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FORTIETH .YEAR NO. 271
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1917
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- I i M It IS I i J I 1 I I I Li , 1
St vf v it j iu f uu l u w ijl.
KERENSKY WINS
IS IN C0NTROL W
RUSSIA'S CAPITA
While Dispatches From Petro
grad Are Conflicting Tins
i1 Seems Certain
CONTROL OF TELEGRAPH
IS PROOF OF VICTORY
Revolutionists Claim of His
Capture Not Backed by
Results
London, Nov. 14. Premier Keren
sky is again in control of Petrograd,
uncording to the best iniorniation re-
cived from Stockholm here today. Ho
rn.'ered the city, was supported by
Maximalist- troops, and quickly gainel
control of the telegraph offices and
other means off corjmunicatien, 'the
latest advices declared.
A Bolsheviki report that the premier
liad been arrosfed after his entrance in
. to the city was discredited in the face
of later dispatches.
The statemest that Maximalists
troops were su ppor.'.i ng Kerensky
would indicate that at least some of
the Foldicrs that have been fighting
for the Bolsheviki have turned from
the radical leaders and renewed their
nlleinnce to the government. ,
Dispatches via the Finnish telegraph
agency recounting information brought
)iit of Petrograd by travelers, declar
ed the Bolsheviki 's boasted "red
guards" had been overwhelmed by the
disciplined regular soldiers of Cossack
regiments under Kerensky. The army
ifiiuison is Petrograd, heretofore sup
porting Trotsky and Lenino in the Bol
(heviiii "government," were reported
deserting wholesale . to the victorious
jirpvisional government troops. .
Yesterda's dispatches over telegraph
lines apparently under control of the
tprovisional ; government Reported the
city practically under control of the
Kerenskv troops, but the Trotsky-Len-5
no combination followed these up
(through Bolsheviki-controlled news
sources, boasting of a victory. The
situation romained in this contusion
until receipt of the Finnish Telegraph
agency dispatches, which were appar
ently official and accurate and which
indicated rapid dissolution of the Bol
sheviki degime-
Revolutionist Claims
Stockholm, Nov. 14. rremier Ke
Tonsky has been arrested at Petrograd
according to a dispatch from Hapa
randa, received today by the Swedish
Telegraph agency.
The ,messr(;o gave no '(Details. It
inercv stated that " Kerei!)sky lhad
entered Petrograd and was arrested in
that city."
Whether the premier was taken
while heading a detaenment of troops
or whether' he entered alone was not
given. Previous dispatches from Petro
grad, all greatly delayed, had been
confusingly contradictory. Some as
serted the provisional government hail
been victorious and that its troops held
jiarts of Petrograd and others, sent by
the Bolsheviki themselves, insisted
fthat their troops had inflicted a defeat
of the Kcrensky-Komiloff forces.
Leon Trotsky, moving spirit' in the
Bolsheviki revolt, early in the institu
tion of tho Bolsheviki government, is
sued orders for Kerensky 's arrest, with
other members of the provisional env
vrnmcnt and declared when captured
(Continued on page three)
"
I ABE MARTIN :
"Who remembers when women wore
ehawlsf" said Lafe Bud t'day. We re
member when it wuz a common sight
t' see s man wearin' a plaid shawl an '
a plug hat. We wonder if Uncle Sam
would object t ' appointin' a beef stew
director wails he's at it f
SECRET BALLOT IS
BIG TAKEN CH
WAGE QUESTION
Rk3ad Men Voting On
Proposition to Demand
Higher Wages
PROPOSED INCREASE
TOTALS $109,000,000
President "Will Take Uimsual
Measures" If Strike
Follows Vote
Cleveland, Nov. 14. Railroad con
ductors and brakemen on all roads in
the United States were casting secret
ballots today on the proposition of de
manding wage increases averaging forty
two per cent.
. W. G. Lee, president of the Brither
hood of Railway Trainmen, admitted the
vote was being taken. This vote, it is
said, is preliminary to a strike vote,
which will follow if the railroads re
fuse to grant the demands.
The proposed increases for lines east
of Chicago would amount to $48,000,
000 a year, and for the entire country
to $109,000,000. ;
Tho men involved include 32,000 pas
senger train employes, 85,000 brake
men and 53,000 yardmen.
"We have thousands of, men earn
ing only $2.50 a day," said W..C. Car
ter, president of the Brotherhood of
Firemen and Enginemen.
Lee told the United Press "half a
dozen" separate points, all relating to
wage scales, have been submitted to
tho men, and that a result of the vme
can be expected "by the end of the
month."
Asked whether he thought the rail
roads could afford to pay the added
wages, Lee said: .'. '" i
"I don't know about that; but can
the men go hungry?" '
He then indicated that the railroad
employes expect increased revenues
cither in passenger fares or freight
rates to take care of any wage increase.
Men Must Eat. . .
"If the railroads can't afford to pay
living wages, let the government set
in motion its machinery. Let the inter
state commerce commission adjust rates.
Great Britain has solved the problem.
' ' Thousands of railroad employes are
drawing from $68 to $75 a month. This
vote was brought about by a desire to
get better pay for them. Everyone
knows that the cost of living has jump-
ed 30 to 100 per cent and these poorly date all allied power, military and po
paid men are hit hard." ilitical, under one supreme inter-allied
Lee said the vote will concern tne
wages of all. classes of men, but par-1
ticularly, firemen and baggagemen.
The eight hour law, Lee said, while
shortening the dav. did not in manv in -
stances grant better pay because the
railroads have been able to adapt them
selves to tho shorter day, eliminating
overtime. .
This is the big issue," said Lee.
"The railroad employes are as patriotic
a nnv eliiRS in the li TiitecL States, cut,
you must keep their stomachs full if
you want them to help win the war."
President Will Act.
Washington, Nov. 14. President Wil
son threatens to "take unusual meas
ures to operate the railways" in cast
a strike grows out of the brotherhoods'
probable demands for higher wages.
The president's attitude was mails
public today together with . announce
ment of a meeting he will hold Nov
ember 22 with the heads of the four :
big railroad unions.
The.meeting was arranged by Chair-
man Chambers of the United States
board of mediation and conciliation,
'which made public the following
ter from the president:
"My dear Judge Chambers:
"May I not express my very deep and
sincerest interest in your efforts to
bring tho railroad executives and the "Its object is not to di:n-t the de
brotherhoods engaged in train-operation tails of military operations, but to dig,
to an agreement that there shall be no fine the general war policy and the
interruption in their relations on either general plans of the allies, adapting1
side until ample opportunity shall have them to the resources and means at
been afforded the United States board hand, and in order to secure the strong
of mediation and conciliation to bring
about if possible an anucable agree
ment, and in the event of failure to
bring about such agreement any con
troversy that may have arisen will be
submitted to arbitration in accordance
with the provisions of the Newlands
lawf I take it for granted that your
efforts will succeed, because it is in
conceivable to me that patriotic men
should now for a moment contemplate
the interruption of the transportation
which is so absolutely necessary to the j'UUn. instead of by military expert.
s7.h
in arms, as well as to its whole inaus- ;i ..i, .!,-- j
trial life, but I wanted, nevertheless, feSJaSS ZLtZV. .
to express my deep personal interest miar Uovd Q fw hig frank h
the matter and tt wish you Godspeed. U the Pari ,ucneon. Mo8t newspa
The last thing I should wish to con-perg and particniarir the Northcliffe
template would be the possibility of 'publications expressed fear editorially
being obliged to take any unusual meas-jtoday that the new war council would
urea to operate the railways, and I have seek to displace uch British command
so much confidence that the men youVrs as Sir Douglas Haig and General
are dealiag with will appreciate the ' Robertson,
patriotic motives underlying your ef-j "The premier is anxious for closer
(Continued on page three)
i iff llillliiiiiilii ill! 1 !i
O W. TV fclkriM tvrt.
ONE PREMIER IS OUT
liOilDERFIRE
' DUE TO NEW PLAN
Result of Plan to Have War
Managed by Inter Allied
Council of Generals
London, Nov. 14. One premier out
and another under strong fire were to-
. day's results in the effort to consoli-
council,
Resignation of Premier Painleve and
his cabinet at Pans was regarded as
.aireciiy expressive oi ine rrencn cnam
ber of deputies' opposition to such a
Pjan, although the vote was not speci-
fically for or against the plan itself.
in London, the press and public con
tinued its onslaught on the scheme, the
fear beiiilf expressed that under! it
Civilians might replace military men as
Painleve 's resienation and' those of
his colleagues came arter socialists had
withheld their vote from a motion to
support the government. The motion
itself was passed, but the majority
was so scant that, coupled with the
strength of the non-voting socialists, it
was patent the ministry could not com
mand a full majority of members.
Tho vote came aj, the conclusion of
a spirited debate on tho inter allied
war council, during which it was char
acterized as "a mere secretarial bu-
reau. "
I Painleve 's explanation of tho pur-
!posea of tne new scheme of unification
! failed to appease the deputies. Other
!rjUrelv domestic, nnpfti.lnna retntina tn
let-opening up of recent scandals, were
involved in the chamOer'g antagonism
to the ministry.
Painleve 's speech gave this epitome
O- tne .war, council:
est possible results. It rcs:s upon an
inter-allied supreme staff, which fcrini
at the same time its central organ of
information and i's technical advuer
We have already heard the cbjection
that it is a united command, not a
consultative committee, that we need.
All plans are open to criticism and I
am not saying that the step we have
taken is the last in the progress to be
accomplished-"
Application of strategy devised by
(Continned on page three)'
WHEN AMERICA STRIKES
AMERICAN TROOPS
IOPP0R
TO FACE THE ENEMY
Anxious to Measure Strength
and Grit With Seasoned
Germans
By J. W. Pegler
(United Press staff correspondent)
American Field Head q u a r te r s,
France, Nov. 14. Sammy is hungry
iur a ngnt witn "ies .Bodies.
I He 's getting contemptous of whist
ling things shooting over his head; ho
is getting inured to wearing a gas
mask when the Boche drops some
.smelly gas shells over; he doesn't mind
;the tattoo of machine gun bullets;
'he's a pure fatalist when it conies to
shells banging away closo by. He's
ljust as carefree as an American' kid
,but back in his head he's aching for
,a chance at Fritz.
This is the impression one gets to
I day after mixing with tho latest de
tachment of American infantrymen re
lieved from their duty in front line
! trenches and after a " survey of the
new detachment which went into their
first job in the front line trenches. It
is the third American unit to undergo
.this experience.
While Sammy on the ground is long
ing for his chance at grips with tho
leaemy, aviation officers are getting
their chance. American aviators have
'participated with French flyers in
night raids, bombing artillery observa
tions behind the derman lines. This is
:the final stage in their battle training
I comparable to the sort of training
the infantry is getting in the Frcncu
trenches.
j The young American officer who
i was knocked out from shell shock on
jthe occasion of the German raid which
'cost the lives of three American sol
diers returned to duty with his regi
ment today completely recoveied.
I Ho reported tne men in his unit as
eager to get back into action. He
learned that on the night after the
German raid had taken several of their
comrades, the remainder begged hard
for permission to make a counter raid.
The whole American entrenched
force if increasingly alert and in
creasingly fight hungry. Shelling con
tinues about normal, with occasional
gas bombs.
Woman ficketer Gets
Six Months In Jail
Washington, Nov. 14. Thirty-one
women's party suffragettes were today
sentenced to terms of trom six days to
six months in jail for picketing the
white House Tuesday.
Mrs. Marv A. Nolan, the 73-year-old
; suffragist from Jacksonville, Fla., was
. sentenced to six , days and Miss Lucy
Burns, a party leader, to six months.
Mrs. John Winters Brannan of New
York got sixty days, but may get double
that when she is tried Friiay for former
j picketing. The others first offenders,
I got thitty days each.
V1LU WITH ARMY OF
I;200AnACKSTOWN
OPPOSITE PRESIDIO
Drives In Outposts and Kills
Many, Bullets Fall On
American Side
Presidio, Tex., Nov. 14. Spreading
his 1200 troops in a fan-shaped forma
tion about Ojinaga, Francisco Villa at
tacked the Mexican city, opposite here,
today. Three outposts of government
forces were killed or captured, and all
others driven into the city.
From the mission in San Antonio, a
viliago within rifle range of Ojinaga,
whieh the Villa forces had previously
taken, a deadly hail of machine gun
' bullets was poured into the ranks of
jthe government troops defending Ojin
aga, under General Espinosa Cordova,
j The attacking forces quickly captured
arroyas near the town.
I The government troops, with guns
' mounted on house tops, resisted desper
ately. ! American cavalry is patrollirtg the
border line along the Rio Grande, and
many bullets have fallen across the lino
on American soil. A horde of Mexican
women and children sought refuse
across the border in Presidio.
Villa himself has not been seen with
his troops, but one of his soldiers told
a United Press representative that the f
bandit leader is directing the Iignt irom
San Antonio( Mexico).
I m i
Tacoma Committee Will
Look After Soldiers
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 12.
Editor Capital Journal, Salem, Or.
Dear Sir: Among the thousands of
men in Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Washing
ton, there may be some men from your
itv wttn find cfimn life monotonous
and lonely, and who would enjoy mak
ing friends in the city- We have many
people here who are anxious to be of
'service and who would gladly open
their homea to the soldiers. If there
ae fathers and mothers in your city
who would like to have us look up their
boys and to interest them in church,
lodge, home or club, I am sure we shall
eount it a privilege to do so if they
will give us their regimest and com
pany address. We can find them with
out this but it takes time and trouble
to do so. However, if the boy has not
written, send us his name.
I am writing only to the papers in
the lamer cities in your state and I
, shall be very glad to have you give
this letter as prominent a place as ;
possible and also to asu your country
papers to copy.
Yours very truly,
RAT F. CARTER,
Executive Secretary.
Lewis Is Winner
San Franciseo. Nov- 14. Ted Lewis
,easily won the decision over Johnny
'McCarthy In their four round bout her
laat night.
CROWN PRINCE IS
UNABLE TO OBEY
ORDERSOf LEADER
Could Not Re-take Town Or
Break British Grip On
Captured Ridge
TEUTONS CROSS PIAVE
BUT ARE HELD ON BANK
Germans Apparently Perma
nently Halted Turks
Are Retreating
London, Nov. 14. Crown Prince
Rupprecht vainly attempted to carry
out Hindenburg's orders to re-take
Paschendaele or break the British grip
on the Paschendaele' ridge yesterday:
f leld Marshal iiaig today reported
following increased enemy artillery-
ing, the enemy attacked yesterday af
ternoon and were completely repuls
ed."
He located the German thrust as
"north of Passchendaelo. "
This counter attack is the first of
any considerable strength which tho
Gormans have launched sinco Haig's
two successful drivos last week.
From documents captured on Ger
man prisoners, ifis known that Field
Marshal tlindenburg nas issued orders
that Passchendacle "must be re-taken
at all costs."
Tho city is the crown of the ndgo
of the same name, and the ridge domi
nates the flat plains as far as Koulers,
one of tho centers in the German lines
of communication to German subma
rine bases on tho Bslgian coast.
Hold on the Bank
London, Nov. 14. The Teuton army
gained the first advantage in the jock
eying preliminary to the all-important
battle of the Piave, bnt after having
crossed that stream at Zinson, their
forces were pinned tight to the bank
by powerfully directed Italian counter
attacks. The fact that the Austro-Germans
were unable to make furthor progress
today after crossine the river was re
garded as a favorable omen of Italian
solidity.
Venioc is only about twenty miles
from where tho Germans crossed the
river. Only one more natural defense
line of any strength stands between
the Piave and the city of tho doges.
On tho northern (left wing) of the
Italian line in the mountains the ene
my has advanced slightly, but is be-
(Continued on nag six.)
LLOYD GEORGE'S PLAN
OF ALLY WAR COUNCIL
WILL NOT BE ADOPTED
London, Nov. 14. The fight against
Premier Lloyd George's support of an
inter-allied war council came to a nead
in the house of commons this afternoon
when the premier himself took the floor
to explain the agreement creating the
organization.
He emphasized that tho inter-allied
war council had "no executive power."
"Final decisions as to strategy and
as to the movement of troops, will rest
with the governments," he declared.
"The allies' object in the plans was
to have a representative central body
which should watch the whole opera
tions of the war and co-ordinate plans
and, if necessary, propose new ones."
Lloyd George suggested that the
house devote next Monday to a detail
ed debate on the whole war council plan.
He then read in full the agreement be
tween the three governments of Eng
land, France and Italy creating the
war council .
Expert Reviews Tit.
By J. W. T. Mason
(Written for the United Press)
New York, Nov. 14. Proposals of the
allied governments for the formation of!
a unity of command tor all fronts will j
not be carried out in practice. Indies- j
tions already point to a radical change'
being made in the first form of the!
idea, which was to give supreme auth-
ority to an Inter-allied staff, eomewbat .
similar to the power of the German gen-
eral staff. !
Marshal yon Hindenburg and General if
von Ludendorff possess their vast!,
strength, not solely becanse they have
supreme military command, but also be-
eause the political leaders of Germany :
and Anstro-Hungary are aubordin-,
ate to them. Continuation of this method
of government ia the principal obstacle
to peace and was the reason why the
United States entered the war, to make
the world safe for democracy. .
It is impossible for the allies to give
their own military leaders the political
power of the German tailitarlsts. A
QUESTIONS TO
THE DRAFTED MQJ
ARE SEIIT OUT
Required to Answer One Hun
dred and Forty-Eight
Queries
ANSWER MUST BE
MADE IN SEVEN DAYS
When Instructions Have Beet
Complied With Record WEI
Be Complete
. By George Martin
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Nov. 14. The 148 ques
tions for the remaining 9,000,000 draft
registrants to answer beginning Decem
ber 15, were made public today. They
constitute a searching injuiry into cuutt
man a life and fitness, and determine,
tnrough the action of local draft boards
the order of his call to military ser
vice. This questionaire automatically re
vokes all exemptions and discharges un
der the first draft. Failure to return
his answers in seven days after he re
ceives the questions makes the regis
trant liable to a year in prison, buck
men may bo certified into the first
class called. Mailing of the list by tne
local board constitutes legal notice to
fie registrant. His failure to receive it
does not excuse him.
Even after answeriug the question
aire if a niun's status changes and he
does not report it within five days to
his board he is subjoct to a year in
prison.
The minimum number of questions
each man must answer is about 'M, the
maximum 100. Once filled out the ques
tionaire constitutes each man's complete
record with the government. All prev
ious records are by it automatically
wiped out. On the basis of the draft
man 's answers, verified by the local
boards when necessary, the men are
dividod into five classes, the fifth be
ing exempted or discharged from draft.
Liability to service in other classes fol
lows tho numbers drawn in the littery
here July 20. ! -
Supporting affidavits of other per
sons must be secured by every regis
trant who claims exemption or deferred
liability on tho grounds of studying for
th miniittrv. dpnpn(linpv nnd indiiNtrial
- , i j
or agricultural grounds.
A man is permitted to mark the class
(Ooiitinued on Page Two.)
change of this nature not only would
react unfavorably against tho allies po
litically; but also might cause military
disaster by pver whelming the allies'
generals with political problems no
democratic soldier is competent to han
dle. Tho n ,i ! t ii il TH i 1 ! o ir .nnf.nl r9 iKa
central powers has had terrible disas
ters that must not be forgotten. If
tho allies were to accept the principle
of the von Hindenburg dictatorship,
which allied country would volunteer
to be deserted as von Hindenburg has
been compelled to desert Turkey I It was
the German dictatorship that preceded
von Hindenburg's drive which shatter
ed itself to pieces against Verdun,
while the still earlier dictatorships lost
the battle of the Marue and could not
break through the weaker Anglo-French
lines in the great series of battle for
Calais.
The present is a time for doing every
possible thing to strengthen the allies
military position because of the Italian
(Continued on page three)
ADIMTS FAILURE.
ate
: Washington, - Nov 44.-Ger-many
's submarine warfare is a
failure, according to a sensation-,
al article published in the Ber
linger Tageblatt by Captain Per- -sius.
This information was re
ceived by the United States ra
dio service from the French ata- '
tion at Lyons and made public
here today.
Persius not oniy admits that
the German people doubt the
"results of piracy without mer
cy" but confesses that the. ad-
- miralty was wrong in its calcu
lations regarding the decisive
effects of the submarine earn-.
-paign. -