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, CONTENTS v tlea 1 Oaaeral Ttw. actios S 8 port. aatomoMlaa. Tlnaaes, star- -. . kttt, Swl Estate. Buuaiag , Wast Ad. aUrise. Bsttsse t Photoplay, Dramatie, Editorial, Gsnoral jroataret. Schools, taettam Society, Cub, Xusie, Fasbloas. Vaadlaworfc. . Baetiea Fiottoa Xtfuina. Beetioa -Comia. THE WEATHER r ertled U4 vicinity sjunday, skew ers; westerly winds. : OlSgOa MA WuMSltM-AdWITt, west; cloudy, east westerly winds. Idaho Pertly cloady. Xorth laelAo coag aThowara ; trash westerly winds. VOL XV. NO. 1.' CITY EDITION Portland; Oregon, Sunda y morning, march 25, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS CITY IS ASTIR AT VIEW PERIL : OF Preparedness Keynote of the ' Day's Activities While the - Armed Guards Patrol the Bridges. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST POSSIBLE VIOLENCE All Branches of Government Business Work for Readiness. ' Three Vn typified Portland yester r1y1n the shadow of impending war preparedness, protection and precau tion. The city got a foretaste of war In -the-sight of armed sentries on the O- era of the army, navy and marine j corps redoubled their energies. Port- j land police admitted more than usual: precautions against hostile acts by unfriendly aliens. Civilians desiring to i serve their country as officers In time j ....T ,ri,r Annmmcement was made toward the (nii of the day of elatwirate plans for bringing recruits Into tie ranks of the Oregon National Guard through an in tensive campaign to be known as Pa triotic week. Naval Militia Expectant. The Oregon Naval Militia received a "bunch" that U would not be Ions be fore its citizen-sailor members would be on their way to some naval station for shore or fleet duty. , . . . . i:.. I Heports or censuses or l aiiut roast shipping and inspection of the resources of t'ortianas snipyaras uamo to light. Plans for the, stirring of patriotism, the bring In? to the surface of the love of country that reposes In every breast, were told by the Glr's" Honor , Guard of Oregon. j More little American flags than In i recent days made their appearance on oat lapels. -Old Glory waved through the day; from office buildings. Pa triotto ' airs played In public places brought most enthusiastic response. ' Tears Inapira Activity. Galheiiegof war clouds coupled wllb if'feAr that America cannot es cape conflict, that it Is ultimately bound to come. - nhaDeil oluns for strengthening the states military re sources' are made for instant de- clslon to protect the city's propertv. Because of the Immense strategic Importance of the railroad bridges ove'r the Columbia and the Willam ette rivers, which form links In Port land's line of, communication with the north, armed guards were placed on these structures Friday night by order of Governor Jarries Withycombe, the Klghth company of coast artillery. Ore- (Concluded on Page Kour, Column One) ti m i riDlSCOnai UimrCrieS - X" JT j r VMArtr wnrwinrinm 1U MUUVY X km ul xKJ UlOXLl Chicago. March 24. (V. P.) From f ' v. . v . i pal church in this diocese, the Amerl- K . Tv. 1 r -m of the churches the rectors will substl tutp: patriotic discourses for their regular-sermons. The order to fly American flags from the churchplres or cupolas was sent out by the Right Rev. Bishop Fallows early in the week. Lansing in New York Sees Only Col. House New Tork. March 24. (U. P.) Sec retary of State Lansing spent today in New York "on a visit," He refused flatly to see newspapermen. Colonel K. M. 1 lotse, confidential adviser to the president, called upon Lansing, but the latter emphasized his determina tion to see no one else by having his dinner 'served In his room this eve ning. . RAILROAD CONTROL IN THE NORTHWEST . It wis once declared by a re sponsible official of the Northern Pacific that the railroads leading over the mountains to Puget sound are not going to allow higher rates to Sound cities than : to water-grade cities along the Columbia. How effective is that policy and how the northern railroads -.with terminals on Puget sound dominate the northwest situation are revealed in an article today on the editorial page of The Journal - The loss to Portland of the Hunt railroad, which was pro j graramed as an Independent line : to Portland over the route of the North Bank,' was one factor by ' which the ascendency of the V northern roads was established and a decline in the paramount ' position of Portland Inaugurated. The story of the loss of the Hunt road is told in the article which "Js ,one of. a series of transporta : tion articles now running in The JOMTOiL ct .44 li 1 W NEWS INDEX SECTION ONE 16 PAGES Fata. City awaka to "War Peril. V. 8. Minister Ordered Out of Belgium. Biota Mark Maw Keetincs, Prepare driest limvrrsallv Boshed. Country Prose Attacks journal. British Fi-ht Close to Enemy. Berlin Reports Hcaty Losses to Allies. Text of Statement Kecalling Whitlock. Port Drvelop-cenl Procedure. Boss Festival fund Campaign On. Bar Association to Banquet. War's Imminence Arouses City. Foresters to Aid in Defense, Horthwest Proves Patriotic, Miss Rankin to Bvpport G. 0. P. Joker in Proposed Measure, 4. 6. 6. uepuDiie irijjinea tor Jiussia. Boys' Popularity Contest Launched. 7. Utah Power Cases Hailed as Victory 8. Cxar't Words Prove Futile. Wheelwright lot War if Necessary. Amateur Soe Growers Recognized. 8.--Press War Regulations Issued. (.Rockefeller Qim tat Relief. "Army Medical Corns Offers Career. North Jetty Near Completion. 10. Bulk Grain Plan Field Imperative. Dead Aviator's Ueirs Advance Claims, taster War Rolicf Appeal Made. French Pilot binks t-Bot. II. Rivers and Harbor 3 Measure Neces sary. French Statistician Figures War Bur den, California Lumber Purchases Puzzle. Psychic Phenomena Investigator Lec tures, Pre posed Rate Increases Protested. 12. Much Work for Extra Session. Two-Platoon system Called Failure. Church Asks Pattor for Accounting. Flight of Interned Ships Expected. 13. Gatens Evades Issue. Says Evans. Detention Camps for Disturbers. Chicago Plans Patriotic Meeting. 14. Lumbermen to Discuss Market. Aitwrca Church to Be Dedicated. Portland Banks killed With Coin. Bend Favors Stnhorn Road. Wreck Victims' Identity in Doubt. Witness in Gill Case ''Stands Pat." Orenoo DistrioU for Road Bonds. Blue Ledge Mines Improving. 15. Bnowsuae jlui mine .manager. 16. Forest Rangers' Lives Lonely. SECTION TWO 16 PAGES f.- 6-7. 8. b u Sports News and Gossip. Automobiles and Good Roads. Real Estate and Building. Paper Problem Solution Sought. Want Ads. Markets and Financial. Marine. kkction THREE 8 pages rage. Gypsies Leave Portland. Photoplay No vs. On Broadway. In Vaudeville, tentorial. Brief Information. Town Topics. Career of Armed Shin Bill Reviewed. Senator Lane's View of International buuetion. World K ven ti viewed. War Zone Obeervat -ons. News of the Schools. SECTION' FOUR 8 PAGES pge, 1.4 The Week in Scriety." Women's Club Affairs. 6. The Realm of Kusic. 7. Care of Mental Defective:! By Con- gresswoman Jeannette Rankin. War and Woman. The Fountain of Youth By Lillian Russell. Needlework Design. S. Where Fire Alarms Are Registered By EUa McMunn.i Source of Oregon Place Names. . Annual Spring. J Poem By James J. MoBtague, -'.-, . ? The Story Lady By Georgen Faulkner 'SECTION FIVE 12 PAGES (Fiction Xagazine.) SECTION SIX 1 PAGES (Comic) MllrUf Wocf TTi TToQT .1V11U.U.1C If Cut) LU 11Xj(mL Preparedness Talks New Tork, March 24. (I. N. S.) Henry L. Stlmson, Frederick R. Coudert and Admiral Robert E. Peary will leave tomorrow on a two weeks trip . through the middle west In the lnter- i est of preparedness, especially unlver- : sal miliU.ry training. It was an i nounced today that they would speak at Chicago. Detroit, Pes Moines, St. aul. Minneapolis. Omaha, St. .Joseph, Topeka, Kansas City and St. Louis ms iuur win ueeiu urn wmi e lour win Degin April witn a me meeting of the Detroit board of com- l mercc, and will close April 12 in St I Louis with two masa meetings. Mr. Stimson and Mr. Coudert will add res s the Detroit board of com- They will be Joined later by Admiral Peary at a mass meeting to be held by the Chit-age tranch of the National Security league. Governor Lowden of Illinois will preside. H. H. Merrick of Armour & Co., and other league officials have arranged a din ner. Admiral Peary will lecture later at alt Lake City. Woman Kills Three Children and Self Boulder, Colo.. March 24. (I. N. S.) During the absence of her husband 1 today Mrs. William M. Nelson living on a farm two miles south of Boulder, killed three of her children, Beulah, 5; Margaret, 3, and Ralph. 2. and at tempted to take the life of a four-month-old baby, ending by shooting herself in the heart. The bodies of his wife and children were found at 4 o'clock this afternoon by the husband on his return home from Lafayette. Mrs. Nelson had been under nervous treatment for the past year, but ap parently was all right when the hus band left home this morning. I Two Drowned When Ice Tips Over Bridge Brocksburg, Neb., March U. (I.,N. S.) Two persons were drowned, one fatally injured and one probably fatal. ly hurt today, when an lee gorge swept out a bridge over the Key a Paha river here. The whole town had gone down to the bridge to watch the flood. Forty persons were on the bridge itself, and 100 more on the banks. The ice struck the bridge and tipped it over. In the mad scramble for the bank a doren persons were hurled into the Icy wa ters. Loss of Dreadriaught Admitted by France Paris, ' March 24. (I. N S.) The French admiralty has announced the destruction by a torpedo in the Med iterranean on Ma roh 19 of the battle ship panton. with a loss of 296 men. Eight hundred and six men were saved by at torpedo boat destroyer and patrol boats. ? The patrol boat, the Massue, attacked the U-boaU " the statement says. - The submarine disappeared. WILSON ORDERS II. S. MINISTER . i a an ' "Intolerable -Conditions" Im posed by German 'Govern ment on American Relief Work Forces Recall. PLEDGES VIOLATED' BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES American Money -Still to tBe Used to Feed Starving; Bef gians, Says Commission. "vV'ashington. March 14. 4 Unable longer ato stand th "Intolerable eopAW tions" imposed by : the German1 ernmeat on American ' relief worli among 10.000.000 . destitute Belgian," the United States ha withdrawn from that stricken little coTanry I Brand Whitlock, the American minlafer and the American relief worker; - The withdrawal was ordered by. President Wilson himself. Accompanying the official announce ment of this action today," the 'state de partment issued a statement of ettng mg rndictment against the German government for its. violation of pledges and its acts of aggression against the Belgians and their American aviors. Sharp Languaga Used. For sharpneas of language there bas been no official document issued by this government during the entire course of the war which equals it. It was etated tonight that every ef fort would be made to hasten the transportation of Americans in Bel gium to neutral soli. They will prob ably leave Belgium- by way of Holland, leaving to the Dutch administration the relief work among the destitute Belgians. An appeal to the American people to redouble their efforts to aid in feeding the 7,000,000 starving Belgians was voiced by Alexander J. Hemphill, treas urer of the American commission for relief in Belgium, tonight. In spite of the withdrawal of Min ister Brand Whitlock and the Ameri cans now .working in Belgium, .the fommlsaion is going onwith its work, "urther contributions are -needed Im mediately. The commission Is main taining its offices in New York. Lon don and Rotterdam. Officials of the Dutch government will replace the Americans withdrawn. More Help'Haeded. ' In his statement JLemph,'U .decJareA that the vast sums already sent from the United States had barely covered the cost of distributing the supplies to the stricken people of France, and England supplied much of the food. A (Continued on Psge Two, Column Two) i 1 Vim -.'rjX 8 4 Near Riots Mark Gatherings m m , t ' 11 Hecklers Are Cause of Trouble ANTI-STONE HECKLER INTERRUPTS RED IN MIDST OF HIS SPEECH Down With Senator Stone" Cry Nearly Causes Trouble at Kansas City Meeting Kansas City, Mo., March-24. (U P.) In the middle of Senator Reed's speech t -Kansas City's- -loyfcHy-meet- inr -here tonleht. Bryson- Jones, a widely known cititert, dried out: , "Down with Senator Stone." For ; several: minutesvit' looked like the rgrreatraeetlng ofv 25i000 persons would he turned into a. riot. . . -Th iigreet ' crowd "plainly 'wa an refed.' -Jumping to their, feet, hissing and. yelling, scores demanded that the heckler be arrested. Naval militia men 1 and' V policemen ? immediately searched " through ''the crowd to find the man ' who had made the outcry, placed Jones under arrest and released hlrn 'only . at " the Insistence of Reed, who demanded that he be placed on the platform. Apology Xs Promised. Reed paused in his speech to make an explanation in which he told Jones and the crowd "the press of the coun try had misinformed the nation In the hurry and bustle of that violent night in which the armed neutrality bill came up' The great crowd ehered and waved Its flags madly. Jones told Reed when he had finished his speech, that the explanation was satisfactory and that an apology would be sent to Sen ator Stone. Thousands who had paraded Kansas City's streets since mid-afternoon were unable to enter the great auditorium where the largest patriotic demonstra tion in the history of the middle west was being held. Flags and banners by the thousands evidenced the war spirit. Senator Reed made the principal ad dress. ' Peace Advocates Soored, Declaring the moment 'America throws herself into the great European conflict "the hour of fate - will have struck for Hoherusollern and the Haps bura; dynasties,' . Senator James .rA. Reed Missouri's junior senator, told the crowdthaWthe world is -About to. aee how dangerous it 14 to awaken a sleep- (iaaiK,-t jtM9w,-i :$r.tr trr i Reed scored hh the reaoe-at-nT- prtco-' propagandists And those who as serted' that.-but-for the fleets of the allies,'1 America could be Invaded by Germanv. ' . - "These genblemenseeYn"tO Strive' to convince ; Germ any that we cannot fight," Reed declared. "The fact 'is, the .American . war fleet today is ml perior to that of Germany. ; Within 12 rnonthj time we can, if required, train and equip ' an - amy of 4,000,00 men. THE; BLACK! SHADOW PACIFISTS FIGHT WITH PRO-WAR ADVOCATES AT N.Y-MASS MEETING Former Show Aptitude With Fists Before Latter Are .EjectedTrom Garden, New Tork. March 24. (U. P.) A Mtvall riot with open fighting featured C& . LClllVia V O. V Via M Wl' ifci vn i militant spectators at tonight's mass meeting of the. Emergency Peace com-1 mtttee to object to the pacifist pro- ceedlngs. ' Three or four persona In the audi stand; sUrted heckling Chairman John u. Munotiano. in a moment iit hundred neople charged the disturbers i and a free-for-all fist flrht ensued. I The hecklers were ejected after 31 minutes of fast and furious fisticuffs. The nro-war advoc.-tes were vastly es were vastly I outnumbered by the pacifists, but they Dut ud a hot little flft-ht in which the pacifists showed they, know how to use their fists. JTo One Xnjared In Battle. Madison Square Garden was in an j UDroar during the disturbance. At lAsst eooo nersons were massed there. I A numlber of women left frightened at the fighting. No one appeared to be I stand behind any newspaper which n a hospital here, was in a sinking much the worse for the ecrappln.. j f elt grieved enough to carry the mat- condition at an early hour this mern Johnr E. Milholland. who presided, ter to the courts. ling. The outlook for his recovery is strenubusly defended the patriotism or those opposing war. I .Tvtoto MZtU- The text of the resolution, he said. We resent to tn follow: "V art, lovsl to th Constitution. ln" a'JL . " BeuiSQ wunouw gums . i --ever mma u.n - SOm flT HIM COUDIDT "l w urai Vl tms ncu citw " "v DO lit to live in. He then referred to recent events in KUSSia. I Want Time to Consider. 1 Ara, you an American?" shouted a man from the rear of the hall. "Of course.' returned Milholland. parently peeved at tne interruption. i "Throw nlm out:" u nis xrom u i . Ko. retorted Milholland, you won t throw anyone ont.'V . ;v - s ' .Directing his remarics to the roan la .v.- riv.nit .tinii4 ti.r. .. ;r;r; T;I . "- w.'! " . " Tw ?:tp wnere eiaa. w wuk urns is coniraer i this question thoroughly and shall re- r .tunowlMl " - . I Otir ilMlktn trt Jaawnh Pin. I a- T it- iA.W' ...... - 7 I dah Magnus and Professor ""'" Nearlrur, Jim .Milholland continued an officer marched out of the halL takln, th. man -from the rear, charged with "dls- lurmne; me peace. OF THE VALLEY L Willamette Editorial Associa tion Adopts Bitter Resolu tions Because of Fight Against Tax Graft. WOULD BACK ACTION IM THE STATE COURTS Q f nQallS Of COrVaH'lS Ga . B . Zette-TimeS IntrOuUCCS c..u: l MIUw - OUDjeCl Bl AIDany. rM0luUons of scathing denunciation of ),. t -t .-. i wi.Aa i A: ...r"..: i.-. I ff " A " . .1 . !"V."A..ir VT-1 tion graft, at the recent session of the e1 ltJ hii.tn.as of h Wlllasntta Valler Edl- 1 r " . " ; . " " . , , , . - i loaay. adoui i vaiiey neinpsiitr mm we're presentf representatives C. K. lngalls. of the Corvallls Ga zette-Times, introduced a resolution charging The Journal with making a "contemptible fight" upon the country press, of libeling and misrepresenting several of .the papers, and agreeing to I t -ix wrouie, or. uregon wj, pre- '""- Vt l",'Jl',"J,","u:l' , ? ...ui:iuu.u u. Sesorntlon as Adontad. , ... . 0t the legislature. The Oregon Journal m,j, . rnnlpim.llhl. nttur-lc nn thai i.guniry prem oi ine na; ,risv and I 'W hereas, In the course of its propo- j anda, we Del ev it nas .mallciouaiy '"; 'S. "tv ihT?e e tint- ap-lin, f,i.s atatementa in reference to I the publication of the delinquent tax iisi,ana Whereas. Its campalrn was inimical ba8t fnteresui of the state f Orejron; .-Therefore, Be it resolved, -That this sssouiatlon go on record as protesting to the neoDla of this state against the shamefully,, unscrupulous conduct of I The Journal, in setting forth Its propa- . . that. w. hereby agree to itanii eenina any newspaper, incm mr this organization, that considers The Journal s falsa charges important X".'! "!"".."- ,r.-'.?n rlJZZ"' h wuiiam norniorooK o.. vn iua7 Democrat presided at tne meeung ana other valley newspaper men as fol- -1 lnsra . rt aaaT T I. f 1. MronilL I irt , " V7 Ir.,., c w. Hoh.7. OrL q J urie;Lyn Brown. Browns- t,,; g. A. Alexander. Lebanon PANS N Knu: Klbert Bode. Cottage GrovelTt ' .3. Z "r. -T ,v t- . , . . n... aenimei; vv. v.. farry. Times; u. k. ingaus. orvams uau- limes; x.. nx. iwian, aiuwii uoimu, J. C. DImm. Springfield News. A report of the legislative commit-; tee was heard and future legislation was discussed. The next meeetlng was given to Marshfleld in September, and the fol lowing officers were elected: G. E. lngalls. Corvallls, president, and El bert Beede. Cottage Grove, secretary. Colonel H. Hofer urged the press to encourage tne settlement 01 more small tracts as a means of settling tne country. Bruce Dennis, formerly of the La Grande Observer, but now mjxa.tw u- X ' V, '""" bona issue, spoae lor me oonaing aci. XjegrsiauoB a uaorseo. Following nis taiic, a resolution was adopted pledging the support of the papers represented and indorsing the legislation enacted. The program, as carried out, fol - lows; Message from president of the Oregon State Editorial association, E. E. Brodie. Enterprise. Oregon City: Party Organization by Newspapers, discussion led by C. E. lngalls, Ga - zette-Times, Corvallls; "How to Make an Advertiser Out of a Non-Adver tiser," discussion by members; "How Much Bookkeeping Should a Small Shop Do?" George TurnbulL Univer sity of Oregon school of journalism; "Backbone," George H. Baxter. Chron icle,' Creswell; diacusison of proposed excursion to Coos county. v. ..f. - j r v.- been more manifesUy In the interest of the taxpayers than the abolition of newsoaoer nubilcatlon of tha delin- quent tax lists. The only opposition t s (-WiA PafnrrM .ATsAaal Aswananava which have been reaping rich Droflta from the publication of the lists, Through the activities of their hired lobbyists at the recent legislative aes. sion they defeated the measure which would have put an end to the graft." Taxpayers all over .Oregon 'have written to The Journal indorsing In the strongest terms the efforts of thU newspaper to bring about this reform. The master of the state grange ap peared In person before the Judiciary committee or the house to urge It. Coast y Clerks Oppose Graft. The State Association of 'County Clerks, at Its annual meeting four montn ago, aooptea emptiatlo reeolu-1 glum, by the German military author tlone declaring that newspaper Dubli- I itlM. aava a dlanatch received hera to. cation of the delinquent lax lists is a wasie ol me taxpayers' money and should be aDoiisnea. similar reeolu- ium were aaopiea Dy tne State As socxaiion ui Mjunij commissioners and County Judges. Granges all over the state have given unqualified indorsement ot The Journal s campaign to put an end to the abuse. The resolutions adopted yesterday by the Willamette Valley Editorial association are in line with the re cent effort of tne officials of the State Editorial association to Induce the newspapers of Oregon to boycott The Journal because of its Insistent demand that .the taxpayers shall not be victimized any longer, through .Coeetaae4 e Page Two. Celasui Tkrsa. Lawmakers Stage Comedy Dozen Colorado Legislators Read Bills at One Time t to Comply With Law. Denver, Colo.. March 24. (U. P.) The wildest orgy of . "law-making," perhaps, that was ever staged in 'an American statehouse, was in progress tonight as the twenty-first general as sembly of the state of Colorado brought its session to a close. The session resembled a scene from a comic opera. In the house 12 mem bers stood and valiantly read bills at the top of their voices, while their con stituents and spectators indulged in a feast, - provided to fortify themselves against" the hours they must remain in session, with clocks stopped, after midnight. The law provides that bills must be read before they can be finally passed. But it doesn't make any provision against simultaneous reading or any number of bills. So the 12 each read a different bill and the tumult was deafening. The senate,' less noisy, but equally attentive to business, passed the bone dry prohibition bill on third reading. The state, fair bill, an addition of $60,000 to the penitentiary approprla- hvh, av aio.vvv stiiviiriuwi state agrtcultural board and other measures of less importance were ruBhed through th0 forrn of pas8ag the least attempt at debate or " "T Tl r 'I.T ' consiaerauon. - . , IfQgap m Cntical Condition Chicago. March 25. (Sunday) Ed gar Frank of Portland, who is confined discouraging. The condition of Edgar Trank, sec- "tary of the BIumiuer-Fruk Drux company of Portland, who is seriously 1 in Chicago, was reported to be very night TM. ma.1. WIji . and inflammation of the brain cover Hurv FV.nk a. hrnttor ! an hta war to Chicago, as Is Mrs. Henry j. jranr m . mthr. Mrs. mrank lef t from San Francisco, and Mr. Frank from Portland. Thursday nlrht. i Japan Sells Military , Supplies to Mexico -r.i. k.t 91 if x " rlSl rT-tUlact of i - 7 . . . - - . . . . Mexico, nas neen ouying- mimrraojv plies in .Japan, according to a Story I pnntca in ium reaching here by way of Shanghai 1 c. .,... .!!.. h. -n. ..v. tXrtAty have been shipped, one ship- I . . . . ... w a a 1V ra Vl7 Zadr oeereito "5; oTn. Atiwa lil wbci wcv - - 1 aneJMS gn experts. Th, JirtnMe, who hitherto have sold ; I .7 .7. t 1 .,V,L. V.s - 1 ,..)rtMlnn ..'h.i n.t.nr. of thr..!' awaroa neia mey were aomg , MexlcaM who went to Japan, provided with a credit of more than $2,000,000 of real money, according to the Ad vertiser. Iron Bar Falls Upon Dynamite; Four Dead I -v. -v-v vr.-, 41 IT JO At , J , vni .n . dven terrlbly m3ured by the explosion of a charge of dynamite in the snart on n,.,...,,-. l.land leadinr to the new mihwar tunnel, shortly before mid nJc-ht tonight. it was reported that the explosion I was due to the fall of an iron bar upon I Quantity of dynamite. 1 The explosion shook the whole or I Blackwell's island and aroused 10.- I f 00 Inmates of the penitentiary, alms house and city hospital and other in I stltutlons of the departments of char- lity and oorrectiona, wruca are jocaiea I there. Germans Send Gold Into Mexico, Report El Paso. Texas. March 14. (U. P.) I Azenis oi ine oewrmi.ni i yuav. today Inestic tt n "f" om" ia r b,n through the El Paso customs port Into exico i I St.&lft. The reports say New Tork drafts are being turned Into gold here and ex 1 Portatlon or tne money 10 Mexico ioi I lows. Catholic Churchman Jailed by Germans London. March 24. (L N. S.) Pen tence of nine months' Imprisonment has been slven Manager Louis Legraive. vicar-ceneral to Cardinal Mercler. head I of tin RomiA Catholla church In Bel- I day. The noted churchman was sent to a prison in Germany. He was accused of sheltering a discharged French sol - 1 dler for one night. Vopicka at Capital To Make His Report Washlnsrton." March 4. (I. Jf. S.) Charles J. Vopicka, American minister to Roumanla. Bulgaria and Serbia, ex pelled from the Balkans at the insti gation of the - central powers. Is - in Washington to report directly to Pres ident -Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing. -Mr. Voplek is on a to-day leave. , , PREPARATIONS ARE RUSHED BY ALL BRANCHES United States Government Proceeds With Measures for Possible Conflict With Germany With Air Speed. 24 NEW DESTROYERS -ARE ORDERED BUILT Secretary .Baker Says Army Is Pressing Ahead With All Purchases Needed. - Tif Carl D. Groat. - - Washington. March 24. (U. P.) The United States swung several paces nearer war today, with blc compre hensive preparedness moves. The government bought 24 new de--, stroyers, with orders to hasten their completion. , It ordered Brand Whitlock to Quit his post as minister to Belgium and withdrew American relief workers, st the same time branding Germany with faithlessness even in her pledges of protection toward the giant errand of mercy conducted In Belgium. It ordered that two regiments of militia guard the big F.ore River Ship building company's plant at Qulncy; Mass., and other establishments in the Old Bay state. Other steps nearr war were: Training Camps Planned. Announcement that the department commanders are getting ground for big training cam pa like the Plattaburg, N. Y., site, and that millions authorised by the last congress will be spent on equipping these tracts; information that definite land defenses are under way. though these cannot be revealed under a new censorship; notification to Germany that this government rejwts the German trick proposals contained in request to reconstrue the treaty of 1TI9. A voluntary censorship was clamped on news, under an agreement between - the state, war and navy departments, and the big prase associations of the nation. Later, It was - suggested mn sctual wer time censorship- will be im posed by legislation. . rresiaant Interviews Daniels. The National Council of Defense delved further into preneredneas. while President Wilson, closely in touch with all preparedness work, interviewed Sec retary of the Navy Daniels, and Sec retary of War Baker as to the progress : of work within their own branches. . . The navy ordered all the destroyers it could at the moment, uelng money in the 111', 000. 000 emergency-appropriation to cover nine more than had been authorized. The department wishes to gather 25 to 60 more of these craft and will turn at once to this .fai,k. though the builder. Involved in . . . .... . . B a7tave 11 waiij7ns. Tonight Secretary Baker declared that the army "is pressing ahead with, all purchases needed to equip the army If called upon." r Zntente Wants Big- Ziam, Entente government representatives -are keen to have this government provide them a big loan as a war step. This will be done, unless the : nation opposes the idea. Spokesmen of the allies here express the view that It would be inadvisable to send an oversea army from this country ' to Europe. Withdrawal of Brand Whitlock 'and the American relief workers from Bel glum marked the end of America's patience, end likewise Indicated the government's view that it could no longer permit the workers to remain . there lest they be endangered further. In announcing the withdrawal, the state department charged Germany with breaking1 pledges about Belgium, especially In that recently she baa been extending her ruthlasaness to the relief ships, and has failed even to heed American protests against such a course. Preliminary to War Zs Seea. ' The withdrawal was taken a - a, preliminary to real war. . - While these things go on, the gov ernment departments are more than ever careful about spies. Calling out tWo Massachusetts militta regiments, at the suggestion of Governor . Mc- -Call was aimed directly at preventing any Germanic moves to cripple vital construction units In the Bay state. Germany's general submarine meth ods with regard to neutral rights con tinues. The state department was -In- (Continued ea Pas Two. C(4nma five) Walter Hogan Strain Relaying Rails Reed the "Want Adw" today; they may prove profitable. Swap Column. REMINGTON No. 7. typewriter for traveling bag or high power rifle. Dahlia bulbs tor what? , Tot Bale sflacallaseotis. FOR SALE 300 tone relaying rails. 3, 40. 4S lba. 1 Climax, locomotive, 20 tons, some logging trucks. ; . Poultry, mgeou and . let atock. WALTER HOGAN strain, trap neated White Leghorn hatching eggs, $1 for 15: li tor 100. Day old chJcks April 7. Z.asnaehea THREE room houseboat furntaftW ed. ineured lor S00, arvd 21-Xt. launch. 224 h. p. motor, 1400. Hundreds- of opportunities are placed in the path of those wmo make it a point each day to ooC over the "Want Ad" columns of The Journal, , - . ;' Turn to Section Two. . ' '. ' mm