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rv THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 191G. ARE ASKED OF I BRITISH HOUSE War Credit Asked Today Would Carry Great'Brit- ain Until Next June. 4 t Iondon. Feb. 21- V. - P.) Premier Asqulth today Introduced la, the bouse f commons a request for a new war credit of ,420.000,000 pounds slightly more than 12.000.000.000. This sum Is expected to last until June. ' ' , . , " This makes England's total war ex Senditure about $8,640,000,000. According to unofficial estimates the belligerents have spent about $40.' 00(7,000,000 lnce the beginning of the ' war. ,-: -. - U H la. believed Germany has spent 18,600,000,000 and France $7,500,000. 000, Russia and Austria have xliscour- aged estimating- expenditures,' so their ; amounts are doubtful. - f It is estimated that the war Is now f costln England $760,000,000 per F month. Between April, 1915, and February, 1816. a total of S4.174.000.000 was ex- jienaeu ior ammunition ana guns.ior t army and navy. It Is now coating y $16,000,000 dally for army and navy :ii munitions Asquith eta ted. , Sine , the war began $725,500,000 ' has been loaned to England's allies and ! colonies. . Asquith stated that he would as ; certain what sums would have to be t spent In purchasing American securl , lies, as the treasury desires to repay ; substantial sums to the Bank of Eng I land .for money advanced and would " use this method of so doing. , Announcement also was made that the cabinet finance committee had ap pointed a special committee of busi ness men to Outline a program, of combining economy with efficiency. Ti . Derby Recruits Called. London, Feb. 21. (I. N. 8.) A proclamation Issued today calls to the colors under the Deray act, group 1, comprising men of is and 19 years of age, and reservists of class 1. .. The military act was posted today, . notifying all Englishmen to register before April 1. Vista House Fund Now Stands at $3306 STearly 8100 Is Added Since &art - Pon was Made Numerous Auto Owa.rs Make Contributions. The following contributions to the vista- Xiouae fund were acknowledged today: r Auto-owners Previously acknowl edged. $1786.75; F. U Frleburg, $5; '. J. Munkers, IS: John Fulton, Wasco, 'Or., $6: W. U. Pler, $5; John R. Ka.ee- Captain Delmer Shaver. $5; E. A. Red man. $ J; Walter Mackay, $5. Total, . $1311.75. Pledgee Previously acknowledged, S1117.2C; Archie 13. McMendo, Heppner, t, $5; A Friend, Salem, Or., $10. Total, $1$11.7$. Pioneers A. R. Price, Pullman, Wash, Barton Koonts, Forest Wash.; K. B. Gay lord, Halfway, Or.; total, $7. Previous. $252.6,0. Total, $259.60. Miscellaneous Employes Portland Rand company, employes Kraue . Bros., employes Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, employes Lion Clothing com panytotal, $25.50. Previous, $77.60. Total. $103.10. Urand total, $3306.70. Suspected of Being a n n n ; j ti r.p.q Tifrjf l i nTiviPT. George lawrence Taken Into Custody oa Becijt of Circular Prom Author- lties of Jackson, XCich, Frison. - -i. Instead of eating the potatoes he had Just purchased- for supper, George Iawrence ate his supper last night in the city jail, and the potatoes will probably never -be eaten. . Lawrence was arrested a week ago as a suspected yeggman, but was re eiased. Detectives Leonard and Mo loney yesterday found a circular ask ing for the arrest of Lawrence as an scaped convict from the Jackson, 2lch penitentiary for assault and robbery. - . When rearrested while on his way to his room at Third and Harrison streets from a store, Lawrence Admit ted his identity. He Is also known as "Chi "Schrlrop" and Ed Shields. 8en- tenoed in April, 1914, to 15 years, he escaped. January 10, 1915. Teutons Will Work : in Harmony on Seas jLgreaxaeaft for Co-operative aotlon ISadei Xsaotlvlty of Fleet Laid to . Orand Admiral von Tlrpita. London. Feb. 21. I. N. S. The Copenhagen correspondent of the "Dally Mall" telegraphs: "A message from Berlin says that co-operative action between the Ger- - man and Austrian fleets has been -settled tipon in accordance with pro posals or . Archduke Charles ; Stephen and Prince Henry of Prussia. 'It la reported that Grand Admiral von Tirpltg strongly objected to the German fleet going on the high seas and. preferred submarine . and Zeppelin activity. meverujeiess. great naval activity prevails at Kiel and Heligo land, wnere more man 70,000 naval reservists are ready for duty on the auxiliary boats and cruisers of newly lormea . iqusarons or various type, Fast Train Ditched; One Slightly Injured ; Frankfort. Jnd.. Feb. 21. a. N. & The Hoosier Limited, of the Monon railroad. , boand from Indianapolis, to .Chicago, was wrecked here early to day. . - The 'engine Jumped th 'track- and plunged to the bottom of a 2 5 -foot de clivity. The baggage car and three coaches were derailed but did not over turn. - Other than one man slightly -Injured, no casualties were reported. : The train was traveling more than 65 miles an hour at the time of the accident. ', Dnma to Convene.. 5" Petrograd. Feb. 21. (I. N. ET.) After a recess of almost a year the duma will conyene tomorrow. . , , Ei A. West Goes to : ; Denver Tramways Efficiency Engineer of V S. Xu P. Beoomes Chief Engineer of All Bea v Tex Traction Properties Under KTlfl. ' E. A; West, efficiency engineer of the "Portland Railway, Light A Power company, received notice . this after noon of his appointment as chief en gineer of the Denver Tramways com pany. He will take up bis new duties March l. ; in-u Mr. West is a graduate of the Bos ton Technical institute and has served in practical engineering : in the navy, in the textile . mUls, in electrie light and power plants and in city traction. His connection with the Portland com pany has been of elgtt years duration. Mr. West was made efficiency engl neer under the general managership-of F. W. Hild, who is now vice president and general manager of the company to which he Is going. He has lately returned from a tem porary sojourn at Denver, where ne reorganised the efficiency department of "the Tramways company. President Franklin T. Griffith had made no selection of a successor to Mr. West this afternoon. It was said, however, that the work would be con tinued on the same lines. Poor People May Keep Own Children Judge Oleetom Says omethlnf sose Besides Poverty Stnst Oocasloa Flaclng- Minors in Conrrs Charge. No child will be taken from its parents and placed In the custody' of the Juvenile court or in some other home merely because the mother or father of the minor is poor. Thus County Judge Cleeton outlined his policy with reference to the home placing department of the Juvenile court. "Almost dally complaints reach the Juvenile court." said Judge Cleeton, "that certain homes of the poor are not fit places for the children that are In them. Many of these com plaints are based on the fact that the family -Is poor. Unless investigation shows that it is In the Interest nf a child's health, morals or education we will continue to pursue a policy of non-lnteference. We are proceed ing on the theory that the parent Is the rightful guardian of the child until the parent Is shown to be unfit." Policeman Orders Dance Discontinued Bespangled, Diaphanous Brest Beach. ing to the Xnees Arouses Criticism of Officer of the taw. The good old days in the north una had nothing on the show that met the eyes of Patrolman A. F. Oustafson when he wandered into the moving picture and vaudeviHe theatre at Fifth and Burnslde streets Saturday, night. A dance was in progress under the roaring approval of a packed house. The dancer, according to Oustafson, wore a bespangled but dlaphonous gar ment reaching to her knees. The policeman cave the theatre man. ager orders to cut out the offensive penormance. . Aero Coast Patrol Members Named Adjutant-General Whits and Ueuten- ant-Conunander Blair of Oregon Are Accorded the Honor. General Geor A. wtiiA t ...... tenant-Commander O. F. Blair hav been appointed members for Oregon of the aero coast patrol system by Rear Admiral Robert E. Perry, acting on behalf of the Aero Club of America. It is proposed to divide the entire COast lines into aeallona a mamwm.- lent length, and In each section, which will be of 100 miles or more, to erect a hangar for housing a seaplane or aeroplane, with repair - stations at greater distances, according to needs. Each machine will be manned by a driver and an observer and be equipped with light wireless apparatus. . -The Aero Club of America has some wealthy members, who already han furnished considerable money toward its objects of aero defense and preparedness, and Is -preparing to do much more In the future. -: - . P. S. 0. -Applegate : Found Dead in Bed Was Xeedlac dtlsen of Southern Ore. goa- and -Was Pomsrly Stats Xnd Ages Interested ln BOning'.' Medford. Or.. Feb. it Word has Just been received . that Peter Skeen Ogden Applegate, a leading citizen of southern ; Oregon, : was found dead in his bed at his son's home at Central Point Saturday morning. Mr. Apple- gate was well Friday night when he retired. Other members of the family have In the past died suddenly from heart trouble. Peter Applegate was formerly state land agent at Salem and was for years recorder of Jackson county. -For " the last 17 years he had devoted his entire attention to a mine In the Elk Creek district, said to be the only telluride quarts formation on this part, of the coast. Peter Applegate was a son of Jesse Applegate Of 'Toncalla. ' Jesse Lindsay, General Ells ha Applegate and other brothers cams to Oregon in 1343. - Portland May Get A New u niVjsrsity Proposed Institution to Be Allied With Vorthwestern Institute of Anthro pology. If present plans mature, Portland Is to have a new Institution of higher education to be known as the Uni versity of Portland. The proposed university is to be al lied- with the Northwestern Institute of Anthropology, Incorporated a month ago to make a study of man and man's needs. The - Incorporators of both institu tions are Mark Paulson, Edgar I. Crawford, Edwin Anders and D. T. Short. Officers of the Northwestern Insti tute of Anthropology are R. H. . Saw yer, president; Mark Paulson, vice president; Edwin Anders, secretary; D. T. Short, treasurer; Arthur G. Smith, financial secretary, and Edgar L Crawford, corresponding secretary. Mark Paulson Is president of the university. CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAN FOR LAND . .GRANT. FAVORED (Continued From Page One.) to act the court could decree a sale, allowing the railroad $2.60 an acre and requiring sums in excess of that amount from other sales to be paid the government. Smythe will resume his testimony tomorrow. SENATOR LANE PLANS I EMANCIPATION OF THE -RED MEN OF AMERICA be adopted. IT the lien Is not re served, the court asks that an appro priation be made to cover the taxes. or provision - made .for - payment of 1 taxes from proceeds . of sales. - zne amount or uui ant uoaiui county from railroad grant land .for me . years -113. ii ana l i is placed at $271,137. about one-sixth of the county's totaL ' Senator . Chamberlain's land grant bill, ; as amended In accordance with the . suggestions of Attorney-General Gregory, meets - the ; view ; of the county court, as it would pay Oregon counties by appropriation the full sum of unpaid taxes on the railroad lands. Washington, Feb. 21. Indian chief tains . met in council here not long ago. There were . Blackfeet, Osages and representatives of other tribes, and the result was a bill which has been introduced in the senate by M0LALLA MAY HAVE DAILY MAIL SERVICE ON ROUTE NUMBER 3 Washington, Feb. - L Representa tive Hawley is presenting to the postoffico department a statement xerardlnar rural deliverv service In th Lane of Oregon, who takes particular vicinity of Molalla, Or, which is ex- Interest In the affairs of the red man. t Dec ted to result in aivlnr route Nn a Senator Lane, also, helped In f ram-' of Moiaua every day service, ex- lng the bill, with the assistance of several Indian lawyers,, but he gives first credit for the measure- to the Indians themselves. It Is their bill, be says, and he Is standing with them. JTo Half-Way Measure. It is no half-way measure. In its cept .Sunday. There . has been a rearrangement of the routes In that section, whereby new patrons have been placed on No. 1 out of Molalla and No. 1 out of Aurora. The department being; under the impression that No. S from Mol alla .was practically a new route. xirst unes it wipes out ine present ' three times a week service was or- Indian bureau, including about 8000 1 dered. In accordance with the usual employes, it is a bill to tree the in- j rule for new routes. Gasoline's Soarings to Be Investigated Countrywide inquiry Will Soon Be Started by Pederal Oovemment Xs Word of X.os Angsxes Official. Los Angeles, Feb. 21. (U. P.) Uncle Sam is going to find out why gasoline keeps Jumping lc price, ac cording to Albert Schoohover, United States district attorney here. He de clares that the countrywide federal inquiry willsoon be started. It win center in the on producing regions of California . and important hearings will probably be held in Los Angeles. A number of experts of the department of Justice will. In the opin ion of Bchoonover, do the Investigat ing. - National Guard to , Have Sham Battle Six companies of the Third regiment,- O. NVv G., under command of Colonel McLaughlin, will celebrate Washington's birthday tomorrow night at Multnomah field with a battle drill, fireworks, military evolutions and a concert by the regimental band and the coast artillery. An admission fee of ti cents will be charged to cover the expenses. - dian, or, quoting the title, "for the abolishment of the Indian bureau, the closing out of Indian tribal organiza tions, and for other purposes." - It would make a clean sweep, says Senator Iane. "It proposes to make the Indian a citizen and allow him to act for himself. The only way to remove the Indian from his position of dependency and save him from fur ther abuse and despoliation is to wipe out the Indian bureau. The Indians own over a billion dollars' worth of property, but the law makes them in competents and their property is at the whim of government official a. Large numbers of them are Just as competent as you or I, and this con dition ought to end." Senators of Indian Blood. It was suggested that two United States senators, Curtis of Kansas and Owen of Oklahoma, are of Indian blood, and the Oregon senator was asked If they will support the plan proposed by the bill. "Probably not," was the reply. Sen ator Lane refused to comment as to the reasons why they will not Join him in the legislation proposed by the Indian "council of war," but he said he expects substantial support from other sources. Under the Lane bill a new bureau of three commissioners, selected by the Indians themselves, would be placed In control of Indian affairs. Indian tribes and bands throughout the United States would be called in council to select delegates to a grand council, each tribe or band of over 1000 members to. select three dele gates, while those with 600 to 1000 members would have two delegates and the smaller tribes one delegate each. President to Bams Commissioners. The president would select, subject to approval by the senate, three com missioners out of a list, of five candi dates nominated by this grand council of the Indians. . The how commission would then proceed to the "complete emancipa tion" of the Indians from the govern ment control and supervision, and" all who have not received allotments would be declared citizens, with free dom to do aa they pleased with. their property, ' DOUGLAS COUNTY ASKS THAT ITS 0. & C. TAX LIENS BE PROTECTED Washington, Feb. $1. Congressman Hawley has received resolutions adopted by the county seat of Doug las county, Or., memorializing con gress to protect the county's lien for taxes on Oregon and California land grant lands in legislation that may Mr. Hawley contends that this route Is composed almost wholly of parts of old routes, and to provide this route only thrice a week would reduce existing service. SECRETARY HOUSTON ; FAVORS FLAX IN THE r WILLAMETTE VALLEY '. s ' . - Washington. Feb. . IL Further ' tes timony to the suitability of the cli mate and soil of the Willamette va. ley.for the production of flax comes from Secretary Houston of the de partment of agriculture in a letter to Senator Chamberlain, commenting on letters from Oregon presented to the department, including one from Dr. . A. Pierce of Portland. ' Secretary Houston, after comment ing upon the aid given through in spection of Oregon flax fields during the last season and present, plans for conducting experimental field -work with the agricultural station at Cor vallls, says: . --. . "The numerous sman crops of fit flax grown in the vicinity of SaleJt during the last IB years have dem onstrated that the conditions of soil and climate in . the Willamette - valley are especially suited for the produc tion of flax fiber, and with the pres ent demand for flax fiber conditions seem to be particularly favorable for the establishment of the Industry tu that locality. This department will gladly aid, so far as possible, in de veloping the enterprise along con-servative- lines. There Is danger, however, of misleading farmers in a new enterprise of this kind with ex aggerated statements regarding re turns. . Dr. Pierce Is evidently misin formed regarding the price of 'flax straw. - Ths yield of two tons per acre as mentioned in his letter is conservative, but flax fiber straw, to gether with the seed, as delivered by the farmer, is sold at an average pries of about $13 per ton, making a return of about $2$ . Instead of $56 per acre. - The value of the fiber and the seed at present prices will doubt less average $59 per acre, but this Is after it has been threshed, retted, broken, scutched, operations which are carried on at the mill rather than oa the farm." ASKS SUGGESTIONS ON MILITARY TRAINING AT OREGON'S UNIVERSITY Washington, Feb. $1. A. C Dixon of - Eugene. Or., chairman of a com mittee of th University of Oregon to investigate' the advisability of estab lishing courses of military training in that institution, has written to Senator- Chamberlain to Invite suggestions.'- He says he is convinced that the university may reader service ' to the' state and benefit the students by some action alone this line, but is not sure as to the extent of such train ing, or whether it . should be made compulsory '-. It is his desire to avoid extremes, says Mr. Dixon. He wants to secure beneficial results, and at the same time "not involve the university in a storm of . criticism." VETERANS OF INDIAN CAMPAIGNS ARE GIVEN RECOGNITION AT LAST Washington, Feb. JL Fighters in the Indian wars of the west between the .years 1866 and 1$91, -Inclusive, have had their day In congress In the passage by the house of a bill granting minimum pensions of $20 a month to the soldiers ani$it a month to wid ows. If the soldier gave 90 days' serv ice or served throughout a campaign of lesser length. , This recognition of Indian war sur vivors Is embraced in the Keating bill, which was favorably reported In the last congress, but did not reach a vote. It Includes veterans of the following wars: Campaigns in southern Oregon and Idaho and northern California and Ne vada. 1066-68. Against the Cheyennes, Arapahoe s, Klowas and Comanchos in Kansas, Colorado and Indian territory, 1867-69. aioaoc war. 1173-73.- . - Against Apaches of Arizona, 1873. : Against Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyennes in Kansas, Colorado,- Texas, Indian territory and New Mexico, 1S7 75. Against northern Cheyennes and Sioux, 1876-77. Nes Perce war, 1877. :; Bannock war, 1878. Against northern Cheyennes, 1878-79. Against Utes in Colorado and Utah, 1879-80. .... Against Apaches in Arizona, 1885-86. Against the Sioux In South Dakota, The commute estimates that the bill will add about 6000 names to the pen sion roll and cost not to exceed $1,000, 000 at the outset, decreasing thereafter...-.-.::.:,.,;..,:;..,-.- :: --,. - . Liner Is Refloated. Mombassa, British Bast Africa, Feb. Jl. (I. N. S.) The liner Cornrie Cas tle, which went ashore at the entrance to the harbor here, was r refloated to day. ' . -; There's not a dull moment in this Big Comedy Success Don glas Fairlbank s in an inimitable impersonation of Pete PrinrJle, son of Proteus, maker of the 27 varieties, in His Pictare in Itlie Paper A satire on publicity seekers Pete does everything from jumping off an ocean liner to knocking out a world's champion in & real boxing bout. And -the Funny Keystone- ITIrLrTs Ka? TV h Chas. Murray a. a FTir- tatious Husbandries a Scream Tea served free; 3 to 5 p. m. fc - t. -j J TRa TtiZATRg LAUTm,'L-SlXTH AT WASHINGTON T sssssegj WhM Bad Hsppesa?. Before she was married she went to church regularly. But after marriage, because her husband didn't go, she got out of the way of going. "A wife doesn't want to go alone," she said. He had nothing against the church. It didn't -interest him. "Why should I go?" he asked. "The church has nothing for me." So he stayed home every Sunday mornT ing, just dawdling around, or played with the children or walked, out with them. v ' That' a 'heat home question. Vital, too. Should a girl accustomed to church -going before marriage stop going after marriage because her husband doesn't care to go? That's the kind of question that The Ladies Home Journal takes up and handles not in the usual way; But it lets a man tell his own stoir a business man; a -good citizen. This man never went to 'church. One Saturday eve ning he saw that a minister was going to preach on a sub ject that had a close interest to him. He announced to his wife that he was going. She was amazed. ; It was the leading church in a city of 45,000. But there were only sixty-three persons in the church. "Thunder! H said the man, "this must be a remarkable preacher nothing. Y " Then something happened. "I got the surprise of my life," says the man. What Hid happen ? ; It's worth finding out for every husband, wife, min ister and church worker. Look the story up it's real - . ' - - ' - "i v . - - ::....: - - - ' . - - in the March issue of " 8 - MknlwM$ somite ; , V