TT'S 1 ALT. HERE , " : , ' v ; ana i - csi v . . - . a OtXOCK . .Tonight and Toes- fvvj " ' dr rain : " oatlv- ITS ALL TRCK 7P westerly winds. v A A Humidity 3 w II I III I , Sfl VOL. ' XVI. NQ - 211 POILD; OREGON MO PRICE TWO CENTS VJSFMF 3E& 1 - - U ; : ... : mjssms .naval. Fiiiis 'iliiliciii t- : - rr -. ! . . . . ... r : , ' :. , , ; ; ; " .- . . B 62 OFFICERS in Sebastopol Scene of Carnival of . HorrorVice Admiral Novit ski and Three Admirals .Are Among Sfain Another, Quits. Turks Reported to Have ' Re : sumed Offensive on Armenian Front Twenty Thousand Said to Have Landed at Trebizon'd. DETROGRAD, Jan. 14. (U. , P.) ; Sixty-two Russian officers, . Including Vice Admiral Novitski, r three admirals and one army gen eral were lynched In a carnival of ; horror at Sebastopol, according to word received today. Sailors , of the fleel Joined, la i; the tasasslnations:, JrTht , officers ' : vvere aIl takento,Malakottower;" , and shot, A majority -wer "mem-" J bers of the Inoiulry committee; .which, m' 1916, convicted 17 rre- belllous Russian sailor and con demned them to varying punish ments, from death to life lmpris ; onment. ; Admiral Nemetz, commanding ' 'the Black sea fleet, has resigned as a result of the.murderB. London. Jan. 14. (I. u. S.) Tho -Turks, -whoso terras wer rirA ; by the Bolshevik delegates, are reported to have broken the armistice on the Ar- menlan front and fighting: Is believed to ' (Concluded oa rate Hires. Colama Two) Children's Mimic War Becomes Real Chicago, Jan. 14. (U.- P.) William jjaKoiwaky, 82, who turned a children'a .mimic warfare Into reality .yesterday, was under arrest today, charged with murder. He shot and killed Stella Koa ulowskl, 8 years old. , r Children -of the neighborhood, were digging a trench" In .the enov in front ? of Dakolwsky' house.. Hakolwjiky.wh la said to be a religious fanatic, sudden ly appeared In his doorway with a re- 1 volver and began firing. The little Kox ulowskl girl was Immediately killed. Aided by his daughter", 'Helen,' 30, Dak olwsky held off the poMca and Infur- ?, lated nelghbora until he was wounded In ; the right, arm. . .' Railroad; Heads to .' :Ask as: to Future i "... ' i . New York... Jan. .14. nj. P. AaMr. v ing a right totoow definitely just what l Is. In prospect. It railroad nr..M... representing 177 lines. will ask the ad - ministration how Ions it intends to con tinue operation of the roads, it was'an- netmced today. The railroads want the government to definitely promise to give up the lines after the war. You orrow When Tom LISSlOll Salem, Or., Jan. 14. The state public service commission today denied peti tion of the City ;J6f Portland to, suspend the six-cent street car fare order until the city has opportunity to test Its val idity In courts. Therefore the six-cent fare will go Into effect tomorrow. ' Petition for suspension of the six-cent far order was presented to the com . mission last Saturday by City Attorney La Roche of Portland, and at the same time was opposed by oral argument by Franklin T- Oritfitji, president of the street car company. " . ' "We have directed the utility company . to attach printed receipts to all tickets sold to Its patrons, such receipts: show ing . amount . paid ;and. to be r redeemed by company in amount of excess 'fare, should the courts declare our order In valld says, the -eojninlMtoii.-vr&'v-v GOLDMAN AND BERKMAN TO SERVE TERMS WASHIXGTOJr, Jan. li(V. T.) Seven person vrfto tried to' defeat -the draft plan by la dnelng jonag men not to register last Jane ranst serve the sentences Imposed npon then,' the snprene eonrt mled today In deriding ap pealed cases of the antl-conserlp. tlonlsts. i . , Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, 3Tew Tork anarchists Louis Kramer and Morris Becker, also of JTew York, sad three Cleve land Socialists, Charles . Knthen. berg, Alfred Wagenknecht and Charles Baker, are the persons af fected. E IS IN PART Desperate Efforts to Clear Snow From Tracks Still Keeps UpScores Snowbound. Chicago. Jan. J4. (I. N. S.) The vast railway system of the west, dor mant since Friday under an anaesthetic or snow, began to throb with renewed uro; today. Desnerate flrhttnar hv th 1 forces of the' great railroad organlxa- tlons, is beginning to show results In cleared tracks and moving trains. Trarno conditions in Chicago and throughout the Middle West are not normal, but they are no lonrer utterlv paralysed. The Overland, limited, the Los Angeles limited and train No. -10, duo from San Francisco at 2 o'clock this morning, were reported annulled, 1 4 v These trains left the Pacific eoant "three -days ago. -' A limited train service to eastern : points was put Into effect this morning.-. The- first train to leave- being the Metropolitan Express for New York at 45 o'clock.; One train for Pittsburgh was sent out by the Pennsylvania rail road at 9 :36 o"clock last night. The Chicago. Milwaukee - St. Paul, which did not turn a wheel for 24 hours, Is dispatching Its west-bound trains to day to Omaha. Minneapolis and Pacific coast points. The Lakeshort ft Michigan Southern, of the New YOrk Central lines, dispatch ed the twentieth century limited and other through trains as usual. On the Monon, Illinois - Central and Michigan Central lines no attempt -was made yesterday to operate trains, but a limited schedule was Inaugurated today. The Pennsylvania has resumed its Pan handle service, sending out Its Atlantic trains to New, York. Pittsburg, Colum bus and Washington. Scores of trains bound to and from Chicago, however, aro stHl snowbound at outlying points. It Is estimated that 600 snowbound passengers are being fed at the expense of the Pennsylvania rail road at Fort Wayne, Ind.. while In other sections trams and passengers have been snowbound for many hours. Passengers Killed In Wreck in Texas Houston, Texas, Jan. 14. (TJ. P.) Sixteen persons were killed and many Injured in the wreck of the Houston and Texas Central passenger train, the Owl. today, railroad officials here stated. When the train hit the switch the steel sleeper telescoped the chair car next to It C A'.' McCormick, a Dallas traveling salesman; reported . that he counted 20 bodies in the wreck. The Owl left Houston at 11 :30 p. m. Sunday for Dallas. The wreck occurred six miles from Hearne, the nearest tele graph station, where the wires had been torn down by the recent storm, causimr Y delay in getting a relief train from here to-the scene. The injured will be taken to Waco, It was stated. - ROLL OF HONOR Ottawa, Onw Jan. 14. (U. P.) Today' casualty list Includes amonf th wounded tin or a. w. kawtat, Htnnswtck, wash. . - . i . .. -. ... TRAIN RENEWED Dig Up Six Cent Fare Be Sure to Get a Receipt; "These receipts are to be attached to both . Ave ride ticket slips and 50 ride books.." Action ; 3Tot Hasty jrCommisslon says ; Its ..order increasing street car fares in Portland was not Issued hastily, but only as result of most exhaustive investigation and after the commission Jhad .become satisfied by Indubitable proof that, through causes entirely-, beyond the control of the com pany the cost of street car service had risen to such a height that anything ap proaching satisfactory , service could not be given t fares .less: than those fixed by"the commission's order. ' ; ' ? . "We can see no , good and sufficient reason for -setting aside our i order or postponing the effective, date thereof, nay the.eommlssioiuJSi--iris.Tf' U.S.OPFIGIS BRITHST General Salzman and Richard Flint Howe of Aircraft Board and Wood Beat, Representing Fleet Corporation, Arrive. Have Authority to Extend- Power of Colonel Disque and to Es tablish Lumber Order Clear ing House. Armed with the shears of authority to snip red tape that hampers the North west as it endeavors to respond to war's demands for spruce, fir and cedar. Gen' eral Salzman and Richard Flint Howe, members of the aircraft board, and Wood Beal, personal representative of James O. Haworth, head of the Emer gency Fleet corporation, arrived In Port land at noon today. Their presence Is the result of the rep resentations made at Washington before the war department by -former Governor Oswald West that a larger grant of au thority to Colonel Brice P. Disque, head of the spruce production division of the signal corps, and A clearing house of or ders for lumber needed for military pur poses by branches of the war department and by the allies, are essential to the Northwest program. Many Meetings' te Be Held 1 The officials will meet spruce, fir and cedar producers. They will confsr with locrrers and mill men: They wlU meet shipbuilders and manufacturers." : Colonel Disque announced that be had made no plans In advanee of the arrival of the' visitors, as he wished to make -a schedule entirely; consistent with their own desires. . , ' ' 1 . ' The war department (depends- on the Northwest for the spruce to be used In military airplanes. ' From 10,000,000 :- to 14,000,000 feet -a- month is essential. Gen eral Salzman. and , Mr. Howe have - au thority to grant to the Jtocal spruce pro duction division such' additional - pow ers as it needs to meet the government requirements for spruce. ; Mr. Beal will not, it is understood, in- (Concluded oa Page Foot. Cotama Tlireel Former French Premier 'and Min ister of Justice Held as Re sult of Bolo Pasha Case. Paris. v Jan. 14 U. P. Joseoh Ca.il- laux, former premier and ' minister . of Justice for France, was formally impria oned today as the outgrowth of charges of treason lodged against him In con nection with the Bolo Pasha case. - CaUlaux is a member of the chamber of deputies, and until that body recently voted formally to- suspend the Immunl ties from prosecution granted all mem bers, he could not be formally haled be fore a tribunal on the charges. The chamber of deputies and a Special commission heard the charges against the former premier. It , was alleged he aided Bolo Pasha in the Levantine's ef forts to deceive France Into a German- made peace ; ' that he sought to. create discord between. France and Italy and that he was constantly, opposing -the na tion'a war efforts. Madame CaUlaux, wife of the' accused. was the center of one of Europe's most sensational murder trials a. few years ago- whew she. was- acquitted of the mur der of Gaston Calmett. editor of the Figaro. . Our Investigation of affairs of the t-ortiand KaU way; Light Power com pany discloses that need foe -additional revenue on its street raUwayUines Is im perative and cannot be delayed without serious consequences. . yfk . ,"ln discharge of our duUes. we have also Investigated other branches of this utUlty's business and i have found that revenues from operation, of Interurban railways barely suffice toover expenses of operation, and .that the earnings of the light and power department are in sufficient to enable that department to aid In making tip any of the deficits In operation of -the railway department- - . i qAside from the fact that each depart ment of utility operation must stand on Its own feet, the practical situation Is Concluded on Paw Serca. ,(Unu Thivs) JOSEPH CAILM PLACED IN PRISON Minister of National Service Geddes Tells Commons Rus sian Withdrawal Will Give Germans Many More Men. Decision Has Been Made, He Says, Notto i Introduce Com pulsory Service in Ireland Irish Question Looms. Ahead. Londan, Jan. 14. (U. P.) The Rus sian withdrawal from the war leaves 1,600,000 Germans for use on the west ern front, according to Brigadier Gen eral Sir A. C Geddes, minister of -national service, in a "man-power" state ment to the house of commons this aft ernoon. ."It Is necessary for Britain to recruit forthwith 450.000 men from civil life." the minister added. "It has been de cided not to Introduce compulsory serv ice Into Ireland. London. . Jan. 14. (I. N. a) The house of commons reconvened todav after, a recess lasting over the holiday season. The calendar ' of business called for the first reading of a bUl dealing with British man power. The Irish redistribution bin a meas ure which threaten to precipitate stormy debate on the Irish Question will ahort IX h m tor debate. . .; , w j-, - i .a FOR EAST Weather : Bureau Says Pacific Northwest .Will Add to Trou . bles of Snowbound. Chicago, Jan. 14. (TJ. P. Slowly re covering from the demoralisation caused by the worst blizzard in a decade, the middlewest today was threatened by an other storm which centered over eastern Texas. And, following on its neels. ac cording td the weather bureau, is still another storm, which was brewing today over the Pacific northwest. The Texas storm la so .extensive that Its effects already, were felt as far east and north as southern Illinois. This storm, it is said, apparently will not be serious as the one Just passed. Its course has not yet been determined. but its center probably will turn north ward along the western slope of the Appalachians, with Its influence extend ing westward to the Great Lakes re gion and eastward to the Atlantic. .Traffic Is Improved Railroad traffic' in the middle west Is being restored today. Officials expressed confidence that normal conditions would prevail before night. Mails and im portant freight shipments will be given preference over passenger traffic The serious fuel and food situation in Chicago and other cities caused by tie up of local deliveries had been relieved by armies of volunteer shovelers who spent SMhday digging paths -through the snow-blocked streets. - Chicago Schools Closed The Chicago school board has closed all public schools for the week as a fuel conservation measure, and 60000 school boys were added to the forces combat ing the snow. ; All coal m Chicago yards has been commandeered' by the fuel administra tion and deliveries will be made only ti case of absolute necessity. Storm - Kills Physician Chicago, jam7 14. (I. N. a) Dr. George Schmauch , is dead today, martyr to his profession., Although' already overworked. Dr. Schmauch responded to a call rom g patient several miles away from hie home. He f eli In a snowdrift,' and whes snowshovelers reached htm he was dead. Exertion, due to overwork during; the blizzard of the last three days, caused his deathf.f . ' . .' Packing .. Plants Close - Chicago. , Jan.. . 14 (TJ. P.) The Armour, Swift and Wilson packing plants at the "Union stockyards, were closed - this afternoon . because - of , the coal shortage. Others are expected to follow. More than 10.000 packinghouse employes" were put to -work elearinar the mow mm us railroad tracks sq coal could be brought In. The plants were expected to open tonight or tomorrow. Trial of German Niirse Postponed San .Antonio, Texas, Jan. 14. TJ. 'P. The trial of Miss Emma Hudda Bur gemeister. German nurse, charged with the murder. of Otto Koehler, multi-millionaire San Antonio brewer, scheduled to begin here today, was postponed until tomorrow; on motion . of. the state's at- tecneys-- ;-.y DO G FAITHFUL TO OLD MUFF J ON ROADSIDE o UT oa the Ktver road roate te Oregon City a Scotch Collie. Is gaardlng an old mmff, and thereby haags a tale bat not the dog's. Sometime Friday - U mvff was loit from an amtomobOe patiiag &oge sUUon, and the dog. chasing along behind the, machine, stopped when the maff did, and hat been gaardlng It - ever since, notwith standing - the rain and efforts to lare It away. . To . get the animal off the road, where it was In constant danger from traffic, Mr. Boge tneeeeded la beating it away long eaongh to throw the maff into the yard. Col lie went after It, and there It sticks, howltg Its fangs to any who at tempt' to get near It. So a perfectly good dog and a more or lets worn mmff await a claim of ownership. Chairman Hurley of Shipping Board Sends Out Call for Volunteers. - Washington. Jan. 14. (U. P.) A call for -250,000 volunteers, a reserv army of skilled workers in shipyards, was is sued this morning by Chairman Hurley i of the shipping board'. . Men of draft age called Into the ahfp ysdA-rUluante4kiftxmpUon from military service. V v; "T Colnclden tally. Hurley announced fee will - need 100,000 additional -workers "within four .or fUe months State Councils of Defense were asked immediately to give publicity to the ap peal and urge employers to release skilled labor.' Workers will receive standard Legislation is under consideray- tlon to provide necessary railroad fare - -1.1 ki.w i 250,000 WORKERS WANTED IN YARDS ,. , w WJi"lwirlea operator flashed UiO 1UAJ 19 OMillVU. Will Use Sailing Vessels Washington. Jan. 14. (L N. L The shipping board Is planning to make im mediate, use of the vast United States emergency tonnage of sailing vessels pf tne American mercnant marine, it announced this afternoon. At the sug gestion of Chairman Hurley, Secretary of Commerce Redfield turned over to the shipping board a complete report cover ing all those vessels. They number 600 ah Inn of 1000 tons and iwnr mnA of this rAm " planned to use them more extensively in the coastwise trade, and in southern American and Pacific trade. Chamberlain Put on Coast Defense Body ' ' Wajihtnrtnn. .T.n 11 it nj a -rn.. Democrauc steering committee of the senate- todav named Rnn.tnr v. r senate today named Senator H -D Smith of South Carolina to be chairman of the senate interstate commerce com mittee to succeed the late Senator New- lands. Senator Ollie James of Kentucky was named as a member of the com mittee. Senator Hardwlek of Georgia was named to succeed Senator Smith as chairman of the Immigration committee senator wnamoeriain or Oregon was named as a member of the committee on coast defenses, and Senator Johnson of South Dakota to be a member of the Committee on public lands. Murder Trial Put Off; Wlf TIPQC! Ta 1TI AttYiTT Kansas City. Jan. 14. (I. V. Mrs. Mary Krelser. Who shot and klllei her husband, t oward Krelser. Indepen- oence uouicviru tnniuu cnurcn or ganist, wept this morning in the crimi nal court when Judge Porterfleld con tinued her trial until the April term of court. ' xne continuance was granted over protest of Mrs. Krelser, who wanted the court ordeal over as soon as pos sible. - The continuance - was granted be cause of the absence of T. V. Wisely. a witness expected : to prove that he sold the gun to Mrs. Krelsler. showing that the slaying was premeditated. Be Is in the army in . France. President Inspects ShiDDinff Proffram - - ' . Washington. Jan. 14. (I. N. 8.) Pre. Went Wilson again this afternoon ner - sonany lnspectea , tne shipnina - board program. Unheralded he dropped in on Chairman Hurley and went over with nim uie reports or . progress from tbefstltutes the greatest element of necee- various ( varus, xne president is in - tensely Interested In seeing that, tonnage promises maae o ue. entente are- kept, Mr. Hurley laid before him all available figures.-- . ' The president was closeted with Hur- ley for an hour butt bad nothing to say soout ma wnz. . . . ' - SHIP IS HIT "'-"- ' AID, THEI IS SILEE1T Steamer Texan in Collision Somewhere in Atlantic- So Far as Is Known There Has Been No Loss of Life. Efforts to Get Into Touch With Steamer Afte Operator Sends "Goodbye" Are Futile j Other Ships Ordered to Assistance. AN ATLANTJG PORT, Jan. 14. (U. P.) "We were struck amidships. We are sinking. Low ering ' lifeboats starboard side. Have lost aft boat - Spilling oil on water. We have 43 men. Now lowering forward boats. ' Good bye... No 'nwre--Texari.w r . . - ,This was the dramatio- message 4 ieZM&ftlKortcue : ovti he lea - In "S. O. S.", wireless calls early todar by the Amerlcan-Hawsllan tank steamship Texan. The ines sage,4 which was picked up here, did not give the location of the Texan, which is believed to have been in a collision. Efforts to answer the easel after her good by, no Omchided ea Page foar. Colama rise) STATE FEDERATION MEETS AT ASTORIA i Commissioner Hoff Tells Convention He Will Not Be Candidate for Reelection. Astoria. Or.. Jan. 14 -rranlaatlon details occupied considerable part of the opening session of the fourteen annual convention of thV at... v... I T.a Ka Iiam VI a . . - - I " " " , ""1 " . : . . " " iaoor nere this morning. Delegates ar- the number who arrived Saturday night I n.. - J rn r .V-, . . . . athat oVP fwf "fS toaT Z.SiJ;0":?' miss loner, a feature of whose talk was the statement that he win not be a can didate to succeed himself at the - next election. r Attended AD Sessions "This is the fifteenth annual conven- tlon of the State Federation of .Labor that It has been my privilege - to at tend." said Mr. Hoff. "As commissioner j of labor I come In close touch with your (work. .To have a better understanding of your ideas, alms and Intentions, it is necessary that the commissioner should attend your meetings. I am. therefore. to some extent present In an official cPclty. This, however will be the last' I shall appear before you as such. I as I shall not be a candidate to succeed myself. "The thought that In the future, after this year Is finished, I shall be lees prominent in your affairs stirs In me the feeling that presses hard on the hu man heart when separating even In a small degree from an association' that has grown to be a part of one's life. I shaU always recall many pleasant mem ories of helpful aid given me tn the performance of my duties. Commissioner Hoff also urred CM tin nance of labor's cooperation In every acuviry concernea wita the winning of the war.- - - FredaefJea : It Essential ' "In the tremendous conflict at arms In which we, as a nation, are engaged to perpetual o ue gioneua princlnle of de mocracy, he said. otjr great duty Ileal along; the line of production. Ouna, Kearney Wornail, only surviving wit ships, munitions, clothing and. ereateat ness of the hatchet murders and robberv xniTwaV aii iooo are ue prime neceasitlef of bu vi uia maruiK OX arms, j the manning of oar battle and merchant tshlDS and. of directinar the fir f k. I ponderous guns ' ef war on . the hti 1 front, we will have a plentv. I - t la, men. up to ail to sa tiui I the machinery of production Is not idle j for a single moment, and; as food con- 1 sity. ootn at noma ana abroad. we must not only conserve but ' bend our every erxort to see-that not a crumb of bread or kernel of grain Is wasted by reason of a shortage of labor- la the' factory., field or orchard.-- ' ' Consideration of war work will be an l Important xhase of conservaUon wm-v Report of U-Boat ' Off Texas Coast Sends Artillery Guards to Forts Wireless Message Brings Word That Patrol Boats Saw . ; Diver in Gulf. Galveston. Jan. 14. il. J. Guards have been stationed at all coast artillery batteries here today and a close watch Is being kept on all ship ping, following wireless reports that a submarine had been sighted by two American patrol boats 100 miles south of Galveston bar. Military authori ties declined to discuss the report far ther thin to admit such a report had been received. Ail coast artillery troops on leave were Immediately summoned to man batteries. xne report said the submarine mounted two guns, and that It sub merged and was not seen again when the American patrolboats gave chase. Patrol boats Hurry to Sea Galveston. Jan. 14 U. P.) Although omcers ac ran CTockett declined to comment, on the report, they admitted troops of the coast artillery away for the evening on leave had been hastily summoned last night to man the shore batteries, and that all passes have been temporarily suspended. All available patrol boats In the nar- oor were sent to sea last nla-ht- Ac cording to the report, two patrol ves sels attempted to chase the submarine, but the U-boat quickly submerged and nosppHns. a souinwesT gal is now sweeping -the . gulf and on account of this patrol work: Is difflcnlt- steadily increasing activity of Germans ia Mexico, a large number of whom went to that country Immediate! Upon, 4sInaUon .by" the TJnttecW states, give color to the theory that any sunmartne activity on this side will be directed against the oil commerce of the Julf. ; where supplies', might be obtained through cooperation with Ger man agents on shore. Nsvy Ssys Nothing . Washington. Jan. 14. (I. N. xne navy department was without in formation -today of the hostile subma rine ' reported seen In the Gulf of Mexico. Streams onTVlt. Hood On Wildest Rampage 'Xsmeroa Bridges Over Zlg Zag, Clear Creek and Saady Carried Ost or Das. ages vsrisg seeest Heavy Floods, i wi iiun imtm, r m m i i-n. i William Deveny has received a letter JZ i . - imj J rivers 46 miles from Portland. She says tne nooa was "the worst we ever wit nessed up here, and such a noise all the time, you would think the world was coming to an end." ' .M.rlMrt?D "T?6 flo?d"nH1 7' 7 th-XrTt: Slurt Is toe SS, VJIt cmu4TT11 11 ?un ,n time, so heavy travel I. an II m nr Avt It is still going over it. Sandy bridge is O. K. It took part of Mrs. Plerces foot. i hrfd it tlLw' Z2a Cl Creek bridge. It took the bridge at Rhododendron and also one of the Twin bridges. It took two foot bridges at Welch's, damaged the wagon bridge. swept off the bridge at Arra Wahna and damaged the Mclntyre bridge over Sandy. Canadians Capture Prisoners in Raid London. Jan. 14. CI. N. - Canadian troops carried out a raid against a Ger- I r" trTVCh Position north of Lena dur- ' wpiunng some prisoners. ? W.T ottic announced at noon. The Canadians returned te their lines witn- i n1?- snrrerea a single casualty. J J5x or sdeneourt there was aktrntish- ,n D?lwPll01?. WMcn " la l voraoiy iot ue untisn. I X " Victii tn Identifies Dead Army CaDtain as blbbgd aded ; Camp Funston. Karu Jan. 14. ftT. P. ln armory oana nere Friday .night. . win m uvauea Bleep m me t ort nuey noepiuu ana starea into the lace of the man 'who -had hacked four ef Woman's companions to- death and bat tered Wornail into unconsciousneaas. The uuwnr, omaisa us nis army captara s . uniform, sat In a wheel chair at Wor nail's bedside, horribly rigid of attitude. sna gasea -at the wounded man- with vSignuees eyes. Wornail. paralysed memantsTiiv with porrwr, nneuy . louna but voice. IlasOfVatioa Is PesJUve ' -That's -the man Captain Whlsler, he cried, and fainted. : - ,.." I Military officers, jn their seal to es tablish the Identity of the murderer and n n r 7 -.in i i I MIL UU I U BI6 ill Giant Quartermaster's Building in Washington Breaks - Into Flames Twice This Morning, With Disastrous Effect : - Guard About Grounds Doubled vas Soon as Blaze Is Discov ered Private Soldier Held in Con nection With Fire. Y ' NORFOLK. Vs.. Jan. 14-L N. &) A German lieutenant," who came to this country on the German ybmarine U-53, was ar rested here this afternoon as he was trying to set a match to the : magazine at .the aviation station here. He wore the uniform of an America! army eafttaln when ar ; restd, W; rT ".-TT- ' ' Letters "from former German Ambassador von Bernstorff and " Captain Boy-Ed were - foand In his possession. A receipt' show- ; Ing that he had received I90AX) for. distribution among , eight confederates, including a wealthy cltixen of Baltimore, was also found. Washington. Jan. 14. CD". P.) A newly enlisted private. Vie nee no Ferrio, Is held by military authorities hers for accidentally starting the fire which gutted the giant quartermaster's store house and poet commlsaarT building at Washington barracks today. . - Ferrio Is charged wttn gi use care lessness. Inquiry having developed that the conflagration was probably started by a cigarette he dropped la the building. ; It was the fourth of a aeries of mys terious fires to break out In the building during the last 10 days, and the loss may reach f 200.000. An Immediate Investigation was or dered by Secretary of War Baker, who personally went to the scene and re- (Ctooctaded ea Fsge roar. Cases Os Ex-Congressman HI ' In Army Hospital Macon, Oa.. Jan. 14-(L N. 8.) Major M. P. Gardner. former- Congressman from Massachusetts - and now-a major In the One Hundred and Twenty-first Infantry, is 111 with pneumonia at the base hospital. Bis condition 4a regarded s grave. , r . ' Gas Explosion Caiise Of Wire Works Fire San Francisco, Jan. 14.: TJ.. T.yAn' explosion of gas was the cause of a 1250.000 fire at the plant of -the E. R. Edwards Wire Works- in South Pan Francisco, it was declared today. ' The fire, which started about 10 o'clock last night, destroyed the plant and factory, established IS months ago, which .was making wire for Alaskan fisheries. - robber, had staged a Foe. a scene worthy of ...After testing Woman's eyes by' read tag, they had permitted the bank cash ier to sink Into a sleep. Then they had dressed the body of Captain Lewis H. Whlsler. who -shot himself late Satur day when - Confronted with exposure, placed it In a wheel chair and trundled U to Woman's bedside Sunday.; The shock' to "Use wounded roan, on arousing, was severe, but physicians said It would not affect his recovery.. Whlsler Had Aide, Is Tlew -' Military authorities were proceeding today that the robber and murderer had an accomplice. , ? . . A suitcase Is misstng from the- quar ters of Captain Whlsler. Investigators Man (Oaacieoed ea Page Three, Colons Oat)