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Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TBAINS AMD NEW STANDS ITVB OEKT y GERMAN S ATTEMP I TO SMASH LINE AT YPRES IS REPULSED Columns Shattered and Un nerved Retreat In Great Disorder RUSSIANS ADVANCE TOWARD THOM CHECKED Flank Attack By Kaiser's Troops Has Good Effect By Henry Wood.) (United Press Stuff Correspondent.) Paris, Feb. 1. The Oormans have been thrown back violently in another dttempt to smash th rough the lines of the allies at Tpres. French Infantry men met the assault so w-ell with tlie bayonet that the enemy's columns, shat tered and unnerved, wore repulsed in great disorder. This annoiiueement, rontiiincd in the official statement issued by the war of f ieo this afternoon, ereated a tremen dous wave of enthusiasm throughout tho city. For Beverul days it has been reported that the Germans were mass- i iil' reinforcements in ltclgium tor u new drive. When the assault was delivered, how r o May Deliver Caches $1.57 Amid Scenes x Feverish Excitemt. Chicago, Feb. 1. One of the most exciting sessions of the Board of Trade here closed this afternoon after a flood of buying orders had Bent the price of May wheat up to $1.07, the highest price for wheat in many years. This is 3 1-8 couts above Saturday's cloBe. The advanco of May wheat carried the July option up with it. May opened at $1.54 and immediately began to soar sensationally. In the first hour it registered an davance of 1 3-8 cents and by 11:30 it had gone up to $1.5(3-3-4 and in a sharp buying movement a few minutes before tho close the top price of 1.57 was touched. This is a gain of 3 cents over the opening price. May closed at $1.5C4. UNDERWRITERS ALARMED. Liverpool, Fob. 1. Underwrit ers raised the insurance rn to today on steamships engaged in coastwise trade from five to "0 shillings per hundred pounds as a result of recent Gorman submarine raids an merchant vessels. TURNER GIRL WINS PRIZE. (Capital Journal Kpecial Service.) Turner, Ore., Feb. 1. Lena Medley, won a beautiful diamond ring at-rrcTug the most populur young lady in the city. The ring was presented by the VV. 0. 1'arilv Medicine Co., who had been ever, tho French were found to he entertaining tho Turner people with a rend'-. Their riflemen mowed down the. enemy's first ranks with n niuderous! fire before charging with the bayonet1 to complete the repulse. The ease with Vi tho lirst (iennnn attacks were! checked has resulted in supreme conl'i- j deuce in the power of French arms, Aerial semts, in.vs the stuteiueut, re- j 1'iirt Hint the shelling nf the Oermnn. positions along the Aisne by French ur-j Cillery has been vety effective. The, niemv's tremhes ut several points along : (Continued on Pne Five.) $ clean and clever little show. sfcsf STEEL WORKERS RESUME DUTIES Pittsburg, Pa Feb. 1. The Homestead wniks of the (.'urne gie Nteol company resumed operations today, 8,0UO men returning to work. : FILIBUSTER STILL III SENATE MEETS AGAIN TODAY Both Sides Assert That They Will Come Out Victorious In Final Vote -REPUBLICANS EXPECT END TO COME IN WEEK Are Prepared To Talk Until Congress Adjourns They Announce CIRCULATION FIGURES THAT ARE EXACT, i Following is the correct statement of the actual circulation of the Daily Capital Journal of Salem, Oregon: Total average daily circulation for the 26 days of publication during the month of Q;i I KJJ X. -f January, 1915 CHAS. H. FISHER, Publisher. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of February, 1915. DORA C. ANDRESEN, (Seal) Notary Public for Oregon. The Capital Journal's circulation is far in excess of that of any other daily newspaper circulating in Marion and Polk counties, and, more than this, 97 per cent of its circulation is in this immediate territory. Washington, Feb. 1. The republican filibuster against tho government ship purchase bill was resumed at 10 o'clock today when the senate was called to order after being in roeoss from mid night Snturduy. Both sides were supremely confident. The republicans insisted that a week more of filibustering would mean thnt the bill had been talked to death. Thev declared thoy -were prepared to con tinue the speaking campaign until final adjournment, nud to block all other legislation if necessary to accomplish the downfall of the measure. Those claims are ridiculed by demo craticTedei. ' A nmnbofoA senntors have expressed a wish that tliHndjMiniatrntian issue a statement indicating wtiflT-nhips would! ue purennseu siiouiii i no bill ultimately pass. Senator Smith, of Michigan, when the sennto met, resumed the Bpeuli which was interrupted by recess at midnight Saturday after tho senator had been speaking for six hours. Itrt tllllo.l II. .lll,l.flU (... looters" miit tmt.1 Ifcrireuetilnltvn Vit-i. a lieruld nf New York himmdf i ,,o l.V " turned state's evl Icnce. when, ho' criticised the lavish appropriations byj the present congress as n "horrible mess, " . In a general arraignment of the ad ministration Hinith said Cununza had really ordered the American troops to evacuate Vera Cruz, Cumnixii, he Bai.l, had repeatedly demanded the j American withdrawal. ' "I don't say he could have forced their withdrawal," Smith added, "but he moved somebody in litis government i to order their return. Not since lluor- la wns driven out by the spleen, pique j he move somebody in this government there been n recognized government in Mexico." THE WAB LINEUP. Belgium1 Paris claims severe German repulse in attempt to smash French lines near Yprcs. Germnn aviators dropped bombs on Baillout, 18 miles northwest of Lille. France The shelling of Ger man positions along the Aisne reported by aerial scouts. The enemy's trenches at several points along the river have been destroyed. Gorman bombard ment of outer French positions at Verdun declared ineffective. Germany German nation jubilant over reported success of the German submarine cam paign against "British merchant men. Leading Berlin news papers predict that "henceforth British navigation will have to rockon with the German sub marine danger." England Officials of British admiralty ridicule German claims of ability to starve Eng land out. "The main purpose of tho submarine attack ' said an official, "is to frighten Eng land. T will not succeed." Russia Tronches west of Warsaw lost to the enemy re ported recaptured by BuBsians. General engagement in progress in Carpathians between the Dukla and llBzok passes. Heavy German and Austrian losse reported. DR. IRI IKE GOOD 11 I AS REVIVAL LEADER Is Not Exponent of Sensa tional or Emotional Methods Milton Anderson Found Hang ing From Beam In Out house Last Evening Milton Anderson, a well known resi dent of Silverton, whs found hanging from a beam in -nn outhouse near his residence about 7 HO yesterday evening neighbor who discovered the swinging by the open door. Coroner Cluugh was notified immedi ately, but ns it was a clear case of suicide and the ninn wns quite dead he decided thnt no Inquest, was neces sary and the. body will be buried in Silverton. Anderson's wife left him about a year ago and since has shown a inelnnciiolly disposition ot times, lie has considerable property in Silverton anil was not in financial trouble. There were no children bom to the marringe, It appeared that he had hanged him self either Saturday night or Snndny uiuriiiug and it Is the supposition that the deed was committed in a fit of uieluni hollv. GIVES PLAIN MESSAGE RIGHT FROM SHOULDER Meetings Yesterday Were Largely Attended In Spite of Heavy Rain The great throng of people at tho big tabernacle last night at Marion and High where the twenty-two fed orated churches of Salem are conduct ing a Unitod Christian Campaign under tho direction of Honry Ostrom tho No Nation ProteBta, Washington, Feb. 1. ".'o nation has l protested against the passage of the government ship purchase bill. It is not likely that any nation will or would protest, ns the bill does not I neccssurilv raise n diplomatic ones Itinn." ' j This wns the statement mndc today I by Secretary of State litvan, in dis ; posing of reports thnt. England, France I uml other belligerent, nations had ob jected to the bill now pending in the i senate. i i An official close to 1'resident Wilson said this afternoon that the chief ex 'eeulive bil l no intention of taking any steps thnt would involve international i complications. It wns hinted that I other than belligerent vessels might be 3)CS)(()ti!(()(lCSCl(C)C)()( FEAR GERMAN SUBMARINES Balfnst, Ireland, Feb. 1. As the result of a report that more German submarines hnd been sited ill the Irish sen, tho authorities today ordered boat service between Belfast and Liverpool nnl Manchester sus pended. jit available for purchnsc should the pend ing bill become n Inw. . Indianapolis, lnd Feb. 1, United Slules Judge Anderson overruled today the demurrers of the -7 ilel'endiints in the Terre Haute election conspiracy ' eases on trial here. The demurrers nt ! lucked the jurisdiction of the local I court. The Weather Dr. Honry Ostmm Bill By Marion Delegation Requiring Insane To Pay for Keep, If Able, Killed The senate hold a short and unovcut ful session this morning disposing of a totnl of nine Senate Bills which were on the calendar for third reading. The bills passed included Senate Bill No. 96 by Smith of Coos and Cur ry accredited to titles to bona fide pur chasers of state lands; Sennto Bill 126 by tho Committee on Horticulture per mitting canneries to employ more than eight hours during canning season when emergencies existed and tho Wol fare Commission gave consent, Senate Bill No. 17 by Smith of Coos and Cur ry fixing time of holding court in the Second Judicial District, Senate Bill No. 133 by Senator Cusick changing tho time that county treasurer's shall be required to file their reports. Senate Bill No. 132 by Senator Garland relating to the duties of county treas urers, Senato Bill No. 134 by Senator. f !..!. 1 . vuon iv cnnnging ine lime mat county clerks shall publish reports, and Hen ate Bill No. 103 by Senator Dimiek re pealing tho law passed at tho last ses sion requiring that only licensed nurses be permitted to administer anesthetics. The last named bill evoked consider able discussion, friends of the old law maintaining thnt serious results mielit follow the administering of anesthe tics by unskilled norsons. The senntors desiring its repeal clnimed thnt it was impracticable and that it was violated overy day in actual practice. The measure culling forth more de bate than any other matter . up this morning was Sennto Bill No. 41 Intro duced by the Marlon County delegation requiring that where persons were com mitted to the stale insnne asylum in ease they had property that free from execution it should stand the exponscii of their keep at the asylum. Senator Bishop who ehampli led the mensuro c'mnicd that there. vjnf in-ay Inmates of the asylum that Could pay ror tneir own expenses out were not LABOR Gil 81 01 SOLAR PLEXUS IIS E TODAY Effort to Enact More Strin gent Eight Hour Law Fails ; ONE BILL KILLED; OTHER IS RE-DEFERRED Labor Champion Home May Appeal to Governor For Assistance I Interests of labor was dealt another solar plexus at the hands of the house this morning when Representative Home's bill, house bill No. 170, wns in definitely postponed and house bill No. 171, proponing to make the eight-hour low more stringent in cases of publis works, might have sufferod defeat al so had it not been sent back to the enmmitteo for insertion of the amend ments ngrued upon in the committee, upon the motion of Mr. Home. House bill 17(1 provides that tho manager or foreman or subcontractor upon a job be held responsible in a suit for dnmuges for injury to nn employe and it went tho indefinitely postponement route, from which there is no returning, in spito of nn ardent appeal for fairness to the Interests of lubor on the part of Mr. lliirne mid his demand for an aye and nn vote upon tho quostion, whicli was denied him. Representative Home, tho laborer ' champion uu the floor of tho house, was visibly angered at what ho terms & dis position on the part of certain elements In the house to absolutely ignore4 the rights of Inbor during tho present ses- loing so. Senntors opposing the bill'"'1'"- "e stuted afterward that, in the ovnngelist proved that tho neoido wers deeply interested for fho big building was filled t0 the doors and this in spito of the atendv downnnnr of mill Tho great chorus choir of nearly two hundred voices led by Mr. Albert Simpson Heitz sang some of tho new Gospel songs preceding the sermon and the music promises to bo a big feature of tho meetings. Tho address of Dr. Oslrom quickly showed the people thnt ho is not a man to rant or rave or a iiiiin who will null off sensational stunts. He stuted lust night, during some preliminary re marks, that he with six of his sisters were all school teachers at one time and he seems to have kept to the quint, scholarly milliner of his early twining. those who know him best sny that all his addresses urn nu appeal to the heart through the mind and that he himself says that you can't expect much of n man s religion until he begins to think for himself. And he believes in fair pluv. lie snvs "if you can't trust the claimed that while they ngrecd with Senator llishop that in such cases the inmates should pay for their hoard they insisted that the bill that had been drawn contained many previous faults. Among others it was pointed out thnt under tho hill n large sum of money Would bo turned over to the superin tendent to spend ns he snw fit and with no innuner of accounting for the ex penditure of the same. event more consideration wns not shown toward the protection of tho la boring man ho would bo forced to ap peal to the governor for relief as a lust resort, or permit all of tho labor meas ures to go by the board nt tho present session so that t lie lubor organization will awaken to tho fact thnt they can not pluco any reliance upon the pledge (Continued on Pago Six.) International Law Is Not Violated By German Submarine Attacks By J. W. T. Mason. (Former European Manager of tho United 1'ress.) New York, Feb. I. There Is no pos sible objection in internutional law to tho German submarine attacks on mer t ui ii ly the allies would not permit Ger man merchantmen to have freedom of the iiigh sens because (heir cargoes were intended In relieve distress In Belgium. The practical effect of tho raid, for the moment, is negligible, It has shown limit men tit the nllies, as long as the; that isolated sulunnrine attacks on llrit- Tonight nud Tuesday rain; westerly winds; cooler tonight. ish vessels can be made off liny .part of the llritish cmst. Theoretically it has been proven that nsiibmurine blockade of Kngluml is pos sible. Hut the sinking of four or five merchantmen does not, in itself, dem niiHtnitc the existence of a blockade. crews of the trading ships are saved. I ho method of rescue is not importnnt. The device of si'inlini the crews of these ships nff in .small boats is ade quate when near a (uust, but its justi fiiiition when far nt sea cannot bo do- pontic you can t expect, t no pumic i ),Mrll,.ti f merchant ships in tho! This Is possible only by a policy of ecu- , V ..i , ,. . . Irish channel was earned out unilur i tirunus success, squnrelyind openly withot "trap of: , rl(.t)v nwfu rditions of warfare, I It is not probable that such tt policy clap tiap as one mail put It. ,n( (jp yti h Kl,..(.nlln,.t Kuggests c-in be can ied out. liven if merchant Koviyai to Be wmo Bprona. ( . i wit fur the saving , ve.sels were sunk without perinittiiia It .s evi.tenr innr Mr. us, mn pu.n s, . ,.,.,;,.,, whcn the Toko their crews to escape, thus mnklng it ninlio the eampnlgn a widespread , '. u ., ,,, ,.,w . ,...,,. r, tii .,iiiii,ie t im rescued by u trawler, there must be to the surface, doubtless only a modi confusion In I'nria concerning the fir- tied reign nf terror would result, cuuistiinces of the case. j Defense measures are not impossible Tho fact that part of the Toko Ma- to devise, aiming which speed and con ru 's cargo was destined for llelgiiin ret-' Htnnt deviation from the settled lance ogees is not ground for prntcst, Cer- w ould piny an impel taut part, to ninlio the cnmiuilgu a widespre revival for lie has outlined to the var ious committees n plun for the week which takes In many phases of the work. The first big event nf Ihe week will be the dedication of tho Tabor- (Continued on l'ngo Three.) 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