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Details of Expedition to Be
Sent Under Pershing Are
Being Worked Out Ma
. riries Will Accompany.
PREPARATIONS MADE
FOR TRAINING CAMPS
Aviation Section to Establish
Groundwork and Actual
Training Stations.
Washington, May 19. The mobili
sation of the division Major-General
Pershing will lead to France began to.
day. It will consist almost entirely of
Infantry.
No cavalry will be sent and
It 1
not likely that three regiments of
artillery will be dispatched. The
Americans for the time probably will
depend upon the French for artillery
protectiop.
Marinas to Go.
Taking the place of the three artil
lery regiments and the cavalry regi
ment Which are component parts of
the usual division will be four regi
ments of infantry. In addition a regi
ment of veteran marines', 2600 strong,
composed of men seasoned on the bat
tle field of Haiti, Santo Domingo and
Mexico, will accompany the Pershing
expedition and serve in the trenches as
"doughboys."
This was announced" by the navy de
partment today. . The marines will be
commanded by Colonel Charles A,
Doyen, commandant of Washington
barracks.
Venning in Washington.
General Pershing returned to Wash
lngton today from a visit to New York.
He was busy at the war department
going over plans for his command and
selecting his headquarters staff. The
transportation of the marine reinforce
ments will be handled by tha navy de
partment, but once they reach French
soil they will serve unuer command oi
General Pershing, c:
The entire first expeditionary force
will numbor between. 27,50 and 130.-?
000 men. It will be accompanied " by
engineers, the pioneers of the trenches.
signal icrrnrtuhlts to handle the field
telegraph attd- transport work and by a
battalion of 32 aeroplanes.
Marines, Ara Pleased
The order dispatching marines to
France was little less of a surprise
than the president's direction that an
American expedition should be sent
overseas immediately.
"In being the first on the firing line
in France. thj marines will be uphold
in their historic record," said Secre
tary Daniels. "General Barnett and
other officers of the corps are de
lighted that the 'soldiers of the sea'
are to be sent to the front."
Colonel Doyen has been in the ma
rlne corps 34 years. He saw service at
Olongapo. in the Philippines and more
recently In Santo Domingo.
Camp Preparations Made.
Men who will aid General Pershln
in his ble task were busy all day with
details of the expedition which will
nut the real American fighters on
European soil In the struggle agains
Teutonic autocracy.
While thev labored other army
chiefs busied themselves with the ma
chlnery for the big camp system
wherein America will train her fight
ers.
Announcement of distribution of th
new national army by states and o
the new national guard. by states was
made. This places the bulk of the
recruits in the south, though shifts
into the great centers of the soutn
western and southern departments are
made with an eye to keeping neighbor
ing States together and entailing no
" more shifting than necessary in the
circumstances.
Army Bee ml ting Disappoints.
The aviation section, which will be
represented in the Pershing division
by an aero squadron, announced estab
lishment of groundwork training sta
tions at scattered universities and
sites for actual aviation training
camps at several cities. Incidentally,
it developed that many wealthy men
are applying for aero service, both in
the army and navy.
Army recruiting, however, disap
pointed the organizers. Only a hand
ful over 1100 were received yesterday
far too few, if the regular army is
Jto be brought up to war strength by
vftlunteering.
Zood Supply Protection Given,
'' Across the street from the war build
ing in the White House President
Wilson Issued a momentous statement
about the government's food control,
showing that the chief thoughts In
tho matter, of dictatorial power are to
shield the people from price sharks,
to conserve the nation's supplies, and
to encourage the farmer to do his ut
most. President Gompers, of the Amer
ican reaeration or Laoor, issued a
statement assuring that labor will be
patriotic, and suggesting that it have
ample representation on various gov
ernment boards,
REVENUE AND
ARMY BILLS
' The text of the army bill, as
agreed to in conference and sub
stantially as enacted into law, and
the revenue bill, in text and sum
mary, will be found today on page
15 of Section One."
These: measures are of vita! con
cern to every citizen and the atten
tentioa of every reader is called to
them -:. f .,. . h
FRONT HURRIED
News Index
SECTION OXE -16 PAGES
Pace,
i,
Herbert C. Hoover Warned Toed Ad-
tnimstrator.
Plena for Pershina; Expedition Hurried.
. Kussian Ministry Rejects Separate
Peace.
School Petition Signatures Kissing.
Anti-Conscription Uprising Cheeked.
Ready Response to Liberty Lean.
. Food Administrator Aeoepta Sew Poet.
Herbert Hoover Fanner Oregon Boy.
Congress Speeds Up Bif Legislative
Program.
.American Ambulance Work to Be Ex
plained, Portland Boy Writes From Weat Front.
' Ag rreaaive Port Polity Advocated,
4. Daly - Given Rous in Reception.
Hindenburf Sparring- for Advantage.
Indian Accused of Murdering Son.
Student Officers Have Busy Week.
Destroyers to Seek Strange Submarine.
6. Brewster's Record Cited to Support
Candidacy.
Jitneurs Ask Free Use of City's
streets
Paring; Trust Bogie Allayed.
lyed.
Oregon's Food
6. W. J. Kerr Discusses
v. i. .
Plane.
Reasons Given for : Road Bond
Support, ,
7. Government to Aid Belgians.
Bill
Washington Leaders Work for Red
Cross.
Portland Red Cross Chapter Seeks
Funds.
S. Pershing's Forces Declared World's
finest.
Marine Corpa Recruits Exoeed Quota.
. -oruana Banks Bbow Oeina.
9. Protection Planned Food Trananort.
O.-C. Decision Makes Quibbling Futile.
iv. iwuier a to iearn naroor tacts.
11. Elks to Care for Soldier Dependents,
Cats and Rabbits Exhibited.
Rooeevelt's Friends Abandon Efforts,
12. White Salmon Popular neighborhood.
Legislative Enactments if iective at
Midnight. ,
IS. Convict Confesses to Booth Harder,
Newberg Meeting Favors Road Bonds.
1. aew Barracks Buuamga at Vancouver,
Organised Labor for Grain Elevators.
16. Provisions of War Revenue Bill.
Text of Army Bill.
If. Food Preparodneaa Campaign in Full
BWUlg.
SECTION TWO 12 PAGES
Page.
sports Hews and Gossip.
6.
Real Estate and Building,
Want Ads.
Market and Finance.
Marine.
Additional Sports.
6-10.
11.
12.
SECTION THREE 10 PAGES
Page.
i.
Needs of Good Samaritan Hospital.
a. r-nowptays.
OH Broadwav,
In Stageland.
3. In Vaudeville.
"Getting Together" By Ian Hay.
4. Editorial.
6. Brief Information.
Town Topics.
Art Students' Work on Exhibition.
Food Preparedness Campaign.
8-9. Automobiles and Good Road.
10. Festival of Weeks May 27.
SECTION FOUR 12 PAGES
Page.
1-3. rne week la society.
4. Military Garb for, Kiddies By Mar-
gmrec season,
"The Man Without a Country" Re
xoia uj vvorge jauauer.
6. Women's Club Affairs.
P. E. 0. Sisterhood to Convene.
6. The Realm of Music.
7. Popular Science.
t. The June Bride By Mms. Out Tire.
What Is Courage I By Mary O'Con
- nor aieweu. r
Beauty Chat By Lillian Russell.
Needlework Deefsrn. ' -
9. The First Cast of th Season By John
Gill. i
, , The Weather Man's Alibi By Marshall
XI . WIS.
10. Illustrated News Review.
11. Allied Strategy at Arras and Rheims
a j arena n. aunonoa.
18. News of the So-cels.
University and college New.
SECTION FIVE 12 PAGES
(Fiction Magazine)
SECTION SIX 4 PAGES
IComio)
Suffrage Pickets
Scored by Mrs. Catt
Denver, Colo., May 19 (U. P.)
Suffrage pickets who have continued
to mount guard at; the White House,
the capitol, and other public buildings
In Washington notwithstanding the
outbreak of war, are not only "dis
respectful to the president," as they
were chaiacteriaed by Representative
Harrison in Washington yesterday, but
they are unpatriotic, and are not rep
retentatlve of the majority of women
who seek the ballot"
This Is the opinion of one of Amer
ica's foremost advocates of equal suf
frage Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, who
is in Denver tonight, representing the
women's committee of the Council of
National Defense, i
"It is unfair to the great mass of
women who do not approve of such
methods," she said, in commenting
upon the statement of Representative
Harrison that a suffrage committee
would never be appointed while the
picketing persisted.- "The pickets are
not representative of the women who
seek suffrage, and the latter should
not be made to suffer on their ac
count." Mrs. Catt declared she Is "unalter
ably opposed" to the proposed tem
porary non-enforcement of child labor
laws, and women's eight-hour laws,
during the war.
She will deliver her" message of war
cooperation to a mass meeting of Colo
rado women Monday night, following
a conference with the women's com
mittee of Governor Gunter's war coun
cil. Atlanta Has Great
Military Parade
Atlanta. Ga., May 19. (I. N. S.)
Through crowds so dense that efforts
of the police could hardly open a line
for the marchers, the greatest military
parade Atlanta has ever known
marched this afternoon and was re
viewed by Major General Leonard
Wood, commander of the, department
of the southeast. At . the conclusion
of the parade, the Stars and Stripes
were hoisted to the top of the steel
flagstaff in the center of Five Points.
Thousands stood uncovered and
cheered the flag.
Strikes Affecting
War Orders Settled
Washington, May! 19. (I. N. &)
Tha settlement of strikes at the Amer
ican Locomotive company's plants at
Schenectady ; and Dunkirk, N. Y., by
which Russian government contracts
were being held up, was announced
late this afternoon, by Secretary of
Labor Wilson.
Tha stttlernent of the teamsters
strike ordered last ' Thursday at the
Pennsylvania terminal in New Tork
city 'was also announced by the aecre
tanf. -'.. . " ; . . - :
SEPARATE PACT
10 REJECTED RY
STRY
Action of Reorganized Rus
sian Government of Partic
ular Significance Because
Socialists Agree to Reject.
VIGOROUS PROSECUTION
OF WAR ALSO PLEDGED
Allies to Be Asked to Accept
"No Forced Annexations or
Contributions" Plan.
By William G. Shepherd.
Moscow to Be Hew Capital.
Washington, May 19. (I. N.
S.) New Russia will remove Its
capital from Petrograd to Mos
cow, the ancient seat of the
Russian government, if plans
now under consideration by the
new administration are con
summated, according to word
reaching Washington today.
The idea, it is said, is based
largely upon sentimental and
political grounds rather than on
the possibility that Petrograd
would be captured by German
forces.
Or jf, Us tir At jt jfe Oy Uy U
T T T V
Petrograd, May 19. (U. P.) Partic
ular significance may be attached to
the announcement today of the reor
ganized Russian government rejecting
a separate peace with Germany, be
cause the three ministers who control
Russia's part in the war all Social
ists agreed upon such a pronuncia
mento. The three are Minister of War and
Marine Kerensky. State Controller
Godneff, and Food and Supplies Min
ister Pieschehonoff.
In addition, these ' Socialists like
wise approved the new government's
announced purpose of seeking accept
ance by the allies of the Russian pro
gram of "id forced annexations and
no contributions." . '
The fact that the .Russian Socialists,
through. ..their leadera'iiri: the govern
ment, have thu announced adherence'
to such Program, spella defeat of th
German plot to persuade the Russians,
through their Socialists, into a sep
arate peace plan. Unity of agreement
was expressed In the government's
statement toaay, as zouows:
"In foreign policy the provisional
government, rejecting In concert with
the entire people all thought of a
separate peace, adopts openly as Its
aim the re-establishment of a general
peace which shall not tend toward
either dominion over other nations, thu
seizure of their national possessions,
or violent usurpation of their terri
tories." The statement atso pledged the gov
ernment to the most vigorous prosj
cution of the. war.
By a near unanimous vote today the
committee of workmen and soldiers'
delegates adopted a resolution ex
pressing confidence in the new coali
tion cabinet. The minister of marine.
M. Kerensky, leaving .for the front for
a visit with the troops, said:
"When I return I hope to dispel the
pessimism prevailing even in military
circles."
Wrecked Boat Was
Blind Pig, Is Charge
San Francisco, May 19. (P. N. S.)
Revenue agents of Uncle Sam are ex
pected to be out at the beach bright
eye on the work of salvaging abfiTt
boat Primrose which went ashore near
the south side lifesavlng station last
Monday night.
Government officials are said to
have been informed that the Primrose
was engaged in a booze running ven
ture at the time she was wrecked. The
boat cleared from San Pedro for
Yaquina bay. Or., and it was said that
she intended to engage In halibut fish
ing off the Oregon coast. She an
chored off the Cliff House Monday
night, and her anchor chain broke, per
mitting her to drift ashore several
miles south of the Cliff House. The
three men were Captain Len Butter
field, his brother, Earl Butterfield, and
George Harvey.
United States Attorney John W.
Preston said tonight that the government-
would investigate the Primrose
and her cargo.
Speculators May
Face Indictments
Chicago, May 19. (I. N. S.) In-
aietmenis mat win accuse' several of
Chicago's wealthiest grain dealers and
egg speculators of conspiring to in
crease food prices, will be returned
next week by a federal grand jury,-It
was reported at wthe federal building
today. Oliver E. Pagen, assistant at
torney general, who has a reputation
of drawing .legal bullet proof indict
ments, arrived in Chicago with Robert
W. Chllds. special assistant attorney
general, who is in charge of the food
Inquiry here.'
King George Sends
Message to Italy
London? May 19. (U. P.) Highly
elated over the recent Italian . suc
cesses, 'King George today sent a-message
of congratulation to King Em
manuel of Italy. .
i "I am proud to think." King George
wired. -"that some of my soldiers are
fighting side' by aide wfth the gallant
Italians." :jr-- ;:
EW
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AGAINST
Western Counties Seat of a
Wholesale Anarchistic Pro
German Conspiracy.
i
Dallas, Texas, May 19. (U. P.) An
armed uprising against the conscrip
tion plan recently adopted by congress
has been nipped In the bud In west
Texas through the vigilance of United
States authorities. It became known
here tonight. The town of Snyder, in
Scurry county, where the would-be
revolutionists were cornered. was
practically under arms as early this
week as Thursday, with cowboys and
citizens armed with rifles and pistols
patrolling the town and aiding the
United States officers In placing al
leged plotters under arrest.
Arrest 12 at Xotan.
Twelve alleged conspirators against
the government were arrested at Ro-
tan. Fisher county, Texas, early to
night by . State Ranger Montgomery.
Two have confessed, according to In
formation received here today.
T. A. Hlckey, editor of the Rebel,
a Socialist newspaper, published at
Halletsvllle, was released on $1000
bond, under a charge of conspiracy, to
answer before, tha federal, grand Jury
October 19. . - , i '
The arresta at Botan. It 'la said. Is
'4Mrref f a-ef lea S faetionarf west
Texas toward tha ' breaking . up of an
alleged wholesale anarchistic move
ment throughout that section. Addi
tional arrests in that vicinity ara ex
pected momentarily.
Believed Qerma&s rina&ced Zt.
As a result of the unveiling of the
conspiracy which Is believed to have
been financed by German money,
seven men are in the Dallas county
Jail. ' Feeling In Scurry county was
so intense that United States Judge
Jack ordered their removal here for
safekeeping. United States Marshal J.
McDonald arrived here with the pris
oners tonight shortly before 9 o'clock.
All the men were indicted at San
Angelo as members of an anarchist or
ganization known as the "Farmers- and
Laborers' Protective Association of
America." They were charged with
seditious conspiracy against' the gov
ernment of the United States.
Is Branch of X. W. W.
It is said by United States officials
that the organization which had as
one of its objects "forcible opposition
to conscription" was a branch of the
Industrial Workers of the World.
The seven men in Jail here on the
Pan Angelo Indictments are all farmers
or farm laborers. The Farmers' and
Laborers' Protective association, ac
cording to secret service officers who
have attended their meetings for the
past four months, claim organizations
In the Texas counties of Taylor, Nolan
Jones. Scurry, Coke, Haskell, Borden,
Fi,?rfL- Aom!? LKil1
ship along the Red river counties in
Oklahoma.
Organized Against War.
The society was organized for the
"forcible opposition to conscription and
in opposition to the declaration of war
between the United States and Ger
many." Late in 1916, according to se
cret service men, its existence was
"tipped off" to United States authori
ties by loyal farmers who had been
inveigled into its membership by the
agitators, the government officials say.
From the time the Information became
known United States secret service
men have attended all meetings and
entered Into the secret sessions of the
society. '
Death, Oath Exacted.
According to government agents, a
blood-curdling oath was exacted from
all members after they had been per
suaded to join the society. Agents for
the society would ask farmers and
laborers to join the organization, stat
ing that it was for the purpose of
securing co-operation between the
farmer and the farm laborer which
wnuM be beneficial to both. Once a
man attended a meetine he would havo
tn wear to take the initiation Dledee.
J According to authorities, the pledge
was briefly as follows:
Bach member to provide himself
with a high-powered rifle and 100
rounds of ammunition.
To Kill Officers,
To pledge that he would oppose con
scription by force. .
To pledge that he would shoot con
scription officers.
To pledge that he would aid any
member of the society under arrest.
even to the extent of killing officers
and dynamiting Jails to release' him.
To pledge that each member woujd
seek Jury service when a fellow mem
ter was on trial and would bring in
a "not guilty" verdict, regardless of
the evidence. "-
To pledge to aid fellow members to
kill any person betraying their se
crets and to follow them to the end
of the earth.
' The . organization's emblem, which
secret service men say they found
scrawled rudely on bits of paper, was
a. whip aurmounted by a six shooter
crossed with- a dirk.
MEN
UPRISING
CONSCRIPTION
MIDWEST IS FOUND AS
GOOD AT RAISING CASH
AS AT RAISING WHEAT
McAdoo Wound up Whirlwind
Day at St, Paul With Mam
moth Mass Meettng.
Minneapolis. Minn., May If. (U. P.)
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
in a whirlwind day, winding up with
a mammoth mass meeting here to
night, found the northwest as good at
raising money as in raising wheat.
While New Tork and other eastern
cities were reporting the start of their
Liberty loan campaigns today, Minne
apolis tonight reported $6,285,350
raised in the last five days. Its allot
ment is $8,000,000. St. Paul and other
northwestern cities are doing equally
as well.
"In no other place have I seen such
patriotism." said Secretary McAdoo.
- uniess some, otner cities wake up,
I'll draft part of your organization to
help sell Liberty bonds," he said.
Economy TJrgad on People.
McAdoo waa rrmde ; an honorary
member of the Liberty Loan Sales
men's cluto. composed of businessmen
and bankers who have neglected their
business for the past week to aell
bonds.
Tonight's mass meeting Is the. cli
max of the campaign ' in tha Twin
Cities McAdoo led a jarade of lJ.000
and; addressed, two- large1 -frwetlnga tn
St.- Pau) 'thla afternoon. v.-f. - r -
While preparations for announce
ment of Herbert C Hoover's appoint
ment as food administrator were be
ing made at Washington,. Secretary
McAdoo was telling the northwest to
economize.
'It is necessary that the people of
the country shall prevent waste and
extravagance during the period of the
war," he said.
Falsa Economy Deprecated.
"Wisely devised and equitably dis
tributed taxation is most helpful in
effecting this kind of saving and eco
nomy. I do not believe In the kind of
economy which prevents people from
supplying their normal needs and the
hysteria about economy in the coun-,
try has been carried to unfortunate
lengths.
"What we mean by economy Is that
everyone shall make it a point to keep
production stimulated to the highest
point, the government must always
have In mind, along with the equita
ble distribution of taxation, the pur
chase of supplies and materials at
prices that will give reasonable prof
its. It is not fair to ask producers
to sell to the government at cost, but
it is fair to ask them to sell to the
government at reasonable profit."
Eichmond, Va., Pays
Tribute to Britons
Richmond. Vs., May 19. (I. N. S)
The man power of the United States
to be thrown into the European wr
will be limited only by the problems
of transportation." Arthur J. Balfour,
head of the British mission, told an
enthusiastic audience here late this
afternoon.
"The cooperation of the allies snd
this great republic Is now making 't-
self felt. Your navy is now standing
side by side wrth the British navy.
fighting a common foe, which does
not ccme out into the open for a fair
fight. Your men- are soon to go to
fight in the land of our noble allies,
the French, and while the force sent
may seem comparatively small. It will
teach the kaiser, as we have taught
him, that he can have no contempt for
the English speakjng men.
True to the southern standard of
hospitality, the old confederate capital
city received the visitors from Groat
Britain with open arms.
The party was entertained at lunch
eon by Governor Stuart.
Leaving the luncheon. General G. M.
T. Bridges and Major Spencer-Clay
placed wreaths on "Stonewall" Jack
son and Robert B. Lee monuments. 1
Portland to Recruit
Ambulance Company
Portland is to contribute an am
bulance company for service in France. :
Orders to recruit such a company
were received by Captain Herbert M.
Greene, Medical Reserve Corps, Sat
urday afternoon and will be commenced
Monday morning.
The company will consist of a cap
tain and four fitst lieutenants, who
must be physicians, and 70 men. As
the company will undoubtedly be
equipped with motor ambulances, it of
fers a fine opportunity for expert
chauffeurs.
The enlistment will be undertaken
from Captain Greene's office, 602
Medical building.
Captain Greene has been assisting
the army with Its examination work
for the officer's reserve training camp
which recently opened; and during last
summer was -on tha Mexican border
I with tha Twenty-first Inf antrv - and
SEVERE BLOW
DEALT SCHOOL
REFERENDUM
Over 7000 Signatures to Pe
titions Asking Referring of
' School Director Three-Year
Tenure Act Disappear.
TODAY VERY LAST DAY
: LISTS CAN BE FILED
Roll of Names Were to Have
BeenTaken to Salem
Saturday .Night.
Between 7000 and S000 names on n
referendum petition to have been filed
at Salem late Saturday night to in
sure placing the three year tenure of
office legislative act on the ballot
June 4, were mysteriously taken from
the office of Attorney John Veatch in
the Fenton building between 6 and 7
o'clock Saturday evening. It Is be
lieved they were stolen.
The disappearance means that
chances of placing this measure on the
ballot are nterly lost unless the 'names
are recovered some time today and
rushed to Salem. Secretary of State
Olcott was at the state house at 11:30
Saturday night, prepared to receive the
petition. At that hour L. R. Alderman,
superintendent of the Portland schools,
Informed him by telephone that the pe-
tition roil had been stolen
Exactly 14,08? names were required
to have the measure placed on the bal
lot, and in the IB districts of the state.
Only a few more than the required
number had been secured. All of
these were assembled in Mr. Veatch's
office Saturday night for a, final
check.
7next is uia covered.
With his partner. Attorney Harry
Raffety, he left the office at a few
minutes after 6 o'clock for dinner. The
two big rolls of names were left on
top of the safe, as they were too bulky
to go inside.
Because the men were to be gone
but a short time, they did not tali
the trouble to luck the office door.
They returned at 6:4a, and were pre
paring to - make the check when the
loss was discovered. A frantic search
waa Instituted: lasting ' several - hours
Not the alighteat "trace p the misslag
petitions waTTduha: " '
; Shortly before -o'clock, on learning
tneir efforts were hopeless. Superin
tendent L. K. Alderman, who has taken
an active part in the movement to re
fer this measure.' was notified.
: Tha certified list of names was to
have been taken to the state house on
a train arriving in Salem shortly aftci
11 o'clock.
The eleventh hour coup to prevent
this bill from going before the peopla
was evidently well planned. The time
limit for filing referendum, 90 days
after the legislature adjourned, . ex
pires today. However," this is a legal
nonaay, ana secretary Olcott an
nounced that the filing time would ex
pire at midnight Saturday.
Today Very tart Say.
When Superintendent Alderman in
formed, him of the affair. Mr. Olcott
said he would receive the names today
and file them in the usual manner and
ask the attorney general whether It
would be legal to go ahead with plac
ing the measure on the ballot.
Many of the petitions were in the
hands of Attorney A. F. Flegel Sa:
urday, afternoon and were taken from
his office to those of Raffety .fc
Veatch. Mr. Flegel said no opposition
of any strength was encountered In se
curing names for the petitions and
for that reason, no effort was made to
secure more than the required num
ber.
: "We could easily have gotten 50,009
names to these petitions, bad we
sired," said Mr. Flegel Saturday night
vve tnougnt there would be no trou
ble, however, . and only secured the
number necessary.
; Flegel had been active in the cam
paign to refer this measure and ie
was exceedingly chagrined on learn
ing from The Journal late Saturday
night that an act of vandalism had
rendered his efforts worthless.
The tenure of office bill for school
directors was passed by the 1917 legis
lature. It provided that, in school
districts of the first class, directors
should only hold office three years, in
sieaa or rive.
The bill, at the time of passage, was
saia to nave oeen put through by .n
terests tnat were opposed to O M
Plummer of the Portland school board,
The bill provided further that dlrrc
tors who had already served three
years or more must consider thel
tenuis ui unite as expirea and run
again for reelection. Mr. Plummer
was also active In having' the meas
ure referred to the voters, and it wa
he who requested Secretary Olcott to
be at the state house late last night to
receive tne petitions. Superintehden
'Uoi man ..na ailuiurr WHO WBI f
tlve in the campaign to have the bill
rererrea.
un3iuriin( iiihi me names wer;
hopelessly lost and that no good could
ue ODiained Dy a further immediat
investigation, those interested in the
matter refused Saturday night to take
it up with the police.
Boy Under Guard Is
Bobbed of $7,000
.Chicago, May 19. (I. N. S.) The
police rounded up nearly a score of
suspects tonight following a daring
payroll robbery In which bandits -caped
with $7000 after revolver -battle
ia an elevated railway station.
Emil Wlsner, 14. years qld. employe
of A. Stein ft Co., garter manufactur
ers, was carrying the money in a bag.
He waa accompanied by John Byers.
detective for the manufacturers, and
John J. Mooney, : special policeman
from the bank where the money was
drawn. Four bandits attacked tbe
trio. Byera was shot in the bead 'and
probably will die. Mooney and Frank
Jones, a spectator, wer also shot. Tbe
bandits escaped in an automobile. , -
I lERBERT C. HOOVER,
f who yesterday was
named: national food ad
ministrator by ; President Wil
son, and who will serve without
pay.
0
Terms of Food
Proclamation
Washington.
May 19. (U.
P.)- President Wilson's ' food
proclamation provides:
Appointment . of Herbert C.
Hoover as food administrator,
without pay.
All Hoover's assistants, ex
cept clerks, to be volunteers.
Voluntary mobilisation of
food producers and distributors
for "intelllegnt control of food
consumption."
Full Inquiry into existing
available food stocks, costs and
practices of food producing and
distributing trades.
Prevention of all food hoard
ing and "corners.'
Kequisitionlng of food sup
plies and equipment for 'han
dling them when necessary.
Government establishment of
prices . to guarantee , farmers
their profits, 'rr t -c
: Prohibition" of food waste. "
: 'r Licensing ct legitimate mix-
as
m
,tures and mitring; percentages.
a - 0vernmnt 'food "control t ta
,ena immediately after the war.
Roosevelt Delighted
I hough Disappointed
New Tork, May 19. (I. N. S.) Al
though deeply disappointed because
President Wilson would not permit
him to take two divisions of troops to
France, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt de
clared today he was delighted that
Major General Pershing and a division
are going over.
"I am very pleased." he said, "that
we are soon to have men on the fight
ing line and, like every good citizen.
am delighted to do all that I possi
bly can to help recruiting and also to
appeal to every one to help the sue
cess of the Liberty loan."
Tbe colonel intends to Issue a state
ment tomorrow urging the men who
desired to go to France under his lead
ership to get themselves to the firing
line in the quickest possible way.
British Accept Food
Director Suggestion
London. May 19. (U. P.) Plans
for Herbert C. Hoover -to become in
ternational food director have the ap
proval of the British cabinet. Lord De
von port. British " food controller, as
serted today to tho'Unlted Press. -
"I have suggested -and obtained the
cabinet's approval , of this plan." he
said. "The allies are depending on
the United States and Canada for food
supplies. There is need for 2. .00,000
tons of wheat.
"Australia has another harvest com
ing on, but that is at too.- distant a
date to bj of use now."
7,000,000 Killed in
The European War
London, May 19. (I. N. 8.) Seven
million killed since the outbreak of
the war was the estimate given
Arthur' Henderson, the labor - leader
and member of the war council in an
address at Richmond today. The total
casualties of the war were estimated
by Mr. Henderson as exceeding the
population of tha United Kingdom. In
1911 that population numbered 45.370,
630. Mrs. "BUly" Sunday
Is Operated Upftn
New Tork, May 19, (I. N. 8.)
"Ma". Sunday, wife of the evanaellst.
was successfulfy operated on tonight
for. appendicitis and the removal of a
strangulated tumor. The operation
was performed at the Audubon sani
tarlum. - ' . j
British Steamer Is
Sunk, 8 Drowned
London. May 1. (L N. 8.) Five
members of the crew and three pas
sengers' lost : their lives ' when the
British steamer ; Highland Cprrie was
torpedoed 'and sunk without:, warning.
it waa announces toaay. -
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lUUUl.ULIIUL
President Wilson Announces '
Appointment of Herbert
Hoover as "Food Adminis
trator" of Government--';
Will Serve Without Salary..
f
PROCLAMATION GIVES j
REASONS FOR ACTION
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Regulation of Food Exports
to Scandinavian Countries
and Holland Will Be Re
sorted to Immediately; It
Is Indicated. .Iv:
Washington, May 19. (TJ. P.)
President ilson tonight i an
nounced tha appointment of Her.
bert Hoover as "food administra
tor" of the government. '
Hoover, according to a statement
Issued by the president tonight,
has expressed willingness to servo
on condition that he Is to receive
no payment for his services and
that the whole force under' him,
exclusive of clerical assistance,
shall be employed so far as possi
ble upon tha same volunteer basis.
"The proposed food administra
tion." the president says, "is 'in
tended only to meet a ; manifest
emergency and to continue only
while the war lasts. Since It will
be composed for the most part of
volunteers, there' need ,Wi no fear
of the possibility" of a permanent
bureaucracy arising out of It. ' All
control of consumption, will disap
pear, when th jjtmetgeucy; : has
ieUAj.44.t?ia':-' '.
The president 'urges tnat all as
sociations of producers and dis- .
tributors of foodstuffs mobilize and
volunteer In the work of coopera
tion necefsary; ; j' .' -: v ! ;
Coaserratloa Policy Xxpeetedf
With Hoover's appointment, a defi
nite policy of food conservation Is ex
pected to take form immediately.. Th ,
president has already tirged prompt ac
tion by congress on the food contral :
legislation he has drawn. : .
The attitude of the governmest Ion
the embargo question is earning ' to
light. Steps will be taken immediately
to prevent supplying food to Germaar
through the Scandinavian countries
and Holland, it was learned today. The .
house and senate conferees on the es-.
plonage bill have agreed to let the em. .
bargo section of the bill, making auca
aCUOn poeaiDie. remain in-me ratssm
The president's proclamation"." tot. '
lowss , ' - i "! - .
vnvtrs Boiurht Admitted OreSt.
I "It Is very desirable, in order to pr
vent miKundratandlnsrs or alarms ani
to assure cooperation in a vital nut
ter, that the country should under
stand exactly the scopj and purpoa
of the very great powers which I bava
thought It necessary in tne circum
stances to ask the congress to put la
my hands with regard ta our food sup
plies. These powers are very greaf.
Indeed, but they are no greater man r
, . -. f n IaiI.. 1n the
ing this momentous war and i their ob
! rtimulatlon and conservation
not srbltrsry restraint or lojurioda In
terference with the normal process.
of production. They arj inienaea -to
benefit and assist the farmer and. a l
those who olay a legitimate part in tha
preparation, distribution and. market
ing of foodstufia, i . - v.
'WV . m y y .i www j
"It Is nroDosed to draw a sharp line
xf distinction between th normal ac
tivities of the government represented
in the department of agriculture in
vation and marketing, on the one
hand. and. the emergency j activities
necessitated by the war In; reference
to the regulation of food distribution
and consumption, on the other.-f All
measures Intended directly i to extend
the normal activities of the depart-
(Continue) on ease.Tero. Coluna Taree
Blue Ribbon Spuds
TubercularTested
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Personals 23 '
$1.00 WILI- repair your watch, so
matter how badly broken- J,
Wanted Mlscellaneoas ! S
WE buy hotel and restaurant out
fits and tools of any descrlpr
tton; will pay the to prices for"
them, cash or exchange. - ;' , J
- Tor Bale sCisceUaneoas- - 19 .
POTATO SEEU . . !.
Blue-ribboned Russet jBurfeanlc,
pronounced by Luther i Burbao.
the best seed in existence, - - -
Pianos, Organs and KnaleafTM
' ' Xastrumeats. . i
HIGHEST cash price ipald !for
used pianos, or will trade up to'
date talking machine and. allow
' full value.-! ' f
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livestock '( a -
FOR SALE- 3 fresh dairy cows,
tubercular teated; also one fresh
family cow, cheap. , r ,.-.
Journal "Want Ads" Columns take
no vacations they, are aiwaya "on
the Job,"i ready to serva iyou
promptly and at minimum expns.
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