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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918. PATRIOTS' POUNGE Oil BIG CONTRACTS Supplies Committeemen Grab Jobs Totaling $128,830, 000, Confesses Member. SOLDIERS POORLY CLAD against autocracy." the Ambassador declared. The nimlwri of the comraltilon. Dr. Koo declared, had been greatly Im pressed br tbe earneetnena of the American people in the .war prepara tion. At present there about 113.000 Chi nese with the allies in Mesopotamia and France. Dr. Koo aald. "These are skilled bricklayers, masons and car penters, but when this commission re turns we hare no doubt that their ad vice, will result in increased military activity. "We of China have been impressed by the business ethics of the American people and yon of America know that China also has followed a policy of business honesty. "We have natural wealth and an abundance of cheap but efficient labor, and with the assistance of this great Nation we should be able to do our share. We realise that we must do our bit and do It quickly.' HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS SUFFRAGISTS Caiforina "shown to It SlHxJdy and Vol Half as Warm or Good a liana', While SO Per' Cent of Army shoes Don't "it. "WASHINGTON1. Jan. J.--I further Investigation of clothlnK and other Army supply contracts rerotlated by the civilian supplies rommlttee of the council of National defense, the (senate military committee today received from Charies K I sen man, vice-chairman of the contra, tin committer, a statement of merchandise bourht from firms whose members or employes are or were coo nertrj with the committee. Of Mpp.'rs worth about' M09.fl00.00 bouaht during the Ut elsht months. Mr tivnmmi statement discloses that Jt: .! worh came from such con cern, but that all exrrpi l !. worth was contracted for before the contractors' representatives became connected with the committee. riefore presenting the statement asked for by Senator McKellar yester day. Eiicnmin Id concluding his testi mony, staunchly defended the commit tee's work, upheld the policy of secrecy la advance of letting contracts and again Insisted that the men given the marh-dlscussed scrap-sorttng contract would hav been limited to a nominal profit. DetfsM Craarll caesteva. Members of the military committee tomcat were prepared to launch legis lation the first results of the Inquiry. Chairman Chamberlain plans to intro duce tomorrow a bill to create a new Cabinet member, known as the Secre tary of Munitions, to have complete chars of all war material purchas ing. It Is promised virtually unan imous committee support. Another bill which Senator McKellar plans to Introduce tomorrow as a re sult of the Investigation would amend the National defense act creatine; the Council of National Defense, so as to abolish all civilian advisory commit tees and prohibit the council -rubers or their agents from being directly or Indirectly Interested In supply con tracts. Nine ilrms were named In Mr. Elsen man's statement as being among those who had received Army supply orders from the committee and whoso repre sentatives served with the committee. Kir sb Are Lis led. The firms' named, their representa tive on the committee, the amount of the contracts received and the total of contracts for the kind of merchandise In which they were Interested, follow.-w Amerii-aa Woolen Company. F. R. Eddlnf ob. sm.;.j.uoo iiiM.tuj.nooi. w. :r.too. J- " a Ce, Mr. Bailey, $3.3.ou 1 1101. j; J.00O). William l-:ia a 'e Llacetm Cremwell. tl."- T4.2S.0. J wncr Turner. A. JL. Scott. tS.42T.0O0 tkitd states R sober Company. A. W. Lawrence. eJ.;.0ott i.e,S;w.tfou. w. h. af-s.wain C. J. . McElwala. t.no.i).iO iiw.Ue.D0O. I'ninl ftf-s Hunrtnf. Company, Gears It.. ta. i4a.oo iIM.210.ooo. I'leveisnd A or.t.4 Company. Charles Eisamaa. H.OOT.O-x) .if Hj.-Uo.)). Of the contract given to the Cleve Ivnd Worsted Company, of which Mr. Klsenman Is a stockholder. It waa al leged that only I41I.T00 were negotlat- 4 atter the supplies committee waa formed. Dunns; his explanation of the com ml t tee's- work. Etsenman attain vigor onsly resented what ho termed ques tions Impugning his motive and in sulting, and clashed with Senators Weeks and McKellar. Uaeasaaa Partly Backed. Testimony supporting Elsenman'a contentions that quality of Army cloth ing had not beentjowered by bis orders for as of more reworked wool, or shoddy, in the cloth was given by Ml chael E. IrtscolI. an expert wool nut facturer of Karttan. N. J., who said the new cloth virtually la as warm and d arable. He added, however, that the German uniform la & per cent better and cost less. ' Testimony regarding Army shoes also was beard lodsy from E. J. Bliss, of Boston, who said about 10 per cent of American soldiers' shoes do not fit and charged delay by the War Depart ment In adopting a correct shoe fitting device. Inquiry intp the clothing question will be resumed tomorrow. At an ex ecutive srssion late today, the rommlt tee decided to expedite its investiga tions as much as possible and here after limit detailed examination of witnesses POLICE WORK IS STUDIED Head of Tacoma Protective Office Confers With Ixla Baldwin. Having been appointed superintend ent of the Tacoma ' Police "department protective office for women, which Is patterned after the Portland system. and established through the co-operation of Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, of the local work. Miss Ethie B. Marsh is here to learn the business of handling such cases as coma to that branch of the police service. - Mlas Marsh Is from Chicago, but lo cated in Tacoma recently. She will build op the protective work of the folic Iepartment there as best she ran. Ehe is enjoying the experience she I getting here under the guidance of Mrs. Baldwin and other in the local office. The Tacoma work waa organised with the help of tin. Baldwin, who was consulted some time ago by those interested In the feature there, among them being people prominent In the so cial and business world. EARLY VICTORY PREDICTED Serbia' Foreign Minister Send Xrw Year's Greeting. WASHINGTON, Jan. J. Confidence In the ability of the allies to obtain i complete victory over th cential pow er was expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia In bl New Year's greeting to the State' l'enart men. Th messag mad pubWo today said: I hasten to take the occasion of the new year to tender to Your Excellency In th name of th royal government of Serbia and In my own nam our best wishes In tb Arm conviction that it will bring us final victory over the common foe. I doubt not that It wRl open a new era. which will Insure the reign of Justice, equality and liberty to all people, great and small, as a last ing and prosperous peace In which man kind will find guarantee for a new future of free development of ail it Intellectual and economic forces. "PASCHITCII, "Foreign Mlu!sier." Day Spent in Argument Propose Amendment to Constitution. on CLARK PROPOSAL OPPOSED Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Mr?. Carrie Chapman Catt Principal t Speakers; House to Consider Resolution Next Thursday. CHI1 DOING HER BIT OKI EST AL NATIOX HAS 1 23.000 ME BF.lil.D FIRING USES. iB.auaaer Declares 11 U Coaatry Will Do Its Skaro la Straggle Against Aateereey. SETT YORK. Jan. I. China already cas IIS. 000 men behind the firing lines In Mesopotamia and franc. Dr. Well ington Koo. Chines Ambassador to this country, said In an address here today before the Chamber of Commerce of th stat of New York. When the Chines commissioners now In the Unit ed States return to their own country. Fritljh advice to their government. Dr. Koo said, undoubtedly would result In Increased military activity. "China ln tenile Horn her nmot In this struggle EYERY HEAL A POISONOUS INJECTION Tew folks suffering from kidney and klad-ler troubles over think that the meals which they are taking are hasten ing their death. Every morsel of food taken gives np Its quantity of uric acid. This poison Is taken Into the system throutth a dlsensed condition of the kid neys and blad'ter. In the healthy man nature provides sn outlet for this poi son. Thoie In til-health must take a medicinal belp to drive this death-dealing poison from the system. For over Zt years COLD MEDAL. Haarlem Oil Capsules have been doing this work. They effect prompt relief in all diseases arising from klUnev and bladder trou bles. Don't pot off this vital matter of attending to your 'health until it is time to make your funeral arrange ments. Get a box of UOl-D MEDAL, Haarlem Oil Capsules today. Look for the geauine. Your druggist sells them. They are guaranteed or money refund ed. Inaist on UUi-D MEDai. Brand. Adv. WORK FOUND FOR 35,400 Municipal Employment Bureau Ile- , porta 1'ear'a Activities. Portland's municipal employment bureau got work during 1817 for J1.4S4 men and 273C women, according to th annual report made yeeterday by Dl rector Jones. It waa th biggest year in the history of the bureau. Of th work given men lt.OIO were Inside th city and 13.654 outside th city. Th work furnished waa of every sort. Among other figure in th re port are Hit apple pickers sent to Hood River; 433 men sent to Lantern Oregon grain fields. 85 strawberry pickers and vl bop pickers. Th total number of farm hands sent out was 557. Drector Jones assert th Port land bureau will have th best record for 117 of any city In th United States. WRITER GOES TO CAPITAL Day City Newspaper Man Senator Johnson' Secretary. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. (SpeclaL) Kranck H. Havenner, on of the best known of San Francisco newspaper men. has accepted the position of pri vate secretary to United cHates Ciena tor Hiram W. Johnson. 11 leave for Waahlngton in a few day to assume his new duties. Havenner succeeds Paul Harriot, who resigned th secre taryship recently to Join th aviation section of tha Signal Corps. Havenner I best known a a politi cal writer and reporter. He hssi been with the ban Francisco Bulletin for several years and is president of the San Francisco Newspapermen Club, an organisation of 1J4 active, working newspapermen. Havenner Is a Stan ford man. New Hospital ab Paris Planned. CHICAGO Jan. 3. A commission mad up of Id member of four affil iated organisations of physicians, sur geons, and medical research workers meeting here today launched a cam paign to raise 1-iO.OOO to bo used in tb establishment of "tb allied Hos pital unit" base hospital in Pari a Th member present represented th American Association of Progressiva Medicine, the Society for Medico Phys ical Research, tha American Society of Onflclal Surgeons and the Medical So ciety of tha United States. Columbia Ilivcr Falls. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 3. (Spe cial.) Tha Columbia River has dropped so far that the lower dock ia no longer covered with water here and the fire department today went down and cleaned off th mud that had ac cumulated. While it has been raining tha last few days. It is thought her that the river bas reached t& crest this time. It has mad a record for being so high at this season of the year. WASHlr.TON'. Jan. 3. Arguments by officials of the National Woman Suf frage Association occupied all of the first day of tha hearing by tha House suffrage committee on he constitu tional amendmenf resolution which the House haa agreed to consider next Thursday. Opponents of tha measure will be heard tomorrow and representa tives of tha Woman' party, will make their statements Saturday, e Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, the honor ary president, and Mrs. Carrie Chap man Catt, president of the suffrage association, were the principal speak ers today. They vigorously opposed a suggestion by Representative Clark, of Florida, that before Congress acts tne uestlon be submitted to a vote oi tne women of the country, declaring that this method was illegal and unneces sary and would put Congress In the po sition of saying that it recognised wom an a rights to vote, but naa proposea th moat difficult method of having that right registered. Mrs. Catt Makes Speech. At th afternoon session Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt spok.for tn3 suffrag es, taking as her argument the speecn Chairman Webb, of the Judiciary com mittee, made to the Housa for the passage of tha prohibition constitution al amendment. In that speech Mr. Webb pleaded with the House to refer tha amendment to the. state and let tha state decide for themselves In that way. By substituting tha word "suf frage" for the word "prohibition throughout Mr. Webb' speech, Mrs. Catt used the Congressman' argument for her cause completely. "Tha charge that the majority or women are pacifists In the sensa In which that word is used -at th pres ent time i absolutely disproved, not alone in the countries of our alWa. but in our own country, by tne xeai wim which woti ten have thrown themselves Into war service." aaid Dr. snaw. Women Also Valanteer. "It Is no overstatement to say that hir. one man offered voluntarily iu enlist 10 women have offered for ac live war work in the field in v. men women can serve the Government, and ih.rii are at Dresent several millions of women today serving their country with Just as much seal in work as greatly needed aa that In the camps or in the trencnes; wnnu mu..u more are preparing themseive ior tne service so that Just as soon as me country calls mora men to flu tne rank, thev can fill tne vacancies anu carry on the absolutely essential work f nrnvlnlonlnz and providing the Armv with the equipment of war. "If wa need a more definite state ment of this point, we need only to turn to the last election In Canada. m hich hihtzed entirely upon conscriis tlon. and was carried In favor of the measure by the votes oi tni tinaunn women, without which the government would have been deteaua ana con scription would have failed, wnen we find the service of women rec ognised by the governments of Great Britain. France ana lanaaa, ana even by Austria, concluded Dr. Shaw, It is a clear Indication that the loyalty of American women, measured, not only during tha war, but In every emergency In our country history, demands that at this time the Gov ernment ahall recognise the services of its women." publication of the secret jlelegrams sent by Count von Luxburg "before the latter' dismissal as German Minister I to Argentina, to Berlin through the medium of the Swedish legation. In those telegrams Count von Lux burg advised the "sinking without a trace" of Argentina vessels and In formed his government concerning German propaganda In South America. Some of the dispatches were withheld frcm publication for several weeks and it has been reported previously that Ambassador Naon. who sent them to his government with the expectation that they would be given out, was to be recalled") WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Dr. Naon. the Argentine Ambassador, when In formed of the foregoing dispatch from Buenos Aires, said there was no com ment he could make and added in re sponse to a question as to whether be had resigned, "not that I know of.'. The Government here also has re ceived unofficial reports without con firmation that Ambassador Naon is to retire. EARLY SHOPPING PATRIOTIC Tacoma Women Have Chance Help Shipbuilding Programme. to Meat Stock Largest In Tears. CHICAGO. Jan. 3. According to a statement by Schwars tt Co.. the stocks Of cut meala at leading Western pack ing points are th largest In 10 years. They aggregate 2. 250. 000 pounds, an increase of 100.400.000 In December. Army Orders. PAN TTRANCISCO. Jsn. t. These orders were issued today at headquarters of the Western Ixpartment of the Army here: ' First Lieutenant Don R. Morris. Washing ton Coast Arililery, Butte. Monu. will pro ceed le Fort WorvUa. Wash., 'or the purpose of making aa Inventory of supplies brought Into the Federal service by the Washington Coast Artllicv- Major William R. P. Clark. Captain Joseph A. farks and First Llsutsaaot Henry A. Holt. Medical Reserve Corps, upon comple tion of their duty at Camp Fremont. Palo A. to, Cal.. assicned them by orders hereto fore Isaued. will proceed to the cosat de fenses of Pus! Sound. Fort Worden. Waah., and coast deienses of the Colurable, Fort Stevens. trr. for the purpose ef examining all troops (or- tubereuleeia aad aralo-vaseular disease. RUSSIAN PARTY ARRIVES Relative of Kerensky Comes to Study American Rullroad Methods. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. . Vladimir Baronovsky. of Petrograd, who said he was related by marrtage to ex-Premier Alexander Kerensky, of Russia, arrived here today with his wlfa from tha for mer realms of the Csar; on their way to Los Angeles. Accompanying them was Rear-Admiral T. Bosse, of the Rus sian navy, who took a prominent part in the Russo-Japanese War and has acted In an advisory capacity to the Russian naval force In tha present war. Baranovsky la the son of a promi nent munition manufacturer who is known as the "Krupp of Russia." He s her to study American rllroads and to introduce American methoas in the rehabilitation of the Russian-Siberian lines. His sister Is the wlte of Keren sky. he said. The Bolshevikl rule In Russia cannot last long. In the opinion of the visitors. who said. Kerensky was in hiding. awaiting an opportunity to assert hlr.i self and gain the upper hand. TACOMA, Jan. 3. (Special.) If Ta coma women will shop early and thus allow streetcars to be diverted to the municipal carllnes extending to the tide flats, the Foundation Company's shipbuilding plant may be doubled in aize. Mayor A. V. Fawcett today issued an appeal to the women to shop early to the workers can bo handled without delay. The Foundation Company, now build ing ships for the French government, Is the same concern that has a plant at Portland. Bayly Hipklns. Portland general manager of the Foundation's Western yards, told the City Council today that 20 ways would be constructed if the employes could obtain adequate trans portation. JEWS GIVE FOR HOMELAND Fund Being1 Raised for Establish ing Palestine Project. NEW YORK, Jan. I. Mora than one- quarter of the first 11,000,000 fund be ing raised for immediate needs in re establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine bas been subscribed. It was announced tonight by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, chairman of tha provisional executive committee for general Zion ist affairs. The campaign started Mon day and met with an enthusiastic re sponse from Jew in all parts of tha country. Dr. Wise stated. Among the larger contributions are: Jacob H. Schiff. S25.000; Marion Travis, of Tulsa. Okla.. S.OOO, and Eugene Meyer, $24,000. CREWE HOUSE IS LOANED London Homo Becomes Great Anglo- American Exchange. LONDON. Jan. 3. The Marquis of Crewe, former Lord President of the Council, the Dally Express says, has loaned his London home. Crewe House, to the government for. a national pur- Dose. , The house will be used, it Is said, as the official headquarters of Viscount I Northcliffe and the British mission to the United States, thus becoming a great Anglo-American exchange, devot ed to the united work of the two countries. Rl'-jyV"' etfj fiUx ft Wit J-i ?u-i Si - ' - aT'.x ' Take Your Extra S. & H. Stamps Today and Saturday With Coupon BRING. THIS COUPON and ;et fsar 2Q.Extra-2Q fft. "S. & H." Trading it-f '-: Stamps on your first $1 cash 'pur- !Jass chase and double on the balance. Good on first floor and in basement today and Satur day, January 4 and B. Swagger Sticks Half Price $10.50 COWHIDE TRAVELING BAG, crepe grain finish, three-piece construction, sewed corners, black, size 18 inch. Special PQ HfT now at 0Oe I D $6.50 BLACK ENA3IEL SUIT CASES, full 24-inch, fancy lining with shirred Qff pockets. Special tD'xeeyO $40.00 THERMOS LUNCH SET, fitted with Plates, Silverware and Cups for six persons. Space for four-quart Thermos QOK fi( Bottles. Special -tDaSOaUU $37.00 TAN SUIT CASE, fitted with white ivory, purple silk lining, full (PQI TA 24-inch O&ti.uVJ LADIES' SHOPPING BAGS, patent finish, very smart pieces, 12 and14-in. Q4 rTfr Priced special at 7 u5' 4 O Few Realize Till They Try How Easyjt Is to KALSOMINE There may be excuse for poverty, but there is no excuse for gloom and filthiness. Old, dirty walls are gloomy and breed disease. AT A "R A C'T'T 1I l"? wiU both br'Enten and'cleanse. Simply mix with water and T---'--M--r-Z-J J. XlJL-i even a chiid can apply it Things Artistic at Reduced Prices Ivorex Plaques y4 OFF Framed Pictures values to $2.50 special 59 Prints values to 50c for Hand-painted Stouffer's China 4 OFF rT rfrJ; Thermometers I1 I ACCITRATK I I WOODARW CO ACCURATE 50c Special on Alarms Two days only $2 "Slumber" Stopper $1.69 $1.50 "The Lark" $1.19 You Need Some of These Creme Tokaloii, Eoseated.79 Ice Pencils ..$1.50 $1.00 Delatone 90 $1.00 Othine 98 Princess Creme 50S 75, $1 and $1.50 50c Pond's Extract Cold Cream 40 Hair Brush, solid back, real ebony, 11 rows bristles 890 25c Listerated Antiseptic Tooth Powder, 3 for 65 25c Lyons' Tooth Powder 20i Peerless Almond Cream 250, 500, 850 50c Hinds' Honey Almond Cream 450 50c Kobertine .. . .400 Velvetine Face Powder. .350 10c Soap Babies, three for 250 35c Sachet Bags, assorted odors 270 25c Cuticura Soap... 180 25c Woodbury's Soap.220 Manicure Your Own Hands We have a full stock of all manicure articles. Cuticle Scissors 500 to $1.25 Cuticle Knives 250 to $1.00 Cuticle Knippers $1.25 to $2.00 Cuticle Pushers 100 to 250 Nail Files 100 to $1.50 Nail Buffers 250 to $1.00 Orange Wood Sticks 50 to 150 GOVERNMENT BUYS PRUNES Total of 1,700,000 Pounds Pur chased In Pacific Northwest. SALEM. Or- Jan. S. (Special.) Rob ert Paulus, ecretary of the Salem Kru.lt Union, announced today the disposal of 1,700,000 pounds of Northwest prunes to the Government. The sale practi cally cleans up packing-houses of the Northwest of those 'sizes, and leaves about 1,000,000 pounds of other sizes In their hands. The prunes were aold at approxi mately 1123.000. The eale,to the Government Includes 1.000,000 pounds of 60-60S and 700,000 pounds of 60-70s. This is believed to be the largest single sale of prunes ever consummated In the Pacific Northwest. Rubber Goods $2.50 3-quart Red Molded Hot Water Bottle or Fountain Syr inge, 2-year guar- (P"J QQ antee. at tDJ-etO $2.50 Combination Hot Water Bottle and Fountain Syringe, Special in this sale Bath Brush With detachable curved handle. Regular $1.00, 7H n "special. '. I Regular 75c, Special 0 AUTO ACCIDENT IS FATAL Austin Myers, of Central Point, Suc cumbs to Injuries. MEDFORD, Or- Jan. 3. (Special.) Austin Myers, who was injured in an auto wreck at Central Point December 31, died at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Medford last night. His wife, who also was Injured, is on a fair way to recovery, says the at tending physician. Dr. Sweeny. She will be out of th hospital in a few days. Mr. Myers was well known In Central Point and vicinity. Bath Towels ,w Regular 60c special 47c Regular 30c, special 19c i jy i 1 1 j ?u5Si3 Kanner's Double Edge Stropper for Gillette blades Practicable, durable, reasonably priced at $200 A. L. GROVER, 26, IS SUICIDE Man. Shoots Himself When Despond' ent Because of Debts. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) Alfred -Lawrence Grover, 26 years old, married and father of a son, committed' suicide Monday by shooting himeelf with a rifle while his wife was visiting In Woodland, Wash. His body was found the next day by neighbors. He wrote letter to his parents at Woodburn, Or., to bis wife and one to his neighbors. Ha said In one of the letters that be waa so heavily In debt be was giving up th struggle. Three weeks a-gc his baby tipped over its high chair and its head struck a sharp corner and death resulted. Mr. Grover waa employed by the North Fork Logging Company. The body will be taken to Woodburn for interment. RUMOR SAYS NAON TO QUIT i Argentine Ambassador Comments, "Not That I Know or." BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Jan. S. It Is reported without confirmation that Dr. H. 8. Naon. the Ambassador at Washington, has - resigned In conse ouenre of frlrtlon arising from the HOTEL PERKINS FIFTH AKD WASHIVGTON ITHEETi PORTLAND, OBEGO.X. HANDY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPERS. Rates to Suit You Special Law Rate tm Permaacat Gaests. MRS. WILSON AIDS POOR White House Motor Truck Used to Distribute Coal to Needy. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Mrs. Wood row Wilson took a band today in- help ing the city's poor, suffering from a coal shortage, by putting a White House motor truck at the disposal of the movement for f ree distribution of coal to the needy. Hawaii to Import Less Food. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Rigid conservation of food In the Hawaiian Islands will effect a reduction of ap proximately 23 per cent in the terri tory's imports of foodstuffs from the United States In 1918, according to J. F. Child, Federal Food Commissioner for the -islands, who was here today on his way to attend a conference with Food Administrator Herbert C BATH MATS ATTRACTIVE COLORS AND DESIGNS Sl.OO to $2.75 t rvrn SJTSJEETtf WEST FeBK Alwave S. & IT. MAS SHALL 4-7OO-H0ME A 6171 Stsmnt rirst Three Floors , ' . ' '. " Hoover and states. commissioners from all Parcels Can, Be Sent to Portugal. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. Establish ment of a parcel poet mailing service between the United States and Portu tral, effective immediately, was pro vided in orders received here today by Jesse S. Roberts, superintendent oi me -oii-o-ov mail service for the Eighth m.ti-int Packages for this service must not weigh more than 11 pounds. according to the instructions. Red Cross Succors Sardanla. WASHINGTON. Jan. S. The Amer ican Red Cross has carried the first iio frnm this country to Sardinia. A cablegram from Rome today said Captains Carroll and J. P. Stevens, rep resenting the Red Cross, arrived at Sardinia, December 17. Everywhere they heard expressions of gratitude to America. Blj? Maneuver Grounds- Assured. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. One of the largest military maneuver grounds in the country will be established soon at Camn Fremont, Palo Alto, it was an nounced at Western Department head quarters today, as the result of the action of the owners of 60,000 acres of land adjacent to the camp, who have waived officially their rights of prose cution for trespass. Buy Jewelry .with that check you received for a Xmas or New Year's present. Nothing; else will be" so lasting or afford as much real satisfac tion. What could perpetuate a memory as well as a beautiful wrist watch or a diamond? STAPLES The Jeweler 26S MORRISON ST, Between Third and Fourth. L V. S. Food Administration License No. G 3.1567 Gorn 20 to.22c Cheaper Than the Jobbers' Price Corn, Appetizer brand, extra standard, reg. $1.60, sp'l $1.40; ea. 12 Cprn, Onarga brand, extra standard, regular $1.85, special 81.65 A FEW MORE LOW PRICES. Pumpkin, Libby's, No. 3 tins, doien $1.85; each 17 Peas, Alvarado brand. No. 2 tins, dozen $1.50; each 12;4i Mt Vernon Milk, 48 large cans In case, S3. GO; doz. $1.40; ea..l2 WHOLE WHEAT AXD GRAHAM AND PATENT FLOl'R, ETC. Whole Wheat Flour. 49-lb. sack $2.65; 10-lb. sack 65e Graham Flour, 49-lb. sack $2.65; 10-lb. sack 65 Superior Flour, 49-lb. sack $2.65; barrel $10.40 Superior Flour, 10-lb. sack 60 White Rose Flour, 49-lb. sack $2.60; barrel $10.30 Buckwheat Flour, Larowe's New York, 8-lb. eack 774 Rye Flour, 49-lb. sack $2. SO: 10-lb. sack 7C Rye Meal. 4S-lb. Back $2. SO; 10-lb. sack 756 Barley Flour, 49-lb. sack $2.75; 10-lb. sack 75 Barley Pancake Flour, package 15d Rioe Pancake Flour, package 257 .Rice Flour, 10-lb. sack 754 DRIED FRUIT. Raisins, Unbleached Sultanas, per lb ...12 Peaches, very choice, per lb 12 'b? Figs, White Calimyrna, per lb 15t Figs, Black Kelaey. per lb 12isC SOAPS CHEAPER Consult These Prices; Yon Will Find Them Lower Than Any Other Place In the City. White Linen Soap. 100 bars in box; box $4.90; each 5ct Royal White Soap, 100 bars in box; box $4.90; each 5J Cake's Golden Star Soap, box $4.50; each 4!iC A BLUING SPECIAL Mrs. Stewart's Bluing, lO-o bottle, regular 20c; special... .-...154 COFFEE Juno Coffee, regular S5c lb., special lb., 294; or 3'i lbs. for.. Sl.OO Rose of Ceylon Tea, black, per lb 500 D. C. BURNS COMPANY . Members of the Greater Portland Association. , Wholesalers to Private .Families!. Hotels and Restaurants, 208-210 THIRD ST, BET. TAYLOR AND SALMON One and One-Half Blocks South of Public Market. Special Hall Order Service. . Write for Monthly List.