THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917.
DELIVERIES SLOW,
SHARPE DECLARES
Shortage of Clothing for Sol
diers Explained by Quar
l termaster-General.
BIG ORDERS PLACED EARLY
Garment Makers' Strikes Said to
Have Held. Back Needed Sup
plies 1,300,000 Men to Be
Provided For Early in 1918.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Criticism of
the system of the War Department and
Council of National Defense in secur
ing clothing and other supplies for the
Army was renewed by members of the
Senate military committee today dur
lng the further examination of Major
General Sharpe, Quartermaster-Gen
eral.
General Sharpe said in response to
questions that his approval of con
tracts negotiated by the Council s sup
plies committee was to an extent per
functory and none had ever been dis
approved. He defended the establish
ment of the civilian committee, how
ever, as a necessity because of the
enormous task involved In handling
war orders for the expanding Army.
Shortages of Winter clothing. Gen
eral Sharpe attributed largely to be
lated deliveries on account of garment
makers' strikes and lack of special ma
chinery In private factories, and to the
decision to send American soldiers to
France earlier than originally planned.
Overcoat Deliveries Slow. -
Orders to clothe more than 1,950,000
men have been given. General Sharpe
stated, and early next year It is ex
pected to have on hand enough for
1.300,000. Overcoat deliveries, he said,
were 48 per cent behind contract, No
vember 30.
Steps taken by Secretary Baker be
fore the American war declaration to
secure clothing for a large army were
again recounted by General Sharpe.
On April 4. two days before the war,
the Secretary authorized emergency
contracts to clothe 600,000 men, and
contracts were let In the open mar
ket without advertising. For another
half-million men contracts were let in
May with the assistance of the Coun
cil of National Defense.
Cantonment Work XMsenaaed.
Questions relating to cantonment
construction contracts were asked by
the committee, but General Sharpe said
all cantonment Tnatters had been han
dled by General Littell. The latter and
his assistants, including Major Ster
rett, are to be called soon.
Tomorrow the committee expects to
hear, probably in executive session,
Major-Generals Wright and Greble.
commanders at Camps Doniphan and
Bowie, respectively, regarding their re
cent inspection of General Pershing's
expedition, and their own camp expe
riences. Senator Weeks today brought out the
fact that Boston wool dealers early in
the war offered wool supplies to the
War Department.
"Was anything done?" he asked. .
"Not then," General Sharpe answered.
"Latere I think the Council of National
Defense took ui the matter."
Senator Weeks brought out that the
supplies committee of the Council rec
ommended a contract for sorting
scraps from Army cloth at 6 cents a
pound and that it was found excessive
and cancelled. Two cents later was re
ported as a fair price. A Mr. Karplan,
said to be a brother of a member of the
Council's committee, was mentioned as
a member of the firm that got the -cent
contract.
At the 6-cent rate the private con
tractors' profits were estimated by
General Sharpe at $400,000 a year. If
he had known all the facts at the time.
General Sharpe said, he would not have
signed the contract.
SUGAR CROP APPORTIONED
Members of International Commit
tee Confer With Hoover.
WASHINGTON, Dec 27. Sir Joseph
White Todd and J. Ramsay Drake, al
lied representatives on the international
sugar committee, which has Just
worked out a plan for dividing next
year's Cuban crop among the allies and
the United States, discussed the ugar
situation here today with Food Ad
ministration Hoover.
The allies, they said, must depend
upon the Western Hemisphere next
year for their sugar supplies. Plans
are for the allies to go through the
year on half their normal consumption,
as they realize they have had supplies
In the last few months only through
sacrifice by the American people.
$50,000 THEFT DISCLOSED
New Yorker Held for Embezzlement
of Government Property.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Louis David
eon, proprietor of a cloth shrinking and
refinishing works In this city, was
locked up in the Tombs prison tonight
on a charge of embezzling Government
property.
The arrest was made In connection
with the disappearance of 350 bolts of
olive drab uniform cloth valued at $50,
000, which for several months has
puzzled the quartermaster's department
of the Army.
ROUGH DANCING IS TABOO
Aberdeen and Iloqulam to Cnrb
Pnbllc Amusements.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 27. (Spe
cial.) Police matrons hereafter will be
In attendance at all public dances given
in Aberdeen and Hoqulam under
orders of the police departments of the
two cities, following many complaints
against rough dancing.
Any person found resorting to rough
dancing will be ordered to desist or
leave the floor.
INCENDIARY PLOT FOUND
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alarmed and fled, leaving his belong
ings behind him.
State Fire Marshal Wells has a
theory that an effort was planned to
burn all of the mills In that vicinity
at one time and bewilder the residents
of the little town by starting all the
blazes possible.
One of the letters discovered con
tains information, upon which Is based
the belief that a scheme was brewing
to destroy grain warehouses from Gas
ton to Sheridan and Salem, as these
towns and the intervening distance
were specifically mentioned in the let
ter along with the reference to the
warehouses.
The fire In the Johnson mill did
damage which the fire marshal esti
mates at $20,000, the loss Including
4975 bushels of wheat. 400 bushels of
oats, 20 tons of chopped feed, 1 tons
of flour, and did considerable damage
to the building.
Safe-Drilling; May Be Blind.
At first the- theory was advanced
that the Job was done ty yeggmen, as
the safe had been drilled from the back
side. Fire Marshal Wells said, how
ever, that his deputies have located
some young women who, while on their
way home from a dance, discovered the
fire, and they say that the fire started
in another end of the building entirely
from the one In which the safe was
located.
The Fire Marshal advances the theory
that the work on, the safe was done as
a blind.
The three deputies returned to Mc
Minnville today for conferences with
District Attorney Conner and Sheriff
Henderson and further investigations
will be made.
It is expected that evidence of a still
more startling nature will be brought
to light, as the deputies told Mr. Wells
of certain information they had ob
tained from an apparently reliable
source, but It is of such a nature that
they are unwilling to divulge it at this
time.
FOOD STOCKS CHECKED
BUREAU OF MARKETS STARTS A
NATION-WIDE Sl'RVEV.
Only One County In Oregon Selected
Because of Wide Variety of Indus
. trial and Agricultural Interests.
WASHINGTON. Dec. , 27. Forty-one
counties in 31 states and New York
City have been selected by the bureau
of markets for an intensive store-to-store
canvass as a part of the Nation
wide food survey to be made December
31 by the bureau In co-operation with
state and local agencies.
All retail dealers in groceries, meat,
flour and feed in the territory will be
asked to fill out blanks showing how
much food they have on hand on the
day of the survey.
The results from this store-to-store
canvass, the bureau announced today,
will be used in checking up returns to
be received by mail from all dealers,
manufacturers and holders of food
stuffs in all other sections of the coun
try.. The counties were selected be
cause of the wide variety of industrial
and agricultural industries found
among them. Among the counties se
lected are:
Coos, Or., and Walla Walla, Wash.
Numerous surveys of food and mar
ket conditions are being made by the
bureau of markets of the Department
of Agriculture, all of them entirely In
dependent of the Federal food admini
tration, officials of the latter state. It
is understood here that Coos County
was selected in Oregon on recommen
dation of leaders of the O. A. C ex
tension department.
Several restaurant keepers in Port
land have received blanks on which
information for one of the surveys is to
be recorded. Other restaurant men,
hearing of the matter but not receiving
blanks, have rushed to the food ad
ministration to seek enlightenment,
fearing the possibility of incurring
fines or penalties. They have been sent
away assured that they need not worry
about answering Department of Agri
culture blanks unless they receive
them.
INDIANS READY TO BATTLE
Chief Promises Band's Aid to TJ. S.
if Call Is Issued.
SANTA Fe, N. M., Dec. 27. Venturo
Montoya, Governor of the San Juan
Pueblos, today declared he was "ready
to send all his men, old and young, to
fight for the flag if they were needed."
The. Governor and some 25 Indian
village officials were here attending
the hearing of a case in District Court
in which the court held that Montoya
was entitled to recover from Ambrosio
Martin, his predecessor, the "Ldncoln
Cane" and other insignia of the Gov
ernor's office, which Montoya claims
Martin has held illegally.
President Lincoln, during his admin
istration, presented- a gold-headed cane
to the Governors of a number of New
Mexico puebla villages, and they have
been carefully preserved and handed
down from each chief to his successor.
RED CROSS BUYS SUPPLIES
Umatilla Chapter Appropriates
, $5000 for Material.
PENDLETON. Or., Dec 27. (Spe
cial.) An appropriation of $5000 for
the purchase of materials to make sur
gical and hospital supplies has been
made by the directors of the Umatilla
County chapter of the American Red
Cross. A cutting machine has also
been ordered and will be used to cut
the surgical supplies and patterns to be
made up by the chapter and the auxili
aries. Seven different patterns of surgical
garments wjll be made here this year.
Two new members were placed on the
executive committee. They are Mrs.
Henry Thompson, in . charge of the
home classes In nursing, and James H.
Gwinn, director of publicity.
POTATO GROWERS TO MEET
Starch Making Will Be Main Topie
at Vancouver, Wash., Conference.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dee. 27. (Spe
cial.) The Clarke County Potato
Growers' Association will meet here
Saturday. Professor M. J. Newhouse
will discuss starch making. A repre
sentative of a starch factory at Beaver
ton, Or., will tell what his factory la
doing and how It is done.
C. 8. English, president, and Mr. New
house. Inspected the Beaverton plant
yesterday.
A series of lectures on potato culture
will be given in Vancouver. Ridgefield,
Washougal, East Mill Plain and Battle
Ground in February. The study of
home economics' also will be demon
strated, and the food value of prunes
and potatoes will be shown.
REMARKS CAUSE TROUBLE
Fireman Gets Into Difficulty When
He Talks Pro-German.
Alleged pro-German remarks by
Daniel Haller have made him serious
trouble. His case was reported yester
day to the Municipal civil service
board.
It was found that Haller was born
In Dietzenbach, Germany, and that in
signing civil papers at the time he
sought admission to the fire service In
1911 he said his place of birth was
Denver, Colo. He has taken out his
first papers. His alleged pro-German
statements at the fire station brought
about the investigation of the civil
service records.
ALL CHARGE PURCHASES MADE TODAY AND BALANCE OF
MONTH GO ON JANUARY BILLS, PAYABLE FEBRUARY 1ST
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of Authorized Adviser, 10 to 12
and 3 to 4:30. Mezzanine Floor.
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Merchan dise of cJ Merit O ny -
Khaki and Gray Knit
ting Worsteds New
Shipment Just In.
70 New Arrivals
Added to the Great Sale of
DRESSES at $12.50
Every Dress in This Sale Worth a Great Deal More Than $12.50
Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe Sr Co.
36 Handsome New COATS
Added to the SALE of
COATS at 1 $20.00
All in the Season's Smartest Models and Fabrics Wonderful Values
Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe 5r Co.
Friday and Saturday Every Child's
Hat
in Our Stock
77 REDUCED
Hats for misses and hats for children at the most extraordinary reductions ! Every hat. in our entire stocks for
younger girls is included in this great salel
Hats of every description for girls from 8 to 14 years old! Dress hats, street hats, school hats and rainy
day hats all divided for quick disposal into three big groups I
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40 f uA Tl .gr
49.
for ready-to-wear hats made of cor
duroy and velvette. Some have
drop brims and soft crown; a style
that is particularly good this season,
and hats with soft crowns and full
brims in very clever shapes. Both
black and colors are included. In
many instances the sale price is just
about one-third the regular price of
these hats!
75
for children's and misses" dress
shapes; simply trimmed, yet very
smart Most of these are intvelvet
in the most becoming shapes and
styles. All the smartest shapes are
showa. Both black and colored
hats are featured. This is just
about half the regular price of these
very smart hats. Really remarka
ble values at 75 c!
$1.00
for ready-to-wear and tailored hats;
some made of velvet and others of
plush. All are in the most becoming
shapes and styles, especially designed
for girls from 8 to 1 0 years old.
There are black and the most fetch
ing little colored hats included.
Small, close-fitting hats and larger,
graceful shapes. Many are consid
erably less than half price!
Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
PETTICOATS! !
A WONDER SALE AT
$ 1 .95
All-Taffetas, Silk Jersey
and Tub Silks
Nearly All Colors
Tops
With the prettiest ruffles and flounces;
(some with scalloped edges and some
trimmed with accordion pleated frills.
Some with changeable colored flounces.
Extraordinary values at $1.95.
Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
A Great Special Sale of Antique Gold Stand
CM
Picture Frames 98c
Lovely two-tone frames, with beautiful touches
of antique gold. These are made with removable
easel back, finished corners and ornamented top;
all of which give them the appearance of expensive
frames. Sizes range from 4x6 to 8x10 inches.
Frames shown for the first time today at a very
special price 98c.
Sixth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
GUNS STILL ACTIVE
Artillery Battle Is Raging on
Verdun Front.
GERMANS TWICE REPULSED
Two Shock Battalions Sent Forward
Beaten Back by French Forces ;
Teutons Iveave Prisoners and
Many Dead on Field.
PARIS, Dec. 27 Artillery fighting
continues on the Verdun front, where
the French yesterday broke up two
German attacks, the War Office an
nounces. Following is the statement:
"On the right bank of the Meuse
("Verdun front) the artillery battle con
tinues on the front north of Caurleres
wood.
"Information now at hand shows that
the attack carried out yesterday by
the Germans in this region was very
violent. After strong artillery prepa
rations, the enemy senf forward two
shock battalions. They were dispersed
by the French fire. In the second at
tempt parts of the enemy troops suc
ceeded in approaching our positions,
but were immediately ejected In a spir
ited engagement.
"The enemy dead remaining on the
ground between the lines and in the
wire entanglements demonstrated the
importance of the losses suffered by
the Germans who left' prisoners in our
hands."
LONDON, Dec. 27. "Except for some
hostile artillery activity north and
east of Ypres," Field Marshal Haig re
ported today to the British War Office,
"there was nothing' to report last
night."'
Colonel Pierce Joins War Council.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. A further
step was taken by Secretary Baker to
day toward the expansion of his new
War Council Into the dominant War
Department agency on all Instructions
relating to supply and equipment in
appointing, to membership on the coun
cil Colonel Palmer E. Pierce, who now
represents the department on the War
Industries Board. Colonel Pierce has
been nominated to be a Brigadier-General.
He will continue to serve on the
War Industries Board. "
total clearances, the figures being as against 45.064.S38 in the same period
42.686.787 for the 10 months this year, I the previous year. .
FOREIGN TRADE INCREASES
Overseas Clearances Show 1,500,
00 0-Ton Rise; Total Drops.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. Clearances
of American merchantmen from thij
country In the overseas trade increased
more than 1,500,000 tons during th
10 months of 1917, as compared with
the same period last year, figures is
sued by the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce show.
There was a decrease, however, in
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Sending money
to our soldiers
in France
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Paris correspondent for
forwarding money to American
soldiers in France, without the
necessity of an address. t
Full name and title of the soldier,
his company and regiment, are
all required- We can transmit
money by cable or mail.
This arrangement will now in
sure the safe delivery of funds
to our soldiers in France.
Our Exchange Department, Win
dow No. 3, will gladly answer
questions and give full information.
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We anticipate an advance in the price of PENNSYL
VANIA VACUUM CUP TIRES, January 1st.
Until o'Clock P. SI, Dec Slat, Ordera (or Tlrea Will Be Filled at Present
Price.
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