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Newspaper Page Text10DAH WEATIIER 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY HEWS SERVICE SACK "At U" I Oregon: Tonight and Sunday prob ably rain west,' probably rain or enow east portion . increasing south erly wind inter- f-S. .1.1 fiiffpf h iff mv. FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 35 ' IT I I, O SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW BTANDH FIVR CENTS . i - i 111; r.LL 11 i M ill y n r n inr r 5 ir- -'. v y o o f SIGN PEACE PACMMERICANS ARE WITH UKRAINIA AT BREST-LITOVSK Germany and Austria-Hungary Agree On Terms with Russian Faction CENTRAL EMPIRES NOW , OFFER RUMANIA PEACE As Part of Consideration Will Guarantee Slice of Former i i Russian Empire Copenhagen, Feb. 9. A peace pact between Germany and the Ukraine re public was signed at Brest-Litovsk at 2 a. m. today, according toan official announcement issued in Berlin. Austro-Huugary probably was also a party to this pact. L'Kraiuia, formerly a part of the Rus sian empire, embraces part of the ter ritories of the old kingdom of Poland. It is traversed by the Dneiper river and is one of the most fertile lauds in Eu rope. The fact that Ukrainia nominally is a great wheat producing country may account for the efforts of the central empires to arrange a separato peace. Permanent cessation of hostilities with Ukraine would open a great source of food supplies to the Germans and Aus tiians. There have been two rival delegates representing mo Ukrainians at Brest Litovsk. One composed of the middle classes, represented the newly declared republic. The other representing the proletariat was loyal to the Bolshevik government. It is probable the pact was signed by the former. - Officially Announced. Iondon, Feb. 9. Both Germany ana" Austria signed the peace pact with tho Ukraine republic, it was officially an nounced by wireless today from Berlin and Vienna. Amsterdam, Feb. 9. Germany will offer- Rumania a slice of Russian terri tory as part of the peace terms the cen- tuil empires ara anxious to proffer the Balkan states, it was learned here fori flay. Copies of the Essener Allgemeinexei-; tuug, the Krupp organ, received here to day carried the following statement: "The Eumanian, by renouncing all claims to extension westward, can se-J cure compensaton in the soutnwest cor ner of Bessarabia." Bessarabia is the southwestmost pro vince of Kussia, lying between the Dan ube and Truth rivers and the Dniester river. It contains the important city of Kissineff. Such an arrangement would give Kumania complete control of the mouth of the Danube. Are Against Austria. Washington, Feb. 9. Anti-Austrian (Continued on page four) EE EE'S HOW A . QUEEN CORRESPONDS Washington, Feb. The queen of Italy yesterday ox pressed "sincere sympathy with the work and high ideals" of America 's women in reply to a message sent the queen by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, urging interna tional influence about soldiers in the war. The answer from the queen's lady in waiting follows: "I received from his excellen cy the Duke Borea, and had the honor to bring to the attention of her majesty the queen, by or der of soverign, a letter which your excellency (ambassador) Thomas X. Page, had the courte sy to transmit with homage to her majesty the queen from An na Howard Show, chairman of the woman 's committee, Council of National Defense in Washing ton. ' ' The message inspired by the same sentiments and wishes which are in her majesty's heart was received with the liveliest sympathy by the august sover ign, who at once desired that jour excellency should have the courtesy to interpret her Most cordial thanks for so Liu-1 a wan ifestatiou. Sl:e wishes 10 e-pr.s to the excellent committee I na tional woman's tho sin-iare sym pathy which her majesty lias in eopsidering their work and their h:h ideals. "I have the honor, at the Fame time, to present to your excelbn cy the gracious good wishes of her majesty and on this occasion to offer t your signor ambas sador my highest Tesrards. Signed) "Lady in Waiting, the Conntess of Cimita." : 4& (9 1 btllflREPORTS Pershing Reports Two More Americans Wounded In Recent Fighting "AMERICAN SECTOR DESCRIBED BY FRENCH Famous Belgian Aviator Miss rag and Believed to Have Been Downed Berlin, via London, Feb. 9. "Some American prisoners were taken north of Xivray," the war office announced todav- i-ii. Xivray ig a small French hamlet ap- proximately eight miles due east of St. Mihiel. Americans in Battle Washington, Feb. 9. More fighting between Americans and Germans on the west front has resulted in the wounding of two more of Pershing's men l-rivate Joe rekas, JJeclacs, N. !., and Private Frank Chavers, San Jose, Cal., the war department an nounced today. Pckas'was wounded February 5 and T in " ueaius trom natural causes among. me expeditionary ro-rces included: rivate Uharles U. Burns, Houston, Texas, Private George W. Eoss. 2134 Mar ket street, San Francisco. Corporal Lee O. Sailors, gunshot wound, Pittsburg, Kan. Private Herbert Oleman, Marshfield Ore. - Private Robert Noy,. 49- East -La-Platte street, Butte, Mont Private Earl Davenport, gunshot wounds, reaacnapia, Ual. A later cable from General Pershing listed Private Dave Goldberg as slightly wounded in action February 3. Goldberg's home was at Chicago. The American Sector Paris, Feb. 9. "From the southern part of the American sector can be recognized the deep German Balient at St Mihiel," writes a correspondent of Hie Paris Matin from Colcivrioux. He adds that tho American sector is "northwest of Toul." "The sector is particularly favor able for war training," tho corres pondent writes. ' ' Men are trained in the duties of small attacks as lessons for Ibigger ones. Successive contingents will pass through this hard school." Arabs Continue Advance Washington, Fotb. 9. Arab tribes men under tho Sheik of Mecca, operat ing in Arabia in the Tegion southeast of the Dead sea, are continuing their advance northward, official war de partment reports stated today. Following closely upon tho victory over the Turks between Kerak and Ta file, the sheik's forces captured El Mazraa. an important Turkish town on the shores of the Dead sea, the re port stated, 0 Famous Aviator Missing Washington. Feb- 9. Reni Verton- iren. the most famous aviator in the Belgian armv. has been missing for a period of five days and is believed to have been drowned in the North sea, according to cable dispatches rcceiv cd by the Belgian legation here. Vertoneen. who has been flying con tinuouslv since the beginning of the war, was last seen disappearing in a cloud bank over the sea, tho cable stated. French Take Prisoners Paris, Feb. 9. French troops pene trated enemy lines northwest of Dion court in Lorraine, and brought back nrisonprs last nitrht. the I reneh war rn nnipni rnp Lid i office announced today. j Petroling parties along the Chemin 'i-.Des Dames and in the Champagne re ligion also took prisoners- Enemy Patrols Active London,- Feb. 9. "Enemy patrols were somewhat more active in the sec tor north of Lens last night," Field Marshal Haig reported today. NEW BILLIARD CHAMPION Chicago, Feb. 9. Aueie Kiechefer ; today was. planning to defpnd his new- I lv won three cushion billiard cham ipion?hip against Bob Cannefax. Kiech- : efer la't ni;ht took the championship I from Alfred DeOro, winning the final block, 50 to 31. The s-orc for the three s matches was 150 to V20. Cannefax has challenged the winner. ' I LITTLE CHIEF SIGNS UP ' San Francisco. Feb. 9. Little Chief John T. Johnson, brother of Big Chief Johnson, mastodonic pitcher, has sign- ed a contract to twirl for the Seals in V?l$, it was announced today. CONGRESSMAN NELSON DEFENDS HIMSELF AGAINST CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY Washington, Feb. 9. Senatorial charges that he and his son were vie tinis of political persecution which re- suited last October in the grand jury indictments against them for anti-draft conspiracy, were made on the floor of the house today by Representative John Nelson, Wisconsin. The jury returning the indictments, Nelson charged, included "leading poli ticians not friendly to mo." Nelson hotly denied either he or his son is a "conscientious objector" or tried to evade the draft of the son. "The United States district attorney was urged on by men desirous to fur ther their own ends; newspapers devot ed their eolumns freely to my enemies; and the chairman of the state and Dane county councils of defense members of factions that have opposed me urged the indictments," Nelson alleged. The Wisconsin congressman was in dicted for conspiracy to defeat tho draft law, on the specific charge that he urged his son to go to Canada and get married to evade the draft. The son, Byron, left the University of, Wis consin Nov. 2, 1917, went to tho Nelson farm near Spring Coulee, Alberta, Can ada, and failed to register for the se lective draft. When he was indicted for failing to register, young Nelson came back to Madison and registered lor the draft. At the trial January 3, the mdict- meuts were quashed and no appeal has been made by tlia government. Tho cases were dismissed because Nelson left the country before the draft act was passed and none of the regulations provided that citizens living outside, tho United States must register. Pointing out that the quick settle- men of tho case gave no opportunity to present the facts to a jury, Nelson said he was presenting the case to the house for judgment. "I hope to vindicate more fully my character, the good name of my son and the honor of the house," Nelson said. Nelson stated Postmaster Ueneral Burleson, Chairman Webb of the house iudiciary committee and Representative Cooper of Wisconsin were on their way to Wisconsin to testify in his -behalf when the trial ended and that Speaker Champ Clark had denounced "this persecution in the strongest possible terms." Young Nelson, his father said, had planned to go to tho Canada farm be fore the United States declared war and became engaged to a young lady of the university in August, 1916. When the university excused its students to work on farms, Byron Nelson went to Alber ta, to which tho father says he agreed, because" he needed someone to manage his farm there. It was when he married few months later that a Wisconsin paper pointed out he was not registered, the father stated. Congressman Nelson said he got a rul- ingf rom Provost Marshal General Crow- der that citizens outside the country need not register and that his messages to his son were entirely misinterpreted - 1 by seerot service agonts, who he inti- mates "were spurred on by politicians back home." I "Since the affair two of my most severe critics have announced their can didacy for my seat in congress," Nel son aserted. ' ' Defeated in court, my political foes sought to convey the impression in the newspapers by announcing that justice had failed, but as the attorney general has refused to appeal the case, the pur' pose to hold this charge over my head in the courts has failed. Now they come out into the open, ' reveal themselves, their candidates and their falso issues. I shall meet them fearlessly on my whole record. t "As a member of the house, I might have impeached 'the district attorney, who, being a federal official, permitted his office to be used by others to fur ther their ends. This attorney was by various indirect and subtle means first uuiio in trans lirat uuuecu - Bi uv ....... ui TUe price.fixillg blU which places in later go before a grand jury that wa.th prti(lent.s hldB drastic pers of . . , ' , ,. r a conspiracy charge, under a distortion of the facts and an absurd statement of tho law." WOMEN ARE HELPING TO Will VICTORY FOR DEIIOCRACYOFIRLD They Are Performing Many Tasks That Were Formerly Done Only by Men New York, Febj' 9. Thousands of American girls and. women ate doing thoir bit to help win the war by doing men's -work. This gigantic release of man power is clearly shown by information, col lected by tho United Press from representative American cities. With the nation crying for men to build ships, keep the railroads running and for men to fight, girls and women are shown taking up all work from oporating street-cars to climbing tele phone poles. Massachusetts alone has from 8,000 to 10,000 more women working sii America entered the war. The heav iest increase is reported in women tex tile workers. Approximately two thousand Oregon women are working in men's places, (Continued on page seven) . -r" .". -.-l-v 'Wst ' HOUSE AND SENATE ARE AGAIN SKIMPED BY PENDING MEASURES President's Demand For More Tower Is One of Most Im portant Problems Faced Washington, Feb. 9. The end of ano ther congresisonal week found the house and senate stumped by the most im portant legislation' of the war. To what extent ' President Wilson's powers of control over the war machin ery are to be extended is at stake in the following measures, all of which have served to give pause to the legislators The "empowering bill" which peace time laws could be smashed by the pre si dent at will in his plan to co-ordinate and sped up the different bureaus and departments. The McAdoo war finance corporation by which tho xateof the nation's in dustrics would be largely left in tho jt k Ze u stipulating the price' tor almost all nonessities, While the senate paused for a day m its fight over the war department republicans met to discuss "party mat ters. One of these party matters, it was strongly hinted today, waB the attitude tho republican senators are to take either individually or as a party, on the administration s requests lor groat er war powers. Meantime, important legislation is be iug delayed by the long drawn quib bles, many of which are unimportant, Some of the appropriation measures, that have passed tho house required about 25 per cent more time on tho floor than two years ago. Will Appeal to Leaders. Washington, Feb. 9. President Wil son will call upon republican and demo cratie leaders in cougross to help push throug-u his sweeping "empowering bill" legislating into his hands tho au thority to make drastic changes in the war government. ' i It was stated officially today that the president wit hold conferences next week with senators and representatives of both parties in tho hope of getting speedy action on the measure. He- does not contemplate using all the powers the measure would bestow, but he wants them for use as deemed necessary. SPEAKER GETS BIO PAY Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 9. War time slashing of salaries on high priced ball players isn't disturbing Tris Speaker today. Tho star Indian outfielder sien cd his 1918 contract yesterday and it was learned from au authoritative source thcro was no cut. Neither was here any boost. Speaker has been reported as get ting ip.io,uuu a year. 'shrr "Ti:. " i if J v.jrji .'i'l BODIES OF HISSING VICTIMS OF TUSCANIA NOT YETJECOVERED British Trawlers .Continue Search Missing List Still Not Materially Changed By Ed L. Keen (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Feb. 9. British trawlers and the coast guard were conducting a thor ough though apparently hopeless search for the bodies of forty men still miss ing from the torpedoed transport Tus cania, early today. Revised admiralty figures today show ed 2,235 saved. 166 missing and 126 bodies recovered. The bodies recovered are believed to be included in the 166 classified as "missing.'.' The missing are believed to include 145 American soldiers, according to de tails available early today. This esti mate was carried by the United Press on Thursday morning and apparently is as accurate as is possible, based on present reports. , Survivors' Btories, wired from Belfast, today, continued to emphasize the sang- troid or the American soldiers while facing death. "After the torpedo hit us a dead silence settled over the ship' declared one American officer. "Tho only sounds I noticed were mea shuffling to tho deck from below, the sharp order of officers and the hiss of distress rockets. "Then some groups of soldiers start ed singing while at attention, waiting to cuter the life boats. Others grimly joked in low tones. Some sought to find thmr pals. All lighted up cigarettes and smoked ruriously, "I saw oue boy jump overboard with a lifebelt. A big wave cast him up momentarily as high as the decks. He was swearing aud cussing tho Germans still smoking his cigarette. "A soldier cut a ropo while a life boat was being lowered, spilling the oc cupants, but the boat was righted and lowered. ' ' While loworing a collapsible life boat it acicdeutly fell on tup of a life boat containing a dozen. It must have killed and injured several. "The American commander Btayed aboard tho vessel until the last, when a destroyer came alongside aud took him off. "I didn't venture below to get my be longings, as the ship was listing so faBt" Baidnother officer. When the first destroyer came up as we wero waiting for tho boats, we cheered her. With the destroyer's lights turned on us, the submarine probably could see us plainly, because just as wo were leaving the ship another tor pedo shot across the Tuscauia's bow. wo saw the wake. The work of tho destroyers was magnificent as they were in danger of being torpedoed all the time." I was on deck talking witn a chum," said au American private, "when there was a 'bang.' Wreckage and water shot higher thau our heads. It seemed as though the ship vonuteu her insides out. Nobody hollered, but you can im agine what it was to stand shivering in tho darkness, not knowing what mo ment a second torpedo would send her to the bottom. 'Thero was some delay in getting the boats over the side, but less than might have been expected." Little Hope Held Out. Washington, Feb. 9. Another 24 hours of waiting left little hope here that America's loss from tho torpedoed . Tuscania would be less than original United Press figures 145 United States officers and soldiers. Tho war department has received no fficial correction as yet on its com pilation of Thursday 113 officers and men missing and 97 of the puHsengers aud crew. Late record of survivors, however, indicated that tho number of the crew lost will bo reduced. Owing to the fuct that tho full list of survivors must be cabled to this coun try before there can be a check made of tho ship's roster to determine the names of the missing, it probably will bo early next week before America will know its dead. Given Martial Reception. Belfast, Ireland, Feb. . Irish troops quartered in this city gnve American soldiers from the torpedoed Tuscama a typically martial reception. About 100 survivors arriving at tho railway station from Irish ports were met, by a battalion of the Koyal Irish Rifles, headed by a band. The Americans, many of them clad in nondescript carments, were led to the center of the city, where they were cheered by the citizens. They were of fered the hospitality of private homes and entertainments were organized in their honor. Souvenirs of Tuscanla. Belfast, Ireland, Feb., 9.. Captain Smith of a Michigan regiment possesses the trey of eluhs as a souvenir or the Tuscania torpedoing. I drew it to two pairs, giving me a full house, just as the ship was torpe doed," he explained. 'As I picked it up, the boche open ed the betting with a torpedo. There vai no use bucking again that, so I threw down my hand and went on deck, keeping the trey as a mascot." ANTILV.W. DRIVE TO BE CONTINUED HI Forty-Six of Fifty-Five In dicted at Sacramento i Now In Jail ; 71 ALL DEFENDANTS ARE - up on conspiracy; Indictments Go Into Details cf Conspiracy to Hamper War Operations " ' San Francisco, Feb. 9. Nino mora arrests are expected to be made today by federal agents as the result of re turn of indictments by the Sacramento federal grand jury charging members of the I. W. W. with conspiracy i obstruct American prosecution of th war by a campaign of sabotage. Forty-six of tho 55 persons indicted are already in jail at Sacramentov These include William Hood and G. F. Voctter, who were arrested in Decern bcr in connection with the attempt t dynamite the governor's mansion. The other nino indictments were placed on the secret file and will not be an nounced until the persons involved have been arrested. It is said, how ever, thnt all of these are persons of considerable prominence in the world of radical thought here. Some of the indictments contain specific charges and somo general charges. One blanket true bill accuses all the defendants with obstructing tha draft act, fostering sabotage and attempting- to bring on strikes. It is al leged that the persons named merely participated in a conspiracy in whieh the- wholo I. W. W. organization is in volved to conduct a plan of sabotage. Attempts to intimidate by use of threats also are alleged. Iho indictments go into details re garding tho alleged plot. In one sec tion the text of sin I. W. W. poem in quoted. This ridicules American sol diers and tho work they are doing. The connection between the Sacramen to cases and thoso in Chicago involv ing international officers of tho I. W. W. is shown in lettors urging some of the defendants to continue their "out side work" as "the best means" of helping those in jail in Chicago. Arguments On I. W. W. Motion Chicago, Feb. 9. I. W. W. attorneys reply today on tho arguments of pack ers' counsel agninBt federal trado com mission seizures of Henry Vceder'a papers', for return of the government's evidence in tho conspiracy charge brought under tho espionago law. Federal Judge Landis having the two cases under advisement, indicated that a ruling may bo handed down Monday. Further arguments are to be heard on the I. W. W. motions for 8) bill of particulars and quashing of the indictments. Georgo Vanderveer, I. W. W. coun sel, stated that he would rest his de mand for return of the papers seized in the I. W. W. raids last September on the .arguments presented by Veed- cr's attorneys to recover Swift & Com- nany's letter files. Francis J. Honey, in chargo of the commission's packing probe, declared tho I. W. W. was "trying to crawl into bed with the packers." Abe Martin 3 S Most o' th' bare chested girls we see are so thin ther backs must suffer. No buddy ever got in trouble takin' things THROUGH NATIO a. i , vi 1 v.; a. -, .j as they com?.