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VOL. LVIII NO. 17,88.;. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, 3IARCII 15, 1918. TRICE 'FIVE CENTS. ALLIES WILL TAKE AIR TORPEDO SAID TO DOOM BERLIN ALL CASTLE ROCK ASSERTS LOYALTY GERMANS START TO SEATTLE TIEUP OF FREIGHT TO CEASE WAR DEPART T OVER DUTCH SHIPS AMERICANS IHJEER " Vs LETS CONGRESS rHILADKLPHIAX SAYS IKVICE EVERY PERSOX REQUIRED TO SALVTE FLAG AS TEST. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO PENALIZE SHIPPERS. WOULD END WAR IX MONTH. EUROPEANS INK IN FINLAND Million Tonnage to Be Available March 18. HOLLAND TO GET SQUARE DEAL Transaction Most Important of Its Kind During War. GERMAN MENACE DEFIED Koiliinx w In International J -aw J latoltrd anil le I'om t rlc Merely .Ktrrrisc of forrlsn Rights. WASHINGTON. March II A million ten of Dutch (hips, now held In porta 111 world er. through Holland' fear r wrnunjn threat to sink thero If they ntur out. will b. brought Into the service of the In I I'd State and Great Britain oh March II. I nless the Netherland government braca the menace of tirrmany's pres sure and voluntarily accepts an agree ment under which the ship would be put In trade, the I'nlted State and Ureal Britain will take them over un der International law. availing them selves of a sovereign right which Sr snany herself haa hitherto exercised under the same authority. Hellaad Make tlaal Appeal. Formal notice has been presented to The Hague by the American and Brit ish diplomatic representative of the allied gotrrnmenta Intention. Aa a result, today, the Netherlands Minister. August 1'hllllps. acting under instruc tions of his government, made a final personal appeal to President Wilson to at least modify the decision. The Associated Presa Is unable to a.vy that the I'rrvldrnt saw no reason for alteratlng the decision and that un less the ships are turned over by next - Monday a Presidential proclamation III be Issued taking over the ship In America., ports of which there are bout 9. Many more, however, are In British or other allied ports. Allies Fere) Is Art. From the American official point of tUw. the action la one Into which the allied governments have been forced by the German duress of Holland, which may now see her ships In trad stain, and ran point out to Germany that they were taken through no will of her ow n. Coming at time when the dire need of the allied cause in tor ships, this acquisition of a million tons Is of tre mendous Importance. r.very arrangement haa been made for the compensation of the Nether lands for the ships. They wltl be insured and armed, and If any be lost they will be replaced. Besides material compensation for their use. the I'nlted Mates will permit the export of breadstuffs and rattle foods, which Holland needs sorely for her own people, and In addition will restore the Interrupted trade of Hol land with her colonies by guaran teeing bunkers for her ships In that trade. Aeapie I'm4 Available. I'nder thla arrangement. Holland till Is left enough ships for her own needs and ha been notified thai plenti ful supplies of food await her If she ends bottonm to carry It. By thla arranrement. officials point out. further responsibility for food shortage In The Netherlands. If there be one. will ret on Germany. NEW ToI.K. March 11. The Amerl ran-llriti.h decision to lake over all Iutch ships In allied ports for the duration of the war. will affect 7J per rant of the shipping controlled by rv,tch Interests, according to Adrian Gire. managing director of the Holland .America line. ININ. March It. Because of the long delays In the negotiations with Holland over Dutch ships In allied ports and the slowness of the Dutch government to act In this respect. Great Britain and the I'nlted Mates nave reached an agrrrment to end the negotiations and take over all such ships nxt week for the use of the allies. TIIK ll.G I R. March 1 1 The Neth erlands government, according to high authority hre. was not informed that unless the Iutch ships in allied ports were unreservedly dellered to the allies by March If they wpuld be taken rr. But the British Minister at The Hague Informed the government that unless a satisfactory answer was forthcoming by March 11 regarding navigation of the danger aone by Dutch ships, othersetieasures would have to be taken to get these ships mov Ing. TWO PILOTS GIVE LIVES Civilian Instructor May Die from Rr-ull of Tail Spin. IIOl'STON". Tex.. March 14. Lieuten ants Marma4uk Karl, of Lewlsburg. Pa. and Nile Gelwlck. of Fin lay. O.. were kilted at Klllngton Field today In airplane falls. Civilian Instructor Kaiser was seri ously Injured Internally by a fall In an aiXjUne resulting front tail-spin. LeMcr P. liar Ion- Icrlaret l-adlj Kxptotdvc Has Range of oOll Miles, but Government I Doubtful. NEW YORK. March 1 1. (Special.) A Philadelphia, manufacturer lias In vented an aerial torpedo, which lie as erta can destroy Berlin and win the war In 3 da. II la Letter I. Bar low, who has already invented an anti submarine depth bomb that haa pvved Itself to be of the h lichen t value In de etroylng the Kaiser's undersea craft. According to Mr. Barlow it would be possible to send the torpedo to P.erlln from behind the allied lines In France, The construction of the torpelo Is said to be very simple. Thrr Is dancer that It will strike the German Inventors' mind soon an I live In constant fear that U-rtnany may grasp the principle of this deadly torpedo before we can use It. says President Stelnmetx. of the Ai-io flub of Pennsylvania. It carrlea more than half a Ion of the highest explosive that cap. be manufactured. It has a ranlte of in miles and Is positive In icoing to its tercet. The authorltira at Washington ad mitted when they were shown the plans that Berlin could be blown off the map and the German nation could be w hipped In 30 day, but nothlnc has been done. I CLEAN VAUDEVILLE IS AIM Prominent Portland Women Would Have (VtiMir Hoard K-tabtMird. C'ensorshin of vaudeville shows Is proposed by a committee of women members of the City Federation of Women's Organlxatlons In communi cation snt to the City Council asktng that a censor board be created. The women would have the censors empowered to notify any manager or actor not to repeat any Joke or song whli'h the censor consider vulgar or Improper during performances In Port land. The plan la to have the c-n.or serve without pay. the same as mem ber of the Board of Motion Picture Censor. The women who have signed the petition sent to the Council are Mrs. Anton Glebisch. Mrs. Lee Arnett. Mrs. Philip Blumauer. Mr. H. C. Hen- dee. Mrs. Edna. Bell. Mrs. G. W. Tab- ler and Jfs. M. U T. Hidden. OIL SITUATION CRITICAL Supply r California Rapidly Being Drplrtcd. Oil Man Suj. WASHINGTON. March 1 . California oil men before a Fenete naval sub committee today declared the Pacific Coast oil situation I critical and that if the Government takes over the oil and gas lands In the naval reserves In that state many Industries dependent on oil a fuel will be compelled to sus pend. The present available supply of the state la rapidly being depleted, the committee wu told, and will reach the danger point within 13 month at the present rate of consumption. A bill prepared by the Navy Depart ment to authorlxe the Government to obtain title to all the nil Isnd in the naval reserve In California as well as In Wyoming wa denounced by the oil men a Impractical and dangerous. MERGER OF CHURCHES OFF Presbyterians North and South Fall lo Reach Agreement. ATLANTIC CITY. X. J . March II. The commissions on unian of the Pres byterian Church North and the Pres byterian Church South fulled to agree upon a plan for the proposed merger of the two great church bodies at the final session of their Joint conference here tonight. Two plans were worked out and both will be submitted to the respective gen eral assemblies with the recommenda tion that the assemblies deride the Is sue Involved In order to slve the com missions "a working basis to brine about the formal merger within the next year." BURNS FATAL TO CHILD .Mi lion Xordlund's Iclili lot lies Take Eire From Kitchen, stoir. ASTORIA. Or . March 1 1. (Special.) Milton Vincent Nordlund. the J-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Nord lund. died here this morning as the re sult of burns received yesterday morn ing. On arising Wednesday the little lad ran to the stove. In whirh a brisk fire was burning. His night clothing In a moment was sll ahlnse and before the mother could extinguish the flames the child' body was burned to a blister. Tbe little fellow was brought to the hospital for treatment and everything possible waa done to relieve his suf ferlng. but he was unable to survive the shock. UKRAINE GRAIN DIVIDED Austria Immediate Need Greater i Than That of Germany. WASHINGTON. March 14. Accord ing to an official dispatch received from Copenhagen today and quoting from the National Tldende. Germany and Austria will divide equally until July 11 the amount of grain available In Uk rain. During the earlier portion of this period Austria will have two-thirds and Germany one-third or all -grain ob tained. During the second half the pro portions will b ravened. Odd Original Ways Excite Wonder. MEN ARE CRAZY, SAY FRENCH To Busy Tommy Boys Have Easy Time Soldiering. COURAGE NOT QUESTIONED New Meruom Stories, and Good Ones, CoiiManlly Robbing Up. Blacks From Different Parts Have Interesting Meeting. BY WILL O. MAC RAK. WITH THE AMERICAN AR.MT IN FRANCE. Feb. It. In spite of the U-boat menace and other perils, all the warlike organizations that braved the dangers of the American training ramps, medical Inspections, liberty loan subscriptions, compulsory allotments and the rest of the up-to-date Army frills, we are now safe in France, the last contingent arriving early this week. Doing foreign service I all that ad vance notices said It would be. Quite naturally, some of the American forces have fallen along easy paths, easy in that they are billeted In towns or vil Inge yet unspoiled by the get-rieh- quiek merchant, while other organiza lions less lucky in the lottery of chance have fallen victims to the f rem h shop keeper who charges 18 francs for a 5" centime article. The soldiers from our section of the L'nited States are more fortunate than many of the men in khaki, for they are getting: letter from home with more regularity, and the cancel date show that little time waa lost In their trans mission. While much of the work of the men over here Is hard, trust the American soldier to make his own at mosphere. He must and will have his fun. even if sometime the humor of It I a bit crude and a hit unladylike. Bay Curiously negarded. To the French mind, w-e are "crazy American." To the British- Tommy, with his everlasting scouring' of but tons.' boots and equipment for to the mind of your British officer, a Tommy that' not kept busy, "well, it Isn't done, y know" the American soldier haa a mighty fine time of it "a soldier ing." To the Canadian soldier, so near ly like the American In habit and speech, there Isno curiosity. To the black soldiers of France, the Sengalese soldier. 'the American breed of sol dier Is a constant source of mystery and entertainment. While the Senga lese soldier may look at the American until hi eyes stick out, to the American negro stevedore, "the Sengalese is a three-ringed circus. Here is one of the stock Army stories told on the American negro the first time he met a Sengalese. The big trans- (4'nncluded on Pace 3. Column V WATCH HOLLAND ( VaW Erfort Made lo Identify Those or Pro-German Sympathies and End Talk of Seditious Nature. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. March 14. I (Special.) A a test of loyalty to the United States and to weed out and Identify If possible those of pro-Ger man sympathies in this community, every resident of Castle Kock today was compelled to pass before the flag and salute It. The demonstration was arranged by a committee of citizen. Not one person refused to pay honor to the Stars and Stripes, and only one or two betrayed reluctance In giving the salute. As a result of todays pa triotic demonstration many upon whom suspicion of disloyalty waa fixed vin dicated themselves. This Is only the beginning of a move to eradicate pro-German and seditious" talk In this community. At 3 P. M. all business houses were closed and every resident of Castle Rock gathered on Cowlitx avenue, School children carrying flags and ban ners marched by in parade. Then the band, ted by Mayor O. K. Wolf, played patriotic airs, and America" wa sung by all. Castle Rock has a population close to 1100 people. CZAR'S MOTHER DESTITUTE Former Dowager Empress Maria Feodorova Asks Assistance. LONDON. March 14. The former dowager Empress Maria Feodorova has applied to the Council of Commissaries for assistance, a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd reports. She declare ahe Is destitute in consequence of the con fiscation of the funds of the imperial family. Maria Feodorova is the mother of the ex-Czar. The formen Dowager Empress is a Dane, and daughter of the late King Christian IX of Denmark, and widow of the Russian Emperor Alexander III. Although the Russian royal family was deprived of hundreds or millions of dollars" worth of" property by the provisional government, it was left substantial means of support. The Bolsheviki. however, have been con fiscating virtually all property, and it is probably because of their com paratively recent activities in the way of seizures that the Dowager Empress now finds herself pejiniless. WHAT rRl'SSIAMSM MEANS. The action of the German armies in Belgium, in Poland and in Northern France have blotted the record 'of humanity. The evidence in the case Is set forth in an official book Just published by the United States Government. ( A copy of this book, will be sent free to-any reader-of The Orrgonlan. To secure a copy of this free book, send your name and ad dress with a 2-cent stamp for return postage to The Portland Orcgonian Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskln, Director, Washington, D. C. Ask for "Ger man War Practices." PULL A LITTLE CAMOUFLAGE Army Strikes at Heart of Country. STRONG FORCE OCCUPIES ABO Oil Territory of Roumania Is Ceded to Hungary. TEUTON PRESS DISTURBED Sonic Newspapers Profess lo See Cause for Uneasiness in Disintc- " gration of Russia Benefits May Accrnc to Allies. PETROGRAD, March 13. A strong German detachment Is reported to have occupied Abo, on the coast of Finland, west of Helsingfors. The Germans immediately began to march into the interior of Finland. BERLIN, via London, March 14. The German troops which occupied Odessa were sent in agreement with the Rou manian government, today's army head quarters statement announces. The statement reads: "Eastern war theater German troops which, in agreement with the Rouma nian government, had been sent against Odessa from Braila by way of Galatz and Benderi, have occupied Odessa afte a battle with bands near Moldowanka. Austrian Troopa Follow Thcy were followed by Austro-Hun garian troops coming from Zlimerinka. AMSTERDAM. March 13. There ha been an intensification of the fighting In the Ukraine, where the ranks of.the Maximalist commands are receiving re inforcements from bodies of Czech and Austrian deserters, according to a Ber lin dispatch to the Rhelnische West fallische Zeitung. The Germans, the dispatch adds, have been frequently engaged In furious bat ties with bodies of such men, and when they fall into German hands they are shot AMSTERDAM, March 14. The Deutsche Tage Zeitung of Berli prints a Vienna dispatch to the effec that the Roumanian oil fields will be ceded territorially to Hungary. Joint Control Announced. They will be administered under Joint German, Austro-Hungarian, Rou roanian and Bulgarian control board. The oil production will be divided in proportions to be settled later. AMSTERDAM, March 13. Some sec tions of the German press are becom ing uneasy over developments in the Far East. The Frankfurter Zeitung considers that the breaking up of Russia into number of independent states is a bad policy for Germany and urges that the greatest tact and prudence be used in dealing with the border states so that (Concluded on Pass Column 1.) ON THE KAISER. Inquiry Shows That Cars Have Been Held in Yards for Months AVith out Unloading or Loading. OLTMPIA, Wash., March 14. (Spe cial.) After an extended investigation in which it was discovered that Seattle shippers have been blockading traffic for months and causing costly conges tion in freight yards by holding cars for indefinite periods, the Public Serv ice Commission today put all intrastate shipping in Seattle yards under a max imum time limit of 48 hours for load ing or unloading. On car shipments within the terminal limits the time limit is 24 hours. J. J. McCullough, terminal superintendent, is invested with full power by the commission to enforce the new regulations, which be come effective at noon April 1. Where shippers deliberately violate the new rules . railroad companies will be forbidden to furnish them more cars pending further orders of the commis sion. If a car is not fully loaded at expiration of the time limit, it will be unloaded again at the shipper's ex pense and risk, and the car reconsigned to another shipper. Shipments arriving at Seattle and not unloaded In time will be handled in the same way at the most convenient point for the car rier. As a solution of a system whereby brokers have been using cars for stor age purposes by purported transfers of consignments andpaying slight switch ing charges, the commission ordered that cars should be spotted at but one point for unloading. If the consignee dues not unload it at that point within the limit, the work will be done at his expense and risk of penalty.' Nearly 5000 loaded cars held up with freight consigned to Seattle, and 1776 empty cars are at the terminal. Hun dreds of cars that have been held at Seattle for months have been traced out and released lately by commission inspectors. SWEATER RECORD LOWER Mrs. William R. Kennedy Knits Gar ment in Seven and a Half Hours. ABERDEEN, Wash., March 14 (Special.) Fifteen minutes lias been lopped off Mrs. Jacob Verheyen's rec ord of 1 hours and 45 minutes for knit ting a sweater by Mrs. William R. Ken nedy, this city, who now holds the Grays Harbor speed title for sweater knitting and perhaps the championship of the Northwest. The sweater upon which she made her . speed record was the 20th which she has completed. Besides these she has knitted five pairs of wristlets and two helmets. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6 j.'l degrees; minimum. 40.6 degrees. TODAY'S Ruin; strong southeasterly winds. War. Americana' odd ways excite wonder of Euro pean soldiers. Page 1. Heavy artillery action In progress along French front. Page . British hospital ship Guilford Castle, with 4."0 wounded aboard, torpedoed in Bristol Channel, but escapes. Page 4. v British will follow German plan and dia tribute Teuton prisoners of war over dis tricts raided by air-flcets. Page o. President requests Secretary Baker to take up casualty. list matter with General Pershing. Page 13. Rigid censorship regarding casualty lists criticised. Page 4. xetary Baker is busy man attending con ferences in Paris. Page 6. Foreign. Bolo Pasha. French traitor sentenced to death, loses appeal. Page 3. Allies will take over million tons of DuLca shipping. Page 1. Switzerland Insists on neutrality being rec ognized unconditionally. Page 2. Intervention in Siberia expected to he prompt if Raaatan Soviets accept Ger many's peace terms. Page 6. German army begins invasion of Finland. Page 1. Austria-Hungary's dual monarchy described by Gerard as a jumble of races. Page o. National. War Department adopts policy of taking Congress into its confidence. Page 1. United States to Increase meat shipments to allies. Page 2. U. s. scientists to view June eclipse of sun t Baker. Page 4. Domestic. Philadelphian invents aerial torpedo, which. he says, would end war in month. Page I. Former Junkmen at high salaries and dis covery of dynamite disclosed at Hog Island Inqutrj-. Page 6. Sports. Wi.rrdl. not worrvine over Portland's 1 chances In pennant race. Page IS. Rose City Park bowlers win inter-club title. Page 18. Shockley appointed athletic director at Fort Stevens. Page 18. Portland Revolver Club tied with Boston and Denver for second place. Page 18. Northweat. AH in Castle Rock required to salute flag as test of loyalty. Page 1. Seattle freight congestion to end through penalizing shippers. Page 1. Unmarried Hood River minister Involved In suit for divorce. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Seattle firm to construct Portland munici pal pier at cost or 4u.3.s. page 14. Portland to be name of new towboat to be built. Page 14. Food Adminiatration urges increased produc tion of poultry. Page is. orn ana oats DreaK anarpiy in tnicago market. Page 1. Advance in coalers strengthens Jew York stock list. Page 19.- Portland and Vicinity. C. Freeman chosen director of publicity for third, liberty loan campaign. Page 13. Six-cent fare upheld by court. Page 9. German enemy aliens must report -change of residence. Page 0. Wife waits five years for spouse's return and then sues for divorce. Page s. Portland boards issue calls for. class 1 reg istrants. Page 5. Oregon dairymen consider using ranches to gro grain crops. Page: 14. Distribution of Pastor Russell's books pro hibited. Page 7. Mra. Alvlna Johnsonrenews fight for cus tody of 15-year-old daughter. Page 20. Liberty loan slogan and recording device chosen, but awards withheld. Page It. W. W. Mcl'redie flics candidacy for Circuit Judf eahip lo Multnomah County. Page 7. Legislators to Keep in Touch With Fighting. JOINT MEETINGS WILL BE HELD Senate and House Committees Now Welcome. RECENT ATTACK ANSWERED Concession to Lawmakers Sequel to Investigation of Army Affairs and Attendant Flood of Bitter. Criticism. WASHINGTON", March 14. The Ad ministration formally embarked today on a policy of taking Congress com pletely into its confidence as to the progress of war preparations and de velopments on the fighting front in Europe. At the invitation of Acting Secretary Crowell. members of the Senate mili tary committee were in session at the War Department for nearly two hours with the full membership of the War Council, and beginning next week will meet with that body every Saturday morning. Members of the House committee will meet with the council tomorrow and a similar arrangement for weekly meet ings will be made with that committee. Probably a large room will be obtained later so that the committees of both houses may be received in joint session. Demand of Congresa Met. Thus the War Department meets thfc insistent demand of Congress for greater share in the conduct of the war and removes, the real cause which led the Senate committee's prolonged in vestigation of the Army with its at tendant bitter criticism- ft was pointed out today that mem bers of Congress now would "know first hand about current developments, in stead of getting information months late through the examination of wit nesses, and could make their criticisms at a (time when they would count. Movements for the creation of a joint congressional committee on tho con duct of the war have been suppressed by President Wilson's unalterable op position to interference with the powern and duties entrusted to the executive by the constitution. Conference May Solve Problem. Through the conferences now started, however, it i.s suggested that the regular committees acting in full har mony with the executive officials will be able to accomplish all and probably more toward keeping Congress in touch with what Is going on than would have been possible under the special com mittee plan. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who has led in much of the Senate critic ism of the War Department, was rank ing Democratic member present today in the absence of Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, the chairman. 'The session tday was very satis factory, Saa9or Hitchcock said. Ihe department has reduced everything to diagrams showing the present status in each branch and progress being made." Questions Frankly Answered. Senator Hitchcock added that all questions asked by the Senators had been answered fully by the men who ire in direct charge of the work, frank y disclosing every clement of the war work in which the department was be- tt.'oncluded on Page 2 Column a.) CONDITIONS IN GERMANY TO BE SET FORTH IN THE OREGONIAN. On Sunday, March 17, The Oregonian will begin daily pub lication of a highly important series of articles revealing Ger many's condition today. For five months representatives of the New York World on Ger many's borders and agents with- J in her borders have been gather- J ing the facts for these articles, for whose publication in Port land the sole right is held by The Oregonian. They embrace practically every phase of Ger many today Man Power Food Clothing Imperial Finance ; Socialism Overorganization Foreign Trade; Economic War and Mark Exchange Railroads Effects of Embargo Priva tions of the People Military Situation, etc. There will be 20 of these articles and altogether they will give a remarkable amount of information concern ing Germany's present condition and ner prospects, i uDiicauon will begin on Sunday, March 17, and the articles will appear daily in 'The Oregonian thereafter.