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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
Bakers Statements Convex
False Ideas Regarding War
Accomplishment Hitchcock

|. '.re'"n. Feb i.-S,cretarN ia
Ht r''nt statements I" Inc Senate
i.Hf"'1 ,"mmittco that the United
H''''@ N"Hld Easv half q million sol
''i% W France early this Wear and
prospects were not unpromisng
0Nips 'o carry a million who would
I'"1N during the year. We're charac-
.'' led ~ Senator .iitchcock IN an adj
7" u" senate today, as "abso-
frerostorous ANA 50 eyaggera;-
IS W convey an entirely false i'm
'"n as t. what we can 10 ana
.n' NJ" arr doing
Supporting iio committees, i'm fo,,
''' ana munitions director.
i'eht"'k declared that See
''' takc v,e no doubt s;ncer.
Fl m'Ni'ad by lack Of information
"a'rnN Of ships into man-
''- on. 'trdle ti"ns. He said pes
"' Wilson Hmself does not know
II '''I >'u'jion' and cited this sit
.' '> Atj illustration Of The absence
hm.n coordination
VA cab,ne. imperative
"o- that much Of a big task
'ftditably done. the Nebras-
Insisted that centralized
~ '0-"rd'aat"d war preparations
ms, "u cabinet and centralized
though a munitions direc-
imperative. He asserted thai
'r'd'ut and Secretary Baker hal
and Tailed tn attain the object
..t The governments systen, uas
The committees legislation.
EA-d. would ont embarrass or in :.
win the Presidents direction
7' y Criticism If many go,ernment
t ''uNltleS was mace by the scna-
Illustrating his arguments. but
"uf attacking individuals. blum
'hat almost surpass belief have
urea IN the war department. he
ana the shipbuildinc situation.
'lbed rs a "farce and almost a
ito declared the TRANSFORMATION
I'm h1d broken down. and was "a
"htie wreck" with Zoo. eco tons of
49, piled UP at New York without
,Pp'hg facilities. Ii asserted Ina, the
administration orders had par
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05

"lyzed WAY and Other ;n,lllst.ie, and
that food distribution la been incn
! Gent.
IN hatly denying Secretary takers
pan Tor the war. the senator said the
military committee was thunderstruck
ny the war secretary's optimistic as
seltions
am afraid to 20 too deeply INTO
shlpplng figures" ne added. FOR one
might he charged with giving informal
u"n I" the enemy. All who are in
''rmed as TO the present supply Of our
ShipplhS We're thunderstruck at the
statements Of Secretary Eakcr. Hi,
tlnguine predictions rs tn our ability
u snip men to t.urop" and supply
1hem there are eNaegcratiors of the
widest sort.
!" supply 4 million men in France.
s'pp"sih% We could get them over
tn"re. it would require 500 600 TONS of
sinpplnG in constant use We al know
TIE total tonnage row ovailablo is
nothing like that amount. We all fear
} VIII not approximate tha, !. wear
from now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
ENEMY AIRMEN
BOMb Venice

Rome, Feb 4.-Nenice and a number or
towns on the Venetian plain have been
bombed by enemy airmen, accorInG to
the Italian official communication issued.
today. While no damage and no casual
ties resulted from the attack OH Venice
destruction was wrought in
the towns of Padua. TrevIso and Mestre,
where also a number Of civilians were
killed or wounded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
Situation Very Acute

The situation as regards the Maine
Central. Mr.. Storrow said is very
acute and he has already taken 900
tons from the New Haven within II
days. The situation on the Boston and
Maine is bad. he said, and on the Ros-
ton and Albany not any too good
IF one railroad has more than it
needs" said Nh. Storrow. its part of
my job to take it and give it to the
other that does need it,
He said that the New Haven did an
excellent thing in storing up coal la
summer against the winters needs. and
expressed the opinion tina: last July
it might have had. all told as much
CONTINUED on Page 2-Coi. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
SENATE DEBATES WAR CABINET
PLANS ENTIRE DAY MONDAY
Senator Hitchcock Supports Bills and Says Sec
rotary Baker Is Unintentionally Misleading
Our Country in Regard to Ability to Get Sol
dicrs Abroad Williams and Reed Say Meas
ures Unconstitutional a Usurp Presidents
Authority

.Na-NIigtop. F,p. 4 Con,'oNers!
Ill, g".aanr nus war efficiency
.. 'ho hiu- fai. Mar cabinet and mu-
.r,n- dlr-ctol was renewed today in
... ~.puto wiin q debat" which occu-
sd 'iaiiy thc entire day
Md Htchcnck. Democratic mem
.r.l tfn military committee. deliv-
1--WE tRo-h"ur prepared speech in
.pI.tf ~ IN, two bills which the
d vpr"scs. sharply criticizing
II, n.. experiment and charging Sec
.n.-. Citc0 wiih unlptentionaliy mis-
,aau. thr country by making "abso-
.t.t rr'postcrous and exaggerated
.'attm'ai. rclardIng the country :
h.lt' q" .@ soldiers abroad
VILLAINS ami Reed Oppose
-.u.'.r Williams # Mississippi and
E.p If NussiuIl pemoe rats. replied
.4p"-uL NJ war organization meas
fr- t- proposals 1" usurp President
a f.ur H.uh"rity The former dcclat-
% rI1t "f', German game i muck
,trr rIis administration and. as
lra 'htt efforts to force the bills
to. frii" because Of certain executive
-. uI -,d ceeSnfiun Of agitation
NN. uaIsiug senators Hitchcock
.d IHmpoflaiu rs uuimpeachable pa =
.IHi. ~.u5tor Reed. another military
mrf.r membot. argued that the
"a,
.t jtHi-ci tho government accom-
.-l rfrfs lH thc war asserting that
Omitted 1ehc,cucies are minor com
god Q. tuc magnitude of achieve
..a'
'.. usrn eaid 80 the nour If tins
-.ff. 'N.u The military machine has
.okor down" said the Missouri SEN
Nun can't say that 2 machine
NJ pt' InhH0 men under arms IN
stout + TIM Is 4 total failure: YOU
tf soy ha; machine that has sent
f1auds ~ men abroad without a
.-As hf' lost is n totai failure: YOU
R"' 81 MAT q machine that Is CON
'HGrg enough airrlanes to cloud
en- iI,s from the .un is n total
"Uro
Pcnrose Makes Inquiry
N0'U ~,na,ni Hitchcock declared
~N"ar 'aker Mad wildly eXaggerat-
n WcdIction4 OF ability 10 SEM
oops luoad senator Penrosc. Re
'l7' asked
m ui"us to know what !ntlu-
I" ~ ~ ~ rotary To make such .
'HG1aHf ~o auart from the facts WAC
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
Bakers Statement Prerosterous

let the secretary Of way is so out
81 touch with the Shipping Board ana
shipping authorities that he makes :,
statement that is absolutely prepus-
ferrous. have no doubt of his sincerity
tut THIS act indicates again the extent
to which one department is out of
touch with another department.
Turning to Secretary Bakers war
plans, Senator Hitchcock said:
Secretary Baker says We have
plans, I am sorry 10 disagree with
him. If there is one thing more con-
spicuous by its absence than any other
in the operation of the various depart
ments and bureaus in Washington. it
has been planning for the future | do
not deny that the various department.
have planned as far as they could in
advance. but who has prepared the
master plan which will harmonic all
the other plans Nobody. Nobod.
could
Referring To te Presidents opposl-
ton to the two committee bills. the
senator said that it was on the ground
that the President alone had RESPONSE
hilitv for the conduct of the war. add
ing:
CONTINUED on Page 7-Col. a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
WILLING TO DIE
But Not as Traitor Says
BOlO Pasha

Detailed His Activities in Switzerland
Former KI7eoif OF Egypt Called as
Witness-Triai 5cains Monday at
Paris
Paris. Feb. 1. Til" triui 10y court
me :tiaI Of Hol" In.ha on a charge of
treason in having conducted German
propa ganda in France, was h"%un to-
day.
After q deiibcration Of u few min
utcs he cpur unanimously rejected
objections raised by The defense be
cause il was impossible 10 compel Wit
nesses living in q foreign country to
come TO France to testify. The act of
detailing Solo l'asha'S life
WAS then read.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
Vigorous Campaign

Military authorities aud .eligious amt
civ!" organizations had conducted ! Wig
orous campaign against license. Brig.
Gen. Weizel acting commander al Camp
Dcvfns. in u recent letter to The chair
man Of the board Of >clec,men stated that
TO soldier would he permitted TO enter the
town if II voted wet"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
AMERICANS 0uTCAMED HUNS
IN FIRST POINT OF ASSAULT
u. S. Troops on Lorraine Sector Extend Zone of
Bombardment Over Wide Region German
Strike Virtually Ended-Teutonic War Lords
to Confer Over Industrial Situation-Intense
Artillery Duels in Belgium and on Aisne

From the meager accounts Of the &c
onomic situation in Germany reaching
neutral countries and they are meaeer
to degree, the general strike that
prevailed throughout the Empire last
week has virtually ended. Apparently
the hard hard OF tile military authori-
up ot the movement on the part of
the workers, whose full energies are
required by the government at the
present moment TO aid in the prosecu-
ton Of the war, for even their leaders
are reported to have advised the men
to return to their Jobs.
Proclamation Had Effect
The proclamation Of martial law in
Berlin aud throughout Brandenburg by
the military commander evidently had
its full effect, for with the threat of
summary court martial, and execution
staring them in the face, the strikers
carried out no disorders in Berlin on
Saturday. like those earlier in the week.
Industrial quietude now seems TO
pervade the entire country. except at
Jena, capital of the Duchy of Sake
Weimar. where new trouble has arts
en-. it is not improbable that the
strike there will be cngendered by
sympathetic feelings on the part of
students in this educational center.
War Lords to Confer
That under the surface the political
waters in Germany and .tustro- Hun
gary still are seething is indicated by
the announcement by the German and
Austro Hungarian foreign ministers
and Gen Won I.udcndorff chief of the
German war lords, next to Won Hin
dcnburs are to gather together in
close conference in an endeaXor to
bring about an ameliuration Of the
tense economic and political questions
affectinG Germany and the Dual Mon
archy and doubtless lay plans TO COM
La. the peace views and desires Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
THE WEATHER
FAiR-coLDER

Forecast: Fair and slightly colder
Tuesday; Wednesday lair. continued
cold
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
Will Continue Five Days
and Complete Opera
ton First Draft
NATIONAL ARMY
STRENGTH $4,000
6575 Men Going to Camp Dew
ems Official Announcement
by Gen. CrOwder Followed by
Issuance State Orders

Washington. Feb. 4-Provost Mar
ed that the movement of the last incre-
ments Of men selected III the first
draft Will begin on Feb 3 and con
time for 4 period Of five days. This vii
complete the operation of the first
draft. as all states will have furnish
cd their full quotas.
Bring Strength to 685. 900
tn" movement will bring the strength
of the National Army up 10 the GS5, coo
men contemplated in the first draft
The numbers of men which Will he
started 20 the cantonments on Feb. 5
are:
Camp DeNens. Mass. 600: Upton. n
Y, 750"; Din, y. j., 1000: Meade, Mary
land. 5000.
Lee, Va; 5000; jackson. :. c.. 1883
CNesroes>; Gordon. Ga. $500 (Negroes);
Grant, H., 5000: Taylor Kentucky. 62S4:
Dodge, Ia. 1885 Funston. Kansas
Kansas. 2332: Travis, Texas, 1858; Pike.
Ark, 1000 tNegroes).
Besides the regular portion contrib
utory to Camps Devens and Upton, n
Y. will send to the former 2521 men
and To the latter PAS men. who were
to have gone to camp Dix The reason
given for the change is that there is
moro room for them at Camps Davcns
and Upton.
Virginia Will send 100 men to Camp
Meade instead of to Camp Lee.
Orda-e lesna,: -, M,ee,.b,ea+%e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
MANSlAUGHTER IS
CHARGED CAPTAIN
AND PILOT OF THE
HALIFAX DEATH SHIP

Halifax. ~, s.. Feb. 4.-Captain Anne
Lamodec, who commanded the French
munitions ship Mont Blanc. and Frank
Mackay, the pilot who brought it into
tho harbor when il colided with the
Belgian relief ship limo a few minutes
hefor" the disastrous explosion of Dec
$ last, Will be given a preliminary
hearing tomorrow on the charge of
causing N" death of William Hayes
pilot Of the Imo. The men We're arrest
cd hate today Utter the prysdale com
The collision WAS brought about by the
failure of 'hc captain and the pilot 10
NhenlAn The -rIIlNS Of tho rOal :,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
Administration Of Priority

Ne'''''os' CIV" - ''S''>|
Priority in the production Of coal and
coke or +uod ana feeds is not admins
tered ~ TIE proprielies committee Of the
War Industries Board. nut comes under
the fuel and food administrations The
committees however. will consider appli
cations for priority assistance to procure
tools. equipment; or supplies Tor the pro
,Iuclion Of these commodities All v.rrk
II uow divided into four general classes
i,,.,.od or thy... III heretofore Class 3A
which nust tailc precedence IN all plants
o,e,. evary,hjn. else viii COMPRISE ONLY
,,,,argonc,. ,,ar unrls II :, snerial ~ rrc-
III, n,,ura ,.I,ss /. comnrjses 9il other
,a r.o,l such III arms ammunition
,,.stra,.a,s e,,y,r,ariYre airn,,ycS 1nco-
,,,,i,.as ntc and IN. materials II. cam
,,,od;,ia. ran,,red IL ,ha;r nrodu,,io,
~. III ri cI,ss ,..jyn,,ea a gin inc,uua
wori. no+ nri,rariIy desicr,d r,r the NOS
ec,,tjon Of tbe var. but CT public jnterss,
ana essential ia 1he national welfare
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
FAR REACHING
PRIORITY RULES
GO into EFFECT

Washington. Feb Far reaching pri-
GRITTY regulations were ut into effect to-
nieht by the War Industries Board to
expedite til, production of war supplies.
They apldl to al ii.diyiduals. firms, as
sociations aad corporations engaged in
the produ<;io Of copper and steel and in
the manufacture Of their products; chem
icals, cotton duck and wooden cloth, ana
all other such raw materials aad manu-
featured products as may later IS deem
ed necessary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05

WaShinyton Feb. f-GoNcrnment
control Of industry was extended to oil
in a prorla'nation ~ President Wilson
tonight putting under License the
manufacture and distribution Of all
fuel oils. No mention is made Of other
Oils Of oil products. Including gasoline
and kerosene, but they too probably
VII lie put under control soon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
M. /. Reua to Have Charge

M. /. Reua to Have Charge
Authority under the proclamation -
TO be vested in Mark l.. Rcua of Cali
1ornta. recently named chief Of the
Fuel Administrations oil division. LII
cepscs must be obtained before FEB. /
by all manufacturers and distributors
whose gross sales of fuel, including
gas oil. amount to more than 100,Uoo
barrels Il year,
! 4 series Of regulations drawn by the
Fuel Administration establishes III
the east n list uf prefential consumers
ivho must be upplicd in the order they
ere given, regardless OF contracts out
standing.
Difficulties Of transportation. 1t is de-
claret. both in tho Presidents proc
laination and in statement prepared
tx thc fuel administration. Make Ii
censing necessary il order that essen
t;a1 industries may Re supplied. Opera
ton of the control will cut the supplies
Cf the less essential industries where
llck Of transportation creates short
age.
Preferential List
THE prefential list is set forth as fol-
lows:
Railroad ana bunker fuel.
Export deliveries or shipments for
tie army Or navy.
Export shipments for the na'ies ana
other war purposes Of the allies.
HOSPITALS where oil now is being
used for fuel
pul,,ic utilities ana domestic con-
sumcrs now using fuel oil, including
gas oil.
sh.pvarda engaged in government WORK
Navy yards.
Arscnuls.
Plants engaged IN the manufacture,
production and storage Of food products.
Army ana navy environments where oil
now is being used for fuel.
Industrial consumers engaged III me
manufacture of munitions and CHER ar
ticies under government orders
An other classes.
In issuing tine preferential list TIE uei
administration at the same time exempt
cd all users Of oil from the operation Of
The Monday closing order, as 1t has been
shawn ii9at most Of the oil consumers al
,aaIv were excepted under previous proc
l.,,,tions. This exemption includes no:
uf,1y users Of fuel oils. but also consum
ers OF all petroleum and petroleum pro-
ducts.
Half OF Tankers Withdrawn
Nearly half of the tankers which have
brought oil from Mexico to the United
States have been Withdra WIN from tina
service. it was said tonight, to supply
the American and Allied naves. This ha:
iep!eted the oil supply in the Unite:
States to considerable extent and has
created a serious situation in the East.
IN the West. too. especially in raiifor
ria. "s.. sumption is outstrippng proiuc-
tion.
IN supplying orders On the preferential
list producers and distributors, If their
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
U. S. SMELLING DEADLY

First Gunnery Duel Was
Victory for Ameri-
cans = Officers Are
Elated
With the American Army In France.
Continued on Page 7. Column 81
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WEDNESDAY,: Fair
Be Thrifty

II you have. a secondhand article
of value which You no longer use
be THRIFTY advertise it in the
Journal and gel the cash out Of 1t
A elastic !, ad VIII turn the trick
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05
All We0fherS

,..ssihed adyo rising works all the
- faf- weather or foul. II yol
re , task want adj can do
~, ,nl set he want ad to work
n that task.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-05

Says Bill Unconstitutional
Senator Williams declared the till
Continued on Page 2-Coi. y
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large parts of the populations in the
TWO countries
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-08

Turkish forces advancing in the eau
casus are meeting with little resistance
and are massacreing Armenian resi-
dents Of the districts retaken from the
Russians.
The German socialists have bitterly
attacked the peace treaty with Russia.
In a debate in the reichstag there were
charges that Germany and Austria al.
ready are quarreling over the spoils
OF war.
Determined efforts by the Germans
to obtain possession of Fort La Pom
pelle, to the southeast of Rheims. and
thus secure another dominating posi-
tion from which they could complete
the destruction of the city, have met
with a sanguinary failure.
The Americans the Germans claimed
to have captured on the Chemin des
Danes probably were the larger part
of patrol OF IS men sent out when
the raid began and has not been heard
of since. The enemy obtained no pris-
oners from the American trenches.
Russia's delegates at Brest,Litovsk
have halted the German invasion OF
Great Russia by agreeing to the peace
terms offered February 81, Peace was
made, they report to the Bolsheviki
government, because every day OF de-
lay meant more demands by the Ger.
mans, Added provisions require the
Russians not only to retire from Tur-
keys Asiatie provinces, but also from
territory in the REGIONS OF Kars, Ba-
toum and Karabagh, taken from the
Turks during past wars.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-08
OLD SOL TO BE
'.. TOTALLY ECLIPSED
On June 9th Next a Path of Darkness Will Extend En-
trely Across the United States About Midday

trains arc 10 glide Into the canyons and
Dut again With their usual and time
LpuUfcd safety.
Someone al this point ~ no doubt
wondering what the soldiers IN the
trenches Will think ~ the eclipse Well,
they aren't In on A. This ia an Amsri-
thn eclipse. IN fnct Cgon Pacific
eclipse. which ~ something worth think
Ing about when We remember that We
win not have another total eclipse in
these good old United States for twen-
ty-seyen years.
Result: Denver Is right there. as she
always iH Dean Herbert a, Howe of
Denver University has polished up his
hig telescope, fixed up Il lot Of extra
all over the country with the legend.
DENVER WELCOMES YOr. printed
In big type, The folks nt HeTkes OBJ
ErrvatOry ai Green Bay, HiEco onsin. are
going TO be at Denver. other ohEerva-
tories VIII send their best scientists. In
order 10 make sure, however. that they
viii not miss anything that may be re-
yealed behind the skirts OF the moon,
delegations are aiBo getting ready 20
visit Green River. Wyoming. on the
cliffs near this little mountain town
they viii set up their instruments and
set things all ready 10 take look.
The thing they VIII be looking for
most lntently Is what the astronomers
rall the corona. The corona is a ring II
light that completely surrounds the sun
and by some ls called a halo, the sun
being the only thing IN oil the universe
that has real honest-to- goodness halo.
Many men have been rcputed TO wear
halos and many others think they do.
but the sun IL the only thing that can
prove II. md oddly enough IL Is his
better half. the moon, that comes along
about every quarter century and pulls
OF total eclipse IN order 10 make the
old world Sit up and take notice Of this
halo which old Sol wears Usually q
total eclipse ~ 10 be seen only IN the
far-away places OF the world. the South
Sea Islands or China, and never before,
at least so say the folks az Denver OBJ
scrvntory. has the path OF totality been
laid out over n course that takes in
big telescope like that at the Colorado
capital.
Longs Peak. in Rocky Mountain Ma
tional Park, will be one Of the highest
points IN the path OF totality and all the
big summer resort hotels that cluster
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-08
MENACE AROUSES SWEDEN
Protests TO Berlin Against Occupation
OF Aland Islands.

Washington. occupation
OF the Aland islands Is only prelim-
mary to the total occupation of Fin
land. Official dispatches to the Swe-
dish legation say Germany has an.
nounced to the Stockholm foreign Of
flee her intention to occupy Finland
and that Sweden has protested.
Germany advised Sweden, the dis.
patch says, that it is necessary to oc-
cupy Finland temporarily to restore
order, but gave assurances that she
had no intention to take permanent
possession of the territory, Sweden
protested also against the Aland
islands being placed in the war zone.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-08
RUSSIANS EvACUATE
PETROGRAD IN HASTE

London.--The Russian government
has evacuated Pe;rograd. Three state
ministries. according to Reuter- dis
patch from Petrograd, have left the
capital. from which the population also
is fleeing hastily.
The Bolsheyik government purposes
to declare Moscow the Russian capital
and Petrograd free port
Narva, 100 miles southwest of Petro-
grad. has been captured by the Ger
mans. and the enemy is reported to be
continuing his advance on Petrograd,
Previous reports that the hard terms
OF the German peace treaty, which
takes from Russia thousands Of square
miles in Europe and Asia, would not
be accepted by the All,Russian con.
grfss OF workmen's and soldiers dele
gates, indicated also that the nonpeace
elements in the Bolsheyiki were gain
ing the upper hand,