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OUMON' OITV KXTKIiHJISK. FRIDAY. MAY 2$. 1917
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ALLIES TO HAVE HELP
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WASHINGTON, May 21. All three
arms of America' fighting forces -
th army, navy and marine corps
oon m 111 b represented la the
mn.
With American destroyer already
In Kuropean water and army regu -
Uri concentrating to carry the flag
lo th battle UnM la Jtclglura au.l
Franco, regiment of marine a
designated today to Join the army dlvl
Ion under General 1'ernhlng, which
In under ordera to proceed abroad a
anon aa practicable.
Although detalla are not brine made
public. It waa calculated tonight that
with the marine regiment the total
American force tow designated for
land service In Europe U clo to 40.
000. An army division at war strength
eomprlaee about 25.000 men. and up
warda of 12.000 are ei peeled to be In
the Dine volunteer regtmnu of eng
ineer now being recruited. The for
a try reclment and the marine regi
ment each will number more than
O00. The strength of the naval force
In European water baa not been re
vealed.
General Pershing and bit lUff will
all for Europe ahead ot th troop
Hi pt the way for final training of
tfc huge army the United State la
preparing to pour acroaa the aeaa aa
rapidly a men can be trained and
quipped.
For obvious reason no Information
a to th Urn ot th American com
mander' departure or bis destination
will be mad public.
WASHINGTON, May Flatly re
jecting that section of th measure
which would permit Colonel Roosevelt
to organise volunteer dlrUlon. Presi
dent Wilson Friday night signed the
conscription MIL Th bill was signed
despite opposition which manifested
Itself at th eleventh, hour In many
quarters.
Th president Issued th following
statement at the Whit Houie:
"I shall not avail myself, at any
rat at the present stage ot the war.
of th authorisation conferred by the
act to organize volunteer divisions.
"To do so would seriously Interfere
witb th carrying out ot th chief and
most Immediately Important purpose
contemplated by this legislation.
Th prompt creation and early use
ot a volunteer army would contribute
practically nothing to th effective
strength ot the armies now engaged
against Germany."
IS
TO ESCAPE DRAFT LAW
PORTLAND, May 19. Young, able
bodied men, who are within the draft
age limits, still have a chance to en
list voluntarily before the draft reg
istration on June 5. Troops A, B and
C, battery A, and the engineers' com
pany ot the Oregan National Guard
are to be brought up to war strength
ot 105 men each and enlistments are
being received at 106 Fifth street
So far there are about 85 men In
each troop and it is expected the va
cancies will be filled within two or
three days. As there will be no fur
ther division or increase of troops aft
er war strength is reached, enlist
ments will cease. It should be under
stood that men who enlist at the pres
ent time will be discharged after the
war.
SUPPLY OF AMERICANS
WASHINGTON, May 21. President
Wilson announced today that Herbert
C. Hoover, who has won international
fame by feeding Belgium, has accep
ted the all-important task of food ad
ministration. Moreover, the president has aban
doned the food control measure de
vised by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston and has come out squarely
entnd the views of Mr. Hoover.
Mr. Hoover wil ladmlnlster an agen
cy separate and distinct from the de
partment of agriculture.
WOMAN WHO RAN
FOR PRESIDENT
DIES, AGED 86
WASHINGTON, May 21 Mrs. Bel
va A. B. Lock wood, the first woman
admitted to practice before the su.
preme court, a pioneer in the woman
suffrage movement, and the only wo
man who ever was a candidate for
Dresident of the United States, died
here today after a long illness, aged
86 years.
MARTIAL LAW IN LISBON
PAJtIS, May 23. Martial law has
been declared in Lisbon, Portugal, as
the result of food riots there, accord
ing to a dispatch received here today.
One hundred persons are declared to
have been killed in the fighting on Ui
streets.
MAN WHO FED BELGIANS
Atlanta is Swept by Fire
With an Estimated Loss of
$2, 000, 000 and One Death
j ATLANTA, C . May II Pre dial
r tur. d this afternoon in an obscure
! n"rt -t!oii aw.pt a broad put :
, (hrotigh die residential a.vtiou of At
j l.ph, deputing sores of M ks mi l
; ,,.stroing iii.my of the ut niu't
1 1,,,,,,,., nlll hundred of n. gro hou. :
l"lr Chief I'mly announced lain to-
night dial tin' pre
li4 De.n urouniit
under control.
llrat estimate of die ihm.ifo
plu.cd It at U-lweeti J.'.lUni.Oc'O nnj
.I.iH0,0ihi. 0 far aa could be learned
the only fife lost u that of a woman. I
Miss llcsslo Hodges, who dud from
ho k.
The fire as confined to the north
. . .M at... at... ..11 U
u v. ...1- v..,. .uv vu ,
bunltiraa bouses bum.'J wore several
warchoUM
1 ki..k .1.1 a.-,
U.hll -IIIM . Ml I IV I.IV IIHIH.
northeiut.ard with a p.-d ,hu.h
soon outran the efforts of the fire
dcrrtmnL
Wtttln. an hour after the flr.l alarm
the biate began to assume the trnw
Pylons of a conflagration and fir
official called In several hundred men
fmm th. FVrt MrPheraon offlc-r
training camp to aid In the fight. Ap
peals for help also brought fire equip
ment from a half dozen neighboring
cities.
F
SALEM. Or.. May 21. The public
Service commission today ordered a
reduction is the light and power rates
of the Portland Railway, Llsht t Tow
er company.
On the company's present volume ol
business the reductions will amount to
approximately 160,000 to $65,000 a
year.
This reduction of rate was ordered
by the Public Service commission In
face of figures showing that the Port
land Railway. Light t Power com.
pany in the last four and a halt years
has not received fair returns on Its
Investment. Keen competition is th
cause ot the rapid falling off In tht
company s revenues, and the commls
slon decided that the only way to In
crease revenues is to meet competition
In rates. Hence the order for a re
duction. Her Is an ilustratlon showing how
the new rates, based on an average
case ot 600-watt connected load, will
affect residence lighting:
Kilowatt hours. Old rate. New rate.
11 11.00 $1.00
12 1.04 1.00
13 1.11 1.00
15 1 25 I.14
20 1.60 1.49
25 1.80 1.64
The minimum rate under both the
old and new schedule is $1 a month
for residences.
Following Is the commission's order
relating to residence lighting rates.
First 20 kilowatt hours per month
for first 600 wats or less of installa
tion, plus 1 kilowatt hour per month
for each additional 30 watts of In- j
stallation (in excess of $00) will be at
the primary rate.
An consumption in excess of that
at the primary rate will be at the sec
ondary rate.
Primary rates First 13 kilowatt
hours or less, II; excess over 13 kilo
watt hours 7 cents per kilowatt.
Secondary rate First 50 kilowatt !
hours 3 cents per kilowatt; excess over
50 kilowatt hours 2 cents per kilowatt.
Discount of 5 per cent will bo given
for payment within 10 days from the
date of the bill.
Minimum bill for lighting service
$1 per month.
shell from the gun had exploded
about 175 feet distant Just as It was
striking the water and that pieces of
the shell rlcochetted back and struck
the nurses.
Another was that the accident was
caused by a breach explosion of a de
fective shell as the gun was fired.
Another was that the shell exploded
as It was being loaded.
Information bb to the seriounneas 1
of Miss Matzen's injuries was re
fused at the navy yard hospital, al
though it was understood that she
was expectftd to reocver. j
There were about 2C0 members ot j
we .No. 1 base hospital on board the
ship, of whom CO were women nurses.
PORTLAND MEN j
WILL CAMPAIGN j
FOR ROAD BILL'
PORTLAND, Or., May 21. Multno-j
man county will be tho scene of a'
ble wlnd-uo camnalpn In hphalf nf tho 1
,..... . " , , . . 1
JS.000,000 road bond issue that is to'
be voted upon in the June election.
ine namoer or commerce yester-j
day appointed the following commit
tee to organize and direct the cam
paign: W. L. Boise, Frank Branch
Riley, C. C. Chapman, John B. Yeon,
Julius ti. Meier, Conrad P. Olsen, F.
L. McGuire and J. R. Latoarette.
JOFFRE AND VIVIANI RETURN
PARIS, May 23. General Joffre and
ex-Premier Viviani, who beaded the
French mission to the United States,
have arrived safely at Brest upon
their return.
The ttruniatii' lrtKs! with ttu
faim-a renin'-! a ilii. av M inMf.il
In n die In.' r M . 1 in.i.l.' a si.tiul
at ll.utlet ar.l I ! 1. e and b-nn d
Haunting a nr. .i to prole- t di
IVm e de I ..sni lion
A lull In tin- wind f.tti.r.d tin 11
work, ni" I tonight liny were aUoil
)llU c ,,.,,. nir,,,,,.., Uljtliy
' feared dint U-foftf Illuming the rUui.s
a-ilti would v.-.'.n bra.! a) and t .1 1 1.
tlicir .iy ttironn!! to the r.ljje of the
.It)-.
The tliou.tmM i'f tn'nirl. er
I Ivlne iari-,1 for liuilchl by a 1 iti.'.i
( toiiitiiltti'e and by tin' Atl.iut.i !(.!
t'ro 1 haplrr. Mont of llii'iu
vutnvr , .,ut)c buiij.,,,..
j
I Mn minor Injuries were remrtel
..'hut 0ffl1-1.1l ald thiTV h.td l-eeit (
'
J lr.n badly hurt.
I The fire started In a ator.iae house
I pn ',',"a,lir stre. t and swept umil
l'(n,c,"1 ,B,, ,h'' rrldvnc sec
'" l'r, twrt of the devatta
himei-r. a In nelghU.rliiHHls
. omi-os-d largely of home ranging
, In 1 from l.'iOtf t. I'lHOA
Wires er cut an J streets ere
choked lth debris, slreeti-itr that did
not get out of the area In time and
vehicle of all sorts.
IS
CHICAGO. May. IS. Coupled h
authentic Information that the federal
government has ordered 1000 car of
wheat and barley eiportcd from 'h
Pacific northwest at ouce about
2.000.000 bushels and Auntrallun
wheat is being brought In to make-up
the deficit, the actual position of the
allied government in the Chicago
wheat market today became known.
A short time prior to the sensational
flurry In wheat which resulted In the
prohibition of trading in futures, the
allied powers had 2j.000.0OO bushel of
wheat futures. At die time the ex
change closed they had 3.000,000 bush
els of July and 4.0.10,000 bushels of
September futures. Their ui-tual de
mand for wheat amounts to 4,000.000 a
week, they exchanging the futures for
the cash products.
. The ordering ot wheat and barley
amounting to 1000 curs about 40 per
cent being the latter grain exported
from the Pacific northwest la in line
with the government's policy to see
that Us allies are red. This will be
replaced by grain from Australia,
either here now or on the way. The
grain is being exported through New
port News and the gulf.
Vndex the system which has been
arranged, the cars are being routed to
terminals en route, each road receiv
ing the cars being forced to turn over
to the road from w hom It receives j
them an equal number of cars, so that!
the car situutiun will be equalized.
One outgrowth of tho hysterical out
burst of the board of trade came to
day with the announcement that the
"corporation plan" of settlements will
1)e recommended at the meeting of the
directors next Tuesday
The plan provides for the organiza
tion of a corporation to act aa a clear
ing house, which, while under board
supervision, would not he directly con
nected w ith it.
Gloom was deep sealed about the
big hoard today. Tomorrow about Suuu
cl,;rks' stenographers and other help
will be given vacations as a rcHiilt ot
the prohibition of speculation in wheat
futures. I'nder the new rules onlv
about 30 per cent of the normal busl
ness can be conducted, and there are
indications that this situation will ex
ist until the July wheat comes into
the market.
Resolutions were adopted asking
the co-operation of the hoiisewivpx.
grocers and bakers in finding a solu
tion of the waste problem occasioned
by the present practice of the return
of stale bread to bakers.
L BODY RE
AFTER 1 1 YEARS' WORK
NEWBERG, Or., May 21.Charlea
A. Phlpps, for 11 years secretary of
the Oregon State Sunday school asso
ciation, resigned at the annual con
vention of that body which was held
here Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Phlpps' resignation Is to take
effect September 1.
President C. A. Rice, of Portland,
was re-elected with the following as-
Q.ipl'ilno VIpo-nraaManl T O Tlr.n
"em, or Mcwinnvnie; recording secre
tary and editor Sunday School Opti
mist. J. V. Guthrie, of Portland, trea-
gurer, G. C. Blohm. of Portland: suoer-
intendent of elementary work, Mrs
George H. Lee, of Newberg; second
ary department, Charles A. Phlpps, of
Portland; adult and home department,
Elton Shaw, of Portland; educational
director and girls' conference work,
Mrs. M. A. Danenhower, of Portland;
members general executive commit
tee, TJ. S. O. Miller, of Newberg; Pro
fessor H. L. Bates, of Forest Grove;
James F. Ewing and Earl Felke, of
Portland. "Father" Joseph Hoberg was
made honorary president of the association.
PASSPORTS
TO
SOCIALISTS
WAtflllNliTON. Mi n Kiiiphalle
disapproval .if the .o " prupaguuil 1
of Kuropi-ait fmliii'ii . .Mpri'Sat-.l
lotl.iv by die Aiiu ii. in g 'Trnninil
lib h denied t! to American
dcl.-t.-att s to llin pt,- L ! 1 . ' 1 1 .oiifcicni't
and lui-d waruii t!nt ."' Amort
can taking part In fie nrrl!utlotit
would be legally lu' ' I" b.-a y pun
iKhim-nt,
No formal announc-un nl of purpot
was Issuad.
Mr. UnsitJj vipU.ii.il that It ha t
bvi'tl the policy of tli s Kvniiiielit foi
more than 100 years nt t H-riult any
Interference In Intern'.:. 'ii.il affair b
private rltlivna that mM in any a
defeat the plana of the iitternment.
Officials bctlrve. howet.-r. that the
govrmnipiit'a course would have the
twofold effect of discrediting general
ly any peace move by nn.iuthorlred
perMiu and of rond-iuning In partlcu
lar the present Socialist aKlt.Klon. re-
rarded since Ita Inception ns Inspired
by Germany.
In making known die dcldon not to
give pasiort to the American Social
ist designated to take part In the
Stockholm conference. Secretary tn
ing cited the I-ogn Act of 179 as d
nuliig the punishments which might
tie expected by any American now In
Stockholm ,or who might co thcr
without a passport and participated In
the peace discussions
I'nder this law unauthorised persons
who directly or ludlrectly tr.-t with
foreign agents regarding controversies
of the I'nlted States mav be Itnprls
oned for three years and fined I'.oon
The American delinte to the ton
ference authorised to represent the So
clal party over the protest of some or
Its foremost members are Victor I
llorger. of Milwaukee, and Morris Hill,
quit and Algernon 1-e. of New York
They were selected by the party's
legislative committee after a notable
group of Socialists, headed by Charles
Edward Ilussell and William Knglish
Walling, and condemned the move
ment In a Joint statement "as the most
dangerous of all the kaiser's p'ots."
The same statement denounced Hill
quit and I.ee. who are Socialist writ
ers, as radically pro-German. Merger
a native of Austria Hungary, has bsn
editor of several German lungnuge
newspapers In Milwaukee nnd in 1911
waa elected as the first Soclallut to sit
in congress.
American diplomatic agents abroad
have kept a close watch on the social
movement and their representatives
nre understood to show clear'y that
the plan for a conference at Stockholn
had Its origin In Germany and has met
tho active cscouragement of the tier
man government.
Passport have already been rranteu
to Gorman delegates who will keep at
the front of the negotiations the slogai.
of "no annexations." Interpreted here
as a cardinal feature of Germany's pro
gri'.m for a trine further to consoli
date the great central Kuropean power
Russian Socialists also have selected
delegates to the meeting ns a result, It
Ih believed here, of German Influence.
It was in Russia thnt tho proposal or
"no annexations" first camo Into prom-
I Inencn, and It promptly was taken up
by the German Socialists, who have
urged tho government an Immediate
declaration renouncing conquered ter
ritory In the eaHt and west. Such pro
posals are regarded here as only a
blind to end the war while Germany')- I
expansion to the south Is secure.
The Socialist party of Great Ilrltalr.
has refused to send representatives to
Stockholm.
Officials Hinit. it clear tonight that
their decision should be regarded
rather as a disapproval of the peace
move than ns H reflection upon sin
cerity of Socialists in tills country. It
whs emphasized that great danger
might result if unauthorized persons
attempted at present to negotiate
peace with foreign agents who appear
In reality the instruments of a cleverly
directed war move.
ATTENDANCE AT
COLLEGE SHOWS
HEAVY INCREASE
COnVALLIS, Or., May 22. Statis
tics concerning the total attendance at
the Oregon Agricultural college dur
ing tho present year have been com
piled for the annual catalogue, as
follows: Resident, summer and win
ter courses, 3797, a gain over last year
of 546; long course students only, 1820,
a gain of 171. Of the total number of
students enrolled, 3150 were from Or
egon, 205 from California, 191 from
Washington and 51 from foreign coun
tries. Of the long course students,
1248 were men and 672 women.
LABORER COMMITS 8UICIDE
EUGENE, Or., May 19. Despondent
over his debt, Erastus Jones, a laborer
aged 56 years, committed suicide at
his home in this city yesterday by
hanging himself with a rein from bis
harness.
DENIED
MM CAN
IS
liAhr ll. dr. May L'l - In an Inter
tlew put. lulled lore H 1 1 11 1 11 . t'ouiil)
I'. mini,. I,. in r Idler, whose rccill
with II1.1I ni Jiiil. e M.-ssli k Is sougiil
hi iiutt y A liilllips, prominent 11
the re, ll in ii t . in, in li.iil nrTi'r.'J I1I111
Ills anpiMiil. f lie It II t,-l I u.iilUI In
ii-IIi-.hu die.-iimmitt.e s il it I mi l
limke a sUn-1 r. imrt. im 10. titer wluil
that report III In M be
This ullecnl efturt of die cmiiinlt
tee In sis-ore the .1i fi-.it of Jiulco Mcs
slik by 1 1 1 1 .1 lit ind, Ills opponent In
be recall by 'iloiililc 1 rinsing' John
I'r.tsrr. nominated lo o.'pnic Hitter,,
I d'Olcd I SUille.l st.iteilient, pllti
lulled Mtimliiy In u IH, h liillllps
bran. lo Hitter s statement as false.
The recall Unlit lias 1 11 shunted
from tho Issue on which removal 01
the officers was sought iillered reck
lets Mpendlturo of county funds-to
personalities and recriminations, r
siiltitu In Julius Mvsslrk suing liil1
Hps and other for Un.Ooo for alleged
IIIhI.
KSilUtratlon fknrc for the special
fleitlun show a total of m'i'i7. or ll'OO
more than for the fall election, 1 11 1 1 1
eating a large vote on the recall, bond
Issue an other matters on the ballot
June 4
OF
MONMOl'TII. Or . May : -The
Girls Honor Guard of the Oregon Nor
mal school has organised Itself Into
three corps for the purpose, of pro
moting the agricultural Interests of the
town and doing work for which no
main help can be secured
The first corps does much of the
aweeplng In the buildings on the cam
pus. This division also aid the Com
mercial club In utilising all the vacant
lot In the city for the raising of food
tuff.
The second corps, composed of 19
girls, Is taking floral culture, with
Miss Rita Olson aa captain of the
group. All the flower and shrubbery
on the campus I cared for by these
girls. They are In full charge and
do the cultivating themaelvea.
In order that they may do their bit
In supplying the armies ot Kurope with
food atuffa the member ot the third
group are planting tho vacant lot south
ot the training school building to po
tatoes, beans and corn. No male help
at all Is employed. Mis Margaret
Cupp is captain of the third corps.
P
WASHINGTON. May 22. It has
been definitely decided there will bo
no conscription of farm laborers. Tho
Council of National Defense, the de
partment of ngrlculture and the de
partment of labor have thoroughly can
vascd tho situation and decided that
advocacy of legislation which would
penult conscription would seriously
Interfero with tho operation of the mil
itary law. In consoiiuonco, any plan
that may be finally decided upon by
the federal government will call for
voluntary work.
Tho department of lubor hnB boon
advised by labor leaders throughout
the country that any offort to extend
conscrltlon to industry will bo fought
to the last ditch.
WILSON HOLDS
NEWSPAPER TAX
HAS RAD EFFECT
WASHINGTON, May 21. To tho
legions opposed to various features of
the $1,800,000,000 war rovenue bill now
on Its stormy way through tho house
there can bo addod today the nnmo of
President Wilson.
It was loarned In official circles that
at least two foat.ures ot the bill do
not meet his approval but what steps
he will take to make them conform to
his ideas will not be divulged.
It is understood that be does not
approve of the proposed general 10 per
cent Increase on imports already taxed
and that he agrees with publishers
that the tax on second class matter
would have a very bad effect, if, In
deed, it did not drive many publica
tions out of business altogether.
JOBBERS BLAMED FOR RAI8E
PORTLAND, May 18. Charges that
Portland Jobbers manipulated the
sugar market and forced that com
modity to rise from (8 to $9 per hun
dredd are contained in a resolution
adopted Thursday night by the Cen
tral Labor Council.
FOOD RIOTS IN PORTUGAL
LISBON, May 21. Food riot oc
curred here today. Mob attacked the
stores.
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RUSSIA ADMITS
AKMISTICK ON
KASTKKN rUONT
LONDON, May II-Considerable
comment aroused her today by
th official admission of Critics l.voff,
th Russian premier, that an armistice
otlata oil th eastern front. Tho dec
larallon, which waa mad In I'ntro
grad yesterday, was dm first official
admission that fighting has stopped
between Russian and German troops.
'Th rtlsdng ariulstli a at dm front,
which gav th Gorman chancellor
pretest 10 ormulale lit lile or a
eparat peace, dishonorable lo Russia,
must cease," the premier said.
BEAN BILL 1ST GO
TAT
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rOHTI.AND, Or. May 17-Circuit
Judge ti.-orge II. lUnghum, of Marlon
county, In a written opinion bunded
down this morning, upheld dm demurr
er filed by IVitnk S. Grant and U K
Dean. In the Injunction proceedings In
slltuted by District Attorney Mai
Gehlbar of Marlon county agulust I'
ti. Hoyer, county 1 lerk. and ruled that
the "lloali bill" should go on the Mar
lon county ballot. Judge Martin I.
I'lpcs. who argued the rase on bidialf
of Mr. Gehlhur. will at once appeal
from the decUlon to the supremo
court.
Judge Pipes, In support of the peti
tion for an Injunction, contended dial
the Ileal! bill had not been legally en
sited because the record showed thai
(he aiiiiit.) amendments had recelvei.
but i't ufTlrmuthe votes, while the con
stltutlon requires an affirmative vott
of 31 iiiembi-rs In the house.
This record. Judge 'lllngham hold.
Is sufficient to show that the hous".
concurred lu the senate amendment.
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BE ESTIMATED IF THE
CENSUS BILL PASSES
WASHINGTON. May 23.-The gov
ernment' first food bill providing for
a national foodstuff census and appro
priating about tl5.ono.000 for measures
to stimulate production wua briefly
considered by the senate today and
placed In position for continuous dis
cussion, beginning tomorrow, until
final disposal.
In the houso tomorrow the second
anil more drastic administration meas
ure for control of foodstuffs will be
pressed for passuge, subject to Inter
ruption only by conference reports.
Thin bill would authorlto the crea
tion of a food administrator, price
fixing and preventing of hoarding.
After severul days of preliminary
work, occuiii'd largely In revising the
original draft, the production bill was
brought before tho senate today by
Chairman Gore, of the agricultural
committee The brief discussion Indi
cated sumo measure of oposltlon even
to tho proMisei conferring of powei
upon tho Sccrctnry of Agriculture to
luivo agents Inquire Into business of
food dealers and owners.
Opposition In tho senate, however, Is
largely centered upon tho control
measure While congressional leaders
plan to expedlto both food bills, the
senate leaders expect to await house
oction upon the control measure, and
possibly will postpone Its considera
tion for several weeks, until after tin
war revenue bill has been disponed of.
IMPROVEMENTS
MADE AT CLAY
MINE NEAR HERE
MOLL A LA, Or., May 18.-Work has
been started by tho Mollaln Klre Clay
company on their clay mine near this
place. A 100-foot tunnel Is being put
through tho mountain to tap tho clay.
About 00 feet of tho tunnel is com
pleted. It Is expected that the work
on tho kilns will commence, this sum
mer. It is said that this Is tho only
clay known on tho Pacific coast which
will mako white stoiiownro pottery.
SCARCITY OF FOOD IN CHINA
PEKING, May 21. The food scarci
ty in China has bncotno so ncuto that
actual famine Is throatoned lu some
districts.
GERMAN LOSSE9 4,245,800.
THE HAGUE, May 2.1. The total
German losses up to the end of April
aro 4,215,800. These llgures were com
piled today from the various lists Is
sued In licrjln. Nearly 1,000,000 Our
mans have been killed In battle.
SENATE FAVORS DAYLIGHT PLAN
WASHINGTON, May 18. The day
light saving plan was today Indorsed
by the senate Interstate commerce
committee, which ordered reported
the bill providing that clocks shall be
moved ahead one hour during the Biim
mer month
LICEN8E I8SUED TO WED
A marriage license was Issued In
Vancouver, Wash., Wednesday, to Pe
ter Swan, aged 36, and Selma Fischer,
aged 28, both of Sandy.
Of STATE HIGHWAYS
WASHINGTON, II. C. May IJ
(Special ) - ('tilled Stales Heiialor
t'haiuberlulii, who received an Inquiry
from dm good roads committee, of the
llreeon City fomincrclitl club as to his
oluloll relntlva In llin proposed road
program for Oregon, bus sent the fob
lowing letter lo din committee:
"I beg to acknowleilgn llin receipt
of your favor of thu Mil. ultimo, ask
lug for an eipressloii from ma as to
dm huportaiicn of a system of perm
neat highway aa military aids. In
reply permit in" to say that dm mere
suggestion of the question answers It j
self, for It Is almost IiiiimissIIiI lo
move largo bodies of IriHips with heavy
artillery pieces and Impedimenta over
a bail avsteui 01 mails. Tim dlffli ul
Ilea which th Italian army ham en
countered show how Important It la
to bav good roada for rapid inohlllta
tlon of limn and materials. Hut In Ore
gon mora Important for consideration
la Ihn us lo b inula of road In get
ting Ihn product of th field aud farm
to market. A system of highly Im
proved road will very greatly lessen
th cost of taking tha product of the
aoll to river and rail. It la Impossible
to state what tha aavlng will be, but It
la safe to aay that It will be enough
to pay the wholn cost of the system In
a decade. Tho money eipondod In
road building, provided only th roada
are kept up, ought not to bn looked
upon aa an eipense, but rather a an
Investment of th people for them
selves and future generaltona.
"I have tha honor to remain,
"Youra very sincerely,
"OKOROK K. CHAMIIKKLAIN."
EVIDENCE KILLS HOPE
CONDON. Or.. May 22 Joe Wal
lace, who has been coiitlned In (he
county J is 1 1 here for the past mouth
oil tho churge of killing his wife, made
a complete confession this afternoon
to Sheriff Ulllu and District Attorney
Weinke.
Mrs. Wallace wa shot with a heavy
caliber autouiutlc revolver on the
morning of April 23 at the Everett
Stlllwey ranch, near Mayvllle, about
13 miles from Condon. Wnllaco was
with her at tha time and was Immedi
ately arrested by Sheriff l.lllle. Hn
protested tils Innocence vehemently,
but nil circumstances In the case
pointed to his gul't and he wua bound
over to appear before the grand Jury
In Juno.
Several times Sheriff l.lllle and Dis
trict Attorney Welnko have talked
with the prisoner about tho killing
and at ail times lie has shown entire
Indifference In regard to the matter.
Wallace asserted that Ills wlf.i had
shot herself and has stuck to this story
until this afternoon, when In talk
with tho sheriff ho said ho wanted to
make a clean breast of It.
SACRIFICES FIVE LIVES
SAN I'ltANCISCO, May 17-Uevu'n-Huns
of live murders, the destruction
of 2M homes mid tho terrorlliK of
wealthy Italians Into tho payment of
thousands of dollars by a lif.u k hand
gang of 15 members were placed lu
the hands of the San Kranclsco pollen
today by Joseph I'endolio, under 1 : 1 1
sentence for the murder of Guotano
IngniHslit, ThnnksKlvIng day. Today,
with San Mateo county authorities,
Chief of Police Wlilto Is Investigating
the story deeper.
For II years the gang has Imcn
extorting money and carrvltig out
threats of death or destruction of
property lutalust pr iix-nt I'allnni
of the bay countloa. Thu iniirderi.
J'enilonu told i;f included tllosi of
iiim lseo I'alii.zotlo In in 1,1 in sau
I'nineiHCo, Mrs. Josephine Haiim-ors')
at Mniiiilaliivlcw In l!i.!, and l iiiiph
Mel'o nt Moiintulnvlew In l!ll I.
TO
PLACE ON TAX BOARD
SALEM, Or., May 19. Charlos V.
Galloway was appointed tax commis
sioner today by the stnte tax commis
sion, under tho new law passed by the
recent legislature. The tax commis
sion heetofore has been composed
of the governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer, Charles Galloway and
J. B. Eaton. The latter two wore sal
aried commissioners, but the last leg
islature reduced the numbor of sal
aried commissioners to one.
8ECTION OF RE8ERVE CALLED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-Mobll-Ixatlon
of 2000 members of the quarter
master reserve waa ordered today.