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Desperate Street Fight Breaks
Out Between Government
Troops and Rebels in Berlin.
Battles Follow Balloting in Na
tional Assembly Election; Ma
chine Guns, Grenades Used.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 20. (I. N.
S.) The Independent Social
ists th Germany have called a
national strike between January
,21 and January 23, as a protest
against the killing of varl Lieb
knecht and Rosa Luxemburg, said
a dispatch from Berlin today.
Berlin, Jan. i0 (Delayed.) (U.
P.) The national elections in
Germany today (Sunday) were
dominated by women, who were
voting and running for office for
.the first time in the history t of
the country. In practically every
district the women were in a
great majority over the men.
There were at least one or two
women running on each ticket
in everya district.
The majority Socialists were ,
expected to hAVO things largely
their own way in most parts of
the? country. ,
The independent Socialists were poU
ing n big vote in the great industrial
centers, while the Catholic conserva
tive party was expected to win In the
Rhlneland. but . elsewhere .the Ebert
Scheidemann follower." were believed to
be asy .winners, , - . ?
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Berlin, Jan. 19. (Koonv) (Via, Co
penhagen. Jan. 20. CI. N. S.)
pWoJnti.l4UlebrkedWt be
tween Spartacans ; and ? government
troopa iiurlug the balloting in: the na
tkpal assembly election her today.
There' waa heavy' firing throughoat 4e
city and auburbs and a sharp engage
ment was fought naf Halleachea.
; Supported with ".machine guna, the
iC'analudwi Pui THtrtcea,- MlWit ill) J
Best; of European
" Labor Plans Will:
BeBroughttoU.S.
, Washington. Jan. 20. (I. S.)-Ap-pointment
of a commission to - study
labor conditions and reconstruction
methods in European countries with the
View of adopting- those Buited to condi
tions in the United States was - form
lry announced this afternoon by Secre
tary of LAbor Wilson. The commission,
which will remain in Europe' several
months, will sail from New York Satur
day. "The members are: v
Dorr E. Felt. Chicago; R. J. -Cald
well and."vV-H. Ingersoll, New; York;
R. R. Otis. Atlanta ; K. T. Oundlacn,
Chicago : and Elwood B. Keith, Boston.
Georfe E. Mcllwain of Boston Wilt-be
secretary to the commission, assisted
by Benjamin M. Squires, New YorJt,
and Edgar N. Phillips nd . John ; A.
Witt.; Chicago. . ' ;'Hi;-.IV
Cholera Breaks Out
' At Hemburg; 70 Die
Amsterdam, Jan. 20. (I. N. S.)
Cholera has broken out at Hamburg.
Dispatches today reported 70. deaths.'
Ebert Says Germany Will
Abide by Wilson's Program;
Allies Must Ciirb ; Demands
5' By Fraak J. Taylor
(Copyright. 1318 b th United Picas.) --
Berlin, Jan. lg. relayed. -Chancellor
Ebert in an interview today aid
that Germany will do everything to com
ply with peace . conditions baaed on
President Wilson's 14. points, but that
if the allies make further demands he
Will not take the responsibility of sign
ing the' peace terms,.
H said Germany needs peace imme
diately that she may get food aad ma-
terials so her people can ,g to worts.
He declared the Spartacana lost; their
revolt and that no further serious out
breaks will occur if the people are fed.
If they are not fed, he said, we must
be ready for anything." - --
"If they have a fair peace," declared
Ebert, we stand on President Wilson's
platform, which was the basis -on which
we' sighed the armistice. W will do
everything to comply ' with - conditions
founded on : his points, it is possible,
though, that the enemy will, make fur
ther demands. Germany cannot accept,
them. .1 could not take the responsible
ity of signing the peace terms in that
case. I could not take the consequences
and I would resign. I don't know what
would happen after that."
.t . T Blamed for War v
Asked what he' thought of ; the re
sponsibility for the war. Ebert said:
That is a question I cannot answer
off-hand. Personally, I feet that blame
was not Germany's alone. 1' '
-The conversation waa directed to the
Spartacan uprising. : - . .
Perils Met Nobly
By France Prove
Mettie of Nation,
Wilson Declares
Thoughts of Mankind Every
where Turn to Her and Cen
ter on Her, He Declares.
Paris, Jan. 20. (I. N. S.) President
Wilson, speaking at the luncheon ten
dered htm today by the French senate,
raid : .
' Mr. President of the Senate, Mr.
President of the Republic:
You have made me feel your wel
come in words as genereua as they
were delightful, and 1 feel that you
have graciously called me your
friend. May I not tn turn call this
compafty a company of my friends?
For everything you have said, sir,
has been corroborated in every cir
cumstance of our visit to this coun
try. Everywhere we have been weir
corned, not only welcomed in the
spirit and with the same thought,
but until it has seemed as if the
spirits of the two countries came to
gether in an unusual and beautiful
accord.
,We know the long period of peril
through which France has gone.
France thought us remote in compre
hension and sympathy and I dare
say there were times when we did
not comprehend as you comprehend
ed the danger in the presence of
which the world stood. There was
no time when we did not know low
near it was and I .fully under
stand, sir. that throughout thee
trying years, when mankind has
waited for the catastrophe, the
anxiety of France must have been
the deepest and most constant of
, all. for she did stand at the fron
tier of freedom. She had carvel
out her own fortunes through a
long period-of eager struggles. She
had done great things in building
" up ' a great new France and just
across the border, separated from
her only by a few fortifications snd
a little country whose neutrality it
has turned out the enemy did not
respect, lay the shadow cast by the
cloud which enveloped Germany, ihi
cloud of' intrigue, the cloud of dark
tConchidnd on Pace Four, Column Three)
Wll PHONE RATE-
Plan Be'eomes Effective in Spite
of Opposition From Service
Coramrssions.
Salem, Jan.'rSO. The public service
commission of pregon will tonight send
a telegram to Charles E. Klmqulst,
president of th national association of
railroad, and utilities commissioners, au
thorising him represent the commis
sion in opposing the new telephone toll
rates, which aja to go into effect to
night, and to oppose extending govern
ment control brer telegraph and tele
phone systems.; .
Washington. Jan. 20. (I. N. S.) De
epite the opposition of the public utili
ties commissions of several states! the
new schedule of telephone toll rates will
be put into . effect tonight at midnight.
Among the states that have objected to
Postmaster General . Burleson's . -new
rates are Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio and
Michigan. The effect of the schedule is
to place alt toll : rates throughout the
country on a uniform basis.
Under the new arrangement a "sta
tion to station'"-rate Is the batls upon
which all tolls for the various classes of
services are to be computed. This rate
is made from one telephone to another
without specifying. that a particular per
son is desired. The rate is determined
by . the airline distance between toll
points nd is- computed for the initial
talking period en the basis of 5 ' cents
for each six miles up to -24 miles, and
(OraeMed on PMa-Two, Column On)
"We need peace immediately eo we
can get food and materials that will en
able tbe people to go to work," he said.
The charge thai- the government en
couraged the disorders eo aa to escape
Its debts is absolutely false. The rea
son we did nothing against Bolshevism
at the beginning of the revolution was
that the array, flocking homeward after
the armistice, was disorganized and
useless, . Now the government forces
have been rebuilt and we intend to use
every means to suppress Bolshevism,
which, without doubt, is an anemy to
society.
"The great danger of a Bolshevist vic
tory is over. The - struggle . centered
about Uebhnecht and , his associates , in
Berlin, ; There are. still . traces of Bol
shevism in certain centers oujtside : of
Berlin, nourished by .- agitators.
Food H May Save Bay
-' "Examination of captured Spartacana
showed : that they, 'were mostly under
nourished, sub-normal persons. If they
are fed: we need expect no further seri
ous outbreaks. If they are not fed we
must be- ready for anything. There- IS a
sort r of desperation in certain circlesa
feeltngUhat nothing jrtakes any differ
ence. These people are the victims of
agitators who we . are - certain are sup
plied with Russian, gold. - ' . , .
: ?Xs feoon as .the economic situation
clears lip normal life "will start agaid
and -internal troubles' win ceaae It is
a -naesttoir- of peace and help from the
.entente, , : . . - .
"STARTS 'TONIGHT
CHURCH
DUTY TO H
Prevention of Spread, of Eu
ropean Menace in United
States to Be One of Objects.
New Era Movement of Presby
terians Aims to Better Man
kind to Meet Post War Need.
That the church hair a duty in pre-,
venting the spread of Bolshevism in the
United States is one of the declarations
of leaders in the New Era conference of
Presbyterian churches, which opened at
the First Presbyterian church this aft
ernoon. The conference Is described as "a
movement to better mankind in ways
that the world war has as yet failed to
accomplish." A luncheon at the church
opened the gathering preceding the
formal session. The visitors and dele
gates were welcomed by Rev. John H.
Boyd In behalf of the Presbyterian
churches and a word of greeting was of
fered by Rev. Joshua- Stansfield of the
First Methodist church on behalf of
other Portland congregations. Rev. W.
P. Wier of Wooster, Ohio, delivered the
principal address on "Marshaling the
Manhood of the Church."
"The men of every local church are to
be built intoclose Christian fellowship or
corporate Ohristian unity," he said.
"These bodies of men in every church
are to be given yearly programs of ac
tivities big enough to demand the inter
est of the Presbyterian men."
The New Era movement was formerly
launched at a meeting at the chapel of
the First Presbyterian church at 2" p.
m. Dr. W. S. Holt, formerly of Port
land, but now secretary of the new
era movement presented the plan in its
fullness.
"The object of the New Era movement,"
he stated, "can be expressed in one
phrase, the whole church, the whole
task for . the whole world." It I to
carry this purpose to the smallest mem
ber of the smallest church that this con
ference is la progress today.";
"The -Church and the Nation . in the
New .Era. was presented by Rev. A
W. Halaey. secretary . of - Mi hnurd nt
foreign missions of New. TorkV
. ,apeaamg,oi tne .purpose oCwtQe -Jeeal
conferences beings held throughoutMha
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MULE SKINNERS
GET JOBS, TOO
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Two Overseas Service Men Qual
ify at Liberty Temple? Call
for Employment Contines.
Calls for the "butcher, the baker and
the candle stick maker" had become
more or less routine matters to Green,
Edwards and Wolfe, at their desks in
Liberty Temple, soldiers' and sailors'
division -of the United States employ
ment service, but there was a buss of
excitement when an order appeared to
day for a "couple of mule skinners."
- "Now, this is a- regular Job.' said
Green- "None of your soft-handed pill
making or pencil-pushing about this."
"Sounds, like music to us." admitted a
youth who bad just returned from over
seas.' , "If teaching a pair of .mules to
navigate among - shell craters, without
honking, qualifies, then I guess myself
and partner are going to enlist all over
again." - -
So Eastern Oregon gets a couple of
drivers who can certainly be said to
have -prepared for peace by. going to
war. .: - - ' . .
"There is a spreading sentiment among
employers," commented Edwards, i "that
it's just about as patriotic to put a re
turned soldier back in a job as give
three cheers for him when he marches
away or to hang up an expensively em
broidered service flag in his honor."
The instance Waa related then of
the meat dealer who not Only- had made
room for five returned soldiers in a
force of 25 men, but wanted to start
a fund for their temporary financial
assistance. "No reconstruction prob
lem would be difficult to solve in Ore
gon if the spirit of all employers was
as cordially patriotic" came the trib
ute to the unnamed merchant. . ; f
Employera are urged to report their
needs at Liberty temple. Prompt' at
tention is given all calls. The place was
crowded this morning with returned sol
diers waiting eagerly for a chance to
go to work.
Just to give an idea of the diversity
of training represented " by ; the appli
cants, there were among the applicants
of Saturday, three laborers, ' one baker,
three electricians, three mechanics,, one
farmer, 15 clerks, five engineers, three
salesmen, two cooks, five truck drivers,
one nurse, two machinists' helpers,' one
teamster,' one boiler maker, two lum
bermen, one bookkeeper, one fireman
and. two blacksmiths. ' '
Districts Added f to
The Russian Soviet .
Government Eegime
Amsterdam, Jan. 2ft. -(U. P. -Tbe
former chief 6f the .White Russian" so
viet , government has " proclaimed the
Smolensk and Minsk districts part "of
the Russian soTiet government.: accord
ing, to dispatches received here today.;
. The province of , Minsk, was Included
In. the I'kralnian republic. -The Smo
itiwk district adjoins the Moscow prov
ince oS t west and is separated ' from
Mlttc bvhe-TroviMw f Moerhileff.
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BOtSHEVIK ARMY IN PETROGRAD BACKING UP TROTSKY REGIME
THIS nondescript army, through its' representatives, is reported to have sent word to President Wilson that tlie reign of terror
and the spreading of destructive propaganda vvill cease if the Bolsheviki are given recognition at the peace conference. Pre
mier Clemenceau of France has opposed such recognition but "the Russian question is today before the conclave in Paris,
evidence as to actual conditions there being laid before members of the conference. ,
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AT PAVING TRUST
Question of Road Legislation for
Oregon Again Springs to
Ffont in Senate.
Salem, Jan- 20.- The senate refused to
concur Jn the Jjouse, amendments to the
ThomajsVoint resOtUtien, and 'the chair
appointed. Dennis, Burdick and Sheldon
as ' A conference Committee from the
house -to leet-with similar committee
from the senate to -cocjider the differ
ences between the; two houses and re
Port. Salem,, Jan. 20. Road legislation,
coupled with charges that the coming
road program was about to be loaded
down with the burden of "the slimy
octopus of the bituminous paving trust,"
sprang into sudden - and unexpected
prominence in the house this .morning
when Senator Thomas, resolution, call
ing for a joint session, was recalled from
the roads and highways committee,
amended - and passed.
As the , resolution was introduced in
the senate by Sem4r Thomas, it called
for a joint session,' before which the
highway commission : was to be called,
to be held on Thursday next.
The resolution was amended by the
house fixing- the time of the session at
Monday next, at . which time the Joint
house will go into. the-road problem for
the first, time during the session.
Sheldon, who is chairman of the reso
lutions commlUee, ha4 sent the Thomas
resolution - to the J committee on roads
and highways for consideration, moved
that it be taken from the committee and
acted upon at once by the house. ,
Sheldon said that there had been a
good deal. said about the resolution .in
the press and . otherwise and that there
was more , to the' resolution than was
under the. surface. " He said he was an
earnest advocate of good roads, and that
it ought not to be" hampered by outside
influences. 4He said he remembered the
situation two years ago when men who
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Brazil! Will. Elect
Another- President
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iWashingtbn;' Janl 20. (I. N. a) The
election of a president of Brazil to fill
the vacancy-caused by -the recent death
of President-elect Rodriguez Alvez will
be' heidr April-13-next," according to ad
vlcee reaching the state department this
afternoon. ''There will be many candi
dates, 'the advices' state.'
IfeosltfcMemorial
ilnd&sed ty: Wilson
" Washington.1 , JaW 20. (I . N. S.)
President Wilson. In a cablegram received
at the Whitehouse . executive, offices to
day, heartily Indorsed the proposed hold
ing of. Roosevelt memorial exercises in
all parte of the . country simultaneously
with those conducted by. congress Febru
ary 9, ;'.'5.v7-i." " :
Ex-Kaiser's Trial
r May Be Next July
London, Jan. 20 (I. N. S.) Trial of
the former haiser will be held after the
conclusion of peace, possibly in July,
says the Kveuing Standard. In the
meantime Holland will be held responsi
ble for his custody. ' ; .
FreigKtef?JArrives
One Week Overdue
"Xewport Krs,: Va Jan.' 20. (U. p.)
The freighter Keresaspa, a week over
due.'' arrived here today - from France
with 27 men and two officers, -detachment
-of JBordeaux cairaaf company Nov 1,
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Senate, During Lull,
Hears Letter From
Oregon. Soldier Boy
Salem. Jan. 20. With ; nothing to do
and time hanging heavy ;on tm hands,
the senate this morning enjoyed a little
diversion by having read a tetter which
had" been received ? by. Senator Vinton
from -Sergeant - Hairy- P.- CriteMow, a
former Portland newpapamanrwo re
ported the proceedings of . the wshate at
the 1917 session, and is now in France.
This letter gave some Interesting in
formation about the well fed condition
of the Germans, as compared with the
French, but it also vigorously slammed
the "sisters and brothers" who come to
the legislature each session in support
of anti-cigarette and other reform laws.
As several of the women who have
been most active in furthering this
sort of legislation were present in the
senate lobby, these remarks brought
broad grins to the faces of many sena
tors and seemed to be much relished.
"Since you last heard from me," wrote
Sergeant Critchlow, "I have served
through the Argonne fight. There I
was with the 91st. the flower of the
western youths. I saw them go into
battle as bravely as any soldiers who
ever fired a gun and saw them come
out worn and bloody, with ranks thinned
but with faces that spoke satisfaction
at having performed a duty .swell and
creditable to the west which gave them
birth. , :
West Will SeTer Forget
"After Argonne we . fought -; in Bel
gium and were driving the enemy back
rapidly when the eleventh of Novem
ber came, and we were "told that the
armistice had been agreed upon. The
torn and bloodstained earthj r of both
battlefields contains the. graves of many
sleeping comrades, comrades. who fought
until the last and gave. "their, lives will
ingly. - '
"The west will never forget these men.
and every man who "has:, served beneath
the Ninety-first division colors will al
ways be proud ,of such service,'
"War is not a pleasant thing. Billy.
It is not pleasant to have shrapnel and
machine gun bullets ' flying-aTOund you
thick and fast, taking . your t comrades
and friends in its toll. -We are all glad
that it is over and will be. happy when
we can return to r the - homes- we left
behind. 1 We will - come' home a differ
ent set of men, men -who have experi
DoughWjrsiWill Be
Welcomed ;by Hail
Of Real Doughnuts
Boston, Jan. .20.- (I. -N, SJ When the
IcOO homecoming soldiers, on the trans
port' Canada come up. the harbor tomor
row theywJlL tejjombarded. with dough
nuts fresh from Boatofi .ovens.
The Boston committee for the recep
tion of returning soldiers will also supply
every soldier with- telegraph blank
which will permit-him. to wire without
charge to the folks at home. ,
The-Canada Is bringing the -following
troops : . ' '
The 23d balloon company, for Fort
Slocum, Camp Logan and Camp Meade.
Casual companies . 420 (New York),
424 and 430 (Ohio), 425 (Kansas), 431
end 438 (regulars). 432 (Maryland), 434
(Camp Meade) and Camp, Lewis!, and
92 casual officers.
1528 Americans Arrive
New York, . Jmn. 20. ( V. ' P.) Bring
ing 1628 American soldiers home from
overseas, the armored cruiser Pueblo ar
rived here this afternoon. She sailed
from Brest. ' ,
Portgual Loyalists ,
i Proclaim Monarchy
: Lisbon, ' Jan. 20. (U- P.) Loyalists
today' proclaimed a restoration or the
monarchy." They named former ? l&rag
Manuel as ruler of PorlwgaL-, . : ?
l I k, I 'V: ,
enced all the hell human ingenuity can
make. . . . - s ..- , .. . . . ,.
"Two days after the signing f the
armistice, 1 was called by A. E. F. head
quarters to join the Stars and Stripes,
a, soldiers' publication. Upon reporting
to Parts fvas sent to the first division,
which forms the advance section of the
.army of occupation. Z 1 have an auto
moDiie ar, my. aisposai at aii times and:
have, seen most of the neutral country
of Luxemburg, the most' of the German
territory occupied by the American
army, and have experienced strange ex
periences. "I was one of the first Americans to
cross the Rhine. I have seen more
beautiful country with the army of oc
cupation than I ever saw in France.
The Rhine valley and the Moselle val
ley are beautiful. Mark this: The
German people are not starving. They
are sleek and well fed. They lack white
flour and tallow, but outside of those
things thy have more food than the
people of France. The Cry of 'starving
Germany' was propoganda hatched up
by experts to tern pec the minds of the
allies with mercy at a time when mercy
should not be shown.
Cigarette Opponents Scored
Billy. there is going to be a lot of
long hairs at the session this year ask
ing that an anti-cigarette bill be passed.
They, will try to get the legislation
through before the soldiers get back.
The cigarette has been one of the best
friends the soldier has I had over here.
Call it a . threat or whatever you want
to but'Hhe man who casts his vote
against the cigarette in Oregon better
order his -political tombstone, for it will
be erected for him by the men who how
wear O. D. on foreign soil, and mark
this: We are not going to be dictated
to hy a lot of old women who hung
around the state house trying to pass
anti-cigarette bills last year.
"I can hear the old sisters and broth
ers saying in the. ears of legislators, We
must guard against the morals of our
brave soldier boys when they return.
We have roent the last few months In
countries much lower in morality than
our own and have taken care of our
selves and emerge clean. We think we
can get along back home without a lot
of old women trying td direct us."
Russian Heroine and
Bolsheviki Refugees
Arrive at Seattle
Seattle, Jan. 20. (U. P.) Madame
Catherine "Breshovskaya, "little grand
mother of : the Russian revolution," is
resting Jn Seattle today,, following her
arrival here yesterday aboard the Nip
pon Yusen Kalsha liner ,'Kamo Maru
with more .than 70 refugees from the
Bolsheviki reign.
Atter a life of hardship and exile,
during which ; she spent, 43, of her 75
years in prison camps and Siberia,
Madame . Breshovskaya. who fought
successfully "to overthrow the czar and
monarchtal" system." Is now aligned
against the Bolsheviki.
"The Socialists do not approve'" the
Bolsheviki.' she declared.
- "The? Socialists are -constructors. The
Boisheyiki -tear down: . ,
- A large number i of friends crowded
forward when the . Kamo Maru glided
alongside the wharf' Sunday. All
thronged , aboard and a, most sincere
demonstration of affection and tribute
waa accorded Madame Breshovskaya.
Ukrainia Wants
Roumania to Get Out
i London, Jan. 20. tPtrainia, has" sent
an ultimatum , to Roumania, demanding
the evacuation of the Bukowina- by Rou
manian troops, and fighting Is Imminent,
says a Central New dispatch from Am
sterdam last night. t ,
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DECIDED DECLINE IN
'FLU' CASES SHOWN
New Cases in 48 Hours Total but
124, With 24 Deaths Many ,
Causes Are Assigned.
Onji hundred and .twentyrfour, new
cases of Spanish influenza, a heavy de
cline from last weeks figures, and sf
deaths for the last 48 hours were re
ported to the health bureau up to noon
today. In comparison with the average
dajly report of 307 new" cases for last
week, today's total shows a tremendous
drop. There Is also a slight fall in the
number of deaths as compared with last
week's average of 19 daily.
Commenting on the decrease in today's
figures. Dr. Sommer, director general of
the Influenze campaign, remarked :
"The favorable reduction is the result
of many different elements. The public
is now educated to the seriousness of
the situation and Is endeavoring to pro
tect Itself by use of the masks ; the quar
antine is being enforced; those afflicted
are 'receiving better care, due to more
doctors and a systematic detailing of
nurses, and Jhere is general cooperation
from the public as well as business con
cerns." Tfsrses on Way to-City
The- 23 nurses reported coming from
Camp Lewis Saturday to assist in the
campaign left Ta.com a today, according
to a; telegram received by Mayor George
L. Baker; The nurses will supply the
last; need of the campaign, officials
stated today. The number has previous
ly been deficient and the quota from
Camp, Lewis will provide patients with
better care than has been possible in the
past. . .."'
Two hundred cases can now be ac
commodated at the Multnomah county
hospital, the consolidated health bureau
announced this morning. A pavilion has
been built and equipped in addition to
overhauling the old hospital in an --'effort
to provide room for more patients.
Closing of all public gatherings for 30
days, rigid enforcement of tbe quaran
tine and , compulsory wearing of , tbe
mask were suggested as - means i of
stamping out the epidemic by Dr. Ed
ward H. Pence, pastor. of the West
minster Presbyterian church Sunday.
Automobiles Are ?eefd
Dr. Pence, stated that figuring cold
bloodedly on the economic loss due to
deaths from Influenza, Portland would
be the loser by a large sum if the busi
ness losses - during a ' 30-day ban : were
compared with the economic loss due to
the toll of the disease in human lives."-
Rev. John 1L Boyd severely arraigned
officials for the Portland campaign.
"We have "a right to expect more than
we are getting from our public leaders
and officials," he said. The toll of the
disease is taken dally, broken homes
and. hearts fill the city,, losses incalcul
able are incurred, while city commission
ers, health officers and doctors do noth
ing." - ''r
An appeal for 15 automobiles to assist
the Visiting Nurse association in get
ting : nurses about r tbe - city to f attend
cases, was. made by Dr. Sommer today.
Ho asks that all who can volunteer the
use of their machines.; The association's
headquarters are at rootn 1004 Spalding
building. " - : - ; -:
German Deposits in
Dutch Banks pave
Holland From Raid
Amsterdam, Jan. 20. U. P.)Ifol
land was not invaded like Belgium, be
cause it had been made a depositary
for private funds of both the" kaiser and
the Austrian emperor, the Haagische
Post revealed today. .
The newspaper said that $5,000,009 of
Wilhelm's and $26,000,000 of Franz
Joseph's funds were transferred from
London to Dutch banks in July, 1914, at
the request of the kaiser. The transfer
was made by Prince Adolf of Sohaum-burg-Ltppe,
the kaiser's late brother-in-law,
who - returned from London -on
Julyy17, l14, in- time for the kaiser to
prepare to attack France and Belgium. 1
RUSSIA
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French Ambassador, Recently
Returned From Archangel,
Informs of Situation There.
Danish Minister Who Left Petro
grad Short - Time" Ago to Be
Heard at Session on Tuesday.
PAM1S, Jan, 20. (U. P.jThe
Russian situation was form-,
ally taken up by representatives
of the - associated powers at a,
meeting in the Qual d'Orsay this
forenoon, ; it: waa officially an
nounced. : The conference lasted
from -10:30 to noon. -
"The president - of . the United
.States 'jml the prime ministers
and foreign ministers of the al
lied . governments, assisted by
Baron Makino and the Japanese
ambassador in Paris, met at the
Qual ;d'trsay this morning be
tween 10:30 and 12," the official
communique said. ,
"M. Noulens, French ambassa
dor to Russia, who returned
"few days ago from Archangel,
addressed the meeting and gave
particulars of the Russian situ
ation.; ; '
.' "The meeting a ill- take "place
. on Tuesday at 10:30 Jn the morn
ing to hear the remarks of M.
Scavinius, the Danish minister in
Petrograd,. who left the Russian
capita! " very ; recently."
.VferBobtrt j. Beedcr -Pafis.1
Jan; 20.-i-(U. VP.) With the
American plan for the learue of na-tlons-
completed. President , Wilson wai
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ill'ILtffl
FOR KIAO CHiU
Attitude J of United States in
China's Demands Is Held of
Great Importance Now. t'
Washinsttm. Jan. ?n I T M. H Vr,v-
session of Klao Chau and the port of
Tl n ft. .. ..Iff W - At-- 1 i . .
China at the peace conference, accordlntr
to hifthly authoritative diplomatic ai
vices received here this afternoon.
Kiao Chau and Tsing Tau were seiascd
by Japan from Germany shortly after '
the war broke out. In 1837 the German
fleet seized the lands on both sides of
iviao uiiau bay, or which -ihe port Is
Tsingr Tau,j for reparation of the alleged
murder of two German mlsnionaries. It
was afterward arranged that the bav
and lands, aggregating about 117 square
miles, should be leased to Germany for
9 years. -,
Possession .of the ' Chinese . Eastern
railroad, the openlngof Mongolia and
Thibet to commerce and "many other
points concerning the tntegrlty and sov
ereignty of China" wlll. be sought t
the peace table, according to the ad
vices. .I "-..
"Theattltude of the United States
on such claims will be of great impor
tance,", it is stated, "as President VVil
son's popularity in China is very grest.
He is looked upon there as the greatest
man known injhistory. and his opinions
are considered irrevocable."
California Wets to
;Be a Target Today
San Francisco. Jan. 20. 'tiV.i P.) A
demurrer to throw out the restralniri)C
arder secured by the "wets",- to. prevent
uovtrnor oiepnens rrom certlfylig tli
ratification of the Kheppard dry law will
be filed this afternoon by Attorney Gen
eral' U, 8. Webb, representing the gov
ernor. ; The case comes up for hearing
In Judge Trout's court at 2 o'clock. The
liquor forces contend that the,8heppar1
bill Is unconstitutional. Governor Ste
phens 'will not t appear personally In
court. - j :' .. ' ' '
ROLL OF, HONOR
In tb toll of hnnor iia4e public toAnf ar th '
tumn of th Iolk)in men from th Tacit te
KILLED IM ACTION
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(5d rrm. aim. A. M. Kmc, J toy.
KILLED IM ACTION, PREVIOUSLY Kg.
PORTED miSSINO ,
Wahlntn
PRIVATE ARTHUR B. WINKtCR. ,m-r.
teucy addma. Mra, tWn Brown. Uu Vernoa.
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syivste Esrt T. OaJbratta, tmntfWJ il-in.i,
Mra. Miwl tialbraith, l'w)Mnn.
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