THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY. AI1IL 21, 1020
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TO INVADE
CLOTHING DISTRICT
Persons in Ord or Patched
Garments Welcome.
OVERALL PRICES VARY
Officials of Great War Veterans'
Association of Canada Appear
in Khaki Denim.
NEW YORK, April 20. Head-quarters
for the organization of a mam
moth overall parade which will in
vade the clothing manufacturers dis
trict Saturday were opened today by
the Cheese club, local leader of the
back-to-overalls movement.
It was announced that persons who
preferred to wear old, patched cloth
ing instead of committing the "ex
travagance" of Duying new overalls,
would be welcome in the line of
march.
Fancy, as well as plain overalls will
appear. One firm inserted advertise
ments in newspapers today offering
denims, ' "custom tailored in stylish
spring and summer models," at 10
and denim tuxedos for evening wear
at 112.50. It also offered "modish
evening, wedding and afternoon
gow ns" of calico and gingham at 15.
NEWARK, N. J.. April 20. Overalls
at $43.00 a pair is the latest quota
tion in the nation's war on high-)
priced clothing. Tne lollowing news
paper advertisement, inserted by a
local merchant, appeared today:
. "Substantial overalls in fashionable
cne-piece models, made of strong,
serviceable material, suitable alike
for dress, for office work, for brick
laying, for banking, boiler-making,
bookkeeping, fishing, school, garden
ing, banquets, church and the tlffe
ater. They are pleasingly priced as
follows:
"Plain overalls. $2.23 to $3.50; over
alls with belts and solid gold,
sterling silver and . Krench enamel
buckles, from $10.75 to $40; overalls
with rhinestone buckles, $42.50 to
$43.50."
OTTAWA, Ont.. April 20. C. G.
Macneill and Davil Loughnan, offi
cials of the Great War Veterans' as
sociation, appeared in the house of
commons today garbed in khaki
denim. They stated all members of
the association's executives have
donned overalls to reduce the cost of
living. Members of the house today
eaid they intended to wear either
overalls or old clothes, preferably the
latter, to prevent, an advance in the
Vrice of denim wear.
MITCHELL, S. D., April. 20. Dr.
W. D. Schmerhorn. president of Da
kota Wesleyan university, was attired
In- bib overalls this morning, when
several faculty members headed the
first public parade of the campus
overall club, made up of more than
100 members of the student body.
DETROIT, April 20. One thousand
tenographcrs. bookkeepers and other
office workers have rebelled against
high prices and pledged themselves
not to exceed these maximum prices:
Hats and shoes, $10; suits and coats,
jr0; dresses, $35; hosiery, $2.50, and
gloves, $2.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. April 20.
About 250 adults here have pledged
themselves to wear overalls at all
times except when "in bed and at
tending church." A fine of $5 has
been fixed for any member of the club
violating the pledge.
WILLITS, Cal., . April 20. Three
hundred "charter members" signed
the roll of Willits first "overalls
club" today.
STIDEXTS BO. JJLIE DENIM
Higli School Girls Fight Shy of
Joining Overalls Brigade.
THE DALLES, Or.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) The blue denim movement was
given further impetus in this city to
day, when 100 students of the high
scnooi appeared in class rooms at
tired in overalls. New overalls are
by no means in the majority. Old
patched overalls are most popular.
The students announce that they
are not warring on white collars nor
on good suits, but they are protesting
the high prices asked for fashionable
togs, as these prices affect them. The
girls have not yet joined the over
alls brigade, but are planning to pop
ularize old clothes for school wear.
STATU HOUSE MEX PLEDGED
Old uud Cheap Clothes or Denim
-Must Be Worn by All.
SALEM. Or., April 20. (Special.)
State house officials and employes, in
compliance with a pledge signed at
a meeting here tonight and which
will become eff2ctive Monday, will
wear during working hours until No
vember 1 trousers of denim, corduroy,
or khaki materials. Ex-service men
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MAJESTIC
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Look Out!
SCARLET
DAYS
Coming
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will be allowed to appear in mill-'
tary uniform.
"White collars ire taboo, and the
only concession is that which allows
wearers of the cheaper trousers to
don old coats even though they may
be materiai other than denim, cor
duroy or khaki.
A committee composed of C. H.
Gram, labor commissioner, and R. B.
Goodin. . purchasing agent Tor the
state, was named to buy clothing of the
materials outlined in the by-laws of
the btate house club at a, price slight
ly below that charged at the stores.
Governor Olcott and most of the
other state officials were present at
the meeting and were among those
pledged to assist In b'eating the high
cost of living.
Orchardists Prefer Khaki.
HOOD RIVER, Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Although no organized action
has been taken by local folks, over
alls are making their appearance at
the high school, and clerks of the
O.-W. It. & N. company appeared to
day in denims. The overall fad has
taken no great hold among orchard
ists, who say that they have been
economizing on clothes for years by
wearing khaki. Many local business
men also wear khaki clothes regu
larly in the summer months.
Prosecution Is Threatened.
TACOMA. Wash.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) Basis for criminal action
would result if Tacoma dealers ad
vance the prica of overalls to com
bat those who would boycott high
priced clothing. Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney James Selden said today. Mr.
Selden was garbed in denim, being
one of the county officials who
donned overalls to beat the high cost
of dressing.
- Astoria Boys Don Overalls.
ASTORIA. Or., April 20. (Special.)
The high-school boys were the first
in Astoria to Join in the national
movement to reduce the price of
clothing. About 50 of them reported
for school this morning attired in
overalls.
High School Girls Wear Overalls.
CHEYENNE. Wye, April 20. Eight
high school girls appeared on the
principal streets today attired in
overalls. All employes of the divi
sion offices of the Union Pacific rail
way and city and county officials
wore overalls.
RENT REGULATON URGED
Chairman of Public Service Com
mission Suggests Legislation.
SALEM, Or., April 20. (Special.)
Fred G. BuchteL chairman of the
Oregon public service commission,
stated today that he intended to make
a careful study of the laws regulat
ing his office to determine whether
or not the commission has any legal
right to participate in the campaign
against apartment house profiteers.
If the present laws are inadequate.
he thinks, a bill should be introduced
at the next session of the legislature
regulating the rental on the basis of
actual investment and placing rent
re-ulation in the hands of some pub
lic body, preferably the Oregon public
service commission.
Salem landlords, in common with
those in other parts of the state, have
boosted their rents frequently during
the past few months.
PERJURY CASE DISMISSED
Mrs. Lark Evans Is Still Held on
Auto Larceny Charge.
MEDFORD, Or.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) The perjury charge against
Mrs. Lark Evans was dismissed in
Justice of the Peace Taylor's court
here this afternoon. The charges
arose in connection with her testi
mony last week at her preliminary
hearing on the -charge of having
stolen the auto of W. G. White of
Grants Pass, for the robbery o".
whom her husband was recently con
victed and sentenced to 15 years.
The dismissal came on a technical
legal point that she had testified un
der a voluntary oath not authorized
by law to be made by a defendant
in a preliminary examination. The
dismissal has no bearing on the auto
larceny charge on which she was held
to the grand jury last week.
Corvallis Registration Record.
CORVALLIS, Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) At noon today Corvallis' show
ed a registration of 280S. which is
declared the highest ever recorded
here, being an estimated 97 per cent
of the entire registration possible.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
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PORTLAND
OVERALLS
FAD GETS KNOCKOUT
Champion of Lower Prices Is
Badly Battered.
FEW APPEAR IN DENIM
Wool Growers Join in Attack, De
claring Move to Be Blow at
Vital Industry.
Punch after Diincb was registered
on the denim fid yesterday, with
evening finding the badly battered
craze clinging wanly to the ropes and
ready to take the count. As a cham
pion of lower clothing costs the ov
eralls crusade was all but through
with the rough course of reform.
Not only had the city, as a town of
bipeds wearing garments, declined to
be denimized except here and there, I
as it were but there had arisen
critics who smote the denimeers lustl
ly Just south of the suspender cross
ing, with such effect that their laud
ably patriotic efforts were made to I
appear not only futile, but the height
of economic folly.
Plan Bitterly toidfmnflL
The Greater Portland association,
lacing on four-ounce gloves, ap
proached the dazed fad without a
trace of hesitancy and poked it sev
eral hot ones, scarcely pausing to
consider the effect Officials of the
association then drafted resolutions
condemning the urge for denim and
decrying the plan to adopt overalls
as correct morning, business and eve
ning wear.
The soundest drubbing administered
to the overalls adherents was laid on
by members of the Oregon State Wool
growers' association, in local session
assembled, who would not adjourn
until they had taken their turn at
thumping the fading fad. The sheep
men also enacted resolutions attack
ing the denimeers from another an
gle the charge of being catspaws for
the cotton growers of the south.
"The denim crusade is propaganda,
or the fruits thereof, advanced by the
cotton growers of the south," de
clared Dr. S. W. McClure of Pendle
ton, to whom was delegated the duty
of demolishing thedenim defenses.
Officials Are Criticises.
"I am astonished." continued the
doctor, "that the governor, the offi
cials and the public generally would
voluntarily substitute a southern
product for one grown here at home
would elect to boost the price of cot
ton, which brings no revenue to this
state.
"When Oregon people follow the
denim fad they are doing a direct in
jury to one of the greatest industries
in their state, an industry of fac
tories and payrolls, and they are aid
ing the schemes of the southern cot
ton grower, who never paid a cent
of taxes in Oregon and whose only
interest is in the additional profits
that will accrue from a clever pub
licity . campaign." ,
There were no more denims donned
yesterday at the courthouse, citadel
of the local denimeers, though at
least 20 attaches of the county clerk's
office continued to wear the revo
lutionary garments. An equal num
ber of young women, employed in
the registration department, came to
work in gingham dresses bright.
fresh colors that their fellow work
ers of the sterner sex found easy
and agreeable to gaze upon.
Bellboys D Overalls.
At the Palace hotel, reported L. W.
Himes, landlord, the elevator boys
and the "bellhops" voluntarily gave
up the glitter of brass buttons and
the swagger of braid to adopt uni
forms of overalls.
Denim made its appearance on the
Reed college campus, but it was a suit
that had seen much service, and was
worn by a Janitor. The students have
not joined the overall army because
corduroy and olive drab are already
on the campus. '
DEXIM PRICE RISE FORECAST
Charles Berg Criticises Move to
Woman's Ad Club Meeting.
Overall faddists will merely raise
the price of denim, according to
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' "Scarlet Days"
Saturday
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Leading Clothier
Morrison at Fourth
Charles Berg, speaker yesterday noon
before the Woman's Ad club luncheon
at the Benson hotel. Mr. Berg spoke
on the merchants' side of the high
cost of living problem.
"There has been no profiteering
from retail sales of wearing apparel
In the city of Portland," declared Mr.
Berg. "Competition has been one fac
tor in keeping merchants from over
charging. There is a constant battle
between department stores and be
tween specialty shops and in each
instance unnecessarily high prices
would give competitors prestige and
increased patronage."
Postal' Clerks Wear Overalls.
EUGENE, Or., April 20. (Special.)
Overalls will be worn by the em
ployes of the Eugene postoffice on
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BEN SELLING
account of the high price of clothing,
according to announcement at the
postoffice yesterday. The postmaster
has asked the department at Wash
ington for permission to allow the
carriers on the city routes to wear
denims, too. Aside from this there
has been no movement In Eugene
toward a general wearing of overalls.
Meat Packing Plant Projected.
EUGENE. Or., April 20. (Special.)
A meat packing plant will be erect
ed in Springfield this spring by B.
A. Washburne and C. E. Swartz. of
that city, at a cost of $25,000, accord
ing to announcement Just made by
them. The plant will be located at
the corner of Third and A streets.
The firm will buy direct from the
farmer.
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