The Oregon daily journal., February 21, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

prUUoa to eontlnus pending highway
construction, emergency appropriation
so the secretary of state may buy it
cense plates for this year's use; state
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from enemy ports are liable to capture ,
and condemnation, unless they call at
an allied port en route to- permit ex
amination of their cargoes. -j ' ;
The blockade of Oermaay Is appar ently
made complete by the' order-in-council
which is evidently directed at
shipping in the Baltic sea and the '
North sea, . where commerce between
Scandinavian nations and Germany has
been more or less unrestricted Jn the .
past. . From now on such shipping
must put Into British or Russian ports
for examination.
It was '.explained that the Order was
Issued, as .a result of the German
blockade, which the order Itself char- -acterised
as("a flagrant contradiction -of
International law."
Not Always in Disguise." ' '
Frost the CaarfcetoB News as4 Qoerier. ' '
"Is. Penrose a nuisance?" asks the
Montgomery 'Advertiser. Not to ' the
Democrats. To them he's a blessing.
MEMBERS' OP COUNCIL' OF DEFENSE .WHO WILL HELP TO PREPARE THE
COUNTRY Top row, left to right, Bernard Baruch, chairman of a' committee which
will catalogue national natural resources; Samuel Gompers, president of American Feder
ation of Labor, chairman of the committee which will direct labor f organizations to the best
interests of commerce. Center, Julius Rosen wa Id, of Sears Roebuck & Co., who will direct the
cqmmittee on general supplies. Bottom row, left to right, Howard E. Coffin, Detroit automo
bile magnate, head of committee on munitions ; Daniel Willard. president of the B. & O., wiU
select a committee. to lay the foundation of the railroad organization. "
MONEY WILL BE READY
WITHIN 10 DAYS' TIME
taxes to be based on assessment of
16 per cent of true value; state board
of equalisation ' to apportion assess
ments of railroads, telegraph and tele
phones as to the several counties.
ALLIED PORTS TO BE
EXAMINED IN FUTURE
Britain Issues Order Threat
: ening Capture and Con
demnation . as Alternative.
OF SUPPLIES FOR WAR
Flyers Must Keep
'
Away From Forts
San Francisco, Feb. Jl. (U. F.)
Aeroplanes must keep away from all
fortifications around San - Francisco
bay, according to an order issued to
day by Major General J. Franklin Bell.
Bell said a passenger on an aeroplane
had taken photographs of some of the
fortifications.
Committees of Five to Be
At Today's Meeting of State
Named in 14 Cities With
Land Board Clerk Directed
to Prepare Blanks. ",
Purchasing Departments.
PORTLAND TO HAVE BODY
$50,000 IN THE FUND NOW
London, Feb. 21. CU. P.) An order
In council announced today provides
that vessels carrying goods to and
acta WU1 Wort to Frevent m sfuch as
Tmnm Kay Says Stats "Will Bey XTp
Fosslhle Ex cms war Profits la
Event of Hostilities.
Short Term Bonds Wlta Industrial
Aocldsat Trust Ttuids.
RRST OF RURAL CREDIT
SHIPS
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Washington. Feb. 21. (U. P.) The
business end of preparation for pos
sible war. that of purchasing ait sup
plies, will' In future virtually be in the
hands bt expert business men. These
men will work with the council of na
tional defense, as much to prevent ex
cess "war profits" in the event of hos
tilities as to aid in mobilization of
munitions.
. Secretary of War Baker, responding
to a suggestion by tbe council or na
tional dfene, today asked the United
Mate Chamber of Commerce to name
an advisory committee of business
men to assist the quartermaster's de
partment in this work.
Thl plan Is the first definite step
of the council of national defense,
rreated by the army appropriation bill,
1o mobilise the business men of the
nation. to the needs of the country.
Committees to Be Warned.
Under the plan the Chamber of
.Commerce in each of the 14 cities sup
porting a purchasing depot of the
quartermaster's department, will ap-
' xiolnt five business men to assist In
the work of. their particular depot.
Kaclt member of these committees
will be a specialist in the line in
Which his depot specializes. The men
will be charged with the task of as
sembling and standardizing supplies
fit economic prices so that should the
country be suddenly faced by war, the
committees will know exactly where
to turn for additional war materials.
; Secretary. Baker believes economic
disturbances following a declaration
of war will thus be minimized and
probably altogether wiped out.
Portland is Included.
1 The plan calls for granting private
plants, called into the government
service, a small profit, but exorbitant
vwar" rates will meet with speedy
rejection by the business men com
mittees.
Cities havinir supply depots and
which will appoint committees are:
New York, Chicago. Philadelphia,
ashington, Kana.s City, Jefferson-
vllle, Ind. St. Louis, Boston, San Fran-
cibco. New Orleans. San Antonio, Oma.
Jm and Portland, Or.
Bascom Utile, Cleveland, chairman
of the national defense committee of
the United States chamber of com
merce, was one of the leading figures !
.in getting ' favorable action on the
plans.
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Saleni. Or.. Feb. 21. Within 10 days'
time J50.000 will be available for lend
ing to the farmers of the state at 5 per
cent Interest under the provisions of
th rural credits law.
At a meeting of the state land ooara
todav: Clerk G. G. Brown was directed
to lose no time in preparing applica
tion blanks for loans, which will oe
sent to the state land board attorneys
in each county in the state along witn
detailed inctructlons.
State Treasurer Kar estimated tnat
$1,500,000 rural credits bonds win oe
sold the first year, making a fund or
that amount available for lending to
the farmers of the state.
First Issue Five Tears.
The first issue of 150,000 bonds
will be five-year bonds, and will be
purchased by the state with the state
industrial accident trust funds. This
will assure immediate disposal of the
bonds without the delay that would be
incidental to advertising, etc., if the
bonds should be sold in trie open market.
Another reason for the state taking
the short term bonds is to assure them
being disposed of at par.
The rural credits Din, as nnauy
rjassed. provides that 10 per-cent of
the bonds issued each year shall be
for a term of five years, and 10 per
cent for a term of 10 years, and the
balance may be long time bonds, not
to exceed S years.
State Win Buy Boads.
As the short time bonds would have
less demand in the bond market than
the long time bonds. Mr. Kay said the
state will take the short time bonds,
as long as there are trust funds in the
industrial accident fund.
The bonds will draw 4 per cent In
terest and the loans will be made to
the farmers at 6 per cent interest.
Mr. Kay said it will be necessary for
the state land board to employ two
special agents to travel over the state
to see that the money loaned from the
rural credits fund is spent as specified
in the loan and to cheflc up various
applications for loans.
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French Attempt to
i Eegain Lost Ground
SIR EDWARD CARSON
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MEN IN BRITISH NAVY
' Berlin, Feb.. 21. (T. N. S.) (Via
. Bay vllle wireless) t rench guns are
pounding the newly won ground of the
Germans south if Rlpont in Cham
pagne. The military critic of the
Overseas News Agency stated today
captured 'by the Germans at Hill No. Calls U-Boat Menace Grave
185 is shown by the ferocious efforts
the French have made to recapture it.
This height position, the war office
report says, formed a pivot of the
French, front in Champagne. Repeated
auemipis or me Tencn to reconquer
the position broke down with bloody
loeses.
and Growing but Is Con-
llclent of Its Solution,
London, Feb. Si. (U. P.) ?ir Ed
ward Carson, first lord of the admir
alty, today asked for 400,000 more men
for the British navy,
In requesting that the commons vote
this additional force, Carson declared
the men were needed because of na
val expansion.
He congratulated the country, upon
having Sir John Jellicoe in the admir
alty as first sea lord
"Th KiihmaHnA mnai l.t rravA nwrl
Nona Haielhurst McAdoO, tO Ferdi- anA 1a rmwlnr Tt n nnt f.t
nn.nu uo moiirenscnuai secona secre
tary to the imperial Russian embassy
in Washington
Secretary McAdoo's
Daughter. Engaged
Washington. Feb. 21. (I. N. S.)-
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and
' Mrs. McAdoo, daughter of the presi
dent, this afternoon announced the en
friKement of Mr. McAdoo's daughter.
The Parent-Teacher association of
the Lincoln school, Medford, has
brought about the leveling and filling
Of the school grounds preparatory
surfacing with decomposed granite.
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solved, but I am confident that meas
ures now being devised will gradually
mitigate its seriousness," said Sir Ed
ward, in connection with his presents
tion of the naval estimates.
Sir Edward also announced that
Lord Fisher, former first sea lord,
had been returned to the admiralty
staff, as president of a board of in
ventions. This Inventions board, he
said, was part of an anti-submarine
department which had been estab
lished, he explained, "with the best
and most experienced personnel." -
During the period from February
to 18, the admiralty - lord said. 607
vessels had arrived at ports of the
United Kingdom, and 6873 had left
and this despite the German sub
marine blockade. This was a total of
11,949 ships to and from British ports.
"Since the war," Sir Edward con
tinued, "we have examined either on
the high seas or in harbors 25,874
ships,
"This constitutes our Germany block
ade." Carson announced that the number
of armed ships had increased 47.5 per
cent during the last two months. - An
increase in the number armed for de
fense against submarines is noted each
week, he said.
The admiralty lord said 8.000,000
men and 9,420.000 tons of explosives
and material had been moved across
the seas to October 'of last year and
during this time only one or two un-
towara incidents naa occurred.
sir Edward said durinir th tirt 1
days of February since Inauguration
of the German "ruthlessness" at sea
mere naa oeen 40 fights with submarines.
Farmer Fears
Having to Fight
Brothers; Suicide
Halstead, Kan., Ffeb. 21.-r-(I.
4tt N. S.) Herman Ditmann, a
wealthy German farmer living
4t near here, took two kinds of
poison today from the effects
of which he died, rather than go
it Into the United States army and
fight two Drotners in tho Ger-
many, as he believed he would
t have to do. He leaves a large
family.
Pat's Wish.
from tbe Rochester Rrening Timet.
When Patrick McGlnnagan became
member of the police force a dele
gation of his friends burst in upon him
while he was at dinner and presented
him with a handsome truncheon in
honor of his popularity and their es
teem.
Completely bewildered by this unex
pected token, the new policeman, nev
ertheless. struggled to his feet and
stammered his appreciation.
"Friends, ye have upset me wld y'r
kindness." he said, flourishing the
truncheon. "Oi'll try an' do my duty
wid this little shillaly, an' I hope an'
trust that ivry mon here'U live t' feel
Its inflooince.''
HELFFERICH ASSERTS
U-BOATS HAVE MADE
BRITISH FEEL RESULT
Reserve Stocks, He Says, Be
ing Exhausted arid Ship
ping Near Danger Point.
and warfare are exhausted to such
point that England, more than ever be
fore, relies upon the assurance of plen
tiful importations.
"The British world empire, which
has been already shaken to its founda
tions, is now the object of the powerful
merciless strokes of our submarine
navy, which has been increased in
members and efficiency.
"And this will continue until the day
will have dawned for which every Ger
man heart ardently waits.
"But already we are close to ac
knowledging that England more than
ever has to rely upon her own soil.
German soil Is now fighting English
soil."
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Machine in Cabinet Form, both open and closed
Berlin, via Sayville wireless. Feb.
21. (U. P.) "We are sure of suc
cess and shall allow nothing and no
body to wrest this success from us,"
declared Secretary of the Treasury
Helfferich to the German agricultural
council, discussing the submarine war.
"Already the navigation which links
the British isles with the rest of the
world -has been depressed to the dan
ger point," he continued, according to
the official press agency report.
"The tonnage which arrived in Brit
ish ports," Helfferich continued, "was
in December last only 2,200,000,000
tons,, net. while the monthly averages
of the last -year of peace was 4,200,000
000 tons.
"Already England's reserve stocks of
most important things needed for life
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Important Bills Up
For Final Passage
Olympia, Feb. 21. Final action by
the state legislature on a num
ber of bills may be expected to
day as under Joint rules the house
session today will act exclusively on
bills that heretofore have passed the
senate, and the senate will similarly
act on house measures.
The senate bills up for final pas
sage are these: Emergency sppropri
atlon for public service commission so
it can work with federal authorities on
present valuations of railroads in this
state; extending the slashing and
burning permit requirement to all
clearing operations; providing for al
ternate Jurors for protracted trials, to
act in case one of the regular Jurors
becomes sick.
Twelve house bills are on the sen'
ate calendar Including the following:
The industrial Insurance comraiaslson
first aid measure; emergency appro-
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General Observance
Of Ash Wednesday
By Two Churches
Preparatory to Easter, the
greatest feast of the Christian
ha year, Lent, with its 40 days of
fasting, began today, this being
Ash Wednesday in the church
I calendar. The day was general-
ly observed In the Roman Cath-
olic and -Episcopal churches of ;
the city. The name Ash Wednes-
day comes from the ancient cus-
, torn of rubbing ashes on the
brows of the penitent. The Len-
ten season, being as it Is . a sol-
emn preface" to the celebration
D of Easter, is observed usually by
m , curtailment, of social activities.
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A Nine-Year Story of Our Growth
RESOURCES
Dec. 31, 1908 . $1,830,405.69
Dec. 31, 1909 $3,006,048.08
Dec. 31, 1910 ,. .,3,768,077.64
, Dec. 31, 1911 ....$5,202,365.42
Dec. 31, 1912 ...... .$6,191,062.28
Dec. 31, 1913.... $6,674,041.69
Dec. 31, 1914. $6,660,230.03 1
Dec. 31, 1915 $6,990,394.45
Dec 31, 1916. .$8,368,041.65
With the exception of 1914 -the year the war broke out we have
shown an increase in our business. This has not .been an astound
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growth the result of the confidence of an appreciative public.
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