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tnpunlin in Tllin
m-hiuhl; r mm
llll
ilnuuu iu iiiiu
mm
4t Ufill-DA nicfnVtoH Cfi
U Jftat Work of Registra
tion; May " Be Done Exptf
) ditiously.' - y-
1 1 . 7 : : r "...
,l 'JL MEN INSIDE AGE
LIMIT TO BE- LISTED
s. 'unishmentWHI Be Inflicted
Upon Any Who Fail to
Respond to Call.,
Preliminaries for tbe taklr.g of a
F ar census in Oregon wer
f djutant-General George A. "White or
V - -t .. 1. I a ,
a Oregon Piaiionai uumu
details of tne census """'
?n bavin been entrusted to him by
',tnr ..Wlthycombe.
The first step was to engage addi
Ami office adjoining the guard bead
rtera In the Morgan buildmg.
rhe next will be to divide the stale
districts for registration purposes.
. AVTvaoif that some 85 or 40 dis-
B icti wUL be created.
The war department nas iubBu
.oat the registration in counties and
... . a w. tA AAA M
vnnraitKKt oi "
ft 'to-.- anemrs ana omer
ials For communities of more than
J)0tl tha department makes no - sug
ttons. '!'.
. . - kn . n- Mimmuntty or
ra than iff.ooo, roriiano,
V . . - !.' v.--. .til h under
0OIo- m census - . .
direction of the adjutant general
, lty. authorities ctodu.
..--.(-.-,- - th nresent time
C-rj.rs.frMus . - . .
iiiw. machinery in
Will' JU4W"' - .
dineis-- to tak the census and to
.lu..' I. Hn.nA that the
glstrattpn can . be completed in one
. - ih two' houses of con-
sa have not yet been able to agree
to, tb range or ages wt i -
H IO ' 1 HKfiU . -
tual taking of the census must wait
n.1tfvlncr tb flS1 8.
VUilftlCBB Smwa. J
ft is expected that the census will
taken os,,.Pnii.nir; vr- .
a .a. al ?? MAtflAMfc !wi.. '5'--;
tuttregtetratton. .operatlona cap.
;ai begun unttthe receipt; OP da
.t .... a-a- . .. i. a. a
Hwi - instruction .x rora v wmiiiivui
ter the 'president -has I ; signed the
Coecttided u Pae fourteen. Column Three)
BLOVING UP OF WALL
STET OFFICE PART
OF WILD PLOT BY PAIR
ormer Petty U-Boat Officer
to Cause "Stock
1 Panic and Profit Thereby."
jm.-,--r'- - - ----
w. tnrk Mir 1 fTT P.) -Details
ftf a wild plot to blow. up n Important
tirgan'av to be followed by tapping
rta of - President Wilson's assasslna-
n and U-boat riads, were reveaiea
-Vs'th poUc today, following close
L'-tinninr rvf Wolf Hlrsch. formerly
1 petty officer in the Oerman. sobma-
ite serriov.
?HJrsch,wlth George Nelringer, an-
her-Qermann is held on a charge of
tvlng a bomb In his possession. The
-lice declare he hoped to cause a
tock panic and profit thereby."
Hirsch. according to the police, de
ard he" was engaged in the German
jeret service, "and that he had "pulled
xt stun t in London and Petrograd.
- aia ia being Investigated.
f Examination of. the inrernai macnine
hich the men manufactured at Roose
.i mar.tt I. where -' thav were em
ployed. Showed it to be made of acetic
nd picnoacia ana iiuea iv
oUnute fuse. Hirsch is an expert chem
jt.'' H': has been under aurveillance
.r some" time. Officers charge tney
1 1 .i jk hiM : ..nA-tmf)41nr , with it.
AktII -f- "
osives in ihe Roosevelt hospital lab-
tia alleged Hirsch and Nelringer
ttted to cut the cmcago-wew xora
l,e, after the blast and send out fake
f ie of assassinations and U-boat
, IB, - AS tne piOl 1 ou wmpru,
ieers believe the men must have ac-
'mplices. ' " r ,
it not "taken Dy aepinmeni i ju-
officials, Hirsch and Nelrinrer wUl
- prosecuted on a.. charge of making
tabs, the penalty being seven years.
f Ma Nineteenth ;
i Ahnirsary of the
'Manila J5ay uattie
t Washington. May 1.-(1. N.i
v jg.)Today 18 the nineteenth an- li
'r-sivsritarr of, the .late Admiral ft
k George Dewey defeat of the jSg
1 Rnanish fleet in ' Manila ..bay. kd
K j Kecretary of th .Kavy , Daniels
and the members of the defense,
tnard ,-of ' the : navy. of which ha
H Dewey was president, observed a
I the aayoy paying- n, onKiai, pj(
cail upon Jars, juewey, tne a
irmlral'i widow, at , her . home.: few
4 The custom will be , continued
t Mich year -on .the. annlversarv-sCx
of the Manila .victory, so long to
tas Mr. Dewex lives. -fe-'H
Portland Man
Distinguished
By Brave Deed
3IaJor ' Alexander- Rasmussen, of
Canadian Forces, Stars in
Night Raids.
London. -May 1 (U. P.) Major
Alexander Hasmussen of the Canadian
forces, a Portland, Or., boy, maintained
the best traditions of the American
legion when he was wounded recently,
according o word from the front to
day. He was wounded in the arm by
a metal faagment of a hand grenade
and one of his ear drams was shat
tered while he was rescuing a wound
ed American private.
The private died soon after reaching
the Canadian trenches, where Rasmus
sen, despite his own injuries, succeed
ed In dragging him.
Major Hasmussen has contributed
largely to the glory , won by the Canadian-American
legion. He starred In
leading night raids against German
trenches.
Onek. night recently Rasmussen led a
J small party in a foray. The Germans,
and opened fire. Tee Americans scat
tered. On reaching their own trenches
they discovered that Major Rasmussen
was the only member who escaped
being hit. One man was missing. It
was this man Rasmussen rescued.
BY PAPERS' LAWYERS
HELD TO BE ILLOGICAL
Argument of OregoniarMeJe
gram Is Multnomah Dis
criminated Against. v
That the; county commissioners are
without-aiacretion and . are forbidden
by law to let a contract for any price
lowtr than that set aside by a statute,
was the argument advanced before Cir
cuit Judge Tucker by Attorney A. E.
Clark, representing . the Telegram - in
Its effert Jo collect 70 cents per. col
umn inch for the publication of the
1916 delinquent tax list, after It ' had
offered a contract to -the county com
ralssioaers at. 49 cents per inch.
That whUa all other-iountlei "if the
state are; reaAilt.ouaj ih3re9ral
-ty-,ta4'.-lMiaM -didctMRnttdds'
tha use of a paper v for- county ,urr
poses. Multnomah cdonfy is required
to use the general, countrywide circu
lation, "was the argument of Attorney
John F. Logan, representing the Ore
gonian, in contending for pay' upon the
increased wide circulation, rather than
that within the county.
taw is Discretionary.
These arguments summed up the an
swer made in the action heard before
Circuit Judge Tucker Monday and to
day, of Fred C. King, a taxpayer, against
Samuel B. Martin, county auditor, and
John M. Lewis, county treasurer, to re
strain payment of, the claims of the
Oregonian and Telegram for the pub
lication of the 1915 delinquent tax list,
on the ground that they are excessive
and not in accordance with the statutes.
In disposing of them. Attorney Frank
T. Collier, representing Mr. King, con
tended, with the support of authorities,
that the law is not mandatory, but dis
cretionary; that the offer of 'the Teles-ram
to nuhllnh at 40 mnt ma his.
ling; that general circulation does(not
mean universal, . but general, circula
tion within? the county, not confined to
any one sharply drawn class, and that
in determining the basis of newspaper
circulation for Multnomah county pur
poses the law applicable to other coun
ties must be applied.
Telegram Jumped Its ITice.
The case as presented to the court
showed first that In response to a call
for bids for the publication Of the
1915 delinquent tax list, the county
commissioners had received a written
offer from the Telegram to publish the
list at the rate of 40 cents per column
(Concluded on Pas Fift-en. Column Six)
All IJhurches Unite
In , War Meeting
Catholic, Jewish, Methodist, OongTegw
ttonal, Episcopal, Baptist, Presbyte
rian, Unitarian, Christian to Speak.
i Interdenominational Friday noon as
semblies, in the interest of the na
tion's -soul under, war, will be the
striking title given" to a series of
noonday meetings to be held every
Friday at the Church of Our Father,
corner, of Broadway and Vamhill
streets, under the Joint auspices of a
group of ministers representing most
of the oldest religious organisations
of the city. These meetings will be
held at the Church ol Our Father be
cause It is the ; most convenient In
location for the down town business
nennls " '
The meetings will begin punctually
si x.xw ua ciose punctually at 12:5",
and Will Consist nf o msn, K-.. -
and an address. .The following serv-
-re surmay arrajigea:
May 4, Rev. A. -A. Morrison; May 11,
Rev. Luther R. Dyott; May 18, Rev.
Jonah' B. Wise; May 25, Rev. Edwin V
O'Hara; June 1, .Rev. John H. Boyd
Tune 8, Rev. Joshua Stansfleld; June
15, Rev. Calvin B. Waller; June 22,
Rev. Harold H. Griff is; June 29. Rev.
William O. Kllot Jr. .
Wartime Eegolation
Of Food Is Sought
Washtagton,' "May 1. (TJ.. P.)--Wartlme
regulation by the government
of the nation's food production and de
pendent industries, aa Urged by Secre
tary of Agricultura Houston, was de
manded" in ; a,' Joint resolution Intro
duced In the bouse Monday ly Chair
man Lever of .the house agricultural
committee,-: "-, --i.'1 .
CONTENTION
OFFERED
Drama of Internal Strife
May Be in j Progress in
Germany- but Censorship
Prevents Facts Being Told
PREPARATIONS MADE -FOR
BIG DEMONSTRATION
English Strikers at Woolwich
Return to Work on Prom
ise of Higher Wages. ,
The Hague, May; 1. (I. N. 8.)-It
was reported from i the German fron
tier today that the number of strikers
in the steel mills of Westphalia and
Rhine provincea have increased during
the past 24 hours, j '
London, May I.-r-(U. P.) Half of
all the munition workers in the Rhine
province of Germany Joined5 the gen
eral strika today, according to a spe
cial agency dispatch received here to
day from The Hague. V
A drama of Internal strife may be
in progress in Germany today but a
thick curtain of Teutonic censorship
Intervened to hide denouements from
the world at large;
May day, date of Socialist, labor and
Internationalist celebrations, was to
be marked by a 24-hour-general strike
Jn , all industries, according - to plans
laid by certain groups in Germany
many weeks ago..
G-erman Censorship Tlghtaned.
In many sections of the kaiser's
land, " however, the general . strike
would simply be -l a continuation of
similar stoppage of work which has
been in force, since! April 16V'
Within the past (few days it was
noted by neutrals: like Holland. Den
mark and Switzerland, that the Ger
man censorship, had suddenly, tight
ened. The prohibition by the censors
even 'included ; German newspapers.
Moreover, German cltUen'e were unable
to obtain passports permitting them to
leave Germinr.". s i ''-:'. . - . .
i. In tho face of ' (hese- elaborate pre
caatton to- gvard-agaiaafe- eeepkgo
nes, if;-aernany;-. 4nternal . actuation,
all' sorts' f-eeiiMtemaUUjn3rs -gained
circulation - her.tftday.e'ilt, appeared
cert aid from- the "persistence of various
rumors that the 24-hour general atiiVe
had - been ' Huccesa.ui in tylnr up. tn
part at least, of ;a number of Ger
many's great steel; plants and possibly
likewise some munitions works,
rood Regulations Xalsed.
The Dally Mall today 'quoted from a
recent Issue of tthe Cologne Volks
Zeitung, declaring' that . Socialists had
advised the German ' government they
would be unable to promise order after
May day.
Other dispatches reaching, here via
Holland declared the German govern
ment had been desperately striving, by
special raising of food regulations, per
mitting more meat and more "bread to
be distributed to workers; to prevent
strikes in all war industries. ;
England experienced no May day
demonstrations. On the contrary, 1500
striking clerks of Woolwich arsenal
and 3000 dock workers at Tilbury re
turned to their work this morning,
after promise of an adjustment of
their wage disputes.
Pittsburg Carpenters Strike.
Pittsburg, Pa.. May 1. (L N. S.)
Serious labor trouble in the Pittsburg
district -loomed up today, when. 4000
carpenters want on strike, their ranks
being augmented by 300 lumber hand
lers. An eleventh hour settlement prer
vented a strike of 200 hoisting- engi
neers. . i
The carpenters ask 88 for an eight
hour day Instead of 85, with double
pay for overtime v , . '
The plumbers' laborers ask an in
crease of 60 cents a day. Their strike
promises to be shortlived, as a number
of employers have already signed the
demanded scale.
. A number of big contracts are af
fected by the . carpenters' strike, and
unless It is settled several other crafts
will be thrown out of work, unable to
proceed as long as the carpenters re
main idle. - ;
Erie Has May Day Riot.
Kria. Pa.. May 1. (I. N. S.) May
day here was ushered in with a riot
on the docks when striking Russian
members of the International Freight
Handlers' union attempted to prevent
other workmen taking their places.
One man was shot and several others
were injured in a free-for-all fight.
Miners at . Mons Strike.
Amsterdam, May 1. (I. N. S.) The
first May day strike in that section of
Belgium held by. the Germans is re
ported from Mons, the heart of the
Belgian coal fields. The Echo de
Beige announced toay the miners at
Mons have struck as a protest against
the food shortage. i .
Bank Your; Money
in a
Here Is an, idea. Start a pri-
vate - savings bank of your
own. Make a deposit every
month. Tour- money will be
absolutely safe. Buy a lot on
terms." ;: Make this your bank.
Buy a lot even. If yon do not
want to build & ' home on it
Buy- a : lot -where . the spread .
of the city ' la - coming fast.
Tour lot will then increase In
value every year.-. ; Later you
can sell at a profit -
Lots for sale oi "terms'T'at .
: .bargain " prices are advertised '
n; every day in tha "Want Adr
' columns of: The . Journal. - )
- A SCEE IN THE CEMETERY at Noyon, France, after
Zj the -iretreating German army had withdrawn from that
,i place. t is alleged! that the Germans, hard pressed for
metals, robbed the graves and converted the lead caskets, into
munitions. ' I " v 1 '-" -. !
Senate Honor
Tribute0Moii
6t
: i.'j:
1
- -.
Waahington, Mayl. (U. P.) The
United States senate .today paidj spec
tacular - tribute to Vice Premier) Reae
Viviani. ; Marshal 5off re and Admiral
Chocheprat. . . j
. Time and again the. historic chamber,
where; , demonstrations always r are
taboo.v f aJrlyi shooki.wlth. cheersrind
b an ac lap ping.' . a- -i ..i . ... -. jj-
Appl
f-putsr or;-Joffr;-Jdffrrr JbroorhtUWx 'twab-
the' hero
rescind it thunderous voice:' . 4
"Viva les Etats Unia!" and again. In
ringing tones, Vlviani predicted a mag
nificent victory "for democracy with
the help of the glorious country in
which you live." !-
; Applanse Zs Oonusnons.
One hundred years ago General La
fayette visited the American senate,
but the records tell no such story aa
that enacted here today.
From the time Vivian 1, on the arm
of Senator Hitchcock, entered the
chamber, followed by Marshal Joffre,
AT
SALEM TODAY HANDS
DOWN ITS DECISIONS
m i .... . 1
-. - u ' . ' I
Multnomah-County; Litigation
Amdpg! Actions Settled;
Salem City. Suits on List. '
Salem, Or., May.l.-rOplnions handed
down by the supreme court today ln-i
eluded, the -following:- ' .-!'.
W. I.. Swank, appellant, vs. A. Bat
taglia; ;appealed from Multnomah ac
tion to recover, the purchase jjce of
potatoes; opinion by Chief Jtfftlce Mc
Bride; Circuit Judge Davis reversed.
' James S". -Hart et al, ys. Gity (of In
dependence, appeellant; appealed from
Polk;, suit to enjoin defendant from
improving Main street; ' opinion by
Chief Justice McBride; Circuit ! Judge
Belt affirmed. ' i ;. .
A. J. -Mishler vs. J. M. Edmunson.
appellant; appealed from -.Lane; re
plevin proceedings to recover property;
opinion by .Justice Burnett; Circuit
Judge Hamilton reversed.
J. C. Gregory vs. Oregon Fruit Juice
company.: appellant; : appealed i from
Marion, action to recover damages;
opinion by Justice McCamant; Circuit
Judge Kelly reversed, i
Wilbur Hayden et al., appellants,
vs. City of Astoria; . .appealed fr'om
Clatsop; action to recover for excava
tion work; opinion by Justice McCamant;-Judgment
of Circuit Judge Camp
bell Modified. ' j
Peerless Tire & Rubber company vs.
T. E,, Clark -et aL. appellants; appealed
from Multnomah; suit to foreclose a
lien; opinion by Justice Moore; jClrcuit
Judge Morrow affirmed.
Leila Knighton vs. L. O. Herrold, ap
pellant; appealed from Marlon;! suit to
foreclose mortgage; opinion by Justice
Moore; former Circuit Judge Galloway
affirmed. -- -. . ! .
Lulu' R. White, dminlstratri t of
estate of James R- .White, vs. East
Side Mill & Lumber company,' appel
lant; appealed from, Multnomah j action
to recover' damages for death of plain
tiffs husband; opinion by Justice
Bean j former: Circuit Judge McGinn af
firmed, i '
ranlel J. Fry et al.. vs. City of
Salem. appellant; appealed from
Marion; auit involving validity! of as
sessment for street improvement : opin
ion by Justice Bean: former (Circuit
Judge Galloway affirmed. J.
Helen F. Carson va City of Salem
and Juliet M Lord et al. vs. City pf
Salem, in Which --city appealed In both
cases and involving same issues as in
case of Fry vs. Salem; opinions .by
Justice Bean former Circuit,, Judge
Galloway affirmed: t f
Alice McCoy, appellant, .vs. E. A.
Thompson: appealed from Marlon; suit
to enjoin enclosing'of strip of . land;
opinion by Justice Harris; former Cir
cuit Judge Galloway reversed, t . ;: t
James L. Sumpter vs. St. I Helens
Cresoting company appellant; . ap
pealed from Columbia; suit to. recover
money dua for labor opinion by Jus
tice Benson; Circuit ; Judge Eakln f
UPRM
COURT
4-
i f , ,s:.. ' -- ;:o:i- '
'-' '" iff 4'&V''Vi J I
22 ?aaaS 1"
L
En&rwhmen
Is
aculair
K - at . !
the Chamber
accompanied by. Senator Lodge, the
applause was continuous and at times
, One of the first to begin arid the i
last to ston was Senator La Folletta of
Wisconsin, chief opponent of the en
trance by the United States Into, the
great; war," i ' yf - .," .
Vice-President : Ma shall ,x. welcomed
. fThe enata of the United States has
the pleasure and honor of receiving and
welcoming these distinguished Visitors
to the republic," he said. "We had the
glorious honor of receiving General La
fayette. Nearly 100 years afterward,
it Is j the pleasure and honor to wel
come! the vice-premier of the French
government, the superintendent of pub-
Vv . 5 ik th i
a JiQ BCUe O. wow " V. " t . AOi,a
leries boomed out applause.
Immediately afterward the senate
A nnn - . - A.AA - ,1'
a rZZ- JnA h .Kr'-TtA .h-l.
and pages filed by the visitors, shak-
S t,f ?fS"w- - Jt.
. Vlviani s words Impress. i
Viviani, speaking in French, which
few understood, but whose oratory
was bo impressive that frequently he
was Interrupted by applause, paid a
glowing tribute to the country which
has Joined the other democracies of
the world and spoke of the duties
before it.
,wue" v,v.an. Uu
plause was deafening. Deeply moved,
he shifted from foot to foot and his
lv aWI uuu iua
edgelof the vice presidents table
The vice president arose to bid the !
Vl0.rS:,b.u, ..I . !
well,' and yet again, praise God,
flair"! he aaid. i
j JToffra. Excited,' Speaks EngUsh.
Then the real storm broke. Screams j
and jcries in the galleries mingled
with' the- tremendous applause of the
senators - and" -representatives ' who
packed, the floor."
And above the noise rose shouts of
".Inftre, .Inter .Tnff rsl" "
IThe great -soldier rose, his . face
flushed with emotion.
Somewhat : excitedly, he did some
thing he had not. done here before: He
spoke English.
Brokenly-be' said:"" "I do not' speak
the English," and then,, with a shout:
Vive' les Etats Unis.",
Wages Advanced by !
i i North Bank Eoad
Wage increases ranging from 10 to
25 per 'cent "were granted warehouse
employes .of the S.. P. & 8. Co. - today,
tha road voluntarily. , making the ad
vances to assist these unorganized em
ployes to meet the high cost of living.
Some 105T gang foremen. I loaders,
checkers and truckers are affected-
Larger Increases are given: those who
nave oeen receiving toe lowest wages,
(Similar increases are being consid
ered; by other . railroads.
Clarence L. Eeames
To Betain Office
! Washington, May 1. tT. P.) Presi
dent Wilson today renominated : ' I
T be United States attorney, Clar
ence L. Reames, district of Oregon.
TO be receivers of public money,
Samuel Butler, Sacramento, Cal.;
Nolan Skiff. La Grande. Or.; Loren A.
Booth, The Dalles, Or. i;
-I To be register of the land office, H.
Frank Woodcock, The Dalles,' Or. n
A-l' . 1 1
German Ships to j
.Carry Food to Allies
4 Washington..- May t1. (U- P:V
Seized 'German ships will be immedi
ately, put Into service to carry food and
provisions to America's allies, it - was
announced by tha shipping board to
day.;!'-i.:-fe --.i;-wi-'U:
Spect
: SENATE PASSES
It second Time
Conscription Bill Will Go to
Conference for Straighten-
f ing Out of Senate and
House Differences, i
MOTION TO REFER TO
PEOPLE IS DEFEATED
Effort to Strike Out Clause
Exempting Certain Re
ligious Sects Beaten.
Washington, May 1. (U. P.) The
house late today disagreed to the se
lective plan army bill as passed by the
Senate. Speaker Clark appointed a
conference committee of five members
Dent, Kahn, Fields, Qulnn and An
thony to confer with a similar com
mittee from the senate to obtain a bill
on which both houses can agree.
. Washington, May 1. (U. P.) The
'senate this afternoon for the second
itime passed the administration's se
lectlve conscrtption bill. It will go
at once to conference ior straigni
ening out of house and senate differ
ences. There are few big differences in the
senate and house bills. One is the age
of those subject to draft, the house
stipulating 21 to 40J years and the
senate; 21 to 27.
Another is the Roosevelt division
plan ' approved overwhelmingly by the
senate, but turned down flat by the
house. A wide difference of opinion
exists on whether the conferees will
permit the Roosevelt amendment to re-
Ipiam in the final draft. It Is known
proponents of the plan wui insist o.n
its retention. ,.,
Chamberlain Proposes Amendment.
That war with other . nations than
Germany . may threaten the United
States was indicated In the senate to
day, when Senator Chamberlain lntro
duced for repassage the conscript army
uiu.
"Upon advice 'of the Judge advocate
generaV I desira to amend tha biu.
Chamberlain aaidYso as to aubstitute
the 1-woKl merencyi for th.T word
bill .may tnow' be construed to apply
only ta the war with. .Germany, and if
we were drawn into a war with other
nations, it wouldn't apply to those." ;
Amendment Zs Toted, Sowa,
There followed discussion of this
wording, during which Senator Hoke
Smith said:. .
War- should remain, because the
biU applies to the existing war anoth-
ier "might not meet with the approval
of congress.
The amendment was voted down, and,
- jUUBu-. .
i interpretation of the bill is correct,
America's . conscript army technically
! may be for battle with Germany, alone.
other minor amendments covering
'phraseology were accepted,
, Tn heii-i th aee limit of thos sub-
ject to draft was changed to 1 years',
as approved by the senate Saturday
night.
Exemption Olaose Sustained.
The senate voted down, 64 to 17.
McCumber's motion to strike out of
i the bill the clause which exempted
i " u rnrniA r.n.w..
certain "well recognized religious
; ,.i.in. ,, A-, ,
amendment to refer the conscription
menam aefeate1 68 to 4.
Those in favor were Gore. La BVlltte.
Gronna and Vardaman.
The senate adopted an amendment
by Senator Jones, Washington, prohib
iting the maintenance or oisreputaoia
re80rta .-within 10- miles of soldiers'
training camps.
Appropriation Bill Passed.
Washington,, May 1. (U. P.) The
house, in committee of the whole,
passed the $2,800,000,000 war, army
and navy appropriation bill late to
day. A formal roll call by the house
tomorrow morning is expected to re
cord an unanimous vote for the meas
ure, the biggest war appropriation bill
ever passed in the country's history.:
By a vote of 62 to 8, the senate late
today passed a bill appropriating $10,
000,000 and authorizing President Wil
son to spend- it' to procure nitrates
and furnish them to the farmers of
the country at cost-, The farmers will
be required to pay for the nitrates ia
advance, under the bill. ,
Vacations May Be Prolonged.
Washington, May . i.-r-(U. P.) Sug
gestion that all school openings next
fall be postponed several weeks to per
mit girls and boys to work on farms
and
in food-producing establishments
made to the house aarlcultur-
was
committee today by Secretary Hous-
ton,
To Investigate Coal Situation.
Washington, May 1. (X N. 8.J
The Federal; Trade commission was
directed to t investigate the alleged
anthracite coal monopoly in a resolu
tion adopted; by the senate this after
noon, i The resolution was offered by
Senator Calder of New York. r
Recrnltins by Allies Legalized.
Washington. May 1. Nl 8.)
The senate this afternoon without ob
jection passed the administration bill
legalizing recruiting by tha allies In
tha United States,
30 ! Women Die in ;
Factory Explosion
Amsterdam. May 1..' (I. ft.- S.)-
Thirty women workers were killed and
many others hurt in the explosion in
an ammunition - plant at ; Troisdorf,
near Cologne, Germany; according1' to
information .received this - ' afternoon
from tho German frontier, r ftVjt;....
Aviators Drop
Bombs; Dutch
i . il 1 ' I -I i . ':
Ruins
! ' j .
Neutral Community Is Victim 1 of
Unknomt Night JUlder-lnves-f
tigation Demanded. i M
Amsterdajn, May 1. (U. P.) Tha
Dutch, villas of ilerlkaea near j the
Belgian frontier, wai laid in I utter
waste Sunday night by! bombs dropped
from an aeroplane. The aviator's na
tionality and his reason for dropping
death-dealing j missiles on a neutral,
unprotected city have not been estab
lished, i . if. i ' J.-i
! There were several casualties five,
according to one report todays " I
"The whole Village is in ruins," de
clared the; Telegraaf! today. "More
than 100 houses were smashed or dam
aged. The! civilian population was
panic-stricken j at the raid and j the
sight of an i airman or airmen ! far
above, flashing search&lghts and whirl
ing around to drop their bombs.
The Telegraaf Joined i with other
Dtttch newspapers today in demanding
an immediate Inquiry to establish, the
Identity of the raiding1 party. Nearly
all newspapers Insist from the loca
tion of Zlerkze ifc?la evident the bombs
were not dropped by mistake, j but
rather by design. ! 1 ;
APPEAL TO
Oregon's Emergency Drive to
Utilize Every Public Aid; in
Furthering Big Campaign,
Oregon farmers are! tobe told the
true nature of the i state's serious
shortage In foodstuffs and livestock.
The organization fori Oregon's emer
gency drive to increaaa i food produc
tion has reached a point whlclt enabled
R. D. Hetzel, director iof extension of
Oregon ! Agricultural college, to an
nounce this morning that; every farmer
will be reaehedl by personal appeal. Ex.
pert counsel wjm be given every qlty
gardener and ,eery farmer. Meetings
to stress need of production as anf eco
nomic as well as patriotic duty will be
held ihrottghpyt the st4ta:May IS.
feyr:Oreoityi'i
munity wm do organisea t
constant ervic of trained -.gricultttr-ists
during ithaj growlnc eason. ! 4
Every public! agency 1 will be made a
kr.n sntninvihent office, reporting to
tie municipal employment bureau! of
Portland as to tarmersi neeas.
Portland jmothers will be given prac
tical lessons in war time cooking nd
gardening. I Meetings begin next week
and will be held in schools. In accord
ance with an initial schedule announced
this morning by Edna Oroves, jsuper
vlsor of domestic science and special
representative of the food preparedness
campaign, and S. B, Hall, Multnomah
county agriculturist. ! !
Business Man Snllsted, !
Bankers, i machinery ! and seed mn
will be brought into the genera or
ganization ito ihejp meet the urgent
need of capital,! Implements and seed
Branches of, the Oregon Patriotia
Service league will probably be or
ganized '.n each county and every con
siderable city of the state In order to
increase public sentiment in aid of the
food drive. ; ;j i
Railroads were asked today to fur
nish free j transportation for special
workers as they now accommodate reg
ular Instructors of the agricultural
college. ! 'ij j - -I :i
The governor will meet the publicity
committee ! of j the Oregon Patriotic
Service league and representatives of
the Agricultural college Wednesday
(Continued on Pf Two. Golamn Tlurc-)
Ambassador Elkus f
Recovering, Keport
. " j - ,.: ,
London, j May 1. (fc N. 8.)-i-Iti Is
reported from Stockholm today that
Abram L Elkus, American ambassador
to Turkey, who has been 111 of spotted
typhoid fever.! is now; recovering and
will be able ; to travel in, about
month. This information was secured
through the Swedish legation at Con
stantinople, where Mr. Elkus is now
staying.
Russian Minister IU.
Copenhagen) May J.-ML N. S,)
The Russian ipiinister of - war. j Guch
koff, is ill, according to advices from
Petrograd today. It was stated, how
ever, that the patient's condition is not
serious. 1 .
CavalM Regiments
Of Indians iPlanned
For
European War
Washington, May 1. I (I,
N 8.) Authority to organize
ten or: more regiments of In
dlan cavalry as a part of the
military force of tha United
States, Is givn to the war.de
partment In a bill 4 Introduced
Monday by Representative Kahn .
of California, ranking minority
member of the military affairs
committee. - -. - J i ,
If th meaaura I ia passed it
will be tbe first time In tha his
tory of the country , that) tha
North I American Indian 1 reo .
ognlxed as a.Tart of the mili
tary forces of bla native coun
try, and;l if. tha. department
should , decide to ivsa . the In
dians against Germany ft would
be the first time Jn history that
Indian; soldiers hava fought in
.
"
jfiuropo. . - f;v.-; j'-, ..
0 ' tha Indian soldierwshall be re-
. cruitea irom very inaian res- .- -0
anration in tia country. ' . , - . j
Town in
PERSONAL
, - f I i I ! .
BE MADE TOPERS
TO GROW MORE FOOD
a I.!-"- ' U.;
a ' ' a .' LL'l a -' '-
n ii nn iiii a s a ,
btnlMHi WILL
Illllllb WI I Ul .
'! ' ' U - r!' 1 f .fT -, -IV- '
PEACE, REPORT
1 1 ; M i , ' .
uhdncpllnr vnri Rothmann
" wp wMswar v w wa v. s-ar -
Hollweg ,1s i Scheduled to ;
Voice New Overtures Next . :
Thursday in
Reichstag.
NATION BELIEVED TORN
1 BY LABOR DISTURBANCES
Belief in the Hague I Is .That
1 Play Will Be Made to "
Appease: Public.
t
AlUes Dppoae eaaa FIm. "
Washington. May ft. U. P.)
Th onlHit. kllu.l -a n.fi.
opposed, fin adranctti to any
peace nlea T4rtnm.rvn.T-ilsA ji
may make 'n i thel ii relchstag
Thursday. It was stated 4 -.'-
high authority ;ln tha Balfour '
S commission this afternoon, "toe-
causs It (would not jbe genuine
and would mean victory for tha i"
Teutons and a menace to tha
clviiuation of the wtirld." I '
I 1 : 3 jT '
i The Hague, May l.ii.(U. P') -Imperial
Chancellor von Belhmann-Holl'
weg will make a peace; il offer ln the
German relcbstsg on 1 Thursday, the
Berliner Tsgeblalt announced today.
For i more ; than a nionth rumors ofr
another peace "feeler" by the imperial
uerman chancellor hava been circulat
ing In Europe. A conference . i which
the Austrian emperor held with tha
kaiser about; that time was the basis '
for reports tjhat Autrlalwes pressing
for new peace offers by the central
powers. Qfj more recent circulation
have been (persistent rumors that tha
economic situation in Germany was
uch .that her governmental leaders
realized some new play for public sup
port must be made, t I II i ,
j Germany ls4, bellavoq;! today ito b
torn with atrikes of mora; or 1m mag-4
Bltude, facing Considerable dlsconUnc
Over steadily diminishing- rations, and
with her. people aroused to a desire
for araat-e- n.-tl-in-tiA.- ,i'
- - ------- . ""irOTVir.HI,.. two..
. oiiiciais
showed tholrj intense delra for a aep
(Ontloa-d on Pag Tonr, Clamn roar)
1
WIDOW WINS $6000
E
E
State Supreme; Court Today
upholds Judge JMcGInn in
Lulu R
White Litigation,
Salem, Or.
May. 1. IThe suorema
DAMAG
VERDICT JN
AND
AND
CAS
court today affirmed! thi Judgment for 1
6Vao, obtained by Luju It. White,
widow of Traffic I Of fiber James IU
White, against the Eas I Side Mill A i
Lumber company, in tha court of for. I
mer Circuit ! Judge j McGinn in I. Mult 1f
aomah county. ' j; . . -1,--..
: This is the widely known "and, and t
or" case, which the 'supreme I court'
once before reversed on a technicality,
which caused a protest Jo be raised in I
matiy parts of the state, : . t j
Traffic Officer whltai was stationed Z f
at Union avenue and JSast BOrnsid"
street, in Portland," Novmber 1?. 1114; t
when a truck" being driven by ka em 1
ploye of th defendant! j company ran v V
over him and killed him. . f, , ,
. Mrs. White brought stilt against tha f
company for $760; and a Jury, after f. i
hearing the evidence, gars her a Judg .
ment tog th full amount. - i
Company Appealed Twlea, ' " " '
I The; company appealed to tb u-I
preme court,) which reversed tha Judv '
ment of the Jower court: because in hor ' 'i
pleadings the widow denied that' her :
husband contributed tojihls death by I
"negligently 'and carelessly stepping
back lno tha path pr the truck.'' . Th i'j
supreme court said she should hava -'j
denied that her husband, "negUgently i
or carelessly." etc. )).;- :.);jJ , v, . i, .
The case jwaa retried I befora. Judge -t f
McGinn, - and . a' Jury HI awarded tha i
widow a Judgment for l000, and again -the
company appealed. f . ., f
In today's opinion, written by Jus- ,
tice Bean, the court sweeps aside tech 1
nicalltles, if thera arai such, and af- ,
firms: tha Judgment. -One of tha con-' - :
tentlons of the defendant was that the
trial court I should hava thrown tha j
caaa out of ; court i becausa ; tha cost
upon tha former appeal land tbosa upon' '
the trial in the circuit! court tad sot '
been paid by tha . wldoif)',-" f- K r
... ! Xsnror Court Was sigh.
: Justice Bean says . the lower- court
did not err &a denying the motion.
: -' Speaking in another place af tha vsr
dlct of tha, jury,' Justlca Beatj saya: ,
1 "Indeed, t 4s. difficult -to aaa how
the Jury t could .hara found otherwiaa
from tha eTidence." . C.-t t?sj.. .,-- -. I ..( ' f
Judge McGinn's Instructional to tha
Jury, tar which tha defendants' attor
neys mad I strong . objections, l are all
upheld by tha supreme court. ,
Nap in Cab Costs V:.f
.' ; $3500 in Jewelry
New
Toffc, r- Iay,' P . f:r VI. 8.)
Colonel - R. I P. .Dlckerson. millionaire
ranch and mine owneit iof Springfield,
Mo-was robbed a f Jewelry valued at
1606 while ha took a anoose in a cab
through Central park Jast night, . j v
Iff;
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