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VOL. LVII. NO. 17,812. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, RICE FIVE CENTS. CUNARD LINER IS HIT BY TORPEDO CUT DOWN WHEAT POKER GAME ENDS WAR DEPARTMENT BIG STEEL VESSEL GLIDES INTO WATER IN MAN'S MURDER .PUTS LID ON NEWS EX- CONSUMPTION, PLEA KILLING DOXK BY PROMINENT OFFICERS AND MEN FORBIDDEN AND.AXIA IS STRUCK AMIDSHIPS BUT NOT SUNK. " BIG BEND PHYSICIAN. TO ACT AS CORRESPONDENTS, j JANUARY 28, 191 S. I GENERAL WOOD IS WOUNDED I MICE CHARLES W FULTON SENATOR DE Curtailment Asked by Administrator Ayer. WAR DIET HELD NECESSARY Buy Less, Bake Less, Eat Less, Injunction Issued. BREAD PRICES TO ADVANCE War Crisis Demands That Americans fcarrlflce and Make Denials That Hangry Armies and Hun fry A at Ions May Be . led. ItSURT OF rOOD ADMIN ISTRATOR AVER'S REGC LATIOS FOR PEOPLE OF OREGON. Tor households end eating places Wheatless Mondays and Wednesdays; wheatlr.s evening meal each day: porkleis Tues days and Saturdays: one porkless meal each day: use of one pound of substitute to each three pounds For bakeries and hotels Bak- J ins; or -victory- Dread, witn In creasing; substitution of from S to SO per cent of elements other than wheat flour. For all food dealers Wheat flour purchases limited to 70 per cent of those for same months last year; sale of requisite pro portions of flour substitutes to flour purchasers: no profiteering. T. B. Wilcox. Federal Milling Commissioner, to send Inspectors throughout state to enforce reg ulation at mills. siv citizens of Waterrllle Sit at Card Till A. M., Then Break Tp In Row, With Fatal Result. WENATCHEE. Wash.. Jan. 7. (.Spe cial) George Burks, owner or me Merchant- Delivery at Watervllle. is A.mA ,nH Tr. Ilenrr A. Smltn. one 01 Douclas County's leading physicians. Is seriously wounded as the result of a snooting anray wmcn n - much tultemcDl In. Watervllle and vi cinity today. Burks, pr. Smith and four other Watervllle men are said to have been participating In a poker game which broke us In a row at I o'clock this morn In g. Dr. tfmith. it is alleged, went to his home, got his pistol and started to lo cate Burks. He found tne laner in front of the Rogers & Howe, store and Bred one shot at him. Burks, being unarmed, turned and ran. Dr. Smith pursuing mm ana nnna five shots, all of which took enrect. After running a block Burke fell dead In the alley back of the Fair store. Dr. John Adams. County Coroner, heard the shooting and strapping on his pistol ran to the scene and found Smith over the prostrate form of his victim, beating his head with the butt of the revolver. Dr. Adams placed Smith under ar rest, whereupon the latter snapped his pistol three times at Dr. Adams, the cartridges failing to explode. Adams thrn fired, wounding Smith In the leg. Burks had been a resident of Water-I ville about four years. Drs. Smith and j Adams are among the leading phyal clans of Douglas County. A Coroner's Inquest will be held, to morrow. Accidental Blast Hurts Officer Slightly. PRESENCE ABROAD SURPRISES Ex-Rough Rider Kept in Back ground by Administration. OPPORTUNITY IS DENIED With Outbreak of War Famous Gen eral Is Assigned to Southern Pot, Where ScrTlce Chances in . War Appear Far Removed. Urgent la the appeal and definite the Instructions Federal Food Admlnlstra tor W. R. Ayer Issues In asking the people of Oregon to limit themselves to the war diet outlined Saturday In proclamations of President Wilson and National Food Administrator Hoover. Simultaneously with the President's rder Is an Indication that In Portland the price of bread is due for a slight rise. Effective curtailment of the use of wheat products Is the big plea Mr. Ayer makes. From the time these products 1ft to the sack on the miller's scale until they disappear from the dinner table of the home the cautlona "sell less." "buy less." "bake less," "eat less1 should be heard and heeded. However. In the Pacific Northwest the suspension of meatless dsys holds, wing to the large supply on band and congested traffic Orea-ew Cltisews Fertaaata. Tet la the crisis, which demsnds of Americans that they "sacrifice and practice self-denial that hungry armies and nations may be fed. the rltisene of Oregon find themselves particularly favored over their relatives living In other state. Householders elsewhere must split 9-S9 In their consumption of wheat products as distinguished from substl to tea. Residents of the Beaver state are asked only to consume one pound of substitutes with each three pounds of wheat products. Absence of suffi cient quantities of the substitute prod ucts accounts for the favoritism. Beginning tomorrow, the food ad ministrator puts Into effect the ne regime of two wheatless days and a wheatlesa meal each evening. Mondays and Wednesdaya are to be the days on which foods made from wheat are to be eschewed. Prehears Alae Regalatvd. At the same time goes Into effect the regulation thi-t each household and public eating place must purchase at least one ponnd of substitute with every three pounds of white, graham or whole wheat flour. The list of ap proved substitutes Is presented herewith. Rye flour is not a substitute even If It happens to be available. It Is Just as acceptable for shipment across the seas as la wheat flour. Specific regulationa limit the pur chases wholesale and retail dealers may make of wheat products. These limits. Injunctions to the consumers, and the list of approved substitutes for wheat flour are given In a letter Mr. Ayer la mailing today to every dealer of the slate. Message Seat te Dealers. Sale and purchase restrictions for all residents of the state are pithily sum marised in this message from the Food Administrator: To All Wholesale and Retail Dealers la the State of Oregon: In accordance with the President's procla mation of this data and the rules and rets WtloDS promulgated by the rood Adminis tration, the following rules become fully ef fective on Monday. January Sa. 1st: Wheat flour and tho substitutes listed be low aaust be sold at set mors than a reason able advance over actual punch price of particular goods sold, without regard to market or rplacement value and In no ease St a greater profit than obtained before this erdr becomes effecUve. All dealsrs must confine their purchases of wheat flour to aot more thaa TO per cent of their purchases for the corresponding months of last year, and all wholesalers mast govern their aalea to the retail trade to this bssls. Duo to congested traffic conditions and the eonssqnsrt unequal distribution of some of the suostltntss I have secured a modifica tion of the SO-SO order for this state. The or der mm applied to Oregon I as follows: Desl ors selling to consumers must sell one pound of a substitute or substitutes with ovary iCoaaluUo4 ea, face a. Col urns 3-X WARREN E. McCORD DIES Prominent Lumberman Lone; Iden tified With Portland's Affairs. Warren E. McCord. prominent lum berman, died last night at midnight at the family home. 23 Vista avenue. Mr. McCord had been 111 for a year and a half, and his death was not unexpected. Mr. McCord was president of the Wisconsin Logging tt Timber Company and had been prominently Identified with timber and lumber interests 1n Portland for 13 years. Ho was a 32d degree Mason and for years had been prominently connected with affairs In Portland. Mr. McCord waa TO years old. He is survived by bis widow and four daughters. Mrs. Jesse K. Sharp, Mrs. G. C von Eglofsteln and Mrs. J. 8. O'Gorman, all of Portland, and Mrs. Lyman T. Powell, of Superior, Wis. GERMAN EDITOR IS HELD South Dakotan, Facing Espionage Act Violation Charge, Lacks Bail. ABERDEEN. S. D- Jan. S7. Conrad Kommann. owner of the Deutscher Her- old. of Sioux Falls, and president of the South Dakota German-American Alli ance, charged with violation of the es pionage art. waived examination before the United States Commissioner and waa bound over to the May term of the Federal court in $500 bail last night. He could not supply the bond. Kornmann Is ssid to have sent through the mails a letter, the effect of which was to "lend comfort to the enemy and be against the safety and success of the Nation." ADMIRAL IIDAJN AMERICA Naval Attache of Japanese Embassy In London on Way to Station. A PACIFIC PORT. Jan. 57. On his way to London to become naval at tache of the Japanese Kmbassy. Rear Admiral Hlsatsune lida has arrived here, accompanied by Paymaster J. Matsuda. who will Inspect supplies for the Japanese destroyers operating In tlie Mediterranean. Rear Admiral lida held the rank of Lieutenant-Commander In the battle of the Sea of Japan when the Russian fleet was destroyed, and wears medals awarded him for gallant action in that historic engagement. MOTHER WITH BABY JAILED Convicted Shoplifter Cses Knitting Bag and Child as Camouflage. T A COMA, Wash, Jan. 27. (Special.) With her 17-months-oId baby. Mrs. M. Peterson began serving a 90-day sentence In the county Jail Saturday. She and Mrs. Annie Peabody were con victed of shoplifting. Mrs. Peabody used a knitting bag In which to stow articles she took from counters and her friend used a bag and a go-cart in which she wheeled her little daugh ter. The Sheriff waa loath to take the v. oman and her baby, but could sea no recourse. Mr. Peterson is a worker in the shipyards. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Major-Qen- eral Leonard Wood, In France on aa observation tour, was slightly wounded today by an accidental explosion which killed five French soldiers and hurt two other American officers. Secretary Baker announced the accl dent In this statement: 'A cable dispatch from the head quarters of General Pershing states that an accidental explosion occurring today killed five French soldiers and slightly injured Major-General Wood In the arm. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Kilbourne was wounded in the eye, and Major Kenyon A. Joyce in the arm." Geaeral Weed Geae Several Weeks. it is understood the message gave no further details. All of the divisional commanders have been or will be sent to Kurope for brief periods. General Wood, com mandlng Camp Funston, Kan., went over several weeks ago. General Wood has been one of the least prominent Army officers during recent months In spite of the fact that he outranks all the other Major-Generals In seniority and. according to many authorities, is the most able. His friends have accused the Administration of deliberately "burying" blm because of too great activity for preparedness a year or two ago and his close friend ship for Theodore Roosevelt. . Tear of Obeervattem Made. At present General Wood Is the com mander of the National Army canton ment at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan. He went to France a few weeka ago with other National Army divi sion Commanders on a tour of observa tion. Previously all the National Guard division ' commanders have visited France and returned to this country, their trip preceding that of the Na tional Army commanders because of the anticipated earlier departure of those divisions from the training camps. When General Wood was assigned to a National Army cantonment It was de clared by his friends that he had been given that assignment rather than be placed In command of a National Guard or regular Army division because his division would not be likely to reach France unless the war lasts for more than another year. It Is expected that General Wood tConclurted on Page 4. Column 3- Publication of Personal Correspond' ence Even Will Be Prohibited Cnless Rigidly Censored. WASHINGTON', Jan. 27. A War De partment order forbidding officers and men in. the Army to publish books on military Instructions or tactics without first submitting them to the General Staff was amended yesterday to pro hlbit also persons in the military aerv ice from serving as correspondents for any newspaper or other publications. Publication of personal correspondence even will be prohibited. The War Department adds, however. that no objection is held to the publi cation of a soldier's private correspond ence, with his consent, providing the letters are sent through the regular censorship machinery. Military censors are at the same time ordered to delete "criticisms o superiors or of policy, scandal of any sort. Injurious reports concerning com rades or anything likely to arouse con troversy." LID DROPS IN VICTORIA Lord's Day Enforced to Letter ; News Stands, Ice Cream Parlors Closed. VICTORIA. B. C Jan. 27. The Lord's day act was enforced to the letter in Victoria today and will be hereafter. The ltd was clamped down tight to day. News stands, cigar stands, fruit stores, ice cream parlors all came under the operation. No business or calling was allowed unless held to con stitute a work of necessity or mercy. Creameries and drug stores remained open, but the latter were only permit ted to sell medicines and surgical supplies. Excursions by rail or boat were for bidden, and the sale of gasoline was held an infraction of the act. so that garages could not keep open. WILD WEST DIVISION 91 ST Third Great Army Unit Officially Christened for European Service, TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.) The 91st hereafter will be known as the Wild West Division.- It has been officially christened with that name by the Army and Navy Journal, copies of which arrived at camp today.. It Is signally fitting, think officers. that Wild West is the name the great unit will carry In the press dispatches hereafter, as it is composed entirely of the stalwart men of the Western states. This is the third division to be offi cially named, the Rainbow and the Sunset having gone before. STETTINIUS GIVEN PRAISE Lord Northcliffe Says War Buyer Ablest Organizer Among Allies. LONDON. Jan. 27. Viscount North cliffe. in the course of an interview yesterday, said that the appointment of Edward R. Stettlniua in charge of war purchases for the Amorican Army was a piece of world news of the high est importance.- "In my considered opinion," said Lord Northcliffe, "he is easily the ablest business organizer in the ranks of the , allies or the enemy." j Launching of Westgate Is Without Mishap. PLANT UNDER POLICE GUARD Crowds Turned Back Because ' of Enemy Threats. DAMAGE ATTEMPTS FOILED Patrol of Waterfront Is Now Com plete Big 8800-Ton Ship Third Built by Columbia River -Shipbuilding Corporation. Passengers and Crew Leave Vessel and Finally Landed at North Irish Port. BELFAST, Jan. 27. The Cunarfl line steamer Andania was torpedoed but not sunk off the Ulster coast this morn ing, says the Irish Dally Telegraph. The newspaper adds it is believed that no deaths resulted from the ex plosion. The Andania was outward bound. She bad on board about 40 passengers and more than 200 men in the crew. The first torpedo missed the steamer, but the second found its mark amid ships. The captain ordered the ship abandoned and passengers and crew embarked in the ship's boats. After rowing for an hour they were rescued by trawlers and patrol boats and landed at a North Irish coast town. It is believed that it will be possi ble to bring the Andania into port. The Andania is a vessel of 13,405 tons. She was built at Greenock, Scot land, In 1913, and since then has made many trips between British and Amer lean ports. Statesman PassesAway at Portland Home. CAREER OF ACTIVITY IS ENDED With-the -Stars and Stripes draped across her bow and atern, the Union Jack flying above her gun platform. and the voices of .000 spectators and all the whistles on the river shouting a defiance to tjhe Kaiser and his agents. the Westgate, an 8800-ton steel vessel. slid serenely down the ways at the Co lumbia River Shipbuilding Corpora tion's plant at noon yesterday and came to rest in the channel, riding grace fully at the end of her anchor chair. To Mrs. W. B. Beebee, wife of the vice-president of the Northwest Steel Company, was given the honor or breaking the bottle, wrapped in red. white and blue silk ribbons, against, the vessel's bow. All spectators of the launching, who were admitted by lnvi tation only, also were tagged with rib bona of the National colors. Yard la Under Guard. After the Westgate came to rest in the river she was maneuvered to tne dock and moored beside her sister ships, the Westward Ho and the Westbrook, the first two ships turned out by the company. A threat that the Westgate would never go into the water, made by Ger man agents In some form which the authorities decline to divulge, caused hundreds of people -o be turned away from the scene- of the launching by order of Chief of Police Johnson. The threat also turned the shipbuild lng plant into practically a military zone, a cordon of policemen being placed around the establishment, while State Guards, armed with rifles an with orders sufficient to quell any thing that might have happened, marched back and forth within the yards. At the last moment, after receiving the information in whatever form it may have come to him. Chief of Police Johnson called into requisition every available officer at his command at headquarters, as well as many from various posts of duty throughout the city. In a determined effort to protect the big steel vessel and the plant at all hazards and to nip at the outse any possible attempt to work mischief. Crowds Are Turned Back. Hundreds of people throughout the lity who were unable to gain entrance to the shipbuilding plant or to get Into SHIPS COLLIDE OFF CAPES Coastwise Vessel, With 137 Passen gers, Returns to Port. 'AN ATLANTIC PORT. Jan. 27. A coastwise steamship, which sailed yes terday for New Orleans with 137 pas sengers on board., returned here today after being in collision off the Dela ware capes Saturday night with an unidentified freighter during a heavy snow storm. A large hole was torn in the steam ship's bow above the water line, aft of the collision bulkhead. Concluded on Page 11. Column G. THE SKY BEGINS TO CLEAR., G0ETHALS FINDS NO WRONG Action of Charles Eisennian, in Awarding Contract, Is Indorsed. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. Major-Gen- eral Goethals. acting Quartermaster General, after personal Investigation, has endorsed the action of Charlea Eis enman. chairman of the supplies com mittee of the Council cf National De fense. Mr. Elsenman negotiated the Array cloth scrap-sorting contract with the Base Sorting Company of New York, which has been so vigorously criti cised in the Senate military committee's war Inquiry. . ' t GAS MASKS NOT REJECTED Secretary Baker Says Pershing Re turned 20,000 Cases for Use Here. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Secretary Baker denies reports that 200,000 gas masks made in America had been re jected by General Pershing. A consignment of 20.000 cases, the Secretary says, had been sent back for use in training camps when General Pershing was notified that experiments by the War Department had resulted in the discovery of a greatly superior design, Death Follows Illness of Only Few Months. WIDOW AND SON SURVIVE Attorney for Many Years Active Figure in Politics of Oregon and in Later Years of Life Promi nent in Affairs of Nation. WILSON'S COLD IMPROVES Sir. Wilson Expected to Be' About Today After Slight Illness. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. President Wilson was not troubled so much today by the cold which has kept him indoors since Friday. Secretary Tumulty said he probably would be out tomorrow. INDEX OF .TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. S3 degrees; minimum, 43; cloudy. TODAY'S Fair, moderate westerly winds. War. Major-General Ieonaxd Wood Wounded In France. Page 1. War Department issues drastic order relat ing to soldiers' letters. Page 1. German newspaper styles Kaiser "present representative. rage 3. Submarine offensive on American shipping is forecast by Secretary .Baker. Page 2. ssfans and Roumanians battle fiercely along Danube. Page French military critic says British plan la weak. Page 3. Cunard line steamer Andania hit by torpedo. Page l. Count Czemln's speech stirs Austria-Hun gary and Germany. Page 2. Foreign. Dr. von Kuehlmann predicts separate peace with Roumanla soon. Page 3. Von Kuehlmann attacks Bolshevik! policy as on. of brute force. Page 2. National. War board defines 1918 trading policy with Norway. Page 2. War inquiry overshadows other activities at National Capital. Page 3. Domestic. Inquiry into cause of Newport explosion be gins. Page 3. Federal Reserve Board takes definite step toward restricting new financing. Page 4. Threatened strike in packing plants averted by agreement for arbitration. Page 9. East still in grip of storm and cold. Page 4. Sports. Shoot brings out big crowd at Gun Club traps. Page JO. Hockey race is close. Page 10. B'nai B'rlth basket ball team defeats Van couver Barracks. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. ' Ez-convlct of Oregon kills wife and self at Chehallc. Page 8. Ole Hanson's candidacy for Mayor of Seattle looms. Page tt. Governor urges observance of thrift day. February 4. Page . Poker game ends in player's murder. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Launching of 8800-ton steel ship Westgate takes place without mishap, page 1. Charles W. Fulton, ex-U. S. Senator, dead. Page L, Christian endeavors observe 37th anniversary. Page 5. ' Restoration of jitneys urged by Judge Mc Ginn. Page 5. ellie Kreft kills herself lu spell of de spondency. Page 7. Mrs. R. S. M. Emrich arrives to aid Ar menian and Syrian relief campaign. Page 11. Portland merchants urged to ship freight by water. Page 11. Confinement falls to depress spirits of J. Hanthan De Fell. Page 14. Commissioner Biglow's plan to repeal street car company's licenses not explained to his colleagues. Page 14. Portland Symphony Orchestra scores in var ied programme. Page 14. Urgent plea for further food economy sent out. Page 1. Knitting competition is keen In Northwest communities. Page 5. State mourns death of ex-United States Sen ator Fulton. Page 8. Portland-built steamers named Point Loma and Point Arena. Page 11. Industries whose men are exempt from draft designated. Page tt. Truant Halsey schoolteacher found In Port- - land. Page 8. .Weather report,, data, and forecast. Fas 8. Charles W. Pulton, ex-Unlted States Senator from Oregon, prominent lawyer, and for many years an active figure in the politics of the state, died at 1:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home. 686 Weldler street, in the 65th year of his age. Death resulted from a com plication of ailments which confined him to his home for nearly three months. Funeral arrangements will not be completed until today. The body Is at Holman's undertaking parlors. Senator Fulton had not been physical ly well for a number of weeks preced ing Thanksgiving, but his wonderful capacity for work kept him in his law office until early In November, when, he was obliged to give up his active career and seek professional treatment. About this time he was forced to take to his bed and, although at times his condition showed indications of re cuperating, be gradually failed in strength and his passing was not un expected for the last two weeks. Son Coming: From Stanfield. When the end came yesterday after noon, Mrs. Fulton, who with one son, Frederick C. Fulton, of Stanf iold, sur vive. Dr. William S. Knox, the fimily physieian, and a nurse, were at the bedside. The son will arrive from Stanfield this morning and pending his arrival arrangements for the funeral will not be decided. In addition to the widow and son, Mr. Fulton is survived by one sister. three brothers and four nephews. Tho sister, Mrs. Ida A. HaUlurman, resides at Pawnee City, Neb. The three broth ers aro Dr. J. A. Fulton and G. Clyde Fulton, an attorney, both of Astoria, and K. L. Fulton, also an attorney, of Oklahoma City, Ok. The nephews all reside in Oregon. They are: G. W. and Frank lialderman, of Astoria; II. V. Halderman, of Portland, and A. C. Ful ton, of Astoria. Senator Born In Ohio. Charles William Fulton was born In Lima, Ohio, August 24, ISo'i, a son of Jacob and Kliza A. Fulton. Tho father was a carpenter by trade and a soldier of the Civil War, serving aa Second Lieutenant of a company in tho Twenty- ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Fulton, Sr., had removed with his fam ily from Ohio to Harrison County, Iowa, in 1853, and it was there that the son began his education in the public schools, later continuing his studies in the high school at Magnolia, the county seat. In 1870, when 17 years of age, he accompanied his parents on thuir removal to Pawnee City. Neb., where ha attended the local academy for two years. This comprised the extent of his educational advantages. Upon leaving the academy Mr. Fulton became a teacher and was connected with the district schools, devoting his leisure hours to the study of law. lie was admitted to the bar in April, 1S70, and a few days later left his Nebraska home" for Oregon, arriving in this city on the 20th of the same month, an ut ter stranger, and with but little money. His only suit of clothing was the one he wore. He did not know one person in Portland or on the Pacific Coast. He believed, however, that success await ed him in return for earnest, honest effort. Outlook It a (her Dubious. Having just been admitted to the practice of law, Mr. Fulton applied un successfully to every law office in th' city for a clerkship, but became dis couraged with the prospect here and went to Albany, where lie formed the acquaintance of J. li. Weatherf oi-d, then County School Superintendent. He told Mr. Fulton of a school at Waterloo, IS miles from Albany, which he believed he might secure. That afternoon Mr. Fulton walked to Waterloo and obtained the position. He walked back to Albany the following day,, sold his watch for sufficient mon ey with which to pay for his certifi cate and, after successfully passinir the required teacher's examination, re turned to Waterloo and took charge of the school. In July of the following year he went to Astoria and entered upon the practice of law. He came to Portland in March, 1909, and soon after wards formed a law partnership with Jay Bowerman, ex-Governor of the state, with whom he was associated until his death. Young; Lawyer Marries. On September 5. 1S78. Mr. Fulton married Miss Ada M. Hobson, a native of Clatsop County, and daughter of John Hobson, one of the state's pio neers. In June prior to his marriage Mr. Fulton was elected State Senator from Clatsop County, and the wedding trip of the young couple consisted of a trii from Astoria to Salem, where Mr. Ful ton attended the succeeding session of the Legislature, which at that time convened in September. Throughout Concluded ou rata 8, Column li.. T