v U K AT 1 1 Kit. Hain, Increasing coutheily winds. hi.vrv-si; i:tii yk.h o. am h.tl.i;.M, )lllAit, Tl lSl. MOItMMi, I Kliltl.tltV 12, mi I'ltiri; iivi; :i-:th DAILY EDITION i: H0STIUT1ES ARE STOPPED BY RUSSIANS State of War With Germany Is Ended and Demobiliza tion of Russian Forces on All Fronts Is Ordered NO FORMAL'TREATY OF PEACE IS SIGNED Pact With Two Former Allies Leaves Rumania in Criti cal Situation LONDON'. Feb. 11 A (lerman government wireless dispatch receiv ed here this evening confirm dis patches received from Amsterdam during the day that Uussla baa or dered a cessation of war and the de mobilisation of the Russian arnil"3 on all fronts. AMSTERDAM. Feb. 11. -Russia has declared the state of war to be at an end and has ordered the, de mobilization of Russian forces on all front, accord In jf to a dispatch re celved here today, dated Hrest-I.lt-ovsk on Sunday. The dispatch follows: "The president of the Run-Jan del egation at today's (Sunday) sitting stated that while Russia was desisting- from stoning a formal peace treaty. Undeclared the state of war to be ended with Germany. Austria Hungary. Turkey and Hnlgarla si multaneously giving orders for coni ' plete demobilisation of Russian forces oa al) fronts." (Bv Tk Aocinttd Pre) Almost simultaneously with the announcement by the Holshevik gov ernment that Russia Is out of the war and that a general demobiliza tion along the entire Russian front is to be carried out, thus permitting the Teutonic allies to withdraw all their forces for use on other battlo - fronts. Preddent Wilson has restat ed to a Joint session of congress th fact that the United States Is In the war to stay until those principles which 'jthe people regard as funda mental to a permanent peace are ob tained. "Our whole strength," said the (Continued on pare 2) SEASOM BLE! Shades Best Grades Fair Prices 40-mchSflk Crepe De Chine - i j . $1.65 a Yard New shades, for Spring:. Just received Apricot, Pink, Flesh, New Blue, Mais, Plum, (Bold, Tan, Grey, Golf Red, Old Rose, Copenhagen Blue, Russian Green, Cream, Navy, Burgundy Black, ' and Reseda. $1.65 a Yard TODD ELECTED WITH INCREASE IN HIS SALARY City School Superintendent to Draw $3000 For Work This Year TWO MEMBERS OPPOSED Schools All in Running Order 1 by Noon First Day of New Semester John W. Todd last night was re elected us city superintendent of schools' ut a salary of $3.ioo u year Thls Is an actual increase of the former luilury being $2,7.r0 with 1 100 allowed for automobile mainte nance. Mr. Todd was invited to re tire to the hall while the vote wan taken, but Chairman White sent fo" bint to reappear in less than five minutes,, so there was never any 'question about his reelection. Clark and buren opposed the Increase. Yes terday being the first day of the new txmiester, Superintendent Todd hid the extremen pleasure of reporting to the board an almost unprecedent ed event, and that was the. complete organization of every depurtment In each school in the city into full run ning order at noon, tl is believed this has never been accomplished be fore In the city. : Miss Helle Dennlson was lected as a teacher in the elementary bchools at a salary of $7.1 per month. s Twenty-four members of the mil itary will fire a salnte in front, of the (Continued on page 6) Salem Men on Tascania Reported Among Missing ' Curti Wilson and Archie D. Roberts both Salem men, are among the missing passengers of the tor pedoed transport Tuscania. and it Is presumed that they lost their lives. The news, received in Salem yester day, cast a gloom, over the city. ; Roy E. Powelson of Mill ity is another Marion county man who-Is missing. Edgar J. Seeley of Independence and Leonard D. Wolfard of Silet ion were saved. ' Ray Rennie, nephew of Mrs. Clldr Harris of Brooks and Mrs. Eonls Walt and Mrs. A. W. Weach of Salem, was saved. FABRICS. We call your attention to our present assortment of Season able Crepes, with pardonable pride ; confident that in every respect, they reveal the highest standard of quality desired by the most careful dressers. 40-Inch Gotham Crepe $2.65 a Yard - " A new, very heavy, nil nilk Crepe, especially n.lapted for Suits, Dresses, and Tailored Wnists, unlimited in Quality and Service. A wonderful fabric for those who want tli Ix-st. These handsome shades now in stoek: Mai,' Battleship roy, Ivory, Pink, IMge, Itose, ani Silver Orey. 40-Inch Georgette Crepe $185 a W This rich quality of (ieorpottc Crepe is an extreme favorite with our patrons. Our showing in this line is exceptionally large: Navy, Itlack, Mais, Old Rose, (JoM, Pink. Olive Drah, Coral, Flesh, ('n am, White Hurgumlv, Plum, Wwteria. Cop-n Iilue, Dark ire.-n. Reseda, Grey, Taue, Siiver, Battleship, Brown, Knierald, French Blue, IVa eoek, and others. BITTER WAR IN SIGHT ON WEST FRONT Two Great Armies, Keenly Observing Foe. Prepare for Most Sanguinary Period of Entire Struggle MOVEMENTS QUIET; SILENCE IS UNCANNY Spirit of Optimism Pervades Allied Ranks as Great Battle Looms WITH TIIK URITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Keb. 11 . The- tension along the HiitUh-Oennati front is lightening?. Ah the extraordinarily bright, mild weather has continued to dry out the sodden fields, the twi great armies have become mow alert. The inertia of the days when the western theater was held In the grip of snow and Impassable jinud has disappeared, and the contending forces are poised, watching ( each other, lik'p duelists, for the' first move, which will mean that the most sanguinary period of the war has begun. TheVenemy continues to make In tense, preparation ,for What haM? been advertised as the "areat of fensive." Herman troops and guns keep pournlng Into the western front, and there are Indications that a few Austrian units are in Flanders. Certain areas back, of the Herman front have been cleared for action and dally bodies of troops have.been practicing attacks under the tute lage of experts. Prisoners say. that leave for the soldiers was stopped January 50. Ominous Quiet. lrevall. So far as actual fighting Is Con cerned, it Is still confined to Identi fication raids, air activity and oc casional bursts of artillery. Along many miles of the front which the correspondent visited in the last two days, there Is an ominous quiet. Ob servers sit for hours on a vantage point so close to the German lines that the enemy can be seen workins about: yet there are few sounds of strife. The enemy is. playing possum or ignoring the military movements be- i Continued on Pare BROTHER MAKES DRAMATIC PLEA FOR BOLO PASHA Prisoner Breaks Into Tears of Joy as Priest Sways Courtroom INNOCENCE IS DECLARED Bolo's Money Amassed Be fore War Is Testimony Justice Is Asked I'Altlrt. Feb. II. Although inoie than a doen wllni'n had uln-ml teMtlfled theorvtlrally for I'.olo I'ukIiu. who i n tr'al for treanon, the flrnt one who Keeiiiort to of real help to hi raiihf wuh hln broth er. MonHignor Molo, iiromineot a a pulpit orator. Monslsnor Holo k--niplfd the uland durlnK half of tb; afternoon eKlou. today. 1 1 in texti iuony ioniit'd ejslpriy of a moving pl-a for liolo I'awh, which he deliv ered ho dramatically and powerfully that the pectator in the rotirt room, who obvonH. had been un friendly to the rionei up to thut time, rhanred la their attitude and ehered. The demonntratlon was perhaps more In the nature of rerognlton f Monxlgnrir HoIo'b -loounef thun to any enange in rwung againsi ine prlMoner. but it heartened ltoli per vtntlbly. The priHoner brok tnto umrn of Joy an hU huge brother, In his long black rannock, concluded by declaring that he would not be will ing an a priest to testify iinlesn he wan convinced of Holo Paha' Inno rcnic He then implored the court to give morn credence tj hi tef I mony than to fthe deposition of Adolph lavente(lt, formerly head of the Amtdnck bank In New York, who now Ix Interned In a prlnon camp in Ceorgla. whif-h the prlent knew was shortly to be Introduced as a further blow against his brother. Parts of Monsignor Bolo's testi mony was sensational. An instance was when he declared Je had been prevented from obtaining a pasxport to go to Spain "and collect proofs which he said he was positive exist ed there that Holo Pasha's money really had been amassed before the war. The :rlest said he had not b-en able even to post mall to 8 pain commissioning other persons ta send him the needed documents. The wave of enthusiasm which swept the court at the conclusion of the priest's testimony receded mark edly as the reading of the lengthy Pavenstedt deposition, with its dam aging allegations directly connecting Holo Pasha with Count Von Hern- storff, former jTierman ambassador to the United States, was begun by court officer!. Koon the court room was emptied to the point of comfort for the first time Hnce the beginning of the trial. The day's session closed with the testimony of a witness for Holo. Th's witness was forced to admit that President Polncare never had en trusted Holo with a foreign mission, as had been claimed, but on the con trary, distructed Holo. AUSTRIANS HIT ITALIAN LINES Attacks -of Huns Are Repulsed at AH Points by Powerful Batteries ITALIAN UKAIKJfATlTKn.S IX NOKTHKKN' ITALY. Feb. 11. The Austrlans have launched another at tack, against the Italian positions west of the Hrenta rlvt-r. along th same Krenztda valley leading to the plain where the Italians recently de feated them with heavy losrteH. Their artillery opened fire fierce ly yesterday morning continuing throughout the day. first on the went fide of the valley, then on the right. Kvidently the purpose Was to regain the strategic heittits of Monte val Bella and the Col, Trom which the Ha&suri brigade and Hersagllerl had driven them back. An Intense cannonade was follow ed by an infantry advance, which was first centered against Monte val Bella and Col del Kosso. hut recon centration of ;the Italian batteries checked and finally Flopped the ad vance. Another drive was made at Mas saso Kosso, further east, where the enemy tried to break into the old trenches lyinsc ahead of the Italian lines, but here, too, the powerful concentration of the Italian batteries checked his progress at the first ad vanced posts. Argentine Strike Reported Failing; Men Won't Quit BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 11. The tailway strike -apparently s failinc through the refusal of ltalions and Britons to quit work. These men have declined to leave their jobs, notwithstanding the threats of Span ish agitators to destroy property. MRS. DORSEY ? IS RECHOSEN FOR MATRON McClelland, Minority Mem ber, Wins Out Over Oppo sition of Committee and Recommendation of Chief PROPOSED COMBINATION OF OFFICERS IS DOWNED Battle of Wit and Sarcasm Marks Action Taken by City Council Against the recommendation of Chief of Police Kola! d and the ma jority recommendation of the police committee, Alderanm Jatnen McClel land, recalcitrant member of tb committee, fought a winning fight last night and was mainly Instru mental in causing the city council to re-elect Mrs. S. .1. Imrsey to the office of police matron. Her op ponent was Mrs. Myra Shank, a for mer matron whose election was rec ommended by Chief Foland, Chair man Ward and Alderman ITnruh, the other two member of the polle committee, favored upholding th chief. Throughout the session the ques tion of electing a police matron was interwoven with the proposal to join the d ut leu of matron, city truant of fices und those of the social servle? center under one office. A plarf drawn np by John V. Todd, city su perintendent of schools, submitted to the special committee of the city council in behair of the school board's committee and tentatively agreed upon by the two committees was voted down by the council. The special committee of the council Is it- be A continued, however. It will continue Its negotiations with the other Interests concerned and prog ress will be reported from time to time. Efforts to have the election of matron deferred until further ias tion relative to the proposed fusion ot the offices were rendered unavail ing when Alderman Vrd explained that If the duties were .to be combin ed the action would not be effectlva until September. Ward Explain Attitude. To Alderman Ward Jt became nec essary to explain his attitude, for he reason that a year ago he supported Mrs. Dorsey and opposed Mri. Shank. "My stand." said Ward., "in no re flection on the present matron. She is an exemplary woman. She hai none her duty as she has seen It and her work has be?n very satisfactory. Hut I do believe in upholding tho i i - i (Continued on page 6) 1 Private Goldberg Talks French to His Nurse and She Understands It; Chinese Janitor has Charge of all Ves sels in Ward, Hence the Boys Dab Him "Commodore" : Private Louis Goldberg of Com pany A! is having a lot of fun in France, even if he Is In the hospital with mumps. At least he was In the hospital when he wrote la Kaiet.i friend on January 14. but was doubt ful if he had the mumps. Louts rath er expected to get them about the time he was readv to lie discharged from the hospital and have filteen or twenty days more added to his con finement in the ward. The boys In hospital have a lot of fun joking the French nurses, says Private Goldberg. XoW. Private Goldberg spells French the way it ho tin da to an American soldier, but apparently he can make it sound all right, because it seeiits the nurse understood what he had to day. Goldberg has some Interest'inflT comment to make on the Chine! Janitor whom the boys have named "Commodore" because he has charge of the vessels in the ward. JudKing from Private Goldberg's description "Commodore" wouldn't take anv prizes at a beauty show, and the boys ron'dn't stand for his washing the cuspidors and the wine glasses in the same water, but Private Gold berg makes an Interesting character of him at that. ftenl Menu, Tills. He writes: "Just a few lines to let yon know of my whereabouts. I would have written rooner. but had n oppor tunity. I iriiess I will have plenty of opportunity now. as I am In a French hospital with the mumps- ut least they say I have them and I have to stay in this mnmpy corridor from fifteen to twenty days. Chance3 are I'll catch the thfnjjs Jtipt before I leave and that will mean another fifteen to twenty days O. Fate! "We poor little sick boys get i class of wine with each meal. Yot see we get French rations. Put where there Is glory there Is also doom for with each meal we are entitled to only one slice of bread and all we can hook on the sliy. Our menu is: Viande, soup, pern me de terre, pain et sa Tan which mean meat, sonp. spuds, bread and wine. Same old story every day. Ilamsey Ahltey Visited. "We had eplendid weather" coming RECORDER RACE GETS IN TANGLE WITH MR. WARD He Doesn't Like Intimation That Janitor Is Used As Errand Boy SALARIES READJUSTED Committee Arranges Sliding Scale for Men in Police Department City Iteconh r Karl Itacn mixed in the .melee at the city council meeting lat night and directed . a salvo 'of fire at Alderman Wlard when th'j otieKtion came up of defining the duties of J. N. Knowland. Janitor of the; ell y hall and theiomfort station and fixinf. 'his salary. The recorder along with other official at the city hail had been accused of using lh janitor us an -errand boy -at least Mr. Itace took it that way. The upshot was that a motion by Ward was passed defining Knowl and' duty as that of doing Janitor work at the city hall and at the com fort station together with exercising his power as a polfc'e off leer.;-When the question of Increasing his salary from $50 to $60 a month was put to un aye and no vote, Mayer Keyes declared it lost. ' Hut division was called ail at the rising vote It was carried. Sometime loen Errand. Ward. Simeral and others bad ob jected that the Janitor Is sometimes Imposed on to the extent of lietnic asked to carry papers to the mayor's office for the executive's slgnatu:e. delivering newspapers to the'rlty hall officials, and answering the telephone- at police headquarters when no member of the force Is pres ent. w,hlle Simeral declared the Jani tor is required to1 "run his legs ttf all over town." "He has made two trtos to my residence with bjlla for me to slrn' said Simeral. . "And he was sent" clear out to .ate Elliott's house with some blll." rejoined Ward. Alderman Stanton started the fuss when he opined that the Janitor should be relieved of some of his work so he can be at , the comfort station durlna- the forenoon. After Ward had spoken and McClelland had moved an Increase In Knowl and' salary. Mr. Itace asked tho privilege of speaking. "Alderman Ward Intimates that the Janitor Is occupied most of the time with little things , around the city hall." he declare hotly. "Some times he does take warrants to the mayor's office or do ' soma elmllar (Continued on page 2) across, and I surely enjoyed the trip. Wasn't seasick a bit. Kelt kind' of funny once or twice, though. I saw the smouldering ruins at Halifax. Was also fortunate enough to see the great Ramsey abbey in Kn gland. Ton have heard of this abbey, I sup pose., it is over one thousand year old. . vYou ought to see the dinky little trains they have In Kngland and France. They are divided up Into four or five compartments. The compartments are locked as soon as the train whistle blows, which re minds one of a merry-go-round. "Our hospital ward reminds mef a finishing school. We; haven't any thing to do all day, 'so we Just lie around, crab, gossip almtit the day when we used to have all we wanted to cat. Someone will long for a ham sandwich or a llershey, etc., and get our mouths a-watering. and we hav to crab again. ."We have quite ajbit of fun kid dine the French nurses. "When we want her to get ms .something to eat she always says 'ne compree, but when. she wants ns to help her It "is 'si'l vous plait m'sienr, but we get even and say 'ne compree, ne com pree. Then ehe always says 'O. "Merican soldah no goft. Hooka fooh.' I told her Votis sooft boka li ete. which means 'You have great pains In the head andsnow she wont give nie any extra brejid. "Vttirmdore" lla Vao 1)ke. "There Is a Chinese janitor In our ward. The way he walks around yon would think he was the head mogul here. He has about six hairs.on his chin anil they are aKjiit that nianr inches loner. We call him "Commo' dore' T don't know whyI guess maybe It's because h has charge tt the vessels In our room. If jrnn ' pull his heard he will hiss, like a' rat. One day he started to wash the. cuspidors and wine glasses In the Rame water. The nurse called him for If. He got so mad he wouldn't speak the whole day. ' ' ' Well, I rness I have, raved enough. I don't know how much the censor will pass, but consider, your self lucky if you don't have to read it all." in SMS If Wilson Warns Congress Amer ica Must Not Tarn Asids From Tasks of Fight by Vague Peace Talks of Cen tral Powers : PURPOSE OF AMERICA N IS UNSELFISH PEACE Great War Issues Must be Ex pounded in Light of World's Forum Von Hertling Phn Is Quickly Rejected WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Presi dent Wilson addressed congress to day to clear the atmosphere of any confusion resulting from the recent speeches on peace terms by the Ger man chancellor and" tho Austro lluncarlan foreign minister, and to reiterate that until the military mas ters or Germany are ready to coa nlder peaco on principles of Justlco the-United States will continue the fight It is just beginning for the safety of itself and mankind. In the speech of Coun .Yon llert llng, the German chancellor, the president found no approach to too path of peace, but rather a proposal to end tha war on German terms and to setfup a league ot nations to maintain the balance of power so es tablished. Count Czernin, the Aus trian spokesman, the president said, employed av very friendly ton; seemed to see the fundamental ele ments of peace with clear eyes and probably worJd have gone much- far ther It IX bad1 not been for Austria's alliance and her dependence upon Germany. I President Warns All. Members of congress accepted the address not a a peace message, but as notice to the central powers that the United States cannot be turned aside from the object for which It Is fighting,' and a warning to congress and the AmAlran people that tho task of semllng the nation's fighting men to the front mast not be Inter fered with by equivocal and mis leading utterances of Teutonic statesmen. The president was warm ly received and cheered as he con cluded, and leaders without respect to party afterward expressed heart approval of bis words. The address had been prepared after conferences during the past few days with Col onel K. Mi. House, who headed the American mission to the great Inter allied conference. As usual the presi dent announced his . Coming only long enough In advance to permit of arrangements for a Joint session In the house chamber. .. While in official .and diplomatic quarters today there was a disposi tion to let the president's address speak for itself without interpreta tion, there apparently was no divi sion of opinion on the point that his prime object was to bring th ,rextra official negotiations" . as some ob servers have termed the speech making of the chief statesmen of the nations at war. back to the funda mental lssnes, the settlement of each question on principles of Justice; the cessation of the barter of prov inces and peoples; the settlement of territorial questions for the benefit of the populations concerned, and. finally, the recognition of national aspirations as a basis of permanent peace. (iprmiui Socialists May Act. Another purpose served, it aa pointed out, was to remind the Ger man relchstag of the great distance that Count Von Hertling has travel ed from Its resolutions of last -July regarding-self-determination of the rights )f small nations and peoples, no annexations, contributions or punitive damages. Responsive echoes anions the Herman Socialists and' Liberals may In the end bring cumu lative pressuie to bear upon the war lofds at prenent controlling the fate' of: Cermany. ; Still another objct of the address It was said wat to serve notice In -advance that any'neace treat leu re sulting from the Brep-I.ltoysk con ferences would not of necessity ' regarded as binding upon Ametlca or the entente allies. "We eannot have general peace for the askiri?. or by the mere' ar rangements of a peace conference," Mr. Wilson said. "It cannot pieced together out of Individual un derstandings between powerful ttatesY - All the parties to this war must Join In the settlement of every Issue anywhere Involved in It be cause what we are asking Is a peace - (Continued on rage 8)