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BLOCKADE DUE MILITIA FORCES LEGKIiTiEf s-iiiliSw' ia m jm wm wmm
TO SUBMARINES : ALONG BORDER END IIS LABORS f .Jfr iSlWB !
CAD W ODD HJW AI MIDNIGHT PASSES HOUSE INTERNED LINER
Holding of American and Other Ships
in Port Paralyzinn Business and
Becoming Intolerable President
Expected to Soon Go Before Con
gress to Announce Relief Steps.
WASHINGTON', Fell. 17. What
nas wiiuuiiy nccnuie n ntocKaitc 01
American Atlantic pints by Ger
many's ruthless submarine cnmpnie.n
was rcpurded liy officials today as
ovrrshndnwin-r tho collateral issues
of tho situation.
That President Wilson soon will no
before, congress ti announce steps to
relievo the situation was the jteiu-r-nlly
accepted view, but no time has
been sot for his action anil there was
lid indication of how soon it would he
taken.
Tho effect on the country of the
shipping situation was reflected in the
receipt of hundreds of telegrams by
government officials today iirejni;
that something he done to relieve the
congestion.
Situation Intolemblo.
Officials recognize that the hold
ing of the majority of American anil
other hips in port fast is 'becoming
intolerable. Tiling up of freight on
railroads, while helievcd to he largely
due to weather ami other conditions,
is nevertheless looked upon as in part
the result of the inability of export -t'fs
to clear American ports of frcichl.
Means of protecting Amerieaa ships
against the submarine danger still arc
under consideration. Alany officials
believe the president has the power
to direct the navy department to fur
nish these vessels with guns and gun
crews, nevertheless the possibility
that a. clash with Germany might re
sult is expected to cause the presi
dent to consult congress before tak
ing such a step.
I!
LONDON, Feb. 17. Lloyd's an
nounces that the Ilritish steamer l.ndv
Ann, 101(1 tons, has been sunk by
striking a mine. Two of the crew
v4rt' killed and five injured. The
captain and eighteen men arc miss
ing. Sinking of the following P-riti-h
steamers was announced by Lloyd's
this afternoon: '
Mafic Leonhnrdt, 14(iS tons.
Marion Dawson, 2 Mil Ions.
Queenswood, '2701 tons.
The crew of the Ouccnswnod was
saved, except three men killed.
WAR ZONE ARRIVE
XKW YOKK. Feb. 17. Six steam
ships, including one which sailed af
ter Germany nnuouneed her unre
stricted warfare .arrived here today
from Kuropcan ports.
The Burmese Prince. Driti-h,
reached here in bnlhi.-t from Brest.
wiWnce she sailed Febmnry '). The
other arrivals were the Madonna.
French, from La Pallice; the Egyp
tian transport Itritish, from Bristol:
the Alphard, Dutch, from Ifotterdmu,
nnd the John Knudsen, Norwegian,
from Kowcy, and the Lincolnshire,
from liordeaux.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 17 Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday, Issued todjv by the eat!i"r
bureau, are:
Itocky mountain and plateau le
gions: Sno-v in fcntral and r.orih
rn and probainy rain In southern
portions at lieginn vy of the iveok,
followed by g'nor'.d..' fair. Tenir i
ture near seasonal normal.
Pacific states- Unsettled win
probably occasional rains In Wash
ington and Oregon. General fair
in California. Temperatures hvlo v
stasoual normal.
Demobilization of Entire National
Guard Force Remaining in Federal
Service on the Border Ordered
50.C00 Guardsmen Effected, In
cludiiifi Those of Border States.
WASHINGTON", Feb'. 17.- demob
ilization of the entire National Guard
force remaining in the federal service
on the border, including troops from
Texas, New Mexi.'o and Arizona, was
ordered today by (he war department.
General Fun.-4on was directed to send
all guard' organizations home for
muster out as soon as he can com
plete arrangements for the movement.
The war department issued this
statement :
''Orders have been sent to General
Pun-don to send all National Guards
north for muster out, including bor
der states All details of the move
irent, including dates of departure,
are left to General Funslon.''
.-.(1,(1(10 .Ufi-cle.l.
The order affects ahuui .",11,0(1(1
guards u. who were not included in
a previous order which recalled about
L'.'i.illHI men. A I the time that order
was issucil it was understood it would
be followed as soon as possible by the
withdrawal of the remaining troops,
with the exception id' those from
Texas, New Mexico anil Arizona. It
was thought troops from those states
would he kept in the federal service
as long as General I'miston hnd need
of them to supplement the regular
forces along the border.
General Funston now has approxi
mately liO.IMIO regular troops distrib
uted along the border, and today's or
der is construed I can that he has
recommended the withdrawal of, the
National Guard, as he believes he
regular forces siil'l icienl for patrol
duty and to face any probable emerg
ency. Department officials expect all the
guardsmen to be back in their state
mobilization camps or at their arm
ories inside of three weeks.
BE
WASHINGTON, 1-Vh. 17. Srrro
liiry Lane tndiiy ordered further in-
cMintion nf evidence that extensive
1m nil fraud.- are belli made nnrler ihe
new stock wising homestead law.
Kvirlenee that dummy entrymen,
netinir in the interest nt' cattle nnd
sheep miners mid cattle corporations,
arc ;it tempt iuy to In lie possession of
the lands has been forwarded tn the
interior department by many individ
uals and also by (he Idaho legislature.
Secretary Lane has- directed
prompt investigation and vigorous
prosecution of all fraudulent claim;.
KKNNKT, Cnl., Kelt. 17. William
llerninian was sh.tt dead here today
by Calube M. lcpirrt as he started
lliiiitiuh the doorway of h'eppert's
home i call on the hitter's wife. .Mrs.
b'epperl said Ilerniman. who was a
treiient caller, wanted her to elope.
Iieppcrt h-iird of the frequent at
tention and instead of nirii; to work
this inorniu'jr lie -eeretly lay in wait.
"iiands ui!'' he eoiiuiiandi'd Iler
niman as the caller stepped through
the donr. imannoiinrcd.
Hernitnan started to rim. but fl inf i
ted in his (rad with a Inillel tlirouh
his head.
LIAR BY POLICE
MONTH KAL. Feb. 17. It took J
a Philadelphia detective just unvent
minutes trfday to decide that I'red J.)
Farrell was not telling the truth
when he surrendered to the police
here and declared he saw It'-rnard W.
Lewis slay Mniie Colbert. Ihe artists'
niodei In Philadelphia on Peecnibrr
2f. Farrell, who is a soldier, will
le turned over to the military authorities.
Rush of Measures During Past Few
Days Bin Measures Are Bone-Dry
Law, New Insurance Code, Revis
ion of School Laws Consolidation
Measures Fail.
SA!.i:.l, t)re., Kel. 17 With inost
of its Kiven tusks performed, the
lit 17 session of tho Oregon legisla
ture will come to nn end probnhly
sliortly alter midnight tanlslit.
Diseusslon of several pending
mensures may, however, prolong the
session until well Into tomorrow.
The senate has before it Ihe $ii,0im,
000 hli;hwn bond Issue voted by the
house of representatives and the
house has yet to pass upon u rural
credits amendment. A conference,
committee (s also considering a sub
stitute hill providing lor notilientlon
of delinquent taxpayers by postal
cards for thirty days and then by
advertising.
Several hills aiming to consolidate
state departments are also pending In
both houses.
Consolidation I'ails.
' ('nnsnlidulii.n of state departments,
one tf the tusks the legislature set
out to pel for in, did not reeeive the
attention expected, nnd as a result
only a few consolidation measures
were enacted into laws. A commit
tee was named, however, to investi
gate the subject and report to the
next legislature.
Kishhi hills were passed aimed to
conserve the nme. lish of the lioi-ue
and Willamette rivers by prohibiting
the use o'i nets on certain portions of
the streams. Hackers of the hills
claim a monopoly hnur held by cim
merciai fishinu interests has been
broken thereby, and sny thu small
fish cauncis can now compete for
their catches on an equal basis with
tin- biy ciMlipanies,
Mjih.v School Laws.
School laws received a bi share of
allention. One bill passed extended
the recall to school directors, hereto
fore exempt, nnd another made eitfht
months the minimum term in rural
schools. J lerctol'orc some Oregon
schools lia e been open six months
and less.
Another school bill passed provides
that Portland teachers shall not be
demited oi suffer reductions in sal
aries unless given a hearing; before
a commission to lie appointed by the
county judge each year.
Cigarettes and Liquor,
Cigarettes, as well as liquor, were
considered, and a bill was passed pro
hibiting their sale to minors. A bill
prohibiting their sale or use was
passed by the house, but was con
sidered loo drastic and was recalled
before the senate look action. The
"bone dry" bill passed, put into im
mediate effect the absolute prohibi
tion amendment passed at Ihe last
general election.
J'ublic service corporal ions were
instructed in a bill passed to pav in
terests on deposits made by ciistom-
j crs. Another new law requires that
one public service corporation desir
ing to enter the field of another must
procure a "certificate of necessity"
from the secretary of state showing
that there is room for another corpor
ation in the field desired.
(Continued on Page Six.)
0;NKVA. Feb. 17. Manv Ameri
cans who have been living in (ieimany
are reported 1o be waiting" near Sin
urii and Constance, for permi-sion t
cnss the frontier into Switzerland.
It i- reported from Sciia fllia u-en that
only a few American- have entered
Switzerland from flcrmanv since Am-ba--iidir
(icrnrd and his partv nrriv
eil at Heme. The Swi-s and Spanish
mini-ter- at Herlin are -aid to be iv
in cM'iT as-i-taiiee in llieir power to
ihe Atneriejdi liH ju (Jermany.
'n-idcrable financial o-s ha
been -uffercd by thc-e Ameiican- who
ha. e already reached Sn il erlaud.
One hundred mark-, which before the
war v. ere worth franc-, arc now
valrWl at nly h;i franc-. The Oer-uian-
arc n potled fo have do-cd and
scaled t i-c American CMii-ulatc at
Wur-nw.
ii j i i a, s, r s,-'t
it
! - ?m it lu J
rntfo or "penm .asliH' nm'.ts on (lie I nili il Slates balllesblp eiv
York. Tbey am unlike those of any oilier naval ships nllonl. o s.'a
nuin of wooilcii shipdii.ys uould iceoKnbe (bese odd structures us musts.
They are realty observal ion lowers of steel.
1BR0KE
OF IHE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON', I'eb. J7.---II he
canic known lodav lliat the print pa
per manufacture'-, yielded in their
opposition to ihe 'jovci-nnient's cl'
fio'ls to restore normal prices and
nureeil to permit the lederal trade
commis.-ion to determine a lair scale
only when eonlionted with the niter
native of persona! action by Presi
dent Wilson and a special session of
con" res to pn-s remedial lo-i-lnl ion.
AI President Wil-on's direction, II
was said. Secrctarv McAdoo siiin
moned one o the priro'ipal manufac
turers who acting as siukcsnian
for the olhcrs, and informed him that
inasmuch as the govern at il-olf
was not ioi mil I il by tl on-litiilion
to impose prohibitive restraint upon
Ihe press, the adininist nil ion did not
inleml to remain idle while an alleged
monopoly Ihroii'jh e.vlorlionale prices
for print paper el feel n., lly impo-cd
greater restraints limn the ;:.,vcrn
menl in h I ever onlomplnlc.
It is understood that the adminis
tration is villi- further and tubim
steps to en.ir, a-aitlst anv shortic.-c
of supply in the Inline. Thi'inii'li the
forest service, which allcadv lias ,,
at work on some phases ..f the prob
lem, plans for reforestation of wood
ed ari'ws now dc cstiii,.,! for wood
pulp, are to be Worked oii, which are
expected to ftiniMi ample supplies
for American publisher, in fu
ture. WITHYCOMBE NAMES
S.M.K.U. Or-. Feb. 1 7. - Coventor
.lames t tiy combe today appointed
lr. C. T. Itacon. I.a (Irande: in. Itoli
ert .1. Marsh, Portland, and I Jr. Harry
K. Clay. Salem, to Ihe stale board of
health. Tin- will sun-.-d lir. II. II.
Pickel, Mcdfonl: lir. II. A Plcic.-.
Portland, and Hr. W. 11. .Mi.:.--, Ha
em. reHpecivei-f who-e tenn cxi-iri d
January 1 r,, r.i l 7.
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10
OF
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 7. -Permls-slcin
lor the departure of the Ameri
can refipjecH from Turkey baa been
Kivcn by the Ottoman noverninent.
Ambassador Kllais at Conslaullnoplc
advised the stain department toilay
that a Turkisli authority bad ex
pressed the hope thai the Americans
would he Klven nassime soon and
Ibetr deiairture would In no way lie
interfered with.
American missionaries In Syria, I
I'alcsline and Turkey are uwultlnnj
lransiorlatiini at llelrul. Tim naval
collier I'aeser and armored cruiser
lies .Moines are now at Alexandria.
Kuypi, loaded with food sitpiilles and
relief stores for delivery in Svrla and!
Palestine. Slate department officials
said the ipicsllon of llerinany's suti
marlne blockade which extends Info
.Mediterranean waters would have to
he taken into consideration before the
two vessels were despatched to llle
rnt. Permission also must lie ob
tained of ihe llrlt Irli and I'rench gnv
cramcnls for the vessels to pass
IhroiiL'b the allied blockade, fiance
already has imiscnied to such an nr
rauueaient. Ambassador I'Mkiix said Ihe Turk
ish Kovi rnincnl tiad red need l In- uiinr.
anline irom to 1 or Iwn days In
order that Hp. Americans mlcjil leavel
inn li.'itely.
GERMANY CUTS
PALMS. Feb. 17. The llnsns c..r-r.-p.imbnt
nl (Icneia reporu lli.il Ihe
I'cilin heal '.-..M'tiimi'iil has decreed
ihal op ac i ,, tin- lack of I rei-jhl
eai s and the Mi ibilily of oblain-
- siitln ii nl supplies ol coal, ecu
linl hcaiilcr phnil. urn-1 n,. have a
Icmpclat.irc of more than .'ill decree-,
; Ail cciilln' healing (.lanls must ecase
; periiiii.n. on Man-b III. Il-.t waict
I -upp'li-,1 by Ihe city lo a p.i ft lm III - i
lo be citl ol f imuiciliulclv.
Provides for Paved Pacific Highway
Tlrough Jackson County Crater
Lake Hitjhwtiy Also Looked After-
Burden of Bonds and Interest Met
by Auto Licenses.
SAI.IC.M. Ore.. Keb. 17. Issuance
of bonds for $(!, nun, noo to construct
a system of slate highways tllroUKh
oal Oregon is jn'ovided for in n meas
ure which carried IP to L'7 in the
bouse of representatives here today,
the last day of the session.
Since the Introduction of Ihe meas
ure Thursday, much has heen said
for and analnst it. When the vole
was taken today, luemhers and spec
tators I'avorliiK the bill broke lulo
cheers.
- Ihe hill now t;oes to the senate. It
was shorn of a proposed emergency
clause when (inventor .lames Wtthy-
eoinhe announced he wanted the
people to pass the measure and would
veto It ir II came lo him with the
clause attached.
Tile emers'eni'y clause would have
made It el'lecllve Inn Ilately.
Aulos to Pay Hoods.
Interest and principal on the
bonds would lie paid from doubled
automobile license fees. aeeordiiiK lo
Ihe tneaiaire.
This money, tocclher with the
funds that limy acrue from the bonds
sold under provisions from the llenn-
ntirintl bill, already passed by both
houses, will place a maximum of
$7, soil, nun of state funds nl Hie
disposal of Ihe hlKhway commission
ill the next live years.
An a l ili i in n n 1 tf I , sun. nun K to be
expended tn OrcKon through the fed
eral approprial Ions.
Besides tills .upproxlnnilid.v tiil't.
imio will he available every year from
Ihe regular quarter mill lax levy.
This menus that the state will have
at Its disposal tlurinK Ihe next five
years morn than $ 1 il, mil), nun for (lie
permanent road development besides
Ihe money that may be spent by the
individual counties.
lAelllslon of .Multnomah.
The provision In the homllim bill
exrludln's; Multnomah county from
Its benefits Is an eh nt that ap
pealed to the upstate members.
The synlem of roods that are to be
built under this plan are cnunicralod
In the hill. Kvery county In Ihe state
exrcptlim Curry county will lie served.
Pollowlnt; Is n list of roads pro
posed to he hard surfaced:
I' list the Columbia lilver lllKb-
way-from (he Milium h county line
to Astoria, Seaside and south to the
Tillamook county line.
Second - The Pacific II lull Way from
the A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 1 county linn through
Washington and Yamhill counties by
way of lllllsboro. potest drove, Me
.Mlnnvllle, Dallas, .Monmouth and In
dependence, throii'jh polk, Ponton
and I. Inn couniles to llarrlsbitrg,
throimh p.iinene to the north line of
Doimlas county.
Third - The Pacific lliKhway from
Ihe Multnomah county line thrnuu.li
Oswcko, Orenoii City and Canby,
IbroiiKli Clackamas county, thence
Ihrounh Marlon and I. Inn counties to
Junction wtlh Pnre lllahway 'at
llarilsbtiri;
oliimlda lllKbway I.Mml.
Fourth The Columbia lilver lllcb-l
way from the Multnomah county line, j
through Hood lilver and Wasco I
coiinlios. Sherman and (iiiliaiii eonn-i
lbs by way of Arlington and up thej
Columbia river lo a point near the'
cnnilueni'e of Hie I niaiilla ami f0-(
linnbia rhcrs; up the I'maillla river
thi-ouch llci inl.-!on. Stanfleld Ki-lu, '
(Continued on Iag-i Six.)
10 UNITED STATES
WAslllNHTdN. Feb. 17.
-ions of liicml-hip for th,.
Slates and of ihe bop,- l,i,
relation- may iliiim- Inn
L-iven t A i ii .- 1 1. -r Ijkits
Turkish loicl"U ollli-e.
A di-pali'h lloni Ihe :n,ih
make- no iclenii.c to Turk
pollil".' (o-ricali's siilm-ai'iu,
or thai she inion.!- to apply
liie c- siibuiiii uics known ,i
del- In r lbi".
I'Apl I'v
I nilc.l
I rictiiil
e been
hv Hie
assadol
cv -up-
i:icv
it with
be nn -
Kronfirinzessin Cecilia Injured Upon
Ortler From Official of German
Embassy Requests Not to Be
Forced to Disclose Name Vessel
in Possession of United States.
P.OSTON. Feb. 17. raplaiu ( has.
A. Polnck of Ihe North llcrnuin l.loyd
steamship Kionpi'ini-sin Ceeiliu
leslified lodav nt a federal eourl
heariii'j on a petition for IhcYnlc of
Ihe vessel thai he bad been ordered
by a mini connected in nn official ca
pacity with the (Ic ram n cinhnssy, lo
disable ils machinery. This was done,
he said, to prevent tho ship's use by
this coverntueui in the event of hos
lililies with (leruuiny. lie refused to
divnk'c Ihe inline of the man sivini;
Ihe order.
Faces Trial for Treason.
Capliiin Polnck snid he was in lln
hokeii, N. ,1., when he received the or
der and that he leleuruphed his chief
engineer hcie lo disiihlc Ihe olivines.
Tlie wink of destruction, he, snid,
was done on .Innuarv 111 and Febru
ary I.
When iisked In aivc Ihe name of the
peis'ui from whom the order wus re
ceived, Caplain Polack said:
"Your honor, I am tin officer of the
tli'i'iunu tuny and if I should have to
disclose Ihe name of Ibis Honllcniiin
in this licni-ina: 1 tuijihl be tried for
I reason when I went home to fler
mniiy, I wish you would not oblige
me to answer thai pncsiioii."
Held by (loveruinciil.
The (iicsinii was not pressed and
.luil.ii .Morton ileciilid that it would
mil he necessary for the caplain lo
iim-wcr i, nt Ibis lime.
The k'nnii'ii inzessiii Cecilie Is in the '
iiis.-.i-smiii of I'nite,! Slulcs .Marshal
John .1. .Mitchell penilinu the delcr
iii. mil mil of a suit fur dnumscs
broic.:hl auaiiist ihe N'orlh Herman
l.loyd Sleaniship coinpanv by Ihe
(luaranlv Trust company and the Nn
lional City Paul, of New York for
failure of the vessel lo deliver u .ship,
meat of aold lo hunkers in KiiLtlund
and France which she had on board
nl Ihe outbreak of the war. After
sailinc Irom New York Ihe liner turn
ed hack and pul iiilo Bar llarbnr.
Me. The hanks seek to recover
.fj,:uin, iiilii.
SUFFER DEFEAT
HAVANA, Feb. 1 7. II. Is offic
ially announced dial Colonel Pujol's
forces have occupied CJcuo Avlln, the
rebel h-'ii I 1 1 ia 1 1 c I .s in (.'nuiliKUey pro
vince. The town was entered on
Thursday afternoon, the rebels flee
Iiik at. Hie approach of Hip, troops,
(iovernnient forces now hold Hie Cuba
and .1 tn aro Moron railroads and hnvo
captured sufficient rollintt stock for
the transportation of the troops.
The rebels are reported lo havo
broken up into small groups, sntno
hcadinK lor CunuiKuey and others for
I. as Villas and their escape. Is be
lieved to be practically nil off. Ad
ministration officials claim that thn
backbone of Hie iiprlslm; la Cnmn
ciii'i province Is broken.
P.IIKI.IV. I "b. IT.-.KlRlitiPs was
resumed In Hie liMuaniati . from Hie
war oftlce annoum-ed toduv.
PAULS. Feb. IT.--Artillery iluili
in I In- sector of Malsoiie-de-Obnm-pamic
are reported In this afternoon S
official loinuiuiiiiatlon.
The Freiicb niaile nn nlinek nt Am
inerzwcller. An appreciable loss w:ia
Inillited on the Hermans, the st-itc-nietit
sa.is.
IIKIII.l.N. Feb. IT.-- French troops
made attacks yesterday on Ihe Aistie.
was r I.erry-HU-llac and In the
Champiune noulh of ltiponl. Todny'r
offb in I roiumniih'itlnn snys these vf
forts fuilecl.