A" NaT" JTr-vT -. ' l
5?
YOU LVII. NO. 17,821.
PORTLAND, OltECiOS. MONDAY, JANUARY , 7, 1918.
PRICE FIVE- CENTS.
$3,000,000,000 IN
INSURANCE BOUGHT
AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND SAIIy
ORS GET POLICIES.
PEACE SHIP SPLITS
HUNGER IMPERILS
SUCCESS OF ALLIES
600,000 PAID BY
DARING AVIATORS
PROTECTING PADUA
FLEEING JAILBIRDS
CAUGHT: ONE SHOT
WORST IN HISTORY
F
FOOD SITUATION" IS ENGLAND
FRANCE AND ITALY GRAVE.
ITALIAN CITT SPARED ANOTHER
AIR RAID BY GERMANS.
a A av VA A k. V
J, 1 :
BLIZZARD
USS
ROCK
BANKS 0
PORTLAND
Wind and Snow Render
City Helpless.
STREETS ARE IMPASSABLE
Wind Blif.vs 54 Miles an Hour,
. Sleet Freezes as It Falls.
COLDER WAVE EXPECTED
"Jrcal Ptstres Anticipated Because
of I nf I f-bort?e and Blocked
Transportation -Telexraphlc
Service Badly Crippled.
CHICAGO. i:U Jan. . (Special.)
In the wake of the wont bllxaard in iU
history the cltr stood almost helpless
aU of today and tonight. It will be
hoars before It can die Itself out and
approach normal conditions.
Swept by a storm of wind and snow
which had whirled its way. up from
th. Southwest. Chicago aw'oks Sunday
to find its streets Impassably because
of rreat drifts. As the day wore on
these obstacle's ire and Increased in
number.
Serious interruption to wire service
Bakes it Impossible to learn the full
scope and extent of the storm, but it
appears to be a combination of a heavy
ram storm, drifting Northeast from
Texas, encountering a cold wave beaded
southwest, somewhere in the Missis
sippi Valley. This changed the rain to
sleet and snow and the contending
winds produced a blisaard.
Scatters States Saffer.
The Southern storm was forced off
Its course and its center Is near Evans,
vtlle. Ind. It beaded northeast and Is
driving furiously.
The upper Mississippi Valley, the
Ohio River Valley and all the territory
from those points to the Great Lakes
Is swept by the tempest. Alabama, part
of M.sstsstppt. TenneaseV. -Kentucky.
Indiana, Oblo. Illinois. Lower Mich
igan ad Western Pennsylvania appear
to be the worst sufferers.
Trains are stalled, and r. number with
terminals hers did not attempt to start
. today. . The city la short of cosj. and
wltt be unable to get any milk until
the drifts are cleared. la many places
the snow drifts are up to second-story
windows.
Severe Cold Wave Fallawtag.
More serious Is the announcement
that a severe cold wave Is following
the bltxsard. This will freeze and rack
down the enormous snow barriers and
will further hamper transportation.
For hours the wind blew at the rate
ef 64 miles an hour. It packed the
anow into hard mounds and billows.
These, coupled with the fact that
times, owing to the failing snow. It
was dtffloult to scs any distance, were
the cause of numerous accidents.
The storm struck the city at mid
night iwturday. IT Increased rapidly
In violence and continued with all l.s
force for nearly IS hours. Late this
evening the wind dropped to 35 miles.
but there was little change in the snow
taU.
(irrat Distress Aatlcipated.
What probably will be the real hard
ship of the storm, from the standpoint
of suffering, mar come tomorrow. Tba
weather forecast Is that the. mercury
will drop to 1 - degree, and it la feared
the coH. with the fuel shortage wnlch
eil.tji even among the more fortunate,
will be attended by a vast amount of
human distress In fact, charity organ
isations were busy today preparing for
Just surh a situation.
Early in the day the city found itself
facing these problems:
Mail trains all late: some abandoned.
Klevated tran service Irregular.
Suburban service Intermittent, the
4loacluld on 2'ss a Column 1.)
J GREAT MILLING PLANET OP-
EKATED TO CAPACITY.
When' Albers Bros. Milling
company 'erected their Urge
mills in this city, they provided t
for the increased demands the
future was expected to brine; and
established
plant of greater
capacity than the trade required
at the time. Growth of business 4
in the last year, however, obliged
the company to operate its plant
and night crews until a few
weeks ago, when the usual quiet ,
season permitted a reduction of
output. , J
The company employs 156 per-
sons, as against 142 a year ago,
and has a monthly payroll of
$16,000, which is an increase of
about $2000 a month in wage !
distribution. i
In the last year this company T
built a new modern mill at Oak-
land, CaL. representing an in-
vestment of many thousands of
dollars, and is equipped for meet-
ing all requirements of the trade, 2
which are promising for 1918..
Secretary McAdoo Calls Attention
to Necessity for Early Filing
of Applications.
WASHINGTON. Jan. . More than
$2,000,000,000 worth of Government in
surance has been bought by American
soldiers and sailors. Secretary McAdoo
announced In a statement urging upon
the men necessity for filing applica
tions for policies before the expiration
of the time limit set by law. Men who
Joined the colors before last October IS
must apply for Insurance before Febru
sry 12, 11I. and those Joining after
October IS must msks application for
insurance within ISO days -after enter
Ing the service.
Soldiers and sailors who are depend
ing on the automatic Insurance pro
vided by the Government until Febru
ary 12. Ills., are warned that this is
only partial and limited protection. It
represents only slightly more than
1 1009 of Insurance and is payable only
to a wife, child or widowed mother,
whereas the insurance bought can go
aa high as $10,000 and Is payable to a
wife, husband, child, grandchild, parent,
brother or sister. The automatic Insur
ance wl'.I not be in force after Feb'
ruary 1
SOLDIERS' PkT HELD UP
Many Suffer Because Roll Has One
Name Too Many..
WASHINGTON. Jan. . Difficulties
of a clerical . nature .have served 'in
some Instances to delay paymesft of
roops In the United States, Secretary
Baker aid. In discussing reports .of
he failure of soldiers to receive their
money on lime.
An investigation ord red by. Mr.
Baker disclosed that th. greatly en-
Llargei Army enrollment and unusual
foreign names that appear noon such
muster lists naa resulted in me trans
cribing to the payroll of a name which
did not appear upon muster roll. The
auditor would not pass the roll until
the error ha been corrected.
V1UTT0N NOT RESTRICTED
cod Administration Says Eat Sheep
. Except on .Meatless Days.
f SALT UKE CITT, Utah. Jan.-
An official bulletin,, issued by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, which was received by s. w. Ma
ture, secretary of th NationaJ Wool
Growers' Association, makes an em
phatic announcement that the United
States Food Administration is not re
stricting the use of mutton or lamb
in any way save on the designated
meatless day of each week.
Consumption of mutton and lamb Is
to be one of the subjects discussed at
the coming convention of the National
Wool Growers" Association.
FREE PASSAGEJS GRANTED
Government to Bear Expense of
Transporting Marine Graduates.
BOSTON, Jan. C. The demand for of
ficers in the new Merchants' Marine
prompted the United States Shipping
Board tonight to announce that gradu
ates of the Government free navigation
or marine engineering schools would
receive transportation and allowance
(or subsistence when ordered to report
for duty.
Navigation schools bave been opened
by the Government at 10 points, and
hereafter a graduate of the San Fran
ciaco school applying for a. berth on a
steamer from New York will travel at
the Government's expense.
DISLOYAL ACT STIRS MEN
North Bend Joiners Walk Ont When
E. T. Mcttler Spurns Legion.
NORTH BEND. Or- Jan. C (Spe
ciaL) Because L. T, Mettler. a Joiner
at the Kruse & Banks shipyard here,
would not sign the membership roll of
the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lcm
bermen. the rest of the joiners em'
ployed at the yard struck yesterday and
refused to resume work until action
had been taken. As Mettler persisted
In his refusal to sign the roll he was
discharged, together with his son. The
me'h then resumed work. Mettler had
been employed in the yard, for more
than two years.
WAR WORK CALLS WOMEN
Many r Positions Available in Both
Array and Navy Departments.
WASHINGTON. Jan. . Increased
needs of service caused by the war, it
was announced last night, have thrown
open to women positions in the Navy
Departmeat aa mechanical, marine en
gine and boiler draftamen.
The Quartermaster's Department of
the Army is employing women as in
spectors of clothing.
CIVIL. WAR GENERAL DIES
Title of Brigadier Worn by John C.
Kennedy Before Age of tt
DENVER, Jan. (. Brigadier-General
John C. Kennedy, who won hie military
title in the Civil War, died at his home
here today, aged "t.
He was former Adjustant-General of
Colorado and bad been a resident of
this state for 40 years.
Germans Refuse to Go
, to Stockholm.
TROW INSISTENT ON PLAN
Decision of teutons Arrived at
During Crown Council.
BERLIN MUCH DISTURBED
Although Reichaias Parties In the
Main Are Supporting the Govern
ment. Considerable Political
Unrest Is Prevalent.
(By the Associated Press.)
The peace negotiations between the
central powers and the Bolsheviki gov
ernment in 'Russia nave been "tempo
rarily suspended", by the German's.
From the meager advices received. It
appears the. rock upon which-a continu
ation of the pour parlcra split was the
demand of the Russians that the con
ference be resumed at Stockholm, In
stead of at ZJreat-Utovsk.
Trotsky Xmt Satisfied.
Dissatisfied with the proposals for
peace made by the Teutonic allies he-
fare the recess of 'he Brest-Lltovsk
conference; Leon Trotsky, the Bolshe
vik! Foreign Minister, had been Insist
ent on the' deliberations being held on
neutral soil instead of at the German
eastern headquarters.
The Germans, however, had .been
equally as firm in their determination
not to treat with the Russians at any
other place than Brest-Lltovsk.
Declaloa Reached at Bert I a.
German advices Saturday were to the
ffect that the Bolsheviki delegates, on
finding that the representatives of the
Teutonic allies were at Brest-Lltovsk
awaiting them, had started for this
town, but-nothing has comelhrough to
how that these bad any foundation In
fact. ,
The decision of the Germans to dis
continue the sittings was arrived at
urlog a crown council held in Berlin
Satarday. which was attended by Field
Marshal Vba Hindenburg and General
von Ludendorff, first Quartermaster
General. .
. Cerssaas Fesur Iatrtgwe.
A belated dispatch from Berlin gives
as the reason for the refusal - of the
Germans to go to Stockholm for fur
ther conference the fear that British.
French and American diplomats In the
Swedish capital would by intrigue ren
der all endeavor futile.
Dispatches from Berlin indicate that,
although tho Reichstag parties In the
main are supporting the government,
considerable political unrest Is preva
lent and that strong efforts are being
made to hold the Socialists in line.
The Socialist organ in Berlin char-
(Concluded on Page 4. Column .)
u
at?4m-s wit. etc -PX 7
N. VjCj c'le 'S r. D
T&j-rj? . , esj;JC
Deep Concern Now Fclt Lord
Khondda Anxious Compulsory
Rationing Starts In England.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The food sit
uation in the allied countries of Europe
is jrraver than it has been at any time
since the beginning of the war and Is
giving American Government officials
deep concern. Official reports picture
extreme rood short ages in England,
France and Italy.
The fact that conditions In Germany
and Austria are far worse offers the
only grounds for optimum In viewing
the situation.
In England and Fiance the situation
is described as critical in a cablegram
io the food administration today from
Lord Khondda, the British food control-
j ler. which concluded with these words:
I view the situation with grave anx
iety." In Italy conditions are not as good
perhaps as io either England or France.
Compulsory rationing will be started
in England immediately with meats the
first commodity to be put under con
trol. Distribution of butter and mar
garine will be taken In hand next and
oilier foods will be added as they be
come scarcer. All of the principal food
stuffs will be rationed by April.
ITALY . INCREASES ARMY
Men Previously Exempted Ordered
to Be Further Examined.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Italy( has
adopted a drastic new policy to increase
her fighting forces. Physical require
ments bave been modified, and all men
between the ages of 18 and 44 years
previously exempted "lor defects are of'
dered to present themselves for further
examination.
Those accepted will be mustered in
the army January 15. It Is estimated
the decree will bring moVe than 600,000
men to the colors.
COLFAX FIRE LOSS $23,000
Kincaid Implement House and Col
, fax Creamery Are Destroyed.
COLFAX. Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
Fire early today destroyed the Kincaid
Implement house and Colfax creamery,
causing a loss of about 133.000. The
fire started In the implement house and
machinery valued at 2J,000 was
burned.
The Colfax creamery loss Is estimated
at $;000. The two buildings - were
valued at ?o00. The losses are partly
covered by insurance.
BEET SUGAR PRICE TO RISE
Wholesale Price to Be Uniform tVlth
That of Ganc Sugar.
DENVER, Colo., 'Jan.. 6. The whole
sale prico of beet sugar is to be raised
10 cents a hundred pounds under order
from the National Food Administration,
according to announcement from local
sugar concerns.
The new price will be $7.8$, the same
as that for cane sugar. The rise, it
Is said, was made to place beet and
cane sugars on an equality. ,
SPEAKING OF THAT SIX-CENT CARFARE.
Total Earnings Esti
mated at $750,000.
RATES RANGE T0 15 PER CENT
Year's Business Is Satisfac
- tory Throughout.
SURPLUS FUNDS INCREASED
General Strengthening: of Financial
Institutions for 1918 Indicated
by Analysis and Few Changes
In Management Forecast.
Fully $600,000 was" or will be paid
out by Portland banks as dividends to
their stockholders for the year 1917.
The dividends and sums set to surplus
and undivided profits probably will be
more than $750,000.
This index to the -earnings of the
local financial institutions is two-fold
In Its importance this year, and is so
regarded by banking students here- and
elsewhere. It shows that the amassed
local capital represented by more than
$100,000,000 In deposits, is working, de
veloping industries and mercantile
business, and also that business condi
tions are not only healthy but re
growing. Banks which last year and
the year previous held needlessly large
reserves are now lending liberally to
meet the local demand. . In addition
the good offices of the Federal Reserve
System In making It possible for the
member banks to operate on a broader
scale and at the same time remain per
fectly liquid, are reflected in the In
creased service tof the institutions.
Excellent returns on capital invest
ments were made by all of the city's
larger banking institutions and - con
trasts favorably with 1916, when some
of yie banks' passed dividends. The av
erage dividend returns In 1917 on the
entire aggregate capitalization of $8,
000.000 was better than IVt per cent.
definite figures from several of the in
stitutions not being given out.
v Surplus Fnads Swelled.
Dividends of 8 per cent or bette
were paid by. all of the large- banks.
Among the smaller institution lower
dividend payments were occasionally
recorded. However, in many Instances
where no direct cash disbursements
were made to the stockholders these
institutions set aside sums to surplu
and undivided profits and in one or
two cases took over real estate on
which loans had been made." In the
case of two newly organised banks no
divldendswere paid out, but qilite sat
isfactory earnings are report-!.
In the National banks final dividends
for 1917 were declared in time to place
the payments in the hands of the stock
holders by January 1. The United
States National sent out its disburse
ments In the form of checks to reach
(Concluded on Page 4. Column 2.)
Aerial Cordon" Circling Over City
Sends Enemy Planes Elsewhere.
Damage Done at Castcl. ,
(By the Associated PreM.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Jan. 5. Padua
was spared another air raid last night,
largely through the daring of Italian
aviators, who went into the air an
hour before moonrise and formed an
aerial cordon around the city, meeting
enemy machines as they advanced.
The enemy aviators, seeing the heavy
concentration; diverted their course,
going to Mestre. Bassano and Castel,
France, where they caused some cas
ualties and considerable loss at the
last place.
British aviators are doing especially
good work. Their latest exploit was
the destruction of an enemy balloon at
Susegana aift the bringing down of an
enemy airplane by gunfire.
The artillery action along the moun
tain, and Plave- fronts is intermittent,
and no longer shows the intensity of a
big offensive. .
Along the Upper Piave enemy bat
teries have been virtually silent for a
week. Indicating either a shortage of
ammunition or a possible movement of
forces-westward to other fronts.
Weather conditions '.ontinue abnor
mally good, with 'clear days and nights.
STARVATION TALE IS TOLD
German Aviator, Who Deserts to
Greece, Says Army Morale Low
..WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. A dispatch
to the Greek legation here says that
a German aviator, a graduat- of Berlin
University, who had decerted and ar
rived In Greece, told of starvation in
Germany and the cruel treatment ol
the Greek population In Macedonia and
Thrace, occupied by the Bulgars.
"Questioned by the Grtek authori
ties," said the dispatch, "the .aviator
said "that daily a great number of
deaths occur in Germany due to star
vation. Coffee and fats are scarce.
Coffee, and bread are substituted by
acorns.
ine morale or the German army
is low because of insufficient nourish-
ment due to the prolongation of the
war. Mutinies-and threats to officers
occur daiiy."
LADUri OLArSlt: JAIL UrcNd
Complainant Bails Prisoner Out inlvolver struck him in the neck, passing
Order to Put Him to Work.
After causing the arrest of Walter
Pfyl on a charge of larceny of an
automobile truck, E. J. Hoover ap
peared at the central police station
yesterday morning and bailed the pris
oner out In order to Dut him to work
at the complainant's creamery, 475 Jef-
ferson street, where he has been em
ployed. The prevailing scarcity of
labor caused his employer to put up
$150 cash bail.
Pfyl, it is said by the police, used
the auto truck to take himself and
two friends, Walter fcrg and John
Zyback, to a dance. All three of the
men landed in Jail.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 57.4
degrees; minimum. 4tf.z. Gegree.
TODAY'S Rain; fresh southerly winds.
Daring; Italian aviators protect Padua from
air raid, iase 1.
Hunger endangers success of allies. Face 1.
German peace ship splits on Russian rock.
i'age 1.
Foreign.
Lloyd George's speech unites and strength
ens jsntisn in war. fag tf.
National, m
American soldiers and saildrs take out- 3,-
000,000,000 worth of insurance. Page 1.
Railroad bill to have right of way in Con
gress. Page 2.
Holding up freight cars to be expensive here-
aiter w snippers, .rage 3.
Domestic.
Chicago in grip of worst blizzard in history-
Page 1.
American labor to wage war on an ti-Amer
ican propaganda. Page 5.
Cardinal Gibbons holds annual reception.
Page 5.
Mrs. Norman DeR. Whftehouse going abroad
to tell Oeraians United States, war aims.
Ogden Armour resents statements credited
to Counsel Heney, of Federal Trade Com
mission. Page 4. '
Pacific Northweat.
Disbarment proceedings against Mayor Gill,
of Seattle, start today. Page a. -
Grant - Smith - Porter Brothers Company
awarded contract to furnish Government
with 100,000,000 feet of airplane spruce.
Page o.
Kelso scene of fierce gun fight between
Town Marshal and four fleeing jailbirds.
Page 1.
Sports.
Alexander, of Philadelphia. Is most effective
pitcher in National League. Page 10.
Johnny Powers, owner of Los Angeles team.
has visions of winning coast pennant.
Gun Club events bring out bi attendance.
Page 11.
BUI Kodgers dickers with Sacramento. Fags
10.
National baseball commission .to hold an
nual meeting at Cincinnati tomorrow.
Page ID.
Fort Land and Vicinity.
Frank J. Steinmetz killed by accident while
mnting. Page 18.
Howard Sharp writes of conditions at Camp
Mills during last days there, rage .
Draft board begins work of adjudicating
appeals from registrants.. .Cage lis.
Campaign to raise S75.000 for war work set
for this week, f age o.
Theater speakers will explain war Income
tax. Page 7.
Schooner Forest Home arrives with Austra
lian wheat. Page 11.
Pastor recalls bright pages OI Portlands
history. Page lo.
Portland banks pay dividends of $600,000 in
1917. Page 1. , ,
American woman's letter casts sidelights on
Guatemala disaster. Page 4. -
Soldier brings to Portland frrat border
service medal seen here, page 11.
Six thousand thrUled by.addresses of Cana
dian officers. Fags 1Z.
Three local fashion models lend attraction
to play at Baker. Page ltt.
Dramatic Incident stirs First Methodist
Church' Congregation. Page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast Page 14.
Kelso is Scne of Lively
Gun Fight.
OFFICER BRINGS DOWN MAN
Marshal Hull, Single-Handed,
Halts Four Fugitives.
p 1 1 1 I CTC iPIIT
Du LLC I O OCIM I
IN REPLY
Three Criminals Wanted in Tacoma
and Two Companions Taken.
Only One Man Out of
Party of Six Escapes'.
KELSO, Wash., Jan. 6. (SpeclaL)-r
Four dangerous fugitives from Tacoma,
where they had broken Jail, together
with two men who were accompanying
them south with an automobile, were
halted by City Marshal Ed Hull here
just before midnight last night. After
a thrilling pistol duel in the heart of
the town, five of the party of six were
captured. One of them, Tom French,
was probably fatally wounded by - a
bullet from Marshal Hull's revolver.
Word from Tacoma that the fugitives
were supposed to be heading south
caused Mr. Hull to be on the alert for
the party. He finally located the auto
mobile in a garage in Kelso, where it
had stopped to have repairs made to
the brake. .
Four Ordered to Halt.
Going into the street. Marshal Hull
saw the four men who had broken jail.
He called owthem to halt.
Tom French,' who had been in the
Tacoma jail under sentence of from
five to 15 years for burglary, jumped
behind a tree and opened fire on the
officer, who promptly replied
I One shot struck French's right hand.
knocking the automatic pistol to the
weapon and had Just regained it when
another shot from Marshal Hulls re
out through the righ shoulder.
Marshal Is Reinforced.
At this Juncture Carl Hays, a logger.
came to the aid of the officer and when
he opened fire, the fugitives scattered.
John Johnson, who had 'been held 1n
connection with the postoffice robbery
at Cle Elum, surrendered The others
fled down road toward Kalama.
Marshal Hull telephoned at once to
Sheriff Clark Studebaker, at Kalama,
live miles distant. Sheriff. Studebaker,
assisted by Deputy Sheriff Dunbar, soon
captured Arthur Grier, who had been
sentenced to from 1 to 15 years for
larceny, and the two men who had ac
companied the fugitives by automobile.
' Suddotfc Still at Large.
Sam Suddoth, who had been held at
Tacoma on a vagrancy charge,, had not
yet been apprehended last night.
The prisoners and two companions
were all taken to Tacoma today Di
sherit! Studebakerjand Marshal Hull.
The two men who accompanied the
prisoners have not yet been identified,
but they were returned with the fugi
tives and their case will be investi
gated by the Pierce County authorities.
In all, 11 shots were fired in the
melee at Kelso, five by Marshal Hull,
a like nunber by French, and one by
Carl Hays, the logger who aided the
officer. '
BANKER IS SUED BY GIRL
Breach of Promise of Marriage Al
leged in Suit for $250,000.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 6. Allen
Gray, president of the Citizens Bank
at Kvansville, was sued for 250,000
damages and his brother, William
Gray, connected with the Citizens'
Trust Company, at Evansville. was
sued for $100,000 in the United States
District Court here Saturday bf Miss
Amy CConner, of New York City.
Miss O'Connor alleges that William
Grey caused his brother to break his
promise to marry her. She asks the
$250,000 for alleged breach of promise
to marry and the $100,000 for the al
leged interference by William Gray in
her love affairs.
JAPAN FIRM FOR ALLIES
""" v
Shall Xot Be Lost.
TOKIO, Jan. 6. Count SeikI Terauchi,
Premier of Japan, in replying to tho
New Tear's message of David Lloyd
George, the British Premier, sa":
'Our fixed resolve is that the jewel
of civilization shall not be lost to the
world.
We congratulate ourselves that
you can say efforts or he imperial
Japanese navy have contributed toward
the accomplishment of this great end."
BIG GUNS CONTINUE FIRE
Italian. Front Scene of Great Aerial
Activity Yesterday.
HOME, Jan. S. Austro-German and
Italian big guns maintained a vigorous
fire along the entire Italian front yes
terday, says today's War Office announcement-
There was great aerial activity.