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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
What Germany Wants.

Amsterdam, Jan. 4.-Proeeedings of
the main reichstag committee s sessions
at Berlin, reaching here today showed
that the Center party is supporting Ger
many's contentious that Poland, Lith-
uania and Courland are separate en-
titiesn of Russia.
The German government s position as
to withdrawal Of troops from these
sections, which is the main stumbling
block to Russia IS acceptance of the gen
eral terms of peace, is therefore pre-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04

Portland. Or, Jan. Rev. William
A. Waldo, supply pastcr Of the Wal
mer Road church, TORONTO, Canada. to-
dav accepted a call to the First Bap-
tist church here. Waldo was for sew
eral years pastor Of the First Baptist
church, Pa 1erson, n. ].
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
president wilson ASKS.
AUTHC}!JY OF HOUSE.
TO OPERA RAILROADS.

Chief Executive AppearS Before Joint Assembly and Makes
Plain Business-Lke Talk For Fifteen Minutes-TeLs
Why Railroads We're Taken Over by Government and
Requests Legislation Which VIII LegaEze Federal
Operation During Period Of War-Wants Investors In
Railway Stocks and Bonds Insured Against Loss
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04

Presumably the council Of commits
saries-that is, a meeting of the various
executives which the Bolsheviki named
to administer various cities and states
of Russia-represen the will of the
Bolsheviki government itself.
The decision to acknowledge ukran-
ia s independence is virtually a victory
for the Cossack rebels. The Korniloff"
Kaledines revolt, however, did not or
iginate in Ukrainia, but when that sec
tion Of Russia made its bid for separate
entity, it joined forces with the Co.'S
sacks.
Ukrainia is the so-ealled "white Rus
siap, comprising sections of the old Po-
lish kingdom. A movement for independ
ence has been in progress there for
more than three months.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04

Twill be perfectly all right with us
if the Huns in Italy are completely
showed under.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
Indenendence of Ukrainia.

.Petrograd, Jan. 3.-Decision to ac-
knowledge the independence of Ukrain-
ia was reached by the commissaries
council today.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04

Oregon: Tonight
and Saturday
rain; strong south
easterly gales
along the coast.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
g. LYNCH|NGS IN
NAT|ONFOR 1918
Records Show Increase of "a
Over Previous Year.
So Negroes. =

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Dec. 3l-There
we're 60 lynehings in the United States
during the year 1918, according to rec
ords compiled by Monroe N. Work, in
charge of records and research of Tus-
kegee institute. The figures, just made
public, show an increase in %lynchings
over last year of "A. Fitty-eight OF
those put to death were negroes and
four were white persons. Five women
were included in the number
Sixteen, or a little more than one
fourth of those lynched, were charged
with assault or attempted assault. TWO
of the white persons were charged WIN
murder, and two with disloyalty.
The offenseS charged against the ne
groes, according to the records, were!
alleged completely IN murder, Ia muir
der, Z; threats to Kill, =; assault, W.
attempted assault, 6; alleged partlcl-
patton in fight about alleged hog steal
ing. 3. killing officer OF the law, :,
immortality, |, assisting man charged
With murder to escape, |, robhlns mousse
and frightening women, I; killing man
in dispute about automobile repairs, l;
killing landlord in dispute over farm
contract, /; assault with intent to muir
der, /; wounding another, /; robbery
and resisting arrest, !,
The lynchings by states follow; Ala
bama, 3; Arkansas, .; California. /;
Florida, 2; Georgia, Is; Illinois, !; Ken
lucky, /; Louisiana, > mississippi, 8;
North Carolina, 2; Oklahoma, |; South
Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 4; Texas, 8; Nir-
ginia, /; Wyoming, ].
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
BRITISH CABINET BUSY
ON BIG LABOR PLANS

LONDON. Dec. 31.-The British war
cabinet is considering a proposal which
may have an important bearing on fu-
ture labor questions throughout the
world, according to the Express. The
proposal is to ask the peace confer
ence, at one Of its earliest sessions,
TO appoint a commission to inquire into
the question of an international adjust
ment Of conditions Of employment and
TO submit plans for a permanent inter
national court and organization to Sc
cure Joint action in such matters.
ut is certain" says the newspaper.
that the suggestion will be adopted
and it is also certain it will result in
an organization as part of an active
league of nations to prepare the way
for international regulation of condi-
tons Of employment which would mean
a death blow to sweating The French
government is cordially sympathetic to-
ward the proposal, Two or three en-
ployers Of labor and an equal number
Of workmen's representatives viii prob
ably accompany the British delegation
to the conference as advisers in the
labor matter"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
BOMB EXPLOSIONS WRECK
THREE PHILADELPHIA HOMES

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3l.-Federal
and local authorities today were inyes-
t~igating a series of bomb explosions
which wrecked the homes Of Justice
Robert Won MoSchzisker, Of the state
supreme court; Acting Superintendent
of Police Mills, and Ernest 7. Trigg,
president Of the Philadelphia chamber
Of commerce, last night. Although the
force of the explosions were SO great
that occupants of the houses were
hurled from their beds and scores of
windows nearby shattered. no one was
seriously hurt. one man was arrested
1t was at first reported that one of
the bombs had been set off at the home
Of Judge James Il. German Of the mu-
nicipal court, but il later developed
that it was at the Trigg residence, next
door. The police, however, said they
were confident it was meant for the
judge, who is seriously i'll with pneu-
monia. 1t is feared the shock of the
explosion may have a serious effect on
his condition.
The damaged houses are located in
widely separated sections of the city.
and in each case shrapnel bombs We're
used, Local authorities expressed the
belief that the men responsible for the
explosions, which took place within an
hour Of each other, came here from
New York,
Scattered over the street in front of
the wrecked houses were a number of
pamphlets ~denouncing organized law
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31

and order. one Of them read; ITO the
eNploiters-the judges. policemen. the
priests n soldiers: You the handful Of
parasites who have lived upon your
brothers who have depended upon your
brothers TO slave for you again. y
We have asked too many times for
the right of free speech and free press
given by the constitution. We have
asked for bread, The answer by your
things in uniform has been anything
but justice. Now we have chosen 9TH
err means, learned to use other weap-
onS instead Of words. Mans weapon is
now dynamite. Science triumphed over
the Torquemada's century. Anarchy
will triumph owe the present torQue-
mada'S Of your century, We have de-
manded the freedom Of all political
prisoners, Of free press and free speech.
You have refused We war against
YOU
The man taken into custody gave his
name as John Lafferty. He denied any
connection with the affair, and was
held for further examination today. The
police said he was seen to pick up many
OF the pamphlets.
Fearing that attempts would be made
to blow up other buildings, special de-
tails Of police guarded the residences
Of United States Senator Penrose, May
or Smith. District Attorney Rotan, To-
cal and federal judges, and other prom
inent citizens throughout the night, EN-
ira guards were also thrown around
federal and cite buildings.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
IS
HAPPY At ALLIED
VIEWS ON RUSSIA
Ambassador to U. S. Discusses
Prospects of His Nation in
PariS-SeeS Eventual Sue
cess for SIav Armies.

PARIS, Dec. S1.-"Russia has been
granted a respectful hearing by the al
lies in her request for representation
at the peace congress A | am hope
full that the sentiment of a majority OF
the Russian nation will be listened TO
n regarded by the congress- Boris
A. Bakhmetieff, the ambassador to the
United States, said to the Associated
Press today.
THE ambassadors and other promi-
nent Russians now in Paris he added,
feel that Russia comes to the con-
gress as a %co-partner In victory, With.
out Russia the war could not have
been won. Unfortunately Russia col
lapsed before the war ended and as
there is no government recognized at
present by the entente, It is naturally
impossible for any Russians to sign a
peace treaty, unless recognition should
com before the signing. But We feel
sure that Russian affairs will not be
disposed of by the conference without
needing Russian public sentiment.
Russia exists in spite of her mis-
fortunes, The spirit OF united Russia
lives and is being fostered at Omsk,
A~rchangel, Ekaterinador and other cen
tiers. Russia will eventually right her
self even without allied assistance, but
she can recover more rapidly with aid
from her allies who need a united Rus
STA to oppose German Vaccinations
through the Bolsheviki. A stable Rus
STA is necessary to offset the spread OF
Bolshevism and to protect the far east
from disorder"
Ambassador Bakhmetieff and other
Russians in Paris are delighted over
reports of the Russia victory over the
Bolsheviki at Perm. They had expect
ed this, as Admiral kolchak, leader al
Omst, had advised them of successful
advances toward Perm.
/ Tha clear pnuDCiqtiOn nv French
statesmen of the entente policy toward
Russia also is gratifying to the Rus.
various centers of Russian unity are
growing stronger. Ambassador Bakhmet-
Jeff and his associates believe that
money and supplies are all that is
necessary to insure the success of the
Russian army in Siberia, which now
numbers 100, 900 men with 200, 900 more
| recruited and awaiting equipment.
In the Ukraine, the trans-Caucasus
and Kuban, they believe allied troops
may be necessary in addition to sup
plies and money as the Russian unior
forces in those districts are less III
| number thar the BolsheViki.
Russia must eventually have a gov
eminent dominated by the farmers, ir
the opinion of NJ, Bakhmetieff, and his
associates, as so per cent of the popu.
lation is agricultural. Agrarian trou-
bles in the Ukraine are expected tC
develop into a general revolt to upset
the landlord system as preserved by
the Germans during their occupation
| The land question in the Ukraine has
not been settled as in the rest of Rus
STA and the peasants there demand land
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
Food to the Deported.

That evening I received n delegation
from the b"urEomaster of 10 Communcs
in La LouViere, near Charleroi, asking
that permission be obtained to send to
the deported men in Germany boxes Of
food such MS were sent to the prisoners
of war. The German authorities had
refused to- permit this save in certain
instances, aud some BelEians, return
ing from their captivity, reported hat
ever when such packages were received
they only rave the authorities Of the
slave compounds an additional and ef-
fective means of coerCing the dcported
Belgians to sign the labor contracts.
The seizures continued for days In
that arctic weather, and yet life went
on; we talked, ate, slept, smoked.
Strange, cruel inscnsihility Of human
nature! The weather grew more and
more bitter, and at last oven the Ger
mans were moved; they announced or
Thursday that the Expectations would
be suspended. IT was said, though |
never had any means Of verifying the
figures, that at Brussels only about
800 were summoned; that Of those
$50 appeared, and that 300 were de-
ported, so that the capital did not SUI
fer in comparison with other places
But there was no dimInution in the
tales of horro". | have told OF the levy
at Marche and at Wavre, Nearby, at
Namur. the men who had been seized
We're npFUPu lltO tdIIle cars ana IoIt
there. without food or water, in the
bitter cold, for a day and q night, Mir,
Phil Potter, coming IN from the north
Of France told me that he with his
own eyes had seen 60 'chomeurs,"
! who had refused to work, tied to high
stakes. like the victims OF red Indians,
their hands fastened behind them with
| wires; and they were left there for
hours.
At our regular meetings to consider
the question OF relief work, we dis
cussed little else than the deportations,
and we discussed them sadly, hone
lessly; every day, despite the assnr-
| ances, despite the cards Of exemption
that had been issued. we had reports
| that men connected with the G. N.'and
| the G. r. b. had been ~seized-250 Of
| them in the province OF BuXembourg
| alone, Protests were becoming almost
ludicrous.
Most i%ntolerable Of all. we were hear
ing constantly of the cruelties done n
the deported "c~homeurs." The one bit
Of good news was in tho word | had
had from Mr.. Hoover In London Ia the
reassuring effect that the British gov.
ernmcnt would not put an end to the
relief work because of the d~eportations
I'VE have weathered that storm" he
wrote, and the time seemed to be aus.
picious TO attempt to do somethinr
practical to produce some amelioration
and to have sent back to Belgium thos,
who were not "chomeurs."
The president had sent to Berlin q
protest against the impresSing of work,
men In Belgium. expressing the deer
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
ASKS FORGIVENESS
THEN DRINKS ACID

After carefully pcnning notes asking
forgiveness and then reading the Lords
prayer. Reuben w. Neal, 43, formerly
OF Union city, Tenn, drank two ounces
Of carbollc acid at his rooms at Nv
Adams avenue, late Monday afternoon,
with fatal results, His body was dis
covered at 4t35 o'clock by the landlady.
Mrs. r. f Cramer.
Police attribute the suicide to ILL
health, as Mrs. Neal, who is an operator
at the Postal Telegraph company, told
Emergency Officers White and Taylor
that Neal was suffering from stomach
trouble. He was also Respondent over
the failure to receive a letter confirm
ing his interest in n farm near Mem
phis, the officers say,
Mrs. Neal was al work when her hus-
bands body was found. which was evil
IDENTIFY just a few minutes after life had
departed, The couple moved to Mem =
phis from Union city about eight
months ago. A mother, Mrs. NJ, A.
Neal, and sister, Mrs, y. II. Taylor re-
side in Union City. The body will be
forwarded there for burial by ThompsoS
Bros, undertakers,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
WILL NOT ADMIT HUNS
TO PEACE MEET EARLY

PARIS, Dec. 31.-The central powers
will not be admitted to the peace on
gress early in the negotiations, accord
ing to an outline given the Midi by a
French diplomat who is engaged in
framing the program of the prelimina-
rles to the congress.
The article said:
THE early entry of the entente pow
erS into negotiations need not be eK-
peCted, as there will be four preceding
stages, The first stage will be a meet
ing between France, Great Britain, Italy
and the United states for the formation
OF a united diplomatic Tho
second stage will be plenary meeting Of
all the allies, at which the smaller
states will adhere to the results of the
first stage. The third step will be the
peace congress with the admission of
the enemy plenipotentiaries, The fourth
stage will be a conference of all the
nations, including neutrals, for the for
nation of a society Of nations as agreed
upon by the leading allied powers"
Great interest Is manifested among
conference delegates and in French po-
litical circles in President Wilson's trip
70 Italy, because of the importance Of
the subjects he is expected to discuss
there.
Foremost among these. 1t is supposed,
will be questions relative to the Adri>
attic, Fiume and the Dalmatian coast,
concerning which the Jugo-SIavs and
the Italians are not in accord, The pre-
tensions of the Jugo-Slavs to Fiume and
the Dalmatian coast are founded on
their claim to a preponderance Of their
nationals in the population there. Ac-
Cording to the views Of the Jugo-SlaV
leaders the controversy involves the
principle of the right Of peoples to dis
pose of themselves. This Is n Of the
first concrete questions Of this kind
that President Wilson will be called on
to discuss,
Italy's historic claims, together with
her interest in ample protection along
her Adriatic coast naturally also will be
considered. Talks by the president with
Premier Orlando and Admiral Thaon
di Revel, an authority on matters per
tanning to the Adriatic and commander
of italian naval forces now occupying
the Dalmatian coast, are expected TO
clear up and conciliate many of their
claims put forward by each side.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
DEPARTS
FROM DOVER UPON
RETURN TO PARIS


Continued From First PaGe)
to call Mrs. Wilson'S attention to the
fact that the train was pulling out.
King George has presented a mag
n%ificently bound and illustrated history
Of Windsor castle to President Wilson,
as a birthday gift, according to the
mail.
The farewell dinner given in the
state dining room at buckingham pal
ace last night by King George and
Queen Mary in honor OF President Will
son IN MEs. Wilson, was "A private
function There was no procession into
the dining room, which was decorated
with yellow, and there were no speeches
or toastS. The %grenadier guards played
during the dinner, but no national an
thems were rendered.
Those who sat down to dinner were
the king and queen, President Wilson
and Mrs. Wilson, Princess Mary, Prince
Henry, Prince George, the duke Of Con-
naught, John W. Davis, the American
ambassador, the duke and duchess of
Abercorn, Lord and Lady Cavendish,
Niscount and Viscountess Acheson, Wis.,
count Aston, Admiral Sir Stanley Col
willie and Lady Colville, Sir Ronald Gra-
ham, Miss Edith Benham, Mrs, Will
sons secretary; Rear Admiral Gray
son, L. S. N; Brig Gen. William Fl,
Harris. L. S. A., the duchess of Suther-
land, the doWager countess of Airlie,
NisCount FarquhaT, lord steward to
the king, and Lord Stamfordham, pri-
Vate secretary to the King.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
Cured His RUPTURE

| was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said
my only hope of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me no GOOD. Finally | got
completely cured me. Years have
passed and the rupture has never re-
turned, although / am doing hard work
as a carpenter. There was no opera
ton, no lost time, no trouble. / have
nothing to sell, but VIII give fun in
formation about how you may find a
write to me, Eugene NJ. Pullen, Car
renter, 9s%E Marcellus avenue, Manas-
auan, n. J. Better cut out this notice
and show it to any others who are rup-
tured-you may save a life or at least
stop the misery of rupture and the
worry and danger Of an operation.
adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
THREE YANKS GIVEN
FIRST FRENCH MEDALS

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN RUSSIA, Dec, 81. (By the
Associated Press.)-The first French
decorations to be awarded for galIantry
in action on the North Russian front
have been conferred on three Ameri-
can ~privates, Arthur Frank and James
Of Wolston Junction, Mich, who dis
tinguished themselves in an action un-
der a French commander on the Vo-
logda railway sector, They were award
ed the war cross with the star.
Nineteen members of the American
expeditionarS force previously had re-
the past month it generally has been
quiet on all sectors of the front. The
morale of the Bolshevists is reported
to be extremely low.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
U. S. WARSHIPS TO LEAVE
FOR PORTS UPON BALTIC

COPENHAGEN. Dec. 31.-American
warships which arrived here yesterday
will leave today for German ports on
the Baltic sea, where they will take
on board sick americans. The situa-
ton in Posen Is extremely critical, ac-
cordirg to the Vorwaerts of Berlin.
psked to send troops there, and Herr
I.andsberg, secretary OF publicity, art
and literature in the Ebert cabinet, has
gone to Posen to negotiate with the
Poles
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
l6 LOST WHEN
U. ship IS WRECKED

MANILA, Dec. 31.-Sixteen lives are
believed to have been lost when the
United States shipping boards steamer
Quantico was driven ashore in a storm
Christmas night on Tablas island, Is
miles east OF Mindoro. The missing
were passengers and members of the
crew. News Of the wreck reached here
yesterday.
The vessel, which was used in the
interisland service, is badly damaged.
but it is believed its cargo can be
saved
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
REFUSES TO
GRANT POLES DEMAND

LONDON. Dec. 31.-Germany has re-
Poles that Polish troops be permitted
to use the railroads from the Polish
border to wilma, according to War
saw advices to the Mail. The Berlin
government is said to have based its
refusal on the ground that permission
from the entente nations was neces-
sary.
In the meantime, It Is said, the Ger
mans have demanded that German
troops returning from Russia be al
lowed to use Polish railways. 1t was
urged by Berlin that 100000 German
soldiers would otherwise be compelled
{ o march through Poland. The Poles
have consented to this arrangement,
with the stipulation that the German
troops should be disarmed. Berlin has
not replied to the Polish conditions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
HOLD LIEUTENANT SANE.
WHEN HE KILLED MAN

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. S1.-The psy-
chiatric board, appointed in the case
of Liept, H. f. Perry, charged with
killing Capt. Abram Posner, Of the
E~ighty-first infantry, on the night Of
Dec. /. has reported to the court-mar-
tial that, in its opinion, Lieut.. Perry
was sane when he shot Capt, Posner,
The report was read yesterday to the
court-martial and the trial was re-
sumed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
TONS OF HUN PROPAGANDA
REACHING SWITZERLAND

GENEVA, Dec. 31.-Tons OF German
propaganda literature, written for the
purpose of creating d~issension among
the entente allies and the United States
concerning the question of freedom Of
the seas have reached switzerland since
mount Of il has been c~onfiscated, but
the German agents continue their work
and are spending man. millions Of
marks.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
TURNS BACK PLANES.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-The post
office department announces it has
turned back to the war department
about 100 De Haviland airplanes as I'M
suited for cross-country flying carry
ing the necessary weight Of mail This
action followed extensive field and SER
vice tests between New York and
Chicago and New York and Wash
inEton.