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i TRAINS AND NtWI TAMOS NVg i CKIITS vol. xvr; no. 228 PORTLAND, OREGON, i SATURDA Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1918. FOURTEEN. PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS GO TO EUROPE M FOOD SUPPLY TO STRIKERS . . . 1 I Military Machine Has Upper Hand in Berlin and Threatens - to Smother Further Attempts to Disturb War Production. Hertling Admits He Is Powerless to Act in Behalf of Prominent Socialists Who Have Been' Put Under Arrest by Army Leaders. London, Fb I. (I. P.) Bloodshed la strike rioting on Ike street of Ber- Jln today, m reported In Central Mews dUpntrhe from Amsterdam. Amsterdam. Feb. 2. (U. P.) Ger- ' many's military .machine is In complete control tn Berlin today. Imperial Chan oellor Hertling ia powerless to Invoke civil nroceasea. Muiiitlona ffLrtnrlAs n r under martial laws " Thousands of rtrikers are feeling the . weight of the military power's attempt to crush the great general strike through hunger and a threat to shoot dowji tny who resist. 'Independent Socialists are organising a national protest against the arrest of Herr DJttman, Independent So- a,ll a tt rA a, ,mamnA r4 ! t Via tskttt ' This news came from Amsterdam FrtH day. In dispatches from the Berlin cap ital. Meantime Berlin issued a state ment,' saying . the strike : outbreaks had been reduced to scattering disturbances and Intimating that the crisis bad passed. . Chancellor Hertling admitted his lack of power to Interfere with the mailed fist In Berlin -when! he informed Herr Haase. Independent Socialist reichstag leader, that he could not secure the re lease of Dlttman after the military had ..seised him.- .. I The order reducing! the rations to strik ers is In effect today, . This means hunarer. or thousands. ,0"" ' ' Citizens are forbidden to assemble, tn public meetings or Join street crowds un der threat of being shot. f Martial law was proclaimed formally, the proclamation being read in the Schlossplats. following the rolling of drums. The ordinary court martial was announcea. i The strike In Lemberg was reported to be growing. The Frankfurter Zeltung demands that the government find some solution to end the strike. ( During a riot . Thursday at Spandau, a railroad running to, a factory was cut by strikers. i I A policeman was dragged from his horse there and badly beaten, according . to reports here. MAILED FIST .EXPECTED TO QUELL ANY PLANS OF REVOLT IN GERMANY Washington. Feb. 2. (U. P.) Short age of funds and the heavy hand of the Teuton government on supplies will serve to block a general and effective strike movement in Germany, govern- (Conrtaded'on Pig Three. Column Poor) Fuel Oil Industry Licensing Approved Washington Feb. 2. CI. N. S.) President Wilson will issue a proclama- Hon this afternoon placing the fuel oil industry of the country under a licensing system. It became known tpday. " . The proclamation will be the result of an Investigation conducted during the past month by Oil Director Req.ua. His recommendations - were submitted to Fuel i Administrator Garfield last week and were In turn approved by the presi dent; V- M ' ' The fuel administration believes that, with : the oil Industry, under license. smoother distribution can be secured and extortionate profits curbed. Czar's Old Prison! Now Regarded As Good as Any Hotel inl Russia; Political Prisoners Interviewed - By Joseph Shaplen Petrograd. Jan. 31 (Delayed )w(U. P.) . Grim Peter and Paul fortress, mys tery, prison of the old departed days of ctarlsm. today Is alleged the' "best hotel In Petrograd." ( , Some of Its Inmates themselves told the United Press staff correspondent in Interviews! which, the Bolshevik gov ernment permitted three Swedish So Mallsts: Messrs. Grimlund. Nlessen and Hoegland and myself to have In their prison cells today. - j " The fortress of Saints Peter and Paul Was the cast's own particular prison spot. Qnly the most Important of per . llttcal prisoners entered there, i Few emerged. The place was shrouded in '.mystery. , ' :r Freedom Isslde Prison 1 : But the Bolshevik government's polit ical prisoners, 60 in all. find the prison well lighted with; electricity, the cells large and kept scrupulously clean, with plenty of window and air. ..Not only that, but the prisoners of the new re J. L. SULLIVAN FORMER- heavyweight -champion of the world, who dropped dead in his home, at Abington, Mass.; to day, while apparently in good health. t 1 - V L JOHN LSIILLIVAM . TAKES THE COUNT "Heart , Trouble" Sinister Foe That Brought Popular Old ' -Fighter to the Mat. : Boston.' Feb.' 2- (I. N." 5?. JohaX Sullivan - passed - away v-sudaenly today at his home In North Abington. , The old fighter "died with his shoes on.-... . , .. .. v;-.. ' ; His death was aj knockout typical of the mysterious punch on the sinister champion, , "heart trouble." And it came as the loss of his title to Corbett came, those .26 .years ago, out of a , clear sky. ; John li. was up early this morning. His friends,, George Bush and William -KeUey, who had. beep sharing tha house with him, told today that he had stayed up till midnight absorbed in -a newesoll taire game.' . . ". Today, following his ' usual tasks around the house, he dressed to go to Boston. He had' just finished dressing when he fainted suddenly. Bush,- who was with him at the time," saw him fall across the bed. The' bedroom with. the two men alone staged a scene that has preceded many a real ' knockout In the (Concluded on Page tTn, Column Threel ROLL OF HONOR OtUws, Out., Feb. "2. IU. , P.) Tb fol- , lowing America im appear in today 'a casualtj list: KULKI) IK ACTIOXC ; y s .. O. R. O IBBS, Portland. Or. , '.''- A. H. LINDSAY, Lot AngslM, Cat." Wmhlnrton, Feb.. 2.--(L N. ) Tha daath in action laat Wedncadajr of" two mora of Gen eral Penhinc'a aotdiaia Twaa ' announced by the war department lata thial afternoon. The' wound ins . of ds other was also announced. - Tbe killed were: . j !. PBITATE 'OEOHGK A. . RACH, Infantry; next of kin John Rauh, fattier. Collet Point, N. T. . V- f . i r . w CORPORAL' ERWts ifAECH, infantry; Mra, Hary March, mother, Slayton, Minn. . . , . Th wounded are:---", y. ', . ,? PrtraU (first claaa) Herbert Minnear, tnedi eal detachment Infantrjr, January 28; mother. Blnfftoa, Ind... ' . f : ''T - . . Prirata Claranca "A. Laraon, infantry, Jan uary SO; Turnbridse, N. D. , Prirata Tharon Parks, infantry. January ?0; Prirata Raymond f J.-i OUetU, Infantry, ' Jan nary SO; E. A. Gear, atepfather. Minot. N. D-. Private Clarenee King, infantry, January SO; moiner, loieao, vmo. ,j n , : PriTata Harry tHlley, Infantry, ' January SI father. Cole Harbor, N. D. - gime are given many liberties. They rise and - retire as they please. They wear their, own clothes, are per mitted to receive visitors and allowed to send letters and books without censorship-restrictions. - v General " Sukh'omllnof f , former min ister , of war. Under, the csar, was ' tMs first ; of . the' prisoners to whom our party was Introduced., It was Sukhom linoff. who was. called not long ago one of the men ho caused the world war. He was sentenced -under the regime of Kerensky for treachery, having already passed three years behind the bars at Sts. Peter and PauL Paul Sukhomllnoff Is ; a very small man with gray hair : and mustache. We found him well preserved despite - his age 75. ' . - v y "How do you find conditions in Peter and Paul's under the present regime?" he was asked. ; - . . ,-PrlsonerPlnds Improvement J:, "Better than under the cxar' he said. FIaED IIGEIGEII ID Of IR IRK IS HALTED BY S SUGGESTED U. S. Up Steel Corporation Chief Says Workers Can Be Comman i deered but Can't Be Made ! to Work j Labor Nation's Need. Men Can't Do Best When Think ing: Always ' of More Money, Says J. W. Powell in Discus sing Situation With Committee Washington, Feb. 2. (L N. S.) "You can commandeer a worklngman, but you cannot make him work." i That maxim was given the senate In terstate commerce committee , Investi gating the shipping situation Friday afternoon by J. W. Powell, one of Charles M. Schwab's : "young men." Without a gray hair, and his face still boyish, Powell Is actual head of- the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation with half a dozen plants on both coasts the, world's largest shipbuilding con- cern.- , . --. - '- ;:,,. - t, - Powell declared that because of the labor situation It rould be all bat mi raculous if -America built 3,000,000 tons of shipping in 1918. as against an offi cial estimate of 6,000.000 by the ship ping board. Powell banged the com mittee table vigorously . as he gave his view of labor, "the crux, the keystone, the heart; and, soul of the' whole situa- tton.T.:s';Ei ' - 'J-" ' ' ;-r-. ' - - "I have heard. Mf Garfield 'say coal will -win the war.", he said, "Mr, Hoover food. Mr,' Daniels t the InaTy.' Here's vrhnt tll win th vir y f n j S "I have thought the government would have to begin with me ; put me in uni form, and follow with every man In the yatdifvNow, !!' khow that'i wrbnig.?A i worklngman, who doest not want to work f wbht"prcduce much Ikbort' Tjaborlng men now are -where they think, they caa getiwhatever they want. And they are about right," , .Senator . Harding Po. you suggest more firmness. ; . i Powell Absolutely. lt the govern ment fix a good fair Tate and ; let It be known that that won't be changed for six months. - . ' 'Senator Martin We're at war. We can't afford risking delay. (Ooncladed. oa Paf Three, .Column Four) P. R., L & P. PLAN City Passes Ordinance Authoriz ing Work and Appropriating $30,000 for Purpose. " X, : . ....... " - : Plans for carrying out work In secur ing a new appraisal of the valuation of property owned by the Portland Rail way, Light ' Sc. Power company will be discussed at a conference between City Commissioners Kellaher, Barbur and Bigelow this afternoon. - The council Friday passed a resolu tion authorising the taking of a new appraisal by, the city, and also passed an ordinance appropriating 130,000 for the work. . If the appraisal can be made for less tnoney, the balance will remain in the general fund. -;; .; v Commttssloner " Kellaher. . who Intro duced the plan, told the council that he would not. take the valuation figures made by the public service commission as a basis to go before that body and seek a reopening of the case. -This Valuation of 418,000,000, Mr. Kel laher asserted, was too high, and the taking of a new appraisal by the city was necessary before,, relief from a 6-cent fare could be secured. "It Is as good as a man like myself who spent 50 years tn the saddle coula expect : ' "Conditions hera were worse while Kerensky was In power. Then we were unable j to receive letters from friends. Now I see my wife dally. I have papers and books. Formerly I contributed 150 books to the prison library. Now I am here using those books. " The former minister declared the food served him .was r satisfactory. He exhibited bread which was really oeiier man mat served to the general public. Besides good meals, he ex. plained, he and dther nrisoners rot tea ,three ; times dally and were permitted to smoke and choose their own. work. ' VAs a politician . I am a conservative royalist, but, personally I thank the day when .the Bolshevikl came Into power. I am the goat of jothers, the entire esar system. - . (Ooaehiaed on Page Three, Celnnui Oes NEW APPRAISAL OF Artillery - Puts Heavy Barrage in . Front of American' Trenches . When A Germans Are j Seen Crossing No 'Man's' Land. I Rifles and Machine Gurts Are - - - i Also Turned on Would-Be Raiders Following Lookout's Alarm; Fog . Fails to Conceal. By Newton C. Parke With the American Army -In 1 France, Feb. 2. (I. N. S.) A heavy barrage fire from American artillery prevented what Is believed to have been another mttempt by the Germans to raid the American trenches shortly after daybreak on Fri day. ! j Several Germans) were seen stealthily crossing No Man's Land through the fog towards . the American line when the lookout gave the alarm sternal. I A hot fire from rifles and machine guns was turned. upon the Germans and the artillery' lost no. time getting Into action. 'Soon the frosty ground between the opposing trenches was being thudded cy American snetis ana the Germans Quickly vanished toward their own posi tions, . The boys from America are showing themselves keen at the game of war. The activity of American patrols Is causing , the Germans much r uneasiness. This is shown by the large number of star shells that they throw- up 'nightly to illuminate the ground 1 between the lines. - ' - ' - - One American patrol located an enemy sniper, post in a .ruined 'farmhouse. The artillery was signalled and soon shells from the American "75" were deluging the old building. The" Germans.' finding themselves "rot-snlpedT took'-to "flight. Three other Yankee patrols . discovr ered three - cleverly-hidden'' German "ma chine gun . posts. Two of them weie quickly destroyed with" bombs and the Germans ' - were compelled - to abandon the third under - a ; shower of rifle grenades. r - . -, A German sniper, who. had taken up his position behind a shelter just outside of ' the Teutons' barbed wire entangle ments, was quickly ' spotted by the (Concluded on : Page Three. Ooluin .Three) Mayor Intends to Pay Income Tax Regardless of Decision ! of the Courts. Waiving the technical right granted to city, county and state officials to sen cure . exemption from paying the in come tax. Mayor Baker this morning announced that he had applied for and received a blank, which he would fill out as basis for paying the . tax re quired. Mayor Baker is the first city official to announce waiver of exemption yhlch has resulted from a decision handed down by . the United States supreme court that the federal government Is not empowered to tax a state or Its agencies. - . v "I do not intend nor have I ever contemplated hiding beneath the wing of the law," Mayor: Baker said. "I am willing to dek all in my power to aid my country in this war. and the position of a city official. In my opinion, does not differ from' that of other persons who are required to pay the tax. ' Therefore I feel that as a. city official I should come under' the provisions of the law and pay my pro rata income tax. Ben w. Oicott.' secretary of state, was the first public 'official in the state to announce his waiver of the tax exemp tion offered lo him. " Many city, county and state officials who receive salaries subject to the pro visions of the tax law are expected to waive the exemption, V GEORGE L. BAKER WAIVES EXEMPTION THE SUNDAY JOURNAL TOMORROW OUTSPYING THE GERMANrSPYJphn R. Rathom's Wn story with supplementary article by French Strother, managing editor, of World's Work. - ; ' ,. v MITTELEUROPA, AN AMERICAN ISSUE Interpretative war article by Frank H Simonds, associate editor of trie New York Tribune. - ' ( EEHIND'THE LINES IN FRANCERandom observations of a correspondent.- v - , ; , . . . : Special illustrated section dedicated to Portland's Ninth Annual Automobile, Track and Tractor Show. . -; ' THE SUNDAY JOURNAL - , . J. wiviwrvrvw vv - . . DUTCH SHIPS -"NEW YORK GET RELEASE THE HAGUE, Feb. 1-(TJ.' F. Negotiations between Holland and the United SUtes orer-tke release of Dsteh ships held . is Amerlean waters have been satis factorily, eoselsded, It , was j as aosaeed today. The vessels are free to sail in accordasee with tse pro vlslosal : arrangements. , Many Dsteh ships have been de tained . la Saw York harbor for months awaiting settlement of dif ference between the United States asd Holland over their cargoes and the elreumstanees usder which they eonld tail. . JURY PROMPTLY Socialist , Found Guilty on Two Charges of Trying to Block j Draft Law. ., After being out only 15- minutes Fri day the. federal jury in . the ' espionage case against . Floyd Ramp. Roseburg Socialist, returned a verdict of guilty on the two counts charged in the Indict ment, attempting to create disruption among drafted troops from San Fran cisco while they were taking lunch at Roseburg, September 23, -and attempts on draftees from Northern California, September 25. Assistant .United, States Attorney Rankin, who conducted the case i for the; government.' asked Judge Wolver--ton to raise Ramp's ball, which has been 14000. to i5;ooo. It is understood Ramp's father, who eat alongside of him during the trial, win -put up - the forfeit. Ramp, It Is oeueved, win appeal the case. - W .? I iTrW-.8peeUcnlar .One ; :.. .The case has been a significant one in that it Is the first one to be tried in the United States district court here resulting from enforcement of the newly passed espionage act. In obtaining a conviction federal au thorities say- the government has made a great step in putting down agitation against the workings of America's war machinery. . The trial was spectacular from begin ning to end. Ramp, In conducting his own case, fought every Inch of the way Overhand-over the same ground he would travel with a witness, not -letting go of him until . he drained every bit of . evi dence. He was repeatedly reprimanded by the court, hut was allowed great leeway, . and- only when - proceedings threatened to end in a deadlock through his methods did Judge Wolverton speed things along., Offense Committed in Rosebsrg Ramp .was brought to the attention of federal authorities in September, when he was arrested In Roseburg . by the sheriff on 'the charge of creating a dis turbance at the .Southern Pacific sta tion, where some, drafted troops - from California had disembarked. He was said to have addressed the troops and made the utterance, "are there any I. W. W. among you? If there are, step out. You had better be carrying picks and ' shovels than guns for the capitalists." Ramp denied on the witness stand that he said "step out," but admitted making the rest of the statement. Assistant United States Attorney Ran kin was notified of his arrest for viola tion of the espionage, act and the fol lowing day, after receiving a statement from Ramp, ordered him held for fed eral investigation He was given . a hearing , before the United States com missioner at Eugene and bound over to the federal grand jury, which Indicted him November 8. . Says He Is University Gradaate HisHrlal in the federal court In Port land before Judge Wolverton lasted five das, dragging slowly while tbe court al lowed ' him to deviate from direct In troduction of . evidence and court pro cedure to air his , Bolshevik propaganda. Ramp was state organiser for the So cialist party during. 1912 and has been active In the organization for the last 15 years.; j He Is 35 years old. He testified on the stand that he was a graduate of the University of Oregon in 1909 and that since then has attended the Uni versity of Chicago,, the .University of Wisconsin and the University of - Cali fornia. -. . ; CONVICTS RAMP DEED TO I liDEDf GAIN START! College in Portland Only One West of Michigan to Be Picked by Surgeon General as School for Returning Veterans. President Foster Telegraphs From Washington Word That His College Has Been Selected as One of Six in United States Reed college of Portland is one of the six colleges- throughout the country se lected by - Surgeon General Gorgaa as teaching centers in the work of re education of wounded soldiers and sail ors, and Incidentally is the only college m the list west of Michigan. The sur geon general announced the colleges he has designated at Washington and word reached Portland Friday; The course at the local college will be for three months and will open on March 1. -"Definite details will be announced later. It Is presumed other courses will follow. . - The object of reeducation of wounded soldiers and sailors Is to fit them for the special work for which they are adapted and within the limit of their ability. , The message conveying the t Informa tion to Reed college was received from President William T. "Foster, who Is In Washington' The message Is as fol lows: i v- ' . . "Surgeons General - Gorgas today ap proved. Reed as training school for re construction age. Six colleges approved. Only , one west of Michigan. War de partment . will refer applicants. In West to Reed.' . , , , V ,t : KILLED IH BATTLE Charles R. Gibbs, With Canadian Forces, Reported Killed - ..' ' in Action. ' News of the - death in action of a Portland boy, serving with the Canadian expeditionary forces in France, has cast' gloom- upon the household of the parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gibbs of S359 Eighty second street southeast. Charles R. Gibbs, age 33, Is the hero, whose name has been added to the roll of honor of those fighting for the preser vation of democracy. The mother received the news with magnificent fortitude. She expressed some. doubts, however, as to the truth of the report from Ottawa, because an erroneous report, stating that her san had been gassed had been sent out some time ago. ! , Parents Have Small Store The Gibbs family reside in modest quarters adjoining their small grocery store on the Powell Valley road, and Eighty-second street. A married sis ter, Mrs. J. B. Ambrau, and her bus- band reside there, also a young sister, Miss Annie- Gibbs. Mrs. , A. C GUman. another married sister, lives at Grand avenue and Ivon street. Occupying a prominent place in the little grocery store window Is a service jtreal listed by Lloyds. One is a steel, flag, bearing one star. The flag today 8600 ton8 owned by the Canadian Pa carried with It more than the mere evi- ictfic railways and built at Newcastle dence of service it typified the grief ,n wne lm eieei or i4S2 ; tons, that has wrung another mother's heart 1 buUt at 8ore! ,n n owned by and brousrht tears to -the evea f th!the Canadian Steamship Lines, limited. sister of the - youns: soldier. Charles R. Gibbs was of an adventur- ous dlsDosltion. His desire for miHtkrv lite caused him to enlist unbeknown to his parents. He was living in British Columbia wtien be signed up and it was 1 not untu he was in actual service that his parents became aware that he had joined the fighting forces. ' Vfosnded Last Angnst : His letters from France did not go into details as to his experiences there. Only a few days ago a letter was received from him. This missive, dated December 12. stated that he "was all right." Pre viously, on August 3, last, tie was slight ly wounded while In action.- He sus tained a flesh wound but returned to duty the next day. For a while he was performing sanitary police duty. He had enlisted tn October two years ago. He was a native of England. His education was obtained in the South Mount 'Tabor school, Portland. Up untQ noon today the parents had not been officially advised from Ottawa of the death of their son. Bank . Clearings of Week Gain Heavily A gain, of approximately 34 per cent In Portland bank clearings for the week ending today over the same week - In 1017 I reported by the clearing' house association. The total clearings for the week just past amounted to $18,758,-457.03,- compared . with a total of $12. 659,504.25 for the corresponding week last year. - . Tltt 1 A 1SA ltA fsAm ntliAai k.1 .L a a vni vuicg asa-IllW SIIUW a: total of $3,962.1(1.43.. compared with ,000,550 one year ago. FOOD COSTS TWICE IT DID BEFORE WAR J WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. t iV. P.) Investigation of qso tations reveal that it Is cost lag thelAraerlcaa people today jast 9 per cent mere to eat than It did. is Asg t, 1114, when the great war broke ost. Retail prices en foodstsffs most generally contained in this eosstry show the following Increases In 2e-! camber Si, 1117, over Asgnft l, 1914, according to the United States boreaa of labor statistics!, . ; . Potatoes, 9 per cest flesr,.99 per cent; cornmeal, ISO per cent, ssgar, t per . cent , lard, 111 per cent; porkchops, 42 per cent; ba con, 74 per cent ham, tS per eentj eggs, 88 per cestj roasd steaks fl per cent; batter, 48 per cestt milk, 47 per cest; sirloin steak, 16 per cent; ribroaat, SO per e-ent, and hens, S9 per cast. W4pleaale prices, have gese rally Increased 79 per cest daring the period. . The greatest gain in , these s Is fosnd In farm prodscts which have risen 95 per cent, with metal and metal products a doss second, show, lag an Increase of 88 per cent. Clothing was 106 per cent higher on'December I, wholesale. Lumber and bsilding material have risen 88 per cent and drags and chemicals . ISO per cent. Fast and lighting went ap 64 per cent daring the period. Supreme Court Clerk Victim of Heart Attack; Came to Oregon in 1852 :- Salem. Feb. ' 1 Judge J. C. Moreland, one of the oldest members of the Ore gon bar and for the past 10 years clerk of the Oregon supreme court, died sud denly "this morning from heart trouble. While he had been tn poor health for several months. Judge . Moreland had been attending to his supreme court work and was In his office as usual on Friday., The final stroke came a few minutes after 3 o'clock this morning, and he passed xa way before the members of his family in Salem could be summoned to his bedside. . t . He leaves a wife and three sons and two daughters. The children are, H. L. Moreland and E. W. Moreland of Port; land. J. I. Moreland of Hood River. Mrs. Mark W. Gill of Portland and Mrs, Chester A. Moores of Salem. Judge Moreland was born 78 years ago last June In Tennessee, and' came to Oregon in 1852, or when he was 7 years old. He took ' an active part in the legal profession of state and public affairs, and in late years had given many addresses on the pioneer history of the state; He lived with hip parents on a farm -(Coochtded on Page Ten.- Column Four) Steamer Montreal Lost in Collision London, Feb. 2. (Xi. P.)The steamer, Montreal was sunk in a collision Wed nesday, it was announced today. The crew was saved. , 1 There are four steamers named Mon 01 aiomreau . ine im a rencn steamer 01 owneu oy me uenera! ' Transauantic company of Havre and DuUt Olugow in 1890. The other U j ( w, r EEUND Crooks, Burglars, of Former With Washington. Feb. 2.WASHINOT0N BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Strange . things have , been happening within the shadow of the capltol dome. Theodore Roosevelt , has been consorting with robbers, dining with burglars and shaking hands with brigands. ; Nov not real robbers and burglars and brigands that ' is. I not the kind that make people hold bp- their hands but political rebbers.. burglars, brigands and skunks, assuming that Colonel Roose- 1 velt was . correct in desrrlhlnir thm m I few years ago. f li ' . . c ; l In this illustrious company are such names as those of Reed Smooth. Jacob H-, Qalltnger, Boles - Penrose. William Ii. McKinley and Joseph O. Cannon. ;Smoot has a nice word for Roosevelt for the first time since Roosevelt began telling things about the 5 Utah senator. Penrose, advertised by Roosevelt as the great chief of corruption, is reported breaking Ibread with him. ' Gallinger. heretofore! grilled as a relic of reaction. PU11DE America and' Allies Have Single Purpose in View to Meet the Long-Threatened Drive of Ger mans Along the Western Front Peace Talk Will Not Deter the -..United States in Determina tion to Win .Cabinet Member Will'Attend AtlterJ Conference. WASHINGTON,-Feb. 2.(U.P.) 'Secretary Baker will soon "go to France on a totir of Inspect Hon, ; It ! was learned today. - t In view of the anticipated great German drive expected early in the spring, he desires to see first hand,. J t, is .understood, the condi tions surrounding: the - American forces," the" effectiveness of " their training 'and to participate In the plans lor meeting the attack." '' By John Edwin ITevin . "Washinrton. Feb. v ti; S. W . I single purposed . war " machine will ' hurl l DacK tne 'xong-inreaiened German drive on the western front when It eomes It will meet the promised onslaught with supreme confidence. ' If the plans now In process of forma tion are carried through to the success ful conclusion looked for, the offensive -will pass once and for all from the German military forces. H4gh officers at the war college, fully ' conversant with all that Is going on In trance, made this prediction today. It was to complete such a plan ths t General Taaker H. Bliss, chief of the army staff, -went to - France a month ago. It ' was to assist In developing these plans that General-John J. Persh ing met iwlth. the allied war council at Versailles the last few days. Cabinet Member Will Assist in oroer mat inere,snaii do no ques tion that this participation " of the United States has the complete and ardent approval of President Wilson, a militant member of his cabinet win be come a member of this war council at.' an early date. The latter official will not replace Colonel E. M. House as head ' of. tbe American mission to the en tente. Colonet House 1 stilt remains clothed' with naval, military and diplo matic powers as chief of ths original mission. -i- - But the cabinet member who is to rejn. resent the president in France will have supreme authority .to speak for the United States army and navy' In the of fensive and defensive plans which will be enforced in meeting, first, the Ger man planned , onslaught if the latter ever, comes and, secondly,' In planning and carrying out tha offensive move ments which are to mark the fighting Ooacraded on Page Tea, Column Four) Vanderbilt in Army r Not Recognized. Xew Tork, Feb. '2 U.' P.)--CornelIus Vanderbilt, In his army' uniform, was unrecognized amid crowds of his friends at a theatre party. His famous 'Van Dyke was gone. Years,-; Dine t Col; feoosevelt recelvesi a letter addressed "My : Dear Senator Oalllnger." Representative Mc Kinley, whose daily joy In 1312 was the Issuing, of statements -roasting Roose velt, heloed to fill un the nhalra at Me. dill Mccormick's , tittle feast for T.4 R -?' Of the 60 or so congressmen who went by invitation to the McCormlck dfaner. It may be noted that those who were called In were those who are most act ive -politically. T. Ri .evidently wanted to establish, a closer touch with those who are conswerea tne nest circulating mediums. There was no distinction be tween Progressives and , stand-patters, though I the stand-patters were easily In the majority.; From the Far WestMc 1 Arthur of Oregon and Elston and Nolan of California were the only ones chosen to sit among the elect . ; ". , ; What does all of this mean? ? 1920 ? That , Is the belief, j It is plain that Roosevelt i ts proposing to resume the leadership of the Republicans and he has made considerable progress by his visit to Washington. - At v V - . . . . . i -