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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, -FEBRUARY' 1, 1915. TRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL.. LIT. XO. 16.907. RUSSIANS TURN ON FOE IN MOUNTAINS Successes in Carpathi ans Are Reported. GENERAL BATTLE DEVELOPING Heavy Losses Inflicted on Ger mans at Borjimow. REPEATED ATTACKS FAIL Bayonet Counter-Attack Is Made on Kaiser's Defensive Force In East Prussia and Engagement Is Continued in Forests. PETROGRAD. Jan. 31 The Russian general staff gave out today the fol lowing statement: 'In the region of the forests north of Plllkallen and Gumbinnen (East Frus s!a the battle continues. Here, in the region of the village of Lebegalen, f repulsed the Germans by a counter at tack with bayonets. "On the left bank of the Vistula, at the approaches to Borjimow, the Ger mans in the night of January 29 and the next day repeated their attacks on our positions, but were everywhere thrown back with great losses, except at one trench, which remained In the hands of the enemy. In the region of the village of Jidomitze two Ger man attempts to take the offensive dur ing the day of the 2Dth failed. Battle la Carpathians General. "On the Carpathian front, in the passes of Dukla and Wyszkow, the lighting is gradually assuming the character of a general battle. In this region the Austrians, having concen trated contingents from some of their adjoining sectors and from other fronts, have attempted to deliver an offensive through the Valley of the Lower San and the roads leading across the passes to fambor and Stryki. "During the 28th and 28th battles in the Carpathians were favorable to us in several sectors of our front. Partic ularly fortunate was our offensive in the region of the village of Kijnia Po lianka, southwest of Mukla (Galicla). where by bayonet attacks we captured three lines of the enemy's trenches. Second Offensive Also Fortunate. "Likewise fortunate was our of fensive on the front southwest of Jas liska and Baligrod and southeast of Loudovolski, where in one sector our troops gained a position protected by wire fences. "During these two days we took 35 more officers and 2500 soldiers prison ers, captured two rapid-fire guns and one cannon, while our other troops took prisoners, the precise number oi whom has not been determined." BERLIN, Jan. SI. (By wireless to BayvlUe, N. T.) Army headquarters to day issued the following concerning the fighting la the east: "On the East Prussian frontier there were no events of Importance. RuMiani Are Repalaed. "In Poland near Borjimow, to the east of Lodz, a Russian attack was re pulsed." VIENNA, via London. Jan. 31. The following official communication was is sued tonight: "There have been vigorous artillery duels on both sides of the Dunajec and Nida livers. Our artillery, which has been making good practice recently, succeeded yesterday In compelling the enemy, under the severest fire, to evac uate some trenches. "There have also been artillery en gagements on the rest of the Polish front. In the Carpathians the day passed quietly." BOY, 9, IS IN HIGH SCHOOL lxs Angeles Ivad Is Many Years Younger Than Classmates. LOS ANGELES. Jan. SI. (Special.) When Raymond Ray walks into the classroom at Holy wood High School to morrow to take his seat with the sophomore class he will likely cause a tremendous sensation. Rnymond is 9 years old, five or six vears younger than his new class nates, and perhaps the youngest high school sophomore in the world. With all the knowledge that has come into his few years he Is neither on abnormal student nor an anaemic child. Physically, he is perfect; mental ly, he is wide-awake. That's all. If he continues to progress as regularly as he has In the past he will enter college before he is 12 and may get his degree at 15. His mother was a school teacher; his father a minister. GREECE MAY AID SERBIA Alliance Expected If Austrians Try Another Invasion. ROME. Jan. SI. (Special.) Accord ing to information obtained from diplo matic sources here, Greece has decided to aid Serbia if another Austrian in vasion of Serbia Is attempted. Meanwhile Greece is allowing mu ttltlons of war destined for Serbia to be landed at Salonika without heeding Austrian and German protests. TURKS BEATEN IN BATTLE IN SNOW CHIEF OF DIVISION AXD HIS STAFF ARE CAPTURED. Russian Column in Cancassus Makes Dash Across Crest of Mountains, Taking Much Booty. PETROGRAD, July 31. The follow ing report from the general staff of the Russian army of the Caucasus was given out today: "On the Sari-Katysh front, on the evening of January 27, one of our col umns, profiting by a snow storm, crossed the crest of the mountains and seized, after a violent struggle, the village of Garness, making prisoners there the chief of the Thirteenth Turk ish Division, with his staff, 16 officers, seven surgeons and 450 others, and capturing three cannon, more than 200 rifles, a convoy train and a large Quan tity of war munitions and provisions. "The next day the Turks attacked this column, but were repulsed by a counter attack with great losses, aban doning to us a rapid-fire gun." LEGISLATORS ARE DINED Chehalis Entertains Members or Lewis County Delegation. CHEHALIS, Was., Jan. 31. (Spe cial.) Last night the trustees of the Chehalis Citizens' Club entertained the members of the Lewis County legisla tive delegation, the County Commis sioners of the county and the trustees and officers of the Central Commercial Club at dinner at the St. Helens Hotel In this city. The meeting was for the purpose of discussing various legislative matters i in which this part of the state is in terested. Joseph Chilcat, president of the Blir Bottom Commercial Club at Randle. was in attendance. The deci sion of the Legislature to leave the Dermanent road levy and the state hiehwav levy stand as at present, and not to cut the road district o"r road and bridge tax levies was heartily ap proved. DACIA'S VOYAGE IS BEGUN Cotton Ship With Cargo for Germany Sails From Galveston. GALVESTON, Jan. SI. The steamship Dacia departed at noon today from Gal veston for Rotterdam, with 11,000 bales of cotton to be transshipped to Bremen. Telegraphic orders to get under way were received by Captain George Mc Donald from E. N. Breiting. ot JNev. York, the owner. In two hours the ves sel had taken on a pilot and was out side the harbor. The Dacia cleared January 22. Her delay here is yet unexplained and her acent and master said they did not know why she was waiting. The Dacia-s cotton cargo is valued at $880,000, or 16 cents a pound laid down in Bremen. JUDGE FALLS IN CANAL V. Campbell Plunges Into Water and Is Rescued by Lawyer. OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 31. (Spe cial.) J. U. Campbell, Circuit Judge of Clackamas County, plunged headlong Into four feet of water in the Canby canal at Barlow while on an inspection trip this afternoon, was rescued by Philip Hammond, an attorney, and ths two trudged in the chilling wind nine miles along the railroad track back to Oregon City. . Judge Campbell was inspecting the canal Involved in right-of-way suits brought by Irwin Wheeler against the Molalla Electric Company. On the bank of the canal his foot slipped and he was thrown into the water. P0ST0FFICES ARE FILLED Senate at Late Session Confirms Northwest Appointments. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 31. The Senate last night confirmed the nominations or the fol lowing postmasters: Oregon W. R. Cook, Madras; Gap- sart D. Ebner, Mount Angel; Mary E. Fitzpatrick, Beaverton; J. J. Uaither, Toledo: Charles O. Henry, Athena; Mary T. Mangold, Gervais; George C. Mason, Jefferson; Lovie R. Watt, Am ity; W. C. Wilson, Joseph. Washington Calvin W. Stewart, Ta- coma- Idaho Emily B. Davis, Milner. KAISER'S VOICE- FAILING Emperor's Itcturn From Front Due to State of Health, It Is Said. LONDON, Feb. 1. The German Em peror's return to Berlin from the front was due to the state of his health, ac cording to a report from the German capital received by the Exchange Tele graph Company by way of Amsterdam. The Emperor, the dispatch adds, will consult his medical advisers concerning his throat, which has given him much trouble. Those who have heard the Emperor speak lately say his voice is scarcely audible. ITALIAN CREDITORS UNPAID Austria's Refusal Certain to Provoke Diplomatic Exchanges. ROME, Jan. 31. The Austro-Hun- garian government is refusing to pay interest to the Italian holders of Aus trian treasury bonds and other gov ernment securities, which has been overdue since January 1. Diplomatic complications as a result of the incident are considered inevit able, since Austria's refusal to pay the nterest is taken to imply that she does not recognize the neutrality of Italian bondholders. SUBMARINE SINKS BRITONS OFF HAVRE One of Vessels Has Gifts for Refugees. IRISH SEA RAIDER ESCAPES "Under-Water Emden" Is One That Torpedoed Pathfinder. NUMEROUS SHIPS CHASED Shipping Interests Confident Enemy Has Returned to Base and Re sumption of Normal Traf fic Is Ordered. LONDON", Jan. 31. The toll taken by the German submarine U-21 in its raid Saturday in the Irish Sea in the vicin ity of Liverpool, still stands at three ships the steamers Ben Cruachen, Linda Blanche and the Kilcoan, the lat ter a small vessel. The crew of the Kilcoan was landed on the Isle of Man today by a coastwise steamer. In addition a German submarine also has torpedoed two British steamers In the English Channel near Havre the Toko Maru and the Icaria. IVormal Skipping Resumed. The Irish Sea raider easily made hef escape and shipping interests, confident that she has returned to her base, ordered a resumption of normal traf fic today. This under-water Emden is the same vessel which last September torpedoed, in the North Sea, the British cruiser r'athflnder, with a loss of 246 lives, and later destroyed two British steamers off Havre. She found numerous vessels In the waters to which she has centered her activities. In addition to the three vessels she is known to have sunk, at least five other steamers were chased by her. Vessels Saved by Flight. These include the steamer Graphic, with 100 passengers and a crew of 40, and the smaller boats, Atreus, Ava, Kathleen and Edymion. All these ves. sels escaped in a zig-zag flight. The Graphic's captain had his ' pas sengers don life belts and sent all the members of the crew to the stoke hold that the steamer could keep up a full head of steam in flight The captain also took the precaution by wireless toi warn vessels from coming into the zone of the submarine's activity. Liner Warned by Wireless. The Allan line steamer Scandinavian, from St. John, N. B., January 22, for Liverpool, with 500 passengers on board, learned of the raid of the U-21 and put into Queenstown. After remaining in Queenstown for a short time the steamer proceeded for Liverpool. j PARIa. Jan. 31. The French Minister of Marine announced today that two (Concluded on Page 2.) ALL I 1 VH" l"po 1 ' : 7 i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 49 degrees; minimum, -il degree. TODAY'S Rain; southerly wind. War. Russians turn on Austro-German In Car pathians, reporting- successes. Page 1. Russians kill 1200 Germans before one trench In two hours. Page 2. Battle in France and Flanders wholly af fair of artillery. Page 2. Two British steamers sunk by German sub marine off Havre. Page 1. Turks routed by Russians in battle In snow storm. Page 1. Legislatures. Idaho Legislature has enacted seven lawe In 27 days. Page 5. Consolidation act to be discussed by Senate and House committees today. Page 1. Republican state organization makes fight with Governor Lieter party issue. Page 6. House members prove independent, even Multnomah delegation being divided in rollcalls. Page 5. Foreign. Japanese military party confident of vindica tion In coming elections. Page 3. National. Many Democrats secretly hope Republicans will defeat ship purchase bllL Page 2. Domestic. Movement begun to enlist 20.000.000 children In helpful movement as offset to war. Page 3. January thaw threatens great damage In Chicago and Middle West. Page 1- President Wilson's niece becomes moving picture actress. Page 3. Sports. Bill Rodgers one of few recruits sure of place in Majors without fight. Page 8. Steady improvement of athletic records shown by charts "prepared by late James B. Sullivan. Page 8. Jefferson High basketball team home after defeating McMinnvillel High. Page 8. Christy Mathewson writes of Fate putting Lobert and "Rube" Marquard In same club. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Sergeant R. N. Stahl, victim of comrade's accidental shot, is borne to grave bj police. Page 12. Groundho? to leave "Winter retreat or stay in at sight of shadow tomorrow. Page 12. Belgian relief fund performs excellent serv ice at home. Page 12. Portland shippers expect further advances in freight rates to Europe. Page 9. Rev. J. D. Corby deplores pictures of God as revengeful. Page 10. Waist line Is shown In men's fashionable clothing. Page 7. Cora Belle Bonnie, as Glad, wins hearts of Baker audience. Page 7. Many film stars appear in new movie pro grammes. Page 9. WILSON CHANGES ENVOYS Texan to Supplant Lind and Others on Mission to Mexico. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (Special.) Duval West, an attorney of San An tonio, soon will be sent to Mexico as the personal representative of Presi dent Wilson, it was reported today. West will take the place of John Llnd and several other representatives of the President, who made fiascos of their missions. Texas merooers of Congress when informed of the ap pointment of West declared that if anybody could straighten out the tan gled affairs of Mexico West could do it. NEW GERMAN ATTACK NEAR Strong Forces to Try to Break Through to French Coast. AMSTERDAM, via London, Jan. 31. Large numbers of German troops des tined for the Ypres front have been concentrated, according to the Tele graaf. Fresh troops with war materials are reported to be assembling on the Yser front, and activity on the Ostend rail way is taken to indicate that another serious effort will be made to break through the allies line in Flanders. SET FOR THE FINISHING TOUCHES- JANUABY THAW IS FEARED IN CHICAGO Piled-Up Snow, '.os Travel Perilous. FLOOD WILL BE WIDESPREAD Middle' West Covered With Snow Ground Can't Absorb. ROADS ARE BREAKING UP Conditions Ripe for Epidemic of Pneumonia Large Passenger Steamers on Lake Escape From Ice Mountains. CHICAGO, Jan. 31. Heavy snow which fell yesterday and all last night was followed today by drizzling rain, producing a close approach of the dreaded "January thaw." Snow that has been falling ail Winter has been shoveled from walks and streets and banket! alongsiae me streets. This resulted today in clogging sewers and other outlets and the side walks and streets were filled with water, making navigation perilous. Pneumonia Epidemic Feared. Phvslnians sav conditions are ideal for an epidemic of pneumonia and kindred ailments. If the mild weather continues, there is also the danger of costly floods, as all the Middle West is covered deeply by snow and the frozen ground cannot absorb it when it melts. The result will be over flowing streams in every direction. Much damage was done today by the flooding of basements. A shift in the wind released the two large passenger steamers which were imprisoned in the great ice floes at the mouth of the harbor. The steamer Arizona started out yesterday morning and soon became helplessly stucK. The Iowa started to her relief and was soon stuck herlf. -Then the Kansas and several powerful tugs tried to break a path through to the vessels, but had to abandon the at tempt, as the ice was thick and they were in danger of being crushed in the grinding floes. Veering; Wind Drives Out Ice. When tne wind veered off shore today It drove out the mountains of ice, wheh broke up after they had floated to the open lake and the Imprisoned boats were enabled to cut loose and continue their voyage toward Milwau kee. It is feared, however, that they may find the harbor there badly clogged, but they are well supplied with food and fuel and can stand off shore until the ice breaks up. Dispatches tonight from outside points tell of conditions similar to those in Chicago. Constant rainfall is melting the great fields of snow and (Concluded on Page 2.) . . .. Sunday's War Moves rX)R the fourth time since the be r glnni ginning of the war the Carpatman Mountaivj between Dukla and Wysz kow. oNv 's Is the scene of a pitched i .previous battles were between -sslans and Austro-Hungarians, but in that which is developing the Aus trians and Hungarians have the assist ance of the German armies and are assuming a vigorous offensive. Despite this, the Russian reports as sert the preliminary fighting has turned to the advantage of Russia and that prisoners and guns have been captured. Simultaneously, the Austro-Germahs are concentrating armies in the moun tains between Bukowina and Transyl vania to prevent an attempt by the Russians to outflank them and on the Roumanian and Serbian frontiers to check any effort of the armies of these countries to take a hand in the fight ing, upon the result of which much is stakei. The Russians also are pushing their offensive in East Prussia, while the Germans continue their attack on the Russian positions in Central Poland. These operations, however, are sec ondary to the battle in the Carpathians, the outcome of which Is likely to have a marked effect on the future opera tions of the war. The Russians have inflicted another defeat on th Turks in the Sarl-Kamyh region, where, during a snow storm they crossed a mountain and after heavy fighting captured the command ing General of the Thirtieth Turkish division and his staff and a large quan tity of war material. To add to the difficulty of the Otto man army, the Russian fleet has re sumed its activities in the Black Sea and has bombarded the Turkish bar racks at 'Treblzond and Rjzah, besides sinking several Turkish sailing vessels used as transports. Except in the neighborhood of La Bassee and in the Argonne, where the Germans have resumed their attack, artillery has been the only arm en gaged on the Western front. The Ger mans again assert they have captured some trenches near La Bassee. while the French say that the British have reoccupled all the ground which had been temporarily lost. At that place the British official eyewitness, in a description .of the battle of January 26, says that after some of the most desperate hand-to-hand fighting of the war the Germans were driven out and suffered severe losses. Notwithstanding this, it Is evident that the Germans are still set on breaking the lines which guard the French coast ports, as dispatches com ing by way of Holland say they are gathering another fresh army for an attack on the Yser lines. In addition to the operations which they are carrying out in many parts of the African continent, the British are faced with a rising of the natives of Nyassaland, where three settlers have been killed. The situation now is well in hand, according to official in formation. It has been definitely ascertained that the German submarine U-lll sank three steamers in the Irish sea near Liverpool Saturday. A German sub marine also has torpedoed two British steamers in the English Channel off Havre. In Rome troops had to be called out to quell a disturbance started by per sons antagonistic to a meeting organ ized by private persons for giving Im petus to a movement in favor of Italy maintaining neutrality. The former HamDurg-American line steamer Dacia, which now flies the American flag, has sailed from Gal veston for Rotterdam with a carRo of cotton destined for Germany. Great Britain has served notice that the Dacia will be seized, and in such event the United States Government will make Inquiries as to the reason for this action, with the object of safeguarding the rights of the American owners. PASTOR USES DOLL IN TALK Old and New Styles lllustruted in Attack on Fashions. BALTIMORE, Jan. 31. (Special.) Dr. Weston Brimer, surprised worship pers at St. Fuller Baptist Memorial Church today when in the course of his sermon a gainst fashionable dressing he produced a doll. He then proceeded, the while using the doll to illustrate hfa subject, to condemn the irregulari ties of modern feminine apparel. The doll was dressed and undressed several times, was adorned with Jewelry and then stripped and clad again in modest clothing: which took the place of the sift skirt, etc. In emphatic terms the speaker de nounced many forms of modern dress, remark in gr on the beauty of modesty and that while clothes do not make the man, without exception they depict the character of a woman. TURKS HARASSED AT SEA Russians Sink Small Craft and Raid Coast Points. PETROGRAD, Jan. 31. The Russian general staff gave out the following today regarding operations in the Black Sea: "On the Black Sea January 27 our fleet hunted out, near Samsoon. In Asia Minor, the Turkish cruisers Medjidlch and Breslau, pursuing them until night fall. On January 25, 26 and 27 our torpedo craft sank seven Turkish sail ing ships. One of them effected a bold raid the 28th on Treblzond, ITS miles east of Samsoon, where, after cannnon ading the enemy's troops, which fled, she damaged barracks and flour depots. The same torpedo boat silenced at Rizah, 35 miles east of Treblzond, two of the enemy's batteries, sank several feluccas and damaged barrack." CONSOLIDATION ACT IS SUBJECT TODAY Most Important Work Is Now at Hand. 12 BOARDS MAY EMBODY ALL Senate and House Committees to Discuss Mergers. HUGE SAVING IN BALANCE Objection to Abolishment of Hureans Expected From Some Compensa tion I.aw and Salt J.'nse AIo Near Debate Time. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Jan. Si. (Special.) Swinging Into the founh week of its endeavors with a steady stride, the twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly will take hold of the moft Important work of the session tomor row with a determination of early ac complishment. First to be given attention Is the programme for consolidation and abo lition of boards ard commissions, ap proved by the Senate committee on consolidation and now before tha House committee, which will be considered at a Joint session of the committees tomorrow afternoon. It combines 0 or 60 departments into 12. and, accord ing to members of the Senate commit tee, will save the statei about $1,000. 000 in overhead expense every two years. TTonae Committee Objects. Opposition to the programme has de veloped in the House 'committee, but Just how serious It is has not been determined. One thing members of this committee did not like was the making public of tne proposed plan of retrenchment before they had been given time to consider It. The Senate committee, however. Intended no dis courtesy, but. on the other hand, thought it could best serve the Inter ests of the people, who have demanded a reform in state government, by let ting them know what was being con sidered, hoping that some of them at least might offer suggestions thst would be helpful. It is natural that a plan proposing such sweeping changes as the Senate committee report should meet with op position. State officials, who as a re sult of its adoption would lose their positions, of course, will be diligent in efforts to compass Its defeat. They have friends In the Legislature who are factors to be reckoned with in the final determination of this most Important problem. Speaker's Attitude Ceuat. Speaker Selling will attend the Joint committee meeting tomorrow for the first time and his attitude tow.ird the proposed programme will have Its weight with members of the House. While member of the Mate Hoard of Control ure not saying anything for publication. It ' known th.it Hi least one member and It is believed all of them nro fur from being Jubilant over the action of the Joint ways nnd moan committee In slushing estimates fr the biennial appropriations of tho Ftme Institutions without consulting thrni. The board members believe they hotllil hnve been Invited ! confer with the committee In regard to appropriations becau.-e of the board's familiarity with resard to the n-eos of the Institution". The Hoard of Control lis supermini of nil state Institutions iind the rxpn diture of the appw.pi latum. Its three members olso ore mcnil er cf the Kme.rgcncy Hoard, whleh Is empowered with tho creation of deficiencies be tween sessions of tho Legislature, when Institutions and departments cxhmlsl the r appropriations. The other tim bers are the prcMdlng off (errs the two h.Mis-rs and the chairmen ui the nnys and means committees. Control Wllk Hoard. Five affirmative votes arc neccesnry for the creation of a dcfielenry and the Hoard of Control members there fore fun Isli three. Tliry ran prevent the creation of leficlcneies and by Joining with two of the legislative members may control actlcn. Tlio State Hoard of Control which originally received the estimates of the money needed by tho institutions for the current blennium has, how ever, been given credit by the ways and means committees of making aub- atantlal reductions. It in fnct pared all estimates to the extent of l(60,nol devoting several weeks to the con sideration of tho estimates, while the committees have made little moro than a cut of half that amount. An exciting fight Is expected in both houses over the question of appropriat ing about $90,000 for reimbursing net tiers of the old Columbia southern Ir rigation project, who declined to enter Into contracts with the state when It took over the project and completed it under the name of the Tumalo Irri gation protect. Settlors After lnne. Under tho provisions of the act ap propriating 115.1,009 for this work passed at the 191 J session It was to be optional with the old settlers whather they made contracts with the (tats, and those declining to enter Into them were to be reimbursed; the under standing at that time being the re funds were to coma from the 1150. 000. The original appropriation asked was about $500 000. but In a mensnge In the tConiJuded on i'ato ft fRTl 1 10.0