V V4 PROFITEERS REAP AMAZING HARVEST ' Federal Offiqials Disclose Start' ling Report. 31,50) CONCERNS HIT Law Prevent Publication of Name and Earnings Food Situation it WoMt Condition. Washington, D. C Amazing profits In almost every branch of American Industry were brought to light Friday when tho treasury department com plated It long-awaited report oa prof' Itoorlng. Tho report covers 31, COO corpora tloiiB. tho names of which aro with hold. It wan prepared In rcsponso to tho Uorah resolution, adopted by the scnato nftcr President Wilton, lii his rovenuo address to congress on May 21 doclnred that there was "abundant fuel for tho light" In tho treasury depart itiont with regard to profiteering. Tho treasury department takes tho position that 11 would bo a violation of existing law to mako public tho names of corporations and their earn lugs. The senate resolution Is not suf ficient to suspend tho lawf It would ' rcqulro a Joint resolution, tho treasury depart racnt holds. Mombors of congress who have ox nmlncd tho report regard It as a com Pluto vindication of President Wll son's frank statement about profiteer ing. They also declaro that It affords inoro than amplo Justification for tha 80 per cent war profits tax urged by Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo. Tho most extraordinary profiteering revealed by tho report was in rood stuffs. Producers of nearly all the common necessities of life wcro shown to have mado enormously Increased profits In 1017 over 1010. although their earnings in tho latter year wcra in numerous cases far above tho 100 per cent mark, Meat packers profits wcro shown to havo Increased substantially, Ono largo packer mado 919,000,000 mora in 1017 than In 1010. In tho iron and steel Industry, son satlonal profits' woro disclosed. In coal and oil, profits mounted to unparai laled figures. Public utilities ot virtually every character also camo In for a liberal nharo of tho Increased prosperity. TAX BILL CLOSE TO EIGHT BILLION GOAL Washington, D. C- An 8 per cent exemption In addition to a specific 13000 exemption on tho excess profits ot corporations, with a tax of 40 per cent on all excess profits between 8 per cent nnd SO per cent and a tnx of 00 per cent on nil excess profits oxcocdlng SO per cent was agreed on Saturday by tlio House wayn and means committco Tho committee. In writing this sched ulo Into tho 8,000,000,000 rovenuo bill, nlBo adopted the treasury alternatlva plan for a flat 80 por cont tax on war profits. Tho commlttoo agreed to thrco classifications of business for purposes of deduction from war profits. .Tho deduction for pro-war earnings is: Financial and transportation cor poratlons, 8 por cont: manufacturing, farming and go n oral business, 10 por cent, nnd mining nnd kindred haz ardous businesses, IS por cent Ninety por cont of business corpora tions, It is estimated, will bo affectod by tho war profits tax and tho remain der by tho oxcoss profits tax. Estimates show that excess nnd war profits taxes will yield a total of 3,. 000,000,000, which would bring tho to tal at tho bill much ncaror the 8, 000,000,000 goal. Chairman Kltchln, ot tho commlttoo, said that tho treasury expected to submit -Bomo further suggestions re garding tho income tnx. IIo said un ' less thcro Is something to change tho situation tho normal lncomo tax rate will begin with 6 por cont on tho first 4000, and 10 por cont on nil In comes between 14000 and J5000, tho surtax beginning at 95000. Tho surtax schedule, Chairman Kltchln said probably would stand as agreed to, with tho following per centages: $5000 to J7G00, 3 per cont; $7500 to $10,000, 6 por cont; 910,000 to 91C.000, 10 por cent: J1D.00O to 920,000, 16 per cent: 920,000 to 930,000, 20 per cent; 930,000 to 90,000, 25 por cent; 940,000 to 950,000, 30 por cent; $50,000 to 900,000, 40 por cont; 900,000 to 970, 000, 45 por cont; 970,000 to 980,000, 47 por cent; 980,000 to 900,000, 48 por cont; 900,000 to 9100.000, 40 por cont; 9100,000 to $200,000, 50 por cent: 9200. 000 to $300,000, 55 por cont; 9300,000 ,to 9600,000, 00 por cont: 9500,000 to '91,000,000, 06 por cent, nnd $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, 70 per cent. All Incomes ovor $5,000,000 would pay a surtax of 76 por cent, which, nddud to tho normal tax, would mako such Incomes taxable to tho oxtont ot 85 por cent. , , U. S. CAN WIN WAR IN 1919 General March Predicts 80 Divisions Will Turn Trick. Washington, I), C. Congress pro pared to onnct quickly tho now tnon power legislation, oxtohdlng-tho, draft ago llmltn to 18 and 46 years. Gonoral March told tho-liouiio military com mlttoo tho programmo should win tho wnr in 1010. While tho houno commlttoo began work on tho bill by hoarng Genorat March, Secretary Uakor and Gonoral Crowdor, tho sonata set aside Its bum mer vacation and will tako up tho moasura at once, Sonato prohibition advocates agreod to tomnorarlly lav aside their bill and glvq tho man-power programmo right of way. Iloforo tho lionno commlttoo Secro tary linker and his aides again urged action on tho bill, discussing various phases ot tho onlargod programmo which calls for an army of nearly four million Americana In Pranco by Juno 30, 1010, with anothor million In tram ing In this country. Predicting that tho war will be won or lost on tho wostorn front, regard less of what happons elsewhere, Gen oral March told tho commlttoo that with 80 trained American divisions of about 45,000 men each in Franco under an American commander, victory ought to rost o"i American arms noxt year. Reiterating his boliof that such a forco could go through tho 'German lines at will, General March went fur ther and electrified tho committco by declaring such a forco "should bring tho war to a successful conclusion In 1010." Tho 80-dlvlslon plan, Oonoral March said, depended upon shipping radii llos, but ho added: "I might as well say right hero. frankly, that tho programmo of Mr. Schwab will tako care ot tho army programmo and gain on'It ' Goneral March road an official state ment showing that on August 1 tho American army nuinborod 3,013,112 men, divided as follows: American expeditionary forco and on.routo overscan 1,301,742. in tlio united states and Insular possessions 1,432,700. Called in tho August draft 277.CG4. In addition thoro aro about 15.000 marines 'serving with tho expedition ary forco. For tho present it is planned to send 260,000 men monthly to Franco, Gen eral Starch stated, adding: "Hut wo hope to Increase that In tho spring." To put eighty divisions or Americans Into Franco beforo June, 1019, Gonoral March emphatically doclarcd: "Wo shall nocd ovary slnglo man In class I botweon 18 and 46. Wo must not doludo oursolves with tho Idea that thoso In tho 18 nnd 10 calls aro going to bo deferred any length of time, Thoy will havo to bo called early noxt Spring in order to got tholr training In tlino to get to Franco." No goneral oxoinnUoa of married men simply becauso bf their married status was contemplated by tho War department in preparing for tho pro posed extension ot draft ages, Secre tary Baker declared. Ho said that married mon who do not support tholr families and who nro not engaged In usotul occupations win continue to Do called. U-BOATS MAY HAVE FORCES ON SHORE Washington, D. C Information fur nished by officers ot tho vcsboIs at tacked by German submarines alone tlio American coast has strennthoncd tho boliof hold by many officials that mo enemy raiders Havo had commun cation with porsons on shoro and may oven havo landed mombors ot tholr crows to soeuro information. Tho Navy department officially re- fuses to indorso this boliof. thouch ad mltting tho possibility. l'osiuvo statement that ho mot an officer of a submarlno that sank an oil tank steamer, tlio O. D. Jonnlngs, n a now York saloon la mado by tho first offlcor ot that vossol, according to a story reacning tho department. tho recognition botweon tho Ainerl can and Gorman Is said to havo boon Instantaneous and tho latter escaped when tho American annealed to a brother officer accompanying htm for conurmatton or ins boiler. Othor Instances havo boon heard. not so well substantiated, ot tho dls- covory or evldonco that German sub marlnos havo boon in closo touch with tho shoro. Ono story along this lino was that tho captain ot a coastwlso vessol, bo- ing oruorou to ino submarlno with his papors, saw on tho commander's desk Now York nowspapors of tho Bamo dato. Communication betwoon tho raldors and tho mainland Is posslblo at scores of places along tho Atlantic shoro, navnl offlcors bollovo, Tho Irregular ity of tho American coast at certain points mako such posslblo. Railroad Saving Is Huqc. Washington, D. O. Ily reduction of passenger sorvlco, elimination of frolght train duplication and pooling of facilities tindor government opera tion, economies at tho rato of $25,0Q0, 000 n year havo boon offeotod In tho northwestorn operating district, Re gional Director Alshton roportod to Dlrootor-Oonoral McAdoo. nfrinlnlR iiv tlm nllmr alv .ll.trlM. nro making similar roeords. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. I Governor Wllbycombo declares that urcgon nan inn nm-m paroiu system In tho United . States nnd tlfat Its do velopnicnl Is duo to Joe Keller, present W. N. Clark, of Iho Worth IJohd box factory, ban closed n lease for 15 years on tho Southern Oregon mm and yard ot Kmplre, whero tho mill will bo re constructed nnd placed In shape for service. Hunting parties who havo been in tho mountn Ins alone Uio coast at Now. port since tho opening ot tho deer sea son nro coming in wet and bedraggled from tho continuous rainfall since August 15. Tho run of ralmon In tho Urapqua this year is unusually heavy, and tlio prospects aro ror n koou season, ac cording to Qcorgo E. Campbell, of Gar diner, who Is engaged In fishing op erations thcro. No payments will bo required ot firms coming under mo workmen s compensation act during September, that month having been declared an "exempted month" by tho Industrial accident commission. Albany Collego will open its -next school year on September 23, instead of on September lu, as originally plan ncd. Tho opening lias been delayed because of tho demand ror help In har vesting crops of all kinds. Under tho budget of tho Applogrow era' association of Hood River, just Adopted by tho directors, a maximum charge of 26 cents per box ror apples and 10 cents for pears may bo mado for handling tho fruit tho coming year, Tho prohibition party has tiled tho following certificates ot nominations and acceptance with Secretary Olcott, nil as candidates for representative from Multnomah county: Joseph K Hart, Eugene E. Smith, William F. Amos, Herbert Gordon and II. L. Idle- man. Whether Salem shall havo a machine gun company or not as a part of tho Oregon National Guard will como up beforo tho goneral staff at a meeting to bo held in Portland this week, ac cording to a statement mado by Adju tant-General Williams to Governor Wlthycombe. Tho first carload of Dartlett pears harvested at Hood Hlvcr this season was shipped east Monday night The fruit was packed in refrigerated rooms and shipped to market In Iced cars, Tho total Dartlett crop will reach ap proximately CO carloads. Moro than 26 carloads of D Anjous will be bar- vested. A new two-story brick business block on tho corner of Sixth and Main street to bo constructed by II. L. Bristol, is tho latest evidence ot tho development or Klamath Falls. Tlio ground noor ot tho building will bo occupied by Kay Sugarman, clothier. Tho second floor ot tho now building will be de voted to office quarters. In tho first four days that Albany's Canning Kitchen has been open It has prepared 103 quarts ot canned fruit and vegetables nnd 42 glasses or jelly. Thcso supplies are being prepared for uso in military cantonments, and the woric is under tne direction or tno wo men's committco for Linn county of tho stalo council of defense. On tho same farm on which n largo rattlcsnnko wob killed a few weeks ago tho fnrm of James Nichols, near Plalnview a blawsnako 4G;A inches In length was killed Friday. This blow- snnko was tho first snako ot tho kind ovor seen In that vicinity, astf was tho largest snako of any kind over Killed near tnero. Comparison of the plcco and da work Byst'cms was mado by Governor Wlthycombe rolativo to tho convicts employed at thp penitentiary flax plant, with all ot the odds favoring tho picco work system for that institution at least. Ho declares that tho convicts who produco work on tho plan of n straight 25 cents per day for their la bor tako tholr time at tho job and stretch It out as long na posslblo, whllo mo piecework men woric ai iovensn speed. A. A. Schramm has been appointed by Superintendent ot Banks Bonnott as bank oxamlner to fill tho vacancy caused by tho doparturo ot E. Fritz Slado to enter tho array. Tho salary is $1800. Mr. Schramm is from Salem and was formerly employed in a bank in uaiem, but has been connected Willi tho banking dopartmont for some tlmo, Tho Buehnor Lumbor company of North Bond plans to erect a largo building noar its plant to servo as a barracks for additional soldiers which it proposes to employ. Tho company is tho largest omnloyor or soldier la bor In tho county and will, whon It socuros tho additional number, bo em ploying fully CO per cont soldiers in tho operation of Us plant. , To offsot tho hay shortago which threatens tho stockmou ot tho Klam ath district this coming winter, tho ranchors operating along tho shores of tho big Uppor Klamath Lako are putting up thousands or tons of wild hay, which has novor heretofore been cut. This hay, which consists of a varloty ot wild grasses, is not as nu tritious as somo of tho cultivated pro ducts, but it will bo oaten with a rollsh before spring and will be a big aid, In the onlnlon ot stockmen, in getting tholr herds safely through the winter, , Yankees in Germany Are Fed How Prisoners of War Aro Cared for by U. S. Red Crow Agents That's what every captured American proceeds to do when ho redclicrft tho prison camp at Brandenburg, Germany, , to which naval captives ore sent, by aci-manyi ' ' ' ' i When the prioncr nrrlvcs" nftcr n long Journey to a German port and"' through tho Llmburg concentration prison, ho is met by Chief Gunner's Mate Jnmes pelancy and three other American prisoners who constitute tho Amer ican help committco of tho American Bed-Cross In Brandenbdrg camp, about 20 miles from Berlin. , To meet Just uch a rontlngcncy Uio American Red Cross from Its prison er's relict warehouse nt Berne lias sent thlsr committee a stock of emergency food parcels and supplies of clothing and various comforts, such as' soap, - bruMiO", towels, etc. , Thcro nro no speeches of welcome for .tho men arc nnythlog but wel come just a good American handshake, and tho committee hnnds over li lted Crois parcel containing ten pounds of real American "cat." Most of the food Is cooked and ready to bo wolfed by a man who has his own opinion about tho sustaining powers of thin soup. When finally the sailor stretches and sighs the sigh of the well fed, the committco shoots its first question. "Smoker' . This, too, Is, answered from another Bed Cross package containing tho cigarettes, pipo arid tobacco. ' n Tlio nrriyul Is then given n post card addressed to the prisoners' relief bureau at Berne. This can! gives tho Bed Cross facts which It communicates to the prisoner's family In America. The card adds n new name to tlio list of military nnd civil prisoners to whom the American Bed Cross each week sends 20 pounds of bread, meat, fish, dried fruit, vegetables, sugar, coffee, ten, etc Tho card also gives the sizes ot shoes and garments the prisoner wears so that unlfonnii or other clothing can bo supplied. Smokers receive regular packages of tobacco. Thcso shipments are made from the vast stores which the Bed Cross has collected nt Berne for the relief ot captured Americans In Germany, enough ' to maintain 22,000 Americans for six monUis. ' ' ' No American prisoner needs anything beyond what Is being supplied to him except spending money. In fact; Franklin Abbott, director ot the depart ment of prisoners relief, urges relaUves of captured men not to attempt to send them parcels. "But do the American prisoners get these Red Cross shipments?" la a qdesUon asked frequently. "Thoy do," Is Mr. Abbott's positive answer. "The American Red Cross has means of ynaklng certain that the prisoners get what is sent. Every packngo calls .for return of n receipt signed by the prisoner. "If any one falls to acknowledge n package, nn immediate Inquiry '3 started. If the package miscarried, tho International Red Cross, through neutral agencies in Germany, finds out what became of the shipment. "We have a similar committee for army prisoners nt Tuchel In charge of Sergeant Halyburton, These stocks are not large. Just a few hundred par cels, but wo maintain thcso stocks nt a point where wo believe they will feed any 'reasonable number of prisoners until the weekly shipments from Ucnm come, through." GIRLS RAISING POULTRY Poultry raising is excellent work for the girls In tno homo. It affords exercise in the open, allows nn op portunity for the girls to earn spend ing money nnd train their minds In animal husbandry and the economy of production. Poultry raising under tho supervi sion of some girls Is very profitable. With all the- :acillties for raising fowls- thnt may be found on most farms the girls have opportunities for building up a pleasant nnd profitable Industry- One of the faults of our economic system of farmlnir is that it does not nffonl ndequnte opportunity for tho girls to become eillclent, self-support ing nnd independent when this be comes necessary. By giving tho girls n chance with poultry they may earn enough to support themselves It nec essary, even pay their . way through college. All Poultry and Egg Dealers Required to Have License Country 'store poultry dealers . are required to have licenses no matter how small their dcnllngd In eggs und poultry, the food administration an nounces. Tho president's proclama tion of May 14 requiring licensing ot "operators of poultry and egg pack ing plants" has been misunderstood by many -smnll denlers, It is declared. Under tho classification, anyone who sells poultry or eggs In any other way than at retail to the consumer, regurdless of the nmount of business done, must be licensed; And most small denlers do sell to commission men from tlmo to time. In order to comply with tho law they must fill out blnnks obtained from tho United Stntes food administration and havo licenses issued. EillllllllllllliitiliimilililiMllinillllllillUi Worldly Wisdom. When passion Is king, reason Is dethroned. Any man who speaks nothing but the truth Is noycr .Karru- lous. . 5 Politics may not pay, but most E candidates nrp compelled, tq S put up. If Ananias wcro living today E ho would not bo considered so E much. Every man knows haw mean 5 hla acquaintances, nro, but hp li never absolutely sure about him- z self. 5 fiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiirl " Ping Bodie Is One of New York Yanks' Heavy Hitters . and Is Doing Good Service Ping Bodle Is one of the New York Yankees' heaviest batters. Miller Hugglns seems to be getting more baseball out of him than did any other manager. BodIe W18 ttlth the White Sox for some time and was criticized so extensively by tho press and his manager that he was unable to play to the true worth of his talent. Ho Ping Bodle. went back to tho const nnd was pur chased by Connie Muck for whom ho shono with the bat. Hugglns desired a slugging ball club nnd purchased Bodie from Muqk and has had no cause to regret It, for tho chunky outfielder is rapping the ball timely, is playing n ntco game In tho field and has not been nccuscd of perpetrating any "boners" on the bases. War Brings New Words. i War brings words into the language. Sometimes tho words exist In another language and nro transferred; some times they had fallen Into disuse, aro revived and given a twisted meaning; spmetlmes they nro .coined. Ono of tho latest arrivals 'In TEngland is ."Jus qunboutlst," from the. FVench inotto "Jusqu' n bout" ("to the-end").' A "Jusqunboutlst" , is ono that Is for lighting the war to a finish. Who knows it this term will not In tlmo bo tided to tho. vocabulary of tho prlzo rlngT Manchester Guardian. The smoke screen lias 'been -found very effective In aiding captains of vessols to ovndo tho torpedoes of ene my submarines. I -m . . j mf mm MtfaWMawamaMNMMMMi