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VOL. L VII. NO. 17,833. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, .JANUARY 17, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TO NEW YORK AGHAST GAILLAUX EXPOSED TWO TRAINS DASH SOLDIERS' TRAIN IS TARGET OF PLOTTER NfA FREE IS AT GARFIELD EDICT THROUGH FLAMES AST00L0FTEUT0N5 BOLSHEVIK PLAN CLOSE 5 DAYS, THEATRICAL IEX THREATEN TO APPEAL TO WASIIEXGTOX. WARNING TO TAKE SIDINGS IS WATCH MAX FINDS CORDWOOD OX TRACK AT ASTORIA. DISREGARDED. IIIDUSIBI ufCUB SPURS Ahi SHIPBUILDING Eastern Factories Hit by - " T-kTl.ka r.lt. In Message- of Protest to Letters snow rertiav of Ex-Premier. President Wilson. NEW TORK. Jan. Fuel Admin istrator Garfield's drastic order is not altogether pleasing to business Inter ests of the metropolis. A delegation of theatrical men an nounced that they would go to Wash ington and appeal to the Administra tion to permit them to keep open Mon days, but -close Tuesdays. It ""as ex plained by them that the psychological effect noon the nubile of baring a holi day MondiT and no Disc to ro except Tprritnrv Bevnnri Mississinni Uom would b demoralising to the ' rr - New Tor Official Notice. MONDAY HOLIDAYS ORDERED GERMAN FAVORS WELCOMED Intercepted Messages Given Out by Lansing. River Affected by New l Fuel Regulation. ACTION DUE TO COAL CRISIS iew Tors public. The nresldent of the Stock Exchange said the exchange would remain open If JWO MORE ARRESTS MADE toe iraaers on me noor ana ibi em ployes had to wear overcoats. E. H. Outerbridge. president of the r . Try w - rinnni.ro. if ha RtstS Of New York, said Ir. Garfield's order DcPntT I-onstalat and Paul Comb) seems to giro" "great encouragement to I Taken Into Custody FoIIowlnr I the enemy, great discouragement to our allies and great interruption to the war preparations of this Nation. The following telegram was sent to I President Wilson tonight by the pub lishers of the World. Herald. Evening Post and Brooklyn Eagle: "We earnestly represent that the or der Just Issued by the Fuel Administra tor Is calamitous In Its character and unnecessary under the fast-Improving conditions. It will dislocate Industry. 16. Amer-I throw millions out of employment and -. -.---- -.v I "npovensn iarauies who aepenu upuu leas manufacturing; enterprises wiJi L(lr wa(res. A fw-.daT interruption but few exceptions, in all states east land ten Monday shutdowns will wipe of the- Mississippi Rirer, were ordered their living margin Why not order 0fflc how . . , . .I five working days of It hours on coal . a " " by the Government tonight to suspend d.uvrle. and mine production, bring- Arrentln ,n 1,15 Calllaux waa In com- Plants Producing Foods May Continue Operations; Huge Economies Aimed At. WASHINGTON. Jan. Revelation Made In Bcrn storff Correspondence. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. Evidence which will play a part in the treason trial of ex-Premier Calllaux In France was given to the public by the State Department today In another series from the department's store of inter cepted diplomatic correspondence. The messages exchanged between Count von Bemstorff. ex-German Am bassador here, and the Berlin Foreign Engineers Back Vp Two Miles, Get Under Full Head and Go Through at 70-Mile Rate. OMAHA. Jan. IS. A Northwestern fast mall train, loaded with mail al ready delayed a week by storms around Chicago, and & westbound pas senger train on the same road dashed through a sheet of fire at Honey Creek la, today in order to get past the burning railroad station at that place. When the trains reached Honey Creek they were flagged and told to take sidings. "Rails are curling under the heat." engineers were told. Refusing to be blocked, the engineers of both trains withdrew two miles, got their trains under full head and went through the fire at a rate of 70 miles an hour. Before the passenger train was sent through the flames all passengers were ordered to keep away from windows and to get in the middle of the cars. Paint was burned off the cars. operations for five days, beginning! Ing certain relief, instead of destruc- TriA.iv mornino . rlr,.ti, tion?" . " Dr. Garfield's order was read tonight lor reaenng the fuel famine. at th anual dinner of the National At the same time, as a further Wholesale Drygooda Association. It means of relief, it was directed that was received practically in silence. industry and business generally, in- eluding all normal artiTiti-t that re- AVIATOR BLAKELY KILLED iuire heated buildings, observe as a holiday every Monday for the next 10 1 Military Biplane at Mlncola, N. V.. weeks. This will close dowt on Mon-1 Crashes to Ground. days not only factories, but saloons. stores except for the sale or drugs I mineola. N. T Jan. i. Harold and food, places of amusement andlBlakely. an experienced aviator, and nearly all office buildings. mechanician. Edward Hlggins. were .. , I killed today. Shipyards to Continue. I A military biplane In which they While the order does not mention I were flying crashed to the ground from shipyards, it is known that they will be permitted to continue operations as height of about 200 feet. Mr. Blakaly was on of the municatlon with German agents, con demning the French government and asking that his position at home be not damaged by praise from the Ger man newspapers. Ship Captala Notified. A final dispatch gave notice that the captain of the ship on which Call laux was sailing carried Important papers and urged that In case the ves sel was captured Calllaux "in an on obstruslve way be treated with every courtesy and consideration. The messages were furnished to the French government before Calllaux' arrest. It Is understood that they were made publlo here by arrangement with Paris. Following is the text of the message sent by Bemstorff: "Buenos Aires telegraphed the fol lowing: "Calllaux has left Buenos Aires after a short stay and is going direct to France, evidently on account of the (group undecipherable) scandal, which he regards as a personal attack upon himself. BrUad Spared. "He speaks contemptuously of the usual, although munitions plants will of the American flying squadron. He be closed. was a brilliant filer and held altitude The Government's more came en- wh"Vhlw" "J"!?'' 'n .... la Aviation fcervlce of the Army, tirely Without warring in an order or considerable Interest in Portland issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield is the fatality by reason of the fact with the approval of President Wilson "at Mr. Blakely married the former prescribing Stringent restrictions gOT- wlf of " Goldstein, of this city. President and the rest of the French ., - . .... . . , three years ago In Fan r rancisco. He government with the exception of emmg the distribution aw. use OfcoaL WM a t,orlt flier of the Bay City Brland. He sees through the policy of It was decided upon hurriedly by the region for soma time, and It was there England perfectly. He does not antlcl- President and Government heads as a I that the former Mrs. Goldstein met him I pate the complete overthrow of France. i-rerate remedy for the fuel crisis I after her divorce from Mr. Goldstein. I He sees In the war now a struggle for , , . ,. . , , ., i well-known newspaper man of Port-1 existence on the part of England. nU fcliC IIMIU'J'ViUIUVU laYIJglV in UlCI. . I - IDAHO BOARD SETS RECORD Only Thirteen Men Fall to Meet Physical Requirementst GRANGEVILLE. Idaho, Jan. 1. (Special.) What is believed to be the best physical test record of the North west was reported here tonight by the Idaho County local board as the con elusion of a two days' examination of young men called under class 1. Of the total of 70 young men who sub mltted to examination 57 passed. They came from all parts of the county and represented various trades and stations in life, though moun taineers and boys from the range coun try predominated. Of the 13 who failed to meet the physical requirements, two had pronounced defective eyesight and two others had sustained loss of limbs and fingers. Three physicians conducted the ex animations. . Eastern states. Even munitions plants are not ex cepted from the closing-down orders. Official Opinions Withheld. Officials would not discuss the far reaching effects the action would nave on xne industrial laonc, ana albant. Or.. Jan. i (Special.) questions as to how the order was to I Cyrua H. Walker, of Albany, oldest be interpreted to meet specific prob- living white man born west of the CYRUS H. WALKER HURT Oldest Living White Man Born West of Rockies Hit by Anto. Although he spoke much of the In discretions and clumsy policy' of the Wllhelmstrasse and professed to be lieve In German atrocities, he has In essentials hardly changed his political orientation. "Calllaux welcomed 'indirect courte sies from me. but emphssised the ex treme caution which he is obliged to (Concluded ea Pass 2. Column 1.) SON OF GOVERNOR DROWNS Christy Hoax Carried Into Open Water While Ice-Boating. FORT COLLINS. Colo, Jan. 1. Christy Houx. son of Governor Frank Houx. of Wyoming, was drowned today while ice-boating- on Llndenmeler Lake. near liere. His companion. Carl .Olden, was so chilled he could not go to the assistance of Houx and has been taken to a local hospital. Both boys. 17 years old. have been attending the State Agricultural Col lege here. The drowning occurred af ter the boys lost control of their boat in a sudden gust of wind and were carried into the open water. ScathingRebukeofU.S. Delay Uttered. ALARMING CRISIS POINTED OUT P. Langhart Pnrsues Man Suspected of Crime and Removes Obstruc tions as Train Comes In View. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. IS. (Special.) An attempt was made last night to wreck a soldiers' train on the S., P. & S.. which left here at 11 P. M. for Fort Stevens. The plot might have been successful had it not been for the timely arrival of P. Langhart, watch man at the Union Oil Company's plant at the foot of Second street. While making his rounds after 10 o'clock Mr. Langhart saw a man stand ing on the railroad track at the oil company's crossing and walked toward him. The man ran to Astor street and disappeared. Langhart pursued the fel low for some distance, but was unable to overtake him. T nntn rf wnt Via j. V- (a tVlA. mil- Xorth Dakota Senator Recommends rmd and found Beveral plecea of cord- That Dispatch of Soldiers Abroad wood on the track near a crossing. The . , I wesmouna tram was aue wunin a iew Be Held Vp and That Priority mlnutes. but LanKnart managed to re- Be Given Food Shipments. I move the obstructions before the train arrived. Speaking of the Incident, Mr. Lang hart said: "I never worked harder in my life. I have a boy at Fort Stevens This Country Must Send Over 5,000,000 Troops. GLOOMY VIEW OF WAR HELD Re-Birth of Nation Out . lined by Decree. LENINE SIGNS PROCLAMATION Premier Narrowly Escapes Assassination. 4 SHOTS FIRED AT OFFICIAL WAsmNflTOfl. Jan. 16 Senator Mc- Cumber. of North Dakota, today gave and be might have been on the train. 1 me n ' " Bpy sition of the unltea states ana nBr That a dellberate attempt was made allies in tmpurawns - t0 wreck thls traln ls believed to be radical speeding up or tne snipounaing iof that German spIea are at work ,a programme. He aeciarea mi "S""" Astoria. was now Dearing me rum l "".""M The matter has been reported to the and asked. "How long can she stana raUroad civU and military authorities. this strain . I and every effort will be made to an The United States musi sena o.uuu,uu nreh.nrt th ,iitv ,0,n , , . m- " " - j f troops to Daiance me man puwci -" central nowers. he said, and 7,000.000 Roumanian Minister Diamandi and Staff Liberated; Peace Nego tiations With Germany Re sumed at Brcst-Lltovsk. would be needed to make the Germans BULL MOOSE PARTY FAILS retreat. "Russia and Roumania are out of the war." asserted senator auxumiiir. "Italy is losing ground. France ls un- hl to make any headway. The wall I Progressives in Oregon Unable Get on Ballot for Primaries. to 920 CHICAGO SALOONS GO Revenue to City of $920,000 Lost In 1917, When Bars Quit. CHICAGO, Jan. If. During 1917 920 saloons In Chicago went out of busi ness, involving a loss of revenue to the city of 1920.000. This was announced at a meeting of the finance committee of the Council to frame the annual budget. of opposition at the eastern end of the hattl line in continental Europe is crumbling. Italy's PoaitloB Critical. "Who can say how long Italy can or will withstand the Teutonic pressure Optimistic. Indeed, must be the man who will say a single year without additional support.. "With Italy under the heel of the con oueror. with trance assauea in me flank, who can prophesy that that country will not quickly be brought under the heel of the same conqueror and Enir land's ..srmy - left to. battle azainat overwhelming numbers? This is delineating two things: First, the exact situation as It now is, and. second, the possibilities of the future, and It is presented with tne hope that we will at least partially awaken to a realisation of what ls be fore us." Shameful Nealeet Charged. "When the United States entered the war the allies cried: 'Give us ships!1 We allayed their fears: we assured them we would supply that shipping. We took the duty upon ourselfes, the most important, the most vital duty in cumbent upon us in this war. And we have neglected that duty beyond any other; shamefully neglected it. "We appointed a Kilkenny Shipping Board and then went to sleep." Later in his address he said: "We know we must supply Great Britain and France and Italy. We SALEM, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) The poor old Bull Moose party slipped another notch nearer oblivion in Ore gon again today, when Attorney-Gen eral Brown held that candidates for that party are not entitled to a place on the primary ballot in May. The Attorney-General holds that un der the law a party, to secure a place on the ballot, must have at least 20 per cent of the vote for presidential electors at the preceding election and the Progressive party failed to secure that number. Consequently there will be only Republican and Democratic primaries in May. INDEX OF ' TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum tamperaturs. SI degrees; minimum, 47 degrees. TODAY'S Kain; fresh easterly winds. War. Italians hurl Austrlans back In Monte Asa- lone district. Fage 3. Foreign. Lansing gives out Bemstorff letters that implicate Calllaux. Page 1. Bolshevik! decree re-birth of Armenia as na tion. Fage 1. John F. Stevens Railway Commission leaves Russia for Japan. Page 4. Hawaiian Islands face shortage of fuel oil, Fage - National. (Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.) lems went unanswered. The order prescribes a preferential list of consumers in whose interest it wu drawn. These users will get coal in the following order: Railroads. Rocky Mountains, was struck ty auto In Albany last night, but escaped serious Injury. He suffered severe bruises, however. He was crossing a street and was struck by a car driven by Lloyd Tern, piston, who could not see him because Household consumers, hospitals, LMj,Id Th- wa, running slowly. charitable institutions, and Army and I which prevented more serious Injury. Navy cantonments. Public utilities, telephone and ti-kcH00L FOR BLIND NAMED btnctiy Liovernment enterprises, I Pennsylvania Institution to Train excepting factories and plants work- soidlfn Blinded In War, injr on irorernroent contracts. T-V 11 L!1J: , mouc oiuioinss ana necessary PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1 An- Government, state and municipal re- nouncement was made at a conference qcirements. her today by Frederick H. Mills, su- Faetoriet) producing perishable foods perlntendent of ths Pennsylvania ..... ... .. Working Homs for Blind Men. that the and foods for immediate consumption. rnnmenl h ,eUcted the ln,Utu- Announcement Follows Conference, tion to be the Industrial training school Announcement of the provision, of American soldier, mad. sightless the order was made by Fuel Adminia- R.pre..nutives of similar homes trator Garfield after a White House I throughout the East and Middle West conference, which was attended J o I attended the conference. by Secretaries Baker and Daniels. STILL SHACKLED TO THE ROCK OF HIS FOLLY. Earlier in the day Dr. Garfield had sought the views of otLer officials and it war said tonight the unanimous opinion was that the measure contem plated was necessary uoder the circumstances. I IVAN NOCK WAR VICTIM Engineer Is Said to Have Received Wound In Attack Last Week. PARIS. Jan. 1. Ivan Nock, a young As first drawn and as approved at engineer cf Baltimore, on of the few the White House the jrder called for Americans remaining In the French the closing of factories beginning to- J 'Vound'r. morrow morning. This was changed u w(eK in the attack made by the upon consideration of the confusion Foreign Legion In the neighborhood of which would result when millions ofiFiiery. worker went to their duties unaware I Grenadier Ivan Nock was wounded of the Gorernment's step. I several times, winning the French War W. P1..t. TTava Cnrnlne Hnlnnta. I Cross and two citations. Inclusion of war industries among those to which fuel will be denied WEEK'S SINKINGS FEWER caused some surprise, but fuel offi cials .urplained tonight that wir U ' 8,1 British Ships oil plants have been producing so much more material than the transportation systems can handle that no serious I effects will be felt. War supplies manufactured for ex- 1100 Tons Is Reported. LONDON. Jan. 1C Another marked decrease In the sinkings of British merchantmen by mines or submarines I. Ka tiaat wrmmln la Bfitd In tha rarwirt port have moved to seaboard faster I of th Admiralty issued tonight. than ships can move them. I Id this period only six merchantmen Aa exception Is mad la the case of I of 1101 tons or over were sunk and In Mpbuttdtnc plants, beeaas of the I addition two merchantmen under 1(00 . ACai.4 a r t CumIX 0B M two WBf esls, e a I f, I '' . 11 Garfield orders Eastern manufacturing plants to snut aown lor live aays. Fage 1. Labor Department receives orders to cut red tape. Page ft. Senator McCumber applies merciless spur to shipbuilding. Fags 1. General Crowder reports Oregon leads United States in patriotic duty under draft law. Fage S. Domestic. Two big mall trains dash through sheet .of flames. Page 1. Fuel shortage closes all places of recreation to mining convention delegates at In- I dianapolls: Page 4. Inventor Maxim has devlc to reduce ef fectlveness of. U-boats. Page 4. Russian diplomat found shot at New York may be suicide. Page 4. New York City hard hit by fuel conservation order. Page 1. Wilson will be urged to take over operations or all pacaing.nouses. Fage s. Livestock men start campaign against meat less days. Page 4. WHIard's railroad, facing deficit, declares dividend and he quits War "Board. Page 2. Sports. Northwestern League meeting to be held In Seattle today. Page 12. Battling Ortega arrives for bout with AI Sommers. Fage 12 Vancouver hockey team defeats Portland, 1 to 0. Fage 12. Del Baker, big league catcher, now in U. 8. Navy, here on furlough. Page 12 Pacific Northwest. Oscar Main held under $7000 ball in con nection with murder of Fred H. Swayne. Page 4. Phillip D. Sloan, shipbuilder, denies accusa tion of irregularity in connection with Government contract. Page 6. Bend is selected as meeting place of next convention of State Federation of Labor. Page 13. Olcott to enter race for Governor. Page 4. Soldiers' train is target of plotter. Page 1, College stndents not exempt from war serv ice. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. Higher wheat costs may cause advance In Hour and muireea prices. Fage if. Corn lower at Chicago on prospect of in creased movement. Fage 17. One to three-point gains In stock market. Page 17. Forest Home, Oregon-made ship, sold to San Francisco snlpmen. Fage 14. Portland and Vicinity. Kellaher gets war declaration on car com pany through council. Fage IS. Police Captain Baty laid to rest in Rose City Cemetery. Fage 11. Twenty-four Chinese will face trial In Cir cuit Court today on cnarge or murder complicity. Page 7. Many witnesses convinced of Mrs. Faling's insanity. Fage iu. Part of loot stolen from sporting goods stores Is louna in nome oi w. J. Gotelll. Page 11. Vancouver airplane stock plant to be ready soon. Fage 11. Production of spruce for aircraft ls speed ed. Fage s. Car service normal with 6-cent fare. Page 14. Portland to entertain hotel men of America in June. Fage z. R. F. Haines, draft registrant. Is held for perjury. Page 13. Knights of Columbus war camp drive going on well. Fage o. Draft questionnaires must be in it 5 F, 11. today. Fage is. Weather report, data and forecast. Fag 14. (By the Associated Press.) PETROGRAD, Jan. 16. An official decree Issued to the people of Turkish Armenia and signed, by Nikolai Lenine and other members of the Bolsheviki says that the government of peasants and workmen of Russia supports the right of Armenians In Russia and Turkey to the extent of their complete independence and the right to decide their own destiny. The decree enumerater the guarantees necessary for this programme, namely, the immediate withdrawal of troops from the limits of Turkish Armenia; the organization of a militia by the Armenian people in order to assure the security of the person and property of inhabitants; the repatriation without, hindrance of Armenian emigrants scat tered throughout different countries, as well as repatriation within Turkish Armenia of Armenians taken by force during the war by the Turkish authori ties and the organization of a central government of the people of Turkish Armenia in the form of a council of deputies of Armenian people, elected according to democratic principles. Lenine Dodges Bullets. An automobile carrying Nikola Lenine, the Bolshevik Premier, it is reported, was fired upon tonight when he was driving to a meeting of the Council of People's Commissioners. Four shots were fired. Premier Lenine was not hurt. The attempt on the life of Premier Lenine was made Just outside the hall in which he had been addressing 8000 of the Red Guard who were going to the front. As his automobile swung through the crowd four shots flashed in the darkness. One Bullet Close to Mark. One of the bullets missed its mark by only a few inches and the other lodged in the hand of a Swedish Socialist who was in the automobile. Scores of arrests were made. PETROGRAD, Tuesday, Jan. 15. The Council of National Commissioners yes terday sent an ultimatum to Roumania, demanding the release of the Bolshevik arrested recently in that country, -the punishment of officials who ordered the disarming, of Russian troops and a guarantee for the future. A reply was' demanded within 24 hours, failing which, the announcement says, extreme measures will be taken. The Bolsheviki ultimatum to Rou mania demanding the release of the Bolsheviki concludes: "Failure to reply within 24 hours to our demand will be regarded as equiv alent to a rupture of relations and we will take the most energetic military measures." LONDON, Jan. 16. M. Diamandi, the Roumanian Minister, and the other members of his staff were set free by the Bolshevik government Tuesday afternoon, according to a Reuter dis patch from Petrograd. Germany Censors neports. The Bolshevik government has an nounced officially, according to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd, that the reports regarding the progress of the peace pour parlers sent out by the Wolff Bureau, the German semi-orn-cial agency, alter the sense of the negotiations. Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann, (Concluded on Page 6. Column 2.) MONTHLY PAYROLL IXMAN- T POCLSEN MILL NOW IS 45,00O. One year ago the Inman-Poul- t sen Lumber Company employed i 275 men and disbursed J20.000 a t month in wages. Last month 450 l men were employed by this com- f pany and its payroll for the month .aggregated 145,000, or I more than double that of 13 months ago. Due to the increased demands of the trade, this company dur ing the last year doubled Us output of manufactured lumber by substituting a two-shift plan of operation for the one shift formerly used. With the exception of in stalling anew resaw plant, no other improvements or enlarge ments were made by the manage ment of this mill last year. No Improvements are contemplated this year, although prospective business will require the contin ued operation of the plant to Its full capacity. -4