DAILY EDITION
VOU VIII., No. 171.
K BRAG OF
THEIRCRUELTIES
TO BELGIANS
UmiliT TO , INTIMIDATE N1
TIUI-8 IIY I1H.NTIMJ TO WHAT
THEY HAVE IM).K
PROPAGANDA Will SffiEAO
(Yuri Treatinwit ot llrKUh I'rUonors
... Ikwated About la tVminui to
English KlmliHiM
Washington, May 9. Teutonic
frlghtfulness ss practiced In France
and Belgium hit been made the sub
ject ot German warning to neutral
nation of tha fat which they may
expect, It they take up anna against
th central power.
"If there are any Hill thinking of
I it I n k with th allies, let thrm lake
warning from the fate of other,"
tax the warning.
It la In the form of a circular
which recites the amount of booty
seised In France and Belgium, the
number of Catholic churrhea damag
ed and deitroyed, and money wrung
from tha Inhabitant and, finally,
th deliberate mUtreatment of Eng
llih iirlaonera of war.
Oerman propagandlsta hav flood
ed, Spain with Ihl document, print
ed la BVanlsh, and eoplee bar come
Into the possession of th (lata de
partment. Having established II
Oerman origin, the department to
night made public thl tranalattnn :
','Besldes an untoM amount of war
malarial raptured, tha (Irrmsni
have taken possession of Incalculable
booty In Pram and llelglum, In
cluding: "High grade wstchrs, 417; aver
age watnhee. (016; underwear, IH,
078; embrolderlee and women'
handkerchief, 15.132; umbrella
and paraiola, 1 70S; llver spoons,
1 876: bottle of champagne, .'31.
000. "Theae figure ahow a large In
creaaa over I hone of tha campaign
against France In 1 870-71.
"In Belgium," besides m.tr.y art
treaurea, they have ronfh'iM old
painting valued at 1,000,000 pesa
ta. Due to the treachery of Cardi
nal Merrier and other prleat. who
did their turnout to atlr the prleat
again! the good-hearted German
aoldleri, they were forced to teach a
severe lemon to the Tlelglan and
French Catholic.
"Cathedral deitroyed 4: rendered
unserviceable, i; churchea destroy
ed, 37: rendered unserviceable, 84;
tout 7 J.
"In Poland alio a large number of
churchea hav been destroyed for
military reaaont. Tha figure have
not yet been published.
''As a reault of tha atupld etub
borne of the Belgian people In
continuing th atruggl after their
bloody and final defeat on the battle
Held, th Oerman officer were
forced, agalnat their will, to Impose
punishments on many rich Individu
ate, and wealthy cities.
SUN. AROUSES INTEREST
Great Interest la being manifested
In the coming ot Captain . Richard
Pearson Hobson, to be the guest of
this city on Sunday, May 12. Cap
tain Hobson has just completed a
series of most successful meetings In
the state of California, culmlnntlng
In great meetings In San Frnnrlsco.
where he has been greeted by In
terested thousands.
Captain Hobson speaks In Bethany
Presbyterlnn church Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. The congregation
of Newman M. R. church unites In
this service.
PARENT-TEACHER ASSN.
HOLDS LAST SESSION
DIM TO UK AIIOI.IHIIKII
POIl THE (OMINO YEAH
IntMYnUng (lilld-Welfare Meting
Held Following HuMnrae Hr
alow of AaorUlliM
All ofllrera or th Parent-Teacher
association war re-elected last night
at tha meeting held at the Chamber
ot Commerce'.
Mra. W. W. Canby, the president
for the put two yeara, ha proven
herself to be an abl and enthuslaa
tlo leader, It has been her faithful
work and enthusiasm that has built
up the association until It atanda as
a vital factor in th community. The
officer for the coming year are as
follow: Mrs. W. W. Csnby, pres
ident; II. II. Wardrlp, vice-president;
Sir. Geo. Riddle, secretary
and Mlsa foulse Henry, treasurer.
A motion waa carried to dispense
with the dues for the coming year.
All necessary money Is to be rlscd
by entertainments, on account of the
many demanda for war work on the
member.
Following the business meeting, a
child welfare program waa given.
Mrs. Geo. Reebarh, a registered
nurse, gav a paper on "The Care
of the Child." Mra. Seebach treated
tha aubject from tha atandpolnt of
health, emphasising the Importance
of (he care of the prospective mother
and very young; child.
"To be well born la the right of
every child," aald Mlaa McCormlrk
In her talk on "Food for the Child,"
She then gave statistics to prove
that the soldier In France has more
chance to live than the baby In the
cradle. 8he brought out that thla
was usually due to careless feeding.
To Illustrate her lecture Mlsa Mc
Cormlrk had prepared table demon
strating suitable menus for a child
of over four yeara.
Thla waa the last meeting of the
Parent-Teacher assoclstlon until
next October. 'An effort Is to be
made to enlist the Interest of every
parent so that closer cooperation
may result between the home and
school.
U-BOAT LANDS MAN
ON IRISH COAST
- :Aa
London, May 9. A 'German sub
marine recently landed a man on the
Irish coast where he waa arrested by
government officials, according to an
announcement In the house of com
mons. This man la now In the Tow
er of liondon. - He will be court mar
Haled. kS
I). S. GUN CREW
BREAKS SUB. IN TWO
An Atlantlo Port, May 9. The
sinking ot a Oerman, submarine by
a shot from a IT. S. warship whloh
lifted the submarine clear out of the
water and broke It In two, waa re
ported by the offlcera of the ship on
Ita arrival In port today. Because
of the gunner' fine work the crew
will be given an additional 10 daya
furlough.
TO KEEP FROM FIGHT
lxndon, May 9. 't la understood
that the Irish nationalists have de
cided not to participate In the par
liament debate today on General
Maurlce'a letter criticising the gov
ernments war program. Thla would
appear to give the government a sub
stantial majority.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE OOCNTT.
GERMANS RENEW FIGHT
ON YPRES SECTOR WED
Gab Made at Scse Points, Bst Practically AH cf
Occupied Territory is Retaken; British acd French
Continue to Make Gaiss Before Arnica
I.omlon, May 9. By counter at
tack last night the British drove the
Oermana from the positions of the
allied front line which they had en
tered In the LaClytt-Voormeesele
aector. A new German attack waa
made this morning on the Flanders
front. North of Kemmel the enemy
pressed bsrk the British line slight
ly at one point In what waa apparent
ly a local attempt.
The British made further progress
taat night east of Amiens between
the Somme and the Ancre rivers.
Yesterday's attack on the Flandera
front line waa carried out by two
German divisions, on which the Brit
ish Inflicted hesry casualties.
With th British Army. May 9.
Fighting la atlll In progress this
morning nesr Vlerstrset on the front
southwest of Tpres. The British were
forced back slightly by mschlne gun
fire on one place. All other original
defenaea appeared to again be In
the hands of the English.
Parla, May 9. The Germans have
returned to their attack In Flandera.
but apparently only In a atrong local
attempt to outflank the positions of
1ocre, Scherpenberg and Mount
Rouge, which tbey failed to take by
frontal operatlona.
What possibly msy prove to be the
prelude to the long-expected resump
tion of hostilities by the Oermsns on
the western front. Is being played.
Southeast ot Ypres, from the re
MEIMSWfD
Amsterdam, May 9. The peace
treaty signed by Germany and her
allies with Rumania consists of eight
clauses. The first restores peace;
the aecond demobilises the Ruman
ian army, except ten divisions, two
remaining aa protection for the fron
tiers ot Bessarabia, and eight In Mol
davia, the total not to exceed 20,000
Infantry and 3,200 cavalry.
The third clauses separatee Dorb
rudja from Rumania and restores to
Bulgaria Bulgarian territory which
fell "to Rumania by the treaty of
Bucharest In 191 S.
Rumania cedea to the central al
lies thst part of Dorbrudja north of
the new Bulgarian frontier lines to
the mouth of the Danube. The fron
tier Is rectified In favor of Austrls
Hungary. State property In the land ceded
by Rumania passes without Indem
nity, to the statea which acquire
these regions. The Inhabitants, how
ever, ahall have the right of option
and emigration.
The fourth clause deals with In
demnities, the signatories of the
treaty renouncing all claim to reim
bursement for the costs of the war.
but apeclal arrangements are to D
made for damagee caused by the
The evacuation of the occupied
territories is taken up in the fifth
clause, while the sixth provides for
free navigation of the Danube, Ru
mania surrendering the right to con
trol tolls on ships navigating the
river or entering ports. The central
allies hsve the right to keep war
ships virtually anywhere In the river.
Equality of all religions In Ru
mania Is provided for In clause seven
while the eighth clause has to do
with the economic relations of Ru
mania with the'eentrat allies. These
will be regulated by separate agree
ments, which will go Into force si
multaneously with the peace treaty.
TlilllfiDAY, 3I.IV
gion of Voormeesele to LaClytte, the
Germans hsve launched an attack
agalnat the British and French
troops holding the line and at cer
tain polnta over the five mile front
they have met with aome success by
penetrating front line trenches. Ap
parently, however, over the greater
part of the Held of combat they met
with repulse.
The ground gained la south of
Dlckebusch lake, and In Rldgewood
around which placea hard fighting
waa continuing at laat account
The objective of the enemy aeema
to be the pushing forward of bis line
In thla region still farther to out
flank Tprea on the aouthwest and
press on toward Poeperlnghe and
the railway line running between
that town and Tpres.
On the remainder of the front In
Flanders and Plcardy artillery duels
and email operatlona continue on Iso
lated sectors. The French south of
LaClytte hare penetrated German
advanced positions and taken prison
era, and the Auatrallana eaat of
Aralena hare again pinched In and
taken over portions of the German
line. On the Toul aector the Americana,-for
the first time, have opened
agalnat the Oermana with their
heavy artillery.
On the other fronts the operations
continue ot a minor character. .
In Mesopotamia the British have
advanced their line to within 80
miles of Mosul, capturing the town
of Kerkuk, which the Turka evacuat
ed without giving battle.
E INCREASE OF
15 PER CENT ASKED
Washington, May 9. All railroad
employee whose monthly pay In De
cember, 1915, waa leaa than $250
month have been recommended for
wage Increases by the railroad wage
commission.
The recommendation, if adopted
by Director-General McAdoo, would
give the workera $100,000,000 in
back pay to January 1 and would add
IS88.0t2.7lI to the payroll aa of
1917, a net Increase of 15.021 per
cent
Wsge advancea proposed, however,
do not represent net Increases over
existing pay, but are based upon the
month of December, 1915. In other
words, any Increase which may have
since thai time must oe deducted.
Flat increases of $20 a month are
proposed for all employes except ap
prentices receiving $48 or less, and
all others up to $239 would get ad
vancea ranging from 43 per cent
downward to 4.8 per cent, the small
est Increases going to those with the
highest wagea. Above $239 flat In-
j creases would be given to make the
wage $250. Apprentices from 18 to
21 years old would receive only
mree-iourins or me recommeuuou
Increases, and those below 18 yeara
one-half.
Briefly stated the railroad wage
commission's atudy ot conditions
showed that the cost of living had
Increased since 1915 approximately
43 per cent. It therefore adjusted
the; wages of railroad employments
to cover the amount. The ev-iiif.
slon refers In Its i""" ti oni
lar Idea tbst rntircpri emii'oyea are
anions' :t? Wi'-c t paid ' of wage
earn- ' , ' 1 - -. !
8KX. HITdlCOCK CHAIRMAN
OF PORKIGX RELATIONS
Washington, May 9. Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, has been
made chairman ot the foreign rela
tions committee, replacing .the Into
Senator Stone, of Missouri.
OREGON,
ft. 101 H.
E IS
IN
PREMIER A8VIITH DENIES
MOTIOX. OF CENSl'RE
General Maortre Hhould liar Made
CompUlnU In Cabinet, gay
Lloyd George
London, May 9. In the bouse of
commons today Premier Asqultb de
nied that hla motion respecting the
General Maurice affair waa designed
to obtain a Tote of cenaure of the
government. He aald that should he
And It his duty to censure the gov
ernment, he hoped he would have
the coursge to do so directly and
unequivocally.
Lloyd George wss cheered when
he arose to apeak. He aald he had
been treated unfairly. He aald that
It was the bnalneaa of General Man
ned to come to the cabinet and point
out where the ministers msde mis
takes. Lloyd George aald that If the mo
tion carried that Mr. Asqulth would
sgaln be reaponatble for the conduct
of the war.
London, May 9. Asqulth's mo
tion for the appointment of a com
mlttee to Investigate the chargea
made by General Maurice was re
jected In the houae of commona to
day by a rote of 291 to 10(.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF
MORTAR EXPLOSION DIES
Ft Worth. Te.. May 9. Private
Woodte, of Texas, died thla morn
Ing, the 11th victim of the explo
sion which occurred yesterday when
an attempt waa made to force too
large a ahell Into a trench mortar
DRAFT AGE MAT BR
. .- . RAISED TO INCLVDK 40
Waahlngton, May 9. Legislation
raialng the draft age to 40 years waa
discussed aa a possibility within a
few montha at a meet'ng yesterday
of Provost Marshal-General Crowder
and the house military committee.
Although General Crowder made no
specific recommendations, - members
of the committee said afterward the
war department waa considering a
plan for changea.
Mill RANT HRED
Portland,. May 9. Fire broke .out
thla afternoon in the Monarch saw
mill plant. North Portland, threat
ening to destroy the mill and en
dangering the Standlfer-Clackaon
shipyards adjoining. A strong wind
waa blowing. It ia not known how
it atarted.
EUROPE TO BE NEEDED
Washington. May 9. Speaking in
the house of representatives, Kahn,
ot California, a member of the mil
itary committee, aald that In his
opinion the men In Clasa 1 of the
draft will be exhausted within , a
year, and that before the war la over
the United States would need 8,000,-
000 men In Europe. , i I
NAVAL AVIATORS ARE
RESCUED FROM SEA
An Atlantic Port. May. 9. Two
naval aviators in a atate of exhaus
tion after remaining afloat with
their damaged hydroplane five miles
off Miami, Fla., were rescued by a
steamship. Something went wrong
with the mechanism of the plane
nnd It was forced to descend In the
, watc.
WHOLE Nl-MRF.n 23M.
JOSEPHINE IS
REM FOR RED
CROSS DRIVE
ASST. STATE CHAIRMAN V. L.
CHAMBERS FINDS ORGANIZ.U
TION HERB IN FINK SHAPE
COUNn SAIN TO R.ESE $5000
County to lie Thoroughly Caavaaeed
and List of SUckere to Bo Noted
pmrhnuin moea sbowa
Frank Chambera, vice-president of
the First National Bank of Eugene,
assistant atate manager of the aec
ond Red Cross war fund drive, came
to Grants Paaa thla morning, and ,
pursuant to a notice a meeting of
the directors of the' Red Cross waa
held at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms at 12 o'clock, where luncheon
waa served by the Red Cross ladies
and at which Mr. Chambers aet forth
the plan for the second Red Cross
war fund drive.
' The plan of organisation la very
slmllsr to the first drive. Ten team
captaina have been appointed by
Chairman T. M. Stott and Campaign
Manager Sara H. Baker. The team
captaina are aa follows: 1 7. T.
Ludden; 2 W. P. Quintan; 3 H.
A. Dillingham; 4 T. P. Cramer; t
Geo. C. Sabln; Clarence Wine
trout; 7 A. B. Cornell; 8 Roe
coe Bratton; 9 Frank Bramwell;
10 S. Longhrldge.
These team captains met at the
luncheon, and plana were discussed
for canvassing the county. A list of
all of the people of the county will
be made nnd turned over to these
team captaina, and they and their
committees will be expected to can
rasa thoroughly the districts as
signed to them, i Certain parte of the
country have been assigned- these
varloua teams and ' wherever
branches are located, the branches
will act In conjunction with the
teams appointed.
It waa stated during the meeting
that leaa than two per cent of the
$12,500 subscribed at the last June
drive waa uncollected, hut that every
portion of that might be collected la
ter on. . . .,. ' , . ,,t.
Mr. Chambera la especially deeir
ous that a list be kept of all people
who refuse to subscribe.' "
One of the interesting features of
the meeting waa a box of apahgnum
moss, which Is being used so exten
sively for surgical dressings.
YANKEE WINGS 7TH PLANK '
' Washington, 1 May 9. Sergeaat
Frank I Baylies . of Newbedford,
Mass., an American flier In France,
has brought down seven German air
planes within the last two months.
said an ' official dispatch ' yesterdsy
from France. ; i 3
TRAB
L TO START
' n I".-
9.r:
San Francisco? May 9. A mill-
tary training 'school for l.obO 'sVu-J
dents selected' from the varloua Uni
versities In the western department
of the array to begin June 3 and last
one month at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco, has been authorised by the
war department.
London, May 9. It t Is reported
that German officers are agitating
against General von HIndenburg be-.
cause his successes on the western
front have not reached their expec
tations. '