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S TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918. EMBARGO IN FORCE OH EASTERN LINES Food, Fuel, Munitions Alone Moving Action Hastened V 1 by Storm. COAL SITUATION IMPROVES Restriction of Shipment Limited to Certain Road and Declared to Be Only Temporary Weath er Dccidlnr Factor. WASHINGTON. Jan. iJ. An unof ficial embargo on all freight exempt fool, fu- and munitions practically - was in effect tonight east of tho Mis. stssippl and north u( the Ohio and Fo- tomac rivers, a a result of Director General MeAdoo's authoriied embargo toH.v nn ihrn Kaaterri trunk lines. Although the restriction ai applied formally only to the .'ennaylvania ana the Baltimore A Ohio east of Pittsburg and the rhiladelhia Heading, other . railroad accented little freight toaay, - Bartleularlr If It u destine east ward. The wltuatlnn will probably eon " tinue until milder weather permits - railroads to begin to move the -treat quantity of general freight a-umulat- ed during the past weeks of Winter - atorms. Factor contributing; to the embargo were the priority of movement for coal and foodstuffs and the continued pref- ' erem-e In coa dellrerles given to do mestic consumers, ships and certain war lndutries which were exempted from the Kuel Administration's general closing order. t'oal Still Short. The ban on ccM consumption was of ficially lifted at midnight last night, but scores of manufacturing plants. finable to divert coal from tha stream flowing to tha more essential Indus tries, remained closed or prepared to ' suspend operations In a day or two. when their available coal stocks are gone many shippers that ordinary freight stood little chance of prompt delivery tended to curtail tha shipment ofrer Ings today. To reduce railroad mileage in haul' Ing coal some sort of a sons svstem of coal distribution probably will be , put Into operation by the railroad and fuel administration within a week. Xenaal Coadltloa Mill Distant. Although the weather remained cold over mo it of the East today, the lack of new snowfall enabled the railroads to make a slight improvement in the .tnXnar?weV,1n?oVrd" Events Closely Watched at Washington Darkest Re ports Are Believed. nounred that 1000 boys In all working this week dlstributl pamphlets. The distribution haps, the most systematic work kind ever done. Every boy is Intrusted with 15 packets of Information, con talning. among other things, a copy of one of the President's recent addresses and cards of various data bearing on the war. The name and address of every person receiving a packet at the hands of the boy Is taken. The packets are being distributed among who ordlnarll The purpose la to nut additional lnfor matlon In their way so that they may be even better qualified to psss reliable Information on to others who read less or are not In a position to keep in formed up to date. The Information Is not being distributed to alien enemies or anyone on whom suspicion rests. but, quite the contrary, to known cltl sens of known worth, who are pected to utilise the Information to the best ends. Besides the President's Flag day ad dress there Is Included In the packet of Information a franked postcard on which a reader may check for other pamphlets now published or In process of being published by the committee on public Information. These pamphlets In some Instances are published In English, i.erman Polish. Bohemenla. Italian. Spanish Swedish. Portuguese and Yiddish, and will be mailed to those who want them. m INTEREST CENTERS Tl ON AUS IAN CRISIS enemy attack, following upon a spirited bombardment, failed under our fire. "In .the period of January 1-20, 19 airplanes were brought down. LONDON", Jan. 23. "There were en counters during the night southwest of at. Vluentln between our troops and hostile raiding parties and patrols." the War Office reports. "Three of our men are missing. A raid attempted by the enemy against our posts south of La Bassee waa driven off." Office ROME. Jan. 23. The War communication today says: "There have been active and profit able reconnaisances by small groups against the enemy line between the southeastern slopes of Monte Spinoncia and the right bank of the Plave. From the Ornlc Vallev we brought back ma- WljRKMEN SEE WEKERLE terlals of various kinds and in a sue I 1 cessful surprise attack south of Uuero a French party captured prisoners and j a machine gun. "From Nervesa to Ponte Delia Prlula our patrols drove back hostile parties. The fire along- the front at times grew more Intense between the Adige and Brenta Valleys and along the banks of the Plave." lTnngariaa Premier Said to Hare Promised to Take "Energetic Measures to Solve Difficult Kconomic Problems. U. S. LOSES 3 IN ACTIOflF (.e.VCRAL rCHSHIXG REPORTS CASUALTIES IX FRANCIS. Jf DetalU Gives of How Met Death, Were Killed Victim of Illaea. es Wki -Three WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. Ceneral. Pershing today reported three Ameri can Infantrymen killed In action on January 21. lie gave no details of the engagement. The dead are: Private Albert Cook, nearest friend. Delbert Coots, West Almond. N. Y. Private Harry V. Carman. Catawba, Va. Private Leo E. Kadi, Cleveland. O. The following other deaths, not In action, were reported by General Pershing: Clarence M. Wllhelm. pneumonia. Grass Valley, CaL Thomas M. Coyne, meningitis. - Cle burne. Tex. WASHINGTON. Jan. 53. Increasing reports of anti-war strikes throughout Austria engaged the close attention of rican officials today. They believe reports are substantially true and do not credit the London view that they have been exaggerated to deceive public opinion outside the central em pires. Other reports of economic conditions, recently received, show a situation in Austria much more serious than that In Germany. fucn iniormation as has been re celved from agents In neutral countries support the assertions that strikes are Increasing In number. The postponement of Chancellor von Hertiing's expected speech In Berlin is believed here to have been due largely to the condition that have arlcea In Austria. Agltarlosj Still la Progress. A report waa current in Paris to. day. according to an official dispatch from France, that the Austrian gov- SOCIETY HAS BANQUET TOLOGEIONS ENTERTAIN MEMBERS OF GRADUATING CLASS. Edvrla K, Wright, President, Is Toast- master Professor T. T. Davis and N. S. Thorne Guests. The members of the Tologeion debat ing society of Lincoln High School en tertained with a banquet last night at the Benson Hotel in honor of the Tolo- geions who are members of the Feb ruary, '18, graduating class of the high school. The toastmaster of the evening was I Edwin K. Wright, president of the so ciety. The programme included a toast to the graduating Tolos by Professor! T. T. Davis; response by Bertram Levy; a monologue by A. H. Woertendyke; toast to Lincoln by Ralph Knudson; toast to the Tolos by N. C. Thorne; HOW A BANK SERVES BUSINESS No. 9 , What a Strong Bank Means to You EVERY BANK today is becoming vastly more helpful to the business man. This is partly due to the Federal Reserve Act, with its provision for more liquid credit. One of the Reserve Bank's recommendations is the use of Trade Acceptances. Many business men do not fully understand. the advantages of the Ac ceptance and its effect on credit. V The First National offers the service of a great, modern banking house. With our affiliation, the Security Savings & Trust Com- Eany, we offer here under one roof every phase of constructive anking service. Our Monthly Business Forecast and Trade Bulletin sent to those who request it upon their business letterhead. ci mucin iikci announced its acceptance k.. fi...... - t.-i... .oil, of the strikers' conditions. hi .m,-n- k w n ni.n Vh -iv. .iiuiuiauvo received in omer Gis- DtrvknH T7 T!clrnsin nnnmnnl. This fact ana tne anowieaa i G00dlng. Idaho. All were private soldiers. These are the first reports of men killed In action in more than tw months. In the opinion of Army offi cers here, the appearance of "killed Id action" in the reports does not neces sarlly mean that American battalions have returned to front line treYiches for further training after an absence patches, however, was that the agita tion was iar from over. vitMA. Jan. 21. Tha newsnaners of Vienna reappeared todav and the workmen. In a majority of factories. resumed work. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 23. The strike in Austria, according to a dispatch from school spirit by W. lng Forward" by E. E. Schwarztrauber. Members of the society attending were: Clifford Johnson, Edwin Wright, Clarence Murton, Robert Wilson, Albert Woertendyke, Chester Tonkon, Chester Kelsey, John Piper. Bert Levy, Oscar llelraer. Earl Clarke, Forrest Little- field, Harry " Pennel, Robert Dickson, Fred Main, Walter Olsen, Clarence Mergens, Charles Berst. Estl Hansen, Millard Rosenblatt. Newton Clark, First for three Generations BOMBERS RUN DOWN Vienna, printed In the Vosslsche lOrrln Grossman and guests of the even cciiung, 01 ne run, was started by a workman named Schorefelder, who In duced 200 of his comrades at the J-aimler Motor Works In VV'.ln.r. Neustadt. 13 miles south of Vienna, to waia out. ing. Professor Thorne. T. T. Davia and N. C. Thousand Gather la Street. r?,m" VJ??: T. Thursday of last week all the munT pretatlon being generally placed on the news. For military reasons, the War De partment declined today to say whether tlon works and factories were forced to Close. Hundreds of thousands of persons gathered in the streets. The tradespeople Joined In the strike, and GERMAN TOO NEAR FORT Youth Employed at Vancouver Bar racks Laundry Is Arrested. Mystery Clearing in Case of Dynamite Girl. FEDERAL. OFFICERS SILENT traffic situation. The flow of coal a definite sector has been taken over aU ahoi), were closed The printing of German, unnaturalized, eastward was somewhat greater and by the Americans. newspaper was stopped and Vienna time manager of the " , v. ....... i- . I. miniiti -.,,. i.i.. ...iti.. ..ii.in.. I . "iiiiJea, ana Vienna . , . the supply of empty cars to mining regions was larger. Nowhere was there any near approach to normal con dittons, however. The number of ships awaiting bunker coal at Atlantic ports was smaller, but freezing of coal In the cars still hampered dumping, and Ice In the harbor Interfered with lighterage. Temperatures ranged not far from the sero mark over much of the cou try tonight, but wanner weather In prospect later la the week, and when It comes railroad officials look for much Improvement In transporta tion. The embargo put Into effect today will not apply to shipments of muni tions or other war supplies specifically approved by the War and Navy De partment and the Shipping Board. The traffic directors of these departments will furnish railroad definite Informa tion on shipment which they wish to move promptly. Mlaer Kaabargae Likely. Telegrams of Inquiry from the mid Ale west concerning reports of embar goes were answered with the Informa tion that although embargoes there Casualties resulting from participa tion by an American company In reconnoitering party conducted by French troops, or from a chance hit by enemy artillery among a party of dispatch riders would all be reported under the head of killed In action. S TOBACCO GIFTS LIKED BOTS-OVEn THERE APPRECIATIVE OF PACKAGES OF "SMOKES." was without a newsnaner for ihr.. uays. The official . corresnondenra hi-. of Budapest announces that Dr. We kerle, the Hungarian -Premier, ha. - v-ojreu a aeputation or workmen which handed .him a memorial containing- a resolution stating that tha vhrbm.n uosucu s apeeay conclusion of peace " on me principles of no annexa- VANCOTJVER, Wash.. Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) Albert Paul Prange, a young and for some Vancouver Bar racks post laundry, was arrested at his home in this city last night charged with violating section 12 of the es pionage act, being within half a mile of a fort. He was taken to Tacoma by John Secrlst, Deputy United States Marshal, tonight. Prange worked In the laundry, and it was through filling out his ques tionnaire that he was apprehended. He Seriousness of Incident Makes Dis cussion Unwise Josie Lindl Con tinues in Custody at Chicago, With Bail Fixed at $20,000. CHICAGO. Jan. 23. The 'naerea Letter Are Reeelved by The Oregoalaa aad Ceatrlbatora la Ae kBflWlHjcnfat or Freeeata. Charles Monnell. deputy District Court clerk, has a little postcard from somewnere In rranre which he prizes highly. It is from Private II. Phillips. of the Engineering division. Mr. Monnell was one of the thou. have not b-n officially sanctioned by I sands of patriotic readers of The Ore- Government administration authorities, I gonlan who contributed to the tobacco local railroad official have power to I fund a few months ago and the fS-cent decline to accept freight destined for I piece which he gav for some khaki embargoed points or lines. Score oflclad boy' comfort ha brought him thee minor embargoes may be de-lthe postcard of thanks from the sol- ctar-d without the specific approval of Jdier who received his package. The the railroad administration and Indlca lions were that many would be pu Into effect tomorrow. The contemplated son system of coal distribution Is based on a plan prepared some month ago by Francis b. Feabody. chairman of the coal com mtttce of the Council of National De- ln. The plan ia to have each pro duclnr district serve a prescribed ter rltory as near to the mine a possible. Fuel Administration official estimate that at least 2i per cent of nreant hauling can be dispensed with when the scheme i working properly. Mlaor ladmetrtea Will Saffer. Many contract will not expire until April and if zoning Is established some provision will have to be made to care tor them. Many of the less essential Industries, It waa Indicated today, will find It bard to get mal supplies for many weeks to come. They are permitted to burn fuel they have on hand, except on Mondays, out continued enforcement of a ore ferred list of consumer automatically ton oi snipment to them. fuel Administration official could not say today Jrtui what has been the effect of the five-day closing other man mat more ships have been sup piled with bunker coal and that com' plaint from household consumers of a lark of coal have been fewer. The supply of empty car to the Pennsylvania anthracite reglona waa nearly normal, though the Central Pennsylvania bituminous district got only about half Its usual number. Car shortage compelled Indiana micas to per cent rapacity. Work at BOYSGOUTSHELPHATfON XATIOXAL MOVEJIEVT CREATES PERSONAL MESSENGERS. fa a., h lets Glvlag Iafermatlea. Which It la Dralrahlo Kvery Loyal A Barri es a Saeald Kaew. DUtrlhatea. Boy Scout of Portland, a personal messengers of the President, thia week are distributing 1&.000 packets of In formation on the war. Their work I part of a National movement to utilise the Boy Scouts for constructive work during the war, and they are directly commissioned by the committee on pub' lie Information. J. H Brnrkwtr, ftcont executive, an ELL-A SMS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund monQyJf JtJaUs,J25z postcard was dated December 17 From W. L. Sam brook, of the Quar termaster's Corps, also "somewhere in France," comes to The Oregonlan an acknowledgment of smokes received on Christmas morning, the gift of George A Peel. CI East Sixth street, through the medium of The Oregonlan fund and the Red Cross. Private Sam brook's letter la too Interesting not to be shared. "Allow me to thank you. as I have Mr. Peel." he writes on December ft. "for this gift, and aleo to commend your kind efforts la our behalf. To bacco, as you know. Is almost price less here, so you can realtz that every lUUe bit we receive Is enjoyed and ap preciated to tne utmost. "The Americans are all well taken care of over here, thanks to Uncle Sam and the people at home. I wish you all a' happy New Year." Numerous other letters have been re ceived by The Oregonlan and by con trlbutors to .the tobacco fund. In grate ful acknowledgment of the "snvekes from boys In France. mystery 16-year- that he was necessary for the opera- old "dynamite girl," which has baffled tlon of the laundry, when he was a I Federal authorities for the past week, German subject. Iwas partly solved today by the an nouncement of arrests in several cities. Thn ff-irl wn. arrested when she ar- J. W. GAVIN AGAIN TO TEACH rived in Chicago front p Y.0""KmUeWtlnOa carrying 86 sticks of dynamite in a handbag. She is held under xzu.uuu tlon. self-determination of the right of attempted to get officers to take oaths surrounding Josie Lindi, the peoples, ana the Immediate discussion in the lower House of the 1 ranrhlnji hill The workmen further requested a fair ana equal distriDution of foodstuffs and otner necessaries. Wekerlo Promise Relief. Premier Wekerle, in reply, announced sank the liner because he had spoiled the 'cigar.' " CREDIT MEN AT TACOMA Northwest Conference Studies Con ditions So as to Aid War. TACOMA, Wash., Janl 23. (Special.) The Tacoma Associatlpn of Credit Men entertained the Northwest confer ence tonight at a dinner at the Com mercial Club. Credit men from Port land, Bellingham, Seattle, Spokane and Yakima will be present. This after noon the visitors were taken to Camp Lewis. Following the dinner addresses were made by Captain Alaudsley, of the Engr llsh army, stationed at Camp Lewis, and one of the French officers from the camp; H. S. Gaunce, Seattle, one of the directors of the National Association of Credit Men; J. A. Taylor, Seattle; E. A. Hollinshead, of Stearns Hollinshead Company, Portland; J. A. Jamleson and H. V. Alward, of Tacoma. The general subject of the confer ence was The .Relation oc tne credit Man to the Present Conditions and the Help He Can Render tp the Nation Dur ing the War." Business efficiency was the keynote of the meeting. that the government was resolved to Former Headmaster of Bishop Scott bond. take energetic measures to master the difficult conditions caused by the war. uu tuai ii expeciea tne workmen Im mediately to resume work. LONDON. Jan. 23. The peace aglta- " "uairia-nunjarjr is receiving a Academy Goes to II111 Military. John W. Gavin, former headmaster of Bishop Scott Academy, who has ibeen living on his country place near Wood burn for the past few years, has de- great deal of attention. In Germany. clded to resume educational work and The bocialist newspaper Vorwaerta of will take charge of one of the depart ments at Hill Military Academy this coming term. Mr: Gavin is a Yale man Berlin emphatically declares tha anil. darlty of the German proletariat with Austrian labor in the peace struggle, and maintains that events in the dual monarchy must have a deep reaction In Germany. STATE WILL BUY BONDS ind well known In educational circles. Professor John W. Daniels, former re gent of the University of Idaho, con tinues as headmaster. Mr. Gavin will retain his Interests in his property at Woodburn, but will de vote most of his time to the academic work as a member of the faculty of the military school. ETIRE $183,000 TO BE BT WASHINGTON. take I DEBTOR SENT TO JAIL S2 Port of Vaaeeaver to Parehaae Aerea for Us of Standlfer Ceaarractloa Company. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. JS. (Spe cial.) Tho 1186,000 bonds, voted by the GOVERNMENT SELLS RELIC Old Desk Which Came Around Horn In 1861 Brings $1.20. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) An old desk, which has been used In the United States I -and Office In this city since it was first estab lished In Kil and which was shipped around Cape Horn In a sailing vessel, waa sold for 11.10 to, Mrs. Kllzabeth Funk, of Seventh and B streets, at a public auction held in the old office to day. Mrs. Funk will donate the old relic to a historical hoslety In Vancou ver, which will make a collection of as many old relics as possible and have them on exhibition here. Vancouver is the oldest city In the state of Washington, dating back nearly 100 years. AIRCRAFT BOARD NAMED Continued From First rage.) slightest friction, the step will be a positive check against such a condition In the future. In short the move is held to be a centralized and efficient control for all war Interests. Up to the present the main Army and Signal Corps requirements have been taken care of through the Emergency Fleet Corporation, the aim being to give them every assistance In addi tion to keeping ship construction ma terial moving to the yard a Now the details will be worked out first by Mr. Bloedel without delay. There has been a lumber embargo for the past 43 days and through It all consignments must be approved before moving. Inability to Pay Judgment for Dam ages Causes Imprisonment. Frank Armatas, who reeently com pleted a 60-day sentence for assaulting Bert Phillips, was rearrested yesterday by Constable Petersen on a body exe cution secured by Phillips In a $300 voters In the Port of Vancouver, for lnlurlea sustained in tha assault hv rreunesuay, January it, ror a site for Armatas. tne u. m. btandlfer Construction Cor. Armatas. under an old state law, will poratlon, will probably be taken by the be compelled to remain in jail until he siaie. i pays the JU0 judgment or until he se The Port of Vancouver Cemmis. I cures his. release through a pauper's sioners have been In touch with the oath after serving at least ten days, state officials, who have agreed to buy I This Is the second case of Its kind in tne Donas at a per cent. The monev is I lu" 'oca court wuain tne past year, now on nana ana can do secured when needeu. A telephone message from ulympla today requested a copy of the proceedings of the special election held sdoux a year ago. when It waa voted by a large majority to back up the comprehensive scheme of the Port of Vancouver Commissioners, who out lined at mat time the object and Intent " of the port. This was mailed tonight. Everything Is regular In every way and everything exceDt Settlers' Aid Bill Killed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 23. The House of Repre- senatlves by a vote of .278 to S3 today defesxed a bill designed to give to set tler on Government Irrigation proj ect the right to make farm loans from Federal land banks. Representative Slnnott and Smith of Idaho made strong pleas for the bill, but Raker of Cali fornia, in charge of the bill, aroused .li. i. i . . . - iiuiiiita. ,,,". ."a "" Eastern antagonism and the bill was ana xnis wm be when received, as It Is merely a matter of form. A site of (2 acres will be bought for about 113.000 and the remainder used in paying for making a filL work on the Improvements being ready to pegin tomorrow. overwhelmingly defeated. Army Orders. CBOCVD GAINED EAST OF KIEIJ- POBT LOST BT TEUTONS. Te Tare A raid In Ova Day Talia LAXATIVE BKOMO QLINI.VB fTab- l. It stops tne Ceusa an4 Hadaeh. aad works otf the Cold. E. W, GAOVS'S Siaatur ea each, hex. sOa, , j British Report Patrol Encounters and Italian Tell of lafllctlns; Daaa age oa Austrian. PARIS, Jan. 1$. The War Office an- nounced tonight that the ground gained by the German east of Nleuport as the result of a raid early today was re taken by the r rench by a rapid coun ter-attack. Tho text of the announcement says: "In Belgium there was cannonading In the Nleuport sector. The enemy de tachment which penetrated one of our lines to the east of Nleuport this morn ing was Immediately driven out. "On the right bank of the Meuse the artillery was quite active in the sector of Hill 344 and the front of Cbaunta wood. At tha latter point an SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 28. Arm? ardara issued at headquarters xor the Western Do partment aero touay were aa follows: A board of officers, to consist of Caotaln Joseph A. Sheridan, Second Field Artll- ery: Captain Wesley M. Bailer. Second r ieia Artillery, ana captain Thomas u. M. Ollpbant, Second Field Artillery, Is appoint ed to meet at baa srancuce, at the Pre. sldio, to examine Into the capacity, qualifi cations and efficiency of Provisional First taeutenant Madefry A. Odhner, Sixty-third Infantry. Captain James O. McGrath, Quartermaster Reserve corps. Fort u. A. Kiwsell, Wye., will proceed to Camp Fremont, Pale Alto, cai.. tor auty aa assistant to the camp Quartermaster. First Lieutenant Changing Hall. Medical Reserve Corps, will proceed to Vancouver Barracks, w aan.. ror duty. Major Donald P. McCord, Medical Re serve Corps, Presidio of Monterey, CaL. will proceed to Fort illley, CaL. to relieve Cap tain H. Newton Klerulff, Medical Reserve Corps, who will report to the Presidio of Monterey, Cal., for duty. Captain Harry S. Hodgson, Quartermas ter Reserve Corps. Camp John H. Beacom, Calaxtco, Cal., will report for duty aa as sistant to the quartermaster at the Presidio of San Francisco, CaL Leave of absence for one month, under exceptional circumstances, la granted Major Joseph H. Tyler, Dental Corps, to take ef f act upon completion of hla examination for promotion at the ltterman General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. Cantaln Arthur L. Brown, Medical Re serve Corps. Presidio of San Francisco, will report to Camp iremooi, rale Alto, CaL. for duty, : , Federal officials have asserted that certain elements of the case are too I dangerous to permit them to discuss it TOUNGSTOWN, O.. Jan. 23. United States Secret Service men caused the arrest here today of John Soursel, an Italian bricklayer. It is asserted his arrest Is in connection with the case of Josie Lindi, tho girl Jailed in Chi cago last Friday. PATERSON, N. J., Jan. 23. Charles Krattisrer. a silk worker, acting secre tary of the local Industrial Workers of the World, was arrested here last night on a Federal warrant from Chi cago, where he was indipted several weeks ago for conspiracy against the Government, EUREKA, CaL, Jan. 23. Admissions that he was a member of the crew of the German raider Seeadler and had es caped internment at San Francisco, were said to have been made to the police here today by Carl Schmidt, who wa. arrested here last night with Carl Hansen, a Norwegian, for alleged dis loyal utterances. TRENTON. N. J.. Jan. 2S. The Ind eral district here has started suit to annul the citizenship papers granted Frederick W. Wusterbarth, one time postmaster of Clifton, N. J. Wuster harth Is charged with having said he did not want to see the United States win the war. NEW YORK. Jan. 23. Insanity and death overtook two missing members of the band of Germans who plotted to destroy food and munitions ships leav ing American ports, it was aisciosea in testimony at the trial here today of Franz von Rintelen, uerman navai re servist, and 12 others charged with pnniniracv. Police Lieutenant Barnits testified that Herbert Eberllng. alleged to have been the man who took the fire bombs ahnard steamshlDS in "cigar boxes, is in Bloomtngdale asylum, and Max Klein, who eluded the best efforts of the police to capture him, had died in a hospital a few weeks ago. Inspector Tunney, chief of the bomb squad, asserted one or tne plotters toia him that Ebeling had placed bombs on the Lusltanla and that he "cursed the eantain of the submarine wnicn FUR SALE BIDDING LIVELY Ermine and Red Fox Skins mand Highest Prices. Com ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 23. Bidding at the annual fur sale continued lively to day with ermines and red fox skins commanding the highest prices. Latest figures on the auction indicated that sales thus far have totaled approxi mately $2,000,000 on a market rela tively higher than last year. Sixty thousand ermine brougRt $90, 000 and 11,000 red fox, of which 1000 were Australian, brought $300,000. Among the large lots auctioned were 96,000 Australian opposum, 40.000 wolf, 14,600 ringtail opposum, 12,500 lynx and 10,000 wallaby. Wolverine skins eold 60 per cent higher than in October. A collection of 65,000 mink pelta sold for $4oo,000. SOLDIER WRITES MOTHER Vancouver Woman Hears From Sup posed Prisoner In Germany. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) A letter was received today by Mrs. H. M. Bunnell, of 914 Grant street. This may seem a trivial matter, but It was tremendously Important to Mrs. Victrolas and Records VICTROLAS $20 to $325 Terms: 10 with or der and 1094 per month. The VIctrola brings to your home the voices of the world- famous singers the melodies of harp, flute, band and orchestra. What will erlve you anything like the pleas ure, entertainment and satisfaction as will the VIctrola? Order it today. Mall orders given prompt at tention. We send records via parcel post to out-of-town patrons. Write for complete record catalogue free. GeFJOHNSONPlANoCa 140 Sixth Near MorrUon, Portland. MEHLIN PACKARD BOND IMAISOS, Kill Bunnell. The letter was from her son. Corporal Clarence O. Bunnell. Mrs. Bunnell for the past two weens naa believed he was a prisoner in Ger many. The Oregonlan or January ft naa a picture of a German captive that looked so much like Corporal Bunnell that Mrs. Bunnell could not say it waa not her eon. The prisoner closely resem bled Corporal Bunnell in many ways. being of the same rank even. Now that a letter has been received from him his mother is relieved. The sus pense is ended. Quince Tree in Bloom. Another Instance that Spring is rush ing the season in Portland was discov ered yesterday in the white Japanese quince tree which is in full bloom in the yard of the home of Mrs. W. C. Noon, Twelfth and Market streets. As a rule this tree does not Dioom until April, but this one has been in bloom for over a month. Red Cross Shop Has Bargains. Tomorrow is bargain day at the Red Cross shop and it promises to reveal startling bargains in women's winter coats, hat trimmings and men's winter hats. The men's hats will be sold at prices ranging from five cents up and the hat trimmings will go at equally low prices. Read The Oregonlan classified ad. Over 70, But Relieved By Internal Baths Mrs. to. M. Wadlia writes Dr. Chas. A. Tyrrell, or New xorK, as iuhuwo. within h lant month have bad won' derful results and all inflammation has nearly subsided. I could hardly expect a woman over 70 to receive benefit from a trouble of long standing as quickly as a younger person. Money could not Duy my "J. B. 1m Cascade' if I could not get another." . ,. . t a riirrinult to believe how many in ternal troubles internal bathing will relieve until you realise that physicians agree that 85 per cent oi numan ail ments are caused by accumulated waste in the lower intestine. The "J. B. L. Cascade," the scientific method of internal bathing, removes in a perfectly natural way all poisonous ,ut. and has been so successful In promoting health that over half a mil lion intelligent Americans are now using it regularly. It is produced by Chas. A. Tyrrell, M. D, of New York, who for 25 years has been a specialist on Internal Bathing, and It is now being shown and ex plained by Woodard, Clarke & Co., Portland, Or. They will give you on request a very Interesting booklet on Internal Bath ing, by Dr. Tyrrell, "Why Man of Today Is Only 60 Per Cent Jirricient." Ask for it today and know more hunt vourself and your functions than you. over have, before, Adv. . j ADVANCED OPTICAL KNOWLEDGE .fceaa3a. r 7:- v. The Ophthalmoscope, the Latest of Scientific Instruments A DIFFERENCE IN EYES requires a difference in your eyeglass lens and this differ ence may only be determined by skill and experience, to gether with proper scientific instruments and proved meth ods in the examination. My methods of examination have been perfected by a suc cessful experience of nearly twenty years, giving you the greatest ease and comfort for both reading and distance. My personal and individual attention is given to every case. NO STUDENT OR ASSISTANT with little or n? experience or responsibility should be trusted in so important a matter as your eyes. DR. WHEAT EYESIGHT SPECIALIST NOW AT 20T MORGAN BUILDING, WASHINGTON AT BROADWAY. Formerly Located in the Corbett Building