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T1TE "MORNING OKEGONIAX, FRIDAT, SEPTEMBER 21. 1917. AVHEATIS BEING FED TO OKLAHOMA HOGS Price of Grairt Regulatedl by Government Is Lower Than That of Corn. FARMERS NOT SATISFIED Claim Made Prices Are Restricted m Product, in face of Good Market, While Prices of Other . Products Are Xot Regulated. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 20. Wheat Is being- fed to livestock as a substitute for corn In many counties of Northwestern Oklahoma and pending Governmental action, very ltttls addi tional wheat -will be marketed from these counties at the price fixed by the food administration, according to a. statement tonight by the Stats Hoard f Agriculture. The action bf the farmers is du to a number of causes, chief of which is the scarcity of corn for feeding pur pose a, coupled with the fact that the farmer feels the Government has placed an arbitrary price upon his product at a time when the law of supply and de mand is in his favor, without at the same time fixing the prices of other articles for his consumption, the state ment says. Cora Prices Higher. "First hand information of wheat be Insr fed to stock in Blaine and Woods counties has been received at this of fice," the statement continues, "in the form of reports from county agents. Very little corn has been raised in Northwestern Oklahoma with one county reporting a 3 per cent crop. "With corn worth $2.25 a bushel and wheat bringing from $1.80 to $1.95 at the elevator, the farmers are using wheat for fattening hogs, their relative food values being almost Identical. "In Woods County farmers are feed ing wheat as the cheapest food they have. Little wheat will be sold until the price Is raised, the county agents report. The Government has not fixed the price of corn. "According to these reports, the farmer who, be It understood, is as loyal as any other citizen and as anxious to help win the war, feels that he is being deprived of a righteous profit from his product while others are allowed to exact 'war profits' without Governmental interference." Problem One for Hoover. The situation was brought to the at tention of J. M. Aydelotte, chairman of the State Council of Defense. "While there is an apparent fallacy," Mr. Aydelotte said, "in feeding hogs wheat in Blaine County and holding wheatless days' in Oklahoma City, 100 miles away, I see no chance of re lieving the situation. That is a matter clearly within Mr. Hoover's jurisdic tion." ' While no reliable statistics are avail able, agricultural authorities agree that approximately 60 per cent, or 18.000.0u0 bushels of the 1917 wheat ex op, remains on 'Oklahoma farms. BILL QUICKLY APPROVED UATflMITV MARKS PASSAGES OF WAR CREDITS MEASURE Senate Approves Without Rollcall Cea- f ere nee Report Howe Is Ex lAi pec ted to Act Today. WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. The confer ence report on the $11,000,000,000 war credits bill was adopted today by the Senate without a rollcall. Approval by the House and final enactment is ex pected tomorrow. . . Records for speed and unanimity were established in the bill's considera tion. It passed the House September 9 and the Senate September 15, after brief debate, and by unanimous votes. Con ferees reached agreement - yesterday within a half hour and today's Senate discussion occupied but 15 minutes. Before the conference report was ap proved today. Senator Weeks inquired If there be a definite plan for extending loans to the allies. Senator Stone in his reply said no set plan was laid be fore the committee, but that presum ably the credits would not have been approved unless Congress waa satisfied' there Is substantial reason, for the loans. "I am disturbed over these appro priations of $21,000,000,000." said Sen ator Weeks. "It seems that every mes senger in Washington is hurrying to the Capitol with requests for additional appropriations. I have some curiosity m to what is being done with, the money." GUN ENDS LOVE AFFAIR BAY CITY GIRL, IT YEARS OF AGE, COMMITS SIKIDE. lmfatuatlon for Soldier Held to Hav Been Respoasftble for Yonag Maiden's Act. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20. (Special-) A thwarted love affair is held responsible for tha suicide of Agnes Johansen, 17 years old. who shot her self in the breast with a pistol last mrht and died early today at the Cen tral -Emergency Hospital. The girl, whose mother is dead, had made her home for some time with Mrs. Kate Orunsky. wife of C. E. Gruns f ky, former city engineer, and member of the Panama Canal Commission. Re cently she became infatuated with a soldier stationed at the Presidio. Mrs. Grunsky asked the soldier to stay away and he agreed to do so. Yesterdav arrangements were made for the girl to go to another home as a domestic. Just before an automobile came to take her to the new place she shot herself. Presbyterian Church, officiating. FinaJ services will be at the crematorium. Mrs. Laid law Is survived by her hus band and the following children: Dr. Arthur La id law, a dentist; W. J. Laid law, an attorney; Glen Laidlaw. with the United States Red Cross service at American Lake; Roy Laidlaw, of Los Angeles; Mrs. H. A. Van Gilder, of Wasco, Or., and Miss Mary J. Laidlaw, of Portland. CHURCH HAS HONOR ROLL Centralis Organization Has 17 Men in Blilitary Service, CENTRALIA. Wash., Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) The names of 17 members of tbe Central la Presbyterian Church are on an honor roll .of men in various branches, of military service. The roll has been framed and will be hung in the church entrance. The men are Sergeant Clifford Sayre and Vernon Schaeht, Clarence Mehlenbeck, James Watt, Claude Oliver, Elden Roberts and Frank White. Second Washington In fantry; Corporals Cranston Goddard and Henry Mad .sen. Coast Artillery; Lieutenant David H. Sloan Field Artil lery; Louis Denny, Navy ; Lieutenants H. Y. Bell and E. C. Roberts. Medical Corps; Dale Hubbard, Engineering Corps: George Schaeht, Naval Militia, and Warren Grimm and Clyde W. White, officers' training camp. COAST HAS GOOD DISPLAY Coos Bay and Coquille Valley to 0 Figure at State lalr. MARSHFIELD, Or., Sept. 20. (Sps cial.) Coos Bay's and the Coquille Valley's offerings for the State Fair left here today in two cars over the Southern Pacific, in charge of County Commissioner Archie Philip and County Agriculturist Jay L. Smith. Among the products are cranberries from the C. W. Gibhs ranch, which cap tured the grand prize at the San Fran cisco Exposition for cranberries. There are creditable vegetables, corn, grasses, and various manufactured articles, also a complete exhibit of seafood obtained in the bay and outside. This will In clude a dozen varieties of clams, crabs, rock oysters, salmon, trout, crawfish, halibut, red snapper, ling, sea trout and cod. FAIR EXHIBITS PRAISED Clarke County Fruit Inspector Bays Moth Cuts Apple Crop. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 20. fSpe- claL) I. R. Fletcher. Horticulture In spector for this district, returned last night from the Vanhinston state fair. being; held at North Yakima, and he was highly pleased with the wonderful exhibits. Mr. Fletcher said today that codlin moth flourished this year and that as a result the apple crop 1111 be somewhat injured, and another thing that will cause a hardship is the lack of apple boxes. The exhibit from Clarke County Is a fine one and in charge of Chat Knight. who has had this work, for a number of years. MORALS COURSE PROPOSED Oregon Committee Will Enter Com petition for $50 0 0 Prize. SALEM, Or., Sept. 20.-- (Special.) Superintendent Churchill said today that a coTnmlttee, including himself. President P. L. Campbell, of the Univer sity of Oregon, and President J. H. Ackerraan, of the Oregon Normal School, will select a committee of nine men within the next few weeks to pre pare a course in moral Instruction to compete for a $5000 prize offered by a business man in the East. Superintendent Churchill conceived the idea of such a course some time ago and has. been working on it for several months Oregon probably will be the first state in the Union to adopt such a course as part of its curriculum. PICTURE RECORDS IN SUIT Abstract Company Wants Another Concern to Give I'p Photos. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) Tb.. Wlntler Abstract & Loan Company has brought suit against Charles B. Sears, It. Burnham. C. V. Knowles and T. H. Adams, doing busi ness "as the Sears Abstract & Loan Company, for 5000 damages. It is alleged that the defendants have photographic records of their in dexes and records, which they took when In possession of the plant, which was mortgaged to the plaintiff. These photographic records are being used, it is alleged, wrongfully, in making and selling abstracts to the public, and the plaintiffs ask that they be returned together with J50U0 damages. LELIA STEWART VISITS Woman Well Known Here to Put on Patriotic Pageant at Walal Walla. Miss Lelia Stewart, of New York City, spent yesterday in this city, register ing at the Noitonia, and departed last night for "Walla Walla, where she wiK be in direction of a patriotic pageant to be produced late In October. In 1911 Miss Stewart produced a suc cessful kermis In this city, for the benefit of the Open-Air. Sanitarium and the Peoples Institute, having previous ly visited Portland for a similar pur pose and with like success in 1909. Miss Stewart .declared her delight at her return to the Pacific Coast. MRS. KATIE .LAIDLAW DIES I'nnerirl Services for AVlfe of Physi cian Will Be Held Today. Sire, Katie Laidlaw, wife' of Pr. W. R. laidlaw, died yesterday at the family residence, 567 East Fifty-seventh street North, following an illness of a year, fcjhe was 60 years old andafcad been a resident of Portland for a dcade- The funeral will be today at 1 o'clock from the residence. Rev. Boudinot - Seeley, formerly pastor of the Rose City Park McXary Protests Lumber Award. . OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 20. Senator McNary to day presented to the War Department his indorsement of the protest of the West Coast Lumber Association against the award to Southern mills of con tracts for further lumber for the Lea Moines Army cantonment. It had been agreed that these contracts would be divided equally between the South and the Northwest. although the Northwest 1 price is J2.50 lower than Southern pine. This agreement is be inc violated, it is charged. Lieutenant Whiilden's Wound Light. OREGOXIAX EWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Sept. 10. The Red Cross today advised Senattir Chamberlain of receipt of a cablegram from Paris announcing that Lieutenant Rea W. Whidden, ol Portland, injured in the chest during the Oerman air raid on the Harvard base hospital September 4. is to con tinue his work. This they construe to mean, he was not seriously wounded. Steel Prices Bring Protest. OREQOXIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Sept. 20. Senator McNary in conference today witn csarney uarucn protested against the high prices charged for steel for public works in Portland. Mr. Baruch stvid ha was to confer tomorrow with the steel men, and advised that no contracts for pur chase of steel be made until prices have jf?en officially fixed. NORTHWEST WHEAT HE SEE WILSON President's Attitude Sympa thetic and Growers Are Encouraged.'' HOOVER WILL HEAR PLEA Food Administrator to Be Told That Western Farmers Will Be Sat isfied if Price Is Made 15 Cents , Under Chicago. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 20. President Wilson after listening for nearly halfr an hour today to arguments presented by rep resentatives of Northwestern wheat growers, who are here asking that a definite price be fixed on their wheat at Portland and Seattle, admitted his lack of knowledge of tha detail of the wheat situation and asked the dele gation to confer tomorrow avith Food Administrator Hoover and repeat their arguments to him. At no time did the President com mit himself on any of the issues raised, but his questions and comments en couraged the delegation tobelieve that if they can convince Mr. Hoover of the justice of their case, there will be some relief coming from the White House. Colfax Banker I'meata Case. C. I a. MacKenzie, president of the Colfax (Wash.) National Bank, made the main presentation of the wheat growers case, after being introduced by Senator Chamberlain. He went over familiar arguments, pointing out the fallacies of the contentions of Wr. Hoover, aud Grain Administrator Barnes and showing from the farmers standpoint, how the wheat growers of the Pacific Northwest are discriminated aaainst under the Chicago price schedule and differential recently an- ! nounced by the Government. The farmers felt, he said, that their! interests had been overlooked by the price-fixing committee, on which the Pacific Northwest was not represented, and were not inclined o charge any deliberate discrimination. Because of this belief and their confidence that the error would be corrected, and having now no fixed wheat price, they were not selling their wheat, but holding it until they are given a standard price for the Northwest, he said. . -President Inslnger, of the Spokane1 Chamber of Commerce, supplementing the statement of Mr. MacKenzie, said the. farmers were not complaining of the price fixed they will accept the 92.20 standard, but they do complain of the differential now applied to' North west wheat. Under the standing order. Northwest ern farmers get 30 -cents less than the Chicago price, 30 cents being the freight rate to Chicago. He pointed out that the price-fixing board gave Minneapolis a price 3 cents under the Chicago price, although the freight rate, Minneapolis to Chicago, is 6 cents. Absorb Half Rate Is Plea. If the Government will make the same proportionate absorption on Northwest wheat and quote at Port land and Seattle a price only 15 cents under the Chicago price, that is, absorb half the freight rate, the farmers will be entirely satisfied, he said. Mr. Insinger also Impressed on the President tbe abundance of ships en the Pacifio Coast to move the 11,000,000 available bushels of export wheat to Liverpool or other markets and said the Shipping Board can absolutely fix rates where it will. At the outset of the hearing the President seemed to be hostile, his questions indicating a preconceived idea that wheat men wanted the Chi cago price at Portland and Seattle. But as the attitude of the growers was unfolded and the injustice of the dis crimination against them laid bare his attitude changed perceptibly. At one juncture he suggested that the bottom might drop out of the market if the price were too high; that the allies might prefer to buy from Argentina. Brief Is lie fused. As the wheatgrowers were depart ing they offered to leave with the Pres ident an elaborate typewritten brief setting forth their contentions. The President laughingly declined to re ceive it, saying: "Gentlemen, I have only 24 hours a day." However, he asked the delegation to present their case fully to Mr. Hoover, as he is fa miliar with the details, and promptly arranged a conference for them at the food administration office tomorrow. M. H. Houser, of Portland, and Julius Barnes today telephoned Senator Mc Nary from New York inquiring what the wheatgrowers were doin- The Senator urged them to come to Wash ington at once to participate in the conference before Mr. Hoover. Mr. Hoover will be here tomorrow, and Mr. Barnes, if delayed, will see the wheat delegation Saturday. Mr. Hoover, af ter hearing the arguments, will discuss the Northwest situation with Messrs. Houser and Barnes and then submit a recommendation to the President. On this the President is expected to act. At the conference today were C. L. MacKenzie, R. Insinger. C. E. Spence, W. W. Harrah, C. F. Nelson, H. J. Ste phens, S. C. Armstrong, A. V. Swift and A. A. Elmore, and all the Senators and Representatives from the three North west states who were in Washington. 3 IMPRISON JAILERS, FLEE Idabo Murder Suspect and 2 Others Beat and Lock X"p Guards. WALLACE. Idaho. Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) Jack Flanagan, Tom Ryan and Terry O'Rourke, who made a sensa tional jail break here lat night after overpowering and beating Jailer Robert Lee into insensibility and lock ing Deputy Dennis Gopirin in a cell formerly occupied by Flanagan, are still at large tonight and so far no trace of them has been found. All ar. armed. ? Jailer Lee, who was severely beaten, bound and' gagged, was able to joip in the hunt today, while Deputy Ooggin was released from his enforced im prisonment after a blacksmith had cut away the bolts to the cell door. Flanagan is charged with murder. RICHTER RECITAL TONIGHT Portland's Star Pianist to Give Two Offerings at Helllg. Krancis Richter, Portland's young star pianist, will appear in two piano recitals -in the Heilig Theater, to night and tomorrow afternoon, under the direction of Paul 'Denninger, of New York City. Mr. Richter, who was taught piano by the great Leschetiaky. of Vienna, Austria, has worked hard In the preparation of these two pro grammes and a, genuine music" treat may be expected on each occasion. If these recitals are largly attended as they ought to be Mr. Richter plans to try his fortunes in New York City. Mr. Richter is a serious, edu cated piano virtuoso w-hb. .plays from printed music scores. KNITTED SQUARES NEEDED Mrs. A. A. Morrison Says Xcxt Pri - clay Is Last Day for Sehdina;- Mrs. A. A. Morrison urgently requests all women and children of the city who have l--ilich squares- knitted or cro cheted for -wounded soldiers, to send them to, he- at 68. Trinity Place as promptly us possible, the last date on which they will reach her in time to pack and 6liip, October 1, being next Friday. Mrs. Morrison now has 500 of these squares, many made by school children. under direction of Miss Jessie Millard. They-will be on exhibition Thursday; September 27, in the guild room of the parish house of Trinity Church. PROMPT PAYMENT URGED Secretary Lane. Recommends Checks for Oregon Counties. OREGON'TAN NEWS BUREAU, TTash ington, Sept. 20. Secretary Lane today recommended to the Treasury Depart ment the immediate payment to the Oregon & California land grant coun ties of $1,504,841, representing accrued taxes, with penalties and interest, on lands that reverted to the Governmnt. The largest payment, $300,132, goes to Douglas County, and the smallest, $478, to Clarke County, Wash. Treasury warrants will be drawn in favor of the treasurer of each of the 18 counties Involved. . Runaway Xnglne Kills Three. NEON', Ky., Sept. 20. John Allphin, fireman, and two negro passengers were killed and about 20 other negro passengers were injured when a freight locomotive, running wild early tonight, crashed into a Louisville & Nashville passenger train about one mile west of here. The locomotive is thought to have Deen set in motion by a negro. Astoria Red Cross Fund $17,500. ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 20. (Special.) R. Q. Gearhart, treasurer of the local Red Cross war fund, today sent $17,500 to the treasurer of the Oregon Red Cross.- - - - Fall & Winter Suits Suits with new touches of vital youth; broad shoulders, deep chested, narrow waist, pinch back, belt back and plain. P or the conservative business and professional mart, suits of dignity and oi character. $20TO$45 Interested and courte ous clerks to serve you. Buffum.& Pendleton Co. Clothier. Matters aatd Haberdashers 127 SIXTH ST. 30 Steps. From Washington Street. P. N. PENDLETON WINTHROP HAMMOND rri. mm Sic.'- ! rib J' Ji ImbI fir Extra Stamps Today and Saturday With Coupon $U0 TEDDY BEARS AT 98c BRING THIS COUPON SSI 20-EXTRA-20 'r-lJJ CI i ri""i'B Vil your ;L-aV first $1 cash pur JLfcSa&3J chase and double " on the balance. Good oh first floor and in basement, today and Satur day. September SI and. 22. CANDY Wood-Lark Chocolates, full pound, OQ In neat carton, special at OJC Bishop's Napsack Katlons, for the PA soldiers at. each OwC Phoenix Lare Gum Bropa 'on sale 1 Q at, the pound XiC Swiss Milk Chocolates, bulk, on sale at, the pound. ;..., n,39c Trim Your Own Hair WITH A "KLEEN-CUT" HAIR TRIMMER A new,vimple device for home tfo ft use. Priced at. SPECIALS IN OUR RUBBER DEPARTMENT 11.25 Hot-Wter Bottle at 98c $t.T5 Fountain fQ Syringe for "Jl.Ui Kive-Foot Length of Rubber Tubing for Syringe on sale now for.................................. 25c SAFETY RAZORS FOR SOLDIERS Gillette IT. S. 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The Gas Company Moves In We Move Out Our Brand New Fall Stock of Ladies' Apparel MUST BE DISPOSED OF! DRESSES ONE DOLLAR WILL DO THE WORK OF ALMOST TWO AT THE Forced-to-Vacate A l IE COATS Wool Velour, regular values up to ?25.00 Sale $14.75 Price F. & H. Broadcloth, some with fur collar and white fur bottom all lined. Regular values to ?37.50 Sale $27.75 Price Also a selection of imported mod els, reproductions that won the blue ribbon at the Ritz-Carlton Fashion Show. Regularly priced up to $85 - $47.50 ROSE SUITS of Borilla cloth, poplin, serge hand tailored. Regular values up to $30.00 Sale $18.75 Price Suits of F. & H. broadcloth, French velours, silver tones. Regularly priced up to $47.60 Sale $29.75 Price Imported model reproductions.rich, fur trimmed models which sell in Fifth-avenue stores aa high as $100 sa,e $37.50 price All-wool Serge Dresses, 6old by one of the big stores at $27.50 0 $14.75 price Charming Silk Dresses, draped embroidered, panniere backs, worth up to $27.50 sie $14.75 prke A Wool Serge Dress that is priced astonishingly low, special. .$6.75 NTHAL 146 Fifth St. Bet. Alder and Morrison Sts. muiuiiimiHuiNiuuHHimmmimimiiiimHuiiHMuiMumiHimmM GOLOEN WEST COFFEE -JUST RIGHTH Supremacy Thirty-four year, of con stant endeavor to produce a "Just Right" blend Is back or every pouna ol uoiaen West Coffee. The Vacuum Can bringa all of the delicious flavor and entic ing; aroma her metically sealed to you. -iuST RIGHT" if I "lEfci 1 1 American-Scandinavian EESTIVA Mme. Alma Webster Powell, of New York, the world famous prima donna soprano, will lead the musical programmes of the American-Scandinavian Festival and the Fourth Centennial Reformation Celebration at the State Fair Sunday afternoon, September 23. Mme. Powell was recently selected by the French government to sing and lecture to the soldiers, and her appearance at the two celebrations will be her last in this country before she departs for Europe. The United Scandinavian Singers, of Portland, and Glauco Meri- gioli, the celebrated flute soloist, will also render selections. Addresses will be delivered by Governor Withycombe, Hon. B. G. Skulason, Portland; Rev. J. S. Roseland, SUverton, and Mrs. Delia Crowder-Miller, of Willamette University, will give patriotic readings. General admission Sunday afternoon 25 cents. Professor J. O. Hall, Salem, Director of Programmes. i Si MiiniHmitiinuiuniHHHiiniiMiiuumiiiiirWimtwiiiwiuHiiHmmiimtntim
