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e TITE MORNTNG OREGONLA X, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1014. r DEBATE ON WAR TAX MEASURE LIMITED Underwood Announces Bill Will Be Taken Up Thursday Un der Four-Hour Rule. MAJORITY DEFEND TARIFF democratic Report Says Revenue Would Have Been Sufficient it It Were X6t for War Repub licans Deny Conclusion. WASHINGTON, Sept 52. Early dis position in the House of the war revenue bill to raise approximately , $105,000,000 was forecast today when Majority Leader Underwood announced It would be brought up Thursday under a. rule limiting debate to four hours. Republican members will attack the measure along lines suggested today in a minority report filed by Repre entative Payne, protesting that there was "no occasion for panic," hasty or Headlong action to heap heavier bur dens . upon the people." The Demo crats were charged with extravagance and with the failure of the new tariff to meet expectations of its framers. Majority Defend Tariff Law. The majority report of the ways and means committee,, filed . with the bill today, declared that the new tariff laws and other sources of revenue would have yielded sufficient Govern ment revenue -had -it- not- been -for -the European war and consequent decrease in customs receipts. The majority report estimated the Sailing off in revenues during the next 12 months, based on the assumption that all imports from the countries at War will cease, as follows: "Germany, J38.683.000; France, J35, 66,000; United Kingdom. $40,653; Belgium, $5,398,000; Austria-Hungary, $5. 267,000; Russia in Europe, $242,000, and Servia and Montenegro, J2000. The committee added that it seemed certain that some imports would continue and that the falling off would not exceed the 1100,000,000. It declared that but for the war in Europe the new tariff law and other sources of revenue would have yielded sufficient money to meet the Government demands. Expected Gold Return Falls. "The great nations of Europe," the majority report continued, "have gone to a paper basis and gold has gone to a premium. International exchange has been interrupted and must be estab lished on a new basis. The usual course of exports abroad that we expected to return gold to this country within the next four months has been interrupted and interfered with, bringing about a more or less demoralized condition of business in our own country, and has placed a tremendous strain on our JUanking facilities. "It is, therefore, deemed unwise at this time to withdraw Government funds from the banks, because it would necessitate the banks reducing their credits, embarrass the crop movement, reduce the Treasury balance to the minimum and probably bring disastrous conditions to our people. "It therefore seems wisdow for Con press to levy a tax at this time to take caro of the deficit in our customs reve nue brought about by conditions over which our Government and our Presi dent have no control." Treasury Klsruren Cited. The report cited Treasury figures in en argument that the necessity for the legislation cannot be traced to the tariff law. , It estimates that the spe cial taxes on bankers, brokers, pawn brokers, commercial brokers. Custom-: House brokers, proprietors of theaters, museums and concert halls in cities of more than 15,000 population, proprie tors of circuses, or public exhibitions a.nd shows, bowling alleys and billiard rooms would produce an aggregate of $10,000,000 during the first 12 months the law is in effect. Motion picture shows, which are scattered in almost every hamlet in the country, would be taxed $100 under the head of "Proprietors of theaters, etc," in cities of 15,000, according to members of the committee today. The report estimated that the tax on telegraph and telephone companies would yield $1,500,000 the rirst year, and tobacco dealers and manufacturers $5,000,000. NIGHT ADVANCE . ESSAYED (Continued From Fags 1.) of batteries hitherto held in reserve and which were eager to come into actual contact. . v Two Million Men Engaged. Military experts estimate that 2,0 00, C00 or more men are now in the zone where the battle has been in progress 10 days. BORDKAUSi Kept. 22. "The battle between the Oise and the Meuse prob ably will last three or four days lon;er," says the Temps in in military review today. "Reports indicate that the resistance ef the enemy Is weakening. Another effort and French territory will be free of them. It will .be hard, how ever, for we shall have many victims. "Our advices between Rheims and, the Argonne seem to show the greater part of the German army in retreat by way of Belgium. West of the Meuse they are already making extensive de fensive works on the Sambre." PARIS, Sept.' 22. 3:06 P. M. The fol lowing official announcement was made In Paris today: "Along the entire front from the Oise to the Woe v re the Germans manifested yesterday, September 21. a certain ac tivity, without, however, obtaining ap preciable results. Offensive Is Itepnlsed. "First, on our left wing, on the right bank of the River Oise, the Germans were obliged to fall back before the French attacks. Between the Oise and Aisne the situation remains unchanged. The enemy has not delivered any seri ous attack, contenting himself yester day, Monday, evening with a continued cannonading. "Second, on the center, between Rheims and Souain. the enemy attempt ed' an offensive movement, which was repulsed, while between Souain and the Argonne we have made some progress. "Between the Argonne and the River Meuse- there has been no cnange. Foe Passes Kiorralne mrontler. "On our right wing, in Lorraine, the enemy has again passed the frontier, using in this operation a number of email columns. Donestre, to the south of Blamont. has been reoccupled by the "enemy. - "During the days .of September 20 and 21, we captured. 20 automobiles ttsed In moving provisions, together with all the men attached to them. We ulso captured on these days numerous prisoners belonging principally to the Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, NlnthJ Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Corps, to the Bavarian landwehr and to the reserve corps." j GERMANS MOVE OX CKAOXXE Line of Forts South of Verdun Re ported Attacked. BERLIN, Sept 22. (By Wireless to Sayville, L. I.). The announcement giv en at official headquarters under date of September 21 relates that in the fighting around Rheims th Germans have occupied the heigh of Craonne and that in advancing on the French city, which is described as on fire, they occupied the village of Betheny. The Germans have attacked the line of forts to the south of Verdun and they crossed victoriously the eastern frontier of Lorraine, which was de fended by eight French army corps. A French sortie from a point northeast of Verdun was repulsed. WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. The Ger man Embassy today received the fol lowing wireless from Berlin "Headquarters reports September 21 that the attack against the French and English army makes progress. Rheims lies la the French battle line and we regret being forced to answer their fire. The city suffers, but orders have been given to spare th- cathedral. - "In middle Alsace the French at tacks have been repulsed. "The subscription to the G man' war loan up to the preset' time reaches 4,200,000,000 marks." BATTLE DEADLY" TO- GERMANS Though Met With Great' Slaughter, Attackers Continue Advance. PARIS, Sept. ' 23. Wounded soldiers who are beginning to arrive here from the region of Craonne describe the bat tles there Sunday and Monday as hav ing been deadly for the Germans, who they say were sacrificed without ap parent reason by their officers. Though pushed back with great slaughter, some of the wounded say, the Germans returned again and again, only to be mowed down by the French. One en tire regiment, it was declared, was wiped out and when the French took possession of the field they found 1000 wounded left by the Germans. Trenches that had been carefully prepared for resistance of the allies' advance were filled with dead. A superior officer among the wound ed estimated the German losses in this engagement alone at 7000. EX-HUSBAND iSFIQURNER COLONEL JACKLING AT FUNERAL OF DIVORCED WIFE. Millionaire Alanltan Buys Expensive Casket, Arranges for Return, Then Hastens on-TTorth. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22. Death bridged a domestic chasm in the lives of two remarkable persons when It claimed Mrs. Jeanne B. Jackllng, whose funeral was held here today. The chief mourner was her former hus band. Colonel Daniel C. Jackllng, mil lionaire Alaska mining man and news paper proprietor of Salt Lake City, who turned back from his Alaskan trip to attend the funeral of his former wife. The Jacklings separated two years ago, principally, it was said, because Jackling's business kept him away from home so much.-- Jackllng . gave his wife $1,000,00, and her habit of leaning on her husband for advice found her after the separation seek ing his counsel on every Important deal she undertook. Mrs. Jackllng underwent a surgical operation a year ago "and never rallied from the shock. When death came a week ago every effort was made to find Jackllng, and he hurriedly abandoned his Alaskan trip, arriving only in time for his former wife's funeral. Arriving here early today, Jackllng bought the most expensive casket in the city and after making arrange ments to return here in October and take the body of Mrs. Jackllng to Salt Lake for burial,, he again resumed his Alaskan trip tonight. A Bed Bug Cure. Ask ror insecticide. Plummer Drug Co. 3d and Madison. Adv. GERMAN MACHINE OF WAR COMPLETE Every Detail Is Considered, in Contrast With French, as Seen on March. STAMINA IS REMARKABLE Daily Marches of 50 Kilometers Are Usual Thing and Men Still Keep Fresh, and Show De. sire to Go On. BEAUMONT, Belgium. Sept. 4. (Cor respondence of the Associated Press.) When French regiments paraded through Gembleux, a ripple of admira tion ran through the almost hysterical Belgian populace who had waited so long for the promised support of France. With their bright- blue and red uniforms, their gaiety, glitter and song, they made a colorful entry which quite fulfilled one's conception ot the romantic spirit' of war. It was notice able, however, that they did not march in particularly . good order and the doors of the wagons in their baggage tratn flapped and banged. When the Germans appeared on the outskirts of Brussels they might have been mistaken for a cloud of low-lying mist, their gray-green uniforms melt ing against a neutral background. The entry was not theatric, but it throbbed with power and efficiency. German Machine Complete. In place of the romantic French god of war, there was a silent, gray-colored machine which was complete to the last detail. Wagon doors. Instead of flapping, had patented locks and bars. For three days the gray-green sol diers marched through Brussels, part of an array of more than a million and a half that pushed its way through Belgium. In completeness of equip ment it was like a traveling city. It had its postal service, its telegraph corps and its provision trains miles in length which provided for the soldiers a '-menu as satisfactory as that which they could have obtained in a good restaurant. Six caissons with ammunition, each drawn by six horses, followed each field gun and there were processions of them two miles long. There were In addition many truck and traction en gines for the heavy siege guns. In all this ' colossal train not a wheel squeaked; not an accident delayed the forward progress. No Wounded Left lacarcd For. The efficiency of the Red Cross de partment is best indicated by the fact that in following the German army for 100 miles at times only a few hours behind the fighting, none of the small group of correspondents discov ered a wounded German soldier un cared for. or any dead. The speed of the army Is attested by the fact that correspondents with bicy cles and carriages found it difficult to keep up with the German advance. Daily marches of 50 kilometers were the usual thing and at times they greatly exceeded that distance. - At the end of one of these exhaust ing marches I spent the evening in a barrack-room with German soldiers. For three hours they Bang and danced, without a sign of fatigue. An officer said he had marched night and day for three days, but he seemed fresh and anxious to go on. The physical stam ina of the men is extraordinary. At Beaumont a gas lighting system as effective as electricity was estab lished 12 hours after the German entry into the town and not long after their own trains were running on the tracks to .CharleroL Every Detail Receives Attention. Minor evidences of their thorough- ness was seen in the equipment of each soldier, who carried with him not only every necessary of war, but food enough to sustain him if he were sepa rated from the provision trains. It was interesting to note that even his trou sers carried an extra set of buttons Eleventh and "Washington Today and Balance of Week KATHLYN WILLIAMS IN AN ENTIRE NEW BOLE "CHIP of the FLYING U" A THREE-PART MASTERPIECE . 9 : : - - 4 X. - AND FRANCIS BUSHMAN AND BEVERLY BAYNE IN UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE TWO-PART DRAMA U t9 FARCE COMEDY "THE WINKING ZULU" 10- -ALWAYS- -10 in case one set gave way. No detail was small enough to have escaped Ger man study and preparation. On the way from Charlerol to Aix-la-Chapelle, a man lying at full length in the sta tion yard snddenly extracted a tele phone Instrument from a flower bed and began a conversation with head quarters. There is no hint of the ful fillment of the prophecies uttered by Irench. writers that the German sol diers were victims of an Inflexible sys tem of rules which were not adaptable to emergencies that their success was predicated on a given set of condi tions. These German rules. In the words of a German officer, "go Into the brain" of the soldier, and he is not merely the unthinking reflex. The German soldier cannot retreat or turn back, said an orderly In the course of a barrack-room discussion at Beaumont. "If he goes forward and is killed, then there are others who wiU take his place, but In the vocabu lary of the German soldier, there is no such word as retreat." GARDNER WINS PRIMARY MASSACHUSETTS MEMBER OF" COS CUES REXOMDfATED. Representative Mitchell Probably Is Cfcosen by Democrats Heads ef Tickets Not Contested. BOSTON, Sept. 22. An unusually light vote was cast in the primaries held today throughout the state by the Democratic, Progressive and Republi can parties. Tne la-k of interest was apparently due to the absence of a con test for the head of the three tickets. Governor Walsh was nominated for a second term by the Democrats; Jo seph Walker, formerly speaker of the State House of Representatives, was chosen to lead the Progressives, and ex-Representative McCall was selected as the Republican standard-bearer, each without opposition. At 11 o'clock the only Congressional contests in which the early returns in dicated a winner were in the Sixth district, where Representative Gardner had a four to one lead over A. Piatt Andrew for renominatlon by the Re publicans, and the Thirteenth district, which seemed to favor the renomina tlon of Representative Mitchell, a Democrat. Moose Xame Herbert Knox Smith. HARTFORD. Conn., Sept. 22. The Progressive party in the recent state primary, it was annonuced from head quarters here today, nominated for United States Senator Herbert Knox Smith, of Hartford, and for Governor Willard C. Fisher, of Mlddletown. Mr. Smith is an ex-United States Commis sioner of Corporations. PRAYER FOR PEACE URGED Grand Army Officers Ask Schools of 'State to Plead War's End. PORTLAND. Sept 22. (To tie Edi tor.) We notice in the daily press of our city that one of the clubs plans to set apart a day for visiting the schools and having addresses made by promi nent speaKers. i n is. we suppose, is to stimulate the Bentiment of peace and strengthen the spirit of neutrality so strongly advocated by President Wilson. This Is very commendable and no doubt will go a long way In keeping the peace sentiment uppermost in the minds and hearts of our DeoDle. But why confine this movement to the city? mane it state-wide. It will take but little more effort. We must not forget a erery emm living within our state boundaries is a ward of the common wealth and Is entitled to receive all the C c3 Front teal i r CF (9 Laced obel For the Average Figure Model G is , one of trie most popular MODART styles and will fit a wider range of figures than any other $5 garment. This model answers the demands of style in every respect. It cares for the figure beautifully, lifts and supports the delicate organs that are vital to the health of all women. Model G is made with both 1 1 -inch (G 441) and 1 2-inch clasps (G 442). G 1 1 -inch is same length below waist line as G 12-inch, but is a full inch lower in the bust, Hand tailored from extra quality white coutil. batiste or imported silks, and finished with handsomely embroidered flat top trim ming, of same materials as the corset, fitted to each individual corset. rBoned with specially tempered waterproof MODART boning. Soft-top clasps. Three pairs of hose sup porters. Draw Strings. Modart Corsets $&50 to $15.00 benefits and uplifting influences that make for a higher and Ideal citizenship. We would suggest, in connection with these exercises thn.t all classes whose members havi arrived at the age of comprehension, in all schools, both public and private, offer up this prayer at 1:30 P. M.: Father of IJsht and Ixve : Thou who presides over the destinies of nations and of men,, stretch forth Thy mighty arm and with gentle touch of Thy lovlns- hand dispel the dark clouds of war hovering; o'er our brothers across tho Sea. Iierco tho gloom with the beautiful light of Thy countenance and send comfort and consolation to those who mourn. Banisll the dprnrm War from the heart of men, and in its stead let the love of justice, mercy and peace, reign supreme. Let those who must face its realities look to Thee for counsel and trust In Thee for the blessings of life and liberty. Knrich and enlarge their lives with the blessings of peace that they may leaven the lives of future generations. Let sweet recollections he their constant companions. Be. Thou. O Father merciful to those who must sacrifice their lives in this terrible conflict, and bear them gently over like flowers on tho bMom of a peaceful stream. C T. Goulding, S. V. C George Wright Post No. 1: W. M. Hendershott. Commander Post No. 3; J. S. Hamilton. Past Commander post No. 3; T. W. Tasker, Ben Butler Post No. 57: M. L. Pratt, Past Department Commander: C. A. Williams, Assistant Adjutant-General. New York Notes Oversubscribed. NEW YORK. Sept. 22. No official statement regarding the New York City $100,000,000 6 per' cent note loan was issued by the banking syndicate today, but it was learned that the issue was at least two times oversubscribed. To tal applications aggregated almost 10. 000. exclusive, it was said, of foreign renewals. It is expected that allot ments will be made tomorrow. War egms III Mrs ctav .at Calef B ros. For 39-so I EAST 3D AND EAST MORRISON STREETS Days the Battle Will Coratinue Prices will be shot down so low that the numerous Closing-out, Removal and Fire Sales prices of the past or present will not compare with Our Offerings During This 9 DAYS' SALE Shot No. 1 The prices on this Stove shot as follows: No. 118 Reg. Price Sale Price $14.009.80 120 16.00 10.80 122 18.0011.80 The Stove has full cast, lining, cast top and bot tom, full nickel trimmed, sliding top, big front door. This cut is an exact repro duction of the Stove. Shot No. 2 This finely finished Rocker is made of solid quarter-sawed oak, full saddle seat; is strong and durable. The price has been shot down from $6.00 to $3.35 Others reduced as fol lows: $7.50 Rockers to $4.10 $9.00 Rockers to 5.35 $12 Rockers to $7.25 1 $3.35 Shot No. 3 r. -i A full-size room Rug, 9 by 12 feet, of standard Tapestry Brussels, of good designs, shot down from $16-50 to $H-25 Shot No. 4 Genuine Brass Bed, full 2-in. continuous posts, five 1-in. fill ers, standard size. Price shot down .from S26-50 $15-95 fjT II II II ipjy r-i ;'- J li tf ii t,sit l jj- 5 s fi f krS m ; my $1-1.25 Deliveries Free Terms Cash 3 1 S.9S Prices Shot to Pieces Throughout the Store