THE MOnXFXG OREGOXIAX, SATTJIiDAY, MARCH 30, 1918. "GRAFTING" FOOD GERMAN WAR VICE Conditions as They Are Today in Households of Germany Clearly Set Forth. PRICES MOlfNT RAPIDLY Xr IodDMrlrs and Municipalities Involved la Rattle Ho; at fur Prix of Nation's Small Surplus Food Stuck. ET CTr.lt. FROWN. teht. lata, br "e P r-oMUh!Ti rv I'ubiishMf hy arraasemenl vita the "ew Tnrk WorM. STOCKHOLM. Feb. IS. Food pres haa had a humanizing effect on he German: It hu made thm. In rapidly increasing aumlxn, Imi Biding, mar prone to wink at author ity and many an honest Hfrwin baa bfomi a pant master In the gentle art ar grafting. blelhhandet." or clandestine traf fic In food, liko 'Errata. of substitutes f'r food, has beentne a bouse word. This traffic la still spreading like a rn-er. all official suralral efforta to t 'o t It out being Impotent, and. second only to the possibility of a catastrophsl crop failure. It constitutes the gravest insnaee to the food supply of the r aa people, ftroalni from mod?t be ginnings, tt has heroma not only the national war vice, hut a recognised profession and system. Ths aerm of the present vicious "system" Is generally traced to the fate arsenal and ammunition works at t-nandau. near Berlin, where the mill tary management. In order to check n Incipient "hunger strike, bought tdd large quantities of foodstuffs and distributed them. Ths all-powerful ear Industries, with millions of prof its, were quirk to follow this example, and by hook or crook gt food to sell tn their workers regardless of maal srtnm prices, Tb next step was ths keen compe tition between the war Industries to bold their workers and get fresh labor br making food conditions Increasingly a 'tractive. Krupp snd the other big -llows has their food directors, their foo warehouse and hundreds of scents scouring Germany to snsp up fxlstuffs at fancy prices. The au- re helpless; the military authorities. In fact, tacitly approving. llles recced to eaef e. This keen competition has driven prices to three, four and la times the Jrgsl maximum and opened up daxzling proapecta to farmers and dealers. It las caused a dangerous diversion of foodstuffs In quantities so great Ih i" etpert baa ths nerve to estimate Ihem from ths scantily fed public Into tuie maw r the war Industries. Rut tha evil has not ended here. Th comparative luxury among workers of lie powerful Industries has aroused J-a'ouay la the weaker Industries -ahicb cannot compete In Illicit buying nier u:atisia--tion and labor unrr.i has resulted la less favored Industrial c-ntera, la tha factor sections of tha large cities. Again, ths system baa occasioned wo food shortages In th cm iat muniripaittiea have had to forgrt e law and compete with tha war In S'istrtrs for ths floating supply of llli c i looasiotrs. completing; tha vicious aire is. In th flerra subsurface struggle for xlstenr war Industries and munici palities sr Involved In a battle royal i-r in prise or uermany s s-nall sur pius iimt stocks, and an prices rise graft and law-breaking srs stimulated oo th part of producers and profiteers. and tn diversion or food from th p eases Increases alarmingly. Th Illicit traffic Includes everything -taba. aad there ar many ways of renmventing ths laws. In brrad tuffs th traffic la limited lo such eriantlttea of wheat and ry as th aarnrtana and peasants "embessl". fail to give up to ths state, which con fiscates all brea.rxtuffs at the source or to th reserves for seeding. Herein lea sn additional grave danger to the nation's food supply, for large quan tities of seed wheat and rye are sold through th SchlelchhandeL Profiteers bav been known to offer seed wheat at from Ui to li per hundredweight. reoalty heerfally Paid. In potatoes th war Industries have reeu abl to rover their requirement, sol only by high price, but. In many eses, by offering the producers coal tor fertilisers. Kaorbitant prices bav Induced producers to withhold deliver ies of fresh and Winter vegetables on t.ielr less profitable rontrirts at legal maximum prices with municipalities, cheerfully pocketing th i per cent 1- gal penalisation and leaving the cities U'nudrd of vegetables. The war Industries pay up to II a pound for meal procured from the wholesale cattle dealers' associations, which bav been Intrusted with the monopoly of th livestock business, circumventing th mtxtatim prices by "premiums, extra commissions, expenses snd other subterfuges. Milk bss slut Tarty been drawn into the vicious rir- I, while there la a flourishing Illicit t-affic in butter at prices ranging from I 1 to II a pound. (lata have been enowa to change hands at t per cent sbov the legal price, while for feed tn general ther Is an artiv Illegal market, stimulated by th competition af prtvat livestock owners. Municipalities and industries that Tkecp within th law, if there ar any. run th danger of seeing their popu lations more poorly fed thsn those of ta law violators, with resultant dis content and popular unrest. Th mure sensational a holesale food law violations, however, are over ertadooed In omlnousness by the dlly millions of rette Individual Infringe ments and violations, which In the ag gregate constttats an Immense drain on rmni closely- rsttoned suppl.es and one serious, apparently Irreme.ti able. cause of shortages. Procuring forbidden food baa become a National baMt. At leaat half of the ticrman eopte do sot restrict themsslves to their legal rations. turned from the Flanders front, bad brought horn ten pounds of dauer- murst. The price waa II SO per pound and tha customer snapped at the bargain. Officers, being Immune from search, bring bom not only the bacon but butter In pots, coffee, sugar and othr rarities. A certain lrussian staff Major, returning from the west front, over joyed bis wife with a Chrlstmaa pres ent of two pounds of butter and five of sugar. Officers In the field fre quently send food home to their fami lies by their servants or trusted sol diers. I heard the sad story of a Lieutenant General who came home fro mth east front bringing as part of his "battle baggage' a hamper containing ten dressed Polish geaaa. They were lost In th fierce baggage scrimmsge at lierlin. The General's orderly, left be hind to find the geese, let the cat out of the bag. fin locating the hamper th wily station officials pointed out the law and said the geese would have to be sent to th customs "revision." This polite hint of blackmail resulted in a compromise, the orderly getting one goose for his General and the officiala accepting the other nine. GERMAN ATTACK Oil KURSK EXPECTED Petrograd Learns Offensive Launched Against Town 300 Miles South of Moscow. POSSE PURSUES DESERTER F. F. Benton Thoaght lo Be Hiding Alone; Snake River. FAKErn, Or.. March' IJ. (fpeelal. Somewhere along- the Snake River Sheriff Anderson. Deputy Sheriff Bob Nelson and a poasa are searching: for F. K. Henton, escaped deserter who was with Karl Franklin when the lat ter was shot. The only news received at th Sheriff office regarding Ben ton since the officers stsrted after him Is that a man answering his descrip tion was seen getting Into a boat on the Snake River near Huntington. Ieputy Sheriff George Herbert this afternoon received word from the Adjutant-General at Tamp Lewis Instruct ing blm that If Franklin died, to ship the body to Camp l.wls. and if he recovered In notify him and he would send guards to take him bark to the ramp. Franklin is still in a critical condition. RUSSIAN CRUISER IS SUNK Allies Send Guns to Antl-I5eihevlk Leader In Manrhorla Germany Again Protests American Ambassador's Words. WAR VETERAN WILL SPEAK rnulloion to H-par Prlrate Donald Skrm at Ilhrrty Ioan CeIbrallon. rt NT I KTO IV . Or.. March J. espe cial. Prixmtm PonaM 8l:en. a veteran of th .treat war. now tn Portland, will he the fspfstker her on April 6, when I'matllla County will celebrate the openlPK of the Ifbertr loan and the fir i I anniversary of America's entrance In the war. Ihppy c ax, yon will he the erene of th Kathetrinn an! It la expected that an overflow nifinf win be round iiereeary. In addition to the talk by Skeen. there will be a community si nit fir m hlrti preparation ar belna made. toR-rther with ome short talk by local men. leaders In th patriotic work. In the community. APPLE MEN GET $82,000 Hood River Growers Association Announce. I-atcl Distribution. HXr TUVFR. Or. March (Spe cial, i The Applegrowers' Association today mads a distribution of fttj.ooo. a pro rata return on fruit of the follow ing varieties. Spltzenbergs. Arkansas Hlarks. Ked Cheeks, Nswtowns and Hen I a v I a. The pools on all other varieties have been closed. The aggregate of distributions made to date by the association on apples and pears reaches tloS.Ouu. Ctw-rlc for Talcs Sets II rcn rd . NKTV YORK. March I. A check for I .... the largest so fsr paid for corporation Income and war profits up to tday. has been received hv Collec tor William II. Kdwards. of the Wall street district, it waa announced today. The total receipts of ths theaters In Paris In 114 were sl.sna.ooo francs, as ct'-ni'sre- with 4 so franca m 111 LONDON. March I The beglnninfr by the Germans on "Wednesday of an offensive In the direction of Kursk. 109 miles south of Moscow, Is reported in a Ileuter dispatch from Fetrograd. ;rman advance guards are reported 12 miles from the town. The Ukrainian government has pro hibited tha use of the Russian language. The Caucasus Diet, affer proclaiming the Independence . of the country, has approved the basis of a separate peace agreement with Turkey, to provide autonomy for Armenia and re-estab- tlshment of the frontiers as they were before the war. Hasalaa Cruiser Manic. The sinking by a mine In ths harbor at Keval on the Gulf of Finland, of ths Russian cruiser Admiral Makaroff. 7775 tons. Is reported in a Petrograd dispatch to Copenhagen, as forwarded from that point by the Exchange Tele graph Company. PKKIN'G. Saturday. March fBy the Associated Press.) Japanese, French and Rrltlsh field gtins have been forwarded to General Semenoff. the anti-Bolshevik, leader in Man churia. The Japanese General Nska Jiina has arrived (place not given). MOSCOW. Thursday. March 2S. fBy the Associated Press.) Germany has protested again to the Bolshevik gov eminent against the declaration last week of David R. Francis. . American Ambassador, that Russia will become a German province If it submits to the peace terms of the central powers. Vkralae Boaadartea I asettled. Germans say, concerning, the occupa tion of Odessa, that the city was a part of Ukraine, and consequently that the peace treaty between Russia and the central powers was not affected. The Foreign Office has asked Ger many to state definitely what it con siders the boundaries of the Ukraine republic, regarding which there la the same mystery as exists concerning the boundary between Russia and Ger many. Some Germanophlles Insist thst L'krslne touches the Caspian Sea. The members of th French and Ital ian Embassies and the Serbian Lega tion, having succeeded In making their way out of Finland, have departed for Organising; Army. Rules governing the appointment of the commanding personnel of the new Russian army have been promulgated by Leon Trotsky. They provide thst the commanders of the units of brigade or lsrger slae shall be appointed by the Wsr Ministry with the consent of the War Council. Battalion company commanders and non-commissioned of ficers are to be selected from lists of ellglbles who have either been trained In military schools or have shown their particular ability In war tactics. LONTONr. March 2. An Kxchange Telegraph dispatch from Moscow says Germany has addressed a note to the Council of Russian National Commis sioners, asking Its sttltude toward Special SATURDAY 2 to 8 P. M. $3.50 RUG Standard Quality Axminster $1.7.5 Size 27x51 inches Sold for cash only No deliveries ' home 'FURNISHERS . OB-YV-nrTH ST. Bet. Oak and Pine Sts. President Wlsons proposals to assist Russia to continue the war. In re ply the commissioners merely sent a copy of the cablegrams dispatched to Mr. Wilson by the Moscow conference. WOMEN TO GET OUT PAPER April 1 7 I(.snc of Oregon City En terprise Will Be Unique. OREGON CITY. March it. Much en couragement Is reported by the young women of this city who are to fssue the Morning Enterprise on April 17 and use the proceeds from advertising and the sale of papers for the benefit of the boys In France. The plan is to send the boys a supply of smokes, chocolnte and gum. Many prominant men and women are to write articles for the edition, among them Governor Withycombe, Mrs. Eva Emery Dye and Mrs. 1L B. Cartlidge. The staff is to be composed of Miss Nan Cochran, Miss CIs Barclay Pratt, Miss Kathryn Sinnott, Miss Dolly Pratt, Miss Ethel Frost and May Hinchmen. Advertising is coming In rapidly and the people who have been asked to furnish articles are contributing gen erously to make this one of the finest editions of the Morning - Enterprise ever published. It will be a patri otic edition. The women In charge are working overtime and expect to work all night previous to tha appearance of the paper. Already many orders have come In for the edition. The boys in France are lo be remembered with the first paper In Oregon .'lty ever gotten out by its women. r ' ' "MwMejum. hi i n en mm rrM, i wi HjS'e'l. ejipn s ulesaMeaeej uwSS'wej. n mi ir rawseji T rmi S l!l!l!liil!llllill!lillil!lll!l!!:illli!l!ll!lilllil!IHMiH!llll!iilH ' el 5 5 2 irsTTrrrTih H V Sits M 41 The sooty grime of these winter days is instantly removed and the. tenderest skin refreshed and softened ty using CremeOil ' THE CREAM OF OLIVE OIL SOAPS Based upon Olive" Oil and containing a proper proportion of benzoin and other ingredients! especially beneficial to the skin. PE ET BROS. MFG. CO. "will! :' 1 lOcaCakeat pga Druggists llMfiM Ojf mt and Grocers. PS M vl U-B (833 ft' 3.1 mm H d a pa i i 133 X33 Saving! Societies Organized. CENT R ALIA. Wash., March J9. (Spe cial.) Edgar Reed, manager of the Centralia district in Lewis County's wsr savings campaig-n, yesterday or ganised war savings societies among the employes of the several camps of Wilson "Bros, at Independence. Pupils of the Centralia schools to date, ac cording o Mr. Reed, city superintend ent, have purchased 16348.86 worth of thrift and war savings stamps. The high school has made the best record with a mark of $2304.23. W00DBURN GRABS BURGLAR Otto Barkk Tries to Escape Officials and Drops $10 Note. WOODBCRX, Or., March 29. (Spe cial.) Otto Barkk. aged 34, waived ex amination before Justice Hays yester day on the charge of burglary and was taken to Salem by Marshal Olson to swait the action of the grand jury, not being able to furnish the $500 bond asked. Barkk was caught at midnight Thursday night Issuing from the high school building, and started running when ordered to stop. Councilman H. L. Moore and Marshal Kelsey both fired at him when he decided to hold up his hands, at the same time dropping a $10 note that he had stolen from the super intendent's desk. The public library was broken into the same night and It is supposed he was the man and was after money which he failed to get. In looking for a supposed confederate the officers picked up Aage Schumann, who escaped from the asylum yesterday, having been sent to that institution January 3. A submerged oak forest covering sev eral square miles, from which loss more than 100 feet in length have been taken, was discovered by Russian en gineers in dredging a river. Miscellaneous 1 qt. Kraut lOO 1 qt. Peanut Butter 20r 1 qt. Sweet Mixed Pickles 30e 1 qt. Sweet Plain Tickles. ZIO ! cans Oysters 25c 1 bar Palm Olive Soap...lO 1 cans Corn or Tomatoes. 23 1 pkgn. Spaghetti or Maca roni 25 S pkgs. Noodles or Vermi celli 2Sr 1 pkg. Rex Shaker Salt... 6? 1-lb. pkg Arm and Ham mer Hod a 5f t 1 lb. bulk Sweet Chocolate "iOe? I cans titter Teaches 25t S cans Otter A pricols. . . . . 25T I'urlty Olive Oil 30 50 and 80 Mninla OH 35". 3. SI. 23. S2.40 1 lb. Walnuts 20? t lbs. Black Walnuts. ... 2S- Z bottles Bevo i3r i lb. Hershes Cocoa.. .. 1 3c 1 pkg. Bishop's Cocoa.... 23c 1 lh. Ohlrardelll's Star Chocolate 25 1 16. Cluster Raisins IOC Oh! If I Could Only Fight Is the feeling expressed by many mothers or relatives of boys "over there." But although these women can't do the actual fighting:, they surely can help mightily to win this war by con serving foods, by eliminating waste, by following instructions from the food administration. This People's Market, the largest of its. kind in the Northwest, prides itself on helping the housewife con serve in her. kitchen. Look through this list of foods note the full variety of wholesome meat substitutes for meatless days ask us for suggestions for your wheatless baking. All the products carried by this market are the freshest and purest obtainable sold here for LESS. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Cauliflower. Hot House Lettuce, One dozen Lemons Ten pounds Oregon Onions.. Of the Season. Head Lettuce, ...25-...25 Parsnips, Carrots and" Turnips. ....25. .S1.25 Fifteen pounds Potatoes... One sack Potatoes Fresh llna garden seeds. riant every foot of garden space you have and help win the war. I M EXTRA SATURDAY SPECIALS 1 Miscellaneous 2 lbs. Pop Corn.... 23e 2 doz. Clothes Pins 5C 2 large Juicy Dill Pickles. 5C 1 large bottle Catsup 25C 1 qt. Fancy Queen 01ives..25c 1 lb. Pearl Barley .IOC 2 glasses Chipped Beef... 254 Tea Garden Drips 45C. SOC and S1.50 3 lbs. Broken Macaroni. . .25c 1 bottle Bluing 5C 1 bottle Ammonia. 50 Snlder's Oyster Cocktail Sauce 20 and 304 Snlder's Chill Sauce 20 and 30 2 cans Underwood's Mus tard Sardines 354 3 pkgs Seeded Raisins. .. . 25c 2 lbs. L. W. Beans 254 2 lbs. Bayou or Pink Bean254 1 lb. Mexican Red Beans. 104 2-lb. can Okra X54 1 lb. Dried Apricots 254 2 lbs. White or Black Flgs.254 10-lb. sack Salt 154 3 pkgs. Tooth Picks 104 Arvay Has If a On m Craft. This petty -srhle'chhender Is of fssnnating and Infinite variety. It has Isfeeted the Army; common eoMlers. staff officers, even ;enerals. bate (H tha habit, wuanttilea of military f x-1 supplies have fauna their way bark borne. itold'ors at the front try to smuggle home small f:od parrels through the field post, although It Is strictly forbidden. Soldiers returning em furlough make a practice of taking heme roncealed food, sugar, rheee and sausage being the favorite item. bough the more daring not infrequent ly trv to get hr with prk and roultry. T rheea. this smuggling there t a sarp customs Inspection of soldiers' baggag at the Gsrmaa border rontrol ts lions. A salesgirl la a Berlin store asked a eonfidenwe leSirtng ruef.me if aha ej'dn't want to bov some sausage, eg-j-laiairg that br brother. Just rw- Eggs! Eggs!- I cans Booth's Sardines 35C t cans any kind Milk 554 1-lb. can Ghlrardelli'a Choco late 254 1 gal. Dark Karo SOC 1 lb. Fancy Cookies (slightly broken) 104 oe large: package ska FOAM washixg powder .tow FOR 4 cans Sardines 254 25-oz. K. C. Baking Powder. 204 ri-lb. can Baker's Cocoa. ... .204 1 ran Shinola Shoe Polish... 5C 1 lb. Split I'eas 104 1 lb. Pearl Barlev J04 1 pkg. Quaker Oats IOC 3-lb. can Crisco 90C 20c Coffee I do strictly fresh R.nch . !!i llll NII!!n "IllliuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiitJiiUiJiiiiiiiir Ks 754 Butter Homestead (best creamerr butteri SI .OS Oleomargarine. 63c and 704 Breakfast Foods 1 pkg. Tu'fed Wheat 154 1 pkg. Puffed Rice 154 1 pkg. Creamettes 104 3 pkgs. K a 1 1 o g g'a Bis cuits. 254 Z pkgs. Kellogg's Corn Kisses. 254 S pkga Shredded Wheat tiisvults 254 1 pkg. Roman Meal 25C l Pearls of Wheat 25 1 pkg. Cream of Barley.. 204 t pkg I'ncle Sam's Health Food 25C Cottolene. . , 55c, $1.10 and $2.80 Crisco 35c, 50c, 90c, $1.85 and $2.75 Tea Garden Drips 45c, 80c and $1.50 Bi, i 'it ir a : 1 icacziii j,, nimmn T.-niuuta Any J -lb. can Coffee. .. SI. OO 1 lb. Wigwam Coffee 204 1 lb. Grand Special Coffee. 25 4 1 lb. Old Homestead Cof fee 304 1 lb. Gilt Edge Coffee 354 3 lbs Sl.OO PHONE ORDERS TAKEN FOR CEPT FRIDAY EVENING AND USUAL WHEN ORDERED AND PAID FOR HERE Scllwood Tuesdays aad Thorsdars Rosa City Park Kera Park Arlett Trv moot aad Lenta Wednesdays aad V'nOays Montavilla aad Portlaad Heights Thursday Other heroes lauly C O. D. DELIVERY ANY TIME EX SATURDAY. : DELIVERIES AS Sunnyside Store 994-996 Belmont . 4 I LaO1 I many Ernst Sid I 3 sa. I ..rvk LL Ptron Sam J (I J elarxSn pno Mm er- f-lro-1 Phones A 6255 phonis Main570 Tf Coffee Substitutes Instant Postum. 254 and 504 1 pkg. Postum Cereal..... 204 1 pkg. Fig Prune Cereal.. 204 Washington's Prepared Cof fee 304 and 604 1 pkg. Knelpp Malt Coffee Substitute 204 Cottolene 554. Sl.lO. S2.80 Cheese t lb jsiill Cream Cheese. .304 1 lb. Cream Brick Cheese. 40C 1 lb. Wisconsin Swiss Cheese 45e 1 brick Lim burger 404 M-Mm 24 yc 23 mm TO you realize the con---' centrated nutriment the energy value the stim ulus that is found in good chocolate In Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate you have an ideal blend of pure cocoa and finest sugar;-a food beverage that proves a double economy on the days when meat and wheat and pork are "scratched" from the menu. At your grocer's in 14 lb., 1 lb. and 3 lb. cans; a tablespoonful one cent's worth makes a cup. D. GHIRARDELLI CO. Since 1852 San Francisco 15311 .TlHD cocoa g-:J .V" It i - T i mi i ri i i i ii ii