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DAILY EDITION VOU VIII., Xh. TN. (1 HA NTS PAMM, JOMKPiilXB OOIINTT, OKKUON, MOXDAY, JAMAItV til. IIH. WIIOLK XIMHKH IEM. BRITISH WARSHIPS S N ( TI TURKISH CRUISERS British and Turkish Naval Forces Meet at the Dardanelles -Turk Cruiser Midutlu Is Sunk and Cruiser Sultan lawuz Selitn Beached-British Losses Slight Umduit, Jan, 21. In a navl if Him yesterday between British and Turkish force at the entrance to tlit Dardanelles, tha TurkUh crula r Mlilullu, formerly tli German Dreslau, wa unk mid tba Bultan lawua Bellm, formerly the German Goobi'ii, wat beached. The announce ment waa mad by the admiralty lody. The. official statement say: "The Uoeben and Urralau, Turkish namea gultau tfvllm and Mlilullu. with dmttroyera were In action 'with the UrltUh forcea at the entrance to tba Dardanellaa Sunday morning. The Hreslau waa aunk. Tba Goeben scaped, but haa beon toeached, evi dently badly damaged, at Nagara Point. I Loudon, Jan. II. The Bolshevlkl authorities In Pelrograd received a reply yealarday from the Rumanian government denying allegntloii con tained In tho lloMievlkl note to Itu- manla, according tf. aa Kxclianvt, Telegraph dlspatrh from Pelrograd under Friday' dale, 1'reinler lnlne. adda the dispatch, eonalilered the reply unsatisfactory. He aent roplei of It to Foreign Mln leler Trotsky and Ensign Krylonko, .the army romtnander. 1TALIAXH KF.PUXK IIXF.MV ox wide fiioxt is hoitii lxindoti, Jan. 21. Fighting of a major character waa revived on tho lower I'lave when the Auatrlana at tempted to dislodge the ltallana from Capo Slle brldca head. The at tack was carried out by strong forte and on a wldo front. The latent re port from tha Rome war office aald tba ltallana had thrown bnck the at tackers everywhere. Wahlngton, Jan. 21. The Dutch government today alijned an agree ment to charter to the United 8tutea about HO ateamera. now held In Am erican porta. CENTRAL POWKIW MAKING PHACK WITH IKHAXIANS Amaterdam. Jan. 21. Brest-Lit-ovak advice aay m central powen and the Ukranlan people' republic have agreed on the principle or a peace treaty the ror to be termi nated. EOF ! . Portland, Jan. 21. In a whirl wind, go-a-you-ploae push, work i i -era In the Knlghta of Columbus war j lund drive 8nturday charged to the Koal toward which they hnd been i moving tho punt, week $50,000 from Portlund. ! Roleuaed early in the dny from i , previously linpoacd territory rostrlc-j- V tlona, the aollcltors exerded their own pleasure and dlacretlon In iiimh ! tug the campaign mining friend or 1 stranger, on the street or In jodlce building, In public place or private liomc, anywhore the call for min istering to tho soldier boy might anoet respone1 '"I ho tionhen now la being attack ed by naval nlrrraft. "Our losses reported aif ih moni tor Itagliin ami a small monitor, the M-'JK." Ih'HlriM lion of tha two former Gorman rrulsera by lb British marka tba and of two warship wbteb from thv beginning of war In Au gust, 1914, have been proverbal "thorna In tha flesh" of tha antanta allied natlona. Tha Goelmn and Hreslau were purchaied by Turkish government from Germany, August 14, 1914. (or what at the time waa aald to have been 120.000,000, after they bad flat) through a cordon ot HrltUb and French warahlpe In tha Mediterran ean flea, throiiKh tha Dardanelles and to Constantinople. T E' ARE GROUND lAindon, Jan. 21. rrlllh troop awept forward to a depth of one mile on a four mile front In the neigh borhood of tha Durah line In Pala tine, the official utment ald to day. Borne prisoner wre leimrted. The HrltlBli forcea made their galo Friday morning. Hrlllah flyer Friday dropped bomb on a long column of enemy tioopa behind the German line on the woKtcrn front and flew back and forth, firing; their maehlna gun at the maed force with ronlderable effect, Field Marshal Halg reported tonight. In thla aectlon five German ma chine were downed during the day. One Drltlah machine failed to re turn. Repulxe ot neve nil German raids during Friday night and thl morn ing In the neighborhood of Neuve Clinpelle and southward of Len was reported by Field Marshal Malg to night from the west front. IU X AGKNTH INHTItlTTKI TO HTOP KHKKJHT MOVKMKNT New York, Jan.. 21. Definite. In formation that German agenta were instructed to use all meana to para lyie the effort to move freight, I responsible ' for doubling guard at shipyard and terminals. BRITISH GENERAL IS London. Jan. 21. General Sir Eonuchamp Duff, commander-ln chief of the British forcea la India from 1913 to 19 IS, waa found dead In hia bed In a West End Club thla morning. General Duff, who had had a long and distinguished army career, win ning honor In active campaigning and filling numerous responsible executive positions, Including that of alntnut military secretary for In (linn affair at the war office and the posts of adJutnnt-general and chief of staff In India beforo being com mander-in-chief there, wns In hi 83d year.-. In August, 1918, he waa suc ceeded In the Indian command by General Monro. MISS PATTOX DKNIICS SHK IS KNGAtJKH TO PKHSHIXG El Pnso, Tex., Jan. 21. Mlsa An Ita Patton today denied report pub lished In Paris, Hint she Is engaged to General Pershing. ASSEMBLY IS DISSOLVED BY BOLSHEVIK! lilHHoLITIO.V (X).MKH AFTKIl ltOl.MIIF.Vlkl AmiCltHNTH AUK DF.FF.ATF.D IEIE ALLOWS HO OPPOSITION TniM Take 'i,mmIiii of Hnll Mint Meeting Wan Held and Forbid ltNiMtiilillnK tandon, Jan. 21. The Russian contltuent assembly bad, been In ei ItteiiM but 4 few hour before It waa dissolved by tha executive com mittee of the congreaa of workmen'! soldlera congress which baa been supporting the lnlne government. The dissolution came after Holsho vlkl adherent were defeated in at tempt to control the assembly. Bol shevikl troop now guard tha desert ed assembly meeting place and l.en- Ine will not allow them to reaa emble. Pftrograd, Jan. 21. M. Tchernoff elected chairman of the constituent assembly by the social revolutionists, declares that the constituent assem bly should Immediately call a con ference of all the entente alllea to consider war alms. M. Tchernoff granted an Interview to the correspondent during the mid night recess. "Wbat do yon think of tlie tXlAA tlonV he was asked. "Do you think the Bolshevikl will dissolve the constituent assembly?" "No." said the chairman. "I do not think they will do that before the congresa of the workmen's and soldiers' deputies assembles. In the meantime they will try to find a way out of their embarrasment and continue their accession. "You desire to discuss peace first. What la your program regarding that question?" "Our party'a position on the ques tion of peace la that the constituent assembly should immediately call a conference of all the entente allies to consider the alma ot the war. We expect that at such a conforence they would state clearly and most ex plicitly their aim and would try to harmonise them with the democratic principle of the Russian revolu tion." . "Do yon think Russia can . con tinue the war If Germany refuaes peace on democratic term?" Tch ernoff waa asked. He replied: "Everybody saya that Russia can not fight because of the extreme state of disorganization. All know that the decision in thl war will be on the western front. But Rusala ran act aa a magnet to draw (Jer man forcea and prevent their being thrown over to the western front. The Russian army may retreat, but In doing ao wtl benefit the alllea by diverting the Germans deeper and deeper Into Russian territory which would be no gain for them." ARE ASSASSINATED Petrograd, Jan. 21. A. I. Shin garoff, minister of finance in Ker ensky'a cabinet and Professor F. F. Kokoshklne, state comptroller under Kerensky.-were murdered In tholr beds at the marine hospital last nlsht. KILL Wit PACIFIC 0AST NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM Washington, Jan. 21. A bill was Introduced In tho house today by Representative tinker of California, to accjulre und maintain a system of natloniii defense and military high ways and post ronda, In Washing ton,, Oregon and California. . VI CABINET LEGISLATION IS OPPOSED MKMIIKItM TO ISK APl'OIXTF.D HV TIIF. ckusiuknt WITH fOX 8K.NT OK HF.XATK iTtnlilcnt WIImio Announce Ilia 0iNwllio am! Will Fight It To Finish Washington, Jan. 21. Kstabllab ment of a war cabinet of three dis tinguished citizen of demonstrated executive ability, la provided for by a bill Introduced In the senate by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee, the members to be appointed by the president with the consent of the senate. How ever, the president haa served notice on democratic leaders In the aenate, that he will use all hi Influence and power to beat It and will fight to a finish. GERMAN YACHT TAKEN ' IN NEW YORK HARBOR New York. Jan. 21. The steel pleasure, yacht Joyeuse, aald to be owmed by Emit H. Kleuge. an nn- naturalired German of Englewood, N. J., was seized here today .by I'nited States Marshal McCarthy. . Federal authorities said the yacht, equipped with wireless, with Kleuge on board and manned by a Swedish crew, had been cruising recently along the Atlantic coast. The yacht Is licensed In the name of Arthur H. Marka. of Akron, Ohio, and It la claimed by tbe government officials that Kleuge bought It from Marks In November, 1916. but no public record has been made of the transfer. The boat was licensed In June of last year In Marks' name. It waa pointed out by the officials that under the president's proclama tion enemy aliens are not allowed to operate boats of any kind in Amer ican waters, which would have made It Impossible for Kleuge to obtain a license In hia own name. When aelaed the Joyeuse was at anchor In the Hudson river and co- Incident with the selinre a libel against the craft was filed In the name of the United States. The Joyeuse wa brought from Florida water by Kleuge some months ago, It waa said. Kleuge, who la president of the Kleuge Weaving company here, la a reputed millionaire. P Portland, Jan. 21. The number of case tiled in the municipal court during the year Just closed show a big reduction In crime in the two year during which the prohibition law haa been In effect. The statis tic were compiled Friday by Deputy City Attorney Richard Delch for City Attorney W. P. LaRoche. In the fiscal year ending Novem ber 30, 1915. the Inst "wet" yanv. 15,018 persons were haled Into the police court, while In the calendar year 1917 there were only 8.129 cases and 1.724 or these were trl;d during the month of December, of which 1,046 were for violation of traffic ordinance. Drunkenness, which Is bygone days was the most common offense, hns now fallen to second place, with traffic violation far In the lead. 100,000 STRIKERS ARE DEMANDING EARLY PEAGE Transport Service Is Paralyzed of Austria-Hungary, and a Made in Germany Uindon, Jan. 21. With pan-Ger mans In political ascendancy In Ger many, there are serious strike in Austria, at. protest against GeN maoism and favoring peace. - One correspondent lay, the striker de mand a, speedy peace with Russia, and have grown too strong to be stemmed by force. London, Jan, 21. The strike movement la moving throughout Austria-Hungary, according to dis patches received from Swiss and Dutch sources. It I associated with a demand for immediate peace. A general atrlke waa decalred Friday GIRL WITH DYNArITE Chicago, Jan. 21. The mystery surrounding the Identity of the 16- year-old girl who waa arrested Frl day on her arrival from Youngstown, Ohio, carrying satchel In which were 26 atlcks of dynamite, waa solved when she broke down and told fed eral ahthorltles hernanie Is .Josle Lande and that abe ia from Youngs town. An Intimation waa given that search Is being made In connection with the case for a secret code used by German propagandists. The girl told of her arrival In thla country, declaring that ahe was born In San Luca. a town In northern Italy. She came to America with her father four year ago, ahe eald. The dynamite, he declared, waa given her by a friend In Youngstown to be delivered to someone in Chi cago. She refused to tell the name of the man who gave her the explo sive, nor to whom it wa to be de livered. A allp of paper bearing a Chicago street addres which she tried to awallow when arrested, ao far ha proved worthless, for the ad dress I a vacant lot. The explosive waa discovered by a negro porter on the train from Youngstown. His suspicions were aroused when she refused to let any one touch the satchel. The passenger were placed In an other car on the pretext that trie heating apparatus . temporarily wa out of order. The satchel then was examined and police notified of Its contents. TWO MKX1CAXS KILLF.lt WHF.X F1RK 18 UKTVKXKD EI Paso, Tex., Jan. 21. Two armed Mexicans were, killed today, when I'nited States cavalry patrols returned a fire from the Mexican side, opposite Fabens. One Ameri can's horse was shot from under him. TOTAL $12,949.84 Portland, Jan. 21. Returns from, the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals throughout Oregon now total $12,949.84, with a number of towns and agents yet to hear from. It Is practically assured that last year's returns of $6,600.47 will be more than doubled this year. The Wom an's Club, of Corvnllia, which hand led the sale of the seals In that city, sent In their check last week for $250, and The Dalles Sorosls Club, which handled the sale In that sec tion sent their check for $205.53. by Strike That Afiects All Permanent Peace Not Is Demanded at Budapest, when the entire trans port ayatem came ta standstill. London, Jan. 21. A general atrlke la on throughout Auatrla, ac cording to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Parla today, which re port 100,000 men quitting work la Vienna and Neuatadt, closing down all the war factories. The atrlkera are described aa open ly anti-German and the movement a both political and economic and especially aimed at obtaining peace. Public demonstrations. It i add ed, have weii held in many placet, at which hostility was voiced toward Berlin for trying to force the Aua trlana to continue the war. TO KEEP ROADS M Washington, Jan. 21. Director McAdoo told tbe aenate interstate commerce committee today that he thought tbe government should re tain the operation of railroad for some time after peace come, and not return them to private owner un til and comprebire- K bar , been passed to govern them. He de- nied that he had anything to do with the fuel restriction order, but aald he approved it FOKKCAST FOK TH K WF.KK HK(ilXIXO JAXIAKY 20 Pacific Coast States Some prob-. ability of rain Sunday In southern California, and occasionally after Monday on north coast; otherwise fair. No ' decided temperature changes. A RINGING CALL TO WEN OF An Washington, Jan. 21. "Wake up women, U'a war!" This ia the rally call aent out to day to the women of America by Florence King, a woman lawyer ot Chicago, and president of the Wom an'a Association of Commerce of the United Statea of America. Women, she saya, might better be driving trucks than pleasure cars. In a state ment today she aald: "We women must wake up. We must not wait for broken men to be brought home to ua from France be fore we come to realize and shoulder our part In this war business. "Women will work It you'll tell them what to do. It' not so much what they can do. They must do what the men have been doing. Lots of women are knitting. Very well. but many of them have got to drop that to attend the wounded, grow food, enter business and keep the factory wheels moving. I have little patience with ablebodled women who are content jnt to knit. Leave that to the women with children they cannot leave, and to semi-invalids." PRKSIOKXT WILSOX DKXIK8 CHAMHF.nLAIX'8 SPF.KCH Washington. Jan. 21. President Wilson Issued a statement - today characterizing as "astonishing and unjustifiable distortion of truth," the assertion . made by Senator Chamberlain In New York state, con cerning inaction and inefficiency by the government in war preparation. PROPER LEGISIAII