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i . m . 1 1 a a , CIRCULATION IS OVER 4400 DAILY .. ft 4 I - , - FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES d a .. a ft a .. a ' I I mil I tomMMi P FORTIETH YEAR NO. 101 . , . BTtsnH-nyn CENTS FIRST HON. THEN FOOD NEXT SHIP This Is Order In Which tl United States Will Begin Her Task F7RST HELP READY WILL BE FIRST TO BE USED Ba'four Cables Report, Amer ica In Hearty Accord with Allies . By George Martin. (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, April 27. The first chapter of America 's "part in the world war was penned in black and white liere today by British Foreign Secre tary Arthur James Balfour, when "he fabled to his homo government his in itial report of agreements at the great ear war parley in American history. Balfour's report will tell our Euro pean allies that the first problem set tled was shipping. Balfour's report will be made public in London, probably within the next 48 hours, one of the commissioners paid. Closeted in the small office ho has chosen for his historic, work in the Sixteenth street mansion, the dean of diplomats wrote in effect that the Brit ish and French commissions have ex pressed their wishes to the .American government concerning the fart it shall play in the war. The American government lias, as sured them its complete support ..-and cooperation in getting precisely tf hat they ask for. Balfour will say that the American government asked how the allies want shipping handled; with a preponder ance of men, munitions or food; and that after threshing the question out among' themselves the British commis sion asked on equal division between munitions and food. . Can Wait for Men The supplying of American fighting men, it was agreed between Balfour, General Bridges and Admiral De Chair, can wait. It has been agreed, Balfour will re port, that each point in the gigantic in ternational parley shall be asked about by America and answered by the Brit ish and French jointly in this manner. The French commission is in com plete accord with the shipping settle ment, Balfour will report. His message while an official government report, was dratted to carry to the British, French, Bussian and Italian minds the tremendous breadth the world war con ference has assumed since getting un der way. It will explain that the Kuropean al lies 'have not, as they expected, come to a purely technical exchange of views, but that it has developed into a mutual declaration of world princi ples on which, thus far, the conferees are in perfect accord. Publicity Surprises Him Balfour has been amazed at the ex tent of publicity in the United States a;nl will devote, it is understood, a paragraph of his report to the tremend ous assistance the American press can be in helping America solve its prob lems of making efficient war. "Balfour," said a high official of the commission today, "has come to feel its duty to answer carefully and promptly all questions asked by tho American press, except as to naval and (Continued on page three.) fc sc oc s fs sc sfa ijc sjc jc sjc ijc fc sjs sjc c I ABE MARTIN IC 3! Sjfi SC ic 5jt 3c 3fC 3j SgC )fc 5C You can't make n nurse nut nf a sow's ear, but I'll bet ther makin' lots . .' twelve-dollar shoes, out a'j .th Titer's two- sides t-Vever'. question- tfryan 's au' th ' right side. f ' 1 -"-v . AM- ' . 1 T -.t. BJ V M. BiHragsley Writes Seattle Star He Will Surrender Saturday Seattle, Wash., April 27. Logan Billingsley, bootlegger king, who es caped from the government detention station here Sunday rather than atart serving a IS months' sentence m the penitentiary, wrote a letter to the Seat ttle Star today, announcing that he S would probably surrender himself Sat Surday at 2 p. iii., at the corner of Third aveuue and Stewart street. ; "I have not decided yet who I should choose to win the $100 reward offered for me," he wrote. J Billingsley, who wa9 the star witness fc-'for the government against Mayor Oill. i mer ot rouee Heckingham and four city detectives recently tried and ac quitted of conspiring with him to vio late interstate liquor shipping laws, has written three lengthy letters to news papers since hig escape from the third story of the detention station by sawing through an iron bar. He is evidently in hiding in Seattle. DEPARTMENT MAY BE PLACED ON WAR BASIS wSAYTHEOFICIALS Will Undertake to Increase Production and Lower Prices By Eobert J. Bender ( United Tress staff correspondent.) Washington, April 27 To combat the high cost of food stuffs, the department of agriculture is to bo put on a war basis. Increasing yne production of wheat and lowering of the price of bread are the main objectives. Department officials say this must be done soon and congress will be asked to pass" legislation accomplishing it. With powers of handling situations coming under its jurisdiction in the same manner as the wur and navy de partments control matters under theirs, the agricultural department aould be able immediately to cope with such de velopmehts as the sudden boosting of bread prices, officials say. ' "Placing the department on a war footing would be the solution of the whole question of high prices on food stuffs," Assistant Secretary Vrooman of the department, said today,,'-" It would assure tho planting oil vastly more acreage for one thing. ' "Armies can-be raised at any sea son of the year, but wheat has its planting season and that a very short one. Once this season passes we must (Continued on page three.) Americans on French Front as Seen in Action by Canadian (United Press Red Letter.) -(XOTE: F. A. McKenzie, a well known Canadian newspaperman who has been with tho Cauadian forces on the western front and had exception able opportunities to see them in action, has written the United Press a series of stories on the Americans with this ex peditionary force. The first of these stories is nrinted i herewith; the second will be printed to-1 morrow. Although the series was written be fore America made her entrance into the world war and before Canadian troops achieved their latest glory in the taking of Vimy Eidge, they give a vivid picture of Americans now fiirhtinp in France and those who perished in that By F. A. McKenzie, (Written for tho United Press.) "With the Pritish Armv in the Field. March 30.-(By mail). When the (Great War began, there was a new Am erican invasion of Canada, men offer ing their services to fight Germany. Nu merous u. is. army olticera resigned their commissions and enlisted in the Canadian contingent as privates. Ranch 1 owners and cow punchers, quiet ladsj 'from Maine and adventurers from the ; Texan border, engineers galore, school j masters and bankers, sailors and lum-1 ber packs, flocked to Toronto, Winnipeg I and Vancouver. At one time an attempt , was made to form a separate American Legion. Although the recruits came for ward, it was ultimately abandoned. The Americans are scattered among the hun dreds of Canadian battalions. The crack corps of Canadian regulars has 250 oi them in its ranks, and wants more. What has teen the record of these Americans? It is found in the rolls of honor of the British army. Dozens have earned commissions; hundreds ave died fighting. I asked the commander of a famous battalion which, although it only went to the front last summer, has already earned great glory, about his Americans. "We had scores of them," he replied, "but you will not find them here. You will find their graves on the Somme." Americans have received at least four Distinguished Conduct Medals, still more Military Crosses and 'fully a score tof-.Miuratv."- MerMa.--"-One'-Ame'rTcaTrt mnongnhe Canadianrreceived the' Croix de Guerre. The V. S. armr and navv 1 mwmm B HOUSES ARE BUSY ON ARMY BILL WHICH WILL PASS Senate Opened Two Hours Ahead of Time, 16 Sen ators to Speak OBLIGATORY SERVICE MAKES CITIZENS EQUAL Kahn, Republican, Oposed to Patriots Fighting While Cowards Slink X P. Yoder (Tnited Tress staff correspondent) Washington, April 27. "Under forc ed draft" pressure the senate began today at 10 o'clock two hours earlier than the house its concluding drive to put through the president's selective conscription plan for raising an army. a nignt session is in prospect in the upper house. Sixteen senators have said they would speak. . "Three great things to convince the enemy of the futility of continuing the terrible struggle," are necessary, de clared Senator Jones, Washington, fav oring conscription, in opening debate. --tvo suouiu nrst arm, tram, eauin and make ready at the earliest stage an army or one million men; second, we should conserve our national resour ces and human power by destroying throughout tuc. nation the liquor traf fic; third, we should stamp our pro fession of democracy with the seal of sincerity by enfranchising the integri ty: intelligence, purity and lofty pa triotism of our women," Jones declar ed. No Reason Against It . V No,, substantial "or ."tft'erpowering reason is presented," he said, "against selective conscription. "It is said to be undemocratic. So is war undemocratic. We must wage it with military ' efficiency. Effective methods must not be disregarded be cause they seem contrary to our ideal" of eace. -Democracy is again on trial. Lord Northcliffe says 'democracy is a bad war maker.' That is true. It is true not only because democracy abhors war and is not trained to war, but because of di vided counsels and responsibilities when it is forced into war. " . Kcnyon, Iowa, declared he would (Continued on Page Three.) officers who joined the Canadians have made a record of their own. Take, for example, Major Houghton of a machine gun battery. Houghton was nearly four years in the U. S. navy, and wears to day on hig uniform the ribbons of the West Indian and San Juan campaigns, alongside of his recently earned Bri tish Military Cross. "The United States navy knew that if it had not been for Britain, Germany would have taken sides with Spain iu the Spanish war," he said, when asked why he joined. "This was not the only dirty trick Ger many tried to play us. I took the op portunity of paying off old scores." Houghton telegraphed to a friend to join him. "Sure, which side," came the quick reply. There was no question of his side. Being a machine gun ex pert he was welcomed and given his commission. He soon came to the front. He has taken part iu all the big fight ing of the past year and fight months, except when he was recovering from a wound. The nhare the machine gunners take in a fight can be judged from their name, the 'Suicide Club.' He received his Military Cross at the New Year, not for one specially prominent act, but for continuous gallantry, initiative and dash. Houghton once wrote a famous letter to a friend in Chicago giving his real opinion of the Hun. It was the kind of letter that would scorch the hide oft an alligator. His friend published ft, and since then the major has received hundreds of letters from pro-Germans threatening him. "I know who you are," one angry correspondent wrote. "I will hunt you down-and kill vou when yon ccme back,- if it takes 10 years." "It looks as though I'm safer in the trenches," Houghton chuckled. But it was not the. angry letter that led Major Houghton recently to refuse an offer of long ieave. "I've been through the dreary waiting time, when the Huns were pounding us," he said. "Do you think I'm going to leave now, when we are just about to smash the Hun. Never oa your life." THE SHORTEST SPEECH Washington, April 27 After a speech of 35 minutes one of the shortest made Chairman, Dent-' concluded - his argn- mont in the house as leader of the anti-' conscription forces. DTH SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1917 TO THE READERS CAPITAL JOURNAL Tho United Press, which sup plies the Capital Journal with its iicwj from the battle fields of Europe, has received a num ber of request from American soldiers fighting with the Can adian army in France for news papers from back home. For example, Captain F. H. Burr, of Colunious, Ohio, writes: "'the folks at home can give the boyg a loi o- pleasure by send'ng them occasional pack ages ot newspapers. Whenever an American newsaper does happen to find its way to the depots in France, it is handed around, page by page, among the American soldiers until it is worn out." Send them to the following addresses, either or all: "Americans, 38th battalion, military postoffice, France." "Americans, l'rincesg Pat's Cauadian Light Infantry, mili tary postoffice, France. v Americans, Boyal Canadian Bifles, military postoffice, France." THE DEADLY COTTON Washington, April 27. Dur ing the three months ending March 31, 1917 83,852,900 pounds of bleached cotton fibre equivalent to 167,306 bales of 50(1 pounds each were used in the United States in the manu facture of gun cotton and ex plosives of all kinds, the census bureau today announced. Bleached cotton fibre held in munition factories pa March 31, amounted to 11,284,845 pounds, equivalent to 22,570 bales. The amount consumed for the corresponding quarter of 1916, was 144,988 bales. POOR STREET, ANWAY Portland, Ore., April 27. Pa trolman Rich believe encour aging the food preparedness movement. Indignant Wood lawn residents called tho police this morning, declaring that somebody har" dug up the street and was planting a garden. Kich, assigned to the case, told the gardeners to go ahead with their work. "Street's not much good for traffic, anyway," he said, 15-CENT LOAF HERE Portland, Ore,, April 27. The 15-cent loa'f of bread made its appearance on the Portland mar ket today, one Qf the leading bakers having adopted this size. It is predicted here that all oth er bakers will be compelled to discontinue tho five- cent loaf, and reducj the 10-cent size, ow ing to the rapidly climbing price of flour. SOME OFFICIAL TAFFY Amsterdam, April 27. Ger many 's submarine warfare is having its most successful period of operations, the secretary to the German ministry of marine told a reichstafg sub-committee today. Dispatches from Berlin quoted him as asserting that April successes so far equalled all previous months. "England will soon be forced to accept peace," he declared. "PREPOSTEROUS LIE'" Asserts Gerard Is Lying to Keep Himself In the Full Limelight Washington, April 27 Champ Clark today struck back full fisted at James W. Gerard and other critics of hig stand againsfconscription. Passing the direct He to the former ambassador for his public statement last night that ClHik had lost the democratic nomination because of "cold feet" the speaker in a statement to the L'nitcd Press eathingly denounced Gerard 'Tor "false and inalicions remarks," and "preposterous lies." The speaker said: "It is a wjiste of time to answer Judge Gerard's false and malicious re marks. He was striking hard to keep in the limelight out of which ho is rapidly fading. "When he tries to impeach my pa triotism he is simply lying. ','His statement that I got ' cold feet ' (Continued on Page 3 ) GERARD AIMS CHAMP CLARK FOR HAVING COLD FEET Says It Was This Character istic That Prevented His Nomination THROWS MUCH LIGHT ON GERMAN CASTE SYSTEM Germany Intended to Attack America Even In Case of Draw New York, April 27. Vigorout de nunciation of Champ Clark 's opposi tion to conscription and a bitter at tack on Clark, in which the charge of "constitutional cold feet" was made against the speaker, came as a climax of Former Ambassador Gerard's start ling speech at tho American Newspa per publishers association banquet last night. Gerard asserted that Clark is fight ing conscription was behind tho times. "I supported Clark financially when he was a presidential candidate," said Gerard, "and 1 think there is some benoiicenn instinct which kcops the American people from putting forward this typo of statesman. "If Clark did not suffer from con stitutional cold feet he might bo presi dent today. At the Baltimore conven tion enough votes came over in the middle of the night to give him a ma- jontv. At his request his supporters caused an adjournment of that con vention. The people of nerve who were supporting him said 'go on with the convention and you will get enough votes to nominate yon before morning.-' ."But bo wanted an adjournment. 1 suppose he wanted to go out and call for volunteers. And it is becauso of that want of nerve that he is not sit ting where he could do us immeasur able damage today." There: were hisses when Gerard told how Clark placed conscripts and con: victs in the same class. Traitorous Americans Gerard asserted that some American newsDarjormen in Berlin suceombed to German influences and falsely inform ed tne kaiser's government about the situation in America, thus causing con ditions which resulted in America en tering the war. He declared the old Germany of ' 'kindliness and Christmas trees" was dead. "The trouble is that Germany in liberty and democracy is a hundred years' behind the times," ho said. "Peo pie of this country don't understand the fterman caste svstem. thev don't understand the system of hypocrisy and they don't understand how the people arc kept down. There is not any chance of rebellion in Germany. There may be riots. We must not put any confidence whatever upon the people of that country rising. They don't know themselves how badly they are off and it will be a long time before they are enlightened." Gerard said America's worst enemies were the "insidious enemies at homo, who misrepresent facts for tho benefit of Prussian autocracy." The Gcftnan military caste, ho said, hated name of America. And he added: "J know Germany would have attacked America had the war ended in a German victory or a draw." I TO F. A. 8 , - f I 1 1 Ci I l HKnPP VtPlllPr nflins .MOCK Seized Was Being Used to Make Vinegar Eight hundred gallons of hard cider used by F. A. Schubingcr in the manu facture of vinegar, which stock of ci der was seized several weeks ago by jihe authorities on the ground that it was alcoholic and being sold as a Dev erage, were ordered returned to him by Judge Webster after a hearing that lasted a greater portion of yesterday. At the time the seizure was made, Schubingcr was charged with selling intoxicating liquor, . and he pleaded guilty . to the charge and was fined $50. ' ' ' However, at the trial yesterday, it was shown that Mr. Schubinger had made the cider and stored it for use in Ithe manufacture of vinegar. At the time of the seizure a large portion or this cider had already turned to vine gar. The testimony brought out that the officers took one barrel of last year's vinegar, also a bottle of "Appl ju," which had been given to Mrs. Schubinger. - - According to the terms of the "bone dry" law, the manufacturer of vinegar is exempt from the law bo long as he docs not sell the stuff as a beverage before it f inally turnr to vinegar.' Mr Hehubinger stated yesterday that he will only handle the cider as vinegar. "OTtinV TVCTn nvfrrc ON TRA rvq ivn wnra Private Bill Coleman Won Out by Strategy Portland, Ore., April 27. War has no lerrora tor J'nvate Clarence Rubisch and his squad of marine corps rookies, en route today to Mare Island, follow ing ovulatory high jinki at the Union aepot last night. Prwate Rubisch was placed in com mand of a party of 25 recruits ordered to en train for the south at 8 p.J m. Shortly after 7:30 the newly enlisted men, each with a lassie, some with two or three, began puttiug in their appear ance at the station. Before the train whistled "all aboard", the girls in the party had in creased to nearly 100. The last 10 min utes wero spent in promiscuous fare well kissing, each recruit passing down the line of edmiring young women to receive hig quota of "smacks." This so appealed to Private Bill Cole man, standing back with a party of fel low coast artillerymen who had' Tinf vnt been ordered out, that he rushed to the end of the line anil ran the gauntlet, missing nary a rosebud mouth. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MMUNAMS Leaders Convince Them Their Country s Safety Depends j On This By Arthur E. Mann. (United Press staff correspondent.) Copenhagen, April 27. Far from be ing affected by the tremendous and in sidious Germanic pressure for a separ ate peace, Russia's ties with tho entente allies are slowly strengthening, accord ing to information reaching here today through diplomatic channels. What was regarded by pro-allies here the most intorestinc evidence of Russia's increasing war power against the Teutons was information of highest anrnenticuy that the Kussian army has re-pledged to the war. Back in the early revolutionary days it was. known here that a large perccnotage'tif those hi the Russian army supported a ar policy on promise io mein mat tney would not themselves bo sent to the front. The provisional government's plan of sending its leaders to the various fronts to explain in detail to the soldiers that plans of the new regime and tho menace of Germany has proved very successful. Word received here is that there unan imity on all fronts among the' soldiers now that the provisional government's war program must be carried through. There were various other moves re ported from Russia which diplomats pro fessed to see the weaving of even closer and tigether bonds between Russia and England and France. For that reason there is the greatest interest here in the forthcoming note to its allies,-announced as impending by the Petrograd offioials.. WHEAT GOES TO $2.70 MAKES 1 7 CENT JUMP Wheat Pit In Turmoil As Gamblers Juggle the Na tions Food Supply Chicago, April 27 The wheat pit was in a turmoil today when May wheat,! "During the first l8 days of the bat after opening at $2.53 a bushel, six tie of the Somme," the prime minister cents under last night's close, rose to asserted, "wo captured 11,000 prisoners $2.70 after a few minutes trading. It I and 54 guns. In the same period around then dropped back 12 points and rallied 1 Arras recently wo took 18,000 men and at $2.58, recovering to $2.03 1-Z at 10 a. m. Belgian Telief and other buyers crab bed the opportunity on the early break to buy practically cash wheat at May growing as our equipment is improving. future prices. Cash wheat sold over $;i,And the Germans knew it which ex- wuiie iiay, wim mil a lew uays io wan. tor delivery, was nearly 50 cents under, that figure. Word from Omaha stated that foreign buyers were bidding 69 cents over the Chicago market for number two hard minister continued. "We have lost winter wheat there for Philadelphia dc-iiy ships, but German piracy brought livery on July futures. Adding aver- in America and we are perfectly sat age freight charges, this would be.isfif'd with the balance." equivalent to $2.94 at Philadelphia. The prime minister's speech was de During the trading here May wheat i livcrcd at tho historic Guild hall after advanced from 1 to 3 cents between ! Lloyd-George, in a formal ceremony. sales at times. Bullish reports of snow and cold weather in the northwest wheat district, end the jeopardizing of spring sowing by the unseasonable weather affected tho market. Following the break, after reaching $2.70 on the first spectacular dash up ward, May wheat again began a steady climb and at noon reached $2.08, 15 cents bove the opening quotation. July which opened down 8 1-2, advanced 8 cents to $2.24, a half cent below last night's close. September lost 7 3-4 on the opening but later advanced. S . 1-2 cents to $1.93. Corn, influenced entirely by the wheat pit, partially regained early losses. May opened down 3 1-2, rater advancing 2 1-4 to $1.50 3-4. July open ed down 3 5-8 and regained 2 3-4 to $1.45 1-4. September opened down 3 1-4, later gaining 2 1-8, going to $1.38 7-8. Oats failed to recover entirely from earlier setbacks, May-regaining only 718 ! (Continued on page three.) ORITISR LOST SHIPS BUT GERMANY LOST FRIENDLY DM She Forced America Into War Against Her With Her O 1 jiomannes LLOYD GEORGE SAYS ' SWAP IS SATISFACTORY Appeal For Home Rule For Ireland Was Enthusiastic ally Cheered B7 Ed L. Keen. ( L'nitcd Press staff correspondent.) London, April 27. England is win ning; the ultimate success of the allies cannot be doubted and that success i being achieved at less and less cost. But meanwhile England must economize and make sacrifices. Around this text today Premier Lloyd-George delivered an. elo quent address in formal exercises' re sponding to freedom of the city granted him by London at the Guild hall. Victory is becoming increasiniflv as sured," he said. And again: "Tho government is planning th 1918 harvest with three million addi tional acres available, guaranteeing that we would not starve if not a single torf was imported- ' But wo must economize! " Emphasising the seriousness ef the usbmarine problem, on which be said ''the best brains of British and Amer ica were now concentrated," the primo minister appealed to tne public lor lood economy and increased production, voic ing at the same time the belief that there would be no necessity, tor in creased food prieci. f . f Homo Rule for Ireland. Lloyd-George appealed to his" audi ence and through them to the British peoplo to lay aside all differences and laid in. settlement of the Irish, ques tion. . "To have a well knit, powerful em pire, ',..he said, "we must convert Ire land from suspicion' that we tre a dan gerous noighbors into a cheerful, loyal comrade, One essential to a speedy vic tory is settlement of the Irish ques tion. ' i "I appeal to the patriotism of all men to sink everything and get tho question out of the way." No part of the prime minister's in spiring speech wag more enthusiastical ly cheered than this appeal. Coming back to the economy, plea, again, Lloyd-George declared: "We must economize our shipping mi til some method is discovered of de stroying this ocean basilisk. We have already arranged to obtain three and possibly four times as many more ships as we had last year. " Pleased With Trade. London, April 27. "Victory i be coming increasingly assured," was the confident nolo sounded today by Pre mier Lloyd-George in a Guild hall speech. "Before June, 1915, we lost 84 guns and a number of prisoners; thereafter wo have not lost a single gun while we captured 400 and have taken prisoners at ratio of 10 of tho enemy for one of lours." a.iu guns, our gains wero tuus quacl- ru pled . "This means not only ultimate vic tory, but at less loss. Our changes arc piams iue ucnputr uiinug iiicui uin oiacK piracy on tne sea. "America, after great patience, do- cided it was no use to wave a neutral flag in the shark's seeth," the prima had been given tho 'freedom of the city. He thanked London -lor its great serv ices in the war and particularly for its aid to the empire in the last war loan, which he termed "the most Temarkabl financial exploit in history." THE WEATHER THIS SASE BALL. Oregon: Pair tonight and Sat urday; northerly winds. AnJEWlE 1 I mm