n THE WEATHER Tonight and ' to-: morrow, show ers; ioutH to' west winds. , Hu midity, 69. 4 1 VOL. XV. NO. 354. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES. tidt'b Tir rfMTC oir TKAivfl An irrws II ; irs ALL TRUE" r"" . . 1 1 . : " 1 . 1 . 1 1 " ' 1 . 1 ' ' " STATE FACING SHORTAGES IN ' FARM PRODUCE Startling Revelation Made of Threatening Lack of Pro duction of Grain, Hay, Livestock, Labor in State. FARMERS ARE ASLEEP . TO SERIOUS SITUATION Plans Laid at Conference Held Today to Avert Cal amity That Impends. Startling shortages in grain, hay, livestock, farm capital and labor a. a r . A l.nlAoaH hv ' lUIUUgllUUl. W I CfiUii w ri f ...... . county agriculturists gatnerea xor con ference in the food production drive Sat V I tArnlnrr Yet the great majority of the farm- , ers do not as yet realize the seriousness j f the situation, the agriculturists tee- ' lifted. The meeting was devoted to emergency plans for mobilizing the ag- ; riculturlsts. the farmers' councils and the farmers generally. Kach agriculturist, returning, will at :Once call a session of Ms advisory council, the members of which will thereafter arrange for local meetings Ind individual conferences with every farmer in each county. ' Boys to Be Released. ' Kaeh agriculturist's office will be come a branch of the Portland munic ipal employment agency and the gov ernment employment service for the securing and handling of farm labor. The Columbia county agriculturist this morning pleaded that newespapera be silent as to the $50-a-month wages paid eleswhere because he said the farmers cannot keep their help. The Crook and Deschutes county agrlcul- u, isv . ji.i n . u into ni(.iciiii;iit 111 r few mltwites with a plea for farm labor -for. which he said $60 to 175 a month n,la Alliw.1 : kin r, .m.nt . wouia ra paid. .. Arrangements have been made, said Diiector Ralph D. Hetzel of the Ore- : ron Aa-1-lcilltllra.l ATtnnalnn riivlBlnn who presided over the conference, to release high school boys for farm work, giving them the same credits II If thftv hnA remfiJneri in nrhonti ; This will- take place by local arrange ment as tho btfys are needed. In some districts, such as YamhHl ind Mal heur counties, business men have : pledged personal labor, closing stores so that merchants and clerks can work In the fields. - - MA FtOUin SMIOTII. - Getting seed is one. of the most serious problems. The Agricultural college has sent out an appeal asking that all available seed be listed with lit. and there has been considerable re sponse already, but many farmers with E round ready cannot get supplies. The ano county agriculturist reported that an - Individual .desiring to place a $1,000,000 contract for beans and wish V Ing to contract for the cfof 8000 acres had come to Eugene, but seed had net yet been obtained. '(Oaoclodrd on Pig Two. Column One.) SENATE AND HOUSE 21 f " TO 35 AS AGE LIMIT Question Will Be Disposed of ,; at Conference to Be Held on" Army Bill. "Washington. April 30. I. N. S.) Chairman Dent of the house' commit tee on military affairs today conferred th Secretary of War Baker and ItuHaneously Brigadier General Crowder, judge advocate "general of the army, conferred with Senator Cham berlain over the forthcoming confer ence on the army bill. - Indications were today that there Would b a modification in conference f of: the age limits for the conscription carried in the two bills, and that per' sons between the ages of 21 and 35 r possibly 21 and 30. would be made subject to the draft. The house bill carries the age of 21 to 40. and the senata 21 to. 27. both inclusive. " It is Understood the war department feels there would be millions in un necessary expense if males between the ages of 21 and 40 are required to Teglster.v The department does not de s.Sire to fight the war with "boys." but , is said to prefer the draft of men ' considerably below 40 years. The final outcome of the conference between the two houses would be to compromise me age limit. There was an impression about the house today that the house will agree to the so-called Roosevelt amendment. Inserted by the house, authorizing the icceptance of the services of the Roose telt volunteers. However, the adminis tration is understood to be opposed to tnis ana cnairman Xent would give no Msuranoes , that the house would live in, ", ... ... Santa Fe Will Haise of. Employes 'Chicago, April SO. (f. Ni 8.) Be- : cause of tbe rapidly , increasing - price or.living. ine Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe- railroad will boost the wages of employes, it was announced today. An -proximately, $1,500,000 will -be added to their payroll for the first naif - of th year. Employes working, under schedules or contracts will not share ,ln the increase, .This bars members f ine- Drotherhoods. . ?-k - MAY AGE Bread Rioting Takes Place in Chicago Ghetto Five Hundred Bakers From 15 of Largest Jewish Bakeries Are on Strike. Chicago. April 30. (U. P.) Bread riots today replaced the meat riots of several weeks ago In the Ghetto dis trict on the northwest side. With 600 bakers in 15 of the largest Jewish bakeries out on strike, the bread supply was seriously crippled. Hundreds of sympathizers Joined with the strikers and picketed the shops that attempted to operate. In some instances kerosene was thrown. Calls for protection were sent out by bakery proprietors and 500 policemen were detailed to the trouble zone by Chief of Police Schuettler. Gary May See 25-Cent Loaf. Gary. Ind.. April 30. (I. N. S.) The price of bread was increased to day by Gary bakers. Bread today costs approximately 100 per cent more than it did during the first part of the month. A 25-cent loaf of on-j pound is predicted. San Franciscans Pay More. San Francisco. April 30. (P. N.- S.l The increase in the price of bread, announced by . bakers last week, be came effective today, the 12 ounce 5 rnt loaf advancing to 6 cents and the 24 ounce-loaf going to 12 cents. Memphis Bakers Raise Price. Memphis, Tern., April 30. (I. N. S.) Kffective tomorrow all Memphis bakers will advance bread to 15 cents a loaf. The 5 cent loaf will be abolished and the 10 cent loaf, increased slight ly in size, will take its place. ARMIES DEADLOCKED IN VALLEYOFSCARPE Strong Raid by Haig's Forces North of Yf res Succeeds; German Fire Increases Vw rrBon Drire Zs Bxpected. London, April SO. ft. N. S.) o-After-i . week -ot jmswerful pressure against the German lines from Lens to 6t. Quentln It is expected that , this week will see another big drive by the French afeainst St, .Quentin and in the Argonne'forest. The Germans are fighting with such desperation as they have never before shown on the western front . Sot only are they calling heavily upon their reserves, but are counter-attacking continuously. ' London. Aipril 30. T7. P.) As an Indication that the British offensive is not takins- all the strength of the tiritisn army in the Arras to St. Quen tin front. Field Marshal Hai staged a strong raid north of Ypres today. At night, north of Ypres, a success ful raid was carried out." the British commander-in-chief reported. "Eigh teen prisoners and a machine gun were captured." Ypres is nearly 60 miles north of tho Arras sector, where the British push was still powerfully exerted against the remnants-of the northern most end of the Wotan line. "Between Monchy le Preux and the ScaT-pe in a small operation we took a few prisoners and improved our no sition," Haig reported of the fighting in tnis sector. . British race Broken Ground. The fighting in the rounded sector Jn front of Gavrelle, Roeux. Monchy no. uuemappe was apparently in a 'clinch" today, the 'armies on both sides more or less deadlocked. With yesterday's captures of Ger man positions around Oppy. the Brit ish forces have now reached broken (Concluded on Pmge Fourteen. Column Two) King Constantine Denies Accusation Disclaims Every Allegation la Article Published in Paris. Charging KostU lty Toward Entente. Washington, ApM 30. (I. N. S. Sweeping and,- categorical denial of charges that King : Constantine of Greece has been actively hostile to the entente allies has been addressed by that monarch to the French minister at' Athens, it was announce-? ay the Greek legation here la'. --;after noon. "It is absolutely false that his ma Jesty ever received from any sovereign or tne group enemy to the entente anv telegram, note or counsel whatsoeve on wnai policy lie should follow to maintain his throne," were the words the king commanded the marshal of his court to employ. "Finally, his majesty, the kinr. die claims for his part, every allegation n said article story published in th Paris Temps), according to whi?h it appears tVal he or his government ever naroorea Nosuie intentions of - any aina towara tne entente." Idaho Guardsman Kills Interloper Spokane, Wash.. April 30. (P. N. 8.) Thomas Queries, an Idaho Na tlonal Guardsman, this morninx shot and killed a' man believed to be George Farr, ay negrov who-rrefused to halt when ordered to by Queries. ' t Queries was guarding a Great North ern bridge and- says Farr attempted to cross; the bridge carrying a package. Farr had his head bandaged and ap peared to -be masked. - He died im mediately af ter, being hit. BRUSH AND GERMAN CARRYING GUNS lilTED,Slll Lieutenant and Nine of Naval Gun Crew of Steamer Vacuum, Torpedoed Sat urday, Reported Missing. FORMER TANKER IS THE VICTIM OF GERMAN DIVER Captain and Five of Crew, Besides Gunners, Believed Drowned at Time. Captain Karris Among- Ziost. New York, April 80. (U. P.) Only three of the American naval gunners aboard the oil tanker Vacuum, sunk by a sub marine, are listed as saved in a cablegram received at the oil company's offipes here today. Captain S. S. Harris was among those drowned. The message follows: "Vacuum torpedoed 28th, 140 miles west of Earra. No. 1 life boat with captain arid others lost. No. 2 with chief of ficer and following saved: Simpson and Williams. engi neers; Linegren. carpenter; Lotes, quartermaster; Wltzen. Gitzos, oilers; Parde, stoker; Singros, Vlmegapparo, Byl, sea men; Dia and Andrews, stew ards; Hatton, wireless; William Orell and Nichola Hitson and Lasker, naval." London. April 30. (U. P.) America may have lost her first fighting force n the war with Germany in the tor pedoing of the armed American oil- tanker Vacuum Saturday. The lieutenant in command of the gun crew ana nine or nis men were among tne missing reportea toaay. Three naval gunners were among those saved. The rescued included the chief mate and 17 men in all. The captain of the Vacuum and some of the ' crew are still unaccounted fox. The survivors were Attended to by flay." - ,.. I unless i no Amsricin uvu lieuten ant and his gun crew, now missing, are later rescued, they will be Americas first fighting force to lose their lives in America's war with Germany, The. naval lieutenant will be ths first officer killed. " " " . J. I. EpoluccI, a boatswain's mate U. N.. is still missing from the Axtec tonpedoing and he may be the first of America's' fighting men to die. The Vacuum is an oil tanker, proper ty of the Vacuum Oil company of New York. Fifteen 'Americans in Crew. i New York. April 30. (U. P.) Cap tain S. Harris, residing at Lempston, N. T., was in command of the oil tanker Vacuum when she was sunk and Lieu tenant Thomas, U. S. N., commanded the American navy gun crew aboard her. according to information obtained here today. The Vacuum was of 1392 tons. She carried two guns, forward and aft, in charge of a naval gun crew. The Vacuum had a crew of 34. She has been carrying oil to Europe since 1914. At the offices of the Vacuum Oil company it twaa stated that the Vacuum was a regular cargo boat, not an oiltanker, as at first reported.- She had delivered a cargo taken on at New York to Liverpool and was returning home in ballast. The steamer was formerly known as he Baymon. ine caoiegram received oy ine on company and cable advices to the United Press indicated that a total of 16 men, including Captain Harris and the American gun crew, were probably lost. The Vacuums crew numbered 34 and 18 were reported landed In the reports from London. Fifteen mem bers of the crew were Americans. With the gunners and the lieutenant In com mand the Americans aboard num bered 25. There were 14 American members of the crew, aside from Captain Har ris. They were: Oscar Gailes. first officer. New York; Frank J. Yerney. second officer. New York; Ed. Husted, third officer. Mount Vernon, N. Y.; John Kirk, chief engineer. New York; John Simpson, assistant engineer, New York; Francis J. Davis, second assistant engineer. New York; R, Williams, third assist ant engineer, Milwaukee; J. Wllkens, oiler. New York; W. H. Crane, stew ard, Brooklyn; Thomas Ellis, Albany; J. L. Hatton. wireless operator, Mil waukee; Joseph Mullen, Brooklyn; R. Puntie and McLog, both of San Juan, P. R. State Department Not Informed. Washington, April 30. (I. N. S.) Up to .noon today neither the state department nor the navy department had received any word regarding the sinking of the American tanker Vacuum, from which members of the naval gun crew are reported missing. Pending official reports, officials re fused all comment. Two Companies of Guard Quarantined Two companies of the Third regi ment. Oregon infantry, which have been housed In the Armory on guard duty, will be removed to a detention camp at Clackamas today because or tbe discovery of two cases of spinal meningitis among the men. ' The cases developed during the past two. days, the victims being- Private Olin of Com pany B. Portland, and Private Barton of Company H, MqMinnville. The for mer Is said to be in a serious condi tion. Both men were removed to the post hospital at Vancouver. .-The quar antine will last about a months ' - -: - L. - ' . .' -. FIELD MARSHAL JOSEPH JOFFRE and Ambassador J. J. Jusserand of France on the arrival of the French com mission at Washington. Below, the French commission ers passing through the capitol grounds. In the front automo bile is General Joff re with .General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the United States Army. ; - H 1 I"' I 111 Rv Ed. L. Keen. I i'-i A i London. April 30. (U.. P.) The fe ' 153 S . British admiralty was under a furnace jf 1 rS 8 blast of heat of public clamor for re- m ' il a habllitatlon today. ! 1 , M f T -' f W ft -Si i VV - li' 'Jr. i PiSi ii Ili, . v .. May Day Epochal for Russia K X X X X X X X X X X X .-' Democratic Spirit Will Rule X X X X X X X X X X X X A rmy Reforms Are Ordered By William G. Shepherd. Petrograd, April 80. (U. P.) From the czar's winter palace, until recently the seat of the, most autocratic of ell modern governments, a high sign to day proclaimed tho rising tide of world democracy. : On the eve of May Day. Minister of War Gutchkoff issued an order strik? ing the last bonds from the army of the new Russia.' - It is with this new spirit of freedom that Russia will cele brate tomorrow. The keynote of the day is struck by the sign stretching across the front of the palace, fashioned by the hands of workmen now knowing the meaning of liberty. It reads: "The Proletariat of All Countries Unite." Soldier SngfesUd Orders. The orders Issued by Minister Gutch koff today were put forth at the sug cMtion of the nrivate soldiers them selves. They provide: Hereafter all soldiers are to be con sidered citizens of Russia. (Under autocracy's rule, they were not even supposed to be units of the nation they were supposed to die ror.j Complete religious freedom. Free speech guaranteed. Attendance at chu.rch services not compulsory. Mail from trenches shall' not be cen sored. AH mail including pamphlets shall be delivered to soldiers at the front. Servile "Sir" Abolished. The servile "sir" abolished in pri vate replies to officers. Hereafter privates shall say merely "yes" or no without the "sir" in answering officer. Also, soldiers hereafter need not salute their officers "unless the soldier wishes." Privates, however, must come to "attention" when com manded to do so. Corporal punishment in the army completely abolished. It is in this spirit of complete free dom that "free Russia'' will celebrate May day tomorrow. Under caardom, a few brave spirits used to meet in remote forests on May 1, and in constant dread of the secret police, would gq through the forms of a parade under the red flag of liberal ism." - Today -.the -government itself Joins, i : ; A . - -A Stay Say Advanced In Stnssla. .- The Russian calendar, is wore than tw weeks behind that In use every where else on tbe globe, but it was decided to advance May day in Russia to coincide with the rest of the world. A parade such as Russia never saw IT- J 'ttUv 4 ' :'. 1 before will be the principal feature of the celebration in the capital. But, while Russia is celebrating her freedom, the people. Joyed at throwing off their shackles, are "not forgetting that Russia's liberty must be fought for. Soldiers who visited their homes from. the front immediately after the revolution are returning to fight by thousands. Strange stories are .told by Russian soldiers back from the front of how the enemy received the news of Rus sia's overthrow of autocracy. One sol dier tcld me today of the "strangest sight he ever saw." s Germans Desert Officers. "We have discovered now that the Germans on our front don't like to at tack us." he said. "Under a red flag last Monday German officers climbed out of their trenches. The German fcoldiera followed. We didn't fire. But we likewise hoisted our red flag. "When the Germans saw w r J deliberately withholding our fire from their ranks, under the same red flag as our own forces, the soldiers them selves stopped still and turned back to tneir own trenches. They abandoned their officers. (Continued on Pag Two, Column Firor.) Red Hand Mystery" Solved) 'TwasOnly Salesman's Prank Seattle, Wash., April SO. (P. N. S- Lumoermen of the northwest who received cards. printed in reo, "But tnree days left," and who feared an . at- tack on their plants May 1. are iji. .relieved today in the solving of the "blackhand" mystery. The cards, ent to every mill man in the northwest, were also stamped "In red "We mean busl- ; ness." An enterprising mac hi n- cry- agent was In this manner preceding a sales campaign and endeavoring to draw the atten jfr.tipn of. the mill men. it , de- veloped today. .He ; did, for they employed I detectives guards, regular - po ll lice officers and others to "fer- ret out the mastery." ' -- .- ADMIRALTY Of BRITAIN FACES CRY FOR FACTS Reorganization of. the Naval Branch Sought Because Statistics of U-Boat Sink ings Are Withheld. Lord northcliffe is LEADER IN MOVEMENT, Failure to Combat Submarine Mengce and Stop De stroyers Criticized. sjk ''- Aid the crusade in 1915 which resulted in the great shakeup of the war office and Lloyd George's appointment as minister of munitions, was behind to day's movement for reorganization of the naval branch. Press and public ap peared to agree with him in the live liest fashion. The opposition to the admiralty reached the. house of commons today, when questions were asked of the first lord of the admiralty, Sir Edward Carson. Attacks TTom Three Directions. "If the ntimber of German sub marines Is increasing we must expect a corresponding Increase in the danger to shipping," - he replied, referring to the statistics of sinkings. The admiralty is under attack from three directions. First, there is wide spread criticism of its failure more suc cessfully to combat the German subma rine menace; second, the admiralty is fclamed for insufficient coast protection. permitting a number of German de stroyer raids on seacoast cities; third. and probably most important, the pub! lie is aroused over suppression of full facta as to the seriousness of the sub- marine campaign and allied losses. worthdlffe eada In Plht tvh Knrthr.iiff. i. iin th. w.v in this criticism, directing most of his energy toward forcing the admiralty to give full facvj' on submarine opera tions. He advances the theory in which he is supported by the publi that If England was aware of exactly how great tne inroads or ner food con- sumption have been, due to subma- rines. the government would have an easier time applying economic policies. The misleading statements of losses Issued weekly by the admiralty have given a false impression of England's security, according to Northcliffe and his fellow-crusaders, and they are threatening to adopt the same tactics against the admiralty tnat tney put into effect at the time of the shell agi tation two years ago. Efforts Brought Good mesnlts. At that time their efforts divorced Lord Kitchener from his exalted posl- An A I a 4 sve sf all avmv tniiirAra an4 made a division of the work at home and at the front. Lloyd George, mas ter dynamo of England, was put In charge of speeding up the manufacture of munitions. At that time Northcliffe and his fel low reformers achieved their rehabilita tion and strengthening of the govern ment by telling the facts. They showed the people that the one main reason for the tremendous losses of British forces early in the war was lack of adequate ammunition and supplies. Increased Losses Admitted. s London. AprQ 30. (I. N. - S.) Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the ad miralty. In' a statement on the sub marine situation this afternoon, ad mitted that the losses or merchant ships "are generally increasing." April has proved an exception, however. The number of ships sunk by-submarines this month Is smaller than that of any 1 other so far this year. v, ; ; tit.. j i i m ... i n Committee Wants - $2,699,485,281 to Cover Expenses I Washington, April 30 (U. 1R 14 P.) First monies to finance M to the war armies of the republic Ha to was asked of congress today. fci to An appropriation of $3,699,- Sfl to 485. 2S1 biggest in the history 1 to of the nation for the greater to to army, the navy and minor extra to to governmental needs, was laid )M to before the house by the ap- to to proprlatlons committee. to to The military establishment is to to allotted $2,192,423,535 and the to 3 naval establishment $503,399,- to to 673. to to The total under the head of to to fortifications, exclusive of the to to Panama canal, is $609,000,000, to to with $4,320,000 additional for to Cto toto to to tototo to 5 E A BIG ANNUAL DEFICIT IF THE BILL IS RATIFIED Interest-Bearing Bonds Would Mulct Counties of $426, 500; State About $73,500 The Bean bill, requiring assessors In the 18 land grant counties to place the , Oregon & California grant lands on ixia iLBCBBmeiii runs, 11 raiuiea oy tne people at the June election and at tempted to be enforced, will mean an annual interest - bearing deficit in those counties of approximately $426,500. At the same time it will cause an annual interest - bearing deficit in state funds of approx imately $73.50J. The attempted enforcement of the measure, instead of being a benefit 10 the taxpayers of the state in general and those of the land grant counties in particular, would work harm upon them by saddling annual deficits upon them of approximately $500,000, to gether with an additional approx imate interest charge of $30,000 nuaily. Bean Bill Hot Enforceable. Since the announcement of the I recent decision of the United States supreme tuuu luminini uia govern - lilclll 111 ljic vsicftuu ac .i 1 1 u i ilia, lunu BEAN MEASUR MEANS . (grant case, ma upaviaipg tne vaiituiyi nwi uciwgin cuiho eiu uiw , i ,of the Chamber lain-rerrie. act -reveail "?ec,V acd alUtd representatives here. ing title to the grant lands in the gov ernment, no lawyer of ability, except Mr. Bean, has been heard to say that ': the Bean bill ceuld be valid or en forceable, even if ratified by the pe I pie in June. Its nullity is 'almost universally admitted. Now that the ' supreme court has spoken even the j brief, prepared for the legislature oy Mr Bean and printed at state ex pense, virtually admits it. In, this brief, and in his argument before the legislature. Mr. Bean, In disfcussing the sovereign right of the state to tax the grant lands said: Tax Haags on Title. "This right of state sovereignty de pends upon the status of the title to these lands. If they are government lands, then it is certain that the state cannot lawfully tax them. This is fundamental." Mr. Bean also told the legislature when discussing the bill that its pur- se was to provide the assessors with definite statutory authority to assess the grant lands in case the government lost its contention as to the revest- ment of the title, and that the measure (Continued on Pan Two. Column Three) San Diego Lawyers Wounded in Quarrel San Diego, Cal.. April 30. (P. N. S.) E. C. Hickman, well-known man about town, today shot and badly wounded Attorney Charles Briers, shot Atorney J. J. Brennan in the arm and . men xiiiea nimseir. I The affair occurred enortiy after il o'clock and created a sensation in the down-town district. Brennan, in whose office the shooting took place, stated that Hickman and Brlggs had quar reled over a case in which Brlggs had testified against Hickman, and that the later, without warning, pulled a little -automatic revolver and began shooting. ,Br'gg9 may ltve i rn. T T AQO AOrtf 1T1 I J-111 IVO JuvhJU rxUvU ill Two Days' Fighting London, April 30. (I. N. S.) Losses amounting to 4000 men were Inflicted upon the TurlBs by the Br.itlah in two days' fighting on the Tigris river, in Mesopotamia, reports the Turks are en- today. General Maude, commander in Mesopitamla. reports the Turks are en- trenched northwest of Samarra. which. in turn, is northwest of Bagdad. - Bill to Allow Allies To Recruit Blocked Wsshlngton. April 30, (I. N. 8.) Senator McCymber of North Dakota today blocked consideration of thejT- ministration bill legalising recruiting in- the United States by the allies. "Until we can assure protection to the ships carrying such recruits to Europe. I shall object to all such measures, he said. Roosevelt Offers to Raise Four Divisions New York, April (U. P.) -Cold-nel - Roosevelt today offered to raise not one. but four, artnv divisions, tn It ri mYi tkA Ia th flrtn tin 4n WnM ALLIES ASK U. S. ID SEND IN : WITHOUT DELAY Troops in Batches of Several Hundred to Go at Once to European Front Would Help Win War. UNITS TO .PARTICIPATE UNDER AMERICAN FLAG Preliminary Training Here Is Not Regarded Essential; To Be Trained Abroad. Veed for Aid Is Urgent. Washington, April 30. (I. N. J'S.) All of America's enormous power man, money and eco- nomic must be thrown into the scales of war, if the world. I to be saved from Prusalanlsm. And it must be available now. Members of the French and British war missions today lm- pressed this upon officials of this government with a per- ' slstency that can permit of no doubt of its truth. It was fur- ther emphasised when Bene Vlvianl. as hed of the French . mission. calleJ at the White House and held a lengthy con- ference with President Wilson. When the conference ended the president had in his posses- sion the real truth of what 41 America's task is. M. Vlvianl placed before the president the exact status of the entente powers, told him what they are capable of doing Ik under existing circumstances. and gave him, in short, the first complete summary of the war situation to date. Washington, April 30. (U. P.) The first men to represent the United, States on the French front since Amer- - lea entered the war will be 1000 eur- i geons. The plan was proposed to the coun-. ell of national defense by its general. I medical board, and Immediately adopt r lea, loa&y. xuv ia-li was uw rn i w & ; . wew xonc, April o-iiT. f.i is - will be only a matter ola few day a before United (States mllfua cnits now; mobilised in this country are on their , way to the- European front: and less ' than six weeks before they are actual' ly embattled with the Germans on the European front, if the allies urgent ' reccommendatlons to the American government today meet tbe approval of the administration. . It became known today that the al lies want American troqps in batches of several hundred to go at once to Europe aboard every ship that sails. This wm obviate necessity for the , concentration of enopmous masses of men in one place Xnd the crippling Concluded eo rage 2 rtMB. Colons Tbrs) DEAD MAN'S PAPERS SPEAMF PLOTS Tl . - w WILSON Sudden Death of Charles G. Mueller, Architect, Cause of Investigation, Trenton. N. J.. April 30. (U. P.) Assassination ' plots against President Wilson. .Theodore Roosevelt, WDllam H. Taft" and Senator Tom" TaggarC of Indiana are believed to have been . revealed today through th. death of Charles G. Mueller. Indianapolis ar chitect, who dropped dead ef heart disease last night in a hotel lobby. here. , Coroner Bray and - United State ASSASSINATE Marshal Snowden found In Mueller's, pocket a notebook In which was mem oranda stating that Wilson,. Roseyelc and the others were "picked zov--death." " ' A loaded revolver was discovered la . Muellers hip pocket. Two double-bar- reled guns in cases were found In bit trunk. The assassination memoranda was written In pencil. It had no de-, tails of how the murders were to be committed and who was to make the. attacks. ' Officials first stated they believed Mueller must have been insane. Search of his effects resulted In discovery of numerous books and architects' blue prints. It was declared, by officials that no drawings of publio buildings or other important - structures which. might have been designated for de-. strnction were found. , A paper found In the trunk referred to Frederick Mueller, an Indianapolis druggist, who Is believed , to be the dead man's son. , War Commissioners . To Pay Chicago Visit Washington. April .8. CU. l.)Sen- ator Lewis of Illinois celled t the ; state department today to arrange for the French co4nmUsioj(rsto stop st Chicago. Evanston vtnd Springfield. UL, on their t orthceming western trip. Lewis' Invitation was for them to' be in Chicago by Saturday or Sunday; but under the departmental censorship,' definite announcement of acceptance or scheduls is . withheld. - j vr