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Special MMofeto WAR REVIEWS V THE WEATHER ' ; '. ' - i . Portias aad vknlty-Saaday preba sly ralai sostaeriy- wladt. .-, - Oregon Fair cast portions prehaMy rata wst portion moderate soatherly wladt.. : : . Waihlsgton Fair oast.' rala wettj soatherly triad. Hew flernaa . Spy Plot Were it ' ''! vested, -Page 1 or Section Ob Today. i Mlttelearepa and America, by Fraak H. Hlmoads, Pag 18 of Seetloa Ob Today. - - t - ' ', Behind the Llaes fa France, Fare IS of Section Oao Today. . , - Tho war la Pictorial Bevlew. page 7 of Soetloa Two Today. , v s .- VOL, XV. NO. 46. CITY;EDITION . PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, PRICE FIVE CENTS DEIE1 " . . ,' . .' " - : : " ' .. k : 1 ....... .- . . , E1M1NS 01 mm to Willi: 7n riTn i i r ri:fi; BAE PUSH - ' r ' . ' ' " ' " - Selection of General March for ' Chief of Staff While .General ' Blis. Is in Europe Will Be Pleasing to Pershing, Is Word. Trying Ordeals of Present Con ; flict Demand Men Who Are Able to Withstand Physical and , Mental Strain on the Front. J By . Stanley Reynolds tt ASHINGTON, Feb. ,2. (I. N. W, S.) President Wilson's de mand that everything be done liat can bi done to win the war thli year will result Jn another hakeup' In the general staff of the army. Major General Peyton C. March, Il ia reliably understood; is to. be brought back from Prance to "aere as" acting chierof-BUTf dur ing the remainder of the war., Though ;. General Tasker IL Bliss, no w.l q France attending the in terallied war council. Is to retain for a while at least, the title of chief of . staff, it Is the purpose . of the depatnient to keep him in 'France as tf permanent represen tative of the United Slates on the council.. . : '': . Much - Is expected "of General March, j The president, it Is stated, demands that . vUror be lnfuaed Into the veins ' of the army. Ho wants action and) results. Though the administration has! every respect for the abilities of Gen- ' oral Bliss, It is beMeved that the younrer man! will -bo able to giva to th supreme direction of the military machine the Btinh and nthiilaam A tnanded. General TJllss. it la thouarht Will bo Invaluable sittlns; on. the su : preme Inter-all led war council. He Is V retarded as one ' of the ablest strata' ; gists of th army. Coaeeiilea to Artillery Gen In '.Th selection or March, moreover, Weans that the American government . makes concession to the tremendously important part" wnich the artillery, genius of very - army Is playing in" this war. March' entire career, with , th exception of a brief period during th Spanish-American war, has been wtth th batteries. He is looked upon ! aa one of tji ablest artUIerlsts In the American or any other army. General , March ta Just 63 years old. ; Ilia appointment as major general came last summer after h had gone to : Franc in command of tho first con tingent of the American artillery Mnt - acrosa. Jt H not improbable that oon ' gresa will be asked to create another 1 fall generalship In order that, as acting chief of staff, be Will not be outranked by: men hd directs. .Bliss and Pershing ar now tho only full generals. ! '. ; TosBger.Mea taated The selection, it is declared, will be T particularly pleasing to General Per ; shtng, whose advice has been asked! " From th outset from his experience -' In Franc Pershing has demanded j ', younger men In Important places In the j army. Never , In the history of wars I has conflicts so taxed th physical en i durance of human figlrter. ( by reason of its tremendously lengthry (Concluded en Page Two. Column On)). . Sacrifice Fprd Delivery Trade ' House ,for Horses Asiomobll, Aeeeories 44 litis FORD delivery with drop cuV talna; just overhauled and patnt- d ; good as new ; looks classy. Will astcrif io for cash. ' " TJogs,' Birds, Pets, Ete4 ' FINS English bull terrier pup,, fe male ; none better. , ' Horset, Tehteles 18 GOOD a room strictly modern house and lots, well located in Portland. Price $1500. Will trade for good . work horses .or mules. If you are thinking of buying a 5ood. dependable used car. The OURNAL WANT ADS in , the Automobile ' classified columns of ; this Issue will help you find th car And place to make th purchase. Each day there 'ar listed dosens , of cars, exceptional bargains, and offered by the, leading motor car firms in the city. ,s. . , ., Th Journal's list Is th largest In the stat and contains th great . est variety. . '. , Learn to ' read -r The JOURNA1V' WANT ADS daUy for opportanlUea, News Index SECTION ONE 28 PAGES Pegs. 1. Major Oefieral RUreh Aetlnf Ohlef of 8 Staff Thrift Meeting Auditorium Beck to Today Oerman Striker Work Work Performed by Public Information Commnwe Watftworth and Hitchcock Would Con tinue Oobate , Oond It Ion In Oermany Deelared De plorable '- Roglttratlon of Germans Begin Mon day iOlub'i Oommltloe Resort on Car 8ltu ation erkman Confident of Freedom 10.000 Prom Multnomah - In first Clan In Draft - ' Barbur Would Plan ImproromonU for Long Porlod Limited Prof He for Flour Dealer Armenian- Drive Begin Tuesday Practical Farmer for War Garden Drle f , Soldier' Heme Cook Called Tubercular An Angel to the "Repatruw" Suffrage Fore See Hope In Delayed Vote : - N Kdlterlaf rlef Information Town Topic l ' Ig Crop In-11 a Foreoerted Ooastwlse i Lumber Builnen Show In- 4. S. a. 10. Hoedmaster Veon Anewer Hoi man War Far From gnded. Write Lieuten ant Oerbett Fire Aoparatu Will Not Be Leaned Camp Lewis New Letter Hoff Oandldate for StaU Treaurer Churchill Again Would Direct State' School ' Olcott Imuo Ould for Oandldate Juvenile Court I Vindicated Portlaad : Houtewlvee to Be Taught Oeoklng Federal . Llvettock Report en Oregon Made ... Oregon Lumber Mill te Oet Full Share Secretary Redfleid Sound , Cffleleooy Note " Ohange Urged In Alatksa , Coal Land BuM ' McAdoe Would Hatten Food Shlp mont Jewlth ' Rollef Fund Worker Aik SBS.-000 'Penlmula Bottom Land Reclaimed dudge 4. C. Moraland I Dead State Road Fund Aooounted For Oarabed Test Bill Goes te President Mr a. I.- Franket- Honored at Luncheon Oroaon Welcome the "Land Hungry" 11. 11. 18. 14. 1. 1. IT. IS. Wilson Strikes Blow at Mltuleuropa v Frank M. aimono Behind the Line In France By Thom as m. Johnson How German Spy Plot Were Unee- ere By John R. Rathenr Hun Intrigue Revested In Detail By French Strothsr John L. Sullivan Die Vancouver May Oet Franchise Oun Olub Handicap Today--: Columbia t Oonoot Meet Stanford and California Disagree 1. to. Professional Hookey Started m Mich- thipvardi X Aid Baseball . William Wants More Money Rosebud to Play Vanoeuvar Barrack te Have A thistles A Us I Oreeteit of Callfomlan . I Huge Bexdek Coming Baokt Oolf Association IntSrests Washington State Ooee te War Tualatin, te Stage Tourney Real Estate an Betiding Want Ads Market and Finance . Marlpp , 2a. 2e-2. aa. SECTION TWO 12 PAGES Pag 1-s. Th Week In' Seclety 'Photoplay Newe Chatter of Stage and Sereen In Vaudeville -in ataaeiand Tbe Rsalm of" Musle -The War in Pictorial Review ' Woman' Club Affair Fraternal Newr Th Book Oarnar - s. a. y. a. . 1 0. Boy and Olrls .11. Now of the Sohoals 1t. Fashion Chatter By Mme. Qui Vive Beauty Suggestions By Lillian Russell Leterai Marriage German Plan , SECTION THREE 22 PAGES 'H ' 1. Automobile Shew Number S. Ninth Annual Shew .to Open Thursday e. ooaier Expect rrosporous veer 4. Motor Car Registration By Ben W, Otoott, Secretary of State I. Work of Dealers' Association By M. O. Wilkin . .. S. Federal Aid Road Act By Logan waiter pas 7. Road Building and Civilisation By amuet u. Laneastor - S. Automobile and tho Farmer Motor Truck Help Railroad S. Lock Oar to Avoid Theft Association of , T raffle Officer Planned 10. . Organisation te Promote Highway uiiaing 11. Pavement. Asked to Myrtle Creek 1. Light Test Prove Popular 1S. Portland' Traffic Problem By - Harry P. Coffin 14. Military Highway and Economic Rood IB. Hew te Determine Car Horsepower Motor Cars and Business IS. Do Palms Pursued by Jinx Arkansas Works Vagrants en Highway i . nespirmwn or .ngine ah important IS. M H-Winter . Teur Cross Country Is Pleasant B,14a,0aa Motors In United State IS. Oregon Highway Program Paelfie Highway In Mld-Wtnter Automobile Show Floor Plan SO. Uniformity In Automobile Lew Urged an. macninery noy te victory in War narp motor oar oo. Take Saxon n week' Motor Record The-Intake . S.Z. Development of Pneumatle Tire v OM Cars Sought by Wreckers Orewn Point end Gorge of The Oo- lumoia ( Photo . ; SECTION FOUR 4 PAGES J Fiction ' Magaalne SECTION FIVrE 4 PAGES Oemle Czarism Is Gone for Good, Says Advocate Petrograd, Feb. t. (U. P. Mon i arChys foremost advocate, himself victim of that system's intrigues, pre 'dieted from th living tomb of the fort ress of St. Peter and St. Paul today that cz&iism was gone for all time from ' Russia. - '. :' .--;'V5;--:--''- t:.;;;' f ' It was Sukhomllnoff who voiced th prediction in an exclusive interview for the United Press, speaking from tho cell In .which ho Is condemned to llf lm ' prlsonment. - , "Despite my own. monarchist convic tions," h declared. "1 do not believe jcsarlsra has a chance of revlvaL t "The whole, world is perishing man- : kind and culture ar being destroyed. j.Wher will It ndr I Th former minister of war for 4he czar ; turned sorrowfully v to th three j visitors granted permission to visit him -the United Press .'correspondent and , two Swedish Socialists. ' "Why not try Socialism V asked on of th Socialists. , ' . "Sukhomllnoff laughed. '.; "Perhaps," he said- -'T do not know, r am unable to follow th world situa tion' In prison." - SPEAKERS TOil TO DISCOURSE H THRIFT UIU I III III I War Savings Starrip Campaign of Government Will Be Outlined at Mass Meeting at The Audi torium, 2530 This Afternoon. Awakening of War Consciousness and Spirit of Cooperation to Help Win War Will Be Main Theme of Prominent. Speakers. AT TIIE Thrift slnass meeting at The Auditorium at 2 JO o'clock this afternoon, citizens of Portland will have their . first op portunity of hearing at first hand the govefnment's aims - and ob jects in the War Savings Stamp campaign through, which Oregon' Is , to TaJ$eKfl7XMO,000, f Ah departnVat i t ov wlnnJngerar purposes, "l v:?5r?; Speakers at today's meetlna-. fcAwap wlQiplaciTticularttress on'ithd two we : campaign considered of even greater importance than the finan ciaigoal. viz: Awaken In of sciousness. and rostering of a spirit of cooperation to heln win the war nt the Inculcation of. national nractloes of inrui to -me ena oc making the Amer ican people a nation Of savers, rather than ar nation of "extravagant spenders. t. jnejiaagBton win Preside ' E. B. McNaughton. chairman of con gressional district .No. J. m. the Oregon war- oavings HLamp organisation, will! preside at today's meeting. The speakers will bet Rabbi Jonah bJ Wise, congregation Beth Israel ; Rev. E. i. Mcuoiuster, dean St. Stephens pro Cathedral. Episcopal ; Rev. E. H. Pence, Westminster church, Presbyterian; Rev. Father Cartwrlght. Catholic; Rev. W, W. Toungsoh. district . superintendent of the M. E. church and iE. A. Brown, rep resenting th Young Men's Christian As sociation. Frederick W. Goodrich will dIav a number of selections on the great pipe organ, and there will be other numbers to make up an Interesting program of music, including men and women sola. ists and a quartet. Oscar M. Smith. chairman of the W. S. S. speakers' bu reau, has charge of program arrange ments. The meeting will be in keeDlnsr with similar, gatherings throughout the coun try . In . observance of National Thrift day, at which thrift will be .discussed aa a win-the-war necessity, and especially as it is connected wiui the War Sav tngs Stamp campaign. Thrift will be the text of sermon and discussion in a number of local churches wis morning. , - ". .. Stamp Sales Iaereaalag There will be no- admission. chanred to th mass meeting at The Auditorium this afternoon. No collection - will be taken and there will be no financial so licitation. v . ; - - 'War Savings Stamp sales In Portland and throughout the state are increasing aauy," said Jee.A. Currey, stat dis tributor, today, "and I am satisfied that there will be a still greater impetus given the campaign as a result of th mass meeting Sunday afternoon. It Is only a question of thoroughly familiar izing the public with the purposes and meaning ' of - the undertaking to make the thrift effort unanimous on the part of every loyal citizen. - "Besides the possibilities of .patriotic service on the part of every man, woman and child in the land through the pur chase of Thrift Stamps and. War Sav ings Stamps, the financial Inducement for investment in these "baby bonds' Is unexcelled. 1 The government backs them with all Its resources and Its very life as a nation, and paya on them 4 per cent interest, compounded quarterly, xou can't beat It. ! ."Citizens should consider it their duty to attend th meeting Sunday afternoon and. to take .their children, with them.'! Children Are Selling Stamps Headquarters received Information Saturday that President -J. M. Hanna ford of th 'Northern Pacific railway system has Issued Instructions : that all station ; agents on th company's lines between St. Paul and the coast, includ ing branches, shall take up the W. S. S. propaganda. Every station will be made a W. S. S. selling station for the con venience of passengers. About 800 stations will thus be added to the W S. lists. ' . . Word was received Saturday, too, that 18 of the school children of Dallas have qualified for- membership In the Junior Rainbow regiment by selling 850 worth of War Savings Stamps, according to reports being received Dy j. a. unurciuu. superintendent of public instruction.. As the request for' school children to sell the stamps as, a means of becoming members of the -patriotic regiment was made only (Coocltadae) aa Pat Two, Comma. Two! Creel Tells of Gigantic WorkHandledby Public Information Gonunittee Washington, Feb. t. (U. P.) Mould ing public opinion throughout the world and hammering home the truth ' about America's entry In the war, is the gi gantic task assumed by the committee on public information, ' George Creel, chairman, wrote to President Wilson in his report made public tonight.' "The committee on public information has grown to be a world organization." Creel stated. '"Not only (does it touch every part of the machinery that co ordinates th forces of America for vic tory, but it carries th meanings and purposes of America to all peoples, mak ing the fight for public, opinion in every country. Every agency known for the dissemi nation of news Is" being employed by the Creel machine. From Tuckerton and V.v TO7t th iinj.tf.flnA nf d.mvra fv in flashed to Etfel tower and Rome. RadRri stations' at 8an Diego relay a thousand or more words a day to Honolulu, Yoko hama and Shanghai. Cablea, telegraph and mails supplement the work of radio While in every hamlet and city in the land 15,000 "minute men" are doing their bit. I ' . Trath is Only Weapon , In Russia and foreign countries the motion pictures and the printed word carry hope or strike fear Into the hearts of the ally or the enemy. Over occupied parts of France allied airplanes scatter .public documents, th president's messages, and th truth about America, "whil In Russia bill boards and ' th cinema in the short space of a few months have worked a fundamental change in public senti ment." j "We do not argue to exhort or cen sure." Creel declared, "but confine all our activities to W plain, stralghtfor to yt oira -Merican Officer Defy German Armies . r?.'; r " ,' fm? i -i s ; By J. W. Pegler ' With the American Armies In Franc, Feb. 2. -How three young American of ficers recently strode up to the ' boch trenches in daytime and dared, the whole Germany army to come out and I fight, was told for the first time tonight, j That-the movement or the .Americans were partially shrouded by a fog falls to detract from dare -devil try of the act. The three officers Dallas, Texas, captain ; a Marlln, Texas, lieutenant, and a Lincoln. Maine, second lieutenant with a little squad of - enlisted men. were patrolling No Man's Land under cover of a mist. , 3 .They lay for three hours tinder Jth enemy's barbed wire entanglements, waiting for a .boch to show his head. There waa no sign of tne enemy, nnaiiy thv arose from their cramped positions. stiff with the cold, and picked up their machine gun. Then, standing but' a few yards from the German trenches, they hurled this American defi at the German armies in general; "Come out, you blank squareheads. They picked tneir way dsck io mo American trenches unmoiestea. John Purroy Mitchel Is to Head Battalion Waco. Tex.. Feb. 2v (I. N. S.) Major John Purroy Mitchel. former mayor of New York city, arrived here today and will command a battalion In, the third regiment of signal men being assembled here. Major Mitchel and 67 . other New York officers formed the party. British Premier to Speak on War Soon London, Feb. 2. (U. P.) Premier Lloyd George will deliver an Important speech in the commons next -week on all aspects of the war situation, ac cording to the Pall Mall Gazette. , , His address Is expected to throw light on important declarations of the allied Paris war council. Bulgaria Hopes for Early End of War Sofia. Feb. t. fU. P.) Earnest hone that th Brest-Lltovsk peace negotia tions would result in a sjeparate peace between Russia and th central powers and expedite a general peace was ex pressed today by Premier Radoslavoff. nm . IV ir mree uaring i SUNDAJOURIUFEATURES v$ Brand Whitlcck's account of The Tragedy of Belgium, which will be published serially In THE SUNDAY JOURNAL, be ginning February 17, is the biggest story that the war has.pro duced so far. See detailed announcement on Page 1 of Section 2 today. ". ;" -J ' i:;'v:l;:'-'; T.7; ' . On page 19 of. Section 1 of THE SUNDAY JOURNAL today you will read the first part of John R. Rathom's remarkable account of how German spy plots in America were revealed. The second part will be published next Sunday. If you do not receive THE SUNDAY JOURNAL regularly; place your order NOW ! " - . ' v; " v v " - r. ward presentation of our alms, our pur poses and our Ideals. We have nothing to fear from the truth ; it can be made our personal weapon." ' Outlining the work . already accom plished by his committee. Creel con tinued: ' Work Is of Wide Scope "Besides the dally, news, which It ls ues to the whole press of the, country, It supplies some 30,000 newspapers with feature articles, a weekly1 news service and governmental publicity material of all sorts. "It has nrenared and printed for dis tribution to all parts of the world 18, 000,000 copies of 15 different pamphlets in seven languages. "It conducts speaking campaigns In every state of the Union, arranges meet insrs. books, speakers, conducts war con ferences and organizes tours, and In the fpur-mlnut men' alone it commands the volunteer services of 15,000 public speakers. "It has writers and cables that ar being extended to every capital in Eu rope, the "Orient, South and Central America and Mexico. Official Newspaper Inaed "It sends to foreign countries motion picture - exhibits showing America'a so cial, industrial and war . progress." "It has- mobilized the advertising forces of the country press, periodical, car and outdoor for a patriotic cam paign that will give 830,000,000 worth of free space to the national service. "It designs posters window cards and similar material of -pictorial publicity for th use of various government de partments and, patriotic societies. "It prepares moving films showing our fc (Ceeelnded ' Fare Three. Colnma.Twe Officials of City er to Pay Hieir iDcbmeTaxSbare On th .theory UicV public, officials should Share th ; same turdgns that prlvat citizens ar called upon to bear cfty Commissioners. " Barbur, Blgelow, Keltaher and Mann And City Attorney LaRoch mad known Saturday after noon that. they, would waive th exemp tion from paying the federal income war tax.- Mayors Baker mad a similar an nouncemenV Saturday morning. - .1 " Sfate, county and - city officials are technically exempt from federal tax on a ruling made by the United ' States su preme court which ruled that the fed eral government could- not tax a state. Its subdivisions or its agencies. State. county and City officials and employes were neia to o agencies or a state. . Pablle Officials Sot Barred Commissioner Mann announced his de cision shortly after Mayor Baker had declared that he had already Instructed his assistant to secure an Income tax bjank. "State, county and city officials and employes should have no privileges not enjoyed by private citizens, ' declared commissioner Mann. "The supreme court ruling does not bar publio offi cials from paying the war tax and in my opinion- all loyal American citizens. whether publio officials or private citi zens, should do their utmost in helping to win the war." City Attorney LaRoch and Commis sioner Blgelow were both heartily In favor of the plan of public officials do ing their full duty and not claiming the exemption. Mr. LaRoche said that the payment of the war tax aeemed to be a clear duty of his, and that exemptions mad on technical grounds could not re move the vision of this duty from his mind. 4 Secretory Olcott Sets Example 'That all public officials should do all In their power to aid th government and that th holding of a public position was no ground for evading payment .of income war tax was the position taken by Commissioner Barbur In making known his favor to the plan. "With due respect to the United States supreme court," said Commissioner K.ei laher. "I believe that It erred in deciding that public officials should be exempted from paying Income taxes. io aouDt they based the decision on law, but com mon sens, rules otherwise. . . "Just ay for roe, that every solitary stat. county or city official should 'com across and pay. his share of th tax-j My way in proving that th court was in error is my action. 111 pay it Ben W. Olcott. secretary of state, was th first stat official, and Mayor Baker th first city official to announce th waiver of exemption. A yet, no coun ty official' has announced similar In tention. - A- ! lag mm X Serbian, British and French Troops Make Gains; Deter mined Spring Drive Expected Soon From the Monastir Base. Military Critics Anticipate Move to Break the Kaiser's Back bone by Cutting the Berlin-to-Bagdad Railway in Twain. WASHINGTON, Feb.. 2. (U. P.) Fighting on tbe Saloniki front, Where the allies hope to break the kaiser's backbone dur ing, the -coming spring, has be gun, according to Macedonian front dispatches received la NVaihlngtoa.today. ; . " ;. i Serbian' British, I; and Frendh troops ' in" the ; Vardar valley r ; operating. , west 'of tak Dolren; and , the Mount Dobroporyt -posr- tloiis held by the 'Bttlgars, andj iiavd 1 made , advances; fn the, vl olnity? of ; Sres, reports t4tedV ' ' The -allied' force at. Monastir have also Started activities against the Aus trian and Bulgers and a determined Of fensive will . get under way from this has early in the- spring, military critics her believe. 2Tew. -General Is Fighter The appointment of General Gulllame to - succeed General : Sarrail . presaged a year of activity In the Balkans, military officials declare. Gulllam has a renuta- tlon of being resUess. aggressive and a i good campaigner. - tea tne entente in tended to simply sit tight, hold Salonika and protect Britain s route to India, Sarrail or some other defensive general would have been placed in charge ' of that vital base. With th allies in the west taxing Germany's, utmost defensive strength. with a reconstruction of the Italian of fensive, and with the British in Pales tine making inroads into Turkish terri tory, the central empires face great ob stacles the coming year, high .allied military officials declare. With the policy of coordination which the entente has adopted, the kaiser will be unable to shift his demoralized forces from one front to the other to halt the advancing offensive. 'Front Bears Creat Promise "The Salonika front Is not going to be one of secondary Importance," a Balkan military expert declared today. "On no other front will such Immense and far- reaching results accrue from a success ful offensive. Cut the Berlin-Bagdad railway and Germany's backbone is broken. Shut the submarine from the Belgian coast and her sea power is gone. Both are necessary and both wi)l be gone before another year Is passed." The morals of the Balkan and Astatic allies -of the central powers is weakn ing, official Information Indicates. Th Bulgars, who long sine accomplished tneir war aims, have been, deserting by scores and are chafing under the Ger man military rule. - Central Allies Ar Restless "Germany's draining of Turkey and Bulgaria of suppliea and in return giv ing them war munitions has also cre ated a spirit of discontent," a Balkan diplomat declared. "Stop this inter change and both Bulgaria and Turkey will quit. Open th Dardanelles and South Russia will be on her feet again. Free British forces -in Turkey and the allied troops In Macedonia and the Ital ian : steam roller will forge on to VI nna." Greece's mobilisation of troops for. active service, announced today, and Roumanla's decision to hold out against overwhelming odds, is also indicative that trouble for th kaiser Is breaking in th Balkans. Heiress to Millions Spends Night in Jail Philadelphia,1; Pa., Feb. - 2. (V. P.) Charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses. Miss Mary Louis Hart Je, beautiful 19-year-old daughter of Au gustus Hartje, the Pittsburgh millionaire. 1ft out on' bail -tonight, after' spending last night at Wayne, a suburb. - Th young' woman was taken Into cus tody at th Hotel Waynewood, where she was staying with .her mother. ; The charge was entered by Pittsburg stores, where Miss Hartje is alleged to have obtained goods exceeding, her ml lowance. - : : . :.- .--..-.; . . . Miss Hartje, who is ongaged to Cap tain Walter Jennings of the Canadian Overseas forces,' waa preparing to leave for Paris as a Red Cross worker. .Her mother now Mrs. Stanley , Howard- was divorced - from , th Pittsburg mil lionaire' seven years aTX t- . 2241 PERISH AS TORPEDO STRIKES SHIP LONDON, Feb. X Two handred aad twenty.fonr persons per ished when the armed boardiag ship Leuvaln was torpedoed and task in the' eastern Mediterranean oa Jssasry Si, the -admiralty aa noaaced tonight. The Loavala was sed to later- Incept merchaatmea and send, parties of officials abroad .them to iatpeet their cargoes aad papers. New. Company Buys Waldorf-Astoria New Tork, Feb. 2. (I. N. S. George C. Boldt Jr., owner of the - Waldorf- Astoria hotel, tonight announced the sale of th property to a company, which will be organised to operate lt4 General Coleman T.'Dupont, the muniUons manu facturer, is reported to hold a large part of the stock. Lb M. Bloomer will be elected presi dent, it was stated tonight, and Walton H. Marshall, formerly associated with George Boldt Sr., and now manager of the Vanderbllt, will be manager. The Boldt estate will sun retain a large im prest and George C. Boldt Jr., the owner. will become chairman of th board of directors of the new ODeratlna com Dan r George C Boldt Sr., th builder of the hotel, died December S, 1916. : His son had been the actual manager of the hotel for several years. The ground on which the hotel stands Is owned partly by William Waldorf Astor and partly by Vincent Astor. -- Coalless Days in East to End Soon Washington, Feb.- -1. TJ.' P Next Monday may mark th end of Fuel Ad-1 mmistrator Garfield's industrial dos ing ordeaOrtV -j ,i Vy'-v---.- ' -Successful application -of priority " and embargo on freight shipments, together with assurances that the terrific weath er of the last few; weeks- Is practically over, has convinced Director ' General MoAdoo and Garfield that fuelless days probably will be needed: no more this winter after Monday. There will be a conference next Tuesday Anally to. de termine the question. . Priority orders and the embargo on unessential freight will probably be con tinued, however, even after th coalless Monday, order is revoked. If the action Is taken. It will mean the conditions have improved even be yond the expectations of Director' Gen- ralMcAdoo, who recently bfore the senate interstate commerce" committee expressed the hope that the middle . Of February would see an end of th shut down order. Kenney Will Become Great Northern Head St. Paul. Minn., Feb. S. CO. V.-r Back in the '80s Bill Kenney. was a newsboy in Minneapolis. Next week he will become president of the Great Northern railroad. Now he signs his name William P. Kenney. In the same shakeup Ralph Budd. as sistant to the president, will become ex ecutive vice president.- Louis Hill will remain chairman of the board of direc tors. Their average age is 44. Italph Budd is well known in Portland railroad circles. During the construc tion period of the Oregon Trunk .into Central Oregon he was connected with the executive staff of the Hill Unes in Oregon. Mr. Budd returned East sev eral years ago. Spain Asks Berlin For Prompt Reply London, Feb. J. (U. P.) Th Spanish note sent to Berlin protesting the tor pedoing of the Spanish steamer Glralda, requested an answer within 48 hours, a Madrid dispatch to the London MaU as serted today. Buenos Aires, Feb. 2. (L, N. 8.)" Owners of th Argentine sailing ship Monte Protegldo, which was sunk by a German submarine, today renewed their request to the Argentine government to appoint an arbitrator to negotiate their claim for $160,000 damages. Germany has already appointed ner arbitrator. ROLL OF HONOR WaeMnstoa. Feb. 2. (L W. U reartaaa deaths In the American expeditionary forces ware reported late today by General Fannin, two from rsnahot womada. one enlcida and tbe ' remainder from natural eanaaa. Th list f oilows: PRIVATE PETEB TBOJAN, infantry. Jana anr 20. nmshot wounds:- Philadahhia. PRIVATE JOHN THOMAS, medical dataeh ment, infantry. Jaasary 28, accidental gunshot wounds; atra. UaetB iBomaa,. motber Bead- Inc. Pa. ' PRIVATE JAME8 KOLAS, Infantry, train- ins battalion. Jannary 29. suicide. . Joseph Brerks. rrtrad. uriK-ain. PRIVATE ALFRED WEST, infantry. Janu ary 28. nieamoniai Barron, wa. CORPORAL H. VAN . FLEET, sicnal bat talion. January 1L scarlet Svtwt; father. Cin cinnati, Ohio. - PRIVATE BUIXB GRAHAM, stevedorea, January 1 8. pnanmonla : - Coknt,. On. . PRIVATE JOHN PROCTOR infantry. Jaas- arr 24. DrtUHiiti; Jatnatca, M. I. PRIVATE EMTL A. ENG8TROM, engiaeeia, Jannarr SI, pneumnnla; alpClood. Cel. , i ' PRIVATE HARVEY KAUKLS. infantry, Jaa. un- in. meaaiee; tmiaa, . PRIVATE THOMAS - MURRAT. etevedorea, Jan nary 81; pnenmoats: Charleston, -8, C , PRIVATE WILLIAM I. HA8TIE. sndnftsrs. January sv, pneumonia; rniiaTtipnja, PRIVATE ALECK CUMVTNGH. stevsdorsa, January 8. mramoaia: 8ae4rrriiiiv Oa. - PRIVATE' WILLUE . r.Aiwvu AucusU. PRIVATg MARUgL MOHtZ. KeJnWAs. Gills Reports That Filter Through the i Tightened Censorship Indicate -Despots Are Turning on Peb- pie to Whom Wilson Appealed, v Hungry Mob Reported to Have . ; Stormed Bakeshops. at Span-v dauj Troops From East Front , Carry Back Ideas About Peace. Rr Ed L. Kern r LONDON, Feb. If dispatches which leaked ; through the . ' tightly drawn veil 'of censorship over the central empires tonight , are accurate, Germany's militaBjr despots- now . are fighting the. ' plain . people' to whom President yilson appealed io throW, oft . the -' ' , . yoke of . Hohentollernlsro. i '-iSwiai'ijutehteUifJ ';-8eandisav1ii' ' -dispatches all reported vast spread of the. general strike In ' Ceman y . and Austria-Hungary. Many car-" lied clroumstantial stories of vJo- 7 Ience to which the government ,' had resorted to' maintain its hold - ' over the people. Berlin appar- -entlyls now wholly under' mar-."' ' tial law. Troops have reinforced -the police. .' Th government has served an uIU- matum on th strikers, ordering their re- - turn to work Monday morning and threatening as the alternative; not civil process, but th grim military discipline ' of the firing squad. Bakeshops Ars Stormed ' . . . . . i. The mob spirit was renorted as havlns? . broken out in at least on city, the 1m-,. . portant war center of 8pand?au. German newspapers reported serious rioting ' there Thursday, according -to Amster dam dispatches. Strikers attacked th police, destroyed a factory and railroad property and stormed bakeshops. . independent Socialists ar organising national demonstration in vro- V test against the arrest of- Wllhelrn Dittman. Socialist - member ' of - tho relchstag. "- who was? seised as h attempted to address a crowd in Berlin. , imperial chancellor Hertllng refused to Intervene, declaring he was powerless to -Invoke civil procedure whil the military controlled In th capital dty. - ? s A brief Central News dispatch from Amsterdam lat today reported "blood. shed" In th streets of Berlin, but nn de. tails were available. Strikers and- po- llcemen have had frequent clashes there, but until this report, it was understood, order was being restored. , . Food Batloas Rsdaeed' . The desperation of the German mill. . tarists - Is seen ; in , the order reducing strikers' food rations, reported through Zurich to have, become effective today. " This, of course, will directly affect strik ers' families and thousands of Innocent women and children who ar expected to ' bear the brunt of this retaliation. s , Whil Socialist newspapers ar urrlnar an immediate session of th relchstag to ' investigate th strike, junker organs op pose this, ostensibly through national- , utic motives., but really throueh fear of undue socialistic Influence. - . Zurich reported tonight that th Lokal Ansteger and similar - papers urged th government to orastic action, calling the strikers , traitors. Th Oeutsches Tages Zeitung accused Austria of responsibility ' tor in .movement. . owing . to its insist- -enc on shipments of flour from Oer--many to Austria. ' Th eHhcinisch Zeitung, Socialist, de- " nounced tho government lor compelling publication of "false" news concerning -the strike. -. j y --... . '" 8 tor at Los g BNwIsg Ti The storm .has been brewing In th ' central empires for, many months. Its first outbreak cam in Hungary. - Boda- ' pest an4 Prague) were the first cities to report a strike where men, women and children paraded th streets, shouting, for bread'and peace. ; ; j -- Vienna was next affected. " Then th unrest spread into Germany. Munich -was on of th first cities which felt It Next cam Berlin itself, center of th gigantic 'German military machine. - President Wilson' made him first ap peal to th people to rise and throw off the yok. of militarism -when America cast her lot with the hosts of democ racy, April , 1817. Junkerdom in Ger many, hooted at the possibility of th masses they ' had deceived ever seeing the light. , - ' . ' . ' - The seeds of discontent had been sown In Hungary even before this. 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