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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTL AND, -SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 7,7 1918.
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AMERICANS IM FRANCE
BY BAIRNSFATHER
construction of ahlpways, plants and the
Installation of plant equipment,
The expanded old yards and those
newly constructed had to be manned.
A pressing need for skilled workmen de
veloped, ' To meet the situation the
emergency fleet corporation organised a
nation-wide campaign and established
training schools for the men recruited
Into Its service. The - results achieved
can be best realized . by comparative
figures. Census reports for 1911 show
that In 45 steel . yards then reporting
there were only 4J,68?,workera employed,
while reports made . to the emergency
fleet corporation on February It, 1911.
by M out of a possible 63 steel yard,
give an enrollment of 162.8K0. The cen
sus report 'for 191 from IS wooden
yards record 1380 workmen, those of
the emergency fleet corporation as' of
February II last from 69 out of a pos
sible 75 yards record 29,959. .
Important Changes '
In Local Business
J, P. Hsrley Retires From VTatslBgtos
Cossty lTewTlaiet Otaer Forest
Grove Firms Vaderge Shift. t
, Forest Grove, Or April , 6. Several
important business changes iave taken
place in this city this week. ; The Wash
ington County, ws-TlmeaV . published
in this city by A. E. Scott ' and J. P.
Hurley. wiU hereafter be published by
Mr. Scott. Mr. Hurley having sold his
interest to Mr. Scott. ; , .
A. Keen of the firm of Verts A Keen,
terests - to -. itr, Uertz. Mr.
templates going to Canada.
Tucker at Whtted. draymen, have sold
their interests to a rival firm ef which
Dan Pierce la manager. Mr. Pierce owns
several aute trucks. . . - s
Woman: Sees Zepj
v Eaid:()n' Seattle
OUT MOMENTOUS
YEAR OF ACTION
first Year of United States' Par
: ticipation in War Is a Period
i of Achievement. :
IN GETTING SHIPS
Seattle. April , (V. ; P.VA? wotnnn
at Mountalnvlew In the Green tAke dis
trict of Seattle, lnsitsed to the federal
authorities today that she saw. Zeppelin
flying over Seattle early this tnoraiAS.
She declares she not only saw the Zep
pelin but also saw flashes from' the air
Seizure of Enemy Vessels Adds
Greatly to, Tonnage j! Billions
Provided for New .Steamships
craft as it dropped bombs on the city.
which conducts a laundry, ice plant and I It flew In the direction of the shipyard,
.wood yard in this city, has, sold his la-she said. - '
LEGISLATION IS SPEEDED UP
AID GIVEN MANY SHIPYARDS
Congress Gets Behind Adminis
tration Measures Providing for
Conduct of the War.
Movement of Troops and Sup
plies to . Europe by America
Greatest Work Undertaken.
CONGRESS
ROUNDS
UNCLE SAM S TASK
S BIG ENTERPRISE
; Washington, April 6. (I. N. S.) The
cengrtss of the United States today
! rbunded out the moat eventful year tn
; its history. I
It has broken bo many records that
they defy complete enumeration, i It haa
establlMhed for the past year a place
unequaled in historic importance In all
American parliamentary annals. '
It has appropriated money by the
billions. It has levied taxes by the
, nundreds of millions. It has enacted
measures of the most revolutionary and
drastic character in American history.
r It has shattered precedents by the score
and laid out new courses reaching far
, .Into the future of American civilization.
The last year In con (tress may proper-
lr be divided into two distinct I parts
first, that of prompt and uneuestloplng
acquiescence In the administration's con
duct of the war, and, second, that of
earnest and vigorous criticism i of the
war management The former period
occupied the large part of the special
session beginning on April 2, 1917. and
: ending on October 6. 1917. The latter
period began immediately on the recon-
venmg or congress In December and
naent ended yet. :
Pacifists Are Submerged
By a strange reversal of the situation.
tne pacifists who raised their voices
against the war and war measures diir-
. lng the first period of the congress have
virtually dropped out of sight! In the
second part, at least as anti-warriors.
iney nave been swallowed up tn a gen
erai aeiermination in r-oth houses to
back the war to the furthermost limit
of America's powers. Critics of policy
have given way to critics of method.
Cries for peace at any price have been
arownea out by demands for winning
ine war at an costs. !
remaps the most lmnresslvn thin
- about the year's record in congress has
Deen tne outlay or money. The grand
. win ui mungni appropriations, con
tracts autnorized and loans made to
.Americas allien now reaches ; beyond
the 123.000.000.000 mark. Of this stu-
J pendous amount, more than 121.000,000.
r 000 was appropriated- and authorized
expended in the first six months of the
war. beven billions went In loans to
the allies. The rest went largely to
four main sources: Ships, aircraft, the
army and the navy. The generosity of
congress exceeded the administration's
spending ability? and since congress re
convened in December appropriations
nave been of a -minor nature compared
- to the previous eight months. - j
Declaration of .War Made "
Two declarations of war within a
year-rthat against Germany on! April
and that against Austria-Hungary on
, December 7 also constitute a record
breaker In congressional history. As
the first year of war drew near a close,
Senator King introduced a resolution
calling for war on Turkey knd Bulgaria.
in the matter of foreign affairs, the
year In congress was also made remark
able by the reception of the. special mis
sions sent to the United States from
time to time by the allied governments.
No other congress has ever ireceived
so many personal visits from the presl
dent. Five times President Wilson has
gone before congress assembled In joint
session to address! it upon war policy
' . and legislation; Beginning with his first
war -address in April, he appeared again
. . on December1 4" to urge a declaration of
4 war against Austria-Hungary ; again on
January 4 to advocate the new railroad
: legislation, and on January 8 and Febru
' ary It he spoke on terms of peace.
' The most important of the war lesris
lation enacted by the congress may be
summed up with the following laws :
The draft law,, the! espionage law, the
1 ' food, control law,, the revenue tow, and
trading with the enemy act, the rail
road bill and the war finance bill.
'" V;' - - : The Draft Law : '
The draft law was the first big piece
; of legislation following-the declaration
! or war. After weeks of hard fighting.
. ; opposition led by advocates of voluntary
mtutary service, reinforced by the pad
. -fists, was worn down and the draft law
; was passed by "both houses by substan
tial majorities. -On May 18. President
Wilson signed the bill malting 10,000.000
' Americana liable to-military service.
' The espionage law was an omnibus
measure including a dozen or so of im
portant acts extending to ' the adminis
tration the broadest powers to deal with
sedition. pro-OermanUm. espionage and
various other obstructions to the success
ful conduct of the ! war. It , was hard
fonght because Jt included a provision
granting the administration the most
drastic powers to censor the press. This
provision was stricken from ! the bill
after weeks of stubborn contest and the
bill was placed on the statute books on
June li. . -'""-' i
r ... food Bills Mseh Debated '
The food control bill and the revenue
bills, kept congress, 6r rather the senate,
busy throughout the summer. I Senator
Heed of Missouri led & determined fight
against the food control bill, which es
tablished Herbert C. Hoover and Dr.
Harry A. Garfield as the food and fuel
administrators of. the United States
Alter going through various processes
or amendment, the bill was finally passed
by the senate and was signed 'by the
president on August 10.
, The revenue bill, calculated to raise
$2,600,000,000 to defray the war expenses.
. and reaching to the pocket of every
man, woman and child In the country,
. met with bitter opposition from senators,
who' demanded the. conscription of wealth
to pay for the war. I Weeks of animated
vdebate finally resulted In the passage
of the bill with considerable amend
ments. ' .4.-. .
' - - Prohibition Amendment Patted
The tradtng with the enemy act, one
' of the most Important of the war meas
ures, laying down many principles to
guide (ha relations of the United States
with Its enemies during the period of
the war, was passed without prolonged
debate Just . before ; oongress adjourned
to October. I j -:
Aside from the declaration of war
against Austria, the most important acta
of congress since reconvening in De
cember have been the passage of the
railroad bill.' the adoption of the reso-
, lutlon submitting the- national prohlbl
- tion question to the states, and the se
ries of Investigations into the conduct
of the, war, y-, -j . : . ,; ...
Cantilever supports under a new mo
; torcycle saddle eliminate all movements
other than those in a perpendicular dl
rectlon and thus absorb the mors serious
shocks. . ,-, :.: v"
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ccvyKxoKT, a v, PuzuntrMfr CO. tZM ocw towc wmu.
Army Renews Its Allegiance
. st ..... m u w u n. ; fit w m m
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General March Gives Pledge
"I know we're fighting for democracy, but take it from me, the next time the colonel comes
around you'd better salute, see?" - i i . '
Acting Chief of Staff Reviews
Military Achievements of
the Year.
-By Peyton C. March
Major General, Acting Chief of: Staff. -United
Prepared for the International Mewa Serriee '
The year just', closed has been for us a
period of preparation.- . . ?
We have been building, up our fight
ing forces. -; - , '
The nucleus of a great, army has been
transported safely overseas; an army of
picked men is being trained and made
ready to embark. , Sight hundred and
eighty thousand new men will be called
to the colors during the year '
Creditable though our achievement
has been, Ve who are In the irmy. know
that : our soldiers in - the trenches and
those in training are but the vanguard.
The captain of industry, the skilled
mechanic, the man at the plow, the
woman who gives and the woman who
saves constitute the backbone of our bel
ligerent strength.
A. solemn responsibility placed upon
the nation, on the fulfilment of which
depends not only the success . of our
armies in battle, but the attainment of
an honorable and enduring peace.
On: the threshold of this r.ew year of
war,! the army standing :ready to execute
the mandate entrusted to it, salutes the
flag rand renews Its pledge of full al
legiance to its. commander-in-chief, the
standard bearer of dur cause.. t:.
" Wail Paper Edition
'Elizabeth. Ill- April . Resource
fulness is the middle name of the -pub-
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LOS ANGELES POLICE
BELIEVE SPY SUSPECT
ONE OF WORST TAKEN
Washington, April 6. At the outset
of the war. the nation, tn addition to
expanding the army to proportions ade
quate to wage the struggle, was con
fronted with the problem , of providtng
facilities to transport its expeditionary
forces and the supplies necessary to
subsist them In foreign fields.
One step designed to effect this pur
pose had already been taken; two oth
ers followed shorUy after the declara
tion of war. Through the shipping act.
approved September- 7. 1916, congress
created a United States shipping
board to develop and encourage a naval
auxiliary, a naval reserve ana mer
chant ' marine ; empowered that board
to form a corporation to purchase, con
struct and operate merchant vessels.
which it exercised through the incorpo
ration of the emergency fleet corpora
tion, and authorised a $50,000,000 fund
for the operation of the corporation. By
Joint resolution of the senate and house
of representatives, approved May 12,
1811. the president was authorised to
take over the German vessels within
the JurlsdlcUon of the United States, its
territories and Insular possessions. Ana
under the emergency shipping fund pro
vision of the urgent deficiency sppro-
prlatlon act. approved June 80. U17. the
president was authorised to requisition
any vessel under oonstrucUon or con
tracted for In shipyards , within the
United States.
Seise era aa Yessels
By executive orders dated June SO and
July 3. 1917. the president, ordered the
shipping board to seise the German ves
sels In United States waters, ana py
another of July 11. 1917. delegated to
the board the power of requisition
which congress had vested In him.
To perform the tasks assigned to the
shipping board and its operating com
pany, ; the emergency nee$ corporation,
large expenditures were necessary- -:"
gress has met the demands by supple
menting the original approprlaUon of
$50,000,000 with succeeding authoriza
tions which on March 1 last aggregated
S2.0S4.000.000. to be expended for con
structlon, requisitioning and purchasing
of ships, the construction or yards ana
the erection of housing facilities. Of
the sum authorized. $1,135,000,000 had
been appropriated on March 1. The
expenditures of the emergency fleet cor
poration up to that date totaled $353,
247.955.37, distributed as follows ;. Wood
ships, $74,590,519.22 ; steel ships. $77.
968.172,89 : 'steel ships requisitioned.
$169,971,860.65; plants, $30,717,402.71.
Under its powers of selsure the ship
ping board has taken over 112 German
and Austrian ships of 788,000 dead
weight tonnage, all of which have been
repaired and are now In operation.
BnUdlng Progress Extesslre
The building program of the emer
gency fleet corporation is divided Into
steel and wood construction. Exercisln
teii lii si Emik
f ! ' M .' ' I DIOVl SHU W VTVM VV1WJV1 ULWiVii. maws ,7s
Janitor Had Maps, Pians. Orders h18 ot raton. the shipping
. . . - . I board on March 1 last had taken over
and Large Bank Deposits;
Documents Are Seized.
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X1AJOie.-CEMXlaAV MARCH
Usher of the Elizabeth News, a weekly
here. When his regular supply of paper
failed to arrive because of the' tie-up of
traffic from' snow he bought up a quan
tity of wall paper and got his paper, out
on time..: .. ., . ' . . '
Achievements Summarized
Congress Proud of Its; Record
Washington, April .- (U. P.)--A year
has passed since President Wllsow called
upon congress to answer the war chal
lenge of Germany and launch a task
which will golnto-history as the great
est ever'faced by a nation.
From that . time on members of the
house and senate earnestly set ... them-1
selves to the tremendous effort of throw
ing a peaceful, nation; into the, gear of
.war power. Here is wnat some leaders
in this work say today: l.."1-
Chairman Dent of the house military
affairs committee: . ' . - ' t :
"The American people may rest as- ,
sured that . the army achievements .
have surpassed the expectations a '
year ago of We most optimistic of
ficials in Washington. X look on the
selective . service . system as one of -;
the great army achievements pf the
year. :
Chairman Flood of the, house foreign
affairs committee:'- -' '
"After one year of war. President
Wilson stands out as the greatest .."
spokesman of dmocracy in the
world.' : 1 believe his international i'
messages In years ta come will be re
garded as epoch " making events In
the world history.; : ' t r'$:
Through his, open air diplomacy,
policy the United States has dearly ,
explained Its unselfish war alms and ;
has swung : neutral ' opinion ? to the -
-. side .of the allies. That. I believe.
is one 01 ine great acntevements ot
the first year of the war."., , r '
Chairman Padgett of the house naval!
affairs committee r '
t 'rrhe navy's', record ; for the first I
"yearlif the war as shown by the sub-
committee appointed , to investigate. ;
it' Is one of the most remarkable :
achievements of the war. :. - i
v "In no way was the navy found
-wanting. Although the personnel was
lncteased more than - three times .
every man who enlisted, .was most-J
carefully taken cars of. our destroyer
. force in a year; will be the largest '
in the world, and the sea fighters .
are well equipped with all kinds ot
. supplies. - AU is well with the -fleet,'
as Admiral Mayo said.'
. ciauae .iutcnin, Democratio floor
leader: . -
-n -In my Judgment the United States
haa done more in the first year of
the war than any . nation -. ever
achieved in so short a space or time.,
Congress is - due some : credit, 4 for
without the cooperation and support
given-the president he' and his ad
visers could have accomplished lit
tle.. Undoubtedly some mistakes
have ' been -made, but, taking the
broad view,-the errors are Insignifi
cant and the achievements great."
Los Angeles, April 6. CU. P.) Otto
Vogel, aged 40, a local janitor, who was
arrested early today on a charge of
being a German spy, , is now believed by
the police to be one of the most danger
ous Teuton spies that ever operated on
the Pacific Coast. The police and fed
eral authorities have discovered docu
ments which Indicate that he , was at
one time commander of a German
U-boat.
They found maps and plans 'of forti
fications, and one official document be
lieved to haye come direct from Wil
helmstrasse, giving him order to remain
In California on official business for the
kaiser.
Although he had beeq working as Jani
tor in a local building for $50 a month,
he had aiarge bank account in Chicago
and a heavy drawing balance In two Los
Angeles banks, with considerable cash
in his pockets. He is a man who is
well educated and cultured and can lea
himself with a distinct military bearing.
Soldiers Guests
Of Ohio Society
The Ohio people of this city, under
the auspices of the Ohio society, en
tertained about 200 boys stationed at
Vancouver at the Y, M. C. A. last
Wednesday evening, with a miscellane
ous program, social time and refresh
ments. ,
The program, was given as follows:
."America." sting by all; address of
welcome, . I. " Nv" Palmer, president of
the Ohio society ; vocal boIo, Freder
ick: R.--Mitchell; : dance,' little 'Miss
Phyllis Drake ; "vocalolo. .IHies Fay
Roderick ; snstrumentafand vocal solos,
Lowell - Patton. .. .' , ., ,
' After-a few fitting-remarks of ap
preciation .. to all who assisted in mak
ing this entertainment a - Success by
Dr. I. N. Palmef. Lieutenant Bannett,
in behalf of tk boys,' extended thanks
and , appreciation to the Ohio people
and ; the Y. M...C. A for their splendid
entertainment. An . attractive vaude
ville 'act r was given by the. courtesv
of- the Strand 'theatre, - An interesting
demonstration . of - physical! . strength
was" given- by1 P. A. Lfnebslrger, sent
out funder the auspices of. the Y. M; C.
A.- National War- Work CouncIL
425 steel vessels of 2.998.108 dead-weight
tons, and had let contracts for 720 steel
vessels of 5,166,400 dead-weight tons,
making- a total of 1145 steel ships with
-an aggregate dead-weight tonnage
of- 8,164,508 tons. Of the requi
sitioned vessels, 72. of 485.576
.dead-weight tons, had been complet
ed . and put Into operation ; 15, of 153,-
290 dead-w-elght tons, had been recon
veyed to their original owners before
completion; while 62 of the 338 still
under construction had been launched
but not completed.
Of the contract vessels, two, of 17.600
dead-weight tons, had been completed
on March 1. Three others, of 26,400
tons, have been launched.
The division of wood ship construction
on March 1 had let contracts for 420
wooden vessels, aggregating approxi
mately 1.715,000 dead-weight tons. None
of this, number has yet been completed,
but 17 had been launched.
The building program of the emer
gency fleet corporation was being car
ried on. March 6. in 151 plants. - 85 of
which were engaged on wood construc
tion and 66 on steel. Of the 151 plants.
81 are classified by the corporation as
new, having been constructed especially
to tak care of contracts let by the
emergency fleet corporation, or Just as
this country was entering upon the war:
the remaining 70 are classified as old
plants, though some of them were erect
ed to accommodate the boom in ship
building that developed in the United
States ; In the early days of the Euro
pean war.
Assistance GIvea Slxty-Tferee Plants
At the time the emergency fleet cor
poration was organized, practically all
the ways of the yards then In existence
were occupied by the vessels building for
the navy department or for private con
tract. This condition of affairs neces
sitated the construction of the 81 new
shipyards before the building of ships
for the emergency fleet corporation
could be commenced.
To spur the shipbuilding industry to
speed up the government work, the
emergency fleet corporation has extend
ed varying degrees of financial assist
ance to 63 plants, the aid going to the
Young - Frencli: Girls
Are Held by Bootes
An Atlantic Port. April .-rrt. N. S.1
Young r French girls, captured as the
Germans advanced in the Picardy battle.
have been held, while the -less attractive
ones- have been forced to work In muni
tion j factories, Dr, Arthur W. Francis
of Chicago, declared on his arrival- from
the front today. " ' . ,
Recently, he . said, a 'horde of these
girls and women, broken in health, were
returned to Franca through 'Switzerland.
Your $50 Bond Will:
. Provide trench knives for a
rifle company. .
Buy 23 hand grenades.
. Buy 14 rifle grenades.
Buy 37 cases of surgical in
struments for enlisted men's
belts.
i Buy 10 cases of -surgical in
struments for officers' belts.
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Ti Freedom Call
Lend Your All!
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Your hand mp hand ;
Every hand in thef land stretched out to heljp
him to VICTORY.' That is the way that America
is going to win this war. It is the only J way
she can win it. i
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We are fighting a United German people. I Until
geri; American is backingl
until . even : hand in the land is nstretched : out to ' :
help,, we cannot expect our army to defeat the u
German armies strengthened bj the toil and sacri-' .
fice of the one hundred and fifty million people of ;
Ge'rmany and her allies. ' . i:
; This is a war of national resources, and every- .
one must add. his share to. America's fighting V
strength if we are to make our superior resources.
count. Every hand in the knd must be stretched :' .
out to help our boys if we would send them over
the top to early and certain victory.
Save for the Third Liberty Loan. Invest
in the Third Liberty Loan. That is the way
to lend a hand. That is the way to make a
nation invincible for freedom and justice.
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