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New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Johnson Seeks
u. S. Attitude
Toward Russia
Asks Whether Refusal of Aid
Was Based on Misinforma-
ton of Creel Committee
Wants State Documents
Senator Demands Nation
Know Whether Our Delay
Caused Kerensky's Defeat

WASHINGTON. Dec. IL. - Senator
Johnson, of California. Republican, in
an address to the Senate to-day de-
manded a definite statement of the
American governments policy toward
Russia. He declared state of war
lists, without a formal declaration of
hostilities. and asking q long series of
questions, introduced a resolution call
ing upon the State Department for all
documents and information regarding
the nations course in Russia and upon
the War Department for a statement of
American troops in Russia and cas-
ualties among them.
For the information of Congress and
the American people, Senator johnson
said he wanted to know whether it is
true that this government never re-
piled to plea from the Russian Soviet
government to ne1p avert the shameful
treaty of Brest-I.itovsk," and whether
the Assistant Secretary of State. speak
ing for the President. refused interven-
tion last March, stating that to inter-
vene in Siberia "would be doing in the
East exactly what the Germans were do
ing IN the West"
Offer to America
as it true" the Senator continued.
shat the Russian Soviet government
offered through its highest economic
council programme for making
America the most favored foreign ma
tion in trade and commerce and involv-
ing the control by the Allies of all
those supplies most desired by the Cen
trail Empires?
els it true that representatives of
tn American Red Cross remained in
efety and reasonable comfort, even
after we had intervened and American
troops were fighting the soldier, of the
Soviet government?
as i: true that tne Department of
State refused to allow the American
Red Cross to ship supplies to Moscow
and Petrograd for the relief of the re-
turning Russian war prisoners from
Germany?
at is true that the American Ambas-
sador and the British High Commits
sioner in Russia recommended CO.
operation with the Soviet government
through the American Railroad Mission,
that the Soviet government invited this
cooperation and promised control of
the Siberian railway to be placed in
the hands of this mission and that,
these recommendations were refused
by the American government largely
as a result of msinformation received
through the Creel committee. sup
ported by leaders and representatives
of the old regime in Russia 2"
did Delay Aid Bolsheviki?"
Senator johnson asked also whether
it is true that a Russian speaking and
experienced British High Commits
sloner, sent to Russia after the Boil
shevik revolution. reported as late as
May 8, 1918, that the Soviet govern
ment had cooperated with the Allies,
and that he believed thatintervention in
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Bolsheuiki Putting
Many Priests to Death

YY7ASHINGTON, Dec. H.
w Violent methods still are be-
ing adopted by the commission
charged with combating the re-
volt against the Bolsheviki, ac-
cording to advices reaching Wash
ington to-day through official
channels. Executions were said to
be numerous, the victims including
many priests and monks.
Reports from Petrograd dated
as late as December s, and said to
cmanate from official sources, state
that the anti-counter revolutionary
commission continues to sentence
people to death on the mere sus-
picion of having expressed counter
revolutionary views.
In one small city in the province
of Viatka ten people recently were
executed, and at Spask the COM
mission was said to have caused
twenty-five persons to be shot.
Foreigners reaching neutral
countries from Petrograd say con-
ditions in that city are beyond
human power to grasp" one de-
scribing it as "a city Of horrors"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Endorses u. S. Peace Plan
DIR. Naon Wants Voice for ALI
Pan-America i'm Reconstruction

BOSTON, Dec. 12.--Speaking at the
City Club tonight DR.. Rumulo S. Naon.
formerly Ambassador to the United
States from Argentina, suggested that
every nation on the Western continent
ought to have n voice in the discussion
of world reconstruction, inasmuch as
the new plan of international response
bl!ity is of vital CONCERN to the least
of them.
He ipdorsed the leadership of the
United States in the plan for perma-
nent peace and said that in every mo-
ment of the war Argentina had shared
the anxieties and hopes of this coun-
try. The fultilment of the policy of
Pan -Americanism was, he believed, a
political necessity for the republics of
the New World
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Purchase of Radio
Plants by Daniels
Attacked i'm House
Navy Departments Author
ity Exceeded i'm Taking
Oyer. Private Companies,
2 Representatives Charge

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-Secretary
Daniels and officers of the navy ap-
peared to-day before the House Com
mittec on Merchant Marine in adj
vocacy of bill which would empower
the government to take over all pri-
vately owned wireless systems in the
United States. This bill is similar to
one prepared last session, but not re-
ported upon
Since that time the navy has been en-
po vcred to confiscate all radio estab-
lishments for the duration OF the war.
Acting under the power conferred up
on it by this bill, it has already pur-
chased the equipment of the Federal
and Marconi wireless companies for
$3,O0O,OO0.
Criticism of this action has been
voiced by Representatives Edmonds
and Greene in the committee, it being
contendcd that the Navy Department
exceeded it's authority in purchasing
these plants. Mr.. Daniels holds that
the bill authorizing the confiscation of
radio establishments gives authority
to make these purchases as war ne
ccssity.
Secretary Daniels read his state
ment to the committee and was then
cross-examined. He said that the en-
tire cost of the privately owned sys-
TENS would be in the neighborhood of
$5,000,00O.
"The question of interference does
not come in at all in the matter of
cables an dtelegraphs, but only in the
matter of wireless" said Mr. Daniels
"We strongly believe that, having de-
monstrnted in war the excellent SER
vice and the necessity of unified own
ership, we should not lose the advan-
tagc of it in peace; and while we are
coming to what we hope and believe
will be a permanent peace, this re-
public ought not to fail to be prepared
to prevent communications with any
other country which cannot be con-
trolled.
"Our experience at Sayville and Tuck
erton and with other wireless services
owned in part or in whole by govern
ments that were not at peace with us is
an illustration of the need"
An arrangement has been made
whereby all sending. keys for the
high-power stations at Annapolis, Say
vile, Tuckerton and Brunswick, Ca,
are operated from one room in the
Navy Department, perfected during the
war and guarded heretofore as a mlNt-
tary secret and was explained to-day by
Lieutenant j. c. Cooper, of the Radio
Division, before the House Merchant
Marine Committee. Receiving stations
at Belmar, N. j., and Bar Harbor, Me-,
are so equipped, he also disclosed. that
several messages may be received 81
mu utaneously.
THE two receiving stations are so
equipped said Lieutenant Cooper, "as
to receive simultaneously from Eng
land, Germany, two French stations and
from Rome. They also can receive from
two or three other points at the same
time"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Witness at Berger
Trial Says Draft
Plot Affected Camp
Evader Circles, ''Yipsels,' -
Formed at Grant by So
cialists Letters Identi-
fied-Secret Code Used

CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Organization of
circles of the Young Peoples Socialist
League, whose members were known as
"Yipsels" at Camp Grant, formation
of secret code to aid draft evaders
in reaching Mexico and decisions to
evade enlistment were testified to in
Federal court to-day by Arnold A.
Schiller, draft soldier at Camp Grant,
in the trial of Victor l.. Berger and
four other Socialist leaders for con-
spiracy under the espionage act
On his arrival at Camp Grant as a
drafted soldier, Schiller said he be-
gan corresponding with William F.
kruse, one of the defendants, asking
permission to organize "Yipsel" circles.
Letters were identified by the wit
ness as his letters to Kruse and their
replies, telling of the organization of
such circles at the camp.
Used Secret Code
One OF the letters written by Kruse
expressed the hope that meetings could
be held in Camp Grant.
"The Swiss and Scandinavians are
great on that stuff" the letter said.
ut has decided news value, but Will
have to be handled judiciously."
Schiller said he transcribed a code
which was to be used when secrecy
was desired. He said Basler, "Yipsel''
organizer, in the presence of Kruse
said he had perfected a method of
getting into Mexico and that the code
would be useful in that event. The kew
word was army"
Schiller said he made some prepara-
tion for going to Mexico and joined a
Spanish class organized by Basler.
AT one conversation with Kruse, the
witness said, the Rev. Mr.. Tucker, an
other defendant, was present
THAT was June ID, 1917" he said.
"Mr. Tucker had just written an answer
to President Wilson's Flag Day ad-
dress, and he said: Here's where I
catch hell from the Federal authori-
ties"
Said They Opposed Draft
Schiller testified that he had dis
cussed the draft with w. F. Kruse, a
defendant, and Herman Basler, an or
ganzer for the Young Peoples Social
ist League.
"Kruse said in substance" said
Schiller, "that he was opposed to the
draft and would take personal action
against it, and Basler also said he was
opposed to the draft and to the war"
Schiller told Of a convention of the
Young Peoples Socialist League in
May, 1917, in Chicago, where he said
the St. Louis platform Of the Socialist
party was approved and a resolution
added to it that no member should en-
list.
"The convention decided unanimous.
ly," he said chat no 'Yipsel between
the ages of twenty-one and thirtv
should register under the draft"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Fatal Riots i'm Bohemia
Machine Guns and Rifles Used
in Disorders

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12.-Extensive
riots occurred yesterday in Aussic,
Bohemia, according to dispatches from
Prague, and machine guns and rifles
were used against the mobs. Three
persons We're killed and five seriously
injured and a great number wounded
slightly. Troops also resorted to arms
IN the neighboring village of Schoen
wiesen. Despite their efforts, the ex-
cesses continued far into the night.
PARIS, Dec. 12.-Zwickau, town in
Bohemia, just south of the border of
SSaxony, has been occupied by Czecho-
Slovak troops. Dresden, the Saxon
capital is forty miles northwest of
Zwickau.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Piez Formally Announced
AS Successor tO Scbxvah

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.~Formal
announcement was made by the Ship
ping Board that Charles Piez has been
elected director general Of the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation to succeed
Charles NJ. Schwab, who resigned last
week. Mr.. Piez has been vice-nresi-
dent and general manager Of the cor
poration.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Only Three Holidays for
Congress This Christmas

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The recess
Of Congress for the Christmas HOLIDAYS
Will be limited to three days, under
an agreement reached to-day by SEN
ator Martin and Representative Kitchin
democratic leaders N The Senate and
House.
The leaders said that because Of the
rush of work there is general oppo.
aition to an extended recass.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
Meet After a Month of Rest.

After month of rest the Cambridge
cub met in regular session at the
library yesterday afternoon. The pro-
gram On the work of Percy Byssho
Shelley, was in charge of Mrs II /
George and was as follows:
Roll call-Current Events.
"To a Shylark,' THE West Wind
Mrs Patterson.
"The Cloud f l. Brown.
Tonight Frank Dale.
"Adonais'-Mrs j j Abell.
Contrast with MiltonB 'Lycidas. "
Does either express deep personal
sorrow?
How do they view life after death? ?
Mrs Stork
=. Next weeks session will be in
charge OF Mrs Steele and it will je a
study of the life and writings of John
Keats.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluIces Of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stagnant matter.

Those Of us who are accustomed to
feel duh and heavy when we arise;
splitting headache, stuffy from cold,
foul tongue, nasty BREATH, acid
stomach, lame back, can, instead,
both look and feel as fresh as a daisy
always by washing the poisons and
toxins from the body with phosphated
hot water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
a glass Of real hot water with d tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate In
it to flush from the stomach. liver,
kidneys and ten yards Of bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the
entire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach. f,ft
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is wonderfully invigorating. II cleans
out all the sour lamentations, cases..
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast aud
1t is said to be but little while until
the roses begin to appear in the
cheeks A quarter pound of limestone
phosphate will cost very little at the
drug store, but is sufficient to make
anyone who is bothered with bilious.
ness, constipation, stomach troublenr
rheumatism real enthusiast on tas
subjec. of internal sanitation. "a Nv
1t and you are assured that you WI!
look better and feel better In every
way shortly. ss t
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
49, sras.ta ae.at ssf a9Ia.aa--
Be Careful in Using
Soap on Your Hair

Mcst SOAPS and yepared chlmpoos
contain too much alkal which is very
Injurious 1t dries the scalp and
makes the hair, brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
muls fled cocoanut OIL for it is ure
and entirely greaseless It's very
cheap, and beats the most expensive
SOAPS or anything else all to pieces.
You can get this at any drug store.
and few ounces will last the whole
fanny fer months.
Simply mo'sten the hair with water
and rub it in, about a teaspconful is
all that is required. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is. soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy. wavy, and easy to
handle. Besidej, it loosers and takes
out every particle of dust, dirt and
dandruff.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
Make Your Own Cough
Syrup and Save Money
Better than the ready.made kind.
Easily prepared at home.

The finest cough syrup that money
can buy, costing only about one fifth as
much as ready-made preparations. can
easily be made up at home. The way it
takes hold and conquers distressing
coughs, throat and chest colds wifi
really make you enthusiastic about it.
ANY druggist can supply YOU with
Pour this into pint bottle and iii
the bottle with plain granulated sugar
syrup. Shake thoroughly and it is
ready for use The total cost is about
So cents and gives you full pint--a
family supply-of most effectual,
pleasant tasting remedy. 1t keeps per-
fectly. :
It's truly astonishing how quickly il
acts, penetrating through every air
passage of the throat and lungs--loosens
and raises the phlegm, soothes and heals
the inf1amed or swollen throat mem
branes, and gradually but surely the
annoying throat tickle and dreaded
cough will disappear entirely. Nothing
better for bronchitis, spasmodic Group,
who0png cough or bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a special and highly concen-
trated, compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, and is known the world
over for its prompt healing effect on the
throat membranes. e..
Avoid disappointment by asking your
druggist for a21h ounces Of Pinex3 with
full directions and edont accept any
thing else. A guarantee of absolute sat
isfaction or money promptly refunded,
GOES with this preparation. The Pincr
20, ~ Wayne, Ind. .u~u...
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Faithful Workers.

The faithful Red Cross workers are
putting in full tine at the headquai'-
ters as well as at the auXliaries ard
are very competent in their different
departments. They explain the var
Ous parts of the work to those who
wish to do their bit in very able
manner and while the number of gar
Tents being sent to the st Louis head
quarters by the Guthrie chapter is CT
the very best workmanship, there
should be larger number completed
every day Sewing machines which
have been rented by social and card
clubs for use at the rooms are not
llways in use and this is a loss that
,culd be easily done away with if
more ladies would offer their serv-
ices.
Work in the bandage and surgical
lressing rooms is progressing rapidly,
Jut the output could be larger.
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y TESTED RECIPES Is
u 1 ~ ~ 3; e ~ n Is 1 "a IL 81 ~ - m
Baked Salmon.


One small salmon about three and
a half pounds, one can homemade to-
niato sauce, three thin slices bacon,
one tablespoonful salt, one half tea
spoonful pepper, one bay leaf, pars
ley three stalks celery and one small
onion.
Cut head off salmon, clean thor
oLghly, taking care to remove blood
around bone; wash and place on fish
sheet or put cotton cloth under fish
SO it can be lifted from pan without
bl eaking, Salt and pepper inside and
out and stuff with diced celery already
partly cooked, two slices of bacon,
minced onion and bay leaf
Place one slice bacon on top, cover
and bake slowly for one hour When
done heat tomato sauce and pour over
the fish, Garnish with parsley and
serve.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
Goals and How to Reach Them.

The great endeayor is to make one
self acceptable to God. That is in.
elusive of everything duty privilege,
destiny. Nothing divisive can be toll
Grated. Double service, God and NAM
mon, Is impossible, unthinkable. One
st be transformed rather than con
formed, The will of God must be the
sole aim. But it must be ones very
self that is given to God, not some
thing other or fictitious. Today the
efficiency Of the whole army depends
upon each man finding the branch of
service for which he Is best fitted.
Gifts differ, but all are contributed to
acoeye the one result Romans xiii
lS.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08

~ nned for Oklahoma City by the
tnited Retail Merchants OF America
WIN likely be established about Feb
ruary + according to X II Murray,
attorney for the company. The fol-
lowing board of directors was an
nounced last night. + Il Houghton,
Guthrie, president; w r Pincham,
Weleetka, vice president; Il L Hanes,
Atoka, secretary; 0 N Weiser, Alva;
E' erard Hinshaw Dls3t.n; + W Linde-
man, Perry; X e Powers, Hobart, Ben
+ La Fayette, Checotah; Ben II Tar
bour, Norman, and ] b Gibson, FL
Reno
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
CALEN NDAR

Tuesday.
L c T Club-Mrj A S Garner and
Mrs II Garnett.
Shakespeare Club-Lbrary
Pc O-Mrs II c Case.
Ladies Of the G A R-Mrs d Reed.
West Guthrie W c r L all day
meet.ng-Mrs r l. Raspberry,
Wednesday.
NJ NJ c Cub-Mrs Ray Davis.
Amicitia Unit-Red Cross
Altar Society Mrs w Dooley
Social Circle OF Presbyterian church
Mrs d A Hunter ana ,Iya Mayt.n.
West NJ e Ladies A,d- ~ OtS
Potter.
thursday.
Acorn Club-Mrj Flem Smith,
New Idea Club-Mrs e L Hirschi
Auxiliary Division No 2-Mrs A A
Frisbie.
Leisure Hour Chub-Mrs w j
Dwinell.
D A ID Dinner Club-Mr and Mrs
H George.
d NJ c Club and 600 Club-Mrs
Helen Smith.
Friday.
Five O'clock Tea CMb-Mrs Charles
Flson at home of Mrs Karl Filson.
Rooney Mooney Shah Club-Mrs w
L Bickford.
Domestic Science Club-Mrs A
Bunting.
Saturday.
c A A R-KnasS Store.
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u ~ ~ M % M ~ " M ~ ~ ~ r. n ~ "a
OF LOCAL MOMENT .
\ 70 \ n = = = = \ e ~ = n = \

Big blizzard in central north.
Leader want ad will do the business.
+ M Wilson, Ais Division, is moving
tc the country.
Be more patriotic. Boost the war
thrift stamp game.
Good roads dinner and big meet,
City Hall, Friday noon.
Claude C Patterson is home on 10.
day furlough FROM TT Sill.
At Camp Beauregard, La, 1856 SOL
diers have died of measles.
+ Railroad demurrage is to be in
creased by order of McAdoo.
Kindness is one of those things of
which you cannot put out too much
Everybody seems to be opposed to
red tape and nobody able to abolish
it.
Too many reformers fail to see the
little duties that lie all around their
feet.
Most of the arguments are not I'M
poitant enough tor the time spent on
them.
Jess Willard objects to fighting in
Deming becau5e it is a small town.
Since Mr. Willard is going to give it
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08

Pick over and remove stones from
ere pound of dates; mix fruit with
one-half pound each filberts and Eng
liSn walnut meats and force through
a meat chopper; work, using the hands
3n a board dredged with confection-
ei's sugar until we'll blended; pat and
roll to one quarter inch in thickness,
using confectioner's sugar for dredg
ing board and pin; shape with a small
round cutter or cut in three quarter
irch squares, using sharp knife Roll
each in confectionery sugar and shake
to remove superfluous sugar.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08

LAAATIVE BKUMU QUTNINE, the
World Famous Cure for Colds and
Grip, is now zoe per box. On aceount
of the advance in the price of the six
different Medicinal, Concentrated Ex-
tracts and Chemicals contained in
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE, it was
necessary to increase the price to the
Druggist 1t has stood the test for q
Quarter of Century. 1t is used by
every Civilized Nation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08

Greasy salves and ontments should not
be applied if good clear skin is wanted.
From any druggist for 35c, or $100 for
extra large size, get bottle of zemo.
When applied as directed it effectively
removes eczema, quickly stops itching, and
heals skin troubles, also sores, burns,
wounds and chadng. 1t penetrates, cleanses
and soothes. Zemo is clean, dependable
and inexpensive, penetrating, antiseptic
liquid. Try it, as we believe nothing you
have everusedis as effective and satisfying.
The Z. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland, O.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
SPRING FANCIES.

Straight silhouette will be the thing
coats will be without the usual large
collar.
Brading is good on Georgette
crepe waists as we'll as on serge and
silk dresses and suits. u
Satin hats in black, white and colors
will be worn until time for straw
shapes.
Buttons everywhere
Velvet, silk, satin and leather hand
bags
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08

Miss Esther Cleveland, daughter of
the late President Grover Cleveland,
will wed Captain BosanQuet of Lon
den, the son of Sir Albert Bcsanquet.
Miss Cleveland went to London some
time ago, where she took a course n
nursing and instruction for the blind.
and now she is at the st. Dustan's
Home for Blinded Soldiers,
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q I w
TUESDAY, JAN 8.
"The Law of the Land

Ef
Nine Petrova, the famous Russian
actress, will appear at the GEN thea
ter in an adptation from George
Broadhunst's we'll known play "rhe
Law Of the Land" which had a SEN
sationally long run on Broadway z
short time ago. This is Paramount
photoplay directed by Maurice Trur
neur. The story is of a woman. tiled
beyond her strength who shoots the
brute CT a man who attempts to beat
her boy. The verdict of any Jury
would have been against her for the
circumstantial evidence was ne7er
clearer against the vilest criminal
but the verdict of the Inspector who
was sent to look up the sase-well.
you must see that for yourself te
apprecite it. -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-08
TARTS.

Eat tarts instead of pies-it will
save wheat" is the recommendation
from Massachusetts.
The Queen of Hearts she made some
tarts,
All on a wheatless day;
The Knave of Hearts he stole those
tarts,
4 But gave them all away.