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Jirick Action Averts Disaster as
Transport . Starts to- List
When Men Rush to One Side.
Newspaper Man From Oakland
Saves Vessel From German
Mine With Shot From Cannon.
NEW YORK, March N.
S.) Tlie quick use of a fire .
, hose from which a heavy stream
of ivater Avas played, upon soldiers
aboard the troop ship Sobral as
nliq was on the ..point of capsiz
ing in the harbor today prevented
. the disaster and Joss" of many
f lives among SC55 troops aboard.
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The steamship crossed the Atlantic
without cargo andjas she proceeded up
the harbor to her?Brooklyn dock she.
began to list heavily to starboard. The
list suddenly Increased to 16 degrees
when soldiers on deck - rushed to the
starboard rail to, greet several thousand
cheering' friends who had -gathered in
barges to welcome them.
j Thousands Are Breached
Warnings were shouted- by the crew,
.but the soldiers refused to move, Then
Capt, I. P. Gavltt, the ship's commander,
ordered a strong stream .of water played
on the soldiers. Another hose was
.turned npon' the welcoming throng.
Thousands were drenched. The soldiers,
-after their drenching, fell into company
formation and stood at attention while
1500 tons, of water ballast were taken
aboard to right the ship?- The first list
is believed to have been caused by the
-lightering-of the port-water ballast or
the taking', in of too much water in the
starboard tanks while lie' ship was mak
ing for her jrier. t . -The
rest of "Moss Buffaloes'. as-. the
: hard fighting negro warriors of the fa-
, mous 36?th infantry are called, got home
en the- JSobral. -There were 43 officers
tnd 1633 enlisted men In the contingent,
. comprising the First and Second bat
ttalien headquarters, sanitary and . ord
.ance departments, supply and machine
run companies :: and Companies A. B,
0,(E nil F of the regiment. .
- Tfewspaper u In Herb Bole
Besides the" 367th there were '10 of
ficers and SDR- enlisted men of the 849th,
machine gun battalion of the, regular
-army, 3Jew Vork - casualty Companies
25 and 1202, Illlnots 260 and Ohio 1208
: and three casual ; officers, making, a
total of 2855 officers and men on board,
i Another early . morning arrival Was
the''Carrill . from . Bordeaux," and 35
' casualv officers, JDetachment B of 45.
South Carolina casual and ' four conva
lescent officers were, also on board.
' Lieutenant Alfred J. Tormey of' the
quartermaster corps, a. former news
paperman from, Oakland, CaU was given
credit by5,several of the ship's crew with,
moving the vessel' from possible disaster1
by an enemy mine.1; ',-;.
, Second Shot Explodes Mlae
It was While the Sobral was .making
- one; of its last trips from Holland to
r ance that the crew picked up dead
ahead what .appeared to be a German
mine. Tormey, who was practicing on
'an upper deck .-with a high power rtfle,
. was Informed. Two" shots from his gun
.and the thing exploded about 200 yards
,away. Tormey is said to be an expert
marksman of renown through the west.
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ontracts on 550
Vessels Suspended .
Since War Ended
: Washington, Mardh., 1. (I. ' X. S.)
' Contracts for 650 or more vessel, with
an aggregate tonnage of 1,700.000 and
-an estimated cort o. $400,000,000 either
have been cancelled: or suspended up to
February 15 by the United States Ship--y
Wing board sine the signing of the armi
1 . stlce. Chairman E. N. ; Hurley revealed
f to Chairman Sherley of the house ap-
iiropriations commlUe .In a letter made
public this afternoon. In 1918 Chair
man Hurley announced the board -had
suspended or cancelled contracts on 397
nips, oX- 1.618.650 tonnam nn ti..
sruary 4. r . .
; PRESIDENT WILSON AND
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
: Gcqrge Bernard Shaw and Rabbi Stephen' S. Wise, in sepa
rate articles;, will discuss the part the president has played in
ihe preliminary, organization of the League of Nations. These
.irticles. will be important features of THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL tomorrow. . ' ' , . -.
FRANK H. SIMONDS IN METZ
In an interpretative article- Mr.' Simonds relates his impres
ts; of the oapital city of Lorraine, where, after nearly half a
sions
century of persistent effort, the
this city failed, -
. A HeIpFu Article for
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
' Five Ceiits tHe. Copy Everywhere v
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Women, Song Free Rebel
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Sinn Feiner's Escape Easy
. Li. '. - drofessor. de val-
"J"T ERA, president of trje
f jr-V' Sinn Fein, addressing a
public mass meeting in Ire-
J i land, before his imprisonment--
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Gaeliq BalladSiSung to .De ValeraGave Him Information of Plot
I Whfle Irish Girls Lured Guards Away; Decoy Motors-
Successful ..in
Paris, March l.-r-tl. N. S.) Details of
the escape of Professor De alera. presi
dent of the Sinn-eln Organization, from
the -Lincoln prison i England, were
revealed; hers today for "the first time
by John) O'Kelly, Sinn Fein representa
tive, who is trying to get'; a; hearing at
the peace conference.
The plot to free De Valera was made
known to him by an Irish gardener,
who worked the information Into Gaelic
songs .which he sang under the window
of the prisoner's cell.
De Valera made an impression of the
keyhole of. the prison door rwith-bits of
soap ' and bread erumbs'- nd tossed it
to the gardener. Two days later two
Nation-Wide ! ! Conference,
in
Which Maybrsf Will Take Part,
Begins at. Washington..
Washington. March
President Wilson will
1. (I. N. S)
deliver an ad-
'dress at the opening session of the cpn
feretjc of governors an-d mayors, which
will convene here-Monday it-was an
nounced at the Write House today, in
.the official program of the conference.
Both the Monday . and Tuesday ses
sions of the - conference 'will, be " held
in the. east room of tho i White House.
Secretary of Labor Wilson will preside
at the Monday session and will also
cpeak. The president w-ilf speak at this
session. Secretary of "War Baker and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels will then
speak on. government contracts- ?
' Cabinet members will be present at
the conference, In the : afternoon of the
Monday session to, hear the governors
tell of the needs of their respective
states. il: . ..; ' : -,h.; ;-. :
Governor ('oolidge of Massachusetts
will preside at : the Tuesday sessior:.
Roger. W. , Babeon : will speak oh what
the government .departments are doing
for business, . '
The mayors of the large cities will
tell of their, need's' at .this session. In
the afternoon Sejiator Calder will pre
side . and Senators Owen and Kenyon
will make addresses.
The Wednesday .session of the confer
ence, which will be held in fie new "In
terior building; will be presided over by
Secretary of the Treasury Glass. Sec
retary of Agriculture Houston will make
an address at this session on good roads.
In the afternoon i Secrefiary of Commerce
Redfield will Jiscuss foreign and domestic-trade
and Secretary of the In
terior . Lane . s"Ul discuss public lands
and other developments,
German plan, of Germanizing
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the .Home Gardener
WILSON TO SPEAK
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Baffling Pursuers.
Dublin beauties engaged the attention of
the guards while Sinn Fein conspirators
cut the barbed wire'fence and crept up
to the prison pate,, which they unlocked.
In the meantime De Valera was saun
tering about the prison yard. As soon
as the pate was unlocked he jumped into
a waiting automobile and was whisked
in the direction: of Loudon.
Four decoy motor cars were waiting
nearby and when "the police, started to
give chase theyfound themselves baffled
as to which automobile ' De Valera had
entered.- The diecoy motor cars were all
filled with,. Jrish friends.. . .
O'Kelley says that De Valera will ap
pear, in Paris, "when wanted' , .
WILL FIN
MORE STEa SHIPS
Further Reinstatements of Con
tracts Granted to Northwest
Steel Company.
Reinstatement of two more steel
steamers for the Northwest SteeV com
pany, together with the probability that
early next-week further reinstatements
will be made at some of the other steel
shipbuilding yards in the Portland dis
trict, was alnounced today by the steel
shipbuilding department of the United
States shipping board.
With the announcement today that the
Northwest Steel will build two more ves
sels of the 8800 type. Only six of the
10 cancellations made last ' month by
the shipping -board are -still effective,
two other reinstatements having - been
made two weeks ago. ,
This order conies from the -shipping
board as a result of the checking over
of the accounts of the material on hand
at the " various yards. Two reinstate
ments were made several weeks ago at
the Columbia Riyer Shipbuilding corpor
ation and at the Albtna Engine & Ma
chine works, when the first reinstate
ments were - made for the Northwest
Steel company. , N
Fred B. Pape, in making the an
nouncement this morning; said 'that the
outlook for ; further reinstatements -vat
some of the local yards was- good, tho
checking up process having practically
been completed at the local offices. An-
nouncementa. of these reinstatements
are expected about- the first., of next
week. -.
Announcement was also made . this
morning that Fred Pape, who has been
directing the steel shipbuilding program
-in the Oregon district, has been promot
ed to assistant to J. F. Blain. .manager
of , the. Northwest district. This order
was jnade effective February IB. ; Mr.
Pape will remain in the Oregon district
In control -of -the local end, . but will
be second in power only to Mr. Blain.
Proclaim Martial
Law! in Madrid
v Following Riots
Madrid, Feb. 28.U. P.) (Delayed.)
Martial' law : was proclaimed in Ma
drid today following clashes between the
police and food rioters, in which a num
ber of persons were injured. ' Mobs
stormed and looted several shops.
Order finally was restored by the
troops which are patrolling the streets.
Theatres and . other public assembly
places have been closed.
ISH TWO
British ; Army Is ...
Being Reduced to
952,000, Soldiers
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London. March 1. (I. : N. S.) The
British army , is being 'reduced to 952,000
men,' It was officially? announced today.
Great Britain's strength, exclusive of
India,: at present is 2.500,000 men.
- The British ' army - of occupation in
Germany will be composed of - 380,000
men; and 28,600 officers,- . ,
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FILIBUSTER
LaFol letter "White With Anger,
Almost Has Personal Encounter
With Member From Arkansas.
Penrose Has Whispered Consul
tation "With Orator; Repub
lican Senators Are Worried.
W
rASIHNGTOX, March 1. (U.
P.) At 5:07 p. m. Senator
La Follette suspended his fili
btister when the senate by unan-"
imous consent laid aside the oil
. leasing bil and voted to proceed
with the Victory loan bill. "
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ASH1NGT0N, March t. (U.
P.). Senator- La FNallette
this afternoon announced to, the
senate that a filubuster against
the oil -leasing bill conference -report
is on. i
While La Follette, was speak
ing, Republican leader, called a
conference for 5:30 to decide what
they wili d( . They asserted that
La Fd'elt" s filibuster was in
no sense an organized movement
by the Bpubiicafls, but was his
own idea.
If his filibuster is not broken it means
that the Victory loan and all other
appropriation bills.-will fail of passage
this session. ' '.
La Follette's filibuster began at 1 :i0 p.
m. During his protracted speech ho re
cited the origin and history of the sen
ate ' rule against applause, - which he
'said was repeatedly -violated during re
cent debates on the League of Nations,
I a Follette's explanation fbllowed an
outburst of laughter at his reply to an
interruption. - ' t i - ;
wLa,Follet and Benatof RobfnionYXt'
kansaa. appeared on the verge of a per
sonal encounter, following a tilt when
Robinson attempted to break up La
Follette'a speech.
Robinson, white, with anger, seated
himself directly across the aisle from
La Follette, anjt leaning forward in his
chair, exchanged whispers, with , La
Follette. La Follette shook his fingers
in Robinson's face, whereat .the latter
seemed to restrain hiqiself with diffi
culty, ".'. ,
"A senator that Insults another on" the
floor cannot be yielded to;" La Follette
said. ( - ,
The clash had arisen when La Follette
halted his speech momentarily while
Senator Penrose, who had just entered
( Concluded on . Pgn Two, Column Fire)
EARLY COUNTING
Prompt Response to Journal's
Plebiscite Shows. 82 for and
3 Against Plan.
At 11 o'clock today The Journal
plebiscite on the" League of Nations,
as announced Friday evening, had re
sulted in 82 votes favoring the league
and three negative votes. - fi
The coupon giving Journal readers opf
portunity to express their will on the
world issue of a League of Nations as
a basis of permanent peace. Is repeated
again today. There is vital significance
fn this canvass. President Wilson has
said there could be no League of .Na
tions did not the United States support
.it. A similar prediction has been made
lby ex-Presideht William Howard f aft.
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Wireless Phone
To Defy Peaks;
RalDgers Adopt a
System of Radio
Stations Will Now Be Established
at Lookout Points; Experiments
Prove ; Entirely Satisfactory.
Now it la wireless telephones- In the
forest . senftce ! . '
The leokout man on Mount Hood will
be able to talk to Zigzag ranger sta
tion over a wireless telephone this sum
mer, according to plans contemplated
by . M. Allen, telephone engineer for
the forest service, which involves the
establishment- of wireless telphone sets
gn most of the important lookout
points. ., . - ,
Experiments with the wireless tele
phone have proved entirely successful
and have caused its adoption by both
the army, and navy departments. Recent-
experiments wej-e mad with the
sets placed ton airplanes connected with
ground stations, and demonstrated that
the stations need not even be stationary.
"The use 'ot the radio telephone will
be of great value on our high lookouts,"
said Mr. Allen, "because of the damage
to wires by - avalanches, falling rocks
and snow-slides." In each instance . the
lookout will be;connected to ranger sta
tion, which w01 talk with other stations
by wire."" "?'-'-;
Power for th dynamo will be gener
ated by a windrhill or air motor placed
upon the tiptop - of the cupalo of the
lookout house, and the winds that range
over the mountain topi will do the rest.
The motor will be, connected with the
dynamo., which will be fastened be
neath the roof, A couple of vacuum
tubes mounted in a box filled with
colls, condensers and what-not ar,e the
rest iof the machinery. These "tubes
transform the dynamo ' current into a
high frequency alternating current that
"is fed Into Space through a short copper
wire.
The electrical waves set up . on this
wire radiate out Into space, where they
are picked up by similar antenao or
wires. Thia is the principle of the tel
ephone in brief. ,.i
While the v radio telephone construc
tion program of the forest service in
cludes only the important lookouts, it
is expected that radio equipment will
in time .form a. part of the baggage of
every forest ranger or fire fighter. The
radio outfits- would "be much lighter to
carry than the jsomewhat heavy aud
clumsy .telephone cases .now "packed
about in tha forests by-iremen,1 which,
i added to the advantage of. not having
Ts always tying itself into Knots, and
getting tangled up in the brush, would
bo a vast improvement over the regular
wire telephone system. - t-
HIT BY BLIZZARD
Illinois and "Adjoining States
Gripped by Severe Cold; Storm
Causes Fatal Train Wreck.
Chicago, March 1. (I. N. S.) The
blizzards which for th past 48 hours
has been raging in Kocky mountain
states, struck the central west Friday
night and today Illinois and adjoining.
states are , shivering under the stinging
of a wind which at times durjng the
night whipped along at 45 miles an
hour.
The mercury In Chicago dropped 21
degrees in two hours during the night.
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma,
Kansas, Nebraska and southern South
Dakota report blizzards today of vary
ing ferocity.
Trains are reported stalled in snow
storms In western Nebraska and Min
nesota. - Two men are reported killed in
a wreck near Norwood, Minn., as a re
sult of the bi!ssard.. a
Engineer Loses Life in Colorado
Denver. Colo.. March 1. (I. N. S.)
Ciarles Birker, an engineer on the Denv
ver & Rio Grande, was killed late Fri
day when a snowslide carried his loco
motive over an embankment near Ala
mosa. Roy BroKtn, fireman, was seri
ously injured. Cumbers Pass, on the D.
& R- G., is blocked for 23. miles.. No
trains have run over the Durango-Sll-verton
branch for three days. Durango
is isolated. The weather bureau today
reports the -mercury rising throughout
the mountain country. .
Snow Six Feet Deep
'Spokane, Wash., March L (U. P.)
Snow is. 6 feet deep on the Montana di
vide, and the fall, is continuing steadily,
12 inches having fallen in 24 hours.
Snowslides are: feared on the railroads.
A slide covered the tracks of the Mil
waukee road .at Bryson, Mont.,' and held
up westbound" trains for two hours
yesterday. Heavy ,snpw is being driven
before a stiff breeze in Spokane this
morning. Street car are maintaining
schedules with difficulty.
Fishermen Believed Lost '
Milwaukee. Wis,. March 1, (L,M. S.)
George Costigan and Joe Budest, Jones
Island fishermen, undoubtedly perished
in Friday's gale on Lake Michigan, as
llwv Via v. hHn nnt for 21 hnnri and nil
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PORTLAND
Request Made by The Journal
Is Granted by War Depart
ment, I Is'Announced Today.
Colonel May l and a Detachment
"of 162nd Infantry, Expected to
Arrive in Portland March 9.
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'AgHlGTON, March 1
(Washington Bureau . :of
The Journrff 3 The war depart
ment this afternoon announced
that ' Colonel 'Maty and a detach
ment, of the.,i62d Infantry num
bering 231 -men, will- be. routed
through Portland and stop over
there. The" detachment will leave
Camp Dix March "3 and arrive In
Portland probably March 9.
That the' troop train carrying mem
bers of the 162d infantry, originally
routed so as to go direct to Camp
Lewis ana not through .Portland, will
be rerouted to..' Tortland. was the in
formation received today from the
Washington Bureau of . The . Journal.
When word -was received Thursday that
a part of the, 162d was leaving Camp
Dix for Camp Lewis, routed over the
Northern Fjurftte into Camp Lewis so
that it would not come mere. The Jour
nal wired to Washington to. see what
could be done about changing the plans.
' I Concluded' oa Pm Three, Column Two
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SLATED FOR MAY
Dates of Big Financial Campaign
Announced; Conference Willr
- Close, Tonight.
The great Methodist Centenary finan
cial drive for S100.000.owd will be held
May 1 to 10, according to announce
ment -this morning at the centenary
conference at the First Methodim Epis
copal church toy Jr. W. K. Doughty,
leader of the visiting. Centenary team
and- presiding officer at all confer-r
ences This' is the first announcement
of -the dates. May 11, being Sunday,
is to be celebrated in Methodist churches
throughout the land as "over the lop"
Sunday. Dr. Doughty announced that
this drive would be conducted by per
sonal solicitation. The pledges cover
a period of fiva years.
Seven intensive addresses were given
this morning by the leaders on the visit
ing team. Each speaker dwelt briefly
on the various phases of fhe great mover
ment. Dr. Doughty, who dwelt on the
subject of "Prayer." said : "All the great
spiritual and missionary movements the
world has ever known have been -called
out and energised by prayer. Every
great revival of interest in the spread
of the kingdom of God may be traced
back to those" silent and secret springs
of power. The Centenary is a chal
lenge to the whole church to inaugurate
a new era of spiritual vision and power.
This .will be impossible unless the church
is, summoned to prayer and' with' fresh
consecretion and vision, undertakes its
task."
Dr. Edward L. Mills, superintendent of
the home missions department of the
board of church extension, spoke on the
Centenary organisation and working
program.
"The success of the Centenary in any
local church;'- he said, "will depend
upon the' degree to which organization
has been attained. The unit system Is
the fundamental In the Centenary plan.
This Is a grouping of the members of the
local church into companies of 20 each,
with a leader and four assistants, hav
ing charge respectively of the interests
of intercession, stewardship, - education
and life service. "The. Working program
involves the securing of f one" million
people-' enrolled In a . pledge to pray
daily for, the Success of the Centenary."
The message of "Stewardship" was
brought to the conference by William A.
Brown. Centenary representative for the
- (Concluded oa Pa Seven. Column riel
One KilleS, Another -Wounded
in Quarrel
Over - Colored Girl
Bud Scott, formerly-- employed". at the
Arlington club, shot and Instantly killed
Theo Sikes and seriously wounded M. L.
Laeggan at It :45 p. m. today, during a
quarrel over Peaa-1 Campbell in a room
ing house at' 287 Eighteenth street. All
of the 'principals in the affair are col
ored.'. - ri -j.-i:.-,r.;-;'tc:-i,t!-a -r ,- uV'.
Witnesses State that Scott called at
the Sikes home to1 see . Pearl Campbell
who 1a:roomng there, and that he was
denied Admission by Mrs. Sikes. When
Sikes appeared upon the scene Scott shot
him dead, and also fired one bullet into
Laeggans, another "roomer at the Sikes
home. . . . 1 -
;- Following the Bhooting Scott ran from
the house but returned soon, and held- a
conversation with Pearl Campbell, 'After
ward he disappeared and the police are
now 'in search of him. Scott and the
Campbell girl were sweethearts in Kan
sas City, according' to ' other " colored
people living at the place. " ' - "
CENTENARY
DRIV
Battle Toll In
YorldWarPlaced
At 7,254,000 by
War Staff Chief
Russia, Germany and ' France
Each tost More Than One
Million Men.
Washington. March 1. (I. N. S.)
Death's battle toll In the great war was
7,254,000, according to figures made pub
lic by Chief of Staff General Peyton C
March today. That is the total number
of men killed in action, or dead from
wounds received in battle, according to
the latest figures available to the war
department.
' The United States suffered the least
number of battle killed, while Russia.
suffered the greatest number of battle
deaths. . .' " '.
General March gave tha total number
of battle deaths in the armies of the
various countries -for the war as fol
lows': ;
pussia-ri,700.000. ' i
Germany 1,800,000. "
France-1 .385.000. ' "
Austria 800,000..' ' t
Eng!and-i706.700.
Italy 460,000. . '- '
Turkey 250.000.
Belgium 102,000.
Bulgaria 100.000.
Serbia and Montenegro 100.000, : the,
combined -total.
United States 50.000.
Tanks Called From War Zone .
At the same time. General March re
vealed that American troops are' to be
removed -from the scene' of the reported
friction between Italian and Jugo-Slav
troops. -
This was the Interpretation war de
partment officials placed on the an
nouncement by General March, that the
332d regiment of, infantry, S3d division,
had. been ordered, concentrated at Genoa.
Italy; The regiment, which is composed
of Ohio national army troops, served
with the Italians during the war and
since has been distributed, at ports along
the Adriatic sea. Announcement of the
concentration at Genoa was contained
in a dispatchrfpom Colonel Buckey, mil
itary attache at Rome, General March
stated. , " -. ,- . ; t . .. J
.Although It is planned to bring these
men home as soon as possible there was
nothing; in the dispatch to Indicate that
they , would r return at. . once. ; Oeneral
March' stated. The matter, he said,! lies
entirely in the hands of MaJor-General
Treat.-who is in command of American
troops In Italyt --'f
"''" : Hecoad rplvkioa -Bone red
The greatest number - of distinguished
service - crosses; the highaat decoration
for personal bravery conferred by the
president through V the commander-in-chief
-of the -American ezpeditionary
forces,, was distributed to individual In
the Second, division. Six hundred and
sixty-four crosses were distributed In
this 'division, this being twice as many
as distributed in any other division. .
. The number - of .crosses given . to the
various divisions follow: - r v. "-
First division. 300 crosses ; Third, 233 ;
26th, 239; 42d. 205 ; 30th, 177 ; 6th. 163;
29th, 105 ; 77th. 148 ; 27th, 139 ; 32d, 134 j
91st. 134; 89th, 97; 78th. 95 ; 79th, 80S
33d. 78 ; 4th, 63 ; 28th, 68 ; 90th 67 ; 80th;
42 ; 82d, 34 ; 70th. 30 ; 37th, 25 ; 7th, '24
92d, 21 ; 81st. 19 ; 35th, 17 1 6th, 104 88th,
VESSELS ARE IDLE-
Chamber of Commerce "Plans to
j Hasten Shipments by Special
.-Appeal to the Government.
Because the grain and flour condition
in the Northwest is getting ' more and
more serious, Chamber of "Cornmerce
members- In : Portland " are planning a
campaign to go after the matter in ouch
a way as to force action from the gov
ernment -in providing some facility for
flour transportation. j ; ;,' - w.-
Millions of bushels of wheat are now
held In the Northwest, a great majority
of which is . to move through" Portland,
Thejhipping board has agreed to pro
vide five vessels for March movement,
which would mean that 45,000 tons would
be moved out of. this pot, t .J .';.
W. p. B. Dodsom executive secrttary
of the Chamber of Commerce, point out
the fact that this number of vessels Is a
"mere drop In the bucket" to the number
actually required. .
J The Chamber of Commerce has. been
debating this question from all angles
and has now -decided to request that If
the government cannot, possibly move
this . product by steamer, some ' other
provision be made to get it out of this
district before the next crop. . .
It Is.-,' vitally necessary, i say. , grain
shippers, that something .be done at
once as mills are facing a shut-down
all through the Northwest. It has been
stated by r eastern - headquarters, of the
shipping board - that about 150 steel
steamers are lying idle in Atlantic coast
ports- :' A number of these came; from
the Northwest and have been held .there
when they should" be sent back for serv
ice on this coast as grain carriers," says
Mr. Dddsoa. -
Ten steel steamers of the 8809-ton ot
larger class are now in port ready or
being outfitted for service.. These could
be put on the run. Is the belief of the'
chamber, ' If the government could. , be
made to realise the seriousness of the
situation.- ,
The vessels in th Portland harbor
now ? are the Cooxet Cokeslt, West
Modus. -, West Nohno. West Imboden.
r West Tacook, West Cherow, West Hard-
away, West' Hareuvar and West Togus.
In addition to two : steel steamers of
sm aller carrying capacity, which were
launched recently ,by the Alblna Engine
It Machine Works. A few of these, three
at the most, have been asaigned to ; the
flour carrying trade land Chamber of
Commerce officials are now planning to
ask in addition to other step that these
vessels be hurried to the emergency call.
GRAN
SWATTNG
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fIFdJi
New Economic . Council Advises
Early Peace With Germans or
Lifting of Economic Blockade.
Further . Recess of ' Radicals
Will Render Present Govern
jrient Towerlessi It Is Feared.
LONDON, March 1. (I. N. . .)
Philip ; Sclielderoann,' chancel
lor ot Germany, has remaned, ac
cordlnd to jidvlees received here-
today.
state '
Dispatches from llollunil
Jnereased revolulionury
movements ore imminent in Cer--.
many. , : , -"
ONDON, March I. (U.. P.)-
JLj The Parrs correspondent of
the London News stated today
that the new 'economic council
has reported to the supreme war,
- epuncil that a preliminary peace
must be concluded ,at once with
Germany or the blockade raised.'
The recommendation,' it was said.
was batied on ' the report of 14
British officers, revealing the se- .
. riousness of the situation in the
central powers.
Berne, March 1. (U. V.) The Oer
man government today faced the mom
serious situation since the-Tlrst revolu
tion, Wit)i th new Hpartacan upriBitii
now developing In all parts "of th;
country, " dispatches , indicated tli-a
further - success of-the radicals In lUi
central districts might render' the gov
ernments virtually powerlfss. ' .
j .The- Spartacans. apparentlv deter
mined .above everything . else to isolate
Berlin v from Southern VOermany, wfi
concentrating large forces In the central,
district for the purpose of vreventtnij
(CAnoliKlcd M Nir Sewn. Colvton roar)
GAIN IS MADE BY
F
Bolsheviki Forced Back North of
Odessa With Help of Greeks?
' Much Ldot Taken.
Falonlkl, March 1. (I. N. S.) Kwm-K
and Greek troops have captured Tlrl-'
pola, 64 miles north of Odessa, from thn
Bolshlvlkl along the Dniester riven
Much material has 'been: taken from -tha
Bolsheviki, .'
X Stockholm. March 1. (U. P.) The"
Lithuanians have refused the rtwju-st
of . the Bolahevki , for an armistiee, it
was stated la an official dispatch from
Kovno today, 'f ; . ,
The; Bolsheviki .were said to have
asked for cessation , of hostllCt.iiM fol
lowing an advance of more"' than 13
miles from" VUna by "the Lithuanians
in which several .town were taken. -Tim
Lithuanians commander refused. -.1e-mandlng
Immediate retirement of the
- Cossack Leader Victorious
Stockhplm,' March, 1. I.. NY S.)
Forces fighting under General Krannoff,
the Cossack leader, have aptured 8ara-
tntf and Valak. aecordinc - to B.d v-tr-pn re
ceived here. - ' -,
1 Saratov and Volsk both are located
on. .the Volga river, about .450 mile.-!
southeast of Moscow.
Special Meeting of
' Auxiliary of 69th
I. C.'A. 0. Is Called
: Owing to the proximity of; arrival of
the 69th coast artillery corps, a special
meeting of the auxiliary has been called
by Mr. K. 8. MciKibbln, 'prebident of the
auxiliary; - for Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock in the Liberty temple. This meet
ing Is mode urgent by the factihat the
general: committee has asked the auxil
iary to supervise all of the arrangement
as to, entertainments so that there will
fee nothing. In the program, which the
women will find objectionable,-!-- . ,
' The troops . are. well along on their
Journey tot Portland, having left Chicago
this morning and will arrive in Portland
Tuesday evening or Wednesday morn;
lng.' They are all In oti4 tram,' 439
strong,' . I. ' 4 '
Jleturn Priority of
Units Made Public
Washington. March .- (U. P.)The
following organizations have been as
signed to priority; Twelfth engineers ;
ordnance casual- companies 22 to-2S;
86th' aero squadron ; base hospitals C3.
28. to, 8. 1, 87; and the following tank
corps units:. 'Brigade headquarters 204th
brigade ; medical detachments of the
203d, 328th ad 344th battalions and
medical detachment and casual detach
ment of the 821st repair and ealvaK
company. , The first, .second, , third and
fifth companies of the 20th' engineers
are also on priority.
RENCH OVER REDS
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