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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1918)
Tirn 4nncox statesman Thursday, ferrfary 7. toi HU 1UVJ6 'IS NOT SUCCESS No; Agreement Ii Reached at Brest-LitoTsk on Border .. ""' . Question TXWDON. Feb. 6. German wire ,.' less, dispatches bring tho Hret Utovak negotiations up to February 3, -when' long discussions on the question of 'representatives of tho 'Russian border states and roland Joining in the negotiations failed to bring any result. Leon Trotsky, the Rolshevlk for elgn minister, contended' that the fact oS foreign occupation prevented him from recognizing representa tives of Poland under existing cir cumstances and he argued that a state without either boundaries or a ' king, could be a state or a kingdom. Dr. Von Kuehlmann, the German Secretary of foreign affairs, observed that the negotiations would be fa cilitated If Trotzky would recognize ; , the independence of the other border Count Czernln. the Austro-Hun garlan foreign minister, was unable to admit that the Question whether the existing Polish government was authorized to resresent the Polish state could be submitted for arbl tratlon. ; Pfti h Count Cxernln and Dr. Von ' ,. Ku-bimann protested that they had no inuutlon to engage in an intel lectual wrestling match and at the close the German secretary explained that he was obliged by unavoidable duties to depart fo ra short time, hut said that during his absence the ( political and economic commissions . ( could continue the negotitaions. be will get my files - in that way, said. Among the letters and telegrams were some from Seattle, Ieg Molces, Ia., Denver, Colo.; Ogden, Utao: Waco, Texas; s I'u bio, Colo.; Hlyux City, Iowa; Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, Calif.: Salt Lake, Utah; San Antonio, 'Texas; Houston, Texas; Muskogee, Okla.; Davenport, Iowa; Rochester, N. Y. : Portland, Mil waukee, and Spokane. FINNISH GUARD MEETS DEFEAT LffJ - Forces of General Manner- heira Take Possession of t City of Uleaberg STOCKHOLM. Feb. 6. General ' ITannerheim. commanding the gov ernmenC forces in Finland, has de feated the Finnish, red guard and the Russian at Uleaborg and taken ' possession of the clty. This Is the most important victory yet scored hy the white guard, as Uleaborg was the chief military depot "of the Rus sians in northern Finland. ' Military observers now confident ly predict that the whole of northern Finland soon will be in the hand of the 'government forces. '. - Te battle of Uleaborg lasted two das and there were several hundred dead no both sides. " - ' The Swedish press has started a larrrpa!m against the .govern nvent for "Its 'refusal to4 permit the export of atrpplles or arms to General Man- i nei helm,- Prominent Swedish church , mcn'atso are outspoken In their crit lcisni 'oftbe gqvernment In this re spect. '" "' -4 1 -. ' ' " CcrJsoliiation of) Big .' ims Is Jhted Afar .,- , . ., ' One ef 'the immediate results of the recent ' consolidation of the orig inal vcompanles now know as the Pheasant Northwest Produce com pany: the flooding of the general 'offices or the' new company with telegrams and letters of congratula t!oifdrm all parti of the country, 'accompanied by newspaper ellp iplngs J- : -Sales .Manager 0. L.wFerrls was almost "Coverednp 'yesterday after noon with clippings, letters and tel egrams, while trying to TAd and "reply to some of r the letters. "It .will be Tmpossjble for me to reach ail or them, so I hare just sitb- M any Soldiers at Camp T Apply for Insurance WASHINGTON', Feb. 6. -Ninety-eight per cent of officers and men at Camp Dodge, la., have applied for voluntary government life insurance, giving the camp the highest percent age on record. Camp Custer, iMch., and Camp Funston, Kan,, are 95 per cent insured, and Camp Mead, Md., and Camp Zachary Taylor, K. stand at 93 per cent. Camp Devens. (Mass., has a 91 pr cent record, and (?amp LewisWash., leads. all other camps in number of actual applications with 80 per cent. AIR! VICTORIES OF ALLIES BIG - S I French Bag Nine Planes in Two Days British Bring ! Down Five PARIS. Feb. 6. The war offico announcement says: ) "On February 5 one of our bomb ing eseadrilles flew over Saarbruck, dropping 3610 kilograms of projec tiles. Attacked by several groups of enemy aeroplanes,, our crews accept ed battle and brought down thren Ofrmair machines and then returned Intact to their own lines. "It Is: confirmed that two enemy machines, reported as having been seriously damaged on February - 3 and 4 were, really brought down," thus bringing up respectively to five and nine for those two days, the vic tories of our pilots. J. LV SULLIVAN IS LAID TO REST Ex-Heavyweight j Champion . Buried Beside of Wife 1 Church Filled BOSTON. Feb. . The body oi Jnhn I.. Sullivan. on time heavy weight champion, was laid to rest be side 'that or His wile in uiu taivaij cemetery. Forest Hills, today, ofler a ritual service held in the parish church In the lioxbury district where his early days were spent. Crowds, lined the streets near the church and the church itself was filled to overflowing. A handful of veterans of the sporting world, champions of Sulli van in his puglistie career, and men prominent in the city and state af fairs,; ot in the gathering at the church.lut the funeral was largely attended. BANKS REFUTE LABOR'S CHARGE Statement of Effort to Hinder Eight-Hour Law Brings Challenge RAILROAD STAFF TO BE RETAINED ent Organization of U. S. Administration movement wrfs aljnbst at a standstill both yesterday and today la in easi nroniDted Fnet Admlslstrater Gar field to announce' that "the possibil ity of human suffering Is too imml nent to permit any relaxation In tb present efforts to conserve and In- AaA h, a loHnv n tiril v nf rout. Dr. candid eipressed the hope. ftfcAdoo Anho'DJices Perman nowever, inai auer nei ww r rad freight .embargoes and prefer ential coal delivery orders may lie used as substitutes for heatiess aion davs to effect coal saving. The fuel administration Is con-j sldering a rpquest that all Industri;i and business houws suspend opera tions next Tuesday, Lincoln's birthday. Officials nre now convinced that the industrial suspension has been efficacious hS actually saving fuI la quantities and that the consumption at other times has not "been Increase.! by the temporary shntdown. For the railroads, weather condi tions today were a little better, but still freirTit traffic was less than half norm.iT. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. The per manent organization of the govern ment railroad administration, an nounced tonight by Director (k-neral McAdoo, provides for retention of in est of the personnel of the tempor ary staff which has served since the government assumed opera t Jon of the roads. If adds W, S. Carter, chief of the Drotherhood of F.hgina ifien and Firemen, as" director of the division of labor, and Charles. A. f'routy, director of valuation for theN interstate commerce commission, ns director of tbe division - of public service ana accounting, Mr. Carter will organize a staff of assistants to deal with labor com f LONDON', Feb. e. British aerial operations are reported In an official statement issued this evening as fol lows: i ' "Nearly five tons of bombs -were dropped Tuesday on hostile target. Five German airplanes were brought down ln!alr fighting and four were driven down out of control. A hos tile observation balloon was brought down. ; Four of owr airplanes ara missing, j L ;w -,. '; "One and a half tons of bombs were dropped at night on an air drome southeast of Cambrai and on enemy billets." :'.) . ii i ' Penrose Asks for Unity ! : : in Republican Party WASinNGTONfVvb.' 6! Senator Penrose Issued- statement tonight calling for unity In the Republican party and urging every member of the Republican national committee to attend- the meeting' In St. Louis next Tuesday. He said there had been 150 days delay In "pushing pre paredness since-the United States went to war and that the best way to speed up was to make the Repub- ican party a party of constructive criticism , as weU as of patriotic co operation. llrs. Cm in Critical J Condition at Hospital Ifrs. fl. XV CI11 whn was nc over by an automobile Tuesday night Is still in a critical condition at the Salem hospital. She has hot regain ed, consciousness and. examination has revaled besides a broken ana, a fracture at the base of the skull. Publicity is never conducive to red tdne. It cannot bear thtt Mvht. it ; scribed to . a clipping bureau, and suffers from weak eyes. NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-In behalf of tho Associated Ranks of New York City, Walfer K. Frew, chairman of the New York clearing bouse com mittee, sent a telegram tonight to W. O. Le, president of -the Rrother hood of Railway Trainmen, In Cleve land,' challenging Mm to produce proof of his reported assertion that four banks in this city were -behind the effort to delay tho eight-hour law and make government operation of the railroads a failure. The telegram said: . "You are reported In newspapers of this date as having made the fol lowing statement before the railroad wage commission in relation to pres ent delays In railroad operation: I think a sufficient number were Interested in working to Increaso do lay and cost of the eight-hour law and to make government operation a failure. If I looked for the real cause I would trace it back to about four banks In New York City.' "Convinced that ; this statement must bo entirely without foundation, we call upon you In behalf of . the New York banks to present your proofs, and If yon have not such proofs that you should frankly con cede that fact." - fcay Back From East fttate Treasure Thomas 'R. . Kay who has been in eastern states for several weeks on a mission In the Interest of the Oregon flax Industry for the Portland Chamber of Com merce, returned to Saleni late last COAL IS SHORT: SUFFERING GREAT Shortage Threatens Thou sands of Homes in New York and Other Cities Arson Should Be Treated aS Crime, Says EvanS Plaints and other questions affeet- ing employment conditions, whllQ qav TT?Avrtrn rr.i r . whlltne railroad wage rbmmission will it 'is considered difficult to obtain continue to hear wage application rnnviMinn. in nr.nn cnsoR. th-r In n recommend a general course nf rir. of rrtmp action to the director general. Mr should be more or less exempt from Prouty. it was announced "will rep- convlctlon and punishment. Walter Evans, U. S. attorney of Portland, said today In addressing 350 del egates attending the annual meeting of the Firo Underwriters' association of the Pacific coast. Among other speakers were Harv ey Wells, Insurance commissioner at Salem:, 'Oregon, and John F. Lyon, of Tacoma, Washington. Two Soldiers Killed by Explosion of J5s resent the Interest of farmers, manu facturers, shippers and consumers generally." lie will act as Inter mediary between the public and the railroad administration for sugges tions or complaints. Other members of Mr. McAdoo's permanent staff are: General assistant, Walker D. fllnes. New York. General counsel, John Rarton Payne, Chicago. Director of the division of trans portation. Carl R. Gray, Raltlmore, president of the Western Maryland. Director riivfalnn nf traffic v.l- ' LAWTON. OKLA., Feb. 6. Capt- ward Chamhom r'hicn nH ' r-nii. Aln Fblneas P.Cbristle, whos home fornia. vice president of the Santa is in I'niiaueipnm, ana -riYi".i ye Glenn S. Vandeveer and Jacques Car- elles, both of the ninetieth field ar tillery were killed when a French 75 gun exploded on tee artillery range at Fort Sill today. Another private was seriously injured. The gun was being used in target practice. Private Oliver Smith and Carl An derson, battery D, ninth field artil lery, were so severely Injured the at tending physician said they could not recover. . Director of the division of finance and purchases. John Hkelton Wil liams. Mr. Williams will continue In office as comptroller of the currency. 2-YEAR CONTROL NEW PROVISION Major Butler Injured in Airplane Accident SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Feb. 6. Major R. B. Duller, attached to the Rock well field signal corps aviation school was seriously injured and- military airplane No. 156 totally wrecked as a result of an accident at North Is land late yestetday afternoon, It was announced late today. Major Rutler sustained ft broken leg and severe cuts about the face. Amendments on Adminis- tion Road Bill House Committee Reports "lpjanj? weDjJnl .ta,"pJn n1 - . ... . I struck the earth on the right . wing section tips. Major Butler was buried in tbe wreckage. - HUNS STRONG BUT INFERIOR THINGS THAT NEVR HAPPEU' Cmk. 4' ie.fl o BADUH ,.1 'I r HAD TO -TO AND HE ' IK ALL HI UfC I NEVtB SfZ A V . AM JTANO 30 J :h AiH v4tTrOOtJ -; i ' . . . " . ' I an teed In the liberty loan 'drive, '.and the difference between that sum and the total liberty -loan would have to come largely from Individual pri vate subscribers. - WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Danger from widespread suffering from lack of coal still Is imminent, fuel administration officials declared to night In announcing the continuance of the Monday closing order. State fuel administrators have re ported that thousands of homes In New York and other cities of the east and middle west have no coal, and cannot get it in surfient quantities to make liring conditions bearable. This situation, counted with trv. day's railroad administration re- ports tonight that freight and coal eratlon of the administration rail road bill was completed today by the house Interstatocommerce commit tee wun agreetneni on an amend ments. A final food will "be taken a uuftf w uri4 buv i viuuiiiicc ys0 1 f m as . s m m complete Its report, and Chairman (jfeat MaSSing 01 Enemy Dims, in presenung.-'ii prouauiy eariy next week, wlu urge ' It speedy passage. As completed today the bill dlf fers in several Important respects from the draft favorably reported. by tho senate committee. Forces Not Alarming, Says Maurice LONDON. Feb. 6. -Major General It pro- Frederick B; Maurice, chief director. vldes f?r termination of government I of military operations at, the war of-' trol two years after peace is declared against eighteen months in the sen io bill, and leaves final rate-fixing authority In the hands of the presi dent, while the senate measure gives final authority to the interstate commerce commission. flee, today resumed his weekly In terview with The Associated Press after a month abroad. "The chief event of military Im portance in tbe last month," he said. has been the continued -movement of German troops, to the west front. An amendment, not found In the We long ago calculated the rate at senate draft was aicreed to by the which this movement could be car house committee today. It protects tried on. but It Is noc going on any short, line railroads not taken over raster than needed- The Germans by the government providing that are now stronger on the west front where It is found necessary to divert than at any time during the war. but traffic from those roads in thena- -tney are not yet numerically equal tional Interest, the president may as to the French-British forces. That far as practicable, route sufficient being so, I do not know that the unimportant freight over those situation need at present cause ,us Your Message Sliouild Be ; Appropriate ; It should harmonize with the business in which ference whether yoar message be a business card, a handbill, a letter, a pamphlet, or a catalog the rule holds good in every case. , ' You would iiot expect a machinist or a coal dealer to be attired the name as a florist or a jeweler. It would not be appropriate. Neither would it be appropriate for their printed message to be similar. The coal ad may be printed in bold, black type . uui,,lrl JlcaiT pap?r bn.1 t?e igh grade jewelry d should be printed artistically with light lace type, in refined colon and on finest quality paper." , What fa i 7 1tt0,M the printed message should be up Jo the minute in style. Old, an- !lqultedi,tyl0i piStinf J bd an impression at would the hoopskirt, the hobble ikirt or the "train" if worn today. fi Iti pur business to make your printed message appropriate. ; Our printing plant U jupphed with the very latest type faces, ornaments and other equipment r The p ant is in charge of a printer of unusual abilitya man who make, a study of what is appropriate ana wmeiy.ior eacn prwting job. Hit your disposal. ! f services and his advice are at STAlSlAf PUBUSM1G CO. JOB;PRINTING DEPARTMENT 215 COUTH C0U1IEIICIAL STEEi:T PHONE 23 AND V7T. wtt.t..Att. nue. The amendment was drawn by Kepresentatives Kitchln and Britten, who are not members of the commit tee, and it was authoritatively stated that it has the approval of Director ueneral McAdoo. General Maurice, who was in Pari. Is during tfte recent air raid, declar ed that the air forces of London are far more complete and effective than those of Paris. French Socialist Has Criticism For Council PAItlS, Feb. S. Pierre lienaudel. leader of the unified Socialists, writ- In rr In 0 m m I a mJ m w a "We cannot Join In the chorus of Three DlUlOIl Uollan to Be praise with which the declaration of the lnter-allied council has been wet corned. The document brings no en llghtenment, nor visible sign of ac tion." . , M, Renaudel - noints out that al though the United States had mili tary representatives at the council, it NEW CERTIFICATE ISSUE ANNOUNCED Raised Before Third Liberty Loan WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Three billion dollars will be raised In ad vance of the third liberty loan, which had no representatives of Its uovern- firobaly will be launched In April, ment there, as Prance had. adding: "It ought'to have been seen that such a hiatus was filed If a. discussion was expected which would give a true re ply to Von Hertllng and Czernln." Washington Pats Flour Rfianiremrnt Lntapr Attain two WM- "ntl1 th" totaI rnnn to acquirements iower gam $3,000,000,000 by the middle of by sale of certificates of Indepted ness under a plan looking to system atic Investment- by every? bank In these short term securities. A scheme for preparing the way for the third loan, announced to night by Secretary McAdoo provides or more of these certificates every 8POKANR, , Feb. 6. Require ments covering the sale of wheat flour substitutes In the state of Washington have again been lower ed, according to Information receiv ed from Iharles Ilebberd. state food administrator, who- Is attending a conference of coast food admlntetrat- Mareh. Kvery national bank, state bank and trust company, is asked to set aside each week .about one per cent of Its gross resources Tor Investment In the certificates In tel egrams sent out by Mr. McAdoo. Tbe first of the $500,000,000 cer tificate Issues under this plan was announced tonight. They will bear fcrs at Portland, at his office here four per. cent, the same rate as torts y. other recent issues, will Cwing to a shortage of substitutes February 8 and will mature Mar 9. In the state, it was declared, pur- Subscription hooks are to close Feb- chase of but one pound of substl- ruary 15. The certificates of this tutes will be required to every three and other future Issues will be re- pounds of wheat flour. The require- celved eventually in palment'of lib ment formerly was one pound of sub- erty loan receipts. stitutes to two of wheat flour. The secretary's plan calls virtual ly for the loan by banks, blr and 11.- A croc kscrew famine Is reported tie. of the $3.000. 000.000 arererate BOLO'S ACTIVITY CLEARLY SHOWN Catholic Bank Was Planned to Draw Prance and Ger many Together PAntS, Feb. j(5. At the resnmp- non today or tne trial or uoio rasna before the high court on a charge of treason,) M. Casella, a newspaper llasha -obtained the confidence of Sadlk Pasha, chief of the Kgyptlan cabinet nnder llllml fash a, tbe for mer Khedive. Sadlk Pasha, the wit ness said. Invited to dinner with many other notables and at this fun tion nolo Pasha displayed intimate friendship with Ferdinand Monler; ex-presldent of the Parts court of appeals, and Louis J. Malvy, former French minister of the Interior, One of llolo Pasha's proJects"tB witness testified, was to bring about the formation of a Catholic bank late Marquis Jules Delia brother of Pope Benedict, and the ex-kbedive of Egypt at its head, -which was to have for its pur- asserted, the drawing, to France and Germany. pose, ne gether of WASHfN'GTON, Feb. 6. Docu ments published today to the Pejit Parlslen in its series of articles ex posing , Germany's world wide plots for sabotage, revolution and strife in enemy and neutral lands were the subject of a long official dispatch received "here tonight from Paris, They threw new light upon Intrigue In Russia and give additional Infor mation about what Germany was doing In the United States long be fore America was drawn Into the war Yesterday the newspaper printed what it described as proof that Ger many deliberately planned the war. Today's disclosures begin with a cir cular dated November 18, 1914, sent by the German naval headquarters to naval agents, and ordering mobtl lzed all "agents who are overseas and all destroying agents In ports where vessels carrying war material are loaded In England,, France, Can ada, the United States and Russia." minutes. -The cots are I nthree tiers with 'ample room between them to. pass the regulation army stretcher. Special - provision has been .marie for the care of gassed patients, anl there is also one car devoted to In- fecuous cases. Each tram will car- ry four doctors and four nurses, wbo have private staterooms, dining; rooms and bath rooms. The nine ward" cars are open throughout, with each car contain ing thirty-six folding cots. . .Each pa tient will have his own" drinking water, electric fan, paper rack, and writing table. There are kitchens at each end of the train, with facil- : ittes to provide the necessary meal for an entire tralnload of wounded f - ' soldiers. ... 1 "We have been building hospital trains for three years now," said tha Midland's general -manager, "and I venture to say that the American army Is the best equipped in this re spect of any army in the world. We . made some mistakes in our earlier : efforts, and we have learned by ex perience. Tbe Americans . had all this experience at their disposal when they put In the order for their trains. . "For example, you will notice the care taken throughout the train 13 make It easy to keep the cars clean. There are no erevleea tin trniM corners, no plaee for Slrt and ml- crobes to collect. There Is abundant water and air, both priceless boons to tbe wounded men. Eeach car has a wide double door, so that men may be moved in and out with the mini mum of jolting. 'These trains cost about 1200.000 apiece, and they are worth It The only costlier trains ' we have ever built was a hospital train which we sent a few weeks ago to Palestine. but in this case the extra cost 'was due to the special provision which r- had to be . made against the hot ell- .mate, such as a double Insulated ' roof and speclalantl-glare shutters." TRAIN SERVICE IS LUXURIOUS Americans in Europe Intro duce First Well Equipped Transportation in Washington; but what do they of certificate Issues, before the real want with crok screws in a bone-dry I liberty loan ram Dal an starts., iiv town? . I this means, that sum would be ruar- INDO.V. Jan. 25. (CarresDon- denfcj.) It was left to Americans to Introduce Into Kurope the first railroad train equipped . w-lth such luxuries ns slower baths, bath tubs. and refrigerators; Six of these trains will be sent from England to France in the course of the next few weeks. for hospital service undr the Red Cro? with the American Expedition ary forces. "This Is the last word In hoipltal trains," said the General Manager of the Midland Railway as he showed The Associated Press representative through the first lot these trains. completed in his own -car-building shops in the record time of eleven weeks. . J , f Each' complete train consists of sixteen cars, with accomodation i for 430 wounded. Each car is 64 feet long,and the whole train, without locomotive or tender, stretches over he dated 9 11 fet of track. The cars are patntea in tne approved khaki color outside, while the insde Is in ma hogany and white enamel. On the end of each train is its number and the letters "U. S.",stsndlng out In brilliant red letters four feet high. The train is vestlbuled and fitted throughout with electric light, fans and steam heat, Tho roofs are el liptical with high and airy ceilings. The ventilating system insures a complete change of air every six THERE WITH THE NERVE. The conservation at a dinner turn ed to the beauty of having abundant nerve, when this story was ' contrib uted by senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana: - i - "Some time ago a man went Into a restaurant with a eouple "of chil dren, and after ordering a lemon soda, asked the waiter to bring him three plates.. This the waiter did, but when he saw the man take some sandwiches from his pocket, put them on the plates and pass them i around to the kids he lost no time in ! notifying the boss. i ? "What am you trying to pull off t here?" Indignantly exclaimed the manager, rushing over to tbe sand wich party. "Don't you know tbat ; this isn't a free picnic ground where you bring your own food?" ' "Is tbat so?" was the cslm re joinder of the man, as be passed along another sandwich. May 1 ask who you are?" "I am the manageer of this res taurant!" blustered tbe boss, with rising heat. "I im" i "Just the very person T want to see," responded -tbe nervy party. "Why isn't the orchestra playing?" Philadelphia Telegraph. MIRK TWAIX'H PRIZE jJOKE. The New York Hook man says that at a spiritualist demonstration held recently Mark Twain appeared and dictated a short story to a lady. After the dletationof the story was com pleted the typist remarked "It's pret ty short for a book." There came this reply; "Did you ever know about my trlze joke? One day I went to Lchurch. heard a missionary sermon was carried away to 'the extent of a hundred dollars. Tbe preacher kept talking. I reduced my ante to fifty dollars. He talked on. I. came down to twenty-five, to ten,- to five and after he had said all tbat he had in him, I stole a nickel from the basket. , Reason for yourselves," , OOM310.V OCCUItAXCE "T6u lopk tired." . "No wonder, I've Just been gassed for forty-five minutes." "Ton don't say so! Who did U7" "A politician."- Dlrmlnghom Her ald.