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8 ITALY READY WITH ARMY OF 1,700,000 What Will Be Done With the $1,250,000 Road Money? Giolitti, Opponent of War, Said to Have Promised Sup port to Cabinet. 66 I alki BORDER CLASH REPORTED THE MORNING OREGOMAX. MONDAY, MAY IT. 1915, 9? eg Act demonstrations In Favor of AVar Oc cur at Florence, Naples, Messina, lioloffiia, Palermo and Catania, Many Austrlans Icaving. -WHAT ITALY IIRIIANnS FROJt ? Al STHIA AND WHAT MAY 1 I UK COiVCKDKD TO HER. J t Italy Demands of the Austrian f Umpire: ine cession or tne entire prov- inces of Trent, Goritz and Istria. The cession of the districts of . Roverto, Bozen, Meran, Tolmein J and Gorzia. i The cession of the porta of Flume, Trieste and Fola. The cession of the Dalmatian j I Islands on the east coast of the f a Adriatic. J I The extension of the Italian I boundary Into the Austrian Tyrol f and east to the Julian Alps. J t Austria Is Rrportrd to Be Will- I ingr to Concedel 4 4 The cession of Lake Garda and I the valleys of Chiese, Adige and i Isonzo rivers. I J Tho cession of the districts of t i Kiva. Rover to. Tlone and I i t-iradisca. I GENEVA, via Paris, May 16. A tele pram from Lucano, a Swiss city near the Italian border, says that Italy now has 1.700,000 soldiers mobilized and equipped. ROME, via Paris, May 16. Official an nouncement was made here today that King Victor Emmanuel had declined to accept the resignation of Premier Sa landra. Tne Salandra Cabinet is to be retained without change. Although it was made known unoffi cially last night that SignorValandra would remain at the head of the gov ernment, this announcement was re ceived today with great demonstrations of rejoicing and manifestations in favor of war. The delay in making the official an nouncement is said to have been due to the efforts to bring about closer co operation among the various parlia mentary sections. t.lollttl Will Support Cabinet. It is asserted that ex-Premier Giolit ti will make a public statement to the effect that he had believed it possible to obtain from Austria concessions suf ficient to avert war. but that once war is inevitable, he will support the Cab inet. The Austrian consulate having noti fied the few Austrian subjects in Rome to be ready to leave on a moment's no tice, most of them decided to depart today. The excitement at Milan subsided on receipt of the news of Premier Salan dra's retention. The general strike there passed off without serious inci dent, although there was a demonstra- .... ......., t ITALY'S FIGHTING FORCKS OX J LAU AND ON SEA. T 'Army. Peace strength 306.000 1 4 Reserve 2,994.200 I Total war strength 3,380,200 Available for duty, un- t ? organized 248,668 Navy. i Modern battleships ? J Other battleships 8 l'irst-class cruisers 9 4 SAr-nn r 1 n a a r , I 1 . - n T- J Third-class cruisers 10 J 4 Gunboats 5 4 t Destroyers 415 i Tomedo - hni 1 1 75 4 f 'Submarines rt J Total of ships IS!". 4 Total officers and men.. 36,095 4 tion in favor of war on the part of a crowd estimated at 40.000. Similar dem onstrations occurred at Florence, Naples. Messina, Bologna, Palermo and Catania. Factions Clash at Bologna. The demonstration at Bologna devel oped into a free fight between the fac tions for and against war. The Austrian Ambassador, Baron von Macchio, conferred at the Villa Malta with Prince von Buelow, the German Ambassador, for two hours. The trend of events is considered most significant, particularly in view of the fact that clashes between Italian and Austrian troops are reported to be oc curring on the frontier. STUDENTS J0 BE AIDED Washington to Give Scholarship Carrying Free Tuition. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se attle, May 16. (Special.) The scholar ships that will obtain free tuition next year, when the new law of 10 fees foi a semester goes into effect, are to be given to self-supporting students at Washington. The board of regents will make the awards on the recommenda tions of the president, the bursar and the dean of the university. Applications for the scholarships are to be filed with the bursar before June and the awards will be announced before the dismissal of school. Washington's entrance into the ranks of tuition schools next Fall Is looked forward to with some apprehension. It is wondered whether the levying of a matriculation tax will affect the enroll nient. MARINES MAY BE LANDED Kcllef to Be Sent to Americans in Mexico If Necessary. WASHINGTON. May 16. American marines will be landed at Uuaymas and sent to the aid of Americans in danger because of Yaqui Indian outbreaks the commanders of warships sent to the Mexican port believe this to be neces sary. After a conference today with Secretary Bryan. Rear-Admiral Ben on. acting Secretary of the Navy, said "We hope the Americans will make 'their way to the coast and be taken board the cruiser, but if it is neces sary to send out landing parties. Com mander Magruder, of the Raleigh, is authorized to take that action." I SIGHTSEERS IN FIGHTING MAST OF AMERICAN WARSHIP. : ! ,, " 7k.J ' ' 4 fJf:Kr- -r - :; t . vi - i " -"' : - -iX' wis ; - H J 1 ; ) "ttf I! I ! 1 n'ftL'hJ$l$iZHi tt tiTfcl r . . I : ffLfeOp ! : : Photo Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. For the first time all restrictions against climbing the fighting "" 4 masts of battleships were removed at the gathering of warships for review last week. Of the 81.000 visitors to the great armada of Uncle t Sam, now afloat in the Hudson River, New York, many took advan- J tage of the opportunity and ran up ' the spidery framework of the 4 masta to the very top. where they perched in the crow's nest. DEWEY LAUDS NAVY Admiral Says Fleet Is Finest of Size in World. OFFICERS AS GOOD AS ANY President of General Board Declares More Ships, OTflcers and Men Are Needed, Holding That Defense, Unless Adequate, Impotent. NEW YORK. May 16. Admiral George Dewey, president of the Gen eral Board of the Navy lor the last 15 years, sent a letter to a banquet of the officers of the Atlantic fleet here last night, in which he said that "the effi ciency of the fleet has steadily pro gressed and has never been so high as it is today." The letter was read by Secretary Daniels. "The people of New York have Just cause for pride in the rieet now as sembled in their harbor," wrote Admiral Dewey. "Not only is it composed of the finest and most efficient warships that we have ever had, but it is not excelled, except in size, by the fleet of any nation in the world; our officers are as good as any: and our enlisted men are superior in training, educa tion, physical development and devo tion to duty to those of any other navy. "As president of the General Board for the-last 15 years, I can say with absolute confidence that the efficiency of the fleet has steadily progressed and has never been so high as it is today. "However, we need more ships, more officers, and more men, and' should con tinue the wise policy of increasing the size of our Navy, which must remain our first and best line of derense. This defense, unless adequate, is impotent; and adequacy is not reached until the Navy is strong enough to meet on equal terms the navy of the strongest possible adversary." PLEA MADE FOR PEACE MR. LISTKR. SPEAKS IS OLYMPU CONGREGATIONAL, CHURCH. attended church with the Governor, was invited to address the congrega tion, and urged the churchmen to write President Wilson that the Na tion wanted peace and not war. "My vote will never be cast for war on the basis now existing to sustain the technical right of a citizen to go abroad and thus place this right above the right of the country to enjoy peace," he said. COLLEGE Y. M. C. A. GROWS Corvallis Membership 486 and 400 Attend Bible Classes. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEfiR Corvallis. Slay 16 (Special.) The Young Mens Christian Association at the Oregon Agricultural College has Just closed one of the most successful years of its history. With the total membership increased to 486, the asso ciation has 400 men engaged in weekly Bible study groups, classes being held in fraternity and club houses and in the Corvallis churches. The employment bureau, operated by the association, lias obtained work for self-supporting students, which has amounted to more than $3000 for the year. t MORGAN CALLED IN SUIT Subpena Issued for Financier in Action to Recover Will. WASHINGTON. May 10 J. P. Mor gan has been subpenaed by the Su preme Court to answer the State of Virginia's suit to recover the will of Martha Washington, now in the collec tion of the financier. He will be served when he lands in New York from Europe. A Maine newspaper rarently published a Ionic wedding report, complete in everv detail except that it did not mention the name of either bride or bridegroom. ROSEBl'RG CHOOSES ttVEEN ? FOR STRAWltKKllV CAR- NIVAL. 1 Washington Governor Hopes War Will I,at Till Nations Learn There Are Other Ways to End Dispute. OL.YMPIA, Wash., May 16. (Spe cial.) Governor Lister occupied the pulpit of the Olympia Congregational Church today when "Peace Sunday" was observed. "I hope the present wart will not be ended until the nations concerned are convinced that there are other means than the appeal to arms of settling in ternational disputes," the Governor said, pleading for the world court idea. European conditions proved that great armies and navies did not insure peace. Governor Lister asserted. "The present war was caused by the desire for more authority by those tn authority In Europe, and in an effoTt to show a need for large armies and navies," he said. 4 Senator Jones, of Washington, who 4 ' i 4 .-,:,..- t---: :' : y--y -,j$m -ix r I 4 $4 Miss Justine Carter. KCC-BURG. Or., May 16. (Special.) Miss Justine Carter was last night elected Queen of the Strawberry Carnival. o be held here next week. Miss Car ter received nearly twice as many votes as her nearest opponent, Florence Sinnott was elected children's Queen. Home ' Indust tj9 and Oregon's Greatest Resource Is Timber Use It Intelligently c reosoted Wood. odk Pavement comes nearer meeting all present-day traffic conditions than any other type, because of its great durability, reasonable cost, low maintenance, neatness, freedom from dust, easy riding and ease of repair. Finally, because it is the best investment. Since WOOD BLOCK is the best pavement in the end,and is a product of Oregon labor, Why Not Use It? GET ONE HUNDRED CENTS' WORTH OF PAVEMENT FOR EACH DOLLAR SPENT BY LAYING ood lock West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association HA IS ANXIOUS Austria Believed Preparing People for Worst. ton, must be restricted to five days in the week. SOLE TOPIC NOW IS WAR Tyrolean Sharpshooters Guarding Passes in Alps, While Troops or Teutonic Allies Await Fi nal Decision of Rome. R-r KARL. H. VON WIEOAND. (Staff correspondent of tho New York World Copyright, 113, by the Press PjjbliahlnK rnmiunv. B special cauic. by arrangement.) VIENNA, via The Hague,' May . 10. In the Tyrol tonight the famous Tyro lean sharpshooters are guarding the cow-paths and the passes; batteries of heavy artillery and light mountain guns are trained on all the roads and ap p roaches leading from Italy. To the southward German and Austrian troops are massed along the frontier, awaiting the decision of Italy for war or peace. For the first time since the Austro- Italian question became acute the cen sorship muzzle has been taken from the Viennese press, which has not been al lowed to discuss the negotiations, and the Freie Presse. close to the govern ment. tonight announces that the situa tion is of the gravest, but that there is still a flicker of hope. It is evident that the press is pre paring the public for the possibility of another foe being aaaea to tne iisi ne-sinst Germany. Austria and Turkey. by rending the curtain long hung over the negotiations ana snowing tne gray lty of the situation. Vienna for First Time In Snspense. With the war-cloud coming from Austria's south and southeastern fron tiers, and another looming from Rou mania in the east, whence 1 came today there is for the first time something like the tension of suspense In the air of Vienna. The streets are crowded and the cafes full tonight as usual, but the sole topic of discussion war. Italy is discusseo In language and spoken of in terms which the censor will not permit to pass until it is known what Italy's decision is to be. Every thing possible is being done even now to avoid any irritation tbat might de stroy the faint glimmer of hope that Italy will be reasonable. But under neath the scarcely suppressed quiet ex citement and the characteristic Viennese light-heartedness. which makes them as popular as the more brusque North Ger mans are unpopular, with the theaters full as well as the cafes and concert halls, occasionally the rage against the possible new enemy bursts forth. Gen erally there is an air of determination that might be called resignation. People Prepared for Worst. The Emperor received Premier Sturgk in special audience today, and there was a general ministerial council later. I am Informed that the relations between Austro-Germany and Italy are not yet broken off, and to this the hopeful are clinging as to the last straw. The afternoon papers warn against optim ism; it can be said Vienna is prepared for the worst. The gravity of the situation is to some extent counteracted by the news that 100,000 prisoners, 60 guns and 200 machine guns have been captured from the Russians in the Carpathian battles. Large numbers of Austrians and Ger mans, fleeing Italy, are reaching Vienna 01. every train, it was announced to day that the sale of meat, except inut- END OF PATIENCE REACHED Klse Than Firmness in Lusitania Is sue Means Disgrace to Nation. OSWEGO. Or.. May 14. (To the Ed itor.) It is not ray wish to make my- elf conspicuous, but 1 do wish to thank you for the forceful and patriotic way in which you stand tor American rights in this present trouble with Germany. I am sure you are ex pressing the sentiments or 11 good Americans. We do not believe in the murder of babies, women and non- combatants, and if our Government does not take the only stand, it ought to I suppose we will have to suffer the disgrace until next election. I have favored the neutral policies of our President; but now patience and peace cease to be a virtue. Surely our dreadnoughts could help with their 16-inch guns, as the Queen Elizabeth only has 15-inch guns and placing ours by her side to thunder at those forts and open a passage foe Russia to the sea would be of great help to the allies. Our smaller ships would be suffi cient to protect us asainst anything Germany might do under present con ditlons. V. b COOPER. women are allowed to drink over the bar was announced Saturday night in a report filed by Lieutenant HarniM and Patrolman Martin after they had ar rested Louis Peters, a bartender at 375 Yamhill street, on a charge of violat ing the model lliuor law. Mrs. M. Adsit and Mrs. J. E. Cullins were held by the police as witnesses against Peters. In his report. Lieutenant Harms serted that a family liquor store, for which no license had been obtained, was run In connection with the bjiIo.iii. The Boll weevil did about :;o.(jmo.h.i damage to the cotton rroo In 1 5 1 3. Nearly IS. (MM) square mil1" of new territory ijei'ltlift Infehte.l fli.rlnic the var. lvt-ry effort la being ma.le to ronlrol these i-re.i,iluna, partit'U'arly lv the ue of pawuVre.l ortti nHrMinto )f !-H1. EMPRESS- OPEN WEEK YET Second Order Postpones Closing of Theater to May 23. Manager Tierong, of the Empress Theater, received orders Saturday for the closing of the theater in Portland Sunday, May 23. This order came su perseding a prevloua order which had set the date a week earlier. The clos ing at the present time is a part of the programme involved in the re-transfer of the circuit from the hands of Mar- cua Loew back to Mr. Consldine. No further information beyond the order to close has been received by the local management. It is thought, how ever, that the closing will be only tern porary and that the Western circuit may resume in the near future. The closing of the Empress will leave Pantages the only vaudeville theater operating in Portland. Woman's Bar Keported. The jispovpry of a saloon where Y00 CAN'T RUB IT OUT The pain of rheumatism is something that you cannot rub out. Every suf ferer from rheumatism has been ad vised to rub this or that on the affect ed part but after all the rubbing the pain remained. Thin, blood and rheumatism come to gether and if they are properly treated they will go together. One prominent medical writer says that "there is no acute febrile disease in which an anemia occurs, with greater rapidity." Anemia means thin blood and thin blood is something that can be correct ed, so why not build up the blood until the rheumatic poisons are driven out? . This is exactly what is done in the treatment of rheumatism with Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills. Acute, muscular and articular rheumatism all show improve ment as the thin blood is built up and when the poisons in the blood are burned up and driven out the rheuma tism does not return as long as tbe blood is kept rich and red. Care in the diet is important during the treatment and every rheumatlo suf ferer should have two booklets pub lished by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.. called "Building Up the Blood" and "What to Eat and How to Eat." They are free on re quest. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. r""3 'ITT n 'No se puede lia- cer foueii caldo de mala came." You cannot make good"! broth from poor iucat."J True ; many tobaccos can be made into cigars. Several tobaccos can De come really good cigars. But among riper smokers there is one tobacco leaf which every one calls best it is the choicest of the silky, supple leaf which grows in Cuba. Only a few square miles on the face of the whole earth can produce this leaf. You turn the soil with a spade to find it richly moist and chocolate colored. You watch the 6ky not many days to know that the climate is as fecund indeed as thesoil below. It is this rich aromatic leaf which makes Van Dyck so bland yet full, so real in character. i i n S2 fesd en Havana all Havana Spanish made Two for a quarter and vp , , M. A. Gunst & Co., Inc., Distributors tig?