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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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GOVERNOR ORDERS GAMING ES
PEEK SCBPEXAED IX NEW
BRIGADIER-GENERAL ARTHUR
B. DOXNELLV QUITS.
TABLISHMENTS CLOSED DATS
YORK TO EXPLAIN SHOW.
FOB WAR EXPENSES
Vast Outlay in Coming
Year Predicted.
Premier Emerges From
Crisis in Triumph.
BRITONS APPLAUD VICTORY
Ringing Address in Defense of
Policies Wins Approving
Vote in Commons.
MAURICE CHARGES REFUTED
War Measures Explained in
Detail; Official Records
Read as Evidence.
Trinr Dnrlnr War Will Not Be
Permitted, According to Proc
lamation of Executive.
BOISE. Idaho. May 9. (Social)
Gorcrnor Alexander may move against
the pool and billiard halls, cardrooma.
dire-table establishment and all places
of amusement where fames are played
either In exclusive balls for that pur
pose, clubrooms or other amusement
rendezvouses, lie issued a proclamation
closing; these places during the day
time, or from sunrise until o'clock at
nlght.
The purpose of this proclamation Is
to make all manpower represented In
frequenting; such places available for
use in war Industries. All local offi
cials are called upon to enforce rigidly
the terms of the proclamation. In the
preamble to the order It la set forth
that the National crisis requires the
mobilization of all the resources of thl
country, especially the manpower.
order that an Army and Navy may be
equipped, shipbuilding and ammunition
plants erected and operated and agrl
cultural pursuits Intensified.
It haa come to the knowledge of th
Governor that pool and billiard halls.
cardrooma. etc.. are frequented by Idle
men who should be employed In these
4 Industries.
The proclamation goes Into effect
with Its Issuance.
Brilliant Attack Re
stores Entire Line.
GERMANS SUFFER SEVERELY
La Clytte-Voormezeele Sector
Scene of Struggle.
BOCHES LOSE NEAR AMIENS
LON'DON", May 9. The Lloyd
George Ministry won a notable vic
tory in the House of Commons today.
By a Tote of 203 to 106 the House
voted down a motion introduced by
ex-Premier Asquith, providing for the
appointment of a special committee to
investigate charges made by Major
General Frederick B. Maurice, recently
relieved of his post of chief director
of military operations at the War
Office.
Stirred by the imminence of a Cab
inet crisis, the - people of London
crowded the public galleries long be
fore the debate opened. The diplo
matic and peers' galleries also were
thronged.
Man rice's Charges Refuted.
Immediately after the introduction
of Mr. Asquith motion the Premier
took the floor and spoke in defense of
the government. He refuted the
charges of General Maurice and de
clared that statements made m Ms re
cent speech to which Maurice's
charges referred were made on in
formation received from General
Maurice's department of the War Office.
He showed also by documentary
evidence that the extension of the
British line was made because of pres
sure exerted by France, and that the
decision was taken on the advice of
the military authorities in agreement
with Field Marshal Haig, the War
Cabinet having interfered in no way
in the matter, although it approved
of the dispositions.
Premier Loudly Cheered.
When the Premier left the House
he was loudly cheered.
The Premier, discussing General
Maurice's action, said he had ascer
tained that Maurice had never made
representations to the Chief of Staff
on the subject.
"Yet," the Premier continued, sar
castically, "this is so important that
a select committee must be set up to
inquire into it; so important as to
justify General Maurice trampling on
the King's regulations and setting up
an example of indiscipline to the
whole army."
Inquiry Is Invited.
Both he and Mr. Bonar Law were
anxious for an examination of their
statements by a perfectly impartial
tribunal. There was a mass of con
fidential documents involved, and he
maintained that a select committee
was not the best tribunal to investi
gate facts when passions were aroused.
The House of Commons long ago
came to a similar decision when such
questions as disputed elections were
involved. Mr. Asquith had deprecated
a select committee to investigate
Mesopotamia for reasons which the
Premier considered right.
Man Power Greatly Increased.
With reference to the strength of
the army, the Premier said:
"There is absolutely no doubt that
there was a very considerable addition
to the man power of the army at the
beginning of 1918 as compared with
the man power at the beginning of
1917 in France.
"There was a great increase in the
man power of the army through the
world in 1913 as compared with 1917.
But the increase in France was
greater than the average throughout
Ihe whole area.
"I do not know whether General
Maurice had that in mind when he
talked about fighting strength. We
must draw a distinction between the
combatant and the non-combatant. Let
ma say at once that I do not accept
that distinction when he talks about
fighting strength, as to who are com
batants and who are non-combatants.
(Cries of Oh! Oh!)
"Are these men who stopped the ad-
COVE MEN FIGHT WATER
Citizens Join Farmers In Protect
log Grain When Dam Breaks,
COVE. Or, May t (Special.) rub
Ilc-splrlted citizens of Cove. Hugh Mc
Call. & E. Forsstrom. R. Z. Baxter,
Grover Duffy and R. If. Daniels mo
tored out Monday to help a little band
of heroic grain farmers, among whom
were Jabe and Arch Conley. L. P.
Carter and J. M. Mitchell save 160
acres of wheat on the old Hutchison
ranch about six miles out of Cove,
from destruction by water.
On Saturday night the dam or l-vee
protecting It from Catherine Creek
freshets had broken, or, as It is now be
Ileved. the levee being solid and In fine
shope to hold, waa cut by some L W. W.
It took three daya strenuous effort to
save the grain.
PEACE AIM DISCLAIMED
Colyn Say lie Went to England on
Oil Business.
AMSTERDAM. May . On his return
from England, former Minister of War
Colyn stated to the Nleuwe Rotter
damsche Courant when asked aa to ru
mors that he went there In connection
with a reported peace mission that his
business in England was in the inter
est of an oil company of which he la
manager.
Regarding the coupling of his name
with peace rumors, he said he waa in
entire accord with what Foreign Secre
tary Balfour said In Parliament Mon
day, when he stated that there waa no
representative of a neutral nation In
England for the purpose of making
suggestions of peace negotiations.
10 TURKISH BATHS RAIDED
New York Police Arrest S7 Men, of
Whom Half Are Not Registered.
NEW TORK. May . At the re
quest of the Federal authorities who
are endeavoring to round up all draft
dodgers, the police early today raided
10 Turkish baths in this city, arresting
17 men who could not produce regis-
trtatlon cards.
Half of them later proved that they
had registered. The others, who ex
pressed a willingness to register, were
held in 11000 bail, pending further in
qulry.
BROKEN; BONE MARK MADE
Lebanon Boy, t. Fractures for Fifth
Time Bones of Body.
ALBANY. Or, May I. (Special)
When Howard Frum, 1-year-old Leb
anon boy and brother of Joe Frum.
chief deputy In the Sheriffs office
here, broke bis collarbone yesterday it
made the fifth time he had broken
bone. This is probably a record for
a youtn or nis age.
He haa broken his collarbone twice.
one arm twice and the other arm once.
tCeaciiMl4 ea face 4. Celuma !
MILK TO BE SENT ABROAD
Campaign Launched to Get Money
for Ton of Dried Product Dally.
NEW TORK. May t. With the ob
ject of shipping abroad each day a ton
of dried milk, the equivalent of 1400
quarts of liquid milk, to relieve suf
fering caused by scarcity of the product
in France, a group of American women
today started a country-wide campaign
for funds in the name of the Committee
for Free Milk for France.
Miss Josephine Osborne is chairman
of the committee.
ATHLETE SUES SENATOR
A. Bannwart Seeks $10,000
Henry Cabot Lodge.
From
BOSVON. May . Alexander Ban
wart, formerly a professional base
ball player, filed suit here today for
110.000 damagea against Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, with whom he had an en
counter la Washington In April, 11T
E igllsli Troops Register Advances
Between Somnie and Ancrc Rivers
Artillery Duels Reported on
Both Sides of Avre River.
LONDON. May ."At ths close of
the fighting this morning In the La
Clytte-Voormezeele sector," says Field
Msrshal Haig's dispatch tonight, "the
French and British positions on this
front were completely re-established.
(By the Associated Press.)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMT IN
FRANCE; May . Fighting continued
today near Vierstraet on the front
southwest of Ypres. At one time the
British were forced back slightly by
machine gun fire. All the rest of the
original defenses, however, appeared to
be again in the hands of the defenders
In the Voormexeele-L Clytte sector.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. May . The Germans suf
fered a severe reverse Just before dark
last night, when British troops by
brilliant counter attack drove them
from positions on the Flanders front
in the La. Clytte-Voormezeele sector.
The ground recovered had been wrest
ed from the British earlier In the day.
Secoad Advance Made.
The British also advanced their line
on the front east of Amiens between
the Somme and Ancre rivers.
The ground reclaimed by the British
in the La Clytte-Voormezeele region
had been taken by the enemy at ex
tremely heavy cost after a struggle
which continued throughout the day.
The counter-attack restored the entire
British line.
Two divisions of the enemy pushed the
attack yesterday in the direction of
the northeastern slopes of Scherpen
berg with great determination. At
first the Germane made several suc
cessive stagea of progress, opening
with an infantry attack launched at
SO o'clock under cover of an intense
bombardment. It waa directed against
the right flank of the British northern
army and overlapping the British
Junction with the French.
Esears Galas Substantial.
An hour later, after throwing in
several waves of assault troops, the
Germans had gained a footing of con
siderable width on the British front
line, and enemy partlee had penetrated
the xUeine Vierstraet cabaret. The
situation at this time seems to have
been rather difficult.
Thenceforth until the early afternoon
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Information Sought About Enter
tainment at Which Those
Billed Fail to Appear.
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NEW TORK. May 9. Lord Aberdeen
formerly - Governor-General 'of Canad
and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was
questioned today by District Attorney
Swann relative to the arrangements
for yesterday's benefit' entertainment
at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of
the Child Welfare Association, of which
Lady Aberdeen Is president.
When it was announced from the
stage yesterday that the French "Blue
Devils." - Pershing's veterans. Miss
Amelia Bingham and Charlie Chaplin
would be unable to. appear adver
tlsed several hundred persons In the
audience left after demanding and re
celvlng the money they had paid for
admittance.
Lord Aberdeen acted as chairman for
the benefit and E. H. Sothern as mas
ter of ceremonies. Lord Aberdeen went
to the District Attorney', office today
In response to a subpena.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen came to the
United States in 1915.
Early In 1910 Lord Lady Aber
deen announced in Washington that
they were going to New York to in
augurate a money-raising campaign for
Irish babies. This occasioned rrotests
from a number of Irish organizations
in this country and England.
Lady Aberdeen was president of the
International Council of Women when
her husband became Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland in 1906, and was re-elected to
that office at the council's last meeting,
held in Rome In 114.
LINN NESMITH IN FRANCE
Cousin of Representative McArthur
Wins Hearty Commendation.'
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9. (Spe-
ciaL) Representative McArthur has
received a letter from Sergeant-Major
Linn W. Nesmlth, of Rlckreall, Or., an
nouncing his safe arrival In France.
Nesmlth Is a first cousin of the Port
land Congressman and is attached to
one of the regiments of the Highway
Engineers. He served on the Mexican
border In 1910 and re-enlisted at Van
couver Barracks last November. His
service record has won the hearty com
mendation of his superior officers.
COSTA RICA IS REGRETFUL
Congress Has More Confidence
Government Triad Has TJ. S.
in
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica. May 9. The
Costa Rlcan Congress by a vote of 28 to
has voted confidence in the govern
ment of President Federlco A. Tinoco
nd at the same time adopted a resolu
tion expressing regret at the attitude of
the American Government toward Costa
Rica.
The Tinoco government came into
power in January. 1917, after the depo-
ltion of President Gonzales. The
United States refused to recognize the
government.
LLEGED ROBBERS CAUGHT
Supposed Members of Gang Taken
in Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKH CITY. May 9. Four
men. alleged to be members of a gang
boxcar robbers, much of their loot
being liquor, according to the police,
are under arrest here.
Police place the value of the freight
stolen at upwards of 9200,000.
McADOQ INFORMS CONGRESS
Courtmartial Suspended and Resig
nation Is Accepted "for
Good of Service."
Further Legislation
Session Imperative.
WASHINGTON. May 9. Trie resigna
tion of Brigadier-General Arthur B.
Donnelly, of the Missouri National
Guard, has been accepted "for the
good of the service."
This announcement was ' authorized
tonight' by Adjutant-General McCain,
but ha declined to discuss the case.
Jj "f hiS I General Donnelly was charged -with
conduct unbecoming an officer and ms
trial by courtmartial was suspended
today by order of President Wilson
soon after it had begun in New York.
TAXES MAY BE DOUBLED
Indications Aro That Further Bond
Issues Will Be Authorized Re
gardless of Action on
Revenue.
BT. LOUIS. Mo., May 9.-The spe
cific charges against Brigadier-General
Arthur B. Donnelly, commander of the
138th Infantry Brigade of the 35th Di
vision, whose resignation has been ac
cepted, have never been made public.
General Donnelly's home is in fit.
Louis and he is president of the Arthur
B. Donnelly Leather Company.
His oldest son, Robert. 18 years old,
Is a cadet at West Point
In the latter part of April General
Wright, commander of the 36th Divl
sion, asked Donnelly to resign. Don
nelly refused and the courtmartial was
ordered.
Storms Strike
and Iowa.
nois
MaNY LIYES REPORTED LOST
Buildings Wrecked and Rail
way Traffic Blocked.
RAINS INUNDATE COUNTRY
AIRPLANE CRASH IS FATAL
WASHINGTON. May 9. Congres
sional leaders have been advised by
Secretary McAdoo that legislation at
this session of Congress is imperative
to provide revenue to meet the unex
pected Increase in expenses Incident to
the vast expansion of the Nation's war I James May Is Killed and Milo Mil
programme. I , tr.... h i v.i,in. T.'iic
m . . , - .l.,.lolnn ., . I ICI 11 U I l 111 II ........ - - - .
$23,000,000,000 is fixed upon as the
amount needed for next year neces- saim a.nxowiu. Tel., aiay iieu
aarily is Inexact, since conditions which I tenant James D. May, of New York
cannot be foreseen may either increase I City, was killed, and Lieutenant Milo
nr ,-4ii th actual governmental out- H. Miller, of Waterloo, la., was seri-
lavs. I ously injured tonight when the air
A statement of the country a finan- plane in which they were riying leu
clal situation, upon which the amount six miles northwest of this city. Both
of additional taxes and bonds needed men were pinned under the machine
may be calculated, has been prepared when it fell. They were taken to the
at the Treasury for submission within I base hospital at Fort Sam Houston,
the next two or three days to the com
mittees of the Senate and House.
Adjoarnmemt Hopea May Fade.
Whether Congress will undertake at
the present session upward revision of
the war revenue law of last Fall, lead
ers at the Capitol said tonight, depends
upon the impression made by this state
ment.
If it demonstrates that it is essen
tlal to act now Instead of waiting un
til December, aa planned, hope of ad
Journment fcy July i will go glimmering
and Congress probably will be here
until FalL
Secretary McAdoo's belief that legis
lation must be' enacted at once was
expressed in a letter to Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, chairman of
the Senate finance committee.
The unexpected heavy estimates of
expenditures for the coming year in
clude the $15,000,000,000 Army pro
gramme, about $1,500,000,000 for the
Navy, with further estimates expected,
and $2,250,000,000 for the
Board.
Estimate Alier Mtuatloa
Senator Simmons eald tonight the
tacit agreement to defer further reve
nue legislation until next December
was made before these new estimates
were eubmitted. The situation now, he
said. Is materially changed and will
ave to be considered in the new light
when Secretary McAdoo's formal state
ment ia presented.
Representative Kitchen, of North
Carolina, Democratic leader of the
House and chairman of the ways and
means committee, said that if add!
where May died shortly afterward.
Both men, it was said, were sched
uled to leave Kelly Field here tomor
row, having completed their instruc
tion. The death of Lieutenant May Is
the 15th ' fatality among Army fliers
at Kelly Field.
Crops Destroyed, Railroad Llnc9
Washed Out, Wire Communica
tion Severs d and Havoc Create
cd in Many Cities, Towns.
CHICAGO. May 10. At least 11 per-,
sons were killed and more than 160
ir jre or less seriously Injured by a tor
nado which swept over Central Illinois
and Central and Northeastern Iowa late
yesterday, according to advices re
ceived here early today.
Hundreds of houses were blown down
and the property damage was heavy in
many localities.
The known dead are at the follow
ing places: New Hampton, la., four;
Nashua, la., two; Toulon, Hi., two;
Franklin, 111., three.
The storm was accompanied by tor
rential rains, which washed out miles
of railway track, while (he wind up
rooted trees and telegraph and tele
phone poles, paralyzing wire communi
cation for many hours. Many buildings
were destroyed and crops and gardens
ruined.
Roof Falls, 3 Die.
At Franklin, Morgan County, Illinois,
three persons were killed by a falling
roof. At Toulon, 111., a farmer and his
son were killed when their home was
wrecked. Near Nashua, la., a farmer
waa reported to have been killed. At
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U. S. BOYS ASKED TO WRITE Jure when their homes were demol-
ished and one woman was carried
General Pershing Issues Mothers'
Day Order to. Troops.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 9. (By the Associated
Press.) General John J. Pershing has
Issued the following order to all units
fit the American expeditionary forces in
France:
'May 8. To All Commanding Officers:
'I wish every officer and soldier in
the American expeditionary forces
would write a letter home on "Mothers'
Shipping Day.' This is a little thing for each
one to do, but these letters will carry
through the air for 300 feet, sustaining
a broken collar bone. Several persons
also were injured near Muscatine.
In Illinois the most damage was done
in Christian, Shelby, Mason and Mor.
gan counties. The towns of Waverly.
Clements, Rees and Yoemans, south of
Springfield, suffered severely. At Pana,
111., a passenger train was wrecked by
washout, but no one was seriously
injured.
The Methodist Church and parson
age at Osceola, 111., were wrecked.
Chicago Buildings Damaged.
In Chicago much damage was re
ported to windows, roofs and street
back our courage and our affection to hv . . ...
lilt? Licii.iivi.lv. nvuicu " iiusn iuvq nnu
prayers inspire us and cheer us on to
victory. (Signed.) PERSHING.
ceded by a heavy rain.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
62
(Concmiuded on Page 2, Column 2.)
JUST ANOTHER
USELESS DOG.
degrees; minimum, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Pair and warmer; frost tonight
nortneasteny winas.
War.
British hurl Huns back near Ypres., Page 1.
Hun guns batter Amiens to pieces. Page
Foreign.
Lloyd Oeorge vindicated ra House of Com.
motu. Pago 1.
Bolahevlki and anarchist fight all-day bat
tle at Moscow. Fag
National.
Brigadier-General's resignation accepted for
good or service, rage l.
McAdoo notifies Congress new legislation
needed to finance Uovernment a war pro
gramme. Fase 1.
Monopoly charge made In Senate In regard
to aircraft programme. Page 5.
Domestic
Tornado outs path of destruction through
Central Illinois. Page 1.
Lord Aberdeen subpenaed at New York
concerning child welfare benefit enter
tainment. Page 1.
Removal of Governor Yager, of Porto Rico,
asked by Gompers. Page 8.
United States Steel Corporation will make
cannon and projectiles for America and
allies. Page 8.
Sports.
Emmttt Rogers resigns as manager of St.
Helena nme. page is.
Aberdeen wins frem Buckarooa, 8 to 4.
Page 16.
Boxers In fine fettle for tonight's card at
Eleventh-Street Playhouse. Page 16.
Fred Fulton, boxer, faces possible prosecu
tion unaer Mann law. page IS.
. Pacific Northwest.
William Pemberton. wealthy Seattle baker,
ignores draft call and Is tried by court
martial. Page 9.
University of Oregon student body elects of
ficers. Page 7. -
Idaho gaming establishments must close
days. Page 1.
State Labor Commissioner announces wage
cnanges to De made June 12. page 17.
Commercial and Marine.
Wooden steamer Wasco, first of Hough
type, reaay lor trial trip, page it.
Condition of Oregon Winter wheat crop Is
per cent. Page 21.
Wool valuation board for Portland is named.
Page 21.
Spectacular advance in. steel stocks In Wall
street. rage -a.
Portland nd Vicinity.
Harous Mayer, prominent theatrical man.
formerly of Portland, dies in 3ew York.
Page 13.
Sergeant Wells praises French people. Page 15.
Johnson girls target of new charges. Page
22.
rock Commission establishes rate on han
dling coal for steamers. Page 17.
Monarch Lumber Company's plant threat.
ened with destruction by fire. Page 9.
Free collection of garbage opposed. Page 2.
L. J. Simpson gets favorable reports from
Eastern Oregon. Page 7.
Red Cross drive planned to be rushed as tneir nouse was
through in three daya Page 8. I escaped injury.
Mrs. John B. Yeon witness in Farrell will
case. Page 11.
Student-body government assured at Reed.
Page 4.
Portland carmen rally In support of meas
ure regulating jitneys. Page 10.
Joint legislative committee of civic clubs
opposes proposed Jitney measures, Pag 2,
DES MOINES, la.. May 9. Six per-.
sons are known to be dead, six other
deaths were reported at midnight and,
scores of persons are injured as the
result of several tornadoes that swept
through Northwest and Eastern Iowa
late today.
The known dead are Mrs. Thomas
Dowd, Theodore Krelger, Jr., Albert
Smith, of near New Hampton: Roy
Husband, Mrs. A. G. Carpenter, of New;
Nashua, and Farr Bigelow, of neap
New Hampton. Six additional deaths
were reported at Calmar, according to
dispatch from West Union, 18 miles
south of there.
The wreck of a Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul train at Calmar was re
ported in a telephone message front
West Union after midnight. It waa
believed to be the train from Austin.
Minn., but details were unavailable.
Boxcars Cause WreeL.
The report received at West Union
was that a string of boxcars, blown
out upon the mam trackway, struck
the Austin train. It was impossible to
confirm the report here or learn tho
exact nature of the train reported
wrecked.
"Virtual cessation of telegraph com
munication with the affected districts
made it difficult to get accurate details
tonight, but indications were that.
while a terrific gale was prevalent
over most of Central and Northern
Iowa, the tornadoes were confined to
Chickasaw, Wlnneshek, Scott and Mus
catine counties.
It was reported that Port Atkinson.
Fredericksburg, Ossian ar : Calmar all
suffered severely and that the villages
of Republic, Pearl Rod; and Plainfield
were virtually destroyed.
Nashua and Eldridge Hit.
Nashua and immediate vicinity in
Chickasaw County, northwest of here,
and Eldridge, in Scott County, nine
miles north of Davenport, felt the full
force of the tornadoes. At least one
person was killed near Nashua, while a.
score of persons were injured.
Roy Husband, a farmer residing three
miles from Nashua, was crushed to
death when a building crumpled upon'
him.
Confirmation of railroad reports of
other deaths in that vicinity were lack
ing.
Every building In the path of the
Nashua tornado was wrecked over a
district seven miles long and one-
fourth to one-half a mile wide. Five
children of Clarence White, alone at
the time, rushed to the basement just
rled away. They
assengerB on a late train tonight .
reported having seen a tornado near
Jewell, 50 miles north of here, but re
ports directly from the town were un
available. Early reports that Prairie
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