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1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LVII. NO. 17,838. PORTLAND, OKEC.OX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1918. DEMOCRATS RALLY TO FIGHT WILSON PERSHING APPEALS FOR AID OF WOMEN DARDANELLES SEA FIGHT IS THRILLING 3 U. S. FLYERS DIE AUTO BANDITS ARE TAKEN BY POLICE WHEN PLANES HIT OREGON DEMOCRATS NEIVSTORM STRIKES TERROR TO EAST III PITIFUL DILEMMA Wilson-Chamberlain Row Tears Hearts. MORAL SUPPORT TO BE GREAT HELP, IS SIESSAGE. AMERICAN'S COLLIDE AT TRAIN ONE MAN SLAIN AND ANOTHER WOUNDED IN HOLDUP. IXG SCHOOL- IN FRANCE. Chamberlain Incident to Have Hot Sequel. EXECUTIVE POWER IS DEFIED Oregon Senator Will Reply to President. ISSUE OF VERACITY RAISED Flralght-Oot Content on Merits or War Cabinet Hill Will Be Made by Stapportera When Senate Reconvenes Tomorrow. WASHINGTON. Jan. 5:. Neither the Cgresalve opposition of President Dr. Hash Blrkhead, Back rrom Front and England, Assures Ally or America' Co-operation. NEW TORK. Jan. 'Tell them thla Is the greatest thing we ever tried to do and we are looking to them to back us up at jome," la a message from .General Pershing, which the Rev. Mr. Hugh Birckhead today told members of the National League for Woman'e Sen- tee here he had been asked by the Gen eral to carry back to the United States. Dr. Birckhead recently returned from several months of relief work on the French front and a tour of England at the request of the Red "?roas to assure the English people of the co-operation of America In the war. "If we can know every day and every hour that they are standing behind us. It will give us hope and courage. the speaker aald General Pershing added. Turk and British War Craft Battle 3 Hours, EIGHT-HOUR DAY TO COME President to IVsue Proclamation Covering Coat Mills and Camp. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan --- The President la about to Issue a proclamation establishing PLANES CLASH ABOVE SHIPS Bombs Rained on Retreating Ottoman Cruisers. MONITORS FIGHT TO LAS English Destroyer Harass ex-Ger man Warships and Are Engaged by Turkish Destroyers and Menaced by Submarine. lumws, Jan. II. The naval en gagement off the entrance to the Par WIIsoo aor the apparent certainty that I the eight-hour day In lumber mills and I danellea last Sunday morning lasted their measures would have no chance In the House even if passed by the (Senate la baiting the campaign of ad vocatea In Congress of bills to estab lish a war cabinet and a director of munitions. m aen tne Beasts reconvenea on Thursday, according to plans made to day by Chairman Chamberlain and hi associates on the military committee behind the legislation, the conteat will be opened. They purposed, with a motion to refer the war cabinet bill to the mill tary committee aa the vehicle of de bate, to open discussion of the merits of their war machinery reorganisation programme. Senator Chamberlain ezpecta to re ply to the statement Issued by Presi dent Wilson last night criticising him for his New Tork speech In which the Oregon Senator said the military aa tabilshmcnt bad broken down. Adsslalatrattra Meat Rail?, Administration leadera also were la logging camps In the Pacific Cosst states. The proclamation has been prepared i after conferencea between the Depart ment of Labor, the Shipping Board and other Government agencies directly for nearly three hours and abounded in thrilling incidents, according; to the British official statement of the bat tle, which resulted In the sinking of the former Germsn cruiser Brexlau, the concerned, and la designed to preserve beaching and partial destruction of the harmony In the lumber Industry and to expedite production of ship fir and airplane spruce. Whether the eight- hour day at thla time or later will be extended to Southern atatea cannot be learned tonlrht. DOCK MENACED BY FIRE Lighted Candle Voder Planking Believed Sabotage Attempt. George A. Baker, a special watchman employed by the Supple & Ballin Ship building Corporation, found a candle burning under the company's dock at the foot of East Oak street last night. and Patrolman Howard, who invest!- conference and planned to fight the gated, beilevee that the candle was Chamberlain bills and answer at- left there with Incendiarv Intent. The tacks upon the Government's conduct taner was on a dry plsnk. about six f the war. I .. from tha nlllnar. If it had burned In preparation, a Dumber of Demo-1 to the plank, police believe, it would era tic Senators saw tha Presldsnt lut l. oiiunl a eonrtaaration. Thia was the only attempt at sa botage reported yesterday, the date sight. It ia understood the President told them he believed the country would support hint In bis opposition to) when Washington dlspatcbea predicted legislation which would a andon a I an outbreak. machine carefully developed since the war began in favor of a new and un tried organisation taking over many of his own constitutional powers under the proposed war cabinet bllL Tne t-resident advised hla visitors that under the present organization the war record of the Government has been one of the great accomplishments and would result In placing abroad by next June twice the number of Amer Icana onglnatly planned. Mistakes in such a gigantic task, he suggested. were to be expected. Dv'leiestrfe) Be Cited. To meet the arguments Administration epos Chamberlain and hla of the of Prank W. Ferguson, of Seattle, and a private In the J2d Ambulance Corps, stationed at Camp Fremont, near here. was found dead In the room of Mrs. Mary Edmonson, a relative by mar riage. In a hotel here today. According to tha police, a revolver was found! near the body, also a farewell note. men. enator I "ani to nave oeen written 07 rerguson. supporters arel The police sal a aire, caraonsou 101a preparing to elaborate on the defl-1 them Ferguson apparently had been cienciea and the delays In providing I despondent over her refusal to marry Army supplies and equipment disclosed I him. He is said to be survived by a ta the committee's war Inquiry. I mother. Mrs. G. W. Edmonson, residing Today the committee decided to re-1 at Richmond Beach. Wash. suroe the Investigation next Saturday. calling burgeon-General Gorgaa to tes ury regarding cantonment aanltary conditions. Tha record of the Investigation to I Thirty Members of Salem Company ate waa hastily completed today to be furnished ta Senators In readiness for Thursday-s debate. Lata In tha dav fcaator Chamberlain Included in thai SALEM. Or, Jan. ZZ. Thirty mean- record a statement furnished by the I of the company of Oregon State War Department showing shortages of Guards, recently organised here under eoulDment of Nations! tinarri . v.. I Federal regulations, volunteered lo tions I Army cantonments on Jmu. I night to go on guard duty on the Port nxy I land waterrroni. in cnarge 01 one 01 the Salem officers. Thla waa in former German cruiser Goeben, and the sinking of two British monitors. Details of tha naval action supplied by both the British and Turkish official statements Indicate that the former German warships issued from the Dar danellns early Sunday morning with n intent to destroy smaller British patrolling craft and wreak havoc upon the British naval supply station on the Island of Imbros. British Craft Slak Fighting. Although outranged and outgunned the British craft put up a splendid fight, the two monitors, Raglan and M-28, battling until they sank under the accurate fire of the Turkish cruisers. The Mldullu, or Braslau, went down when attempting to retreat to safety Inside the Dardanelles, and the Sultan Selim. or Goeben, damaged by striking a mine and harassed by destroyers ana oomoing pritisn aeroplanes, 1 many waa run aground at Nagara paint.. just inside the entrance to tha Dardanelles. The British destroyer . Lixard was about two miles from the northeasterly point of the Island of Imbros on patrol duty at 6:20 o'clock last Sunday morn- MARRIAGE REFUSAL FATAL ben and Breslau (Sultan Selim and Mldullu), says the official sattement Private Frank Ferguson, of Seattle, I from the British Admiralty, giving a . . , I detailed report of the engagement. Found Dead In San Francisco. I ..,,, .. . . .. , . ' I lau and the beaching of the damaged SAN TOANCISCO. Jan. IS. The body Goeben. Llsard. Gives Alarae. 'The Breslau was steaming In a northerly direction to the south and east of Cape Cephalo. fc"owed shortly by the Goeben, which was about a mile astern. The Llsart at once gave the alarm and opening fire It pro ceeded to keep in close touch as pos sible with the enemy ships. The Goe ben and Breslau engaged the Lisard Concluded oo Page 4, Column 2.) Sergeant Henry W. Sweet Jones, of , Lafayette Escadrllle, Wins War Cross- for Daring. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. First Lieu tenants William H. Cheney and Oliver P. Sherwood and Private George A. Beach were killed Sunday in a colli sion of airplanes over an American aviation school In France. The War Department was advised of the fatalities tonight by General Pershing. Lieutenant Cheney's mother, Mrs. William H. Schofield. lives at Peter- boro, N. H. ; Lieutenant Sherwood's em ergency address is Mrs. Lydia C Sherwood. 354 Carlton avenue, Brook lyn. N. T., and that of Private Bach, Thomas Beach. Fort Collins. Colo. No details of the accident were given in General Pershing's message. PARIS, Jan. 23. Sergeant Henry W. Sweet Jones, of New York, a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps, who also ia a Lieutenant In the Aviation Reserve of the American Army, has been decorated with the war cross. An official citation praises hla splendid spirit and admirable daring. PRISON PLOT DISCLOSED Man Accused of Burglary Gives Warning to Sheriff at The Dalles HOOD RIVER, Or, Jan. 22 (Spe cial.) A plot of prisoners in the Wasco County Jail at The Dallea to overpower the Jailer and effect an escape was divulged by Dave Matheny. indicted here today on a charge of burglary of the country home of Dr. T. L. Eliot, of Portland. Matheny, confined to Tha Dalles prison for sev ral weeks, says the plot was being fomented by one Elliott, held on a felony charge. Sheriff Johnson telephoned Sheriff Chrisman a warning. ANOTHER BABY SENTENCED Dr. II. J. Haiselden Advises Parents to Allow Infant to Die. CHICAGO. Jan. 22. (Special.) Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, who gained wide notoriety through bis connection with the Hodzima. baby and similar cases, as passed sentence of death on another baby, "one of nature's aad mistakes." The girl is seven woeks old ajvd the child of Mr. and Mrs. IL Stanke. The baby Is their first offspring and weighs but th pounds. It has a hope lessly imperfect spine and its legs and arms have' been' paralyzed since birth. Fourth Blizzard of Year Smites Vast Area. . FOOD, FUEL SUPPLIES SHORT Many Country Districts Are Snowed In Until Spring. CHICAGO FACES CRISIS In Spite of One Heatless Day. Coal Supply Deficit Has Increased to Alarming Extent Live stock Loss Enormous. Officers Declare One of Men Under Arrest Has Confessed to Murder. Confederates Are Named. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 22. Four suspects are under arrest and a fifth sought tonight, in connection with the slaying of one man and wounding of another last night in a series of eight holdups by automobile bandits. Police officers say one of the men under arrest has confessed to the eight robberies and the murder, and named the three others under arrest and the fifth sought as his companions. The prisoners are William Denman, H. C. Hadley, H. Dunn and Herbert Spears, all between the ages Of 22 and 30. The first three men were taken into custody after police officers discovered the automobile, bloodstained and bullet marked, which the alleged holdup men had abandoned. - Among curious individuals who stopped to inspect the car which an officer was guarding were the three young men. Their attitude aroused the suspicion of the officer, who arrested them. Through descriptions furnished by one, Herbert Spears was arrested in a railroad yard, in the act of board WHERE TO JUMP IS PROBLEM CHICAGO. Jan. 22. (Special.) The ling a freight train. The victims of the holdup included Philip J. Metz, a grocer, slain, and Her bert Maas, wounded. Metz was shot in the back as he ran from the robbers ind died in a hospital early today. Maas was escorting a young woman home when bandits stopped him, threw him into their machine, robbed and shot him. and then threw him out. fourth great storm of the Winter sea son is sweeping over the Eastern states, tying up transportation, crippling tele graph and telephone wires and greatly ncreasing the suffering caused by a shortage of food and fuel. The storm originated In the South west and raged up the Mississippi Val ley. It was diverted by northwestern O-nl.a .nil niifAII.H a COUrSe eastward through the Ohio Valley, Pennsylvania JESTS MAY SEND TO JAIL and West Virginia. Parts of Ohio and Indiana ana new jndre s,s DIsDaraeine Remarks Tork are reeling tne teetn or me storm 1 tonight and it will spread over the -y e -i. .even jjignuy. New England states by morning, as it Is riding on a high gale. I CHICAGO, Jan. 22. Interpreting the Cities Get New Burden. I !aw relating to disparaging remarks n,. .t, oomM i,,st at a time when about the President, Federal Judge K. the various cities were struggling out Landls told a Jury yesterday that a f nravious blizzards. Extraordinary man may speaa aooui tne xa- work has been done everywhere to uon 8 chief, even In Jest. rlo.r awav the snow so trains could I "l ""Ban operate and the fresh onslaught will "kr. - Lithuanian, convicted on three cause much of this labo r to be re- counts, tne maximum penalty for each of which is five years' imprisonment He admitted that he made the state ments attributed to him, but said they were made In jest. TEACHER PUPIL'S VICTIM MILLION DOLLARS MISLAID peated. The country districts over a vast area are hopelessly snowbound and will remain so until March. The farmers have trampled Indian trails through the banked roads and can get to and from town on horse- hack, hut this is the onlv means of locomotion pyer at least-eight atates.ITexas BoI--13.IIcId. Responsible for except around the towns and citieal Death of Principal. where organizea eriorc nas puuui) u L'nrcBnvDn m . ouajii&xvi'viw, JUk 22. Food aad ! acaree. 1 fjeorge T. Cooper, aged 60 vears. nrin- Familles who are not supplied with clpai of the Union School, died todav food and fuel are existing upon wnai from wounds alleged to have been In. "We Love You, George, but Oh You Wilson," Is Sentiment. MAJORITY DODGES ISSUE Queried as to Attitude In Relation to Controversy Over War Man agement, Local Party Lead ers Say Little. Eight Mail -Sacks Containing Honey And Jewelry Recovered. NEW TORK, Jan. 22. Eight mail sacks containing money .and jewelry valued at close to Jl.000,000 which were supposed to have been stolen from mail truck during a ferryboat trip from Communipaw. N. J., to this city January T, were found tonight in the postoffice building. William F. Cochran, chief of the United States postal inspectors, ex pressed the belief that they had been islaid during a great rush of mail. flicted by a 13-year-old student whom he attempted to punish. The boy is under surveillance under the juvenile detention law. ed as a surplus, despite the five-day period of suspension of business and zero weather Is in sight. Chicago Shortage Greater. Though Chicago saved 35.000 tons of coal yesterday, the situation far ex- tConcluded on Page. 2. Column 5.) STATE GUARDS VOLUNTEER May Gnard Portland Property. Orsssses rakllrtty Preeaiaed. sponse to aa Inquiry front tha office of Prompted by PresMent Wilson's I the Adjutant-General whether aot less statement last night, toe ordnance bu-1 lntn jj mtn would volunteer for JO reats of tha v ar Department has in- I day' service. barked upon a new publicity policy. I u a ,a that enough additional men While no official statement was I will volunteer to meet tha require- available. It waa Indicated that wher-1 meats. ever military aeceaslty does not d mand suppression of facts and figures. full Information as to Is doing or has dona the press. Ia connection with tha new policy it waa dtocloeed that reorganisation of the ordnance bureau began early In May. HIT, less than a month after the declaration of a state of war. Early OpswaltlM rUixt. Democratic Leader Martin and oth ers supporting tha President's position are preparing to oppose reference of the war cabinet bill to tha military committee. Tha President's assertion that ha had learned of the war reorganisation res olution only "second hand." waa flatly contradicted today by military commit tee members. They said both Senators Chamberlain and Hitchcock advised the rresident last week of tha proposed legislation and that the President had written a letter stating hla opposition. They pointed out also that a copy of the war cabinet bill was left last Sat urday by Senator Hitchcock with Sec retary Baker. tUerallM Staieasewt Disate4. Vha'tbYbureau CAMP LEWIS IS IN LEAD will be given to I J More Than 200.000,000 of Nation al War Insurance Already Taken. OREGONIAJf NEWS BUREAU. Wash Ington. Jan. 12. Camp Lewis, Ameri can Lake. Washington, is the first camp in tha country to report mora than IIOO.OOO.SOO of Insurance In the National War Insurance drive. Secretary McAdoo announced today, The National Army men of tha lst Division had applied for $"04,000,009 of Government Insurance up to January 1). This represents 23.608 policies. The average amount applied foi la one of the best records established. lea. r. J27. J IOWA CITIES ARE "CLOSED Illinois Merchants Spnr Fuel Ad' tuinistrator to Action. DES MOINES. I a.. Jan. 22. As a re- Isult of complaints filed by Illinois The President's statement that war I merchants of towns along tha Missis- operations had been delayed by thelsippi River that their trade waa going Congressional investigation, la caning I to the lowa side, cnaries Webster, fuel I s officials and offlcera from their duties I administrator for this state, tonight Is- I to appear before committees, also was I sued a closing order against six East disputed by committee members, who I ern Iowa cities. pointed oat that when Major-Generals I They are Keokuk. Fort Madison, Crosier and Sharp testified before the I Burlington, Davenport. Clinton and u,hiillsfi4,Clis l- Dubuque. f .esse '1 I MM I j esse esse can be carried in coal and food sup plies, in bags and baskets, by a man on horseback. The coal situation is acute alt over the East and with the advent of a fr.ati nnwr storm niuifinBrAr trains were abandoned and their locomotives INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS sent to haul coal trains. The worst fuel situation in the his- I ' The Weather. tory of the city confronts Chicago. Not I TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 3 nn. unnH nf fna.1 has h.fn accumulat- minimum, w degrees. lTrtrAVa u..)..ki. . eriy winds. War. Dardanelles sea fight abounds In thrills. fmge 1. V. S. aeroplanes collide ia France and three are killed, i'age J. Foreign. Austria-Hungary shaken by greatest eco nomic crisis 01 war. Page 3. Northcllffe suggested as successor to Carson in Hruisn cabinet. Page 12. Bolshevik! fear assassination of statesmen precursor ox reign of carnage. Page 4. National. Democratic Senators rally to support of cnamDeriain s war cabinet bills. Page Federal reserve board recommends check on credit expansion. Page 5. President sacrifices Senator Chamberlain to save military administration. Page 4. General Pershing appeals to moral support irom women or America, .rage 1. Domestic, Penman says too much exploitation of wood en vessels burt shipbuilding programme. Page 0 Garfield proposes freight embargo that would tie up. all but fuel and food ship ments in .ast. page 4. Competition of war Industries and Govern ment agencies for labor averted. Page 3. Officer testifies at bomb plot trial in New York. Page 3. Four suspects arrested In connection with slaying of one man and wounding of an other. Page 1. New snow storm In East threatens another transportation tleup. Page 1 Demand made that Government take over all packing-houses. Page 2. Sports. Commerce High quintet wallops Rill Acad' emy team. Page 6. Ring battles to be staged at Eleventh-street Playhouse tonight.- Page . Judge McCredte ready to fight for P. C 1 League. Page tt. Ken Williams not satisfied with major league contract. Page 0. . War calls many prominent swimming cham pions. Page 6. Pacific Northwest. Governor and Adjutant-General review State University .Battalion. -age e. J. F. Nugent appointed successor to late Senator Brady, page 4. Candidates line up for race for state Job. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern apples of best grade higher In Eastern markets, rage 10. Corn prices decline at Chicago with freer railway movement, rage 10. Stock market opens strong, but gains are relinquished. Page 16. Oil deliveries heavy In December and Jan uary. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Democrats refuse to be quoted on Wllson Charoberlain row. Page 1. Honors to Oregon fill draft, report of Gen eral Crowder. Page 5. Republican State Central Committee to re orgaulZ) after primary. Page 7. Men In Class I being examined by boards. ..Page 9. Plans for State Fair coliseum get board's approval. Page 11. Decision in Harms case to be announced today. Page 12. Witness positive signature affixed to Mrs. Fallng's will Is genuine. Page 16. Hardware and implement dealers holding convention here. Page 11. Delay of shipyards in putting wage clause into effect is cause of complaint. Page .1. Weather report, data and forecast. FageS. High on the tlght-ropo of Indecision, with a roost uninviting abyss below and round about. Portland's prominent Democrats teetered delicately yester day. Theirs was the confusion of choice, the bitter pill of preference, between open fealty to Senator Chamberlain, Oregon's senior statesman and chair man of the Senate military committee, and not less open support of President Wilson in his attitude against the pro posed war cabinet bill. Loral Democrats Evasive. All "cinches" pale before the certain ty that the controversial clash between the President and Senator Chamber lain, precipitated in part by the 'fit ter's recent New Tork speech, is upper most In the bewildered thought of local Democrats. The coy start, and appre hensive eye, the general ensemble of men who ask nothing better than to be left alone, marks each Individual when the sore subject Is broached. Few make the desperate dare and these only with the resolution of the cold bath hero. Senator Chamberlain should have delivered that speech on the floor of the Senate don't quote me." 'George is right, but the Administra tion has done marvels don't quote me." . . ' .- .... 'Secretary EaJier Is weak; the Pres ident is a wonder; Senator Chamberlain meant the War Department but don't quote me." Some Speak Ont for Wllsom. Lifted above the timorous squeak of these typlcals is the occasional sonorous declamations of men who are with the President from bonnet to bootlace, though they reiterate the warmest friendship for Senator Cham berlain, with an evident sincerity that leaves no lingering doubt. Few have the inner optics which F. A- Seufert, well-known salmon packer and clansman of Democracy, turned upon the situation, piercingly and with, precision. Said Mr. Seufert: "It amuses me. The sum and sub stance is that we're all Democrats now, and there are no Republicans to fight. 'Ill fares the land,' or words to that effect what I want to say Is that this situation Is typical of any party in power. Its leaders fall out and fight among themselves." Mr. Chamberlain Opposed. Dr. Elof T-. Hedlund, ex-presldent of the Jackson Club and Congressional candidate a few years ago, took his bath with a plunge, admitting Democ racy's . dilemma, but lifting a ready lance for the President's cause. "Why, of course, this matter Is the thing that has been uppermost In the minds of Democrats throughout the city today," said Dr. Hedlund, right sturdily. "While I'm a friend of Sena tor Chamberlain. I think that he is wrong and the President Is absolutely right. What has been accomplished by the Administration since we entered the war has been marvelous!" Pacing somewhat nervously was Milton A. Miller, United States Col- (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) NUMBER OF MEN EMPLOYED AT SUBSIDIARY PLANTS TOTALS 3849. Including a force of 1300 at the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, 3849 men are employed In 36 Portland industrial plants working on contracts and sub contracts for boilers, engines, sheet metal and mechanical equipment of various kinds for f vessels now under construction in the Columbia River and Oregon j Coast districts, according to sta- 4 tistics compiled by the Chamber f of Commerce. This figure is ex- I elusive of the men engaged In J the actual construction of vessels I In this vicinity. Conservative es- J timates fix that number at be- 4 tween 12,000 and 15.000. t Not Including the force of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, T the 2549 workmen are appor- 4 tioned among the different Indus- trial activities as follows: Iron I and steel foundries, boiler and machine shops, 189$; furniture I and wooden furnishing plants, J 305; one cordage mill, 110; tool- f ing, 62: sheet metal works, 98; 7 bronze and brass works( 48; build- I Ing lifeboats, 30. t The number of these employes, J both in these various plants and I in the shipyards, is Increasing J every week. 4