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0 VOL. L.VII. N'O. 17,82.?. PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CLASS I WILL DO STEFANSSON STILL FIRE IS STAYED ON JAPANESE VESSEL HOOVER AND REED III SPIRITED TILT MEXICAN BANDITS AGAIN RAID RANCH TROTZKY EXPOSES IN ARCTIC REGIONS EXPLORER SAID TO BE OX HER- WARSHIP, STANDING BY, SAYS FLAMES ARE PARTLY OCT. PLACE ATTACKED CHRISTJIAS 6CIIKL OK I1AILEY ISLAND. SCENE OF ANOTHER FORAY. EXPRESS COMPANIES MAY BE TAKEN OVER NATION'S FIGHTING TEUTON Young Unattached Men Held Sufficient PROVOST MARSHAL REPORTS Million Available Under Pres ent Registration. 700 000 MORE COME YEARLY " 11 rM Draft Surpasses Highest Ex- trrtatlons of Army Authorities. ' German Efficiency Ila. Noth Jos to Compare With It. TVASHrNGTON. Jan. 1 All men for t war Annie. stlM to be raised by the t r.lfed State, will come from Clas. 1 . ... ... """" "w --...v. ....... "" pedltlon bav. been received. A Royal That mean, the Nation1, fighting Is oK-orthwe,t Mounted Police patrol left r done by yoang men without families pendent upon their labor for support and unskilled In necessary Industrial or agricultural work. Trovost - Mars.lal - General Crowder announced the new policy In a report en the operation of the selective draft lw submitted today to Secretary Piker and sent to Congress. He .ay. Class I should provide men for all mill tiry needs of the country and to ac complish that object be urge, amend ment of the draft law so a. to provide that alf men who hava reached their list birthday since June C. 117. .hall be required to register for classifi cation. Also, la the Interest of fair distribu tion of the military burden, he propose. tKt the quota, of state, or districts b determined hereafter en the besl of the number of men la Class I and Hot npoa the population. Mium Mea Available. Available figure. Indicate, tbe report ar. that there are l.oeo.00. qualified xti'n under the present registration who win be found la Clas. I when all 'i-s;lonrtalre. have bea returned and t classification period ends February Is To tM. the extension of registrar tion to mn turning 1 since June I of last year and thereafter wilt add TOO, 0-a men af year. Clas. I comprise, single men with at dependent relatives, married men who have habitually failed to support their families, who are dependent upon I wives for support or not usefully en-1 gaged, and whoa families are sup ported by Incomes Independent of their 1-tbor. unskilled farm laborers, un skilled Industrial laborers registrants1 bv or In respect of whom no deferred classification la claimed or made, reg- 1.,...,. .,t .V. ., I rial re and In respect of waom no de ferred classification Is claimed or made. I and all registrants not Included In any ether division of he schedule. The plan places -upon unattached single men and married nsen with In dependent Incomes most of tbe weight of military duty, for tbe number of v-.'-n In the other divisions of Class I la very small. Draft Exceeds) Expert a tUaa. General Crowder finds that the first draft surpassed the highest expecta tions and pays high tribute to tbe thousands of civilians whose services - made the plan a success. "At the President's call." be sayi "all ranks of the Nation, reluctantly entering the war. Bevertheleaa Inatamt- Nation with a vigorous and unselfish co-operation that submerged all Indi vidual Interest In a single endeavor to ward the consummation of the Na tional task. I take It that no great National project was ever sttempted with so complete a reliance upon the voluntary co-operation-of citizens for Pa execution. Certainly no such o-nsome ana sacruicuu statute Bad ever before been executed without great hierarchy of officials. "This law has been aimlnlstered by civilian, whose offlcia. relation lies only la necessary powers with which they are vested by the President, designation of . them to perform the duties that are laid upon them. They have accomplished the task. They bare made some mistakes. Tha system offer, room for improvement. Gersusi Efnesraey OwtaOae. "But the great thing they were called upon to do they have dona. The vaunted efficiency of absolutism of which tha German Empire stand, as the avatar can offer nothing to com pare with It. It remain, the ultimate tst and proof of the Intrinsic politi cal Idea upon which American Insti tution, of democracy and .elf-govern ment have been based. Analysing the first draft. General Crowdtr show, that .H.80 men be tween the age. of 31 and 31 year. registered. t"p to late In December I .... . . . . w . I tuoee who sought to evade reglstra- tlon. and of that number 33(3 that number X3(J ware r.lcas.d after having registered, and titers remains only 30)S case, to be prosecuted. The , report declare, that In the final analysis of the records It III be show, that only .00: per cent ef the met) within draft age reded registration. A rough figure of 13 per cent I. given as the, number of registrants I who failed to appear wha called by I iu.ii ivcai Mwroi lur examination, out I General Crowder hastens to explain I that moat of these men already are In I P.rtT Rrnorted In Good Health! - - - r .ml Auraltlnz -Ice Break to Come Oat Next Summer. SEATTLE. Wash, Jn. J. Vilhjal mur Steranssoo. me explorer. ; men 01 nil nnum. r lion. h.v. not y.t left th. Arctic Ocean, i W... according to rfporn i r. . . ..... dav from Divion. T. T Fairbena. Alaska, and Ottawa. Can. Ottawa aia- k rwmh.r .mid tha explorer had left the northern seas and had ar- rired at t ori xuaon, an lnianu Ai..ka. Dawson dispatchers said every mem ber of the party was in good heaim According to the various report. Ste- l rinmnn nrooaDiy win iptno ter m th. Arctic and puot hi. ship.. I . . ti-- tj '.Hh Rtar around I Point Barrow .and through the Bering Strait, to Nome. Alaska, when the Ice break. In the Arctic Ocean next Sum mer. stefansson'a exact location I. not known. The dispatches from the North said arrival, at Fort Tnkon from the Arctic reported him at Herchel Island. which Ilea In tha Arctic off the Cana dian Coast near the Alaska line. The Ottawa, renorta said the marine depart- I m.nt of the Canadian government be - I lleved hlra to be at Bailer Island, which 1 ,n ,n" Arcuc 0,1 I No detail, of the result of the ex- I r,.lon today for the Arctic Coast and Lis expected to return In March with I reports 'of his findings.. FAIRBANKS- Alaska. Jan. 1. tain Alexander AleTa recently arrived at Fort Tukon. Alaska, over the trail from the Arctic bringing word that Vlthjalmur Etefacsson. the explorer.1 was at Herechel Island and Intended to leave next Spring for an Ice trip north and west. Ending his travels on the Siberian Coast. ALIENS MENACE NEBRASKA Thousands of Germans, Long Voters, Renounce Allegiance to I. 6. OMAHA. Jan. 1. A serious menace has developed In answers to the -ques tionnaire filed with tbe Nebraska emptlon boards, which show thou sands of Germans who have taken out their first papers and. under the Ne braska laws, have been voting for years, nave claimed exemption from Army service on the ground that they are alien enemies. From Scott. Bluff County alone Tit such answers have been received from men who have 'been voting regularly. Frank A. Kennedy, chairman of tbe first district exemption board. 1. au thority for the statement that liter- ally thousands of "first-papers" voters are now claiming to be lllen enemies and exempt from military service. U. S. AFTER PRICE-RAISERS (One Pittsburg Coal Baron Arrested . . . i,,Ia " -" riTTSBCBXl. Ps.. Jan. 3. With the president of one coal company under ar- rest charged with violating the price fixing order of the I'nited States fuel administration, warrants have been Is sued. It waa learned tonight, for the arrest of five other coal company offi cials. Department of Justice agents In timated, that additional warrants may be Issued within the next it houra. Complaints of violations of tbe Gov- ' eminent order fixing the price of coal are said to have been under Investiga tion for soma time by Department of Justice agents. Open violation of the order Is said to have been revealed. CANADIAN DRAFT OPERATES Machinery of New Measure Declared to Work Perfectly. OTTAWA, Jan. 3. Th. machinery of I Canada', military service act wa. put In motion today and worked smoothly. I Men eonsciinted in the first draft re- bur-rDorte ,. batche. a. previously sr. ...... 4 . ril.trtrt reaiatrara anrf will go Into training a. rapidly a. they caul be handled and equipped. Tbe new legislation call, for 100.000 men. Tbe rirst orart la .aid to exceed 30.000, although the exact number was I withheld for military reasons. 'PAUPER LEAVES $250,000 Inmate) of County Hospital Dies Owning Valuable Property. DENVER. Colo, Jan. I. John I Knowles. 7 years old. who died In the County Hospital. December $0 last,! friendless, alone and apparently penni less, was tbe owner of an estate which I local real eatate men value at $3S0.000. j It developed today. A real e.tat. man with whom Knowlea once had been associated I started the s4arch which brought tol light Knowles holdings. ENGLISH URGED TO FARM Appeal Made to Agricultural Labor-1 er by Lloyd George. LONDON. Dec. t. Premier Lloyd I George ha. Issued a strong appeal to the agricultural laborer, of the king- Idom to do their utmoat to Increase the production of foodstuff a The Premier declared that the world snona.v y.. ui.j u com-i 4 pelled to feed the array and navy as I t well as ourselves oa what we ar. able Mr.McAdoo Has Subject Under Consideration. i n . .. v vet hia iniirn PNrN KUU KfllNN M ANHh i I HWWIIWtall . . Kill . w . Withdrawal of Sleenina' and i , , ranor uars rroposea. 1 i bKU In tnnUUU HtAU5 UAL.L President. Goes "'to Congress Today for New Laws Governing Com pensation of Individual Lines Under Federal Rule. I "WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.,-Hundred. of passenger train, on railroads east of the Mississippi will be withdrawn from service under order, soon to be Issued by Director-General McAdoo, based upon recommendations made today by a committee of Eastern passenger traf fic officers. The committee waa divided as to the advisability or withdrawing most par lor and sleeping cars, leaving, only those considered most necessary for Im portant travel routes. Hours of labor o railway employes I under government operation were dis cussed by the director-general with heads of the four railway brotherhood! and tbe question of wages will be taken up tomorrow. Bill. Are Drafted. Tomorrow President Wilson goes be. fore Congress with recommendation for legislation providing a basis for com pensating railroads under Government operation and for continued financing with Government assistance. Bills ap proved by the railroad administration will be Introduced immediately and In dications are that they will be rushed to speedy passage. With regard to passenger train re duction, it wa. made plain today that there 1. no Intention of Interfering with commuter or Interurbad traffic or with any other train, necessary for dally and. regular travel. Some of the director-general, advisers have urged that practically all' parlor and sleeping ears be withdrawn from service and that traveler, be required to go large ly In daytime In ordinary coaches. It Is not considered probably, however, that Mr. McAdoo will approve such a drastic course at this time. , Overtime Work Considered. The railroad brotherhood leaders spent nearly three houra with the director-general, most of the time be ing devoted to discussing the possi bility that the Government may- call on railway employes to work much overtime In order to clear present fregnt congestion. This would In- volve extra wages, which tbe railroad administration Is said to be willing to pay on the basis of "time and a half," (Concluded on Paga ft. Column 1.) .PITY 2 . too After Hard Race for Pacific Port, . Destruction Seemed Almost In evitable In Sight or Goal. , A PACIFIC PORT, Jan. 3. An Amer ican warship standing by the Japanese freighter Shlnyo Maru No. 2. which at last reports was doomed by an uncon trolled fire In 'her hold, rent a radio gram here tonight that the fire had been partly extinguished. According to the message the steamer was continu ing under full speed for this port. All day long the Shlnyo had been racing at full speed against the spread of the flames toward a Pacific port, where It was expected that the fire might be combated successfully. To night as she was almost within sight of her goal It seemed certain, accord ing to the advices, that she would be destroyed. ' together with her cargo of "600 tons of steel, cotton and other merchandise. The fire had been re ported out of control of the crew to day. The cause of the fire remained a mystery here. The Toyo Kisen Kal sha, charterers of the vessel, had re ceived no direct communication from the boat subsequent to the first mes sage last night, which told of the out break of the flames. ' " YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Eugene Boy Examining; Revolver Happens to Pull Trigger. EUGENE. Or., Jan. 3. (Special) Oren Watson, aged 1. was seriously and perhaps fatally Injured here to night when he was accidentally shot by Melvln Harford, aged 16. The shooting occurred in a hallway over the Avery Theater. Harford said they had entered the building to examine a revolver which Watson had In his pocket. "I took the gun and turned 1t over In my hand." he said. "I mast have struck the trigger in some manner, It went off." T ' " " Toung Watson Is a .on of Sirs. Eliza beth. Watson, a widow. She has another son. Gilbert, who I. serving with the Oregon Coast Artillery. FIRE SUSPECTS ARE FREED Norfolk Releases All but Two Who Are Unnaturalized Germans. . .J".' NORFOLK, Vs., Jan. 3. Alt but two of the 25 suspects caught In the po lice dragnet thrown about the city to find responsibility for the $3,000,000 fires New Tear's have been released. Johannes Emmor and his son. Otto, still are held because they are un naturalized and have no alien enemy passports to be In a barred sone. OPERATION AT 77 SUCCESS James Miller, Brother of Joaquin, Rallies at Crestvell Home. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) James Miller, 77 years old. pioneer res ident of Oregon and brother of the late Joaquin Miller, underwent a se rious operation at his home In Cres weil this morning. His physicians report that he is re covering nicely. THE POOR C0XGRESS3JAN THESE Clash Develops at Com mittee Hearing. SENATOR GETS SHARP REPLY Food Administrator Denies Usurpation of Authority. RESULTS HELD MAIN NEED Controversy Reaches Climax Over Sugar - Price Arrangement; Charge - That Cane Refiners Were, to Benefit Is Denied. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.- -Examination Hoover ..was Senate com of Food Administrator completed today by the mittee Investigating the sugar and coal shortagea after Chairman Reed and Mr. Hoover had enlivened the proceed lngs with a clash that .had been ex pected since the inquiry started. Yesterday when Mr. Hoover took the stand Senator Reed, a critic of the food administrator, . since the beginning of his work, yielded the task of question lng to Senator Lodge and the examina tLn progressed very smoothly. Today, however, their chairman went Into cross-examination himself most vig orously: Ne attacked the policies of the Food Administration, said Hoover had usurped powers in handling the wheat situation and sought to develop that sugar price agreements were made to benefit Eastern refiners. Hoover Replies Sharply. Mr. Hoover's replies were as sharp as the questions. The wheat situa tion, he said, was handled with the approval of President Wilson and the farmers now were getting more' for their wheat, while flour waa selling for less. He denied all of the chairman's charges and said the Food Administra tion would save the )eople en sugar alone between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 in the year beginning October 1. Senator Jones, of New Mexico, ques tioning the witness about support given the Food Administration by the coun try, drew a ripple of applause from spectators In the committee-room by a brusque retort when Chairman Reed Interrupted. Okie Coal Sltuatloa Heard. When Mr. Hoover left the stand the committee heard a statement on th coal situation in Ohio by Joseph Me Ghee, Attorney-General of that state. Mr. McGhee blamed priority orders for shipments to the lakes for most the trouble and told of ineffectual ef forts to get relief through the Fuel Administration. xhe people are still suffering for want) of coal, he said, adding that he thought the situation would improve under Government op era'.'on of railroads. Tomorrow the committee will return to the sugar inquiry and hear Frank C. (Concluded on Page 3, Column 8.) DATS. Column of Federal Troops Reported In Pnrsuit of Rebels Under; -Villa, Reyes and Lopez. MARFA, Tex., Jan. 3. Another raid by Mexican bandits occurred late to day at the Brite ranch, 35 miles south west of Tiere and an equal distance from Valentine, Tex., according to re ports received at the military head quarters of the Big Bend district here tonight. No details of the raid were given in the meager message received. This ranch was raided Christmas morn ing by Mexican bandits and one Amer ican and two Mexicans killed. - EL PASO, Jan. 3. A message 'was received at the Mexican General Con sulate tonight from Presidio, 1xas, telling of heavy firing which had been heard below the border south of La Jitas, Texas. While no couriers have yet reached Ojinaga, opposite Presidio, with news of fighting in the field south of that border port, it was announced tonight that General Pedro Favela and his column of 1500 Federal troops were In the field in pursuit of a column of 1000 men under Francisco Villa, Canuto Reyes and Martin Lopez. CATTLE POISONER AT WORK Sixteen Thoroughbred Heifers Killed on California Ranch. Are SAN DIEGO, CaU" Jan. 3. Reports that 16 thoroughbred heifers had been poisoned on a ranch near Pala, San Diego County, were investigated and verified today by Sheriff Conklin. A veterinarian found that virulent poison had been placed In the water drunk by the cattle.' Many animals other thin those killed were endangered by the poisoner to whose identity the county authorities have no clew. MINERS TO WORK SUNDAYS . Voluntary Offer Made to Relieve I Shortage of Coal. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 3. The miners at Peabody, Tenn., have voted unanimously to work on Sundays to re lleve the coal shortage. The movement was voluntary on their part. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. At the sugges tion of the marine authorities, the Navy Department, it is announced, plans to coal warships at two Southern ports instead of at New York, until the fuel famine here is ended. GOTHAM STREETS FLOODED Telegraph Service Crippled by Burst ing Water Mains NEW YORK, Jan. 3. All telegraph wires entering the Postal "Telegraph building at Broadway and Murray street. Including the trunk lines, were put out of commission tonight when a 12-Inch water main burst in front of the building. Water' mains also burst in Eleventh and Twelfth streets, near West street. flooding an area covering many blocks. Geysers shot 30 feet into the air, INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, B0 degrees; minimum, 46 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; strong southerly winds. War. " Secretary of War says war mission's recom mendations win not cnange nis policy, Page T. Teuton attempt to cross Paiv. River failure. Page 2.. Hun butchery of Nurse Cavall told by Hugh Gibson. Page S. Trotzky denounces Germany's hypocritical peace proposals. Page 1. National. Express companies may be taken over by Government. Page 1. Food Administrator Hoover and Senator Reed . clash over price-fixing methods. Page 1. House committee hears arguments of suf fragists. Fags . Ooethals to be called to explain deals. Page 2. Pago 2. Secretary Houston wants rf8.000.000 grant to buy seeds for larmers. rage 3. Men In class one will do Nation's fighting. Page 1. Supplies committee seizes upon millions of dollars worth- ox. contracts. Faga 4. - Domestic- Mexican bandits asjala raid Brlte ranch In Texas, rage J, f Cold weather cause Intense suffering In New York. Page 0. Sports. Jack Carter heads move to standardize wrestling rules. Page 8. Outcome of Seattle-Vancouver hockey game tonight Is awaited with Interest, rage B. Directors of Northwestern League to meet In - Seattle January 17. rage a. Pacific Northwest. Fire on Shlnyo Maru . 2 is partly ex tlngulshed. Page 1. Tacoma's water supply contaminated by flood. Page 8. Stefansson yet In Arctic. Page 1. Grain handling In bulk Is necessity, M. H. Houaer tells farmers' congress, rage s. Commercial and Marine. Fall mohair sheafing tried by Oregon goat raisers, rage 17. Big gain in cattle transactions at local stock- yards, rage 11. Suspicions of foul work on steamer Kllburn not Justified, rage 14. Portland and Vicinity. State financial aid for Irrigation projects urged, rage e. Owner arrested when watch dog bites neigh bor. Page 18. Late Mrs. Xarlfa Fallng regarded Insane by Charles Davis, negro waiter, rage 12. ngllsh authority declares Nation is In favor of free seas, rage 10. Canadians will describe war life here Sun day, rage 7. School Directors object to cafeteria carry ing candy, rage 7. Oregon stands first in point of naval re cruits, rage p. Incomes of 25,000 Oregon residents af fected by war tax. rage v. Dredging of Columbia Slough Is proposed. rage 14. Publicity helps to find registrants. Page 9. Spurious Peace Pro posals Denounced. FRONTIERS TO BE DEFENDED Rights of Baltic Provinces . Will Be Maintained. DEMOCRATIC PEACE SOUGHT Council Committee Adopts Resolu tion Declaring Project of Central Empires Is Wholly Unaccept able to Russian People. LONDON, Jun. 4. Developments in the Rosso-German negotiations, the Dally Chronicle says, are likely to eaaae the Western power to give de facto recognition to the Lenlne gov ernment In Russia. A statement of en tente allied policy of a democratic character, It adds, shortly will be aent to Russia. PETROGRAD, Jan. 2. The Bolshe- vikl Foreign Minister, Leon Trotzlry, declared today that the government of the Russian workers would inot con- I sent to the German peace proposals. M. Trotsky's declaration was made before the central committee of the council of soldiers' and workmen's dele gates, during an address In which he denounced In scathing terms "Ger many's hypocritical peace proposals." Assertlng.that the government of Rus sian workers would not consent to such conditions, be said that. if the cen tral powers did not agree to free dis- posal of the destiny of the Polish and Lettish nations it would be urgently necessary to defend the Russian revo lution.' He said the needs at the front would be satisfied, whatever efforts might be necessary. Representatives from all1 the fronts who attended the meeting declared the troops would defend the revolution, but sald Dread and boots wero necessary. German Design Exposed, The resolution adopted after M. Trotzky had delivered his address fol lows: This assembly confirms the fact that the programme proclaimed by the I r,nr,a,ntatlT, n f th. mi a H iMinl nil- . "- -. aiit; a. i j-m col-ui l(j 3k rccos Ilizes 111 principle the conclusion of a peace without annexations' Or indemnities. This recognition establishes the basis for further pour parlers with the view of a general democratic peace. "However, already in this declara tion, the representatives of the German government have refused to admit the free right of oppressed nations and colonies seized before the beginning of the war in 1914 to dispose of their own destiny. This restriction, t which was ' immediately reported by the Russian delegation, signifies that the dominant . parties in Germany, compelled by a , 'popular movement to grant concessions to the principles of a democratic peace, nevertheless, are trying to distort this idea in tho sense of their own main- policy. " Troop. Must Be Withdrawn. The Austro-German delegation, in setting forth the practical conditions of peace in the east, alters still further its Idea of a Just, democratic peace. This declaration is made In view of the fact that the Austrian- and German, govern- ments refused too guarantee Immedi ately and ' Irrevocably the removal of their troops from the occupied countries of Poland, Lithuania and Courland and parts of Livonia and Esthonia. In fact the free affirmation of their will by the populations of Poland, Lithuania, Cour land and all other countries occupied by the troops of other states is impossible until the moment, of the return of the : native population to the places they have evacuated." PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT COM PANY DISBURSES 15.000 IN WAGES EVERY MONTH. With the demands of the trade exceeding those 'of any former year, local manufacturers of foodstuffs are finding it Impossi ble because of the curtailment in their output Imposed by 'the Na- , tional food conservation cam paign to fill orders. I This state of affairs is report ed by the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, which reports that the demands for the output of its factory never were so great. The restrictions placed upon opera tions by the National Food Ad ministrator have made It impos sible for this company not only to supply the ordinary volume of business offered, but to enlarge its output to meet the unprece dented .demand. Operating under this handicap, this company, however, today employs. 200 employes, the same number required a year ago, and disburses In wages $15,000 every month. lCeacaia4 ea t-a 2, CeUiu VJ to grow at home. ther report, data and forecast. Page 14. V 1 ' " 'jl