GERMANY WILL
1 RESUME TRADE
: WITH UKRAINE
Parti of Old Treaties Arc Put
in Force, Details of Pact
. Show
CAPTIVES TO BE TRADED
I
Restoration of Consular Rela
tions and Care of Enemy
1 Dead Provided
Amsterdam, Feb. n -a dis
patch from Brest-Utovsk via Hcrlla
giving details of the conference at
which the peace treaty betweon tho
central powers and the new Ukrain
Ian republic was signed has been re
ceived here.
The names of all the plenipoten
tiaries engaged In the negotiations
are set forth In the dispatch and
they are declared to have reached
an agreement on. the following
points: ".'
tides'-: lv Germany, ustria-Hun-ta.tr,
Bulgaria and Turkey on the
oae hand and , the Ukrainian peo
ples' tepublic on the. other, declare
that the state of war between them
is at an nd.
'Article- It. Between Austria
Hungary on the one hand and the
Ukrainian peoples' republic on the
other, as far as .these two. powers
border -one. another - tho .frontiers
will exist which existed before the
outbreak of the present war between
the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and
Russia. Further north ther frontier
of the republic beginning at Tar
negad will in general follow the line
of BUgerpy to Sroeseberzszyn, KraJ
nostau, Pugaszce, Radzyn, Met,btret
scbel, Sarnakl, Selnik.' Wysekelit
owsk, Ksraletslitowsk, Prushany and
to Wydoxowskyesee, ;
Evaluation Is lrovWed. '
"Article III. The evacuation of
oeeipled territories will begin imme
diately after the satisfaction or the
present treaty. .'-.-,
"Article IVTbe diplomatic and
- consular, relations between the con
tracting parties will be entered upon
Immediately after the ratification of
the peace treaty. ,
"Article -V. The contracting par
ties mutually renounce .the reim-
tursement of their war costs -that
is to say .the state expenditure for
carrying on the war, as well as in
dcmolf i cation for damage. i
"Article VI. The respective
? prisoners of war will be permitted
to return home as far as they do not
desire, with the approval of the state
concerned, to remain In its territor
, les or proceed to another country,
,' Article ; VII. The , contracting
parties i undertake rantually and.
.without delay to enter into economic
relations on the basis of the follow
ing prescrlptlonsr f
Trade To- Be Hemmed.
- Until the 3 st day of July of the
current year reciprocal exchange of
the more important surplus supplies
of agricultural and industrial pro
ducts will be carried out asfoi!ows
' for the purpose of covering curt enr
requirement the. quantities and
jsorts.of products to be exchanged
; will be settled by a joint commission
to sit immediately upon the signa
ture of the peace treaty: prices will
-be regulated by the Joint commis
sion; payments will be made In.gold
on the basis of-1000 imperial gold
,4 mirk as the equivalent of 462 gold
rubla rT fl, ri,m,, I)n..U. .mt.
or 1000 Austro-Hungarian gold
kroner, as the equivalent of 23 rubles,
" 78 kopeks of the former Russian em
pire, f The exchange of goods fixed
by the 'joint commission afore-mentioned,
which commission will consist
, of equal members of representatives
of 'both parties, .will take place
throuch state central bnrpsii. - n h
- exchange of those, products which are
not fixed by the " af ore-mentioned
commission win? take place by the
way of free trade, according to the
stipulation of a provisional commer
cial treaty. :..,
- . 2 Sa far as it is not otherwise
provided, the economic relations be
tween the contracting parties shfll
continue provisional, and in any case
until the conclusion of a final com
mercial treaty. But until the ter-
. mlnatlon ot a period of at least six
months after the conclusion of peace
between the central 'powers on tho
one part and the European states at
war with the central powers, as weH
as the United States and Japan on
the other part, certain prescriptions
ar laid down as a basis of relations."
As regards economic relations be
tween Germany and Ukraine tho text
or ine treaty prescribes what parts of
the Russo-German commercial and
shipping treaties of 1894 and. 1904
shall be put into force. The con
tracting - parties further agree to
maintain the general Russian cus
toms Uriff of January 12, 1903. i
' The treaty also provides - (section
- fl urhlti k . A .. -1 T I
, garlan-Rnssian commercial and ship.
Mng treaty of February s. laofi. shair
. be maintained, and adds:
" "All the parties, agree that all ar
ticles transportedacross thcterritory
f of either party shall bo free of duty.
and the contracting parties agree to
, suuport each other in restoring rail
way tarrKfs. Economic relations be
tween Bulgaria and Turkey
.n 1
Ukraine are to be settled aecordlncibV "he war orf.Vn.m J'V'
tm t a .i z D wp of Bee. tonight. The text
to the most favored nation difinltlon
until definite commercial treaties are
' concluded. " -
I "If the period provided for in the
first paragraph of Section 2 should
; not occur befor June 30, 1!)19, each
of the twoc ontractlng parties Ja free
from June CO, 1910to gire tlx months
notice to terminate the prescrinUona
contained In the above mentioned
--'section.
: JtA?. The Ukraalaa peoples ro-
public will make no claim to pref
erential treatment which Germany
grants Austrla-Hunnary, or another
country bound to her by a customs
alliance, which; directly borders on
Germany,' or, Indirectly through an
other country bound to her or Au-trla-liuDgary.
by a customs alliance.
Of which Germany grant to her own
tectorates or to countries bound to
colonies, foreign possesions and pro
her.by a custom alliance.- Germany
wIlS; make no claims to preferential
treatment which the I kralnian peo
pled' republic may grant to another
couhtr bound to her by a customs
alliance, which directly borders on
Ik rain o. or, Indirectly, through an
other cjountry bound to her by a usr
toms alliance, or to the colonies, for
eign possessions and protectorates of
one of the countries bound to her by
a customs alliance.
Ireferentil Treatment Barred.
(B) In economic intercourse be
tween, the treaty customs territory
of both states .of Autro-llunganan
monarchy on the one hand and the
Ukrainian' peoples' republic on the
other. the Ukrainian peoples' repub
lic will make no claim to prefer
ential treatment, which Autrla-IIun-
gary grants to Germany or anotner
country bound to her by a customs
alliance which directly borders on
AiiBtHa-IIunirary. or indirectly
through another country bouna to
ber by Germany by a customs aiu
gkw ; Colonies, foreign possesion
and protectorates are In this resiec$
nlacori nn a similar rooting. iU8ir-
iiiintmrv will make no claim to pref
erential treatment which the Ukrain
ian neonles republic grants to an
other 'country bound to her by a cus
toms alliance which directly borders
on Ukraine, or, indirectly borders
ihrmiph another country bound to
her by a custorts alliance, or to col
onies, foreign possessions anu yiu
tectorates of one of the countries
bound to her by a customs alliance.
5 (A) So far as commoauies
which originally came irom uer
many or Ukraine are stored In neu
tral states, thougn tne outigauuu
rests ; upon Germany ana uri
that they shall, not be exported ei
ther directly or Indirectly to the ter
ritories ,pf . the other contracting
nartv, such restrictions regarmng
their ? disposal shall be abolished so
far as the contracting parties are
concerned. ' The two contracting
parties, therefore; undertake imme
diately to notify the governments of
neutral states of Jthe above mention
ed about on of these restrictions.
"'"' Restrictions Are AbollMlie!.
nn So far as commoditlesi
which orlainally came from Autrlr
Hunearv or Ukraine are stored in
neiitrAl states, although the obliga
tion rests upon Austria-Hungary and
Ukraine that they sJiail neither ai
rectlv or Indirectly b exported to
the territories of the other contract-
ng party, such restrictions respect-
nr the r d soosal .win oe auousneu
so far as the contracting parties are
concern. Both contracting parties,
therefore, undertake immediately ta
notify the governments of neutral
states of the above-mentioned aboli
tion of these restrictions.
"Article VIII , Restoration or
public and private " legal relations,"
etc. r; . '. . :
'Restoration of public and "private
oners of war and interned civilians
the nnest ion ot amnesty ana in?
question of treatment of merchant
men in enemy hands win be regulat
ed in separate treaties with the
Ukrainian peoples' republic.
"Article IX. The agreements
made In this peace treaty form an in
divisible whole.
"Article . X. For the Interpreta
tion of this ereaty, the German and
Ukrainian texts, are authoritative in
regard to ; relations between Ger
many and ' Vkra,ne tn German,
lungarlan and Ukrainian texts for
reltlons , between Austria-Hungary
and I Ukraine, 'the Bulgarian and
Ukrainian: texts f-r relations be
tween. Turkey and Ukraine."
PrlNonem , to I In Kxrhangcxl.
Supplementary treaties were pro
vided for, in article VIII and were
feigned.; . They cover the following
points:
Restoration of consular relations.
Restoration of tttate treaties.
Restoration of civil law.
Indemnification for civil damages
reused by. laws ofwarorbyactscon-
trary to international' law.
, Exchange ' of war? prisoners and
nterned civilians. '
Oare of burial grounds of th6se
fallen in enemy territory.4
Provisions for the return to their
homes of persons affected by the
treaty. A
Treatment of 'merchant vcksoI In
enemy hands.
BITTER WAR IS IN
SIGHT ON WEST FRONT
j (Continued from page 1)
-t-
hind the British linen, and the Brit
ish themselves are sitting tight, say
ing little. The alienee is uncanny,
and portentous.
Naturally the entente allied prep
arations cannot be diwuswd but It
may be said that everywhere thcro
is the spirit of oDtlminm. F.very
soldier In the long lines knows what
is coniln? any smile with assur
ancefoB he knowa what his aupporU
are. The allies still have prepon
derance of men and cuns alnnsj this
front and they have an Inclination
to use this advantage. The German
will find that their opponents h&r
not wasted the winter months. '
fJerman Hrlel narlf.
PARIS. Feb. 11. Heavy artillery
flghtlnr n Aloare and nn the right
bank of the Mpnm and a Cierman at
tack near Caurlere wood, reuniting
in a spirited engagement are report
ed in the rommnHlnilnn tmtn
. . . - " ."U.
erai neamniarters and mad
or mo statement reads:
An attempt at a raid in ih T.
glon of Juvlnrourt was stoppAd by
aup fire.
Ktn the right bank of the Meuae,
after a violent bombardment, the
Germans laiibrhed on the front of
the Caurleres ,wood an attack which
resulted in a spirited combat The
enemy was repulsed and left their
kilted In or.r hands.
VThcrc wasj, marked . artillery ac-
tleity In Alsace in the neighborhood
of'Violu and Bon Homme.
"Kastern theater, Feb. 10: The ar
tillery activity, on both sides wa
quite lively on the west lnk of the
Vardar and at theferna b'nd. wher
the enemy violently bornJarded our
first line north of Makova."
Wilson Urges Prompt
Action on New Bill
' WASHINGTON'. Feb. 11. Prompt
action on the bill authorizing ill"
president to reorganize and coordi
nate executive departments and other
rnrlf fop tho War period W.V4
irged by , President Wilson tonight
In conference with Senator Owen,
chairman, and Senator Nelson, rang
ing Republican member of the senate
judiciary committee. ,
i The president called the senators
to the white houfse to emphaize the
necessity for enacting th9 bill with
out delay. He eald It would give
him no new substantive powers, but
would remove obstacles in the way
of efficient organization for war.
It Is understood that the presi
dent mentioned partlculaily the im
possibility of combining the purehan-
Sng functions of the war and navy
lepartment under existing law.
eiGdtTuOurIaw
EVADED, CHARGE
Brotherhoods Insist Railroads
Sought to Discredit New
Measure
WASHI.VGTONV Feb. 11. Charges
by representative of other brother
hoods that the railroad managements
pave evaded or sought to discredit
the operation of .the eight-hour law.
were supplemented today by the
statements of Timothy Shea, acting
president of the Brotherhood of L.o
romotive Firemen, Knglnemen and
Hostlers, at today's hearings of the
railroad wage commission.
"We want time and a half for ev
ertime, computed on a minute basis,"
Mr. Shea said. "I think I can say
that If this penalty is imposed, very
little overtime will be paid, for th
managements will ; readjust the
working shifts t eliminate It."
Mr. Rhea asserted that many roads
had returned to the eight and nine
hour basis and that inthe caso of
hostlers, some j roads had undertak
en to reclassify them so that they
would not come under the eight
hour law. He cited particularly the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe. where
he said hostlers were performing
their old tasks under a new name,
working twelve hours at the old
rates. 'i
The t report of the commission
headed by Maior; General Goethals.
which Investigated the workings of
the eight hour law in accordance
with the act of congress, was de
clared by Shea to. be filred In great
part with forecasts of what the rail
roads believed would be the cost Of,
the law,- rather than the actual ex
pense of operation. -
The roads have sought to make?
the application of the law as expen
sive as possible for two reasons," he
said. "First, they jwanted to dis
courage apy suggestions for time and
a . half overtime, and second, they
wanted, whatever the cost of the new
basic day, to have the bill paid by
the public. Instead ofthe roads.
"They succeeded In having incor
ported in the commission's repot t
statements that originally 'were pre
pared; for presentation as partisan
evidence."
Increases In pay asked by Mr.
Rhea for members ?'of his - brother
howl amounted to 10 per cent gener
erally, with a minimum wage of
$3. CO a day.
The possibility of basing pay of
firemen on the coal used, with a
view td saving fuel, elicited numer
ous questions from Secretary Iane.
chairman of the commission, and the
frank 'hostility of the union leader
to aiyr uch system.
WAR CHECKING
RESURRECTION
Messina, Italy, Was Tumbled
to Ground by Earthquake
of 1909
MKSSINA, Italy, Jan. 31. llow
the war has checked the resurrection
of this city, tumbled to the ground
by the earthquake of 1909; was
noted during a visit here recently by
Krnest. B. Bicknell. American U.!
Cross commissioner to Bi'lgium. wh.j
Is now in. Italy to Ifordi relief for
refugees from tho invaded provinces.
a wno was in charge of the Bed
Cross relier expedition to Messina at
the time of the disaster.
"At .tho time of ,tho oarlhquako
the city Jiad population of about
150,000 and today it hag one esti
mated at .160.000, of whom 60.00
lice in new houses and 100.000 In
the temporary structures put up at
the time of the earthquake," said
Mr. Btcknell. "The new t natures
are limited to two stories, ko another
earthquake can't shake them down.
Also they am built of reinforced
concrete.
"When I looked for the second
time mon Mussina I ', was astonished
at Its appears nee. Bart of the rdd
(ity suggested another Pompeii ex
cept that the walls and ruins havo
been cleaned away right down to the
foundations. However. rlehtJh
thes ruins 'havei brn hnitt-
handsome nAw streets' llnil (with
new dwellings and business houses.
"To the American the most Inter
est Is found In the so-called 'Ameri
can Village' tip back of tho old city
where today live wi many people in
the thousand Bed Cross houses we
put up.- .
Get Wiie-Try a Clajjified Ad
PACKING SEARCH
CONSTITUTIONAL
Judge' Landis Denies Motion
Killing . Warrant for
Agents' Search
CHICAGO. Feb. II. Judge Tn-
dl in the I'nited fates district court
today denied a motion to quash the
search warrant lsued to agents of
the federal trade commission! last
Tuesday authorizing the seizure of
boosts and papers alleged to have
been used In committing felonies
from the Tault of 'Henry Veeder,
-genera! counsel for Swift and com
pany. At the same time the court
held the., rearch and seizure section
tf the etplonage law under which
tho writ was issued, constitutional.
Judge Landis In his decision over
ruled every objection to the validity
of the w.it advanced by counsel for
the packers and upheld the govern
ment in its demand to search the
Veder vault for evidence.
Coung'i for Veeder were prepar
ed for " an unfavorable decision and
by a series of formal motions per
fected tB record In the case bo that
an immediate appeal could be taken
to the United' States court of appeals.
Upon the application for a writ of
errOr.to the upper court, Judge lan
dis entered a temporary order stay
ing further execution of the search
warrant ttntil 11 o'clock tomorrow
morn In.?.
TODD ELECTED
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high school building at 3:15 o'clock
this afternoon, in honor of the mem
ory of President Lincoln. Twenty
one guns, the regular presidential
salute, will be fired.
Five hundred copies or the latest
English classic "Democracy Today
will be distributed to the pupils of
the high school and the junior high
school for study, instead of another
classic. The students will be exam
ined on the book at the end of two
weeks' gtnd.y. i . ,
U. S. MY FACE
CRISIS IN WAR
Charles Russell Points to Ser-
iousness, of Release of
Han Prisoners
.7
KNOXVILE, Tenn., Feb. 11.
Charles-Edward Ilussell, member ol
the: Hoot' mission tcr Russia, rpeak-
Ing at the East Tennesseo war con
ference here, ald tonight If the re
ports of a separate peace by Russia
are true America faced a crista.
"There- ar,. 1,600,000 Austro
German prlaoncrs in Jlussia who ure
in good fghtlng condition," he saia.
"These, together with 147 divUions
of (fcrman fighters, will be-thrown
against tho allies oh tho we&tttn
front. This will give Germany an
army of more than 4,000.000.
"They will outnumber any possible
force of soldiers that tho allies can
put. on the front. Germany will sub
jugate Italy, gnd then sweep over
Southern') France and dtlve the re
maCning 'portions of the allies' arm
le4 into a small northwestern corner
ot France and there defeat them by
.detachments. ,
"In such un" event wo can donlyj
what the Hnsian did in tho war with
Japansend, our troops abroad only,
in sufficient number to have them
defeated at the point of disembark
tion. Thus can America be defeated
without even a' shot being fired upon
American soil.
Camp
Lewis Men in Fine
Shape, Says Inspector
TACOMA; Wash., Feb. 11. llrig
adlcr General EH A. ilelmick of the
Inspector general's department of
the United States army is at Camp
liewls on a tt'ir of Inspection. "This
csmp is excellent." said (Jencral
Iielinlck after a tour of the canton
ment today. "The spirit Is good and
the men appear to be In fine condi
tion. They will bo well prepared
for the climate of France, wjicro
they will' encounter much rain and
mud."
General Tlelmlck is accompanied
my Major Walter Heed and they will
remain at Camp liCwis the remainder
of the week. Their inspection will
he cknf lml ,to , the Infantry, going
Into such matters as the housing.
ood and general military condition,
-ater an inunction will be made of
tho artillerty and other branches by
other epeclalliits.
DEMOCRATS ARE
FOR SUFFRAGE
Amendment Is Endorsed by
Executive Committee of
Orgj
anizatioh
WAHIIIN(!Tf.V. Ff-h. Jt.-Endorsement
f the felral amendment
for woman 'suffrarc was voted by
the executive committee of the na
tional fjeianeratlc-committee here to
day after a referendum to the torn
rultfee men' representing the 4s
etates.
Tho exeiitive committee adopted
this resolution:
"Kesolvd.,that the executive com
mitte of the iwmocratlr national
ommltte', after a referendum vot
of the members of t,he national com
mittee representing the 48, states
and In pursuance thereof, does here
by endorse the- Susan P. Anthony
emendmena- to "the federal constiti
tion providing for Vouian suffrage.
and urges favorable action thereon
by the United States senate."
Suffragists were Jubilant and Is
sued statements predicting early
adoption by the senate of the reso
lution to submit the amendment to
the states, already, adopted by the
house and supported by President
WltHon.
Those . supporting the resolution
In the executive committee were
Vance C. McCormlck, chairman; Ho
mer H. Cummniogs, Connecticut,
vice chairman; A. Mitchell Palmer,
Pennsylvania; Senator Jones, Ncv
Mexico, and Isidore iKxkweiilef, Cal
ifornia. Kepresentatlve Cordell Hull,
Tennessee, and; Representative Car
ter Glaan, Virginia, opposed it.
The names of the state's commit
tee men voting in the referendum
were not announced as the poll had
been made with the understanding
that it should be confidential.
tl developed tonight that the ex
ecutive committee considered this
question Saturday and decided to
take a poll by telegraph before act
ing.
FULTON BEATS
TOM MTiIAHON
Pennsylvania Battler Unable
to Cope With Opponent's
Long Reach
DENVEK. iCoIo., Feb. 11. Fred
Fulton, contender for the heavy-
weignt boxing champlonr hip, won
from Tom McMaho. Newcastle, Pa.,
when Feferee Pol leek of Denver stop-
ned a Bihduld 1 S.rnlinil knnl In
fourt round when McMahon waslNewly Killed Stock Must Be
rock awardethe decision to Fulton.
Fulton gave McMahon a severe
beating. The Pennsylvania battler,
was unable to nt under Fulton's
long reach and Fulton drove lefts
and rights to McMahon's face at will.
McMahon landed enly
blows during the figbt.
four clean!
At tho end of the third round Mc
Mahon was groggy. When ho came
up for the fourth, Fulton drove a
left to bis .stomach and sent lefts
and rights to McMahon's face.
Ful-
ton sent in a left that rocked Mc
Mahon'a head and sent him to the
ropes, where the Pennsylvania man
hung on. McMahon did not seem to
be able to continue and Referee Pol
lock awarded the fight to Fulton.
CANDIDACIES TO
BE1 WITHDRAWN
, i 1
Hays and Adams May Leave
Clear Freld for Republi
can Choice
ST. IjOUIS, Feb. 11. It was pre
dicted tonight that in the interests
of harmony in the Republican rank.
both Will H. Hays. Indiana, and
7u .Adro5'.JIora-.wonLd.wUb-
drawr their candidacies for chairman
of the Republican national commit
tee, leaving the field open for d
tuniiiiinfe lomorrow. j
The Progressive wing of the party
represented among others by Cjeorge
W. Perkins of NVw York, Join C.
vvmminrw lUINUIIUK. ,
Shaffer and Harold Ickes. Chicago.
and the Indiana delegation otmosed
Adams allMay and toniaht snokea-
day and tonight spokes
men for that faction announced that
It appeard Adams' withdrawal would
bo a certainty before morning.
Among the Adams following. It
was aid, that Hays, too. was ex
pected to retire. In discussion cf
the chairmanship at the conference
today, John C. Shaffer of Chlcaeo.
opened with remarks to the effect
that there must be "no taint of pro-
Germanism against the chairman of
the national committee." He used I
no names, nor did Alexander Moorej
me rittsburg publisher and Progres
sice, who asserted that the chaiH
man must "be ' like Caesar's wife.
atjove suspicion."
Mr. Khaffer and Mrs. Moore both
spoke at -the conference of commit
teemen and leaders generally which j
was open also to the public. At it
Chairman William It. Wilcox, wha
is aoout to retire, recognized tho
Progressives present, as well as
others. Mr. Uerklns sooke. also
naroid ickea. Governor Good rich of
inaiana, and United States senator
William M. ('aider of ew York.
All insisted that In the crista i,t
the war the president must be sup-
porieq and the the support already j
siren mm uy me minority party
would be more effective from a Ito
pnbllcan majority.
CARPENTERS GO
ON WAGE STRIKE
1 flnfl Moti Rclin'ii. tA QQ .
.www .w.. .vvw.f.iK fi.ou o
Uav liemand Sh fill With
-. 9 I
Overtimi
NEW YORK, Fe. 11. More than
liino carpenters employed at five
shipbuilding plants on Stafen Island
struck today for hii-her wanes. ' II
the plants are under government con
trol. The. men' have ben receiving
$4. sit a day, with extra pay for over
time. They demand $6 GO for the
same working hours.
Benjamin H. Robertson
Dies After Operation
A wife and a 4-months-old son are
morns the many relatives who sur
vive Henjamin Harley Robertson, a'
weu known resident of Turner who
died at the Salem hospital Sund.i
morning at 7:30 o'clock following an
opperation of appendicitis. 31 r. Rob
ertson was 24 years old
The funeral will be held from the I
First Methodist church at Turner
this afternoon at 1 o'clock, llev,
J. J. Mickey will conduct the terv
ices. Burial will"- follow in tho Odd
Fellows , cemetery at Turner..
- The young man was a native Ore
gonlan and was born near. Stay tou
He had passed most of his lift in
Turner. He was in .Vtlie dairylnr;
business. He was active in lodge
work and was council commander
of Yew camp 363 of; the Woodmen
of the World. Uis father 1 Ben
jamin E. Hobtertson 'of, Turner.
Ir. Itoberton was married. Oct
ober 1, 191C, to Miss Nora Wood of
Turner. Besides his widow and son
Orin Benjamin and father, be leaves
four sisters and two brothers.! The
sisters are Mrs. Lottie Jvicely; Mrs.
Neil Olson of amas. Wash.; Mrs.
Asbfort of Jefferson,; and Mrs. Ier.o
Nac Murray of Portland. The broth
ers are Arthur E. and Herman. It.
Robertson. ' -
Lieutenant Is Killed "
in Airplane Accident
JENNINGS, Ia., Feb. 11-Ueu
tenant Egbert McKean was killed
and Lieutenant Charles. E. Cum
mings received serious injuries' to
day when an airplane wheh th.?y
wrere ; oierat!ng crashed . to . the
ground near here. The aviators had
circled the city several times an-1
were apparently preparing to make
a landing when tne machine sud
denly dropped head first.
TRADING IN HENS
NOW FORBIDDEN
Disposed of Before Feb
ruary 23 -
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Trad
ing in lire or freshly killed hens, and
pullets anvwhere in the United
States Is forbidden in an order an
nounced today by theUnited States
food administration. February 23
is fixed as the date when fresh stoec
must be disposed of. and adds that
additional, stocks must not be pur-
cnasea.
By restricting the killing of chick
ens which should be heavy, layer;
the food administration hopes to in
crease the production of eggs and
allow them to be put In storage at a.
reasonable price. .. ,
HINDENBURG TO
BEGIN OFFENSIVE
Forces Are Massed and 1918
to Be Year of Decision
Says German
NEW YORK, Feb 11. Prophesy
that Illndenburg would undertake a
great general offensive in the west'
this spring in an endeavor to crush
the 'Uritish, French and American
armies and end! the war. was made
In a lecture by Major Von Olbcrg of
r!.,n.. Pnn.l.1 ...IaI.. 11 11
laJhiont
' r V," "
Lr! ,
th. According to an account
address, printed in German
?iVV v
LMa.Jor. Von C31berg said that as P&17
'n..in? 7.ear.. ot en5LV
1918 would be the "year of deel
aton." Germans were to turn their
eyes and hearts to the west front
from Flanders to Venetla, Ignoring
the peace negotiations in the east.
the outcome of which was "niilitar!y
without importance
Today," said Major Von Olberg.
our back is free and we have the
reserves which we lacked In 1914,
when we had to defend East Prussia
against the liusslans. The great of
fenslve can now Ktart, and then God
help' Albion!"
Von Olberg. who was speaking of
ficially as head of one of the depart
ments of the War press office4, did
not say explicitly, however, that the
principal blow would be delivered
against the Uritish forces, declaring
loaf illndenburg could Ijt trusted to
select the proper place for the of-
fenslve.
John'McCrow Dies at'
His Polk County Home
John McCrow, an early resident of
"""son, ana weu known in Salem,
wiierw ior over six years ne was as
sociated in the meat business with
F. W. Steusloff. died Saturday at his
homo at McCoy, Polk county, at tho
age or 70 years.
Mr. McCrow came to Oregon in Its
first days and settled at McCoy
Afterwards he moved to 4he Waldo
hillsi where he cleared away a for
est and built himself a home. It was
there: that has larce family was
raised.- Uuclph. Canada. wa;f his
birthplace.
i, was a lover of livestock and
l"o "P trading and dealing In such
vtonivolv I to ... 1 .,..1 ...
...... vw in.vsuiU W
his srjuare dealing and honesty and
was considered a practical and sue
cessful, farmer. He fas tlfe livestock
iuyep-oi tne stensioff company.
u-M-s a sister in Guelnh. Can-
ana, the following relatives survive
Kobert McCrow of . Goldendale,
Wash.; Garnet McCrow, Mc(Joy. Of..
ana Clarence McCrow of Srytthficld.
re tits sons. The daughters
are :nristlno Fisher. Clvrner. Or.:
Maggie Fisher. Stayton. and Hugh-
retta t lake of innesvale. Allx:rla. be
sides a step-daughter, Mrs. William
ard of Goldendale. Wash
The funeral will be held from
tjie family home at McCoy. Thursday
anernoon at 1 o'clock. At 2 o "clock
the body will bo taken to Portland
for incineration at tb Portland
Crematorium
One of the best examples of natur
al camouflage fs furnished, by the
Zebra, which nwlnr In Ita itrliuM
fades Into tho tali irra wTs o -JL
treats from th:o hunter-
10 MORE NAB '
ADDED TO LIS j
Names of Sunrivors of To
cania Arrive at Washbj
ton Slowly .
U'ASHIVfiTOV VK 11
- u ; T
tTI now (istnM v,ra nAAA .. .
roll of survivors of "the liner Tus
can! a by dispatches to the war dry
paitment-icjilay and tonight. Tfe
list of American soldiers who ,.,
m board the liner and who have mt
f been reported rescued now standi it
" aunougn n is certain tnatabctt
200 of these and probably mors ara
safe. v ,
.The war departmenrienighrk;!l
was trplng to decipher a number of
names received by cable la garllcj
form, and a considerable additioa
to the list of survivors may be ta.
oouncea lomorrow. .;.
Eleven new names have been re
ported since yesterday, but one of
them, John M. Shorten of Do Soto
Mo., hafa appared on a list of th
saved previously cabled.'- In- manyl
instances is is considered possible
that men still recorded as unreport-''
ed has succeeded in getting prirtte
messages to their families.
SUSPECTED LIS
arequestio;:i
Needhara and Gehlhir
ject Registrants to Ch::
c
, EJtasimaucn -
Sheriff Need ham. chairman of tlis
local selective war draft board, was
yesterday engaged with District At
torney Max Gehlhar in examining a
number of registrants, whose qucs
tionatres were not in shape, as soms
questions did not apparently ares
with answers, or the answers were
not what they -should have been, la
the judgment of the board.
Upon further investigation of these
cases, if it is found the incorrect
replies were given In order to avoid
being" drafted, such cases will le
dealt with as provided by the draft
law Itself.
Today the board will begin tY
taking of physical examinations V
registrants under the new rule, tils
will mean that all those who hav
not been classified and given cards la
the lirst class, about' 125, in number
will be examined by the board.
There was not a single refuta
tion of an alien yesterday at po!.' s
headquarters, and only three st tt.e
postofflce, Jacob Singer, and Jos;1i
jiadispeck, Aastrlana and Christina
Kiss, a German. I
Postmaster Huckestein has receiv
ed , Instructions from Washington
that any 'alien desiring to chanrs
his residence, must obtain a pern.:
to do so,-and state why he wMm
to change, and what he proposes to
do in his new place of abode.
FEED FEATURES
PROGRAM TODAY
Opened at High School i
Meeting Yesterday i
Yesterday afternoon ' at S:30
o'clock began one of the most unlqna
programs ever put on bv the bors
of the high school. The meeting wai
opened Ty Phillips Elliott, president
bf the Hi Y. club, who made a stort
Introductory talk explaining that
"Father and Son. Week" Is a wiio!
hearted effort1- on the part, of the
boys of the III Y. club to carry out
the proclamation Issned by the jp
ernor, designating February 11 to
1 7 aa "Father and Son Week."
. He. explained, that the boys s!l
wanted to get Closer to their fa"
efs and that If "all would bark tVs
plan fhey would never regret It II
then called upon Harlan Hunt, chair
man of the publicity committee, Ar
mln Berger, chairman of the pro
gram? committee and .John Tucfcrr,
manager of the bannnet. each r'
Ing a short talk on the ben
derived from the week. Mf. Turker
explained that plates for the Un
ouet - were t be thlrty-flye ccr.n
each, and that a good tlmej as w'I
as ,a good feed was promised.
Iter. It. 8. GUI was Introduced. V
I'ccan by saying that "we all lov"
our fathers but dassent' say. so
and that "father" should be as d.
a , name to a boy as "mother" !"
"Our fathers owe s sornetl!."?
and when we are boys we daily
eel ve hi care thus paying eft ft
debt owed us," said Mr. GUL H
said he hoped that Salem high school
would back this Week In every war
and If It did so tho week would fc
SllCCOrill r.
Ton Ight at : 3 0 I he banqnet rf
the week will Iki put on at the Y. M
C. A. with the accompanying T'0
gram of god speeches, InclHd--1
Justice I J. Harris as toastma ""
for the occasion. Pistes are to b"
ZTt cents each for father and s
Any father or any son who has t 1
6 father or a son may arrange t r
the adoption of one for the week
phoning either PhlL Elliolt or . l-
Y. M. C. A. Alt details of the cow
ing, program faill be . published -J
The Statesman Tomorrow Is ' y
tion Picture Night." Watch f '
larticulars.
In certain of the rural district'
England the people have a curio '
belief with . rcaards to whoofi
conjth. A lock of hair is cut frf T;
the sufferer's head and put Into
bored in the bark of a mountain
after which the hole is cloned. T
whoop, according to their belief. ;'
vanish in three days under this trc '
ment. .