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- - . . m - : - ; 1 80 Pages SIX SECTIONS Section One Pages 1 to 24 VOL. XXXVI NO. 14. rORTtAND, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING, APRII- . 8, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. . 7 - V " 7 1 i , .,-5 - - - I VAST WAR PLANS ltl CONCRETE FORM Congress to Be Asked to Lend Allies Billions. PLEA MADE FOR GREAT ARMY Hoover to Direct Commission to Conserve Nation's a Food Supplies. NAVAL BILLS CONSIDERED Espionage and Censorship Measures Put Forward for Early Action. ' WASHINGTON, April 7. Presi dent Wilson's war programme began to take concrete form today and with the reassembling of the Senate and House Monday sweeping measures will be put forward for Congressional approval. As the first step it is planned to give the entente allies out of the Na tion's plenty an enormous loan to re plenish their treasuries against the drain of their military and naval af fairs in the common cause against Germany. The President is ready to issue bonds up to $5,000,000,000 to float such a loan as soon as Congress ehall authorize it. Congress Asked to Hurry. That the United States may be ready -if necessary to bear more di rectly a share of the actual military burden, the Administration appealed for expeditious consideration of the War Department plan to raise 1,000, 000 men by selective conscription. For the important task of conserv ing food supplies, that ' the country may support itself and give to the en tente the greatest possible advan taee of its broad agricultural re sources, the Defense Council an nounced plans for a ' National - food commission under the direction of Herbert C. Hoover, who managed the trreat American work of relief in Belgium. Appeal Made to Farmers. At the same time the Agriculture Department again appealed to Amer ican farmers to do their share in the war by making every farm do its best for the country. The President expects Congress to fall in line quickly behind the war plans, worked out by the executive branch of the. Government in months of preparation. Should delays de velop in committee consideration of the revenue and Army proposals, however, there are many lesser meas ures which could be pressed ahead for passage. Naval Bills Considered. The House naval committee has already under consideration and ex- j , 1 SOME NEWS EVENTS OF A HISTORIC WEEK ARE ILLUMINED BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. ICS 'r-' i- r I AIR FIGHTING IN FRANCE TERRIFIC BRITISH LOSE 2 8 PLANES AND . DROP TONS OF BOMBS.. 1 5 German Aviators Seen to Fall and 31 Others Driven Down -Ber-.' lin Reports Big Advantage. LONDON, April 7. In terrific air fighting- during the last two days and nights in Northern France, British airplanes- carried out numerous raids and dropped more than eight tons of bombs. Twenty-elgrht British machines are missing, says the official state ment from British headquarters in France tonight, and 15 German aero planes . were seen to crash to the ground and 31 German machines were driven down. Ten German balloons, the statement adds, were brought down in flames. BERLIN, via London, April 7. The entente allies yesterday lost 44 air planes on the western front, says the official statement Issued today by the German army headquarters staff. Thirty-three of the British or French machines were destroyed in aerial en gagements. Five German airplanes, the statement adds, did not return. BRAZILIAN NOT' WARNFD Captain of XT-Boat Victim Denounces Germans as Barbarous. RIO' JANEIRO, April 7. The captain of the torpedoed Brazilian steamer Parana cables that In addition to .the killing of three members of his crew, several sailors were wounded by the explosion of the torpedoes. He says that the ship was attacked at midnight without warning and de nounces the conduct of the Germans as barbarous. THIS WEEK WILL BE RAINY Temperatures Above Seasonable Av erage Are Forecast "WASHINGTON, April 7 Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday. April 8, issued by the Weather Bureau today, are: Pacific states Frequent rains in Ore gon and Washington and generally fair In California. Temperature above sea sonable average. AMBULANCE : CAMP BURNS Investigation Is Being Made at Fort Bliss, Texas. FORT BLISS, Tex., April 7. Fire de stroyed the camp -of Field Ambulance, Company A, of the United States Army, early today near the fort. An inves tigation is being made. The ambulances and mules were saved, but the men lost all of their equipment. BRYAN LOYAL TO COUNTRY WIsli to Avert War Changed to De sire to Win. ALBANT. Ga., April 7. "Gladly would I have given my life to save my coun try from war, but now that my country has gone to war, gladly will I give my life to aid it." This declaration was made by Will lam J. Bryan, prefaced in a .lecture that he delivered here last night. EX-REBELS RAISE FLAG Confederate Veterans Unfurl Old Glory for First Time. RALEIGH, N. C. April 7. Old sol diers of the North Carolina Home for Confederate Veterans raised the Stars and Stripes over the institution yes terday for the first time. Heretofore the home has flown only the state flag. REGRU1TS SOUGHT IN PORTLAND STREETS Third Oregon Band and Detachments Parade. OFFICERS APPEAL TO CROWDS About 80 Men' Secured in City and Many Outside. REGIMENT IS 225 SHORT Another Vigorous .Effort "Will ' Be Made Today to Fill Regiment. Members of the Girls' Honor Guard Assist In Campaign. " Portland had Its first touch of war time recruiting methods yesterday. Ordinary procedure having failed, spec tacular methods were resorted to in order to obtain recruits, with better results. Lieutenant-Colonel Carle Abrams, of the Third Oregon, was in personal charge of the recruiting work in Port land, details of which had been worked out the night before by Adjutant-General George A. White and Colonel John L. May. The campaign opened when the band of the Third Regiment, the regimental colors, and detachments from Compa nies A and B. "started to parade through the- downtown streets. At every im portant corner they would halt, the band would play a patriotic air, and then one of the officers would plead with the young men in the crowd to enlist. Effective Appetli Made. Among those who made effective re cruiting appeals were Lieutenant-Colonel Abrams, Captain H. O. Miller, of Company A, and Sergeant John L. May, Jr. .Sergeant May is a son of -Colonel May. The largest gathering- was at Sixth and Washington streets early in the afternoon. There five young men- came forward and said they wanted to enlist. They were sent to 106 Fourth street. where Capta4n Cicero F. Hogan, of Troop A, is in charge. Some of the troops under Lieutenant- Colonel Abrams carried banners on which were appeals for recruits. They were inscribed with such sentiments "Enlist now recruiting office 106 Fourth." "The President has called what are you waiting for?" and "Will Portland do its sharer' r Honor Guard Girls Aid. After parading for a time. Lieutenant Colonel Abrams - divided his men Into small recruiting squads. Details were stationed at the principal corners and vigorous appeals were' made for re cruits. The soldiers were aided in their pa triotic work by 25 young women from the Girls' National Honor Guard, who had volunteered to help in interesting men to enlist. They fulfilled their prom ise, too. ., Somewhat similar methods of stimu lating recruiting were tried in other Oregon towns yesterday. In Portland the work continued until nearly 10 o'clock last night. As young men re sponded to the call to enlist, they were sent to Captain Hogan's headquarters at 106 Fourth street, and from there to the Armory to undergo the physical examination. t-. A few were sent direct to Vancouver Barracks to be examined. About 150 Hen Secured. . Net results of the nig drive for re cruits were reported by Adjutant-Gen- INDEX OF TODAY'iNEWS Tbe Weather. TESTBRDArS Maximum temperature 57 egrtec; -minimum, 47 decrees. TODAY'S Showers; southwesterly winds. War With Germany. Socialist Advises party to protest against war. Section 1, pass 3. War programme - takes concrete form. Sec tion 1. pace 1. Cuba -declare war on Germany and-seizes ships. Section 1, page 1. Submarine menace is far from solved. Sec tion 1. page 2. Vast secret service organisation to be organ ized. Section 1, page 3. Germans blow up their cruiser at Guam. Section 1. page 2. H. C. Hoover asked to head food committee. Section 1, page 22. German raider reported off Atlantic Coast. Section 1, page 4. War. Dethronement of Kaiser would offer possl- billty of peace, says - Russian Minister. Section 1, page S. Terrific air battle waged in France. Section 1. page 1. - I . America as ally renews hope In trenches. Section 1, page 4. Mexico. Carranza troops arrive at Juarez.- Section 1, page 6. Foreign. . Kaiser asks for plans on electoral reforms. -Section l. page 1. Arno Dosch-Fleurot writes of conditions in Russia prior to revolution. Section 1, . page 5. National. Wheat-crop shortage is serious. - Section 1, page 7. Administration asks Congress to adopt Gen eral Staffs military plan. Section 1, Page 6. America to lend billions to allies. Section 1, page 7. V Domefltle. Senator Lane Is seriously ill. Section 1, page 1. Big wireless plant found In wealthy New Yorker's home. Section 1, page 23. Big grain dealers agree not to speculate. Section 1, page 6. Hindus arrested at San Francisco for plot against India. Section 1, page 4. Pa-clflc Northwest. Railway men of Vancouver yards thrill at nagraislng. section 1, page 10, Shipbuilders'- convention at Seaside expects mucn , activity ior yards. section 1, page 7. Raymond Is city of great promise. Section 1, Page'- a Death of Captain J. , T. Apperson closes eventful career of pioneer. Section 1, page 10. Property of old Hood River Union will be taken by new agency. Section 1, page 10. Warrenton pipe plant opens with big cele . bration. Section 1, page 23. Idaho mobilizes resources for war. Section 1, page 8. SpATtS. Pacific Coast League resultst Portland 4, Salt Lake 2: Oakland T, Los Angeles 8; Vernon 4. San Francisco 8. Section 2, ' Page 2. ... Seven bouts scheduled for Tuesday night. Section 2, page 4. Seven clubs enter In trapshooters contest. Section 2, page-4. Spoksme to play Klrkpatrleks today If the weather permits. Section. 2. page 3. Seattle team looks good, but Is short on training. Section 2, page 2. War won't: kill, baseball entirely, says Ros- coe Fawcett. Section 2, page 2. Golf events not upset by war. Section 2, page C. Commercial and Marine. Big five-masted schooner ordered for Bal four, Guthrie A. Co. Section 2, page 14. I&'lnter wheat crop BO.OOO.OOO bushels short ox last year's Section 1. page 7. Portland and Vicinity. Third Oregon makes recruiting campaign In city. Section 1, page 1. Trooper Venable wins commission. Section 1. page IS. Rose Festival campaign starts this week. Section 1, page 12. Theatrical folk will frolic tomorrow night. Section 1, page 14. Great patriotic parade planned for Friday. Section 1. page 15. Ladd ac Tllton Bank adds another motor cycle to Machine Gun. Company's equlp '. ment. Section 1, page 14. Engagement of Miss Helen Ladd to Alan Green announced. Section 1, page 14. Food prices demoralized by war. - Section 1, page 14. -Governor exhorts every Oregonlan to assist patriotic cause. Section 1, page 17. Highway rally set for April. 28.. Section 1, page 18. -- , Presiding Judge plan shows saving of $5877 for first quarter. Section 1. page 16. Farmers called on to help with food prob lem in war. Section 1, page 10. Oregon women ready to take up men's work. Section 1. page 18. County employes to go without vacations to give $4000 to Red Cross. Section 1, page 18. Men are flocking to Navy and Marine re - crullers here. Section 1. page 18. Cotton exports show great gain. Section 2, page 14. S. Benson says California's vote on road bonds twice proof of benefit. Section 1, page 21. Thtrty-nlne marriage licenses Issued in Van couver and Portland in day. Section 1, page 2L Ex-official tells how Seattle came to build - grain elevators. Section 1, page 16. Annual report of Chamber made by O. M. Clark. Stctton 1. page 22... Portland children collect nearly 350 tons of paper. Section 1, page 23. Chamber adopts amendments to Its consti tution. Section 1, page 23.. Weather report, data and forecast.- Section page 14. iif i si YFm KAISER ASKS FOR PLANS DN REFORMS Prussian Diet May Be Changed After War. PROPOSAL TO BE CONSIDERED United States Entry Into War Said to Have Effect. MOVEMENT GAINS GROUND Bethmann-Hollweg Ordered to Sub mit Proposals for Reforms of " Electoral Law Berlin Says Upper Chamber Is Affected. AMSTERDAM, April 7. via London: April 8. Emperor William has ordered German Imperial Chancellor von Beth-man-Hollweg to submit to him certain proposals for the reform of the Prus sian electoral law to he diseussed and put into effect after the conclusion of peace. An official telegrram from Berlin announcing this order adds that it foreshadows also the reform of the upper chamber of the Prussian Diet. COPENHAGEN, via London. April 7. The declaration by the United States that a state of war exists with Ger many and the question of internal lib eral reforms in Germany have acquired an intimate connection through Presi dent Wilson's message. The German government, though denying: the valid ity of President Wilson's statements, has hastened to counteract their prob able effect. Interest In Reforms Cited. - The appearance of a, semi-official declaration in the Nord Deutsche All gemeine -Zeitung on the German Em peror's interest in reforms testified to the fear that President Wilson's ar guments will get home to the Socialist and Liberal forces, who, several weeks ago, -were saying much the same thing as the President, and were demanding that the Emperor identify himself with the Imperial Chancellor's promises to reform. German newspapers feature the. an nouncement along with report of the debate in the American Congress. Many of the newspapers follow the Allgemelne Zeitung's lead with arti cles telling . of ' the firmness of the bonds uniting the Hohenzollern and other German dynasties with the Ger man people. Hojlweg May Change Views. There is every evidence, however, that under the influence of recent American and Russian developments, the movement for immediate introduc tion of liberal reforms, particularly the modernization of the Prussian con stitution, is steadily gaining ground. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, who in his las,t Reichstag speech de clared emphatically that he was "not yet" convinced of the necessity of tak ing up Prussian electoral reforms be fore the end of the war, may, it Is predicted, soon be brought to see an other light. The election of members to the com mittee on reforms Is the programme for the first sitting April 24. In view of the large majority favoring the re forms, reaching from the Socialists well over into the ranks of the Cath olic Center party, . a resolution will be reported speedily. Big Change Not Likely. It will undoubtedly embody a pro posal to put the house on record as demanding the reform of the Prussian U TWO us Crc&'r' Ussyi7 1 (Concluded on Pare 8. Column 3.1 SENATOR LANE, ILL, ORDERED TO REST EFFECT" OF KEfENT STRAIN ARE " SERIOUS. Oregon Man Loses 15 Pounds In Few Weeks and Seems to Bo . . Jn General Breakdown. ' OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 7; Senator Harry Lane, of Oregon, is seriously ill. Today, on advice of physicians, he went to Ta koma Sanitarium, . in . the suburbs of Washington, for a complete rest. He was advised to give up his duties in the Senate a week ago, but refused to absent himself until the war reso lution had been disposed of and he had opportunity to register his vote. He remained in the Senate throughout the long session Wednesday against the advice of his physicians, as he had de termined to go on record against the declaration of war. Senator Lane has beer, under consid erable strain of late ar. " shows the ef fects of it. He -has lost 15 pounds in the past few weeks and is in a much weakened condition. His physicians have insisted that he must have com plete rest. The immediate nature of the Sen ator's ailment is not known. It ap pears to be a general breakdown. T. R. URGED AS WAR CHIEF Portland Man Would Give Colonel ' Place in Cabinet. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash Ington. April 7. Senator Chamberlain has received a telcsram from W. M Gray, of Portland, urging the appoint ment of Theodore Roosevelt as Secre tary of War. i Another from Portland Company K veterans urges the passage of a com pulsory military training bill. POSTAL LEAVIS ARE ENDED Cancellation Docs Not Affect Men In Military Service. WASHINGTON. April 7. Leaves of absence for postal employes were can celed today by. Postmaster-General Burleson "In anticipation of unusual duties which will be imposed upon the postal service through the existence of war." Those doing military duty are exempt in the order. TWO KINGSGREET WILSON English and Italian Crowned Heads Send Congratulations. ' WASHINGTON. April . 7. President Wilson today received cablegrams from King George of England and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. Each congratulated the people and Government of the United States on their entrance into the war against Germany. FRENCH TO FLY U. S. FLAG Unfurling of Stars and Stripes on All Public Buildings Ordered. PARIS. April 7. The American flag will be flown from all public buildings In France as the result of an order Issued today by Louis J. Malvy, Min ister of the Interior. The Mayors of many towns have re quested that the American colors be displayed on private residences. BERLIN WILL NOT REPLY President Wilson's Speech Appar ently Ignored. BERLIN, April 6. (Via London, April 7.) The complete text of Presi dent Wilson's message has arrived by wireless. It is printed in the morning papers. After a careful study the Foreign Office declared that there will be no official reply. THG (AtSOJ.E' CUBA E ITERS WAR AGAINST GERMANY Both Branches of Con gress Unanimous., PRESIDENT MEKOCAL SIGNS Four Interned German Ships at Havana Harbor Are Seized. PANAMA PLEDGES TO AID Brazil .Expected to Declare War on Germany on Monday. HAVANA, April 7. Cuba, not yet out of her teens as a republic, is at war with Germany the first of the Latin - American countries to range herself alongside the United States, her liberator and protector. At 7:16 o'clock tonight President Menocal affixed his signature to the joint resolution adopted unanimously late this afternoon by both the Sen ate and House without a dissenting voice being raised, (thus putting into effect the declaration that a state of war exists between Cuba and the im perial German government. Action in Senate Solemn. The joint committees appointed only yesterday by the Senate and House agreed early this afternoon up on the, phraseology : of the resolution to be presented and the stage was set for quick action before either branch of Congress convened. The Senate acted with . extreme solemnity. The resolution was read. Dr. Dolse, conservative leader, then took the floor and made a short, im pressive speech in favor of the reso lution.. No amendments were offered and the 17 Senators present voted "aye" when the motion was put. Impassioned Plea Made. In the House Representative Al fredo Betancourt, speaking for the conservatives, made an impassioned speech in favor of its adoption. By a rising vote the House unani mously adopted the resolution. The resolution follows: ' "Article 1. Resolved, That from, today a state of war is formally de clared to exist between the Republic of Cuba . and the imperial govern ment of Germany and the President of the republic is authorized and di rected by this resolution to employ all the forces of the nation and the resources of our government to make war against the imperial German government, with the object of main taining our rights, guarding our ter-. ritory and providing for our secur ity; prevent any acts which may be attempted against us, and defend the (AOf-LO UJAJT'S '- . " '" r'v f-v. ...