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nn onnc6!i utateamaih tuividay. jaxuahv b, 1010 t - POTATO CROP IN GERMANY IS FM UNDER STANDARD Further Redaction in Rations ' ? fcylltxl Spring Seems j ' y . Apparent " ; v. - CHOP, FAILURE IS DENIED Authorities Say Farmers Are " . Lying About Latest " Estimates , 1 i . AMSTERDAM, Jan, 3 The month erf November marked probably the blackest period In the history of the Cerman food supplr? not "Indeed j iu the actual .supply-. . hot in the, cut look for the winter and spring. The lAiblJc, had already5 become aware that the brtftl-stuffs harvest was poor and the fodder harvest bad, but ! 't ' 'I if- 1 :rvx y Ceylon J . t hri'f : 1 . 0 , J ; i r, . . t i - i " a I-felciii a Wafioh c'BefierGboIss. v TWTO more cooking by goes-. ; JJM work, . Electric cooking I? . . repladnj-; ; guesswork with an almost scientific exactness. It tdakes cooking successes the relet . failures rare, ijt gives . food ' AU richer, better flavor, m deliciousness before unknown.; The Hughes ; , Electric Range b setting this new " , standard of cooking excellence ; . making a nation of better 'cooks. ' ' The absolutely even heat of Hugbea Electric Range gives a oniforffiity -of-' rtaulta hhharto impoMibl. Constant watching to unnecessary the results are i : assured in advance. The Hughes Electric oven, with lu heavily -inauUtd,'hat retaining walls, cavaa graatty tn meat ahrlnkage ' and ! ' ' ' . gtvts the mat iar, oetllr- flavoc, ' Cas and bread rise evanly and bvown ' uniformly! . becauae of the wondarfully avan hat throughput tba ovatb .Tbare are .no air currants to carry off tha rich ; Juicaa, not puaoua fumas to contaminate the JoodVi r . ' , With such a range aa this, evary womanv i can become a better coak. When to haf care in preparation' la added parfoctlon ' in coojdng, is it any wonder that Hughaa - , UactrM Kangae are being bought by thouaanda, that avary range Inatallad in , ",. a neighborhood bacotnae tha cantar 'of a, , growing groop ef uaars? Let-nis tell yen more about the cleanli- - . ncas and convanian'a of the llughae . IClacric Rah'ga, and abow you how much , btir rvaul'a yo-i ran obtain with It than with any oth cooking matbod. ' -' lurther revelation can rapidly dur ing the moot n, which must have aa all but catastrophic effect on thrlnk lug people In Germany. 1 be supply of Vegetables, , It became, knbwn, la verr Inadequate everywhere, there la hardly any prospect of help from the fish, trade, and an alarming drop la shown In tho prospects of the alitady icanty supprie of milk, butter and fat. . . if ' , ' : iHnttt Harvest DlwapfxditU. ' Finally, on topv of all this, It bo came clrar durlnKuNorcmber that tho l-otato haiWst la disappointing in the extreme. The Quantity shown In the tsfllclal returns' Is Indeed so disap pointing that' the. authorities retuae to accept the !vled estimates, de clare the farmers liars, and propone tu tall in the military to requltslon fctoeka. Moreover, the quality In dif lerent parts of he empire Is report td us extremely poor, ao that an.un tinuei percentage of loss can be count ed cn with certainty. i "i i f i Hum -itt" ! ?iot Materteltee. As late as - October. there were good hoTea of a. satiaiacior&, potato crop," and n.any people descried the cowing Harvest as "almost bumpeY." fcarly In November' the estimates grew mom rober, and during-the latter pari of "the month the truth came out. " The harvest Is almost o' total failure?: Of course, the author ities declare that the revised esti mates '.'cannot be correct," the tar vest roust and shall be at least a medium one; the,-farmers-are lying, the military, wlir be called upon to uncover the boarded stocks, ' thi 0 4 Be Watchful of Quality in War . Time5 Tree Tea Today Always, The Best Quality and fir die Least M on ey Japan, "... I I , 1 ELECTRIC LIQIIT CO. j"rjy 'tv--:,':" fanning districts will be compelled to deliver '.the quotai which they were assessed In expectation of a normal harvest. C - The ! German newspapers have abandoned the pretense that "things will be easier this winter than last," but they still cling, to the hope that prospects may be changed by some miracle In Russia or Italy. The Uer 1 In t correspondent of the Coloto'. Volkszeitung, dlscusHlng tho pros post of the fourth winter, says: Fourth Winter JliinleMt Yet. 'U will be the'tiardest yeU.Kvery h?uiiehld will feel Its, hardships raore, because all the small stocks In rtorerootns and enllara .have been used up. The harvest has not turned out well. Nevertheless, tho nation can hold out if three conditions are fulfilled. Kvery possible : surplus should be brought In from ltumanla, Tlelgium and France. All grain must be seized for the common store. Po tatoes must be used for stretching the breadst tiffs." ' - It Is now regarded ascertain that both the-meat and brjad ratlins wl'l have to be reduced in the early spring, despite a desperate effort to gather up all the remalnng food stuffs In th occupied territories. This latter movement li likely, to bo extended to extreme limits during the winter, with the result that the !nh4httntfl of all occupied territor ies face the prospect of absolute starvation for Germany's benefit. Potato Floor Hcarre. In an effort to stretch further the supplies of breadstuffs, orders, have ban given tor a wider use of potato flour. but. this movement is found difficult owing to scurclty of pota to floni. To obtain more at this time If not eav, for It la necessary to dry -and milt the potatoes, which takes .time, and just now more than the. usual time owing to shortage of labor, real and other requisites Hence, ; until February, bread mustl ;e stretched with fresh potatoes, a measure or douDirui expeaiency. The failure of the fodder harvest coincides with, ft general' unsatis factory hay crop. This la leading to Increased slaughter of plgv a falling offln the weight cf,rai1It siaugh tered, tod , a steadv diminution In .mdk and milk products, I " 'The place r meat cannot te taacn In anr extent b7 (fsh, for the supplv of fish Is very poor, and the authori ties hold out no hope of an r Im provement, : The obvious fiifr.t'nev food la- vegetable. , but' there has been a failure of the market-garden crop Jn many districts, and tho wholesale evasions of regulations a" to Illicit , sales have apparently left th markets almost bare. The Increase of Illicit trading Is the subject of a fiery editorial In the Mcunswlch Volksfreund, which say; "Aa foon as an order Is Issued, hree-foiirtbs of the population seek how they nay evade it. They have lost faith In official promises, ' and '.he., fear of starvation has them in Its grip, '; For ham, eggs, butter ani honey, . senselesa prices are being nald. and the r'ch . alone can g9t them. iHarter la ajao pliylng a large part In procuring provisions. It is well; known that alt possible provi slona ean be 'obtained if one has other commodities such as rice, soap or petroleum to exchange. The sho? keepera In the towns are good .band" it" tlrla system. Though they may have nothing on view in the shop there la always something In th? background which they will exchange for other goods on favorable, terms. If the farmer's wife appears with her, luxuries, she can have whatever be wants. .;. '.., , -,'" 4 "Two remedies are suggested heavy penalties or free trade. The atter would be a dangcroua ex perl ment, tM former needs the support I of everybody to make It effective." PACIFISTS fa ACCORD ' tContlnued from page 1). wanta t retain whatever It attaches value to In the interest cf lta worll position .On the, other hand the quadruple alliance mustV- not imly roaadly renonac all theti vlctorloas arms have brought thorn, but volun tarily auryqnderj pertlm of their territory; or suffer Interference - In thojr internal political affairs. ' "Lloyd George'a terms, therefore, are even as only a victor dare offer he vanquished. We must shcw Great Britain deeds that we are the; victors, not the vanquished." COURT HEARS : y f SPANIEL SUIT Action Is Brought Against P, , C. Freres on Accommo dation Paper 'Nearly ill the time of Judge Kellv In th circuit court yerterdiv wa occupied In ; hearing the testlm? In the suit of Oeorge Spsnll against T. C. Freres, an action brought for the repayment of accbmmodat'on notes. - , ; The aherlff returned Into cour tho '. evenitlcn SM-ued In the snt of ferry A', Cupper against Elmer Den ny t al. on a jtidgmfnt for $1015.41 and his report showed that th prop erty sold to the plaintiff for the sum c-f 110 15.4 1, aatlsYylng the judgment la tljo case, i A complaint was filed by Edd Young against G. D. Trotter et at; demanding the production of eerta'n evldncu deduced In tbo anil In th Hlntrirt cnurt of tho ITnlted 8tatoi for the dlottlct of Oregon, htlng.a law sut brought by the defendant Trottfr July 27, 1317. Certain erl-' dmce was necessary In the ease Just filed against Trotter. r Summons was Issued In the suit of lona Tt. Kaufman against Floyd K. Kaufman tn n aetlrm for divorce. fvcre of arrotate Hlvorro wa en tered of eeordJn the. suit f John U Apple as-alnM Daisy Apple. ? How would" you lika to be like Henry Ford and orderd by the; court lo pay a dlvldent of 119,000,0007 What a compliment that would be. PAPER CONTRACT HEARING OPENED BY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, Jan- 7. Changes which newspaper pulrrlaher wanA made la contracts and trade customs for the purchase of print paper were outlined today In the federal trado com mission at the first open hearing to obtain Information on which to fly paper prices. ; s ; TheTommlsston'ls preparing to fix prices under -an agreement with the fnanufacturers but beforie action Is aken there may be a riew law on the federal statute books giving It full power 'oser, the, pajcr supply. Willie the hearing was in progress today the senate made Its unfinished, business legislation recommended by the joint congressional printing pa per committee." ; Ileaolutkm la I'repaTwl. The legislation Is In the form of a resolution, which provides that dur Ing the war the trade commission shall; ' , "Supervise, contrpl and regulate production and distribution of paper and mechanical chemical pulp In. the United States and that all mills and agencies distributing such' materials such be operated on government ac count. . . ' ' Authority "also will be given the president to negotiate with Canada for limiting American exports to Canada to government account. Th resolution probably will be considered tomorrow. : : ; , Ecbs , of the lo,njr fight, of the publishers for lowe prices, culmin ating In the Indictment rf a number or manufacturers and their agree ment, to hnv.the eomnt'sslon set 'a orlee Tor their product, were evident (a some of the exchanges at the hear ing between wltnesseip'and Henry A. Wise of NeV York, 'attorney for' the manufacturer. KmH ! lcbols M the New York Evening I'ost testified he s'ged contract for paper, without eadlng it, lecause ho faared 'If ! ho made objection he could .get no paoer'. . - - '" '.'-I - "Hut. you made no rbI?clon what ever to the terma of the contract?" InnlMted M?. Wise. ' , ; ' "t wouldn't make ; any ,objectlon either If a burglar held-a pistol to my head and asked for what I had," retorted the witness. x . ., 1ialrmn lntermpta.,'':'.H Chairman Harris Interrupted to "it thst such remarks did not aid In reaching just conclusions.' Mr. tcholx said he would retract the ref erence. . , - ; ' At another t'me Mr. Wise nues lond theswtness regarding the oV anlsstlon and purnoaoa of the Amer ican Newspaper Publishers' associa tion. , . ,: . : "is It not an asaoclatton of buyers for the purpose of molding down tho rice of the product they purchase?" tie ecked. , ' : 4Jt la, not" Scholf replied warni lyvrrr"Tu5b?tittt'f immOTrrtme'arf "th"r." : . " I -t'-:t,y: : ; :- Otrlectlons try, Mary Hytrtan pf the department, of Justice elicited from "he manufacturers' counsel the state ment that he wished to show motive. T submit that If the attorney gen eral Indicts the manufacturers for adopting a standard form of cou--aet." he said, ''then he sJionld In dict the publishers for seekVng to dle ato atorm of eonlract." . O yf!tnfvr.Mp"f expert for the pubflshers association, outlined t ' IAMT " TIMK TDAY MARGUERITE Clark "'HEff MATINEE IDOL" ' '-WEEKLY COMEDY ji'- HTAItTI.Vfi TOMOIlllOW VIVIAN MARTIN I i i 1 1 VVUkNMAeTIM ' v "MOLLY ENTAJIGLED" A Hlory Of - WEKKLY AVM il lKi:iM Comedy - . - ! . OREGON XT to the commission the' changes which the, publishers wished made In the standard form of contract-, Foremost was an Insistence on 'a provision making the paper the absolute prop erty of the publisher after purchase. He said the usual contract contained a clause limiting the use of paper to the buyer within a specified time and for certain editions of his publica tion and that the clause had been In terpreted to mean that paper bought In one year could not be used In an- otBer. V ' Change ,Are Dealred. -Objection waa made also to clauses'; providing for delivery In equal monthly Installments, fixing the weight variation at 6 per cent, which waa declared too large, set ting the time for payment as the lath of each month, which was aslced fo be changed to the 20th, or thirty days frbm Invoice, and providing for, the returning of paper roll cores by repald freight Instead of collect, al though It was agreed that the pub fishers should pay tho freight In the en. ' ' The publishers agreed to perma nnt wldhs of paper In the interest of.ecnomlcal operation by the man ufacturers and conceded that aide Talk or press room delivery wss un fair to the manufacturer, who should be allowed to ehlo his prodnct Y. O. H, publishers' city. ' It also was urged thst "substantially average nallty" should bj'hanged. to sneel f leatlons mora definite as to weight, color and finish, ; s ' J. H. -Zerbv of the PnttavWe (Pa.) Hally Republican, representing the "enusvlvanla AsAclafed ntiipa, and fl. K. I fosmer of Denver. Colo., repre senting the Nation! Editorial" asso ciation, appeared for the small pa ners. Krank! P.01ass of the Illrmlng ham (Ala.) News;; vice president of he American Newspaoer Publishers' ssoclstlon. told the commission that h expeted a "mr onservatlv and ; reasonable contract" to be adeptad. I : - . ' ( : JoHler will le heard tbv the com mission Wednesday and the general hearings will be resumed February 4. 5 Mr. Wise asked a c'nttnuane to allow the production of figures on Investments coats: It also wssang vested.that postponement until after he Canadian hearings tn Ottawa, lanuarv ) 1 0. would facilitate, settle ment of the price question here. . -V ITKIt TftOUniK IS GOXK. . Mrs. Thomas II. Davis, Montgom ery. I nd., says "she had trouble with her .bladder and had doctored for several, months without relief, when Foley Kidney Pills were recom mended and she commenced using them and got relief. They 'relieve backache, rheumatic pains, stiff, swollen Jolpts and kidney troubla. U C. Perry. ':'''. ... - ' Albed Crover, Woodbarn Man, Commits Suicide Alfred Grover, whose parents and a aister Uvea at Woodburn, recently committed sulcldoeU Yale, Washing ton. by shooting himself In the bead with a. shotgun. In letter addressea lo hie-wife, his parents and a neigh bor, he gave aa his reaaon that he was hopelessly in" debt. It Is be lieved the recent loss of a little son who waa killed accident!- may have cauaed a mental collapse. Grover had been employed by the North Fork lagging company at I? a day and It la' said that a few hunirrrd dollarr: would have cleared hts rfbts, H's wife was visiting at Woodland, near her husband, when he killed himself. The body waa brought to Woodburn lor burial. - Willamette "Beatculs" Will Meet College Team Friday VBearrat" basket ball team .pien will get their .first chance of the sea son to show their mettle Friday, when they meet Oregon Agricultural eollege In Willamette gymnasium at 7:30 p. m. j.. .'-V' v The men who are mentioned a-, probable first1 team men this vesr are Nichols, Wapato. Sparks, Dlm Ick and MMlr. , McKlttrlch. a new first-year man, from Wenatchee, Wash.. Is also favorably apoken of. Snhatltutes ,wlll probably be Itarey, UaAr and Boeolofsky. " The local boys have h vl four -rMks of practice and feel confident that they can beat O. A. C. Chief Coboer Shows Signs ' of Improved Condition Chief of police Cooper who Is III at his home with lobar pneumonia waa reported by hi physician short lr hror,2 o'clock this morning as having shown algna of Improvement at the physician's latest violation to the chief's bedside. Chief Cooper XJIXJV CLX kJ I- - ciLiaaMio I I Rcol Chmvififl Plug -,- T i S1ffa tha lavaatla -MtvfiUM ai e i a 1 Mar Oaaiara OaM Nat Kaa ta ft aae fraa tm UgAk csiavclv rtua tosacco. New tue satat Paaan Kaaas It Fr mm4 Cmm m-4 Gaa. . . A UtttaCfcaw m O ly ta tM mm Lat Utif tmm a S4 aaa J?J3. 9rtfvTaaceC hwtfJUanr.TM MIPS 13 TMS 5L0TH-7HE ANIMAL THAT SHUTS HIS EYES TO CVERYTHIKflL HE MISSIS A LOT-AND SO DOES THE MAN WHO SHUTS HIS EYES TO MY GOOD NEWS ASOUTr TOBACCO 29 KOT TXSlKL CnAVXLY vVZZlSOUT ' THIS SKAL Has taken 111 Friday and his Illness developed seriously. Ilia friends were . encouraged:, at reports last iilgbt. : f 1 - ' :. ' 4 . : - " Conservation Dinner To L Be Served On January 1 G At the Pomona Orange meeting In Salem January . 1 6, a .conservation dinner will be served, Mrs. ZcIU Fletcher, secretary of the Salem gfange, the women's work commit lteldciiccV Phone, 232. 1 Ilione 101, Itepublle Trucks. CioxKlrtch'Tlrea. Overland Mervlce. All .Accessories : Mt. Aiigel Garage cntfwp . wii.m:ii)i:ii Proprletora.- .. MU Angel, Or. I Htorage and ltealra. m ! BUSINESS I ' Tn: . . Vrr; r-,- -r ' Y ' CONVENIENCE and rcconlm handling income and t outgo are alTordrd by a Checking Commercial) Ac count at the United States National Hank. , At the nnmo time IhiTO arc many additional aid to husinoss avail able here for family and firm. ' ' " V " . j Are your youngsters laving Oovernmcat Thrift Stamps: - If not, let us tellyou about them. ' r . ' You a ting.poorer. i Uncle 8am ia trying to conserve the aupply of wk1 and it will ioni be itnposHible to get an absolutely all-wool garment for . civilian wear. : ! -.; ; . . : , ' Order Your Suit Now i ' .; -" . , r Ilys ordering now, you will get better material and get your au it at a lower price. . ' - . : , No Increase in our Prices There wH Ik? ho increase in the price of our uiU for ten. days. AVe have hundrejls of suitings for you to select from!! Come in and look them over. 1 V " i : You, all know the quality of our workmanship. Our units' have.no auperior in Salem na to quality of material, style, fit or liniKh. ... , Order now and get better material at a lower irice than will be possible later oil. - JOHN SUNDIN, Tailor 347 STATE STREET . tee, and Miss Lorene Parker, the home demonstration agent for Marl oiTconnty, are working together and making every . effort to make this a success. ' . Meat supbstltutes war breads and war desserts will find favor that day. Every grange member Is co-operating with the committee In charge and gratifying results are expected, i This Is a "very Important step the grange members are taking and it is to be hoped that other organizations will follow their example. 'FIEST AIDS' U ITS for Aa you will know the pricey oil all woolen tpoda arq re also probably well aware that-Vy ity of woolcnk will soon be get CALL! I