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DRAFT MEASURE
NOW READY fOR
WILSON'S NAME
Bill, Signed by Vice President
Marshall and Speaker
Clark, Is Being Perused by
Baker and Experts.
PROCLAMATION READY
FOR ISSUANCE AT ONCE
What Will Be Done With T.
R. Division Plan Is Unan
swered Question.
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Draft Service Limit Voted.
Washington. May 18. (U. P.)
After two hours' debate the
pnato todav adopted an amend-
i ment to the' urgent deficiency
bill providing that selection of
young men for service , in the
army shall pertain only to the
war with Germany and for a
period of four months after
ft peace with Germany has been
declared.
.
Washington, May 18. (U. P.) The
house finally disposed of the selective
service army bill this afternoon, when
Speaker Clark signed the measure.
Vice President Marshall signed the
bill immediately afterward. .
Instead of being sent direct to the
White House as most measures are,
the bill was sent first to Secretary
of Wer Baker for his perusal. Baker
went over the measure with his mili
tary heads at some length, thereby
' causing delay in it reaching the presi
dent. Little, If any. ceremony was antici
pated when the president signs the
bill.
Roosevelt Question Unanswered.
The- task completed, the president
will issue a proclamation, long pre
pared, calling upon the youth of the
nation to gather, at appointed regis
tration places on a fixed day and sign
the war department cards, from which
thr ; pcocesa of selection cart be de
duced. - , ,
Tha bill inerude-pThrttfor bring
ing the regular army to war strength;
drafting of the national guard .into
(Concluded on Pne Two. Colusa Two)
GOVERNMENT AT LAST
AWAKES TO FACT IT
CAN BUY LOWER HERE
Quartermaster's Department
Awards Contract for 1000
Tans of Oats to Firm,
' Portland has finally broken into the
quartermaster's department on Hawa
iian orders.
" Word came this morning that the
Northern Grain & Warehouse com
pany had been awarded the contract
to deliver 1000 tons of oats to the
army quartermaster at Honolulu, the
grain to be trans-shipped .to San Fran
cisco for delivery.
First word came from Washington
was that the Portland firm, low both
on that bid and its bid on 5000 tons of
' oats for Philippine delivery, had been
thrown oat because of a claimed dif
ferential against Portland in transpor
tation rates.
It now develops that the quarter
master's department has listened to
the insistent claims made by the
Chamber of Commerce through the
Oregon delegation in congress and is
holding that award in abeyance as
well.
So insistent Is the Chamber of Com
merce that the transport Dix be sent
here for the big ehlpntent that it has
wired the quartermaster stating that
it will, if necessary, absorb all pilot
age claims against the vessel, thereby
removing every argument advanced
except for the 24 hours' steaming time
from Flattery to the dock in Portland.
The difference in the bid of the
Northern Grain & Warehouse company
and the lowest Seattle firm was $2650,
so that the government will save $2000
by accepting the Portland bid.
Appeal in Bean
. Bill Case Filed
By Stipulation of Attorneys for Both
Sides, Argtunsnt Will Bs Heard Haxt
Monday Afternoon at Salem.
Salem, Or., May 18. Appeal In the
Bean bill land grant tax case was filed
in the supreme court today by Dis
trict Attorney Max Gehlher, who, with
Attorney Martin L. Pipes of Port
. land, represents the state in the ac
tion to require County Clerk Boyer of
,. Marlon county to refrain from putting
the bill on the special election' ballot
on the grounds that it was never legal
ly passed by the legislature.
, The appeal is from a decision of Cir
cuit Judge Bingham holding that the
. bill was legally passed, although less
than a majority of the members Of the
house of representatives voted to con
, cur In amendments made to the meas
ure by the senate
By stipulation of the attorneys for
both sides, the case will be argued be
fore tho supreme court next Monday
, : afternoon at 1 o'clock. The attorneys
waivea tne .requirment ror filing t
' printsd abstract of the case and print
German Divers
Are Checked By
Patrol System
American Destroyer Squadron Re
ported "Doing Its Bit" and
Doing It Well.
Washington. May 18. (I. N. 6.)
German submarines are being held in
their, home bases by a new and greatly
strengthened patrol system. In this
patrol the American destroyer squad
ron is "doing Its bit" and doing it well.
according to confidential edvlces reach
ing members of the foreign - missions
now here. That, is the real reason why
there has been a falling off in the
number of sinkings. And the experts
here who are aware of what is going
on declare that never again will Get
many have a 'million ton" month.
Japanese Boats Reach -France.
Paris, May 18. (U. P.i Arrival of
a number of Japanese gunboats at
Marseilles to aid in combatting the
suomarine warfare was officially an
nounced today.
The New ?ork Herald today printed
a story asserting that a contingent of
Japanese troops had been landed at
Marseilles on April 29, according to in-,
formation received in New York. The
Japanese forces. It was said, will fight
sid by side with the Russians on the
weil front.
French Craft Sunk.
Paris, May 18. (I. N. S.) German
submarines sank only three French
ships in the week ending May 13. It
was officially announced today. Dur
ing the period 952 vessels entered
French ports and 991 departed.
BIG NAVAL BATTLE IN
ADRIATIC ON TUESDAY
IS REPORTED BY ROME
Austrian Cruiser Fleet Driven
. Off When Allied Ships Ap
pear; Italian Ship Sunk.
Buenos Aires, May 18. I. N. S.)
Advices from Home late this afternoon
announced & big naval battle in the
Adriatic last Tuesday. Fourteen Aus
trian cruisers attacked a fleet of Ital
ian destroyers, and the former were
chased away by reinforcements of al
lied warships.) The Italians lost ono
destroy eri,No. -mention was -made, of
the damage to the enemy fleet.
British Lose 14 "Drifters."
London, May 18.-r-(U. P.) Austrians
sank 14 British "drifters" In ths Adrl
atic on Tuesday, the admiralty an
nounced this afternoon. Returning aft
er chasing the enemy, the British light
cruiser Dartmouth was torpedoed. The
latter vessel reached port with 18 cas
ualties.
The "drifters" mentioned in the Ad
miralty statement are small power
boats used as submarine chasers.
The British cruiser Dartmouth is
vessel of 5250 tons. She is one of the
older vessels, having been laid down
in 1909. Her heaviest guns were eight
6 inchers.
. "Drifters" are also used "without
power, for exploding mines and watch
mg ror suDmartnes. Many are con
verted fishing smacks.
Eockingham Gun
Crew at New York
New York, . May 18. (U. P.) The
naval gunners of the torpedoed Amer
ican steamship Rockingham, sub
marined off the coast of Ireland, May
1, arrived here today.
They were picked up May 4, but
nothing had been heard of them since.
The Rockingham survivors included
Third Officer Arthur McKenny, Chief
Gunner Wood of the United States
navy and 12 naval gunners. They said
Lieutenant Thomas, U. S. N., in charge
of the gun crew, died of exposure.
Joint Allied Body to
Sit in TJ. S., Is Plan
Washington. May 18. (U. P.) Es
tabllshment of a joint, permanent
committee of all the allies to sit In
Washing-ton to facilitate America's co
operation in the war, has been sug
gested by the French and British wa
missions, it became known officially
today.
The allies have suggested that the
United States send representatives to
take part in the various committees oa
the conduct or the war in London and
Paris.
Telegraphers Are v
Considering Pension
Seattle, May 18. (P. N. S.) Pen
sions for members of the Order of
Railroad Telegraphers are being con
sidered here today at the biennial con
vention of that body, which is assem
bled in the Labor Temple.
The pension committee, appointed at
the convention of the organization two
years ago. are making a favorable re
port for such action on the part of the
order and little doubt is expressed but
that the report will be adopted.
Liner Colonian Is
Beported Torpedoed
Boston, May 18. (U. P.) Indirect
reports this afternoon said the Leyland
.iner Colonian had been torpedoed and
sunk in the English war sone. Th
Colonian sailed from this, port May 5
with grain and war munitions and was
due to arrive in the war sone yester
day.' ; Her crew consisted of 60 men.
Leyland line officials said they had
no confirmation of the report but that
they- baa received the news indirectly.
ITALIANS
T
F
EAST OF G0R1TZ
Gateway to Trieste, Principle
Port of Austria on the Ad
riatic, Being Forced Open,
Says Telegram From Army
BASTION NEAR PLAVA
GIVES WAY TO DRIVE
Official Statement Reports
Capture of 6432 Aus
trians and Material.
Trieste Xs PaaicBtrlokea.
Rome, May 18. (U. P.)
Austria has ordered all civilians
to evacuate the Isonz6 section
in which Italian troops are
steadily forging ahead today.
Trieste is panic-stricken at the
approach of the Italians, ac
cording to word received here.
All banks there have been
closed and the government of
fices and the leading business
houses have hurriedly shipped
all records to Vienna,
Most of the AusTrian prison
ers taken so far by th Italians
were from divisions recently
detached from the Russian
front, it was announced.
General von Falkenhayn is
still at the Austrian front, at
tached to ths Austrian general
staff.
-
Rome, May 18. (I. N. a) "The
gateway to Trieste is being forced
open, says a triumpnant telegram
from the Italian front today.
The entise bastion east of PlavM,
one of the most strongly fortified posi
tions on the Austro-Hungarlan front,
has been captured by the Italians.
News of this important success was
given out by the war office today.
vicious righting Has raged east or
u..ri.. .Pn,iin. HiuNtaiv in1
check the new driv of the Italian,
Along the entire front of the Julian
Alns engagemenu continue with ua-i
abated fury.
East . of . Oarlta.,. the , Italians haya
Achieved further success, capturing
part of the fortifications on the center
of the line east Of Goritx.
To date the Italians hav taken a
total of 6432 prisoners, the official
statement said.
It is impossible to estimate the
amount' of war material taken," it
added.
Further counter-attacks at Brodies,
Grazings, Vodice, and south of Srazig-
na were repulsed and at several points
the enemy was forced to surrender in
numbers."
Power to Control
Food Prices Urged
Agriculture Committee Told That
Social and Political VpoeaTal WiU
Sweep Country Unless Action. Taken.
Washington. May 18. (U. P.) A
social and political upheaval will
sweep the country unless congress
tak,es- Immediate steps to conserve the
food supply of the country, James R.
Kellogg of Leland Stanford University
told the house agricultural committee,
considering the Lever food control bill i
today. j
"Something must be done at once,"
Kellogg said. "You must give the '
president power to control prices or
you will leave the public at the mercy
of speculators." 1
Unless wide food control powers are
vested in the president food riots will
result, United States Attorney Ander
son, Boston, said. Speculators, he
said, have already caused unrest and
continued operations will cause vio
lence. Former Governor Eberhard, Minne
sota, asked the committee to use
school lands in North Dakota,
South
Dakota, Montana and Minnesota, .o
increase the country's food supply.
Two million acres, he said, could be
put under cultivation.
Chinese Highbinder
Faces Death Penalty
San Francisco, May 18. (P. N. S.)
-The first conviction of first degree
murder carrying the death penalty for
a Chinese highbinder in a tong war
in San Francisco occurred today, when
a Jury in Superior Judge Frank H.
Dunne's1 court returned a verdict of
guilty against Wong Hlng. member of
the Blng Kong tong.
Wong was convicted as one of the
three men who shot and killed Ny
You. wealthy Chinese undertaker, on
March 5. Wong was brought here
from Seattle as a hired gunman.
Bakers Approve
Conservation Plan
Chicago. May 18. (I. N. 8.) The
convention of bakers from all parts of
the country, in convention here, sent
a telegram to Herbert C. Hoover, who
is advising the government on the food
question, approving his -suggestion for
ONS
the muling or flour up to 75 and 78
per cent of the wheat berry.
Selective Draft for
Canada Is Plan
Ottawa, Ont; May 18. (U. P.) The
selective draft system may . be In
stituted in Canada, Premier Borden in
timated while speaking in" the house
of commons this afternoon. , -.-
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Honduras Has
Cut Relations
With Germany
Central American Nation, U. S.
Ambassador Reports, Takes Its
Place Beside United States.
Washington, May 18. (I. N. 8.)
Honduras has broken diplomatic rela
tions with the imperial German government.
This information was conveyed to
the state department this, afternoon in
a cablegram from United States Min
ister Win at Tegucigalpa. The Amer
ican envoy's dispatch was dated yes
terday afternoon. It said:
"The president has just announced
that Honduras has broken relations
with Germany and that Honduras takes
its place beside the United States."
Spain to Protest Sinking.
Madrid, May 18. (I. N. S.) Anoth
er protest will be sent to Berlin as a
result of the sinking of the 3000-ton
Spanish steamship Patriotic, it was
learned today. The decision to send
a note was reached at a two-hour ses
sion of the cabinet, which was con
vened as soon as news of the destruc
tion of the vessel was received here. A
!sailor was wounded.
GERMANS APPEAR TO .
BE MAKING READY TO
EVACUATE 'COAL CITY'
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names ana txpiosions in
Lens'Plainly Visible During
Night From British Line,
By William Philip Simms.
With the British Armies in ths
Field. May 18. (U. P.) Lens is beinj
set aflame. Fires and explosions in
France's "coal city" were plainly visible-from
the British lines throughout
last night The Germans plainly know
the danger they are running now of a
British sweep that will close the
circle about the city and trap them
there
(Note It is possible the destruction
of buildings In Lens may indicate a
withdrawal from that city
The same
program of burning ana oiowmg up or
ounaings nas Deen louowea Dy tne
Germans In every city and town they
have evacuated.)
. Rain, t or the past few - days .ha
turned the battlefield of dust into one
of mud. Theffe were only minor
operations In prbgress early today.
(Continued on Page Four, Column Four)
Indians to Work on
Withycombe Farm
Washington, May 18. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.'
Commissioner Cato Sells of Indian
affairs advises Senator Chamberlain
as to a request from Governor Withy
to allow students at the Che
I mawa Indian school to work for farm
ers that the best he can do is to send
! 30 boys each Saturday to work, for
John Withycombe and M. L. Jones.
Speaks for Suffrage.
Washington. May 18. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Congressman McArthur today made
an argument before the house rules
committee favoring creation of a per
manent committee on suffrage. The
senate has had a similar committee
for several years, and the president
recently suggested the house should
follow its example.
Committee Held Up
Until Pickets Quit
Washington, May 18. (U. P.) Un
til suffragists remove pickets carrying
suffrage banners from before the
White House and other government
buildings in the capital, the govern-
I meat not appoint a suffrage corn-
mittee. Representative Harrison of
Mississippi told a delegation of suf
fragists at aheaiing before the house
rules committee-toaay.
"The picketing at the White House
is disrespectful to the president," Har
rison said, "and cannot possibly tend
to promote the cause of woman's
suffrage,"
Dr. Walite Found to
Be Sane by Experts
Albany, N. T., May 18. (I. N. S.)
Dr. Arthur Warren Walte, doomed
to die next week for the murder of his
fatherin-law, John Peck, by poison,
was today found sane by an examin
ing committee appointed hy Governor
Whitman. Walte is in the death
hoese in Sing Sing.
Big Electric Plant
At Niagara Afire
i
Buffalo. N. T., May 18. (I. N. S.)
The plant of the Electro Lythlc com
pany at Niagara Falls caught fire late
this afternoon and is threatened with
destruction. The plant Is valued at
several million dollars and Is manu
facturlnc chemicals and war muni
tlons. It is not known whether any
lives have been lost.
France Plans New
Diplomatic Service
- Paris, May 18.- (I. N. S.) France
is considering the reorganization of
her diplomatic service, it was learned
today.
HERE SWIFT WATERS of the rising Columbia are eating at the west side of the
abutments at the Vancouver end of the new Interstate bridge. View shows sand
washed away from concrete casing, so undermining structure that D. A. R. fountain
and part of cement handrail have settled down on the river bank.
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McAdoo Urges Immediate
Purchase of Treasury Cer
tificates, Washington, May 18. (I. N. S,)
The American money market must not
be disturbed when subscriptions to
the liberty -loan of ! 191T are called at
the end of June. This Is the word
sent to all American banks and trust j
companies today at the direction of j
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. I
' To prevent disarrangement of the
money system by large withdrawals.
the secretary urges upon bankers the
immediate purchase of the convertible
treasury certificates of indebtednss
now on sale. These certificates may
be turned in by banks either for them
selves or for their depositors in pay
ment for liberty loan bonds. Thus
the actual physical payment of cash
for the bonds is avoided.
As another means to prevent large
withdrawals of money from, circula
tion. Secretary McAdoo urges banks
and trust companies to quaMfy as de
positors for the liberty loan. Banks
that qualify as depositors and save
made payments for treasury certifi
cates up to $100,000 may subscribe for
any amount not taken care of by the
conversion of these treasury certifi
cates, by merely transferring, the
money on their hooks on June 28. No
tice of such credits must be made to
the treasurer of the United States and
the federal reserve bank of the dis
trict. Bankers Plan Campaign. '
Washington. May IS. (I. N. 8 )
The American Bankers association
decided today to undertake a nation
wide campaign in behalf of the' Lib
erty loan. Officers of the associa
tion are planning to reach the people
of the entire country by operating
through the thousands of banks which
are members of the organization.
Bank Invests Ten Millions.
New York. May 18. (I. N. S.) The
National Bank of Commerce today sub
scribed for $10,000,000 of the liberty
loan bonds. It was announced that
the bonds would be retained by the
bank as an Investment Another big
sale of bonds was made to the Jewelry
firm of Tiffcnys, which bought 11,
000,000 worth.
California Subscribes $500,000.
Washington. May 18. (L N. S.)
The state of California today sub
scribed for $500,000 worth of the Lib
erty loan of 1917, it was announced at
the treasury department.
Army Stores Burn
In Mysterious Fire
Albany. N. Y., May 18. (I. N. 8.)
Government agents are today inves
tigating a mysterious fire in the
Rathbone, Sard & Co. plant here.
which destroyed 10,000 tent stoves de
signed for the United btates army.
The total loss is estimated at $100,
000. The company has a United
States contract - for 40,000 stoves.
32 New Cities to
Hoiise Soldiers
Of U. S. Army
..Washington, May 18. (I. N. fcl
B1 8.) Thirty-two cities, each b
capable of housing 22,000 men.
a division of soldiers, ' will
)Ba spring info existence when the fcj
first army of 500.000.1s called K4
fca, to the colors. It was announced )a
ftl here late this afternoon. Six
hundred million feet of lumber Jt
fHl to build the cantonments will Ifj
Sl be required and the work will Ha
l mod contract. . ;.)
MARKET
WANING
BIG SHIP CONTRACT IS
LET IN PORTLAND BY
GOVERNMENT OF U. S.
Ten Wooden Craft Will Be
. Built Here at Once at To-
tal Cost of $3,500,000.
Oaly 100 to Be Built.
Washington. D. C. 'May II.
(WASHINGTON BUREAU OF
THE JOURNAL.) It is rell-
ably : reported that the govern-
ment program for wooden ships j
will be much leas than the ship-
ping board first contemplated.
and probably not over 100 will jsj
be ordered at present. About -
60 of these are to built on the !
Pacific coast and a majority of
the coast business will go to
the northwest. General Goeth- n
s als influence was given strong-
ly for steel ships, causing a
modification of earlier ideas.
The Standifer-Clarkson com-
pany of Portland is known to s
have received a contract, though
no official announcement has
been 'made.
Contracts for 10 wooden ships to be
built in. Portland have been closed, ac
cording to word received from Wash
ington by local firms today.
The Peninsula Shipbuilding company
will build six steamers and the Coast
Shipbuilding company four.
The C. A. Smith Lumber company
of Coos Bay will build two more and
the Sands trom company of Seattle an
additional two craft.
The contracts represent a price of
about $350,000 each.
The Coast Shipbuilding company re
eived word from H. E. Pennell telling
of the securing of its four contracts
early, this morning. Orders to prepare
the keel blocks were at onCe issued, and
it is believed that actual construction
in' the yard of the old Heath Shipbuild
ing company In South Portland will be
under way within a week.
One Has Snips Started,
The Peninsula Shipbuilding company,
acting on its own initiative, laid keels
for two of the six they are to build
two weeks ago. They will proceed at
once with the balance of the work, and
as fas' as privately contracted vessels
are off the ways government boats will
take their place.
Other Portland firms, including the
McEachern Ship company, Standifer
Clarkson Shipbuilding company and
Supple & Ballin, are also expecting
word momentarily that they have been
awarded contracts.
The drive for efficiency Inaugurated
by the Chamber of Commerce shortly
after Theodore Brent, vice chairman
of the shipping board,' was here, will
now be put into actual swing. Lum
ber deliveries are to be hastened, big
timbers eut ahead and other materials
put aneaa ox oiner iunas 01 ireignt.
- XCor ZAbor Zs Sought.
The labor situation for the present
will tkj care of Itself, sav shinbullJ
ers; but within 60 days it Is believed
that -more men will be needed than
this -vicinity will be able to supply
Arrangements for the Importation of
a : large number of millwrights from
th interior are unaer consideration.
Coincident with this announcement
news of the establishment of a yard.
known as the American Shipbuilding
Corporation at Warrenton, came out.
The company is composed of capital
ists from Spokane and was originally
planned by H. A. Spear, who made sev
eral visits here and several announce
ments of his plans. He has been
bought out, It is said, and the plant is
now under the guidance of C. T. Dia
mond, an architect and builder from
Spokane, P. W. Mtlburn of Warrenton
an engineer, and Edson B. 6c hock of
Seattle, an experience naval architect.
Work on the yard was started early
in the month, but so quietly was it
undertaken that no word was received
here until the plans were well along.
O. E. Snyder and Samuel Edelseln,
of Spokane, fiscal agent and attorney
respectively for the company, were In
Portland today. ,
INTERSTATE BRIDGE
DAMAGED BY RISING
WATER IN COLOMBIA
Daughters of American Rev
olution Fountain Is Near
Tumbling Into Current.
Vancouver, Wash., May 18. The en
tire casing of the west side abutment
of the Vancouver approach to the new
$3,000,000 Interstate bridge oer the
v
Columbia river was . washed Out at
about 1 o'clock this morning by high
water, seriously threatening the- safety
of one span of tne structure.
The fine fountain dedicated last
week by the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution has lurched into the
find, is perilously poised 12 feet
Labove the water line, and may drop
into the current at any time. Effort
Is being made to get a cable around it.
and anchor it safely until It can be
raised.
The concrete rolling has collapsed.
Pier eight, one of the light stand
ards. is expected to topple into the
river.
Traffic- has not yet been suspended.
Damage to date is estimated at
$10,000.
Bock Zs Ordered.
Three hundred and fifty yards of
rock, for rip-rapping, has been ordered
from nearby quarries, and is now be
ing loaded onto cars for quick dis
patch. It will be piled up Inside new
Jog piling to be placed at th abat
ment to prevent further washing.
Sandbags are being thrown into the
void as a temporary relief.
The bridge has not yet been ac
cepted by the county commissioners of
Multnomah and Clarke and the engi
neers, waaaeii ac Harrington, are un
der $60,000 bonds, which will be held
In covering cost of repairs.
Graham Steele, local engineer for
the company, is directing repairs.
The damage is much more serious
than that caused by the rising water
on the east side of the approach sev
eral days ago, which was estimated at
more than $1000.
While the cement casing on -the east
side of the approach was badly cracked
by sand being washed from under It
the force of the current against it pre
vented much of it from sliding Into
the river. ' Bags of sand were, piled
against it, and since then there has
been no Indication of 'further trouble
on that side of the approach.
On the west side of the approach no
danger from the water was expected,
but the swift current has had Just the
opposite effect and has washed the
sand from under the casing and has
added its force to the weight of the
casing, with the result that most of
the cement casing and large quantities
of the sand of which the fill is com
posed has disappeared into the river.
The water registers 18.1 feet this
morning.
Who Will Pay?
County Commissioner Hoi man. chair
man of the Interstate bridge commis
sion, is at Vancouver today, and it
was impossible to ascertain definitely
whether the bridge has been accepted
or not and the contractors released
from responsibility. Commissioners
Holbrook and Muck were not clear on
this point, but were inclined to the
opinion that eventually the bridge
commission would have to repair the
damage.
From information received In Port
land, the concrete slab protecting the
sand fill did not extend far enough
over the riprap work.
As a result, when the water reached
a certain stage, it iucked out the sand
from between the concrete and riprap,
undermining the foundation of the ap
proach. Senate Committee
For Daylight Saving
Washington. May 1$. (1. N. S.)
The senate Interstate commerce, com
mittee this afternoon ordered a favor
able report on the Calder daylight sav
ing bill.' The measure would . move
the clocks forward one hour throuch-
out the United States -
WILL BE CALLED
3
Oregon's Contingent to Re
spond on July 25, Accord
ing to Orders From War
Department.
MEN WILL BE SENT
TO TRAINING CAMPS'
Two Months' Activity in Fed
eral Service Expected to
Be-Sufficient.,
Washington. May 18. (17., P.) The
National Guard will be called Into fed--'
erai service la i three groups on July
15 end :5 and August 6.
In notifying state a&julants general
of this fact today, the war department -authorized
the recruiting of the guard
organizations to war strength. The
war strength of the National Guard IS
p. bout 440,000. It notified them, how
ever, that regardless of whether they
reach the war stiength, the organiza
tions must report on the date assigned,
to be sent immediately to training"
camps for intensive instruction in mod
ern warfare. ..
In caso existing organizations have
nsuffiricnt equipment, full equipment -
will be assured when the troops arrive .
at the training camps.
Two Weeks la Armories.
The national guardsmen affected
by teday's order are those who have.,
not already been called Into federal
service. They will he kept in their
home armories about two weeks and
then will be sent to the training':
camps. ; ;
The military division estimates that
from six weeks to two months of In
tensive training will suffice to put;
these units Into war condition. When
they are out of the way the new se
lective service army can occupy these
camps. ; -
While no announcement la made as
to the disposition of the national guard
at the close of their Intensive training.
the assumption previously expressed is
that very 'soon thereafter they will be;
utilized for European service. ; ?
Oiegoa la Seoond Oroap.
'The states called out July 15 aret ;
New York Pennsylvania. Oh o, Michi
gan. West Virginia, Wisconsin, Minns
sota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dako
ta, Nebraska.
The following will be called : on
July 25:
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont,
(Conttuued on Vtgr Four. Coins n Two
DALY .SAVES BIG SUM
FOR TAXPAYERS IN THE
WATER BUREAU ALONE
Lower Cost Is in Spite of In
crease, of 20 Per. Cent in
"Size of the Plant. '
The total operating cost of the bu
reau of water works, under the ad
ministration cf Commissioner Will II.
Daly, showed a decrease of $$41,423.38
for 1916 as against the year 1912. In
other words. It cost the taxpayers of
the city that much less to run the
water system during the last year, ,
than it did when Commissioner Daly,
assumed of flea . "
It Is also true, as shown by the rec
ords of the dr-partment and the cost
figures compfl-d by the city auditor,
that the total operating cost of the
wafir department has been steadily de
creasing each year for the past four
years of Commissioner Daly's admin-
istration.
In the face of this decreased eosVof
operation, the records further show '
that during the four years of Commis
sioner Daly's administration there has
been constructed or acquired ' approxi
mately 20 per cent or one fifth jof the '
entire water system now in use. ''
Big Increase la Mains.
During the past four years Mitt
miles of water : mains, 125 miles of
which have been from six-inch to 30
inch mains, have been laid or acquired.
In addition, 18 miles of smaller pipes
have been replaced with two-inch- gal
vanized mains. In those cases where
(Concluded oa Pc Eighteen. Colamn Klttf
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