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! v- V ki'-''- TTTT ATflfVlfi ni?RfinTA MOMIAY. ATT1TTj ft. Ml?. S - V" - . " the Joint auspices of the railroad and 110 STRIKES DURING the extension department of the Ore-1 gonAgricultural College. The train will tour Kastern Oregon, touching the fol lowing cities: Hood River, The Dalles, " PROPOSED Bend, ' Redmond, Wasco, Hermlaton, WAR, IS PROGRAM! Pendleton, Milton, Wallowa, Enterprise, Elgin, La Grande and Baker. The train is furnished by the rail- i way company and F. W. Robinson, general traffic manager. Is in charge of it. R. D. Hetzel. extension director of the college, is In charge of the corps Organization of Men Unable to Pass Military Physical Examination Is Idea. OIGAHTIG FARMING ARMY A Pledge of Allegiance 'JpHESE are times for wHole-Kearted allegiance. No divided loyalty. No straddling. No reservations. No equivocations. For our part, we pledge our allegiance to -this platform of clothing service: of trained specialists and the equip ment. The following Is the schedule start Nation's Safety Must Be First Consideration, Says Labor Committee on Defense. ing from Portland at 7:50 o'clock this morning: Hood River. 10:30 A. M., April 9; The Dalles, 11:20 A. M., April 10; Bend, 7:35 I P. M.. April 11; Redmond. 8 A. M., April 12; Wasco, 1:50 P. M.. April 13; Hermis ton, 3:30 P. M., April 14 Pendleton, 5 P. M.. April 15: Milton, 9:25 A. M.. April 17; Wallowa, 12:20 P. M., April 18; En terprise, 5:20 P. M.. April 18; Elgin. 2:55 P. M.. April 19; La Grande, 6:25 FOOD CONTROL IS DESIRED FLEXIBLE RULES DESIRED P. M., April 19; Baker, 1:40 P. M., April 21. Ex-President of National Grocers' Association Maps Out Plan of Action to Assure Country Plenty During War. I Legislatures Advised to Make No RADIO RUMOR EXPLAINED Changes Without Approval of Na tional Commission, Includ ing Leaders of Unions. CHICAGO. April 8. (Special.) Mob ilization of a huge "farming army" as far as practicable along tbe lines of the fighting forces of the United States Is being urged by men who foresee e. gigantic food problem In this country hortly. Ex-President Westerfeld, of the National Grocers' Association, is one of the leaders of the movement and says the organization of such a force is as essential to the Nation in the great world struggle as a success at arms. In the face of a greater demand than ever before by the allies for food tup plies and an increased demand by this country, he pointed out that America is already threatened with a serious grain shortage and the outlook Is not en couraging in other branches of food production. Farm Labor Is Problem. "America is up against the problem of feeding herself and her allies at a time when the crop outlook is not en couraging and the farm labor problem is absolutely desperate," said Mr. Wes terfeld. "The problem Is further com plicated by the fact that on the farms are the sturdiest men of the Nation and those who will make the best sol diers. Prompted by patriotism and a fiplrit of adventure, these men will seek to enter the Army in large numbers. "There is only one remedy for this situation and that is the organization of a great 'farming Army,' whose duty it will be to replace the men who leave the farms and put an immense new acreage under cultivation. Rejected Men Proposed. "This force should be recruited from the ranks of the hundreds of thousands of men who will be rejected from serv ice in the fighting branches because of come slight physical defect, such as poor eyesight, faulty heart action. flight deafness, flat feet or any of the dozens of reasons for which men are rejected. "In putting the men In this "produc ing army' as contrasted with a 'de stroying army' it should be pointed out to the men that they are performing Just as important and patriotic duty to their country as if they were bear ing arms and fighing on foreign soil. It is work that must be done if this country and its allies are going to win, and steps toward the organization of this Army should be taken imme diately." Anti-Specolatlon Lan Favored. Mr. Westerfeld then pointed out Im portant international reforms that he paid should be carried out if the pub lic is to be protected against soaring food prices and in general against un fair tactics of food speculators. Among these reforms are: A National board controlling the manufacture and distribution of all food other than farm products. Prohibition of gambling" in foodstuffs. Involving the creation of laws barring all sales on boards of trade or other markets except for actual delivery and acceptance of the commodity dealt In. Prohibition of all buying and sell ing of "futures." Curb On Profits Suggested. Prohibition of exorbitant margins of profit in any industry or trade. Abolition of the so-called "contin gent offer" or "quick selling" method of merchandising where one product Is Bold at or below cost on the condi tion that purchases of other products are made. Commandeering by the Government of services of experts In the fields of farming, manufacturing, transporta tion and distribution, to co-operate and secure delivery to the buyer of all products at the lowest practicable prices. U-BOATS TO BE FOUGHT NAVY DEPARTMENT STUDIES IM. PROVED COMBAT METHODS. MRS. REISI.VGER SATS WIRELESS WASN'T OPERATED PROM ROOF, Daughter of Late Adolphna Bnach Issues Statement on Reported Activi ties of Secret Service. WASHINGTON, April 8. No strikes or labor disputes of any kind during the war is the programme of the labor committee of the Council of National Defense's advisory commission, headed I by Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor. In a report unanimously adopted by I the council and commission, made pub lic tonight, the committee declares "the defense and safety of the Nation must NEW YORK, April 8. Mrs. Hugo Relsinger, daughter of the late Adol- phus Busch. mlllonalre brewer of St. Louis. Issued a statement tonight ex plaining the report that United States bo tho first consideration of all patriotic citizens," and proposes that whenever secret service agents had discovered that, until recently, a wireless receiv ing plant was operated on the roof of her Fifth-avenue home. "There is no wireless nor any in strument of this kind on my house or on any building in which I am in any way interested.' declared Mrs. Rels inger. "Upwards of a year ago I had in my employ a second man sent to me by the same agency from which I have been obtaining my servants for more than 20 years. This man. I was In formed, while in my employ was at tending the wireless cuhool of the Young Men's Christian Association in this city to improve his station. Unknown to me he installed a small emergencies arise requiring a change of I standards, such changes should be I made only after Investigation and ap proval by the Council of National De fense. Since the labor .committee member ship includes both leaders of organized labor and representatives of influential employers, its action Is interpreted as I giving the United States promise of complete freedom from Industrial dis putes such as hampered England early I in ine war. Nation's Safety la Put First. The committee's report follows: ine defense and safety of the Na- wlreless apparatus on the roof of my I tlon must be the first consideration of an patriotic citizens. To avoid con- lusion ana give a staoie basis upon which .the representatives of the Gov ernment may operate during the war. we recommend: 1. That the Council of National De fense should issue a statement to em ployers and employes in our industrial plants and transportation systems ad vising that neither employers nor em ployes shall endeavor to take advantage of the country's necessities to change existing standards. When economic or other emergencies arise requiring cnanges of standards, the same should be made only after such proposed charges have been Investigated and ap proved by the Council of National De fense. house, such as hundreds of young boys have for practice. As soon as I dis covered this apparatus I prohibited him from using it and ordered it re moved from my roof. This all oc curred more than 15 months ago and about 11 months ago this man left my employ and I have not heard from him since. OREGON URGEDTO FRONT GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR UN SUR PASSED ACTIVITY IN WAR. French and British Naval Officers Called Into Conference Fleet to Work With Entente's. WASHINGTON. April 8. Improve ment in methods of combating German BUDmarines has been undertaken at conferences between Secretary Daniels and other representatives of the Navy department and naval officers repre senting France and Great Britain. No facts concerning possible ways of fighting the submarine menace will be made public, although the need for more aircraft for the American Navy Is recognized. General co-operation with the fleets of the entente nations is also being taken up at the conferences. Mean while, the mobilization of the American fleet is going ahead and Naval Militii , organizations in different states are be ing put on a war basis. Five Hundred Persons Hear Patriotic Address at Seaside Sapport of Road Bonds Also Asked. SEASIDE, Nearly 500 persons heard a patriotic address by Governor James Withy combe here Saturday. The Governor was welcomed by school children, wav ing flags and singing "America. Governor Withycombe appealed to the people of Oregon to bestir them selves so that the state's record in the war will be exceeded by that of no other. He closed with an argument for the support of the state good roads bond issue, and referred to good roads as one of the safest kinds of prepared ness. Miss Arline White responded to a tumultuous encore when she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner. Other speakers were Mayor Paget, Thomas UcKay, president of the City Council, and Frank Godfrey, Spanish War veteran Mrs. Eleanor Irons, of Astoria, asked support from Seaside for the Red Cross chapter now being organized at As toria, and Miss Dorothy Godfrey, In response to an appeal, enlisted 25 "re cruits" for the Girls' National Honor Guard and the promise of the use of automobiles. The meeting closed with "America,1 the school children leading. Legislatures Are Advised. "2. That the Council of National De fense urge upon the Legislatures of the states as well as all administrative agencies charged with the enforcement of labor and health laws the great duty of rigorously maintaining the ex isting safeguards as to the health and Or., April 8. (Special.) welfare of workers and that no depar- Progress of the War. ture from such present standards, in state laws or state rulings affecting labor, should be taken without declara tion of the Council of National Defense that such departure Is essential for the effective pursuit of the National de fense. '3. That the Council of National De fense urge upon the Legislatures of the several states that before final adjournment they delegate to the Gov ernors of their respective states the power to suspend or modify restric- I tions contained in their labor laws when such suspensions or modifica tions shall be requested by the Coun cil of National Defense; and such a suspension or modification, when made. shall continue for a specified period and not longer than the duration of the war." Flexible Regulations Desired. The council hopes that the last pro posal will result in flexible regulations, particularly those relating to hours of labor, which the council might deem restrictions to proper prosecution of the war. Members of the labor committee, in addition to Mr. Gompers, are Secretary Wilson, Warren S. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; Secretary Morrison, of the Federation of Labor; James Lord, president of the Federation of Labor's mining depart ment. James O'Connell, president of the Federations metal trades department; V. Everit Macy, president of the Na tional Civic Federation, New York; T7XCEFT for an advance by the Brit I 1 lsh over a front of nearly a mile and three-quarters north of Louverval which lies about midway between Ba- Ellsha Lee, general manager Pennsyl muima artrt Camhmt nrtiiior-v rtnoia I vania Railroad; Dr. Lee K. Frankel, trench raiding and airplane bombard- vice-prcsiaent ul me .-usiruiiuiimii j-.ho ine- onrrstlnns have featured the fie-ht- I Insurance Company, new York; A. Par Ing on the western front in France ker Nevin, representing the National and Belgium. There was no infantry action Sun day on this front, the British having carried out their attack against the Germans Saturday night, at the same time General Nivelle a forces were pen etrating German positions near Lom bartzyde, Belgium, and inflicting cas ualties on the defenders. Association of Louis B. Schram, Federation. Manufacturers, and of the National Civic Berlin reports the repulse with heavy losses of French attacks Saturday near Laffaux, northeast of Soissons. NEWS NOT SENT TO SEA SHIPS rSISFORMED OF DECLARA TION OF WAR OX GERMANY. British airmen are continuing their intensive fighting, bomb dropping and scouting operations over the German lines In France and Belgium. A foray 50 miles behind the German front was one of the exploits recorded for the aviators Sunday. Considering the re sults they have achieved in fighting. bombing and observations, the Britisb airmen count the cost in the loss of airplanes a small one. First To maintain the standards in materials and workmanship essential to lasting satisfaction. Second To ally ourselves only with such clothes-makers as will stand shoulder to shoulder with us in defense of merchandise de pendability. Third To affix prices which represent storekeeping efficiency, above-board figuring and square-deal values. KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHES All Wool- 100 Per Cent and No Compromise You may be sure that the letter and the spirit of this platform is embodied in our Spring showing of Kirschbaum Clothes. That no act has been omitted, no effort spared to give you a full dollar's worth, whether you pay $15.00, $16.50, $20.00, $25.00 or up to $40.00 Phegley S? Cavender CORNER FOURTH AND ALDER STREETS Ml TERROR Government Has Report of De portations and Tortures. GERMANS ENFORCE LABOR London reports that In naval opera tions off Zeebrugge, two German tor pedo boat destroyers were torpedoed. One of them sank and the other was at least severely damaged. JAPANESE BADLY BEATEN Ijaborer Struck Witli Revolver and Slashed With Knife. T. Asakura, a Japanese laborer about 40 years old, was beaten severely with a revolver and slashed with a knife at 286'4 Flanders street last night by three unidentified Chinese. Although badly hurt, it is thought the victim of the assault will recover. He was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital. The Japanese was standing In the entrance to the building at that street number when he was set upon and beaten. Half a block away Patrolmen Shad and Long heard the melee and ran to the spot, frightening away the man's assailants. They were being searched for last night. FARM SPECIAL TO LEAVE Demonstration Train to Start -Tour of Eastern Oregon Today. A demonstration train, which, in fact, will be a school of instruction in vege table gardening, poultry keeping and the most economic use of foods, will leave Portland this morning at 7:50 o'clock, on the O.-W. R. & N. line, under Pilot Carries First News to 80 Passen gers on Pacific Mailer Kewport. So Ear Careo Gains In Value. SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. (Special.) Although war was declared between the United States and Germany Friday, 80 passengers turning from Central American and Mexican ports on the Pa ciflc Mall steamer Newport did not hear of the declaration until the pilot boarded the vessel off the lightship early this morning. Apparently the Government is censoring the news re ports to ships a. sea and no word of the event was received by the wireless op erators aboard. The Newport brought one of the larg est cargoes of sugar to arrive here from Central America for many months. Be cause of the recent increae in the price of sugar, its value is a great deal more than when it was loaded aboard the vessel. The crew of the Union Oil steamer La Brea arrived on the Newport as passengers. The La Brea was placed on a run- between Tampico and Antofo gasta after leaving here and the men refused to sign on her for a 10 months' period on the new schedule. The British oil tanker Sequoya, op erated by the Standard Oil Company, arrived in port today 36 days from Lon don. . The Sequoya has been away from this port since last September. CLUBWOMEN TO CONVENE Port today via the Columbia River for iuanua ana oaaxisuu.i. T1. Ta,.1fs. Mail AtAamAi Ct.n TOT Federation Meeting Will Open at Kidr. laden with a canacltv cargo, de parted for Mexican ports today. A landing by Russian troops on the coast of Asia Minor has been effected from a torpedo-boat in the Black Sea. The operation was carried out at the mouth of the River Termeh. 180 miles west of Trebizond, and a Turkish ob servation post was burned. Ten Turk ish sailing vessele with valuable car goes were captured by the Russians and taken to Trebizond. The usual artillery duels are In prog ress in the Austro-Italian theater. There has been no change in the sit uation on the Macedonian front. Brit ish aviators have dropped bombs on Teutonic allied positions in the Var- dar River Valley and at Chestovo, northwest of Lake Doiran. New Orleans Today. NEW ORLEANS. April 8. Several hundred delegates and virtually all the officers, including tbe president. Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles, of Los Angeles, arrived today to attend the council meeting of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, which opens here to morrow. The council meeting will continue through next Friday. Russians Land on Black Sea. PETROGRAD, Saturday. 'April 7, via London, April 8. (Delayed. British Ad miralty, per Wireless Press.) A small Russian force made a landing yester day on Turkish territory on the Black Sea coast at a point about 140 miles west of Trebizond, it is officially announced. American Official Says Many Suc cumb to - Ill-Treatment Xo Money Received of Iilb- . eral Pay Promised. WASHINGTON. April 8. A story of the horrors of German military rule In Belgium and of the tortures inflict ed upon Belgians to force their labor for their enemies is revealed here to night in hitherto unpublished letters to the Government from an American official who spent many months in the midst of the reign of terror. Of the Germans' explanation that they deported only tho unemployed among the conquered people, this of ficlal says: They needed skilled and active ar tisans and these men were naturally still unemployed. The authorities did not however, dare to announce their real wishes." .Belgium at this moment, says a letter written In December, "is going through a reign of terror. It is hard to believe that the dark moments of the French revolution were very much worse. Deportations Are Mghlmarr. "An- uninterrupted series of trials for espionage are being conducted in vari ous parts of the country but above everything else at the present moment towers the nightmare of the deporta tions. Even the Austrian represents tive here had words of apology and even Diame ror the policy. President Wilson's splendid protest against the deportations, the writer says, was of great moral value. "It Is really pitiful to see how the Belgians look to America in a crisis like this," he continues, "but the depor tations continue. The fashion in which any given recruitment is car ried out depends very largely on the character of the officer in command. A guard of Uhlans is generally neces sary, sometimes backed with machine guns. Torture la Employed. "Various methods are employed to force the men who refuse to sign and work. Starvation is the most promi nent. Men are also said to be placed in an excessively heated room, and when in a great sweat thrust out of doors. "In Ghent. If Is learned confiden tially that 235 men have died from the treatment or work they received. Many of these persons are supposed to have been killed by the artillery fire of the allies, as they were compelled to work near the lines." The writer recalls the German promise of liberal wages. "Painstak ing inquiries." he adds, "have failed to elicit a single Instance In which such money has been received from Germany. TANKER HAS CLOSE SHAVE Sequoia Reaches Port After Escap ing XT-Boat's Torpedo. SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. The Brit ish steamer Sequoia, Captain Phillips, of the Standard Oil Company's fleet. which reached a Pacific port today from England, bore the scars of an en counter with a German submarine. which, somewhere in the Atlantic, made an unsuccessful effort to tor pedo the tanker. According to the Sequoia's officers the torpedo missed by a narrow margin. The Sequoia put on full speed. The submarine came to the surface and followed, sending showers of shrapnel into the tanker with the evident design of disabling her. Part of the bridge was shot away and several of the Sequoia's boats were shot full of holes before the tanker's superior speed took her be yond the U-boat's range. Read The Oregonian classified ads. 530,000 BATHE INTERNALLY The marvelous growth of Internal Bathing since the advent of "J. B. L. Cascade" is accounted for not only by the enthusiastic praise of its users to others, but also by the physicians In sisting more and more that the Lower Intestine must Da Kept iree irom waste to insure perfect health and efficiency, Mr. William Blake, of Alsea, Or., writes: "The first Cascade I got from you about 16 years ago; have never been without my Cascade since. Would not be without one for anything as long as it is possible to get one. At the time I got my first one I was a total wreck from indigestion and constipa tion; had not been able to work for several years. Tour truly." Call at Woodard. Clarke & Co.'s Drug Stores in Portland and ask for zrae booklet on the subject, called "Why Man of Today la Only 60 Per Cent Effi cient." Adv. 17 degrees. FUtvless, Uniform, Unvary ing, rerfecr. V Jr y , x Ant PEWCIL A. LOSi conomical ma cpxtee you can huy F' i i J VA ftgroes - ' SH: special process "y ' ' ' ' ; ' Your grocer will refund the II full price you paid for M.J.B. j- Coffee, if it does not please ( 'v your taste, no matter how ' N much you have .used out of u rt the can. P the finest flavored and strongest L V.. : coffees grown in the world that's j) . v why you should, use less per cup IJ i NN. Compate M.J.B. with other jf?" ''--:-' -1-0 5
