I.IIIliohaireV Wife 1
t f t j "T -.-""'; '-fM . ,;.-
V-'-:: iJs..iv -.ts-Vw I- v
Moft-r! baato
When the split over ihe -war came
In the Socialist party last summer
l. U. .rneips ciioh.es, loe juuug u"i-
- lionnaire New Yorker, vha had mar
ried RosePastor Stokes; a' brilliant
young Jewess of the "East Side,"
and his wife quit It. They, stood
behind the President and let pro
serin an Socialists to their wayNow
however, Mr Stokes has changed
her mind, and she win go back to
the party. Her hnsband will not.
GERMANS SAY i
V ' SLAVS ONE-SIDED
(Continued from page 1)
lation to their internal state regime
and international position of the ter
ritories.' : , . .,? ' S V ' ' j !:
"In this connection . it might f be
asked from what sysjem of laws does
the present Russian government de
duce its right and duty of assuring
the real freedom and selfdetermlna-
non or inese lerniones kt- me ui-
, termost that 1st to ny, even tinder
certain circumstances 10 t conunc
atfon of the war? If the fact that
' the occupied territories belonged to
the-former Russian Imperial empire
hv no means I moose anv dutv unon
the-population of these territories to
ward the Russian republic, the It
1I. UU11VUB, wlLUUUfc UIIJICI
ill matlnfl what Hha TInsatan '-
public intends to base its rights and
duties as regards that population. i
' . ' German "View Different. r - "
; "If t however, one-takes the 'stand,
as tt Russian delegation .has done,
that the Russian republic has such
r right, then the extent of territory,,
the.politieal provisions for thp exer
cise of the right of self-determination,
the transitory regime and -the
'form of, expression of tbe wil of the
people, are points on which an en
deavor to reach an adjustment must
he made. -: ' ;- j
'vrh assertion that . the -nent nt
self-determination 'is an attribute cf
nations, and not 'of nartu of nitloas.
Is not our Conception of th rigit of
Belf-determination. Parts of nations
can justly 'x conclude . Independence
and eeparajion. It is by no means
assumed, however, that limits of oc
cupation ate to betaken as the stan
dard for fixing the boundaries ot
such portions. - ' . -. '
. "Courland., Ilthuanta and Poland"
l3o constitute national units from a
filstorlea.1 nolnt, rsr Iv RrminT
and Austrit-Hungary have no inten
tion of incorporatlnjj territories now
occuoled them Into their resnective
countries. They do not Intend to
compel the territories fn dispute to
accept this or that form of state, hut
they- reserve for themselves and for
: the f, peoples, of occupied territories
a free hand for, the conclusion of
treaties of every kind.
' . i Armle tust Stay. v
as . ia iob aeciaraiions in ints
respect, they . pa over the funda
mental difference which the consti
tuted - delegations are . repeatedly
pointing out. The withdrawal r
the armies is-impossible so long a?
the ; world ; war lasts, - However, in
permitting,-one may endeavor to
bring about a reduction .of the oc
curvlne trooos to snrh i number
is absolutely necessary for the main
tenance of : order ' and ' the technical
requirements' of the conntry. rThe
settling up of a oailoaal gendarmi
in a v be Mtrivn for ' . i
- "As regards the return to their
homes of refugees and those persons
evacuated during'the war, a benevo
lent - exam Ination Into the matter
may take place from time to time.
jl uia unuuu CUU1U, BB lb ,1s Dul OI
outstanding political Importance, be
entrusted to a special commission.
- "The Russian nroDosai is not mf
sitates farther explanation. . How
ever, It is admitted without further
mi fcuiuLii iui win ice prograssive
approach of a general peace chosen
representatives of, the people of the
country will cooperate to an ever in
creasing extent in administrative
tasks. ?The filled (Teutonic) dele
gations are prepared to agree in
princlplvthat the peoples vote on
broad lines be sanctioned on th
basis of citizenship. - The settling up
of a referendum appears, to be im
practicable. In the opinion' of the
allied delegations It would suffiea
If a vote on a wide basis were taken
from ao elected and supplemestej
representative body I i
tt mav D 1 an k. nnlntixt ant t.a
the settling up of states within tht
former Russian imperial, empire Tec.
ognized by the girernment of th
peoples cornmIs3aries. such, for in
sUnce, as the Ukraine and Finland;
was 'brought about, not in the way
of a referendum, but by resolutions
by a' national assembly: on a wide
basiav ' ' :" .-. j ; j
Extrein Limits, Represented. - j
"Inspired by the desire - to en
deavor to 4 reach anunderstanding
with the Russian government, the
governments of Germany and Austria-Hungary
have made these . far
reaching proposals, and at the same
time they add to them that they rep;
resent the most extreme limits with-
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lnwhich they.lill.hopa to.,ome : to
a peaceXulM understanding. ' During
thedevelopment of these fundamental
I-rincipies they have beejrt permeated
.3 in duty bound; by the intention of
not allowing any weakening in their
'defensive canfceitv. so lone as -the
Wretched war continues and also by-
the ihtenlfon that "certain reoples op
territory adjacent-to their own shall
flnally'and independenrly be place
in a positiOQto . djcid theirown
future, without thirty Tfvlrfng into a
state .of "eitrt?nie41ieed, iimtery" and
desperation. :
"An Understanding between "Rus
sia and the centra lempi're? on these
difficult questions, lftwever, is onlj
possible if Russia -'ehoWs an earnest
desire to reach-an ' understanding,
and if she will "endeaVor, instead ot
attempting t6" adva-nce one-sided dic
tatorial aims, to see the question
from the point Of view of the op
posite side and 'find out the way
such as can alone lead to a peace
ful result.
"Only under the conditlois that
such intentions " are shown can the
delegations, of the allied tTeutonic)
powers still hope' for a peaceful ad
justment of the conflict."
M. Trotzky, the Bolsbevlkl foreign
minister then addressed the in
ference. " '
IRISH WILL NOT
BE CONSCRIPTED
(Continued from page 1)
primary necessity of the hour," he
declared.
; fMr. Asqnith then emphasised the
need for a movement td1 proceed with
sympathy ia : the necessary work of
combing out.' ot skilled, occupations
under the prVll0ns'bf the. tit afT powJ
er- bll bo cooperations could be se- j
cured. This could be rfbtaieed only
by showing consideration for the men
with whom -the ge'himent was dealing-'
The war ten? per of the people
was resolute and unwavering, he de
clared. It needed only, assurance
that the steps taken would be applied
with consideration. r
James M. Hogge, Liberal, then re
ferred to grave matters whTch 'had
been communicated to him" privately
and which he contended it was es
sential the house should know. ' He
asked for a secret session.. Premier
Lloyd George intimated his acquiesc
ence and the galleries were cleared.
KING FERDINAND : '
ORDERED ARRESTED
(Continued from page 1)
however, it , is 'stated that if military
conditions permit the occupying
forces maybe reduced to such num-
jbers as': are : necessary to maintain
order and meet '..the technical re
quirements of the country.
Apparently there has been no
amelioratloh Jn . the; situation exists
in ? between the Rolsheviki and. the
Rnmanhm government. Following
closely upon ,the ultimatum to Ru
mania, threatening energetic mili
tary measures if . the Rumanians faiU
of the Bblshevik who were arrested,
comes the official announcement
or ti nu-hMiv ; T1a
that the arrest of King Ferdinand
of Rumania' has been ordered by the
uoisneviki. ir captured, .the mon
arch Is to be brought to Petrograd
and Incatcerale In the famouij'St.
Peter and BU patfr. fortress. V ; ! ; :
VkraintanH "Fight Rolshviki.
? Fighting bLwdenthe Bolshevikl
and the counteryf vol utioAary forces
continues at irirtousvoihtstn Rjjssia
proper and Siberia Hostilities be
tween the Ukrainians and Bolshevik
forces at Odessa" again have brokc?v
-a . .
oui. warsnipeare saKi to nave bom
barded the city. ilrkufsk? in Eatern
fSiberia. and Orenburg, alo in Siberia,
have been captured by' the Bolshe.
vlkl. . ,
j Another mutiny Is declared to have
broken put rectnVy at Gefmanv's
naval base at Klel.l ,; The trouble
started abeng members ef ' crews ; of
submarines, who lately are reported
to have been dissatisfied with th
lack of success' and : the dangers of
the submarine fampaign. 'Men from
cruisers are declared to have joined
in the fray; in which 3 S officers ar
reportexl to hav been killed' f
On the fighting fronts in France
and Belgium the hostilties continue
below normal. - fa taly he' Ans
trians again have attempted to re
capture bridge-head ' posfsitnos ; tak
en from the by the Italians. Monday'.
As in similar attacks, the enemy was
defeated and suffered 'heavy casual
ties.; -
: i Two British torpedofioat destroy
ers have been ' lost on the Scotch
coast during a storm. Only one man
of the crews was saved.
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 17. The local
Ukrainian information bureau an
nounces that it is in possession of In
formation showing that the Russian
.Bolshevik! trpope are tearing np rail-
toads, destrylng stations and under
mining bridges 'in order to capture
or disperse Ukrainian troops" coming
northward. ' '' -
The bureau- says the . Bolshevik I
troops repeatedly have urod Ukrain
ian units into a trap near Minsk, dis
armed them, '"committed various
deeds of violence 'and then sent.tnem
north, as prisoners' : The announce
ment adds that great numbers of
German prisoners are-returning from
Siberia and taht the Ukrainians are
taking their places. - i .
Automobiles Clash arid ' '
Driver's' Arrest Follows
SILVERTON. Or.. Jan. 17. (Spe
cial to The Statesman.) Sam Mo
renzen ran Into the Anderson hotel
car yesterday and Manager Gunder
son of the Anderson and owner, of
the car. caused hi arrest to' he
made, it Is charged that Morenzen
was driving his car on the wrong
Bide of the street. He entered a plea
of not guilty before Municipal Judge
Paulson yesterday and the case will
be tried out in court, s ' I
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The song 'Q ver There" was sold !
recently hy one music-publisher to
another for 23,600. If anybody
says the high price Is due to the war
for once we'll believe it.-U-Columbia
Record. . ... s- . ,
New British Ambassador
to the United States
"v:-- -rir-"--?-- r
Jf ... -, JSt j
4 r-UfCU RtDxria
. Great Britain is about to send to
the United States as ambassador to
succeed Sir Cecil Spring-Kice, Lorl
lieading, the most prominent Jew
in the United Kingdom, perhaps the
most prominent Jew who figures im-,
portantly in' the world war. He s
the commission which negotiated the
well known here because he was on
first loan to the allies and "he made a
very fine impression among those
who met him. - . '
Smallpbx Breaks Out
Among Logging Workers
SlLVERTOX, dr., Jan. 17 Thir
ty men came out of Portland last
week to wrk in the Silverton log
ging camps near here and one of the
members of the crew was brought
down from the camps last nigh se
riously ill. The attending physician
pronounced it a ease of smallpox and
he was immediately sent back to the
mountains where ' a pest house- has
been provided and the patient cared
for. Two other men are -reported
sick and it is believed they are suf
fering from the same cause.
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With the Draft Board
, U , ;
Working like nailers all yesterday
the members of the selective .. war
draft board waited on many . regis
trants who appeared In personjor ad
vice in regard to their papers, at the
close of business last night had writ
ten and mailed out more than 100
classification cards, and piepared the
way for even a larger business today.
Classification cards mailed to the
following
Classl-I Alfred R. Howard, 'Geo.
'ITwicker, Salem,
Class 5-A Brazier C. Small, Turn
er.- " r ' ' :
Class 5-G "Albert E. Wiederkehr,
Jefferson, ifarl Van McMechan and
Frank L. wulman, Jr., of Salem.
' Cfas& 5-F James P. Placas and
Lester F. Larson, Salem -Class
2-B Ray L. Cooper. Saleai.
Class 3-B-C Carl , F. Pope, Salem.
Class 1-A William Wenser, Rang
yol. A. Dahl and Henry C. Davis, "Sil
verton; John B. TTenberger, Sublim
ity; Anthony B. Rose. SeattU;Claude
B. Ames, Mo jave, Calif.; Marion Nic
colson Jefferson; Vincent Astigan,
Abertfeen, Wash.; John C. Miller,
Gates; Charles E. Wood, Cascade
Locks; Marvin G, Holt, RedlandS,
Calif.; and Wayne M. Price, r Roy
Arthur Fashing, William A. Rogers,
James A. Kelly, William M. Hardy,
Ira . Blodgett, of Salem,
Class 4 -A Percy C. Robins, and
Benjamin 11.' Robertson, Tu re,nr, Wil
liam J.' Thornley and Julius Q. trom,
ilmerton; Othnier J. Berg, Shaw;
Harry J. Catton. Portland; Oliver E.
Gardner-, Stayton; .Albert I'. Purcell,
Aumsvflle, George J. Wenderoth,
han Francisco; Clarence D. Lansing,
Fresno. Calif.. Orton C Ager. War-
renton, Adam Sustoauer, Sublimity,
ovid O. Ferrell, Centralia Wash.;
anc James Swarts, Edgar A John-
soft. Harry J. W. Wiedmcr, Sichel G.
tiinnie, Milton J. Stewart. Alonzo B
Wilson, William C. Dyer. Hjalmer E.'
Meatne. Adolpb C. Nelson. Herman
V. Anderson, ' George Lemons-, Lee
Doty, Elmer M. McKee Lloyd K.
Stiffler, Perley L. Barber, Clifford E.
Farmer, Neil C. Summerville, Gus
tave H. Ketz, Bert Henry Crum and
Alexander Hirsekorn, Salem.
UNDRESSED ONES
Upperclassmen at High School
' Use Drastic Tactics With
J Freshmen
' In order to liven1 up the! school a
bit the upper classmen of the high
school decided to start something.
So yesterday ' noon they ducked the
f retehmatf president and a , fellow
classmate in the showers. They then
proceeded to post a list of freshmen
who were to, assemble at the west
door after fchool.
After Mhool the chosen ones were
lined up and had their picture taken.
They were then herded tcgether ia
the shower room and ordered to un
dress. This done they were shoved
into 'the icy showers for the amuse
ment of .the upper classmen.
fWhlle the freshmen were playing
around -in' the showers aided by-jabs
from a pole in the hands f their fel
low students someone borrowed their
eiotnes and forgot to return them.
Late yesterday afternoon th vic
tims were still in he dressing room
waiting: till ltgrew. daTk so .they
could venture homeward without be
ing run m by the police.,
' -Hereafter no public building bills
will be pasfied In eongT?s?s on ?5atnr
day it is porkless day,
WAIT TILL DARK
FOUTICAL NEWS
JAM.KS FKLIvi:it of Donald was
in Sal?m yesterday and said that he
has about decided to fling his cha
peau into the ring as a candidate for
the Republican nomination tor coun
ty commissioner. His neighbors in
the north end of the? county are urg
ing Mr. Feller to become a candidate
and about have him jiersuaded. Play
ing politics will be n new gatue t
Mr. Feller. -
V. M. LAFOLLKTTK. made an
nouncement yesterday that he
be a candidate io succeed hlmel
in the tate. senate, as a. representa
tive ef Marion county, 'There were
rnniors. for, a time that Mr. La Fol
lette mi gbt withdraw from the race.
SAM BROWN, who was a member
of the lower house at the 1M7 ses
sion of the Jeglslature,, yesterday
made a definite statement tbat he Is
to be a candidate tut state senator
from Marion county. Mr. Brown's'
name has been mentianed frequently
as a candidate but this is the first
statement coming directly from Mr.
Browjj.
rTALlMDRIVE
OUT GERMANS
Machine Guns, Rifles Captur
ed After Enemy Attack .
Near Caposile
'ROME, Jan. 17. The Italian war
department tonight -Issued the fol
lowing statement:
,'At 7 o'clock, yesterday morning,
east of Caposile, the enemy, after a
prolonged destructive fire, launched
a violent attack with the object of
driving us from positions that we
captured ; Monday. The struggle,
which was extremely intense was
maintained with great stubbornness
and valor by the second grenadier
regiment and detachments of tho
first and seventh BersagHeri Cycl
Ms. These battalions wero magnif
icently supported by our artillery.
. -'At 11 . a, m. the enemy, weak
ened by their losses and repulsed by
our counter-attack, was . forced to
give up the action and withdraw to
hjs starting position. One hundred
and nineteen prisoners, including two
officers, remained -in our hands.
"The ' scene of the struggle wa.s
covered with the enemy's dead and
more than' . 600,, rifles?- several ma
chine guns and other , war material
were left on the field of battle.,
"On the remainder of the front
nothing of particular importance oc
curred. Eenemy patrols were driven
back in the region of VaJ Arsa, and
nome prisoners were captured in the
Monte Asolone region. In the Cam
onica valley andin the Monte Per
tica area our artillery concentarted
its fire effectively on large bodies of
the enemy pd On enemy positions.'
STUDENTS GIVE
PLAY TONIGHT
'TirstUdyoftheLand", Pro
eeds Will Go To Patriotic
Work
Ih the high-school auditorium to
night the student- body of the Salem
high school will present the play
"The First Lady of the Land" for
the benefit of the army and navy Y.
promptly at 7:40.
The play Is a historical one deal
ing with the history of the country
Emma Ristow 1 as Dolly Madison
takes the leading role. . She is well,
suited to this role and carries -4 1 out
to perfection. -I
Leslie Springer a President Madi
son and William Harris as Aaron
Burr are well Rutted for their parts
The, scenery- of the play will be
historically, true; as will jie the'eus
tnmea.'which wereaccured from St5t
tle. The pjay is under the direction o
PmfeisOT Herman Clark.-
The plot of. the play is the attempt
by Burr to set up an empire in the
west and rule, as a monarch.
' The play will be instructive histor
ically speaking.
' The capt is a;: fallows:
Dolly Todd . . ? L . . . .. Emma Ristow
James Madison !. ... Leslie Springer
Aaron Burr v. .'. . 4 . . . . Wm. Harris
Sally MeKean l-r Holt
Mrs. Sparkle Ardinelte Clark
Sophia Sparkle ....... Rnth Ross
Lady Angela Merry, Helene Wallace
Eva Ferrar Leone Estes
Fran Van B.erthel. Kathryn Gibbard
Clotilda ... Esther Parounaglan
Bohlen Plnckney . Armin Berger
Sir-Anthony Merry . . . John Lncfcer
Marquis D' Yrujo ... 1 ........ .'.
Hermogenes Carbon!l
Iu is Andre Plohon .. Donald Rya?
Mynherr Van Berchel ......
Turfleld Schtaidlef
Jennings . . . , i , i . . Bayafd Findlf
Cook Jesse Halseii
Come Friday night, January 18.
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Two More French Officers
To Teach at Camp Lewis
CAMP LEWIS, TACOMA. Wash..
Jans. 17. rTwo.mpre French officers
have arrived at Camp Lewis to teach
national army officers and men the
art of trench, warfare. They are
Lieutenant R. Gambier and Lieuten
ant G. Batal, both of whom have re
ceived medals and been cited for con
spicuous bravery. Ther were wound
ed In the battle of Verdun. Lieu
tenant Batartoday praised the spirit
and eagerness which he had found
manifested in the national army and
declared it would make a splendid
s"howing In actual warfare. Gambler
and BataV came here from the Pre
sidio to which place they went di
rect on - coming to, America fottf
months ago.
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Seattle Company Now
After Six-Cent Fare
EATTLE, Jan. X7.lt wafs learn
ed to day that the Puget Sound Trac
tion, Light and Power company was
preparing a petition to the state pub
lic servite commission asking for
permission to advance street car
fares in Seattle to six cents. A pel!
Hon that the company be allowed to
employ women conductors was re
cently denied on the ground that the
work was too heavy for women. ,Th
company cites rising operating costs
and the fact that many of its men ere
being attracted to shipyards by war
wages as the basis for the petition
for increased fares. '
Lincoln Day Program May
Be Put on Here Feb. 12
Judge Earl Race is "making all ar
rangements -for the calling of a pre
iimioary meeting of leading citizens;
to be held in the near future.-for
the purpose of making out a program
for the celebrating in"3$alem of Lin
coln day, which will occur on Feb
ruary 12.
It Is thought that -it will 'be pos
sible to engage Justice Wallace Mc
Camant, of tKe supreme bench, to
make the leading address on the life
and works of Abraham Lincoln, as
it is well known that Judge McCa
in a tit has made a deep Htudy of the
history and character of Lincoln, and
has several times Jeen heard in Sa
lem on that subject.
Other speakers and music -wiM be
added to the program at the meet
ing of the committee, to be appoint
ed by the preliminary gathering.
A patriotic day program will also
be considered at the meeting to be
called by Judge' Race. . , :
Sheep Men Pledge Help i
of Industry To Win War
SALT LAKE C1TY.I Jan. 17
The entire resources of the sheep
and wool grow frig industry 6f .Amer
ica are pledged to the service of the
United States government to the end
that the great world war may be won
for liberty and justice.
This is the keynote' sounded by
President Frank J. Hagenbarth In
his annual address before the open
ing session of the firty-fourth . an
nual convention, of the j National
Wool Growers' association today.
President Hagenbarth voiced for
the convention a sentiment against
the government fixing the price of
wool unless it first grants hearing to
the wool producers on the matter of
cost and production before attempt
ing to establish a price. 1
The wool producers, he said, did
not . want the government to fix a
price on wool upon adviees and re
strictions of middlemen and dealers,
who know nothing of production.
FULL OF OVKItKLOWlXG.
A Concordia doctor told the pa
tient to drink water before each
meal. Two days later he asked the
sick man if he was carrying out
these instructions.'
"Well, not'exactly," said the pa
tient, "yon see I drank for twenty
minutes, doctor, but I was so full
then I couldn't hold any more."
Capper's Weekly.
Living con is going down, say the
officials. What would we do with
out the officiate?
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Over400,000 Youths May Be
Called But Mav Not Go
to Europe . .
RIO DE JANJERO.' Brazil, Nov,.
1 0. ( Correspondence of Th"e r Asso
ciated Press.) -Plans for the mobil
ization of an army of defense to-be
composed of several hundred thous
and men are bing put into execution
with almost fevefish haste but no an
nouncement has been made that Bra
zil will send troops to Europe. - It
is generally believed that this fighting-force
is to remain In 'Braxil.
When Brazil declared a state of
war to exist w ith the German Km
plre, the Brazilian army was com
posed of 18,000 men, with officers
enough for 30.000.- Plans were
made immediately for increasing the
standing army to 35.000 ta by Jan
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further Increasing it to 100,000 with
in the year. .
inemooiiizaiiQn pius proiue tut
three Hues of defense, the first to
t ventually comprise 00,0.00 youths
between l7 and 20. To assure this
number, jit is sad in official circles
that conscription will take the place
of the-voluntary "system of enllst
the plan apparently "being to organ
ize them as a home guard and permit
them to attend to their .business af-,
fairs, devoting, stated periods of
time to Will. f
In addition to there two armies,
there s to be a reserve army, to be
known as the national guard, com
prising menvbetween 37 and 44 The
officers of this force are to be chos
en from government administrative
officers, commercial men and em- -ment
which has been in effect Until
The second line is to consist or
an army of 500.000 men between 3 '
and 37. with, detachments in every
city and town in the republic. These
men are to be mobilized on a war
footing, ready for service at short
notice, though It is not believed thai
they will be continually under arms.
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