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TIIE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 3, 1919.
GERMANS PREP ARETO
ACT AGAINST POLES
Invasion Feared in Upper Sile
sian Mining Area.
BOLSHEVISTS NEAR VILNA
Towns on Railway Between Brest-
LMotMc and Minsk Occupied.
: Crime Is In Full Sway.
BERLIN, Jan. . (By the- Associated
Press. The German Cabinet today
continued its consideration of the
Polish question, but no announcement
has been made.
The Tageblatt says the government is
believed to have decided that military
action is necessary In order to check
the Polish Invasion. . The Cabinet also
la reported to be considering; military
saeasures to prevent the irruption of
the Russian BolshevlkL
Special dispatches report that a
Polish invasion Is feared In the coal
mining; region of Upper Silesia.
The Poles. It Is aeclared, have cap
tared the railway Junction of Nakel,
west of Bromberg. and the Invaders
also threaten Schneidemuhl and
Beutscher. In Southern Pnsen. the
Poles threaten Kosten. Farther north
tbey have taken Mogilnoand Znln.
Pellaa Drrr Feared.
The newspapers comment favorably
n the altered order given by the Brit
ish government to a British officer to
accompany Ignace Jan Paderewski to
Warsaw.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 4. A Peopled
Council to combat the Polish denser
k . Kn tAhltfthed at Dansla and
a militia force will be recruited, ac- jXEff
cord In it to reports irom tiernn.
In Southern Posen the Poles have c-
eoDled the frontier town or snai
mierzvs and destroyed the fortress
there. The German garrisons at Os
trovo and Krotoschln, west of the fron
tier, are threatened seriously.
TWO OF THREE BROTHERS WOUNDED IN ACTION.
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KEEP ROADS OUT OF
POLITICS
Extension of Government Con
trol Strongly Urged.
OTHER PLANS 'INADEQUATE'
LEFT TO RIGHT FRAMC. WALTER A?fD CHRIS MCLI.ER. OF DALLAS, OR.
Late press dispatches announced the serious wounding: of Walter L. W.
Muller. private with the 162d Infantry, on November II, the last day of fightlnc
in France. This was the second Injury currered by young; Muller in action. The
last word received from the young man by his sisters, Catherine Muller, 636
Hancock street, and Bertha Muller, 939 Alameda Drive, was in July, when he was
in a hospital recovering; from a shrapnel wound. Early in 1917, Muller, with
his two brothers. Frank and Chris, enlisted in Company I Third Oregon, which
was afterward merged into the 162d Infantry. Frank, who became a member of
a machine-gun company, was also wounded in action and when laBt heard from
was In a hospiul recovering; from his Injury. Chris, the only brother escaping;
uninjured, was not is years old when he enlisted.
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WARSAW. Jan. S. (By tha Assoc!
ated Press.) Bolshevist forces are In
the outskirts of Vllna and have occu
pled towns on the railway between
Minsk and Brest-Li tovsk. according; to
reports. The Bolshevists are burning;,
robbing; and murdering; peasants
hv mdvance.
Locomotives and cars are being
brought westward from the path of the
Bolshevist lorces y tne retiring; vrer
snans.
Brttlak Protect Llbaa.
The Russian Baltic port or Libau. ac
cording to reports received here. Is pro
tortrd bv one tfrumn cruiser, tnree ur
stroyer and one gunboat. The British
vinhlDL however, have landed no
forces.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 4. Fighting
naa occurred during the last few
days around Lembcrg where Ukrainian
inmu mra making: orogress and are
bombarding the city, according to VI
enna advices to the Polltiken.
LONDON, Jan. 4. The Town Council
of Petrograd. according to an Er
change Telegraph dispatch from Cop
ihin. has decided that all unmar
ried women between the agea of IS
and 45 shall be provided with husbands
uiMMcd bv the council.
The children of these unions. It Is
added, will not be allowed to remain
with their parents, but will be edu
cated under the control of the Soviet
government.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of
the foreign relations committee, after
a conference at the State Department.
announced today his intention to make
a statement In the Senate Monday on
the Russian situation, giving the facts
sought by Senator Johnson of Califor
nia, who has a resolution pending call
ing on the State Department lor lnror
ma Hon as to the Government's rela
lions with Russia.
Reda Bead Representative.
The State Department, it is under
stood, does not oppose the resolution,
but holds that there Is nothing relative
to the Government's attitude that can-
aot be publicly stated.
PARIS. Jan. 4. (Havas.) The Bol
shevik government of Russia Intends
to send Adolph Joffe. the former Bol
ehevlk Ambassador at Berlin, as Its
delegate to Paris to claim admission
to the peace conference, according to
tha Echo De Paris today.
PORTLAND. BOYS DESERT
Three Reported to Police as Having
Left Military Scrrlce.
Three Portland boys have been
poeted as deserters from the tTnited
states Army and Navy, according to
word received yesterday by the Port
land detective bureau from Washing
ton. The alleged deserters are Don
Carlos Crampton. son of Mrs. Olla C
Crampton. SiS Gantenbein avenue, de
serted from Fort Lawton. Washington.
October 29. ISIS, a private in the Army
Medical Corps: Albert H. Fellows, of
Kstacada. deserted from the United
Ptatea ship Salem on the Atlanlc
Coast. December 12. 191S. and Glenn
M. Wiser, son of Mrs. Pearl Bauer,
2ttj Morrison street, deserted from
the United States Receiving Station,
Norfolk. Vi, December 1. 1V18.
The Portland police have been asked
by the Government to aid In locating
tha men.
ORDINANCE FRAMED TO
rCT STOP TO INFLUENZA.
Great
Or
Restriction of Business
dered and Power Given Mayor to
Close Everything if Necessary.
PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.)
Business In Pendleton until the flu
danger is removed will be conducted
with an interval of four feet separat
ing the parties to the transaction. No
more than one person to each 100 feet
of floor space will be permitted in any
store, business house, church or public
building.
Business alone will be an excuse tor
visiting the railroad station. Farewell
or welcome to travelers will not be per
mitted. Picture shows may operate
with patrons occupying every other row
of seat and every other seat in
row.
Two players will be allowed at
pool table or bowling alley, but only
every other pool table may be used.
No spectators will be allowed and no
card games permitted. Power Is vest
ed In the Mayor and City Physician to
regulate business In the city in any
manner tbey see fit, even to closing all
business.
These are the principal points of the
ordinance which was prepared by the
City Attorney to be submitted to the
City Council at a special meeting to
night. In the new ordinance the ef
fort has been made to protect the peo
ple of the city without stopping busi
ness altogether and without discrimi
nating against any particular business.
There were only two new homes quar
antined today while the ban was re
moved from 10.
gation to Washington to confer with
the federal railroad administration
If assurances could be given that there
would be some tangible results.
The railroad administration flatly de
clines to give any assurances or make
any promises.
G. A. R. INSTALLS OFFICERS
Federal Operation Defended Against
"Attempt to Discredit It" ; Suc
cessor Not Vet Named.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Only through
the proposed five-year extension of
Government management of railroads
can the Government move toward a
persnanent and comprehensive solution
of the railroad problem, Director-Gen
eral McAdoo insisted today in testify
Ingat the Senate commerce committee's
hearing on railroad legislation.
Other plans, such as private man
agement. possibly with limited con
sdlidation lines and with Government
supervision, Mr. McAdoo said he con
sidered "Inadequate expedients" and
'makeshifts." and he was prepared now
to make no further recommendation if
Congress decides not to extend control
a he had suggested.'
Fear of Politics Urged.
Questions of Senators Kellogg, Gore,
McLean. Townsend. Cumnuns and Wat
son were directed at Mr. McAdoo In
vain attempt to ascertain his ideas of
what course would be best as an alter
native for the five-year proposal. Fear
that railroad men would be thrown Into
the politics of the next Presidential
campaign constituted one of the prin
cipal reasons supporting the five-year
suggestion, Mr. McAdoo asserted.
'If the railroads are held only 21
months," he said, "I fear the employes
themselves would become objects of
solicitation for one plan of campaign
or one group of candidates. The rail
roads of the United States must be
kept out of politics."
Snap Judgment Decried.
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Statement of
With
Statistical Facts
Regard to the
Clothing Situation
He defended Government operation
E. B. Grant Chosen Commander of against what he described as "an at
tempt to discredit it on the ground that
Meade Post, Oregon City.
OREGON CITT, Or. Jan. 4. (Spe
eial.) The Installation of officers of
Meade Post. No. 2, G. A. R was held
this afternoon at the Willamette hall.
The Installing officers were C. A.
Williams. Adjutant-General, and Com
mander Stevens, of Portland.
A. J. Hobble was selected for com
mander, but owing to his serious ill
ness he did not accept the office be
stowed upon him. and E. B. Grant was
chosen In his place. H. 8. Clyde was
elected senior vice-commander; W. H
Gould, Junior vice-commander; L. P.
Horton. adjutant; G. A. Harding, quar
termaster; J. Gorbett, surgeon; J. C
Sawyer, chaplain; Frank Moore, offl
cer of the day; J. A. Roman, patriotic
instructor: Edwin Scrutin, officer of
the guard; J. A- Roman, sergeant ma
jor; J. Martin, quartermaster sergeant.
TROOP NEWS IS LACKIN
Adjutant-General Unable to Answer
Hundreds of Inquiries.
Relatives and friends of men in th
American expeditionary forces can get
no late Information regarding the!
boys from the office of the Adjutant
General of Oregon. Scores of persons
make inquiry there by telephone and
letter every day. The fact that the
ffice gets no "inside" or advance in
formation was made known yesterday
by Captain Allan Hall, who said that
the inquiries are so numerous as
nterfcre with business needing at
tention.
Persons who write to tha office of
the Adjutant-General of the Army, at
Washington, for information as to loca
tion of soldiers will meet disappoint'
ment also, said Captain HalL
courteous letter sent by Adjutant-Gen
ral Beebe to the Adjutant-General in
Washington asking about assignments
of Oregon troops was answered in two
sentences, giving no Information what
ever.
YOUNG GIRLSH0T, KILLED
Adopted Brother Handles- Gun Sap
posed to De Unloaded.
BROWNSVILLE. Or.. Jan. 4. (Spe
cial. Nettle, aged IS. adopted daugh
ter of Oren Stratton. well-known fruit
grower, was accidentally shot and in
stantly killed by her adopted brother,
Byron, aced IS. here last night.
The funeral will be held tomorrow.
After an Investigation today Coroner
Fortmiller decided that the shooting
was accidental. The girl and her
brother were playing in the barn when
the boy accidentally discharged a shot
gun he was handling, and the shot
struck his sister in the back of the
head, causing death. The boy thought
tha gun was not loaded.
Complainant Is Arrested.
" After he had notified the police that
lie and John W. Epperson had been
robbed of 185 and l4 respectively while
sleeping together at the Erickson Hotel
Thursday night. Robert Marshall was
arrested and lodged in the City JaiL
charged with the larceny of 150 from
his friend. Marshall climbed out of
bed without waking his friend, the
detectives declare, took ISO from the
latter's pocket, and went back to sleep.
When Epperson discovered the theft
axt morning. Marshall also said that
S was missing- from his own pockets.
Rad The Orcgonlan classified ads.
WAIL SERVICE TO RESUME
Suspension of Sumptcr Valley Road
Spnrs Officials to Act.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
lngton. Dec 4. (Special.) Mall serv
Ice to Canyon City and Prairie City,
Grant County, having been cut off by
the strike on the Sumpter Valley Rail
road. Second Assistant Postmaster
General Praeger has promised ltepre
sentattve Sinnott that special service
ill be provided by stage, either by
way or Condon and Fossil or via xu
kiah.
The Sumpter Valley Railroad Company
has tlegrphed offering to ernd a dele
A GREAT ECONOMY BE
CAUSE DFBOfiA WEAR
"After a trip to Kilauca. the active
volcano of Hawaii, my Keolin-soled
shoes were the only ones not abso
lutely ruined. Many in our party
wore hob-nailed boots," said Miss Jean
P. Lane of Seattle. Washington.
The sharp jagged lava of Kilauea
cuts an ordinary sole to pieces quickly.
That Neolin Soles 6tood the test but
emphasizes their toughness and dur
ability. These qualities are built into
them by a scientific process. Worn en
and men and children, too who are
hard on shoes should buy them with
Neolin Soles. They come in many
styles, and because of the extra wear
they give, are a great economy.
And any repairman will re-sole your
worn shoes with Neolin Soles, which
are flexible and waterproof as well as
long-wearing. They are made by The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron.
Ohio, who also make Wingfoot Heels. v
guaranteed to outwear all other heels.
neolin Soles
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AMITY RESIDENT IS ILL
Influenza Inoculation Cause of J. O.
Weston Attack.
OREGON CITT. Or., Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. J. O. Weston, of West Linn,
was called to Amity this morning by
the critical illness of her brother, John
Slmpkms. who is suffering from the
effects of inoculation. Several weeks
ago Mr. Simpklns was Inoculated as a
preventive from influenza and since
that time has suffered from heart
trouble, caused from the inoculation.
Mrs. Weston was accompanied by Jack
Simpklns, son of John Simplcins, whose
wife died in November of influenza.
net earnings had been insufficient to
pay the compensation guaranteed Dy
the Government," saying Judgment of
unified operation should be based on
earnings only in normal peace times,
and that this was another reason for
testing Government control for five
years.
My Judgment is that the test wouia
show something conclusive I do not
know what," said Mr. McAdoo, replying
to Senator McLeans query: TJan we
test one system by trying another?"
To Senator Gore s inquiry: "Don t
you think the railroads should be per
mitted to consolidate, gravitating
toward two or three competing na
tional systems, with some Government
supervision?" Mr. McAdoo answered:
"I think that would be only a pallia
tive to deal with certain conditions. I
would prefer to deal with the ques
tion comprehensively."
Compliments Are Exchanged.
At the end of his testimony, Mr. Mc
Adoo and Senator Smith, of South
Carolina. chairman of the com
mittee, exchanged brief complimentary
speeches. It was the occasion of Mr.
McAdoo's last appearance before a
body of Congress before retiring as
Director-General.
Mr. McAdoo still la expecting daily
to receive word from President Wilson
concerning the appointment of a new
Director-General.
The boys are coming home, to put aside the khaki. Every one of them
want to get out of uniform just as badly as they wanted to get into it.
The civilian clothes and occupation never looked so good to them as
now. It's one vast undertaking to clothe and re-employ our boys, but it
will be done.
In many parts of the world there are no woolens to be had; in some
other countries fabulous prices prevail. To illustrate $35 per yard for
suitings in Norway. Our soldier boys will soon be arriving home in
large numbers.
Not much chance for you at-home fellows to get clothes then, so
we say get them now and get them here at Gray's, where we furnish
you the best in clothing and share the profit with you fifty-fifty.
We sell for cash and save you from $5 to $10 on the suit or overcoat
you'll need this Winter.
COMPARE GRAY'S COMPARE GRAY'S COMPARE GRAY'S
$40
Suits and Overcoats
with those sold by
other stores for $25
and $30
Suits and Overcoats
with those sold by
other stores for $35
and $40
Suits and Overcoats
.with those sold by
other stores for $45
and $50
7 Per Cent Discount on All Furnishings and Hat Purchases Amounting
to $4 or More
GRAY'S VALUES WILL TELL
II. D. Foster Heads Map Work.
H. D. Foster has been appointed head
oS the map and survey department of
the district forest headquarters in Port
land, according to announcement made
yesterday. Mr. Foster has been a for
est examiner. He is taking the place
of A. H. Hodson, who has left the forest
service to engage in radio mining in
Colorado. ,
Meier & Frank Company Liberal.
Meier & Frank Company has dis
tributed its employes a bonus of $50,000
in appreciation of efficient service and
loyalty. The bonus handed Its employes
in cash was apportioned on the basis
of length of service with the firm.
Those who had been in the employ of
the company only a few weeks re
ceived a share. In making the dis
tribution the company informed its em
ployes that the year just closed had
recorded the greatest business of its
history.
Dry slabwood and blocks. Holman
Fuel Co., Main 353, A 3353. Adv.
HL M, GRAY -
366 WASHINGTON AT -WEST PARK
WAR VESSELS RETURNING
7 SCBMA-
Sl DESTROYERS AND
RIXES SAIL FROM EtKOPE.
Undersea Boats Will Require Fully
Two Weeks to Complete Voy
age Across Ocean.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Thirty-one
destroyers and seven submarines have
sailed from Europe and should reach
their home stations within the next 10
days or two weeks. The destroyers, the
Navy Department announced tonignt,
are proceeaing to jsoscon, ;ew ior,
Philadelphia, Norfolk and Charleeton,
whlln the submarines, all of the A-L
class, are en route to Philadelphia. - The
submarines are the numbers 1. 2, 3.
4. '9, 10 and 11. It will take them
fully two weeks to complete the voyage.
The destroyers on the way to New
York are: The Ericsson, O'Brien, dish
ing, Allen, Rowan, Wilkes. Sampson,
Davis, Nicholson and Winslow.
To Boston The Porter. Walnwright.
Klmberly, Sigourney, Little, Stringham.
Bell and Wadsworth.
To Norfolk The Fairfax, Benham,
Stockton. Downes, Duncan and Taylor.
To Philadelphia The Beale, Jarvis
and Bushnell.
To Charleston The Preston, Dale,
Decatur and Monaghan.
Soldiers to Become Rangers-.
Forest Examiner Hanzlik. who is on
a four months' furlough from the Port
land offices, writes that as an instruc
tor In the forest department of the sol
diers' civil re-establishment school of
the University of British Columbia of
Vancouver that i he has about 23 re
turned soldiers who in the near future
will be ready for positions as rangers,
in the Canadian forests. Mr. Hanzlik
will return during the early Spring.
Polish Battalion Sails for America.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4. The French
line steamship France, which sailed
today, carried a battalion of Poles,
numbering 1554 men, recruited in
America for the Polish army.
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DR. E. G. AUSPLOD, MOR.
My Praetlce Is Limited to High
Class Dentistry Only
May We All
Have a
Prosperous
New Year
J am certain that every Den
tist in Oregon that can de
liver the goods and will do
the right thing by the people
will prosper in .1919 as he
never did before.
Hemember how you used to keep a diary? Recall how
you made memoranda of everything that happened during
the first week in January, part of what happened the second
week an occasional note the third week, and then forgot it
entirely?
Remember your 'friend who swore off smoking New
Year's Day bragged about it for a day or so, spoke of the
"principle involved" the third or fourth day, weakened the
second week and then "sneaked off by himself for just one
puff" and is puffing still?
And the occasional drinker and periodical reformer
his story is too well known and too demoralizing to repeat.
TAKE A LESSON FROM JOHN CHINAMAN.
Chinese New Year is the one great joy day in the Chinese
Cell 6T1 dell"
All debts are paid, regardless of sacrifice; all enemies
4 are forgiven; strife and jealousy are forgotten, and, instead
of making resolutions, John "makes good."
The sword has been sheathed the greatest and most
terrible conflict that ever raged, or ever will, in history has
come to a glorious end.
Let's bury the hatchet let's drown the din of the anvil
chorus with the song of the plowboy the whirr of the mills,
the humming of factories.
Forget your differences, pay your debts, lend a hand
and a heart and let's make the old world a place worth
while.
MY WORK IS GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY
Examination and estimates free. Work completed in ONE
DAY when practicable and necessary.
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IN THE TWO-STORY BUILDING
Corner Sixth and Washington Sts., Portland, Or.
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