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Newspaper Page TextTODAY'S WEATHER 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation la Salem Guar anteed by tha Audit BuXeau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WliLAJVtBTTB VAL LEY NEW8 SERVICE Oregon: Tonight nnil Saturday rain or snow; warmer east portion to night; moderate easterly winds. FORTY-FIRST -YEAR NO. 10 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ' KTS WOOLP BUT WE I fir (Mfttmfit SENATE ACTION IS DEMANDS AT ONCE BY P Flushed With House i Upper Branch of Congr Is Stormed SUFFRAGE IS ASKED " AS WAR MEASURE Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Exprc resses Confidence In .Early Victory r By L. O. Martin (United Press staff correspondent) . Washington, Jon. 11. The battle of the nations ' women for full suf frage swung into the senate today. Fresh from a complete victory in the houso last night, 'where tho suffrage' amendment to the constitution won by a vote of 274 to 130, leaders today were demanding immediate action in the upper branch. With President Wilson's influence, the psychological effect of the house .victory and the growing strength of the movement throughout the country, suffragists predict a close, but win ning vote in the senate. They admit, however, the certainty of a hard fight A poll of the senate recently showed " suffrage lacked eleven votes to get the necessary two thirds. March 14, QUI 4 tho last time a vote was actual ly takeu on the amendment it was ibeaten 35 to 34, with 26 senators not voting. But war has come upon tho United States since 1914 and with it many changes. The appeal of the women for suffrage as a war measure and as a reward for working side by side with itlif. men in the struggle, is having its effect. It has been sponsored by J resident Wilson and members of his cabinet. . 'Not for a miniito would we con cede that this congress would lag be hind the parliaments of Europe in mak ing democratic history," Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of tho JSfa itional American Woman Suffrage as sociation said today. "It is with su preme confidence, therefore, that we now turn to tho senate and expect pas sage of the amendment by that body within a very short time." The house resolution was reported in the senate today and a senate suf frage resolution is now on the calen dar, a conference was planned today U which decision will be reached on when to push the amendment to a vote. The power of the womens vote in states already suffrage and the "in ovitablcnpss" of their eventually get tin.'; what they want, is the note be hind their confidence in the senato out come. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, leader of the congressional forces, today said it was "gripping" how the men of .both parties suddenly and with "fa cile grace ' Vro.se to the suffrage appeal and secured to each party some of the advantages bound to secure to those through whose votes the amendment iWas passed. One hundred and sixty five repub licans voted for the amendment aiul d04 democrats. Miscellaneous votes added five more, making total 274. Already the women are planning their fight to have the amendment rat ified by the states. They aro certain of thirty six states, Mrs. Catt said to- (Continued on pago four) Abe Martin t 1 3fc ( 5 - 3ji ?jc jjf A fine thing about food conservation' is that it don't take four days t' git; over a banquet anv more. v ho rcmpij bers th' ole time street fakar that used t ' v. when he sild a bottle o' medicine "Thank yon, an' you'll thank mc when I you eome t' use it!" PEACE IS NOT POSSIBLE UNTIL IMPERIAL ARMY HAS BEEN UTTERLY DEFEATED English . Correspondent Who Knows Germany Says . Military Rule Absolute (Frederick- William Wile, former 'Berlin correspondent of tbe London Daily Mall, Is regarded as the best in formed British journalist on irvdde con ditions in Germany. He is a native of Indiana, went originally to Europe as correspondent for several American newspapers and is the author of "Men Around the Kaiser.") By Frederick William Wile (Written for the United Press) London, Jan. 11. We still shrink from facing the facts regarding Ger many. We prefer' comforting theories to disagreeable actualities. This is convenient, but it isn't war. Through Dutch, Swiss and Scandin avian channels which serve as filters for the alleged news Germany would like to have the world believe, we again hear the old familiar word "crisis"- political "crisis" food "crisis", et cetra. ' In view of our inclination to make the wish father to our thoughts let me present in tabloid the' elements, per sonnel or otherwise, of these crises. Hindonburg is supreme dictator of Germany. Ludendorff is the actual gen eralissimo under Hindenburg, whose popularity is now so great that practic ally anything can be accomplished by invoking it. The kaiser has never been so much in the hands of the military despots as he is today. He, is emperor no longer by divine right but by grace of the; great gou mnaenDurg. The crown prince is a thick and thin supporter of Hindenburgisin. Chancellor Hertling is Hindenburg 's political manager. Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann is per mitted to do only what is ordered. His ,Brost-Ltiovsk tactics, far from irritat ing iiimienburg, were dictated by him and are alterable if and when Hindon bflrg decides it is necessary. Kuehlmann will go or stay, according to Hinden burg 's pleasure. The reichstag today is precisely what Bismarck founded forty seven years ago merely an imperial debating so ciety, where the people 'a representatives blow off steam and can call the govern ment without police interference. Its only vestige of power is in the voting of funds which duty it has per formed dutifully. The only untamed independent social ists number twenty-two out of a total membership of 397 in the reichstag and they are the only ones who ever oppose war credits. The government haggles with the hiiat a in mmw I'Wdi iw DEFEAT OF GERMANY ' FOR OWiilTERESTS Member of British War Board Sends Message to W orkingmen of America By Ed L. Keen (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Jan. 11. The interests of the workmen of America, as well as of Eng land, are bound up in beating the Ger man army; it cannot be done except by willing co-operation of men in the jworkships with the men in the field. Expressing his most emphatic appro- j val of President Wilson 's outline of war aims, the Eight Honorable G. X. Barnes, M. P. member of the British war cabinet sent this word to the Am erican workingman today through the United Press. 'This year will be the testing time for the fighters for freedom," Barnes declared. "Germany's U-boats will make their last great effort before Am erica gets in. Germany's armies may attack the French, the British' or the Italians in great force within the next three or four months. "Effective American help musthen be in the field. I hope everyone in the working ranks in the United States will see that so far as lies in their power they will contribute to that help be ing there in time. , "I speak as one who has been in the labor socialist movement on this side of the water for thirty years. My sympathies are all with the working folk. I am one of them in sympathy with their claims for .the fuller life, but I know that everything just now must be subordinated to' winning the war. "I hope President Wilson's speech will stimulate the men in the workshops to do their part by working during the next few months with all their mind and all their strength, that militar- ism may be aethronen. it eannai De done except by willing co-operation of the men in' the workships with the men (Continued on page twe) reichstag party leaders merely for the purpose of saving "itself trouble. - The food situation probably never was so bad but it is not critical to the breaking point. Regularly near tBo mid dle of winter comes the ' starvatio " story out of Germany. The coal shortage nas unaoubtedly been aggravated, but the way the Germans have stuck it out so far indicates they will survive the present winter discdutent. The German array is unquestionably war tired. The German nation is war weary but this applies also to others. There is probably no more popular growling in Germany than here. Muni tions trains continue to roll to the west and Goimany is making aeroplanes, submarines and shells at a rate hither to unparalled. Two or three million pris oners are all making munitions in one form or another. As to the possibility of a revolution, Heinie, the keenest student of Prussian psychology, once remarked that "revo lutions in Germany were impossible be cause verboten! " This is cynical but - it is literally true, the machine gun awaits every German with revolution in hia heart. Liebknecht, the only Prussian who would lead a revolution, is now in penal servitude. " , The Germans won't stop fighting un til we make them see that militarism and war do not pay that is, when we are able to impose peace on a defeated German army and navy. . CAPTURE GERMAN REOIPTS London, Jan. 11. "The most important event in the economic war," is what the Daily Mail to day called the capture from the Germans of 257 secret recipes for German dyes which had been offered the governvent. The for mula, it was stated, will ''shat ter the German dye monopoly." According to the Mail, British agents have been working for two years to get the formulae. 3t .J. 1- "I ' I ' -T t J J T Roosevelt Goes Hunting For Suffers g Babies New York, Jan. 11. Colonel Roose velt todayannounced his intention of going on a new hunting tour a search for babies suffering from want of milk.. -The lower East Side, the Bowling Green district and the Gramercy dis trict of New York will come under the? eyes of the former president Sat urday. A dozen families will be visit ed. Two physicians will accompany Col onel Roosevelt. Children will be weigh ed to ascertain whether suffering from malnutrition. Students Force Removal of Pro-German Professor Berea, Ohio, Jan.' 11. A strike of the student body of Baldwin-Wallace college was averted today with tho re moval of Ih-. Arthur I Breslich, pres ident of the school. Breslich was re moved following charges by students and citizens hero that he was pro-German. The student body threatened to strike if Breslich were not removed by today. Ir. F. G. Ream, religious work di rector, has been appointed acting head Dr. A. R. Storms, former president of Iowa State college, is in charge pend ing Ream's arrival here. Dr. Breslich left for Milwaugce last week. Mayor Hiram Gill . Suspended From Practice Seattle, Wash., Jan. 11. Mayor H. C Gill and his law associates, Hermon Fryo and Ileber S. Hoyt, are to be suspended from tho practice of law for one year. This was the decision of the state board of law examiners here late yes terday afternoon. The disbarment is to begin as soon ! as tho findings of the board are filed. James Raley, another member of the law firm who was also accused in the original proceedings, was acquit ted. Zurich Newspaper - Demands New War Aims Zurich, ment of Jan. 11 Demand for a state war aims by Germany was openly voiced by the Neueste Nach- nchten of Munich today, according to dispatches received here. "We laughed at Lloyd-George," the newspaper asserted, "but the entente unanimously approved him, whereas Germany's equivocal position arouses suspicion." The editorial also demanded that "elected representatives of the people be heard before final decision." Eetiember Weyler the Spanish butch erer of the Cubans? Well, Weyler came from a family of Prussians, which ex plains a good deal. SOLDIERS ARE SENTENCED TO LONG mPRISOMENT General Murray Approves penalty Im posed by Trial Board for Charges of Desertion From Army Da Two Cases San Francisco, Jan. 11. Ten years at hard labor on McNeill's Island for deserting the national army was the sentence which Major General Arthur S. Murray, commanding the Western army department, approved today against C. W. Moehering of St- Maries, Idaho. Ole Berg, of Port Angels, Wash., court-martialed for desertion, was ordered to rport for duty at Camp Lewis. The court-martial sentenced Moehr ing to 15 years but General Murray reduced tbe term to 10 years. Other sentences included: Walter E. Powell, of Fort Lawton, Wash., two years; Private C. I Campbell, Third Orogon infiatry, one year for deser tion. Campbell failed to respond- to the president's call and . was arrested at Goldaon, Oregon, October 17 and con victed of desertion.;. CAPTAIN'S HOME RAIDED San Francisco, Jan. 11. Discovery of shortages of supplies at Camp Kearnv ld to the seizure of a box containing army clothing, shoes and blankets at the home of Captain W. H. Bates at Palo' Alto, by the Camp Fremont provost guard, it was an nounced from army headquarters here today. Captain iiatos is divisional quartermaster at Camp Kearny. The report to army headquarters merely re counted that the Bates home had been raided and the good seized. . PRUSSIAN WAR AIMS MUST BE DEFINITELY STATED IS VIEW HELD BY DIPLOMATS By Carl D. Groat " (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Jan. 11. Germany will not agree now to more than the first four or fivo of President Wilson's peace terms. Authorities were convinced of tnis today in the light 'of preliminary Teu ton press comment on his speech to congress. But they doubted that Ger many would dare to ignore the world's challenge to stato her aims. Officials gathered real hope from the Russian problem, howover, in the light of United Press reports of Trot sky's declaration tnat itussia win fight on rather than accept an imper ialistic peace. Whilo Russian war pre parations are not regarded as sutn- cient to make a marked military ef fect they could have tho vital effect of stopping Germany from converting Kussia into a supply house. This, with the collapse of tho sepa rate peace movement, would stiffen allied morale and put tho German dip lomat in a serious predicament with people at home. Failure to accept the terms at once VIMR STORM WITH HEAVY 810W STILL SWEEPS oi cm Eastern asd Middle West States Experiencing Very Ssvsre Weather Chicauo. Jan. 11. The winter's biir- gest storm was continuing its march . across the country today, accompanied, by a heavy snowfall and low tempera- i tures that caused intense suffering and heavy damage. At tho same time, the snow will add millions of dollars to the value of . the winter and spring wheat and oata crops. Six inches of snow fell last night and today in northern Texas and Okla homa ui.il nine inches iu Kansas. Snow fell in Galveston and a temperature of 22 was reported in Corpus Christi. Prac tically the entire northern part of the country will have received several inches by tonight. A temperature of ten degrees Vdow zero was reported in Kan sas. Ot Oma'i. it was 20 below. The soldest stops in the United States were at 1 'evils f.aKe X. D., and Valentine, .Neb., Wre it v. as -2 below. In the Can adian northw;; the mercury dropped to furty below. ISy fnIJ the entire wheat and; oats l.cfc of the (ouutry will have been: blanket by snow. Grain experts said; today that not only would this form ai protective covering and provide niois-j ture for winter wheat, but would soften the ground to an ideal condition forj spring wheat and oats planting. j Railroad and local traffic in the1 eouthwest was seriously hampered by! the heavy snow today. Fuel and food i shoitage will follow in the wake of the! transportation tieup, it is feared. In! west Texas thousands of cattle niayj be unable to withstand the blizzard, j A new picture featuring Wallace Reidj shortly will pe released by the Para-; mo'int people. It is called "Himrocki Jones." I BRITISH MINISTER PLEADS FOR AMERICAN HELP Lord Winston Caurchill Says War Has Reached Crisis War Aims of Lloyd-George and Wilson Must Be Enforced London, Jan. 11 "Wo have arriv ed at a great crisis in tho war, only to be satisfactorily solved by tho ve hement effective action of tho United States," declared Minister of Muni tions Winston Churchill today et the American luncheon club, Churchill graphically and eloquently pictured the peril resulting from un ceasing German reinforcements being piled up on the west from the east front and then shouted: . "America! Come and aid ns with all your might and speed, for this is the time for action on the largest scale ever planned. "All are now agreed that Lloyd George's and Wilson's war aims munt be enforced," the minister declared. "Even the most pacific are agreed that without these rigljt will be worst, ed and wrong will triumph. "Probably the worst Armngeddoji is yet to be encountered," he added, gravely, "but wo do not lack confi dence in the final result. "We are sure to win the whole of President Wilson's program, if we utilize all our resources fully." OIL IN SOUTHERN OREGON. Medford, Or., Jan. ll.-To develop oil prospects that have caused excite ment in. the Rogue River valloy fre uently, the Rogtie River Oil company has been formed by local capitalists. The concern will . work along cooperative lines. would be completely in line with ad vance predictions oi' Germany's course Officials have felt that she must and would answer the Lloyd-Oeorge and Wilson speeches, meeting tbom in part and tryine to appear to meet the oth ers or at least suggesting negotiations on them. Iowever, the war department is pro ceeding on the theory that Germany proposes to carry era a spring and sum mer offensive in tht .hope or rointorc ing her political position by import ant pains on the west front. Military experts, however, believe that, while for a timo she may progress thore, the British and French tenacity will pre vent any gains from becoming a ma jor victory. While awaiting diplomatic develop ments, the army and navy are co-operating in hastening troop movement as fully Bfp possible, although there is some prospect that Europe's need for food will divert some troop transports for supply purposes for a while. Gener al officers, however, insist that troops will continue to go just as fast as bot toms can be provide!. CONTRACT FOR SPRUCE. Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 11. A contract to furnish .the government with 100, 000,000 feet of rived spruce at an ex penditure of $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 has been let to the Grant-Smith-Portor Brothers company. The company plans to put between 5,000 and 6,000 men into the forests of tho northwest to take out this timber. The contract provides tWat the gov ernment is to finance tho company, which is to receive cost plus 7 percent fur its work. Veteran Financier Allies Vill See New York, Jan., 11. Tho year opens with an extraordinarily conflicting out look. For those who really enjoy living on the tihady sido of the street, there is plenty of company. The president can readily dwell upon anarchy in Russia; upon Germany's momentary military successes; upon the terrible cost of the war; upon the economic and political upheaval, and upon numerous other de pressing factors. And yet every healthy minded, thoughtful American refuses to be downhearted. On the contrary, he is more confident thau ever in an allied victory. He believes that the enemy is Hearing the end of his man power; that he is unable to hold 1iis winnings, and is marching to inevitable collapse when our armies reach France. Germany is gradually . breaking down financially, economically an.d politically. Khe is threatened with revolution, and only the cohesion of her military machine, which is fighting for its very life, holds the fabric together, liow long the autocrats may hold out cannot be foretold; but it is certain that dissensions within, coupled with opposition of the whole civilzed world wthout, will have but one end and that is ignominious deefat. Blinded by empty victories and false leadership, Germany seems utterly un able to read the handwriting on the wall. Civilization outside of Germany however, recognizes that it cannot live, SECRETARY BAKER FIRMLY HOLDS Ail OPTIMISTIC VIEW Members cf Senate Commit tee Would Force Em to Modify Views SENATORS EXPRESS WISH TO SCARE COUNTRY Secretary of War Holds to View That Exact Fact$ Should Be Published Washington, Jan. 11. Secretary of War Bakor today sat under the fire of senate military probers criticising him for his "rosy review" of the sup plies situation submitted yesterday. Sonators Wadsworth, Chamberlain, McKcllar and Weeks joined in assaults upon Baker's declaration that the ini tial rush needs of the army have been fully met. "You have created the impression throughout the country that' every thing is rosy, conditions are fino and that thore is no need for further haste, " said Wadsworth. "The facts are," he added, "that we are approaching owe of the great est criBes in our history. Our task in the next eight months will be bigger than in the past. It will bo unwise, in my judgment to create a false impres sion or security in tne country."- In tho face of insistent efforts toi make him acknowledge that he had overdrawn tho picture of preparedness ba.ti.eT stoutly maintained . tnat niB statement was correct. "Our initial rush needs have been met," he said. "Evcrv man in France has full equip ment There is plenty of artillory there Production is going forward at a rap id rato." "I don t know how yon can say that in view of the lack of the rifles, artiller" and machine guns at canton ments," said Senator Chamberlain. "My mind was not on tho situation in this country. I was thinking of our troops abroad," said Baker. Senator "McKellar said ho was told today by an officer from Camp Upton, New 'york, that there is no artillery there. "There is not enough but there is some," Baker replied. "If tho ordnance department nan rushed the work to capacity ever since i-pril, it would not have been possible to Bupiilv enough artillery and am munition by this time for all of our needs," Baker added. "The reason I called attention to your statement is that it creates falso belief: that there is no shortage," sail Wadsworth. "That is true, there is none," in sisted Baker. "I must differ with you on that," said Wadsworth. "I repeat that the men abroad are fully equipped with their initial needs ' went on Baker. 'It would, of course, be pleasing if we had' enough artil lery,, machine guns find ammunition fully to equip all tho training camps. But wo never will have all we need. When we supply present needs, we'll have to continue, for we'll need more.' Henator Chamberlain inquired wheth cr Baker's feeling of security regard' ing tho artillery situation was justi- (Continued on pago four) Predicts the An Early Victory if Germany's ideals and purposes pro vail. Tho war may continue for weeks or months, Nevertheless, tho real foun dation for hope ou tho aliles side has never been so clear "and strong as to day.' At present the brunt of tho strug gle falls on Britain and France. Both are enduring tho strain indefinitely better than ever anticipated; and both show an unconquorable spirit and a steady rising of morale, while that of the en emy is decliuing. Both of these coun tries are bearing the strain with sur prising ability; and there is no doubt that tncy will be able to bold on until American soldiers reach France in suf ficient force toJoverwhelm the foe. Per haps this will happen in the coming spring; and, if fate should postpone the grand decision, prostration of the enemy will be far greater than if wise coun sels induced an earlier yielding to the inevitable Back of these considerations, which are sound reasons for hope, is the belief growing daily that the world is surely facing a new and a better era than the one now so rapidly passing away. The more confident tone in the secur ity markets which began with the an nouncement of government control of the railroads made further progress. Tho (Continued on page four) PEACE PALAVER OFF YESTERDAY IS Oil AGAIN TODAY Differences Between Russiaa and German Delegates Are raicnea up TROTSKY SAYS RUSS WILL FIGHT IMPERIALISTS Petrcgrad Reported To Be la Terror of War Enthusiasm Once lore - Amsterdam, Jan. 11. After Brest Lit ovsk dispatches received via Berlin, had declared the Russo-German poace. nego tiations definitely suspended yesterday, messages arriving late this afternoon re ported a resumption of the meetings. It was stated that the Ukrainian delegates were presenting thoir demands. Whether this means that the full con ference was resumed or that the Friday meeting was merely between Central Powers' delegates and representatives of Ukraiuia, now recognized as an in dependent state, was not clear w dis patches received here. Foreign Minister Trotsky was report ed in the earlier messages as himself moving suspension of the peace meet ings. . How The Break Came. Inilnnlim .Ion 11 Th Hnmn-Ger- man peace conferences at Brest-Litovsk nave been terminated, xne suiuigs were patches roceived here today, when the uermans, nauy auu iiuanj reiurcu . .l.ua. M,r.tiattna t.n nant.rn.1 Hoil. Bolsheviki Foreign Minister Trotsky, himself, moved' the conclusion of tha meeting. , r The German delegates lormany an nounced that all plans for a general peace meeting were considered as def initely off by the Central Powers, be cause of the failure of entente powers to respond within ten days to tho Invi tation to participate. Count Czornin, Austrian foreign minister, formally an nounced that henceforth the Central Powers wore willing to negotiate only a separate peaco with Russia. That theessic1i was moro or loss bit ter was evident from dispatches quot ing General Hoffman, one of the Ger man delegates, as protesting angrily to tho conference against wireless mes sages signed by the representatives of the Russian government, which he says "insulted" the German military com mand by urging tho German troops to revolt. Hoffman protested that such messages "transgressed the spirit of tho armis tice." OtherCentral Powers delegates join ed iu this protest. . It was immediately following this assault on the Russian plan to establish harmony of effort betwoen .the plain people of Germany and the Russian pro letariat that Foreign Minister Trotsky formally moved suspension of tho Bit- '"immediately before this however, German Foreign Minister Kuehlmann as- ".firnor'ionsider the difficulties now developed as great enough to make our peace efforts fail, or to force re sumption of fighting." Count Czeruiu announced formally that henceforth only tho question of a separate r.eaee could bo considered by days' limit within which tho German deh gates granted the entente all.es time to oU the gnJ Pe fl'f Hut having expired. He insisted the Rus sian wheme for transfer of the negotia tes to neutral soil would simply grant the allies a chance to interfere with the Russo-German separate peace nego tiations, although he ness to conclude rue kk - . 1L such a peace agreement on neutral soil. . . , , ... ,i:n,,-omitnt Regarding the pninw between the two slues, - called twit ; - previous session ui '" , pow. hands of a committee. Tho Central Pow ers, he said, had now dude the Kiieldmann StZS commie Tmembers had already considered binding. "If the Russians' intentions are not n IL he added, "satisfactory re altered, he auuiu, tn,ttcrs anlts may bo reacnuu. " . will take their necessary course and responsibility for continuation rf th. war will fall exclusively on the Kua- (Continucd on page four) TO ALL SALEM WAR WORK HELPERS . Another call to duty! Be at Tree Lunch Tomorrow Noon at Y M C. A. Important Business. Don't Wait to Be Invited. Come.