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4 r V SHIPS OF DUTCH ORDERED SEIZED BY PRESIDENT American Ultimatum for Transfer of Tonnage Re : Ejected by Holland NEUTRAL TO GET FOOD Action 1$ Taken by Wilson ; Only After Final Word y Comes From London x (Continued. "from page 1) tied, or, if unacceptable, a counter proposal might be made. lv. S. l.roNal Accepted. "The negotiations becoming pro longed, the. Dutch delegates propos ed, in order that their shins migbt fooner he put' into remunerative smiee that "Tutcji tonnage lying idle in American waters should, with certain exceptions, be immediately TTTE OREflOX STATELWt THURSDAY, SIARCH 21, 1018 chartered to the United States for penotis not exceeding ninety days. This proposal was accepted by, the United States government, and on January 25, 1918, the Dutch min ister tt. Washington handed to the secretary of state, of the United States a note expressing the terms of the temporary chartering agree ment, and his government's accept ance thereof. "This agreement provided, among other things, that ISO, 000 tons of Dutch shipping should, at the dis cretion of the United States be em ployed partly in the service of Uel gian relief and partly for Switzer land oh safe conduct to Cette, France, and that for each ship sent to .llolland ln the service of Belgian relief a corresponding vessel should leave Holland for the United States. States ports with cargoes of food stuffs; were to proceed to Holland, similar tonnage being sent In ex change from Holland to the United States for charter as in the case of other Dutch shipping inthe Unit ed States ports. Dutch Government I'nwillinff. "The agreement -was explicitly temporary in character, and being designed to meet an immediate situ ation.' prompt performance was of the essence. The Dutch government at once disclosed, however, that it was unwilling or unable to carry out kthis chartering agreement which it had it pelf proposed. The first de sire of the United States was to se cure at ofce shipping, as contem- rplated by the agreement to transport to Switzerland foodstuffs much needed bv the state. One difficulty I EVERY MAN'S PLEDGE "America shall win this - war Therefore, I will work, I will save, I -will "sacrifice, I .will endure.' I' will fight cheerfully, and to. my utmost as if the whole outcome of the struggle depended upon me alone." '. ! 1 IS'NT that the "America Firsts plan l.oile.l riht down to a nutshell. Now as yiu SAVK in addition to doing ..those other things retnemlter that those . SAVINGS 4n the United States National Hank will go on earning substantial INTEREST for you. II h7. '" lan. ' fcaaaa a. I'll ! - ..-.,,,. . .:rrrr. - ' 1H 111 MMMWMMM I M Oregon, ( w I fjii'f Hit a lit! I No matter what the, dental operation may be, whether it is pulling- or filling teeth, capping or straightening them or putting new ones in place of bad ones, we have a process by which there is a complete absence of the pain which has, in the past, kept so many away from the dreaded den tal chair. , And the elimination of suffering is accomplished without using ; treacherous, habit forming drugs. We don't give you tern- Z porary relief at the price of saddling a far worse condition ; on you. '' ; And the painless part of the operation doesn't end with the tth work. You get charged something vk proportion to i p what the work is worth. Hundreds of thousands.who have visited the Painless Parker dental offices will tell you he didn't hurt the pocketbook any more than he hurt the jaws. ,'.' . ! Neither your pride nor your common sense are hurt. We make it an infallible, rule to examine a prospective patient's teeth free of charge, state what has to be done, explain it frankly and fully and then estimate just how long the work, will take and how much it will cost. Think of it getting your dental bill before the tooth mending begins! The only' thing that has any real agony is the Dental Trust. And we should worry. The more the Trustites squirm, the better we are pleased. They have hurt the Common. People's jaws and purses so long, we feel that it is their. turn to wince. Make the punishment fit the crime. The Dental Trust is a good deal like the dog in the manger. It w,ants only the high-toned, silk-stocking patronage, just as if the wage earner didn't have aching teeth as much as the millionaire. And, yet, while scorning the laborer and the person with a small salary it fights when Painless Parker educates the multitude about dentistry and points the way to-tootrr salvation that is sound, painless and rea sonably priced. I i , PAINLESS PARKER DENTIST Hours 8 to 6. Closed Sundays.' STATE and COMMERCIAL STS. SALEM, OREGON Nineteen offices located as follows: San Francisco, (2), Oakland, Stock ton, San Diego, Santa Cruz, L03 An geles, Fresno, Bakersfield, Sacramen to and San Jose, Calif.; Portland, Sa lem and Eugene, Ore;; Taconv and; Bellingham, Wash; Brooklyn, (2), New York City, N, Y. after another was, however, raised to postpone the chartering of Dutch ships for Swiss relief, and, although the reason was never formally ex pressed, it was generally known that the Dutch sbip owners feared lest their". ships should be destroyed by German submarines, even though on an errand of mercy and though not traversing any of the so-called 'danger zones' proclaimed by the German government. That this fear was not wholly unjustified has un happily been shown by the recent act of the German government in sinking the Spanish ship 'Sardinero' outside the 'danger zone,' when carrying a- cargo of grain for Switz erland, apd after the submarine commander had ascertained this fact by an inspection of the ship's papers., , : , Cierman Hiret Much Feared. "In respeet of Ilelgian relief, the Dutch ' government expressed its present Inability to comply with the agreement on. the ground that the German government bad given Hol land to understand that it would forcibly jevent the departure from Holland of the corresponding ships, which under the agreement were to leave coincident! vj for the United States. The Dutch government even felt itself unable to secure the two cargoes of foodstuffs, which under the agreement it was permitted to secure, since here again the Cerman government Intervened and threat ened to destroy the equivalent Dutch tonnage which under the agree ment was to leave Holland for the United States. J ."Nearly two months have elapsed since the making of the temporary chartering agreement, and the pro posed general r freemen t has lain even longer without reply on the part of Holland. Meanwhile the Ger man threats have grown more vio lent, with a view to preventing any permanent agreement and of forc ing Holland to violate any temporary agreerrfnt. , Independent power lijwlilnir. "On March 7. through Great Brit ain, a final proporaj. expiring on the 18th. was submitted to Holland. A reply has been received, which, while in Itself unacceptable, might under other conditions have served as a basis for further negotiations. Tint the events to which I have' al luded h-d served to demonstrate that welTave been attempting to ne- yotiate where the essential basis for an agreement, namely, the meeting j of free wills, is absent. Even were j an asreemnt . concluded, mere is lacking That power of independent actfdn which alone can assure per formance. "I say -this not In criticism of the: Dutch government. I profoundly sympathize with the difficulty of her position under the menace of a mili- j tary power which has in every way demoastrated is disdain of neutral rights. But. since coercion does in fact exist, no alternative Is left to us but to aeeomTdifh. through the exercise of our Indisputably rights as a sovereign, that whieh Is so rea sonable that, in other circumstances, we would tie roonnent or accom plishing it bv agreement. ColonUI Trade provide! For. "SJtep are accordingly .being tak en to put into our service, Dutch shloping lying within our territorial jurisdiction. This action on our part and the similar action which is being taken $y governments asso ciated with u leaves to Holland ample tonnage for her domestic and colonial needs. Ve have informed the Dutch government that her co lonial trade will be facilitated and that she may ' at once send ships from Holland to secure the bread cereals which her people Tequire. These ships will be f reel bunkered and will be Immune from detention on our part. The liner 'New Am sterdam which came within our Jurisdiction under an agreement for her return, wfll, of course, be per mitted at once to return to Holland. Not only so, but she will be auth orized to carry back with the two cargoes of foodstuffs which Holland would have secured under the tem porary chartering agreement had not Germany prevented.- Ample compen sation will be paid "fb the Dutch owners of the ships whletr will be put Into our. service, and suitable provision will bemade to meet the possibility ofj ships being lost through enemy, action. "It Is our" earnest des!re;to safe guard to the fullest extent the Inter ests of Holland and of her nationals. T!y exercising, In this crisis our ad- mit,d right fo control all property within our territory, we do no wrong to Holland. The manner in which we proposed to exercise this right and our proposals made to Moiiana THIS WILL INTEREST STOMACH SUFFERERS Says Indigestion comes from an ev cess itt hydrochloric acid. A well-known authority states that stomach trouble and indigestion ia nearly always due to acidity acid stomach and not, as most folks be lieve, from a lack of digestive juices. He states that an excess ot nyuro chloric acid in the stomach retards dippstlon and starts food fermenta tion, then our meals sour like garb age In a can, rorming acid riuias anu frHfu which inflate tha stomach like a -toy galloon. We then get that heavy, lumpy; reeling in me cnesi., we ei-uctate sour rood, Deicn gas, or hav heartburn, flatulence, water- Ie tells us to la aside all digest ive acids and instead, get from any pharmacy four ounces of Jad Salt and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast while it is effervescing, and furthermore, to continue this for one weeK. wane relief follows the first dose, it is im portant to neutralize the acidity, re move the gas-making mass, siari me liver, stimulate the Sidneys ana inus promote a free flow of pure diges tive Juices. Jad Salts In inexpensive and Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithla and sodium phosphate. This harm -ie salts is used by thousands of people for stomach trouble with ex cellent results, . ... . concurrently therewith, cannot, 1 be-l lleveTall to evidence to Holland th? sincerity ot our friendship toward her. Two Hutch 'fhips in the United (Signed) ' Wood row Wilson." 38 Shi? Taken Over. NEW YORK. Mr-h 20. Naval reservists, acting under orders froia Washington, took oyer tonight the thirty-eight Dntch yessels In New York harbor. When the work was complete the American flag had been hoisted on vessels having an aggre gate tonnage of approximately 200,000. No details concerning the seizure of the Dutch merchant fleet were obtainable. Officials of the navy yard said all information on this subject must come from Washington. It is known, however, that no pro tests were made by the Dutch com manders as they had been prepared for the action for several days. In preparation for the seizure and manning of the hips the naval re serve had ready a force of about 22 j licensed deck and engine room of ficers. These officers were await ing to proceed to the vessels assign ed to them on the call of the navy department and take command. Each of the ships seized will re quire a commanding officer. from two to three mates and a fqree of from three to five yigine roohi offi cers, engineers assistants. The crews wil be recruited for tho Yres ent from the shipping board recruit ing service and" through the shipping board agency here. The largest ;of the Dutch ships in the harbor ,js the ltyndam of tin Holland-America line. She is registered at 12,.r17 tons, gross. Next In size is the Westerdyk of the same line, which is registered at S2C1 tons. Conditions Not Accept aide. LONDON, March, 20. The condi tions laid down by the Dutch for eign minister ;for the acceptance of the demands of . the associated gov ernments aswegards the taking over of Dutch shipping are not likely to be acceptable to those governments, according to a Renter dispatch from The Hague, filed yesterday, it adds. however, that a concession way be made to the extent that the arming of the Dutch vessels may not be in sisted upon. The Keuter correspondent says that the second- chamber today de bated the shipping question, and the premier. Dr. Loudon, In a further statement, explained that his gov ernment had first intended to re- Blt th aserwiateri nowers demands. and only arrived at ?he present deci sion out of consideration for the Im perative interests of provisioning the country, providing raw materials for industries, and with regard for the interests of the fleet and the colonies. The government it.lf. said the premier, must bear the responsibility for the decision, which could not be transferred to the parliament. The ministers only regretted that they had flot previously pnsulted the party leaders or the public. Merchant Fleet KmphaslArd. During the course of the njegotla tions Dr. London emphasized the ne cessity of Holland having: her mer chant fleet, which was vital for the colonies and taking care that it was not driven from the eastern seas. Obviously, he ' continued, once the Dutch ships were requisitioned, Ger many would oppose their sailing, and he concluded by announcing when Germany demanded an ex change of vessels, the Dutch govern ment had immediately notified the American aovernment that it would be impossible for Holland to provide vessels for the Belgian service. The speakers who followed the premier" expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of the negotiations but were most bitter against the as sociated .governments. "By acting as we diave." said J. De Savornin Lohmann, "we have lost our right to co pensation is a vessel is de stroyed." The Liberal Unionist Patyn de clared: Allies Are IllamedT "The associated governments have done their best to drive us into the arn of the central powers." The moderate Liberal Knobell asked: "What shall we do if the associat ed governments accept our propos als and Germany torpedoes our ships bringing wheat?' Pleter Troelstra. th Social Demo cratic i leader, complained that the "decision was taken without consult ing the parliament or the people. He was skeptical concerning the hy pothetical hundred thousand tons of wheat from the associated govern ments. "The Dutch people ought not to put their hopes In America for provisioning." he declared, "but ought to endeavor to obtain wheat from Ukraine. The government ought to pursue negotiations In that direction. German interests do not clasJi with a ,favorahle attitude to vafu us; it Is for this reason that we forgot to take Fteps to obtain corn from Germany. "In my opinion Germany would be .well within her rights In consid ering our attitude toward the asso ciated governments as effective co operation in the war." Use of Loganberry Juice Means Big Saving of Grain RED CROSS 8 RED CROSS -1ST DO N S ATSO COUNTRY STORE AND AUCTION SAL! To be held in the Armory, Salem Oregon, on Friday and Saturday, March 22nd and 23rd for the benefit of the Red Cross. " J ' The country store will open on Friday morning and continue until Satur day at 1;3( when everything left will be sold at Auction together with live stock, poultry, etc, donated. ; Every person in the community who is interested in advancing Red Cross work is hereby appointed a committee of one to boost for the success of this enterprise. 11 A hot dinner will be served on Friday from 11 to 1 and from 5:30 to 7 at night there will be a cafeteria luncheon, and on Saturday there will be a cafeteria luncheon from 11 until 1. There will be a big jitney dance on Saturday night t This space vas bought and pail for 1y the follovcug merchant,' V. (I. Shipley JVC. Perry, (1. W. Johnson & Sons, WeWer Iiros., (ale & Co., Fry's Dnip store, K. T. liarnes, Rostcin & (jreenbeuui and H. W. & M. L. Meyers. - '-' . " RED CROSS RED CROSS "For every ton of loganberries which we turn into juice for that soldiers, there is a ton of grain sav ed for bread, that might outherwise be tume4, into beverage of some kind." said President H. S. Gile of the Pheasant Northwest Products company, yesterday. "We are not asking the farmers of this county, or any other coun ty in this valley to plant more acres of loganberry vines just tor me run of it. but are asking them to double their acreage thlsi year, ia order that we can ship that much more Phez or Loiu to the soldiers and sailors. "Not only Is this the right kind of patriotism on the part or the rarmers and growers of the valley, buj is a crop for which we are paying good prices, even befere the vines ere planted, and if properly cultivated, every acre of loganberry Tinea should Field upwards of 1200 net profit. SIECKE IS NOW TEXAS OFFICIAL Deputy State Forester Be comes Head of Department in Southern State E. O. Siecke, deputy state forester, has resigned to accept an appoint ment as state forester of Texas. The resignation is effective immediately and Mr. Siecke, who is already in Texas, will enter upon his new duties at once.. The resignation-was submitted to State Forester Elliott in a telegram from Bryan, Texas, where Siecke wag called several days ago to confer with "Texas officials. The reason giv en for the immediate effectiveness of the resignation is that the spring fire season In Texas has already be gun and that "his "presence in the fctate Is required in connection with his office. Mr. Siecke had been rec ommended for the position prior to his leaving for Texas. r Mr. Siecke bas been deputy state rforester for Oregon since May, 1911, a month after the state forestry de partment was organized. Forester Elliott has not decided w hom he will appoint to fill the vacancy. State Fair Awards to Be Paid in War Bonds Racing pttTses Jand premium awards" aggregating7 an estimated $10,009 will be paid in liberty bonds and thrift stamps on Patriotic day at the state fair this , year, Secretary Lea of the state fair board said yes terday. In addition all of the help about-the state fair grounds will re ceive; their wages for that day la war securities. - mmm At a recent hearing of the Federal Trade Commission there was introduced correspondence taken from the private files of Swift &Company,which showed that the Company had been con sidering for some time an educational advertising campaign. The need for this publicity has been apparent to us for sev eral. years. , .The gross misrepresentation to which we have recently been subjected has convinced us that we should no longer delay in putting before the public the basic facts of. our business, relying on the fair-mindedness of the American people. The feeling against the American packer is based largely on the belief that the- income and well-being of the producer- and consumer are adversely affected by the packers operations, resulting in unreasonably large profits. Swift & Company's net profit is reasonable, and represents an insignificant factor in the cost of living. For the fiscal year 1917 the total sales and net profit of Swift & Company were as follows: ; Sales' ': ' ' r" 7 " ' '' $875,000,000. 1 - I Profits ' ' - - . $34,650,000. This is equivalent to a $3,465. profit on a business of $87,500.' - If Swift & Company had made no profit at all, the cattle raiser would have received only one-eighth of a cent per pound ruore for his cattle, or the consumer would have saved only one-quarter of a cent per pound on dressed beet Swift & Company, U. S. A. i