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IN -. ' - T.i-.rr.-r a t nnrinv nrunvpsniv - .1 AMTARY 20. 1915. VOL- LIV. XO. 1C,897. ' - ruuxii, uv, . , - 111 T ' , I , f I AIRCRAFT RA D nnniucE Sandringham and Other English Towns Attacked. - ZEPPELIN REPORTED DOWN One of Invaders Is Said to Have Been Struck fay Fire of Ship at Hunstanton. CIVILIANS ARE KILLED Royal Residence, Only Recently Vacated by King and Queen, Is Missed. LONDON, Jan. 20, 2:20 A. M, German aircraft made long-threat ened raids on England last night and attempted to blow up with bombs the King's royal residence in Sandring hum, County Norfolk. King George and Queen Mary, who had been staying at Sandringham with their family, returned to London only yesterday to resume their resi dence in Buckingham Palace. Zeppelins Reported Over Sea. It is not definitely known whether the raiders were Zeppelins or aero planes, but Zeppelins were reported yesterday as passing over the North Sea in a westerly direction and there is an inclination to believe these were the raiders. The night was calm but dark and cloudy, which made it impossible for the people in the towns over which the raiders passed to distinguish even the outlines of the machines, though the whirr of their propellers and the dronings of their motors could be heard distinctly. Raider Said to Be Brought Down. A Zeppelin is reported to have been brought down by the fire of a war ship at Hunstanton, a few miles north of Sandringham. Bombs were dropped in Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Sandringham, Cromer, Sheeringham and Beeston and every where, except at Beeston, casualties and damage to property resulted. The first place visited was the widely-known seaside resort and fishing town of Yarmouth. A man and wom an were killed, other persons were wounded amd much damage to prop erty was done by the raiders in their visit, which lasted less than 10 min utes. Four or five bombs were dropped in Yarmouth. AH Lights Extinguished. When the attack began the authori ties gave instructions that all lights in the town be extinguished and other precautionary measures were taken. Few signs of panic were seen during the raid. Apparently the raiders, after visiting Yarmouth, flew over Cromer, where they dropped bombs, and then went to Sheeringham and Beeston. Turning inland from there, they made for Sandringham, dropping explosive missiles there and at King's Lynn, where a boy was killed and a man. a woman and a child were in jured. Two houses were destroyed. The damage done in Sandringham has not been reported. It is known, however, that the Royal Palace was not harmed. At Sheeringham a bomb penetrated a house, but did not ex plode. Scotland Yard Gives Warning. Only yesterday Scotland Yard au thorities issued instructions concern ing measures to be taken by the police and other officials. in the event of an air raid. The towns of. Yarmouth, Sandring ham, King's Lynn and Cromer are all in the province of Norfolk, which abuts the North Sea about 150 miles northeast of London. Yarmouth, known as Great Yar mouth, and Cromer are favorite wa ter resorts, while Sandringham con tains the country palace of the late King Edward. King's Lynn is a sea port and market town. It contains (Concluded ub Faca 2.J STATE WINS HUGE ORDER FOR LUMBER 10,000,000 FEET TO BE SENT TO CNITED KINGDOM. Westport Company's Sale to Fill Three Steamers Inquiries Point to Revival ot Trade. Orders for tics, structural material and a general assortment of lumber ag gregating 10.000.000 feet, to be exported to the United Kingdom between March 1 and June 30, have been placed with the Westport Lumber Company. Three steamers will be required to transport the lumber, and. with two other car goes placed' by Dant & Russell, a fleet of five already Is assured lor the first half of the year. A number of Inquiries for lumber from the Columbia Klver district are reported and there Is a growing feel ing that. In advance of any termina tion of the war abroad, a considerable amount of material will be cut for the British market. As the plant of the Westport Lumber Company has been operating on full time, the orders will not add noticeably to the number of men employed, but point to & revival of business that is encouraging. The value of the lumber ordered Is between 110 and J10.B0 a thousand feet, it is said. Should other business be placed across the Atlantic in the near future in volume indicated by in quiries, logging camps will be reopened in the next few weeks and employment will be provided for a great number of workers. The two cargoes preceding the contract closed by the Westport Lumber Company are to be cut here, the Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company and North Pacific Lumber Company ob taining the business, while the 10,00, 000 feet ordered last will be cut at Westport on the Lower Columbia. LANE MEN WOULD STRIKE County Commissioners Object to Flan to Cut Fay to $3 a Day. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 19. (Special.) "There's likely to be a strike of the Lane County Commissioners if the Legislature should cut the salary down to $3 a day. as has been proposed," commented George Hawley, County Commissioner, on the bill .of Senator Bingham, of Lane County. He was af firmed by Commissioner Harlow. "I can make that much on the farm." continued Hawley. " "Huh!" exclaimed Commissioner Har low, "I can beat that on my ranch." "We only get $5 a day when we're actually working, at that," rejoined the first.. "But if they'll take care of our paupers, if they'd put in a Commis sioner to take care of the poor, we'd be able to get along on less money." GOLD POOL NOT NEEDED Foreign Exchange Problem Found to Have Settled Itself. WARHINflTON. Jan. 19. The S100.- nnn nnn roll nool organized to meet American obligations abroad shortly after the outbreak of the European or wilt be abandoned because bank ers believe the necessity for It has passed. Bankers back of the pool, it ha.-ma known today, have communi cated this decision to the Federal Re serve Board, whose sanction for the undertaking was asked and granted before the plans were completed. The abandonment of the gold pool is taken by officials here to mean that the foreign exchange problem has settled itself. VETERANS MAY FISH FREE House Bill Would Grant Kight to Old and Vouug War Heroes. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 19. (Special.) Veterans of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War will be permitted to hunt and fish in Ore gon without the payment of licenses if a bill introduced in the House this afternoon by Representative Blauchard is passed. The bill first was drawn to provide for the Civil War veterans, but upon further consideration the younger vet erans also were included, but not at their own request. Mr. Blanchard says. "We can't do too much for the sol diers." declared tho lawmaker. OSLER T0AID WOUNDED Services Offered as Assistant at Canadian Base Hospital. MONTREAL, Quebec. Jan. 19. Sir William Osier, regius professor at Ox ford, England, has offered his services to aid the McGill base Hospital corps, which, with students and professors from the McGill and from local hospi tals, will leave for . the war In the Spring. Sir William made his offer In a let ter to Dean Birkett, of McGill i Uni versity, and said he would be pleased to join the unit as supernumerary colo nel and as assistant to the doctor in charge. GIRL LOST; FEE IS ASKED Tonoy Klancher Gets License Before Bride Consents. OREGON CITV, Or., Jan. 19. (Spe cial.) Because his bride-elect refused him Toney Klancher, of Camas, Wash., appeared before County Clerk Harring ton today and asked that his money be returned. He bought the license De cember 28 before he had asked the girl to marry him. His disappointment was further in creased when he was told that l'e license could not be used with any other girl. He smiled when told that the document was good Indefinitely. I I - . r , GERMAN ARMY CHIEF FULL OF OPTIMISM c9 Offensive cf Ue- dared Welcome. CAMPAIGN GALLED SUCCESS British Held to' Have Failed to Outflank in Flanders. BLOCKADE IS MINIMIZED General Falkenhayn Says Manufac tared Copper Now In Country Will Last Indefinitely and Food Supply Is Sufficient. GENERAL FIELD HEADQUARTERS OP THE3 GERMAN ARMIES, in Prance. Jan. 16, via London, Jan. 19. "More of such offensive (referring to the present offensive operations in the campaign of the allies) can only be welcome to us." "The British are1 good fighters, but an army without, the necessary of ficers and non-commissioned officers is scarcely an army. "We are fully prepared for any at tempt at a landing in Belgium, the sooner it comes the better." . Situation Frankly Discussed. These are some of the phrases, full of quiet optimism, of Lieutenant-Gen-eral Erich von Falkenhayn, the Ger man Minister of War and chief of staff of German armies in the field, who to day granted the Associated Press the first interview given any correspon dent. The General talked frankly of the present military situation and the pros pects of the war, which he evidently does not expect will be a short one. General Von Falkenhayn is the man responsible, under he Emperor, for the strategy of the great world war. He is comparatively young, as com manders go the youngest of any of the leaders of the European armies with a tremendous capacity for hard, concentrated work. Hand on Throttle of r Machine.' He Is at his desk, in an old French government building, which houses the German general staff, from dawn until late at night. An unbroken stream of officers with reports and plans call ing for his decision flows all day long in and out the little square conference room, with its table loaded with maps. He performs the dual functions of Minister of War and chief of the gen eral staff, and has little time for ex ercise or recreation. He sleeps at head quarters witA his hand, as it were, pn the throttle of the big machine, and yet his slender figure is as erect, his manner almost as vigorous as the day he flashed into public notice with his memoiable defense of the German army in the Zabern debate in the Reichstag. "This war is not a war ot aggres sion," said General von Falkenhayn, taking up the causes of the conflict. "It is" not a war brought about by a . .....t.tltT--- ..............t WOODROW HAS ANOTHER NEW BABY. j ! -' -" Is ; ! I I . - - -- - - 1 ,............. , INDEX OF TODArS NEWS The Weather. TESTER DATS Maximum temperature, 30.0 decrees; xninfmunv 2S.S degree. THAI'S Fair; easterly winds. JK- , G.'callvert say Legislature has l ;t off. ready for work with ax. r.s Senator Moser imroaucw dm w y"". - pulsory Tacctnation. Page 6. . Representative CardweU has strongest dry act eontaininj; only lis words. Page 4. Washington senate refuses to confirm ap pointments! of Governon Lister and old breach Is opened. Page 5. Ulss Towne makes first speech in House and bill she advocates is passed unanimously. Page . Election changes proposed by Representative Blanchard. Page 4. . Sportsmen and commercial fishermen have wordy war at Salem over bill barring nets from river near Oregon City falls. rage 1. War. . Late reverse In Poland may presage third German retreat. Page 2. Germans are expected soon to try to reach Paris. Page 2. ' War still not declared on Portugal, hut Ger mans make attack. Page 3. German Minister of War optimistic over out come. Page 1. Germans make air raid on England, dropping bomb near royal palace. Page 1. -Mrxico. ' . Villa expected to abandon Mexico City: C'arranza forces approach capital. Page 1. Foreign. United States VIce-Consul-elect to Notting ham, Bryan's friend, is not acceptable and leaves. Page 2. , National. Way to "get Bryan's ear" discussed in se cret conference of Santo Domingo banking interests. Page 3. . Filibuster enters fight on ship-purchase bill. Page 3. Sports. Blankenshlp to try out half dozen holdovers from Union Association team. Page 22.- Washington High basketball team defeats Portland Academy, 40 to 15. Page 12. University of Oregon track team to compete at tian Francisco exposition. Page 1-. Sportsmen oppose abolition of commission or diverting of license fees into general fund. Page 7. Old leagues may contend that labor exemp tion in Clayton act precludes baseball trust. Page 13. Commercial and- Marine. Local wheat market Is weak and lower. Pago, J7. . Stoppage of export buying sends wheat down at Chicago. Page IT. Wall-street stocks sell at "highest prices since reopening of Exchange. Page 17. Four steamers bought to ply on dally sched ule to Pasco, Wash., when Celllo Canal opens. Page 17. Plans for dredge tender Woodlanf. are ap proved. Page '16. - f , " Portland and Vicinity. Cranley anchors to take on Belgian relief. Page 16. Westport Lumber Company wins order for 10.000,000 feet of lumber to be sent to . United Kingdom. Page 1. Mr. Daly-says regulations for "fly-by-night" jitneys not yet needed. Page 11. Delegation leaves to welcome new prelate here tonight. Page 11. QUAKE SHAKES WAR ZONE Northeastern . France, Switzerland "and Mediterranean "Feel Shock."" ' BELFORT, France, via Paris. Jan. 19. A severe earth shock rocked the houses in Belfort about 10:30 o'clock last night. In some cases furniture was overturned and the doors of resi dences were burst open. GENEVA, Switzerland, via Paris, Jan. 19. An earthquake occurred throughout Switzerland last night. The shock was felt between 11:30 and 11:40 o'clock. It extended from Lugano to Basel and from Lausanne to St. GalL Berne also felt the shock, .which was severest, however, at Neuchatel, where several houses were damaged. Else where the shocks were .slight. The disturbance caused many avalanches in the Alps.. PARIS, Jan. 19. Violent earthquakes occurred Monday in Zante and Cepha lonia, islands In tne Ionian group In the Mediterranean, according to an Athens dispatch. It is feared consid erable damage resulted. VILLA EXPECTED TO ABANDON CAPITAL Campaign in North Will Be Strengthened. " RIVAL FORGES SCATTERED Carranza Army Believed to Be Approaching City. PRESENT GARRISON SMALL Scarcity of "Articles ot Prime Neces sity" Is Reported and Prices Are Abnormally High Zapata Is at Cuernavaca. WASHINGTON", Jan. 19. Evacuation of Mexico City by General Francisco Villa and a campaign to strengthen his position in his old stamping grounds in the north were considered likely by off icials- here, following advices today that the convention officials were pack ing up and the offices of the National Railways had been ordered moved north. Such action. It was conceded, would muddle even further the tangled rela tions which the contending factions in Mexico row maintain. Situation Badly Tancled. The various forces were reported to night somewhat as follows: General Carranza and his Cabinet are set up in Vera Cruz, with their main forces at Puebla, under General Obre gon, approaching Mexico City. Some where between Mexico City and Puebla is General Gutierrez and 5000 men who accompanied him when he quit the Mexican capital last Friday. General Zapata is believed to be at Cuernavana with the bulk of bis forces, while a comparatively small garrison com manded by Colonel Roque Gonzales Garza, as temporary executive, holds Mexico City. General Villa's forces control the railroad south from Juarez to Aguas Calientes, while General Angeles a staunch Villa supporter, has taken pos session of the railroad from San Luis Potosl to Monterey. Capital Reported Quiet. The State Department's last dispatch from Mexico City, dated 3 P. M. yes terday, was summarized in the follow ing statement issued late today: "Mexico City is quiet, but there is much uncertainty as to what turn af fairs may take in the near future. It has been widely published in Mexico City that Villa Is on his way there with a large force. On the other band, there are reports that he will not come far ther south than Queretaro, where he now is. The general offices of the Na tional Railways have received orders to move north, and the various depart ments of the railroad are busy packing all records and furniture. Southern Situation Unsettled. "It is said that this movement prob- t (Concluded on Pajje 2.) Tuesdays War Moves AN AIR raid on the British Isles, with towns in the County of Nor folk as its objective, and the royal residence at Sandringham as its espe cial mark, is the latest enterprise un dertaken by the Germans. Bombs were dropped near Sandringham Palace. Other bombs fell on Yarmouth, Kings Lynn, Cromer, Sheeringham and Bee ston. The casualty list has not yet been made up, but it is known several persons were killed and a considerable amount of material damage was done. One report has It that a Zeppelin dirigible was brought down by the fire from a warship at Hunstanton, which lies eight or 10 miles north of Sand ringham. The royal residence was not dam aged, although it is said bombs fell in the King's estate. King George and Queen Mary bad only recently left Sandringham to resume their residence in Buckingham Place. "Weather conditions have become so severe in France and in Flanders, where there have been heavy falls of snow, that the lighting baa been con fined almost entirely to artillery en gagements. There has been an excep tion, however, to the southwest of Ver dun near Tont-a-Mousson, where the French are reported to have approached a few hundred yards nearer the Ger man front. Military men attach considerable im portance to the operations In this quarter, for they say that In conjunc tion with the continued French pressure on the German lines to the west of the fortress of Perthes they will check. If successful, the German operations against Verdun, around which they have had a full circle drawn since, they invaded France. Of the progress of the battles in East Prussia and Poland the official reports give less information than usual. Lo quacity seems to be avoided when a big new movement Is fermenting such as that which the Russians are carry ins out between the Eastern Prussian border and the lower Vistula. In this operation, as far as can be Judged, from the scant details furnished, the Russians are making a big sweep to the west and north evidently In an en deavor to prevent Field Marshal von Hlndenburg's forces from forming a junction with the German troops in East katussla. Some Petrograd newspaper corres pondents credit the Russians with crossing the Vistula River to the south and east of Plock. If this is true, mili tary men say, they must have a large force and probably are in a position to threaten the left flank of the German army, which has been trying for weeks to force its way to Warsaw. In some quarters in London there Is a tendency to believe that the Ger mans soon will retire to their own frontier in the fear that a Winter spent on their present line, the com munications with which are declared to be bad, would result in a heavy loss of men. The Russian troops which crossed the Carpathian Mountains are reported to have effected a junction and when the plans for an advance in Transylvania are complete an attempt will be made. It Is said, to Invade Hungary from the north and east. Reports from the Caucasus say the Russians are still busy pursuing, ths remnants of the Turkish army corps that they have defeated. These reports say that even the snow does not seem to interfere with the movements of the Russians, who are harrying the Turk ish first army corps, which was de feated at Ardahan, driving it across the Chorokh River as well as gathering in more prisoners and materials belong ing to the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh corps, which are declared to have been even more severely handled than the First corps. The German chief of staff and Min ister of War, Lieutenant-General Erich von Falkenhayn. in a statement to the Associated Press, made at tho general field headquarters of the German armies in France, while making no definite prediction as to the length of the war. said it was possible for It to go on indefinitely; that the advantage thus far had been with the Germans; that nothing could force the Germans to stop fighting, and he added: "If In this war to crush a nation whose offense la that, through indus try and hard work, it has prospered and is prosperous, we should go down, we shall go down with honor, fighting to the last ditch and the last man." Furthermore, he declared that Ger many would carry on the war until the opposing side was so defeated that "the possibility of a repetition of this unprovoked attack upon ue is com pletely eliminated." BOY, 9, KILLS MOTHER Accidental Discharge of Gun Fatal to Mrs. O. R. Meye, or Hay. COLFAX, Wash.. Jan. 19. (Special.) Mrs. O. R. Meye, 35 years old, waa killed accidentally by her -year-old son Tuesday afternoon at their ranch home near Hay, in Western Whitman County. Mr. Meye was hauling straw and had sent his son to the hous for his shot gun. The lad, while leaving the house, discharged the gun, the shot striking his mother fn the breast and shoulder. She lived less than an hour. GASOLINE BLAST BURNS Yaquina Couple Start Fire With Oil and Now May Die. NEWPORT, Or, Jan. 19. (Special.) Lighting the tire with a can of gasoline this afternoon resulted In an explosion which probably will prove fatal to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Backus, of Yaquina, Or. The can exploded in Mrs. Backus hands, throwing the flames over both. Their screams brought neighbors, who smothered the flames, but not until they were critically burned. , PRICE FIVE CENTS. LEGISLATURE HOW ITS COAT OFF Next Step Is to Grab Ax and Cut. 15 ECONOMY BILLS IN SO FAR Session Is Fairly Started on Saving Route. PLANS UP TO JOINT BODY Nine to Investigate Suesesllona as to Abolishment or Merger of State orfices Election Need ed to Expedite laws. BY RONALD O. CALLVEriT. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Jan. 19 (Staff Correspondence.) Largs bodjes move slowly. The Legislature of Oregon Is a largo body. Therefore, etc.. and so forth. Particularly Is this noticeable In the matter of putting through that pro gramme of economy. Figuratively speaking the Legislature has already dashed Its hat onto the ground, spit on Its hands a few times and now Is taking oft its coat "oon It will roll up its sleeves and later will grasp the ax-handle. Predictions at this tlmo as to how much wood It will cut are unsafe. Thereforo I do not make them. Tea Days Already . However, this Is not written In a pessimistic vein. Abolishment of uo less departments, consolidations wher-t they are practicable and elimination of duplications constitute mere than a day's or a week's work. But It Is Jiut as well to remind ourselves thst to morrow is the tenth day ot the ses sion and at Its end one-fourth of the customary period of work will have passed. About 15 bills have appeared which look to the accomplishment of the economy to .which moist. of the mem bers are' committed. Nino have been Introduced In tho genata and six In the House, tome ot them are of tho same import. Adoption of all without some correlation would put conditions In a chaotlo state. , IatelllKcnt Policy Objective. The Legislature is now started along the road that seems to lead more directly to a definite and Intelligent policy than that represented by leav ing the work of centralising state gov ernment to Individual tastes and per sonal inclinations. This new policy Is the creation of a Joint committee by House and Senate, consisting of tho President of tho Sen ate and Speaker of tho House and three Senators and four Representa tives. This committee l to have the power to subpena witnesses, to com pel the Introduction of neceary books and documents, to receive, prepare and report bills looking toward tho abol ishment, or merging of state boards and offices. The committee Is dlrecteJ to report on or before tho 21!d day ot the session and continue Ita duties thereafter until discharged. Governor's Followed. This resolution, which was presented by the resolutions committee In tho Senate, is a combination of resolutions.' Introduced by Senatoro Day, Barrett and Kellaher. It passed the Senate today, wont over to tlio House and was there referred to the commute ou resolutions. Tho resolution also fairly meets tl.o suggestions of Governor Wlthycomlio In his inaugural message. Several o the specific changes In state govern ment which he recommended are now in tho form of Introduced bill and doubtless will go to tho committee It It is finally created. Tho Governor suggested that a commission bo ap pointed to report on changes, other than those ho commended, to the neit Legislature. Tho pending resolution provides for at least a preliminary re port within 13 day, but infers that tho commlttco may bo contluued throughout tho session, and oven longer if it is found that it cannot finish its labors before final adjourn ment. Method Dccaw Fair. To my mind thl resolution presents a fair and practical way of bandllntc a difficult task. Naturally result ' will depend a good deal upon tho earnestness and Industry of tho Joint committee, but economy and efficiency cannot be accomplished In a haphazard way. It is to be regretted that tho resolution was not adopted earlier la the session. An Idea of what now Is botor th Legislature, much of which properly Is matter for consideration by such a committee, may bo gained from a re capitulation of bill of definite economy Import now before tho legislature. These Include bills to abolish tho Im migration Commission, to abolish the State Accounting Board, to repeal the existing horticultural law and appoint one Commissioner only, to abolish t:io Desert Land Board and transfer Its duties to tho State Land Board, to re peal continuing appropriation for com batting bubonic plague and to create a department of public works mi merge several departments therewith. The list Includes Senate bills to mersre the Labor ComtnUsloner'a office, tho Industrial Welfare Commission, tho In dustrial Accident Commission and th Board of Inspectors of Child Labor, tho repeal the state census act, to abollM'i (Ceai'ludoa oa Paso ) S