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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1917
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SEPARATE PEACE
ALMOST CERTAIN
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Russians at Washington Bs
lieve Such Action Will
Be Great Calamity
NO WAY TO PREVENT
. CONSUMMATION SEEN
Fighting Is Reported Today
In Streets of Odessa Be
tween Rival Factions
' Washington, Dec. 19. A -separate
peace between Eussia and Ggrmany is
inevitable and nothing lesa than a mir
acle will prevent its consummation, un
less Eussia shakes herself free from
,the strangle hold of Bolshevikisui, Rus
sian officials predicted today.
' ' The effects of a separate peace be
tween Russia and Germany cannot be
over-estimated,' a Bussian "official stat
ed. "Once a separate peace has been
signed, the action will be irreparable.
Germany realizes this and will let no
.obstacle stand in iier way. She will even
concessions which she has no inten
sion of keeping in order to further the
(criminal actions of the Bolsheviki.
Official forecast at the embassy is
that Germany and Austria will comply
'.Trotsky 's ' ' no annexation, no contribu
tion and self -definition of boundaries,"
demands.
The Teutons' foreign ministers prob
hbly also "will agree not to use any
forces now on the Russian front against
the allies because the Germans no
longer have a formidable force station
ed there. What forces stationed along
tlio Bussian front that have not been
transferred to other fronts or replaced
by. weaker units have been withdrawn
jnobtly far enough from the line to place
them out of the jurisdiction of the
''.iokrfr" in Trotsky 's peace program.
"Conclusion of a separate peace,
vhich now seems inevitable," an offic
ial said, "will be an irreparable wrong
to loyal Russia ana her allies. Once sep
arate articles have been signed, Bussia
will be permanently out of the war. The
fact that such a peace agreement will
lie illegal, having been consummated by
nu irresponsible power,' will in no way
mitigate its effectivenes."
That tho Bolsheviki will continue in
power long enough to put over their
peace program is predicted by Russian
officials. Latest reports indicate that
irore thau one-half of Russia, territor
ially and numerically, has repudiated
the Maximalist regime, At the present
rate of disintergation their downfall
thould come within u month, it w-as
stated, but this will be too late.
"Germany's game is to sign a sopar
site peace before the down fall comes"
a high Russian official said. "The Cen
tral Powers will not push their demands
for contributions at present, but they
luiow it will be virtually imposible to
collect. It would make a separate peace
more difficult.
Germany can also afford to agree, in
a, hypocritical way, to no annexations,
because Lithuania, Poland, Courland
and Finland's insistence upon autonomy
will make them easy victims for Ger
man absorption after the war.
The Leniue-Trotsky threat of terror
ism to be instituted against their op
ponents is no idle boast, officials be-
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V Abe Martin
Some o' the?s days a girl with an J
aversion t' housework is goin ' t' tie i
up t' a feller with an aver.-in t' mr.k-'i
in" a livin an' then ther will be some-:
thin' doin'. Necessity is t!i' mother o'
jiaw-paw butter.
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GENEKALS kaledin and koeni-
LOFK, WHO WAGE WAR ON BOL-
i 8HEVIKI.
SOCIALISTS
SEPARA TE
(lllllllllr'"'r'l"
INJURE THEIR CAUSE
By Joseph' Shaplen
(United Press Btaff correspondent)
Stockholm, Doc. 9. Socialists of
the Central Powers oppose a separate
peace, with Bussia.
They fear such a step may so
strengthen the German imperialists
that Germany's socialism will be wip
ed out forcibly.
WcTd to this effect was brought her-;
today by International Socialist bu
reau officials.
The bureau is exerting strong pres
suro on both Russian and German so
cialists against such a peaco.
The Central Powers socialists, it wis
stated, will call immediately a congress
to discuss formal rejection of a .sepa
rate peace.
Secretary Hiiysmans of thfe Interna
tional Socialist bureau, implored Phil
ip behcidomann, leader or the German
maioritv socialists, now nerc, to re
turn to Berlin and oppose a separate
peace.
other German socialists here told
the United Press today that their ob--e"tion
to a separate would soon be
formally registered. Thoir opposition,
it was stated was "due to growing
audacity expressed in the war aims ofjgTaPhed Arthur Henderson, leader of
rulers cr tne (jentrai rowers,' auric'iime onusii iauur party, ana rrencn and
to the open boasting of the imperialist
German press. Socialists of the Central
Powers are apprehensive that a peace
Elks Receive Large
Ssrvice FlagHonor Roil
The largest service 'flag in the city
lias been received by the Elks lodse
and will eoou be displayed in a promi
nent place at the club rooms. The flag
9" by i2 feet in dimension and contains
41 stars in honor of the 44 members of
the order who have jcined the colors.
The members thus honored are: R
D. Bvrd, F. D. Lewis, S. S. Skiff, Mar
tiu Viesko, W. Carlton Smith, F. L
Hunter, John C. Taylor, Ralph W. Lind
sim-, Conrad Stafrin, Walter Spaulding.
M. Pearce, Chas. Z. Randall, H. L
Windus, R. E. Pomeroy, Frank M. Si
mon. Wm. Perlich. Herbert W. Savage,
W. L. Miller, A. S. Howe, Jr., Thos-'C.
Wood, J. Wiggins. Jr., O. B. Durdall.
Hcnrv X. Ord. H. J. Ebcrlv, H. E. Clay,
H. E. Wilson, Ralph E. Wilders, Roy
C. Barth. Geo. P. Griffith, J. P. Alex
ander, G- E. Hunter, L. H. Mott. F. V.
S hwab. Robert Ankenj , Melville S.
Jone?. Geo. P- Downing, E. B. Hamil
tr.n Sid D. Jones, H. W. Doolittle. S.
IB. Welch, H. J. Mciring, M. Pinkenton,
O. L. McDonald, X. W. Harroun, M.
i S. Lamport. "
CHIEF OF ORDNANCE
Washington. Dec. 19. Brigadier Gen
eral Wheeler was yesterday assigned
ts acting chief of ordnance while Gen-
eral Crozier serves on the war council.
GENERAL GORGAS
ADVICE HEEDED l?l
THE ARMY CAM P.S
Conditions Which Have Led
To Disease Hare Been
Remedied
REPORT ACTED UPON
WHEN FILED MONTH AGO
Senator Chamberlain Says
-Committee Will Go Into
All These Things
By Carl D. Groat
.(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington. Dec. 19. Orders have
been issued putting into effect urgent
recommendations made by Surgeon Gen
eral Gorgas for removing and allevlat
ing conditions which have led to disease
and suffering in American army camps,
the war department stated today.
Gorgas' recommendations and state
ment of conditions as lie round them in
the camps were given nearly a month
ago. They were publicly revealed only
yesterday, but were promptly rollowea
by the chief of staff, it was stated.
In accordance with Uorgas' recom
mendations orders were issued giving a
tent for every five men instt?,d or nine,
along with establishment of observation
camps, installation of plumbing in hos
pitals and expediting issue or ucavy
clothing. ,
"Tne conditions revealed are as
tounding," said Senator Chamberlain.
chairman of the military affairs com
mittee today. "The committee has plan
ned all along to go into them fully
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IN FEAR
PEA CE MA Y
with Eussia might permit Germany to
mass enough men for a victory on tho
west front, increasing the prestige of
the militarists in Germany and giving
them an opportunity nttcrly to crush
out all German socialism.
Dr. Weltner, leader of the Hungar
ian socialists, arrived here today, in
company with Huysmans- He told the
United Press that more than 120,000
people attended a great demonstration
at Budapest on November 24, which
demanded a general, not a separate
peace, and that the Central "Powers
openly state their war aims. Tho gath
ering, Dr. Weltner declared, rejected
a separate peace plan with Russia, op
enly holding such a move to present'
"the greatest possible danger to de
mocracy. '
Subsequently, according to Weltner,
a congress of Hungarian soldiers, dis
cussing the same subject, adopted res
olutions urging Huysmans and the In
ternational Socialist bureau immedi
ately to call a general conference of
socialists at Stockholm to prevent con
summation of the plan.
Huysmans said today he had tele-
Italian socialists, regarding this re
quest for an " Internationale " at
Stockholm.
Billy Sunday Rejoices
Over Prohibition Vote
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 19 Billy Sunday
was shouting "happy" when informed
that the nation wide prohibition amend
nient had successfully passed both
house and senate.
"I am shouting happy to think thut
I am- going to livo long ' enough to
preach tho funeral services of the li
quor business in America. I am over
whelmingly glad that I can see the end
of this lawless, anarchistic, pimple
making, rice-producing, Sabbath-break
ing, pocket-emptying, honor-wrecking,
rag-bedecking, blood-polluting, riot
making, infamous, corrupt, God forsak
en business."
SHOT BT EX-WIFE
San Francisco, Dec. 19. Frank Da
roux, formerly one of tho best known
sporting men on the Pacific coast, was
shot yesterday afternoon by Tessie
Wall, his divorced wife. Daroux was
standing in front of the Tivoli theater
at the time. It is not known how ser
iously he is wounded.
A year a?ro Darcux filed suit for di
vorce, alleging cruelty- The case was
bitterly contested in Superior Judge
Graham's court- Daroux won the de
cree but his wife was awarded approx
imately $100,000 in cash and personal
property.
Twenty-Five Thousand
American Cannon
Would Defeat Germans
'Washington, Dec. 19- Twen-
ty five thousand American can
noa fighting against Germany ajc
-would bring victory to the al-
litii, . Oortgresstniaii (MoCormick
of Illinois declared last night
in a ' formal statement on his
testimony before the senate
military probe.
"But apparently we shall "fle
have produced practically no
guns until a year after our dec-
laration of war J" he said.
. "If we make guns enough
and transport them to Europe
before the spring of 1919 we
ought to win this war without
terrible losses-! Without the
guns we shall lose tho men aad
may lose .the war. ' '
Congressman McCormick, ro- l
suming his testimony yesterday
afternoon called attention to
the -urgency of artillery being
supplied American troops in
Europe. He is said to have quot
ed General Haig and General
Pctain to the effe-t that Aaier-
i 'a must equip its own force to
make it an effective aid be-
causo Britai n and France havo
not sufficient to do so.
SUSPECT IS UNDER
SURVEILLANCE, AND
ARREST IS EXPECTED
Tried Several Times To
Force Way' Into Gov-
ernors
Sacramento, Cal.,- Dee 19. Suspicion
of the police and secret service agents
who are investigating the attempt to
dynamite the governor's mansion and
kill Governor and Mrs. Stephens, point
ed today to a man, now under surveil
lance, who twice tried to force his way
into the presence of,,the governor. His
actions are being 3tWwatohed and
t is reported he- may be arrested soon.
A week ago the man appeared at the
governor a mansion and demanded to
see the govornor, blaspheming wBcji
the maid denied him admittance. On an
earlier occasion ho forced his way in
to the governor's office while Govern
or Stephens was out of the city.
Theories that the explosion was
caused by anything except the detona
tion of dynamite were swept away to
day when it was announced that detect
ives had. found a twisted fulminating
cap-embedded in the wall near the hole
resultine from tho explosion. Police
and secret service men wore divided to
day as to tho motive for the crime.
Some) expressed, the opinion that a
Gorman agent or sympathizer had per
petrated the outrage because of the
governor's strong stand in favor of
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LIVE BY
TvjwHWa traitor mmmm
Denial That Japanese
Troops Are at Vladivostok
By Balph H. Turner
(United Press staff correspondent)
Tokio, Dee. 19. Official denial of
ipersistent reports that Japanese troops
have been landed in Vladivostok was
made to the United Press yesterday by
the Jajianese foreign office. The for
oign minister declared that no such ac
tion was imminent.
However, Russian developments are
daily increasing the Japanese interest
in tho situation there and are causing
considerable press comment on Japan's
probable attitude should tho state of
disorder in Siberia continue. Some
newsipapers declare that a (situation
might arise which would create a ne
cessity for sending Nipponese soldiers
to Siberia.
Citizens of Siberia are again report
ed to be planning the organization of
a separate government. Reports of a
conference of Siberian leaders at
Tomsk have been substantiated by
many British and Americans, who are
arrivins from Russia in increasing
numbers. These declare that Siberia is
strongly anti-Bolsheviki and in favor
of the allies and would welcome the en
try of allied troops, preferably Amer
ican, to establish order.
The proposed new Siberian govern
ment would extend from Vladivostok
to Tomsk with Irkutsk as its center.
PROHIBITION FORCES
ACTUM WOI
Illinois WiH Be Scene of Hard
Fight for Control of
Legislature
Chicago, Dee. 19. Dry forces in Il
linois will center their fight for ratifi
cation of the national prohibition
amendment on seeking to control the
regular "legislature in 1919, rather than
asking a special election, F. Scott Mc-
Bride, state superintendent of the Anti-
l.siaf tri.nr tlm Jrvg ln,1 o rooixn'tv I,i
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the lower house elected from Chicago
,, . . . .J t
more seats from Chicago in the Septem
ber primaries and between eight and a
dozen new ones downstate.
Missouri Will Ratify.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 19. Missouri will
ratify the national prohibition amend
ment, political observers predicted to
day. They pointed to the fact that the
last legislature was dry and they count
on the election of an equally dry legis
lature next fall. Statewide prohibition
was defeated in Missouri in 1910 and
1916.
- Nevada Drys Confident.
Carson City, Ncv., Dec. 19. Prohi
bition will bo tho principal issue at
the next general election in Nevada, as
(Continued on page four)
THE SWORD, DIE BY THE SWOPwD
FACTORY HEADS
TESTIFY BEFORE
SENATEPROBERS
Stoddard Says We Could Not
Interest Officials In His
Machine Gun
REMINGTON MAN
SAYS NOTICE DELAYED
Daily Production of Rifles In
creasing Rapidly
nesses Testify
Washington, Dec. 19. Attompts on
or about February 3, 1917 tho date of
breaking relations with Germany to
interest the war department In a ma
chine gun that could bo speedily deliv
ered, met with rebuff from an ord
nance department official, who said
"we are not interested."
This was told today to .the senate
military probers by L. E. Stoddard,
vice president of the Marlin Rifle cor
poration, New Haven, Conn.
Delivery of rifles for the American
army was delayed several months by
failure of the war department to noti
fy private arms makers in time that
their plants would bo called upon for
a huge output.
This was another development at to
day's session of the testimony of H.
S. Kimball, president of tba Reming
ton company.
Kimball and Stoddard were among
tho first civilian witnosses the com
mittee ha9 heard.
Daily production of rifles Is steadi
ly increasing, Kimball said. He fully
agreed with the change made in the
British Enfield rifle so it would nsa
the same ammunition as the American
British
Springfield.
L "On February 81 told Colonel Rice,
'head ofthe maehm gun division of
the ordnance . department, y that our
company had bought the necessary ma
chines to make machine guns for Am
erican ammunition," Stoddard said.
" 'What did you do that fort' Col
onel Rice asked mo.
" 'We think the United States gov
ernment will be needing them'." Stod
dard said he replied.
"'We're not interested,' was the
K-urt reply of Colonol Eiec," Stoddard
testified.
"Wo saw there was no uso trying to
talk with the ordnance department."
he said. "So we just went aheaWfThn
ufacturing without orders, contract or
anything else. Wo know they needed
the guns, if they didn't know it.
"We've already delivered more
than
2000 guns to them.
(Continued on page three)
TEN LIVES LOST
II AIR RAID OVER
CITY ON.0ND0I1
Sixteen to Twenty Machines
In Latest German Bomb
ing Raid
ONE GERMAN AIRSHIP
BROUGHT DOWN IN KENT
Raiders Flew at Great Height
Several Fires Were
Started
London, Dec. 19. Ten persons were
killed and seventy injured in the first
German raid over London since Decem
ber 6, occurring last night. Lord French
reported today.
Sixteen to twenty machines nartiei-
pated, entering over the Kent and Ea
se coasts. One German machine was
brought down over Kent and another
is believed to have been accounted for
over the channel.
The raiders flew at a great height.
Several fires were started in London by
their bombs but none caused serious
damage,
Full Details Lacking.
London, Dec. 19. Full details of last
night's air raid had not been announc
ed early today. The preliminary state
ment said a number of hostile machines
crossedthe Kent and Essex coasts at
6:15 p.'"m. and dropped bombs on Lon
don, Kent and Essex.
Last night's raid was the first Ger
man air raid since that of December
8, when the enemy sent 25 planes in an
effort to reach Loudon, two or three
succeeding.
Twenty Machines in Raid.
London, De, 19. Of a German raid
ing squadron of from sixteen to twenty
machines which dropped bombs . over
Kent, Essex and London last night, Brit
ish defense aircraft accounted for one
and possibly two, Lord French announc
ed today.
One German raider was downed over
the Kent coast, the commander-in-chief
of home defense forces stated. The
other was believed to have been brought
down over the channel. All British ma
chines returned safely.
One British airman arose to a height
of thirteen thousand foet over London
to empty five drums of machine gun
ammunition, over a raider as he was
loosing his bombs.
Ten persons were killed and seventy
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WOODLAND FLOOD
IS VERY SERIOUS
Steamers Are Being Sent to
6cm from Portland to
the Rescue
Portbiud, Or., Dec. 19. With two to
nix feet of water in its streets many
homes flooded and cattle reported
drown in nearby districts, Woodland,
Wash., isolated from the world, is to
day lacing a crisis in the rapid rise of
Lcwi.1 river. Frantic appeals for a
steamer to remove the women and child
ren was thu finul word received be
fore all wires went out.
The main portion of the town is un
lei water, which is reported rising
rapidly. The driftwood and lumber car
ried ulong in the swirl is said to be
threatening the $1,000,000 bridgo of the
Northern Pacific railway.
Fire destroyed two homes near Wood
land, and it was necessary to remove
the families from these buildings in
boats. Lamps upset in the excitement
caused both blazes. In many instances,
n omen and children were reported
clinging to tfie roofs cf houses as an
only haven.
Slides along the North bank railroad
icaJi it impossible fur trains to reach
the strickeu town, so a steamer was dis-j'-atrlicd
from Portlund last night by
Mayor Baker and another will be sent
today. The situation is serious, accord
ing to local bankers, etc., who communi
cated with Woodland clients late yes
terday. The suddenness of the river's rise
made it impossible to remove much from
the homes and stores. Further loss of!
stock by ranchers is certain.
Insufficient culverts along the rail
road grade below town caused the river
to back up, and the rapid rate of its
rising made the inundation of the town
a matter of a short time. In some streets
the current was strong enough to sweep
over pedistrians.
Crest of Flood Passes
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 19. The flood
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