SHORTAGE IN FIRE ;
i DEPARTMENT FORCE:
' INCREASES HAZARD
Chief Dowell Comments on Seri
1 ousness of Situation That
Confronts City.
& Fire Chief Dowell' and other fire
bureau Officials are uneasy over the
Shortage of men In the department. A
large fire at this time might be dif
ficult to cop with, according to Chief
Powell, because not only is the de
partment short 25 men. but many of
Its members are inexperienced fire
fighters. ,
; "The men are leavtnc the depart
ment dally for more remunerative po
sitions. We cannot compete with the
Shipyards, paying far greater wages
; than we do. The people of Portland
' do not appreciate the seriousness of
t 'situation," said Chief Dowell.
The city council considered the
shortage In the fire bureau recently
but were powerless to give relief
because of shortage of funds. There
fore, an ' amendment to the charter
Was prepared and If passed by the
people will Increase the salaries of
men receiving less than $100 by IS
per cent and those receiving less than
125 will receive a 10 per cent In
crease with the provision that none in
this class be paid more than 1125
monthly.
The measure is classed by the coun
cil as a .war emergency measure be
cause the fire department Is necessary
for the protection of not only the city
at large, but the war industries along
the waterfront. Unless relief IS given,
Commissioner Blgelow said, .new In
dustries will refuse to corns to Port
land to establish factories, because
the risk would be too great.
GERMANY MAKING '
DEMANDS ON DUTCH
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many Is holding the mailed fist over
Holland to enforce sanction of supply
shipments through that country into
Belgium.
V In her desperate efforts to drive to a
decision on the west front. Teuton dlplo-
macy Is once more showing its ruth
less disregard for the rights of neu-
-trait.
. The situation appeared fraught with
war possibilities, but there was
rStranite dearth of official news here
concerning developments.
If war comes, Germany would un
doubtedly seek to plow through Hol
; land, opening a path to Belgium, which
he wants for troops and supplies. Hol
land's border - is well protected by
Highly trained troops, but It is doubt
ful that the Dutch would withstand long
ny serious attempt at invasion.
VTonld Lois Her Colonies
It is held certain herj that Holland
sill not agree to GermAny's demands
Unless she Is willing to sacrifice her
neutrality.
Holland knows that if she throws her
tot In with the Germans, the allies are
la s, position to take virtually all er
ships and her colonies. Hence the little
neutral's position becomes gravely dan
gerous, i It the British have succeeded
In bottling up the German U-boat out
let at Ostend and Zeebrugge, Germany
is forced to take drastic action In Hol
land, or; see her submarine campaign
utterly fall.
German designs on The Netherlands
are of long standing. Some years be
fore the war German influence sought
to drive a measure through the Dutch
parliament to' fortify tha mouths of the
Scheldt thus affording protection
against attack from the sea. This was
aimed at Great Britain and England
protested so strongly as to constitute
a virtual ultimatum' and the bill was
defeated.' .
German Ageats -at Work
Military experts here believe that un
less allied forces are sent to Holland's
aid. It would require scarcely more than
600,000 Germans to overrun the little
country.
This would depend on Holland's de
termination, however, literally to "sink
or swim.' The scheme of defense of
the little neutral embodies concentration
of her forces In a restricted area "the
Holland fortress" comprising the prov
inces of North and South Holland with
parts of Zeeiand and Utrecht. Two
thirds of this area is surrounded by
the sea.; On the land tde are strongly
established ' military works, rendered
exceedingly difficult of attack by inun
dations..
The German land approaches to the
Holland: border are hilly. Amsterdam
is well fortified and there also are ln
undatlon protections which might pre
elude successful attack by the Germans.
Control of Inundations has not been
entirely in military hands, however,
and the fear is expressed here that Ger
many's long arm of intrigue may have
stretched to the point where the flood
ing of jthe country to prevent invasion
may be jeopardized by German agents.
PORTLAND LEADS THE.
.WORLD IN GIVING FOR
RELIEF OF ARMENIANS
i
J. J. Hansacker, Secretary of
Oregon Relief Committee,
Receives Telegram.
Ministers Are Called Home
Amsterdam, April 25. The German
minister to Holland has left The Hague
for Berlin and the Dutch minister to
Germany has left Berlin for home, ac
cording to an announcement Wednesday
in tne Meivoik.
The reported severance or relations
between) Holland and Germany follows
an ultimatum delivered at the Hague
several days ago in which Germany de
manded! according to dispatches, that
HoHand permit the passage of war ma
terials as well as civilian supplies
through; that country.
It was likewise reported that Ger
many proposed to send military forces
through The Netherlands. Statements
from allied capitals at the time declared
that the allied governments would be
able-to cope with the situation.
Another "Oregon first" record has
been made by Oregon and Portland In
subscriptions for Armenian relief. J. J.
Handsaker, secretary of the Oregon
Armenian relief committee, has received
thj following telegram from the na
tional Armenian relief committee at
New Tork:
"Oregon leads America in Liberty
loan. Portland leads the world tn per
capita contributions to Armenian and
Syrian relief. Other cities follow rap
Idly. Earnestly hope every county In
Oregon will complete its quota during
the week of April 28 to May 4, enabling
us. to report Oregon once more a world
leader in good works. Many thousands
are now being fed and saved from star
vation by money already received from
Portland and other Oregon cities, but
Portland's greatest contribution has
been to challenge other cities through
out the United States ; likewise Oregon's
irroatPRt contribution will be to chal
lenge America as soon as the remaining
counties are in line. Cablegram today
from Jerusalem reads: 'Five thousand
mn re.fueees iust arrived nospuai.
Orphanage taxed to capacity. Our rep
resentatives spent Easter In Jericho
welcoming old Armenian friends as they
crossed the Jordan atter tnree years
deportation In Syrian desert. Following
are some or tne expressions irora ex
hausted exiles during first ration dis
tribution in Jericho: Uoa oiess Amer
ica!" "God sharpen King Georges
sword!" "Your kindness first we have
known in three years." "Can we una
work tn Jerusalem T' "Where can we
niiot'" Tourhlne scene to see bereaved
refugee families visit Gothsemane and
Calvary. Price of oreaa is price oi me.
Dollars or deaths I""
GERMANS RENEW ATTACKS
ON AMERICAN SECTOR
0ppos Cut in Age Limit
Amsterdam, April 25. (U. P.) The
minister of defense declares the situa
tion renders necessary the maintenance
of the maximum age for landsturmers.
The cable may refer to some agitation
for reduction in the age limit of mem
bers of: the landsturm, the last military
reserve
Tin Plant Burned, Huns Blamed
Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 25. (L N. S.)
German agents are blamed for th.
complete destruction by fire of the
Trethaway tin factory at Parsons early
today. The company fixes the loss at
$500,000.
The i factory covered five acres of
grounAT'and was working on war con
tracts.
beyond Bretonneux anything but easy
going.1
American army men are disappointed
that resumption of the battle found the
allies etill on . the - defensive. But they
sely so .thoroughly on General Foch that
they believe he has some surprise
strategy in store which makes an allied
stroke. Inadvisable at this moment.
Meantime there is strong urging for
the allies to pursue theaggressive on
the seas, so valiantly undertaken In the
Ostend and Zeebrugge raids. The re
sults are considered worth the sacrifice,
if similar daring and initiative is used
hence forth. In a followup campaign.
California Artillery at Front
Paris, April I. (I. N. 8.) (By mall.)
California Is contrlbo4ng the first
American batteries of field artillery
to go into action in the big fight.
The artillery regiments now on the
march to Picardy also Include a num
ber of boys from. Iowa and Washing
ton, but the greater part of the per
sonnel is .composed of sons from the
Golden State, the majority of whom
were the first to respond to the call
for volunteers and entered the army
In March, 1917. Among them are
widely known men from San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles.
They are some of the best artillery
units In the array. Assembled during
April, they were sent to camp at Ros
well. N. M., where they received their
preliminary training. The following
month they were transferred to the
big camp at " Albuquerque, where they
received a rigid training in the nan
dling of French seventy-fives that
have proved so deadly in breaking up
German attacks and which proved
so deadly to the Germans at Verdun.
By the er.d of September the boys
had taken their places as artillerymen
of the first degree and one of their
batteries In a marksmanship contest
won the first prize, beating the oldest
gunners in the game.
Then they were sent to a camp . in
North Carolina, where, after eight
days of trajectory work and five weeks
of supplementary training, they were
transferred to a Long Island camp
'or the finishing touches In a 10
weeks' course. - ' I
After that th-. amtr--t f riff Wn-N-
They nave already made a - name for '
themselves on their own front and
may be . depended uoon to duplicate !
their success on the , Picardy f ront, j
Red Guard Troops i
Marauding in Amur
London, April 25. (I. N. S.) Red j
Guard troops (Russian Bolshevlkl) are!
marauding along the Amur railroad, !
mistreating travelers, according to anj
agency dispatch from Peking today. The
marauders are also active along the '
Amur river, dismantling steamers.
The foregoing cablegram evidently re
fers to the railway running north
ward from Vladivostok, In Amur prov- .
ince, which borders Northern Manchuria,
nlque. The text of the statement follow $
"West , of Dorian the British pene
trated the Bulgarian trenches on a wide
front, destroying dugouts and Inflicting
heavy losses on the defenders. .
"X mobile column reconnolterlng north
of Devoll drove the enemy from the line
of heights dominating the right bank of
the Urba, taking the villages of Sals
and Strelga and capturing prisoner.
"Enemy attacks In the Cerna Bend
were repulsed." ' "
Estate of John Redmond -London.
April 26. (L N. 8.) The es
tate of John Redmond, th late Irish
leader, amounted to 6786, it 'was an
nounced today. '
Germans Want U. S. i
To Win War, Is View
Topeks, Kan.. April 25. (I. N. S.) ;
"The people of Germany millions of
men are hoping and praying that
America will win the war." Governor ,
Bamberger of Utah, a German-born j
American, declared here today. I
"The real people of Germany, the '
slaves of autocracy, are bound down by
Iron rules. The only relief offered them
comes from America America victorious
In this great conflict." he said.
PUT OLD ENEMY
TO UTTER ROUT
Tells how to lift off that touchy
corn without hurting
one particle
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partment declined to Indicate how much
of a strength we have injected.
The Teuton smash south of the Somme
is likely to go the route of Germany's
other blows to date advance for a time
and then come to a complete diock.
This was how military men sized up the
prospects today.
Amiens Han Offensive
The new drive has the actual capture
of Amiens as its main objective appar
ently. The first obJecUve, Vlllers
Bretonneux, Is still being fought for,
but behind that place the terrain is such
as to give the defenders an advantage;
and unless the defense line recedes too
much the Teuton will find his progress
British Capture Two
Towns in Macedonia
London, April 25. (I. N. S.) A suc
cessful large scale raid by the British
and the capture of two villages on the
Macedonian front Is recounted In Tues
day night's Paris war office commu-
Hospttal records show that every time
you cut a corn you Invite lockjaw . or
blood poison, which Is needless, says a
Cincinnati authority, who tells you that
a quarter ounce of a drug called
freesone can be obtained at little cost
from the drug store but is sufficient to
rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn
or callus.
You simply apply a few drops of this
freesone on a tender, aching corn and
the soreness Is lnstanUy relieved. Short
ly the entire corn can be lifted out, root
and all. without pain.
This drug Is sticky but dries at once
and is claimed to Just shrivel up any
corn without inflaming or even irritating
the surrounding tissue or skin.
If your wife wears high heels she will
be glad to know of this. Adv.
THRIFT BTAMPS
and
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
on Sale at
Business Office, The Journal
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What Does the Saving of
$1.00, $2.00 and $3.00
Mean to You?
We mean a saving: without
Mcrificing style, quality, serv
ice or assortment. That's the
story you will see carried out
to the letter
Friday and Saturday.
That's the saving you will
earn oy visiting
The Wonder Millinery.
The smartest hats ever seen
in Portland. You will find the
different shiny" straws, the
milan hemp, Italian milan and
Liseres in all colors.
Trimmed Hat Prices $3.95 to $15.00
Shapes $1.95 to $10.00
You can get furs for Summer and Fall in our store now. You will find the snappiest
fur assortment in the city hem No one can equal our, values or our prices. We are
i able to outsell our nearest rivnlc Viatic .
have purchased thousands of dollars in raw
skins and have them now in our, possession. See
us now aDoui your lur.
Children's -and
Misses'
Hats
shown for the first time.
Prettily trimmed in large
and small and all colocs.
Priced 95 to $6.00
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Nora Saves Sincfe. T Mav
Stay Away a little Longer
Prima donna of the vaudeville stage that's
Nora Bayes by unanimous consent. And she
puts into her exclusively Columbia records the
same happy spirit she puts across the footlights.
Never has her clear, joyous voice been heard
to better advantage than in this whimsical,
melodious song. On the back another winner,
"Some day they're coming home again."
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Al Jolson's Worried About
a nose weaaing ueiis:
A song just made for Jolson, with "ding-dong
bells chiming all through the spirited melody.
"Wedding Bells Will You Ever Ring For Me?"
Can't you hear Al Jolson singing it? On the
back, "Just a little cottage," with wonderful close
harmony by the Sterling Trio. A2512 75c
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Men may be leaving this week,
next week- every little while.
They, will be singing. You can
hearten their songs bv buviner a
Liberty Bond. You snould buy
a bond and another bond. Buy
them today! You should buy
with a song in your heart.
Keep the home fires burning
Pacjc up your troubles in your old kit ba
My sweetie
I don't care to Tire in any marble halls
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Polonaise in A flat major J1"
I hate to lose you
For the two of us
A baby's prayer at twilight Fox-trot
Liberty Bell Fox-trot .
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Percy Grainger
Robert Lewis
Samuel Ash - r
Prince's Band
Louise, Fererm, and
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Spring Coats, Suits and Dresses, Silk Sport
Skirts, Silk Waists and Silk Sweaters. Hun
dreds of samples, and the most beautiful
spring and summer stock in Portland will
be cut to such low prices that you will be
astonished, and
Remember: During this sale the Globe Sample
Shop will exchange all garments and your mon
ey refunded if not satisfied.
3 5 S S5 8 SS S SS 3 5 SESS&SESSSSESS-S
Serges, Poplina, Tricotinea
and many other samples in
this lot. All shades and all
sizes. Some in this lot would
be cheap at $27.50, at only
$18.95 and
$14.95
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(Gositts
In Lons; poplins, Velours and
Broadcloths, at only
$12.95
Some- in this lot run np to $26.
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Beautiful
Dresses
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j Chine, Georgette
Crepe and serges.
Some in this lot run
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and
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$8.95
$10.95
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Novelty Goats
Fancy Coats
Sample Coats
Some run upJo $55 In Bolivia, Silver
tones, Tricotines and Broadcloths-atonly
$23.95 and
Waists
Silk Crepe and Georgettes.
-Some samples run up to
$8.50, at only.
-Waists
Sweaters
Half
Price
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