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4. TITE--MORNING OREGOXIAX; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1921 HOOVER IIS FAMINE IN RUSSIA Farm and Transportation De cay Are Blamed. BUSINESS DROP CITED scale for the 1921 harvest. Prune pickers will receive cents per box, with 'a bonus of 2 cents for staying the entire season, optional with the individual growers. Kiln keepers will receive $5 per day while common labor will be paid $3 per day. A price of $10 per ton will be charged for drying. The prices announced are about 80 per cent of those of last year.,. The charge for drying is just half what was charged last season. Prune growers as a whole are sat isfied with the result of the sale of last year's crop, despite the fact that little money was raised. This was largely due to the fact that the har vest was handled under war prices for labor and material, and the crop sold under peace-time prices. MOR E ARRESTS F OR MAIL ROBBERIES Volga Valley From Caspian Sea Northward Is Declared to lie Most Acute Sufferer. WASHINGTON. D. C Aug. 2. Gen eral decadence or agriculture, decay of transportation and a decrease of Industry in general of more than 90 per cent of the pre-war output were held responsible tonight by Secretary Hoover for the food shortage in Russia. The most acute famine area, he Bald, In a statement describing the economic situation there, covers the Volga valley from the Caspian sea northward. The drought there, he added, would not be so fatal were it not for the reduction In the surplus crops in other regions and the diffi culties of transportation of such surpluses as do exist. He cited reports showing the reduction of acreage under cultivation, varying from 100 per cent in the province of Kazan to only 68 per cent in Samara Of the acreage cultivated last spring. Farm Production Drops. "Overshadowing such local situa tions there has been a steady decline In agricultural production," Mr. Hoover said, "since the revolution, owing to the lack of incentive to farmers to provide more than their own needs, to the shortage of seed and the shortage of implements. The urban population has produced little goods to offer in exchange and the currency depreciation through the increase of currency issues to over 1,000,000,000,000 of rubles has ren dered their accumulation no attrac tion. "Russia, before even last year's harvest, had declined from a state producing from 6,000.000 to 10,000,000 tons of food for export to a condition where there was such an insufficient supply of food for the cities that the urban population has been reduced by about one-half. Grain Condition Discussed. An Indicating the demolished grain crop in 1921, Mr. Hoover cltedi the quantities estimated to be requisi tioned for taxes by the soviet gov ernment, showing for all soviet Rus sia, except the Ukraine and Turke stan, 4,320,000 tons of grain, as against 7,614,000 requisitioned in 1920, while the potatoes estimated for requisition totaled l.OSO.000 tons as compared with 2,016.000 last year, and 216,000 tons of oil seeds against 432, 000 in 1920. "The decadence In fat production," he continued, "is even more general and more acute than breadstuffs ow ing to the requisition of animals and the diversion of animal feeds to breadstuffs. Consequently children are suffering more, acutely in many sections than adults." Mr. Hoover showed a decrease of railway motive power from 60 to 70 resulting from a reduction from 19, 106 locomotives before the war to from 6500 to 7650 now in working order, while serviceable cars de creased by from 48 to 70 per cent of the pre-war number. Roadbeds, he declared were reported in bad con dition. Furl Situation Serious. The fuel situation he described! as "very serious," with cessation of pro duction of coal by 80 per cent and the deterioration of the m ln.es forc ing railroads to depend much more on wood. Tabulating the percentages of In dustrial production during 1920 as compared with the pre-war output, he showed the largest outputs, of 20 per cent, were in coal production and the paper lrwlustry. They ranged down to .6 per cent in copper ore out of 13 Industries. Some stimulation to Imports, he as serted, has been given by shipment of the former bank reserves of gold but the total imports from April 1 to May 15 were less than 4 per cent of the pre-war average while exports for . April were 1-20 of 1 per cent of the same pre-war period. "Recent reports as to Instructions iriven to foreign agents of the Rus sian government," he concluded, "in dicate the practical exhaustion of gold and consequent reduction of foreign purchases. BUDGET APPEAL PLANNED NOTICE FILED OX TEST SUIT AGAINST .PORTLAND. BDYDSTDN CHARGES DEBT ATTEMPT TO GOLiLBCT $100 FKOM WOMAN ALLEGED. Mrs. Mabel Baker Said to Have Promised to Return 'Money. Shooting Is Discussed. Jess Boyd'ston, who nearly killed Mabel Baker and also, wounded her husband, Thomas Baker, on the aft ernoon of April 15, was trying to collect $100 which he said was owed him by Mrs. Baker at the time of the shooting, he told police yesterday, following his return to Portland from Bozeman, Mont., to face serious assault charges. Boydston. declared that he fell In love with Mabel Baker under the Impression that she was single and that the appearance of her husband was a crushing blow. The $100 was given her, he was said to have as serted, with the provision that it was to be returned in case she did not marry him. Boydston was declared to have said that he demanded the return of the money from Mrs. Boydston when Baker appeared on the scene with an ax and the firing began. Reports of neighbors, at . the time were to the effect that Mr. and Mrs! Baker were cutting fuel in a clump of brush when Boydston appeared and, without warning, started to shoot. Boydston declared that he watched the police searching for him from a vantage point in the rafters of the Apostolic Faith tabernacle, not more than a dozen blocks from the scene of the shooting. STEAM HEAT RATES CUT VOLUXTARY BBDCCTIOSS' AIRE 3IADE BY LOCAL COMPANY in Band of 26 Persons Wanted in $5,500,000 Case. INDICTMENTS ARE SECRET Northwestern Electric Follows Suggestion of Public Service Commission to Act. Reductions of 5 cents the 1000 pounds in the price of steam heat. was made by the Northwestern Elec tric company yesterday. The com pany filed a new tariff in compliance with a request of the public service commission. The reduction became effective August 1 and applies throughout the entire scale of rates charged by the company, varying with the quantity of steam consumed. A suggestion was made Saturday by the public service commission that since last February, when increased rates were authorized, items enter ing into the co9t of steam had de creased and the company acted on this hint and voluntarily prepared Its lower price list and filed it with the commission. The order was mere ly formal and followed the filing of the new tariff. The new rates the 1000 pounds. based upon the number of pounds of condensed steam used, are as follow: Quantity Old. New. Up to 25.000 pounds $1.30 1.2S exi za.tHiu Next .10.000 l.OS Next 100.000 OS Next 800.000 85 Next 500.000 75 Exceeding 1,000,000 70 John W. Worthington, Head of Se curities Company Where Loot Is Found, Arrested Before. CHICAGO. Aug. 2. Further ar rests were awaited today in the fed eral roundup of 26 persons secretely Indicted with John W. Worthington and Owen T. Evans, on charges in connection with mail robberies ag gregating $5,500,000. Worthington, ex - private banker, who figured in a number of sensa tional financial cases, and Evans, ex bank examiner, operated the Central Securities company which the dis trict attorney charges was the clear ing house for stocks and bonds taken in robberies. Principal robberies attributed to the band which the federal author ities seek to break up were listed as follows: $1,000,000 stolen at To ledo, February 17, 1921; $120,000 at Pullman, 111., August 15, 1920; $350. 000 at Dearborn-street station, Chi cago, April 6, 1921; $50,000 at Chi cago-avenue postal station in Chi cago, Mardh 4, 1921; $212,000 at Mount Vernon, 111., January 14. 1921; $300,000 at Toccoa, Ga., September 10, 1920; $3,500,000 at Council Bluffs, la.. No vember 17. 1920; $50,000 at Minne apolis. December 3, 1920; and $92,000 at Centerville, la., March 2, 19?1. Another Cane Mentioned. It was also announced that the re cent disappearance of $3,000,000 worth of Sinclair oil stock In New York might be connected with the or ganization. , In several of these cases, notably the Council Bluffs and Mount Vernon robberies, actual participants in the crimes have been convicted and sent to penitentiaries. Worthington, in Jail at Waukegan, on the specific charge of having al tered government notes in his pos session, denied the charges. "I know nothing about altered notes, liberty bonds or fake revenue stamps, he declared. Worth Inn-ton Arrested Before. Worthington several times has been arrested on charges of fraud and re ceiving stolen property, but police charges usually have collapsed in court. His resourcefulness in obtain ing large sums of money and securl ties soon after bankruptcy or near bankruptcy have long been the marvel of his acquaintances. .Bonds of the Sinclair Oil company which recently disappeared in New York, and securities missing since the Toledo and Dearborn station, Chicago, mail robberies, were found oday among the effects of the Cen tral Securities company, whose lead ers, John W. Worthington and Owen Evans, were arrested here yester day, according to announcement of federal officials. w York Man.. Is Arrested. NEW YORK. Aug.' 2. Arthur M. Goldsmith, who conducts a private commercial school here, was arrested today by federal officials who said he was one of those named in Chi cago with John W. Worthington of the Central Securities company in connection with mail robberies In volving nearly $6,000,000. this luncheon, one of the biggest ever held in the city. Buyers will assemble at the Oregon building eadquarters at 11 o'clock and they ill be taken to the park in a great fleet of automobiles. Tonight the big fashion show will e held at the Lyric theater and ad- issroa will be by ticket only. The last word in modes will be portrayed with the aid of models, and this fea ture, it is said, will Be the biggest nd most elaborate event of this na ture ever held In the northwest. A special feature of the week will s a lecture on "Mrchandizing In 1921," by S. E. Congtoeare, advertis- r.g manager for the Armstrong Cork company, linoleum department, Lan caster, Pa. Mr. . Congbeare, an ac- nowledged authority on advertising. came all th way from Pennsylvania for buyers' week, and will speak in the ballroom of the Multnomah hotel tonight at 8:30. The lecture will be lustrated with motion pictures which will include a film showing the mak- ng of linoleum. Slides will Illus trate approved methods of retail ad vertising, window displays and sell ing methods. This lecture was ar ranged as an added attraction by John W. McCoy of Seattle. All buy ers are invited. FTTCRXITCRE DISPLAY MAGNET Portland Manufacturers Exhibit Goods in One Show Room . One magnet that draws buyers in large numbers is the permanent dis play room of the Furniture Manu facturers ana Jo Doers' association oi the Pacific coast. Grand avenue and East Alder, where furniture of a wide variety of pieces and design is on view for the easy selection -of visit ing merchants. E. W. Hansen, secretary of the as sociation, is in charge and he re ported yesterday there was a flock of buyers milling about the display rooms and selecting generous orders furniture. The association numbers 60 mem bers and they cover the northwest, Seattle and Tacoma being repre sented. However, Portland is recog nized as the furniture center of the est, and the rival northwest cities get along amicably together, so far as membership in the association goes. The permanent display room gives buyers a splendid opportunity to se lect pieces they desire without hav ng to visit many . different factories or warehouses. It is all grouped there in handy fashion for the buyer, and during this week he is making the most of his opportunities. The furniture men will have a ban quet of their own tomorrow night at the Multnomah hotel, thus adding a bit of entertainment to the original Buyers' week programme. Many cutside merchants deeply interested n furniture are in the city. Park Luncheon Arranged. Visiting buyers in the city will be the guests of the Portland Ad club at a box luncheon at Washington park at noon today. A feature will be com petitive addresses by 25 visiting buy ers on "Why Portland Is My Favorite Market. Ten handsome prizes con trlbuted by Portland firms will be given to winners. The seven judges of the circuit court of Multnomah county will be the judges of the con test. Those attending the luncheon will meet at the Benson hotel at 11:30 A. M. for the trip to the park. 1.10 l.oo . .00 .80 .70 .63 Faj-mnt of About $25,000 Publication Xotice Fees In volved, Is Estimate. Notice of appeal to the supreme court from the decision of Circuit Judge McCourt on the test suit brought against the city to determ'ne which of two budget laws should be followed in preparing the 1922 tax budiget was filed, yesterday by Dep uty City Attorney Latourette. Five days must elapse 'before ihe filing of briefs and the transcript of the cir cuit court records Judse McCourt held In deciding a friendly suit 'nstituted by Abe Tich ner that the city of Portland is not affected by the state-wide budget law, and must proceed uijder a law enacted by the last legislature whicr. applies only to tax-levying bodies in counties of 100,000 population or more. The case will be appealed to the supreme court to get a final de cision before the t'me is up for the carrying out of the budget law. If the supreme court uphold? Judge McCourt's decision, the taxpayers of Multnomah county will be saved ap proximately $25,000 in publication no tice fees, according to estimates. The city is not fighting the budget law, but is seeking to make sure of its arround, so the tax levy will be legal. The decision of the supreme court will apply to all tax-levying bodies in the county. PICKERS' WAGES - FIXED Clarke County, Wash., Growers to VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. .2. Pay 6 Cents Per iBox. (Special.) At a meeting Tuesday morning the directors of the Wash ington Growers Packing corporation. a co-operative concern representing 90 per cent of the prune acreage in Clarke county, decided on the wage OIL CONCERNS CHARTERED Klamath Petroleum Company Has $200,000 Capital Stock. SALEM, Or., Aug. 2. (Special.) The Klamath Petroleum company with a capital stock of $200,000. has been Incorporated by W. T. Smith, W. L. Llngley and Edward Blooming camp. Headquarters will be In Klam ath Falls. The Crumley Business college, with a capital stock of $25,000, has been incorporated by C V. Crumley. Charles F. Walker and A. M. Crum ley. Business headquarters of the corporation will be in Portland. The Man's Shop, with headquarters in Portland, has been incorporated by Roscoe C. Nelson, George L. Buland and Andrew Koerner. The capital stock Is $30,000. The Producers' Co-operative Supply company, with a capital stock of $10,000, has been incorporated by F. C. Shroeder, R. Roy Putnam, Harry Cook, H. IS. Thompson and D. T. Wil liams. Headquarters will be In Port land. INTEREST UP TO VOTERS Roseburg: to Pass on Light and Wa ter Bonds Xorember 1. ROSEBURG, Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.) A special election to determine the amount of interest to be paid on bonds for construction or purchase of a mu niclpal light and water plant has been set by the city council for November 1. City voters recently authorized a $500,000 bond issue for construction of a municipal light and water plant. but It is now deemed advisable to pur chase or condemn the present plant and use the distribution system. In order to sell the bonds under the present condition of the bond market it will be necessary to increase the interest rate and this will be put up to the voters. One-Year Rule to Be Resumed. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Aug. 2. (Special.) Freshman girls who come to college will live one year in one of the three halls according to Miss Sybilla Had wen, director of dormitories, before being allowed to move Into a sorority house. This plan has been a rule for several years, but has been suspended on account of the crowded condition of the halls. Runaway Boys Caujrht. - ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) Dannie Custer and Floyd Longville, aged 14 and 15 years, who recently escaped from the state re form school at Salem, were picked up here last night by Southern Pa cific Special Agent Stewart. They confessed to having escaped from the state school and were placed In the city jail pending word from the of ficial of that institution. Phone your want ads to The O gcnlan. Main, 7070. Automatic 560-95. BUYERS' INFLUX IS BIG lent reactions either one way or the other. This means that retailers know where they stand and they can pro ceed with safety in merchandising from now on. Practically every buyer radiated optimism yesterday. There was Har ry E. Mills of Mesa, Idaho, for ex ample, executive officer of a large mercantile - firm, which owns the largest fruit orchard in the state o Idaho. He said the. crop is absolutely a bumper and will be 100 per cent. All crops in his territory are declared to be wonderful and he said 'Conditions are great and business will be fine this fall and winter. Of course this means large orders from Portland firms. Portland Market Preferred. A. Ruppreck of Yoncalla, Southern Oregon, who came here yesterday with his wife after having visited Se attle's buyers' week, said he believed in buying where his dollar would bring him most and if he could hav done better in the Puget sound city he would have ordered his goods there. But he found more advantageous mar kets here and his section of the state, he said, was humming and prosperous Business was about to set a new strid and he was buying to meet the in creased demands sure to come. M. Beck and son of Hubbard. Or. were also optimistic. The Becks op erate a sawmill property and the younger man is rebuilding a store which he will open with a new stock soon. He said the time seemed rip to him for a big trade this fall an winter and he proposed to be ready for it. Over and over this same, story. In effect, was told yesterday and th general opinion of all visiting buy ers was that the selling curve, afte having been sliding downward or run nlng fairly even for months, is just a the point of showing a sharp upturn. Furniture Sales Large. Furniture houses were showing big sales to the trade yesterday, but ac tlve buying was by no means con fined to them. Shoe manufacturers and wholesalers were taking big or ders and in fact all lines reported record buying. Last night both men and wome visitors were entertained by the active organization in charge of Buyers week. .The wives and daugh ters of the visitors were taken to the Heillg for a theater party to th number of several hundred, Mrs, William D. McWaters being chairman of the committee managing the af fair. Men guests were taken to smoker and hi jinks in the Arcadian gardens at the Multnomah hotel, where a lively entertainment was enjoyed. Today there will be a big lunch eon at Washington park, where 50 tables were erected yesterday unde the trees. The Portland Ad club has charge of the luncheon, together with a committee from the Chamber of Commerce. Added speakers who en tered the competitive lists with talk on why Portland should be pre ferred as a market were Mrs. L. W. Robbins, Molalla, Or.; Mrs. Charle Hlnes. F"rest Grove, Or.; Fred Sam, Moscow, Idaho; Cecil L. Brown North Bend, Or.; A. N. Bauman Lewiston, Idaho, and Fred McKiel, Clatskanie. Or. Movies Are to Be Taken. . Moving- pictures will be taken of DEBATING LEAGUE ELEGTS HIGH SCHOOL OH GA X I Z A T I O X CHOOSES OFFICIALS. State to Be Divided Into Eleven Districts, Each to Have Its Own Special Subject. SALEM. Or,, Aug. J. (Special.) A. C. Strange of Astoria has been elected president and Dr. Clark of the University of Oregon, secretary, of the Oregon High. School Debating league. The executive committee is composed of these two officers, to gether with J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of schools, and Cor nelia Marvin, state librarian. It is proposed to enlist 150 nlch schools of the state in the league as against 77 schools for the past year. xne state will be divided Into 11 dis tricts and each will be assigned a special subject for discussion. The winning team in each district will be assigned the same subject for the lnterdietrict meet. The subject is: "Resolved, That Oregon should adopt a graduated state income tax." In the intradistrlct debates the northern Willamette district will de bate: "Resolved, That the Plumb plan for the control and management of railroads should be enacted into law.1 The southern Willamette district will debate: "Resolved, That congress should prohibit all Immigration for a period of not less than five years." The southern Oregon district will discuss the principle of the open shop In American industries, while the lower Columbia district will debate whether the Kansas Industrial arbi tration act should be adopted. The upper Columbia high school dis trict will discuss the county unit school plan, while the Umatilla, dis trict will debate the question of p larger navy for this country. To the eastern Oregon district has been assigned the question of Philip pine Independence. In the southeast ern Oregon district there will be de bated whether nations should reduce their armaments to the minimum necessary for police duty. In order that the schools of Port land may discuss a subject of local interest, that city has been assigned: "Resolved, That Portland should own and operate its street railway fry s tem." The county unit system of school administration will be discussed in the south central Oregon district, while the district known as the west side will discuss: "Resolved, That a protective tariff is beneficial to the producers of agricultural products in the United States." HOME-MADE BREAD URGED BAKERIES ACCUSED OF KEEP- IXC TRICES AT HIGHEST PEAK. TRAIN DERAILED; 2 HURT Pair Held on Suspicion of Tamper ing With Ralls. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 8. Two men were held for investigation here following derailment early today, at Inkster, 16' miles west of here, of six coaches of a westbound Michigan Central passenger train, and the overturning of its engine. Two train men and a passenger were Injured, none seriously. Investigation showed that the rails of the westbound track had been tampered with. UUUUUUUbLjLUULULtlUlJUULlUnnLuJ ft 1 fflhMHEIBIE (D). Furs and individual style shops Broadway at Morrison Ann'ual Auigmst ale of furs now in progress Discounts of 20 to 50 are effective on "Farmer" Smith Tells Housewives' Council Members Can Overcome Profiteering by Boycott. Roll your own rolls and bake your own bread this was the solution, of the bread problem suggested by C. L. ( Farmer ) Smith, Agriculturist of the Union Pacific system, speaking at the housewives' council in the story room of the library yesterday afternoon. Mr. Smith said that the price of flour of late had declined 33 1-3 per cent, but that no reduction of bread prices had been made by the bakers. He estimated that bread could be made in the home by the housewives at one-third the cost of buying bread at present prices from bakers. A baker in the back of the audience informed Mr. Smith that the bakeries of the city had red-uced the wages of their workmen 10 per cent without making a reduction in bread prices. The Dread' made in the home is more nutritious end palatable than the baker's loaf, was the declaration of Mr. Smith. He charged the bakers with being niggardly with their use of milk and sugar in making their bread and said that they likewise often used a lower grade of flour. The speaker suggested that a cam paign of encouraging housewives of the city to make their own bread, and teaching those who did not know how, be conducted by the council. ine address of Mr. Smith was a phare of the study of the bread prob lem which Is being taken up by the nousewives council. Mrs. M. A. B. Linden read a paper on housing conditions. Mrs. J. C. (Jthus presided at the meeting. KINDNESS WIN'S ESTATE Girl 14 Tears Old JReceives Farm as Legacy From. 'Workman. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 2. (Spe ctal.) It pays to be kind, as 14-year old Esther McGee learned after the death of George Heebel, a man who worked at her father's home and was treated kindly by the little girl, for Heebel left all his property to Miss McGhee & farm worth $10,000, lo cated in Curry county when he died some months ago. The man had made a will, but this could not be found, and It. was sup posed It was deposited somewhere with other valuable papers which are missing. Existence of a will was proved, however, and although heirs in Germany set up a claim to his property, the affair recently was de cided by Judge Wood of Curry county in iavor oi miss Mcunee. AGED MAN' AUTO VICTIM Motorcar Runs (Down Mllwaukle Resident and Disappears. E. Shupert, 68 years old, a resi dent of Milwaukie, was found lying in the main highway at Oak Grove late yesterday afternoon suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg and possible internal in juries, due to being hit by an auto mobile which did not stop. No one could be found who knew how the accident occurred. Two women driving in another car saw the aged man knocked down and gave chase to the machine In an ef fort to get the license number. Shupert was taken t Sellwood hospital. Shupert has an invalid wife, and a daughter, by name Mrs. E. P. Sar chet, living at 597 Bybee avenue. every fur in stock Embracing; new fall and winter modes. Rich wraps coats scarfs coatees chokers and innumerable cleverly fashioned neckpieces will be found all with that quiet elegance which distinguishes the Liebes fur. Prices, in some cases, are just half .what they'll be after the sale! You will save considerably by anticipating your winter needs .ESTABLISHED 1664 . Qualify in this Readjustment Era Roadster ...... $2550 Sportsedan . . " . . . $3995 Sportster 2695 Sportosine 3995 Tourster . . . . . 2795 Toursedan ..... 3995 Sportcoupe 3695 Tourosine . .... . 4295 F. O. B. 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