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FORTIETH YEAR NO. 6;i
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1917
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AMERICAN STEAMER
ALGONQUIN
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Crew Is Saved But Submarine
Refused to Assist
Survivors
NO HOPE REMAINS FOR
MODIFIED PROCEDURE
Cargo of Food Stuffs Valued
at $1,500,000 and Vessel
at $400,000
London, Mar. 11. The American
steamer Algonquin, bound for Loudon
:iud laden with foodstuffs, wan tor
pedoed without warning on Monday
morning.
All of the crew of 27 were snved. The
(submarine refused to assist the sur
vivors in the lifeboats.
The report of the torpedoing was is
tiiii'il by the American consul.
Was Not Armed.
New York, Mar. 14. The American
Star Line, owners of the submarined
American steamer Algonquin, today re
ceived the following cablegram from
Captain Norborg:
" U-boat submarined Algonquin
March 12, all slaved. ' '
The cargo of the ship was provisions
consigned from Swift & Co.
. The Algonquin was not armed, the
American Star Line stated.
Line officials said there were 23 men
in the crew, all Americans.
The Algonquin was placed tinder Am
erican registry in December by the
American Star Line, of which John D.
Ctephanad, the actual owner, is di
rector. The-ship was insured for her
full value.
Officers of the line said today that
the consignment from Swift & Co" alone
was valued at $800,000 and that in ad
dition there was a general cargo esti
mated at about $700,000. making the
total, cargo value about $1,500,000, and
the ship was valued at $100,000. The
chief engineer of the Algonquin was F.
Schultz, a native of Germany, but a
naturalized American. Most of the mem-,
bors of the crew, it was said, were natur
alized citizens. The line stated positive
ly that there were only 2:i persons
aboard, despite the fact that informa
tion from London gave the number
saved at 27.
The officials of the lino were con
gratulating: themselves upon the safe ar
rival of the Fordonia at Genoa from
Mobile at the moment when they re
ceived the cablegram from Captain' Nor
bcrg, reporting the loss of the Algon
quin. The Algonquin had in her cargo most
ly boxes of meat consigned to Lon
don, In addition, she carried large quan
tities of oil cuke, com syrup, chemicals,
drugs, machinery and sheet brass. Mis
cellaneous cargo also was listed on her
manifest in considerable quantities.
Yesterday, according to a brother of
Stephanandis, a New York attorney, in
quiry was made of a lawyer regarding
the propriety of arming the Algonquin
in a British port. The answer was ex
pected today.
The members of the crew, all Amer
icans, were: Frank J. Yearuey, F.
.Hcinselmau, I. DeGorden, M. Kyau,
'hurlcg ' Zurir.gn, F. Morrozzo, Allen
Hopkins, Charles Sehuntz, William
Ornsser, Robert Hacker, E. Zimmerman,
M. Lopez, Manuel Domcrs, Polito Luna,
O. B. Forres, A. Salina, A. Kuiz, M.
i-Vphulicda, A. Mumcz, T. Salagar,
(Continued on Tpage two.)
5k l! $ $
1 ABE MARTIN
k $
Th' feller who is his own worst en--iny
is too often th' meal ticket of a
b'f o' other folks. . We'll be glad when
th war's over so th' word "rnthless"
kin take a long needed rest.
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III llui
IIHIllllliU
' -SI
Says Fear of Death Has
Wholesome Effect
Governor Withycombe recently re
ceived a letter from O. B. Wliitaker, of
Jefferson, Missouri, a member of the
legislature of that Ktnte, asking infor
mation to the effect capital punish
ment k C -in crime deterrent. Especial
ly did 5 vt-entntivc Whitaker ask
whether' & ysed people planning mur
der to tak j consideration the prob
able result g capital punishmeut on
the statute '
In answer ti, c query Governor
Withycombe s
"lieplying to , letter of the Cth.
the Abolishment pital punishment
in Oregon does m. im to have any
marked effect upot. the prevalence of
crime; at lerst so far as the limited
statistics available show..
Answering your question I would
say: .
1. Crime Las not increased since the
abolition of capital punishment.
2. Lynching is practically an un
known factor in this state, so that this
question really has no bearing.
3. Murder has not increased.
4. I am inclined to believe that the
fear of capital punishment has a wholesome-
effect upon persons planning murder."
Caly $25,000 Difference Be
tween Pacific and Atlantic
Coast Bids
Washington, March 14 Bids rang
ing from $.,050,000 to $0,120,000 earn
for the six newly authorized scout
cruisers were opened at (he navy'de
artment today.
Cramps shipyard, Philadelphia,; of
fered to construct two scout cruisem of
10.000 horsenower for 415.050 nun nn,.h
ior delivery, one in thirty months and ' u uu ,u "l "'awing a muni retus-
the other in ,12 months. For one of the ' 1,1 of thc trainmen 's demands,
cruisers thev demanded Ml "0 000 fori ('il,"l!ltod ouestions of brotherhood
delivery in 'thirty months ' - Naders to thc effect that if the public
The 'Seattle Construction and rrvJ opposed to a strike, President Wilson
dock company offered to construct a I s'"''llJ. SP11!0 roads and put the fed
scout: cruiser' of 00,000 horsepower in I ?0,!r 1 m operation, were
thirty months for $5,975,000. I the basis of charges by their opponents
The Seattle company's offer of tl.ir- hnt ,he Bnko le?"','s ho?e to fo,ce
ty months was predicted on ability to I &VTl?7?''Vi f , -t
obtain necessary materials in "reason-1 At ' ,lr0Bd "quartern wlire r
able time " " sn lhe IlmiiaKrs were formulating
ti, !,',. iv t.i r. i- .'their program, it was said they might
(Jin" - Z RiyPLbl"P ration of lmve statelllPnt later in thp di fe
IZ r.r? onnnn bmltl tT Two camps from which negotiations
scout, cruisers of 90,000 horsepower in j to avert tie threatened country-wide
i-'i&nnH "'-v ne J"? 'o'.rnilroBd strike war will be conducted
$o,9)f,,000 each. They asked the co-! were established in the Grand Central
operation of the department in pro-, Terminal district today,
v.ding materials. Brotherhood chiefs coming hero from
The 1 nion Iron Works of San Fran-j Washington today for the meeting with
c.isco bid ,0,000,000, the limit of cost, ; the railroad conference committee to
each for two vessels for delivery in j morrow had decided for peaceful set
thirty and thirty-one months. I tlement if possible. They were, how
Higher wages and exseccive freight ! ever, determined there should be a set-
cnarges to tue l acme coast were nd-
vanced as factors in the high bids. The
bidders also demanded the co-operation
of the department in the purchase of
materials. Jn a national emergency
to be declared by the president, the
company undertook to furnish in 21 to
20 months at cost phis a 10 uer cent
profit. Tliis was the third attempt of !
thc navy department to place contracts I
tor the new cruisers.
At the failure of the first two bids,
congress raised the limit of cost.
May Rim AH Chinese
Out of La Grande
LaGrande, Ore-, Mar. 11 Several sus
pects were under arrest today in con
nection with the murder of Billy Eng.
!au American born Chinese, who was
ishot. to death in front o'f the postoffice
i after his assailant had chased him sev-
era! blocks. Eng is said to bo a Jifill-fy,,'
ber of the Hip Sing tongs. His slaver
was seen to take refuge in the Hip Sing
headquarters.
Citizen of Lnprande were much ex
cited today. Expulsion of all Chinese
in the city was threatened. Many celes
tials hid when police began searching
their districts. They were found under
trapdoors and in underground passages,
Mis 1 all taken to headquarters for ques
tioning. Mrs. CV E. George received a
.'.tray bullet in the ankle during the
fighting but her injury is not serious.
ALLIED LOSSES IN EUROPEAN WAR 5,696,400;
FILE THOSE Of OPPONENTS TOTAL 3,384,800
Washington, Mar. 11 The following 'of this year, as the body o'f experts en
statement of combntants killed, wound-'gaged in its preparation could make it:
ed, captured and missing in the Euro-1 These losses arc based upon assump
peau war has been compiled from tue tion that in Germany 90 per cent of the
best sources of information. The table total wounded return to thc front and
is as nearly complete, up to January 1 ,80 per cent in all the other countries.
Nation. Ki lied. Wouiided. Captured. Total.
Kngland ' 205,11)0 102,500 107,500 115,100
France e.0,()ll(l 510,800 100,000 1,810,800
Russia 1.500,000 781,200 800,000 3,084,200
Italy 105,0110 40,000 55,000 2OW.00O
Belgium . .10,000 22,000 40,000 !2,000
Serbia 00,000 28,000 88,000
Totals 2,770,100 1,520,500 1,102,500 5,000,400
Germany 89.1.200 450,000 215,000 1,588.200
Austria-Hungary 52.1,100 .155,000 501.000 1.400.100
Turkey 127.000 110,000 70,0000 307,000
Bulgaria 7,500 . 7,000 (i,000 20,500
Totals ..,,.50,800 922,000 912,000 3,381,800
HAGERSANDMEII
HOLD SEPARATE
MEEIIIIGS TODAY
Brotherhoods Say Purpose of
. Railroads Is To Delay
Settlement
ROADS ARE WAITING FOR
SUPREME COURT TO ACT
Annarently Have HintRoads
May Be Seized If Strike
Comes
New York, Mar. 11. The railway
managers comiirittee and the railway
brotherhood chiefs held separate meet
ings in New York this afternoon, pre
paring for the joint session tomorrow
which may precipitate the progressive
nation-wide strike starting in the east
Saturday.
In neither camp was there any indica
tion of intent to yield the brotherhoods
stnuding pat on demand for operation
of the Adamson eiht hour law and the
employers refusing to act until the 'su
preme court renders its decision on the
law.
The brotherhood chiefs met in a hall
on the lower east side with chairmen
of their organizations on eastern roads.
The 19 railroad managers, representing
250 railroads, met in the Grand Cen
tral Terminal buildling.
Elisha Lee, chairman of the commit
tee, said he was "always honeful for a
settlement, but the railway heads were
(Continued on page three.)
. Railroad Situation
Causes Wheat To Drop
Chicago, March 11. Despite the
,,m'ateiiod strike and favorable crop
ontlook over the wheat belt, wheat
after a slightly lower start, displayed
strength. Sellers were few and many
buyers were in evidence. Later, how
ever the market, broke badly when the
traders began to realize the signifi
cance of the railroad situation. May
wheat opened down half, later 'drop
ping 2 ;i-l to $1,781-.: July opened
down 5-S, later losing 1 .'7-8 to $1.52
-S. September opened down il-N,. later
declining 1 5-8 to $1,42.
Corn opened stronger and there was
little disposition to sell at the start.
The decline in wheat made itself felt
later. May corn opened up
to nM 7.8. ,,lllv' 0Mlc,i
later
up Vi, subsequently declining 1 .- to
$1.00 1-8. September opened up 1-8 and
lost 1 3-8 to $1,0514.
Oats displayed firmness at the start
but later were influenced by wheat
and com. Mav opened up S-fl, subse
quently losing 11.!. to 57, while July
opening unchanged, lost one cent to
55'4.
Provisions ruled irregular. Pork
showed slight gains with the steady
ing of the hog market, while lard and
ribs continued to show slight losses.
MA
A FASHION NOTE
Chicago, March 14. Stop,
look and listen!
Skirts this year will be
shorter than ever. This is the
official statement of the Fash
ion Art League in session here.
Just how much shorter isn't
revealed, but nearly anything
else will be when they appear,
according to the same experts.
The silhouette gown will be
"in our midst" or we in it,
says the league. It is expected
to reveal about everything the
short skirt hides.
Bathing sui s will be frank
and one pieced.
Colors will bo kelly green,
sky blue, watermelon pink ami
rose silver.
. S. Colors refer to the
fabric of the suits.)
CHINA FEVERS RELATIONS
Washington, Mar. 11. Diplo
matic relationg between China
and Germnny v. ere broken by
China today, according to an of
ficial message to the navy de
partment. The Chinese government ha
seized all German merchant ves
sels, about six . in number, in
Shanghai harbor and the crews sjc
have been sent ashore. Armed
guards have been placed aboard
the vessels.
The message came from the
senior naval commander in jc
Chinese waters- It follows: sje
"China severed diplomatic re-
rations with Germt ly today and
has seized all German merchant
vessels which were lying iu the
port of Shanghai, about six in
number, and has sent all crews
oh shore and placed armeir sje
guards on board al vessels."
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RAIDER IN INDIAN OCEAN
Tokio, Mar. 11. Official an
nouncement of the presence of a
German raider in the Indian
ocean, preceded receipt of dis
patches here today of the de-strue.tion-of
this erfl?i; O'f the tin--identified
steamer Fukai Maru
en route to India- Australian
naval authorities were quoted
in advices here today as declar
ing a German raider, equipped
with aeroplanes, had been lurk
ing in the vicinity of Colombo
since the latter part of Feb
ruary. Japanese official statements
said a big Anglo-Japanese fleet
was scouring the ocean for the
raider and all shipping had been
warned.
CAST LOTS FOR JOBS
Juneau, Alaska, Mar. 11.
Alaska's territorial senate prob
ably will draw lots today for ev
ery office from that of presi
dent of the senate down. This
way out of the deadlock, that
has existed, was suggested yes
terday by Senator Frank A
Aldrich, of Nome, democrat, a
candidate for the presidency.
Senators Sutherland and.
Guastad opposed the idea on the
ground that it would lower the
dignity of the office. The reso
lution, which finally passed, was
seconded by Senator Sulzer.
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JAPAN HONORS GUTHRIE
Tokio, Mar. 11. The body of
George W. Guthrie, later I'liikd
States ambassador lo Japan, will
be taken to the T'nited States in
a Jit panes? warship.
Private cable advices reach
ing San Francisco last Saturday
stated that lhe Japanese govern
ment had offered the warship
Ikonia for use in taking Outli
ne's body-slerog the Pacific.
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Washington Town
Has $10,000 Blaze
Tacoma, Wash., March 11. Fire that
for a time seriously threatened tho
town of Kochcster. near Centralia, ear
ly today destroyed thc Whitcomb ho
tel, a confectionery storo and badly
damaged the Whitcomb garaare, entail-
jing a loss of nearly $10,000. The blaze
is said to have resulted from a defect
ive flue in the hotel. Hy heroic efforts,
I'ttiynuu vfin unielwi.l ilia flainfiu orwl
prevented them from sweeping through
the business section.
Mrs- Delia Whitcomb and her two
babies, who were asleep in the hotel,
narrowly escaped death by suffocation.
They were rescued bv W. H. Mills af
ter the woman had been overcome by
smoke in efforts to save her children.
TO TEACH MILITARY TACTICS
Berkeley, Cal., March 14. Military
tactics will bo taught to students of
the University of California in an ar
mory to cost between $80,000 and $100,
000, according to a decision reached
by thc university today.
SHE ORDERS TO
GO' INTO EFFECT
Second Group To Go Out Sun
day and the Third Mon
day Afternoon
CHICAGO WILL BE HARD
HIT BY FIRST WALK OUT
Rai'road Managers Believe
Government Will Take
Over the Reads .
Chicago. March 11. Strike orders
received by brotherhood officials to
day, which ere to ';o into effect at 4
p. m. Saturday in case supplementary
oiders are not issued, disclose the fact
1 that Chicago will be hard hit from the
very outset if the brotherhoods go out.
The first group of railroads to be
affected Chicago .and Western Indi
ana, Inriann Harbor Belt Line, Chicago
Junction Railway, New York Central
and allied lines, except the Michigan
Central and Baltimore and Ohio han
dle the greater part of Chicago ship
ping. Freight crews on these roads, as
well as all switchmen on eighteen lines
in the Chicoga district will be the first
to obey the strike order.
The second blow to be struck will
mil at five p. m. Sunday, when train
men on the Great Northern, Northern
Pacific, Norfolk and Western, Chens
pea kc and Ohio and the Virginia Kail
way will go out.
If it is necessary to call out a third
group the strike is scheduled for five
p. in. Monday. This order is expected
to affect nil men still at work.
Roads Have No Plans
Local railroad managers have made
no plans. -to combat the strike. From
their attitude it appears that they are
willing to test the strength of the un
ions at this time with the expectation
that, having fulfilled all legal require
ments, the government, may intervene.
Charles W Ellis, special agent of the
bureau of labor, and Ethelebert Stew
art, federal statistician arc here to
watch developments-
Kailway managers see in their pres
ence an indication of the government
to take over tho roads in case of a
showdown.
A strike would cause an inconceive
able situation here, business men say.
Factories would close and the food
shortage would become acute almost
immediately.
"How we will feed the people should
the strike materialize 1 cannot imagine
John O'Leary, president of the cham
ber of commerce, said. "Chicago, the
(Continued on page two.)
Findings In Inter-Moountain
Traffic Case Submitted
to Railroads
Washington, Mar. 11. Tins interstate
commerce con. mission has placed before
tho trans-continental railways tentative
findings in the inter-mountain rate case
proposing realignment of virtually the
entire structure o'f freight, rates be
tween the east and west on every com-
modify. The railroads are given until
'April 2 to enter any objections.
; lhe time has come, the commission
holds, for abolition of low prvfcientia!
! rates from eastern producing centers
I to Pacific ports. These rates, put into
! effect to meet the const -to-coaht water
competition, have been iu force for
years and under them San Francisco,
Los Angeles and Seattle and other
j coast cities have enjoyed rates far lower
'than those from thc same eastern cities
jto intermediate points.
Hereafter, should the commission's
I findings be made permanent, inter
! mediate points will be given rates
from eastern centers as low as rates
to the coast if not lower. From other
centers in thc middle west and along
thc Mssouri river the rates to inter
mediate points, such as Reno, Salt Lake
City, Spokane and other inland cities,
would be less than thc rates to the
coast.
I'ndcr the commission's proposal, this
remit could be attained in two ways:
First, by increasing through rates from
the east to Pacific ports on a number
of articles on which the present rate is
found to be unreasonably low; an'd sec
ond, by re-aligning rates to intermedi
ate points on many articles on which the
present through rate is found to be rea
sonable. In either event, adoption of the ten
tative findings would result in a sweep
ing revision of tariffs from the east,
the middle west and Missouri river
points to towns and cities in Arizona
New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming,
(Continued oi page two.
SATURDAYAT4P.M
Road Through MsKenrie
Pass Most Favored Project
Washington, Mar. 13 Construction of
roads in the national foresta in Ore
gon thin .fear is likely to be largely con
fined to the McKenzie Pass road over
the Cascade mountains, as m trunk line
reaching from the coast to eastern Ore
gon from Florence, via Eugene, through
to Baker.
In addition to this, work may also be
undertaken or. similar projects where
county officials have offered co-operation
with the federal authorities. In the
way of large projects the McKencie
Pass route is understood to have the
"edge", partly because the forest serv
ice has already expended large sums up
on it under the 10 per cent fund of the
old law, partly because the building of
an east and west line is regarded as a
highly important part of the Btate's
highway program and partly because ob
stacles to the early expeuditure of large
sums during the coming season on other
big propeets are foreseen.
State Delays Action.
While the forest service has selected
roads in several other states for im
mediate improvement under the forest
road section of tho good roads act, Ore
gon is one of the slates where matters
have been held in abeyance pending leg
islative action on the creation of state
highway commissions with powers deem
ed necessary to co-operation.
Since adjournment of the legislature
tho forest service has been in the dark
as to what was done. It is assumed that
a commission has been created with
which the department of agriculture
will be ready to deal as soon as that
commission puts into definite form its
plans for improvement and offers co
operative agreement. 1
T
Blanket of Snow Over Entire
Wheat Belt Means
Normal Crop
Chicago, Mar. 11. Snow and rain last
night and today through the winter
wheat saved the winter wheat crop from
what seemed certain ruin. They broke a
drought that had lasted nearly all win
ter. Sonio damage was done to wires,
but the biiow fall means millions to thc
American farmer. Precipitation was
general throughoutlhe Mississippi and
Misouri valleys,
Tho North American continent must
provide the world with the major part
of its bread iu 1917-18. Wires to thc
great grain houses in Chicago and of
ficial information from Washington in
dicate, a general shortage of wheat all
over the world. The crops just harvested
from the southern half of the world
have been disappointing.
European crops are shortened by the
invasion of tho fields by armie8 and a
serious shortage of man power.
The wheat belt of the United States is
looked to for the solution of the bread
problem.
United Press correspondents gather
data, as follows:
Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 14. -Kansas
wheat took a new lease on life today,
following snow and rain which con
tinued today. Farmers believe that the
drought in the southwest is definitely
broken.
Reports from Hutchinson, Kansas,
state that rain fell throughout the
southwestern wheat belt last night,
Not only doea this rain put new life
into the wheat crop but it will put the
soil into good shape for spring plant
ing. St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 11. Winter
wheat, throughout the Dnkotas and Min
nesota looks excellent. Record nows,
sonic places. Laving received as much as
live reel, protected winter wheat and
has caused a very optimistic outlook.
The possibility of rock bottom prices
after the war and the certainty of high
wiced seeds this .snrimr is cnuHinrr n
I great deal of apprehension.
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i-iivir umvi-iniutn anil MM 'III C.O-operU-
tive relief societies are seeking to re
lieve a serioua seed shortage.
Madison, Wis., Mar- 11. A decided
impetus in grain farming is in evidence
in Wisconsin this year. More than 101,-
I "00 acres o'f winter wheat: has been
planted.
j Heavy snowfall through thc winter
with no thaws has made conditions for a
bumper crop year favorable.
St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 11. Crop experts
arc not optimistic over tho crop outlook
i for the coining yeur. Prior to the gen-
eral snowfall of yesterday and today,
08 per cent crop was the best. that, those
I conversant with conditions would pre
dict. The timely moisture may bring
the percentage up to 75. A decreased
acreage in nearly all grains also is pre
dicted. Sioux City, la., Mar. 14. The heavy
snowfall of last niojit and today has
meant millions to Iowa farmers- Re
sides giving winter wheat the much
needed moi.iturf the snowfall will put
the ground into condition 'for early
plowing. Tho acreage reports show a
slight reduction over last year.
ADVANCE .BEYOND BAGDAD
I London, March 14. "Our advnnaed
i detachments arc thirty miles bpvnml
TSagdad," declared an ofifcial state
ment from the British Meaopotamian
expeditionary force today.
EXPECT HI'S
MESSAGE WILL OE
SHAHPLYMIL1TA!1T
Universal Military Trdnhg
Biggest Question To Be
Dealt With
DEFENSE MEASURES TO
BE STRONGLY PRESSED
Railroad Strike May Have To
Be Threshed Out
Once More
Bf Robert J. Bender
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, March 14. President
Wilson's niCSSAfTA in thn vtett.
congress; called in extraordinary ses
sion April II), will be sharply militant.
Defense measures such as the coun
try hns not been called upon to furn
ish since tho Spanish-American war,
will be urged by the president for im
mediate consideration and prompt ac
tion. These arc expected to include:
Legislation covering all matters col
lateral with the defense of the Amer
ican merchant marine.
Suggestion for action on some form
of universal service or training to pre
pare the American youth for service
on land and sea, if called upon.
Appropriations for the army, and,
Conserfation measures which will re
lease for immediate use the mineral
unu on resources nuw locftcu up in
pirhlic lands.
Press Ahead of People
Universal training promises to be
the biggest question facing congress.
President Wilson and Secretory of
War linker have sent out an anneal
for "thoughtful public opinion upon
the needs and wishes of tho country"
on this "radical departure from the
military traditions of the country."
In answer to thc plea, newspapers
are found thus far to favor about live
to one thc adoption of somo universal
training plan.
But, according to the military au
thorities here, the newspapers are "far
ahead of the people" on the question.
Telegrams and letters from tho "folks
back home" show strong aversion to
any compulsory universal service or
training.
This registration of public opinion
is being carefully compiled and will be
consulted by the president before he
addresses congress next month. It is
probable ho will not recommend tho
adoption of any specific plan, but will
strongly urge "some training meas
ure." Senator Chamberlain today said he
planned to re-introduce his own uni
versal service bill and "try to get it
through in some form."
Many New Measures
The president will also urge imme
diate action oit a. measure to extend the
powers of the shipping board "to meet
the special needs of tho new situation
into which our commerce has been forc
ed. "
Developments between now and Ap
ril 10, of course, may entirely chants
and increase the scope of tho presi
dent's preparedness program.
In addition to the outstanding pre
paredness measures, the president, will
ask the new congress to act on the fol
lowing: Increase of the gold reserve of tho
national banking system to meet "tho
unusual circumstances of the existing
financial situation."
Appropriation of funds for West
Point and action upon the general de
ficiency bill.
Increase in members of tho inter
state commerce commission.
Little doubt is expressed here that
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congress win remain in scsmuh uuuuist
out the summer it it is to enact mm
program.
It appears inevitable now that tb
whole railroad leemlativo program will
have to be threshed out by tho new
congress.
If a railroad strike is caneu, as is
threatened, or if the United States su
premo court declares the Adamson
n;ht lif.nr law unconstitutional, new
legislation may have to be substituted.
This would provoHC u long ami i li
ter fight.
THE WEATHER
.
Oregon: To
night and Thurs
day fair, warmer
east port ion;
heavy frost west
portion tonight;
westerly winds.
(CO 37TTT?