THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1917. POLITICAL PARTIES TO AID WAR CENSUS Chairmen of Two Principal Or- ganizations Unite in Ap- peal to Workers. OCCASION HELD IMPORTANT Precinct Committeemen and Can vassers Are Asked to Help in Census and the Subsecuent : Checking Tp of Names. WASHINGTON. May 31. In a Joint statement Issued today from their re spective party headquarters here. Chairman Willcox, of the Republican National Committee, and Chairman Mc cormick, of the Democratic National Committee, called upon party commit teemen and workers ln all communi ties throughout the country to put their machinery into operation to aid Army draft registration officers. Experienced in the work of registra tion and canvassing, local and state party organizations are fitted to render Invaluable assistance both on June 5 and later when the checking up for slackers begins. Therefore, the Na tional committees, laying aside par tisan differences, determined to get their workers into the field for co-op erative action. " Census of National Importance. "By the terms of the selective draft art," says the joint statement, "the President has designated June 5 as the registration day for the people en rolling those citizens who are of mili tary age and condition. An eligible list of men within certain ages avail able for service is to be established by this registration, from which it Is sub sequently proposed to select those who are to bear arms for the United States In the present struggle, and those whose proper sphere of duty is along other, but no less useful, lines. "It is of great National importance that this registration should be as com plete as possible, in order that the Oovernment may be enabled to make proper selection. "The Congressional enactment under which this registration is conducted was supported by members of both Houses of Congress affiliated with both of the great political parties. Party lines were not drawn during the oonsideratloln of the great measure. Men of both parties supported It and both parties should now co-operate In aiding the Government in the success ful application of the act. Organizations Equipped for Tank. "Accordingly, we as chairmen of the National committees of our respective parties, have addressed a communica tion to officers of state political or ganizations throughout the country asking them to put into operation the party machinery in their respective districts for the people by aiding reg istration officers in securing com plete enrollment of the citizens af fected. W6 have submitted this sug' gestion to our political organizations in every state, because we believe that the organizations are splendidly equipped for effective work in this direction. "We sincerely hpo ijiat all mem bers of our organizations and party workers generaly will Join with other citizens in this movement to insure the enrollment of every citizen who comes within the provisions of this law and is subject to enrollment. BOND PURCHASES LARGE (Continued From Flrt Page.) lty of the purchaser. If It is necessary for the Individual to pay in small amounts this will be arranged so that the payments will in no way work a hardship. Workmen to Hear Talk. Employes of the Northwest Steel Company will hear an address by H. K. Blauvelt. of the Oregon Life Insur ance Company, between 11:15 and 11:45 next Tuesday morning on what the liberty loan means to workingmen. The company has arranged to dismiss the men for the noon lunch period a half hour earlier so that they can give the time to the speakers. J. C. Ains worth. president of the United States National Bank, and C. A. Miller, man ager of the campaign, also will speak. It Is probable that within the next few days the banks here will start an organized movement to induce people to buy "Baby Bonds." The idea la to buy a $50 or a $100 bond in the name of a baby, allowing the Interest to ac cumulate in a savings bank account until the bond matures at the end of 30 years, by which .time the fund Is ex pected to be a welcome addition to the "baby's" finances. One man yesterday bought three $100 bonds for his three children. State Board to Invest. Local banks were advised by their correspondents in Boise yesterday that the Idaho State Land Board has ar ranged to invest $100,000 of its surplus in liberty bonds. The board also has bought $10,000 worth of bonds to be sold to state employes em the Install ment plan. (Several big packages of red, white aVid blue display cards were received at local headquarter" yesterday and will be distributed throughout the state within the next few days. They are 24 by 38 inches and at tractively printed. One of them reads: "Make your dollars end the war. The liberty your forefathers fought and died for is at stake. If you cannot fight your money can. Buy a liberty loan bond and Uncle will do the rest." The Federal Treasury Department also has advised that a supply of but tons is being shipped for presentation to each purchaser of a liberty bond. People thus will be able to see who is performing patriotic service In a financial way. Oddfellows to Bay. F. A. Freeman, vice-president of the Lumbermens Trust Company, addressed the employes of Enke's Cleaning Works yesterday. Many of them are prepar ing to buy bonds. The Orient Lodge of Oddfellows has instructed its board of trustees to in vest all available funds in the liberty issue. Miss Amy Rothchild, president of the Girls' National Honor Guard, requests the members of the organization to report at headquarters, 312 Selling building, this afternoon and assist in distributing liberty bond posters. They will also assist in the distribution of 15,000 other posters advertising the war loan bonds which will be displayed on auto mobile windshields. An additional 15,- 000 of these posters will be distributed in other counties of the state. Portland Council, Knights of Colum bus, has volunteered the services of a number of its members for the sale of liberty bonds. These volunteers will be organized into a group and will work in co-operation with the general committee, canvassing such districts of the city as may be assigned to them. HEW SOURCES OF REVENUE ARE TAXED Senate Committee Levies on Parcels Post, Radio and Freighting Autos. TRANSPORTATION ITEM CUT Munitions Tax Is Eliminated In Fa vor of Plan to Increase Excess Profits Vigorous Opposi tion Is Brewing. is called the Summer school, and in the place of the two full semesters provides three and a half. The first semester will, begin October 1 and end December 21. Christmas vacations will intervene between the first and second semesters and the second semester will begin. January 1, ending March 22. The third semester will open April 1 and close June 17, and the fourth and final semester will open June 18 and end July 25. These dates are approximate. To graduate, a student under the new sys tem, will be required to earn 180 term hours, rather than 120 under the old system. The new plan will be inaug urated next OctODer. The faculty committee on the work ing out of details is composed of O. F. Stafford, chairman; E. H. McAlister, W. P. Boynton, E. E. Decou and J. D. Barnett. $9,427,177 MELON CUT WELLS-FARGO PAYS DIVIDENDS OK NEARLY 40 PER CENT. WILBUR REUNION TODAY FORMER STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO ATTEND EXERCISES. for city employes to be paid for in monthly installments. Many employers are completing ar rangements that will permit their em ployes to take bonds on easy install merits. Employers Lay Plans. Mason, Ehrman & Co , wholesale gro cers. probably will offer their plan to their employes today. Woodard, Clarke & Co., wholesale and retail druggists, are working out a similar plan. The Portland Railway, Light & Pow er Company will have Its arrangements in a few days. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company has perfected a plan whereby any employes of the company through out their territory on the Pacific Coast who desire to purchase bonds may do so through the company, paying for them in installments extending over a period of a year, these Installments to be deducted from monthly salary pay ments. Buyers to Be Protected. Under this plan the employe will re ceive half of the year's interest on the bonds. In case the employe leaves the Bervice or for any reason installments are not paid when due, the company will sell the bond or bonds for which the employe has subscribed and pay over to him, or in case of his death, to his legal representatives, the balance remaining after deducting from the amount received from the sale the full amount of the -unpaid installments. Un der this plan, therefore, the employe in no case loses any of his installment payments. The payments will begin in June, 1917, and continue until June, 1918. The management of the Multnomah Hotel is preparing to assist every member of the staff to participate in the liberty loan. A plan has been per fected by which bonds are to be pur chased according to the financial abil- Programmc Will Be Held on Site of Old Academy Near Rosebursr. Ana tin Mires to Preside. ROSEBURG, Or., May 31. (Special.) Prominent men from many points of the Northwest will assemble at the little town of Wilbur, eight miles from Roseburg, tomorrow, where they will participate in the reunion of former teachers and pupils of the old Wilbur Academy. Father Wilbur, one of the first Oregon missionaries, established the academy, and since his time many men of prominence have taught there. Among the instructors of the old academy were Representative Hawley, and the late Governor Frank Benson. The reunion will be held in a little grove near the old academy site, and the programme will be presided over by Austin Mires, kn attorney, of Walla Walla, Wash., who waf one of the early students of the institution. Other men of prominence who have accepted invitations to be present at the re union are: A. C. Strange, of Baker; Attorney-General George M. Brown and Supreme Judge Henry L. Benson, of Salem; G. W. Riddle, of Riddle; Harry Pinkston, of Oakland; Benjamin Hunt ington, Sr., of Yoncalla; J. C. Fuller ton, J. W. Hamilton, Mrs. O. C. Brown, J. H. Booth and Mrs. Simon Lane, of Roseburg, and Horace Putnam, a de- cendant of Israel Putnam, of Revolu tionary fame, of Drain The programme will include address es, musical numbers, a banquet and other features. Judge Henry Benson arrived here to day from Salem to visit friends and will go to Wilbur early tomorrow. The reunion was arranged by Mrs. Inez Miller, teacher of the Wilbur schools. Letters written by former teachers and pupils of the academy who will be unable to attend the reunion will be read. WAR PRICES Will Soon Hate to Be Paid on Pianos, So BUY NOW! From the Reliable Piano Merchant HAROLD S. GILBERT 384 Yamhill St. Prevent Stock Will Be Sold at Former Prices. Smallest Expense. Lowest Price. Henry S. G. Llndeman. S287 Welser Bros. (Uke new) 8138 Jos. Cramer. . .....8187 Lexington ($132 paid on this Piano) 8218 Harold S. Gilbert 373 value) ... 8300 Strond Pianola (not one year old and music Included).. 8367 WASHINGTON, May 31. With .fur ther trimming of the $1,800,000,000 war tax bill, the Senate finance committee's revision work today reached the stage of detailed drafting- with completion of a measure aggregating about $1,500, 000,000 next Wednesday or Thursday In prospect. Several new sources of revenue were drawn upon today; other House taxes were reduced and further substitutions adopted. The principal changes affect ing the general public Included: A new tax on parcel post packages of 1 cent on each 25 cents or fraction paid by shippers and adoption of the same rate for express packages as a substitute for the House levy of 6 per cent upon express transportation. The shipper would pay the tax. Transportation Tax Cut. Reduction by one-half, or to 5 per cent of taxes on amounts paid for land or water transportation, including charges for berths or parlor car chairs, entailing a loss of revenue of $35,000, 000. Adoption of excise or consumption taxes, payable eventually by the con sumer, of one-half cent a pound on sugar. 2 cents on coffee, 5 cents on tea and 3 cents on cocoa Repeal of the existing law levying a 12 per cent tax on war munitions, now bringing in $25,000,000 revenue, be cause of the substitute plan for increas ing manufacturers' excess profits taxes. Bill Ready for Redrafting;. With these and several minor changes. Chairman Simmons - said the bill now virtually is ready for tech nical redrafting, to put in-proper form the revisions agreed to and already an nounced. Treasury Department sugges tions to this end and Individual amend ments of various Senators will be con sidered tomorrow. In an effort to agree upon An equita ble tax upon newspapers, magazines and other publications now transported ror l cent a pound, the committee today arranged for a, general conference Sat urday night. Chairman Simmons and other members will meet representa tives of the publishers and the Post office Department. The proposed gen eral 2 .per cent tax on all advertising And the Hardwick amendment, greatly to increase postage charges on por tions of the publications devoted to advertising, will be discussed. Fairness Declared Motive. In deciding to adopt the new tax on parcel-post packages, the committee was said to believe that such action would be but fair to the express com panies, maintaining present parity of competition between the two services. For the service of shippers the com mittee adopted the direct tax of 1 cent on each 25 cents paid for such trans portation Instead of the more compli cated percentage charges. Other changes designed to maintain competition decided upon today makes the 3 per cent tax on freight transpor tation, by railroad or water, apply also to freight carried by motor vehicle or other mechanical means of transporta tion which compete with railroads or steamships. In many sections of the country auto mobile truck lines are said to be active competitors of steam and electric roads. Radio Messages Taxed. Taxation of radio messages at the same rate imposed upon long-distance telegraph and telephone messages 5 cents on each message costing IB cents or more was decided upon, to equalize taxation of all forms of long-distance communication. The consumption taxes on coffee, tea. sugar and cocoa, and substitutes, ex pected to yield $80,000,000, comprise the substitute adopted in lieu of the gen eral 10 per cent tariff increase, from which $200,000,000 In revenues were planned, together with smaller House taxes on coffee and tea. Some Senators already are planning vigorous lights on several features when the bill reaches the floor. An effort will be made to restore the House increase in surtaxes on incomes of more than $40,000 annually. Other Senators say they will oppose the excise Ir especially those on feugar and coffee. There also will be an effort toward restoring the House tax on inheritances. Report . of Company Filed In .Salem Shows S500.000 In Bonds of O.-W. R. A N. Are Held. SALEM. Or., May 31. (Special.) The annual report of the Wells Fargo Ex press Company, filed today with the Public Service Commission, shows that that company cut a fat melon last year. In addition to 3 per cent regular dividends being paid twice last yettr. such dividends amounting each time to $719,022, it also declared an extra divi dend of 33 1-3 per cent, or a total extra dividend paid in one slice of $7,989,133.33. These dividends were paid without Incurring any extra ob ligation to the company whatsoever. The operating revenues of the com pany last year totaled $25,741,143.91. Its gross business handled was $50. 298,469.51, and It paid on express con tracts for transportation $25,854,218.60. The operating expenses were $22,212, 796.88. The ratio of the operating ex penses to the operating revenues was 86.29 per cent. The company's net income from ex press operation was $3,122,967.07. and after paying the dividends mentioned Jt still had a surplus of $4,020,094.52. The report shows that the company holds $500,000 worth of the first and refunding mortgage 4 per cent bonds of the O.-W. R. N. Company, which are payable in 1961. 1 -y y THE "WICKED" 'TRADING STAMP Tts Saving Thousands of Dollars Each Year to Onr Patrons Discount Which Applies to Every Purchase of Ten Cents or More on Onr First Three Floors. EXTRA STAMPS WITH THE COU PON TODAY & SATURDAY BRING THIS COUPON AND GET 20-EXTRA-20 "S. A H." Trading Stamps on your first $1 cash pur chase, and double on the balance. 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President Wilson has sent a document to the Rue slan government outlining the war aims of the United States and it is understood, dealing with the position of "no annexations, ' "no indemnities, set out by Russian officials. It is not to be published until Am bassador Francis, in Petrograd, lias had opportunity to present it to the Russian government and then it will be given out in Washington. The terms of the communication meanwhile are regarded as highly con fidentiaL ASHLAND COMPANY READY First TJnit of Artillery at War Strength and Has Waiting List. ASHLAND, Or., May 31. (Special.) The First Company. Oregon Coast Artillery, of this city, is recruited up to full war strength of 109 men and is anxiously awaiting the call into service. Several young men are on the waiting list and will fill vacancies should any occur In the company. The company holds semi-weekly drills. Captain C. A. Malone is expected to arrive here soon from San Francisco to take charge of the company. He has refused several opportunities to take command of California organiza tions in order to remain at the head SEMESTER PLAN REVISED University Rearranges Divisions of School Year. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Or.. May 31. (Special.) The faculty of the university of Oregon this evening completely reorganized the university schedule and adopted what is gener ally known as the four-semester plan. This adoption Is final with the faculty ana will go to the board of regents for xtnai . acceptance or rejection. It is generally supposed the board of re gents will act favorably. The new plan does away with what POET LEADS TO VICTORY ITALIANS INSPIRED BY D'ANNUNZIO REPEL AUSTRIAN .ATTACKS. Capture of Villages of Cerevoda, Vells- cat, Osoja and Cafa In Albania, . Reported by Rome. UDINE. Italy, via Paris, May SI. The Austrlans, in attempting to recap ture San (Jiovanni on the southern por tion of the Carso Plateau, came into terrible hand-to-hand fighting with the Italians. Among the Italians was Gabriele D'Annunzio, the poet and playwright, whose work and example animated the soldiers in the heroic struggle, which ended in the annihilation of the enemy. ROME, via London, May 31. Italian troops in Albania have occupied the villages of Cerevoda. Veliseat, Osoja and Cafa, the War Office announced today. ... The towns are In the central part of Southern Albania. This extension of the Macedonian front westward to Avlona on the Adriatic has been long held by Italian forces. Their advance s reclaiming more of Albania from Austrian influence. DOCTOR'S DEGREE GIVEN Dean Cordley, of O. A. C, Is Hon ored by Michigan College. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. May 31. (Special.) A. B. Cordley, dean of agriculture at the Oregon Agricultural College, and dl rector of the Oregon Experiment Sta tion; Ray Stannard Baker, magazine writer and author, and Charles Preston Gillett. director of the Colorado Experi ment Station, classmates of the year 1888, tomorrow receive their Doctor of Science degrees at the Michigan Agri cultural College, East Lansing. Mich. Dean Cordley has for 21 years been connected with the Oregon Agricultural College, where he began his work In 1895 as professor of zoology and entomology. He was made dean of agriculture in 1907, and director of the Oregon Experiment Station in 1914. He has made important discoveries in the field of agriculture, notably his study of the life history and the control of apple anthraxnose, and his work in lime-sulphur sprays. STRAUB MAKES ADDRESS Sutherlin Graduates Listen to Dean of Oregon. SUTHERLIN. Or.. May 81 (Special.) .High school commencement exercises were held tonight. Professor John Straub. dean of the University of Ore gon, delivered the address. The grad uating class consists of: Grace Talbot. Kenneth Comstock. William Werner, Richard Slater. Frances Peterson. Nor man Slater, Ralph Shaver and Walter Wegner. Local schools close tomorrow, when graduates will receive diplomas and honor pupils medals presented by the Parent-Teacher Association. Leon a Rhodes, fifth grade, has been neither absent nor tardy during four years. THE OLD MOTH MILLER IS ABROAD Put away your furs and fabrics in WHITE TAR PAPER. Moth- proof will last for years. .Hags, sneeta, Rolls. ft DY-1T -4) - - makes the straw hat look lfke new. Any color, any shade. Ready to use applied in a mln- Or? ute. Bottle with brush.. sJC o u Y CAN'T BATHE WITH COMFORT WITHOUT THESE L a'd lis' All-Wool nfliin Bathing Suits. O.UU UJJ Men's All-WoolQ tf iim Bathing Suits. 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The bank clearings for last month soared to a total of $73,814,892. which is more than $22,000,000 above the showing for the corresponding month of last year. $51,554,080. With only one exception the clearings last month were the greatest for any month In the history of the Portland clearing house. Receipts at the Portland postofflce for the month of May showed a marked Increase over those for the same month last year. This May closed with a to tal of $106,000. while its sister of a year ago had $99,810.28. Postal savings deposits, however, dropped, although a gain has been shown heretofore each month. The de crease from last month's total was ap proximately $5000. The answer is found in liberty bond purchases, declares As sistant Postmaster Durand. While postal savings pay t per cent, liberty bonds draw 34-per cent. Building activity showed a slight slump as compared with May, 1916. The permits aggregated $377,245 as contrasted with $574,300 for May, 1916. mm ii C3 ii It's Time for Straw Hats, Boys Xewberg lias Karly Morning Fire. NEWBERG, Or., May 31. (Special.) Fire was discovered in the Read & Coyle meat market early this morning. The loss is chiefly from smoke and water, covered fully by insurance. ii ii H r 3 Ii ii Cool, comfortable and stylish. Very choice line of styles to show you and at most reasonable prices. Panamas are as . popular as ever, $5 to $25. Stylish braids, Sennets, Bancocks, Mackinaws all are stylish. Ask to see our leader a Panama Special at 5 Buff inn Pendleton Col . Clothiers, Hatters and Haberdashers. 127 SIXTH STREET Thirty Easy Steps From Washington Street F. N. Pendleton. Wlnthrop Hammond T A R Washington at Park. ONLY TODAY AND TOMORROW You simply cannot help but enjoy ALICE BRADY The Dancer's Peril ' It has everything to make it a wonderiul picture .it's great the program includes lovely Mollie King in "The Mystery of the Double Cross." TRADE CONSPIRACY ORDINANCE Every law-abiding citizen in Portland is opposed to PICK ETING and the VIOLENCE that has been committed in its name. Will protect citizens in their rights to work for whom they please and put a stop to the violence that has in the past marked industrial troubles. Public rights should be supreme, this ordinance will make private grievance subordinate to the great public right. VOTE X. HO- YES (Paid Advertisement, A. C. Cnllaa. 608 Northrap Street. Portland, Or.) no of the Ashland company.