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VOL. LIV. NO. 16.8SC. " . ruKiLAiNu, ' - T CORPS OF DESTROYED Czar Adds to Capture of Similar Force. MUCH WAR MATERIAL TAKEN .Crushing Defeat Due to Fail , ure of Attempted Ruse. BATTLE LASTS TEN DAYS Outnumbered Russians Forced Back, After Holding Knemy 17 Days,. ' return lo Fray Willi More ;' Strength and Win Victory. PETF.OGRAD. Jan. S. That the tenth rorps of the Turkish array has been almost annihilated by the Rus sian Caucasus force, which yesterday reported the capture of the ninth and the defeat of the 11th corps. Is assert ed In the official statement of the F.-nc.-al staff of the Czar's troops de fending the southeastern part of the empire. The official statement follows: "At the end of November the bulk of the third Turkish army was sent to the region east of Erzerum, preceded by two army corps, besides a reserve corps near Hassan Kalah. Turks Attempt Haas. "In conformity with the plan of En vey Pasha, the -third-army was to pro ceed aa follows: "The ninth and tenth army corps were to advance In the direction of Oltl and form the offensive wins;, whereas the 11th corps had orders to hold Its powerfully-organized position and to attract through a strategic demonstration the weight of our troops. In case the Russian troops had taken up the offensive energetically, the 11th corps bad been ordered to fall back on the fortress of Krzerum. carrying along with It the KuUn forces. AHeraale Offensive la Plaa. "The 10th Turkish army corps was then to advance In two columns, the first including one division proceeding toward Id by the Oltl-Cbal Valley. The second, two divisions strong, was to advance on Ardost through the Zervy Chai Valley. The ninth corps was to take the offensive in the intervals be tween the loth and 11th army corps. "Our troops In the region of Oltl checked with great courage the Turk ish advance, despite the numerical su periority of the enemy, though several counter attacks inflicted heavy losses "In the meantime we detected a strong: Turkish column, reinforced by Mussulmen rebels, which was ad vancing from the Panjouretsk and Jal agouztsrhamsk passes in the direction of Ardham. The garrison which we had left at this point, after holding out for 17 days, fell back a little to the east. Sti-rejttheaed Rawalaaa Attack. "Having received reinforcements we attacked, on January 3, the Turkish forces concentrated at Ardham and in flicted upon the enemy a complete de feat. We captured the flag of the elpruh Infantry regiment, a part of the Constantinople garrison. "During the development of a subse quent action we discovered that the bulk of the Turkish forces, that Is to aay, the ninth and luth army corps, were taking the offensive against Sari Kamysh. This movement was under taken through mountain roads and steep passes burled deep in snow. "The Turkish troops were abund antly provided with provisions and war material. The enemy had planned the operation, rely ins on the sympathy and help of the natives who previously had been Influenced by Turkish emissaries. "The task of our troops consisted in holding on the front Important forces of the enemy and at the same time in offering a resistance strong enough to check the Ninth and Tenth corps. Battle Lasts Tea Days. "In spite of the extraordinary diffi culties of this. In spite also of the risors of the Winter and of necessity of ticlitins in passes of mountains rising lrt.000 feet and covered with snow, our valiant troops, after a fierce battle extending over ten days ful filled brilliantly the exceptional task w h toh had been Imposed upon them. "They repulsed the frantic attacks of the Turks on the flank and on the front and at i-'arl Kamysh enveloped and almost annihilated two Turkish corps. They captured one of these corps with its commander, three division Generals with their staffs, a number of officers. thousands of soldiers and many guns, rapld-nrers and horses. "The fighting was very fierce on the principal front, and of course neces sitated a change in the grouping of uur forces In regions of secondary Im portance. We brought certain detach ments nearer our frontier. "We have not jet ascertained the extent of our booty. The pursuit of the enemy still continues." AHMIKS ARE STCCK IX ICD Artillery Movements Impossible and South Poland Is Quiet. BERLIN. Jan. . via The Hague, to London. The correspondent of the HER TURKS (Concluded ea a.1 ' ! 1 1 I SENATE REJECTS . WILSON NOMINEE ACTIOX OX MISSOURI MAItSHAL- SHIP IS rXAXIMOCS. Cas-c Is Fourth Since Patronage ClaMi Developed Validity of Re cess Appointments Involved. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. The nomina tion of Ewiug C Bland, of Kansas City, to be United States Marshal for the Western district f Missouri was rejected by the Senate tonight by unanimous vote. Bland's Is the .fourth nomination re- jected by the Senate in the last few weeks in the dispute that has de veloped between the President and Senate over recess appointments. Bland was appointed by the President after the Fall recess, although the vacancy In the Marshal's office occured before the. Senate adjourned in October. It was on this case that the Judiciary committee based its action In naming a sub-committee to inquire into the authority of the President to make recess appointments to Jill vacanciea created during a session of the Senate. Senator Heed, of Missouri, said to night that the sub-committee was con sidering the subject informally and would meet in the near future. In the general discussion of differ ences over nominations. Senators Stone, Williams and Thomas pleaded for party harmony and for composition of all dif ferences over appointments. They de clared that exploitation of such differ ences were injurious to the party and appealed to their Democratic colleagues to cease agitating political family trou bles and to seek In every possible way to allay strife over political appoint ments. Senators O'Gorman and Reed, who have led the right from its inception, insisted that Senatorial rights had been disregarded, not only In the Bland nom lnatlon. but in other cases. It was said later that they were not sparing In their criticism of appointments that had been made in the face of Senatorial opposition. FLESH ENVELOPS IRONS Wrist Bands Found Burled In Arms of Ian Caught at Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or- Jan. . (Special.) -rAVith the wristbands of a pair of handcuffs embedded in the fleh, an unidentified escaped prisoner was ar rested tonight by Sheriff Taylor. He was observed on the outskirts of town bv residents who notified the Sheriff. He Is about SO years old. He says he is Swiss-Italian and that he es caped from an officer near Seattle five or six months ago. He Insists he does not know why he was arrested, but says he was being taken to Canada. He removed the chain by rubbing the links against a piece of iron. Not be ing able to remove the bands, he pushed them up on his arms and kept them concealed by a large overcoat. The flesh had grown over two thirds of the band on the right arm, while the hand was swollen to three times its normal size. He was taken to the hospital, an anaesthetic administered and the irons sawed off. DELAYED SALUTE IS FIRED American Battleship Waives Cus tom at Vera Cruz. VERA CRUZ. Mex. Jan. 6. The American battleship Delaware, which relieved the battleship Rhode Island when that vessel sailed with Rear Admiral Walter McLean for New Or leans, did not deliver the customary salute to the port until today. It was explained that the firing of salutes was suspended until instructions were received from Washington that they should be given, on account of the friendly feeling of the American Ad ministration for the Mexican people. A naval regulation prohibits the fir ing of salutes to ports whose govern ments have not been recognized. Since the overthrow of President Madero. however, all ships visiting Mexican ports have given salutes, except during the occupation of Vera Cruz, and this is the first instance of delay. ZEPPELIN VISITS FRANCE Three German Balloons Reported Sailing Toward England. LONDON. Jan. S. A correspondent of the Dally Mail In France reports that a Zeppelin airship skirted the French seacoast near Grave Lines, 12 miles southwest of Dunkirk. Wednesday, and then turned westward toward England, and that It is rumored that two other Zeppelins preceded it. "Thereafter through the whole day." the correspondent add3. "Dunkirk was subjected to German air raids and at tempts to drop bombs, but owing to the vigorous fire of the town's guus few bombs fell. At one moment six aeroplanes were hovering over the town, but were eompelled to retreat. Apparently no damage was done." SWISS COMMEND PROTEST Xcwxpapers Say Interests of All Neutrals Are Alike in War. BERNE. Switzerland, via Paris. Jan. 4. President Wilson's note to Ureat Britain concerning delays to American commerce has been welcomed by the Swiss newspapers, which in editorial comments express the opinion that he Is acting In the Interests of all neu trals and especially Switzerland. Hope is expressed that the American executive's action will meet with the fullest success. It is asserted that it is most important to "Switxerland that the American export trade be not re stricted, for Switzerland depends on the I nited States for the greater part of her supplies of wheat, corn, cotton, cop per and petroleum. . . , BISHOP OF OREGON NAMED WITH' PRAISE Dean Sumner Invested at Chic CrSftTa ARE IMPRESSIVE 1 - "V I -V Date of Departure for New Field Is January 17. THOUSANDS BID GOODBYE School Children and Persons ol Various Walks Attend Reception and Several Fetes Are to Follow Before Departure. CHICAGO. Jan. 6. (Special.) Very Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner was made bishop of Oregon today with the re splendent rites of the consecration ceremonies of the Episcopal Church, while well-wishers from every walk of life crowded the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul to the doors. It was one of Chicago's most impres sive church occasions. Assisting In the consecration were the bishops, presby ters and high ministers of the church, and in attendance sat leaders of social and commercial Chicago, all wishing him successes In the larger sphere of usefulness to which he has been called. Ceremonies Are Elaborate. The ceremonies were elaborate. After the procession had made its way down the side aisles and up the center to the chancel, a full-voiced choir Bang the processional march. The epistle was read by Rt, Rev. John Hazen White, bishop of Michigan City, and the gospel by Rt- Rev. William Andrew Leonard, bishop of Ohio. The latter also delivered the sermon. In it he praised Dean. Sumner "as the Ameri can citizen and priest of the church, who had fought the good fight and done his work well." "He has earned the right,"- Bishop Leonard continued, "to . leadership In social service and goes to make an Epiphany in 20th century conditions, a redemptive force in our present-day civilization. He is to go as bishop to lead his church in the fulfillment of her task. He leaves for the frontier, the thick of the light where evil is firmly entrenched, where he will en counter trials, difficulties and discour- agements without number. May he keep dominant on his mission the prin ciples of service, humility and sim plicity." Elected Bishop Presented. The elected bishop aws then present ed to the presiding bishop and conse crator, Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, bishop of Chicago. There followed the reading of the certificate of election, the canonical testimonial, the consents of bishops, the promise of conformity by the bishop-elect, the examination (Concluded on Page S.) T,T,nnv TtTTTPanAT .T A XTTT 4 T7V 9 191. 5 PRICE FIVE CENTS. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TODAY'S Bain; soutueasterly winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, so.S degrees; minimum, 39.0 decree. War. Russians destroy Turkish corps, In addition to on captured, and pursue other. Page J. Stan-ins Belgians share with French peas ants, and world's greatest tragedy is not yet forestalled. Page 2. Lord Kitchener tells Lords early British oenciency in omcero ou tycvu - - French advance In upper Alsace stayed by uennans. rB2a s- Mexico. Zapata-Vllla delegates to convention dis agree, Zapatistas desert. Page 5. National. s.n.. ,,n.nlmmiilv refuses to confirm Lodsre arraigns Administration for lack of ii n nAH.v Pisa a. President tells Democrats woman suffrage Is state, not hbuow", iuo. -Secretary Lane publishes correspondence to , M', nrav,, ( fA FWIGW snow ijomiwi " . co-operation on Tumalo project, fage x. Domestic- Bishop of Oregon Is consecrated at Chicago with. Impressive ccremwmw. " Hundreds Injured in New York subway panic. Page 3. Sport. Hogan says Tigers will have 10 new men this season. Page 16. Two broken ribs and fractured nose result of thrilling hockey game. Page 10. J. J. Coroett signs contract with hope" here with hope of returning title ........ u i Mack agrees, with Fielder J I jike I ability to nom Mwt. -- son. Page 16. Pacific Northwest. Sierks repudiates murder confession and fher says son did not kill Wshrmana Idaho Senate starts constitutional prohi bition measure. r a. . r-...rY-lMl and Marine. . Wheat advance in local market Is less rapid. Chicago wheat prices decline under heavy selling, rufio . Australia raises embargo on shipments oi wool to unucu o- Work on stations for harbor survey en gineers starts today. Page 12. Portland and Vtrlnity.. Two plans proposed for state to aid irrlga- Banker and rallrosd magnate predict pros perity Lllia jcai. " " Ad Club prepares satires for "Jinks" next mi I nl.ht 7. 1 D-4JOU r. -- . o -- Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13. WIDOWS TO LOSE PENSIONS Baker Judge Opposed to Method but Will Care for Those in Need. Diico cit Jan. 8. (Special.) No longer will widows' pensions be paid in Baker County. Judge Messick announced today that after this month all payments under the widows" "pension act" will be dis continued. "The payment of these pensions Is entirely discretloaary with the County Judge," said Judge Messick. "I do not favor them bnd so will not pay them. The only reason I am paying them this month is that the widows have not been notified. This does not mean that we will not take care of destitution." About 30 widows will be affected by the decision. CZAR'S SHIPSFIGHT TURKS Two Cruisers Escape Damage in Action With 17 Russians. CONSTANTINOPLE, via London, Jan. . An official communication issued today says: "Two Turkish cruisers were in ac tion yesterday in the Black Sea against a Russian fjeet of 17 units. Despite the Russians' numerical superiority, our ships were not damaged." OLD MOTHER HUBBARD, SHE WENT TO THE CUPBOARD, ETC., ETC. CO-OPERATIVE PLAN BLOCKED BY WEST Secretary Lane Puts Issue Up to Governor. CORRESPONDENCE IS QUOTED Oregon Credited With Desire to "Go It Alone. AGREEMENT NEVER MADE Tumalo Project Declared State En terprise Governor Resisted Ef fort" of Engineer to Join Federal Government. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 6. Secretary Lane today made public Jcopies of all the corre spondence that passed between the Ore gon state officials and various offi cials of the Federal Government with reference to a proposed co-operative irrigation project in Eastern Oregon. From this extensive correspondence, covering 33 pages, it appears that the Interior Department and the State of Oregon never entered into any agree ment looking to the building of the Tumalo or any other project, and thus far have made no positive agreement other than that under which the state and Federal Government each contrib uted $50,000 and made joint investiga tions of various projects in the Des chutes Valley. Governor Opposes Cee-peratloa. Correspondence further 'shows that the state authorities until recently re garded the Tumalo project as purely a state enterprise and that Governor West personally and successfully re sisted the efforts of State Engineer Lewis and others to have that project built by the state and Federal Govern ment in co-operation,- it being Gov ernor West's contention that the build ing, of this project Jointly by the state and the Federal Government would lead to delays which he wished to avoid. Secretary Lane goes back to the acts of the Oregon Legislature and shows that the state appropriation of (450,000 was made specifically for a state proj ect, no mention being made of co operation.. That appropriation was made February 25, 1913. About that time J. N. Teal suggested to Secretary Fisher the desirability of co-operative invest! gation 'of the Deschutes basin and President Taft, acting on this sugges tion, allotted $50,000 for this purpose. Suggestion la Rejected. In March, 1913, State Engineer Lewis called on Secretary Lane and suggested the possibility of building the Tumalo project by co-operation with the ed eral Government, but no action was taken in Washington on tnat sugges 'Concluded on Page 2.) Wednesdays War Moves APART from the Russian victory over the Turks in trans-Caucasus, which is described in a dispatch from Petrograd as "complete." interest in the war now. lies chiefly in -the stub born fight which the French and Germans are carrying on for the roads to Cernay and Muelhausen in Upper Alsace. The battle in that region which has been raging for a week, is described in a Berlin dispatch as the most violent of the war. The Germans succeeded in regaining one of the trenches which they had lost, but on the whole the French reports appear to show that the forces of France maintain their advan tage, for every Inch of which they had to fight, in many cases with the bay onet Along the rest of the western front the tide of battle continues to ebb and flow. On either side of Rhelms. par ticularly to the east of that harassed city, according to reports, the French daily push their lines a few yards for ward, while in the Argonnc. where more fighting is going on, first the Germans and then the French report the capture of the other's entrench ments. Another region where the French seemingly keep nibbling away at the German lines is in the Woevre. where the gains reported by them Tuesday and Wednesday when consolidated must have gone a long way toward rendering the Germans' long occupa tion of St. Mlhlel on the Meusj less comfortable. The Russians, with all their other fronts to cover, have found another army with which to take the offensive against the Germans position at Mlawa, on the east Prussian frontier, and report the capture of a village on the road to that towns. The Germans still are hammering at the Russian line drawn directly across the roads to Warsaw from the west, but it is reported with less force be hind them. In Western Galicla. how ever, where they have reinforced the Austrlans, they have held up the Rus sian advance near Gorlice. In Southern Poland wet weather has Intervened and put a stop to the fight ing. Neither Bide is able to move there, owing to the high water and the mud. The Russians continue to drive the Austrians through the snow covered passes of the Carpathians and out of Bukowina, and simultaneously are dealing in detail with the remnants of the Turkish armies in Trans-Cauasla, which are reported either to have been, routed or surrounded. The Turkish dash into this distant province, of - Russia ' Is described by military men as having been an unwise maneuver. Military operations in that part of the world would be difficult in this season at any time, they say, but this year, with a particularly severe Winter, there was little chance for the poorly-equipped Turkish troops to suc ceed in their efforts. Altogether the Russians engaged the Turks in ten pitched battles. In many cases while knee deep In snow and at an altitude of from 6000 to 10,000 feet. In the realm of International politics the next move by Roumania Is awaited with interest, while the arrest of Cardinal Mercer, primate of Belgium, is attracting world-wide attention. MOSf CO-EDS FLATFOOTED University of California Girls, Be lieved Graceful, Are Shocked. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) So much has been sung and written of the grace and perfections of the co-eds of the University of California, that it Is with a great shock the announcement of Kate R Gompers. assistant medical examiner, that 8.8 per cent of the University's women have flat feet. Is received. 'No more than 50 per cent, says Miss Gompers. "of the women students have weak feet, the greater number of which have already acquired the deformity of flatfoot" Miss Gompers holds out hope for the correction of the defects of the co eds in the fact that special work In the department of medicine has al ready affected 30 complete cures and that during the coming year the prob lem is to be met with unusual force. GERMAN WAR BONDS BOOM Loan Now Two Points Higher Than Price of Issuance. BERLIN, Jan. 6, via The Hague and London. There is a little boom In progress on the Berlin stock market, particularly over the war loan and other government securities. The war loan has been steadily rising for sev eral days and gained more than a quarter- of a point today. It Is now held at two points above the emission price. Private transactions in industrials at higher prices also were reported today, but the quotations weakened at the close, when It was learned that the authorities contemplated putting meas ures into effect to curb such unauthor ized trading. FRANCE ARRANGES CREDIT Gold Bars Worth $2,000,000 De posited in Xew York. Krir-w vnRk' .Ian. 6. For accotmt of the Bank of France, Lazard Freres to day deposited with the First National Bank of this city 12,000,000 gold bars recently taken from the assay office. Thi. nnlnii. transaction. which is said to be the first of its kind so far s the BanK or franc, is ewpecmeu, 1 a direct outcome of the foreign nancial situation. The banking houae hich represents the Bank of France refused to say whether additional de- osits would be made. In enect mis peration constitutes the establishing of a creau in mis i-uuuu w French government. CONFESSION FALSE, SAYS ELOEB SIERKS Son, Too, Repudiates Story of Murder. MYSTERY DEEPER THAN EVER Boy Innocent but Capable of Such Crime, Avers Father. IDIOT'S LETTERS REVEALED Parent of Half-WIt Tells of FantU)' Dread Fear of Boy Invetlga tlon to Continue Subject Left for Xcxt Governor. BT l'ERRY FAnNSLRV. SALEM. Or, Jan. . (Spcrisl.) John O. II. Sierks. Insane asylum Inmate, today repudiated Ms confes sion that ho had killed Mis. Palsy Wehrman and her child, but his fnttv-r. while saying he Is poslttvo of the young man's Innocence of this particular crime, admitted that the young man was cap able of committing such a murder. The parent told of numerous instances In which Sierks had threatened the lives of members of his family, and read letters substantiating what he said. It was because of these threats and for the protection of his family that Sierks was put In tho insane asylum. Investigators say that tho repudia tion of the confession which Sierks now says Is a fanciful yarn does not clesr Sierks of the Wehrman crime, as evl dence obtained here today and a letter fwrltten by Sierks last night to m father add more to the mystery of the crime, and make It more than ever In cumbent upon the authorities to sift the case to the bottom. Sierks' letter to his father was delivered upon the arrival of the parent at the asylum to day. Letter Repeats Confession. In the -letter written to his father last night Sierks says: "I would rather be dead than allv.-, for 1 am convicted of murder in the first degree. I am the murderer of Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her little son. 1 am the man that done that dirty trick and lied on to Pender." George Thacher, the crlmonologlst of Portland, who has made a study of the crime, brought the father of the young man to Salem and accompanied him to the asylum. Arrangements had been made to take Sierks to the scene of the crime today to see If he could sub stantiate his story. If that had been done and he had found the gun he said he bad planted and pointed out the shot In the house which he said Mrs. Wehrman fired, a later repudiation of the murder confession probably would have been of no avail. Mr. Thacher, however, says his course was the proper one, in that he Is rea soning Inductively. He says If the man had been taken to Scappoose reasoning thereafter would have been deductive. Governor Drops Case, Governor West said tonight that he was through with the caso and would leave It for Governor Wlthycombe to pass upon, lie said he had done his best to And out If the Sierks story was true, but had been unable to do so. It was an Impressive scene whei father and son met in the ofllce of tr R. E. Lee Stelner, superintendent 01 the asylum. They embraced and tin boy, looking Into his parent's eyes, broke down and said tho whole fabric of his confession was false. "11 son," said Mr. Sierks. "I know you are Innocent, and I am hero lo pro tect you and to try to get you off onco more from the consequences of your acts. Who forced you to do 11. "Mr. Mac Laren (referring to the penitentiary chaplain who obtained the lirst confession), a little." "Why did you do It?" asked the father. "I did It to get Pender out" Letter Refers te Marder. Aftor his meeting with his oo Mr. Sierks was questioned In regard to the character of his son. He produced let ters written by the young man lo hlin soon after tho killing of Mrs. Wehrman and her child in which the crime was the principal subject. In one letter written September 8, 1911, three days after the killing, Sierks wrote: "I have read a piece In the paper yes terday of Mrs. Wehrman and h r lltt'e boy, Harold, our nearest nelhlor. 1 killed by a murderer. They fot shot and then got hacked up with hl h t. That was an awful dirty trick, whoever done it- I never thought a tl.it. like that would happen up there so close by. as all that I hope you are all well and that nothing like that will happen In our house." After asking how his mother and sis ters are getting along ho reverts lo the crime as follows: Mordrrer Is Seerned. 1 would be a damned fool If 1 would waut to do a thing like that to go and murder any one of my folks. I would rathor have a bullet put through my head before I would do a thing Ilka that; to go and bo a liar and a thlrf, them three things won't go at all: that Is lying, stealing and murder business. That man who did that will be sure to find his grace; It don't make any dif ference whoever it may be, he Is not sure of his life. He will be punlshcdr tconclutled on !' 0.) i .