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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY,- OCTOBER 10, 1017. ALL STAPLE FOODS TO BE CONTROLLED SPECTATORS PHOTOGRAPHED AS THEY DRYLY WATCHED 500 GALLONS OF WINE BEING POURED INTO SEWER. Government Expects to Issue Sweeping Regulations Within Few Days. NOVEMBER 1 IS DATE SET I'rime Purpose Is to Protect Patriot Against Slacker in Business, Announcement I'roiu Capital Says. WASHINGTON'. Oct. 9. Virtually all the staple foods consumed by the American people will be put under Government control November. 1. The food administration announced tonight that within a. few days Presi dent Wilson will issue an executive order requiring that manufacturers and distributors of some 20 fundamental foods operate under license restrictions designed to prevent unreasonable prof Its and to stop speculation and hoarding. "The prime purpose of the food ad ministration," the announcement said, "is to protect the patriot against the elaeker in business. "It is the purpose of the food admin istration to effect conservation in the commercial use of these commodities and to keep them flowing toward the consumer in uirect lines through the channels of trade in as economical a manner as possible. The administration does not wish to disturb the normal and necessary activities of business, and no business factor which is performing a useful function will be expected to sur render that function. Duties to Be Enforced. "The administration is, however, charged with several duties. "The producer must have a free out let and a ready market. "There must be no manipulation or speculation in foods. "There must be no hoarding of foods. "Unfair or unreasonable profits must be eliminated. Discriminatory and deceptive and wasteful practices which in anv wav restrict supply or distribution must be etopped. "These are the provisions of the food law. The licensing system, which was authorized by the law, provides a more etrective machinery for its enforce ment. It must not be thought that these operations become illegal only upon the issue of licenses. Thev have been illegal since August 10, when the law was passed, and numerous cases coming to the attention of the food administration have been corrected. Licenses Will Be Required. "The proclamation will reauire all those handling the commodities con cerned to apply for licenses before No v-mber 1, upon forms which will bi supplied on application to the food administration. Applicants will receive licenses without cost, and the regulations gov erning those dealing with the com modities will be issued in due course. Alter November 1 no unlicensed persons will be permitted to trade i the commodities named enumerated in me proclamation." TWO STATES IN CONFLICT Supreme Court Hears Argument in Case of Tennessee vs. Arkansas. "Ami.NUTOX. Oct. 9. Argument "s neam in the Supreme Court to day in the case of the state of Arkan sa.s against the state of Tennessee for determination of the boundarv line between the states. The action grew out of the fact that the Mississippi Kiver. which divides th states, changed its course several years ago. Tennessee allege that its citizens have been damaged annually as the result of overflows of the Mississippi caused by the construction of levees along the west bank of the river. The. court is asked to enjoin the de fendants from increasing the present height of the levee and to appoint a commission to determine the damage caused by previous floods. f Zinc Prices to Be Fixed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Estimates on production cost of zinc submitted to the Navy Department today by the 3'ederal trade commission will serve to fix prices the Navy will pay. It is probable that a general price agree ment will be entered into by zinc producers with the War Industries Board. I ' ' i ;; Af .' ' v' -v; ' C3 ; if . $ff. C . , x l " r 1 - . Ill ;-t- ' -: 'J&r, A 1 g-wis - - 1 .gn " I One an Upright The Other A Player Piano Both Marked at $387; POLICE DESTROY HOME-MADE WIXE COWISCATED IX RAID. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IX FOREGROUND CAPTAIN HARMS, PATROLMEN SCH I'ME AND TEETtRS. EMBARGO Oil SOON President Prepares Order for Foreign Trade. CENSORSHIP TO INCREASE ! Bend Woman Is Accused. BKND. Or.. Ort. 9. (Special.) An indictment against Mrs. K 1 s i e Bailey, of Brothers. chrf?in& her with rob bery, wan found by the grand jury here today. Mrs. Bailey was given until tomorrow to plead. The ind ict nient is based on an allepred theft from Ij. A. Rawllngs, an aged rancher, livinnr in the same, rieierhborhood. You Get Better Chough Syrup by Making it at Home tVTiatV wore, yon aave snout $5 by it. Kasiljr mode and coats little. ou 11 never Toallv lenotr -what a Una ipouprli syrup you can make ' until you prepare this famous home-made remedy. You not only save $2 as compared witii ihe ready-mado kind, but you will also liave a more cd'ective and dependable remedy in everv wav. It overcomes the usual coujrhs. throat and chest colds in 24 hours relievos even whooping cough, quickly. Get 2'j ounces' of Tines '(SO cents vorth) from any pood dru? store, pour it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with, plain granulated suar eyrup. Here you have a full pint a family eupply of the most effective cough yrup that money can buv at a cost of Dnly 6j cents or less. It never spoils. The prompt and positive results given Vy this pleasant tasting cough syrup lave caused it to be used in more home j than any other remedy. It quickly loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough, 3irals the inflamed membranes that lino i.ie throat and bronchial tubes, and re lief comes almost immediately, fciplen 3 id for throat tickle, hoarseness, bron chitis, croup and bronchial asthma. Pinex is a highlv concentrated com pound of genuine Norway pine extract, and has been used for generations for ithroat and chest ailments. Avoid disappointment by aslcin? your c'ruggist for 2',2 ounces of Pinex" with, ull directions, and don't accept any thing else. A guarantee of absolute sat isfaction or money promptly refunded, goes -with this preparation. Xb.Q PineX ffc JVwflc, tod. Control Over Imports and Ex ports AVill Be Delegated to Exports Administration AVith Full Powers. WASHIN'GTOX. Oct. 9. Commerce end communication restriction author ized by the trading' with the enemy act will bo put into effect within a few days under an executive order which President Wilson virtually had com pleted tonisrht after conferring with Cabinet members, Vance McCormick, chairman of the exports administrative board, and Acting Secretary Crosby, of the Treasury. Postmaster-General Burleson an nounced after the Cabinet meetingr that the provision authorizing: the Postof tice Department to license foreie-n lan ?uage newspapers already 'was in op eration and that within 10 days the department would begin to issue "li censes. A number of papers already h.ve filed application and scores are expected within the next few days. CenMomhip to Increase. Under the tentative draft of the ex ecutive order the censorship of mails, cables, radio and telegraph communi cation would be entrusted to a board ireludin representatives of the Post effice. War and Navy departments and the exports administration. The Xavy. which now censor! cables, and the War Department, which exercises -control over telegraph communication to Mexi co, probably would retain those func tions, while the new problem of cen soring mail, directed particularly to Spain and the Northern Kuropean neu tral countries, would be given special attention by the Army exports admin istration representatives on the board of censors. Knll Power Ik Given. Control over imports and exports ested in the President by the trading with the enemy act will be delegated to the exports administration, which will enlarge its work to include the many intricate problems presented. In stead of merely licensing exports, it would then have a more positive au thority to forbid, under heavy penal ties, exportations suspected of being destined to Germany or her allies. The license control over enemy in surance companies, vested in the Presi dent, probably will be turned over to the war risk insurance bureau of the Treasury, although this point is under stood to be still under debate, as Com merce Department officials are said to be "anxious to aid the insurance com pany licenses. Renerve Board Taken "Work. Regulation of foreign exchange and export of coin and bullion would be given to the Federal Reserve Board, which already licenses gold move ments under the exports act. It is understood the Commerce De partment will be given custody of ene my property in the United States. The act provides that the President shall appoint an official for this work, but the President is reported as anxious not to create offices distinct from existing departments. The Postmaster-General said today that publications need not fear sup pression under the trading - with the enemy act's censorship provision unless tbey transgress the bounds of legiti mate criticism of tire President, the Administration, the Army, the Navy or conduct of the war. destroying the dugouts our forces re turned with prisoners. Artillery Duel Continues. "On the right bank of the ' Meuse (Verdun region) the artillery duel con tinues in the sector north of Chaume wood." The new British drive is being made in the same region as the attack of last Thursday, one of the most success ful British efforts of the war. On that day the Germans were expelled from high ground along the ridge east of Ypres, giving the British dominat ing positions of great strategic im portance. Another Retreat Predicted. The wedge in the German line has been driven so deep that with the high ground lost their position has been made most unfavorable, and another "strategic retreat" has been predicted. Recent dispatches from the British front, however, told of heavy rains and deep mud, conditions under which or dinarily a renewal of the offensive would not be expected. The decision of the British staff to return to the at tacks eo quickly- may indicate a pur pose to force a decision before the cold weather sets in, or before the Germans have recovered from the last blow, which appeared to have partly demor alized them. (Bv the Associated Press. 1 BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Oct. 9. A prosper ous farming country before the war, the region east of Ypres is now a des olate waste of large and deep shell craters. It has been the scene of much bitter alid sanguinary fighting, and the artillery fire has done its work. Country Laid. Waste. Few sectors of the western' front have been laid waste as has this one. Farm buildings and villages have been swept away, by the shells. But a few pieces of wall mark where buildings; once stood. Grass and other green things have disappeared in the turning up of the earth by the innumerable ex ploding shells. From Ypres out across the Westhoek bridge and over the site of what once was Zonnebeke, from which the Ger mans were pushed last Thursday, the scene of demolition recalls the days of the Somme. The unprecedented havoc wrought on the Somme front hardly surpassed that which exists along the Ypres front. Sceneai of Death on Kvery Hand. More striking than all the rest were the scenes of death on every hand. German dead lay in great numbers over this ground, which had not yet been cleared. At many places groups of Ger mans had been killed as they fought together", and they rested as they fell. Shell holes at some places were choked with bodies. All the highways here and on other parts of the battle field have been dam aged severely. They are pitted here and there with shell holes. A thousand yards in front of Zonnebeke was Broodseinde ridge and the village with its famous cross roads, where many Germans were killed recently by the British artillery fire. The British line is over the crest of this ridge on the eastern side. Broodseinde has gone the same way as Zonnebeke, Reutel, Gravenstafel, Passchendaele and many other hamlets. German Rehoutn Smashed. The German redoubts and pillboxes in the Zonnebeke region mostly have been smashed by shell fire, although many of them put up a stout resistance. There was one great concrete and steel redoubt which had withstood the ter rific fire to which It had been sub jected. Its defenders had been driven out by the infantry In a pitched battle. The redoubt was 80 yards long and about 40 yards wide. The walls, which were of concrete, reinforced with steel rails, were about five feet thick. The roof was made of sheet steel. The building contained six large rooms, which would hold several hundred men. The whole country hereabout was cov ered with similarly built defenses of varying sizes. THOUGHT HELD FREE Germans May Belong to Any Party, Says Michaelis. EMPIRE IS FIRST CONCERN HUNS YIELD 1200 YARDS (Continued From First PB.) ing, attacked in conjunction with the British army the German positions south of the forest of Houtholst, be tween Draibank and Weindendreft. French Advance l'i Miles. The capture of the villages of St. Jean de Mangelare and Veldhoek, with numerous blockhouses, is reported in the French official communication of tonight. The total advance of the French reached to a depth of one and a quarter milss, to the southern out skirts of the Houtholst wood, and on a front of more than, a mile and one' half! "On the Aisne front there was marked artillery activity, notably in the region of the Pantheon. "In the Champagne we were suc cessful in penetrating the German lines near the Butte of Thaure. After Propaganda for New "Fatherland Organization Brings Statement . From Chancellor Coercion Aot to Be Tolerated. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 9. Chancellor Michaelis, in an address to the Reichs tag main committee yesterday, as re ported in Berlin dispatches, replied to the charge that officials had under taken propaganda for the new Father land party, which is carrying on i movement in favor of a "German peace." The Chancellor laid down the prin ciple, which applies to Prussian offi cials as well as those connected with the imperial government, that all are free in their political opinions and are permitted to belong to any party so long as the empire is not endangered thereby. In their political activities officials should observe reticence, so that the public may not lose faith In their im partiality. To force or induce subordi nates to adopt an attitude in favor of any party, the Chancellor continued, would be to abuse official positions. This will not be permitted, the Chan cellor said, and obedience to this prin ciple will be enforced in cases brought to his attention. After the Chancellor's speech, the committee adopted a supplementary budget for the office of Vice-chancel lor, only the Social Democrats votin against it. "The governments of the federal states are endeavoring to regard all political leanings with complete ob jectiveness and to do lull justice to every political opinion." said the Chan cellor.. "I adopt this attitude because I am convinced that every political party honestly desires to do its best for the commonwealth. It is greatly to be re gretted that this mutual faith should have been pushed into the background in the course of the controversy in the last few weeks and that mutually an tagonistic forms of propaganda should have been the result. Kvery German readily and gladly makes tne sacrifice of blood or treas ure demanded from him. .1 believe that among us there is hardly anyone who. remembering what he has had to give up, does not gulp down hia upsurging griet witn tne reflection that it had to be. The Chancellor pointed out that Ger many's opponents also lire compelled to make sacrifices and said that if this were kept in mind the agitation which naa maae us appearance snould become impossible. - "- ' Lieutenant-General von Stein. Prus sian War Minister, said there was no intention of putting politics into the army, but that on the contrary it was Intended to prevent this, and that any attempt of propaganda In behalf of any party had been prohibited- George Ledbour. the Social Demo cratic leader, expressing dissatisfaction with the Chancellor's statement, held to his vote of want of confidence, while a Conservative member complained that the Chancellor had not mentioned the . supplementary estimate that had been referred back to - committee and was the sole matter at issue. Chancellor Michaelis, replying, said that only five cases of minor . lmpor tanee of higher officials Influencing BIO GUXS HOAR NEAR RJGA Gorman Airships Drop Bombs' Along Shores of Baltic. PETROGRAD. Oct. 9. The official communication issued today says: "Northern front The infantry and artillery duels have increased in the Riga region in the Bunteneekl-Hinzen-burg-Spltali sectors and in the Dvlnsk region, north of Lake Drisvltay. "On the western, southwestern and Roumanian fronts there have been fusillades. "On the Baltic Sea seven, enemy air ships dropped 15 bombs on Ainachl. Two women were killed." WOMAN BUYS ICE CREAM Total or $4 0 Worth Provided Troops by Albany Patriot. for ALBANY, Or.. Oct. 9. (Special.) Mrs. Helen L. Millen. of this city, pur chased about 4U worth or Ice cream for the drafted men en route to Amer lean Lake, who have beea fed in Al bany, during the past week. Mrs. Millen said nothing about it to any one. only the committee, but today one of the members of the Red Cross committee told It to show what one woman in this city Is doing for the comfort fiX Ike ."Ubsrtjr lalls," In our Washington-street window this week you will ob serve two instruments on dis play one an upright and the other a player both marked at $387. We know of no stronger inducement to intend ing purchasers of a piano to visit our Seventh-Floor Piano Department than such in stances as the foregoing. Unhesitatingly do we invite comparison of these two in struments with any piano or player piano offered in Port land at the cash price of $500 or thereabouts. Merdimi3is.cfdltIea.Ox4r Time to be making warm comforters to keep out the winter chill o 'nights tTMarchwKliM dtJ Merit Only 67 years of business inleg- tit's is back of this and every) 2 announcement we make. I the lower ranks of the Fatherland party had come to the government's knowledge, and that the necessary ac tion would be taken. It was not to be denied that the army command con cerned itself with a comprehensive plan of propaganda to provide mental stimulus and arouse knowledge of life and economic conditions In the father land. It was desirous to keep politics out of the army, but mistakes were inevitable. If politics were kept out of the army, it was natural that criticism in the army of the reply to the Pope's peace proposal would be inadmissible. The motion to abolish the propaganda service, introduced by the independent Socialists, was defeated, and the sup plementary estimates for the office of Vice-chancellor were adopted without alteration. LIQUOR IS DESTROYED MORE THAX 500 GALLONS OF WINK FOlD IX SECOXD-ST, CELLAR. 5 Dry-Looking Crowd Watchen Officers an Liquor Is Poured Into the Sewer. It was a dry-looking crowd of spec tators who -witnessed the destruction of more than 500 gallons of home made wine at Second and Madison streets yesterday afternoon. As Cap tain. Harms. Patrolmen Teeters and Schum, assisted by five trusties from the City Jail, rolled 15 kegs into the street from the cellar of a house at 253 Second street, the crowd gathered, and with a mournful look they watched the amber liquor pour into the sewer. A press constructed by Joe Lavodea, and used for the manufacture of the wine, was also confiscated and de stroyed. Lavodea was arrested Monday by the morals squad and fined 175 in Municipal Court yesterday morning. He had over $300 invested in the press and grapes from which he made the wine. As he watched the destruc tion of the liquor in front of his cigar store at Second and Madison streets the tears came to his eyes, but he uttered no protest. In the cellar where the wine was made he bad built a special room for the purpose. When the officers arrived the wine was still trickling from the mash in the press. Vancouver Roads Being: Repaired. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) The Fourth Plain road has been ordered closed by the County Commis sioners on account of repairs. The Broda bridge at Vancouver Junction is also closed. The Jerow bridge, near La Center, is soon to he repaired. THE OLD RELIABLE BLOOD BUILDER Still retains its supremacy. People still take Hood's Sarsaparilla because it is an old family friend, has proved its merit to three generations In puri fied blood, expelled humors, restored appetite, relieved rheumatism, banished tired feelings. It long ago became recognlxed as the standard blood purifier and general tonic. It originated In a Boston physi cian's successful prescription, and comprises medicinal roots, herbs, barks and berries such as are often prescribed for ailments of the blood, stomach, liver and kidneys. Buy it in the same style package your mother bought it in same fine appearance, same pleas ant taste, same certainty of good re sults. Adv. e(H KM ' WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE j That I f Miss E. M. Matthews ! of New York, Special Representative of f The Pictorial Review Co; will be in our Pattern Department' for a week. Miss Matthews- is an expert on style and can show you how to construct your own dresses. She will be pleased to explain the use of "Pictorial" Patterns, which will enable you to make your own clothes . at little cost. Second Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. i GOOD COTTON BATTS Full size cotton batts, made from pure sanitary cotton. These open up to full size. 2 pounds, 75c 3 pounds, $1.10 4 pounds, $1.45 Snow Flake I 4-Pound Cotton Batts Batts, $1.00 Finest quality; the very best cotton. 1- lb. Crib, $1.00 2- 6. Size, $1.75 3- lb. Size, $2.75 3-Pound Cotton Batts, $1.30 Splendid quality white, fluffy cotton. An excellent value. Full size. Extra special to day only. Pure, white sanitary cot ton. One to customer. 1 FINE OREGON WOOL BATTS Our stocks of pure Oregon wool batts is complete. Every ounce warranted pure wool. 1 pound uncovered, $1.75 2 pounds uncovered, $3.25 3 pounds uncovered, $4.75 2 pounds covered, $4.50 3 pounds covered, $5.25 4 pounds covered, $6.00 36-INCH COMFORT CHALLIE, 15c YARD One hundred pieces of comfort challies, in Persian and floral patterns. Every shade. Second Floor Lipman, IV olfe & Co. i i Belber Cowhide (Guaranteed) Bags $8. 75 1 Made with long, double stitched 5 edges and corners, inside lock and A catches, lined with heavy leather. P ' Every bag carries the famous Belber 2 trademark an excellent value! SOLE PORTLAND AGENTS for BELBER LUGGAGE Sub-Basement Lipman, IV olfe & Co. Girls' New Tailored COATS $11.95 $12.50 $13.50 Just received, the cleverest new coats for girls and juniors. In brown and green mixtures; all are the models most warited. Trimmed with self-materials. Ever so smart! Sizes 9 to 18. Fourth Floor Lipman, IV olfe & Co. BUTTON SALE TODAY Smoked Pearl Buttons Four patterns, two to six on card 12c. Plush Covered Buttons with metal shank; flat or half ball style ; three to six on card. for 12c. New Trimming Buttons in various colors and shapes ; six and twelve on card 10c. Ocean Pearl Buttons Finest quality ; twelve on card 10c. Main Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Savings on Kitchen Ware! I'nlvrr nl Food Chop per. With 4 cutting knives. Will chop or grind all food. 81.39 Kitchen Bowl Sc- Set of five in different sizes. 98. Sanitary Hotter Jam of clear glass. With covers, -JO Aladdin Alumi num Tra Kettles 5-o.t. size, with l'.i-nt. boiler In set, S2.9S. Aluminum Cof fee Prrrolalorn, 2- quart ize, with electric welded spout, S1.39. Alum!- Zzt num T - Sauce Pan Sets, f " sizes, V '.V qts.. 95-ri -Basement, Clothe Wringer -Ball bearing, with enclosed cog wheel and fine rubber rolls. Ouar anteed 3 years. Link. Wash Boil ers of heavy tin with heavy metal bottom. SI. 89. Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Cotton or Wool BATTS We Have Complete Assortments! An EXTRAORDINARY SALE Trimmed VELVET HATS $3.95 Bought especially for this event. There are no two alike. Black velvets, beautifully designed and trimmed. Every one worth at least twice the price asked! t, POSITIVELY NO HATS RESERVED, EXCHANGED OR SENT ON APPROVAL Economy Basement Lipman, Wolfe & Co. cLlianoiVe, dS (So. c Merchandise of J Merit Only" i j i i s I s i I i
