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Vine. H OKI'UOX CITY KXTKRIMMSK. FRIDAY, MAY 4. 1917. American Tanker Is Sunk 10 Sailors Sent To Death Plunger Makes Get' Away LONDON. April 10. Amrtc may torpedoing and he mjr be ihe first of hive Inst her Brit flhtln fore In 1 America' Ashling men la tile. the war wllh Germany In Ihe torpedo-1 The Vacuum U an olltanker. proper- In of th armed AmerUan oll-tauker' ty of ho Vacuum Oil company of Nc Vacuum Saturday. Vr Tbe lieutenant In command of the ua crew and nine of hi men were! NKW YOHK. April 30 Only thre imoni (he missing reported today. of Ihe American naval gunner ahoaro n. nnnr were anion ' Ihe oil tanker Vacuum. unk by a ul' thoso aaved. The reeued Included the! marine, are listed a vcd In cable chief mate and 17 men In all. The captain of the Vacuum and om of the crew are till unaccounted fur. Th survivor were attended to by the Shipwrecked Mariner' oclety today. Unless the American naval lleuten (ram received at the oil company office her today. Captain 8. H. liar rl waa among thuto drowned. The message follow: "Vacuum toriKsloed 2!th. 140 mile went of llarra. No. 1 lifeboat wit captain and other lost No. ! with ant and hla rm crew, now missing, are chief officer and following ved later rcued. they will be America' flrit fighting force to loe their live In America' war with Germany. The naval lieutenant will be the first officer killed. J. t Epolucct, a boatiwaln't mate I'. 8. N., I nil! miming from the Aitec Simpson and William, engineer Unrcreo. rarenter; I.otet, quarter matter: Witien. Utlio. oiler; I'ar.lo, atoker; Slngro. VtmcKappam. ltyl aeamen; Ola and Andrew, ateward Hatton, wlrele; William Orell ano Nlchola Hltson and laaker, naval.1 GERMANS NOT BACK OF STOCKHOLM. Sweden, via London. April 30. The forthcoming peace con ference of the International Socialist Bureau 1 cot to be held at the in stance of the German and will not work for a separate peace, said Pieter Troelstra, Dutch Socialist leader and chairman of the executive committee. in an interview today. He spoke of the decision of the French SoclalUt not to send dele gates to Stockholm, saying that, in spite of this action, French Socialist would be repretented. If merely by minority delegate. He was reminded of the assertion made in France that the only thins the conference could ccompish would be to further pro gramme for a separate peace. That Is the last thing In the world it will do," he aaid. "We are not work' lng for separate peace and do not desire it What we want is universal peace, and we believe the time has come when there is a chance of achiev ing it We are most optimistic at to the outlook." Denies It "Have you noted," he was asked, "that the French based their refusal partly on the allegation that the call ing of the conference was due to agi tation from German and Austrian sources?" The Dutch leader emphatically re pudiated this statement saying : "As long sgo as last August the idea of this conference had taken shape and the executive committee had be gun laying plans. Some time later we received a letter from Morris HHIqult of New York, saying that the Ameri can Socialists demanded that a peace conference be held not later than March 1, and that If we did not call one they would. We asked them to wait until the middle of March. It is absolutely untrue to say we are meet ing at German or Austrian solicitation or instigation. We have been urged to take this step, not only by Ameri cans, but by Danes, Norwegians and others. The coming conference will be neutral in every sense of the word, designed to serve no cause except the cause of universal peace. We are holding it at this time because condi tions now seem favorable, especially in view of the Russian revolution." Other prominent Socialists have ar rived In Stockholm for the coming conference, Including M. Stauning, BRITISH HEADQUARTERS April 30. via London. There are lu creasing evidence daily of how the German higher command I using the name of Field Marshal von lllnden burg In an effort to utaln the morale of the German fighting men. which was lowered by the retreat from the Somme and the successful launching of the rirttlsh and French offensive actions. Prisoners recently taken also tell how Von Hindenburg continues to be held up to the German population as a whole as the man In whom It must repose confidence and hope of Una) victory. The recent retreat was explained by the desire of the German com mand to take up a position on the famous Hindenburg line and prison ers now say that when it becomes anown In Germany that the Uritlsl have turned this position and taken possession of several miles of It southeast tof Arras great depression will be caused. Civilians, as well as soldiers, placed great faith in this line, on which they ,say millions upon mil lions of marks have been spent. They had been told the line was so invulnerable that the Germans could sit on it for the remainder of the war. AnACKEO; PEOPLE ARE C UNlH, April 30 -I he prill. h ad mirally was under a furnace blast or heat of public tiumor fur rehihit lion today. Urd Nurthiiide. the man who lei the crusade In 115 which resulted In Ihe area! ahakcup of the war utile and l.lovd George appointment i minuter of munitions, w behind tu day's movmnt for reorganisation of the natal branch. Pre and public appeared to agree with hint In the II e- Hint fashion. The opposition to the admlrattt reached Ihe house of common today when questions were asked of the flral lord of the admiralty, Sir Kdward Carson. Thr Direction. If the number of German tub marine I Increasing we mutt eipevt a corresponding Increase In the dangr to shipping," he replied, referring to the itatlktlc of sinkings. The admiralty 1 under attack from three direction. First. thre I wide- pread criticism of It failure more sue cesafully to combat the German suit marine menace; second. Ihe admiralty la blamed for Insufficient roast pro tection, permitting a number of Ger man destro)r raids on secost cit ies; third, and probably mtt Import ant the public I aroused over sup pression of full fact a to lb serious ness of the submarine campaign and allied losses. Northcllff In Fight Ixird Northcliffe la leading the way in this criticism, directing most of hi energy toward forcing the admiralty to give full fact on submarine opera tions. He advance the theory In which be I cupported by the publlc-r- that If England was aware of exactly how great the Inroad of her food con sumption have been, duo to subma rines, the government would have an easier time applying economic policies The misleading statements of losses Issued weekly by the admiralty 'have given a f-Use Impression of Kngland's security, according to Northcliffe and his fellow-crusader, and they are threatening to adopt the same tactics eulnst the admiralty that they put into effect at the time of the she't agt tatlon two years ago. Good Result. At that time their efforts divorced Lord Kitchener from hi exalted posl tion as director of all army matters and mnde a division of the work at home and ata the front. Uoyd George master dynamo of England, was put In charge of speeding up tne manufacture of munition. At the time Northcllffo and hi fel low reformer achieved their rehabili tation and strengthening of the gov ernment by telling the fact. They ere facts which the war office had re fused to permit In print They showed the people that the one main reason for the tremendous losses of British (JIKLSPVISsSIOT KNCKI) TO THE DEATH PENALTY PARIS, April ;. A eeurlmae. Hal has ndsmned t dsslh as a spy CmilUnn Ret Duclmltlcrt, 1r-old girl. Sh convicted of gthrlng military Information at Otnsva, Lyons and Pari, on hlf of a Osrman by whom h wa em ployed ..rv.nt. GERMAN MINISTER SAYS SUBS WIIL BRING OLD El The German class nf il it learned, ia being called up. but Is still ! 'Ke' early ln ,he ,ar WS!' ,ack of In training. BE CALLED TO PLOW E PORTLAND, Or., May 1. Oregon's farmers are to be called into the ser vice of the country. They will be ordered, within the next few days, to gather at convenient meeting places ln their respective communities on Saturday night, May 12, and prepare plans to Increase the food supply of the land. Agricultural agents representing nearly every county In Oregon gath ered In Portland yesterday and con- adequate ammunition and supplies Though showing thl need, a reorgunl nation .of the war making department was achieved by force of public opinion. BLOODHOUNDS TRAIL OF GLENDALE; GET TRACE AMSTERDAM, via London, April S. In the first two month of unrn strlcted submarine warfare more than 1.600.000 tons of shipping was sunk by the Germans. I'r. Karl llelf ferb'h, German ecrctary of the lu terlor, told the relctulag main com mlttee. Aisertlng that the busmarlne campaign was proving a great suc cess, he continued: "From our figures one may esti mate Ihe total tonnage still avail' able Itrltlsb trade at 7.000000 to 10. 000.000. It la clear the llrlllsh mer chant fleet cannot long bear (Inking at the present rate. AdequMe substi tution by new construction are lin- posslbte. Saw Aright "Uoyd George Justly recottulxed that Ihe question of ships will be de cisive for the future of llrltlsh world ower and that issue of the war. 'The wooden ships which the nlted States Intend to build to ave Great lirttaln will, lu all probability. only come into use when they have nothing more to sate. Great Hrltaln'i Kempt to alleviate her difficulties b) rastlc restriction In Importation ol the less' essential commodities Is doomed to failure. "V In Germany have been kept short but we stand secure. The wur of starvation I turned against It originator. The American apostle of humanity who are trying to drive our neutral neighbors to war against u with throats of death will nut turn the scale of fute. Her Position. "Kculliln, her position. Great Iirtt aln 1 seeking the decision on land, driving hundred of thousands of her son to death and ruin. The belief that she could comfortably wait un til hunter had conquered us and until her great brother lieyond the water came to her rescue bus disappeared If we remain true to ourselves, keen calm, maintain our nerve and keep our own house in order by malntulnln? internal unity we have won the war. In these decisive weeks the German people has to prove that it Is worthy to exist." GENERAL WHITE WAITS REGISTRATION Of TILL AGES ARE NAMED UKCKUIT SHOWS NOWANDTIIKN OLD SKUI.Ii WOltKS ON HIGH ROSEDURG, Or., April 30. Assisted by two bloodhounds from the state penitentiary, several posses of men stateg wag ,n(1cata(, , the Benat9 n va tnninht nnnkCn ... V .. 1 1 I 1 CONSCRIPTION BILL IS PASSED SECOND I BY THE UPPER HOUSE WASHINGTON, May 1. Thesenate this afternoon for the second time passed the administration's selective conscription bill. It will go at once to conference for straightening out of house and senate differences. That war with other nations than Germany may threaten the United fen-prl with nfflflala nf tUa T7nln,l istuiiou uiiuisier wuuoui portlOllO; tne, oi.i.. j... . ii. . t. ..v c . . . .' . States department of agriculture and representatives of the Oregon agricul tural college on plans to enlist every Dutch Senator Van Kol and Herr A1-! barda GRAND RONDE VALLEY UNION, Or., May 2. With thousands of acres of land in the central Grand Ronde valley flooded, and with the waters of Catherine creek, Little creek and the Grande Ronde river still rising, Indications are that high water damage in this section will axiount to many thousands of dollars. Delayed spring freshets are respon sible, and residents feel that condi tions are such as to Indicate a contin uation of the flood situation for some time. Land along the river already sowed to grain will have to be recanted, and i the fear Is that the flood conditions may exist long enougbh to make crops to date for harvest. Families living along the river are moving to higher lands. farmer ln the state In the movement. Food Is Scarce The federal authorities made no se cret of the fact that the state, the United States and every country with which the United States Is allied ln the present war are woefully short of every kind of food. I tie farmers will be urged to do their utmost to produce a maximum yield, primarily as a patriotic duty and Incidentally as a profitable undertak ing. Several speakers reported that farm ers in some localities hesitate about seeding an increased acreage under the apprehension that a possible over production will bear down the prices. No Guarantee R. D. Hetzel, director of the agricul tural college experiment station, re ported that the federal authorities probably would guarantee a minimum price for all Btaple farm products, al though he could give no definite as- i surance on this point. Every report from the authorities at Washington, he said, emphasized the fact that there will be no over pro duction In any line that even wlh a maximum yield of every commodity The Hutchinson levee, seven miles from Union, gave way and caused fur-! that can e produced In the nortl. ther damage, and though caterpillar engines are being used to haul dirt and material to repair It, efforts to stop the rush of water are unavailing. It is impossible to estimate the dam age already done. Houses and barns along the waterways are in danger. a Berlous Bhortaee is threatened. Yesterday's meetnlg was called by Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of the state agricultural college and the author ized representative of the United States department of agriculture in the food campaign ln Oregon. are tonight searching the heavily tim bered districts of south Douglas coun ty for Jim Hayes, city marshal of Glendale, who disappeared last Frl day night. According to the Roseburg officials the searchers reported that they had found his shoes, together with several articles of clothing beside a creek a short distance from Glendale, Find Trail The trial picked up by the dogs then led south, where Is was lost ln the mountain districts. Many other pieces of clothing were also found where they had been discarded by Mr. Hayes along his route. The officers are of the opinion that Mr. Hayes Is demented and he has probably died of exposure somewhere in the mountain districts south of Glendale. The posses are working under the direction of Deputy Sheriff Allen Brown, of Glendale, and the search will not be given up for several days. Several Days Mr. Hayes had been city marshal of Glendale for several years and Is well known throughout Douglas county. Sheriff Qulne has telegraphed to the officers at Gold Beach and other dis tant towns regarding Mr. Hayes' dis appearance and posses may be organ ized there. The sheriff said tonight that he en tertained little hope of finding Mr. Hayes alive because of the cold weath er which has prevailed here the past few days. Sheriff Qulne had no re port of Mr. Hayes' disappearance until Sunday. NAMES DOCTOR SALEM. Or., April 27. Governor Wlthycombe announced today thai he had appointed Dr. V. Carlton Smith, a prominent physician of this city, as physician for the state pris on. The appointment will become effective May 21. day, when Senator Chamberlain Intro duced for repassage the conscript army bill. "Upon advice of the Judge advocate general, I desire to amend the bill," Chamberlain said, "so as to substitute the word 'emergency' for the word war the word 'emergency' for the word 'war' wherever It appears In the bill. Only Germany "The reason given me Is that the bill may now be construed to apply only to the war with Germany, and If we were drawn Into a war with other nations, It wouldn't apply to those.1 There followed discussion of thl wording, during which Senator Hoke Smith Bald: - " 'War' should remain, because the bill applies to the existing- war anoth er 'might not meet the approval of congress." The amendment was voted down, and, If the judge-advocate's opinion on the Interpretation of the bill Is cor rect, America's conscript army , tech nically may be for battle with Ger many alone. Other minor amendments covering phraseology were accepted. In these, the age limit of those sub ject to draft was changed to 27 years, as approved by the senate Saturday night. Religion An Excuse The senate voted down, 64 to 17, McCumber's motion to strike out of the bill the clause which exempted certain "well recognized religious sects" opposed to taking up arms. After an hour's talk La Follette's amendment to refer the conscription bill to the public, was defeated 68 to 4. Those ln favor were Gore, LaFollette, Gronna and Vardaman. The senate adopted an amendment by Senator Jones, Washington, prohi biting the maintenance of disreputable resorts within 10 miles of soldiers' training camps. I'OHTl.ANI), nr.. May I -I'relluilii tries for tli taking of a war rrnsu In (iresun were leuii by Adjutant lleneral (ieor A. hit of Ihe (Ve to Natioiial guard thl morning, de tail of Ihe census armlnlslratlon bar lug brvn entrusted to him by Governor Wlthycombe. ( The first step wa In riissse addl tlorsl office adjoining the guard headquarter In the Morgan building The net will be to divide Ihe slat Into district for registration purpose It I e peeled that some 35 or 40 dl trlct will be created MicMn Rttdy The war department ha sungested thst the registration In counties and communities of less than .10,000 be left to sheriffs and other county of fliisls For communities of more than 30.000 the department make no ug gestlons. Oregon has but on community of more than SO.ooo, I'ort'and. and It Is probable the census her will be under the direction of the adjutant general. the city authorities cooperating. Preparations at (ho present time consist In getting th machinery In readlnes to take the renins and lo he things In sueh shape that the registration can be completed In on dy. Both H ousts. Inasmuch as the two houses of con gress have not yet been able to agre a to the range of age of men who will be liable to the (elective draft actual taking of the census must wall on congres specifying the age. It la expected that the rottau will be taken on a particular day to be designated by the president Actual registration operations can not be begun until the receipt of de tailed Instructions from Washington, after the president has signed the com pleted bill, and until noceasary blank are received from Washington. Quota 11.692. It I assumed In some quarter that Oregon will be given credit for her men In National guard service, and for those who have enlisted since the de rlaratlon of war with Germany, In sup plying her quota. Nothing offliiul as lo this point ha been learned, how ever. The raeitlc northwest' must furnish 13,692 men for every 500.000 troops of the new American army when the con scription bill goes Into effect, accord ing to estimates today by army officers. No exemptions will be mado during registration. Every eligible male eltl ten must register and t lions refusing to do so will be subject to arrest and imprisonment. After registration farm ers, munition workers and men needed in home Industrie for the good of the country will be exempted. All others will be subject to call. 1141 Men to District PORTLAND, Or, April 2-Wr hs no Isrrors fur Prlvl Clsr- nc Rub'Mh and hi squad tf marln corp rouklss, n rut ldy la Mr Island, 'following sculalory high jink at IN Union depot Thursday night Privet Rubltth was placed In command of a party cf 11 re cruit ordsrtd ntrln for In south t I p. m, ihoiily Mr 7:30 th newly n llitsd men, ch with a lsls, oin with two or lhr, bgn putting In Ihslr pprnc at In tatlon. Dsfor th train whlsllsd "ll board," th girl In th psrty hsd Inorssssd to nHy lot). Th Usl 10 mlnuU wr sptnt In pro miscuous frll kissing, th rtcrull b'ng fortsd I pss down th I In) of adnirlng young womn to rscslv hi quota of "mk.M Thl o ppfalsd lo Prlvat Dill Coleman, (landing back .with .a party of fellow osl arillKrjrmsn who hid nol ytt bn ordsrsd out, thst ho rvihd lo Ihe end of h lino nd ran th gauntlet, missing nary a rossbud mouth on th way, GOVERNOR PUTS WHITE IN CHARGE OF DRAFT: E: Approximately 1141 men will be con s rlpted from each congressional dis trict. Portland s total will be 1141 Seattle city and Kitsap comity must furnish the came number. Kiitlm.itlnK on the basis of 1141 for each congres sional district, tbo four northwest slates will furnish quotas as follows In the first 00.000 troops: Oregon n 2n; Washington, 570.V Idaho, 22S2; Montana, 22S2. It Is expected that registration will bo completed by June I. and and that recruits will be called Into service a month or six weeks later. Own Officers It Is umlerhtood that tlie best of the officers from each stato commissioned following the closing of tho coming officers' reserve training camp nt the Presidio will be placed lu command of the conscripted troops from their own states. This is merely speculation, however. The conscripted troops will probably bo mobilized later at some point in the east. l-OKTI-ANli,. Or, May 1. Outer nor Wilhyrombe come to Portland yesterdsy and conferred for several hour with George A. White, adjutant general of Ihe Oregon National guard. relslho lu details of the wsr census to bo made by the state of men ub- Ject to conscription. Th dale of Ihe war census Is mil known yet It probably will be set by proclamation of President Wilson af lr the conscription nirasur become law. Isu Bulletin Following hi conference with Gen eral While. Governor Wllhycomle Is sued ' War Census llulletlu No. 1" lo officials of etery county of the dale. In the bulletin Ihe governor said: "In connection with the letter which I sent you on May 1, 1917, there are enclosed herewith extract from communication received from Ihe see retary of war. The matter covered In the secretary' communication are sent you for guidance In the prelim! nary work of starting the actual war census In your county. Start Soon 'Detailed Information covering tho methods to be followed will be fur nlshed you Immediately upon Its re ceipt It Is believed that this will be within five day after the complete selective draft law has been slxned by the president. "It Is requested that you give the enclosed communication careful (on sidcrotlon and proceed with prelimi nary arrangement for making the census, getting In touch with those will give tholr voluntary aid. "There has been established In con nection with the adjutant general's office of Ihlu state a wur census bu reau In chnrge of tho adjutant gen ernl at 610 Morgan building, Portland. Or., to which correspondence and nil Inquiries should be directed." Tho communication from thesecre tary of war enclosed with thl lettof makes suggestions to tho effect that tln registration be made In nlertlon preclnsts, that the sheriff, the county clerk and the county physician com prise tho board to handle tho work In each county, and tho like. Adjutant-General White has been placed by the governor In full charge, of tho work of organising the, state for the taking of the census. He has clerks In his office busy already on details of the proposed census. Big Step One Important step that must bo completed early Is the mapping of the entire stato into war rensus districts. In general, these districts for con venience will follow county lines. In a number of cases, however, it will be necessary to divide n county Into two or more districts for the convenience of the men who muni register, and to facilitate the taking of tho ceiiHUii. TO WASHINGTON. May I. Tbo house sel a record today for quick action on major appropriations, completing de bat at a slugU brief session on an omnibus emergency war bill tarrying nearly 1,0OO,0OO.0OO, It will bo passed tomorrow probably, with on'y few votes against It. No opposition was tulced during Ihe discussion today, and the only lmpor lanl change made wss In the adoption of an amendment doubting the pay jf enlisted men In Ihe army. Out of a total of :,n:;.i1,M ear rled by Ihe bill. :.3:0,iJI.U7 I for (ho military vatabllahment. Fur the navy I'M.W.VZ la pro vided, and Ihe remainder goes to other department for mlsreltaneoua pur poses. Including extraordinary e pciisc due lo the war. The bill la based on departmental es timates totaling IJ.4C0.340.SC1, (ha ap propriations committee having elimi nated more than f'OO.OOO.OOO. Th military appropriation, which la In addition to Iho regular annual army and fortification bills and Ihe 3.0oo, 000.000 promised as an Initial appro priation for tho new war trmy. In clude Item of f23l.000.OOU for cloth ing and tamp and garrison cqulite; 1130,000,000 for ordinance stores; f 3'J. 000.000 for automatic machine guns; I3.7a0.fl00 for civilian training ramps, fOO'J.000.000 fur roust and Insular for tification., and 1 1.320.000 for fortifying the Punama canal. More than fl2S.000.000 wa added to Ihe amendment Increasing tbu pay of enlisted men from lj to fllo a month, a proposal already accepted by both senate and house a part of the inn'; draft bill, but tramferrod to the ap propriation measure today lo facili tate final enactment It brings up lo more than $.125,000,000 the total ap propriation In the bill for army pay. E HENRY PUT OVER SECRET TREATY TYING CHILE'S HANDS SEA PIRATE IS BE TO ARMY DAY, SAY RECRUITERS SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. Here after G000 men. a day must be cnllstod In the regulacarmy from all parts of the United States, according to word that has reached headquarters of tho San Francisco recruiting district, Tho number each day now Is about 2000, but the same tolegram says that this number is steadily Increasing with the spreading of the nows that the men who go in the army now may obtain their discharges for the asking at the conclusion of the war, placing them practically under a volunteer status. POSTAL SAVINGS WILL BE USED TO AID FARMERS WASHINGTON, April 6. To aid the farmers of the nation ln meeting the food situation, the government today took steps to throw resources approx imating $100,000,000 Into the breach. The action was announced by the treasury department that all postal savings deposits will be made immedi ately available for loans to farmers. NEW YOflK, April 30. Tho captain of a Standard Oil tank steamship which has arrived hore, said ho had no doubt but that a mysterious vos sol which he slghtod Thursduy night and Friday morning off tho Virginia const was the Gorman rnldor Seeadler, The strangor was a four masted Imrk and had all sails sot, but In a six-knot breeze she was proceeding 10 or 11 knots, tho oil skipper reported, and It was abvlmis Bho was equipped with motor power. Several vessois recontly hnve re ported strango vossols In the Atlantic. WAR BOARD WILL SEND THOUSAND SURGEONS FIRST WASHINGTON, April 30. The first men to represent front since America entered tho war will be 1000 surgeons. The plan was proposed to the coun cil of national defense by Its general medical board, and Immediately adopt ed, today. The plan wns the rosu't of confer ences between United States and French and alTlcd representatives here. Hl'KNOS AIHKS, May 1. (Jerimmy and Chile negotiuted a secret treaty guaranteeing Germany a foothold In South America In 1013, when Prince Henry of Prussia visited Chile., ac cordion to nn article published In HeviHtu today by Jose Molina, ono of the foremost authorities on South American relations. , MoIIiih declared (iiilo was thus powerless to sympathl.u with tho United State or with llra.ll because. of this pact. According to Itevbita's article, tho secret agreement betwen Chile imd Germany guaranteed German Inllu eneo In South America "roniirdlesH of future dovo'opmonts." In return, Chile wns pledged German aid in maintain ing her supremacy In western South America Including an ambitious plan for C'liiln ultimately to hIczd Putngniiln from Argentine. "Chile Is powerless to oxpress her views with tho United States, lost nor mally reveal this treaty," declared Mo lina In conclusion. TO CLAP CENSORSHIP OF WASHINGTON, April 28. Drastic censorship by tho government of tolo- phone, telegraph and cable, lines for tho period of the war was docldod upon by administration leaders lalo Wed nesday afternoon. The conBorshlp will oporato to prevent Information gath ered by spies In this country bolng sent out of the country by telephone, tol- egrnph .or cablo. Radio consorshlp has beon In effect since the break ln rela tions with Oermnny. Cooporatlon with tho government In censoring cables wasplodgod by heads of tho various cable companies in con ference with Secretary of tho Navy Daniols today. Tho cablo conaorshlp will be in charge of the naval branch of the government. 1 The telegraph and the telophone cen sorship will be put in active practice by the war department.