Belgium Last Peaceful 7 M Whitlock in Next Sunday's Journal
ITS AL1V TRUE "
VOL. XVI. NO. 245
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WARNS U. S.
HIE OF
Hi PEACE
Trench . Ambassador Addresses
Sons and Daughter of Amer
ican Revolution on the Anni
versary of Washington's Birth.
Beware of "Patched Up, Bastard
Peace," Says Speaker, Who
Takes Inspiration From Deeds
of First American President.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. (U.
P.") The allies must beware
nf "a patrhed-up, bastard peace."
French Ambassador Jesserand de
clared here today in a George
Washington anniversary address
to Sons am. Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Washington, he said, had never
, wavered, never thought of such a
: Ptace.
f""r "".The seeds of Rustic," the am
bassador said, "will spring up
f.om the blood-soaked trenches
' " of Europe.
"Franc and America must o on to
' rather. (Owing the seeds of better days.
Ws hall bow through the night until
the rising In the east of the sun of
lasting peace."
The .words of the American officer at
the tomb of Lafayette. "At the time of
peril France came, to our rescue. We
have not forgotten, Lafayette ; here we
are" will ever remain historical, the
envoy. iaid. .
At the same time Jusserand recalled.
. aimliar words were pronounced at Mount
Vernon by French Minister of Justice
Yivlanl and Marshal Joffre.
The envoy lauded President Wilson,
"Washington a successor," for his de
(Concluded on T ( fterentem, Cofeimn Two) '
Huge Shipments to
Allies, Plan of U. S.
Washington, Feb. 22. (I. N. 8.)
The greatest continued flow of food
stuffs from the primary markets In the
middle west to the Atlantic seaboard for
shipment abroad to the allies that this
nation has ever attempted waa today
outlined Thursday by . Director General
of Railways McAdoo to representatives
of the allies.. Those representatives were
. Lord Reading, the British ambassador ;
.. Italian Ambassador Qellerl and Andre
' Tardleu, French high commissioner.
Director Oeneral McAdoo Informed
them he, had cleared the railroads for
shipments of millions of tons of food
stuffs to the Atlantic seaboard and the
plan la to have a steady stream of wheat,
oats, corn" and packing house products
' pouring Jnto the holds of steamers des
tined for European ports.
Betrayed by Militarists
' German People, in Turn
Now Betray Bolsheviki
New Tork. Feb. 22. (U. P.) "The
Bolsheviki have betrayed no one; rath
er, the German people have betrayed
the Bolsheviki, which Is the same ai
saying the German people have be
trayed the world for the Bolsheviki are
doing more than anything else to
bring about world stability."
. Miss Bessie Beatty. a writer for the
: San Francisco Bulletin, said this In
New York today. She has just re
turned from a trip which she charac
terised as "a trip around the world In
! war time." She left San Francisco be
fore the United States declared war
. and she has been traveling ever since.
, She was In Petrograd when the Bolshl-
f vikl overthrew Kerensky. She has vls-
,. Ited the Russian front.
Miss Beatty has a deep . rooted con
viction that the Bolsheviki will yet con-
' vines the German people they have been
betrayed by the German militarists and
that the German people. In torn, have
. btrsyed the Bolsheviki. That the Bol
' shevlkt will defend Petrograd she is
certain. ,-v, .
"It is hard to explain to anvone In
this country Just what the Bolsheviki f merely hated the Prussian military sys
' amount to In Russia," Miss Beatty said. Item and felt sorry for the German pec
"But it Is my belief they are doing mors Pie," , she said "I asked him why , he
.good in the world than anything. .Ger-1 went back if he didn't . want to fight
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Wasn't Cherry Tree,
Didn't Use Hatchet
Pennyan, N. T., Feb. 22. (U. . P.)-It
wasn't a cherry tree at all and George
didn't hack it down with a brand new
hatchet, either. The proof waa brought
out and -held up to the gaze here today
by Ormond L. Moore of Bluff Point,
who ha what he saya is the Journal of
Augustine Washington, father of George
Washington.
The entry referring to the incident Is
dated March 1, 1739, and reads:
"A fine day and warm. This a. m. I
found my best young plum tree spoiled
with a saw. I ' thought It was some
vagabohd, spoke of it at noon." My son
George owned the deed. First I was
excited and minded to whip him, but did
not. He was truthful ana repentant, lie
cut It with lay small hand saw."
So there! it was a plum tree and
the incident pulled off by, means
of a saw.
Says Union Labor
Will Prevent War
Peoria, 111., Feb. 22. (I. N. S.) "The
time will come when the workers of the
world will be so organized that exploita
tion of labor by predatory wealth will
cease."
This was the keynote of an address
before the United Mlneworkers of Illi
nois here today by John H. Walker,
president of the Illinois Federation of
Labor.
"That will mean an end of war in
the world," Walker added. "The work
ers are realizing that neither moral con
siderations or physiology can bring au
tocracy to its knees. Only material
force can stop autocracy's progress."
possible they will supply the wedge that
will overthrow German militarism.
"It Is hard for me to believe that the
German troops are marching against
Petrograd, for I had come to believe
that the Germans would not fight Rus
sia again. I was of the belief that Bol
sheviki propaganda and events in Rus
sia were having an effect In Germany.
I Imagine that's the way the Russian
people feel about it, and I believe there
Is the same sort of feeling with the
German army. Great events are Im
pending In Germany. Some day. I truly
believe, the war lords of Prussia will be
overthrown."
Miss Beatty told of a talk she had
with a man in Stockholm. He actet as
an interpreter for her and when the
talk was over he whispered to her that
he was a German on leave of absence,
and would have to return soon to the
front.
"I do. not want to go back and fight
the Americans and Englishmen," she
says he told her. ''After the war I
want to jgo to America, but I suppose
the people there will hate us." '
"I told him we wouldn't : that ' we
.u nc wm me mat in uermany IT the
rtidn't'flght they were shot"
NURSES OFF
left this morning for Camp Custer,
University of Oregon unit, to which they are attached. They are,
Mary E. Cronen, Anne Steward, Martha Randall, Ida E. Falmer,
MORE WORK. MORE
; PAY ARE FAVORED
Rep. Borland Explains Stand to
Government Clerks; Journal
Editorial Is Read.
Washington. Feb. 22. (WASHING
TON BURKAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
An editorial from The Oregon Journal,
dealing with the short-hour service ren
dered by government clerks in Wash
ington, and advocating the Borland
amendment to establish an eight-hour
day, was read before a mass meeting of j
the clerks by -Representative Borland a
few nights ago.
Mr. Borland accepted an invitation to
talk before the clerks that he might
make his position clear. He read the
editorial from The Journal to show how
the seven-hour day is viewed in the
country at large, where clerks of all em
ployment work eight hours or longer,
without 30 days on pay at vacation
time,' 30 days for sick leave, - and half
holidays before each regular holiday!
Mr. Borland told the clerks -that his
stand is not taken in any spirit of hos
tility to them. He favors better pay,
he said, conceding that'many are under
paid, and he favors a rational retire
ment law, but the clerks will stand bet
ter before the country If they adopt
the standard working day of the rest of
the nation, and impress the country
with their desire to help the govern
ment. The eight-hour day should go in by
legislation, said Mr. Borland, instead
of being subject to th- inequalities of
departmental regulation, under which
some work overtime without extra pay
and the greater number work only the
seven-hour schedule. He expressed the
opinion that Washington profiteers are
more to blame than the clerks in oppos
ing the eight-hour day.
The short hour advocates, who at one
time had almost given up hope of de
feating the Borland amendment, now
claim they will be able to defeat It In
the senate. They first hope to have it
stricken from the agricultural bill on
the plea that it should apply' to all de
partments If to any, and then to gather
their forces to beat any general legisla
tion on the same lines.
ROLL OF HONOR
Washington. Feb. 22. (I. N. 8.) On
member of the American expeditionary force
waa seTerely wounded and two alishtly wounded
in action of February 19, the war department
announced thia afternoon. The aoldier wounded
is Private Fred Kopanaki. field artillery. His
sitter, Mr. J. M. Franz, resides at Chicago.
The soldiers sufehtly wounded:
Corporal William B. Bowera. infantry. West
Ville. Okla.
Corporal William Riley, Infantry, 8witzer, Ky.
General Pennine also announced one death
from gunshot wounds, another from fractured
skull and two from pneumonia :
PRIVATE WALTER 8. RETXOTJ8, Infantry,
gunshot wound, February 13, Bearer Falls, Pa.
PRIVATE JAUES ROULAND. infantry,
fractured skull. February 7. New Britain, Conn.
PRIVATE LAWRENCE A. WITHERSPOON.
infantry, pneumonia, February 20 ; Mm. E.
Withe
on. motner, 714 Tnormaa
Or. - . - -
street.
Portia
on Boys Are to
Go to California
Washington, Feb. 22. (WASHING
TON BUR iAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator;- McNary has . asked - Adjutant
General McCain to grant . permission to
800 Oregon members of the coast artil
lery who are under orders to leave Fort
Stevens for California Tuesday, to visit
their, homes over - Sunday and also to
permit their train ' to make stops at
Portland and elsewhere en xoute. The
matter has been taken under considera
tion,
FOR ACTIVE
Battle Creek, Mich., where they
CAPTURES GERMAN
Incident Reveals Presence of U.
S. Troops in Chemin des
. Dames District.
With the American Armies In France,
Feb. 22. (I. N. S.) An American sol
dier captured a lone German In a shell
hole shortly before daybreak, and after
disarming him, brought him into camp.
The American soldier was In the
Chemin Des Dames district shortly be
fore daybreak, when he became lost.
After capturing his man, the American
waited for day to break before bring
ing, his prisoner in to the American
lines.
The American forces entered their
trenches at the Chemin Des Dames sec
tor for the first time Thursday night,
after a famous French general had wel
comed them as they detrained and had
kissed the Stars and Stripes. The
French general, a hero of the Marne
and commander, of this sector, warned
the Americans against recklessness,
saying :
"Ye are hunting wild, dangerous
beasts In the valley beyond."
Army chaplains pronounced a benedic
tion before the statue of Joan of Arc
after the soldiers had detrained. Militia
men were among the troops sent to this
sector for their trench training.
Referring to the American troops, the
French- general expressed-pride In hav
ing "such picked specimens of manhood
to train." and likened them to the
"sturdy Pollus" fighting In this sector
He said the Americans were "like thor
oughbred racehorses anxious to hov
tneir mettle ana bard to -hold In." He
warned of the activity of the Germans
who have been striving to regain their
lost positions.
After ceremonies at the Joan of Arc
statute, the Americans awaited dusk be
fore entering the trenches. The night
was so black that each soldier held onto
his predecessor's bayonet until he had
reacnea nis appointed place in the
trench, relieving a French soldier.
The artillery of both sides was more
active all along the American front
Thursday, despite rain. The weather
was clearing for only a brief period In
tne arternoon. me . "pom-poming" of
tne cannon sounded continually. derTma
tlons reverberating from both the Ameri
can and German guns about evenly, .
American officers Bay there are three
German cannon massed on this sector
to every two American runs. The enemy
has been reinforced with some batteries
from the Russian front, because some
Krupp 88-mllltmeter : shells were de
tected, although the 88s were superseded
by 77s on the west front generally.
A , two-seated armored fuselage air
plane again ' flew over the . American
front lines, shooting, up cook wagons.
But the plane waa driven off by Ameri
can machine gunners. The Boche plans
flew so low that the occupants of the
craft were visible. It was believed
(Concluded on Page Three. Column Six) '
Former Portland
Boy Dies in France
Lawrence A. Wltherspoon. who died
February 20 -with General Pershing's
forces In France, is a Portland young
man, the son of Mrs. Edah Wltherspoon,
formerly of 714 Thurman streets Mrs.
Wltherspoon has - been in Chicago - for
several weeks. She is the widow": of
Halliday -Wltherspoon. who waa owner
of the Portland Plating Auto Painting
company. After her husband's . death
she disposed of -the plane Lawrence
Wltherspoon enlisted in. Portland about
five 'months ago. ' , ;v . . . ' ." .
AMERICAN SOLDIER
SERVICE
will serve until called to join
from left to right: Claudina
Ruth Arnott, Pearl V. Long-
'3
Ten Girls From City
Hospitals Depart to
EnterActive Service
Jubilant because of opportunity given
them to ehter'-actlve army service while
awaiting the complete mobilisation of
base hospital No. 49, University of Ore
gon unit, 10 graduate nurses left Port
land this morning for Camp Custer,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Only 10 days were given the nurses
to prepare for the trip and it was not
until late Thursday afternoon that Miss
Grace Phelps, chief nnrse of the base
hospital, received word from the sur
geon general's office that the party of
Portland nurses was to "proceed Imme
diately. The nurses took the oath of
office before Captain Schumacher of the
United States army Thursday evening.
Xursfs Were Ready
" When the call for 10 nurses came 10
days ago from Washington, Miss Phelps
Informed the surgeon general's office
that 10 Portland nurses were available
for Immediate service subject to recall
as soon as the Oregon base .hospital 4s
mobilized. They probably will not re
turn to Portland, Miss Phelps said this
morning, but at the completion of the
mobilization the girls will meet the unit
in New Tork.
Relatives and friends were on hand to
bid the young women God-speed. Ex
pressions heard indicated that every
member of the party was eager to ar
rive "over there" as soon as was pos
sible. ''I'll write you from France." said
one Or the party as she waved her
handkerchief goodby just as the train
was pulling out of the terminal yards.
"See you when we come back from
France," said another.
Bach nurse Is a specialist In some
definite line. All have homes In Port
land, although they are graduates of
hospitals In all parts of tfie country.
"Twenty-four In Service
Twenty four Portland nurses are now
In active service. Four are stationed at
the Letterman General hospital In San
Francisco, five at Camp Lewis and five
at, Vancouver barracks. In addition to
the 10 who left Portland today.
Following are the nurses who left this
morning and the hospitals from which
they graduated:
Miss Martha Randall, Cincinnati Gen
eral hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio ; Miss
Pearl V. Ijongwell, Rayburn Memorial
hospital, Ottawa. Canada ; Miss Mary
E. Cronen, St. Vincent, Portland ; Miss
Ida E. Palmer, Dallas, Or.; Miss Ruth
Arnott, St. Vincent, Portland; Miss
Claudina ' Holm, St. Vincent. Portland ;
Miss Winifred Mary Franklin, Sisters
cf Mercy, Clinton, Ohio; Miss Agnes L.
O'Brien, Lynn. Mass. ; .miss Anne Stew
ard. Good Samaritan,-' Portland ; Miss
Jean T. McFadden, xtanaimo hospital,
Ottawa, Canada.
HILAIRE
BELLOC
will write for THE SUNDAY JOUR
NAL. Mr. Belloc, author of "Ele
ments of the Great War," is recog
nized as Britain's ablest military
critic. - '
. . In his article next Sunday, ."Ger
many's Power for Offensive," Mr.
Belloc will discuss the elements of
the colossal - drive, expected soon
on the West front i ....
THE SUNDAY
ii5JGURNAL-:s
PRESIDENT
TO RETAIN
GRIP OVER
Senate Rejects by Big Vote the
Amendment by Sterling to
Leave Rate Making Power With
Interstate Commerce Board.
Authority to Buy and Sell Rail
road Stock Also Granted to
Executive; House Debates Will
Delay Final Action on the Bill.
W
ASHINGTON, Feb. 22.
(U.
fused to take from President Wil
son the power of Initiating rates
conferred on him by the railroad
control bill. Without a roll call
the senate defeated an amendment
by Senator Sterling, leaving the
interstate , commerce commission
to determine just and reasonable
rales. '
.Later,. the, senaia. .defeated, 45. to.
24, the Cummins amendment to
take from the president the power
to make rates.
Continuing its support of the ad
ministration, the senate voted 58
to 11, to leave in the bill author
ity for the president to buy rail
road stocks and bonds.
For the second time In two days the
senate this afternoon refused to change
ths period of government control pro
vided in the railroad control bill. By
a vote of 47 to 28 It rejected Senator
Lodge's amendment terminating gov-
(Concluded on Pse Seventeen. Column Ouet
T
IS AT STANDSTILL
Railroad Officials Blame Short
age of Suitable Cars; Urge
Use of Ships.
The shipment of wheat from Oregon
and Washington to Eastern points Is
practically at a standstill, owing to the
shortage of cars suitable for grain ship
ments, say railway officials. Reports
that the farmers are holdlngMtack their
wheat for a possible rise in price are
discounted by officials of the United
States grain corporation, though It is
admitted that there is a large amount
held In private elevators by grain-
growers.
The shortage of cars Is attributed by
railroad officials to the recent order of
the director general, giving priority to
shipments of grain from specified states
in the Middle West. Cars are held at
points in these states and do not get to
the Western territory. In the order of
the director general referred to, no ref
erence Is made to shipments of wheat
from Oregon or Washington.
Recent government reports show that
there are over 10,000 loaded cars at
eastern terminals, -hlch cannot be un
loaded because of lack of storage space
on harves and docks. Thousands of
these cars. It Is said, are suitable for
use in shipping grain.
Officials of the Southern Pacific com
pany report that though they have an
actual surplus of about 300 freight cars
of all descriptions, none of these cars
are suitable for grain shipments.
Farmers and elevator men In Oresron
and Washington are much concerned at
the prospect and It has been suggested
that the shipment of wheat by boat from
Pacinc coast ports would relieve the
situation mors easily and surely than
can possibly be done by the railroads.
"There Is no reason, says one promt
nent shipper, rwhy the wheat from the
Northwest should not be shipped from
Pacific ports to points in Europe or on
the Atlantic seaboard of the United
States."
It's Victory Bread or
None After Sunday
Washington, ! Feb. 22.U. P.) Toull
buy victory bread or none in the
united states after next Sunday.
Telegrams sent out by the , food ad
ministration today to all state admin
istrators on rigid enforcement of the 20
par cent wheat flour substitute formula
tn all breads turn out by public bakeries
V. V- j .......
WHEAT SHEN
JERICHO
CAPTURED
BYANZACS
LOITDOX, Feb. ii-(r. P.)
"Asttrallaa nossted troops en
tered Jericho at 8stl this mora,
lng, establithlag themselves oa a
Use between Jericho and WadI
Anja," an official dltpatch from
General Allenby declared today.
Wadl Anja It a small tributary
of the River Jordan, which rant
about fWe mllti north oi Jericho.
The London war office annosneed
Thursday that General Alleaby'a
forces were within fosr miles of
Jericho on Wednesday.
Joshua and his Israelites cap
tured Jericho from the Casaanltes,
according to the Old Testament, by
marching around the city with the
Ark of the Lord once a day for
six days and on the seventh day,
encompassing the city seven times,
the priests blowing on their
trnmpets. When the last encircling
march had been made the Israelites
shouted In unison and the walls fell
in rains. Tberenpos, the besiegers
rushed Into the city and pnt all of
the Inhabitants to death, with the
exception of Bafasb, who had hidden
Joshua's messengers from the
Canaasltes.
INTERSTATE SPAN
EARNINGS LARGE
Net Income First Xear Totals
$130,781.38; Multnomah Coun
ty's Share is $78,468.83.
After deducting operating sinenses of
the Columbia rive? Interstate brtdgs (or
tne tint year or operation a total of
9130.781.38 remains to be divided be
tween Multnomah and Clarke counties,
according to a report of Alex C. Rae.
public accountant, filed today by Rufus
C Holman. chairman of the interstate
bridge commission.
Multnomah county will receive $78
468.83. or three-fifths, and Clarke
county will be given $52,312.55, or two-
fifth of the net income of the bridge.
Mr. Rue's report contains no Item
for payment of Interest on Interstate
bridge bonds, because each county
makes its own arrangement for .pay
ment of interest. In Oregon the state
guarantees payment of the interest by
deducting the amount rrom the state
tax paid by Multnomah county. Because
the bridge has been operated under
profit the county will reimburse the
state for the amount oi interest on the
bonds.
Users of the bridge, exclusive of the
street railway company contributed
$96,680.82 In tolls and the Portland Rail
way. Light & Tower company paid
$63,438.01 in tolls for streetcars passing
over the bridge.
During the year ending February 14,
1918. the average dally revenue derived
from collection of all tolls was $43868.
The report shows that interest on de
posits of Interstate bridge receipts was
$681.55, and ?&4.it was aaaea 10 iae
fund from miscellaneous sources.
The expenditures for tne year were
$30,073.85. This included all expense In
cident to the operation or tne bridge
but not payment of Interest on the
bridge bonds. The daily average ex
pense of maintaining and operating the
" - -1 . CJ 1 J l 1
bridge ouring me jrar no oa.-iv ana
the daily net revenue secured for the
year was $358.30.
German Recruits
Kill Own Officers
Amvterdsm, Feb. t! -(C P.) Ger.
man reersus in a camp otitnoo,
Belglsm, I miles east of Brsssels, mu
tinied and shot several offleers after
one of the latter had sabered a soldier,
It was reported from the frontier today.
A number of the mstmeers are said to
have been eoartmartialed and shot.
Next 60 Days Will Be
Most Critical in Our
Food History"--Hoover
Washington, Feb. 22. (U. F. Lamb
and mutton may be eaten on "meatless
days" until April L
The food administration, in making
this announcement today, indicated
clearly that there is no chance now for
lifting the ban on beef and pork, how
ever. '
Since November 1. the food adminis
tration declares, America's beef exports
to the allies have amounted to less than
5 per cent of the total cattle slaughtered.
The per capita consumption of beef and
pork during 1917 Increased over that of
pfe-war years.
Beef and pork must be left off the
menu on meatless days indefinitely, It Is
Indicated. Rations in Europe, the food
administration explains, have been re
duced to approximately oca pound of
meat per capita a week, or leas than 30
per cent of , the American ; consumption.
European rations today are so low as
to tend to diminish the moral and resist
ance of the allies.' Hoover declared.
I AS
SECURITY
German Army Sweeps Onward
Hapsal Capitulates and Rus
sian Soldiers Placed Under
Command of German Officers
Kaiser's Forces Advancing Afong
Front of 500 Miles; Germans
Now Dominate All of Gulf of
Riga; Germans Help Ukrainia.
fONDON, Feb. 22. ;
tu. r.) i wireless
dispatch from Petro
grad today declared that En
sign Krylenko, commander
in chief of the Bolshevik
forces, had proclaimed a ',.
"real revolutionary mobili
zation." He asserted that .
if the bourgeoisie . (middle
.Iclass) i rresisty - they wiU '4jcA
compelled to work. " " '
"If the Germans refuse:;
peace a life or death strug
gle is the alternative," Kry
Icnko's proclamation said.,
"The Russian bourgeoisie
arc receiving the Germans
like liberators.
''The Germans are unable
to throw large forces into
Russia. .
"Registration in the army
is opened to all by the exec
utive council, which will de
liver arms."
LONDON, Feb. 22. (U. P.)' Ger
many has demanded occupa
tion of Petrograd as a guarantee
of its peace treaty with Russia
and a 30 year trade agreement, ac
cording to a dispatch from Petro
grad, dated Thursday, received
here today.
Berlin, Via London, Feb. 22. ;
(U. P.) "HapsaJ. Esthonia, has
been captured and the first Es- .
thonian regiment is now under
German command," the Berlin
war office declared today. J
"Livonia has been suppressed beyond
(Concluded on Pas Seventna. Cotuma Tares
Senator Chamberlain
Takes Nourishment
Washington; Feb. 22. (WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
8enator Chamberlain had a good night
and took nourishment the first time
since Tuesday, Is cheerful, and no rea
son for apprehension appears.! Disturb
ing cough not fully subdued. ;
The situation in mutton and lamb is
different, however, he explains, and tn
those states in which this western prod
uct is available, lamb and mutton can be
eaten on the meatless days for a tima.
"in response to many inquiries. I beg
to say it is true that sines the first of
December we have fallen far behind '
our agreed food program with th al
lies,' says a statement issued by the
food administrator. "By the end of
February we will be short 4S.000.000
bushels In cereal products, which ws
undertook to' furnish as our share of
their supplies. Ws also wilt be short .
of the amount of meat and pork prod
ucts that ws were to deliver. This de
ficiency is due solely to the railroad
congestion sines that date.
The railway dlreclorats . sine com
ing into control on January L has made
efforts to find remedy, but during the
month of January the weather was in
superable and although progi sis has
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