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Hear rJlcMauGhton and Bon Gellinc In Behalf Ctarvinz Armenians TWO SECTIONS 12 PAGES '4 FIRST SECTION I 8 Pages : I mm SIXTV-HKVKXTH YKAK XO, 21 POLITICS IS SUBJECT OF SPECULATION KALKM, 'OHEGOX, SUNDAY MOKMXO; JANUARY 13, .1918 -1 .-1 Lawyers, Farmers and Others Are Mentioned as Available . Material for Lower House Positions SOME COUNTY. PLACES , SLATED FOR CONTEST Officers of Constable and Jus- tice of Peace Considered Desirable f I " While available men in Marion county are reluctant to appear with! SUICIDE CLEARS BANK ROBBERY I AND MURDERING Captain Whisler Finds Excuse for Oing Self After ,y : Slaying Four mice FIVE CLLNTH. AXE THEORY IS .CORRECT BanV Official, Later Found Dead; Said to Be Friend .of Slayer CAMP FUNSTON. Kan" Jan. 12. With the findins late. today of tho body of Captain Lewis R. Whisler of Salina, Kansas, In his office at the national army cantonment here, the mystery which had surrounded tho lootjnr last night ofthe army bank an the subsequent murder of four any intimation that they would lIk'Mmen na erlous wounding of a fifth in iB , nei legislature, r ine speca- hand axe. Llors are getting busy and talking vp the names- of men whom they SLAVS YIELD AD MEETING STAYS PLACE Separate - Peace Discussion Is Proceeding at Brest- Lit ovxk; New Pact Held Cardinal Principle! TROTZKY ADHERES TO --' DEMOCRATIC PLAN Ukraine ; to Have Separate Voice in New Negotia- : tions Witb Huns would IQce ta.seejget Into the ring. I. B. Looney -of Jefferson, and possibly J. R. Stet'lhamner oj Wood turn are about the only men in the county not having been In previous ";sons who have had anything to cay on the subject themselves, and arrarestly both are going to be fan. diiatcs Ivaa G. Martin is still the 1 only, member of the 1 9 1 7 q u Intet who has, said he Is going to run Z)b or two men who were defeated candidates for the last ression may VUlilO VIII ILX. - -i - ueorge Keeca or stayton is ex pected to step forward another time, He is a farmer. - "But he doesn't look like it." sai.l a D-ominent Re -publican yesterday. "He is an ex eller.t , speaker andhi , business Judgment, Is unquestioned." . r.Btteville Man Mentioned.' Fred Schearer of Buttevllle has 1 14 1 ...I J 1- V h:'raclt intirjated that he might en ter the lits. He also l a farmer asi was born and tatsed in Marion cp city. . , - Another agriculturalist who is be ing talked about as available mater lal Is Peter Kahutwbo lives between VooJbnra and - GervaJs. r A. A.V1 via of -Silverton Is looked upon fa vorably by some; ' Republicans, t Of the law fraternity G. E.Un rufc and Max 'Page have been men tioned. "I'nruh is t man of ability fill M . Id ' . aAM w M M H IW iOnnlnn4 fn Hr -Captain Whisler I killed himself, firing two - shots rom a regulation army service rifle into his head. The first bullet . glanced. - : downward through ne cheek but the other lodged in his brain. The suicide fol lowed a f general order ' from head quarters instructing all captains at the cantonment to report and have their fhaer prints taken. . 7 ,' Reason f or Suicide Found- " ;, - A not was left hy'the army offi cer addressed' to a woman whose name the authorities so far have de clined to divulee. ' The note said: :: "I have been thinking ot commit ting suicide for a long time but I never had a good reason. Yesterday I went out and -made myself . a reason." u .- r .-.-"i, -- , The room In which Captain Whls ler's body wrs found was 'smeared with blood spots." Two blood -eoaked towels were round in the room ana the table was shotted with gore. Captain ' Whieler borrowed two hatchets from a supply company yes terday, according to officials, and borrowed to more today. , . ' Army officials tonight declined to say" whether any of the' money , which the robber "Is suosed to - have ob tained was found fa Captain Whls- ler's room. . ' " The, suicide of Captain Whjsler was the climax of day of investiga tion by" the army authorities who were confident a the day progress3d that the murderer had not lertitne reservation. Their most definite in formation was furnished by Kearney .Continued on m . CDiJ'T: SISIiTilEHEALTH or your f My Uy neglecting to provide them with proper , - CO ID UEATKiR W ERG! 1 ANDISE Of everrikind as jtjwill probably be needed. for the ncxt thrcti inoLhor longer." ' ' " '' ';" - ;'' WINTER UNDER17EAR Is'now sellinjat prices ttiat can never a pain be duplicated. COTTON UNDEEWEAH Will be fully 50 per cent higher, next season. WOOLEN ITNTDEKWEAE will be practically unobtainable or if any. is io be had the price will be almost prohibitive. You should fit out your, entire family from pres ent stocks not only for present use but for next season as well. ' : ' UNION SUITS Are becoming moje popular every year becju.se they fit better and' are more comfortable to wear. t f We are showing a complete rauge of LADIES', MEN'S AND CHIL DUEN'S UNION SUITS in cotton, cot ton and wool mixed and ' in ' all , woolx Every garment is made in fall liberal dimensions and is properly finished .. (". flf" 7 ?'.5.-.v. Our store closes at 5:30 every evening except Saturday at o'clock. f 1 . (SUMMARY) v Yielding, to German Insistence Russia has withdrawn h for. the transfer of the. negotiations j witb toe ; central powers t Stock holm ; and Is proceeding with' separ ate : peace discussion at ' Brest-Li- tOVsk. v '' ! '. l !i - ' Th Rossian compliance ot ithis point was on the ground that the quadruple alliance would thereby be deprived of "a pretext, for breaking off. peace on technical grounds." ar cording to Loon Trotzky. the Bol shevik! spokesman. v The Rusatana did not wish to leave any nossiblt Ity In the fight for peace unutilised. ne saia. : ..... - ... v t Trotsky reiterated that" peace w'a.4 a cardinal principal with the Bolsher vikl and ' declared they would con tinue to press for' It," despite the re fusal of the entente powers to join In the- negotiations. While nothing appeared that the central powers had withdrawn their no annexa- htlons. and no Indemnities' declara tion of December 2 5 as a basl3 , for peace because the entente powers had iot agreed tto participate In the parleys tho R f-sians, t Trotxky added, adhered to the principles of a democratic peace as they had al ready set them forth. .-. After (the Russian, position has been thus voiced. " the conferees ap parently - got! down : quickly to busi ness. They left the question of sep arate-representation for the Ukra'ael in the eon f erence for ; decision at -a plenary session after the delegate of the central 'powers had talked if over among themselves. They .then J armngea ior in' ucrman. Anginn Hungarian and Russian delegations to get together for private dicus 5lons. .There three sets of delegates speedily organized themselves into a mnimtttee for the discussion of po litical and territorial questions and went lata sessiofl4for this purpose. The Ukrainian! spokesman at the conference gave I notice that teny peace ; settlement that might he GERMAWAERIAL' A1TAG(S TAKE ON NEW VIGOR Planes Seen Fighting 12,000 Feet in Air With Temper ature Below Zero ITALIAN CROWD CHEERS Enemy Aviators Set Own Ma chines Afire Before Cap tors Interfere (Continued son page 6.). BAKER OPPOSED TO DEPARTTtlENT MUNITIONS Secf ttaiy.TOnk 'No Human Being Could Be Found"'; ' To .Meet Needs' ITALIAN , HEADQUARTER. IN NORTHERN ITALY, Jan. 12 Aer ial warfare on an extensive scale is developing, now that operations along the Piave ; river and on the mountain front have become inactive owing to the wintry conditions. Be ginning with a series of night raids during the monlight over Padua 'and other undefended Italian cities, the 4 fnAit-iv tiAw I m hAAAmlniv Yvv 11a hV! uaa uv w o vvvviuiu, iuvi , nuu daily appears In broad daylight I over the small cities near the front. Three raiders appeared yesterday and the crowds In the streets saw & spectacular battle in the sky. The Oermahs flew .at an altitude of12, 000 feet where the temperature about 30 degrees below zero. From the ground the aeroplanes looked like tiny white, speaks in the bright sunlight. Shrapnel from the city" air defenses burst all around them - A great cheer went up from the crowds as. a fleet of Italian Capronls made straight for the raiders. The Germans adopted the rust of dropin and the sightseers- became tumult uous in their shouts because i hey thought the enemy, machines were being driven down by the Italian air men. r - But the raiders regained stability and succeeded In planing away but not until two of them were brought down by the Italian airmen. Both of the raiders. were captured and proved to be Germans, as had been As they alighted the: enemy at iat ors sprang from their machines and set them afire before their cantors. coma mterrere. The second raider wasUaken about the aame'tlme lir a 1' iitisn raider - on ' toe a oner Piave. No one was killed, by the raiders but a fragment of fallings shrapnel snvli wounded a boy. who had been stand ing In the streets daylight raids ai ttr the recent series of destructive and deadly night raids over Pad aa Caste! Franco, VJcenza, Mestre, and Monte Belluna, lead to the Impres sion that the enemy has embarked 06 an extensive air raid policy some- wnat similar to the suomarine cam paign. The air attacks are directed chiefly against civilians, .Instead of military, apparently with the pur pose of terrorizing the civilian pop ulation. The enemy's avoidance of fighting in the open, with the Italians and their allies made it evident that the invaders are less Interested in obtain ing mastery in the air on the mill tary front, than in spreading fear among the inhabitants of the towns and the peasantry far behind the front. Among the many recent raids only one has been made against military objective. This was against an" aerial camp, of the Italians and the British near Trevlso and was so heavily repulsed eleven enemv ir.a- enmes Deing destoryed that all lat er raids-have been made against the naeienaea communities. PHEASANT FRUIT JUICE COMPANY AND NORTHWEST FRUIT PRODUCTS HRT,! PLA11ING THIRD CONCERN Proposed Move Is for Purpose of Econcay in r.Iarkeling by Use of One Set of Sales mehStockholders Are Sunx- moned to Meet Jahaanr 21 to Vote on Enterprise 'A persistent rumor is out that the Pheasant Fruit Juice com pany antj the 'Jjorthwest Eruit Products company of Salem are.plan ning to collaborate in the organization of a third company to he i'onn ed in the interest of economy in marketing. The contemplated organi zation was discussed at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Pheasant Fruit Juice company yesterday, and it is' understood that botli companies have sent to their stockholders notification of separate meetings to be held Monday, January 21, for the purpose qf voting on the enterprise? r . . f ; , ; . . The proposed new organization, it isail, would not be a con solidation of the two companies, but the two parent companies, as com panies, would hold the'stock of the third'eompany. ; ' 5 ; " This arrangement would inake it possible' for one set of sales men instead of two sets to work up'the markets i for loganberry juice products of the two Salem factories. Much expenditure of money and duplication of labor would thereby be avoided. " What the. name 6f the third concern will bef has not yet been decided. f . ' '-, :. ,:; u: ' '- "K. ' . ; ' K ' The two parent companies would retain their identity. SENATORS OPPOSE VIEW Statement Country Should Feel Secure Criticised; " ; Raker Holds Firm' WASHINGTON, Jan. It. Secre tary. Baker In the course of another vigorous , - ocoss-exanunation Deiore the senate Investigating comrolttce, voiced strong opposition to the crea tion of a, department i of munitions and was further criticised by senat ors for broad, general statements re-4 gardlng deqaacy of army equip ment, which Chairman. .Chamberlain said would JttU the country into a . i... reeling 01 securiiy. Mr. Baker's opposition to a mu- fnitions department followed that vx r oresseU to house lao.rs yesterday by President Wilson. It was based . . a a . t j . a a. . m . & l tne secretary eaia, upon iue ihci, ;ui the recent reorganization of the war department Willi meet all require ments and give better efficiency and that the posltio,n-of minister of mu nitions would Impose an "impossible task." -i ' : - Inquiry Planned I- irsu While senators strongly , criticised the reorganization of the depart ment as detailed by the secretary, thus presaging a possible conflict Iat tr at the capitol over legislation the cdmmlttee 'has announced it will press It was decided to Investigate further the operation of the department- under the- reorganization plan (Continued on page $) RUSSIANS NOT TO BE ACCEPTED Law Forbids Body of Volun teers Joining Forces of ' Pershing AVITH THE AMERICAN ARMY j a miam'K, Jan. 12. -rtecauce of me jaw does not permit any but clt Menm io mecome ; officers in the American army, it has become nec essary to refuse the officer of a Rus eian oiiicer.v . representing a large number of brother Russian officers in France to place a group of of ficers at - the disposal of General Pershing, to be used aahe might see fit- The decisirn also affects the plan of the United States army to take over the Russian ':. army In France ,to be utilized as a labor army at the same rat of pay as the American" labor battalions. Many of the Russian officers would bar? rroved of great value to the American forces, as instructors, aviators and Interpreters. When ihelr represntatlvo was informed by the-American officials that it would je Impossible1 to grant ;tbe request of hirrsolf and his comrades, he ex plained: - ' - "I had hoped to be able to fight for Riissiah liberty undrr the stars and trlpei and would "gladly beoni' a citizen of the United States for the privilege of servlur her armies. .1 am now a man without . a country, but I am able to fight f shall offer my .services "to tho Ked .Cross qr the Young Men's Christian association and endeavor to be of assistance to the men who are fighting.' BE CHEERFUL ADVICE GIVEN BV LANSIWG Secretary of State Answers Comment in German Press and Declares "We Are in This War to Very End" NATIONAL CAPITA! CONFIDENTHE SAYS SNOW DRIFTS. at: cin STOE? TEOTS Lashing BelowZero 7isd Renders' Task of Gearing Tracks Impossible and Pas senger Serried Is Annulled NO RELIEF IS seen mu 'cold mm Temperature v From ! Hocliy Mountains , to AtLntic Coast Lowest in UniteJ , States Since Year 1899 COLDER WEATHER IS TODAY'S FORECAST Thousands Battle With Grim Spectre I of Famine ; HcHtf Work Hard - ' NIGHT IS SPENT IN ' STATIONS BY MAIvY Tribute Is Paid to Work of A1I Allies at Bar Asso ' c - ciation Meeting ' NEW YORK.. Jan. 12. Secretary of State Robert Lansing, speaking here tonight at the annual dinner of the New York State Bar association, declared that until the war alms out- kilned by President Wilson are accept ed by the Prussian government,' the war must go on. "We are in this war to the very end," he declared, emphatically, and brought the diners to their feet cheering.' ''( " - - Mr. Iinsing ; address was re garded by his hearers as a reply to the comments in German papers up on President Wilson's address to congress. I He declared the alms we seek nrr.st be achieved and will ,be. "1 bring you' a message of good cheer froih thetxtational capital," he said. fn Washington there is cheerfulness and confidence.. Oprtmlm Ouidlng Spirit. ,. Speaking' bophmism as an asset. he said he has been "our source of weatlh in every task the nation ever undertook, and should be the coun try's: guiding spirit in the war. "The" president was challenged to name the reasons why we are la the war and what we afm to achieve," Mr - Lansing continued. "He has- named these aims and has done so frankly, without equivocation and very definitely. The statement has not been received with favor by the Germans but unless we achieve those alms we have no ' sure foundation on which to build an, enduptng peace." Secretary Lansing was the first speaker at-the dinner which was at tended by representatives of most of America's allies in the war. Among the 'guests were the Duke of Devon shire, governor general of Canada; the ambassadors of Great Britain, France and Italy; the minister from Belgium, and the attorney general of Great Britain Charles E. Hughes presided. I Mr, Lansing toasted all the allies and his tributes to their efforts in the struggle" to preserve; democracy brought ringing applause.. In 'Con cluding Mr Lansing sard:1 "When the roll of honor is -made up on this, reat conflict. I can hope for no higher honor for America than that her name may be written not above, but side by Side with that of Canada. This Is the highest hon or that any country can ask. ; "Now. my friends, to return to my single message.- My message Is: Let us all have con rase. We are going on with this war. We must win It for the sake of humanity and we will win it." r ' - The Duke of Detonshlre. governor general of Canada, spoke briefly., Referring to the relations between Great Britain and the United State; he said f "Connected as we are by closer as sociations and ties we have special reason to freet you as comrades in (Continued on Page fij Trains Stalled V on Rocky Mountaihs-Traf fic Worst in History! "'CHICAGO, Jan. 12. Railroads en terinr Chicago abandoned all at tempts to operate trains today. The lashing. below se'ro wind made It m- possible for workmen to .make an headway in their efforts to clear the switch Intersections of snow, , Scores of passenger (rains were reported stalled in drifts throughout the cent ral west. Attempts to move freight were abandoned early. Passenger trains were kept running for a time as they could be, moved with two engines on the front' and one . In the rear. Snow plows were ordered out with three engines behind them, hut their work was futile; - The. wina puea the drifts behind them -as fasc' as they could, push it from the tracks ahead, . v " ' . ." ; ' A. conditions became .worse to ward -jnlghtiull, the railways aban doned all attempts evea to keep the' r lines clearn and concentrated their efforts on the relief of passengers marooned in their trains along all lines from 25 to 100, miles from the city. - - Some Bleep On f Baggage. . : No distress was reported among these victims, of the bliizard as most of the trains cacried dining cars and a plentiful supply or fuel. . At night the usual crowd of trav elers assembled at the railway sta tions in Chicago and being , unable to get trains or hotel accommoua; tions, hundreds soent the night. In the stations, sleeping on their pas sage. At the Illinois Centra sta tion, the railway officials threw open fifteen" Pullman cars for women and children The New York Centarl railroad reports that several of its trains., in cluding theTwentleth Centiiry Limits, ed. are blocked near Elkhart, Ind Efforts are being made to transport food and fuel to the trains. Several Big Four trains are stall ed east of here, but the road report ed. that it ad no difinite informa tion as to' their whereabouts. Three passenger trains on ' the Monon route are blocked In the out skirts of the city. Three freight trains are reported "somewhere on the line. They are believed to be In Indiana, but officials reported that no word had been received fnns them since morning. All Train Annulled. On the Pennsylvania ' no trains have arrived . in Chicago since this morning. The Pennsylvania also re- WASHINGTON' Jan. 12.1- Tha coldest weather experiemod in tho United States since 1899 extended from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast and from the lakes, to inguir. zero temperatures were registered almost as far south a3 Birmingham, Aala., jwhlle in North Dakota the thermometer went to 32 degrees below, sero and It was only twelve degrees higher In many parts of the middle west. ' New York and New England to night had not felt the full severity of the cold wave, reports to tho wea ther bureau showed, but tempera tures there were falling rapidly and much colder Weather - was forecast for tomorrow. In the south tho eold extended far Into Florida and the cold along the gulf coast was severe. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12, The Pennsylvania railroad announced to night that' It had placed a temporary embargo on the sale of tickets to all points ft a Its main, line between Pittsburg and Chicago .because of the severe storm ia the central west. Tickets on the Pan-Handle rf llroarl between Pittsburg und gt. Louis and on the Pennsylva:a ' live hitween Pittsburs and - Cleveland were soJ-1 subject to delay. . . f. The Manhattan Limited, leaving New York at 5:04 p. m. fpr Chicago, was annulled and sleeping cars on other New York-Chlcrfgo and Wash- . Ington-Chicago trains were tncelled Reports received by the company were to. the effect that the torm Was one of the worst In year 3 and,, that railroad traffic between Pif tn- burg and Chicago virtually was at - a' standstilL CHICAGO. Jan. 1 2.Frm the Rocky Mountains to the AUegbanio and from the Gulf of Mexico to Hud son bay the most terrible storm n j more than fifty years-tortay para-; (Continued on Page 6) AMERICAN SHIP OUTPUTJIEARLY r.IILLI0N TOilS IProduction in 1917 Proves Almost Double Tbat of Previous Year . ports lack of communication with ,ls t t-a I n s ' ' - ' The Chicago Burlington and Qu la cy was oner of the last-roads to be come "completely Mocked ' by th storms. Trains were an from St. Paul and Minneapolis, arriving hern seven to eight hours late. With tho arrival tonight of the only train op erating, the road announced that all trains had been annulled -" The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railway operated one train to ll Continued on" Page )" TONNAGE LEAD GAINED England and Japan ' Hurry Construction to Combat , L U-Boat's ' Work i ; WASHINCrON. Jan. 12. Ameri ca's merchant ship production In 1917 is put at.901.22S-gross tons in reports made to the shipping board. This was nearly double that of 1916 and almost hiflf the world's dulptie of. 1,899,943 tons that year, j Figures showing construction In other countries in 917 have, not been received In this country, bit shipping "hoard officials ' be'ievc America led the world In tonnage output, i England rid .'apan, ther say. probably were ,the only coun tries that increased their production over that of 1 9 1 S. ; Sinking bys submarine In 1917 are generally reckoned at 5,000,000 tons, probably about twce as much tonnaeo as built;.-Kngland now is building ships at a fast rate and Japan also has increased greatly it? construction, but Just now opera tions are hempered by lack -of htwl. Other countries are building tew shins. ' -" - ' .;. i (The shipping board tod.ir dedd'sl to remove from the Great .Lakes 'an additional thirty ships "for ocean Servian. : . The vessels will be cut In half this winter and will b'v-removed through the Welland canal and re assembled when navijr.itlon is re sumed in the spring Already forty- jtwo ships bare been brousht out.