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Newspaper Page TextTIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917. WALKOUT IN TWIN CITIES DUE TODAY Labor Situation in St. Paul and Minneapolis at Acute Stage. STREETCAR MEN ARE FIRM General Tnion Tie-Up Is Threatened and May Seriously Affect Rail road Traffic and Other Industries. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Dec. 12. The labor situation in Minneapolis and St. Paul reached an acute stage again - tonight with the possibility that a large pro portion of union men In both cities and some throughout the Northwest would quit work tomorrow as a protest against the order of the Public Safety Commission of Minnesota directing the disuse by streetcar men -of buttons in dicating their membership in the Amalgamated Association of Streetcar and Electric Employes. Labor leaders estimated on the face of incomplete reports that SO per cent of the unionists in the Twin Cities would walk out tomorrow and that railroad shopmen from St. Paul to the Pacific Coast might follow. Union officials declared they recog nized the hardships such a sympathetic strike would involve, but say they can not help acting in a matter that "In volves what they consider a big prin ciple. Word from Washington indicated little chance of Federal action. Chief among the various industries that would be partly tied up by a strike are the thee great railroads running from the Twin Cities to the Coast the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. If a large proportion of mechanics in their shops at various points should go out it is admitted that the roads would be seriously handicapped, and that mil itary traffic as well as transportation of foodstuffs and livestock would suf fer. There was no change today in the streetcar service, which company of ficials declared today was 99 per cent normal in Minneapolis and 90 per cent in St. PauL MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 12. Only eleventh-hour Federal intervention, local labor leaders declared tonight, could prevent the strike tomorrow of allied unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul and the subsequent paralysis of industries, in sympathy with Twin City streetcar men, who demand permission to wear union buttons despite a ruling to the contrary by the State Public Safety Commission. Preparaions' to meet the threatened tie-up tomorrow were being pushed forward with great haste, union men and big employers co-operating in a final drive to meet public demands. With a temperature of 20 degrees below zero forecast before morning, coal de liveries were taking precedence over all other work of union teamsters. Mayor Thomas Van Lear instructed the police force to close all saloons by 7:30 P. M. Several hundred Deputy Sheriffs are on duty here, home guard companies will be called as soon as the strike order becomes effective and all members of the local police force were placed on 12-hour shifts beginning tonight. plained today by Major-General Crozier, chief of ordnance, to the Senate mili tary committee at the beginning of the general inquiry planned by Con gress into the conduct of the war. The initial hearing was public and will be continued tomorrow, with Gen eral Crozier on the stand. Later executive sessions will be held for discussion of subjects involving mili tary secrets. That there is a shortage of ordnance at home for training purposes. Gen eral Crozier admitted, but he said there is no shortage "on the other side" and will be none. It has been pos sible, he said, to purchase English and French artillery for use in Europe and he predicted that by next Summer the principal ordnance shortages for training purposes would be met. Delays in supplying ordnance. Gen eral Crozier explained have been due to several causes, including time taken for considering estimates and appro priations before Congress and labor dif ficulties in private plants. He said there is no shortage of skilled muni tion labor In this country and told of a plan to retain such labor which may be submitted to Congress. Contracts for ordnance let on the "cost plus a percentage profit" plan, the general declared, have been eco nomical for the Government. Although detailed questioning of General Crozier was deferred, several committee members inquired parti cularly regarding preparations made in anticipation of war last Spring and ap peared dissatisfied with what they learned. General Crozier explained many' advance preparations, including a census of munition manufacturers and said everything possible was done. In further examination of General Crozier and of other department heads, including Secretary Baker, committee members plan to go fully into the ques tion of clothing and ammunition as well as ordnance supplies and predict a lengthy inquiry. Investigation of the Navy's war prep arations and plans also is planned within a few weeks. Senator Swanson, who acts as chairman of the Senate naval affairs committee in Senator Till man's absence, said today that after the holidays his committee planned to begin the naval inquiry. GIRL ONE OF MAROONED MISS GLADYS TAYLOR, OF MOSSY ROCK. WASH. STOWAWAY. TEUTON DIPLOMATS INVOLVED III PLOT Further Details of Anti-British Conspiracy Are Disclosed at Hindu Trial. and optimism prevails among the Ital ians that this will aid them definitely in holding the Austro-Germans- back from the Italian plain. Amid the first flurries of the storm on Tuesday the enemy renewed his attack among the hills and was rewarded by the capture of several positions. Later, bowivcr, I the Italians, In a counter attack, re-1 gained their lost terrain, after which the artillery duels were resumed, but with less strength than previously had been shown. The Cossacks under General Kale- dines and the Bolshevikl forces are re ported to have met In at least two fights, with the counter revolutionists the victors in both. The engagements occurred at Mohilev and at Tamanovka and the Bolshevik! losses are declared o have been heavy. DEAL FINANCED BY HUNS Seeadler Victim, Returned to San Fran cisco, Relates Remarkable Story of Adventure. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. The pres ence of a woman on board the ships that fell victim to the German raider Seeadler, which operated in South Pa- ific waters, became known for the first time today when Miss Gladys Taylor, a 23-year-oid girl of Mossy Rock, Wash., admitted that she had towed away on the A. B. Johnson, one of the Seeadler's captures, and had been for several weeks the only wom an among a party of 120 persons ma rooned on a desolate Island in the Pa cific by the crew of the raider. Miss Taylor arrived today with 35 other survivors of the Seeadler's vic tims, members of the crews of the Johnson, the R. C. Slade and the Manila. Love of adventure and travel In duced her to stow away on the John son. Miss Taylor said. 'When we were landed on Mopeha Island I was the only woman among more than 120 men," said Miss Taylor, but they all treated me politely and was spared from worry. A relief ship sent by the Papeete, Ta hiti, French authorities rescued the party October 10. HUGE FUND IS DISBURSED (Continued From First Pate.) abroad. The President granted $2,203,- 000 for that purpose. AlmoBt $18,500,000 went to the Ship ping Board to repair German and Aus trian vessels seized in American ports until the United States entered the war, and with the exception of $1,358,000, all of it has been turned over to the Board. The Federal Trade Commission was allotted $2J)0,000 to investigate costs and prices and up to the time the re port was compiled had received $196,- 268 of it. The Council of National Defense had $225,000 allotted to it and has spent nearly all of the sum. Instances where allotments have been comparatively large and dis bursements small so far, include the Navy Department for exigency work allotment $1,368,000, disbursement $3i,- 601; Interior Department allotment $160,000 disbursement, $30,000; Com merce Department, allotment $575,550 disbursement $94,000, and for distribu tion of labor under the Labor Depart ment, allotment $885,000; disbursement $10,000. BIG GVK SHORTAGE ADMITTED Armies on "Other Side" Well Sup plied, Says General Crozier. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Delays and deficiencies in Supplying the Army with ordnance were detailed and ex CuticuraHealed Itching Pimples On face and neck. Hard, red and scattered. Grew larger forming heads. Itched badly and scratched a lot. Used 3 cakes Cuticura Soap and 2 boxes Cuticura Ointment From signed statement 'of Miss Mattie CantrelL Eastonville, Colo. Cheap soaps, harsh soaps.coarse, strongly medicated soaps are re sponsible for half the skin troubles in the world. They make little irritations into great ones. Stop the use of all doubtful soaps. Use Cuticura, and no other soap, for all toilet purposes. Help it, now and then, with touches of Cuti cura Ointment applied to any red ness, roughness, pimples or dan druff if any appear. Cuticura Soap has also proved most valu able for all purposes of the toilet. For Free Sample Each by Return Mail address post-card: "Cuticura, Dept. H, Boston." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. German Money Freely TTsed and More Asked For Count von Bernstorf f Requested to Pro cure $20,000,000. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. The al leged existence of a conspiracy- of world-wide extent to set up a revolu tionary government in India, supported by a strong element of German di plomacy and financiers, and by such anarchistic leaders as Alexander Berk- man, was indicated here today In the trial of several of the alleged con- pirators in the United States District Court. Testimony regarding a request to Count von Bernstorff, ex-German Am bassador to the United States, that he ask his government to supply $20,000, 00Q to further this revolution was sup plied by Thomas J. Tunney, head of the "neutrality bomb squad," of the New York police department. George D. Barnitz, detective sergeant under Tun ney, who followed the latter on the tand, told of a raid on the office of Mother Earth. Berkman's newspaper in New York, and the seizure of many con fidential papers there relating to the conspiracy. A letter alleged to have been written by Har Dyal,. one of the alleged con- pirators who is not In the jurisdiction of the court, to Berkman asking that 1. W . W. and other comrades be sent to India to assist the revolution," was identified by Barnitz. During his testi mony Dr. C. K. Chakravarty, an alleged ringleader in the conspiracy, admitted the identity of other letters tending to show that money had passed between himself and other of the supposed con spirators in furtherance of the planned revolution. Tunney testified that Dr. Chakravarty, Heramba Lai Gupta and Dr. Krnest Sekunna, who are all listed as defend ants, were taken into custody in New York on March 5, 1917, in connection with a bomb plot there, and Chakra varty, in discussing his affairs with the police, stated that he had received $60, 000 from Wolf von Iglel, an attache of the German embassy, to aid the revolu tion. He is said to have stated that Gupta received $21,000 from Captain von Fapen, military attache of the Ger man embassy, for the same cause. Information supplied by these Hin dus, Tunney testified, led to a raid on a New York warehouse stored with am munition, rifles, revolvers, swords and pieces of cannon. The ownership of th-e munitions was not established. Tun rvey testified that Chakravarty also in formed the police that military stores and "munitions had been shipped from Shanghai to points in India in vast amounts and that Bopp, Von Brincken aad Ram Chandra attended to the ship ments or riries ana otner ammunition from San Francisco." Bopp was the ex-German Consul General here and Wilhelm von Brinck eh was one of his aides. Ram Chandra is said to be one of the ringleaders in the alleged conspiracy All are defendants in the case. General Allenby, commander of the British forces in Palestine, has entered Jerusalem and taken over control of the Holy City. The podulace greeted the British commander cordially. In proclamation he told the inhabitants that all sacred buildings and holy places would be protected and main tained. Meanwhile the British army continues its successful operations in Palestine, having captured several ad ditional positions from the Turks. PETITION ASKS MILITIA ORBGOX CITV PAPER MILL WORK ERS ALLEGE "FRICHTFILXESS." Governor Declares No Need of Guard Exists, as Special Agreata Maintain Order. SALEM. Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) If the special agents and officers in Clackamas County find themselves un able to cope with the strike situation in the paper mills there Governor Withycombe is asked to send the mili tia to Clackamas County, in petitions filed with him today by present em ployes in the paper mills. The peti tions are signed by several hundred workers. The petitions state that the strikers realizing that the mills are running at full blast and that their cause is lost. are attempting to establish a campaign of frightfulness. with which the regu lar police and Sheriff's department seem unable to cope." The Governor says that he believes there will be no cause to send the militia to Oregon City, as he has re ceived word from Parole Officer Keller in charge of the special agents, that they find themselves able to handle the situation and believe that future opera tion of the mills will be carried on peacefullly. GERMAN DRIVE IS BEGUN (Continued From First Page.) region, according to the official state ment on aerial operations Issued last midnight. British airplanes dropped bombs on enemy villages and Germans bombed the British area. Five German airplanes were brought down and three British machines are missing. On Tues day British aviators dropped bombs on a large railway junction northeast of Pirmasens, in the Bavarian Pal a tinate, about 100 miles east of Verdun. PARIS, Dec 12. German parties felt out the French lines at points north west of Rheims last night, according to today's War Office announcement. No activity of importance elsewhere is reported, although there was artil lery fighting of some liveliness in the Verdun region, where also a German raid was attempted. 100 Locomotives Commandeered. WASHINGTON. Dee. 12. Western lines were ordered by the Railroad War Board today to send 100 locomotives to aid in relieving traffic congestion. Casualty List. TINKHAM FIRES GANNON Progress of the War. The Germans, following their heavy artillery preparations of recent days, have attempted to drive a wedge into the British line west of Cambrai but although they used numerically su perior forces their effort brought them only a minor gain. The attack, launched between Belle court and Queant, was similar to that adopted by Crown Prince Rupprecht's troops when they pierced General's Byng's front southwest of Cambrai nearly two weeks ago and caused retirement of the British on the salien General Byng previously had driven to ward Cambrai. A like purpose doubt less was involved in the latest offensive and for its execution huge waves of Bavarians were thrown upon the sec tor In an endeavor to overpower th defenders. The British, however, held tenaciously to their ground, except at one point, where the enemy penetrated a front-line position. As In their previous attempt to wreck the Cambrai salient, the German heavily in the enterprise, the British mowed them down with machine gun and rifle Are in the fighting, which last ed from dawn until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The spot chosen for the attack was similar from a strategic standpoint to that near Gonnelieu, where the offen sive of a fortnight ago began, and had It succeeded another retirement by the British on the Cambrai sector prob ably would have been necessary. Notwithstanding their failure, the Germans are keeping up an intensive bombardment of British and French po sitions all along the western front, and dally are receiving additional rein forcements In men and guns from the eastern theater. For Xmas $23-50 Twenty - one British merchantmen were sunk by mines or submarines last week, as against 17 the previous week. The Gift Practical A resolution declaring that a state of war exists between Austria-Hungary and Cuba has been passed by the Cuban House of Representatives. I For Xmas $23-5 The Gift Serviceable MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSMAN BATTLE WITH AUSTRIA. Non-Combatant, by Rules of M'ar, Lara I Himitelf Liable to Execution, If Captured by Enemy. (By the Associated Press.) ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Dec. 12. The first American shot against Austria was fired by Representative Tlnkham, of I Boston, on the lower Plave, when Mr. Tlnkham pulled a string, firing a large 149-mlllimeter gun, sending a shell hurtling across the Piave to the Aus trian positions at Gonfo. A huge cloud of black smoke marked the place where the shell burst. The Italian batterymen gathered around the I gun and raised a cheer as the American Congressman fired. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Congress man Tlnkham, by firing an Italian gun at the Austrian positio: s. has taken on the status of a non-combatant at tacking troops and, according to the rules of war, laid himself liable to execution by the Austrians, should he by any chance fall into their hands. Under the laws of war, a civilian may never engage in hostilities. The temper of the German govern ment toward such Incidents was plain ly displayed early In the war when or ders were issued to the German troops to execute promptly any Americans found fighting with the British or French. The orders described them as with arma in their hands from a country with which Germany was at peace. The fact that war haa been declared does not alter the situation, and any American engaging in hostilities, re gardless of his position in civil life, is regarded as "franc tireur." v George Holden Tlnkham, Represen tative In Congress from the Eleventh Massachusetts district, is 42 years old and a bachelor. He attended the Har vard law school and was admitted to the bar in 1899. He has filled seats in the Boston Common Council and the State Senate, and has long been a Re publican leader in the Bay State. He was elected to Congress in 1915. From NEW YORK-By Express Sent to Us by Our Coat Buyer Now in the Market Coats of Velour Coats of. Plush Coats of Caracul Full and Half Satin Lined Fur Trimmed From one of the best makers of women's coats our buyer purchased coats in eight of the newest models so they come to you greatly below coats in the latest models, made of the most desirable materials. In taupe, green. Burgundy, black and navy. 63 all his remaining regular prices. Smart beetroot, dark brown. SAhmanoi fc (& (3d. CMercKandise of cJ Merit Only STAMP SALES INCREASE DAILY AVERAGE FOR PAST WEEK ASNOVNCED AS S3000. GENERAL: "WINTER ARRIVES Snow, Eagerly Awaited, Begins to Fall in mountain District. WIT: THE FRENCH ARMIES IN ITALY. (By the Associated Press.) Snow, which has been eagerly awaited and long delayed, began to fall this morning in the mountain district where the Austro-German armies are striv ing to break through. The beginning of the snow fall adds to the optimism of those who have been confident that the drive would be checked within its present limits. Snow is falling heavily In the moun talns along the Northern Italian front. SILVER WILL GO HIGHER Western Operators Say $1 an Ounce May Be Necessary Price. WASHINGTON. Dec 12. A delega tion of silver producers from Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, California, Ne vada and Arizona today notified Direc tor Baker, of the mint, that they would be here Friday for a second conference on the Government's plan of contract ing for most of the country's silver output for a year. A definite announcement of the Gov ernments' policy concerning price and quantity required for its own allied monetary needs is expected about week later. Analysis of figures on production costs cited by Western operators show that to get maximum output from many small mines it may be necessary to fix a price of about Si an ounce, which is 12 cents higher than the present mar ket. This price la said to have been approved tentatively by treasury offi cials. Saturday's Figure Climb to 4OO0 and Yesterday Passes $7000 Plana for Drive Go Ok. A steady increase in the sales of war savings stamps is recorded in Portland. The average daily sales last week were $3000, with Saturday as the big day. when the aggregate was $4000. Yesterday the Postoffice officials re ported sales of 17050.80. Mrs. C. C. Van Orsdale, grand guardian of the Neighbors of Woodcraft, was honored yesterday by being the first leader in fraternal society circles to receive appointment as an agent to sell the stamps and encourage their sale. In tendering her services to the state war thrift committee she an nounced that she planned to establish large numbers of thrift societies among members of the Neighbors of Wood craft. Representatives of the 250 young men having rooms in the Y. M. C. A. dormitory reported to the state com mittee yesterday that they are ready to organize a big thrift circle which w absorb large quantities of the "baby bond Investment stickers, as a means of saving money and aiding their coun try at the same time. The young men will make a serious study of money- saving methods, having sessions for the discussion of pertinent topics. EXPORT EMBARGO ORDERED Drastic Regulation Put Into Effect by Railroads Committee. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. An embargo on all export freight, except for the "United States Government, on all rail roads reaching North Atlantic sea board ports, was ordered today by the general operating committee of the Eastern railroads. Explanation of the drastic order was made in a statement issued by the gen eral operating committee, which de clared that "It is vitally essential that there be thorough co-operation in the hnndling of traffic for overseas ship ment, so that the railway equipment which would otherwise be available for fuel. foodstuffs and Government freight shall not be used In moving traffic which cannot be promptly trans-shipped when it reached tidewater." Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070. A 60SS. w gl I'pa.; Be Watchful of Quality in War Times. iree rea is Today as Always, The Best Quality and for the Least Money Ceylon or J a pan Full Weight .iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii- Read The Oregonian classified ads. I ZZ WASHINGTON, Dec 12. General Pershing today reported that First Lieutenant Edgar W. Young, medical officers' reserve corps, attached to Brit ish forces, has been severely wounded in action. His home is at McKenny, Va. The following deaths from natural causes were also reported: Private Irwin M. Shaw, Signal Corps, November 29, pulmonary edema and ptomaine poisoning, Columbia, Mo. Private Joseph A. Morris, infantry, December 4, drowned. Fond du Lao, Wis. Corporal Richard C. Evans, Infantry, December 9, possibly accidental gun shot wound. Palmyra, Tena. . ' . . 0 0 1 ;SSS5SMasae iHSKi!r.i!Kii ga B THRIFT STAMPS AND SAYINGS STAMPS X THE facilities of The North western National Bank and the personal services of Its offi cers and staff are available for the purchase of Thrift Sjtamps and Savings Certificates, op ac quiring Information pertaining thereto. Thrift Stamps... $ .25 Savings Stamps $4.12 3 N orthwestewv jriatioxial bank Cl I 1 II ar .1 7 NJ Hil HP Bank Building JXUi- Portland Oregon THE 0REGONIAN IN THE TRENCHES The Oregonian can be sent to any soldier or sailor abroad or at home, in the camp on this side or in the trenches in France at the following: rates, post paid: lYr. 6Mos. 3JUos. 1 Mo. Daily and Sunday $8.00 $4.25 $2.25 $.75 Daily without Sunday. . . 6.00 3.25 1.75 .60 Sunday 2.50 1.25 .75 .25 Remittances must be accompanied by name of soldier, the number of the company and that of his regiment. Name of ship must be given if The Oregonian is to be mailed to a man in the United States Navy. Mail orders direct to The Oregonian, cash- to accompany order for term desired. The Oregonian, Portland, Or. r.llllllllinillllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllinillllllllllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllliri lllllliimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMi.: