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"THE TRUTH ABOUT BELGIUM,? BY BRAND WH1TLOCK, IN THE SUNDAY JOURNAL BEGINNING FEBRUARY 17 A;' THK IVTCATHER Probably rain tr nfght and Wed nesday; southerly winds. Humidity, 85. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1918. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TWAIN AND NKWS ' STANDS riVC CENTS VOL. XVI. NO. 218 CAPITAL EYELT o 9 TRIA GROWING ;rr8 ALLHEBB LOCK S ARRIVES AT UNREST AOS IN i:: van INTERESTS PRESIDENT STATE WILL SELL FIRST ROAD BONDS il s Washington Officials. Admit Sit uation Is Serious, but Believe Germany's Power Over Em peror Charles Will Continue. People of Austria and Hungaria Opposed to Further Sacrifice for Furthering of Imperial Aims of Kaiser; Riots Grow. B ERNE, Jan. 22. (I. N. S.) A well defined revolutionary movement is developing in Austria-Hungary, according to , pri vate advices 4 received .today from the' frontier. " The Austrian gov ernment is taking active steps to meet it and a conciliatory at titude has been adopted toward the strikers. A Viennese newspaper received today quoted Deputy Renner, a Socialist, as saying: "The diminution of bread is not the chief cause of the revo lutionary movement. The agita tion is against a prolongation of the war through support of Ger many's demands for annexations and indemnities.' mALEM, Or., Jan. St. The state highway commission will sell 190,000 of road bonds, hide to be opened on February S, which U the regular meeting date for the commission. This will be the first half million ot (2,000,000 which the commission is authorized to sell this year. The bonds will be offered In two lots of $150,000 each and one lot of 1200,000, this being- for the pur pose of giving a chance to smaller bidders. The bonds will bear 4 per cent Interest, and will begin to ma ture on the sixth year, with one twentieth maturing each year there after until the entire issue is retired. DESERT FROI TURK'S 16010 INSilWIGE GRIP EAST: 0 All RELIEF OREGON IS FIRST IN DRAFT REPORT Figures Prepared by Provost Marshal Give High Praise to State. Half of German-Turkish Force En Route From Constantinople to Palestine Flee From Gen eral Falkenhayn's Command. General Allenby Reports That Typhus Is Making Heavy In roads in Turkish Capital; Thousands Dying in Smyrna. Washingtqn, Jan. 22. (U. P.) One hundred and sixty thousand Turkish troops more than 50 per cent of Gen eral Falkenhayn's reorganized Turkish army deserted during the recent Jour- Freight Movement Is Paralyzed, With Little Prospect of Being j Able to Accomplish Anything; Under the Garfield Embargo.! McAdoo, as Last Resort, Will Consider Curtailment of Pas senger Traffic in Order to Get Coal to Atlantic .Seaboard. VLADIVOSTOK OBJECTS TO JAP WARSHIP Washington. Jan. 22. (U. P.) Swept by a driving snow and bitter cold, the ' eastern seaboard and far inland today faced the greatest crisis of the winter. The weather bureau announced that ! while snows would cease generally to- i night, further drop In temperature would ; TOKYO, Jan. 22 (U. P.) The mvaldpal council of VladWo. tUk-has protested vlgoronsiy to the Japanese consul there against the entrance of a Japanese warship Into Vladivostok harbor without the gorernmeat's consent, according to dispatches today. The council declared that such action Impaired the sovereignty of Bus sla and Injured the friendship of Bussla and Japan. The protest Is not seriously regarded here. Hundreds of Russian refugees and travelers representing many other nations have been held up in Yokohama by the new American ruling refusing passports to aliens bound for America. The ruling created a mild sensation and caused consternation among the steamship companies here. PRE CALLED OUT Tl U M Tfl A i-ii iiii mi it; i NUN iu n IF Sffffi LAGS, SMS 1 DE1I ll American Killed In Brush With Germans on the Western Front Corporal Walter Roberts of Hartline, Wash., Is Re- ported Slain. 9 GUARD HARBOR By John Edwin Serin Washington,. Jan. 22. (I. N. S.) The situation in Austria-Hungary today was watched with deepest Interest by the ad ministration. That it is very serious of ficials admitted. But whether it will have the effect of disrupting the solidar- Concluded on Page Kour, Column Three) Log Wrecks Train On Oregon City Line 'Track Is Blocked Near Fern Ridge Sta ' tlon and Schedule Is Upset Cars Are Borrowed From Willamette V. S.. Two huge logs wrecked a train and upsew the regular schedule of the Oregon City line early this morning. The logs were being transported to Oregon City and. as the train rounded a curve near Fern Rid pre station, fell from the ear. One tangled uj with a trucfk of the car, wrecking the train. The Portland Railway, Light A Power company had no cars In . Oregon City, and was unable to get cars' from Sell wood around the wreckage. Officials negotiated with the Willamette Valley Southern railway and secured three cars, which were used in carrying passengers to the wreck, around which they walked ( to waiting cars. In this way a partial ! service was maintained between Port land and Oregon City while the wreck age was being cleared away. Clearance Fields, superintendent of- interurban tines, was in personal charge of the wrecking crew. The name pf old Oregon stands out proudly on a colossal report which will go down into history as one of the great documents" of the war. It la the report of the provost marshal general to the secretary of war, on the operations of the first draft under the selective mili tary service act of 1917.; Copies t the report were received in- Portland thl morning. r ; v "Oreeon first'- la the nutatftnAtnr .fea ture of the report, studying it from every angle of its mass of detail. In the ratio of actual enlistments to gross quota by degrees, Oregon is shown to head the list by a big margin. Her score Is 157 degrees. The nearest ap proach to this is Utah with 114 degrees. Oregon also heads the list in ratio of those called to those registered. The chart shows that registration in this state was 100 per cent, and that less than 5 per cent of the registration was called. In the matter of ratio of en listment credits to gross quota by de grees Oregon Js listed as second among 27 states and territories, with 90.11 de grees. Hawaii is first with 182.97. The 27 states and territories are those that were above the national average, all the rest being below. Washington is No. 21 in the list of those above, while Cali fornia is 89 in the other list. There were only three states with 70 per cent or over, the other two being Maine and New Hampshire. The cost per man certified for serv ice in Oregon was $4.86. Maine's cost per man was $11.18. tional Members of State Guard Out for Patrol Duty. . ney from Constantinople to Palestine, of- "h' SSSuST '"" awpaicnes louay siaiea. the national . railroad. No relief la in UI: n.I-U HJ Kf 1JJI General Falkenhayn. appointed by the sight. , mdjui ueit.ll Viueis JU nuui- kalser to reorganize the crumbling Mos- I The unprecedented Garfield Industrial lems after General Allenby's victorious j suspension order ends at midnight to- Holy Land campaign, has returned to night. Its effect virtually nullified by the Constantinople and his entire plan for terrific weather of the last few days, the rehabilitation of the sultan's forces Some Ships Are Supplied has been abandoned, the reports dec fare. while Isolated points reoort sorm re- Half of Army Deserts . I lief as a result of the order, others More than 60 per cent of the strenrth I state that conditions are worse. Where of 24 Turkish divisions was lost by de- coal lias been moving to some ports It sertlons during the Juny from Con has hit almost unsurmotmtable obstacles stantinople to Palestine,' General Alien- in loading. Some ships, however, hare or report declares, adding that 41 com-1 been supplied. Continued conferences of fuel and panles.of storm troops which left the hT f h X7 w Vf railroad officials today failed to develop reached the front with . only 4 officers I fwv rar,t,,.t ... . and 100 men oer company. Even Turkish officers refused to "fall In" further constructive measures to meet the crisis. It was officially described with Falkenhayn's program, reports "J no enerfti ebar?? isfartlon. knowine well the unreliability """ .vBp...6 of the disheartened, war-weary native A Director General McAdoo's office troops. loay 14 WM stated he is "studying the In less than three days Falkenhayn "" v""" cur wiimeni or passen- abandoned the Palestine sector and re- B. HC . Tf "..raerou' otner h,m.H In rt(ocr,iBt tn PonBtantlnnnl nmxis. more is utile imeiinooa, 11 was ... a r I ........ V. n ,kt. 411 1 . i i ,.,.. Blln.H.a . I III1D Olp will UC MKen lm- Intemal Situation Aente mediat.lv. hnwv thn.h h- xne internal snuanon in x uritey is f or j8 increasing. acute. -irpnus, wnicn a rew monuis . I( BiOCIg t,,,!,,. ago was claiming xu vituma a uay in this time of the year its virulence is conflicting BltUations in different states mom. prunuuiu. ud different lines, makinir fhA i.ak n.r. At Smyrna, a city of 200,000, 600 died I Ocularly trying. irom una .. Warmer weather would solve the 30 per cent of the Turkish army has Uiffinitv an nothing !.. u i. .t died or become incapacitated for service officials differ widely on what should inrougn mo ravuseu i imo areaa ais- be done, some Insisting an embargo i and passenger curtailment vital to movement of coal. McAdoo alone holds the power to stop passenger traffic and he hesl tates to take the step until the last alternative has been exhausted. Throughout the Kast and Southeast today, all traffic was blocked by snow PnVin. .T.n. 5! itt T rUrmm .rnvl ana coia. csrs, yaras ana terminals officers in full uniform were walking were packed with snow. Ice and sleet. about the streets of Petrograd openly ir""B wcro uuurB on December 18. when he left Petrograd, Cold Extends Far South George Jones, vice president of the I The southeastern seaboard experienced Standard Commercial Tobacco company, I Its heaviest snow In years. Six Inches declared when he reached Yokohama I fell here and the city fuel department today. He said most of the German I w-as closed with a sign, "No coal," on shops, closed since the beginning of the I the door. Suffering throughout this at least for the present on the freight Bandits Get $60,000 Worth of Jewelry Detroit, Mlch.i Jan. 22. (TJ. P.) Sixty thousand dollars' worth of Jewelry was stolen shortly before noon today, by three bandits, who overpowered William R. Grainger, manager of the Ralph Dewey Jewelry company, in the down town district. The bandits fired at Grainger to cow him before binding and gagging him. The robbery was discov ered by a clerk 15 minutes afterward. Powerful Pressure Exerted on Sweden Amsterdam, Jan. 22. (U. P.) Ger many has begun exercise of powerful pressure on Sweden, according to In formation received here today. The Cologne Gazette flatly announces that If Sweden permits America to use her tonnage, even In coastal traffic "Germany will consider such action a breach of neutrality. ease. German Officers Seen in Petrograd . Patrol by the Oregon State Guard, made up of veterans of the Spanish American war, supplemented the police patrol along the waterfront Monday night. "Major Richard Delch has ordered 50 more men for similar duty tonight, The veterans were armed with rifles and 15 rounds of ammunition was served out to each. No disorders or suspicious circumstances were reported. All available police are being pressed Into service, but the city, county and federal authorities do not wish to take chances even with the heavy guard now- established. The result probably will be a further strengthening of the guards before the week Is out. Regulations which will bring to bear more rigid protective measures along the smaller docks of the waterfront are awaited by United States Marshal Alex ander. "The owners of the larger docks and warehouses, where ships of 500 tons or more land, are cooperating with federal and police officers in maintaining strong patrols, but this cooperation is not to be found among the smaller warehouses and docks on Front street," Marshal Alexander said. "Although no great loss would be ef fected If these docks were blown up. a fire among them would endanger all waterfront property." Former Chairman Paints Black Outlook in Testimony Before Senate Committee; He Blames Lodge for Loss of 15 Ships. Old Row With General Goethals Receives Airing; Says U-Boats Are Sinking 13,000,000 Tons of Shipping Yearly for Allies. Washington. Jan. 22. (I. N. S.) American troops were In action against the Germans last Sunday. One Ameri can was killed, it was announced by the war department today. He was Corporal Walter Roberts, mfantry. Hla mother. Mrs. Kate Roberts, lives at Hartline, Wash. No details of the fighting were given by General Persh ing, but it is supposed the action was a brush between patrols. Seasoned by hard work behind the lines. American regulars now are be lieved to be taking their regular place In the front line trenches and In the scouting across No Man's Land which Is the only actual fighting now going on along . the western front. This was the Interpretation which Washington army officers today placed on the brief dispatch from General Pershing announcing that another American soldier had made the su preme sacrifice for his country. In the absence of any detail, of ficials suppose that the fight was an other of those trench raids which are a part of the night life all along the front. WILSOH IS FACING HOT IFIBHT 10 CONGRESS W ASHINGTON, Jan. (U. P.) Germany will win this year unless building of ships is speeded up, William Denman, i former, chairman. irf jhe shipping . ooardrpre"dicled today before the senate commerce committee. Denman gave the committee the financial report prepared by the shipping board last May and never before made public. It was not given to congress be cause of the dispute which broke out about that time between Denman and General Goethals, but it contained a warning that German victory was certain un less the shipbuilding program was greatly expanded. Denman told the committee that U-boats are sinking ships at the rate of 13.000.000 tons a year. He Bald the present capacity of Amer ican and English shipyards is not enough to overcome this destruction. Denman read a carefully prepared statement giving the entire history of the row between him and General Goethals. He declared that the country had been given the impression that only wooden ships were to be built, through wldspread propaganda conducted by tl men. San Francisco Is Preparing Denman blamed Senator Lodge of San Francisco, Jan. 22. (U. P.) This I Massachusetts for the loss of 15 vessels Dr. Owens Dies in France Raymond, Wastu. Jan, 22. A telegram received here from the American expe ditionary force, somewhere In Franca, UCMietaeea a Pas roulm. Uofcrtoa frrai CHAMBERLAIN IS SURE HE IS RIGHT Oregon f Senator Says Neither President Wilson Nor Secre tary"Baker Knew Evidence. Republicans Line Up Almost Sol idly to Demand Voice in War Policies; Some Democrats En list in Opposing President Executive Opposes War Cabinet Plan Because He Says It Will Mean Added Delays; Partisan Politics Heated at Capital. ' w war, had reopened. Heavy Sentence Is Given Bomb Plotter Chicago, Jan. 22. (L N. S.) Relnhold Faust, who confessed to placing a bomb the wlnter crops. section Is Increasingly severe, with the prospect of no relief because of the freight Jam. As far south as Atlanta. Ga.. the snow and sleet and bitter cold swept over the elites- Wires were paralysed everywhere throughout the section, coal shortage was leading to critical suffering, and fear was felt in the South for some of Is the day set by alien plotters for the beginning of a "frightful ness" cam paign, according to Information given federal authorities today. It Is the day German agents set for the wholesale de struction of American shipping, their sabotage centering in San Francisco and New York, extending to all Pacific and Atlantic ports. San Francisco Is prepared. The guard in the Auditorium theatre during grand opera performance two months ago, today is under sentence of 1 to 20 years in the penitentiary. FauBt was indicted on charges of pos Pennsylvania suffered with tempera tures as low as 31 degrees below sero. Northern New York, 20 below ; Ohio, 15 below ; . West Virginia. t 5 below, and New England, 9 below. Rapid freight !i0", 'm't! 2pto!1'" moemenr was lsslble ITthe Us'tJ and of attempts to extort money from Frank O. Wetmore and James B. For gan of the First National bank. He pleaded guilty to the extortion charge. e of Russia Looking Forward Recognition From Peoples of World Rather Than Governments Peopl To hours under these conditions. McAdoo Must Move Corn Crop Washington, Jan. 22. The governors of Kansas, Illinois. Indiana. Ohio and Iowa, Monday appealed to Director Gen eral McAdoo to aid In moving1 the corn crops within the next few weeks to pre vent heavy loss. which had been maintained by federal, i 8Uch ships. (Ccmrlixled on Page Fourteen. Column Six) taken from American shipyards by for eign owners. Denman said Lodge criticised the shipping board because the ships were allowed to escape from under the Ameri can flag. "Lodge was primarily responsible for their escape." said Denman, "because he helped to defeat the law which would have put an embargo on the sailing of Plot's Ring Leader Is Given 10 Years 6. 0. P. Searches for Financial Manager Washington. Jan. 22. (U. P.) The Republican national committee is "hard Three Privates Foend Gnllty of Sehem- BUt to find a man willing to undertake lag to Overthrow Officers at Fort Sew- . the Job of raising money for politics ard; Two Are Acquitted. San Francisco. Cal., Jan. 22. (U. P.) during the war. The reason Is that Cornelius Bliss has resigned as treasurer of the commit' Bearing the approval of Major Gen- j tee to tafce up an easier, money raising eral A. S. Murray, commanding the I the war council of the Red Cross. ROLL OF HONOR By Joseph Shaplea (Copyright, 1918, by the fritted Ptcm.) Petrograd, Jan. . 22. (U. P.) New Russia wants recognition from the' peo ples of the world more than the govern ments of the world. She looks forward hopefully to a world proletariat which will combine to stop War's slaughter, and eradicate all causes for future war. The Bolshevik ministry of foreign af . fairs thus outltned Russia's viewpoint In a special statement for the United Press, signed by Under-Foreign Minis ter Salklnd In the absence from Petro grad of Foreign Minister Trotsky. ' ' People Rale Themselves ? . .v""1 "The Russian people hitherto in all ages hava been ruled from above." he declared. .'Now they, rule themselves. t They -wlil : stand and fight against all roes wherever found, with full pride i "Any recognition which foreum rov m me consequences oi navmg contribu- ernments bestow on the present Russian ted an Immortal page to the history. of ' government will be welcome, crinolnallv iimii io ine power, the frank ness, the undisguised purposes of the Russian revolution. We are not con cerned In old diplomatic usages. Ours Is a first-tlme-in-hlstory government government of the exploited and op pressed. - "We can hope to succeed, not In pro portion as we are recognised by the for eign offices of other countries, but In proportion as we receive the active sup port of the proletariat of the democra cies of the world. "If any governments willingly recog nize the historical Importance and the grandeur of a republic being born in mankind, The government of the soviet of the people's commissaries, which Is a gov ernment of workers, the peasants and the soldiers Is not concerned with ob taining official recognition from foreign powers." the foreign office statement to the United Press asserted. "The repub lic of the united Soviets appeals priraar-' lly not to governments, but to the peo ples of the world, whom it seeks to unite With the purpose of . ending the world's slaughter and In eradicating the causes of war, namely. Imperialism and ambi tion which in one form or another ani mate all governments as at present constituted. iOaatliIed M. f g Toar. Coloaia w& . Wuhinctoo. Jan. 22. (L N. R.) death from railroad accident and eight from pneumonia among the American expeditionary forces were ihhhukcu ujuj uj we war aepan- n.ent aa follows: CORPORA!, FRANK I. COFFMAN. infantry. January 8. result of railroad accident; George Coffman. father, Freevort, Pa. PRIVATE DAVID iL WOOLRIDOE. infan try, January 21. pneumonia; Un. Doiej Car r;ck. sinter. Corning. Cal. CORPORAL, fcrriKiAM JH.S. steTerlorm, January I V. pneumonia; residence PRIVATE JOHX WASHER, infantry. Jan nary 20. pneumonia; L. R. Warmer, father, La mar. Iowa. PRIVATE RUSSELL OWKNS. Infantry. Jan uary z1 . peaumenta; Mr. Mary L. Owens, mother, Raymond. Wash. PRIVATE FLOYD DC BOLT, Infantry, Jan uary SO. pneumonia; H. A. DeBoH, father, Adrian, Was. PRIVATE ARCHIE RANDALL, anflnaart, January 80, pnaumania: William Randall, father, Carroll. Wath. CORPORAL ERNEST I N ETHAN, tgrnal corps. January 19, pneumonia; residence Yt tut- peant. alrss. western army department, the court martial findings in the cases of five men tried on charges of plotting to destroy Fort Seward, Alaska, and overthrow their officers, were announced today. Private Michael Salal. ringleader, was sentenced to 10 years at McNeils island and Private E. F. Gooding was given five years. Private T. C. Connors was sentenced to two years at Alcatras ' island and Privates J. F. Messer and Arch Senter were acquitted and ordered to rejoin their companies. Washington Position Offered to Reames At headquarters today it was stated a hard serch is contemplated on getting Bliss' successor. Private N II ARD L. BOTKIM. field artlllarv. January SI . V-Mumenlai A. f. eUln father. Washington. Jan. 22. (WASHINGTON 1 BUREAU OF THE JOURNALO United ; States Attorney Reames of "Portland, it : Indianola, 1 Is understood, has been offered a posi- ; tion as special assistant to the attorney general In connection with war Investi- I gatlons. Attorney General Gregory' de- j clinea to discuss the matter. ; Clarence 1. Reames was appointed United States attorney for the district j of ..Oregon by President Wilson soon ' after the beginning of his admlnlstra-j tion, upon the recommendation of the : late Senator Harry Lane. At the exptra- j tion of his first term of four years he : was . reappointed by - President Wilson, j under which reappointment he now Is holding, office t . ' - i Trade Jitney 'Bus For Grocery Young Calf For Sale Swap Cols ma 1 A DANDY Jitney 'bus. 7 passenger Chalmers touring car. in good condition, for sale. Will take small grocer-. Dogs. Bird. Pet. Fte 4 HIGHEST grade Boston terrier pups, 1 male, 2 females ; pedi greed. I.lveatoek Si FOR SALE Cheap, young calf. Washington. Jan. 21. WASHI.NO TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL,.) In the surcharged atmosphere created by the president's sharp crlticttim of Senator Chamberlain, the Oregon senator today maintained his ground. "I regret the difference of opinion with the administration," he said, "but what am I tojdo? The evidence before my committee on efficiency in the army Is clear. Secretary Baker, by a general de traction 'of other witnesses, could not remove the specific facts upon which my criticism: is based." "President Wilson did not hear this evidence. Baker did not hear It. Am I to give heed to conditions which have been forcibly brought to my at tention, or follow blindly the president? I am not so constituted that I could disregard what I know-, under my obli gations as senator. The president In his statement has accused me of things I have not done. I have supported with a whole heart all the measures of the administration which have aided the conduct of the war. My remarks concerning Inef ficiency jn the bureaus referred to the military 'establishment, of course, not to anything ejse. "The War board bill was not drawn by me but by the -committee. Its pur pose is -to place an effective arm for military . administration edlrectly under the president. It does not propose to deprive Secretary Baker of control over personnel or do anything beyond an effort to; correct army conditions which certainly call for correction. "Reports showing deficiencies In the equipment of the common soldier at our campe running commonly from 10 to 90 per cenC were transmitted to me over Secretary Baker's signature Just about the time he was testifying that every thing was. In order. I do not feel I can do my duty and fail to try - relief measure. By L C Msrtin ASHINGTON, Jan, 22. (U. , P.) President Wilson hat . begun the most spectaeuUr fight' , of the . war for control tpf '. con , gress. Battling against the passage . of the Chamberlain war cabinet ' which would amount to congres- I Rional recognition of the admin- V istration's alleged failure to con-' duct the war plans properly, the '. president is faced by almost.", solid Republican opposition added to a few in his own party.: ; To add rest to the battle. Col onel Theodore Roosevelt arrived -today to take up the cudgels for ; ' the Chamberlain measure. . An editorial in the morning papers under his signature preceded ar- .; rival of his nov-blocked train.. It conveyed his determination to throw his Influence against the -president. t ; It Insisted upon passage of the Cham berlain bill, "so that we may never, again be caught utterly and shamefully. unprepared. " '. -, All factors in the pending struggle) have gone before the people for sup port. President Wilson, in a statement last night, declared the legislative meas- (Concluded on pace Two. Coloasa Fire) irk to mm GET TIMBER EAST No More Wooden Ship Contracts Until Eastern Yards Get . Caught Up. : ": The above ads may be found by referring to The JOURNAL. WANT COLUMNS of this issue. If you get the habit -of reading THE JOURNAL. WANT COL UMNS dally, you will come to see that there Is hardly a single want that you feel, that you will not find a means of gratifying through THE JOURNAL WANT ADS. JOURNAL WANT ADS are so broad in their scop that you can not miss finding much of practical interest in them. Get THE JOURNAL WANT AD habit. Start TODAY. Suryey to Be Made 0i Food Consumed One hundred representative Portland households will be listed as part of a nationwide Investigation of the amount of-food tfonsumed in the past year and the quantity of supplies on hand. Cards Mill ats4 be distributed among 300 other bomes in the state of Oregon. In the nation St large 44,000 households will Ihe government does not Intend to seize anjr canned goods. - Mrs. Jessie 1, McCoorab, who Is work ing In connection with the home eco nomics department of the Oregon Ag ricultural college. Is In Portland today to undertake the work here. The survey cards, after being filled out will-be forwarded to the Washington aathoritjes for use In estimating the food conditions of the country. Failure to answer tit questions asked the house l.olders yill result in the offenders being liable t a fine- of $1000. ' Eight repre sentative counties of Oregon will be ln dudaU ix th surray, - ' " -V 5 . Washington, Jan. tZ. (WASHING- . TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNALS New contracts for wood ships on ths Pa cific coast must be slowed up to per mit large timbers from that section to. reach eastern yards " where ships are delayed. ,J. . ' : ' ' Charles A. Pies, vice president of the fleet corporation, so Informed the) sen ate committee Monday when' Senator Jones of Washington pressed him for an explanation of the refusal to grant new contracts to builders clamoring for work. ' , "The lumber supply does not appear sufficient for more ships than are an- . der way, Pies said. od the fir emer gency bureau has itself doubts in that ' direction. The policy will be to keep all yards busy so long a this will not pull work awsy from ships already eon traded. ' ( ', ' ; "Also there Is some doubt about get ting machinery needed for wooden hulls on schedule time. Pies asserted.. Investigation Is being mad of thU situation, and shipping representatives ' are looking Into the possibility of en larging the weitt coast lumber supply. Senator Jones urged Pies -to get more information direct from lumber men and shipbuilders familiar with the coast conditions. - The statement submitted by Chair man Hurley today- saysi Tb policy -Is to build all the ships we can. wood and steel, but new contracts roust be, balanced against labor and material supply." ' . - In the opinion of local popl ta torach t Concluded esv Fags Iwlea, 04sas Tsois