THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 7, 1919.
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Fair Price Committee to Ask
Washington to Act.
WAR-TIME LAW FAVORED
tVomen Adopt Resolution for Ad
JuMment and Control of Food
Market; Clothier Heard.
As the result of a vote taken Friday
Bight at the session of the fair price
committee, lettera will be sent the Ore
iron delegation In Washington. D. C.
urging that steps be taken to reinstate
war-time food regulations requiring H
ensinsr of dealers and limiting profits.
This was embodied in a motion by Mrs.
Gecr-e L. Williams and stronjrly backed
by Mrs. Georse Mc.Math. The ballot
was unanimous.
Mrs Williams presented a summary
of her observations in adjustment of
food prices under the national food
control law of August, 1917. which she
understood had not been amended. She
defined certain sections, concluding
with the recommendation that If food
distributors held licenses in 1918 and
these had not been cancelled, they can
be forced to comply with the regula
tions laid down by the president.
Labor Blamed by Clothier.
1f such regulations are not suffi
cient to resch them." she said, "this
committee can. through the food ad
ministration, request the president to
establish such rules as will effectively
cor trol the price of foods and author
ize this committee to act as his agents
tn the application of such instructions."
It was Intended at the meeting to
take up clothing, but only one dealer
appeared. Grant Phegley of Fhegley
& Cavender. He read a number of let
ters from eastern manufacturers, which
brought out the point that scarcity of
tailors, shorter working hours, in
creased cost of production and create
tales are responsible for high prices
in this line.
The correspondence tended to show
that woolen mills are not producing
more than SO per cent of their usual
output. One manufacturer described
his troubles and predicted that spring
suits would be from $7 to $10 higher
than at present.
rrodurtloa Declared Lesa.
He also said there is less production
by each employe each hour than ever
In the history of the clothing business
and that hundreds of foreign-born
workers are going back to Europe. He
anticipated a worse situation shortly
Another letter stated that hats would
be higher in a few months.
When asked what he considered
reasonable percentage of profit. Mr.
Phigley said he endeavored to make 30
per cent on the retail price of a gar
ment. Twenty-five per cent of this.
be said, is the cost of doing business.
As the committee was desirous of
receiving more information on the
business, it was decided to consider
clothing again on Monday night.
Other Clothiers to Be Tailed.
Thomas B. Kay. of the Kay woolen
mi.ls; Charles Coopey, who Is a mem
ber of a national wool association, and
representatives of Xeustadter's and
Fle:scl,ner-Mtyer's stores, will be asked
to attend and answer questions.
Appointment of Emit Gunther to
erve as chairman of the food sub
committee In aiace of Mrs. Williams
was questioned last night and Chair
man Thomas G. Farrell admitted be
had forgotten the original committee
ha t been named and apologized to Mrs.
V iiliams fr his mistake.
Complaint! are being solicited by the
committee, who irvite all who believe
th7 are encountering profiteering to
co-iuiunlcate with the board's secre
tary. Mrs. H. B. Torrey, of 1325 Kast
Thirty-first street. All communications
mailed to her will be brougbt up as
soon as received.
bring about a conference between rep
resentatives of the steel workers and
of the United States Steel corporation
in an effort to avert a threatened strike.
The president waa asked in a tele
gram sent him yesterday by Sampel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, and the committee
of steel men, to say whether a confer
ence could be arranged before next
Tuesday when the presidents of the 24
international unions in the steel in
dustry will meet here to take such ac
tion as they might deem necessary.
The telegram to the president fol
lows: "The executive committe representing
the various international unions In the
iron and steel Industry met today to
consider the awful situation which ex
ists in many of the iron and steel In
dustry centers. The coercion, the bru
tality employed to prevent men ana
unions from meeting in halls engaged,
upon private property in the open air,
the thuggery of the corporation's emis
saries, the wholesale discharge of num
bers of men for no reason than the
one assigned, that they have become
members of the union, have brougn
about such a situation that it is ex
ceedingly difficult to withhold or re
strain the indignation of the Tien an
the resistance that they declare it is
their DurDose to prepare.
"The executive committee,, relyin
upon the case aa presented to you las
week and your earnest declaration to
endeavor to bring about a conference
for the honorable and peaceful adjust
ment of the matters in controversy,
have thus far been enabled to prevail
upon the men not to engage in a gen
eral strike.
"We cannot now affirm how much
longer we shall be able to exert that
influence, but we urge you, even in th
great work in which you are engaged,
to give prompt attention to this most
vital of issues.
"A meeting of all the presidents of
the 24 international unions in the stee
industry has been called to take place
on Tuesday, September 9, in Washing
ton, D. C. to take such action as they
may deem necessary. May we not hav
your reply on or befqre that time as to
whether or not a conference with th
steel corporation Is possible?"
ACTORS CALL ON ORPHANS
CHICAGO CHILD RECALLS
SIGHTS OX STAGE.
(Copyright by the New York World.
Il.hed by arrangtmcnt)
CHICAGO, IlL. Sept. 6. (Special.)
The stage women who will take part
Sunday called on the little ones Friday.
Sunday called on the little ones today
They were Blanche Ring, Hazel Dawn,
Eleanor Dawn. Gilda Leary and Pearl
White. They were welcomed at the
door by Mrs. Cassldy, aunt of the chil
dren. Lyman and William Tanner, the
twins, were too young they're only
3V4 to understand what it all waa
about. Cut Helene, who Is "past 5,
understood that the "pretty ladies"
were those wonderful beings she had
seen "on the stage."
Mrs. Cassidy said:
"You know, when I was on my way
here from Albany, after their father
had died with his wife when he couldn't
save her from the train, I determined
to take them. Of course, my means
were small, but I thought God would
show me a way. The night I got here
I prayed for help and now God has
sent It to me through the actors.
The stage folk left the home reluc
tantly they had become attached to
the artless little ones.
When they did leave they had the
pledges of the people of Winnetka,
of which Hubbard Woods is a part,
that a large block of tickets would be
absorbed.
The Equity members also started a
selling campaign in the stockyards.
LMiss Ring and Misa Hazel Dawn in
vaded the posts early In the day
BREAD STICKS AT 8 CENTS
TWO BAKERIES AXXOCXCE
STAY OF ADVANCE TO .
Housewives Prepare to Patronize
Only Retailers Soling on
Old Basis.
While the women . of Portland were
planning a quiet campaign to prevent
further Increases in the cost of bread.
the two bakeries which raised the price
to 9 rents on Thursday announced Fri
day they would continue to sell at 8
until a municipal investigation author
ized by the mayor could be made. It
is not known whether the fight pro
posed by the women leaked out or the
bakers came to this conclusion without
reckoning on the housewives. The lat
ter, however, had already taken vigor
ous action.
Avoiding anything which might le
gally be defined as a boycott, the wom
en planned to compile a list of bakers
and grocers still selling on the 8-cent
basis and publish it among themselves,
recommending that only those named
be patronized. Thursday and Friday
several hundred telephone calls to this
effect had been sent broadcast.
The committee to be appointed by the
mayor. It is Believed, will be composed
of -a representative of the housewives,
one from the federal fair-price commit
tee, another from the Master Bakers'
association and the fourth a city of
ficial. No prosecutions are to be made
until the findings of this board are
completed and the members have satis
fied themselves that the movement to
increase the price is the ersult of a
combine.
The two' bakeries which have re
sumed the S-cent price after announc
ing an increase are the Davidson Bak
ing company and the Royal.
APPEAL MADE TO WILSON
WILLINGNESS TO ACT IN STEEL
CONTROVERSY REPORTED.
Tenor of Answer Withheld; Appeal
Sent by Gompers to
. St. Louis.
ST; LOUIS. Sent. , President Wilson
rrrcv.day replied to s telegram sent
him by Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor, on
behalf of the steel workers. This was
learned just before the president's
special train pulled out of the station.
The president did not disclose the na
ture of his answer, remarking to his
secretary that he did not care to an
nounce It at this time.
WASHINGTON Sept. . President
Wilson has agreed to undertake to
Benefit Drive to Start to Aid Chil
dren Whose Father and Mother
Died Under .Train.
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FIRST DIVISION MEN BACK
Contingent of 1868 Officers and
Men Return Front Brest.
NEW TORK, Sept. S. Another con
tingent of the 1st division, numbering
1868 officers and men, arrived here
yesterday from Brest on the transport
Zeppelin.
Brigadier-General Augustine Mcln-
tyre returned In command of the 1st
field artillery brigade troops. Several
hundred casuals also were aboard.
Other units of the 1st division ar
rived from Brest on the transport De
Kalb.
AIRSHIP VISITS BOLSHEVIKI
German Craft Reported to Be Carry
ing Red Agitators About.
LONDON. Sept. 6. A Reuter dispatch
from Warsaw reports that a large Ger
man airship fitted with wireless tele
graphic equipment is making regular
trips between Breslau and several
towns In Russian bolshevik territory.
The dispatch says that the craft car
ries 30 passengers and Is being used
chiefly to transport bolshevik agita
tors.
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SENATORS TO APPEAR IX
AXD MIDDLE WEST.
EAST
Johnson, Borah,' McCormick, Reed,
Wadsworth and Poindexter
Are Scheduled.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. Arrenge-
ments of a number of senators to dis
cuss the peace -treaty in the east and
middle west in the near future were
announced yesterday at the capital. Re
publican leaders said there was no pur
pose to "trail" President Wilson, but
that it was proposed to reply to the
president's addresses both on the floor
of the senate and elsewhere.
Senators Johnson, California; Borah,
Idaho, and McCormick, Illinois, repub
licans, are to address a mass meeting
tn Chicago next Wednesday.
Senator Johnson will speak Thursday
t Indianapolis, Friday at St. Louis and
Saturday at Kansas City. Senator Reed,
democrat, Missouri, will speak Sun
day at Akon, Ohio, and Senator Wads-
worth, republican. New York, will
make an address next week at Salem,
N. H. Senator Poindexter. republican,
Washington, will speak Thursday at
Dunkirk, and later at Pittsburg and
New York City.
ers point out, contains a majority of
republicans, and assert it is wholly rep
resentative of the local governments
war activities commercial, capital and
labor. Mayors of all Inland Empire
cities will be included in the commit
tee of 600. Former United States Sena
tor Turner is chairman of the proposed
committee, supplanting T. H. Herbert
of the Chamber of Commerce. Ex-
Senator Turner is a democrat and Mr.
Herbert a republican. To the former
senator will fall the honor of introduc
ing the president. . -
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RADIO STATION ON FIRE
Connection Lost With Sable Island
After Danger Message. .
HALIFAX. N. &. Sept. 6. Radio op
erators at Camperdon, near here, were
unable yesterday to get into communi
cation with the station at Sable island.
A message from Sable Island shortly
before midnight last night said the sta
tion was on fire and it is feared here
that it has been destroyed.
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nsurgency Among Democrats Leads
to Enlargement of Personnel;
Lottery Plan Target.
SPOKANE. Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.) '
Insurgency among democratic sup
porters of the administration, aided by
part of the republican wing, yesterday
led to the oppointment of a committee of
500 for the reception of President Wil
son and a demand xor a nrsi-come-
flrst-served" policy of admissions to
the armory, September 12, on the oc
casion of the President's speech. '
Enlargement of the welcoming com
mittee to this number and abolition of
the lottery plan of admissions was re
quested of the original committee of 14
at a conference late yesterday. - At
torney Frank Post, republican, but sup
porter of the league of nations, was the
spokesman for the committee of 600.
The new committee, democratic lead-
Service . With Overseas , Force in
France Confined to Base Hospital.
- St. Nazaire Last Station.
Major W. E. Stewart is back from
France and has once more opened his
medical office here. Major Stewart was
mustered into the service 11 days be
fore war was declared and crossed the
Atlantic with the old 3d Oregon. Shortly
after arriving on the other side he was
detached and since the winter of 1917
has had charge of three different hos
pitals. The doctor was last stationed at St.
Nazaire, where he stayed until all the
convalescent soldiers had been removed
to this country. He say there are now
40,000 wounded men in hospitals in the
United States.
Major Stewart was mustered out of
the service late In August and has been
visiting relatives in Albany since that
time. While in France he traveled
over a large part of Europe, going as
far south as Italy on a leave. He did
not visit the front lines until after the
fighting, as he had been assigned to
work at base hospitals.
TAILORS RETURN TO WORK
Three-Fifths of Portland Strikers
Declared Again at Jobs.
More than three-fifths of the union
tailors who went out on a strike Wed
nesday morning are back to work, it
was declared Friday night. Clothing
stores and independent tailoring con
cerns had signed up with the union,
it was said, although the merchant tail
ors' exchange had not. yet reached an
agreement with the tailors.
About 250 of the 350 tailors who
struck for higher wages are now at
work under new contracts, it was said.
A few of those who had not gone back
NOW TAKE FOR EXAMPLE
A LOCAL LUMBER
MANUFACTURER
who should use trucks for. hauling but
doesn't, or one .who does use trucks and
needs another he can' save over $1000
on the price of a truck by buying a five
ton Indiana that has been used only as a
demonstrator. ;
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Tour mjyrite dentifrice
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To have ready for the customer at all times the dentifrices
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Colgate's Dental Cream ...25c
Woodbury's Dental Cream 22c
Benetol Tooth Paste 23c
Dr. Graves' Tooth Powder 23c
Dr. Lyon's -Tooth Powder 23c
Dr. Lyon's Dental Cream 23c
, Oraline Tooth Paste 23c
Sheffield's Dentrifrice 23c
S. S. White Tooth Paste ; 25c
S. S. Wh'ite Tooth Powder 25c
Pyo-rem Tooth Paste 25c
Peredixo Tooth Paste 25c
Euthymol Tooth Paste : 25c
Kolynos Tooth Paste 28c
Lesley Dental Cream 20c
Calox Tooth Powder 29c
Klenzo Dental Cream 25c
Revelation Tooth Powder 25c
Red Feather Tooth Paste 25c
Red Feather Tooth Powder 25c
K. C. L. Tooth Paste 45c
Pepsodent Tooth Paste 50c
Pebeco Tooth Paste 45c
Calder's Tooth Powder 23c
Bucadyne Tooth Powder 25c
Pyrodenta Tooth Paste 27c
Pearl Tooth Powder. 25c
Rexall Tooth Paste 25c
Chlorox Tooth Paste 45c
Odol 49c
Mary Garden Tooth Paste 50c
Activodent Tooth Paste 50c
Gosnell's Cherry Tooth Paste 69c
Oriental Tooth Paste 75c
Pyorrhocide Tooth Powder 98c
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to work have left or are leaving Port
land, it was reported. Two left Friday
and five are said to nave gone yesterday.
GROCERS ISSUE CHALLENGE
Spokane Retailers Declare Business
Is Free of Profiteering.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 6. (Special.)
Leading retail grocers challenged the
official food probe committee yesterday
to discover items in the grocery busi
ness in Spokane to which the stigma
of "profiteering" could justly be at
tached. The meeting of the committee with
the retail grocers resolved itself Into a
series of protests on the part of the
grocerymen against the application of
the investigation to their business and
numerous arguments were presented to
prove that unfair prices are impossible
as far as the retail branch of the busi
ness is concerned.
Bend Gels $25,000 for Bonds.
BEND, Or., Sept. 6. (Special.) The
city of Bend went on a cash basis yes
terday for the first time in years, the
chancre in financial status occurring
when Recorder Peoples received $25,000
of on ;-year 6 per cent gold notes from
Morris Bros, of Portland. Payment
will be begun today on 14.500 worth
of warrants, some of which have been
due for ten months.
Discharge Time Limit Kxtcndcd.
EL PASO. Tex.. Sept. 6. Temporary
officers in the EI Paso district may be
retained in the military service until
October 31, according to an order issued
at military headquarters yesterday. The
time limit for the discharge of all tem
porary employes was originally set for
Spptember ZS.
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That many Portland people enjoy is
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There is a choice of so many delightful and nutritious
dishes, served in appetizing manner, that dinner
becomes.what it should be the most enjoyable hour of
the day. .
Our chef takes pride in preparing a varied
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