Jjg tiptftatt VOL. LYII.-NO. 17,815. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAM ARY 31, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALL SHIPPING OFU.S. AND ALLIES POOLED DIRIGIBLE IN SKY L U.S. AMBASSADOR IN RUSSIA THREATENED SHOPGIRL'S OUTLAY EXCEEDS MOTHER'S TEUTON AIRPLANES SWOOP. OVER PARIS FREIGHT RATES TO COAST TO ADVANCE THRILLS NEW YORK FACE GRAVE CRISIS AMKRICAX ZEPPELIN" 3IAKES MR. FRAXCIS REPORTS ANARCH ISTS MENACE SAFETY. SEVERAL PERSONS REPORTED KILLED BY RAIDERS. ITS TRIAL TRIP. ' CENTRA EMPIRES Trans-Atlantic Traffic to Be Controlled. Sight of Huge Cigar-Shaped Balloon Sailing Over Metropolis Causes Momentary Alarm. Menace of Revolution Gains Force. SUPREME COMMISSION NAMED fected in Tonnage. YIENNA GRAIN STOCKS BURNED NEW TORE. Jan. 30. New Torkers who happened to be gazing heavenward lata today stopped, rubbed their area and then thought of horrifying atorlee they had read of Zeppelin raids on London. Floating majestically over their heads was a huge clgar-ahaped dirigible bal- Immense Ernnnmv Wi Be Ef- ". at it :oo feet long. have become so common they fall to causa thrills, but this monster of the air waa something entirely new. Close Inspection disclosed that It flew an HIGH EFFICIENCY AIMED AT mut.w"o maintained 11; "" LABOR TROUBLES SPREAD merely German camouflage to allay suspicion. The dirigible first appeared over South Brooklyn, then over downtown Kiel Shipyards, Vulcan Works at 500,000 Persons Said to Be on Strike in Berlin. Amalgamation of Rail and Water Transportation Facilities Is K- petted to Have Highly BeneH Cial Effect During War. New Tork. and. finally, over Governor's Island. Investigation brought the In formation that It started at 3:30 o'clock In a trial flight from the new fort at Rockaway Point, and It returned safely at C o'clock. It carried a crew of eight men. At the aviation field at the fort It ..wv. v. .r.u9-....uu. .u.y.... ... i..i. in. Aintnu u., plrte. aeeordlaa; a Dally Telegraph established today with tha creation of flight today waa to test tha efficacy of atrfc from Rot4rrd.. The ,trlke a ship control committee to hava u- or tne crew aroppea 10 ine ground safely from a height of 300 feet at dif ferent points. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Centralized Hamburg and Great Mining Districts Reported to ' Be Scenes of Walkouts. LONDON, Jaa. 31. The rraaatioa of pre me charge of tha operation of all ship American killed and neutra entering and leaving American ports. The committee was named by repre sentatives of the Shipping Board, the War and Navy Departments, tha Food and Fuel administrations, tha Dlrec tor-General of Railroads, tha British government and ship owners, who met to devise some plan for apeedlng up tha movement of supplies to Europe It comprises P. A. S. Franklin, of the International Mercantile Marine, chair man; IL IL Raymond, head of the Clyde and Mallory lines and recently mad shipping controller at New York haa exteadrd from the Yulcaa Ship balldiag Works In Hamburg to the work, of Blohrn el Voea, another large aklpballdlng concern. The strikers de mand aa Immediate peace oa the baala MYRflM I TAFT Rift AM 1ST of s.ei.tl.D. and ao Indemnities. a w BsvtJ n amv I mil a w I Man Who Committed Sulfide Mar ried Twice Without Divorce. CHEHALIS. Wash, Jan. 30. (Spe cial.) Myron L Taft, who committed suicide here Sunday following an at tempt to murder his wife, Lois Taft. waa a bigamist aa well aa being guilty of a long list of other crimes. LONDON, Jan. 31. A dispatch to the Dally Express from Geneva reports that there have been clashes between eol dlera aad atrikera la the aubnrba of Berlin la which lives were lost. The dispatch adda that the troops la aome laatancea refused to fire c atrikera. LONDON. Jan. 31. Strikes by half a million or more workers In Germany According to a letter received today and Sir Cunnop Guthrie, director of from another woman In Portland who and tha presentation of an ultimatum British shipping in this country. I claims to ba the legal wife of Taft. to tha government demanding immedi- Tha arrangement, aa exolained tv she married Myron L Taft In January, ate negotiations for a general peace on Shipping Board officials. In effect ere- 1 17. and was not divorced from him the basis of no annexations and no ln- ates a pool of ships moving supplies to wllB married Mrs. Mark Eastman, demnltles. better food and a number of Europe. Goods destined for overseas I or tnlB c,tr. lne divorce not naving i uoerai cemanas, inaicate cieany inai been granted until tne laat day oi I ins movement is oi sucn importance as August. 1)17. I to cause the government disquietude. Taft married Mrs. Eastman In Che- I This Is proved by tha suppression of halls early la August last. I newspapers and Field Marshal von Hindenburg's warning that the strike must stop. The strike movement embraces gov ernment and Drlvats) Bhiubuildlnir wonnaea -vmencan expects to vail yards, tha mining centers and numer. will be loaded In available ships wheth er operated by the United States or the allies. With tha aid of tha Hall road Administration tha committee will divert to Southern porta much of tha supplies that heretofore have logged tha port of New Tork. Brlltah Approval Orfala. The plan yet haa to bo approved by tha British government and by tha ether allies, but officials today re celved the assurance of Sir Cunnop Guthrie and Sir Richard Crawford, of GENERAL WOOD IMPROVED Paris Hospital In Week. PARIS, Jan. 30. Major-General Leon ard Wood. U .S. A-. who waa wounded the British embassy, that this would cntlT wh- llnr tha French be forthcoming. Approval of the neu front. Is confined to the Rita Carlton Hospital, where he is reported to be trals Is not necessary. Inasmuch neutral ships operated by tha United States and the allies are operated un der charter. The British long have urged aa ar rangement of the kind and months ago sought to hava ua enter tha lnter-al-lled chartering conference. The cen tralised control authorised today vir tually createa such a conference on this side of the water. In connection with the action off!- PLEA MADE TO SAVE GULLS t mend B. Stevens, vice-chairman of tha ous Important factories In the Berlin district. Workmen Are Organised. There also Is news of the formation of a workmen's council on the model of the workmen and soldiers councils in Russia. Herr Walraff, the Minister doing welL He emects to be out In a the Interior, has been asked to sane week. He Is reported to be suffering tlon tne meetings or tne workmen s from a flesh wound of the arm. which council, but so tar nas given no reply Is painful, but not dangerous. na is consulting tne Minister or war. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Kll- According to some reports tne strike bourne, chief of General Wood s staff. I Involves a number or munitions fac- who waa wounded In the face, may torlea and some submarine wharves, lose his right eye. Major Kenyon A. hut up to this time the railway and Joyce, who was wounded In the arm, I (Concluded oa Pace 3, Column 2- la Improving. Diplomat Told He Will Be Held Re sponsible for Freedom of Berk' man and Emma. Goldman. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Ambassador Francis at Petrograd cabled tha State Department today that a group of Rus slan anarchists had notified him he would be held personally responsible for the safety of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, under prison sen tence in the United States for violat lng the draft law. No indications as to the probable power of the threatening anarchists to make trouble for him was given by th Ambassador. State Department of ficlals think he did not take the mat ter very seriously and apparently lit tle alarm is felt here. Unless further advices make it nec essary, no instructions will be given Mr. Francis. It had been known for some time that anarchists In Petrograd were in terestlng themselves In the fate of Berkman and Miss Goldman, who are about to begin two-year terms In the Federal Penitentiary. An anarchist or gan published at Petrograd recently carried an inflammatory article, urging that the American Ambassador be held responsible for the safety and freedom of the prisoners. STEAMSHIPS MAY GO EAST Breakwater and Kllburn Liable Be Sent to Atlantic. to SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. (Special.) Thomas Crowley, president of the Independent Steamship Company, left for New Orleans today to make ar rangements for the operation of the steamships Breakwater and F. A. Kll burn on the Atlantic, The two steam ers have been on the San Francisco Portland run. On a recent visit to Portland Crowley said he would with draw the vessels unless more business was forthcoming. Oliver J. Olson. Swayne St Hoyt and other San Francisco shipping men sent vessels to the Atlantic some months ago, and It Is said that Crowley and Mahony decided to send the Break water and Kllburn there by reason of the success of the other steamships. BRAZIL TO BE ACTIVE ALLY War Fleet and Aeroplanes Will Be Sent to European Front. RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 30. Admiral Pedro Prontl has been appointed the commander of the Brazilian fleet. which will co-operate with the allies in European waters. Commenting on notes exchanged be tween the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Senhor Nilo Pecanha, and the British Minister, Arthur Peel, on the subject of Brazil's naval - contribution to the war. the Jornal Do Commercio lays stress on the firm determination of Brazil to act, on the one hand, by means of aviators sent to England, and on the other, by cruiser and destroyer squadrons. "Clothes in Keeping" Now Are Costly. REED EDUCATOR TESTIFIES Professor Douglas Addresses Welfare Commission. MINIMUM WAGE DISCUSSED Increases In Cost of Food and Rai ment Show That Young Woman Supporting Herself. Has Little Chance to Save or Waste. The woman who is self-supporting spends a larger amount for clothing than does tho mother of a family. The latter may wear wrappers at her house hold duties, while the girl who works In a store or office must have clothes In keeping." So said Professor Paul H. Douglas, of Reed College faculty, as he supple mented 'cost of living statistics with remarks explanatory, in testimony yes terday afternoon before the confer ence board of the minimum wage for women, at the r trices of the Industrial Welfare Commission. "I am gratifled, Indeed," returned Adolphe Wolfe, member of the confer ence and pioneer Portland merchant, to hear such practical explanation from a scientific man. The reasons you have given are very good ones. The practical man and the scientific man may be at variance, but a combination of their Ideas will approximate th facte," Increase Estimates Differ. Tet the practical and the scientific did not jibe In the conference's estimate that clothing had Increased In price since 1918 only 25 per cent, for Pro fessor Douglas asserted that his calcu latlons, based on the Government data. show an Increase of El per cent. Professor Douglas defended his com' putatlon by showing that it was based, not on an average of prices for all wearing apparel, but by a rating sys tem which took into account the In dispensability of the various items. Thus, with shoes of six times the im portance of rubbers, it was shown that an average of the dual price would fall below the real advance. To this logic the conference assent ed, but agreed that 25 per cent seemed fair basis for calculations of the clothing advance. Thomas Roberts, of the mercantile firm of Roberts Broth ers. told the conference that he con sidered 25 per cent to be a very con servative estimate, and that there is uermans italn Down Bombs on French Capital and Canse Mate rial Damage to Property. PARIS, Jan. 31, 2:41 A. M. German airplanes raided Paris last night. The alarm was given at 11:30 o'clock. Bombs were thrown at various points in Paris and the suburbs. Several persons were killed and ma terial damage is reported, according to an official announcement. Full details are lacking at present, but a further statement will be issued as soon as ac curate information is received. German air raids on Paris have not been frequent during the past year. During the first year of the war Zep pelins were in the habit of bombing the French capital, but defensive meas ures proved too much for them. The last previous raid on Paris was made on the night of July 27, 1917. Two bombs were dropped without do ing damage. Before that the last air raid 'alarm was given on the night of March 16-17, but the raiders did not reach the city. On January 29, 1916, Paris was raided by Zeppelins for the last time, 24 per sons being killed and 27 Injured. (Concluded on Pas. 4, Column 3.) Shipping Board, and George Rubles, of the board's legal ataff. to ait In Lon don and Paris as permanent represent atives ef the United States la shipping matters. Birds Tag U-Boats and Warn Chas ers of Divers' Locations. THE KAISER BIRD SITS ON A SHAKY LIMB. BOSTON. Jan. protection of a 30. A arulla. plea for the described The representatives on the other side the best submarine detectors In the will seek to accomplish tha same alma world, waa made today by Edward IL ought by creation of the control com- Forbush. state ornithologist, at a leg- mtttee. In addition they will represent islatlve hearing on a bill providing for the United Statea In the allocation of neutral tonnaga obtained by agree ments between the allied and neutral countries. Va- Savlaa Paaalbl. A decision to give the control com- the extension of the closed season on water fowl. 'Airplanes see the gulls and signal for the destroyers to come and take rare of the submarines." Mr. Forbush said. "The gulls follow submerslbles mittee authority to divert to the va- to P,ck UD refuse, and so they are aura rlous ports shipments of goods Intended for overseas, transportation officials said, will accomplish an amalgamation of rail and water transportation faclll ties sought since the beginning of the war. It was declared that at least 1.000.000 tons of shipping would be gained by a proper co-ordination of effort. to detect the presence of .such craft." U.S. WARSHIP IS AGROUND di tee, Pre-Dreadnaught Strikes Sandbar While Breaking Harbor Ice, AN ATLANTIC PORT. Jan. 30. I While the Army and Navy have no I While breaking ice In a channel near t rect representatives on the commit- here today, a battleship of the pre-1 J mat both depart officials aald dreadnaught type, went aground on a I tnents saw the need of co-ordination sandbar and tonight still was fast. She J - and had expressed themselves aa ready lwas aad to be resting easily and of to ran into line to accomplish it. fleers expected to float her undamaged Tne lormation or convoys under the I at the next high tide. t arrangement to ship more goods out of Southern ports will be made some what more difficult, but no real ob tacles. It was said, will be offered. The Railroad Administration has agreed 10 co-operate Jn every way to make the plan a success and will so Southern ports. Charleston and Savan- EXPERT LINGUIST IS DEAD nab are the ports through which rndst of tha freight diverted from New Tork Former Teacher In Queen Victoria will be moved. Ceasretlem te Be Avelaed. ' veiy aoopieo TACOMA. Wash, Jan. 30. Instruc fcy the conference today materials will tor , the household of Queen Victoria te sent to porta In whlct-fhere is no in lgt teacher of languages to the congestion and In which an abundance I daughter of Lady Mary Nlsbet Hamll- r bunker coal may be obtained. ton. In Edinburgh, when but 1 years Ships before leaving the other side of age. translator on the staff of the will be directed to proceed to the ports "North British Review," and for the at which goods which should be moved last 35 years of his life a private most promptly are awaiting shipment, teacher of languagea In Tacoma. Ber- er will be notified at aea by wlreleaa. tel Hogne Gunlogsen. aaid to be one It developed tonight that the older I battleships of the Navy have been used on several occasions in opening up shipping channels clogged with ice during the cold weather of the past few weeks. Household Succumbs. Thus It might turn out that a British hip is carrying American materials while an American ship Is transporting British goods. The arrangement does not displace the Shipping Board's director of oper ations. Edward F. Carry, but tha con trol committee will be In supreme charge. Mr. Carry's department will of the moat distinguished linguists and scholars In the world, is dead here at the age of 79. He waa a native of Iceland. Zeebrugge Is Raided. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 30. An aerial attack of unusual severity was made Tuesday afternoon on Zeebruira;e. the German submarine base in Northern deal aolely with Shipping Board abipa I Belgium, according to the Telegraaf l'fraiSiHri aa iut t, '""i-ima i I frontier correspondent ' P,N I w My if l gJ 1 TRAINS HIT; 4 DIE; 2 HURT Accident Takes Place Near Radford, Va., in Darkness. ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 30. Four train men were killed, two injured and a number of passengers badly shaken up In a head-on collision late tonight near Radford, Va. The collision occurred between the Southern Railway's ' Memphis special and a westbound Norfolk & Western freight train, according to information given out here tonight at the Norfolk & Western division offices. FRENCH GRAIN SHOWS GAIN Wheat Condition Presages Remark able Increase In Yield. PARIS, Jan. 30. The condition of wheat on January 1, compared with year ago, shows a gain of 8 per cent. If maintained to maturity this means a remarkable increase in the yield per acre. The Journal Official gives the acre age of Winter wheat this year 800,000 acres more than a year ago. Schedules Are Too Low for War Business. INTERMOUNTAIN CASE DECIDED Rise Due to Removal of Water Competition. INTERIOR CITIES BENEFIT Increases Provided For by Com merce Commission Range From 5 to 30 Per Cent, Making an Average of About 15. SUBMARINE LOSSES RIS Xine Boats of More Than 1600 Tons Are Sunk, British Report. LONDON, Jan. 30. An increase i British shipping losses is shown in the official summary Issued tonight, which reports the destruction of nine vessels of more than 1600 tons and six of les ser tonnage. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. degrees; minimum. 32 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and colder; freab. northeast eny winds. War, Slav anarchists threaten Ambassador Fran els. Page 1. Submarine a hard bird to catch, says Ad. miral Taussig. Page 2. Italy inflicts smashing defeat to Austria on Asiago Plateau. Page 2. German airplanes raid Paris. Page 1. Foreign. Economic crisis In Germany and Austria ap proachlng stages of revolution. Page National. Freight rates to Pacific Coast seaports to advance 15 per cent. Page 1. Committee named to control all shipping out of American ports, i'age 1. Baker and Chamberlain dlscu.s war cabinet bill at friendly luncheon. Page 5. Ambassador Francis In difficult situation as result of anarchists' threat. Page 2. United States. Great Britain and Canada reach conscription agreement. Page Domestic. Amerlcsn "Zeppelin" makes trial trip over New York City. Page 1. Fuel famine menaces districts on Atlantic seaboard. Page 3. Winter weather In varying stages of sever' ity settles over most of United States. Page 3. Man Indicted for sedition appointed Russian Consul-General at cw lork. page 3. Small packers declared by lleney, to be in process ox elimination. rage Sports. Frankie Farren and Muff Bronson are matched. Page 6. Christian Brothers quintet defeats Benson Teens. ZS to 5. Page e. Probable drafting of "Faddy" sigiln dl. turbs Judge McCredie. Page 4. Pacifle Northwest. Public Service Commissioner Corey makes statement on six-cent carfare. Page 7. Governor Wltaycombe to Inspect conditions on Portland waterfront today. Page 4. H. S. Bolcom, well-known Washington lum berman, aeaa. page u. Commercial and Marine. Wool market situation not changed in Bos ton auction prices, fags io. Marines and coppers firmest features of stock market, page is. Cold wave forecast Hits corn and oats at Chicago. Page 13. Railroad equipment being rushed to aid Government s spruce drive campaign. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Long-hour day basis or unrest argument advancea oy secretary oi i.aoor Wilson against lumbermen. Page 11. Public Service Commission may reconsider six-cent cariare case, rage t. Government witnesses pile up evidence against agitator lump, page 4. School children tie tags on coal shovels of state. Page u. City Health Officer, Dr. Parrlsh, makes an nual report, raja v. Shopgirl's clothing costs more than mother's. Page 1. Tubercular patient at County Hospital dies from hemorrhage during quarrel. Page 6. Prominent men called before grand Jury in liquor inquiry. Page JO. Rev. Samuel C. Benson to speak before Pro gressive Business Alen s Club. Page 11. Portland Jobbers at disadvantage through Interstate commerce aecision. Page 16. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Increases of about 15 per cent in railroad commodity rates from tho East and interior points were authorized by the Interstate Com merce Commission today in finally de ciding the famous inter-mountain rate case pending In various forms for years. This action will make the through rates to the Coast equal to higher rates maintained to Spokane, Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno and other intermedi ate cities and remove the rate dis crimination against which commercial interests of these cities have long pro tested. The order becomes effective March 15. Lack of Veasels Cause. The decision disposes of one of the most generally discussed rate cases before the Commission in recent years. Formerly lower rates were maintained to the Pacific Coast than to inter mediate points because of the compe tition of low freight charges by water carriers from Atlantic ports through the Panama Canal to the Pacific sea board This scheme was disarranged several years ago by the temporary blocking of the canal and by the with drawal of the vessels from coast-wise trade soon after the war opened in 1914. Since then the question has been under active consideration by the Com mission. The new rates are expected to remain in effect at least until the resumption of- peace or until water competition is renewed. Miscellaneous Freight Unaffected. The increases apply to materials car ried in large quantities under com modity rates, such as iron and steel, both in carloads and in less than car loads, but not to miscellaneous freight carried under class rates. Practically all manufacturing districts of the country are affected. Commissioner Altchlson dissented, in part, from the majority decision, hold ing that, although it was necessary to remove the rate discrimination against inter-mountain cities, the re sult might have been obtained by re ducing the intermediate charges. Ratea Abnormally Low. After analyzing the figures presented by railroads, the commission decided that rates to the Coast were abnormal ly low considering service rendered and transportation expenses. For that reason, the petition of commercial in terests of Pacific points that the inter- mountain rates be lowered were re fused. The Commission's decision will mean many thousand dollars added revenue to the railroads and will remove a long-standing source of complaint by interior Western cities. The Commission refused the rail roads' application to carry all com modity shipments of less than a car load at class rates, which would effect a considerable Increase. This was pro posed by the roads as the easiest method of complying with the Com mission's order of last June 30, requir ing that these rates to intermediate points should bear the same relation to terminals as class rates to inter mediate points bear to the terminal rates.- The Commission louna. How ever, that business would be unduly disturbed by the change. Partial Water Shipment Refused. The Southern Pacific Railroad com plicated the question by proposing to establish low rates on 24 specific com modities by water from New York to Galveston and by rail to the Pacific Coast. This tho Commission refused to permit, unless all commodities were ncluded in the preferential list. Pre- iously, however, the railroad had stated that lack of tonnage prevented the application of these rates to all hipments. A similar proposal of other Toads to maintain low rates to the coast by way of water shipment from Norfolk to Galveston in order to compete with the Southern Pacific's proposed prac tice also was rejected. The Commission allowed an Increase f about 40 per cent on through rates to the Pacific ports for export, apply- ng to iron and steel articles, machin ery, railway equipment and other ma terials. The rates apply principally from Chicago and points west of there. smaller increase on imported ship ments was permitted. Average Increase IS Per Cent. The Increases resulting from tha Commission's action range from 5 to 30 per cent over existing rates to the Coast, and are generally estimated at an average of a little less than 15 per cent. An indication that the new rate scheme will last only as long as wajer competition is lacking Is seen in parts the Commission's decision. In refusing to allow the general sub stitution of higher class rates for less Jfaathec report, data and forecast Fags 12, .(Concluded oa Pag 2, Column 0.1