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THC OIiI2GOi DAILY JOURNAL, POIiTLAIiD, IilDV, UoUia MAYOR READY AT ANY TIME TO HELP OUT POSTMASTER Government Official Calls on City Executive to Assist in Sale of Army, Surplus Foods. EXCHANGE OF LETTERS MADE Baker, After Visit to Seattle, Glad to Know Portland Doesn't Have to Purchase Fat Bacon Assuring Postmaster Frank S. My ers that he would be grlad to assist in handling the problems of the postof flce at any time, Mayor Baker this morning issued a proclamation at the request of the postmaster directing: attention to the food to be sold to the public by the government through the postoffice department. The mayor tells the postmaster that his letter to the mayor indicated that the burden placed on Myers by the department was to'o heavy, and that he would, therefore, be glad to help him out. . SUPPLY STILL ATAILABLE The proclamation follows: "To the publlc: t "It. has been called to my attention officially by " the postmaster at Portland thafa large amount of the surplus army foodstuff turned over by the war de partment to the postoffices of the country for Bale, is still available in Portland. In view , of the existing high prices of the necessities of life and the need of the people cooporating with the govern ment and the municipality in every move that may tend to Combat unwarranted prices, profiteering and price fixing, the public 1b urged to avail itself of the sujh plies offered at' the poBtoffice. By r Port land so availing itself of those supplies quickly an Increase in the allotment for this citymay be possible." v GLAD TO XESJ AI Mayor Baker's letter' in answer to one written by .Myers follows: "I am in receipt of your sarcastic let ter of August 21. which I read in the press some 24 hours before receiving same through the mail. "In answer will say that I am fully aware of the fact that the war depart ment, has turned over to the postal au thorities a large amount of surplus food stuff ' for sale through the postoffices, and I feel that the move is an excellent one and the public should , have the benefit thereof. With the prices rlfrht, as they apparently are. it should not be a very great task for the postoffice de partment in Portland to dispose of its allotment in short order as has been done In other cities where postmasters have put on live campaigns. "inasmuch as you have indicated In your letter that the department has put too big a task upon you and you need assistance, I shall be very glad to Jump into the breach and give a hand in order that this food may go to the consumer 1 and play a part in the fight against the high cost of living. 50 FAT BACON- "I am Informed that the food being sold Is of good quality and that there Is no government bacon In the assort ment. As to the bacon which you men tion In your letter, will say that I had occasion to be in Seattle a day or so ago and I had assurance from the mayor there as well as the mayor of Tacoma. that Portland was lucky that none of this 'bacon had been purchased, because It was virtually salt pork and no bacon. Seattle people were indignant over It. I had occasion to visit the city mar ke"t and saw piles of this bacon await ing sale at 35 cents a pound, but there were no takers. But as I understand there is none of this in your stock, we Cleaning Upstairs Is Easy With the Royal "pHE rugs, the draperies, the mattress, under the bed, in the cor-- ners yeu can clean everythinR and every place in any room with a Royal and do it without tiring. yourself -or spending hours in clean ing. There's a Royal attachment for. every conceivable use to keep your house clean from cellar to attic. - CLEANS BY AIR ALONE! needs no brush or other frictions! means -the powerful stream of air cleans not only the surfaces of rugs but cleans clear through.. That's thorough cleaning. There's nothing betwen the surface cleaned and the' suction chamber to impede the all-cleansing suction. The Royal is light it's easily .used anywhere and it . has proved its all-around superiority in exhaustive in dependent tests. But let us show you why this is THE cleaner to buy; come in and we'll demonstrate and explain liberal terms. . Sold on Easy SIXTH AT PINE hav nothing to fear in. this line, and I will gladly come to your assistance In handling the problem the government has put up to you. - "At any. time I can be of any other assistance in helping, you handle the problems of the postoTfice, do not hesi tate to call on me." QUESTION OF FACTORIES IX RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IS UP Are factories to be erected In Port land near residential districts? This' question will be settled by the city council next ; Wednesday when the application of the Ukase Investment company for permit to erect, a factory for automobile springs at Fifteenth and Couch streets is called for final decision. : , A councilman Lc committee recom mended .that the application 'be -denied. Citizens have filed strenuous protests against location of 'the - indus try at that point. . . , . . Commissioners Wednesday, however, took a ' decided stand against the re moostrators. Commissioner Bigelow de clared the protests are overdrawn and Commissioner Mann said he la for fac tories and payrolls." CITY ADVISED TO PAY ADEQUATE SALARIES FOR GOOD ENGINEERS P. H. Newell, president of the Amer ican Association of Engineers, professor of engineering at the University of Illi nois, and former director of the reclama tion service, this morning fold the city council that adequate salaries must be paid by the city if competent engineers are to be secured. 'Great sums are to be spent on im provements in this city I. am told," Newell said, "and if you are to obtain economy and efficiency in -the expendi ture through dependable engineers, you must pay them proportionately. En gineers are notoriously underpaid, and if the right kind of men are to be pro cured, this city must pay the price." -Resignations of two engineers have recently been submitted to the city. It is predicted that others will follow if the municipality refuses to advance wages. Factory Permit Granted Permission to erect a building at Fifteenth and Couch to be used as a factory for automobile springs was granted the Ukase Investment company this morning by the city council over the protest of property owners in the district. The company was granted permission after officials pledged to cooperate with the building inspector to see that smoke would not damage contiguous property. COST FOR SPRUCE IS ( Oontl nufd From Pag Qn) the shortest route for the C M. & Kt P. railroad to reach Grays Harbor. Witness Chisholm attacked the way troops were handled by Colonel Hitcn-i-m-k of the sDruce production division near the Pyst river. The men refused to work because underfed, he declared, They were lodged in tents where they could not dry their clothing. Complaints brought only officers to investigate "until to his eyes there seemed half as many officers as men. PAID CIVILIA5T WAGES He said the field kitchen provided could only feed 25 men, and that 20 to 150 soldiers were on the . ground at various times. Under Representative Lea's questidns he spoke' with approval of the custom of paying civilian wages to spruce pro duction soldiers. To do otherwise would have disrupted labor conditions, he said. "Do you think soldiers building rail roads and cutting spruce 6000 miles from the front should have been paid several times as much as soldiers in the front line trenches?" asked Chairman Frear. "I claim the men who came back from the trenches weren't used right," said the witness. "Two million men at the front risked their lives and .a few thousand worked over here out of danger. Was that a square deal to pay the latter civilian wages?" asked Frear. CULLS' FOR SPECIAL WOSK "Those few thousand were 'culls' they wouldn t send overseas, declared Cms holm, using a logging term, "but it was Payments CRITICISED right to pay them civilian wages when they were working with civilians.' ; ; "Etfd the' loggers In Clallam - county have sufficient facilities to get out spruce for the government?" inquired Representative McGee. - "" 'They did It?" said Chisholm, whose reference was to the fact that before either the railroad or mills built at an aggregate cost of about 16,000,000 under the Slems-Carey-Kerbaugh contracts could, result In, actual spruce production, the war ended. r ; - ? x.- - . C : f , H. U. Lightner. general manager for the Goodyear Logging company, owners of a billion feet of timber in ; Clallam county, testified he and other loggers estimated the cost of railroad construc tion to reach the Clallam spruce at about half a million. WATER BOCTJ3 BEST ' - With less loss of time, he said, spruce could have been handled down Hoko river, towed from Clallam bay and dis tributed to the mills of which there are, he said, a sufficient number to saw it. - "I can move spruce by water at. 1 1 a thousand less than over the Si ems Carey railroad today," said Lightner. "Even if it Is sold for salvage at 10 per cent of its reproduction value?" asked Chairman Frear. 1 'Tvwon't worry then," averred Xlght neY. He said building the Slems-Carey mill at Tort Angeles was a mistake. "It was an - impossible contract." he stated in reference to the entire Siems Carey railroad. - With a quietness that suggested the cool calm following a thunder storm, the congressional spruce Investigation proceeded Thursday afternoon. There were no further outbursts by Representative Frear against Colonel C. V. Stearns, now in charge of spruce production, who, during the first day and a half of heckling and grilling, he had charged with being a: "Disque agent" and "one entrusted with a $20, 000,000 business with no knowledge of business." , . Chairman Frear was also moderate in his treatment of John F. Frost, manager of the Airplane Spruce Products com pany of affiliating logging companies, whose examination occupied the rest of Thursday. But while Frost was on the stand Frear read into the record a memorandum addressed to the directors of air service, dated March 5, 1919, but which has Been kept so secret that , - W - . . . r rear saia ne naa oniy reaa n jusi ut fore the inauiry started in Seattle. The memorandum was signed by Major General Frank Mclntyre of the general staff. It dealt with the Ray investigation of spruce production. At one place it said: "When the gov ernment firsP became Interested in the question of : spruce, production Major Charles E. Sleigh was In charge or these activities and located -In Washington. When superceded Major Sleigh appar ently held Major F. L. Leadbetter re sponsible for the change and has missea no opportunity to make statements re flecting on Major Leadbetter's personal and official Integrity." BIO FC5DS IX BANKS Major Leadbetter is a well known Portlander. In the Mclntyre memoran dum the names of another Portlander, Georee H. Kellv. and the Northwestern National bank of Portland enter. It continues : "Amoner other things It is insinuated that the Northwestern National bank of. Portland, Or., was favored in the matter of deposits of rpruce production funds, and that this favoritism was due tn the fact that Malor Leadbetter is a director of the bank in question. It Is a fact that Major Leadbetter is a di rector and that the printed reports or the bank show so carried : "Major U. S. Armv.' Also that on October 24. 1918, the total on deposit In three other banks in Portland, Or., was $4,500,000, wnere as $10,500,000 was on deposit In the Northwestern ; that the statement of the Northwestern National bank dated De cember SI, 1918, shows total deposits to be S18.849.696.41. of which Z,673,6s.u&, or practically one-ninth, were funds of the spruce production division ; that on January 14, 1919, the spruce production funds on deposit in the Northwestern had been reduced to 11.136,790.68." The remaining amount of $2,605,996 was divided between 10 other banks lo cated in Portland, Seattle, Vancouver and Pittsburg, Penn. 4 OFFICEBS ABE DIRECTORS In an unsigned statement forming part of these papers the following remarks appear: J , "Why the Northwestern National bank was favored with the largest deposits was not clearly explained. It was stat ed. however, that Captain Crisp, the first disbursing officer, did his business with that bank ; - Captain Bleakley, assistant treasurer of the Spruce Production cor poration, who signs the checks, was in troduced, did the same : and evidently Mr. Moore followed. It is interesting to note, however. Captain Crisp was orig inally on duty in Washington. He came out here' as disbursing officer." A 'state ment of the condition of the bank here with as of December 31, 1918, shows two army officers. Majors Kelly and Lead better, to be directors of the , North western National bank. It is possible that Major Leadbetter recommended his bank as a good one to do business with.1 A minute investigation of Major Lead better's activities was recommended with the suggestion that it would probably show him not to have engaged in 1m proprieties 1 WANTED TO SHOW OTHERS UP . Frost testified that he and others en gaged in logging had offered to log the Blodgett tract in Lincoln -county, Ore gon, at cost plus a total profit of. $20, because they wanted to demonstrate as unnecessary the "waste, and "ineffi ciency" of . the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh company in Washington and the War ren Spruce company in Oregon. Mr, Frost admitted that their offer was not made until July, 1918. and the contract was not completed until after the armis tice was signed In November.. He said he declined to take a ; sub contract under Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh i corpora' tion because, "I -didn't want to be mixed up with them.' It was said by spruce production rep resentatives later testimony would show that a majority of Washington loggers declined to take over the logging In Clallam county because the Siems-Carey corporation, though without previous logging experience, was in the best po sition to go ahead. Frost introduced several reports showing railroad cost estimates in Clallam county to hover around $10,000 a. mile. - The road built for spruce production division by Slems- Carey cost about $112,000 a mile. It has been stated that the nature of the work and war. prices legitimately: account for the cost. The second day's harrying ;of Colonel Stearns, commander of the1 spruce production division, by Representatives Frear and McGee, Republican members of the spruce investigation committee. bad Us expected result just before noon Thursday. ; '' The hearing temporarily blew up in a row. Representative Lea, Democratic member of the committee, characterised Chairman Frear s examination of Stearns as outrageous, brow beating and insult ing. He threatened to go on the floor of congress and denounce with "all the ve hemence I possess th way the hearing is being conducted." 1 He named it an out rage that a representative of the con gress of the United States should be guilty of endeavoring to read his pre judgment of spruce production into the record by statements disguised as ques tions to the witness. . 4 ... FREAR MAKES ANSWER v 1' Lea repudiated the; stigma placed "Hard Boiled" Oregon Veteran; Used Gun HiUeborp, Aug. 21. Grant Dor land, a Wjashington county overseas service man, is hot unacquainted with "Hard-Boiled Smith." the notorious lieutenant! and that acquaintance meant a courtmartial trial of Dor land and 4 triumphant acquittal. Dorland Was one of the guards at the military prison not far from Paris, and as guard, always c-.rrled a list of thdee prisoners not allowed to leave the stock ade when prisoners were sent out to work.. j "Hard-Boiled" walked out where Dor land stood guard one day and asked him for the list. Dorland saluted, and dived into his pocket for the paper. It came out, and with it flut'xred a little photo graph, which , bad come from the hills of Wrshington county, and which in cidentally was very dear to the soldier. Dorland grabbed for the photo, but too late. VHal-d-Bolled" beat him to it. and tore it to pieces In front of the dismayed guard. Dorland forgot it was a case of officer land man with him' it was a case of man to man just then, and be came from stock that fought Indians in the Northwest in pioneer days. upon the inotlves of .Colonel Stearns by Chairman j Frear. ' i I have; no power to control the hear ings of this committee," said Representa tive Lea, "but I want to repudiate, and I disapprove of, the manner in which this investigation is conducted. I think it is outrageous that' the representatives of the American congress would come here and pursue these brow-beating and in sulting methods in questioning, a: wit ness whof by his manner, shows he is a gentleman endeavoring to tell the truth. "I shall, if this method of examina tion and' conducting this investigation continues,, go to the congress of the United States and upon the floor of con gress denounce with all the vehemence I possess what I deem to be an outrage." Frear answered : "When; this committee was first or- ganized. it was organized by unanimous vote of (congress. Every Democrat on the floor of the house voted for that re- port. COMMITTEE 18 "SLANDERED "Wherj the appointment on this com mittee came to the chairman he refused to take it from the speaker. On the day before the first witness was called the secretary of war the chairman placed his resignation in the hands of the speaker.) who refused to take it because of interference that was promised in the conduct iof the examination. The chair man then stated that there would be no effort to cover up anything in this Investigation from start to finish or he would have no connection with It. "One of the first wtinesses called be fore thej committee was a man who had slandered the committee, including the Democratic member, claiming that this was . a junket and that we were going about as a smellm committee to find out things without any expectation of idttttMHiifflBiinHMiiNnam Why let m . s irks!!! Mar your looks? Sunken cheeks and twisted line aments are caused by absent or crooked teeth. i If you have lost some) of your teeth, come to us and getj a partial or full new set that givef as much comfort as your original teeth and look as well, j The COMPOUND IMPRES SION method, as it i used' in this office, assures a perfect, com fortable, snug1 fit for both Upper and LOWER JAWS. , i Our work is professidnal, special ized, and gives you NO "PAIN. y - ? Dr. E. C. Rossman Hears 9 o 9 Phone Mala 1499 iiiflni!iMmnnuiii.Hii:ii:B;iHiittumiiii!im .. 1 v. j Fine Fabrics and Good Style m Kirschbaum Clothes ' .... No styles quite so smart as these new Kirsch baum designs. No fabrics quite so bright in pattern or so fine in quality. No values quite so large as these to be fdund here- in hew Fall Suits priced in keeping wittf our reputation as a great value giver. ' $30, $35, $40 and Up . Phegley & Cavender . Corner Fourth and Alder Streets Knocked Out It took jus two seconds to reverse that musket and crack the officer be tween the eyes. Hard-Boiled Smith lay on the! ground among the scattered bits of thajt valued photo and Dorland saw visions of Leavenworth prison for life. But the court martial which later tried the soldier voted that Smith had trans cended his authority and freed the guard,; Perhaps those officers on the court i martial had some photographs themselves which had arrived :, irom l some fquaint little hamlet back In thel states! and they felt lake sentencing Hard -Boiled to solitary confinement for a thousand '- years. " Dorland has married since he came back ffrom - France, but you can't get him tip tell who that photo represented. The returned soldier says that Smith was heartily despised by ail who were serving under him. .; Smith was brutal not Only to the prisoners,-but. he - was a martinet with the men under hi authority. He has heard Smith say: "They call me hard-boiled,' and by O , 1 am." Dorland says he has heard at least 50 service men now returned to pri vate life say they would like to get "Just one swing at Hard-Boiled." any inquiry. . One Democratic member was placed upon this committee, as is the usual course in every investigation and every heariAg, and every witness proving of any Importance that member, of this committee has cross examined, something never known before in the history of any investigation with which I have bad connection governmental or otherwise. BROWBEATING IS CHARGED "We have been sent here at the request of JIr. Hughes personally and by his report. In the Hughes investigation the attorney general sat at his elbow and never a question did he ask. "As to the efforts to get at the facts In this hearing from the start; there has been a purpose to cover up, and jorjone, this member does not propoxe to stand for it" "?"hat is what I object to," Lea re torted. "Your methods are not directed to elicit the facts. The disposition is to browbeat the witness and deprive him of the right to give the facts. It is your methods ' of examination that have forced me to cross examine witnesses. I am! not going to remain in silence in the' congress of the United States and permit this sort of examination. I am willing to go with you if you are going after the facts and give the witness a faif: chance. The witness is a man that is apparently an honest man and I wish him to be given the right to tell the faqts and I will give you every aid in my pocr." ST&ARNS GROWS -INDIGNANT The answer of the memben of the committee that has just been made is characteristic of some of the answers which have come to us from this hos tile witness," said Frear. The storm broke during the question ing about salvage of spruce produc - SffiHffiiiHntitmimtmwtmfflHimuiiii m - . $ .By. our No Charge for Examination and Advice Third Floor, Journal Building PORTLAND 1 m OBEOQ5 aaj tion properties. McGee was displeased with the estimate of February last that $750,000 might be recovered on railroad investment of some $9,000,000. - : vr ? Stearns took exception to Frear's as sertion that In .the $14,000,000 settlement with Great Britain we were playing with loaded dice. (The 'officer said that, the cards had been on the table throughout and that Captain Thompson of the Brit ish army had examined the. accounts of the- spruce; production office. In Port land immediately - after the ' armistice. He indignantly repudiated the implica tion that low salvage value had been placed on .property, so that it could be bought up cheaply for instance so that the Siems Carey Kerbaugh corporation could buy for a song the mills the gov ernment paid the corporation $2,200,000 to build fn Clallam county. BURN RATHER THAN SELL "I would rather '."i see " ' properties scrapped and burned 'up than turn them over to private , operators at a great sacrifice to the government." he ex claimed. . V American Bobbed of $12,500 by:Mexicans , Laredo, Texas. Aug. 22 Albert von Hoffman of St. Louis, Mo., reached hers Thursday from a visit to his coffee plan tation in the state of Vera Crus, and' re ported to federal, authorities he had Silk Finis Hats for Men Grays, Greens Browns $5 to $10 NEW FALL" GAPS Ben Selling LEADING HATTER Morrison at Fourth i - ... - & Sanitary Crowns t . AT 3 R The old' methods ot crowning teeth were more harmful than good, for, whle they eased the tooth eache, they irritated the gumsand caused pyorrhea. ' . A very high grade of professional skill is required to crown a , tooth as we crown it, leaving every sur-; face perfectly smooth, with ho part of the crown-. touching. the gum, leaving no chance for - Pyorrhea to start. t 3 - & system of NERVE BLOCKING, .this particular work is. done without your feeling the slightest pain. . Let us look at your teeth and we will frankly tell you if nothing need be done - now.- --. . - Drse Hartley. Kiesendahl and Marshall 1 TTealag-l by Appointment miuwR)!tiuiimtMiuiDmiu!iiin - - 1nUn. A. . Uarftaa Ga, been robbed of $12,600 by Mexicans. While en route to the border von Hoff man said he waa held up .on a train by arranxa soldiers, robbed of; 119.000 In cash and a, Masonic charm studded with diamonds and valued at - S600. Von Hoffman is an - American citiien. ' He left for Washington, last night. .-I Astoria Legibnites . ,Would Get. Behind;: 1 Johnson's Measure ' Astoria, j Aug.. 22. The 'Astoria , roj of the American Xegton waa elaUS r - '-, if---'- The boy; and his HERE at this store we .do not subscribe to the old jests about the boytrudgingat a snail's pace back to school in the Fall. We believe, from what wi have seen of thousands of boys who have been outfitted here, many of whom we also have seen in the schools, that the typical American boy is eager for the first day of school eager-tQ see his teachers, his classmates eager for the tieV pages to unfold daily, that ' he max drink at the fountain where heretoforp undiscovered, glories bring fresh delights. ; , , Such is the boy we believe . in, . and such ; is the boy we want to see you bring, in tomorrow, that we may make him ready for the sound of the 9 o'clock bell. . . : , We have made great preparations to outfit iboys here; there's an abundance of our famous belted suits which we show in cassimeres, in cheviots and in the newest of novelty weavings. The majority.of these good suits have two pairs of "knickers,". which add months of wear to each siiit We have used only the best fabrics obtain able, and the workmanship j is thorough: You will like these suits arid so will your boys. Don't wait for the busy days of next week; ; be .forehanded let tomorrow be, indeed, boys'; day! Boys', Belted Suits v $8:50 . to $30 The second floor , WATCH:: THE;BIG-4 Stomach -K.idney&-Heart-LI vet Keep the vital organs healthy by regularly taking the world's stand ard remedy;' for kidney, liver, bladder 'and uric acid troubles coldmedal: ; The National Remedy tf - Holland tot emtnrld mnA iiuinruH Kw fn tin WifkaL J "X. - - mlna. At all druggists, three sixes, , Uh fW lb mm CmU Medal n rry Wl ' --.. t t .- mm mmrt SM today over ,the announcers ; t f roush nroaa d Ik nntch urn that Kpnator Jci.KJOn had, Introduced a bill providing toe the deportation of "aliens who withdrew, their first j citizenship papers to keep, out of the. army during the war. President Hinman telesraphed State Secretary Elvers to ret the opinion of other posts -in-Oregon and if they are favorable to the bill to wire Oregon, senators to support it. .The Astoria, post is engaged at the present time in a bitter fight afcalnst alien slackers and against the Toverl, Finnish daily, which the legion contends has slurred the organisation, , - Both loud and soft tones can be ob-" talned with a new phonograph needle. his school for boys. , as imW 1Wir.it Ml 11 I t ,V':i. Ms ACIDITY is at ? the' bottom - of ' hibst digestive ilh. . FOR INDIOIISTIOri afford pleasing arid prompt relief from the distress of acid dyspepsia. ; ' HABE BT SCOTT A ' MACEJLS OP SCOTTS CTJlZll l ! i j clothes j. ill