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VOL. LVH-NO. 17,600.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
PRAYS FOR PEACE
KAISER HAS 3 SPY
SYSTEMS IN U. S.
ALBANY CHILDREN
DRAFT MODIFIED
'.HOUSE COMMITTEE
GIRL GRADS WILL
PRICES OF NEARLY
MAY GO BAREFOOT
WEAR $6 DRESSES
:4
ALL STAPLES RISE
RULERS KXEEL WITH SOBBING
PEOPLE IN GREAT SERVICE.
PLAN PROPOSED AS MEANS OF
JEFFERSON HIGH SENIORS ALL
SAVING LEATHER SUPPLY.
VOTE FOR WAR ECONOMY.
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20,000 10 MARCH
WITH FLAGS TODAY
Portland to Show Its
Devotion to Nation.
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PATRIOTIC RALLY IS TONIGHT
Outside Towns Ask for Place
in Line of Paraders. "
2000 WORKERS TAKE PART
Girls' Honor Guard, 500 Strong,
Is to Participate; Railroad
Men and B'nal B'ritli Are
Assigned to Sections.
TODAY'S BIG EVENTS.
Great patrlotlo parade, demon
strating Portland's loyalty to a
united America, will start at S
o'clock this afternoon from Tenth
and Jackson streets.
Parade will move along follow
ing line of march:
From Tenth and Jackson
streets, north on Tenth to Alder,
to Broadway, to Pine, to Sixth,
to Alder, to Fourth, to Morrison,
to Broadway, to Madison, to Park
and past reviewing stand, thence
south to Clay and disband.
At 8 o'clock tonight there will
be a patriotic mass meeting In
the Armory, Tenth and Couch
streets. H. H. Ward, of the Ore
gon Patriotic Service League,
will preside.
The speakers will be Mrs. E.
B. Hanley, of Medford; B. F.
Irvine and Judge "Wallace Mc
Camant, of the Oregon Supreme
Court.
This is Patriotic Day. All over this
great country, the 142d anniversary of I
the battle of Lexington, which opened
the American War of Independence,
will be celebrated with patriotic ex
ercises and demonstrations.
In Portland this afternoon there will
be a great patriotic parade. Twenty
thousand men and women will march
through the city's streets, waving flags
and carrying banners, in taken of their hIm tQ acoept a commission as Major
devotion to the Nation and its cause General of the National Guard of New
of liberty. . , r..,rnr whitman.
And tonight, at the Armory. Tenth
and Couch streets, there will be a patrl-
otic mass meeting. Three gifted speak-
ers will express the thought of mil
lions of their fellow countrymen as to
the need for National unity and solidar
ity.
Parade to Start at 3.
H. H. Ward, president of the Oregon
Patriotic Service League, will preside
at the mass meeting. The speakers
will be Mrs. E. B. Hanley. of Medford;
Tn Y .. t I T -rrrii
Camant. of the Oregon State Supreme
Court.
The big parade in the afternoon will
move promptly at 3 o'clock from its
starting point at Tenth and Jackson
"lrls- general unanes jr. Beebe will
" erano. marsnai, ana ne emphasized
KBa.ui jeawraay mat tne parade will
move on time to tb, Ant .
I want to ask every man. woman
and child that marches in the parade
to carry an American flag," said Gen-
eral Beebe last night.
All Asked to Rave Flags.
"On an occasion of this sort. It Is
most fitting that the National colors
should be everywhere. I hope that
every marcher will carry a flag."
Many more organizations were added
late yesterday to the large number of
those that will be represented In th
parade. Applications came so fast
toward evening that General Beebe
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positions of various contingents In the
parade line of march.
20O0 Workers to March.
One of the most Interesting divisions
In the parade will be that made up of
the various labor bodies composing the
Central Labor Council. Two thousand
men are expected to march In this
dlvlsion. '
A call to all officers and members
of affiliated locals to turn oui has been
HenS Hardaer.COJ.mUr PToTw. R
Brown, D. O. Gallup and E. J. Stack.
The labor section of the parade will
assemble In Harrison street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets. The official
call to officers and members to take 1
part in the parade follows:
"Thursday, April 19, has been chosen
as "patriotic day.' A parade of Amer-
leans is to be held under the auspices
er the Oregon Patriotic Service
League. The Central Labor Council
upon invitation has become a part of
the league.
All Urged to Participate.
"Our country has been drawn Into
the great world's war. It is the earnest
wish of all true Americans that this
Government's part will be to bring
about an early and lasting peace.
With this high purpose all our peo-
pie should give the greatest measure
of service in every line of endeavow
A large garnering oi our citizens in
(.Concluded on Pase 10, Columa S.j
Fledge Is Made to Erect Church
Where Mass Will Be Said If End
ot War Comes Speedily.
AMSTERDAM, via London, April 19.
The Vienna correspondent of the TIJd
sends an Impressive account of a sol
emn peace service held In St. Stephen's
Sunday, the Austrian Emperor and
Empress Zlta kneeling amid high of
ficials and the sobbing congregation
which crowded the edifice, imploring
peace.
Cardinal Plffl officiated and at the
elevation of the host Emperor Charles,
In a loud voice, read, the prayer as fol
lows: "Almighty God, who has promised us
that the patient shall taste abundant
peace, thou knowest what patience we
observed toward our enemies until
righteous self-defense compelled us to
draw the sword.
In the midst of this war, thus forced
upon us, we recognize the blessings of
peace. We beseech thee, knowing our
impotence, yet trusting thee, although
we have often spurned thy grace, Lord
God give peace to our land. ...
The ruler and people of Austria,
kneeling this day before thy holy
throne, promise to build a church dedi
cated to Our Lady, the Queen of Peace,
where a solemn service will be held
every year to commemorate peace day
and a requiem mass on All Souls' Day
for Austria's fallen warriors. Oh, Lord,
bless this undertaking and grant us
peace In our days."
CLEARINGS ARE $4,842,911
Portland Banks Set Sew Record for
One Day's Business.
Portland bank clearings hung up
new dally record Monday, with a total
of $4,842,911-
General business gains In, many lines
are given as the reason for the show
ing by Portland bankers. One of the
reasons for the big total was about
three-quarters of a million In tax
money that passed through the clear
ing-house.
The former biggest day the clearing
house ever saw was on April 11, 191S,
when the total clearings amounted to
$ 4,128.576.
T. R.-MAY BECOME GENERAL
Colonel Says It Might Be Wise to
Accept New York Guard Post.
OTSTER BAT. N. T., April 18. Colo
nel Theodore Roosevelt In a statement
tonight declared that In furtherance of
his plan to lead an army division to
France "it may be that conditions will
a m n ttiaIca it wise" for
, J.0tt,rf,nPf.. however, he said.
wnlll(, h. to rftise a division of United
states volunteers similar to the troops
he commanded In Cuba during
the
Spanish-American War.
HAWLEY BACKS COLONEL
G. McAlexander Recommended
for Brigadier-General.
lngton. Aprlj 18. Repreaentatlxe Haw
ley today filed a recommendation with
the War Department favoring the ap
pointment of Colonel U. G. McAIex
ander aa Brigadier-General in command
of the First Brigade of troops raised
la the Northwest.
6TH WAR LOAN SUBSCRIBED
All German Issues Reported in Er
cesg of 60,000, 000,000 Marks.
AMSTERDAM, via London, April 18.
A Berlin dispatch gives the amount
of .subscriptions to the sixth war loan
I as 12.770,000,000 marks, exclusive of
conversions of older war loans. Some
1 subscriptions are still to come.
I The total for all war loans exceeds
60.000.000,000 marks
BILL READY TO SIGN
I "Near Beer' and All . Alcoholic
I
Drinks Barred in. Nebraska.
LINCOLN. Neb., April 18. The Senate
today adopted the conference report on
prohibition and the bill is now ready
Ior lne governors signature.
When the prohibitory act becomes a
law May "near beer" and all alco-
I holie beverages will be barred from
tho Btato-
ALLIES' RECRUITING AIDED
Webb Bill Passes, Allowing Enlist
ments From United States.
WASHINGTON. April 18. Th Webb
bill, to permit foreign governments at
war with Germany to recruit their clt-
I izens in this country for their armies.
I passed the House today without a roll
call.
I It has already passed the Senate.
THRONE HANGS ON VICTORY
Defeat Means Overthrow of Kaiser,
Declares von Reventlow.
' AMSTERDAM, via London. April .8.
Count von Reventlow, writing in the
I Tagea Zeitung, asserts that victory is
I necessary.
i Tne tierman monarchy cannot en.
dure otherwise, says the writer.
Thousands of Agents
Are Employed.
MANY ARE SWEDES AND DANES
Neutral Ships Also Carry In
formation for Germany.
WIRELESS IN SPAIN USED
British Search at Kirkwall Does Not
Prevent All Communication, and
Examination of All . Sea
Travelers Is Advocated.
Copyright. 191T. the Tribune Association.
Registered according; to the copyright act.
Canada. 1917, by the Tribune Association.
published by arrangement with rsew York
lriDune.
BT CARL W. ACKERMAN.
NEW TORE. April 18. Traveling
one day last Fall from Copenhagen to
Berlin with Julius G. Lay, ex-American
Consul-General in Berlin, I met a Dane
who had Just returned to Denmark
from the United States. He spoke Eng
llsh, German, Spanish and his' native
tongue. Throughout the trip, which
lasted about 12 hours, he sorted and
collected bundles of newspapers and
papers, which seemed to have gotten
disarranged at some tim previous to
his arrival In Copenhagen.
During the conversation which fol
lowed he said he had been In South
America, making a study of English
propaganda. One of the books he car
ried contained hundreds of clippings
from Latin-American newspapers. An
other volume contained thousands of
articles and news dispatches from our
press.
At that time It appeared unusual for
a Dane to be Interested In propaganda
In America, but a few days after our
arrival In Berlin I saw him come out
of the Foreign Office with one of the
books of clippings In hia hands.
.JDanlsh Passport Protects. .
That man was undoubtedly an agent
of the Foreign Office Press Depart
ment, which Is in reality the lntelll
gence bureau of the Ministry of For
eign Affairs. Because he had a Danish
passport he could travel back and forth
to the United States and South Amer
lea without being seized by the British.
I cite this incident because it shows
how Germany has been getting Infor
mation from the United States. Nat
urally the British have not permitted
Germans to cross the Atlantic, at least
on passenger liners, but they have not
been able to stop the hundreds, and
perhaps thousands of Danes and
Swedes who have been employed by
the different branches of the German
intelligence service.
Spies Divided In Departments.
The German spy system, which ex
tends to every corner of the globe, la
divided into three departments. The
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Society Women Enthusiastically
Support Suggestion Barefoot
Parade to Open Season.
ALBANY, Or., April 18. (Special.)
That all children shall go barefoot this
Summer to save sola leather, was the
unique plan broached by Albany today
to aid in the campaign for the solution
of the high cost of living problem, and
the conservation of material Incident
to the war.
It was broached at a meeting of the
Associated Charities and the Civic re
lief committee of the local Red Cross
Society, and took like wildfire. Local
society women whose children have
never enjoyed this freedom except at
rare Intervals embraced the idea en
thusiastically and from' present indica
tions the youth of Albany will go bare
foot this Summer en masse.
It is planned as soon as weather con
ditions are' propitious to ' Inaugurate
the open season for discarding shoes
with a big barefoot parade. -
This was only one of the schemes
proposed today In this campaign. A
bureau was organized to bring together
owners of vacant lots and people who
wish to cultivate them.
DUCHESS BEARS DAUGHTER
Third Child Is Born to Only Daugh
ter of Emperor William. k
AMSTERDAM, via London, April 18.
Tho Duchess of Brunswick, Emperor
William's only daughter, has given
birth to a daughter.
The Duchess of Brunswick, formerly
Princess Victoria Louise of Hohenzol
lern, was married In 1913. She has two
sons.
SPAIN'S KING HINTS AT WAR
Alfonso Says Constant Preparation
Is Necessary to Safety.
MADRID, via Parts, April 18. King
Alfonso, reviewing the troops who were
leaving for Morocco today, made the
significant statement:
"It is necessary that we shall keep In
constant state of preparation, although
Spain wishes to maintain a policy of
absolute neutrality.",
GRAIN FUTURES UNDER BAN
Kansas Senator Proposes Extension
of Cotton Trading Law.
WASHINGTON, April 18. Senator
Curtis, of Kansas, today Introduced a
bill to prevent dealings In futures in
wheat, corn and other staples by re
fusing mail and telegraph facilities
along the lines of the cotton futures
law.
GENERAL VON BISSING DEAD
Demise of German Governor
ported From Belgium.
Re-
LONDON, April 19. Renter's Amster
dam correspondent says that according
to a Brussels dispatch. General von
Bisslng, German governor-general in
Belgium, died Wednesday morning.
SHOW THE ENEMY YOUR COLORS AND LET THE
Senate, However, to
Get Bill Unchanged.
PRESIDENT FIGHTS FOR STAFF
Volunteer System Declared to
Be Hopelessly Weak. "
APPEAL TO PEOPLE LIKELY
Amendments Offered Would Require
President to Call for 5 00,000
Volunteers and ' Draft Would
Be Limited to Emergency.
WASHINGTON. April 18. The lines
were drawn today for a great fight
between the Administration and op
ponents in the House of the plan to
raise the war Army by selective draft.
While President Wilson was at the
Capitol telling Senators and Represen
tatives that no compromise between
the volunteer and draft systems could
be accepted wltlt safety to the Nation,
the House military committee, -"by a
vote of 13 to 8, adopted amendments to
the Administration bill authorizing
calls for. volunteers In increments of
500,000 and providing that the draft
shall be applied only in the event the
President decides that the force needed
cannot be raised and maintained under
the volunteer plan.
Republican to Fight for Bill.
Chairman Dent headed the anti-draft
forces and will Introduce the amended
bill In the House tomorrow, with a
view to pressing it for passage Mon
day. Representative Kahn, of Cali
fornia, ranking Republican member of
the committee, will Join In leading the
fight on the floor for the Administra
tion. The Senate committee formally voted
10 to 7 today to report virtually without-
change . the bill ..as . originally
drafted by the General Staff and ap
proved by the President, and will pre
sent It tomorrow. The measure may
be passed by the Senate without wait
ing for action in the House.
The President made very plain to
those with whom he talked his deter
mination to have the staff bill enacted.
There seems no doubt that he will
appeal directly to the country, if nec
essary, and tell the people that In the
opinion of the military advisers of the
Government, as well as Administration
officials. National safety demands that
the Army be provided under the plans
prepared by the Army experts after
long study and consideration of lessons
learned from the war In Europe.
' Volunteer Inefficiency Feared.
The War Department holds that
every weakness of the volunteer sys
tern would be perpetuated under the
House committee's scheme. A feature
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EAGLE SCREAM.
$4 Is Lopped Off Mark Set Last
Year as Precedent Silk Gloves
and Hosiery Are Barred.
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Girls of the June. '17. class at Jef
ferson High School yesterday pocketed
their vanity and voted that their grad
uation frocks this year must not ex
ceed $8 in cost complete, and modest
hosiery and gloves. In keeping with the
war-time economy, were decided on.
This bold stroke in the conservation
of resources lopped off $4 from the
maximum sum of 810, which was d
elded on, as a precedent, by the June
senior girls last year.
This means that the girls of Jeffer
son this June will graduate In prac
tically the cheapest available material.
which will probably be a grade of
cotton, or, if the girl is tiny enough
in proportions, of a cheap fabric of
linen.
The motion to reduce graduation ex
penses to a minimum was made by
Miss Marie Marshall, and after debate,
in which feminine instinct to make
commencement season one for a pretty
display of finery was brought out. the
class voted unanimously to discard all
frills and fine fabrics in favor of the
cheapest available.
The IS limit for frocks means that
silk gloves and silk hosiery will be out
of place.
U-BOAT CARRIES DISGUISE
British Freighter Escapes
After
Two-Hour Chase.
NEW YORK, April 18. A German
submarine disguised as a sailing ship,
carrying three masts, was sighted by
the British steamship. Southern Down
n April 3 when about 300 miles west
f Lisbon. For two hours the British
freighter was chased, escaping capture
r destruction through her superior
peed, according to officers of the
Southern Down on arrival of the ves
sel today at an American port.
BRITAIN TO FLY U. S. FLAG
Old Glory" Will Float Over Parlia
ment Building First Time.
LONDON. April 19. 8:05 A. M. The
American flag will fly from the great
Victoria tower of the Houses of Parlia
ment on Friday, this being the first
time In history that any but the Brit
ish flag has flown there.
The sale of American flags In Lon
don has been enormous, many dealers
being sold out.
Railway May Offer Land.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. The
Southern Pacific Railroad, It became
known today, is considering a plan to
aid the campaign to increase the coun
try's food supply by which It would
permit farmers, rent free, to use its
agricultural lands.
Many millions of acres are held by
the railroad along Its right of way.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, B4
degrees; minimum. 44 degrees.
TODAY'S -Shower; southwesterly winds.
War.
Three spy systems maintained la America
by Germany. page a.
British Parliament welcomes America as
ally in war. Page a.
Russia assures America she will not make
separate peace. Page e.
Germans take offensive against xrencn.
Page 2.
German strike based en longing for peace.
Page 2.
Austrian Emperor prays for peace. Page X.
Loan to Russia awaits proof or ability to
carry on war. Page o.
Fourteen citizens training; camps to be
opened May 8. Page 11.
Proof of German atrocities obtained, page S.
Norwegians demand arming of ships. Pago 5.
Heavy filing reported oft Cape Cod. Page 2.
National.
Senate debates restrictions to be put on
press during war. Page 4.
Early forecasts of wheat shortage not
changed by later reports, page 11.
House committee adopts amendments e!1m
lnatlng draft from Army bill. Page 1.
Domestic.
Frank C. Oxman. of Durkee, Or., arrested
on charge of plot In Mooney case. Page 0.
Sports.
Paclflo Coast League results: Oakland B,
Portland 1: Vernon 2, Los An (teles l: salt
Lake 6. San Francisco 8. Pago 10.
Athletics thrive In Canada despite the war.
Page 16.
Six boxln bouts on card for April 24.
Page 17.
Pari fie Northwest.
Ore r on Arrlcultural College officials return
from Berkeley indorsing rood plana
Page 17.
Attorney-General Brown advises that Stat
pursue land fraud case, page o.
Albany proposes "barefoot Boy" to save
leather. Page 1.
Polk County Courthouse crowded to hear
road bonds debated. Page o.
Seattle woman dies in gulch, hours after at
tack. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Larve Increase In demand for flour tn local
Market. Page 21.
Chicago wheat higher en heavy export buy
lng. Page 21.
Stork list sags under professional selling.
Page 21.
War plans may provide funds for rii
work. Page 18.
General Goethale says Columbia shipyards
can have orders to capacity. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Twenty thousand to march la patrlotlo
parade today. Page L
Prices ot nearly all staples advance. Page 1.
Jefferson High senior girls vote to graduate
in o dreasea Page 1.
Reserve officers and civilians will trai at
San Francisco. Page 9.
Army keeps np pace In recruiting. Page 15
"War bond to be sold tn blocks so each can
"do bit." Pago !i
Highway Commissioner Adams controverts
all arguments against road bond issue.
Page S. 0
Positions for parade are assigned. Page 10.
City may finish Public Auditorium. Page 11.
Three hundred Southern Pacific employes
attend flag-raising at Brooklyn yards.
Page 17.
JVtiilier xeport. data and. forecast. Page 21.
No Relief Is in Sight
for Consumer.
WHEAT TAKES EVERYTHING UP
Shrewd Housewives Are Buy
ing Eggs for Storage.
DEALERS DOLE OUT SUGAR
Flour Advances Rapidly, but Most
People Can't Figure Out Wby.
Meats and Lards Are Added
to List of Luxuries.
TABLE SHOWING ROW RETAIL
FOOD PRICES HAVE AD
VAXCED WITH THE WAR.
Present Price. April L
Eggs, dozen $0.35 J0.30
Butter, pound 60 .45
Lard, pound 27 ft .25
Bacon, pound ..... .45 .42x
Ham, pound 35 .32 i
Flour, sacks, 49 lbs 2.S5 2.15
Sugar, 100 lbs 9.2 7.75
Beans, navy and
Lima, lb 19 .12M
Tomatoes, corn,
beans, etc., per
dozen cans....... 2.00 1.654
Cereals, package .. .15 -12
Crisco, per can. 9.3
pounds 2.50 1.90
Sardines, pound ... .25 .20
Llpton's tea, pound .75 .65
Potatoes, pound .. .05 .04
Salad oil, can...... .35 .30
Rice, pound .10 .08
Retail dealers in food products rap-
Idly are adjusting their price lists to
meet the constantly increasing de
mands of the wholesalers. Jobbers and
manufacturers.
Obviously the retailers cannot ab
sorb the additional charges made by
the men "higher up" and quite nat
urally pass the cost along to the con
sumer. The foregoing table shows approxl
mately how the consumer is faring
with some of the commonest food com
modities. Everything Is going up excepting
salaries.
And no relief Is In sight. Contaarl-
wise, prices threaten to Increase for
the next few months, or until the new
crop can be harvested.
Nor will the new crop make much.
of an Impression unless there is enough
of it.
Gardens May Reduce Cost.
People who want to reduce the high
er cost of living will have to wield
the spade and the hoe In the back
yard this Summer.
It mar not be much to the credit
of Oregon that one of her principal
food products wheat - gains tha
doubtful distinction of being respon
sible for most of the food world's avi
ating proclivities.
As wheat goes up flour goes up.
and along with flour go a great vari
ety of bakery products, from spaghetti '
and macaroni to pie and cake.
Flour now is selling at the retail
stores at (2.85 for a sack, of 49 pounds.
The price is expected to reach S3 be-
fore the new wheat crop is placed on
the market. And the new crop Isn't
apt to help the situation much, as it is
due to be far below the normal In vol
ume. War Seads Floor X'p.
This same 49-pound sack of flour
that now sells at J2.S5 was only $2.15
before tho United States entered into
the war. What the average consumer
can't figure out Is the cause for this
difference In price. Doubtless the
grower, the grain dealer, the miller, the
wholesaler and the retailer all made a
fair profit at $2.15.
Nothing of value has been added to
the flour since the price went up. No
extra, cost has been attached to Its pro
duction or its marketing.
"Who. then, gets that extra 70
cents?" Is the consumers' pertinent
query.
Women Preserve Eggs.
Egg prices are affected Indirectly
by the price of wheat and other cereals,
as most hens are fed largely on grain.
There is a heavy demand for eggs
right now by shrewd housewives who
want to preserve them against exorbi
tant prices next Winter. Egg dealers
are buying heavily for storage pur
poses. It Is understood that the cold
storage people are paying fully 50 per
cent more for their eggs now than they
did a year ago.
Sugar Is another commodity that is
going far out of sight. The retail
price now Is $9.20 a sack. The big
sugar companies evidently expect fur
ther advances, as they refuse to srll
the Jobbers more than their normal de
mands. Big Dealers Hold Onto Sngar.
Some local Jobbers ordered heavily at
current prices In anticipation of the
inevitable future increase. But the
big manufacturers are holding onto the
sugar with a.11 their might so as to
take advantage of every spurt in the
market themselves.
Higher prices of all other foodstuffs
has affected the price of livestock,
which, in turn, increases the price of
ham, bacon, lard and fresh meats of all
tCoucludcd ou 1'aso 4. Coiuma, i.
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