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VOL. XXXVI XO. 19.
TORTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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BAN ON GRAIN FOR
LIQUOR IS VOTED
Sale of Present Stock
Is Not Involved.
CENSORSHIP KILLED IN SENATE
Action on Latter Is Against
Wishes of Administration.
NEW FIGHT IS POSSIBLE
Prohibition Amendment to Espion
age Bill, ir Accepted by House,
Will Become Effective Septem
ber 1 Wines Permitted.
WASHINGTON, May 12. The first
legislative step toward conservation of
the Nation's food resources and a long
advance , toward an absolutely dry
United States was taken tonight by the
Senate in approving, 3S to 32, an
amendment to the Administration
espionage bill forbidding during the
war the use of cereals or grain in the
manufacture of intoxicating liquor.
By a. majority of one vote the Sen
ate also threw out of the bill the Ad
ministration's express censorship sec
tion, as was done in the House. This
action Is expected to throw the censor
ship fight into conference, where the
influence of the Administration can be
brought to bear more directly. What
will be the outcome no Senator would
predict with confidence today.
Sale of Liquor Not Forbid.
The prohibition amendment was
adopted under a rule limiting debate
Bharply. and there were only brief
speeches on each side. Just previously
the Senate had voted down, 47 to 25, a
proposal, to forbid Bale of intoxicants
during the war.
Effective September 1, the amend
ment is calculated to confine sale and
consumption to whisky and other grain
liquors already in stock and to wines,
brandies or other drinks that depend
upon other materials for their main
constituents.
Another opportunity to vote upon it
will be offered when the Senate takes
the bill with the amendment from the
committee of the whole, but opponents
of the prohibitory provision are not
confident that they will be able to
overturn today's action.
Estimates during the debate were
that at least $200,000,000 in annual in
ternal revenue wouia te lost if the
amendment stands.
Elimination of the press censorship
section ended a long and bitter fight
The vote was 39 to 38.
Another Vote Possible.
Opportunity will come also for an
other vote on this section, and the
Administration is expected to make an
effort to have the Senate reverse itself.
j.ne proniDltlon amendment, proposed
by Senator Cummins. Republican, of
Iowa, reads as follows:
"That on and after September 1, 1917
during the period of war with the im
perial German government, it shall be
unlawful to use or employ directly or in
directly any cereal, grain, sugar or
syrup in the production of intoxicating
liquor )n any form or of any kind
provided, that nothing in this section
shall prevent tr.o use of sugar or
syrup in the manufacture of wines,
as now authorized toy existing law;
provided, further, that this section
shall not be construed to make un
lawful the manufacture of alcohol or
intoxicating liquor for industrial, me-
SOCIALISTS FOR WAR
UNTIL KAISER'S FALL
AMERICANS' MESSAGES TO GER
MANS STAND FOR DEMOCRACY.
World Will Not Believe That Re
formed Hohenzollernlsm Would
Be in Good Faith, Say Leaders.
NEW YORK, May 12. A message
from a number of leading American
Socialists was cabled to the Socialists
of Germany today, saying that democ
racy the world over would continue to
fight against Germany until the
Hohenzollerns were overthrown. The
message was sent ' to Socialists in
Stockholm. Copenhagen, The Hague
and Berne, with a request that its text
be forwarded to German Socialists.
The signers were Charles Edward
Russell, a member of the commission
appointed by President Wilson to go
to Russia; J. G. Phelps Stokes. Win
field Gaylord, Robert Rives La Monte,
A. M. Simons. Upton Sinclair, Henry
L. Slobodin, chairman of the New York
State. Socialist committee; Rose Pastor
Stokes and William English Walling.
"The Democratic peoples of the
world now in the league against the
Kaiser and Kaiserlsm will be com
pelled to continue their war against
Germany and her autocratic allies until
the Kaiser and Kaiserism are over
thrown," the message read in part.
"The rest of the world realizes,
whether the German people realize or
not, that liberty in Germany and peace
in the world must remain a sham as
long as the Hohenzollerns and their
supporters retain any real power.
"But whether Germany prefers a re
public or a constitutional monarchy,
the Hohenzollerns' tradition and pres
tige must not only be reformed it
must be broken. The Kaiser himself
claims that Kaiserism is to be democ
ratized, and thus strengthened in its
fight against the other nations.
'It will be difficult, if not impos
sible, to convince the democracies of
the world that a reformed Kaiserism
is anything else than an effort of the
Hohenzollerns' to make the German
people more willing tools of their for
eign policy.
"There is only one way to bring the
war to an early end. The Kaiser
must go." .
RAIN AIDS BEND FARMERS
Acreage Condition Improved to Re
ceive Potatoes and Oats.
BEND, Or.. May 12. (Special.)
Heavy rains here today assure needed
moisture for seeded crops and im
proved the condition of the unseeded
ground.
Oats are Just being planted and the
largest part of the local ' potato crop
will be put in the next week. ,
CHILDREN PORTRAY
CRISIS OF NATION
Wonderfu1 VPea' fr
Crops Is Made.
PENINSULA PARK IN GAY DRESS
Characters Well Interpreted in
Picturesque Affair.
LITTLE FOLK GIVE PARADE
Youngsters of North Portland,
Scarce Bis Enough to Toddle,
Carry Patriotic Message to
Admiring Thousands.
FISH CULTURE IS URGED
Every Farmer to Have Pond, Is Sug
gestion of Redfield.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Secretary
Redfield wants every farmer to have
a pond and raise fish.
"Why should not the farmer raise
fish as well as chickens?" asked the
secretary today, discussing means to
Increase the National supply of food.
(Concludeq on Paje 8, Column 2.
TRIBUNE TO COST 8 CENTS
Retail Price Rise Outside of Chica
go on Sunday Issue Announced.
CHICAGO, May 12. The Chicago
Sunday Tribune announced tonight that
its retail price outside of Chicago will
be increased from five cents to eight
cents a copy beginning May 20.
The retail of all Chicago dally papers
will be increased to two cents Monday.
TAFT, JR., ENLISTS IN ARMY
Ex-President's Son Becomes Pri
vate in Artillery.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Charles P.
Taft, the 19-year-old son of ex-President
Taft, has enlisted as a private.
He has been entered in 'the artillery.
BY BEN HUE LAMPMAX.
Ho! Green trees and fields and
blossoming dogwood, with all Peninsula
Park wrapped in the toga of Spring.
An emerald setting for the flag. And
there, against it were
Not one, but scores of flags. Great
standards striving in the light breeze,
wee flags that fluttered from small
hands and mazes of laughing children
garbed in the colors of Old Glory..
Spring and laughter and the soft light
of drifting clouds all woven with the
unseen silver thread of patriotism.
Such was the prelude to the patriotic
parade of the children of Peninsula
Park, when, yesterday afternoon, they
flocked from hundreds of North Port
land homes to make the Saturday holi
day worth while. No longer might the
staid elder folk presume to be sole
patrons of patriotic expression; this
was to be the expression of flame in
the hearts of children. And it was.
Band Boys Are Gay.
In their green and gold uniforms,
the boy bandmen of the Junior Arti
sans' Band fell Into file 21 of 'em.
Borne by Myron "Mike" Goodell, .of
Jefferson High School, the first stand
ard . swept in advance. Their leader,
J. M4 Coomer. waved a signal. The
shining pieces burst forth with a lively
marching air and the parade drew
forth from the park portals. . -Words
are poor fools when -children
march with a lesson to their country.
One singles out a blonde little boy
In the regalia of Uncle Sam. as faith
ful as a cartoon in miniature, marks
his trudging sturdlness, the gladness
of his glance, and then ... A ray
of Spring, two of them, airy and fairy
and lithe with all unconscious grace
Small Jeans-clad and glnghamed
actors of the rural role, determined
foemen of HI Cost, the grim
And flags, stripes, stars and blessing
of blue! They move in the column with
the tread of veterans, and' none so
proud as they. Words, forsooth!
All Characters Portrayed.
At any rate there was Uncle Sam.
two or three of him, and with scarce a
flip of the coin for choice; and Red
Riding Hood, just as she must have
looked when she set out to adventure
with the wolf; and white-gowned Red
Cross nurses, dimpled and demure as
all the best traditions of the service
require, with ambulances; and there
was a Maypole, ribboned with the col
ors, its attendants 15 small girls in
fluffery, as witching Miss Columbia.
The emerald standard of Ockley
Green with 100 marching pupils be
hind it, and the roughest lot of cow
men, ruddy-cheeked and right aware
of actual leather chaps, to the fore. By
way of interpolation, it was at this sec
tion of the parade that Master Gerald
Goodell marched as Uncle Sam, oblivi
ous to all admiration, and serious as
only 4-year-olds may be. Thus, when
the award had been made for the most
patriotic individual, the perplexed
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER DATS Maximum temperature, 63
degrees; minimum. 62 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
War.
108,000 Oregon men within conscription are
limit. Section 1, pave 5.
Russian foreign policy explained to army.
Section 1, pass 4.
World's economic situation tense with em
bargo proposed by America. Section 1.
page 2.
British "tanks worry Germans. Section 1,
page 4.
War tax menaces life of industries, say2 wit
nesses. Section 1, page 5.
Senate votes to prohibit use of grain or
cereals in manufacture of whisky. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
National.
Senator Borah urges Government to take
over packing plants during war. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Domestic ,
Sensational rise tn wheat astounds Chicago
traders. Section 1. page 3.
Oregon students In Eastern colleges go to
reserve camps. Section 1. page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Dock Commission gives costs on elevator
plans. Section 2. page 16.
New shipyard has precaution against high
water. Sect Ion , page 1 6.
Local wheat prices not affected by Chicago
action. Section 2, page 15.
Advance In wheat prices at Chicago not
checked. Section 2, page 15.
Stock market recovers from early depres
sion. Section 2, page 15.
National Wool Growers Association advises
Oregon growers to hold,
page 15.
Publicly-owned and operated
urged. Section 2, page 10.
Wooden ship orders may not exceed 100.
Section 2, page 16.
Sport,
Pacific Coast League results:
lxa Angeles 3 t J 2 innings)
clsco 5, Salt Lake 2; Oakland 6. Vornon 3.
Section 2. page 2.
Eugene and Portland golfers to meet In
title match May 27. Section 2, page 4.
Motorboat races to be held this afternoon.
Section 2, page 4.
Hank Foster, freshman, tskes Individual
honors at Eugene track meet. Section 2,
page 4.
Training In golf rules proposed at Portland
Club. Section 2. page 4.
Three matches scheduled today in Trap
shooters' League. Section 2, page 4.
Darcey is lowbrow, say Gibbons boys. Sec
tion 2, page 3.
National women's diving championships at
Multnomah Club next Saturday. Section
'Z, page 3.
Trapshootlng Is becoming popular. Section
2. page 3.
Weather Is handicap this year In North
western League. Section 2, page 2.
"Red" Rupert withdraws Baby Beavers
from Intercity League. Section 2,
page 2.
George Slsler leads at bat in American
League. Section 2, page 2.
HOUSE AGREES TO
ROOSEVELT ARMY
EMPEROR MAKES PLEA FOR PA
TIENCE UNTIL HARVEST.
Senate Amendment Ac
cepted Unchanged.
Section 2,
ship lines
Portland 4,
San Fran
STAR AIR WARRIOR MISSING
Captain Alberf Ball, of British
Corps, Falls to Return.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, via London. May 12. One of
the chief topics of conversation along
the whole British front this week has
been the disappearance ef Captain Al
bert Ball, the .star airman, of the
British army.
He was last seen near Lens between
6:30 and 7 P. M. Monday. At that time
he was engaged with three German
machines. He was not seen to fall,
however, and no word has been heard
thus far from the German aerial corps
as to whether he was killed or captured.
(Concluded on Page 12. Column 1
"FR0SH" BURN GREEN CAPS
University Freshmen Earn Right to
Sophomore Standing.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
May 12. (Special.) The young men of
The freshman class, marching in a ser
pentine this afternoon, went through
the annual green cap burning cere
monies, and. In the tradition of the
campus, earned their right to become
sophomores. Henceforth the men will
wear ordinary headgear.
The ceremonies were staged on the
tennis court.
YOTE NOT ON PARTY LINES
Leaders Mann and Kitchin and
Speaker Oppose Idea.
PASSAGE APPEARS CERTAIN
EMPLOYES GET BONUSES
Northern Pacific and Northern Ex
press to Distribute 9750,000.
ST. PALI Minn., May 12. Bonuses
of 10 per cent of the salary paid dur
ing the first six months of the year
will be given to clerical employes of
the Northern Pacific Railroad and
Northern Express Company on July J,
it was announced today.
The distribution will total 750.000.
Approval by President Uncertain, as
General Staff Is Against Plan.
Disposition of National
Guard Is Big Problem
"WASHINGTON. May 12. The way
was cleared In Congress today for Colo
nel Roosevelt, if authorization is
given him by the Administration, to
raise a division of volunteers for serv
ice in France. '
Reversing its previous action and
overriding, the conference committee
on the Army draft bill, the House
voted, 213 to 178, to empower the Presi
dent to extend authority for recruiting
such a division. This sent the Army
bill back to conference, but the Sen
ate already had adopted a similar
authorization during original consid
eration of the measure and its con
ferees, are expected to agree quickly
to it now.
Army Staff Opposes Plan.
Whether the necessary authority
will be given Colonel Roosevelt by the
Administration is problematical. The
Army general staff. whose advice
President Wilson has followed closely
in the conduct of the war. Is strongly
opposed to such a plan, declaring vol
unteer units of that character have
no place In the great war Army.
The House voted the authorization
after a stormy debate. Representative
Anthony led the fight for the Colonel,
moving to recommit the Army bill to
conference with instructions to accept
the Senate Roosevelt amendment.
Chairman Dent, of the military com
mlttee. and many other Democrats and
Republicans fought against the pro
posal.
Vote Not oa Party Llaea.
Forty-five Democrats and four In
dependents were among those who
voted for It. and there were 30 Re
publican votes cast against it.
When the action of the House was
reported to the Senate, Chairman
Chamberlain, of the military committee,
withdrew the conference report for
revision and announced that the con
ferees, would meet Monday.
The bill, with the amendment In
cluded, Is expected to receive final con
ference approval without delay and go
to the President for his signature by
the middle of the week.
Guard Is Problem.
The exact place the National Guard
is to fill in the National Army still Is
a matter of speculation in the War
Department.
Under the recent announcement that
the states may raise additional units
up to a total National Guard force. In
cluding naval militia, of 800 men for
each Representative or Senator, it is
not even possible as ret to forecast
accurately the strength of the organ
ization when it Is drafted into the
United States Army.
It is possible that an entirely new
element of the National forces will be
evolved out of the discussion. The
suggestion has been put forward that
only 12 full divisions of the guard be
organized Into tactical units for purely
military purposes, and that would leave
HUNGRY AUSTRIANS
URGEDT0 HOLD OUT
Confidence Expressed In Subjects
and Further Hardships Arc
Predicted.
AMSTERDAM, via London. May 12.
An exhortation to the Austrian people
to hold out until the new harvest gives
relief is made by Emperor Charles In
an autographic letter to Premier Clam-
Martinlc, of Austria, which Is published
in the Zeltung of Vienna. The Emperor
writes:
"The third war Winter, with all Its
hardships, is behind us, and though
there Is still many a month before us
until the growing seeds give us food
we may expect that Spring will bring
us relief. Until then we must hold out.
and in this we shall doubtless be suc
cessful, though encountering great
hardships."
The Emperor praised his people for
all that has been done and appeals to
them to continue to do their utmost
for the welfare of the empire.
FARMER ACTIVE AT 100
Southern Oregon Man Works Dally
Despite Advanced Age.
ROSEBURG. Or.. May 12. (Special.)
Sound In mind and memory at 100
years of age and enjoying In reality
the best health of his life, Thomas
Russell, of Dole, left for his home yes
terday after being summoned to Rose
burg as a witness tn a criminal case.
Mr. Russell ha3 resided In Southern
Oregon since 1S77 and is contented only
on the farm, where he works daily. He
fought In the Civil War and was badly
wounded. In late years he says his
health has improved, and he believes
he will be able to work for several
years to come.- His sight and hearing
are perfect and he talks with the ease
of many people half his age.
One reason for his state of preserva
tion, he believes. Is the fact that he
never used tobacco or any stimulant
until he was 40 years of age.
IDEALS, NOT GAIN, IS
STAKE, SAYS WILSON
United America Called
to Grim Duty.
CAUSE DECLARED UNSELFISH
Red Cross Memorial to Women
of Civil War Dedicated.
AID CORPS IS REVIEWED
BABY BUFFALO ARRIVES
New Member of Zoo Family Parades
With Proud Mother.
A wabbly legged baby buffalo, the
first to be bom in Portland in about
two years, joined the Washington Park
aoo herd yesterday. He is a fine speci
men of his species.
The youngster was able to walk'a
few hours after being born and at
tracted much attention among zoo visi
tors all day yesterday. He spent his
time parading around the paddock with
his proud mother, a buffalo from Yel
lowstone National Park.
K'onHuded on Pn(ce 4. Column 1.
ANOTHER SOLDIER MARRIED
Florence l. Draper Bride of Earle
X. Olipliant at Barracks.
Major William S. Gilbert officiated
at the marriage of his tenth war bride
Saturday at Vancouver Barracks. The
couple were Earle N. Oliphant, actor
cook of the machine gun company, and
Miss Florence Draper, of Oregon City.
Cook Oliphant and his bride left at
once for the home of the bride's par
ents. Cook Oliphant, who Is 24. has
been a soldier of fortune. Lately he
has been an actor and cowboy. Most
of the years before coming to Ore
gon were spent on the Mexican border.
RAINS FORECAST FOR WEEK
Temperature on Coast Will Average
Closo to Normal.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday, May 13, Issued today, follow:
Pacific states Temperature will
average close to normal. Generally
fair in California and overcast, with
occasional local rains in Washington
and Oregon.
No Advantage Will Be Accepted iu
Struggle for Principles Upon
Which Nation Is Founded, De
clares President at Exercises.
WASHINGTON, May 12. President
Wilson said in a public address here
today that the struggle against Ger
many "means grim business on every
side of it," but that America had put Its
heart Into the task and would respond
as a united nation to the call to serv
ice.
Speaking at the dedication of a Red
Cross memorial for the women of the
Civil War, the President predicted that
the present struggle not only would ob
literate the last division between ti
North and South, but would wipe out
any lines either of race or association
cutting athwart the great body of the
Nation."
This new union, he said, would re
sult from a common suffering and sac
rifice for tho unselfish cause of free
dom and democracy.
No Profit Sought in War.
"We look for no profit," he said. "We
will accept no advantage out of the
war. We go because we believe the
very principles upon which the Ameri
can Republic was founded are now at
stake and must bo vindicated."
Ex-rresident Taft introduced Mr.
Wilson as the Nation's leader In the
greatest war in history. "A war whose
sacrifices we cannot realize."
-.-Secretary Baker formally . presented . .
the Memorial building to the Red Cross
Society and the President's address was
made In accepting it as honorary head
of the society.
'The building, a handsome JSOO.OOO
structure, built by the Government, was
dedicated to both the women of the
North and South.
After the exercises the President and
Mr. Taft reviewed about 1000 members
of the Women's Volunteer Aid Corps,
led by Mrs. Hugh L. Pcott. Mrs. New
ton D. Baker and Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels, as vice-chairmen.
Gratification la Expressed.
The President spoke as follows:
"It gives me a very deep gratiflca-'
tlon as the titular head of the American
Red Cross to accept In the name of
that association this significant and
beautiful gift, the gift of the govern-'
ment and of private individuals who
have conceived their duty in a noble
spirit and upon a great scale. It is
significant that It should be dedicated
to the women who served to alleviate
suffering and comfort those who were
In need during our Civil War, because
their thoughtful, disinterested, self-'
sacrificing devotion Is the spirit which'
should always illustrate the services of.
the Red Cross.
"The Red Cross needs at this time
more than it ever needed before tho
comprehending spirit of the American
people and all the facilities which
could bo placed at its disposal to per
form its duties adequately and effi
ciently. War Scale Declared I'netinnled.
"I believe that the American people,
perhaps hardly yet realize the sacrl
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