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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
Oregon rain to wash off some of the

Oregon rain to wash off some of the
dirt.
Went to the Y. M. G. A. and had a
good bath. About 300 of the boys did
likewise. Left Denver about p. m. and
got in Goodland Kansas, at a IN.
! Christmas morning. Spent the day here
and had a good time. The people opened
up the town hall for us and brought
out town talent to entertain us and had
something doing from 10 a. m. until
IL p. m.
They provided oranges, candy, smokes
and big dance all day. Everybody
went out for dinner and had good time
One of the girls told me that that
was the first time the town was ever
woke up. Another said that the 4th En-
gineers was sure some bunch. imagine
the place after we left it looked like
a church after preaching. The second
battalion got in Goodland about z p.
m. and ran around us there. Kansas was
the best section of country that we
crossed and Missouri was about the
same. There was lots of corn raised
there this year. Crossed the river at
Kansas City, Mo. The city on that side
was about the dirtiest place | ever saw
From there we went to Memphis, Tenn.
/ The boys thought that was some town,
! The Red Cross gave us sweaters, socks
and gloves. The next stop was Birming-
| ham, Ala. That sure was a cold place,
wind from the north and like ice.
From there we went to Atlanta, Ga.
Didn't get to see this place, because /
am on X. P. duty, which is Sunday.
We expected to get into Camp Greene
North Carolina today but will write
more when we get there.
Tuesday, January 1st, we got to Camp
Greene after nine days on the road. This
is surely cold place. The snow was
noon. Camped in tents asst night, but
didn't get much sleep on account of the
cold.
There are $4,000 men in this camp and
they all live in tents. You can hear
them chopping wood at all times of the
night and running up and down the
road to keep warm. l got up at mid
night to build a fire and heard the
N ew Year whistles in Charlotte, which
is two miles away.
After the noise of the whistles was
over, 1 heard some one come running
down the road. Just then a guard called
out "Halt, who goes there9'
"a frozen trooper" was the answer.
Then the guard said, "Advance froz-
en- trooper, and let me look you over, -
Everybody heard them and it was q
good joke in camp this morning.
All the men are working on their
tents, so as to keep the cold out to-
night The sun is shining this morning,
nice and warm, expect to have milder
weather.
There are eight of us boys in the tent,
fixed up warm with stove and lots
of wood. have three blankets, poneho,
mattress and shelter half and an over
coat. Think 1 can keep warm nights.
With love,
! JOHN.
Co. B, 4th Engineers.
| Camp Greene n G,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21


Dear Mother and Boys:
The 4th Engineers left Vancouver De-
cember 21st, in three sections, two bat
talions and the headuarters, l was in
the first battalion of three companies
with about 600 men in fourteen coaches
and eight box ears. We pulled out at
$3.50 p. m. and went up the Columbia
river.
When we woke up Saturday morning
We were on top of theNBlue mountains
between Pendleton and La Grande. Had
three engines on the train and were
making good time. Reached Huntington,
Oregon at p. m.
This was our first stop, stayed
two hours and the boys almost bought
the town cut. Went from there to Wei
ser, Idaho. The town met us at the train
and gave us fifteen sacks of apples.
Reached Pocatello in the evening and
had another run around town. A nice
place, weather fine, and everybody
down town to see us.
From there on about all we saw was
sage brush and sand. Snow only on the
mountain tops and weather warm. Got
off at little town in Wyoming for
exercise, but the wind was blowing SO
hard that we e0uldn' t stay out long.
Arrived at Denver about Monday noon
and was turned loose till > p. m. Went
up town and took in all could. Nice
place but looks like it needed little
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
EMBARGO ON SHIPPING OF
NON-ESSENTIALS NEXT MOVE
IN GETTING COAL TO SHIPS

J The best showing thus far has been
made at southern Atlantic ports where
107,700 tons of bunker coal has been
delivered and is ready for loading
with 100000 more tons en- route. At
one port more than $4,000 tons were
delivered over Sunday.
Northern Atlantic ports are expect
ing 100000 tons during the next few
days and a "a hour loading schedule
will be continued during the period of
industrial suspension in the east,
| Deep SHOWS, zero temperatures and
promise of only slightly warmer wealth
er came in reports tc the fuel and rail-
road administrations as a discourage
ing factor in movement of trains dur
ing the next As hours.
Depends on the Weather
Industrial America has done her
part-it s. now up to the weather and
the national railroad, - it was STAGED
lat the fuel administration. All ener-
gies are centralized on the tremendous
transportation problem. To learn what
ARE exact results of the Garfield Or
der, the senate Interstate commerce
SOhIilICOOp tIoudy ouHIiuoHcu DiiCtIOI
General MeAdoo to reappear on the
stand. Committee members promise
complete airing of the present trans
portation crisis, which McAdoo Satur
day admitted had been little relieved
since control went into effect.
1t is the claim of many that Me
Adoo sought to relieve the freight jam
by shutting industries instead of us
ing more direct route-placing an
embargo on non-essentials in freight
shipments, advocated by the fuel ad-
ministration.
Now officials say that the close
down order will result in only moder-
ate relief. from the coal tieup and the
embargo will be necessary, in addition
five days later.
There is little need for or likelihood
of the present Garfield orders being
extended to include territory west of
the Mississippi, it was stated at the
fuel administration today. There is lit
tie traffic congestion on the Pacific
coast, it was said, and many locofno-
tives are now being rushed to the
east from the west.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21

He announced little later that the
director general would not be recalled,
but committee members leaving the
room demanded that McAdoo be return
ed for further questioning and their
demands were agreed to. McAdoo was
asked twice during the morning ses-
sion why he favored repeal of the an
Iti-pooling and antitrust laws as applied
to railroads, and each time refused a
specific answer.
81 do not know what conditions will
be when we get ready to turn the roads
back" he answered each time.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
CIVIL WAR MAY BE
Continued from page one)

pletely control the situation and will
undoubtedly carry through their pro-
gram complete.
What happened to constituent as
sembly represents the struggle now go
ing on everywhere" said the Bolsheviki
minister OF agriculture, M. Kalegiyeff.
in an interview with the United Press
today. "Th9 right parties cannot re
main alone and exercise power in the
constituent asseAt ly-for the people
who do not recognize them. The people
are behind Tie so,lets. Should the par
ties of the right challenge the author
/ ity and power OF ske soviets-lt simply
means an extension # the civil war now
raging"
Feeling Is Bitter.
1t was reported that the peoPie S com
imissaries desire to take the Brest-Lit-
ovsk negotiations cut of the hands OF
the present Delegation, although they
assert their adherence to the conditions
Of the arm 'stiee.
On Sunday night Former Cadet Mia
listers Kokosn sin aud Shinga, cff mh0
were recently trTnsfclred to a Eof.' ':al
from the Fortress of st. Peter and
Paul, were killed by a band of soldiers
and workmen Their assassination to-
gether with the animosities aroused by
forcible closing down of the constituent
assembly, has brought about the most
intensely bitter feeling between the
right and left parties.
A delegation of the constituent as
sembly leaders who called on Nicholai
Lenine today to protest against the Bol
shevik action were told by the Bolshe-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
SENATOR STONE
CONTINUED from page one)

News Bee and another from the Kansas
City Post, charging Roosevelt wah
seeking to fr-@Hcr his own politics.
ambitions, under Fpatriotic camou-
flage.
"Of an men, Roosevelt is most re-
sponsible for what he denounced,
said Stone.
Gle does his work cunningly. In
the front Of his propaganda he throws
a deceptive political camouflage l
charge that Theodore Roosevelt wheth-
er willingly or out Of sheer madness,
I do not know, is the most potent
agent Of the kaiser in America. | can
not escape the belief that this excep-
tional colonel who has played so many
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
Must Cut Use of Flour
Further Says Hoover

K San Francisco, Jan. 21.-Use ;
x of wheat flour should be cut to
X minimum by housewives and :
X hotels and restaurants should
X stop serving white bread except :
X ing on special demand, to pave :
X the way for more stringent :
X wheat conservation rules now
X being prepared in Washington.
X This word was brought to Cal :
X ifornia today by State Food Ad- ;
x ministrator Ralph z. Merritt, ;
K after three weeks in Washington :
X comforting with Food Admins :
X traitor Hoover.
x Because the allies already :
X have taken the reserve of the :
= 1917 crop and will need one :
K third of the American produc- :
X tion of flour between now and :
x next fall, the food administra- :
X tion, Merritt declared, is soon :
X to announce sweeping flour con-
X servation measures.
X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
McADOO NOT In
CONTINUED from page one)

arbitrarily to set aside local control.
Freight movement through the tun-
mel is very restricted under the pub
lie service commission, he said. 'TTf l
had to file an application to move this
FREIGHT and wait decision of the com
mission, Long Island people would
have frozen to death, - he said.
THAT means, thcn," said Senator
Kellogg, ''that the rate fixing durin
the war and until congress acts would
be up to one manR''
"He has the power to do so. He may
not use it" said McAdoo. "He has a
great many powers he doesn't exer-
else"
''T haven't heard of any he hasn It
exercised" said kellogg.
MeAdoo was asked how long, in his
opinion, it would be necessary for the
government to retain control of the
lines.
''That all depends on the length of
the war, replied McAdoo.
eff it lasts six months or a year,
the period required to hquidate the
roads affairs and turn them back will
he comparatively short. But if it lasts
three to five years the period of IL
quidation naturally will be longer. No
body can tell definitely; that's why
congress should not put hard and
fast limit on the period of government
control
Must Not Be Unjust
The fact that the government is
guaranteeing compensation, MeAdOo
added, makes it unwise to leave to
state commissions the right to deter
mine to any degree what the roads
earn.
Arguing that the three year eompen-
Sation basis is ga fair and reasonable
one, " MeAdoo said:
''In the fiscal year ending June 80,
1917, the net railroad earnings were
81 .OS5.00O.000 The average for the
past three years is about $685., ,00O, ,00o
ssIf the government with 100000
600 advantage hasn I made a fair deal
I am frank to say do not know what
fair dealing is
''You gentlemen must bear in mind
that what yoa propose you can't i'm
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
A Gas Room Heater
Brings You Warm Comfort

Despite the advancing cost Of other fuels, Gas
continues to furnish the same dependable heat
for same economical price, and minus the work,
smoke, SCOT, or fumes Of other methods of
heating.
Get your Gas Room Heater today before real
cold weather catches you unprepared.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
Mrs, Franklin Receives
Letter From Soldier Son

The following etter was recently re-
ceived by Mrs. Belle Franklin, Hazel
Green, Ore, from her son John:
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21

The pain at the crisis is infinitely less
when Mothers FRIEND is used for the
muscles expand easier and with less
strain when baby is born.
Mothers Friend" is entirely safe and
may be had Of your druggist. Write the
Bradheld Regulator Co, Dept. A, $40 La
mar Building. Atlanta, Ca, for their IN.
teresting book, Motherhood rand the
Baby. They win send it to you without
charge. and you viii ind 1t very helpful.
Years OF use by thousands of women
proves beyond ali doubt that Mothers 3
Friend" is the greatest aid to nature. It
certainly should be used by every expect
ant mother for she should do everything
In her power to hslD nature In her work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21

that may be rendered the expec-
tant mother should be promptly
given her. All excitement, fear
or dread should be avoided.
Too much cannot be said Of the
wonderful massage known to
thousands Of mothers as Moth
srs Friend. II Is one of the
greatest Of all helpful influences.
There Is no nervousness and
the tendency to morning sickness
Or nausea Is avoided. It makes
the muscles elastic which nature
Is expanding and soothes the in
hararan Ainn nR lrnnrA rrinnAn
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-21
"Ihis is the Life"

charming wife, cooing baby, warm, coy
home---what more could man want? How
cherries the home though without the warmth
from a Radiant Gas Room Heater---warmth to
to suit the fancy---as much as needed just when
and where you want it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-20
Press Paragraphs

If your brakes squeak. call on Dick.
ADV.
Lee Howell, of Rosalia, WASH, was
here Sunday.
Miss Greta Mcintyre is over from
Walla Walla.
G. W. Bradley was in the city Sun
day from Pendleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walter drove to
Walla Walla yesterday.
Multi Mile Racine automobile tires
are sold by Dick. ADV.
Let Dick tell you about that new
Stephens Salient Six. ADV.
A. H. Mcintyre has presented him
self with new Chandler car.
Sheriff Taylor was up from Pendle-
ton Tuesday on official business.
MIR. and Mrs. e. Z. Sauze, son and
daughter, were in Athena Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones and
daughter were over from Weston Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Raymond are
here from Prineville, visiting rela-
tives.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. James Price of Wes-
ton ve:e in Athena Tuesday evening.
! For Sale or Trade. Two desk phones
suitable for farmers use. Call at this
Office.
Dick has some nifty, radiator novel;
ties-the patriotic kind and others.
ADV.
Representative Louis Hodgen was
in Athena Tuesday, from, his home at
Umapine.
Clay and Oneita Jackson are spend
in the week at Lewiston, Idaho, Wis
iting relatives.
Mrs. Hinkle Cox of Julietta, Idaho,
has returned to her home after visiting
Miss Pauline Myrick.
The Athena library will not be
opened tomorrow, Saturday. neither
afternoon or evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Rogers and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Rogers of Pendleton
were in the city Sunday.
Mrs. Jesse Myrick visited at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Mansfield
at Walla Walla this week.
Charles Grant was in town yesterday
from Condor. where he is engaged in
the shoe repairing business.
Nez Perce Indians in fine automo-
biles have been passing through town
this week en- route to the Roundup.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-20

The funeral and burial of Mrs. W.
H. Bond, was held at Helix Sunday
afternoon. The Bond family had been
residents of the Helix neighhorhood
for nearly 20 years, with the excep-
tion of the last eight years. which had
been spent mostly in California. where
Mr.. Bond died few years ago. Mrs.
Susie Shipp, daughter, and Royal
Bond, a son, survive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Johns and
baby daughter left Tuesday evening
for Los Angeles, California, where
Mrs. Johns father lies in a very crit
ical condition, with no hopes of recov-
cry. Mrs. Johns contemplates staying
with her mother until early spring,
while Melville will return in about a
month to harvest his potato crop.
News is received here since their de-
parture that Mrs. Johns father died
September lS. and she will be present
at his funeral.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-20
November Drive.

Umatilla county s quota will be ss4.
200 in the united war work campaig ]
which starts November II. The united
war work campaign expects to conduct
a drive for $40. 5000 In this cam
psign are the Y. M. c A.. Y. W. c.
A.. Natioaul Catholic War Work Coun.
ell, the Salvation Army. American
Library association War Camp Com
munity service and the Jewish Well
fare Board.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-20
Card of Thanks.

The relatives Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. Hansell and Mr.
A. r. Price desire to thank all who so
kindly extended sympathy and assist
ance in their dark hours Of sorrow and
bereavement.
Evening star., 1918-08-27
Omcers' Uniforms.

The Senate yesterday adopted an
:mendment to the man-power bill pro-
-iding that Army officers shall be fur
lished with their uniforms at cost.
This should be kept in the bill The
'urden. put upon officers in the mat
er of clothing equipment has been un-
learably heavy. Many a man has been
commissioned only to find himself
plunged deeply into debt for his uni
orm, to such an extent that his pay is
.lortgaged for months ahead. The
.,rofts on officers uniforms are very
arge. To insure the officers that they
an equip themselves at cost when they
ccept its commission is the least the
overnment can do, as long as it sup
lies all enlisted men with clothing
zee. Many who have heretofore been
.,eterred by the prospect Of the heavy
cxpense will under such q system be
rec to accept designation to duty for
which they are qualified.
Evening star., 1918-08-27

erned, incorporate, evilly- disposed peo-
pie from arming themselves with muir.
derous weapons without the least diff
Guilty. A volume Of figures on this
point could be adduced at any time.
The police records of every city show
the consequences of the freedom with
which weapons can be obtained, in
terms Of murder, suicide and man
slaughter.
With respect to the bill under de-
bate yesterday, it has the inherent
fault Of all Concealed weapons" laws.
Its enforcement is virtually impossi-
bic until after the mischief Is done.
The concealed weapon is detected in
almost every case only after it has been
used. In a few instances weapon car
riers are caught when arrested for
soma other offense. The enforcement
Of the law is purely q matter Of chance.
Only by going at the source Of the
evil, the vending Of the gun, can it be
effectively reached.
Evening star., 1918-08-27
The Senate and Prohibition.

The situation in the Senate as re-
poets prohibition is no surprise. The
,rohibitionists in that body permitted
themselves to be outmaneuvered, and,
temporarily at least, they are in de.
eat. Whether the defeat shaA be-
{ ONE permanent is a question.
This is one Of the penalties paid for
hat very unwise congressional recess.
3efore that was ordered, the prohibi-
ionists had, or thought they had, the
,ame in their hands They claimed
snough votes 70 pass their measure,
md they should have po1led them at
Jnce.
Had the vote been called then and
The measure passed, the House ways
and means committee would have been
obliged to take the action into account
the preparation Of the war revenue
ill., Taxes on beverages would not
ave entered into the calculations. The
money required by the government
would have been assessed against other
things.
But the prohibitionists consented to
.hsr rkeeessr on the promise -aEa syQte
Evening star., 1918-08-27
Public Printing Waste.

Speakers in the House of Representa-
tives yesterday noted and protested
against the great waste Of paper, ink
and press work involved in printing
government documents, and especially
bulletins pertaining to certain of, the
war activities. Nor did they neglect, in
tieir desire for economy Of material and
labor, to note the e1travagance Of the
House itself-they could not criticise
the Senate, with propriety-in permit
ting the publication of. speeches which
are never delivered. This whole mat
ter of the waste of paper by the gov
ernment demands immediate remedy.
An enormous quantity of printed mat
ter is produced in this city at govern
ment expense that might just as well
be eliminated. Just how much good
is done by the leaflets, pamphlets,
booklets and volumes that are ground
out by the government printing Office
cannot possibly be known. But it is
undeniable that just as much good
can be done by less, for there is a
great waste and overlapping through
lack Of editorial coordination.
The newspapers Of the country are
under strict injunction to save paper
by curtailing their space, and are, now
complying with the governments re-
quirements in this respect in . faith
full spirit Of cooperation. Meanwhile
the government itself, is, as indicated
by yesterdays discussion In the House,
not merely wasting paper-and ink and
labor as weil-but actually choking its
own printing establishment with need
less publications and so crippling it.
self for the actually essential work Of
the presses.
Immediate attention to this subject
is necessary. It should not be made
the subject Of a commission Of inquiry,
for that, as everybody knows, means
q long delay. What is wanted is an
executive order that the public print
ing be curtailed, with possibly maxi
mum allotment to each bureau, while
Congress takes a hand at the reform
itself by stopping the privilege to ex-
tend remarks" custom and printing q
Congressional Record that is in truth
a record Of proceedings and not q
scrspbook.
Evening star., 1918-08-27
The Barbarians,

Some official doubt is thrown upon
the story that an American soldier was
crucifed by Germans in France, mas
much, it is stated, as Gen. Pershing
has never reported such case. It is,
however, not to put aside as incredi-
BILE. Crucifxion has unquestionably
been practiced by the Germans. There
were authenticated cases in the
Flanders fighting Of 1915, Canadians
being the victims, and it was due, it is
believed, in some measure to this fact
that the Canadian forces, in resisting
the German drive toward Calais,
fought with almost unbelievable fury.
The German soldier is quite capable
Of an act Of savagery. Instances have
occurred from the. first days Of the
war Of the torturing of people, the in
fiction Of tho most painful forms of
death, mutilations that are beyond de-
scription. Those who disbeiieved these
atrocities when the stories about them
first came, over are now convinced of
their correctness. It used to be said:
ASuch things could not be committed
by the kindly people Of Germany"
But such things were committed, again
and again, with fiendish variations and
with certain diabolical design to ter
rorize.
In these acts Of animalism the Ger
mans are guided by totally false con-
ception. They think to frighten their
enemies by cruelty, whereas they only
infiame spirit Of unrelenting hatred
and vengeance. Never was there a
worse investment than the German in
diligence in barbarism as a measure of
military necessity" Mankind will
never forget. these. things and will
never forgive them. Years after the
peace has been written and the world
resumes its normal life it will be said
of the Germans, "These are tho peo-
pie who in their orgy Of war reverted
to their basest nature and slew and
manned, and burned, and tortured, and
mutilated humanity"