THE OKKUON DAILY 'jfj URN AL POR TLAND. MONDAY. JANUARY 21. 1918.
4
STATE SHALL USE
: PAVING
KEEP COST
PLANT TO
DOWN
assembly today afier Xnovieff declaring
the. congress brought together two ele-
menu which could not be congenial..
In the opinion -of many leader thei
dissolution means war ; to a - finish "be-
tween the two elements.5 . The members
of the right: who nominated the consti
tuent assembly are : planning: to go to
Kleff or Novocherkask. H
-A widely circulated report today that
TseretelJl and Chernoff, leaders of the
social re volutionariea-ln the anti-Bolshevik
movement, had been killed was de
clared false by the authorities. The cen
tral executive committee or me isoisne
vlki, howeyer, named a committee to
. " i o Pi.,. f investigate otner snooiings in tne raw.
Attorney General Brown Uives The Bed Guards, who participated m
v . . rrr -a tl.; D! J. 1 weeirs attacic on groups w
ft ' opinion 10 died I nai dius l blamed the paraders for the rioting,
- is ' .. n o.!...J .... U-L ' Willing to Meet Civil war
ITI USX DO neceiVBU un? fiuin.. A clty.wiae hunt was in progress for
.tV- v ii 'i ' I M. SavJnkoff. one of Kerenskys staunch
I suDDorters. who has been reported in
ATIsFTFn I hiding.
U litti ch&ncd of the constituent a-
TbeCretary-nOSS nOiaS inai VUI- vlkt. A f ew of th Red aoaras. However,
' fit MaY bOOn ray lOr ItSeUtfdar. declaring they were being used to
mnnnn llht In h nttarka onilia
Even Though It Is Never Used! constituent assembly.
V-...-V. " I Lenlne, himself introduced the dis
solution decree in tne assemwy ana - in
''. rw T.n 5i The state high-1 0 minute speech lauaea tne soviet
I deputies as representing the highest
3 U,Zuh SnSavinrwt untii after power of democracy in the world. He
i l .?2P,B.' "tn.St.nSSUw he considered the most resolute
' .-Jw the lowest bid is un-l0101 which the decree proposed as the
;?EA?l&oK to an "n- only mean, remalnlng-the Russian peo-
-i .....Hm, nf laws on the SUblect 1 V www
-- ----- - nr. Lenlne frankly deciarea tnat ne rec-
SH 'y.?ZZXEJ com" cniedthe "Impossibility of accomplish-
7 wv i w I in a Socialistic state except oy civu
- million. ' -f
tj The .attorney general reviews the ysr-i deter he con,
. lous laws relating 10 I eluded.
i tlon. ana speaiung 01 wcuou i,
GEORGE
II
BROW
Hv, ,:., .-'-?
i-
COMMISSION IS
ft1
1S1
TO SEEK RELECT10N:
AS ATTORNEY GENERAL
His Formal?" Announcement of
Candidacy at Republican Pri
maries Will Be Made Soon.
'423,4aws of 1917, which Is known as the
j;is.000,00) bonding act and is controlUng.
he says:
- "We find It further provided in said
z: section that If. in the opinion of the
majority of the members of the commis
'i ' slon, the lowest bid for the construction
; h i of any road or parts of roads authorised
V hv the said act shall be excessive, then,
and in that event, tne saw commission
hall have the right and It Is, hereby em-
SoelaUtte Explain Stand
The declaration of tha Bolshevik
delegates to the constituent assembly
adopted by them prior to their bolt
from this body, was published in full to
day. In part, it asserted:
"The debates have shown that thej
social revolutionaries of the right, as
in Kerensky's time, are nourishing the
people on promises' and phrases, but in
reality are opposing Socialist measures
Salem, Or. Jan. 21. Attorney General
George M. Brown said today that he will
be a candidate at the Republican pri
maries for re-election. He said' he
would' make his formal .announcement
soon. He is now serving his first
term. ,
Before his election as attorney gen-;
eral, Mr. Brown as district attorney in
Douglas county became widely known
for his vigorous - and successful prose
cution of law violators.
' Upon his election as attorney gen
eral, he took up the notorious Hyde
Benson land fraud eases, which had
been - instituted by his predecessor ' at
the direction of former Governor
West, but which had been permitted to
drag along without anything being ac
complished Mr. Brown won favorable decisions
from the circuit and supreme courts
and caused to be restored to the state
nearly 10,000 acres of valuable lands,
while further action is needed - to re-
I cover about lt.OOO acres additional in
which the government has interest In
title.
Mr. Brown Is also gathering evi
dence in the Pacific Livestock company
land fraud eases, which are somewhat
similar to the Hyde-Benson cases and
which have been' buffeted about in the
past by officials wishing to have the
cases dropped.
. ' and supervision, all of such roads or any
part thereof." .C
VeaBln Held Clear '
j, snau nave mi nam i u n i ,ireinj - - .
X powered and authorised to reject all bids -uch as appropriation of 1 kinds, the
. w . J,. j.. I natinnnltzfltinn of banks and the con-
.1 and to construct unaer its ows.snwuon :V ": " "ir.fTVn.
wishing to condone these crimes of the
enemies of the people, we declare we
rl nnttttlncr thA AflfCAmhlv."
A, ?Thls language clearly predicates the Te Bolshevik decree dissolving the
toower to proceed without contract upon -nnntitutent assemblv read, in Dart : '
tfoe condition of having asked for bids, ..Tne constituent assembly was chosen
Jsnd tha opinion of. a majority of the trom eid election lists and it now
4ratnbers of the commission beisg that DMara as an exDresslon of the old
"the lowest bid Is excessive, because, it is bourgeoise regime, expecting to become
imrjr In that event that K Is authorised I Chief authority in a bourgeoise republic
to construct unaer its own airection ana opposing the October revolution ana the
"The hhrhway commission has pur-I -The old bohreeoise oarliamentarism
chasetd several paving plants with the! nas Been its day. It is unable to cope
Idea et doing considerable paving tnis with the asks facins: Socialism. Only
year. Jt is now having material put institutions such as the Soviets are able
on the i ground for raving- a Btrlp of I to overcome the opposition of the rich
Ithe Panllf io highway In Marlon county, j classes and to create a new Socialist
s 'This opinion of the attorney general I -tate. The refusal to recognise the so-
hat ve expected." said G. Ed Rosa, vlets' authority and the restoring to the
secretary of the commission, today,
5 - JPIaas Not Upset
2 "It will inot Interfere with plans of
tbe oomml:4on, because if contractors
? will bid lcV enough the commission
uis satisfied fci let them do the work.
2 fBut If tney do not submit bids
which the commission believes are rea
" sonable then tl'ie commission will be In
position to psioceed with use of the
state paving plant.
" "Chairman Benson figured that If the
bourgeoise of the liberty they have won
would be a step backward toward bank
ruptcy of the workmen s and peasants'
revolution. The right social revolution.
arles are openly fighting the Soviets and
supporting the exploiters of labor. The
central executive committee, therefore.
orders the constituent assembly dis
solved."
500 Beads Can Go at Once
London. Jan. 5 (By Mali). fO. P.)
fact that the stte owns paving plant I Modern science has come to the aid of
is the means of i causing contractors to I ,the Bolshevikl, in case they decide to
m submit IOW bias.i inai Will I usury tne imitate the French involution nH tn
purchase ot tne plant ana soon pay for troduce the guillotine. An engineer
m m puwi, i 4iui is. never i namea .tsiunin nas suDmittea a new type
useo."
whether it was to kelp the director gen
eral personally or not. '- So - long as we
attain the results, which -1 believe will
be infinitely more beneficial than was
expected, the order was Justified, j
, - " Old Ordtr Held Impossible
- "Z am ,very much In the hope and X
do not say this merely out of optimism
with reasonable f weather - within 10
days conditions may be such that we
may not need to continue the Order ap
long as it was issued for. ..
MeAdoo said harbor conditions and
transportation ' situations are both im
proving and ' will . continue to improve
unless the weather again ties things up.
Senator Cummins questioned McAdoo
at great length on his statement that
the old competitive orner of things could
never be restored and tried to get Mc
McAdoo's idea how competition could be
eliminated under private management.
"You said the old system would never
return," said Cummins. "Inasmuch as
competition, is the essential principle of
private ownership, why should the roads
ever go back to their-private owners?"
Legislation to Be Remedj
"I said I thought the return to the old
competitive basis would be impossible if
government control lasted long enough.
To restore the pre-existing status, con
gress would have, to legislate; it will
have to legislate with regard to the
new conditions which will confront us
on the return of peace, said McAdoo.
"I believe that" said Cummins; "but
we can't, turn the roads back and allow
private owners to operate them witnout
comDetltion. can we?"
"I don't know." replied McAdoo. i
think congress can establish the condi
tions upon which the roads are to be re
turned." .
STONE OPENS ATTACK
UPON REPUBLICANS
VAST SUM NECESSARY
TO BUILD UP LINES
Continued from P&f One)
Hasty and ill-considered legislation
now, he said, would be ruinous to hold
ers of railroad securities when the gov
ernment relinquishes control of the lines.
For this reason McAdoo urged that
the committee report the pending rail
road bill as written, with the provision
that government control shall continue
until congress shall otherwise order,
McAdoo's statement that he does not
believe In government ownership was In
answer to a question by Senator Watson
of Indiana, an outspoken foe of gov
ernment ownership.
Opposes Ownership Idea
Do you believe In government own
ership?" asked Watson.
"I do not." replied McAdoo. "But
believe it will be impossible to return
to competitive conditions as they were
before the government stepped In. There
will Tiava to be greater measure of
government control and regulation
henceforth than we have had in the
past.
FARMERS WITH BEANS,
RND NO MARKET FOR
THEIR BIG WAR CROP
Great Quantities of This Produce
Stored in Warehouses Without
Any Prospect of Disposal. 1
(Continued from Pass One)
Yakima, Wash., Jan. 11. Farmers liv
ing on the Tieton project and others
who responded to the government's call
lor more rood products and planted a
large acreage of beans are greatly dis
appointed that there Is apparently no
market for their product. Great quan
tities of beans are lying In the ware
houses with little chance for disposal
of the tonnage. Letters sent to Camp
Lewis bring answers Indicating there is
no chance for a. market there. Some
offers of 6 cents a pound have been
made, but as local merchants are asking
15 cents growers feel an injustice is
being done them somewhere.
Saturday Schools Abandoned
Yakima, Jan. 21. The idea of holding
Saturday school to shorten the terra
that pupils may sooner get to work In
the spring la practically abandoned
here, though voted by the school board.
on receiving word from Mrs. J. C, Pres
ton, state superintendent, that the law
does not warrant such action. Aa there
is a cloud on the legality of the proceed
lng the school funds are put in Jeopardy
and the plan Is abandoned.
Schools to Use Portables
Yakima, Jan. 21. B. F. Kumler, sec
retary of the school board, is making
arrangements to have at least two of
the three portables authorized at the
here in this body in manifest concert
with dominant Republican leaders
throughout the country to make politics
out of the war has become too evident
to be passed longer in silence," said recent school election ready for use at
Senator Stone. I th beginning of the coming semester,
"i think the time has come to strike The high school attendance and enroll
a final blow, if that be possible against ment Is growing so fast that It, Is not
partisan activity In the conduct of the I lmproDacie tnat ail three will be neeaea.
war- I think this spirit of partisanship
should be struck dead at once. There is Many Questionnaires Returned
no neea tor us to oe over lasuaious Yakima. Jan. 21. The Yakima exemp-
anout uus or to try 10 iooi eacn otner tion board, which has next to the largest
or to fool the country. Republican task of any board In the sUte, Is nearlng
leaders In and out of politics are un- first lap of its work. Out of 4600
doubtedly seeking to make politics out registrants' questionnaires, about 4000
of the war. There is to be an election hav0 been returned and classified. The
next rail, a new nouse oi represent- board expects to finish its first Classlflca
lives ana one tnira or. me senate are io Uons next week- The men are to be
be chosen. called for physical examination at the
Election Presents Problem I rate of SO dally, the first class to appear
. v.n.. v. Anrninantlnext Wednesday morning. Of the first
Republican politicians of the country-K elected 25 cerne from Yakima. 19
some of them, perhaps not more than I om,a J.Tfi" l "ecounty nd
mm nf thorn Meklnir tn nrnmott his lm- ""'J
mediate personal glorification, and
others acting on a large scale, let it be
said, to promote a party advantage
to B truce nara to turn aown wis aumjn-
lstratlon and take the government over
into their own hands. That fight is now
on. Let no man deceive himself about
that
"If there be one who does not
this, he Is blind. Rising out of this
cloud is the Abhorrent figure of a poll-
AUSTRIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER RESIGNS
(Continued from Pace Om)
ment for allowing the Pan-Germans to
force their peace terms upon it.
PORTLAND SOLDIER .
GIVEN PROMOTION
Imi it j.j; ' i;. in. ..
critical for the Teutonlo military com
bine." i i- -j t : .. . '.- - X'-i
President Wilson's speech to congress.
it was asserted, has given a remarkable
impulse to democrauo peace taeas in
the whole nation. Industrial chaos of
more than a mere local nature la re
ported. Grievous differences have de
veloped between Emperor Char lee and
the Pan-German leaders. '
The kaiser. It Is declared. Is trying to
smooth out these disagreements by sup
porting Foreign Minister von Kuehl-
mann against Von Buelow. who is hated
in Austria.
The Corrlere D'ltalla. the' Vatican
organ, declared positively today:
."We are facing a true Austrian pro
nouncement against Ludendorff, Hoff
mann and German imperialism.
Evidence or Austria-Hungary's bitter
opposition to the Junker annexationist
plans is accumulating in scores of re
ports seeeping across the Austrian-
Swiss border and being received here.
Soldiers Keep World Posted
Amsterdam, Jan. 21. (I. S-
Sparks of sedition are spluttering be
hind the hermetically sealed frontiers of
Austria-Hungary, threatening at any mo
ment to whip the empire-wide discon
tent into flames of open revolt, -
So widespread and intense Is this dis
content that the very troops, detailed
to keep tha, borders closed and the news
from filtering through, are Instrumental
In keeping the world posted on the prog
ress of Bolshevlkism in the Hapsburg
domain.
rur luion wen cuea nere as tne 1 r. . , , . .
underlying causes of the Austro-Hunga- Secant Sam Heaver, who enlisted
njan unrest. They are as follows: I In Third Oregon
rirst irooa ana ruei are scarcer and
dearer than ever before.
Second Ninety per cent of Austriana
and Hungarians are intensely hostile to
and bitter against Germany, whom they
accuse of delaying peace. Fearing abso
lute vassalage to Berlin, they clamor for
peace now, lest Germany aggrandise
herself, by further conquests in the
west.
Third The speeches of XJoyd George
and President Wilson and the peace
alms of the British labor party have
raised the cry among the alien races:
"Our enemies promise to give us what
our own government refuses to grant-
independence."
Fourth The Austrian Industrial world
fears "war after this war" if the con
flicts last beyond spring.
Give No ; Hope; for, v ; '
j Six-Gent Objections
. -
Members ef. State Pablle Service Com
miftiea Show Hostility le Besolatless .
Prepared by Portland City CeeaeO.
Salem, Or- Jan. 81. While individual '
members of the public service eommls-
sion show their hostility to the re sol u-
tlon received Saturday afternoon from
the Portland city council, asking the "V
commission to rescind Its six-cent street
car fare order, the commission will not i
ontciauy give the resolution It knock1
out blow until Wednesday.
um we wui mage written
reply to the resolution which wUl be a
good story," said Commissioner Corey
today. "What I don't like is the source
of the resolution. I know ther all iwu :
from Dan Kellaher."
Commissioner Miller has n.,.ii
outspoken in his views about resolutions
from the city council asking the com
mission to suspend or in any way go
vm.m. wa iim original order giving the
streetcar company more revenue.
air. Miner went to Portland this morn
ing and Official action on tha rnlitlnn
will not be taken until his return, al
though It can be forecasted now that by
unanimous vote the commission will turn
it aown.
Word received by Mrs. Sam Weaver
from her husband, who Is a member of
Company C. One Hundred Sixty-second
United States Infantry, formerly ' the
Third Oregon, Is that he has been pro
moted to sergeant. Mrs. Weaver will
be remembered by her friends as Miss
Kathleen Booth. Sergeant Weaver was
for many years an employe of the
Hazelwood company In Portland.
Army Fliers Classed
With Other Officers
Reports Treated With Reserve
Washington. Jan. 21, I. N. 8.) Re
ports of great peace riots In Vienna
must be treated with reserve, according
t"Vt A tntnlATi sft as mlilewl n4e(M kuA v I
. i.k .i,- 1 other branch. His flying Indemnity pay
reports, telling of huge demonstrations 13 w""t. - , w n i
With the American Army m France,
Jan. 21. (J. P.) American army fliers
are going Into the war on an eqaal
footing with the Infantry, engineers and
quartermasters.
The aviator win get the same pay as
an officer of corresponding rank in any
in favor of the Von Kuehlemann-Csernin
peace policy at Brest-Litovsk. which
reached proportions demanding vigorous
police measures, are symptoms of an
Austrian condition long known. They
presage little possibility of a break
between Austria and Germany. It is
admitted by this critic, however, that
the Austrian peace sentiment has high
support In the dual empire- The Frem
denblatt. Official organ of the Vienna
foreign office, recently published an edi
torial highly commendatory to Von
Kuehlmann and warning the Wilhelm
strasse that Austria would not stand
for the policies of conquest of the pan-Germans.
Rome. Jan. SI. (17. J Sli-t1-r
tlcal nas: surrlnr the caldron or ao-1 .ti.. vv Mai4n wtimn'a
"And if you now limit the period of I mestic partisanship to disturb, even tn I cratic outline of war aims, Austria-
of .that Instrument to the council of peo
ple s commissaries, according to word
here. It works by electricity and will
behead S00 victims with one stroke.
Flat Answer Demanded
Copenhagen, Jan. tl-(U. P.) "When
Foreign Minister Trotsky returns to
REIGN OF TErtflOtKlS
S . . FEARED IN PETROGRAD
t - Outturn d fwt Psse Ons)
government, has bronght to a climax I Brest-Litovsk." said a delayed Berlin
?, the violent opposition of the social revo- lepatch. quoting the Ixkal Anselger
? luttonary party. The llolshevlk- leaders edltortauy today, "he must definitely ac-
Z today freelr nredlcted What their enemies cept or reject the central powers' de
are now preparing a campaign of teiror. I mands, otherwise the central powers will
, with 150 men. as leadihc this counter
"revolutionary movements Trotsky Would Try Again
mm f siooasnea was narrower avertea m Stockholm. Jan. 21-(L N. S.) Peace
the closing of the constituent assembly, negotiations between the Bolshevik gov-
The last' few minutes ct the meeting ernment and Germany will be renewed
were dramatio in their lnasnsity. Armed at Brest-Utovsk at a later date, accord-
sauors poorea into tne rau ana were uig to information from Petrograd today,
jj array ea in groups m the taisies. Their it was stated that Leon Trotsky, the
. m commander demanded thtait Chernoff, Bolshevik foreign minister, had commu-
3 then presiding, quit the jAatform and nicated to Dr. von Kuehlmann, the Ger-
Mthat the members of the right parties man foreign minister, a desire to make
, leave the hall. Chernoff flxtly refused, another attempt to reach an understand-
as A heated argument ensued.. Witnesses 1 ing before the parley is broken off com
JJJ today Insisted H was only Intervention pletely.
or the BolshevlK delegates . themselves
- tnat saved tneir political opponents rrom Socialists in Conference
jHlssnA eif tKs kanila sKa .TlAlnnsiulV I
Amsterdam. Jan. 21. (I. N. S.)
troops. . Representatives of the Bolshevikl are
S Proelatased KepsibUe now in direct communication with the
m The final act of .the assembly was the German Socialists. A Stockholm dls-
m formal proclamation of Russia as a natch stated that Dr. Soheidemann and
, demoeratio republic The speech of for- several other German Socialist leaders
: winer Minister TseretelU was dramatic, are in that city conferring with dele
;. J" He was constantly Interrupted sural often gates from the Russian radicals. The
with violent abuse. His concluding per- I nature of the conferences was not dl
2 oration was a pathetio appeal to aUi that vulged, but Scheldemann was quoted as
as the revolution be permitted to beso fruit saying that "it is too early to give up
' "ln the formation of a government which hope, of seeing a peace conference either
government control, yon may make lm
possible new legislation to meet situ
ations that may arise.
"We must use our best foresight.
To throw the roads back to private
control with competition destroyed and
with one line carrying business at the
expense of another would be a grave
mistake."
Hampering Called Unwise
"Do . you think the power to fix
rates should be taken from the In'
terstate commerce commission and the
various state commissions?" asked Sen
ator Kellogg.
"When the president Is .operating
the roads, I think it extremely unwise
to hamper him In rate fixing matters
to meet any emergency." declared Mc
Adoo.
this hour or national peril, tne sympa- Hungary is smouldering with a blase
thetio unity of the American people. ! f opposition to militarist Germany, ac
That presents a grave problem of cording to reports to the Vatican, re
ceived from the papal nuncio at Vienna.
It was understood he described the
national moment-at this time."
Playlag Polities Charged
Senator Stone declared that the reso
lutions calling for the numerous con
gregational investigations into the con
duct of the war came almost exclusively
from the Republican side. He quoted
from recent published Interviews of
Senator Penrose and Chairman WlHcox
to sustain his charges that the Repub
licans are playing politics. Ho based
his accusation mainly, however, on the
editorials written by Colonel Roosevelt
for the Kansas City Star.
'I now introduce my star witness.
Theodore Roosevelt, himself, whom I
situation In the dual monarchy as "most
Strike Movement Spreading
Zurich. JaiL 1. (U. P.) An Austria-Hungary
Is crying out for peace.
Reports today show general strikes,
declared Friday, spreading throughout
the nation. Leaders of the movement
sre preventing violence everywhere.
They have issued a manifesto demand-
regular army officers In
service Is to be revoked.
Ing assurances that the peace negotia
tions be not frustrated through "terrt
tortal demands of the pan-Germans.'
Dispatches today indicate - that at
Buda Pest the entire railway, tram
way and underground services had
stopped. Thirty-one separate strikers
meetings were held.
At Cracow great demonstrations were
reported. The shops have been or
dered closed and the public forbidden
to congregate on the streets after
o'clock at night.
At Vienna the strike movement was
reported spreading throughout upper
and lower Austria into Bohemia and
Moldavia.
Emperor Karl, according to one re
port here, summoned the mayor of
Grata to Vienna, but the mayor tele
phoned to the palace that the situa
tion in Grata was "too serious for him
to leave."
Service Flag Is.
unfurled at Salem
Tablet Bearing Ktan of M Tessg Vm
or first Ketaoditt Ckarrh 5ow la '
Service Also ravened.
Salem. Or- Jan. It. A tvi.t .uTT
the names of (8 young men who have
gone from the congregation of the First
Methodist church into military service
wa unveiiea ana a service flair bear-
lng 71 stars was unfurled at the patri- ,
otio meeting held at the church Sunday
night. Four of the stars were riari n
the flag after the tablet was completed.
wnicn accounts ror the difference in
number a
The occasion was also a farewell to Dr.
Carl Gregg Doney, president of Wil
lamette university, who will leave this
week for France, commissioned for spe-
tffal Aiiim k li A ... V , . ...
t.. J wiw Aim A. Ai. A. tM
expects to spend six months in France.
auv uiura wu pacaea to tne aOOTS
and scores were turned away, unable
even to find standing room. Following
a patriotic musical program by a chorus
choir, short addresses were delivered by
Dr. R. N. Avlson, pastor ; Rev. O. F.
Holt. Rev. "A B. Ford. Walter Denton.
W. I. Staly.jovernor Wlthycombo. Dr.
B. Li. Steeves, Professor J. Q. Hall.
Harry Bowers and Dr. Doney.
Robbers Batter and
Fell Their Victims
Chicago, Jan. 11. (I. N. S.) Four
masked bandits who robbed a branch
station of the Bowman Dairy company
of a sum believed to total several thou
sand dollars are being sought by the
police here today.
After gaining entrance to the office,
the robbers attacked, one by one. seven
employes of the company, felled them
with blows from their revolvers and
bound them. They then blew the safe
and disappeared after pinning a 12 bill
on each of their prostrate victims.
McAdoo cited his action recently In I characterize as the most seditions man
New York in ordering coal trains I of consequence in America," he said.
moved through the Pennsylvania tun- I "The heart of this man is aflame with
nel where It was necessary arbitrarily I ambition and he runs amuck. On my
to set aside local control. I responsibility as a senator. I charge
Freight movement through the tun-1 that since , our entrance Into the war
nel is very restricted under the ..public I Roosevelt has been, a menace and ob-l
service commission, ne aaia. I Btrnntton to the successful prosecution
it .1 naa to rue an application to vti- . thons-ht has not
move this freight and wait decision of n to help the government solve the
the commission. Long Island people
would have frozen to death," he said.
Length of War Big Factor
"That means, then," said Senator Kel
logg, "that the rate fixing during the
war and until congress acts would be
up to one man?"
"He has the power to do so. He may
not use It. said McAdoo.
McAdoo was asked how long, in his
opinion, it would be necessary for the
government to retain control of the
lines."
"That all depends on the length of
the war. replied McAdoo.
"If It lasts six months or a year, the
period required to liquidate the roads
affairs and turn them back will be com
.would show a solid front of all classes
: -jor tne revolutionary democracy.
a. The Bolshevikl and social revolntlon
r arles of the left, together with others
2 who favors pan-Russian workmen. ,bo1
jjdiers and peasants congress to take the
place of the constituent assembly, wiere
' working hard today to achieve this sort
ef a law giving -body. The Soviets cosn-
pletely control the situation and wall
. X undoubtedly carry through their pro
gram complete.
v ' Assaislas Are Bnty
J 'What happened to the constituent as
- sembly simply represents the struggle
now going on everywhere," said the Bol-
shevlk minister of agriculture. M. Kal
egyetf, in an interview with the United
Press today. "The right parties cannot
remain alone and exercise power in the
. constituent assembly for the people who
X not recognise them. The people are
behind the Soviets. Should the nartles
m Of the right chaUenga-ihe authority and
power or tne Soviets it simply means an
, m extension of the ctrll war now raging.
e It was reported that the peoples com
mlssloners desire to take the Brest Lit-
ovsk negotiations out of the hands of
X. the . present delegation, although they
asserx tneir adherence to the conditions
of the armistice.
On Aunaay night former Cadet Min-
rlaters Kokeahkm and Shmcareff . . who
were recently transferred to a hospital
were killed by a band of soldiers and
workmen. Their assassination, together
' , with the animosities aroused by forcible
, "closing down of the constituent assem-
a.My, has brought about the most Intense
. jly bitter feeling between the right and
tpta S ar kv: B9 .-.',--.'
j JC o Sights Granted Opponents
A delegation f the constituent masera
. bly, leaders who called-on Kleolat Le
onine today to protest against the Boi'
snevttt action were told by the Bolsha
" ,ylk leader . that permission woald oe
withheld for them to sssemMs aarwhere
nnd that instead of their conference, a
national convectkm would be formed Toy
the forthcoming soviet congress.
All the newspapers containing detailed
accounts of the constituent meeting were
, confiscated. .......
The soviet of the workmen and soldiers
X. formally approved the dissolution of the
in Stockholm,
tlanla."
Copenhagen or Chris-
Peace Negotiations to Go On
Copenhagen, Jan. SI. (U. P.) Prior
to leaving Brest-Lltovsk at last week's
termination of the Russo-German peace
negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister
Trotsky told German Foreign Secretary
Kuehlmann that he must not consider
the negotiations discontinued, accord'
lng to word received today. The Rus
sian leader declared the meetings would
be resumed within a week.
. Protest Hade to Japan
Petrograd, Jan. 2L U. P.) Formal
protest waa sent to Toklo by the people's
commissaries today against landing of
any Japanese troops at viaaivostocic
Ex-Cabinet Member
Tried for Treason
Pgrls. Jan. 21. (L" N. SJ Former
Minister of the Interior Louis J.
Malvy was placed on trial today on
the charge of holding treasonable In
tercourse- i with the enemy.
The ; case will ' be conducted . before
the senate which is sitting as a high
court of justice.
The demand for the impeachment of
Malvy rose to the chamber of x depu
ties wMowiaj un puoucauon ; or
charges against' him by the newspaper
jj Action fYaneaise.
M. Malvy himself proposed his own
trial on the treason charge. v--' -
Aviator-Beaib Isf
Reported Killed
weighty problems it has had to solve.
but always his chief thought has been
of Roosevelt.
Editorials Are Criticised
"Almost every day this man speaks In
bitter and contemptuous disparagement
of the president and of the majority
members of congress Every week for
long time, he has been and still is
publishing, under contract for money
consideration think or it l ror money :-
villainous screeds In the Kansas City
Star, which paper has a wide circulation
in several states.
Senator Stone read a number of the
editorials and stamped them "in aub-
What Other
Food
As does
Helps To Conserve
0
re i i en 1 1 as i ia v uu aa miwu a rr aaa w wiu I A M ,
ahnri xtut if i io.ta i stance and eirect raise woras.
to five years, the period of llquidaton "That seems to be the PoseveltUn
naturally will be longer- Nobody can standard of patriotism, he said. "I
tell definitely; that's why congress have quoted these utterances of Roose-
snouia not put a nara ana rast limit
on the period of government control.
Would Limit SUte Bodies
The fact that the government is guar
anteeing compensation, McAdoo added.
makes it unwise to leave to state com
missions the right to determine to any
degree what the roads earn.
Arguing that the three year eompensa-
McAdoo said:
"In the fiscal year ending June 10.
tion basis is a "fair and reasonable one,"
1917, toe net railroad earnings were
velt for a double purpose, first, to show
that his vaunted claim, self -advertised.
of a superior brand of patriotism, is
empty, and second, to inquire why
Roosevelt may say things with Impu
nity which a cltlxen of leaser conse
quence cannot' even repeat without dan
ger of Indictment ror disloyalty.
Senator Stone criticised tne wisdom of
the pending investigations.
Wisdom tit Iseslries Boasted
There are Investigations and in
vestigations ad libitum, if not . ad
$1,035,000,000. The average for the past 1 nauseam." he said. "I cannot believe
three years is about S925.000.000. !.., w-ia wM. .riv-tumnt f ai.
Tf the government, with HOO.OOfr.OOO leged deficiencies In our war activities. I
advantage, hasn't made a fair deal, I am even if ultimately found to be true In
frank to say I do not know what fair whole or part, whatever the facts may
"You gentlemen must bear In mind
tnat what you propose you can't lm
pose. Tour proposal is merely asug
gestea dssis or reacmng a compensa
tion agreement.
So Hand In Garfield Order
"Tne government must not do a d.
liberate injustice to the railroads or I confronting the administration when
anybody else." . congress declared for war last April. I
McAdoo had no direct hand in the take the liberty of declaring it aa my
composition of the Garfield shutdown natural belief that the achievements of
to save fuel, he told the commit this congress and of the admlrdstratVon
be, is necessary to bring about such
administrative reforms as the circum
stances demand. Therefore. I cannot
but doubt the 'Wisdom of the program
we have adopted on wide-open investi
gations.
"Considering the stupendous, ana ai- i
most un8olvable problems suddenly
Saves
Saves
Saves
Saves
Wheat
Sugar
Fuel
Time
today.
-was tne uarrieid order Issued to
help the director general of railroads?" !
assea senator watson.
it was issued, in my opinion, to
accomplished amid unprecedented con
ditions. . signalise a degree . of marked
success without parallel in tne worm's
history.
"What would happen to the Wilson
Fort Collins, Ohio, Jan. 2L (U. P.
George A- Beach, an American flyer
was killed at Fogg i a, Italy, according
to a cablegram received here today.
The cable, signed "Major Ryan." did
not , give any details of the aviator's
death. '
help the railroads to deliver coal and j administration if the Republican party
also to help save fuel." said xri. I were to have control of the next con-
Tld you help in its composition r I ress? If I were adept in the use of
asked Watson. j Billy Sunday classic I would say that
i naa no nana in its nrniMHi. I tne nresiaeni wuuiu m. nou ui
said McAdoo, "though I approved it in I time!"
principle."
"iZJSSJiSrz.. & Victory by May; Says
it may not oe necessary to eontinu h I , n v-r m . t
i Monday holidays beyond the middle of . lienerai V (HI OlQlD.
"Every;: once' In a while w hint
submit to surgery,' you know."- he said.! Copenhagen, Jan. 2L TJ P.) "Vic-1
aociaroa in nis ommon the oHm I tra-r win ba won hv it ana luvir, 1
made partly of barley.
contains its own sugar
from its own grains.
fully baked.
ready to serve direct
from the package.
requires less than the
- ordinary . cereal.
Saves Waste eatable to the last bit.
Saves Milk
O
Yota
"wilt result In more good and less cos-1 than on . the battiefielda, How, I am not
iuBion ana trouDie man anticipated." - I at liberty to say," was the cryptic
VThe order says it is designed to aid I utterance - attributed to' General von
the director general," said Watson. - I Stein, in an Interview printed In the
Tt doesnt, much matter .what - the! Budapest newspaper Hlrlap Sunday, ac
order says." responded McAdoo. or 1 cordlnr to dispatches here..' .
are coBserving
wheE
you eat
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