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.
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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.
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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.
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' 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.
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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"
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