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UKI'OltTH AltK AINTItIA IN ' UK.
LUTAXT TO FIOMT HIIITIHIf
AD AMKItit'ANH '
SEPARATE PLACE MAI RESULT
Uoyit-Georg ( luillnnur IIuuh of
Common li lir "A WmiiI of
tVnndpoce" In dotniiuifut
Umdou, Feb. 1 3. According to
correspondent uf the Dully News,
hcti ars kaowo which bring the put
alblllty of separate peace between
Auntrle-llungary and the entente
much nearer,1 Great reluctance U
manifested In Austria toward Ilia
prospect of fighting with British and,
American troops on the western
(runt.
l.oiidon, Feb, II. Lloyd George
yesterday chnllnnged the house of
commona to move want of confi
dence In the government, which It
failed to do. The premier 'did not
failed to do. The premies did nut
refer to President Wllaon'a addreaa,
but Former Premier Asqultb favored
It.
lxindon, Feb. IJ. Addressing the
houae of romniona yestordiv Pre-n-.li
r Lloyd George aald he had read
will, profouul disappoint unt tho
repllea given to President Wllaon and
to the declaration of. the Ilrlllah gov
rnment by t'ourt lleilllng, the Her
man chancellor, and Count Ciernln,
the Atiatro-llungarlan foreign min
ister. The premier added It waa
perfectly true that a regarded the
tone there was a great deal of dif
ference between, the two apeechea
and ha wished he rould believe there
waa a difference In the auliatance of
the alllea' demand, he aald, Count
Ciernln waa adamant.
IS
BURNED AT STAKE
Estill Spring. Tenn., Feb. 11.
J I in Mcllherron, a negro, who shot
two white men here last Friday, was
burned at the stake here tonight,
after a confession had been forced
front him by application of red-hot
Irons. The man was brought here
tonight by a posse, which captured
him, after wounding him In a battle
near McMlnnvllle, early today.
KAISKH HILL'S HEALTH
IS HEIOHTED AS NOT O. K.
Amsterdam, Feb. 18. Kaiser Wll
helm's health la In auch a state that
It la necessary for him to transfer
his personal headquarters tp the Spa,
where he will "take a short cure,"
German newspapers received here to-
day declared.
RAIDS ARE INCREASING
ON THK WESTERN FRONT
Ixindon, Fob. 13. Raiding efforts
are' growing stronger, especially on
.the Verdun-Woevre front. A Ger
man prisoner said the Germans will
attack the British front sometime In
March.
1000 ENGINEERS ARE
it
Washington. KpIi. 13. Th war
department hns asked the Brother
hood of locomotive Engineers to
furnish K0 men for tnnk service and
1,000 engineers for transportation
service In France. Names of avail
able men will be furnished by chief
of the brotherhood.
FOLLOW KUNS
SEO FLOW
SALES RULES
Wlii-n Containing ,imi Than All Per
tens of Wliml. Miami Hour. May
Ik) Hold WHIkhiI ItmMrirflon
Washington. Feb. 13. Mlsed
flour ronlalnlnK leas than SO par
cunt of wheat flour may be aold with-
out , accompanying substitutes, the
food ailinlnlHtratloii announced to-
nlKht.
Where a retailer sell mixed flour
containing tnoie than SO per cent of
whiat flour, other euhktltutes muat
lm aold tu urine the sal to a hauls
uf one pound of substitute for each
pound of wheat floor.
A special exception may lie grant
ed upon application ahowlng neres
lly In the raae of aperlally prepared
Infant and Invalid food containing
flour.
J!
BE DRAFTED IN O.S.
New York. Feb. 13. The conven
tion between the Ilrlllah recruiting
mission and the I'n'ted Mates draft
authorities under which It la expect
ed 200,000 lirltlsh subjects In this
country will be subject to service In
the Ilrlllah army haa been agreed 'up
on. It waa announced today by Major
Mitchell Innes, legal adviser to the
British recruiting mission. The
agreement only awalta ratification by
the aenate and the algnaturea of
President Wilson and King George
to become effective. All aubjecta be
tween the ages of SO and 41 are li
able to cell.
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liOndoo, Feb. IS. A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from Ams
terdam says:'
"There I great enthusiasm In Ger
many' over the repArled end of the
state of ' war between .the central
powers and Russia. Cities every
where are be-flagged and there Is
much rejoicing over Trotiky's Uncon
ditional surrender. '
"It has been arranged that the
central economic committee, now In
Pctrngrad. shall settle the details or
the resumption of relations between
Russia and the central powers."
(iltEAT BRITAIN WILL NOT
KECOUXI7.E (.HUMAN PEACE
' "
London, Feb, 13. Great Britain
will not recognise any peace between
Germany and those delegates signing
the pact for Ukraine, it was learned
authoritatively today.
Springfield, 111,' Fob. lt.Canada
and Ireland Joined with the United
States yesterday In paying homage to
the memory of Abraham Lincoln,
horn 109 years ago. Expressions of
the world's tribute centered In
Hprlnufleld, the homo and burial
place oT the emancipator.
Justice Wlllluin UenwlrU Uiddell,
of tlio supreme court of Ontario, and
T. P, O'Connor, Irish nationalist
leader, were the' principal speakers
at lust night's patriotic . meeting.
School chlldron of the city Joined In
sinking putrlotlc sonxs at a great
gathoilng during the day.
AddlHon G, Proctor, of St. Joseph,
Mich., snld to be the only living dele
gate to the Wigwam convention
which nominated Lincoln for presi
dent in 1860 told of the historic
convention.
IDENT
a RANT! fAM, JOSCPUIXX COllfTT,
SLAV PEACE
MAY FAIL TO
BEAR FRUIT
I..KMMMIO (iKUMAX I'lllMOXEIW
VVII.lt UK RELEASED. HI T WILL
HE I VOIUiAMZF.D
EnVrllvea of Troop on Mler
Line Hail Alt-nniljr lln-n Heut l
Ilie Winter n Front
Washington, Feb. 13. Russia's
romplete withdrawal from tbe war I
freely commented on, but It la Im
possible to estimate at thla time the
effect on combatants.
The fact that 1,500.000 German
prisoners will be freed to return to
Germany Is regarded with no alarm
it all. Military men say they could
not quickly be re-organtxed Into ef
ficient military nnlta. The general
opinion here Is that Germany would
be more Interested In keeping the
prisoners In Russia rather than risk
having them carry Rolshevlkl doe
trine back to Germany.
The 147 Austro-German and Bul
gar divisions on the Russian front
whlrh will entirely be released by a
separate peace, are regarded aa al
ready having been stripped of their
effertlvea which have been trans
ferred to the western front. Military
experts say In addition that Germany
would be. obliged to keep some of
these 147 divisions In the vast 'con
quered territory for garrison pur
poses. IUXS KF.UVK I LTI.MATIM
. OX IIIMAMAX KIVQ
Washington, Feb. 13. Tbe state
department today officially announc
ed that Germany served an ultima
tum on Rumania demanding Imme
diate peace, and that the Rumanian
cabinet h resigned. " "
VOX IIKKTI.IXG Wll.l, ItKPl.V
, Trt 'PllKStOKXT TI KHDAV
liondon, Feb. 13. It Is unofficially
reported that Chancellor von llert
llng will answer President Wilson in
the relchstag next Tuesday.
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Tuesday, February 12, being Lin
coln's birthday,' the grade schools
joined In patriotic exercises at the
Presbyterian church at 8:30 p. in..
Professor Iniel presiding.
Mrs. W. W Canby gave a very ln
tereatlng talk on the work of the
Junior Red Cross. Glen Howard of
the Riverside school gave Lincoln's
address at Gettysburg and Rev. L.
Myron Boozer spoke on the life of
Lincoln. The meeting opened with
the singing of America and closed
with The Star Spangled Banner.
The "Junior High" Joined with the
high school at their building the
same day. A selection by the high
school orchestra opened the program,
followed by a reading by Bertha Cal
houn. Rev. Melville T. Wire gave
a patriotic address, whlrh was fol
lowed by the singing of The Star
Spangled Banner and a selection by
the orchestra. The students were
then dismissed to their own schools.
CKXTKAIj POWKItS DEMAND
RUMANIA CONSIDER PEACE
Amsterdam, Feb, 13. The cen
tral powers demand Rumania enter
pence negotiations. .
MOND Y CLOHIXO ORDER
MA8 BEEN SUSPENDED
Washington, Feb. 18. Dr. Gar
field has suspended the Monday clos
ing order, but leaves a way open to
put It Into operation tf necessary.
OREGON, WEDVtMDAY, FHtlUAItV 13. I9IH
REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEES
COMPLETED
ADAMS WITHDRAWN A YD WILL
II. HAVFH, OF INDIANA. IS
ELK TED HEAD .
All National ( oiiimittrrirM-ii Will lt
Iteganlml Aa lleaila of the Party
la Their ItmpwtUe Mutes
St. Umls, Feb. 13. Will II. Hays,
of Indiana, haa been elected chair
man of the republican national com
mittee and his resignation from the
state council of defense and resigna
tions from all members or the execu
tive committee have been airepted.
The committee adopted a resolution
that all national committeemen
should be regarded as. heads of the
party In their various states and de
cided that the national committee
should meet annually.
Ht. Louis, Feb.-13. John T. Ad
ams, of Iowa, has announced his
withdrawal from the contest for
chairman of the republican national
committee, which will probably elect
Will H. Hays, of fndlsna. by accla
mation. 10 PASHA'S TIL
V.m'G TO A CLOSE
Paris. Feb. 13. All the evidence.
testimony and speeches by witnesses
In the case of Bolo Pasha, who la on
trial for treason, and apparently all
the other "affairs" now under In
vestigation before the French court
were concluded at yesterday's ses
sion and today will open the argu
ments of the prosecutor. He will
auk that the sentence of death be
imposed upon Bolo.
The trial was resumed yesterday
with M. Doyen, an expert accountant.
again on the stand to refute charges
nude by Monslgnor Bolo, brother of
defendant, that Doyen had dishonor
ed himself by falsifying a portion of
his original report on. Rolo's activ
ities. The witness spoke with great
reserve and moderation, declaring
merely that he took exception "to
the form In which these criticisms
were preented by a man who
strangely abuses the moral authority
conferred on him by the cloth he
wear." M. Doyen then explained In
detail the portions of his report
which the prisoner's brother had
challenged. After M. Doyen had tes
tified, 'Monslgnor Bolo again took
the stand and reiterated his attacks
of Monday especially the authentic
ity of the telegrams of Count von
Bernstorff, former German ambassa
dor to the United States, which he
Insisted should be produced rather
than to rely on American state de
partment documents.
VASSAR COLLEGE HAS
E
Poughkeepsle, N. Y Feb. 13.
Fire which broke out at 6:45 o'clock
last night In the east wing of the
main building at Vassar college, did
$300,000 damage and for a long
time threatened to destroy the entire
building. It was not until 9 o'clocU
that the blaze was brought under
control.
The damage was confined to the
dining room, assembly hall, kitchens
and servants' quarters. None of the
students were Injured, and no fire
reached the quarters of the students,
who room in the main building.
The building which' was erected In
1861-1865 was the first building fin
ished at Vassar. It housed 400 girls.
CAMP GREENE
IS
General IHckmaa lU-oorts tbe Camp
Site As Km Deep la Mud and
Health of Mna Threatened
Washington, Feb. 13. Camp
Greene, N. C, now occupied by reg
ular troops, is to be abandoned as
a permanent training center.
Major-General Dick man today re
ported the camp alte knee deep In
mud In some places owing to an
unusually hard winter and the clay
soli which underlies the surface and
prevent rapid absorption.
The medical department ha de
termined there Is no danger to the
health of the soldiers there until
summer comes. By thst time the
men will have been moved.
ini ran
Klamath Falls. Feb. 13. A very
short gap, leas than 200 feet, now
lays between the end of the rails
over which the train on the munici
pal railroad la hauling dirt from the
Pine Grove district, seven miles east,
and the point where the dedication
exercises were held here on the third
of July last.
Tbe fill over which the train Is
now running Is not yet completed,
and will not be for the next two or
three weeks, according to the Stra
horn engineers, but work Is going
ahead as fast as possible with a gang
of over thirty men? and' the ding
dong of the engine haa a pleasant
sound to those who made such . a
strenuous effort to get the road un
der way last year. .
The line weather this winter has
enabled ' the workers to go ahead
mere rapidly tbaa .was anticipated.
SEDltO MILL WORKS' ARK
DESTROYED, BY NKK
Belllngham, Feb. 13. The Sedro
mill works at Sedro Wooley were
destroyed by fire today.
MAJOR HITTER WILL BE
INTERNED IX UTAH
Seattle, Feb.. IS. Sergeant Major
Rltter will be Interned at Fort Doug
las, Utah. Rltter was arrested when
valuable papers In . bis care disap
peared while he was stationed at
Camp Lewis last November.
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.London. Jan. ' 28. "(Correspon-j
dence of the ' Associated Press) i
How British cavalry charged and
captured three Turkish batteries and
thus opened the way to Jerusalem, is
told In a letter from a British of
ficer. "It was the first time the brigade
had used their swords," he : says.
"When 'charge' sounded I think
every man went stark mad. Guns
were belching their shells at us in
one sheet of flame, and bullets by
thousands swept past, but not one
man seemed to get hit as on we
went, with drawn swords flashing in
the sun, In a long straight line,
horses going, like mad and everyone
shouting like fury. Now we could
see some of our pals falling, yet
straight at the guns we charged. As
we came up with the first line of pro
tecting Infantry the enemy put up
their hands as they, stood In the
trenches, so we jumped them and
were charging at the second' line
when tho first line thought better of
their surrender and fired at us from
behind. Their artillery and machine
guns kept firing at us up to the mo
ment we reached them with the
sword. It seems marvelous that
any of us escaped alive, but though
our ranks were thinned we took the
positions, and all the guns and ammunition."
PAIESTI
WHOLE XI MI1EK TiHit.
RILEY MURRAY
IS BURIED Oil
SCOTCH COAST
OF 171 VUTIMM, ISA A KB IDE.
TIFIKD, AND :WI AltK INIDRX
TD7IED
THIRTEEN OREGON MEN LISTED
Village Come fur Many Miles
Through the Italn to Pay Lawt
Simple llmpert to Dead
A" Scottish Seaport, Feb. 13. Up
to last night 171 victims of the Tus
can 1 bad been burled In different
points on the Scottish coast. Thla
Includes 131 Identified Americans,
33 unidentified, four identified of the
crew and three unidentified.
Washington, Feb. 13. Home ad
dresses of American soldiers buried
on the Scottish coast taken from the
Associated Pre list of those unac
counted for show the following Ore
gonlans: Terry Tuttle, Elgin; Wil
liam Morln, Portland: Theodore
Lewton, Forest Orove; Percy Stev
ens, Bend; George N. Bnjork. Hel
ena, (Possibly St. Helens); Curt I
Wilson, Salem; James Ourney,
Glide; Jsmes Pierce, Creswell; Peter
Agen, Jewell; John Laako, Astoria;
Elmer Houston, Held: Riley Murray.
Eugene, and Henry Bates, Baker.
Aq Associated Press correspon
dent cooperated with American army
officers In obtaining the latest fig
ures, which go forward to Washing
ton, as tbe most accurate- and com
plete list obtainable. The last IT
bodies recovered have been burled.
They were all Americans. Villagers
for many miles came In the rain to
pay the last simple tribute. A squad
of 25 American survivors followed '.
the motor truck that ' carried the
bodies. Eight Americans are still
here, too 111 to leave. 8everal are
still dased by their experiences. On
officer and 14 men are in a hospital
In Glasgow.
Riley F. Murray, who enlisted
from Eugene and lost his life on
the torpedoed transport Tuscanla.
aged 44 years, was born in Jose
phine county about 14 miles down
tbe river from Grants Pass. He re
sided in the county until July. 1917,
when he removed to Eugene. He
spent many rears farming in this vi
cinity but was a resident of Grants
Pass for about five years, living at
723 North Tenth street. For a time
he worked at the Southern Pacific
roundhouse and for several months
previous to leaving this city, served
as car sweeper between Grants Psss
and ABhland. He is survived by a
widow, now residing at Eugene, a
step-son and step-daughter, J. E. and
Dorothy MeCanus, of Grants Pass,
and by two brothers, Lee Murray of
this city, John 'Murray residing down
the river, and three sisters. Mrs. Mol
lle McCallister. of Kerby, Mrs. Alice
McCormlck and Mrs. Smith, both
living near this city.
Private Murray was a member of
Co. D, 20th engineers.
Washington, Feb. 13. With 267
American soldiers on Tuscanla miss
ing, 136 are unaccounted for and
believed to be lost.
LAST DAY FOR ENEMY
TO
Washington. Feb. 13. Unnatural
ized Germans who do not register
with the police or postmasters by to
night will be subject to Internment
for the duration of the war, the de
partment of Justice declared today In
a final warning to those subject to
register. The final time was extend
ed from last Saturday to allow the
enrollment of farmers In the west
who. could not get to town during the
had weather of last week.