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t a ' v ' - ' P FIRST SECTION T k ' 8 Pages . , Will mmn TWO SECTIONS 1 12 PAGES ' BIXTV-MKVKXTII YKAII M. 275 AMERICANS SAVED SOON TOBEMOWN hr Department Announces . No Change in Official Fig ures That 113 U. S. Sold- iers Still Are Missing LIST OF MEN SAVED ! IS NOW COMING IN Survivors' Names to Be Pre- v pared Today; List of -5 Injured Given . WASHINGTON, 1 Feb. 9. At mid night tonight, ninety-six hours after the Tuscanla had been torpedoed and nnk by a German submarine a lit tle more than one thousand names 1 of the survivors bad been announced here by the committee on public in formation. A Tew more names were In posses lion of the war department but will not be arranged for publication be fore tomorrow, by which time It ts expected ithe remainder of the surviv ors'! st will have come over the 'cables from England. All day long a steady stream of V. names -of the saved flowed in over " the cables and telegraph wires and was given the right of way over all except the most urgent business. De spite the preference given the list, more than 150 names out of the first 1000 arrived In such Jumbled and In correct form that they meant prac tically nothing to the war depart- , ment, and It. will be necessary to check back over the cables before they can be straigtened out. ' The large force of clerks will be put to work again tomorrow morn ing and If the names continue, to come fn. by .Sunday night it Is expect ed a full list of the missing will be available by checking the list of sur vivors a gainst the official list of all those who sailed on the Tuscanla. ' Partial lists of the survivors were v te1egraj)ied to ihany'parts of the country today and were anxiously scanned by thousands who hoped to . find the name of a relative or friend. Those who failed to find the name they sought In the partial list may be .reassured to the extent f knowing that the lists published today were about one quarter of the total of all who are known to be saved, and the fact that a name does not appear In the list of more than a thousanl availabje In Washington tonight does not 'necessarily Indicate a loss. Friends of fully 1600 men on the Tnscanht who probably were dis tressed today by not finding their names on the partial list of survivors undoubtedly will learn tomorrow that; their friends are among the saved. . . v There were no new official figures on the losses available tonight and the war department's figures con tinned to. differ from those of the British admiralty. The war depart ment estimates 210 persons missing. 113 of them American soldiers, while the British admiralty's figures put the loss at 16 missing. 147 of them (Continued on Page 7) I A very large assortment of Dren Silks for Separate Skirts, Waists, Dresses, etc., 25 to 36 inches wide. Plain Shades, Plaids, and Stripes at from $1.00 to $1.75 a yard MATCHLESS MERCHANDISE u m 30,000 SLAVS IN U. S. STAND BY UNCLE SAM Russians in America to Deal I With Home Country as U. S. Does LOYALTY IS PROMISED Kerensky Man Chosen to Head Organization Funeral Hymn Applauded NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Delegates representing more than 30 organi sations with a total membership of about 30,000 Russians in various parts of the United States, arose ani vigorously applauded the playing- of the "Star Spangled Banner" at the opening here today of the first all Russian civic convention of America. Tito funeral hymn of the Russian revolution and the Marseillaise also evoked demonstrations of approval. ' Permanent organization was ef fected in short order, the choice for president being A poll nary Demletti tch Semonoffsky, said to have been director of military 'railroads under Premier Kerensky and who came to this country when the Kerensky gov ernment was overthrown by the Ilol- shevlkl. 1 In calling the convention to order Leon Martin, chairman of the cen tral committee of Russian organiza tions in the United States, said that one of its principal objects was "to bring- about closer relations with the people of the United States with whom we have refuge.' "While we will not be a political organisation' he added, "steps will be taken for our dealings with the Russian government. It is uotwlth In my province to speak for the con vention, but personally I am In fa vor of delaying- recognition to the Influences now in control at Petro grad. It would be better for us as a Russian colony In America, to wait and see which government the Unit ed States will recognize In Russia end shape our political destinies ac cordingly." r: Expressing belief that the Bolshe- Ylkl element who controlled "con gress' held .here last week would at tempt to create disturbances at this convention several speakers urged that none but delegates with creden tials be admitted. It was asserted that a majority of those sitting In the gallery of the hall were Bolshe vtkl. Chairman Martin, declared, however, that he thought it unwise to place any restrictions on admis sions. Count Ilya Tftol, son of the late Count Leo Tolstoi, who Is a delegate to the convention, engaged in an -argument with a diminutive Bolshc vlkl over the revolutionary views of; Count Leo. The Bolshevik, whs refused to give his name, declared Count Led believed in revolution with violence, whereas,' the son maintained that on -the contrary his father preached evolution Instead of revolution. Ultimately Count Ilya refused to argue any longer and wifhdrew from the gallery. -t f W12AT11EK, " .") Sunday, fair, exoept probably rain northwest portion: colder; fresU southwesterly winds. OPPORTUNITY V Favors Those Who Grasp Her Firmly By Our Present Offers In Piece Goods Present to You AN OPPORTUNITY To Secure Need ed Merchandise THAT YOU CANNOT AF- ' FORD TO MISS f. - i'' ; . We scored a direct hit by taking advantage of the earlier markets,, and. purchasing liberal quantities of all lines of goods.' This enables ns to maintain a large supply of quality merchandise at reasonable prices. Silks -Woolens- Wool Dress Goods in Plain Shades, Plaids, Stripes, and Mixtures, , 38 to 54 inches wide. Many of these pte8 cannot be replaced. Prices from, $1.00 to $1.85 a yard. HALKM. EARL READING HAS PRAISE FOR AMERICANS LOST Ambassador Arrives in Unit ed States on Important '' War Mission ALLIES ARE DETERMINED Country Ready to Sacrifice Until Victory Is Attain ed, He Says AN ATLANTIC PORT, Feb. 9. A tribute to the American soldiers lost In the sinking of the troop trans port Tuscanla "gallant men who have made the supreme sacrifice for their country's sake" was paid by Earl Reading, former lord chief Jus tice of England, who arrived here today. As high commissioner an1 ambassador extraordinary and plen ipotentiary on special mission to the United States, he will assume the du ties of Sir Cecil Spring Rice. British ambassador at Washington, who has been recalled. Earl Reading, who was accompan ied by the Countess of Raiding and a suite of military and naval aides. tonight remained aboard the British steamship on Which he made the voy ages Tomorrow, with his official party, he will go to Washington. As special envoy of the British cabinet, Earl Reading, then a viscount, visit ed the United States in " September. 1917. Upon his return to England he was elevated to an earldom In September, 19 IS, he made his first war-time visit to this country as head of the Anglo-French mission. Assurances .that the British people are prepareQ to endure whatever Buf fering, privation1 or sacrifice neces sary "to obtain the only pbsstbla conclusion of this war" were given by Eearl Reading in a statement Issued upon his arrival America Is Prepare", Too. . "That the American people are equally prepared to make every ef fort to bring about this result Is the surest guarantee that the cause 3 just and the aim Is righteous," the statement concluded. Among those In Earl Reading's party are Major General Ernest Dun lop Swlnton, assistant secretary to the British war cabinet; James Ben nett Drunyate, member of the coun cil of India; , Charles Hubert Mont gomery, private secretary to the un der secretary of sate or foreign af fairs: Sir Orlmwood Mears, who In vestigated alleged German atrocities and wrote a reply to the German white book which had eulogized the conduct of German troops in Bel glum, and Major Charles Kennedy Cranfurd Stuart, who has been ac corded many honors in England for his military services and has been recently on special duty in Sudan. The party was met here by a num ber of British consular, military and naval officials. Among them were Cllve Bayley, consul general at New York City, and Commodore Guy Gaunt and Brigadier General Mac Lachlan, naval and military attaches st the British embassy, Washington. The statement' Issued by Earl Read ing follows: : - Tuscanla. Is First Thought. ' "My first thought upon arrival is of the loss of life on the Tuscanla ( Continued on Page 7) Most all kinds of wanted Cotton Wash Fabrics in white and colors, both plain and fancy. .Width 27 to 40 inches. Priced at from 15c to 50c a yard. - CASH VALUE FOR CASH Cottons OltfcXiOX. .MUX WAY M()IIM(J, FKItltlAUY IP, 1H18 POWER TO FIX RATES IS PUT IN WILSON'S HANDS Chairman Sims Reports Ad ministration Railroad Bill to House PRESIDENT HAS BURDEN Responsibility for System's Success Rests With Chief 1 Executive WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. In re- porting the administration railroad bill to the house today. Chairman Sims said the house interstate com merce committee had amended the measure so as to vest final rate-making authorltyn the president be cause under the present law the in terstate commerce commission could not make such necessary changes in rates as unified war ontrol de mands. To amend the statutes so as to provide a non-competitive rate- making system, the report said, would be putting on congtfess an "Impossible burden." The bill as amended gives shippers and ' consignees all the protection that they bow have, the report con tinued, as the Interstate commerce commission upon their complaint shall hold hearings to discuss fully the justice, reasonableness and fair ness of any rate In the light of war conditions. After these hearings the commission will report its conclu sions to the president for such ac tion as he may deem necessary "In the public Interests. t To allow the Interstate commerce commission to override the president In the exercise of iwar powers, or of any powers for tfiat matter, would be most "unseemly? the report said. "It should not fbe overlooked." it added, "that the president Is respon slble for the financial results of ope rating these great government car rier systems with gross revenues ap proximating $4,000,600,000. The president must be given powers com mensurate with his responsibility. The bill, therefore, leaves rates and rate-maklna undisturbed, except as the president otherwise orders." The report discussed each, section of the measure and pointed out that It was distinctly war emergency leg islation Intended to meet the essen tlal needs growing; out of federal control and that It should not be re garded as a "bill either for ownership or-control or railroads. The main purposes of the meas ure, the report said, are to provide a method of Just compensation, "as probably will result in an agreement between the roads and the govern ment determinative of all rights and to confer authority for financ ing d urine. federal control. Before filing the report Chairman Sims submitted It to Interstate Com merce Commissioner. Anderson, who as the reoresentatlve of Director f-eneral McAdoo. gave vit his ap proval. Chairman Sims plans to bring up the bill in the house Monday ani hopes to secure prompt considera tion. A slraila- plan has been deter mined upon by Chairman. Smith or the senate interstate commerce com mission, in respect to the draft of the bill recently reported to the senate SHIPYARD MEN GO ON STRIKE ' v Three Hundred Employes De mand Closed Shop; Ships Badly Needed PACIFIC POR, Feb. 9. Three hundred employes of a shipyard which Is now being operated by the United States shipping board, went on a strike today to" enforce the clos ed shop. Men Involved are the car penters and engineers. By local management of the yards the dispute Immediately referred to the Macy commission, of which Hen ry McBride of Seattle is district rep resentative. No signs of a settle ment were apparent tonight- .The yards have been under rush orders since tbey were taken by tb shipping board in order to finish eight badly needed ships already on the ways and to begin work on eight more. Wells Denies That He Will Resign Position Harvey Wells, state Insurance commissioner, denied yestrday that he has any Intention of repifening his position to accept a place with an In surance fliMi at San Francisco. Mr. Wells has been in San Francisco, but den'es that his mission was in con nection with a contemplated change ot location. BEN F. WEST BECOMES CANDIDATE aft : m m m a - Marion County Assessor Makes Announcement That He Is In Race For Republican Nomination a$ Treasurer SHIPS U-BOATS CANNOT DOWN ARE CLAIMED Exploding Toredo Not to Sink Transports Says William Saunders NEW YOItK, Feb. 0. Means have been found to make transports un- slnkable by submarine, according to a statement made tonight by William L. Saunders, vice chairman of the naval consulting board, in an ad dress at dinner of the University of Pennsylvania alumni in this city, Mr. Saunders said that one of th-3 ships recently commandeered by the government, "now lies at an Atlantic port and in shuch shape that she can not be sunk by an eploding torpedo. "I can conceive of no reason why this Information should be with held." he added. "On the contrary, I believe it is weir that the enemy may come to realize that the time has been reached when American trans ports are ready for transportation of ovjr troous which that enemy cannot sink. This ship may have a hole thirty or forty feet in diameter blown In her side and she will remain afloat.. Such a hole would water log but one tenth of the honeycomo ed airtight cells." U-boat To Be KIIlcd.,, WASHINGTON, Feb. An nouncement by Vive-Chairman Saund ers of the naval consulting board that means had been found to mako troops ships practically unsinkabl. lends new meaning to the air of con fidence with which both Americans and British naval authorities are fac lng their task of clearing the seas of U-boats. - Recent statements by Admiral Jellieoe. formerly first sa lord of the British admiralty, by Secretary Daniels and other officials have Indicated that a campaign has been mapped out and the Instrumen talities developed which are expected to curb. If not to eliminate the sub marines entirely within the next few months. Discussion of the devices develop ed is deplored by officials here. In vestigations and experiments have been guarded closely. High officials have been free to assert privately however, their belief that the U-boats would be curbed sufficiently br eariv summer to Insure a steady flow of American troops and supplies to Europe with few Incidents such as that of the Tuscanla to be anticipat ed. Aagut Is Time Ret. Admiral Jellieoe went father than any other official by predicting that the submarines would be killed" by August. 9t the same time, howver, he warned that heavy ship loses were to be expected np to that lime. Sec retary Baker has Insisted before the senate committee that a million and a half American troops coald be tax en to France and kept supplied dur ing 1918. His replies to the ques tions as to where the tonnage of the task was to come from have Inul cated that there was i information at hand which he did not care to dis close. Without disclosing any of the new Implements that may have been de veloped t meet the submarine men ace, the navy officials have pointed edout that all of the lines ot effort started when the united States en tered the war are now on the ad ditional destroyers and patrol craft are beginning to come forward rap idly. In some case more than a year's time has been saved In de stroyer construction. Swifter mote heavily armed vessels, fitted with everr device that has been evolved, are beinr rushed to the support of Vice Admiral Sims' flotllla. Pertces To Have Part. With the complete mobilization c? all these agencies against and enemy already severely hampered by the skill and darine of American and British patrol fleets. It Is pointed out that greater repression of the submarines is certain to follow, even If no master weapon has been evolv ed. At the same time, however. It Is erldent. even without Mr. Saund ers statement, tnat various import ant mechanical devices have been brought to a hlrh state of perfection and will play a large part In the war fare. Destroyers equipped with depth bombs have been rated as the most efficient foe of the submarines. The number of destroyers the effective- nessof the bombs used, and the means of hurling these charges, hava all be increased. Ways of defect ing the hidden foe at Increasing ranee also have been wored out. The technique of this latest phase of naval war fare has also been perefef ed by the officers and men of the U-boat hunting fleets. All of these things, supplemented by what they know of the device evolved of which nothing has beon said, form the basis on which hlah officers here have said i repeatedly that the U-boats would be curbel this year, probably this spring. I ' ' BEN. F. WEST. Ben. F.'-.West, who is serving hls second term as assessor of Marion county, makes announcement of hit candidacy for the nomination lor state treasurer on the Republican ucjtei. Air. west enters the race when there Is more competition for the office probably than ever before, west's competitors for the nomi nation so far are Thomas F. Ryan. present deputy treasurer; O.- M. Plumer, Portland; i State Senator Cusick, Albany: O. P. lloff. Salem: and City Auditor Adams. Portland. Mr. West points to his record as county assessor, his wide acquaint ance, his familiarity with public questions and his membership in the $tate Assessor's association as helng emonat guarantees of his qualifies tiona. In announcing his candidacy Air. west issues the fallowing state In announcing my candidacy for the Republican nomination for the office of state treasurer. I do so with a full understanding of the heavy re- sponsiDimies resting upon the head of that Important department and with a reeling of confidence that. with my knowledae of decartmental ana pu one .arrairs in general, a nowieage gainea tnrough many years of -both public and 'aemi-public activities and experience. I am fully competent to cope with any duty or contingency which may arise In the line of official duties. "I have ho ax to grind, no apology to make nor grievance to air. I hold no personal antagonism toward any " me outer several candidates for the high honor, all of whom I hold in the highest regard as citizens and gentlemen, and will seek the nomi nation, and election - if nominated, squarely upon my record ara citizen, taxpayer and public official. Having been a resident of Oregon for nearly twenty-seven years, and a taxpayer for the greater portion of that pe riod; urtivelyi Identified "with the promotion or the interests of the en tire state for more . than twenty years; a supporter and defender of the principles and cause of the Re publican party ever since attaining my majority, I feel that I am no stranger to the voters of Oregon aad have no hesitancy in asking the peo ple for their suffrage In the ap proaching election. ' "My long residence In the Capital city, where are located nearly all of the state institutions of government. and my familarity with governmental affairs, gained through personal eon tact with legislative and higher offi cials of the state and as a result of over fifteen years' employment in the state printing department, have af forded me rare Insight into the ad ministrative functions of . govern ment. ' - "One of the mo3t Important com missions of which the state treasurer Is a member is the state tax commis sion. My experience as assessor' for Marion county to which office 1 was (Continued on Page S) BITS OF GLASS FOUND IN CANDY Boston Manufactory Seized Upon Discovery Made at Camp Dix W'RIGHTSTOWX. X. J., Feb. 9 Discovery of bits of glass In candy on sale at 'Camp Dix, the national army cantonment here, resulted tody in- the confiscation of all the prod ucts of a Boston -candy manufactory and the starting ot an investigation by government officials. No charges have been made,- but it was; stated that the employes who handled the candy Just before it was shipped will be examined. Prompt discovery ot' the glass it was thought probably? has prevented any serious consequences. WACO, Texas. Feb. 9. Ground glass, mixed with feed. Caused the death of, seventeen horses of a United States infantry supply com pany which arrived bere today from ort Oglethorpe. Ga., according- to military authorities. TJie animals were found dead in the cars and a carerul examination of the feed re vealed the pulverized glass. Agents are Investigating. , 4 I- ' ' ' -: riucu FIVE UUAT TEUTONS SIGN WITH UKRAINE Opportunity to Work Way In to Grain-Growing Territory to Feed Hungry German Nation Is Seized Upon ' UKRAINIANS PROMISED PORTION OF POLAND Rumania Is Incited to Help Defeat Bolshevik! Spain May Protest fSp Tht Atiociated Pre) While It was only a routine Item in the German official statement of Saturday the few words in which the headquarters staff announced a min or operation In Lorraine held Ameri can interest to a far greater degree than the other war news of the day. They carried the news of a raid upon the American lines end the capture of American soldiers by V German reconnolterlng party. "Northwest of Toul," said the re cent statement authorized hy ttbe American censor as to the location of, the sector now 'being held by men of the United States army. And it was near a, town northwest of Toul that the Germans announced having taken "'jo me ! American-: prisoners." The town Is Xlvray and it Is Situated about ten miles east of St. Mlhlel, in dicating that the Americans are holding a line along the southerly edge of the famous St. Mlhlel salient in French Lorraine southeast of Verdun. Thl raid by the Germans was but one of several conducted by the vari ous belligerents on the western front, the most Important of which appar ently also was carried out in Lor raine, but by the French, in the vi cinity of Dloncourt. The French penetrated a German Position here. cleared out the trenches and brought Dae- thirty, prisoners and a machine gun. 'TruUm Sign With Ukraine. While these military actlvlllr-a were in progress in the west the cen tral powers were busying themselves with their manifold . peace negotia tions with various groups of more or less importance on the eastern front and announced they had come to a peace agreement with the Ukraine, signed at 2 o'clock Saturday morn ing. This announcement, marking the first peace concluded by any of the belligerents, may turn out to be bne of epochal Importance. It had teen largely discounted, however, by the apparent anxiety, manifested by representatives of tbe Ukrainian rada at Brest-jLitovsk to'slgn a peace of some sort with Germany and her allies and also by the uncertainty as to the reality of the peace which has been achieved on paper. Doubt exists as to the extent of the control exercised by the rada over the territory comprising the so-called Ukrainian republic which It purports to represent.; That control is dis puted by the! TiolshevlXI, who broke with the rada representatives at nrest-Litovsk and appointed Ukrain ian delegates of their own when they found the first set ot Ukrainians, whom they objected to as "Bour geoisie." secretly negotiating with the central powers. Bolshevist- and , Ukrainian troops are engaging each other for the mastery of the territory,-which includes most of the best grain' growing provinces of Russia. and each is claiming success in the operations Grain May lie Motive. - Germany and Austria are tacitly admitted to have seized upon the op portunity to sign a peace with the Ukrainians in the hope that they could work their way commercially Into the grain g growing territory, and thus secure supplies of food for their hungry populations. Their own people seemlto have built great hopes cn the effectiveness of this peace with the Ukraine, but apparently their leaders are none too certain of the relief it will give for one thins because of , the uncertainty as to the security of ' the rada's power in the territory. Thus they are reported trying! to nitrite Rumania to Join forces I wit hi the Ukrainians in an at tempt to defeat the Bolshevik! and to be holding: out to the Rumanians the possibility of their taking por tions of Russian territory in Bes sarabia, asj a reward, labeling the transaction! as compensation for the loss of Dolirudja to the Bulgarians. The Ukrainians, it has been re ported, were to get part of Russian Poland forj signing a jeace. The Spanish steamer Sebastian and the Italian steamer Dura di Genova have been sunk by German subma rines off the Spanish roast. Spain Is reported to be contemplating a pro test to Germany over the torpedoing of the latter within a mile of the Spanish shore. following up hr re- rent protest over the sinking of th Giralda, a Spanish coastwise steamer. PEACE PACT I, 1