TTEE WILL
; INVESTIGATE NEEDS
CRATER LAKE
F ormulation of Plans and Stud y
of Forest Protection Taken Up
by Chamber of Commerce.
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COST MARK BILL: REFERRED
Request United States Chamber
of Commerce to Solye Problem
at Washington 'Headquarters.
;' Proposing to have a report made
I on conditions most in nwd of ira
l provement at Crater Lake national
park and have recommendations
- tnade for the execution of the con -
- elusions, the board of directors of the
J Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
afternoon authorized tha . appolnt
1 ment of a committee to visit the
park immediately. Appointment of
i tha members of the committee will
be made today by Acting President
11. B. Van Duzer..
Business men who conferred with
Stephen T. Mather, assistant secretary
of the Interior, during his visit In Port-
t land last week, recommended that such
ii action be taken. Appointment of an
" other committee to formulate 'plans and
study the work of forest protection along
state highway routes will also be made.
This committee .will likely first work
- out suggestions as to legislation needed
f to enable the state and municipality to
5 obtain strip of forest land where needed.
The directors decided to refer the ob-
6 lection of local retailers, wholesalers and
manufacturers to the Siege! Cost Mark
bill to the United States Chamber of
Commerce, which will be able to handle
" the situation through Its Washington
? headquarters. Authority was granted
to appoint a committee to act on the
Invitation of the United States Chamber
f of Commerce for local business men to
become Interested In and aid in finan-
ring the plans for a . new building at
. Washington. P. C
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fOnHnucd Ftmo F On)
questions, so far as I myself am con-
earned,
v WOCID CUT L1VIJTG COST
5 "Permit me to answer your fifth ques
- tlon by saying that the provisions of the
i treaty to which you refer operate merely
to establish peace between the powers
ratifying and that it is questionable
V whether it can be said that the League
5f of Nations is !n. any true sense created
by the association of only three of the
2 allied, ana assoetaiea govtroratni
i- "In reply to your sixth question, I
JL' can only express the confident opinion
t- that the Immediate adoption of the
treaty, along with the articles of the
s. covenant of the league as written, would
V certainly within the near future reduce
the cost of living in this country as else-
where, by restoring production and corn
s' rneroa to their normal strength and
1 freedom.
"For your convenience. I will number
(j- the remaining paragraphs of this letter
. as the questions to which they are ln
2' tended to reply are numbered.
5 SFAIH STILL IS CHARGE
v. Seven I have had no official infor
f mation as to whether Norway, Sweden.
J. " Denmark, Holland or Switzerland will
Join the league.
"Eight I answered your eighth ques
tion In reply to a question asked me at
our conference the other day.
"Nine In February, 1917, Spain was
f. requested to take charge of American
interests in uwmin lorvuszi nor uipiu--
matio and consular representatives and
no other arrangement has since been
made.
"Ten The committee to prepare plans
for the organisation of the league, for
p the establishment of the seat of the
league and for the proceedings of the
first meeting of the assembly, has been
appointed but has not reported.
SO TITLE GITE3T
' - "Eleven Article lit of the peace
treaty, part IV, under whiah Germany
renounces all her rights to territory for
xt merly belonging to herself or to her
allies was understood, so far as special
provision was not made In the treaty
I. itself for its disposition, as constituting
I the principal allied and associated
powers the authority by which such dis-
position should ultimately be determined.
It conveys no title to those powers, but
ft merely entrusts the disposition of the
territory in question to their decision.
V. S. INTERESTED N
"TwelveGermany's renunciation in
i favor of the principal allied and assocl-
ated powers of her rights and titles to
her overseas possessions is meant simt-
larly to operate as vesting in those pow
'i ers a trusteeship with respect of their
T final disposition and government.
4 "Thirteen There has been a- provl
J sional agreement as to the disposition
of these overseas possessions, whose
confirmation and execution is depend
f ent upon the approval of the League of
Nations and the United States Is a party
'. to. that provisional agreement.
f "Fourteen The only agreement be-
tween France and Great Britain with
Jiygard to African territory, of which I
am cognizant, concerns the redisposl
h tlon of rights already possessed by
& those countries on that continent. The
-provisional agreement referred to in the
preceding paragraph covers all the Ger
man overseas possessions, in Africa as
o well as elsewhere. . ,
50 MK5TIOS MADE
"Fifteen No mention was made in
connection with, the settlement of the
Saar basin of the service of an Amer-
lean member f the commission of five
J to be set up there. ; . .
' "Sixteen It was deemed wise that the
United States should be represented by
on member of the commission for set
tllng the new frontier lines of Belguim
and Germany, because of the universal
... opinion that America's representative
would add to the commission a useful
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element of entirely difiatereated Judg
ment. - "SeventeenThe choice of the com
mission for the Saar Basin was left to
the council of the League of Nations,
because tne Saar Basin ts for 1 years
to be directly under the care and direc
tion of the League of Nations.
.-"Eighteen Article 83 does In effect
provide that five of the members of the
commission of seven to-fix boundaries
between Poland : and Cseeho-Slovakia
should . be nominated by certain coun
tries, because there are five principal al
lied and associated powers, and the nom
ination of one representative by each of
those powers, '" .
"Nineteen No such commission has
yet been appointed. :
Twenty--Jt was deemed wise that the
United States should have a representa-
tive on the commission set up to exer
cise authority over tne pieoiscrt. pi
Upper Silesia, for the same reason that
I hare given with regard to the com
mission for settlfnsf the frontier line of
Belgiom and Germany. Sincerely yours,
"WOOD BOW WILSON."
HOT WORDS AT
SEATTLE
(Coattrrud Vrvm VW Om)
sion and corporation did their share to
help win the war" in the air. '
He answered the blanket charge of
graft among contractors and subsidi
aries with the Oat assertion. "I know
of no such case." The officer addressed
himself likewise to the charge that
General Dtsque surrounded himself
with Inefficient by detailing men of no
experience in civilian life as engineers,
loggers and milrmen, as Colonel
Breese, Majors Griggs, Eastman, Welch,
Harrington. Sawyer and others who had
charge of; various operations.
SOLPIEB WOBKEE8 PAID
He corrected the impression created
at Wednesday's opening session that
spruce production soldiers were sent to
work In the -woods jit $1 a day along
with civilians earning full pay. The
soldiers received in addition to a $1 a
day. whicU proving their efficiency, he
said, sufficient to cover their expenses.
Not more than 50 men, were on this
basis, ho averred. Most of them received
civilian psy from operators, less the
amount of their government pay.
Cost' plus contractors furnished only
a small percentage of the 143.000.W0
feet, he said. They had ont developed
to the point of large production. , These
contractors were Siems-Carey H. S.
Kerbaugh company; Grant Smith-Porter
company ; Warren Spruce company and
Airplane Spruce company.
Contrresscan MeGee conducted a
harryinir - line of questions, thereby
cloaking his convietion that these con
tractors coet the government greai sums
without result. Colonel Stearns answered
that the cost plus contractors furnished
7.4 per cent and the loggers about 92.8
per cent of the logs and flitches sawed
into airplape lumber. "Did the soldiers
or civilians "do the work under cost plus
HEARING
To the Tune
of Millions
"DELINEATOR f a m i lies
spend $52,837 for pianos ev
ery day; But necessities
come before luxuries, so con
sider what these million pros
perous families must spend
for food, clothes, house-furnishings,
before they put
their $19,285,714 yearly in
pianos! Do you make any
thing for the home? The
million "purchasing agents"
for these homes are influ
enced by what they see ad
vertised The
Delineator
The Magazine In
One Million Homes
"Both," an-
BLXK OF SPRUCE OiJTPUT
WAS FROM PRIVATE MILLS
, i Seattle, Aug 8L U. Pi) Leas than
S per cent of tha airplane spruce pro
duced during . the war came from four
favored corporations, which, employed
soldier labor, it developed from the tes
timony of Colonel C. Stearns, for
mer chief of staff In spruce production
division under Brigadier General Brlce
P. Disque. at the hearing 'before the
congressional Investigating committee
today. . . :' .. ''. ; ' ' ; -: -A
The balance of the spruce destined for
airplane construction 92 per cent ai
turned out by private mills and logging
camps which had to cope with L W. W,
sabotage and other forms of industrial
unrest.-,-.: . :
' The four "cost plus" corporations that
turned out lew than 8 'per cent of the
total spruce production were the Siems-Carey-H.
S. Karbaugh corporation. War.
ren Spruce company. Airplane Spruce
company and the Grafit Smith Porter
Brother company. s ; i - '
Colonel Stearns" admission : that ' the
four "cost - plus" ' companies produced
only 7.4 per cent of the airplane spruce
during the period of the war a year
and seven months wag gained after a
spirited cross-examination of an hour
and a half by Representative W W. Mc
Gee of New York.
"The United States will not fee oat of
pocket more than $12,000,000 as a result
of the activities of the spruce division,"
Colonel Stearns told the committee.
"I have here a salvage statement is
sued by the spruce division." Representa
tive McGee informed the witness. "It says
here that railroad construction under the
spruce division cost the government
$8,742,100.20. Tell me why your division
places salvage of railroad equipment at
the low figure of $7&0,000?"
"We placed it as less than 10 per cent
so as to be on the safe side," Colonel
Stearns replied.
It developed that construction work
credited to the Siems-Carey-H. S. Ker
baugh corporation was listed at $2,395,
345.14. while salvage for the same was
placed at $239,900, less than 10 per cent
of the initial outlay. '
CAVALRY PURSUIT OF
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of th Mexican brUeands." might ta4ce
advantage of the present opportunity
to become active again.
Whether there have been any actual
E to
contracts?" asked McGee.
swered Stearns.
bandits
CONTINUES
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BY HAVING v
AN EXTRA PAlk OF TROUSERS
Ever try having an Extra Pair
of Trousers with your suit? It
means double wear for the suit.
Between season- the Nicoll Plan is to keep a
large organization of skilled tailors active by
adding
Suit and Extra Trousers
$50, $55',
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108 Third St, Near Washington
Portland' Coolest Theatre
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THOMAS
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How would you like
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An Outing-Chester.
Big game hunting in
Africa.
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TODAY
COMI3TO SATCEDAT
Jack Tlekford as Bill Ayptnos'i Bey
battles between the Americans and the
Mexicans has not been revealed, but
there has been at least one skirmish.
One bandit ' has been killed so far.
possibly a second killed and two more
have been captured alive and are being
held at the "front" by the United States
cavalry. The first guerrila killed fell
a victim to machine gun bullets from an
airplane. The two captives . have- not
been Identified la dispatches, but both
are said to be outlaws attached to the
band that held the two army aviators.
SEARCH TSFVJtjt- SWKf O
Fresh supplies ara being7 sent across
the border,' indicating that the search is
in full swing and that there is yet' no
thought of turning back. The convey
ance, of these supplies as wail as the ad
vance of the soldiers has been made, dif
ficult by swollen streams and muddy
trail resulting from heavy rains. j
The "mirmen are being hampered by
bad weather and "the roughness in the
mountain country ' through which tha
troops are passing, but they are tnanag-v
ing to keep up unbroken communication
between the advanced posts and the
border. tl ,,- ,.. ; - ;
General IMekman is-expected at Marfai
where he wiU receive first-hand reports
from the air couriers as to what has
already been done and the campaign J
plans oi tne immeaiaxe luiure.
Although the decision to go Into Mex
ico and punish the marauding bandits
was taken suddenly, the troops were
not thrown over , the international line
until after the Mexican- officials had
been Informed of the Intentions of the
military authorities, rt developed today.
The Mexican consul at Presidio, Texas,
was i n form e4 and it was after conver
sations between this official and Gen
eral Pruneda, that It was decided . to
send out Carrahzlsta troops to Join In
the hunt.
CARRANZA ASKS IMMEDIATE
WITHDRAWAL' OFU 8. TROOPS
Washington, Aug. 2L The Mexican
embassy here has been instructed to
make "appropriate representations" to
the state department and to request the
immediate withdrawal of the "invading
troops" of the Eighth cavalry, it was
learned this afternoon. No representa
tions have yet been made. j
, The Mexican foreign office at Mexico
City gave out this statement yesterday :
"Two aviators of the army of the
United States, through error, so they
state, flew over our territory, landing
approximately IIS kilometers to ' the
south of the frontier, where they were
captured by a band of twenty bandits.
They have now been liberated.
"Some troops of the Eighth cavalry of
the United States crossed the frontier
in pursuit of the outlaws. The department-
of foreign relations sent In
structions at once to our embassy in
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Washington to make appropriate repres
entations, protesting and requesting the
immediate withdrawal of the invading
troops. '
The Federation of Labor unions at
Mexico City bag Issued a manifesto
asking President Carransa to form a
representative cabinet and "Immediate
ly to adjust difficulties with the United
States." according to the Mexico City
press.
A circular of the liberal Constitution
party baa been published, it was stated,
calling on adherents throughout Mexico
to "work for a good understanding" be
tween the United States and Mexico, and
a group of deputies of the Mexican Con
gress will petition President Carransa
to change his policy.
Mexicans Kill Bandits
Galveston, Texas, Aug. 21U. P. -Seven
Mexican bandits, who recently
have committed outrages in the Tampico
region, have been killed ' by Mexican,
federal forces uuder General Go n sales
In the Huasteca region, according to a
Mexican government telegram received
by Mexican Consul Fierro here today. It
is said these bandits have been identi
fied by documents found in their cloth
ing as tbosa who recently robbed sev
eral sailors from- tha U. S. cruiser
Cheyenne. ;
HOUSEWIVES
MASS
FOR HIGH COST FIGHT
(Conttnaed Frost Fas One)
high cost of living will be at The Audi
torium. Third and Clay streets, Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. , This meeting will
be under the auspices of the Central La
bor council. E. E. 6mitb, editor of '"La
bor Opinion," and James Robertson of
the Boilermakers union win address the
meeting.
Prices on the Portland public market
are vastly lower than quotations on a
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similar mart in Seattle, according to
compilations made today. Corn selling
for 15 to 33 cents a doxen in Portland
brings a price of four for J5 cents w
Seattle, or IS cents a dosen. Tomatoes
that are sold for 10 to Z0 cents a pound
in the Sound city are retailed to Port
land consumers for S to 7 cents. Seattle,
turnips sell at 19 cents a bunch in com
parison with three bunches for tha same
price here.
Tables of prices on the respective mar
kets follow :
roBTUuru .PUBLIC MARKET
- Carrots, green oolons. beets. 4c bunch ;
carrots. 2 for 5c ; turnips, radishes, J
bunehea for lei onions. 4o bunch: green
onions, S7c lb. : lettuce, head, " Sc. So.
2 for 15c : corn, dosen, 15c, 20c. 25c 10c.
25c ; cucumbers, te each to JOe dosen,
box. ic 75c. 0o squash, lb.. 5c, 10c, i
for 15c; spinach,- 10c lb.; green peppers.
lte.l0e.S for 2Sc; 2 for 15c; tomatoes,
lb 6c, 7c.' 4 for 25c : celery, 5c, 10c, 2
for 15c, 13c each ; cabbage, So lb. ; shell
beans, lb. . 7c, 3 for 20c : blackberries,
10c box; egg plant, 810c lb. ; apples,
lb., 4c, 3 for 10c 2 for 7c, $ for 25c. 2
for 6c; potatoes. C lbs. for 10c 7for 10c
lc, 11 for 25c 10 for 25c ; plums, 5c lb.,
2' for 15c box 70c1.00; blue Damson
plums, 10c , lb. S peaches. 15c, 20c, 25c
dosen, box 75c 1.351.50; eggs, 53c
dosen ; butter, Sto lb. ; cottage cheese,
18o lb.; hens, 32o lb. ; broilers, 36c lb.;
honey, 20a cake ; extracted honey 80c
quart 45c pint ; crab apples. 6o lb. ; milk
14o quart, 8c pint; cream, whipping, 35c
pint, 20c -45 pint ; cream, plain. 28c pint,
15o , pint; cantaloupes, 3 for 10c;
strawberries, 15 20c box ; cauliflower,
15oj head. '
SEATTLE PUBLIC MARKET
Seattle prices August 20 :
Corn, 4 ears for 25c. 6 small ears for
25c lettuce. So and 10c per bead; celery,
lOp and 16c; cauliflower. 10c, 15c, 25c,
30o head ; string beans. 10c and 15c fb7;
pickling onions, 20c lb. ; tomatoes, 20c
lb., very small 15c lb. ; turnips. 10c Ib.j
potatoes. 8 lbs. 25c large, 7. lbs. 25c;
radishes, 4 bunches 10c; apples, 6c lb.;
cabbage, 10c 15c, 20c per head ; 6c
to 7c per lb. s green peas, 10j per
lb.4 cherries, 15c per lb. ; loganber
ries, 15c box (4x4 ehallow boxes) ; black
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the most uneected moments. Music is a matter of moods,
and moods know no time-table. They do not wait upon the
rise of the curtain - at the opera- or the appearance of the
. concert star. At any hour may come your need for music's
. comfort. And the answer is always ready in the home
, where there is a Victrola. Music sung or played by Victor
exclusive artists die greatest artists :in all the world.
Victors and Victrolas from $12 to $950. Victor dealers everywhere.
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. i
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Important Notice. Vktor Records and Vlctor.Machines are scien
tifically coordinated and syncbtonized ia the processes of manufacture,
and should be used together to secure a perfect reproduction. ,
berries. 15c box. 3 for S&o (4x1 shallow
boxes) ; raspberries, 20q box lx4 shal
low boxes) ; fresh eggs, 65c 7 and 70c
dosen ; pullets egga Ivery small), 60a
dosen ; cucumbers. 2 and 3 for 6c ; green
onions, 4 bunches , 10c ( onions to
bunch) ;' cooking apples. S lbs. for 35c ;
spring chickens, 5o lb. ; cotjage cheese.
20e lb.; butter (ranch). 70o lb.;, honey.
5c comb; beats, 4 bunches 15c (3 small
beets to bunch).
Poolroom Is Held ,
Up; Robber Makes
Away With $400
Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 2L An armed
unmasked robber, early this morning
hetd up Chet - Thuraton. tn employe of
the W. A. Wood poolroom at 706 Main
street, while he was counting Wednes.
day's receipts and made away with about
1400. - A good description of the bandit
was secured. . : .
Thieves Steal Tire..
From Deputy's Car
; If thieves who stole a tire from the
motor car . of a recent ' traveler ' to
Klamath falls had known that ' the
owner was a deputy United States dis
trict attorney, they might, have laughed
tip their sleeves or trembled In their
boots, according to the character of the
thieves. The tire and car belonged -to
B. K. Ooldeteln, who returned this
morning from a two weeks vacation.
The roads to Klamath Falls are very
bad, he says.. .
Pastor of Alberts Church Rf turns
Dr. Alexander Beers, pastor of the Al
berta Free Methodist church, returned
this morning from Los Angeles, where
he was the principal speaker at the con-
fereuce camp meeting of h 0-rim;r;a.
tlon. Its will reume his work at tu
Alberta church.
Portland Man Is"
Winner in Shoot
Caldwell. MT. J., Aug. 21. Lieutenant
I S. Spooner of Portland won the in
dividual pistol match with a score vt
293 out of 300 here Wednesday.
Spooner is member of tho A. n f.
Rifle teem.
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