DAILY EDITION
VOL (III., No, NT.
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Q RANTS PAM, JOfiKPHINC COClfTT, ORBOON, Till IlKDAV, JANTAHV SI, lOlsJ.
WHOLE Xl'MHEK 8273.
STRIKERS IN
GERMANY ARE
INCREASING
OKI-HIM, INFORMATION MIOM
JIKIII.IX ' MAVH IW.fMM) HTIllK
KHM AHK Ol T IX CITY
SEVERAL CITIES UNDER SIEGE
ttiM'inlixU I'ltwnli iMiinaiuta In Ilia
' Kalaer Maul lance Move Ac
relaralait
Amsterdam. Jan. 31.Th Dum
ber of striker lu llttrllu I estimated
t I 20,000. According to an official
uiimii! luiivd lu llerllii.
ll.Tlln. claims, however, that there
re no other disturbance elsewhere
In Ilia empire,
A Mat of lgs ha Iteen declared
t Hamburg, Altnna and Wandsbeek,
ar-ordlnaMo tha newspaper.
laondnn. Jah. SI A word Inn la an
Kxrliange Telegraph from Copen
hagen correspondent. German strikes
are growing, rieven hundred thou
ami ara striking In Merlin, iO,nno
of whom ara women. Many social
ist leader hava been arrated.
According to the Ontrnl Von.
rlallnt leader liava asked praaldcnl
'Kiwnif In in mm on I ho rnlchtag
Immediately, In view of , alarming
avent.
Amsterdam. Jan. J I. Tha strike
ou been axlended In .district near
' Berlin, especially" Tn TVgel Abler
hif Riwndau and Marlendorf, where
tOO.nnn man have quit work, a'ud a
nlmllar number In lb remainder ol
tha empire, '
" 1
Zurich. Jmt. Sl.-The socialist
linper Vnrwaart announce lhat tha
Rarlln striker hava now bacoma
mora numerous and threatening,
Thay hava addressed In the govern.
mant an iiltlmntnm of which Ilia fol
lowing; ara the principal demand:
First Accelerated conclusion of
a general pnHra without Indemnities
tr annexation.
Bwond Participation of work
. men' delegate of all Ih countries
In tha pear pour parler.
Third Amarloliulon of tlia .food
situation and. better distribution.
Fotirlli Immediate abolition of
tha state of siege and restoration of
the right of public meeting, suspend
ed by the military authorities.
Fifth Abolition of militarization
vif war faclnrle. .
Sixth Immediate release of all
political prisoners.
Seventh Fundamental democratl
v.atlon or stnte Institutions
Highth The Institution or equnl
vloctorat suffrage by direct secret
hallot.
ljindon, Jan. 31. A dUpatch to
lha Ially Kxpraaa-rrom Geneva re
port thHt there have boon idnahea
lintwean aoldier nnd atrlkera In the
sitburba of Berlin In which live were
lout..
The diapntch ftdds that tha troopa
In Home Instance refused to fire on
striker. .
RX FREIGHT RATES
WaHlttngton, Jan. 3t.VBHmlna
tlon from the administration bill or
he provlnlon glvlnu the ' president
jn)wr to fix rntca,' waa approved by
the twnate ItiterHtato commerce com
mittee today by a vote of deveu o
-lx. No amendment wa drafted, but
irt motion of Senator Underwood,
the committee went on record as fav
oring leaving rate fixing In the
hands of the Interstate commerce
vommlsslon nnd the atnte . coinmls-
WILL
BIG ZEPPELIN
OVER HEW YORK
i
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Aineriran Hliigtltl 1.1 Ml VrM 4iiji
Make Mui-nWul Kllailil Over
Manhattan Inland
New York. Jan. 31. New Vorkara
who hapiwnad to ha gaslng heaven
ward lata today, aluppad, rublwd
their ayaa and then thought or hor
rifying morion they had read or Zep
pelin raid on ltndon. Moating ma
jestically oar their head wua a
huga rlgar-shaiied dirigible balloon,
at legal Jim reel long.
Tha dirigible Itrnt appeared over
rioufh llrooklyn, then over down
town Now York, and finally oer
Oovaryor'a Inland. Investigation
brought thn Information that lt
Atartail at I:1U o'clock on a trial
flight from tha new fort at Kock-
way Point, and It returned aafely at
t o'clock. - It carried a craw of eight
men.
At tha avlHtlon field at tha fort.
It waa ld the baloon la of tha type
known aa tha '"American Zeppelin."
Tha flight today waa tn teat tha ef
ficiency of dropping; man In para
chute. Two men of the craw drop
ped to the ground aafely from ' a
height of 300 feet at different polnta.
I KAHMltHHIl' HI'MX TO UK
LKHM HTHMT IN' TIIK I'. M.
Wunblngton, Jan. ai.- l'rena din
putchua filed from nulional army
aud national guard rampa In. tha
tnlted Klute by aceredltnd nawapa
per enrraapondenta. not In the mili
tary aervlce will not be cenaored by
thu ipllltary authorltloa, under an
order made public tonight. The cor
respondent will ba Inntrncted by the
camp enmmandera, however, that
tbey iniiKt rigidly ndherato the re
uueatiT for " aeerecy with raaiiect to
Information of value to tha enemy,
aa defined lu the printed card ant
out by the committee on public In
formation. , .
Correspondent violating thla re
quent will be deprived or the priv
ilege of the camp.
E
S
: Amaterdatu, Jan. 31. The lllieln
liiche Welfallarh Zcltung of Keecn.
a copy or which haa benn received
here, rnport that Field Marshal von
lllndenburK hn warned the striker
In llerlla lo cpbhb their movemant
Imnieillately. Ha told them accord
Ing to thla newspaper, that they were
being minted, adding:
"Kvary hour you lime mean the
wenkentng of (iermany'a defence
Yotf. are committing a crime againitt
our arm and an act of cowardice
against your brethern In the front
tranche."
PORTLANOER IS A
Petrograd, Tuesday Jan. 39. The
workmen's nnd aoldier' government
today appointed John Heed, an Am
erican newspaper man and socialist.
las consul of the workmen' and sol
diers' republic in New York, In suc
cession to the consul appointed by
tha old regime.
M. Tchltchortn, deputy minister of
foreign affairs, today sent a letter to
David R. Francis, the American m
basxador, notifying him of the ap
pointment of Mr. Reed. Mr. Reed
has been In Russia Tor . several
months participating In the meetings
of tha Bolshevik I and during that
time hns made several addresses.
Mr. Reed snld today that he would
start homeward next week to face an
Indictment against Mm in New York
In connection with an alleged pacl-
flt .propaganda, and that the litis
alnn socialists had declared that they
would make a "new l.lebknecht
case" out of It.' ,
Mr. iReed la a former resident of
Portland, Ore.
ERfCANS
After Violent Artillery Barrage, Germans Attack Acericza
Position on French ,Fr est at Daylight-Three
Americans Wounded and Two Killed
With American Army In Fiance,.
Jan. Jt. American poiltlona In car-(
tain sections of the French front
were raidod during a heavy , fog
shortly after day light on Wednes
day. The attack waa preceded by a
violent artillery barrage. Two Am
ericana were killed, four wounded
and one missing, who Is believed to
have been captured. For several
day casualties have been occurring
almost dally. It is now permitted to
disclose that all recent casualties
have occurred In this sector.
Deaths from shell fire are mostly
by ahrapnnl.
EIS
ACUTE IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Jan. '31. Chicago's
sugar shortage became o acute to
day that In several large department
Klorea hundreds of persona stood In
line for hours fo obtain a half pound
for which they were charged five
renta. Restaurants in some cases
were reduced to the necessity of ser
ving lump sugar with baked apples
and giape fruit. Relief of present
conditions was said to deiwad nnon
the rvcidpt of supplies from the west
which hnve been held up by congest
ed traffic.
KUATIN(J ICK HM'OMKrt
HKItlOlS IN OHIO ItlVKIt
Cincinnati, Jan. 31. lea gorges
have again formed above and below
the Olnclunati harbor tonight and
men expressed the fear that when
these gorges break the dumage to
river proierty would be aa great. If
not greater than that caused by the
break-up of the lea earlier today.
Three large steamer were sunk In
the local harbor and another was
swept, away by the Ice floes, 'as ware
numerous Mnaller craft. The lost to
property was estimated at ISOO.ooo.
I XT MtHTATK 1M M KIM K
DM HltvH KltKIUIIT CASK
i
Washington, Jan. 31. Increases
of about 15 per cent In railroad com
modity rate from the east and Inter
ior points, were authorized by the
interstate commerce commission to
duy In finally deciding the ruinous
Inter-mountaln rate case, pending in
various forms for years. This ac
tion will make the through rules to
the const eiuil to hlirher rates main
tained. to Spokane, Denver, Suit Luke
City, .Reno and othor Intermediate
cities, nnd remove, the rate'dlscrim-
Inatlon against which commercial In
terests of the cities have long pro
tested. The order becomes effective
March 15.
GKNKItAKH I'KltHIIINU AMI
lUdSM ATTKXD COI NCT1,
Versailles, Jan. 31. General Per
shing attended Wednesday's meet
ing or the supreme war council with
General Bliss.
I
TO
Washington, Jan.' 31. President
Wilson has sent the farmers of the
United Statos a messuge, calling: at
tention to the country's need of
their assistance during the coming
year, In winding the war. It waa
sent through the : farmer's confer
ence at the University of Illinois
ARE RAIDED
One man was bit by a sniper' bul-
let aud fall into a trench filled with
water and almost drowned before
being rescued by bis captain. Sev
eral were wounded In the hands. It
is certain that enemy casualties from
American cannon 'and machine gun
fire baa been "greater than ours.
American dead were buried with
in sound of the gun.
One man was blown to place by a
shell In regimental headquarter,
while following his colonel Into a
dugout. Three were killed by one
shall In- the trenches.
CAPITAL AKD W
i
Masnington, Jan. 31. The na
tional Industrial conference board,
through Magnus Alexander, execu
tive secretary and the American Fed
eration of Labor, through Samuel
UoniMrs, have been asked by the
department or labor to name the
conference members representing;
capital and labor, who will endeavor
to outline policies which shall gov
eta their relations during the- .war.
Prevention rather than arbitration
of disputes will be the ftlni or the de
partment or labor In reorganising
its administrative machinery and ob
taining the definite formulation of
policies,' to meet the problems raised
by the w,ar.
A formal announcement today of
the proposed changes in the depart
ment was in accord with the outline
already made public. The adminis
trative system to be set up for avert
ing Industrial disturbances wtlt be
based on xones, with mediators in
charke of each xone.
SCARCITY OF OOAK IX
HOSTOX IS 8KRIOIS
Boston, Jan. 31. Arrivals of coal
by rati nnd water were so light to
day that the city fuel commission
was seriously considering an exten
sion of the 48-hour period which be
gan at 4 a. m. today and during
which retail coul dealers have been
forbidden to make deliveries of coal
to office buildings', stores and fac
tories. GENERAL WOOD IS
Paris, Jan. 31. Major-Oeneral
lxonard Wood, V. S. A., who was
wounded recently while vlnltlng the
front In France, is confined to the
Ritx-Carlton hospital, where he is
reported to be doing well. He ex
pects to be out tn a week. He is suf
fering from a flesh wound on the
arm. which Is painful but not dan
gerous.
Uatitenant-Cnlonel Charles K. Kll
bourne, chief of General Wood's staff
vlio was wounded In the face, may
lose his right eye. Major Kenyon A.
Joyce, who was wounded in the arm
I improving.
MKItCHAMHSK KXPORTS IX)
SPAIN ARK STOITKD
Washington, Jan. 31. The war
trade board ha ceased Issuing li
censes to export merchandise to
Spain. Five ships about to sail are
held. It Is suspected that German
Influence Intervened when Ganernl
Pershing attempted to buy merchan
dise there. " "
VIOLENT FIRE
BY AUSTRIAIJS
Slight OmIiw 4lan by Italians .War
t'il-liJ-roasc. , Improved Condi
. (loan In FrmaeU Valley
Home, Jan. 31. The new posi
tion of Italians weat of Frentela val
ley. In the mountain front, was Im
proved yesterday. It la announced by
the war office. The line was advanc
ed slightly northeast or Col-del-roaao.
The Austrians have bean bom
barding with extreme violence the
positions captured by the Italians.
The Italian fire haa bees powerfully
centered on polnta behind tha enemy
line.
Extremely heavy losses were suf
fered by the Austrians, two or their
divisions being almost completely
wiped out
Berlin, Jan. 11. Italian attacks
launched yesterday, south-west of
Aslago. have broke down under the
Teuton lire Is announced by the war
office. Italian prisoner have been
Increased to over 800.
KK-Ctmn icsTAIlIJHHEll
FOR BOMHER'ft INSURANCE
Washington,' Jan. 31. A new re
cord waa established In the applica
tion for 32,004 Insurance' policies
from soldiers, Secretary McAdoo an
nounced Tuesday. . The application
totaled $260,393,500 and brings the
grand total to 34.923, 8H.0OO. Ap
proximately 600,000 persons are cov
ered In this grand total.
HAKKItH WILL DK
... LICENSKO FKRRIARY
Washington, Jan. 31. The presi
dent has ordered all persons or firms
making any form of bread or pastry,
to be licensed by February 4, If us
ing over three barrels of flour,' or
meal, monthly. This also applies to
green coffee handlers.
GERM REJECTS
0
Petrograd, Jan. 31. The semi
official News Agency issues the fol
lowing: "Tha flerman foreign secretary.
Dr. von Kuehlmnhn, informed the
Polish premier, J. Kuchartewakl,
that It was Impossible to grant his
request to represent Poland at the
Bwt-Litovsk negotiations, as to the
Russian delegation had not recog
nized the Independence of Poland.
"This Is raise, the Russian delega
tion recognizes the right of self-determination
of all nations, but not
the dependence of the Kucharzewskl
government, appointed by Germany.
because It does not express the will
of the Polish people." ' '
'The Warsaw workmen have de
clared a general strike as a protest
against Dr. von Kuehlmnnn's effort
to make Russia recognize a Polish
government protected by Germany.
Demonstrations have been violently
dispersed by 4he Germans.".
GRORGK W. MANNING OF
Mi'MINWIfLR DIES IN FRAXCK
Washington, Jan. 31. General
Pershing report that Privates Geo.
W. Manning of McMinnvllle, Ore.,
and James Glenn, of Idaho, have
died of pneumonia.
RAID Oil PARiS IS
FIRST IN SIX MONTHS
Paris. Jan. 31. German airplanes
raided Paris last night. The alarm
was "given at ll:30 o'clock.' Bombs
were thrown at various points in
Paris' and the suburbs.'
Twenty people were killed and ".0
Injured. . .
One German machine was brought
down and the occupants made prisoner.
Hi
SHIPPING IS
CENTRALIZED
HHIITI.XU OK- ALLIES HAS REKJT
PLACKD I XDKU ALLIKI) CKX.
TRAL COMMITTOU
r.ufdju is en
AO Yeaaelsj Entering or Leavlma; At
laatfc Porta Will Be Omtrotol by
Jhlppiag Board
Washington, Jan. 31. Central
ized control of trans-Atlantio ship
ping was established today with the
creation of a ship control committee
to have supreme charge of th oper
ation of all ships American, allied
and neutral entering and leaving
American ports.
The committee was named by rep
resentatives of the shipping" board,
tha war and. navy department, the
food and fuel administrations, tha
director-general ' of railroads, the
British government and ship owner
who met to devise some plan for
speeding . op the movement of sup
plies to Europe.
. It comprise P. , A. 8. Franklin, of
the International Mercantile marina,
chairman; H. H. Raymond, head of
the Clyde and Mallory lines, and re
cently made shipping controller 'at
New York, and Sir Cannon Guthrie.
director of Britbm shipping In thla
conntry.
WHEAT PROSPECTS
BETTER II FRAII
Paris, Jan. 31.' The condition of
wheat on January 1, compared with
a year ago. Shows a ' gain I of '8 'per
cent. If maintained to maturity, thla
means a remarkable Increase In the
yield per acre. The Journal Official
gives the acreage of , winter wheat
this year as 800.000 acres more than
a year ago. i
CKNKKAL CROWDKK MAKES .
CHANGES JX EXEMPTIONS
Washington, Jan. 31. General
Crowder has announced changes In
physical' examinations of draft reg
istrants . Men with remedlble di
seases will not be rejected.
E
TO BE LOGGED OFF
.Marshrteld,' Jan. 31 The contract
for logging the Southern Oregon
company spruce lands on the Coos
Bay peninsula. haa been signed be
tween Manager . Herbert Armstrong
and McDonald and Vaughn and the
work of preparing for the logging
has been started. The lands 'which
comprise 2,500 acres lying west of
Marshfield and north . and south
from the old 8truw, boulevard are
all to be cut over and Wm. Vaughn
today estimated the work would ex
tend over a period of three years.
The contract la drawn on a sturap-
age basis, the Southern Oregon com
pany to receive so much for all logs
removed from the land. Although
the first efforts will 'be expended
upon the choice spruce and white
cedar areas, In order to help speed
the government needs, all the timber
Is to be removed as the logging pro
ceeds. This Is made necessary
through the danger of fires In brush
and waste left from picking trees.
Mr. Vauxbn said while discussing
the coming activity there Is an area
of the finest white cedar on the
coast not far from Tarheel point
and is included in the contract.