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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-25

couraging news. S3 we feel that
before long the waf will be over
The French seem to be geeatly
encouraged and talk as if the wal
would soon be over. But we ST
here to give the Hun a good licH
ing and wont be satisfied wi !,
any peace except upon the !.
terms dictated by US. So dol :,
think we are downhearted in
east. While arm lonesome
cassionally for you ALL. 1 am
p0 ~ " 0' bny
here
We have big two and tI
story buildings here for hos it,,
very nice but dirty, but VIII H. o
get through with them the nil,
he ideal. The scenery Is oo,,;
full, clean, big, long hills all ror.d
US. never get tired OF II oL;,
at them. | went down q
short while yesterday Tho
ssree'S are nairo" Snu Fowded.
LIE 'o"u coVe's ao0u' is much
sro1no aS "U' seinon ut there
are 1000 people in it. Vorv few
ao'o' ~ oe 'n "' birplanes
seen daily, and ambula4 .o
lore. They drive at nj u. u;.h
out lights and ] ofte4 wondor
how they get along wit hont .oc;-
dent, but very few accid &C h.n
pen. The roads are fl u,oi,
l am getting plenty t. o., .nd >
good place to sleep. W., 80. 10
happy
wen " s,o" Fiday night
., "a 1t was fine.
.n - " "a. " e creates,
' brld and il
certainly is doing its 81, h.,.
Anyone complaining - A.. v
~ up for the
the front line trench 60
,,,, J. ' ". NJ. G. A.
bn.
bving son,
GROVER
P 81 might say .hot ~. o..
N of the big
s. is very dis
our patients
AFTER heinl
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-25

other gnt. Lights out, signal
was gil EN-. We went out ip the
dark looking tor the bird, but he
never got over US. We could not
even hear him. Everybody
wanted to get a peep ct him.
Our windows are all screened and
no 1hhts 70 be seen at night
The is fine. Will have
plf nty tell you VIII en- l get
home. G..
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-25
EVERY DEMOCRAT GET
BUSY.

The influenza situation not hav
ing sufficiently improved tor the
lift ig of the ban on public gath
erings, the speakers scheduled
for the greater part of this week
have, of course, been cancelled.
but Chairman Thomas S. Rhea
hopes that those fixed for next
Saturday can be held, due notice
of which will be given. At any
rate, it is expected that by the
FIRST of next week, there will be
no danger in gatherings and that
from the 2Sth until election the
woods will ring with fervent
democratic oratory by the dis
tinguished speakers that have
been engaged. Should expecta-
tons not be realized, however, it
is hoped that every democrat
will constitute himself a commit
tee of one to see that the full
democratic strength is brought
out. There is danger that the
next Senate may be republican
and when it is told that nearly
kery republican member who
succeed to important CON-
: assignments, has opposed
Residents war program and
against one or apG1
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-25
4 BIZ Of HOME
WITHIN The CAMP

A long, low building of frame con-
struction. .attractively planned. with
wide verandas and O homelike aspect.
Outside are hanging the flags-the
Stars and Stripes, which must soon
be taken In us 1t Is nearly sunset, and
another flag bearing a little triangle
Of blue and the letters Y. w. G. A.
1t is fall afternoon and the air is
bit sharp. Through the front windows
Of the house the woman approaching
up the walk can see the cheerful glow
OF an open. fireplace. There is the
sound Of plano and some one is
singing.
The woman, who Is slight and young
and tired-looking, puts her heavy suit
case down on the walk and shifts the
baby she Is carrying to the other arm.
She listens minute. then picks up the
luggage and walks bravely up to the
front door. Some one has heard her
coming and Is there to meet her. Some
one always Is In places like this. The
door Is thrown open and a kind wOm-
ans voice says: "Oh, do come In and
rest. Let me take the baby" The
baby is passed over and the stranger.
worn from q long journey, tired and
sad. Is given the welcome which only
the Y. w. G. A. hostesses know how to
give.
She explains that she has come to
see John before he leaves for the
front. She has been saving her money
for travelling expenses, and has come
to surprise him. John has never seen
the baby, and now maybe he never
Will, for she has discovered that John
has just left on a two days furlough
to surprise her. Before she could get
q train back to her home Johns fur
Tough will have expired and he will be
on his way back to camp. The little
mother does not know how to meet the
situation and tears Of fatigue and dis
appointment begin to flow.
swell, that's too bad" says the SYM
pathetic Y. w. G. A. worker. But
cheer up. You can just stay here for
couple Of days. Well send wire
to John at the first place his train
stops and tell him to take the next
train back. He can enjoy his furlOugh
here"
This Is done and the little family
has a glorious day of II.
The Young Women's Christian asso-
citation has established 81 hostess
houses of this character for American
| soldiers and sailors and their families.
In this brief bulletin Of news lies one
Of the most pete6t factors n the win
ling Of this war. Our boys are tight
Ing for their homes. The Y, W. G. A.
with It's hostess work In ;snis country
end In France is helping to keep the
ideal of perican hope life con-
| stapt}x w. who are pro-
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-25

~ oAC PhO
I'D to 60 away
mes, but there
Ssthem-a place
In they are off
hilies and rest.
Ify Y. W. c. A.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
Action Taken to Suppress
Amy Possible Disturbances
Daring Assembly
BOLSHEVTKI PLAN
!. TO OVERAWE MAJORITY
Dominant Faction Reports
Capture Of Many Officers
Of Kaledinite Army

Petrograd, Jan. 1s.-Petrograd was
declared under martial law today by
the Bolsheviki safety commission.
"All attempts at a revolt are to be
vigorously suppressed" the decree de.
clared.
The martial law declaration is evi-
IDENTIFY designed to suppress any pos
slble disorder incident to the meeting
OF the constituent assembly, scheduled
Tor today.
The constituent assembly was elected
last 1all. The social democrats and So
cialists Of the right wing were report
ed to have obtained majority against
the extremists and Bolsheviki. The lat
ter Immediately began efforts to block
meeting of the assembly, holding that
il was not representative Of the real
will OF the people. In its stead, the Boil
sheviki propose law making body
formed Of the membership of the all
Russian congresses Of workmen, soldiers
and peasants. These bodies are to meet
within the next few days and it has
been reported that Lenine and Trotsky
would seek their amalgamation with the
constituent assembly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
MEMBERS or CONGRESS
ARE MlFFED OVER ALLEGED
USURPING OF AUTHO ORITY

resumed when DRY Gfrfield officially
notified the senate todly that he receiv-
cd notice of the @enaf IS action at 6:30
last night, while yie order had gone
into effect at 5:45.
Garfield said no discourtesy was in
tended.
Senator Hitchcock said Garfield 3 dis
claimer of diseourtesy was odd, because
Garfield knew the senate was about to
pass the request that he delay the order.
Senators Immediately filled the rec
ord with kilograms Of protest.
In presenting a protest from a De-
troit automobile concern, Senator Smith
of Michigan appealed to the senate to
- furnish some relief.''
'fAll this lack of order and cohesion
is shameful, = said Senator Smith. 'sThe
senate should rise and clip the wings
of those exercising authority it was
never intended they should have. beg
some united action that this blow may
not fall. -
Senator Smith, Georgia, presented a
letter he got today from Garfield, stat
ing the order does not apply to plants
operating by hydro-electric power
Smith said he hoped the suggestion in
the letter will be literally carried out.
wish also to hope that if the fuel adj
ministrator does not respond to the sem
ate IS request, he at least will modify
his order to prevent great unnecessary
loss it will otherwise bring about.
Smith presented telegram from At
lanta citizens predicting great wave
Of crime if the order is not amended.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
Governor Of California
Receives Bomb by Mail

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.-A stick Of
dynamite, addressed to Governor Will
liam d. Stephens at Sacramento, has
been found in the mail here by postal
clerks, it was announced today by Post
master Charles w. Fay. From the open
manner in which it was mailed, Fay
does not believe the sender seriously
expected the dynamite to reach the gov
ernor.
Because Of the peculiar paper of the
package, postal clerks did not put the
package through the cancelling machine.
The dynamite was wrapped in a long,
thin package which still carried the
stamp of a powder company.
San Francisco police and federal
agents are investigating in an effort
to learn the identity Of the sender.
This is the. second attempt in six
weeks to kill Governor Stephens. The
first attempt was made when bomb
was exploded under the executive man
sion at Sacramento Shortly thereafter
the governor received threatening let-
ter demanding that he pay $4,000 un-
der penalty of death.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
.LLOYD-CEORCE SAYS
military POWERSTILL
DOMINATES GERMANY
English Premier Argues Sill
ence Of Foreign Office As
Sufficient Proof

London, Jan. 49," Though President
Wilson and myself announced substan-
TALLY the same program, there was no
previous consultation, Premier Lloyd
George Of England declared to the labor
ite "man power" conference this af-
ternoon.
The premier declared that German
Foreign Minister Kuehlmann had not
been permitted to reply to the war aims
speeches of himself and President Will
son. This, Lloyd-George said, indicates
that Prussian militarism is still domin-
ant in Germany.
"Our aims and those named by Pres
ident Wilson have been secuted in Ger
many" said yd-George. He declared
the British and American aims were
similar.
Lloyd-George answered that labor
must believe its war aims the minimum
to be accepted by Great Britain. They
will not be attained, he said, unless
Germany is defeated.
The premier eloquently appealed for
support for the government g man power
bill, which provides that men hitherto
exempt for industrial causes shall be
taken into the army.
He strongly emphasized that no Ger
man civilian minister had replied to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
TROOPS ORDERED
SHOT FORREFUSAL
TO Obey ORDERS
Whole Companies Of Aus
trians On Italian Front
May Be Executed
RUSSIAN INFLUENCE
RAMPANT IN ARMY
Germany Begins Propaganda
10 Offset Growing Distrust
Among Soldiers
By Joseph shapleu

(United Press staff correspondent
retrograd, Jan. 1S-Whole compan-
lies Of Austrian troops have been Or
dered shot for their sympathy with
Russian socialist views, according to
reports reaching here today.
According to reports here, MANY
units of Austrian forces on the Italian
front have been ordered executed for
their refusal to obey their officers.
Disaffection against their militarist
masters is spreading among Ger
man troops also.
The German government is making
strenuous efforts to stop the spread Of
Russian propaganda and of sympathy
with Russian beliefs.
Foreign Minister Trotsky himself
.telegraphed from Brest-Litovsk today
that the German government was de
liberately garbling reports of the
peace negotiations - Presumably this
is in line with the Teutonie effort to
mislead public opinion in the central
powers. News from the camp of the
25,OOO German troops who deserted
their commanders and accepted Rus
sian principles of socialism TODAY as
serted that the force was well armed
and organized. The men live by for
aging and by contributions from sym
pathetic peasants.
A similar situation of disaffection
among the men is reported along the
whole of the Austro-Italian front, ac-
cording TO messages received here.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
AMERICAN TROOPS Do
TRAINING knee DEEP
IN Mud and WATER
TOrrentiaI Rains In France
lave Formed Torrents of
Muddy Water
By J. W. Pegler

With the American Army in France,
Jan. 18.-Mud and water knee deep over
the entire American zone is not stop
ping the Sammies' war training today.
Steady torrential rains have eradicat-
ed the snow and engulfed the valleys
with rushing torrents Of flood water.
Even hill top trenches are more than
ankle deep in. water. Others are knee
deep in icy cold slush.
The Sammies keep increasingly at
their war work, charging through seas
of mud or standing watch with the
shiver-produeing water pouring over
their leggings. Battalions marching from
their billets to the training ground are
frequently compelled to wade almost
knee deep at places where the water has
overflowed the roads.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
By L. @. Martin
ted Press Staff Correspondentl

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Jan. 18.-Congress today
was resigned to the Garfield industrial
suspension order-but was in nasty tenn
per-
Insistence grew that in future legis-
lation the senate should limit the pres
ident s powers of delegation so that a
repetition of the Garfield order could
not occur without the advice and con
sent of the senate.
Demands for Garfield's head as di-
rector of the fuel administration, sharp
criticism of Secretary Baker for his adj
vice to consumers last summer not to
buy coal and appeals to have the Mon
| day shutdown order changed to be eff
fective Saturday instead, were heard
on all sides.
Notifications of the original order so
as to exempt more war industries an
nomced today, was held to be the gov
| ernment's s first yielding to protests Of
congress and the country. Other changes
are believed inevitable as a result of
general indignation.
So far as the five day order is con-
cerned, congress apparently is through
fighting it.
1eWe VIII certainly do nothing to
change it," Senator Harding, Ohio, said
today. ''That would make the govern
ment look ridiculous. But believe there
will be a change in the Monday holiday
order, in response to public opinion. :,
Senator Pomerene, author of the law
under which Garfield is operating, de-
clared today that "what is needed IS
some one with horse sense to make 1T
work"
Thousands Of kilograms and letters
swamped congress today. One senator
got 500. Many of these urged that II
there must be weekly shutdown, 1t
be changed from Monday to Saturday.
Congress is more indignant over the
helplessness to prevent the order gong
into effect than over the order itself. In
the face of appeals and even OF threats
from manufacturers that the order wlli
be ignored, legislators confessed their
hands are tied.
.sWe did it ourselves" said Senator
Borah..
Some manufacturers wired that their
EMPLOYEES already were talking Of strik-
ing if they are not paid for the five
day layoff. .Ao
DR.. Garfield yesterday expressed the
hope that employers would pay their
men. But legislators pointed out that
large concerns could not afford to do
this.
Great discomfort and potential disor-
der due to the gathering Of workmen
in saloons and other places to discuss
the order was generally predicted.
Some manufacturers who have coal
indicated that they will obey the order
to the letter and will sue the govern
ment after the war for their losses.
Discussion of the coal situation was
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
By Robert ]. Bender

Omitted Press staff correspcndent)
Washington, Jan. IS. - Sweeping
notifications of the industrial suspen
sion order issued by Fuel Administra
tor Garfield last night were made to
day.
Many exemptions of industries af
fected under the order were announc
ed, including % steel plants and vari
GUS forms Of business. The latter in
cIuded:
Grain elevators, potato or vegetable
houses, cold storage, all forms of grain
storage, grain and feed mills, cereal
product manufacturers, bakers, can
ners, milk dealers, creameries, conden
sers and all other milk product manu-
factories, packing and slaughter hous
es ice plants and refrigerators, whole
sale commission and retail trades. SUI
gar manufacturers and every sort OF
cd handling, manufacturing or dis
tributing agency.
In addition to the food industry
Garfield also excepted binder twine
manufacturers, ammonia manufactur-
ers, insecticides and fertilizer manu-
9acturers.
All plants of the Dupont Powder com
pany and the Western Cartridge com.
pany, Upper Alton, ILL.,, were exempted
by the fuel administrator according
to later supplementary list. Other
leading eastern plants making rifles
pistols, machine guns and small arms
and munitions, also were exempted. A
number of firms making gas masks and
explosives were relieved from the eff
fects of the coal conservation order.
State food administrators are au-
thorized to determine what other in
dustries are essential to the uninter-
rupted flow of food
Garfield himself accepts full respon-
sibility for the order which stunned
the nation
To modify, if possible, some of the
hardships it imposes. he has asked the
industrial kings to bear the loss cheer
fully and see that the burden does
not fall en- the working man, through
loss of wages on idle days.
Millions of such wages and greater
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
Would Create New Federal
Position Of Director Of
Munitions
WAR CABINET SCHEME
WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY
First Bill Centers In One Man
Practically All War Pur-
chasing Power

Washington, Jan. 1S-The senate
military affairs committee today re
ported the Chamberlain bill, providing
for a director of munitions.
This is to be followed by a measure
creating war cabinet or council to
have complete control of the entire
war policy and program, subject only
to the presidents direction.
The two measures will constitute
the result for he present of the com
mittee's investigation of the military
situation.
The munitions director under the
bill reported is to have control Of pur-
chases for all departments, including
the war and navy departments, ship.
ping board and the allies
The bill defines munitions as any
thing needed for war. 1t requires
senate approval of the man appointed
by the president and terminates his
office one year after the end of the
present war
The president is empowered to trans.
fer to the munitions director any Of
the powers, authority or responsibility
now held by any other executive de-
partment and the munitions director is
to be allowed to use the organizations
of the ordinance and quartermaster's
department, the shipping board. the
navy or any other department in help
ing him carry out his task. The bill
definitely centralizes in one man the
purchasing n0Wer now vested in var
ious departments and is designed to
eliminate competition among the de-
partments for labor and materials.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
Salem Man Appointed
Douglas Fruit Inspector

Oregon Agricultural College, Corval-
lis, Jan. 16.-(Special) Earl Pearry, of
Salem, a graduate of horticulture at o.
A. c. in 1913, has been appointed hor-
tieulturist and fruit inspector of Doug
las county at a salary Of $500 a year.
Since graduation Mr.. Pearry has been
in charge Of the state hospital horticul-
tural work, and has succeeded in put
ting the fruit and vegetable interests
there on a self-supporting basis. His
headquarters win be at Roseburg for
which place be left Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Oregon Agricultural College, COrval-
lis, Jan. 16.-(Special) )-Twenty-seven
counties of Oregon viii have county ag-
rieultural agents during 1918. These
counties are: Baker, Benton, Claekamas.
Columbia, Coos, Crook, Desehutes, Doug
las, Jackson, Josephine, klamath, Lane,
Tiramook, Union, Wallowa, Waseo,
Washington, Wheeler, Clatsop, Gillian,
Lincoln. Marrow. Sherman, Umatillas
Malheur, Multnomah and Polk. :.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
REPORT FLATLY DENIED.
az Joseph shaplen

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Petrograd, Jan. ls.-Flat denial was
made by Smoluy Institute, headquarters
Of the BOlsheviki government, to the
United Press today that any orders had
been issued for the arrest of the king
Of Rumania.
The Bolshevik officials expressed
the belief that the attempt on the life
Of Nicholai Lenine Monday evening was
part of a counter-reyolutionary plot.
Lenine, it was stated would probably
personally open the constituent assem-
bly, and demand approval of the present
government.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
Tn s1Innress Anarchu.

LONDON, Jan. ia Russian wire
less message picked up here today in
strUeted all people s councils throughout
the land to "take the most drastic
measures" to suppress anarchy. The
message reeounted disorders and exees-
ses at railway stations; declared the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
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railways were in the hands of mobs
and that cars were plundered.
"This start of anarchy has entire
" disorganized the transport, creating
indescribable sufferings," the wireless
asserted.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
y y y x x x 4 x x 4 ~ \ y 4 4 Il X 4 4 X
THE HEATLEss AND PoWERLEss ORDER

virtual industrial shutdown east of the Mississippi
places fueless the
Mondays January 81 o March 25
Department will be heate Mondays but buildings contain
Offices banks, doctors dentists offices will be
exempted.
aundre the wOrkless they
manufacturing plants.
drug be heated and likewise schols
vital plants exempted. Railroads ship
institutions, and strictly
plants not United States contract factories, public
ties-ar all allowed have heat.
will be made conform to holiday schedules
the workless days.
aloonsw will be o worhess Mondays.
swllpr as ed
holidays the does issue
holiday it may publish Monday.
X !. y y * X * x x ~ x X 4 X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
SOLDIERS ARE RESTLESS
By William PhiIin Sinme

lUnited Press staff correspOndent)
With the British Armies IN the
Field. Jan. 1s-The Prussian propa-
gandists guns are today turned to-
ward their oyTh troops.
By lectures, pamphlets and the NOV
les, attempt is being made to restore
TO a self doubling scldiery the before
the-Marne belief that they are uneon-
querable
The propaganda is not ineffective.
Prisoners talk confidently Of the pro-
posed drive on the west front.
From German prisoners if is known
America Is being eeasslessly ridicnled.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
officers Captured.

Petrograd, Jan. 1s.-Capture of 1900
Kaledinite Officers near Kharwoff was
announced today. The Bolsheviki troops
have occupied the towns Of Voroshba.
Padolsk and Parh in the Chernigoff dis
triet.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
CARF|EI:!OEXENP7 MANY.
INDUS7ES in GENERAL.
ORDER FOR FUEL SAVING.

General Discomfort Expressed In Affected Centers Of Indus
try and Much misunderstanding Results Administrator
Garfield Takes Full Responsibility For Order and Con-
tends 1t Is Based On Vital NecessityQuestOn of Pay
ing Idle WOrkmen Has Not Yet Been Settled
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18
TEXAN REACHES PORT.

An Atlantic Port, Jan. 1s.-
The American Hawaiian steam
ship Texan reached this port to-
day. She win be taken at once to
a dock for repairs.
The Texan limped in with a
huge hole in her side and list
ing badly to port.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18

Another feller that : in tn war t.
win is Dan Cupid, an Boer like he :
commenced by piekin' off tn Young
officers first. Constable Plum fell an
broke his leg this mornin an is at
home knittin',
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-18

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