TIIE MORXIXG OREGONTAX, FRIDAY. 3IARCII 8, 1918.
BATTLE FLARES UP
GENERALS IlAlG AND WILSON. CHIEFS OF THE BRITISH ARMIES,
STARVING PEOPLE
AT VERSAILLES CONFERENCE.
THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH
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Store Opens
at 8:30 A.M.
Saturdays
at 9 A.M.
Store Closes
at 5:30 P. M.
Batteries of Opposing Armies
Resume Activity on Im
- portant Sectors.
: ENEMY POSITION BLOWN UP
Mine S arc-- f ally IUplodd on Pas-1
ablo-mrrk-an Staff Colonel
Capture Prasslan Offlcrr
In TrrorJj la Lorraine.
RMi; March . Th Itatiaa and
nmr battertre. on Important sectors!
of the. front have filn Ukrii upl
reciprocal firing clivilv. Th slate-
, mnt from th V ar Offle Indar also I
rpurta tffactlv work by Italian air-1
. "There- was a lively renew! ofl
re.-lppo.ai fir between l-ak Gsrdal
n4 tho Aatiro. in th region of Jlon-I
tetlo and lnn( the rvuKl lonk Ourl
batteries mad effective concentrations I
wf fir on enemv troop In mo'tnwnl I
Con itt Aeiaco Kaeln. wulh of ITImo-l
lann. on th bark elopes or ! dlla I
H-rrtta and In the. vicinity of Umpokl
to th" left of th I'lav.
South of Tiro hn.til reeonnale-I
aaac parti, wb attempted, to reach I
our line, were repulsed with lossea
On tho I'asubio w exploded a mlne.1
damaging tho enemy's positions.
tlrmlt t oo4 Work.
"Our aircraft bombarded tha enemy!
.aviation (round at Mntta dl Urrnu
' in-l a rolvmn of troop marching In
tho BetehborhooH of i Merio.
' A Hrltlnri aviator brought down a I
. to til machine."
I.OSr. March T. "A raid attempted I
by tha enemy laat night raat of Kpehy.
under rover of a heavy artillery bar-
rac. wa completely repulsed."" thai
-War "fflc report. "other hostile!
ralriina- partlea which endeavored
reach our llnea southeast of Boia lira
' nier and east of I'oelcapell ware
. equally unsuccessful.
"The enemy artillery has been ac
tlva In the Scarp alley east of I -en
- and eat of Yprea, and ahorfty before
'dawn developed considerable activity
In th Nfux Chapelle sector.
nv th Aenrit"d I'reoa
WITH TIIK AMERICAN A RMT IX
rRANl i; March . An American ataff
'Colonel, while with a French raiding
party for th" purpose nf securing In
formation a few dv befora his men
p took up th"lr poolttona In tha new
. American aector on th Lorralo front,
met a Prussian IJ-utenant In an enemy
. trench and raptured him.
(aerirau Take Offerer rrtaower.
The Colonel, with an American.
' brousht the Prussian officer back to
th lines the Americana ar now occu-
t pjrtn.
The Prussian Lieutenant's capture
, was th ftrit Instance of an enemy offl
car belnit taken prisoner by tha Araer
, leans and alsu the first occasion upon
- which an American officer had cap
t tured either an enemy officer or soldier
In this sector
THIRD ATTEMPT SUCCESS
vIafur Ilojr. 17, Joins Service After
IVelne; Tame-d Down Tw lor.
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Pinx, Or, March T. (Special.)
Jamea II. Johnvton. Junior, left bis
'home here today to Join the aatomo
.Ml drivers e.:lon of the Army In
which be enlKted yesterday. Young
fjnhneton I but IT years of ace and
this I the third attempt he has made
to enil.at under th stars and stripes.
In recognition of his persistent loy
altjr. the citisena of Imfur aav hln
an informal send-off today. He Is th
oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Johns
.ton of this citv. Th High School
e!oed for th occasion and th entire
population Joined In extending; their
(rxl wishes and congratulations, to
tae roitrt man whose ardent desire to
erve his rountrv has won the admira
tit n of all mho know him.
BELGIAN BRUTALLY SLAIN
llrlplc- Skipper fa Deliberately
Killed by German.
laj.-wwi.-v. March 7. How the mem
bers of th crew of a tier man subma
rine brutally bliied tha wounded mas
ter of a Belgian fish In stuck who
.refused to Irava the vessel la described
ta a press assentation dispatch from
l'e usance. Th submarine attacked the
mack with gunfire, aod th skipper
w as wounded severely. Ha urged hi
moo. Including his son, to save them-
aelvea.
Th submarine commander forced tba
fishermen to row Uerman sailors to
the smack In order to place bombs
aboard. On of th German draw a
Revolver and shot th helpless skipper
through, th head in th presence of
til son.
Boat Rr-nents Camp rand.
ATLANTA. Ca March 7. Ted Lewis,
"of England, welterweight champion,
and Jack Brltton. of Indianapolis, for
jner champion, fought a lt-rouod do
decision exhibition boxing contest here
last night for th benefit of th Camp
Uordoa Atlantic fund. Newspaper
opinion gav each man foar rounds,
with two even.
Cardinal Seraflnl Dead.
" ROME, March 7. Cardinal Dominic
Ferafint. prefect of the congregation
of th propaganda, la dead. He waa
created a cardinal In May. and
appointed to th prefecture la March.
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Bakers' and Butchers' Shops
Stormed by Crowds at
1 Christiania.
The Most in Value The Best in Quality
Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
MANY PUT UNDER ARREST
Every Economical Woman Within Reach of
This Great Store Should Attend Our 905th
Photo Copyright by Underwood.
The chiefs of the Hrltlsh armies are shown together In thla photograph.
General 8lr IouKlaa Hair;, the romniandcr-ln-chirf of all the Hrltlsh forces on
the western front. Is on the left, and (leneral Mr Henry Wilson, the newly
appointed chief of the Imperial general staff, la on th rlcnt. They are leaving
a meeting of the Inter-allled war conference at Versailles, which they attended
as Ureal Britain a representatives.
Great Suffering From Lack of Food
In Xorwajr Reported Special
Commissioners Come to
V. S. to Get Relief.
LONDON, March 7. Rioting today
In Christiania. In consequence of which
many arrests were made, is reported
in press dispatches reaching Copen
hagen and forwarded by the Exchange
Telegraph. Crowds stormed bakers and
butcher shops and there were demon
strations before the Parliament build
ing.
AX ATLANTIC PORT. March 7.
Richard Bjerke and Lauritz Derenfelt,
peeial commissioners from Norway to
the United States on the food situa
tion In their country, arrived here to
day from Christiania. They said they
would go Immediately to Washington
In Denmark, according to Peter Oscar
de Treschow. Consul General for Xen
mark at Chicago, also a passenger, food
conditions were "worse than any one
who has not experienced them can
know."
"The people are actually starving,1
he said, and added that he hoped to
be able to assist in arranging some plan
which would alleviate the distress.
Due to a better system of fod dis
tribution and more rigid control of food
supplies by means of ration cards, the
last Winter in Germany was not so
severe on the poor people as was the
previous Winter, according to Miss
Elisabeth McCftnn, an American, who
with her three sisters, arrived here
today on a Danish steamship. They
left Germany last December, she said.
after residing in that country for 14
years, and were on their way to make
their home In Philadelphia.
'The people are hoping for peace to
come soon, " Miss McCann said. I do
not believe there will be an uprising
of any consequence as long as the war
lasts, for the Germans apparently have
every confidence they will win."
SLAVS WILL YIELD
Acceptance of Peace Treaty
Is Authorized.
HUN INVASION CONTINUES
Ambassador Francis. In Statement
Made at Valgada, Vrgr Ku.la
Not to Accept Severe Terms
Imposed by Germans.
tconftnned From First Paee l
the central powers should run for
days from midnight of March S
a period of three days for denunci
tion. Complete agreement was reached
that the final peace should be con
cluded within this period on the basis
of the preliminary treaty.
AMERICANS GET MEDALS
KRAXCE HOXORS "FOREIGNERS FOR
SERVICES RENDERED.
HOW TO GET RELIEF
FROM CATARRH
If you have catarrh, catarrhal
deafness, or head noises go to
your druggist and get 1 ox. of
Parmlnt tdoubl strength), tak
this horn, add to It hot water and
Just a llttl sugar as directed In
each package- Tak 1 tablespoon
ful 4 times a day.
This will often bring quick re
lief from th distressing head
noises. Clogged nostrils should
open, breathing become easy and
th mucus atop dropping Into th
throat. -
It Is easy to make, taste pleas
ant and coat little. Everyone
who haa catarrh should gtv this
treatment a trlaL Tou will prob-
Mr find It Is Jtist what you
r.red. Adv.
suit In th loss by the Russian people
of all th liberties they have gained by
th revolution. Consequently the free
people of the United States sincerely
hop that th severe terms of the sepa
rata peace Imposed by Germany will
not be ratified by the Russian people."
WASHINGTON. March 7. Ambassa
dor Kranrls. reporting to the State I
part men t under dale of March 4. said
he waa temporarily quartered with the
Siamese and Braslllan diplomats In a
clubhouse placed at their disposal by
the Mayor of Vologda. He added that a
few of th Red Cross and publicity
workers were still In Petrograd.
Th State Department was without
advices of the Ambassador's intention
to leave Vologda, but It waa pointed
out that any move waa dependent upon
hi own Judgment, although It waa not
expected he would leave Russian territory.
IMXCEXCE OK WILSON' FELT
President Address to Congress In
Jannary Stirs Austria-Hungary.
NEW TORK. March . President Wil
son' address to Congress early In Jan
uary la which he defined 14 conditions
for world-wld peace, baa acted Ilk a
leaven In th political life of Austria-
Hungary, and th conditions are re
verted to over and over again aa a pos
sible or concrete basis for negotiations.
aa appears from the discussions In Ger
man newspapers of the latter part of
January, now received here.
The President's proposals also have
received considerable attention In Ger
many. Th papers there explain the
favorable cho th proposals hav
evoked In Austria by stating that the
objectionable parts of the President's
address do not apply to Austria as vi
tally as they do to Germany.
Various membera of the Austrian
House of Deputies declared In the
budget committee of that body that It
was a mistake to reject the Wilson
proposals coolly and contemptuously.
A Polish Deputy In a peace debate
n th Austrian House on January 21
rejected th Idea that Germany had
aaved Auatrla from defeat. He said
hat without the aid of Austria. Bul
garia and Turkey. Germany would not
are been able to fight off her ene
mies.
ROUMANIAN' KING TO Rt'LE
Germans Decide to Keep Hands Off
Matter of Dynasty.
AMSTERDAM. March 7. The dynas
tic question la Roureanla la an internal
one.
This declaration waa made by Baron
von dem Bussche-I'addenhausen. Un
der Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In
th Reichstag. In reply to observations
by other speakera regarding the future
of th Roumanian throne.
It has been reported from several
sources that Prince William of Hohen
sollern. brother of King Ferdinand of
Roumanla, waa to succeed his brother
on th Roumanian throne.
Th preliminary peac treaty between
Roumanla and th central powers, how
ever, makes no mention of any pro
posed change In th Roumanian dyn
asty. AMSTERDAM. March . The prelim
inary peac treaty, according to a dis
patch from Bucharest, provided that
ta anulstic between Roumanla and
FINLAND SIGN'S PEACE TREATY I
Intervention by Germany Criticised
Severely In Reichstag.
AMSTERDAM. March 7. Official an
nouncement waa made in Berlin today
of the signing of a peace treaty be
tween Germany and Finland, and also
of trade and ahlpping agreements and
a supplementary protocol. The treaty
waa signed at nroa today.
Intervention by Germany in Finland
and the consequent Ill-feeling against
uermany in Sweden is crititcised se
verely by independent Socialists and
Progressive members of the Reichstag,
a uerun dispatch says.
Baron von dem Bussche-Hadden-hausen.
Under Secretary of Foreign Af
fairs, in reply said that Sweden no
Many Decoration Bestowed I pom the
Worker Fram Thla Side Who
Have Helped Republic.
PARIS, Wednesday, March 6. The
list Is printed today in th Journal Of
ficial of the names of persons who have
been awarded he new decoration.
Medal of French Gratitude." Issued
since the war to recognize services
rendered France by foreigners. The
Queen of Belgium is named first among
those who received the first-class silver
gilt medals. Among the 29 receiving
first-class medals were the following
Americans:
Henry O. Beatty, director general of
the American relief clearing-house of
New York; Mrs. Sophie Coolidge
longer raised objections to Germany's I founder of the Detroit group of Ameri-
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Friday
Sale
An Out-of-the-Ordinary Showing and
Sale of Men 's Coat Style Shirts
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Shirts in Plain White and in Assorted yg.
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Sale of Henderson, Merito and R. & G.
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12 to 42-Inch Laces, All in One O
Great Assortment and Priced at, Yard.
Every Yard an Extraordinary Value
Come to this sale and eelect from 36-Inch Allover Shadow Laces
18 and 27-inch Shadow Flouncings in white and cream also Metal
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on cream or black nets 42-lnch Silk Finished Nets In white, black
and wanted Spring colors Fine beading, top points in new filet
patterns Net Laces with Venise Edges, etc. The mostC-,
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Extra! For Friday!
200 FINE
POLISH MAPS
This Sale 29C
At the Notion Counter
A medium-lze Mop. suitable for pol
ishing floors, wood work, automobiles,
etc. They come in a tin container and
oiled ready for use. A decided OQ
bargain at, each aC7 C
Extra! For Friday! ,
Fine Gingham Petticoats
Well-Fitting Garments
At this special price we place on sale a fine lot of Women's
Amoskcag Gingham Petticoats; good etyles in gray and btue-stripe
patterns. Come early they'll not last long. Bargain ri- C
day at only Jte
Extra! For Friday!
FINE CEDAR
POLISH
This Sale
Git " tVW1'
25c
A very special sale of Fine Cedar
Polish. 12-ounce bottles and full pint
cans Docn on sale tor one day
only, today, at, each. .....
25c
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Extra! For Friday!
1500 Yards WhiteLawn
15c
This Sale
at, Yard
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In Domestic Section a special sale of come 1500 yards of Fine
White Lawn In 30-lnch wldth-Wlo frtf 51 rt 1 "YVI
For one day Only price will be lUStlUIiJIOr XOC X U.
Extra! For Friday!
20c
FINE HEMSTITCHED
CURTAIN SCRIMS
This Sale
at, Yard ...
Just Half Regular
Only 600 yards in this assortment of
Fine Hemstitched Curtain Scrims to
close at the above price reduction.
Comes in white, cream and ecru. Only
a limited quantity to any one purchaser.
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action, which was taken in response to
appeals for help from Finland.
The occupat. in of the Ala-d Islands
as a base, he said, had not yet taken
place.
CLCB RAISED OVER NEUTRALS
German Warning Issued Against
Transfer of Tonnage.
, AMSTERDAM, Wednesdy. March S.
In an obviously inspired article, the
semi-official Norddeutnche Allpemelne
y.eltung warns neutral ststes in con
section with th negotiations by the
L'nlted States to acquire neutral ton
nage and argues that vessels so ac
quired assume a hostile character and
must be treated as such, no matter
whether the tonnage is employed
within or without the barred xone.
The paper contends that such trans
fer of tonnage by neutrals Is tanta
mount to Indirect participation by neu
trals In economic war against Germany
and Involve serious danger of com
plications, aa already shown In the
history of the United State during the
present war.
It adds that participation by neutrals
In such negotiations la an act hardly
consonant with neutrality.
can Hospitals at Neullly; Mrs. W
Edwards, of Los Angeles, of the Amer
ican Red Cross; Mrs. Hermann Hall,
James Hazen Hyde, Mrs. Anne Penfleld,
In recognition of her devotion to French
soldiers interned In Austria-Hungary,
and Mrs. Sharp, wife of the American
Ambassador, for her untiring war work
since her arrival in France.
The second-class medals are of silver
and have been given to 68 persons, in
cluding these Americans:
Walter Abbott, director of the Amer
ican clearing-house; William B. Bourn
and Mrs. Bourn, of San Francisco; Mrs.
Brunswig, of Los Angeles: Mrs. Francis
Carolan of Burlingame. CaL, and Ra
phael Weill, of San Francisco.
Seventy-two third-class medals of
bronze have been distributed. The fol
lowing Americans are among those
decorated:
Miss Blanche Cahen, of San Fran
cisco; Rldgely Carter, Mrs. J. B. Cas-
serly, of San Mateo, CaL; Miss Chios
Dirlngs; George Fusenot, of Los Ange
les; i'erslfar Gibson; Dr. Walter Clinea.
Mlsa Rebecca Godehaux. of San Fran
cisco; Hugh Reed Griffin, Mrs. J. P.
Jones, of Los Angeles.
$100,000,000 TO BE SVED
(Continued From First Paee.)
RUSSELL WIRELESS FOUND
(Continued From Flret Pre
Assembly today, it to 18, passed a bill
to prevent th teaching of German In
the public schools. The measure now
goes to the Senate.
SALT LAKE CITV, Utah. March 7.
Governor Simon Bamberger, having
been advised that opposition to the
draft law haa developed on Indian
reservations and that many Indiana of
draft age have failed to register, today
ordered all Sheriffs and other polic
authorities In Ltah to arrest all Indians
In the state who have neglected to
comply with the law.
THREE ARRESTED AT MEDFORD
Two German Aliens and One Al
leged Slacker In Custody.
MEDFORD. Or, March 7. (Special.)
Two German aliens and alleged
slackers were arrested today by Dep
uty United States Marshal Ernest T.
Mass and will be taken to Portland for
examination. August Fsske, proprietor
of the East Side woodyard, and William
activity and money market conditions.
Through tha central organisation
will be bought locomotives, cars and
steel rails, the principal big quantity
purchases of railways, and an effort
will be made not only to economize by
wholesale buying methods, but to
standardize equipment and supplies.
Coal and other fuel will be bought
mainly by Individual llnea to supply
their Individual needs, but under the
supervision of the regional committees.
Cross-ties and lumber are to be bought
principally by the roads along their
own lines, but may be ordered through
the central organization.
Road t Do Some Buying.
All other supplies needed for cur
rent operations will be purchased for
tho time being," said Director-General
McAdoo's statement, "through the pur
chasing departments of the respective
roads, but all contracts for periods of
six months or longer must be approved
by the regional committee before completion."
As fast as possible all purchases will
be centralized, and the regional com
mittees are to draft recommendations
for the accomplishment of this.
In addition, these three regional
bodies will be expected to report de
tails of costs and contracts to the rail-
H. Schultz. a barber, both registered as road administration, with a view to giv
enemy aliens, were taken into custody lng. aIl roads the advantage of effi-
1VI la 1U CO- IIIBS m iuoir -juobcuiou,
WAR BILL STANDS TEST!
ATTEMPT TO AMEND OVERMAN
MEASIRE D EFEATE D.
Leglalatl Involving Federal Control
f Railroad and Finance Corpo
ration Make Progress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Administra
tion forces today won on the first test
of strength in the Senate Judiciary
committee's consideration of the Over
man bill, sponsored by President Wil
son, to give him greater powers in
co-ordinating and reorganizing Gov
ernment departments and agencies dur
ing the war.
By 10 to 7 the committee voted down
a resolution by Senator Reed, of Mis
souri, Democrat, to have members of
the Cabinet Inform the committee of
legislation believed necessary or de
slrable. Three Republican members
joined seven Democrats, defeating the
resolution.
Neither faction, however, regarde
the vote as finally indicative of action
on the Overman measure, or settlemen
of the committee a controversy over
the bilL
Final agreement on the Admlnistra'
tion bl!l to govern Federal control of
the railroads was reached today by the
Senate and House conferees. leaders
hoped tonight to have tho measure
ready for the President's signature by
Saturday.
With the exception of limiting Fed
eral control to 21 months after peace,
and providing' for the taking over o
short-line railroads, the bill Is virtually
in the Senate form.
The Administration bill to create
war finance corporation with a fund
of $4,600,000,000 to aid war Industry
was passed by the Senate late today
and now goes to the House.
The vote waj 74 to three, senators
a .rn, ' . lWICUfc ll.rillUlia,
ana i. J. Jinier, a young man wno re- developed
is held for failure to register for the
draft.
These are the first a.rests of the
kind here since the declaration of war.
Fask and Schultz have been In Med
ford several years, have many friends,
and few people knew they were Ger
man subjects. Fask had In his pos
session a German crmy rifle, stamped
with the Imperial crest and the im
perial "W beneath, and Schultz pos
sessed a shotgun and ,38-caliber re
volver. Both men said they knew noth
ing about a law compelling them to
give up their firearms and had used
their guns for hunting for several
years.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nlan. Main 7070. A C09f.
which may have been
Aifvlrs to Be Named Soon.
Members of the central advisory
committee and the regional committee
will be appointed soon. All will be
practical purchasing agents or vice-
presidents of railroads.
The regional bodies, to be composed
of three or more, are to have headquar
ters respectively in New York. Chicago,
and Atlanta, and are to work in close
co-operation with the regional rail
executive directors with headquarters
in those cities.
Quinine That Does Not Affect Head
Bcatipe of Its ton'e and iHXatlve effect.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets)
ran b taken by anyone without cauaini?
nprvowmen or rlnrlns In the had. There in
only one Hromo Quinine." K. W. GROVE'S
isnatur is an oox. soc ait,
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Harding of Ohio and Sherman of Illi
nois. Republicans, and Hardwlck of
Georgia, voting against the measure.
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to a spy; be careful what
you say.
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