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THE 3I0RMXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. MARCII 28, 1918. GERMAN MASSES SUFFER WITH COLD Socialist Writer Prophesies resent Conditions May Le; Any Day to Catastrophe. POOR UNABLE TO GET FUEL TU-rlln f.irn Coa Thai lllrn. N o (.aaranlre Caa .rt nj here m Lamp of Coal. Card. Single (n fact, coal shortage forced them to throttle down their normal production. Berlin's gas work's had at on lima only fle day' coal supply on band. The power planta of tfaa aurface, ele vated and underground railways of Greater Berlin were In a similar plight, running from -hand to mouth. The riant oraantam of Oermany'a me- Itropolia baa ben and atlll la running i on Ibe amalleat thinkable coal margin, with the alta-nteat hitch In emergency deliveries epelllne catastrophe. It haa been aeceaaary for tha mu. Intctpal authorities to rail on tha pop- 4 rJ.i: . , J i ulaca voluntarily to limit tha uaa or riCiClll OUIIUUIUIli lYldJ LCdU !.. and particularly to letve unused the very popular gas heaters for hot bath water. The masses of ureater Merlin had an unprecedented oppor tunity for earning the litis of "the tireat I'nwaahed." for the coal shortage likewise forced tha closing of Berlin's public baths. .Sharper measures were resorted to In order to save electrlcsl current and consequently coat In 191S consumers of electricity must not exceed III per cent of their consumption In tha cor responding quarter of 1S1. A aharp police control haa been exercised over restaurants, hotels, stores, etc.. to sec that tha i per cent saving of electric ity Is carried out. Coal rrodartloa al Maslaaaa. It can be calculated on as a certain! that with earh aucceedlng war Winter Germany's coal shortage will gro mora critical: an investigation Into th coal problem ylelita another eminently practical conclusion, urrainjr i re' sources ire not unlimited: but here tha matter of coal, one can. for the Mrst time, positively stale that a llm has been reached. Germany's coal pro ductlon has reached the limit of tha superhumanly possible. Nothing mora can be dona to further production tha baa already been done, ror tha bal net of the war Germany ran produce no mora coal than she Is mining today. By straining every effort Germany ca at most maintain her present pace coal production, which approximates that of peace time. Any change In tha war future must Inexorably be a change for tha worse. a falling off In production. This means that If tha production of ammunltlo and other war materials Is to be whipped up still further, tha necessary additional coal can only be made avail able by "taking It out or the German people, or by still further ruthlessly closing down non-war Industries. J means that Germany, which today physically unable to satisfy one-fourth of tha normal coal demands or Sweden, Lenmark. Holland and Switzerland, will be able to Increase her compensa tion coal exports to neutrala only by killing off her own noma 'non-war In dustrles or by Imposing atlll heavier hardships on tha long-suffering people, or both- Of no other phase or tier many's war economy can It be author Itailvely and honestly said that tha limit has been reached. (Continued Tomorrow.) BT CYIUI. RIUiW.V f.ntnt. let, hw in. I'rae pub.laftta e Pi4fc; by srrwaa-mer.i with ta. .. U.'M. KTJ-KH'IJ4. Ken. :. (Special.) Cal hrtar. particularly coupled with f'"xi snortace. Is undeniably an Important factor In helping to drpsvss tiie nirale of the i.erman masses. 1 hrre a rr i n of excitement, marked by outbursts of loud complaints among 1-irge circles ff Berlins populace who have been suffering under tha heavy csl shnrtaice. It Is said that In Great er :erlin mot worktnamen's homes. Inost homes of the lomer middle and prer rlae, have been and sttll without roal. . Sm-lallt writer prophe- stes thst unless this rondttion Is rema ined it may lead any day to a catastro phe of incslrulable cnnarqtiences. and gives the following vivid picture: rei stand la line la front ef the real S.aier.' s'c. mtx ftad hnors la t In- tee rtttt. rin. uo. d4 mud. as. eMe wieiin wet I - Ihe Sons ssd frvasiag. must t.lura apf 'ba"'l4 te their uaheated Smee lranM tse supply Is exhausted. nuitri. embittered .B J d p. rm i . com p a'flts ra trnrm Unffkrlsnatea who far weeks sad mwthj have sol succeeded ebtalBlns eves eoe handful of coal aad who la cweseieiice have for weeks and moalhs iMea saable te heat, read and wash- It enlv aataraj tost the belief Is saining rrmm. imMf the paHlic that the gwent Ft, n I allow the pr- en t Intolerable ceodl te ceatlnue oat of consideration f "' !: rlrft cool heron, which t.nrls to In- reoso the embtttereuness end taralh of the SMblh . A lorge port ef tlreater Herllo s nter?ed atwl h.ruooeklng population te foere.1 te soo the cold and rtarh n tntf e-eatnr. In unheared and anllshted rootni Th. niljerT. the de.perattoa aad the bit terwa m.mnt froos da te day. The t n t,eme about the greea directors' tab e hove SnporenlTe so Idea what It looks like la a factory section of (Sreater Benin aad la the hearts of the Bertia proletariat, t.eroi o y la O e roramaloed. The social problem, too. affords a spa rlfic illustration of how highly organ ised and. In the opinion of many econo mists, how overorgantaed Germany Is after neatly four years of war. For a burgher of I'.erlin to get a bag of coal In this time of shortage entalla the combined co-operation of the Imperial Ckal Commissioner, tha management of the coal kartell, I he general manage ment of the ITueslan state railways and tha director of the central traffic bureau, the Wholesale Coal Dealers' As. sorlaiioa. the municipal authorities and frequently the military aufhoritlea as wll. This cumbersome apparatus functions as follows: The Imperial Coal Commis sioner, kept posted as to tha produc tion of the mines on the one hand tha needs of the war Industries on the el her. has the hopeless task of Jug gling the email balance and apportion Irt It where most needed. Greater Verdtn's coal ration la consigned to the Wholesale Dealers" Association, which Is responsible for Its equitable dlstri butlon to the retailers, iterlln'a coal will arrive only after atate railroad nhaaagement and central traffic dtrec tor find they can squeexe It somewhere between the preferred military and war Industries traffic. Treable la (.ectlag f eel SerlewJ Once the coal cars have reached Berlin's freight etatlons tha real trouble has only begun, however. The difficulties besetting the rail roads ran be gathered from the fact that there are over l.Sov.O'X) tons of coal waiting to be distributed to retailers. There Is an acute shortage of delivery wagons for hauling the coal from tne freight stations and distributing II among the small consumers. There Is also a shortage of sacks. There Is also a shortage of labor for unloading the roal cars, loading the delivery wagons and putting the coal in cellar. The military authorities have to be called on lo supply military vehicle and mili tary labor, but the military authorities are anable to comply In full with tha demand. The Berliner, meanwhile, hss his coal card In Ms hand but not a scrap of guarantee that be will get a alngte lump of coaL irverorganlxatlon leads to disorgani sation. Holders of coal cards have no way of knowing what particular re tailer in his section of Berlin Is likely to get coal first. None of the retailers has any stock on hand left. All sell out within a few hours after thslr par ticular consignment reaches the freight station. Coal lines are one result. Ber l.nirs standing patiently In the cold for many hours In the hope of obtain ing le or 5e pounds of coke, or brick ettes. Other and wtser Berllners swarm to the freight stations with hand push carts or bags In the hope of getting heir coat ration more aurely and D'tlcker direct from the coal cars. Wordy quarrels and fights, frequently e:!mula:ing small riots, are conse quently frequent occurrences, par ticipated In by populace, small coal Ca:ars. police and railroad officials. AparV-oeat-Mowoea .If f re-ted. Perhaps the most unpleasant war aovetty of the Winter was the official rationing of the steam heat and hot water aupply In Merlin's apartment houses, and nrcessitsted by the tight rationing of coal and coke, further stirring up one of war s little hornets' neat. Tenants whose leases called fur an unlimited supply of steam heat and hot water were quick to take ad vantage of the possibility of suing their landlords, forced to bow under the cfKial rationing yoke, for breach of cor. tract. ro numerous were the filed a-i threatened lawsuits over steam heat and hot water that special heating courts of arbitration and arbitration bureaus between tenants and landlord wsre established. As a baste for settlement of heating c-.putce between landlords and tertsnts t-ie fuprtm heating arbitration body cf Herl.n. the oal Association, hss de creed thai If landlords ars physically ansUle to live up to their contract ten ants are entitled to a rebate of X per cent on the rent for October. Novem ber and lftecember. for the missing steam heat and 4 per cent la knocked off the rent tor the monthe of Janu ary, t'ebr-oary and March, further. 1 j.r cent la kaocaed off for failure to supply hot water In apartment-houses. The aeesest ordinance, however, re a .tires landlords to malntaia a mini mans temperature of s-.a degrees Fah renheit trt apartments between t A- M. an J 9 I. M. I lakts Are LJ salted. The roal shortsge and the eonsequenl Increasing use ef yea and electricity by the public both have resulted la a eertoua deficit ta gaa aad elsertrte car roni The gaa aad el set Me work a mt Berlin were aaatle te produce eaosiga ta k9 BP wUa toe gbcertaai aeaa4. Saturday the Last Day This week ends the Greenburg Music Co., Kansas, Liquidation and Inventory Sale. THIS IS THE END OF THE TREMENDOUS REDUCTION IN PRICES JII00or2nnrTn MAYOR HELD IMMUNE COIHT HILKS DAMAGE fAOT BE lOLLKCTKD BT PIBLIC. UeelalM Readme la Aetloa at Seattle te Which Htraaa C. till! la Party. SflATTLE. Wash., March (Spe claL) The ilayor of a city cannot be held responsible under his official bond for damage auffered by private indi viduals or the public, according to Su perior Judge Archibald W. K rater. This ruling was made In the grant- ng of a non-suit on petition of former Mayor Hiram ('. Gill and former Chief of 1'ollce Charles Beckingbam. de endanta In a damage action brought by tha Hrunswlck-Balke-4 ollendcr Com pany for the smashing of pool tables In the Baden poolroom at First and I'lne streets on September :. 191. by the dry squad. The company appeared In the ault on the ground that the tables were pur chased under a conditional blU of sale by Ixuls Hitchcock, and that title had not been transferred to the purchaser. Assistant Corporation Counsel T. J. 1 Kennedy appearing for the defend ants, held that In view of the fact that Hitchcock was the third person to whom the tables had been transferred under the original bill of sale, the company'a claim did not hold. The court also allowed a non-suit In this phase of the action. M100 ISSUES NOTICE a.-vae.aoAAoe IX CERTI n GATE, FKHI'D TO PI BXJC OF- Total of O.eOO.lMO.Ooe la Treasury eles Offered la Advaaee ef Third Liberty lass Drive. WASHINGTON. March 17. Continu ing his preparation for the third liberty loan. Secretary McAdoo tonight announced the Issuance of another block of f J09.0iKi.000 certificates of In debtedness, bearing per cent In terest, payable July 9. and dated April 1rt. when subscription books will close. These certificates carry the same terms as others issued In anticipation of liberty loan collections. This la the fifth block of certificates offered In advance of the liberty loan, making a total of $-00.000.000. WASH1VOTOV. March IT. Appearing today before Penate and House con ferees considering the administration bill to establish a war finance corpora, tlon. Hecretary McAdoo urged that tha corporation be given power to Issue ll.soo.oro.ooo In bonds, ss provided In the Senate bill. Instead of only half that sum, proposed In tha House measure. The Hecrstary emphasised the need fur more capital than ll.dno.iMia.Ono In bonds and 9k00.heo.eoo capital stock given ttndoe the House bill. S.V. Model (262 IS Cash. M Monthly. .KW A.D ISEO SonsCIOC rand. In rosewood Ttst Having to you ItiOS. Terms CZS cash. lib mommy. IOC Thompson .' Co. Tp tX3 right. In fine OQf"t mahogany, now for &iJJ Having to you 136. Terms S7.SO cash. STSO payday, then S8 monthly. I7C Thompson 4c Co Up el 3 right. In "ii-nri" hogany, for OaiOO Saving to you $120. Terms S6 cash, ft 6 first payday, then monthly. S750 Now $325 I nn Pteger Parlor Grand. wL't? for .r.r.".-..$495 Paving to you $906. Terms S2& cash, S12 monthly. fCCnRed Sona TPrlnt. JJUn m a h o g-egOQC any. now for wOJJ Paving to yoti $115. Terms JIO cssh. BIO payday, then lO monthly. torn Angelus Player In ).C3U figured walnut. OC now for wJ Paving to you $21S. Terms 5 cash. $55 monthly. 1 7 Cfl Bennett Baby Grand l3Uimhorny tOOC now for OaiiJ Saving to you $425. Terms 2R rash. S10 monthly. ClrinnNew York Plano IUUUforte CoMje Grand in rosewood t a Uw Paving to tou $s$S. Terms 25 cash. S5 monthly. 0CfHallett sV Davis Up wdSU right, reae-SJlyi- wood. for sPl? Paving to you $"06. Terms BIO cash. S1.2S weekly, (ocn Curtis, old model In t3U n a t u r a 1 rose 0" wood, now for OOVJ Paving to you $220. Terms B5 cash. SI weekly. 17C Davis sV 80 ns" Up JOlWrlght. nOeQ fumed oak, for sPeoUO Saving to you $117. Terms S6 cash. HQ payday, then monthly. 7Cnslner Player Pla'no. I WW rich mahoK-sJJf'Q any. now for tftOO Bsvlng to you $282. Terms 8 12.50 cash. S12.50 pay day, then S12.50 monthly. fnn Thompson Player PI eOUUano, in fumed oak. now for . Having to yon $205. Terma SIO cash. SIO payday, then lO monthly. fOCflSteger Player Piano. WOvlu in finest fig ured walnut, now. Saving to you $230. Terms S12.50 cash, 812.50 pay day, then $J 12.50 monthly. MS 11T Model S395 S-O ( ash, 10 Monthly XEW AD TSBD 1 97 K Collard Collard Small e a--I 3 English Upright, now for Saving to you $230. Terms SS cash, SI weakly. QCBeatty P a r 1 o r fo f? WdOOraran. 21 stODS.. WassJ Saving to you $70. Terms 85 cash, si weeKiy. $395 $495 tCnC Singer Upright I" 3Zd mabog any, Ofic now for -POiJO Paving to vou $19. Terms SIO cash. SIO payday, then 8 monthly. tCnnKroeger Piano, in oak. JUU carved, nosfine Saving to you $305. 1J7J Terms SIO.OO cash, S6.00 monthly. torn Steger 4 Sons' Mahog ODaUany Upright OQ (? now for JJI7J Saving to you $265. Terms S 12.50 cash. S12.SO pay ay, then SIO monthly. Every plnno or player-piano purchased carries with it the Schwan Piano Co. guarantee usual guarantee from each manufacturer of these new musical instruments, subject to exchange allowing the full amount paid. This virtually gives you a one-year trial of the piano you order. of satisfaction, as also lthin one year, the Moat-ran arere' least Distributors, III Kearth Street t W asklsgtea. Schwan Piano Co. WARRANTEE BACKED BY MA.NY MILLIONS IN CAPITA!. MINE VALUE VARIES Affairs of Alameda Consoli dated Aired in Court. SMALL JUDGMENT ALLOWED ravnirnt Dependent Upon Accounl Ins; for Stock Alleged Plaintiff Sold for Company; Legality of Itecelver'g Sale Questioned. Is. B. M. Simons recovered a Judg ment before Circuit Judge btapleton yeatcrday afternoon for $794.80' from he Almeda Consolidated Mining Com pany, and his obtaining or this sum. according to the judgment of the court. Is contingent upon accounting for :,- S sharea sold for tha company. Mr. Simons la aeeklng to recover cr- aln hypothetical rlghta and to estab lish an Interest In property which he asserts to be worth from $J0,000,0o0 to 76.000.000. The value of the .property of th company, which Is situated In Josephln 'ounty. has been estimated variously roro nothing to $100.0i0,oon. The capt stock of the corporation Is $la, OOn.Oiv). The history of the project began I 900. when a company was organized with a capital stock of $1,000,000 by ve Incorporators, who turned over to he company eight mining prospects or claims which they asserted to be wort he face value of the stock ls.ued to tha Incorporators. The value of the property. In th opinion of the court, was and is purel speculative. Three hundred thousan dollars of the stock waa retained reasury stock, and a small portion It was sold for development purposes. eilmuns was authorised, aa the selltn gent, to dispose of It. He sold 21,22 hares, so the testimony showed, for Ji. 162.50. Simons kept the money an urned back to the company an equal mount of stock. In 1905 a receiver waa appointed by Circuit Judge Calkins, of Josephln ounty. In 1913 the property was sold t committee of creditors for about the value of their claims. Simons Is disputing the legality of proceedings in the Josephine County ourt. Judge Stspleton disclaims Juris ictlon, but announces that should the upreme Court say his court has Juris Ictlon, he will rule that the proceed Ings In Josephine County were entirely regular and he will uphold them. ELWOOD PURCELL IS DEAD Lrirls County Resident Passes Away at Country Home. CIIEHAUS. Wash.. March J7. (Spe clal. ) Elwood Purcell. a Lewis County resident, who came to this section with his parents In 199$, died at his New aukum prairie home yesterday. M Purcell waa born In Crawfordsvllle, Ind. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon In Chehalls, with Intermen at Claquato. Healdes his wife. Mrs. Mary Puree!!, the aged mother of the deoeaeed, Mrs. Sussn PuroelL aurvlvea htm; also five brothers. Pert and Grant, of Adna, and John, of Handle; Ben, of Haoramentn, Cel.. and Halph, of Kaatern Washing ton. A sister Miss Emma Purcell, lives at Adna. INSURANCE MEN ORGANIZE Move Against Non-Partisan League Started in Washington. SPOKANE, Wash., March 27. (Spe cial.) State insurance men, 6000 strong, are being organized down to county units to resist the spread of the non-Partisan League in the state of Washington. - Idaho agents are ready to take the same action. King. Pierce and Spokane counties have already been organized, accord ing to President H. W. Newton, of the State Insurance federation. T. K. Blnnie has been named to organize all counties In Eastern Washington and is now at Walla Walla. The county fed erations Include all lines of Insurance. rvsr i M'i ! ,t..u.i:iji5.i tr i 12) will wttl-uitsnd thg hardest wear because only beat (rides of clatlc con -elastic and metal parta art used In their manufacture. The pin is very strong'! buckles easily adjusted: patented rubber cushion clasp prerenta stocklnfs from tcarli-j or gafilnf. "Stockings held tha MeCKOefV ws-r Are etocJunea held to surely star." Chlcaew Aston i co. Ns BIG TREE CRUSHES HOUSE Mr. and Mrs. Xcls Grandberg, Elhel, Wash., Have . Narrow Escape. CHEHAL1S. Wash.. March 27. (Spe cial.) Mr. and Mrs. Nels Grandberg, of Ethel, 19 miles southeast of Chehalis, narrowly escaped death at the home of William Carlson last night, when a large tree near the house became up rooted by a storm and fclL One part of the building was practi cally demolished. Had Mr. and Mrs. Grandberg at the time had not been in another part of the building they prob ably would have been killed. DEATH COMES ON TRAIN DE-VAX XA FOOD LIFELESS IX PIXLMAX BERTH. Difficulty Found in Locating- Relatives er Friends of Man En Route From Portland to Kansas City. BOISE. Idaho, March 27. (Special.) Difficulty is being encountered in lo cating relatives or friends of J. P. Devanna, believed to have been a resi dent of Portland, who died some time Tuesday night while on Number 4, an ea.stbound train on the Oregon. Short Line. He was discovered dead in his berth while the train was between Gooding and Shoshone, and was re moved at the latter place, where the body is now being held at the O. J. Brenncn undertaking parlors. Heart disease Is supposed to be the cause. Devanna carried a ticket routing him from Portland to Kansas City. There was also found on his person a $2500 accident insurance policy, $15 in money. a watch and a deposit book. He was well dressed, weighed 180 pounds and was between 45 and 50 years of age. His baggage was allowed to go on with the train, but efforts are now being made to locate it. Authorities at Sho shone are endeavoring to locate rela tives in Portland, or those who knew the deceased; so that disposition can be made of his body and personal effects. Forty-five per cent of American in come is spent for food and 20 per cent for rent. Xcw Haven Gets Federal Loan. WASHINGTON, March 27. As the first big expenditure from the $500, 000.000 Railroad Administration re volving fund, Director-General McAdoo tonight agreed to lend the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com- It's Easter Buying Time Now if Vv &t If r a. f T 3 m- - lift m:m It? 111 w 9Kt'X. !aa-SJ We appreciate your business if it's only a 5c collar button. Sunday you will step out in new Spring things. The Mathis store has made ready for you Suits, Top-Coats, Hats, Furnishings; the newest things and the best. What ever your wants are, be they large or small, you will receive prompt and courteous service. New Spring Suits $20, $25, $30, $35 and upward. New Hats in every correct shape and shade at $3, $4, $5, $6 No better place to buy your Shirts, Gloves, Ties and Hose style and quality in every instance. MENS WEAR Corbett Bid g., Fifth and Morrison pany $43,964,000 for one year at 6 per cent interest, to meet notes of that amount maturing April 15. German Majority Socialist Wins. AMSTERDAM, March 27. A Berlin dispatch reports that the second ballot in the bye-election for member of the Reichstag in the lower Barmen dis trict gave a big majority for the So cialist candidate. This candidate, Herr Wizel, received 25,236 votes against 1052 for Herr Breitscherds, the minority Socialist candidate. Educational and W elf are Work 'That Benefits YOU WITH the Food Administration calling upon producers to raise more foods and upon consumers to eat less, it is in keeping that Armour should aid growers to increase their outputs and educate users to employ the sup ply most advantageously. FOR, as the American farmer's biggest customer and the greatest purveyor of pure food products to the housewives of the nation, to render service in both directions is a part of the Armour policy and has been for years. Doing so has proved to be good business. Greater Supply Better Used THE Armour Bureau of Agriculture is continually working with the farmers on such problems as better breeding, disease-preventing serums, scientific feeding and many other factors to Increase pro ducer's qualities and revenue. The stimulation of clubs for boys on the farm, the proper use of fertilizer to bring about Increased productivity through added pasturage, cheaper feeding, and the - development of by-products from the cereal end of the business for cattle feeds are all properly a part of this work. Again, through the Armour Domestic Science Di vision, housewives are being shown greater effi ciency In the use of foods. With Etaffs of lecturers covering the country, booklets, standardized recipes, special analytical articles for magazines and news papers and a daily flood of correspondence with women in every State, Armour is giving teal aid to the prevention of waste in the kitchen and to assur ing better balanced, more nutritious meals en the national table. And to both consumer and producer, such service is offered without charge simply as a part of Ar mour's efforts to bring grower and user closer, to gether. Nor is the Armour organization itself forgotten. Through Welfare Work which embraces all the ordinary activities of its kind in regard to the health and comfort of employees, and by means of the plan of "Hiring and Fitting" instead of the old way of "Hiring and Firing," the labor investment is mini mized and cost of handling foods reduced, thereby aiding in keeping down the price. Aids Food Conservation WHILE it is true that to do business thus on a broad, public-spirited scale demands a con siderable initial Investment and very definite upkeep charges, nevertheless, the value of the benefits to the country, as well as Armour, is incalculable. For, today, the results of years of this work are showing as a real assistance in the now necessary food con servation. When you think over this work which though done in self-interest, assures you full supply and constant value, you must realize why it is to your own ad vantage ta always; ask fee Armqur Products, -Tlli ml 11 VMM. PRODUCTS U) (U 4. j:. 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