Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 23, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTIIE 3IORXIXG OliEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAT 23, 1917. BUYING OF LIBERTY BONDS IS SPEEDED Rockefeller Adds $5,000,000 and Several Companies Jake Million Each. CANADIAN PACIFIC HELPS nterlor does not look with favor upon the plan of the commercial organiza tions of the Yakima Valley to extend the Wapato irrigation project as a war measure in order to increase the pro duction of foodstuffs. Senator W. Lt Jones recently sub mitted to the department and the Coun- il of National Defense the suggestion of these commercial organizations that reimbursable appropriation of 1,- 500,000 be made to extend the project. Acknowledging this suggestion. As sistant Secretary Bradley says that the present lateral system is quite sufficient to exhaust the entire carrying capacity of the existing main canal of the proj ect. Any enlargement, therefore, would necessitate an extension of the. present canal system. Under the Indian appropriation act 200,000 Is immediately available, how. ver. to enlarge the Yakima Indian Reservation branch of the project, and this work will be pushed as rapidly as possible. Committees Carry Campaign Into Department Stores and Shoppers Approached at Every Turn Move to Extend. Are DENVER OFFICIAL KILLED DISCHARGED HIGHWAY EMPLOYE SHOOTS SUPERIOR. I NEW YORK, May 22. While flnan . tiers, banking houses. Industrial firms and railways were subscribing large ' rums today to the liberty loan of 1917, .the committees conducting the cam paign to sell war bonds were pressing their attention upon individuals, who, without bank accounts, might be in duced to participate on the Installment plan. John D. Rockefeller added $5,000,000 to money of the same amount with which he previously subscribed. Max J. Breitenbach bought 11,000.000 worth; J. & W. Seligman took $2,000,000 worth and the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Louisville & Nashville and the Ameri can Brass Company $1,000,000 worth each. ' Other large subscriptions were made scaling from $126,000 to $500,000. The Association of Safe Deposit Com panies here announced It wou4d place its facilities without cost at the dfs posal pf all persons wishing to have their bonds kept safely. Shoppers entering department stores found themselves confronted by special salesmen who greeted them with the words: "Right this way for the liberty loan. Don't be a slacker. If you can't enlist. Invest. Step this way and buy your bond." Campaign la to Extend. This solicitation was effective and It will be extended to take In 6 and 10 cent stores, lunchrooms, groceries, cl E0.T stores and hundreds of the small retail shops throughout the city. More over, the department stores have re ceived so many Inquiries from out-of-town customers that It was decided to use the malls to place loan Informa tion before such customers through the distribution of a million circulars bear ing the slogan, "Keep the llpht of Liberty burning by buying a liberty bond." The persistency of bond salesmen has been responsible for a number of odd incidents involving the successful sale of bonds. One salesman discov ered late yesterday an ancient mariner, eklpper of a vessel to sail today, who was willing to invest several hundred dollars of his savings in bonds. But the banks were closed when the sales man uncovered this character. The salesman kept In touch with the sailor throughout the night and early today hurried him In an automobile to a bank. The bonds were purchased and the captain sailed away on time. Security Ltafnn Enlen Campaign. Vhm National Security League an nounced today It had taken active Meps to promote the sale of liberty bonds. Letters were sent to the chair : men of 228 branches throughout the country urging the 100,000 members to , get In touch with local liberty loan 1 committees, or to help organize such committees In places where none exist and to subscribe to bomte. The American Car & Foundry Com pany has subscribed $2,000,000 to the loan. Five Skats Take Effect and Death Fol low . at Hospital Election Quarrel Believed Cause. DENVER.- May 22. Edward Green, superintendent of the highway depart ment of the city of Denver, was shot and fatally wounded today by William R. Seay, former district superintendent of the department, who had been dis charged yesterday. The shooting oc- urred in the City Hall. Green died at the hospital this afternoon. Green had discharged. Seay. Today Green was. standing In the office- of W. F. R. Mills, manager of parks and Improvements, when Seay entered. Mills was the only other person pres- nt. According to Mills, beay said to Green: "Well, It's up to you and you're a goner:" Then Seay fired five shots. The superintendent was hurried to a hospital, where It was found he had wounds In the head, neck and abdomen. His death followed. Seay was arrested. Seay is a former deputy sheriff and for years has been a leader In the Democratic party In Denver. He is 40 years old. Green was 60, an appointee of Mayor Speer and was married. Green and Seay are said to have dis agreed over the recent municipal elec tion. MURDER PLAN DETAILED 083 CONSUL TO BE PROMOTED Wesley Frost's Information TTsed as Basis for War Declaration. WASHINGTON, May 22. Wesley Frost, American Consul at Queens town, whose official duties have brought him much In the public eye through his reports of submarine de structlons, is to be relieved. In recognition of the strain under which Mr. Frost has worked for nearly three years. Secretary Lansing has de cided to bring him to Washington, where he probably will be assigned to work In the State Department. His suc cessor has not been selected, but it is believed it will be either Charles M. Hathaway, Jr., now at Hull, or Homer Jtt. .By in g ton, at Leeds. Consul Frost has gathered and for warded information on a majority of the shipping outrages whioh formed the basis on which this Government finally made Its declaration of war. ROAD BONDS ARE FAVORED Southern Conntles Have Few Oppo nents of Issue. GRANTS PASS, Or., May 22. (Spe cial.) Herbert Nunn, State Highway Engineer, in a speech before the local Chamber of Commerce yesterday, de clared that, after a week's tour through Jackson, Josephine and Doug las counties, he was satisfied Southern Oregon would roll up a pood-stEed ma jority In favor of the $6,000,000 road bond issue. As a result of Mr. Nunn's talk, the chamber decided to start a series of rural community meetings for the pur pose of explaining to the farmers the real facts In relation to this question There is very little opposition to the measure except where no one has taken occasion to explain Its merits, IRRIGATION PLAN REJECTED "Wapato Laterals Will Exhaust Ca pacity of Main Canal. OREGONLVN NEWS BUREAU, Wash 5nsi:on. May 22. The Department of the Alkali Makes Soap Bad for Washing Hair SOCIAL GAIETY IS CASHIERED AT GAIf Dress Suits Sent Home bv Student Officers Who Went With Full Wardrobes. BRUSHSCRUBB1NG LEARNED Presidio Training Is Means of Mat ins Friends of Men of Widely Divergent Walks of Xilfe. Old Acquaintances United. PAID TO "LOOKOUT," SAY'S JOSEPH BEDEXBAl'GH. Conflicting Stories of Confessed Slayer and Alleged Accomplice Are Being) Cleared Vp. MINNEAPOLIS. May 22. Joseph Redenbaugh. confessed slayer of Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn, of St. Paul, and Patrolman George Connery, or Minne apolis, told the police today that John Doyle, known as Tacoma Tommy, ex convlct of a California state prison, re ceived $985 for acting as "lookout" at the Dunn home on the night of the mur der. Doyle now is in the East, Reden baugh said. Conflicting statements of Reden baugh and his alleged accomplice. Frank McCool. regarding Connery's death are being cleared up, and Reden baugh soon will be turned over to St. Paul authorities who now are holding Frank J. Dunn, former husband of Mrs. Dunn, and Mike Moore, a bartender, in connection with the woman's death. BOMB PLOT IS CHARGED THIRTEEN RESIDENTS OF DETROIT AIIE INDICTED. Wealthy nnslneisa Man Included In List Alleged to Have Conspired to Blow Up Armory, DETROIT. May 22. Thirteen persons. including Albert Kalschmldt. a wealthy local business man, were charged with bomb plots In an indictment returned today by a Federal grand Jury here. Six of the persona indicted were ar rested after the United States de clared war on Germany. The Indictment charges that the de fendants entered Into a general con spiracy to destroy the Windsor, Ont, armory, and other plants. Besides jvaiscnmiat those indicted are: Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Neef, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmidt, Fran and Charles Res- pa, William J. Jarosch. Richard Her man Scholtz, Gustav Jacobson, Gustav oiepnens ana wimim Lefler. RAIDER BELIEVED AT SEA WARSHIPS ARB MAKIr. SEARCH FOR GERMAN. Belgian Relief Vessel Fired on Ort Scot. land Before Identity la Learned, Says Captain. NEW TORK, May 23. Information tnat the British naval authorities bus jjcLeu. mai a uerraan sea raider es caped from a German port and was at large was Drought to America today oy an arriving Belgian relief steam snip. . The Belgian captain said his vessel was fired upon by a British cruiser on May la off the north of Scotland. The relief ship halted and was examined oy tne Briton. The latter explained, the Belgian cap tain reported, that the relief vessel, which carries four masts, was mis taKen lor a four-masted raider, which was Deuevea to have left Germany un uor mo guise or a merchantman. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which Is very Injurious, as It dries the soalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use la just plain mulslfled coooanut oil, ror this la pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive soaps or anything else all to pieces. You can get this at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub It in, about a teaspoonful a all that is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor oughly, and rinses out easily, The hair dries quickly and 'venly. and. Is soft, fresh looking;, bright, fluffy, wavy and asy to handle. Besides, 1 loosens and takes out every p&rtlele et dust, dirt and dandruff, Adv. RADIO APPARATUS READY New Coos Bay Wireless Plant to Be Erected Soon. siAKsUflLD, Or., May S3. (Spe ciai.i installation or wireless aooa ratus and machinery at the Englewood navai raoio station will commence thl week with the arrival by express of the wireiess plant dismantled from th Lnlted States cruiser Milwaukee. whioh was wrecked several months ago at Humboldt Bay, The work will be under tne direction of Lieutenant Sny aer ana jnspeotor Harris, Orders have been Issued for aban donment of the Caje Blanco wireless station. The place will be dismantled within the next month, when the force will De removed to Coos Bay, The lo cal station was recently finished with the exception of the erection of the ap paratus. The place Is patrolled by United States marines and protected by electrified wire barriers. Read The Oregenian classified a is. RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAIXIXG CAMP, Presidio, San Francisco, May 22. A few of the boys who thought that tnree months training here would mean nightly and week-end celebra tions In the Bay City, some study and healthful physical exercise are experl- ncing a rude awakening, so far as the first part of their contract is concerned. Not only do they find that the even ing hours are quite essential for study If they are to remain in camp, but also that early morning worship at the hrine of Bacchus mixes poorly with a lsing hour of 6:15 A. M. Further, Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Sladen, camp commander. Informed the short-cuts" this week that they might as well send civilian clothes home, as uniforms must be worn both Inside and outside the Presidio exclusively during the training period. Dress Salts Sent Home. Some of the men who brought trunks in anticipation of social splurging are hipping back the dress suits and din er vests and resigning themselves to an Immediate future in which the prev alent color scheme in men's apparel Is live drab. Few expect to wear "civies gain until after the war. The training camp is the means of bringing together in friendly inter course men from widely divergent ths of life. In one squadron a cos mopolite sleeps next to a university professor, on the far side of whom re poses an ex-National Guardsman of slender means and limited technical nowledge. but much practical experi ence. In the same room may be found young man who left four automo biles and an income of $20,000 a month from copper mines to go Into training. humming with a graduate of Oxford College, England. Across the aisle is young man who has seen 16 months ervlce in the American Ambulance Corps with the French army In the Verdun sector. Saturday afternoons and evenings Portland men in training congregate at the St. Francis Hotel on Powell street. Many are the reunions held there. Men who never meet on the drill grounds exchange greetings at this hostelry, in which uniforms predominate in the crowds thronging the lobby. All thoroughfares lead to Market street, and friends not found at the hotel can be located in a desultory walk down San Francisco's main ar tery. Portland Men Are Met. In addition to accidental meetings In one day with three Fresno, one Stock ton and two San Jose friends not seen in years. The Oregonian representa ive met either at the hotel or on Mar ket street the same day John F. Logan, of Portland, in company with John McGinn, brother of Henry E. McGinn, United States District Attorney Reames. of Portland: Robert Maguire. of Fort- land, and the following Portland men who -are students at the training camn: Gorham L. Goodell. Phillip W. Patterson. A. I Fish, Robert i. haDln, Jr.. Arthur A. Murphy. Thomas Henry Boyd, Edward Sammons, John C. Bur gard. Edgar E. Piper, Oswald N. Day. Arthur Taylor. William G. Dunlap. aeorge Prlchard. Henry W. Goode, Austin B. Richeson, Don M. uranam and H. L. Menefee. Students here are hegmning to learn the true meaning of the word "Impro vise." Should a broom be needed and one Is not to be found, "Improvise" one is the order. Should there be in sufficient chairs or tables, "improvise" some is the command. The word la becoming the camp's favorite Joke. Last Saturday morning saw men in 11 th barracks busily wielding scrub bing brushes most for tne nrst time preparing for Inspection. The general sentimenx was expressed by Ivan B. Snell. of Keno, JNev.. mem ber of Company 8.' when ho remarked, as he wrung out a mop: Tf the folks at home could see me now they'd snort with disgust and Bay. An he told us he was goin- tnere to do an orficerl' " PAVING CONTRACT IS LET High Price of Labor and Material Doubles Highway Cost. HOQUIAM. Wash., May 22. (Spe cial.) Contract for paving two and a quarter miles of the Olympic High way between Montesano and Aberdeen has been let Dy tne county ommio- sloners to the Grays Harbor construc tion Company, of Hoquiam, lor 140. 426.40. The work to be completed by August 1. The Drlce Is nearly ooume wnat tne work would have cost last year and 22 per- cent higher than the county en gineer s estimates. Tne cause is tne unprecedented high prices of labor and materials and the great advance recently. The Commissioners considered xne possibility of deferring the work, but it was decided tne cost oi repairs ana, regravellng would be too heavy. CHURCH TO BE COMPLETED Aberdeen Methodists Raise 94000 of $ 15,000 Required. tratlon has been taken over by Lieutenant-Governor Hart, thus giving the Governor more time to attend to the many added duties of bis office Incident to the war. "Many banks and mercantile estab lishments have tendered their entire clerical force for service as registrars on June E, made a legal holiday by the proclamation of Governor Lister, said Lieutenant-Governor Hart yester day. "It is expected that the services of practically all registrars will be donated as a matter of patriotism, and Inasmuch as these officials will be on duty from 7 o'olock In the morning until 9 o'clock in the evening, with no opportunity of closing the place of reg istration, it Is confidently believed tnat In each precinct the patriotic women will rejoice In doing their small part by taking dinner and supper to the volunteer registration officer. "Thousands of owners of automobllea throughout the state are tendering the use of their machines to carry the young men to and from the place of registration a kindness that will be much appreciated by those living at a distance." WAR CENSUS HELD LEGAL 13TH AMESDMEST KOT VIOLATED, SATS CALIFORNIA COURT. Order Restraining Officials From Reg istering Oakland Cltisen for Draft la Denied. SAN FRANCISCO. May 23. The Su preme Court of California denied today a petition to prevent Oakland city of ficials from enforcing military regis tration. The petition alleged that this waa in violation of the 13th amendent to the Federal Constitution, prohibit lng Involuntary servitude. The question was raised by Feral nand Claudius, of Oakland, who. by his attorney. Walter R. Dunn, filed with the court a petition asking for a writ of prohibition against John L. Davie, Mayor of Oakland; L. W. Cummings. City Clerk, and their subordinates, pre venting them from registering Clau dius for military service, to which he was liable under the law. The 13th amendment says: "Neither slavery nor Involuntary servitude, except as. a punishment for crime . whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their Jurisdiction. Claudius, through counsel, holds that this applies to him If he is forced to register. The petition was taken under lmme dlate consideration by the court. 2 AMERICANS ARE HELD EXPLANATION OF INTENTIONS ASKED. FROM GERMANT. 19 mmmm "Business as Usual" Reprisal Against Enemy Aliens In America Intimated Ualeaa Right to Return Here la Granted. WASHINGTON. May 22. Protest to Germany against the detention of American citizens was made by the State Department today through the Spanish government. The department has received positive Information that Americans are held In Germany and has asked for a full and definite state ment of the Imperial government's at titude concerning their departure. It is pointed out this Government always has acted promptly on applica tion of German subjects to leave the United States. The department's protest Is based No. 2 $600,000,000 in Farm Crops of the Pacific Northwest. A MERICA's greatest farm wealth is in the territory tributary to Port land. On 175,000 farms in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, the value of crops this year is placed at $600,000,000 an income per farm of $3500. x Production and efficiency are being speeded up tremendously this year under Uncle Sam's direction. With seventy-five million bushels of two dollar wheat with the oats, corn, livestock, dairying:, potatoes, fruit farm wealth in the Pacific Northwest will reach a new high peak. Much of the $600,000,000 will be spent for farm improvements, for better homes more comforts and advantages. Business that is founded on service and energy, never had such rewards at stake. It is one of the big reasons why Portland and the Northwest should adopt the slogan, "Business as Usual." JFttr&t for three Genetrzntions specifically upon the cases of two Americans, employes of an electrical company at Antwerp. The names have been withheld. It Is not believed that there are more than SO or 75 Ameri cans in all Germany, If there are that many. All efforts to obtain any information as to why the two men at Antwerp have not been allowed to depart have failed. . The department statement an nouncing the protests directs attention to the fact that no obstacle has been placed In the way of Germans desiring to leave America- This generally was construed as an' intimation that some measure of reprisal might te adopted In the event that Germany persists in Ignoring the right of Americana to leave her territory. There Is nothing In the Information reaching the State Department that Indicates mistreatment of Americans. Representative Hull's AVifo Dead. WASHINGTON. May 22. Mrs. Mary Louise Hull, wife of Representative Harry K. Hull, of Iowa, died here last night after taking poison tablets which she thought were headache pills. he was 45 years old. ABERDEEN, Waeh., May . (Spe claL) Four thousand dollars towards a fund of (15,000 for the Improvement of the First Methodist Church here was pledged Sunday and Monday following a sermon by Bishop Hughes, of Port land. The churoh board of dlreotora haa voted to atart the improvement work immediately. The church, which Is of brick, will undoubtedly be the finest in Southwestern Washington when completed. Of the money sub scribed 12500 waa pledged by the La dies' Aid. The Improvements contem plated are the completing of unfinished portions ef the church, the installation of a pipe organ and of a new heating system. gfffS&j Fair Lif Fxice ti$8$$jQ!Z2Si Foit- Treatment E!2g s ' :' (ggeillHiliiHL i fa I M hi BANKS TO AID REGISTRARS Women May Bring Meals to Officer In Charge, Suggestion, OLTMPIA, Wash., May 88. (Special,) At the request of Governor Lister, the supervision of the military regis- 1 fM r Clinic zreTIRE Anatomy STRIPPING back the thick, tough Black Safety Tread pf this Goodrich SUvertown Cord Tire, we here lay its rubberized, cable cord body. Note the size of the cable-cord, cross-wrapped into two layers, and but two. Under the hide there are but three tires: FABRIC, swathed in five to seven plies; THREAD WEB, a five to seven ply MASS OF STRINGS; CABLE-CORD, the unique two-ply, rubber aa to rated, patent-protected tire body, found ONLY in SUvertown, the original cord tire. Tires wear out inside, not outside. They are burned out by fever, rubbed up between the plies of the tire. As every extra ply in a tire means extra tire fever, extra wearing" out, Silvertowns with but two plies outlive many-ply tires with their multiplied heat. Though they cost more than ordinary tires, you can not afford to deny yourself their smarter appearance, smoother riding comfort and gasoline saving economy. The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio Goodrich aUe makes theiamooe faints tlree GrfWcA Black Safmty Trmad Broadway at Burnaide St. Portland, Oregon Phone Broadway 850, A 6505 fe'y vg "Silverto-uimr moAe alt ?ru AtVAXirfg ' IX 'SS -'S. j'Ssff'l S Many Eastern y Destinations v Will be on sale from Portland and other Southern Pacific stations in Oregon Return June 20-25th Inc. And various dates in July, August, September limit three months date of sale from SPECIAL EXCURSIONS With shorter return limit May 28-29 BOSTON, MASS. June 1-2 To St. Paul, Minn. June 6-7 To Des Moines, Iowa June 12-13 To Chicago Go via California And See San Francisco, Los An geles, Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe Liberal Stopovers Excellent Train Service Inquire City Ticket Office 131 Fourth St. Main 800 A 6704 JOHN M. SCOTT, G. P. A. 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