VOL. jLYIII. NO.
r,8G
PORTLAND, OKECOX. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
2C,
JAPAN ABOUT TO
STRIKE IN SIBERIA
German Menace in Far
East Grave.
KAISER'S TROOPS MOBILIZING
Cossack Commander Appeals
to Allies for Support.
SOCIALISTS SHY
AT NON-PARTISANS
LEAGUE IS REPUDIATED ; BOIe
SIIEYIKI INDORSED.
IEX CZAREVITCH MAY
BE RUSSIAN KING
Revolutions Ic ni a n J Recognition for
Lenlne-Trolik y Government and
unification of War Debt.
Germany Plans to Put
Child on Throne.
GENERAL STAFF ORGANIZED
Body Orranlicd at Harbin Will
Have Triple Anthorltj Present
-Move Calminattoa of El.
tended Preparation.
HA HE IN. Wednesday. Feb. 2. (By
Asac-laled Press. The Japan., ac
cording to reliable authority. Intend to
take anion In Siberia at an early date.
There, are evidences thai the Japan
cm have lone been preparing to carry
out this more.
The sanation n PI her la la considered
Ttremely (nr. owing to the inability
of the Cossack General. Setnlnoff. head
of the anti-Ro.hevlk In the vast terrl
tory, to .ecure allied support for which
be has appealed to the Japanese.
leailMfr. Apprml Heard.
General Semlnoffs movement is now
officially recognized and a committee
has been formed at Harbin which will
art a a genera! staff divided Into
three departments, financial, military
and administrative.
The Russian Consul. M. Popetff, baa
been appointed chairman of the com
ailttee.
Two thousand trmani bare been
armed and are drilling at Irkutsk, cap.
Ilnl of the government of Irkutsk, la
Eastern Siberia.
Larger forrea F-x peeled.
According to an official report re
ceived from a foreign Consul, the Ger
mans are making all preparation to
briny much larger forces there.
Tor soma months, particularly sine
the first of the year, -the Japaneae
press has been calling upon the Terau
chl ministry to awaken and watch most
carefully (he development of affairs In
r.uasia and the spreading of the "Ger
man menace" In the Far East.
The Churwai Shogyo recently aald:
l he Japanese nation should be watch
Jul of the developments In the situation.
The conditions in Russia are moving
from ona chaos to another. There Is
o hope of restoring peace In that coun
try for the present.
Editor Eaateeaee Alarm.
Should the Influence of Germany ex
tend to the Far East In the manner In
which It Is extending, the editor fears
that the effect of It upon Japan will be
err serious. Indeed.
When the Diet opened last month
Premier Teraachl told of the need for
Japan to take proper steps In caae the
German Influence should extend to the
Tar East.
Tea taw Start Revolts.
It has been common knowledge for
aorae time that throughout Siberia the
German Influence waa starting rebel
lion and there has been no end of suf
fering through hunger this "Winter
throughout that vast country.
Recent news reaching Japan waa to
the effect that the Social Revolutionary
Moderates now In control of Irkutsk
are ia co-operation with the Bourgeois
party. The council of soldiers and
workers and the peasants' organisation
have been suppressed.
For some time allied warships have
been holding the fort at Vladivostok
to protect the interests of the allies,
and particularly those of Japan.
Maar Klea Froea Irkatak.
In the last two months many
Irkutsk residents have arrived at
ilarbln. having fled from Bolshevik
misrule in Irkutsk.
Owing to the Bolshevik forcibly
taking over the telegraphs. Irkutsk.
Cmk and Krasnoyarsk have been days
without telegrams from Russia.
It was before the first of the year
that armed soldier took possession of
the telegraphs and telephones and. the
employes refusing to work, the instru
ments remain idle. All t lis banks have
been seised by armed soldiers and Red
Guards and the employes have struck
woik. The Bolshevlkl have seised sli
In automobiles of the district head
quarters staff and the police depart
ment. Nobody im allowed to enter the
buildings) of these departments and th
Government employes in the excise,
rustoma. land, commissariat and secre
tarial departments of the law courts,
etc.. have all ceased work.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. IS. Resolutions
d'mandlag recognition of the Bolshevik
governments of Kin land and Russia.
which "have done more for the cause
of world peace than any other agen
dee." by the t'nlted States, declaring
for "nullification of war debts." repeal
of the conscription law and opposing
war Indemnities were adopted by the
Socialist party In convention here
todey.
A resolution indorsing the Non
Partisan League waa voted down.
was one favoring recruiting of a vol-
the Russian revolution from suppres-
HUN
Ion by Germany.
An amendment to the state const!
tutlon of the party providing that ap
pllcanta for membership must sever
connection with other political organi
sation waa adopted. This would pre
vent members of the league from be
coming members of the party.
The Minneapolis Typographical Union
today withdrew from the Minneapolis
Trades and Labor Assembly, charging
that control of that organisation has
passed Into the hands of Socialists and
Industrial Workers of the World not In
sympathy with Its alms and that the
constitution and bylaws are disregard
ed by the majority membership. For
mation of a new assembly Is planned.
Progress of the War.
FORMER CZAR NO CANDIDATE
Krylenko Shot, Brujevitch Now
Heads Slav Armies.
INVASION ADVANCES
Pernau, 9 9 Miles From Riga, Occu
pied Three Tliousan J Prisoners
Taken at Dorpat Von Lin
elngcn Reaches Zllouiir.
LONDON. Feb. IJ. Germany plans to
restore the monarchy In Russia, accord
ing to a telegram . dated Friday in
Pelrofcrad to the Morning Post. It says
the Grand Duke of Hesse has been ap
pointed the commander In the Riga
section of the German front.
Ilia mimw " Ih. Almnmty. AAm "t V, .
ONTARIO APPROVES BONDS former Empress Alexandria, as the
guardian of her son. the former Cxare-
vltch. Is the favorite German candidate
for the throne. The former Emperor
will not accept the throne from German
hands.
Way Paved far Maaarchy.
"The Bolshevlkl have provided a form
of 'government which the Russians
alone understand, pure despotism. They
have paved the way for the return of
City to Construct Municipal Water
System at Cost of 9100,000.
The German Imperial Chancellor has
told the Reichstag that the Bolshevik
eovernment of Russia has accepted
Germany's peace terms and that peace
must ensue shortly.
The Germans, however, continue to
overrun the country. Reval. on the
Finnish gulf, together with Its f.irt
rtf. has been captured, as has Pskov
on the railway. ISO miles southwest of
FetrosTHd. Southward, the Invaders
everywhero are steadily pressing east
ward Hiid have formed a Junction with
the Ikranlans 85 miles west -of Kiev,
which they intend to occupy.
Mure the renewal of hostilities the
Germans have taken thousands of addl
tional square miles of Russian tcrr
tory, the rapidity of their virtually
unimpeded advance being remarkabl
Especially rapid has been that
through Volhynia where efforts were
directed to carry ont the compact with
I'krania to aid in expelling the Bol
sheviki.
HERTLING .EES
WITloON AIMS ,
FOOD DESTRUCTION
CAMPAIGN STARTS
W. W. LUMBERJACKS RENDER
VIANDS UNFIT TO EAT.
Four Peace Principles
' Held Acceptable.
Fingers Snapped at Hoover's Rules
New Strike Planned for "Blan
ket Day" on May 1.
The Russian delegates who are to
treat with the Germans were to have
left Petrograd Sunday night for Brest
Litovsk. Trotzky. Bolshevik Forel
Minister, who bolted the original peace
conference, villi iiot represent the gov
eminent. It has been decided to sen
in hi stead M. Zinovleff. president of
the petrograd Council of Workmen.
tid Soldiers' Delegates.
The German commander in the newly
acquired Russian territory has informed
the populace of Eslhonia and Li
vonia that they now are under Ger
man police power and the barons of
the old regime have been ordered re
eased from imprisonment, and dtclar
stions have been made that the Ger
mans will not permit their transfer
to territory where they may again be
made prisoner by the Bolshevik.
In Petrograd the situation Is critical.
The American and entente allied Am
bassadors have elected to remain in
the capital pending further develop
ments, but many attaches and. civil-
ans have departed by way of the
Trans-Siberian railway.
ONTARIO, Or, Feb. 23. (Special.)
By a vote of 23 to 12. Ontario today
sanctioned an Issue of bonds In the
sum of 1100.000 for the construction of
municipal water system. Need of
the Improvement was emphasised laat I tne monarchy.'
Fall by an epidemic or typnoia lever
and at a special election January 30 the
city charter was amended to permit an
Increase of the bonded Indebtedness.
Bids for the contract will be asked at
once, for the city council nopes to
LONDON. Feb. 25. General Bruje
vltch has been appointed successor to
Ensign Krylenko as comraander-in
chief of the Russian armies, according
to a Berlin dispatch forwarded from
have the slant comDleted by FalL The Amsterdam by the Central News
plana drawn by Louis C. Kelsey. of I Agency.
General Brujevitch, according to the
message, has been proclaimed dictator
and has ordered the Russian troops to
fight to the last. He was formerly
chief of staff to Ensign Krylenko.
Kryleeka Shet by Socialist.
Ensign Krylenko, the Russian com
mander-in-chief, waa ahot and slightly
wounded on Saturday in Petrograd by
a Socialist, aorording to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam.
Kryienko's wound was in the neck.
His assailant was arrested.
The report of the shooting was re
ceived in an account from German
sources.
BERLIN, via London. Feb. 25. The
German forces have occupied Reval
after an engagement with the Russians.
The Germans also have captured Pskov
(about 1C0 miles southwest of Petro
grad).
This announcement Is made In the
official report from general headquar
ters tonight. The text reads:
"The town and fortress of Reval were
captured at 10:30 o'clock this morning,
after a battle.
Pleskov (Pskov), south of Lake Pel-
pus, Is in our hands."
German troops have occupied Pernau,
H'oncludrd on P. 1. Column 1.)
Portland, contemplate a pumping plant
t the Snake. River, together with a
filtering and chlorinating plant.
TERRORISM TO BE LOOSED
"Moft Monstrous, Terrible Tiling
Awaiting Continent," Says Paper.
LONDON. Feb. Si. There Is every
Indication that the German War Of
fice has given word to the newspapers
to begin a campaign to prepare th
public for the fresh sacrifices the Ger
man people will be forced to .make
when the offensive starts In the west.
the Central News correspondent at Am
sterdam reports. Both the military
critics and the war correspondents are
Joining in this verbal battery work.
"A most monstrous, terrible thing Is
awaiting this continent." the Vosalscbe
Zeltung says. "Never In history will
the memory of this February be ef
faced."
LIBERALS SEEM IN LEAD
General Elections Held In Spain;
Sonic Rioting Reported.
MADRID. Feb. 24. General elections
were held throughout Spain today. The
Liberals appear to have maintained
their position, although complete re
turns have not been received. Repub- I
licans carried Madrid and Valencia and 1
the Cstalonists were victorious at Bar
celona.
Disturbances are reported from Val
encia and Merldia and rioting at Al-
meria. Cadis and MontrlL Everywhere I
the Germanophile candidates appear to I
have been defeated. They polled only
1009 rotes In Madrid.
On the battlefronts the fighting by
the infantry continues mainly in the
nature of patrol encounters. The Amer
icans along the Chemin des Dames made
a raid in conjunction with the French.
penetrating the German line for a few
hundred yards. After sharp fighting
in which a number of the enemy were
killed and wounded, two officers and
20 men of the German ranks were
brought back by the Americans.
The British casualties during the last
week amounted to 3517, the lowest
number in several months. The total
number of officers and men killed
was 760.
GERMAN RAIDER IS HOME
Commande of Sea Wolf, of Soutb
Pacific Fnme, Is Honored.
BERLIN, via London, Feb. 25. An
official communication ' Issued today
says:
"The auxiliary cruiser Wolf has re
turned home, after" 15 months-In the
Atlantic Indian and Pacific Oceans.
"The Kaiser has extended his wel
come to the commander and conferred
the order Pour le Merite, together with
a number of iron crosses on the of
ficers and crew."
According to the British admiralty
statement, three American vessels Were
sunk by the auxiliary cruiser Eolf the
steam whaler Beluga, 608 tons, belong
ing to the Pacific Steam Whaling Com
pany, of San Francisco; the Wlnslow, a
four-master schooner of G60 tons, hail
ing from San Francisco, and the four
masted schooner Encore, 651 tons, the
home port of which was San Francisco.
Grand Duke's Death Snddcn.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 21. A dispatch
received here from Neu Strelits says
the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
is dead there. Ills death was sudden.
Grand Duke Adolf Fried rich was born
In lss2 and succeeded his father In
1914.
DISCUSSION BASIS IS REACHED
Chancellor Makes Admission
Before Reichstag.
ONE - RESERVE
Proposition Must Not Only Come
From President, bnt . Be Ac
- tually Recognized by All
States and Peoples.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) The newest form of sabotage
which is credited to the Industrial
Workers of the World is not only a
blow at the lumbermen, but also a re
buff to the Federal Food Administra
tion, according to reports from the St.
Marie's, Coeur d'Alene, Rose Lake and
other lumber mills in the North Idaho
lumber districts.
Lumbermen, while preparing to meet
the eventualities of "blanket day," May
1, are now combating systematic and
wanton destruction of food. Reports
SPECIFIED cominB In from the camps, which have
oeen neia open at an ouas Dy several
companies, tell of the plan which is
now being carried out.
Bread left on the table is seized at
the end of the meal, it is said, and
soaked with gravy or some other sub
stance which would make it unfit for
future use. Sugar is heaped on the
plates and diluted with tea. coffee or
gravy. Impurities are worked in the
butter left within reach of the "Red
Card" lumberjacks.
They refuse to recognize Hoover's
rules, demanding the food in quantities.
They eat all they are capable of con
suming before starting the destruction.
The "wobblies" say they will throw
more than 1000 timbermen out of work
blanket day," when the strike of last
year will be renewed. The eight-hour
day having been granted, they will de
mand free bedding, from which the day
gets its name.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 25. Speaking be
fore the Reichstag today, the Imperial
German Chancellor, Count von Hert
ling, made this declaration:
"I can fundamentally agree with the
four principles which, in President Wil
sons view, must be applied In a mu
tual exchange of views and thus de
clare with President Wilson that a gen
eral peace can be discussed on such a
basis.
'Only one, reserve need be made in
this connection: These principles must
not only be proposed by the President
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918 WHEAT CROP
Water Rate as Fixed
Assures Parity.
C. W. NELSON ASSERTS FACT
Conference of Farmers, at
Washington Harmonious. ,
NO DISAGREEMENT EXISTS
Northwestern Wheatgrowcrs Interest
Considered Fully, and Willingness
to Serve Them Marked En
tire Proceedings. I
peoples."
Court of Nations Lacking.
'But this goal has not yet been
reached. There is still no court of ar
bitration established by all the nations
for the preservation of peace in the
name of Justice.
When President Wilson incidentally
says that the German Chancellor
speaking to the tribunal of the entire
world. I must decline this tribunal as
prejudiced, joyfully as I would greet
It, if any impartial court of arbitration
existed and gladly as I would co-opcr
ate to realize such ideals.
'Unfortunately, however, there Is no
trace of similar statements on the part
of the leading powers of the entente.
"England's war aims are -still thor
oughly imperialistic and she wants to
impose on the world a peace according
to England's good pleasure.
Eagland Said to Be Inconsistent.
When England talks about the peo.
pie's right of self-determination, she
does not think of applying the prln
icple to Ireland, Egypt and India.
It has been repeatedly said that
we do not contemplate retaining Bel
gium, but that we must be safe-
uarded from the danger of a country
with which we desire after the war
to live in peace and friendship, be
coming the object or jumping-off
ground of enemy machinations.
If. therefore, a proposal came from
he opposing, side, for example, from
the government in Havre, we should
not adopt an antagonistic attitude,
even though the discussion at first
might only be unbinding.
"Meanwhile. I- readily admit that
President Wilson's message of Feb-
Late Reports From Amoy, China, In
dlcate Appalling Loss.
AMOY, China, Feb. 25. Nearly 10.000
persons lost their lives as a result of
the recent earthquake in the - Amoy
hinterland, according to the latest re
ports from Swatow.
Swatow is a treaty port of China,
province or i.wangtung,. z-o miles
northeast of Canton. It is a center of
the sugar industry and is a town of
some 4000.
A series of earthquakes on February
16 and 17 caused extensive damage
over a considerable area of Kwangtung.
Buildings were wrecked in Amoy and
masy other towns. ' Several villages in
the Amoy hinterland were virtually de
stroyed.
ST. LOUIS CLERKS STRIKE
Employes of Five Large Department
Stores Act Together.
ST. LOUIS,' Feb. 25. Strike- of clerks
in. the five large department stores of
St. Louis was called late this afternoon.
effective Tuesday morning.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Concluded on Page '2, Column 4.)
THE GRANTS PASS IDEA PUSH IT ALONG.
i
CARNEGIE HELPS McGILL U
JAPAN POLICY IS OUTLINED
Uar Make Democracy World-Wide
Movement. Leader Says.
TOKIO. (By Mail) The war has
made and Is . matting democracy a
world-wide movement, and a policy
which is wise enough to guide this
great movement on the right road Is
essentially needed In Japan at present."
declared Mr. Ki Inukai. the leader of
the Kokuminto party and one of the
moat Influential politicians supporting
the Terauchl ministry, in his address
at the party's general meeting.
"As a result of the war," he con.
t!nud. "everything, whether political
or industrial. Is extended and re
snoulded Into national significance.
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Montreal University Is Presented
With Gift of $1,000,000.
MONTREAL. Feb. 23. The Carnegie
Corporation baa presented McGill Uni
versity with f l.ooo.ooo In recognition of
the Institution's devoted service and
crlfice toward Canada's part In the
war.
A letter accompanying the notifies,
tlon refers to the award as an exprcs
slon of appreciation and sympathy for
the people of Canada on the part of
their allies south of the border.
PACKER SEEKS EXEMPTION i
Nclon Morris, 2 0 and Unmarried,
Is Not Eager for War.
CHICAGO. Feb. 23. Nelson Morris,
chairman of the board of Morris A Co.,
packers, . 2C years old and unmarried.
has asked exemption or deferred clas
sification of appeal board No. 1, it was
learned today.
No information as to his grounds was
obtainable from the board. When
reached by telephone, Mr. Morrla de
clined to discuss the matter.
ALIENS ARE WEEDED OUT
Germans and Anstrians Will Not See
Service Overseas.
CAMP GREENE. Charlotte. N. C.
Fe. 25. One hundred and fifty-seven
soldlnrs mostly Germans and Aus
trian have been taken from the
troopa here. borne will be Interned
and others assigned to troops which
will not have service overseas.
Some are old men In the service and
others recent volunteers. They come
from almost every state.
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YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 48
degrees; minimum, 35 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; gentle southerly
winds.
War.
Americans make effective raid In Chemin
dea Dames. Page 4.
Japan about to strike In Siberia and halt
spreaa ot uerman menace, age J..
Foreign.
Germany plans new monarchy in Russia
with child on throne. Page 1.
Von Hertling. in Reichstag address, agrees
to Wilson s four principles involved in
discussion of peace. Page 1.
Cerro- Agut petroleum field scene of Mexi
can battle. Page 3.
Geraril tells of powerful military staff that
rules German empire. Page 5.
Survivors of wreck of steamer Florlzel num
ber 44; dead placed at y-2. Page '2.
Costa Hica revolution, fomented by German
agents, subsides. Page 4.
National.
Senator " MeCumber says America Imperiled
by Bolshevlkl iu form of profiteering.
Page 5.
Federal commission enters complaint against
3S. firms lor unfair trade .practices.
Pago 4.
Capital and labor plan for maximum pro
duction of war materials. Page 4.
-Dttmestlc.
Minnesota Socialists balk at Non-Partisan
League and Indorse Bolshevlkl. Page 1.
Wealthy, man Involved in German plot to
corner wool supplies of world arrested.
Page 2.
American banking evidence connects Hum
bert with Bolo Pasha. Page 3.
Sport.
Bill Fisher praised by unsuccessful appll.
cant for managerial job. Page J 2.
All Is ready for fight carnival at playhouse
tomorrow night. . Pago 12.
Baseball war breaks out between Pacific
Coast leagues. Page 12.
Fulton knocks out Moran in third round.
1'ags 12.
Pacific North west.
I. W. TV. lumberjacks Initiate campaign of
food destruction. Page I.
Highway Commission advertises for sale of
$000,000 worth of bonds. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Hide prices again decline in Northwest with
no Eastern outlet. Page 17.
Hogs advance sharply at local stockyards.
Paga 17.
Ti'all Street stocks sell at material declines
Page 17.
Hull of new steamer Clackamas easily
launched. Page 14.
Dock commission to call for bids on 1200-
ioot pier at St, Johns. Page 3 4.
Shipping Board's policy discourages ship
builders. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity. .
Newport fishermen charge storage Interests
are exploiting Oregon public page 11.
Commercial flour buyers hereafter must
have licenses. Page 18.
New streetcar franchise aims to end con
troversy. Page 18.
Boy Scouts' drive for 130,000 fund nets f 6479
in Iirut two hours. Page if.
Basic price of 1818 wheat crop 12.20 to
Northwest growers. Page 1.
Mystery surrounds death of 5-year-old lad
run over by motor vehicle. . Page 7.
Kitchen cards, supplementing food pledge
cards, to be put in every Portland home,
rage 11.
Oregon goes over top In drive for skilled
shipyard workers. Page 11.
Six-cent fare Increase may be submitted to
voters. Page 17.
Absolute parity of Northwestern!
wheat markets with Chicago and a.
basic price of $2.20 for the 1918 crop
by virtue of the water rate announced
by the United States Shipping Board
was confidently asserted last night by
C. W. Nelson,' of Seattle, upon his ar-(
rival in Portland from Washington, 1).
C, where he was a member of the
Farmers' Union delegation from North-.
western states kn conference with the
Federal Food Administration and tha
Shipping Board.
"The price in Northwestern markets!
will be absolutely identical with tiia
price at Chicago, or $2.20, for the 1918
crop," declared Mr. Nelson, who is gen
eral manager of the Tri-State Ter
minal Company, a farmers' union enJ
terprlse, at Seattle.
No Misunderstanding Exists.
Mr. Nelson, who left Washington on!
Thursday of last week, at the concluJ
sion of a fortnight's conference be
tween the farmers' delegation, Food'
Administrator Hoover and officials cf
the Shipping Board, waves aside alt .
rumors of misunderstanding or dis
agreement, and states that harmony
and willingness to serve the interests
of Northwestern wheatgrowers marked
the entire proceedings at the success
ful conclusion of which the delegation
departed. .
Concerning the seeming discrepancy
between the basic price of 12.05 named
for Portland and Seattle in President
Wilson's recent proclamation and the
low water rate pledged by -the Ship
ping Board, which would automatically
raise the rate to a parity price with
Chicago, Mr. Nelson stated that it ia
understood that the $2.05 price is to
apply to the remainder of the 1917
crop only, and that the $2.20 price is
to be fully effective for the 1918 crop.
Price for 1917 Crop to Stand.
The situation is that the President
refuses to interfere with the wheat
price at present," explained Mr. Nelson.
"It can readily be seen that if he an
nounced a higher price at this time.
wheat now in storage would be held
for that price.
Such action would embarrass the
Administration in' its promise of food
to the allies and tend to hamper the
successful prosecution of the war. The
allies have got to have our wheat for
food and we must have it ourselves
without delay.
"It is thoroughly settled, as the re
sult of our delegation's conferences
with the food administration and the
Shipping Board, that the 1918 crop of
the Northwest is to be on an absolute
parity with the price established in
Chicago, through the medium of the
water rate.
No Friction at Any Time.
The water rate was determined with
this end in view, after the Shipping
Board had inquired of the food admin
istration and of our delegation as to
the freight rate necessary to estab
lish a parity basis. Contrary to re
port, there was at no time any friction
(Concluded on Page 0. Column 4.)
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