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BRINGING COAL TO NEW YORK THROUGH THE ICE
CANADIAN SEALER FLORIZEL is commandeered as an ice breaker and is shown with
steam at high pressure smashing through the ice fields of Raritan Bay, off Sandy Hook,
N. J., opening a path for the passage of coal barges tied up in Perth Amboy, N. J., and
other coast ports. '
Director General Advises Senate
Committee That Government
Assistance Must Be Given to
Make the Railroads Effective.
Comes Out Definitely Against
Government Ownership, but
Says Congress Should Not
Put Limit on Federal Control.
WSH1XGT0N. Jan. 21. U.
P.) A billion dollars must
be advanced lo the railroads for
improvements before they will
be on an. effective war basis. Di
rector General McAdoo advised
: before the senate interstate com
'liWe60lnWltee todayr
At the same time McAdoo came
definitely out against govern
ment ownership of the roads.
McAdoo said his survey of the
rail situation has convinced him
government funds must go into
the railroads to help them ex
pand. V
He forecast the continuation of
government control for some
time when he said congress
;j should not limit government con-
trol to any definite period.
If government control Is limited to the
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REPUBLICANS CABINET BILL
Accuses Party of Using War to
Play Politics Characterizes
Roosevelt as "Most Potent
Agent Kaisar Has in America"
Conservative Republicans and
Roosevelt Progressives Bury
Differences and Unite in
Offensive Against Missourian.
Recommends Immediate Passage
on Behalf of Military Affairs
Committee Without Waiting
for Administration's Attitude.
Body of Three to Take Active
Management of War Pro
posed, President to Name
Members With Senate's Help.
Monday Holiday Order Expected
to Be Discontinued in a
m
Few Weeks.
Washington, Jan. 21. Heatless Mon-
duration of the war or for a fixed time day added lts handicaps to industries
tnrougnoui tne nation loaay dui con-
(Ctoocladirtl on Pag Fonr. Column Thrra)
STEAMSHIP
PIER
IS SWEPT BY RRE
vL1.?' ."n,,Cl!": U Ukely When the by Director General McAdoo that be-
iuic du Mtty a aiiuaLiuii 1110 uaniciu
Monday holiday order may be dis
continued. The statement was made
before the interstate commerce "com
mittee. '
There is little need for or likelihood
of the present Garfield orders being
extended to include territory west of
, the Mississippi, It was stated by the
I fuel administration today. There is
little trarrtc congestion on tne macule
coast. It was said, and many locomo
tives are now being rushed to the East
from the West.
The national railroad is fighting zero
weather, snows and freight jams to
i each the seaboard with coal.
Business shivered behind closed doors
and great industries continued idle
through their fourth day of suspension,
to facilitate coal shipments. By special
request of Fuel Administrator Garfield
Sunday night, department stores and re
tail establishments throughout the East
600,000 NEW
TROOPS SENT
TO BELGIUM
P1RIS, Jan. II. CP. P Six am
dred thousand German troops
hare been brought into Belgium
during the past few weeks. The lit
tle kingdom has literally been
crowded with men and munitions,
according to word recelred here to
day. Dispatches rrom Amsterdam
report the Belgian prorinee of Llm
bnrg filling np with Austrian troops.
All the concentration 13 apparent
ly In preparation for the long-adrer-tlsed
west front drlTe.
IIOF
1917 tm M
Roadmaster Yeon Submits Third
Annual Report to Board of
County Commissioners. '
Explosions Scatter Burning
juring Seven.
Pitch Over Firemen; In-
s -
Baltimore, Jan. 21. (I. N. S.) Ifre of
: unknown origin this afternoon dentrnvMi
the Darland steamahio nier at i.t i today not only are not burning coal
Point near here. It was being used as tut thy are closd- Elevators are sup-
a shipbuilding plant by the H a vr,t Posed to run only for those exempted.
company.
Several firemen were injured and sev
eral ships being constructed for the
government narrowly missed destruction
by the flames. The fire started shortly
after noon and was not under control
until after 3 o'clock. .
Ice on the ground, congestion of rail
road traffic, the distance of the fire
from the city water plugs and the lm
I passable condition of the key highway
I bridge united In hampering the firemen.
.Starting in the pier building, the fire
' spread rapidly, owing to the inflamma
ble nature of some of the contents of
the structure. Two explosions within 15
' minutes of the beginning of the blaze
scattered burning pitch over other parts
But despite the general close-down
of business, the government Is having
a violent fight to keep coal moving. At
both northern and southern ports, load
ing of vessels Is continuing on a 24 hour
schedide.
It Is now believed that drastic meas
ures to continue coal movements after
(Concluded on Pc Two, Column Fire)
Medical Unit Must
Wait Three Months!
Washington, Jan. 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL.)
The surgeon general has Informed Sen
ator Chamberlain that probably it will
be three months before the Portland base
hospital unit will be ordered overseas.
The unit will not be mobilized at pres
ent. Fourteen other units ahead of the
Portland unit are now mobilized and
waiting orders.
Exception Is Made
For Emma Goldman
Washington, Jan. 21. (U. P.) Imme
diate execution of all sentences against
those the supreme court found guilty of
violating the draft law, except Emma
Goldman and Alexander Berkman, was
asked by the government today.
The request was immediately granted
In the third annual report of Road
master John B. Yeon, submitted to the
board of county commissioners today. It
is shown that the total expenditures
for 1917 were $586,338.51. Of this amount
$23,333.77 was for work done In 1916.
The principal outlay was on the St.
Helens road for bridges, regrading and
paving. It amounted to $254,933. On the
Columbia river highway $84,706 was
.spent as follows: Maintenance, walls.
park and various work. $15, 422. 3b ; Vista
house, $52,590.26 ; rock wall at Vista
house, $9297.71 ; paving around Vista
house, $7395.69.
According to a recapitulation, the fol
lowing Items entered Into the general
expense : Labor, $196,362.98 ; contracts
and material, $416,644.51 ; equipment and
depreciation, $6193.99 ; engineering and
superlntendance, $31,975.74 ; credits. $87,
172.48. making a total of $563,004.74.
Expenditures Exceed Receipts
To operate trucks, rollers, district
automobiles and machinery cost $34,
796 ; quarries, $26,233 ; road oiling,
$6495.
For right of way. dsrfhages, etc..
Washington, Jan. 21. (I. N. S.) In
one of the rriost violent and sensational
speeches ever heard in the United States
senate. Senator Stone of Missouri, chair
man of the senate foreign relations com
mittee, today bluntly accused the Re
publican party of using the war to play
politics. He also characterized Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt as "the mosl potent
agent the kaiser has in America."
His speech set the political cauldron
seething. Conservative Republicans and
Roosevelt Progressives buried their dif
ferences and united to hurl back at the
Missouri senator a terrific counter of
fensive. ' Professedly seeking to quell
partisanship in the war. Senator Stone
apparently only precipitated the storm
brewing since disclosures of defective
war management began to come out. of
the congressional -investigations.' --'-
Senator Stone centered his attack
upon Colonel Roosevelt, whom he called
"my star witness."
"Of all men." he said, "Roosevelt Is
the most responsible for what he de
nounces. He does his work cunningly.
In the front of his propaganda he
throws a deceptive political camouflage.
I charge that Theodore Roosevelt,
whether willingly or out of sheer mad
ness, I don't know, is the most potent
agent the kaiser has in America.
"I cannot escape the belief that this
exceptional colonel, who has played so
many games of questionable politics. Is
now playing another game of his par
ticular brand for a very creat stake."
Senator "Stone also assailed Senator
Bols Penrose of Pennsylvania and
Chairman William R. Willcox of the Re
publican national committee, whom he
accused of leading the Republican as
sault on the war administration.
"The recent tendency of many, not all,
but many Republican senators, acting
(Cbocluded on Pig Four, Column Four)
AUSTRIA PREPARES
TP BREAK, IS VIEW
Most Serious Situation Since
War Began Now Coming to
Climax, Says Mason.
President Wilson
Declares Speech
Of Chamberlain
Unjustifiable
Oregon Senator Is Accused of
Having Distorted Truth
in Criticisms.
Washington. Jan. 21. (I. N. a V
Without waiting to learn the adminis
tration s attitude officially. Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon on behalf of
the Benate military affairs committee to
day recommended Immediate passage of
the bill creating a war cabinet of three
members to take over the active man
agement of the war.
The measure expressly nroviden that
the cabinet "Is to be composed of three
oistinguisned citizens of demonstrated
executive ability to be appointed by the
president, by and with the consent and
advice of the Benate.
Jarlniletton and Anthotity
The Jurisdiction and authority of the
war cabinet are defined as follows:
"To consider, devise and formulate
plans and policies, general and special.
for the effectual conduct and vigorous
prosecution of the existing war. to di
rect and procure the execution of the
same.
"To supervise, coordinate, direct and
control the functions and activities of
all executive departments, officials and
agencies for the government, in so far
as In the judgment of the war cabinet it
may be necessary or advisable so to do
for the effectual conduct and vigorous
prosecution of the existing war.
Others to Aid In AVer Work
,To consider and determine, upon its
own motion or upon submission to it.
subject to review by the president, all
differences and questions relative to the
conduct and prosecution of the war that
may arise between any such depart-
( Concluded on Pte Two. Column Two)
GUARD
WiL
BE
CALLED OUT TODAY
State Troops Will Go on Duty to
Protect Waterfront Police
Force to Be Increased.
By J. W. T. Mason
New Tork, Jan. 21 (U. P.) As
THE ROLL OF HONOR
(Concluded on Pag Two, Column Three)
Trade Horse For a Cow
Orange Canary Birds
For Sale
Livestock IB
WANTED, to trade a good driving
horse for a first class milk cow.
Typewriters 77
FOR SALK Nearly new Oliver
typewriter : will trade for Under
wood or L. C. Smith, and pay dif
ference. Dog. Birds Pets. Etc.
BESMJT1FUL canary singers, deep
orange color.
.Capable, energetic, skilled work
ers, competent executives, those
who bear responsibility and shape
the affairs of business all are In
touch with the JOURNAL. WANT
'- COLUMNS.
The "Influence of the JOURNAL.
WANT COLUMN'S extends to peo
ple In all . walks of life business
' and the home are both Interested
In JOURNAL WANT AD3. .
' 'Wishlncton, Jan. 21. f-(L N. 8.) Deaths ; casualty list iacned hj the reeords office bors:
ot 11 enlisted men and one nurse were reported auied in action:
to the war department Sunday by General Penn
ine, commanding tne expeditionary lotoe in
France. Eicht ot the enliated men were victims
ot pneumonia.
The nurse was Miss Helen FairchlM, daucbter
of Ambrose Fairchild of Watson town. Pa., whose
death from acute yellow atrophy of the liter
occurred at the base hospital on January 18.
The casualties among the enlisted men were:
SERGEANT AARON FRAZIER, stevedore,
January 18, pneumonia; home. Selma, Ala.
CORPORAL CLAUDE U ROBINSON, ensi
neen, January 18, myocarditis; mother, lira. A.
Lb Robinson, Mount Sterling. Ohio.
PRIVATE (first class) THEODORE W.
FARMER, engineers, January IT. pneumonia:
1 mother, Mrs. A. B. Farmer, Albany, Ga.
rKiVAUG cuAxji.s c 1HO.NS. Infantry,
A. F. PALMER. Bakerafield. OaL
'Wounded and missing:
C. P. FITZGERALD, La Qranoe, Or.
Wounded:
P. JEFFERSON, Seattle.
January 10, pneumonia; Lillian BaUiday, cousin, 1 Mo.
Washington, Jan. 12. (TJ. P.) Fifteen
deaths among American troops from natural
causes and one loss from a United States transport-were
reported in a cablegram from General
Penning to the war department today.
They include:
SERGEANT ALWTN R. ROBERTS. Western
pert, Md. ,
PRIVATE HENR W. ORAY, Enumolaw,
Wash.
PRIVATE CARL C CRAWFORD, Lundy,
$3680 was paid out and traffic police ' direct result of President Wilson s and
cost $3531. For erecting sign boards the ' Premier Lloyd George's war statements,
cost was $1731 and for planting trees ' Austria-Hungary is apparently prepar
the charge was 4899. t mK to break with the militarists of Ger-
A statement of the operation of the ' many- Tn most serious situation that
road fund shows that the total amount ! has developed within the central empires
available for the year, was $588,413.46. i 8inc the war began Is now coming to
but only $551,298.95 was received. The , a climax.
expenditures were $35,039.66 in excess Th onJy reason Germany is contlnu
of cash receipts. As the balance due I ln ls that the demands of her mllitar-
the fund Is $37,114.51, the net balance ,Bt8- wtl '"'ant to Insure the extension
in the fund ls $2074.95.
of a policy of kaiserism and Interna-
Major Richard Delcb, commanding the
Oregon State Guard, Issued a call this
afternoon for 50 men of his command to
help patrol the waterfront tonight. He
announced the probabllKy that the pa
trol would be Increased to 150.
The state, guard is now fully armed
Its regular drill decurs tonight at the
Armory, and at the request of the de
fense committee, composed of Governor
Withycombe, Mayor Baker, Chief of Po
lice Johnson and owners of shipyards
and other aterfront Industries, the pa
trol will be added to the protection al
ready being afforded by the police.
The guard now consists of three com
panies. Including 232 men. Orders have
been received from Adjutant General
Williams, however, to Increase this quota
to 100 men per company.
The guard will meet at the Armory
about 7 :30 p. m. and Major Deich will
In addition to the- amount expended tional looting, are still insistent.
on the St. Helens road and Columbia ! Austria-Hungary no longer has any
river highway, other expenditures f Interest In such a program. Notice, in
were: i the plainest terms. Is now being served
Estimate Is Submitted on Germany that the Austro-Hungarians
Cornelius pass road $27,966. Skvltne w111 not continue to fight for pan-Ger-
117.709. Canvon S1Y.446. Hoffman 111.215 i man objectives.
Capitol Hill $11,058, Bertha-Beaverton President Wilson's declaration of
112.293. Bam Una extension 14 441. Wll. liar's purposes, though meant primarily
son road $4,985, Pounder $4,633. I t0 encourage the German people to ac-
Accompanying the annual report of ! cePt democratic peace, are exerting
the roadmaster was his recommi1a. their first profound influence upon the
Monsi for thia Year's budaret. Thia oaIIs ! people ot Ausxria-ungary.
for an expenditure of $504,150. i An nonorawe peace, saieguarding
In a general way the budget follows ' -interests. awaus
the forecast which was published in ,oniy acceptance at ienna. cnaer tnese
yesterday's Journal. conditions the Austria-Hungarians have
; uruH am against cuuunumg
jthe war for militaristic Ideals that
' threaten the gravest consequences in
Jeff City. N. J.
PRIVATE TANNER BOTD, labor company
quartermaster corps, January 18. pneumonia;
mother. Mrs. M. Boyd. Vaden, Miss.
PRIVATE GLKASON LEWIS, labor com
pany quartermaster corps, January 18, pneu-
, monia; joe Lewia. tamer, xmooaauz. La.
! PRIVATE GEORGE W. V ROOM AN, ammn
j nition train, January 17, pneumonia; mother,
' Mrs. Anna Langhoop, Casper, Wyo.
PRIVATE (flnt class) WILLIAM J. CAM
MING, ambulance company; Mrs. J. Cumming,
, mother, Bridgeport. Coon.
! PRIVATE first class) ARTHUR N. PETER
SON, ambulance corps, January 8, typhoid fever;
; tlenry reterson, latner, rronaence. K. 1.
' r.tef a wn TATivt r Mn m i- .
ntry. Jama
is John A.
I rniYAic jun.x v. siaauii. inrant
ary it. pneumonia; emergency address
JUssel. latner. Gazelle, Cai. .
PRIVATE HENRY. PLUMMER, stevedore
January 1ft, . pneumonia; - Henrietta Fluuuaer,
mother. PacDut. Miss. ';. -
Ottawa. Ontario, "Jan.. 21. (TJ.vP.) -The
following : Americana are-. mentioned in - today's
PRIVATE PAUL O. E. MOTER. Hertford
City. Ind.
CORPORAL JOHN T. FAWCETT. Cnela.
Texas.
PRIVATE WILLIAM F. LALOAN, Rome. N.
T. - ' :
PRIVATE JOSEPH BONNER, RensomriHe.
CORPORAL GUY C. MORRIS. Keokuk. Iowa.
PRIVATE LOUIS O. LAISKN, Rawlins. Wyo.
PRIVATE WILLIAM R. LEDFORD. Tork-
Tiue, ai.
- PRIVATE IRVIN L. CRCT8, Stewartsrffle,
N. J.
- PRIVATE BY ROM f. CONWAY, Winches
ter, laano. -
.: PRIVATE IJ5ROY WALKER. Mowata. La.
PRIVATE ROLAND F. M'ARTHUR, Car
thage. N. C. . . --
BATTALION SERGEANT MAJOR GEORGR
V 8HILEY. Waterloo. N. Y. - - .'-
SEAMAN PARIS IS ATHANAXIOS, . address
una nown. ...-. ,
No Salaries Paid to
Washington. Jan. 21. (I. N. 8.)
President Wilson tonight branded Sen
ator Chamberlain's statements about
the "inaction and Ineffectiveness" of
the government "an astonishing and
absolutely unjustifiable distortion of
the truth."
He made the charge In a formal
statement from the White House. The
statement follows :
"When the president's attention was
called to the speech made by Senator
Chamberlain at a luncheon In New
York" on Saturday, he -immediately In
quired of Senator Chamberlain whether
he had been correctly, reported, and
upon ascertaining from the senator that
he had been, the president felt it his
duty to make the following statement :
Distortion of Trsth Charged .
"Senator Chamberlain's statement as
to the present inaction and Ineffective
ness of the government is an astonish
ing and absolutely injustif lable distor
tion of the truth.
"As a matter of fact, the war depart
ment has performed a task of unparal
leled magnitude and difficulty with ex
traordinary promptness an defflclency.
There have been delays and disappoint
ments and partially miscarriages of
plan, all of which have been drawn Into
the foreground and exaggerated by the
Investigations which have been In prog
ress since the congress assembled lnves
tlgattons which drew indispensable offi
cials of the department constantly away
from their work and officers from their
commands and contributed a great deal
to such delays and confusion as had In
evltably arisen.
"So Mistake Hat Bmi Repeated
"But by comparison with what has
been accomplished, these things, much as
they were to be regretted, were Insignifi
cant and no mistake has been made
which has been repeatd.
"Nothing helpful or likely to speed
or facilitate the war tasks of the gov
ernment has come out of such criti
cism and investigations. I understand
that reorganizations by legislation are
to be proposed. I have not been con
sulted about them and have learned of
them only at second hand, but their
proposal came after effective measures
of reorganization had been thoughtfully
and maturely perfected, and. Inasmuch
as these measures have been the result
of experience, -they are much more lik
ly than any othrs to be effective. If the
congress will but remove a few statu
tory obstacles of rigid departmental or
ganization that stand in their way. The
legislative proposals I heard of would
Involve long additional delays and turn
our experience into mere lost motion.
' Chamberlain la Criticised
"My association and experience with
the secretary of war have taught. me
to regard him as one of the ablest
public officials I have ever known.
The country will soon learn whether
he or his critics understand the prob
lem in hand.
" Td add, as Snator Chamberlain did,
that there ls Inefficiency in evry de
partment and bureau of the government
is to show such ignorance of actual
conditions as to make It Impossible to
attach any importance to his statements.
I am bound to Infer that that statement
sprang out of opposition to the admin
istration's whole policy rather than out
of any serious intention to reform Its
practice.' "
K W
TERROR IS
FEARED IW
PETROGRAB
Bolsheviki Predict That Their; :
Opponents Will Start Trou
ble Constituent Assembly,
Dissolved Scenes Lively.
Final Act of Convention Declares1
Russia to Be Democratic Re
public Former Cadet Minis
ters Are Assassinated.
AMSTERDAM, Jan., 21. (U. P.).
Ukraine has . practically f"
concluded a separate peace with
Germany. . .' , - '
Word from Brest-Lltovsk,.' re- i '
oeived via Berlin today, gave this
first news of a breach among
the Russians. The 'agreement . .
between Germany and the Infant
Lkrainan republic was concluded
Sunday. Previous word had '
staled that all Russian delegates
had departed from Brest-Lltovsk .
and this had been supposed to ;
include the Ukrainans. -
Decision by the Ukrainans to
make a separate peace and not ; '
to act in concert with the Bol
shevik delegates representing
Russia at large will undoubtedly .
be a heavy blow to the Bol
shevik hopes. , :
Foreign Minister Trotsky had r
previously stated he could not "l4
allow the L'krahian delegates to
treat the question of occupied , '
territory independently. They
have apparently gone exactly i
counter to his wishes. ;
Petrograd. Jan. II. (U. P.) The '
crisis between the Bolsheviki and the
conservative liberals was at hand today.'
Dissolution of the constituent mw
sembly, effected by the Trotaky-Lenlne
(Concluded on Taaje Four. Colo an Ostl .
(Ccmeloded on Pae Fire. Column Tor)
May Charter the
Dutchmen in Port
Washington. Jan. 21 (U. P.) The
government ls negotiating for the char
ter of Dutch ships held In New York
harbor, the war trade board stated today.
Schooner Mahukona
Wrecked Near Apia
" -
San Francisco. Jan. II. (I. N. 8.)- '
The schooner Mahukona. a sailing vee- -sel
of fiiJ net tons, went on the rocks
while being towed to sea at Apia. ac-
cording to advices received by the
Chamber of Commerce this afternoon. .
and is a total wreck. Captain Johnson',
and a rew of Hmen are believed to -have
been saved. The parting of a ;
hawser was responsible. A cargo of ;
copra drlfte4 to sea. Only the iggtng
can be saved, it Is understood. t
S The Mahukona was built 17 years ';
ago and is valued at $73,000. She U -owned
by J. 5. Davenport, and was un' -der
charter to the American Tradinjr- ?
company. Bhe was en route to ban
Francisco. ' ' .
Austrian Foreign Minister Resigns
When Defeated by German Military
Leaders Who Insist on Annexations"
German Prisoners ' State Commission
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. II. (TJ. P.)
A -f va luwit e a fce a isiu ww vr vas a LIS CI
letters uncle Sam writes to it. It might j
do a more proiitame institution to work Washington. Jan. II. (I. N. S.) The
for. . ! supreme court today discharged Jurls-
But because no answer was made to diction, thereby making final the de
a communication from the American ciston of the California courts holding
government asking that an agreement that the railroad commission of Callfor
be made on the payment of salaries' of i nia had exceeded its powers in directing
prisoners of war the war department j the Atchison. Topeka ft Santa Fe Rail
has, sent out notice- that there will be i way company to reconstruct a washed
no pay for German prisoners. That j out line. ,
means that German military officers The court also upheld the constltu
now held prisoner In this country will tlonallty of the California medical prao
get their board and lodging and that's tice act, sustaining the supreme court
J. " v - - , T y ,' of that state. ; : . . -
Amsterdam, Jan. 21. (I- N. S.) Count pledging themselves to the policy of a
Czernln. the Austrian foreign minister, greater Ukralna, which, it ls believed,
has resigned, said a dispatch from Ber- i will Include some of Gallcla (Austrian
lin today which quoted the Morgen post j territory).
as its authority. An amaslngly frank Vienna dispatch.
r ot., .rt vices from Berlin indicated Panted In today's Vorwaerts. reported
that the whole Austrian cabinet had col
Count Toggenburg. former minister of
Interior, has been commissioned by Em
peror Charles to form a new ministry.
It has been reported for several days
that Count Czernln's reslgnatsn was
probable on account of the situation re
sulting from the peace negotiations at
Brest-Lltovsk.
The Austrian foreign minister stood
for a moderate peace on the ground of
no annexations nor Indemnities, but was
overridden by the German militarists.
With otter disregard to the wishes of
the Austrian minister, the German en
voys at Brest-Lltovsk went ahead with
their, negotiations with the Ukrainans.
-v ' - - V .-. ..:.. . ; - i
-. a .: . - . . t. . .
five labor mass meetings at Vienna
adopting resolutions "demanding pas
sionately the determination of a general
peace."
The dispatch asserted the meetings
"considered the speeches of Lloyd
George and President Wilson, and es
pecially the Wilson peace program, are
signs that hostile governments.' too. are
under pressure of labor and are begin
ning to restrict their Imperialistic war
alms."
Gerrnan9 to Quell Austrian Riots
Berne, Jan. 21. L N. .S.) So serious
has the ; internal situation become
In . Austria-Hungary through ' labor
strikes 1 and peace ; demonstrations that
1 v .'. ,
Germany has sent large forces of sot. '
dlers into industrial centers with orders .
to shoot down strikers and to fore
them back into the factories, according
to reports received today from the A us-
tlan frontier. . ,r -
There was an unconfirmed report that '.
martial law had been declared in the "
communities where the Industrial tie-tip
is crippling the output of war supplies.. -
There was another big peace demon-: ,
stratlon in Vienna, Sunday, when old.,-,
men and women marched through the - -streets,
accompanied by crippled sol- '
diers, disabled in the war. . ;
It is now reported that the closing of "
the Austrian frontiers was due to the '
disorders in the industrial districts and
rot to troop movements, aa first believed.
The Austrian press is becoming bolder '
in its attacks against th militarist:. ;
nd is roundly condemning the govern-
(Ometoded oa Pl Four, Cols ma lte)
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