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PORTLAND OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY .19, 1918. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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PREMIER
CONFIDENCE VOTE
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PEACE;
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Uoyd George Declares Inter-Allied
Conference Results Were
Outcome of Strong Represen
tations by All of the Allies.
Only Difference, He Says, Rose
Over Constitution of Council,
as All Were Agreed on For
mation of 'Central Authority.
LONDON, Feb. 13. (U. P.)
Premier Uoyd George, ad
dressing the house of commons
'.his afternoon, demanded an im
mediate vote on whether the
house and country wishes the
governrnent to - prooeed on its
present, policy, . f
-"Lloyd George said If the vote
hf confidence, .is . not given, he
would quit office.
Declaring Ihnt' "we are facing
terrible realities." the prune min
ister insisted that the govern
ment was entitled to know to
night whether it had the support
f the house.
Former Premier Asquith de
clared that he now knows, so far
as General Robertson is con
cerned, . the Versailles decisions
were not approved by lher mili
tary advisers as a whole.
The- premier declared that the de
cisions of the Versailles Inter-allied con
ference were the result of strong repre
sentations by all the allies. Including
America. !
The premier declared there was plen
ty of argument in favor of a change
of machinery to effect greater coor
dlnatlon. Therefore, he said, the coun
cil decided to form a central author
Ity, with, executive power,, to coordi
nate the allies' strategy.
AH the representatives agreed to
the decision, Lloyd George said. The
only difference arose over the const I
tutton of the council.
American delegates were responsible
for centralisation of the allies' strategy
In the supreme war council, the premier
declared.
He also asserts that the government
was anxious to retain General Robertson
so long as compatible with the allies'
policy, but regretted to find it lmpos
. Bible.
"It was thought the chief of staff
should have the central authority," said
the premier, "but the American dele
gates presented an unanswerable case
" against It. It. was one of the ablest
-military documents ever submitted."
AH the delegations met separately.
Lloyd George said, and reached a con
clusion. When they reported, each fa
vored placing the supreme authority in
the hands of the interallied council.
The Premier said that' General Rob
ertson was present but said nothing con
cerning the working ability-of the pro-
posed body. v,
Lloyd George said Lord Derby, see
t retary of state for war. had offered to
resign, but that he had been asked to
retain his portfolio.
I'nlon Downs Manpower Proposal
London. Feb. 19. (U. P.)--The en
gineers trade union today turned down
the government's manpower proposal.
The vote was 121,017 to 27,470.
Premier Lloyd George recently pro
posed that exemptions from military
wrvico, wmcn nad been granted certain
trades, be raised to Increase the man
power of the army and asked the union
to agree to this.
General Rawlinson Appointed
London, heb. U.--U'. P.) Premier
Uoyd George announced in commons
this afternoon that General Sir Henry
Seymour P.awlinson had been appointed
as the British permanent military rep
resentative on in supreme war council
Wife and Children
Victims of Suicide
Eveleth. Minn.. Feb. 19. (I. N. S.)
.rier-strlcken over the death of his son,
Fred Nylund shot and killed his wife
and four children on his farm near hero
nd then committed suicide. Neighbors
found ths bodies today in various rooms
on uis rarm.
R. R.'S WORSE
THAN DIVERS,
SAYS HOOVER
j
WASHINGTON, Feb. !, (V.
P.) L a n n e b d and main
tained with the avowed par
pose of starving the allies, Ger
many's U-boat campaign has mis
erably failed.
Sew figures given congress by
Herbert Hoover showed today a loss
of bnt seven per cent In food ship
ments dnrlng 1017.
. Starting at the high water month
last April, when 12 per cent went
down, the food ship toll has steadily
decreased. In October and Novem
ber bnt "one or two per cent" was
lost.
Bat Hoover warned more sharply
against railroad failure In this
ronntry. This already, be said, has
hurt food shipments vastly more
than the enemy.
"The nnmber of grain cars reach
ing terminals dnrlng the IS months
ending with January, was 160,000
less than during the same period
of lllf," Hoover said.
j
STREETCAR SERVICE
Public Service Commission Hears
Complaints Regarding Con
gestion of Traffic.
"Staggering ths peak" seemingly is
the rejriedy for 'congested streetcar traf i
f 1c at the shipyards, to judge from the i
consensus of testimony and export opin
ion given before the public Bervlce com
mission at its scheduled hearing this
morning.
' The term. In plain English, means an
arrangement by which the starting time
In the morning and the quitting time in
the evening be spread out so that the
men working In different departments
of the shipyards will begin and quit
work at different periods. This would
enable the streetcar company to spread
its service over a longer period and
avoid the rush, that comes twice each
day. .
1 When the commission began its hear
ing the city. was represented- by Mayor
Baker, Commissioner Mann a,nd Deputy
City Attorney Lalourette ; the street
car company by President Griffith, Vice
President Fuller, General Superintendent
Coldwell, Transportation Superintend
ent Cooper and several other operating
officials : the public geperally by one
little woman from Union avenue who
was too bashful to give her name for
publication, but who desired to complain
against the congested conditions of
Union avenue.
The testimony showed, in summary,
that the company had added 57 cars to
its service since January 1 ; that it was
working over all open cars preliminary
to adding them to regular all year round
work, and that practically all the rolling
stock of the company was now in daily
use.
The traffic congestion was caused
by the large numbers of passengers
going to and from work at the St.
Johns and other shipyards during the
same hour morning and evening, and
the company was bending every energy
to handle the jam to the best advan
tage, though admitting that the serv
ice was not the best that could be
desired.
Mayor Baker said complaints were
general, that he had made an investi
gation . on his own motion, and sug
gested that switches be installed to
shunt limited ' trains ahead of locals,
and gave it as his opinion that the
loop system must come some time, as
the traffic situation in Portland would
soon assume serious proportions.
He said. In answer to Chairman Mil
ler's question, that the council con
sidered the five cent fare limitation.
the provisions for paving cost, bridge
rentals and other similar charges, to
be a part of the contract between the
company and the city, and that the
city would not take any action to
change or shift these burdens off the
company until the pending litigation
concerning the jurisdiction of the pub
lic service commission had been de
cided. The commission will make Its
order upon the transportation con
gestion In the near future, having
completed the testimony this morning.
Bill Grants No More
Powers to President
Washington. Feb. 19. (I. N S.)
President .Wilson will not Be granted
any additional powers under the Over
man reorganisation bill. This was to
day decided at a meeting of the sub
committee of the senate Judiciary com
mittee. Members of the committee
presented tentative amendments to the
bill which will take away any addi
tional powers over the executive de.
partments that might be granted to
the president by the bill.
Senator Overman contended that the
bill merely gives the president the
right to coordinate the work of the
various executive departments and that
It does not give hjm any Wilde sweep
lng power to change bureaus and de
vmiuucnu.
LIGHT THROWN ON
RUS10U
BIG ELEVATOR
IS NECESSARY
Next January Held Probable Date
of Completion, Though Favor
able Circumstances May Cut
Off Two Months.
Community Effort Can Aid in
Providing Skilled Men and
Securing Advanced Considera
tion of Priority Request.
Kmergency effort of the most stren
uous kind will be needed if Portland's
bulk grain .elevator is to be finished
in time for the 1918 grain' movement,
according to estimates of time re
quired for construction which were
furnished this morning by G. B. He
gardt. chief engineer of the commis
sion of public docks.
Next January is the probable date
of the elevator's completion, said , Mr.
Hegardt, though favorable circum
stances might shorten the time two
months.
Plana for the elevator will bo fin
ished by the end of this month. Five
weeks required in advertising for bids
and other procedure must then elapse
before the . contract can be let. Mr.
Hegardt believes . that April 15 is the
earliest practicable date for the award
ing of the contract. v
- ,; tl-Hr Work Is Planned
J. M. Wltherapoon, the grain eleva
tor expert of XTbicago, who in advising
the ? dock commission- tre-hr !prepra
tlon of plans. Is Mr. Hegardfs author
ity for the estimate that nix to eight
months, and probably the latter period.
win be required by the contractor in
building the elevator. The actual time,
said the engineer. Is of course, de
pendent on the state of the labor mar
ket. A large element of time also
will be involved in securing machinery,
but priority orders will be sought on
all machinery orders.
Men will work night and day, said Mr.
Hegardt. In building the elevator, not
only because night and day work will
be required to hurry corrfpletion but be
cause the pouring of the cement for the
big grain bins must be carried forward
without pause when once begun.
Community Aid Desired
It was made clear that where com
munity effort might supplement the
work of the dock commission is in pro
viding an extraordinarily large force of
skilled men to help build the 'elevator,
and in inducing the priority board to
give advanced consideration to the or
ders for machinery.
When the contractor begins work.
said Mr. Hegardt, he will find on the
ground both .the reinforcing steel and
provision for Immediate delivery of the
cement, these matters having been at
tended to In advance by the commission.
The rails for the connection with rail
road lines will also be on the- ground.
The commission has already ordered Its
electric motors and transformers. Sand
and gravel to.be used in mixings cement
are available locally In abundant supply,
Lumber to Be Forthcoming
Under the ruling of the emergency
fleet corporation, local lumber mills
will be permitted to furnish aM the
cement form lumber needed without any
delay.
The machinery, which must be secured
through the aid of the priority board.
includes smutters, cleaners, aspirators,
belting, shafting, conveyors and trans
mission.
Mr. Hegardt believes that the excava
tion at the site of the elevator and the
driving of piling for the foundation will
all be finished by April 1 without delay
from high water. The plans would have
been finished before the last of this
month, he said, had it not been for the
difficulty In securing' and retaining the
services of draftsmen.
German Reichstag and Austrian
Parliament Are Scheduled to
Meet Today.
Amsterdam, Feb. 19. (I. N. S.)
Both the German relchstag and the
Austrian parliament, the lawmaking
bodies of the central empires, are
scheduled to convene today at Ber
lin and Vienna respectively.
One of the first Items In the relch
stags program Is the first reading
of the Ukrainian peace treaty. In
this connection Dr. von Kuehlmann
the German foreign minister. Is ex
pected to make an address . explaining
why the peace parley at Brest-Lltovsk
broke up and why it was advantage
ous to the central powers to . make
peace with Ukrainia.
The Polish question threatens trouble
- 1 at Vienna and advices .from that city
- 1 said, that the government looked for
turbulent deba to . over k-the. budget.
UKRAINIAN TREATY
TO BE CONSIDERED
"
CHAMBERLAIN
UNDERGOES
OPERATION
w
-ASHISGTOJi, Feb. It. (I. 2.
S.) Senator Chamberlain of
Oregon, chairman of the sen
ate military affairs committee, was
rushed to Providence hospital this
afternoon and was operated on suc
cessfully for appendicitis, following
consultation of his physicians today.
His physicians reported him resting
well.
The senator was saddenly attack
ed by a recurrence of appendicitis
Monday afternoon.
Dr. Charles T. Chamberlain, son
of Senator Chamberlain, said he had
received no private advices concern
ing the operation. His only Informa
tion was from the above dispatch.
FORTY-SIX TRAINS
OF SHIP'S TIMBERS
Shipyards on Atlantic Coast Will
Receive Fir Shipments Quick-
ly From the Northwest.
Sixteen' hundred carloads of fir ship
building timber must be shipped In the
shortest possible time from the mills of
Oregon and Washington to shipyards on
the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, extending
frorn Texas to Maine, according to - an
nouncement of St. B. Van Duser of the
fir production board.
These shipments will bo sent In 48
trains of tabout 35 cars each and will
ave priority over all other traffic, says
Mr. Van Duser. A uniformed officer of
the United States "army5 "will accompany
each train and look . after Its speedy
movement- This' is made necessary by
the extreme congestion of traffic east of
Chicago.
At a joint meeting of the emergency
fleet corporation and the aircraft board
Washington. D. C. Monday, a fir
production board was appointed to con
trol the lumber production of the North
west and see that the needs of the gov
ernment's shipbuilding program are met
The members of the board are: J. H.
Bloedel. Seattle, chairman : Colonel
Brice P. Dlsque of the United States
army. Portland, and Mr. Van Duser of
Portland.
This board has control of the North
west lumber production and distribution
for the war and navy departments.
emergency fleet corporation and for the
needs of the aircraft board. The board
as a whole will have charge of the lum
ber production of Oregon and Washing
ton. For administrative purposes the
territory has been divided into two dis
tricts, with Mr. Van Duser In charge of
lumber production In Oregon and J. H.
Bloedell In Washington, me uregon
district includes the west bank of the
Columbia river and the district served
by the Northern Pacific railway as far
north as Vader.
Jav S. Hamilton has been made em
bargo and distribution officer for the
Oregon district, and C. W. Stimson for
the Washington district. The distribu
tion officer for Washington has not yet
been named.
"Will Deliver I,amber on Time
At a meeting this morning in the of
fices of Mr. Hamilton in the Northwest
ern National Bank bulling. Harvey E.
Lounsbury, general freight agent of the
Union Pacific System: W. D. Skinner,
traffic manager of the S.. P. & S. rail
way, and W. F. Miller, assistant general
freight agent of the Southern Pacific
company, together with Mr. Hamilton
and Mr. Van Duser. outlined plans for
handling the 1600 carloads of lumber
embraced in the government's orders
now at hand.
These orders are of an emergency
nature and are the result of the failure
of the Southern Pine association to fill
Its contracts with the United States
shipping board, it was announced.
"We are meeting with the hearty co
operation of officials and employes of
logging and lumber companies and of.
the railroads in the speeding-up methods
necessary to filling these Immense re
quirements of the government," said Mr.
Van Duser. "and we will get the needed
supplies to the Gulf and Atlantic Coast
shipyards on schedule time."
Voodoo Worker Had
Plan to Change Color
Chicago. Feb. 19. (I. N. S.) An un
dertaker is holding the body of Mrs.
Sadie Arnold, colored voodoo worker, to
day and has officially declared she Is
dead. Hugh Arnold, her white husband.
is convinced she fs not dead, however,
but that sometime within the next 48
hours she will come back to earth as a
beautitul 17-year-old white girl.
According to Hugh, Sadie sat down in
& chair last Sunday and allowed her
spirit to wander off into the unfathom
able cosmos. The Journey, Sadie previ
ously had told htm, was to require four
days' time. Her return was to be her
alded by "loud crashes of thunder."
Sadie's two sons told about It at
school, however, and the police got word.
They found 30 prayerful negressea sur
rounding the body and encountered re
sistance to their efforts to remove it to
an undertaking establishment..
SOLDIER HAS
LEGAL RIGHT
TO BE HEARD
Supreme Court Reverses Opinion
of Circuit Judge Duffy in Case
of Douglas Lawson, Who Was
Serving on Mexican Border.
Defendant Being in Military
Service Had One of Strongest
Reasons for Asking Continu
ance, Says Justice Bean.
Salem, Or.. Feb. 19. By reversing the
decision of Judge T. K. J. Duffy of the
circuit court for Crook county, the . su
preme, court today gave protection to a
soldier who was sued for alleged debt
and the case brought to trial and Judg
ment rendered while he was with the
national' guardsmen on duty at the Mex
ican border, where he had no opportu
nity to defend himself in court.
Tha case is that of M. Rl Elliott
against Douglas . Lawson. Defendant
was called into active military service
when troops were sent to the Mexican
border in 1916.' He obtained a furlough
and returned to his home at Prlneville
to give attention to personal business,
and half an hour before he was due to
leave on his return to his company he
was served with- papers in a suit for
$1149.46. He turned the papers over to
a lawyer and caught his train in order
to -rejoin, his regiment.
The case came on for trial and Law-
son, through his attorney, asked for
postponement on the ground that he
could not obtain furlough and be .pres
ent at tha hearing, and his attorney
had no opportunity, without his cli
ent's presence, to prepare a defense.
Circuit Judge Duffey denied the mo
tion for contlnuanpe and heard evi
dence on behalf of 'the plaintiff, while
Lawson's attorney declined to offer
any testimony, and the court then di
rected verdict in favor of plaintiff for
the full amount claimed.
"It is the policy of the law to give a
party to an action his day In court, or a
Oonclnded on Pige Thirteen. Column Three)
PAIR SOUGHT 10
Seattle Votes in Primaries Wbile
Police Seek Candidate's
Assailants.
Seattle. Feb. 19. (U. P.) While Se
attle voted at today's primaries to nom
inate candidates for mayor of the city,
the police investigated the alleged at
tempt by vice agents to shoot Ralph
Horr, one of the seven candidates.
Horr announced at midnight. Just
after he had concluded his final speech
of the primary campaign, that two men
shot and wounded him In the shoulder
as he entered his law office. He has
received several threatening letters from
vice agents, "he declared. One of his as
sailants of last night, he said, declared :
"We warned you not to talk against us."
Horr said the two men, after shooting
him. escaped by the fire escape.
His wound is not considered serious.
Chief of .Police Warren is mystified by
the affair, he said in a statement today.
He has a squad of men at work investi
gating. The revolver with which the
shooting was done - has not been found.
Interest in today's primary election
was high. The two high candidates in
today's election will go before the voters
again in the final election two weeks
from today.
MerGury Will Drop
Tonight, Forecast
The mercury dropped to the freezing
point, 32 degrees, Monday - night, and
there was some Ice this morning, pud
dles and pools having frozen up more or
less.
A lower temperature is expected
tonight with more ice. but there should
be no particular danger of water pipes
freezing unless they are badly exposed,
says the' weather bureau. The mini
mum tonight will be about 28. says the
forecast.
The highest temperature Monday was
44 degrees. It will continue fair to
night and Wednesday with northerly
winds.
Eight Men Are Hurt
j On U. S. S. Montana
: Washington, Feb. 19. (U. P.) Eight
men were injured when a cartridge case
exploded on the United States ship Mon
tana, during target practice, the navy
department announced today.
SHOT RALPH HORB
GERMANS INVADING RUSSIA
MAP SHOWING where the Germans have begun the in
vasion of Russia, entering and occupying Dvinsk without
opposition. The arrow shows the Germans are but 450
miles from Moscow. They are 125 miles from their own border.
The battle line has been practically abandoned by the Russians
under orders from the Bolshevik government.
PnlR fit
PRESS CLUB NOT
Subscriptions Taken From Busi
ness Men for Newspaper
for Soldiers.
Supported by subscriptions solicited
from Portland business men, "The
Soldiers' News Letter" is being pub
lished semi-monthly In Portland by the
"Northwest Patriotic Press association."
The association has issued three num
bers of the "News Letter," which con
tains a condensation of local news in
tabloid form from Oregon counties,
newspaper representatives throughout
the state serving as correspondents.
The association is a non-incorporated
organization of a somewhat vaguely de
fined form. Mark Woodruff is presi
dent, R. W. Michael, vice president and
business manager : O. A. Walker, cashier
of the Portland Press club, is secretary ;
Frank Dooly of the Hibernia Savings
bank, treasurer, and Charles W. Myers,
editor. So far as could be Mearned the
association has no regularly constituted
board of directors.
?ot Connected With Press Clnb
Mr. Dooly, who said that his entire
duty had consisted In furnishing a de
pository for the fund and that he was
serving at the request of Mr. Michael,
produced a report which showed that
a deposit of $733.80 was made or Janu
ary 15. that $858.60 had been deposited
since, and that there was a balance on
February 18 of $217.71. Checks had
been signed by Michael as vice presi
dent and manager and by Walker as
secretary.
The association rents desk room In the
rooms of the Portland Press club. Elks
building, but the Press, club has no
other connection with the association.
F. W. Ward, who has no official con
nection with the association, but who
declared himself an active believer In
its principles, explained to a Journal
representative that the association pays
only one Balary, that of the editor. A
collector, he said, receives streetcar fare.
The business manager, he said, receives
no salary. - Mr. Michael, the business
manager, in a later interview, said that
he is paid for his work,-but that his sal
ary Is not charged against the paper.
Business Men Subscribe for Soldiers
'Mr. Ward explained that the sub
scription price of the paper is $2 a year
and that business men are solicited to
take one or more subscriptions, the
paper to be ssnt not to the subscriber,
but to a soldier. Each contributor of
$25 or more has his name printed In a
marginal columns of the paper. A large
(Ctneluded on Page Serenteen. Column seven)
ROLL OF HONOR
Wwhincton. Feb. IS. Additional death re
portd Monday by Ganeral Prnhrns follow:
PKIVATB LTSWOOI) U PAYNK. Infantri.
PurcllTille, Va., pneumonia. February 1.
A,rS8HK FrV'it"'
private otis HiGHTowEit. labor com-
Pay. quartermaster corps. Macon. Ga., pneu-
mania. February 10.
PRIVATE WILEY PATTERSOX, stevedores.
TaUede. ia., Ala., pneumonia. February 1 6.
PRIVATK CUARI.EH V. WRIGHT, enrlrers,
service battalion, Pittfctown, N. J., pneumonia,
February 1 a.
PRIVATE ANGUS PAGLER. hospital unit,
Atalla, Ala., meningitis. February 1 S.
PKIVA1E i true Bvr.a,, Infantry.
Bruceton, AUegheney county,
February 15.
pneumonia.
PRIVATE GARDNER IL RENN
bulance serrica. Sutton. Vt.. pneumonia,
Feb-
ruary 1 o.
CADET MNDI.EY H. DEGARUO, artation
section aifnal corp. Ridsewood, N. J., airplane
accident. February 1 .
PRIVATES HERBERT E. KOCH. Infantry
Ashley, Peon.; MIKE DI'PA. infantry. St.
Clair, Pa.: PA O, H. HERRKK, infamr.
imnlow. Pa.; JOSEPH J. CHORBA. infantry,
Kefbre. Austria, all. from result of an explosion,
February 1.
PRIVATE CARTER ATAXT. stevedore,
ejuartennasttr corps, fisnatobta. Miss., pneiusosua.
February,!.
PUBLISHING PAPER
DOUGLAS' DEATH IS
CAUSE OF CONCERN
Husband of Eva Bailis Douglas,
Missionary of First Presbyterian
. Church, Succumbs in Teheran.
"Douglas, died typhoid.
These three words in a cablegram from
Teheran, Persia, to the National Armen
ian Relief committee and telegraphed to
J. J. Handsaker, secretary of the Oregon
Armenian relief committee, have aroused
profound concern In Portland.
The Douglas referred to is Charles Ar
thur Douglas, American missionary to
Persia, supported by Oakland Presby
terians. His wife Is Eva. Ballls Douglas,
an American missionary, whose work is
supported by the women of the First
Presbyterian church of Portland. Mrs.
Douglas has a brother In Portland. Will
iam Rallis. 856 Northrup street, of the
Wakefield-Frles company.
Dr. John H. Boyd received word con
firming the death of the missionary this
morning. The Douglases were due for
what is called an Intermediate furlough
and were expected in America soon, he
said. r
With Armenians and others in otstt
pitiable state of destitution crowded
around the missionaries seeking their
care and with the pestilence of typhus
and typhoid adding to the misery, the
field is one that has proven fatal to
five missionaries, explained Dr. Boyd.
Apparently to accept appointment to
service in the stricken land is little
short of signing one's own death war
rant. Mr. Rallis had telegraphed to the
Armenian relief committee in New York
for further information, but the word
received by Dr. Boyd anticipated what
he sought. Rev. and Mrs. Douglas took
up their work In Persia In 1901.
Oregon Projects
Are Crowded Out
Washington, Feb. 19. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL).
The house- rivers and harbors commit
tee. Congressman Hawley is informed.
will report only three new projects this
session, Galveston, Long Beach and
Crescent City, Cal.
This action shuts out Taquina, Ump-
qua ana ouier uregon projects favored
by army engineers. The list was reduced
to the three named. It Is said, upon
statement by the war department and
shipping board. These only are deemed
urgent, it has been decided.
The Crescent City item Involves no
application to the government this year,
money provided by local Interests being
now used.,- The chrome ore deposits fur
nished the controlling argument for its
adoption.
Strike Leader to Be
Given Federal Post
William Hatcbrson, Head of Wood
Workers of Eastern Shipyards, to Be
Offered Wage Commission Place.
Washington. Feb: 19.-rfU. P.) Wll
Ham Hutcheson, leader of the striking
woodworkers in Kasiern shipyards, is
to be appointed to the shipping board
wage adjustment commission.
This was the latest development today
in the government's move to prevent
future walkouts In the .shipyards.
Hutcheson, if he accepts the new post,
will be asked to sit in when woodwork
ers' cases are being considered. Just as
A. J. Berres. representing the steel
workers on the board, ; assist during
consideration of steel workers' demands.
DEIIED
Dvina .River Crossed Without Op
position, German Official A
Statement Says; Advance Mai&
100 Miles Southeast of Riga.
Bolsheviki Announce Russia Will
Fight, Declaring Huns to Ba
Counter Revolutionists; So
cialists Are Recruiting Army.
ON DON, Feb. 19. (U.
J?.) A wireless mes- .
sage from Petrograd
states that the commissaries
have been forced to declare
their willingness to sign a
peace on the terms of the
central powers. -
PETROGRAD, Feb. 19. (U. P.)
Foreign Minister TTotskyt ,
Addressing the Bolshevik execu- ;
tive committee, has outlined
publicly for the first time th
startling peace terms presented -by
Germany, which Russia re
fused. They include. retention of
Poland, Lithuania, Riga and Moon
Island and payment of four bil
lion dollars Indemnity.
London, Feb. 19. (U. V. Germany's
advance against Russia was under way
today, according to the Berlin war of
fice. The Divlna river has been crossed
without opposition, a German official
statement said.
"Called to help Ukrainia. we are ad
vancing from the direction of Kovel,"
the statement asserted.
Berlin, via London. Feb. 19. (U. P.)
"The Germans have entered Dvinsk,
with little resistance," the war office an
nounced today. '
(Dvinsk is on the Divlna river, about
100 miles southeast of Riga.)
Fetrograd. Feb. 19. (U. P.) Russia
will fight.
The Bolsheviki foreign office so In
formed the United Press today.
If the Germans advance against
Russia they will be declared counter-
revolutionists and will be fought Ilka
Alexleff and Kaledlnes, it was asserted.
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IS WIFE
IS BADLY BURNED
Garments of Mrs. George H.'
Young Catch Fire and Her
Death Is Feared. 4
RUSSIA
MINSTER
Albany. Or.. Feb. 19. Ths presence o
mind and cool headedness of Elizabeth,
18-year-old daughter of Rev. and Mra
George H. Toung. of ths Baptist church,
undoubtedly saved her mother from '
burning to death Monday night. Mrs. -Toung
is in a critical condition- in St.
Marys hospital. Mrs. Young waa&tand
lng by an air-tight heater in her horn
at 11 o'clock waiting for Dr. Toung to
return when her dress caught fire. t Ths
flames quickly leaped upward burning
her skirts off and burning some of her
upper garments. She tried to pick up a
rug to wrap around her but could not
hold it on account of the painful burns
on her hands.
. She screamed and her daughter, wh
was in bed, ran down stairs, wrapped
the rug and a. cloak around her and
put out the 'flames, but not until Mrs. -Young
had been seriously burned was .
the fire quenched. Ieep burns on her --
lower limbs, back and hands and on .
her stomach may yet cost her her Ufa.
She was taken to St. Marys hospital, .
where Tuesday morning she- was rest-,'
lng easier, but it is reported that- her - -condition
Is critical and it is doubtful if '
she will recover.. '. -
Dr. Young was summoned snd reached ..
his home a few minutes after ths acci
dent. Nothing else In the room-caught
fire, although the rug used In smother-
Ins the flames was burned beyond us.
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