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THE OREgOX STATESMAN! -MJXDAY. JA3SITARV, 20. 1918 AH ECOHOMICAI EELXGHTTTTX LIGHT PUICE TO TRADE Europe as Reconstructed on President Wilson's Peace Terms A Successful Business Career depends largely on making friends of customers from the first; This idea has been the foundation upon which this business has been built. We began by giving our patrons honest values and courteous treatment We endeavored to obtain their friendship by deserving it 1 ' We have won many friends and our policy remains unchanged for only by continuing to give the same good values and the same, cour teous treatment can we continue to. hold the friendship and good will of the people with whom we transa:t business. rrri wADcP7rwoetmy . m T .'.AW jjJ - 1 fy? ' Xl 1 I JTfy PCA V? - tf&i Ukraine 'President Wilson,, In his message Ho conrress. statine the allie' terras h,f .11 ,J aotrn tnar ail tnei cf peace,' laid It 'territory .'occupied by the central ,pawers, including UeljciaM," part" of Trance, ' Serbia, part of Roumanla, JWILSON THOUGHT ! : NOT FAVORABLE I ( (Continued from page. I) j : jroval is withheld, and expresse con fidence' of Its adoption by the senatd and probably the house." ,'. I j " --Cabinet.; Is Nam Tiocn t Committee emembera explain to day that the name "cabinet" was sub Vtltuted : by ... the , committee for 'council" in orded to get sway from the idea- of councils of purely ad visory: bodfe which hare not work c$ well In the past ' It also was jrxplalned that the bLU does not pro ldde appointmefft to 'the war cabi art of members of the executtire cabinet but that one man could not ieerro in beth capacities. ; . fThe committee's decision' not !to JhaTe the secretaries of war and navy -cx-offlcio- members of the war cabi 'net also was explained as in .tne wlth the desire to further centralize" mar policies and duties in a smaller bxdy. 'However, rome committee members believed It possible that fcongresii might amend., .the bill tto 'permit the' secretaries of war and navy 6 ;Ue members.. particularly 'if the administration desires it. Cabinet IleW NeresMur. ' j NEW YORK, Jan. . 19. Senator George K. Chambeilp.'n of- Oregon. NEW TODAY TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR RENT AF U R N I S II ED housekeepihg suite of two or three rooms. 292 North Summit. ! r Who Have Bought Scotch Woolen Mills Clothes Will come back again as a have not ordered clothing which will lw immensely to a business suit, u dress suit Suits made 'to your measure, suitings for you to select from. Scotch Woolen Mills Store 426 State Street. Montenegro, part of Albania! part of Greece, part of Russia, and part of Italy ebonld be restored, t . am . v -aM iao IUlia, httt la, the territory about Trieste and ' Istria on the Mediter ranean, and Trentlno, south of Swit- speaking before the Republican club, here today, said that on next Mon- day the senate" committee on military affairs, of which he is chairman, would make a favorable .report on the bill for the creation of a mili tary cabinet to speed up production. 1 "America for ten months has been groping in the daik," Senator Cham berlain declared in his address. "We hare had able heads, but no respon sible bead, and- it is our purpot to supply a reasponsible bead. "There would . hare been no need of -this coal trouble if a plan of co ordination had been mapped out six months .ago. Coal production was satisfactory when one-' branch fixed a satisfactory price. "., When this was reduced to a. Bonprductjve figure a minimum comparative yield resulted. "Our distinguished president is the premier of all the statesmen of. the work, but nejther President Wilson nor any other man can concentrate the energies' of the nation. Tbera must be responsible heads under the president In- order to see 'Americ safely through this war. If she would rave the allies. America must get on the ground with . the men and the material essential to th task and duty we have asRuqed." BOLSHEVIKI ARE . IN MINORITY (Continued from page 1) of the Bolshevik! government to as sert itself in supreme control, re gardless of what course the present assembly may desire to take. The forcible dissolution of the assembly or its reorganization as a Bolsbevikt body are among the possible courses forecast. The peace conference proceeding, , t. . ' matter of cnurse. Those Mho here have something to learn their advantage whether it is or an overcoat tfiat is needed large assortment of Salem, Oregon zerland, taken from Italy by Austria in years gone by, should be icstoied He projMjses, . too. the creation of the new kingdom of. Poland with An outlet through- Lithuania and Cour land in Russia to the Baltic. In regard to Alsace-Lorraine, he at Brest-Lltovisk again hare ueen suspended , and Foreign Minitser Tictsky is reported to have returnei to Petrograd. Foreign obserrens In Petrograd believe; that the negotia tions are working: to a final break and the fall of tb price of Ihe Ger man mark in neutral market is polic ed to as a nlndication of loss o confidence among ihe neutrals of the success of the parleys. The obstacle is the continued de clinatlon of the central powers to withdraw all troops from the occupi ed regions of .Russia and their un certain attitude regarding the return of the deported population before tb question of self-determination is put. The Russians apparently are sticking just as firmly as ever to thtir de mand along , these lines. McNARY ASKING FOR ! I NORTHWEST SHIPPING Continued from page 1) of feright are held in P:iget Sound f orts, loaded and un'oartoo, and over 1E00 at San Francisco, while there is practically: bo congestion in Colum Ma river ports. It Is expected that definite action will be taken by Director McAwOo without: delay. PORTLAND. Jan. 19. Portland will obtain a share of the traffic moving to the Orient If steamers for handiip it can be obtained. With Ihe cooperation ot Railroad Director McAdoo, W. D. B.f Dbdson, executive secretary of the Chamber of Com merce, said this morning that he ex rects no trouble in getting tonnag. A report on the dock space at m 1 for handiing onshore buZ 4 her aIjj Jn connectJon IT'lth.th situation will ho m KreUry,McAdo n- There will be ample terminal facllifes for taking care, of a comparatively hary tonnage; here, accordln to Mr. Dod IZl' T k "tly conducted a sur- Ji e.. - i-e Ck8 Wh,ch can be u'd i caso of emergency. vi!Ir..,ire ,v,n reasonabIe ad vance notice of an intention of the -overnrnent t? end freight to the w. tor.-" '"teaat points by ..ftlaad." says Mr. Dodson. nLWr rran all of the "Pace for It required. So far we have nH..!l?a. ,,,ea"1 for the oriental trade, but with the co-oper- ?iln.K,f th' u,hor' at Washing ton this matter ought to be easily arranged. .01Port,wl H Advantage i Steamers could be diverted here. We are In position to show the own ers that it would be advantageous ror them to send their vessels to ths oort. We ran show that time wonH Z fuVrd ,f thpy WOH,d divert some v unr tonnage to this port. The cost of loading the steamers and get ting thejn ready for sea wnnin ha ine s&me.as elsewhere. Those put ting new steamer in service might ea"V arrange for having them to pperhte from here. The commission of public docki anooneed this morning that enough space for handling 20.0OQ tons of freight for foreign movement can be made available on short notice at the municlDaL docks. This would be adequate, it is claimed, for routing In the neighborhood of 80,000 tons says the wrong done by Prussia t France In the. war of 1870" shoui. be righted." The peoples of Austria-Hnngrr: "should be accorded the freest op portunity of autonomous develop ment." of cargo through .thlif port Jn a month if steamers arrived regularly to take away Jhe accumulation and not permit a congestion In that way the 20.000 ton space could be utiliz ed efery four weeks. If that amount of offshore traffic should be direrted through, -Portland it would be the greatest quantity of similar tonnage to be set afloat in the local harbor in a number of years. It would hare the effect of putting Portland back on the com mercial map. , During the entire .year 1917 ex perts from Portland totaled only 171.504 tons, including, grain, flour, lumber and every commodity dis patched to foreign shores, while the imports reached MiJy 10,085 tons. , Ills Busineft Ionii. Hence, if the plan Is put througl f rout f ; a reasonable ouantity of freigth through here for tho far cas' the chances are good that a larger volume j of business would be trans acted in three months than was sect out last year. Municipal docks Nos. 1 and 0 hav considerable fregibt in- them now. but the dok commission states that it soon will be removed in. the event the spare should be needed for han dling oriental or other foreign trade Itesides, in cae the demand be comes urgent. It is learned from other sonrces 'that assurances have been given a new doAk will be constructed- quickly, 'enabling the port to take care of all f the traffie which may be routed, by way of Portland, " , BERLIN HAS WAR BOOTY OFFICE Official Recognition. Is piver to Belgian and French r Atrocitjes FRENCH FRONT. Jan. 17 (C-r-resnondence of the Associated Press 1 Official recognition has been girn by the German government to the practice of German troops in France and Belgium of "lavir.r their hands on everything valuable they find in the houses and on the .farms belonging to the civilians who have been de ported from the invaded country to various parts of German jf to work for their conquerors taere has been established in BefVftfa "War Booty Office." with depots it 20 Schoeneberger Ufer, 16 which all such loot mar be sent for sale. Here connoisseurs mar make se lections from large quantities of an cient furniture, pictures, fine porce lain, rare tapestries; Jewelry, clock a and eren clothing. Whether th price paid goes to the German kov ernment or to the officer or soldier who forwarded the booly is not as certainable here. la the great sheds of the depot are also displayed for, sale farm wagons, agricultural implementS'and Other machinery and materials of most erery kind collected from the devastated districts of Belrityn and.. France. Official sales clerks appoint ed by the government are in charge, bat, in spite of advertisements of Starving Armenians and Syrians Need Your Help X2 Coal Barger Thousands of tonsjof coal were In view of freezing New Yorkers dun ing their cold spell, but they were out in the frozen Hudson River. May or Hylan had the police,- in the mean time, go from house to house to beg coal which was sent in comnaandeer. cd wagons to the poor. jThe upper photo shows barges unable to cross! men receiving coal from a Broadway theatre which they loaded on a com mondee'red ice wagon. ; lales, purchasers are not always found and then whole lots of goods ire offered to charitable organiza tions or patriotic societies. " Advertisements are inserted even n newspapers of foreign neutral countries calling attention to the op portunities offered at the war booty iffice for obtaining bargains in. use ful goods and materials and in sou venirs' of the world war. French Heel helmets are one of the most 'requent attractions, featured, and be government Tor a fee of 2a marks iffcrs to supply with them a certifi cate of authenticity of the trophy, ven In Germany, however, the pub ic has become skeptical, it is said. n to the origin of many uf the war -elics offoj-ed for sale and the belief s gaining ground that many of them tre specially manufactured by the vrtjpps. Regiments or infantry, consisting n't bodies of foot-soldiers commmand d by a colonel, weie first formed In France about 16S8. fit" iw' ' -'- ' 4 . . ' " - a . Z. i B LJ2juf h i ; y ; -' j ggnggsMBBaCBSawSs , . - ij Blankets and. A LATE SHIPMENT We have jus( received a large quantity of blankets and comforters which . should have arrived monlhs ago. In order to move them quickly we will put them On All rt siting J5-U' 4l STATf $T 9ALUVUKtlrvr Stalled While Police Beg Coal STY'S h OF 1XTKRKST TO WOMKX. England now has more .than 4,775 000 women wage earners. - ' ' Nearly all of the principal riticj of England have - policewomen. Municipal suffrage has been grant, ed to the women of the Mexcir state of Guanajuato. ; i; " Women farmers of Kansas are f hold their first State conference I Topcka this month. Miss lxla Anderson, of -Puebu Colo., has been appointed a. deputy United States marshal. Kansas has fixed a minimum wag . i S t j iff J? I , . , , f H in 4 f I h A - in , x : py kv i , if Sale This Week At 1-5 colors and styles to choose Off Contributo Your Bit Do it Today at Any Bank in New York Rig of $8.50 per week and a maximum nine-hour day for women employ I in laundries, .j . Mrs. John A. Jogan, the 80-year-old widow of. the civil war general. Is devoting all her time to war relief work. . , . The Empress of ; Japan Is an ac tivo leader In all movements under taJcen by the womn of- Japan for the relief of .war sufferers. An effort to standardize athletici for women will be made at a con ference of America-o college wotiiea to be held at the university .of ( cago next April. CoHlTiforteirs from. . v