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1 '-. .V V:.'-: :-v-c-i'iV.:;:t.x.::?i-- ;v; ------ .-...- :.V-S. ; v; :.-r.' -'J . .i;:. -?.' ' -j . . ; 4 House Puts Through 4- Meas ures Carried Over From Last Session. WAY CLEAR FOR WAR ACT No Changes Made In Military Fund Bills, but Amendments to Conform With Emergency 'Will Come In Senate. WASHINGTON, April 4. Four t!g ap propriation bills which failed In the Senate at the last session were repassed in quick succession today by the House, thus clearing t'ne way for the war reso lution which will be brought up tomor row morning at 10 o'clock. The bills carried appropriations of more than $440,000,000. They were the Army, $240,000,000; sundry civil, $138, 241,000; generp.l deficiency, $'62,583,000, and Military Academy, $1,49,000. Ko changes were made in the measures ae they passed the House at the last ses sion. Numerous emergency amend ments will be added In the Senate and the final bills will be drafted in con ference in v e interest of speed. ' War Action Avraite. Many additional app -opriatlon bills will have to be passed but the size or form of any of them will not be known until Congress has declared a state of war existing and the executive branch of the Government has submitted its plans for prosecuting hostilities. Tentative ptna now being discussed re to pass a special deficiency bill simi lar to ine carrying $50,000,000 which was passed prior to the Spanish-American "War, to be used In any emergency which may arise in the various depart ments. Ptea Hade for Economy Before the vote on the sundry civil bill. Chairman Fitzgerald, of the appro priations committee, addressed the House on the need for rigid economy and on efficient service in the coming crisis. "I hope this Nation will not be like the nations of Europe and for two or three years sleep unconscious of the necessity of rigid economy, but that it will awake Instantly to the necessity of developing the highest" efficiency in government service. I hope that it will at once begin the difficult task of eliminating the things that are not im peratively essential for the welfare and eafety of the country." Representative Padgett, chairman of the naval committee, introduced a bill today to permit the President to take over boats, including small craft, in case of war. DOCTOR CASUALTIES HIGH Earl of Derby Explains Necessity of Revising Exemptions. LONDON, April 4. The Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for war, In moving In the House of Lords today the second reading of the bill to revise military exemptions, said: "We lost more than 400 doctors, killed or wounded, in the battle of the Bomrne alone, and at the present mo ment we are. I won't say critically, but lamentably short of medical men and 1 am afraid we will continue so in the immediate future." The War Secretary, while regret tng the necessity of adopting the bill, said more extensive and more drastic measures would be required to secure to the army the men necessary. MOTHER OF FOUR MISSING Mrs. Hans Flatner Goes to See Her Husband and Disappears. MAESHFIELD, Or.. April 4. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Hans Flatner, of East Bide, mother of four children, whose hus band Is tL workman in the Smith mills, tonight was reported missing since early this morning, when she called at school and conversed with the teacher about her two children. Later, Mrs. Flatner said she was going to the mill, across the bay, to see her husband And has not since been seen. It is believed she Is either demented And wandered away in the woods or was drowned. Searching parties scoured the surrounding country for the woman. Gilliam Taxes Coming In. CONDON, Or., April 4. (Special.) Taxes on the current taxroll of Gilliam County are being collected rapidly. The largest amount collested for one day was on last Monday, when Sheriff Llllle took In $30,000. Only One "BROMO QTmrDfE." To ret the Kenuine. call for full name. 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H, Boston." Sold throughout the world. Great South American Nation Lauds United States for Entry Into WarJ on Principles Based on Humanity. BUENOS AIRES, April 4. Discuss ing President Wilson's speech. La Frenaa aays: "The United Statei Congress trill certainly approve the President's demands respecting1 the en trance of that country into the war. This la no surprise. It is the logical sequence of the attitude adopted by Washington because of the German submarine campaign." La Razon says: "President Wilson's declarations are categorical and are Interspersed with a frankness and simplicity that pre clude every suspicion of passion or egotism." El Diaro cays: "President Wilson's message is a most important document which leads to the supposition that war Is to be declared at once. The United States will then be in a position to shed her blood, for those principles which gave her peace and happiness." lro-GrrmB Orsran Bitter. La Union, a pro-German organ, say the entrance of the United States into the war would not modify the situa tion of the entente fleet and would not affect Germany's submarine campaign. "Mr. Wilson's action," La Union adds, "can only complicate or delay the con clusion of the war and will wreck the Monroe Doctrine because European na tions reciprocally will have a right to intervene in American Issues. "Mexico might avail herself of the opportunity and extend the conflict to other peaceful countries in America." Roma, an Italian newspaper, says: "Now that Germany makes war on the whole world the world must re taliate." La Epoca, the Presidential organ, says President Wilson's speech destroys the pretensions of the Germans to lay the responsibility for war on the Washing ton Government. "The message clearly demonstrated," says this paper, "that the United States In entering the war is not influenced by the European point of view, but acts from the standpoint of humanity and STRONG POINTTAKEH Germans Lose Dominating Po sition Near St. Quentin. 3 OTHER TRENCHES LOST French Report Precipitate) With drawal of Enemy Under Irresist ible Attack Gains Are Blade East and West of Somme. PARIS, April 4. In their operations between the Somme and the Oise the French captured a dominating position of much importance along the line of villages of Grugies, Urvillers and Moy, running from south to southeast of St. Quentin. The War Office also officially re ports the precipitate withdrawal of the Germans from three lines of trenches north of the Folie farm in the same sector under an irresisnDie aitacn. i I."1 V. nBtrnla loaf nlffht rgchM tftlfl southwestern outskirts of St. Quentin. the War Office announces. Fighting continued south of the Ailette. The French made further gains east and west of the Somme. PdORE SESSIONS DESIRED MR. M'ARTHCR BEINTRODCCES BILL AFFECTIXO COXGRESS. Measure Provides for Convening; Body Four Months After Election In stead of 'Wiiltlnc Thirteen. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. April 4. Representative Mc- Arthur today reintroduced a measure which is in substance a copy of his bill of last session providing for an ad ditional session of Congress every two years. This measure provides that in addition to the regular session on the first Mondav in December of ench year Congress shall assemble oq the first Monday following the 4th of March fol lowing Congressional elections. The bill has been referred to the committee on the Judiciary, and Mr. McArthur will ask for an early hearing. The bill which Mr. McArthur intro duced at the last session, but upon which no hearing was held, aroused much favorable comment among East ern papers and was indorsed by nearly all of the metropolitan dailies. It was also approved by many members of the House and Senate. Speaking of the measure which he has just introduced Mr. McArthur said: . "The business before Congress has grown to such tremendous proportions that it is impossible to consider It properly under the present arrange ment, whereby Congress does not meet until 13 months after its election. My plan contemplates a session of Con gress on the first Monday following the 4 th day of March. When a new Con gress is elected it will begin its work within four months after its election, and its members will be more respon stve to the wishes of the people than they are now after a long and tedious interim." FARMERS GUT BARRIER ISO FORCES ROAD TO FHEE KERRY OPEN BEFORE SHERIFF ARRIVES. Action Follows Row Between Marion and Owners of Private Ferry After Bridge Is Condemned. SALEM. Or.. April 4. (Special.) Determined to gain access to Marlon County's free ferry, the road to which has been blocked on the Polk County side by a fence along the right-of-way going to the old private ferry landing, about 150 Polk County farmers, living In the vicinity of West Salem, today sawed down the fence and did away with the barrier. The feat was accomplished only half an hour before Sheriff Orr, of Polk County, arrived on the scene with In junction papers to enjoin Captain -Mitchell of the Marion County ferry, from disturbing the fence. Captain Mitchell was in Portland when the Sheriff arrived, and that officer went on into Portland to serve the papers. The move on the part of the farmers the necessity of re-establishing, above all. national rights. "Our continent Is proud that Trom its own bosom there arises at this moment a light on the shadows which lay yes terday on the nations." El Diaro Espanol says: "The resolution taken by the United States will not. Tor th present, modify the conditions of the struggle. The aid extended by the United States will be rather moral than effective, but the United States will prepare a. big fleet and muster a large army, which will be a great danger for the other nations, especially those of South America. "The step taken by the United States should give matter for thought rather because of its future consequences for this section of the American eontinent, than for its present meaning." AYilaon Called Another Lincoln. The Buenos Aires' Herald says: "Like President Lincoln, Mr. Wilson endeavored to avoid the horrors of war. Both were forced for the sake of hu manity. Mr. Wilson's declaration places him on the side of justice and against oppression." La Plata Zelfung, a German newspa per, says: "W. await .with calm the decision of the United States, which will In no way affect the European situation. We have confidence in Hlndenburg and the German people." La Critlca calls President Wilson's speech the equivalent of a new inter pretation of international law and a new conception of the philosophy of history. It says that the President's words are the graveBt and most just of any ever pronounced by an American chief executive. El Nacional, although pro-Oerman in Its sympathies, expresses admiration tor the attitude of the American Gov ernment, and adds: "Congress granted twice to Mr. Wil son powers which he already partly possessed by the Constitution, but for a third time the President asks counsel of Congress before acting. It Is one of the greatest demonstrations of the democracy of the parliamentary system." tended over several weeks of bickering between Marlon County and the own ers of the private ferry, the two sides having contended bitterly for exclu sive right of the river at this point. Traffic across the river was blocked when the old inter-county bridge over the Willamette was condemned as un safe by the State Highway Commis sion, and closed by the two. County Courts. SPOKANE JITNEYS YIELD Operation Suspended Temporarily . at Expiration of Bond. SPOKANE, Wash., April 4. (Special.) Spokane Jitney drivers have decided not to operate in violation of the state bonding law, at least not for the pres ent. George ' Ferrall, whose Jitney bond expires today, will discontinue running, as will three others on days their bonds expire, later this week. "Spokane drivers -IH not operate without bonds, at least not for the present." said Secretary F. B. Kllp house, of the Jitneymen's Union. "There wiU be no violations of the law until we try other methods of obtaining bonds and when these fall we then may go to the courts. I ex pect some word from Seattle in a few days in regard to the Jitney situation there, and until I secure this I have Instructed local Jitneymen, to 'quit as their bonds expire." SEASIDE WINS STREET SUIT Property-Owner's Fight Against As sessment Is Lost. ASTORIA. Or.. April 4. (Special.) Circuit Judge Eakln handed down a de cision today in favor of the defendant in the case of G. M. Grimes against the city of Seaside. The action involved the validity of approximately $9000 in street assessments. It was brought to restrain the city from selling the plaintiffs property for the collection of assessments made to defray the ex pense of improving Broadway from the Necanicum River bridge to the ocean beach. The -contention made by the com plaint was that the thoroughfare was not a street, but a county road and therefore could not be improved by the city at the expense of the abutting property. In holding that the assess ments were valid, the court said the thoroughfare was not a road, but a regularly dedicated street,' PACIFIC STUDENT ENLISTS Verio Stanley, Corporal in Company X, Missed at University. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove. Or., April 4. (Special.) Verle Stanley, one of the most popular students in college, left school to join his com pany of- the Oregon National Guard. He is a corporal in Company M of the Third Oregon. Stanley is an excellent singer, hav ing held the place of first tenor in the University male quartet. His loss will be felt on the baseball team, as he was one of only five letter men of last year on this year's team. He was a mem ber of the junior class and had won his letter twice in football. He is reg istered from Tillamook, Or., and 1s the son of Judge Stanley, of Tillamook County. Oriental Rugs SPRING CLEANING Thin la the neanon to have your Oriental Rns-a wmsn cleaned and repaired to nrenerve their wear and re store their rich, natural colorlngH. Native weavers with lifelong? experience do the work, and nhnolute sat isfaction in aunrcii. I'rifwm J moderate. Telephone Broad way CARTOZIAN BROS. (INCORPORITID) ImportBTi of Oriental Buff, WMhins-ton at 10th, Plttoca Blk I r iPorBaril ROADS OPPOSE RATE CHANGE TO COAST Water Competition Will Be Re stored, Interstate Com mission Is Advised. PORTS FEAR TRADE INJURY Construction of Wooden Ships la Cited In Argument for Contin uance of Preferential; Spo kane JIan Objects. WASHINGTON: AnHl 4. Represen tatives of transcontinental railways and Pacific Coast ports united today in urging the Interstate Commerce Com mission to reject any readjustment of transcontinental freight rates involved In the inter-mountain rate cases which would involve the abolition of low pref erential rates from Eastern producing centers to Pacific ports. Counsel for the railroads told the Commission that water competition. while non-existent at present, was still potential, and that proposed Increases in rates to Coast cities would result in diverting a great volume of traffic to steamship lines which would then find it to their advantage to engage in the coast-to-coast trade through the canal. the railroads suffering a corresponding loss in revenue. Seth Mann, 8. T. Wotrlck and C T. Helping, representing organisations in San Francisco, Seattle and Los An geles, respectively, declared that mucji of the business of Coast cities had been built up by low water rates, that the war had taken the steamBbip lines Into more profitable channels, and that if the railroad rates were advanced the business of those cities would be greatly crippled. Wooden ships are now building, they asserted, for the Coast-to-Coast trade, and when 'these are completed water competition will be restored. J. B. Campbell, of Spokane, urged that the through rates be Increased, saying that as water competition now existed there was no excuse for the low preferential rates. Such fates, Mr. Campbell added, constitute a discrim ination against towns and cities in the inter-mountain territory which should be removed. WOMEN RUSH TO SERVICE National Iseague Speakers to Appear Before Spokane Organizations. SPOKANE. Wash.. April 4. (Spe cial.) Women of all ages are respond ing to the appeal of the National League for Women's Service. Cooks, chlckenralsers, doctors, as sistants, motor-drivers and many others are registering at the local headquar ters for service in time of war. Most of those who register signify their willingness for general service, however, and it Is expected that these likewise will be in greatest demand. Up to noon today about 60 women had registered since the office was opened yesterday. The officers of the local league are not satisfied, however, and steps were taken today for more vig orous measures. "The publicity committee is arrang ing to send speakers before various women's organizations of the city and urge their members to come and regis ter for service," said Gertrude Hunt ington, chairman of the local league. ELOPING GIRL IS FORGIVEN Father Drops Action When Brido Says She Is Happy. ALBANY. Or.. April 4. (Special.) Upon learning that his 17-year-old daughter. Myrtle Ward, was married to George Shuck, with whom she eloped from Linn County last week, William L. Ward, of Dever, yesterday abandoned efforts to have the girl returned home. The couple were married at Van couver, Wash., and although the girl is not yet old enough to marry without her parents' consent, Mr. Ward said he would not press the case any further as his daughter said she was happy. Previously he had instituted proceed ings here to endeavor to get the girl back. AD CONTEST TO BE HELD Klamath Falls Merchant Offers Prizes to Students. KLAMATH 5" ALLS, Or, April 7. (Special.) Valuable prises have been offered by K. Sugarman, local mer chant, to the four male Klamath County High School students who will write the four best essays on "The Value of Advertising, and also an advertisement f.T his business between April 1 and 2o The prizes are shoes, shirts, hat and socks. The conditions require that each contestant write one Hssay and one advertisement. The essay is limi ted to between 200 and 300 words. The This Diagram shows the actual number of sets Sold and unsold of the new ' Encyclopaedia Britannica printed on genuine India paper, up to March. 21 When the last set is sold, your opportunity to obtain the Britannica printed on genuine India paper will be gone forever,, It you with to order before it beeomee impossible to buy a met at any price, go at ones to THE J. K. GILL CO. GILL'S Prestige gained through quality sustained. The big show, as usual, at the Columbia SEENA OWEN Elaborately gowned, plays the feature role. t'i A II r 5 a Big advertisement may contain any number of words, or a cut If desired, but muit not be larger than one-quarter page of a newspaper. The essays of the four winners, together with their advertise ments, will be published in a. local paper. GERMAN LABOR RESTLESS Bis Shipbuilding Plant at Hamburg Is In Difficulties. COPENTIAOEN. via London. April 4. The Berlin Tageblatt says that labor difficulties have broken out In the big Vulcan shipbuilding works at Ham burg. The workmen demand a one third Increase in their wages. The Vulcan works are where most of Germany's great ocean liners have been built. Wilson Defamer Sentenced. NEW YORK, April 4. Henry Tager. a st last. f?'. twtr sets remain when ju read this. THIRD AND ALDER this grow smaller weekly IBIMll IIIHIHISiaiWJIU.WHS-Mimilll.il MISUI -I' l S V'7."' -' ' ' ' 'I IIIUHIII III smijyyf t . .w :-r.ss i M V " 7 -I WOMAM'S KING A modern romance with an unusual plot the story of a girl, young and ' foolish, who marries and repents, who endures soul torture and heart an guish until the hand of fate inter poses. ADDITIONAL: Her Gandy Kid ' and - A Tuner of Note Comedies of Class Vesterlide Launching A Columbia Special Baby's . Perambulations Interesting Child Study Features and First Run Only Maywood, N. J., real estate dealer, was sentenced to six months In the work house here today for having attacked President Wilson in a public speech. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. DAIRY LUNCH 323 Washington St, near 6th. Quick service, day and night. CHOICE STEAKS T-Bone, 40c. Small Club, Oc Tendrloln. 30c Sirloin, lftc Hot Jttef Sanflwtcti 1 (to Ba.kd u&r-Cured Ham Sandwich lOo Waffles eft Hot Cakes, All Honrs, lfte. Delicious Coffe, Plea. Pastries. All Short Orders at Any Time. Popular Prlcea, Jul. I, 2 Bold o too 5t Ijuly 1. Tl916 1 -43T SaU mat Us Oet 1. W1S UimM UntU Max. 21. 1917 VaMl COZY STARTS TODAY Admission . . 15c ChildrW 5c H X J. at For Easter-tide .Visitors to Astoria Express will run through to Beach Points on Friday, April 6. Leave Port- land 6:15 P. M. Saturday trains 8:10 A. M. and 6:15 P. M. Metal Trades' Convention, Seaside, Saturday, April 7. North Bank Ticket Office Fifth and Stark Sts. 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