THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY. AUGUST 15. 1919.
PROFITEERS HELD TO
BE REAL TURK PEST
Sacrifice of Thousands Attrib
uted to Greed.
FOOD DECLARED PLENTIFUL
and The Dalles, also has een reor
ganized and has changed its name to
the King's Food Products company,
with E. A. Clark, S- I. Eddy. F. X. Clark,
M. A. Wittenberg and Cameron Squirea
as directors. These directors, with
Isaac D. Hunt of the Ladd & Tilton
bank, own the business.
Under the reorganization the King's
Food Products company now owns the
exclusive . rights under the King's
patents as well as the the trade
marks. The Salem plant will devote its
entire time hereafter to the manufac
turing end of the business, while the
King's Food Products company will
buy all of the" output at 10 per cent
above cost.
Through this arrangement the Salem
plant will be financed and advertised
and the marketing cared for. Plans
have already been announced for en
larging the Salem plant to ten times its
present capacity within the next five
arc.
The Hart Schaffner & Marx
double -h re as ted waist- seam
Chief Need of People Said to Be Es
tablishment of Stable, Impar
tial and Efficient Government.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 12. (By
Courier.) Profiteering was the real
cause of the deaths of hundreds of
thousands of persons, Armenians,
Syrians, Greeks. Turks and other
nationalities in Turkey during the last
five years.
There is not now, and has not been
throughout, any lack of foodstuffs.
Profiteers have cornered the supply,
and have callously watched thousands
die without lowering prices.
Turkey today does not need a pound
cf food from America. Recently one
American shipload of flour was taken
to a supposedly destitute Black Sea
port, to be sold at 10 cents a pound,
and upon its arrival the local food
trust dumped on the market greater
Quantities of flour at 8 cents a
pound, and the Americans had their
trouble for their pains.
Grain Cnmbrri Warehounfn.
Major Arnold, who is executive head
of Armenian relief here, is my author
ity for the foregoing statement. I was
present at a conference between Major
Arnold an a representative of the
allied econom ic commission, concern
ing ways of getting on to the market
the huge stores of grain which cumber
Turkish warehouses needed for other
purposes. Large quantities of grain
are constantly in process of being
spoiled.
Major Xichol. of Beirut, local head of
American relief work, told me that
there was no need that any one of the
300,000 Syrians in the Lebanon district
who starved to death should have
perished.
All the ghastly scenes of bodies on
the streets, and even of cannibalism,
are on the head of a few native profi
teers. The foremost of these financial
ghouls has been at pains since the war
to get into the good graces of the for
eign authorities. When the r rench
ammunition dump in Beirut exploded a
few weeks ago, this man and his ram
ily, thinking a revolution had broken
out and that they would be the first
victims, rushed into high-powered auto
mobiles, and fled, never stopping until
they reached Sidon.
Traders Make Millions.
Of the five men who were the food
control ring in Aleppo, two were
Turkish officials, one was an Italian,
one a Greek and one a Syrian. In
Constantinople some Armenians be
came ' millionaires during the war. On
a small and large scale, food profiteer
ing continues, although the Americans
have done much to break prices. At
practical ly every station on the Bag
dad railway between Adana and Con
stantinople I saw mountainous heaps
of grain. Throughout Palestine. Syria
and Asia Minor the harvests seem un
usually bountiful.
America may be interested in a gen
6ral statement of the condition of the
Armenians and Syrians and Jews, con
cerning whose sufferings so much has
been written. Indignation has been
caused among relief workers by the
persistent circulation of reports in
America that the terrible conditions of
two and three years ago still continue.
There is today no destitution any
where in Palestine; the people are more
prosperous than before the war. The
American Red Cross has left the land,
and aside from various Zionist philan
thropies, there is no American relief
work except the maintenance of the
famous German orphanage, with about
400 children.
Syria In ot Destitute.'
In the larger Syria, which includes
Palestine, the same condition is true.
The British military authorities have
done a comprehensive relief work there
which surpasses anything attempted by
American agencies. There are no
starving people in Syria. At Aleppo,
Armenian orphans and refugees have
been collected and cared for by the
joint efforts of British and Americans,
and they are being sent to their old
homes as rapidly as possible. In Cen
tral Turkey there is no abnormal des
titution, except in the Black Sea re
gions. In the Caucasus, "where there was a
great concentration of Armenian refu
gees, there has been and still is ter
rible suffering, owing-to lack of trans
portation and political difficulties. The
British military are remaining in the
Caucasus to facilitate the work of re
lief which has now been put under the
sole direction of Colonel Haskell, who
will represent the American committee,
the food commission and the Paris
con ference in the Caucasus.
As soon as a strong hand takes hold
of the Ottoman empire, and punishes
profiteers, the food situation will be
come normal. Then the various new
governments concerned, such as Ar
menia and Syria, may assume the re
sponsibility for relief, repatriation and
orphan support. There are from 60,000
to 100,000 Armenian and Syrian or
phans to be maintained and educated.
Private Kf fort Inadequate.
Obviously, these larger phases of the
restoration of a normal life to this
smitten region can scarcely be main
tained by private philanthropy; they
are the work of government. In them
is, found a pressing argument for the
speedy determination of the political
status of Turkey. The magnificent re
lief and reconstruction measures al
ready adopted by the British, at their
own charges, would be Cont in tied and
made even more general by whatever
power is assigned cont rol her.
The first and most important meas
ure of relief for the peoples of this
region is the establishment of a stable
efficient and impartial government
WIRELESS TELEPHONE USED BY
FOREST LOOKOUTS.
FIRES REPORTED BT RADIO
Two Blazes, Fanned by Wind, Rage
in Kootenai; Chief Forester
on Inspection Trip.
MISSOULA, Mont.. Aug. 14. Wireless
telephone reporting of a forest fire was
involved for the first time in history
today when lookouts in the Powell dis
trict, situated at Beaver Ridge, notified
the forest ranger at Lolo Hot Springs
of the Beaver Ridge blaze by means of
this instrument.
While high winds still are blowing in
the Clearwater country of Idaho, the
fire lines are being held in fair shape.
Kootenai forest has two serious fires
as the result of heavy winds. The Big
creek and Cook creek fires are spread
ing rapidly and more men are needed
with the supply at Spokane and Kali
spell apparently exhausted. New fires
are burning on Fireham ridge, Klk
creek.
Colonel Henry S. Graves of Wash
ington, L. C, United States forester.
eft for Cold creek today for the pur
pose of inspecting the blaze there,
which covers between 13,000 and 15.000
acres. The blaze is six miles long and
nearly that wide. Colonel Graves will
journey around the fire line in an ef
fort to evolve a method of entrenching
and finally checking the fire, which has
been burning for several weeks and at
one .time threatened destruction of St
Regis, Mont.
REFRIGERATOR CARS ASKED
Yakima Soft Fruit Crop Must Be
Kept Moving, Hines Is Told.
YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 14. (Special.)
W. J. L'rquhart, manager of the
Yakima Valley Traffic and Credit asso
ciation, has telegraphed Railroad Ad
ministrator Hines that disaster would
overtake the Yakima soft fruit crop
unless a refrigerator supply of 200 cars
a day were maintained during the com
ing two weeks. Cars are in sight for
two or three days, but advices here
from railroad administration officials
were that the outlook beyond that time
for large receipts of cars was unfavor
able. So far all soft fruit has been shipped
as fast as harvested and there has been
no demand whatever for cold storage
facilities, according to the warehouse
men.
.S-Ak f
ATEVER in the history of the clothing
business has there been a style as
popular as the double-breasted waist-seam
suit created by Hart Schaffner & Marx.
Everybody likes it; the returning- soldiers
and sailors say it's the liveliest yet. Busi
ness men are wearing- it. Not the same
model, of course, but variations of this idea.
We have any number of these good styles
in any number of new patterns and
colorings.
The single-breasted
waist-seam
These models are popular, too; there's plenty of
reason for it. They give a man an athletic appear
ance the chest-out; waist-in. We have some
great values to offer; the best you'll find in this
man's town. You don't need to look any further.
Ml
FACTO
SAMPLE SHOP
286 Morrison St., Between Fourth and Fifth Sts.
Next to Corbett Building
Copyright 1919 Ilart Schaffner & Marx
Sam'l Rosenblatt s? Co.
The Men's Store for
Quality and Service
Gasco Bldg.
Fifth and Alder
vsr r
Beware of Imitators and Imitation
Sample Shops. Look for Big Sign
With the Hand Pointing at 2S6
Morrison st. Factory Sample Shop
1 F AM HP
SA
THREE STILLS ME SEIZED
IMPORTANT HAUL REPORTK1)
MADE IX CiKAXT COUXTV.
LUMBERMEN VIEW TIMBER
Visit of Prominent Men in Linn
County Causes Speculation.
ALBANY, Or.. Aus. 14. (Special.)
There is some speculation here over
the visit of a pa.ty of timbcrmen to
the timber belt in eastern Linn county
this week. On Wednesday R. A." Booth,
of the Booth -Kelly Lumber company,
E-igene; R. A. Long, of the Long-Bell
Lumber company of Kansas City, and
Frank King ot Portland passed througrh
Albi:i y en route to the south Santiam
country, where Mr. Booth is interested
in large timber holdings.
Last yea. the Loner-Bell company
bought a large tract of timber on the
Cascade divide, and this year pur
chased tho McCIoud holdings in Cali
fornia. Mr. King represents the Longr
Bll company in Oregon.
KING COMPANY REFORMED
UDD & TILTOX BANK IXTKREST
ED IX SALEM . PLANT.
Four Men Arrested, but Prosecution
Is Delayed by Absence of
District Attorney.
CANYON CITY. Or., Aug. 14. f Spe
cial.) The largest raid on illicit stills
that ever took place in (Irant county
was made Monday night when Sheriff
W. V. Howell and Sta te Agent J. 1
Snyder visited Prairie City and arrested
Tan Daly, Arthur Hanenkrat, "Scotty"
Ross and John F'hipps. Three st Ms
were seized and brought to this city,
together with several hundred dollars'
worth of raisins and a quantity of beer
of high alcoholic percentage.
The still alleged to have been oper
ated by Ross was found skillfully hid
den behind a partition built in the rear
of the kitchen stove in the house of his
mother-in-law. It was made of copper
and was of several gallons capacity
It is claimed that Ross was in partner
ship with Hanenkrat.
State Agent Snyder also brought the
proprietor of the hotel at Granite,
George by name, and Joe Burton to
Canyon City last Saturday. They are
held on a charge of moonshining. A
considerable amount of liquor was re
ported found under George's hotel and
a still was found in the possession of
Burton.
The prosecution of these cases may
be delayed because of the absence from
the city of Phil Ashford. district attor
ney, who left last Sunday for Omaha,
Neb., with a shipment of sheep.
schools thus far have been unable to
secure teachers.
Mrs. Cu minings, who has just re
turned from Portland, where she visited
all the teacher employment agencies,
brings back discouraging reports. , Al
though higher salaries are offered than
ever before, applicants for school posi
tions are few. The minimum salary
under the state law is $75 a month, but
in some districts $125 is offered for
h igh school teachers.
Albany. Lebanon and t the larger
towns of the county have engaged their
q uotas, but the smal ler schools face a
serious problem. Schools will open next
month, and unless some means is found
to supply needed instructors many
schools will be closed.
Stolen Car Located.
THR DALLES. Or., Aug. 14. (Spe
cial. An automobile - belonging to
Harry McCoy of Port land, which was
stolen in Portland last week, was lo
cated in the Atwood & Lee garage
at Wasco yesterday. The party who
had stolen the machine had left it in
Wasco to get a broken axle repaired.
The thief accompanied one of the ga
rage men of Wasco to Moro to get a
new axle and while In the later city
disappeared.
PRICE OF HONEY IS CUT
Bcokeepcrs at Yakima Pare 2 0 I'cr
Cent Orr Quotations.
YAKIMA, Wash.. Aug:. 14. (Spe
cial.) Washington bee keepers, -at a
meeting of their state association,
adopted a schedule of minimum honey
prices which Is said to be a reduction
of 20 per cent from the prices which
have prevailed during the past year.
The schedule is as follows: For 60
pound cans, not less than 20 cents per
pound: for cases of ten-pound pails.
13.50 per case; for cases of five-pound
pails. $15 per case.
Head The Oreponian- classified ads.
CITY DESIRES BOULEVARD
Aberdeen Folk to Vote on Bond
Issue to Raise $125,000.
ABERDEEN'. Wash.. Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) The $125,000 bonding issue for a
new road entrance into the city is ex
pected to be carried here by a large
majority August 26. If carried, as ex-
peotedr bids will be called immediately
for the improvement, in order that it
may be completed this winter.
The improvement- will consist of a
boulevard along the Chehalis river,
rounding the bluff just at the east en
trance to the city. The driveway will
be decorated with ornamental street
lights.
BANKS PLANS NEW SCHOOL
Structure Costing $2 5,0 0 0 to Be
Commenced in September.
BANKS, Or., Aug. 14. (Special.)
At a meeting today of the district
school board, advertising was ordered
for bids on a new brick high school
building1 for Banks. The school bond
election of union high school district
No. 1 has just voted by a 3-to-l vote
in favor of bonds for a $25,000 building.
The bonds were purchased by the
Washington County bank, at Banks, at
a premium of $250. The new high
school building is to be started not
later than September of this year.
PRINTERS ASK $7 A DAY
Spokane Trades to J.suss Wage
Increases With Employers.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 14. The
printing trades of Spokane will meet
with employers this week to discuss
new wage increases asked by the
pressmen, printers and bookbinders.
The new scale, which would become ef
fective in September, provides $7 a day
for a seven-hour day for all of the
skilled crafts, pressmen, printers and
bookbinders, and two-thirds of the
journeyman's scale for bindery girls
and press feeders.
The scale is that recommended by the
northwest printing trades in April.
SCHOOL TEACHERS SCARCE
Shortage in Li-nn County Reported
to Be Serious.
ALBANY. Or.. Aug. 14. (Special.)
As a result of a shortage of school
teachers in rural schools in Linn county
more than 1000 ch ildren may go with
out instruction this year. according to
County Superintendent Oummings. Sixty
ew Management Call for Enlarge
ment of Business During
- Five-Year Period.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 14. (Special.)
The Salem Kings Products company,
probably the largest concern of its
kmd in the United States, hasreorpan
iited through the election of C. A. Park
of Salem as president, and the follow
ing directors: M. L. Jones. Brooks;
I L. Patterson. Salem: George P. Judd,
K. A. Clark, S. L. Kddy and Cameron
fcquires of Portland.
The parent concern, known as the
.Wittenber-Kir.g company of Salem
BEQUEST GIVEN CHURCH
A. J. Strung or Salem Grants Realty
to Slavonic Order.
SALEM, Or.. Auir. 14. (Special. 1 By
the will of the late A. Jessup Strang.
the appraisement of whose property
has been completed, the First Con
gresrational church of Salem will re
ceive 14600. while DeMolay command
ery. No. r. Knights Templar of Salem,
will benefit to the extent of several
lot? located in Milwaukie. valued at
$67 5.
The total estate left by Mr. Strang,
as listed in the appraisement, is
13.S92 94.
FREIGHT, FARE RISE ASKED
Puget Sound Navigation Company
Wants 30 Per Cent Increase.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 14. Increases
in passenger and freight charges of
from 20 to 30 per cent were asked by
the Puget Sound Navigation company
in a petition just filed with the public
service commission.
The company alleges it has lost
$66,947 for the first six months of this
year on its operations, largely due to
increasing cost of fuel oil.
All routes covered by the company
are Included in the increases asked.
HEALS
ECZEMA
On three-year-old boy's scalp. In
form of pimples. Sore and red.
Scratched until bled. Would cry
and fret nights. Almost bald. Was
disfigured. Sent for sample Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Did so much
good purchased 2 cakes Soap and 2
boxes Ointment and he was healed
in two months. (Sig-ned) Mrs. Geo.
W. Steeples, Clyde, Colo.
Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Tal
cum promote and maintain skin
purity, skin comfort and skin health
often when all else fails.
Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c Talcum
25c. Sold throuRhout the world. For
sampleeach freeaddess: "Cuticura Li
ofttntir. Dpt. H. Maiden. Mau."
4flfi Cuticura. Soap shaves without muff.
ery Important
rocery Specials
Yelloban Milk
4 Dozen in Case.
Special while
the supply lasts
Per Case
$6.25
Per Doz.
$1.60
i CANNED VEGETABLES
I,
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
NURAYA TEA Nutrition. - Flavor)
Cloaaet S Devera Portland
Hillsdale Short Asparagus Tips, Is. per rloz. S2.30. each..
Brookdale Asparaeus Cuts. 3s. per rioz. S3. 25. each
lobby's Spinach. 2s. per doz. $2.X5. each
(Jnarga Fancy Coin, 2s, per doz. $2.50. each
PICNIC GOODS AT LOW PRICES
I'nderwood's Deviled Ham. "is, per doz. i2.00. each
I'lidei Kood's Deviled Ham. -s. per doz. SSlt.OO. each
Underwood's Deviled Tonsue. lis. per doz. S2.00, each....
Deviled Meats, s. per doz. $1.30, each
It. IS. Boned Chicken. Vs. each ,
Kosedale Chipped Beef, small glasses, per doz. $2.00. each.
Iamb TotiKiic, Is, each
Lamb TonKue. Vis. each
Lamb Tongue, Vis, per doz. 83. OO, each
.20c
..SOc
..20o
,.22c
.20
.300
-20C
.1-to
. 75?
,17c
r r o
- 35c
30C
Canned Fish
This brand is positively the best obtainable and very
reasonable at the following prices:
Maple Leaf CotumMa River Salmon, In, flat steak'.
Maple Leaf Columbia River Salmon, 1m. tall
Mnple Leaf Coiumbta River Salmon, 1m. oval
MaJe Leaf Columbia River Salmon.. Jz
Dozen
S4.00
.S3.90
. S 4.75
BAKED BEANS
Van Camp's, Is, with tomato sauce, per doz. 851. 3S, 2 for....
Van Camp's, lis, with tomato sauce, per doz. &2.00. each....
Van Camp's, os. with tomato sauce, per doz. $3.25. 3 for...
Del Monte Baker Beans, Is, per dozen Sl.OO. 3 for
Del Monte Baker Beans, 2s. per doz. $1.75. each
Heinz. Is, with tomato sauce, per doz.. S2.63, each....
Heinz. 2s. with tomato sauce, per doz. $2.25. each
Heinz 3s, with tomato sauce, per doz. $3.50. each
Flnrh
3SC
35P
45c
25C
18c
25C
.25c
I5e
.15c
.20C
30C
If?
Fall Sample Suits, Coats and Dresses in most beauti
ful styles and many" exclusive models are included in
this sale. . Values up to $95. Will be the gossip of
Portland.
$18.95 $26.95
$36.95
(Mr
;:llf?
Wf
Silk and Jersey Dresses,
values up to $35, Clean
up Sale price only
i
D9
Serge arid Poplin
Dresses, values to
$32.50, Clean-up Sale
prices only $12.95 and
$95
We Give WTiat We Advertise and Your MONEY
BACK if Not Satisfied Within Three Days After
Purchase. Liberty Bonds Taken at the Full
Market Value.
FRUIT JARS, RUBBERS AND CAPS
MASON JARS
Pints, per doz 90
Quarts, per doz . .$1.00
hi: -Jal., per doz.. 1 .12 5
Mason Caps, porcelain
lined, per doz 30
ECONOMY JARS
Sanicaps, per doz 20c
Pints, per doz SI. 15
Quarts, per doz 1.25
i Gal., per doz l.oO
Economy Caps, doz 30c
fruit Jar Rubbers extra heavy, wide, pure rubber 3 doz. for 2I
12 doz. for TJC
Squat Jelly Glasses, per doz oo
Sugar (arl'::-Vi) ICO-Ib. Sk., $9.65 Cash
COFFEE
Coffee by mall at wholesale price coffee with m guarantee
atifnetion or your money back.
We will deliver Free of Charge, to your nearest shipping point, or
by parcel post. .1 V N O COFFEK at 4 -4c per pound, with the guarantee
that if this coffee is not satisfactory we will refund the full amount
of the purchase price.
D. C. BURNS COMPANY
208-210 Third Street, Between Taylor and Salmon
H Special Mail Order Service Write for Monthly Price LIt Member
C.reater Portland AKocIntIon Wholesaler to Private
FamllleN, Hotel and Restaurants
Phone Main 616. A-1626.
The New Process
cGraw Tire
A big, heavy, strong, classy tire,
built under the McGraw Company's
new process, which gives it an ex
ceedingly tough, wear-resisting tread
of annealed or tempered rubber,
backed by a" splendid carcass of the
strongest fabric, which, fused with
Para rubber, means a wonderful side
wall strength.
The MaGraw Company are' now
among the largest, and guarantee
their tires as follows:
Fabrics 600 Miles
Cords 8000 Miles
30x3 Vz -Non Skid $20.50
34x4 Non Skid $32.75
32x3'j Non Skid $23.75
34x4 Non Skid $32.75
Others in Proportion.
We want you to know this fine tire
and will give you a
FREE TUBE
as an inducement with each tire. We
pay postage on mail orders.
Oregon Tire & Rubber Co.
Distributors
61 First Street, Corner Pine.
Phone Main 3054
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