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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.
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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.
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Mrs. to. M. Wadlia writes Dr. Chas. A.
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