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Many parts of England are now" threatened .Vlth a meat scarcity Until "Terjt recently meat was fairly abundant, though Ugh In price, but ftew order Issued by Lord Rhondda,.the food control- 1 jr. regulating the price of cattle on the basis of live weight, has caused the farmers to refuse to. sell their leasts ' In the - market, "while . the butcher's In some places , complain the cannot continue to sell at sched- tiled retail prices ana are determined to close tfp their shops unless the prices are revised. - , ' j . As regard the complaint of the farmers, Lord Rhondda has 'empow ered his .commissioners to com maadeer, cattle, wherever It ia proved farmers are holding them back and it seems likely that this measure will be put into effect. The food con rtoller Is equally unsympathetkvwlth the grievance' of the butchers. He rays that on no account will be alter retail , prices and has ordered ; the prosecution of any butcher exceeding tha prices fixed. ,. ;,, : ' T AM the largest cattle markets Tuesday were greatly short of their usual supplies. At Leeds, for in f tance, where there-was a demond lor 6J)0 head, only fourteen were offered- s -Conditions elsewhere . were ; imilar, including. Lincoln, .York, "Doncaster, Eecter Southantpton and Derby. At Snfithfleld, London's cen Iral meat market, the supplies iToes lay were the smallest oa record and many butchers were unable to obtain supplies.: Ifunfbert 'of 'retailers In r e Indon area who for 'soma time ' i ve been closing their shops at mid. ir, say they see no prospect but to lose them. entirely, . . s II0I1FOLK HIT BY ! FIRE, EXPLOSIONS '(ConUnnedvfrom page 1) - from reaching the camp buildings. PORTSMOUTH, ' . Va., Jan. - 2. Tire" ot "unknown rj origin ' destroyed several houses and barns here to ciy. Tbe' blaze; which' broke one hortly. after midnighH was brought :nder control two hours later. Ports iouth ts 'across the Elizabeth- river rom Norfolk. , ":zi:ls Vins Hockey ! 'ii 1 2 Came horn Portland SEATTLE, Jan. J. Seattle j won be first local game of the hockey cason' tonight from Portland 1 to i one of - the- greatest games ever layect In this city.r For. the nsual ixty minutes both. . teams battled iithout scoring and In the t extra Traty-minute period, with but three cor. to go, Morris scored with a -illctrsliot on Repass from Patrick, ilsoa anLIIarris were carried from La ice after a collision, both men f ins badly jarred. A large crowd '.Unded.-' , ' i t", j t, m . II II I I II II III ..- ; ;. Vcr to Finhh Necessary SavsjeX'Presiient Taft X)Z3 MOINES. I a., Jan. 1. Speak. - under the auspices of the T. M A. war council, former President iiliam IV Taft todar told, 6000 na c c n 1 army soldiers at Camp odge lit the United States is fighting r atd why it Is at war.- v "Tiie American people ate natural - reaceable, he said. Tbey do, not ro for vrar, or the autocratic meth 1 -which must necessarily beadopt l 'iri-t? a w.; .-: ; . - j . : "The United' States . will never it a policy of permanent prepar- It3 rcojle tre net-inclined 'Worked m cnal Ir's ..g rough ground. ii--' 1 ; m that direction.'. It will always be found unready to'meet an attack, by an aggressive' and prepared niili tar istic nation;, such as Germany. "It is for .this reason, that the United States , mast fight this 'war toa conclusion, and determine that no nation,- peacefully incllue'd.1 need lear a sudden attack.' by Germany." MARINES ARE t VICTORS , (wjnunueji ironi page . ii . . In mass work and, tlrir Interference was almost " impregnable. ' : ' j They were not'1 successful in 're peatetl attempts to work the forward pass, although It aided in making their first score." '' The soldiers 'vrere; fast' fumbled less than their opponents but did not kick as accurately ah did; n6t mafre as many gains by line bucks and line formations. 1 " There was-little- venalizlne and only 'one argument roVer rulings by tne officials.. .The came was olave.1 with vim, but with; an absence of iin- falr tactics. ;J- f The lineup: i ' "' Mare Island Poaitldn Ambrose . . : .L.B.t". Beckett ;L.T..'. Rldderhof L.G. .' . Camp Lewis . ; .Turner Coo'ic ". i i Snyder Tegert ' . . : C. . . . Russell Xhristensen Hal! ; . . ; . . .v.R.O..', Tt9l1ir. " T Ti ' . . . Bartlett Hobson ..... .'R.E.'i Brown Q.'. 1 .' . Shirpe Sanderson . '. . . L. H. . J MeKar T. Gardner- . ; .R.H. . Homney Munungton .i. '...:.. Craig score or nerioas: ' Marines . . . ; I . .". ' . 3 ;! 0 fi 1 01 9 Camp Lewis'. 00- T 0 7 Refej-ee-r-W.-S. Klenholz. ' Umpire 'Dean Cromwell. ' Field Judge-GrabanVMoody. " Head linesman-Jackf Wells. . ' Time 15 minute periods. Marines scorine-Fleid brofce 2; touchdowns. Brown; Hunt ington: goal . after ton ch down Am brose. . Camp Lewis Touchdown Romny; goal from touchdown. British to Use Museum '. '.- For Ait: Board Offices ( LONDON. Jan. 1. -The Tendon Star says the British has taken nrev the British museum . to be used as oinces for the air board. .. . i The government's decision to take the museum for the air board's headquarters - appears destined o provoke great , agitation among an timuitarians and scholars. Sir John B. Sandeys fttiblic - orator "in Cam bridge university, has written a Tim orous letter of protest, pointing out that it would be .impossible to 're move more than fa fraction of -the valuable contents of the ..museum and that what , was- left probably would be damaged by 111 usage. . Church Elected Itayor of ; ( Toronto for Fourth Time "TORONTO. Ont. j? Ja n 1 JL-xrnA Thomas L. Church was ret-rned for a rourtn term In the Flection "here today by a majoritr Of 9500 ; over former Controller R.f IL- Cameron. An exceptionally " light 'vote war polled. For the first llmr taarrled men who are property owners were accorded the right-to vote; Everything AQ Bight unth Soldiers Say Congressman . PORTLAND.; Jan. i.ibert Johnspn. representative In. congress from WashJiigtonX spoke here to night on his observance In the war zone, recently made as a member of the congressional party which toured - the .western1 front. i? ' So far-as the United States "an4 Its soldiers am oneeTBet,, t every thing Is, air rfeht.T ii said. Congress man Johnson.-rrRpre' is nothljagto conceal. And, I want te say fb.yoa further that so rayas ocp allies are concernedthern,ls-jiqthina, ta' com ceaL',.- !'--A h- 4..f-,i'i;.M.w. , ', , - n Congressman VJohpsn?!' . addrens wns under the 1foUoflJ of Ahe coni: miltee on nubhe- Information Cambrai PasK T: ! Here are LOt Iiiere?t!ng photo graphs of ; tanks taken In General Hyng's "push at Cambrai, : which re sultttl -in suh & great victory over the Germansi Tbn upper photo bows one of the tanks making its way .through" a" Frtench village street Iwlth the men inside looking from thel for ward ' portholes. - The lower shows the possibilities of the tank in hill climbing. It is able to go over very Old Smugglers' Tricks Used l td) Get Goods Into Mexico EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 31. All ot the tricks v which - smugglers have used in the past to get contraband goods, f ammunition and -Jewelry in and out of'. Mexico are iiow - being employed to get contraband food Muffs into Mexico 'through this port False. bottoms 4n trunks, wagons and automobile trucks with two j floors peddlers -carts with false partitions ar ome of : the devices resorted to by the men who would evade the food embargo. Recently a , j large quantity of lard . and ; su ga r, pro- liibited articles, were r discovered tin der a pile of merchandise on a com mission .broker's float. Tho gools were confiscated' and th . btoker's license revoked. It is believed r.inch of the smuggled eontrabraml i is ba ing sent to Germans In Mexico.; ? Huns Form League to 'Import RuiSldn FoodihoxiKh ot a Quiet disposition, likeff a ZURICH! Jan. 1. The Frankfur ter . Zeitung. a copy of wnlch has leen received here, prints a Berlin dispatch which says that an Import ing syndicate is organizing in Berlin A H.Ima Jslnff. Ttt...t. . undertaking. The dispatch adds that similar syndicates rare being organized in AtistrIa-HuDgary, Bulgaria and Tur- Key. Senate to Consider Early w rym - . , . . i rriCe-tlXing Legislation ? f ,- i WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. Price- flxmjr legislation,- urged by, PresK j dent. Wilson In his recent message toj congress, ! probably will ,be given early consideration In the senate; it was., learned today.- 'Senator Pom efene. who was a caller at the whito house yesterday, has pending a bill authorizing the, president to fix prices for Fteel and iron on which the interstate commerce committee already has held hearing?.-! An amendment to extend the previsions I io farm implements has been sug- gested and members of the commit-J tee, are said, to regard it-favorably. 1 Steel and iron prices, now are fixed by agreement betwf.ea tho producers! I and the war trade board, approved j by, the president. $25,000,000 Steel Plant V to Rise in' Seattle Soon I SEATTLE, Jan. 1. F. K. Struve. a Seattle banker, who Is associated witnw li. Crocker. Herbert Flelsch acker and S. B. F Morse of San Francisco, and B. I Thane of tho Oastineau Mining company.; In the project, announced tonight upon his return from. Washington, D. C. that I worns on a . S2i.ouo.yoo steel nlant. 1 td be located at some noint between I Seattle - and . Tacoma. would start! within ninety days and that units of I the plant would be In operation with-1 in one rear, v :' .. . - ' I Mr. Strtive said the federal 'nloritv Doard had f assured the nromoters I iuey couio nave witnout delay an the machinery necessary . to equip ine plant. ...... Substitution of Sacramento For Portland Saves Fares SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. . 11 With I the substitution of Sacramento fori foniananthe Pacific Coast, leagne.i the organization will save thousands of dollars In car fares. Rait lakeland thA taste dwndod iv(h tniii. City now remains the only long Jump I nut the attendance at the ; games tnero ;has more' than 'compensated for the heavy-cost of transportation, This. It Is said, was net the-. case at Portland, where bad Weather also cat deeply Into. the receipts. dn ring tae earlier part of each season. ST0RY1N PAPERi GAVE PERSHING 1IUTARY START General of U. S. Forces Bare ly Missed. Becoming a - School Teacher GARDENING BECAME FAD Young Man Loved Music and . ' Dancing and Appreciated Good'Jdkes Lincoln, Neb., "Dec. 2C It was a newspaper 'Story 'that diverted John J. Pershing from his purpose to be come a -school teacher and started hint' upon the military career : which lead, to his appointment as general in arythe United States army and com mander of the American Expedition ary Force ' In '-Francec The ' story ia told by General Pershing's sisters, Mrs. Butler and Miss May Pershing, who are residents of "LIheoln and who have given the Associated Press intimate views of Pershing's chas acter In hfs" youthful days, v It was while Pershing and his sis ter.jnow Mrs. Butler, w-e' attend In the Missouri - State Normal "School at Kirksville. Mo., that his attention ,was- one day called to a newspaper , announcement that ex aminations were to be held for ap pointment to the West Point Mili tary Academy.: Young Pershing nak ed his sister's advice as to. whether he should try! for the appointment I and she advised hint to do so. Then study m preparation. r " followed a short season of Intensive r Parents Seo Their jSoIdier;; In a few day he was called be fore the examining board and, al though -. improperly prepared, re ceived the; highest , mark among the contestants and soon afterwards was not I Tied of his appointment. Up to this time his action had been a secret between his sister and himself and it remained, so until he was ready to start for "West Point. . On bis way to the military academy, he stopped o:f at tbehome of bis par ents and i for the first time told them they were to have -a soldier in the family. . As a boy. General Pershing, nfs sis ters say, was of a quiet serious tem perament,, assuming, as the oldest of six children, many of the responsibil ities of the familyvHe was wont, during his early years .which were spent in Laclede. Mo., his. birthplace. to manage one of h e-several farms operated by his .father, - John. F Pershing, a merchant, and farmer of -John." Mra ' Butler said, "al- as anyone. Yet when he started any thing he , wanted to get the result and he generally attained that ob ject before he gave it up.' . - - Tjeadershli Conies to Fore. While at the normal school at was content to be merely one of the crowd, but wanted to be head of the movement. His personal magna tism and generally likeable charac ter quickly won him friends and sup porters and soon I he ' became one of the student leaders. ? ' , After having been graduated from west, roini ioa saving servea who General Miles In a campaign In New if A. v a. ' l , HL Mexico against tne jnaian , cmei Geronimo, Pershing" was stationed as rafiltary Instructor at the University or jvenrasna-i, his rnenas tnere re member him as a fun-loving young man wno enjoyed music and dancing, parties and other social activities and who appreciated a! good Joke. ' Pershing Well Liked. roid Jack Best." the veteran train er at the university, remembers Pershing 'InUmately. "He was the finest man that I ever worked with. said Best, .fit's true he was mighty strict with his work but the results he got were so good that everybody he worked with lored him-...for. it When fie was here Ve had - a regi- raent. the university could be proud of. T Just worshipped that man and everybody around the university felt the same, about him- If any of you newspaper men get a chance to tell It to him, you just say that o1d.Jacfc wishes . hint . the bet luck in the world and that he hopes he will beat the Germans alt alone "Usually hv. was mighty dignified In his mof k but he had a way ot get ting" next to new men." v continued Best. '"The first time I ever saw him he walked ttght up. to me, slappHl me on tbejshpulder ,nd said. We!l, JackJthey" tell hie ' yon" got along mighty well with my predewss-r. If you did, I am darned sure we'll get alone lust as well.' "The bom at th nniversltv mi a surorise . tTJe ffrst day Pershin drilled thsn -said '"Bi-it., 'tt had been their habit before that time to come to drill with' shoes' blackened nr tinf. 1tit C thav Tvln.1 V"hnn vmhine took hold. th first t hi n9 he look! at was to see that ail tboes were well blacked" and that tho heel looked as good as the toe. He was Just that thorough-going; In every thing all the time. He was A-l ;i every way. cud you an as anyone who knw b; if that isn't tLe goa-pel-trnth.: v ' Onrdenlnir Is Fad. Odd as it mav seem in a ffffiftnv man. General Pershing's one fad, ac- cording to . his sisters, is gardening, His father was an exnert tardi?npr tary man. Wnenever he- was oh leave he immediately would don work, day clothes, go Into his father j garden, seemingly enjoying the work over the vegetables mn much as :ne enjoyed social activities. The.first time that Central Persh- ling i appeared In -Chicago and was seen. by4 neighbors, he t was clad in overalls ani was hard at work in a vegetable garden In lh yard "behind his father's bouse in the touth side of the city. There was some Eur prise; among -the' neig'ttln that a man' who then was, entitled to wear the unlformf and brass buttons "of a captain should be willing to put them aside and . hoe the garden, but the Incident Is illuminative of the char acter; of the man upon1 whom, the country Telies to lead tha American forces to victory against the (Jeman. in Europe. I . ' JAPANaPLANS LARGER ARMY Twenty-nine Divisions to Be ' Added 'and Navy to Be Enlarged . : -! - - Toklo, Per. 2 Correspondence of The Associated Pressl Plans have boon formulated to add. twenty cine divisions to the Japanese army. Attthesame'tFmjt It is proposed to so enlarge ' the Japanese navy that It will consist of three fleets men com prising eight battleships and eight battle cruisers. Provision has been made in thn Japanese budget for 1918 and 191 9 1 for an initial appro priation of 70.000,000 yen most of which - is intended for the .purchase of armament and for navaj expan sion. . . j; j , ' -':.- - -f v Jt Is proposed to increase the army to 'twenty-fire .1 corps ; or fifty divi sions,! each i division to consist of 4200 men Inj thre regiments. The j present brigade units. - under ths S plan, would ' be 'abolished. The ex- j pansionwIU bo put Into effect grad ually; i ; nn -.i - - . - ; r This ' proposed expansion;- Is evi dent of thei 1 reaction; upon Japan produced by -the great war.-It would rriakR effective the movement begun In 1906 to provide an adequate' na tional ' defense. I ' The plans s adopted called for a! Jarger army and navy but international jealousy and party politics made jit necessary, after the war with Russia, to postpone action'. The Japanese army at present Is composed of twenty-two divisions of four regiments: each; or eightv-efght regiments In all. according to pre vious information from - Japan. The pan vcf expansion outlined -In the, foregoing apparently j would add to the Japanese I army f sixty-two! regi ments, bringing the I total to 150". This, It Is said," would; approximately double Japan's igbting strength on larfd. .. i i . It has been stated that the Jap anese .navy .has been retrogressing for years owing (a a continued pol icy 'of limiting the appropriations for naval construction. Captain Murphy Gets Fine. I J I rophy trom i eammaies -SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 1. Cap tain Ernest "Tramp" Murphy of the 1917 University of Washington foot ball team was voted the Flaherty medal at the end of the season by his team ; mates. -. The trophy is awarded annually to . the man who has been the greatest inspiration to the squad during the reason. Waiit -Work? Want Help? ' Lost Anything?. r ouna my to Want to Buy Anything? iSeirAitiyth Rent Anything? THE COST IS LITTLE-THE RESULT BIG : The Qreffon ' Sfcatesmaini " ' Classified Advertising Department SEATTLE USES LARGE BUILDING FOR SOLDIERS Seven-Story Structure Is Well Equipped for AUiIetic . Practice - PATRONAGE PROVES BIG Saturday Night Dances Held and Language Classes Help Men, Too Seattle, Wash, Dee. 28. The Seattle Soldiers and Sailors xlub oc cupying an entire seven story down town building fully fitted with club conveniences and athletic equipment is being conducted for the men of the army and navy by the war de partment cimmisslon on i training camp activities j a part of. the war camp community movement. : Soldiers and sailors are patronis ing tho club heavily, according to Albert E. Carter, former president of the Oakland; Cal., Rotary club, who is now representing tne war and navy departments in the community move ment. On a recent Saturday night over 200 men occupied beds-In the club- domltorics. "Patronageh as been Very heavy aespite me nraer oarring soiuiers fEom Camp Lewis from visiting Seat tle Mr. Carter said recently. "When we opened December-1 we expected tbe club would not be well patron ized until' the quarantien i was lifted. Our fears have proved groundless." r Building Well' Equipped, t '.. "There, is no finer war camp com tnunity club In the United States than in Seattle." Mr. Catter added. Mr, Carter spoke with authority for be has visited all the community movement club In the larger cities of the nation recently. lie has been npsigned, probably-temporarily, to the Seattle club. . The building occupied was erect ed land used for many years ny-the Seattle Athletic club and is equipped with a big gymnasium, shower baths, steam baths, Turkish baths, reading, rooms, parlor.; office,, reception room and dormitories. . . : - When the movement to establish the club started, Seattle people, un der the leadership of Av W. Ieonard, president of the Puget Sound Tract ion Light & Power company. set ont to ralso $25,000 in subscriptions to equip : the building. Although theyi did not reach their goal, they obtain ed enough, to furnish tho crub rooms with new furniture. Including beds, writing tables, chairs, a piano, a phonograph, seven pool tables and ether fixtures. Mr. Leonard Is chairman of the Seattle committee In charge of tbe club. - , Club For Enlisted Men Only. Only men In uniform are allowed to use the club. They are. given everything free except sleeping ac commodations, for wihch they are charged thirty-five cents a night, and isngx , A Classified Ad in The States man Will Carry Your Message Into Over 5000 Homes and Business Houses ! the se of the pool tables.for which they pay a ,niminal rate. Kvery Saturday night dances for the uniformed men are held in tlu hig gymnasium, which.has the flari of the United States and her allies drapped on the walls. Girls, many trom tbe University of Washington, are sent to the dances by the women's sect ion -of the; general Seattle com mittee. Several smokers, at which, boxing matches are to be held, are beln planned. ' Mr. Carter' said . recently that be hopes to have Benny Leonard meet Eddie Pinkbani, a local boxer, here under tho auspices of the club. The bout would be staged in some other building but the .proceeds, would go into the club treasury. Sunday - afternoons musical con certs are given in the gymnasium. The music for the concerts, as well as for the Saturday night dances, ii donated. : ' SIX nights a week classes In French Spanish and mathematics are held for the s- soldiers and sailors. In structors from the University : of Washington have charge of the class es. Classes In swimming are also held. Every afternoon a swimlng' in structor and twenty-five men from the, naval training academy on the University of Washington campus uses the club pool. Meg ed Priest Held for Violation p(. Espi BII.L1NCS. Mont., Jan. 1. The police here today announced the ar rest of a (man givin? his name as F. X. I loin berg, who they said had rep- resentedhlmself here as a Catholic priest. He Is being held, tbe police sahl, pending an Invesitgation by federal authorities Into elleged vio lations of the esplnoage act. Infor mation, from Belford. N. D., tonffht said a, man of the same, name was pastor of a Catholic parish there a year aro. The. police here said the prisoner was armed when arrested, and that amonghis-effects was what they be lieved to be a secret code. j ' '': ' Women in Far Rzzzlzn Province Vote isiih F.lcn ' London, Dec. 29.' (Correspond ence ot The Associated Press.) Tartar women In tho far Russian provinces have dropped the veil and are freed from sex tyranny as a result of the Russian. revolution. In the elections for the local Zemstovs -they are voting along with tbe men. i A letter from Kazan says: "The women's movement here rtarted In the Revolution of 1905 as a result of which the women began to go about unveiled. By 1910 a Yelled woman was unknown In Kazan. After th revolution In which the Emperor' was deposed the Moslem women formed a society and sent delegates to the first AH-Russla conference. Here they presented demands for tho abolition of polygamy and the Mos lem tnherjtance law according1 t - which female heirs receive smaller portions than male. A separate day is set apart for the Tarter women to vote, to satisfy the mullahs and old fashioned women. About forty per cent of the women went to the polls on the last election. 1 "In Kazan one has nry to walk through tho streets to seo that Mos lem women ate socially the equal of men and have shaken off the shack les of centuries of sex tyranny." , 215o. Commercial Street