DAILY EDITION ' A. VOI VII., No. lid. (HUNTS PABH, JOHEI'HINE COUNTY, OREGON, WKIIXKHIItV. FEBRUARY 2H, 1017 W HOLE NUMBER, JMt. No Oi.V Town in the World the Size of (Irantfl Phhh Has a Newspaper With Full Leaded Wire Telegraph Service 'is HESS MEN OF 1 NATION BACK THE U. S. X.MK TO THE HITPORT OK THEIR (WNTIIY IN TIIK CIIIHIH WITH GERMANY CO-OPERATE WITH THE JIRMY Cfcalmuw of the National liefem Committee Cotnmeaia on Aid of .MmiufiKiiiivrit Cleveland. Feb. SH Willi the German-American crisis seemlngl) approaching the final break. Ameri ca's business mrn ami manufacturers were hastening "in the colors" to day, prepared to back t'nrle Hani from Itrat to lant. Several of lhebuslnes men's com mittees destined to co-operate with th government quartermasters In buying supplies for Me army and navy already hve been appointed, llaaron Little announced today. A poll Of 'the hualnea Interests In the country haa found them standing at attention, awaiting Instruction and eater to help, aald Uttle. Little la the man Uncle Sam has delegated to swing business Into Una nod co-operaU with the government buying station. He outlined to the raited " Proa toda the pVrlft and problem! the United Slatea facet now that It niimt quickly provide war ma terial!. He la chairman of the na tional defense committee of the I'nlted Slatea Chamber of Commerce, which haa been aaked through Sec retary of War Baker to co-operate with the army quartermaster In the purchase of supplies. "Unless the government and pri vate Industries get together learn lww to ro-operate the government will enter Into threatened hostilities faring a tremendous handicap," said Uttle. "The safety of the government lies In the widest possible production of munitions In peace time production planta. Thla cannot be had IT the government pursues a short-sighted purchasing policy, which makes the private production of munitions un desirable business. It must be made 'attractive business.' The govern ment should become the most valu able peace-time customer of every plant that ran be educated for the national service In time or war. It should rcallzo that onre these plants have Installed specialized equipment to produce munitions thla equipment must be kept employed at a sufficient profit to depreciate the equipment. The government's aloofness must be! chnnged to one of friendly Interest In the success of the producer." Little shUI ho believed the llrst Important step to this end would be the establishment of a centralized , purchasing department, entirely! apart from' the administration de-i nartmcnts of the army and navy. Ho! deplored the theory of the present system of purchasing throng:!) eight , een widely scattered offlcea. "The officers detailed for this ser vice distasteful to them In many cases are men of highly specialised technical military knowledge"" and It I undeslrablo for the government to lose their services In the military "branches for which they were trained, when another man with business training; atnne could do the buying es well," he snld. lAsked what were the plans of the national defense committee. In lis co operation with the army quarter mastera, Uttle said, with emphasM, that the committee of five business men, appointed to "sit In" with quartermaitore at the eighteen gov erbment purchasing stations, would "seek not to Interiors." ' . "We will appoint men familiar with the Industries of the various WOO fill TO REPEL INVASION lingular Army and Militia That Ooul.l lie Used t Onre About That Number Washington. Feb. 28. An Ameri can army of slightly less than 200, 000 men would be Immediately avail able In event of Invasion, I'nlted States army ofllcera say. At the present time, the United Stales army total less than 100,000 men. Of these about 40,000 are sta tioned In Island possessions, and would not be able to repel Invasion. Nearly lOn.ouo militiamen could be used. To engage a Cerman expedition on the sea. the I'nlted States has IS war vessels. Including 'battleships, cruiser, torpedo boats and submar ines. The navy has at present 41 submar ines. Thirty-one submarines, nine tor pedo boats and five dread-naught are under construction. POI'LTHY DEALER NlFt'EH from hoycott iiy women New York. Feb. 2X. Wholesale and retail dealer In poultry on New York east side admitted today that the boycott of Jewian kuu Italian housewives ha paralysed the poultry market and la fast wrecking their business. They made the admission to Food Commissioner HartlgaU iM asked him for a conference throus'h which they hone to' obtain a'ronipro mlse with the women. 1 FLEEING TURKS London. Feb. 28. British forces are giving the retiring Turk beyond Kut-el-Amara no chance to re-form their columns. The pursuit Is con tinuing and the retreating enemy forces are being engaged on three nltles. An official Mesopotamian statement revealed thla additional chapter to llrftlsh successes along the Tlgrla today. "Pursuit of the. enemy Is oeing steadily maintained," the statement said. "On Monday our troops were engaging the enemy from three sides. Thirty miles west-northwest of Kut-el-Amara the enemy abandoned quantities of equipment and stores. The total or those taken prisoner on Sunday has reached 3io. The enemy threw his guns into the Tigris river, Including four 3.9-Inch how It zors. "The llrltlsh gunboat Firefly, lost during the retreat from CtcBlpun waa raptured, also one Turkish ship captured and destroyed." section," he said. "They will act purely In an advisory capacity. If we find we cannot be any help we will get out. The first thing to guard against I 'Krnpp Interest' In war large amounts of private capital In vested In planta which can only sell their product on a war market. The natural aim to such capital would be to create war market, "The way to avoid this menace Is to have government-owned plants manufacturing the specialised gov ernment 'munitions, such as armor plate and artillery, with capacity to produce, working one shift, about one-third of the pence time require ments. This production could he more than doirble In war by working three shift." ' ' Little snld the government' cannot expert .private concerns to manufac ture as cheaply as government-owned plant, because they must provide not only a profit, but a higher rate of Interest on their capital, as well a allow for depreciation and the risk of Idle specialised equipment, RETREAT OF THE GEJMNARMY SLOWS DOWN HAIG'B MEN HTILL ADVANCE A -VI) AltK NOW WITHIN TWO MILKS OP BAPAIMK THE GROUND IS A SEA OF MUD Teutons Are Now Offering Stronger Realiitanre to Forward Sweep of the ItritiNh Undon, Feb, 28. Field Marshal Halg's troop are still cloving in on Hapaume. They are less than two mile distant today. The Germao retirement apparently has slowed down considerably, and dispatches from the front today indicated strong resistanre wa now fcelng en countered, in the forward sweep of the British troops. The ground Is a ea of mud from the thaw of recent weeks and stretching across this ocean of slime are miles of barbed wire entangle ment. Patrol unceasingly "feeling out" the ground In advance have nor yet found Indication of the line (elect ed toy the Germane for the next stand. UNIVERSAL MILITARY TIUININU IS APPROVED Washington, Feb. 28. The sen ate military committee today agreed to report the army -bill carrying an amendment providing for universal military training. IK MM AltK HIGHER IN CHICAGO MARKET Chicago, Feb. 28. Hogs Hold for 113.55 per hundred on the local mar ket here today. This Is an advance of 20 rent per hundred over yes terday' top and the highest price ever paid on the Chicago market. ON GUARDl j v X FHhQ,iitai NEW BAY i COMMISSION IS APPOINTED OOYKHNOfl WITHYCOMJ1K NAMES THREE MEN WHO WILL FORM STATE HOARD EUGENE MAN IN FIRST DISTRICT IMreeture of Road Building in Ore gon provided for Under the New Law Were Selected Today Salem, Feb. 28. Governor Withy- combe I strongly In favor of the plan to authorise a f (,000,000 bond Issue for state road building. This became known today when .Withyrombe an nounced the new highway commis sion personnel. He named S. Benson, Portland, capitalist; W. L. Thompson, Pendle ton, banker, and E. J. Adams, Eu gene, lawyer. With these men In charge, the gov ernor said he felt sure the 'bonding plan would be successful. BRITISH LOSSES T London, Feb. 28. The official Brit ish casualty for February, Issued to day showed: I Killed Officers, 506; men. 7,946. Total, 8.452.. j Wounded Officers, 881; men, 11,- jlll. Total ll.tJJ. Total casualties. Including 17 of- I fleer missing, 20,461. ' Thla I one of the lowest casualty totals ever announced for any month since the war started. It Is signifi cant alio that this extremely small loss come during the month In which llrltlsh forces have made the great est gain In the whole war through the German retirement on the Anrre and defeat of the Turks around Kut-el-Amara. Sibl in Albany Knickerbocker Prsss, EXPECT AMERICA TO TAKE UP ARMS KokJIkIi Comment on Laconla. Affair Point to Drastic Action by the United HUte London, Feb. 28. England expects America to act. Editorial comment reflected the at titude of the general public today over the Laconla. Just how America will "act" other than to adopt the armed neutrality policy outlined in the pres ident' speech, waa not tuggeated in the editorial, hut the inference was clear that England think nothing ahort of the moat drastic step will satisfy American dignity and honor. Thla belief of an Irreconcilable dif ference between America and' all Teu tonic power waa strengthened today by Vienna dispatches indicating that Ambassador Penfleld would receive today the answer of the Austro-Hun-garian government to hi recent re quest for a statement of dual mon archy' position on submarine war fare. Dispatches from Switzerland reporting conditions in Austria Indi cated this answer would be in com plete support of Germany's "ruth le&sness" and hinted that a break with Austria, similar with that be tween the United States and Ger many, was ctoae at hand. One other thing which led Briton today to the conclusion that Am erica will have to go farther than a mere break in relations with the Teutons, was the report from Ber lin that the Americans taken prisoner n the Yarrowdale were still "heturf held this time on the plea of quar antine necessity. The London Times published to day a dispatch from Corunna declar ing that friend of former American Ambassador Gerard, embarking there for the voyage to the United Slates, were anxious for his safety. According to this dispatch, Ger ard was warned by a German friend, high In the council of the empire, just before he left, not to make such a trip. The German navy, the Time said, bates Gerard, believing that for a year and a half he has prevented the full force of Germany's submar ine weapon from being felt. AMBASSADOR GERARD SAILS FROM SPAIN TODAY Washington, Feb. 28. Ambassa dor Gerard sail from Corunna, Spain today, a dispatch to the state depart - uicui Bam. AMERICAN FREIGHTER ROCHESTER OVERDUE i New York, Feb. 28. There was some alarm In local shipping circles! Prt 0Ht "ule "hereby "quick ac today over the fact that no word has,11011' lf necessary, can be obtained on ibeen received from the American freighter Rochester, now eighteen days on the way from New York to Bordeaux. She la now overdue. Officers of the Kerr Steamship line. however, expressed the belief that word will be received soon. TAT San Francisco, Feb. 28. San Fran- cisco Is today facing a serious short age In potatoes, onions; butter and cheese. This became known follow ing Investigations made 'by the public welfare hoard of supervisors. The contmlsBlon men and owners of ware houses were called upon to appear before a meeting of the committee to day and fiinlsh a list of all produce held In Btorage. Supervisor Mulvllilll reported that If any food speculators were holding stored foodstuff for speculation, the committee would demand a grand Jury Investigation. BE GIVEN ALL THAT HE ASKED HOUSE COMMITTEE AGREES TO FLOOD BILL WITH SOME TEETH PULLED LIMIT PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY Would Deny Htm Use of "Other la-su-umcntalltles" in Deal bag With SlUuUloa Washington, Feb. 28. The house foreign affairs commute? today op- : held President Wilsons rciuest for r power to meet the international sit uation but with two important re- -striction. j Authorization for use of "other ia- , stru mentalities" aside frond gun, gunner and money was taken from the original Flood bill, tbua limiting the president' authority to some ex tent. The second restriction was the La- -sertlon of a provision sgainrt use. . of the war risk bureau to insure ships carrying munitions of war! The latter provision may bring the ' whole armed ship ind mrnlt'.on question into the present situation and develop an unpleasant compli cation when a vote cornea. Those voting against the report were - Representative Shackleford and Huddleaon, democrats, and Coo-, per and Porter, republicans, all of whom tiled a minority report. Representative Thompson also tiled a minority report. As the house 'bill now stands It provides for granting. Wilson guns, gunners and f 100,000,000 the guns and gunners to be used to "protect ships and citizens of the United States against unlawful attack in their lawful and peaceful pursuits on the high seas." The three proposed amendments to atrip Wilson of power to arm muni tion ahips were voted down a a sop to the entire munition ship crowd. The committee report provided gainst the using of the federal war insurance bureau in Insuring ships carrying munitions. The next step toward passage of ,h , tlw hnllM tn a rule for expeditious action. The house may wait, however, upon sen ate action, which is not due before 'te tonight or tomorrow. The house rules committee intend to meet tomorrow, however, to !,ne The house will doubtless pass the bill, in view of the fact that It take away the use of the "other instru mentalities," that vague power which congress felt might encroach upon its war-making rights and give the pres ident too great power. Shackleford's minority report practically a peace-at-any-prtce plea, closing with a prayer, said. In part: "In my judgment, our Interest counsels that we should forego our rights to navigate the high seas em braced In the war zone declared by England and by Germany, rather than to wage war to enforce such rights. However, If a majority Bhall hold a different view and our coun try shall be plunged Into that Insane war, then I shall, of course, stand1' by my country to the last dollar and the last man. May a merciful God guide us In this hour of peril." Berlin, via Sayvllle, Feb. 28. A German naval plane In the northern Aegean sea successfully bombed a hostile transport ship, the official press agency announced today. The machine returned safely in spite of violent shelling and pursuit by two hostile planes.