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Newspaper Page TextTODAfS WEATHER 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation in Balem Onax anteed by tba Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY HEWS 6E27ICB Oregon: Tonight anil Saturday ia.it east, rain west portion; warmer tonight southwest , portion; moderate south westerly winds interior. FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 34 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW OTAVTlS FT W wv' come ort oois 17 w O LIST OF KING HAS NOTCHED SINCE YESTEk Two Hundred and Ten Aboard Tuscania Not Yet Accounted For DETAILS OFFICIALLY RECEIVED ARE SCANT Coast of British Isles Being Combed In Search of Further Information By Robert J. Bender '(United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 8. Despite the fact that more than two days have elapsed since a German U-boat sank the Tus cania, this government had received but scant details of the attack and only coitfused figures ou the missing. Official uispatches to the war depart ment list as last 113 American soldiers and 97 passengers and crew of the ves sel a total of 210. iavy uepartuient caoies state that a total of 2,035 have been landed at var-' ious points on the Irish and Scottish1 ZsAmirnl:,gt,ZI:oxrIlJclf .1St. Louis Street Car v r, crew unaccounted for. Of those landed, 99 are reported in hospitals and assurances have been for warded here that all are being well car- ! tor. GERMANS ATTEMPT TO LOCATE HEAVY AHERiCANBATTERV Big Projectiles Are Being Hurled In Great Number On Suspected Location By J. W. Pegler (Unitid Press Staff Correspondent) With the American Army in France, Feb. . (Delayed). German shells to day were attempting to seek out the perfectly camouflaged American heavy guns. This afternoon the enemy's heav iest guns monotonously and persistently hurled their big projectiles where they believed the American guns were hid den. Trench land was more quiet than us ual today. Occasionally there were out bursts of machine gunning. A few Ger man pineapple bombs landed in the wire entanglements, without damage to the Sammies. Taking advantage of the' clear windy day, the Sammies hung out their rain-soaked clothing to dry wherever concealment was offered. Working parties accomplished a great improvement in the drainage of the American sector. This relieved the near flood situation resulting from yester day's light raitf. Nightly patrols completely police the No Man 's Land for the width of the sector. Ono patrol returned from a bocho parapet bringing in a Mauser rifle, evidently left while the enemy crawled off for a snooze. Strike Is Settled St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 8. Three thous and striking streetcar men this after- This list cannot be completed, it is noon ratified the agreement for a set- now believed, for several days. The 1 tlement of the street railway strike coasts of the British Isles are being I reached at an all-night conference of combed for information from fishermen : their committee and United Eailways RUSSIANS STRONG IN HOPE GERMANS II WILLSOO REVOLT This Faith Responsible For Change In Tone of Brest Litovsk Peace Talk GENERAL BRUSILOFF LATEST TO BE ARRESTED Foreign Minister of Turkey says His Country Wants No Separate Peace TURKS BEATEN BADLY BY ARABS III A RECENT FIGHT Shiek cf Mecca Annihilates Force Along Southeast Shore of Dead Sea GEN. ALLENBY ADVANCES IN JERUSALEM SECTOR MORE CAMOUFLAGE and townspeople in the belief that more will be added to the list of survivors. There were 2,177 military passengers officials, The asreement provides for recog nition of the union on the basis of an on the Tiiscniii.'i. cniiHiHtintr nf 117 nf " onen shop. fieers and 2,0b'U enlisted mon and two From the ratification meeting huhd civilian passengers, according to a revis- reds of the employes hurried to car ed list today. Confusion in official cab-1 barns to report lor duty. ormai sireeL les from London is admitted. To allay 'car service was expected to be resumed apprehension of those having relatives-by mid-arternoon ior me ursi umo m with the 107th regiment of engineers, in correctly reported as being aboard the Tuscania, the committee on public infor mation announced that it was the- ? i.'Tth engineers train of the 13th divi.-ijn which was aboard. British and American wireless stations were searching the remotest points in Ireland and Scotland in the hope of locating further survivors from the ill fated ship. Early today the war department of ficials were hard at work decoding a mass of reports which came in during the night. Out of these messages is ex pected to develop the list of those who have been added to the nation's honor roll and details of the German blow which brought their death. Dispatches received at the state de partment show that the Teuton U-boat slinking betore a background or the five days. ARRESTED AJETEB EIGHT TEARS Butte. Mont., Feb.. 8. Eight years of search by Seattle authorities for Gus Ekeln. ended yesterday when Butte of ficers arrested him on the charge of murdering Gus Olson in the Sound city He is said by police to have admitted the crime. California Lumberjacks Will Avenge Tuscania San Francisco, Feb. 8 The lumber jacks of California are going to avenge the Tuscania. The submarine which sank the trans port off the Irish coast stirred some- .. . . . . . .. in. ml. - thine besides tne vessel s nun. i:c .North Ireland coast line and protected lum),cr Camps ere hopping mad and by tne growing uiisk or luesuay even- gwnar vengeance. The Twentieth en ing, loosed her fatal torpedo shortly c-jnrerSi whose units of foresters were i li ..1..1. i " . ... m i . umuic u tiuta, nn Krinrrl tne Tuscania ana mnnv oi According to early reports, the U boat was never seen, cither by those aboard the transport vessel or by the convoy. That the delicate instruments on these ships which warn of a submar ine's presence had registered the dan- on whose members went down with her was recruited largely on the Pacific coast. Today seven husky woodsmen from Eureka came to town and enlisted. Thev are believed to be the van- g'er, liowever, is indicated in the order guard of a rusk of avenging timber- workers. All traveled 300 miles to join (Continued on page two) Ian engineers regiment. STEADY STREAM OF MEN MUST BE KEPT FLOWING ACROSS OCEAN,S AYS GEDDES IESSED BY-PRESIDENT, WHO WIRES fWOOSEVELT Many Rumors Afloat Regard ing Ex-President's Condi tion and Concern Felt GERMAN SPY SYSTEM MAY H AVE .GJVEN OUT NEWS OF TRANSPORT TU S C A N I A Washington, Feb. 8. President Wil-' son today sent a message of sympathy to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt for the ill ness of Colonel Roosevelt- Tho message follows: "May I not express my warmest sympathy and the sincere hope that Mr. Roosevelt's condition is improv-incr?" Official Washington from the white lem- T . . , , , . . houso down to a colored messenger who ores of British naval and fishing used to know him, was deeply concern-1"' eontinued their search today tor ed today about the condition of Rocse-'T, 1 , 7- u e tlT i ,l I,...,- i :..!.,. j 4.1... T-:..i. mi TT "1 3 T 1" i IIIW UIIU U.L HI 11 null 1 lie TTniTPrl I'rpsji nfficers were bnm- , , J. barded with phone messages and por srflal cnlls about Roosevelt's condition. By Ed L. Keen (United Press staff correspondent) London, Feb. 8. That Germany had information of the coming of tho trans port Tuscania and other vessels with important personages aboard, was the belief expressed today by passengers on ships which accompanied the tor pedoed ship. A distinguished personage from an other ship, who witnessed the attack, said three torpedoes were f.rcd at his own vessel later Tuesday night. He de clared his belief that the U-boat com mander was acting uon information obtained through the Uerman spy sys- London, Feb. 8. There will be more transport looses,' but America must keep a steady stream of men flowing across the Atlantic to build up the al lies' man pewor, Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiraltv', declared today In the latter part of this year the burden of maintaining the man power in Lurope will fall laraelv upon the United States, he warned. Geddes said he feared the loss of the Tuscania would be only one amoug sev eral big ships, as a result of Germany s latest su'oinarino offensive. The man jwwer burden in the first ha cf this year, he asserted, would fall on the British and French, but thereafter the Americans rami increasingly fill the gaps in tLe allied line. The United States, he said, is show ing the greatest, enersty in training and equipping a splendid army. The only uncertainty is with regard to how many fighters can be safely transport ed across the Atlantic. Will be Call to Colors London, Feb. 8. ' ' Remember lie Tuscania!" will be an irrJie call to the colors and bsi-?iry tf victory for the AnjHi;353"'in the war, Londcn "rifwsj-Sjwrs dec!ared today. All editorial comment sympathized with America over the Tuscania dead and demanded most strenuous meas ures for speeding up the- fight against the U-boats. ' Increased shipbuilding was urged. Newspapers proclaimed the ! confidence of the allies that the sub marine preblem can be conquered. "The U-boat which sank the Tus cp.nia did a bad day's work fc-r Ger many," said the Express. "America's mind was in the war before. Sow her s.)ul is enlisted against the kaiser. Re memlier the Tuscania! will be an irre sistible call to the colors and battle cry. Hie Telegraph declared it was not believed that the enemy's undersea of-, fensive against the essential line of communications between the United States and the front would meet with a cumulative success, "but we must be prepared, perhaps, for a long per iod cf hps and downs and conflict;. This ha become a war of transport pnrti3.!ari7-sa -transport." "'Statesmen who are "inclined to be optinus'i. over the submarine cam paign should keep their lips dosed.'' warned the Chronicle- "A bad week follows every uch tatement." The white house asked to be informed Secretary Jansing sent inquiries, as al so did Secretary Daniels and Secretary liaker. The republican national committee nd many in congress sought news of the colonel s progress. Roosevelt's Condition Sew York, Feb. 8- Following cir culation of irresponsible rumors regard ing Colonel Roosevelt's condition, the superintendent of the Roosevelt hospi tal issued the following statement at 11 a. m-: "Everv rep&rt coming down from Colonel Roosevelt's room, and they are coming overv few minutes.says he is anything but dead and is improving. However, if another abscess should form, it might be a different story. At present Colonel Roosevelt is very, very far from being a dead man." Amrmg those who called at the hos pital, but were unable to see the col onel, were: Oscar Straus of the public service commission; Admiral Albert Cleaves, captain nf the Mayflower during the Roosevelt ;administration; George B. Cortelyon, presidential secretary for Roovelt; Richard R. Hurd. head of the Lawyer's Mortgage company, and Miss Josephine Stryker, his private secretarv. At 1:45 p. m. the superintendent of the hospital announced that the col onel's condition was slightly improved, following a turn for the better. 1 Scottish shores in that vicinity. Hopr of finding other survivors has been ' practically abandoned. Tho admiralty is malting a careful check of the casualties and survivors, but so far has not deviated from the figures announced yosterday 210 prob ably lost ind 21S7 rescued. The miss ing, according 'to the admiralty's fig ures, include probably 143 American scldiers. Circumstantial stories told bv Brit Recrui&i! Lkened by Tuscania Sinking! south1 .instituted with tho sinking cf the Lusi tania, and has been followed in a num ber of instances when tho quarry was regarded as particularly important. Tales of tho bravery of soldiers and sailors aboard the Tuscania were le gion today. Ono of the most vivid concerns a woman an unnamed stew ardess of tho transport. Tho lifeboat in which she sat was crowded when it pulled away from the steamer. Despite this, several others who wero swimming about in the icy waters were pulled aboard. With the- little craft crowded to ca pacity, another soldier swam alongside Thoro was no room for him. Ho was too exhausted and numb from the cold to cling to the gunwalo unaided. The stewardess leaned far over tho sido at tho risk of fulling overboard, and clutched his hand. In this strain ed position sho held the soldier's head abovo water for half an hour. When thev wero picked up it was discovered that she was clutching the hand of a corpse. A medical officer from the Tuscania declared most of the deaths occurred among the men who jumped overboard when she was first struck. The trans port began to list immediately, ho said, and there was no way of picking them up until the lifeboats' were lowered. By that time many of them had suc cumbed to exposure. By Joseph Shaplen (United Press staff correspondent) Petrograd, Feb. 6. (Delayed) In creasing German internal disaffection of tho Russian delegates at Brest-Lit- ovsk peace conferences. Hope is daily strcngtncning tho Russians. There is no retreat from their original position and thuy may domand that ihe central powers apply the Russian formula of peace without annexations to tho west ern, front. , Brost-Litovsk conferees wired that tho negotiations had been resumed, with German Foreign Minister Von Kuehlmaun insisting on German terms, but with a softened tone- They declare there could be nothing more danger ous than a compromise. Just as the Russians have burned their intcrnnl bridges behind them, just o much they resist each concession demanded Of the Russian revolution, tho dele gates said. The Russian conferees must firmly doclare that they will agree to a separate pence only if no other is possible, but only then if such a peaco is based on no annexations and tho policy of self determination, accord ing to thoir" present attitude. There (Continued from page three.) ish naval officers today indicated that at least one German submarine probab-1 (Tfrmn VVftrkl K.Pl!?' ' AM Mfffur I I w - w m -J Put Under Ground New York, Feb. 8- The Kruipp works, Gv-rmauyi's 'fa mous munitions plant, is being put under guard for fear of American air raids, according to word brought here toilay by passengers on the Nieuw Am- ly was destroyed during the attack. Une of the rescuing destroyers, it was reported wirelessed: "Torpedo! just missed me," and pave the direc- tion from which it was fired. Another destroyer, speeding to the spot, drripped a depth charge. The U- boat is believed to have been sunk. No further trace was found of her, at- though destroyers searched in that vi- einifv fnr a b.ntr imp This account is corroborated bv oth-l at ordain from Rotterdam. er naval officers and passengers frn-n I lom well informed JtaHSCn- other shis. Practically all accounts agree that two torpedoes wptc fired at the Tus-! Mini a, (one pa)iini) -close under herj stern- From the number of torpe does , fired and tho varying directions from which they came, it would appear there may nave been a fleet of submarines engaged in the attack. i The plan of mobilizing r number of U-boatg to make a sinkin? certain wasi SEEMS PUZZLING TO GERMUliERS Von Hindenburg Has Divided Iiis Heavy Reserve Forces Because of Uncertainty Ey J. W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press) New York, Feb. 8- The Germnn general staff is completely confused oyer America's campaign plans in (Vance. Von Hindenburg is revealing the fact that , he doesn't know whero General Pershing is going to strike by concentrating Uerman reserves both near Metz and ia southern Alsace near the Swiss border. Reports of large masses rf German soldiers arriving at these centers have bocouio too persistent to be ignored. Motz and southern Alsace are about 150 miles apart by rail The Germans never divide their troops by so large a distance as this unless there is the most imperative reason for it. Separa- American Flyers Are Trans ferred Into Corps of Gen eral Pershing's Amy Washington, Feb. 8. Arab forces un der the command of the Shiok of Mecca have completely dofeatod the Turkish army operating southeast of the Dead sea, official dispatches received today state.. . .... In a sanguinary battle which began January 30, the Arab tribesmen prac tically annihilated the entire Turkish force, capturing 300 prisoners, including the Turkish commander in chief, and his staff, the report states. The Turkish loss in killed alone ex ceeded 400. Eighteen machine guns, two niouutaiu guns and a large amount of booty fell into the hands of the Arabs. The engagement, according to the re port made to General Allcnby of tho British expeditionary force in Pales tine, began at Kerek, near the sou tit., eastern extremity of tho Dead sea. The Turks, badly beaten, lost many prison ers, seven machine guns, one mountain gun and a large quantity of booty, re tiring in disorder. Pursuing Arabs overtook the detach ments near Tafilo, where the remaining forces were cut to pieces. yIn the Jerusalem sctor", Gnral AI- Inby reports that railway communication has been opened up with the Jerusa lem ruilroad which virtually assures tho British line of communication in their drive across the Jordan to cut the He- jaz railroad. If this campaign, which military critics predict is Allenby 's plan of strategy, is successful, the Turk com munication line with Medina will ba broken. Tribesmen under the Shiek of Mecca or King of Mecca, as the former chief of Mecca designates himself, have been of great assistance to the British expe ditionary forces in driving the Turk from the Holy Land. Shortly after the British campaign in Palestine got under tho way, tho shcrif, ruling over lecca and Medina by tho authority of the sultan, doclared tha independence of Arabia from Turkish rule, England immediately recognized tha nowly formed government and as a re- ( Continued on page three) (Continued on pago three) ! Abe Martin lifts Monday Closing Urd?r In Som? State? Washington. Feb. 8. Fuel Adminis trator Garfield today lifted the Mon- osing order in North Carolina, - .-'Miiri iaronna, i ennessee, i.eorina. . 1 j Hcrida, Alabama, Mississippi and Lou-ijj Feb. 8- Enlistments siana. iX Seattle. Wash in the army rwruitini statien here Moderation "of weather conditions I iViibled Thnrs.Viy following publics-' made this step possible, fuel adminis-ijjj tion of the sinkine of tho transport tration officials dez-lnred. The order of Tuscaniii by a German submarine. Thir preference in coal shipments, establish- teen men enlisted. The averaee number ed January 17, will remain effective per dav is six and enlistments had not and the penalty attached to violation ' gone beyond seven for several weeks, of it. i gers the following uncensored facts and opinions were glean ed: Germany is planning a sub marine campaign in the Pacific Desertions in the German army are increasing. American prisoners are treat ed worse in Germany than Eng lish or French. Holland has only two months of provisions. Holland may enter the war unless the allies and the Unit ed States supply her needs. Fear that the ship brought German fungus to ruin the Am-cri'-nn crop was reported as one reason for the minute examina tion of the l")0i passengers. Even face powder, soap and tooth parte were seized in the search. The result of the search was unrevealed. Elaborate examination was necessary here because the Nieuw Amsterdam did not touch at Halifax, British port of call. oiriAii dill'Jfl Ufl OH PRESIDENT'S PLAN Republicans Play Pontics and Chamberlain Crowd Will Help Them " i Washington, Feb. 8 President Wil son will have to fight now to get tho legislative authority to enforco him self that co-ordination of tho war gov ernment that factions in congress havo demanded. The method he has selected a meas uro that would give him unprecedented powers of control over existing war machinery is not to Itho liking of many in both houses. The prediction was made by its opHinenU that it would be smothered in committee as emasculated bv amendments. The sen- iato judiciary committee probably wilt begin ejoiundcjatKin: ',ot ma mcasuro Monday. It is pos.nble tho president may make a personal appeal to con gress for favorablo action upon it. Senator Overman, who suddenly pre cipitated tho "empowering bill" on congress Wednesday afternoon, says "there's nothing drastic about, it as to shock the eapitol." "It simply gives the president au thority to combine and co-ordinate tho various bureaus, commissions and agen cies to meet the war situation," h said, "just as the statue enacted March 3, 1017. places this function in pence time in the hands of tho burcan of efficiency. "That bureau, which was prevent ed from making a report because of the war emergency, has been asked to furnish the committee with recommen dations based upon its investigations under peaco time conditions." Kimrvnrtors of the Chamberlain bil' card receiver that occupied th' center were jubilant over the turn of affairs. th' marble-top table in th' pariori T&ev insisteu inai hid iuui Some girls may be warm hearted, but tion was a vindication of their posi we don't see how they kin be. tion that re-organization was necessary Who remembers th' ole fashioned.