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VOL, XV. NO. 46.
CITY;EDITION .
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3,
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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.
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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
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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
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SECTION TWO 12 PAGES
Pag
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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 -
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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
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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- !
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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. Th Rus
sian overthrow of czarism In Marsh Inw
(Concluded ea fax litre, Co tuna Urtl