Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, November 16, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text! 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS TODAY'S . WEATHER'.-' Oregon: Tonight and Saturday fair except rain Satur day extreme north West portion warmer tonight west portion; gen . tie southeasterly winds. (22,000 HEADERS) DAILY Only Circulation In Salem Guar anteed by the Audit; Bureau of . Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEBVICE mil pun 4' , : is'J FORTIETH YEAR NO. 273 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917 PRICE TWO EHTS ggS&fr&g UflTEeVFlNE) iff un fl j w v Zr 3M ,VHm" f ANARCHISTS ARE STILL IN CONTROL OF PETROGRAD News Coming Frok?0Nssian Capital Favorable v Radical Element LITTLE FIGHTING DONE UNTIL LAST SATURDAY Now There Are Unconfirmed , Reports of Heavy Loss of Life In Capital ( . London, Nov. 16- One direct mes - sage, received by wireless from Pe trograd toifay, quoted a proclamation Signed by General Mouravieff ordering "energetic steps to liberate fivo , offi cers held prisoner for revolting against the provisional, government. Presum ably these five were held by the Ke rensky forces. . The: lntost dispatches seemed to in ; tfieate that the Bolsbeviki had at 'loat inaintainod an outlet for news favor able to them. In the last 24 hours dis 'patches have seemed to indicate that the. Trotsky-Lonino combine wero in partial control, although reports of ' a compromise government with Bolshe , viki representation, contained in thesC dispatches, led to the deduction hers that their control was precarious. It 'was argued .that the Bolsheviki would hardly bo willing to talk compromise if their domination of the situation .. was absolute. A Copenhagen dispatch received to 'iay quoted an undated proclamation "by Colonel Mouravieff, commanding the Bolsheviki troops, as declaring: "Premier Kerensky has circulated t false reports that troops in Petrograd voluntarily have joined with-them and - ' the revolutionary committee (Bolshe viki) had ordered tne soldiers to re :. - treat. , ": "Troops of the free Russian people do not retreat nor surrender. They '.-. evacuated Gatehina in order to avoid iiiniiecessary bloodshed and to take, up a position outside Petrograd. This po ' sition has now become so strong that even if Kerensky is reinforced by teu (times his present strength wo need not feel unsafe. . "The best spirit prevails in Petro jgrad and the eityis calm and orderly-" This proclamation direetly contra dicts other Bolsheviki news that over whelming defeat has been inflicted on Kerensky at Gatehina and that the town had been reconquered. It may have been issued prior to the reported rtvapture of tho town. Stockholm messages via Ilaparanda declared that the revolutionary com mittee was taking energetic measures for the provisioning of Tetrograd. No confirmation has yet been re- j reived of reports of casualties running nioro than 5000, said to have resuited from fighting around Petrograd and Moscow. " . .. . L Street Fighting Keported Washington, Nov.; 16 The state de partment received from Ambassador Francis at Petrograd a cable under date of the twelfth, stating there had been street' fighting, that control of thj cable offices had shifted several times and that the Bolsheviki govern ment had not communicated with him in any way. He informed the depart ment that he. had sent cables, but the messages between the eighth -and the (Continued on Pane Two.) : ABE MARTIN While at Melodeon Hall iast night Mr.?. Tipton Bnd stood np fer th' Star 8.angled Banner an' s"t denrn on er kniftiu'. Home hnint more'n a service station any more, f 72, T ft ,v i l7 : mm I 1 1 I.I I mm CARRANZA HAY BE OVERTHROWN, LATFST REPORT FROM MEXICO Government Force of 5,000 Men Has Been Trapped and Destroyed El Paso, Tex., Nov. 16. A force of 000 government troops sent into the e of Morelos, Mexico, to operate n Zapata and Felix: Diaz, forces ho, j'en trapped in a mountain pass and practically annihilated with ma cine guns, according to code messages received hero today by American min ing companies from their agents in the interior. Confirmation from government sources at Mexico City is also claimed. The Carranza government is in ini rcincnt danger of being overthrown by a coalition of the various revolutionary factions, who have about 40,000 men under arms, the reports say. Villista forces which captured Ojin f.ga Wednesday, are today reported mov ing on Juarez. Colonol Jose Plores, lead ing a small detachment of government t loops, has been defeated east of Jua rez, and is retreating toward the border oil v. Greatest excitement prevoils today in Juarez over the prospect of an attack by tho bandit force. Tho present garri sou numbers less than 400 men and the city would be at the mercy of Villa forces in case of an attack as there is only a small garrison at Chihuahua City, which cannot be withdrawn for fear of a bandit attack. It is believed here that the Villistas will attack Chi huahua City after taking Juarez. General Francisco Murguia, district Carranza military commander, has gone to the south with his large force of gov ernment troops, leaving the city poorlV garrisoned and practically defenseless. Still other reports received here de clared that Villa would attack Chihua hua City first and that he is now lead ing his force, with the exception of a small garrison left at Ojinaga, through La Mula pass towards Chihuahua.' ; JAPAN CANT SEND TROOPS TO EUROPE SAYS MINfSTERSHODA Says Financial and Other Aid Will Be Extended In Future As Past " By Ralph H. Turner. (United Press Staff Correspondent) Tokio, Nov. 16. Sending of troops to Europe by Japan is "impossible", Minister of Finance Shoda declared to day in an address before the National Econimie association's meeting at "Osaka. "The reason is too obvious to ex plain," the minister asserted. "The 'allies understand Japan's pe culiar position in the war." he contin ued, 'f Japan has been and will continue to ass'.st tho entente in other ways than by troops. "She has already invested a half billion dollars directly or indirectly in the allied cause. She will maintain that financial aid. , "There is no danger in the Russian situation. The extremists will never suc ceed there. Italy's situation has also been improved by co-operative allied efforts. Any talk regarding the early end of tho war is German propaganda. "Despite the American trade embar go, Japan has on hand today enough steel construction material to build 300, 000 tons of shipping by next March or April. , 'The government is planning to in crease the naval armament so far as finances will permit." Minister Shoda 's speech was regarded here as expressing official sentiments on the matter of sending troops to Eu rope. Newspapers of late have been fill ed with various reports of the entente 's desire to have its eastern ally reprsent ed in Europe by troops. EEN3Y FORD HELPS. Washington, Nov. 16. Henry Ford, now aiding the aviation program and in other war work, has come to the assistance of the government shipbuilding pro gram, it was announced today. Ford's Detroit factory will im mediately begin the manufac ture of smaii parts for ship boilers, scaiiity of which is de laying completion of many ves sels. - Eiam Will Send Aviators. Portland, Or., Nov. 16. Siara will send 1,000 aviators, trained by the French, to the battle lines, Clarence A. Steele, who just arrived in America af ter six years in Siam, said here today. He declared biam is rapid! v getting on a war footing aad pcs active partici pation. - , UNITED STATES WILL TAKE CONTR OL OF THE WARNOR THCLIFF By Ed. L. Keen London, Nov. 16. Lord Northcliffe has again jarred England to wakeful ness. His letter to Premier Lloyd Goorge, severely criticising tho present govern ment and declaring that unless there is swift improvement in British move ments the United States will assume entire charge of a great part of the war, today created the greatest pol - itical stir since the Northcliffe muni - tions campaign. Northcliffe declined to head the new air ministry in the Lloyd George cab- iuet. He declared he felt he could do : better work "if I maintain my inde- pendence and am not gagged by a loy-1 Today's newspapers unanimously re alty that I do not feel towards the Emued discussion of the inter-allicd whole of your administration.". council plan as outlined by Lloyd Coming on the heels of a threatening George, as a result of the Northcliffe crisis growing out of the displeasure letter. The communication completely re expressed over Lloyd George's Paris vived the flickering evidences of a po speech, the attack of Northcliffe creat- litieal crisis. ed a situation that promises heated do- The Spectator suggested a govern Ibate in commons and certainly a pos- ment be built around Sir Eric Geddes, j sibio shakeup in the war cabinet. I ,low fi,st lord of the admiralty, and I Northcliffe lauded the work of tho j0rd liobert Cecil, minister of blockade. I United States and Canada, but declared Geddes is representative of business, ithat he had had personal experience of while Cecil represents the political in I the "obstruction and delay in London. "iterests. Re declared the censorship was still ! misused and that "men in various po sitions of authority who should have been punished have been retained and , ;in some cases elevated." This letter thrust is generally inter preted today as being directed at the 'consideration that has been shown Win- stou Churchill. Comment on the JVortnclifie letter rol- low's largely the political bent of the various papers. Discussion in political clubs brought forth the belief that Lloyd George himself may survive the crisis his government undoubtedly faco3. xno geneiai opinion is uiai inwo muni, bo a house cleaning m some of the do- partments, however. Northcliffe would not support former Premier Asquith as a possible successor 10 ijioya ueorge. Indictment Against - "'Seattle Men.Puhlic Seattle, Wash., Nov. 16. Secret fed oral indictments charging Hulett M. Wells, former president of the Central Labor Council, and candidate for may or of Seattle; Sam Sadler and Morris and Joseph Pass, brothers, with con spiracy to prevent execution or teuer al laws by force, were made public at United State3 District Attorney Clay Allen's office here yesterday. ' Although Wells and Sadler have been tried on similar charges, the Pass brothers are new parties, alleged to have drafted the anti-conscription para phlefs rccen-ly circulated here. They were arrested in New York after a sensational chase by secret service men to Galveston, Tex., Cleveland and New York. Both have been returned to Seattle. fmhj! ' I iliilllilfllSllllllMlllll 11 M 1 S SIB M A 1 "THE mum mm l! ' i 1 1 ' r!,tfiPi ! W1D.RE6AWUS.HIE 1 l I 'Wmh, v- -v " 1 1 life i TV ','L r -.-'. r I ' - , , iiv ' ' - . ' ' . ' 3 -i - t - ( - M v - - In his letter to the premier, Lord Northcliffe "gave warning concerning the relations with the United States, lie cited the tragedies of Russia, Italy, Serbia, Rumania and Montenegro and aaaed: ' ' There is one tragedy which I am sure we will not have, and that is the tragedy of the United States. "But from countless conversations with leading Americans I know that , unless there is swift improvement in ! 0ur methods here the United States will j rightly take into its own hands the en- tire management of a great part of the T.-ar It will not sacrifice its blood and treasure to the incompetent handling of nffairs in Eurone." Boys' and Girls' Aid Society Issues Appeal The annual Thankssivine anneal made by the Boys' and Girls' Aid So- leiety. of Oregon to the school children an(i citizens of the state has alwavs met witU enthusiastic response from teachers, pupils and friends throughout Oregon. It is to be hoped that a sim- inr ar,peai tor food supplies and money w;ii t en unheeded in suite of the mauv duties and economios wlucli tne war ineurs. I The society is practicing every legi - timate economy, but with its receiving home fuU to capacity, to say nothing of a waiting list, ana witu tne price of milk three times what it was last. spring, wirn a constantly uecreasmg in come, The Boys' and Girl's Aid Society cannot function to the best of its abil ity without the support of its friends in the schools and of the public in general. The society la asking for $15,000 as well as donations of canned rruit and vegetables. Such supplies will be ship ped free of charge by the railroad com panies to the organization until Decem ber Slst. PETTIGREW gives bnod. . Chicago, Nov. 16. Representatives of Richard F. Pettigrew, former United States senator, this afternoon filed bonds for his appearance in Aberdeen, S. D., where he is under indictment for alleged violation of the espionage act, j according to federal officials here. As a result, he will not be formally ar- ' rested. IMPOSSIBLE! Private Alexander Turns Against Fellow Defendants San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 16. Privato Joseph Alexander, company 1, 14th United Stateg infantry, turned state's evidence in the Jcourtmartial trying 63 negro soldiers for murder and mn tinv growing out of the Houston riot of August 23. Alexander testified that Private Wil liam J. Hough, one of the defend ants, said that ho killed a mounted police officer and shot another. Alexander declared that Sergeant Henry, who is said to have led the rioting negroes and who was killed during the riot, had issued orders to shoot the first man that fell out of line. ' Alexander is the second among tho defendants to turn state 'a evidence, Private Lloyd Shorter, who testified Wednesday, being the first. Private John Denty, company M. not a defendant, testmed that certain company I men were in company M street the afternoon before the riot "getting a gang to go to town." FRENCH AtR MINISTER SENDS U. S. FLYERS Declares That Our Young Men Are Flaking Wonderful Progress In Air Paris, Oct. 28. (By Mail). Major Brocard, chief of cabinet of the new minister of aviation, is tho former cam- .1 .a inu..i. 7 , '7, , tT , drlUe yihlch lcluded tho most fam" ous i rencn aces, notaDiy uuynemer, who brought down 54 German machines, Dorme, Heurtaux, Douilin, Chanat and de La Tour, who among them have ac counted tor close to a hundred hostile aircraft. No man in France is better qualified than tho maior to speak on j air fighting, for he has seen it in all 1 jts forms, at the Somme, on the Chemin de8 Dames and in Flanders, where he waa jn command of tho "aviation do chasse." Shortly after the. recent French air. raids over German towns, a United Press correspondent ftsked Major Brocard for his view on. the question of air-bombardments and their efficiency in a mil itary sense and tho co-operation of Am erican aviators. "There can be no doubt," said Major Brocard, "that air bombardments are destined to play an ever bigger role in the future, and there is also no doubt in my mind that the co-operation of American air-squadrong with ours is one of the surest ways of bringing the war homo to Germany and shaking her morale. I know what we can expect from American airmen, for I have had several under my orders and I cannot spoak too highly of them. As soon as they have had the necessary training, American airmen in conjunction with tho French will give a development to aerial warfare winch will surprise the (Continued on page three) LABOR UNIONS ARE ASKED TO JOIN FARMERS' PARTY President TowrJey of Non partisan Leagues Ad dresses Delegates SAYS COMBINED FORCES WOULD CONTROL POLITICS Federation Convention Is Now Considering Many Resolutions. ' By George Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent) Buffalo, N. Y,, Nov. 16. Branding farmers and factory workers of Amer ica ''dupes of organized business," jrrcBuioiit a. j. xowniey or the Farm J "NT Tl i! l ' , - s"r;"rM?ul le"8e wed on or- fh liSmn,. Ti ;, J"m wit? gic" retreat on the west front, the farmers to help win the war and ,b ,-ntr(,d German officers admit the "We What, tb6y F rdr-- Oel. Ugh command entertain, th l,m; f v t PvdU,Cec twellty;""fear that the retirement for a distance I r, TWOlt,h MwnU rluct9,of "several miles" may be necessary nJ noA r8a'T0Wn e-V,2 eog;t 9'(KI" because of recent British advances. 000 000 for it, or about $318.22 net for Data now in possession of the Brit each f armor 's family. ... ... Bh that rvown Prince Who gets tho other twenty billion? Labor doesn't get it and wo don't iret it. But business tolls labor the farmer gets it. And, by the same token, business tells the farmer that labor gets all the difference between the cost of shoes, clothing and machinery and tho exor bitant price tho farmers and the other consumers of this country have to pay for them. "We get 8 to 10 cents a pound for pork. You pay 35 to 49 cents. Tho pack ers say labor absorbs the difference." Turning to Compere, Townley said: "I want to know, Mr. President, if yon follows have got tho money f" "I'll tellyou on the quiet, later," jaugnea ompers. , ' Tho samo is true of wheat. The mil lers hand us tho same guff. "When we ask business , why wo have to pay so much for machinery, they tell us the organized metal workers get it. "When we complain of high and even higher freight rates, business tells the railroad brotherhoods wo have expen sive wives and need the money. "Tho time has come for us to under stand each other. We are at war and the government's interests, as well as our own, demand that we wipe out this nefarious profiteering system which starves us amid plenty and retards the progress and delays the success of the (Continued on page" three) RAILROAD PROBLEM LIKELY TO BE SOLVED BY PRESIDENT WILSON Brotherhood of Employes Willing to Accept Any Terms of Executive Washington, Nov. 10. A solution of railroad problems .which for a time threatened nation wide strikes and col lapse of transportation under war's heavy burdens, was in sight today The four big railway brotherhoods ha? ine agreed to accept any settlement of their wage demands proposed . by Pres ident Wilson, excepting arbitration, tho interstate commerce commission is prepared to give an early decision in the 15 per cent freight increase rate hearing. The commission" this afternoon hesrd testimony from Frank A. Yanderlip and Paul Warburg on the condition of the general money market. The com mission sought to learn what credit is available to railroads to aid it in de ciding the demands for government leans to the lines, in addition to more freight revenue. While the commission prebnbly will close its eastern rate finance hearings scheduled to present their dwmand.i next month. At the fame time the commission heard the famous bankers today, the railway car service commission met with assistants of Priority Director jLovctt to plan curtailment of non-es sential freiirnt gumments. The patriotic education society, alfo ! striving for relief of freight conges tion, demanded greater use of inland waterways in a long statement to the government today. The society complained that mem bers of the "railway war board were not directing freight away from their own lines even when a much shorter haul on Rnother road made increased efficiency possible. Here's hoping the boys eat Christmas i dinner iu WilUf juistrasse. niYJS NOV EPARING FO R RETREAT Newspapers Paving Way for "Strategic" Falling Back ' offer's Army CAPTURED OFFICERS r ADMIT MOVE IS LIKELY Italians Clara German At-: ' taptto Outflank Them ' Has Been Foiled ' By William Philip Simms ' '' (United Press staff correspondent) With tho British Armies in Flan ders, Nov. 16. Gorman ncwspaper found on recently captured prisoner show the kaiser 's government is pre- -T,n the for auother "strata- Ti,.lnirm,i,t of Bavaria in two months u. nvhnufitnil nuietv one German iu- - ... visions (nearly 1,365,000 men) in de lendhig vainly the Passchcndnele ridge in fruitless counter attacks. In a similar period of about two months the Germans during the batiltf of the Bommo used 86 divisions (1, 9fin firm mm.1 The inspired articles in uernmu newspnpers prepares the public mind for retirement on the west front, shows the German staff 's realization that ita manpower is fast waning- 1. Oapturs of Cismon Borlin, via London, Nov. 16. Cap ture' of Cismon and takinjr of several hill positions along tho Brenta river" was announced in today's official stata ment. Cismon is located at the junction of tuo ilrentn. and the Cismon rivers, about seven miles south of Fonzano. Gorman Efforts Fail Rome, Nov. 16 Teutonie efforts t encircle tne nonueru - Piave Tivcr line are being eireeuve.. Tepulsed. Today's statement asserted: "On the mountainous front from the Asiago plateau to the Piave all po sitions remained ours despite heavy (Continued on page three) LORD H0RTIICL1FF SEEKS TO DESTROY EttlRY SYSTEM Attack Not Oa Lloyd-Georgs But Upon Old Crowd Around Hia By J. W. 1: Mason (Written for the United Press) New York, Nov. 16. Lord North clitfe, chief inciter of efficiency in the British empire, is again hunting for men ot initiative to keep the war goina strong for the allies. Lord" Northcliffe believes in shake ups Ho is the most successful represen tative in Europe of American business spirit that gives a man an office with out prejudice, but with an inexorable demand' for results. The medevial idea tdill holds in many trans-Atlantic com munities that high office doesn't entail hard work, but is a reward for work al ready done. It has been' Lord North cliffe 's chief labor during the war t .combat this theory of ministerial-irresponsibility. .x Twice he has been wholly successful iu his crusades first against tho lata Lord Kitchener and again when he over threw the Asquith ministry. Now comes his third assault. It w.ll be a mistake to consider this new attack as wd at Llovd George. It is mere Painterly an effort to overthrow tho system that confines possible appointees to otticB to a very limited circle, and excuses sins of mismanagemeu!, "Z ted by those within the mystic bound- a1' Th'o present, therefore is the wort serious adventure Lord A on .c.iy. ever taken. Inefficient individuals may be casilv overthrown but the establish meat of a complete system of efneicney is another matter. It is apparent tha, kucI. is the ideal toward which Lord Northcliffe is working. And because it is an ideal, there should bo no danger of exaggerating the seriousness of ta attack whiah Lord Northcliffe has (Continued on page three) ANOTHE