VILLA CLAIMS
OBREGOt! ARF.1Y
Claims of Carranzista Victory
in Mexico Denied at Villa's
. " Headquarters Where Con
trary Is Called Truth.
ADVANCE TRENCHES OF
OBREGON ARE CAPTURED
Carranzistas Burned Ten Mil
'' itary Trains to Prevent
. Their Capture.
: Juarez," Mex., June 7. (I. N. S.)
A message from Villa headquarters at
Slloa, dated June 5, was received here
today. It reads
"Our forces have captured General
Obregon's advance trenches and taken
many prisoners.
"General Obregon is surrounded by
a ring" of Iron. He must -surrender or
- - Telegraphing to El Paso today. Gen
eral Angeles denied claims that Car
ranzistas .had registered a great vic
tory at Leon, claiming that all the ad
vantage rested with the Villlstas. His
message saia in pan:
we nave, driven the followers of
General Obregon 'from their entrenched
j military trains to prevent them from
failing into our hands.
In a very few more days the fight
ing will give General Villa one of the
" most brilliant successes In- Mexican
SSBVS f v
Jbx-Maffistrate oi
B. O&stoa rXigglCbotAam, 1A Ban,
. Mekd Up ud Tttu to Xorpltal but
V. THV. A T.f HlMfMM B aAa
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Newi Yirk.t- Jon - 7. -(L N. S.) A
few- Tmment after he became recon
ciled wl th his ;wl f and chtldren, from
Whoroj,, be,sejerated. Irt I lLv tormer
Magistrate E. Gastou Htgglnbotham of
Brooklyn died - today , in , the . charity
wtM at St Matv'. hMritil . ' Ha wan
In rags and Jils toes protruded frdm
hlsVahoesy f ;;S ;yfe:s -.v'-i
i igginoomam : registered at trie Hos
pital last night tinder the name of John
omnn. . j ujny Miniums oeiure ins
death he admitted his identltftoand sent
for his wife. He was a man of educa
tion and refinement, but; abandoned his
home four . years ,. ago, and for two
years lived among tramps and . dere
licts. . i"'- j- .-. -
Two Victims of
Murder Buried
BCr. and Mrs. Charles Ogllvy Were
. ' Wall Knows in Umatilla. County
Exhibited at Stat Talr; Won Prises.
Pendleton, 'Or., June 7.- The J uneral
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogilvy, vic
tims of the ! recent double murder at
California Gulch, was held this morn
ing in Pilot Rock, and' was attended
by hundreds of the friends -of the
pioneer-couple.-: Nearly all' of the 11
surviving children were present. They
iyare: : Mrs. Ellen Belts of Pilot Rock,
Mrs. Beeman of British Columbia, Mrs.
yBlystone of Walla Walla, Mrs. Earl
Dudley r of Weston,' Mrs. Ixii Kretrer
i of The Dalles, David and Walter Ogil
vy of Yakima,; Roy Ogilvy of Salt
take, 'Clarence. ' Ogilvy, living in Ne-
. ?BUt Jain. v. v, iituisiint ui rnui
' Rock-and Miss Elsie Ogilvy, who was
living with her parents
Mr. and Mrsi Ogilvy -".'ere among
iiio Deal Known rmuenis or me tniKli;
and were highly respected by. everyone.
; Mr. Ogilvy was about 70 years old, and
' For many years they had lived on their
t lonely homestead in the south nd of
the county. The land was principally
rraslntr land. - but .with true Xentoh
thrift and. Industry, the old peopie had
converted one part of It Into a garden.
: tn . whtK thv ralo Cil Dav.pnl k.,n
grasses. 4 Each ;year they brought in
to the Umatilla county fair an exhibit,
f and always carried off honors., Last
year they took, their "exhibit to the
siaie iair, ana won ine nrst prize for
- the best exhibit raised on a single
farm. - . : i. ; ',-- ?-
Lee Dale, whom the old man before
, his dfeath accused ot the shooting, still
maintains x he knows nothing of the
double murder ather than what he has
heard; but the state has a strong case
against him. - -.The grand jury, which
convenes this week, will consider the
evidence against him.
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PROPOSAL TO REMOVE'
RECLAMATION OFFICE
OF
Every Effort Will Be Made to
Have Order Rescinded; Or-
egon : Projects Menaced.
. The order removing-the Oregon of
fice. of the United States reclamation
service to Denver becomes effective
July 1. :
It will never become effective, sf
Portland and Oregon protest can avail.
Senators Chamberlain and Lane have
filed protest ; with Franklin K. , Lane,
secretary of itbe interior.
The trade and commerce bureau of
th Chamber of Commerce has been
instructed by the directors of the
chamber to-do everything possible to
prevent the change.
If the Oregon office in Portland of
the reclamation .service is abolished
supervision of government reclamation
projects in Oregon will hereafter be
exercised from Denver,
Initiative Prime Wecessit j.
It is said that the man in charge,
though an engineer, has never had ex
perience in reclamation of arid 'and
semi-arid lands.
Tfce supervision of projects author
ized and under way Is not, however,
the most serious aspect of the change
ordered. ,
Ability to kake mutative in reclama
tion, to secure government leadership
and cooperation in irrigating lands
and making them ready for settlement,
is acknowledged as a prime necessity
in developing and populating Oregon,
particularly that portion of the state
east of the Cascade mountains.
For instance, there is a sngantic
project for the reclamation ofall the
tillable lands in the Deschutes basin.
; There are proposed projects scat
tered throughout the state, like the
Deschutes, not yet authorized but
hitherto favorably considered.
These only can be carried through
the initial stages by frequent confer
ence of: officials and citizens of exact
information closely in touch with the
local situation.
It would be impossible to understand
the situation if dealt with from a dis
tance and with an office located in a
region where problems are different.
Some $10,000,000 from sale of pub
lic lands m Oregon have been spent
reclaiming lands in other states. Sec
retary of the .'Interior Lan has him
self said that Oregon has . not ha 1 a
a fair deal In., the matter of reciama
tien. "It Js believed that when - the
harm , rrrvl.a- on, hm slan nf r.
nioving the Oregon of fice f roro. Port
itnitdawr i; realised by the ee-ret&ry-
through - strong - representation
made to him by the Oregon delegati6a
in conares-s thu Chamber of Cumm,
I and, others, toe will - haya tha order
Supplies on Way to
Starving Mexicans
Galveston, Texas, June 7. (U. P.)
A government transport carrying Red
Cross supplies, will sail for Mexico to
night. On the return voyage the ves
sel will bring Ameriran and other for
eign refugees from Vera Cru.
SERIOUS
MPORT
THE DARDANELLES TODAY IMPREGNABLE AS
GIBRALTAR," AND ENEMIES NEVER CANTOKE
CONSTANTINOPLE,' ASSERTS ENVER PASHA
Turkey's Minister of War
Gives Interesting Interview
on Country's Position,
(NOTE fcater Tjihi is Turkey's man of
destiny. Brilliant, polished by diplomatic serr
Ice In Berlin, learned la war tactics notwith
standing bis 33 - years, by bis campaign in
Tripoli, a nephew by marriage of the sultan,
and all powerful anions: the Young Turks, he
it the outstanding figure in the Turkey of
today.)
By Henry Wood.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
(Copyright. 1815, by the United Press; Copy.
. righted ia Great Britain.
- Constantinople. June 6. Via Berlin,
The Hague and London. "The Iar.
danelles today are . impregnable as
Gibraltar more a. impassable than at
any previous time. , si..:.
"Sedd-ul-Bahr, which was captured
by the-allied fleet, consisted merely of
out of date fortresses which answered
in no way to the exigencies of modern
warfare and were merely nominal ob
stacles to the forcing of the straits. In
the meantime, their places have been
taken by a complete system of most
modern defenses.
: -We had ample time to; install these:
they have been; constructed along the
FESTIVAL WEEK"
splendid illustrations and news in I
'rl" .'
which please send sbt issue of
BRITISH WRECK
BIG ZEPPE
English Aviators Attack and
Blow : Up i German Airship
Near Brussels Which falls
on Convent, Kills Nuns.
ENGLISH " EAST COAST
RAIDED BY ZEPPELIN
Six Persons Killed and Forty
Injured in Most Recent
Raid, London Admits.
London, June 7. With the destruc
tion of a, Zeppelin in Belgium by
British aviators, another , raid upon
the English east coast, ' and other
activity, reports of aerial attacks
today all but foreshadowed engage
ments between the allies and German
forces upon land ! and sea.
Five persons were killed and 40
injured in the new raid upon the. east
coast last night. Two fires were also
started by incendiary bombs hurled
from th hostile airship. . Berlin
claimed serious damage to have been
Inflicted upon Harwich by an attack
on Saturday, but reports today ap
peared to Indicate that the balance
was in favor of the British following
the numerous engagements.
The British aviators dropped bombs
upon the Evere hangar of the Ger
mans, north of Brussels, and It was
destroyed by fire.. But" the' most
spectacular feat of '' the English was
in the destruction of the Zeppelin near
Ghent. .
, Six bombs were hurled ; upon the
huge airship from a height of 6000
feet. It was destroyed and fell to the
ground, but exploded with' such terrific
force that one of the British biplanes
engaged in the attack, was capsized.
Hurtling through space In ' the wake
of the falling Zeppelin, it appeared the
British aviators were to be dashed to
piecea with thej enemy air cruiser.- The
aviator nd -baerve struggled deaper-ateiy-to
right their machine and when
within leas than . J00'fet1frfrojK ' tha
ground gained control of the aero-1
plane and landed v safely '.behind the
German lines.' The observer sprang
out,: whirled lh propellers -of the crafty
again started the engine and the" Brit
ish airmen were' off, headed back for
their own lines before , Germans in
neighboring fields could get the range.
The attack upon the Zeppelin de
stroyed near Ghent was made by
Flight Sublieutenant Warneford at X
o clock this morning, it was officially
announced. Warneford is a young Ca
nadian. He is a, recent addition to the
British aviation corps, having . taken
hisf lying lesson February 21,
most advanced lines for resisting
every possible phase both of land and
of sea attacks and of every possible
arm of modern warfare.. 'The straits
today are, defended as never before. If
thejrean be forced--which r doubt -It
will only be- at the cost of a sacrifice
that would only be justified; if their
passage constitutes the one supreme
end of the entire war. ; Meantime, by
the help of God Almighty, . we shall
let no one pass them." J 1
Eavu Pailu Oranta Interview. .
. The man who' addressed me was En
ver' Pasha, Turkish minister of wary
vice : generalissimo of the Ottoman
army and navy 38 years of . age, ; the
youngest than who has ever attained
that position. He spoke with an energy
and decision j that, gave indication of
some of the vqualltlea which elevated
himxto Ua exalted post. . - v j . :
Enver Pasha, today ; received me , at
general headquarters, at Stamboul.
where, constantly v surrounded by an
Immense staff of officers, h i works
day and night. ' ' 5 -XJ. -ri k. -
"From the . side of the Boeporua we
are equally defended, the minister of
war i declared. '.'Entirely ' aside from
tCoocIaded on age Thirl
Three)
I Bnver Pasha. ; ,'
Few? Votes Oast
During Morning
- In the downtown precincts
the vote this morning was very
light. . In precinct 4t, at .128
Park street, -only. r seven votea
were "'-cast up tollO o'clock.
There ; are 198 registered in
ftbat -precinct, j At -the same
bour but 17 votes "; had been
cast-lri precinct 62, which has
a registration of 296. The vot
ing place is at the Y. M. C A.
At the- eity ball precinct. No.
, IS votes were cast up to
10:30. At 11 o'clock only 10
votes had . been cast . in pre
cinct 55, at the courthouse.
The registration is 275. In pre
cinct 63, on Fourth between
Morrison and Yamhill, 35 votes
had been cast by 11:15 o'clock.
The ' precinct registration is 289.
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Above, Commissioner Brewster; 'below Ctonimissioner Blgelowii f ' JBoth
misstoner .Blgelow . voted t Prencinct 167 t the Washington High school, tnd was1 th second per--son
to vote in that precinct. -'Commissioner Brewster Tc4ed "snortlyf after 0! oclock" in Ieeinctyly
.; -Twenty if oprth and! Johnson streets, r , .. y:, " .v.- .'-5-. v i.-.'. i 'yri-
jrortiana-xAtt
zens
Estimated
Election Laws
Portland , Is today electing two city
r AmmtoBlnnnr- k,-rA s lirlltor - De-
sides passing on , the . questions oi
whether 5000 water meters shall, be
purchased for use in the city, a mu
nicipal free garbage collection system
nrviw a. a t?- MttO m
shall be established, St .'Johns-' an
L,innto shall be annexed, and whether
l(t other measures on the ballot snail
be approved or" rejected.
Indications are that the vote will
be light, probably but little more than
0 per cent or tne rogwirauuu.
registration is about 89,000 and the
prevalUngr estimate is . that the vote
will not exceed 60,000.
In spite of the efforts of Auditor
Brbur, who" called "a meeting of all
tha chairmen of - the - election boards
last Saturday night and explained the
duties of - the election officials and
cautioned them l to follow . - the law,
various complaints poured into the
auditor's office- this mornlns against
Estate of Freedman
Estimated $210,000
Petition was filed this afternoon in
the county , court by H. 8. Freedman
arking that he be appointed adminis
trator of he estate of his father, Sam
uel Freedman. who died May . There
was no will, but the son asserts that
his father was possessed of about j
property, including lands In Multao
roah. Malheur, Grant and Harney
counties, Oregon, and In California.
The heirs named by Freedman are:
Ilachael Holeberg and Anna Harris,
of Chicago, and Gertrude Brody, of
Des Moines, daughters, yand himself.
Polls to Remain
, Open Until Eight .
- 'o'Clock Tonight
.Tha polls for .todays election
-win remain, open mrtil 8 o'clock
4p Jmaig1it. & This Is intended to
gtrm rverybody an opportunity
to express their choice tor two
eonunlssloaersvand an. auditor
besides "bavins; - voice in re-
gmrd to 10 'measures on -the
& ballet and tha annexatioa of St.
Johns sad xannton,
m Xa. past elections the "after
- dtonert' vete aw been Usually
- heavy. It la expted that nun- ;
v dreds will vote- today between, t
ia- 6 and 8 o'clock. -
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Des 1 Moines Places Baa on Jitneys
Des Moines, Iowa,' June 7.-U.' P. -The
jitney bus was virtually killed in
Dea Moines today, when the city coun
cil adopted an ordinance requiring a
$2000. bond from aiL driver and pro
viding -that they cannot stand at fixed,
stations, but must operate, ram or
shine, ftver regular routes .and accord
ing 'fcj set ysehednlefc vf . ,
'Early at Polls
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Voting
today
Total Is 50,000
i n t tt ? . '
Are ' Violated
I actions or , Conditions at the "voting.
ftea, . ' -t
In many of the polling . places , it
Was discovered that an article- in - a
morning paper purporting at .explain
how -to vote, under the '.preferential
sj st cm. but arranged for tha benefit
. - - - - -
of ."two candidates, was conspicuously
posted.
In some' of the voting places !t was
reported that a cartoon from the same
paper was posted In the booths.
. Complaint was made to the city audi
tor's office. City Attorney Xia Roche
was consulted, ' and he advised that
this was . In violation of the corrupt
practices act. The auditor issued a let
ter . of - instructions I to the election
judges, directing them to remove from
the polling places all marked ballots
or publications with marked ballots or
other matter intended to influence the
voters. This letter is being distrib
uted through ythe police department.
C. F. Bunker of I the Irving apart
ments, reported to the auditor's office
that the election : of flclals in the city
hall "precinct .. were not . giving" out
merger ballots unless the voters re-
(Coocluded on I'age Two. Colatna Four) .
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rfoMer
Close Race for
Offices Expected
Talk of a few days ago that
the 'two city . commissioners ,
would " probably be elected on
first choice baUots is. not heard
on, the streets, today. ;.The gen-,
eral prediction la . that th sec
ond choice ballots 1 and ; V per-,
haps the third will have to be
counted. v -v V '' - "
Tq be elected on first choice jtt
votes, 1 a condidate must have""
a majority of ' all first choice
votes cast,',., ; .'fU U
If no candidate has a major
ity of '.. first choice votes, then
the second choice votes will be
counted and added to the first
choice. If two candidates then
have a majority tliey will be
declared elected. , Many vote
only first choice, it is said.
vote
TRANSPORTS ARE HIT
Battle in - Baltic - Causes Loss
to Both; Sides, Says Petrp
grad; No General Battle.
Petrograd, June 7.-TJ. P.)-r-Denlal
that the , main Russian . and . German
Baltic fleets had been engaged ' was
made In a semi-official statement here
today, but three enemy vessels were
declared to have been sunk or damaged
off Kiga whpn an attempt was-made
to land itroops from transports. .
"Enemy torpedpboat destroyers, es
corting large vessels, appeared a.t the
entrance of the Gulf of Riga Thurs
day,' the statement asserted. "They
retired, at the , approach of our ' naval
forces, but later-hydroplanes from the
German vessels attempted to. bombard
our. warships. Their attack was with
out result and they were driven' off..
; VThe enemy repeated the attempt
on Saturday but was. driven off by our
submarines. Iin this engagement the
Russian mine layer Tenisee was tor
pedoed by a submarine and sank. Thir
(Conchided on Fate' Nine. . Column Sis
uuoo Hit? I1III1L 1H o
TO VOTE. POLLS OPEN UNTIL 8 P. M.
ThS
ft MYT H1NG-
M6 TO
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CO MING-
v forgbt
POLLS
HrXVEH'T,
BULLETINS
Investigating tlie Nebrakan. :
Waahington.' June , 7. (IT. P.) Am
bassador -Gerard " today. . cabled - the
state department that, in response to
a request made on the Berlin foreign
office for,' a statement regarding the
tcrpedolng: of ?; the; Amrlcan steamer
Nebraska, he was told that official
Information of such an attack had
not- been"recelyed.7 Assurances . were
given.: however,' that an investigation
would be made and a report submitted
to the - American ', . ambassador as
promptly as possible. ' v . . .
: Asquith Welcomes Italy. : .
London, June. 7. -(I. N. S.) Premier
Asquith; speaking in the house of com
mons this afternoon, formally wel
comed Italy to a place among the, al
lies In the great; Buropeap war.
-Asquith also stated that -Kngland'j
latest call for volunteers was meeting
with a - satisfactory response. , - "
-Trawler's Crewy ICilled. -London,
June ; 7. -(U. ' P.) Four
members of the crew of the trawler
Arctic- were; killed. r when the vessel
was shelled and sunk by a submarine
in 1 the North sea' today. . When the
trawler sighted then submarine It be
gan drawing in its gear, but was un
able to escape.
. i Veterans Sliame Deserter.
'Ashland, .-Wis., June 7. (I. N. B.)
Conscience stricken by the. sight Of
Memorial - day parade, Edward Hoard
tcday surrendered as a. deserted from
the- United States army. Hoard will
bo returned to Fort Milan, Cal. ..
y Frank Decision Delayed.
Atlanta, Ga., June 7. (V. P.)
-The
state board of pardons announced this
afternoon that Its decision in the case
of Leo Frank, convicted of murdering
Mary Phagan.y :wlll . not be ;' ready
until tomorrow and may not Z- reach
Governor Slayton before Wednesday.
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' Pope to Call Peace Conference.
Geneva, June 7. (I. NV- S.)--Pope
Benedict is busy on a plan to eall a
peace conference, according to reports
received here- today from . Rome." The
scheme is said 'to have the support of
Austria and several neutral" nations.
atiUafF
: : Gangrene .Victim
Pendleton, Or., June " 7. Victim of
the , first farm accident - in Umatilla
county this season, Klin Elgrin, a na
tive of Norway; died yesterday :morn
inig Jlat St.", Anthony's hospital in this
city, and - was burled. In the afternoon.
SeveraL days ago .while plowing; in
the north end 'of toe county for a far
mer named Moore, Elgrin reached , over
tv pull aome grs y front" -the i plow
blade.. In dolns o he thrust hlav foot
through the? wheel of the jlow.:J('fhe
bones of his left leg4 was broken about
U inches above the ankle and the whole
calf of his leg was torn out. . Us was
brought to be local hospital, the frac
ture was reduced and the leg dressed.
The following day gangrene devel
oped and -.the leg was amputated above
the knee, l Elgrin began to Improve
then but Saturday gangrene again set
In and It spread so rapidly that a fur
ther; amputation would have been use
less. El grin's only relative In this
country- is am uncle in Seattle.,-
Eight Badly Hurt .
In Cable Oar-Crash
San Francisco, June t. (P. N. S.)
Eight persons were seriously Injured
and scores badly shaken up here this
afternoon when a Fillmore street cable
car snapped its cable while descending
a steep hill leading to tha gates of the
Panama-Pacific exposition. and crashed
to the bottom of the hill.
" The victims of the smashup were:
J. D. O'Neill, chief of concessions at
the exposition, both: legs broken.
Mrs. Mary Beck, bruises and lacera
tions. , ,
Mrs. Anne Palmer, sprains. . ,
Helen Gordon, bruises , and lacera
tions. Miss . Dorothy Dahn, bruises - and
lacerations.. . ,
Mrs. Lena Bevans, bruises and lacer
ations.. .. .. .,
;i R. 11. Hargadine, knee Injured. ;
Unidentified man, skull fractured. "
III
BRING- R STCfltc
AND. ASOV ftU, PON'T
tc GO TO THE c
AND VOT: oy
DONS SO. ( VOTED
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PORTLAND IS
fast oonri
G
FESTIVAL GARB
Magic Touch of Decorators
Is to Be Seen on Principal
Streets and: on Prominent
Buildings.. "
BROADWAY BEING MADE
INCANDESCENT ARCADE
Grand Avenue Will Be Prin
cipal East Side Thor
oughfare Decorated.
Portland is taking on a fiesta ap
pearance. -Early yesterdav
began putting up decorations for the
Kose Festival and today the beautify
ing preparations are In full swing.
. American flags have been suspended
from, trolley guy 'wires on all of the
principal streets downtown thst are
given, over to. streetcars. Flairs and
bunting are appearing almost as if by
magic on buildings of all descrlptlons.
fetore windows, are being , adorned to
catch the eye of the visitor.
The greatest transformation In the
city, however, ; is ; being made on
Broadway between Half ami tiiln
streets, which, unJer the scheme of
uwurauoa ror uii Kose Festival, la
to. be turned Into an InranH.
arcade and promenade. -.-,,
Hundreds of lights in clusters were
put in place thla mornln. as well as
a gigantic electrical curtain at Oak
ireri ana a canopy at Main street.
. DeCOratlOna thin Vmmr ha V,--n
planned ; and are now being executed
on a systematic 1 basis ' that certain
streets, shall be thA univorui thnr.
oughfares to the ; heart of , the Roue
resiivai, ,tne. resiivai center,' Jacob
Kansler Is 4 chairman of the festival
committee on decorations, and he and
bis assistants hav rl
tions. on the most stupendous scale
ui me nisiory. or; the festival.
- -i' -Hy- Tromesade ZTeoesiery, -
' "The 'festival center- Is located on
the. park-blocks Immediately south of
the Arllnaton Pluh ..hullrilnv rr
Kanzler tliia nurnlnt dirl,in ih.
whole scheme of decorations. Trac-
tlcauyi all of Oie festival- activities
will radiate about this -center, and In
asmuch as tne Center is somewhat re-
uiuou jroin iug DUBincs aistrict it
was necpaeary to establish a grsnd
promenade 'through the heart of the
business part of tha city to this cen
ter.... I ; , -y
The plan of street decorations has
been worked out to meet this sltua-
Concluded od I'ari Nina. Column Four)
MUNITIONS BILL HAS
BEEN PASSED BY THE
' HOUSE OF C0fiV,0ilS
Lloyd George Says He Be-
lieves Things Are Moving
vand -Supplies Will Come,
Ixndon. June 7. tl.N. 8.) Th
munitions bill was . pasned by . tlie
bouse of commons this afternoon.'
"At last I believe things are goln?
all right; I feel the machine begin
ning to move."
This la the statement David I.lovl
George made today at the new office
of the mlnixtry of munitions. .
Huge i orders ' already have been
placed for'hlgh explosives shell", but
a tremendous amount of. work Is yet to
be accomplished. The statement says
the new department' should have mnr
direct , control over ' labor and roust
be able tomove bodies of skilled work
ers where they are roost required. :
Lloyd George was very much Im
pressed by the Inspection- st Liver
pool. A dockers' battalion there mlffht
be - the solution of the greater proh
Iem. In an extension of this achemf.
silled men might be enlisted and given
. . i ... .
the orders of the state.
Lloyd George hopes , and believes
his revelation of the truth and the
vital necessity of the nation . wia
sweep all difficulties the employes
might have raised.
The London Mail, in discussing the
output of munitions of war, says:
, For the acceleration of output it
probably will be found" necessary to
remove all barriers between the In
dustry and .the -ministry of munitions.
In this connection, many of thone wh.i
entertain the slncerest admiration for
the - greatest " financial house in th v
United - States, Messrs. J. P, Morgan
at Co., thlr.k that it might be wise to
modify the agreement , by which they
were given entire control of orders arnl
contracts placed in the United State.
"Such control may mean delay. s
must not forget Nelaon's true Haying:
'Five minutes may make the differ
ence between victory and defeat."
CHICAGO VOTING IS LIGHT
'Chicago, III.. June 7. (I. N. 8.)
Voting In the judicial election here tu
day ran light.- less than 60.000 ballot
having; been cast tip to noon. Con
tinued rains are ascribed as the prin
cipal reason fwr the light vote.
For additional late n:v :
see page. 6"