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I ' -u , YOUR DUTY Every citizen should and must, if he can, help the Nation through the Liberty Loan. YOUR DEBT Yoa owe to the Nation which protects and serves you a contribution to the Liberty. Loan. VOL. LVII NO. 17,G37. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1917. PRICE EIVE CENTS. ! PRESS CENSORSHIP IS JUDGE MTJARY ON HOARDING OF FOOD WOULD BE FELONY SCORES KILLED BY SEATTLE SUSPENDS ALLEGED PLOTTER WAY TO SENATE III ANTI-DRAFT PLOT KILLED BY HOUSE u ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST FOOD SPECULATORS. AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO PUT 'OP TO STORAGE. H. M. WELLS REMOVED FROM PAYROLL CNTIL AFTER TRLVL. 3rL fhr ROUNDUP BEGUN BOND PURCHASES 111 SOUR TOR ADO Students of Leading In stitutions Involved. HATiON-WIDE ARRESTS MADE Headquarters of Movement ( Are Raided in Columbus. WOMEN AMONG PRISONERS Anonymous .- Chain Letter . Urging Defiance of Law Revealed at . ' " Tinfoe: ' An plication for Injunction. DEVELOPMENTS OF DAT IN ANTI-DRAFT COSSPIRACV. Colleges and universities whoso students are in movement Yale, Harvard. Princeton. Cornell., Co lumbia. Oberlin,' Amherst, ' Syra cuse. Hobart, Pennsylvania, Rad cllffe, Bryn Mawr, Iowa. Nevada, Leland Stanford, Rutgers feand others. New York City-Student ' or ganization, . representing many famous , universities,- revealed; three arrests. - Kansas City, Mo. Information filed against BO; five arrests. In junction to prevent draft denied. . Columbus. O. National head quarters raided; three arrests on charges of treason. Cleveland, O. One arrest and conviction. . - - Topeka, Kan. Four arrests. Spokane. -.Anonymous , chain letter advises men to ignore law. NEW TORK, May 31 Today Federal ) agents took action here against an al leged .conspiracy to defeat selective draft-registration In New Tork.. Three students two youths from Co lumbia University, and a young won j an, a' senior at Barnard College were ! arrested today and held by a United ' States Commissioner for examinatioin. Bond for each was fixed at (1500. Co-Ed Is tndr Arral . The defendants are Owen Cattell, son of James McKeen Cattell, of Garrison, N. T., noted psychologist and a profes sor at Columbia; C. E. Phillips, of Co lumbia, and Miss Eleanor Wilson Par ker, who will be .graduated In June from Barnard..' The three are members of the col legiate anti-military league. In the rooms of which a meeting of college ; students was held here May 8, when plans are alleged to have been made "against the peace of the United States and their dignity." - Many Institutions Represented. - A pamphlet of this organization on file at the Federal Attorney's office shows that it has members at Tale, Harvard, . Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Oberlin. Amherst, Syracuse, Hobart, ( Pennsylvania, Radcllf fe, Bryn Mawr. Iowa, Nevada, Leland Stanford. Rutgers and other colleges, universities and ' theological institutions throughout the et ntry. .Miss Parker is executive sec re' ary. 1 According to the complaint filed by Assistant United States Attorney Con tent, Cattell, Phillips and Miss Parker "onsplred to Induce "divers persons rhose names are known", to fail to reg- ter June 6. Copy of Document Seised. j These "divers persons" are set forth a males between the ages -of 21 and 0 years inclusive. . v . - The. defendants, alleged to be a com fmittee selected at the meeting on May 8, are accused of having endeavored on May 24 to have the Graphic Press print pamphlets entitled "Will Tou Be Drafted V The complaint alleges that 'the three defendants signed their names ! to manuscript copy sent to the Graphic Press to be prepared In folder form. A copy of the text of the alleged anti-conscrtption document made pub lic by the Federal authorities contains the assertion: "We will approve the ac tion of anyone who refuses to register , lor conscription." Athninlatratlon la Attacked. t The pamphlet says the question of conscription "with its implications .for the future." Is mors important than the question of defeat or victory in the mar; and that conscription as outlined 'in the new law . "is abhorrent to any Itrue conception of democracy." ;'. The present Administration and Con gress were "elected presumably be cause they were expected to- keep us out of war," the document asserts, and when war was declared there was no I referendum, nor was there a referen dum as to conscription, the Government ,"remembering perhaps that the refer endum in Australia had resulted in a two-to-one vote against conscription." ; The pamphlet says "that If, wo want o strike with the full strength of our umbers we must refuse to register for nscrlptlon even if it puts us In Jail." ilEX ABROAD MAT BE DRAFTED ;tep- Taken to Prevent Slackers From Leaving: Country. WASHINGTON, May 31. While the Jea-al machinery of the Government was (Concluded -on pas 3, Column 1.) Selection of Private Secretary Has Not Been Made, He Says, and May Not Be Tills Session. . . SALEM." Or., May 31. (Special.) Charles I McNary. United States Sen ator designate, left for Washington to day immediately to assume his duties in his new position.' "On of the first things that. I will do upon my arrival in "Washington will be to offer my co-operation . in any movement which may tend to do away with speculation and gambling in food stuffs," he said today before leaving. -"I also Intend .to make an early in vestigation into reports that the Gov ernment may take steps to paralyze the fruit and nut industries. I understand that some concern is felt by fruit men that the Government may consider fruit not- -as- necessary a food as the more Btaple products, and may draft men em ployed in the fruit industry." Senator McNary said that he has not selected his private secretary. "At this short session . of Congress, I can see no particular need of select ing a, private secretary," he said, "and I shall make no appointment for some time. , ' "In fact, I must go to Washington so hurriedly I. have .had .practically no time to give the matter consideration." HEART UNDER RIGHT ARM Doctors Puzzled When" They Fall to : Find Recruit's Pump. . Lyle Carrow, of Sal am, a youth of 20 who aspired to the life of a sailor bold, was a puzzle to officers and doctors in charge of the Navy recruiting sta tion in the Dekum building this week. He signed up his enlistment papers, but when he underwent physical ex amination, the doctor could not locate his heart. Carrow was made to run around the room for a while, until he was panting freely and then he got another "up and down" to see if any heart beats were visible on the left side. Not an Indica tion showed. But around under his right arm a' throbbing was seen and there is where his heart was found. Request for a waiver was granted. RESTAURANTS TO PAY MORE Tacoma Employers Plan Revision .... of. Menu Prices. TACOMA, Wash.. May 31. (Special.) Facing a 16 per cent increase In the wages of their employes, which will take effect July 1 and to -which they have acceded, proprietors of Tacoma restaurants and hotels Thursday were working out a plan whereby their patrons will have to share the In creased cost. Members of the Cooks' and Waiters' Union last night adopted a new wage scale, which provides for an Increase in pay and a decrease of two hours in the working day. - JAPANESE GAINS HEARING Supreme Court Will Act on Appli cation for Citizenship. SAN FRANCISCO, May 31. The Su preme Court of the United States will hear the application for citizenship of Takao Ozawa, a Japanese. This was so ordered in the United States Circuit Court here today. Ozawa's claim is that what is known as the act .of Jane 29. 1906. makes no mention -i race or color, and nullifies previous acts which do. The Depart ment of Justice has kept close watch on the case, which is said to be the first Japanese appeal to reach 'the highest court. MR. ELKUS WELL TREATED Courtesies Shown Ambassador by Turks on Departure. WASHINGTON. Mv 81. vr tesy was extended to Ambassador iwaus ana his party upon leaving Constantinople. Advices coming today by way of Stockholm say representa tives of the Sultan, -the Grand Vizier and the Ministers of Finance and For eign . "'airs said farewell at the sta tion,' while a representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs accom panied the party to the frontier. The party is due at Berne June 1. WALKING SALOON APPEARS San Francisco Man Held for Violat ing New Federal Law. SAN FRANCISCO, May 31. "Walk ing' saloons," said to be numerous In San Francisco, were attacked , today when a warrant was Issued charging Sidney Hill with violation-- of the new Federal law prohibiting the sale -or giving away of liquor to any man in military ' uniform. It Is said that many persons have made a profit by buying ' flasks of liquor and peddling them along the sidewalk to uniformed men. PRIZES GIVEN TO GUNNERS American Resident of Nice Provides Fund of 125,000 Francs. NICE, May 31. tl. w. Barol. an American resident here, has given 125,000 francs to the Ministry of Ma rine, as prizes for officers and gun ners on merchantmen who sink sub marines. The money is to be distributed in prizes of .6000 francs. Co Espionage Me Co1 Recommitted. ADMINISTRATION FIGHT-LOST 37 Democrats Vote to . Elimi nate Amendment. WHITE HOUSE IS SILENT Opposition . of Senate - Previously Recorded and Further Effort to Enact Law Not Likely In Immediate Future. . WASHINGTON, May 31. The Ad ministration's fight for a war censor ship on newspapers was lost in Con gress today, at least for the present, when the House refused by a vote of 184 to 144 to accept even the modified censorship section written into the j espionage bill in conference. The Senate already is on record as opposed to a censorship and leaders In Congress do not expect any further Administration effort to enact one in the immediate future. The test in the 'House came on a motion to recommit the espionage bill with Instructions that the censorship regulation be eliminated. Democrats Join Republicans. Despite a determined attempt of Democratic managers to line up the party strength behind President Wil son's demand for censorship, 37 Demo crats Joined the Republicans voting for the motion. Eleven Republicans, disregarding their party caucus de cision, voted in the negative. Conferees for the House will report their -instructions back to the Senate conferees tomorrow and the bill shorn of the censorship provision probably will be reported to the Senate and House within a few days and finally accepted. It carries important modifi cations of the spy laws and authoriza tion for the President to lay embargoes in time of war. . . Section Eliminated by Senate. -No comment .on the outcome In the House waa forthcoming from' the White House. The section which- had been agreed on by the conferees was some what similar-to one which the House had substituted during first considera tion of the bill for the more sweeping provisions drawn up and submitted by the Administration. The Senate, while the bill was under debate, threw the censorship section out entirely by a vote of 48 to 34. 1 In the House debate today, opponents of censorship argued that a restriction such as the conferees proposed would violate the right of a free press. The voluntary censorship under which the country's newspapers were now work ing was pointed to as demonstrating the patriotism of editors and as prov ing that no legal restrictions are needed. Author of Amendment Tvnu. Among the Democrats who spoke and voted against the conference censorship section was Representative Gard. of Ohio, author of the original House cen sorship amendment. Members of the Judiciary committee, which reported the original bill, with the first Administration proposal in cluded, 'were divided today. Leading the fight for the conference proposal were Chairman Webb and Representa tive Carlin. Representative Graham, of Pennsylvania, a Republican membe- of the committee, led the opposition- Mr. Webb argued that snie papers before the war was over -undoubtedly would publish news regarding national defense which would be useful to an enemy, and that some legal steps would have to be taken against them. - Other Provisions Suffice. Mr. Graham declared other sections of the bill were sufficient to guard against dangerous disclosures by the press.' The Democrats voting with the Re publicans to recommit the bill were: Brodbeck, Pennsylvania: Burnett, Ala bama; Church, California; Claypool, Ohio; Connelly. Kansas; Grosser, Ohio; Dill, Washington; Dominick, South Carolina; Evans, Montana: Gallagher, Illinois; Gard and Gordon, Ohio; Ham ill, New Jersey; Hlllyard, Colorado; Huddleston, Alabama; Humphreys, Mississippi; Keating, Colorado; Kelly, Pennsylvania; Larsen, Georgia; Maher, New Tork; Olney, Massachusetts; Overmyer, Ohio; Overstreet, Georgia; Rouse, Kentucky; Scully, New Jersey; Sherwood. Ohio; Sisson, Mississippi; Slayden, Texas; Charles B. Smith, New Tork; Thompson, Oklahoma; Vandyke, Minnesota; Vinson, Georgia; White, Ohio. Republicans voting against the mo tion to recommit were: Dyer, Mis souri; Elston, California; Fuller. Massa chusetts; Griest, Pennsylvania; James, Michigan; King. Illinois; Little Kan sas; Moores, Indiana; Morgan, Okla homa; Parker, New Jersey; Volstead, Minnesota. Insane Prowler Shot by Soldier. CHICAGO. May 81. A prowler shot and killed last night by a private of the First Illinois Infantry was identi fied today as Fred William Struder, formerly an inmate of the asylum for the Insane at Elgin. 111. It Is believed his mental condition accounted for his failure to halt when the sentry chal lenged him. ould Exempt Farmers from . Operation of Clause. In serted Into Food Measure. WASHINGTON. May 31. Hoarding, storage or destruction of food, fuel or other necessaries of life to limit supply or affect prices would be a felony un der an amendment to the Government's first food bill- adopted in the - Senate today with a record, vote. Several Senators protested that the provision was ' too drastic 'and would prevent legitimate" storing to equalize markets, - but all efforts to . modify it failed. - .. - Violation ; of the second would be punishable . by, Imprisonment In the penitentiary for not less than six months nor more than , three .years. Holding by farmers or others of the products of land cultivated by them Is exempted. Consideration of the Administration bill, which-provides for a food survey and stimulation of production, neared the final-stage today, but the Introduc tion of a number of amendments short ly before adjournment probably will prevent a final vote before Saturday. An amendment which would author ize the Secretary of Commerce to take steps to promote more general use of fish to relieve the food stringency was offered -by Senator Fletcher. It would permit the Secretary to catch and mar ket fish. A letter from Secretary Red field in - support' of the proposal was read. Senator "Wadsworth objected on -the ground that It would put the Govern ment into the fishing -'business, and Senator Plttsman moved to eliminate the marketing section. The amend ment will be discussed agaln4jomorrow. FIREMEN THREATEN STRIKE Tacoma Members Form Union and Demand Increase In Pay. TACOMA. Wash., May" 31.' (Special.) Members of the Tacoma fire depart ment Jiave quietly formed a union, af filiated, with the American Federation of Labor and are ready to call a general strike unless salary Increases recently asked by the department are now granted by the- City Council. Fifteen uniformed, firemen appeared before the Council today and said that the men wanted a 310 increase a month. They said, that they would accept noth ing less. -Tacoma firemen are paid 385 month. . ' - They said that similar locals have been organized in other' Northwest cities. . - LICENSE CHASED BY AUTO Ironside Couple Go 42 Miles to Ba ker, 60 More to Vale. - BAKER, Or, May 31. (Special.) After an automobile trip of 102 miles In search of a license. Miss Bessie Asher was married . to William' Qu Inn at Vale and they have returned to their home city of Ironside. The two, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. M. Tyler, came 42 miles to Baker, but the Baker. County Clerk said they must get their license In the Malheur County seat. Nothing ; daunted, they drove by night to Vale, 60 miles from here, " where the ceremony was per formed. They will reside in Ironside. CONVENTIONS ARE STOPPED Railroad Board Says Cars Are to Be Needed In AVar Service. WASHINGTON. May 31. Aa a step in its campaign to Increase facilities for moving - freight and troops the Railroad War Board today notified the roads that it does not approve the holding of conventions at the present time to stimulate passenger traffic The notification was sent after Sec retary Baker had Indorsed It as "mani festly wise." BRITAIN FIXES MEAT PRICE Food Controller Prohibits Specula tion and Stipulates Profits. LONDON, May 31. Lord Devenport. the food controller, has issued an elab orate order regulating the sale and prices of meat, including live animals. The order prohibits speculation, re stricts Jobbing 'transactions and stipu lates what profits shall - be permitted to retailers. DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS IN LIB ERTY BOND CAMPAIGN. Total Portland subscriptions to date. 31.847.750. -Total outside subscriptions to date. H.153.000. Firemen Invest 310,000 of relief fund in bonds. Carl 8. Kelty reports much en thusiasm from Corvallls. Plans made to have liberty loan speaker at every Western Chau tauqua this year. Booth for subscriptions to be established In Postoffice today. Employes' of Mason. Ehrman tt Co. and of Woodard, Clark &. Co. ' to have opportunity to buy on in stallments. . Multnomah Hotel and Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company offer installment plan to em ployes. Idaho Land Board buys 3100,000 with surplus funds. Big mass meetings at Eleventh-Street Theater at 3:30 and 8 P. M. today. - . Details of bond campaign on page Wayne County Devas tated by Storm. MORE THAN 100 ARE INJURED Bollinger Has Biggest List of Dead, 25 Being at Zalma. ILLINOIS TOLL GROWING Seven Fatalities Reported in Plney River Section of Texas County North of Houston and Prop erty Damage Is Heavy. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. May 81. Fourteen persons were killed and scores injured In a tornado that devastated Wayne County' Wednesday afternoon, accord ing to a telegram received, from Pied mont, Mo., tonight. . Known dead were listed as follows: Granite Bend, two women; Chaonla, Ben Montgomery, wlfo and four chil dren; McGee, an Inland town, reports one killed. 23 Dead at Zalma. Reports received by the Globe-Democrat tonight from Its correspondent at Marble Hill were that at least 25 per sons were killed and more than 100 injured at Zalma, Bollinger County, In the tornado that struck there Wednes day. ' The correspondent said he obtained his estimate from a doctor who had Just returned from the storm-swept section. Three Women Killed. A dispatch was received from Salem, Mo., this afternoon saying that Mrs. Samuel Goade and daughter were killed near there by. the tornado and that Mrs. John A. Fett vaa killed at Dlllard. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., May 31. Sev eral persons were killed yesterday aft ernoon In a tornado .which swept. over the Plney River section of Texas Coun ty, 15 miles north of Houston, accord lng to reports brought hero tonight by automobile. Property Dunn Heavy. Considerable property damage reported to have been caused by the storm. The dead:' Marlon Jackson, a farmer, his house keeper and her two children. Mrs. L. H. Fletcher and two children. MATTOON NEEDS HALF MILLION Fatality. List Increased by Death of Negro Woman Aged 112 Years. MATTOON. 111.. May 31. John J. O'Connor, of Chicago, In charge of re lief work here since the tornado of last Saturday, Issued a statement today that 3500,000 will be needed for the re building work and relief in Mattoon and Charleston. Of this sum 1150. 000 Is In sight, with $60,000 in cash now in hand for the two towns. ' The official list of dead was in creased to 67 today by the death of Mrs. Martha Smith, the oldest negro woman In Coles County and possibly In the state. She claimed to be 113. years old and was known to be more than 100 years old. The death list In Charleston remains at 33. STREETCARS TO INCREASE Spokane Service to Be Improved Now That Jitneys Are Gone, SPOKANE. Wash., May 31. (Special.) Sections of the city that are found to be without adequate streetcar service now with the abandonment of the Jit ney bus business will get relief, accord lng to the assurance given today by W. G. Paine, of the Spokane A Inland Em pire Railway System, upon his return from a freight-rate conference at Boise. "Just what changes will be required In our service as the result of the Jit ney buses dropping out of the field, we have not yet been able to determine, but we certainly will provide our pa trons with adequate car service," said Mr. Paine. ENGLAND TO GROW WHEAT Crop of 1918 Expected to Be Big Enough to Feed Nation. LONDON. May 31. Rowland E. Prothero, . president of the Board of Agriculture, In an address today, said that under a plan devised by the gov ernment, the success of which he be lieved to be assured. Great Britain would grow sufficient wheat in 1918 for all the needs of the population, with a liberal supply left over for livestock. AUSTRALIA SHIPS US SPUDS Chicago Importer Orders SO Car loads of Antipodal Food. CHICAGO, May 31. Australian po tatoes were placed on the Chicago mar ket today for the first time in history. They were dug In February and are beginning to sprout. The importer or dered 30 carloads of them. Superintendent Announces That Others Under Suspicion Will ' 'Be 'Dropped by City. SEATTLE. Wash.. May 31. (Special.) Until after his trial Hulet M. Wells, accused of seditious conspiracy in con nection with the circulation of anti- draft literature, will be suspended from employment as a rate clerk in the city light department by Superintendent J. D. Ross. The suspension is limited to 30 days by the city charter if the trial is not brought to a close by that time, but Mr. Ross said it would be renewed from time to time. "I do not wish It understood." Mr. Ross said, "that I am expressing any oplnicn as to the guilt or Innocence of Mr. Wells by laying him off. He has assured me that he has had no part In the circulation of anti-draft literature rince the act was passed. I have read the circular that he Is said to have O. K.'d and I find that It advocates resistance to conscription, although Mr. Wells tells me this is not to be Inter preted to mean armed resistance. There are several other men In my depart ment under suspicion and additional suspensions will be ordered if they are required to stamp out disloyalty to the Government." P:ev. Sidney Strong, father of Anna Louise Strong, a member of the Seattle School Board, was one of the sureties on Wells' bond In the sum of $5000 filed today. The Strongs are prominent pacifists. SUICIDE OFFERS MYSTERY Young; Man Refused Entrance to Power Plant Climbs to Death. BOISE. Idaho. May 31. Frank Cole, aged about 21. said to have been a rest dent of Twin Falls, was electrocuted Tuesday night by a high-tension wire two miles from the Minidoka power station near Rupert, Idaho. Cole, with two other men, James Mil ler and D. O. Rice, arrived at the power plant in an auto and asked to be shown through the place, but owing to new war rules were refused and they went away. V Miller and Rice say Cole climbed' a pole which carried the high-tension wire that killed him. Miller says he is of German descent, but denies any wrongful Intentions against the power plant. FRENCH GIRLS-CARRY-MAIL Pay $1.10 Dally With Allowance for High Living Cost. PARIS. May 31. The first women letter carriers made their appearance on the streets of Paris today, wearing trim dark blue uniforms and glased straw hats with the French trl-color ribbon. They are paid five francs. GO centimes a day ($1.10), with extra allowances for the high cost of living. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTER DAT'S Maximum temperature. 69 degrees; minimum. 62 degreea TODAV'6 Fair; westerly winds. War. . Steamer carrying- explosives burns In Ha- . waiian (roup. Page 8. Italians Inspired by United States as ally Pace 2. German semi-official paper denies Kaiser's aim to Increase territory. I'm to 6. National. Authorities rounding up anti-draft plot sus pects, rase 1. Senate would make boarding of food a felony. Page 1. Fears of fruitgrowers of Pacific Northwest allayed by action of Mr. Hoover and Secretary Houston. Page 2. Senate committee draws on new sources for war tax. rage 4. Press censorship killed by House. Page 1. Domestic Scores killed In Missouri by tornado. Page 1. Court bailiff admits writing name of Daniel Kelly on Mooney Jury list. Page 8. Chairmen of chief parties direct commit teemen to help in war census. Page 6. Parlfle Northwest. Wells Fargo'a report shows dividends of 40 per cent are paid, rage 1. H. M. Wells, held aa anti-draft plotter. aroppeo. trom aeame s municipal payroll Page 1. Judge McNary leaves for seat In Senate. rage l. Portland engineers chosen officers of Klghth Regiment. Page 5. West Coast lumbermen agree to stand by oxier c government. rage o. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 11 Vernon in; San Francisco S, I.oa An- gelea 1; Oakland 12. Salt Lakt 2. Page 19. Observers miss many violations of rules In golf contest. Page 16. - New records are made In swimming. Page Is. Olympic Club boxers make poor showing at Seattle meet, rage it. Commercial and Marine. Two-thirds of Oregon mohair clip sold and .demand Is checked. Page 21. 'wbeat lower at Chicago on fine crop pros pects. Page 21. Broad movement In stocks, but gains are not held. Page 21. High water on its way; situation at The Lallea serious. Page 17. Traffic Association refuses Its consent to sale of turblners. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Kenneth L. Fenton d4es from Injuries sus tained in fall from sleeping porch Page 22. Bond purchases In Oregon reach 33.00O.0O0. Page 1. Auditorium facts recited to refute campaign canaraa. rage o. Some of Commissioner Baker, achievements reviewed. Page a. Noted speakers will make pleas for liberty loan today, rage is. Northwest tourist officials confer with Ore gon directors on plans for campaign. Page 11. Moving picture actress pays (10 to city for being in a nurry. page lu. Portland asked to raise 1200.000 for Red Cross fund. Page 7. John Cort revives thestrical fight and will bring plays here. Page 22. Interests seeking shipbuilding tleup actively support Daly. Page 8. Meter deal by Mr. Daly regarded aa sheer waste. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Pace 21. OREGON 83,000,750 V e Country Districts Re spond Generously. CAMPAIGN BEING SPEEDED UP Assistance Given Government in Many Quarters. CHAUTAUQUAS TO BE USED Employers Arrange to Assist Em ployes In Purchases and North west Steel Company . Allows Time for Educational Talk. Oregon now has subscribed - more than 33.000.000 of liberty bonds. The figures, to be exact, are $3,000. 750. of which 31.847.760 has been sub scribed in Portland and 31.153.000 by communities in the state outside of Portland. The total expectation for the whole v state is 38,500.000. segregated Into $6. 000.000 for the city and $2,500,000 for the country. It is apparent, therefore, that the outside districts are doing , better than the city, as they have subscribed 46 per cent of their quota, while Port land has bought not Quite 31 per cent. Carl Kelty en Tour. Communities in other parts of the state are thoroughly aroused over the bond campaign. Carl S. Kelty, treas urer for the Lumbermen's Trust Com pany, who is touring the Willamette Valley, sent the following .telegram to campaign headquarters In the North western National Bank yesterday, which speaks for Itself:. "No slackers In Corvallls. System atic canvass is being made of city and county. Numerous small subscriptions being received and' banks taking large share. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the banks had sold $56,100 worth. The lit tle town of Philomath subscribed $4200. Six o-ut of eight persons at Kings Val ley have subscribed. Special meeting of Oregon Agricultural College faculty today -to promote campaign. Banks make a rate of 3V4 per cent on money borrowed to buy bonds." Chautaua.ua Talks Proposed. C. A. Miller, In charge of the local campaign, began negotiations yester day with managers of the Ellison White Chautaqua circuit, with the view of having a speaker address every Chautauqua audience on the merits of the liberty loan. The ElHston-Whlte people have their headquarters in Port land and control the Chautauqua cir cuits in all the country west of the Rocky Mountains. Through the co-operation of Frank S. Myers, postmaster, a booth will be established ln the main postoffice to day. An expert bond man will be in charge. All inquiries regarding the loan will be answered and applications for subscriptions will be received. Postmasters Are Areata. Every postmaster in the state also has been advised to receive applica tions. Such applications will be re ported through the Oregon campaign headquarters, and will go to the credit of the fund in this state. Mayor Albee and officials of the Portland Fire Bureau yesterday sub scribed for $10,000 worth of bonds for the credit of the Firemen's Relief fund. - - Arrangements also are being made for the purchase of a big block of bonds (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) Liberty Loan Facts No. 4. Do We Love Our Country? During this war Great Britain has already created two large loans of $5,000,000,000 each, and for the last one. subscriptions were received from about 8,000.000 different buy ers. The French people are known as the greatest government bond buy ers in the world. Fifty years ago we raised over $3,000,000,000 to provide for the ex penses of the Civil War. The wealth of this country today is eight times as great as It was then; our -banking resources are 20 times as great as then or even as late as 1870. Soon after tho beginning of the Spanish-American War our govern ment offered for sale ' $200,000,000 3 per cent bonds, which were over subscribed 7H times. This was equivalent to subscriptions totaling about $1,400,000,000. . Can it be that wo love and ap preciate our country to a less de gree than England or France? Is it conceivable that we have lost our enthusiasm for our Government's Ideals since 1864, or eva since 1898? It is estimated by the Controller of the Currency that there are now more than 10.000,000 individuals and corporations in the United States in a posttlon to subscribe from $100 to $100,000,000 cash to the new lib erty loan. Yoa are one of these in dividuals. Subscribe today for the liberty loan at your bank or with your employer. . fRl 1 05.2