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THE 3IORXLVG OEEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JUXE 2, 10i7. 16 CUPS INSTEAD OF 32 DECIDED Oil War Department Will Reduce Number of Barracks and Use Tents Wherever Possible. STRAIN ON FUNDS FEARED Changes in Plans Are Xot Iikely to Delay Mobilization Later Than September 1 Guard 'y to Be Drafted Shortly. WASHINGTON. Jun 1. Important revisions In the plans for training the war Army have been made by the War Department, which announced today that the half-million men to be called to the colors in September will be con centrated In 16 cantonments instead of 82. and that many of the forces prob ably would be put into tents instead of wooden barracks. Lack of funds, material, labor and transportation facilities. Secretary Baker, said, were determining influ ences in the decision to reduce the number of cantonments. The previous plan to build 32 of the camps was reached, it was explained, after Con press .had appropriated $77,000,000 on the theory that there would be only 16. For a time the larger number seemed practicable, but that would have made a much greater demand on the overtaxed resources at the De partment's command. September Mobilization Date. Although the change will upset all the tentative plans for camp locations made by department commanders, it is not expected to delay beyond Septem ber 1 the mobilization of the great draft" Army. Four of the 16 canton ment sites provided for under the new plan already have been selected, and choice of the others is expected soon. Secretary Baker Indicated that building would proceed as rapidly as possible. The four sites selected are at American Lake, Wash.; Atlanta, Ga,; Ayre, Mass., and Wrightstown, N. S. A more plentiful supply of canvas than expected made it possible to put some of the troops under tents. A can vas shortage was largely responsible for the original plan to bouse the Army in wooden barracks, for Army officials have preferred tenting from the start. Most of the tents used prob ably will be placed at Southern camps. Gnard May Have Teats. In making the announcement. Secre tary Baker said also that forces in ex cess of those which could be cared for in the 16 cantonments would be placed under canvas. This was taken as re ferring to National Guard divisions, although the Military Bureau has re ceived no instructions In this regard. There is no indication of an Intention to alter the plans for formation of 1 divisions of the guard. The question of filling these up to war strength prob abl ywlll not be seted until selection of men for military service in the draft army begins. It is possible that It will be found better at that time, if the state foris have not been recruited to full strength, to consolidate Into a smaller number of divisions,' but under the law either the regulars or guard can be filled up with men fr omthe selected lists is that is desired. Meantime the National 5uard units of the Kastern portion of the country will be drafted into the Federal armies on July 15. The guard already has a considerable supply of tentage. and the machinery of the Council of National efense is at work endeavoring to ob tain enough for all forces with little delay. 60,000 Are Doing Police. All of the Guard units will have been drafted into service by August 6. That toes not mean, however, that all will have been ordered to divisional train ing camps at that time.- Presumably the best equipped and recruited forces will be made ready first for duty abroad, but there has been no an nouncement as to the process to be followed. More than 0,000 guardsmen now are engaged in police work, guarding bridges, factories and other structures and that work will have to be kept up. The task of building a cantonment is a big one. Miles of roads, water, sewer and light construction must be put in. More than 2000 buildings must he erected In each camp and railway connections must be established. To begin the simultaneous construction of 32 such cities, officials feel, would have been more than the resources of the flepartment or of the country could have borne without seriously inter rupting the ordinary course of cord jnercial life. SCENES AND FACES PROMINENT IN YESTERDAY'S LIBERTY BOND MASS MEETINGS. ' V L"" h l 'J'rtt' HILLIS STIRS. CROWD ffJ-C i? fas t i-iih. r fit' Or . I 1 liriiJ r5pJ- Stamps linn j - o Kaiser's Dream of World minion Is Told. DEBT TO FRANCE IS GREAT Brooklyn Preacher and New Tork Bond Dealer Stir Patriotism of i Portland Audiences in In terest of Bond Issue. Continued From First Pate.) . I i f 1 J s 3 - v 1 Michael J. Hlekey, Pnbllclty Kxpert on Tour. 2 Third Orecroo Baad i t'OHpanr Headed by Banner-Bearlaar Automobile, Parading iitreeta Befera AfterafMB Meeting. S Dr. Newell Dwiskt Htllla, Principal Speaker. 4 Lawrence Chamberlain, Mew Terk Bond Dealer, Who Explained Liberty Leia, B. S. JOSSELYN CandiAiite for 1MAYOR "Vat experience in laree business af fairs, especially In reorganizing- railroad and public utility corporations for in vestors: an enthuslastto developer of properties: administrated expenditure of niany millions In construction and- bet terment. "Never held publle office; his work for railroads and public utilities has brought htm into contact with practically every phase of public activity: not only has he negotiated with public officials and campaigned with people direct In ths multitude of matters affecting the in terests he represented, but he has par ticipated actively in many public move ments: has served as chairman and member of soms of the most Important committees In Portland. undertaking work not even directly relating to his private business: proved to be an ex traordinarily effective public man, an industrious worker of singular efficiency; never hesitated to undertake unselfish public work, for which he was fre quently irafted by community organiza tions." Orecon Voter. VOTK 111 X Ov BALLOT, Pald Adv. by' W. II. Bard, IMttock Blk.) government for the last half century, he pointed out, has been performed with that end In view. He dealt in plain terms in censuring those American people who have viewed the duty of the country lit tha present crisis with apathy or indif ference. Debt Date Prmec, He appealed for America to pay the debt of gratitude It owes to France for the gallant service rendered by Lafay ette and the French soldiers in the colonists' struggle for independence, and aroused enthusiastic applause when he declared: "The place for the Stars and Stripes right now Is in the trenches with the tri-color of France." He recalled . that when Cornwallls surrendered his sword to Washington at Torktown, Lafayette shared the ceremony. "But to the very last," he continued, "this noble hero said that his heart was divided between love of the Re public of France and love of the Amer ican Republic - i "Not less striking the debt we owe France for her ships, her soldiers and her gold. In 1781, when once more our fortunes were at a low ebb. Count Rochamheau, admiral of the French navy, organized a fleet of two battle-, ships, three destroyers and 38 -transports and brought to this country 6000 French soldiers, a cargo of munitions. 4owder, shot, muskets, cannon, shoes, clothing and medical supplies. In every age wars are fought by money and by food. And in that crisis. when r ranee had sent us weapons and food, .the Government made a loan to the United States, all of which was repaid with interest. But in addition came a multitude of advances by- private citizens, aggregating hundreds of millions of dollars. Many of the French soldiers were killed in the cam paign in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. Later the French government under took the support of these soldiers' widows and orphans. But when the French Navy returned home they sailed by the way of Jamaica, where they were attacked by the British fleet and many of the vessels were either cap tured or sunk. Outside of the loan which we repaid to the French gov ernment, were the losses through private loans, the loss of ships, which are believed to have aggregated a total not far from 1400,000,000. America Owes France Much. now oiack Is the sin of ingratitude! vVhat generosity France, rich France, showed- our poverty-stricken republic! What treasure of lives and money It lavished upon our liberties! Franca slit her veins and poured out blood as rich red rain upon the roots of our tree of liberty and made the blossoms thereof crimson and beautiful for us and for our children. In return, to day we owe France our greatest gen eral, our best admiral we owe her soldiers, sailors, guns, cannon, food, a billion or more money. "Every consideration urges us " to pledge to France our fortunes, our lives and our sacred honor. The French Ambassador in his book, 'Rochambeau and the French in America.' has made it clear that the French people have, during all the vicissitudes of revolu tion and during the era of the Napoleons, ever remained true to her ideal of our republic and have found in our free Institutions the fulfillment of her own hopes of liberty, equality and fraternity. Kataer'n Scheme Bread. Dr. Hillis reviewed with horrifying detail the plan of the Kaiser and his advisers for extending the- German do minion over the whole world, as re vealed in official documents discovered since the war began. "It was in 1894." he said, "that the Kaiser and his associates first put Into the hands ox their leaders the pan-German scheme, with its motto, "From Hamburg to the Persian Gulf. Tn 1 SI 1 the X3nn..- Arrr.nn T Tn i rn rmh. lished a Second series of maps, with military and political plana, bringing up to date the scheme for a German empire beginning at Hamburg and end ing at the Persian Gulf. While the headquarters of the Pan-German Union were in Berlin, subordinate organiza tions were formed in all the large Ger man cities. The maps and plans as given out in 1894 run the- German frontier line around Denmark. Holland, Belgium, the Iron provinces of North era France, the German province of North Switzerland; they make Austria Hungary to be an ally state of equal rank with Prussia, but in the plan as published in 1911 the Kaiser places German military heads in control of the Austrian and Turkish armies, while the southern lines of the Pan-German empire include all of the Balkan States, the Kaiser's sister's state of Greece, with all of Asia Minor and Persia. "So carefully was the plan wrought out, so perfect were the details, that today should the war close, as some wish, nine-tenths of all the pan-German scheme would have been achieved. Today Brussels, Ostend and Namur are German cities; today German cannon are within 60 miles of Paris; today Germany has Poland. Lithuania, Rou manla, the small Balkan States. Aus tria. Turkey, Armenia and Southern Persia." Mr. Chamberlain emphasized the Im portant part that the small investor is to play in financing the war. "It is absolutely essential," he said "that a large part. If not the larger part, of this. $2,000,000,000 liberty loan is to be taken by the private investor.' Small Investor Must Boy. If the corporations and financial In stitutions are allowed to buy too much, he pointed out, much of the money that is needed In the ordinary channels of business will be diverted and the National prosperity will suffer. "However, when the individual buys a liberty loan and pays for it out of his earnings, whether in one payment or by Installments, he is not only re lieving the larger business Units of that much of the burden, but at the same time he is laying- aside capital which will bring htm a certain and regular eeml-aitnual return in interest,- and he is providing the Govern ment with money without putting a strain upon any part of the business structure, and finally, he is converting a part of his current income from more or less unnecessary, and perhaps wasteful expenditure, to the most use ful National service, namely, expendi tures directly for war purposes. Bond Buying Made Easy. "The Government Is doing every thing possible to make bond buying easy for the citizen, however humble. The bonds may be bought in amounts as low as $50, and yet, of course. In safety and the rate of interest and in every other desirable Investment qual ity, the $50 bond is, the same as the 11000 bond. The Government also per mits the bonds to be bought on the installment plan, payments to be 2 per cent upon application, 18 .per cent Jime 28, 20 per cent July 30, 30 per cent August 15 and 30 per cent August 30. To buy the liberty bonds is not oniy a duty to one's country in this crisis, but it is the highest wisdom. To buy the bonds is simply to lend the Gov ernment the purchase money for 30 years at 3 per cent, although the Government has the right to pay it back in 15 years. To buy the bonds is to become a creditor of the Government and to receive interest each June 15 and December 15 from the Government either in the form of a check, if regis tered bonds are bought, or in the iorm of money If coupon bonds are bought, and the coupons cut semi-annually and cashed like a cheque at any bank. "To lend money to the Government now is not only a duty but a wise in vestment. An ideal investment is one that is, first, absolutely sare; secona. that yields a good and steady income; third, is so well known and appreciated that it can always be disposed of In stantly for cash at a price approxi mately equal to what it costs, and fourth, that has a good chancer of in creasing in actual cash value. While the alternoon meeting was primarily for the Interest of women, many men attended. Mrs. Dabis pre sided in the absence of Mrs. Isaac Arfe Patterson, who was unavoidably pre vented from being present. Other women seated on the stage with the speakers were: Mrs. C. B. Simmons, president of the Portland Woman's Club; Mrs. A. Bernstein, president of the Council of Jewish women; Mrs. Alva Lee Stephens, retiring president of the Council of Parent-Teacher Asso ciations: Mrs. W. J. Swank, president elect of the Council of Parent-Teacher Associations; Mrs. Robert c. irrencn, president of the Association of Colle giate alumnae: Mrs. josepnme n. onarp, president or tne Aioena yy omen s im provement Club: Mrs. Percy W. Lewis, nresldent of the Monday Musical Club, and Mrs. Robert G. Dieck. president of the Visiting Nurse Association. Many bankers and business men, as well as a large number of women, at tended last night's meeting, which was held primarily for the interest of the men. Dr. Hillis and Mr. Chamberlain left last night for Tacoma, where they will continue their patriotic work. They will remain en tour until June 15, when subscriptions close. They are accom Danled on their trip by Michael J. Ilickey. publicity expert, of New York. MEASLES PROVE FATAL FOOD DEBATE IS CUT Senate Limits Talks on Bill to ,Ten Minutes. FINAL VOTE LIKELY TODAY Death of Young Child Follows Com plications With Pneuomnla. OREGON CITT, Or, June 1. (Spe claL) The third case of measles with complications of pneumonia to prove fatal in this city occurred this morn ing at 4 o'clock, when Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, aged . 3 years and 9 months, died at the family home. Fourth and Monroe streets. The funeral services are 'to be con ducted today. Interment will be In the Mountain View Cemetery. EXTRA STAMPS WITH THE COU PON TODAY ZJ" Note That Our Prices Are Lower Than the Manufacturers' BRING THIS COUPON AT fJKT 20-EXTRA-20 "S. & H." Trading Stamps on your first 21 push nur- JJ chase, and double on i no u M. i n u i Good on first floor and basement today. June 2. 60c Provision Forbidding Storage of Necessities Is Modified and Fed eral Fish Market Is Dropped. Land' Opening Taken Up. WASHINGTON, June 1. The first Administration- food bill, under con sideration in the Senate all week, probably will reach a flnaV vote to morrow. Debate today was limited by unanimous consent to 10 minutes, and no Senator will be permitted to speak more than once. An amendment by Senator MeCum ber modifying the provision adopted yesterday making the holding . and storage of foodstuffs and other neces sities a felony was adopted. The amendment specifically would permit storing where no effort is made to cause a shortage or affect the price. Senator Fletcher's amendment to au thorize the Secretary of Commerce to engage in the catching and marketing of fish to enlarge the Nation's food supply was rejected. The amendments designed to prevent speculation in food products were In troduced. One by Senator Thomas would authorize the President to sus pend grain exchanges where dealing In futures is permitted and the other arr.eidment. by Senator McKellar, would forbid speculation. Land Openlns; la Debated. Debate by proposal by Senator Fall that all public surveyed unreserved lands in New Mexico. Colorado. Utah and outh Dakota be opened under the C40-acre homestead act, was in progress wnen me benate recessed, Benator Hus- ting opposing the plan, got Into such a heated exchange with Senator Fall that the Vice-President Intervened. worn or perfecting the bill to au thorize a food administration and price tiding, secona or tne Governments measures, was continued today by the House agricultural committee. The proposal to empower the Pre!. dent to authorize mixed flour when ever he ascertains that any specified mixture of wheat, wheat flour or other wneat product with any other cereal or other material Is wholesome and eco nomically fit for food was tentatively stricken from the fod bill. Control of Standard Drepped. The committee also droDDed the sec tion which authorizes the President to ascertain and announce the percentage of flour which shall be derived from wheat of various kinds or grades In the milling to yield the maximum eco nomic percentage of flour for human food and the section authorising the establishment of standards for grade and other classification of foods, feeds and seeds. REV. THOMAS M. GUNN DIES Old Ago and Shock of Son's Recent Death Held the Cause. . SEATTLE, Wash, June 1. (Special.) Following 'close on the death of his son, Arthur Gunn, of Wenatchee, Rev. Thomas M. Gunn. a veteran of the Civil War and a retired Presbyterian minis ter, died today at his home here after an Illness of several days. Old age and the shock of his son's death were re sponsible for his demise. Rev. Mr. Gunn was 77 years old and he and his wife had been residents of Seattle for the past seven years. He was synodical missionary for the synod of Columbia from 1SS7 to 1890. In recent years he was pastor at Cash mere, Wash. During the Civil War he served suc cessively as a Lieutenant, Chaplain and Acting-Captain in the Federal Army. He was confined 18 months in Confeder ate prisons. : He was well known In Presbyterian' circles In Portland. WOMEN TO AID IN COUNT Hood River County Wishes to Be First to Report to Governor. HOOD RIER. Or., June 1. (Special.) Twenty prominent Hood River Val ley women have been called to patriotic duty by Mrs. Charles H. Castner, pres ident of ths State Federation of Wom en's Clubs and formerly president of the local .Woman's Club. They will $1.50 Oriental Cream on sale now -i - f priced at..OitlU 50o Hinds' Honey Almond CreamA -now at.. . . . . . .xvC Roseated Cream at.. Japanese Ice Pencil! on sale at f J (jn only...... ZXOVI Orchard Whlteofi now at OuC Japora at.. $1.00 60o Cam eline A f now for tUC $1.00 OthlneQf on sale (or....OUC 25o Imp erlal Violet Ho rated Tal-ipj cum Powder ttlOC $1.00 MIolena Freckle Cream on ealejje now for. ...... O O C Pompelan Night al?.?.35c, 75c 50c Pompelan Mas sage Cream on A( sale now at...4C 50e StlllnuaoQ Cream now atO7C 35c Limestone Phos phate on saleOQ now for a7C One pound can Bo rated Talcum o f" on sals for. . .C3C 25o Cutlcura Soap now for- 18c CeleryO 50c King now for $1 Lydia Plnkham's Compound nTO sale for luC 75c Arbolone Tablets on sale now JQ for only.... . .UCC Non Spl on fin sale now for.. OUC 25c ProatlUaOA on sale for....aUC 0- $1.75 "Mark Cross' Safety Razors Special $1.49 s & YOU CAN'T BATHE WITH COMFORT WITHOUT THESE Ladles All-Wool p Cf nn Bathing Suits. OO.UU UjJ Men's A 1 1 - W o o I Suit $3.00 up Bathing Bathing Capo In Rsbbrr and Knit Uaodst Batalnir Skoea and Socks All Colers and styles). 60c Frank Ear Stopples for keeping water out otoC ears, on sale now (or....OOC Water W I n gs on sale o priced- at........... OOC 50c SantlseptlcC Lotion for....HOC One pound Agar Agar cut or -I -I f uncut. for. wlilU Two dozen Compound Cathartic Pills sugar coated - - priced at. 1UC 10c Sodium Bi- T carbonate at.... C 25c CreamfQ Tartar now for 1JC 25c Crude Carbollo Acid on aale 1 o priced at. LifC 11. OA Tj m HaM.h Medical Din- T O 9 covery for... 5 $2 HUGHES' IDEAL WATER PROOF HAIR BRUSH $1J9 $1 Vulcan old Hair fiQ Brush.. . U7C 35cTooth - IScToothOQ Brush... s7C lac Nail Brush special at only. . . . . BOo Nail on Brush... OiC 9c CANDY SPE'LS 40c Peanut Butter Chews oo on sale at, the pound. ... JJ C SOc Phoenix Gum Drops OQ on sale at, the pound. . . s3 C I 25o Commercial Choco- f Q i lates on sale at, pound.. Itl, J3bc aiarsnmallowa now r Q at, the pound 7C ( . o s 'TIS EARLY YET FOR YOUR GARDEN Peas, Renns, Bantam Corn and Root crops- Make your returns certiain hy planting MURSK SKKDS-Coast grown and tested 9 M tVsV mm war avaf o-ssvssy s a, nvna MAB5MAU. 4-7QQ - HOME A 6)71 J. S ALOES SJ-RCrT AT WEST PsBK .Always) S. & IL." SUmpa First Three Floors. meet at the Courthouse Wednesday and help in the official count of men reg istering under the war census. "County Clerk Shoemaker and Sher iff Johnson both want to see Hood River County hold the record of being first with a formal report ta Governor Withycombe," says Mrs. Castner. "and wo women are going to help all we can in bringing that about." ALLEGED PLOTTER CAUGHT Daniel Lien Arrested and Much Anti-Draft Literature Taken. The first local arrest for alleged opposition to the new conscription law was made last night by Detectives Tichenor and John Maloney, who took Daniel Lien, a laborer, 36; into custody In the Plaza blocks and held him for the Federal authorities. The police found literature in his possession which they say is calculated to oppose the draft law. One of the leaflets was as follows: You capitalists who profit by war. you politicians who boost for war, you editors who write for war, you preach ers who pray for war and all war en thusiasts, don't show your yellow streak. Vour country needs you in the trenches. Worktngmen. follow your masters. Keep your eye on them." Another slip of printed paper bore a little poem of socialistic tendencies, signed by J. M. Preston, of Albany. One of Jack London's Socialistic arti cles was . included In. the collection seized. PARTY MEN AID REGISTRARS Lane County Political Leaders Plan to Help In War Census. EUGENE, Or., June 1. (Special.) The machinery of the Republican and Democratic parties in Lane County was today put in motion to aid the draft registration officers Tuerday, June 5. In the registration of all men In the county between the ages of 21 and 30 years inclusive. County Chairman T. W. Harris, of the Republican party, and County Chairman L. M. Travis, of the Demo cratic party, issued a Joint call to com mittees in all precincts to render as sistance in their precincts as regis trars may need. The chairmen also announced the appointment of commit teemen in precincts where vacancies existed. Populace Ordered to Harvest. CONSTANCE, Baden, via Paris. May 27. The military authorities of Baden have temporarily closed all cigar fac tories in order to release the work men at the earliest possible moment for the harvesting of crops. The entire population, regardless of sex. has been ordered to take part in the harvest. They will work at wage rates com mensurate with those paid in the re spective localities. Raker will he Mayor. Adv. OPERA SINGERS IN COURT Elvira Amazar Says Eye Was Black ened on Way to Portland. XEW TORK. May 25. Now that Jus tice Donnelly has reserved decision on the divorce suit of Mme. Margaret Matsenauer against Edoardo Ferrarl Fontana, .other artists of the musical world have taken the spotlight on the Supreme Court stage. Elvira Amazar, through Victor E. Cartz. has begun a $25,000 damage suit against George RaklanofC. alleg ing that he blackened her eye when they were traveling between San Fran cisco, Cal., and Portland, Or., with the Boston National Grand Opera Company. Mrs. Clothllde Polacoo has brought a divorce suit against Giorgio Polaeco, Italian conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Baklanoff is a baritone. Elvira Ama zar, who gives her address as the Hol land House, obtained an order of at tachment against Baklanoff, on her as sertion to Justice Erlanger that the defendant comes here but two or three days at a time. She also seta forth that she. has known Baklanoff since January. 1915. that he has a. wife and child in Russia and that he said he was trying to avoid military service there. In the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Polaccco Justice Krlanger appointed Nathaniel A. Elsberg referee. the is represented by Arthur L. Fullman, of No. 102 Broadway, and Polaccco by X. C. Donato. of No. IS Park Row. Dollar Buys Less Now. PORTLAND. Me., May 23. If a dol lar's worth of food, bought In 1907, weighed the market basket down 10 pounds. In 1916 that dollar purchased only a trifle more than seven pounds. The retail prices of food Jumped 39 per cent In 1916. as compared with 1907, ac cording to the Bureau of Labor Statin tics in the United States Department of Labor, which adds: A workman who made $3 a day In 1907, working 10 hours, in 1916 worked nine hours and 36 minutes a day and drew $3.48 for It; but it cost him $4.17 to buy the same quantity of food his S3 would cover la 1907: so he really waa 69 cents worse off." While gold and silver production in the United States during the year 191 showed a falling off from the previous year, California gold mines showed an increase, the value being given at $--.-110,300, leading all the states in this respect. ' Raker will be Mayor. Adv. If it's a home youVe saving: for, serve a double purpose by investing: in the LIBERTY LOAN. Not only will you be contributing; "your bit to the Na tion, but will also be laying: a financial foundation for the home you are look- a t a sV nm r t x 1 tt ing; iorwara 10 in rjA&imKJiirjiMYiyijy "The Residential Garden Spot of Port- J land." We sujrsrest that you . i take a ridq or stroll through this delightful home dis trict. LADD ESTATE COMPANY Stark at Second SO 5 fcsw4i f i "S , ''f -" , Tin- "'-'- ' I JK RACY ABE C0NSPI ORDINANCE The ordinance is intended to reach NOTHING BUT CON SPIRACIES by the BANNER and the PICKET LINE, TO IN TIMIDATE THE PUBLIC, THE BUSINESS MAN AND THE INDEPENDENT WORKER, for the purpose of DICTATING TO and INTERFERING WITH THE BUSINESS MAN AND HIS EMPLOYES in their relations with each other. VOTE X I l O, YES (raid Advertisement, A. C. Call an, 80H Nortbmp street, rortland. Or.) II