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Q IDJmlm I Ollfij FORTY-FIRS;" "EAR NO. 47 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAYFEBRUARY 23, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND Jtrw 8TAND3 FIVB CENT 1 " J ' 65 ' TO RESIST INVAD Premier Lenine and Foreign Minister Trotskv at Head Martial Law Is Proclaimed Workmen Are Eager to Fight But Soldiers Hesitate Thousand Women In Petro grad Offer Services Berlin Officially Reports That Ad vance Is Proceeding Eastward Meeting Little Resistance About Nine Thousand Prisoners Have Been Taken By Joseph Shaplen, .(United Press Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, Feb. 22.--(Afternoon) A high defense council has been formed, composed of Premier Lenine, Foreign Minister Trotsky, Stalm, Proshiam and Karelin. The city has been placed under martial law. The Petrograd soviet and tho Pan-soviet executive council have .endorsed the people's commissaries policy regarding peace. (Probably refers to the ministry's ef forts to sign a seperate peace, if Germany will permit; and to fight, if Germany continues the inyasion.) The workmen are eagerly preparing to fight. The soldiers are hesitating. Hurried preparations for defense are marked by confusion and desperation. P'etrograd, Feb. 22. (Evening.) Men, . women and even prisoners of war are rallying to the defense of the Russian revolution. . . . A thousand women have offered themselves for the army. Fifty thousandvworkmen soon will be ready to take their places in the battle line, it is declared. Even thousands of war prisoners in Petrograd and Moscow mostly Austro-Hungarians and Slavs, but in cluding some Germans are willing to join the defense Bolsheviki assert. Telegrams received from Soviets in all parts of Russia urge a fight to the finish. Petrograd, February 21. (Night.) The people's com missaries are in favor of the Russian armies retreating until they make a stand before Petrograd. This is" especially true of the workmen's representatives. Officials opposing this plan point out that evacuation of Ukraine means northern Russia will starve. Lettish riflemen have announced they will go to the front to fight for the freedom of Lithuania and Esthonia. The bourgeoisie in Petrograd seem to be waiting the coming of the Germans gleefully, hoping they will be able to save the property they held before the revolution. Berlin, via London, Feb. 23. 'We are proceeding eastward in Estlionia and have occupied Tekraine in Livon ia," the German war office announced today. "Dubno has been reached. "Our prisoners altogether include two generals, two colonels, 443 other offi cers and 8.770 men." Dubno is in Volhynia, fifty miles west of Rovno, n city already reported to have beenntered by the Austrians. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY IS OBSERVED BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON FRONT LINE First Tiaie Sens of Father cf Democracy Serving On Foreign Battlefield By Fred S. Ferguson With the American Army in France, Feb. 22. (Delayed). Standing on fire steps, crouching in listening posts and machine gun positions, or concealed in dugouts where telephones and other war instruments are hidden, American sol diers observed Washington's birthday. It was tht first time the sons of the father of democracy had spent that day in a European battle line, to save the principles he represented. Every man in the front line trenches had a turkey dinner' in honor of the oc casion. German shells were whistling hy ans shrapnel was bursting overhead as th aAiversary was ushered in at midnight. A cold, brilliant moon lighted up thr trenches and No Man's Land almost like day. The knife-like temperature cut thru ERS ! Headquarters Moved. i Petrograd, Feb. 22. (Delayed) The ! Russian western front military head quarters has been hastily moved Jto j Smolensk (fifty miles east of Vitebsk, itive hundred miles south of Petrograd and 250 miles west of Moscow.) It was lost touch with the separate armies. The Germans in Livonia have seized a hundred railway engines and thous ands of cars. (Continued ou page three) the heavily bundled men standing rig idly in the trenches, watching for some bocho movement. The Sammies' "tin hats" surmounted wool helmets which were drawn up to their eyes. They kicked their feet softly against the side of the trench in. an effort to warm them. Then came the "life savers." Men rom the rear brought up steaming hot . coffee, carrying the huge cans through the twisting communication trenches. Every man got a big cup. It was not only hot, but good eoffee. Meantime, a boche or American ma chine gun or automatic rifle would rat tle; a grenade explode; and then the German artillery would open up with a brief chorus. The shells would gwish and scree ni over the trenches, bursting far in the rear. German bullets would whine closer overhead as the American sentries cut loose with their rifles at suspicious ob jects in Xo Man's Land, In the artil lery's telephone dugout were two boys from Chicago, two from Boston and one (Continued on page thru) SECOND BIG DRAFT WILL COME IN JUNE IS LATEST REPORT Number To Be Included In Call Is Yet To Be Determined Washington, Feb. 23. The second big draft will be made in June, according to present plans, it was learned from authoritative sources at the provost marshal general's office today. The number to be included in the call and mobilization planned is to be de termined by the war council of tM war department, it was stated. Unless some great emergency arises. no nation-wide calls or men will be made under the second draft. The present plan provides for a continuous stream of men moving from civilian me to army camps and from the camps to J) ranee. Compar atively small numbers of men will be ordered from certain districts to camps just as rapidly as men now there start across the sea. The formal call authorizing some def inite number will b made merely for the purpose of allocating the district quotas. Many more special and industrial calls, such as the recent ones for brick layers and accountants with Pershing's forces, wfll be made under the second draft, it is believed. For this purpose an elaborate card index system, show ing ths occupations of all registered men, is being compiled. Commencing today, about 70,000 men of the first draft will begin moving to the training camps. This mobilization will be completed within five days. On March 3 about ten thousand more will be sent and this will leave only about six per cent -approximately forty thou sand of tho first draft who have not been inducted into service. L VLADIVOSTOK PORT Squadron of Warships In Harbor Has Had Quieting Effect There Tokio, Feb. 1. (By mail,) Presence of a squadron of Japanese warships, in the harbor of Vladivostok has been .successful in restoring quiet and main taining order at the Russian port ac lOonting to all roiKjrts sent here. Since the squadron arrived conditions have .returned nearly to the normal and al though factions of Russian revolution ists are said to be decidedly covetous of millions of dollars worth of muni tions and railroad equipment shipped ,to Vladivostok by the allies, it has not been molested. Lieutenant Colonel Araki of. tho Jap anese general staff who has been in (Continued from page three.) III. s UNDER THE fgf. r io n't blame me. my) fmf im V 6OO0 WOMAN, RAILROAD CONTROL BILL ARMS DIRECTOR M'ADOO WITH BROAD Senate Passed Bill Yesterday Without Division and House WfllRushActioa By L. C. Martin TTnitixl Pnwa Stuff flnrrpanmidnnt i I II" i . . "IT . 1. Qa II-iT. ". . w asmngton, xeu. so. vv iiiim teu days Director General McAdoo will be armed with the broadest possible pow ers to run. the country's railroads. This appeared certain today as the house continued to hurry the railroad control bill to final passage. The senate passed it late yesterday without a roll call, after a long day of wrangling. As the measure left the senate it appeared certain that it will not take long to reconcile the differences between the house and senate bills in conference.The house is to pass the bill early in the week and the conference will take but a few days. The bill as it passed the senate ex pressed the views of the administration faithfully on every point save one treatment of small . cympetitive rail roads. ' Kicking over the traces at that, even the senators in charge of the bill vot ed to bring all short line competitive roads under the benefits' of government control to save them from disaster. The administration wishes to include those actually needed by fiie govern ment. But on everything else, the gen ate went along with the president and gave him practically unlimited powers to get aside laws, to initiate rates, make I.W.W ARE DENOUNCED IN SERVICE CONGRESS Governor of Arkansas Classed Senator LaF .Me As One of Their Leaders Chicago, Feb. 23. Governor Charles H. Brough of Arkansas, speaking before the Congress of National Service here today, branded the I. W. W. as tho Bol sheviki of America and classed United States Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin as an I. W. W. leader. "You and I realize that there is a Bolsheviki in the United States as well as in Eussia," Governor Brough declar ed. "It is the I. W. W. If I were in the United States senate today I would vote for thV expulsion of the Bolshe viki leador Robert LaFollette." Governor Brough declared the brunt of the war is going to fall on America. Dr. Eugene Davenport, dean of ag riculture at Illinois university, declared America should increase its humau food production. "Four fifths is now produced to feed (Continued on page three) fiWTS OH V SHADOW OF THE SPIKED HELMET LEGAL POWER regulations, to lend money, buy seeurL ties; in shoit, to do anything he deems neee.vinry through the director general to make government control a success. The utter rout of forces opposing the administration's wishes with regard to basis of compensation, power to make rates, length of government control and other points, was expected to be fol lowed by a similar victory in the house The chief of provisions of the sen,, ate bill follow: Empowers the president to make agreements with railroad for payment of an annual return equivalent of the average operating income for the years 191.5, 1916 and 1917. Provides appeal to the court of claims to settle disputes ou compensation. Authorizes the president to lend rail roads money for improvements and equipment. Provides fS00,0UU,UUU lor this pur pose. Authorizes government purcnase or railroad securities. Provides the president may initiate rates and make them effective immed iately, subject to revision by the inter- stat commerce commission. Includes every short line competitive ail road in the country under fedoral control, whether designated by the di rector general or not. Terminates government control cignt- een months after the end of the war, but gives the president power to termin ate 'it at any time he may deem advis able. Gives the president full power to set aside existing laws that hampor effec tive government control. HUM ARMY EVIDENTLY NOT URGE AND ADVANCE S LOW Quite Likely That Possibility of Resistance Is Causing Some Anxiety By J. W. T. Mason (Written for United Press) New York, Feb. 23. It is improbablo that Von Ilindenburg has more than fifty thousand men engaged actively at all points in the German forward move ment into RuHisa. The slowness of the Teuton advance, in view of the absence of opposition has now undoubtedly become influenced by the increasing possibility that the Rus sians may organize a trap for tho num erically weak invaders. Ilindenburg is taking no risk of suffering heavy cas ualties and causing renewed unrest within Germany. The bulk of tho Ger man troops on tho 'Russian front are quiet. For the first time tho German (Continued on pnge three) II! lllilk Sfiit 'Is W& ALIEN ENEMIES BEIilG WEEDED OUT AT CAMP LEWIS-DISCHARGED Four Austrians Are Under Ar rest and Face Court Martial and Death Penalty fiimn Lewis. Wash.. Feb. 28 A to tal of 200 alien enemies have been weeded out and discharged from the snrviDn nt tlia nntiniint AriTlV at this cantonmout, it was announced today. Thirty tour were uivesxea oi jneir uni forms and released yesterday. Vnni. Anatrinnu nnw held under guard aa a result of alleged threats to shoot their officers and turn over their comrade to tKo enemy at the first op- .. . u .. u portunity wnen tne iroops buuuiu r;u finiitiiiB frnnt nmv be court mar- tialed and shot, it is declared. Evi dence of tho alleged treasonable ut terances of these men, whose names are withheld, is now in the hands of tUn t- uirm iiinaA fl ii vnpn.T.e. mo ; , , rum Wnahineton received here quote tho judge advocate gonor- al's office as saying mat any uauuum A with Plotting wuj ,-- -i treason would De conn manmiou if found guilty, would be liable to tne a!, TtnnnHv. This rulins would ap pear to apply tr the Austrians in ques- drafted miivu uviibh, - irom Butte, who is said to have declar ed that "Americans are fools" and ex- j 4.1.-. i,nno that the German Trt?mu t' - " . would give this country "a good whip- pins," has boon arrcBxea u i'. 5-2 Li and will be interned. Thomas Holmuth Bitter, sergeant ma- ior arrested some tame ago, iuuu.UB disappearance of important military doc uments from the office of the adjutant eonerul here, has been uisnuuornu.j. J e.m !, service, it is re- ported and will bo interned for the du ration of the .war. No direct evidence 4.1. ... V,- anfficinnt to convict Klt" tcr of espionage wag produced. The greater numoer or me .v r tv, oi st. division were cnargwu. 4"4 . , . not accusod of serious offenses, but were simply dropped because of ques tion as to their entire loyalty to the United States. Have Full Power Wnatiincton. Feb. 23. Authorities at Camp Lewis, Washington, have full power to act in the cases of four na tional army soldiers cnarged with treason, the judge advocate general s office said today. No report has been received of the arrest of the men. and none is expected until after they have boen court martialed. If tho court mar tial finds them guilty, the verdict must be reviewod and approved in Washing ton, VLADIVOSTOK PILED HIGH WITHMUNITIONS Greater Part Was Shipped From Vancouver During Romanoff Regime Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 23. The city of Vladivostok and the district sur rounding it to a distance of three miles aro piled several feet high with all kinds of munitions of wnr, railway equipment, automobiles, ami in fact ev ery conceivnblo article, the greater part of which was shipped from tho port of Vancouver durincr the Roman off regime. A few nionth3 ago there were several Canadian and United States railway engineers trying to as semble tho rolling stock, but the ma jority of those men have either left or rn now leaving. So declared J. How- den today to a representative of the province. Mr. Howden, who has just returned from Russia, is a veteran of the South African war. His opinion of the Russian is not a very high one. There h, according to the statement ho made, graft from the Baltic sea to tho Pacific const. Tho Russian seems to live, move and have his being in that word, and that is one reason, ho declared, why tho country has retrograded to such an extent. Trotsky and Lenina are not the men, ho stated, to undertake the govern ment of a country like Rus.ia. Though ho may have certain abilities, Trotskys training in the kitchen of a big hotel in New York is not the sort of train ing, said Mr. HowrTen, that fits a man to handle a territory like Russia. Former Amhassador Gerard Is Recovering New York, Feb. 23. James W. Ger ard, former ambassador to Germany Is ill at his hotel here today, recovering from an operation performed for an ab scess in the nasal organs, contracted during one of his visits to German pri son camps. Dr. Leo M. Ifurd, his physician, de clared that while his condition had been critical ho had passed the danger point j and his temperature and pulse were nor mal this morning. M'ADOO ASSERTS RAILROADS ABLE TO DELIVER FOOD Heads of Food and Transpor tation Bureaus Clash Over Existing Crisis AMICABLE AGREEMENT ' SEEMS TO BE PENDING International Pantry Is Re quired and Hoover Will Be In Charge of Supplies By Robert J. Bender " (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Fob. 23. The food crisis facing the allies has developed a sharp dispute between the railroad and food administrations. Herbert Hoover, having announced that the next sixty days will be critical ones and everything dopenda' on the ability of the railroads to move food. Director General McAdoo will send his railroad after it. McAdoo added a long statement to show ho is working hard and moving much food. Whereupon the food administration said McAdoo, obviously appreciating the danger, apparently can be counted on to do everything possible to ulleviata it. Meantime, behind these frontal move ments, there is much fast skirmishing between tho reserve forces of th. two ad ministrations. The first assistants, rear guard and others have ontered into a lively discussion, with . the tendency of both sides being to."pass the buck." ."So far as transportation is concern ed" says McAdoo 'g reply to Hoover, "there is no danger of a food shortage ngRin in the eastern part of the coun try." . . He further adds to Hobver, as "soli purchaser of supplies in this country for the allied governments," that "if you will notify me from time to time of the location of specific supplies and the port or ports to which you wish such supplies transported. I will guaran tee tho necessarv transportation, sub ject alone to blizzards and floods." t i 1 ' . 4t 4U f ,r wh.ll noover, ueiug uui. ui hid i..,. McAdoo's misive arrived, food admin istration officials pondered over it and thon countered with: 'Mr. McAdoo '9 statement is very re assuring since it indicates further cara will bo furnished western terminals aim tho shortae fro mtheso terminals to eastern territory now will be overcome. A a Hib Tnilrnnd directorates are evident ly nlive to the situation, they will no i . . i .. .. 1 1 .......... .1 p.. nlfim ' ' While tlio verbal swords of these of f;..;i,lq clunked merrilv on. the housa agricultural committee today completed its roport on the compulsory meatless and wheatless day bill and declared as tho nllied food situation "is becoming soriously critical" Hoover must have broader powers at once. At the food administration it was stated today thnt tho inter allied food i.rnblcm is developing need for an in ternational pantry with Hoover as tho steward, to equitably portion its limit ed contents. Hoover only awaits passage of the compulsory rationing measures to start his gignntic task. Wheatless and meatless weeks are ahead, officials here believe, until the present chaos is relieved. $ Abe Martin $ What's become o th country rela tives that alius brought a suitcase full o' provisions when they dropped in on youf Th' way most girls wear ther hair thev couldn't hear a feller if he did propose.