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WKATHKR, - nsdJJ JPIOJ pnunuoj jibj DAILY EDITION lXTKKfH IKAIXQ. MAIjKM, OiUvOX, THUllSDAy. U)ltXI.j, JAXt'AHY iil, ltftM ' ' i F1UCK HVli VeSt ' ' 1 SHIP POOLING FOR ALLIES IS PLANNED A- New Arrangement Is Made to Speed up Shipping of Goods . to Europe; All Forces Promise Co-operation 1 COMMITTEE PUT IN CHARGE OF OPERATION 'Southern Ports to Get Sup . plies That Have Gogged !V New York City WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Central ized control of trans-Atlantic shipping-was established today with the creation of a ship control committee to have supreme charge of the opera tion of all ships American, allicJ and neutral entering and leaving American ports. The committee was named by tep resentatlves of the shipping board, the war and navy departments, the food and fuel administration, the director-general of railroads, the British government and shipowners who nit to devise some plan for speeding op the movement of sup plies to Europe. It comprises P. A. 8. Franklin of tho International Mercantile Marine, chairman; H. If. Raymond, Jiead of the. Clyde and Miliary lines, and recently made chipping controller at New York, and fir Connou Guthrie, director of Brit ish (hipping in this country. Pool Of Ships Created. The arrangement, as explained by Chipping board officials. In effect, creates a pool of ship;. Sieving up (lies to Europe.; Goods destined for overseas will be loaded in available ships whether opeiated by the United States or the allies. With the ah of the railroad administration, the committee will divert to southern ports much of the supplies that Here tofore have clogged the port of New .York-.' . The plan yet has to be approved by the British government ami by' the other allies, but officials today received the assurance of Sir Cun non Guthrie and Sir Richard Craw ford of the British embassy, that this would be forthcoming. : Approval of the neutrals Is not necessary, inasmuchas neutral ships perated by the United States and the allies are operated under charter. The British long have urged an ui rsngement of this kind and months ago sought to have the United States enter the inter-allied chartering con ference. The centraKzed control au thorized today virtually creates such a conference on this side of the water. Stevens and Xlnblea Chosen. In. connection with the action of ficials attach particular significance to the decision to dispatch abroad Raymond B. Stevens, vice-chairman of the shipping board, and George RuWee of the board's legal staff, tc sit ia London and Paris as permanent representatives on the" other side seeking to accomplish' the same Alma sought by creation of the con trol committee. In addition they will represent the United State in the allocation of neutral tonnage ob tained by agreements between the Allied and neutral countries. A decision to give the control com mittee authoritr to divert to the var ious ports shipments of goods intend ed lor overseas transportation, of ficials said, wilt accomplish an amal- : carnation of rail and water transpor tation facilities sought since the bt ginning of the war. It was declared that at least one million tons of ship Ping would be gained by a proper coordination or effort. - Wblle the army and navy have no direct representatives on the commit tee, officials said that both depart ments saw the need of coordination and had expressed themselves aa ready to fall In line to accomplish k e formation of convoys under the arrangement tc ship more goods out of southern ports will be made omewhat more difficult but no real obstacles, it waa said, will be 'of fered. ; Quick Transportation Possible. The railroad administration has Creed to cooperate in every way to make -the plan a success and will route freight as to get it Quickly to onthern ports. Charleston and Sa vannah are ,the ports through which osVof the freight diverted from T York will be moved. v A k der lb P1" tentatively adopt rvf'the conference today materials "i be sent to ports in wbich there no, congestion . and In which an "Dundance of bunker coal may be ob waed. Ships before leaving the ' ,1 ,,d win be directed to proceed l the ports at which goods which 0,i!r be mved most promptly are waiting shipment, or will be noUfled tJ hr wireless. Thus It might .? ,ont at a British is carrying American mo..i.i. v m American ship is transporting Brit- swas. j.711 arrangement does not displace nIPPlng board's director of op ons' Edward F. Carry, but the control committee will be ' . in su- ;jn charge. Mr. Carry's depart- (Continued on page 8.) KAISER SAID TO BE FAVORABLE i TO PEACE MOVE Emperor in Sympathy With Peace by Agreement Plan, Writes Professor WAR HELD UNPOPULAR Furious Attacks by ParirGer mans Cited to Show Move ment's Power , -ROTTERDAM. Jan. 30. Emperor William is in sympathy with the movement for peace by agreement, according to Professor Hans Del Hruecke, of the University of Berlin, as o voted in an interview with ttfie Niewe Rotterdamsche Courant's Ber lin correspondent. Professor Del Hruecke. who him self is a peace, by agreement advo cate, said the warring nations were now divided into two camps, the first comprising those who, like Premier Lloyd George in England and Von Tirplts in Germany, wanted a fight to a finish, and the second consisting of those who. like Emperor William, the German goverfment. the feleh atag majority and the great majority of the people, -.were working for a negotiated peace. Germany, declared Professor Del liruecke, has no, thought of infring ing upon the integrity or sovereignty of Belgium, and be regretted that Chancellor von Hertling in his relch stag speech did not say so definitely. Nothing was further from the chan cellor's intention ' than the carrying out of a policy of force In Professor Pel- Hruecke's view and the masses of the people were behind him. i Professor Del liruecke pointed to the furious at tacks by the Pan-Germans npon the emperor something hitherto unheard of in Germany, as sufficient proof of the emperor's sympathy with a peace by agreement. PAUL RICH, MEMBER OF COMPANY M. IS DEAD IN FRANCE DEATH DUE TO ILLNESS, REPORT SHOWS ) Paul Rich, a member of Company M, is dead in France . He was the 20 year old son of Mrs. Emil Beier who lives on Route 8, near Salem. .The fatality is reported in a list of casualties issued yesterday by General Pershing in France. The death was said to be due to illness. , s The young man enlisted with Company M just .before the boys left Salem. For the last two years he has lived with Mr. and Mrs. John Etter, who are farmers at Clearlake, near Salem. Friends had sent a box of gifts to "him Tuesday from Salem and the box is on its way to France. HUN NEWSPAPER BELITTLES U. S: HELP TO ALLIES Neew Ally Cannot Offset Rus sian Strength, Colonel Gaedke Writes BAKER IS GIVEN REPLY Men Cannot Be Trained Rap j idly ; Distance Great Hand icap Is View ! LONDON, Jan. 29. "The truth about the American army." Is the title of a long article written by Colonel Gaedke in the German- So cialist newspaper Bremer Zeitung. "The entente now has pinned It3 Taith entirely to American help," says Colonel Gaedke. "It. therefore. Is Important that the Germans know just; how serious is this American menace. "The Americans are coming to En rope to meet the most perfect instru ment of war that any age has ever seen. Can they do it? I "Secretary of War Baker recently told ns that a million, and a half men were under training. With all modesty we call his attention ot the fact that the men who are still being; trained cannot terrify us. tl took the English two years to put a mil lion men in a battlf ieldj which was quite near them. Ths Americans, with the handicap of distance, can not do better. ''How are the Americans off for officers? Where are they going to get 4500 .generals and staff officers Mr. Baker said he had 9000 officers (Continued on Page 6) BIG STRIKE" IN GERMANY IS GROWING Half Million Persons Stop Work' in Berlin and Thou sands More Are Quitting Hourly Late Advices Say SOCIALISTS DELIVER STRICT ULTIMATUM General Peace Without An nexations and Indemnities Is Demanded (By The Aicoriatrd Press) LONDON. Jan. 31. A dispatch to the Daily Express from Geneva re ports that there have been clashes between soldiers and strikers in the suburbs of Berlin in wbich lives were lost. The dispatch adds that the troops Ln some instances refused to fire on strikers. Transcending in interest even the great victory of the Italians over the Austrians on the northern Italian battle front is the political situation in Germany. Here, apparently, a large part of the country is in the throes of a great labor upheaval due to dissatis faction by the working classes over the progress of the peace negotia tions and over internal political con ditions generally. Throughout the country thousands upon - thousands of the working classes both men and women have struck and many of the great manufactories and In dustries are affected. 1 Half Million Quit. In Berlin alone nearly half a mil lion persons are reported on strike and hourly, more are quitting. Like- (Continued on page 2) RATE INCREASE IS GRANTED TO ROADS IN EAST All Manufacturing Districts of Country Affected by Ruling SPECIAL RATES REFUSED Commission Rejects Plan for Low Schedule on Special Articles WASHIKOTOX. creases of abouVji Jan. 30. In- a per cent in rau- road commodity rates from Jie east and Interior pofnts were authorized by the 'interstate commerce commis sion today in finally deciding the famous inter-mountain rate case tending In various forms for years. This action will make the through rates to the coast equal to higher rates maintained to Spokane, Denver, Salt Iake City, Reno, and other In termediate cities and remove the rate discrimination against which commercial interests of these cities have long protested The order be comes effective March 15 The decision disposes of one of the most generally discussed -rate rases before the commission in re cent years. Formerly lower rates were maintained to the Pacific coat than to Intermediate points because of the competition of low freight charges by water carriers from At lantie ports through the Panama ca nal to the Pacific seaboard. This scheme was disarranged several years' ago by the temporary blocking of the canal and by the withdrawal (Co&Unaed on Page 6) GERMAN PLANES CONDUCT BOMB RAID ON PARIS City Visited at 11:30 Last Night; Material Damage Is Reported SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED Explosives Thrown at Vari ous Points in Paris and in Suburbs PARIS. Jan. 312:41 a. m. German airi'lanes raided Paris last night. The alarm was given at 11:30 o'clock. Hombs were thrown at various points in Paris and the sub urbs. Several persons were killed and material damage is reported, ac cording to an official announcement. Full details are lacking at present, but a further statement will.' be Is sued as soon as accurate Information is received. 1 German air raidson Paris have not been frequent during the past year. During the first year of the war 'Zeppelins were in the habit rf bombing the French! capital but de fensive measures proved too mucu for them. , The last previous raid on Paris was made on the night of July 27. 19-17. Two bombs, were dropped without doing damage. Before that the last air raid alarm was given on the night of March 16-17. but the raiders did not reach the city. On January 29. 191 C, Paris was raided by Zeppelins for the lAst time 24 persons being killed and 27 in jured. Men Reaching 31 Not to Be Exempt From Draft WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Secre tary Baker indicated today that he would not press his advocacy of ex empting registered men reaching the age of 81 years from the draft un less is opinion was sought. The senate committee yesterday decided not to include such a provision in the new draft legislation, after bearing a statement by Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder opposing it. . Mr. Baker will go before the house military committee soon to discuss various bills proposed by the war de partment. Among other things he will urge enactment of the measure to give him two additional assist ant secretaries in order that admin istrative work )of the department may be de-centralized. Ddegates Arrive hr Another Peace Session AMSTERDAM, Jan. 30. A dis patch from Brest-Li to vsk. dated Tuesday, says Count Czernin. the Austro-Hnngarian foreign .minister; Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German for eign secretary: Dr. Count von Pode-wils-Durnitz, former Bavarian pre mier, and Talaat Pasha, the Turkish grand vizer, accompanied by their respective peace delegations nd several members of the Bulgarian delegation, and Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik foreign minister, had ar rived in Brest-Litovsk. At the request of the Russians the sitting of the politioal commission of the peace conference, wbich had been fixed for Tuesday, was post poned until Wednesday. Coal Piers to Give Right of Way to Fifty Steamers WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. In re sponse to an urgent appeal from T. J. Storrow. New England fuel ad ministrator, the shipping board to night directed that coal piers at Hampton Roads ports give complete right of way for loading during a 72-hour period beginning tomorrow morning to a fleet of fifty steamers, schooners and barges waiting there to take coal to Boston. French Wheat Indicates Cain of Eight Per Cent PARIS, Jan. 30. The condition of wheat on January 1. compared with a .year ago. shows a gain of S per cent. If maintained to maturity this means a remarkable Increase la the yield per acre. The Journal official gives the acreage of winter wheat this years as 800,000 acres more than a year ago. Utility Warehouses Are Under Commission's Eye Replying to an inquiry of Prof Hector McPhersoo of CorvalHs, At torney General Brown yesterday in formed Mr. McPherson by wire that public utility warehouses in Oregon are under the Jurisdiction of the public service commission, referring particularly to warehouses where hay or grain are kept for public use. Private warehouses are not under the Jurisdiction of the commission. - COUNTRY IS PUT IN GRIP OF WINTER Heavy Snows in East, Floods in Middle West and Rain in Gulf States Reported by Weather Bureau FAR WEST IS HIT BY SNOWFALL AND COLD Breaking of Ice on Eastern Rivers Interfere With Commerce 1 . WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Heavy snows in the eatet, floods In the mid dle west and parts of the south, rain in the south. Atlantic and states and a cold wave, preceded by light snowfalls in the far west, were re ported tonight by the leather tut reau. The gulf disturbance yesterday caused heavy snows during the day in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland and the storm waa sweeping in to New England tonight with snow falling as far as north as the city of New York. The snow in the eastern states will continue to morrow. Forecaster Frankenfleli said with Home in the lower lake region, but there will be fair weath er Friday. South lfa Flood. Six and one-half Inches of snow fell in Northern Virginia and Mary land today and at 8 o'clock tonight the fall in Philadelphia had regis tered three and a half inches. Ice in the Ohio river at Cincin nati began breaking up today and indications point to a general break up of the ice in the lower Ohio with in the next two or three days. The flow from the southern tributaries from which most of the water Is coming 'will be' checked somewhat Thursday, however, by flower tem peratures, i Floods are general over the south except in Georgia but have not yet become serious. J"lood warn ings have been Issued for North Car olina, South Carolina and Alabama. The cold wave over the far, west had moved eastward tonight and reached Northwest Texas and the Missouri valley. Coal Famine Threatened. WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Large sections of the east face a coal fam ine within the next few days as a result of further hampering of rail road transportation by today's snow and ice storms. Reports reaching the railroad and fuel administra tions tonight showed New England, parts of Pennsylvania and districts along the Atlantic seaboard in worst conditions and there were indica tions that many industrials would be forced to stop operations for a few days for lack of fuel. , Already the railroad administra tion has done all porsible to meet the emergency, it was said and de velopments must depend almost en tirely on weather conditions. Fore casts of these gave no basis of hope or snow was promised for most of the country east of the Mississippi tomorrow. No moves for a general industrial shutdown are planned by the fuel administration, but the preferential allotment of coal shipments tor do mestic consumption for ships and essential industries will continue. An extension of the freight embargo might be considered by the railroad administration to assist railroads to move coal., it was explained, except for the fact that very little general (Continued on page 2) : Lawyer Language Leaves Nothing Unsaid, According to Form of Conveyance That Is Made Oat by Clerh Boyer for Benefit of Farmer Who Ashs Information Some years ago, when the county was mm hi younger in population than Marlon is to day, when a farmer came to town he "generally had busi ness at the court house, and he always thought the county clerk could tell him anything onearth, or in the heaven he might want to know about. A pretty good story Is.goln,? the rounds of tbe court house about a farmer who came Into County Clerk Boyer's tof fico one afternoon. As usual at that time of the year there was nothing much doing In th 3 clerk's office, and bo IJoyer always ready to part with his knowledge for .the benefit of a farmer friend got-, down to , brass tacks and gilt buttons, when bis farmer friend "Jim" t asked him to make Jiim out a deed or conveyance as h? wanted to surprise his daughter-in-law-to-be with a wed Ing gift. "Jim" did not tell UNITED STATES BECOMES MAIN BANKING POWER Comptroller of Currency Is sues Statement Showing Remarkable Gain GREATER DUTIES LOOM Danger From Decline in Earn' ing Capacity Shown; Re lief Suggested WASHINGTON, Jan.. 30. 4Iow t,he United States has become the dominant banking power of the wofld was shown In tbe annual re port of the comptroller of tbe cur rency. John Skelton -Williams, pre sented to congress today. Comptroller Williams estimated tho whole)banklng power of the na tion at $37,529,000,000. an increase of more' than ST4.n00.O00.00O since the beginning of President Wllson'3 administration. Taking the latest estimate, of the banking power of the world, placed -in 1890 at $15,558. 000,000, he said. America's Increase was aJone nearly eqtrSl to the world's combined banking power twenty Bevenyears ago. Increase Are Jlptre. National banks of the United States. Comptroller ' Williams de clared to be stronger, safer, more observants of laws and more effi ciently managed than ever before. Their resources $18,553,197.000 are greater by more than two billion dollars Uban ever before and. exceed by about the same amount the com bined resources of all state banks, private banks and trust companies. Under three years of the federal re serve system national bank resources have Increased more than $7,000, 000,000. Comptroller Williams, however, coupled his report of this enormous growth with a warning that duties and responsibilities have Increased no leas than tho resources. , " : "It is of supreme importance," he said, "that allurements of profit from commerce or Industry la this coun try or? in neutral countries, not es sential to our success in the war, should not induce us to divert or dissipate the capital or financial re sources of our people." Dancers From Decline Ileal. The danger from decline of earn ing capacity of public utility corp rations and consequent shrinking of values in their securities, the comp troller warned, is real. - First relief, he thought, might come from "state commissions and municipal authorities, and he- ex pressed tbe hope that congress would provide for the advancing of money to corporations wherever necessary to insure proper service? to the gov ernment. The proposal1 is unusual, the comptroller admitted, but he pointed out that the times are un usual. . Government guarantee of bank deposits in sums under $5000. the comptroller believed, would bring in to use much hoarded money and he renewed his recommendation for such a law ,' : - ' ' ' ' " Foot Trainmen Killed in Head-on Collision r - ; :" - ROANOKK. Va..' Jan. 30. Four trainmen were killed, two injured and & number of passengers badly shaken up in a head-on collision late tonight near Radford. Va.. between the Southern railway's Memphis P cial and a westbound Norfolk. Western freight train, according to information given out here tonight at the Norfolk & Western division i offices. Royer Just what he was think ing of giving bis raughter-ln-law, but made a suppositious case, something like this: "Nowfc for instance, if a man were to gre another an orange he would simply say 1 give you this orange, but when you trust your transac tion to a .lawyer to put into writing he adopts this form: I hereby give and convey to you, all and singular, my es tate and interests, right, title, claim and advantages of and in said Kirange. together with all its rind. Juice, pulp and pit and all rights and advantages therein, with full power to bite, cut, suck and otherwise eat the same, or give the same away with or without. the rind, skin. Juice, pulp' or pita, any thing hereinbefore or herein after, or in any other deed, instrument or instrument of whatever nature or kind o- ever to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding. : smashing Drive on Eastern Asiago Plateau Nets 1CD Officers and 100 Machine (Juris; Two Austrian Divis ions Destroyed REINFORCEMENTS OF ALLIES AID ATTACK Fife Is Powerfully Concen trated Work of Encr:y Aircraft Fails Baycncts Repulse Counter-Attacks j. RiJIR, Jan. 30. More than 2C0O prisoner have been taken by the Italians in their succestiful attacks Upon Austrian-lines on the Asiago plateau, tbe war office announced to day. Six guns and 100 machine guns also have been captured. ! ROMK, Jan. 30. The statement dealing, with today's vjctory reads; 1 "Our gallant troops in tbe plateau tone' of; the army successfully crowned yesterday the action begun on the eastern Asiago plateau on Sunday" by wresting from the enemy his positions to the west of Frenzclt Valley. " Col del Rosso and Col del hele. which are in descent toward tho t western edge of the valley, werti aken on Monday and since thenJiel.l jwlth valor, the enemy in the region of Sasso Rosso was hard pressed and his numerous counter-attacks being repulsed with the bayonet. The success was yesterday extended by the capture of Monte di val Bella. Two Division DeVroyed. "The, enemy suffered heavy losses nd two of his divisions were nearly completely destroyed. The war booty Captured has not yet been completely specified, but includes so far more than J 00 officers and 2500 men, six guns of various caliber, about 100 machine guns, very numerous trench mortars, several thousand rifles and a large quantity of ammunition and war materials of all kinds. 1. 'The reaction of the hostile artll- ry on the positions-taken was vio lent. Our fire was rapidly and pow erfully concentrated on the most dis tant objectives. The enemy's air craft attempted many reconnolterinz and offensive actions, but were ef fectively met by our machines and tnti-aircraft fire, which daring two iiaysccounted for seventeen eBemy machines.'.' - . .Knemy Hard Hit. ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Tuesday, Jair. 29. Italian troops struck the enemy another hard blow yesterday in. tho mountain region west of the H rent a Hver, where his efforfhas been to push down the Frenzela valley to wards Dassano. The action lasted 'throughout the day, the Italians making an advance along the stretch from the Rrenta to Asiago, and cap tured 1500 of the enemy. Including 60 officers. War material also was taken and havoc was spread among the enemy's forward trenches. Aerial activity was especially live ly during the fighting, the Italians bringing down 10 machines and the French two. The action was still in progress today with the enemy bring; Ing forward large reserves." Allied Ilatterle AkI. The battle on the Italian-Bide w?.? fought by the mountain troops. In fantry and.IlersagUerl. with the sup- port of Italian and allied batteries and large fleets of airplanes manned by Italian, French and British avia tors. The Italians took the intitlatlve in a surprise attack at daylight, the enemy trenches being reached and his lines driven back over Ion? front." Later In the day the enemy made a series of violent counter at tacks which were broken up by the steady resistance at the Kalian. tackedf by allies' batteries. Towards night the enemy bejan the concentration of reinforcement- In an effort to redeem the situation.' This brought an heavy fighting dur ing the night, whlch continued to day. The last reports show tlm Italian line holding well la th ad vanced positions occupied during' ihz early hours of the engagement.- VIENN'A. via London. Jan. 30. The Italians who are attacking on the northern 'front are being rein forced constantly by larre rn'mhers of troops, say today's official an nouncement. After a stubborn strug gle,. In which the Austrian tfOf are said to have made a hcnAr. de fense, they were forced to give u( Monte di Va! Delia and Col 11 dlosso. f ; . , t