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"(HUNTS PAM, fOAEPHINB OOl'MTT, ORKOOJI, r'KII'AV, FKHIHAKV 8, I VIM.
WHOLK XI MUEH 8279.
TEX. RANGERS
11 BAND OF
15 MEXICANS
i i in
fclll TO MAUI ItUI'KI, I.UUiK
t'ATrLH ItAXtll XK.Ul IIMIV
Mil, TKXAH
WASHIHGTOH IS HUNG
4 liltwl HUtr Army ot Implicated
In Affair Melrn AmhuMailor
HI. Prolot
Kl I'aso. Feb. 8. An Investigation
Of the k t II I n k of IS Mexlcau rltlanna
t I'orveolr, Texas, 40 mile nnrth-
wmI of i'resldlo, on January II, has
been ordered by th itata dopirt
nmnt at Washington, anil la blnn
made by th military stationed In
tha Ills; timet district of Texa.
nbnio th killings occurred. This
wa asked for by Mexican Ambassa
dor Yunai'lo Hnhlllaa.
Mitrfa, Texas. Fb. Texas
ranger reported uii January 13 dial
lhay bad had trouble with a hand nf
Mexlcana at Porvenlr who were sup
posed to hav been Implicated In the
Brit ranch raid. They1 admitted
having killed 13 or thv number. Th
bod In were taken aero th Klo
Cranda to Kl Cotnldor and burled by
their families and friend.
- Tho I'nllad States army had noth
ing to do with the affair and no sol
diers wort near that plare the night
of the killing. Instead, a number of
Mexican lOiight and received pro
tectlon from the military at Kver
rtt's ranrh, the military authorities
here declared.
I.otuliin, Ki b. Opi'iutloiih on
the wenterti frcnt loiitlnnr to le
marked by heavy urir.lnr) exclian ;
In conjunction with raiding mtirKa
n the oppoMng trencbei, I'arla re
porta ai tlve cnnnomtdis on the AUnr
and Verdun frontn and In A Inure nnd
a hair doien (leiman foinya were re
linked In which the enemy loot men
and nmterlnl. According to llerlln,
the nermana captured prUonern In a
raid In r"lander nnd In fnrefleld en-
Kagemonta In Artola. nnd Krench
attack In the Chnmpagne broke
down.
Rome report alight nrtlllery nc
tlvlty on all the Italian front, brt
thnt hoatlle aircraft Wedneodny
morning renewed . their bombard
ment, or Italian town. The num
ber or enemy nmchlne brought
down by the entente airmen on the
Italian front, from January 2d to
February 8, wa f6, according to
Rome,
A Indicating the chaotic condi
tion In Ruaala under the DolRhevlkl
Tulo, a Petrograd advice reaching
tendon, iay that looting occurred
on Tuesday and Wednesday In the
RnsRlan capital, when wine cellars
were sacked by mob. The author
1tlea imed armored car to oppose
the pillager, many of whom were
killed or wounded.
I R.S
New Vork, Fob, 8. Theodore
Roosevelt' condition Is unchanged
today, which Is considered satisfac
tory. , ,
:rw York, Feb. 8. The affeitlon
nf IloORCvnlt's ear subsided some
what today, It Is announced,
DAYS SUMMARY
WAR OPERATIONS
MID'
ii uni
I'MMwnuir ( am. Moli.r Trucks mid
Farm Trai-lJira lit Orr! IttrMy
" (n I'Uplnr
Portland. r'h. Willi .19 dlffer
rnt make of passenger rr-inl
models In all -IS make of motor
trurk and l farm tractors repre
sented, Portland's ninth annual au
tutnulille, truck and tta lnr show
opened last nlKht In the city audi
torium. An event of deepest war Imp'
ance and significance. thU show
For num.' gun, ship and Ihe auto
mobile must win the war for Amer
lc. With Ihe railroad faltering tin
der their tank, the automobile 'ha
taken up the burden of tranaiiorta
tlon and la not faltering. Through
the automobile business and ln
try are enabled lo keep up the tre
mendous pare that must be main
tained to aupply the armies, meet
war loana, suhsrrlhe to the lied
Croes. the T. M. C. A.. Knlghta of
roliimbua. Armenian relief fund
and a hundred other merltorlona
project .
In the show thai opened lout
night, to continue until next Wed
neiiday, are displayed the very 1st
est and beat that the motor car man
ufacturer have to offer In passenger
autnmohllM, trurka and farm trar
lora. . .
U. S. AM
WAS NOT EXPELLED
Washington, Keb. 8. Tbe state
department today received routine
telegiama from Ambassador Krancla
at I'etrograd under date of Fehru
ary 4. ThU la regarded a dlscuunt
Ing unconfirmed reporU that Am
bassador Kramla had been eximlled
by the llolihevlkl.
Stockholm. Kelt. X. vVciordlng to
unconfirmed dispatches, the HoUhe
vlkf government hu expelled from
IliiHola all entente mUslon and they
nre on their way to the Swedloh hor
der. Ambassador Krancla has not
been heard from since February t.
Stockliolm. Ke'. ('eucral Man-
nerliilin. commander of tbe torre
supporting the Finnish i rovlHlniml
government, haa defeated tli revo
lutionary Red Guard ut Korkeakosl,
near Tammerfor. ac orjllng lo llcl
slnnfors dlspatihos.
. Amsterdam, VoU. . Ltiv vuu
Seydlor, Aualrian premier, tortuy
tetulcrod thd reelBiiullou of bla en
tire cabinet to Emperor' Charles, a -
voiding to Vlennu (llaputihos.
A.MhltlCAX AVIATOU 8HOT
VOWS HV JEKM.XS
Paris, Feb. 8. William S. Tailor
of HoBlyn. U I., fb'lug In the French
escadrllle while awaiting an Ameri
can commlBHton tor which he hud
boon rocommeudud, was killed Mon
day In an encounter with Germans,
who brought down Ills plane behind
their lines. Taller waa 23 years old.
CALAMITY HKKS IX HI X
' Otil l'ATlOX OK SAMOA
Ottawa, On t., Fob, 8. 'A dispatch
to Renter's. Wmlted, from Welling
ton, N. Z.. quotes Premier Masgey of
New Zealand as saylug that any ar
rangomont allowing Germany to're
pofBoos Samoa would be a national
calamity for the British Interest In
the Piiclfb'. He therefore urged that
Australia and New Zealand be rep-
r .-rented nt any" pence conference.
PORT
S AUTO
cum
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ED. PARKER
More Than Hundred Oregon Men Were on the Torpedoed
Tuscania-No Definite News Until List of Smivors
Has Been Cabled to Washington
Wellington. Keb. H. Passenger
oil tbe torpedoed Irauaport Tuseanla
Included many Oregon men, among
whom were Edward P. Parker of
lirant Pa and C'barlei ileiidricka
of Klamatli Fall.
An Irish fort, Keb. H.--AS tbe IUI
of the Americana aboard the' Tus
canla waa lot when Ihe veaael went
down It will be Impoaalble to ascer
tain I lie naniva of thoae loot until the
namea or the survivors art cabled to
the I'nlted State.
Portland. Keb. K. Sixteen officer
and men from I'ortlund were aboard
the torpedoed tranaixirl. Tbe IUI
Included nearly 100 men from other
ectiona of Oregon. Among them
were Joe K. Hedrield of Ulendale.
and Second Ueutenant Daniel W.
I'arker and Kred K. Snyder of Aah
land. Thoae on board from Eugene nre:
Ruben Chlndgren, John H. Chapln,
Howard II. Merrill. Arthur J. Ream.
Riley K. Murray. Otto K. Miller and
Iiiile II. Mummy.
Seattle. Keb. H,-Vm, W. Cooper
son of Prof. Frank Cooper, siiierln
lendent of the Seattle schools, was
sboard.ihe ill-fated Tum-anla. -
Sulem, Feb. X. Governor James
OF
Washington, Feb. 8. Washington
was decidedly a changed city today. I
The sinking of the transport Tus
ranla has awakened the country as
has no other event since the war
lth Germany began.
The spirit of the reply of the Am
erican nation may be summed up in
Hie words of Secretary Baker, who
said:
"We must win this wnr nnd we
will win this war."
While his department was niakiim
every effort to get a complete list
of the missing from Tuseanla. the
attitude of the government was
sharply expressed toy Secretary of
War Raker. Declaring that the
sinking of the Tuseanla has brought
the nation face" to face with the
losses of war in Its most relentless
form, he declared: -
"The sinking or the Tuseanla
brings ii race to race with the losses
or war In Its most relentless form.
It Is a fresh challenge to the civi
lised world by an adversary who has
rerined. but made 'more deadly, the
stealth or the savage In warfare.
"We must win this war and we
will win this war. lxsses like this
unite the country in sympathy with
the families of those who have suf
fered loss; they also unite ua and
make more determined our purpose
to press on.
"As rapidly as details come In they
will be given to the public In order
to relieve anxiety where . possible
and notice will be sent as promptly
as possible to those whose sons and
brothers have been added to the na
tlon's heroic dead."
The successful attack on the trans
port had brought sternly home for
the first time the great dangor that
marks the transportation or troops
over seas. It also had served to end
for all time the arguments of the
. " , . .
many persons who have been declar-
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inn inni iiermany was noi panning
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ruthless warfare on the , United i
States. The loss of the Tuseanla, of
ficials pointed out, has confirmed
fully the announcement by Secretary
AMERICA
HAS BEEN
SINKING
BOAT
Wllhycoiuba expressed tbe fear that
bis son, Karl Wlthyconibe, wa on
board tbe tranaport Tuscanlu, tor
pedoed off the Irish coast, but his
feara were dispelled later, on receipt
of a telegram aaylng hia son had
been transferred from the engineers'
regiment which he believed to have
been aboard the ship.
Later word was received that the
young man Is III In a hospital at
Washington, 0. C.
Washington. Feb. 8. Advices to
Ihe war department accounting, for
all but It of the American soldier
aboard the torpedoed Tuacania re
mains unchanged.
Cable reports from an Ireland port
give Information that 44 bodies of
American oldiers. battered beyond
recognition, were washed ashore 13
miles from the scene of the torpe
doing. Their Identification tags
bore no names or numbers. ' Officials
pointed out .that the soldiers bad
not yet been assigned to ' definite
units.
War department advice now show
the total number missing as 210, of
which 11 J are American troop.
It may take some time to deter
mine definitely who I missing.
. London. Feb. R. Revised figure
Indicate that Tuseanla victims nunv
ber nearer 200 than 100."
TT
of War Uaker that the German mili
tary command had planned a con
centrated attack directed against
the American transports In an effort
to prevent the American troops get
ting to France in time for taking
active part In the sprlnc drive.
Cnly n Few Are lxist
It hud'beeu HCrepted That trans-
imH. u-mil,l hn aitnrken hut there
was a strong hope entertained that.
the protection plans 'of 'the navy de
I'artment would checkmate the Ger
man efforts. And. while there was!
the deepest regret over the appar-l
ent loss of life In this initial sink
ing of a transport, officials pointed
out that the large number of saved
was art eloquent tribute to the ef
fective measures that had been plan
ned to meet such attacks.
Until the complete story of the
attack reaches Washington, officials
did not care to comment on the ef
ficacy of the convoy. It was accept
ed, or course,' that the navy had
done Its full part and that the Ger
mans had managed to get a trans
port was accepted as simply one of
the fortunes of war.
Already Secretary Baker has lef
It be known that the United States
has transported overseas more
T
troops than Canada has sent during
the entire war period, and it can
hardly be expected that the enor
mous volume of shipping now on
the seas can keep making the trips
with perfect Immunity; :
Deepest sorrow everywhere was
expressed over the loss of life. It
was remarked that It was a national
guard outfit which had suffered the
first big blow for the army on the
sea. To Michigan and Wisconsin
will go that place in history.
Nation 1 Knocked
Tho naorn ama In WnahfnirtOfl ft
. , . , .. ..
la severe shock. No Intimation of
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i the d Raster was allowed to become
. , , . , , .
known until about 10 o'clock Tues
day night, when Secretary Raker
was hurriedly summoned to the de-
(Continued on page i.)
AWAKENED
TRANSPOR
SCAN I A
AMERICAN RELIEF
WORKERS RESPOND
I led Croea and V. M. ('. A., Anuerkv
ran Army nnd Naval Oflirer Ite
mhm1 yulckly
lxndon. Feb. 8. News or the
sinking or the Tunanla reached the
merlcan military authoritiea bere
Wednesday morning. Additional ma
chinery for relief work lmmedlatel)
wa put Into action, and several
core officials of the .American army
and navy left here during the day
for Ireland.
Vice-Admlral William Aims, com
mander of the American destroyer
squadron in European watera, who
now la In Rome for a few day, was
notified by telegram of tbe disaster.
The night boat train, which goes
direct to the port where the major
ity of th survivors was landed, was
crowded to overflowing. The pas
sengers Included msny American
Red Cross worker, representatives
of the Y. M. C. A. and a large num
ber of military and naval men.
. A correspondent of the Associated
Prees, traveling on this train, found
every seat taken a half-hour before
leaving time and a number of pas
senger standing In the aisles for the
all-night trip.
TURKISH LEAGUE OE
PEACE AND LIBERTY
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 20.
(Correspondence) Kemal Mldhat
Bey, grandson of the former Turkish
Grand Vlxler Mldhat Pasha, Is In
8witxerland organizing a society
tlfowri ' atJthewrurlirsh ' Leag (le " of
Peace and Liberty," the objects of
which are stated as follows:
"To persuade the Turkish govern
ment to make a separate peace; to
unite and reconcile the ' various na
tionalities which make up the Otto
man empire; and to modernize Tur
key." In a statement to the press, Kem
al says: "Turkey has reached the
end of Its tether. The capture or
Jerusalem has probably proved the
rinishing blow. ' My latest reports
from Constantinople emphasize the
tremendous Impression made by the
capture or Jerusalem. But the 'stop
the war movement in Constantin
ople derives its principal impetus
rrom the economic miseries or the
people rather than rrom any dismay
at the dwindling or Turkish power
condi
' .?
tions or the poorer classes cannot
easily be exaggerated.
"The disorganization of the army
Is another factor. The number of
Turkish deserters In Asia Minor is
now over 200,000. The Turk de
serts not because he Is afraid, hut
because his eyes have Tieen opened
to the real origin of the war and the
futility of continuing it. The aim
of our organization Is not merely to
get Turkey away from alliance with
the Germans, but to get Turkey Into
the war on the side of the entente."
ARiyiY FLYING FIELD
FOR RIVERSIDE. CAL.
Washington, Feb. 8. The estab -
lishment of nn army flying field at out sending the troops to their boat
lUve:elde, CaL.'has been authorized stations and to get the lifeboats out.
and contracts for construction have The shock was not severe. It was
been let. Namts of the firms se- more of a crunchlng-ln- feeling that
c'liing the contracts have been with- went through the' ship than of a dl
heid. rect blow." -
lU'Tt'H (UHLDHKX OATH Kit
TOXS OF XKKDKU JVXK
Amsterdam, Feb. 8. School chil
dren of Frankfort In two wcoks col
lected 166,000 pounds of waste pa
per, 24.000 pounds of rags, 8,400
pounds of metal, '900 pounds of
women's hair, 4,000 pounds or rub
ber, 2,000 pounds of leather, 85,000
bottles, 20,000 electric lamps, 41;
000 corks, and 12,000 hats. The
articles were all turned over to the
army.
MONTHLY
FAST DAY IS
FOOI MTIATIO.V CAIBK8 EX
TIIKAIK A XI LTV IX HALLS OF
COXUKKHft
DRAFT ALL PERSONS FOR WORK
Heat lean Monday Discontinued I
South Wanner Weather Expert
ed to Rolleve gltmaUoit
Washington, Feb. 8. Senators
today urged drastic action to cop
with the lood shortage. Senator
Siuoot of I" tab urged the establish
ment of a monthly fast day.
Senators ar agreed that if war
keep on every person will be draft
ed for work suited to him. 1
Washington, Feb. I. Heatles
Monday hav ' been abondoned
through the south extending from
Virginia. Fuel administrators hop
that with wanner weather will com
improved railroad traffic and that
heatles day may be discontinued
after next Monday.
Another bill affecting the draft
would authorize the president In any
emergency to call Into immediate
service skilled experts In industrial
lines or In agriculture regardle of
their classification, residence ' or
quota.
NO 0E ON BOARD -
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Ijondonderry, Ireland, Feb. 8.
An American officer, who hinted that
the U-boat waa sunk after attacking
the Tuseanla, said:
"Everything went well with us
during the voyage. Many of our
men had never been to ea berore
and I must say they stood it like
soldiers.
"We were one or a powerful con
voy. I must not tell you our posi
tion In the convoy or how the vari
ous ships were formed, but you may
take it that all the other boats have
got through as far as I know. As
for ourselves, well, the Huns auc
ceeded in getting only a fraction of
our fine fellows in addition to our
boat; but If they have; they have
pu the Iron Into our souls and we
will be ready to repay them when
the chance offers.
' "Monday was a mild night. Had
the disaster occurred during a. sale
1 1 don't like to think what would
have happened. But Tuesday even
ing was calm.
"The first Intimation we had of
possible danger was an order for all .
men to go on deck with life belts. It
was about 4:30 o'clock. At the same
time we sharply altered our course.
At 6 o'clock, just as the darkness
was setting well in. we got the blow.
Nobody saw the periscope nor could
one have been seen well. Some sol
diers described having heard a hiss
ing sound before the torpedo struck.
"We were Instantly disabled. All
' the lights went out. '.'An order rang
Ill
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With the American Armies. Fet.
8. The American artillery and in
fantry forces ' have succeeded In
clearing out a majority of the snip
ers who have been causing consider
able' annoyance.
ADVOCATED