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FORTY-FIRST -YEAR NO. 10
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918
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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.
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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.