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TITE 3IORXTXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, JUXE 4, 191?. BARRETT FORESEES AMERICAS IN WAR VERY LATEST AND BEST UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPH OF PREMIER OF RUSSIA. Sentiment of Southern Repub lics' Statesmen and of Press Anti-German. YEAR'S TIME IS GIVEN ! . aVlis aCfcyr -3Tfrfttft Wf ??. VO all jenuino products of the Victor 'A57?H ' l The lively ; . lij' X. H : W V: U i t li it ! i ' 4 5. b 0 a ft t 12 t -f a - Director of Pan-American Union, in Talk at Liberty Loan Meeting, Predicts Unity of Whole - . Hemisphere. BALTIMORE, Md., June 3 John Bar rett, director general of the Pan-Amer-. lean Union, in a speech here today be fore a liberty loan mass meeting, pre dicted that within a year all the Amer icas will be fighting together against Germany. "If Brazil enters the conflict, as to day seems Imminent,"" he said, "two thirds of the entire population and. five eighths of the total area of the West ern Hemisphere will be at war with the common enemy. Can the remain ing one-third of the population and three-eighths of the area stand against the pyschological, sympathetic and eco nomic appeal of their sister peoples and countries having similar interests, sim ilar institutions, similar governments and similar destiny? "That the whole Western Hemisphere will be directly engaged in the war be fore another year passes is ndw not only possible but very probable. Speak ing unofficially, for no one can speak today in this crisis for all America, but basing conclusions on the consistent attitude of the Latin-American press and the expressed opinions of Latin American statesmen, it can be said that despite the Justifiable and even praise worthy neutrality of some of the Latin-American countries there is no ques tion whatever that It now looks as if events would inevitablely cause all of them to align themselves with the United States and its European allies and even take such steps as will be equal to a declaration of war. - "The preponderating public senti ment everywhere in Latin-America is undoubtedly pro-American and pro ally. The government remaining neu tral cannot be designated as being In any way under German Influence. It may be that it would be far better for the eventual best interests of the United States, Great Britain. France .and Italy if they would remain neutral. "Certain mighty and Irresistible but almost Intangible forces and Influ ences of both sentimental and economic character towards a break with Ger many, are, however, powerfully at work everywhere In Latin-America . and cannot be checked. The tide of Pan -Americanism is undoubtedly ris ing with a new power and new opinion to save world civilization, and at this hour it looks as if the flood would carry all America with It." LOAN DRIVE IN FULL SWING Committees in Minneapolis District to Complete Work This Week. " MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. June 3. Over the entire Ninth Federal Reserve Dis trict the liberty loan drive is in full swing and encouraging reports are coming in from all sections. Chairman John H. Rich, of the bank in Minneap olis, announced last night. The com mittees in Minnesota largely will com plete their work this week. Many foreign residents of the state. Including Germans and Austrians, are taking a prominent part in 'the cam paign, according to Mr. Rich. HERMAN ROSSI IS MARRIED Idaho Man Gives Bride Diamond Necklace and Automobile. BOISE. Idaho, June 3. (Special.) Herman J. Rossi, prominent Wallace business man, and Mrs. Bernice Ewing Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ewing, of this city, were united In marriage here this afternoon by Rev. Willsie Martin, pastor of the First Methodist Church. They left on their honeymoon trip for Mr. Rossi's ranch. In British Columbia Mr. Rossi presented his wife with a diamond necklace and an automobile as wedding gifts. Lazy Dollars should be put to woik, They have earning , power. In a savings account in this strong state bank not only will they earn money in interest but will en joy sound security as well. If you have but one lazy dollar in your purse or pocket it is big enough to open a savings account here. It will soon attract others. There's a Liberty Loan Bond waiting here for you. LADD & TILTON BANK Washington and Third WHjH:lil!i!!i Santlseptic for a Perfect Complexion PreTT. btitifies. softens, whiten, present and rapidly clears skin of all eruptions. You'll like its cleanly, teaithy odor. 60c All druggists. ! ' - ' ' ' ; - ' i " -l I ' r - v ' 1 j ' -'- - , v -J" !'- , , - , . ' - ff - f"' ' ' f - VN, Photo copyright by Underwood. PRIXCE GEORGE E. LVOFF. This photograph of one of Russia's ''strong men" Just arrived in this country is positively the best ever se en of the Russian Premier. It Is the very latest taken, and is unpublished in America. ALL ROLL THEIR OWN "Tailor-Made" Cigarettes Dis appear From Training Camp. MONEY SHORTAGE IS CAUSE Congress Fails to Slake Provision for Pay, but Ceremonies of Pay Day Are Conducted Bayonet Drill Is Emphasized. SAN FRANCISCO, June 3. The prin cipal topic of discussion at the moment among the embryonic officers at the Presidio military reservation here who are taking as intensive course prepar ing them for commissions in the new United States Army, is the acute strin gency in the money market. May 31 was payday and all the forms attending the distribution of the pay roll strictly were adhered to, includ ing the muster and rollcalL The only incidental lacking to complete the ceremony was the money. As yet Con gress has made no provision to dis tribute the J100 monthly to each man which it was understood would be paid during the training course. The situation has been accepted philosophically and even the diatribes of the few chronic grumblers have been turned -into subjects of humor. Cheap Cigarettes Popular. "Here I've Just gotten over being bent by aching bones and now I'm' broke," remarked one of the men, "but it's a long casualty list. The entire outfit is wiped out financially." Ocular evidence of the condition of affairs is apparent by the almost en tire elimination of the more expensive Egyptian and Turkish cigarettes which were the rule when the camp opened, and the substitution of the little book of brown tissue papers and the small bag of tobacco. Some of the men who never before have attempted to roll their own cigarettes are having a seri ous time of it. "I haen't had a comfortable smoke In a week," complained a tall, ' thin man. "Either I get too much tobacco in the thing and the resultant cigarette is constructed, along the general lines of a sofa cushion, or else I get in too little and it falls out and when the match Is applied the paper flares up. to the imminent peril of the end of my nose." Experts Become Instructors. Men who have long rolled their cigarettes and are expert in the handling of the "makings" are in brisk demand as instructors in the art among the duffers at the business. Neighboring tobacco shops con firmed these conditions by stating that the Bale of expensive cigarettes had fallen off while the demand for the "makings" showed a heavy gain. One of the. specialties taken up of late has been Instruction in the use of the bayonet. Some years ago it was believed that this weapon had seen Its last days In view of the ,long-range guns which have come into vogue. The European war Is said to have entirely disposed of this as a fallacy. Scarcely a day passes but what men tion is made in. the official headquar ters reports of the European belliger ent armies of some action in which the enemy was put to rout or forced to surrender at the point of the bayo net. Bayonet Trick Kot Appreciated. Major William S. Valentine, in the course of a lecture to the men of .the Sevepth Company on the uses of the bayonet and the manner of handling it. Impressed oh his hearers the fact that an enemy neck or stomach presented the most admirable targets for the bayonet for the reason that there were no bones to interfere with the suc cessful passage of the blade into the anatomy. There are too many bones in the head and chest, he said, and it would be a difficult matter to'- with.- 5. n.--- , $ draw' a bayonet once It became im bedded between a couple of ribs. "However," continued the Major, "if your bayonet happens to get stuck and you can't twist it out, fire a charge from your rifle after it. This will always loosen the bayonet." A mild-mannered young man sit ting in the rear of the room rose to Inquire if the Germans were being in structed in the same tricks. LAND SALE IS ANNOUNCED Montana State Board Offers : $300 Acres to Highest Bidders. f. , HELENA, Mont., June 3. The State Land Board announces the following land sales: Missoula County, August 10, 5000 acres; Sanders, August 8, 1100 acres; Mineral, August 9, 2000 acres, and Flathead. August 22, 5000 acres. The land will be sold to the highest bidder at public, Auction, or for ap praised value, .but not less than $10. BOY IS CITY'S DICTATOR (Continued From First Pg.) who had become intoxicated from methylated spirits," he announced. "We shall show them no mercy." Lamanoff proceeded to boast -of the complete order that prevailed in the town and of how its streets were the cleanest in Russia. On asking him if he had the material power for the en forcement of his schemes, he replied that his own brother. Peter Lamanoff, a mere Lieutenant in rank, had been appointed commander of all the sailors and marines in Kronstadt. Privates Command Army. "In my becoming president," con tinued Lamanoff, , "Kronstadt's policy toward the war remains unchanged. The forts are in a better defensive con dition than ever, and it Is not true that the men are insufficiently officered. All the technical commands now are held by expert ofneers, but many high fight ing commands are held by plain sol diers, who work admirably, as the offi cers themselves admit. "You may deny any reports that Kronstadt Intends taking provocative, unpatriotic action. If the Germans come, they will get a warm reception." j PETROGRAD, via London. June 3. Kronstadt will ba declared morally boycotted, outlawed and cut off from the rest of the empire unless It imme diately withdraws its defiance of the provisional government. This statement was made to the As sociated Press today by Minister of Justice Perevizeff, who recently con ducted negotiations with local extrem ists on behalf of the Petrograd govern ment, and narrowly escaped being lynched by a mob, owing to his in sistence upon the release of an inno cent officer who had been imprisoned. Public Opinion to Be Employed. "Kronstadt's defiance was discussed yesterday by the Council of Ministers," h"e continued In his interview. "All, in- ciuaing tne socialist ministers, agree that the government must not tolerate declarations of Independence by sepa rate districts. In this we are abso lutely supported by the Petrograd Council of leputies. proof to this ef fect being shown today when two dep uties have gone to the fortress with the aim of bringing the rebels to rea son. "Kronstadt exaggerates its strength. We have here sufficient troops and ships to coerce the rebels. We could also easily blockade the island and starve it out, but I and my colleagues are agreed that such measures are not desirable Rebellion Not Dangerous. "Instead, the cabinet will probably tomorrow. If, in the meantime, Kron stadt has not surrendered, issue a dec laration that the fortress town has turned traitor to the revolution and become an enemy of Russia's new free dom. We are convinced that the uni versal reprobation of Russia will, with out harsher measures, bring the ex tremists to reason. "Formerly, when we had trouble In Kronstadt, we temporized because we feared the result of stern measures if the Germans attacked. Lately we have taken measures which make a German attack impossible, therefore no harm can come to Russia, from anything Kronstadt can do." Read Tha Oregonian classified ads. I 6giij " " Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. ' ' ' 'sSzsjlfl I tM s Important Noticcv Victor Records and Victor Machines are acicntiflcally coordinated and arnchroniaad by oar special I prnrtiaaca at manufacture, and their use, one with the other, is absolutely caaential to a perfect Victor reproduction. gr j 1 I " N.w Victor Racorda aWsaonatratad at all daalaxa on tha 28th of aach month 11 (P 11"1H(0) 1 R M r II Bv?B "Victrola" la tha Rsaistered Trade-mark of tha Victor TaHdna; Machine Company destcnatinc Products of this Company only. ."23l JijjNy7ip3 Warning: Tho uc of tha word Victrola upon or in tha promotion or aala of 5'v f gjjSgl any other Talking; Machine or Phonograph products is misleading and illasaU RATES TO BE TOPIC Chamber Will Discuss Plea of Railroads for Increase. TWO SPEAKERS SCHEDULED James B. Kerr, Attorney for North Bank, and Frank VI. Robinson, Traffic Manager of O.-W. R. & X. Will Give Carriers' Views. "Shall the railroads be permitted a 15 per cent increase In freight rates? This is the question that will be dis cussed from the standpoint of the rail roads at the weekly meeting of the members' council of the Chahber of Commerce today. At some future meet ing it is probable that the shippers viewpoint will be presented. James B. Kerr, attorney for the North Bank and allied lines, and Frank W. Robinson, traffic manager for the O.-W. R. & N. Company, will be the principal speakers. The carriers operating in Oregon, Washington and Idaho have applied to the commissions of those three states for permission to increase their freight rates by 15 per cent on traTOc moving wholly within each of those states. This proposed advance conforms with the rate increase asked by all tne car riers for the movement of interstate business. The interstate tariffs have been published, effective July 1. but have been suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission pending a series of hearings. The carriers' side of the case was heard by the Commission a few weeks ago, and the shippers' testi mony now is being heard in Washing ton, r. C. Various Intereata Heard. A. C. Dixon, of Eugene, manager of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, has been in Washington to present the lum ber Industry's viewpoint. The fruit growing industry and other Northwest ern activities also have been heard. The Oregon Public Service Commit 1 of the Metropolitan Opera Company a new exclusive Victor artist Barber of Seville Largo el Factotum (Room for the Factotum) Giuseppe De Luca Victor Red Seal Record 74514. Twelve-inch, $1.50 Figaro's great song from the Barber of Seville the gayest and most difficult of all airs is superbly interpreted by this famous baritone with joyous abandon. A wonderful piece of vocal display that vividly conjures before you the vain but likeable barber as he enumerates his many accomplishments. A record that is a worthy addition to any library of Victor Records. You can have the pleasure of hearing this new De Luca record at any Victor dealer's. . He will gladly play any music you wish to hear and demonstrate the various styles of Victor and Victrola $10 to $400. " slon will start a .series of hearings in Portland within the next few weeks to determine the reasonableness- of the application for an increase in state rates. Both the carriers and the ship pers will be given a chance to be heard. Mr. Robinson, who will speak at. tne Chamber of Commerce today, has given a close study to the question from the standpoint of a railroad man. In dis cussing the case yesterday he said: Heavy Hellolt Keared. "The Increased cost of operation of the O.-W. R. & N. for the current year will represent 25 per cent of the gross freight revenue of the company for the year 1916. so that if the 15 per cent in crease asked for Is granted, we will still face a deficit of not less than 300.000. To ofTset this by economies such as reduced train service, curtail ment of betterments and improvements and restricted expansion of the prop erty would mean that we could not do our part to meet the needs of the coun try's development. . "We are hopeful that the public will appreciate our position, and that we will have the support necessary to en able us to continue In business with out facing so great a deficit and to con tinue to lend our aid to the progress of tho territory In which we operate. "It takes money to operate railroads. Just as It does any legitimate under taking. When receipts are less than expenditures it Is time to have a stock holders' meeting and devise ways and means to continue the business on busi ness lines. The managers of the lines do not own the roads. They operate them in trust for the public which has supplied the money necessary for their construction and operation. The in vestors are entitled to certain return on their money. We want to reimburse them for their outlay,, and we cannot do this without receiving equitable rates." PLAIN STYLES PROBABLE Clothing Interests Agree to Conserve Wool 6upply. WASHINGTON, June 3. Plainest of styles in men's and women's clothing probably will be decreed by American manufacturers to conserve the wool supply. At a conference today with- the com mercial economy board of the Council of National Defense, representatives of the clothing interests agreed that un necessary frills, patch pockets, flaring skirts, cuffs on coats and trousers, un necessary pleats and long vack. coats The lively Largo al Factotum" sung by De Luca must go. Another economy In the use of wool proposed is a more general mixing of cotton. UTAH-IDAHO CASE UPHELD Interstate Commerce Commission Again Passes on Rates. WASHINGTON. June 3. The Inter state Commerce Commission Saturday affirmed its decision in favor of the Utah-Idaho Millers' & Grain Dealers' Association in the case against the IVnver Rio Grande Railroad affect BIG BILL HART is here in 'WOLFLOWRY' Another of those stirring photoplays of the frontier West that are the sensation of the film world. Also "HER TORPEDOED LOVE" Two-reel Keystone fun frolic, with Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Harry Booker and Wayland Trask. COLUMBIA Sixth and Washington ing the propriety of the so-called dil- ferentlals between wheat and rates from Utah to Nevada and Cali fornia. The Commission had held that the flour rates should not exceed by morn than five cents per hundred pound the present rates on wheat, which re quired the railroads to reduce the flour rates. The decision says that under tho adjustment of rates which the rail roads had made. Utah and Idaho flour was virtually barred from the Cali fornia markets and the decision ooucht equalisation of the rates to avoid dis crimination. sa : flour a I)