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Journal FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES m m CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY FORTIETH YEAR NO. 46 SALEM, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1917 rTwv TWA nX?irrd ON tbaiks and ntjwb "V lO STANDS rrVF. fTENTfl BREAK WITH AIL GERMANY'S ALLIES SEEMS CERTAINTY Austria-Hungary It Is Be lieved Will Sland Firmly by Her Ally TURKEY AND BULGARIA WILL ALSO STAND FIRM This Means Diplomatic Rela tions With All of Them Will Be Severed By Robert J Bender. ( l'uitil Press Washington. F Americas situat tin1 international tuff correspondent.) b. 22. The Austro jn held the center of va r stage. Tin r.linmx of which has been United States bro this silent drama, going On since Ri se with Germany ap ars to be at hand. Within 48 hours, it now generally dieved, this government will know whether llu SCO joatie relations of its severed diplo- to be extended to Austria-Hungary. The state department and White House say nothing as to what is going on behind the scenes. When the cur tain falls, however, one of the most dramatic and interesting stories in the world's history will be written the story of a great nation struggling to restrict the extension of the great war and another nation trying at once to please a powerful friend and at the same time support an ally. 01 what has transpired between the United States and Austria-Hungary dur ing the last IS days, the stale depart ment: will not say. It will not even! admit the authenticity of the aide' memoir made public in Vienna, asking Austria to clear up her position on Germany's U-boat decree and her own pledges to this government on U-boat j warfare. The Austrian government is portray ed lis struggling hard to prevent the' threatened break. That she must and! will support the German decree is the official fear here. Should she do this,; it is taken for granted President Wilson j will immediately order passports to Aus-' trill n representatives here and request! the withdrawal of . United States Am-j bassador Penfield from his post in Vienna, It is felt certain that a break with j The other Uermarur allies would short ly follow. While the great pantomime goes forward, it is allowing time for movement of thousands of Americans from central power countries. Sugar Refinery Strike Stirs Up Philadelphia Philadelphia, Feb, 22. The whoie section of Philadelphia in the vicinity if the Franklin Sugar Refining com lany was under heavy police guard to- day following a riot that uncounted to practically, a pitched battle last night. One man was killed,, several others so' severely injured that they may die and many were hurt. Mrs. Florence Sholde, age ;!2, was ar rested and is held under $1500 bail on the charge of inciting a riot. The section of the city where the fighting occurred is guarded today by reserve police and mounted police front all parts of the city are concentrated there to prevent further outbreaks. Trouble was anticipated when the ne gro strikebreakers in the sugar refin ery returned to work today. 5jC ijc SC jc sjc 5c sC jjc js iji ABE MARTIN edded t ' ther i Why does a hide vou? Titer's lots 0 ' fellers art that ought I ' split U bctd waiter nllns trv t ' mm II ? O - FOfibUPPLlES Congressman Fess Will Intro duce Resolution to Ac complish This THESE ARE NOT RIOTS BUT CRIES FOR RELIEF "Greed Has Closed the Chan nels of Distribution" His Assertion Washington, Feb. 22. Determl foroe some action from congrcs will nt least temporarily relieve tl serious food shortage that has canst bread riots in New York and w federal trade commission pr will spread to every large city the I81 111 1" 1 ' i sentative Fuss. Ohio, todav informed Representative Meyer London he will j introduce a resolution providing at least temporary food control. London, explaining that lie believes inianu 1.1 ;,,,, I l .- .,f .. permanent eovernment food control law. anuounced he would support such n measure as absolutely necessary to get over the present emergency. Fess intimated he would introduce Ms resolution today, despite apparent dis interestedness shown by many mem bers of congress. j Such a resolution will have the sup port of Representative Bolaud, who an- jnouneed he would press his provision appropriating $400,000 for a federal trade commission investigation of the I food shortage by tacking as amendment on the sundry civil bill when it reaches the house floor. In the meantime, the federal trade commission, the interstate commerce commission, the department of agricul ture and the commerce department have been called in to aid in affording some kind of temporary relief. Due to Food Speculators. The American Railways association will work with the interstate commerce commission in an effort to do what ir can to remedy any conditiou a car short age may have caused. Discussing the situation today. Repre sentative London bitterly assailed food speculators as the chief cause. "I. call on the house to lake up the food control question now," Loudon said. "We are giving hundreds of mil lions of dollars for preparedness and preparodne programs for the future. j on we are disregarding an exigency .already. created by the European war. "If these starving people in New ! York have any fault, it is not that they j do not work, but because they work too hard beyond human endurance and cannot make a living. "Prices of food have risen so high as to become inaccessible to the masses. "These nre not. riots, but outcries to heaven for relief. "These people want bread not in Berlin or Petrograd, or Vienna, or Lon don, or Paris, but in New York, the richest citv in the country, eaiovinff the highest "Thi degree of prosperity. More Gold Than Bread. i country is surfeited with Euro pean gold, but shows a lack of bread. j for its workers. Having given so much time to a leak investigation, it is time congress gave some attention to the leak in the country's prosperity." I Representative Borland today blamed the appropriations committee for smoth ering the 6400,006 appropriation resolu tion, which would afford the federal trade commission money to carry on a nation-wide probe. j "The president is behind the pan," 'said Borland. "The trade commission has sufficient facts now to warrant such an investigation; but the appro printions committee still says no. j "It is imperative for eongr "propriate the full amount at o inal prosecutions are merely t ! although they may be usefi 0 ap ('rim irarv, 1 the j present emergency. j "However, the real remedy is to find 'the basic causes. This country hag on j limited facilities for food production. We can feed all of our millions unit more. I am one of those that believe 'that greed has closed the channels of distribution. j "It is a lasting disgrace to think of j food riots in this time of peace and I great prosperity in the metropolis of the (richest and most productive country on the globe. ' ' I Thinks Submarines Will Win for Germany Be rlin, via Sayville wireless, Feb. 22 MUTON fit UI1MIUL U! I (Delayed-) "Firm confidence! I that by use of the submarine weapon J Germany will reach her aim." was ex- pressed by Foreign Secretary Zimmer-1 I man before a meeting of the main com-1 mittee of the reichstag, according to. a : press bureau statement today. 1 The pres bureau 's statemew ut was as follows : "In a meeting of the reichstag's main j (Continued on page two.) SALEM CELEBRATES WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY Junior High and Willamette Have Appropriate Exercises The Washington Junior high school honored its namesake this morning and the anniversary of Washington's birth by appropriate exercises. The follow ing program was rendered: Song ' ' America. ' ' Reading Myrtle 1'elker. Solo Harriett Griffith. Reading Theodore Howard. Solo Beatrice Uilley. Address Dr. Avisos. Selection Ukulele club. Song "Star Spnngled Banner." Rev. Porter of the First Christian church delivered an address on "George' Washington" this morning at the as-: sembly at the Grant Junior high school in honor of Washington's birthday. He! told of our responsibility to our conn-1 try, how the citizens should have faith I in the country as Washington did, hbw j each should love it and work for its nd- vanccmeut, and not to forget that God I ! controls the destinies of the nation.' d toj"Amerca" closed the program, that The English department of the Lin-! j coin Junior high school celebrate, I the day with a discussion as to the relative' greatness of Washington and Lincoln., In the elementary eludes tin- teachers' of the various rooms held individual!' nrotrrams m honor of the ,i in justice Benson Speaks. Impressive, instructive, and entire); in keeping with the purpose that makes I this day a national holiday was the pro-; presented ly the Washington club' of Willamette university, this morn-i nig. Opening the progr Dr. Frank W.I orsra a prelude. Chace played a beaut Tl.: Phis was followed bv sino-ino- TIolv Holy, and Dr. Doney gave the invoea j Won. A musical program was -,hcn presented, which was: "The Sky." Hill i (Continued on page three. Expected This Will Relieve Situation, and Other Sup plies Will Follow Soon New York, Feb. cars of foodstuffs expected to reach 2J. Five hundred 'from the west are New York todav. The cars contain meats, poultry and po tatoes, mostly. I Railroad men declare congestion in ! railroad yards is gradually being broken j up and that food shortage soon will be dispelled. In the meantime, Mayor ' Mitchell will start the city machinery I working in an investigation of food prices on the Last Side. Frank Jamieson of the New York and I New Jersey Retailers' association, in a 1 statement declared there is plenty of food and that with the advent of the ! half thousand cars, prices should be ! forced down immediately, He declared ; meat prices should be the first to tum ' ble. Word from packers, he said, is all t hat is required. It has been 'found, according to of ficial reports, that 100,000 pounds of meats have been sent into cold storage here Avithin the last 10 days. Many tons of onions and notatoes , are lying at. shipping piers to await shipment to foreign countries and an appeal to the interstate commerce com mission to enforce the law as to the lim its of time they ay be so held is con templated. i The New York health department has started the issuance of daily food bul letins, showing how foods that have in-: creased greatly in price may be elimin ated from daily diet. Rice is urged as a substitute for potatoes and in structions for cooking in order to get the greatest food value are given. Newspaper Boys Say Good Bye to Salem Newspaper men who followed the ses- sion of the recent legislature for vari- ous papers throughout the state paid (their farewells ysterday to Governor I Witbycombe. The newspaper men on j duty here were Ralph Watson of the Oregon Journal, Shad O. Kraut, and i 1 .e , . Gregory of the Oregonian, Ted i Lansing and Harry Critchlow, of the; j Telegram, William E. Lowell of the I Pendleton Evtening Tribune, ('. ('. Teng- i j wald of the Medford-Tribune, Mr. ; Jones of the Oswego Times, and Mr. ; Sweeney of the Portland News. Harry Oritcblow, formerly a Wil- 1 ! lamette student, will cover the Salem I i field for the Telegram, while Henry ; j Hanzen, Salem correspondent, takes j his vacation. During the legislative I session W. T. Kirk, Salem correspond I ent for the Oregon Journal, was en- tirely engaged with the work of the session and the city was covered for that paper by Perry Reigelman, of the Evening Capital Journal. t'losely allied with the newspaper (Continued on page two.) HRST W4R, FIRST PBflCB, 1 FJR5TTHE HMRTSfHilS COUNTRYMEN WASHINGTON'S MTHRflY FEBRUARY 22 1.; DESCENDANT SAYS STORY .,,! A MYTH Philadelphia, Feb. 22. "That cherry tree yarn is nothing but a harmless myth that's done a lot of good," said George La i'nvcttc Washington, great great grand nephew of the ''Father rlf his country,'' here today. "George Washington was probably too clever to be caught in a lie," he explained, "but he was too human to have never told a lie. Therein lie:; his strength." , George Lai'ayette Washington lives in Woodbury, N. II., and is a bask clerk there. He is the son of Richard 11. Washington. VIEWS ON IB' WAR; GERMAN HOPES FUTILE s .!; , . y. OPINIONS VARY WIDELY What naval heads of three belligerent nations think of the submarine warfare: Admiral I.aCaze, French min ister, French minister of marine: "If the German people are looking to the submarines for peace, let them take cognizance of the fact that sincethe begin ning of the blockade about the same number of French mercantile ships have been arriving at our ports as heretofore . The block ade will never succeed." Vice Admiral Von Cappelle. German minister of marine, de clared to the reichstag that the submarine warfare had not only realized, but surpassed expecta tions, and that the rationing of England had approached a dan ger point. Mir Edward Carson, first lord of the British admiririty, estimated there are continuously three thousand allied merchant men in the danger zone, during the first 1H days of the Ger man submarine war, 8,076 vcs sels arrived and 5,5H.l deparred from British ports. He added: "The submarine menace is grave and serious and is grow ing. "It is not yet solved, but I am confident measures now be ing devised will gradually miti gate its seriousness." (The following Lotted Prci view with Admiral La Caze, minister of marine, brings the ficial expression of France's French first of view of the German submarine campaign. It is especially significant, follow (Continued or oage two.) FLAGS Iff HALF MAST 1 Two Regiments infantry, 18 Companies or Artillery Will Be In Line San Francisco, Feb. Flags which ordinarily would be floating over pub lic buildings and warships in San Fran cisco bay in honor of the birthday of the first commander In chief of the American army, were at half mast to day in memory of another American general. Tomorrow the bodv o Frederick Funston will burial ill the Presidio Mi eneral re for ceine- nal lona (cry. While hundreds of telegrams of con dolence poured in to, lav on Mrs, l-'un-ston and her three, children,, the mother ftnd brother of General Funston were en route from Kansas. At the funeral Saturday morning two full regiments oi' infantry, commanded in person by Major General .1. Frank lin Hell, 18 companies of artillery, ma rines and naval training school cadets ;e Spanish war veterai Stl of for J6 ; eign wars, several cor tioual guard, and city j The solemn boom o will begin as the it Presidio. After the in es of the na R, will march minute gun enters the till i tegi errnent and taps, ubite nt thirteen rs will be tired the ii r general three V grave. i hi T Towed Back to Port and Wil Start For New York Again Today New V'ork, Fel riving here today Passengers ar the liner Phil of the White reported sunk boar stoi adelphia brought a Star liner Celtic b by a mine, while tw I.iver)Kol, en route The passengers nig lve hours out froi to this country, declared, however that the Philadelphia left Liverpool with the C'-ltic and Canada. The form cr disappeared and they heard she had hit a mine. Whether the Celtic put back into port or went down, some were not certain, but the prevailing report was that she had sunk. . I.ater one of the officers of the Phil adelphia confirmed that the Celtic had hit a mine, but stated that she had bees towed safely back to Liverpool, it was also learned at the White Star offices that the Celtic was scheduled to again start for i'ew York today. The Celtic was the first ship to car (Continued on page two.) even CHICAGO IS GETTING UNEASY Has Wheat and Meat Enough For the Whole United States BUT HIGH PRICES MAKE ! HER POOR DESPERATE' Speculators Jump Prices Over j Night-Philadelphia Has Food Riots Chicago, I eb. 22. Outwardly. Chi eago with In wheat stored r 70,000,000 bushels of in elevators and packing industries turning out feed a uatiua, is not enough meat to! n the throes of ' food panics, but in the tenement dis tricts and the congested factory centers, a spirit of unrest is 'orewing. Ho incline ing has this become th at officials, fear ing an outburst similar to the one in New York, are doing their utmost to se cure relief from rapidly soaring prices before it becomes too late. Denouncing railroads and the inter state commerce commission for their hesitancy, board of trade officials are clamoring for action. "I have no hesitancy in declaring that both the railroads and the commis sion are completely overwhelmed and lost grasp of the situation," President Griffin of the board of trade said to day. "As a matter of fact, the inter vention of the interstate commerce com mission has been harmful rather than beneficial. Their relief suggestions nre faucii'ul, not practical. "Within less than 30 days, uiiIcbs re life conies, the commerce of this country will be prostrated. A power more in fluential than the commerce commission should be placed in control of the Situa tion." Prices Increasing. Foodstuffs which havo advanced gradually every dav this week, con- j tinned t heir toes, yesteri peck, today boosted to : 1 advance be Live hogs i npward trend today. Pota ay selling for 1)0 cents per went to $1- Pork chops, j cents per pound, also will ore night, butchers state, old at $12.05 per hundred pounds, highest ever known, and $-1-50 higher than last yenr. Fro. Aurora, 111., the center of milk j distribution, today came the announce- ment that the Milk Producers' nssoeia ! tion has voted to raise the price to $2.25 I per hundred for summer milk. It has been $1.S5. This means 10 cent milk, lice also will be higher this summer, j Fred I'pham, president of the Consum ers' company, announced today. "Personally and confidentially I i can see absolutely no justification for j any further advances in prices of ! meats," a vice president of one of Chi icago's largest packing companies -stated tod a that For obvious reasons he asked his name be withheld. A Flimsy Excuse. 1 "He city ol ation. j count r as we know, there is no sear ttle that would affect the situ- Demand ! the win has increased on ac but the same has been odstuffs anil products j t rue with othe f( used iiv ftUfope, "Speculators, retailers and others ! are using the war argument as a flimsy excuse tor pinching the consumer. And, i of course, everybody has to get his fingers in the pie. j "America, money mad, and running j iiniuck amid the deluge of gold from ! Europe, is robbing herself to quench ' an insatiable greed for profit. I "Like Frankenstein '( super-man, we are creating a being or class wnnoui a soul. And once created the inevit able food riots and a social revolu tion." Riots in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Food rioting broke out in Philadelphia this after noon. Shouting "it's robbery, rob bery," several hundred Jewish women attacked dealers who had advanced prices. J ush carts were overturned and several shops on Seventh street were entered by the women. Intermittent fighting continued be I ween the women and dealers until po lice reserves were rushed to the scene. The trouble started when women discov ered that price- bad been advanced over night. Carp, which sold at 10 cents a pound yesterday, was 18 cents today. The police nre watching every corner of rhiiadctphiu tor otner demonstrations. Another outbreak of the sugar refinery strikers, who engaged in a general fight with strikebreakers last night, re sulting in the death of one man, was ex pected momentarily. May Have Public Market. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 22. High food stuff price! have resulted in a campaign of street speeches by 40 labor leaders endorsing the tOOO.OOO municipal mar ket system which will be submitted to voters here March (. If it passes, the city will contract for large amounts of perishable foodstuffs from farmers, and sell them at a minimu cost. The plan was worked out by a committee of labor men with the co-operation of l.'nrver sity of Washington faculty members. OVER FOOD SUPPLY NINE INCENDIARY FIRES LAST NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY Mitida Called Out and City Is Placed Under Martial Law Today ATTEMPTS) TO DESTROY MUNITION FACTORIES Town and Plants Saved by Quick Response of Nearby Cities To Aid Calls New Britain Conn., Feb. 22. New martial law today with of state guardsmen pn- Britain is undc .two companies trolling ts streets multnneous fires ii following nine si different parts of fivn men are under of having started the city last night. )U suspir.uu the fires. Repairs arc being rushed to the elec tric fire alarm system, wdiieh broke down when several persons rushed to boxes anil turned in simultaneous alarms as the fires began to light up the skies. All local fire departments are still at work early today, quenching smould erling embers that threatened to start nil over again. Volunteer engine com panies from Hartford, Bristol, Water bury and Plainfield, however, have been sent home. New Britain has many manufacturing; plants, which have been making muni tions for the entente allies. The belief was expressed that some fanatic, hop jiug to stop their manufacture set the fires by means of time incendiary bombs, but no evidence of bombs liu.i 1 been found- I A tenement house, three residences, a igurage, a synagogue- and a business block were raked by the flumes. Tha I damage is roughly estimated at about ' 50,!KX). The fire first started early in the night in a tenement house, eontaising ninny families. Built of wood, it was 'rapidly consumed. Inhabitants poured down the single stairway in the house. Everyone left safely, but firemen took 'several from upper windows and by ' menus of ladders. While they were working other alarms began to come in and soon all apparatus; was working. Police and fire depart' incuts were totally unable to cope eilh the situation and appeals were sent to i nearby cities for assistance. Crowds began to march up and down I the steret. Mob hysteria was growing in the air and Police Chief Rawlings asked Mayor Quigley for militia. Com. I patties I and L, First infantry, were called out and soon had the crowds un ' der control. I By midnight all blazes were out. and the city quiet. No further outbreaks, it was said, are expected, but the troops are kept on guard as a matter of prccitu tiott. Newspaper Reporters Were Spies for Germany New York, Feb llncon, American i 22. George Vaux 'porter, whose de revealed an alleged tention nt hnglnnd i plot whereby Amerit newspaper men were sent to Ku million for thi land to obtain infor Uermun government, photographed forts in th ountry with before ho a moving picture compi 'sailed for England. federal ut hori tics learned today. This revelation and the publication of ! the names of two other reporters in volved, came today it was announced that the federal grand jury hud been ! ealled to meet tomorrow instead of i Tuesday as scheduled to probe the plots. J Churles W. AVunnenbcrg and Albert A. Sander, now under arrest, here as organizations of the band of American "observers" in Britain will be the starting point of the grand jury action. It is understood Bacon will be sent hero to testify against the two as it is re ported he revealed to British authori- ties the operations of the spy system. Charles E. Hastings and litttflieDgS ; Rutherford are said to be under obser- jvation in Holland. The names of four ! other men now said to be in England, have not been reveaeld. An eighth "agent," federal authorities report, is tinder observation in Copenhagen, vhi! an alleged assistant of Sanders' is be- i ing siraght in New York. THE WEATHER : Oregon: Tonight rain vest, snow east portion, warmer southwest, portion; Thursday rain or -now east portion; southerly windn increasing along the coast.