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THE 3I0RNIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, - FEBRUARY 6,- 191S. 5 FUEL SITUATION IN EAST DESPERATE Weather Coldest . Known in Generation and One Day's Coal Supply in Sight. HEATLESS DAYS TO STAND Programme of S-pondlnjt Indutrj Likely to Bo Expanded Rail road Rrponrd to Be In Worst bhapo of the Wlnier. WASHINGTON. Frb. 5. With tha Kaat far Ins tha moat acute coal abort as of tha Winter and In the arlp of the coldest weather In a srntrstlon. the CsTtrnrornl derided today that the Beatles Monday proirrmme cannot at thin time be abandoned. The conclusion to continue the clo trur reculatlon waa reached at a con ferenre between Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director-General McAdoo. attendrd by a doien stale fuel adminis trators. Them waa ao official an Bottnrn)Pt. but a Joint statement prob ablv will be i-n out tomorrow. There had br trry Indication up to Uat niaht that the Monday holi days were over, but reporta broucht to M'ssatnirton the stta furl adniinla trafora that throuchout moat of the Kal there la on hand but one dajr'a eupp'r Of coal, coupled with the weather situation, were accepted aa eeartnrina proof that the present la no tiue to lift the doom order. Meleee Mtmm o-eev. Keen Mr. MrAdoo. who up to thl !me la understood to have oppoaed the clnelna; plan, waa aald Ionian! to have airrwl thai antil the weather perntlta an Improvement In railroad traneporta lion, the order ahould ba continued la iorrs. The bltlr4 baa cot coal prodttetton and movement to loch an extent, of fu-iale ptntl out ttnta:ht. that even bad the Monday rloainaa been aban doned industry would ba forced to rlnee 4oi to m considerable extent. In fact, reporta to the Kuel Administration fo ment showed that in many atatea pianta already ara closing- down In larae numbers. Kof the first time atnea coal pecan to run short Ku-1 Administration offl ciata aatd that the situation la alarm. !. Cities all the way from the Mississippi to the Atlantic reported but m few hours' eupply of fuel on hand and prospecta poor for obtaining any laias; like tha quantities needed. Nest tat Hew Kailaia, In New tins-land t-amportatlon was declared bopele-a. Trains were crip pled and an Atlantic storm bad baited eoal movement by water. In Pennarl vania aninea were Idle, ctttee were without coal and trains were unable to move. All Industry in Indiana, It was said, waa about to shut down and the situa tion In ho was so crillral tlovernnr Cot planned to come to Washington to sake a pensonal appeal fr aid. , Tha railroads were declared to be In the worst sie they have been at any time. Low temperatures made It Im poealhle in some Instancea for the trainmen to work and tna arneral freight movement waa aald to ba about h per cent of normal. ranker Arttaw raaalblaw There are some Indications that If better weather d?ee not mine to im prove the situation, officiate will take up fr consideration an amendment to the closlna order prescrlblns; two four dav shutdowns, one ctjvertnsr the pe riod of Lincoln's birthday" anniversary and the ot;ier Washlnaton'a birthday. iTospeets for material Improvement tn the next few das were Kloomr. Railroad administration officials aelxed eaaerlv on forecaNl-i of allahtly biaher temperatures moving eastward from the West, but they pointed out that It will take dava for the railroads tn recover from tne d moraliainc In fluence of today's low record tempera tures. WAR TEAM WORK URGED e'i,te- r T r- re- y d'ri-iona. and therefore there la no need for any additional element In our wartime marhincrv. Mv contentl-n l thet, be be ever so able, po President no human beins; can perform such a la-k. It Is tjttrrly Impossible for ona man tt exsmlne Into all these Intricate aueetions. Tha da and mtata ara not lunar cnousrh. ltaasw DeeUre-d tHatreeatac Ttsferrtnc to the committee's war In- Kirv. fenator Wadsaorth said It had covered only a part of the found, and that to Investirate all Arrr.y ac tivit.es which mlaht Justify inquiry would rat permit the committee to finish its work daring the present ses sion of roBff-ev -n both ordnaaea and quartermaster d-r.rmeat.- ke said. " discovered a ai.i-.-sin stale of affairs. -T'v- who atterded every iley be. came deeply Impressed with the con viction that ptrrhase and production and initial d.stnbutlon of the vast amount of supplies muet be esse n -ttallv an industrial operatioa and that militarv men. with rare exceptions, are larapiIe of br.rclos about the best fesults." Al te civilians anpesrles: before tha romtnitte. senator Wadeaorth de clared, testlfi-d In the same direction, -proper centralisation of authority, ea-liMi-lrd rrrferablr by statute, whose decisions may bo promptly reached and av-cepcd as final" waay l.tvee aad Oallaea at atahe. "lsc of preparedness before tha war" the srator said, "la roettntt many, mary livrs and millions of dol Ltr. besides prolouamc tlw aar. IT!nt-e - ' irtam"! fre-n a Victrolas and Records Style X Value $85.00 tvma f fimmmm mn iMt4P tC 4 In hM riv tour lSm- mmio. Tht Vrtrol th urrTT.- ntarttnr It brln ih ht of mumc, inntrumcnUl and Vor.L W tV tail Xht rvwrti-L It il Orrr C-lvva Frsmpt tteUs G.F.j0HJiS0NPlANoCo. Ia Msva. BVreweea Alder aad Mstilssa Pi larre chart hunr on the Senate wall, with Secretary Balcera reorganization plan and that of tha committee abown together, fcenalor Wadswortli cailed al tention to the existing vast number of official, semi-official and purely ad visory agenclea, bureaua and other boillea, which, ha asserted, ara not co ordinated, consulting or harmonising. On tha railroads, tha Senator de clared, goods with blue-tagged priority ordera have exceeded normal ship ments. and in tha East M par cent of all freight waa so tagged. "What haa been tha result?" he asked. -A hopeless Jam and congeation of our railway transportation facili ties. A million three hundred thousand tona of munitions and auppliea ara piled upon the docks along our Atlantic Coast, billed to Krance and Italy alone. Mmi ara deteriorating rapidly. In soma placea locomotive boilera and great piles or shells and other litipor tant materials have been dumped out upon the ground and lia rusting In vt inter weather. ra Crisis Cited. Reviewing tha Government's , ban dllng of the coal industry, tha Senator said: "Aa a reault of lack of planning wa have great communitiee starving for coaL and an order Issued by tha Fuel Administration closing down thou sanda of factoriea and throwing out of work hundreda of thousanda of men and women, costing millions of dollars in wages and delayed product, and crippling for the time being those very activities upon which wa must depend for winning of the war. "Other emergencies will overtake us," Senator Wadsworth said In con clusion. "If we are wise and prudent and farslghted we shall establish some agency In our. Government, whether it called a war cabinet or by some other name, whose members ahall ait around a council table every day. morning, noon and night, and devote their whole time and every ability to ward working out In advance tha methods of meeting and overcoming the emergencies."" Senator Wadsworth replied to asser tions made by Senator Williams, Dem ocrat, yesterday that tha proposed war cabinet legislation was "stupid." "The legislation springs from men whom neither that Senator nor anyone else can say ara stupid, he aald. - Big Aetberltlee Qaeted. Daniel Wlllard, president of tha Bal timore A Ohio Itailroad: Bernard liaroch. Llrector Gifford. of the Coun cil of National Defense-, and WaddilL Catchlngs, chairman of the war com mittee of tha I'nltcd States Chamber of Commerce, ha said, appearing ba re tha Senate committee, all urged tha centralisation of authority. "In or der to bring order out of chaos." I submit that theaa man ara not stupid." he continued. "1 submit they know mora about It than any hVnator on ths floor, or the average Army offi cer. This legislation springs from the expert testimony of those men." Tha New Jork Senator conceded that reorganisation or Ibe v ar Department a made by f'eeretary Haker had- re sulted In Improvement, but contended It affected that department only. Such cltisena as have been sum moned to aid the tlovernment can .act under the existing law only In ad visory capacities- Kngland. Canada and Krance, he reminded the Senate, have been compelled to centralise authority In the purchase of supplies. Senator wadsworth contended that the munitiona director bill would leave solely to the president tha power to determine how far munitions purchas ing ahould be centralised. Prceldeaf'e Pswer L'ataaeked. "There la nothing In the bill." he aald. "that Interferea with the Navy purchasing system unless the 1'realdent should so decide." The British munitions control, ha said, "saved the British' army," by mobilizing industry and no one In Eng land would now abandon the system. The fuel restriction order was cited by the New York Senator as an ex ample of lack of co-ordination between Government departments. Although the order closed down establishments working on ordera from the aircraft production board, members of that body 'testified before the Senate military cominlttre, he said, that they did not hear of tha order until the night it waa issurd. "Can wa endure such a system?" he demanded. 'Van anyone deny that that is a faulty system? There is no place in Washington m here these things can be thought out. There is no team work. "The official bulletin on January 1. published to the public and the world a list of factories that acre exempted by the order," he concluded, "and when it comes to talking about giving aid to the enemy it might well be suggested that tha censor for tha United Stales ba censored." 11 sad I cap Painted Oat. In concluding. Senator Wadsworth said that without needed co-ordination by a body to make and direct broad war plana the Nation Is "cruelly handi capped. Senator Thomas, a Democratic mem ber of the military committee, an nounced that he would address the Senate on the suhlect next Krlday and did not reply today, as had been ex pect rd. Apparently that closed tha subject for tha day without debate and tha Senate turned to the Administration bill to pro-Ida for a moratorium for troops. rnoMisF-s to be exceeded GERMANS DISTORT GZERHIfl'S SPEECH Pertinent Passages Changed Before - Being Sent to U. S. and England. TRUE MEANING NULLIFIED Aostro-Hungarian Minister Delib erately Misrepresented in His Declaration Regarding Pro posals of President Wilson. LONDON, Feb. 5. Tha most lmpr tant paasage in the speech which Count Cxernin, tha Auatro-Hungarian For eign Minister, delivered before the Kelchsrath on January 24. which is now causing a storm of anti-Austrian agi tatlon In Germany and Bulgaria, was cleverly distorted ao aa to change com pletely Its meaning In the version which tha Germsn Wolff Bureau permitted to go to England and America. Referring to President Wilson'a pro posals the Austro-Hungarlan Foreign Minister waa quoted aa aaying: "I thluk there la no harm in stat ing that I regard the recent proposals of President Wilaon aa an appreciable approach to the Austro-Hungarlan point of view, and that to some of therc Auatria-Hungaxy Joyfully could give her approval. But ahe must first lay down thla principle that Insofar as these propositions concern her allies, whether In the case of Germany's pos session of Belgium or In the case of Turkey Austria-Hungary, faithful to her engagementa to fight to the end In defense of her allies, will defend the poaeeastons of her alllea aa she would her own. That ia the standing of our alllea. In regard to which there ia per fect reciprocity." . The correct text of this section of Count Cxernin's speech, aa printed in the lenna newspapers, follows: So far aa these propositions concern her alllea whether In the case of Uer- in possessions, Belgium or Turkey Austria-Hungary, faithful to her en gagementa, will go to the extreme In defense of her allies, bhe will defend the pre-war possessions of her allies aa aha would her own." By removing the comma between German poasessions" and "Belgium." and by dropping the Important adjec tive "pre-war." Count Cxernin was made to aay that he would defend Ger many'a poasesslon of Belgium. Thla ia the very thing he emphatically disclaimed. He deflultely dissociated Belgium from German possessions, and declared that Austria would defend only the pre-war poasessions of her allies. It Is thla declaration, obviously op poaed to tha German militarists' pro gramma and to Bulgarla'a avowed war alma programme, which la causing such a stir In Berlin and Sofia. LANE COURT TO DECIDE Jt STIC K BKAX DECREES IX FAVOR OF J. D. MATLOCK. M sltaea te Act, la Oalalaa of Judge i af -a pre see Court., House llrara Optimistic. Report on . gallon's War Work. WASHINGTON. Feb. &. The United Statea will furnish more men and money for the war In a "far shorter time than has been the fondest hope of our people or the nations with which we are associated.! Chairman Flood, of the forficn affairs committee, declared In the House today in presenting the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. The chairman's assertion was In eon nectloa with his diwusaton of Colonel House's mission to Grrat Britain and Krance and waa made ia the course of an outline given the House of the .-late lepartnienl's war activities. As the result of the work of the mission. Mr. Flood said, "a complete understanding exists of precisely what t;ie aMIes need from this country and exactly what this country can furnish and when aad bow." - I'nder the Secretaries of Slate. War and Navy, be declared, the country will lurnisa "more n ma and means than wss eipected of us." The anproprtaf ln bill as presented hv Chairman r'lood carries S.'ias.se7 lor. the next fiscal year. 5.. more than t.ie current appropriation because of Increased wr burdena. The increase provides for ?i new secretaries to embaseiea and legations, many addi tional clerks, augmented secret funds and other allowam-e. SINKING CAUSES' INQUIRY Arcrntlnc ConuJ" Rrport on Min is ro Irrirndo Lack lrtail. BCENOS AIRE:. rb. Ar-ntiM' Conu at Barcelona. Spain, has tel--rarht"i a report to th Frlrti Offlc here, on an interview with tha captain of the Ar en tine teamih.p MlnlKtro irrtendo. which was nunk in tha Med UerrancaU. Januarr 14. The captain's tatit-ment Indicated that his vaaael co'lidedi with a mine. The Connors report Is Indefinite and the Argentine Korelco Office has afked for detatla. In the meantime SALEM. Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) The Circuit Court of Lane County and not the-Circuit Court of Multnomah County Is to determine whether J. D. Matlock is to secure a divorce from Mary V. W V. Matlock, the Supreme Court decided today, in an opinion by JuHtice Bean .Mr. Matlock brought suit for divorce In I--ne County. Mrs. Matlock started a suit for divorce In Multnomah County. The Multnomah County Circuit Court ir ran ted her $5i9 to prooecute the suit and $1U0 a month alimony penning litigation. .Mr. Matlock contended that the Mult nomah County Circuit Court had no jurif-diction. an a suit had already been .ttarted tn Lane County by htm and good faith. The Supreme Court up holds this contention and dismittses that suit. Other opinion were: D. 31. Watson t al. va. Sheriff Hur'tmrt. o Multnomah County et al.. appellant", ap Ph )sj from Multnomah; anlt to restrain vat of property unrtff fiulloii: opinio. i by Jui- tlce B-an: Circuit Juan Morrow affirmed. IsOTTi E. Ward va. Thomas A. Jenaon. ap pal .an t ; appeaUd from Mul'.noinah ; actio for da mace a for aliased fraudulent r-pr?- aentatloo in relation to exchtnjre of land opinion by Justice Harris; Circuit Judge On ten. reverted. Otla R. learned et at.. apr-eTant, tb. Mr- Htt L tlolbrook; appaied I mm Multnomah; Involving a are men i to partition real prop erty: opinion by Juatice McCamant; Circuit Judre lavi raveraed. First National Hank Of St. John, app-. lant. vs. Multnomah Prate Bank: ppa.d from Ma.tnomah; full to enloln aale of hank utos-k and enforce lien thereon: opinion by Jost.ce Moor: rireutt Judr r-v reversed. REDRESS IS IN SIGHT l. 9. CASRIKR (OMPAVV I.OSKRS MAT RCCOVKR THEIR MONEY. Iseetelaa af Baker teaaty Cirri Ceert Paves Way (ar l.ltlerallea Over Traaafrr ef Meek. Persons In Oreiran holding stork In he I'nlted States Cashier Company, a widely advertised rorrtoral Ion wbteh at one time held valuable patents on money-handllnr devices, will be jrrafl flrd to learn that by a derision JuM handed down by Judge Anderson, of ihe, Baker County Circuit Court, stock holders have hope of remverlns; capital stork of the present value of .6.&.0Q0. rnrectors of the company are charged with bavins; mad a virtual rift of IS shares of the stock to the In ternational Money Machine Company. which purchased rlahta and properties of the Cashier company. By Jtrdse Andersons decision tha way la opened for trial tn the courts of the contention that transfer of the stock wss lllesrally made- Guy H. C. Corllsa. of rortland. wl-o ha. represented stockholders' Intere.t tIT-NrTQT Jl RELIlYlS m liLumiNDiGEsno., DYSPEPSIA-GASTRITIS-SOUR STOMACH ETC, IN FIYE MINUTKOR;0;iEVIM arjsft-ttm TABLETS SO ffarrwrClC in Judsre Anderson's Court, pave this explanation of tha purport of tha de cision: "When ' the United States Cashier Company sold its interests to the In ternational Money Machine Company, of Terre Haute, Indiana, it obtained 90.000 shares of stock in the Indiana company, of which 75,000 shares were retained. "In 115. the directors of the Cashier company, without the knowledge or L?onsent of its stockholders, made a new contract wlln tne jnaiana com pany, under which, without any new consideration, it gave back to the Indiana company 35.000 of the 75,000 shares of stock. One of the stockholders, H. J. John son, commenced a suit tn the Federal Court in Indiana, to have this sift set aside. The next move of the directors of the Cashier company was to have a receiver appointed in Oregon, and then a motion was made to dis miss the suit on the ground that the receiver was not a party to the suit. Thereafter application was made by Mr. Johnson to the. Circuit Court in Oregon for an order authorizing Mr. Johnson to make the receiver a party to the Indiana suit. This application was opposed by the directors and the receiver, and the court denied the motion. Thereafter, counsel for the Indiana company and the Cashier com pany moved in the Federal TCourt in Indiana, a second time to have the suit dismissed on the ground that the re ceiver was not a party, and could not be macfe a party without the consent of the Oregon court. This motion has Just been denied by Judge Anderson; and the result is that the Indisna company will have to meet, upon the merits, the contention of Mr. Johnson, who is acting for all the stockholders of the Cashier com pany, that this gift by the directors of 35.000 shsres of stock without the censent of the stockholders is illegal and should be set aside. LAUDER AIDS Y. M. C. JL MASS MEETING IX HEILICr THEA TER IV EXT WEEK, M'ED.XESDAV. La f Boa aa Battlefield of Fraacc Mart a Fa moms See tea Stngcer A lea a; Red Trtaaale Read. Hoot. Mon! Itarry 1-audcr will address a mass meeting1 Wednesday morning, February IS. in the Heilisr Theater. The meeting; is arranged under the auspices of the local Y. M. C. A. Ad mission will be by Invitation tickets nd a lively scramble tor invitations is anticipated, goldins will have first choice. v Harry Lauder had an only son. who was a sacrifice of thfvwar, and now tbe famous Scotch jinjrer is taking- a jrreat interest In Y. M. C. A. work, do me; his bit as he goes along to cheer the boys. The meeting will be from 12 to 12:45 o'clock, fieatn will not be held even to ticket holders after 11:45 o'cWck. .Since his son's death, Harly Lauder ha.M been in ninsr and preaching' to the prtMier-t in the concentration camps in GOOD clothes news for the young men of Portland. Just in and on. display; some of those new Suits that will put you in the 100 class Suits that you should see in order to know the "who's who' in smart apparel. Good weights in belter models, both single-breasted and double-breasted ; some with "moon" and some with "bellows" pockets. Stripes, mixtures, and solid colors. Twenty Dollars Then here are some dandy high school Suits for the fellow who is just donning his first pairf long trousers snappy models that you'll like Fifteen Dollars Overcoats or Young Men $15 $18 $28e-$22.50-$25 $2750 $30 . The Second Floor for young men. TDenSelliri' riMl-llwVat.aa-:ils iar-a a- . i v-i Mox-risonStreet at Fourth OUT ' of your abun dance give freely this week to Armenia's orphans. Every cent you give will go to feed a starving child. England and in the camps behind the battle-line in Krance and Belgium. He will do the same thing: in this country under the auspices of the In ternational Y. 1L C. A. in nearly every city that he visits. All of his spare time, and particularly his Sundays, will be taken up in addressing large au diences which the Y. M. C. A. have gathered for the purpose of hearing Lauder's wonderful talks of bis expe riences on thet French battle-front. 22-YEAR ROMANCE ENDED T. D. Sullivan Marries Eugene Woman Me 'Saved at 10 Tears. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. B. (Special.) A wedding ceremony In St. John's Catho lic Church here today, uniting Timo thy D. Sullivan, a member of the Se attle police force, and Miss Amelia Mil ler, of Eugene, marked the culmination of a romance besun 22 years ago in this city, when Sullivan" rescued Ame lia Miller, then a girl of 0 years of age. from a gang of boys who had knocked her down with an icy snow ball. He took the girl to her home. Sulli van at the time was 15 years of age and resided with his parents in this city. As a result of the snowball incident a friendship began that had continued throughout the years, although Sulli van had been a resident of Seattle a great part of the time. Old friends wio had known the bride and groom as boy and girl were present s.t the wedding. Eugene Lumber- Company Elects. EUGENE, Or, Feb. 5. (Special.) J. E. Danaher, of Detroit, was today re elected president of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company at its annual meet ing held In Eugene today. Other offi cers are as follows: Vice-president, R. A. Booth. Eugene: secretary-treasurer. H. A. Dunbar, Eugene: manager. A. C Dixon; directors, J..E. Danaher, of De troit; R A. Booth and A. C. Pixon, of Eugene; P. S. Bradley tid John A. Keating, of Portland; M. H. Kelly, of Dutath, Minn., and F. H. Buck, of San Francisco. HIGHWAY BOARD INDORSED Lincoln County Court Praises Work of Commission. TOLEDO,. Or.. Feb. 5. (Special.) Tbe Lincoln County County Court at a meeting recently adopted resolutions indorsing the work of the State High way Commission and deploring any at tempt to make state road work a po litical pawn. In the resolutions adopted by Judge Miller and Commissioners Wakefield and Hurt, besides indorsing the High way Commission, the court commended Governor Withycombe for "loyalty to tthe people and his unbiased selection of public servants." t - I V l7s- ' rWa- . " -lV.r 'yS?- imagine butchered, beaten, starving Armenia all the joy of life gone, all the happiness such as we know swept aside. Their desires centered on getting ENOUGH FOOD TO KEEP SOUL1 AND BODY ALIVE. , BE A LIFE S A VFR f For 17c a day you can Iceep one little orphan child or woman from starvation! $5 a month will keep one person in food. Picture yourself or one of your loved ones being very happy on $5 a month for food. Portland still, has her thousands of automobiles, her theaters, lier thousands of happy homes. Can you be happy when you think of the STARVING ARMENIANS? This is called Portland s V LIFE-SAVING WEEK Six big-hearted Portland menare paying for this advertisement; that you'may know the facts. Every cent given to starving Arme nia will get, to them. There will be no expenses no "overhead." When you are asked to give to Armenia, GIVE! Say to yourself, "I WILL save a human life." rrKxnr wivu riAo la a laaa rtaaaa .Intalnlns; s lie oca on tha subject. KT1 1 1 0.0