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TIIE 3IOIIXIXG OREGOXIAN, "WEDNESDAY, 3IAY 9, 1917. 3 BILLION IS TO BE ASKED FORVESSELS Programme Evolved to Over come Submarine Affects i Many Industries. RULE OVER PLANTS IS AIM Diversion to Government Uses of Products of Every Steel Mill in Country and Shipyards Con templated by Board. WASHINGTON. May 8. Congress vrill be at-ked to appropriate $1.000, 000,000 for the building- of the great American merchant fleet which is to overcome the submarine menace. The programme evolved by the Shipping- Board contemplates the diversion to Government uses of the products of every steel mill in the country, can cellation of existing contracts between those mills and private consumers, and, where necessary, payment of damages by the Government to the parties whose contracts- are cancelled. Kstimates of the Shipping Board are that 5.000.000 and 6,000,000 tons of steel and wooden vessels will be constructed by the Government during the next two years. Bills Are Prepared. The only manufacturers of steel to be exempted from the programme will be those needed otherwise for National defense. Bills for Introduction in Congress have been prepared and the Adminis tration hopes, to get them under way so promptly that the first of the ship building operations may be in. motion within two weeks. Just how the $1,000,000,000 will be provided is left to Congress, but the tentative programme calls for an ad ditional issue of bonds. Co-operation of the labor organiza tions has already been pledged, it is understood, and there will be no legis lation, unless the present programme is changed, looking to the drafting of the labor necessary to carry out- the plans. . The only other exception to the gen eral cancellations of private contracts with steel mills will be those of rail roads. Steel mills. At is contemplated, will be permitted to supply them with the minimum amount of steel products with which the railroads can get along. Appralnal Court Planned. All other industries kindred to the pteel trade or in which yie use of steel figures largely will be affected by the proposed legislation. To adjust equita bly their losses, the Administration contemplates the creation of a tribunal, which probably will be designated a court of appraisers, to determine the extent of private losses due to can cellation of contracts. It may be unnecessary for the Gov ernment actually to take over the ship building yards of the country, and they probably will be operated by their present owners under strict govern mental supervision. The programme contemplates the use to the maximum of every resource within the United States speedily to design and build the largest number of ships possible. Should the number of vessels thus turned out be inadequate to. meet the German submarine menace, shipbuild ing facilities will be increased. GREEKS ARE STARVING MANY DEATHS BLAMED TO EN TENTE BLOCKADE. ended when the State " Supreme Court approved a stipulation signed by the litigants, headed by Mrs. Emma B. Man chester, the supreme guardian, and Mrs. Mary E. Itocca. the claimant of that office. Under the agreement the Memphis convention, held early in the Spring and at which rival meetings were held, resulting in the election by one faction of Mrs. La Itocca to succeed Mrs. Man chester as supreme guardian, is to be ignored. Attorneys fees totaling $39, 000 are to be paid from the funds of the society and contempt proceedings against Mrs. La Rocca, who attempted to seize the office from Mrs. Manches ter, are to be dismissed. It was likewise agreed that both fac tions shall await action by the next convention, to be held in Atlana witht in 60 days, before further changes in the laws of the society are attempted. This means that Mrs. Manchester will serve unmolested- the balance of her term of office,' two years. JITNEYS MAKE INROADS ELECTRIC LINES IX CALIFORNIA LOSE $3,000,000. Average Earnings of 27 Roads Is More Than f 2,:: 30,000 Less Than In ' Year 1915. SAN FRANCISCO. May 8. (Special.) A loss of $3,000,000 for 1916 may be chalked up to the score of the jitney busses by the electric railroads of the state, according to Manager W. V. Hill, of the California Blectric Railroad As sociation, which held its annual meet ing here Monday. The average of earnings of the '27 California roads for 1914 and 1915 was $:!3, 894, 000, while for 1916 It was $31. 599,000, a failing off of $2,295,000. The fact that this decrease is less than the estimated loss due to Jitneys is ex plained, according to Mr. Hill, by ex pansion of business in some directions. The revenues of the United Railroads fell off in the two years from $7,998,842 to $7,320,572, while the loss of the Los Angeles street railways is placed at $730,000, and that of the Pacific Electric interbufan system in Southern Cali fornia at $500,000. The Fresno Trac tion Company estimates a loss of $60, 000 a year from the use of privato au tomobiles and the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Interurban one of $8000. NAVAL INCREASE PASSES WAR STRENGTH OF 150,000 AND 30,000 MARINES APPROVED. House BUI Provides for Enlistment for Four Years or War Period as President Calls. WASHINGTON, May 8. The bill to increase the war strength of the Navy to 150,000 men and the Marine Corps to 30.000 was passed in the House today. The present authorized enlisted strength of the Navy and Marine Corps is 87.000 in the Naw, exclusive of 6000 apprentice seamen and 17,400 marines. The new enlistments would be for four-year terms, for the war period, or as the President may prescribe in his discretion. The bill provides for many additional temporary naval and marine officers of junior grades. - Organization of Knr Cabinet In Har mony "With Wishes of Allies Ex pected to Give Relief. I "WASHINGTON. May 8. An official dispatch from the Greek government communicated to the State Department bv the Greek legation says the block ade of the allied Greek coast has re sulted in many deaths from starva tion. In January there were 25 deaths, in February 26, in March 49. and in the first third of April 10. These figures do not include deaths within the area occupied by the French and English armies, and they cover only such cases as were certified to by a physician as having been due to starvation. The le gation assumes that many cases must have occurred without being reported. The greatest distress appears to exist in Epirus, where 40 deaths occurred. In Thessaly there were seven, while in other provinces and islands the cases range only between one and four. As the y organization of the new Zaimis Cabinet was undertaken in har mony with the wishes of the allies, the legation assumes that the blockade will now be raised. MAILCARR1ERS TO RECRUIT Chicago Postmaster Issues Orders to Help Enlistments. CHICAGO, May 8. "William B. Car lile. postmaster, has issued a general order to more than 2000 mailcarriers of the city to become .deputy recruiting officers. The order follows the action of a carrier who took 10 recruits for the Navy from his route and reported to Lieutenant L. M. Stevens that he be lieved he could get 200 more before he quits his position Saturday night to at tend the officers training camp at Fort Sheridan. The carrier, Frank A. Hart, is a vet eran of the Spanish war. WAGES TO BE READJUSTED Deads of Railroads Southeast of Washington Confer. "WASHINGTON, May 8. Railroad offi cials representing- mechanical depart ments of practically all the lines south east of "Washington are in session here considering questions of Increased wages and. readjustment of -hours af fecting 25.000 shopmen. It is under stood the readjustment Involves ex penditures of about $12,000,000 a year. The meetings are in private and sur rounded by the greatest secrecy. OREGON MAN IS ON BOARD Edward Cary Director of American Jersey Cattle Club. NEW YORK. May 8. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Club held here last week, M. L. Munn. of 'Minnesota, was- re elected president, and Edward Cary, of Oregon; F. J. Bannister, of Missouri; George Batten, of New Jersey, and "William Gettys, of Tennessee, were elected members of the board of direc tors for terms of three years. Mr. Cary owns and operates a large Jersey establishment near Lafayette, Yamhill County, and Eastern Jersey breeders regard his herd as one of the best in America. Mr. Cary is the only Pacific Coast man elected to the di rectorate of the club in a dozen years. Aberdeen Streams "Well Stocked. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 8. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor is proving to be a game fisherman's paradise this Spring, for never have so many fishermen been returning with such big catches. Sev eral bagged the limit of 50 trou.t on Sunday, and catches of between 20 and 30 were common. Streams in all parts of the county, the fishermen say, are well stocked with trout, which are taking to salmon egg bait freely. There are nearly 4,000,000 bearing prune trees in the Santa Clara Valley The average yearly production is more than 60.000.000 pounds, worth $4,800,000. "TIZ" FOR SORE, TIRED FEET AH! "Tiz" Is Grand for Aching, Swol len, Tender, Calloused Feet ' -or Corns. "nz makes my feet 3 smaller. WOODMEN CIRCLE AGREES litigants to It Xest Convention Establish Sew Laws. LINCOLN. Neb.. Mar 8. Litigation over the control of $6,000,000 owned by the Woodmen Circle and the director Ebip of the policy of that order was Ah! what relief. No more tired feet no more burning feet; no more swollen. aching, . tender, sweaty feet. No more soreness In corns, callouses, bunions, No matter what alls your feet or what under the sun you've tried with out getting relief. Just use "Tls." "Tl' Is the only remedy that drawn out all the poisonous exudations which puff up the feet." "Tlz" cures. your foot trouble so you'll never limp or draw up your face in pain. Your shoes won't seem tight and your feet will never, never hurt or get sore and swollen. Think of It, no more foot misery, no more agony from corns, callouses or bunions. Get a 25-cont box at any drug store or department store and get instant re lief. Wear smaller shoes. Just once try "Tlz." Get a whole year's foot com tort for only 25 teats. Think of it. This second week is running , "nip and tuck" with the first week! And that week was one of the biggest our store has ever known a proof that business is. good in Portland and that everyone is going ahead with their plans just as they expected to before the war! Watch our ads and windows for the specials that are to be offered each day and remember you'll find Jazz Band Records 'Specials for this month's dancing : Dixieland Jazz Band. Livery Stable Blues. Poor Butterfly. Allah's Holiday. Mezzanine Floor except shoes and other lines that are controlled by the manufacturers! HONOR GIRLS' VAUDEVILLE Thursday evening at the Heilig Theater Tickets for sale at the Honor Girls Booth on the ' Main Floor. There are 50 of these swing STAND FRAMES $1.68 And we are going to sell them for just about what we paid for them I ' There are 1 2 different sizes from 5x8 in. to 10x12 in. and we will fit any photograph or picture with glass and all for $ 1 .68 Sixth Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co. 1 . k For Wednesday we've planned Sale of Sheffield Plate Round pierced silver sandwich trays $4.95 Silver vegetable dishes $6.08 Large silver vegetable dishes $6.98 Large oval bread trays . $6.53 Silver gravy dishes, with stands. .$8.78 Silver water pitchers, $10.58 to $18.68 Large silver platters. $17.78 to $23.85 Covered silver vegetable dishes. .$11.48 Five-piece silver tea sets $61.10 A delayed shipment that has at last come in still in time for the 67th Anniversary Sale. We need scarcely extol the beauty of Sheffield Plate, or its quality, either! It is lifetime silver, that is handed down with pride from one generation to another, and from one family to another. All prices are reduced. Sixth floor Lipman, W olfe Gr Co. - An exceptional sale of CURTAINS $1.49 pair It's ever so much below what they're sold for usually. They're big. long ones, of white, cream and ecru scrim and marquisette, lace edged or color-hemstitched. This is a tremendous saving, and thrifty folk will come hurrying in today to take advantage of it. Fifth floor Lipman. Wolfe & Co. MEN'S SHIRTS $ 1 .39 An event worthy in every way of this great Anniversary Sale We can't say too much about these handsome, up-to-the-minute-in-style shirts! Men who buy them will be saving a considerable part of the price of another shirt for $1.39 is only a small part of what is usually asked for shirts like these. Just inside the Washington-Street Entrance, Main Floor, Lipman. Wolfe & Co. The Great Sale of Wash Goods Is to Continue All This Week! 1 H "WHERE YOU SPEND THE LEAST AND GET THE MOST FOR IT Sale of 256 new COATS Some are priced as low as $3.75 (these are checked sport I coats) ; then there are poplin coats at $9.95 velour coats at $7.95 and others fully as remarkable at $10.65, $14.75 and at $16.85. Every one of the 256 coats is 'way underpriced! Economy Basement SHOE SALE An event that should be of exceptional interest to every family -an event that should inspire lively buying. Dress Shoes $3.45 Special lot at $2.95 Women's button and lace styles,' with plain or tipped toes and with high -or low heels. Sizes 3 to 8. They are of soft kid, dull calf and patent . leather; some have patent Sale Maty Jane vamps and white canvas tops. PUMPS VuUT Boys' shoes $2.19 cording to size. Boys brown outing shoes in lace White canvas pumps at Btyle, made with extra good soles! $1.25 to $1.75, according to uni;ned I ' ' ' size. , Crowing girls' while canvas sport shoes (lace) at $2.45. Included at this really sensationally low price are: white canvas shoes, black Vj'ci" kid 'ox- Women's Women's jords. Women's two-stap slippers of patent and vici k'ld. All sizes in each different lot. Odd lots at $2.45 500 pairs of women's high and low shoes from the upstairs department You save one-half if your size is here! Here's news worth reading! An immense sale of HOUSE FROCKS 98c Breakfast sets and coverall aprons, too! Such attractive new frocks as we've never seen before, and surely never at such prices as this! They're genuinely pretty just such frocks and aprons as will appeal to women who take pride in their home appearance. House frocks $1.19 A bit more dress-up are these . very special dresses at $1.1 9. They're going to be the sen sation of the day's buying for women who want pretty frocks to wear at home. Fourth floor Lipman. Wolfe & Co. . Merchandise ofcJ Merit Only" A sale of MEN'S SOX Every pair of sox in the store, excepting one line which the manufacturers will not permit us to sell under price, are reduced for this Big Anni versary Sale. Notaseme, McCallum, and all the rest; all well known makes. Fina lisle and cotton sox. 23c $1.34 for one-half dozen. Fiber ilk and lisle thread, 32c $1.89 for one-half dozen. Pure silk thread. 44c, $1.04, $1.34, $1.79 and $224. Wednesday we are going to sell some wonderful Silk TUSSAHS at 89c Taffeta finished TUB SILKS at 98c 26-inch extra heavy MESSALINE at 89c and 36-inch chiffon TAFFETA in all colors at $1.33 Economy -3asement. i