THE MORXIXG OREGOXIA " THURSDAY, OCTOBER
3. 1918
ECONOMIC FORGES
OF ALLIES POOLED
Central Control Programme,
Long Planned, Now in
Actual Operation.
NATIONS DO TEAMWORK
System Involves Co-ordination or
.Efforts of All AVar, Shipping:, Mu
nitions, Food, Finance Coun-
cils of Germany's Enemies.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The long
planned centralized control of all the
economic forces of the nations fighting
Germany is a fact at last.
It applies the principles of the uni
fied military command to raw mater
ials, manufactured products, shipping,
finance, food and the export and im
port relations of, the United States and
the co-belligerents.
The great plan was worked out by
President Wilson's so-called War Cab
inet and the allied missions. It has
been approved by the President and the
Premiers of the entente nations.
No announcement of its consumma
tion has been made here, in fact it has
rather been withheld from ' publicity.
Some of its details and the fact that it
is actually in operation have become
known through developments in Paris
and London.
Klvc Councils Co-operate.
Co-ordination of effort by the associ
ated governments in addition to mili
tary and naval activity, amounting to
centralized control, is built around the
five inter-allied councils war, ship
ping, munitions, food and finance.
Under these special bodies comple
tion of a common economic and indus
trial programme is now being under
taken, principally in London and Paris,
and limited to the following cases:
Where two or more governments are
interested in supplies which must be
transported overseas to supplement de
ficiencies in local production; or where
several sources of supplies should be
agreed upon, together with the allot
ment and method of their distribution
or utilization; or where there might
without agreement be competition be
tween governments in producing sup
plies or a wasteful duplication of pro
ductive effort.
Complete Teamwork Arranged.
The programmes will be co-ordinated
with finance through the inter-allied
finance commission; with shipping
through the inter-allied shipping coun
cil, and with export and import re
lations through an inter-allied board
made up of heads of representatives of
the American trade board and similar
departments of the other governments.
Subordinate to the inter-allied coun
cils are being organized commodity
committees' or executives. While the
inter-allied councils are composed of
men of so-called ministerial or cabinet
rank, the committees will be made up
of men of lesser position, but experts
in their particular commodity.
The committees will deal directly
with virtually all materials and com
modities for the prosecution of the war.
These include nitrate, tungsten and tin,
international pooling agreements for
which have recently been effected in
Paris and London; non-ferrous metals,
iron and steel, hides and leather, rub
ber, wool and all other raw materials
or manufactured products of which
there may be a shortage or where com
petitive and shipping conditions and
the local production and distribution
situation make regulation desirable.
Pooling agreements for these latter
will be effected as the necessity arises.
Differences to Be Adjusted.
The committees will be responsible
to the five inter-allied councils.
Any differences arising as to alloca
tion of ships or material or other mat
ters of a serious or vital nature, on
which the members of the inter-allied
councils are unable to agree, will be
brought to President Wilson and. the
premiers of the allied nations for set
tlement. Food control already has been cen
- tered in London, following Food Ad
ministrator Hoover's recent visit abroad
to attend the inter-allied food confer
ence in London. One of the results of
his trip, it became known today, was the
perfection of the President's plan for
centralized control and its acceptance
by England, France and Italy.
The munitions council meets in Paris
with two American representatives
Assistant Secretary of War Stettinius
for the War Department, and L. L.
Summers, of the War Industries Board,
personal representative of Chairman
ttaruch, of that organization.
Prompt Action Provided.
Provision is made that where ques
tions arise relative to the functions
of any one of the inter-allied councils,
no matter where they are sitting, which
require attention in any other of the
allied capitals, representatives may -be
appointed with plenary authority to act
tor that council.
A member of the council, absent from
the country where it is sitting, may
appoint a deputy, with full authority to
act for him. .
The entire plan contemplates the cut
ting of red tape, elimination of con
troversies between the allies in their
fight against the central powers and
welding the resources of the allies into
a common pool and to provide the ma
chinery to handle all problems that are
intricate, voluminous, or in need of
continuous attention.
Kormrr 3Iistakes to Be Avoided.
The theory of the organization is
based on the mistakes of the allies
early in the war and on the necessity
of overcoming difficulties of providing
the five elements esaential to success
ful military operations food, money,
ships, materials and guns and also of
eliminating the many disturbing fac
tors apt to confront allies fighting in
a. common cause but having national
peculiarities, and possibly different
way of approaching the same object.
America, through its position as the
storehouse of the world and not less
through President Wilson's world lead
ership accepted by the allies, will
probably be the guiding hand in the
plan for centralized control. The ef
fect will be a common pool of resources
necessary for winning the war quickly.
FLOUR MILLS SLOW UP
GOYERMUEN T'S POLICY CAUSES
LESS GRINDING BY SO PER CENT,
monthly, but only 167,000 barrels have
been bought for October shipment, and
none at all was purchased in Septem
ber. The matter has been laid before
the Food Administration and there are
intimations that some action Vill be
taken soon; but what it will be the
millers here do not know, nor has
M. H. Houser, the grain corporation
head for this territory, been advised
of the steps under consideration.
Press reports from Washington say
unrestricted milling of Northwestern
wheat will be authorized by the Food
Administration. What this refers to is
not clear, as there has been no restric
tion of milling since July 1 except the
60-day time limit for carrying flour,
and permits for time extensions have
been granted whenever requested. The
mills have been operating unrestricted,
accumulating flour against orders they
expected the Government to place, and
most of them are still waiting for these
orders. The only solution of the mill
ing problem in the Northwest, they
point out, will4.be actual purchase by
the Government of flour in sufficient
quantities to enable the farmers to
move their crops. When these purchases
are authorized and tie mills carr run to
full capacity, the millfeed situation,
which is causing the dairymen so much
anxiety, will take care of itself. -
S. C. PIER III RAGE
FOR COMMISSIONER
B'Nfll B'RITH GENEROUS
SPLENDID CLIBR003I DEDICATED
TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Opening to Re Saturday Night With
Social Dunce Men In Uniform May
Get Tickets at Royal Building.
Free of all rental, the splendid club
rooms of the B'nai B'rith building, at
Thirteenth and Market streets, have
been dedicated to the use of soldiers
and sailors for the duration of the war,
under the supervision of the war camp
community service of the Commission
on Training Camp Activities.
B. O. Greening, representing the war
camp community service for Portland,
has accepted the generous offer.
The B'nai B'rith building will be
opened Saturday night as a -soldiers
and sailors' club with a social dance
good music, good floors, nice girls, and
the pleasantest sort of chaperonage.
None but men in uniform will be per
mitted to attend, and application for
tickets must be made to the Soldiers'
and Sailors' Headquarters Club, sixth
floor of the Hoyal building, Broadway
and Morrison.
The dance Is to be the first of a
series for which the B nal B'rith
building affords opportunity, and is to
be sponsored by the Gym Girls' Club,
Miss Naomi Swett, chairman, one of the
auxiliaries of the National League for
Women's Service.
"For some time past," said Mr. Green
ing, "the Solfliers and Sailors' Club, in
the Royal building, has felt the need
for expansion, such , as the generous
proffer of the B'nai B'rith affords.
The former club will still "be main
tained as downtown headquarters, and
both will undoubtedly find ample patronage.
2 PAY CHECKS FORGED
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE STILL
SEEKING CRIMINALS.
Conspiracy Believed to Exist Between
Tn o Men, One of Whom Re
cently Entered Army.
Two more forced pay checks from
Portland shipyards were turned over
to District Attorney Evans yesterday
and caused the county officials to re
double their efforts to apprehend what
is believed to be "a forgery ring-.
Investigation showed yesterday that
one man under suspicion has recently
entered the Army, while another has
left the city and cannot be located. One
merchant who cashed two pay checks
the first of the week learned yesterday
they were forged.
The plan believed to be used Is for
some shipyard workers to exchange
pay checks and then forge each other's
names. After cashing the forged checks
the men report their pay checks as
having been stolen and in due course
of time are given duplicate checks.
Miller. Tp In Air." for Many Have Been
. Accumulating- Orders Which They
Expected to Be Taken.
Because of the Government's - slow
flour-buying- policy in the Northwest,
th. flour mills are slowing down In
their operations until now they are
grinding to less than 60 per cent of
their capacity.
lst year the Government's purchases
.verased about 600,000 barrels of flour
DEPOT MAY BE ENLARGED
Travel at Vancouver Calls for Manj
Xeeded Improvements.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct, 2. (Spe
cial.) Travel to and from Vancouver
has increased to the extent that addi
tional room is necessary at the Union
Depot. To meet the demand an addi
tion, practically doubling the waiting-
room space, is now under construction.
Other improvements In the nature ot
walks and cement driveways are to bu
made and improved facilities for
handling express and passenger traffia
provided.
All four railroads entering Vancouver
use the same depot.
Philomath College Opens.
PHILOMATH COLLEGE. Philomath.
Or., Oct. 2. (Special ) PhUomath Col-
leg3 held its opening exercises yester
day. The chief address was delivered
by Professor C. T. Whittlesey, of the
college. A large number of the towns
people were present. The number of
students is not quite as large as last
year, but much in excess of the num
ber two years ao.
Candidate Urges Voters to In
vestigate His Fitness for
Municipal Berth.
WEST INFLUENCE IS TOLD
Democrats Hold Lovcfoast and Dis
cuss Campaign; Two More
Aspirants Loom for Seat
on Supreme Bench.
Kirst formally to enter the municipal
election as a candidate for .City Com
missioner is S. C. Pier, who filed his
nominating petition yesterday at -the
City Hall.
"I intend making a clean and aggres
sive campaign," said Mr. Pier, "and I
want the voters to investigate my
qualifications and fitness for the place.
I feel that I am now making an ap
plication to the people for a position
of responsibility, and that they have
the right to know all about my fitness,
believing that the applicant who can
show the best credentials is the one
to receive consideration..
"While it is my purpose to manage
my own campaign, "Continued Mr. Pier,
"I will have the assistance of the fol
lowing business friends of long stand
ing who nave consented to act as a
campaign advisory board: Rev. Dr.
J. H. Boyd, Jay Smith, Ben Selling.
Amedee Si. Smith. Thomas B. Honey
man. Dr. Andrew C. Smith. A. H. Aver
ill, L. G. Clark, H. I. Kilham and Dr.
J. A. Fettit." "
Mr. Pier has for years been associated
with the Marshall-Wells Company and
is well known in the business circles
of Portland and throughout the Pacific
Northwest. Mr. Pier declares that he Is
greatly encouraged by the innumerable
offers of support which he has received
from men and women.
Democrats do not intend overlooking
the opportunity to have someone to
vote for as Justice of the Supreme
Court, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Justice Frank A. Moore. There
is to bo a gathering of the faithful,
possibly tonight, to survey the situa
tion and see what can be done to plant
a Democrat on the bench. Politically
considered, thera are no Democrats on
the Supreme Court of Oregon at this
time, and the party leaders are of the
opinion that it is high time that this
defect should be remedied.
As the story goes, the Democrats will
hold a conference, a call having been
issued to members of the State Central
Committee to come to Portland, to see
what action should be taken. There are
some good lawyers who owe allegiance
to the Democratic party, and so there
is no shortage of available material.
The main trouble is to induce someone
to consent to run. Of course, if the
committee picks out a candidate it will
not be an "assembly." The party leaders
will simply say that Mr. So and Eo Is
the man for the job and ssk all loyal
Democrats to write his name in on the
ballot. Any Democrat can see and un
derstand the distinction. Naturally,
the Democratic leaders want to center
the strength of the party on one man
and after they have selected a likely
prospect any other Democrat, who may
feel the Impulse to run will either be
discouraged or will be made to under
stand that he isn't "in." Aside from
that everything will be all right.
A love feaBt was held yesterday by
Democrats at the Hotel Portland .and
not even the unexpected entrance of
Ben Selling, a 100 per cent Republican,
failed to spoil the occasion. In justice
to Mr. Selling It should be explained
that he was looking for the liberty loan
luncheon when he landed in the great
headquarters of the political enemy.
Notwithstanding the profuse invita
tions that he break bread with them,
Mr. Selling declined.
When the family circle was once
more restored, the Democrats discussed
the state of the party generally, and,
as the meal was good, those who had
dined were highly optimistic.
"I think," said W. M. Pierce, who has
been nominated for Governor, "that the
return of Oswald West will be an im
portant factor In the campaign." -
Note Mr.iWest has said that he will
make campaign speeches for Mr. Pierce.
Another Note (this in parenthesis)
(Not all those who) were at the love
feast love West.)
"West, you know," continued Mr.
Pierce, "has a great deal of influence
in certain Quarters and among; certain
people. We Democrats have been re
quested by our National committee not
to mako-a political campaign until the
last two weeks before the election,
but then "
The deduction was eloquent.
It is expected that there will be at
least another candidate on the Repub
lican ticket for Justice of the Supreme
Court, in addition to Justice Alson,
just appointed, and Judge John S. Coke,
who has said that he will ask that his
name be written on the ballot. A Cir
cuit Judge, not far from. Portland, has
been considering the prospects and may
toss his hat into the ring any day. It
is reported that Judge P. R. Kelly does
rot contemplate being a candidate, al-
"As a laxative, and for stomach trouble, Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a wonderful
remedy. I suffered greatly from indigestion
and found relief after usinrr one bottle."
(From a letter to Dr. Caldwell written by
Cecil Fitzgerald, 829 14th St, Parkersburg,
.,-W.Va.).
Constipation is a condition that should
never be neglected. The eliminative process
is an essential factor in digestion and on its
proper functioning depends the welfare of the
entire system. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
relieves constipation without griping or other
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DR. W. B. CALDWELL. 459 WASHINGTON STREET. MONTICELLO. ILLINOIS
though eofne of his friends are showing
signs of activity In his behalf.
HUT TO RISE AT EUGENE
V. M. C. A. to Provide Recreation
for Student-Soldier Corps.
UNIVERSITY OK OREGON. Eugene.
Oct. 2. (Special.) A hut. similar to
those on the western front, will be
built on the campus by the War Y. M
C. A, under direction of the War Work
Council. A war secretary will be in
charge. This action was taken at a
meeting of the University Y. M. ad
visory board and cabinet.
The hut will have writing rooms, li
brary, billiard tables and music It
is also planned that the people of Eu
gene will furnish auto rides. Sunday
dinners and other treats for the boys.
A committee of 1. M. men under
Harold White, president, is planning
a trip to-Tortland Saturday to secure
a secretary.
HOTEL MANAGER IS GUEST
Banquet Will Mark Departure of
Henri Clontier for Kugene.
Henri Cloutler. who reeentlv r.sle-n.A
his position as manager of the Mult-!
noman Hotel, will be honored at a ban
quet to be given at the Portland Hotel
Saturday evening by the Oregon Asso
ciation of Hotel Men. Itlchard ChUds.
president of the association and man.
ager of the Portland Hotel, will preside.
Mr. Cloutler will leave earlr ncitl
weeK ior i-.ugene to enter the third
officers' training camp.
Two More Ask rlvorcc.
Golda Gooderham. in a suit for di
vorce filed yesterday, says that William
Gooderham, whom she married at Van
couver, wash., on September 19 last,
already had a wife living from whom
ne bad not been divorced. .She asks
that her marriage be annulled because
of Its alleged illegality. Crueltv 1m
charged by Mary M. Scott In a suit for
divorce filed against Charles P. Scott.
They were married In North Dakota in
mil and nave a small son. The wife is
willing that her husband retain custody
of the child.
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