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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
BREWERS ARE WILLING
TO GIVE UP BUSINESS

dry soon after the beginning Of 1919
even though the Sheppard amendment
should be allowed to become operative.
This drouth will exist despite the
fact that several million gallons of
whiskey will remain in stock at the be.
ginning of 1919. But with a war tax
of IS a gallon imposed by the new rev.
enue bill and the price Of whiskey con
stantly going up, the consumption will
be limited to comparatively few.
Stopping of the brewing Of beer will
remove hat beverage inasmuch as no
stock of it to last long time has been
or can be accumulated
In some quarters, the president IS
beer order was taken as suggesting he
means to veto the Sheppard provision,
because the beer order and the whiskey
provision serve the war demands and
meantime, more states can settle the
matter for themselves by voting on the
constitutional amendment.
The bill containing the dry amend
ment went back to the house today and
was expected to be sent to conference.
Senator Sheppard said he believed tau
house, either as body or through its
conf rees, will accept his substitute for
the Randall amendment. The Randall
provision forbade use of the S22,000,.
900 appropriated by the bill until the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
GRATEFUL
FOR FOOD DONATED
BY THIS COUNTRY
Women, Boys And Girls Serd
Thanks For Aid That Kept
Them From Starving

With the British Armies in France,
Sept. Forty three refugees-women,
boys and girls-from the little village
of Recount, near Cambria, today assed
the United Press to convey to America
their gratitude for food which sustain
ed them for four years while they were
in the hands of the German army.
Sitting and standing on little hill
slope far behind the lines, drinking in
the beauty of country unmarried by
war and a peaceful village with its
roofs undamagcd by shells, they express
ed gratitude for many things-their de
liverance by the British, the kindly
hospitality of French villagers and the
very sound of their native tongue.
OF the Germans they spoke almost
pitying.
"They know they re beaten" said
one. "Many told us it now makes no
difference who beats Germany-Eng-
land, France Or America. What they
want is to be freed from their part in
it,"
This, it was pointed out, was the tone
of the common soldiers. The officers
consistently argued that Germany is
bound TO win. For two years the yillag-
ers related, they had disputed about the
war almost in friendly fashion with
their unweleome guests.
We L%vor doubted that some day
we would be freed and so We were will
ing to endure as long as necessary,
knowing only one end was possible" "
they declared
There were no tales of abuses or
cruelties. On the contrary, they said
the Germans had treated them respect
fully. Once early in the war when food
supplies were inadequate, the women
organized a sort Of strike, refusing to
wash clothes or care for the rooms oc-
cupied by German officers unless con.
ditions were improved. They won the
strike.
However, it was asserted that some
times the Germans substituted inferior
flour for that sent them by relief so
cieties, and gave them too much sauer
kraut, which they suspected was being
substituted for Spanish and Dutch food
The villagers didn't know the word
sauerkraut, but they described it by
gestures, laughter and shrugs.
When they were i'll the German mill
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
CzECHO--S -StOVAKS
ARE ORGANIZING
FOR FULL CONTROL
Newly Reorganized Govern
ment Proceeding Along
Business Lines.

Washington, Sept. THE Czecho.
Slovaks will have centralized and
fully organized government ready to
assume cdutGAl Of Sghe national do.
mains of the Bohelnians and Slovaks
when they have been freed from the
Austrian yoke.
The United Press learned today that
Czecho Slovaks, following the recogni,
tion of their national council by the
United States as the Czecho-Slovak de
fact0 government, have set about to
consolidate their widespread activities
and aspirations under the supreme head
of the Czecho-Slovak national council.
DR.. 7. G. Masaryk, head of the coun-
ell, and whose brilliant efforts result
ed in the success of the Czeeho-Sloval
forces in Russia and Siberia and the
recognition of the Slovak national as
piration, will 60 to Euroke shortly to
bring about the coordination Of the
efforts of his countrymen in Italy,
France and Great Britain.
The headquarters of the national
NUuilCil Will ltHlulh III W
with branches at Paris, London and
Rome.
Dr. Charles Pergler, formerly aide to
DIR. Masaryk and now diplomatic rep
resentative of the Czecho-Slovaks In
Washington, will direct the work of the
council, while DR.. Masaryk is in Eu-
rope.
Diplomatic advices of the spread of
the news of the American recognition
in Bohemia and Moravia were con-
firmed by neutral dispatches today.
Another advice quoted the Arbeiter
Zeitung of Vienna, concerning con
ference of western Bohemian Czecho-
Social Democrats at Pisen, at which
resolutions were adopted in support of
the struggle for liberty and full inde-
pendence.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07

brai and ST. Quentin is now distinctly
menacing to st. Quentin.
With the advance of the Americans
and French toward LaFere and the St.
Gobain hills, Laon, and positions north
of the Aisne in the very center of the
German defense system from the sea
to Verdun are impeYilled.
Conservative military critics now
mention the possibility of seeing Hin
denburg pounded out of his famous
line into new one, just inside the
French frontier before winter begins.
1t is too early, however, to throw our
hats in the air. Unless all signs fail,
an immense amount of desperate fight
ing must come before German is beat
en-.
Nevertheless, today LudeHdorff is in
a tight box. Not only are Cambrai
and Douai threatened by the British
who are at the very gates, but the
crown prince is facing the possibility
of retreating further than the positions
along the Chemin-des Danes. Humbert
and Mangin have found their way into
the st. Gobain hill country and unless
soon stopped they must inevitably
cause q wide retirement at this part
Of the line.
Likewise the French are pushing on
eastward in the region of Vauxaillon
and Pinon toward the western end OF
the Chemin-des- Danes, toward which
the crown prince is hurrying in the
hope of finding security there.
A huge deception may await him for
with allied guns enfilading the posi-
tions on the west he obviously must
continue his retreat northward after
which only solid masses of men can
halt the Americans and French who
are now hot on his heels. A similar
situation already prevails in the region
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
By John DeGandt

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Paris, Sept 1.-THE Chemn-des- Danes is under a
fire from allied troops south of the Asne and to
the westward German occupation of the St. Goban for
est is endangered by the French advance according to
battle dispatches.
General Mangins troops are filtering on through the
wooded, billy country toward AinzyLeChateau e IL
miles southwest of Laon) The French reported to
have reached the southern extremity of the Crozat canal
which places them at the gates Of St. Smon the road
to ST. Quentin Further norhWard the allied forces are
marching upon Vermand (six miles northwest of st.
Quentin On the Aisne the French and Americans
near Valy. Hundreds Of thousands Of German shells
in captured dumps have already been by the French
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
STRONG POSITIONS MENACED.
By william Philip Simms,

United Press staff correspondent.)
Paris. Sept. 7.-Q0.13 a. m.)-With
boundless rage. the Hun hOrdes sys-
Fematieally pilaging first, then burn.
ing and dynamiting all cities and
towns as they retreat Allied troops
nave only two words:
Vengeance and "reprisals. .
Military experts today are convine-
ed the Germans will be forced to give
up the st, Gobain highlands, the key
70 that region, as well as the Chemin
des- Danes. The concerted advance Of
the Franco British forces toward Cam
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
ST. Quentin AND LAON
RAILWAY LINE IS CUT
bYFRENCH ADVANCE:

Important Railroad Center Of Tergner Occupied Without Re-
sanceCenerd Mangn' Troops Are Seven Miles From
Laon And Other Forces Reach Crozat Canal The Key To
St. Smon- Vast Quantities Of German Shells And Other
War Material Fall Into Hands OF Vctors Along Line Of
Enemy Retreat
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
AMERICAN LOSSES.
Bv Carl D. Groat

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Sept. Twenty thou
sand slight American casualties had
not been reported to the war depart
ment. up to August 20, according to
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Oregon: Tonight
and Sunday in
ereasing elondl-
ness, cooler Sun
day; gentle west
erly winds.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
RINTELEN IN PLOT
TO "FEE" A JUSTICE
Publicity Agent" Testihes Against
German Employer.

New York. Jan. 2S.-Franz Rintelen,
charged with having plotted to blow
up munitions ships, was also conduct
ing a vigorous campaign to incite
labor troubles in the United States, it
was brought out in Federal Court to-
day.
John C. Hammond, engaged by Rim
telen as a publicity agent, who was
the chief witness for the government,
revealed that one of the plots planned
was to pay a ''fee" to a justice of
the Supreme Court.
Hammond testified that he accepted
the position as publicity agent for
Rintelen with the understanding that
the prisoner had come to America
with the intention of trying to ar
range more beneficial commercial re-
lations between the United States and
Germany. When he learned that his
plan was to sink munition ships and
incite strikes in war industry plants,
Hammond testified, he laid the whole
matter before Col House and Joseph
P. Tumulty, secretary to President
Wilson,
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
Government shows Energy
IS GERMANY TO
ANNEX COURLAND?
Hun Editor Believes Teutons Should
Seize Rich Country.

Special Cable to The Washington
Herald and New York Tribune.
Amsterdam, Jan. 2s.-Courland or
Africa?
Which shall Germany choose, asks
Emil Zimmerman, one of the editors
of the vossische Zeitung and a brother
OF former German Minister thinner
mann, who a few months ago tried to
embroil Mexico in a war with the
United States.
1t is upon Courland and the adjoin-
ing Polish and Lithuanian territories
that his choice falls.
In spite Of the German pledges
against annexations, Zimmerman de-
mands that Germany annex the west
ern provinces OF Russia. because OF
the immense agricultural and economic
benefits which Germany would derive
from them.
According to his views, as expressed
in a series of articles on Eastern
Questions" in the Vossiche Zeitung.
Zimmerman believes that no price
would be too high to pay for Courland.
He points out that the Russian
provinces would supply great part OF
the milk. cheese and butter for Ger
man consumption.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
HEATLESS MONDAY
BRINGS VIOLATIONS
Majority Observe 1t, but Some
Choose to Ignore Edict.

Washington experienced its Sec
ond heatless Monday yesterday.
Many places of business violated
the order, under interpretations
made by Edward F. Colladay, act
ing fuel administrator for the Dis
trict, but whether they will be
prosecuted could not be learned.
Under rulings of Mr.. Colladay,
drug stores allowed to remain open
for the sale of drugs and medi-
Cines, could not sell cigars or to-
bacco, but could operate their soda
fountains which was not generally
done.
All cigar and candy stores will
closed. Lunchrooms, allowed to re-
main open under the order, were
not allowed to sell cigars or to-
bacco.
In general officials said the order
was observed more generally yes
terday than on last Monday.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
MIST SHROUDS COAST:
TEMPERATURE FALLING
Sudden Drop Forecasted by New
York Weather Bureau.

New York, Jan. 2s.-The whole east
ern seaboard from Portland, Me-, to
Hampton Roads Is tonight shrouded
in a cloud OF mist.
The Weather Bureau tonight re-
ported falling temperature in practi-
cally the whole section east Of Pitts
burgh. In some places il is snow
ing, but at many points rain is fall
ing.
A sudden drop in temperature is
forecasted.
Peculiar atmospheric conditions will
account for the coating of ice that As
expected to cover the ground In the
Middle Atlantic and some OF the New
England States tomorrow morning.
The air high above the earth's sur
face is warm. which is said to account
for the falling mist
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
War News in a Nutshell

German annexaonists violently attack Count Czernin for his
peace hint to America Austrian foreign minister quoted
ing he sent of his speech President Wilson beforehand
All Germany baffed by question: Is Austria deserting
playing shrewd game inspired by Wilhemstrasse
unkerist seeing the Kaises surrender Socialists
refers to "hangman of Germany"
Czernin confidence from Reichsath foreign rea
tions committee, ?.
Widespread reported in both empires. Riots in
Rhensh munitions cities. Machine distributed for
against mobs.
Kuehmann denounces Trotzky and attacks Bolshevikrs
brute force regime" but goes back Brestovsk, where
parley is to be resumed
Troops with rifles and machine guns had be called
Que food and riots in several big Rhen Prussian
industrial towns strike is said to have been begun many
large munitions plants in the Rhine province.
In the dual monarchy also, fresh disturbances
Cured notably Prague capital of Bohemia where thousands
of proteants smashed windows and pagd until they
finally scattered by troops.
At the German meetings in the battle
annexation, the Kaers is growing frequency
and astounding frankness
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
BOLSHEVIKI RESUME
PARLEY WITH GERMANS
Situation So Strained that Definite
Results Not Expected.

Stockholm. Jan. 2S.-Soon after hurI-
ing back at Trotzky the charge of
cannon and machine gun regime" :"
Dr. Richard Won Kuehlmann, the Ger
man foreign minister. proceeded to
Brest-Litovsk. again with a large
staff." as German dispatches empha-
size, to resume the peace parleys with
the Bolsheviki.
The Russian delegation also was re-
turning to the parley place at last
accounts. A new hitch. however, that
might wreck the resumption would
surprise no one familiar with the ex-
treme tension surrounding the whole
affair.
German hopes in an early economic
alliance with the Ukraine have been
considerably dampened by the ap-
pearance at Brest-Litovsk of an en-
tirely new Ukranian delegation which
insists on acting only in conjunction
with the Bolsheviki.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
NEW YORK FACING
NEW COAL FAMINE
Storms and Cold Weather Diminish
Meager Existing Supply.

New York, Jan. 2S.-The metropolis
again faces a fuel famine. This time
it Is of graver proportions than be-
fore, according to Fuel Administra-
ton officials.
Unprecedented storm conditions that
have tied up the railroads throughout
the East, thus cutting off New York's
fuel supply in transit, is in great part
responsible.
The coal saved today by the observ-
ance of the second Garfield Monday
holiday will do little to relieve the
situation. Only 1850 tons Of anthra-
cite reached New York. Bitterly cold
weather. snow and floating ice in the
harbor, greatly hampered the move
ment of coal from the New Jersey
shore.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
High Spots in Baker Testimony

There will be half million France early in 1918"
There will be million and half ready go to France in
1918"
The American people will demonstrate the bat
eheds of Europe side by side with veterans
to win the war"
1--WE in the win. We are in it to hit and to hit
hard"
he Ordnance Bureau has been letting contracts at the
rate of twenty day."
There delays, and make color prophecy
when they will be removed although every being
them"
1--WE could delay sending TO the canonments until
the last button the last
Mai. Gen Leonard Wood advised send the men 10
the camps saying they would have lot they
would have need for rifles"
The German government is still the number of
have in France"
at for decide the heaer of the war-the
theater France. 1t for decide of
communicaons-he line reached the Atlantic Ocean
with end infested by submarines Our enemy the
other side of No Mans Land and problem get
there and get him"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
H. H. Raymond Appointed
N. Y. Shipping Supervisor

The United States Shipping Board
last night announced that II. II. Ray
mond. Of New York City. had been
appointed the boards Controller of
Shipping at the Port Of New York.
Mr.. Raymond, who will supervise
the operation OF the boards ships at
New York and cooperate with other
war agencies. rs president of the
clyde and Mallory lines. He is pres
ident, also. Of the American Steam
ship Association composed OF nifty
s0a shin operators.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
TWO DETECTIVES DIE
FROM BULLET WOUNDS
Box Car Thieves Believed to Have
Shot Them.

Chicago. January 2S.-Box car
thieves who shot and killed Bernard
Dolan and Patrick Maloney, special
detectives of the Indiana Harbor
Belt Railroad in the railroad yards at
Franklin Park. are being sought by
the police today.
Dolan and Maloney We're investigat-
Ing thefts Of valuable packages, and
1t Is believed they were shot in a bat
tie which followed when they sur
prised the thieves at work.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
BRITISH AVIATORS
TERRORIZE GERMANS
Dropping Bombs on Mannheim
Causes Panic Among Residents.

London, Jan. 2S.-British airmen who
raided Mannheim Thursday night
caused unparalleled terror in that city.
according to Geneva dispatches to the
London Daily Express today, quoting
several travellers from Germany. One
OF these, an injured German, arrived
at Basle. Despite police orders, he
said, terror-stricken people rushed out
OF doors half clothed and gathered in
the streets. The British raiders scored
direct hit on the barracks.
After the raid the travellers declared
crowds assembled and shouted: Down
with war: give US Peaee.r
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
MANY FORAYS
MADE TO TEST
HUN DEFENSES
Infantry Takes Up Work
Begun by Allied Air
men in West.
Special Cable to The Washington
Herald and New York Tribune.

Special Cable to The Washington
Herald and New York Tribune.
London. Jan. 2S-.'olowirg the re-
cent great air offensive Of the
Franco-British forces on the West
front. the infantry has again taken
up its work of testing the enCmy's
defenses and gathering information
concerning the possibility OF an i'm
mediate offensive by the Germans.
From the North Sea to the Swiss
border raiding parties of both sides
have shown unusual activity, strik-
ing without artillery warning at
every exposed part of the battle line.
In Flanders yesterday the Germans
attacked the British lines nortn of
Becelacre, where seventeen prisoners
were taken, and in the vicinity of
Langemarck. where the British lost
three men.
Artillery Fire Increases.
Southeast of Leverguier the British
repelled with rifle fire another at
tempt of the enemy during the night.
Artillery firing near Cambrai, Lens
and Passchcndaele became violent
early in the evning. Haig reports.
In the Champagne and Verdun
sector the French carried out a num-
ber of successful raids into the Ger
man lines, bringing back prisoners.
Northeast of Saintdie the Germans
attempted i'm vain to penetrate a
small French post. Paris reports.
Patrol encounters and artillery
duels of some intensity occurred
yesterday on the Northern Italian
front. From the Val D'Arsa, west
of the AsiagO Plateau, to the
Upper Piave, Austrian and Italian
reconnoitering parties manifested
unusual activity, some asserting
that Gen. Diaz's troops came out
of most of the engagements vic
torious.
Furious In Foothills.
The battle of the big guns burst
out with sudden fury between the
Frenzela Valley and the Brenta
Canal. where the invaders stand
nearest the foothills of the noun
tains.
Lively aerial operations have ac-
companied the infantry activity. In
the last week British aviators ac-
complished especially good work in
combats and scouting. Six Austrian
machines and two balloons were
brought down in that period by the
British fiiers.
The war Office statement regard
ing air operations in Italy says that
since the end OF November, when
the British airmen began opera
tiOns in Italy, they have destroyed
thirty-seven enemy planes and
brought two others down out of
control. In addition. four Austrian
balloons were 4shot to earth in
flames. The Royal Filters accom-
plished this with the loss of only
five of their own machines.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
Fight Opens to Bring
Prohibition to New York

New York, Jan. pa campaign in
support of the Federal prohibition
amendment opened here today. DR..
T. A. Baker. general superintendent
OF the Anti-Saloon League, addressed
an audience.
Resolutions were adopted urging
President Wilson to support -immedi-
ate war prohibition by Congressional
action. A referendum on the ratifi-
cation Of the Federal prohibition
measure was denounced.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-29
3 DEAD, MANY HURT
In ILLINOIS WRECK
Women Buried Under Debris Dying.
Train Leaps Track.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Three persons
are known to have been killed. n
woman pinned beneath the wreckag4
Is dying, and between forty and loo
others were injured. many perhaps
fatally. when the Omaha Flyer, on
the Illinois Central. leaped the tracks
at Granger, Ill, this afternoon The
known dead: Infant daughter of
Samuel Splitter. Chicago; MARITIME
Thompson, Sioux Falls, s. d. NJ
t. ]. Henderson, Sioux City, Iowa