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CENSORSHIP
IS
OF
T
ES
House and Senate Conferees
Agree to Embody Clause
Prohibiting Publication of
News Useful to Enemy.
MEASURE ALSO CARRIES
FOOD EMBARGO SECTION
Decision Will Be Put Before
House and Senate for Ap
proval Saturday.
Waohington, May 25. (U. P.) The
Gregory espionage bill with a censor
ship clause embodied was formally
agreed to today by house and senate
conferees.
The censorship clause makes it a
misdemeanor to publish the names
end positions of military and naval
forces of the United States- and her
allies. Undor the agreement, admin
istratton of the censorship will not
be left with any board or person. The
modified censorship will simply be a
law.
This is done to meet objection of
many representatives and senators to
niacins censorship authority in the
hands of the present government cen
jorshlp bureau. It is expected to pass
both branches of congress.
The censorship fsectlon. a substitute
agreed to by the conferees, and which
now puts it up to the house and senate
. for approval, reads as follows:
President to Pass a Information.
"When the United States is at war,
the publishing wilfully of information
with respect to the movement, num
bers, equipment, description or dtsposl-
. tlon of any of the armed forces of the
United States, in naval or military op
eration, or with respect to auy of the
work intended for the fortification or
defense of any place, which informa
tion is or may be useful to the enemy,
. is hereby prohibited; and the president
may, from time to time, by proclama
tion, declare the character of such
nbove described information which Is
or rnay be useful to the enemy, and in
i:ny prosecution hereunder, the Jury
trying the das 'shall determine not
only, whether the defendant did vtiU
fuHsfmbllsh uch information -a set
out in the Indictment, tmt-atjn -whet'
Kucn iniormauon was or sucn cnarac
ter as was or might have been useful
to the enemy; provided that nothing in
this section shall be construed to limit
. or restrict any discussion, comment or
criticism of the acts or policies of the
government or its representatives, or
the publication of the same.
Fins and Imprisonment Penalty.
"Whoever violates this section thall.
upon a conviction thereof be- punished
by a fine of not more than S1000 or
by imprisonment for not more than
five years or both."
The bill will be reported out tomor
row. It carries an embargo section
and gives to President Wilson tre
mendous powers in conducting differ
ent phases or the war work.
While conferees met. Republicans
criticised the senate for the expense of
the dally bulletin issued by the com
mittee on public information, headed
by George Creel.
Senator Brandegee. Connecticut.
wanted to know on whose authority
the bulletin was issued and "who pays
for it."
Senator Fall, New Mexico, likened
the publication to the daily paper is
sued by the Carranza government.
T
TO COST TAXPAYERS
ONE RED CENT MORE
Be Financed Out of Tax
Levied for Years Past and
Motor Vehicle License,
The road bond issue, which Is to be
voted on Jan 4, will not Increase the
property tax.
Xt will b financed oat of a revenue
which has already been fixed.
This revenue is mads up out of the
quarter mill stats road tax which has
been levied for the past four years and
oat of the motor vehicle lloens feel.
Multnomah county will receive no
direct appropriation from the stats
road fund although It contributes
nearly o per cent towards It. All of
the money will be expended In other
counties.
If the bond issue is defeated the re
sult will be in a year or more a tax
which will bear heavily on 'property
instead of upon the automobile owner
fts under the terms of the pending
measure.
Teon Addresses Ironworkers.
These basic arguments in favor of
the proposed $6,000,000 state road bond
issue were dwelt upon by Roadmaster
John B. Yeon in an address to the 800
employes of the Willamette Steel &
Iron Works today, in the first of a
series of noonday meetings to be held
in Portland ' during the clcslng days
of the campaign.
Mr. Teon appealed: to the indirect
interest the laboring man had in better
roads, through which a greater state
was to be developed, and as a natural
result, a greater Portland.
He pointed out that a vote for the
bonds would result in no additional
taxation for the small home owner.
(Concluded on Pag Fourteen. Column One)
1ADE
PAR
G BILL
ROAD BOND ISSUE NO
HELP YOUR COUNTRY SUPPLY THE SINEWS OF WAR BY
Germans Build
Huge Fleet of
Trading Ships
There Are 125,000 Tons Under
Construction; Hamburg-American
Line Has 56,000-Ton Craft.
Washington, May 25. (U. P.) Pre
paring for the post-bellum . trade war,
Germany has inaugurated a great
merchant shipbuilding program, offi
cial advices here indicated today.
One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand tons of shipping is reported al
ready under , construction. Included
are two giant . Hamburg-American lin
ers the Bismarck of 68,000 tons and
the Tlrpitz of 20,000 tons. Nine are
being built at the famous Vulcan
works and three, totaling 48,000 tons,
at the Flensburg 'works.
CHANGES IN TAX-BILL
Secretary McAdoo and Rep
resentative Kitchin Also to
Fight Reductions,
Washington, May 25. (U.' P.) De
cision by the senate finance commit
tee to modify the 'pay-as-you-go"' plan
for financing America' part in the
great war met with vigorous adminis
tration opposition today.
Both President Wilson and Secretary
McAdoo have let it be known the full
$1,800,000,000 Seeded must be raised by
taxation on wie present generation.
Both consider ft Inadvisable to fur
ther disturb th .money market by at
tempting to launch more bond issues
now.. ' iv
representative SSitchin, chairman of
the way and means committee, served
notice today he will battle to the end
to the floor of the house, if neces
sary any attempt by the senate to
foist a bond issue on the revenue bill
or' otherwise materially alter its pres
ent complexion-.
Bond Issue to Be Fought.
The house and senate committees'
tentative agreement to lop off between
$300,000,000 and $550,000,000 of the
taxation program and supplant this
much with, bond,c distributing the
financial burden, of the war over five
or years in. the future, will bring
a big fight in congress.
.The- senate oom mittee continued i'
work of mutilating the house bill to
dav. It was planned when the com
mittee went into session to determine
definitely Just. bow much of the reve
nue "be raised by -taxation ana now
much by bonds. Then thjp work will
devolve upon individual items in the
bill to ascertain just where cuts can
be made in the provisions adopted by
the house. The cdmmittee has already
voted the following points:
Change Decided Upon.
To strike out the additional retro
active income tax on incomes earned
In 1916, resulting in reduction of $108
000,000 from the house levy.
To Btrike out increases in the In
heritage tax causing reduction of
some $15,000,000.
To strike out all provisions for in
creased - second class postal rates un
ricr the zone system and substitute
direct tax probably 2 percent on ad
vertislng of all kinds.
To substitute for the excess profit
iax based on profits oyer 8 per cent
of invested capital, an excess profit
tax based on average profits covering
a period or Jiot more tnan rive years.
Opinions Are Divergent.
These changes -look good to some of
the Republican members of the hou.se
ways and means committee, Repre
sentative Mann in particular.
"The action by the senate oommittee
appears to be accomplishing just what
is wanted," Mann said today.
He favored some bonds and less tax
ation all along.
Representative Kitchin, however, de
clared the bill must go through con
gress as asked by the administration.
Senator Slmmonn said today he had
not discussed the changes yet with
the president, but that there "will oe
some bonds." He Indicated the total
bond issue would be between $500,
000,000 and $750,000,000.
Mrs. Drexel Has
Decree of Divorce
London, May 25. (I. N. E.) Mrs.
Anthony Drexel was today granted a
decree of divorce from Anthony,Drexel-
The grounds on which the decree
was handed down were cruelty : and
misconduct on the part of her hus
band. The case had been pending for some
time.
Ethel Laginska Sues.
Chicago, May 25. (I. N. S.) Suit for
$25,000 damages was filed here today
by' Mrs. Boy Emerson Whlttern, wife
of the composer, known in the musical
world as Ethel Laginska, against Mar
tha Hedman. an actress, reputed to be
the most beautiful woman on the
American stage. The suit is the out
growth of divorce proceeding brought
yesterday in New York by the com
poser's wife, in which Miss Hedman
was named as co-respondent.
Provision for Funds
For Bases Expected
Washington, May 25. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Anticipating a favorable report by the
Helm commission on a submarine and
an aviation base .on - the Columbia
river, the naval affaiKs committee. It
is thought, will make an emergency
appropriation at once available , for
these purposes .in a bill soon to be re
ported, r !
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED
BY PRESIDENT
WILSON
RED GROSS WEE
BEGINS JUNE 25,
T
Proclamation Calls Upon the
PeODle Of United StateS tO
. . .
GlVe GenerOUSly in Spirit
Of Patriotic Sacrifice. I
ALL ARE INVITED
TO ASSIST ACTIVELY
Great Majority Who Will Re
main at Home Urged to
Perform Share.
Washington. May 25. (U. P.)
President Wilson today fixed the week
beginning June 25' as Red Cross week.
Calling upon the people of the Unit
ed States to "give generously and in a
spirit of patlotic sacrifice," to the Red
Cross during that week, the president
issued the following proclamation:
"Inasmuch as our moughts as a
nation are now turned in united pur
pose toward th - performance to the
utmost of th& services ana duties
which we have assumed in the cause
of liberty and Justice;
"Inasmuch as but a small proportion
of our people can have the opportunity.
o serve upon the actual field of bat
tle, but all men, women and children
alike may serve and serve effectively
by making it possible to care properly
for those who do serve under arms at
home and abroad;
"And Inasmuch as the- American Red
Cross is the official recognized agency
for voluntary effort In behalf of the
armed forces of the nation and for the
administration of relief;
"Now, tr.ererore, Dy virtue of my
authority as president or rhe United
Mates and president of the American
Red Cross. I. Woodrow Wilson, do here
by proclaim the- week beginning June
25, 1917, as Red Cross week, during
which the people of the United States
will be called upon to give generously
and in a spirit of patriotic sacrifice
for the support and maintenance of
this work of national need.
"WOODROW WILSON.
PORTLAND MUST HELP
NATION HAISE LARGE..
SUM FOR RED CROSS
; "Let's wake -up. The opportunity to
serve our country As right here now,1
said Charles F. Berg of the Red Cross
campaign committee this morning.
"Those of us who are not going to the
front can do our bit by making a few
little sacrifices at home. A cable
from France yesterday said old news
papers are being used for bandages to
stop the wounds of soldiers falling In
battle. That is because there is a
shortage of Red Cross supplies. Get
your dimes and your dollars and your
gold pieces ready for Red Cross week.
"The National Red Cross announced
yesterday that $100,000,000 will be
needed Immediately to equip the Red
Cross for the demands that will be
made upon it with our entry into the
war." .
The plans of the Red Cross campaign
committee are expanding daily. Or
ganization for a city-wide and state
wide drive to begin immediately after
the June election, and culminate with
Red Cross week, June 17-24, Is going
forward rapidly. H. W. Stone, general
secretary of the local Y. M. C. A.,
through an arrangement made by the
National Red Cross, has been given a
month's leave of absence, so that he
might devote his time and his experi
ence as a campaigner to the Red Cross
cause In the northwestern states. Mr.
Stone will go to San Francisco to
morrow night with H. W. Corbett, pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce, to
attend the all-western Red Cross con
ference there on Monday.
Musf Uplift Europe.
Washington, May 25. (U. P.) The
American Red Cross must place
stricken Europe on its- feet.
Harry P. Davison, chairman of the
Red Cross war council, Thursday so
informed Red Cross representatives ot
40 American cities, who met in execu
tive session to plan to raise $100,000.
000 rellof fund.
At a second session today final de
tails of a colossal nation-wide drive
for funds will bj completed.
Members of Guard
WiU Not Register
Adjutant-Oeneral Cancels Previous
Order Because O. V. O. Is Already
Regarded as Unit of Pederal Army.
Acting on a special construction of
the war conscription law made by
President Wilson, Adjutant-General
White today canceled previous orders
making It incumbent upon company
commanders to see that the members
of their organizations register on
June 5.
The president has ruled that the
Oregon National Guard is in fact a
member of the federal army today,
i and as such is not subject to regis
tration. The loophole which has been pointed
out by which members of the coast
artillery, battery and cavalry troops
might evade service is to be covered
up by an order shortly, it is stated.
The census woxk Is proceeding with
unabated speed. The force at the adjutant-general's
office has been en
larged. 12 rooms now being, required
to house them.
A huge map showing in detail the
location of every census precinct has
been completed, and is proving a great
aid In the work. .
PRESDEN
Norway Holds
Ships in Port,
War Threatens
Severance of Relations With Ger
many Expected From Informa
tion Received at Washington.
Washington, May 25. (I. N. 8.)
Norwav. is believed to be on the verge
a break ? diptloma"c reUt rilh
n between the two governments
that American state department offi-
clls regard was as a certainty if re-
State department advices show that
lor two days tne Norwegian caoinei
has. been in secret session. Due to
serious lospes, Norway has been hold
ing her merchant ships In port lor
several weeks.
Eventually she will be forced Jo send
them forth, for there is distinct men
ace at coal flmine in the kingdom. Nor
way gets all her coal from Great
Britain and the United States.
Great Britain is reported to have
served notice on the Norwegian gov
ernment that unless her merchant ships
are sent to England loaded with pro
visions, coal wijl be denied.
'LIBERTY' COMMUTE
TAKES OFF ITS COAT
AND GOES TO WORK
Campaign to Raise Portland
and Oregon's Share of
Great War Loan Starts.
Portland's campaign to show that
it is not behind the rest of the United
States in the matter of subscribing to
the Liberty loan is well started.
Telegrams today advised each of the
234 banks outside of Portland of the
urgent necessity for the state to con
tribute its share of the loan, and each
of the banks was explicitly Informed
of the part it has to play
The distribution committee, headed
by Emery Olmstead vice president of
the Northwestern National bank, un
ished its organization at noon. This
committee immediately got Into action
The headquarters at 204 Northwest
ern Bank building are humming with
business. A corps of stenographers
clerks and salesmen have been as
signed to the two large reoms. and all
the wires of the campaign will center
there. - -
Committees Ara Xnerase4,
The banking members of this com
mittee, as appointed by A. L. Mills,
general chairman, besides Mr. -Olm
stead, are Dr. A. C. Smith of the
Hlhernla bank; J. H. Hartman of Hart
man & Thompson; L. F. Meyers, presi
dent of the State Bankers' association
La Grande; C. S. Loveland, clearing
house examiner, and Henry Hughes.
At today's meeting the following
merchants were added to the commit
tee:
W. P. Olds, of Olds, Wortman A
King; Adolph Wolfe of Llpman, Wolfe
& Co.; Nathan Strauss of Flelschner,
Mayer & Co.; Julius L. Meier of Meier
& Frank; L. Allen Lewis of Allen &
Lewis; Edward Ehrman of Mason, Ehr
man & Co. ; C. F. Berg of Lennons, and
T. D. Honeyman of the Koneyman
Hardware company.
Railroad and manufacturing mem
bers of the body are: J. D. Farrell,
president of the O-W. R. & N. rail
way; L. C. Gilman of the North Bank
lines.
Franklin P. Griffith, president of
the P. R., L. & P. Co.; G. W. Talbot,
of the Pacific Power & Light com
pany, O. M. Clark, president of the
Clark-Wilson Lumber company; W.
B. Ayres of the Eastern & Western
Lumber company; J. R. Bowles of the
Northwest Steel company, and Burt C.
Ball of the Willamette Iron & Steel
company.
Experts Ara Selected.
This body Immediately appointed a
sub-committee to take charge of city
solicitation. Its chairman is John A.
Keating, president of the Lumber
men's Trust company. The other
members are Willis K. Clark of Ken
dall, Clark & Co.; Fred S. Morris of
Morris Bros.; Sherman Hall of Hall &
Co.; Henry Teal, Frank E. Robertson
of Robertson & Ewing, and Fred
Glenn of Keeler Bros. All of these
Lmen are bond dealers, experts in the
sale of same class of investment paper
as is the Liberty loan.
Mr. Keating of the Lumbermen's
Trust company immediately announced
(Concluded on Pe Fe. Column Four)
Berger Demands He
Be Given Passports
Washington, May 25. (I. N. S.)
Victor Berger today demanded pass
ports that will enable him to attend
the Socialist peace conference in Stock
holm. In conference with Secretary of
State Lansing this afternoon. Berger
Insisted that continued refusal to
grant passports to American Socialists
"will put the United States in a queer
light."
Meyer London, solitary Socialist In
congress, following a conference with
Berger, announced his intention of put
ting the whole matter before the house
if Berger is unable to move Secretary
Lansing.
Third Section of
Americans at Front
Paris, May 25. (U. P.) The third
section of the American ammunition
transport service is at the front, ac
cording to announcement today by A.
Piatt Andrew, in general command of
the units.
No. 3 is in command of H. Kennedy
of Hanover, Mass., who in 1916 was
manager of the Dartmouth football
team.
McAdoo, Harding,
Sell Liberty Bonds
While Train Waits
St. Joseph, Mo.. May 25.
(I. N. S.) William Q. McAdoo, fc8
secretary of the United States id
treasury, and W. P. G. Hard- Sa
Ing, governor of the federal re- P
servo board, devoted 17 minutes, pa$
en route from Denver to St. ICS
9 Joseph to making a Liberty loan )d
DBt bond sale of $5000 in Wymore, B
Neb , a town of less than looo psi
inhabitants. I
At the station McAdoo pro- Id
posed to his companion "to ftj
have a look at the town " They to
went to the First National
bank, where they Introduced JCJ
14 themselves and Harding re- BQ
fused to leave without doing pt
, some business. The bank agreed IB)
i to double its subscription of to
1 $5000. toil
LANE'S BODY TO LIE
IN STATE AT THE CITY
HALL UPON ARRIVAL
Final Plans for Funeral of
.Oregon Senator Await Ar
rival of Mrs. Lane,
Honor befitting the rank of a
United States senator and a former
mayor of Portland will be paid. Sen
ator Harry Lane when his body shall
have arrived in Portland. Saturday
morning from San Francisco.
Richard W. Montague, close, per
sonal friend of the senator, today Is
making tentative plans for the funeral
which will probably b-i held next Tues
dav.
Mr. Montague conferred with too
city council this morning and tentative
arrangements were made to have the
bodv He In state In the council cham
ber of the city hall probably Monday
afternoon. The council appointed May
or Albee and City Attorney La Roche
a committee to prepare resolutions of
condolence to be extended to the mem
bers of the family.
The city commissioners decided that
the council as a whole should meet
the congressional delegation . which
will arrive from Washington on
special tram Tuesday morning. United
States Senator Chamberlain Is accom
panyipg'the delegation.
-Sadv Arrives Tomorrow.
The City" and County Medical asso
ciation meets, today to make arrange
inents for the presence of a delegation
of members at the funeral. Dr. Lans
was at . one time president of the or
ganlzatlom. Men prominent in bust
hesB and political circles have tendered
their services to Mr. Montague, with
the request that they be given a chanc
to do whatever they can out of respect
for their departed friend. John Montag
was one of those to tender his services
Mrs. Harry Lane and her sister left
San Francisco at 8:15 last night with
the body. The train is due to arriv
al the Union depot at 8 o'clock tomor
row morning.
Delegation to Meet Body.
Mrs. Nina Lane McBride of Wash
ington, D. C, and Mrs. Harriet LJh
micks or rvorroiK, va.. daughters o
Senator Lane, will reach Portland from
San Francisco in time for the funera
On arrival at the Union depot her
a delegation will be on hand to escort
the body to the undertaking parlors
of J. P. Finjey & Son.
Arrangements for the pallbearers
have not yet been made. Other de
tails of the funeral also await the ar
rival of Mrs. Lane.
Mrs. Lane will be the Portland
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McPher
son of 412 Thirty-second street north.
I
Conquest of Germany
Not End, Says Priest
Father O'Hara Speaks on World War
at Weekly Beliglous Hooa Meeting
Xeld at Plrst Unitarian Church,
"We must go forward in the prose
cution of this war. to make the world
safe for democracy and to secure the
rights of small nations," declared Rev.
Father E. V. O'Hara, in an address on
"The Nation's Soul Under War," at
the Church of Our Father at noon
today.
"We must not be deceived by any
hallucination that our purpose Is ac
complished, after the subjugation of
Germany," Father O'Hara stated.
"There are other nations beside the
imperial German government which
are violating the rights of small nations.-
Ireland, for Instance, is being
governed against her will. Murders
have been committed there of men
representing the flower of Ireland's
Intellectuality. The war program of
the United States demands the free
dom of small nations."
The safety of democracy. Father
O'Hara pointed out. does not lie in
armed forces, not in law-making
bodies, but in the people themselves.
"Conscience alone can suffocate pas
sion." the speaker said. "Right is
more precious than peace, as the presi
dent in bis great statesmanlike docu
ment, intimated, when he gave tho
principles' on which democracy should
engage in war."
A large and attentive audience heard
Father O'Hara.
Missouri Legislator
.Placed Under Arrest
St. Louis. Mo.. May 25. (1. N. S.)
Frank H. Farris. of Rolls, Mo., Demo
cratic floor leader of the state house
of representatives, today surrendered
to the sheriff following his indictment
yesterday by the grand jury on charges
la connection with the collection of a
police slush fund of $14,000. He was
released on $1500 bond.
DOING YOUR DUTY AND BUYING A LIBERTY LOAN BOND'
U-BOAT
MENAGE
LESS ALARMING
Lloyd George Asserts Ship
Losses of Allies tor May
Probably Will Be Less
Than April.
TRIBUTE PAID WORK OF
AMERICAN DESTROYERS
French Report Loss of but
One Boat Over 1600
Tons During Week.
War Xlsk Bates Drop. :
New York, May "5. (U. P.)
War risk insurance on vessels
bound for British waters was
reduced 33 1-3 per cent from
the month's high record today
as a result of favorable reports
fronv the U-boat zone, where
American warships are helping
hunt down the submarines. In
some Instances the reduction
was 50 per cent on the London
market, New York underwriters
said.
London. May 25. (U. P.) "We
dealt more effective blows at the smt--
marine menace during the past three
weeks than during any corresponding
period." declared Premier Lloyd George
in the house of commons today.
Our ship losses for May," he
added, "probably will be under those
of April
"We are making satisfactory prog
ress.
The premier paid eloquent tribute
to the work of the American de
stroyers in the patrol fleet.
We can congratulate ourselves on
the unexpectedly early improvement
in dealing with the submarine men
ace," he declared. "If everybody econ
omizes and if alt available land Is
used in the production of food, the
submarines will not defeat us." be
concluded.
French Losses Small.
Parts. Jtfay 25. (I. N. S.)-rOnly one
French merchant ship of more than
1600 tons was sunk by German sub
marines during the week ending May
20, it was officially announced today
Two ships of less than 1(00 tons were
sent down. Three other vessels were
attacked but escaped. During the week
in question 991 ships entered Frencn
ports and 1106 departed.
Three million tons of shipping were
lost in the submarine warfare from
January 1 to May 1, 1917, Deputy Cels
estimated in opening the debate in the
chamber of deputies on the Submarine
question.
His estimate divided the losses as
follows:
Year 1916 First quarter, 338,14
tons; second, 323,420; third. 497,195
fourth, 326.617. Total. 2,085,380.
Year 1917 First quarter, 2,150.000
month of April, 850.000. Total. 3,000.
000. Cels estlmatej that the total of the
world's tonnage at the beginning of
the war was 40,000,000.
Immediately after the deputy's
speech the chamber closed its doors in
secret session. In view of Interpella
tions which Cels announced he aeslred
to make to the government on the sub
marine question.
1 GET
ALL CONTRACTS THEY
H, L. Corbett, President of
Chamber of Commerce
Receives Information,
Established wooden shipyards will
be given all the contracts for ships
that they can handle with the avail
able labor.
General Goethals. head of the fed'
eral shipping program, so told a repre
sentative of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, who called on him at Wash
ington today.
The report to H. L. Corbett, presi
dent of the chamber, was as follows
We will be given all tho ships we
can build, with the supply of labor
available, on contract basis. This is
for established yards and organiza
tions. Contracts will be awarded for
each vessel when builder Is ready to
start work. Monthly payments will be
made as work advances. Installation
of new ways and yards is discouraged
until established ways are filled. Sep
arate contracts for power an machin
ery and installation of same will be
awarded.
Portugal Had Part in
Ending Speculation
Washington. May 25. V. P.) The
sudden purchase by the government of
Portugal of 600,000 bushels of wheat
futures and the fear that it might be
used with the purchases of the allies
t- force up the market was one of the
main reasons for the recent stoppage
of trading in certain futures on the
Chicago grain exchange, Senator Gore
declared today in debate over the
Lever food bill.
COMMONS 0 0
SHIPYARDS
1
CAN HANDLE IS WORD
Italians Drive
Austrians Over
Fortified Hills
Aome Reports "Further Brilliant
Successes" and Capture of an
Additional 1245 Men
Rome, Mry 25. U. P.) "Further
brilliant successes'' In the Julian Alps,
reported this afternoon in a war office
statement, have brought the total of
prisoners taken from the Avstrlans on
Wednesday and Thursday up to 10,246
men.
Yesterdays official statement named
the number of prisoners roundly at
9000.
The Italian offensive today had car
ried General Cadorna's troops over tnc
strongly fortified hills Nog. 235 and
247, and extended their positions as
far as the outskirts of Verslc, accord
ing to the official statement. In other
portions of the same salient the Ital-
ans advanced as far as Foxetimavo
and Flondar, taking Hill 31 and a line
of the enemy posi'ions south and north
of Jamlano.
"Enemy counter-attacks in the south
ern Carso region from Castagnavizza
to Frigidlo failed." the war officede-
clared. "At Cucco and along the Vo
dlce the enemy vainly attempted to re
take raptured positions and lost
heavily."
PORT DISCOVERY IP.
WILL TAKE EXCURSION
TO HARBOR ENTRANCE
Steamer Georgiana Chartered
for Party of 250 to View
Improvements aV-Jetty,
The Portland "Port Discovery
Trip.-' under auspices of lead
ing business organizations, will
take place Wednesday. May 30,
leaving on the steamer Georgi
ana, foot of Washington street,
promptly at 7 a. m. for harbor
points, north Jetty at the mouth
of the Columbia and the As
toria water terminal, returning
to Portland about 10 p. m. The
round trip rate Is 11. Reserva
tions may be made at Chamber
of Commerce, Ad club offices.
Selling building and Progres
sive Business Men's club, office
of Earl A. Clark, Concord
building. Attendance limited
to 260 and the rule is "first
come, first cerved." Open to
men and women.
"Miss Portland, spinster?" Never!
Portland people have their' dander
up. They don't intend that any future
observer who comes here and then
writes a magazine article shall go
away visualizing this city as an old
maid. They want eVry citizen to
know port facts, so that no one here
after will have excuse for giving such
misinformation about the harbor as ap
peared. Two Hundred Kile Trip In Bight.
"Let's marry Portland to her har
bor," was the proposal of a group
representing the city's business organ
izations, who on Thursday completed
arrangements for a "port discovery
trip," Wednesday, May 30.
The fast steamer Georgiana -was
chartered. The trip will include har
bor inspection from Portland clear to
the north Jetty, which has just been
(Concluded on Page Two, Column Four.)
Trade With Enemy
Prohibited by Bill
Washington. May 25. (I. N. 8.)
The. administration bill prohibiting
American citizens from trading with
the enemies of the United States in
the present, war was Introduced in the
house late today by Chaivftian Adamson
of tho interstate commerce committee.
Representative 4dam,on- said the
bill was framed aftjrth consultation
with cabinet members! "Not only does
the bill prohibit trading with the
enemy, but it provides for the con
demnation of patents held in the Unit
ed States by citizens of the enemy
countries.
Ban Is Placed on
Certain Employes
, Washington, May 25. U. P.)
House Republicans forced through an
amendment to the Lever food bill this
afternoon that no one should be em
ployed by the government under the
bill, either with or without compensa
tion, who has been employed by a cor
poration that has been convicted under
tne anti-trust laws.
Electric Chair Used
In Play Takes Life
Clinton, Okla.. May 25 (U. P.)
While adjusting an electrie chair for
a scene In "Electrocuted at ( a. m.."
W. J. Cooke, electrician for the stock
company staging the play, was in
stantly killed and another employe
badly burned today.
Joseph Redenbaugh
Given Life Sentence
Minneapolis, Minn.. Msy 25. (V. P.)
Joseph Redenbaugh, confessed slay
er of Mrs. Alice Dunn and Patrolman
ponnery, was given a life sentence here
today following his plea of guilty , to
the charge of slaying Connery.
II. S. IS HITTING
STRIDE IN WAR
TIME BUSINESS
Business as Usual With,
Elimination of Waste" Is
Slogan; Flash of Hysteria
Hurt Spring Trade. ' .
MEW YORK BUSINESS i
TAKEN AS CRITERION
Avoidance of Too Much or
Too Little Buying Urged' -Upon
People. !
By Georse Martin.
New York. May 25. (U. P.) TJnela ;
Sam is hitting his wartime business -stride
with the 'slogan. "Business ss '
usual, with elimination of waste."
This was indicated here today by
statements of managers and bends of
various big stores in Mr. and Mrs.
America's biggest shopping center. If
the returns registered by the 7.000,000 :
men. women and children in New York ; !
is any criterion. Uncle - Barn's folks
have gotten back to normal after their
first war flurry of false economy. l
riash of Hysteria Passes.
A careful survey of the, big Broid-
way ami Hfth avenue establishments
where the hundreds of thoueands'of
men, wom-n and children are clothed,
hatted and generally outfitted; dl-
clor.ed no business executive who de
nied false war economy had' hurt
spring trade, which normally Is heavl-
est between April 15 Jrnd May IS.
But they were unarnmous in de:lar
Ing that the public's flash ot hysterU
has passed.
The merchants stressed the fact that i
cessation of buying, even of luxuries,;:
by those who can afford them( will
react detrimentally to the progress of.'
the people toward a successful wr. I !.
"Business as Usual" llogasw
"What the country must avoid," said r
one executive, "is too much or too.
little buying. If people buy too little i
of inferior goods, they will Inevit-- :
ly throw the workers who. manu
facture (roods out of employment. ,
"If a wealthy man has been buying j
high priced silk neckties he should con. ;
ttnue to buy them. If th and tU-
brothers quit, the weavers of tho'
ties are out of work, for they know no
other branch of weaving. )
"And it would be ridiculous to force
a man out of a job with one war -
policy and urge him to buy a fit Lib-
erty loan bond with another. .
"The. logical plan is business ss j
usual,' with the elimination of waste." !
raise Economy Cuts Bales. '
"There is fto question," said a memT.
ber of another firm, "that false econ-j
omy registered a net loss of to t
per cent on regular spring sales 1
"But there are Indications of a grad
ual return to normal, though "trade
generally still requires some Stlmu-f,
lating from special sales. j
"Merchants are going slow. Several
of the biggest dealers in New York
are holding a percentage of their new;
stocks in the hands of the manufac .
turers.
"If. false ideas of economy are kept
from the public mind, normal condl-"
Hons will prevail in business and we'
will progress the more rapidly with''1
the prosecution of the war." j
ZTo Heed for Hysteria,
"The serious HI effects of ' falsa.'
economy among the people are far-
reaching," said the secretary-general' "
of the National Retail Dry Goods as-!'
sociation. "For the public to stop Its'
normal buying will cut prof lt. ellmU
nate employes and stagnate business;
generally. ) -
"The results of this would be felt by;
all manufacturers, for whom the ra
ta Hers are merely distributors. ItT
would seriously curtail manufacturing;
production and put thousands of work
ers out of employment.
"There is no need for hysteria. The
more calmly, systematically and Intel
llgently the country goes about its-,
preparedness, the greater will be Its.
efficiency." -
Presbyterians for
National Suffrage
Dallas. Texas. May 25. (U... P.) i
The Presbyterian general assembly--here
today adopted unanimously a1
resolution favoring national woman -suffrage.
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