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VOL. LIT. NO. 16.891. PORTLAND. OREGON. WKDXESDAY. . JANUARY 13, 1915. TRICE FIVE CENTS. OR. WITHYCOMBE IS GOVE NOW RNOR Inauguration Simple but Impressive. MACHINES IN HOUSE MAY REPLACE GIRLS SAI.KM DKALEU WOULD INSTALL DICTAPHOXK SERVICE. TREMENDOUS APPUUSE RINGS Acceptance of Red Cross Presidency First Act. ECONOMY AIM CHEERED Retiring Executive Is first to Con gratulate Oregon's Xerr Chieftain. State Capital Thronged for Day of Ceremony. Plan to Shift "Fair Stenographer From Legislative Hall to Down town Office Is Considered. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Jan. 12. (Special.) Now they are planning to force the fair stenographer out of the Houe altogether. A Salem man has just sent a proposal to the rulea committee to do all the stenographic work on" contract, but paradoxical as It may seem, he plans to . eliminate stenographers from the performance of the contract, that Is. so far as the House members are con cerned. Ho would require all Legislators who have stenographic work done to talk Into a dictaphone. Messenger boys then would carry the dictaphone records to an office down town where a crew of expert typewriter operators would transcribe their verbal contents on to official stationery as prescribed In connection with the fight on rules that threatens to precipitate Itself upon the House tomorrow, it's certain that the proposal will receive serious con sideration. The man who makes the proposal de clares that he will give the Legislature the "most efficient stenographic service it has ever had." REPUBLICAN Fins INDEX GF TODAY'S NEWS 10 RULE SINGE 13 Democratic Reign Over Oregon Ends. DR. WITHYCOMBE IMPRESSIVE All J. Eincrick' Chosen Mayor Medford by Majority of 02. MEDFORD, Or., Jan. II. (Special.)- Med ford's proposed new city charter was defeated by SI votes In today's election and V. J. Emerick defeated C. K. Gates for Mayor by 62 votes. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or., Jan. II. (Special.) People of Oregon: You now have a new Governor. He is Dr. James .WithyconiDe. of Corvallis. He took the oath of office at precisely 2:4$ this afternoon, Surrounded by members of his fam ily, state officials, including Justices of the Supreme Court and legislators, prominent residents of Salem and other parts of the state. Dr. Withycombe was vested with the power of office and immediately presented to the people bis first state document, which was an In augural address and a message to the Legislature combined. The new governor immediately got down to business. His first o racial act was to write a letter accepting the presidency of the Oregon State Board of the Ked Cross. Dr. Withycombe al ways has taken an active interest in the work of the Iced Cross, and con- iders Its activities at the present time of the utmost importance. Inana-nratlosi Main Event, The inauguration was the sole sub ject of Interest lit the Statehouse to day. Legislative affairs were given secondary consideration. Both the House and the Senate held short ses ion this morning. Tbey reconvened at I o'clock and Immediately arranged for the joint session. lobby was tilled with visitors, includ-I lUKrvLT fAolO Ing mere sightseers as weli as numer ous friends of the new Governor. A crew of workmen labored industriously to complete the decorations inside the building- Theso decorations, however, were limited to a liberal display of American flags, which were draped from BY RONALD G. CALLVERT. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 12. -(Staff Correspondence.) For the WFW CHARTER IS REJECTED rirst time ln 12 years- "s th tw0 j ears tiunng wnicn I' raaK jtsenson was of The Mtbr. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 40.6 Ue:res; minimum, 3S.S decrees. . TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly winds. Legislatures. Governor "Withycombe Is first -Republican Governor of Oregon In 1? jean. Page l No section of state la slighted in the ap- Dointm of Senate committees. rax Spnatnr rimiricB niRri to ron tract for cler ical helo falls by vote of 11 to 7. Page T- Senate begin economy programme by filing 10 bills calling lor saving oi lunua Page 6. "' - Full text of Governor TVithycnmbe's mes Base to Lezislature. Paifo 12. Washington's war over liquor opens In Leg Islaturo at Olympia. iage Governor and Mrs, Withycombe are hosts of brilliant reception at Capitol. Page l. Idaho brewer3 made target in bill placed before .Legislatures. Page b. IIouss rules may pool clerical help, rage 6. War. Signs Point to Effective Brtierepn3carsoM cap' Fierce battle beine fought in Alsace. Page 2. Turks deny rout by Russians; Petrograa says Turkish General sent to investigate defeat was also captured. Page o. Lettpr r?cived in Montreal from west Tn-Jles say German cruiser Karlsruhe is believed sunk in battle. Page z. National. House, by vote of 201 to 17-1, refuses to sub mit suffrage amendment to constitution. Page 1. Domestic. Real wife trusts- preacher accused of lead- double life, i'age -J. Sport. Buddy Ryan traded evenly to Salt Lake for Moran, late oi Sacramento omiieia. Page 16. Washington IIi?h defeats Franklin High, 00 to 22, in basketball game opening in terscholastlc League season. Page IS. . Pacific Northwest, Supreme Court holds that State Treasurer is rightful custouian ox irreuuciuie si-uuui fund. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Wheat selling is checked as holders asK more. , Page 1. Acting-Governor, Oregon tonight haa a Flurry In Chicago -wheat on large export Legislative Session. FRICTION IN STATE PALES Centralizing of State Government as ' 'Wanted by Xew Governor Not , Rabid Great , Change, in Courts to Be Proposed. Republican In the executive chair. Incidentally, Dr. James Withycombe has realized the ambition of half a lifetime. The situation presents a promising outlook for the welfare of the state. If party government and party responsl- buying. , Page 17. Advance in wall-street stock prices is bait ed. Page 17. Captain Asa M. Simpson, who died Sunday, recognized dean or (jregon lumoernien. Page 13. Fortland and Vicinity. City buys rootchopplng machine to clean sewers. Page is. HOUSE REFUSES TO SUBMIT SUFFRAGE Tuesdays War Moves i HE French attacks to the north of CO1 1 Resolution-Is 204 to 174. j s' . --'u STATES' RIGHTS ISSUE RAISED Friends Had Expected Major ity, but Not Two-Thirds. , DEBATE BITTER AT TIMES Republican Lender Supports Resolu tion, Democratic Leader Opposes It, but Party Lines Are "ot Closely " Drawn. bility are the strong influences for ef- Belgian relief lund grows to JS6.700. Page in. 45 invitations to speak since January 1. Page 9. Medley of fun in "Zone," at Fair, pictured by Dean coiuns. page l-L. Hotelmen vote to ask for election on pro' oosal to Dermic restricted liquor sales. Page 11. Little interest was taken in the elec-1 ficlency In government that economists John Barrett, here, ln great demand, getting lion anu oniy aDour nan wie reB.i.e.u represent them to be there will be less vote was poneo. friction between the Executive and Only one anti-charter Alderman was Btate officers, less combativenesa ex. elected, . L. Amy winning over c t.. hibited between Governor and Legisla. Schieffelin in the Second Ward.' H. P. ture and more accomplished in the sue. Hargrave and J. C. Mann were elected ceeding four years in constructive ad In the Third and First Wards, respect- mi nistratinn nnrl ltrf sin f inn ihrn In tha !vl'- entire period during which so much PRfiSPFRITY WAVF ROI LS memoers oi mo cimrwr L-uiiiiuiaoiuu i sparring ior political advatage and Der- announced lonigni mat. me ngui uau i tonal aggrandizement was exhibited. Head of Implement Dealers Sees just begun and that the city manager I form would be oresented to the voters ....prc.-. a... lievlval or Business. srntn t th next election. It is as- 1 nB governors message leit a dis serted that the new charter was gain- iy pleasant impression with the KANSAS CITY, Jan. 12. A big wave In favor in the last few days of memDers OI lne legislature, the state Df prosperity is before the United in the campaign and its backers attribute Its defeat largely to the fact that the majority of the voters had not had time to study carefully its provisions. officers, the visiting city and business states, and especially the Middle West Thanksgiving, Christmas, w Years Escaped by 40-Iay Roost. representatives, and the throng of citi sens ln the lobby. The part generally accepted as the keynote of the address and of his administrative policy was the plan offered for centralizing state P0R II PP I departments and s'uch other advice as may oe ciassinca wicnin an economy programme. hi mis respect governor iv unycomoe pjai rinrfsAinnq is not a radical wnen measured wttn th ri,f,-o and Southwest, according 'to W. ' M. Vickery, of Blackwell, Okla., president of the "Westarn Retail implement. Ve hicle and Hardware Dealers' Associa tion. In his annual address before the or ganization in convention today, he urged members to look not at flnan- but at the fullness I some of the members of the House and "I see a big wave of prosperity com- JUNCTION CITY, Or., Jan. 12 (Spe- Senate. He did not suggest so many hn M ,.tt , t hAft cial.) One turkey escaped Thanksglv-I changes as are mentioned in the reso- for crQna .. iarr t-,.. the pillars supporting the Capitol dome Christmas and New Year's by fast- lutlon presented in the Senate today by financial cloud Is lifting and everyone and fastened over the arches leading to the doorways of the Senate and the House chambers. Klin Utopia? Iaspreaalve. Less profuse, but even more impres sive, were tho decorations Inside ths llmic chamber here the inauguration took plncu. The only display of xolor was that produced by the Hags hanging in the doorway. - But tho painted portraits of nine ex Governors of the state looked down on the scene that transferred the author ity over the state's affairs from the Ing 40 days without food or water. Milo Corey, a rancher who resides west of town, fcrought 22 turkeys to June tion City November 23 to be raffled off. The birds were turned loose ln a room and removed as needed. Twenty-one of them were taken out. but the prize bird could not be found. On January 7 the bird was discovered among some boards stored on some rafters. The bird was in a weak con dition and was unable to make much noise. .senator Barrett, and backing of numerous rhich has leader ln the the gaining confidence. There is no ...... . ...... p .j... .i . I o.owii xu, nil J II 1 11 0 I. W 1-1 11 II LCI 1U, upper house. Even this resolutdoes because prosperity Is hurrying towards nut cui au iieu into Lne taJOPieu Knuu ,,n 1 w. of boards and fess a willing. Uffeei file rfnjpn mmissiondvas some pro- I to sink the knife. tlve Session Planned. The rfmpression left at the close ol the second day, when practically ail sides, except the officeholders, have been heard from tentatively or officially. Is that the Legislature will not endeavor to see how little it can do and keep faith with the people, but how much it hands of Oswald West Into those f LOCAL OPTION LAW UPHELD P" ccomPlisn without going to ex- Jamrs Withycombe. Two ex-Governors occupied the rostrum with tbem. After the retiring Uovernor and the Incoming Uovernor had been escorted Into the room to the strains of patriotic music, W. Lair Thompson, president of t re mes. But, as indicated, the officeholders whose positions are endangered have not been heard from definitely, except in the lobbies. They are equipped with Jan. 1 T. United States I statistics as 10 wnai meir departments State Prohibition Does Xot Nullify It Is Washington Decision. SPOKANE. tbo Senate, presented Governor West. District Judge Hudkin, in dissolving a have accomplished and are ready temporary order which restrained the ll snow lne smau amount oi actual officials of Llnd, Wash., from closing money that would be saved by the tha I.ind saloons, decided todav that adoption of any suggested plan. These the statewide prohibition amendment arguments will, of course, be presented adopted by the voters in the November"1 detail at committee sessions ana tne election did not nullify the local option influence they will have is a matter of law approved by the I,lnd voters. I conjecture. The statewide prohibition amendment Following his inauguration Governor Is not effective until next January. The retiring Governor was sharply ap plauded as he arose. -Krrt Polities,' Bays West. He explained that he would depart from the usual custom of delivering an address, but he would give the time to the new state executive, for whom he prayed undivided attention. "The time has come, he continued, "when politics should be forgotten, and I, for one, want to give tho incoming Governor all the help possible. In r. tiring from orhce I think that, in my limited ability, I have done the best I can, but as 1 expect to stay her I want to help all I can to make Oregon the gr-atet state in the Union. Tresident Thompson then formally announced that the canvass of the vote showed Dr. Withycombe elected, and formally prtf-tned him for the Inau gural ceremony. t'liirf Ju&tk-e Moore quickly stepped forward to administer the oatu. Tremendous Applfue Rings. The Governor-tlet turned partly around, facing tho Chief Justice, but in full view of the great crowd that tilled the room. The afternoon sunlight shone through the western windows of the historic Capitol and reflected upon the radiant face of the man upvn whom the Interest of the entire state was eintefd. As the Chief Justice uttered the solemn oath the new Governor held his right hand nrmly above him. To the customary question of his affirmation to support the constitution of the state and Nation, he answered with a voice that could be heard ln every corner of the room: -I do." Instantly there was a tremendous burst of applause that continued fur fully several minutes. He bowed and smiled and cast an affectionate glance , toward his wife and daughter, who were tated Jut below and to the left of the rostrum. tlrHsge (.alas Ureas Attrattoa. Governor Wlthyconibv began at once his formal uio-uae that he had pre pared In advance. He read from type written pages. Ills voice was clear and distinct. He gave due elocutionary em phasis to important sentences and (Concluded on Page 7.) PLAGUES RAVAGE . VIENNA Xeivs Keceived Through. Italy Tells of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhoid. VENICE (via London). Jan. 12. Private reports from Vienna and state ments appearing in the Austrian pa pers show that conditions in the Aus trian capital are daily becoming more serious. Smallpox, cholera and typhoid fever are prevalent, 45 cases of smallpox being officially reported at Vienna dur ing the first nine days of January. Many cases of contagion are also re ported from various centers of Lower and Upper Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Galicia. . . Great numbers of fugitives have ar rived from Bukowina and many more are expected. Many of them are on the verge of starvation. The price of staple food is increasing, and delicacies are no longer obtainable. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. The House of Representatives, by a vote of 204 to 174, refused tonight to submit to the states an amendment to the Federal Constitution to enfranchise women. The vote, the second in the history of Congress on the woman suffrage issue, came at the close oI a oay oi ong-prepared-for oratory, during which the many speakers were listened to with frequent evidences of approval or disapproval by packed galleries. The question was before the House on the Mondell resolution to submit a Consti tutional amendment providing that the right of suffrage should . not be abridged "because of sex." - Majority la Against Resolution. A two-thirds affirmative vote was necessary to pass the resolution; It was defeated by a majority of 30. Party lines were not strictly drawn in the fight, though Democratic Leader Underwood, voicing the attitude of his party that suffrage is a state issue, strongly opposed the resolution, while Republican Leader Mann was one of the chief speakers of the suffragists. Enthusiasm mingled with dejection when Speaker Clark announced the re suit, and into the corridors from oppo site galleries filed the hundreds of suffragists, with their purple and yel low sashes and the red -rose bedecked anti-suffragists. Defeat Second In Year. This was the second defeat for tin suffrage cause in the National Legis lature within a year. An equal suffrage constitutional amendment proposed by Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, re celved a vote of 35 to 34 in the Senate on March 19 last, securing a bare ma jority but falling of the necessary two- thirds. However, suffrage leaders were not dismayed tonight. As they left the galleries led by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and other champions of the cause, they de clared the fight was by no means over and that the suf rfage propaganda would be pressed forward and onward until every woman in America should have the right to cast a baiipt. "The result was whatwe expected," said Mrs.- Arthur M. Dodge, president of ..the National Association Opposed to Woman ' Suffrage. "It means that the suffrage movement fostered by hysterical women is on the wane." The vote on the final issue was as follows: s. For the Resolution. . Adair, Alexander, Anderson, Anthony, Austin, Avis, Baker, Barnhart, Bath rick, Bell, of California; Borchors, Bor land, Britten, Brown, of New York; Bryan, Buchanan, of Illinois; Butler, Campbell. Carr, Casey, Chandler, of New York; Church, Clancy, Cline, Con nelly, of Kansas; Copley, Cramton, Crosser, Curry, Davenport, Decker, Die trick, Dershem, Dickinson, Dillon, Doo little. Lrukker, Eagan, Edmonds, Ev- , . nast of Rlieims, are developing t lous offensive. The gains tho ait Ve made at these points, if ,T ed up. would have a two-fold importance. They threaten the rail ways which the Germans aio using to supply their troops in the lighting line and arc a serious menace to the Ger man forces which hold positions to the north of Rheims. The French have found it Impossible to take by frontal attack those posl tions from which the Germans are bombarding Rheims, but ud varices on either ido would envelop them and force a retirement, thus giving the ca tiiedral city much-desired relief from the German shells. In the Argonne and on the heights of the Meuse the Germans are on the offensive and say they have made fur ther progress. It Is reported that tlfe Germans have sent heavy reinforce ments to this district to prevent the rench from breaking their lines, which are close to their own border and not far from Met. Fresh German troops dispatched to Alsace, combined with the Wintry weather, have stopped the French ad vance in that region. Along tho rest of the front artillery Is doing most of the work. Only Isolated attacks are being attempted, the stata of the weather and the ground making the movements of large bodies of troops out of the question. F DIPLOMA I CHARGED (Concluded on Page 3.) Similar conditions prevail In the east. and, while they have not completely stopped the fighting, they have called a halt over the greater part of the field of operations. In restricted areas. along the River Hawka. near Bollmow, however, there has been fierce fight ing, but according to Petrograd corre spondents the Germans have been un able to make any material advance, Severe fighting also is taking place on the Nida River, where the Austrlans are opposing the Russian attempts to penetrate to Cracow. The Germans are keeping the Mazurlan lakes open with Ice-breakers to block the Russian advance in East Prussia. The Russian troops hold post tions around the lakes and have been waiting for them to freeze over before resuming their offensive. Witness Thinks Inter ests Picked Sullivan. HEARING BEGUN BY PKELAN Fitness of Minister to San Do mingo Is Inquired Into. CONDUCT ALSO PROBED Corrci-poiidcnce HeCMeoii Hrjsn anil Ills Representative lit I ; Idciuv, In Which Minister I'le.-uls Ignorance of Wrnn;, The Turks deny that they have been defeated by the Russians ln the Cau casus, and. as an offset to this denial Petrograd has the report that Noury Bey, Chief of the General Staff of the third Ottoman army corps, who was sent by the Sultan to Investigate the report of the defeat, has been cup tured by the Cossacks. The Turks have been offering stub born, resistance to the Russians at Kar aurgan, where a battle has been In process for five days. The position at this place is more favorable for the Turks, who have not the deep snow of the mountains to contend with and are in closer touch with their base. It a death struggle for them, for so long the Russian fleet commands the Black Sea the Turks cannot get inrorcements from .Europe, the over. land route beingVi long: and difficult one. They have ariVirmyorps at Bag dad, but this is needed tok opose the advance of the British Iftdiafi army from tne east. SERVIAN AMBITION GROWS Xot Only Seaport, but Austrian . Provinces Demanded. . ROME, Jan. 12 Contrary to state ments that have appeared in the news papers of London, Paris and Berlin that an understanding has practically been reached about the Servian outlet to the Adriatic Sea, it is said in Servian offl cial quarters here that this will not now satisfy Servla. It is declared that such a concession would have been satisfactory two years ago, when the subject was discussed at the London conference, but that now, after a war in which her life and dependence were risked, Servia could not accept a port or a strip of coast. What she now claims, it is said, are the Servian regions possessed by Aus tria, including Bosnia, Herzegovina and Dalmatia, which must be assigned to her through the principle of neutrality. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. That tli ap pointment of James M. SiiIIImii ..a American Minister to the I onilnl nil republic was procured l icit.nit financial Interests for their ov n omi! was the opinion cxprsned (nda ly Walter Vlck, cx-Receiver-'ieiieittl of Dominican customs, at tha opening m sion here of an Investigation Into al legations made by Vlck againxt SullU van. The Inquiry Is being comluiled before Senator-elect Photon, nf fan Francisco, appointed a fpeclal commix sioner by the State Department to take testimony. Fitness) and Conduct Prnbed. The testimony will be taken under three general heads the circumstances surrounding Sullivan's appointment, his fitness for the position and his con duct in office. Mr. Vlck, the first witness, testified that before his appointment us receiver of customs he met William C. Beer, who. he understood, was Identified with the interests of the llmxo National of Santo Domingo, and a .Mr. Gold, said to be connected with tleer In a fruit company, who expressed a de sire to be appointed to the pout whiih Vlck later obtained. These men, in Ins opinion, did all they could to prevent his appointment to the customs serv ice. ' . ... Guile In Appointment Suapertrd. "Did they procure the appointment of Sullivan for their own ends?" Vlck was asked. "1 think they did," lie replied. After the arrival of Minister Sullivan in Santo Domingo, the witness con tinued, he began to suspect that Theo dore Gold and Samuel M. Jnrvis, said to be connected with the Banco Na tional, had had undue Interest In the receipt of customs. 'My suspicions were first aroused." he continued, "when they demanded that the depository of the customs fund be changed to the Banco National. Then Minister Sullivan's cousin, Timo thy Sullivan, came to the Island on a visit. Witness. Smym He Wna Fouled. I learned later that he was to head a J-0,000.000 concern to operate there." Was he a 120.000,000 man'.'' asked Commissioner Phelan. He was not. I am frank to admit that I was fooled for some time alter I went to Santo Domingo." Several letters and cablegianik be tween Secretary Bryan und Minlxter Sullivan were produced at the hearing. In theso Sullivan categorically denied most of Vlck's allegations and pleaded Ignorance of any wrongdoing In the others. SCENE IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT TIME OF CEREMONIES OF INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR WITHYCOMBE v r 111 " .H- 'l q m i r-Tj rrt f ' rro-, - - -- -s i n p n i ; : - rl?f ,;' I M:It 1 1 nv-.- If I i .-vii ; . j. ; i i-4 W-f . . i - Ji 11 f I 1 -' - -ii : - - --- - - -irrninf WEST'S LAST ACT PARDON Governor Vuits Office as Ho Rrenn, With Clemency to Convict. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Jan. 12. (Special.) Governor West's last offi cial act, as was his first, was to pardon convict In the State Penitentiary. Just before going Into the House chamber toduy to attend the Inaugura tion of his successor, the retiring Gov ernor extended his executive clomenry to Fritz Hunter, who had been sent up from .Malheur County about IS months ago for forgery. West seemed proud of this final act of his official career, as he commented on it with evident satisfaction to many of his friends. GERMAN BASE NEAR GHENT Four Zeppelins and Aeroplane Are Now ar Conxt. GENEVA, Switzerland, via London. Jan. 12 Word has reached hera from Frledrlchshafen, where the Zeppelin works are situated, that the Germans have established a base for their aerial fighting craft near Ghent In Belgium. Four Zeppelins of the la'rst type and several aeroplanes have been assembled at tho new aviation grounds. It la from this point that the Zeppelins made their recent raid over Calais. HEATED AT SPEAKER'S DESK (LEFT TO RIGHT) SPEtKEH SELLn'G. K.-UOTKRiOR BEST, W. HIR THOMPSON (PRKSIDEKT Of THE SESATB), COMBE, EX-VOIERXOR T. T. GHER A.V'D E.-GOVERJOR Z. F, MOODY. GOVERNOR WITI1V- ALBANIANS PLAN ATTACK Rebels Place Guns In Position lo Assault Capital City. ATHENS, via London. Jan. IS. Tho Albanian Insurgents, according to In formation which has reached here, have occupied the heiThls of RltspoL They have placed guns In position for use against Durazzo, the Albanian port recently shelled by Italian forces. and where ssad Pasha and his troops, representing th provisional govern tloaeiuded on l'ag ment, are stationed. 1 I Gil 1 Q6.Q 1