GREAT WAR EXPOSE
Start in The Orejoniasi Sum
day, February 3.
STUERMER'S STORY
Starts in The Sunday Oregonian
February 3. .
VOL. LVI1. NO. I7,84C
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY l, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILD FREIGHT HITS
CAR; 4 DEAD, 12 HURT
FUTURE
SPY ACTIVITIES IN
NORTHWEST BARED
8-H0UR DAY ACTION
FOR MILLS HALTS
I TO ELECT
TWO 0. S. SENATORS
HAVE HO CLASSES
E
TRAGIC COLLISION OCCVRS AT
SOLDIER AT CHARLOTTE SAID
TO HAVE CONFESSED.
SECRETARY OF LABOR TO STAY
HAND FOR PRESENT.
SEDRO-WOOI.LEY STATION.
. & & a k A -"j r?-is - .-Jm II 1 a. i y j a a. a. ' a a a at a
M
fill STRIKE
III if Ml E
RUSSIA TO
AIRSHIP BUILDING
RAGES WITH WAR
REGO
Great Industrial Centers
in Revolt. .
50,000 EEELIN WOKEN OUT
State of Siege Said to Exist in
Cities of Wandsbeck, Ham-
burg and Altona.
T PLEAS OF CHURCH IGNORED
Socialist Leaders Reported
Arrested; Labor Demands
Immediate Peace.
'By the Associated Press.)
The strikes in Germany apparently
are growing in magnitude. In Berlin
alone, according to press dispatches
rr aching neutral countries from Ger
many, 700,000 men and women have
cea--d work, while in Kiel, in towns
along the Rhine, in the Westphalian
coal regions and other districts in
the empire, including Bavaria, the
situation is serious.
It is asserted that martial law has
been, declared in Hamburg and other
centers, and that in Hamburg the
military commander has ordered a
cessation of the strike and given the
added order that further demonstra
tions be avoided.
Farther Arrests Made.
A'lditiona) Socialist leaders in vari
ous German towns have been arrested
because of their activities in foment
ing strikes or by reason of their hos
tile attitude toward the policy of the
militaritie elements with regard to
peace and franchise reforms.
' Numerous industries necessary to
the prosecution of the war have head
quarters in towns where strikes are
In progress.
War Hants Affected.
Notable among these industries are
- the great shipbuilding yards at Kiel,
the military airplane and balloon
p'ants at Adleivhof, the large arsenals
and ammunition works at Spandau
and the great coal and iron mines and
foundries in the Westphalia region.
LONDON, Jan. 31. The broad fea
t u res of the news Tillering in today
from Berlin are, first, that the strike
movement undoubtedly is extending,
and, second, that ilie German authori
ties are endeavoring to minimize its
importance.
Thus far there has been no news
regarding the decision of Minister of
the Interior Walraf at Jiis conferenci
with General von "Stein, commander
f the home forces, as to what atti
tude) the government will adopt.
Leat Somber View Presented.
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent
says in a telegram dated Thursday
that the strike obviously represents
tie situation in the least somber light.
The German semi-official new
agency says the trouble is stationary
and that no disturbances occurred
Wednesday, that police intervention
was needless, ana that work was
partly resumed in several manufac
tories of greater Berlin, but that in
other quarters operations still were
suspended.
In the upper Silesian industrial re
gion, according to this news agency,
the strike ha gained virtually no
ground, ard it ads that news from
the iron and .teel districts of the
Rhineland and Westphtlia also is re
assuring. .In Spaadau ork k in full
swing in most of the government
workshops, the news agency con
eludes, the trades unions refusing to
nave anything .o do with' the strike.
Scarcity of Food Blamed.
A dispatch to the Associated Press
from Stockholm says the German
strikes are largely due to the scarcity
of food, quoicg the Svenska Dag
bladet's Be.-.in corrcp .ndent.
This correspondent asserts that the
people are indignant over the exporta
tion of Tour to Aojtria and also over
profiteering and the illegal procuring
of foodstuffs, which flourishes de
spite the utmost efforts of the au
thorities. . The strikes in Hamburg and Kiel
cava resolved themselves-into hunger
demonstrations. The extent of the
food profiteering in Berlian alone is
illustrated by a report in the Ber
liner Tapeblatt that fines imposed in
tCsacludsd ea Face . Columa l-
Runaway Northern Pacific Train
Crashes Into Rear End of Tas
eengcr Coach at l?ht.
FELLISC.H.Of. VTaalL, Jam- St. A
tclwkaac anuct mas. Sdr-Wslley
u)l tae death lla la the wreck there
tar reach. So, aa aaaar at the lajarra
are elc.
BELLIXGHAM. Wish.. Jan. SI. Four
persons were killed and 1! or more
seriously Injured when a runaway
Northern Pacific freight train crashed
Into the rear coach of a Great Northern
passenger train at the station at Sedro-
Woolley. 'Wash., SO miles south of here,
at o'clock tonight, according; to re
porta received.
Among the dead are: C E. Patten,
of Seattle, president of the Atlas Lum
ber Company, and Henry Thompson,
County Commissioner of Skagit County.
The Great Northern passenger train
No. 301 waa bound east on the Anacor
tea-Rockport branch, while the freight
train waa bound south on the main line
of the Northern Pacific.
The crash came at the Sedro-Woolley
crossing, near the station, and the Im
pact smashed the passenger coach Into
the depot building. Every doctor In
Skagit County who could be found war
summoned to the acene to care tor the
Injured. So far as Is known, all of the
dead and Injured were passengers In
the wrecked coach.
SOPHOMORES ON STRIKE
Albany High School Students Pro
test at Mates Suspension.
ALBANT. Or. Jan. SI. (Special.)
Twenty-five of the SO members of the
wphomort class of the Albany High
School went on a strike today and left
school when they understood some of
their fellow-members had been ex
pelled. It developed, however, there
waa a misunderstanding and it la said
that the studenta will return to work
Monday.
Last Monday night the senior class
pennant disappeared from the wall of
the assembly room, which for years
haa been -neutral ground." Today sev
eral sophomores appeared at school
wearing pieces of felt like the material
of the pennant. It was not part of the
pennant, but fearing It would promote
a row between seniors and sophomores
Principal Young ordered the boys to
remove the felt from thetr coats. Some
refused and were ordered to leave
hooL Thinking these boys had been
permanently expelled, some of thw
others went out.
NATURAL GAS IS STRUCK
Volume of Eastern Washington Well
Is 1,000,000 Cubic Feet a Day.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. SI.
Special.) Word was received today
from the .Benton County district that
the Walla Walla Gas & Pipe Line Com
pany had atruck a gas well flowing
1.000.000 cubic feet of gaa a day. The
well la located a quarter of a mile from
the original well opened a few years
ago by a company drilling for artesian
water and which ia flowing at the rate
of ZOO.000 feet a day.
The gas In the new well was struck
at 700 feet. Drilling will t resumed
in an effort to strike oil. There are
TOO stockholders in Walla Walla
County. Hendy D. James, general man
ager and treasurer of the company,
will leave tomorrow for the well. The
opening of the second gaa well proves
Mr. James claims that a mammoth gas
reservoir underlies the district.
AURORA CITIZENS HAPPY
Announcement of raving of Pacific
Highway Pleases.
AURORA. Or.. Jan. JL (Special.)-
The announcement that the State High
way Commission will pave the II miles
of the Pacific Highway from Aurora
to Kalem early In the Spring, using in
own plant and its own workmen
pleased many here who were becoming
rather pessimistic over the prospect of
any paving for the highway tnis yrar.
The city has spent several hundred
dollars preparing grades within the
city, under the direction of the High
way Commission's enRineer and citl
sena are naturally pleased over the
prospect of early realisation of paved
streets through the town.
NEW REVOLUTION STARTED
Jo-- Obregon Said to Be Back of
Llc.t Mexican Revolt.
EL PASO. Trs- Jan. 31. Rumors of
a new movement against the Mexican
government In the state of Sonora
reached here tonight.
According to semi-official reports.
Jose Obregon. a brother of General
Alvaro Obregon. former minister of
war. Is leader of the hew movement.
and he Is said to command a number
of troops. Including a large number of
the revolting Taqul Indians.
BIG BLOW-UP IS REPORTED
Terrific Explosion Heard In Vicinity
of Fricdrlehshafen.
ZURICH. Jan. 30. A tremendous ex
plosion, accompanied by gunfire and
followed by a huge column of fire, was
heard in the direction of Fricdrlchs-1
hafen this morning, a telegram received
at St. Gall from Rosenberg, on Lake
Constance, reports.
The explosion was probably the re
sult of an aerial attack on the Zeppelin
works t Fnsdricb.sb.afsn.
Pure Social Democracy
Lenine's Ideal.
COALITION SCHEME IS DECRIED
Bolshevik Premier Is Opposed
to Compromise.-
CAPITALISM IS ATTACKED
Moneyed Interests Eventually to Be
Wiped Ont in General Leveling
Process' of Socialistic Regime,
Peace Most Urgent .Need.'
The w Tors: Evening Mali's correspond
ent. Oeorre T. Odell. who hss made a study
of conditions In Russia before and since the
revolution, today announces the plans as put
forth by Premier Lenlne.
BY GEORGE TALBOT ODELL.
"Future Russia will be a pure social
democracy. All class distinctions will
be abolished. . There will be neither
bourgeoisie nor capitalists; therefore
we do not believe In compromising
with the bourgeoisie; we do not be
Iieve In a coalition government."
In these words Is to be found the
explanation of Nicola! Lenine's quar
rel with Kerensky and the former pro
visional government of Russia.
Our interview occurred In Petrograd.
while Kerensky was making his last
desperate effort to retain his control
of the government by forming a coall
tlon cabinet and establishing a "tem
porary parliament" without legislative
powers.
Who knows where Kerensky Is now?
Perhaps he is hiding ss Lenlne was
hiding when I found him; hiding In
the shadow of the Winter Palace, ac
cesslble at all hours to his friends.
walking the streets of the capital In
broad dayilght under the very noses
of the officers who bad been "ordered"
to arrest him.
Perhaps Lenlne Is afraid to make a
martyr of Kerensky by throwing hit .
nto prison Just as the former Minister-
President was afraid of consolidating
the revolutionary forces asalnst him
by incarcerating one of the ten apostles
of the Russian revolution.
Lealae la Imterviewee.
It was. about the middle of last Sep
tember that I went into Russia on a
pass obtained - from -the ' Bolshevik
headquarters near Stockholm, with a
determination to find this man Lenlne
and learn from his own lips his theories
of government.
I was introduced Into a large draw-
ng-room, furnished rather sumptuous
ly. In the middle of the room was a
table. Seated at this table was Lenlne.
ras presented to him as "comrade"
by one of his close friends and po-
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Expose of German-Born Naturalized
American Expected to Cause
Teuton Agents Roundup.
CHARLOTTE. N. C, Jan. 31.
Agents of the Department of Justice
have taken to Chicago a prisoner said
to be one of the most wanted of men
by the secret service. He is said to
have made an Important confession,
A naturalized American of German
birth, the man was arrested in a south
era military training camp more than
three weeks ago and has been in the
County Jail here.
He was drafted into the National
Army from a Western state. His con
fession and information given to the
Government agents, it' Is said, will
cause the arrest of some of the most
dangerous German-agents In-the Pa
ciflc Northwest.
SEATTLE. Jan. 31. Ernest V. Even-
son, aged 33, a special science student
at the Universlty'of Washington here.
today was placed In the county jail
and questioned by Federal officials.
Evenson was arrested in the chemistry
laboratory at the university yesterday.
Officials declined to discuss the case
or make public Evenson's statements.
BRITISH LOSSES DECREASE
January Casualties Total 14,056
Officers and 58,901 Men.
LONDON, Jan. 31. British casual
ties reported during January totaled
73,017. They were divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds Officers,
358: men, 13,695.
Wounded or missing Officers, 1203;
men, 57,756. "
The January casualties show a slight
falling off from those reported during
December, which reached a total of
79.527. The total for November was
129, 0S9. reflecting the severe fighting
on the Cambral front In that month.
WILSON WILL. "SIT TIGHT"
Ohio Governor's telegram to Presi
dent Brings Response.
COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 31. Governor
James M. Cox today sent . the follow
ing telegram to President Wilson:
"Just sit tight In the boat. The
reaction now crystallizing will over-
helm thos, whose, politics has en
gulitd their riatric-UsEi." ' -
President Wilson sent the following
in reply: . . . v
"Thank you heartily for the message
You may be sure I shall sit tight, for
the boat is sound, and nobody can
overtunn It." . . , - t
RED CROSS USES VILLA
Large Home in Best Quarter
of
Rome Loaned to Americans.
ROME, Jan. . 31. The American Red
Cross- has been Installed In a villa
hich the Italian government has
turned over for Its use.
It has 30 rooms and a garden and Is
situated In the best quarter of the city.
OX THE OPERATING TABLE.
NewTactics Make Junk
of !
KVoriAMME OF U. S. BEHIND
Work Two Months Delayed
Now Progresses. .
VERDUN TEACHES LESSONS
Senate Military Committee Informed
That Contracts for Aviation Serv
ice Exceed ; 640,000,000
Provided by Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Constant
altering of plans to meet rapid changes
in air fighting tactics in Europe, com
bined with delays In getting material
and scarcity of skilled labor has put
America's great . aircraft programme
two months behind schedule, though it
is now moving forward smoothly.
In disclosing this today to the Sen
ate's military committee. Colonel Deeds,
assistant to Major-General Squlers,
chief signal officer of the Army, said
that not a single machine of the ex
act type planned when Congress ap
propriated 3640,000,000 for an .air fleet
will see service In France...
Greater Power Needed.
Colonel Deeds . told the. committee
that the tendency was toward machines
of greater power and that valuable les
sons in this respect had been learned
at the last battles about Verdun. He
believed that , the machine now being
manufactured- and sent to France .not
only would meet present requirements.
but would excel anything the enemy
may produce.
Tes-lmony on how many machines
have been sent over, the equipment go
ing with them, the number of aviators
in France or expected to go was left
to an executive session of the commit
tee, and will be continued ' tomorrow,
but Colonel Deeds said at the public!
hearing that It "looks as though we
wii keep the programme of moving
men and equipment to France well
balanced."
Fear Types Betas Made.
Colonel Deeds said four types of ma
chines were being manufactured: Ele
mentary ' training, . advanced training,
combat and bombing. . Contracts, have
been let for 5350 'of the elementary
type,, first used by the students; 2153
have been completed, and contracts
had been awarded for 1400 of the ad
vanced .training. Information about
the combat and bombing craft was
withheld.
Contracts for the aviation service,
however, exceed in the aggregate the
3640,000.000 provided by Congress and
are distributed as follows:
One hundred and ninety-four million
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Future Procedure Will Depend on
' Progress Made by Spruce and
Fir Production Operations.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington,. Jan. 31. The proposal arbi
trarily to establish the eight-hour day
in the lumber industry of Oregon and
Washington by executive order of the
President has been abandoned, for the
present at least. This is shown by a
letter sent today by Secretary of La
bor Wilson-to Senators Jones and Foin
dexter, of Washington, which explains
the alternative plan to be adopted.
In this letter Secretary Wilson says:
"I have been advised by the Secre
tary, of War that the lumbermen of
the Pacific Northwest have stated that
they would abide by any directions
given by Colonel Disque in the appli
cation of the basic eight-hour work
day in that field or In the operation
of it.
." "No further action will be taken by
me pending the results of his efforts.
If he succeeds in getting a sufficient
supply of spruce and fir to meet the
needs of the Government, the contem
templated recommendation will not be
pressed." -
In this same . connection Vice-President
Piez, of the Shipping Board, sent
word to Senator McNary that he had
appointed R. S. Shaw, of Astoria, of
the Hammond Lumber Company, and
J. H. Bloxell, of . Seattle, to investi
gate the lumber situation in Oregon
and Washington, as it bears on the
shipbuilding industry.
With their figures received, the
production division of the Shipping
Board will estimate how large a fleet
of wooden vessels can be built by the
Government over and beyond the ships
now contracted for. Mr...Plex explains
that with this data before it, the
Shipping Board can announce a defi
nite wood ship programme for the fu
ture.
TACOMA AFTER 7-CENT FISH
Mayor Fawcett Highly Indignant at
. ; Favors Shown Seattle.
TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 31. (Special.)
Tacoma's proposed fish market Is
still a minus quantity and Mayor A. V.
Fawcett is to take the matter up with
Governor Ernest Lister unless he re
ceives fish, from the hatchery for the
proposed market.
T have written and written to Com
missioner Darwin Concerning the mat
ter," said Mayor Fawcett, Mand re
peatedly, he . has. replied that he will
be in Tacoma in a few days and ar
range for Tacoma to receive the 7-cent
fish. ' At the same time the fish is
being shipped to Seattle.
"Seattle is' being furnished fish from
the Chambers Creek hatchery, which
was built by the "city of Tacoma at a
cost of $5500." '
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTE RD AY'S Maximum ' temperature, 29
degrees; minimum, 2-i decrees.
TODAT'S Rain and- warmer; fresh easterly
W1QUS,
. War.
President Wilson predicts end of war this
year, rtge o.
Foreigm.
Pure social democracy to Russia Premier
JLienlne s Idea. Page 1.
German strikes cripple output of munitions.
fare a.
Twenty perish when German alrfleet drops
ions ox ooroos upon fans. .Page 6.
Million reported on strike In German empire.
' jf " ju
Marquis of Langdowne declares ror "clean"
pt-ace or continuation of war. Page 2.
American soldiers killed In German raid on
trencn. , page 6. -
National. s
Eight-hour day action for Northwest lumber
industry postponed. Page 1.
Domestic.
President . proclaims 'license regulation af
fecting bakery products. Page 4.
German spy activities In Northwest bared.
page X.
American aviation programme two months
oenind schedule because plans have to be
altered. . Page l.
United 6tates stops exports to Spain and
noma op live vessels. Page
Serious fuel sbortage again confronts the
Last, page
War financing on huge scale to assist pri
vate industries piaDnea. page s.
Sports.
Jefferson High Quintet drubs Hill Military
Acaaemy, n to 10. page 14.
Browns" offer not pleasing to Ken Williams.
Page 14.
W. O. W. bowlers jump to lead. Page 14.
Portland Revolver Club wins. Page 14.
Pacific ortbwest.
Oregon must elect two United States Sen
ators, one for snort term and one for long.
Page 1. .
Bulk system of handling to be urged through
out uregon. . Page lo.
Four dead. 12 hurt in Sedro-Woolley, Wash.,
train collision. Page 1.
. Commercial and Marine.
Brewers limit purchases 'of Oregon hops to
current needs. Page 18.
Improvement In car situation weakens wheat
at Chicago. Page 10..
President's letter to farmers causes bulge in
etocK. maraet. . Page-19.
Port of Portland to assign dredge to MI1
waukle shipbuilding -plant. Page 16. .
Portland and Vicinity.
Farmer-faces serious labor sbortage problem.
declares Clarence ousley. Page .
Increase- of 73 ' men -In city's police force
promised. rage u.
All hope of mild Winter in Portland goes
glimmering, page 1 it
Grand Jury takes recess to February 15;
bootlegging conspiracy case goes . over.
Page 13.
Freight rate increase order may be over
ruled. Page.S.
Thrift mass meeting to be held at Audi to
rlum Sunday. Page 9.
Few soldiers take advantage of Federal war
insurance plan. Page 7.
Debt to allies big, says Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture and Rv. . C. Benson.
Page 8. y
Showdown Jn 6-cent carfare controversy set
ror today, page . .
Floyd Ramp. Roseburg Socialist, defies oath,
God and military. Page 15.
Bankers plan to promote farm interests In
Northwest. Page 13.
T. B. Wilcox becomes practically solo owner
of. Portland flouring Mills Company.
P5 16, .. .
Long and Short Terms
Open to Aspirants.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL DECIDES
Parties to Make Primary Se
lections for Each Office..
KNOTTY ISSUES INVOLVED
Whether One Man Can Run for Both
Terms Undecided In .Opinion-of
Mr. Brown, Given at Request
of Secretary of State.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Two
United States Senators are to be elected
by the people of Oregon in November,
instead of one, and the Republican and
Democratic parties are to nominate two
Senatorial candidates at the primaries
for each party Instead of one. One of
the Senators elected will hold for the
long term of six years, from March '4,
1919, while the other will hold for the
unexpired term of the late Senator
Harry Lane, from November this year
until March. 3, next year.
This is the gist of an opinion handed
down ' by Attorney-General Brown to
day for Secretary of States Oolcott.
The request for the opinion was made
by the Secretary of State In order that
he may be certain as to the offices to
be included in- ballots which are to
be certified to the County . Clerks tat
the . primary nomination election in
May. v ' -
Two Terms to Be Considered.
The Attorney-General informed him
that such ballots should provide - for
the unexpired term ending March 3.
1919. as well as for the full term be-,
ginning March 4, 1919. t " "'
The Attorney-General, in today's
opinion, failed to pass on the question
as to whether one-man could be a can
didate for both the long and the short
terms. "That is a question to pass upon
when it comes up," was the remark of
the Attorney-General, when questioned
as to this point. . If be holds that one
man can run for both the long and
short terms then , the people may elect
the same man for both terms, and he
will step, into office as soon as he can
qualify after the general election, ahd
then- qualify again in March. If he
holds that the law which provides that
no person can run for two offices at
one election applies in this case, then
it will be up to the present candidates
to decide whether they . shall , run tor
the long or short terms. If ' they all
choose to run for the long term, either
other candidates would have to ap
pear for the short term, or it would
be up to the voters to write their
names in on the ballots.
Possibilities Are Pointed Out.
Also, in this case, if Senator McNary
should run for the long term, which
he no doubt would, and happened to
be re-elected, he would have to re
linquish the Senatorial seat between.
November and March, unless the Sen
ate itself would refuse to let the short-
terra Senator qualify. This might be
done, it is pointed out, under the con
stitutional provision that the Senate is
sole judge of the qualifications of . its
own'tnembers. '
The Attorney-General" in his opinion.
today said that the primary law of the
state has been given a practical inter
pretation in this regard by the peo
ple' and the Legislature, when in 1905
Senator Mitchell died and Senator
Gearin was named to succeed him. . In
1906 the question arose at the primary
election as to whether a Senator should
be nominated to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Senator Mitchell .not
withstanding the temporary " appoint
ment of Senator Gearin. F. W. Mulkey
was elected to fill the unexpired term.
Opinion Is Cited.
Continuing in his opinion. Mr. Brown
said in part: .
I am perfectly aware that the Sen
ate of the United States is the sols
and exclusive judge of the qualifica
tions and elections of its own members.
am also mindful of the fact that it
is possible that . the nomination and
election to fill the vacancy- caused by
the death of the late Senatbi Harry
Lane, now being temporarily filled by
Senator McNary, may be an empty
honor, but this is not the concern of
the ' election officers of the state of
Oregon.' Our duty is to construe and
apply-the election law as we find it. -
"I know of no reason for following
a different course. in the. pending elec
tion . than was pursued in 1906 and -1907,
when a successor was- elected.
and nominated, to Hon. John M. Gearin
for the purpose of filling a-vacancy
caused - by the, death - of . Senator
Mitchell. .
CoastitBtloa ' Is Relied Upon.
"I do not believe that chaptes 49.
General Laws of Oregon, 1915, clothes
the Governor, with more power to fill
a vacancy - In the office . of -United
States Senate than he possessed prior
to the adoption of the seventeenth
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
. "The purpose '. of the constitutional
amendment -was not-to confer addi
tional power upon the - Governors of
the several states with reference to the
appointment of United States Senators,
but the amendment was adopted for
the. express purpose of empowering the
people to ' choose their own Senators.
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