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W,iGemaairi' Spy'lPioto.:; iiil';Amenca:' Were';(Revea!ed:- See', , Nezifc ' Simday?s. 'Jjbuiraall , . '- - : - - ' - -- - ' - ttata0tmaimatggglggtiaamaKfKaatmg i-V-''--- r l" " - b --: - THE UEATUKIt ; 'I ? Snow probably turning-' to ralnv ITS Alls HERB i .- ... t ;'. v . - ' : - " li V tTB ALL TRUE 1 rnr-TWi warmer r 1 iouth-1 'n: rly, wind.... Eg. 41 H peeled minimum tonight .34 above. ' PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1918.TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 'en THAina' Am otwt STANDS : riVI OKNTS SIM VOL, XVI. NO. 227 Ti EEltIN I !t v i I . 21 i v i I TDflTCff V'C I t, . a m I " I ! -: i i ir i n i n nhi Bminn n inrin i n n HUH . iSEI FBfllll ! ;S Russiait Forpign Minister States l A " Viowe nf riorlaratinn MflHft hv President Wilson and Premie r Lloyd George of Great Britain. Stitl insists That ifQuick Peace Is Sought It JSould Only fie Expected Through General ' Ulll Cl CllvO Ji trailing nauuua . ' - By Joteph Sfespten .(bvprrifrt, 1 8. bx th United Tm. ) -.. rETUOGRAD, an. 28. (U. P.J - Srtl tr(Dlayed) -r Foreign Minister r t xeoH -TroisKy loaay repuea 10 we. J. war aim declarations of PresI- ueorge. mrouKii uie uuiieu rress -Academically speaking, Presi- . dent Wilson's latest peace formula eeks to meet ours," declared the -foreign minister in -an Interview In his office at Smolay Institute. 'But If applied, in realityV'rt fcrao-'" ticallyfould result similarly to 1 1 i S 5 W i"Ths central ' empires also orlg-inally )' ;.. accepted our formula In. their declara l.it ot December 25. wherefter. H Pr S? L I 'yibtytoaT ittaactlcaUy. it resolved ttaejf t innlat. ImDeriallstifi de- peace xormuja. - :'r. rii. liv nth.r ttrnritit. ; Praldnt WU" son . accepts In , principle the rlgrht f - t , selfdetermlnatlon, hut refuses to o l"Was far as the right of all subject na- 1 -Mm ttonalitles , everywnere to sen - aeiermi nation, -not . excluding complete Inder i impendence. If desired. . Wilson ad ; iressed himself primarily to Austria- ,. funfary. e is wmuiij to roncw u (Ooadlttded on Viftt Six. Column On) pi PROBLEM IN WAR r Hatioa;Denevea w oe vyaicning y :lrT Progress With Hope of Re gaining Lost Prestige ::-'i'BT -Hobert J. Btsder - f , Washington. Feb. p.) Spain r,'.hi4jday Tls-,one of the most Important and fc riomplex problems facing- the United Hates and 'the: allies. L: . Alreadjr she Is feeling- the teeth of s-y-vinertca-;'TOav-war idetermlnatlon in . f newer to .hec. Interference with shlp vILc lent nf needed suDDllea to fTenerl tv V h "fcrahln-' ' array , in France. Eight of r er big .roewhant ships are idle In New Ork. refused CunKer coar licenses pend- iC the Outcome of negotiations, the na- m 4re of which cannot yet oe revealed. , .The Spaniards, it is said, are watch- Vv ff the' critical, progress or tno war 'Vi; cith. keeat eyes iif - she- enters, she 4 . . i i . t i ania IV ,bb vd m wiinung oiuo. xicr mw' is resrarded as Dro-German. As 2,. -awav .I.A - .kilMtrv . thai Afln.p vf rmv r iTeatlv lmorMmd hv nit rMtrman military ; efficiency; Many of j-C'V Vfera .nave oeen irainea in uermany ana f ; xnorougniy r urninopnu. v : :' It Is claimed that Sotln ht modern 't; 4. Sties for 2.0O0.009 rnen.. It ta asserted . . : mx: mtrt arc u.w uctibm , reservists f OWeld4 oa roor. Oohnma ' FoorH Sped Birds During ; Snowstormi Is Plea .f - atiT XaI fc - Fnrrat - T f rleadsu Saow Cerers Feed Sspply. tate Blolorlat .Wnilam Flnley this . rnlngr issued a reauest that all houae- yiders take pity on the birds which : unable to find their food because it ;f covered up by mow.;.?-!.. pie, small scraps of meat and almost y. other sort, of food will aerYe," said "the food should be placed in shel d. places,:, under fir trees.: on porch iig' or -wherever--convenient; so it not be covered by snow. f The value . he birds should not be forerotten and :, ywai have a hard time. If the snow -, PS up;" v ; r ;- Siiow Blanket Covers Gity, Blocks Cars Change to Rain By Night, SNOW FALLS ; ON PORTLAND'S SPRING BUDS MANV: PORTLANDERS TODAY.took'th eir "tagged" coal shovels and used them for a new and strange purpose-v The unexpected arrival of snow caused spirited activity on the sidewalks in the business and residential d istricts. Youngsters , reveled in the white drifts and heard : with chagrin that ,the snow probably would turn to rain tonight. ' , J :;( J Sir ja; Xv"-' ITER INUNDATES: Third of ity Flooded , When Ice Jams '.im Riven Many Live S I in Jail. Qnclnnatl, Ohio, Feb: 1. (U. P.) One thousand families of Newport. Ky., a suburb of -this city, are homeless today as a result of floods which have driven them from their homes: About: 35 square miles, or one third of .Cincinnati, is in-, undated by water. , Ice, freezing on the watenr Is hampering- relief. ' It is almost Impossible to maneuver boats. . . , ., ; Several hundred men, women and chil dren slept, in the circuit court room and city council -chambers last night. Many also are-giving In the JaH. f ; s v1 ' Police rescued " Mrs. ' Emma Johnson, 101 yearsf old; the oldest resident of Newport, from her home. 'A. mother and baby , were found In their- home without coal. . , The river has risen to more than 60 feet the highest stage since the great flood of 1913. Ice gorges below Cincinnati,, some of them 20 feet deep, are damming- up the river, so that the water is backlmr up and spreading out for nur miles. Railroad : service to the central . sta tion has been suspended because the approaches to the station are under water. . All trams start and stop at small . stations outside the city. - Gorge Above Memphis Breaks Memphis. Feb. 1. L N. S.) Tor rents of water, released when the huge Ice gorge at Richardson's' landinr. 60 miles above here, broke last night, are swirling past Memphis today and vast ice floes are being carried down the river by-the flood. ' . , , - ) The Richardson's, landing rorre was one of the largest In the Mississippi. It formed a dam SO feet high, extending from shore to. shore of the river and was IS miles In length: Thousands- or persons., driven from their . homes at Chattanooga. ; according to reports received here, are, housed in churches, schools and public halls and many others have been given refuge in private homes. - - . , . , .. V .. - r- . Warmer Weather Promised Washington,. Fbw;ML -N. . S. A change to warm weather will set in in the lake region and the Ohio valley Sat urday,, continuing until -Sunday when a inaw may oe- expected. . . , .... Conditions along- the lower Ohio river and. the rivers of Kentucky and Tennessee win te more or less critical during the next 4 S hours, the bureau says. V'T-:-:iix.-x:-K':-x-:-:-:- ; ' c, - v - ' .jrs. iV, - , -" , - - ? - 'v - - yv 4 1. i , ' . . v T ; .1 CINCINNATI SUBURB ai ' :U:.::::::;ss-.- Jrt4f 'SPEED TIP GIVEN CONGRESS President Wilson Holds Conf er ence. With- leaders and Demands Action. Washington.; Feb. 1. B N. S.) Prest dent Wilson this - afternoon personally appealed to leading Democratic senators to expedite the administration's legisla tive programs In his Invitation Senator Martin, , the Democratic leader, accom panied, -by Senators Thomas, ,3erry, PhelanVr Shields, .'Underwood, James, Jones of New Mexico, King and. Smith of South Carolina, went to the White House and for nearly two hours discussed the j necessity vf or speeding up general legisla tion. . . . - - - - . The -president Is Understood to have urged prompt action on the McAdoo bills dealing with the railroad situation. He is believed to have asked that these bills be t whipped ' into- shape and - pressed to passage- without substantial change from the recommendations submitted by him in his recent address to congress.- Another topic, understood to have been discussed at length was the question of increasing the presidential power over executive departments.: so that in case of necessity he could reorganise any such department that might fail to measure up to the; stress of -warswork. u It is understood that the president was unusually frank- with - the . senators in -Ldeallng with the various problems that bave grown out or toe war. ana mat ne requested them to refrain from discuss ing the conference at present- - Today's conference was said to be part of a. general conference plan by which the president hopes to Impress both the senate and the house to Speed up all leg islation. President Wilson told the senators that -(Conclndad on Faa Two. CohtM Throt) Bomb Explosion . , Caused Fatiality Chlco. Cal- Feb. t(TJ. " P.) Ex pressing the belief , that an attempt to blow up the Engle mine in . Butte coun ty, where 100 men v employed, result ed In the death .of James Bradley, who was killed by an explosion a f ew days ago, county authorities today - began an- investigation. i. Arh inquiry following Bradley" death revealed that the ex plosion ;of bomb composed of a sec tion of cast fron water: ripe had killed him- The parts of. the bomb were found at the spot where Bradley met his death. - -' i j I 7 ' y I t Is Prediction Fall Continues All Forenoon, With Some Delay to -Car iaffic::- ... -. As the climax of about SO hours of below freesmg weather, brought on by a swish -of the tall iend of the Cana dian cold wave dver .this district, snow began falling at 4 o'clock this morn ing and by .noon four and a half inches covered the ground In Portland and vi cinity. Accompanied by a more or Jess stiff east wind. the snow I piled up at some places in deep drifts, j The Weather bureau early this after noon held to its forecast that the weather would turn, warmer by tonight and that the snow would likely turn into rain to night or early tomorrow. This being the case, slush can be looked for Saturday oe oraer. There has been a steady upward trend of the mercury since 5 o'clock this morll- tag, when the lowest temperature, 22 de- erees, m recoraea, untu at noon it was z aegrees, according to the official fro v- erhment readings. All . streetcar schedule ver. thrown into confusion this morning and. many lines were tied up during- the early hours. Frozen switches caused Derhans more trouble than snow on the rails, but It was necessary -to send out the snowplows and scrapers. - 1 ' - One aspect 'of the storm was that fair . . - , . . . 1 1 Vrr V. i V I , V? "i cause some delay. However, all ener goyernment contracts had to be laid off X7 v,. mM rn heina- directed to iron today. Only those, yards supplied with shelter, both-over ways and shops, were able to continue. ' ' . -At noon, however, a full crew was em ployed at the plants of .the Northwest Bceei company ana tne Columbia River t snipDutuung corporation, according to Jl R. Bowles, president of the Northwest company. , But the men engaged on out side work were laboring under a handi cap. ; , . ; - Several, of the wooden shipyards laid off men working on the outside this morning but.11 those Inside were kept KOlng..-;;-- y v At the Supple & Batlln plant it was stated that all men .are expected to be at work by Saturday morning., Plants like those of the Coast Shin- building company and the Peninsula Shipbuilding compaynr which: have cov ers over the ways, are not bothered. Cars on the Mount Tabor Una stalled " in the cut above Slxtr-nlnth ! street and Mount Scott cars were divi I ootn oy snow ana freezing, air brakes! and switches. : No regular cars were runninr onu thai Portland Heights line until mldforendon. Sellwood cars were reported to be almost normal. -.w ..',-.; For the most part the interurban cars got through, though, some delays were reported..-': '''.--" - What caused the storm, accord Ins to E. Lk Wells, meteorologist at the weather bureau, was the- sudden -area? of low pressure over the north Pacific district last night. This,' he says, ordinarily produces rain but with the low tern- peratures we got snow. . ; . j If the forecast for tonight comes true , Concluded oa Pace Mxteen. Column ftmr) Molsheviki Opposr Eule of Bolsheviki Chicago, Feb. N. S.V The Mol- sheviki, a new party, is fighting; the Bol shevik governmentj in. Russia, according j iu juxb. omrinM.xccuiaKj, wuo a.mveu one. perhaps seriously mjurea in an ex here today, -with her five children on her pioslos caused by black damp. , ' .way to Brooklyn, N. T to Join her hus- J The dead are . ' " ' ' band, after seven months on. the road from; war-stricken Russia c -. - -- . - The Molsheviki is the party lhat Is .in favor of carrying- the war to a successful peace, according . to Mrs. Nagtnsky, and is X lghUngythe Bolsheviki on the streets every. ,day.-v? 'J;A;i'A-'i'S'-i"-li-- STANDIFER IS APPRAISAL OF ciiiMMiniin d p i a nm jUIUI.lv U UUUUU I .II..L.UI .UU New Contracts Make Total Held by Company 26 and Represent Slightly Less . Than $4,500,- j 000, Says Company President. "Ship Builder. Home From East, Confident if Government Does Not Takf More Wood Ships It Will Permit Private Work. Contracts for six more wooden steam ers have been awarded the U. M. Standlfer Construction company by the United States' shipping board, according to G. M. Starfilfer, - who returned : Thursday night from another trip to Washington. ' This brings the total "number of con tracts awarded the Standlfer company : by the government to 28. " Ten wood . contracts had previously been granted ' and 10 steel contracts were granted in mid-December. ' The new contracts, Mr. 'Standlfer said. represent a little less 'than 14.500.000. . The total number of contracts rep-. resent an outlay of approximately S28.- 000.000. . The six ; new contracts have been ex pected for some time by the company for. when he first wood contracts were granted, an agreement was made that additional contracts would be granted later. The awarding of these new con tracts is 'In -fulfillment of that agree ment, i Store Cos tracts ExpeeteA , That more contracts are to be received bv . other labipj-axde in the Oregon; dis trict within the next 60 days, either from the government or from foreign govern menu or private interests, is the predic tion of Mr. Standlfer. He says it. is the feeling that everyV yard should be given as much business, as it is willing, to ae- flf the government does not see its waV clear to award any more wooden contracts to yards In this district," he said. I confidently expect that it will make arrangements, permitting them to accept contracts for foreign ana private account," This sentiment, expressed by a man in such close touch with the situation as Mr. Standlfer. will be encouraging to wood shipbuilders, for there haa been 1 muc uncertainty' as to the probable ; course of the government- ; , i Shipping Board I Pleasing i Mr. Standlfer expressed - himself much pleased with the way. the shipping board is now , organisea ana loons lor , eood results. j Asked when work on the. steel con- 1 tracts held by his company will begin. Mr. Standlfer said vit depends entirely on the receipt of machinery and equip ment from the east. All . of this has been contracted for and. full arrange ments have been made In .the east for the steel, Mr. Standlfer said, but condl- a ninnl. trn rj Rtiortatlrm in that . mj , . r-r rm r- .nufltA n ing out the ainicuiwes. Establishment of the steel plant, wklcn Is to be at Vancouver, is under way and Mr. Standlfer plans to inspect the work today or Saturday. The 10 steel contracts call for steam t.. n neon tnnn deadweleht canaritv. ;The largest being turned out here now are of 8800 tons deadweight capacity These 10 "contracts represent approxi mately $16,500,000. The Standlfer corrr pany's wood shipyard is also located at Vancouver. ,. Food Conference Here on Monday Administratorr of Sorthwestera SUtet Will Discuss Vital Problems, With Especial AtteaUea to Heat Subject. ' .san ranensoo, reo. i-iu. tr.j viuu food problems , affecting Washington. Oregon. California and Alaska, will be dlscnssed in full at a conference or me food administrators for those territories in : Portland beginning? Mend-v . " Announced today by Ralph P. Merrltt, federal food commissioner for this mace. : Merritt will leave San Francisco to morrow night, returning-, probably j next Thursday. Special attention, he said, will be given the meat problem in the Pacific states, following the. suspension of "meatless" Tuesdays until March 15 and the substitution therefor of "pork less"." Tuesdays and Saturdays. Prob- lems of the salmon canning Industry will also be taken up. Damp Kills Three J'-'- 1 , J' ' ''i ''-:-.-.-!- v: '-.', Stonlngton. UL, Feb. 1. L N. a) While -attempting to extinguish a blaze in the Feabody Coal company mine here early today, three men were killed and JACK WLAUGHUN. Stonlngton. .WILLIAM BARKER. Stonlngton. WALTER CROUCH, Blue Mound. .Clement Stone, one of the workmen, was found by a party of "rescuers wan dering around thymine In a dazed con- Commissioner Dan Kellaheif. Sub mits Resolution to City iCoun , - cil Calling for Thorough In vestigation as to Conditions. j : ; .- i. -..'" t Action on Document Taken After . Hearing President Griffith of Streetcar Company Who Was Given Privilege of j Floor. i The city council this aftemon! adoDted thet Kellaher resolution, calling; for the employment or expert accountants to ex amine the books and make an appraisal or tne property of the Portland Hallway, liignt & rower company. r It passed also an ordinance approprl atlng $30,000 to carry on this work. An Ordinance requiring the I streetcar company to issue receipts for cash fares also was passed. Commissioner Mann was instructed to ascertain exactly the intentions iof Steph en uarver in carrying out his jitney irancniges, and make immediate report. Taking of a new. appraisal of the vai nation of the Portland Railwiy. fcjght at i'ower company by tho city, and rath erlng of facts to show that the present financial condition of the company is due to .mismanagement and! former "wildcat speculation by the company of flclals" were among the suggestions of fered to the city council this morning to be used in seeking the reopeniilg of tho rate case before the nubile service com mission. rr: -c-- -i '...: iV. i" - : Jaa KsIIaUr r. commissioner of financa. muoaupeo a resolution, authorising the taking of complete appralasB of the -vaiuauon or tne property of the company ana instructing tne city attorney to pre pare an ordinance appropriating $30,000 for this purpose. v--.-; j Action by the city council on this reso lution r was delayed because of a long speech made by Franklin T. i Griffith, presiaent or the company, who was given the privilege of. the floor before a vote was taken. John Kaste, an ateorney, charged the officials of the street railway with mis management, which, he said, was the reason of the present financial condition of the company. City Attorney LaRocbe informed Mr. Kaste that his suggestion had already been embodied in the cam plaint prepared for filing in the suit to test the public service commission's 6-cent ruling. Ij. D. Mahone, an attorney, spoke for more- than an hour, quoting documents collected from all parts of the United States, purporting to show that in all cases publlq utility commissions nave bem created for the benefit of the cor po rations, and not the people. That the Portland Railway, Light A Power company is not obliged to live up to its contracts with the city was the argument of President Griffith, who called attention to the frequent violations (Concluded on Pag Sixteen, Column SU) Germans Evidently Suffered .1 :' I Some Losses in Raid American Trench. on r By X W, Pegler With the American Armies in France. Jan. 81 (U. P.) t Delayed) The story of how a. German patrol Wednesday raided an 'American trench was told here today by two of the three . men who were In the listening post that was the objective of the sudden Bpsche at tack, j . '.- . - 1 . '.. One of the men told a field hospital burgeon about the raid. He declared, he first left the post and crept back (o his trench, utilising a ditch to conceal his movements. He warned the -lieutenant In charge of the trench that a German force was charging across . No Man's Land. . , . i . The lieutenant Immediately posted a platoon on the fire step, a barrage of grenades and rifle fire was laid down, preventing j the , attacking- ; force ' from reaching the trench - Meantime. fle other private In the listening post, desig nated by the man in the field hospital as Larson, crept -rback to the trench with a -wound from a shell fragment, " Evidence ef Oernaa Losses - Two American generals later - visited the trench sector where - the ' raid was carried out s and with a hurricane of shells ' bursting about the trench ordered out a scouting party. ' .. . yr . Under the protection of the low-lying mist this party crept out at daylight and Inspected the ground where the action had taken place, That the enemy had suffered some casualties was evident from the fact, that when, this party re turned - they brought " - back , a blood stained rifle and ammunition belt of . a German. i:'v J-1--- riZ-'fi'-i ..-':" - One youth ' was wounded by a , shell fragment which struck him In the knee. TALE OF ATTACK ON TRENCH TOLD (Conctedea ' Page Four. Columa Three) RIFLE GONE, PRIVATE HILL USES FISTS 1 1 1 llll 1 1 I I I Ml I I I WWH the Americas Army ia France, Jan. 8L (IT. T.) (Dtlajed) Tha lose j Amer icas soldier that the Germans took prisoner la Vednenda7s trench raid sgalsst the AmWleaa lines was Prirale John Hill, according to l eomraaet. Hill, his rifle smashed by .a shell fragment, was last -seen savagely fighting with his bare fists again it an encioslng circle of Bosehes. Recently, a4 German saddealy leaped to the parapet of the eaemy trench, shouted. "Hellol' la per fectly- good American and' dropped back before the startled, Americana coald fire. Desultory exchange ef artillery fire continues. Former Qovernor West Tells Committee. It Is Like Taking Candy; From a Baby. Washington, Feb. 1. (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF TH& JOURNAL,) Os wald . West stirred the senate military affairs committee today with the state ment attacking George S. Long. Tacoma lumberman. He said Long acts on the advisory committee to Colonel Dleque In the purchase" of spruce for the govern ment and at the same time is manager for the Weyerhaeuser interests in selling to the government. t -i ' This, he said. Is Uke taking candy from. a. baby!, fr. .'..;; ; f" Vt ; J H. Bloedelt ' Seattle man wWri has been placed In charge of fir altotmeata. also is a misfit, said .West. ' Rivalry. Is Intense between Oregon and .Washing ton, and Oregon interests will not tamely submit to dictation from Seattle. ' Declares Colonel Dliqne Is Competent . The witness described Colonel Dlsaue as a high class ofricer who at lrst knew little about the business. .-The govern ment has paid a high price for his edu cation, he declared, and now. that he is educated, should gjve him full author ity and surround him with men who have no personal Interests to serve. "Men - cannot serve . two masters," he declared,' ' - " "If Christ were on earth, ! would not put him in that position." West urged that one lumberman and one logger should be made advisers to Colonel Disque. If another adviser, out-' side the industry is desired, W. M. -Ladd is acceptable, he said, but practical men in lumber, he asserted, are needed above all others. Ontpat Behlsd Schedsle The government Is settina but 20 Der cent of the necessary spruce now. West declared. He stated that the necessary production Is 11,000,000 fee a. month. and declared that only 11,600,000 feet (Coocladed oa page Fear. Colnmn Ose - ROLL OF HONOR Wuhinaton. FebL .1. '(L W. - S.) 41nral VmrmUinm Thnndar KDoftrf to tha- war daoan. mant th folio wins casualty liat aaaons the exprdftlonary ' nrra in it ranee: , JAMES ANUKKSO.I, prirata. Infantry. Jan uary 8. hcmorrbasla diacaa of aupra xanala) May Batlln, ai.trr, 'amdan. -N. J. FELIX K. OHIIH, ncinOT, jannary in, ab Ma of tha lunar. Jamaa J. BialUi. fathr. Fbillipabars, W. J. GEOR'iK WEBER, cook, naehlaa ran bat talion. January 23, poaumonia ; Uata Plana, aba ter, Pitubura, Maaa.' . FBANKLIN A. DICK, privsto, flald sitfl fary, January 28. pnmonia; Uana JLaonard Dick, wUc, saliabnrjl. aid. . - - - Waahlnatoa. Fab.i 1. TC ft. B 1 Ona daath from nnabof wonnda, another from a frartqraa akull and nina from natural aaoaaa ln tba Angli can expeditionary foreea -were announced by the war department this afternoon. fri rata Floyd MeKenney, Infantry, waa tba nctta of the unabot wounda. Mo detaile were cabled, lie Kenney's next of kla Is Maaxie Jnatloa, oieca. of Whialer. Obto. ' Prirate Neator Fred Land, eoart artmery. died January SO front a .fraetare of the aknu. hia mother, Mrs. Alma Oakland, reaidee at aahtabula Harbor, Ohio. Tha foUowias deatba from natural cause abo were announced; ' PB1VATE U. iDICe, infantry. Jasneiv 10. pneumonia, Tecumh, Kan. PRIVATE AI.IWCKT HKGERDEL, endneera, January 29, pneumonia; Brooklyn, N. T. PRIVATE ALVIJI W. PUCKETT, field sr. tfllery, January; 1. pneumonia;. Cuba Laadlna, Tenn. .1 ..... . PRIVATE MADISON . V, Ol.rm, amBuUnoe company, aanttary traui January SO, pnes- mia; Kdwtn U. lauirr, etrolt. Mica. PRIVATE GEORI.ES I. M LBOD. endneera. January SO. pnetimwnta ; Palnu. Has Lack coun ty, Mich. j OORPORAC PStSTOSJ p. MKVKRS. bran try, Januaey SO, aconoriltJt Spoaana, Waan. PRIVATE WILLIAM BKNNKT, lolantry, January SO, paenmonla ; WUlowa, Cat . CURPURAU HUBERT W. HURTIS,. eoaet ar rfllery, January SO, pneuinoaiat Wood , Uaven, 'SERGEA5T WILSON REBETl taotor tna-k eompeny. Jaaoary . 10t. bemorrbaafaaj W'raa doUe. Mien. . i- WHITLOCK SPRUCE PURCHASE HTHODATTACKED Brand Wfiitlock's account of how the war. came '.to Bclgium is told in the opening paragraph of his" graphic story, to be published serially in THE SUNDAY -JOURNAL beginning Sunday, February 17; . V, " ' ' -' . . This is the war's greatest story and is written, by one quali-. tied Dy ability end otiicial position to recount it. . , THE SUNDAY JOURNAL " : Beginning February 17 ' A 1 HULL. I UUE.IU ill ii ri w w "w- n sn -a ini i r rr i in 1 1 1 bas Issi I U W W lAinrnnnnnnf i iii'i h-p ii iiii i if imuLiiiviiui. Drastic Siege Regulations Will Be Enforced Against' Workers and All Who Seek toGathe in Protest of the Government. Bplshevjk .Agitation in Empire Rendering Army ' Defenseless! Is Press Commintj J Hunger Weapon, Turned on Strikers. AMSTERDAM, Feb. i. (U.P.) Gerrhany la ready to "arioot tn fir 1 1 1, 1. a flnaf torfniaa mnmna of putting down the general strike . and "no distinction will be made f between strikers and 'others,'' lt I; was officially announced; In Ber- All public rneetlnga In Germany ! ; were , banned today by order of ,J the auperlor corhtnahd, In an ef ' . j .a.. . .?. . i " j vn in ,Mppresa. , general ' strike.' Rerlln dlsDStnlis atalM ' . ; . 'I Fi. Amu It ftm.lani.1 flri. mam. . - r. 7 , - laving . 'decided' on ,' a ' more r drastic state . tt alege regulatlona, 1 ,ve'Jntend to uppreaa' every ef- v iuiih iu uikuiv uio csce . si -.our f dlaposai. jVe therefore- warn '!'' every orderly citizen not to par- , . ticlpate ;ln Tiny publlo meetings. . Tne announcement, supplement- i ed the : proclamation of . the au- '-- perlor command forbidding; all I : publlo ' meetings.';', vrv.'"--.1;. . f , , A11 muat - quietly, carry 'out t their dutjes. and avoid forming ' crowda,' declared the statement, i ll - ai ilia uiuit vv uacu uierv win be no distinction made between r strikers a4d othera.'' ; ' Rotterdam. Feb. I TJ. P.) The Bol shevik aaltation In Germany Is renderinar our army defenseless and producing: an archy according to the Russian pattern,' vrlth its accompanrine; symptoms of ter , rorlsm," declared' the 'newspaper Na-' ccricLnen ot uuawoiaori, copiee oi wnica were received here today.- ' "Asltatore and wirepullers are proper inr the strike, : We know It will Increase; the obstinacy; of the Bolshevik peaoe del eratea" ' : ::-,-. i,, -V- j.. The Cotorne Volks Zelfung says: "The Social Democratic-: party believes the,' (Coaelwrtetf oa Paare Tbree, Calama Taraet-. Furnished Apartment : ? 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WANT AD COIo TJMN8 are the greatest clearing ; house In this locality they have no . substitute. : , : . ' . t - ' ON - BELGIUM A I