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66 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages 1 to 18 VOL. XXXVI. NO. 52. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. piiinrif MIDDLE WEST AND EAST IN ICY GRIP Death and Destruction Accompany Cold. THREE FROZEN AT CHICAGO Some Temperatures Lowest Known in December. 34 BELOW AT DEVILS LAKE Prospect ot Relief Slight Before - Tuesday Except in Territory Tbat Benefits From Protection Af forded by Great Lakes. HOW THE TEMPERATURE STANDS AT OTHER CITIES. Chicago, 1 below zero. Grand Rapids, Minn., El below zero. Devils LakeN. D., 34 below zero. ruluth, 30 below zero. Moorehead, 30 below zero. Sioux City, la., 28 below rezo. Greenville, Me., 24 below zero. St. Paul, 22 . below zero. Des Moines, la-, 15 below zero. Aurora, 111., 9 below zero. -Springfield, 111., 8 below zero. Boston, 4 below zero. New York City, 6 below zero. Washington. D. C, zero. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. (Special.) Three in en frozen to death, another died from injuries received through failing to see an approaching streetcar because of his muffled ears and face, many injured in automobile and streetcar accidents, two Loop hotel fires and a $15,000 fire on the Arcady farm, belonging to Ar thur Meeker, near Lake Forest, com prise the record of death and destruc tion due to the cold that has gripped Chicago during the last 24 hoars. Owing to cold. Samuel Levingston, of the Food Administration, placed an' embargo on the shipment from Chicago of perishable foodstuffs. Hundreds of carloads are affected. This order will be lifted, however, if the weather mod erates tomorrow, as predicted. Flirt-Shortage Complaints Heard. Complaints of fuel shortages are be ing made, but have not been officially verified. The greatest loss from fire was that on the Arcady farm. The dormitory In which 35 men were sleeping was de stroyed, causing damage estimated' at $15,000. The cause of the fire has not been learned. Chicago, with 1 degree below zero, seemed tropical compared with Devils . Lake, N. D., where it was? 34 below. In St. Paul it was 22 below and in Omaha the mercury will have to climb 20 de grees before It reaches the zero mark. Thirty-five guests, many women, fled from the New Central Hotel, when an overheated furnace set fire to the base ment. Scantily clad they huddled in a restaurant across the street. Hotel Life Made Uneasy. A score of persons fled from the Adelphi Hotel, when, a water tank on an. adjoining building caught fire. Only a few hours previously they had been routeds by a fire in Buck & Raynor's drug store, on the first floor. Roomers in the house at 3800 Grand avenue fled when a small fire origin ated in the basement. Restaurants in the vicinity of Ham mond were unable to handle the rush of business today, as many passenger trains were stalled there. Three Mich f Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) TUf 1 COOK Sse lS S- GUATEMALA CITY MOSTLY IN RUINS EARTHQUAKE LEAVES CAPITAL SCENE OF DESOLATIOX. Forty Reported Dead and Thousands Homeless President Extends Sympathy of Nation. WASHINGTON, D-c 29. Eighty per cent of Guatemala City was demolished by earthquakes which began December 26 and continued two days, the State Department was advised today In a wireless dispatch from the American Charge there. Forty deaths had been officially reported and thousands were homeless. Martial law had been es tablished and good order prevailed., The American legation building was damaged and the consulate destroyed, the dispatch said, but American and other foreign diplomats were safe. The legation was crowded with refugees. This message of condolence has been sent by President Wilson to Estrada Cebrera, President of Guatemala: "In the great affliction with which you are now visited let me express on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of the United States the greatest of sympathy. If there Is any way in which we can be of assistance to you, in your trouble, or in which we may alleviate some ot the sorrow and suffering you will experience be cause of the calamity, we stand ready to do so. Until it Is possible to render some material assistance pray take this opportunity to convey to the people of your country the sympathy which we feel for them in the 'circumstances; a sympathy more profound by reason of the proximities of our countries and the relation of our people to yours." SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29 An erup tion of Mount Palin is feared by resi dents of the city of Guatemala, which was said to be in ruins following a series of earthquakes which began De cember 25, according to a cable re ceived at the office of a local steam ship company from Its Guatemala agent. A number of former residents of San Francisco in Guatemala were said to be safe. "Continued severe earthquakes here since December 25," the message said. "City of Guatemala in ruins; many casualties. The populace is living in public squares. An eruption of Palin is feared." The message closed with a request for provisions, of which there was said to be a serious shortage. ARROWS FLY; STORM STOPS Tribesmen Give Medicine Man Cred 1 it for Quelling Downpour, TOLEDO, Or., Dec. 29. (Special.) Regardless of whether his arrows had any effect on the clouds. Jack Kelsey is receiving credit by the tribesmen of the Slletz reservation. for having quelled the storm that has been rag ing here for the last two weeks, when the Siletz became a torrent and the flood approached the highest mark known to the oldest Indians. Jack Kelsey, chief medicine man of the Tootootnia tribe, resurrected his ancient bow and quiver, tipped his ar rows with the juice of the thunder root (skunk cabbage), shot into the clouds, waving his arms and pronoun cing incantations to the great spirit. The storm ceased, and the river, which threatened to deluge the reser vation, abated. During two weeks 25 inches of rain fell. PERJURER GOES TO PRISON Oakland Barber's Exemption Claim Is Found Groundless. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. The first perjury trial held here in connection with filing exemption claims from the selective draft res-ulted today in the sentencing of Ellis E. Rey to two years and six months' Imprisonment in the Federal penitentiary on McNeils Island and- a fine of-Jl. Rey, a barber of Oakland, filed an exemption claim in which he swore that his wife and child were dependent upon him for support. Later investigation that Rey's wife had been supporting developed. Federal authorities testified, herself, and that his child had been adopted by another family. CARTOONIST tSVtS 7ASV9 AMERICAN CAMP IN FRANCE IS VIEWED Congressional Party Sees Troops Train. GREAT HOSPITAL IS VISITED Force of 400 Americans Care for 2000 Wounded Men. BRITISH TANK INTERESTS Hoquiam Editor Tells of Seeing "Landship" and of Inspecting- Interior German Prisoners Work Behind Battle Line. BT H. W. FATTON. (Fifth Article.) In the afternoon we were taken out to the grounds where the Americans are being trained in all the arts of modern warfare, including trench fighting, which has become so common during this conflict. We saw them at light artillery prac tice, rifle practice, shooting by perl scope, bomb throwing, both by hand and by guns designed for that purpose, trench mortar firing, snappy bayonet work and other of the arts of war fare. This entertainment extended into the night and we had another delight ful dark run. to a town where we spent the small portion of the night which was left upon arrival. Rained Region Seen. The next morning, bright and early, we drove down the valley of the Maine through the beautiful Epernay district, where I saw more grapevines than I thought existed in the entire world. We had our midday meal at Soissons, crossed the Aisne River, passing through a portion of that devastated region scarred by shell fire, cut up with trenches and disfigured by barbed wire entanglements. We crossed the Oise River and fi nally reached Amiens, where we spent the night, and the next morning were taken in charge by the American Hal son officer. We were slated to arrive next day at a place where is located one of the largest Red Cross hospitals on the front. After luncheon we drove to this place, reaching there about 3 a'clock in the afternoon, I only regret that we did not reach there at 9 o'clock in the morning and spend the entire day at this wonderful place. Hospital Well Equipped. This is a hospital which has an aver age of 2000 cases a day, mostly gunshot wounds. It has a force of 400 Ameri can doctors, attendants and Red Cross nurses. The surroundings, conditions and appliances, nothwithstanding the buildings are of rude construction, are the best I have ever seen These long rows of spotless beds, each containing a soldier with his arm In an appliance, or his leg or some portion of him strapped in a position where he will have to remain for several weeks, are most affecting. Here I talked with several of the Red Cross nurses from different por tions of the United States, and I want to say to those girls who want to go abroad and serve in France that, while they would be performing splendid duty, it will be all hard work. Some of those girls told me they worked 16 hours a day. They show the effects of the strain. They are chee.ful. how ever, and determined, and they are do ing their duty. While this hospital was manned by Americans a British of ficer was in command. That, however, will be altered in a short time and it will be purely American. Red Cross Praised. The work which is being done by the Red Cross In, these hospitals, both at the, front and in the cities, and also Con eluded on Page 4. Column X.) REYNOLDS COMMENTS 0" T-S INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TODAY'S Rain ; fresh southerly winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 65 degrees; minimum, bO degrees. War. Major Patton tells of trip to American train- ins camp in France. . Section I, page 1. Full story of German submarine's destruction told. . Section 1, page 2. Hugh Gibson tells of Belgium during early days of war. Section 1, page 4. Chancellor Herting to' push Kaiser's peace project. Section 1, page 1, Foreign. Earthquake leaves Guatemala scene of deso lation. Section 1, page 1. . China resents action of Japanese in Shan- Tung. Section 1, page 2. National. Unification of railroads under McAdoo starts. Section 1, page 1. Senate inquiry indicates "shady" work at letting clothing contracts. Section 1, Page 4. Pacific Coast white hope of wooden ship In dustry, declares Hurley. Seclion 1, Page 4. Coal shortage may necessitate Government control of mines and conscription of labor. Section 1. page 5. Coal shortage threatens to halt manufacture of war supplies. Section 1, page 3. W. H. Moran to be chief of Treasury Secret Service. Section 1, page 6. Domestic. Entire East in grip of blizzard. Section 1. page 1. German mechanic accused of tampering with torpedoes. Section 1. page 8. Sports. Mazamas announce schedule of 1918 Winter hikes. Section 2, page 1. Beavers to have plenty of players. Section 2, page 1. Dick O'Brien heralded as "white hope." Sec tion 2, page 2. Sports to continue despite war. Section 2, page 2. Business men urged to take exercise. Sec tion 2, page 3. Portland hockey team experienced. Sec tion 2, page 3. Farren to box Trambitas here. Section 2, page 3. Seattle fans and players pick Rosebuds to win hockey flag. Section 2, page 3. Hunt Club paper chase Is January 1. "Sec tion 2, page 4. Marines and Camp Lewis elevens work out at Pasadena. Section 2, page 5. Pacific Northwest. Alaska ready to enter bone-dry regime Tues day. Section 1. page 9. Mrs. William Logus visit Camp Mills and other Eastern Army posts. Section 1, page 8. Little girl orphaned by war helps Red Cross. Section 1, page 1. Seattle flood-bound by destruction of rail road bridges. Section 1, page 3. Central Oregon settlers assured of water for irrigation through ruling of Public Serv ice Commission. Section 1. page 7. Programme out for Farmers week at O. A. C. Section 1, patre 8. Commercial and Marine. Lighter movement of potatoes during holi day week. -Section 1. page 17. Good outlet for all cattle received at stock- . yards. Section lu page 17. Low-priced railway shares In further de- mand. Section 1. page 17. Squeeze in December oats expected at Chi cago, section l, page n. Pupils tn nautical schools not exempt from taxation.. Section 2, page 12. New editions of Pacific and Alaska Pilots issued Section 2, page 12. Roads and Automobile. Pacific' Highway is blocked again. Section 4, Page 7. Time to repair autos arrives. Section 4, page 7. Rex-Tigard road made good.. Section 4, page 8. 1018 will be big year, says H. H EUng. Section 4, page 8. Ford branch here big asset to city. Section 4' page 10. Stutz car is here. Section 4, page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Draft board asks that relatives of enlisted men inform board if questionnaire is not received. Section 1, page 6. Employers' Association officer discusses de cision In anti-conspiracy case. Section 1, page 7. Alien enemy sues to recover lost citizenship. Section 1. page 7. Record of traffic offenses to be carried in car is now proposed. Section 1, page 10. Oregon war library fund grows. Section 1, page 10. Portland boy training to be aviator visits in city. Section 1. page 11. Prize-winners In essay contest named. Sec tion 1, page 11. War-sav) n gs drive to be next. Section 1. 1 page 12. Alcoholic addicts turn to "tonics" in cele brating Christmas. Section 1, page 12. Report made on Halifax disaster. Section 1, page 13. . Gus C. Moser announces candidacy for Gov ernor. Section 1. page 14. Interstate bridge revenue for 1917 is pleas ing. Section L page 14. Oregon may be only, state In West or North west to enroll quota in Red Cross mem bership drive. Section 1, page 15. M. D. Locke, I. W. W. organizer, sentenced to 60 days in JaiL Section 1, page 15. Fire Bureau report shows fitness. Section 1, page 15. December marriage licenses total 251, or 32 less than issued during June. Section 1, page 16. Portland boy at home In the air. Section 1, page 16. State teachers upset tradition by breaking election slate. Section 1, page 16. Potato grades agreed on by growers and dealers' committee. Section 1, page 16. Flour prices to stand for present. Section 2, page 12. PICTORIALLY ON SOME ITTil 107.2 HERTLING KAISER'S PEACE PROMOTER ChanceIlorK&cC!!gated or:v.i Project. WASHINGTON IS NOT EXCITED William's Right-Hand Man Can Hardly Speak for People.- CZERNIN TO BE FOLLOWED Bolshevik! of Russia Supposed to Be Channel Through Which New " Proposals Are to . Come TJ. S. Has Already Spoken. BY CHARLES MICHAELSOX. WASHINGTON, Deo. 29. (Special.) The Kaiser has placed the power of making: peace la the hands of Chancel lor Hertling, but Washington refuses to get excited over that. It is recognized that in the act there is pretense of an attempt to meet the terms of President Wilson's declaration that the people and not the German Kaiser would beconsulted in any peace proposition, but the Chancellor will hardly be accepted as the people's rep resentative, although he was ostensibly the choice of the majority in the Reichstag. Once before Wilhelm the Hun delegated authority to treat for peace to a Chancellor Bethmann-HoU-weg but nobody had the hardihood to uggest that he stood for anybody but his Imperial master. Csernln to Be Followed. It la all prefatory to the new peace balloon that is to be flown soon, prob ably as an incident of Russian negotia tions. What is anticipated is that the Chancellor will make proposals to the Bolshevik! along the lines of the Aus trian Foreign Minister's recent decla rations. The Bolshevikl will be the pipeline by which the ' proposals are supposed to reach the allies. German peace terms offered through the. 3olsheviki- government -of Russia will get no answer from the United States. , The Trotzky threat of concluding a separata peace If at the expiration of 10 days the allies have not accepted his invitation to participate in the peace conference means nothing to Washing ton. If the State Department officials would talk they probably would say that the Bolsheviki could not speak for Russia. To force' this country to rec ognize the Trotzky-Lenine regime is at the bottom of all the recent develop ments. They tried it by charging Am bassador Francis1 with helping Kale di tie's revolt under cover of the Red Cross, , acknowledging that Francis would have to come to them with his denial and thereby show that America was officially cognizant of them as a government. Ambassador Is Not Duped. Instead Francis published his refuta tion of the foolish charge in the Petro grad newspapers. The stopping of an American diplomat as courier at the Russian border because his passes were not vised by the Bolshevikl agents was another effort in the same direction. If the United States' sent lt messenger to the agent for authority to enter Russia that would be an admission of sover eignty. It seems like trifling and hair splitting to withhold recognition, but there is a sound and substantial reason for it. Trotzky and Lenine. whether they are honest anarchists' or German catppaws or half one thing and half the other, are anxious to have the allies indorse the structure they have built They- do not know where their pro gramme will land them any more than the rest of their party. It is: an ex ample of what the revolution habit (Concluded on Page 3. Column 2.) EVENTS IN THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS. WAR-ORPHANED TOT HELPS RED CROSS LITTLE DOROTHY McKESCHIE, EUGEXE, SELLS MAXi" STAMPS. Little Girl's Daddy Is Killed In France, Mother Is Dead and Her Brother Is In Trenches. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 29. (Special.) The guns on the battlefields of Europe deprived Dorothy McKenchie, . aged 10 years, of her papa. Dorothy's mamma is dead and her brother is in the trenches fighting to help, make the world safe for democracy. Today she heard that the mothers, sisters, wives and "daughters of the soldiers were in charge of the Red Cross membership canvass in Eugene and it occurred to her that she might be of Immediate service to the cause. , She la a little girl, and when ehe came to the headquarters of the Red Cross she looked up into the face of Manager Wetherbee and. with an ap peal in her eyes, asked that ehe be per mitted to sell stamps. She had no money. The manager gave her 10 cents' worth. In 10 minutes she was back looking for more. The second time she -came back she got B0 cents worth. By noon her total receipts ag gregated $3.60. Her success as a stamp saleswoman soon attracted attention of the campaign managers and she was given a place on one of the teams en gaged in the sale of memberships, ap pearing on the street in the afternoon with white cap and apron. Just like the others. Dorothy became an orphan when her father was killed while fighting with the Canadian expeditionary forces. She is now the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McKenchie, of Eugene. LAWS MAYBESET ASIDE Suspension of Labor Regulations Is Urged on Account of War. DENVER. Dec. 29.- Notice that it soon would ask the Governors of this and other states to set aside, for the duration of the war, laws affecting the hours and conditions of labor of women and children, was given In a letter from the National Council of Defense received today by Governor Julius C. Gunter. The letter said this step would be made to apply to war work only and that it was to be taken because "noth ing must stand In the way of the war.' RAILROADERS' WAGES RISE Employes of Northern Pacific Get lO Per Cent Increase. ST. PAUL, Dec. 29. An Increase of 10 per cent in wages of the 15,000 em ployes of the Northern Pacific Rail road and of BOO employes' of the North ern Express Company, effective Janu ary 1, was announced today. Last night a similar increase to 3500 clerks and station employes was granted. Today's grant will add 1 500,000 to the company's payroll. COATS FOR TROOPS SEIZED Military Authorities Commandeer Supplies at Waco, Tex. WACO, Tex., Dec. 29. The military authorities here today commandeered all uniforms and military overcoats in stores in Waco for the soldiers at Camp MacArthur. The arrival of drafted men made this action necessary. The National Guard has been adequately supplied. The Government took the clothing subject to a reasonable profit to the merchants. CHICAGO LID WILL GO ON Cafes, Hotels, Restaurants and Cab arets Must Close at 1 o'Cloclc. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. There will be no tilting of the "lid" in Chicago on New Tear's eve. Chief of Police Shuettler told his cap tains today that he would Insist on strict closing of all cafes, hotels, res taurants and cabarets at the legal clos ing hour 1 o'clock. o o yosv sett-iS WORK OF WELDING RAILROADS BEGUN General Pooling Order Is Sent Out. SHORTEST ROUTES S0UGH1 Common Use of Terminals and tolling Stock Decreed. TEMPORARY STAFF NAMED Director-General Asks That Present Officers and Employes Be Re tained Speedy' Movement of Freight Is Promised. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Definite steps toward National unification of railroads and Improvement of con gested conditions were taken today by Director-General McAddo In the ap pointment of a temporary staff and the Issuing of his first formal order di recting absolute pooling of all traffic, common utilization of terminals, roll ing stock and other facilities, hauling of freight by the shortest routes and retention of all present officers and, employes. Special instructions were issued for the clearing of congestion in New York and Chicago through pooling of ter minals and other traffic facilities, and Alfred H. Smith, president of the New Tork Central, was named temporary special assistant to supervise transpor tation in the trunk line territory east of the Mississippi and north of tha Ohio rivers, where congestion is great est. Walker D. Hines, of New York, a. railroad lawyer and for many years a special student of Government opera tion, was appointed assistant director general, pending the formation of a permanent staff. The Interstate Com merce Commission was drafted for an immediate Investigation by its inspec tors of general freight conditions on Eastern trunk lines. Labor Case Postponed. While the director-general was con ferring today with a number of rail road heads. Interstate Commerce Com missioners and members of Congress, and planning immediate . action to remedy faults of transportation, it be came known that the demands of the four railway brotherhodos for a 40 per cent wage increase had been denied by the railroads and that consequently the labor men had decided to post pone for probably 60 days the presen tation of their case to the Government. It was thought probable that Presi dent Wilson would take up the labor situation in his address to Congress next Thursday or Friday. Congressional agencies went to work today on the new railroad situa tion. The Senate Interstate Commerce committee at a special hearing drew from Chairman Hall of the Interstate Commerce Commission the statement that the Government's failure to cen tralize priority administration was largely responsible for freight conges tion. Legislation Is Expected. Senator Cummins, ranking Repub lican member of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, in a conference with Mr. McAdoo, expressed the opin ion that legislation to prescribe the basis of Government compensation to the roads would be passed speedily, though not without some opposition to the President's suggestion of guaran teeing to the companies the average earnings for the last three years. The Railroad War Board, whose servl ices have been solicited temporarily by the director-general, today presented ecommendation for speedy moving of Veight in the Chicago congested cen- (Concluded on Page 5, Column 1.) 111
