THE aiORXIXG OREGOXTAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1913.
AUSTRIA LOOKS TO
WILSON FOR RELIEF
Arrival of President Abroad
Cheers Hungry Thousands.
PEACE DECLARED TOO LATE
Profiteers Fatten Purses Off Rich,
Willie Poor and Middle Classes
Clamor for Existence.
BY BEATRICE EASKERVUXE.
XCopyriKht. by Press Publishing Company,
the New York World. Published by ar
rangement.) VIENNA. Dec 17. (Special.) "Presi
dent "Wilson's landing in Europe and
Marshal Foch'a official statement re
garding food committees were two
pieces of news which cheered us
Viennese more than anything we had
beard in a long while."
So spoke a Viennese doctor to the
World correspondent today. Like many
others formerly well-fed he has lost
more than 30 pounds in weight since
the outbreak of the war. Poor people
have lost much more.
"President Wilson Is our main re
liance and hope," the doctor added. "Ha
Is the saint to whom Germans and
Austrians of all religious creeds ad
dress their prayers in these, days."
Capital Greatly Depressed.
Vienna certainly needs food more
tirgently than ever. And it needs every
thing else from coal to clothing and
from transports to soap. The only com
modity of which there Is not serious
shortage is paper. It Is impossible to
realize from the newspaper accounts
the depths of depression end exhaus
tion to which the Austrian capital has
been reduced. Not until you travel
through the country can you under
stand how desperately it needs every
thing by which man lives.
Only the fear of German Invasion
could have kept the armies In the field
until last October. All but the rich are
now existing on dry, bread. Swedish
frozen sauer kraut and sugar beets, al
though the beet is almost a luxury.
In the poor districts people are
trying to exist on a ration of a pound
of potatoes per person each week and
a. bread ration lately raised to one
pound and three quarters. Thousands
can get nothing except bread. It is
doubtful if the extra ration can be con
tinued, for the local grain stocks can
not possibly last beyond the middle of
January.
Profiteers Fatten Purses.
"Acorn coffee" replaces the real
thing. Dried oak leaves are the sub
stitute for tobacco and dried hickory
ond strawberry leaves serve for tea.
Even such luxuries are not for the 70,
000 unemployed in the city or even for
the middle class. The ration of fat
ha3 dropped to ope ounce and one quar
ter a week. Flour is sold by the prof
iteers to the rich at from 2.50 to J3.00
a pound.
Before the coal famine, when thou
sands of men and women were thrown
out of work, factory workers could af
ford a few ounces of meat on Sunday.
Now the working classes share the
miseries of starvation which have been
long the lot of the middle classes.
Just now the government allows the
unemployed workman $1.20 daily. It
cannot afford to give more, but at pres
ent prices this is hardly enough for
bread. Vienna gas works can use coal
only from Ostrau in Bohemia.
Coal Shortage la Acute.
As the Bohemians are refusing to
eend enough coal, the gas works can
give to each household barely sufficient
gas to cook for two hours or to light
one burner for five hours daily.
Poorer houses have no electric light
and candles which were lationed at
one per head monthly are now unob
tainable. So hundreds of families must
choose between making soup of frozen
sauer kraut and water in darkness or
enjoy a minimum of light for five
hours, without any warm food. The
mortality among children of more than
one year, who get milk. Is appalling.
The government raised the bread ra
tion to prevent the death by starvation
of thousands of people. It was hoped
that arrangements might be made for
food from the allies before this time.
Vnless such relief shall come soon
actual starvation will be inevitable for
thousands.
Vienna Now a Desert.
Such a condition may lead to Bol
shevism. Agitators who have been
trying to stir It up have so far not
been successful but one cannot fore
tell the effects of the stoppage of
bread supplies upon a multitude of
utarvlng poor who have been already
hard tried.
Once a flourishing center of food.
Vienna is now a desert, having been
cut off from former sources of sup
plies by the breaking up of the Haps
burg Empire and with no Hinterland
upon which to draw. Industries hate
also lapsed through lack of coal and
f raw materials.
"We welcome President Wilson's ar
rival In Eupore," a high official said to
me today, "because we hope he will
appreciate our viewpoint regarding
German Bohemia, which is that It be
longs to German Austria. Prague is
telling us daily that this is not so, but
we thing President Wilson's 14 peace
points give us certain rights there; we
know that a plebiscite would declare in
favor of joining with us.
Peace Comes Too ILate.
"Without food or fuel Vienna can
not exist. We must have a confeder
ation of all the parts of the late Haps
burg empire or we must Join Germany.
Czechs. Poles and Jungo-Slavs refused
to join a confederation in the last days
of the empire, and we concluded to join
Germany. We must do so unless the
allies may persuade the non-German
nationalists to join in a federation.
"In old Austria everything came too
late; peace came too late. Now Austria
ought to use its opportunities while
there is time."
Obituary.
KELSO, Wash., Dec. 17. (Special.)
James R. Catlin, one of Cowlitz
County's most prominent citizens and
former Representative in the state Leg
islature, was a victim of pneumonia,
following influenza, Friday morning at
bis home on the West Side. Mr. Catlin
was a member of the 1913 and 1915
Legislatures, and was one of the lead
ers in those bodies, taking a particu
lar interest in the dry cause. He was
a native of this county, having been
born at Freeport, February 6, 1876, and
spent all his life here, devoting most
of his time to his large farming inter
ests in this vicinity. For the past six
years he has been vice-president of tho
Kelso State Bank.
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EUGENE. Or., Dec. 17. (Special.)
The runeral or Rev. Henry S. Champie,
who died in McMinnville Friday of in
fluenza, was held here this afternoon,
with interment in the I. O. O. F. Cem
etery. Mr. Champie was widely and
' well known In this vicinity, where he
has several relatives. He was a gradu-
4 .te of the Eugene Bible University and
active In church circles during his resi
dence here.
EUGENE. Or., Dec 17. (Special.)
The funeral of C. H. Baughman, who
died at Ashland December 15. was held
this morning at the Pleasant Hill Cem
etery, nine miles southeast of this city.
Mr. Baughman, who was a victim of
influenza, was a former superintendent
of schools in Lane County, and had
been teaching at Talent. Oregon, prior
to his death. His brother died of In
fluenza at Harrison. Idaho, last week.
Mrs. Benjamin Trenkman, 36, died of
pneumonia Sunday r.ight at her home.
535 College street. She is survived by
her husband and one daughter. Ninon,
besides her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Shofner, of Sonoma, CaL; three broth
ers, Wesley Shofner, a student at An
napolis; W. C. Shofner, of Rainier, Or.,
and Henry 'B. Shofner, of Portland; a
sister, Mrs. B. E. Lemons, of El Centro.
Cal. ; and her grandmother, Mrs. Fran
cis Jackson, of Portland Funeral ar
rangements have not been completed.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Dec 17.
(Special.) Mrs. Veta Veatch Trask,
wife of Bert Trask. died at 3 o'clock
Monday morning of influenza, from
which she had been suffering for two
weeks. The funeral . will be held
Wednesday afternoon from the chap
el. Rev. Joseph Knotts officiating. Mrs.
Trask was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. S. Holderman. and was born hers
June 23, 1893.
Funeral services for TJlysses S. Wyn
koop, 14 years of age, who died Sat
urday of heart disease, will be held
from the Skewes undertaking parlors.
Third and Clay streets, at 2 o'clock
today. Interment will be In Rose
City Cemetery. Young Wynkoop was
a boy violinist, a members of the
Musicians' Mutual Association, No. 99.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Wynkoop, 407 Columbia street.
ALBA NT, Or., Dec 17. (Special.)
News of the death of Walter M. Eaton,
former civil engineer here and later
County Surveyor of Jefferson County.
Oregon, has been received by friends
here. He was a victim of Spanish in
fluenza at Cleveland. O., where he was
serving as a Second Lieutenant in the
Ordnance Department of the Army.
Lieutenant Eaton was a graduate of
the University of Oregon and resided
several years in Albany, being a mem
ber of the firm of Penland & Eaton
here. He removed from Albany to
Madras. Or., and became the first Sur
veyor of Jefferson County when It was
created.
ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.)
On the eve of the 65th anniversary of
his marriage. William H. Hiatt. resi
dent of Albany for 43 years, died at
his home here last night, aged 85 years.
He was born and reared in Indiana
and served in the Civil War. He was
for many years an active member of
McPherson Post. No. 5, Grand Army of
the Republic, of this city.
He is survived by his widow and
three children: Charles Hiatt and Mrs.
Myrtle Skein, of Albany, and Ella Lang-
lord, ol Stockton, CaL
DAMAGE AWARD REVERSED
Supreme Court Fails to Sustain
Judgment Against Railway Co.
SALEM, Or. Dec 17. (Special.) The
Supreme Court today reversed Circuit
Judge Gustav Anderson, of Baker, in
the cases of Frank Weygandt and Alon
zo V. Roblson against the O.-W. R.
& N. Company, in which damages were
were asked for the death of Weygandt
and injuries to Robison. H. H. Clifford
appeared for Weygandt as administra
tor of his estate.
A Judgment was given against the
railroad company in the lower court,
but failure to give certain instructions
asked by the company's attorney caused
a reversal. A new trial is allowed
Robison.
CAR LOOP HEARING TODAY
Council to Consider Plan to Place
Third Hall on Yamhill Street.
Hearing of the application of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany for permission to place a third
rail on car tracks on Yamhill street,
between First and Second streets, will
be held before the City Council at 2
o'clock this afternoon at the City Hall.
If permission for the wider track Is
granted by City Commissioners, the
company may loop two of the Haw
thorne bridge lines on Yamhill street,
instead of Alder, as at present.
Many persons who protested the Yam
hill loop plan are expected to make
their appearance today.
SCHOOL EQUIPMENT MOVED
Portable Buildings, TTsed for Stu
dent Army, to Be Returned.
Removal of 10 portable buildings
from the Washington High School
grounds to the Benson school building
was begun yesterday.
The Student Army Training Corps,
which has had possession of the Ben
son school since June, has been mus
tered out and by December 21 the re
maining officers and members will
have left the building. The portable
schools will be taken to the more con
gested centers,' among which are Ala
meda, Arleta, Rose City Park and St.
Johns school districts.
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INSURANCE FIRMS STABLE
WAR AND EPIDEMIC LEAD TO
COMPILATION OF DATA.
State Commissioner Prepares Fig
ures Showing Great He
serve Total.
SALEM, Or, Dec. 17. (Special.) In
quiries from numerous Oregon people
as to the reserves of insurance com
panies doing business In this State.
and as to whether or not the companies
would be able to withstand the shock
of the influenza epidemic, and war
service losses, has caused Insurance
Commissioner Wells to compile statis
tics in that regard as to the stability
of the companies and their ability to
withstand the losses.
Each individual company's condition
was tabulated and it was shown that
the 45 life insurance companies tran
sacting business in Oregon have over
four billions and a half in reserves for
maturing their outstanding losses, and
to protect this reserve from impair
ment, have surplus funds of over f 211,
000.000. In a statement issued today relative
to the condition of the Insurance com
panies and fraternal benefit societies
transacting business in the State as to
mortality in war service and from the
influenza epidemic. Insurance Commis
sioner Wells says:
The mortality due to war service has
been no little above the normal that a num
ber of tha lif. Insurance companies hava al
ready announced that they will pay all such
claims in full, regardless or whether per
mits lor such sen-ice had been secured or
not, and will return alt extra premiums re
ceived for war service permits.
Such companies are much more concerned
over the great loss of life throughout this
entire country from the influenza epidemic.
In some of the larger cities the mortality
from this plague reached the proportion of
7.4 per 100O of the population, covering a
period of nine weeks only.
Many policyholders are expressing con
cern as to the security of the coijipa.uiea n
which their life Insurance is placed. They
inquire if tho reserves held by such com
panies are adequate to care for such emer
gencies. I am pleased to be able to advise
them that life insurance as transacted by
the legal reserve companies operating in
this state makes ample provision for such
emergencies. Their rates are based upon
mortality tables derived from the experi
ence of life insurance companies covering
a period of many years. Epidemics were
formerly more frequent than now and no
less virulent, so the experience from which
our present tables of life insurance rates
were formulated must have Included simi
lar experience.
TAf insurance companies, for further safe-
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iAFETY
FIRST
Avoid the crowds of the de
partment stores and do your
Christmas shopping in comfort
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rrtsanS'treetaifourtlA
ty of their policyholders, maintain a surplus
of undistributed funds to provide for any
emergency. The 45 life insurance companies
transacting business In this state held re
serves for maturing their outstanding poli
cies amounting to 94.507.431.65S at the close
of last year.
To protect this reserve from Impairment
by epidemics or otherwise, they had sur
plus funds of (211,133,369, over and above
all liabilities.
These companies carry insurance for Ore
gon citizens amounting to $147,215,529. and
our successful domestic company adds $12.
640.022 to this amount. Iq additton to this,
tho Fraternal Benefit Societies had insur
ance for our citizens amounting to $94.
901.055. with reserve funds of $62,285,876 In
hand to care for their contracts. It is not
believed these societies will suffer so heav
ily from the epidemic aa insurance com
panies. OREGON CITY, Or.. Dec 17. (Spe
cial.) Funeral services over the re
mains of the late Harry Ralston Mc
Carver. of Portland, who died at the
family home In that cKv Saturdav
morning from heart failure and a stroke
or apoplexy, were conducted at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eabcock,
the latter his sister. In Oregon City,
this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Flora J. M. Xissey, whose hus
band is in France with the Tank Corns.
and her baby. Marguerite, seven months
old. died of influenza last Saturday.
The deaths occurred three hours apart.
Mrs. Hlssey has resided with her par.
rents, J!r. and Mrs. Joseph Possenber
ger, 1173 Omaha avenue, since the de
parture of her husband. She was 22
years old and had been married for
about four years.
ARMY MEN TAKE PARK
Camp Lewis Amusement Zone in
Officers Charge.
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, Wash., Dec
17. Camp authorities today took over
the affairs am administration, of
Greene Park, the" amusement zone for
soldiers, when Major-General Joseph D.
Leltch terminated the license of the
Camp Lewis Amusement Company and
revoked authority given the company
to operate by Major-General H. A.
Greene, & vear ago. Captain Robert W.
Duncan, the General announced, will
administer the affairs of the park.
General Leitch. in a statement giving
his reasons for Army control, said:
"Greene Park has been taken over
by the Army for the reason It can be
operated more economically and advan
tageously for all concerned without in
termediate civilian control."
The concessionaires will not lose un-
J der Government operation, it was said.
In ome cases profits may re cut.
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ATTACK MADE OH LEAGUE
PURPOSES OF ORGANIZATION
QUESTION KD BY ATTORNEY.
Government Witnesses Called in
Trial or Socialists Charged
Willi Espionage.
CHICAGO. Dee. 17. An -attack on
the American Protective League and
its activities was made today by At
torney Seymour Steadman. chief coun
sel for the defense at today's session
of the trial of five Soclllast leaders
charged with violation of the espion
age law.
Fred C. Hill and Mark herldan,
two members of the organization, were
called by the Government to repeat
alleged anti-war sentiments expressed
by several of the defendants at a
Socialist meeting held in Chicago on
December 21, 1917.
In cross-examining Hill. Attorney
Steadman asked a number of ques
tions regarding the American Protect
ive League and its work.
The witness testified that Rev.
Irwfn St. John Tucker delivered a fiery
anti-war address and remarked that
he expected to be arrested before the
meeting adjourned. He referred to the
huge profits of the United States Steel
Corporation and the lu Pont Powder
Company, and said the latter had pur
chased S30.000.000 worth of liberty
bonds which the workingmen would
have to pay for In the end.
The witness said Kruse referred to the
Chicago Federal buiUiing as "the tem
ple of injustice and hall of inquisi
tion." He accused President Wilson
with having used the pacifists' plat
form without giving them credit be
fore this country entered the war.
WATER SUPPLY BILLS UP
Protection of McMinnville and Myr
tle Creek Sources Approved.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Dec. 17. (Special.) Represent
ative Hwly appeared before the pnh-
LAST TIMES TODAY
Concluding; Chapters of the Astounding
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Picturing the sensational adventures that befall the strange jungleman when
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dramatic tension and contrasts of primitive love forces combating the re
straints and conventions of civilisation in every one of the hundreds of
startling situations. '
ALSO
'Hide and Seek Detectives"
Mack Sennett Comedy
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Fuss and Feathers
A rough' miner sends his motherless daughter to the
big city for "edication." She falls plump into the hands
of a clever gentleman crook who has his own ideas of
how a pretty girl should be "educated!" But Miss Hayseed
stays straight and teaches Mister Crook a thing or two.
Come and see her do it.
ALSO
"Bears and Badmen
It's a Bear of a Corned v
lie lands committee today and secured
favorable reports on two bills pending
in the House. One was Senatdr Mc
Nary's bill authorizing sale of 1200
acres of Oregon & California grant
lands to the city of McMinnville for
protection of its water supply. The
other is Representative Hawley's bill
authorizing sale of 320 acres of such
lands to the city of Myrtle Creek for
similar purposes.
Mr. Hawley also made an argument
before the committee for a favorable
report on his bill to transfer certain
railroad grant lands to the Forest Re
serve for the protection of the water
supply of Oregon City. Dallas and Cor
va'.lls. This bill was not acted on. but
was made a Epecial order for the next
meeting next week.
KLAMATH WILL LIFT BAN
Influenza Situation Reported More
Satisfactory.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Dec 17.
(Special.) The Influenza ban, which
has been over Klamath Falls for the
past two months without Intermission,
will be lifted December 28 if the gen
eral situation continues to improve at
its present rate, according to a notice
given by the local Health Board today.
The question of again opening the city,
whose long quarantine has worked a
severe hardship on the business men.
occupied the greater part of the time
of the City Council meeting last night,
and the announcement this afternoon
followed a request from the council.
No deaths have occurred since last
week.
Army Murderer Arraigned.
SAX Dl EGO. Dec. 17. Lieutenant
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E. Perry, charged with the murder of
Captain Abram I'osner. of the Slst In
fantry, was taken yesterday to Camp
Kearny for arraignment prior to his
appearance there next week for court
martial. After being arraigned he was
brought back to the County Jail. He
expressed gratification that he was not
to be tried by Army officers, rather
than in a civil court.
CHINA FOR WILSON TERMS
New Minister Has Faith In Japan's
Promise to Return Tsinr Tau.
SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. 17. Wei Sun
Tsoo. newly appointed Minister from
China , to Belgium, expressed China's
approval of President Wilson's peace
conference policies and xaith in Japan's
promise to return Tsing Tau to China.
in an authorized interview here today.
Mr. Wei arrived today on the steamer
China on his way to Paris.
"China believes, in the policies ex
pressed by rresident Wilson." Mr. Wei
Hald. discussing the coming peare con
ference at Versailles, "and also believes
in the promise made by Japan that
Tsing Tail will be returned to China,
and therefore no action is necessary by
China."
Red Cross Chairman Named.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 17. (Spe
cial.) J. 1 Sutherland has been elect
ed chairman of the Vancouver Chapter
of the ljed Cross, succeeding W. K.
Carter, who. with Mrs, Carter, will
leave soon for California. The chapter
includes all auxiliaries in both Clarke
and Skamania counties. Mr. StiiCr
land was also chairman of te war sav
ings stamp campaign.
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