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Section One 84 Pages SIX SECTIONS Pages 1 to 20 VOL. XXXV NO. 17. I'ORTLAXD, .OREGON, ' SUNDAY MORXIXO; AFUII. 23, 1016 PRICE FIVE CENTS. -AMERICA PREPARES FOR EMERGENCIES Every Situation With Germany Considered. BERLIN1S GREATLY SURPRISED Note More Drastic and Final Than Was Expected. CAPITAL FEELING INTENSE Whether, RrcuU. Will Extend to Aus tria Icwnds on Nature of Itc jly of Vienna to Note in Case of Inipcrator. IIKKI.IX. April via Ludn. April 2.t. James W. lirrard, tire American Ambiaaadgr, railed on Korflsn MiniMter von Jacn Innlcht' and va clor(rl ih hlan for almoot a "hour. Tbrlr A iMruiutl.H vtan of an Informal nmtxi rr. Imperial Chaarrllor wn Brlinuli Ifollwre nltl rrtura to Merlin tomorrow Cuodi) morning, hut a rrply to the Ararrliio note arrd not be eipreted for mrral da;, poxalbly not fcefore W ednendar. WASHINGTON. April 22. The Cnited Prates fJovprnniPiit has made tentative p'ans lo cope with every conceivable actuation which would result from the M!T-.ranre of diplomatic relations with Ofrmany. For reasons they Indicated were obvious, officials tonight de.emed it nnviee to discuss the details. There is reason for believing, how ever, that some of the plans have to do with the safety of American citi zens in the German empire and that others have to do with America"n su pervision of Herman interests in the countries at war with Germany Many ralftpatehea Sent. Numerous dispatches on these sub jects are understood to have been sent to diplomatic representatives abroad particularly to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. The dispatches are regarded ay bemr highly .confidential and for that reason information concerning them is unavailable here. . Among the dispatches received from Ambassador Gerard within the past two days wa one describing the man ner in which the American note ' de claring the purpose of the United Slates to break relations unless Ger infrrty modified her submarine meth od was received by German officials. While- this. t'.o. was held as confiden tial, it is understood the Ambassador represented Berlin officials as being greatly surprised at the -demands of the Washington Government. Mr. Gerard is said to have gathered at leant an .impression that the foreign office had no idea the communication would be as drastic and final as it was. Keeling Not Optimistic. The general feeling here tonight ap parently was not all optimistic regard ing the outcome. In tne absence of further information advices from Am bassador Gerard, the day's press dis patches were read closely. Indications in them that' there might be delays or requests for additional information were regarded by officials as signifi cant. It is well understood, however, that the Vnitej States under no con sideration will permit delay and dis cussion unless it is preceded by a dec laration from Germany that she has so modified her submarine warfare as to bring it within the scope of interna tional law. i Dispatches of an important nature are expected hourly from Ambassador Gerard. It Is expected that before Monday, or certainly soon thereafter, the Ambassador will bo in a position' on- lu-l.-! on t'ur 1!. t'flumn 1. AMERICAN PLANES REDUCED TO JUNK only two ijetukx ox oyx WINGS I'KOM MEXICO. Remaining Craft Unable ' to lieep Aviators Out of Range of En emy Bullets in -Mountains. COUWIBL'S, V. M.. April 22. (Spe cial.) The United States Army is in possession of a half dozen piles of junk that were aeroplanes at the beginning of the present campaign in Mexico. Of the eight flying machines that sailed south frdm here a short time ago, in the tmase for Villa, only two were able to fly back this week. The remainder of the others, are "somewhere in Mex ico," and the engines are to be brought back on motor trucks, the rest having been burned. Their piTots are now making a return to Columbus by slow means of trans portation. In other words, the Mexican campaign has already proved just about the last chapter in the history of the "first squadron on the aviation, section of the United States Army Signal Corps." The two aeroplanes that did succeed in flyrng back to the expeditionary base gained the titles of "suicide ma chines" some time before they returned and it is expected that they will be condemned next - wek. The machines were inferior in numerous details. Their engines were too weak to carry a man above rifle range when flying over high altitudes, such as Mexican service required. BONNET OUTLOOK IS GOOD Fair Weather Is Official Easter J'orecat for Portland. "It looks good for the Kaster bon net." announced the weatherman last night, as he made up his forecast for today. lie says it will be a fair day with northwesterly winds. According to his findings Portland, at least, will offer an excellent place for the Kaster parade, no matter what the weather may do elsewhere. Of course, there might come an un expected freak of weather that would start things sprinkling, but that is a remote probability, so says the fore caster. BAKER FOR "SPEEDING UP" Secretary Asks That Hostile Lcgis lation Be Iefcated. WASHINGTON. April 22. Secretary Baker wrote a letter to Speaker Clark today urging that pending legislation to abolish so-called speeding-up meth ods at Government arsenals be de feated. He said there was no evidence that the system had imposed regulations unduly severe on workmen, as implied by labor leaders who are advocating its abolition. Operation of the system at the Watertown arsenal was cited by the Secretary as showing that ideal results had been obtained under it. DEPORTATION IS ORDERED California to Send Criminals Home to Land of Birth. SAN FRANCISCO. April 22. All foreign-born criminals convicted in Cali fornia are to be deported to the land of tneir birth under the "undesirable citizen" law, according to plans made public here today. by Immigration Com missioner Edward White. The first step in the new campaign was taken yesterday when an Irishman and a Peruvian were ordered deported from here. The former was arrested for robbing a church poor box and the latter for burglary. Lebanon Plans Cleanup Day. LEBANON. Or.. April 22. (Special.) Lebanon will celebrate "Cleanup day" next Thursday, April 27. Mayor Un derwood has issued a proclamation set ting aside that day .for that purpose, and the Civic Improvement Club and other local organizations are co-opVrat-ing to make the day a success. PICTORIAL SIDELIGHTS ON r LUMBER BUSINESS Off flOR E;;u!S Overproduction Main Danger Foreseen. GROWING MARKET . EXPECTED Increasing Cost of Operation Keeps Profits Restricted. PROHIBITION EFFECT. GOOD Oreat Demand for Torest Products Ukela- to . Continue lor Sonic ' Years After War and Ocean Traffic Will Swell Orders. For the first time in nearly a decade the lumber industry of the Northwest la operating on a normal basis. This does not mean that the lumber business is 'experiencing a boom. It means, simply, that all the camps and mills of this territory are -running at capacity and disposing of their prod ucts at a fair market price. " It is the healthiest condition that the industry has -known since the begin ning of the decline in 1907. Moreover, it is probable that condi tions will continue to improve slightly for the next few months. Lumbermen look for a steady - demand for their pcoducts at profitable prices for an indefinite period. Over-production la Menace. One unfavorable element injects it self into the situation, however. That is the danger of over-production. Un less the lumber interests of the North west use oragnized precaution in regu lating their output that danger, which now is a possibility, will become a real ity before the end of the year, lumber men assert. With the exception of less than half a dozen mills, the big plants now are running steadily on a 10-hour-a-day schedule. Those few exceptions are running 20 hours a day. having a sur plus of orders. The aggregate volume of orders re ceived by the mills in Oregon and Washington in the " latt ten days ex ceeds their present output by 11 per cent, according to estimates of the West Coast Lumber Association. A substantial excess has been experienced each week for the last few weeks, and some over-enthusiastic operators are said to be' planning to meet the situa tion by running day and night. Caution .la Advocated. More conservative millmen are tem pering their enthusiasm with caution. They prefer to continue on the present basis lest they turn present excess of demand into an excess of production, thereby flooding the market with lum ber and breaking the prices. Even1 on the present market the mills are not earning an undue profit. The average price of mill products now is approximately $13.50 a thousand feet. This figure includes everything that is cut out of a log, some material running above and some below this quotation. The market is good and steady at this figure, but shows no signs of an immediate general advance. In fact, it is due to decline If the threatened overproduction is consummated.. The producing capacity of the North west is so great that If all the mills started to work on a 20-hour basis present prices could not be maintained long. Advance Comparatively Small. The lumbermen are fully appreciative of this situation, however, and are ex pected to co-operate to prevent an over supplied market. ' While the price of, lumber has ad vanced substantially within the last (Concluded on Page 7, Column l. SOME EVENTS IN THE INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 08 degrees. - . TODAl.'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Mexico. i . American movemenla , In Mexico Indicate withdrawal. Section 1.. page 6. Six of eight aeroplanes used in Mexico now junk; Section 1. page 1. , . . , War. -Holland fears famine as result of blockade. Section 1, page 4.' t - ' - -Foreign. China to 'have "responsible government." - 'Section 1,- page 6.' National. Washington preparing for any emergency in crisis with Germany. Section 1, page 1 Senate backs down and sugar, duty remains . Indefinitely. Section 1, page :i. German Embam- protests photographing of , Von Igels papers. Section 1. page I1. , Domestic. - - - Women denounce decision that Bacon wrote - Shakespeare's plays. Section 1, page 1. Wyoming train- robber . caught, . confesses. Section 1, page -. Ford willing to accept Presidency. Section 1, page' o. Sport. Tacific roast League results: Salt Lake . 4, Portland 0; Vernon 0, Oakland 3; San Francisco 6.. Los Angeles 5. Section 2, page 2. Early season baiting averages in major leagues ana high. Section a. page 2. Professional and business men to compete in colt today. Section 2. page 4. Little girls' swim at Shattuek School tanK proposed. Section 2, page 5. Fishing season r.ow at its height. Section 2, page 4. Stanford crew wins varsity eight race from California. Section 2, page 3. Tho Orcgonian roller skating marathon will bo held June 8. Section 2, page 4. Rusel Smith, golfer. coming fast, say friends and card-index- syjstem. section 2. page 4. Penn crew defeats Yale. Section 2, page 5. Fred Murray ties world hurdle record. Sec tion 2. page 6. - - ' Klepfer for Cleveland holds Browns to 1-to-l tie In 13 Innings. Section. 2. pagv3 -. Northwestern League to . open Thursday. Section 2. page 2. Jack Roche has reputation as slugger. Sec tion 2, page 3. California wins inter-collcge baseball title. Section 2. page 6. Taelflc Northwest. Berry deal ts on at Hood River. Section 1. page 9 Legislative candidates pledge themselves to economy, sectkm 1, page S. Idaho Democrats In battle royal over control of party. Page 0. Returned Philippine resident scores Adminis tration. Section 1, page Seattle jurist says all malt drinks are against tow. Section 1. page 1. Washington is playing gumshoe politics. Sec tion 1, page o. Commercial and Marine. Highest price of season paid for Lebanon mohair pool. Section 1, page 19. Oats held more firmly by Northwestern farmers, section 1, page 10. Sharp break In Chicago wheat, owing to strained foreign relations. Section 1. page 19. Heavv selling carries all stock prices down- . . Ci-llnn 1 Mfi 10. Contract with - Scandinavians for fourth j steamer is pending. section i'-" Torpedoed Inverlyon carried Portland man In crew." Section. 2, page 13. ileal Kstate and Building. Laurelhurst sctlvity now like that of 10in, sajs Paul ". Murphy. Seclloo 3,. page .11. Milwaukie votes 20.0O0 for new grammar school, section 3, pa-ge 12. F N. Clark, back from 7"f0-mlle trip, says ' Portland Is much, talked about. Section 3, page 12. . Automobiles and Roads. Studebaker' gold ' chassis proves magnet in Portland. Section 4. page 8. Hudson super-six stock car makes speed rec ord. Section 4, page 7. Prediction made that 30.000 cars will be licensed in Oregon. Section 4. page 9. Duimage-Manley Company to build new $30,- 000 home. Section 4. page 10. Goodrich good roads signs go up before June 1 if conditions are me(. necnon , page 10. New Saxonar makes run to Klamath Falls. Section-4, page 10. Big car rescues horse and wagon this time. Section 4, page J-. Oregon Hotel Association to ask Legislature to enact now laws. .Section 1, page 11. 'Portland and 'Vicinity. Plan started to reduce taxation in Oregon. Section 1, page 1. Lumber business back to normal basis. Sec tion 1. page 1. i Roso Festival votes swamp count. Section 1, page 10. Dr. Crosbv appointed president of Junior Agricultural College. Section 1, page 13. Reed College will elect on May 9. Section 1. page 13. Report on city meat inspection goes to Council. Section 1. page 12. Unfair fight on Greeley-atrpet - extension changed. Section 1, page 14. , Highway dedication at Rose Festival time attracts attention. Section 1, page 14. Egg hunt will be held on Westover Ter races by children tomorrow. Section 1, page 14. Mayor names clean-up workers. Section 1, page 16. Canadian woman returns from war hospitals. Section l't page 16. Location for dog pound now puzzles Port land. Section 1. page 18. Classification of forest lands In Oregon made. Section 1. page 18. CommunloDer Llghtner reviews his work for 12 years. Section 1, page 18. WEEJC'S NEWS ARE FURNISHED HEREUNDER PLAN TO REDUCE TAXATION STARTED 32 Counties Repre sented at Meeting. STATE LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED Methods Proposed Differ, but Sentiment Is Unanimous. BOND SUGGESTION HOOTED Tilts Occur Over K.vpendit ures for Educational Institutions and Ioad Improvements; Ses- I sion at Albany Suggested. OFFICERS ELECTED BY STATE . TAXPAYERS LEAGUE OF ' OREGON YESTERDAY. President, Walter Pierce, Union County. First vice-president, C. L, I law ley, Polk County. Second vice-president, J.' A. Wes terlund, Jackson County. Third vice-president, A. M. La Follettei Marion County. Secretary-treasurer, Robert E. Smith, Douglas County. Organised effort to reduce taxation in the state at large and in the indi vidual tax-levying districts of the state is the object of the State Taxpayers' League of Oregon, which was formed at an allviay session in the Imperial Hotel yesterday. ' Manifestly, more or less disagreement exists among the members of the or ganization as to how this reduction can be effected, but the desire to reduce seems to be. held by all. Delegates representing 32 of the 35 counties of the state attended the con vention, and plans for economizing were almost an numerous as delegates. However, with a prevailing unanimity of sentiment in favor of the main idea of reducing taxes some substantial progress was made toward this end. Further Meeting; Arranged. For Instance, tentative plans were laid for another meeting of the league at Salem next Winter while the Legis latures in session; a committee was named tt co-operate with the county officials.of the state in working out a uniform system of road legislation-; preliminary steps were taken to effect an elimination of some of the useless boards , and commissions now serving the state, and numerous other con structive suggestions were put forth, which, if carried out. will result in material savings to the taxpayers. The convention got down to business yesterday morning and stayed right on the job through the afternoon and evening, winding up late last night with the adoption of the resolutions committee's report. Addreaaea Are Heard. Through the morning and afternoon sessions the meeting listened to aome Instructive talks on taxation by per sons informed on the subject, but it was apparent that nearly everyone was waiting for the most interesting pro ceeding of the day adoption of reso lutions. Meanwhile, however, the programme of prearranged speeches occasioned some lively debates. Delegates on the floor did not hesitate to express their view .whenever they , disagreed with speakers. The first such disagreement arose at the morning session, when C. E. Spence (Concluded on Page 16. Column 4.) NEAR BEERS ARE HELD FORBIDDEN ALL 31 ALT DHIXKS INCLUDED IX BAX, SAVS SEATTLE JURIST. I'roseciitor Will Not' Enforce Kulc Until Supreme Court Acts, If Early Hearing Is Assured. . SEATTLE. Wash., April 22. A mem orable decision . handed down by Judge Gilliam in the Superior Court today holds that ' the state prohibition law, forbidding the sale of "malt liquor," includes all liquids of malt origin or containing malt extract. If Judge Gilliam's decision . should .and. sale of all the near-beer drinks would be stopped. Prosecutor Lundin says that he will not enforce the in terpretation of the law made by Judge Gilliam until the point has been passed upon by the State Supreme Court, pro vided the case can be heard in May. Should it be deemed impracticable to place the case on the calendar next tnonth, the prosecutor probably will order the sale of malt liquors stopped until the Supreme Court rules. Judge Gilliam's decision was made in the test case brought by the state against Alvin M. Hemrich, president of the Hemrich Brothers Brewing Com pany, which was heard a month ago. In his decision Judge Gilliam said, in part: "I am satisfied that the intention of the law is that all the kinds of liquors specifically enumerated are prohibited, irrespective of whether they contain intoxicating properties or not, and that the .phrase in question was intended to cover other and unenumerated kinds of liquor or liquid." "It is argued that the term 'malt liquor' necessarify implies an alcoholic or intoxicating liquid, and consequently by that 'life staff is not included within that term; that 'life staff is a malt liquid and not a malt liquor. This construction of the term liquor ap pears to be entirely, too refined." POPCORN WAGONS ON JOB .Itfdge Davis Grants Injunction and Venders Laugh at City. Popcorn wagons are bacK on the city's principal business district on better terms than before they were ousted recently, by city ordinance; They are back and doing business without license, and are protected from arrest by an injunction issued by Circuit Judge Davis. City Commissioner Bige iow is a very angry official. .Mr. Bigelow says the injunction hear ing was held by Judge Davis on Friday witlTOut the city officials having been notified. The first they knew of it, he says, was when the popcorn people appeared in their usual places yester day and gave license officials the laugh when they tried to force them to move. LISBON EXPELS GERMANS All Not Fit for Military Duty Must Leave Within Five Days. PARIS, April 22. As a result of the entrance of Portugat" into the war, Germans in that country have been notified to depart within five days, va Lisbon dispatch to the Temps says. . This order applies to all Germans ex cept men of military 'age and fitness, who are to be interned on Terciera Island, one of the Azores, where a state of siege has been declared. All commercial transactions with Germans, The Temps says, are declared void. MONTENEGRIN PRINCE ILL Sledieal Conference Diagnoses Case as Pulmonary Tuberculosis. GENEVA, via Paris, April 22. It is reported from Vienna that consultation of doctors has been held in the case of Prince Mirko, of Montenegro, who is now in a sanitarium at the Austrian capital. After the conference a medical bul letin was issued stating that the Prince was suffering frpm pulmonary tuber culosis, with a rising temperature, but was in no immediate danger. BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. woin E BACON DIDNTWRITE PLAYS Decision by Chicago Judge Denounced. LOVE SCENES DECLARED KEY Trust Girls for Knowing Old Beast Wasn't Sentimental. L CIPHER IS DISREGARDED Director in Drama League Says Jur ist Is Making Chicago Ridicu lous; Baconian Theory Held Monstrous Delusion. CHICAGO, April 22. (Special.) Ba con never could have done it. and here's the reason: He couldn't have written the. love scenes. If Bacon had . done "Romeo and Juliet," instead of having Romeo climb the balcony he would have had him whiz up to the door in a low-cut racer and spill something like this: "Make it speedy, kid. Yes, your hat's on straight. Hop in." Calm and philosophical were Bacon's dissertations on the tender passion. There is not a single burning caressjln all of his "copj'." Chicago Clubwomen -Shocked. Chicago women discovered this to day. Shocked by the news that Judge Richard S. Tuthill. in the Circuit Court, had uncoupled the Bard of Avon from his glory and had given the decision to Lord. Bacon, they paused for a moment just a moment. Then a certain un easiness in the region of their hearts made them feel that it was nothing -but a "frameup" on the "Big Bill" of three centuries ago. They knew that Bacon didn't have it in him and they expressed their undying loyalty to Shakespeare. Back stage at the Fine Arts Theater, where the art literature committee of the Chicago Woman's Club was cele brating the tercentenary of Shake speare's death todwy with song, story and dance, JO women made it as plain as day that they -did not intend to shift their devotion to his lordship. Love Scene Not Bacon's, "We women will lake no cognizance of the court's decision," said Mrs. Vibe K. Spicer, chairman of the committee. Now we don't know whetlrtr Shake speare wrote the plays or not we Jut-t think he wrote them, and that's good enough for us. But one thing we do know. Bacon didn't write them. Why?" A slow blush spread over her fea tures. "Well, the love scenes I've read some of Bacon's and I know he coulda't have written those love scenes." 'You're right there! You're right there!" cried the other women. "Bacon was a cold-hearted old beast. He couldn't have written a line of it. You can have your old cipher, but trust the women to interpret the love scenes. The next thing you'll be trying lo con vince us is that the Sphinx is a statue of William Jenning's Bryan." Then the show went on. It was a good one an elaborate one, and it was all Shakespeare. Bacon didn't win a precinct. Decision Viewed aa Joke. ,. Elsewhere the withering scorn of the true devotees to the Shakespearean shrine 'was loosed on the Tuthill de cision. Horace Bridges, one of the directors of the Drama League, led the attack. "It is one of the biggest jokes ever made," he said. "Judge Tuthill has done his best to rrfake Chicago ri- . dlculous. It Ks a monstrous oc-iusion (Concluded on Page 4. Column Vy 7Ce WK SgSTS aorTfy nf US"-STHE " m ' , V :, ;- , , , ' , , , ,, , ' ,
