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FAY KING'S FABLES A' new find entertaining feature, written and Illustrated by Far King, former Port . land girl, now in newspaper work in New York, in The Journal ' Beginning Today. : See Page 11. CITY EDITION Wm All'lUre and It's All True THE WEATHER Tonight fair ; Thuris day. fair and warmer; winds mostly northerly.. ... - Maximum Temperatures Tuesday: Chicago .........78 , New York ..,.. 78 Los Angeles...... 84 Portland ........ S8 Now Orleans..... 83 - St. Paul 86 VOL. XVIII. NO. 141 Entered Second-class Mattar Poatafftea. Portland. Otecos PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST, 20, 1919. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND STANDS. riVK new CANTS B PURSUES Kidnaping Bandits Are Spotted by Airplane Scouts, Accom- panying Punitive Expedition. Troops Are Now 40 Miles in In terior and Killing or Capturing of Band Is Hourly Expected. San Antonio. Texan, Aug. 20. (I. N". S.) Twelve United States army airplanes, two of them bombers and the other 10 machine gun fighters, will be leading the four troops of the eighth cavalry in pursuit of Mexican bandits south of the border late to day. " Marfa, Texas, Aug. 20. (I. N. S.) Indications here today were that moYe United States troops will be went into Mexico if the bandits who held up two American army aviators for $15,000 ransom are not rounded up. . The troops of the Eighth cavalry that crossed the border early Tuesday are now 40 miles south of the internataional line. As they advance they ar aided by airplanes. Additional cavalrymen and supplies have heached - temporary headquarters at Candelaria. Hospital supplies and Red Cross men are at Candelaria and the' hospital unit ara r,nrty to s-n tntn the field. Colonel George T. Langhorne, who re mained behind when the, troops "went over the border. Is here directing opera tions. He said the four troops of the Eighth cavalry : would split up into searching parties during the day. rThe airmen who are leading the Ameri cans are forced to fly at a treat height because of atmospheric conditions and this has interfered with their work. The Only brush reported up to 9 o'clock this morning: was that In which an American, airman exchanged shots with a party of Mexicans. MEXIC.S PREPARE TO AID . IN PURSUIT OF BANDITS Washington, Aug. 20. Late this aft ernoon the following telegram, from Ma jor General Joseph Dlckman, commander of the southern department of the army. was made public by the war depart ment : "The following telegram from Colonel Langhorne, Marfa, Texas, received to day, repeated for your information : " "Movement began before daylight this date; troops crossed at Candelaria. Rul- dora. Indio; center and left column will join with right after attempting to head off bandits, whose trail right col umn - Is following. Airplanes keeping in touch with troops. "Mexican consul at Presidio and Gen eral Pruneda at OJinaga were notified of our Intended pursuit of the bandits at 6 o'clock and their cooperation asked this morning. .Later, the consul called me up and said that General Pruneda was preparing to leave with a force In compliance with orders from General Diegoez, translation of which was sent to you yesterday, to look for the avia tors and fallen plane. "The consul said that General Pruneda would like to send troops to follow the bandits after the consul had -been In formed of our having obtained the lost aviators last night, and having been told Just where the plane fell with them and how they were captured near Coyame and held and 'taken to moun tains opposite : Candelaria for ransom. The consul then suggested that General rrunraa uo not move ms iroops at ail in order to avoid any contact between General Pruneda's troops and ours, since Pruneda had orders not to permit any military representative of our govern ment to accompany his troops in the search , for . the lost aviators. I agreed with the consul that this would be-wise; that our troops had taken up the trail of the bandits as soon as Jt was light enough to see the trail and were then in pursuit, that it was impossible to get Mexican officers to accompany our troops, and assured him thaj efforts would be made by aeroplane to keep liaison between our troops and the Mexi can . troops to which the consul agreed. The aviators have made two liaison flights, keeping contact with and ob serving ur troops. Shall keep you In formed. (Signed) a "'DICKMAN. -f- EL PASO AWAITS i REPORT ,., ' OF KILLING OF OUTLAWS Ki Paso, Texas, Aug.: 20. (I. N." S--i XVI th the Mexican band, of bandits who kidnaped two United States army avia lors reported "spotted", by United States army fliers acting as scouts tor the troops of . the Eighth cavalry now be lieved closing ln on the bandit rndos vous. word of the capture or kilting cf the entiy band Is- expected hourly at 10fm;ludd en Pace Two,. Column One) n 'I n -i. vjeuertti rei smug To Sail September 1 Washington, Aug. 80. U. P.) Gen eral Pershing will sat for the "United States September 1 on the transport Mount Vernon, he cabled the war de partment today. ' Reed's Resolution Adopted by Senate Washington, Aug. 20. The senate to day adopted Senator Reed's resolution calling for an investigation of the news print paper situation."." i ; v OUTLAWS Daylight Saving Law Knocked Out Return to Normal Sunday, Oct. 26 Senate Follows Lead of House and Repeals President's Veto . By Overwhelming Vote. , Washington. . Aug-; 20. (U. P.) Congress today succeeded in over riding President Wilson's veto of the bill repealing the daylight savins' law. The 'daylight saving plan, which was adopted soon after the country entered the war. will go out of existence the last Sunday in October as a result of congressional action. The senate delivered the final knock out of the law today when it passed a repealer over the president's veto by a vote of 57 to 19. The house took the same action Tuesday by a vote of 223 to 101. Although this is the first measure on which the Republican congress has over ridden the president, it is not considered a party defeat, since the daylight saving plan had been vigorously opposed by rural congressmen both Republicans and Democrats. Success of the country forces came after they had once lost their, fight to make the repealer a rider to the agri cultural bill. The president also vetoed this and city congressmen mustered suf ficient strength to sustain this veto. The daylight saving law was 'passed as part of the war time food production campaign. It was argued that under it war gardeners would have an hour mor? of daylight to raise food. Farmers de clared that it Interfered with their work. MAYORS IN FAVOR OF FOOD EMBARGO Say Substitution of Plowshare for Sword s by Warri ng Peo ples Will Reduce Cost. i-i'VC BtiWmrd Irvine - : Seattle, Wash.', Aug. 0 ,igfc cost of living problems are the same throughout the Northwest; although Portland and Spokane are several laps ahead in the fight against these conditions. Discontinuance of wage increasing, 'embargoing necessities of life and a nationwide concerted fight are solutions of the problem. Such were the conclusions reached yes terday at a conference of mayors of the Northwest cities called together by Mayor Baker at Seattle. The meeting was attended by Mayors Baker of Port Tend. Hanson-of Seattle, Fassel of "Spo kane and Rkidell of Tacoma. A permanent fighting organization was perfected and concerted action to follow this effort will be made to get mayors of all cities along the- coast to join the fight. The mayv rs believe an embargo should be. placed on necessities to foreign coun tries still embroiled in strife and that those nations should be forced to replace the- sword with the plowshare. Only those countries should be helped which help themselves. High prices force.wage Increases which. In turn,, continue the cycle of advances. Disaster and ruin will be America's heritage if wage and price increases continue. It was declared. Seattle and Tacoma are instituting a check of necessities stored in Seattle today. The Investigation has been com pleted in Portland and Spokane. Texas Guard Being Recruited to Full" Wartime Strength Austin. Texas, Aug. 20. (I. N. S.) -Acting under Instructions from Governor Hobbey, Adjutant General James. A. Harley and Brigadier General J. F. Wolters are today redoubling their ef forts to place the Texas national guard "In shape to meet 'any emergency that may arise." Adjutant; General Harley Is in the north section of the state recruiting the guard to full strength, while Brigadier General Wolters is on a recruiting mis sion In the southern part of the state. Assistant Adjutant General W. 1?. Cope, in charge of the adjutant gen eral's headquarters, said that while no official instructions have been received from Washington, the instructions given by Governor Hobbey - for the speeding up of the recruiting to full strength of the guard is construed to mean that orders from Washington to send the Texas troops to the border would soon be Issued. . Germany Wants to Put -Army in Russia London. Aug. io.r (I. N. S.) The Eve ning News today carried a report that the Germans have of fered . to send an army, commanded by allied ' officers. Into Russia te tight the Bolshevik rorcea. The News characterised the report as amazing, but said that it may ma terialise. ,-,- : . . . Action Demanded by : 1 exas Republic a n s Fort Worth. Texas, Aug. 20. L N. S.) A demand for "action in handling the Mexican situation,"- was incorporated in resolutions ilnftl t Tm p.miK. licans in conference here today. - A com mittee was selected to go to Washing ton and present the resolutions. - STfflffi IS OnSTlD SEATTLE Successor to Disque as Head of Spruce Production Division Wants Witnesses Under Oath. Congressman Freer Regards Request as Most Unusual, but Complies; Investigation Is On. . By Marshall N. Dana Seattle,. Aug. 20. "I happen to know that certain men are our ene mies and when; they testify I want them to be under oath," Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Stearns, president , of the Spruce Production corporation and successor to General Brice P. Disque as head of the spruce pro duction division, had written to the congressional spruce investigating committee, asking that all witnesses be sworn as the spruce airplane in-r vestigation proceeds. "A most unusual request." commented Congressman Freer, presiding at the opening of the. hearing in the- Federal building here this morning. When he plied the officer with other questions the answer quoted, flashed back. ' Con gressman' Freer placed emphasis on his queries as to whether General Desque had preferred the request that witnesses be sworn., : . j . - Colonel Stearns said he had received a letter containing the suggestion, but he added that it was -also his own sug gestion. "All witnesses will be sworn," declared Congressman Freer, But first he had denied Colonel Stearns the privil ege of a brief . preliminary statement, and had declared, "We have had before us the secretary of war and others in (Concluded on Put Ten. Column One) State Official; Is-; ;Abciised bf Beiiig Setter of Fires "If he be the . governor of Ore gon, he ean't.set ' fire to timber in the Santiam national forest and . es cape prosecution.' ', ' With these words, KIton Watkins, deputy United States district attorney, filed information this morning against A. C. Barber, state insurance commis sioner, who recently was "lost" in Jef ferson park and later , declared that he knew his way out ' all the ttme. V Barber started a fire that might' have caused serious results, according to Wat khts. Forest officials found timber burning. They traced the source co a glowing snag, ignited by Barber's campflre of July 22. Barber Is charged on four counts: Setting fire to timber lands, building a campflre i in a. place where likely to spread and where difficult to extinguish, lighting a fire near rotten wood and fall ing to extinguish a campflre. Two Portland Girls I Reach Los Angeles After 11 Days' Hike Los Angeles. Aug. 20. U. P.)Taken into custody tonight Miss -Theresa Bos tino and Miss Marie Schrader, 1? and 18 years respectively, revealed a story of travelling from Portland.- Ore.; : to Los Angeles on less than $10 in 11 days. According to the story told police they "hiked" r and "bummed" auto rides, ar riving here two weeks ago In time to "see the ships come in." s Miss Bostlno lives at C09 Woodward avenue,' Portland. . ;. ; - Action of Georgia On Suffrage Illegal Atlanta, Ga,, Aug. .20. Because , the resolutions which passed the senate and house of the Georgia legislature "were not identical,? It has been "discovered that Georgia has , not yet rejected the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment to the constitution of the United States, Neither resolution was signed, by the presiding officer "of the chamber In whlch. it wa passed. The resolutions were never presented to Governor Dor sey. So legally Georgia has not yet acted on the suffrage amendment. ? Big Rattlesnake Is Killed Near Sheridan Sheridan. "Aug. 20. A rattler 3 feet 9 Inches long with 12 rattles was killed on the hill:- near the Masonio - cemetery on Tuesday by John Phillips and Manford Duel. Snakes have been reported near the stone quarry before, : but the reports were not generally believed. The snake is being exhibited about town.- Mills of Bellingham Grant Wage Increase Bellingham, Wash.. Aug. JO. N S.)-r-The Bloedel-Donovan lumber mifls and E. K. Wood Lumber company have announced a basic wage Increase of $4.40 to $4.80. effective September 1. This is pie same as the basic scale of the Everest mills, . " - Millions Worth Of Food Ordered First Day Through U. S. Postoffice One California' Rancher Makes Purchase of Carload Lot for Own Use. Washington, Aug. 20. (U. P.) Thirty-three thousand postmasters today are tabulating and forwarding to the war department orders. for more than $50,000,000 worth of food, Assistant Postmaster General Blakes lee estimated. This is the result of the sale Monday and :. Tuesday ! of army surplus food by parcel post. Millions more in orders will have piled up by tonight. Blakeslee said, when the postmasters will close their order books. Delivery of the food has begun in many sections of the country. "We will close our order books tonight only for a check up." said Blakeslee. "Many postoffices probably will be open again for orders in a few days. Hun dreds, however, will keep their order books closed because their full, quota of food has been ordered." The $50,000,000 estimate made by Blakeslee does not include sales in New York city, Connecticut and New. Jersey, where the war department late Mon day withdrew the parcel post distribu tion plan because cities had bought' the district food quota. Blakeslee's esti mate is based on telegrams from widely separated districts which show how housewives a -e pressing forward to buy army food by parcel poet. In many cities hundreds stood In line to- get their orders in. In some sections orders have been handed in to post masters in carload lots, where office workers and neighbors clubbed together. One California rancher bought a car load for his own use. . "It cost him about 18500 for 30,000 pounds of miscellaneous foods," said Blakeslee. "The parcel post charge was about $300, making the total cost to the rancher about $8800. At ordinary retail prices a carload of food would have cost him around $15,000," Portland' quota of government sur plus supplies on sale in all postoffices and branch postoffices apparently will be exhausted by Saturday night. That Is, the opinion of F. S. Myers, post master, based on the number of pur chasers up to noon today.; . "Half of all the persons who enter the postoffice are 'here to take advantage of J be--sale-said- My era. j; "And most -purchasers with whom I have talked figure they are getting the goods at naif price. Portlanders- seem, 'delighted , with the chance to get the stuff.". ; REJECTED BY MEN Wage Addition of 12 1-2 Cents From War Industries Board Is Not Satisfactory to Carmen. Organized employes of the Port land Railway. Light Power com pany have rejected the award of 12 per cent increase in wages made by the war industries board,, by a vote of 921 to 291. The referendum vote of the union was held in the various car barns of the company and a can vass of the ballots was witnessed by 700 members Tuesday - night. . There will be no immediate strike on the streetcar lines of the company, how ever, the men agreeing to work at the new scale -until the peace treaty is finally signed. Further overtures will be made to the war labor board looking to a readjustment of the wage schedule, according to officials of the union; The award passed by the war : labor board : last week carries art addition to the i company's payroll amounting to ; over $350,000 annually, and officials of the concern have petitioned, the public service commission for permission to cover this increase. The increase de manded by the men aggregates approxi mately double the amount granted. . "According to an agreement between the company and the employes decisions of the war labor board wUTbe accepted during the period of the war, or until the peace treaty Is signed," said Pres ident Griffith of the Fortland Railway. Light & Power company this morning. "The union will; adhere to this 'agree ment and the company will not protest the decision of the war labor i board. There will be no strike troubles involved in adusting wages and labor conditions of the company if it can possibly be avoided." . . Members of the street . railway em ployes' i union'" have been ?: receiving 60 cents an hour" with an eight hour min--imum day, all overtime being paid at time and one half, rate. 'The men asked a raise to 60 cents an hour and the war labor: board granted them 66 cents an hour, effective from July 1. 191.i Oper- attng expenses of the street .car com-:, pany for the year ending June 30 were $3.1 19,000, accord ing to Griffith, com pared with $2,400,080 -for 191 and $1,697,000 for 1916. : Labor represents ap proximately 74 per cent of the total op erating expense, declare the company officials, and an Increase In fares Is nec essary if the company la to pay ex penses. Vote Big Purchase : War Saving Stamp New Haven, Conit, Aog. 20. U." K) The national aerie of Ragles voted to day - to purchase War Savings Stamps for $2,500,000. Subordinate i ' lodges pledged to take an equal amount.' K. D. Weed of Oshkosh. Wis., was nominated for grand worthy president. ; Henry Beck, Seattle, was "one of those- nom inated for trustee, ' 1 INCREASE AWARD TERRIFIC ATTACK IS IMDER1! t - I v , British, Roumanian and Anti Bolshevist Troops Gather for Onslaught Against the Reds. j , - - . - . Combined Land Armies Are Be ing Heavily Supported by Air Squadron and Naval Units. London. Aug. 20. (I. N. Grand Duke Nicholas, former com- jmander-in-chief of the Russian army, h expected to arrive at Stock holm, in a few days In connection with plans for a general offensive against the Russian Reds, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen this afternoon. A big i scale offensive against Petrograd is j being planned at Stockholm. Gen jeral Judenitch, of the Esthonians, ; and Premier Lianozoff, of the new Northwest government of Russia, are in; Stockholm now. London, Aug. 20. (I. N. S.) The Anglo - Esthonian offensive against Petrograd is apparently in full swing with the land forces sup ported by British air-' and naval forces. , iThe following summary of the situation was printed by. the Stand ard today: , "British munitions ' are pduring Into Reval and are being supplied to Admiral Kolchak'r and General Denlker.'s ; antt Bolshcvik armies. Advices from Buchar est state that the Roumanians . pre paring for an offensive against the Rus sian fieri, joining up with the-1 advyac tng ermy. of General Denlken. ' Jn the rMvtnt1nne the' British are keeping ovd-r in tle Caucasus and" on ,the llt'o. al -f ttle' Caspian sea. .-Tnr-fcr!Uh are oooperatinr wipi - a - esthcvians under- General Judenitct'' . HOPE IS STILL HELD 'OUT FOR KOLCHAK ' GOElJ'MENT - Washington, Aug. . 20. A ray1, of hope that the Kolchak government may yet survive Is contained in dispatches that have been received here from Major General William S. Graves, In command of" - American troops In Si beria, .It was learned this afternoon. 1 General 'Graves" has advised Washing ton officials that in the retreat of 600 miles . the Kolchak losses in men were not large, although a vast amount, of equipment was lost, and the morale of the troops was badly shattered How ever, the "withdrawal of five divisions by the Bolshevik! from the Ural front has - left i the Kolchak army - with a force equal to that of the "Reds,, and Kolchak, his lines shortened, has takep a stand behind Impenetrable marshes south of and midway between Sartov and Uralsk. ' . i Martial Law Declared -Paris, Aug. 20. (I. N. S.) Persia Is in a ferment over the Anglo-Persian agreement, but the people are unable to make any demonstrations because mar tial law exists, said a dispatch from the Teheran correspondent of the Journal Des Debate today. British troops are posted along the Persian frontiers and a big force, supported with airplanes, has been concentrated at Kashvln. The Persian peace commission has been dissolved. British Monitors at Budapest Geneva, Aug. 20.-ML N. S.-Four British monitors and two torpedo boats have arrived at Budapest to back up the allied missions in Hungary, says a dispatch from the Hungarian capital to day. The .'warships were enthusiasti cally received by the populace, the dis patch added. OVER RELATIONS Reg! rets, However, That He Is Not Allowed More Arms and f Ammunition by Uncle Sam. New . York Aug. 20.- (U. P.) "Our relations with the United States are better each day," President Car ranza of Mexico is quoted as saying in an authorized - interview, pub- uiuieu in vxie niuiun igony. : , a - "Having passed tnrough the period ot the war," Carranza said, "the American people are now convinced that we re mained actually neutral during an epoch when ' it would have . been - to Mexico's advantage to enter the world war." . Carranza said the -bestr proof ", of friendship the United States could give would be to establish freedom of-commerce and communications with Mexico, follow a policy of . non-intervention and exercise greater caution In making claims on behalf of foreign citizens in Mexico. - . - , ; j - If his administration - could obtain arms freely, from5 ,the United . States. Carranza said. Mexico would be pacified by the end of the next year, with no help from the . United ; States - beyond vigilance on the border. ' i "But to achieve this, he said, "main tenance of an army will be required at the approximate annual expense of 150. 000,000 pesos. ' " . f GARRANZA HAPPY HOUSEWIVES OUT ON TRAIL OF MEN WHO FIX PRICES Housewives should manage the public markets. AJthough.no definite plans were formulated at the committee meet ing this morning of the five wonien who were appointed at the mass meeting Tuesday afternoon to de vise a way to bring down prices , in Portland, this suggestion was met with smiles and applause by every member. ; Some form of control by a consumers'commlttee may be their ultimate resolution. But the committee is not starting out on its work in any haphasard, unln- l lunum iM.iiucr. . lucre 1 a uvluhik - nteurish about the committee. The women are too dead In earnest, too mucn worked up about the prices producers are demanding, to trifle with the ques tion, j STUDY TO BE MADE " Before they come to any decision at; all. or express an official opinion, they are going to make a comprehensive study of market conditions and of the basis on which the Portland market was founded. - Two of their members will Interview City Commissioner S. C. Pier this after noon. Two more will ".alk, with C. A. Blgelow. Another will1 get from Dis trict Attorney , Evans every, scrap of law that can possibly affect the public market In Portland or any possible plan dealing with the public market. They will meet again at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the library. The committee met this morning with M. H. Calef of the public martiet depart ment of the Civic league. "We are here to do this work, and we are going to do it," Thus spoke Mrs. F. Q. Northrup, chairman ; of the commit tee. Mrs. J. Chapman, chairman of the mass meeting Tuesday, strove to correct popular errors , about .the work of the housewives. ."''-"-'.'."'-'."' If Uncle Sam Increases Army, League Will Be a Sham," De- aji - w.ljigsefldOrr Papers " -" I - r- London. : Aug. '20.- (U. P.) The undercurrent .of cynical 'discussion over America's plans to Increase her peace time army and institute compulsory- service has been brought to a head In England by Lloyd George's warning that'if those who promoted the League of Nations increase their armaments,, then the league will be a sham." ..:...-.'",- ' Opponents of . the league declare the plans of the 'United States to Increase her army .may wreck the league and shatter . European 'confidence in Amer ica's sincerity, while the league support ers insist America Is as much entitled to maintain a- sufficient ; army as Britain Is to advance her naval jower. "It Is particularly piquant," says the Globe, to find the premier rounding off Wilson over the league question and the increase of armaments, suggesting the latter factor will turn .the league covenant Into a scrap of paper. We never . expected it would be anything else, but frankly we did not foresee that one of its foremost apostles would be so eager to turn and rend it at the. first opportunity." The Evening Standard was of " the opinion -the premier gave a significant hint to the United States on the ques tion of armaments. . "We are ready to cut down ours," the paper said, "and other . nations, espe cially those , who promoted the league, should follow suit" ' ? The Morning Post also declares Brit ain is ready "to show the way in cut ting' down armaments." Young Thieves Sent To Training School Salem, Aug. 20. Ernest Ltnd, 17, and Floyd Cochran, 18, Polk county ' boys arrested In Vancouver early Sunday morning for stealing an automobile be londing to E. F. Smith of Salem, were committed to the state training school at their hearing here Tuesday event ng The boys confessed to robbing the store at Lincoln on their way to Vancouver. F. Baker. 16,-the third member of the party, is being held until relatives ar rive before his case is disposed of. LAged Man Stung by Mornets Jjrojjs ueaa Albany, Aug. 20. James M.- Sperry, aged 79, -recently severely stung by hornets, dropped dead ' at the county farm Tuesday afternoon.. While clear ing brush he was attacked by the hornets. ; He -was taken to the county farm, where he died. Acquaintances say he had three children, a daughter, Mrs, - Ben - P. ' Powell, and two sons, Joseph and 'Theodore, but 'their-whereabouts are not -known. Fugitive Convicts " Sought Near Bend Salem, Aug. 20: D. C Brlchoux and Edward South wick, escaped convicts, were seen In the Bend country, heavily armed, Tuesday, according to a telegram received by state prison authorities this morning from Sheriff S. P. - Roberts of Deschutes county. Posses are scouring the country in an effort to take the men, regarded . here as desperate characters who will fight to the end rather than submit to 'Capture? . ' AMERICA ARGUSES BRITISH CYNICISM "We are not trying to antagonize any one or to enter politics," she said. "We desire' no personalities, only harmony. Nor are we ' working against the pro ducer,, if he is an actual producer. v The attitude of the farmers expressed at our meeting yesterday, ts wrong. We wish to cooperate with the producer. WOMEN ARB FIRM -Portland women showed Tuesday aft ernoon that they would not stand for high, prices. Nor would they listen to alibis.:"' , -.,..-.:--.'- As sternly to the point as a relentless prosecutor . harrying 4l - defendant's chief witness, more than 30O housewives, as sembled at Library hall to thresh out the question- of the high coat of liv ing, gave C. A. Blgelow. acting mayor, end J. A. Eastman, market master, an ncomfortable two nours. They demanded their rights the rights of the consumer In a voice the more emphatic because it was unanimous, the more impressive be cause it compelled their chairman. Mrs. J. Chapman, to rap for order over and over again. . . . " " . , TTn only an ordinary housewife. said the successful contestant, "and I like to say that we don't want to hear all these figures.. .We want to know bow to re duce the high cost of living. I tried to figure .it out myself and couldn't. .Then I called in my husband, and he didn't know. Then I even asked my " older daughter, and she didn't know. Now we've got to find out. WT 19 PUBLIC MAKKETt 4 "What, we have got to know is why and bow and to what purpose this public market was built," We've got to find out why quotations are so high. , And we are going to find outT W. T. Spencer of Troutdale undertook to answer this challenge. "If you don't consider the farmer, he said.' '"you'll have to deal entirely with Asiatics. We farmers are not rich. We do not in dulge in movies. - and other . city pleas- (Concluded on Tsfa Kightccn, Column Three) JUNKETS FLEXIBLE f" mm - Thomas Spends $526 on Short - Trip, Alderman $243 on Long -Trip; Other'Oiscrepancies. ., Director George B. Thomas of th Portland school board spent $526 in attending one week's convention of the " National Gducatldnal 'asso ciation this year in 'Milwaukee, which town Is half way. across the continent, .while the expenses of former Superintendent Alderman in attending the New York convention last, year was $243. The cost of travel for junketing directors has ap parently ; j doubled J vin - a mere '12 months. , . , , ;:: Upon examination, prosaic looking fig ures in the records of the county au ditor's off Ice, reveal some startling facts. Director E. A. Sommer drew $400 for a-trip to the superintendents' convention and did not have a dollar left over. Di rector Alderman made the same trip with the - same amount and refunded $57 to the school fund. ' Something of the same nature took place when Director O. M. Plummer and Superintendent Alderman crossed the continent to New York city in 191$. Plummer succeeded in spending $300 in comparison with Alderman's $234. These . figures would indicate a wide discrepancy in . the use of public funds, even if District Attorney Evans had not said that the expenditures were not authorised by law. r Records of County Auditor Sam Martin show expenses for the school directors In junketing expeditions have mounted along with the high cost of living. During 1917 travelling expenses for the school board amounted to $1800.17. In 1918 they were increased to $1800.37 and during the present year they. have amounted to $3000. . 1 Of this $3000 during the past year Di rector George ?B. Thomas drew $1000. The records show that in November. 191$. Director Thomas drew $400 to make a trip en si and visit Pittsburg and other cities along the route. There was no refund when Director Thomas re turned. Assistant Superintendent E. H. Whitney made a trip east to the Na tional educational association in July of this year, at the same time that Mr. Thomas made a trip for which the di rector drew $600 and Whitney drew $500 in advance. On Whitney's return he refunded $69. The cost of his trip was $431. The cost' of Mr. Thomas' trip to the same convention was, according to the statement issued by him, $514, Retailers Are the Worst Profiteers Announces Palmer Washington Aug. 20. Retailers are the worst offenders among the profiteers and the greatest volume of complaints against profiteering today is against the corner grocer, declared Attorney , Gen eral Palmer this afternoon before the house agriculture committee. . ; v Palmer urged that no" .exception be made in favor of retailers : doing less than $100,000 business and asked for speed in enacting his proposed amend ments to the food control law providing penalties of fine and imprisonment for hoarding and profiteering and for in cluding wearing apparel, food containers and fuel under the laws. , COSTS S Overcharges - to Be Refunded 1 , Indianapolis, Aug. 20. IV. P. Stan ley Wyckeff, federal i sugar distributor for Indiana, today issued, an .order re-, quiring wholesalers and retailers who have been charging more than the gov ernment price for sugar, immediately to refund the overcharge under penalty of being barred from handling sugar. - " ,- - ' . J ' HEM OF M l ALL OID Inspection of Proposed Naval . Station on Columbia River Will Be Part of the Program. Visit Will Occur Early Next Month, According to Word Re ceived From U. S. S. New York. Aboard U. S. S. New York, Aug. 20. (U, P.) Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced today he had decided definitely to visit Columbia river ports, including Portland, with several ships of the Pacific fleet. -After leaving San Francisco, Dan iels will Inspect proposed sites for a naval station on the Columbia river. Daniels announced he would reach San Francisco In time to be with Presi dent Wilson when the latter reviews the fleet Sept 1. Daniels will remain in San Francisco -and vicinity until Wept. 8. when he will leave tor his trip to As toria. Portland and Puget Sound. Daniels has not yet decided whether he will aoeept the Invitation to visit Van couver, B. C. and Victoria, but It is be lieved part of the fleet will do jo. The secretary plans . to spend full day Inspecting Mare Island wien ho ranches San Francisco. He will Sowly fud the i;a.3l needs of San FrancUco lwy. -. - , Rear Admiral McCormick of Berkeley. Cal surgeon In charge of hospitals of the Pacific coast, was operated upon, In mid-ocean for appendicitis last alight. The operation was a complete success. The New York, bearing Secretary Daniels, his family and staff, is due at Honolulu Thursday morning. Datileis will participate in the opening of the new naval drydock,- erected at Pearl Harbor naval base at a cost of $9,00 ). -000, The drydock has been under com of odnstructlon- for 10 years. SECTETARY OF NAVY MELTS HIS NAMESAKE IN SHI . Aboard . the' U. S. 8. N'ew York, ini Secretary of the ' Navy Daniels, K:i Route to Honolulu, via Wl.-eless to San Francisco. Aug.. 14. (Delayed. )(1. N. S.) "Bashful Joe Daniels," 17 year t.hl namesake of Secretary of the Navy Daniels, was discovered aboard th super-dreadnaught today and hauled from obscurity 'tween decks to promi nence in the secretary's cabin. The secretary ' of the navy, learning of - the boy's presence, asked that a meeting be arranged. "Bashful Joe," as his shipmates call him, was ' escorted to the secretary's side. "Hello, JoBephus," said the secretary. "I'm glad to know you. Are we re lated?" "Reckon not," said Joe. "I hail from PalnsvUie. Ky." ; Meanwhile Joe was . blushing to the roots of hla. hair and somehow hit feet became entangled, contrary to naval regulations. The secretary placed his hands on the boy's shoulder. It gave Joe an : opportunity to steady himself.t . The secretary then asked him how much government insurance he carried. "Ten thousand dollars," - replied Joe. "And it's in my mother's name." "That's the stuff." said . the secre tary. "It shows you'll amount to some thing. I'm going to watch your prog ress from now on." FOES OF TREATY ARE MET HALF VAV BSaasBBBSaSSSaaSaaaBSBBSaaSBJM-SSBasaBBai Senator Pittman of Nevada Sub mits Four Reservations That Are Agreeable to President. Washington, Aug. 20. Preside! t Wilson has given his approval of the substance of the reservations urged by; the group of Republican "mild reservationiets," Senator-Pitt-man, administration Democrat an i member of the senate foreign rela tions committee, declared this a.'. - ernoon In the senate. In stating . to the committee at ' ' White House Tuesday that he had ; objection to "interpretations" if t! r were not embodied in the -resolu'i---by which the .senate 'Will ratify r treaty of Versailles, the president "1 met the reservation lata more than 1 way." Pittman said. ; y The Nevada senator submitted a dra of reservations he indicated would t satisfactory to the president. These reservations, incorporateil in i senate resolution intended to.be r j tte textually from that of rstifica-u . ere prepared by Pittman after 1 conf erred with the president. Pittman's action was regarded a . the latest move-by the edmlnlstratio force to expedite ratification of t! treaty. Senators Lodge, Knox and other re publican senators wers quick to . clare that they would continue to 1 upon reservations betng incorjjorate'i the resolution of ratification deKplte t president's objection to such a cour? Senator Lodge, chairman of the fort relations 'committee. In a formal ment this afternoon, raid that the 1 (Coneliulcd pn r-j Ktncteu, Column S