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AMERICANS IN FRANCE
NOW READY FOR SERVICE
Secretary of War
Equipping and
France
Washington, Jan. 10. Secretary
of War Dakar, before lha senate lit
Yeatigallou committee today stated
thai America now haa In France aa
ruiy of "eubslantlal elxw," ready for
rtlvt service. Every eoldler la
quipped . with tha moat modern
rma, which are available for every
man who can ba atnt there thla year.
No army In tha history of tha
world, or almltar alia, haa aver
barn raised, equipped and trained In
ao short a lima. - 1 , 1
'Army and navy pruchalng math--oda
were compared by tha rommlt
ta through Rear Admiral McOow.
aa. poatmastar-general of lha navy.
Ud hi chief 'aide. Admiral. Me
Cowan earnestly oiioid a single
purchasing svatem for both army and
m, p. ml support
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Washington. Jan. 10.--Republican
of tha house. In conference lata
tonight, adopted by unanltnnna vote
a resolution urging republican mem
bers to aupport the woman uffrag
amendment, "In ao far aa they ran
do ao connlMently with their con
science and tha attitude or their con
rtlttienta." -..-,
The resolution, Introduced by Con
gressman Mondell of Wyoming, wa
filibustered against for more than
an hour on a point of no quorum,
but the opposition waa ronflned to a
Tew member and ihey voted for II
adoption on the roll call.
PEACE CONFERENCE TO
DECIDE ON NEITIIAL CITY
' lndon. Jan. tn.The price ccn
ferenre la trylnr to decide on same
neutral city, In which to conduct re
gotlatlons, according to a " report
from nreet-l.lioTak late thla after
noon. Nogalea, Jan. 10. A detachment
Of American cavalry aent Into Rear
alley, 2S mile went of Nognles, to
observe tralla. clashed with a bund
or Taqnl Indian, capturing ten. one
of whom died of bla wound.
Washington. Jan. 10. Through
Interrupted communication and
other evidence found on a acore of
arrested alien, government agent
hare discovered a concerted move
ment to re-organ Ixe sabotage.
The anti-war propaganda In the
United States, aa a movement, la be
lieved to have been broken up, and
now confined to aporadlo cases, with
out guidance from a central head
quarters. '
TWENTY-FIVE STATES
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Washington,' Jan. 10. The Imme
diate program of the Emergency
Fleet corporation Include 1,409 vea
la of various tonnage, with a total
4ead weight tonnage or 8,36,80S
ton. . The bulletin of the council of
national dcfenne Tuesday announced
shipyards are now In operation un
der construction In 2S states, Includ
ing practically all stntea touching on
the oceans and Great lake.
Baker Tells of the Enlisting, Training,
Sending of the American Amy to
-Ready For Active Service
navy aiilla, pleading against dis
turbing tha navy'a SMcestful eystm.
Aa a auatltut. he propted joint
war and navy department board,
uppleroented by civilian expert, to
cooperate. '"
No shortage of navy auppliee ax
illa, lha admiral aald. Reaarva cloth
ing la on hand and little dlfflmtlty
In ascurlng nfllrlent supplies ahould
ha encountered. Ha declared, too,
that tha navy haa not found It neee
nary to reaort to ahnddynaa In navy
(armenta, and denied that shortage
In wool mada una of ahoddy. nnres-
aary. Ilia system of publicity of
contract! and competitive) hid, Ad
miral ItcOowan aald. . had proven
moat aatlafactory. Prom April I to
December 15 laat. J1 7,001.000 waa
apant. ' 1
RDEiPZHIEOI!
0;i PORTLAND MS
Purtlaud. Jan. 10. William M.
Chandler, a rancher recently from
Idaho? waa killed and Mr. Amanda
lionner, with whom ha waa walking
waa fatally shot Uxt night by W. It.
Clark," a sawyer, who then aent a
bullet Into hla own brain and died
Instantly.
. Each of tha three parties to-the
tragedy wa !t0 yeara old. Accord'
Ing to aeveral " wltaeaiM', Clark P'
. proached the other two from the rear
'and opened Are without.' a 'word.
Iwhe'n hla two vlctlma had fallen ha
bent over them and after apparently
defying hlraeelf that they , ware
dead, turned the weapon, a revolver,
on hlmaeir and fired. t Jealousy waa
the Riippoecd motive, according to
police officer and the coroner.' who
Investigated. ' ' '.
SPRUCE CONTRACT IS
LET IN COOS COUNTY
, Murhfleld, Jan. 10. It waa an
nounced here today. . that Orant,
Smith Co. and Porter Droa. had sinn
ed up contracta with the apruce
board for the aupply of 100 million
feet of aprure for aeroplane con
struction, and that arrangement
would ehortly be made for the can
Htructton of railroad and camp and,
If necewary, mill to handle thee
big ordera. It waa alao aaaerted that
tha new project would afford em
ployment to aeveral thouaanda of
men.
MiMRSi
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 10
The training of doga for war ser
vice In Ourope started here' today
when Ueutenant W, L. Butler and a
quad of 27 men-came tn-to atart
the school. They will train Aire
dale and other breed of dog to
carry messages from the trenches' Id
the various headquortera In the rear
of the firing lines. They will also
train carrier, pigeons for a slmllnr
service. ,
Aa tha. dogs and pigeons are
trained they will be sent over to
France.
OKHMAN SPY BVf-PEPT
MARKS iOO) KHCAPK
San Frnndsco, Jan. 10. Adolph
Boltman. detained na a sus ve tcd
Gorman spy hits esraped.
SOLDIERSOTRAINI IDOGS
FOREST ROADS
ARE APPROVED
BY SECREM
THK ANVOWIl.l.li-Utl.KHVIIXK
IUAI Wil l, UK lU ll.T 1)1 ItlXd
Till I'KKhKNT V K.I It
A Part of Un Medforl-KlaitMtli
KaJU Road .Will Alwi lie llulU
Thla Beon .
Portland, Jan. 10. Tba aecretary
of agriculture haa approved the co
operative agreement for the survey
and construction of the Canyoavllla-
Oaleavllle road. In Douglas roanty,
Ore., according to tha announce
ment of DUtrlet Forester Oeo. II. Ce
cil, Portland, who haa juat received
a copy of the agreement algned by
the eeeretary.
The Canyonvllla-Oaleaylllee road
la 4 forest road project under sec
tion I of the federal air road act of
July II, UK. It will replace a
aeelally difficult atretch of the, Pa-
cine highway In the Cow Creek can
yon region, and becauee or Ita nine
aa a military road Ita early construc
tion la Important. The total length
ol thla project la 11.1 miles, In
Douglaa county; R.1S mllea being
within the I'mpqua national forest.
Tha state highway com mission of
Oregon and tba county commission-
era of Douglaa county will cooperate
with tha government In the survey
and construction or tba road. The
estimated cost lor tha location sur
vey and construction la It&TOO.
The government will, pay 41. ll per
cent or the final costs of aurvey
plan, eitlmate. and 'construction or
tha project, and the state and connty
officials S7.1I per cent or these
coal. The coat or maintenance,
which la estimated at 11.600 an
nually, will be met by the local au
thorise. Cautionary and Informa
tive sign will 'he erected and main
tained along the right-of-way by the
government.
District Engineer U. I. Hewes of
the office of public roada, Already
tins a party at work making; the loca
tion survey for this road, which will
require three or rour weeks to com
plete. ,
Oregon'a share In the ft 0,000,000
allotted by the government Tor ror
est roads In the national forest states
under aectlon 8 or the federal aid
road act la $118,111 for 11S, and
a similar amount each year until
Ittt. Other forest rosd projects In
Oregon which have been approved
by Secretary Houston are 17 miles
of the Medford-Klamath Falls road
on tha Crater national , forest, In
Jackson county; S mllea of the same
road In Klamath county: and 9.7
miles or the Ochoco canyon road In
Crook county, partly on the Ochoco
national forest.
THOMAS HCOTT, PORTLAND,
AHPHYXATKD IX FHAXCK
Washington. ' Jan. 10. General
Pershing reports that Thomas Scott,
of Portland, Oregon, has died of as
phyxation. It Is reported under the
head of natural causes.
DYNAMITIC IN COAL IH
' ' THK CACHE OP EXPLOSION
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Memphis. Tenn., Jan. 10 Seeru!
persona were Injured here todsv by
an explosion caused by dynandte In
the coal shoveled Into the furnace.
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DISBARRED HI GILL
Seattle, Jan. 10. The state board
of bar examiners today disbarred
Mayor GUI, or Seattle, rrom prac
ticing taw In the state or Washing
ton for one year.
BARE
TEUTON PEACE
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Tiwnv.KY iik;ki to iik firm
AND NOT AIM'KPT IHHHO.tOll.
ABLK PKACK
U 1 BULGAR1AX PEACE
Itiuwiiui Authority ('oswrai to Con-
sliltv I'karlne Independent Factor
In I'eac Term
Heme, Jan. 10. It Is reported
that a aeparate peace agreement baa
been algned between Rasala and Bui
garla.
'Petrograd, Jan. 10. Aa the Rua
alan peace delegates passed along the
way to renew the negotiation with
the Germane, the Ruaalan troopa In
the trenchea near Breat-Utovik urg
ed upon Leon Trotxky. the Bolshe-
vlkl foreign minister:
"Be firm, don't make a dishonor
able peace."
A dispatch, detailing this and oth
er Important racta, waa received at
Smolny, the Bolahevlki headquarters
thla evening. Trotxky replied to thla
urging:
"Wa did not overthrow tha czar to
bow to German Imperialism."
Tha tenor or the dispatch Indicat
ed that the Ruaalans would continue
to Insist upon the tranefer or the
conference to a nentral itate In order
to gain more publicity, which the
Ruasiana consider extremely Impor
tant.
The Bolahevlki la receiving the
comment ot the German preaa.
among the others that or the Frank
furter Keltung, which In an editorial
declares that Oermany ahould ; not
hesitate to move the conference elae
where, as the question ot place waa
no rock on which to break off this
most Important conference. '
Peace delegates or Ukarlne con
ferred yesterday at Brest-Lltovak
with the Bolshevlkl delegates and
reached an agreement whereby the
Russian authorities consent to con
slder TJkarlne an Independent factor
In making aurh terms as Its leaders
deem advisable with the Germane.
EATING PLACES MAY
BE CONTROLLED NEXT
Washington Jan. 10. The hotels
and restaurants ot the country may
go on food rations. - j
A bill haa been Introduced by Rep
resentative Harris of Minnesota, am
ending section five of the food law to
Include hotels and restaurant under
the government licensing system.
The amendment, if passed, would
empower the . government, under
threat of withdrawing licenses, to
compel hotels and restaurants to
support wheatleas and meatless
days; would prevent - extortionate
charges for meals and virtually
place all under federal control. .
"I have studied the measure care
fully," aald Representative Lever,
author of the food law, "but have
hot yet conferred with Mr. Hoover
and others on Its merits.1 It prob
ably will not.be taken np In com
mittee this week." ... ......
., In .the amendment la seen a step
toward tha control now exercised by
European governments over their
hostetries and food emporiums.
POWDER FACTORY 11LOW8
VP AT FOUT SMITH, ARK,
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 10. One
man was killed In the explosion here
today of the -powder-factory.
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 10 A pow
der and dynamite plant at Patter-
son, Oklahoma, 18 miles east of Mc
Alester, was blown up at noon .today
and heavy toss of life is reported. :
AGIST PATCH
Acerica Klsst Ctzz to tie
zzi Still Have a f!i!!i:a Here b Rsene, Ecfcre
aa HsssraEIs Peace Caa Ee Cc:c!:i:J
Washington, Jan. 10. Senator
Kenyon who recently returned from
a visit to the French front and to
England, today warned the annate
against Germany'a peace offer and
torlee that the country waa ex
hausted. '
"Nothing could assist Germany
more," ne declared. . vtdos . wno
are trying to help In bringing about
a patched np peace and lend their
Influence in that direction, are
weakening the American force
weakening American preparation,"
be said, "and they had beat remem
ber that It will cost us more now to
lose this war than to win it." .
Senator Kenyon In relating bis
experiences, aald that what he had
seen In France had aronaed him to
such a pitch that he wished the kais
er might be compelled to be at sea in
an open boat that was being shelled.
the the palacea of the German ruler
might be blown np and that be
might be placed where bomb drop
ped arownd him during a London air
raid. -. -
Pointing to the fact that It took
England two years or more to get
ready to fight, he declared there was
no reason' for gloom In thla country
now but "the saddest worda thla na
tion can ever write If It fails In this
GEM HOSPITAL
FIRE PROVES FATAL
Ottawa, Jan. 10. It has just been
learned that tour children lost their
Uvea In' the hospital fire.
Ottawa, Jan. 10. -At 10 o'clock
this morning fire broke out near the
operating room .in the west wing of
the general hospital, j Heroic work
was done by the nuns. ' The nurses
saved all but one of 158 , patients,
many of whom 'were children; One
child was strapped to the bed, with
weights fastened to its Injured leg
and waa burned to death. This Is
thought to be the only fatality.
One little girl patient, who was re
moved to a house across the street,
died from excitement.
AMERICAN TWHPS MAY -.;
BE SENT TO ITALIAN FRONT
Washington, Jan. 10. An appli
cation to congress by Secretary of
War Baker Tuesday for ' $767,000
for mountain! field and Blege can
non, "the need of which could not
have been forseen when the military
estimates were submitted" was be
lieved to forecast action by Ameri
can troops In Italy. r
IS.
GETTING GOOD ROADS
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Roseburg. Jan. 10 Douglas coun
ty's new roadmaster. M. ' B. Ger
mond, announces plans for highway
building tor 1918 that he claims will
make the county system or highways
among the best In the state. All
roads will be built on permanent lo
cations, stress will be placed on pro
per drainage, and all work will be
done In accordance with the best
standard type for each locality. ,
i Competent patrolmen are being
appointed for each district, and
their duty will be to make repairs
at the first Indication ot need, thus
doing away with the annual turmoil
of "working the roads" and keeping
them in a state of . "cultivation"
throughout the greater part of the
year.
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Resra With 2,GO0,CC0 tin
eniergency by reason or delay will be
the worda 'too late.'
"We must bring to the western
front two million men and have a
million In reserve," 8enator Kenyon
declared. "We rnuat do it aa quick
ly aa poaalble. ' We rnuat . cut red
tape; atop quarreling about tha guaa
and little tblnga, and carry this
thing through on buaineaa-llka prin
ciple, la it not poaalble for each In
dividual In thla country to quit
thinking about what some one else
would do and resolve to do every
thing he can do? It la not enough to
do our bit. We must do our best.
There la too much grandstanding
and limelighting; too much patriotic
posing and not enough sacrifice.
"Ont or this war will come great
tblnga to our people. .We will have
no hyphenated Americanism la this
country. It la not a time for parti
sanship nor politics and I may say
It ia no time for Inefficiency In any
departments of our government" ' 1
Senator Kenyon aald that in thla
"spirit ' ef nonpartlsanship," he
would like to see a coalition cabinet
Including FJIhu Root and Theodore
Rooeevelt and that the service of
William H. Tart might be uaed in
some " of the commission sent
abroad. ':'" '
FOOD SHI III
M IS BIB
Washington, Jan. 10. The food
situation In Europe la so critical
that the food administration in plan
ning to release 90,000.000 bushels
or wheat, despite the tact that the
normal export surplus had been ship
ped by the middle or December. The
American people will be asked to
save to make up the deficiency. ;
KEDBS.
mil
22,000,1
tun
Washington, Jan. ' 10. Henry P.
Davidson, chairman of the war coun
cil of tha American Red Cross., sent
the rollowing New Tear'a message to
the Red Cross division managers
throughout the country:
"The latest reports available in
dicate that the Christmas drive tor
10.000,000 new members for the
American Red Cross resulted in the
addition of fully 16,000,000 names
to Its rolls. This number added to
the 1 tnore than ' 6,000.000 members
before the r Christmas ' - campaign
makes the -total present enrollment
fully. 22,000.000. This is a magnifi
cent fact an expression not alone
of the patriotism, but or the fine
sympathy and idealism of the whole
American people. - , : - , t .
CONGRESSMAN. RANKIN ,
FAVORS WOMAN SII'FRAGK
Washington. " Jan; 10. In tho
house today Jeanette Rankin favor
ed, woman suffrage and opponents of
the measure, reminded her that she
refused to vote tor war. Orav asked
the menvbera how they would like to
have a majority of women before the
war Is over.
The house passed the suffrage am
endment this afternoon.
POPE PROTESTS TECTONIC
i BOMBARDMENT OF CITIES
j Berne, Jan. 10. The Papal nun
cio, at Vienna formally visited Em:
peror Carl and left with him Pope
-Benedict's note of protest against
i Teutonic bombardment of undefend
( ed cities, according to Vienna dis
patches. - . ..