GARFIELD'S ORDER
PROMPTLY OBEYED
Thousands of Plants Close;
Captains of Industry
Fight to Last.
MILLIONS OF MEN NOW IDLE
Huge Sir ram of Coal Start Flowing
Into Most rrgetit Channels;
. SeTf rrly Cold Weather Settle
Orer Eatern Slates.
?!TW TORK. Jan. 1J. Determination
to obssrra the Instructions of th Gov
ernment In carrying; oat lt war orders
t steadily relieving congestion' In ths
New Tork territory, according to rs
ports recelTsd today at the office of
A. H. Smith, assistant director-general
of railroads. Efforta are being eon
rer.trated lipon the movement of coal,
especially fuel for the fleet of merchant
ships tied up In this and other porta.
More than 100 vessels were said to
be waiting for fuel. Coaling of these
snips was considered of first Import,
ance and all efforts were directed to
thst end.
The car supply today at mines sup
plying this territory waa aaid to be
about SO per cent normal.
Better Csmdlttaaa Rearle4.
" "Conditions are Improving." waa the
statement of Reeva Schley, county ad
ministrator, when railroad figures
showed there was more than 100.000
tons of anthracite and bituminous coal
at ttde-rater this morning and that in
the last ! hours more than 10.000 tons
had been brought Into the city. Im
provement In the unloading of rare at
tidewater also waa hosrn In Mr.
Pmlth's report.
Possibly 40.004 establishments here
and In adjoining cities complied with
the order. Estlmatea of the number
of employes idle run over 2.000,000.
CHICAGO. Jan. li. Ten thousand
manufacturing plants closed and an in
dustrial army of 400.000 workers Idle
was Chicago's response to the sweep
ing order of the National Fuel Admin
istration for the conservation of coal
today.
With the lifting of the burden of
commerce from the atorm-harassed
railway, great streams of coal began
moving throusrh the traffic jama.
Altnough captains of Industry fought
until the last minute against Dr. Gar
field s order, at the stroke of midnight
all opposition turned to loyal compli
ance and aupport of the Government.
Only a score of violations of the
nkase were reported during the day.
Most of these were due to Ignorance
and reaulted only In a warning.
Organised efforts were being made
to care for small wage-earners whoae
families bad been left In distress. Soms
plants announced that they would pay
part of the salaries of their workers
left In enforced Idleness. Others pre
pared to relieve Immediately any dla
tresa that their forcea might not be
disrupted by migration of the employee.
Meanwhile the j railways concen
trated their efforta on clearing traffic
Jams. The priority given fuel la ex
ported soon to wipe out the shortage
The first of Dr, Garfield's heat lass
days for Industrial planta waa oahered
Into Chicago with a boreal blast which
for the third time In tws weeks sent
the mercury under aero. .
Jgei c nry A Betov,
The temperatures ranged from, t be
low In the city to 20 belew In some of
the Western suburbs. ,
ATLANTA. Ga Jan. II. Hundreda of
Industrial plants In the Southwest were
closed today for five days under the
fuel restriction order.
. WASHINGTON. Jan. The first
aeatlesa day found the Eastern aectlon
.of the country with low temperatures
prevailing almost everywhere and the
prospect for much colder weather In
some parte.
Cold wave warnings were Issued from
the weather bureau today for Wast
Virginia and Southeast Ohio, with froat
warnings aa fir south as Central I'lor
Ma. Below-sro temperatures were re
sorted from Indiana.
MANY PLANTS TO BE EXEMPTED
Tsrrntythre Bis Steel Mills Direct
ed to Contlnne Operations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II The Fuel
Administration has announced that a
large number of plants about 1000 In
all doing war work, would be ex
empted from the fuel rrstrlction order.
Practically all the principal Industrial
.planta of the country are on the list
In one way or another. The ruling In
sure work for hundreds of thousands
of men.
Twenty-three of the country's larg
est steel mills have been notified that
they may continue operation If they
run to 100 per cent capacity on orders
for s'.eel ship pistes for ttie Navy and
th Emergency Fleet Corporation.
These 2 ateel plants are:
Forgd FfM V'IimI Company. Butler.
Pm-: WhUakwr - meaner Steel Compaoj.
Fortsraoaca. O. : Toa&sstow Shre-i A Iroa
Cempacv. Yooncstewn. O. ; Allen Woo4 Iroa
A CimI Cempany. Coahoeton. Pa.; baiale
hem Stssl Company plants at Steelton. Pa.,
aad Sparrows Point. Md.: Mldvale fclsal
Company plants at Coalosvlu sad Johne
InwD. Pa.; Lnkens Hteet Company plant at
rnateovlile aad Cam!. Pa.; Crucibia Stool
Company piout at Putsbors. Pa., and Uar
ro. N. J.: La belio Iron Works, stoubon
ilio. O. ; Otis Steel Company. Cleveland;
I -kawanna Steal Company. Barraio. N. V. ;
rilaois ecool Company. Chleaao; Jooee A
-I.auinltfi Stool Company. Pmsourf; Doanor
teei Company. Buffalo. N. T ; Inland Steal
Company. Indisjra Harbor. Mtch.; Central
Steel a; Iron Company. Harrlsbur. Pa.; Ho
pubtlc Iron A Hteol Company. Younrvtown,
o. ; Brtorhlll Steel Company. Xoansetown.
O : CocTtaaa-MaUnnay tsieel Company.
Cleveland. O.
GERMANY SUFFERS HUNGER
fCoettand From First Pars.)
are wall founded. Dr. von SeydUer. the
Premier, la opposed not only by the
Czechs and the South Slav. It Is as
sorted, but also by the Socialists, who.
like fho rest, are rhnfrv under trie
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25c
Let Cuticura Soap
Keep Your Face
Fresh and Youn
food difficulties, while the German
deputies are hostile owing to the Pre
mier's alleged weak attitude towards
the Czechs and South Slavs..
PETROGRAD, via London. Jan. it.
(British Admiralty, per Wireless Press.
A Russian official communication is
sued today announced that the com
missioners for food have urged the
workmen's eounclls to stop at nothing
to establish order on the r-llwiji ly
organising apeclal detach mtita of the
Red Guard and other contingents.
The communication saya the rail
ways now are In the power of a plun
dering mob and that be transport
service Is entirely disorganlxed a fact
which Is causing the worst possible ef
fect upon the starving regions and the
army. -
TnOCSAXDS TO VOICE PROTEST
Brltlh Stirred by Alleged Cnfalr
. ness of Food Distribution.
LONDON. Thursday. Jan. 17. Popu-.
lar dissatisfaction with the food dis
tribution, which Is particularly strong
in the industral dstricts. will be
forcibly expressed at Manchester and
in that neighborhod January 26 when,
according to a decision Just reached, a
hundred thousand workers In the Man
chester engineering shops will cease
work for a day. with the purpose of
protesting against the unequal distri
bution of food and demanding a gen
eral rationing order.
Similar demonatratlons are to be helda
simultaneously In Salford. Eccles. Al
trlncham and Stratford.
Increasing attention Is being given
by the newspapers to food troubles and
popular Impatience with what Is re
garded widely as avoidable privations.
The labor correspondent of the Times
restatee the view of the workers that
not only ara the wealthy people able
to escspe queue troubles by the power
of their pursss. but they are getting
all the suppltss they require, while the
poor stand for hours exposed to the
weather and then often get nothing.
The workera also are convinced that
an artificial scarcity has been created
by the farmers, dealers and specula
tors. The unrest, the writer continues,
will be allayed only when the food
controller convinces the average work-
Inrmin that curtailment Is unavoid
able.
PETROGRAD FACES FAMINE
Popnlace Likely to Express Discon
tent With Violent Outbreak.
LONDON. Jan. Conditions of life
in Petrograd as described by various
correspondents suggest that the peo
ple are likely to seize any opportunity
to express their discontent. Food Is
sometimes Impossible and alwaya dif
ficult to procure, ssys the Dally News
'Correspondent, who adds that Petro
grad has forgotten the taste of milk,
though it is possible now and then to
obtain an Inferior grade of butter at
10 rubles a pound.
In telling of the feeling of unrest,
the correspondent of the Dally Mall
says that the tramways have not been
operated since Saturday. The workers
have to go to their tasks afoot and
with empty stomachs, and return on
foot In the evening.
Electric light Is uncertain and some
times whole districts are In darkness,
the central power station having
stopped from lack of fuel. The supply
of paraffin, which la used for cooking
and lighting, has atoppeC temporarily
because the chief depots are snow
bound. The dally ration is frve and
one-fourth ounces, which Is said to be
Insufficient, and potatoes are selling
at one ruble a pound.
ALL ROYAL THEATERS TO CLOSE
German Government Will Take Ac
tion to Conserve Coal.
BASEL, Switzerland. Jan. IS. The
Royal -Theater in -Btuttgart has been,
closed by order of the government of
Wurttemburg In order to save coaL '
All the other royal theaters In Ger
many shortly will be ordered closed
for the same reason.
WAR COUNCIL TO
BE ABOVE CABINET
Prooosed New Board Will
Have Authority Second
to President's.
THREE MEN TO BE NAMED
SIX CHARGE DESERTION
ABAJTDOXMEXT GENERAL COM
PLAINT IN DIVORCE St ITS.
Several Plaintiffs Seeking Separation
Married Many Years and
Have Children.
Yesterday was "desertion" day in the
Portland divorce mill. Six plaintiffs
brought out thla allegation In seeking
freedom from marital bonds. Dell
Curamlnga sought a divorce from Daisy
Cummings to whom he waa married in
1907, and who, be aaserts. deserted him
In ltlt, taking their daughter with her.
Jessie and Harry Hubler lived to
gether 26 years before be deserted her,
alleges the wife In asking for a di
vorce. They were married In 1830.
Merle Rea alleges Harry Rea treated
her in a cruel manner before he left
her. They were married at Hillaboro
in 111.
Desertion Is charged by Mabel Amos
In her suit against Clyde Amos. They
wore married In 190a and have three
children. Elisabeth and John Ander
son were married in 1912 and the hus
band deserted a year later, the wife as
serts. Delia Mountain alleges J. L.
Mountain deserted her a year after
their marriage in 112.
Helen M. Barnea charges extreme
cruelty In her divorce complaint against
Thomas S. Barnea. an Eastern Oregon
stockman. They were married In Cali
fornia In 1912 and have three children.
The plaintiff aaserts that her husband
has deeded her certain property In East
ern Oregon which will be sufficient for
the support of their children and she
therefore waives all claim for alimony
or support.
PEACE PROPOSALS COMING
Popo and Kaiser Declared to Be
Considering- Early Move.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Germany
and Pope Benedict. Senator Lewis, of
Illinois, declared today, both are plan
ning new, early peace movemenla.
-I have reason to know," said Sena
tor Lewis, "that Berlin expects to
withdraw her peace proposals to the
Bolabevlkl and make new propose la,
but proposals which will be applicable
not only to Russia, but to all her op
ponents. y
"I have Information." he continued,
"that the Pope is planning, with the
acquiescence of Italy, another effort
toward peace."
For these reasons. Senator Lewis de
clared, he Intended to defer discussion
of bis Senate resolution proposing in
dorsement of the President's peace pro
gramme. 555-Pound Porker Sold.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. Jan. 18 (Spe
cial.) One of the largest porkers er
marketed here waa brought to town
the paat week by Howard Lilly, of the
Gales Creek neighborhood. The big
animal tipped the beam at SS5 pounds
and brought the seller aa much cash as
a good horse ordinarily does.
FUea Cured la S to 14 Days.
Drarrtsts refund moss? If PAZO OINT
MENT falls to cars Iirblng. Blind. Bleeding
or Protruding Plies, fust appUcatlea gives
relist, sue Adv.
Vast Power Will Bo Lodged Wltn
Projected Office or Munitions Di
rector Wilson's AtUtude To
ward Measures Xot Divulged.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Radical
changes In the Government's war-making
machinery are proposed in bills to
establish a war council of three mem
bers, all-powerful under the President,
and to. create a director of war mu
nitions, approved today by the Senate
military committee
The bill for a director of munitions
waa placed before the Senate today and
that for the war council will be Intro
duced by Chairman Chamberlain Mon
day.
Both measures have virtually ths
unanimous support of the committee.
So far, there has been no intimation of
what may be the attitude of President
Wilson.
Proposals to have the Secretaries of
War and Navy as ex-offlcio members of
the war council were rejected by the
committee.
The bill proposes that the three mem
bers of the war council shall be ap
pointed by the President, with confir
mation by the Senate, and be directly
under the President and above the
Cabinet In authority, with power to
"supervise, control and direct all de
partments, bureaus and agencies of ths
Government In the prosecution of the
war.
It Is proposed that the council mem
bers shall have no other duties than
to form and execute, with the Presi
dent's approval and co-operation, broad
war policlea and decide priorities and
disputes between the different depart
ments and bureaus.
The director of munitions, slso a
Presidential appointee and confirmed
by the Senate, would have authority to
control production, distribution and
transportation of war supplies under
the policies of the President and the
war council.
PLANTS CLOSE IN 28 STATES
(Continued From First Pare.)
taken we ehould have limped along
from day to day with a slowly Im
proving condition of affairs with re
gard to the shipment of food and of
coal, but without auch Immediate re
lief as had become absolutely neces
sary because of the congestions of traf
fic which have been piling up for the
last few months.
Results Will Justify Action.
T have every confidence that the re
sult of action of this sort will. Justify
It and that the people of the country
will loyally and patriotically respond
to necessities of this kind as they have
to every other sacrifice Involved in. the
.war.
"We are npon a war footing and I
am confident that the people of the
United States are willing to observe the
same sort of discipline that might be
Involved In the actual conflict Itself."
Garfield Appeala to Capital.
Dr. Garfield, in a statement em
phasizes the railroad congestion, which
he declares Is threatening the food
supply, points to the necessity for
moving ships to Europe and carries an
appeal to capital to bear Its share of
the burden brought by the closing or
der by paying employes for the time
they are Idle.
The statement follows:
"The order suspending temporarily
the operations of Industrial plants in
portions of the United States Is drastic
Yes, war Is drastic. This war is the
most extensive and Involves greater
sacrifices than any war heretofore.
"The American people, led by the
President, entered this war deliberately.
They are staking everything for the
realization of a great Ideal, and the
Ideal is practical.
"We know that democracy must be
made a reality at home, as well as
abroad, that its benefits must be shared
by all and Its sacrifices borne by no
single class.
All Americans la War.
"Capital and labor are embarked in
thla war 'because all Americans ara in
it. and the American spirit cries out
agalnat the least suggestion that the
burden be shifted to the backs of any
one class, least of all of labor, for labor
has less financial ability to meet the
prolonged hardships of war than capi
tal. "Wo are realizing the truth now as
never before that capital and labor are
not two, but one Their problems pre
sent merely two aspects of the same
vital question.' The unselfish and pa
triotic Impulses and the calm look
ahead will lead the country to approve
of the order now In force.
"Industry Is In an unbalanced condi
tion. We lack many essentials, food,
clothing, fuel. We have piled up
enormous stores of things not essential
to life, but very essential to war. We
have piled up so high on our docks and
In our storehouses that the ships avail
able cannot carry them away as fast
as they pile up.
Ships Crowd IT arbor.
"For lack of bunker coal held back
by traffic congestion, the number of
ships in our harbors increases menac
ingly. "The food supply Is threatened to an
even greater degree than the fuel sup
ply. This condition is In large part
due to the congestion that at many
points holds the loaded cars In its
grip.
"To single out Industries not engaged
to some extent In war manufacture la
to select industries which in the aggre
gate will bring relief only If suspended
Indefinitely. To require all Industries
except a comparatively small part to
ceaae for a few daya quickly accom
plished the desired results and perma
nently Injures none.
"The order as It stands puts all In
dustry on an equal footing, favoring
none and avoiding unfair competition,
but this reason alone Is not sufficient.
"This reason, plus the fact that the
order will put coal In the empty bins
of the people, will save coal, will aid
In breaking up congestion of traffic
and In furnishing an adequate supply
of coal to the people who need It and
to the ships which cannot sail. without
It these are sufficient reasons and
Justify the order.
Only Esaeatlale Permitted.
"Only those Industries' producing
necessary war material that can be
promptly delivered ara permitted to
operate during the suspension period.
To permit Industries with a coal sup
ply on hand to operate would allow
many of the least essential to continue,
while soms of the most essential would
be compelled to stop.
"Moreover, to allow those fortunate
enough to possess a coal pile Id con
tinue would result in adding to the
traffic congestion, and unless they also
are suspended at a later period, the
needed saving In consumption of coal
would not result.
"To have delayed the application of
the order would only have added to the
congestion. It is no condemnation of
Industry to say that each would have
striven to the utmost to Increase its
supply of coal and other raw material
during the days prior to the applica
tion of the order."
Early Improvement Dae.
The situation in Atlantic ports drew
most of Garfield's attention today,
while his assistants struggled with the
great volume of requests for interpre
tations of the general terms of the
order.
Fuel Administration representatives
were dispatched to the principal At
lantic ports.' there to remain until
every ship held up for lack of fuel has
its bunkers filled.
Reports tonight to the Administra
tion said that the situation would be
gin to improve Immediately and that
the more than a million tons of ship
ping detained would be on its way
within a short time.
Suggestions that a railroad embargo
be declared on the shipment of goods
from factories shut down and on the
movement of materials to the Atlantic
seaboard were disapproved today by
Secretary McAdoo. director-general of
railroads, who said that the railroad
congestion would be cleared in a few
weeks.
Fubl administration officials favor
an embargo and believe It would ma
terially aid in Improving not only
transportation conditions but the fuel
situation aa well.
- Few Violations Reported.
Reports to the fuel administration
said that observance of the order In
the territory to which It applies was
general. Some few violations were I
noted and the Department of Justice
will be asked te investigate through
its local representatives.
Most of the violations. It was be
lieved, were due to misunderstanding
and lack of information. In soms
states Federal fuel officials themselves
misunderstood the order and attempted
to close down, plants . operated by
water power over which the fuel ad
ministration haa no control.
Dr. Garfield declared tonight that
while It would be comparatively easy
for plants to evade the order he be
lieved there would be few violations.
Evasions to Be Baited.
Suggestions that some of the factories
might attempt evasions by operating
on Sundays while closing on the 10
Monday half-holidays drew from him
the statement that if that were at
tempted he would take quick measures
to cut off the supply of coal from the
offending plants.
There will be no general exemptions
of planta. Dr. Garfield said, except over
the sirrnature either of Secretary Baker
or Secretary Daniels. Interpretations
of the orders, however, as applied to
industries on which the exempted
plants are dependent for raw materials,
the Fuel Administration probably will
make liberal rules.
"It Is our purpose In this respect,"
said Dr. Garfield, "to make Intelligent
decisions. The raw material needs of
exempted plants will be recognized and
cared for.
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CLAIM GRANTED BY WILSON
Centra Ha Man Allowed Exemption
After Boards Refuse.
CE.VTRALIA. Wash, Jan. 18. (Spe
cial.) Torval Jensen, a farmer living
near Agate, has been notified that his
claim for exemption, which waa de
nied by both the Lewis County and
district exemption boards, has been al
lowed by President Wilson, to whom
an appeal was taken.
Jensen was In service and on his way
East from Camp Lewis before his ap
peal was passed upon.
R0UMANIA HAS ULTIMATUM
(Continued From First Psg-e.)
the movement, and with the assistance
of the Roumanian army disarmed 15.
000 Bolshevlkl irregulars. The Bolshe
vik! ultimatum recently issued de
manded the release of these ringlead
ers. The Roumanian army has refrained
from armed conflict with the Bolshe
vlkl, but, it Is declared, will not toler
ate any plans on Roumanian soil
against the royal family or the Rou
manian people.
Royalty oa Canned Diet.
King Ferdinand and the royal family
are still at Jassy, cut off from the
world and living almost entirely upon
canned food, with bread three times a
week.
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 17. Relatione be
tween Premier Lenlne and Foreign
Minister Trotzky are growing more
strained dally, the Petrograd corre
spondent of the Helsingfors Huvud-
Lstadsbladets reports.
Lenlne is said to be displeased both
at the way Trotzky continuously occu
pies the public eye and at his foreign
policy, which Lenlne believes is con
trary to the best interests of the Rus
sian revolution.
Trotsky formulates his own foreign
policies without regard to what Lenlne
advises and often without submitting
questions to the Premier.
Friends of Lenlne, the correspondent
adds, declare that he Intends to submit
bis resignation to the congress of
workmen's and soldiers delegates in
older to force a vote of confidence or
lack of confidence.
BERLIN, via London. Jan. 18. -On the
resumption of the peace negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk on Wednesday it waa of
ficially stated today, a settlement In
principle of the questions concerning
the future political relations of the
central powers and the Ukrainians was
reached during a private meeting with
the Ukrainian delegates.
This settlement, says the official
comment, marked a decisive step for
ward. IX)XION. Jan. 18. Dispatches from
Petrograd Indicate ferment In the city
Is likely when the constituent assem
bly meets. Large demonstrations are
being prepared by the alliance for the
defense of the constituent assembly,
which is Usuing-appeals to the people
In the streets and is carrying on agita
tion In military barracks and among
crews of warships.
The correspondent of the uaiiy rews
says trouble of some kind is almost
certain. The feeling among the sol
diers of the Petrogra garrison, a
Petroarrad dispatch to the Dally Mall
says, is becoming more divided and the
government cannot place full reliance
on them as it could a month ago.
PETROGRAD. Thursday. Jan. 17.
Barricades were put up today about the
telephone station and at other strategic
points and thousands of soldiers and
sailors were brought Into Petrograd to
reinforce the Bolshevlkl troops In deal
Ins: with possible riots at the opening
of the constituent assembly tomorrow.
The antl-Bolshevlkl already have an
nounced demonstrations and also their
intention to open the constituent as
sembly. The central executive commit
tee of the workmen and soldiers' dele
gates have prepared av declaration
which they Intend to force the constit
uent assembly to adopt, declaring that
the assembly must recognise that Rus
sia shall be declared a republic of
workmen's, peasants' and soldiers' del
egates, who are to have full power.
The workmen and soldiers' delegates
decree warns the people to stay off the
streoU tomorrow.
Store Opens
at 8:30 A.M.
Saturdays
at 9 A. M.
The Most in Value The Best in Quality.
Store Closes
at 5:30 P. M.
Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
ILS. IS TO CONTBOL
Washington Report Tells of
New Timber Board.
OFFICIALS HERE DOUBTFUL
Belief Is That Coast Commission
Refer red To Is Body Already
Established Now In Con
ference In Portland.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Unified con
trol of all Government timber require
ments from the Northwest has been ac
complished by the establishment of a
commission now on the Pacific Coast,
which will supervise all nurchases and
speed up delivery. .
... i . -i..M( PrniiM nn Board, the
Shipping Board, the Army and the Navy
are represented on mo tuiu......
Howard E. Coffin, chairman of the Air
craft Board, announced today that the
commission already had begun work in
obtaining spruce for airplanes and big
timbers for ships.
No notification of the establishment
of a general timber commission in
charge of Government operations In the
Northwest, as announced In a Wash
ington. D. C dispatch, has been re
ceived by Colonel Brice P. Dlsque. or
by representatives of tho Shipping
Board and the Aircraft Production
Board, now assembled in conference in
this city.
Report May Be Erroneous.
Wood Beal, representing the Shipping
Board, and General Saltzman. of the
Signal Corps, both declared that they
have had no intimation of such a
course, and were inclined to infer that
the dispatch referred to the representa
tives now in this city, although they
are vested with no such powers as
those indicated.
The duty of the members of the
present conference, as outlined. Is to
master the problems of spruce and
to take
liner imiuci -
eteps to facilitate the work. Moreover.
the Navy is not represemeu m
conference, which numbers Mr. Beal,
of the Shipping Board; R. F. Howe, of
the Aircraft Production Board, and
General Saltzman, of the Signal Corps,
....t.kii1 In i-nnference with Colonel
Dlsque, of the spruce campaign.
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has been discussed, though never in a
formal way,'' said Mr. Beal last night,
"and I am practically confident that
no such etep has been taken. I doubt
whether such a commission will be
created. We are here merely to bring
about a reciprocal arrangement Be
tween the interests of aircraft produc
tion and shipping needs, and to speed
up spruce production, although I have
no direct share in the latter."
Chairman Howe Is III.
Mr. Howe, chairman of the confer
ence, waa confined to his room at the
Portland by a slight illness yesterday
and did not share In the conferences,
which are said to have been confined
to routine matters. General Saltzman
met with Colonel Dlsque. while Mr.
Beal conferred with L. J. Wentworth.
district officer of the Shipping Board.
Further Investigations will be resumed
today.
With the party Is Louis Wulchet, of
Chicago, who represents the Aircraft
Production Board, as a consulting ex-
pert on devices for riving spruce. Many
devices for furthering this method of
spruce production have been advanced,
and it will be Mr. Wulchet's particular
province to Investigate each and de.
termine the measure of practicability.
A considerable portion of the spruce
supply is anticipated from riving ope
rations, which consist of splitting
rough timbers on the ground.
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ST. HELENS, Or, 'Jan. 18. (Special.)
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night, returned to St. Helens Friday
morning and gave himself up to tho
Sheriff. An officer from California ar
rived here during1 the day and- took the
young man to California to answer a
charge of stealing an automobile. Davis
explained that he had no intention of
leaving the county, but wanted to sav
good-bye to a young lady In Rainier
before leavinc for California.
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