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FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 43
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1918
PRICE TWO CENTS
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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."