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AMERICAN .
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German General Staff Said to Be
Determined to Force Hand of
Russians Quick Thrust to Be
T-r
r Made if Peace flans Fail;
Civil Strife Within Russia, Said
"to Be 'Widespread; Poles Are
' Said to Be Fighting Bolshe
:::viki; Fighting in Sebastopol.
M T S 1 J ft
P.) Ger
many ,: favors issuing of an
Ultimatum . to the ttussian Maxi
mallsls, demanding immediate ac
ceptance of the Teutonic peace
''"'terms, and in case of refusal will
, inarch oir Petrograd,, was the. be
lief expressed, in diplomatic clr-
,-..eles today. ..
The German general staff, Im
perial Chancellor Hertling and
the German court, are believed
Ination to force Russia's hand at
"once. ?')' -,
t . Germ aft llroopa are said fa have
been 1 concentrated at strategic
points tmi eaitwrfr.fwnv
'. the express . purpose for a quick
thrust a,t the Russian capital, in
ease the 'armistice is terminated.
Conenharen. i Pb. .(!. N. 8,1
There has been a mighty spread of
rlvll utrffe within Russia. In the
past 48 hoursand the Indications today
"utr that turn Hninnevix rovarnment
will face the greatest peril of its ex
istence within the next week.
Polish troops are reported to have !
captured Mohllev and have arrested
Ensign Krylenko, the Bolshevik com
mander in chief, with his entire staff.
Mohllev has been the seat of the
Bolshevik army headquarters. It Is
the capital of .a' government of the
same name and-Is 85 miles . southwest
of Smolensk and 400 miles south of !
, Patrograd. It lies on the Dnieper river
and has a population of about 50.000.
"'An army of nearly half a million Is
: In the field against the Bolshevik! In
Southern Russia. It is composed of
(Oonclndvd. on Pace Eleven, Column Three)
Strike Crushed, but Strong Un-
s dercurrent of III Feeling
' Still Exists.
-Amsterdam, Feb. 6. (I. N. S.) The
pajt-Germans (militarists)' have openly
feclared war on the Socialists In Ger-
.anv. accordion- to a conv of that Vn,
" aerts received today from Berlin.
'(Vorwaerta Ja the official organ f
the German Socialists and has been sun-'
pressed a number of times since the
war began for Its attacks against the
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' 2rf? mF : u . rmn ,trlka d now
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gaged m a struggle against socialism.
P P-n-Grm Press is JubUant over
Cfea ' Victory" of the mllltar4.ta mnA Am-
tte "victory" of the militarists and de -
WAR PARTY FIGHTS
SOCIALISTS OPENLY
?r. inM , rod u now pen fori "It Is moat obvious,- he cabled Tues
; fresh operations In tha field without day, 'that the . simplest way to delay
Tl """uciionB at nome. . American war preparation Is for the
.At tne same time the militarists and I Germans to suggest that peace Is imml
, gtelr newspapers are striving to belittle nent and Jthat preparations are there-
. ... . . oociauin dioo in
.1." .1 7 1 ooay convenes
Y later this jmonth in order to strangle
't i'J'dvJn 7 r rn,w old
. demand for, a general democratic peace
on tne Das is or. no annexations nor in
. aemnities.
'While the strike movement haa col.
lapsed tha" drastic measures taken by
tne government have left a strong un-
; dercurrent of feeling on the part of the
mtJUS. 1hl hlttArtutM la not
' alleviated iiv tht thru MHirt.m.wi.1.
which are sitting dally. Imposing severe
sentences upon "agitators.'
" The Bavarian ministry of war, in
i order to punish the strikers Jn that coun
try, baa ordered all factories engaged oh
war work to operate seven days a week.
; iuncn, eo, . t y. r.y "ur tne aoo,-
000 workers striking In Berlin on Fri
day, WO.OOO have resumed work." Wolffs
gency declared today.
DON'T worry
ABOUT WEST,
BRITISH TOLD
L6K.DOK, Feb. t-(U. P.) The
Germane are stronger on th
irestrn front bow than at any
Ume, daring the. war, feat they are
Bamerieallr Inferior to the Franco.
British forces, General Slaarlce,
director general of operations, de
elared la hie weekly latervlew to
day. ,.
"The situation need him bo
worry fee i aid.
Two Sections of Ambulances and
200 New Drivers Arrive in
Paris From This Country-
By Henry O. Wales
Paris. Jan. 9. (By Mall.) (I. N. S.)
Two sections of American ambulances
and about a hundred new drivers have
arrived In Paris from . the recruiting
center In Allentown, Pa. With these
reinforcements. Colonel Peed, U. S. A..
In charge of United States military
hospital No. 1 at Keuilly, will handle
all of the distribution ojt French
wounded in the capital of the French
authorities, instead of only half of it.
as he has been doing.
The two new sections are the first
ambulance drivers, enlisted as such, in
the United States, to reach France. All
of the American ambulance work so far
has been done by men who' were volun
teers with the French army prior to
the time that the United States govern
ment took them over last fall.
Kvfr tulncd Mr. W. K. Vanderbllt
opened the American ambulance at the
beginning of the war, tne .institution has
been distributing the wounded "pollua
who arrived always at night at" the
Gara 1 Cnapelle, on tna outskirts of
Paris., "-a --O ; ' . -. . si. ... .... ..
-WhvntxIInitaiL. tates- arwy. took.
over the huge, palatial hospital ,last
autumn and put Colonel Peed in charge.
the American ambulances, were nan
dllng SO per cent of the wounded. 'The
new sections will enable Colonel . Peed
to take over the entire work of distrib
uting the wounded from the French and
leave the latter to send Its motor ara-
bulances and drivers elsewhere.
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'blesses" that arrive
nightly la not heavy work in ordinary
times. But just before an offensive,
when all field and base hospitals are
being cleared to leave plenty of roqpn
for wounded to come In and during a
Dig atiacit wnen ' me injurea are
streaming back - steadily, it assumes
gigantic proportions. Special sidings
for the hospital trams have been built
at the Gare I.a Chapelle and loading
Stations have been constructed, against
which the ambulances are backed. The
men in their litters are slid out of the
Red. Cross trains, across -the platforms
and then the stretchers are placed In
the ambulance.
Wilson Takes Step
To Speed War Work
President Precipitates Meatare on Cob
tress Aathorlsing Him to Consolidate
Tarloas Functions.
Washington, Feb. 6. (U. P.) PresI
dent Wilson today took direct steps to
obtain legislative authority for sweeping
coordination of war work.
Without warning, he precipitated
upon congress, through Senator Over
man, a measure authorising him to con
solidate bureaus and commissions and
to "re-distribute the -functions of any
government . agency to promote co
ordination and efficiency.
The measure was sent to the capltol
through Postmaster General Burleson
and after introduction by Overman was
referred to the judiciary committee. .
German Peace a Hoax
States Northcliffe
New York, Feb. 6. (I. N. S.) Lord
j Northcllffe la unshaken In his belief that
i oerman peace feelers are part of an In.
siuiuua iiropKBjanaa xo nam per tne war
I activities of the allies and h. ni.y...
credence In the reports now. emanating
I .K. V. l B
1 from the kaiser's realm.
I fore unnecessary.
"We went . through this phase of
German propaganda two years or more
ME and pay no attention to it now,"
Major Gen . March to
Be Chief of Staff
1 Washington, Feb. .!. N. S.) Sec
,olr' ot war waiter late tais' after-
noon confirmed reports that Major Gen
eral Peyton C March, in charge of an
tlllery under General Pershinr in France.
will return to tills country to . act as
chief of sUff." He also stated that a
reorganisation of the general staff will
be announced In a few days. The Drea-
ent chief of staff. General Tasker ,H
Bliss, , will : remain In France for - the
present. It - Is understood.
AMERICANS WILL
CARE FOR POILUS
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TO RELIEVE OF BREAD IS
FREIGHT JftlBftCilllN
McAdoo Names Railway Chiefs tp
Make'Survey and Divert Busi
ness to Routes That Are Less
Congested With Freight Trains
B. t. Winchell, Member of Com
mittee, Should Be Familiar
'With Portland Situation, Hav
ing Visited Portland Last Fall.
Washington, .Feb. 6. (I. N. S.) Rail
ways Director "McAdoo today appointed
a traffic investigation committee to
study the traffic currents of the country
and to take steps to divert travel from
lines that are badly congested to those
upon which movements are freer.
The members ars:
B. L. Winchell of Chicago, traffic di
rector of the Union Pacific railway.
G. F. Randolph, trunk line commis
sioner at New York and formerly presi
dent of the B. i. O. railway.
T. C. Powell of Cincinnati, vice-presi
dent of the Southern railway.
Director .General McAdoo explained
their study will be independent of that
undertaken by the three regional di
rectors .recently appointed by Director
McAdoo.
Among the members of the traffic in
vestigation committee appointed by Di
rector General McAdoo, Portland will ex
pect to appeal most confidently to B. It.
Winchell, traffic director, of the Union
Pacific system. Mr, Winchell ;wu In
Portland and the Northwest during the
latter days 'of November and the first
of December, last year. He conferred
with representative .. Portland business
men on tne neeos or tnia port. ; :ibakpt. off the table, except when re
exists at Puget sound, where thousands
of badly needed cars are being used as
warehouses for lack of handling facili
ties for the export of merchandise, with
which they are loaded. Though he .an
nounced that the Union Pacific is .not
contemplating oriental 'connections at
this port,; he pledged himself to meet
half way any effort on the part of Port
land to establish oriental service here.
It would be manifestly to the advan-
t a sr nt th TTninn Pntfta tn nuairi. trans
shipments here rather than to haul I
freight 180 miles farther to Puget sound, j
he minted out. 'He afiHnA a -rffn ,
survey that would make It possible to
state In. the terms of tons and cargoes'
just what business might be obtainable i
in Portland territory In connection with
a possible oriental service. Transconti
nental shipments for export to the
orient, he said, are routed usually in ac
cordance with the direction of the ship
per. He also said that Portland would
foster exporting and Importing com
panies and forwarding agencies.
IN EAST SERIOUS
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Only Possible Relief in Many
Quarters Can Come From
Warmer Weather.
Washington, Feb. . (L N. a The
fuel situation throughout the United
States was desperate today. Officials
who, up to the present, have been ex
tremely optimistic, admitted this fact
The only possible relief must come from
the weather. - -r
The railroads are doing their best, but
most of them are almost out of com
mission. The mines are working, but
under tremendous handicaps, due to the
intense cold and the enormous . snow
drifts which practically block them.
From almost every city and town in
the east today reports were being re
ceived that vital Industries either were
shutting down or were about to do so.
In many places It has been, necessary to
commandeer coal from industrial estab
Ustments to keep people warm.
Even nere in Washington the public
schools are closed and it is estimated
that more than 10,000 families are with
out fueL
Many state fuel administrators have
recommended to the fuel bureau that
It order another general shutdown. In
this connection the Suggestion has been
made, and is being given, considera'tion,
that a four day shutdown be ordered for
the period ending with Lincoln's birth-
aay, February ,. iz, and -v. commencina:
with Saturday, February 9.
This would mean only one, half day.
f-O Iraan wm i rt9itcr a ansa Cn itaJ. .
half holiday. Sunday, a whole holiday "unm""" r" oomoaraing VI
Monday a workle day and Tuesday '" d
legal holiday. .What action 'will be
taken has not yet been determined. ' ,
.'But shut downs will afford" only tem
porary relief, officials say. The weather
is the. big .controlling factor. ,T Moderate
weather for. a week or ten days over
the eastern half of the ; United States
would afford a complete remedy. But
until -trains can be moved on normal
schedule, the coal cannot be delivered
anywhere.. ' ? . . -
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Bakers Are Allowed to Increase
Their Prices'on Showing That
They Have Been Losing Money
'on - Nine-Cent Loaves.
Restaurant and Hotelmen Are
Asked to Provide Potatoes
Free and Only Necessary
Amount of Sugar to Be Served
Ten cent bread made its reappearance
in Portland retail stores today, follow
ing the food administrators' order per
mitting bakers to raise their prices
half a cent, or from 7 to 8 cents per
loaf. Retailers who have been getting 9
cents for the loaf, making a profit of a
cent and a half, are now getting 10
cents, which is a profit of 2 cents. They
are, accordingly, getting half a cent
more profit under the new order, than
before.
Food administrators consented to al
low the bakers to raise the cost of their
bread on the showing that the.manu
facturers are losing money on the loaf
which for the last 60 days has been re
tailing for 9 cents.
To obtain , enforcement of the food
rules of the administration a delega
tion of hotel and restaurant men con
ferred with' Mayor George L. Baker to
day. - They asked that the - mayor name
a city Inspector whose duty It will be to
see that the rules are enforced.
What the consumer will lose on bread
he will more than make up on potatoes
served in public eating places. The new
rule,' which will likely become effective
soon, , urges caterers to serve large por
tions of spuds and serve them free with
meals if possible. -
The hotel and restaurant patrons will
lose a point on sugar. however. The
new rule will require that sugar bowls
(Concluded on Pase Twenty-ona, Column Six)
COFFEE IS TABOO
UnnuaP
UUUVei
Makes Arrangements
With New York Stock Ex
change to Stop Price Rise.
Washington,- Feb. 6. (U. P.) The
food administration today took steps
to curtail speculation In green coffee
on the New York exchange.
It issued an order whereby no spec
ulation In the product over a price of
y, cents a pound of type No. 7,
green coffee, is permitted.
The food administration issued the
following statement:
"The United States food administra
tion issued a rule prohibiting specula
tion In green coffee on the New Tork
coffee and sugar exchange. This pro
hibition is effected by forbidding deal
big in green coffee at a price abov
8Vs . cents a pound of type No. 7 on
the spot months.
"This action followed a conference of
members of the New Tork coffee and
sugar exchange In Washington yester
day. In which the exchange members
patriotically volunteered to take the
necessary action to eliminate specula
tion in coffee."
This rule Is effective today.. It was
read on the floor of the coffee ex
change In New York.
Dealers In green coffee are prohibited
from having more than a 90 day sup
ply on hand. The stocks permitted to
coffee dealers, the food administra
tion explained, are In addition to those
which they , have , now en route from
foreign c countries or under contract
with such countries.
It is Intended to restrict dealers In
green coffee to profits normally made
I in pre-war times and to prevent specu-
lauvo pruuia. ,
Bolsheyiki Badly
: Defeated by Finns
White Gaards Capture Large Qsaatltles
of Arms and AramnnltloB and Are
Bombarding .Tlherg, oa the Coast.
(Jopennagen. t t eo. . . (U. p.) , The
Bolshevik Red Guard were "sanguinarily
eereated" at . Tervalla by the White
uuard ' under Captain Jacobsen, a Fin
lander from. -.Germany, according to
copies of the Berllngske Tldende. v The
White Guards are said to have cap-
rarea large quanuues or arms and am
munition.
log is under way In that Vicinity.
. - Viborg la situated on an arm of the
Gulf of Finland and northwest of Pe-
trograd.
Finn Trouble Issue in Sweden
- Stockholm. Feb. . (U. P.) Resigna
tion or tne uweaisn government, because
of its unwillingness to dispatch troops
Into Finland to restore order, was urged
cy tne conservative press here. y
SPECULATION N
EARTH SLIDE
500 FT. LONG
ON HIGHWAY
THE Colambla river highway Is
blocked fey a fengs earth tilde
between Oaeonta and Dodion
In the vicinity of SU Peter's dome.
The slide Is afeoat 690 feet long
and covers the highway to an aver
age depth of six feet of mack and
boalders. la soine places It It 19
feat in depth.. Before It can be
cleared It will have to be drained.
As a renin of the slide travel on
the highway will fee laterrapted for
several weeks, unlets a temporary
bridge Is made.
IRE HELPERS ARE
NEEDED FOR DRIVE
, ;
Good as fs First Day's Showing
in Armenian Drive, Additional
1 Workers Must Volunteer.
Today's Return
Woman'! dhrtelon
Mlw Iron Daly't dlvltlon
Man's dlvltlon .
Total
Previously reported
Grand total
.B 4 .340.70
B04.Se
X.47S.0S
,.f 8.S18.0B
. .$ B.S28J7
$14,448.42
Additional workers must volunteer at
once to assist in the work of securing
funds In the $75,000 drive for Armenian
and Syrian relief if the drive goes "over
the top" by Saturday night. On ac
count of Illness many who originally
signed up are now unable to serve and
additional men and women are needed
on practically all of the teams. , Anyone
who can give a part of all their time are
asked to call Marshall 203 or Marshall
204, or report at headquarters in the
Portland hotel at 9 a. m.
General Wells Gilbert, in charge of the
drive, this morning gave out the-follow-
ing statement: ,
'We wish the public to understand
the situation. A. subscription now will
save the lives : of Armenians, Syrians,
Jews. Greeks and other peoples In
Western Asia. . FaJJure to, subscribe
means that people must die. The public
is apt to think; that this money will be
raised anyway i and that there is no
direct i personal responsibility. The
United States is raising , fund of $30,
000,000. This is not sufficient. The de
mands on us are so great that we can
not , of course save all the refugees in
the war zones but we must do all we
can.
We have copies of cables sent by
General Allenby, the captor of Jeru
salem. He reports many thousands of
refugees who have come into the British
lines who are absolutely destitute. He
has not sufficient funds to provide for
mem out sucn iunos as ne nas are j c . w j DA -- M ,,4.,l I ney general, ana will be engaged In de
being expended In Egypt for the pur- Otep YVOUKl tieieaSe Neutral VeS- partmental work having to do with
cnase oi rise ana oiner commoaittes. we
have absolute assurance from the
Americans who are in Armenia and the
Swedish diplomatic representatives that
the money is reaching the Armenians
in the shape of food.
"We are very much, pleased with the
number of responses our teams are re
ceiving. We are not begging for funds.
we are giving the Portland people, rich
and poor, a . chance to do real humani
tarian work. It Is not now the time to
inquire who and where are the Armen
ians and Syrians. They are human be
ings. If you saw a man starving, I do
not think you would even ask him If
he were a German. Pity knows neither
creed nor race. Seventeen cents saves a
life a day.
' I want the Portland people to get
that 17 cents will actually add a day
to the life of a human being. It Is the
price of a movie ticket; it is the price
of a box of cigarettes,"
Team competition is already very
keen, the Rotary club team. Lee Barnes,
aJ,n.: th lITln.St.wn tUtteAml FTank
x. . v-
, nningnam. ca p uu n. ana tne Aa
club team. E. E. Ratelle, captain, are
pitted against, each other in a good na-
turea eiiort to secure me munt uwucj.
Three independent clubs of business
n.n h.iiliul Viir v T. Tvrii -r John
.
M . 1 ,1... M I 11 11. V ,1.
lor nongr. ia iu.l uhioiuu. j. no x. rw .
C A. team, of which Mrs. W. C Alvord
is captain, umaxie up almost wnouy
vt niemueni oi i " "
u. A. ana iney are woriung neaiousiy.
Mrs. Charles Scadding has added Mrs.
Walter Beebe and Mrs. J. R. Bowles
to her team and others are making ad
ditions as they can secure helpers.
Colonel Roosevelt
To Be Operated On
eaaneBa ( ,
New Tork. Feb. 6. (I.. N. S.) Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt was removed to the
Roosevelt hospital this afternoon and at
S o'clock will be operated upon for ab
scesses from which he has suffered for
some time. " Mrs. Roosevelt and her
aaugnter.Mrs. lcnoias Longwortn. wuei The Portland Liberty loan commlttee
of Congressman Longworth, accompa-1 men will meet with Emery Olmstead,
ruea tne coionei to tne nospiuu. -ooionei
Roosevelt Is suffering from abscesses in
the ears.
A,
Passenger Steamer
Is : Lost in Channel
r Anaon. eo. s. tu. r.i Lose of a
steamer In the Channel was revealed
today-'.- by Admiralty Secretary-. Mac-
MacNamara reported the loss of
men of a crew of 25, and lg out
zo army ana navy men aboard. The
name of the t boat ; waa not revealed.
neiiner was tne cause oz tae smmng.
SB
Repeated Attempts of Huns to
Learn What Was Going on Be
hind U. S. LWe Fail as Re
sult of Barrage of Shrapnel.
Large Number ot uas bneiis
at a A a. Al II
Fired at Pershing's Men Are
Without Result; Signal Patrol
Prevented From Tapping Wires
By Kewton C. Parke
With the American Army la France,
Feb. 6. (I. N. &) Throughout Tuesday
afternoon German airmen repeatedly
tried to fight their way through a stiff
barrage from American high angle guns
to find out what was going on behind
the American lines. They were driven
back every time by the shrapnel that
peppered the clouds.
This new success for the American
gunners has aroused much elation.
Taking advantago of the cloarlng
weather, airman dartftd thrnueh the akv
along the American sector all day Tues
day.
Two German planes first tried to cross
the American lines, but were driven
back by our guns. Several other Ger
man flyers then renewed the attempt
with the same result.
Tuesday afternoon was marked by
the constant "plooey. plooey." of the
anti-aircraft guns all along the Ameri
can sector of the front. Dozens cf white
and black puffs of smoke from burtslng
shrapnel shells were seen . against the
blue of the sky,
m.. - .ni .i. ... 1
in. wuiiwjr activity m
since Saturday was confined largely to
counter battery work.
The enemy again fired a large sum
ber of gas shells at one of our. bat
teries, . but without arty result.-- u
Sunset on Tuesday brought a lull, the
guns suddenly subsiding into silence.
(Concluded on Pace Twenty-one, Col. Seveni
sels for Traffic Aiding Eng
land and France.
Washington, Feb. 6. (U. P.) A
sweeping move to force neutral shipping
into service almost exclusively between
tne umtea states ana tne auiea nations
Is under consideration by this govern
I ment.
President Wilson is expected soon to
BUUUU1WQ VilW veillvli VI IIBW UU"
ports DOara aesignea to save tonnage
by eliminating unnecessary imports Into
the United States.
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The proposal which has been laid
before the president provides for a
board of probably four members a ret-
resenuiuYe e.cn w tne snipping dom.
war inauwries Doara ana war traUe
board, and a fourth man not associated
With any of these departments. J
Pressure, has been placed upon Great
Ttrlta.ln to oontributA uhlimln
PLAN IS TO REDUCE
IMPORTS JO U. S.
ment of American troops and maVpllHTSikSSL&. Lena Cant-
Conferences between French, British and
American officials have been going on
foP time. and. while no .nnrt,mo-
ment haa been made of tha fact, it is
I n,1wrtood Kne-lftnd ia i.n.nl tn
I .hrftW VMt -nt- of .hlTW
it... - . . . .
i niner into 111a lraasauanuc irati n in n.in
I "
t r .nrm nr th. hn.nl It la -mA
to rnduc. rreatlv imoorta now oslttM
by neutrals to thla country and auto-
matically throw those ships into need
i rvlo. between the trnit ct.i..
and allied countries.
By restricting the Imports Into this
country from 60 to 60 per cent
deficit threatened in: American shio -
building through extreme weather and
railroad tie-ups could be made up t iviua.i MAttL, buijoioum, 'n
by neutral countries turning thrt,-ton- 17.
nage to uuni. buivv'iib mawaa ot lm-
ports for the United States, It Is esti
mated.
Liberty Loan Men
In Meeting Today
i chairman, at the t headauaretrs office
In the Northwestern bank building to
day to perfect plana for the third Llb
, erty loan compalgn. They will consider
methods of canvass used 'with success
in San Francisco, Cleveland and New
Tork. .
America Lending
to Belgium
14 - Washington,' Feb. ". (IT. P.) An-!
of other loan to Belgium of ia.500,000 was'
I announced by the treasury department
I today. This makes the total loan to
I Belgium I73.4o0.000.
DrmsnAnnou
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Unique Device Is
Making Good by
Sinking U-Bdats
London Statement. That Tor
pedoes Are in Use Surprises;
DanielsConfirms Report.
LONDON, Feb. 6. (U. P.)
America has adopted an
unique anti-submarine campaign,
which is successful, it' was au
thoritatively stated today.
"New devices are being used In
this new American drive to sweep
the U-boats from the seas," it was
declared.
Guns and torpedoes are also
being utilized.
Just what these "new devices",
remains a military secret.
are
The use of torpedoes against sub
marines, however. Is something new. It
is possible this may refer to the Ham
mona wireless controlled torpedo.
Washington. Feb. 6. (U P. "The
submarine war is being won," Secretary
Daniels said this afternoon, commenting
on the statement from London" 'that
unique antl-U boat method's by America
were proving effective against the under
sea terrors.
Daniels said many devices of an un
usual character, are being employed, but
that none of them Is patented and that
the safety of all will mean constant vigi
lance.
Some days ago Secretary Daniels told
the house naval committee that a new
anti-U-boat fighter had been developed
which was "the most effective yet" He
added that many are being constructed
la this country. He declared that they
were a cross between a destroyer and
a submarine chaser.
It has been known here for weeks
that both the army and navy have
completed eirecuve . meant ror com.
tinttlnar th TT.hnat- vkli-k w-
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put into operation from time to time in
testing , tneir practical wortn. At no
turn have officials doubted they -w6uld 1
eventually - reach the solution, of the
submarine difficulty . . In " a 'weapon to
meet it.
Reames Resigns:
- Gets New Place
United States Attorney WD1 Beeona
Special Attlttant to Bepartmeat at
.Wathfngtont Will Work on Coast.
United States Attorney Clarence I
Reames, who has held that office for
the past five years, has resigned to be
come a special assistant to the attor
ney general, and will be engaged In do-
matters growing out of the war,
Mr. Reames, It lsHmderstood, will be
stationed on the Pacific coast, pre
sumably at Seattle, for a time, and later
may go to Washington for permanent
location.
The successor to Mr. Reames as
j United States attorney for Oregon has
I not yet been definitely determined.
ROLL OF HONOR
1 . -wk at if W a w
I W MlUUlBUni. Ml BTU. V.' 1 ' . I - BBBSi
I of tba American aoMier killed in action asalnat
I tha Oarman laat Bandar and tha aight woantod
I at tha nrni time were made public by tha war
I aeT?-ZTnl ul 'rnoon-
I private snFCB S. ATKrHS. infantry. His
I brother. Frank Atkins, lires in WtnaUm Salem.
Prirmte Waiter B. BWi: Infantry; Mra.
I dLt Bishop, sister. Kaat Wood. Ohio.
I Prirau llarmond Casak-. infantnr, Mrs. Annie
l;".' mo""w' rsr'n"?
I . . mrew -V-
I man, fatner, Bomanoii. isonnaar uaoern, naa-
Jim(- T L. w w Lea
5EL wS" tafntr'
FMnS Be? Taylar. Infantry; Hiram I
I Taylor, father. Woodblae. ay.
PrtaU lM4d 8nyder. tofanto
Mrs. AUee
1 BnTd.r, motner, Carnecte.. ra.
nvrfar mother. Crneeia. . Pa.
PrtTata . Georaa 11. Tarborooth. infantry;
Georce W. Tarboroiub father, Ilkey, Ga.
Tba loliowlna were wonnoea aeovuary a .
Prirate Uanry i. Richards, tntsBteii Mrs.
Ida B. Wilkey, Elm Oroee. W. V.
r.rnonl Lather E. Barnett. ' infantrrt Mrs,
H. M. Burnett, mother. 8prtnrrill-Teh.
Corporal tieo. K. Mitchell, tofSntry. waa
wounded February 4; lUttorf U AUtcbaU,
father. Urea in Holdredse. Neo. -
Tha follow! rur deaths from aocJdeirt "and dia-
thleaaps wera reported: '
1 t,,. " r tth,.-"
1 vSe, Mafne.
l tin.
motor track company, railroad accident. Febru
ary 2. atra. uimi u, niuaai, wue, roaa
Antonio, Texas. -
PBIVATS TEK r. BCti, Ileia . artillery,
atrophy of near, - February 4. Louie Beta,
father. CharlotU, Mich. .
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WH1TLOCK
. In,thcippcning chapters -of his account of the tragcJy brBel
giura, Brand Vhitlock,; United States minister to Belgium, pic
tures in graphic fashion the security sensed in Belgium even
after Germany, Austria France and Russia were at arms. . ..
This powerful story, which will be published serially in THE
SUNDAY. JOURNAL;, beginning February 17, is the greatest
story that has come out of the war. - You. will want to read it
from start to finish. If you do not receive THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL regularly, place your order NOW.
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GRILLING
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DEVELOPS
11 FARCE
Attempts to Press War Secretary
for Tonnage Figures Meet With
Reply He Would Compile Them
Later; Critics Get Nowhere.
Intimations Made That Pro-Ger-i
man Officer Has Been Dis-1
missed From Army; England
to Lend Tonnage to America.
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Wtf4tta.ta a vai av we v f
The "grilling" , of Secre- :
tary of War Baker before theL?
veloped into a farce. With the
exception of "Baker's notice . that ; ;
a . . . i a, , J . , . ' '
nun ui uro iiivuicvt uc(ji uucuw ; .
of the irmv anrl navr few new :
facts were developed. Attempta v J '
to Dress him for figure on' ion- .
nage, etc., met with , the reply
that Jhe would compile those j.
' later. .' . , , . .
finally the hearing died for lack -of
ginger. . - - - . S '
Presence of. Germans In the s -
American armr Irr Europe was al
luded to by Senator Week who
declared he understood there
were many such and bad received
a report that an army officer
and an army chaplain had been
ordered home for pro-German
utterances.
Baker said he ' had heard of
the case of an officer and that
if treason were found to have i
been practiced there would be a
. courtmartiai. , '
Solemn questions directed - at Baker
as to whether he did not' believe this
was a good time to consider - tha hot
weather next summer and Ks effect on
soldiers in southern camps were as
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Train Hits Snow . i
; Flow; Four Killed
Stalled Snowplow la Drift Caases Dea. '.
hie Wreck ea Maine BaUroadi Bl!a
lag Storm With Tempt rat ars Below.
Bangor. Maine, Feb. (L N. 8.)- -Four
persona were killed and 13 Injured :
early today when a train bound f rom
this tlty to Caribou crashed Into a snow I '
plow stalled in;a great snowdrift. A I
second plow that was following the train '
tore into It, adding to the wreckage. !
The accident occurred within a few ; -f
miles of Caribou. " , , ;
The dead:
1 FRANK HARDING, Brewer, Maine. ;
ST. PETER, Van Buren, Maine, ,
brakeman on the train. . .
ANNA SHAW, Limestone, 14-year-old. I
, MRS. HINCKLEY. WatervUle,
' The temperature was SO below aero. It ,;
Is supposed here "that the engineer of
the passenger train was Minded by the
snow and failed to 'observe tha plow la
front of him. 2 ; - -
Five Killed In Ohio
Toungstown, Feb. N. 8.) Five j-
men were killed and four injured when ,
an eastbound Pennsylvania flyer struck
a. construction gang 'near Near Water
ford, 15 miles from here, lata last night '
The men were getting out of the way of
a freight and stepped directly In front I
of the approaching flyer.
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