TIIE '3I0RNTXC OKEGOXIAIV. WEDNESDAY. AFKIV 30, 1910. CONDITION OF OREGON MEN DECLARED GOOD ship Atena arrived today from St Nasaire. Five of the officers were ac companied by their wives. The contingent chiefly represented detachments from the 316th field hos IN DESPERATE PLIGHT pital. 2d trench mortar battery, Slst division. JKth ammunition train. J16tli supply train and 347th machine-gun battalion. li Boys of 18th Engineers Are Well Cared For. SCME SICK ARE REPORTED Jfew York Report fijr There Is No Xoeil for Worry Concerning Welfare of Arrivals. BY PEGGY CURTIS. NEW YORK. April 29. (Special.) Eighteenth engineers contingent fci.-h arrived here from overseas Sun day. a addition to those previously re Ported. Included the following from Oregon: Company E. F.ruce M. Rambo. Mer Hll: Clafn-e R. Knmmell. Terrebonne: Guy V. Fair. X.irth Plains. Company G, Henry J. Basset, Hall fa: Kdson J. Lonuley. Lafayette: Charles F. Butscll. Pendleton. Company H. Hsrry J. Guderlan. I'ilot Kork: Lyle Kdwards. Beaver. Company I. Royal Munsnn. Portland: Jss Kinney. Portland: Wilbur Jones, Portland-alem: John Harpe, Freewa ler. Company K. David" R. Ooper, Park- !ale: Pane B. Clark. Wallowa: Cecil K. Carlton. Oreiton City. Contp.-.ny L. ori-n Hainllne Prise. Kdwar.l JJture. Knappa: Bollas V. Alvev. Pilot Kork: William A. Hayes, lone. Elmer Ft. Praebe. Astoria: Thom as M. Inariin. Hardman; Charles C. Blackwell. Baker. Company M. William B. McBath, .Vallcm-a: John C. rehaan. Htllsilale. Threa Hundred and Seventh Infantry. Company A. Pavid M. Hutc-hins. New burn: John A. Anderson. Dtlly: William Mm Neil. Albany; Charles F. Gray, llillsboro; I'udluy B. Taylor. Turner. ei Oekarkattoaia Reported. Company B, Elmer Barber. Hills- boro: Chr O. Woods. Blaln. Company E. Eddlth Golden. Mentum; John L. Otttnger. Sheridan. In all totlay there were about seven debarkations, almost alt ships held some Oreson men. The Pueblo had an air servire casual company. No. 4. with Albert F. Lew of Baker, and Dewitt C. Haworth of Brandon. All the men aboard the Pueblo, In cluin the casual and engineers" units, are a: Csmp Merrill. The following went to Camp Dix: Provisional detachment medical de partment. Curtis Stone. Portland; base hospital No. 30, medical department. Hirry R. Fox. Tollman: Russell W". Sea'l. Portlanl: Camp Sherman, base hospital. No. 20. medical detachment. Carl J. Austin. Albany; base hospital. No. 1!. Roy s. Paiker. Portland. In the 111th Infantry now at Camp Vix sre the fotlowlr.ir: H-adnuarters company. Archie Pair, Bi.y City; Peter Trlnl. Portland: Corn Tiny I. Robert L. Beebe. Bend: Morris rlint. Portland: Samuel Aphng, Wa pinitia. Among the sick and wounded from t. N.izntre on the Minnesotan In good convalescent condition are Frank L. Marshall. Valley, and Jack Klrnhner, Salem. rsrtlaaarr On Chicago. On the Chicago, which came In Sun Jt were Thomas M. Ramsdell, I'ort land. Company F. 11th engineers, and on the Santa Clara. T. M. C A. Secretary Mt-Riilop of Newburg: Capemay. tith casual company, transportation corps. William M. of felt. Medford: Guy L. Rain. Cochran; 35th company trans fortati.n corps. Walter Webb. Port land; Tom 1. Maxwell, Grants Pass Patrick J. O'lrfjry. Beagle: Mth transportation corps. Chauncey J. But ler. Scappoojfe; Artie Jackson. Salem: Harry Iivey. La Grande; Jesse L. Smith. Sherwood. Engineers. Company D. 12th. Harold F. Hengin. Maplotch. James W. Nlhley La Grande: Company E, Howard Paine, I'ortlanl. On the Siboney were Chester Mar tin. Milwaukee; convalescent detach merit. No. "3i. Ted Otman. Oregon City, who I.- recovering from a dislo cation In the shoulder: John Htll trom. a pneumonia convalescent of Astoria: Hugh Parry of Oregon City. recovering from gunshot wounds Frederick W. Mankertz, convalescent of PorMand: Lieutenant Guy. D. Crone inillee, Lakeview; Clinton E. Boggess, Portland: Harry Gill. Salem, and Paul K. Henderson of Portland, who is convalescent not needii.g surgical at tention. Orearoa la Fortasite. On the Oriiaba were the following Company E. IWMh ammunition train Edward J Nelson. Astoria. Ore,: 101th aero squadron. James Harris. Frank Porter. Asrorla: ItKth. A. S.. Ernest 1-oni;. Portland: Henry Miller. Baker, Carl M. Wyland. Astoria Dutro R. We bster. Portland; detachment. No. tonvalescent. Elvin W. Vanmatre. Rcd- monil; detachment. No. 276. Beddon E. Owens. Portland, slightly gassed, not .11: traniKvrt.itlon corps. Company St. Frank W. Itnnnvan. Portland: Com- piny 1J. Floreme W. Donovan. Port .ind: Cnmp.iny 121. Clyde Jtonsh, l'frtland. At present It ts Impossible to say just wnat hospitals have received the irrgon 111 and wounJed. but Oregon Is fortunate In having a very small num ber among the cases m-hich have ar rived within the Inst two days. There Is no need for worry about them. The m-n are In fair or good condition or they aotiltt pot have been transported. NEW YORK, AprTTiS. Bringing 103 officers and two civilians, the steam NORTHWESTERN' MEN" COMING Several Contingents Due to Reach United States in May. ORKGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ins-ton Anril 29. Oregon and Wash ington soldiers en route to Camp Lewis are due to reach the United States as follow: One hundred and sixty-third field hospital, 3 men. due on transport Sofia at New York May : 307th infantry. 39 men. due on the St. Louis at New Tork May 2; 35th field artillery, two offi cers and 25 men. due on the Agamem non at New York today; 30. th Infan try. 36 men. due on the Louisville at New York April 30; liztn mianiry. . men due on the Mercury at New York May 4; 66th company, transport corps. 15 men. due on the Caserta at iew York May ; 109th Infantry, two offi cers and 96 men. due on the Maui at Philadelphia May 2. The Patrla. which sailed from Mar seilles April 26. carried 22 men of bak ery company 325 for Camp Lewis. The George Washington, from Brest April 27. carries 69 men for Camp Lewis of the 127th Infantry; also one officer and 31 men of the 128th Infantry. Telegraph Battalion Coming West. EUGENE, Or., April 29. (Special.) The members of the 411th telegraph battalion, partially recruited In Eugene, are on their way across the continent bound for Camp Lewis, according to a telegram received yesterday by Henry H. Hunter of this city from his son. Roy Hunter, who enlisted nearly two years ago. Many Willamette valley men formerly employed Dy me racinc TeleDhone & Telegraph company are members of this battalion. Soldiers Leave for Camps. CAMP MILLS. X. Y.. April 29. Two hundred men and 11 officers of the 411th telegraph battalion left Camp Mills today for Camps Travis. Pike, Gordon, the Presidio, Lewis. Fort Rus sell. Dodge. Grant. Custer, Sherman and Taylor. The majority of the men were detailed for the Presidio and Camp Lewis. NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. April 29. The batleshlp Missouri arrived from France today with the llith supply train complete (former Texas national guard) of the Rainbow division. WASHINGTON. April 29. Organiza tions assigned to early convoy were announced today as follows: Third engineers' service company, bakery companies Nob. 102 and 340, 116th train headquarters and military police. Sth air service casual company. 20th engineers, headquarters tn oai tallon. headquarters 7th battalion. 13th, 14th. 19th. 20th and 21st companies. medical detachments of 19th. 20th and 21st companies, and the 803d Pioneer infantry. Panic Again Prevails in Ba varian Capital. GOVERNMENT ARMY ACTIVE Leaders Reported Ready to Escape in Airplanes; Feeding Popula tion Is Proving Difficult. STEEL DIVIDEND IS "EXTRA" ONE PER CENT COMMON" DECLARED STOCK. ON DANCING i einoaWTrrn r uuMfiMiii r.r.u VvlL. JF iv rir?LT i cccniit &w LADIES $2.50 I Qv GENTLEMEN --$5.00 ubss DE HONEY'S BEAUTIFUL ACADEMY 1 TwMtr-THr4 ana " i W alaat.n. 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Phone Main Total Earnings of United States Cor poration for First Quarter Amount to $33,513,384. NEW YORK. April 29. Directors of the United States Steel corporation ful filled popular expectations at their quarterly meeting today by passing the -"extra" 1 per cent dividend on the common stock. In the statement of earnings for the first quarter ot 1919, which accom panied the dividend announcement, no appropriation was made out of total earnings for federal Income and war excess profits axes. This Is a radical departure from th action taken by the directors at every quarterly session since the middle of I'll", when sums ranging from 3i 600.M00 to almost 8103.000,000 were charged off to meet these require ments. Total earnfnz-s for the first quarter amounted o 833.513.384; net income wis $22,874,429. and a surplus of $422.2I6 remained after payment regular dividends of l"i and 114 per cent on the preferred and common shares, respectively. These figures compare with total earnings of t3S.354.165. (after deduct ing t50.000.000 for federal income and war profits), net Income of t-5,437,- 13. and surplus of t2.997.255 at the ciose of the previous quarter. Total earnings submitted todav are the smalltst of any quarter since June of 1915. even allowing for the large war deductions already referred to. They are equivalent to only ti.20 on the common stork, as against 82. 81 in he previous quarter and 17.21 in the first quarter of 1918. AIRPLANES TO MME STOPS ASHLAND, MEDFORD, ECGENE AND SALEM TO BE VISITED. Efforts Will Be Made to Establi Ba.-cs in Oregon Tills Year for Protection of Forests. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. April 29. Orders have been given by Colonel Milton Davis of the army air service for the airplane squad ron detailed at the Rose Festival at Portland to stop for exhibits at Ash- and. Medford. Lugene and Salem. The stops will be made on the way from Mather Field. Sacramento. Cal, to Port land. Efforts will be made to establish airplane bases In Oregon this summer for the protection of the national for ests from fire. Colonel Davis told Sen ator McNary today, answering a letter from the Oregon senator to Chief For ester Graves. The chief forester In response to Sen ator McNary's request for the immedi ate establishment of airplane bases in Oregon, had Indicated a willingness to act If the war department would fur nish the ships. Colonel Davis said that action this year depends on mhether sufficient skilled mechanics can be obtained to take care of the machines which wouid be detailed to Oregon, and upon the willingness of the towns In the Wil lamette. L'mpqua and Rogue river val leys to establish flying fields. Martin bombing planes will be used. Liquor Hearing Postponed. SEATTLE. April 29. Preliminary hearing of ten men arrested here re cently In connection with the theft of 30.0u0 worth of liquor from the United States custom warehouse was post poned today until May 14. Two of the ten are East Seattle police officers. Dry slabwood and fnslde wood, reeo stamps, for cash. Hoi man Fuel Co. Main 353. A 1341. Adv. LONDON, April 29. Panic prevailed in Munich Monday when the govern ment troops began their march on the Bavarian capital and three members of the communist, government resigned, a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph company says. Before nightfall Monday, government troops had cap tured several villages. A delegation from the communist government went to Ingolatadt on Sun day to discuss the situation with the Berlin government military leaders. The communist leaders in Munich are said to be ready to escape quickly in airplanes. . BERNE, April 29. (French wireless service.) Airplanes of the Hoffman government forces flying over Munich have been fired on repeatedly by the communists with the result that 13 Civilians have been killed and 100 wounded. The communist government, the Vossische Zeitung says, in conse quence, has forbidden any more firing at the airplanes. This measure is said to have been taken, however, with the view of saving ammunition. Commnnlsta Are Hnnarry. The communist government In Munich Is said to be experiencing great dif ficulty in feeding the population and the large number of soldiers concen trated there. . PARIS, April 29. (Havas.) Renewed agitation in almost all parts of Ger many is reported in German advices. Railway employes in the Berlin district are threatening to bring on a general strike May 7 If their claims are not satisfied, while In the Ruhr industrial district the Spartacans are again dls playing great activity and endeavoring to organize a general strike. Already there have been outbreaks in which casualties have occurred. Strikes On la Silesia. Electric railway employes in Silesia are reported to have struck. BERLIN. April 29. (Via Copenhagen.! The peace committee of the German national assembly has been called to meet Friday at the chancellor's palace in Berlin, the newspapers Announce. LONDON. April 29. The Evening Standard claims that It has the highest authority for asserting that William Hohenzollern will be prosecuted and tried, not as originator of the war, but as one of the Instigators of crimes as provided In the report of the commis sion on war responsibility. COBLENZ, April 29. (By the Asso ciated Press,) Uplifted In spirit by prospects of peace and newspaper re ports that the German peace delegates had passed Cologne en route to Ver sailles, five Coblens civilians hoisted German flags. The colors fluttered from their staffs only a short time, all being lowered by the military police. German Colors Forbidden. Army regulations prohibit the flying of German colors except by special permission. COPENHAGEN.- April 28. Hundreds of Intellectuals are being arrested at Budapest, according to a Berlin de spatch to the Berlingske Tidende. It is reported that one of the people's commissaries has explained that they would be held as hostages and would "pay with their blood for every step the Koumanlans take within the Iron tiers of Hungary." ZURICH. April 29. (French - wire less service.) A force of 2000 bolshe vikl marching Into Hungary from Rus sia has been disarmed in Galicia by the Ukranians. reports to Vienna news papers say. ... . - OST 73,861 American Soldiers Gave Their Lives for Victory Surely YOU Can Loan Your Spare Funds sJ 1 tv O 1 Victory Liberty Loan CABLES REVERT TO OWNERS C"ontlnud From First Pape.) soon as legislation could be obtained from congress safeguarding the Inter ests of the owners. Mr. Burleson said his. views as to the wisdom of govern ment ownership of the land communica tion lines were not changed, but as it was apparent these views were not shared by the new congress, the only step left was to return the systems. - Dismissal of Case Loons. Government control of the cable lines has been exercised in the midst of con troversies, legal action to restrain the postmaster-general from seizing their ines having been filed In a New York federal court by the Commercial Cable and the Commercial Pacific Cable com panies, who asserted that while the presidential proclamation taking over the lines was signed November 2. the actual seizure was made November IS. five days after the signing of the armi stice when the companies contended no need for such action existed. The New York courts refused to issue the restraining order and appeal was taken to the United States supreme court. Arguments have been heard by the supreme court on the appeal and a de cision la pending. court officials Intimated tonight that attorneys for the plaintiff companies mtgni seek an agreement with the gov ernment to nave the case dismissed. Duplication Held Waste. Mr. Burleson, in his statement giving me reasons which Impelled him to recommend return of . telephone and telegraph systems, said: 'rr a number of years the post master general has advocated the gov ernment ownership of telegraph and telephone systems and has urged that they should be blended with and be come a parr of the postal establish ment as essential agencies of communication. "He Is firmly convinced If such a policy were entered upon that where there are now three telegraph and telephone lines and sometimes four. occupying the same highway, entailing mmense waste, better and cheaper service could be given by one co ordinated wire agency: that by the abolition 5f various supervisory forces of the wire systems which would then be unnecessary, by complete modifica- lon of the systems, thereby eliminat- ng the operating cost of the useless system: by thoroughly co-ordinating the remaining telegraph and telephone services: by the consolidation of of fices and the utilization of postoffice buildings where practicable: by the use of stamps as a means of eliminating costly and complicated accountings and he utilization of the auditing and au counting forces of the postoffice de partment, thereby largely eliminating hose of the wire systems, that such vinirs could be effected that would nable those in authority, during nor mal times, to materially reduce the cost of the wire service to the people- War Boosts Operating; Cost. As to the wisdom of this course the postmaster-general has not changed his views. At the time the government took over the control of the wires ex traordinary and abnormal conditions existed, resulting in a constantly in creasing and very high operating cost. which has necessarily continued. The Mrlv rnm in (- nf thn AtmiHtlfe the nr. ' centuated cost of operation and dimin ishing revenues, the uncertainty in the period of government control, pre sented, such a situation that those in charge for the government were able to accomplish but little by way of uni fication or to go forward with their policies of economy, ane? consequently were soon brought face to face with a very serious, but quite simple, ploblem, to wit: Given increasing cost of oper ating plus diminishing revenues, equals what? There can be but one answer Increase of rates. "This action was taken. It was quite unfortunate, and was taken with deep est regret, but it was imperative. To an intelligent mind this increase of rates constitutes no sound reason for a change of view on the original prop osition that it is economically wise for the government to own the wire sys tems as a part of the postal establish ment and in no sense tnds to refute the soundness of the contention that through such ownership savings would be effected that would result in a re duction of rtaes. Legislation Is Needed. ' "There Is quite a diffrence between government ownership and government operation for a limited and very uncer tain period. The present control af fords no more a test of the virtus of government ownership than could be had through a temporary receivership in a court proceeding. "That the contention of the post-matser-general for a complete unifica tion of the various wire systems is both wise from an economic standpoin and supported by sound business prln ciples has been confirmed by the ablest experts on electrical transmission America. 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How ever, for some time It has teen ap parent that the first of these alterna tives does not meet with the approba tion of the new congress. Such being the case, there is but one course to pur sue, and that is to return the various wire properties to their respective own ers after urging proper legislation to safeguard the interest of all the prop erties, in fairness to the investors and to insure proper service to the publlc. "Havlng reached this conclusion, the postmaster-general does not hesitate as to hi3 line of action." (v 3r 555 a fi3 Head The Oregonian classified ads. SYNOPSIS OP THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE Providence Washington Insurance Company. of Providence in the state of Rhode Island, on the 31st day of December. 1918. made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon, pursuant to law: Capital. Amount of capital std'ck paid up $1,000,000.00 Income. Net premiums received during the year 6.072.054.44 Interest, dividends and rents re ceived during the year 282.588.20 Income from other sources re ceived during the year 21,904.31) Total Income THOMPSON'S 61 12 1 ( V THOMPSONS Deep .Curve Lemfi Are Hotter (Trademark Registered -$6,377,237.03 Disbursement. Net looses paid during the year including adjustment expenses 3,676,036.43 Dividends paid on capital stock during the year 120,000.00 Commissions and salaries Paid during the year 1.625.400.19 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year 327.089.85 Amount of all other expendi tures 207.939.99 THE SIGN OF PERFECT & SERVICE 3 V? QEyes carefully examined fand properly fitted with J ! glasses without the use of y ft. drugs by skilled specialists, m Vv (Complete lens grinding? factory on the premises. g ( SAVE YOUR E YES jjfi THOMPSON! 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