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f V. V01 I.IV NO. 16,879. PORTLAND, OREGON, 'VKDXRSDAT, DECEMBER 30, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V V OTHER NEUTRALS MAY JOIN AMERICA Aid in Protest to Great Britain Expected. PRESIDENT WARNS SHIPPERS Concealed Contraband Cer tain to Hamper Government. REPRISALS ARE DISCUSSED Members of Congress Suggest Jim bar go on Shipments to Allies. Wilson Predicts Indemnities Will Reach Millions. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. President Wilson appealed today to American nippers' of non-contraband goods, such an cotton, not to allow their cargoes to be mixed with contraband articles. The United States Government, he an nounced, could deal confidently with the difficulties which had arisen in the treatment of American commerce by Great Britain only If supported by ab solutely honest manifests. This statement followed & discussion by the President with his Cabinet today of the general shipping situation and of the note dispatched to Great Britain protesting at length against the British policy of prolonged detentions of cargoes and other interference with American trade. - OtbejT Neutrals May Act Alio. Publication of a synopsis of the note, the tenure of which was confirmed at the White House and State Department, aroused much interest, not only in diplomatic circles, but in Congress and official quarters generally. Many diplo mats of European and South American countries made formal inquiry at the State Department concerning the note, and a memorandum on the subject was promised them. There was ' a confident feeling In diplomatic quarters that steps would be taken by. other leading nations of this hemisphere, as well as by some European neutrals, to point out to Great Britain their acquiescence in the American, point of view. ... Britain's Own View Reiterated. Prom the way the President dis cussed the situation with callers, it Was evident that the Washington Gov ernment had-spoken firmly of its desire for an Improvement in the condition of European commerce, and was prepared to insist further on its rights. The President declared that the theory ex pounded by the United States in its note was, from the -American point of view,- hardly debatable, as England had adhered in previous wars to the contentions now advanced by the Washington Government. At the Cabinet meeting it was sug gested that, in order to support the American Government in its effort to protect cargoes of non - contraband goods, shippers and shipping companies should be warned against concealment of doubtful articles on the same ships. The White House then issued its sug gestion to American shippers to be careful about the manifests describing their cargoes.' The President said the great embarrassment to the Govern ment in dealing with the whole matter was that some shippers had concealed contraband in their cargoes of non contraband articles. - ' Suspicion Reflects Innocent. ' Eo long as there were instances of that kind, the President added, suspi cion was east on every shipment, and all cargoes were liable to doubt and to search. State Department officials said later that there were two cases in which this had. occurred, and that Great Britain had consequently used them as a basis for general search. Solicitor Johnson declared it was ab surd that any general conspiracy to conceal contraband in cotton ship ments could exist,, because of the me chanical difficulties involved in such an undertaking, but he pointed out that one or. two, isolated cases would em barrass all shipments. Some officials expressed the opinion that one of the results of the present agitation might be the enactment of legislation which would penalize the making of fraudulent or dishonest manifests of cargoes, : Poulble Reprisal ( omnldrred. In some quarters there was talk of possible-reprisals by the United States in case the British fleet did not accord better treatment to American cargoes. One - idea advanced in Congressional circles, ; and discussed in executive quarters to some extent, was the pos sible enforcement of an embargo against shipment to the allies of prod ucts which the United States consid red legitimate articles . of . trade, . but wbicn the British fleet prevented from reaching Germany or Austria. . In circles close to the White House however, the belief was confidently ex pressed that none of these measures would be necessary, as' Great Britain, understanding the seriousness ' of ' the situation to American industries, would ake steps to ameliorate the conditions against which this Government had Protested. Vtate Department officials would venture no guess as to the size of the damage claims being accumulated by Detentions or American cargoes, but President Wilson himself predicted that millions of dollars In private indemni- (Concluded on fax CULVER IS VICTOR ON 341 ST BALLOT JEFFERSON CO UN T 1'- SEAT FIGHT LASTS DAY AXD HALF. Selection Is for Two Years Until Voters Choose Madras and Me tolius Lose Buildings Offered. METOLITJS. Or Dec. 29. (Special.) After a - day and a half of balloting the County Court of Jefferson County today decided to favor Culver as the county seat for two years and until the" permanent county seat shall be determined by voters of the new county. .... Madras, Metoltus and Culver were active candidates for county seat hon ors and as the court recently appointed by Governor West Is composed of men friendly to each town, the fight was lively. William Boegll, of Culver, is County Judge and the Commissioners are Ros coe Gard, of Gateway and J. M. King, of Opal City. , Mr. Boegli was for Cul ver, Mr. King for Metolius and Mr. Gard for Madras. It took 311 ballots to de cide. Each town offered free rental of county offices and Courthouse for the use of the county for two years. Following the naming of the new county seat the following officers were named at a meeting of 175 taxpayers at Culver In the afternoon. They are: William Beogli, Cluver, County Judge; W. E. Johnson, of Madras, Coun ty Clerk;- W. P., Barnett, of Madras, County Treasurer; Ira Black, of Opal City, Shefiff; W. E. Holcomb. of Gate way, Assessor;, Mrs. Eva Knapp. of Gateway, County School Superintend ent; E. "V. Egon, of Albany. Or.. Sur veyor, an applicant; Bud Cram, of Gate way, Stock Inspector; W. P. Myers, Dis trict Attorney; Oscar Gard, Gateway, and J.. M. King, of Opal City, Coun ty Commissioners. That Culver had been chosen as the county seat of Jefferson was the in formation contained in a telegram re ceived yesterday by J. W. Brewer, of the Oregon Immigration Commlaeion. from J. C. Cockerham, of Portland, who Is now at Culver looking after his ex tensive -property Interests there. "Cul ver won county seat," is the wording of the message. By the action of the voters at the November election Jef ferson County was carved out of the original boundaries of Crook County. AUSTRIAN ATTACKS FAIL Montenegrins Kepulse Enemy ' Near Grabovo With Heavy Loss. ' PARIS, Dec. 29. A Cettlnje dispatch to the Ha vas ' Agency says . that-the UAustrlans on December 28 delivered a series of energetic attacks against the Montenegrin troops in the region of Grahovo. maintaining a violent ar tillery fire principally toward Klobouzi. After . fierce .fighting, which lasted all day, the Austrlans were repulsed with heavy loss. . All the efforts of the Austrlans. adds the dispatch, to storm the Montenegrin position completely failed. Two Aus trian aeroplanes jffew over Antivari, firing with machine guns, but caused no damage. BRITAIN TO MOVE ALIENS Subjects of Enemies Mast Leave District on Coast. LONDON, Dec. 29. Notices to leave have been served by the police on per sons regarded as undesirable In the coast towns adjoining the Tyneside dis trict and Sunderland. The persons af fected include aliens of enemy coun tries . and naturalized aliens of both sexes, and also British-born descend ants of aliens, including the second generation. Exceptions are made in cases of ad vanced age or extreme youth. Those affected must leave within eight days to an area 30 miles from the coast, ap proved by the military authorities. ALL DRINKING PROHIBITED Petrograd Extends Vodka Ban ' to Other Intoxicants, Including Beer. LONDON, Dec. 29. A Reuter dis patch from Petrograd says an order has been iBSued here prohibiting the sale of all alcoholic drinks in the city, including beer. This order applies even to the clubs and high-grade restau rants. Early in the 'war an imperial decree was issued prohibiting the sale of vod ka and other spirituous liquors throughout Russia. The traffic : In lighter alcoholic drinks, such as beer and light wines, however, has been per mitted hitherto. ITALY IRRITATES VIENNA Prince von Buetow's Plana for Con ditional Concessions Disturbed.' "VENICE, via London, Dec. 30. Italy's expedition -in Avlona, which 6he oc cupied several days ago, appears to have produced considerable Irritation at "Vienna, according to advices from the Austrian capital. It is thought there that possibly the suddenness of the Italian move may have- - disturbed clans nt triv.iit,i to Prince von Buelow's mission at Rome, which, la said to have included un otter of Southern Albanil to Italy upon her agreeing to certain conditions. .Baker Has 5-Ihch Snow. BAKER. Or., Dec. 29. (Special.) The second snow in the last two days started tonight and inside of an hour there was an Inch added to the tout inches of snow already on the ground, while the 'snow continued' falling In easily. JOB FAMINE DUE TO IN STYLES Capricious Women Are Declared to Blame. DRESS DEMANDS UNCERTAIN Responsibility of Employer to Employe Is Urged Also. YEARLY WAGE SUGGESTED Organized Labor Market Under Fed eral Direction Is Another Theo retical Remedy Offered Be fore National Conference. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29. American women should help to provide steady employment for thousands of workers by being less capricious in demanding ever-changing Btyles. Employers should be made responsi ble for their employes both in slack and busy seasons by legislation com pelling them to pay a. living wage throughout the year. The. labor market should be. organ ized and directed by a National em ployment bureau with branches in every important city, and labor unions should discontinue the practice oi drawing sharp lines between the trades. Labor Exchanges Suggested. 'These were some of the suggestions offered to insure steady employment to willing workers by speakers at to day's sessions of the National Confer ence on Unemployed. John B. Andrews. New York, secre tary of the association, outlined a plan by which the entire laoor market of" the country would be organized under a new branch of the Federal Department of Labor with headquarters at Wash ington. The first step toward a solu tion of the unemployment problem, he said, is the establishment of a network of organized labor exchanges. These exchanges he would have located in every state and every important city in the -country. " -'- -" - Philanthropy I Disliked. Philanthropic, bureaus are impracti cable, he added, "because of the taint of charity which clings to them." Speaking on the subject of "Public "Works," Frank O'Hara, of the Catholic University of America, declared it was the duty of those charged with the ex penditure of public money for labor to study the conditions of the labor, mar ket. Mr. O'Hara recently directed the Investigation of the Oregon committee of the Association on Unemployment. Economy Declared Possible. "Even where the cost of executing public work is slightly higher in In- (Concluded on Page 3.) CHANGES I - ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAY' S; Maximum temperature, 46.8 degrees; minimum, 33.9 degrees... TODAY'S Probably occasional rain; south erly winds. War. British Coast towns demand Investigation of navy's unpreparedness to meet German raid. Page French concentrating- large forces for move ment in Alsace. Page 3. - Russian rout of Austrlans compares with Servian victory. Page 3. Eighth of German forces In Poland reported lost in last attack. Page 2. National.. Other neutral nations expected to support American protest against .British deten tion of shipping. Page 1. British officials a neutrals "sharp prac tice" In concealing contraband makes close inspection of cargoes necessary, page . . . Great Increase In ocean freight rates urged -4n support of ship purchase bill. Page 2. Important trade conference of all Ameri can republics to be held In Bp ring. Page 17. - Senate ready to fight Wilson en patronage issue. Page 1. Txnnestlct. Qnlck changing of women's styles blamed for much unemployment. Page 1. Scientist demonstrates plants have nervous systems. Page 5. ' Sports. Anson Cornell, diminutive Oregon football captain, undergoes operation to be able to Play next year.- Page 12. Semi-pro league to play Sunday baseball In Portland next season planned. Page 12. James J. Corbett to make trip to Australia. Page 12. Football sate If unfit are kept out, says National Collegiate Association commlt- tee. Pago 12. Carlisle. Meloan and Wllholt look good to McCredie, but he laments failure of deals. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Supreme Court decides "Penitentiary revolv ing fund case" in favor or Governor. Page 8. Culver named county seat of Jefferson on 3-tlst ballot. Page 1. x Rosaiian make merry on way to dedication of Oregon building at San Francisco. Page 5. Columbia County citizens request removal of frtate Highway Conimissiouer Bowlby. Page 0. Commercial and Marine.. Wheat farmers withdraw from market with aavance In prices. Page 17. Fresh export buying raises wheat prices at Chicago. Page 17. Wall-street stocks heavy owing to differences with Great Britain. Page 17. More carriers arrive In river for wheat ear goes. Page IB. Dock Commission says more bonds are need ed to erect grain elevator. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Although Belgian fund reaches (26,000, . committee hopes to make it JloO.oo before January 15. Page 0. Franklin T. Griffith repot ts West is waging general fight on Ferris water power measure. Page 11. Committee of Multnomah delegation proposes ei em uuiKc-up oi state boaras, bureaus and commissions. Page 1. Three boys smother blase at Jefferson High acnooi. rage a. New system of collecting water rental quar terly is aaoptea. - page 13. New form of streetcar transfer to be adopt ed next rnaay ana rerouting is an nounced. Page 13. J. O. Ia France, who "faked" death in 15,00o insurance swindle. Is . paroled. Page 4., - ' , Three thousand voice: riUK in 'fomniuaity Song" ...jinni.".j'. Pi, t. .. ........ Ex-pastor-promoter arrested on charge of promoting lottery scheme. Page 7. Reading of "Blindness of Virtue" at Baker holds Invited audience enthralled. Pago 4. "Joker" in law blamed for variety of schoolbooka. Page 4. Weather resort- data, and forecast. Page 17. Oregon on Trial Cruise. SEATTLE, Dec" 29. The battleship Oregon, which has been overhauled In preparation for her place at the head of the naval parade through the Pana ma Canal, steamed from the Puget Sound Navy-yard today for a two days' trial cruise to Cape .Flattery and re turn. The Oregon will go Into commission next Saturday. STEPPING ON CUE CORNS. SENATE READY FOR FIGHT WITH WILSON Dictation of Patronage Resisted to End. PRESIDENT READY IN ADYANCE Appointments in Recess Shbw Plan Was Prearranged. COUNTER-MOVE IS PLANNED Clause in Appropriation Bill Pro viding That Rejected Appointees Shall Be Stricken From Pay roll Is Suggested. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 29. Notwithstanding Presi denbdent Wilson's assertion that he has no desire to engage in a patronage row with the Senate and notwithstanding his statement that more serious things than patronage are engaging his atten tion, members of the Senate are well aware that the President intends to distribute "pie" as he sees fit. regard less of whether his appointments are approved pr disapproved by the Senate. Realizing that the President, before starting hls patronage fight, went care fully into all the details. Senators of his own party are determined to resist executive dictation to the end. Senators' Advance Protests Unheeded. In not fewer than eight Instances the President, a week before Congress convened, nominated men for office over the protest of Democratic Senators known to oppose the men of his selec tion. The fact that he gave these men recess appointments one week in advance of the convening of Congress is evidence, enough that the President deliberately planned his campaign in behalf of the appointees in question. These recess appointments were not made until the President had con ferred with Attorney-General Gregory and had , been advised ' by him- that men' installed in office under recess appointments could be held. in office in definitely, so long as they had the back ing of the Chief Executive. Normal Coarse Not Followed. In these cases the President believed that the Senate either would hold up his nominations or would go to the extent of rejecting them, and It was -to block the opposition- of the Senate that the recess appointments were made. Normally all these appointments would have been held back until Congress met. lor in none or tne eight cases was the crying demand for the hasten ing of the new appointments. The President resorted to political trickery. (Concluded on Page 2.) j Tuesday's War Moves THE American note "protesting against the British treatment of American commerce and insisting on an early improvement came as a com plete surprise to the British public, as there had been virtually no intimation that any friction had arisen between the two governments. The placards posted by the after noon papers were given over exclusive ly to the American note and the papers gave it the largest headlines they have given any news during the past month. Consequently the British people regard this as one of the most Important oc currences of the whole war. Nothing of the kind since President Cleveland's Venezuelan message has produced such a sensation. The first Impression of the public is that the note may create friction and perhaps some unfriendly feeling, al though the newspapers point out that It specifically declares that the repre sentations were made in a friendly spirit. The situation is comparable to that which arose at the time of the South African war when neutral ship pers began to send cargoes Intended for the Transvaal Republic to the neu tral port of Delagoa Bay. The Washington note had not reached the Foreign Office tonight, but it could not have been dealt with had it arrived, as Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who has ben away for the Christmas holidays, is not returning until tomorrow. Even the war news took a secondary place to the note in the news columns of the papers, although the news com ing from the Russian front was highly gratifying to the allies. There has been a slackening of the fighting. In Northern Poland between the lower Vistula and Pilica Rivers, where the Russians .have captured some German trenches, prisoners and guns an indi cation. It is believed here, that the Ger man frontal attack on the army guard ing Warsaw has been definitely checked. In Southern Poland the Russians also record some successes, while in Gal Ida they have apparently inflicted a defeat on the Austrlans almost as serious as that which Emperor Francis' troops suffered In Servla. Since their latest offensive com menced the Russians have taken 50,000 Austrian prisoners and captured many guns, according to tho Russian official reports, and if, as was estimated, Aus tria had three and four army corps on its re-entry Into Galicla, it must have lost more than a third of the number In killed, wounded and pris oners. The state, of the roads, which are feet deep in mud, has prevented the Russians from making the pursuit as effective as It might have done could the Cossacks have found a firm footing for their horses. On the fighting in the West the French and German reports are in di rect conflict. The French claim they have occupied 'tho village of St. Georges, which is on the main road be tween Nieuport and Bruges, and two miles from the former town. On the other hand, the German report says: "We have gained some ground near Nieuport." Heavy fighting is also taking place in the Argonne and on the heights of the Mouse. The French report appar ently refers to later events than those recorded in Berlin, for Paris tells of the recapture of a trench which the German communication mentions as having been captured by the Germans. The French are investing Stein bach, in Upper Alsace. News from Germany is coming In slowly, as cable communication be tween England and Holland is dislo cated by the storm and the telegraph wires between Holland and Germany have been wrecked in many places. With the close of the holidays the recruiting boom has recommenced in England. Large numbers enlisted to day. CANADA WOULD BE FACTOR Steps to Make Weight in War Felt Are Outlined. WINNIPEG, Man. Dec 29. In a stir ring address before the Canadian Club at luncheon today Premier Borden traced the steps Canada was taking to make ber weight adequately felt in the war. "The preparation must be thoroughly and adequately made." he said. "It would not only be useless but criminal to send our citizen soldiers into the field without the training and discipline which are essential." The Premier said it was probable if the conflict should last another year the free oversea dominions would have put into the fighting line 250,000 men. AMERICA IS NEW WAR RISK Lloyds Issues Insurance Against Conflict With Britain. LONDON. Dec. 29. (Special.) A pre mium of 15 guineas per cent was being paid in Lloyds today on policies worded: "To pay a total loss in the event of the declaration of war between Great Britain and America within 12 months from date." The premium to Insure against war's being declared between Norway and Great Britain within 12 months is now 7 guineas per cent. FALL FINDS OLD LOST PIN Albany Woman Stumbles, Hand Hits Bauble Missing 2 6 Years. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 29. (Special.) A fall recovered for -.rs. Gourley .Wills a stickpin she lost. 26 years ago. While going through a gate Mrs. Wills stumbled and her hand, thrown out to break her fall, struck the gold stickpin, which wa: buried under loose dirt near the gate. Mrs. Wills lives three miles south west of Albany. SHAKE-UP OF STATE BOARDS PROPOSED Mergers, Shifting and Abolition Planned. ECONOMICAL BILL FORMING Measure to Be Submitted to Multnomah Men Monday. , MORE EFFICIENCY SOUGHT Senator Day, Chairman . of Body Drafting Act, Outlines Sweeping Rearrangement of Bureaus, Which Discards 'Several. 13 DIVISIONS INTO WHICH MULTNOMAH LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ASKS STATE GOVERNMENT TO Bfel ORGANIZED. Board of control. State land board. Department of education. Department of finance. Department of health. Department of agriculture. Department of labor. ' Department of animal Industry. Railroad commission. Department of Justice. Department of forestry. Board of fish and game com missioners. All other existing boards, com missions, departments or bureaus in the present state government are to be merged with these. Consolidation of various state boards, bureaus and commissions and abolition of many others are proposed by the Multnomah County legislative commit tee recently appointed for that purpose as a means of Increasing the efficiency In administering state affairs and ef fecting economy in their operation This subcommittee, which consists of. Senator L N. Day. chairman, and Kep- resentatlve-elect S. B. Cobb and Lloyd J. Wentworth, Is drafting a bill which will be submitted to the entire Mult nomah delegation next Monday night and Introduced at the forthcoming ses sion of the Legislature. Great Improvement Aimed. Senator Day has devoted much study to the present system of state govern ment. The chunges that he proposes, he says, will correct many evils that now exist, eliminate duplication of ef fort, avoid conflict of authority and remove the cause of much unnecessary expenditure of money. "But It Is not probable that we will effect a great saving," said Senator Day, "as many of the commissions that we propose to abolish or to consolidate work without pay. I ion't care, though, how little we save. It Is our duty to save wherever it Is possible to save If it is only a dollar." Bureau Mersers Flasmed. The consolidation plans outlined by Senator Day and the other members of the committee are designed not so much as a means of saving money as an avenue of gaining greater efficiency. The principal provisions in the pro posed bill are: Retain the State Board of Control in its present form. Combine the State Land Board, the Desert' Land Board and the Water Board. Create a State Board of Education superseding the regencies of the state university, the Agricultural College and the normal school, the board of higher Curricula, the State Texbook Commis sion, the present Board, of education and Superintendent of Public Instruc tion. . . Create a department of finance of which the State Treasurer shall be the head and which shall take over the corporation, insurance and banking de partments. Combining; of Work Is "View. Combine the work of the Social Hy giene Society with the State Board of Health and give that board Jurisdic tion over the "food" department of the State Dairy and Food Commissioner's office: also give the board visitorial jurisdiction over the State Board of Medical Examiners, registration of graduate nurses, dental examiners, op tometry examiners, pharmacy board and barber examiners. Create a State Board of Agriculture to take over the duties of the present State Fair Board, the Horticultural Board and the Pure Seed Board, with visitorial jurisdiction over the Agricul tural College and its experiment sta tions. Combine the present Labor Commis sioner's office. Industrial Accident Commission, Industrial Welfare Com mission. Create a State Board of Animal In dustry to take over the duties of the Livestock Sanitary Board, the Stallion Record Board and the State Veteri narian and those duties of the Slate Food and Dairy Commissioner that have to do with dairy cattle and their product a Merge the State Tax Commission with the Railroad Commission. Some Not to Change. The Attorney-General's department, the State Board of Forestry and the State Fish and Game Commission are not to be disturbed, but the bill will provide that the State Treasurer shall (Concluded on Page C.) ! i v