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' ' ' Til ' - ' - PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LYI1. NO. 17,835. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY- .19, 1918. FACTORIES CLOSE GERMANS SNEER AT UNCLE SAM IN NEED OF PRETTIEST GIRL QUICK MOVE MADE AMERICAN FIGHTERS TO GUARD PLANTS I SAYS LLOYD GEORGE DOWN IN 28 STATES BERLIN PUBLICATION. RIDI MOST BEAUTIFUL MISS IN AMER I MAYOR ACTS OX SECRET GOV- CULES BAKER. ICA WANTED FOR POSTER. . ERXMENT REQUEST. ' . 12-HOUR ULTIMATUM: I SENT TO'-ROUMAHIA TEUTON HAT ONS 00 NOR 60 UNDER GR1P0F HUNGER Industry Pays Price of Fuel Shortage. WILSON ISSUES STATEMENT 500,000 Mm Is Most Country Can Pot on Fu ropes n Battlefields, Is Assertion fade. LONDON, Jan. 18. Commenting upon the statement made by Secretary of War Baker before a Congressional com mittee regarding war preparations, the semiofficial Norddeutsche Allegemelne Zeltung. of Berlin, says: The American Secretary of War Entrance of Russ Army Into Jassy Is Aim. FERDINAND IN PERIL IN CAPITA1 Coal - Cheaper Than Lives, fc Has - Says President. Been Ordered. LOYALTY APPEAL MADE BOLSHEVIK CRISIS NEAR Administrator Garfield, In Address to Interest Affected, Emphasiies Railroad Congestion Which. Threatens Feel Sop-ply. must remain behind for the protection I of the frontiers, the coasts, the colonies and for other duties of a political na ture. The political situation compels the United States to keep at home the greater proportion of Its Army and the country can at the most put only 400, 000 or 100.000 men Into the European WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. The Na- battlefields. tloa's manufacturing- Industry In the -a. virtually suspended today In obe- NEW TEUTON PARTY FORMS dlenco to the -Government's order for but It consists entirely of woodcutters, railway men and doctors, except two or three divisions, whose precious lives are being spared in quiet places far be hind the front. "Mr. Baker speaks as If shortly there I would be 1.500.000 Americans In France. Can the United States spare such a large number of men? The answer is no. because a large part of the Army I Relations of Jjenlne and Trotsky Be come Unpleasant Germany An' nonnces - Some - .Progress in Brest-Lltovsk Proceedings. bidding; the use of fuel. - Most of the planta engaged on war contracts are exempted from the order's operation In telegrams sent out last night, but few of them learned of It In time .and a great majority of them closed down wtth the other factories. The country at large knew nothing of exemptlona except the few announced last night, and It waa not until late this afternoon that the food adminis trator admitted officially that lrapor- "Free Committee Sees Peace Basis la Wilson's Message. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 18. The Tagllche Rundschau, of Berlin, learns from Munich that a new ' political party has been formed there, under the name of the Tree Committee," and that It has sent a telegram to the Reichstag say ing: tant war work waa not affected by the "Nothwitnstanding Its partiality. order and gave out a list of hundreds President Wilson's recent message con of factories that may continue work I tains a practical basis for the lnaug on Government contracts only during I oration of negotiations toward a gen uie nve days' closing period. i eral peace. Tetegraata Cess la Flood. I The committee represents the Ideas LOVDOX, ' J.a. IL Kl.r ' FrriUai. f Resunaala. whose arrest had bees) ordered by the BalsbevlU goverwsaeat. la siew Trader the protection of the al- Ilea, according? to a Petregrad dispatch to the Dally Express. It to pre table that the Klag seas Tat refuge la one of the allied embassies at Jassy, or that ho baa beea taken ader the protection of the Frcarh salutary aalsaloa attache, to the Rm- isalaa amy. Jassy Is W0 salles from the British lines la. Macedonia and It r be that the Klag has been taken to Salenlkl by airplane. PETROGRAD. Jan. 18. A dangerous stage baa arisen in the relations be tween Roumanla and the BolshevlkL A two hours ultimatum, has been sent to the Roumanian military author r.f.1n . . . of Professor Frederick Foerster. of the ' lno mu.iary .uio.r- order was sr. ZJl '"r ' who was obliged '" the revolutionary committee of tmVJLTlalZtm m Jt to Iv. th. Bavarian capital for Swlt- tn Klnth Army demanding telegrams poured l int, the office of - -. Wmm . v.. nnor.vB,,n, free passage of Russian troops through sertand because of views about the war. the of the fuel administration asking Inter pretatlons and rulings and requesting Information concerning exemption In wer.,,?,o D'ES INTESTATE The day brought a statement of nequlvocal support for the order from President Wilson and a vigorous de fenae'by Fuel Administrator Garfield IN Trace of Any Will Left by Mr. Brady Can Be Found." of the step and tha Government's pur- poos In taking It. Opposition to the order la Congress apparently spent itself la debate In both booses. During tie day Dr. Garfield replied to . the Senate's request of yesterday that the order be suspended for five days, disclaiming any purpose to be discourteous, declining to comply and again pointing out the neceeslty for enforcement of bio order. Food ladaatrtea Uabasspeied. Food. Administrator Hoover In a statement interpreted the- order to mean that no check would bo put on the operations of any sort of food handling, manufacturing or distribut ing. The plant exempted from a list pro pared by Secretaries Baker and Dan iels are those manufacturing gas masks, explosive for the Government, rifles, pistols, machine guns and small arms ammunition: forgings for tha Government, electrical supplies and tool steal for war purposes, destroyers and eestreyer parts, seamless tubes and Jassy, the temporary capital. of Roumanla. Maxim Gorky's newspaper, Kovala Zhlsn asserts that the German dele gates in Petrograd asked the represen tatives of the government commission era to permit the ex-Empress and some other! members of the late ' Imperial household related to Emperor William to travel to Germany. Trial Promptly Ordered. . The request not. only- was cate- gorically refused, but-was the Imme diate cause of a -decision to try. the ex Imperial personages. LONDON. Jan. 18. The latest threat of the Bolahevikl to cause - the arrest of the '.Roumanian - royal family has created no surprise among the Rou manian authorities-in London. Some time ago the-Bolshevik! sent troops to Jassy under tha 'leadership variously rated as worth from one to of the Bulgarian reactionary. Rakovsky. two million dollars. I to arrest General Tcherbatcheff. com mander of the Russian-Roumanian PRISONERS' DEAL BLOCKED the Roumanian royal family and the members fit tb government. REGONIAN TW8 BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 18 Senator Brady, of Idaho, notwithstanding that be was a millionaire, apparently died Intestate. No will has been found among his ef fects In Washington, and a search among his papers In Focatello. bis Idaho home, disclosed no - such docu ment. If no will appears, the estate will be divided among - Mrs. Brady, the widow, and the Senator's two sons by his first wife. J. Robb Brady, of Kan sas, and 8. E. Brady, of Oklahoma, both of whom are here. Senator Brady was Germans Refuse to Treat Russian Officers as Privates, as Asked. PETROGRAD. Jan. 18. The negotta- tlona surrounding tha details of the armistice and the exchange of prison era, which have been dragging for 1&00O Bolsherlkl Disarmed. General Tcherbatcheff, however, suc ceeded In capturing the ringleaders of (Concluded on Pag 2. Column 4.) Women - With Relatives in Service Asked to -Send Photographs to Washington by January 22. WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. A hunt for the prettiest girl in. America, whose picture will be Borne by posters adver tising Government insurance for sol diers was announced today by the sol diers . and sailors campaign council, a' body of Insurance men and Army of ficers in charge of a special drive to solicit Insurance before February 12. - Only the pictures of young women having close friends or, relatives in the military. or naval service will be accepted and all photographs "must be submitted before January 23 , to the campaign council. Tenth and B streets, Washington. ' MEXICANS ARE PRO-GERMAN Hostile Feeling ' Goes ' to Extent of Discounting: American Money. JUAREZ. Mex, Jan. 18. American money Is being discounted 20 per cent in Mexico and there Is a growing antl American and pro-German sentiment throughout the north, according to reliable American who arrived here last night from the interior after hav ing made a tour of the entire state of Chihuahua. He said the Mexicans on trains and even the federal soldiers and officers declared they hoped . the Germans would win the war. Fasting Millions Long for Peace. PRUSSIANS STIFLES APPEAL Austrian Cities. GARDNER ESTATE IS LARGE Will Filed ' for Probate Bequeaths Balk of Property to Widow. SALEM. Mass, Jan. 18. The will of Major Augustus P. Gardner, who died this week at Camp Wheeler, Gfu, was filed for probate here today. . The bulk of the estate is bequeathed to . his widow, Mrs. Constance Lodge Gardner, and his daughter, Mrs. Constance G. Mlnot While Its value was not re vealed, the specific, bequests exceed 8500,000, in addition to the real estate n Washington and the Gardner home at Hamilton. NEGROES IN NEW DIVISION Surplus Units of Blades From Na tional Army and Guard" Merged. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Organisa tion of a second negro division in the National Army is well under way. it was learned officially today. Surplus units of negroes from both the Na tional Guard and the first And second drafts will be used in forming the new division, which will be designated the 93d. Already two infantry brigades for It are practically complete. 8,000 TO BE PROMOTED Regular Army Second Lieutenants " Will Move Up In Rank. WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Eighteen thousand, temporary Second Lieuten ants in the regular Array were made llglble for promotion to First Lieu tenants In the National Army by a War Department order today. Reason for Sadden Action Not Dis closed,1 but Sufficient, City's Executive Holds. ( At the urgent request of the Fed eral Government ' steps were quickly taken yesterday by Mayor Baker to give the utmost proection to all ship building plants, docks, wharves, ware houses and other Industries engaged In war work in Portland. Notice was is sued bv the Mavor warning: all ner- Rioting . in Progress in Many sons not having business at the plants lw o Lev jf Bwajr uu urucrs wwb fiivca the police to enforce the rule to the letter. . - . Arrangements were made at a con ference yesterday of Federal agents and officials of plants' engaged in war work to organize guard forces at each plant, to be in command of uniformed officers of the police department. The Council authorized Mayor Baker to employ all the additional policemen necessary. The reason for the sudden and dras tic action was not made public "It Is sufficient," said the Mayor last night. to' say there Is a good reason. I am not at liberty to disclose any further information. - I wish to Impress on the public the. necessity of obeying the order." The Mayor issued the following: All persons not having business at CABINET CRISIS THREATENS Problem of - Food Distribution Be comes Serious in England Artl- ficlal Scarcity Charged to Farmers and Speculators. LONDON. "Jan.. IS. The Times pub lishes a long report, attributed to a neutral who has made an extended , . I - e. jrwa kw-.t uva, aa as, a ft - uuiivL7bi stay In Germany, describing internal I shipbuilding plants, docks, wharves. conditions. - The writer reiterates that I warehouses or other places or lndus the effects of food shortage are severe. I tries performing war work are warned , The shortage of coal in Berlin is an other source of trouble. After enum erating the difficulties, the correspond ent writes: "Nothing but the Iron grip of Prus sian militarism restrains the nation from making more pronounced ad vances to its adversaries than any which have yet been made. The Ger mans are longing for peace, but they want peace with victory. They no longer 'abuse their enemies as in the early days of the war. Fasting; Alters Views. TDoubUess the shortage Vf snnnlles has much to do with the change of PIGEONS mental attitude. The proudness of the flesh has given way before the disci pline of fasting." Serious strikes, accompanied by riot ing, have taken place in Vienna, and other cities throughout Austria, ac cording to news agency telegrams to Zurich and other points in Switzerland. to remain away from such places. This order must be observed. The police have been Instructed .to arrest all per sons found at or near such plants or places without having a good and suf ficient reason for being there." It was learned that the reason for the sudden activity on the part of the police became known Wednesday night, at which time all police reserves were sent to the Industries and men were called in from beats and sent there. The same' was done last night and reserves were held at the station. Premier .Sounds War Cry of Great Britain. LABOR TOLD IT MUST FIGHT Stirring Appeal Addressed to Delegates. WORE MAN POWER NEED British Statesman, Pointing X$aj to Victory, Says Trades Unionists' Guns With Trades Unionists Behind Them Will Win. REACH FRANCE Ten Million . Clay Birds, Sent Abroad In Preference to Flour. CHICAGO, Jan. 18. (Special) Junius B. Wood, in a special cable from American Army headquarters in The troubles. It Is asserted, are due France to the Chicago Daily News, says to the prolongation of the peace nego- that one of the latest American trans itions at Brest-Lltovek. the continu- ports reported as arriving at a French ation of the reduced bread rations nort hrontrht I0.a00.oe0 elav ole-eons. one-half - the former . allotment and They are of the kind which are the police measures against meetings of flight of shotgun experts at trap shoot lng clvlbs. They made a. bulky cargo of 20,000 barrels, augmented by traps' the. workers. Riots Race In Vienna A peace demonstration at Vienna on and -.other articles. Unlike many of the Tuesday night ended in a riot during I shipments arriving here, this cargo was which, according to an Exchange Tele- I complete. In view of the character of the freight, -It is Interesting to note that for .some time it .has been necessary factories In Vienna, Grata, I frequently to reduce the Army bread Llns and Wiener-Neustadt. I ration temporarily on account of the graph dispatch, shops were looted. A wireless press dispatch from Berne says strikes broke out on Mon day in Brunn, INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The walkouts' resulted in rioting which I limited supply of flour and the dlffi necessitated vigorous police action. On I culty of transportation. Tuesday, - the number of strikers in creased and there were numerous con flicts with the police. Since ' Wednesday, the dispatches stated, no Austrian papers have reached Switzerland. Crisis Rumors Well Founded. The Vienna correspondent of the Munich Neueste Nachrlchten says that reports of an Austrian cabinet crisis SO Concluded on Page 2, Column 1. ) - : srs. wnicn nave oeen cragging ror condenser tubes, aircraft and aircraft weeks in Petrograd "between Teutonic parts, and signal corps equipment, lo comotives, equipment for ehlpe. woolen goods for the Army and Navy, white duck and tentlngs for the Government and optical supplies. Bklpbelldlag to Coatl All shipyards, although not Included In the exempted list, will continue op eration under a special ruling, aa will hundreds of plants turning out mater ials which enter directly Into the manu facture of Array and Navy supplies. Most of the big steel plants and large number of the country's auto mobile factories are Included In the list. Among the collateral Industries which will be classed as not coming t. lthln provisions of the order will be virtually all mines producing ocea. la a statement supporting Dr. Gar- flfl'i'i Issuance of the cloelng order President Wilson says be was con sulted and fully agreed with the fuel administrator as to Its necessity. If Ihe action had not been " taken, he declared. Immediate relief could not have been found for the fuel and trans portation shortage. Coal Cheappr Tbaa Uvea. "This war." he said, "calls for many sacrifices and sacrifices of the sort railed for by this order are Infinitely ls than sacrifices of the lives that may be involved." The President's statement follows: "I was. of couree. consulted by Mr. Oarfleld before' the fuel order of yes terday was Issued and fully agreed with him that It was necessary, much as I regretted the necessity. ."This war calls for many sacrifices. end sacrifices of the sort called for by this order are Infinitely less than sacrifices of life which might other wife be involved. Feed Meat Move. "It is absolutely necessary to get the ships away, it is absolutely necessary to relieve the congestion at the ports and pon the railways. It Is absolutely necessary to move great quantities of food and It Is absolutely necessary that our people should be warmed in their homes if nowhere else, and half-way measures would not have accomplished the desired ends, "If action such as this bad not been Cea:edd es Fs X Celuma - allied officers and Russian officials,! are at a standstill. The Germans have flatly refused to I agree to the Russian demand that Rus sian officers who are prisoners of war I In Germany and Austria- shall lose all the special privileges usually accorded officers and be treated the same aa privates. JANITOR NOW INSTRUCTOR Joseph Shepherd Goes Into Pe Ell Faculty and Stakes Good. PE ELL. Wash, Jan. 18. Professor I Hansen,' the manual training teacher! In the Pe Ell schools, waa called tol Army service recently, and the School I Board was unable to Oil bis place, after! raking the state over. In their dilemma the Janitor. Joseph I Shepherd, waa induced to try bis hand.1 and has made good. The manual train ing boya say hs is the best Instructor! they have yet had. FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLDS MARRY Children, Accompanied .by Parents, Become Man and Wife. VANCOUVER. Wash, Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) Two children, both IS years of age. were married here today. The boy was accompanied by his mother. Mrs- Margaret Whltmore. and the girl with her father. A. R. Bullller. all of Portland. The boy's name was Theodore Fred Whltmore. IS. and the child bride. Miss I Evelyn Winifred Bullier. IS. HORSE MEAT ON CITY MENU Inspectors Report ' Ten Horses Week Sold In Portland Market. Portland people are eating IS horses a week. This unususl fact is shown by a report on meat inspection made yes terday by Meat Inspector Chase. We are inspecting 10 horses each week." says Dr. Chase. "The meat is I all being sold at a horse meat market I on the West Side" t A CLOSE-UP VISIT FROM MARS. J The Weather. TTESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, degrees; minimum, 411 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds. War. German militarists cause Chancellor to de. lay apecn until peace party Is con ciliated. Fags S. Germans sneer at American fighters. Page 1. Foreign. Bolshevik! demand passage for troops through Koumanla's temporary capital. Page 1. Lloyd George warns Britons they must go on In war or go under. Page X. Teuton nations fsce grave menace of famine. Page 1. National. Uncle Sam hunting for prettiest girl In America. Page 1. Proposed War Council to have authority sec ond only to that or President. Page 2. Allen property custodian makes first report to Congress. Page 5. Federal control of Coast war timber output eataonsnea. rtf. 2- Fuel conservation order closes factories of 28 states. Page 1. Iemestle. Garfield's order promptly obeyed all ever East. Page Z. Girl with 88 sticks of dynamite In handbags arrested at Chicago railway station. Page 4. MeAdoo appoints railroad wage commission. Page . Freight from Inland Empire may be routed via Portland and Astoria, Page 4. Sports. Northwest elubownera spring surprise in changing name of league. Page a. Water polo game to be played tonight. Page 8. Portland Hosebuds defeat Seattle septet. 5 to 4. rage a. Six elubs compose new P. C I. circuit. Page 8. Battling Ortega, ft! first workout, pleases local fans. Page 8. Pacific Korthwest. Oregon militia to be used In guarding ship yards. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Embargo en California barley shipments strengthens Northern market. Page IT. Anticipated liquidation of Industrial stocks does not materallze. Page 17. Corn firmer on predictions of mere cold weather. Page li. Demand for copra oa Pacifie Coast in creases, due to war. rase 1. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor takes quick action to protect ship yards, page 1- German aliens fully advised regarding reg istration. Page T. Dairymen's League brings suits against dis tributors, rage 8. City Council approves bond of Trackless Car Company. Page 8. Homer P. Ford, alleged embezzler, brought back from New Mexico. Page 9. Actor John E. Kellerd averse to stage pub llcity. Page 11. Knights of Columbus drive gains momentum. Page 12. Douglas fir declared best for frelghtcar con struction. Page 14. Orpheum announces extra Wednesday night. Page IS. Standard OH Company cancels contracts cov ering outstanding orders. Page 8. Salaried women must pay war Income tax. Page 5. Labor, grange and farmer delegates la con- ference today, rage s. Weather report, data and forecast. Psge IT. LONDON, Jan. 18. Addressing - the final conference of the representatives of the trades unions -affected by the man-power bill which passed the House of Commons last night. David Lloyd George, the British Prime Mln-' ister, gave today, the government's reasons for the necessity of raising more men for -the army. He also re ferred at length to his own and the recent speech of President Wilson re garding the war alms of the entente allies and the United States. After thanking the representatives for the spirit In which they had met the government, the Premier said there was no alternative for raising men, except either by raising the military age or of sending wounded men back and back again to the firing line. Urgency Beyond Question. As to the urgency of raising more men Mr. Lloyd George said that he and his colleagues, who are on the watch tower, could not deny It and that un less the need had been urgent they would not have brought forward the demand now. "There are men who thought It should have been done before," said Mr.' Lloyd George. "There are men who believe we ought to do it on a much more sweeping scale. There are a few who say we ought not to do it at all, and there are some who say both things simultaneously. ' Government's View Stated. ""The government's view is this: .It would be folly to withdraw men from the. Industries one hour sooner than the need arose.- " "On the other hand, it would be trea son to the state, treason to our coun try, to democracy and to the cause of freedom if, when the need did arise, v.e had not made the demand. "I assume that all of you. here In your hearts believe that the war alms declared by this great labor confer ence represent the minimum of justice which you can possibly accept as a settlement of this terrible dispute. "If we are not able to defeat the German forces. If we are not able to resist the military power of Russia, Is there any man here in the possession of his wits who believes that one of our terms the least of them would be enforced? . Power to Enforce Necessary. 7 am not talking about the demands of the imperialists; I am not talking about the demands of the extreme war men who want to grab everything and annex the earth and. all of the heavenly firmament. I am talking about the moderate demands of the most pacifist souls in this assembly. "Try to cash that check at the Hln denburg bank. It will be returned dis honored. - Whatever terms are set for ward- by any pacifist orator in these lands, you will not get them cashed by Von Lundendorff or. the Kaiser or any of these great ' magnatea . unless you have got. the power to enforce them. - 'I felt very strongly that the time had come for restating our war aims and for restating them in a v . that would carry with us all the moderate. rational opinion of this land and all other lands. Almost simultaneously the same Idea came to President Wilson, and without any opportunity of pre vious consultation, because there was none. , Two Programmes Identical. "President Wilson and I laid down what was subsequently the same pro gramme of demands for the termination of this war. "How has that programme been re ceived? Throughout the whole of the allied countries It has, been received with acclaim. There has hardly been a voice raised in criticism except from a few men who wish that I had made more extreme demands. "The Socialists of France, the Social ists of Italy as well as the Socialists of this country, have In the main ac cepted them as Very fair general de- ' mands to be put forward. "What has been their reception in Germany? I beg you to consider this, especially those who think that we are responsible for perpetuating this hor ror. I would not have this war for one second on my soul if I could stop It . honorably. The only enemy com ment has been: " 'Behold how England Is weakening. Go on and they will come down." " "Again, there has been no response from any man In any position in Ger- many that Indicates a desire on tlw part of tha ruling powers in that land to approach the prcblem in a spirit of equity. "We demanded the restoration of (Concluded on Page 6, Column 8.) . i 13 107.2 j r