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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAT 9, 1917. 13 LIBERTY BONDS MAY BE DUE IN 30 YEARS Minimum Denomination of $100 and Maximum of $100, 000 Are Tentatively Set. ; 2y2 PER CENT RATE LIKELY Issue Iiedeeniable at Option In 15 Years"" Fractlcally Agreed On. Blocksof ?20 Prohibited by Heavy Labor Involved. Washington, May 8. Details of the $2,000,000,000 Liberty Bond issue as to maturity, denominations and terms of payment neared completion today at an all-day. conference of Treasury and Federal Reserve Board officials. While the entire programme is subject to re vision, indications were tonight that the conferees had agreed upon the fol lowing features: Maturity The bonds to be redeema ble by the Government, at Its option, in 15 years and due In 30 years. Denominations The minimum de nomination to be $100, the maximum $100,000. Terms of payment A small percent-, age. ranging from 2 to 6 per cent and probably ZV, per cent, to be payable at the time of the subscription is offered, the balance to be paid in installments. Six Installments Possible.' There probably will be at least four installments, possibly six. Installments may be called for every two weeks or every 30 days Formal announcement of the details will be made by Secretary McAdoo to morrow. The conference among; offi cials will be resumed tomorrow to de cide certain details before placing the whole programme before the Secretary for his approval. The programme, as evolved- today, 1s incomplete and may be materially altered before Mr. Mc Adoo makes his formal announcement. In considering the question of ma turities, the conferees were guided largely by the suggestions of .represen tatives of. entente governments, to which a part of the proceeds will be lent. Financial Condition Considered. These representatives have expressed a. willingness to have the maturities set at any date that will be most ex pedient for this Government. At the same. time. Treasury officials have' considered carefully the present financial condition of the governments to be benefited with a' view to making the maturity accord with their con venience. In addition, -officials have sought to make the life of the bond such as would appeal to investors seek ing permanent investments. In the case of Great Britain it is felt that it would be comparatively easy for her to meet a 30-year bond, easier perhaps than it would be for France or Bussia. : Fifty-Tear Life Considered. Suggestions have been under con sideration to fix the life of the bond at 50 years, but these, it is believed, have been disapproved. The minimum denomination of the so-called "baby bonds," it seemed cer tain tonight, will be $100. Secretary McAdoo personally would like to see the denominations, made smaller, but the tremendous amount of physical tvurK inVD VPrt In Ifleti nv ... V. 1 1 ----- -" O aiuno BO or small bonds and the resultant cler ical work in distributing them mili tates against the proposal to brine- the minimum to $20. Besides the banks generally have indicated that thev would! assist customers who wished to ouy. ry small installments. $100,000,000 Sent to France. The terms of payment, involving col lection of the subscriptions by install ments, accord with Mr. McAdoo's views that the entire sum of monev involved should not be withdrawn in one lump from the money markets. Investment .experts ana. bankers have indorsed the suggestion. Mr. McAdoo today transferred to Am bassador Jusserand. of France, the $100,000,000 lent by the American Gov eminent to meet French needs in the united States during May. At the same time the warrant was transferred it was discovered there was general fund of the Treasury out of which such payments are made. The fund will be replenished shortly by proceeds of the sale of Treasury cer tificates and current receipts of taxes. Warrant Placed to Credit. Had the warrant been presented for immediate payment there would have been an apparent shortage of $2,000.- 000 In the general fund, more apparent however, than real, for there are many millions on deposit by the Government with National and Federal Reserve banks. The warrant was placed to the credit of the French government in reserve banks to be withdrawn as needed. Subscriptions to the second offering of Treasury certificates of indebted ness, which were to have been closed May 10, were closed today and. an nouncement of the. sum subscribed, it is expected, will be made within- a few days. Offerings of subscriptions to the Lib ertyLoan issue continued to pour into the Treasury, the volume of telegrams and letters reaching a new high mark Totals of 35 of the chief cities showed ; offerings of the day amounting to $145,443,000, bringing the four-day to tal for those cities since the first re plies were received up to $472,186,000 Cities in the group from which no offers were received up to 2 P. M. In cluded Portland, Or. Four-Day TotalM Announced. The four-day totals for the leading cities were announced as follows: Atlanta. $735,000: Baltimore, $6,809. 000; Birmingham, $165,000: Boston, $16. " flyO.OOO: Buffalo, $5,465,000; Chicago, $36,970,000: Cincinnati. $8,015,000: Cleve land. $16,810,000: Columbus, Ohio, $2 290.000: Denver, $3,640,000; Detroit, $11 135,000; Indianapolis. $4,963,000; Jer sey City, $1,900,000: Kansas City, $835, 000: Los Angeles, $1,820,000; Louisville. $3,124,000: Newark. N. J., $4,034,000 New Orleans. $3,650,000: New York $55.723. 000; Nashville. $160,000: Mem phis, $920,000: Milwaukee. $5,370,000 Minneapolis, $4,270,000: Philadelphia $20,360,000; Pittsburg. $8,209,000; Port land. Or., $720,000: Providence. R. I $1,654,000: Rochester, $3,350,000: St Louis, $25,000,000; St. Paul. $10,000: San Francisco, $8,300,000: Savannah. $3.OS0 000; Seattle, $500,000: Toledo, $2,105,000 Washington. $3,215,000. IF TOU. noticed an increase, of olive drab uniforms on the streets, at the theatem and in tliA eatfnor nlor.R last ght, and wondered if the Third Ore gon men wera home saying good-bye forget the good-bye stuff. Testerday the soldiers of the new Army heard the most welcome bugle call of ail in the Army. Testerday afternoon , at 2:30. "Pay day, payday" Was sounded, and the welcoming cheer that went up was probably heard by the Kaiser in his bomb-proof trench "somewhere" in France. Most of the men of the Third Oregon received a month and six days' pay, and all that could obtain a 24- hour pass did so. That is why there was a more generous sprinkling of the O. D. men on the city streets last night. Not all of the soldiers could get a 24-hour leave or even a reveille pass. but many or thera did get a 11:30 pass. mere is just as much red tape about payday as their is for everything else the Army. Each commander must wear his side arms and he must see that his men are that way equipped. Detached Companies to Get Pay. All this fearful display of deadly weapons may be for a purpose that of mpressing upon the paymaster that the occasion is no time to try the "short change" racket. The paymaster today will start on his rounds of paying the men in the various Third Oregon units that are on detached service.. If it was not for the fact that most of the home folks bring along generous baskets of good things to eat. Company from Dallas, would find a heavy rain on its mess allowance. No com pany in the Third Regiment entertains as many visitors as the Dallas com pany. The folks from Dallas show by their frequent visits to the Dallas com pany that they are mighty proud of Company L. Among the many visitors to Company L yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. Glen O. Holman, whose son. Henry D. Holman, is serving with -the com pany. Every politician and every mem ber of .the Legislature, past and pres- nt, knows Glen Holman. of Dallas. No meeting of the state lawmakers would be complete without his presence. Mr. Holman is an attorney at Dallas. Many "Non-Coma" oa Detached Dnty. No matter what the past feeling of the officers of the regular Army has been towards the National Guard, it a clear that today the heads of the Army general staff are alive to the worth of a National Guard training at least of the Oregon soldiers. At any rate the proof of this is being daily felt by the Third Oregon commanders. Since the Third was mustered back into the Federal service, hardly a day has gone by but that orders from the West ern Department, calling for details of FESTIVAL RULERS IN RACE Scores of Youngsters Nominated for King and Queen. Thotographs and names of scores of nominees for Fairy Queen and King of Portland's 11th annual Rose Festival PAYDAY SENDS GUARDSMEN TO TOWN TO DINE AND FROLIC Many of Non-Commissioned Officers Are Being Used on Detached Duty and Some Are Assigned to the Presidio to Help Train Officers., commissioned and con-commissioned officers have been received. Officers and non-commissioned offi cers haVe been called upon to deliver recruits to the stations to which they were assigned. Lieutenant L. H. Comp ton. Sergeant T. Don Taylor, Company F, and Corporals Gouhrke, Company L, and Corporal Kable, Company H. just returned from the south, and yester day afternoon Sergeant George L. Mor ton and Corporal Ballantyne, of Com pany L, left for "somewhere" in Texas with 200 more rookies. The fact is that companies in the Third Oregon are rapidly being stripped of non-commissioner officers, for many of them have been ordered to report to San Francisco to help drill the candidates for the Officers' Reserve Corps. Leave was granted to Major William S. Gilbert, chaplain. Major Gilbert will visit relatives in Ohio. Sergeant Jamea Promoted. Color Sergeant Cecil A. James was promoted yesterday to fill the vacancy. caused by the discharge of Sergeant Major Winfred F. Smith. Hereafter Sergeant James will be on duty at headquarters as sergeant-major. Ser geant Jamai is thoroughly familiar with the duties of sergeant-major. F Company has a new sergeant in Fred Pageler. He was promoted yes terday. Other . promotions and assignments posted yesterday were Sergeant Ward Ackley, Company E, and Sergeant Law rence H. Miller, Company H; Sergeant Edward Dunn and Corporal Fred Crane, Company D, ordered on detached serv ice for-duty as drill instructora at the Officers' Reserve Corps at San Fran cisco. In Company G, the corporals made sergeants were: Ernest Q. Good man. Leland McVeigh, Earl R. Jones, Leo Chaffln, Stanley P. Bartlette and Charles Henry. Sergeant Henry is the son of C. H. Henry, a prominent resi dent of Seattle. Ralph Grnman Made Corporal. Those made corporals were Privates Carl M. Bills. Ralph H. Gruman and Claude P. Green. Private David McCammant, of Com pany C. has been transferred to Com pany E, and Private Henry L. Bogynske, Company L, has been transferred to headquarters, mounted section. Cor poral Ernest Tice, Company L, was discharged yesterday because of a de pendent family. The promotions from privates of the first class to corporals in Company D were: Hans- Wyttenburg, Martin Grass, Charles E. Myers, Elmer K. Pettlbone, Urban G. Bobbins, Walter Schaffer and Willie R. Smoke: those made privates of the first class are Walter R. Gra ham, George Nelson, Lawrence J. Schnell and Arnold E. Boytana. are pouring in upon Mrs. G. J. Frankel, chairman of the queen contest commit tee, although the announcement that nominations Were in order was made only a few days ago. The plan of having children reign over the festivities apparently nas struck a popular and responsive chord among Portlanders and indications are that the forthcoming contest will oe exceedingly interesting. Any in-dividual, club or organization is at liberty to nominate a condidate. The only provision Is that the child must not be more than 10 years of age. Nominations can be made up to mid night of May 12. The nomination lists will close promptly upon the stroke of 12 and on Monday. May 14, the actual voting on candidates will begin. Under the rules -candidates rrom eacn of the 14 districts in which the city has been divided will be selected by lot, after the nominations are in. All the names of the boys will be placed in a ballot box and the girls' names in another ana two win m j drawn for every aisinci, mailing z candidates in all. The lucky ones will then become the candidates for their respective districts; WOODMEN BUY WAR BONDS BOY, 14, IS MURDERER SHOOTiXG GROWS OUT OF QUARREL OVER HORSE. Block Of Xotes $100,000 Taken by In ' Treasury Council. E. P. Martin, deputy head consul of the Woodmen of the World in Oregon, yesterday received advices from I. Boak, head consul at Denver, that tne wood men of the World had invested $100, 000 In United States 3 per cent treas ury certificates, payable July 1, and which can be converted into the "lib erty loan" bonds when they are finally issued. The investment was made from the general fund, and while the Govern ment certificates are not as profitable as other paper available, the lodge took the big block as a matter or patriotic duty. The order has more than $8,500,000 invested in scnooi ana municipal bonds. The lodge also has announced tnat the dues of all members enlisted in any branch of the military service of the country would be carried as paid until they are mustered out. WOMEN BUSY SAVING FOOD Utilize Everything, Waste Xotlilng, AvoiTl Extravagance Is Slogan. MINNEAPOLIS May 8. Women of Minneapolis must be the real wartime economizers. It will be up . to them very largely to ward off scarcity of food and help the Government win the war. So said prominent women of the city today. Cornmeal and oatmeal mush, soups. hash or croquettes will do wonders for the country at this time, they said. Minneapolis households need not go on a basis of undernourishment at all. But it will be possible, the women said. by consistent economies, to accomplish material savings. While organizations of men in Min neapolis and elsewhere are planning economies on a grand scale in combi nation with work for Increased produc tion of food crops, it Is the women, said members of the sex, who can stop the little wastes that in the long run are so serious. Lad Asserts Man Fired at Him First and Missed Boy'a Mother Also Implicated. PENDLETON. Or., May 8. (Special.) J. E. Short, aged rancher near Touchet, Wash., was shot and killed yesterday afternoon by Lawrence Col well, the 14-year-old son of a neigh bor, as the culmination of a lengthy quarrel over the ownership of a horse. The Coroner's jury found that the lad was incited by his mother, Cora Colwell. He was brought here in cus tody of the SherifT. The elder Colwell some time ago agreed to purchase a horse from Short, and took the animal on trial. Sunday Short's sons came to the Colwell home and demanded either the horse or $75. Colwell offered a note secured by mort gage on another team, and was re fused. He remained in possession of the horse until yesterday afternoon, when two of the Short boys appeared, took the horse out of a team in the field. . . Mrs. Colwell and the boy were watch ing from the house., and. armed with a revolver and shotgun, went In pur suit. They lost sight of the men and horse, but, returning to the barn, en countered J.' E. Shor, armed with a shotgun. , The lad asserts that Short shot first and missed. He then fired at short range, striking him in the chest with load of buckshot, at a distance feet, bringing almost instant full of 35 death. ' The say. boy and woman have little to FIRE-TRAPPED Deaf Worker in Jumps to MAN LEAPS Oil Warehouse Death. POVVYS' LAST TALK ROUNDS OUT SERIES Dissonances That Clangored Through First Lectures Turn to Harmony. RABELAIS, HOPE OF WORLD Author Conceived by Americans to lie of Baser Sort Pictured as Sane Hand That Will Lift Ilnmanlty to Sanity. BT DEAN COLLINS. The angry dissonances that had clangoured through his remarkable se ries of lectures, John Cowper Powys. the English novelist and critic, who has been appearing before Portland au diences, resolved into full, sonorous harmony in his closing lecture, on Francois Rabelais, last night. One must feci that it would have been a catastrophe tf his series had been closed on the third lecture, as had been the plan at first. For if he had done so, those who had sat at his feet through three lectures would have been obliged to go on and on, until he might chance back in Portland again, listen ing for the resolving note, with the harrowed attention withwhich one waits for the final tone in a chime that has been stopped incomplete. Those who heard only the first three lectures and did not hear the last clos ing one, will really have little alterna tive before them now but to get a copy of Rabelais and win for them selves the rhyme and reason that Mr. Powys brought back to the world last night, after having first craftily upset it. Rabelais Hope of World. Francois Rabelais, despised and re jected by "the angry mother and the professional moralist who represent that "ethical conscience" which over rides all other human conscience In this period; Francois Rabelais who has been ' to the ordinary American a synonym for the obscene and the in decent; Francois Rabelais was brought Into his own by the lecturer and be came the hope of the world, the sweet. sane hand that a mad humanity may lay hold of to life itself up to hopo and sanity at last. In three vivid phases, Mr. Powys gave his hearers the background of des pair; or so it seemed. This may be overstating perhaps for I was not given the fortune of hearing the first lecture on Whitman but in context with his lectures on Shakespeare and Shelley, one can feel reasonable certain that- his first lecture must have been a part of the masterly craft with which he built up his fabric of intellectual pessimism. . Universe Held Chaotic. In his lecture on Shakespeare he bore upon one the tormented realiza tion that we are in a mad, chaotic, fu tile universe, facing a door beyond hlch we cannot see, confronted with riddles to which we have no key. His Shelley was presented, a being from another world, ethereally beauti ful and unhuman; a being that held the cup of optimism, but a cup which poor, passionate humanity may not drink from and still -remain itself. And then and then came Rabelais (may we be forgiven the literal-minded. for juggling wltn the inflexible laws of chronology) and, with winsome hu manity, made it clear to -us that it is not the universe, but the man that Is mad and self-tormented and ridden by demons of his own fantastic creation. Rabelais Trachea Bravery. Patiently and tolerantly, in this book that is "the wisest of all books in the world" and "full of the simple, homely wisdom of the earth and of the people," Francois Rabelais teaches tormented humanity to be brave enough and strong "enough to get rid, of its sick fastidiousness, to say "yes" to all this 'struggling, fermenting, disgusting life" and to look out with eyes u ri fe ve red and recognize the vast, placid unity that runs through it all. "And if you can learn to do that you have become a god, he said. "There is no other book in all the world that has such a power as this to save at last the morbidly fastidious." And then, to close bis lecture and his series becomingly, Mr. Powys gave to his hearera the heartening final words of the great genius who, so he con fessed, had saved him as he has' saved numberless others: "Good hope lies at the bottom." FRENCH GUESTS, IN OHIO Ovations Mark Trip Across Indiana and Illinois. WITH THE FRENCH WAR MIS SION, May 8. On a speedy Journey from Southern Illinois, through Indiana and Ohio, members of France's war mission today were given a hearty wel come at Terre Haute. Indianapolis. Richmond, Indiana, Urbana, Ohio and Columbus. Every one of the French guests of the Nation had fully recovered- from their unpleasant experience of last night, when their special train was wrecked near Arco.a. Ills. Today the party was in splendid spirits and en joyed the agricultural scenes along their way. The day ( of ovations- and receptions came to a close early this evening In Ohio's state capital, where the distinguished Frenchmen were re ceived In the Statehouse by Governor James M. Cox and other officials. - ' Read The Oregonlan classified ado.. NEW YORK. May 2. A fierce oil warehouse blaze on the waterfront re" cently resulted in the death of an elder ly workman -and several critical mo ments for. the firemen. The fire was in No. 35 Water street. an old four-story building occupied by the New -York Lubricating Oil Com pany, and stocked, with thousands of dollars' worth of gasoline and various heavy oils in barrels. Numerous explosions added excite ment to the blaze, which, starting late in the afternoon, lasted for five hours. and attracted a throng of spectators. The man killed was David Flavin. 68 a cooper employed on the third floor. Slightly deaf, he failed to hear the shouts of alarm and remained at work until his escape was cut off. After being severely burned.' he threw himself from a rear window, re ceiving injuries from which he died In the Volunteer Hospital an hour or two later. Three firemen were overcome by smoke and oil fumes. After being re vived by an ambulance surgeon they were able to return to work. A specta tor who said he was a lawyer, but re fused to give his name, was pushed Into a cellar. His right wrist was fractured and his, face bruised. wnne a burning barrel of oil was being rolled from the basement by fire men the hoops burst and a geyser of name shot high into the air with a ter rifying roar. Directly overhead were a number, of firemen on the fire es capes. They narrowly escaped being roasted alive. Those below hastened to drop to the street, while those above clambered- to the shelter of the roof. Chief Kenlon had some trouble get ting within the police lines, being on foot and not in uniform. He was hav ing a lively struggle with a too zealous patrolman when some of his own forces identified him. The fire started In the basement while an employe was drawing oil from a barrel by the light of a candle. Only a shell of the building was left and the stock in two adjoining buildings was badly damaged. TREASURE CAR IN WRECK Half a Million Dollars In Crash on New Haven Railroad. NEW LONDON. Conn, May 2. Gold coin and currency to the value of $500. 000 is said to have been in a transfer car, which, with another car, was top pled over the embankment west of the Thames River bridge, recently, after the westbound Adams Express train was sldeswlped by an eastbound freight over the New York. New Haven & Hart ford Railroad. The money was being taken from Boston to the Sub-Treasury in New York. One messenger, Fred M. Holbrook, of Boston, was slightly hurt. Three others In the car were shaken up. The tracks were cleared by daybreak. Damage to rolling stock was not material. 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Sport Oxfords, with Ivory solcn nnd arern, tan or blnek tr!mmlnn, nt Q per pair wO.jO Tan calf robber aole Oxfords, very special at, per C0 QC pair intent or jrnnmetal Mra, Street Sllppera Hold at, per QC pair ViJ Kid Puntpa, in black, whlto. gray, bronsc, pr. $2.95 $3.95 Boy "p. R t -Inn and lae Shoe. TTlth o n d 7- e mr welt leather 10U1. In pTUnraetal or tan alf. $2.50 to $3.95 OPPOSITE CIRCLE THEATER WAR TAX APPROVED House Committee Increases Tariff and Postage. SENATE TO HOLD HEARING Measure Provides for Itetroactive Income Tax Gains, to Begin With Present Calendar Year Xor 111 ay Levy Is Doubted. crowds, and the smoke, which at first was heavy, indicated a threatening blaze. The department soon had the blaze extinguished. The firt was on an upper floor. Gasoline Explosion Fatal. JAMESTOWN. N. D.. May J. One man was killed and two others were Injured as the result of a gasoline ex plosion in a boarding camp car at Brockett. Railroad officials say a bucket of gasoline, mistaken for water, was placed on the. stove. "NAIL FLAG TO YOUR PLOW Fanners of Two Georgia Counties Adopt War Slogan. OC1LLA. Ga.. May 2. "Nail the flag to your plow and work for your coun try as you would fight for her," Is the slogan adopted by farmers of Ben Hill and Irwin Counties. Preparations are under way today by a committee of safety of the two counties to furnish the flags, following a mass meeting here last night at which South Georgia farmers were urged to produce larger food crops. 4000 WOULD BE. AVIATORS Chicago School With Room for 75 Have 2 750 Applicants in Week. CHICAGO. May . Within one week 2750 applications for membership in the aviation reserve corps have been received at aviation headquarters in the Federal building. This makes a total of about 4000 applications. When the two aviation schools for which plans are being made are opened each will be capable of taking care of but 75 men. WASHINGTON. May 8. A war revenue bill designed to raise 11.800. 000,000 by taxation during the coming year was approved finally in the House ways and means contniittee today by unanimous vote. Chairman Kltchln announced that the measure will be reported tomor row, .to be brought up for considera tion Thursday. He thinks it will be passed by the House without political division within a few days. In the meantime the Senate finance committee will begin public hearings on the bill Friday, with a view to being ready to report soon after the House acts. To bring the amount to be raised up to the desired total, the House com mittee at today's session wrote into the bill a flat Increase or 10 per cent in all existing tariff duties and 10 per cent duties on alU articles now ad mitted free, all estimated to bring In $240,000,000, this more than doubling the present tariff revenues. In addi tion, It was decided to make all in come tax increases retroactive, begin ning with the present calendar year. Other taxes provided for would become effective upon the slgnng of the bill. Letter mall rates would be Increased from 2 to 3 cents an ounce and postal cards from 1 to 2 cents, while 119.000,- 000 would be added' to charges against newspapers under a new system 'based upon the present parcel post xonis. In ternal revenue taxes upon liquor ana tobacco would be materially increased, and there would be taxes on amuse ments and stamp taxes of wide scope. Normal Tax Doubled. The war income tax section would double the present normal tax of 2 per cen on Individuals and 3 per cent on corporations. It would lower tne exemption of individual Incomes from $4000 to $2000 in the case or married persons and from, $3000 to $1000 for the unmarried. In addition, beginning with incomes of $5000, graduated sur tax would be Imposed in addition to the normal 4 per cent, ranging up to 33 per cent on all incomes over half a million dollars a year. The sur tax schedule follows: One per cent from $.1000 to $7."iO0. Two pr cant. 7MMJ to 10.MMi Three per cent, $10,000 to 12..HMI. Four per cent. S12.50O to 15.O0. Klva par cent. $15,000 to SttMXM. Hlx per cent. (20.000 to $40,000. RlKht per cent, $40,000 to $110,000. Kleven per cent, (uii.000 to $$0,000. Fourteen per cent, $30,000 to $100,000. Seventeen per cent. $IOo,iioo to $150,000. Twenty per cent. $150,000 to $200,000. Twenty-four per cent. $200,000 to $250,000. Twenty-seven per cent, $250,000 to $J00,- 0OO. Thirty per cent, $300,000 to $500,000. Thirty-three per cent on all exceeding $300,000. In addition to the inheritancetax now" in force, the bill imposes a further tax upon the transfer of each net es tate: The exemption Is lowered from $50, 000 to $25,000, and a new tax of 1 per cent levied on estates between S2;,000 and $50,000. Excess Profits Levy Rained. The bill proposes to bring In $200.- 000,000 by doubling the present 8 per cent tax on excess profits. On distilled spirits the present tax of $1.10 - per gallon Is doubled: .to the rectifiers' tax la cents a gallon is addod, and fermented liquors are as sessed $2.75 per barrel, instead of $1.50. The tobacco tax is doubled, except as to cigars, which are graduated from 50 cents to $10 a thousand. Cigarettes, made in or imported Into the United States, would bo taxed an additional $1.25 jer thousand If weighing less than three pounds per thousand and $3.60 per thousand If more than three pounds. Newspapers would be required to pay 5 per cent on all advertising collections. WIDOW GIVES TWO SONS I 11 1 ii t li Woman Sends IJolh Boys to Serve With Naval Militia. DULUTH, Minn., May 2. Mrs. II. M. Parsons of 402 Temple building said good-by to both her sons, the only chil dren she has, when the Minnesota naval militia and the navel reserves left Du luth. Mrs. Parsons is a widow. Charles Parsons, aged 21, returns only a short time before the call came from a cruise to within 200 miles of the equator, having touched at Cuba and Haiti. He did not make the complete cruise as he was placed in charge of several men who, on account of illness and other causes, were forced to return to Minnesota. At the time of the call for naval reserves Mr. Parsons was a fireman on the Canadian Northern be tween Virginia and Fore Frances. Stanley Parsons, . 20 years old. who joined the Minnesota naval militia a year ago, took the Federal oath for six years additional service, making, with the three years of his unexpied term, nine years of naval military service. When the call for the militia came he was visiting in Canada. Both the boys were born In Duluth. Charles is a graduate of the eighth grade of the Irving school and Stanley of the Fairmont school. Mrs. Parsons has had no message from her son Stanley, who, like most of the Duluth boys that went to Philadel phia, is probably feeling the shortage of correspondence materials. She received a card written by her son Charles from Milwaukee and a letter written at Great- Lakes, 111., where the reserves were stationed for a few days. He said he expected to leave for Norfolk, Va., for his ship, though he did not know which one it would be. on the table 135 times In hospitals in Minnesota, Chicago and Montreal. His last operation was performed two years ago by the late I)r. J. B. Murphy, ot Chicago. His first operation was for appendicitis and later he submitted to various operations on his spine. Six inches of his spine had been removed. WAR PROFITS ARE OPPOSED North Dakota Farmers Pledge Lives and Properly by Vote, 2000 to 2. GRAND FORKS. N. D.. May 3. . Legislation compelling those having property useful to the Government in case of war to surrender it for Na tional use without compensation waa urged by the Farmers' Non-Partisan Political League, of North Dakota, at a mass meeting tn this city. The spirit of the resolution was that the citizens of wealth might be enabled to con tribute equally and fully to the com mon welfare of their country on the same terms as the enlisted soldier and sailor give of their lives. By a vote of 2000 to 2. and amid great enthusi asm, the league pledged the lives and property of its members to the Gov ernment in case of war. The resolutions have been sent to the President and to Congress. LUNDEEN TO BE FAMOUS - A man with a wife and seven daugh ters never hoards up his hard-earned coin. Fire Damages New Saranac Hotel Fire, of undetermined origin, last night at 8 o'clock did slight damage to the New Saranac Hotel, at Sixth and Couch streets. The Are bureau ap paratus made a quick run through the downtown streets lined with theater Minnesota Representative Out With Kpigram. Break Man Pies After 135 Operations. ST. CLOUD. Minn.. May 3. Henry Heeek. who Is believed to have sub mitted to a record number of opera tions during his life, died at his home here. 42 years old. Heeck was placed WASHINGTON, May 2. Represen tative Ernest Lundeen. of Minnesota, apparently believes he is now assured of a prominent place in history, and today went on record with his first epigram for future historians, as all historical personages have to have epi grams associated with their lives and works. His epigram has a rather fa miliar ring, but it must be remembered that Lundeen is a beginner and proba bly will hit the bullseye of originality when he gets his hand in. Here's his first effort: "Billions for America, but not onj dollar for the kings of Kurope." 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