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MORNING-- OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1915. TFTE YPRES AGAIN POINT OF GERMAN ATTACK Heavy Losses to Both Sides Are Indicated in Reports From Battle Fronts. MOVE AGAINST METZ FAILS V Hand-to-Hand Encounters Continue With Tvrj In Alsace, While High. Water Prevents 31ilitary Oper ations In Southern Part. LONDON. Jan. JJ. Renewal of the attack near Tpres, where the Germans were successfully repulsed in Novem ber. Is indicated in a statement Riven out tonight by the French War Office, which adds that the Kaiser's forces have made fierce attacks in the Ar- lonne, all or which failed to dislodge the Frenchmen. On the other hand the Germans have repulsed the French offensive against the line of communications with Metz, according to a German report Heavy losses have been Inflicted on both sides. - The battle in Alsace has been re duced to a furious hand-to-hand strug gle, the dispatches say, while floods hamper operations in the southern part. Around Nleuport a fairly steady bat tle has progressed for three days, says a dispatch from Amsterdam. Germans Attack Scar Ypres. The following official communication was issued by the French War Office tonight: "To the south of Ypres the enemy has been more active than, previously. Last night there was some rifle and cannon firing. "In the region of the Wood of 8t Mard we silenced .a German battery. "Jn the Argonne some fierce attacks have taken place near Fontaine Madame at a field work called Marie Therese and to the south of Fontaine Jamiette. At Fontaine-Madame we repulsed the enemy after two vigorous counter at tacks. At the Marie Therese work the fighting went on throughout the day. It was conducted with extreme energy by both sides. When night came .we were holding all our positions. "Some night attacks attempted by the enemy in the region of the Hart man Weilerkopf Hills did not succeed. According to the latest reports the fighting still was going on there." The French official report issued to day is as follows: "In Belgium, the enemy yesterday bombarded Nleuport with a fair degree of violence. Our infantry made some slight progress to the east of Lorn baertsyde Highway. Between Ypres and the Olse successful operations on the pajrt of our artillery against field works, batteries and detachments of infantry of the enemy took place yes terday. Lost Trench Recaptured. "From the Olse to the Argonne: "The situation in the vicinity of Solssons - shows no change. Near Berry-au-Bac, a trench which we were compelled to evacuate following a vio lent bombardment was recaptured by us. In the region of Perthes the enemy delivered an attack during the night of January 20-31 at a point northwest of Beausejour. but without success. "Between the Meuse and the Moselle: To the southeast of St. Mihiel, in the Forest of Apremont, an exceedingly violent bombardment made it impos sible for us to retain the German trenches occupied by ns yesterday for a distance of 150 yards. "To the northwest of Pont-a-Mous- son. in the Forest of La Pretre, the enemy yesterday recaptured a portion of the trenches taken by us January SO, but we are maintaining ourselves at all other points of this position. "In the Vosges the enemy hurled against St. Die six projectiles of great caliber, without, however, doing any serious damage. "At a point between Mounthomme and Mount Schlucht there has been an ar tillery engagement, in which the Ger man batteries were reduced to silence. "In Alsace the infantry flghtiirfr in the region of Hartmnn.ii and Weiler wopf is going on with great ferocity. The struggle is actually hand to hand. "In front of Dannemarle bur artil lery dispersed gatherings of the enemy." Rata Hampers Army. The German War Office statement today follows: "On January SI. in the western thea ter of war, a continuous rain rendered impossible any important fighting be tween he coast and the canal of La llssee. Artillery duels took plnce near Arras. One of the trenches which we took on the day before yesterday, to the southwest of Berry-au-Bac, was abandoned and blown up. It has been partly destroyed by the collapse of the wall of a factory. "A French attack north of Verdun was repulsed easily. After the battles of the day before yesterday, to the south of tit. Mihiel. small French de tachments still held out in the neigh borhood of our positions. By means of an advance, the region before our front was cleared of all Frenchmen as far as their old positions. The battle for Croix-des-Larmes, northwest of . Pont-a-Mousson, con tinues. A strong French attack on the recaptured part of our positions was repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. "In the Vosges, north of Sennheim. our troops threw the enemy out of the heights of the Hartmann-Weilerwopf hills. We took two officers and 125 men prisoners." a natronaz-e broker who deals in small I ; Z ,i k: fiiri to rpttl. JO UM J&s t" -1 ' - the premier of the Cabinet, and evi dently failed to discredit Mr. Bryan with the President. Secretary Bryan feas been recognized from the beginning of the Administra tion as a patronage broker. No sooner bad he been installed in the State De partment than he began securing good jobs for loyal "Bryan Democrats," and never has he neglected an opportunity to bestow Federal offices on those who have been loyal to him through all the years be has been looking toward the White House. During the oast two years, when the State Department has been overbur dened with highly important work. Sec retary Bryan has always found time to "talk patronage" and to find Jobs for Democrats he deemed worthy of re ward. His one egret has been that there have not been enough jobs to go around. Secretary Bryan has not been content to fill positions in his own de partment, but has reached out, and. with the co-operation of the President, has dictated appointments in other de partments, sometimes to the chagrin of his fellow Cabinet officers. Next to his Chautauqua lectures. Secretary Bryan has treated patronage as the most important problem demanding his attention. After all that has gone before, it is not to be presumed that the President will use the Vick letter as the basts for the demand for Secretary Bryan's res ignation. The President was not at all disturbed when Secretary Bryan frank ly announced that he could not live on the official salary, $12,000 a year, and needed the income from his Chautauqua lectures to meet his expenses. Nor was tl : President concerned when Secre tary Bryan repeatedly deserted his desk in the State Department, ignored the calls of diplomats and shoved aside the myriad of Mexican problems to fill his Chautauqua dates. The President has encouraged Secre tary Bryan in his effort to weed out of the public service as many Repub licans as possible to make room for Democrats. The President, in fact, ap proved the action of the Postmaster General In virtually nullifying the civil service law as it applies to postmasters. 5 KILLED ON CRUISER EIGHT OTHERS OF SAX CREW ARE IXJIRED. BALD JACK IS WITNESS (Continued From First Page.) Explosion Off West Coast of Mexico Occurs en Pacific Fleet Flagship at End of Steaming Test. WASHINGTON. ' Jan. 22. An explo sion on board the United States cruiser San Diego yesterday caused the deaths of five members of tne crew and in jury to eight others, off the west coast of Mexico. This information was ceived here today by the Navy De partment from Rear-Admiral Howard, who makes the San Diego his flag ship. . A boiler tube blew out, putting four of the 16 boilers out of commission. The accident occurred just as the cruiser finished a four-hour steaming test The vessel put in at Guaymas after the blowout. Admiral Howard has ordered an In vestigation. He says the blowout was due to low water. The dead are: George Ohm, Gutan, Neb.; Oscar J. Wyatt, El Centro, Cal.; Ambus J. Har dee, Joplin. Mo.; William F. Elliott, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Clifford A. Western, Davenport, Cal. All were firemen. - . The injured: ' Benjamin H. Tucker, R. B. Glidden. Darrell L. Varnadc, William H. Miller. Ernest A. Lewith. Charles W. Peter son, firemen: Emanuel A. Shappi, sea man, and Patrick A. Merriman, coal-J passer. TWO OF CREW KXOVX HERE Portland Relatives T-'neasy for Time After Explosion. Two Portland families awaited ' de tailed information from the accident aboard the San Diego yesterday. O. A. Mitscher, whose son, M. A. Mitscher, is an ensign, and Mrs. a. P. Shurz, 6137 Forty-third avenue Southeast, whose husband is a gunner, anxiously awaited the list of those killed and injured. The corrected list showed that neither had met with accident. Ensign Mitscher is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at An napolis and Mrs. Mitscher lives at Ta coma. Mr. Shurz is the son-in-law of Mrs. S. W. White, of 6137 Forty-third ave nue Southeast, and Mrs. Shurz is mak ing Portland her home until Mr. Shurz Is assigned to a new station. Mrs. Shurz received la letter from Mr. Shurz only yesterday. The letter had been mailed at sea just after the San Diego had left the San Diego Exposition, where she had participated in the ex position ceremonies. , The Raleigh carried the letter to a mailing station. Mr. Shurz is a Chicago man and has been gunner on the San Diego for two and a half years. He has been in tha service about 14 years. SHIPPING BILL IS OPPOSED BY HILL Railroad Man Says Govern ment Cannot Compete With Private Enterprise. ; PANAMA ROAD IS CITED Freight Rates Declared Greatly' In Excess of Highest Received in Cnited States- Secretary Redfleld Takes Issue. MR. WILSON HEARS VIEWS Continued From First Page.) tion. Mitchell denounced as "disin genuous, not to use a shorter and uglier word." It was Vick who brought about the withdrawal of the customs receipts from the Banco Nacional. He admitted that he had aided In procur ing an affidavit charging Vick wtfh drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Santo Domingo, about a month after tl' withdrawal of the customs receipts, Mitchell said. "But that was not the reason," Mitchell said. "Vick had told Secre tary Bryan I had tried to bribe him. I thought that when a man falsely ac cused me of offering a bribe it was time to attack the character of this man and discredit him." . Mitchell explained the alleged brib ing incident by saying that during his earlier acquaintance with Vick he had afked him if there were any regula tions which would prevent his joining in an enterprise to furnish Santo Domingo with electric light. PATRONAGE DEAR TO BRYAN Opportunity Never Missed to fse Of fices as Personal Rewards. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAV. Wash ington. Jan. 22. The publication of the famous Vick letter, wnicb disclosed 1 chins', new mining; regulations are likely Secretary of State Bryan in the role of J to attract foreign capital. declared it was "highly American" to require education. Representative Sullivan, of Boston, declared it was everlastingly true that the crimes most injurious to society, most detrimental to business, commerce, finance, were never the work of the illiterate. Vicious talent, sharpened and de veloped by letters," he added, "is the most serious problem society has to deal with. Yet this absurd literacy test 111 admit the dangerous European criminals of the Continental cities and bar out the honest and hard-working and badly needed peasant."- Professor M. L. Larned, or tne uni versity of Pennsylvania, opposed the literacy test on the ground that it aid not test character. . RoberKF. Wagner, of New York, also opposed the test- He said SO per cent of the population of New York City was either foreign-born or the children were of foreign-born parents, and that the percentage of literacy in the city was unusually low. Socialist Opposes Bill. Charles Edward Russell, of New York, a Socialist,, opposed the bill be cause it "was unsound and could not be enforced." If the bill were signed, he said, the right of political asylum would be abolished. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, closing the argument for advocates of the bill, said large employers "want two men for every job" in order to get wages down. He argued against "any lower ing in the American standard of liv ing." President Wilson brought the hear ings to a close with a brief statement thanking the speakers for giving their arguments and saying he would reach a decision on the bill in the near future. Lecture on Opera Is Tonight. . Dr. Clement B. Shaw will lecture to night on the Italian opera, "Tosca," by Puccini. Musical interpretations from the opera will be given, including se lections by a small orchestra. Admis sion is free and the public is invited to attend the lectures, which are given in the Tilford building. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 22 A. . three-cor nered debate between James J. Hill, of St- Paul, Secretary of Commerce Red field and Welding Ring, a shipper and shipowner of New York, developed at the National Foreign Trade Convention here today. Mr. Hill was not present, but a pa per which he had prepared was read and this drew forth a reply from Sec retary Redfield in defense of the plan for Government-owned steamships. Mr. Hill said that American cost of ship construction is from 50 to 100 per cent higher than that abroad, and, ac cording to a reported statement of Cap tain Robert Dollar, who operated ships in both domestic and foreign trade, it costs about J17.236 more a year to op erate a ship of 3000 tons under the American flag than under the British flag. He continued: "There are but two resources: one a merchant marine owned and operated by the Government; the other, a mer chant marine provided by and' for the people. , Experienced Declared Disastrous. "The former. Just now urgently ad vocated, is an unwise, and would be certainly a disastrous experiment. Aside from the complications, almost certain to drag us sooner or later into the European conflict, owing to the un certain and conflicting claims of na tional neutrality, this policy would be followed by the total destruction of the private snipping interest, rrivaxe en terprise cannot possibly compete with a government which pays no interest on the cost of its 'ships and throws aside consideration of profit and loss. "What is thi prospect, in this case, of economical ' management, and of those lower rates which the advocates of the plan hold out as a bait for its adoption? We have an exact measure of the f-ict in some comparative rail road statistics. The Panama Railway is entirely pwned and operated by the United States. Like most affairs on the Isthmus, it has been handled by honest and competent men in their several lines. We have its official report for the year ended June 30, 1913, to be compared with the statistics of all the railways of the United States for the same period. - The rate on. the Panama line was 3.48 cents per ton per mile, as against .7268 of a cent for all the railways of the United States. That is, the Government rate was almost five times the rate made by private enter prise over the entire country." . English and French Ships Offered. Secretary Redfield replied to the pa- i per of Mr. Hill, which, he said, was based on surmises and not facts. "What does it mean," he said, "to speak of the complications almost cer tain to drag us, sooner or later, into the European conflict? It has been advertiser all over America that there would be trouble if the Government bought German ships. "I have here an offer to sell the Government 12 large English ships, available immediately. Did anybody raise the question that there would be international complications it we bought these English ships? We have had offers to sell the Government French ships, available immediately. Has anybody raised the Question of in ternational complications if we buy the French ships? "I gave to a merchant in Louisville vesterdav a letter from the English Ambassador, saying there was no ob lection to his purchasing a German shiD to be used in the South American trade. Why. have we nere in America so much the habit of criticising first and getting facts next? Steamship Companies Called Robbers, "The Panama Steamship Company earned a profit of $314,000 from its steamship operations in the 12 months ended June 30. That was after charg ing off interest against the plant ana 6 per cent per annum depreclation-on the ships. Extortion is closing American fac tories today and causing cable stop orders at the time of our biggest op- Dortunitv. The cynical violation of n-ritten contracts Dy snipping com- panies makes the robber-of the Middle Ages look like. a public benefactor. I have the contracts in my nana and I have letters from the ship com panies to the .shippers violating those contracts and raising shipping rates from 300 to 400 per cent. In many cases, the shipping companies refuse to carry goods at all." Shinning companies are doing tmngs today that would put any railroad man in Jail, Mr. Redfield said. Secretary Redfield then told the con vention that if private individuals suc ceed in caring for American sea com merce, the Administration would say "God bless you," and would keep hands off. Vessels Declared 1'navallable. "I venture the assertion," said Weld ing Ring, "and I think I will be sup ported by every practical man in the shipping business, that every available steamer suitable for carrying cargoes is employed to its utmost capacity at the present time. There are no idle steamers. eKcept those that cannot be employed. I refer, of course, in the first place,' to the German steamers. They are out of business and that means a large proportion of the carry ing capacity of the world. I also refer to the large number of English steam ers that are interned in the ports of Hamburg and Bremen, also to the large number of English steamers, French steamers and some Russian steamers that are being employed for transpor tation purposes and for hospital ships. "Secretary Redfield should tell us where he is going to get steamers to carry cargoes. I am in the shipping business at both ends of it; I am a shipper and I am interested, in a steamship company, and I think I know from a practical point of view quite as well as Mr. Redfield does from a theoretical point of view. "Another reason why we haven't ton nage sufficient for fne -cargo of the United States is this:. That in Genoa alone, at the last report, there were 54 steamers unable. to get -unloading berths to discharge their cargo and no means of :securing sufficient help to do it- The menhave gone to the war and we cannot handle the cargoes. Cargoes Cannot Be Handled. "In Havre I have a cablegram: "Send no more steamers to Havre; we have no means of affording them space to discharge their cargo and no means of securing sufficient help to do it. The men have gone to the war'and we cannot handle the cargo.' "In the Port of London the vice president nf the International Mercan tile 'Marine showed me a cablegram mentioning the names of steamers that had been there from IS days to a month and a half asking when they would be discharged "Now. gentlemen, that all takes up a vast amount of the carrying capacity 4C the world. How is that vacancy go ing to be supplied? Mr. Redfield says he knows of steamers that can be bought. I wish he had some chartered. because I would take off his hands five steamers at the present time and pay enormons rates for them if I could get them. I cannot set them. "Mr. Redfield says the Government can do it. Will a shipowner sell any more readilv or charter any more read ily to our Government than he would to an Individual or to a corporation! Cong-eatioo la Only to Europe. "Now. where is the congestion of freight? The congestion of freight is only to Europe; it does nofapply to the other parts of the world. Contrary to the letters Mr. Redfield read here, I want to make the statement that there has been an ample supply of ton nage ever since the war began for South American ports. Quite a number of steamers have been withdrawn from those lines because of the want of cargo to fill them. "Now as to these high freight rates: The freight rates they mention are to European ports. "A gentleman just handed me a statement of a steamer In which he is interested, chartered for European port at an advance of 300 per cent. She went over there and is still there, at an expense of 400 a day. in addition to which there Is tne con tinuance of the war risk insurance and she has got to come home in ballast. That steamer at an advanced rate of 300 per cent will show a loss of $20,000 when she arrives In New xorK. "It is not more boards in Washing ton that we want, but an opportunity for individual effort to do In this coun try. I think you will admit that not only in regard to shipping, out in very many other lines. SHOTGUN KILLS FARMER MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF ' JOHN JOHNSON, OF PORTLAND. Two- Shots Heard on Washington County Farm Body Is Found Beside Log oi Which Gun Lies. HILLSBORO, Or., Jan. 22. (Special.) John Johnson, of Portland, aged about 60 years, was found dead yester day afternoon by hl3 brother Albert, between Tualatin and Mulloy stations, in the .southeastern part of the county, death having resulted ' from a shotgun wound near the heart. Johnson had gone to the ranch owned by himself and brother, who is a civit engineer, yesterday morning, making the trip out from Portland. Shortly before noon he took a hammerless shot gun and told his brother that he was going out to kill a bird. A short time afterward the brother and some of the neighbors heard two shots, one closely following the other: When Johnson did not return early in the afternoon search was made, and he was found dead. Sheriff Reeves went to the scene of the shooting and found a shotgun wad 30 feet in front of the log on which the man evidently had been standing. This indicated that the man had been killed by the second shot. Johnson had fallen backward from the log. and the gun, which was a 16-gauge hammerless, was lying on the log, parallel with it. The mystery of the affair is whether the shot was accidental or otherwise. Johnson has a widow and two children In Portland. He was a brother of Frank lohnson, the well-known Portland hop- buyer. . . AMERICAN VESSEL SAILS (Continued From First Page.) ities today in the form of an affidavit by W. T. Brooking, representing the shippers. Mr Lindheim said the ship pers were prepared to back this guar antee with a bond in nr amount. Mr. Brookings will sail next Tuesday on the Holland-American liner Pots dam for Rotterdam. Thence he will proceed to Hamburg, arriving in ad vance of the Wilhelmina. In Hamburg Mr. Brookings plans to dispose of the cargo if it escapes seiz ure by warships in retail lots toy the private concerns. From the mills which buy the grain and from the shopkeep ers who buy the rest of the cargo, Mr. Brookings said today, he would prob ably obtain written guarantees that the foodstuffs will be re-disposed of only through retail trade with civilians and that the military and naval forces will not receive any part of it. The Wilhelmina, a freighter formerly in West Indian service, left her dock at 3 o'clock, after getting clearance papers for Hamburg from the customs authorities in the usual way. sne car ried sufficient coal for a voyage of 33 days, but unless detained by hostile warships, expects to reach Hamburg In from 16 to 20 days. Her captain. Will Brewer, of Philadelphia, is an Ameri can and her crew is American except for a few Spanish and Scandinavian oil ers. HOUSE REFUSES TO STRENGTHEN ARMY Only $300,000 Furnished for Aeroplanes, $50,00 for Ar mored Motor Car. $101,000,000 BILL PASSED DACIA IS TO SAIL TODAY Captain Is to Make No Effort to Avoid Capture, He Says. , GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 22. The steamship Dacia will depart for Rot terdam at' daylight tomorrow. She was cleared today, her announced destination, being Rotterdam via Nor folk. It is noted on the ship's manifest that the cargo would be re-shipped to Bremen. The Dacia's hatches have been sealed by the collector of the port The Dacia carries n.uuu square oaies of cotton, a cargo valued try the ship pers at $880,000. Sixteen cents a pound, or $80 per bale, is to be paid for the cotton laid down in Bremen. The Gov ernment bureau took a part of the in surance on that valuation at per cent. The freight rate charged is $3.50 bale, the highest ever pain for cot ton .transportation. Cantain George Mcuonaia, wno win command the vessel on her trip, has a crew of 31 men, ail oeciarea to oe Americans. He said he did not expect to deviate from the usual course of steamships and would make no partic ular efforts to avoid capture. ECONOMY jSTEPS TAKEN (Continued From First Page.) port of the ways and means committee and went into the committee of the whole. The House Indicated its atti tude in favor of the pending bill by voting against Davey's motion to arise and report unfavorably. Vawter's mo tion to re-refer with instructions to provide for the continuation of the ex periment and demonstration work in the rural districts was carried by an overwhelming majority and it is con sidered probable tonignt tnat tne Dili, with these amendments, will carry. Chairman Cobb, of the ways and means committee, which had reported favorably on the measure, defended the bilL He pointed out that Oregon is the onlv state in the Union that has any continuing appropriations of this nature- Mr. Forbes, of Crook, vigorously op posed the entire bill on the ground that it would eliminate tne experiment sta tion. Mr. Scheubel spoke at length for His bill, discussing each item. Mr. Hare, of Washington County, maintained that if it is good policy to put the State University and Agricul tural College on a millage basis it is right to do the same thing . lor taj penitentiary or the nsylum. - " End Put to "Scientific Management" in Shops and Arsenals Plea Is Made by Maine Member for Better Coast Defense. WASHINGTON. Jan.' 22. After two days' debate on the general state of the National defense, the House tonight passed without rollcall the Army appro, priation bill, carrying $101,000,000. Advocates of immediate strengthen- ine- of the military establishment fought to the last for additional appro priations, but their efforts met with no encouragement from either Democratic or Republican leaders. The last roll call, on motion by Representative Gard ner, of Massachusetts, to recommit the hill with instructions to report back an amendment carrying $1,000,000 for aviation was defeated, Zo3 to 34. 9300,000 Provided tor Aeroplanes. The bill, which carries funds for the maintenance of all branches of the Army during the coming fiscal year, in cludes $300,000 for the purchase of 26 aeroplanes and $60,000 for an armored motor car. These items and efforts to add tn them, furnished texts for long discussions on the use of the aeroplanes and armored motor car in the European war. The appropriation for the pur chase of field artillery material was In creased from $25,000 to $170,000. An amendment introduced by Repre sentative Deitrlck, of Massachusetts, and adopted practically without oppo sition, would prohibit the use of stop watches and other "speeding up" j de vices in connection with so-called sci entific management systems in Army arsenals and shops. Representatives of union labor have been fighting for this prohibition for several years, and bills similar to the Deitrick amendment and applying to all Government shops, including Navy-yards, are pending be fore committees. Government to Make Munitions The House also adopted an amend ment by Representative Tavenner, of Illinois, to require that all of the mu nitions of war provided for in the bill shall be manufactured in Government plants. Provision is made for Commissioning Captains of the Porto RIcan regiment of infantry as Captains in the United States Army. Of $2,000,000 allotted for barracks and quarters, an amendment stipulated that $5000 shall be expended to complete the chapel at son oaui Houston, Tex. In the course of today s debate Rep resentative Guernsey, of Maine, made a plea for stronger coast defenses, de claring that "if Great Britain should go to war with the united states over questions arising from the European war, her plan would be to seize the City of Portland, set Maine on Into Canada overnight, and make property and life there worth no more than it is in Belgium today. Efficiency Not to Be Studied. The Deitrick amendment to prohibit "speeding up" of workmen would pro vide: "No" part of the appropriation made in this bill shall be available for the salary or pay of any officer, manager, superintendent, foreman or other per sons having charge of the work of any employe of the United States Govern ment, while making, or causing to be made, with a stop-watch or other time measuring devices, a time study of any job, of any such employe between the starting and fcompletlon or the move ments of any such employe while en gaged! upon such work. Nor shall any part of the appropriation made in this bill be available to pay any premium or bonus or cash reward to any em ploye in addition to his regular wages, excepting suggestions resulting in im provement or economy in the operation of any plant. No claim for services performed by anyperson while violat Ing this provision shall be allowed." 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