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LLOYD GEORGE FIXES
PRICE OF POTATOES
British People Discontented,
Dealers Rebellious and the
Markets Are Denuded.
FARMERS HOLD SUPPLIES
Police in Ireland Visit Growers and
Warn Them Not to Charge More
Than Shilling for 14 Pounds.
Disturbances Are Feared.
LONDON, Feb. IS. Premier Lloyd
George, an official announcement saye,
has telegraphed the lord-mayor of Man
chester as follows:
"The war cabinet has considered the
difficulties which have arisen In cer
tain districts In connection with the
operation of the price of potatoes under
'the order of January 1. That order was
issued by the food controller to Insure
that the price was not Inflated unduly
In consequence of a shortage In sup
plies. Recent prolonged frosts have
reduced the stocks and Interrupted dis
tribution and, accordingly. It has been
necessary to readjust the interests of
all parties. The departments con
cerned, therefore, at my request, con
ferred with representatives of the
wholesale and retail trades ana, suo
mltted proposals which were approved
by the war cabinet."
Growers' Prices Fixed.
Premier Lloyd-George then detailed
the proposal, whereby the growers are
entitled to charge nine pounds a ton
to dealers until March 31 and 10 pounds
a ton thereafter.
Premier Lloyd George's Intervention
in the potato crisis is regarded by the
Sunday newspapers as an eleventh hour
effort to avert the potato war which
has been threatening for some time.
Lloyd's Weekly News says that peo
ple everywhere are discontented over
the dearth and dearness o. potatoes,
while retailers are rebellious and re
fuse to sell at the price fixed by the
controller.
Serious famine exists In virtually all
the large Lancashire towns, partlcular
' ly Manchester. The usual weekly out
put from the Ormsklrk district of Lan
cashire is between 3000 and 4000 tons,
but this month not 100 tons has been
sold by retailers; yet It is estimated
that there are more than 20.000 tons
of potatoes within a 10-mlle radius
of Ormsklrk.
Irish Farmers Warned.
Acting under orders from Dublin, the
police in Ireland visited the markets at
Drogheda, Mldleton, Limerick and else
where and ordered the farmer Bellers
not to charge more than a shilling for
14 pounds of potatoes In an effort to
prevent disturbances which are ex
pected to result from the farmers' de
mands. The Weekly Dispatch says that the
potato famine is due to the non-arrival
of stocks on the market, owing to the
alleged withholding of stocks by farm
- ers for better prices.
MOLYBDENUM MINE OPEN
Nevada to Increase Output of Metal
for High-Speed Steel.
TONOPAH, Nev.. Feb. 18 (Special.)
A mining company at Belmont, Nev.,
will erect a 100-ton mill on Its prop
erty to Increase the output of molyb
denum. This metal is now worth twice
as much as tungsten.
The mine Is believed to be trie first
molybdenite mine opened up In Nevada.
At Empire, Colo.. 1 per cent of molyb
denite is being mined at a profit and
. In San Diego County, California, a
large plant is being installed to con
centrate 1 per cent ore. The Nevada
owners say their ore runs 5 per cent.
Molybdenum Is used principally for
making hi a-speed steels.
OREGON HEN IS IN LEAD
Agricultural College Bird
Record at Pullman.
Makes
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, Feb. 18. (Special.) In the
Northwest egg-laying contest, now in
progress at the state college, the Jan
uary record for egg production goes
to Barred Rock No. 1198. owned by
the Oregon Agricultural College, the
" hen laying 27 eggs during the months
Among all the pens In the contest.
: the S. C. White Leghorn pen owned by
J. A. - Hanson, of Seattle, leads with
264 eggs. Second place among the pens
goes to the quintet of White Leghorns
owned by the Oregon Agricultural
' College, with 232 eggs.
HOLLAND GETS APOLOGY
Berlin Says Shelling of Vessel Was
"Accident of Force Majeure."
LONDON. Feb. 18. In reply to a
protest by the Dutch government re
garding the shelling of the Dutch
steamer Oldamdt, December 29, by
- German coast batteries while the
steamer was being taken into Zee
brugge. according to- an Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuter s, the German gov
ernment says the shelling was "acci
dent of force majeure.
' The German government, the dispatch
says, expresses sincere regret that sub
jects of a friendly power were killed
or injured and expresses readiness to
pay compensation to their relatives.
Progress of the War.
rpHE Germans in the Mlraumont sec
. JL tor of the Ancre front in France
have striven hard to regain the posl
.tions taken from them by the British
on Saturday, but their attempts were
fruitless, according to the British War
Office. Attacking in waves, the Ger
mans came under the concentrated
fire of the British guns and were swept
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back to their trenches, suffering heavy
casualties. At no place did the at
tacking forces -reach the British line
and the British suffered no casual-
lies, xne British captured 780 offi
cers and men.
Trench-raiding operations and artil
lery duels still continue on various
sectors of the front In France and
Belgium. In Champagne, near Rlpont.
according to Berlin, the French have
actively shelled the Germans In the
positions captured from the French last
week, but have been unable to launch
Infantry attacks owing to the terrific
artillery reply of the Germans.
Except for Isolated attacks, the most
violent of which was delivered by the
Russians against the Teutonic allied
positions In the Oituz Valley, In Rou
manla, and which Berlin says was re
pulsed, little fighting Is In progress
In the eastern theater.
Petrdgrad admits the entry of Ger
mans into Russian trenches south of
Dvinsk. but says later they were driven
out. In the Carpathians a strong Aus-tro-German
work south of Okna has
been captured by the Russians.
SERVICE PLAN PUT OFF
GERMANY WOULD ENFORCE MEAS
URE AS LAST RESORT.
Socialization of Business of Nation Re
carded as Possible If -War la
Continued Much Longer,
BERNE, Feb. 18. (Staff Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) All In
dlcatlons are that Germany eventually
will adjust herself to the conditions
brought about by the civil service law
passed last Fall. The German War
Bureau polnte to the huge number of
applications for employment received
from all classes, which seemingly de
sire strongly to serve In a civil ca
pacity. On the basis of returns, the number
of youths who have applied for work
has been so large the authorities have
not been able to avoid the conclusion
that schoolboys deliberately are at
tempting to evade their studies by of
fering their services to the government.
Many who have applied for employ
ment, it Is believed, have done so in
the hope they may evade military duty.
Opposition to the civil service plan
has developed from men who for years
have been active at their particular
trade and who oppose any proposition
to dislodge them.
The large number of women appli
cants for civil duty has not been an
unmixed benefit, since women employes
in regular male occupations have not
proved able to do men's work.
The compulsory service which had
been planned for this month has been
delayed because the German govern
ment apparently wants to resort to this
measure only when It becomes absolute
ly necessary. It le Improbable that the
next few weeks will see anything more
than a gradual Influx of civil wbrkers.
It Is possible a continuance of the
war will mean socialization of business
In Germany, the closing of all but the
most necessary businesses and the
mobilization of all efforts In a deter
mination to ward off what Germany
believes to be efforts to dismember that
country and its allies.
LENT BEGINS THIS WEEK
ORIGIN
OF 40-DAY FAST
CLEARLY KXOWS.
NOT
Object Is to Induce Introspection by
Self-Deninl and Good Deed Are
Indispensable.
Christians throughout the civilised
world will begin the observance of
Lent commencing Wednesday.
hat probably bezan as a practice of
the most zealous of the early Chris
tians has grown Into an established
ustom that is observed by peoples of
the Roman Catholic, Eastern and
Anglican churches wherever they be
found.
Just what the origin of Lent Is ap-
years to be clouded, but Origen and
Tertullian, two of the Church's earliest
biographers, evidenced the practice of
fasting two days preceding Holy Week.
Later It grew to a week and at the
time of the Council of Nicaea. In the
arly part of the fourth century. Lent
was an established custom.
The name Lent finds Its derivative
in the time of year It is observed. It
comes from a number of sources. The
middle English lente, lenten and
leynte; In the German, lenz; akin to
the Dutch, lente; and the Anglo- Sax
on, lengten, lencten all mean Spring
or that time of the year when the days
begin to lengthen.
The fast itself Is memorial of the
40 days of fasting spent by Chi 1st. Its
ecclesiastical signification lies In the
fact It induces introspection, and Its
moral effect is unquestoned If the ob
servance Is religiously carried out.
During Lent those who observe It
eschew social functions. All dainties
and sweetmeats are usually forgotten.
the purpose being to sacrifice some
thing. - There Is sometimes divergence
In the manner In which the sacrifice
Is made. It Is also required that money
saved by such sacrifices be put to some
good sociological use.
IS
BAGGAGEMASTEH CANDIDATE FOR
RAILWAY DIRECTOR.
Controversy Over Adequacy of Good
Material at Borne for Higher
Positions la Reviewed.
LONDON. Feb. 2. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) W. S. Webber,
baggagemaster at the Lea Bridge
station of the Important Great Eastern
Railway, has given the conservative
British public a shock by announcing
his candidacy for a seat on the rail
road's board of directors. He Is himself
a small stockholder and declares that
he has the support of a large number of
other small stockholders, whose aggre
gate voting powers he hopes will be
sufficient to win him his coveted place
In the directorate. Most of his support
ers are people whom he has met "on
the lob" during hi long tenancy of his
post as baggagemaster.
Webbers announcement or his can
didacy is a sequel to an animated con
troversy which sprang up in February,
1914. on the question whether or not
there is a lack of business talent among
English railway employes. Climbing
the ladder in tne tingiien railway serv
ice Is a laborious process, and so one
deprecated that fact more than Lord
Claud Hamilton, the head of the Great
Eastern, when, in defending the an
polntment of an American manager, he
roused bitter publlo resentment by say
ing that there was an acknowledged
dearth of first-class men capable of
filling even the "minor positions.
Mr. Webber replied In the newspapers
that there was plenty of good material
on the Great Eastern, but that he had
observed most good positions on the
road were given to men "simply be
cause they were musicians."
React Th Oregonian classified ads. .
T1TI3 SIOItNTXG OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19,' 1917.
VIENNA HOPES FOR
FRIENDLY S0L0TI0N
Official Circles and Ambas
sador Penfield Think Rup
ture May Not Come.
LITTLE BITTERNESS SHOWN
Much Faith Is Put in Assumption
That United States Would Be
Unable to Develop Army
Before "War Was Over.
VIENNA. Feb; 17. via London. Feb. IS.
Despite the fact that some news
papers take a gloomy view of Austro
American relations and the situation
brought about by the severing of re
lations between the United States and
Germany, official circles In Vienna are
Inclined to believe that the situation
Is not entirely hopeless. This also Is
the view of Frederic C Penfield. the
American ambassador, who Is doing
everything possible to assist In reach
ing a friendly solution of the situation
. At this moment there are two lndl
cations which permit of the conclusion
that Washington Is not contemplating
an Immediate break with Austria-Hun
gary. One Is the transfer to the Em
bassy here of Joseph C. Grew, ex-secre
tary of the Embassy In Berlin, who
arrived here tonight from Switzerland
to assume the duties of counsellor of
the Embassy.
Money Cabled by Lasting,
The second indication arises from
the fact that Secretary of State Lan
sing yesterday cabled here, on behalf
of various Hebrew charity organiza
tlons, the sum of $250,000, donated by
American Hebrew societies. At the
Embassy here the opinion was ex
pressed the United States Government
might not have transferred this sum
had a break between Washington and
Vienna been even tentatively decld
ed on.
At the Foreign Office no conjectures
are Indulged in regarding what the
near future may bring. The fact that
the two governments are unable to
communicate their views more freely
than the present conditions permit has
made the exchange of opinions slow
and unsatisfactory. The Austro-Hun-garian
government, as a result, re
mains in almost total -Ignorance of
what measures are needed in order to
meet the views of President Wilson
and his Cabinet. The feeling here is
that while the Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment might consider small modifica
tions of the new blockade regulations,
as Germany has done in the case of
Holland, there Is not the slightest
chance it will yield in the least, so
far as the principle involved Is con
cerned. Country Is Reconciled.
There seems to be no doubt thai, of
ficial circles and the ' entire House
have become thoroughly reconciled to
the step the dual monarchy has taken
Jointly with Germany.
With the exception of a few radical
Germanlsts, nobody has shown much
bitterness here against the American
government, though what has been
termed "the unfairness of Washing
ton" has resulted in much disappoint
ment. The House and the Government
alike take the stand that President
Wilson has denied the central powers
the right of self-defense in depriving
them of the only effective weapon at
their disposal. Persons with whom the
Associated Press correspondent has
talked have laid great hopes on the
American Congress. The belief has
been expressed by them that open de
bate in Congress would lead to an
understanding of the position of the
central powers.
Much faith Is placed in official and
other quarters on the presumption the
United States would be unable to put
a large army in the field in a ehort
time and the war in Europe will be
over before the military strength of
the United States could be developed.
MODJESKIS HAPPY AGAIN
WIFE OF PITTSBURG MAN TO DROP
DIVORCE SUIT.
Lloyd Holton Ceaaea to Figure In Af
fair and Woman Denlea Engage
ment to Actor.
LOS ANGELES, Fen. 18. (Special.)
Mra. Felix Modjeskl. wife of a son
of the late Madame Modjeska, Is here
to consult with her attorney and it is
understood that she may drop her "di
vorce suit and return to her husband,
now in business in Pittsburg.
Some months ago the couple separ
ated, the husband objecting to the al
leged too ardent attentions of Lloyd
A. Holton to his wife. Mr. Modjeskl
transferred his attention to Mrs. Dor
othy Dorpols. wife of a Chicago tailor.
and the Chicago man attained some
notoriety by "giving" his wife to Mr,
Modjeskl.
The couple soon separated and It
was rumored that Mrs. Modjeskl was
to secure a divorce and wed a motion
picture actor, although she denied the
engagement. The Dorpols have now
been divorced. Mr. Holton Is no longer
a figure in the affairs of the two fam
ilies and It la said that the Modjeskls
are about to reconcile their differ
ences.
ITALIAN STEAMER WARNED
Crew Ordered to Jump Into Water
and Then Picked Up.
BERLIN. Feb. 18. by wireless to 6ay
vllle, N. Y. Details of the sinking by
German submarine of the Italian
steamship Blsagno, of 2252 tons gross,
lnthe Atlantic Ocean January 12. are
printed in tne Italian newspaper Idea
Nazional, says the Overseas News
Agency. The Blsagno was stopped, ac
cording to the newspaper by four
warning shots.
Because of the rough sea wsa the
steamer then ordered to approach
within five miles of the Spanish coast,
where the sailors were advised by the
submarine commander to throw them
selves into the water. The men were
then rescued by the U-boat and later
were transferred to the Dutch steam
e-hlp Gesterland. which carried them
to Falmouth.
The foregoing Berlin dispatch con
tains, the first announcement to reach
this country of the sinking of the Bls
agno. The vessel was last reported In
maritime records as having sailed from
Genoa. January 6. for Vlllarcos. Spain.
The ship waa 801 feet long and was
built at Dumbarton in 1884. She wa
owned In Genoa. .
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salt fields many houses are built of
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800 CAPTIVES TAKEN
British Report Success of At
tacks on Ancre.
COUNTER . ATTACKS FAIL
Germans Said to Have Suffered
Heavily In Effort to Regain
Lost Ground Tales of Indi
vidual Heroism Are Told.
(From a Staff Correspondent of the Asso
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BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
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-The toll of prisoners taken by the
British yesterday In their advance on
both sides of the Ancre toward Mlrau
mont and Pys is estimated tonight at
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The fog- which shut . in. yesterday.
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The British troops are greatly pleased
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the British wire.
The British troops easily attained the
first objectives. Then they continued
to go forward. Just south of Mlrau
mont. In all effort to gain entire con
trol of all the higher ground. The
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the German barbed wire to pieces.
An English sergeant losing his way
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FLETCHER INMEXIC0 CITY
United States Ambassador Welcomed
. by High Official.
MEXICO CTTT. Feb. IS. The Amer
ican Ambassador, Henry P. Fletcher,
arrived here late last night. He was
met by officials from the Mexican For
eign Office, members of General Car.
ranza's staff and a big delegation of
government officials, headed by a mill
tary escort.
Ambassador Fletcher expressed his
appreciation of the courtesies shown
him on his Journey through Mexico.
ANOTHER BODY RECOVERED
Several Others Believed ln Minne
apolis Hotel Debris.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 18. With the
recovery of the body of Lewis F. Ed
wards from the ruins of the KenWood
Hotel, which waa destroyed by fire
last Sunday night, the list of known
dead today was increased to six.
It Is believed that several other
i bodies are still in the debris.
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Pale K. Lua-David KaiQ
Palo K. Lua-David Kaili
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SPAIN HATES HO ONE
Premier Says Nation Would
Befriend All Others.
DEBATE LIVELY IN CORTES
Negotiations That Would Injure
Friendships or Neutrality De
clared Impossible Reform
ists Lean to Entente.
MADRID, via Paris, Feb. 18. Span
ish neutrality was the subject of ani
mated discussion In the Cortes last
night, when several Deputies. Includ
ing Senors Rodes and Garcia, ques
tioned the Premier, Count De Roman
ones, on the attitude of the govern
ment in tha war. Deputy Rodes de
manded an explicit statement upon
what the government proposed to do.
The Premier said that the govern
ment had shown its attitude distinctly
In the action taken In connection with
several moves by the United States,
one. the invitation to Intervene for the
re-establishment of peace, and anoth
er, an invitation to declare war against
Germany.
Deputy Rodes, Interrupting, said this
declaration was incorrect, because the
United States had never Invited Spain
to declare war.
Spain Declared "Friend of AIL
Amid considerable excitement the
Premier replied that. In reality, the
United States had invited Spain only to
break off diplomatic relations with
Germany, and added:
"Spain is the friend of all tha bel
ligerents and all neutrals, and for that
very reason it cannot undertake dis
cussions or negotiations which would
have the effect of injuring our friend
ships and our tranquillity."
Eduardo Dato. ex-Premier and lead
er of the Conservatives, said that hla
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of thla Company cobs'
party would support the existing neu
trallty of Spain.
Senor Cam bo. chief of the Catalonlana,
made a similar declaration.
Radical Favora Intervention.
Alejandro Lerroux. chief of the Rad
Icals, declared for Intervention, which
would secure respect for tha opinions
of the Chamber.
The Chamber declared that In Spain
hatred did not exist toward any coun
try, but that Individual sympathies
had been attracted toward those coun
tries which had shown friendship to
Spain.
BILL
HART
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Gunfighter
Another frontier epic, with
Hart as "The Killer."
BIAX LINDER
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in
COMES ACROSS"
His First American-made
Comedy.
COLUMBIA
Sixth at Washington
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