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THE MORNING OREGONIA3T, WEDXESDAT, MAT 5, 1915. 3 COST OF WAR TO BRITAIN INCREASES More Than $5,500,000,000 to Be Needed to Continue Through Fiscal Year. DURATION MUCH IN DOUBT t'Ulmatc Outcome of Hostilities Un questioned, Lloyd George Tells Commons, In Explaining Need of Great finances. LONDON', May 4. In presenting the budget to the House of Commons to day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Iavid Lloyd Oeorge, estimated that it the war lasted during the whole of the fiscal year Great Britain's expenditure in that time would be 1.136.434.000. Mr. -Lloyd George estimated that the total revenue for the year 1915-1916 would be 270,182,000. This is an in crease of 43.638,000 over the total of last year. On the basis of a six months war, the Chancellor continued, expenditures for war, apart from advances to the ollles of Great Britain, . would rise to 2,100.000 dally and the net deficit would be 514.346,000. On the basis of a 12 months- war the net deficit would be 862.332,000. Country Must Ralac Sum. That is the sum the country will Iiave to raise in addition to the Gov ernment's revenue during the course of the present year, he said. The Chancellor gave an Indication of the colossal expenditure he had to pro vide for in his opening sentence. "Up to the end of the fiscal year," he said, the not cost of the war has been Xiioro than 307,000.000." He believes ft review of the financial situation would help the public to understand the immensity of the task undertaken. "The ultimate issue of the war is not In doubt; only its duration," said the Chancellor, and this It was which ren dered his task difficult. Much depended, the Chancellor con tinued, on the operations of the next two or three months. Experts gave various predictions as to the duration of the war, but the best of them could not tell how long it would last. The operations of the Summer alone could Cive the Government a dependable posi tion. w Tax Kot Contemplated. The first eight months of the year fflffst net 307,000,000. he said. The cost Xias been progressive, greater during the second four months than during the first like period. One of the most im portant announcements made by the Chancellor was that no fresh taxes were now contemplated. In this con nection, he called attention, to what he characterized the wonderful buoyancy of the Income tax and tho super tax, the actual yield being 69.399.000, an Increase of nearly 8.000,00 over the estimates. He said that the income tax would be renewed in its present form, with a slight modification, but warned the House that if the war were prolonged it would be his duty to consider in what other form the gen eral community could provide funds to enable the country to carry on . the war. - ' As a result of the year's operations, the. Chancellor said, the National debt was now 1,165,857,000. Mr. Lloyd George did not consider that the time had arrived to frame the final policy for the whole year, as the oharacter of th budget must depend on the view of the Government whether the war probably would last six months or throughout the financial year. Army Expenditure to lie Hlsh. - Dealing with the revenue for the coming year, the Chancellor estimated the total from all sources would reach 270.332.000. He said that the fixed death charge for the year would be something like 50,000.000. The ex penditure for the army would be 400,000.000 or 600,000,000, according to whether the war lasted six months or a year. On this same basis, the ex penditure for the navy would be 100. 000. 000 or 146.000,000. He placed loans to Great Britain's allies at f 200,000.000. Mr. Lloyd George dealt at length with the financial difficulties involved in such huge operations and the commer cial complications resulting from the war. He thought the time had come when measures should be taken of such a nature that recruiting would not in terfere with the work of providing food supplies and munitions of war and would injerfere as little as possible with the output of commodities which Great Britain exports and which en able her to purchase munitions for herself and her allies. NAVAL CHIEF'S AIDE NAMED Hoar-Admiral Benson's Staff Is' Be ing: Arranged. "WASHINGTON. May 4. Secretary Daniels today announced the selection or captain voiney G. Chase, command ing the battleship Virginia, as senioi aide to Re.ar-Admjral Benson, who as eumes duty as chief of naval opera tions next Tuesday. Other officers assigned to the newlj authorized office of chief of naval operations are Lieutenant Byron T. Mc. Candless, gunnery officer on the bat tleship Michigan, and Lieutenant "Wil son Brown. Jr.. of the battleshin r.nn. necticut. Secretary Daniels plans to increase the staff of Rear-Admiral Benson as the work of the office of navaj operations develops. I oss to Columbia llerds Heavy. DAYTON, Wash., May 4. -(Snecial.1 About 600 ewes and young lambs were lost by sheep owners in Colum bia County last week owing to the cudden cnange in weather and several days' snow storm. The heaviest losses were near Starbuck, where 200 ewes were killed and their lambs died of starvation. The Jacksons, of Tucanon had not yet Bheared, bo lost no ewes or yearlings, but 75 lambs died from exposure. Other herds on the Tucanon lost from 60 to 100 from their nui Lers wherever early shearing had been done. Idaho Oratorical Contest Is Held. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. Moscow. May 4. (Special.) J. O. Pond won the '1915 Watkins oratorical contest this year with an oration on "The Menace of Political Indifference." Clarence Johnson, in "Christianity and the Eu ropean War"; Frank Koch, in "A Place In the Sun": Dorothy Driscoll in "In fluence of Women," and Willard Mc Dowell, in "The Price of Militarism." received mention by the judges. received from their parents. In taking the boys to jail Edgars broke away. Outdistanced by the fleet-footed lad, the officers were compelled to engage a Jitney before he could be located. Both boys will1 be' returned to their parents. KAISERIN SENDS THANKS Gratitude Is Impressed to American Bed Cross Society. WASHINGTON. May 4. The Empress of Germany has expressed her appre ciation of the American Red Cross work in behalf of Germany, through Count von Bernstorff, German Ambas sador, who sent today this letter to Miss Mabel- T. Boardman at Red Cross headquarters here: "I have been commanded by Her Majesty, the Empress, and have the honor to convey to you and to the EUGENE CLUB'S PROMOTION MANAGER PLANS NEW CAMPAIGN. ; Ka -. it : f-" . it I -' f f 4 S. Dyke Hooper. EUGENE. Or., May 4. (Spe cial.) S. Dyke Hooper, elected manager by the promotion board of the Eugene Commercial Club yesterday, has resided in Eugene live years. He is a former Bos ton)an, having devoted several years to the wholesale paper business there. Since he has lived ' in Eugene he has been a mem ber of the firm of Hooper-Mayo Timber Company. He announces it his policy to eliminate many of the "booster" trips and "boost er" tactics, and conduct his office from a business standpoint, with a view to interesting new indus tries in Eugene. American Red Cross Society Her Ma jesty's most heartfelt thanks for your continued . ana generous activity in rorwardmg charitable gifts ' to Ger many and for the services rendered by the American delegation of five doctors and 22 nurses, who are doing splendid work in Silesia. 2-DECK RATE ORDERED CUT Interstate Acts in Favor of Sheep men Using Southern Pacific. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 4. The Interstate Com merce Commission today found unrea sonable the Southern Pacific Railroad's rate on sheep in double-deck cars shipped from Midland. Or, to San Fran cisco, and ordered this rate reduced. The Southern Pacific charges twice o.- much for hauling double-deck cars of sheep as it charges for single-deck cars. The Commission orders that the rate on double-deck cars shall be not more than 170 per cent of the charge for single-deck cars, on the ground that it costs less to haul one double-deck car than two single-deckers. The case was decided on complaint of J. G. Johnson, of San Francisco. Land Case Being Argued. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 4. Argument of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company case was begun before the Supreme Court today and will be concluded tomor row. The lumber company and the Larauts are seeking to defend their title to five timber land entries on Brumbraugh creek, in Lane County, Or., which were held by the Circuit Court of Appeals to have been ac quired fraudulently. Albert H. Tanner, of Portland, coun sel for the lumber company and the L,arauts, made the opening argument. He will be followed tomorrow by As sistant Attorney-General Knaebel for the Government, which asks affirma tion of the decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals. Tslltcoos- Lake Span Issue Probed. ROSEBURG. Or.. May 4. (Special.) District Attorney Neuner returned from Tsiltcoos Lake, where he went to investigate a petition filed by 100 citizens protesting against the erec tion of a bridge across the lake by the Willamette-Pacific Railroad. The petition contended that the construc tion of such a bridge as planned by the railroad company would prove a great hindrance to navigation. District At torney Neuner will- file his official report with the County . Court at its next meeting. E. M. Cnderwood Talks- at Albany. ALBANY. Or., May 4. (Special.) K M. Underwood, credit man of Saling & McCaltnan, wholesale hardware mer chants, of Portland, addressed the Al bany Retail Merchants' Association to night. He spoke in the auditorium 6f the Albany Public Libraiy, lo which the merchants wont after their regular dinner, held this evening at the St. Krancis iiotel. . Man Hurt by Power Wire "Yet Lives. WENATCHEE. Wash.. May 4. (Spe cial.) Dick Bray, 21, electrician, who was severely burned while working on a high-powered electric line at Bridge port Friday, is making a game fight for life at the Wenatchee Hospital. The attending doctors believe that if he can survive the five-day period he will recover. Oncers Use Jitney to Catcli Boy. ROSEBURG, Or., May 4. (Special.) Joe Edgard. of Marhneld, and Rex I'ual, of Portland, both under 16 years of age, were arrested by the officers here yesterday on telegraphic advices Labor Law Unconstitutional. COLUMBUS. O.. May 4. The Ohio statute, which prohibits an employer from discharging an employe because of the membership of the latter in a labor union, was held unconstitutional in a decision handed down by the State Supreme Court today. Centervllle Gets Rural Route. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 4. Rural route No. 3 will be established at Centerville, Wash., June 1, to supply 103 families three times a week. The route is' 29 miles long and carrier's salary ?660. By the use of rartlal vacuum the United States Department of Agriculture has de- eloped a hydroi-yanic acid process for rum Igatlng Imported seed more rapidly then aereioiore. "YTOU'LL find in these J- young men's suits all the clever style-ideas that are shown the country over. More than that, you'll find a sturdiness in fabric and a sincerity in workman ship that unite style and service through long months of satisfactory wear. $15, $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $27.50, $30 BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth Young men's suits are. shown on the second floor; you're, invited up to see what Spring looks like. BRITAIN CONSIDERS REPRISALS FOR GAS "Similar Expedients" May Be Employed, Parliament Is Told by War Office. DELIBERATE NATURE SEEN Sir John French Declares "Xeiv and Illegal Weapon" Has Been XJped Repeatedly and That Pro test Will Be Useless. LONDON, May 4. Speaking in the House of Commons today, H. J. Ten nant, parliamentary secretary of the War Office, said Great Britain had under consideration the question of "employing similar expedients" against the use by German troops on the bat tlefield of asphyxiating gases. There was given out in London to day a report on the ise of the asphyxi ating gases by the Germans from Sir John French, commander-in-chief of ho expeditionary force on the Conti nent, which says: "A week before the Germans first used this method they announced in their reports that" we were making use of asphyxiating gases. ! Carefully Planned. "At tbat time there appeared to e no reason for this astounding false hood. Now it is obvious that it was part of a scheme, and it is further proof of the deliberate nature of the introduction by the Germans of this new and illegal weapon. It shows they recognized its illegality and that they were anxious to forestall neutral and possibly domestic criticisms. "Since the enemy first made use of this method of covering his ad vance with a cloud of poisoned air, he has repeated both in offense and de fense wherever the wind has been fa vorable. "The efect of this poison is not merely disabling or painlessly fatal, as has been suggested in the German press. . Those victims who do not suc cumb on the field and who can be brought into hospitals suffer acutely and a large proportion of the cases die a painful and lingering death. Survivors Permanently Affeeted. "Those who survive are in little bet ter shape, as the injury to their lungs appears to be of a permanent char acter and reduces them to a condition which point to their being invalids for life. These effects must have been well known to the German scientists who devised this new weapon and to the military authorities who sanc tioned its use. "I am of the opinion that the ene my has definitely decided to use these gases as a normal procedure, and that protests will be useless." - quet. Among the notable speakers are W. C. Pearce. secretary of the Interna tional Sunday School Association, I. W. Williamson, of Vancouver, B.. C, and Charles A. Phlpps, of the Oregon Association. MAN, SHOT TWICE, SILENT Victim at Cottage Grove Refuses to Accuse Suspect. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., May A. (Special.) C. Ambrose, a Cottage Grove resident of a few weeks, lies at the Schleef Hospital here in a seri ous condition with two bullet wounds in his body. Mr. Ambrose refuses to tell how he received the wounds and refuses to make a complaint. The man supposed to have inflicted the wounds has made no attempt to leave the city, but is Just as silent as the wounded man. CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES FEW Albany Sponsor Seeks Long for Con tainer for Calapoola Water. ALBANY. Or., May 4. (Special.) In dicating that Albany is really as well as legally "dry,' is the circumstance that Miss Beulah Hinckley, who is to represent Albany at the "wedding of the waters" at the opening of the Celilo canal, had difficulty n complying with the committee's request that she bring the water of the Calapooia River in a champagne bottle. When Miss Hinckley received the in structions she asked some of the direc tors of the Commercial Club to secure the necessary bottle, and it was some time before one could be found, finally however, the necessary bottle was dis covered, but the man bringing it in did not indicate where he unearthed It. , Teachers Head Camping Party. LA CENTER, Wash.. May 4. (Spe cial.) Four ninth grade boys and two teachers left Friday on a week-end outing at Mt St. Helens. Those who went are: Principal Frank McEntirc. Professor Homer McEntire, Claude Anderson, Byrl Shellhart, George Headley, Eldon Bryee. The party made camp at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, with the temperature at six degrees above zero. They climbed Turn Turn Mountain Sunday morning and then started for home. Washington Growers Let Contract. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 4. (Spe cial.) The Washington Fruitgrowers' Association has closed a deal with Robinson & Company, a large whole sale fruit and berry concern, whereby the latter will handle practically the entire output of marketable fruit of Centralia growers this season. Sunday School Convention at Kelso. KELSO. Wash., May 4. (Special.) With a large number of delegates in attendance, the twenty-eighth annual Western Washington Sunday School convention opened its sessions last night witb. a bis "get acquainted" ban- Suit Against Albany Doctors Lost. ALBANY, Or., May 4. (Special.) Judge Kelly, of ine Circuit Court, has dismissed the action of Iris W. T. Oliver against Drs. J. P. and B. It. Wallace for $25,000, brought last Janu ary, for alleged malpractice In setting a fracture of the shoulder in January, 1913. nearly two years ago. The de fendants were prepared with testimony from leading medical men. residing in various parts of the state, among them Drs. A. K. Rockey, J. Christ O Oay, X. W. Kirby, of Portland: Dr. W. H. .Dale, of Harrisburg; Dr. Johnson, of Cor- vallis, as well as physicians from Al bany, who stated that the treatment by the Drs. Wallace of the case in ques tion was thoroughly scientific and ac cording to the latest approved methods. The defendants were represented by Attorneys Weatherford & Weatherford, of Albany, and Charles J. Schnabel, of Portland. Fredrich Blackwcll, Moscow, Dies. MOSCOW, Idaho, May 4. (Special.) Fredrich Blackwell, father-in-law oi Representative Fred C. McGowan, of this city, died Saturday following a short illness. Mr. Blackwell was 71 years old and a native of England. For 35 years he was engaged in the book binding business in Racine, Wis. He moved to Dreary, Idaho, seven years ago and then here two months ago. The deceased is survived by his widow, one son, George B. Blackwell, of Seattle, and his daughter, Mrs. F. C. McGowan, of Moscow. Fire Wipes Out Richland Block. RICHLAND. Or., May 4. (Special.) Fire of unknown cause destroyed the Keller and Carson business block shortly after midnight. The entire business district was threatened for some time, but the blaze is now under control. WILSON REFUSES COPIES COLOUADO LETTERS DENIED TO IX DFSTRIAL COMMISSION. Replying to Request of Federal Inves tigators, President Says Publicity Is Deemed V n wtwr. WASHINGTON, May 4. President Wilson today declined to furnish the Federal Industrial Relations Commis sion with a copy of correspondence be tween himself and Governor Amnions, of Colorado, which had been requested by Basil M. Manly, representing the Commission, "to complete its record of its investigation into the Colorado coal strike." In transmitting the refusal to the Commission, Secretary Tumulty merely said that the President did not deem It advisable to give publicity to the let ters. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Commission, in a statement issued recently, asserted that a representative of John D. Rockefeller, Jr had pre pared a letter to be- sent by Governor Ammons to the President on the strike situation. Governor Ammons later de nied that Mr. Rockefeller or his rep resentatives had anything to do with preparing any of his communications. MILL PLANS ARE EXTENDED Corn pa n y Announced to Handle Pro posed Road Into Cascade Reserve. ROSEBURG. Or.. May 4. (Special.) In a letter received here yesterday from S. A. Kendall, of Pittsburg, At torney O. P. Coshow, counsel for Ken dall broihers, is asked to prepare for the incorporation here of a company for handling the proposed railroad from this city to the line of the Cas cade Forest Reserve. In the Incor poration papers Kendall brothers ask for a provision whereby the railroad eventually' may be extended across the state to Boise, Idaho. Another feature mentioned in the letter is the fact that Kendall broth ers propose to erect at Roseburg a sawmill of 250,000 feet daily capacity, instead of 200,000 feet as originally planned. Monmouth Man Hangs Self. MONMOUTH. Or., May 4. (Special.) C. Wolf committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself. Despondency was the cause, and for some time Mr. Wolf has not been in good health. Mrs. Wolf went to the barn to get feed for the chickens when she found her husband. Caldwell Band to Play. CALDWELL. Idaho. May 4. (Special.) The first open-air concert by the Caldwell brass band will be given Fri day night. The officers of the organiza tion are: D. J. Brown, president; H. R. Hammond, secretary; Joseph Kahn, treasurer; board of managers. R. B. Hartenbower, Joseph Kahn and C. H Kingsbury. Caldwell Superintendent Named. CALDWELL. Idaho, May 4. (Special.) The board of trustees elected H. H. Clifford, of Three Rivers, Mich., superin tendent of the Caldwell schools. Mr. Lemon, editor of the Caldwell News, was also a candidate for the position. Only Three Days nn IVi ore Schwan Piano Co. 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