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Newspaper Page TextWAR REVIEW - THE -WEATHER 5: ,. Txe War la Fletoilal Review: Pages :v ' , and t of Section Two. , - Prospects Md'PWmi 1i lltt r : Freak H. Shuoadt. -Pags 1 -of Seetloa ""''Be. ' -v- i ' ' The Aplrit of Verdi a by Sana Burnet. " V Pace It of SeetloS Ose. Pertlaac aad vtctattyt EsJsj, frtftk -,' sestaeriy. wlads. - . . r Oregoat Balaf-fresh soataerty wises.' ,4 Watatartoat : Bala t Iresa MiUirtr , , triad. . ; -,- ' . 43. I PRICE FIVE CENTS ..- .' VOL. XV. NO CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY.: 13, 'lplS. mm si us IE News Index View of Situation as Sees by Administration Is Giveii to United Press; Issue Depends - on Liberal Element in Germany! ;.: . . Press Comment So Far Ver Bit ter Military Party Beliefed io Have Firm Grip in Berlin) Wilson Fears Optimistic;' View. By Robert J, Bender WASHINGTON, Jan. 125 (U. P.) The possibility of peace , negotiations before spring, or the oertalnty of an indefinite 1 prplorigation of the war will be . definitely decided within th$ next fortnight, according to the ad- ministration view as it was; semi officially given to the United Press today. The issue 1111 be determined "solely by the effect of the peace aihi state ment upon liberal poIlUcal leaders, and upon the masses of the people: lri Ger many, Up to today there has been nothing to Indicate that the full text or" any great part of the text of the president's message has been printed In Germany or Austria, j ;' Press Commeat Blttea Apparently, only those pats, vcalr , culated to spuV the peopi to I contirH unuvii .- tii war oin' Dffin M.i um pa in -. ,nXt'-WfcTC4t tteFaerniaa prv comment nas an oeen moat outer. It la said that a. little later jthe lull text of the message -will reach the So. claliat and: Liberal political leaders. It may produce some effect then. The , president realises the rhilltarist j grip on Germany Is tighter now than ' ever before. , In addition, the statement ' of allied war alma has made .German ' Junkers and militarists witling io go to i any extreme. .The anied proprani if sue- I ceasful, means obliteration for them and for their theories. "Their only .possible chance lies In holding German! In the Var and making a last desperate mili tary drive in the -west meanwhile hop ing for another allied blunder, j Statements Come Too Late According to the best informed au thorltiea In the administration, the allies now realize a bad blunder was made and a year practically lost by failure to reply last winter to the German peace maneuvers. It la believed that had the allied terms been then stated and had they "soaked in" that the state of mind of the German people would have been much different now. ' It la also recognised that full respon sibility for Russia's defection is due to the failure to state the allied war. alms earlier, tognVer with short-sightedness of the allied council in Paris last sum mer, which failed to sense or play up . to the liberalism of Russia. All Information reaching the govern ment Js that Internal conditions in Ger- many are bad. The food situation is unquestionably serious. The economic situation la more so. It Is said, however, that the president haa not as yet seen any indication that the Increased seriousness of either .of '. these conditions is great enough to off set the increased Strength of the mifl- tarists. That strength has been made greater by recent. German military sue cesses. It haa been intensified by des peration of the Junkers and militarists, now f wake to, realisation that there can oo no compromise. . i OpUmlsnt Disturbs President To date there la no evidence coming out of Germany to indicate, that the " Lloyd George and Wilson assaults have added materially to the success of 'the . allies' 'political offensive. Unless evi- tdence Is soon forthcoming, it is expect ed that this offensive will settle down to a siege' to-be continued colncidentally with the military siege of Germany. ' The president is understood to be se rtously concerned over the wave of un 3 Justified i' optimism which haa swept 3 the 'country following the peace aims statements by Lloyd George and himself, " -1 ,i . 1 1 iii.i i i in , i i i . i i SECTION ONE28 PAGES 1. Nt fortnight vital to war Iwum Spruce program u ds eipeanee atam sHuatUwi In list crKtoal Captain, suspectatf f murdar, tutcldai Lenlna praliat wliton't matteee V. W. O. A. war work campaign cue- cmfui MaatlaM San utpena4 en Pacific eoait Loyal (upport of war savins campaign urgaa Mr. Paling taM to have bets waif t. storm Situation In Bert - Statatman ASdron Bar AtaoeMtlon Waathar man favor Portland S, MunRions Ohlaf Propoud Start right ' Opera aaaaon U andad S. Industrial financing company forecasted Whan does McNary't term and? Ultimata ownership of railroads discussed Bdltorlal Brlaf Information Town topics Alaskan sign large spruce contract Certain roolttrants subject to arrsst Jsffarson faculty asks reinstatement of May 7. Figures en Oregon's mineral output de clared unfair Sura leal dressings sorely needed fee army 10. K. of O. war work campaign begin Monday -Portland-Seattle train service to bo cur tailed E start willing to have successor chosen lam invites trade wltn Pacific coast 11. ttanflsld's platform detailed Ryan would fee state treasurer Oram out for labor commit loner 12. Polk Towns Rejoice Over New Railway Guardsmen Recommended for Camp Reed Olvlo Survey Based on Aged Statistics Skin araftlngfKxpootad to Bar Life 1. federal Dragnet Results In Numerous Arrests Nona Pacific Mill to Be Leased Police Organize War Emergency Squad Red Cross Seal Sale Yields SI 2,1 81 Or. McNaughton to Plead for Starving Peoples Sls-Oent Carfare Fight to Begin Mon day . O. i A. C. regents explain Kerr Increase University military training strenuous Canadian off leer are well reoatved I ,kA, In. Idaho behind Insurance act Vancouver to vote on shipyard bon&Vf Wednesday State fair secretary files report Zone plan for coal distribution Government may be forced to budget plan River craft may com Into own again Lumber production below normal be cause of floods Amsrlcans see honor paid battle heroes Prospects and Problems for 1 91 S By Frank H. Slmends The Spirit of Verdun By Dana Burnet nortage in nocaey players Fulton declared best .: Detes of merchandise shoot Junior Hunt club president Northwest golf In- dune Thomas like boxing commission 700 Portland athletes in arm -Hendricks successful pilot Miss Moar wins chase Travel 18,000 miles to shoot Rosebuds neve nard schedule . Duck shooting Is ended Dillon after ball franchise Multnomah schedule not mad Japanese pitcher It unique 23. Real estate and building news S4-2S. Want ad 27. Markets and finance 28. Marin SECTION TWO 1G PAGES Page 1-2. The Week In Society 3. For Boys and Blrts 4. In Vaudeville In - Stageland ' i 8. Photoplay News The Journal Plans Treat for Children o. in neaim or snusie 7.. Woman's. Club- Affairs ... f . S-8. The" War5, In - Pictorial Review j .10. New -of the -School -11. Fraternal News , j?:-' . . TIsofc-3rte. 12-18. Automobile and Good Road IS. Fashion Chaw-By Mm. Qui Vive Beauty Talk By LUIIafl Russell . SECTION THREE 4 . PAGES Fiction Magazine SECTION FOUR I PAGES Oj Comlo mm TAPE II III I II I r nrn hr w a 'ssr 'ssr'er Bsoaaj Armv Captain Beco Own Executioner Hacking 4 Men to DeatK 14. 15. 1S. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21, 22. Former Governor's Visit to Na tional Capital Expected to Hasten"" Production Program in Oregon; Board Men Coming. Greater Authority Obtained for Col. Disque; Clearing House for Spruce Orders Proposed to Avoid Confusion- and Delays. La Follette Sues Wisconsin Journal mesc After Camp JPunaton. Kansv Jan. , 12. fU. i P.)-k;aptaln - I1al Whlatler" if the J5h infantry,;' became Wa 'own lexecu tloner -today after suspicion had been directed at him aa the probable mur derer of four men In the bank at the national army , camp here who were hacked to death with a hatchet Friday night Whistler shot and Rilled himself with an army revolver after he had written a note in which he said : ' "I have been thinking- of commit tins suicide, for a Ions; time but I never had a. rood reason. Yesterday I went out and made myself a reason." It was addressed to a woman- whose name the army officers refused to make public Doabt Is -Eliminated Tonigrht ' Major Lee. chief of staff . of the 89th division; In an interview said : . "Every indication points to Captain Whistler as the murderer. The circum stances and evidence are so conclusive as practically v to eliminate any pos sibility of doubt." "The mufders In the bank were com mitted some time -after 3 :30 last' nlgtit. Cashier Kearney Womall of the bank, who had' been -terribly battered and cut on the washstand. ott T.h Madison. Wis., Jan. 12. (U. P.) Sen ator Robert M. La Follette today com menced suit against Richard Lloyd Jones and the Wisconsin State Journal. Summons In the action was served late today Senator La Follette's grievance is not fully revealed in the. papers served to day, but the action is Bald to be one for alleged "malicious conspiracy to libel and to degrade and defame the plaintiff." Senator La Follette several weeks ago filed suit against the Madison Demo crat for alleged llbelt asking $100,000 damages. The Wisconsin State Journal and Edi tor Jones were among the senator's ataunchest supporters until La Follette took his stand against the United States' declaration of war on Germany. Gilbert Rowney, former law partner of La Follette, and Walter Corrigan, Mil waukee, a staunch supporter of La Fol lette, are attorneys for the senator in the action. V Trolley Car Plunges Through Ice, 15 Hurt Toledo, Ohio, Jan. .12. (I. N. S. Fifteen persons were seriously injured today, when a Lima . trolley - left the track and plunged over ' the main street bridge 12 feet into the Ottaway river. The front of the car broke through the ice and stood on end. C. A. 'Walsmith, motorman, was probably fatally hurt. . The rescue of the imprisoned passen gers was effected by -firemen, who low ered ladders and" then formed & human chain by which the injured were raised to the bridge. .. Motorman Walsmith attributed the accident to an open switch., . free ,the Nor tft west's spruce produc tion' program of strangling red tape and the lumber industry of confusingly . competitive orders will result from the successful trip to Washington, D. C of former Governor Oswald West. Following are the principal results of Mr. West's mission: Members of aircraft . board to come to Portland. Red tape handicapping spruce production to be cut. Colonel Brice P. Discroe to. re ceive larger authority. Clearing house for spruce,, lum ber and fir orders to be estab , lished. Plans made for local manufac ture of airplane parts' and -pbs6i- bly ;f entire airplanes ready- for , ' Xjm 1 Js-:A.:var . I' - ' " 1 . . . - japBrie"vv jiiaAscwiBWi.-, , ty Alter learnm? oe.jui. wesvs axecom pllshments -. Satfarday nignt. Colonel Brice - P4;Dlsque.' head of the spruce production 1 division bt?' the signal corps,' Said It represented a service of value to the entire nation : as an aid to the winning of the war.; Mr. West reported that grant of much of the authority needed bys Colonel Disque to meet . the -war department's needs of spruce for airplanes hadv al ready "been made.' ' He -' succeeded 111 reaching the heads of the various ''de partments with .a statement of the sit uation and found that former pleas had not gotten past the subordinates. Following' the ex-governor's intercession at Washington, two members of the air craft board. General Salzman and Rich ard Flint Howe, together with Wood Beal. personal representative of James O. Haworth, head of the emergency fleet corporation, will arrive in Port land tonight. -Xoeal 3Iaaafactare . Proffered They will go into the spruce pro duction situation thoroughly. They have authority to grant to Colonel Disque all of the powers needed to get out the 10,000,000 to 14.000,000 feet of airplane stock which the government must have by the murderer, stumbled from the bank covered with blood and fell at the feet of a passing sentry. He declared that a man in a captain's uniform had killed four men in the bank and had fled. Within 10 minutes the military nolice and Provost Officer Captain J. C. Small-1 the . vault in bis wood had taken charger-of the sltua- toward the door. Whlstlerwas lying h ODooette- side of the room" from thfc fbloody : exhibits. It was known that Whistler had secured two hatchets from the supply department the pre vious day. ' " The men he killed were: C. FULLER WINTERS. Kansas City, Mo. - CARL OHLESOX. Kansas City. JOHN W. JEWELL. Springfield. Mo. O. M. HILL; a clerk. t Spanish War Veteraa Woman, who is seriously injured. probably wllr-recover. Captain Whistler . was a veteran or the Spanish-American war. . At - the time of the last Mexican trouble he offered to recruit a regiment fpr bor der service. He was commissioned captain at the officers' training camp at Fort Riley, Kan.' For five years previous to that he had been employe 1 as a railway mall clerk. His home vt as at Sallna, Kan. - Wornall, in - periods of consciousness in the hospital - today, told a dlscon nected story of the murder, "r The employes were- kept after regu lar hours by the .large volume of bus! ness yesterday,-he said. With the em ployes .was Jewell, editor of the post's dally paper. There was an Insistent knock at the door about 8:30. They admitted a man who covered them with a re volver. He forced Wornall to tie the hands of .the other men. Then he tied Wornall, stuffed all the currency in pockets and turned HIM tain uyriiuiijiuii HI tion. -. Guards were thrown about the camp and cities within a radius of 100 miles notified. . Dogs were placed f on the trail of the murderer. ' . i ' Flsgerprints Are Feaad Fingerprints ! of the murderer Were found ; in the bank. Because of Wor nall's declaration that a . man in a captain's uniform had done the killing. all captains at tne post , were ordered to report.. It was soon after this or der - was Issued that Whistler's body was found in his room in the officers barracks. . Bloody towels were found In the room.. .There were spiotcnes or ozooa Saw Companions Battered "You recognise - him, don't you?" Winters asked Wornall. Wornall replied in the affirmative. "You know me, do you" cried tne robber. "I sure do." replied Wornall. The robber stopped short, hesitated, and in that, moment became a murderer. Springing at the helpless men, he swung his hatchet. Wornall, the. last one 'struck, 'was forced to see his com pan Ions battered and hacked to death. without any chance for resistance. Jewell worked in the advertising de Bolshevik Leader Issues State ment After Receipt of ; Full Copy, of Message andSend$ Address, orf to Ttrotsky at Brest Fault Found, However, Because President Did Not Criticise England as Concretely as Ger many; Peace Plans Will Go On UNIFORMS OF NAVY WOMEN TO BE NIFTY WASHIXGTOX, Jam. 1SV-(I. K. S.) Eallsted weaita la the aavy l&M ef the at are gels;- ( have very nifty aaliorms. Secretary Daniels today approved the t j let, and while they raaaot he termed dreams they will he at tractive aad aatty. The eoats are to be of aavy bias serge aad ef bleached drill, tlsgla breasted with foar shiay aavy hat toas dewa the frost. The bias Is for wlater wear aad the white for iiaair. The skirts will he ef the same material, tatlor.made, fall at the bottom aad with patch poeketr ea either side. They will expose to view Jsst fear laches ef shoes. Hats will be at navy bias felt aad white roark straw. With, the bias oatflts will he.wwra black stockier and high black shoes, aad with the white, white stockists aad - lew white thees. The whole oatflt will eest aad .will be faraished by Us fOTerameat. DIGSIU Blizzard Most Devastating iV a Generation; Mo Train i Service v -.Between Poesies andBuffa!oj Ten Die From Cold in Chicago. Germans Prepare for - I Al Hull Ml Drive, Sav Prisoners rnurcnes wm uose anc (Concluded on Pago -rhree. Column roer) WORKERS IN Y DRIVE GO WELL OVER THE TOP Total Secured Amounts to $79,- 517.63,-' of 'Which Women's Team Obtains $46j559.65 and Men's. Team $32,957.98.' (Concluded on P ge Three. Cotamn Three) . Total for Welfare Fnnd i Women's team total for week, .f 4(.Uf.St Hea't-team-total for week.: St,t(T.8 WA EALING LI was m i a a. aw . a vr w s f ssv LAIESWHEW Sensational. s Eyldence j Comes ; to ' Light Saturday Which,. 1f: Sub stantiated,;. Will Abruptly End Smith' Contest. Graad total for week. "The spirit of Portland is the spirit pf America. She is never found lacking when called upon to perform her. duty." This was the sentiment expressed by General L. C. Gilman after reports of the workers In the Y. W. C. A. Soldiers' Service club campaign showed a total of J79.517.63. an oversubscription of $4,617.63. Saturday night. . Colonel Geraldine Talbot, commander of the women's teams, was declared the winner. In the contest waged during the Concluded on Pics Three. Column Four) Sensational testimony to the effect that XaMf a - Jarle Fall ng was not 'the daughter, of Charles, and Mary Barrett, but a foundling picked up on the streets and 'adopted by the Barretts in the city of New York on their arrival from Eng land In' 1848, and. therefore, no relation to Xr. Tyler Smith of Sheridan. Or., who is now , seeking to break the will of Mrs. Filing, in order to inherit her $600,000 estate because of his asserted couslnship. will be offered In rebuttal, according to a statement of John P. Logan, attorney for the legatees tinder Mrs. Fallnga will. This fact, as.-alleged, not known to any of the attorneys or litigants before late Saturday night, when it was divulged, If 1 With the British Armies In the FlAd, Jan. 12. (U. P.) Germany's prepara tions for a drive are undoubtedly pro gressing. More German divisions have recently arrived from the east. Their disposition along the west front was re ported today by British flyers. It also was learned from German Drisoners that the enemy is preparing some new sort of frightfulness whose nature Is so far unrevealed. The same prisoners said ammunition had been extensively distributed over the German lines, pointing to an early attack. Captured German documents included orders and special measures to prevent desertions. The weather continues highly unfa vorable for infantry fighting. It is slushy and. muddy under foot and drixsllng overhead. The whole of Flanders is once again a veritable bog. London, Jan. 1J. (U. P.) Three raids in the neighborhood of Liens were repulsed today, the afternoon statement from Field Marshal llaig stated j There was hostile artillery activity In the neighborhood of Lens, Cambra! and Mesalnea. - j Parts,- Jan '.ll-U.' P.) Twov German rwei.toJ, iuXewtaL.tlW' cause. he 1 attacks vwUh liquid fire around, chairme confUctylt would have aided the- aa wood ' wers '-thrown', back by French hexatloalsts -to-mislead the TeoPM. ' I forces -wltn appreoiabis losses to Uie Therefore, we remain at BrAstLltOvsa I enemy, according t to&ight'a official in wdcv nor. to iava nntoucned a anuria I statement. . posslbUltr la the battle pf peace for the people, declaring before aU our re.'xdiness to try again to aiscover whether peace between Rossis and - the four central powers la possible without outraging the Poles, the Letts.- the Lithuanians, .the Armenians and -others to whom the rev blutlon guarantees .full and unlimited developments without ulterior moiives." Petrograd Is Qatet and Pastors Congre gation in Clearing Big Drifts From Streets to Get rto Fuel. PETROGRAD, Jan. 12. U. P.) --Nicholas Lenine of the Rus sian Bolshevik government form ally praised President Wilson's speech today on receiving a full copy of that message. He found fault, however, .with the presi dent's failure to criticize England as concretely as . Germany. Lenine ordered- that, the president's speech be sent at once to Trotsiy by telegraph to Brest-Lltovsk. Russian delegates to the Brest-Lltovsk peace conferences reported formally to day their Intention of continuing the negotiations "so aa not to leave untouched a single possiVUty in the battle for peace for the people." Ceatiase Battle for Peace The break in the negotiations over, a technical point." the dispatch' said, re ferring to ' the Germans' . determination of their disinclination to. transfer the deliberations to,Stockiolm, "would hare made -worse, the position of the democ racies, of Germany and o I, other central German Cruelty in ; Belgium Continues London.' Jatv H. (XT, P.) A ghastly record of continued German cruelties to Ylvlna mrmm Ii,m1 ' lura tnsv In an Petrostrad is ouiet While revolutionary I Russia prepares oflce again" to flghtv- I ln th.t th.r . have been 68 recent . It is not to be mistaken, that ,us execuUons of : Belgian naUves by the shevlkl, will rule new .Russia but the.urfna -.u., v- -.a mri. luiure cannot -iww? do otoh. . ;.. i murders durinsr 117 at laaat 17l 1 Today K seemed lixeiy tnat tne arot- i . of thi. tnt.i at iat io w.r. sHri. t aky-Lenlne , government would Join with 14 to l4 years of age and three boys tne Bociai-nevoiuuonanee w u u i under 29. Nearly all. the Belgian gov a Joint-congress which would include in emnient haa positive proof, were cruelly its elements the workmen's and soldiers 1 irtnrxi ttnr riuth mnAA iir .r. congress, scheduled for. January 2S.and firings, the torture being applied for ine pan-i(.usaiaa congress oi pcawiis, i tn purpose of forcing the victims to scheduled for January 28. - denounce an alleged accomplice in soma Bucn. a joint, congress) wouia auiomau- i lanciea mlsdeeol. cally extinguish the constituent assem bly and would be equally as representa tive oi aii'ttuosia.. . . '-. ... ; ; , Here-in the capital the food situation (OoDcluded oo Pace Three, Cohimn Five) (Concluded oa Pace Two, Colusut toot) FRENCH ARTILLERYMEN ADVANCING UNDER DIFFICULTIES MILITARY CRITICS attribute the victory won by the French in the battle of Chemin des Dames to the rapidity with which ar tillery was brought into action. The accompanying photo graph shows that field pieces were not moved to the front without difficulty. More than 30 soldiers are seen tugging at ropes attached to a gun that is being transported to the trest of a; hill whence a commanding position is to be had. It is largely because of their superiority in artillery that the .allies have been, able to'half the Huh in the west and the big gun and the airplane are conceded to be the two factors that ultimately wfllbrihgf 'victory.' ' 4 1 -v War Sta p Drive Must ort Be Giveii Loyal Supp That J the nation's $3,000,000,000 war savings drive for 191S can be success only when the people give it the same "' unflaggingly ' loyal support they ; have accorded the Liberty loan . campaigns, waa asserted by C. S. Jackson, ' state director of the war -savings committee for Oregon." who returned Friday even ing from a 0-day trip to Washington ' and other eastern cities. Mr. Jackson " waa enthusiastic over Oregon' prospect of reaching the 917,000,000 Quota, as signed to this state. ' "One thing : I wish to emphasise," said Sir Jackson,, "and it is along ' the Una I talked over with ' Secretary McAdoo. It is that, the school houses -f tha1 country as community centers 'should be made the base - from which the War Savings Drive is : carried on. This campaign is an appeal to ' the people who do the world's - work, and I pit.' It offers the one opportunity for chlf dren and people of smaller means to teon tribute their vital bit to the war's prosecution. , -:: ; rMy survey of conditions in the East convinces me that In the War Savings Irlve the appeal of . the country is to the people who '"work. This appeal calls i to every ?' man or ; woman who strives forv a . living-: and i particularly If touches the great, wage earning class of our cltlsens. The - thousand dollar limitation . placed? upon ; the - value ; of stamps any one person can own means In the ultimate that these stamps have got to be bought by the ranlc and file of our people. This campaign, is not one in . wnicn ine ncn can do .more than their little bit and it presents an opportunity In which the UtUe fel I low, so ' called, " can - do a - very - big , j mimii ! iilMsiiiii.iisiissssjaaJiimnr mmmmmmmmmmmmimm T !.,. T. ' . V . .V & . .. X S. - -j... fBss .v.-?-.r.-. f Is .ysv. - '-y-:v-:-: x-:-x-x-; .v:.; . ::-.'T . V W4 r 2 Britisli Captures in ' Near East 33,590 Washington, Jan. 11. (U. P.) British forces took SS.590 Teuton and Turkish prisoners In Palestine and Mesopotamia and captured 2S3 enemy guns In these theatres in 1917, according to official British war reports received today. Of this number 17.646 were captured by General Allenby'a Palestine army and 19.944 by General Marshall around Bag dad and In Mesopotamia. On the west front the British captured three Germans for every prisoner lost. Haigs losses in prisoners on the west front were 27,200 men and 166 guna. No guns were lost on any other fronts. On the other hand more than S10 guns were taken by Halgrs men. Washington Lumber Mills Shy Cars, Close . J ' : & . r r SeatUe, vJan. 12. (I. N. & J. F. Donovan, one of the big lumber men of Washington, stated today that six mills already have been closed owing to the shortage or cars and mors) win be forced to shut down unless relief is furnished, - CHICAGO. Jan. 1?. (U. P.)- The storm-bound middle west " waa fighting for Its life tonight. -The most devastating blizzard of a generation had welded -all classes in Chicago, young 'And ; old, into a glganlle community that was ' battling snow and 'cold to prevent death by alarvaUon or freezing.. According lo - ro- ports to the weather bureau, con- dltions almost as serious-'-pre- vailed throughout the wesL , Officials frankly admitUng - It ; was the most eriUcal situation ' this region had ever faced, issued r the elct: - - 1 -Dig : or. freeze; shovel or - starve." - . ' Fsel BeUrery Big QsetUoa c Railroad transportation was para lysed in an area extending from Buf falo nearly to the Rockies, ana from Canada south into Kentucky and Ten- twjsrr t ul rTr: rd&re serious arwl lni- mediate danger' was - the blockade of local deliveries. The majority of ma rooned citea had adequate supplies of fuel . and food. Snow-filled streets. . however, prevented ' it reaching Out xmsumer. Jt was to combat this crisis that - cltlsens wielded shovels tonight , and will turn Sunday into - a day of labor. -..V'. .--".-"'''. ;" Aa . fast as the streets ' are cleared, deliveries will be- mads. . The distrlbu- -tlon of food wUl be left to the dlscrs- : tlon of local dealers. ; r v Babies and hospitals wUl . have the preference in the matter of milk. Coal . will be handled only oa authority of the . fuel administrator. -: 'i'he 6tmoet economy was urged by State Fuel 'Ad ministrator Williams. Ha declared that pooling of neighborhood supplies may be necessary. : Stores Clese Kaiir In Chicago, big department ; stores ; and other, business places were closed , ri in this afternoon to oonservs f ueL ' Several mlnlstera anneuncea tneywouia not open their churches tomorrow, but would Join their parishioners in. wield ing shovels. . , ' ..." Many deaths ana nun area or cases Af mattslta vara MnAiawl tonlsrlit. Tan . deaths occurred here, diseetly attrib utable to the storm, and mora than . 100 persons were treated for f rose a. , hands and feet. ' . j - Possible fires presentad another dsn ger. Fire apparatus eouia not pene trate the snowdrifts. : Many I Ira piuga ' were fro sen. , ,v - i Fears were expressed for the- safety or passengers ana crews on passenger trains sttsltawl in 4 Ha stwn ' eountnr. Many crack trains, including the Twen tieth Century Limited, were so situated -tonight. . . I - Zsrs la. Florida 1 j t Ha 11 roads entering Chicago' had an nulled all train a Suburban and lnter urban traffic throughout the west was "blocked. Street cars In many cities could not operate. Only the elevated lines in Chicago were . attempting to maintain service. This was inadequate and , hundreds of persons, i unable . to reach their homes. 'spent the night la downtown hotels. . v . ;;' The storm, which gathered ever Art son . three days ago, will- center to morrow along the Atlantis coast, from the St. Lawrence to Florida, 'accord ing to the weather bureau. The. tem perature will reach zero at Miami, Fla it was said,' and would be several de grees lower along the northern At lantic coast. This region will also bo tCoacIsdsd oo rata Tve, Cafusas Osa) r-'j, Meatless Day Abolished On Coast Until March Meatless days are abolished until March 12, lo ths states of Oregon. Washington, Idaho, California, Nevada and Arlsdna, . - - ... v Porklesa days will bo rigidly, adhered to. "Perklesa days" mean no pork or pork products on Tuesday or. Saturdays, and at least one meal a day, at which no pork nor hoc product (pork, bacon, ham or lard) shall bs ussit The lid has been taken off the meat less days by National Food Administra tor Hoover, according to, telegraphic in formation : received in Portland - by Oregon Food Administrator W, B- Ayer. : Heretofore each Tuesday waa observed as a-meatless day, hotels, restaurants and ether ' eating places having: agreed to abide by the request in the Interests of conservation of meats needed for the exportation to Europe,' : , Mr. Hoover, following out the general policy of the food administration of taking the public into its confidence and of making no regulations that will im pose unnecessary hardship, la his tele gram to Mr- Ayer. says: -r , , ' Reitrictless Are BsBered - . Ia" vlew-of the animal situation in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, 'California, Nevada and Arisona. due principaQy to transportation, as discussed in detail at the recent conference of food adminis trators here, we have reached the deci sion that the states mentioned may, until Mapcft It, remove the restrictions on the easting of beef, mutton, lamb and veal on meatless days and for meatless meals. "The new cofteervatlon program desig nates jneatlees Tuesdays ana- porkless Tuesdays and Batardays. also one mea- (Cbeehided ea Page Taree, Cohima rive) rr X