cal., June 19, Elton Hocker, railway mail clerk formerly on the Southern Pacifio run between San Francisco and Ashland, Or., was sentenced today by Judge van Fleet to serve four years ei MciNeills island. He was convicted on eight counts charging rifling of the mails aiyi is said to . have secured thousands af dollars, "Buffalo Bill's" Friend Diea, Too, NEWARK, fl, J., June 18. Colonel John S. Bell, former chief of the Fed eral Secret Service Bureau In Wash ington, and once chief of police of Newark, died here today. The recent death of Colonel William . Cody. "Buffalo Bill," with whom Colonel Bell had been associated in business and on the plains, had depressed him, according to frienda Canada Sanies Food Controller. OTTAWA. Ont.. June 1. W. J. Han- ua has been aosointed food controller for Canada, Jt was announced in the House today by Premier Borden. stores for 60 cents, or 2 5 cents, stamps or coin, sent direct to the manu facturers. The Ksbencott Laborato ries, at Portland, Or.', will secure, postpaid. " a large-sized introductory bottle. Pantiseptic is a truly remark able remedy for all kinds of skin troubles. It Is equally effective for sallow skin, for freckles, pimples, acne, poison oak and ivy, spots and discolorations, giving the skin an ex Qulsitev flar whiteness -and - healthful coloring. Delightful after shaving. JLGATE'S FEW SOCIALISTS GATHER three: from America arrive at stockholm. Dolevatea Dvrlar for Na Separate Peaer, Saying This Is Anverlcnn Socialists' Attitude. STOCKHOLM, via London. June 19. One of the three men who have come to Stockholm from the United States to participate in the International So cialist Peace Conference, succeeded, by his own admission, in leaving the United States and ultimately reaching Sweden after his passport had been taken up by the American State De partment, and he had failed in an effort to have it returned. This man is Boris Relnsteln, of Buf falo, who says he Is empowered to rep resent the Socialist labor party at the conference, but refused to say whether he is an American cltlsen. The others who accompanied him are Dr. Max Goldfarb. of the New Tork Forward, and D. Davldovttoh, a Russian subject, who comes as a representative I m " i?, ', f r r - 1 1 1 1 1 i i ' I, Is! VsSv THIS WEEK IS THE TIME k4vv THIS CALL IS OUR OP- S? 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COAL STEAMER HITS MINE Xorweglan Sailing Boat Captured by German Forces. LONDON, Juna 1. Tha Norwegian steamer Bisay. bound from Chile with coal, has been sunk by a mine, accord ing to a Norwegian Foreign Office report transmitted by the Central News correspondent at Copenhagen. The craw of tha steamer waa saved. Tha Norwegian sailing vessel Kra garo, according to the same authority, has been captured by German X'a "'iiiMil tTORKlG BXCHA5GH iBjaiKiSgB! Service X 1 ;uLJiiJUBa Is the supremo word of the hour. men who join the colors perform service highest order. However liberal we may be in other ways our service will fall far below theirs.- Let its do our utmost to assist them and lighten their heavy burden by subscrib ing to the Red Cross "HANDY GRIP" Stick it -on the new stick and save 20 "HANDY GRIP" One turn of ': the Grip top locks it securely People's Floral Shop SECO"I A5TD AL1IKR STS. Marshall 8022. On account of advanced Reason, all bedding plants, such aa gera niums, lobelias. culeas. aster plants, etc., will be sold at a greatly reduced price. Besides this price reduction there will be a special sale of homw plants and cut flowers every Wednesday and Saturday. forces and taken to Swinemunde. She is a 650-ton bark. Boy Scouts Prove Ability. NEW YORK. June 19. The S3S.000 Boy Scouts of America who solicited last week on behalf of the liberty loan turned in subscriptions totalling $15. 480.350, pledged by about 125,000 indi viduals, it was announced here tonight by James E. West, chief scout execu tive. Our young of the very h I; lie i r 1 r 3 s i-