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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.
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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
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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...-.-.::.:,.,;..,:;..,-.-
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. 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.
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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
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