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1C THE 3I0RMXG OREGOXIAX, THUKSDAY, 3IAKCH 28, 1918. HINDU HUf POISON PLOT INDICATED Vials of Deadly Potion Seized in Effects of Revolution ists at New York. RUSSIAN GIRL ARRESTED TMnma Zalainlck Takes Italo C-o" IimJ t at San Francisco on Charge f Conspiracy Bomb Thrown at DunwooUy Institute. M.V TOT.K. March fr. n plotter marked prons tn this bet-.rd their !T Hindu-Oer-for death two city believed to here es-reta and sent tier a Hindu supplied with a deadly Last Inrti.a poison lo accomplish their pur ' pose, according to Information given ui l.'r br the Flral authorities. The aothoi itlre ttt discovered, they Mid. setrral smell rials of ties poison jm. li effects of a Hindu rvlu l;orit. aL- prer Indicating that the wouMlf potoner ram here fro M.xiro on funds supplied by Gfrmi seats there SAX niANi ISt. March 7 Letts artd leiecrame telling him to beera of dlb be poison ha, been roeeleed In the last few days br lr. Chandr k.. hik.ratarty. a defendant In th r of a group of Ifindua and others wrn are on trial here, for an alleged attempt to overthrow Frttien rule Ind.a. areordlrc lo arimtsaiona mad by It. 'nakr.Tarty here today. Iliads, t aster eplHi. Ir f'hakraearty belieeea the petii riot .. hatrhea by Hindu who be- l.'ted he supplied Hie tiovernmcnt wit information against th supposed revo- lut'onlsf. Mis. Blums Zalasnlrk. a Russia girl was arrested by a deputy frilled ijtr Marshal her today oa a rhara of reniptrtns olth Tarak Nath las. a Hindu. V A. Wotherspoon. a retired attorney, and hie wife to secure recoe rmon of the revolutionary fart Ion I India by the Holshevik government Ku.-sn. h. was released oa ll Londs. The Wotherepoons. who were said to bo on their aiming elalra In Cala ttm tVunty. were to be arrested and hrourhi to this city at onrt. according to the lotted plates Marshals ornc.. JKROMI. Aria.. .March IT. William W airrrooo. union otTlr-lal seised In the business district last night by throe masked men and taken away In a flag draped automobile, reappeared her to- dsr. but refused to discuss nia e i peri enre. lie sjjd be was going to Butte, Mont. Itp-saaalflosi to lass Alleged. I'ears orTlcers said reports to them by TliMrooDt fellow workers Indicated he had been "deported" because of al leged opposition to the liberty loan. Waldroop lelephoied to Governor C. W. I. Hunt. support of America and tb allies or a maa always patriotic la lo bo elected to tho Senate. Senator Mr-Cumber. North Dakota, asked If Senator Williams was not un fair regarding his reference to Repre sentative Lenroot as being -luke warm." atatlng he understood both Mr. In root and Mr. Davles. the Democratic candidate, stand upon loyally platforms of Americanism and that both ar pa triotic. Mutor Williams replied that If he waa correctly Informed. Representative Lenroot supported the embargo pro posal, the McLeraor. resolution and voted again?! war with Germany. Sen ator Kmool said that as a matter of fact Mr. Lenroot roted for the war resolution and observed that several Democrats also voted for the McUmort proposal. Ptepakllcaa Party Patriotic. Senator Williams deplored partisans ship la th war and said the Republi can party as a whole has been patri otic and true to th country." Republican Leader Oalllnger Inter rupted to suggest that, aa Mr. Davlea III p pirn nrnnrm? u.adiLCLnnruniJ EARNINGS DECLINE JrVM Dir. AT HOMK 0 IINE.rOI,I5. March 2T n untuc etul 4itmpi to rfr-stroy Iunooty Inst t tut, whfn ft Urne rutnUr of blujafci'ktts are nuart-sred. was made rtT odT by an unknown man. who. after ibronirE a bomb and xchr.ux hoi, wtib t h Kuj rd. sea pd i a waiting' automobile. FLTTK. Mont.. March ST. Patrick Pohrrtr and Stephen Murphy were for mally charred wrth edition aa a result rf In u It in remarks made to United .Mat oMln on St. Patrick day. As a result of tho flcht which followed the insalttnc remark, the downtown see Hon of the rtty waa placed under vir tu! martial law for iomi hours. SAN rn.Nn.--.0. March IT Pros r r'orrt. head of a force company l-fartnc his name, and I'. Mues. an r".pe t.r for the American Shipbulld- ii.C 'i-rportion. were Indicted by rs. pran4 Jury here tod-iy on two Crftirarr count! ti count char (re Forrest and Mues w uh h inc coir-Ptretl to vioiate th-a e-pfonaa-e act by planus; approximately e t rirf. t.o haft In a eel J- C te-! in Portland. Or. 4 (. rry to trfraaa1 Cbaraed. Th other ci'iint rharce conspiracy to ttefraud tho ilovfrnmrnt by substl- t utir c Inferior materials for Govern n.ent-injtvted materials tn machinery beintf forced bv the r orrest Company. Kttl on - rarh count wan- fixe.l at $ ;. Korr"t is out on Uail. Mues. a.'coiMtnsr to tho authorities, hs not jc? been apprehendd. YORK. Mjrrh tT Nadore r.em--tlu and Morri Hernitein. ar reted Ia.t nicht charged with at tempt -ir a; to Mirktrail I F. Urre. president f the I telai are A Hudson Hatlmay I'on ranr. ol of $1(.oim by threaten ec " lonures" concernlnc his son. an r f f icer in tho Tinted fates Army. r'a.ted EUittTt o attempted extortion when thry were arraigned late toiay. Hoy Adaalc Vrmwrnmrnm Plata. The AUth. who were hitch avhoo! ;u.eni. told tho court that they are be'irrr in the do-trine, of th- Fol fhe.fkl tnd that thr hoped to eet the ri .n-v from lr. Iree In oriier to con duct a rrcTacanda in this country. s-N HUN'tMi. March 77. John Mj leUflw ;c ICc-ck. said formerly to hae ten a leit-rnt in th ti-rniln imperial was interned hero toiay h Fc!rl authortfies, on a Presiden tial warr.tnt. Ili.-k. tt was said, was sektna: to return t if rminr on a pArort pt:r c. asrtj from an unMentfTid forrtcn of-f-er. Mia-fc. a'cor.Hnc t the. officerf. w e in th Straili Settlements when thm wr irhe out M ten went to PortlaI. lat-r e.mtrc l th ftsjr re cion, Th of ici.tla said lia-k e.aimed b had rrLitives fiKhtlnc wt:h the Ucr sun fir.c . NKW ToP.K. March Acnes 3 med ic v . j. i il t forma jtrl arreted a. week. aio with ra;an4xa th (hose', ft Hindu rettut:ont.t. on clurces of beins; ron rrrnel tn a con-f imer to fr-e India ffo-n Prttin rule. a Indirte. by ft l,'k'ral srrand Ji:ry today for vfulatins; th ejplond-- act. She is a.-cueo of beinr ronrernetl la tiie frvli: t on ef a sa:itiou book. Profit Decrease Coincident With Large Increase in Volume of Business. their Roods than are their Eastern, brethren, while in many instances the local prices are even lower. "Everywhere there was manifest .a most optimistic and thoroughly deter mined attitude toward the war." said Mr. Rosenblatt. "The streets are thronged with soldiers, and bands are playing; almost constantly in various I patriotic drives and activities. Cleve land presented a decidedly military as pect, with uniforms almost predomi nating, or seeming' to, in the passing throngs. LUlElEir FAGE E PROBLEM 1917 SALES $1,683,962,552 W. H. Tkaaasaaa. W. II. Thompson died at big home, it Kast Tenth street. Tuesdar night of pneumonia. He was horn tn Srott County, lovra. In IK, and came to i'ortla'id In 111. lie had been In the business of manufacturing wire maiiressea. having started with Abbott t'hurrh. who were loeated whera the Auditorium building now stands. Later he lo-aied on a. farm near Creswell. Or. II. Is survived by his widow, Jessie Thompson; by his father, Milton n. Thompson, of Clinton, la, and by a sister. Mrs. J. 1. Hyan. of (irrat Kails. Mont. Funeral services will be con ducted today from Klnley's un dertaking parlors and the Inter ment will ne In the Multnomah Cemetery. POLITICAL ISSUE RAISED trvetinist Kfsm K' -wt rar the tlr. Me referred lo the demand f Senator Johnenn, of California. R. publimn. ealerday for "pitiless pub. n itv" rrcardtng lark of Ameru-an air planes and to t h. sesertion of fienator tx!f. of las.sachu.etf s. Repuhllcan. tn.t the people .Mould be told the tmih about war rondmona. remarking that the.. aierhes were made in most crit ical daa to the erman offrnaiv.. Ttaa. Teeweed laapp.rtaas. "While In Ijm onam election Impends t.f.een lailets and disloyalists, this poisonous i.s aitark In the $tenat. was n.de. s.hI the Mississippi Senator, -not enlr on the Repuhllcan side, but followed qp n the Democratic side, and jtist aooul the time we are going to uctcr-nibc a bcthcr a luaa ot luacTiftXm was not a member of Congress, his at tltud. could not be recorded on the Mclrniore resolution. I assume the Vlce-rresldent l on th. stump In Wisconsin.' said Mr. Gal lnger, "because Mr. Iav1es Is a Demo crat. Deploring petty criticism of Isolated cases In war condition, fVnator Will am said "there Is too much peseim- sm In th. country and that even I larla wer. captured and th. British army driven hack to England, the two lOngHs'i-spcakinc races would finally in. Senator Curtis, Republican "whip,1 defended Representative lenroot. U. dtclared that the Bureau of Tubllc In formation has cireuInU'd the Wl-con- In Representative's speeches as docu ments of patriotism and loyalty and hat Congressional records show war measures have been supported by 7 per cent 01 the total Republican mem bership and that "7 per cent minus" of the Democrats had voted for Ibem. W llaa Meaaarew apsrted. Senator "moot declared that the Re publicans had supported legislation sked by the President ''although some of It has been revolutionary and so tallstlc and in some ca.scs unjustifi- ble and unnecessary. "No Republican,' be a.serted. "has sought to secure partisan advantage by calling attention of the country to dmltted blunders of the AdmlniMra- lon. No man while occupying the White House." the L'tah Senator proceeded, has ever uttered strictures against his political opponents a severe as Presi- ent Wilson in his Indianapolis speech. By speeches and actions In National nd local campaigns and by refusal o accept proffered services of a "most capable man" of the opposition party. said, the President had proven his partisanship. President "Alisons recent letter to Mr. Davlcs stating the McLrmorr res lutlon was the "acid test" of patriot' ti m. and hie letter to New Jersey Dem ocrats were cited by Senator Smoot as proof of the President' partisan pur poses. The letter to Jir. navies, he said. discloses that not only Is the Presl. ent willing to use the prestige of his h office for partisan purposes, but hat he was willing to cast aspersions pon the loalty of members of his wn party to accomplish the present partisan task of electing a Democrat to he Senate. Partis. a. I. I. Admitted. He Is a most Intense partisan and erslsts In that partisanship in time f mar Just aa he did In time of peace, el he makes no pretense of being other than a partisan and In this re peat Is dealing frankly with the Amer ican people." Referring to the "acid test cited by President Wilson on the Mimort resolution. Senator Smoot recalled that had appointed ex-Representative ent. of California, who voted for the resolution, to th. tnrirf board. "II. haa made the Issue." said the lah Senator In conclusion. "He has hrown down the gauntlet to those mericaits who believe In superiority of Republican principles and greater bl'ttv of those men who constitute the Kapubllcan party." Th. onlr reply today to Senator Smoot came from Senator Myers, of Montana. Democrat, who deplored critl ctsm lit th. Senate of the Natlon'a war activities. The Montana Senator said that whit, spending much time In criticism, th. Senate had failed to give attention to charges against one of Ita own members which have been pending for months. Company Anuonncri Rise In Wa-re or 19 Per Cent for Employe, .Making Total Advance of 5 Per Cent Since 115. NEW YORK. March 27. Coincident with an announcement of an Increase of li per cent In the wages of its em ployes, making a total advance of 63 per cent since 1915. ths United States teel Corporation today made public Its annual report for 1917. This showed a tremendous increase in the volume of business, but a de crease in earnings. The volume of business for 1917. as represented by combined gross sales and earnings, equalled ll.6S3.6i'.6i;. an Increase of f li:.4.7;3 over lsli. After deduction of Interest and other charge total earnings. Including an es timate! of sum. 1 2.13. Out). 000 for war and Income taxes set aside for ISIS, amounted to f 304.1CI.471. a decrease of 3.3i.:i. set laeosa. It educed. F-alanee of earnings Is further re duced by other Interest charters to l.-..r:.is.. Net Income tn the year of 134 4.738. i"i shows a decrease of l4S.287.Co. and flnel net incom. of $107.60.437 repre sents a decreasa of 194.330.147. result ing mainly from extra dividends of f t7.017.sSl paid on the common stock. Undivided surplus of I52.5u5.437 showa a decrease ot I148.t30.147, partly due to appropriations amounting to f5S.Ooo.Ov for expenditures mart-: and to b. mjide Including new plans and construction, no such charge having been mad In 11. Current assets of almost S0O.OPO.00O Include cash In hand and on deposit of about Il8j.ooo.0u0. Domestic tonnage of all business waa increased by 46 per cent and export tonnage by 18.3 per cent. The Inventory account for 191 1 stands at f IZl.tii.OQO. against Slal. toi.Ovt In 1?1. Ueeweal .f lata Ma-ads. Despite these tonnage gains, output of raw, seml-finlshed and finished products by subsidiary companies, in cluding Iron ore. coal, coke and rolled and other finished steel products, was below the record figures of the previ ous year. Average number of employes during the entire year was 1'63.058. an Increase of 15.390. or .l per cent. Total amount of payrolls was S347.37O.40O, an increase of I3.84.89S. or 31. per cent- Average- salary or mage per day (ex clusive of administrative or selling force) was 4.10. against $3.29 In 1916. The increase among total emploves. Including administrative and selling force. Was from $3.3 per dny to 14.16. WAR BOARD HEADS MEET President Wilson Holds Conference With Department Chiefs, Various 'Meetings to Be Held in. Portland This Week to Discuss Situation. CAR - SHORTAGE SERIOUS WASHINGTON, March 27. The sec ond of the weekly conferences between President Wilson and heads of the ex ecutive departments, or special war ad ministrations, wss held today with Sec retary Daniels and Acting Secretary of War Crowell added to the list of offi cials who participated In the confer ence last week. The heads of the war making branches were called in by the Presi dent to discuss questions of industrial production directly affecting the)r de partments. The conference, which occupied the entire afternoon, was taken up with I Lumbermen o' the Northwest have discussion of problems affecting ship I begun gathering in Portland for the Millmen to Seek Government Assist ance la Disposing of Immense Stocks of "Side" Lumber Ac cumulating at Plants. construction and operation, railroad transportation and the harmonising of Industrial production with shipping facilities. No definite decisions were reached. It was said. various meetings of importance to be held today and tomorrow. Just present the lumbermen face grave problems because of the shortage of cars. This topic promises to hav large place in the discussions. Antt,Ar Imnr, tan. tvi t t to. in urnlfh litU UnUOb AMA-CCO KINU the millmen 8eek Government assist ance relates to disposition 01 me im manaa at nr Ir am nf r? aa" 1iimkAP fii-jll m tl . noier r.x presses urns in s surprise latine at piants of the section. The Over America's Big Membership. When H. P. Davison, chairman of the war council of the American Red Cross, called on King George of Eng land at Buckingham Palace, on the aft ernoon of March IS, the King said it wss difficult to grasp in England that the American Red Cross had the "ex traordinary membership of 22.000,000. Some Intimate details of the Inter- Government has placed orders for lum ber of this class in the Southi Jlanu facturere here hope to obtain such or ders also, or, failing in this, to have Spruce designated as the wood from which box supplies for certain canning industries shall be made. Pine Headquarters Now Here. Portland's Importance as a center of the lumber Industry of the Pacific Northwest becomes more pronounced than, ever this week, through the re view, which were cabled to Washing- Imoval to the city from Spokane of head quarters of the Western Fine Manu facturers Association. A. W. Cooper, secretary of the associ ation, arrived in Portland yesterday. The equipment and files of the head I'roHS of 11.000.000 for work under the I quarters are on the road. Quarters direction of the British Red Cross had I have been leased In the Yeon building, ton. reached Amedee M. Smith, chair man of the executive committee of the Portland chapter, yesterday. King George told Mr. Davison that the appropriation by the American Red aroused enthusiasm all over England, because It was not a governmental ac tivity, but spoke for "the soul of a people." PARABLE MADE MODERN KAIHKR I.IKKNKD TO (OVETOIS MICH MAX l LIKK. Dr. nllllasa Wallace ttaitua Tersas Oerssaa Empire A atloa With In an eloquent address yesterday noon at the Hippodrome Theater. Dr. W. W. Youngson paraphrased the 12th hapter of l.uhe. verses 13 to 21. the parable of the covetous rich man. Changing the wording to bring the parable up to date and to make prac tical application of it which Is the mission of parable. Dr. Youngson read: The ground of the German Kmperor brought forth plentifully and he said: I have not the place In the sun I need for the expansion of my powers and he storing of my fruit; what shall i This will 1 do: I will pull down other nations In my way, and upon their ruins I will erect palaces for my kultur f might: and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast the world within thy power, eat. drink and ne merry. Dr. Youngson termed me German Empire "a nation with a submarine soul." His address was a part of the pro- ramme for the weeK insmuiea oy he Portland Ministerial Association. Dr. Joshua Stansfield presided and the Uev. Dr. French led In prayer. The Meryl-Prince Sisters of the Hip podrome Mil. sang patriotic songs and Barclay Acheson led the hymns. Today Dr. W. B. Hlnson will speak. The meeting will start at 12:10 o'clock. At the Baker Theater the Episcopa- ans are holding noon mecttnrs inai commence at 12:o o clock ana last ut 20 minutes. An interesting speak- r and good music is a feature for to day. The public Is Invited. OKABE STUDIES IN JAIL rooms 510-517. By April 1 the head quarters will be fully established at this location, Mr. Cooper stated yester day. At the Portland Hotel today will be held a meeting of general importance to the lumber interests of the Pacific Coast. This is a session of the Pacific Coast committee -of the National Lum Japanese Motorist Now Understands ber Manufacturing Association. Traffic Laws. Seeewlo. Talked Of. The annual session of the national organization, embracing Dracticallv all C t)kabe,,a Japanese motorist, up to I branches of the lumber industry, will yesterday mas unfamiliar with nearly lopen In Chicago, April 9. The Pacific all the provisions of the traffic !aws,coast lumbermen have not been fully Today he understands them all. because I pleased with actions and policies of the he passed six hours in the City Jail National association. Around the hotel studying the rules and regulations af- f corridors, where the incoming dele fecting automobile owners. He wss - rates hold personal pow-wows, there si.sted by an interpreter. I jS talk of a secession movement. Okabe has been operating a car for e. d. Kingley. of Portland, is chair some time. but. due to his Ignorance I man, and E. T. Allen, of Portland, Is of the traffic laws, has been in Mu- secretary of the Coast committee, which holds forth today. Organizations ex pected to have representatives present are: West Coast Lumbermen's Asso ciation, Western Pine Manufacturers' Association. California Redwood As sociation, California White and Sugar nlcipal Court several tlmee. Judge Rossman decided it was time for Okabe to familiarize himself with the laws. so he imposed the six-hour sentence. with instructions to the interpreter to explain everything. In addition, Okabe was fined 120 for running Into a car driven by F. E. Barry at Broadway and Flanders street. Pine Association and the Western ior- estry and Fire Association. Reports Win Be Gl At the monthly meeting of officers WHEAT USE DISCOURAGED 5 JZlJ22?Z!X"iZ t?: bv representatives who have just re- aningion rood .vciminisirflior i turned from conferences in Washing ton, D. C These Include Chester J. Hogue, the secretary; George K. Ger- linger, of La Grande, and V. B. Nettle- ton, of Seattle. Messrs. Gerlinger and Nettleton sat in the conference at the National Capital, which has the power of adjusting prices. Lloyd J. Wentworth. Oregon district Home iom Eastern Conference. SPOKANE, Wash., March 27. (Spe cial.) "The supplies available and the requirements of our allies make nec essary not merely the small savings of wheat heretofore nrrom nllshed. hur the nrartlml elimination of wheat nroducts director of wooden ehlp construction .... I . v. l ' . t.- ? . . . i ; 1 1 as a major food Irom now until .the -"" ""-Bi-y next harvest." also be expected to give reports ot State Food Administrator Hebberd. vital interest to tne lumbermen, air. in these words, summed up the wheat I Wentworth arrived at home last night crisis upon his return yesterday from I from a series of conferences with the a conference of state administrators Emergency Fleet heads at Washington. with Herbert Hoover at Washington. Members of the Willamette Valley "All rules announced bv the admin-I Lumbermen's Association will hold istration as the result of the confer- session in the Gerlinger building at 11 ence are in effect In this state," he said. "While they are radical changes, I am sure our people will accept the situation quite loyally." o'clock tomorrow morning. K.IIKK PRICKS ARK IiKl ITA BLK, It'll ! SAMIF.I. nOtKMILATT. r Iep.l.le far I award Drift, and I .til It r.mi . Relief ( aa Be Kapeeted. ROUND-UP QUICKLY STAGED Pendleton Gives French and Italian Officers Glimpse of West. PENDLETON, Or.. March 2". (Spe cial.) Pendleton saved the reputation of the West today by staging for the benefit of Count Larocliette, of the French arm-, and Lieutenant Cantoni, of the Italians, a miniature round-up. When he learned that the visiting of ficers had been watching anxiously all FILING TIME ENDS SOON TAX STATEMENTS SHOILD ALL BE I. BY APRIL 1. TOW .B5"fflW"l i. aaaa. ii El El S3 G t a Jorlhwestem BankBuadinvX .very Housewife should have one of our convenient and system atic HOUSEHOLD EX PENSE BOOKS. This permits recording the amount and purpose of each home expenditure for an entire year. Call or send for one NOW. . Lest You Forget Income Tax Statements must be filed before next Monday orthwestem National Bank Portlfthd Oregon; POILUS LACK BREAD Ration of Men Making Gallant . Resistance Reduced. U.S. PUBLIC MUST ASSIST I Office of Internal Revenue Collector W ill Observe Long Honrs to Ac commodate Public. For the accommodation of those who have failed "to file their Income tax the way from inicago lor signs ot in-i statements, the office of Collector o dlans snd cowboys. L. J. W'entworth, I internal Revenue Xlilleiv beginning to O' roriuna, a niemuer oi mc iJKrit, telegraphed the Round-up officials here I day, will be open from 8 A-.M. to 7 asking what they could do. I PT M. for the remainder of the week. On brief notice they turned out in I The time for filing thes.vstatements , : . . 1 .U. Mil . . a r . . . i 1 , iiiic biji. . ii.ii Hurl?, an ucilvu in p.j e.uircs at nuun iicai, .viuiisjriy. ipru 1 1 . V. - t . 1 I Single persons, who earned, and re colors, on the arena. One of the uV and Hdden during the few minX, " ' "' tho train was hre. The officers en joyed the spectacle. G. A. R. TO MEET AUGUST 19 Dale of National Encampment An- iionnt-etl by Tl. W. McBride. in 1917, and married persons whose income reached $2000 or more for the same year, must file statements. The income tax need not be paid to the Government before June 15, but the law expressly provides that the state ments must be filed before noon next Monday, Failure to file the statements within the specified time will subject the in dividual to a severe penalty ranging from a fine of ?-'0 to 12000 or im prisonment, not exceeding' one year, SOLDIER'S WIFE SENTENCED Prnilrntlary Term Imposed aMf)lng In Questionnaire. for SAS rr. N045CO. March 17. Mrs. Gertrude Wilson. IS. wife of an Ameri can soldier in anc, was sentenced to a year and a day In th. penitentiary br I'nlted States Pis trie t Judge M- T. foottng today for falsifying to the draft questionnaire of William Lloyd Whiteside, who waa sentenced to two years In McNeil Island Federal penitentiary-Mrs. Wilson posed as Whltesides wife la an attempt to. help him escape miUuty service. The tendency of merchandise prices 111 continue upwprd, according to Samuel Itosenblatt. who recently made buvlng trip to Cleveland and other Kastern cities Ip-the Interest or Mmuei Itosenblatt A Co. The wsr Is responsible or th. perpendicular price tin. he de clares, and until the war ends none peed look for relief. "These things have been brought home very pointedly to me since my trip Kast." said Mr. Roaenblatt. "ilood merchandise Is scarce, higher priced, and It s going to cost more and more as the m-ar goea on. "Wool Is needed by the Army, and It's needed by the civilians In their clothing. In a few words, the result of hitch-priced wool shows in one of tmo wayseither your clothes will have less wool in them, or )ou'll have to pay more.' Kastern houses are crowded with mercantile, buyers from every part of America, said Mr. Rosenblatt. With the unusual war activity In other lines the situation is such that hotel accommoda tions are scarcely to be had In any of the Kastern cities. Tn general merchan dise Is about 40 per cent higher than in normal seasons. Comparison of prices prevailing in I'ortland with those or Kastern cities I Information received by local rail- wv offices nlaces the opening day of the Grand Army encampment, to be held I or both, in the discretion of tho court. in this citv. as Mondav. August 1. I isext luesnay, ine oince or me oi- While the encampment had been I lector ot internal r;cvenue win Degin scheduled for approximately this time. I checking up the records of the office, the definite date is now for the first I when those who are required to file time announced bv Adjutant-General I reports and railed to do so will be Kobert W. McBride, of the Grand Army I promptly called to account. of the Republic. The &2d National encampment of the Grand Army will summon thousands of veterans to Portland, from all parts of the 'Lnlon. and will be In progress throughout the week of August 19. THEODORE B. WILCOX. ILL Attending Physician- Says Patient Has Good Day and Is Recovering FILL NEARING-COMPLETION Streetcars to Ron Over Viadt-ct at Sandy Road in Short Time. T. B. Wilcox, president of the Port land Flouring Mills, who returned from a recent Eastern trip, is ill at his city home. King and Park streets. Mr. Wilcox is chairman of the mill ing division of the Food Administra tion for the North Pacific Coast, in-the interests of which he made a trip to Washington. Upon his return he be- Construction of the fill over which the streetcar tracks arc to be built across tho new viaduct at Kast Thirty-tii-inlh and Sandv boulevard will be cnmnleted thi. week, according to R. I came ill and has been bedfast since. V L-rmn.r, itv Fnpineer. in rharcre I nr. . (J. jeneras, autuiuing nii.vsi- of the nroject. The Portland Railway, cian. said last night the patient had a Light & Power Company will start Igood day snd is recovering. laying its tracks as soon aa the work is done. I Conrt Expedites Work. As soon as this fill Is finished the I contractors will rush work on the fill CHECHALIS, ash.. March 27. (Spe- over the roadway. It is the aim to get I clal.) The jury terms of court just this completed and the roadway paved I ended was most expeditious. Nineteen ithin a month and a halt or two cases, including two nrst-aegree mur- months. I der cases, one of wmch took: a week. were disposed of In 20 days. Several convinced him that Paciflc Coast busi- I Phone your want ads to The Orego- j cases were settled out of court and a nus men arc not setting any more fori nian. ilain 7070, A 6094, 1 few continued. ' This Country's Programme of Ce real Exports Already 800,000 Tons Behind Hoarding of Food Will Be Curbed. WASHINGTON. March 27. Informa- ion that the bread ration of the French soldiers who are facing the on slaught of Germany's armies has been ut because of the shortage of wheat has led the Food Administration to plan drastts measures to cunb hoard ing in this country. Wherever-there is evidence to sup port a suspicion that the withholding f food on which may depend the out come of the War is due to disloyalty or profiteeering, it was said tonight, prompt action will be taken. State administrators have been re minded that the food law authorizes the requisitioning of grain in the National emergency and have been sked to be diligent in their investiga- ion of cases of alleged hoarding. They wlll forward the evidence obtained to Washington, where steps will be taken as the individual cases warrant. Allies .Needs Imperative. Wheat for the allies becomes more mperative as the season progresses because of the big loss In shipping corn or potatoes alter April 1, when he period of germination sets in. I'd to March 15 the Lnitea states was 800,000 tons behind in its programme of cereal exports. Much of the pro- ramme was to have been corn, dui the breakdown In railroad transporta- ion delayed shipment so that wheat. which earlier in the year had been ven priority, had to be sent atjroaa to avert famine. As only wheat and barley can tie shipped after April 1, the public is being asked to cut its consumption of heat to 50 per cent of normal, ana ,-en that sacrifice banely will stretch supplies to meet demand unless every ushel he d on larms ana in ware- ouses is put on the market. Receipts at Mills Dwindle. The March 1 report of the Depart menf of Agriculture showed 111,000, nnn bushels of wheat on tarms ana 9 noo.ooo bushels in elevators. Since the agitation in congress to - . . . .OCA nrrpaSA the price OI w neat ereints at mills have dwindled irom 8.000,000 bushels to 3,000,000 bushels week. The only requisitioning ordered so far has been in the case or two Drotn ers of German ancestry, living in New Mexico, who refused all offers for wheat they had raised and bought. No distinction was made by tne Jiaminis tration between the grain raised by the two men and that purchased and stored by them. "Third Oregon Itegment. is In France with the rest of the boys, according to a letter received yesterday by employes in the Health Bureau. This is the first letter received by them since he went across. Dr. Marcellus says he is having some wonderful experience in his medical work. In commenting on sanitary con ditions in the French, town where he is stationed he says the town is about 100 years behind in modern facilities. ALIEN IS RIDDEN ON RAIL! Shipyard Workers Resent Remarks of Roumanian Blacksmith. SEATTLE, Wash., March 27. (Spe cial.) Because, they eaid, David Shaf fer is an unregistered alien enemy without proper papers and that he had made seditious statements, his fellow workers in the blacksmith shop at Ames shipyard Tuesday afternoon placed him on an iron pipe and gave him a rough, bouncing ride to the yard gates. Following his riding the rail' mem bers of the National Guard took him into custody and held him until police officers arrived and took him to the station. He was placed in the city jail awaiting Investigation by the Federal authorities. Shaffer says that he is a Roumanian and that he has been in the United States about two weeks, coming here from Vancouver. WORKERS' FRIEND DEAD Thomas Holmes, Friend of London's Poor, Passes Away. LONDON, March 27. Thomas Holmes, who for the last 23 years had given his attention to Improving the con ditions under which London's poorest toilers wonk and live, died yesterday after an operation. He was born in 184, and was an ironworker early in life. He was editor of the London Homeworkers. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6095. TO REMOVE DANDRUFF 3 SEEK 10 RICHARD DEICH, L. R. KOLLOCK AM P. DIIXBAR AFTER PQST. Governor Falls to Announce IVaiue of Man Who Will Be in Charge of State Constabulary. Though Governor Withycombe spent some time in Portland yesterday con ferring with friends and military men, he did not announce appointment of a commander for the new state constabu larlv. to be officially known as the Ore gon Military Police. It had been thought the Governor would make Known nis choice while In the city. Those In close touch with the situ ation said that the three candidates for the $3600 Job whose chances must be rated best are Major Richard Ueich, Captain L. R. Kollock and Colonel P. N. Dunbar. Major Deich Is commander of the Oregon State Guard. Colonel Dunbar was formerly commander of the Third Oregon. Captain Kolloch heads Company G, of the Multnomah Guard. While here the Governor made It plain that the Military Police is to be composed exclusively of members of the state militia, which It Is now planned to increase to 3000 men. ' The militiamen will be thoroughly trained under officers commissioned by the Governor. They win Decome military police, subject to orders of the com mander, only as occasion demands and calls are issued. Ordinarily the calls unon aruard units for men to serve as police will be filled by voluntary serv- ce. In a possiDie serjous situation, however, entire units may be assigned to special police duty. When any such emergency passes the men will resume their original status as Oregon state Guards. Get a small bottle of Danderln. at any drugstore for a few cents, pour a llttl. into your hand and rub well into th. scalp with the finger tips. By morning most. If not all, of this awful scurf will have disappeared. Two or three appll. cations will destroy every bit of dan druff; stop scalp itching and falling hair. -Adv. YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE Hurry, Mother! Remove Poisons . From Little Stomach, Liver Bowels. Give "California Syrup of Figs'1 if Cross, Bilious or Feverish. HEALTH OFFICER IN FRANCE Dr. Marcellus Writes That trench Towns Are 100 Years Behind. Citv Health Officer Marcellus. who went Into the Army with wbat was the No matter what alls your cnlld, a gentle, thorough laxative should aiwaya be the first treatment given. It your little one Is out-of-sorta, halt sick, isn't resting, eating and acting naturally look. Mother! see If tongu. Is coated. This is a sure sign that th. little stomach, liver and bowels ar. clogged with wast. When cross, irri table, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache, diarrhoea. sore throat, full of cold, give a tespoon ful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all th. constipated poi son, undigested food and aour bile gent ly moves out of th little bowela wits out griping, and you have a well, plays ful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless "fruit laxative," because it never falls to cleanse th lt';tle one's Kver and bowels and sweeten the atom, ach and they dearly love Its pleasant taste. Full directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and tot grown-up printed on each bottle. Beware uf counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottlo of "California Syrup of Figs:" than a. that it Is made by th "California Vis fi;-rup Company.". . '