THE OREGON DAILV' JOURNAL, -PORTLAND; MONDAY. MAY 131918.
NORTH
WEST BOYS
CLEAN OUT NEST
OF
HUN SNIPERS
munfau dealing with Balkan opera
tion.. . ' ". . '.i , .J-.."- -
The Bulgar-erman forces attempted
surprise attack near VelrenJIi,-tut
were repulsed.
Serbian and British airmen : have
bombed cantonments at Seres and the
Ang-iat station.
There have been artillery duels on the
Struma river, west of the Vardar at the
bend of the Tcherna river and near
Monastir. ..--,..-.:.
Youngster From , Oregon Among
Four Crack Shots Sent Into
. No Man's Land After Germans
WIGGLE THROUGH SWAMP
Enemy Sharpshooters Are Picked
Off One at a Time and Lads
Return Hungry but Gleeful.
By Bert Ford
With the American Army In France,
May 11 (I. N. S.)-The skill of the
American sharpshooters la one of the
features of the war. Some of the ex
ploits read like fiction., They reflect the
Yankee enterprise, Ingenuity and nerve,"
said ait American officer today.
"Home of the stunts pulled off by
our snipers would make the rifle ex
perts at home swell wfth pride and the
Germans green with envy. I have seen
them for myself.
''For Instance; A German sniper sta
tioned near three elms had been giving
us hell for some time in a certain sector
here. One morning I was inspecting; the
line trenches. 'Wizz !' the bullets sans;
'past ny nose, and I've got some beak
for a target That damned Frits had me
hop waist deep Into the mud .wallow
Into a cummunlcating trench.
Two Bosehss Picked Off
r "That cussed bird!' yelled the cap
tain, "that yellow-headed 'bushwhacker
got us buffaloed about our own trenches.
I want: to scalp that bird.' Whereup5n
he called for volunteers and picked tour
cracked shot a
"Well. I placed 'em myself that night.
An eagle eyed sergeant copped Fritsle,
' Another German succeeded him to the
ambush. ' Our boys got him too. '
"At dawn of another day we had to
clean out a nest of enemy snipers in
different sone. A youngster from Ore
gon and another from Montana Jumped
to the Job. They smeared themselves
with mud so they resembled crocodiles.
They had their rifles hitched to their
backs, the barrel tip touching their hel
mets. Thus they wriggled over No Mans
Land In broad day light They squeezed
their Way, an Inch at a time, through
the freshly ploughed furrows. It was a
dangerous Job and required much pa
tience and nerve. The men were forced
to wriggle on like snakes through
swamp, half crawling, half swimming to
thetr destination.
Oregon Boy Cleans Jlest
' "They lay In No Mana Land, screened
by their mud coverings waiting for
hours In a shallow furrow. The fellow
to the right, in the deeper hole, unfast
ened his rifle ; It seemed to take him
half an hour. He vera I of us officers
were watching the performance through
field glasses.
, "Huddenly we saw a small puff of
smoke. Then the same chap reached
over, got his companion's rifle and fired
, again. The Germans, not 'dreaming that
sniper would take up such a precarious
position, fired a machine gun at our
first line; The two American lads lay
in the mud for five hours and cleaned
out the enemy sniping nest
"Our two fellows returned with their
whole hides,' hungry and gleeful."
480,000 BOCHES ARE
Foe Flung Back for Loss
Rome, May lS. (U P.) -The enemy
attacked Mont Corno, after an Intense
bombardment Saturday night but was
arrested by our fire, the Italian war
office stated today. ; v . ,
.We. counter attacked and forced the
enemy to retire, Inflicting heavy losses
on him, - -
The Italians captured Monte "Corno
by storm last week, taking 100 "pris
oners. -
- Frcneh Raid Succeeds
Parle. May P.) Artillery on
both elde3 of the Avre was reported by
the French war office today.
French troops penetrated the German
lines north of Nomeny- (between the
American sectors of Tout and Lun-
ville) and brought back prisoners.
"A German surprise attack in the
region of St. Die (south of the Lune-
vllle sector) failed."
LOCAL AGENT AT
SEATTLE
NEEDED
Only Relief From Delayed Relay
of Imports to Come Through
Representative There.
Belgians Raid Hun Trench
London. May 13. (I. N. S.) Belgian
troops raided a German position north
of Dixmude (Flanders front) said an
official statement - Issued - by the Bel
gian war office at Havre on Sunday
night. There Is artillery activity of
varying Intensity along the Belgian
front.
British Withdrawn From Farms :
London, May 13. (U. P.) Teachers
from the first grade will be called up
for military duty and '300,000 men will
be withdrawn from the farms, it ma
learned today.
E SOCIETY IS
DEATH OF
HUMAN
MOURNING
MRS. MARGARET JONES
Pneumonia Attack Proves Fatal
After Brief Illness; Sur
vived by Daughter.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret A,
Jones, who died Friday, was held at the
Miller & Tracey chapel Sunday after
noon, attended by a large number of
friends. Mrs. Jones was in her 73d year
and resided at 262 North Twenty-third
street. She had resided In -Cranford, N.
J., until four years ago, where she was
active in her membership in the New
Jersey Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, the local improve
ment society and the Episcopal ' church
1 In Portland Mrs. Jones had taken an
Interest in the Humane society and in
local public affairs. She had been ap
pointed a precinct officer for the coming
election. The, cause of her death was
pneumonia and her illness was brief. One
daughter aurvives, Mrs. Goodsell Sears
of this jblty. The body probably wllf be
forwarded to Kew Jersey for buriaL
. "If Portland importers want to end
delays in the forwarding of Imports from
Seattle, they must arrange to have a
representative placed at Seattle capable
Of seeing to it that shipments are not
left on the docks and covered up with
other consignments."
This will be the recommendation to
the Chamber of Commerce by A. C.
Black of the Transpacific corporation
and chairman of a special committee of
importers, Mr. Black returned from Fu
get Sound this morning where he spent
several days investigating the delays
suffered by Imports sent in bond through
Seattle for clearing through the cus
toms house at Portland. "Congestion Is
the trouble at Seattle." said Mr. Black.
"No correspondence course will cure
it. To complain or to write letters
won't make the situation any better
than it Is now. The letters and the
complaints will be received by those
who are powerless to do anything.
"The men In power at Seattle right
now are the stevedores down on the
docks. The men whomove the freight
are the ones with whom we ought to
work. When you see freight piled up 40
feet high, with a shipment for Portland
at the bottom, you recognize the need of
having someone who will see to It that
the consignments for Portland are not
covered up, but that they are checked
out, loaded aboard ears and sent on
their way.
Mr. Blaek in his report to the Cham
ber of Commerce and the Importers
will recommend immediate action.
It has been suggested that the Cham
ber of Commerce make arrangements
for the services of a capable repre
sentative at Puget Bound, pro-rating
the,, cost among, the Importers who will
be directly benefited. At the same
time the local Importers are to be
pledged to . have . Imports sent in bond
for clearance through the local custom
house. Many of the firms clear through
Seattle, believing that by giving the
cuHtoms house, and the port there the
credit, they get prompter service. As
a consequence, a considerable propor
tion of Seattle's Increasing Import re
ceipts are contributed by Portland to
the considerable disadvantage of this
port
It is- recognised, of course, that Port
land will only get entirely satisfactory
service when direct steamship service
is established out of the Columbia river
and freight, both imports and exports.
are handled over local docks. But in
the meantime representation of the
right kind at Seatle, it is believed. wHI
be worth much more than the cost.
W. S.IS. Posters : v
To Be Exhibited r
At; Art Mjiseum
SSI The public is urged to visit Va
las) the War Savings Stamp poster lag
a exhibit at the Art Museum, Fifth
peg, and Taylor streets, which will tag
Ja. be open, free of charge, - from lag
I noon until 6 o'clock p. m. on an
ka Monday, Tuesday and Wed nee- las.
Pag day of this week. lag
fag The posters are the work of sag
Ian Portland and Oregon public pa
Bal school children. 1
lag There are about 200 of them
lag In the exhibit. B
pat The beet of them will be e. a
fcai looted for the consideration of lag
leg the judges of the western divl- feat
lag siona of the national War 8a v- In
hi inga Stamp poster,, who will lag
las) make further elimination, and lag
Ian forward the remaining ones for gal
(aag the consideration of the board lag
BQ of national Judges. lag
Id The winner of the ' final lag
laai awards will be considered the Bs
lag best pupil poster designer In leg
gag the United States. J
Bg An Oregon boy or girl may. Vai
gag win the honor. . Mai
(b Visit the exhibit. Bs:
Ml
RATIONS
OF POTATO'S USE
ARE BEING GIVEN
Potato Week Is Ushered in.With
Many Exhibits of Interesting
Character. ' .
AD CLUB DIRECTS CAMPAIGN
Hotel Chefs, Y. W. C. A., Col
leges, Schools and Women's
Organizations Taking Part.
FINDS
SIMPSON
A IV
OF
E HERE TO AID
BOOSTING
CANDIDATE
GOVERNOR LOSING
MANY FARM VOTES
(Continued Fran Pat On)
MASSED FOR ATTACK
(Continued From Ptee One)
William S. Brown
William S. Brown, 84 years old, a
native of Canada and a resident of this
city since 1912. died Sunday. He was
the. father of Henry R. Brown of Port
land. James A. Brown of Seattle, Robert
D. Brown of Minneapolis and F. K.
Brown of Oakland, Cal.
Funeral services will be held at the
Portland crematorium Tuesday at 4 p.
m.. F. S. Dunning & Company have
charge.
by the British, la about nine miles east
of Amiens on the road that runs due
1 eastward from the British base through
' Proyart, Brie and Vermand. In local
operations in that sone the British have
. advanced their lines a number of times
since April 20.)
Since the breakdown of the German
operations late in April the big guns
. have been roaring all along the two
. battle aones. There have been some
small Infantry1 operations, but all were
local In character. Practically all of
them have resulted to the advantage of
the British and French. 'Where the
Germans succeeded in gaining ground
they were quickly thrown back by the
allies.
At the present time the allies hold the
initiative and are prepared to give blow
for blow, no matter how hard the Teu-
. tens may strike.
i The report is again current that Ger
many Is waiting for the Austro-Hun-garlan
armies to strike in Italy before
recommencing the drive in France. In
this connection a dispatch from Amster
dam today said that the kaiser and the
, Austrian emperor are conferring at Ger
man great headquarters on the ques
tion of a simultaneous offensive In the
western and southwestern theatres of
war.
' This was the fifty-fourth day of the
Oerman offensive, but for the past few
weeks It has resolved into a big gun
offensive.
Mrs. Lizzie MeCauley
The funeral of Mrs. Lizzie MeCauley
will be held from the J. P. Flnley &
Son chapel. Fifth and Montgomery
streets, Tuesday at 10 a. m., and final
services will be held at Rlvervlew ceme
tery. Mrs. MeCauley was 38 years of
age, a native of Pennsylvania and had
resided in Portland for the past 10
years. She died Saturday at her home,
810 Front street Mrs. MeCauley is sur
vived by her husband, G. W. MeCauley.
and three children.
- William Godard
The funeral of William Goldard, who
died at St. Vincents hospital Saturday,
will be held from the chapel of J. P.
Finley & Son. Tuesday at 1 p. m., and
final services will be held at Lone Fir
cemetery. He was a native of England,
came to Oregon In 1884, and was in his
fifty-sixth year. A brother. Matthew
Goldard. and a sister, Mrs. Emily Jones,
reside here.
Amiens to Be Center, Belief
' London, May 13. (I. N. &) French
' military critics believe General von
Mackensen has taken over command
of the armies of Von Hutier and Von
e'er Marwlts between Arras and the
' 8omme, for the purpose" of delivering
- the impending German blow.
- Observations by allied aviators con
firm secret advices to the effect that
Von Hlndenburg is concentrating the
weight of his reserves in this region,
although the Flanders depot are filled
with drafts, indicating that a secondary
offensive may develop in the region of
Vpres.
It is considered certain that the
principal operation win -develop in the
Amiens region, that being the most
logical and most vital point indirectly
menacing ' Parts threatening, to cleave
the allied force with a wedge at Abe-
. vllle. . near . the head of the Somme
estuary, the river being unbrldged to
the westward, and menacing the con
tact between the main French and
British -armies and the channel porta,
. ; Germans Repulsed la Balkans
- Paris. May tt. L N. a The ar
tillery of the Teutonic allies on the
Macedonian front has been violently
shelling positions of the Italian troops
( at hill No. 10S0 (In the Monastir sector),
. the French war office reported in a corn-
Mrs. Ella C. Lombard
Mrs. Klla C. Lombard, aged 59. a na
tive of Ohio and a resident of Portland
for 35 years, died at her home. 1277
East Madison .street, Sunday. She is
purvived by her husband, Eli Lombard
and was a member of Columbia Rebekah
lodge I. O. O. F., and Eureka council.
Knights and Ladies of Security. Fu
neral services will be held at the par
lors of P. L. Lerch. East Eleventh and
Clay streets, at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, the
Kebekahs in charge.
Revrd$50
for recovery of body of Jess Jakes
who wis drowned May 9th at Scap
poose. ' - - . r
F-'SStri. Scaoooose. Or.J r
Mill Employe Injured
J. A. Straight, livine at 703 Kant
IVIain street, received a broken rib and
broken nose. whe he fell .this morning
at the Portland Lumber company. He
is employed a3 a millwright. The Am
bulance Service company took him to
uood Samaritan hospital.
Bombs Sink Dredger
In Zeebrugge Harbor
British Aviator Again Score Against
German Svbmarlae Bam Cfeaaiel Be
ported Crowded With Blocked Craft.
London, May 13.-MI. K. S. The hot.
tling up of the German submarine base
at Zeebrugge has been! made complete
by effective work by British airmen on
Sunday. ?'..:::. -a..;'
Bombs were dropped at the entrance
to the harbor directly hittine and stak
ing a German dredgeboat between two
oDsoiete cruisers that had formerly been
sunk in the fairway.
Photographs taken by British airmen
show that- the basins . of the canal
are crowded with German craft of all
descriptions. They have been prevented
from continuing 'their voyages because
of the blocking of the entrances of the
Ostend and Zeebrugge harbors.
The dredger was attempting- to die a
hole beneath the sunken British cruisers
Iphigenia and Intrepid., into which they
wouia rail wnen mown op. -
A. B. Cordingly of Benton county, who J
had not been over-enthusiastic concern
ins: their plan, upon the lime board
which has not yet begun to produce.
Money Appropriated for Tourist
At about the same time the Portland
chamber of commerce and its allied in
terests wanted $25,000 for the benefit
of the Northwest Tourist association,
and the governor helped the bill through
the legislature.
Now the farmers of Benton county
are wanting to know where they came
out in the deal. They have no particu
lar scenic wonders, and the highway
commission, another thorn in their side.
refused to give them road relief to
such an extent that the coun'y authorl
ties have purchased their own roadmak-
ing machinery and have started out.
after long effort to get state road work
commenced, to build their own trunk
highways.
What's the use of tourists, the Ben
ton county farmers say, almost in
chorus, "if we haven't got roads for
them to travel on? And what's the ute
of roads, even if we had them, unless
we can get the crops off the fields to
make them useful to us?"
Corvallls Beflects Seatlmeat
As a result, the farmers fjf Benton
county the big banking reserve of the
governor lour years ago have fallen
away from him in great measure, ac
cording to the talk that comes in from
the country to Corvallis, while at the
same time the town itself seems to
reflect the same sentiment. Prominent
business and professional men of the
Benton county metropolis who were
Wlthycombe supporters four years ago
either have their coats off for Olcott
this time, or are moody and lukewarm
in their suvport of the governor. He
does not seem to be a home town man
so much now as he did when he went
out on bis campaign in 1914. and he has
not done the things that they expected
him to do. They are, in brief, disap
pointed and disgruntled, many of them.
and are frank in their expressions to
that effect.
Same Coadltloa la Polk
In Polk county much the same con.
ditTons exist, and particularly does this
seem to be true in Dallas, the center of
the county's voting strength. There the
people were wrapped up in the location
of the trunk line highway through the
town. i. J. Adams, as Highway com
missioner, championed the cause of Dal
las and made many friends there by
his stand. When he .was derricked off
the commission by the governor the
tendrils of his displeasure reached out
.into the breasts of a lot of Dallas and
Polk county1 people, and new, with
Adams going up and down the county
In opposition 'to the governor's candi
dacy, these people, or a lot of them, at
least, are deserting his banner day by
day.
The reports that come from the east
ern end of the county, where it joins
with Marion, indicate that the governor
has lost a lot or ground in that section.
probably ' because the people there are
closer to the capital and more convers
ant with the wrangles that have sur
rounded the big copper dome during the
past three years or so. And in Dallas
it seems to be that the influence that
radiate from the commercial club, the
center of the town's civic activities, are
unfriendly to the governor and bis can
didacy. '- :-. ;.
Betweea Oleo.. and Wlthyeembe
This, in brief. Is the impression
rained after many hours of patient and
careful compilation, of the seeming pub
lie sentiment in Benton and Polk coun
ties. It leads to one axiomatic con
clusionthat the fight for the governor
ship, in Benton and In Polk counties,
lies between Olcott on the one hand and
Wlthycombe on " the other. There is
Smpson sentiment in both districts but
it is In third place volume, acoordlna-
to the consensus of political belief. The
name of Moser is heard now and then.
and Anderson ana Haney, It at all.. only
in checking over the full list, of candi
dates.-':";. - . .
Pay your income tax now and help
to turertne Merman drive tnt a retreat.
Unique Campaign Will Be Car
ried On by Coos County
Residents Here.
Chock full of enthusiasm for L. J.
Simpson's gubernatorial campaign. "25
Coos county residents reached Portland
Sunday night to conduct a most unique
camplngn. Men of the various profes
sions were delegated to call upon Port
land men of their own calling to demon
strate the virtues of Simpson.
The party was headed by Charles
Halt of the Coos and Curry Telephone
company, a banker as well, while Ar
chie Fhtlipv county commissioner, had
prominent place. A banquet was
held at the Imperial hotel soon after
the Coos Bay limited got in. the cam
paigners marching up from tile Union
station with a great banner proclaim
ing their Identity and mission.
The banquet was a 'Hove feast" which
several local candidates addressed on
general subjects, many members of the
visiting party adding words of oratory.
In the party were: Edgar M. Simp
son, Charles 8. Winsor, L. F. Falken
stein. Peter Loggle. Edgar McDaniel,
George Oothro, Henry -O. Kern. Judge
J. H. Guerry of the Loyal Legion, and
Archie Philip, all of North Bend ; A. H
Powers, A. E. Aldersperger, James Pol-
hemus, A. K. Peck. A. L. Martin
George Good rum. Charles Hall, H. J
McKeown, Jack Guyton, W. Swaggert,
O. W. Briggs. W. Taylor Dement. Arno
Mereen, A. J. Ness and R. H. Corey of
the Coos Bay Water Co., all of Marsh-
field. The Coos Bay party made no ef
fort to reach Portland for the big
Simpson mass meeting at the Eleventh
street playhouse Saturday night, believ
ing their work could be accomplished
better by the "personal" method.
The delegates are, accordingly, spend
ing today in calling upon Portland
business men and will continue Tuesday,
starting back Tuesday night and spend
ing pari oi Wednesday at Eugene.
Petition Filed for
. Increase in Rates
rertlaae Hallway. Llgkt Power Ce
assy Weald Get Greater Reveage
From Light asd Beat Veers ia Salem.
Salem. Or- May 13. Portland Rail
way. Light A Power company today ap
plied' to the public service commission
for authority to Increase gaa iignting
and heating rates in Salem.
The company says it should be al
lowed rates which will bring a return
of per cent on :is.m or 112.934.60
net Income yearly, while last year the
net income was only 1.09 per cenU
For 1911. the company assert. It will
go 114(1 behind unless the commission
allows an increase in the rate. The
company needs to install a new gas
bench, it says, at a cost of 62oo. and
will not have money to do It with un
lera It gets the Increase.
A short time ago the company en
deavored to get the Salem city council
to petition the commission for an In
vestigation of the company's rates, so
the city would be behind the request for
the Increase, but the council refused to
do this.
GR0
POPULATION
AND SMALLER HERDS
CUT SUPPLY OF MILK
Many Dairymen Are Reported to
Have Sold Cows and Gone
to Raising Wheat
ITHYCOMBE-OLCOn
RACE IN
OSEPHK
v
- REAL CONTEST, VIEW
Louis J. Simpson's Strength In
creases but Chances Are
Held Slight.
REPORT U. S. ARMY TQ BE
HELD BACK IS DOUBTED
tContlnoid From Pas On)
can army for defense or waiting until
they are reinforced by a complete, pow
erful, self supporting army, they have
chosen the latter. Is diametrically op
posed to all information received by me
from the British war cabinet and to all
the requests which I have been ' asked
by them to make to the United States
administration.
"I am quite in the dark as to the
origin of the statement. At present all
I can say is that I am convinced that
the document has not been issued with
the knowledge of the prime minister or
the British war cabinet"
Washington. May 13. (I. N S.)
That the United States forces In
France and England are to be main
tained In reserve until they number In
excess of one million men. as Indicated
in the summary of operations cabled by
the British war cabinet, was the cause
of no surprise here today. It has been
felt for a week that the allied lines
In the west were holding and that the
greatest force of the German drive had
been met and resisted.
That being true, and General Koch
having refrained from instituting
Potato meek is being ushered Into
Portland with a series of lectures, dem
onstrations and window displays on the
Ue of the potato to conserve the wheat
supply. The Portland Ad club is di
recting the campaign from the stand
point of educational enlightenment as
to the different uses of the potato.
Schools and colleges are to take an
active part In spreading the knowledge
by Interesting exhibits of the work of
their domestic science departments in
experimenting upon the UJe of th lowly
spud as a substitute for wheat. Iii the
Y. W. C. A. war kitchen, the week will
be devoted to the potato.
, Chefs of the different hotels of the city
will demonstrate new ways of preparing
notatoes at Meier Frank's auditorium
art 3 o'clock each afternoon. J. K. Han
sen, chef of the Multnomah hotel, will
demonstrate potato pancakes, salad.
cake and wheatless bread Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Chareh Women Skew Vita
The Women's association of the l'irbt
Presbyterian church will give a series
of demonstration.! each day at the Mar
ket building, near Fourth and Yam
hill streets, under the direction of Mrs
E. C. Mlchener, chairman, who will have
two aaslatanta each day. Mra. I. M
Walker and Mra. Fred H. Strong as
sisted today, and Tuesday's event will
be In charge of Mra. G. M. Reed and
Mrs. E. E. Shaw
Arthur M. Churchill, state chairman
of the conservation section of the food
administration. Is In charge of the
week's activities. Mrs. F. S. Myers,
city conservation chairman, la also tak
ing active part In the work. Mr.
Churchill Is urxlng everyone who iom-
sibly cata to stop using wheat until after
the harvest He has prepared a pletlge
which wheat savers are asked to take.
It reads as follows:
AsU Wheat Ue Pledge
"Desiring that our share of wheat
shall go to our soldiers and tp the
women and children of Belgium. France.
England and Italy, we pledge that 'until
the next harvest we will abstain from
wheat to the utmost extent possible. For
those of us who live In our own homes
this shall mean that we will not use
more than one half pound of wheat nroo-
ucts per week per person (whether as
flour In bread or in. crackers, cake
macaroni or breakfast foods). For those
of us not living in our own homes, this
pledge shall mean that we will carry
abstinence from wheat to the utmost ex
treme consistent 'with malntalnlne:
neaith. upon foods offered at public eat
ing places."
Inquiries from A. C. Schmltt of Al
bany and B. L. Eddy of Roseburg. ask
ing what form of pledge should be
adopted, resulted In the above nlfedire
being sent to them.
Hoed River Ceaarr Pledge
Hood River county has adopted the
following pledge for use In its cam
paign : "I declare, on my honor, that In
my home I will reduce the use of wheat
products ta one half pound or leas per
week per person until the next harvest."
Reports from The Dalles are to the
effect that a tour of the rural schools is
being made In the Interests of the Cam
paign.
BEEF PRICES ARE .
t
NOT YET REDUCED
Market Congested With Cattle.
but Consumer Gets No
Benefit.
By Htmsb H. roaea
There was no reduction In the price of
beef to consumers by parking interests
here during the day. althouc'i the mar
ket Is congested with live cattle offer
ings and recent reductions in the price
of live cattle have been unusually se
vere.
Iocal packers are showing no inclln
atlon to meet the lower price for live
cattle with any reduction In ie price
of beef to consumers, although in the
east, where the big com pan lea operate.
the price of meats follows from day to
day the trend and price of live cattle In
the various stockyards.
The fact that recently tha rrk- of
live cattle here has been practically 3
cents a pound below the ri. e oaid in
the eastern stockyards centers and that
the price of uresaed meat Is from Z t
3 cents a pound higher than what the
east is asking, has caused much com
ment from the general public since in
formation ef that condition was given
by The Journal last Saturday.
Teal Prleea Are' fteeaeed ,
Substantial reductions have been
made In the price of veal In the retail
markets because veal Is a meat over
which the big meat companies have ab
solutely no control. Fully IS per cent
of the veal marketed here cornea to
the Front street houses, snd the whole
sale and retail prices from day to day
are gauged entirely by the volume of
supplies offering.
8trenuous efforts have been made by
the big meat companies to secure con
trol of the veal situation but all hsve
proved a failure for the reason that
the Front atreet market has been pay
ing the farmers more for thetr suppllee
than they could secure by shipping
alive, while retailers have .purchased
their requirements on the street be
cause they could secure them for less
than from packers. This, reduction has
been generally passed on to the con
sumer. Feed Officials notified
The matter has been directly called
to the attention of the food adminis
tration and an Inquiry will be made at
once aa to the reason why livestock ti
lower here than In the east while the
dressed product Is higher here.
Packers are In absolute control of
the situation. They have some stock
of their own on feedlots and use these
generally to beat down the price to
producers, while at the same time hold
ing up the price to the consumer by
charging the retailer full figures.
Many telephone calls have reached
The Journal since the first publication
An nM.i v,.. k ' of this unnatural price condition and
fraternal organisations In the state to do ; . ,n!u.,rr". w.nt to. know wh wh
Portland's rapidly growing population,
together with the decrease ef the dairy
herds, is likely to cause a serious short
age of the milk supply, aorerdlng to
F. T. Wilcox, proprietor of the Kern
wVtod dairy, who today discussed milk
conditions with City Chemist E. C Cal
laway. It la reported that many dairymen
have recently dispoeed of their cowg and
gome into the wheat raising Industry-
High prices of feed are partly respon-1
slhle for the sale of the cows. in a
period of 10 or It days It la reported
that 1900 cows were delivered to the
Union Stockyards.
Creamery interests are deeply con
cerned over the problem ef distribution,
since the city' milk comtnlaelon has pro
posed that the price of milk be re
duced half a cent a quart, retail. Th
dealera claim that they are now stag
gering under the serious Industrial
problem of delivery. Iellverymen are
paid aa high aa IS! a week. The same
conditions of high wages obtains at the
dairy farma where. In one Instance, a
nan drawing 0 a month and board
as an ordinary milker, left his job to
seek more remunerative employment
tlnewhere.
TO work out some solution to the
city delivery problem the milk com
mission has named II. B. Hastings aa
HlMTlal Investigator. He will do the
work without cost. The purpose of the
Investigation ia to adopt a plan to pre
vent duplication and cause a cot
ponding reduction In expenses, by
which meana a cut in the price of milk
to the con iu mar can be made.
The price of milk now Is IS Vi cents
a quart and T cents a pint, retail.
Iepite the fact that the clty'a popu
lation haa grown rapidly In the paat
year er more the average delivery of
milk In the city la shout II.0O0 gallons
a day whereas it wag SO.Ooa gallons
formerly.
City Chemlat Callaway eta tea th
the decrease In consumption Is due to the
Hooverlstng tendencies of tha con
aumera. It has- been learned that In
one public school 38 per cent of the
pupils did not have milk In their home.
Federal Food Administrator W. R.
Ayer and leading physicians have un
dertsken a campaign to Increase the
milk consumption as a means of
promoting the health of both children
and adults. The effects of this cam
paign are beginning to be realised and
an Increased use of milk Is being noted
If the producers continue to dispose of
their dairy oowa, however, the ques
tion or supply will become serious. It
Is predicted.
Ortnti Pass. May 13. The political
Situation In Josephine county with re
gard to the gavernorahfp plainly de
flned by the expressions of peopU from
various parts of the county. There is
no quest Inn but that the majority of th
voles will go to Ben W. Olcott. James
Wlthycombe and Louis J. Simpson, with
the close race between the first two
named.
Simpson's strength has increased l
the past month, but it la said thst there
Is not the slight eat t-hanr of his car
rylng the county. The raoe la obvious
ly between Oloot t and Wlthycombe fof
the Republican nomrnatton.'
ufrritr rrwmtw waaiag
The governor haa many friends In
Josephine county, and so haa olcott. bet
the sormer's prestige has waned In th
paat two years and It Is freely predicted
that he will not poll the vote he did I
1911.
In the May primaries In '.!. Withy.
combe received 3t of the 1:93 Repulw
llran votes cast. The other 931 votes
were divided as follows: Browncll. IT;
Cirter. 14 ; Crawford. Ill Jllmk k, !:;
Oeor. 191; Johns. and Mow-r. (1.
In Friday election It Is eipocted that
vs llhrromt mill receive the areater
part or hla 1914 support. nd that th
majority of th vote. will be divided
between him and Ofoott. with the prev
ent secretary of etate receiving the bu'.S
or me- former aratterlng ballnu. klsetr
and Anderson will not make much of a
shewing, gnd Hi in peon will run a poor
iniro.
IfemeeraU Ktraty nit Med
In the Oemorratle field. H. J. Staik-
weather and Walter M. Pierre will run
an even race. No particular lead ran
detected for onj over the other and
n ronuu iu oe very doe. Stark
weather was in southern Oregon early
In th eampalan and U making a tour
or mat section iy automobile at th
present time. Pierce visited Oranta
and other southern points Ut
week. Friends of both candidates are
claiming th e4. in 1114. I-. O. J.
Smith received seven more votes than
Judge A. 8. Bennett, the result bng
1T to U. Cobb received 50; Manning.
33, and Miller. 9. The total Democratic
vote cast was 399.
With the Iemorrals greatly outnum
bered, th real Interest In this county
centers In the Republican ftxht. and It
Is conceded that whoever wine lll d-
so y a small margin.
"All th resource of th oountrv
r hereby pledged" now is th Um
to work them to the limit.
aiii is cuke or controversy
the r utmost In maklno- rw,t-t i" "a,"on ' aiiowea IO exist.
success ! -NO n"w'r he charges has
A big force of volunteer workers spent ' b"n by th bl P-
Sunday at the offices of the food ad-
yet
Mrsklr. Kays Parish j "War Bread- r
Plant Germ Rash, Ksy Others.
Summary measures to check the
spread of measles have been undertaken
by th city health authorities, aided' by
the United State army doctors, with th
reeukt that whereas 1100 case were re
Ported formerly, th number has new
been reduced to about 3000, A dispute
has arisen concerning th real nam for
th affliction. Bom specialist term it
"war bread rash." paused by- eating
coars grained bread, they say. An
other specialist has advanced th the
ory that th rash is caused by a cer
tain unnamed plant organism which
transmits the germs through the air.
City Health Officer Oeorge 8. Par
rtsh takes no stock In the "war bread
1 ash" theory. He calls It- a simple
case of the old-fashioned form of Ger
man measles, now called "Liberty
measles."
Physicians and parents ar urged to
report promptly all re.ee of th dioaaa
and prosecutions are planned against
those who fall to do their duty In this
respect. The epidemics ar provtnr a blc
expense to the army bosaos of th time
the soldiers loee In training and other I
incidental expense during quarantine.
ministration, mailing out 1000 sets of
posters to th grocer, hardware men.
druggists and general merchants of
Portland for window display purposes.
These posters . contain a huge potato,
with appropriate slogans urging the use
of potatoes.
"Potatoes for wheat, or It msy mean
defeat," reads the largest one.
Portlander Eligible
For Lieutenancy
Camp Dix. New Jersey, May IS. Five
men from the Pacific coast states were
listed today a eligible for tnmlnlm.nl
general counter-offensive, officials hereJ as second lieutenants, having qualified
who were closely watching th situation! at th third officer' training school
Santlscptic Boon to Mothers
goetaes' sad relieves chafed. Irritate, skias ef
infant. Keeps slmv InU iwi sweat. Tim
fne eaevn temter nu. oe All flreeeMe. - a
became convinced that the allied plan
would be to maintain their present line
and force the Germans to continue their
offensive at great cost. Meanwhile
troops, which are going forward from
the United States and Italy will be
completely trained to take their place
in the offensive, which is expected to
be undertaken by the entente late In
the coming summer.
Foeh Has tM la Reserve
However, officials pointed out here
today that It must not be assumed that
the American forces now operating with
the French In . Flanders, near Verdqn.
near Toul arid In Lorraln will be
withdrawn. Nothing of th sort is con
templated. These forces will continue
to perform th tasks set fori them and
they will be supported by trained
American reserve now on th scene.
It 3imply means, officials her as
sume, that th national army divisions.
already overseas or going, will be fully
trained behind th lines and then will
be organised into combat armies under
American commanders for such work
aa Foch shall map out for. them. Foch,
as a matter of fact, has a reserve of
some 900,000 men who hav not been
thrown into action. They ar held, ac
cording to official advices. received
here, at points where they can be uti
lised when . needed should th German
assault, become a menace anywhere.
Persktsg WD1 Be la Command
In the absence of Secretary of War
Baker, who is on an inspection trip in
th South, no official in authority
would discuss , tn plan. There was.
however, a tendency to express private
ly that this was so. Army officers hav
never taken too hopefully to th sug
gestion that th American troop be
brigaded with British and French, as
they feared this would mak them loo
their Identity. However, It 1 now as
sured that they will -continue to be jo
brigaded only for training purposes and
that when the great fore now being
massed across the water is ready for
action and la elf-upportlng it. will be
organised a American fighting armies
under iiftutnact.s;neralj sod all under
her. They are
Joseph A. Mlnott. ICS North Nine
teenth St.. Portland. Or.. Infantry.
Basil E. Newton. . Los Anaelea. in.
fantry. '
Stanley T. Runyon. San Francisco.
infantry. -
John W. Schaefer. TOO West Tenth
St., Vancouver. Wash. infantry
Patrick Sullivan. Belli nghara. Wash,
infantry.
LOCAL BREAD PRICES
ADVANCED ONE CENT
BY OFFICIAL ORDER
Bakers Told, However, Cost
Sheets Must Be More Spe
cific and Accurate.
.UDITORILII SHOWS ARE PLANVKO
command
of
General
th supreme
Pershing.
At th present time Great Britain
has undertaken to maintain 40 per cnt
of American forces sent overseas, from
reserve supplies, this country to re
plenish the used supplies when the great
troop movement la ended and the trans
port fleet put back to a cargo-carrying
basis.
Meanwhile th American heavy ar
tillery is declared to b doing excellent
work on th other side. Advices reach
ing her - today confirm th report,
carried exclusively In th International
News 8ervlce Washington dispatches
laat Thursday, that Yankee artillery
men had a surprise for th German.
It la now admitted taht the American
heavy guns th nature cannot yet be
revealed are wrecking th Oerman sup
ply. Hnes at a dosen points on th west
ern front. These gun ar mounted on
great steel railway cars properly braced
and can be ruahod from on point to -another
with th utmost dispatch. And
ordnance orrlctals who know what ta
going on. declared today that only a
mall beginning has been made and
that thr ar other surprise In store
for th Hun which will show him that
his boasted Krupp and Skoda notsot,ly
can b outranged but outipecded.
, While house official were frankly
puxxied over th exact significance of
th advice that American troop wr
to be held back, and It was said that
step had been taken at one to aecur
further Information. . - just what the
steps were it-waa not mad public but
It waa assumed a cablegram had been
sent to General Pershing."'
An Increase of 1 cent a loaf on bread i
became effective today, and consumer !
must now pay 11 cents for a M-eunce
loaf and IS cents on a 24-ounce leaf, ac
cording to the ruling of the food admin
istration, in reopens to th plea of th
bakers that they eould not make a
profit at the old prlco.
Th bakers presented th food admin-
let ratio with cost sheets substantial
proof of their claims, and, while the
cost sheets were not models of accuracy.
tney indicated increased labor costs snd
that substitute materials cost 2 cents
more ar pouna man wntrer flour.
At a meeting with th baker Satur.
day night. W. K. Newell, assistant food
dmlnUtrator. told them their cost
sheet muat be more specific and accu
rate. This, together with th attempt of
th national food administration to
force down the coet of substitutes. It is
hoped, will result In the increased price
being but temporary
Consumer, according to th food ad
ministration, will be expected to adopt
voluntarily th us of war bread in th
place of the Victory loaf, without Fall
ing to b compelled by an official ruling.
E. S. MrPherson lit Clly
K. 8: McPTierson. vie president and
general manager of th Spokane Inter
national railway, arrived tn Portland
this morning on business connected
with hi road, Mr. Mcpherson 1 look
in for nmner rr In Kastem Wash
ington this year. Rain ha been gen
eral over that section during the past
week and condition ar vastly Improved.
Circuit, to Include Copt CM Irs gad
Kali Lakt to Be Dleuned.
Plna for th formation of public
auditorium theatrical circuit to include
th principal Pacific Coast ciUe and
Salt Lake. Utah, ar to b diacuseed
at a meeting f mayor of th several
cities to be held at San frsnciaoo.
Mayor Baker will attend the confer
ence, leaving Portland May SS. on his
way to Atlantic City as a dalegat to
th session of th Mystic Shnners. The
purpose of th auditorium circuit ia
to enable th 'citlea concerned to draw
big attraction from th east at re
duced oost. Th cities expecting t
Join In th circuit a re Portland. 8s a
Francisco. Oakland, Seattle, Salt Lake
and possibly Lo Angeles.
Portland Will Help '
Celebrate May 24
Portland will participate tn th nation-wide
celebration of the third anni
versary of Italy' entrance Into th war
on May 24. neat. Mayor Baker ha re
ceived a letter from Charles K. Hughe,
paesldent of the Italian-American sect,
ty, stating th purpose f th celebra
tion and asking th cooperation of the
people of Portland. Mayor Baker will
at one confer with th Italian leaders
here.
President Wilaonha boon designated
th patron of th day. Indicative of;
in occasion patriotic Americans and
all other ypmathisers with th co
for which Italy la fighting with th al-
im. ar to bo aaked to wear on May
24 a floral dcorUon. All persona fear.
log relatives or friends In Jtalr are also
expected write personal letter.
mssm
Broadway
s4tsrk
C'glls
II A. Hit p. X.
TODAY!
GO!
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Clark
I Her
Latest
ptiightrsi
flay
RICH MAN,
POOR MAN
With
Mack Sennctt's
"Saucy
Madeline"
A Howlmjf Al
ley Symphony,
in which every
body get balled
Out.
Burglar Take Jewelry
The police received a report . from
Mrs. Link. living tn apartments at
Klxhleenth and Everett streets, that a
burglar had taken from her room a
gold watch, two gold rings, a pean
brooch, five $2.10 gold coin and sev
eral other old coin. ' Inspector La
Sallo and Moloney bar been a!gnd
to the case. - M -
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