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FAKE STEEL
PUT IN SHIPS
IS
CHARGE
fcfcrior Metal, Use J in Ves
sels Launched at Sea, Al-
leged by Emergency Fleet
4 Corporation
DARK SECRECY PLAN
OF COMPANY MANAGER
"If This Gets Out, It Is Good
Night For Me; P. J.
Forrest Said
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lC.-AI-leged
substitution of Urge quantities
of "Inferior and valueless" steel for
tSe tested metal In the building of
ships for the Emergency Fleet cor
portlon here, was revealed here to
day In the arrest of Prospect J. For
rest, general manager of the Edwin
J Forrest Forge company of this
city. He was held In bonds of $5000
by Francis Krull, United States com
missioner, and his hearing, was set
for Saturday, February 23.
Federal officials said they had ev
idence that Forrest submitted worth
less .steel to shipyards here after giv
ing samples to the government tend
ing to show that the metal was the
tested and approved product;
These officials' were endea'vorlng
tb trace some of these steel ship
ments,' according to their" declara
tions. They Indicated that the in
vestlgtlon would Include foundrymen
and other steel manufacturers here.
This Investigation was to be start
ed by the federal grand Jury when
it' meets on Tuesday next, these of
ficials said.'" '
Accoraing 10 me evidence against
Forrest,', some of the steel had been
utIMzed in government vessels al-readr-launched
and af sea
"If this gets " out or, I am found
out, It Is 'good "ill gat for me," For
rest was alleged by the federal auth
orities to have told his employes.
The- complaint against' Forrest
charged the : "presentation of false
According-to the officials handling
V.i case, this;, charge was to be
changed to "conspiracy to defraud
tie United States, which carries," a
maximum penalty of two years In the
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BROKEN LINES
Ladies' Shoes
Jtut ; put in our BARGAIN
BOXES at
$2.50 per pr.
T AH sizes 25 to 8;
Not many pairs of a kind but dozens of pairs in the different
lots to select from, in both button and lace patterns. A
great variety of styles in Patent Leather Vici Kid, and
Ounmetal Uppers, some with cloth tops, others with all
leather tops. Every pair is greatly reduced to 'close out the
line. These shoes, were not made for "special Rale" hut
were selected from our regular line of reliable footwar bear
ing the Brown Shoe Company's trademark which has al
ways been a guarantee of quality, j
Other Lines of' High Grade
Shoes Reduced to $3.45,
$3.95 ahd:$4.95'
The sooner you look them over the better the selection you
will find because they will be 'closed1 out quickly at these
genuine bargain prices. i
0r4it6re closes' at '5:30 every
- r' 8 O'clock ' -
DOVER, ENGLAND
IS BOMBARDED
i BY SUBMARINE
k!
Thirty ShoU Fired by U-Boat
ion British Town Kills
One Child
SEVEN PERSONS INJURED
Firing Continues for Three
Minutes; Damage Done
j Is Slight
LONDON, Feb, 16. An enemy
cubmarine bombarded Dover early
this i morning,' It was officially an
nounced. The submarine was flrd
on from the shore and ceased the
demonstration after some 30 rounds
had been fired. There were less than
a dozen casualties and only slight
damage.
The official statement reads:
."Fire was opened upon Dover by
an enemy submarine about 10
o'clock this morning. The firing con
tinued three or mour minutes. Tho
shore batteries replied and the en
emy ceased fire after discharging
about 30 rounds.
"The casualties were:
"Killer, one child; Injured, three
men, one woman and three children.
Slight damage was caused to house
property." v
SonlHas Not Yet Heard
of His Father's Death
George Skiff, a traveling man in
the state of Washington, has not
yet heard of the death of his father,
Dr. William F. Skiff, a well known
Salem dentist, who passed . away
Wednesday night. All attempts to
reach him have b?en of no avail.
The funeral vat held Friday aft
ernoon i from the Webb & Clough
chapel. Rev. Robert S. Gill con
ducted the services. All of the Chil
dren; were ! present at the funeral
with the exception of the unlocated
son.) A daughter, Mrs. Sylvester
Doerfler, came from Astoria and
Lieutenant Seymour' Skiff, who Is
stationed at American Lake, received
a furlough ta come-home. ,
A l quartet composed of Dan Lan
genberg, F. G. Deckebacfi, William
McGIlahrist, Sr., and T. L. Williams
sang. Mrs. Chester Cox was the or
ganist. Interment took place in
City; View cemetery.-
I
ewninjrtxcept-Saturday. t
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V
UKRAINE TO
BE SETBACK
TO TEUTONS
Poland Loses Strif of Terri
tory in New Peace Pact and
Country Is in Verge of Bit
ter Rerolt
DREAM Ol7 DOMINATION
filAY BE SHATTERED
Important Move by Entente
Allies Is Reement of
General Robertion
1 ; (By The Aoeiatel Prcy ... r
r.rmmv hu nuddenlr found her
self Inrolred In a maze or dif ricult
lea nn the eAfttern front: and is in
danger of losing ail be large bene
fits aha wai calmly meD&rlne to re
alize from her peace with the Ukra
ine and tne DounertK wunarawat 01
Russia from the war.
Pnland. that land which so f re-
qently in -the course of history has
proved a thorn in tne aiae 01 mili
tary mntmeror. in threatening to
eonstitate herself the rock on which
the German hope of peace and gain
ful expansion in tne east may ne
shattered. Embittered by the tear
ing off a strip of their territory to
hr riven ih tTkralna for breaklnc
away from the Bolsheviki and sign
ing peace with tne cemrai powers,
the Poles are in what appears to be
virtually a state of revolt.
Polish Amiy Slay Fibt lions.
Even the very weapon which Ger
many and Austria were at euch pains
tn force fn the hone of derivins: mil
itary benefitsthe ; Polish army-
bids fair to be turned against mem.
nnnrti In the Oerman newsnaners
which express dismay and alarm over
the Polish situation, indicate that the
Polish legions, now an errective mil
itary force, are on the side of th'j
prevalent PolisL1 sentiment of bitter
ness agaist the. central powers. The
situation has grown so serious mat
the military are patrolling the streets
in Warsaw.
Austria- Hungary is particulaiTy
involved in the difficulties because
of the prominent part which it was
expected she would play in the ra
ta re government of Poland. The
PoHsh elements and those sympathiz
ing with them in '.he dual monarchy
are up in arms over tne situation ana
further internal troubles are threat
ened, i -5 :".
War On Russia Is Imminent.
Turn in r tn the north, it ha al
ready been reported that Germany
purposes resuming military opera
lnn mlmt Narthrn Russia, and
this report gains color by the an
nouncement that the commissions
representing the central powers at
Fetrograa nave lert tne itussian cap
ital , and passed within the German
military line. . The srobable German
purpose to attack the Bolsheviki is
also Indicated in a Vienna dispatch
declaring that if Germany decided
to resume military operations against
Hnssia, "the attitude of Austria
would not he : Influenced thereby.
This would seem to mean that Aus
tria intenda trv leave Oermany to
fight the battle alone in North Rub-
afa. whether she hODes to keen tin
connections with the Petrograd gov
ernment meanwmie is not eiear, dui
a Sofia disnatch declares that Bul
garia is doing that very thing, hav
ing "resumed dipiomatio relations
with Russia.' However, all the
central powers are in agreement over
the situation. It is declared.
: In the west, while the military
situation at the front shows few
at ens for the. moment of nassine be
yond the stage of raids and sporadic
DomDaramenis ana entering raio odd
of major operations, by the millions
nf men massed, for attack and de
fense, there has been a development
of marked Importance regarding the
high commaned of tte forces of the
entente side of the battle line.
General Robertson Retired.
Thus. London advices announcing
the retirement of General William
Tinhertann aji chief of the British im
perial staff and hl replacement by
Major General Sir Henry Hughes
Wilson, apparently indicate that
something approaching an allied
general staff was created by the
supreme war council in Its recent
session at Versailles. General Rob
ertson, it is revealed, would not con
bent to take General Wilson's place
bs British military representative on
kbe supreme war council, nor remain
tehief of staff -with limited power."
Sthe inference; being that some higher
Authority has been set up.
I Premier Lloyd George, with the
fcndorsement of parliament that ht
received the other day to back him,
t would appear, has grappled with
he British military situation boldly
and made it conform with the view
so many have held, and which ap
parently was endorsed by the Ver
sailles council, that there should be
a unified control of the allies' arm
ies. General Robertson seemingly
was not willing to fit into the plan,
o. able soldier that he is, and With
out any question having been raised,
na to his ability, he has had to step
down and make way fcT -another,
i . Following up their destroyer raid
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GRIT.1 STORIES
OF RED GUARD
CRUETY TOLD
Men Forced to Ron Around
Wall Made Targets Un
til All Are Killed
WHITE GUARD NEED ARMS
Six Wounded Members of
Government Forces Slain
With Knives
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 16.Grfm
stories of atrocities by the red guard
in Southern Finland were told to
day by the 640 refugees who reach
ed Stockholm with the second relief
expedition sent from here. Eleven
men were taken from a large estate
near Bjoerneborg, stripped and com
pelled to run around a walled garden
while the red guard used them as
targets until aU were, killed.
This is hut one of a score of simi
lar stories related by eye witnesses.
The red guard makes a specialty of
mutilating victims' faces, so that rel
atives cannot identify the bodies.
Six wounded members of the gov
ernment force were killed with
knives when the red guard captured
Kotka. Murders are of dally oc
currence in Helsingfors. Two bund
red and forty tons of sugar sent to
the Swedish consul at Helsingfors
was stolen by the red, guard at Man-
tyiuoto.
The stocks of the food commis
sioner also were plundered.
Helsingfors banking institutions
are In the hands of the red guard.
No payments are made to foreigners.
Red guard sentinels guard the
churches and clergymen are not per
muted to officiate at funerals.
The refugee,! declared that the
feign of the red guard would be
short if the white guard had enough
weapons. S.'x thousand men volun
teered to defend the city of Lovisa.
but only 400 could be armed and
the city was taken by the rebels and
a reign of terror-engued. i i
Reports from Vasa say that refu
gees reaching there continue to re
port atrocities throughout Southern
Finland. Socialist government pas
ses arrora no protection to holders,
owing to the dissatisfaction of the
organized anarchist with . Kullerwo
Manner and M. Tokol as well as other
Socialist leaders who still are making-some
show of protecting the
ooufgeoisie rro murder.
The anarchists who have a large
club at Helsingfors over which floats
the black flag with the skull and
cross bones are reported to have de
creed the death of all bourgeoisie
more than 12 years old. The anar
chists are also reported to have de
clared the Russian district committee
to be enemies of the red gtiard. This
committee which is the Bolsheviki
military control organized :ln Fin
land, is reported to have appealed
to Petrograd for help. '
Pro-Germans Mast Keep
Months Closed at Dallas
DALLAS, Ore., Feb. 16 (Special
to The Statesman.)- A secret service
employee of the United States dis
trict attorney's office of Portland
has been in this city several days
this week investigating charges of
disloyalty. Several of them were
called before the officer and made to
understand that Uncle Sam was get
ting enough of their kind of work
and if they wanted to breathe the
free air of the Willmette valley thry
had better keep their mouths shut
for the balance of the war. The of
ficer left yesterday for Portland
without making any arrests but
made a favorable impression on a
number of Polk's radical citizens, i
ANOTHER SALEM
SOLDIER DEAD
William AL Catton Dies of
Meningitis art Fort Sam
Houston, Texas
i A soId!erat Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, William M. Catton, U dead
there, according to a telegram which
has been received in alem by hia
father, W. F. Catton. His death
came Friday afternoon at C o'clock,
caused by spinal menlngltus. He was
26 years old
The soldier" enlisted Just, before
Christmas from his home in pring
Valley. For two years he had been
employed in Salem at the Royals
Cafeteria. He bad lived in Oregon
for over ten years. His birthplace
was Fairburg.- III. '
Resides his father, he leaves three
sisters and three brothers. They aro
Mrs. Ella Baker of Portland, Mrs.
Frank Koch and Mrs. E. J. Vincent
of alem, and Harlln. Oscar and Lee
Catton of alem. The body will be
brought here for - buriaL It will
probably arrive Friday or Saturday.
0PERAH0M0F
SHIPYARDS BY
;u. S. IS
Chairman Fletcher, After In
restigation, urges Govern
ment Control and Fixing of
General Wage Scale
NEW DELAWARE SCALE
TO BE WAGE BASIS
Early Settlement of Trouble
May Be Affected; Presi
dent to Act
v
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.Govern
ment operation of all shipyards en
gaged on government work, the for
bidding of strikes and limited com
petiton of Labor were suggestions ad
vanced today by members of the sen
ate ship investigating committee as
a means of speeding up shipbuilding.
Senator Fletcher, chairman of the
committee, advocated taking over of
the yards by the government, the
fixing or a general wage scale and
the detailing of skilled men drafted
into the army to work in the yards.
Senator Calder of New York, another
comnlttee member, announced that
he would like to see the president
issue a proclamation forbidding the
men to strike, and said those failing
to obey should be denied the privi
lege of returning to work in the
yards.
"If the United States were ope
rating the shlpards." senator
Fletcher said, "it could appeal to
the patriotism of the men, but where
private corporations are piling up
profits for themselves and the men
who are doing the work are not re
ceiving so much for their labor; it is
natural that they should feel that
they are entitled to some of the
profits."
, WASHINGTON. Feb. 16 Efforts
by the government to end the strikes
of carpenters in eastern shipyards
brought two important developments
today which officials declared prm
lse to effect an early settlement.
President Wilson prepared to take
some action in the situation, the na
ture of which has not been disclosed,
and the shipbuilding labor adjust
ment board handed down a , wage
award covering Delaware river and
Maryland shipyards, which will form
the basis of a general eastern ship
building wage scale.
The president is expected to ex
press definite viewtt on the situation
in reply to a telegram he received
tonight from William L Hutcheson.
president of the Untied Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of Ameri
ca, asking an opportunity personally
to put the situation before him.
Other developments in connection
with the strikes during the day
were:
Metal Workers to Continue.
Indications that the heads of other
unions will not support Hutcheson'
position and assurance from New
York metal workers that they will
continue work awaiting an adjust
ment by the wage adjustment board.
A statement by thd shipping
board that no effort will be made
to coerce the strikers by threatening
to call them into the military
service.
The declaration by - Chairman
Fletcher of the senate commerce
committee, investigating shipping,
that the government should take
over the operation of all shipyards
and fix a general wage scale.
A request by shipyards that they
be permitted to crush the strike in
their own way. '" ...
Carpenters Ierline Adjustment.
Hutcbeson's refusal to leave a set
tlement to the labor adjustment
board drew from officials of the
board tonight the statement that the
carpenters' organisation alone of ail
the trades engaged in shipbuilding
has declined to Jet it adjust diffi
culties. Officers of the American Federa
tion or Labor, it is declared, have
little sympathy with Hutcbeson's at
titude and are likely to repudiate
him. - " -
Organizations of the carpenters
on the Pacific and Golf coasts and
along the South Atlantic, despite or
ders from Hutcheson. are leaving ta
the adjustment board, its members
said, tonight, all questions arrectlnjx
their relations with their employers.
The Delaware river and Maryland
award established a uniform wage
scale and working conditions Jn 60
per cent of the Atlantic coast yards.
It gives carpenters a minimum wage
of $$.60 a day and the striking Bal
timore carpenters, although , not
parties to the agreement, will be per
mitted to accept its provisions if they
so desire. The award will be used
as a jbasis for arranging other agree
ments. The adjustment board will
go south next week and the week
after expects to take up considera
tion of the New York district scale.
j. lnret to He Checked.
" Today's award, .by establishing
Identical conditions in all the yards,
will put a stop, officials said, to most
(Continued on page 2)
PLAN
NEUTRALS MAY
BE EXEItlPTED
IN DRAFT LAW
Threatened Embarrassment
to Government Brings
Special Amendment
MEN TO BE DISCHARGED
Loss of Man Power Held More
Than Offset by New For
eign Relation f
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 6. Amend
ment of the draft law to exempt cit
izens or subjects of neutral countries
who have declared their intention of
becoming American citizens is pro
rosed in a bill prepared by the war
department In conjunction with the
state department and Introduced to
day by Chairman Dent of the house
military committee. Secretary Lans
ing advised Chairman Dent that the
state and war departments consid
ered passage or the amendment as
highly desirable,
- Secretary Lansing's letter revealed
that many neutral countries already
have made insistent protests against
conscription of their nationals, caus
ing embarrassment to the govern
ment; that the president has found
it expedient for International reas
ons to discharge from the army neu
tral nationals under certain circum
stances and that the present law has
been used abroad as a medium of
irritation by enemy propagandists.' '
, Fbrelg Relations At Stake. :
Secretary Lansing said the loss of
man power involved seemed to : him
"inconsequential in view of the other
considerations a stake in our foreign
relations."
"All aliens (except enemy aliens)
who had declared their intention to
become American citizens were, by
the selective service act.made liable
to military service in the same man
ner as citizens of the United tates,
said the secretary's letter. "The act
contained no provision preserving
the, treaty stipulations by which this
government had become obligated to
exempt the nationals of Argentina,
Costa Rica, Honduras, Italy, Japan,
Paraguay, Serbia, pain and Switzer
land from military service! in tho
United States. It made the declara
tion of intention the determining
factor of such liability, although this
government Ik a party to several
treaties which specifically stipultae
that the declaration of intention
shall not or itself affect in any way
the nationality of the declarent. And
it is the rule of law in the United
States, supported by supreme court
of the United States decisions, that
a declaration of intention does not
confer American citizenship upon the
declarent, or release him from his
prior allegiance. Apparently there
never has ben any intention on the
part of the government to regard
such persons, generally, otherwise
than as aliens.
Neutrals Ask Discharge.
"It waa not , to be unexpected,
therefore, that the department of
state should receive numerous and
insistent reauests from the diplomat
ic representatives of neutral coun
tries for the discharge of their na
tionals who had been conscripted.
In some cases such requests were
based nupon our treaty stlpulattions
to exempt the aliens In question from
military service. In other cases re
quests, little lets insistent, were
based upon our treaty stipulations
nations to exempt trora military
service in International conflicts,
resident nationals of foreign coun
tries. In still other cases, requests
were founded upon treaty provisions
which expressly reserve the alien na
tionality of persons who may declare
to become citizens of the United
Ftates. but who have not completed
the act of naturalization.
"On account of the number and
insistence of such requests and con
sidering the grounds upon wjalch
they were based, the president has
found It expedient in the conduct of
foreign relations to indicate his will
ingness to discharge neutral aliens
In certain circumstances, after they
have been brought within his 'Juris
diction as commander In chief of the
army, by induction into the military
service. Such induction, however,
which is a necessary prerequisite to
discharge by the president, consti
tutes In reality a violation of .the
treaty obligations and the accepted
international precedents .upon which
the protests of foreign, diplomatic
cf fleers have been based.
Cordial Feelings Kooght.-
"And while the action of the pres
ident has afforded a means whereby
the department might In a limited
way meet the most urgent requests
of the representatives of the foreign
countries, it does not afrord an ade
quate solution of the question. In
volved, because, though discharged
from the army, neutral aliens were
nevertheless liable under the select
ive service act to military services
and therefore subject to all the re
strictions and conditions of persons
liable under the act in respect to fur
ther service if required, departure
from the United States and other
wise. (Continued on page 2)
GEHiff
IC GB
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Count Czernin Notifies Berlin
That Austrian Troops Must
Not Be Used in Drive
Against Russia .7ilhcut
Orders From Vienna
GERMANS IN UKRAINE
FOR RUSSIAN ATTACK
Bolsheviki Arrest Huns and
Wholesale Massacre cf
Prisoners Is Threatened ;
Berlin Shows Anxiety
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 16 German
forces are already being concentrat
ed in Ukraine to attack the Bolshe
viki, according to a Berlin dispatch
to the Tljd, and declarations looking
to the active prosecution of the war
against the Bolsheviki In North .Rus
sia also will be made at Berlin next
week,:"
The German authorities are anx
ious regarding the fate of German
prisoners in North Russia, whom the
Bolsheviki are holding as hostages
and who, Berlin dispatches say, may
be killed if the Bolsheviki are driven,
to desperation. Germany has al
ready served notice on the Bolshe
viki authorities that she will enforce
reprisals if the German prisoners aro
harmed. ' -. - ' - -
Counf Czernin, the Anstro-llaa-gerlan
foreign minister, has noti
fied Berlin that Austrian troops
must not be used against Russia to
i.upport any policy which Austria has
not approved but,' only for purpose
of ; self-defense against marauding
bands. : , '
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 16. The Bol
sheviki are making wholesale arrests
of Germans In Russia and holtSlns
them as hostages, according to a
Riga dispatch received by way of
Berlin. Three hundred Germans and
many pro-German Esthonians at
Dorpat have been arrested and trans
ferred to Kronstadt. All the food
in the Dorpat district has been con
fiscated and it is almost Impossible
to feed the German women and cb.il-.
dren.
The lives of those arrested as well
as Germans and German supporters
who have not yet been arrested, ,ara
reported in great danger, adds tb9
dispatch. a the Bolsheviki threaten
wholesale butchery. The Bolsheviki
have officially declared the Baltic
nobility outlaws. . - '
ENEIY AIRCRAFT
IN NIGHT RAID;
LONDON BOLIRED
LONDON, Feb. 16 IIOBtlle air
craft crossed the Kent coast of tho
Thames estuary about 10 o'clock to
night and proceeded toward London.
The raid is still in progres.1, but so
lar only one bomb is reported to
have been dropped on London.
FLAX PLANT IS
STILL PROBABLE
R. C Crawford to Represent
Club in Contracting for
I Acreage -
' ? Prospects are , I Tighter now per
haps than ever before. for the estab
lishment of a flax tviill In Salem, but
the name of the concern which is
likely to establish here Is withheld
from publication by the commercial
club which, is negotiating for the en
terprise. The club is In' a position to con
tract for .750 acres for flax produc
tion,' either by individual contracts
with farmers or by leasing the lanl.
Robert C. Crawford, former super
intendent of the state flax plant at
the penitentiary, will go over the
country, beginning Monday, as a rep
resentative of the club In negotiating
for the acreage.
WKATIIEK.
: Rain west, rain or snow east por
tion; moderate easterly wlnd3.