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PORTLAND, OKECiOX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BIG show, mm WHISTLES BLOW AS SWEPT BY AMERICANS JAILED BY SLAVS, IS RUMOR TELLS OF GOD IS STILL WITH US, SAYS WILLIAM ALMIGHTY IS GLORIFIED FOR GERMAN VICTORIES. 1918 BABY ARRIVES HITS MIDDLE WEST ,000 BLAZE AS HE SAW IT TO HELP PORTLAND romxAVD's first emu) ron : BOLsnxrma at. Irkutsk seize EW TEAR GETS WTXCOME. U. S. RAILWAY MISSION. VOL. LYIL XO. 17,820. NORFOLK JOHNSON RAILROAD CHANGE WAR Great Lakes Territory Especially Suffers.. Spar Ketrhum Celebrates Passing of I Old Year by righting, and Is Booked m No. J. Enemy Bomb Fiends at Work, , is Belief. TRANSPORTATION IS CRIPPLED Many Cities Are on Verge of of Coal Famine. FEDERAL AGENTSSEIZE FIVE Following Explosions. CHICAGO STREETS BLOCKED New Terk Sera ping Its Coal Bin. Cold -Keeps Miners rrom Work. Ardor of New Tear's Welcome Dampened Relief Promised. CHICAGO. Ill, Jan. 1. (Special What is said to b th worst snow torn In half a century reported over the Great Lakes territory today ex tending weet to th Mississippi River and south to the Ohio Valley. The snow Is still falling; tonight with no prospect of ceasing, and all lines of transporta tion, already badly crippled, will be moving with great difficulty by mora. Ins-. The storm comes at a time when many cities are on the verg of s coal famine. Dispatches tonight from the Calumet region, which takea in all the steel and manufacturing cities and towns, say the snow there la two feet In depth and that all train movements have been suspended. Merchants, are soable to make deliveries of foodstuffs. . Stmta in Blockaded. Becausa this waa a holiday. Chicago made no attempt to clear the streets of snow. Transportation companies kept ns;s at work constantly, bur the mow fell aa fast aa they could remove it. Tralna from the East war from two Whistles were still blowing to wel come the glad new year when a baby rlrt was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Peabody. Sill Fifty-fifth avenue South east. She waa the first child born In Portland In 111 and will fall heir to a lot of merchandise offered by local fl7uV K.tcnm w.. th. .t to ba.r- Ffas Start in Three Buildings rested, he being taken Into police head, quarters shortly sfter midnight for fighting with Joseph Burks. The first firs alarm of the year was received at headquarters In the City Ball at 10:4 A. U. from box ITS. East Thirty-ninth street and Hawthorne avenue, the blase being In the home of J. Q. Leake. 1141 Stephens street. The damage was small. . The first man to apply at safety first headquarters for a license for his automobile - was 8. A. Stafford. OS Holladay. He had been absent from the city and therefor had not taken out aa application, but was "saved' by H. P. Coffin. In charge of the work by arrangement with ths Secretary of State. It being a legal holiday, no marriage licenses were issued. 3 FIREMEN ARE KILLED Reports Are That 3 Hans Are Shot by Sailors on Guard 'Business Section Razed for S Blocks. Martial Lav- Is Declared. NORFOLK. Va, Jan. 1. Nearly two blocks In the heart of Norfolk's bus! nesa district. Including the Montlcello Hotel, were destroyed, three men were SPEEDING CAR IS BOARDED killed and a acore more injured In series of explosions, and fires today, Pendleton Man Carrlrs Out Thrill lng Capture of Anto Thief. PENDLETON. Or, Jan. 1. (Special.) In recapturing his stolen ear last night. St Reeta qualified aa a motion picture actor. He missed his machine after church and. with a friend, started ont in a bor rowed car to trace It. Ho caught sight of th lost auto oa th Wild Horse read. Ita driver, aeeing he was pui sued, put on all speed, but the bor rowed car crept alongside. Reets. standing on th runnlngboard of the borrowed machine, leaped to the run nlngboard of hla own car. threw his arms around ths neck, . the driver, who shut off th power and surren dered. which both the police and naval author Itlea believe were Incendiary. The fire had been checked tonight, but still was burning fiercely in the ruins. The loss Is roughly estimated at more than U.000.000. Three distinct explosions In as many buildings, one after the fire once had virtually been brought under control, led to the general belief that enemy agents were at work. Mayor Mayo practically placed the city under mar tlal law by turning the situation over to some naval officers, and 2500 ma rines and bluejackets from nearby naval stations assisted the police and home guards In maintaining order and preventing vandalism. Fir Starts) Early lm Day, Naval patrola rounded up auspicious persons throughout th afternoon. Five to sine hours late, but trains from the QRCHARDISTS HAVE FEARS men wer arrested aa suspects. Two of If West were practically oa time. Outgoing trains tonight expected a fierce battle with snow-filled tracks and th problem. of making sufficient steam far power and to keep th cars habitable at the same time. I C"LARJC3TON. Wash, Jan- 1. (Spe- lUpatch.e from the South report I elal) Orcnardlsts ar fearing th ltlt It IS Crops May Be Damaged Temperature Does not Change. these. Hugo Schmidt and H. K. Leasing. aald to be Germans, were turned over to Department of Justice agents. .To night there were reporta that two Ger- mans had been shot by Bailors during th day, but neither the police nor naval authorities would confirm them. Th fire started before dawn in the unusually coll weather, with freezing I crop will be considerably damaged, if temperatures ae far as central Florida, I not entirely lost. In case ths tempera-I old Granby Theater, and gained rapid Tennessee reports flv Inches of snow I ture does not Chang within th next sod lliht snow la reported from points few days. Th sap la now starting; In tT down In Mississippi " tetter Wae-ai Will Beaeflt Temperatures ros to a marked ax tent over th mtddt west during the sight and today, and all conditions kav been favorable for a heavy fall f scow. It will be a life-saver for Winter wheat and pastures, but the problem of getting fuel to freeslng cities Is acute. th trees and th buda ar beginning to swelL It Is believed generally th large amount cf moisture , la th ground would save ths trees from damage cnless unusually sever weather la ex perienced, but a few days mora of mild temperature would advanc th buds to a condition susceptible to Injury by moderate freeslng temperature. NEW TORK. Jan. 1. Despite alight break In the sero weather that has benumbed New Tork for three days. the city faced another day of suffer- PASTOR ACCEPTS CALL Rev. Floyd E. Dorris, of Centralis, lrg and Inconvenience to Ita business I Comes to Hope Presbyterian Church. lire today. The city Is scraping Ita coal bine, and the reserve supply is near ly exhausted. Nearly CO.000 tons of coal should have reached th city yes terday, hot only J.. tons were brought oa th few icevi that braved the danger of floating ice In th bay. FreeaiaisT Cnetea Riot. New Tork hsd today Its first real eoal riot. Th -disorder began when veral hundred men. women and chil dren, who bad lined up outside a large coal yard at One Hundred and Nine teenth street and the East Rtver. dis covered several loaded trucks leaving the yard after announcement had been Brad that there was no coal for sale. - om of those who bad been waiting patiently with palls, bags, small wagons and baby carriages, at one be ran to stone th office windows. Others followed th trucks, unhooked th rear chutes and lsed th coal that streamed Into the street. Police re serves were called and succeeded In restoring order when a representative of th coal company announced that roal would be sold In smalt lots after rrt hospitals had been served. The temperature today ranged from ro to six above at 1 o'clock tonight and a slowly rising . temperature was predicted by the weather bureau. Sew Year's Aretes- Hapcaed. Frigid weather and war-time eco nomics combined to dampen th ardor of New Tork'a welcom to IMS, It waa largely a subdued Indoor celebration. Instead of the thousands of merrymak ers thronging brilliantly lighted Broad way to greet th new year with tin horns, cowbells and other nolse-maklng d.rlcea. as In other years, only a com paratively fed braved th chilling wind. War-time menua greeted diners and many establishments placed restric tions on drinking. Th 1 o'clock clos ing law was enforced. Consequently, wheo th new year cam Into being. IVwer corks popped than usual and In stead of th usual riotous cheering, the crowds leaped to their feet and sang. The Star-Spangled Banner." PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1. Continued cold weather Interfered with th ef forts of mm operators to keep th an thracite eollerlea open today, although most of th union miners had agreed t work oa the holiday. Abaadoameat by th railroads of all attempts te malntala train schedules has added to th seriousness of th situation. la the loath temperatures below freeslng are predicted for tonight, ea taadisg 1st Central Florida. CENTRAL! A. Jan. 1. (Special.) I r. Floy- E. Dorri I tstor of I J local Presbyterian Church for th past six years, Sunday morning announced to his congregation that he haa ten dered his resignation to th church board. Th minister haa accepted a call to the Ho.. Presbyterian Churc in Port land anl expecta to leave her early In j jruary. Rev. Mr. Dorris hss mad a host of friends during his pastoral her who deeply regret hla resignation. headway, as th firemen were handl capped by frosen fir hydrants, lov water pressure and near sero tem perature. It quickly spread to the Mon tlcello Hotel and other nearby buildings In the block. It waa brought under control 1st In th day, but broke out anew early tonight, and leveled half of th block there beforo being checked. Fireaaea Ar Batterers. Falling floors and walls took toll of firemen and. naval guards. Ona fire man. Charles McCoy, was killed, and seven others hurt in the collapse of an upper floor of the Montlcello Hotel In the day and tonight two firemen and several sailors were caught In a fall Ins; wall of th Lenox building. Three lConclu-ld on Pass 2. Column 1.) John F. Stevens, Former Chief En gineer of Panama Canal, May. Bo . Among Those Arrested.- LONDON. Jan. 1. It Is reported that the Bolshevik! hava arrested th mem bers of the American Railway Mission at Irkutsk, Siberia, says a dispatch to th Exchange Telegraph from Fetro grad. The personnel of th United States Railway Commission, which was not officially .announced, follows: - John F. Stevens, of New Tork, for mer chief engineer of the Panama Canal, chairman; W. L. Darling, of St. Paul, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific Railway; Henry Miller, of St. Louis, former operating vice-president of the Wabash Railroad; George GIbbs. of Philadelphia, former chief mechan! cal engineer of the Pennsylvania Rail road, and J. P. Grlner, of Baltimore, chief consulting engineer of the Baltl more &. Ohio Railroad. SpeakerTakes Hearers to Front Trenches. PRINT BUTTER UP ONE CENT Decline In Price of Hogs Sends Hams and Lard Down. The year opened with notice served on retailers by the city creameries of an advance. of 1 cent a pound in the pric; nf print butter, due to the short supply at this time of year. There probably will be no change in the retail price, except at the downtown markets where business Is done on a closer margin than In the grocery stores in the residence districts. The buying price of butterfat has not been changed. The recent decline In live hog prices has affected the provision list. The wholesale price of hams has been re duced 1 cent and all grades of bacon. except fancy, are 1 to 2 cents lower. Pure lard has declined lVs cents a pound. TANK TO HELP RECRUITING Bis Armored Fighting Machine Will Make Toar of TJ. S. NEW TORK. Jan. 1. In an effort to give impetus to enlistments In th British and Canadian forces, the Brit ish armored tank "Britannia" will- be tarted on - a recruiting tour of the Urited States on January 14. Accomoanying the tank will be a squad of speakers and Scotch pipers. as well as th captured German sub marine, which was used in the liberty loan campaign in this city and in the victory loan campaign In Canada. A tour of th South will ba made first. thence north to Chicago and westward. SERVICE NOT ATTRACTIVE 0 Per Cent of Draft Registrants In Chicago Claim Exemption. CHICAGO, Jan- 1. Fully SO per cent of draft registrants who have returned their questionnaires to the Chicago boards are claiming exemption, it waa announced today. . Th majority ar basing their claims on dependency grounds, although some are urging their physical disability. ALL WELL WITH U. S. TROOPS Nothing Is Concealed From American Public. TIMOROUS RUMOR REFUTED Representative From Washington, Returned From Battlefront, In forms Crowd About Conditions, in Bat tie-Scarred Europe. So far as the United States and its soldiers are concerned, everything is all right. There is nothing to conceal. And I want to say to you further that so far as our allies are concerned there is nothing to conceaL" This Is the assurance that Repre sentative Albert Johnson, of Washing ton, member of the Congressional party which recently toured the western front, brings back -from France and England In answer to the timorous rumor that we are not being told all. It came as a New Year's message to Portland, when Congressman Johnson spoke to several thousand intensely Interested auditors last night at the Auditorium, taking them with him, in very winning and conversational way, through the battlefields of France to the front line trenches, where, as he put it, "the Germans are no far ther away than second base Is from home plate." Facts of Strife Faced. Congressman Johnson waa one of the party of 10 Congressmen who made a patriotic pilgrimage to Great Britain and France between the close of the war session of Congress and the con vening of the present session, defray ing their own expenses, that they might stand face to face with the facts of strife. His address last night, aa elsewhere on his speaking . tour, was under th direction of the committee on public information. In his heart is no hate for the" plain people of Germany, victimized, by the doctrine of militarism and might, de lared Congressman Johnson, nor did he, before this country's entrance into war. view with aught sav tolerance those Americans of German birth who sympathized with Germany in the strife. Pro-Germai Rights Cease. "In this country and at that time, they had that right," he admitted, "but that right ceased to exist on the day that America . declared war. If there is a man in America today who de clares for the central powers as against this Nation he deserves to be taken out and shot or hanged. "Befor we entered," he resumed. mid cheering, "people had the right "My Army" and "My Fleet" Also Commended for Efficiency and Daring Enterprises. AMSTERDAM, Jan.'l. Berlin reports that Emperor William has addressed the follow New Tear order to the army and navy: "A year of heavy and important bat ties has closed. The gigantic battles which raged from Spring to Fall on Belgian and French soil were decided in favor of your glorious arms. In the east the offensive spirit of our armies, by powerful blows, achieved great suc cesses. Our arms there are now at rest. Brilliant victories in a few days destroyed the Italian offensive prepa rations of years. . "In co-operation with my army, my fleet has again proved Its efficiency by daring enterprises. The submarines are unswervingly performing their dif ficult and effective work. Filled with pride and admiration, we survey the heroic band of our colonial troops. "The German people in arms has thus everywhere, on land and sea, achieved great deeds. But our. enemies still hope, with the assistance of new allies, to defeat you and then destroy forever the world position won by Germany in hard endeavor. They will not succeed. Trusting in our righteous cause and in our strength, we face 1918 with firm confidence and iron will. Therefore, forward with God to fresh deeds and fresh victories." POLISH TROOPS IN FRANCE First Contingent Recruited in Amer ica Has Landed Safely. WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. The first contingent of Polish troops recruited in America for service with the allies has landed safely in France, it was an nounced tonight by Colonel James Mar tin, of the French military mission. The unit, composed entirely of men gradu ated from the Polish Training Camp at Niagara, N. Y, will be attached to the Polish forces now fighting on the west front. . For military reasons the number of men In the contingent was withheld. Artificial Barriers to Be Swept Away." NATURAL GRADE EMPHASIZED Immense Volume of Traffid Expected to Follow Columbia. CASCADES BAR IN NORTH Profile Map Prepared by Major H. A. Brandon for Astoria Rate Hear ing Shows Advantageous Post, tion of Southern Lines. 'Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.) POLICE WILL GET CREDITS Chief Johnson Makes New Year's Announcement to Men. Chief of Police Johnson made Public yesterday bis New Year present to th men of bis command credit marks for what they do in th line of duty. -I believe every policeman should get credit for what Be does." said th Chief. "and therefor have decided to keep a record and post It at th close of each month. Then th men will know and th public may know what each haa done." This system, th Chief said, will ex tend to all branches of th service, and be believes it will stimulate activity, THRIFT IS WELL STARTED War Savings Stamps Sold by. Post office) Total S2.0,550. , NEW TORK. Jan. 1. Total sales by poetofflces throughout th country of thrift 'and war aavlngs stamps amount to 12.7SS.114. It was announced here tonight. This amount. which represents I2.044.SS0 In war aavlngs and I6S1.S44 in thrift stamps, does not Include the distribution mad by Federal Reserve banks to agents of the first and sec ond class, which. It was estimated, would at least double th sales of post offices. ' -Men Draft Liability Continues. JEFFERSON CITY. Ma, Jan. 1.- of draft ase who ar employed by the Government In operation of rill roads will not b classed aa employes of the Government under the new regulation, according to word received today by Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. McCord from Provoet Marshal-General Crowder. APROPOS OF THE WEATHER. , f ,oor-r, oosSr av?t ' " Y , . I i T jty. T n yrxm lex syes 7S fS SA9T . 4 BANDITS LOOT 3 TOWNS Federal Soldiers Ordered From Homosillo to Pursue Marauders, .NOG ALES, Ariz., Jan. 1. Three towns were raided and looted and a Southern Pacific de Mexico train held up yesterday by bandits operating be tween here and'Cananea, Sonora, ac cording to . reports reaching here to day. Three hundred Federal soldiers Jave been ordered from Herraosillo to take up pursuit of the marauders. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature degrees; minimum. 45 desTees. - TODAY'S Probably rain; moderate south erly winds. War. Kaiser glorifies God for German victories. Pass 1 War crisis predicted within six months by French commissioner. Page 8. Germans try Mis Cavell secretly, Hugh Gib son writes. Page 4. Germans report galas en Cambrai battle- front. Page 4. Italians wrest Important position from Aus trian forces. Page 2. Bolshevlkl arrest American railway mission is report. Page L Soldiers' equipment not what It should be, says Representative Tlnktiam. rags Foreign. Lloyd Georg-e sends hopetu! New Year's xnes sage to allies, rage e. National. Gonpers pleads for labor's support in win ning war. Page i Right of way given coal trains. Page 14. Dry forces vie for first ratification of Na tion-wide rule. Page &. Railroads start work of clearing up freight congestion. Page Domestic. Big snow hits Middle West. Page 1. Norfolk has 12,000.000 incendiary fire. Page 1. Sirs. Maud Hudson Smith dies in San Fran Cisco following Isew Year s . spree. Page 14. Bishop Sumner weds in Chicago. Page 7. Sports. Stumof rets many votes lor manager of Beavers, f ago w. Marines defeat Camp Lewis eleven by su perior play. Page la. Paper chase won by James Nicol. Page 10. Seattle hockey team defeats Portland, 1 to o. Pare 18. - i-'a Wild game said to be menaced. Page 16. Pacific Northwest. Big structure, undermined by floods at Ta- coma. topples into river, rage . Telegram Indicates that B. J. frasler. of Eugene, committed suicide near uear h&rt. Page 14. Lime report stirs up fuss at farmers' week conference. Page 5. Oregon's oldest man. 103. dies. Page 0. Mayor of Astoria criticizes fellow-workers. Paga 14. Portland and Tklnity. Representative Johnson, back from France, tells about war. rage J. North Bank spends Sl.230.000 for Improve ments in mil. rage n. Irrigation Congress meets today. Page 6. Registrants assigned to Class I start ap peals.- Page 8. Colonel Dlsque sends broadcast urgent ap peal to 25,000 members Legion or Log gers and Lumbermen. Page 7. Portland expected to benefit from Govern ment operation ol raiiroaas. rm i. Question of control of hotels, rooming- tng-nouses ana cararooma up w council today. Page 1L Local Red Cross victory due to courage In face of defeat. Page la. The Oregonlan New Year's edition goes far and wide. Page 14. Fund of 175,000 for war work activities to be raised here. Page id. Law governing use of explosives explained by local commissioner, rage 8. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. Every day meatless for Portland man for 30 years. Page 8. Confirmation received that workers In local shipyards to get extra pay. Page 15. Whistles still blowing . to welcome New Year when Portland s Iirst IBIS baby ar. rives. Page 1. (w Year's dance at Auditorium attended by thousands ex soldi. rs ana sailors. Face e. Is Portland at last to come: into its own as the port of the North Pacific? Traffic and rate men who have been interested in establishing commerce here upon what they regarded as an adequate basis are now pondering ths problem whether the Government order taking over the railroads will not at )ast favor this port to the extent that all others are likely to be distanced in the race. They are beginning to believe th Government order will level all artifi cial barriers that have been raised against Portland in the past and that rates favorable to other points, former railroad discrimination and unsatisfac tory rate adjustments by commissions, will no longer wield their malign power to retard the progress of this port. ' Portland's geographic position alone. It is contended, will win commercial dominance for the Columbia River dls trlst as against fne blandishments of the Puget Sound ports. Efficient Economy Is Aim. Government control of the railroads is taken to mean, generally speaking, the straightening and shortening of rail routes across the continent, max imum loading of cars so that one car and one engine, too, can do the work that formerly required two or . more, economy in fuel and equipment, pooling of resources of all the lines and han dling them as one system and the plac- fng under the ban of circuitous rout ing. . It is assumed nothing will budge the Government from its purpose to get the utmost service from the rail lines of the country in order that the war preparations may be expedited and the conflict prosecuted with all possible speed. This means the maximum of efficiency throughout the whole fabrio of American railroads'. It is said the railroads that serve Portland by way of the ater-grado ' route aown me iUiumuia xiiver can grlve cards and spades to the rail lines that tote their loads over the high Cascade Range to Puget Sound when it comes to economy of operation, quick dispatch and saving in equipment. Grade to Portland Easiest. The advantages of the Columbia River water level route have been com mon knowledge for a long time, but they have been offset to a degree by favoritism to other ports by railroad interests. Now that efficiency is the sole consideration, it is believed that the shortest, easiest ' routes to tide water from the interior will be those chosen for the dispatch of the bulk of Government business. This will mean the restoration to the Columbia River of ocean-carrying eommerce and that from Portland to the East will go through the Columbia River gateway a great volume of traffic that In other days was handled from other Pacific Coast ports. In- no way, perhaps, is Portland's tremendous natural advantage of geo graphical location so vividly shown aa in a profile map of the lines of rail way reaching Portland and Puget Sound from the East, drawn by H. A. Brandon, now a Major in the 116th En gineers, who was employed by Astoria in the rate-case hearings affecting that city and compiled the map and other . data at that time. This map is a striking object lesson in the railroad situation in the Pacific (Concluded on Page 4, Column 3.) NORTH PORTLAND PAYROLL LEAPS SO PER CENT. Although the number f em ployes of the Portland Union Stockyards, Union Meat Company and associated interests in North Portland grew during the last year from 850 to 1000, the aggre gate of the payroll . increased fully 50 per cent. In 1917 these various Interests disbursed $1, 000,000 In wages as compared with about $700,000 for the year 1916. The meat company now em ploys 600 . men, while an addi tional 400 work in the stock yards and the other activities of the big corporation. The vol ume f business transacted has increased in the same proportion as the amount of the payroll has advanced. Last year two large additions to the company's property were added at a cost of $225, 000 and the management is planning oth er Improvements for 1918 that will Involve an expenditure of $150,000.