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HOMES OPEN
FOR SUNDAY
SCHOOL FOLK
Church Forces Are Joined in
Annual Convention of State
Association Now in Session
Here
DELEGATES PRESENT
FROM MANY COUNTIES
E. W. Halpenny, of Interna
tional Note, Adds Zest to
Meeting
There l in Balem today a closer
alignment of rcjllou forces, a high
er degree 'of aplrltual enthusiasm
find a doner bond of inter-rienom. na
tional fellowship than hag been ex
perienced In many a month, for the
thirty-third annual convention of the
Oregon State Sunday School assccia
tioit Is In full swing.
Delegate from all parts of weat
f rn Oregon began to arrive yesterday
morning, coming from as far south
as Ashland, and they are being cor
dially welcomed and cared for in the
hospitable homes of the cltv. It Is a
question whether the guests cr the
hosts are deriving the greater pleas
ore from the peaceful invasion.
The session are being fillej utp
with the usual Instructive discussions
as to means and methoJs, the vet
eran Sunday School worker. Rev. C.
'A. Phlpps, being a prominent factor
In directing thought. Probably no
man in the northwest can bring to
a convention a greater fund of ex
perience and observation, as well as J
a keen insight; than Mr. Phlpps.
Otfcago Man Forceful.
Some of the strongest and most
inspiring addresses come from E.
W. Hal penny, of Chicago, a man of
international note. lie I being
heard with profound interest in his
-analyses of church and national
problems. .lie alone Is worth one's
' going a long way to hear.
As might he expected, the sessions
are being enelivenM with spirited
musicmolo, quartet, chorus and
congregational, under the direction
of Dr. Frank Wilbur Chace, Carroll
I:oberts. and Miss Minnetta Madera.
Some of the best talent of the city is
volunteering for the service.
The sessions, held in the First
Methodist church, have been well at
tended from the beginning, while the
.meeting last night brought out a
'full house. The principal features
were the formal welcome of the del
egates to the city and the response;
a reminiscent address on the pioneer
work of the Sunday school by the
veteran minister. Kev. Joseph Ho-
herg. of McMlnnvflle,. and the
cress on good citizenship by Kev. E.
W. lialnenny. The hour was bright
ened by a women's quartet and , a
voral solo, and wocketbooks were
lightened by th collection.
Chnrrlilll Kiteak Today.
The luminous spot on the pro
rrom today will be an addrens by
Snpt. J. A. Churchill on the subject,
Co-ordination of All Schools"; Mrs.
: llarwood Hall on "An UnreeognlzeJ
Force"; Edwin llowden on "A Itlg
Job": and Rev. Mr. 1 Halpenuy on
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SHIRTS
Now is the time to replenish and here, is your
opportunity. Golf Shirts with laundered or
French Cuffs, Soft Collar Shirts, flat or mili
tary style and the jaunty Sport Shirt
In every size, style and
terns for selection, all of which are distinctly good, but affording ample oppor
tunity for personal preference. '
I Not today, hut two years ago, these Shirts would have been Splendid values
at such prices. Today they are EXTRAORDINARY GOOD BUYS at
v 85c to $2.00
AMENDMENT TO
GO TO BILL
Senate Passes Measure Call
ing for Registration of
.Young Men At Once
WASHINGTON. April 25. -The
senate resolution providing for the
registration for, military xervice of
young men who Imvj reached the
ago of 21 hlncrt Jun. C last, was
adopted late today by the house,
which Incorporated an amendment by
Kepreentativw Hull of Iowa, placing
utu men at the bottom of the lists
iu the classes to which they may bo
assigned. The bill now Kihh to con
ference. ,
The vote on the Hull amendment
was 119 to 81.
The houKe sustained the military
committee in striking out a provision
of the bill as it passed the senate
which would exempt from nitra
tion those eligible who have ent-red
midicat or divinity school since
Jane & i last.
Representative Kahn of Califor
nia, ranking republican on the mili
tary committee, told the house the
proposed new registration would
Tlace from 500,000 to 700.000 new
registrants available for military ser
vice. In this connection he ret ailed
that Germany recently called into ser
vice It class of 1919 consisting of ap
proximately 50.000 men.
Chairman Dent of the military
committee, opposed the amendment
of Mr. Hull. Mr. Kahn also opposed
the amendment and declared there
are thousands of young men under 21
who volunteered at the beginning of
the war and are now serving in
France.
Income Taxes Will Bring
in More Than Anticipated
WASHINGTON'. April 25 Income
and excess profits, taxes are now ex
pected to bring about $3,000,000,000
into the treasury in June, or a half
billion dollat more than had been
estimated befoje retorns were filed.
Secretary McAdoo announced this
today, giving the first, official in
formation that receipts would exceed
previous estimates of ll.22C.00O.O00
for excess profits and $1,200,000,000
from incomes. - The taxes are due
June 15.
Admiral Farragut Safely
on Way to Alaskan Port
SEATTLE, April 25 Word receiv
ed here. tonight frwm Juneau. Alaska,
said that the Pacific Coast Steam
ship compahy's steamer Admiral Far
ragut. which presumably struck an
Iceberg near Petersburg, Alaska, to
day, was on her way to Juneau, un
der her own steam, convoyed by the
steamship Redondo, which) took off
the Farragut's passengers.
While the shock opened several
seams in the vessel she is not be
lieved to be seriously damaged, and
probably will B able to return to
Seattle under tier own power. The
230 passengers aboard her are to be
taken to their destinations by the
Redondo.
Employes of St Louis
Electric Company Strike
ST. LOUIS. April 23. Asserting
that grievances left to a federal con
ciliatlor had never been adjusted.
more than 1200 employes of the
Wenger Electric company walked out
today and declared their lead would
be followed by hundreds of other
employe at the various plante. The
com pan is engaged on government
contracts.
Stock of
grade, we show a most exceptional assortment of pat
DECISION NOT
YET REACHED
NEAR SOMME
Both French and British Forc
ed Into Slight Withdrawals
but Hold Lines .Firmly
German Gains Small
IK S. MEN EVIDENTLY
SHARING IN BIG FIGHT
Unofficially Reported Six En
emy Divisions Hurled at
Ypres Sectors
(OFFICIAL SUMMARY)
The great double (German drive.
In the Soiuiue and Armentleres see
tors, which began Wednesday morn
ing, has develoied Into a terrific
struggle. The tide of battle has
surged to and fro during the last two
days, with the decision still in the
balance.' The British, having been
forced back out of Villers-Hreton-neux,
launched a counter-attack and
swept the Germans back almost to
the lines which were held before the
present fighting began. The F?nch
have been driven back out of Han-gard-en-Santerre
but are holding
their positions close by, while on
the line southwest of Ypres, the Brit
ish have been compelled to withdraw
slightly before the furious attacks
along ! the Meteren-Ballleul-Wyt-
schaete line.
Wounded Americans are arriving
at a hospital behind the French lines
in the Somme sector, showing that
General Pershing's men are bearing
their share of the burden of tho
great battle.
Hurl Hack Assaults.
Notwithstanding the frantic prep
arations made by the Germans for a
continuance of their drive toward
Amiens and the extreme violence of
the fighting, their gains thus far in
that region have been very small.
Along the line from Albert south to
Castel, except at Hangar-en-San-terre,
the German assaults have been
hurled back by the allied forces
which ate strongly posted on the
higher ground to which 'they retired
during the Jast days of the German
drive !n Picardy.
It !ls unofficially reported that
four to six German idivlVons. or
from 48,000 t'o 72.000 men have been
hurled at the British and French
lines near Ypres. The retirement of
(he British in this sector must have
been small, for there are no great
gains reported, by Berlin so far. It
was rumored Thursday that Mont
Kemmel. a dominating height north
of Wulverghem. had been taken by
the enemy, but this has not been
confirmed.
Allies Well Prepared.
That only slight gains have been
made anywhere along the two fronts
which have been subjected to attack
Is proof that the allies an prepared
to defend their positions. In the
last three weeks the Germans havi
hurried up heavy cannon to the
Somme battle ground and haveH
marched many fresh divisions to thej
point where they have been held tot
the moment of attack. Thel failure
to do more than gain almost insig-:
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Connecticut Aviator '
Downs His Eighteenth
German War Machine
PARIS, April 25. Major
Raortl l.iiNR-rry of Walling
frd. Conn., dtruyed bin
eighteenth German airplane
Tuesday. Ueutenant Paul
Frank Baer of Mobile. Ala.,
broustht down his fifth German
machine the sau.H day, thus
becoming tho latest American
ace.. Besides the machines he
U officially reportfd to have
destroyed.' Lion tenant Baer 1
believed to have broiiiht ilnn
t
I
t
i
i
two other. German machines.
His seven victor!- lft the air
have Inert seoied within tho
last six weeks.
The semi-official count of
f victories - won by American
a.vlator:T in th French tn.
Adu th'an ervice now vitowri a
total of forty during the last
two month?.
Police Uncover Method Used
by Germans in Leaving U, 5.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.'.
With the arrest tonight of John
Relnhardt. an unregistered enemy
alien, federal and police authorities
.. . t i i . i
rsprrncfu me nei iney nau un
covered a method by whit many
enemy aliens have left tblfcountry
since the war started. ,
Reinhardt was arrested on an
Alaska-bound fishing schooner which
he was said to have boarded after
dark .and after the naval authorir
ties had examined those on board.
Reinhardt, the police said, obtain
ed a passport from the Norwegian
consul here by presenting a member
ship card in the Fishermen's union
"borrowed" from a Norwegian sa
loonkeeper who formerly was a fish
erman. '
The consular officials apparently
did not question the ownership of
the card and failed, to notice that
Reinhardt In signing the certificate
of nationality had mlspelled the
naut cf the man he, was Imperson
ating. The alleged fraud was discovered
when federal authorities, in a sec
ond Inspection of the schooner, no
ticed the error in spelling. Siquard
Melvar, a Norwegian sailor whd In
troduced Reinhardt to the saloont
keeper, also was arrested.
Fresno Fruit Grower Will
Work With Administration
" -Hi-M-a-
FRESNO, Cal.', April 25. J. F.
Nlswander. vice president and gener
al manager of the California Peach
Growers, Inc., . announced tonight
that he had accepted a position as
director of the dried fruit depart
ment of the national food adminis
tration. He will leave for Washing
ton about May 1. This department
will have wpervislon over raisins,
evaporated apples and dried fruits
of all kinds.
THREE ARE LOST
WHEN STEAMER
IS OVERTURNED
St Paul Now Lying Partially
Submerged in Harbor of
Atlantic Port
BEGIN SALVAGE WORK
Investigation Put Under Way
by Federal and Company
'Officials
ANT ATLANTIC POUT, April IT..
The American line steamship "St.
Paul, a famous passenxer liner, ov
erturned and sank at her pier here
today while being: warped Into a pier
preparatory to loading for a trip to
Europe. Three men probably lost
their lives in the accident.
At the time the St. Paul was not
under steam but was belnr brought
by tugs from a drydock. where for
the lest week she had been under
going repairs. On her at the time
were several hundred men a major
ity of them employes of the dry
doclf. who had been sent with the
vesel to complete their work while
she was being loaded. The steamer
now Is lying on her poft side with
about ten feet of her hull amidships
above the water, and Is completely
submerged both fore and aft.
A general alarm was sounded
through the snip when It' was seen
that she was in danger, andas fully
ten minutes lapsed before she turned
over. It is thought most. If not an the
men reached the deck. A large num
ber of the men escaped by simply
climbing over the rail and onto the
exposed side of the vessel as It came
uppermost, while others leaped Into
the water and were picked up by
the tugs. ,
Herein! "Tlieorkw Advanced.
Several possible canses for the ac
SAILORS OF ,
HOLLAND TO
RETURN HOME
Dutch Want Written Agree
ment That No Ships Will Be
Seized Grain Transporta
tion Discussed
SIX VESSELS WILL BE
KEPT IN SAME SERVICE
Negotiations With Germany
Delayed England Gives ,
i Signed Assurance
AMSTERDAM. April 23. Dutch
shipowners are reported to have
held a meetinc at The Hague today
to discuss the sailing of ships to
the United States to get grain. It
is said the Nleuw Amsterdam will
sail In a few weeks for New York to
bring home the remaining Dutch
sailors now at American ports.
t
HKPLIF.K TO Qtt'.KT10XH.
Tira HAGUE. April 23.- Reply
ing to questions from members of
the first chamber of parliament,
Jonkherr J. Loudon, minister of for
eign affairs, said today that no ship
would sail from Holland before a
written guarantee had been obtained
that there would be no. farther seiz
ure of vessels. He sa!d that he bad
gathersal from an Interview with
John W. Garrett, American minister,
yerterday that the latter supposed
that a written assurance had already
been lven.
"The intention was that six ships
should constantly remain in the serv
ice," he said, "and I have reason to
assume that that number will be ex
tended and that Germany will put
no obstacles In the way. I believe
It can be asirmed that the allied
governments will observe their obll-
gatrons regarding the rationing of
Holland. .
"The negotiations regarding an
economic' agreement with Germany
are delayed by difficulties. I am nn
able to give information at present
as to the stage of the negotiations,
but they are not progressing very
smoothly) principally bee Use Hol
land would be unable to export much
more than se is at nresent."
The foreign minister added that
he h.d a written guarantee from
England that ships which had left
the East Indies since March 23 or
mjght leave in the future, would not
be seised.
ELKS SERVED
WITH BANQUET
BY STUDENTS
Superintendent Todd Is Host
to Members of Salem
Lodge, No. 336 (
ROUSING TIME ENJOYED
Work of Domestic Science De
partment Demonstrated
for Herd
Salem Elks a hundred head of
the sn tiered herd were guests at
the hlrh school last night of Brother
JDhn W. Todd and the domestic
science department of the school
Since the Instructors and students
of the domestic science department
did the entertaining, the vistt or tne
Elks, of course, was celebrated with
a banquet, and everything that ap
peared on the tables, with the excep
tion of the crockery, was prepared
in the kitchen at the blah scnooi.
Elks are reputed for their Jollity.
and they were in merry mooa iasi
night they couldn't be otberw.se
with John Todd directing affairs.
-Men. don't be so confounded
quiet," yeUod Brother Todd at one
Juncture when the visitors were so
busy making inroaas upon me
and chicken that they became obliv
ious f the'r neighbors.
Candidate failed I-poo.
Of course that touched off H
Patton and he called for every one
who wanted .Louis Laohmund for
state senator to lift the right hand.
There wasn't a rlaht hand in the
dining room that didn'f go np. and
then Hal raised a clamor Tor Louis
to make a speech, and Mr. La'hmnnd
responded. Patton accorded a Hk
treatment to "Happy" Ward, candi
date for mayor, with like results.
This part of the program iea wi
into the prepared prosrsm m
dresses, first of wblrft -was an
ad-ad-
OPPOSITION JO
BILL RENEWED
New . Amendment , Authorizes
President to Appoint Head
of Aircraft Program
WASHINGTON. April 25. Critics
of the Overman bill renewed today
their vigorous opposition to Its pro
posed authority for the president to
reorganize government agencies and
many speeches for and against . the
in'aure prevented the expected vote
on pending restrictive amendments. A
sufprise of the day was the intro
duction of a new amendment author
izing the president to appoint a sin
gle executive officer to control the
aircraft program, which Senator
Overman statfd be probably would
accept.
Senator Wad g worth of New York.
Republican, offered the new proposal.
Senators Thomas of Colorado, and
Kfrby of 'Arkansas, Democratic mem
bers of the military commute,
promptly supported It, the former de
claring it was necessary to clothe
John D. Ryan, yesterday appointed
director of aircraft production by the
war department, with no powers to
make his work effective.
During the day's debate nnder the
agreement limiting speeches to half
an hour, attacks on the bill were
made by Senators Knox of Pennsyl
vania; Sherman of Illinois, and Uran
degee of Connecticut, Republicans,
while it was supported by Senator
Fall of New Mexico, Republican, and
Senators Shafroth of Colorado; Klrby
of Arkansas: Overman of North Car
olina and other Democrats.
Kaiser Visits Zeehragge,
, Viewing Damage From Raid
LONDON, April 25Reuter'a
Amztcrdam correspondent scads the
following telegram, received from
Berlin:
The kaiser on Tufsdav visited
Zecbrugge. the scene of the frus
trated English raid. He boarded the
mole, where he convinced himself
that the damage caused ty tho blow
ing up of the railway bridge had al
ready been temporarily repaired.
"He then proceeded to the canal
lock, where two cement-laden cruis
ers He. The kaiser got a caytur-4
captain of marines who happened to
be brought past, to explain the bat
tle Wounded Americans Are
Now Being Sent to Hear
PARIS, April 25. American sold
iers wounded In the great battle
which now Is being waged are al
ready arriving at the rear. Ameri
can wounded and sick to the number
of 12 S have reached hospital 25.
They are from units"4" engag'ed "in
fighting side by side with French and
British In stemming the German ad
vance. Hospital 25 is one of the new in
stitutions established behind the
line as it stood after the allies stop
ped the recent German, drive In Pi
cardy. Kew of the Americans remained
at the fcotfpltal very long, being taken
runner to tbe rear.
Silt-en girl students of Smith col
lege are working in day and night
shirts at this point and are operat
ing a well arranged canteen at tbe
railroad station for tbe soldiers com
ing through on tbe hospital, trains.
Mrs. Clark, the Misses Justice,
Drogan and Scott and M. I IUlthls
and K. W. Ixjwrey of tbe American
lied Cross, have rendered notable
service at the hospital.
COMIANDffiTELLS STORY OF RAD),
Attacl0$xupied Approximately An Hour Soldiers
Landed on mole at Great Risk Escapes Excihzz
ABOARD If. M. S. VINDICTIVE
IN DOVER HARBOR. April 25.
A correspondent of The Associated
Press visited te cruiser Vindictive
today as the guest of Captain Alfred
F. B. Carpenter, who commanded her
in the expedition last Tuesday
against the German submarine base
at Zeebrugge on the Belgian coast.
Captain Carpenter received the
correspondent with his arm in a sling
from a shell splinter wound. The
ship show Innumerable srgns of con
flict. The commander during tbe at
tack, was at the end of the bridge
in a small steel box or cabin which
had been especially constructed- to
house a flame-th tower. Captain Car
penter In his account of the part
taken by tbe Vindictive is the raid.
said to The Associated Press:
Aim To Distract Battery.
"Our chief purpose In the expedi
tion was to distract the attention of
the battery while the block ships
ran in, especially the battery of 11
inch guna which occurred a com
manding position at the tip of the
mole. Our ahip was elaborately pre
pared for the business of landing
soldiers on the mole which is of stone
forty feet high and IS feet above the
VIndlctire's top deck at the state of
the tide when the attack took place.
"We had a special superstructure
over the upper deck and three long
gangways of 'brows' which were d
signed to take the men up to the
level of the mole as soon as we got
along side. Exactly according to the
plan, wc ran alongside the mole, ap
proaching it on the port side, where
ALLIES AGAIN
HOLD VILLAGE
NEAR S0LIT.IE
Villers-Bretonnenx Recap ter
ed Through British Counter
Attack Orer 600 Prison
ers Taken in Battle
LINE ALMOST BACK AS
FAR AS FORMER FROOT
Positions ImproTe Figtilnz
in Picardy Forerunner
of New Thrust
LONDON. April 25. Australian
and English troops have recaptured
Villers-Bretonnenx and taken, more
than COO prisoner la that region.
Field Marshal Halg reports from
headquarters tonight.
Further to the north on a line
from ISailleul to Wytsehaet there
has been very heavy fighting and the
allied troops were obliged to with
draw from their positions.
The statement aaya:
The French and British positions
from north of Ballleal to east of
Wytaebaete have been heavily at
tacked all day. There la fighUag of
great severity on the whole of this
front, particularly in the neighbor
hood of Dr an outre. Kemmel and
Vlerstraat.
Might Withdraws!. '
"In the. couise of repeated attacks
and counter-attacks tbe allied troops
have been compelled' to withdraw
from the positions they' held this
morning and tbe flghtLag continues.
"South of the Somxae several
counted -attacks launched by Aus
trialiaa and English troops last ulr-t
against tbe positions gained by the
enemy yesterday In and around Villers-Bretonnenx
tarried oar line en
ward to within a short distance- of
our former front and resulted in the
capture of more than f 00 prisoners.
Tbe village now is in our hands.
Th enemy's sttack yetterfiiy
morning on this front was madt ty
at least four divisions and his ob
jectives stated by prisoner-to have
Included the Tillage of Cachy and
the Cachy-Foulller road. These ob
jectives were not reached at any
point. The number of German dead
found In the positions recaptured by
our troops show that - the enemy's
losses were very Jieavy.
BATTLE IS LENGTHY.
rBy Th AciaU4 PrMl
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Wednesday. April 24.
Attacks by the Germans in Picardy
today. If large forces' engaged may
be taken as an Indication were evi
dently intended as the forerunner cf
a new thuist toward Amiens. From
dawn nnA night' the enemy threw
stroug.assault.ng columns repeatedly
at Hangard where the fighting was
of the most desperate character. To
ward evening some of the enemy de
tachments managed tp ovtatn a foot
ing in the Hangard wood, lying about
amlle northward of the village, and
also In the eastern outskirts of. the
town itself. Their bold, howe'ver.
was precarious, for the French ob
stinately declined to give way.
A little further to tbe north the
Germans attacked the British units
holding' Villers-Bretonnenx. This ap-
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built buffers of wood two feet wide.
Sea 8nuMb.es Gangways.
"As there was nothing for us to
tie up to we nierely dropped anchor
there while the Daffodil kept us
against the mole with bar Bote
against the opposite side of our ship.
In the fairly heavy sea two of our
3 gangways were smashed bat the
mira ceia anK,ive Hundred Ben
swarmed up this on to the taola.
This gangway was two feet wide and
thirty feet long.
"The men who west up It Includ
ed 300 marines and ISO stormlsg
seamen from the Vindictive and SH
or so from the DaffodiL They
swarmed up the steel gsagway car
rying hand grenades and Lewis guns.
No Germans succeeded In approach
ing the gangway, but a hard hand to
hand fight took place about 209
yards up the mole toward the shore.
- "The VIndlctlve's bow was pointed
toward the shore so tbe bridge got
the fall effect of enemy fire from the
shore batteries. One shell exploded
against the pilot house, killing nearly
all of its ten occupants. Another
burst in the fighting top, killing a
lieutenant and eight wen who were
doing excellent work with two pom
poms and four machine guns.
Big Garni 300 Yards Away.
The battery of eleven-Inch gjes
at tbe end of the mole "was only
300 yards away and It kept trying
to reach us. The shorw batteries
also were diligent. Only a few Ger
man shells hit our hull because It was
so well protected by the wall of the
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we were equipped with especially
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