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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-
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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 ,' : -
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Foot Trainmen Killed
in Head-on Collision
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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