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Relations Committee Charges
T. R. With Playing Politics
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. In one of
the most violent and sensational
(pouches ever heard In the United
States senate, Senator Stone of Miss
ouri, chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee, today bluntly ac
cused the Republican party of using
the war to play polities. He also char
acterixed Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
as "the most potent agent the kaiser
lias in America."
His speech set the political cauldron
seething. Conservative Republicans
and Roosevelt Progressives buried
their differences and united to hurl
back at the Missouri senator a terrific
counter offensive. Professedly seek
ing to quell partisanship in the war.
Senator Stone apparently only precip
itated the storm brewing since dis
closures of defective war management
CAN USE OWN PLANT
SALEM, Or., Jan. 21. The state
highway commission cannot lay pave
ment with the state paving plant until
after it has received bids on the pro
posed work and finds the lowest bid is
unreasonably high, according to sn in
terpretation of laws on the subject
given today by Attorney General
Brown in sn opinion to the state high
way commission.
The attorney general reviews the
various laws relating to highway con
struction, and speaking of section 13,
chapter 423, laws of 1917, which is
known as the $6,000,000 bonding act
and is controlling, he says:
"We find it further provided In said
section that if, in the opinion of the
majority of the members of the com
mission, the lowest hid for tha, con
struction of any road or parts of roads
authorized by the said act shall be ex
cessive, then, and in that event, tft
said commission shall hare the right
and It Is hereby empowered and auth
orized to reject all bids and to con
struct under its own direction and sup
ervision, all of such roads or any part
hereof."
'This language clearly predicts the
power to proceed without contract up
on the condition of having asked for
bids, and the opinion of a majority of
the members of the commission be
ing that the lowest bid iff excessive, be
cause it is only in that event that it is
authorised to construct under its own
direction ond supervision."
The highway commission has pur
chased several paving plants with the
idea of doing considerable paving this
year. It is now having material put
on the ground for paving a strip of
the Pacific highway in Marion county.
TURKEY'S NAVY
SENT TO BOTTOM
IN DARDANELLES
LONDON, Jan. 21. Turkey's navy
has practically "been wiped out by the
loss of the big cruisers Sultan Zlim and
Midullu, and the Daily News predicted
today that this blow, together with the
British victories on Turkish soil, will
hasten the Ottoman empire into mak
ing peace.
The Sultan Zlim and the Midullu
were formerly the German cruisers
Goeben and Breslau, which took refuge
in the Dardanelles at the outbreak of
the war.
Two British monitors were sunk In
the naval engagement which took
place at the mouth of the Dardanelles
Sunday morning. Viscount Broome, a
nephew of the late Lord Kitchener,
was in command of one of the monitors
and his fate is unknown.
U. 8. PROP08AL8 REFUSED.
LONDON, Jan. 21. AH the Norwe
gian political parties have agreed to
refuse the American proposals for a
commercial agreement between the
United States and Norway, according
to a dispatch from Christinia today.
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began to come out of the congression
al Investigations.
Senator Stone centered hi attack
upon Colonel Roosevelt, whom he call
ed "my star witness.
"Of all men," he said, "Roosevelt Is
the most responsible for what he de
nounces. He does his work cunningly.
In the front of his propaganda he
throws a deceptive political camou
flage. I charge that Theodore Roose
velt, whether willingly or out of sheer
madness, I don't know, is the most
potent agent the kaiser has in Amer
ica. I cannot escape the bt-liof that this
exceptional colonel, who Lis played
so many game of questionable poli
tics. Is now playing another gun of
hia particular brand for a vorv great
stake"
HOGS !S FIXED TO
AFFECT THIS STATE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.-A min
imum price of $15.49 a hundred pounds
for hogs raised in California. Oregon
and Washington was fixed today by a
voluntary agreement between more
than 30 Pacific coast packers and the
United States food administration.
Coinddentally with this agreement,
which will benefit the producers with
out resulting in any Increased cost to
consumers, it was revealed that there
exists today a pork shortage of 30 per
cent over the same period for 1917.
The price fixed is just one cent un
der, the food administration minimum
effective on the Chicago market, and,
according to O. B. Cunningham, presi
dent of the California Swine Breeders'
association, it will bring about stimu
lated production in the coast states
and will Insure an adequate supply for
next fall's demands.
The agreement was made at a con
ference called by Joseph P. Cotton,
chief of the meat division of the food
administration. Ralph P. Merritt, fed
eral food administrator for California,
who has just returned from Washing
ton, presided.
Among the packers who signed the
agreement was C. C. Colt, Union Meat
company, Portland.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 21. Count
Czernin, the Austrian foreign minister.
has resigned.
Count Toggenburg, former minister
of interior, has been commissioned by
I Emperor Charles to form a new minis-
try.
It has been reported for several days
that Count Czernin's resignation was
probable on account of the situation re
sulting from the peace negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk.
The Austrian foreign minister stood
for a moderate peace on the ground of
no annexations nor indemnities, but
was overriden by the German militar
ists. With utter disregard to the wishes of
the Austrian minister, the German en
voys at Bresk-Litovsk went ahead with
their negotiations with the Ukralnans,
pledging themselves to the policy of a
greater Ukraina, which, it Is believed,
will include some of Galica (Austrian
territory.)
THOUSANDS LOSE WAGES.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan. 20 Thirty
thousand factory employes will lose
their wages during the five-days' shut
down. This became known tonight,
when officials of manufacturing plants
announced thjy will not pay operatives
during their enforced idleness.
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SALEM, Or., Jan. 21. (Special) G.
J. Taylor, editor of the Molalla Pio
neer, has been In Salem conferring
with G. Ed Ross, secretary of the State
Highway commission relative to ap
pearing before the commission at Its
next meeting and proposing the estab
lishment of a post road from Oregon
City south through Molalla to link with
the Pacific highway or to replace the
route of the present Pacific highw ay.
Mr. Taylor was armed with maps
and other data to show that the route
proposed by htm is shorter and more
feasible than the present Pacific high
way route ami he believes that the
money could be partially secured from
the federal government postroad
funds.
Arrangements were made so that Mr.
Taylor may appear before the commis
sion at its next meeting, probably early
In February.
That meeting will be of considerable
importance as it is expected at that
time definite decision will be arrived at
as to whether or not the highway com
mission will Issue the full amount of
bonds allowed it under the highway
bonding act. The commission may is
sue a full $3,000,000 worth of bonds
under that act If it wishes, and with
those funds and others available would
have nearly $6,000,000 to spend this
year. There is some question, how.
ever, as to the road situation this next
summer and it is possible the commis
sion may issue only a portion of the
$3,000,000.
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SALEM. Ore., Jan. 19. Mrs. Myrtle
Panek, whose husband was killed" In
February of last year while employed
by the Cowlitz Iiridge company, will
save her farm near Oregon City from
execution under mortgage as a result
of the action of the state Industrial
accident commission, Friday, In grant
ing her a lump sum payment on her
pension under the workmen's compen
sation law.
Mrs. Panek was left with four young
children to care for, and with the help
of neighbors, a house was built on
her farm. The place was mortgaged
for $1075, and while she received from
the state fund $30 a month as a wid
ow and $20 additional for her child
ren, from that sum there was no pros
pect of paying the mortgage.
The matter was presented to the In
dustrial accident commission, which
under the law has authority to make
a lump sum settlement with benefici
aries if the commission deems it wise
to do so. They granted her an ad
vance payment on her pension of
11075, enough to take up the mort
gage, which will be held out at the
rate of $3 a month.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-President
Wilson's denunciation of Senator
Chamberlain's attack o nthe war de
partment and his openly expressed ap
proval of Secretary Baker had the ef
fect today of apparently solidifying
sentiment among Senate Democrats
who support the bill fo ra war cabi
net despite the president's opposition.
Some of them met the announcement
of President Wilson's determination to
opposethe bill to the. finish with dec
larations of similar purpose to support
it to a finish, despite the fact that they
may not gather strength enough to
compel congress to accept it over the
president's disapproval.
Senator Chamberlain said today that
he planned to make a reply in the sen
ate to the president's criticism.
1ST BUT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Men of
draft age married since May 18,
1917, should not be exempted from se
lective service, Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder announced today.
He instructed government agents to
appeal to district boards all cases In
which local boards have granted de
pendency exemption to men married
after May IS.
Af the same time, Crowder ruled
that no draft registrants will be per
mittee to enlist in the armies of the
allies, pending call to this country's
flag.
CESBIG
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GENEVA, Jan. 22. Some news of a
reliable nature has begun to trickle
across the Swiss frontier which seem
ingly proves that Austria and Hungary
are in the throes o fthe greatest eco
nomic crisis since the war began.
It is estimated that more than a mil
lion workmen and women have struck,
A majority of these were employed in
the war Industries, and only a small
section of them have returned In an
swer to the bait ot higher wages.
Toledo Bridge to be built across
Yaquina river at Mill Creek.
NEW DltAFr BILL
HITS EVERYONE
UP TO 62 YEARS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. The most
drastic war measure yet proposed In
congress was submitted this afternoon
by Senator MoCumber of North Da
kota when he Introduced a bill author
litng the drafting of all males over
18 years of age and under 63 years of
age. He predicted such a measure
would be necessary before the end of
the war.
The bill provides for the use of such
men in transportation, shipbuilding.
production of munitions and any other
purpose necessary to the conduct of
the war.
It would go even further; It would
commandeer roonta in private dwell
ings to house worklngmeu In every
crowded munitions center.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. IS. The
United Mlneworkers of America, In
convention here, today went on record
as opposed to the proposition of uni
versal military service now pending in
congress.
Resolutions adopted by the conven
tion declared the miners "oppose mili
tarism and do not wish to saddle It ou
this country after the war."
Vehement denials were made today
that refusal of miners to work had re
sulted in the coal shortage and result
ant curtailment of Industry. All blame
was placed on the car shortage.
Following an address lust night by
Mother Jones, who styled herself '8S
years young and full of holl as ever,"
the delegates adopted resolutions call
ing on union members to make fre
quent contributions to the Red Cross.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17- Framing of
legislation contemplating drastic
changes in the government's war ma
chinery, including creation of an Amor
tcan War council similar to those of
England and France and a director of
munitions was begun today by the
senate military committee.
Two bills one proposing the war
council of five members, Including the
secretaries of war and navy and three
civilians appointed by the president,
and a second to cefntralize munitions
control in a director of munitions
were prepared today by a subcommit
tee consisting of Chairman Chamber
lain and Senators Hitchcock and Wads-
worth.
The munitions director measue it is
planned to present to the full commit
tee tomorrow and immedlatejy Intro
duce It in the senate for early con
sideratlon, with the other bill to fol
low soon after.
HUNDREDS OF LIVES
LOST BY SUNG OP
LONDON, Jan. 23. By sinking of
two steamers by the enemy in the Med
iterranean about three weeks ago 718
lives were lost. It was announced here
officially today.
The announcement was made In the
bouse of commons by Thomas McNa
mara, financial secretary of the admir
alty. E. L. WALTERS FILES
Attorney General Brown Tuesday
prepared ballot title for an initiative
petition filed by E. L. Walters of this
city, which proposes to prohibit all
trap, seine or fish wheel fishing in all
rivers of the state. The bill after, be
ing given its title was forwarded to
Secretary of State Olcott. A bill iden
tical to this measure Jiad been prev
iously filed by Street Commissioner
Babcock who has since withdrawn it
to make way for the Walters petition.
DUNN BECOMES EVANGELIST.
Word has been received in Oregon
City that Rev. R. L. Dunn, for several
years pastor of the Christian church in
Gladstone, but for the past year In
charge of the church at . Vancouver,
Wash., has been appointed evangelist
of the Christian church ot Oregon, and
will begin his new work February 1
with services in Hillsboro and later at
Silverton.
Mars Good Spender
3 6 Millions Daily
Huge Sums For War
LONDON, Jan. 23. Britain's aver
age daily war expenses at present are
7,157,000 pounds (about $36,156,770),
Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar
Law told the houHe of commons today,
The chancellor of the excheauer de
clared the government at present has
no Intention of conscripting wealth.
OREGON CITY MAY BE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Small
cities may have difficulty in meeting
the conditions reuarod for sties oqf re
construction hospitals. The surnon
general of tho army, commenting ou
a suggestion which camo to Senator
Chamberlain from Modfonl, lire,, jmys
these hottpltala will be located iiear
some manufacturing illy whero the
crippled may bo taught some vocation.
Rosoburg has been tho most active
among Oregon towns In btddlnic for
tho site of one ot the big hospitals
which it is expected the government
will place in Oregon, Uopresnntntlve
Hawley has formally trunsmlUoU nil
offer of that place for tho ue or the
fulr ground property, and has been
relying principally upon the argu
ments based upon tho mildness of the
Climate and tho bodies or mienu-red
public lands In the Uoseburg In ml dis
trict. He has round. ,he says, that officers
of the surgeon general's office mani
fested particulnf Interest in the state
ment that K larger body of public land
la to be found In Douglas ttnd sur
rounding counties than can probably
bo found In any equal territory vise
where, having In view the possible
settlement of these lands by soldiers
returned to convalesce at reconstruc
tion hospltaJs, and mudo fit for work
as farmers.
It on the other hand tho policy of
location Is to be governed by nearness
to a manufacturing c ity, the slto for
Oregon would seemingly be limited to
the territory tributary to Portland.
Oregon City and Vancouver.
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SALEM. Ore., Jan. 23. (Splul to
the (vntenrise) Clackamas County
has tho distinction of drawing out
of the Supreme Court one of the
shortest opinions on record In that
court. The opinion was handed down
today by Chler Justice Mcllrldo. In
the case or Wallace M. Illeythlng. h
pellunt, versus Maude E. lllwything,
respondent, suit for divorce. In
which Circuit Judge Campbell is af
firmed. An here Is what the supreme court
had to say in the premises:
"This was a suit for divorce. There
was a trial, findings, and decree for
defendant and plaintiff appeals,
"There are no questions of law
raised upon this appeal and to dis
cuss the evidence would only bo to
recount the childish bickerings of two
young people who, by the exercise of
mutual foroboaranee and self control,
could have lived pleasantly together.
The evidence does not ronvlnco us
that defendant's conduct has twen
such as to entitle plaintiff to decree.
Therefore the decree of the circuit
court is affirmed."
UNIFORMS AT COST 4
s WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. To
the bill requiring tho war depart- S-
ment to furnish army officers
'.with uniforms at cost Secretary 4
Daniels asked to add a provision 4
$ for naval officers.
GOMPERS URGES
SEVEN-HOUR DAY
DURING THE WAR
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23. A unl?er
sal seven-hour day during the period ot
tho war, instead of present spasmodic
suspension of industries by the fuel
administration ,to conserve coal and
relieve railroad congestion, was sug
gested today by Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, in a speech to the conven
tion of the United Mine Workers.
Eugene New bridge over mill race
being constructed.
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TEXAS CAPITAL DRY.
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 21. Prohl-
bitlon carried In Austin, capital
v city of this state, by a majority of
102 today. ,
rv A comparatively light vote was
polled. , t
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Two Thousand People Hear
Canadian Officers Talk On
America's Part In Great War
'Iteinemher, you are at war, And
In a war, thero are only two classes
of people the man that Is with you,
and the man that Is ngnlnst you. And
I toll you, you cannot deal too harshly
with the man that Is not with you I"
This was tho convincing remark of
Lieutenant Colonel J. M. MucMIIInn In
an address before approximately 20001
persons In tho lluxch hall Sunday, Lieu-j
t-nant Colonel MucMIIInn ,wllh Cap-!
tain K. J. Gook and Major V. II. Ed-J
wards, were In this city to Impress onj
tho minds of loyal Americans the Im-j
portance of their part in the great,
world war, and the action they must
take before they will witness Its satis-
factory end. They are officers of the
First Camtdlnu regiments who saw no-'
Hon on the western front in France,
and now are In this country recuper
ating front wounds.
County Judge II. 8, Anderson acted
as chairman of the meetings, one being
given In the afternoon and another In
the evening. Patriotic, music was fur
nished by Mrs. K. E. lirodle, accompan
ied by Miss Ssdye Evelyn Kord, and
the Oregou City high school orchestra.
Bruce Dennis, head of tho State Coun
cil of Defense, told briefly of the mis
tlon of the army officers to this state.
Just before the speaking at the after
noon session, veterans of the Monde
Post, Grand Army of the Republic, ad
vanced lo the front with the women ol
the Relief corps. Honorary places had
been provided tot thorn in tlie front of
th hall. They were led by Mayor
Htukott.
Captain K. J. Gook spoke first. His
subject dealt largely with the stand
made by the allied armies, and the ne
cessity of the American people awak
ening to their position. He said, In
part :
"London, too, thought they were so
far from the real war that no possible
harm could reach them. They reasoned
that tho North Pea and their Invincible
CAUSE OF APPEAL TO
Transcript of appeal In the suit of
George C. Will against T. E. Wilson
and wife, tried In tho Kstacnda Justice
court tome time ago. was filed In tho
circuit court Monday. The case was
tried before a Jury on December 15,
1917, and a verdict for tho defendants
was returned. Tho plaintiff, who
claimed $41 dun on a sewing machine
contract, Is appealing.
II. C. Klmberly has filed suit against
If. C. and Oma Kloek for I1S0, board
and lodging furnished the defendants,
In 1914.
Application to register title of cor
tain water front property now occupied
by the Oregon City Foundry was filed
in the circuit court Monday.
Plaintiff's motion to up pen 1 In the
case of Ray L. White against C. 8.
Arnold and wifo, decided In the circuit
court some time ago was ovorrulod by
Judge Campbell Monday.
The case of Itogue River Hardware
company vs. E. A. Shank, and Lucy J,
Grabeel vs. F. W. Grabell were dis
missed upon order of tho circuit Judge
Monday,
DECREE OF DIVORCE
A divorce decree was awarded Nellie
Michclson against M. L. Mlchelson In
the circuit court Friday.
Plays Pool Poorly
Cream Check Cashed
Wife Wants Divorce
John Daly, a farmer o fthe Scotts.
Mills country, has not proven a howl
ing, success as a pool player, if the
allegations o fthe divorce suit filed by
hia wife are correct. She clnlms that!
he would frequently take the cream
check from the Duly farm, running
close around the $40 mark, and hie
himself away to the pool hall, only to
eventually return without the money,
She asks $15 per month and an equity
In their 21 acre dairy farm.
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navy stood between them and the
fighting, but when the small, silver
looking airplanes of tho Germans
swooped over tho city and dropped
bombs at their very doors they real
ised that the war was with them. Ore
gon may think that It Is safe, but I
hope that It will not see such remind
ers of the war some European coun
tries have got,"
The work of the soldier from en
trenching, training, field work to actu
al fighting was depicted vividly by
Major F, II. Edwards. He also told
liiHiuncvs of the cruelly ot the German.
That every man, woman and child
at home can do his "bit" to help win
the war was confirmed by Lieutenant
Col. MHcMlllatH the last speaker. Ho
said that iniually as great work as the
boys are doing at the front can be done
by the ones at homo. Food conserva
tion, liberality when subscribing to tho
Liberty Loan, the Hod Cross, and tho
Y. M. C A. funds were emphnsUed as
esseutuulltle for the successful fur-.
theronco of tho war for humanity.
"Above all, you people at home must
not be down hearted. Tho boys at the
front are not, and when you send them
letters tolling of your trials and tribu
lations; do you think It Is going to
cheer them up? I have censored many
thousands of letters from the boys at
the front that are being sent home.
They all say: 'tell Nan or Mike to
write,' and 'How Is tho little calf get
ting along?' That Is the things tho
boys want to hear of. , Tell them of
the things they were Interested In
when they were at homo.
"And to tho ladlea. I assure yo that
the work you are doing to provide tho
boys with woolen goods Is noble. When
you make socks for tho boys, make
I hem long enough to reach Just above
the calf of the leg, and make tbo top
a little tighter so that the sock will not
crumple down about their feet."
MURDERED IN THEIR
i PKTROOUAD. Ponduy. Jan. !-A. I.
Hhlngoroff, minister of finance In the
Kerensky cabinet, and Professor F. F.
Kokoshklne, state controller under
Kerensky, were murdered In their beds
I lust night In the Murine hospital.
M. Shlngaroff and Professor Kokosh-
iklne were removed recently to the
hospital from the Fortress of Ht. Peter
and St. J'aul because of Illness.
Twelve armed men entered tho hos
pital and demanded that they be
shown tho beds of the former min
isters. Professor Kokoshklne was killed as
ho slept, two bullets being fired.
M. Shlngarolt awakened and protest
ed. Six bullets were fired Into his
body. Tho assassins then left the hos
pital. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Dennlte
assignment ot the part that National
advertising forces are to take In the
tusk of winning the war was given In
an order Issued by President Wilson
today creating the division ot adver
tising of the committee on public In
formation. HORDES OF HUNS
ENTER BELGIUM
FOR WEST tyRIVE
PARIS, Jun. 21. Six hundred thou
sand Gorman troops have boon brought
into Holgluin during the past few
weeks, The little kingdom has liter
ally been crowded with mon and mu
nitions, according to word received
here today. Dispatches from Amster
dam report the Belgian province of
Llmburg filling up with Asstrlan
troopB.
All the concentration Is apparently
In preparation for the long-artvertlscd
west front drive,
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