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Newspaper Page Text4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation In Salem Guar anteed by tbe Audit Bureau of Circulations c.-riiA-riQN 'Si WEATHER FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES EPECfAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 49 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NTTWB STANDS FITS CENTS PREPARIPJIFOR DEFENSEOFtS&AL AGAINST GERMA In Spite of Acceptance of Peace Terms Work Is Feverishly Pushed WORKMEN WOULD FIGHT . BUT SOLDIERS REFUSE IT 'i Americans Trying to Stir Rus sians Up To Make Stand ' Against Invaders By Joseph Shaplen United Press Staff Correspondent) ' Petrograd, Feb. 25. (Night) Do spite acceptance of the German-imposed peace, mobilization and hurried pre parations for the defense of Petrograd continue. Small German detachments are rcport- ml moving toward Petrograd from Pskoff (162 miles southwest of Petro grad). Workmen's battalions were quickly orgauized and several are al ready moving in the direction of Pskoff After the capture of Pskoff, the Ger mans advanced several stations. The iJussians then began a counter offen sive and the city changed hands sever al times. The remaining Russian work men's battalions are continuously leav ing for Pskoff. The garrison soldiers refuse to fight 1 but the workmen are enthusiastically joining the revolutionary army. Four thousand from the Putiloff works and three thousand from the Viborg and Stnolny have formed an armed camp with red flags flying. As soon as the news of the capture . of Pskoff was received here, the factory whistles called the workmen to arms. Their spirit is belligerent and they are determined to dies for the revolu tion. . 'B The defense committee issued a proc lamation declaring the revolutionary capital is. in the grayest danger and urging all to fight and die for the rev olution. Red guards and Lettish riflemen re captured the Pskoff postoffice, battling in the streets with German detachments which had been cut off from the main lines. Reval was stubbornly defended before it was captured. Turks Enter Thebizond Amsterdam, Feb. 26. Turkish forces entered Thebizond on Sunday, accord ing to reports from Turkish sources reaching here today. Thebizond, a city in the Turkish pro vince of that name, on the north shore of the Black sea has been iu Russian hands since April 39, 191o, when it was taktu by Grand Duke Nicholas. SCENES ARE STIRRING. By Joseph Shaplen (United Press Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, Feb. 25. (Delayed). The scenes at today's meeting of the Soviet's executive committee were most accustomed to follow Premier Lenine unswervingly cursed and swore demanding the revolution die fighting. Despair filled the ante chamber and corridors of the Tauridi, which origin ally saw the birth of the noblest hopes of the revolution. The coolest and most unconcerned of all was Lenine. The premier, short and stocky, with massive head and sturdy shoulders, deep-set eyes and iron fea- (Continued on page two) Abe Martin S33))iB (u. ,o rn.uAjns m a.3i -aq 9doad ahbui ooj; pnnj oij.ijcifij jvax c jo jajnsBU ,qj s.oijji jj'jSnBp psq jeqj janjom ponoiqsci 00 jijj, CHANCELLOR ACCEPTS SOME OF PEACE PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN IN WILSON'S SPEECH In Address to Reichstag Yes terday Count Yon Hertiing Makes New Peace Drive ! Amsterdam, Feb. 26. "Regarding Tecent Swiss intrigues, I declare that we never "have sought, and we never 'will think of assailing Swiss neutral ity," Chancellor Hertiing declared in his reiehstag speech yesterday, accord ing to dispatches received here. . "We hold the greatest esteem and gratitude toward Switzerland, Holland Scandinavia, Spain end other neutrals, who have preserved their neutrality 'despite temptations and oppressions- "Our war aims from the beginning have been: "Defense of the fatherland. "Maintenance of territorial integ rity. "Freedom of economie development. "Even our aggressive warfare has boen defensive. I aim to emphasize the latter, so there will be no misunder standing regarding the operations in the east. "It is our sole aid to secure the fruits of our Ukrainian peace. We do not intend to establish ourselves in Esthonia or Livonia. Our chief aid in Courland and Lithuania is the crea tion, of self determination and self- ad ministration. Our military actions have far exceeded the original aim. "Regarding Rumania, we desire to be fair with a state with" which, on the Basis of the success of our arras, we are now concluding peace. "Regarding Poland, Germany and Austria freed her from an oppressive dependence for the purpose of creating an independent state. Her constitution al problem is now being discussed- The Ukraine peace at first produced a great unrest in Poland. We hope that COUNT VON HERTLIiiG'S GOOD fAITHDOUBTED Might Allow Wilson's Princi ples to Apply to West European Nations By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press) New York, Feb. 26. Immediately following the refusal of the German mil itarists to offor Russia a peace based upon President Wilson 's four f undainen ta! points of the self-determination of nationalities, Count Von Hertiing has now turned to the western powers and expressed a qualified approval of Presi dent Wilson's attitude. No trust can bo placed in the German chancellor's generalities because they are contradicted by the imperialistic pol icy of the Germans at Brest Litovsk, constituting the first peace conference of the ww. Count Von Hertiing may be willing to subscribe to limited self-determination in tho west, but there is nothing to indicate that he will accept the- principle in the east. The. United States is now fighting for the preservation of democracy in Russia, as well as the establishment of democracy ty .the central powers. I: would be highly detrimental to the future relations between the eastern and (Continued on page six) CAPITAL Ali E BOTH DENOUNCED Senator McCumher Says Profiteers Are the Bolshe viki of America Washington, Feb. 26. Declaring the "BoLsheviki of America profiteers" capital and labor have the nation by the threat in its hour of trouble, Sen ator Mc 'umber of North Dakota advo cated the passage of his "labor con scription bill in tho senate. McCumber declared that this profit eering was "encouraged and acquiesc ed in by the government and warned that unless steps were taken to correct the evil, tho American people "would be heard from.". . " The "Saturnalia of Extravagance" at the Hog Island shipyard he cited as tho crowning instance of Ho'shcviki sentiment in America, which he de scribed as standing for "more, still more and always more." The attitude of shipyard labor, par ticularly on the Pacific coast, which he declared was "slacking in a most shameful and disgraceful manner." he gave as am example of ""Bolshovi-ki-m" of the workingman. "Never before have we so needed (Continued on page four) a compromise may now be reached re garding a settlement of the frontier. "Germany is only demanding what is militarily indispensable. The pros pect of peace with the entire east is now within reach.":. "The euteute is fighting for Italy's acquisition of portions of Austria-Hungary and severance of Palostin?, Syria aid A-abia from Turkey," declared Hurtling. "Eng.' and hopes to create a doneudent protectorate and annex new territory, increai'i g and rounding off her former possessions, especially in Afr'.si. "In the face of this policy, entente statesmen dare to represent that Ger many is the disturber of peace, who for world peace must be confined in the narrowest bounds, if not destroyed. "By a system of lies and calumny they untiringly endeavor to instigate their owil people and neutrals against the central empires and disturb neutrals with the spectre of German violations." "I readily admit that President Wilson's message of February 11, con stitutes perhaps a small step toward approachment, " said tho imporial chan cellor. "I can fundamentally agree with the four principles, which in Presidont Wilson's view must be ap plied in a mutual exchange of views and thus declare with President Wilson that a general peace can be discussed on such a basis. ' 'Only one reserve need be made in connection with these principles. They must not only be proposed by Presi dent Wilson Jmt actually be recogniz ed by all states and "peoples. - . , "This goal has not yet been reached. There is yet no court of arbitration. ' "When President Wilson says the German chancellor is speaking to a world tribunal, I must decline this tri bunal as prejudiced, jojyfully as I (Continued on pag two) IS GERMAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCWLOYAL? That Is Testimony Brought Out Before Committee Hearing On King Bill Washington, Feb. 26. Germany con sidered the National German-American Alliance "as a bond of common kul tur' and strongly approved it, Gu9atvus Ohlinger, of Toledo, Ohio, declared be fore the senate sub-committee on judic iary this afternoon at the hearing con tinued from Saturday on Senator King's bill to disband the alliance. The witness added that the great mass of persons of German extraction in this country are as loyal toward tho United States as any other class of citizens and have no sympathy with he aims of tho leadors of the alliance. President Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt were characterized as un American because of their internation al policies by tho Illinois German American Alliance in deciding to op pose their nomination in June, 191(5, according to a statement Ohlinger read. "Our slogan shall bo 'against Wil son and Roosevelt'," the statement of the state allianco said. "They have proved un-American. No perfidious (Continued on page two JOHN DEVOY BACK OF IRISH REVOLT la Letter Now In Hands of Aulhorities He TeOs of His . Alliance with Germans Kew York, Feb. Z6. John Devoy, New York, editor of the recently sup pressed "Gaelic American" was the man behind the German-Sinn Feiner ef forts to launch a revolution in Ireland in 1916, according to his own claims in a letter, a copy of which was made pub lic today. In the epistle, found on the premises of Lawrence DeLacey at the time of the latter 's arrest in California in August, 1917. Devoy claims all credit for tho unsuccessful arms shipment to Ireland, saying itogcr Casement had nothing more to 3o with it "than the man in the moon." He details methods of eommnnicition with the Sinn Feiners, tells how an in tercepted message from Berlin betrayed the German landing of arms in Ireland, blamea Casement fur the failure of the revolution, talks of the -" war going against us" when Germany was hav ing hard sledding, and adds: "We have sent a good sum of money for our work." I (Continued on page four) HARDSHIPS OF FLORIZELWRECK TOLD BAILORS Forty Three Survivors Reach SL Johns With Harrow ing Tales NINETY-TWO ARE DEAD IN CAPE RACE DISASTER Deck :Was Swept Clean Five Minutes After Doomed Ves sel Struck Rocks St. Johns, N. R, Feb. 26. A story of hardship, self sacrifice and unflinch- i ing courage unequalled even in the "graveyard of the Atlantic,' as the New Foundland waters are named, was unfolded here today by survivors of the wreck of tho steamship Florizel. These survivors, 43 in number, left 92 of their fellows behind them dead. Grewsome in its awfulness, tragical in its fiction-like telling, the story of the Florizel and her brave rescuers left a thrill with St. Johns today as prepar ations were made to dispose of the bodies which have arrived from Broad Covo, where the pitiful hulk of the prido of tho Red Cross line pounds on the rocks. Inside of fiv minutes from tho time the vessel -struck, nothing movable on the main, deck was left standing from amidship aft and she was submerged to her saloon deck. The seas smashed through the sa loon deck, rushed through the passage and smashed everything in the way. Iron bulkheads also gave way. On Vvrth sides of the ship boats and their davits, with the whole superstructure, were demolished like matchwood. Ine foretop mast crashed to the deak, maiming and -killing passengers who had rushed -from their staterooms. Many passengers were swept into the seat as they gained tho deck. The smoking room, captain's quarters and Marconi room were havens for these men and women. Several met death in these attempts. By eight o'clock Sunday morning 25 or 30 men had succeeded in reaching the smoking room several had reached tho captain's room and the Marconi room was packed to suffocation. In this lattor room ten -feet by ten, there were at cno time 43 men and a woman Miss CantwelK Every hour or so men died from exhaustion and expos ure and as they fell were removed to make room. Their bodies were no sooner laid outsido than they were swept overboard. Thirty-three persons were taken from this staunch room by tho rescuing party. Other parts of tho ship had their human cargo cloocly huddled to keep warm. One by one they died and were swept avay. Bodies rolled backward and forward with tho rushing waves. Tho smoking room and captain's room resisted the battering of the seas until about 10 a. m. Sunday when three pounding seas in succession -swept across tins section. vvnen mey re ceded both houses and their occupants had disappeared. In thij Bweep went John Mtiun, Tom McNeil, Captain Joe Keen, Jim MeCoubrery and several others. Tho Marconi house now held all those who were alive above decks. Salem Finn Yas Lowest Bidders 0a Fair Coliseum Stewart & Engstrom, of Salem, were the lowest bidders and will be awarded the contract for the first construction work on the new Coliseum at the Oregon State Fair ground, Secretary Lea an nounced yesterday afternoon. A meeting of the board will be held in Portland tomorrow, when the contract will be ex ecuted. The bid of Siewart . and Eng strom was $1G,?80. Other bids follow: Suook & Traver, Salem, $22,081; W. Lorenze, Portland, $20,945; Fred Lrixon Salem, $24,762; Portland Bridge Com pany, $26,965. The portion of the building to bo constructed this year will cover the size of the entire structure, but the perman ent seats and sidewalks will not be in eluded. Other details will be eliminated until such time as sufficient money is on hand to complete the work.. The Coliseum will seat about 7000 people. Mr. Lea said the board also has adopt ed the premium list, which is $6000 larger than last year, the increase go ing to livestock, agricultural and man ufacturing industries of Oregon. Run ning races will eliminated at the fair. Relay raees will be provided for each of the six days, with purses aggregat ing $2500. W. L. Bobbins hauled a couple of houses through Weston the other day. the Leader gays, just as easily as though each were a load of hay. He bought them from the Grant-Smith company and they will be used at his mill as dry kilns for corn meal. SIXTY-ONE NAMES ARE NOW ADDED TO DEATH ROLL IN TUSCANIA DISASTER These American Soldiers Formerly Reported As Missing or Unidentified Washington, Feb. 26. The war de partment today received more nan es of dead from the Tuscania disaster, who were previously reported as uuidonti fied or missing. They include: Clarence W. Allen, Traverse City, Mich. George A. Altwien, Temple, Texas. Roger Baker, Levee, Ky. William Binnio, Fallon, Mont. Vcrncr C. Bramland, Colton, Ore, Benjamin H. Brown, Barron, Wis. Alcide Carrollo, Lohrville, Wis. Joe Cochran, Lawton, Okla. Tominio W. Cook, Rayville, La. John M. Crowley, San Francisco. Read C. Davis, Colusa, Cal. Rosino Dazindn, Namara, Texas. Alexander J. Dunn, 969 Vernon ave nue Portland Oregon. Elton O. Edmundson, Strawn, Tos. llorencio Erias, Alice, Texas. Kdward C. Fcyrer, Ycymar, Texas. Dale M. Fish, Wheaton, Minn, frixton Flores, Alice, Texas. Cuadalupe Garza, Rio Grande, Testis. Giegg Gehnng, Fmdlay, Ohio. William O. Geyer (apprars as t'eyir on passenger list) Blackst'm, Vn. lid ward V. Urahume, Bc.ranton, I a. Arthur Christian Junk.i, Kenosha, Wisconsin. GERMAN PEACE DRIVE NOW THAT RUSSIA IS FOLLYJONQUfRED Having Accomplished Ends In fcast now VYimng to inscuss Peace In West By Oarl D. Groat (United Presa staff correspondent) Washington, Feb. 26. Germany is making a new peace drive, now that she has bagged a goodly section of Russia. That was the moaning international experts placo today on the more con ciliatory tone adopted by Count Hert iing in his reply to President Wilson's ponce terms. Furthor, some of tho experts saw an effort hy Hertiing to split .tho allies, relying upon them to have differing views as to the siding with President Wilson in his fourcardinal bnses for peace discussion. The chancellor s acceptance Of tno four principles was regarded as indi cating his belief that a peace table discussion would not haggle over Rus sia Ions, if French, Beluian, Italian and some Balkan questions could be adjusted. In fact, it was felt that Jlertling's move IiarKeu DacK to ijioyu ueorgu s initial war aims speech, in which ho practically cast Russia adrift, warn ing her that she would be left to her fate at German hands if she continued in her peace course. Well informed Englishmen in this country have said recently that they doubted if England would fiht on lone to wrest Russian territory from a Teuton grip, even though German re tention of it was a strong step toward .formidable strengthening of German .domination. Further, Italian Foreign Minister Sonnino's newspaper intimat ed after Lloyd-George's speech that there may be little in tho way of peace if Germany restored Belgium, cleared out of northern France, gavo Italy Trent and Triest and did her expand ing in Russia. What President Wilson will do was something no one here could positive ly fathom today. That he will make some rejoinder is likely, however. Hut it is a question whether he will yield to Hertliug's suggestion that the other nations must accept and express the four cardinal Wilsonian bases. Hertiing subtly appealed to the pa cifists of the allied countries to join in pressure on the governments for a statement coinciding with Wilson's- There can be no mistaking that Ger many wants peace, but a peace advan tageous to herself. She has not altered her imperialistic aims, and tho mili tary party is still in power. - Her acceptanco of the principle of self determination of nationalities is believed based upon the theory that she can coerce the captured Russian provinces into sliding her way, espe cially as there is a strong German el ement in the population. BONDS TO DRAW 42 PER CENT Washington, Feb. M- "Tho next liberty loan will bear 4 per cent in terest," Representative Meeker declar ed on the floor of the house today. "I have that information direct," ha said. Vrauk KOiSaeth, San Antonio, Texat. Mat Lath: m, Hefflin, P. O., Staf ord Verginia. Charles P. H. McVey, San Francisco. Lambert H. Mocker, Nashville, Tenn. Roy Muncaster, Denver, Colo. Richard A. Minchart, Columbus, O. Benjamin C. Olmsted, Tenino,, Wash. Ben V. Owens, Canadian, Texas. . Clarence Paul, Alexandria, La. Clyde C. Pelley, Cedar Rapids, la. Juan A. Perez, Boerno, Texas. Goorge O. Perry, Lone Wolf, Okla. James R. Potillo, Huntington, Ark. Ondis Powell, Sasa Kwa. Okla. Carl C. Bader, Johustown, Pa. Lucia Ramos, San Autqnio, Tex. Frank D. Reilly, Cleveland, Ohio. Alpha L. Rice, Charlotte, Mich. Girilio Bodriquez, Burgmsill, Tex. Raymond Foessler, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Richard Schultzo, Boerne, Texas. Frank Sharpe, Milwaukee,. Ellis M. Smith, Magnolia) Ark. William B. Spencer, New London, Wisconsin. , .. Arthur Straach, Miles, Texas. " . William G. Smith, Festus, Mo. Charles L. Wayne, Fort Jones, Cal. Earl Odoarl Weiseuberger, Jim Falls, Wisconsin. Patrick H. White, Dallas, Texas. Jose Y. Bara, Laredo, Texas. Paul A. Williams, Pueblo, Colo. German Army Nears Capital of Russia 7ft jjg Washington, Feb. 26. Tho German army waa only eight hours distant from Petrograd yesterday and still advancing, . according to a message from Ambassador Francis, via Pekin, date'd yestcrdnv. $ Francis said be was starting to leave-tho capital if ho could Francis' messago in substance was that whllo the Bolshevik! ' had agreed to ; .the German terms, the Gorman army con- tinned its advance and was on- 'ly a few:hours distant as Fran-1; ci was Bending his messuge. Francis said he was preparing to join with the Japanese and Chineso envoys in tho journey. REPRESENTATIVES OF CAPITALAi LABOR Making Effort to Bring About National Industrial Policy For War Washington, Feb. 2 Capital and labor has began efforts to bring about a national industrial policy for tho du ration of the war. At ton o'clock yesterday morning, in tho office of Secretary of Labor Wilson, fivo representatives each of tho workers and their employers ap proached' the difficult tnsk of formu lating the basic principles to govern each toward tho other until peace is leclared. The interests of tho people are rep resented by two additional members of the conference selected by tho oth- (Coutinued on page two) HINT THAT ALLIES MAY CHANGE DIPLOMATIC VIEW TO MEET GERMAN IDEAS Germany May Be Content To Offset Sacrifices In Vest With Gains In East By Lowell Mellett, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, Feb. 26. The Russian de nouement may result in the most pro found effect upon allied diplomacy. If, as anticipated, Germany is satis fied with vast gains in tho east ajjd ap proaches the entente with a reason able proposal for tho settlement of is sues on the other" fronts, there is the best ground for believing such an of fer would not be spurned. The governments attitude i reflects Premier Lloyd-George 's speech wherein ho declared that Russia's fate must be decided by Russia alone. If Germany will now concede the justice of the allies' claims elsewhere, peace is possible. A curious phase of th situation the general opinion in high quarters that President Wilson and America would opposo such a peace, being un- FRENCH RAIDING GERMAN LINES 111 STRONG FORCE Enemy Must Soon Start Of fensive As Advertised or Give Up Plan - ni:3 FIVE HUNDRED ARE CAPTURED IN ONE RAID American Artillery Effectively Shells Working Parties Behind Lines ' By Henry Wood (United Press staff correspondent) 1 With the French Armies in the Fiold Feb. 25 (Delayed) Along the entiro west front, from the Junction with tha British to tho Swiss border, the French armies are now delivering terrific raids day and night. These are likely to in crease in number, gize and importance until the Germans either begin or call off their pre-announccd offensive. ' The present raids ar different from those last wintor, being prepared on a 'big scale, with immense artillery con centration and preparation. They or only distinguishable from veritable at tacks in that the infantry, after cap turing Gorman positions, imprisoning tho occupants, and destroying trench-' s, fortifications and material, returns to its own trenches instead of occupy ing the captured trenches. Two new elements characterizing tho present raids unquestionably sound the keynote of all 1918 offonsive oper ations namely, surpriso and artillery "density heretofore unequalled, i The surpriso is attained by install ing artillery secretly during the night and beginning . preparation without warning. The overwhelming density of the batteries pcrmif complete prepara tion and destruction of tho enemy trenches within a few hours. Formerly Several days were necessary, during which tho Germans rushod up reserves. As a result of these tactics, single raids last week yielded over 500 pria 'oners. Likewise, where last winter the sole object of raids was to enptnre pris "oners for tho purpose of enabling the iFrench to obtain detailod information of the Germans' offensive jians, the raids this year have another and most 'important purpose. The artillery prepa ration for each raid completely de stroys tho Germans' first lino positions 'and trenches from which they could launch their coming offensive. Owing to tho Germans' 1918 defens ive tactiesj which consist of their po sitions being held strongly toward the Tear instead of along the front, raid ers aro often forced to penetrate to tha klepth of a mile, destroying all inter vening trenches and fortifications. The raids likewise develop whore the 'German arei fortifving themselves strongest- Saturday's jnids in Alsace showed tho Germans, fearing French Teconqnest of Alsace-Lorraine, have fortified villages, farms, factories ana renches into an endless lino of rein- . forced enncretn forts. While ""keeping accurately informed from prisoners of the dispositions made by Germans of their forces for tha icoming" offensive, French raids are (Continued on page two) ! willing for settlement at Rus-sia's ex pense. Outside of government circles, it is freely alleged that negotiations are already being carried on. The re port is that General Smuts visited Switzerland for the purpose of meeting Premier f'zernin or the latter ' repre sentatives. It is generally credited, al though there is not the slightest of ficial confirmation obtainable Should the government move defi nitely toward peace, it would find it self unexpectedly tho recipient, per haps, of the support of a large element now openly demanding a change of government. The extent to which this element has grown as indicated by a meeting i ifortday afternoon. Such personages appeared on the platform as lxra lieauchanip and Lord Loreburn, Sir Hugh Bell, tho great iron master, Holt; the big shipper, McDonuld, togother with Smilio Suowden and other labor ites. All these united in commending labor's and President Wilson's war aims, it the same time demanding a, change in the British government.