Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, December 17, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTODAY'S WEATHER 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 EEA.DCSS) DAILY Only Circulation la Salem Guar anteed by th Awiit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE ISPA.TCHES PRICE TWO CENTS SAPct? FORTIETH YEAR NO. 299 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1917 m aRv v ' :" " i.-in.i. .. i'.-' loots ei6Hr i SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAX ' STWT VV; , , . . , CJ V Vv. rtifU to 3 tBYWBWaWBBJICB " I vj7 '. I F1''' I H ' ' W" - ' ' rly. 3S? ii ' J"" "" - 1 ' . . .. ' -' RED TAPE COSTLY IN ARMY YORK SO CROZIER ADMITS Ordinance Chief, hf?Nr, Placed Chief Blame Conditions On Congress GermanytoTransmit Peace Terms to Allies CHAMBERLAIN TAKES ISSUE WITH WITNESS f. . .Amsterdam, Doe. -17. Ger- many will shortly transmit pence terms to the allies through neutrals and under pledge of secrecy, according to word from Berlin today. i Reports declared the peace terms would assert "Germany's poltical disinterestedness as to Belgium, but would not men- tion Alsace-Lorraine.'.' Whether they would cover the German colonies or future disarmament and future indemnities for dam M ages in Belgium and northern France was not known here. i MOTHER HEAVY LOSS TO ENGLISH SHIPPING-REPORT One Destroyer and Five Mer chantmen Sunk by Ger man Raiders Why Appropriation for Rifles Was Diverted to Bay Pistols for Army Washington, Dec. 1 7. Frankly admit ting there is too much red tone in tlin PROHIBITION IN LOW HOU EOF ESS TODAY var government, Major General CrozierjAlUCndmeat, ApprOVCU Dy thief of ordnance, today again placed! O l T . tl I i. the bulk of the blame on congress. This Afternoon A hot colloquy followed in tlin sen ate war probe committee, with members taking Crozier to task for continually blaming congress for America's unpie paredness. Senators Hitchcock and Chamberlain forced him to admit-that when estimates are made they must bo approved by the Washington, Dec. 17. With the air tense, the house of representatives to day started debate on the national pro- war college, then by tho general staff, hibition amendment approved by the ana. msi oy rue secretary or War, be-1 iure congress sees mem. This process. Crozier insisted is un avoidable. "You have no idea, evidently, how intricate the ordering of artillery is," be said. "What's intricate nbout ordering guns?" demanded Hitchcock. "You knew you would need a large number of guns. Why didn't you go ahead and order themf If a business man's place is burned he doesn't sit down and figure out to the dollar what lie '11 need to spend to replace it; he orders by telegraph what he knows lie '11 need." Senator Chamberlai Fiunl vote, scheduled for five p. in.. was confidently awaited by the auti snluon forces- It was regaided by both sides as the preliminary to the bigger fight in tho forty eight state legisla tures approval of thirty six being nec essary t'u make this a dry nation. Bitterness over organized labor's opposition to the amendment develop ed in the opening speech lor the 'drys' by Representative Webb, chairman of the. judiciary committee and co author of the resolution. "Samuel (tampers never has ... and doss not represent organized labor on this -question. ' - - . I ue great body of American labor CONVOY OF SQUADRON WAS CAUGHT NAPPING Italians Assume Of ensive and Drive Aasiro-Germans from Positions in said he couldn 't ,r 1 wi,: S "L CTJtlT. understand how congMs tied things im'i it.. JST? JiY """" by delaying the appropriation until Gomoers.: in a full Mw HIf,Hw. June. "You ment in local papers, had addressed an had money appropriated in ' inHm. vvku ;., j'.. 918 which you had not spent," said beers and light wines. Chamberlain. "Things you could have; oI10 democrat and one republican ordered you didn't order; you didn't from ea'h side was selected to control even contract for them." the division cf time in the debate; "We had to revise the program, Webb and Volstead for the drys and which was contemplated by the 1910 ap-. Gardo and Graham for the wets Thig propriation," said Crozier. "It's true plan was $ulptod after republicans (Continued on pager three) (Continued on page six) WAR OF LAGOONS IS WAGED BY ITALIANS TO PRESERVE VENICE London, Dec. 17. Four German de stroyers carried out a successful raid in British waters early Wednesday morning sinking five merchantmen, erne British destroyer, five armed traw lers and damaging one other trawler. 'Tho announcement of these losses was made in tho house of commons late today by First Lord of the Ad miralty Geddes and Dr. MeNamara, fi nancial secretary to the admiralty. Sir Eric Geddes,' first lord of the ad miralty, said five neutral merchant ships had been sunk and one British.. MeNamara said two neutral nier ehautmen had been sunk off the River Tyne. The British destroyer sunk was the Partridge. The second British destroy cr, which formed an armed escort for the convoy described by Sir Eric Geddes, was the I'ellew." The Pollow, according to Geddes, had a hole blown in her hull but escaped. On board her there were four British killed and two wounded. Geddes reported that there wero' fif ty survivors of tho Partridge and the trawlers of which ten wero wounded Nrhich had been picked up by -the four German destroyers who attacKed ana taken-1 :KieL 'fiighty. eight Scandiua' vian citizens, of which two were wo men and. ten British survivors wero rescued- by destroyers.' Others reached Norway in open boats. . MeNamara 's statement told of the sinking of one trawler, the damaging of a second and the sinking of two neu. tral merchantmen before dawn eff tho River Tyne. Eight were dead. These eight were.belioved to be civ ilian casualties. With the total of nar al dead reported by Sir Erie Geddes,, the. total loss of life in the German raiding activity would appear to be twelve. The River Tyne, mentioned in Dr. MeNamara 's announcement, is in the north of England and its most famous city is New! Castle. The German raiding squadron of four destroyers apparently encountered tho two convoys mentioned by Geddes and MeNamara at different points, sweep ing up tho coast in search, of their prey This is the second time that fast German warships have successfully at- in, - .:-IP. ffPiWfM . ' it I few MiMMhrnA 5, a i . - -" -" 1 Q 19IT, The BaHtrtifM Symli ABOVE EVERY BATTLEFIELD Give and be a partner with these brave Soldiers of Humanity in every charge against' Autocracy if - By Henry Wood. (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armies in Italv, Dec 17. Italy is waging the war of lagoons to save enice the strangest, lialt- ainmtic, lialt-water and half land con flirt the history of war has ever known, Centuries ago, Atill.i and his origin al Huns reached exactly tho same spot between the Piave and Sile rivers that the. modern Teutonic Huns have reached today. Fifteen, hundred years ago the origin al inhabitants in this section fled from the mainland and on the guifs and flats of the lagoons founded the island colon ies which eventually became Venice. Over the same intervening ' canals, marshes, lagoons and lakes by which At Abe Martin .J - ." lwfCCKfr I sruL I 1 fo ALL Toadyin' after somebuddy that's yreat or influential is a never failin' ign o' inferiority. Onions speak louder 'n words. t ilia and his Huns were cheeked the Italian forces today are checking the niedern day Huns. ' They are checking the enemv bv a highly perfected land and water defense which, when the conflict is over, will form one of the mojt interesting chap ters of tho whole history "of the war. Since November 19, on which the Austrians, in crossing the lower Piave in their headlong rush to Venice, were suddenly checked by the Italian lagoon defenses, the entire gulf of Venice, with its endless canals and marshes, with islands disappearing and reappearing with the tide, has been the scene of a continuous naval lagoon battle. It was still progrewing today. The fighting is absolutely without precedent. The modern Hnns arc desperately try ing to turn the Italian right" wing by progresing around the northern limits of the Venetian gulf. For the purpose of the. lagoon bat tle jSS well as for general defense, the : Italians inundated the section and st-al-j ed all Adriatic entrances into the gulf; by mine fields. The Venetian irulf there-' fore was converted into an isolated sea. I Over this inland waterway the con-j flict is ragingsbitterly. To ift their purpose of defenses, the Italians have 1 developed a "lagoon fleet' ranging! from the fleetest of motor boats, armed r with machine guns, small cannon and torpedo tubes, to huge, cumbersome, ; tiat-bottomed British monitors, mount ing the biggest of marine guns. All the Italian vessels navigate sec ret channels dug in the bottom of the shallow lagoons. Onlv the Italian war pilots know these courses. Even gondo-; las steering off the channels are in-! stantly and hopelessly stranded. j Not onlv this, but since the mudflv! flats and marshy islands do not permit 1 artillery emplacements, " the Italians have developed an immense fleet of fixating 1 atteries. The guns range from ' three inch field pieces to the great f if- ( te-u inch monsters. Each is camouf laged to represent a tiny island, a gar-! den patch or a houseboat. ' Floating on the class-like surface j or ir,e lagoons, me guns lire a lew snots ; and then change positions making it' (Continued on page three) KERR MAKES WEAK ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN FAKE KANSAS STORY Lays Blame for Circulation of $9,000 Offer to" Stori Printed In His Absence B11F0 000KEMBTRSOY DID OF THE WEEK Over One Hundred Active Men and Women Enlist In Campaign Today Inspired with patriotism and enthus iasm and backed by Mayor Keyes' proclamation that overy man and wo man in Salem should become a mem ber of the American Eed Cross, up wards of one hundred Bed Cross work ers began the "drive" this morning which is expected to net some 6000 new members within tho city by the end of the week.. And out in the country districts something over 300 more earnest and enthusiastic workers opened he drive to secure another 6000 new Red Cross workers before the end of the week. Twelve thousand new members to the Bed Cross is the goal set for Ma- UILD BARRACKS CITY TO HOLD EMPLOYES OF THE WAR BUREAU IPS (Continued on page three) (Portland Telegram, Dec. 15.) Topeka, Kan., Dec. 14. The report from Portland, Oregon, that W. J. 1 Kerr, president of the Oregon Agricul-! tural college, had been . offered the ' nrejjiilencv nf the Kflnsnn State Acrri-' cultural college and had declined the position, was denied here last night by former Governor E. W. Hoch, chairman of the bSRrd of administration. Mr. Hoch stated that the presidency of the Kansas school was not even mentioned, to Dr. Kerr while the board was in Washington recently, and that the Oregon man had never been considered for the position. r Kr. Kerr fetakes Statement. Corvallis, Ore., Dee. 15. President W. J. Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural college, when informed of the dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, dictated the following statement: "The whole situation is one of great embarrassment to me. These things ordinarily are settled without publicity. All the agitation here was based on a newspaper story of which I knew noth ing until my return (from Washington) about 10 days later. "While under the circumstances I dislike to discuss 4he matter, the fact is that I was requested and urged to consider the position. That was a matter of common knowledge, not only an;ong my friend in Washington but ia Kansas as well." Washington City Has Been Overcrowded by Rush Caused by War .By George Martin, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Dec. 17. A barracks city iu the Patomae to house its largo and rapidly growing army of civilian war aides will be built by the Amer ican government at once, it was learned today. Washington 'itself has crumpled un dcr the imparft of sixty thousand war emergency citizens. That number probably will be doubled within six months, as tho inflow of men, women and girls from throughout the coun try is constant. Without these bar racks the situation would bo unbear able. The emergency workers already here Hon county bv Rev. Robert 8. Gill. : have overwhelmed tho public, and pri- managcr of the drive within the coun- j vate living conveniences of this, cif ty, e.nd his corps of co-workers. Of this of 310,000 peace time souls, amount it is expected that one half j Tho barracks for families and board will be secured within the city of Ha-' ers will be erected under the direction lem and one half from the balance of the county. Salem has far less members at pres ent according to population than any other place iu the county, according to estimates made at campaign headquar ters. "In general the ratio of member ship to peculation throughout the coun ty is one to six plus. In Hubbard the ratio of membership to population is about one to two, and in Silvcrton it is one to three plus. In Salem tho mem bership ratio is only about one to twelve. It is estimated that should as many new members be seured whhin the city in proportion to population as now exist in some points in the county, Salem would have a member ship of close to 10,000. Three thousand is the total of members now enrolled. City Districted Mrs. E. E. Fisher, who is manager of the campaign within the city, in addition to. dividing the city into 29 districts each of which will be can vassed by an auxiliary, has arranged for eiht booths at various points in the city in order to catch thote who cannot be seen at their residences or are visitors in the city. Theso booths are in charge of Miss Mabel Withy combe and are located at the follow- of the D. C. Commissioners and the I D. C. Council of National Defense. The Council of National Defense and con gress will authcrize its construction. The public utilities' breakdown un der the present added load has become .almost intolerable. Telephone service, except through government offices, is hopeless. The street car systems groa and stagger very uncertainly along un . der the unprecedented traffic, j Thousands of men, women and girls wolk long distances to work every day rather than fight their way into the cars. No new lines nnd cars are built because of war shortage of materials and freight space. There aren 't enough houses. No more can be built because contractors cannot not materials or prices are too high. Rent arc prohibitive. Real estate men are cleaning up. One agent who raised the rent on the house occupied by another agent said to him: "We've been starting here for four vears. How we're going to get what's coming to us; and you're no exception." Hotels are filled to overflowing all ! the time. Boarding house profiteers mg piaces-aiem jjanKoi commerce. rfBnintf . 0,,,n harv..t nana, l. o. national -.!,:. t. . ,.ja ,..,; Meyers and post rffice. The 29 districts into which the city has been divided and the auxiliary in GERMAN SPY ROBS : BRITISH MISSION'S OFPICEAT CAPITAL Officials Say It Was An "In side Job" Which Amounted To Very Little SOCIALIST LEADER SffllS-SEPARATE PEACEVITIIRUSSIA Philip Schudeman, Majority, Leader of Party Now . In Stockholm CONFERS WITH DELEGATE CF PRO-GERMAN RUSSIANS German Socialist Leader Is Strong Supporter of Kaiser's Autocratic Program BOLSHEVIKI DEFEATED Petrograd, Dec. 17- Bolshe viki regiments were defeated by Ukrainian troops Saturday at Odessa, according to word received today. By Joseph Saaplen (United Press staff correspondent) SiocKholm, Dec. 17. Philip Schcido mnnn, leader of tbo German ma)rity socialists, is hero today conferring with Bolsheviki Minister Orlovsky on peace between Germany and Russia. "1 am very sorry, but I cannot dis cuss tho nature of my conference with M. Orlovsky," Scheidcmann told t.io United Press today. Odlovsky was equally reticent. ront other sources, nowever, it was reported that Scheidemann had been clothed with full power by the German govern ment, which had directed the peace angling at Stockholm rather than at Brest fcitovsk because proceedings at the latter place were subiect to full publicity by the Bolsheviki. The Brest Litovsk conference of com missioners representing the arfnies of Germany and Russia will presumably continue, irrespective of negotiations at Stockholm. - The Bolsheviki, it was reported, first suggested the conference with Scheide mann at the Swedish city in the belief that would Jne up (Sfhaeidemann ' majority socialists against German im perialism. After four months' effort, Scheld'i mann has finally managed to meet with a representative of Russia to an gle for peace. Scheidemann, leader of the majority socialists, is a firm supporter of tho Gorman government, managing in slims Unexnlicable way to bend his pseudo-socialistic creed to fit in with Germany '8 autocratic course. It wa Schoiilnninnn who last summer tried for weeks to call an '.'international socialist coufcreiKO on peace" at Stockholm. At that time it was known, that -he was a direct agent of thti Ger man autocratic government and pre Rumablv the erovernment was seeking j...n. -I,,,, omit an nllprcd socialist IU JUOW O'l' --".- - - meeting, At any rate, tno uerman guf- preparations wnerooy Washington, Dec. 17. A German spy entered and robbed the British war mis- sion's offices in the Munsey building here, according to a theory under offi cial investigation today. A key to tho mission's privato United Stutes postoffice box is the principal article missing. It was an "inside job" according to' detectives. 1 Art iron gate reaching from tho mar-1, bio floor to the ceiline lias been erected eminent made at the entrance and every lock in the the German socialists of the Scheide suite and to the adjacent offices haslmann typo would mniinse to dominate been changed. Under locks and bars in'and control any "such internationalo. " the ission's offices is tho most impor-; 8cheidemann lined up the Interna tant military and naval information in'tiomil Socialist Bureau of tho Hague existence outside of England. American behind such an international confer military secrets which constantly fig-!ence. Then French socialist and Brit ure in the vital negotiations between ish laborito members were forbidden this government and Great Britain also -to attend any such German inspired are locked up in the mission's archives. ! meeting and the conference fell Entry to these records would be a para-, through. disc to a German spy. ! KerensKy was tnon ai w.e ...- British officials, however, deny that, the Russian government. He saw (Continued on page three) I (Continued on pag3 two) ARMY AND NAVY P CHIEFS ARE HOME FROM WAR COUNCIL y By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington. Dec. 17.- Home from planning broad guage war work, Admir al Benson and General Bliss, army and navy chiefs, today felt that all the al lies, including the United Stutes, are! Just when Colonel House, head of the mission, will consult with President Wilson is unknown though it is assumed his written reports will be supplement ed by a verbal one very soon. Between his reports and those of Bliss and Benson a new turn to the war In the army ;.. i....tr t,w.k an,! l.nrTe and ! worn can do auticipaieu. will uot turn Tack until victory is; tins win ue expeuiieu u, iuo achieved. Though they gathered a full : council- announce omuruajr U.KUI, UJr realization of the new menace from Secretary Baker. strengthened Teuton forces on the west ' Meantime, Secretary Baker has a ifr voci niatntottt Trnm tttcir r 'I Out ii n T uiv7ij vi'li""" v capital .'National Dans, c. j of patriotism, make much fuss about ! "never having done anything of thf ;lcinI before" and eharcre none too well eharee of each are as follows, the P""1 K,r,s Government wora.-r. .,o or boundaries named being north, south, fe a month for hall bedrooms and east, west, respectively, in each case: ihash. Dozens of girls have come hero 1 Citv limits South street, High '. from different parts of the country street, river. Highland auxiliary. ! and promptly returned home when thev 2 Highland avenue, Madison" strert, , learned that ro .m and board would ,. cost them more than their jobs paid (Continued on page two) ' them. problem than he, offered a week ago. for his weekly summary last night de nied that the Germans now have the initiative iu the west. This report point ed out that the enemy is making a des- front. expressions that the spirit of determin ation among all the fighters is such that the Germans must ultimately yield. They were particularly pleased at the hi,ll,1,r MTtirit flhiiHrti tiv America's men on land and sea, and held it augured perate effort to "put across" some well for the future. ! thing big there apparently to further Both men reported to their secretar- his forthcoming peace moves. Incident ies briefly, however, that real speed is I ally the summary added that reprisal needed in sending more men and more air raids over Germany haye been sue ships "over there" They are scheduled cessfully initiated, "bringing home to to have longer conferences with the sec- Germany some of her own schrecklieh- - ... i -i :n ,ii i,;i I koit ' " roiariPS laier auu man win ...... j their leading subordinates problems pre sented by the recent allied conference. Only five more days.