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THJ3 MORNING OHEGONIAN, FRIDAY. JUNE 8, 1917.
CURB Kf LUXURIES
lil SMG URGED
TAX ON CHECKS AND
DRAFTS IS DECIDED
Senate Committee Writes 2
Cent Levy on Amounts of
x $5 or More Into Bill.
SUGAR ASSESSMENT KEPT
Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Also to Bear
Part of War Borden; Settlement
on Publishers' Tax May Bo
Agreed Finally Today.
Washington, June 7. New stamp
taxes of 2 cents on bank checks and
drafts of more than $5. to raise from
$8,000,000 to JIO.OOO.OOO, were -written
into the -war tax bill today by the
Senate finance committee. The pro
visions would require persons drawing
' checks and drafts for more than $5 to
affix the stamps so familiar during the
Spanish-American war.
All other documentary stamp taxes
of the House bill estimates to raise
33,000.000 were adopted except those
on surety and indemnity bonds, which
were exempted. The committee de
cided, however, to reduce the House tax
of 8 cents a pack on playing cards to
8 cents for decks costing under 15
cents.
Consumption taxes on sugar, coffee,
tea and cocoa were fixed finally as
previously announced after reconsid
eration, except that the rate on raw
cocoa was reaucea to a cents a pound
and that on prepared cocoa and prod
ucts increased to 6 cents. The sugar
tax of hi cent a pound, 2 cents on cof
fee and 5 cents on tea will stand.
Reconsideration of the proposed re
peal of the law giving sugar refiners
"drawback" allowances on exports was
discussed today, but a decision was
postponed. Final settlement of the
publishers' tax and possibly other Im
portant questions Is looked for tomor
row. Senator Simmons said tonight he
adhered to his former estimate that the
committee probably will complete the
revised bill with an aggregate tax levy
of around $1,500,000,000 on Saturday
and present it to the Senate about the
middle of next week.
FOOD EXPORTS ARE GAINING
Shipments In April Reach Total
Value of $98,000,000.
WASHINGTON, June 7. Steady gains
In American food exports, which fell off
with the beginning of Germany's un
restricted submarine warfare, now are
reported. Food shipments in April
reached a total value of $98,000,000,
against $84,000,000 in March and $67.
000,000 In February. Their total in
April was only $7,000,000 less than in
January, the country's record month.
Breads tufts shipments in April
amounted to $58,500,000, which was
$16,000,000 more than in March, $18,000,
000 more than In February and only
$4,500,000 less than in January. Meat
exports in April were valued at $37,
000,000. against $40,000,000 in March,
$27,000,000 in February and $40,000,000
in January.
ports published in the Chinese press
that the United States was supporting
the revolutionary movement there and
had even furnished funds for It.
He said he had no idea upon what
the charges were based, but that he
deplored them for creating a false im
pression of this country's good will
towards China.
It is thought possible, however, that
the Chinese press may have become
confused over the attitude of Min
ister Relnsch In Pekln. Reports have
come from there that he was instru
mental in Inducing the Chinese gov
ernment to follow this country in sev
ering relations with Germany and that
resentment had been created against
him in certain pro-German and anti-
government quarters.
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Service Curtai ment.
UPLIFT NOTES MUSHY"'
JOLIET WARDEN CONFISCATES
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JOLIET, I1L. June 7. Rioting in the
Illinois State Penitentiary, attributed
by some officials to an "overdose of
the honor system," will result in a
radical revision or perhaps the aboli
tion of honor privileges within the
prison.
A. L. Bowen. acting warden, said to
day that among the things which will
be forbid are indiscriminate corre
spondence with women and visits from
women -not relatives of the prisoners.
To prove that correspondence with
women on the outside had done much
to demoralize prison discipline. Warden
Bowen made public excerpts from let
ters received at the prison and confis
cated by the authorities.
They were from women who had been
put in communication with prisoners
through a league organized for uplift
work. The women varied In ages from
70 to 15. .
"I fell asleep and dreamed of my
hero you," wrote one woman. "The
dream was really a continuation of
my thoughts; love's sweet dream."
"Tell me my letters make you happy,
or I shall squeeze you till you squeal
oh. you baby," was the message to an
other convict.
Warden Bowen said the letters came
from all parts of the United States and
from all degrees of social rank. One
woman's stationery was elaborately
crested.
APPEAL MADE TO PUBLIC
belief that the California branch would
withdraw if the majority report of the ;
recent St- Louis convention of Socialists, I
ODDOslnsr the war. were adoDted. I
LOS ANGELES, CaL, June 7. The
Rev. T. W. Williams, state secretary
of the Socialist party of California,
said today he believed most California
Socialists agreed with N. A. Richardson.
His attitude, he said, was "that the
party as a party should parallel Ameri
can sentiment instead of running
counter to it."
OKLAHOMA CITT. Okla.. June 7.
Oklahoma Socialists are voting five to
one for adoption of the anti-draft reso
lution, it was announced this morning
at the state Socialist headquarters. In
voting for the resolution Socialists
pledge themselves to "continuous active
and public opposition to the war
through demonstrations, mass meetings
and any other means within their
power."
GULER HAS RED CROSS
Tront Lake Meeting Overflows With
Enthusiastic Citizens.
GULER, Wlash., June 7. (Special.)
On Red Cross day at Trout Lake 20
automobiles loaded with people from
White Salmon arrived and the Presby
terian Church was filled to overflowing
with enthusiastic citizens who for two
hours were entertained by speeches and
songs.
Rev. Mr. Abrams, of White Salmon,
the principal speaker, delivered a fine
address. Following the meeting a can
vass was made for members of the Red
Cross branch at Trout Lake. Some 30
members were added, making a total of
about 60 members in the Trout Lake
branch.
ARMY AND LABOR IN CLASH
Iiuxemberg Industrial Towns Under
Rule of German Cavalry.
GENEVA, via Paris, June 7. The
Gazette De Lausanne says that it learns
a general strike has begun in the
Grand Duchy of Luxemberg, owing to
the high cost of living and the re
fusal of proprietors of factories, mostly
Germans, to Increase wages as a result
of the Insecurity of their factories
from attacks by allied aircraft.
Five thousand workmen, says the
newspaper, began a strike at Esch. re
gardless of severe warnings by the
German commander. The strike spread
to other towns and) German cavalry
Immediately occupied five of the prln
cipal industrial communities.
PIONEER WOMAN PASSES
Mrs. Sophie Monroe, Resident of
Salem Since 1866, Is Dead.
SALEM, Or.. June 7. (Special.) Mrs.
Sophia Monroe, 75 years old and for
merly a member of the Aurora colony,
which settled that section of Oregon,
died at the Salem Hospital last night.
following an operation. She was the
widow of A. J. Monroe, a prominent pio
neer, who died in 18 1 6.
Mrs. Monroe was a resident of Salem
since 1866, and lived for 40 years in
the same house, at 275 North Liberty
street. She is survived by a brother,
William Staiger, of Portland, and a sis
ter, Mrs. A. J. Purvine, of this city.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made.
RUSSIA'S TREATIES STOLEN
Originals of Agreements Made Dur
lng W ar With Allies Missing.
AMSTERDAM, via London, June 7.
The Hamburger Fremdenbladt. a copy
of which has been received here, pub
lishes a Stockholm report, which is
alleged to have emanated from Rus
pian sources, that the original treaties
between Russia and western powers
which were concluded since 1913, have
disappeared from the Petrograd For
eigri Office.
The rumor connects the disappear
ance of the treaties with "recent mys
terions burglaries at the Foreign Office
and In foreign embassies in the Rus
sian capital."
LANSING MAKES DENIALS
United States Doing Anything hut
Supporting Chinese Rebel Move,
WASHINGTON. June 7. Secretary
Tensing today emphatically denied re-
TRY IT AND SEEI
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with fingers! Doesn't
hurt a Lltl
A noted Cincinnati chemist discovered
a new ether compound and called It
freezone and It now can be had in tiny
bottles as here shown for a few cents
from any drug store.
You simply apply a. few
drops - of freezone upon
tender corn or painful cal
us and Instantly the sore
ness disappears, then short
ly you will find the corn o
callus so loose that you ca
Just lift it off with the fin
gers.
No pain, not a bit of sore
ness. either when applyin
freezone or afterwards an
it doeen't even irritate skin,
Hard corns, soft corns o
corns between the toes, also
toughened' calluses Just shrivel up and
lift off so easy. It Is wonderful! Seem
magical. It works like a charm. Gen
ulne freezone has a yellow label. Don'
accept any except with the yellow labeL
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Willing Elimination of Non-Essentlals
Requested So Northwest May
Get Fuel and East Great
Quantity of Ore.
NEW YORK, Jane 7. Elimination of
non-essential commodities from freight
traffic, curtailment of luxurious pas
senger service and the intensification
of efficiency are called for in the
American Railway Association war
board's plans for making the trans
portation systems of the country best
serve the Nation's war needs, as an
nounced today. Howard Elliott, ex-
presldent of the New Haven Railroad,
in making the announcement said:
"The public should willingly give up
non-essentials. It Is to be a great deal
more important for this country to
move food, fuel, iron and the like than
to move luxuries.
"One of the first and most important
measures the railroads' war board has
under way is to help move a greater
quantity of fael to the Northwest and
at the same time to bring East the
greatest quantity of iron ore possible
from the upper lake ports. This will
provide" for industrial activity both
East and West next Winter and also
insure a supply of coal.
"There is a very luxurious train serv,
ice in some places In the country
which we would like to keep up, but
the country can get along without some
of it. We are suggesting changes in
the passenger schedules, not with the
idea of saving money, but simply to
save man power, all of which must be
applied to the transportation of neces
sities."
Mr. Elliott estimated that, not count
ing the war board and the railroad of
ficers devoting their time to its work,
the railroads of the country are con
tributing the equivalent of $500,000,000
a year through the service of railroad
men in the organization of the trans
portation system of this country and
its allies on a war basis.
NAVY EQUIPMENT SHORT
ONLY SOO OF 8240 MEN AT CHI
CAGO FtLLY SUPPLIED.
Representative Britten Surprised
Conditions at Training Station
Appeals Lone Unanswered.
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RATE RISE HEARING JUNE 15
CHICAGO, June 7. Representative
Britten, of Chicago, member of the
House committee on naval affairs with
several persons inspected sanitary con
ditions at the Great Lakes naval train
ing station today.
Only 800 men out of 8240 were fully
equipped. Two hundred men were
without any uniforms whatsoever.
Only 2600 rifles were found, whereas
there should be from 8000 to 10,000.
A detention camp supposed to ac
commodate only 360 men is holding
between 600 and 700 dally.
A kitchen is supposed to feed 713
men with one regular stove, when there
should be three regular stoves and
enough kettles to keep the food hot.
A mess of frankfurters was served
on boards across up-ended barrels.
Mr. .Britten said that he was sur
prised to find that the ,avy .Depart
ment permitted such conditions when
Captain Moffett, commanding the sta
tion, has been frantically calling for
money and supplies for months.
Thirteen Idaho Railroads to
Case Before Commission.
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BOISK. Idaho, June 7. (Special.)
The thirteen Idaho railroads petitton-
ng ror a freight rate Increase of 15
per cent have submitted their case to
the Publio Utilities Commission. The
protestants will be heard June 15.
These railroads are also parties to the
petition pending before the Interstate
Commerce Commission asking for a
Bimilar rate Increase.
The Idaho Commission has decided
to go thoroughly into the issue from
all angles. The Oregon Short Line
alone claims to be paying one-eighth
of the total taxes of Idaho.
HOMES ARE ORDERED SOLD
Last of Union Boycott Against Dan-
bury Hatters Is Jfot Yet.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Juno 7. A de
cree ordering the sale of the homes of
140 workmen In Danburg, Bethel and
Norwalk to satisfy the Judgment in
the Danbury hatters case was signed
by Judge K. S. Thomas, of the United
States District Court, today. The. sales
will begin July 16 and continue until
August 9. The plaintiffs are D. E
Lowe & Co., who brought suit against
a union boycott of the product of their
hat factory. The Judgment was for
$262,130 damages. Nearly $60,000 has
already been paid on account.
Bill Would Condemn Base Sites.
WASHINGTON. June 7. A bill au
thorizing the Government to take pos
session for use as sites for permanent
aviation stations for the Army and
Navy the whole of North Island, In the
harbor of San Diego, Cal., was intro
duced today by Chairman Dent, of the
House military committee. The prop
erty will be appraised and value paid
to the owners.
SOCIALISTS NOT UNIFIED
QUESTION OF SUPPORT OF NATION
IN WAR DIVIDES PARTI".
Oklahoma Headquarters Announce That
Members In That State Are Vot
ing; 5 to 1 Against War.
CHICAGO, June 7. Adolph Germer,
secretary of the National Socialist
party, said today that N. A. Richardson
who has threatened that California
Socialists will withdraw from the N
tional organization if it does not re
pudiate the anti-draft resolutions of
April 7. does not represent the official
California branch of the party.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., June 7.
N. A. Richardson, member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Socialist
party and candidate for Governor of
California In 1914, reiterated today his
10,000 ITALIANS TAKEN
COUNTER-ATTACKS REPORTED RE
PULSED BY AUSTRIAN'S,
Italy Saya Enemy Made Repeated As
saults In Force, bnt Waa
Beaten Back Each Time,
LONDON, June 7. The capture of
more than 10,000 Italians in three days
is claimed in the Austrian official
statement issued on Wednesday.
VIENNA, via London. June 7. Ef
forts made by the Italians to win back
the ground the Austrians had taken
from them on Monday were fruitless,
the War Office announced today. A
total of 27,000 prisoners has been
talcen by the Austrians on the Italian
front since May 1Z, it Is declared.
ROME, via London. June 7. Repulse
of an Austrian attack in force on
the Trentino front is announced In to
day's statement from the War Office.
In the sector above Trlest the Aus
trians, heavily reinforced, made violent
attacks. After an all-day battle they
were repulsed completely.
'WIN THE WAR' WINS
AUSTRALIA AGAIN VOTES
CONSCRIPTION ISSUE.
UPON
Government .Policy of Support to
Empire Given Strong Indorsement
in Parliamentary Election.
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 10.
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) The "win the war" policy of
coalition or national ministry headed
by William M. Hughes was given
strong Indorsement by Australia's
voters In the Federal parliamentary
election May 5. The election was the
result of the struggle over conscrip
tion last September and October. Con
scription, which Mr. Hughes, the then
Labor party Prime Minister, cham
pioned, was beaten by a vote of some
60,000 In the referendum.
After . the referendum, however, tne
situation in Parliament became so
strained that an appeal to the country
by the government was made. The
election was for half or tne senate
three Senators from each of the six
states and the entire House or repre
sentatives, numbering 76 members.
Conscription was the chief issue.
Having been expelled from the r-ew
South Wales labor ranks and being
well aware that he could not even
hope for success In his old electorate
of Sydney. Mr. Hughes shifted to Vic
toria and sought re-election to tne
House of Representatives In the Ben-
digo electoral, which he carried by
3000 votes.
Although women had unsuccessfully
essayed before this election to enter
the federal parliament, there were
three women candidates on May 5, but
all were defeated.
DALLAS AIDING RED CROSS
Organization Perfected as Auxiliary
to Willamette Chapter.
DALLAS, ' Or.. June 7. (Special.)
Monday evening a Red Cross organiza
tion was perfected here, as an auxiliary
of Willamette Chapter, which now has
200 members.
Dr. A. B. Starbuck was elected chair
man; Mrs. Oscar Hayter. secretary, and
Dr. V. C. Staats, Mrs. J. E. Sibley.
Mrs. Ralph Riggs, Mrs. F. II. Morrison,
Mrs. D. A. MacKenzy, vice-chairmen.
A mass meeting has been called for
Monday evening, June 11, in the Court
house. Speakers from the parent chap
ter will be present and a membership
campaign launched.
OWN WAGON KILLS DRIVER
Runaway Near Bend Fatal to One,
but Leap Saves Companion.
BEND, Or., June 7. (Special.) Les
ter Sinnett, employed at the Logan tie
camp, south of town, died Wednesday in
a local hospital from injuries received
when a wagonload of ties ran over
him. Sinnett came from Pomeroy,
Wash., where he has several brothers.
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OUR Annual Clearance Sale offers most unusual
money saving opportunities. No matter what
type of suit, coat or dress you seek you will find
it here at prices exceptionally low. All the seasonable
materials and all the very latest styles in suits for busi
ness, utility, sports, traveling or street are assembled
for convenient inspection on the second floor. Dresses
for street, dinner, theater and dancing are now marked
at prices closely meeting their wholesale cost.
Our Alterations by Expert Fitters No Transaction Is Considered
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Just a Few of the Suit, Coat and Dress Prices
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Ho had recently been living on a home
stead in Lake County.
The accident occurred when SInnett's
team, drawing a wagonload of ties,
ran away, throwing him off the load
and under the wheels. C. Stephens, a
fellow workman, who was riding on
the wagon with Sinnett. jumped as the
horses started to run and escaped unhurt.
TWO SLAYERS SENTENCED
Callfornlan and Wife Get Life
Terms in Prison.
FRESNO. Cal.. June 7. Charles A.
Hammond and his wife, Anna Ham
mond, were sentenced to life imprison
ment this afternoon for the murder of
J. Faustin Lassere, a Fresno farmer,
on March 31. The couple confessed to
the murder and burying the body on
the farm.
The woman had arranged a fake
marriage with the farmer.
Klamath Man Goes to Glacier Park.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or, June 7.
(Special.) Supervisor C. F. Goodwin,
of Crater Lake National Park, has been
transferred to Glacier National Park in
Montana. The news comes as a sur
prise to Klamath Falls as Mr. Goodwin
was placed in charge only last Winter.
He has for several seasons supervised
the road work in Crater Lake National
Park.
Submarine. Gets Russian Bark.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 7. Ameri
can members of the crew of the Rus
sian bark Margareta. 1873 tons, which
sailed from Beaumont. Tex., for Liver
pool on March 27, reported the sinking
of that vessel by a German submarine
on May 17. 105 miles off the Irish coast,
upon their arrival today aboard an
American steamship.
The fish whose muscles are not
strong enough to take it down deeper
into the ocean expands more and more
until it rises upward toward the sur
face and is killed, so that' it really
"falls upward."-
Clara Kimball Young
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Petrograd Explosion Fatal.
LONDON, June 7. An explosion in
Petrograd harbor on Tuesday, as a
result of an accident, caused a flre in
which a great quantity of explosives
was destroyed, the Copenhagen cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph
Company reports. A number of per
sons are said to have been killed.
18 Men Named for Eastern Camp.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. Names of
18 men designated to attend the i"ort
Des Moines. Ia.. training camp for col
ored citizens were announced here to
day. Among them are Charles L.
Holmes, Butte. Mont; J. A. Coltrane
and Charles 8. Parker, Spokane, Wash.,
and Joe King, Deary, Idho.
Home Guards to Get Rifles.
WASHINGTON, June 7. The House
today passed the Senate bill to author
ize issue of rifles and other equipment
for organization of home guards.
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