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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOMAX, AAEDXESDAT, . AUGUST 13, 1019.
CHECK ON FOOD IN
STORAGE IS STARTED
REFUSE DUMP PROTESTED
CONDITIONS AT OLD HIPPO
DROME HELD INTOLERABLE.
City and Federal Agents Co
operate in Fight.
FAIR PRICE BOARD NAMED
County Administrators Ordered to
Organize Machinery for
: Sweeping Investigation.
Profiteers will be exposed within a
fchort time in Portland, and when pos
sible, prosecutions will be made. Pre
liminary organization for the drive
against the profiteers was made yes
terday at a conference of federal and
municipal officers.
Following is the personnel of the
fair-price committee, which will hold
open meetings, invite complaints and
information, and which will make its
findings as public as possible:
': Thomas O. Karreil. representing
wholesalers; Kmil Gunther, represent
ing1 retail grocers; Thomas Roberts,
representing drygoods; C.t E. Spence,
representing the farmers; Harry An
derson, representing labor; J. C. Green,
representing the markets; Mrs. T. T.
JTunger, representing the housewives;
Mrs. G. "W. McMath and Mrs. H. B.
Torrey, representing the public at
large.
Officials Attend Conference.
A conference was held yesterday at
tended by United States Attorney
Haney; "William Bryon of the depart
ment of justice; Chief of Police John
son; "W. K. Newell, food administrator
and "VV. B. Ayer, former food adminis
trator. A working programme was
outlined and immediately put into ef
fect. This included the appointment
of a committee, known as the fair
price committee, which will make an
investigation of prices.
Mr. Ayer, who was requested by the
attorney-general to resume his serv
ices as food administrator, passed this
responsibility over to Mr. Newell, and
the latter lost no time in reorganizing
the committee which was of material
assistance during the war. The tele
gram of instructions to Mr. Newell re
quests that all the county food admin
istrators revive their local machinery
and go into the Question of prices.
aieetintt to lie Held Today.
: The first meeting of the committee
fn Portland will be held at 4:30 o'clock
today in the Board of Trade building,
where Air. Newell has offices in the
grain administration rooms.
"While I do not feel like speaking in
advance for the committee," stated Mr.
Newell, "I think I may say that the
committee will not undertake to fix
prices. It will probably get the whole
sale price on an article and also the
retail price; it will get the price the
wholesaler pays the factory or pro
ducer. Then the committee, by publish
ing these prices, will leave the public
to judge whether the consumers are
paying too much and whether whole
saler or retailer is collecting too much
profit."
Probe Not Limited to Food.
Not only foodstuffs, but shoes and
clothing and other necessities will be
inquired into. If retailers are making
30 to 40 per cent profit on a suit of
clothes, or dealers aie exacting a profit
of $5 on a pair of shoes, the report
of the fair price committee will so
disclose. The plan is to have this
committee go to the bottom of the
problem, collect the evidence and in
form the public.
While the committee is at work,
other agencies will be in the field,
federal and municipal, investigating
charges of hoarding and profiteering.
There has been an investigation under
way for several days by tle department
of justice, while the municipal agents
also have been investigating.
. There are rumors of a combine
among the bakers and it is reported
that at a meeting between the bakers
and the retailers last week the retail
grooers were practically obliged to
agree to the announced one-cent in
crease in the price of bread. Prelimi
nary investigation is said to disclose
little justification for the increased
bread price just when flour is on the
decline. It is within the range of
possibility that prosecutions may be
brought under the Sherman act, which
deals with tle restraint of trade, it
was indicated yesLerday.
SwerpJng Inquiry Promised.
With the machinery now being con
utructed by the federal and city au
thorities, the most sweeping and com
prehensive inquiry ever launched in
Portland is promised. It is backed by
the United States government, Mr.
Haney having received explicit instruc
tions from Washington, D. C, o in
quire and prosecute where there ap
pears to be justification for filing for
mal information.
The fair price committee has been
created at the request of the attorney
treneral and, while it has a big task, it
is an extra legal body without power to
summon witnesses. Public eentiment
is such, however, that there is little
likelihood of any dealer, wholesaler or
producer refusing to respond to an
invitation from the committee.
food in Storage Invoiced.
Federal and city agents who are con
ducting a check of stocks of food held
in storage in Portland encounters
their first opposition yesterday when,
it is said, a number of dealers refused
to give the desired information. As a
result the work has been delayed some
what, although the squad is continuing
its efforts to complete a thorough in
vestigation of the Portland food situa
tion. It was suggested yesterday that the
opposition seemed to have developed
timultaneously among dealers, leading
to the belief that concerted action has
been agreed upon. In case the infor
mation is withheld persistently, a fed
eral search warrant will be sworn out
it is threatened.
Mayor' Agents Aid In Check. '
Mayor Baker's agents are co-operating
with government officials in con
ducting the check of foodstuffs in stor
age to determine whether dealers are
hoarding for the purpose of controlling
a certain market.
- Dealers who were interviewed at the
outset of the campaign manifested a
willingness to assist the. checkers in
every way and all information avail
able was placed in the committees
possession. It is believed a misunder
standing exists among some of those
who are opposing the movement, and
they feel the city administration is
endeavoring to pry into their business
affairs without proper authority. This
was set at rest yesterday by the an
nouncement that the miyofs force is
working with federal operatives' and
that the check is being conducted un-
qer government instructions.
The investigation is not designed to
Interfere in any way with merchants
who are holding legitimate stocks of
a-oods. it was explained, but to ascer
tain whether stocks are being hoarded
In order to keep prices up. Only the
latter need fear the check, it was
asserted.
- The conference of northwest mayors
which was fixed originally for next
Tuesday may be postponed until a later
date, although, this will not be deter-
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EN A-M MONEY," NOW PLAYING AT THE COLLMUI.V THEATER.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Majestic Tom Moore, "One of the
Finest."
Star Viola Dana. "The Microbe."
Liberty Charles Ray, "Hay Foot,
Straw Foot."
Columbia Ethel Clayton, "Men,
Women and Money."
Peoples Bessie Barriscale, "The
Woman Michael Married."
Circle Mary Pickford, "Hearts
Adrift."
Sunset Wallace Reid, "Believe
Me, Xantippe."
Globe Elsie Ferguson, "Barbary
Sheep.'
JUST a :
togra
"Men,
ability for material for their features,
one of the shining: examples "In this
connection being Rex Beach, who has
definitely allied himself with the mo
tion picture producers and who, by the
way, will be in the Columbia river and
Puget sound territory this month, as
sisting in the direction -of filming
some scenes for "The Silver Horde,"
which is being picturized from his
novel of that title.
Another high light in the present
season, which points in the same direc
tion, is the request that has been ad
dressed to the Authors League of
America, which counts in its member
ship leading writers of the whole coun
try, for stories suitable for scenarios
for Dorothy Phillips. Miss Phillips
manager, in a letter to Miss X. M. Sill
cox, managing editor of the Authors'
league, has asked specifically for four
stories for Dorothy Phillips, offering
UST a rattling good story, well pho
tographed and staged that i
Women and Money," starring for them $100,000, or'525,000 each, cash
on acceptance, and has asked that Miss
Sillcox give this information to the
members of the league.
Ethel Clayton, which is this week's at
traction at the Columbia theater.
Unlike its title there is nothing sug
gestive about the play itself. To the
contrary it is the straight narrative
well told of a girl equally etraight and
true and exceptionally attractive. Ex
cellent photography and lavish settings
make the picture ideal of its kind.
"Men, Women and Money" also fea
tures Lee Cody. To everyone's surprise
the Lee Cody of 'Men, Women and
Money" is not the Lee Cody that has
formerly appeared on the screen. Ap
parently he has deserted the role of
villian de luxe for the part of a true
American hero, ready to learn if prone
to make mistakes and eager to place
his ideal woman on her traditional
pedestal.
It is the old, old story that forms the
plot for "Men, Women and Money." It'
centers about a girl who loves pretty
and expensive things but who, when
put to the test, is not ready to accept
dishonor for them. But even as the old
story, this screen drama tells it in a
new way that contains many thrills
for those who are not, as the hotel
clerk suggests, "too blase."
Special attention in the Portland mo
iton picture world is centering this
week about "The Microbe," a Viola
Dana production showing at the Star
theater. The picture has a unique plot
which makes possible a picture of
widely diverging scenes, including both
the bowery and the ultra-fashionable.
The picture is taken from a story of
the same name recently publ ished in
Ainslee's magazine and which at the
time of its publication excited consid
erable favorable comment. ,
Screen Gossip.
Motion picture producers are turning
very definitely to writers of proved
R. A. Reader has been sent to France
by his company to study post-war con
ditions in that country and to open a
series of offices for the company in
European countries.
William S. ("Bill") Hart, who has
withdrawn from the "Big Four" group
of stars, has definitely renewed his
connections with Famous Players
Lasky and in the next two years will
make nine pictures for that corpora
tion. Mary Pickford, Douglas Fair
banks, Charlie Chaplin, with D. W.
Griffith, were the other members of the
"Big Fjur" combination.
Alice Brady, in her next tour of the
country in the stage production, "For
ever After," will continue to make pic
tures "in her spare time" and will be
accompanied en tour by her company
of screen actors.
Selznick Pictures have taken a lease
on the Universal studios at Fort Lee
for the production of the Elaine Ham
merstein and Owen Moore pictures.
Marshall Xeilan, directing Anita
Stewart in "In Old Kentucky," is the
first director who has used an aero
plane taxi to get from one engagement
to another in the shortest possible
time. Finding train connections would
not permit his getting from Santa Cruz
(where he had filmed some exteriors
where the star's presence was not re
quired) to Los Angeles as promptly as
he wished, he put the matter up to an
aero taxi company that had just been
established at Marino field, in San
Francisco. They took him up, liter
ally and landed him in Anita Stewart's
studios at Los Angeles 12 hours
earlier than the best time he could
have done by train.
Place Declared Disgrace to City,
Communication of Property-Owner
Is Referred to Council.
To the city council has been referred
a protest from a property owner living
in the vicinity of Twenty-first and
Northrup streets against conditions
existing on the property of the old Ice
Hippodrome. The protest was filed
originally with J. P. Xewell, president
or the Portland city planning commis
sion, who, in a letter to the council,
explains that the matter is not one for
his organization, but rather should re
ceive consideration by the council. The
communication, which is signed "Prop
erty Owner," follows:
As one Interested In city property con
ditions, I appeal to you to make an In
vestigation, or put in the way of such In
vestigation the conditions which have ex
isiea ana whien jcrow steadily worse, on
the property of the old Ice Hippodrome,
Twenty-first and North run streets.
This place is & disgrace to the city and
one which it would seem that any aelf-
re.spectlnR neighborhood would not be re
quired to tolerate. It has also rauned a
deterioration in renting and orooertv values.
besides discouraging tennants and property
owners from keeping up their places in
attractive manner.
During the time the building was used
ior ice stealing and. hockey matches. North
rup street for the whole block which the
building- occupies was used as a dumping
ground for the dirty snow which came oif
the ice, and as a refuse deposit for the re
freshment concessions. And conditions have
continued to grow worse.
'Last winter after the automobile show
was held there, all the accumulation of
dirt and garbage as a result of the i
freshment concessions was thrown out and
left on the block, and at present there
not another as unsightly spot in Port
land.
After the Rose show parades the Port
land Railway, Lifcht & Power company put
a track along the property and shunted
there the relics of the dismantled floats.
and this painted canvas, etc., makes a scene
mat must be viewed to be appreciated. The
present refuse constitutes a fire menace
and I understand has so been declared
by the fire inspection, but thus far noth
ing has been done.
I feel that If this could be brought to
tbe attention of the civic organizations or
people who desire to have this the "city
of roses and beauty," something could be
done to eliminate this dumping ground la
the center of valuable residential property.
GRANGE FIGHT EXPECTED
CLASH OVER AFFILIATION WITH
CXIOXS PROMISED.
mined definitely pending receipt of a
message from pome of those who were
invited to attend.
SCHOOLS LACK TEACHERS
Difficulty Expected in Filling 35
Vacancies for 1'all Terra.
At the opening of the fall term of
Portland schools on September 2 sev
eral institutions will be short of in
structors from indications in the school
department. Thirty-five resignations of
teachers have been tendered to the
school board since June 1. Most of
them are from teachers in the high
schools who are leaving Portland for
better paid positions.
Superintendent Grout believes it will
be a difficult task to fill up the staff
in the three weeks remaining before
the new term.
All indications are that the schools
will be badly crowded this fall with
an increase in attendance from 8 to
15 per ' cent over last. year. Portable
buildings of eight rooms each are be
ing constructed at the Hosford, Dixon,
and Hawthorne-Buckman sites to re
lieve congestion.
CAPTURE HELD IMPORTANT
Man Arrested South Relieved Forger
AVith Record.
That in the capture in San Francisco
of a man known as Charles White in
Portland, a forger with a record was
taken, is indicated by reports of a
local detective agency, which, if ap
plying to the same man, show that he
is an escaped convict from Joliet, 111.
White's real name is Haskell, it is
said. It is claimed that he escaped
from Joliet penitentiary, where he was
serving a sentence for forgery, and
had served time also in the state
prisons of Ohio and Michigan. If he is
not wanted in Joliet he will be prose
cuted in Portland, say the authorities.
The man is accused of passing two
bad checks totaling about $500. one on
the First State Bank of Gresham and
the other on Woodard, Clarke & Co.
FOUR REPORTED MISSING
POLICK ASKED TO SEARCH FOR
ROBERT ABRAM, 60.
CITY TO RESTRICT GARAGES
Preparations of Permit Ordinance
Approved by Council.
Temporary garages now are in the
spotlight.
And the powerful beam that was east
upon the structures at the meeting of
the city council yesterday bodes ill for
the future of the flivver containers that
are not on plans and specifications de
signed to make them a thing of beauty
and a joy forever.
"A blotch upon the city" was the
way Commissioner Pier referred to the
offending imitations.
All of which was brought about by
Commissioner Barbur's recommenda
tion that the building code provisions
be altered by an ordinance requiring
the issuance of permits, in the manner
required for other buildings. The rec
ommendations were approved by the
council and the necessary ordinance
will be prepared by the city attorney.
Charles Liglitncr, 2 8, James Mar
shall, Aged 9, and John Martin
Also Are Sought.
Four persons were reported as miss
ing at pol ice headquarters yesterday.
They are Robert Abram, aged 60, who
has been absent from his home since
early Sunday. The family lives at 5320
Eighty-ninth avenue, southeast. Abram
has white hair, blue eyes and weighs
145 pounds. He is five feet nine inches
tall.
Charles Lightner, 2S. has been miss
ing since July 28. He had intended
leaving at that time for Seattle to look
for work in a laundry. His family has
become alarmed over his continued ab
sence, as no message from him has
been received.
James Marshall, aged 9, has not been
home since Saturday. The family has
asked the police to aid in the search
for him He is four feet in height and
weighs 7I pounds.
Fear that John Martin, 150 Fargo
street, may have been , drowned ,was
expressed at police headquarters yes
terday as a result of his mysterious
disappearance Monday. Martin left his
work at the American Can company
plant during the day. He has not re
turned, although his coat, hat and
lunch box were still in their usual
plice. Relatives yesterday asked the
police to drag the river for his body,
as it is believed he may have been
drowned while swimming.
Meeting at La Center, Wash., Today
Likely to Be Lively One and Large
Attendance Is Assured.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) One of the bitterest fights In
the history of the granges of this
county is expected to develop at the
two days' session of Pomona grange,
which opens at La Center tomorrow,
as a result of the proposal to affiliate
with the labor unions and the railroad
brotherhoods. As a result of the an
ticipated fight, large crowds are expected.
William Bouck of Sedro-Wooley,
Wash., president of the state grange,
will address the meeting tomorrow,
and Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston,
superintendent of schools, will talk on
Thursday on "Needs of Rural Schools."
So far" as known, only one county
grange, that of Barberton, has gone
on record as lavoring the "triple al
liance," while two of the farmers' or
ganizations of the county have come
out in resolutions opposing the alli
ance. Orchards grange went on record
as opposing the alliance, declaring it
was against "alliance with any poli
tician or gang of politicians." Lake
Shore grange also has "blackballed"
the proposed alliance.
Referring to the proposed coalition,
Fred Brooker, a member of the latter
grange and former merchant of this
city, said:
"I am opposed unreservedly to the
proposed triple alliance. All I can see
in it is an attempt by the unions to
make use of the granges. There is'
nothing in common between the two
organizations. We belong to the em
ploying class, while the unions are in
the employe class. The granges have
a powerful' organization and can get
almost anything they go after. In
avoiding politics we would profit by
the bad example of the farmers of
North Dakota. I think we should stay
on the main line and not get off on
any branch."
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A cashier Has to be quick-witted
and wide-awake. And she
can't be unless her body is rightly
nourished. You may be a cashier
or have any other indoor job, but
"Whatever you do, eat Krumbles.'
Here's why: r
Krumbles is made of all the wheat grain
bran, kernel and all. It gives you every bit of
the good nourishment nature puts in wheat.
We cook it, shred it and toast it, so that it
is ready to eat just as it comes to you in
our "Waxtite" package, which retains the
delicate aroma and rich, tempting flavor
Krumbles has when it comes crisp and hot
from our ovens.
Ask your grocer for Kellogg's Krumbles
the only Krumbles made.
Krumbles is made in the same kitchens as
Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes..
KELLOGG TOASTED CORN" FLAKE CO.
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of what he termed star chamber ses-
ions, has consented to continue as a
member of the committee until the
present task of recommending revision
f the building code is completed. He
reserves the right, however, to submit
minority report on points on which
he disagrees with other members.
It is the intention upon completion
of the committee's work to hold a con
ference of all parties in Commissioner
BarMir's office for thf purpose of ad-
TRICKY BUYER IS RAPPED
"True Ad" Campaigner Criticises
ITnscrupuIous Customers.
Not only was the fake advertiser
rapped yesterday by William P. Green,
organization secretary of the national
vigilance committee of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World, who
spoke at the Kiwanis club luncheon
at the Benson, but unscrupulous cus
tomers were held up to scorn. The girl
who has a party dress sent home,
keeps it a week to wear it for some
occasion and then returns the gar
ment as unsatisfactory was cited as an
instance.
Mr. Green discussed common impo
sitions on the part of customers and
asked co-operation of the club with the
local better business bureau in pre
venting both kinds of graft.
The club elected E. R. C. Toyer to
act as delegate to the district con
vention, to be held at Vancouver,
B. C, probably in November or De
cember. Several out-of-town viistors
made brief addresses following the
luncheon.
Mabton to Build School Gymnasium.
MABTOX. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
The school 4?oard has , let a contract
to x. .Litherland to build a gymna
sium on the high school grounds. The
building will be 50x76 feet, with elec
tric lights and steam heat.
Phone your want ads to The Orego-
nian. Alain 7UU. A fcU'Ja.
"Whisky May Be Diverted.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Wholesale
dealers in whisky have been informed
by the bureau of internal revenue that
if the war-time prohibition law should
be revoked, it would not be illegal to
divert to domestic trade whisky bottled
tor export.
Wapato Raises Laborers9 Pay.
WAPATO, Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Street laborers have received
an increase of 50 cents a day for eight
hours.
BULL RUN WATER SOUGHT
Clackamas County Towns to Ask
Service From Portland.
Residents of Oak Grove, Courtney
and Concord have started a movement
to obtain Bull Run water, either by
the extension of the Milwaukie system
or by the construction of a pipe line
to connect with the Portland system.
The movement was launched Monday
night at a meeting held in the Oak
Grove schoolhouse, and attended by
more than 100 residents of the district.
It is said welts are failing, and such
water as is available is unfit for do
mestic use.
J. H. Yeardsley, president of the Oak
Grove community club, has appointed a
committee consisting of John Risley,
Robert L. Withrow and O. W. Barnette
to make an investigation and report
at a meeting to be held Monday night.
The committee is instructed to inter
view John M. Mann, Portland water
commissioner.
CITY CODE TROUBLE ENDS
II. M. Estcrly Consents to Stay on
Committee.
City Commissioner Barbur has
poured oil on the troubled waters that
threatened last week to wreck the
craft of the building: code committee.
H. M. Esterly, one of the members, who
had tendered his resignation because
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justing differences and arriving at
unanimous understanding.
The building code committee differ
ences grew out of disagreement on the
question of excluding dwellings from
the list of buildings that might be af
fected. Mr. Easterly charged also that
he was not permitted to call in experts
during sessions of the body.
A young jeweler of Hillsboro. N. I.,
has mart a tiny engine, run by com
pressed air. which is only three-quarters
of an inch long and weighs only
2 4 grains. The diameter of the cylin
der bore is 28-1000 of an inch, the di
ameter of the flywheel is 9-64 of an
inch and its stroke is 36-1000 of an
inch. Contrasted with this is a valve
used by the Ontario Power company of
Niagara Kails which is 31 feet high,
weighs 65 tons and has a water open
ing nine feet across-, so that an auto
mobile full of men can stand in it.
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flltffllffl A. Meat Market
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SRBB k Council Meats come to your table
SeiisSca oFjisSfcj k fresh from surroundings of sun-
shine and pure air. Their original
ll flavor, nutrition and purity retained
Sty liPu lHli ff- 11 in vacuum packages. Ready to
UlPI liri- 1f serve.
rlfJ i Council Meats represent table econ-
telllpl 8.-Fa3 1 omy because they are all meat, no
i"5Sife I waste, and their variety answers
1fpSS' he never-ending question, "What
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VT or luncheon?"
V. $1. " The- following is a partial list of
, K Council Meats put up in convenient
' ulVxW" sizes:
S IWVvhViIKI Corned Beef Hash Veal Loaf
VVMftPlv"xr Vienna Style Sausage ,Roast Beef
HlV W Hamburger Steak Corned Beef
WvV 111 11 W. Onions Tripe
XAliJl'Ji. Potted Meat-Products Sliced Dried Beef
tvAv?rv, Lunch Tongue Ox Tongue
Sausage Meat OF Mammy Hash
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