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lU0Al"S WEATHER 'W lAILLSHoi) 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 EEADE'R'i'i )AI1Y Only Circulation i'i em Guar anteed by the Au ! lureau of Circulate FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE AfHT y Oregon: Tonight and . Wednesday fair, preceded by rain thia after noon and tonight south west por tion; m o d e r a te northerly winds, FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 43 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NBW STANDS FT VI? OKNTS (l I II RUSSIA DECIDES TO FIGHT AGAINST INVADING HiK Trotsky Tells Executive Com mittee German Demand ; ' Unreasonable WANTED TERRITORY AND HEAVY INDEMNITY Berlin Officially Reports That Invasion Proceeds With Little Resistance WISH! - - ' :,): By Joseph Shaplen (United Press staff correspondent) Pctrograd, Feb. 19. Russia will fight. The Bolsheviki foreign office so in formed the Uuiited Press today. If the" Germans advance aaainst (Russia they will be declared counter j had been reported political in character (revolutionists and will be fought like but perhaps may have been really mil Alexieff and Kalcdines, it was assert-, itnrv vu. Alio ri;puiisu to recruiting 01 a. so- 'c.ialist army is enormous. No trade relations with Germany are possible, the foreign office declared the Germans will get food only when they revolt and join the Russian ietariat. l,,u Foreign Minister Trotsky, address iue the Bolsheviki executive commit - tub ouiiineo. puuiniy ior me iirm nine the startling peace terms presented by Germany, which Russia refused. They in.clud.xi retention of Poland, Lithu- mnin, Riga and Moon Island and pay- Dieut of four billion dollars indemnity. The joint note ef the foreign diplo- imats concerning Russia's repudiation of its national debts, has aroused the langer of the entire press. It is inter- prcted as a direct move of all the bol-' ligerents to crush the Russian revolu- tiou. . . - Recent dispatches stated that sever- sil European neutrals, including Hoi- 'laud, Spain and the Scandinavian coun- ftries, wore planning to make a joit "protest against the Bolsheviki decla- ration of an international moratorium. Invasion is Proceeding London, Feb. 19. Germany's ad vance against) Russia was under way today according to the Berlin war of tfioe. The Dvina river has been crossed withon ".lmnsition. a German official statement said. " "Called to help Pkraine, we aro ad- vancinir from tho direction of Kovcl" - (Continued on page three) SENATOR JOHNSON SPEAKS FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF NATION'S Open Fight To Prevent Re turning Roads to Private Ownership Again Washington, Feb. 19'. Opening the fight to retain the railroads under the government after the war, Senator John son, of California, toaay declared in a sonate speech that "the nation is! inarching straight to the goal of public f ownership the people at last will come into their own." He vigorously assailed the compensa tion provided for railroads in the raii road control bill, stating that "because of the crisis, it is indefensible. To the plea that "politics would playjtcriv silent as'to the railroad manage an important and injurious part in the!mpiit and government policy." management of the roads," Johnson re-j Johnson reviewed the history of his plied: "I'll risk any kind of politic fiei,t against the Southern Pacific in under government ownership rather j California to show how under private than the politics I have seen under pri- j mauagement the idea prevailed that the vate ownership." "railroad was designed solely for the "I would now take the inevitable purpose of paying dividends to its own next step in government control of our ers." railroads and do whatever might be j Taking up the compensation provided essential to make that government con-jfor the railroads while under govern trol permanent government ownership ment control, Senator Johnson compared or at least leave the way open so that the method followed with that adopted immediately upon the termination of the! respecting America's fighting men and war we might follow to its logical con-i mrty bon(j investors. ' elusion- what already we have partly While the government conscripts done," Johnson said. "After some young men and sends'them forth to months of useles and impotent en- "'make supreme sacrifices" paying them doa-or, the railroad men, as well as all j $30 a month and demands "that citi others, realized that under the system ! zeus invest their money in liberty existing in our country neither service bonds at 4 per cent, it prepares to nor efficiency could be accorded in the j gjve the railroads a return based on the crisis. (sums earned in 1915, 1916 and 1917, aow tne lesson is wuati ine great; trunk lines of the country must be na tionalized and there must be one con tral directing power. It is plain that this nationalization cannot be accom plished by competitive roads. There must be an absolute unity of purpose and with private ownership such eo" ordination and nationalization are ut- ALLIES FULLY PREPARED TO MEET GERMAN PLAN OF INVADING SWITZERLAND Precaution To Meet ency Has Been Taken British Are Confident By Ed L. Keen ' (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Feb. 19. The allies assuredly are fully alive to the situation detailed by William Philip Simmg in his dispatch regarding the possibility of Hindenburg invading Switzerland. If Hindenburg has completed tenta- afraid, tive plans for such a move, the allies are ! Not that the troops ur.jcr-estlmnto equally prepared to counter, as long as what is coming. On the contrary, every they are convinced it is the German 1 one is keenly aware of the situation. It military nolicv to regard the treatv nf in unliVnlv tlmt O ti opmv in Vain wnvls? 1815 as no more sacred than the Belgian I individually ever understood quite soi while on the other the pews were lined "scrap of paper," providing the viola-1 well the importance of an approaching I wlth men in members of the tion is considered strategically advan- battle. British flying corps, tageous. First, because its 'intelligence was I Outside in the street the reserves There is no doubt but that the full- never bo high. I frm the traffic squad battled with est cognizance has been taken of the Second, leaders and men never were hundreds who tried to gain admit recent massing of Germans near the so thoroughly in each other's confidence' tance to the service and mountod po Swiss border which, however, must be j Everyone appears to feel that in all licemen pushed ther horses through the regarded as a possible blind to distract attention from the real point of the pro jected offensive. This has been suggested in some qmv ters in connection with the recent trip of General Srnutz to Switzerland, which AFTER ANOTHER VICTORY.. By Carl D. Groat Washington, Feb. 19. Germany's military leaders hope to lull the ueruinn people wiiu a viuu.j a& fondness Russia. i Ti.nt wna the wav the military men I today sized up the Uerman-Kussian sit u-ation and th riaii 0ppositic gittns tHe i'eu the fact that despite Aus tion to warring on the Hus- euton armies are now strik- : on(.w t Russia. ,no (jerman leaders, according to thought here, hope to work their will witll Russia, get desired territory by snutting Russia off from the Baltic, and tieu t,.y to still the murmurings at j,oma presenting this new "victory." The utterly disorganized Russian army give the Russians little assistance iin- Jue4iately, military ' men say. While there are sufficient military forces and eqUip,nent for the Bolsheviki to fight aEaillst the Ukraine government, there .g now scarcely the shell of a tigimng army, hence the Germans are expecieu to have free swing. , , While Russia's sole thought has long been peace, it is believed that the Teu ton eourse will fan the militarist spirit anew. Russia etill has a considerable tnn.rflr arms, but the lines of-com munication are poor and the supplies are i Morula scattered, so all in all ucr many is going up against one of the easiest and most unique military ven-l tures. which any army ever had. . j The German drive will be used in the 'American propaganda to emphasize the RAILROADS terly impossible. The conclusion, there fore, is irresistible that we must ulti mately do in time of peaco what we have been driven to do by stress in time of war and the logical outcome is, of course, government owncrsnrp "The present bill, while allowing ex cesfive compensation to the railroads, fixed a time limit in which the proper ty shall be held, of eighteen months af ter the war. With the close of the war, 18 months will remain without a defin ite policy on the part of the United .states, while the railroads will be under absolute control of the director general. It seems scarcely possible that for this interval we should with scrupulous care provide for paying the maximum amount to the railroad companies and De be ut- Johnson pointed out I'pon that theorv is the maximum of sacrifice demanded of all the rest of the nation!" asked Johnson, "and the maximum of compensation accorded our railroads!" "If any man here suggested that the fContinued oa page two) German annexationist policy and the empiness of the Teuton claim of de fense of Ukraine will be pointed out. British Are Confident. With the British Armies in The Field, Feb. 19. With utter absence of panic or dread, the British troops were await ing the shock of battle today. Unlike Hindenburg 's braggarts, the British do not pretend they are longing for carnage. The lighters are ready, with jaws set resolutely, calm and un probability it will b the turning point in the war; that behind the kaiser 'sj bluffing is a discontented nation of starvelings; that although Hindenburg undoubtedly has put everything he's got into this punch he cannot must not will not win. Fnrmerlv. onlv the eenerals knew what a battle was about. Today every soldier knows that upon him, to some extent, depends much even victory: perhaps an early allied peace, Meantime, a strange calm reignB over most parts of the front. Here and there , raids are increasing; tncre is sporadic cuou...s, .m " "e" , at wide intervals. Otherwise the front eives an impres- sion of calm before the storm. SENATOR CNAMEERLAII UNDER SURGEON'S KNIPE Washington, Feb- 19. Sen ator Chamberlain, Oregon, will bo operated on today for ap pendicitis. Chamberlain was taken ill suddenly yesterday with an attack of appendicitis. Early today his condition ap peared somewhat improved, but after a consultation doctors de cided to remove Chamberlain to hospital here at once. Operation Performed Washngton, Feb. 19. An. operation for appendicitis was performed successfully on Sen ator Chamberlain of Oregon at Providence hospital here this afternoon . Senator Chamber lain's physicians reported him resting well. A bee line is tho shortest route to Berlin, so tho quickest way there js t4 fly. Srpuce up. ! III? ' A C&i ttSM J&Jir I S-Zl flis finecr-priaU. BROADWAY SAYS A GOOD-BY TO POPULAR FAVORITE AMD HERO Captain Yernon Castle Buried Today From Famous "Lit tle Church On Corner" New York, Feb. 19. Broadway to day said good-bye to Vernon Ojstle, captain in the Royal Flying corps, and premier dancer, who gave his life that another might live. , Novor before did the famous little church around the corner, where the services were held, hold such a cosmo politan group of mourners, or was the street ever more crowded. Leaders of the theaterical world filled one side of the little auditorium. .crowd to make way for the hearse, Borne by six cadets of the Royal Flying corp3, the casket bearing the j aviator-dancer was brought into the church, following the boy choir. Then ' came the commanding officers of the British recruiting mission and the mem- Kara nf tlin flvinor enrna (in tho bint ' ' march wtia Castle. The services were short and there was no eulogy The casket was draped with the sorv :A fi ..M viih hn American flag at the head and on top , t ly Castle g cap. On the left breast of 1118 uniform were the eagle wings or his corp3 and underneath tho service ribbon and medal which ho had re ceived for bravery in action. Mrs. Castle, dressed in deep mourn ing, sat in a front pew, holding her handkerchief beneath her veil. At the conclusion of the servces sho followed the casket, borne by the cadet flyers, through the church and out into the street, where American army officers who attended stood at attention land the throng stood in-the rain with bared heads. . -"' - - - Mrs. Castle had met the body when it arrived at fhe Grand Central station this morning and had gone with it to the Campbell funeral church. Lieuten ant Grossmith, Castle's brother in law, accompanied her and was with her all durng the aervico. When she left the church she leaned upon Lieutenant Grossmith 's arm and he helped her in to her carriage. ' Chaplain Stillman of the Royal Fly ing corns conducted tho service and the Rev. Georce Houehton. pastor of the church, read, the' Episcopal service, Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery. Leader of Strikers T Pn An Wnrtw Dn..J day in tho government's move to pre 10 UO Ufl II age DOara vent future walkout ti in tho ship yards. liutchenson, if he accepts the new Washington, Feb. 19. William nut- post, will bo asked to sit in when wood chenson, leader of the striking wood- workerB' cases are being considered, workers in eastern ship yards, is to bo appointed to the shipping board wage adjustment commission. This was. the latest development to- INDELIBLY RECORDED. NO. 2 TO REGAIN PRESTIGE GERMAN MILITARISTS HAVE INVADED RUSSIA Bolsheviki Have Out-General-ed Hindenburg In Diplo matic Negotiations By J. W. T. Mason, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Feb. 19. The precarious condition of the prestige of the German militarists becauso of the failure of the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations is primarily responsible for the new Teutonic advance In the Russian Baltic provinces. Von Hindenburg has been out man euvered diplomatically by the Bolshe viki into a position whero he must take some kind of action or risk the further growth of discontent in Ger many. Hence he ha decided to move the Riga flank of his Russian front further northwurd. There is no mili tary advantage to Germany in this operation. The advance could have been undertaken at any time within the past 12 months with the samo chances of success. Von Hindenburg had previously de clined to engage in the adventure be cause of its disadvantages. The movement will lengthen the German front and by that much will require more men for its protection, thus weak ening the aggregate number of Ger man troops for use in the main war area against Amerca, France and Great Britain. The kaiser's militarists may believe if they capture Petrograd the Bolshe viki will be overthrown and a peace- at-any-price government will be estab lished in Ruraia This may bo the real ultimate ob jective of the present Baltc movement. The Von Hindenburg diplomats, how ever, badly misjudged the Russian temper nt Brest-Litovek and are cop able of doing so again. The German movement in South Rus sia for the relief of Ukraino has noth ing to do with the Baltic operations. It is an effort to give tho German authorities' control over the Vkraine food lands, now made difficult beeause of the Bolsheviki victories over the TJknaininn armies. The Bolsheviki ore fighting in Ukraine for the cause of the allies, despite the Bolsheviki pro tests against the allies' war aims. Tho Russian situation is undergoing rapid and perhaps vital changes. Tho spirit of combativeness shown by the Bolsheviki in Ukranio may well apponr next against tho Germans in tho Baltic provinces. JStranger things have happened in tho war than the creation of a new understanding bo tween the western democracies and the Bolshviki. Events may well come to that before the war ends just as A. J. Barres, representing tha steel workers on the board, assists dur ing consideration or steeiworicers- uo mands. AMERICANSARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLIED COUNCIL Lloyd-George Tells House of Commons of Meeting of Allied Delegates AMERICAN PLAN WAS ABLY PRESENTED Chief of Staff Robertson Was Present at Meeting But Made No Suggestions London, Fob. 19. American deWates were responsible for centralization of the allies strategy in the supreme war council, Premier Lloyd-George declared in the house of commons this afternoon. "It was thought the chiefs of staffs should have the central authority," said the premier, "but tho American dele gates presented an unanswerable case againBt it. It was one of the ablest mil itary documents ever submitted." All the delegations met separately, Lloyd-George said, and reached a con clusion. When they reported, each fa vored placing the supreme authority in the hands of the inter-allied council. Tho premier said that General Rob ertson was present but said nothing con cerning the workability of the proposed body. Lloyd-George said Lord Derby, secre tary of state for war, had offered to resign but that ho had been asked to re tain hia portfolio. Lloyd-George May Quit. Premier Ployd-George, this afternoon dumauded an immediate vote on whethor the house and country wishes the gov ernment to proceed on its present pol icy. Lloyd-George said if the vote of con fidence is not given, he would quit of- ficej- - - Declaring that "we aro facing ter riblo realities" the prime minmej In sisted that the government was ontitled o know tonight whethor it had the sup port of the house. RAMP IS SENTENCED TO TWO-YEAR TERM Young Anarchist Is Defiant to LastGives Notice of Appeal Portland, Or., Feb. 19. "Would you mind chanLnnif that to Siberia? It would bo inoro appropriate," msked Floyd Ramp, Roseburg srialist, imme diately after Federal District Judge Wolverton sentenced him to serve two: years at McNeil's Island federal pris on and pay a fino of $1000, following conviction 011 a charge of violating the espionage act. Ramp pave notice of appeal. He an nounced Seymour Rtoadman of Chica go will conduct his appeal from the local court. Ramp was convicted of haranguing California drafted men stopping at Rosoburg, spoking to make them dis satisfied with the army. Several times, tho troops nearly mobbed him, accord ing to testimony at tho trial. Ramp who is not on attorney, conducted his own defense, and long arguments with witnesses over political, economic and religious questions were common dur ing his cross examination. Four Are D2ad and Fifth Victim May Die Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 19. Four per sons are dead and a fifth may die as the result of a triple murder and suicide here early today. Forest Bigelow, insurance agent, de capitated his wife, Rena, 34, his seven vear old daughter Annabelle, his sis ter-in-law, seriously wounded his mnh-er-inlaw and then committed suicide. Bigelow killed his wife and child while they lay in bed. He then went in the home of his motherin-law near by where he seriously wounded her, bad ly chopping her head with a hatchet and then killed his sister-in-law. The murderer then returned to his home and shot himself through the head. Police were unable to learn the mo tive for tho crime. ASKS TO BE EETIEED Washington. Feb. J9. Brigadier General Littell has' asked to bo retired from his place as chief of cantonment division and this request will bo grant ed- The war department announced this afternoon that Assistant Secretary Crowell is temporarily in charge. It i likely,- however that tne envis ion will be transferred 10 me mi;in rSv.ljfA&J LAUNCH HOUSING PLANFORVORieS III VMCTORIES British Idea For Improving Labor Conditions Will ; Serve As Model ,., j FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS TO BE APPROPRIATED Communities Will Be Built by Various Communities With Public Funds Washington, Feb. 19. With a $50, 000,000 enabling appropriation being rushed through congress, the govern ment today was prepared to launch a gigantic housing program to give de cent shelter to American workmen at war factories. The plan, modeled somewhat after tha British, and one of the most ambitious war moves the government has made to improve labor conditions, was outlined to the United Press today by Otto M. Eidlitz, new director of housing, as fol lows: Construction at munitions centers as fast as they can be reared of suit able sanitary houses in sufficient num bers to give decent homes to all work men employed in the vicinity. Making these houses of permanent structure, wherever expedient and com patible with necessary speed in Com pleting them. This is proposed to make them "a permanent contribution to tho industrial efficiency of the communi ties." Erection of recreation buildings whera the new labor cities are removed front regular communities. Also of ehurches, schools, stores, etc., everything to assure comfort and the requirements of pro per living. The houses to be built and paid for by tho various communities in which they will bo located by funds advanced by the government out of tho $50,000, 000 rovolving fund. Communities real izing tho community" benefits, of at tracting big industries to -their "local ities would form committees, raiso 20 por cent of tho neitssnry outlay and amilv to the director of housing for the remaining 80 per cent. This, on proper security, would bo advanced as a niteca year loan 011 easy terms. Tho houses to De limn unuer piun and standards of tho government and all requirements of recreation, etc., sup plied as the government dictates. Tho workers to have the "open door" to purchase their homes, if they desire. Hint of commandeering property about tho plants also was given by Eidlitz. "It is unite possible that the gov ernment's power to commandeer proper ty in the vicinity of munitions centera mav simplify the situation and save 1 money in some 01 tne new uuuuu.s he said. . FRENCH 1STUDY ENGLISH Paris, Feb. 19. Tho town cf An necy, near Aix-Lcs-Balns, is giving its inhabitants free instruction in English in view of tho arrival of tho first con tingent of American soldiers in the latter town. Tho American sldiers received an enthusiastic, welcome at Aix Lcs-Bains which was taken over by American military officials to provide the Sam mies with tin amusement center during their "vacations" from the trenches. Abe Martin Th' Garfield order caused many a family reunion. "Well, I 'm proud t' say I've got four sons in th' service," said Mrs. Lisle Bush, t'day. "Three's on farms an' one eloses his billiard parlor -f!f ou Monday."