GERARD'S NEW BOOK Don't Miss This Expose of Hun Duplicity to Start Next Sunday. DON'T MISS GERARD The Oregonian Will Print His New Book Starting February 24. VOL. LYIII. XO. 17,800. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, -FEBRUARY 18, 19lfc. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT DENIES HUN AIRMAN BOMBS U.S.FIELD HOSPITAL ULTI1TDM HURLED AT ROMAN LEADERS ENVOY OF TROTZKY BAKER BEST PLACE TO-VIEW ECLIPSE IS PLAIN CITIZEN ELUDES HUN TRAP RELIEF STATIOX IS S HEELED APPOINTMENT OF CONSUXi JOHN KEED WITHDRAWN. NAVAL- ASTRONOMER SELECTS EASTERN OREGON TOWN. WITHOUT SUCCESS. AMERICAN PATROL CHICAGO BOLSHEViKI ROUT SLAV ENVOY STRIKERS HEARING Right to Tie Up Ship, yards Questioned. W. L HUTCHESON ANSWERED Recourse to Wage Adjustment Board May Be Had. IDLE YARDS AID ENEMY Zlead of Carpenters Brotherhood Told That Principle or National Welfare Borore Individual v Profit Is Supreme. WASHINGTON: Feb. IT. President Alison took a hand tonight. In the Eastern shipyard labor strikes and is ued a sharp rebuks to William I Hutcheson. president of the Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners, who. after refusing to send striking- ship carpenters back to work pending ac tlon bjr the Shipbuilding Labor Adjust tnent Board, bad asked for a. personal conference to lay the situation before the President. Isaseedlate Cam fere axe) Dewled. In effect, the President declared that If Hutcheson did not want to give aid and comfort to the enemy be would send the men to work and leare a set tlement of the differences to the Ad justment Board and declined to see him until he had done so. ' The President sent this telegram to the union chief: "William L. Hutcheson. General Pros Ident United Brotherhood of. Carpen ters and Joiners of America. New Tork. I have received your telegram of yesterday and am very glad to note the expression of your desire as a patriotic cltlien to assist in carrying,, on- the work by which we are trying to save America and men everywhere who work and aro free. Taking advantage of that-assurance. I feet It to be ray duty " to call your attention to the fact that the strike of the carpenters In the shipyards Is In. marked and painful eon- . trast to the action of labor In ether ' trades and places. Ships are absolute ly necessary lor me.. winning or in is war. No one can strike a deadlier blow at the safety of the Nation and of Its forces on the other side than by interfering with or obstructing . the Shipbuilding programme. Isassedlale Reeaaptlea Advised. "All the other anions engaged In this Indispensable work have agreed to abide by the decisions of the shipbuild ing wsge adjustment board. That board has dealt fairly and liberally with all who have reported to It. I must aay to yon very frankly that It Is your duty to leave to It the solution f your present difficulties with your employers and to advise the men whom you represent to return at once to work pending the decision. No body of men have the moral right In the present circumstances of the Nation to strike until every method of adjustment has been tried to the limit. If you do not act upon this principle you are un doubtedly giving aid and comfort to the enemy, whatever may be your own conscious purpose. T do not see that anything will be gained by my seeing you personally until you have accepted and acted upon the principle. It Is the duty of the Government to see that the bent possible conditions of labor are ob tained, as It Is Its duty to see to It ' that there Is no lawless and conscience less profiteering and that duty the Government has accepted and will per form. Will you co-operate or will you abstract? WOODROW WILSON." natrbcaos) Slaass Alewe. The fact that other union heads are refusing to support Hutcbeson's posi tion and that they fear his attitude may put labor generally In a false light encourages Shipping Board of ficials to believe that the carpenters who are out In New Tork district and at Baltimore will return to work even If Hutcheson does not direct them to do so. Carpenters" locals In other dis tricts already are dealing direct with the adjustment beard and those at Baltimore have been given the privilege of acceptance of the new Delaware River wage award, announced last eight, which grants a substantial in crease In wages. All other trades In the New Tork dis trict except the carpenters have agreed to leave a settlement of their claims to the adjustment board and their de mands will bo taken up within the text week. In reproving Hutcheson for declining arbitration of differences with ship yard managements. President Wilson. It . was declared tonight, has ths whole hearted support of a majority of the , heads of American labor unions. Union heads, it Is declared on authority, are as eager as sre Government officials to arrive at some arrangement whereby differences may be adjusted before strikes take place. 2 VET TON . OF MEN SOUGHT FTesldent ITatcheson Advises White House He Seeks Adjustment. NEW TORK. Feb. 17. A message slrned by William I- Hutcheson, prenl- jCacc.ai-xl ea fue 3. Coiuma No Fatalities Occur, Though Fa tlents and Residents Suf fer From Shock. (By the A rcclated Pre . WITH THIS AMERICAN ARMT IN FRANCE. Feb. II. An American field hospital In a town within our lines ap parently was the target for a German airplane which flew over it last nlsht and dropped several unusually heavy bombs. The hospital. In which were a num ber of sick and wounded officers and men. was the building nearest the places where the German airman dropped two different sets of bombs. Fortunately none of the missiles reached their mark, although the hos pital patients and the residents of the town were severely shaken by the ex plosions. American anti-aircraft guns engaged the enemy, but without suc cess. The hospital probably will be moved to a less dangerous spot. "WAR PIG" SELLS FOR $550 Pasco Porker Sold 5 Times and - Red Cross Fond Slounts. PASCO. Wash, Feb. 17. (Special) A "war pig." donated by E. G. Bon- nay, of Connell. to the Pasco Red Cross, was auctioned here Saturday for the benefit of the Red Cross. The auc tioneer was R. L. Olds. and. the bidding was spirited. The pig, which weighed about 4 pounds, brought 1550, after- being aold (S times. The highest price paid for the pig at any one time was US. Two chickens which were donated by Mr. Grlnnell brought 117.45. Mr. Grlnnell bidding tt himself.- It Is planned to take the pig to El- topla. where It will be sold again for the benefit-of the- Red Cross at that place. BELGIAN COURTS DEFIANT German Orders to Close Court of Appeals Meet With Rebuke. WASHINGTON. Feb. IT. Belgian courts and lawyers have defied the Ger mans In Flanders, an official dispatch received here yesterday said.- The trou ble began with the instituting of pro- erodings In the court of appeals against the members of the council of Flanders, composed of Flemish supporters of the Teutons. . The Germans ordered the Court' of Appeals to cease Its sessions and In pro test all other courts adjourned and law yers refused to appear, la the courts. - HOG PRICES TO CONTINUE Claims That $15.50 Per Hundred Founds Is Inequitable Disproved. Washington, Feb. 17. The Govern ment fixed price of $15.60 per hundred weight on hogs at the Chicago market will continue to be enforced by the food administration. It is announced. Claims that the figure was Inequita ble were refuted, an Administration statement said, by referendum returns of a hundred leading bog raisers, ed itors of farm Journals and presidents of livestock exchanges. GLASS FOUND IN CANDIES Twenty EnliMed Men at Camp For est In Serious Condition CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Feb. 17. Twenty enlisted men of the 6!d Infan try at Camp Forest are confined to the base hospital as the result ot eating candy containing particles of ground glass. At the camp It was aald that the condition of some of the men is serious. The candy was secured at the Camp Canteen and was said to have been shipped there from Knozvllle. Tenn. FEDERAL ORDERS CONFUSE Food Administrator Calls Attention to Sale of Flour Substitutes. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Because of the many misunderstandings of the regulations regarding the sale of wheat flour substitutes, the food ad ministration has issued a statement calling attention to the fact that re tailers are required to sell only three pounds of substitutes for every five pounds of whole wheat or graham flour. EDUCATOR SENT TO FRANCE University Dean to Aid Washington Boys in Military Service. SEATTLE. Feb.17. A. R. Priest, dean of the University of Washington, left last night for France, the repre sentative of all Washington peopls who have relatives at the front. His object will be to eztend ail possible aid to men from this state. ' . Subscriptions were taken ta finance the trip. . AMOY QUAKE TOLL NOT SET Chinese City Is Shaken to Founda tions, and Many Buildings Fall. AMOY,' China.' Feb.' 1. No estimate has yet been made of the number of fatalities resulting from, the severe earthquake which shook the city to its foundations today. Many buildings were destroyed .or damaged,' : Evacuation of Bessara bia Is Demanded. RUSSIA GIVE. 0. if TIME Surrender of "Murderers" " Russians Ordered. of PEACE DEAL IS REPORTED Vienna Contends That Roumanla Is Attempting- to Make Terms With Tentonla Which Will Safe guard Balkan Kingdom LONDON, Feb. 17. The Russian gov ernment has sent an ultimatum to the Roumanian government demanding the evacuation of Bessarabia by the Rou manian and counter - revolutionary troops and the right to transport Rus sian troops through Roumanla and Bes sarablan territory. The ultimatum, ac cording to report, was to expire Feb ruary 1(. The ultimatum also demands the ex tradition of Lieutensnt-General Dmitri Stcherbatcheff.. commander of the Rus sian forces in Roumanla, who recently was declared an outlaw by the Bolshe- vikl as an enemy of the Russian people. Roumanla is ordered to band over the "murderers - of Russian soldiers and sailors." AMSTERDAM, Feb. 17. A dispatch from Vienna to the Handisplad says It has been learned that Roumanla In tends to enter into negotiations with the central powers, provided they give her previous assurance that they will not assail the sovereignty of Roumanla, but will leave a solution of dynastic questions to the Roumanians them selves. The Roumanians, the dispatch adds. will then' declare ' their " readiness to eedo the Dobrudja to Bulgaria, pro vided the central powers grant Rou manla benevolent support in the Bes sara bien question.- The correspondent adds that the Cabinet of M.' Averescu has hot yet been formed, but that it It Id the first point in bis programme is peace by agreement with the central powers. 0. A. C. TEACHER HONORED Dr. Tfector Macpherson to Aid Prrp- " aratlon of Agricultural Laws. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallls, Feb. 17. (Special.) Dr. Hector Maepherson, professor of, econ omics and sociology at the Oregon Ag ricultural College, has been appointed to the land settlement committee of the American Association, for Agricultural Legislation. ' ' The American Association for Agri cultural Legislation Is organized to promote agricultural legislation and to further production, marketing and rural life conditions. NOW IS Jj jG&Kll AA CO ff SUIT T- CT " ' sVlS fSSY v5X7V' C0O AVrl (-v KxHI - I 1 i7- 0.t-t.ir Scf Fi I I Jfw) fill Yoos osfMr 0&Y&94i- J CJJAl'U I J !XS If ewAxcr os- r.e: f JW 7 -J Vjsi -j"!f!3 . f v CJ 1 'VS-e J I nn J Ge?r xttf ro JHAjlt) XT X fit&l- i 1 1 AjyS- As? . 1 rV V ' I J to cs Bolshevik Leader Said to - Have Planned Holding .'Ambassador , Francis as Hostage. LONDON. Feb. 17. A belated dispatch received here from Petrograd says John Reed left Petrograd for the United States as a private citizen, his appoint ment as Consul of the BolBhevlkl at New Tork having been withdrawn. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 16. John Reed, the writer, who is under Indictment In the United States for alleged seditious. activities, has arrived here from Petro grad on his way to New Tork to take up the post of Consul-General in that city under a Bolshevik commission. Reed told the Associated Press cor respondent that, desiring to take a quantity of notes ; and . other written matter to America without interference by the censorship, he visited Foreign Minister Trotsky and asked to be ap pointed a Bolshevik courier. Trotsky told him. Reed said, that the govern ment would do better than that and would make him Consul-General in New Tork. Trotzky is said to have told Reed that If any attempt was made by the American authorities to prosecute him under the pending indictment, the Bol shevlk would retaliate on Ambassador Francis. Reed's mission Is considered, therefore, in the nature of a test to see whether the United States dares defy Trotsky. 0. A. C. STUDENTS WANTED Geological Survey Asks for Aids In Public Land Inspection. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallls. Feb. 17. (Special.) Men who will be graduated in 1918 at O. A. C. are wanted by the U. S. geological survey for work in examination and designa tion of public lands, beginning work in March. George Otis Smith, director of the survey, has asked for recommenda tions from President Kerr of boys who would be eligible. Arrangements will be made for such men to be graduated with their class. Among those whom Dr. Kerr has rec ommended to the survey are Herman Stone, Richard Williams, Marshall Wright and Ralph Coleman. ' ARMY RANK GIVEN WOMEN Sirs. Ines Crittenden to Have Charge of Phone Girls In France. . .-- . BERKELEY, CaL, Feb. 17. Mrs. Ines Crittenden, former confidential secre tary in' a large mercantile establish ment In San Francisco, is to rank as a United States Army First Lieutenant when she leaves for France In charge of several hundred telephone operators. The operators are to be attached to the American expeditionary forces in France. RELIEF DRIVE POSTPONED Hood River Organizes toy Help Ar menians and Syrians. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) Because of the delay in re ceiving posters and literature, the local drive for the Armenian and Syrian war sufferers,- to have been conducted yes terday by pupils of ail the county schools, has been postponed until next Saturday, according to Leslie Butler, Hood River county chairman. THE TIME TO PLAN THAT WAR Electric Wires Hem In U. S. Boys for Time.. SCOUTS . REACH SECOND LINE Daring Party "Lies Low" and Finally Returns Safely. TEUTONS TRY MANY TRICKS Rocket Signals Sent Up to Imitate Yankee Code, so That Soldiers Prepare for Gas Attack Which Does . Xot . 3Iaterialize. (Br the Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 17. An American patrol having passed the first line of German entanglements and approached the sec ond line last night was suddenly cut off by a current of electricity along the first wire line. Instead of attempting an Immediate return to their trenches, which would have meant certain death from electro cution or machine gun fire, the Ameri cans clung close to the earth, and later, when the electricity was cut off, re turned in safety to their positions. Sparks Reveal Menace. It was a thrilling experience for the patrol. A certain number of men set out from the American position In the hope of encountering a number of enemy at a point in the German trenches. They had succeeded in getting through the first line and had crawled on until the second line was , reached. When they were just about to start under the second line there was a bluish glow. and, turning around, they saw long. livid sparks playing through the barbed wire of the first line. The enemy had turned on a powerful electric current. The patrolers quickly flattened out on the ground, thinking they had been discovered and expecting to hear mo mentarily machine gun bullets go sing ing overhead. Nothing of the kind happened, however. Apparently, the Germans merely turned on the current by chance, hoping that if any Ameri cans were within the entanglements they would be killed on the wire or while trying to get out. The patrol returned safely to the American lines. Hoax Quickly Discovered. The Germans, apparently having dis covered the meaning of some of the American rocket signals, last I night caused the Americans for a consider able distance along the front to pre pare for a gas attack. At first the Germans sent Into the air a rocket of a certain color which is the American signal for gas attacks, but the hoax was discovered soon after the troops adjusted their gas masks. The Germans next sent up a rocket calling for barrage by the Americans. but the American officers on observa tion duty in an advanced position seeking whence the rocket came, sen message to the artillery in time to prevent it from laying down the need less shell fire. GARDEN. Whole Block Will Be Required to . . Accommodate Government Ex perts . on June 8. BAKER . Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) According to a communication received here by E. L. Kennon cousin of Profes sor Asaph Hall, astromomer for the j United States Navy, whose headquar ters are at Washington, D. C, Baker has been definitely selected by Gov ernment observers as the point to view the total eclipse of the sun which will take place in the Northwest states on June 8. Professor Hall says that Baker has now been determined by the Govern ment as the best point to view the eclipse wnlch will be total at exactly 2 o'clocK" In the afternoon. The party, he says, will Include six persons, and they will require a space about the size of a city block on which to place their instruments and room for storage equipment. In adltion to' the Government ob servers, there also will be several par ties here from the large universities throughout the country and a delega tion of astronomers from Lick Obser vatory In California. OREGON PRODUCTS PLEASE Dehydrated Foods May. Be Supplied to U. S. Government. SALEM, Or- Feb. 17. (Special.) The Salem Commercial Club has re ceived advices from Washington that the Government is desirous of securing large quantities of dehydrated products such as can be turned out by the Wittenberg-King Company. It Is said that $250,009 worth of these products, or even more, may be taken by the Gov ernment In the event they can be pro duced in Oregon in the quantity and quality desired. " , Mark Wittenberg expects to leave for Washington at once in connection with the proposition. It is understood that dehydrated potatoes, onions, car rots and turnips are wanted. The com pany is satisfied that its two big plants at Salem and The Dalles can turn out the product needed. MEN ASK EIGHT-HOUR DAY . 1 North. Bend Mill Workers Petition Secretary of Labor. NORTH BEND, Or.. Feb, 17. (Spe- clal.) At a meeting of several hundred millworkers, hald..hero .todajv-it was unanimously decided to petition Secre tary of Labor Wilson for an eight-hour day at the present wages. A bulletin sent out by Colonel Brice P. Disque, of the spruce board, urging the men to work 10 hours, with time and a half extra for the two hours over eight hours, was read, but he men unanimously agreed to appeal for an eight-hour working day at the existing wage. Gorman Raid Unsuccessful. PARIS. Feb. 17. (Special.) The offl cial statement- Issued today by the French war office, said: The night was marked by somewhat greater activity of the artillery on the east side in the region of Chavignon, east of Rhetms and In the Champagne. A German raid at a point east of Auberive was without result. The night was calm on the rest of the front. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS e The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 42 degrees; minimum, 3tt degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; colder; winds mostly nortnariy. Mar. American patrol, penetrating to German second line. Is hemmed In by electric wires, but escapes. Page 1. German-Russian armistice to end at noon today. Page 3. American hospital Is target of German air plane. Page 1. London repulses GermaJ air raid. Page 4. Bolshevik ultimatum to Roumanla demands evacuation of Bessarabia. Page 1. Foreign. Red guards terrorise Finland. Page 4. German . thuggery must end, says Rudyard Kipling. Page S. . Appointment of John Reed as Bolshevik Consul withdrawn, rage 1. Kaiser's former favorite denounces German war policy. Page 4. Bolnhevlk power slowly waning, says Amer ican just from Petrograd. Page 5. National. War against Pruasianism Is working-man's war. Page z. President Wilson declines to discuss car penters' right to strike. Page 1. Army officers at Washington better paid than those at front. Page 6. War measures before Congress preas for con sideration. Page 6. Domestic. Chicago Bolshevik! mob head of Russian mission. Page 1. Red Cross to teach injured French soldiers to be self-supporting. - Page 8. A. C. Townley urges wheatgrowers to raise larger crops. Page L Sports. Boy of 14 wins Gun Club shoot. Page 12, Pendleton leads trapshooters in first shoot of 1818 season. Page 12. Mabel Trask. last of "Princess" descendants. greatest mare on racetrack. Page 12. Big boxing events to be postponed until war Is ended. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Naval astronomer says Baker will be best place to view eclipse of sun. page 1. Hew shipyards attract hundreds of workers to Vancouver, page o. Callahan tells how he eluded Montana of fleers. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Trvington beautiful" committee plans Spring work. Page 10. H. Godfrey Turner pays tribute to late King Edward. Page 10. Prosecution of autolsts who fall to give right of way decided on. Page 10. Bishop Paddock tells Trinity congregation ot camp life. Page 13. Victoria miner proposes scheme to toll sub marines. Page Id. Pastor says boy la entitled to good home. Pago 7. First wooden ship built in Portland under Shipping Board programme, is launched. Page 18. Body ot Lieutenant Twohy recovered from river. Page lb. Harry Tauder asks Portland to do share In smileage compalgn. Page 7. Weather report, data and torecast. Page 15, MobofReds Turns Hon or Meeting to Riot. NOTED RUSSIAN IS DENOUNCED Police Battle Crazed Foreign ers and Professor Flees. U. S. GOVERNMENT CURSED Auditorium Is Scene of Demonstra tion Against Head cf Russian " Mission and Anarchistic Ad dresses Are Met With Cheers. CHICAGO, Feb. 17. (Special.) Heads were cracked and bruised and wild disorder prevailed today when police, answering riot calls, with drawn revol vers and batons, charged mobs of Chi cago Bolshevik!, who, by the power of fist and lung, took possession of a meeting in honor of Professor George Lomonossoff, president of the Russian mission on ways of communication, at the Douglas Park Auditorium. Judge Harry Klsher, who was slated as temporary chairman, was chased from the speaker's platform and forced to escape through a side entrance by Infuriated men and women, who screamed, "Long live the Bolshevlki! Down with Fisher. We want Rodri guez." and advanced toward the plat form shaking their fists in his face. Slavs Clamor to Enter. Soon after 1 o'clock the hall, with a capacity of 1400. was filled. Sud denly approximately i 4000 men and women, mostly of Russian extraction, gathered in front of the building, pounding upon the locked doors for admission. Meanwhile, Professor Lomonossoff ar rived in the hall with several members of his commission. Judge Fisher, as temporary chairman, advanced to the front of the platform. " Before the Judge could speak, a red-faced Rus sian boy, who had forced his way to the front of the hall, stood up and shouted "Tovarish," which means "Com rade" in Russian. He whirled about and waved his arms to the audience. Crowd Is Menacing. Bedlam broke out. "Long live the Bolshevlki," shouted one, and dozens took up the chunt. "Down with Fisher," screamed an other. "Give us a Bolshevik," was another cry. Finally one young man stood on his clialr and bellowed, "Give us Rodri guez." Judge Fisher hesitated a mo men, and the crowd which had formed in front of the platform grew thicker. "Get off there." one stockily built man shouted as he attempted to climb up. Fisher disappeared behind the scenery bordering the platform. Professor Lomonossoff, inured to riots and mob scenes during the Rus sian revolutions, nervously glanced toward the exit, then suddenly arose, and, walking behind the sceucs, picked up his coat and hat and started out. Tomalt Grows Menacing. The disorder in the audience had grown to tumult. Dozens of speakers jumped on their chairs and began in- cendiajy speeches, free-for-all fights broke out in five or six places as ora tors disagreed. Chairs were broken and knots of crowds swayed to aud fro. Dr. Moses Sahaud. one of those who arranged the meeting, jumped to the front of the platform. I am a Socialist," he shouted. "I have been a Socialist 25 years. Listen" a girl jumped up on her chair "Down with the government, vve want Bolshevlki only. Give us Rod riguez," she screamed- The crowd went wild again. On the street in front of the hall the crowd became disorderly and free-for-all fights started. Suddenly a rush was made that broke the doors from their hinges. Police Use Clubs Freely. Theodore Gilman, manager of the building, armed with a revolver, flour ished it In the faces of those nearest him and struck several of them with It. Policemen from the Lawndale Station arrived at this critical point and used their clubs and revolvers freely, finally routing the ring leaders. A call was sent for more police as the disorder in the hall above was approaching a climax. Cpstairs, Professor Lomonos soff, returning to the stage, offered himself as a sacrifice to appease th mob. He spoke in Russian. "Who accomplished the revolution in Russia?" he began. "Was it some heroes or some half gods?- No. The revolution was accomplished by tho masses of the people whose political -conscience had been slowly aroused through the generations of workers." The statement was interrupted by yells of protest. Alderman ttulets Slob. "The Bolsheviki cannot be reproached for lack of wisdom or will," he went on. "But the Bolsheviki are going along the same path that the constitutional Democrats and the moderate Socialists followed." He was Interrupted by cries of "No,- never, and The BolshevlKl wm rule forever." These utterances provoked long periods of cheering. At this point Alderman RodeHguex (Concluded on Page 2. Column S.).