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THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD VOL. 64. EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1918. No. 15. HEW CRISIS IN RUSSIA IS AT HAND Dissolution of Constituent As sembly, Effected by Trotsky Government Brings Opposi tion to Social Revolution Party to Climax. CAMPAIGN OF TERROR FEARED BY BOLSHEVIKI c Bloodshed Narrowly Averted When Meeting Is Forced to Adjourn. Effort Made to Change Peace Delegates at Brest-Litovsk. DISTORTING TRUTH Chief Executive States That He Is Astonished at Statement Made by Oregon Senator is New York Address. BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN, United Press Staff Correspondent. Prtroerad. Jan. 21. The crisis be- t tvew the Bolsheviki and the Conserve' Hie Liberals was at nana toaay. Dissolution of the constituent assem bly, effected by the Trotsky-Lcnine gov- emment, has brought to a climax the violent opposition of tno social revolu tionary party. The Bolsheviki leaders indnv freclv nredicted that their enc ore now preparing a campaign 01 terror. , Thev named former Minister aavin- toff with 150 men as leading this coun tr-r-rcvolutionary movement. RlnoilBhcd was narrowly averted in Hi riniuur of the constituent assembly. I TW Inst few minutes of the meeting tera dramatic in their intensity. Armed inilors poured into the hall and were rnivcd in croups in the aisles. Their rommandcr demanded that L.nernotr, Ihen nresiding. quit the platform and that i members of the Right parties leave He hall. Ohornoff flatly refused. A hcat- arsument ensued. Witnesses today lDbted it was only intervention of the Bolsheviki delegates themselves that laved their political' opponents from vio lence at the hands of the Bolsehvikl 'roops. Russia Declared Republic The final act of the assembly was tho formal proclamation of Russia as a dem ocratic republic. The speech of former Minister Tserotelli was dramatic. He a constantly interrupted and often rith violent abuse. His concluding pero ntion was a pathetic appeal to all that tie revolution be permitted to bear fruit In the formation of a government which would show a solid front of all msies of Hie revolntionary democracy. The Bolsheviki and Social revolutlon- ities of the Left, together with others rto favor a Pan-Russian workmen, sol iiers' and Peasants' congress to take tbe place of -the constituent assembly, sere working hard today to achieve this lort of a law-giving body. The Soviets Kmnlctely control the situation and will Icndonbtedly carry through their pro Trim, complete. Vhat happened to the consitnent as Iscmbly simply represents tho struggle ww going on everywhere, said the Bol- ihetiki ministei of agriculture, M. Kale' Washington, Jan. 2L President Wil son tonight denounced Senator Chamber- Iain's Saturday night condemnation of the governmental structure as "astonish ingly and absolutely unjustifiable distor tion of the truth." Chamberlain attacked the war admin istration during a speech in New York. "As a matter of fnct," the president said, "the war department has performed a task of unparalleled magnitude and dif ficulty with promptness and efficiency.'' Cunmborliiin's bills creating a cabinet wur council and a director of munitions were also the subject of unfavorable comment by tbe president, who declared that the present organizations are suf ficient for the prosecution of the war. The president, however, said that the re organized war body could handle its work more effectively if the congress, by legislation, would eliminate the red tape that hampers operations. 'The legislative proposals I have heard of," tho president said, "would involve long additional delay and turn our ex perience into mere lost motion." The president paid high tribute to Secretary of War Baker and excused "delays and disappointments and partial miscarriages of plans" on the ground that there has been no repetition of such errors. The president said these delays were magnified and exaggerated by congress ional investigations. He attached no im portance to the senator's declaration that there is inefficiency in every government al department COL ROOSEVELT BY T DENOUNCED SENATORS ONE Missourian in Speech on Floor of Congress Declares Former President "Most Potent Agent of Kaiser in America.' MENACE TO NATION'S WAR PLANS IS CHARGED Quoting From Roosevelt's Crit icisms of President, Senator Says Other Citizens Arrested for Repeating Words. UKRAINIA SIGNS PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANS Word From Brest-Litovsk, Re ceived in Berlin Today, Re veals Break Among Russian Delegates at Conference. BOLSHEVIKI PREMIER IS IGNORED IN NEGOTIATIONS Assertion That None of Rus sians Would Be Permitted to Act Independently Is Disre garded by One Faction. Portland, Or., Jan. 21 Highest cattle prices known In tho local trade and a sharp advance In swine are today's re sults of tho federal food administration's fixing $14.50 as the minimum on hogs. A feeling of optimism psrvsaes ins mar ket at a result of tho order. Several carloads of top steers sold at $11 per owt, a raise of 30 oents ever previous figures. Ordinarily quality of ferings rose 35 and 50 cents over former quotations. San Francisco. Col, Jan. 21. Through voluntary agreement with the food ad ministration thirty leading (Jatitomia, Oregon and Washington packing con cerns today announced fixing a uniform minimum price to the producer for nogs. It will be one cent under the quotation of tho Chicago market and subject to the fluctuations of that market, xne food administration has ostabusnea a minimum prlco of $15.50 a hundred pounds for tho Chicago market. The move will not raise tbe retail price of pork but will give a bigger price to the producer and is expectca to surname production. (Continued en page two) BIG INCREASE IN IN NAVY Many Teachers Succeed in Recent Examination IDF DANIELS Jan. 21. Legislation to "ore than double the authorized enlisted itrength of the navy and to increase the "unber of navy flyers from 300 to 10, W was asked of congress today by Sec- i wary Daniels. In addition, Daniels demanded the iKcessnry authorization for a navy I itrength, excluding apprentice seamen I- of 180,000 Instead of the M)00 suthorized last May. "I'' secretary also would have the ap- I trentice seamen increased from 6,000 to -wv. J.Q6 mnnV riitmnnilH fa nan erewii on I- "to ' vessels have exceeded the wtkorUed strength," Daniels said, "and tbe navy tin. v..- n. . ..... jtt.Bilviin. I "n under the old ami hmna it could I t commission enough officers of the '!bcr grades to direct properly many 'M "ow being protected by the navy." PHILIP ARunim tit pwriaTfl claeo, Ian. 21. Philip Armour III, !'dson of the founder of Armojr & u'i re.irna . it . -p"vw ,vuaj as aireviur ul Mom of .those taking the teachers' ex aminations in December have secured certificates, returns having been received by County Superintendent Jfl. J. Moore,, giving the list of those successful in Lane county, which is as follows: Mary Mathers, Divide; Alice Striker, Eugene; Jano Gilcrist, Crow; Anna Jen sen, North Bend; Haiel White, Dorena; Marion P. Horn, Veneta; Kuth Frame, Blue River; Itoy C. Stroud, Franklin; Mary Dale, Lowell; Edith Claflln, West Springfield; Jet Scnroae, mncoswi, Owen, Stafford; Lilly Fellows, Irving; A. J. Hedges, Fox uoiiow; nymu Orcswell: Clara Maude Gerald, Eu gene; Mrs. Georgia D. Gilstrap, Eugene; ... Shiriov Monro Warner, Fall Creek. Miss Isa Isaacson, of Eugene, oouuneu the exemption for wolcn sne toon mo examination. tbtt concern, to enter the United States Washington, Jan. 21. Senator Stone, Missouri, today denounced Theodore Roosevelt on the floor of the senate as "the most potent agent of the kaiser and the most seditious man of conse' (jiience in America." In a speech bristling with scathing de nuDciation of those who are "making polities out of the war," Stone demand ed that the same rule be applied to Roosevelt's writings end utterances as were applied in the case of a private citizen Stone names, who, "repeated in a minor degree" what ' Roosevelt had written. This man was arrested. Quoting liberally- from Roosevelt's published criticisms of the Wilson ad ministration's conduct of the war, Stone said: ' "The heart of this man is aflame with ambition and he runs amuck. On my responsibility as a senator, I charge that since our entrance into the war, Roosevelt has been a menace and an obstruction to the successful prosecu tion of the war. His ehief thought has not been to help the government solve the mighty problems they have to solve, but always his chief thought has been of Roosevelt. "I inquire why Roosevelt may say thina with impunity which a citizen of less consequence dare not even re' peat without danger .of indictment for disloyalty?" Traveling Salesman Jailed, ' Stone then told how a traveling sales- map was taken from a train entering St. . Louis last December and put in jail because he said: "Wilsor kept us out' of war? Like hell ho did. It's a.ohame the way our soldiers are being treated in the con centration vamps. , They are not prop erly clothed and .the sanitary arrange' mcnts aTe poor. Hoover's sugar tlan is a t 'g joke, too. This. Stone said, was only repeating what Rocsevelt had written editorially in the Kansas City Star. Stone quoted an editorial from the Toledo News-Bee and .mother from the Kansas City Post, charging Roosevelt with seeking to fur ther bis own political ambitions, under "patriotic camouflage." ."Of all men, Roosevelt is most re rponslble for what he denounced," said Stone. "He does his work cunningly. In the front of his propaganda he throws deceptive political camouflage. I charge that Theodore Roosevelt, whether will' ingly or out of sheer madness, I do not know, is the most potent agent toe kiW has in America. I cannot escape the belief that this exceptional colonel, who has played so msny games of ques tionable politics, ia now playing an other game of his particular brand for a very great stake." Making Polities of War. Stone's BDeech was directed primar ily, he effld, at the republicans, -in ana out of congress," acting in manifest con tort to "make politics out of the war." "There is no need for us to be over- fnstidious about this, or to try to fool ourselves, or fool the country. There la to be an election next fall. A new house of representatives and one-tnira nt tho nitnate are to be chosen. Two vears later, a new president, a house, aud again one-third of the (en ate, ore to be elected. Here is pre sented a chance to the demmanng re publican politicians of the country, one ZERO WEATHER IN EAST IS STILL T PROBLEM Fuel and Railway Directors of Nation Bend Every Energy to Supply Coal for Ships Tied Up in Harbors. IMPROVEMENT IS SHOWN IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT Every Saloon in Milwaukee Is Closed by Garfield Order , Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 21. "Bone dry. What thousands of prohibition- ists havO'failod to do Knot Adinin- istrator Garfield did to Milwaukee today. Tho home of a famous bev- erago was dry as a desert so far as tbe dispensation of liquo? was concerned. Promptly at midnight Sunday every saloon cleared its bnr and switched off the Hzhts. Radiators were just warm enough to keep from freezing. Not in the memory of the oldest patriarchs of the business had this come to pass before. Nor was there a dissenting voice anywhere that e the local fuel administration has heard. Traffic in North Continues to Be Clogged by Ice and Snow. Some Progress Made Despite Severe Cold. Copenhagen, Jan. 21. "When Russian Foreign Minister Trotsky returns to Brest-Litovsk," said a delayed Berlin despatch quoting the Lckal Anzelger edi torially today, "he must definitely accept or reject the central powers' demands, otherwise the central powers will Imme diately break off relations. Amsterdam, Jan. 21. Ukrainia has practically concluded a separate peace with Germany. who01 Columbus, Ohio, Fri- IrUsAtti '"UBy u bsneu aeierreu Goes to Inspect Work in Veneer Manufacturing Peterson left Monday afternoon for Cedro Wooley to look ef- ... n. vnr manuiactunng uubiuc which he and Mr. Boyse, his partner in tho excelsior works own together there. Mr. Peterson stated before leaving that the plant there was very prosperoua and t. .mtjAnv lai men. n wv ing and built up spruce and fir boards as well aa this stuff for boxes and suck work. RUSSIANS MAKE PROTEST Petrograd, Jan. 21. Formal pro test was sent to Toldo by the poo pie's commissaries today against landing of any Japanese troops at Vladivostok. ni.nntvhca from Toklo, whilo ad- mltting that warships had been dis patched there to afford proper pro tection to allied cltlsens, and allied property, instated that no troops had been landed. of them, perhaps not more than one, seeking to promote hie immediate polit ical zlorificatlon, and others seeking to n remote a party advantage, mat iigm ia on." Stone declared he would not make tbe eharie without definite proof. his witnesses he "summoned" Senator nnlM Penrose of Pennsylvania, Chair man Wlflcox of the republican national committee, and Roosevelt, whom brmed "mv star witness." Onotins from a recent interview wltn Penrose. Stone sought to show that "the great republican leader or ine arenwat reDubltean state to the Union," Baa fmnklr set forth the repnmican inten tion to use mistakes of the administra tion in conducting the war as campaign material. Stoie'a speech drew a fall tteManc to the senate, and as he maae nil charges of republican partisanship, Sen otnr. Borah. Penrose, GaUtaffer, John son of California, and Lodge busily took ..m. The nrosoect waa that Stone's speech would open the whole subject of A. wtlaon administration's conduct of TEUTONS ON VERGE OF BREAK I RIG SUM NEEDED Word from Brest-Litovsk, received via Berlin today, gave this first news of a breach among the Russians. The agree ment between Germany and the infant Ukrainia republic was concluded Sunday. Previous word had stated that all-Russian delegaets had departed from Brest- Litovsk and this had been supposed to include the Ukrainians. Today's despatches declared that the basis of the separate peace treaty had been agreed upon and that all that was necessary now was "for each aide to con sult responsible authorities at home." The German semi-official' despatches sold that the Ukrainian conference had adjourned but the delegates would re turn immediately and conclude all nego tiations, including signature of the treaty. -." . Berlin's comment on this achievement was:- 'Thus, we have succeeded, for the first time in this war, of finding a basis for tbe re-establishing ot,a state ,of peace. Decision by tne Ukrainians to maxe a seperate peace and not to act in concert with the Bolsheviki delegates represent' ing Russia at large, will undoubtedly be heavy blow- to the Bolsheviki hopes. Tbe fact that Ukrainian delegates above all others should be wiling to conclude such an agreement, when part of their territory is included in tbe land whose future is under dispute, is significant The general Russian delegates refused to accept the German offer to let inhabl tents of Oonrland, Poland and Lithuania decide their determination in the future while under supervision of the German army, which would not be withdrawn. Foreign ' Minister Trotsky had previ ously stated he could not allow the Ukrainian delegates to treat the qaes rlon of occupied territory independently. They have apparently gone exactly counter to his wishes. KAISER PILES UP WAR FORCES ON WESTERN LINE Little Kingdom of Belgium Lit erally Crowded With Sol diers and Munitions. Aus trian Troops Used. a Paris, Jan. 21. Several hundred thousand German troops have been brought into Belgium during the past few weeks. The little kingdom has literally been crowded with men and munitions, according to word received here today. Despatches from Amsterdam report the Belgian province of Limborg filling up with Austrian troops. All the concentration is apparently in preparation for the long-advertised west front drive. Heavier Steel Is Being Laid North of Eugene BY ROBERT J. BENDER, United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Jan. 21. America's first "heatless holiday" found the national railroad fighting scro weather, snows snd freight jams to reach the seaboard with coal. Business except food and drugstores, shivered behind closed doors and great industries continued idle through their fourth day of suspension, to facilitate coal shipments. By special requests of Fuel Administrator Garfield last night, department stores and retail establish ments throughout the east today not only are not burnling cool, but they are clos ed. Elevators in office buildings are sup posed to run only for those oxempted. But, despite the general close down of business, the government ia having a vio lent fight to keep coal moving. At both northern and southern ports loading of vessels is continuing on a twenty-four hour schedule. Priority Order to Continue. It is now believed certain that drastic measures to continue coal movements af ter the present five-day suspension order ends tomorrow night, will have to be re voked. Officials state that priority orders now in effect will be continued after to morrow unless there is a marked rise in temperature throughout the east, making transportation easier. This would mean that after tomorrow night only such Mi nistries as have coal on hand could op erate, ' aside from the vital war works now exempted from Garfield's regulations. Pressure is -being brought to bear on Director-General McAdoo to declare an embargo on shipment of all non-essential freight until the tracks and seaboard ore dosed. It is stated that with rails jammed by delayed freight shipments, coal traffic to ports and consumers and movement of empties back to the mines will continue blocked despite the close down of business and trade.' Hope for Warmer Weather. Garfield said today that he expected the next 48 hours to show the real re sults of bis recent order. Both Garfield and McAdoo are hoping for warmer wea ther .throughout the east and south. The best showing thus far has been made at southern Atlantic ports where 107,700 tons of bunker coal has been delivered and is ready for loading with 200,000 more tons en route. At one port more than 36,000 tons were delivered over Sunday. Northern Atlantic ports are expecting 150,000 tons during the next few days and a 24-hour loading schedule will be continued during the period of industrial suspension in the east. Deep snows, sero temperatures and promise of only slightly warmer weather nine in reports to the fuel and railroad administrations as a discouraging factor in movement of trains during the next 48 hours. "Industrial America has done her part It's now up to the weather and tbe national railroad," it was stated at tbe fuel administration. All energies are cen tralised on the tremendous transporta tion orobtem. To learn what are the ex set results of the Garfield order, the senate Interstate commerce committee today summoned Director-General Mc Adoo to reappear on tbe stand. Com mittee members promise s complete air' ins of tho present transportation crisis, which McAdoo admitted Saturday had been little relieved since control went into effect It is the claim of many that McAdoo sought to relieve the freight jam by shutting industries Instead of usins a more direct route placing on embargo on noa-essentlals in freight shipments, advocated by tbe fuel admin titration. Now officials say that the close-down order will result in only moderate re lief from the coal tleup and the embargo will be necessary, in addition five days later. ' FOR RAILROADS, 1100 STATES Greatly Stirred by President Wilson's Democratic Outline of War Aims, Austria Smoul ders With Opposition to Mili tarist Germany. VATICAN ORGAN EXPECTS VIENNA TO TAKE STAND Director-General Testifies Bil lion Dollars Must Be Advanc ed for Improvements in Ma king Them Effective in War. Corriere d'ltalia Declares "We Are Facing a True Austrian Pronouncement Against Lu dendorff, Hoffman and Ger man Imperialism." FEDERAL OWNERSHIP OF ROADS NOT FAVORED Congress Cautioned Against Danger Likely to Result From Fixing of Definite Time to Relinquish Control. Amsterdam, Jan. 21. The Austria ministry baa resigned, aeeordlng to a Vienna despatch printed ky the Berliner? Morgenpost today. Count von Toggenbarg, minister of the Interior, is reported attemtping to re form the cabinet, the Vienna despatch added. Washington, Jan. 21. A billion dol lars must be advanced to the railroads for imnrovements before they will be on an effective war basis, Director I Gen eral McAdoo onoouncod before the sen ate Interstate commerce committee to day. . At tho same time McAdoo came out definitely against government owner ship of the roads. McAdoo said bis survey of the mil situation has convinced. him government Paris, Jan. 21. A million, one hun dred and twenty thousand strikers out ia ' Austria, was the estimate carried In a Zurich despatch printed by the Matin to day. .- i v . BY JOHN HEARLEY (United Press Staff Correspondent) : ' Rome, Jan. 21. Greatly stirred by President Wilson's democratic outline of war aims, Austria-Hungary is smoulder ing with a blaze of opposition to militar ist Germany, according to reports to the funds must go into tbe roads to help Vatican, received from ..the papal jiuncla- them' exDaod:.: He forecast the continuation of gov ernment control for somo time when he said oongress should not limit govern ment control to any definite period. If government control is limited to the duration of the wnr, or for a fixed time afterwards, McAdoo warned the committee, financial chaos is likely when tbe roads are turned back. Hasty nnd ill-considered legislation now, he said, would be ruinous to hold- tween Emperor Karl and the Pan-Qer- ers of railroad securities when the gov- man leaders. emment relinquishes control of the lines. The kaiser, it was declared, is tryinfc Favors Bill as Written. - to smooth out these disagreements by For this reason McAdoo urged that I supporting Foreign Minister von Kuehl- the committee report the pending rau- mann against von Buelow, who Is hatea road bill as written, with the provision in Austria. that government control shall continue I The Corriere dltalia, the Vatican or. until congress shall otherwise order. igan, declared positively today: McAdoo's statement that he does not "We aro facing a true Austrian pro- believe In government ownership was in nouncement against Ludondorff,. Hoff- answer to a question by Senator Watson, man and German imperialism." Indiana, an outspoken, foe of govern- Evidence of Austria-Hungary's bittei ment ownership, I opposition to the junker annexationist The Southern Pacific steel gang which has been working south of Eugene for some time, has new completed the lay ing of 90-poua4 steel to Eugene. Fri day they laid steel in the local yards and Saturday began tbe work of laying the heavy steel between Eugene and Junc tion City. The 00-pound steel haa al ready been laid on the main Use between Junction City and Portland. AMERICAN AIRMAN KILLED. Fort Collins, Colo., Jan. 21. George A. Beaeh, an American flyer, was killed I at Foggla, Italy, according to a cable- j.. mi... ..tmialntratlon's conduct of gram received here todoy. The cable, th. war to the drumfire of the repub- signed "Major Ryan," did not lira any llcan orator I T", . Men Married Since May 18,1917, Are Not Exemp Waahlngton, Jan. 21. Men of draft age married since May 18, 1917, should not be exempted from selective service, Provost Marshal General Crowder an nounced today. He instructed government agents to anneal to district boards all classes which local boards have granted depend- ency exemption to men married after Mav 18. At the same time, Crowder ruled that no draft registrants will be permitted at Vienna. . ,Yi ...... It was understood he described the situation in the dual monarchy as "moat critical for the Teutonic military com bine." " President Wilsons speech to congress . It was asserted, has given a remarkable impulse to democratic peace ideas in the whole nation. Industrial chaos of mora than a' mere local nature is reported. Grievous differences have developed be- "Mr. Secretary, do you believe in gov ernment ownership?" asked .Watson. I do not," replied McAdoo. "But I believe it will be impossible to return to competitive conditions as they were before the government stepped in. There will have to bo a greater moastire of gov ernment control and regulation hence forth than we have bad in the past. "And if you now limit tbe period of government control, you mny make Im possible new legislation to meet situa tions that may arise. We must use our best foresight To throw the roads back to private control with competition de stroyed, and with one line enrrytng bus! ness at the expense of another, would be a crave mistaken." Advocates Ono Man Control. Referring to the question' of fixing definitely the period of government con trol, Senator Cummins asked: 'Do you believe that the regulation and control of the railroads should be left In the hands of one man in peace times?" 1 believe the president, whoever he may be, would discharge that trust bet ter than any commission you could name," replied McAdoo. No other country has ever done any thing like that," said Cuir.mlns. "America should not set her pace by that, of others," said the director general. "I am never afrnid when America thinks or acta originally." Senator Cummins, it is known, favors creating a commission to handlo the roads after peace is declared. plans Is accumulating in scores of re ports seeping across the Austrian-Swisb border and being received here. The (Continued on page two) E INVESTIGATIONS t i Idaho Engineer Brings Three Crews to Look Into Possibili ties of Willamette Valley. ' E. G. Eagleson, of Boise, Idaho, is in tbe city with three crews of engineers and will make a recognizunco of the up :vr valley to study the possibilities ot successful irrigation and drainage. Mr. Knglcson was the man who first discov ered tho possibilities of the Arrow Rock irrigation system in Idaho, which has, next to the Roosevelt dam, the highest dam in the world. The work at Arrow Rock was afterwards taken over by tb United States government and completed on tho lines of the Eagleson survey. Mr, Eagleson also, it is reported, made tin first man of the city of Salem and bos long believed irrigation and drainngt should go hand in hand to make the up per Willamette valley produce to its fulV capacity every year. Naturalization Papers to Be Subject of Inquiry Washington, .tan. 21. A nation-wide probe of naturalisation papers Is being conducted by the department of justice. Already fraudulent practices In obtain ing cltlaenshlp papers have been un covered in large numbers and numerous arrests have been made, it Is stated, to I officially. Justice officials hcllovo they thread . in uer enlist In the armies of the allies, pending I have broken another call to taia aamtryn flac. ' maw'i ass web. Miss Corbett to Show How Liberty Breads Are Made a' free demonstrations! lecture on lib erty breads will be given at the chambel . of oommerce by Miss Ruth Corbet! next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. This will be given in connection with the meeting, . of the women's auxiliary to the chambel Every patriotic woman should be inter, estcd. . m There will be a program in connection. Miss Winifred Forbes will give a rlolla solo nnd Mrs. L. W. Rae will sing "My Uadis," H