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MEDFOUD. OttEOON. 'KIM DAY. FKISIM'AU'Y "J:!. 1917.
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LLOYD GEORGE ORDERS
STRINGENT MEASURES
TO PRESERVE BRITAIN
Shortage of Shipping Space Met by Embargo Upon Alt Needless Luxuries
and Many Necessities Depletion of Food Stocks to Be Met By Spee'J-
ing Up Farmers Good Prices Guaranteed by Government Essential
Articles of Food on Free List Drastic Program to Meet Submarine
Menace, Which Threatens Future of Nation and Must Be Hunted From
Seas Success of Allied Campaign Depends Upon fenormous Sacri
fices of People.
LONDON, Feb. 2.X David Lloyd
George, the llritish prime minislcr.o
duy presented to the house of com
mons in a speocli lusting an hour and
n half his pronun for coping with
the serious situation tiri mux from
the shortage of shipping space, de
pletion of food stocks and the Ger
man submarine menace.
The premier advocated the increase
of home food production and the cur
tailment of non-victual imports. To
this end he outlined a plan for speed
ing up the farmer hv guaranteeing
good prices for commodities over a i
period of years. This he supplement
ed by the announcement that the land
owner would he forced to cultivate his
land. The speeding- t of the farm
laborer was provided for the premier
ljt pfunranteeinR him a minimum wage
oT -o shillings per week instead of
the present 14 to 18 shillings..
Cui-tnil All Imports.1
l!y curtailment of imports, 51 r.
Lloyd George said he expected to re
duce the demands on cargo space by
several million tons. Foodstuffs of
which Hi, 000, 000 tons were imported
last year, will be cut nearly a million
tons by Joppwie: off pertain luxuries,
i'nper users who ulready have been
considerably curtailed must hence
forth fjet along with only half the
supply they are now receiving-, thus
saving- fi-JO,000 tons. Certain sav
ings also will be effected in the im
port of ore, which now amounts to
8,000,000 tons annually and in lum
ber which at present is 4.000,000 tons.
The stocks of food in Great Unt
il in at the present time are lower than
they ever have been before, Mr. Lloyd
George said. It was essential for the
life of the nation, he declared, that
cVcry possible effort be made to in
crease home production.
linn I'pon Apples, '
The importation of apples, toma
toes and fruits will be prohibited en
tirely. The only exceptions made in
the prohibition of fruit importations
will be iu the cases of oranges and
bananas, in which the amount brought
in will be restricted to 2-" per cent.
Tire same restriction will npply to
nuts. Canned salmon importations
will be reduced 50 per cent. The im
portation of foreign tea, coffee and
cocoa is prohibited and even filie
amount of India tea which may be
brought iu is reduced.
The premier said it was expected to
save 9, 000, 000 tons of shipping year
ly. Paper importations are cut "i0
per cent.
The premier announced tlr.it the
government would guarantee a price
of 'AH shillngs, G pence for oats this1
I
WASHINGTON', Feb. ,23. The
eighth company, coast artillery, Ore
gon National guard, of Portland, es
tablished the highest merit mark re
corded for the 1916 target practice of
(National Guard big gun companies,
according to figures made public to
day by the war department militia
liureou.
Firing with 10-lnch guns at 10,137
yards, the company made three hits
out of three shots and was given a
mark of 89.72." Oregon's fifth com
pany of Albany was second with 79.93
and llaine' Fifth company was third.
Washington's Ninth company led
the six-inch gun class with 18.M4
for two hits out of six shots at 5,712
yards.
California's Ninth company led the
twelve-Inch rifle class with 2.34
for two hits out of two shots at 8 10
yards.
year. 'A'2 shillings for the next two
years ami -4 shillings for the three
followng years. The price of potatoes
would he guaranteed for the coming
season only at 0 pounds a ton.
Wool on Free List.
AH es.-ential articles of food, he
continued, would be on the free list,
but certain articles would be reduced
or prohibited. The stoppage of im
portation of coffee, lea and cocoa for
the time being was due to the tact that
large supplies were on hand. The
premier said he regretted very
much
cutting oft certain luxuries
which
came from Frame and Italy.
These restrictions would be imposed
immediately, said the premier. Steps
would he taken to prevent speculative
buying and if necessary the food con
troller would take control of the com-,
modify. The restdictions had been
carefully considered and he asked the
house t.utnke them as a whole.
The premier declared he had not
the slightest doubt that if the whole
program were carried out and if all
tlio-e who could help in production
did help, honestly can say we can
face the worst the enemv can do and
that is what we ought to bo-prepared
to do.' .-.
Food Stocks Imw,
In denlng- with the rpiestiou of pro
duction the premier said:
"Then there is the rpiestinn of our
home snp-lies of food. I want the
country to know that at present out
fond stocks arc low. This is not due
In submarines, but to the had harvest.
It is essentia.! to the safety of the na
tion that we put forth every effort to
increase productios this year. There
are still a lew weeks to sow spring
wheat, oats and barley, to induce the
fanner to plow up pasture laud imme
diately. The government proposes to
guarantee the farmer a minimum price
lor a definite period, while a mini
mum wage of 2.") shillings weekly will
be fixed for the laborer."
Submarine Menace.
The premier said there was no sure
way to victory without hunting the
submarines from the deep.
"If we take drastic measures he
continued, "we can cope with the
submarine menace, but if the nation
is not prepared to accept drastic
measures for dealng'with the menace.
disaster is sure.'
The government- is hopeful of find
ing means of dealing with the subma
rine, but we should be guilty of fully
if we rented tranquilly upon the ex
pectation of realization of that hope.
We have in deal ruthlessly and
promptly with the tonnage problem hv
measure?-, whieh impose great sncri
tices upon the country.
KONlMlN, Im-1). IX "At n meeting
of the German agriculture league,"
says the correspondent at Rotterdam
of the London Evening News, 'l")r.
Wildgrube, n conservative inetuber of
the reichstag, said :
"'Now that Mr. (leraid has closed
his espionage office, the German peo
ple will breathe freely and will be re
lieved of an intolerable nightmare,
provided he doe not return before
peace is declared.
"'Mr. Gerard' re-idence in Ilerlin
nud his intimate relations with our
re-potiMb'e authorities were painful
to the German people, but the climax
of pain reached when Mr. Gerard
had the in-olen--e to dcrribe lite im
perial ehari'-ellor a- hi- ('rend. Next
to Fn.dand. Aiaeiica our wur-t
enemv."
GERMAN ENEMY EXTRA SESSION OF
SLUED TYRANNY
REVOLTS GREECE
Cor.staiitine Asserts Constant Inter
ference of Little Things in Life Has
Turned Friendship to Hatred
Venizelos, iiie Grecian Aaron Burr,
Traitor to His Country.
ATIIKXS. Jim. II. Illy a stuff
eorivsponitt'iit of t hi , Associated
Vress) Kins 1'onntnntlno rvrvlvpcl
the Assorir.teil Press eot'fes:onilent
in audience this niui'iilnu Just before
the hitter left for America.
SpeaUini; of the censorship the kin;
said:
Spealiliis of liulir.tilile.i inrilcted
hy the entente allies, the UIiik said:
"There Is even now less pro-ilernian
feeling in tireci'O than In the 1'niled
States, Holland or any of the Scan
dinavian countries. And there. Is far
less anti-entente propaganda In
(Ireece even now than there Is nntl
llellenic propaganda, in Kniiland, Rus
sia and France. The whole reeling
of the Greek people towards the en
tente powers today is one of sorrow
and disillusionment. They had heard
so much of this 'war for the defense
of little nations' that it has been a
very ureat shock to thorn to he treat
ed as they feel very hailly. even cruel
ly, for no reason and to nohody's
profit. And more than anything else,
after all the (ireek Rovernmont and
Greek people have done to heip the
entente powers since the very out
break of the war, they deeply resent
Ileitis called pro-German because
they have not been willing to see
their own country destroyed as Ser
bia and Itumaula have been destroy
ed.
Pniblems of (ireece.
"We have two problems on our
hands hero in (ireece an Internal
one unci an external one. The-entente'
powers have made the funda
mental mistake of considering them
both as one. They said to thei.iselve.
'Venizelos is the strongest man In
Greece and he is heart and sou; with
us. lie can deliver the Greeks when
er he wants it. Let us bae't Venize
los therefore and when we need the
Greek army lie will turn it over to
us.'
"Well, they were wrong as I think
you have seen tor yourself since you
have been here. Venitelos m per
haps the strongest man in Greece as
they thought. Hut the moment lie
tried to turn the Greek army to the
entente as if we were a lot of mercen
aries, he became the weakest man in
Greece and the most despised. For
in Greece no man delivers the Greeks.
They decide their own destinies as
a free people and not KnRland, Rus
sia and Franco put together can
change them, neither by force of arms
nor hy starvation. And they have
tried both. As for Vcnl.elos himself
you had a man once In your coun
try, a very Rieat man who had even
been vice president of the I'nlted
States, who planned to split the
country in two and set himself up as
a ruler in the part he separated from
the rest Aaron Burr. Well, Venize
los is the Aaron llurr of Greece
and popularly regarded as a traitor.
'H'niit.s IHctaloi-Nliip.
"The impression has been spread
broadcast that Venizelos stands In
Greece for liberalism and his oppon-
(Continued on page three)
W ASH I N iTO N . Fe b . 2 :J . P 1 a n s
for President Wilson's inauguration,
hitherto Indefinite because Mnreu t
falls on Sunday, were cleared today
by the announcement that the u?uyl
special session of the senate will be
called for March to consider nomi
nations. This will permit the Ican-
Iguratlon of the vi president fi die
senate chamher as is the cm loin.
President Wilson himself. It w as
announced, will take the oath of of
fice privately In the white house Sun
day. .March 4. It u.-.s nor made clear
whether he has de pled to ttVn tiie
oath again at the public open tlr
ceremonies on the pla.a a, the cai :lol
on March or whether he m.-rf ly
will make Hie ceremony the occas
ion Tor delivering ills In.u'gur.tl address.
DECLARES KING
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NO REAL FOOD
SHORTAGE
IN UNITED STATES
WASIHXCTOX. Keh. '!?. No ac
tual food of fuel shortage exists any
where in the country and htsh prl :es
should not be attributed to the pres
ent freight congestion, it was stated
by the Interstate commerce coin mis
sion and railroad authorities today.
Reports Indicated that all localities
are supplied with adequate stocks of
living necessities lor Immediate do
mestic consumption and '.he tieup on
rallrouds will Improve steadily.
Conditions today were believed far
better ihan I hours ago since, pood
weather and n suspension of shipping
over yestordfiy'B holiday perm it ted
railroads to rush hundreds of empty
freight ears westward from the con
gested yards of the cast. These will
bo reloaded with food stuffs destin
ed for consumption In the east or for
consumption In the east or for export.
Both the interstate and the ear ser
vice eomission of the American rail
way association, are seeking to give
preference In car allottments to goods
for domestic needs, rather than to ex
port demands.
On February tenth, 1 .",27 cars
loaded and empty, were involved In
the freight congestion, having In
creased hy more Ihan one third In
two weeks t he commission's report
showed.
LONHON. Feb. 2:'.. Renter's
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tilt u I nit; ci i il , nv en m i ui eiKll minis-1
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i-i iiiiti int; nwi'iiiMi MtJiiiosiiiij iMi'iit - . . .
It , ... 'provi.-ion lo aiilhorie the pre-ulent to
was sunk as the result of a mistake! . ...... . .
.. , . . ,
uii iiii: ini; n ti in a i i m i; uni-
mander and that the German govern
ment regrets the occurrence and Is
prepared to pay an indemnity. The
Kdda was torpedo d January
while on her w ay to Swell en with
coa I .
GERMAN U-BOAT
STRANDED OFF HOLLAND
LONDON. Feb.
Ncw di-pate!i from
that the submarine I
She i- nut damaL'i
2;'t- A Central
Am-teidam says
It :hl is stranded,
d, and probably
vill be towed to I'lustiing
mm
k: ink mcsMtuc
lion.
American pcjtdc
AMERICAN LOST
T
WASHINGTON. l'Yb. 2?,.-- Kohert
Allen lladen. an American Presbyter
ian missionary stationed nt I'oo ( how,,
China, perished when the French lin
er Attics was destroyed hy a subma
rine 2I0 miles east of Malta on Feb
ruary 17.
A summary of Hie consul's dispatch
given nut hy the depnrtment fol
lows: 'Robert Allen lladen, Presbyterian
missionary, stationed at Foo Cchow,
China, was drowned when I he French
liner Athos was torpedoed without
warning 210 miles e.ist of .Malta on
the 17th. When the ship was struck
he went (o the aid of the Chinese on
hoard, Otherwise would probably
have been saved. Reported large
number of troops on board. Not def
initely ascertained If ship was trans
port." The report from Hie Malta consul
Is the first mention received here
of the sinking of the Alhos. The
vessel was of 7.2." net tons and sailed
from Yokohama, lieeemhcr 21 for'
Marseilles, slopping at Haipong. Jau-
uary s, according to latest reports.
The nationality of the submarine
was not given hut il may have been
Austrian. Information is being gath
tvod officially lo determine the impor
lastip. of the case hi relailon to the
tense Munition luiween Hie Fulted
States and the central powers.
OF TRUST F0Q0S1UFFS
WASHINGTON, Feb. j:!
Senalor
tduced as
Lewis ol Illinois todav in 1 1
. ,
I mi amendment to the revenue
bill a
seize looiltull- lieemeil to he mono
polied in viniation of law. Foodstuff-
o seized woiihl be disposed n
nt public sale under government su
pervisiuii. Senator Ma Mine today introduced a
bill lo empow er I be president to de
clare an eiebar-o on food exports.
was referred to ihc lorccjn relations
committee. Similar resolutions arc
pending without pro-pec) of action.
WASIIINGTIN. Feb. j:t. - Al the
reipie.- of the ( iermau government.
Spain ha ' ta ken over (iermau con
siilflr a Hair s in Potto L'ico and Hawaii.
BRITAIN SLOPS
F
PEARS, APPLES
Embargo Does Not Affect Imports
From Oregon At Present, But De
stroys Foreign Market for Next
Year's Crops Northwest Seriously
Affected By Loss of Market.
LONDON. Feb. J:i. Vemirr Lloyd
(teniae today announced thai the im
portation of apples, pear--, tomatoes
and fruits, except for a limited ipinn
l it y "I" it ranges and lean uis will be
heieattcr prohibited. Canned sahiuu
imporlatioiis will be lednccd ") pcr
eent.
Affects Northwest.
I'uliTI.AND, Ore., Kelt. SX Pro
hibition of importation nj' tipples nud
reduction of eannetl sainum shipments
to Kalinin! will not n fleet exporta
loui from Diction very much at pres
ent, exporters said here todav. Prac
tically all the season's apple crop was
shipped from here several weeks iio
and Ihc salmon run will not hruiu until
the latter part of next mouth.
SI'OK.WK, 'ah., Keh. L:t. The
lliili-h prohibition uvainM llie impor
tation of apples will be ipiile seriously
felt in Ihc Knvit'ie Northwat if it
is continued through next year's ship
ping season, according to Krnnk K.
Sickles, executive secretary of the
North Pacific Kruit Distributor.
t Cut OH Future Sales.
WAId.A WALI.A. Wash.. Feb.
Thc Hiili.-h ban against importation
of apples will be fell to some exteiil
on last M-iisoii's crop, I'nul 1.1. WeV
1'iiuch, puvsidchl id' the Kruil drowers'
agency, inc., t he organiat in fns
lercil hy the federal dcparl merit of
agriculture, said today.
"There are still several large !oi
of applet in the casl," he said,
"awaiting shipment. Hul the more e
rious phase of the mutter ir- that il
will ful ulf next year's markets prob
ably meaning I lie cniire lo-- nf Knro
pciin sales ami curlailin any chance
of expansion. Oilier markcU will
have to be found. '
No limucilinlo I
SKATTI.i:. Wash.. I-
:i lei t.
Ail-
thorites on apples mid .salmon said
Lloyd (ienige's prohibition would have
no immediate effect. The Northwes
tern Kruit Kxehange said the riorlh-wc-dein
apple eiop had nli'cadv- been
inarkt led. There had been no ship
menN In Knghind f'i liiirty day puM,
owing to the dcmorali.atiou of ton
nage. II' the embargo wen' continued
next season, however, il would be a
sei i i mis- ma I ler for noi l hu c-dern
shippers
A heavy shipper of canned salmon
lo Knglam! said I hut las! season's
pack had been entirely closed out, and
that there :i- md a surplus pack be
yond local rcipii reiueiils. The new
pack of I'ugcl Sound and Alaska
would not be rejidy before September.
( a u n cry m en were surprised hv t he
news ami said I hey had received n
intimation thai an embargo on -almon
(had been even under consideration.
j "
REACHES BAY CITY
SAN Ki.WNMsro, Feb. rx The
dy of Ma jor General Frederick
! Kuiistoii, who died in Sun Anlonio.
: .
I Monday ni-jbl, arrived
at one o'clock on a specal
train over the Southern I'aeilie rail
road for iiilerment tomorrow in the
inalional cemetery at the I'rcsiiiio, a
j Failed Stales military i'cer a I ion,
ALL IMPORTS
ON PAST RECORD" .
SAN
WANCISCO. Kcb.
Tihtieas J.
Mooney, coin icicd
bomb
murdi'icr, awaiting scntciice oi
o! death
his past
i in the
Ihmc, was found guilty
ici'okI. ix. ( on the e id
cause, ii
with tlx
orHtn-' to an at tida P I iled
nperior cmrl fotlav which
ipioles J. V. Miller, one of th
ictin jurors.
JUDGEMENT
FOR $13,262
FORSWEENEY
Contractor for Siskiyou Highway
Favored by Portlar.ci Jutlne Asked
$114,861, County Offered $35,573
Court Holis Classification Was
Wrontj Decision Will Be Appealed
at Once to Supreme Court.
Splitting the difference between I hit
amount claimed due from Jackson'
County by Contractor J. V. Sweeney
for the construction of the Siskiyou
highway and' the award by the. Statu
Highway engineers for Jackson eoun-
ly, Circuit Judge G ge N. Davis of
Portland, bus rendered a decision in
favor of Sweeney by n judgment,
agniiisl Hie county, Sweeney claimed
1 M, Slit. .'to. The county award was
Jr.'I.V7:t.."i; The judgment of Ihc
court is lor .7;t,-(i'J.'J."i with interest
amounting to 7,7tl7.!Kl and costs-.
An appeal to the supreme court will
at once be taken by the county.
Appended lo the findings hy Judge
Davis, is the following :
"The court does not write an opin
ion u this ca-e, hcedng the advice of
Lord .Mansfield, who mice said, 'Never
give your reasons for your judgment
will probably be right, hul your rea
sons will certainly be wrong.' Jhnv
evcr. if counsel on either hide desire
to discuss the ca-e in ehnmber,
the court will cheerfully accord them
opportunity."
Decision Is a Vcur After Suit.
Judge Davis' decision was given one
year to the day from the date of Iho
opening of the trial iu his court.. The
case opened FehrunryVJ 1 , 1!H(i, and
continued mill April 1, 1 !H(i. In July,
Judge Davis Went over the ground iu
Jackson county personally. The last
brief to be submitted in the case, u
reply, was received 10 days ago.
The suit was one of the most
lengthy and involved to be tried in
local eourls. The transcript of tes
liniMiy covered L'.tiOO pages. There
were between -1011 and "00 exhibits of
fered and expert testimony was given
by const ructoin engineers.
'Ihc iii-c was tried ill Multnomah
county only because of a legal ipiirk,
which allows Miit to be iustiluted in
ihc county iu which any one of the
defeiidariN is located. l!ecause it
held the ;f:r.o 7 ;'."( i warrant offered
Mr. Sweeney by Jackson county for
(he work, Ihc Failed Slates Naltonnl
Hank of Fori land was made a co
defendant by Ar. Sweeney, who did
not wish he case tried iu Jackson
county.
Sweney's Allegations.
The contrad wns let Jmiuury 1,
I!) I I, ami specified comph'l iuu by
Seplcmher I. DHL Fmliie delay iu
location wit alleged by the plaintiff,
as well as unfair classification.
There was further delay over the
nrraii.emcnls of Jack-on county with
the Southern Pacific for rights-of-way
over railroad hies on the mule.
Specifications were unfair, it was al
leged aUo, with the result that e. mile
of grading and the construction of
one bridge Wenl over inlo the winter
months o thai the work Was not I'in
i bed uulil March,
The ulaintiff alleged unfair treat
nient in the estimates prepared by the
engineers in Ihc -late highway depart
ment. The linal award of ;!.", "u'XMi,
making no allowances for damages or
delays, was signed by Kngineer
Itowlhy. but, it was alleged, on infor
mation solely received from subordi-uiilc-.
The lni.il award was assailed on the
ground that the engineers who prc
paicd the estmalcs were incompeleui
ami ihiil their reports were full of
erroi s.
Court . Iters ClassiflcatloiiM.-
thie d the main contentions of the
(Continued on Pago Throe.)
VIWSIA HIHCtS
Fol.FMfJFS, N. M., Feb. 2.1. Col
onel Italtaar Chapa. the Curraii.n
commander at 1'alomas, today denied
the report from llaihha. N. M., that
a fattle had been fought between
hi command and that of Jose Ynez
Snliixar. Sala.ar wa reported south
east of Ojitoy ranch yesterday.