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prick rivi: CEXT9. PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1915. GERMAN AIRSHIPS FLY OVER DOVER Planned Zeppelin Raid Blocked by Forts. HARBOR BATTERY FIRE HEAYY London Police Prepare for Air Attack, All Is Dark. .SUBMARINES WITH PLANES Attack tin Hover Also From Sea Be JicTrd to Have Been Stayed Through Effective Search light and Gunncrj. LONDON. Feb. 1. The battel le pro tecting rover opened fire tonight on what is thought to have been another German raid, but whether by Zep pelin or submarines, or both, has not been ascertained. An early report from Pover said that five hostile airships were observed over that town, while a later report an nounced that tney had been driven off by the gunfire of the forts. Another Dover messase declared the flre had been directed at German sub marines. London roll-e Active. As .1 consequence the war depart ment Instructed the London police to make all preparations tor an air raid. Tiie city soon was in darkness and everywhere the news spread that a Zeppelin fleet was on its way to the metropolis. Telephone rails to Harwich, Cromer. South F.nd, Kinss Lynn. Yarmouth and other points elicited the reply that no air raiders had been seen. The report of submarines at Dover seemed to explain the gunHrins there, but the official press bureau issued no state ment. The extended precautions taken in London indicated the fact thai, virtual, ly all special constables, under the regulations, were required to report at the various stations, even those at tending the theater, where In some cass, the audiences were greatly de pleted. Train ot Lighted. At several of the railroad stations the lishts were extinguished ami trains passing over bridges uiu so in oars, ness. The night was almost Ideal for i Zeppelin raid, which the governmen .nn....nfiv had contemplated, and a tha airships flew eastward at first from L'over it was taKcn as an muicaiioi that their objective point was this city The police had been warned of s ,ki. nM from the German air craft and the occupants of houses were Instructed early today to loner ai Mind and the gas and electric station were notified to be ready at a moment' notice to cut off all illumination throughout the city. Th. hatierv lire at Dover, whicl seemed effective, though it brought Jn. nnne nf the airslllDS. WaS CnOUS to cause the Teuton aviators to turn bout and eail away whence they came without penetrating miano. Harbor Batteries Buaj The Dover harbor batteries for some time also Kept up a ncavy nrc over ine seas, whicli were swept, oy tearenngnu, and it is believed here that the air ships were accompanied on the pro posed raid by a fleet of German sub- So far as reported here late tonight by telephone no DomDS were aroppea . i . . i . ; n and no damage done in any section of the country. The police have been instructed to keep a close watch on developments and be ready for a possible air raid at any time. MAYOR IN JITNEY STORM Kosulmlon Under Consideration," s-as Mr. Albee Over Mail Pile. Please tell the public that we have the jitney-bus regulation under con sideration." Such was the request of Mayor Albee 3-esterday. as he locked out over an lS-iuch stack of letters from residents, firms and organizations calling atten tiun to the jitneys. Most of the writ ers favor regulation and some op pose it- "Very few," said the Mayor, "help us any. Wc know that the jitney is here and wc believe In regulation. But how shall we regulate? Very few who have written make any sugges tions on this important phase of the subject." UMATILLA FARMERS HAPPY Rainfall of -oil Inch Since Sunday Kipet'ted to Benefit Grain. PENDLETON. Or.. Feb. 1. (Special.) Farmers of Umatilla County are feel ing encouraged over a heavy fall of rain lasting since Sunday. The official instrument here shows that since 4:Z0 V. M. Sunday there has been, a total fall of .03 of an incb. The Increase in the amount of moisture in the ground is expected to revive the Fall-sown wheat. The total rainfall for January here was only .iS of an inch. JANUARY REVENUE RECEIPTS DROP GOVEKXMEXT FAILS BY FAB TO MEET OUTLAY. INTERNAL REVENUE RETURNS, Including War Tax, Are Less by 95,000,000 Than in December. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Revenue col lected by the Government in January failed by ?S,116,427 to meet the month's disbursements. Receipts usually are low at this time of the year, out January. 1014, the excess of disburse ments was only J4,-12,-6Z. Neither customs nor internal revenue hrm.nkt in the. exuected returns. Customs receipts were $16,508,193, enmnared with 523.528,080 in January, 1314. and $14, 830,382 in December. In ternal revenue receipts, including re turns from the war tax were $;i,oj.ij., less bv Jo.000,000 than in December, and only about Ii,500.009 more than in January, 1914. The estimate of Gov ernment revenues for the fiscal yea endine June 30. next, contemplated internal revenue receipts of ?32,500.000 a month. OfCiciuls are hopeful of an increase Ui th next few months. The seven months o the fiscal year show an excess of disbursements over receipts of JT0,s;5.270, compared with a corresponding excess for the Earac period last year of $17,867,603. At the close of the month the net balance in the Treasury's general fund was ?17.020.589 and cash assets in the Treasury totalled $1.991,153.1 j. APPLES PLEASE IN SOUTH Hood River Shipment Meets Favor iu Buenos Ayres. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) .Th FV.iit-rrowers' Exchange, the lo cal affiliation of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange, has received the fol lowing letter concerning the first car of apples shipped to Buenos Ayres: "The 6"0 boxes of apples distributed among our customers all came in good -r.nminii. Some of the dealers went so far as to declare that they had never siirh a rood assortment before. and we are therefore pleased to say that your first shipment has had com plete success." Kenneth McKay, manager of the ex change, is enthusiastic over the South American market. The carload shipped to Buenos Ayres brought the following nriees f. n. b. Hood River: Gravensteins, extra fancy. $1.25: fancy. $1.07, and choice. 90c. Jonathans, extra .fancy, $1.23; fancy. 1. LIGHTS TO OUTLINE SPIRE First Presbyterian Church Plans to Illuminate Steeple. The Church of the Illuminated Spire" will describe the First Presby terian Church at Twelfth and Alder streets, if plans for outlining the steeple with incandescent lamps are carried out. Arrangements as discussed with officials of the city's electrical in spection bureau provide for lights on the edges of the spire and placing of globes on the four surfaces leading from the roof of the church to the top of the steeple. The church also may be surrounded with cluster lights. TOWN'S CENTRAL HELD UP S.I in Cash box Robber Demands From Grants Pass Girl. GRANTS PASS. Or., Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) a masked highwayman entered the telephone office here today, and, shoving a gun through the window to the operating-room, made the atten dant. Miss Crenshaw, deliver the cash box. The highwayman then ordered the girl to go out the rear door. The rob ber escaped, throwing the box into the street and keeping the $3 in, change it contained. CHICAGO LOAF PRICE HOLDS Large Baking Companies Block Plan for Increase to Six Ccnls. CHICAGO. Feb. 1. There will be no immediate advance in bread prices from 5 to 6 cents a loaf, it was an nounced today, as a result of the stand taken by large baking concerns, which declined to support the proposal of the Master Bakers' Association. Since the larger bakeries have not raised prices, the smaller bakeries, it was pointed out, must meet competi tion. WOMEN WIN IN ALABAMA Right to Serve On Boards of Edu cation First Point Gained. xinxTnnilERT. Ala.. Feb. 1. Wom en gained their first real political vio orv in Alabama today, when a bill giv ing the privilege of being elected and serving as members of county boards of education passed the Senate and went to the Governor. The bill had passed the House previ ously. Equal suffrage bills are pend ing before both houses. BERLIN BUYS IN ROUMANIA Large Quantity of Grain Is to Be Supplied to Kaiser. BERLIN tby wireless via London). Feb. 1. It is seml-officially reported from Bucharest that Roumania is to supply Germany, by pre-arrangement, a large quantity of grain. Transportation for the grain is to be furnished by Germany. REPUBLICANS GAIN DEMOCRATIC ALLIES Party Revolt Arises on Ship Measure. FIGHT FOR BILL'S LIFE BITTER Adjourning of Senate Staves Off Death. PANDEMONIUM IS UNIQUE Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, Pleads to Send Back Bill, Chair Is Over ruled, Democrats Swii-5 and Chamber Is in Turmoil. WASHINGTON-, Feb. 1. Nine Demo crats in the Senate today Joined an alliance with the Republicans in an unexpected attempt to recommit the Government ship-purchase bill. The sudden revolt turned, in a twin kling, an Administration advantage into a defense, which tonight appeared almost hopeless to many Democratic leaders. Forced to fight for the very life of the proposed measure, the Democrats succeeded in adjourning the Senate with the motion pending to send tRe bill back to committee. A party cau cus Immediately was called lor to morrow morning". rkana Senator AUve. Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, sprang the surprise when he rose while Sen ator William Alden Smith, of. Michi gan, was concluding; a loni? speech against the bill and asked him to yield for a motion. The Senator yielded, and Senator Clarke, introducing his re marks with an appeal for consideration of other legislation, moved to send back the ship bill. The legislative pandemonium which followed has not been witnessed In the Senate in many years. The Democratic Senators poured from the cloakrooms to the chamber. v The rush from . th Republican cloakroom was even more immediate, as they had been fore warned. As soon as Administration leaders could catch their breath. Sen ator Fletcher, in charge of the MIL made a point of order against the mo tion, which Vice-President Marshal sustained. Senator CinrU appealed and the chair was overruled and Senator Clarke's appeal sustained, 46 to 37. Nino Democrats voted with the Repub licans. The motion to recommit was pending when the Senate adjourned until noon tomorrow. Oregon "Standi Fat. The nine- Democrats who voted against the ruling of the chair were Bankhead of Alabama, Camden of Ken tucky, Clarke of Arkansas, Hard wick of Georgia. Hryan or fiuntia. Hitch cock of Nebraska. O'Gorman of New York, Smith of Georgia and Vardamaa of Mississippi. As soon as the record of this vote t Co-wluded on Face S.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YEFTKK DAY'S Maximum temfprtur, M.O desires; minimum, 45.0 dKrecs. southeasterly winds. TODAY'S Ha In; I-effelaturc. Ronald O. Callvert describes legislators rs grinding x to complete economy pro gramme. Page 1. Trouble is Hous likely over efforts to re vise game lawi and reorganize commis sions. Page L Idaho House favors election sought by op ponents of commlseion. Page A . Governor Lister's Pt , measurrs killed bl overwhelming vote. Page 6. Clubwomen plead with legislators not to abolish State Industrial School for Uirls. Page 4. War. Allies are to be heavily reinforced, within fortnight. Page 3. Germans and Russians renew operations in east. Page 3. German objection to sale of hydro-aeroplanes not upheld by Washington. Page o. National. Republicans gain allies when Temocratlc party in Senate splits on light over ship purchase bill. Page 1. Republican states, controlling 290 electoral votes, approve new convention repre sentation plan. Page 1. January revenue receipts drop by $8,000,000 less than necessary to meet Government's monthly outlay. Page l. Domestic. - J. I Morgan ridicules idea Ms banking firm controls half of railroads of United Stales. Psko Hoosler bov of 19 edite unique newspaper which will bo states exhibit at Pair. Paso 1. Snow and slcrt storm sweeping over East and Middle West. Page . Sports. Bill Rodsers . goes on another trip into wilderness. Page 10. Jack. Curley denounces critics of Jess Will- srd and predicts defeat of Jack Johnson. Page 10. Amateur hockey championship of Portland to bo settled tonight. Pase li). Pacific North went. Farmers', Home makers and Industrial week tttract 700 to Corvallis. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Wheat, oats, barley and flour advance rapidly in local market. PRe 15. Italy and Sweden remove import duties on grain. Page 15. Wall Street stocks and bonds firm and ad vancing. Page 15. Queries for flour may send more cargoes from here to England soon. Page 14. Wheat a'dvances 5 cents. Page 15. Steel advance carries up other stock. Page 15. Portland and Vicinity. Election scandal to be subject of srand jury inquisition. Page 9. Payments of taxes first day aggregate $.V0.10. Page lti. Fair rates by rail and water announced. Pase 14. - Merging of all Southern Pacific lines in state confirmed by President Sproule. Page 15. Adjuiant-GenoraJ While assumes office and announces policy. Page 16. Stat3 and county forestry work commended by federal inspector. Page 9. $2,000,000 ASKED FOR ROAD Secretary Lane Places Figure for Alaskan Govcrmcnt Railway. WASHINGTON", "Feb. ; 1. Secretary Lane asked the House appropriations' committee today to include $3,000,000 in the sundry civil bill for the Alaskan Government railway. The limit- of expense for construc tion of the railway is 535,000,000. Of this 51,000,000 has been appropriated and mostly spent in surveys. JIM CR0WCARS SOUGHT Congressional Committee Says Law Would Benefit Both Kaccs. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. A bill to separate whites and negroes on passen ger vehicles in the District of Colum bia was favorably reported to the House. The committee report says there is constant friction between the races on streetcars and that the proposed law would add to the comfort of each. NOW FOR BALED HAY AT SALEM. lff I'll REPUBLICANS 0. K. CONVENTION PLAN nO5 loons, sighted over lov D r( M iv,rry '.isumably making inland, ha Committee Favored. STATES LIKE REPRESENTATION Commonwealths With 290 Electoral Votes Reply. SCHEME IN EFFECT SOON Membership or Xcxt National Con ference of Party Xol Tet Worked Out ncmiblicans Outnumber Democrats by 160,000. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Secretary James B. Reynolds, of the republican National Committee, today announced that the new plan of representation In the next Republican National conven tion, proposed by the Republican Na tional Committee, had been approved by states representing- -90 electoral votes some 25 more than necessary under the conditions made by the Na tional Committee and will be put in effect when the committee meets to ar range for the next National conven tion. Secretary Reynolds' statement says: "At a meeting of the committee, held in Washington In December. 1913, it was decided that the basis of repre sentation should be changed, if Repub lican state eanventions in states repre senting a majority of the votes in the Electoral College. which would be equivalent to the majority of delegates in the National convention, should au thorize the change. At that time the following resolution was proposed: ' "Confident that the action of this committee, representing, as it does, the practically unanimous sentiment of the Republican voters of the various states, will be ratified and be made effective; Four DeleBtc Allowed. Be"ft resolved. That this committee shall issue the call for delegatea to the National convention, to be held in the year 1916 to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President, in ac cordance with the following basis of representation: ' 'Each state shall be entitled in said convention to four delegates-at-large. 'Two additional delegates-at-large for each Representative-at-large in Congress elected from any state en titled to one or more additional Repre sentatives in Congress under the ap portionment made in accordance with the last census, but in which state no new Congressional district has been provided by law. " 'One delegate from each Congres sional district. " "An additional delegate for each Congressional district In which tbe vote for Republican Elector in 1908, or for the Republican nominee for Con- CConcluded on Page 2.) Monday's War Moves 'FECIAL, orders issued by the police last night caused Minds to be whisked down all over London and reports snrcad that five Zeppelin dirisiblc and pri: ad been flrrd on by the forts. Farts of the City of London waited for more than two hours with blinds drawn, but nothing happened. In quiries elicited from the police the information that orders to prepare for ark air raid, had been issued by tho War Office, but whether because nir craft really had been piKhtod or as a re hearsal it was impossible to ascer tain. One menage from Dover reported that the raiders had been driven i fT by the suntlre, but no details were forthcoming. This flurry Ecrvcd notony of the news fronts, where nono to vary the mo frotn Ihe baltlo of the jinnies. either in the cast been able to deliver or the west, hat1 blow sufficient to cause any shift in their alignment. The German submarine uttacUs on British merchant ships continue to be the paramount topic of Jiscusslon and predictions are made that food prices, which already are soaring, will co still higher if many more r:tlds arc ac complished. The shipping of the west co!"t is still. somewhat upset, tho Dublin tcam racket Company announcing last night the temporary abandoning of 1! sail ings with Belfast, Liverpool and Glas gow. One other Dublin company also has suspended its sailings, but the other schedules arc being maintained as usual. The chief solace Great Britain finds in the German submarine attacks is that the craft thus used cannot take part in the regular naval operations. Out of the confused fighting in the Carpathians, which continues to dom inate the military situation, comes nothing in the way cf a decisive con flict, and perhaps the most significant news from the eastern theater Is the theory enunciated from I'etrograd that Field Marshal Von ITlndenberg is plan ning another general onslaught on the Russian linos west of Warsaw. Artillery duels almost exclusively have been the measure of tho recent fighting in France and Belgium. The German official statement dismisses the western theater with the ter?c an nouncement "nothing to report." The French record only one iufantry at tack, to the southeast of Yprc-, where they say a German atteinpl, to advance was stopped.' The British Parliament reassembles today for consideration of a number ot important war-time questions. While no contentious legislation will be de bated, tho labor party will' press for government action with reference to the increase in the price of food. Alien enemy restrictions probably again will be threshed out, and there is likely to be a further request for more information on the recruiting sit uation. The London newspapers are pointing out the growing unrest in labor circles, and there is a belief in some quarters that this may necessitate action by the government. Fifty thousand miners in West Yorkshire, whose aprcenient with their employers expires in a fortnight, are demanding six pence (1- cents) extra in wages, on tho threat of a strike; the Welsh miners also want increased pay and better working con ditions; while the railway men contend that their wages are not in keeping with the increased cost of living. The first thing to be dealt with bj Parliament, however, will be finance. A. B. C. DENNISTON NAMED Appointment as General las.enser Agent of Slilp Company Announced. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. (Special.) A. B. C. Dennlston. a well-known steamship man of the Pacific Coast, has been appointed general agent of the passenger department of the Great Northern-Pacific Steamship Company here. Mr. Denniston will make his home in San Francisco. He was formerly con nected with Eastern railroads, later moving to Portland, where for several years he was passenger agent of the Great Northern Railroad. He moved to Seattle, where he was general West ern passenger agent of the same rail road company. In Seattle ho was also Northwestern passenger agent of thej Pacific Coast Steamship Company, re-1 signing to become owner and general! manager of a number of steamers plying on Puget Sound. TWO MORE DIE FROM FIRE List ot Victims of Hospital Blaze at Walla Walla Grows. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. 1. (Special.) Two more victims of the St. Mary's Hospital fire, Wednesday, died Saturday. They were Mrs. Al Tabor. 52, and Albert jvierryman, asea 60. Physicians say that the exposure at" the time of rescue had little to do with the death of the two. Two other victims died Friday. TWO BATTLESHIPS FAVORED Head of Senate Committee Against Provision of None This rear. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. President Wilson told Chairman Tillman, of the Senate naval committee, today that he believed that Congress should provide for two battleships this year. H also said he disagreed witn Mr. Tillman's contention that none should bo built this year, but that four should be constructed next year on lessons of the European war. LAWMAKERS HALT TO GRIND STATE AK Joint Committee Gets Ready to Hew. CONSOLIDATING PLANS LAID Five Mergers ot Various De partments Outlined. HARMONY AUGURS ACTION (ioMTiior Watches hill Iirs .ol Wield Club or p Vctnci. and Promises Legislative Onl look Is Prlsht. BY RONALD O. CAt.LVKnT. STATU CA1MTOU Salem. Or., Feb. I. (Staff Correj-pumlcnec.) Circum stances and conditions made opportune the remark a few d.ijs ugo that th legislature was getting ready lv tuckle tho big job in tho economy projjrumnie consolidation and elimlihutton of com missions and boa-d.i. It had taken off Its coat, rolled up Its sleeves, Kpit on its hands and was about to grasp the ax handle. I neglected to mention that it would be necessary to grind the ax. That is what is going on now. in other words the Joint House and Senate committee having consolidation matters In hand held a meeting today and at least formulated a method for going about their business. Senator Barren's tentative plan, heretofore out lined, seemed to meet with favor tn the iibstract. prrlal lqulrjr .Made. The members generally decided that it sounded good, but they desired to know if it were practicable. So they worked down through it. appointing special committees to take, up each proposed consolidation, these com mittees to report bark to the main com mittee at the earliest possible, moment, bills designed to -any out the general aim of each consolidation, with data disclosing the monetary saving that would be attained and such lnforma lion as is available to demonstrate that tho merger would promote or at least not Impair efficiency. The committee had worked part way throush Senator Barrett's plan In this way when there wan a call of the Senate and the members of the upprr body withdrew to take up the discus sion of an increase In the bounty oa coyotes. Tentative I'laaa Made. The tentative bills that the sub-coin-mlttccs will ricpare provide for tho following: One board of regents for all the hither educational Institutions; transfer ot tho banking department to the offlio of the State Treasurer; con solidation of several departments having supervision over labor matter: transfer of tho corporation department to tho office of Insurance Commis sioner; consolidation of tho JStato Kngl necr's and Highway Lnglnecr'a depart ment with possibly eomo change In tho Water Board. This waa the extent ot tho committees' action today. Sesaloa's 1lira; As one-half of the cession has pasard and the consolidation movement Is Jut getting down to a practical basis, tha carrying out of pre-election pledgta niight appear dubloua It the bualucs of tho Legislature were running aa It did two years ago. Several member who sat In the 1913 session have re marked upon the absence this year of tho obstacles to a sincere and deeoroua consideration of legislation so ottcii then encountered. Then the members would settle down with a long calen dar beforo them determined to tram-art lot of business and In. pcrhap". would come a bombshell from the ex ecutive ofnee. The calendar would b forgotten and much ot tha day would be devoted to spilling wralh and ora tory. Ooteranr I mem Ma Clan. Harmony between the Governor and the Legislature has distinct advantages. The average legislator Is more sus ceptible to argument than force. Go ernor Wlthycombe is keeping aa watch ful an eyo on legislation a.1 any of h.s predecessors, but when a rroponal strikes nlm as lll-ad l.-ed he does not rush Into the lobby to trade vetoes or promises to approve other measures In order to gain his point. Clubbing la not his method. He Invito the author of tho bill to his office: they go over it amicably; the Governor arts forth his objections and the legislator ax plains his position. Sometimes one. sometimes the other recedes. On a number of bills unjustifiably carrying tho emergency clause, tha Governor baa exerted hl Influence. Ho has not silently awaited their passaga with intent to apply the veto. He has gainod elimination of the offending clause. Smaller Lerr Waated. Likewise, the Governor ia exerting hia counsel to obtain a reduction from one mill to one-half mill In the road lax carried in one of the Important road bills. On the other hand, after a discussion with some of the members of the terms of tho existing law pro viding a way for tho Governor to sup ersede certain peace officers temporar ily with his own appointees when lawa are not properly enforced, the Gover nor has decided not to Insist upon sub mission of a constitutional amendment giving him further power In the nm direction. He hnd suggested In hta In- iC'Jm Judv ii wa ram 4.) i