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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1918
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEWi
8TANDS FIVR CENTS'
FLOOD LOSSES
WILL AGGREGATE
VERY LARGE SUM
Breaking of Ice Gorges
Sweep Away Properly
Along Swollen Ohio
SOME LOSS OF LIFE
IS ALSO REPORTED
Vessels Worth Million Dollars
Have Been Badly Damaged
or Wrecked
"sJ V rfM CIXIIATIAKI IC AM niiTnftir i'
iual OU UANUIN M AIN U .UI KAuLi
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 30 Property
loss, which, it is estimated, may run
mo jthan ten fmiUlian, dollars, and
threo deaths, was the toll today of the
floods which are sweeping parts of
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Vir
ginia, Indiaua and Pennsylvania.
Swollen mountain streams and riv
ers are ssveoping everything before
them. Bridges were washed away, rail
road tracks thrown up and boats torn
from their moorings. Loss in boats is
already estimated at more than two
million dollars.
Logan, W. Va., the heaviest loser
cif all West. Virginia towns in the
J'loods, is still isolated and in darkness
because of the washing out of the pow
er plant and telephone and telegraph
Dines. The less there is estimated at
$100,000.
The total loss in West Virginia, is
estimated at $:i,000,000.
Blair, W. Va-. is cut off from the
rest of the' world, moving ice having
torn out a large section of the railroad
tracks and all wires are down,
Slides have stopped trains on short
lines in several parts of the state.
Many mines are reported flooded and
it may be weeks before they are diin
.ed. -
Charleston lost two whnrfboats and
several houseboats in the Kanawha
Tiver floc-d.
It will be weeks before conditions
lire normal again.
Lloyd Sutherland of Huntington, W.
Va., wag drowned when he attcmpteJ
to jump from a bnge onto a cake of
i'vo floating in the Ohio river. His
death brings the fatalities in West Vir
ginia to three. Two were drowned at
Ijfgan yesterday.
Crest at Cincinnati
Tho crest of water in the Ohio river
thousands of dollars worth of rive? ! ""Patriotic speeches at Roseburg to Cal
UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE SPIKED HELMET.
EXAMPLE NO. 2 -
TGiVE
m mm.
Defendant's Talk As Own At
Attorney Causes Silverton
Man to Change Mind
Portland, Or., Jan. 30 Taking of
evidence in the trial of Floyd Eamp,
radical socialist who was indicted for
property reached Cincinnati today.
Tho grinding ice floes filled the Tiv
or from bank to tank. Steam packets,
towboats, houseboats, launches, coal
and sand barees were torn from their
moorings. The hulls of some were pierc
"(l by thi ico and they went to the
l:irtoin. Others were carried away.
T,nst rrniorts were that Morgautowu.
W. Yt, was flooded when an ice gorge
1roke in the Monongaliela river yes
terdav. The town is still cut off from
communication.
Tho Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio,
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ifornia drafted men, began in federal
district court today, with Ramp contin
uing to act his own attorney. He is
not admitted to the bar.
The case was haled late yesterday
when one juror, C. P. R. Blackerby, of
Silverton, asked to be excused just as
Judge Wolverton started to swear in
the jury.
"I do not think I could give this
man a fair trial," said he. "When 1
was examined I believed I could, but
statements he has made since then have
changed by mind." Blackerby was ex-
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PRIDE OF GERMANY'S
MERCHANT MARINE NOW
CARRIES AMERICAN TROOPS
CIPHER CODE REVEALS
HOW BERLIN ORDERED
LOSITMJiPEDGED
Editor John R. Ratal, of
Providence Journal, Gives
Fuil Explanation
New York, Jan. 30. The cipher
message which proved that Berlin di
rected the sinking of the Lusitania is
made public for the first time in tho
World a Work magazine, published
today. John E. Rathom, editor of the
Providenco Journal, which exposed
numerous German plots in this country
during tho last three years, in an ar
ticle giving in detail the methods ho
used to unearth the work of the Ger
man agents, quotes this message from
his files, and explains how it was de
coded. The message, in cipher, reads
as follows:
From Berlin Foreign Office.
To Botschaft, Washington
669 (44 VV) Welt nineteen fifteen
warne 175 9 1 stop 175 1 2 seoi
durch 622 2 4 stop 18 7 18 stop LIX
11 3 4 5 6.
This cipher message came through
from Nauen, Germany, to
lARCtilSTS OF
USSIA THREATEN
THIS COUNTRY
Demand life and Liberty of
Alexander Berkmai
In Prison
WILL HOLD AMERICAN
AMBASSADOR LIABLE
News From Petrograd Likely
to Cause Serious Interna
tional Complications
o'clock on the morn-; auuer uemnian, was torwarded to
1915, and was caught j David R. Francis by the anarchist group
at a wireless station (of sailors and workingmen at Helsiug-
Washington, Jan. 30. The hoart of
America thrilled today with the news
that the greatest armada in her history
seventeen hugo transports had ar
rived safely at French porta with
thousands of officers, soldiers and sup
plies to battle the kaiser.
Stealing out of American ports early
was such as to furnish ample protec
tion for sucb a tremendous responsi
bility. Aboard the transports were thous
ands of young men officers for train
ing, Sammies for service, doctors,
nurses tnd skilled workmen. From all
during the last two weeks the vessel j parts of the country they had been
formerly the best In ' the Austro-I secretly assembled at different em
German merchant marines, delivered barking points along the seaboard,
their precious cargoes on European soil, None knew before he left even what
untouched by spies and unobserved by vessel he was to board only that he
the watchful eyes of submarines. wb to be !;t a given place at a given
.Protecting them on their voyage nour, prepared for a long journey.
were many men-of-war steel
monsters who swept through
crrnv After tho nosea of the trroat v.s.1 line, and word
!l.j i: x. .v. nac." for 1915
me I'wacu tuir niy uui ui port mio rne ,
By Joceph Shaplen
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Petrograd, Jan. 29. fDelavedl An
ultimatum declaring the American am
bassador ' ' would bo held personally rem
tsavvillc, mi uiu me auu uwrty or. .aiex-
Long Island, at 2 o'clock on the morn-,au"er uemnian, was torwarded
ine of April 29, 191
bv the oncrator n
maintained bv the Providence Journal. ,fors today
It was especially interesting because! The Eussian terrorists have been deep-'
it loiiowea none or me cones wnu.i iy micresieu iu me trial in the United
they had previously observed. It wai; States of Berkman and Emma Goldman
evidently important, because four at-jthe two American "red" leaders for
tempts were made to put 'it through conspiracy to defeat the conscription
Derore me ucnmiu siuliuh nurccucu iaw.
in overcoming the unfavorable static
conditions which prevailed that -morning.
Every attempt to decipher it fail
ed, until somebody with a line on the
internal activities of the German em
bassy remembered that during that
morning Prince Hatzfeldt, of the em
bassy staff, had been looking for a
New York) (World "Almanac." The
first two words of the message, "Welt
(German for 'World ) 191o,' 'supplied
the clue. Following the other numbers
in the message as representing page.
in the world "Alma
the Journal men de-
waves, grim warning that their trans- ocean mists,, the curtain of censorship "
coded the message as follows: "Warn
jort charges were to be delivered un
harmed.
The size of the convoy cannot be
published, but it may be stated that It
WOULD ENXIST AS B ABBES
Pan Framiwo, Jan. 30.
Mrs. Elizabeth' P. Langhlin. r.f
Oakland, walkPd into the office
of the Won-.en's Navy League
here today and offered to en-
list in the navy as a barber-
She sai.l she ha.l heard Uncle
Sam waited women to fill
men's places in the navy- wher-
ever SKid that she
woul l like to do her bit as a
': tonscrial artist.
drops onwn over their voyage. Wheth- " 1 J " th Atlantic " 'two
fr Tnatr nil mor far hoo ina ria. -
.Iai-s In4a. 4na n,iPnilln n m Ko OO t. nrinf.
iv. " ed the now historic advertisement in
The maneuvering of transports which the New iork papers warning travel
already have landed nearly a half mil- cr- not to cross the Atlantic, and a
lion of America's fighting forces in wcek later, on May 7th, the Lusitania
France without loss, is sufficient unto 'was gunk by a German submarine,
itself, the navy believes. I A dramatic touch of suggestion cf
Today thousands of American homes, death in the message lies in the fact
knowing their boys had left last week, that the word not in it is taken from
are rejoicing at the news of their safe I the first sentence of an obituary of
arrival. tile ,ate Jo!"! t unizer, rormer own
er of tne voriii, wnicn puniisara ine
"Almanac." And another grim bit of
irony in it is that the last four words
were taken frcm an advertisement of
a weil known marine motor headed
The Seal of Safety at Sea,"
Two words of the message are 8ell
ed out in Germam They are "warne,"
which in English is "warn;" and
Arrival at French Port.
A French City, Jan. '30. The pride
of Germany's and Austria 's great mer
chant fleets has brought thousands of
American troops to Europe to fight
the battle of democracy.
Permission was granted today for the
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(Continued o page three)
Coincldentally of news of this action
from Jlelsingfors came word of Bal
sheviki success in putting down the rev
olution in ! inland. The Petrograd
agency quoted Foreign Minister Trotsky
as writing the Finnrsn senate stating
ho favored withdrawal of Bussian troops
!.- . i .1 mAt - .
irom nuiami. iroisKy asserted that
counter revolutionists in Finland had
attacked tho Bolsheviki red guards forc
ing tho latter to defend themselves.
David R. Francis, American ambassa
dor to Bussia, is a former governor of
Missouri, a former secretary of the in
terior under President Cleveland and
president of the St. Louis Centennial
Exposition of 1904. He is one of the
best know Missourians and was appoint
ed American envoy to Petrograd March
6, 1916, Francis is 68 years old.
Alexander Berkman for years ha
been a leading exponent in the United
States of anarchy and "direct action"
methods. He has been almost constant
ly in trouble with federal, state and
municipal authorities for his bold espou
sal of the beliefs. At the present time
Berkman faces a prison sentence for
conspiracy to defeat the selective ser
vice draft law. His appeal to the su
preme court of the United States was
rejected.
Berkman and Emma Goldman, the
latter known as the "queen of the
reds", published "Mother Earth" and
other anarchist publications. They have
frequently been charged with participa-
(Continued on ige three
Former Governor Hoch, Active
Head of Kansas State Schools
Says Kerr Story Is Unfounded
Members'
Arthur Capper. Governor
E. W. Hoch
C. W. Green
Wilbur N. Mason
Officers
Js. A. Kimball, Business Manager
wyue vv. uook, asx. secretary.
STATE OF KANSAS :
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
Educational, Charitable
and . Correctional Institutions
0
Topeka, Kans., January 25, 1918.
Mr. Chas. H. Fisher,
Salem, Oregon.
My Dear Sir:
I had hoped that'the controversy as to the Presidency
of the Agricultural College of Kansas and the relation of
President Kerr thereto was a closed incident. I have held
President Kerr in high esteem, from my limited acquaintance
with mm, and have no desire whatever to do him an injury;
but as you ask for the facts in the case, and also furnish from
the pen of Professor Edwin S. Ried an article full of mis
statements concerning this matter, a further statement from
me seems to be in order. ,
This Board did attend the Washington meeting in a body,
as stated Dy rrolessor Kied. We did go there primarily in
search of a successor to President Waters. We did attend a
. dinner given by the Alumni of the Kansas State Agricultural
College in honor of President Waters, which was attended
by perhaps fifty or more of the old students of that institu
tion. To this extent Professor Ried's statement is correct.
Mrs. Calvin presided at the after-dinner meeting, at
which I spoke for the Board. In my brief address I asked for
the counsel of the Alumni in tho selection of a successor to
Dr. Waters, as I had done of many other persons in other
places. Growing out of this courteous invitation, a committee
was appointed to consider the matter and make a report to this
Board, a formality I had not expected, in my impromptu
invitation, but this committee made no suggestions at that
time, nor did they make any for weeks after the controversy
arose as to whether or not President Kerr had been tendered
the position. No mention oir ;', ?.if?.jit Kerr was made at this
meeting and no member of the Board knew that Mrs. Calvin
was even acquainted with him.
President Kerr was never interviewed by this Board, nor
by any member of it, on this subject or any other subject.
We met him one day informally in mere passing salutation
, and that was absolutely the only time that we exchanged any
words with him and no reference whatever was made to the
Presidency of our Agricultural College. At no time did this
Board, or any member of it, tender to President. Kerr this
position, and no one had any authority whatever from this
Board to induce him to believe that he was being seriously
considered for this place, and the statement of Professor Ried
that members of this Board, "as a result of the Alumni Com
mittee's investigations", were making the statement that
"President Kerr stands head and shoulders above the other
men at this convention," is ridiculously untrue.
Equally untrue is Professor Ried's statement that through
the invitation of Dr. Waters, the Board of Administration met
President Kerr, and tha.t we discussed with him not only the
Presidency, but an increase in the salary. I repeat emphat
ically that no such interview was ever held and no such
suggestions ever made by this Board, or any member of it."
I do not know where Professor Ried got his alleged informa
tion on this subject, but I do know that he grossly misrepre
sents the facts in the case.
These are the facts in the case, as every member of this
Board will testify. This whole matter is exceedingly unpleas
ant to me and to my associates, but we did not provoke this
controversy and have no desire to continue it. We have
only stated the facts when there seemed to be a reasonable
demand that we should do so.
Very truly yours,
E. W. HOCH,
EWH-GP. ' Vice Chairman.
The official defense of the Kerr people, in a letter written by Profes
sor Reid, of the O. A. C, was sent to Former Governor Hoch for his reply
if he cared to make one. Above is his answer. Professor Keid's letter was
printed in Monday's Capital Journal.
In this connection, it might be well to reprint the comment of Governor
Capper, chairman of the board of administration, upon the Kerr episode,
which was as follows:
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of December 17, the Governor directs me to say
that the press dispatch about Dr. Kerr being offered the presidency of the
Kansas agricultural collego was a pipe dream. No offer at all was made
him.
Very truly yours,
CHAS. H. SESSION'S,
Secretary to the Governor.
RUSSIA'S CONGRESS WILL
REJECT GERMAN TERMS
AS THEY ARE OUTLINED
By Joseph Shaplen
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Petrograd, Jan. 29. (Delayed).
Russia's pan-soviet congress the voice
of the people, will reject Germany's
peace, as offered at Brest Litovsk, ac
cording to every indication today.
There is a distinct division of opin
ion among the soviet delegates but the
majority, including the extremists or
social revolutionaries of the left favor
such A course, to be followed up by
"use of the power of the revolution
against German Imperialism."
Speaking in the soviet assembly Mon
day night, Foreign Minister Trotsky
frankly declared that he had abandon
ed all hope of a just peace agreement.
"There is no hope now of a uon- an
nexationist peace," he declared. "Only
a compromise is possible. I cannot pro
mise we will not conclude a separate
peace.
"We all declare at Brcst-Litovsk that
the world considers the German terms
murderous.
"We hope western Europe will not
blame Bussia if she is forced into a
separate peace."
"We will do our best to avoid the
GERMAN STRIKES
BECOME SERIOUS
AT Ml POINTS
Hundreds of Thousands Have
Quit Work In City of
' Berlin Afone
DISCONTENT SPREADS TO
PROVINCIAL TOWNS
Government Prohibits Labsr
Meetogs and Takes Steps
to Repress Disorders
Copenhagen, Jan. 30 Berlin'- strike
is growing hourly. The movement ia
spreading to provincial towns.
jJanzig and Hambunr are now af-
focted.
In Berlin a workmen's council of
500 has been formed.
This information came todav in dis
patches filed late last nicht from Ber
lin.
The workmen's council, tho dispatch
es reported, is to be represented by
an "action commission" composed of
ten men and women.
Dr. Haase, Ledelwur, Dittman, Phil
ip Schiedenianm, Dr. Ebert and Dr.
, uniuii, &u sociaiiMTB or varying uo
grees have joined the council.
German Under Secretary for the In
iterior Von Wallrolf formally prohibit
ed all labor meetings and announced
ho would not negotiate with strikers.
Ho declared however, that he would
ireceive a delegation of reichstag mem
bers of the socialist parties.
I .I'M lip Schoidomapn, German major
ity socialist party leader, with Dri
Haase, . leader of tho independent so4
jcialists, and two workmen, formally
(told Wallrolf of the formation of the
.workmen's council and demanded that
all netrotiationg relative to the strike
(be held in the presence of the work
men.
Rumors were circulated here today
that German soldiers on the eryrt front
had shot some of their officers. It was
also reported that there were disturb
ances among soldiers of the German
fleet at Kiel. No direct confirmation
was obtained.
Berlin reported that "it was not
known whether Wallrolf would agree
to this."
One dispateh passed by the German
censor, estimated the number of Ber
lin's strikers at 40,000. Another ap
parently filed early this morning, put
tho total number then out at 75,000
The first named message declared
"hundreds were joining every hour."
It is of tremennous significance
thnt Philip Scheideinann, the German
majority socialist leader hag joined
with tho German ' minority leaders,
Haase, Ledobour and Dittman. For
tho first time, it appears that tho Oor
man socialist parties aro united. Here
tofore Hcheidemann's subservienco to
the German government's policy has
tjeen Bo marked as to raise the suspi
cion that ho was merely a tool of tho
government. , '
It was Schcidomann who conceived
the, idea of a Stockholm conference of
tint' in Vikt.h ri the world to discuss peaee
a conference which was exposed at
tho outset as a scheme to twist social
ist sentiment into support of Germany
bv "planting" of a majority of Ger
man sociahrts in the convention.
Scheidemann as Into as last summer
was named by the kaiser to head a
reichstag committee considering con
uVutioiial fl'tforms, indicating tho
government relied upon him as "safe
Last week, however, Scheidemann ap
parontlv expressed a violent ehange
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Rnnie fnlks are alius referrin' t ther
maid when they only hire a woman ona
forenoon a week t' wasn. t' original
Hooverite is th' landlord o th' only
hotel ia town. o