DAILY EDITION
VOL VIII., No. 711.
(JllANTfl PAAeJ, JOKKPIIINK COtmr, OKKOON, FRIDAY, JAUAIIV IN, IUIM.
WHOI.K Xl'MIIKK MM.
BOLSHEVIKI
IS FACING
A DEADLOCK
I'KACK MIGOTIATIONH TIIIIKVr
liNKD ON AtXtM. St OF III MAN'
l.N WAIl TALK
HIIm-Hau IU-piilillc I'rolillilt- KHit1
ft Food III lluwilit I Hill CoiiMllll
t lull I Amt'iiihly I I'nIIimI
Uindiin, Jan. IS.- The llolshevlkl
are racing a deadlock In negotia
tion on account of the threatened
war with Itumaula and the hostility
of I'kralne. II U a I no reported that
relatione between leniue and Trot
aky ar becoming more atralnod
dally.
I'etrngrad, Tuesday, Jan. IS.
Tlii llolahevlkl forcea haw selr.ed
Irkutsk, eastern Hllrt. after a ten
dnya' battle, All the Cassarka and
military cadets wore disunited.
Orenburg, capital of the. Siberian
Itrovlnre of that name, aUu hai
been occupied ty In nolshcvlkl.
Tha edlcs of the Siberian republic
Omsk, prohibiting the export of food
to Ruaala until tha constituent aa
aeinlily la railed to order, became
effective December 28.
Petrograd. Jan. IK. Premier
Trotiky, It U announced, agreed to
v continuance of Tiegollatlnnif'lnst
Monday.
(tOMillKKH HOVVM TO
AlfclOlltX HV 41 NK FIRST
Wanhlnitton. Jan. Is. Speeding
p of all appropriation ineasnrea liy
avoiding unnecessary hearings and
all possible delaya. with a view tn
concluding all business or the home
l)y .May 15. and readiness to adjourn
r-ongres by Juno I, waa agreed up
on at a conference today between
Speaker Clark, Democratic Lender
Kltehln and the chairmen of all the
leading committee of the house.
FUEL ORDER HAS BEEN
SIGNED BY GARFIELD
Chicago, Jnn. 18. Alleged viola
tion of the fui'l order have been
reported to the United State 'dlt
trirt attorney and the offender have
lieen aent for. They will be prose
cuted If explanation are unsatlsfae
tory. - -
Washington, Jan. 18. While a
wtorm of protest raged at the capltol
and nmong business Interests
throughout tho nation. Fuel Admin
istrator Oarfleld slgnod the order
last night, In preparation since Wed
nesday, closing down manufacturing
plants east of the Mississippi river
for five days, beginning at midnight
last night, and stopping virtually all
tmslnes nctlvlilea on every Monday
for a period of ten weeki, beginning
January 21. ,
With the full support of President
AVIlnon, the fuel admlnlHtrator at
tached hlH signature to the mandate
ui the senate wna proitarlng to vote
on a resolution which It panned 20
nfnutea Inter, requeuing him to
pontpone action for five days.,
Dr. Garfield would no commont
upon the senate action, but It waa
stated at the fuel administration
that the resolution would have no
vffBnt upon the order.
Seldom has Washington seen a
lay of more atlrrlng activity. Con
gress paid little attention to any
-other subject during the day, and
officials generally, few of whom had
known the order was Imminent, talk
& of little else. .
THIRD LIBERTY
111
AMPI
kerrvUry McAiIimi Annouium aue
of f Iimi,(mm,(mm Tiiury I Vrllll
rate of Imii'IisIim-m
Waahlngton, Jan. Ik Aa the first
rinanclal atnp In preparation tor the
third liberty loan, rWrelary Mr
Adoo tonight announced a new Issue
of f !"0,000,(IO0 treasury certificate
of liitlithttulnnaa, bearing four per
cent from January 22, and payable
April 21.
HulmcrlplloliK will lie received by
federal reserve bauka at par and ac
crued Interest until January 29 and
payment til tint be made by that date.
The certificate will be received In
payment of third Liberty loan sub
scription. This Indlrtttf that thu flint pay
ment on the third Mbcrty loan will
he on or about April 22 and that If
the aaine plan of Installment pay
ment la maintained for the third a
for the am-ond loan, the bond aclllng
campaign will be In March. For the
aerond loan, the first payment was
made two weeks after the close of
the month's campaign.
TWO nlttXJO MKN IMK OK
PXKI'.MOMA IX FUAXCH
Washington, Jan. 1R, (leneral
Pershing has reported (Nftporsl Ceo.
0. Wstts. of Cnrvallls and Private
Claude I). Perrln, of Monroe, aa h tir
ing died of pneumonia In France.
SHELLS COAST H
llerlln. Jan. !, 'via' lindon-
I British Admiralty per Wireless
PrvHS. ) The following official com
munication waa Issued today:
"On the night of Monday-Tuea-
dar light German naval Forces un
dertook a raid through the southern
narl of the North sea. They en
countered neither enemy warships
nor mercantile vessels, though they
advanced to the north of the mouth
of the Thames river, close to the
Rnicllsh coast, where they subjected
coast range defensea to an Intensive
shelling "
OF
Berlin, Jan. IS, via London.
The official communication Issued
today by tho war office, follows.
"Western theater There haa
been no fighting activity of Import
amo. On a great many sectora of
the front there have been reconnolt-
erlng encounter. Some Engllsn
prisoner were taken north of Pasa-
rhedaele on the Scarpe, and In the
neighborhood of Vendnntlle and St.
Quentln.
"Italian front There has been no
change In the situation. , During
their unsuccessful and costly attack
of January 14, the Italians lost 12
officers and more than 300 men who
were made prisoners."
STEAMSHIP TEXAN IS
SAFE IN U. S. PORT
Washington, Jan. 18. The Amer
ican Bteainhlp Texan Is safe In an
Atlantic port, tha navy department
announced today. The vessol, which
was at first believed to have been
sunk on Monday In a collision with
another vessel In the same convoy,
was loaded with a cargo of great
value and convoyed by Bhlps of the
navy.
An Atlantic Port. Jan. 18. The
steamship Texan arrived here today
and It became known that she was
rammed by a convoying warship.
which punched a large hole In her
port aide. i '
FUEL ADMINISTRATION
IS
i
Protests Have Been Filed In Such Numbers as to Para
lyze the Work at Fuel. Headquarters, But the
President Supports Garfield's Order
Washington, Jan. 18. It la elat
ed officially that the president I nut
wen considering an Interference
with the fuel restriction order and
fenls that the country will be con
vinced of It necessity.
All principal munition plants will
lie permitted to work at full capa
city under the order. It la under
stood that some adiltlona to the
exacted list will be made. It ap
pears that steel plant mill and
woolen planta making cloth for sol
diers' uniforms will receive favor
able action and will probably be add
ed. Only one Ite making plant may
operate in any one place, but Ita
product must be furnished to clorett
planta at cost.
Washington, Jan. 1H. First day's
enforcement of the fuel order has
been attended by the greatest con
fusion at fuel administration head
quarters. Demands for rullnga and
DESTROYERS LOST
IN VIOLENT STORM
Ixindon. Jan. 18. The British ad
miralty announce the loss ot two
torpedo' boat destroyers' la a violent
gale and a heavy snowstorm last Sat
urday night. . The vessel ran
aground on the Scotch roast and
were totally wrecked and all hands
on hoard were lost, except one man
im'UUKKM IH IXMGMAXT
AT TKIj ADMIXISTKATIOX
Washington, Jan. 18. Congress
Is In a state of Impotent Indigna
tion. It la said some senator re
sent the fuel administration's Ignor
ing the resolutions. .
Senator Smith, ' republican, said
"All this chaos Is shameful. The
senate should rise and dtp the wings
of those who seek to exercise such
authority, which was never Intended
to be given." In the house Snyder,
of New York, said the president
mode a fatal error In permitting
Garfield to sign the order.
THE TERM "SAMMIES"
Portland, Jan. 18. Army officer
In Portland were pleased with a dis
patch from Tacoma which said that
Brigadier General Frederick 8. Foils
requested correspondent of news
paper at Camp Lewis to discontinue
the use of the word "Sammies."
"No soldier likes the name," said
one officer. "Beside having a Blssy
sound It Is too much like the British
nickname 'Tommies.' If they'd call
the soldiers Clarences or Henry It
couldn't be nluch worse.
'Why not have American slang. If
nny, for American fighters. We are
adopting too readily the English ep
ilations for military terms. The
word "bllghty," English Blang for
furlough, for Instance and many oth
ers nre creeping In. When the Texas
ranger comes home from the war
he'll be sprinkling 'bah joves' all
over the corral." . .
MAY WORK SIX DAYS
IV FIVK II EKK AFTER
New York,' Jan. 18. President
Kent, of the National Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers association has rec
ommended to members that they do
six days work tn Ave, during Mon
dayless Industrial week.
Interpretations poured In constantly
and It was Impossible to keep track
of queries or reply to them. While
some Induatrlea In one atate closed
down, the same class of business In
other went on.
The exemptions granted Included
all locomotive plants, automobile
plant working on air craft and army
orders.
Washington, Jan. 18. The food
administration baa Issued an order
exempting every sort of food hand
ling, manufacturing or distributing
agency from the fuel order. Binding
I twine, atnonla and fertilizer' fac
tories are also exempted. The fuel
administration ha made public a
Hat of 1,000 firms that are exempt
ed from (he order.
Washington, Jan. 18. President
Wilson will Issue a statement to
night supporting the fuel order and
standing by Dr. Garfield.
TO
1 GERMAN PRESS
Washington, Jan. 18 The follow
Ing Is one of many orders Issued by
Uernian officials to tha press of that
country and given out for public
tlon by the United States depart
ment of state. While t he news
about America's war ' prepara
tions, such as the organisation and
outfitting of an army 1,000,000
strong to reinforce the French-English
front, la looked upon, in that
form, as "bluff" the spreading of
which may unfavorably affect the
opinion of the German people, yet
the fact must nt be overlooked, on
the other hand, that the United
Statea with the aupport of Ita capa
city for material and Industrial man
agement. Is arming Itself for war
with great energy and tenacity. The
war preparations In America are
therefore, as was Intimated in the
relchstag at the time, not at all to
be made little of, btt must be taken
seriously without on that Account
being made a source of worry.
A few day ago the Austro-Hun-
garlan press was left free to discuss
the war aim. We can unreservedly
Indorse the war alms given 'out In
the majority of the Austro-Hungar-
lan press. Or course the fully war
ranted and not inconsiderable war
alms which are needed for the con
servation . and development of the
confederated monarchy as well as
for a world peace can only tie achiev
ed If Austria-Hungary adheres 'to
her understanding with German em
pire and its allies and with positive
reference to her military economy
and political forces announces clear
ly and positively her firm will to
hold out and win, as la the case with
the overwhelming majority of the
German people. Suggestions on this
point to our press are recommended.
SKIUOVB STIUKKS AND HIOTS
AHB ItK.POTtTF.D IX AI'STHIA
Ix)ndon, Jan. 18. Serious strikes.
accompanied by rioting, have taken
place In Vienna and other ' cities
throughout Austria, according to
News Agency dispatches to Switzer
land. .
MiOYD y;kougk havs
MOItK MKM AUK NKKDED
lyomlon, Jan. 1 8. Uoyd ; George
In addressing labor delegates said
he could not deny the urgency of
need for raising more men. Also
that no democracy has ever long
survived a failure of Its adherents
to be ready to die for It. v
SEHATE FAVORS
1011
Hill t KxtnlilUh War Council Alo
Nearly Completed for I'rewealalliw
to Cikiirm
Washington, Jan. 18. A bill to
create a director of munitions, not
having a cabinet 'membership, but
with broad authority to centralize
control of all war munition, waa
reported i favorably by the aenate
military committee today. Another
bill to establish war council Is
nearly completed. -
Waahlngton, Jan. 18. The hill to
establish a director of munition 1
modeled after the British law.
The committee purpose that the
directors shall be eubordinate only
to the war council and the president
and not the cabinet, taking over
many supply function of the war,
navy, ship building and other arms
of the service. Tha director would
hare control of all' war supplies,
their production, purchase, trans
portation and distribution.
The title of "director of moni
tions" was definitely decided upon
by the committee and written Into
the re-drafted bill by the sub-com
mittee which rejected proposal to
call the head of the new agency the
"director of war Industrie."
Today the committee received
from Director Glfford. of the council
of national defense, suggestions for
certralUIng munitions and war ma
terial. FEi IHf 8
IS
Chrlstlanla. Jan. 18. Feeling In
Norway against America and to a
less degree against the other entente
allies Is growing bitter. It is re
ported her that America demand
the stoppage of Norwegian exports
to Germany In return for shipments
or grain - to Norway, ' but refuse to
guarantee or promise Norway any
supplies.
The Norwegians are asking why
they should offend Germany by eur
tailing supplies at the bequest Of
America, and also risk being left
empty-handed by America, after all.
Reports that Denmark Is receiving
provisions and other goods from
America are received with amaze
ment and some anger. The Norwe
gians say It Is an open secret that
the Danes have fed Oermany during
the whole period of the war, while
the Norwegian claim to be com
paratively Innocent. Yet, they say
Denmark Is favored by America and
the allies and they ask why.
The Germans are making most of
the opportunity for propaganda.
TWO mUA INTnODVOED
TO Oil KATE WAR (Xr?iCILS
Washington, Jan. 18. Two bill
one creating- a super war council
of three members . and another for
a director of war Industries were
tacitly agreed upon today by the
senate military committee as meas
ures to centralize the nation's war
operations. ,
HEALTH f SOLDIERS
IN FRANCE IS
Washington, Jan. 18. The first
weekly health report for the Ameri
can expeditionary forces In France
with comparative figures as to all
troops in the I'nlted States, was pub
lished today.
The report covers tho week ending
with January 10. The total of men
excused from duty for Injury or
slckneps was 54.2 per thousand.
Similar figures in the United States
were 46.4. The hospital admission
rate In France was 45.2, ot which
42.0 was for disease and the re
mainder for Injury. In the United
States the corresponding figures
were 33.0 and 83.3. ' '
MUNITIONS
HEAD
GERMANS ARE
REPULSED IN
NORTH ITALY
t '
UVSH LAl'.ni VIOLENT ATTACK
HIT AKE DRIVEN HACK WITH
HEAVY lW
.
MACHINE GUNS M CAPTURED
On Hundred and 'Nineteen Pria.
ontira. Including Two Officer Were
Taken, Together With Arme
Rome, Jan. 18. Tha Italian war
department tonight Issued the fol
lowing atatement:
"At Tim. yesterday east of Capo
Slle, the enemy, after a prolonged
destructive fire, launched a violent
attack with the object of driving us
from positions that we captured on
Monday. The struggle, which was
extremely Intense, was maintained
with great stubbornness and valor by
the 8econd Grenadier regiment and
detachments or the First and
Seventh Bersagtieri cyclist. These
battllon were magnificently aup-
ported by our artillery. -
"At 11 a. m. the enemy, weakened
bv their losses and repulsed by oue
counter-attack, was forced to give op
the action and withdraw. One hun
dred and nineteen prisoners. Includ
ing two officers, remained In . our,
hands.
"The scene of the struggle waa
covered with the enemy' dead and
more than B00 rifles, several ma
chine guns and other war material
were left on the field of battle."
"On the remainder of the front
nothing or particular Importance oc
curred. Enemy jtatrola were driven'
back In the region of Tal Area and
some prisoner were taken la the
Monte Asolone region, In the Ca-
monlca valley and In the Monte Per-
tlca area onr artillery concentrated
Its fire on large bodies of the enemy
and on enemy positions."
AMK1UCAN WOMKX ARK IX
WAR ZONK Y. M. C. A. WORK
With the American Army In
France, Jan. 18. American women
motor car drivers have made their
appearance in the war tone or the
army, driving big motor trucks for
the Y. M. C. A.
JAP WARSHIPS I!
Toklo, Jan, 17. Japanese war
ships have' been dispatched to' Vla
divostok for protection of allied 'In
terests there, according to official
announcement today. The action
follows long continued appeals from
Japanese and other citizens In the
Russian port for adequate protec-
tlon; not only for their lives and pro
perty, but to great quantities of al
lied munitions and supplies there.
Desultory fighting between the .
Bolshevik! and Cossacks has been In
progress in and around the city for
weeks.
Congestion on the trans-Siberian-
lailroad and general demoralisation'
of transportation Incident to the In
ternal difficulties Jn Russia Is report
ed to have resulted In unprecedent
ed tying up of supplies ' at Via-'
divostock. The Bolshevlkl have
been making desperate efforts to
commandeer this material, much of
which had been ordered 'by the old
monarchist regime.
A member of the naval staff, In an
interview today, declared that com-
Imunhation wllth Vladivostok? had'
been almost cut oft. This, It Is pre
sumed, hastened the orders sending
warships. Protection of allied In-
j forests in Siberia, he said, is Japan's
responsibility, while the other allies
are fighting the 'battles In Europe.
No Japanese will be moved to Si
beria for the present, he said.