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SENATOR SAYS END OF WAR
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Russ Leader Known Here
President of Brotherhood of
Trainmen Says Owners Anxious
to Make Out That Government
Operation Is Total Failure.
Engines Allowed to Freeze Dur
ingfcCold Weather and Com
petent Men Replaced by Green
Hands in Order to Hinder.
1FASHINQT0N. Feb.
vv
5. (I. N.
S.) The traffic congestion
rf the railroads 'during the cold
Veatfter was caused by the in
tentional lack of cooperation on
the part of railroad; managers, it
" was charged' at th hearing be-,-fore
- the, railroad wage commis-J
slon today by? W. G.-: Lee, , presF
'dent of the Brothefhood of
Railroad . Trainmen. Lee further
. tharged that the managers de
lirect to . discredit the . operation
of the Adamson . law by inflating
artificially the increased cost to
the railways by this law.
"They do not want the government
' to make a success of Its operation of
the railroad. I can back up the state
ment that experienced railroad men are
not permitted to perform their duties aa
their . experience would dictate. They
know that If the rorernment makes
success m-railroad operations they -will
never be .handed back. Do you think
the public will let them go back? That
Is why I want to see the government
make a success of It"
"I hope you will excuse me," Mr. Lee
.aid, "for being suspicious, but I have
been dealing with these gentlemen for
half a century." '
"The entire handling of the railroad
properties," Mr.' Lee asserted, "Is not
In the hands of the government, but was
left In "the hands of men who had the
power to make it either a failure or a
success.!. I leave to you to judge which
they desired from the public record of
the past few weeks.
"The railroad managers can make
government operation of the railroads a
success or not as they please. The con
gestion during the cold weather Is the
result of the present methods of the
Mrs
Schwab WithTrotsky
Led Cannery Girls' Strike
Was Arrested in Portland Dur
ing Industrial Trouble .
on East Side.
Mrs. Mary Schwab, once the strike
leader of girls employed In Portland by
the Oregon Canning company. Is now
high in the councils of the Bolshevik!
n Russia. Mrs. Schwab and Leon
Trotsky, once an Indifferent reporter
on a Yiddish paper in New York Dut
now head of the Bolshevlkl. are de
scribed by Emll Schaff of 511 Mont
gomery street. Mr. Schaff was born In
Gallcia but came to America more than
25 years ago. He met' Trotsky fre
quently In New York. He was In Port
land when Mrs. Schwab, of cool audacity
and burning tongue, confronted Gov
ernor West, the Industrial welfare com
mission and the Portland police with
witty but stinging words uttered in be
half of the striking cannery workers.
"There are ' many Trotskys left In
America more able than the man that
chance and fortune have placed at the
head of Russian affairs," said Mr.
Schaff. "When I knew him he was
earning perhaps $15 or $18 a week, and
he was scarcely attending to his work
because 'he was putting so much burning
energy Into soap box oratory. He was
steeped In Karl Marx and he was ' a
member of a group with headquarters
In New York, but with hope that In
Russia they might bring about the very
thing that the war has brought about. ;
"When I knew Trotsky he hated the
csar, but he also hated the kaiser and
all others who claim to rule by divine
right. I feel quite sure that Russia
will not be of much further aid to the
allies, but I also feel quite as, sure' that
the kaiser will get little comfqrt from
Russia as long aa TroUky-U in. con
trol."
The word 'Bolshevik,' Mr. SChaff ex
plained, means "the majority of the
proletariat." . The name "Trotsky''
means "opponent."- As Schaff remem
bers' it, Trotsky's real nam'e la ' Berfti
stein. Mrs. Schwab, he says, continued
In her strike leader career' after she
was in Portland, then returned to New
York and finally returned to Russia
when the turn of the wheel mad It
possible for the Trotskys to go back.
Mrs. Schwab, or Schuab, is on the
records both of the -city and county
jails.
MARY SCHWAB
FORMER Portland strike
: leader who is now one of
Trotsky's chief counsel
lors among the Bolsheviki.
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Federal Food Administrators Dis
cuss Fishing Problems and De
cide fo Avoid Surplus of Canneries-on
the Pacific Coast.
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BREAD RATION
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ASHISOTOJT. T. (!. IT.
S.) Patroat of hotels, reitaa-
raatt mad dlnlag cart were
today pat oa bread rations. Food
Administrator Hoever ordered that
ladlvldaal porUoas of wheat bread
or rolls shall not exceed two oaaees.
In the ease of bread or rolls baked
of eorm meal, oatmeal or bras, the
portion may not exceed fonr omaeet.
Telegrams were seat to the hotel
represeatatlTet of the food ad mis
titration la every tUte asking that
they enforce the order strictly.
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InlUliLLU I UIL
001 ATTACK
Oavallini Admits
TIMBER OPERATOR
RADIO PLANT
HAD
Regulation of Industry Sought
in Order to Protect Present
Investments and Not to Upset
Labor Market; Bread4May Rise
Fish problems occupied the attention
of the federal food administrators of the
Pacific coast states In session with lead
ing cannerymen at the Portland hotel
today : .
The objects of the meeting are :
To regulate the prices of canned sal
mon :
Increase the output of salmon and nH.
er fish;
Regulate the establishment of new
canneries ;
Guard against a surplus of eannlnr
plants;
Conserve the aupply and avoid waste ;
Allocate the catch to the fresh salmon
distribution ;
Establish nriM tn r.ol4 fi.h..
InHhe districts ;
; Regulate Independent traD operators.
seiners nd fish wheel operators. , v
Representative cannerymen from
Alaskav Puget Sound -and Oregon were
in attendance at the meeting.
It clearly developed In the early
atages of the session that it is the
purpose of the administrators not to al
low any, more , canneries , to .be. located
In districts already adequately served.
The" object of this safeguard Is two
fold, namely, . to . prevent Increased cost
of the products and to protect the labor
market. It la not the intention of the
administration' to let the 'field be so
overcrowded, that the plants will be bid
ding against each other for help.-
Applications will be granted to pros-
ARMENIAN DRIVE
Paris. Feb. 5. (U. P.) Phillppo Cav-
alllnl. one of the defendants Involved In
the charges of treason for, which Bolo
Pasha Is on trial here, admits handling
more than $400,000 from Kevll Pasha,
another of those Involved, the prosecu
tion announced today.
Bolo Pasha declared he saw no harm
In his relations with Abbas Hilml, form
er khedlve of
former minister. Saddlk Pasha.
"Everybody knew It President Poln
calre. Lord Bertie and Delcasse."
(OoacltMted ea Pace Three, Column- roar)
Mrs. Wilson Sends
Appeal tor Nations
, ?
Washington, Feb. B.(U. P.) Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife of the' president,
today launched an international move
ment to throw about .the fighters in
Europe and their mothers, sisters and
' laughters the highest moral Influence
luring the war.
' 8peak(ng for the mothers of America,
Mrs.' Wilson dispatched the message.
Jointly ' signed by Mrs. Anna Howard
Shaw, chairman of the National Defense
CounclV women's committee, to all em
bassies abroad, ,
: Trade Incubator For
Garden Tools
Sacrifice Studebaker Car
Swap Column tt
200 EOO Sure Hatch incubator to
trade for garden tools or what'
have you? .
Sheriff of Washinffton Countv
Mandlmg $4UU,UUU Confiscated Instruments S. P.
Agent Had in Home.
HUlsboro. Or., Feb." 5. Sheriff Apple-
gate yesterdajr uncovered a radio plant
a half mile ; from Timber and confls
catea tne apparatus. -It belonged to
Ji E. Jacobsen, the operator -and "ticket
Egypt and the latter's agent for the Southern pacific at Tim
ber station on the Tillamook line. The
radio from appearances Is capable of re
ceivlng and sending a radius of 600 or
700 miles and Is practically new. It Is
unaerstooa mat the government radio
stations have been comnlalnlnsr about
interruptions from radio currents . and.
aa nearly as possible to locate it. it was
decided that It came from the Kehalem.
Jacobsen had the plant In his house and
nis aero wires were difficult to locate
we says mat ne installed the plant for
bis own satisfaction. The radio outfit
Vas i brought to- HUlsboro and further
action Is awaiting orders from the
United States marshal. Jacobsen u
paratUB was operated.
which the ap-
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A CHILD to board In my homo ;
. splendid care.
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'17 SERIRS Studebaker, 7 passen
ger touring car, In splendid me
chanical condition, all good tires.
Owner needs the cash and will sac
rifice for 575.
Tou need not waste time In seeE
Ing a D'cely furnished room that .
win meet all your requirements, for 3
THE JOURN AIj WAffT COI.-.
.UMNS aro lust full of such ads.
Scan them carefully today and you
. will bo sure to find the very place
yon want.
Or. if this falls, why not run a'
small JOURNAL. WANT AD your
self, stating just the sort of a place
Sou aro looking for, and you cannot"'
elp but get It In a day or two. :
A direct way to accomplish many
imperative demands may be found '
in THE JOURNAL WANT COL
UMNS. -
William S. Biddle
To Serve as Major
William S. Biddle, former captain In
United States army, well known in Port
land, received his appointment today aa
major in the adjutant general's depart
ment of the national army. He win
leave Portland in a few days and join
rlSZ ,r' . . -.w'.-fci. wife and two children
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llTvaf Dvfnr in - l mhk b nn . SAfva in t raa I " - -
If CSV A k au XJ v B-vy V 111 Mv
regular army until 1907. He participated
In the Apache Indian campaign against
the Indian. Chief Oeronlmo, later in the
Spanish-American war and In toe Phil
ippine Insurrection. ;
Benson Appointed
Supreme Court Clerk
1 -Salem, Or., Feb. 6. Arthur S. Ben
son, who. has been deputy clerk of the
supreme court for ' the; last 16 years.
was today appointed, clerk of the court
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Judge J. C. Moreland. Benson is
ha- son i of Judge Henry X.. Benson,
member or me court, iso appointment
was made of a deputy clerk.
Boriar Law Tells
. British Losses
London. Feb. 6. (U, P.) Enemy sub
marines and air raiders have killed 14,120
British-noncombatanta men. women and
children Chancellor of the Exchequer
Bonar Law declared in the house of
commons' today, c .-- ,
Von Rihtelen and
Associates Guilty
New York. Feb. 5. (I. N. S. Cap
tain von Rlntelen and 11 ' German - asso
ciates were found guilty here this after
noon" of conspiring to plant bombs 'on
vessel carrying supplies ' and ammuni
tion to, the powers at war vrlth Qer
many and her allies. .
on in full swing
Enthusiasm Marks Start of Cam
paign to Secure Money for
Starving People.
FIRST MORSISG'S TOTALS
Women's Division ..
ilea's BItUIob
Total
S,lii.tf
..17,114.18
(Cowclnded on Pr Ttirge. Colnron Twe
The headquarters of the drive for
Armenian and Syrian relief In tho Hotel
Portland this morning presented a scene
of animation andV enthusiasm that pronv
lses well for the success of the drive.
By 9 o'clock more than 125 men and
women were at headquarters getting
their credentials and shortly afterward
were on their way to carry tho appeal
from a starving people to tbegenerou
hearted Portland people. .
An Intensity feeling and strength
or purpose- wnicn. nas not cnaracterlsed
other drives was apparent at tho dinner
anfl meeting of .the officers, committees
and workers for the drive held Monday
evening at '.Hotel Portland, with covers
for 176.
Wells Gilbert, general for the drive,
presided over the meeting. The program
was introduced by a number of selec
tions on the silver chimes by Waldo
Davis, accompanied by M. L. Hleb.
Fritz do Bruin sang a group of songs,
accompanied by Miss Evelyn Paddock.
Mr. Gilbert introduced as the toastmas-
U.S. Must Place
Millions in Field
To Beat Hun, Says
Returning Solon
Accurate Gun Fire Believed to
Have Inflicted Heavy Losses
on Germans Massed for Dash
on American Trench Defenders
Representative Miller Points Out
Country's Need of Ships
foe Transports.
American Soldiers Eager for Go
at Enemy Wounded Men Re
fuse to Be Carried Back From
Firing Line; Gas Attack Fails.
By Tfewtoa C. Parke
With the American Army in France,
Feb. 6. (L N. a) Another attempted
German raid on the American sector of
the battle front was beaten off Monday
morning by the prompt . and ' efficient
action of our artillery. a
The Germans had massed a consider'
able force before the American trenches
and It Is believed that the Yankee gun
ners inflicted heavy casualties upon
mem. .-.. t
Information had reached the Amer
icana that the boches planned to de
liver a surpvise attack on Monday morn
lng without . any artillery preparation,
counting - on Saturday night's artillery
duel to have cut the American telephone
wires. - v.. " . .
The censor now permits It to be made
known that - the Americana 'are holding
the line at a point northwest of -TouL. t
' (T6ul lies tl miles southeast of St.
Mihtet and about the same distance frtrtu
the .German frontier.- : This indicates
that-the Americana are on the Woevre
plain, that section of France- lying be
tween - the Mouse and. Moselle : rivers.
StwMlhlel lies about 20-miles south of
Verdun, ana is the apex of the famous
St. Mlhlel salient. It waa there that the
Germans were able to establish them
selves -on i the western bank of the
(Concluded on Pge Tw1t, Colnmn Ttaf)
(The following editorial from bat Sundaj's Journal la reprinted today by noixat.)
BLEEDING THE CAR RIDERS WHITE
(Concluded on Pact Mis Colnmn Two)
TEST OF SOT
HY bleed the car riders white?
There was a contract that gave them "a fat-e of five cents and no
more." They bought homes in outlying districts on the understand
ing that the five-cents-a-ride contract was binding and that the city
government . would see that the five-cent ride would be protected. How
fares it with them now with the fare at six cents T
When a street car stops down town, it -pours out its passengers who
flock into the business places and make purchases.
That episode of the street ears pouring out their passengers makes busy
thoroughfares.
It makes a street an active business street instead of a dull business
street "
It makes the property along that street more valuable, and the businesses
along that street more profitable.
It gives the professional men up in the office buildings along that street
more clients, more patients and more patrons.
Who pays for those cars and the operation. of those cars? The car riders
pay it all in fares. The owners of the office buildings do not pay one cent.
They ride in automobiles. -The owners of the businesses pay little or
nothing. Most of them ride in automobiles.
The whole burden of providing Portland with a rapid transit system is
carried by the car riders.- They pay Banker Clark's 110,000 salary. They
pay the wages of employes-and the salaries of all officials. They pay for
the cars.jay for the tracks, pay for the oil, pay for the electric Juice, pay
the rent on the company's .offices.
They even pay for wear and tear on , the bridges through the bridge
tolls. They pay for. free rides for city employes: Why should a car rider
pay. for free rides for city-employes? Is It any more a car rider's business
to pay for the rides of a city employe than for the owner of an office build
ing to pay it, or for' the owner of a ship plant to pay It?
. The car rider pays for paving along the tracks. He has already paid
about f2,00C,O0O on that account. And. he s now made to pay "a return to
the company" on that' f2,0C0jC00 investment. He is made to pay the com
pany "a return" on the very money he paid for this paving. And he is
made to pay for maintenance of the paving. Altogether, the company says,
the charge he is thus called upon to pay is $225,000 a year. Is not the car
rider being. bled white?,
The car rider is made to pay the taxes on street car franchises and
the general taxes of the company. He pays everything. If the wages of
employes oWhe company are increased, he is called upon for a higher fare
to pay the increase.- The company pays nothing, because of our new rangled
doctrine that the company must be guaranteed a profit satisfactory to itself
over and, above r expenses.
FARE RULING FILED
City Sues P. R., L At P. Co. to
Determine Right of Commis
sion to Order Increase.
William R. Bryon, special agent of the
aeparuneni oi justice, nas Had Inform.
tlon regarding the existence of the wire
less plant but because of the rush of
more Immediate duties had not made
personal Investigation. Washington
county authorities,, however, had simi
lar information,, and the plant was un
der observation on orders of the district
attorney of the county, Mr. Bryon said.
; It is probable that prosecution of
Jacobsen, if it is instituteo, will depend
upon the use he had made of the plant.
Southern Facmc officials stated this
morning" that wireless is not being em
ployed in railway business and they
were greatly surprised to learn that
their agent was the- possessor of such
apparatus. V, ' '
' Lieutenant Wolf of Seattle Is In gen
eral charge j. of wireless activities for
the government In this district" ; No re'
port has been received !? from him by
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man a monuu nneiner ' or not tne " - wm o.h-ju f uui u uaw imuuii uu; iiivcuuun anu use
Timber radio plant had interfered with of the automobile, which is the fact, and if the company loses revenue as a
nis wont is not Known nere. result Mhreof vvhih la. lh fat th mi r-iAmr. m,v. ih. i.
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the company. He must not only pay everything eisv but he must protect
the company against any loss it may sustain through the moving ahead of
the world by invention and the adoption of more modern transit devices
and appliances. ( ' ' ; ;::;-(. . .
This car rideV whose home is modest, who must count his pennies care
fully; who must pay car fare for the children attending TsehooL vho has no
store laid aside for a day of sickness or bad luck or unemployment, this
car rider who toils and spins, and backs up his country, to the best of his
powers in the wr,.Is all alone, providing this great, rich citv nf Portia rvi
Vilh its. rapid transit system. He makes It possible for downtown businesses
to have customers from the outlying districts. His nickels enable the city
to expand in area and population. He pays it alL
s 'And the city, after he doe's all this, Us not protecting him in the' contract
on which he'built his little home out - in the suburbs to wheb. he was to
have Ta fare-of five oenU and nomore . -
French Destroy
8 Htm Airplanes
Paris. Feb. 6-(U. P- Eight German
airplanes were completely destroyed and
five others "were, brought flaming -to
earth by French aviators in a series of
formidable air battles over the German
lines Sunday, It was officially announced
today. - , - - v . .
"An enemy , attack in . the Chemln des
Dames( region, following artillery prepa
ration, was thrown back before the at
tacking waves reached the French lines,
It "was announce . , .
Suit against the Portland . Railway,
LJgnt Power company to test the
validity of the -cent fare ruling made
by the Oregon public service commis
sion was filed in the circuit court at
noon today by the city.
One of the principal allegations made
in tne complaint Is that the commission
has no authority to fix rates of .the
streetcar company in Portland, because
of a provision In the act creating the
commission, which specifies that Jaws
and regulations passed bv the neonle
prior to the adoption of the public jiwrv-
Ice act In 1913 are" exempt from the op
erations of the commission.
Fare Order Is Called Told
The complaint points out that the
voters of Portland passed the present
charter in Mli. prior to creation of the
public service commission and that this
charter provided for a complete system
of regulation of public utilities by the
city and regulations under which the
city should fix rates for all public util
ities. , . . -
Argument is made in the complaint to
Show the act gives the commission the
power to regulate and fix rates for pub
lic utilities of the state, except In cases
where ordinances or other municipal reg
ulations have been initiated by the' peo
ple prior to the creation of the commis
sion. , , , .
Because the state was not represent
ed in the public service rate hearing
when the streetcar company was. grant
ed the increased fare by any law offi
cers or was not a party to the hearing
the complaint holds that the increased
fare Is not an act of tne state.
The complaint alleges that the pub
lic service commission increased fare
order is void because-it violates the con
stitutions of the United States and the
state of Oregon by Impairing the oblige
tlon of contracts, In this case a part of
franchisee. -
Lenthy Argameets Made
The city also contends that the in
creased .fare Is unlawful because the
railway company failed to allege In its
proceeding before the public service
commission that the regulation of rates
by the city at 6 cents was unreasonable.
The state law, the attorneys claim.
holds that city ordinances regulating
rates are valid until proved to be un
reasonble and take the stand that the
company has taken no steps to sjrovc
that the i cent fare prescribed in the
franchise Is not reasonable.
The Increased fare order Is In viola
tion of the home rule amendments of
the constitution of the state. -according
to the complaint. - - ,
Lengthy argument to support the al
legations are also included uv the com
plain t j -
Washington. Feb. 5. (L N. S.) Un
til the United States has 3,000,000 men
In France, the war will not be won.
Representative Miller of Minnesota, who
has Just returned from the French bat-
ueironu ioia tne nouse today.
"We must have 4.000.000 and we shoald
have 5.000,000." he said. "We will never
win the war by a revolution In Ger
many. Some slight eruptions mAy oc
cur, but not sufficient, to be of any
particular value. There is Just one way
to beat Germany and that is to beat her
army.
Germany has 9.000.000 men perfectly
trained and splendidly equipped," Mil
ler aeciarea. "Tne weak spot tn our
preparations to beat such an armv is
our weakness In the department of trans- i
portation. And British officers told me
transportation Is 90 per cent of the
game," he said.
Holding Sabsiarlaet in Check
Summing up the submarine situation.
Miller said the Germans had built, all
told, 265 submarines and the allies had.
destroyed more than 100. Now subma
rines are . being destroyed as fast as
they are manufactured.; With the re
turn of the summer there will be a
large Increase In the total tonnage de
stroyed by U-boats, Miller predicted.
He insisted that one step that must
be taken to Increase the- efficiency of
the shipping of the United States Is to
put the whole transportation problem in
tne nanas of the navy. - . ; .
h said eacn man- at the . frost win
require six rttm-f -sfcJpptag-each year
and therefore to maintain three million
men abroad. 13.000,000 tons of-shipping
would xe required- . ' ,-
rrget Greater Activity Ja the Xary
"We cannot build anywhere near the
number of ships we shall need," he add
ed,- "and therefore we must, by effi
cient operation, make those that we ha$e
go farther."
"The first duty of our navy is to pro
tect the line of communication from
France to America," Miller declared.
Disaster ha been narrowly averted
more than once. . We cannot expect prov
idence to be with, us all the tune. We
must fight our ..own battle part of the
time." v '
He made a plea for "getting out the
navy." The navy never will help win
the war "If It Is locked up and her
metically sealed In some safe harbor of
the United States," he added.
Debarkatloa Port Condition Teld
Conditions at the French port which
has been given over 'to the United States
for the debarkation of troops and sup
plies were described by Miller as "lntolr
erable." ' He complained of the enor
mous charges being made because Amer
ican ships are using the facilities' of
this port.
"These charges In many instances are
positively 'fabulous,' 'he said. "It is the
height of absurdity for us to continue
to use this port and have it completely
under the control of the French. . It
should be turned over to us absolutely
and It should be exclusively under our
control with full permission to make
all needed changes." j- ,
It would be cheaper, he said, to rent
the entire port from the French govern
ment The same thing is true of the
railroads in France, Miller said.
HE El
FOOD ft!
n d Ecn
luun ullli
Senator Wadsworth Says Arner
ica's Effort. Must Constant!)
Expand to Meet the Increasing
Demands for Troops Overseas.
Declares "End of the War Is -Not
in Sight; That We Shall '
Travel a Long, Hard Road Be
fore We Reach " the " Goal."
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. (U. P. .
"Lack of vision," has."
stalled America's war engine .
Senator Wadsworth charged In ,
the senate today, "and a greater
breakdown than the one from
. which we are : now . : suffering i
threatens, unless some' directing "y
agency Iscfeated," ' "
"I entertain the deep conviction that
the end of the war Is not in sight; that
we shall travel a long, hard road be
fore we reach the goal." he said. "I
feel certain that the strain will grow
more and more severe as the months
goby. . ,
, "America's effort must constantly ex
pand ; we must send more and ' more
troops abroad, must build more and -
more ships to carry them, must grow
more and more food . to feed the troops
and to feed the allies, and we must
make use of an ever-Increasing percent. .
age of our mines, transportation Jaclll
ties and manufacturing facilities. -
In short. I am convinced that .we
are only on the threshold of this tremen
dous undertaking."
'In short, I am convinced that we art
only on the threshold of this tremendous
undertaking. 1 am not satisfied that we
have the kind of organisation and ma- -
Ship Caught in Gale
Sinking Calls for Aid
An Atlantic Port. Feb. 5. (I.'N. S
A wireless call tor immeaiate neip rrom
an unidentified steamer that is in
danger of, sinking at a point 20 miles
off the Northern Atlantic coast, has
been forwarded to the authorities here
by the captain of the steamship Ad
miral Seoree. He caught the message
which said 'that the ship was in dire
straits early-, today, hut communica
tlon was cut off before he could get
the name. I
The captain reports that his ship is
having a hard time holding her own
in a terrific gale that Is raging: and
that he cannot go jo ine rescue.
ROLL OF HONOR
tVuhincton. Feb. . ft- X. S.t On mem
ber of the expeditionary fare waa klllwt in ae-
tiim and alx war iiMaur wonnara on renra
ary 2, the war department 'announced thia after-
n0"vvw.-krr. LEWIS OCSUET. Infantrr.'
killed, lib father. Alvaa .Omley. lira at Wil
ton. !. I. I
- Tiu wounded were:
Private Boyd A. Cloaa, Infantry, Potaad. Ind.
Corporal . Krnert Soddelby, Infantry, Loui-
Prtrata fell Woyoakly. infantry, Wyoav
Private veuaa v. i man try, l.moa-
villa. N. C 1 ' -
Private Joe Matthew,; Infantry, Bismarck,
If. D. i '
prfnii fclme V. Tnenc Farmenbon. Ind.
Ftva deatba from natural caoaaa alao were ra-
IX-rted : . ' -
KCKSE ALICE a. mr.iu, army aura
eorpa, pneumonia.- ateoia, ra.
, PBITATB CUABXES VlTrGOOD, artlUry,
rmttum. Demr. N. H. !
PRIVATE HOT L SWAXSOX, field arUQeTy.
dilauos- tn aiOTiacu. . vvvia otowi, latnar,
PBIVATK PEKCT WAHD, field Srtillary.
Korean Canter, Vt. - - . .. ,-. .
PRIVATE WnXI , CL-SBtaa. stavedorei.
aerannan, r ..-
(Cooclnded on Pas Three. Column Threer-
BOLSHEVIKI FIGHT :
WITH ROUMANIANS
Reports , From Vladivostok Are
That Hotel Guests Are Robbed
by Soldiers. -
Copenhagen. Feb. 6 I. J. S.) - "
Fighting between the Bolsheviki and -the
Roumanians now extends over a ,
wide front in Southwestern Russia, ac
cording -to advices from Petrograd to
day, saying that the Bolshevik govern
ment has .begun to concentrate rein
forcements against the Roumanians.
The fighting tone extends ..acroei
Moldavia and ..into the Russian prov- -I
nee of Bessarabia as far as the
Denister river;
Washington. Feb. S I. N. &) Con
firmation of outrages against .civilians
In -Vladivostok, presumably by Bolsbe-
vlk. soldiers, reached the state depart
ment today. A cable from; the consular
representative there states I that 80 sol- '
diers in uniform entered i the leading
hotel' and demanded the passports of all
persons. After "Inspecting these,- the . 1
men stole all money, and jewelry which
the guests had. The department did not
state whether the men robbed were
Americans. ' - 1 ' . ;
Confirmation of the cable reports that
communication between the Roumanian
government at Jassy and ; the Russian
Bolshevik! is Interrupted came today ,
from Ambassador Francis at Petrograd,
He cabled that on January 29 the Rou
manian minister In . Petrograd was
given 10 hours to leave for Jassy, and-,
added that he "got away within the time
limit-- :
While the text of the dispatch was
not made public. It Is said that the situa
tion between Roumanla and the present i
Russian government is distinctly critical.
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Safety of Americans Feared
Minneapolis. Feb. 5. (I. T. 8.
Velled fears for the safety of the Amer
ican railway mission to Russia, headed 4
by Colonel George H, Emerson of gt,
Paul are expressed In a cablegram re- .
celved - here from Toklo i today. The
cablegram said John F. Stevens, noted
engineer; had left Japan for Vladivostok
ta learn If the 300 American engineers '
-d arrived safely. . - . : . ., i - ..
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