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3 GAS REGIMENT LOSES HEAVILY IN BUTTLES to Mr. Wilson's principles and to M. BRITISH STRIKE HAS Clemenceau's doctrine of the necessity of sacrifice really means an example that cannot but have potent Influence upon future events. If to Mr. Wilson falls the credit ror E GRAVE ASPECT having suggested the solution, to Mr. Lloyd George's statesmanship must, to no small extent, be ascribed the success with which there is every reason to hope it will be attended. "As the colonial question has been First Regiment Returns After Service Overseas. settled by reference to the league of nations, it is reasonable to suppose that Industrial Tie-Up in Belfast the next thing the conference will take up will be the final production of a and Glasgow Complete. cheme for the formation of the league. Wilson May Return Soon. "It is understood that Mr. Lloyd George will return to England on Feb FIERCE FIGHTS ARE TOLD ruary 8 to attend to his parliamentary 100,000 IDLE ON CLYDE duties. Mr. Wilson in all probability will then pay his projected visit to Bel gium and leave for the United States on February 12, so that it seems likely there will be at that date a slight slackening down of the activity of the main conferer.ee. Contingent Works Continuously for Vgitalion for 4 0-IIour "Week Grows Forty Days in Bitter Engage ment of the Argonne. and Release of Arrested Strike Leaders Is Demanded. "It is evident that if detailed work is going to be referred to a number of special committees, the plenary confer THE MORNING OREG ONI AN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1019. MOR I j " ' ' I ence will have to give tnem time to XEW TORK, Feb. 2. The White Star liner Celtic arrived here today from Brest, bringing 3114 American officers and men. On board was the entire per sonnel of the First Gas Reglmerrt. the only offensive gas troops employed by the American forces. The remainder of the passengers were casuals from all parts of the country. Major John B. Carlock, of San Fran cisco, commander of the gas regiment, told a gripping story of its activities, from the time it went into action with the British forces in January, 1918, until the war ended. The regiment, he said fought successively on every American front, suffered casualties of half its en listed strength f 1500 men, and re turned with 80 of its members wearing the Croix de Guerre, 20 wearing the Distinguished Service Cross and with 12 of its officers recommended for distinguished service medals. Bitter Fighting Is Recalled. The gas troops. Major Carlock said, did their bitterest fighting at Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, and in the Argonne Forest, working continually for 40 days at the battle of the Argonne. "It is not generally known away from the firing line," he said, "that gas regiments, leading as they did, every offensive, were subjected to perhaps greater danger than any other troops. . This is borne out by the fact that 50 per cent of our regiment, both officers and men, are casualties. "Our sacrifices were well rewarded, however, for we learned from captured Germans and from other sources that our work was playing havoc with the enemy in casualties and in the destruc tion of morale. Methods of Attack Explained. "Had our two gas regiments and three battalions, which were training, been able to enter the conflict earlier, the end of the war, I believe, would have been hastened." Major Carlock described three meth ods of gas attack used by the American gas forces, the cylinder method, the projector and the four-inch Stokes mor tar. "The cylinder weighed about 130 pounds," he said, "arid carried from 60 to "0 pounds of liquid gas. We would turn loose from 500 to 5000 of these on one front simultaneously. They were used exclusively for trench warfare. "In mobile warfare and in attacking concentrations of enemy troops we em ployed the projectors, electrically op erated, which hurled 60-pound bombs containing 30 pounds of gas against the enemy. Moral Victory Achieved. "The four-inch Stokes mortars were used chiefly to break up machine gun nests. We had these timed so that they would burst over a machine-gun nest and shower gas or thermite, which is molten metal, over the gun crew." Major C. Brent, formerly Episcopal bishop of the Fhillippine Islands and chief chaplain with the -American ex peditionary force, arrived on the Celtic. The moral victory of the soldiers against temptation, he declared, was as complete as was their victory against the enemy. "I have seen them in war and in play," he said, "and nothing can be said in their favor that would be ex travagant." SELFISH INTEREST SHELVED BRITISH ACTION" MAGNIFICENT, DECLARES TIMES. prepare tneir report ana wm inus Bet ter be able to get a snort Dreaming space." Adhesion to Wilson Principles, It Is Said, Cannot. Fail to Have Po tent Influence on Events. LONDON. Feb. 2. (British Wireless Service.) With regard to the provi sional solution by the peace conference of the question of the German colonies and the occupied territory in Asiatic Turkey, the Times' political correspond ent says: "Two great things have been achieved besides the settlement of one of the most difficult questions with which the conference is confronted. The league of nations has been convincingly, almost dramatically, established as the first necessity for post-bellum inter course, and those responsible for the Hritish policy have been putting their own interests second to the interests of world democracy. "They have given: the conference a magnificent example of wha.t. adhesion CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of They Are Always Grateful For Cuticcra Soap Because it means skin comfort and skin health. For shaving, bath ing and shampooing it is wonderful. Assisted by touches of Cuticura Ointment, it does much to clear the skin of pimples, rashes, eczemas and irritations and the scalp of dandruff and itching. Be lin 8d try Catlcvr T&leua. an antiaeptie. eoofmj? doBt-nir powder at faaeinatins f ragranea. 26 centa of all dealers. SPEEDIER CABLE POSSIBLE CARRYING CAPACITY MAY BE INCREASED 3 0 PER CENT. Methods for Relieving Congestion Between America and Orient Devised by Committee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Methods by which the carrying capacity of Pacific ables between San Francisco and the Orient, long congested, may be in creased 30 per cent, have been devised bv the inter-departmental committee on communications, appointed several months ago to investigate the Pacific cable situation. This was brought out in a preliminary report last night by the committee, composed of Assistant Secretary of State Long. Major-General Georrre O. Souier. chief signal officer of the Army; Captain D. W. Todd, director of naval communications, and waiter S. Rogers, of tne committee on public information. A sub-committee or scien tists and engineers aided in the investi gation. The three sections of the Pacific cable between San Francisco and Guam, the committee found, were being worked at a speed much lower than the theoretical speed of from 100 to 16o letters a min ute. While the speed of some sections, the report said, undoubtedly could be increased, the secti: . between Midway Island and Guam lessened the capacity of the entire circuit. This difficulty may be alleviated, the committee said, by the installation of cable magnifiers on the Midway Island-Guam section, and on the San Francisco-Honolulu section, which also was found to be working below capacity speed. The committee reported that the only magnifiers suitable for the purpose are in the possession of the alien property custodian and the Western Lnlon T.ele graph & Cable Company, and it rec ommended that these be obtained. Due to congestion and low speed, the investigators found last Summer that messages were often delayed 15 days. HOOVER'S ACTS DEFENDED ALLEGED EFFORTS IX INTEREST OF PACKERS DENIED. Sole Purpose of Trip to Europe to Relieve Suffering Peoples, Says Administration Counsel. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Discussing the relations of the food administration with the large packing interests, W. A. Glasgow, Jr., counsel for the Adminis tration, told the Senate agriculture committee Saturday that the visit of Herbert C. Hoover to Europe was not in any way in the interest of the packers, and that the sole purpose of the trip was to arrange food relief for European peoples. Mr. Glasgow appeared before the committee in connection with hear ings on the pending bill to regulate the meat industry. Asked by Chairman Gore if one of Mr. Hoover's objects in going to Europe was to "make a bigger market for the packers," Mr. Glasgow replied that "Mr. Hoover went over there to eell meat to nobody." The witness told of an agreement be tween the packers and the Food Ad ministration whereby in return for aid given the packers by the Food Ad-minisp-ation in finding markets in Europe, the former promised to co operate in price arrangements. Mr. Glasgow denied the charge of Senator France, of Maryland, that this agree ment was a "promise to throw the packers as much business as possible." In answer to the question whether the meat price guarantee would be car ried out through the Food Administra tion, Mr. Glasgow said the Administra tion planned to close its activities within three weeks and would pass out of existence before this year's wheat crop was harvested. BRITISH PUBLIC IS "GOUT" RISE IN PRICES FEARED BY EX CLUDING TT. S. GOODS. Prohibition of American-Made Ma terials Regarded Fine for English Manufacturers Only. Copyright. 1010. by the New Tork World. Published by Arrangement.) LONDON. Feb. 2. (Special.) The exclusion after March 1 of many American-made articles may satisfy Brit ish manufacturers, but the consumers are now worrying about the possibili ties of sky-high prices for similar Brit ish articles, if American competition be thus abolished. So a strong demand is growing for airing the whole question in Parliament at an early date. If there is to be exclusion then the consumers want reduced prices. At the present time the Irish-made shoes in many instances are 150 per cent higher than before the war, besides American shoes have become very popular, espe cially with women. Typewriters sell ing for $50 in America sell for more than flOO here, and American makes are preferred by many business houses. One argument of anti-exclusionists is that it will foster trusts and the con tinuance of extortionate prices. CREDIT RATES ARE TOPIC Stcamliip Representatives Discuss Charges at Conference. SEATTLE. Feb. 2. representatives of steamship lines operating betwen i'UEet Sound. British Columbia and the Orient comprised in the trans-Pacific traffic bureau met here Saturday to consider new aid low rate schedules for freight to the Orient. Another meeting will be held, when it was said a tentative schedule prob ably would be adopted. BELFAST, Feb. 2. (By the Asso elated Press) The strike situation here is assuming an uglier phase. Strike pickets have intimated to the owners of two of the big shipbuilding plants that they will not be allowed to visit their works without d permit from the strikers committee. No outbreak of disorders was report ed up to a late hour last night. The refusal of the Government to intervene in the strike and the non-acceptance by the employers of the Lord Mayor s in vitation to confer with the strikers brought about a complete deadlock The men's leaders declare they will not give way and are devoting their en ergies to strengthen their position by obtaining cooperation of labor in other parts of Ireland. They say that the re fusal of the employers to discuss the situation with them has aroused bit terness and resentment. Prayer For Peace Made. The Protestant bishop of Down has circulated a prayer for peace and de liverance from disorder and confu sion. Meanwhile, the city Is outwardly calm, although the streets are crowded. GLASGOW, Feb. 1. (By the Associat ed Press.) Great crowds were about the streets all day. but there has been no disorder following up the grave situ ation created by the strike yesterday. Soldiers are guarding all the important parts of the city and officials arranged for calling in troops from outlying dis tricts in case of emergency. Highland regiments are guarding the railway stations, bridges, electric power sta tions and gas works. Three strike leaders, Emanuel Ship well, William Gallagher and David Kirkwood, were charged today before Police Magistrates with inciting to riot and assembling for unlawful purposes. Gallagher also was charged with as saulting a policeman. Bail was re fused. Troopa Kilter City. Minor leaders were dealt with sim ilarly on about the same charges. Shipwell is an official of the British Seafarers' Union, and a member of the Town Council. Fresh troops were brought into the city. The council of Scottish Trade Unionists held a meeting to discuss a resolution brought up by the parlia mentary committee. The delegates pledged themselves and their organiza tions to do their utmost for the success of the 40-hour movement: protested against "the brutal behavior of the authorities" and demanded the release of the prisoners. A statement issued in beha-lf of the employers declared that the extremist party among the workmen had repudi ated the bargain made by the trade union leaders, and challenged their authority. Bakers Mar Strifes. It is estimated that 100,000 men are idle on the Clyde, of whom one-third are strikers. Bakers have given notice of their in tention to strike Saturday unless they get a ju-nour week.- One hundred and eighty-five dele gates attended a meeting of the trarla union council, which adopted a resolu tion by a vote of 92 to 22, asking the government to embody the 40-hour weeK in a legislative measure. LONDON, Feb. 2. There were no striking developments in the labor troubles today, either on the Clyde or in Belfast. Quiet prevailed in both dis tricts. In Belfast many of the churches were obliged to abandon the evening services owing to lack of light. More troops have arrived in Glasgow, where it is now said there are 10,000. Soldiers are still mounted on the roofs of the buildings surrounding George Square in Glasgow. The military dis play is provoking great resentment among the strikers there. The Strike Bulletin, the offices of which were raided yesterday by the po lice, today issued a strong attack against the government, which it ac cuses oi acting illegally in employing troops and seeking a pretext to employ arms against the Clyde workers. Three more arrests were made today on charges of inciting to riot. ARMY OFFICER EXONERATED Colonel Harry Xewton Freed or La ceny and Embezzlement. SAN PEDRO. Cal., Feb. 2. Colonel Harry Newton, of Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, has been exonerated of charges of grand larceny and embezzlement following trial at Fort MacArthur by courtmartial. according to a telegram received at Fort MacArthur from the "War Department at Washington. Colo nel Newton was restored to full duty. The charges grew out of alleged ir regularities in handling certified checks accompanying contractors' bids for con struction work at Fort MacArthur. Colonel Newton has served 23 years in the Army. He distinguished himself $75,000! 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Many teams of horpes and mules worth from $M0 to f.iOO have brought but t-0 and saddle horses which were bouprht by the Gov ernment for $165 brought but $."0. Har ness is to he Fold also. Captain Raeder pointed out today that Southwest Washington fanners could como to Camp Lewis, buy a team and drive it homo in two days. The stock is the finest the Oovern ment could obtain. Ice IMant I Taken 0er. DALLAS. Or.. Feb. 2. (5-peciaI.) Through the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage the Henry Welnhard estate of Portland came into the possession of the machinery and other apparatus used for the manufacture of ice by the Dallas Ire Company. ANGORA GOATSJN DEMAND Dallas Man Vnablc to l'ill Orders for Prized Animals. DALLAS. Or.. Feb. 2. Special.) According to V. S. Grant, of this city, president of the National MohairGrow ers" Association. as there never was a larger demand for Angora g.ats than ;it the present time. Mr. (Irani receives inquiries every day from breeders all over the country for prices on his blooded stock and of late the sales have been much larger than the pro duction of his herd. While attending the National con vention recently nt Phoenix, Ariz, a well-known Texas Angora goat breeder offered Mr. Grant J.IOuO for a supply of bucks from his herd. The oifer whs declined. Magnetic Ilcalcr Is Held. 5 AN FRANCISCO. The Rev. Jrpe.h Isherwood, who declares himsielfto I" the great Australis Peychie. was ar raigned in the I'nlted States Distrii t Court charged with violating tho Fed eral vice regulations. Isherwood con ducted an ct-tablishment at 130 Fill more street, where he was known as ;i maenetic healer. His bail was flxeti at $CO0O by Federal Judge' M. T. Dool ing at the request of Special War At torney James F.. Colston. Rid The Oreeronian classified ad Are Your Liberty Bonds Safe? COUPON BEARER BONDS cannot be replaced when lost or stolen unless the original bond is found. For the convenience, of our customers and new depositors, until further notice, we will keep Liberty Bonds in the Burglar and Fire-Proof Vaults of this Bank without charge, insuring a safekeeping receipt to the owner. If you have an account or contemplate opening one, we will be pleased to have you take advantage of this service. Hibernia Savings Bank Conservative Custodian 4th and Washington SU. Open Saturdays 6 to 8 P. M. IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST "To promote integrity and create confidence in advertising, selling and all other phases of business and do all lawful things which may help attain such objects." This is the purpose of the Better Business Bureau, which buyers and sellers of advertising have estab lished in Tortland. The Bureau is well equipped to carry out this purpose. It deserves and should receive the co-operation of the public and all business in its vital community service. If you have an experience with mis leading advertising or deceitful selling practice, please report it to this office. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU of THE PORTLAND AD CLUB 308 Oregon Bldg. Phone Edwy. 2603