Till: MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1918. ALL JERUSALEM HOW ON RATIONS FORMER !RS. DREXEL WEDS BRITISH ARMV OFFICER. .Temporary Relief Afforded -Thousands of Destitute by Soup Kitchens. CONDITIONS BAD IN SYRIA x ' ' ' - 111 Mefagrr TrIL ' Famine nred Tarklsh Craeliir '' Lob la Palrllne Coolrlbuie TUelr ihare ol Succor. 'n. Krypt. Marvh 1.. iHy th Uiat.d IT...-H-A. th British mr Palestine advances. rfueee from j:tagce evacuated by th Turk r Ui'tmg southward. -Many of th Inhabitant hav been reduced to pitiable circumstances. In .-irt condition ar vn cm. Stories .rf Iim.n. and fresh Turkish rrurltle ,e narMiol by thoa who hav mad ilr escape- The American committee for Ar ...nian and Syrian relief has tb lthrd station In Jerusalem. Bethlehem. Jaffa. H'bron and several otner cme A Palestine. Tbre orphanage are be tas equipped In Jerusalem by the com- .,(.. tn aaeiter & rhlMran. lalcii was stripped of supplies l.v ma Turk and left In a atata of Iso lation, mfif to damag to tha railway and when tha relief work begun the sooeer people were reduced to eat- isg refuse. MM) llvottfat f-eraaaa fed. KtfDhtn Trowbrl.lge. of Brooklyn Cairo representative of tlie Armenian and j"rian relief commute. ald today tbal lb wbola city of Jrualm wa .,or beirta- rationed by th commute. i np kitchen are temporarily feed ing destitute feeon. ti irinir. of tb British army I inrruiim th are In which relief measure ar necessary. Many rfu see (mm Jaffa, deported by th Turk to Reihl'hem. hav died from th et feet of their treatment at th handa tf th Turk. In J-rul.m there are Armenian mile from Adana and trier ar large Dmben in Maaran. fltu Twelve Jew and thre Christian de roMed from Jerusalem by th Turk hav been haogd In Wmicyfc ilinics nave been eetabliehed in Jeru alem. Mr Troabri.la i'l. and ar crvwit'il. th regular hpttala bains used for wounded soldiers. rlllaaj vg.cd Mellef. Kelief Industrie hav been estab- :ht and alii veon be empvmled. plac live tboneaa. of person on th pay roils. Tha Knits military authorltiea ar erciplevmv large number for road entratn and for rocking army aftirte and samibags. ' Tha railway from Kpt. built by th Itrttteh. la heina ntilKed by th army. and lh committee haa obtained motor trttrka for forwarding foodstuff from tlx ift Mr. Trow bride, who haa Just re turned from Palestine, aald th British war waa In 0n spirit, ihoalog li pweit ronafiw-t In th comiriander. far Allenby. Junior trucks ar plating aa Impor tant pari In trie British campaign. Th Iroora hi. treated h Inhabitants conjtMeratety and rrtaa of welrom ar heard aa th battalion march by. ";rei Britain baa freed I'aleetlne." said lr. Trowbridge. "Will America assist In th industrial reconstruction? It will require ;. monthly for Im mwilat relief - 4 " wf li.ll illiT--fJ 3 BAKER FIREMEN HURT l .(!. b'.ii:m : rt.oi:a I M:tmn:DH. The- i blldeea of :dward Laraii r lame t rmtm Kent Jwat la Tlae la I'arsse lajary. :iK:i:. Or . Starch 17 (Special. ) Kre.l Here, t arl Miller and l-if Hale, three member of.th Haker flro de partment, wer badly burned In a fire that partially deetroyed th reiden of Tbomaa ijiirmsn her last night and also cam near causlnc th death of thre of th tlorman children. The children had been put to bed In ism of their brother. F.dward. who had vona to aleep on a lounge. Ha wa aaakened by th amok atid Juet had time to carry th children to a plac of eafetv when an exploaion occurred. tauaed by escaping ga. that drove the flame to all parts of th house. Th firemen arrived Just before th evpioalon l plat and wer enter Ing the ur when It occurred. Th fore of th bUst drov them back ward and lha flames burned their facea and band ar!r. After a hard fight bv th other member of th de partment th fir wa finally subdued- Trie burned firemen wer taken to hospital. MANY ARE HONORED Nervy Americans Win French French War Crosses. MEN'S ENERGY COMMENDED ( rrlaie Carrie DUpatclica Tlirongh Canal nof I'lrc Two SoMlor Meow Coolnr anil Courage of Hardened Veteran. E RESIDENTS FLEE u nit t rn: i riic at Aim TT K. UplaKaa eeala Kateer sM (eppella la i'atkerlaad Tbal D al fa Kad : a paw It low. liKXKVA. March 14. Report reach tug here frm Sermaay aay that panic bae been brought about by tha llrillea ar1at attack oa lirrmin towns. At Coblent. according to a Basel dispatch, an ammunition factory wa blown as. The railway eiattua at rnbourg era aaatn baly damaged. J laa traveler report that many reatiteal ol th principal Khln cities ar moving to Central Oermany add awttserlarMt. They say opinion t g row -ing agalaM roatiaaattoa cf Oermaa air raid. Aat.TKRtAM. March I. A Bertta di-eau-h say that la February eotant aviator mad 2 1 attack oa German towns. Trva waa raided three tune, and &arbrvken. Mannheim and fir maeena o ace ac ri. Whii no military damage wa au. th dispatch says, a consider. al amount of damage wa don to prtvat property. Twelv prona wer killed and i Injured. i. biplane fell into th bande of tha Uermaaa tthr attacks wer directed again! industrial aiatrtet in Lorraln. Luxcra burg. bar aad aloaoli. t.lautenant lla.hi.apa. of th I'ahan army, rwi-eotlv attained a feight of ;: meter l.'istt fret ta aa Italian air pLaa. aaountma t this altltiuia In aa. antes. Thia a clataved aa tb world altitude record. iHi lh Assoclalsd Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT IX ritAN'OU. Krlday. March 1. American soldier ervlng In lh sector t ol l.unevlll hav again been honored by lh French government for heroin con duct on lh field of battle. War crosae bav been conferred upon them. Among those thus decorated were: lrivate Klmer McDonough. of Kel logg. Minn., attached to a certain bat tery of field artltlery. who Tumilcd hi mission. carrying dispatches through a heavy f Ireland fell glori ously at hi post of combat. Coaraa bawa 1 ader Klre. Sergeant Raymond Uulnlan. St. ful. Minn.; I'rlvate JInille Kraft. St. Paul: Charles rsnlel-on. Storm Latke, la.; t'harles Mrlurhlln. of Hutchin son. Minn.: Walter rtmlth. of Hutchin son. Miaa.: Hareey A. McPeak. llen wiek. la : Floyd K. Leseman. I'eacoj,t. W l.; Nicholas klcOaughrvn. Bt. I'aul: Joryt A. IJadner. Xw JTagu. Minn. "Soldier of fin energy, having given proof sine their entry Into th line of great courage nnder fire: wounded at their post of combat. Infantry unit Corporal Homr Whlted. Reese mrr. Ala.: "struck down an anemy who attempted to kill nim after making lo urrendr"; Trlvat A mo Teske. Cosl Valley. Ala "coura geous and wl!-d!elp!tnd soldier who aided lh French en patrol to capture two prisoners." Mr Llkt Hardened Vetera. Corporal Iwla A. Hlmona. Kl Reno. tkta.. and ITIvate A. liellx. Cnlonvllle. Ia howed coolnesa and courage of war-hardened veteran. erlouly wounded In repulsing attack. Trench molar unit riergeanl w "tout, of Baltimore, "continued to Are n gun. directing men under heavy Bra." Corporal Rusaell A. Tamell. of Swarthmor. 'aerlously wounded but remained at hla pot of combat." ITIvate Jamea K. I'olt. Baltimore, "mortally wounded while serving hi niece under heavy fire." Corporal Joseph X. Walker. ' Balti more, and Thorn W. Pporner. Balti more, "continued to fir their piece under violent bomhardmnt." Photo Copyright by Underwood. MR. BRINM.KY FITZGERALD. This Is the latest photograph of Mrs. I Rrlnsley Fitzgerald, a former American I who I now a British subject through her marriage to Colonel Brinsley Fitz gerald, of the Brillsh army. Mr. Fltz-I uerald was previously married to An- I thony Drexel r.nd beforj her marriage to h'm waa Ml Margaret Armstrong. of Philadelphia. Colonel Fitsgerald ha won distinc tion in Ihi war. He has already been awarded th urder of the Itath for his service at the front In France. He alo served in III South African war with a Yeomanry regiment and on the staff of General French. He went to France early in this war as private secretary to General trench. Japan gives such a promise we must I assume she will keep it." The I'aily News remarks: "The case against Intervention rests vn fears or the effect It would have I on jiusMa nersen. ir. any eaieguarcis i or guarantees can be adopted to allay. RUMtla's suspicions, there Is an over-1 whelming esse for adopting them."- "The House of Commons should b I very critical of proposals of Japanexe Intervention without the clear consent of responsible Russians. say the Llv- I rpool Post. Th Manchester Guardian says: "If we are to help Russia. It can only be in co-operation with her govern-1 mrnt. President Wilson sees this! clearly. "Mr. Balfour disposed of all objec tion to Japanese intervention, says I the Times. "Tho great factor needed! is that Japan should enrTr Russia with the concurrence, not only of all the I allies, but. If possible, with the ap-1 proval of those elements in Russia who! arc determined to offer unyielding re-1 sistance to German domination. NIKOLAYEV IS CAPTURED C"r.ntlnuerl Knm Kirn? Tar ) TEUTONS ORGANIZE MEN l foe Mn -led '-"m First Pare bi press of the capital I advocating Intervention in Liberia In co-operation with th entente allies and China, not directed against Russia, but aa an ally loyal to th Russian, wishing to save th country. one of th moat out spoken paper is th Kukumln Khlmbun. ownd and edited by tlchtro TokutomL a rlos personal friend of th Premier. Japan realises. It I authoritatively lated. that If th I'nlted States de cline It aupport. the situation will be xtremrlv delicate, because financial and material assistance must come from America. Any feeling of distrust or unfriendliness seems to be lacking. A a matter of fart, a larg aertlon of Influential men in Japan favor the American viewpoint, while only a few Chauvinist Jeer at Premier Terauchl and Foreign Minister Motono aa being under American influence. - Caallaa la Ad vacated. leading men. such aa Baron fihlbu- aawa. president of th Amertcan-Japa- Aaaociatlon for th commercial section, and Tuklo oaakl. leader of th Constitutional party, for th "out. ad vocal extreme caution. They say that first II I absolutely necessary for all of Russia and th rest of th world to understand that Japan Is engaged In no Chauvinistic adventur and desires nothing mor than to safeguard the Far tUst. assist th entente alile and. If possible, aave Russia from Herman domination. Tb Chinese problem I on of lh oat verlou features. It la recognised that thia I China great opportunity, and Japan la urging the leader In the north and south to ttl their differ row by a sound compromise, form l capabl national government at Pekln. and join Japan and th sllle in guard ing th frontiers aad helping Russia. BHITIoH PRKSS I RGF.S C.WTIOX three Russian torpedo boats and some mine sweepers. LOXDOX. March 1". The Reuter's Limited correspondent at Petrograd says that strong detachments of the Red army on Friday night arrested regiment of the PrlobraJInsky Guards on suspicion of counter-revolutionary designs. M. Joffe. who was chairman of the Russian peace delegation at Brest- I.ltuvsk. has been aftyointed Rassian Ambassador at Berlin. IX)XDOX, March 17. German officers have been "Invited" to organize army In Ukraine, according to a dis patch from the official Russian news agency, which says this information is from an official Austrian source. Intervention In Siberia tty Japan abjert of Comment. IaiNIhA. March 17. Considerable spec i devoted by th newspaper to comment on th adires mad by tor- it Minister Arthur Balfour In the House of Common on the subject of Japanese Intervention In Siberia. The Chronlcl s)s: "Mr tlalfnuc indicated tha noaaibtlltv Vat Japan might. gtv promise to r oect th territorial integrity of Rus ts, li Insisted very propoly. that if MOSCOW TO IJKCOME CAPITAL Ita-siau Soviet Approve Transfer. Peace Treaty ItaHfiod. MOSCOW. March IS. Th all-Rus sian congress of soviet adjourned this evening after having approved of the removal of the capital to Moscow and voting to elect a new central executive committee to consist of 300 members. M. Sverdloff. of the central executive committee. In the closing speech at the congress, said it was unfortunate that such a peace had to be ratified, but he hoped the Russian proletariat would soon come into Its own and regain its lost position. He pointed out to the departing members of the congress the urgent necessity for organisation for the defense of the fatherland and re sistance to the enemy's attack, "which may come suddenly sooner than many may expect." MOSCOW. March 15. At the session today of the all-Russian soviet con grese. M. Sverdloff, of the central ex ecutive committee, read the message sent to the Russians early this month, on behalf of American labor, by Sam uel Uomper. in which the assistance of the working people of America was p-onilsed lo the Russians. The message. which was read before the vote in rati fication of the peace treaty was taken, evoked considerable applause. Xo reply was sent, as M. Sverdloff said the message to th American peo ple In response to President Wilson's proclamation was sufficient. Easter anthems that will delight lovers of sacred music The approach of Easter brings with it the desire for the beauti ful anthems and other music' of Eastertide. . ' i . 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On this account further help by the Germans Is said to be urgently seeded. STOCKHOLM. March IT. Communi cation with Hclatngfnrs and other points la Southern Finland has been broken. The Germans are believed to have cut th cable between Sweden and th Aland Islands. rKTROllRAn, Friday, March li. Th Finnish Council is prepared to ar range a compromise with the Germans. Berlin Donics Demanding Liberation of IgoK Mendi's Crew. LOXDOX, March IT. A Reuter's Lim ited dispatch from Copenhagen says It is authoritatively denied that Germany has sent an ultimatum to Denmark de manding the liberation of the crew of tha former Spanish steamer Igrotz Mendl. The Igots Mendl was captured some time sko by the German sea raider Wolf and went aground on the coast of Denmark while trying to reach a Ger man port w ith a German prize crew and prisoners on board. The prise crew was made prisoner by the Danish authori ties and the steamer declared to be Spanish -property. COLSHEVIKI THRl'ST IXTO JAIL Siberian Coaeks Disarm Red Guard and Absorb All I'nlis. PEKIXG. Saturday. March 1. An authoritative dispatch from Blagovest- chensk. in Siberia, 300 miles north of H.rhin riled Mnech K. aava all Rolshe- lk leaders. Including the president or the local Soviet, have been imprisoned by Cossacks. The Bolshevik troops. consisting of reserve regiments of Red Guards, were disarmed and ordered restored. A Renter dispatch from London, re- reived Saturday, quoted reports to the effect that Maximalists had murdered 150 Japanese at Blagovestchensk. , YOUTH OF 73 IS DANGER JOHi C. MACDOl'GAL -AXD WIFE, OF SEATTLE. LEAR V NEW STEPS. Belgian Conditions Revealed. ' WASHINGTON. March 17. A new picture of the terible conditions in Belgium and the occupied parts of France was given Saturday in a further appeal by the commission for relief in Belgium and the Red Cross for five thousand tons of clothing to relieve acute distress. The Red Cross has agreed to collect the garments in the week beginning Monday. Vskos Order of Pioneers Hear Redhot Argument Against Giving "Smoker" Instead of Real Party. SEATTLE, Wash., March 17. (Spe cial.) The Tukon Order of Pioneers will hold an informal dance In the Knights of Pythias Hall, First avenue and Pike street, on the evening: of March 21. Back of this announcement is the atory of a "red-hot" argument which took place at a recent meeting of the society, and at which John C. Macdougall. the 73-year-young -pro-prletor of the Macdougall Transfer Company, earnestly pleaded that the young men of the order De given a chance to show tome speed and not be relegated to the rear by the older members, who wanted to make the entertainment a "smok6r. John C. Macdougall was born in On tario, and as his name implies, came of hardy Scotch ancestry. He went to California in 1865, dug two fortunes out of the mines of that state and Mexico, lost them and when the Alaska rush started, loaded a team of horses on board a ship and went North, where he operated a transfer business. Return ing to Seattle, he established his present business in 1900, with one team. .While in California Mr. Macdougall married a native daughter of that state, and when the couple came to Seattle they decided they wanted again to take up the dances of their younger days'. During the years that had passed dancing, like almost every other thing, had changed, so when the venerable yaung couple tried to dance they found themselves behind the times and out o' date. There were two things to do learn the new dances or give urj and Mr. and Mrs. Macdougall do not come of the "give up" kind of people, eo they began attending dancing school. Conn., author and playwright, and on a special mission in the Pacific North west as a sphagnum moss collector for the American Red Cross, was killed at Murrayville, B. C, late yesterday when a train struck his automobile. A. McPhee, driver of the car, was seriously injured. Mr. Smith was touring this section of the country to obtain quantities of sphagnum moss to be used as medic inal dressing by the Red Cross. The body is at Murrayville. , VICTIMS ARE CAST ADRIFT Germans Leave Sink Danish Ship Men to Fate. and LONDON, March 17. The sinking out side the German danger zone two days ago by a German submarine of the Dan isji steamship Randelsborg, 1551 tons gross, is reported in an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Copenhagen. The Germans seized all food on board and carried off the captain of the ves sel. They promised to tow the boats to Norway, but Instead of doing so left the men to their fate. British women are taking up the cul ture of herbs. 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