VOL. LVIII. NO. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OREGON TROOPS TO START HOWIE SOON Boys of 91st and 41st Di visions Ordered Back. PERSHING GIYES OUT WORD Wild West and Sunset Units : Designated for Departure. CALIFORNIA GUARD LANDS Transport Matonia Ttrache w Tork With SS07 Men. Mntly I . JTrom Far Western Slate. Or.EGONTAN'VrTTS BtTirrAr.Wash Ington, Jan. J. Tha correspondent of Tbe-Oregonlan la In m poe-itlon to an nounce, that the 91st National Army TlrUlon. known aa the "Wild West" I'tvlston. la to return home Boon. An official dispatch from General Penn ine on the subject waa received at the War Pepartment. General Pershing haa placed both the flat Division and the 41st Division on the priority sailing list for early convoy. The official order In regard to the flat la that It shall be sent home as eon aa shipping; becomes available. The orders placlnc these two divis ions on the priority list mean that It is only a question of weeks, or a few months at most, until the people of the Northwestern states will have their aoldiar boys with them again. Cap I-ewi. Mea Rrtara. The 91st IMvlMnn "ai trained at Camp Lewis. Wash. It la composed of selective service men from Ore con. "Washington. Idaho, Montana and Cali fornia. The 41st Pivisinn is composed of National Guard Regiments from the Vest filled to war strength by drafted men mostly from Pacific Coast states. Tha Third Oregon Regiment was desig nated as tha ltZd Infantry, wben taken Into the 4 1st Division. Other infantry regiments in the division Included jruardsmen from Washington, Montana and North Dakota. Tha 911 Division was composed of the 341st. 33d. 35d and 34th In fantry Regiments, and the 3th. J4Tth mni 341th Field Artillery Regiment. Tba Jlith and 317th Field Artillery Regiments ara now understood to be In the Army of occupation. 9eal Battalion Oailtted. General rershlng'a announcement mentioning- the coming early departure ef the 1(24 Regiment stated Jhat the Second Battalion was not Included for departure. This battalion Is now in England. SUFFRAGETTES KEEP WATCH FIRES BURNING TORCHES PRESERVE FLAMES WIIEX BLAZE IS QCEXCHED. . i WORLD FRIENDSHIP Women Kindle Fire on ravement In Front of Wliite TTousc Despite Rain, Sleet and Snow. TTA5RIXCTOV. Jan. 3. A "watch fire," which "sentinels" of tha National woman's party had kept burning- in front of the White House for two days and nia-hta. throush rain, sleet ana snow, was extinguished tonight by crowd of men. some In uniform, ana later another fire, which had been lighted on the sidewalk, waa put out by the police after the heat had caused tha pavement to buckle with an accom panying explosion that could be heard several blocks away. The sentinels" lighted torches from tha blase before chemical extinguish era in tha hands oi me omcers nau completed their work and later these were used to atart in a metal wash tub another fire which waa burning lata tonight. After the stone urn In which the first flra was lighted New Year- night bad been broken several hours later by an angry crowd, a washtub was used, but his evening tha blaze waa transferred to a new stone urn. Shortly afterward apectators smashed this, scattering the embers. From these tha bonfire was started on the side walk. Official Casualty Report. TO BE ORGAN V President, in Rort cates Paris task. OLD "BALANCES" DESTROYED Intrigue and Coercion Tried and Found Wanting. IDEALS BECOME PRACTICAL New Age Opening and "New States manship Will Lift Mankind to . Higher Levels." QUARREL ENDS IN SUICIDE La, Grande Rancher, In Poor Health, Places Revolver to Ear. LA GRANDK. Or.. Jan. 3. (Special.) Herbert Speckhart. aged 25. commit ted suicide this morning: at the Speck hart ranch. He and hia wife had quar reled. The young; man reached for revolver, snapped It twice at the stove, but cot no exploripn. On the third time he turned it to hia ear and pulled the trigger. Speckhart died instantly. Mrs. Speckhart witnessed the tragedy. It Is believed Speckhart was convinced that the chambers were empty and was bluffing" when he aimed at his head. He has been in poor health for some time as the result of a serious Injury. He is survived by the widow, a small child, a father, mother and sister. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 Practically the entire 41st Division (Sunset) was Included in a list of units announced today by the War Department aa as sicned for early convoy from France. The list shows the headquarters and headquarters troop of tha 41st. the Ktst Regiment complete. l(3d com p!'te K4th complete and lCd less Second Battalion. Many I alt DeaJsaated. In all, mora than 500 officers and M.0AA men of the Sunset Division, com 15,000 MISSING ARE ALIVE British Find Many Prl.oncrs Who Xeter Were Reported by Huns. LONDON. Jan. 3. (By the Associated Press.) There are 15.t"9 more British prisoners In Germany than the British records show, so tnat a. number of men previously given up as dead or missing I ot thla war without knowing there are ROME, Jan. .1. In Parliament House a Joint reception was given President Wilson by the members of the Senate nd the Chamber of Deputies. The function was an impressive one. The large and distinguished gathering gave the President an ovation. The' Presi dent spoke as follows; Tou are bestowing- upon me an un precedented honor, which I accept be cause I believe It is extended to me as the representative of the great people for whom I speak. And I am going to take this first opportunity to cay horn- seriously the heart of the American people has been with Italy. "We have seemed no doubt indifferent at times, but our hearts have never been far, away. All sorts of tics have long; bound the people of America to the people of Italy, and when the peo ple of the United States have witnessed its sacrifices, its heroic actions upon the battlefield and Its heroic endurance at home its steadfast endurance at home touching us more nearly to the quick even than its heroic action on the battlefield we have been bound by new tie of profound admiration. Right and Justice Sought. "Then back of It all, and through it all running like the golden thread that wove it together, was our knowl edge that the people of Italy had gone J Into this war for the same exalted principle of right and justice that moved our own people. "But we cannot stand In the shadow ASHINGTON'. Jan. 3. Casual ty 1 lists reported today contain 1018 names, of which 25 were killed in action. 72 died of wounds, S of acci dent, 29 of disease, 213 were wounded severely, 257 degree undetermined, 37 slightly and 45 missing in action. Fol lowing is the tabulated summary to date: Deaths Killed In action. Lost at sea Died of wounds ...... Died of altease Died of accidents and other causes GIVE BACK LINES OR EXTEND TIME. PLEA SDH 11.4.14 2.231 Total deaths .Vi.204 Wounded 1J4.0..:! Missing and prisoners.. ls.ut.- Reported. Today. Total 72 3!6 11, .' 14.&4U 59,3:!J 14.SUS 11). 030 l.-.l S42 4." 1018 203,200 will return to their homes, it was stated here today. The British had contemplated get ting the last 20,000 prisoners out of Germany within a fortnight, but the German records show that there re main in German hands 35,000 men. of whom 15.000, through the failure of the Germans to report their capture and the men'a failure to communicate with friends, had been listed as dead. RACE FOR POLE PLANNED Brltih May neat Americans in April I Air Expedition. (Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub lished by arrangement. LONDON, Dec. 3. (Special Cable.) Plana have been quietly laid for British airplane expedition to atart for tha North Pole In April, two months ahead of the proposed American expe dition. The British party will travel via dlrec- wera ordered home. Other units of the I ,n "ir crnesi tnacKieton s division are the llst and lS2d Infantry Kouth PoUr "nture, a landing place Urirad. Headouarters- Usth. 117th nH ' In course of construction at Lawe lUt Machine Gun Battalions; 1 Itth I Sound- nd wher wlt" "" things which are in some sense more difficult than those we have under taken, because, while it is easy to speak of right and justice, it is some times difficult to work them out in practice, and there win be required a purity of motives and disinterestedness of object which tha world haa never witnessed before in the councils of nations. Great Umpire Broken l'a. It Is for that reason that it seems to me you will forgive me If I lay tConciuded on Pace 3. Column 1.) Total casualties 2U2.24-J OREGON. Died of wounds .. Klmmel. Martin U fSgt.); Mrs. Jennie vjrn- niel, r-'Uo Kast Madison street, 1 or nana. Or. Wounded severely . Rouse. Delbert L. Mrs. Davis r . White, o Yamhill .street. Portland, or. Wounded slightly . Wood, Earl M., .V.22 Fifty-second street, o. K., Portland, Or. Colson, Albert R., 2S3 Norm iwnetecnin street, Portland. Or. Downey. James H., 301 V ellrsley Lsun, Portland, Or. WASHINGTON. Wennded severely Linse, John J.. Yakima. Wash. Rhodes. Albert E., Kortn ura. yyii. Ronald. John Cpl ). Roslyn, Wasft. Missing la action Boitano. Charles. Black Diamond, v asn. McDonald. Thomas A., Belllngham. Wash. Wounded, decree undetermlnea Sharpe. 1-ester E., Mt. Vernon, Wash. Mante, Kdward 11.. Hoqulam, Wash. IDAHO. Died of disease Bragg. S. P., Ward, Ala. Hounded, degree undetermineo Adams, Marlon. Buhl. Idaho. Munyon, Vernle H., Filer, Idaho. ARKANSAS. Died of disease Brown,' S. P., Zaney, Ark. CALIFORNIA. Died ef wound Fellows, O. s.. bos Angeles, Cal. Died of disease rschell, J. S. isn.i, Escondido, Cal. Dunbar, J. J., El begundo. Cal. CONNECTICUT. Died of woundh Mllann, Alfonso. New Haven, Conn. Died of disease Street. K. N., Danbury, Conn. FLORIDA. Died of disease- Morris, John, Vero, Fla. ILLINOIS. Killed In action Powell. William. Dixon, III. Died of wound Heltrlck. L. K.. Bolvlderc, 111. IHed of disease Nelson, o. 11., Ualesburg, 111. INDIANA. " Killed in action Wade. Bert. Indianapolis, Ind. Died of arounds Castaln, Johnnie. Campbellsburs, Ind. Leisure, K. H. (L.t.1. South Bend, ln. IOWA. Died of omd Griffith. L. It.. Vinton, la. Died of accitient O'Brien, W. G., Boone, la. KANSAS. Died of wounds Rice. O. W.. Hutchinson, Kan. Newcomer. C. I... KussnH, Kan. Specr, J. R. fKgt., Muscotah, Han -a lUt of disease . . Martlng. E. J., Blufr rity, 1Lrf. 1 Jensen, J. M-, Kenslmrrnti, Kan. KENTUCKY. Pied of wounds Tatum, Floyd, Waddy, Ky. Died of disease McUulre, Charle.s Waverly. Ky. Lelght, G. L., Covington, Ky. LOUISIANA. Killed In action Brier. John L... Rayville, La. Died of wounds Andrus, Willie. Opelousas. La. MASSACHUSETTS. Killed in action MePheters. H. A. (SgC), Lynn, Mass. Died or wounds Demers, A. J.. Worcester, Mass. Died of disease YounK. W. N., Worcoator, Mass. Whlltlnfffm. J. M., DorceMer. Mass. McAdoo Sees Disaster in 21 Months' Control. TEN-YEAR-OLD POILU . TO BE AN AMERICAN rorXC ADVENTURER WARD OF PETER B. KYXE. GALE TRAPS YANKS WRECKED Liu V. S. Soldier-Author Will -Takej French War Orphan to His NnrthOiJCt R ImirA Pllfe San Francisco Home. I Off Wounded From Aid. THREE REASONS ADVANCED Reduction of Rates Not Feared by Director-General. PLAY SAFE, URGES OFFICIAL Witness Declares Power to Initiate Rates Should -Be Reserved to President of Nation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Director General McAdoo, testifying- today be fore the ' Senate interstate commerce committee at the ODenine of hearings on the future policy toward railroads, was subjected to a fire of questions by Senator Cummins, of Iowa, and Senator Kelloeg-, of Minnesota, intended to de velop why Mr. McAdoo believes it in advisable to turn back the roads to private management as soon as possi- ! KEW TORK Peter B. Kyne Jan. 3. With Captain California author and soldier. Marcel, an orphan, came to America today on the troop transport Matsonia. I his 10-year-old adventurer, whose last name was not known by the 144th Artillery, which adopted him, had at tached himself to a French reg-iment, after his mother had been deported to Germany and his father had been killed in battle, and each time the poilus went over the top Marcel went along four! times against the Germans without be ing wounded. rru . 1 i , . i w., i American lorces came along iMlnnunn i-n . and Marcel met Captain Kyne. com- OIMUVV 0rmUUU5 I flANbrUH I manding Battery A, and went with the battery. The deserted poilus made rep resentations to the Americans to return l" mem, out t-aviain ivyne oo-cn-.t rrn- i.-. i .. 1 A ft fri 1 -(" 1 aniflVA1 AnSness Amaal 200 HELPLESS MEN ABOARD 2300 Soldiers Are Rescued Before Storm Strikes. ican chocolate and protested also. When the 144th embarked homeward Marcel stowed away inside a bass drum case and revealed himself three days out, only when hunger and thirst forced him out. Captain Kyne eaid he would adopt the boy and take him to San Francisco. That Unless Storm Abates Men Cannot Be Removed From Ship. AIRPLANE PLANT PROPOSED Subsidiary of General Motors Cor poration to Build Machines. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 3. Expansion of the business of the General Motors ble if Congress does not extend the I Corporation was Indicated today by the period of Federal control for five years. I chartering here of a $370,000,000 sub- Both Senators argued by implication I sidlary of the parent concern, to do a for retention by the Government of the I business in airplane, automobiles and accessories, with N. J. a plant at Harrison, aerial mail. (Concluded on Pajre 7. Column 1.) railroads for the full 21 months after the declaration of peace, as authorized by the existing law, and legislation meanwhile by Congress to provide permanent solution of the railroad proble?n. - Three Reason Are Given. Mr. TJcAdoo gave three reasons why he does r.ot believe in retaining control cf the roads for 21 months: That railroad companies already are challenging the authority of the Rail road Administration to require them to purchase certain equipment, and otherwise are not giving a full meas ure of co-operation; that some state railroad commissions threaten to dis- putethe right of the Federal manage ment to dictate intrastate rates in nor mal peace timrs, and that the uncer- 1 ainty of the future would cause a fer ment within railroad organizations particularly destructive to the morale of employes and officers. Unified Control Proposed. To Senator Cummins' comment that he thought it "little less than a crime to turn back the roads at an early date, with the standards of wages, ma terial costs and rates as they are," and that "unless the roads are given more time to prepare, it will be little short of disastrous," Mr. McAdoo replied: "T cannot foresee such a situation at all unless the state commissions and Salary of $50,000 Attached to Make HRE ISLAND, X. Y Jan. 3 riana for removal tomorrow of 1'K seriously wounded soldiers still aboard the stranded tranaport Northern Pacific were disrupted when a driving north east snow storm set In at 9::iO o'clock tonight. Coast Guard officers feared that unless the storm abated It would be impossible to take off the wounded men. As the bllzsnrd developed the lifchta of the rescue fleet standing; by outside the bar were obaenred and even the powerful Fire Island llcht, visible un der normal conditions for ten mile, could not be Been from the shore watch stations a mile away. FIRE ISLAND, N. T. Jan. 3. Except I for 200 wounded men, every one a vet eran of European battlefields, and SPEEDY FLIGHT PROPOSED! Airman Hopes to Make Fort Worth San Diego Run In Day. iuiil wukth, Tex., Jan. 3. Major more tnan nair of them helpless on T. C. McAuley, commander of Talia- their cots, all th 2000 sniriir. .hn ferro Field, will attempt to fly from were mSi,r9 nn h ,(..nj a,. Fort Worth to San Diego In one day. ,. ..,. t,..,- ' He made the round trip recently, ar'"""" wero , distance of 1500 miles, in 4 days. asnore T bo"d naval vessels at tha He is engaged in mapping routes for close ot lne secnd day or one of the most remarkable rescues in the his tory of the Atlantic Coast. When darkness began to fall, en forcing suspension of trans-shipment operations, craft of the Navy and Coast Guard had taken off the liner 3041 troops in addition to 259 soldiers and Ked Cross nurses carried ashore yester- and Dutch Governments have arrived day in surfboats and the breeches buoy. KAISER'S STATUS AGREED - British and Dutch Governments Said to Have Reached Understanding. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 3. The British at an agreement regarding the status of the former German emperor. This information was contained in a dis patch to the Telegraaf from The Hague. LANE MAY SUCCEED McADOO the Interstate Commerce Commission, (Concluded on Page 4, Column 1.) AND ALL HE ASKED FOR WAS prlalnr troopa from Oregon. Washing-! Spitsbergen, where under the ton. Idaho. Montana and Wyoming. Uon of Captain Wild, who waa Ammunition Train, llfth Supply Train, IWth 8nltrV. Train -and l4th Ambu lance Train. Tod ay 'a list also Includes the Sixth. 191st. 104th. 304th. 3"tth. Trench Mortar Batteries. 301st. Water Tank Train and 143d Aero Squadron. NEW TORK. Jan. 3. The United States Army transport Matsonia. with 3?7 officers and men. mostly from the far West, arrived her today. All of the troopa except 140 wounded, of whom St were bedridden, were sent to Camp ilerritt. N. J. Caast Tra Arrive. Among tlae units aboard were 691 men of the 113d yield Artillery. 40th Uepot Division, Including th headquar ters, supply and Companies C D. K and . seven men of the ordnance depart ment and 11 men of the medical depart ment. There also were ES officer and 1444 men of the 141th Field Artillery. 49th Depot Division and six casual com panies consisting of IS officer and 749 men. The 40th Depot Division, composed of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and California troops, waa located at Kevigney and St. Dizier when the ar mistice was aigned. Klfty per cent of the 143d's men were members of the California National Guard and will go later to the coast. Twenty-five per cent from other parts of the west wilt go to Fort Douglas, ft ah. and :0 per cent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Soldiers on tha Matsonia included Lieutenant Leon Hartow, Waco, Texas, who wears the distinguished service cross won for carrying message through shell fire and gas while a cor poral. Maay Waanard Relara. The transport Siboney with 3264 of ficers and men aboard, arrived a few hours after the Matsonia. The wounded numbered 3i. of whom 25 were ambu lance cases. The ship brought home coming units, of the 8th Division: 15 officers and 21 men of the Eighth Division of resulars; six casual com panies of II officers and S74 men and dant supplies haa been established. SPRUCE TROOPS DWINDLE Men Being Sent to Point of Enlist ment for Mustering Out. VANCOUVER." Wash.. Jan.' 3. (Spe cial.) At the rate that the soldiers in the spruce production division here ara being mustered out, practically all of them will be gone within six weeks or two months. The demobilization office force la running smoothly now and every effort is being made to return the men to their homes at the earliest possible mo ment. Troop trains are being sent out of hore frequently, carrying the men to the point closest to where they en listed, and they will be mustered out there. (Concluded on Pace 14, Column DENVER SERVICE RESUMED Poliec Prevent Further Outbreaks Over 7-Ccnt Fare. DENVER, Jan. 3. Streetcar service, which was Interrupted for several hours last night by demonstrations against the collection of a 7-cent fare by the Denver Tramway Company, was maintained tonight without serious difficulty. 1 a Policemen were stationed at the ter- I t minals In the stockyards and other in dustnai districts, ana prevented any Alt! hut-tat I HONOR TO BE PAID JOAN J Wars-hip to Fire Salnte on Maid of Orleans' Birthday. WASHINGTON". Jan. S. A naval sa lute will be fired from the guns of a win ship in New York harbor on Jan uary C in honor of the 507th anniver sary of tha birth of Joan of Arc. Secretary Daniels today approved a suggestion to this effect from the Joan of Arc committee of New York City. A SWORD AND A GUN. I 'iivrris; Tsa.&v'. x vrr . 1 t Bni t -- a . , 9 - Offer Attractive. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 3. It is reported here that Secretary Lane has been offered the director-generalship of railroads, and that to make the proposal attractive a salary of $50,000 a year is offered. j WHITE HOUSE IS REOPENED Visitors, Barred for Two Years, Are Again Admitted. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. After being closed to the public for nearly two years because of the war, the White House was reopened to visitors today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weatber. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 36 degrees; minimum, 2t degrees. TODAY'S Fair; continued cold; light north westerly winds. War. Official casualty list, race 1. Jorelirn. No Live Are Lost. The operation was completed with out an accident, except for the cap sizing of a lifeboat, and without the loss of a single life. The Long Island Coast Guard won the honors in yes terday's rescue work and performed valiant service in assisting the Navy to day. But it was the sailor men success fully maneuvering in a choppy surf who carried their khaki-clad brothers to safety today. From, early morning until dusk the rescue craft plied between the stranded troopship and the flotilla of cruisers, destroyers and tugs anchored Just out side the treacherous sandbars that brought the Northern Pacific to grief within a mile of Fire Island. All Handa Are Drenched. Light-draft submarine chasers nosed against the liner and took off ISO men at a time. The launches carried 10 to 30 at a trip and the whaleboat and llfesavers' surfboats a lesser number, according to their size. Sixteen ladders were dropped over the transport's bow and down them the ablebodied soldiers scrambled. The wounded were lowered over-side In baskets, or in a few cases where shat tered limbs had knitted, were carried down gangways to launches. Hour after hour the trans-shipments went on with a cold wind driving and spume drenching all hands. The wounded were hoisted aboard the hos- ital ship Solace, without the injury of Wil.nrw?illiP Pm nat,ons' MJ' Pre'- a man. naval officers said, and the well soldiers cumDea me siaes oi aesiroy ers, yachts and tugs, six of which to Germans In Baltic provinces give way jsoifiiieviKi. l'age 4. Herr Barth, Socialist.- puts peace first of all. rage . Tories la saddle In En&Iand with Llovd George willing horse. Page 2. Preliminary peace conference January 13 expected, rage 4. Lloyd George faces hard prohjem. Pago 2. Katioual. Admiral Rodman urges destruction of big nun witrsnips. J age o. Oregon troops to sail for home soon. Page 1. Peril in peace delays seen. Page 6. Give back railroads or extend time, says Mr. aicaooo. jrage j. Suffragettes keep watchfire burning. Page 1. Domestic. Ten-year-old poilu determined to be an American. Page 1. 2300 taken from stranded transport. Page 1. Embargo on foodstuffs ordered at three At lantic ports. Page tt. Weather Bureau predicts break in severe cold snap today. Page 10. Freight handlers held largely responsible for food embargo. Page ti. Size of Coast League not decided at meet- KLAMATH COURT EWOIRED Ing- ot beads. Page 12. steamed toward New York before night fall. Ship Declared In No Danger. If the present weather continues a north wind was blowing off shore and the surf was moderate as night set In the transfer of the remaining 200 rrrem will be completed before noon tomor row, naval officers said. The Northern Pacific, standing al most uprisht in tho sands 200 yards off shore, was in no danger tonight. according to Captain J. D. Meade. Coast Guard officer. The transport, lightened by the weight of the men no longer aboard, was beginning to feel the effects of tho tea tonight. Naval officials hope to float her before the wind veers off dhore, perhaps tomorrow. Pacific Northwest. S365.000 war Items may be pruned from state budget, i-age a. Commercial and Marine, Millfeed supply situation becomes acute.1 Page 17. Corn firm at Chicago on small receipts. Page 17. Design of SSOO-ton steel ship may change. Page 13. Portland and Yirinity. Pollco will guide careless . pedestrians. Page IS. Increase in price of coal announced. Page 10. Consolidation plans fast taking shape. Page 13. Labor would amend compensation law. Page 7. Oregon committee to welcome returning soldiers in New York. Page 14. Portland to give returning boys Joyous re ception. Pago 14. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Construction of Maht-Strcet CoM-t- hon.se to Be Continued. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jain. 3. (Special.) A new Injunction preventing the County Court here from expending funds on any but the Courthouse now being constructed on Main street by the J. M. Dougan Company, was served on the court here Thursday by Judge V. M. Calkips, of Medford, acting for Judge D. V. Kuykendall, of this city, who Is ill. This Is another move in the Courl house controversy here and will block the plans of the new court, which hail put aside 20,000 ir. the budget Just published, for construction work on the Hot Springs Courthouse. 3 1 1 -2