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PORTLAND. OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. YOL. L.V. 0. 16,911. P r FIGHT FOR LIFE OF SHIP BILL GOES ON Democrats Fail in Plan to Commit. FILIBUSTER CHANGES SIDES Delav Souaht as Two More Votes Are on Way. FORCES THEN ARE TIED Ylcc-Frcsidcn Expected to Cast De- ci.tins Ballot That Will Prevent Death of Measure, Though Nt ' Guaranteeing Passage. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Frustrated sain today In their plan to recom mit the Government ship purchase bill ith instruction for Its amendment, 'Administration leaders of the Senate tonight were considering" a proposal to let the bill go to committee without instructions, with a view to bringing 1t up a pa in on a motion to discharge the committee if it should fail to acc promptly. Champions of the bill found them selves lacking; at least two of a ma jority, and with no possibility of chansinjr this situation until next Mon cay at the earliest. Tie Vote Possible. Senator Fletcher, in charge of the Mil. said he would be willing to vote to recommit if he could have assur ance of ertough votes to carry a motion .tr tlitfcharge the committee. Vice-President Marshall probably will cast the vote which decides w nether the ship bill lives or die nt this session. If the expectations of the leaders are fulfilled, it will be one of the few instances in which the Vice. President of the United States has fwiing the balance. The last one wad when the late Vice-Tresident Sherman cant the deciding vote for the Bristow resolution, which put a constitutional amendment for direct election of Sen ators before the people. Democrats Seek Delay. "When Administration Democrats re formed their lines today and found they had only 46 votes against the Jlftpubllcans 48, waiting to send the bill back to the commerce committee without Instructions, their only course was to stave off a vote while Senator Kewlands hurried back from California and Senator Smith, of South Carolina, came from the bedside of his wife, ft elnf orcein rata for Both Sides Arrive Today Senator Lewis, Democrat, hur ried back from Asheville. N. C. but liis vote was offset by the arrival of Fenator Fall, Republican, of New .Mexico. Filibuster Changes Sides. Democratic leaders, fearing defeat ad the lines lay, determined to prevent a vote today, which necessitates Demo , cratic speeches as long as the Republi cans hold the Senate in session. I Senator Stone said it was conceded that the Democratic absentees could rmt be paired and that the opponents of the bill could defeat the motion to recommit with Instructions by a ma jority of one or two. AM seven of the revolting Democrats tro standing firm with the .Republi cans, but Administration leaders count upon Senators I-aFoIlette and Norria making 46 votes, while, the Republi cans had 4S today. SHIP KU'CREXPl'M ORDERED 1-Vdrral Chamber of Commerce Xoarly Condemns Pending Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Cham ber of Commerce of the United States ordered a referendum vote of its mem bership tonight on merchant marine questions, including Government own rrship and operation of ships. A majority report of the chamber's merchant marine committee denouncing the pending ship-purchase bill narrow ly failed receiving the two-thirds vote iieeded for adoption; a minority report it iso was rejected. The referendum t hen was decided on. Secret ar McAdoo, for the bill, and S nator Burton, of Ohio against It. re Waders In a debate which lasted i i I day. Nebrnkans Favor Sliiu Bill. UNCOLN. Neb., Feb. 4. By a vote cf to 39 the Nebraska House today uVcUired its indorsement of the ship purchase bill and adopted a resolution memorializing Congress to pass the measure. The vote was along party lines, but four Republicans joined -the pemoeratic majority in favor and seven Democrats opposed. PIN CAUSES GIRL'S DEATH JIIss Mary Belsliaw Poisoned in Ef fort to Open Wound. ' EUGENE. Or- Feb. 4. (Special.) Miss Mary Belsliaw, a 26-year-old Eugene girl, died this morning: as the result of attempting: to open a boll with a pin. Blood poisoning set in and death followed within 48 hours. Miss Bel shaw had a wide coterie of friends here. She Is survived by two sisters. Mrs. Ttoyal Smith and Mrs. J. J. Mack, and fcy two brothers, William Belshsw and Charles Belshaw. The funeral will be held Sunday. TRAINS STALLED IN SNOW DRIFTS WORST STORM OF YEARS IS RAGING IX NEBRASKA. High Wind Adds Blizzard Features. Engine Uncoupled to Clear Way Is Unable to Rejoin Train. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 4. A ti stalling snow storm, described by B ur- linton Railroad officials in Lincoln as the worst experienced for many years, is rasing tonight in Northwestern Central Nebraska. A high wind and ac- companies the snow, and the storm i has reached the proportions of a blizzard. On three branch lines radiating from Aurora. " miles west of Lincoln, the Burlington has three passenger tral Ins in th drifts. A few miles oui of th local nassenger train, w 'ith three coaches, baggage ana wprow .tailed The engine was un coupled in an effort to buck the drifts h.ti.r hut after making some progre it was unable to get back to the rest of the train. Tmffin nn the Northwestern Railroad in Western Nebraska is badly deiayet and some trains have been tied up. Al th. tv h v from the Northwestern Ne braska boundary the snowfall is re ported to be unprecedented, accom panied by high winds. Thn rniii'hi'K n the staneo. DasseuKUl tmin ra outfitted with old-f ashioned d the trainmen waded through the snow to farmhouses, where horses and wagons were impressed i haul rnal and provisions to the strand ed passengers, who expect to remain in the coaches throughout tne mgni. Two other trains on the Palmer branch of the Burlington are tied up with slight prospects of getting out for 24 hours. It is snowing heavily at St. Paul and hut with lessening violence as it approaches the eastern part of the state. FARMER'S PROFIT $16,000 Davenport, Wash., Man Holds Wheat Then Unloads at $1.40. fiPfti-JUR Wash.. Feb. 4. (Special.) a ,.v,,.ir fnf 127.000 was given Rob ert Gunning, a ' prominent farmer and - f tlio Camrjbell system of dry farming, for his wheat in storage at Davenport, Wash., by a local ware bouse firm which took the entire lot. amounting to more than l,uoo Dusneis, i in a hnsiiei. This amount prob- v.i.. ..nuntjh Greatest net profit a"J J-"' ai acre of any wheat raised in this locality, the actual cost ot production i,.rinr been close to 55 cents a bushel representing a clear profit on the en n it nf c lose to S16.000. a testimonial. according to dry farming experts, to the system Gunning cmpioyeu ilu results running from 25 to 45 bushels The extreme price of J1.40 paid the last two days bas caused the disposal of 50,000 bushels. BANK HEAD IS ACQUITTED President or Defunct Tenino Institu tion Is Freed by Jury. m v-MMi Wash.. Feb 4. Isaac Blu- mauer. ex-president of the defunct Te nino State BanK, or Tenino, wasn., wo a ar-nuitted bv a Superior Court Jury in 25 minutes tonight on a charge of grand larceny, the allegation neing that he diverted $500 of the bank's tn nav an industrial insurance ...,.imnt for the Blumauer Lumber Company, of which he was also presi dent. vmiifintr Ationiev Georxe lantis of Thurston County, announced tonight that the 12 otber charges penains ..int-i Rinmnupr would be dropped the state has no hope of securing a conviction. Its strongest case iiawnf, failed. The Tenino State Bank closed when the United States National Bank, of Centralis, failed last Fall. BREAD AT MEALS COSTLY Berlin Restaurants Are to Add Cost to Patrons' Bills. BERLIN, Feb. 4. The Allied Asso ciation of Restaurant and Hotel Keep ers of Berlin have decided hencefor ward to charge for all bread served at meals. A dispatch received here from Dres den says the Municipal Council has de creed that all the bread baked in Dres den must conform to the government's standard. The Berlin stockyards report a fur ther increase in the price of hogs. The highest quotation is 105 marks ($26) per 110 pounds. JITNEY JOB GIVEN" MAYOR Women Call Executive's House at Night to Order-Car. vrn..n aih.. would like to know why he has been mistaken for traffic man ager of the jitneys. Late at night the telephone at nia home rang and the Mayor answered. "Is this Mayor Albee?" asked a young woman at the other end of the line. "Well. Mr. Mayor," said tne woman. '.!.- arm nv. VOU07 WOmen SCllOOl" u.a.m stranded out here in Alberta. Can't you send aNjitney for us?" The Mayor says he tried to gei me junej headquarters but nobody answered. Postage to Germany Increased. WASHINGTON. Feb. 4 Ipostmaster General Burleson suspended today the two-cent postage rates on mails from the United States to Germany and an nounced that until direct service was restored letters from this country to German destinations would be charged at a rate of live cents for the first ounce and three for each additional ounce. I VETO OF LITERACY TEST IS SUSTAINED Attempt to Override President Fails. FIVE VOTES LACKING IN HOUSE Party Lines Are Obliterated in Final Contest. REPUBLICANS AID WILSON Democratic Leader Underwood Criti cises Action of Executive Immi gration Bill Thrice Beaten by Similar Provision. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. An attempt to pass the immigration bill prescrib ing a literacy test for the admission of aliens over President Wilson's veto failed in the House today, the affirm ative vote lacking five of the necessary two-thirds. Of 399 members present 261 voted to override the veto, 136 voted to sustain the President and two answered "present." The final test came at the close of a day of debate, in which party lines were obliterated temporarily. Majority Leader Underwood made a vigorous speech criticising the President's rea sons for vetoing the bill and urging the House to override executive disap proval. Wilson View la Criticised. Mr. Underwood told the House that the country In several elections had returned majorities in Congress favor ing the restriction of immigration and that the President's contention that no political platform had placed the issue before the people was futile. "The question Is," said he, "whether you stand for the American standard of living and the American standard of wages." Representative Moore, of Pennsyl vania, Republican, urged the House to support the. President and defeat the bill. He declared that Immigration had had no bad effects on wages and work ing conditions in this country, and as serted that the restrictions imposed in the bill were contrary to the funda mental principles "upon which the fore fathers based this republic." Through- but the day scores of members on both ides made brief speeches. Flsht la to Continue. Representative Burnett, of Alabama, chairman of the House Immigration committee and author of the bill, de clared that the fight for restrictive im migration legislation would continue. We lost by a very narrow margin. he said, "and a swing of a few votes would have passed the bill. Tne fight (Concluded on rage 3T 1 1 !! .lltt.tl t V ' ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR WATCHFUL WAITING. j INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4X4 degrees; minimum, S9.6 decrees. TODAY'S Rain; Increasing southeasterly - winds. Legislature. Senator Sutton, of Spokane, declares a around exists for cnarge tnai uneney mal School is of faulty construction. Page J. Provisions of prohibition bill opposed by some House members. Page 0. Senate adopts resolution doclarlng Ore gon's water-power policy against Ferris bill pending bexore congress, rase -i. Pact Is made removing game fees as main issue in general fund bill, rag e. Senate passes Smith bill by unanimous vote. Page 7. Many concessions are granted hunters in committees new proposed, game law. Pago 13. Idaho House votes to abolish State Tax Com . mission. Page 16. War. Turks' raid on Sues Canal is complete fail ure, page 8. r Germans capture mile of French trench i; fall to make .headway against Belgians. Page 2. Japanese cruiser is wrecked off west coast or Lower California, page a. Austrlans evacuate Turnow under bombard ment of heavy mortars. Page 1. National. President's veto of Immigration bill p'rovld ing literacy test, is sustained in lowar house. Page 1. State Department to take no action In Wllhelmina's case until vessel is siezed by British. Page 2. Fight to save ship purchase bill goes on. Page 1. Appropriation for mouth of Columbia. In creased by Senate committee to 92, 000,000. page 11. J)omestle. Trains stalled throughout Nebraska In worst storm of years. Page 1. Laborer, who cannot live on wages, and di rect jr of concern testify in Federal in dustrial relations inquiry. Page 3. Pacific Northwest. State fairs send officers to Vancouver to discuss problems. Page S, Five conferences in progress at Oregon Agricultural College prove attractive. Page 5. Lewislon committee organizes to celebrate Celllo Canal opening. Page 17. Sports. New basketball league to begin operations Monday. Page 12. Carl Mays now sought by Federals, who ask his terms. Page 12. More than 400 Turners to take1 part in anr nual drills at HeiHg Sunday nignt. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Border Line Transportation Company con siders Inauguration of direct Portland Alaska service. Page 16. Wide advances In all grains in local market. Page 17. Chicago wheat values aided by President's speech. Page 17. Stock market irregular, with some selling pressure. Page It. Portland and Vicinity. Election boards shown to have violated law at Precinct 37. Page 18. Overcrowding of Jitneys to be stopped by ponce, page li. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. ITALY TO GET TRENTINO? Germany and Atistria Propose Con cessions to Assure Neutrality. AMSTERDAM, via London, Feb. 5. n article from its Vienna correspond ent which is attracting much atten tion appears in the Frankfurter Zei tung. a copy of which has been re ceived here. The correspondent indi cates that an endeavor is being made by Germany and Austria to keep Italy out of the war by satisfying her ter ritorial aspirations. The article says Germany and Aus tria have frankly recognized Italy s claim to Trentino, and adds that there should be no difficulty in reaching an agreement, provided Italy preserves unconditional neutrality and remains a member of the triple alliance. AUSTRIAN9 GIVE UP TARNflWJG.ENEMY -rj Vienna Admits Reverse in Galicia. DECISIVE FIGKT ON IN PASSES Battles in Carpathians Are Waged in Deep Snow. CITY IS IMPORTANT POINT Strong Pressure of Russian Orfen " slve Is Felt by Teutons In Direc tion or Dukla, Says Their Own News Bureau. PKTROG It A D, Feb. 4. It Is an nounced that the Russian troops) on Febmary 3 occupied Vollachldlowaka (Wolsmaydlowlecka) to the east of Bo llmow, Poland. AMSTERDAM, v!a London, Feb. '4. The Austro-Hungarlan war press bu reau has Issued the following: "Artillery and infantry fighting con tinues along the Mida River. We evacuated Tarnow (Galicia) after the Russians bombarded the place with heavy mortars. A decisive battle is being lougni in the region of Dukla, where strong Rus sian pressure Is felt In the direction of Dukla Pass and neighboring passes. The fighting In the Carpathians is be ing seriously interfered witn Dy tne deep snow." Vigorous operations around Tarrfow, which is reported to have been evacu ated, have been going on for some time. An official dispatch from ienna. January 30, said that attempts of the Russian Galiclan army to outflank Arch- rfu .Tosenh Ferdinand's army near Nowy Sandec and attack Cracow by ,i-o. of Tarnow had led to a counter eftenslve by the Archduke against Tar now which threatened the rearward communications of the Russians in Galicia and in the Carpathians. Tarnow. a city of some 40,000 inhabi tants, is on the Biala River, a short dis tance from its Junction with the Duna jec It lies 135 miles west of Lemberg. it is a manufacturing center or con siderable importance and contains a number of historic buildings, among them a cathedral, built in the loth century. CAVALItY SENT AGAINST CANNON Daily Clashes Occur in East Prussia, Says Kussia. LONDON, Feb. 4. The last few days have brought about.no changes of im portance in the situation in East Prus- t ! Thursday s War Moves THE Turks at last have made a defi nite attack on the Suei Canal, but after a sharp fight they were driven off with severe losses. After a fruitless attempt made on Tuesday night to bridge the canal near Toussoum, they returned to the attack early yesterday with a force estimated at 12,000 strong and six batteries of artillery and essayed to get across the waterway on rafts. The British force, however, was waiting and the Invaders were forced back, leaving about uu prisoners in the hands of the defend' ers. A considerable number of th.e Turks were killed and wounded. The British lost 15 killed and 58 wounded. The attack also was renewed by the Turks at El Kantara, but this met with no greater success than the other attempt, the Turkish losses In killed. wounded and prisoners numbering up wards of 100. The New Zealand contingent, and presumably the Australians, took part in the battles, the New Zealanders hav ing two casualties. Compared with the battles in Poland and the Carpathians this is a mere flash, but as British ter rltoriais, Australians and New Zea landers, are receiving their baptism of Are In Kgypt and there is much inter est in the attempts of the Turks to movo a big army across the desert, the operations in that part of the world are attracting a good deal of attention in England. The efforts of the German Field Mar shal, Von Hindenburg, to stop the ad vance of the Russians In East Prussia and the Carpathians by compelling hem to reinforce their center west of Warsaw has culminated In a desperate attack. Kegiment after regiment, sup. ported by great masses of artillery, has been flung against the Russian lines and both sides say they have In flicted heavy losses on their opponents. Each reports progress. It is apparent, however, that while the Germans are making every effort to get near Warsaw, the Russians, for the present, are satisfied to hold their positions and Inflict as heavy losses on their adversaries as possible. Near Bollmow tho fighting has been fierce and continuous for weeks and the Rus sians say they have taken one of the villages for which Die armies have been contending. Meanwhile the Germans have sent strong reinforcements south to check the advance of the Russians who are reported to be south of the main range of the Carpathians and are thus again overlooking the plains of Hungary. The Russian Emperor left for the front yesterday, while- the German Emperor Is expected to proceed there ufter hi concludes his visit to Wll helmshaven, where he has been in specting the fleet and bestowing iron crosses on the crew of the submarine (J-21, which sank three British mer chant steamers in the Irish ea. In tne west tho artillery continues to play the major part. Each side makes occasional attacks, which, according to official reports, are invariably re pulsed. Although not officially men tioned, it is reported that the British warships are again bombarding the German positions on the Belgian coast, while the airmen of the allies are busy dropping bombs on the German trenches at points of concentration. The Germans report having captured three lines of trenches a mile long from the French. The surrender of Lieutenant-Colonel Kemp and other rebels who have been receiving arms and support from the Germans in Southwest Africa, and with whom they have recently quarreled. and the expected surrender of Lieuten ant-Colonel Maritz, who has been able to remain in the Held by the same means, probably will bring to an end the South African rebellion and enable General Louis Botha to pursue his de- sign of invading German territory in Africa. It is announced officially that 116S British officers have been commissioned from the ranks since the outbreak of the war. IRRIGATION FUND DOWNED Joint Committee Against $150,000 Appropriation Asked. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb 4. (Special.) The joint ways and means committees tonight decided to report unfavorably on ine measure mirouuceu in the House by the Irrigation com- mill:, (iiuiiuiin . - i " - ... .. .. ,if,i i,A. n. pnaUOJl Ol tOV,UVU K"i iiiiBaitoii uw- velopment in co-operation with the Federal Government, By knocking out this bill the ways and means committees, however, leaves Sundistu I plank. isturbed the principal Irrigution which Is the measure to levy la 4-mill tax for Irrigation purposes. j SUFFRAGE GOES TO VOTE Incw York Senate Completes Prelim inaries for Submission. A Ml A X Y. N. Y., Feb. 4. The woman suffrage resolution passed by the Leg islature in 1913 was adopted In the Sen ate today by a unanimous vote. It previously had been adopted in the Assembly. The voters of the state will now have the opportunity to vote on the question of a constitutional amendment permitting the women the right of suf fragi. CZAR LEAVES FOR FRONT Empress and Duughtcrs Accompany Russian Killer to Train. FKTROGRAD, Feb. 4. Emperor Nicholas left Tsarskoe-Selo today for I the front. I Ho was accompanied as far as the : M....U L-f.tinm hv the Empress AleX- 9 rtiiMj 4(andra and bis daughters. SENATE OH RECORD AGAINST FERRIS ACT Oregon's Water Power Policy Declared. ALL BUT ONE FOR RESOLUTION Even Democrats Vote Against Administration Bill. ELOQUENT APPEALS MADE Approval Entails Meetlns of 5" Delegates From 10 Western States at Portland to Wage Fight for Home Control. BY RONALD Q. CALLVERT. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 4. (Staff correspondence) So far as the Senate can accomplish that end the State of Oregon is commit ed to the main elements of a definite water, power development policy anlagontslli! to the Fe-ris bill now be .'ore Cungre.-s. If there Is anywhere near the un animity In the House that was ex hibited In the Senate, Oregon will soor. not only have declared this policy, but Invited 10 other states of the West to share with It In the effort to preserve for Oregon what Is Oregon's, and for the West that which belongs to the West. Although the Ferris bill Is recog nized as an Administration measure, or at least as one having the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, both Democratic member of the Oregon Senate supported today's antagonists resolution. Senator Strsyer did no more than l" vole "aye." Senator Gar Is ml spoko In his semi-humorous, half-sarcastic way, but finally declared his purpose to sup port the bill. Iji'ler In the debate he outlined briefly and seriously his pur poses. They were, ha said, to place Oregon's Interests above party inter ests whenever there was conflict. K el laker f-ollil Mlaerlty. The support given the Ferris bill and the opposition to the resolution defin ing Oregon's water-power policy n.l calling a conference of Western states, came from the habitual minority of tho Senate. This minority rallied lis en tire forces, consisting of one Daniel Kellaher. and voted solidly one vote against the resolution. Everybody els' votd for it. The resolution that bas been adopted by the Sennte hns heretofore not only been outlined, but published In full I" The Oregonlan. Briefly, It assorts the state's title to tho water within the banks of non-navigable streams an1 Its title to the waters of navlgsh'i streams subject to the paramount rights of commerce; declares tne iov ernmcnt's interest In water-power, Ivv cause of Its ownership of the adjsceiu lands, to be merely Incidental; urges the Government to turn over to ti water-power sit s such unappropriated public lands as are needed lor water power development under terms that will guard sgalnst monopoly and spec" illation and invites 10 other slates to Join In electing five delegates, each to attend a conference to be held in Tort land next Summer or Full to defin. more definitely the legislation thai will be acceptable to the West. Action Wholly Legllle. Had It nut boen for one feature of the resolution it would have received a unanimous vote. At least Minority Leader Kellaher declared that his en tire faction would vole for It If se lection of delegates were given over to the Governor instead of to the Legis lature. Minority lender Kellaher emphatically resentful of what he took to he a slap at Governor Withyconibe. The explanation given of this feature of the bill, as given by Senators Day and Thompson, was that the Issue was wholly a Legislative ono and should be handled throughout by the I-egls-laturef. Senator Thompson pointed .out that Governors often wire susceptible to pleas for appointment as delegates, with the result that reclamation repre sentatives and others n ho had some Interest In tho proceedings had ob tained seats In conferences previous ly called lo attain worthy ends. As a result the declarations or resolutions or such conferences had not been looked upon as authoritative. Kellaher's Memorial Ioel. Tho formal procedure consisted of defeating the original Kellaher mo- morlal praying Congress to pass tna Ferris bill as it hsd been adopted by the House. The substitute resolution was thereupon taken up under suspen sion of the rules and adopted. Perhaps the leading address on tne resolution was delivered by Senator Thompson, who called Senator Kartell to the chair that he might speak from the floor. Senator Thompson warmly defended the resolution as not In any way discrediting Secretary Franklin K. Lane. Senator Thompson asserted tils belief In Secretary Lane's friendship for the West, but declared him hampeivd by the Influence and power of a com bined East. He thought Secretary Lane would be the happiest man In the world if the Western states would unite to make plain the fact that they wanted no more rinchotlsni. illoMOpely Here Impassible. Senator Thompson also pointed out that under tlw provisions of the Oregon water coda and those of the Oregon public utilities ln, monopoly of ore--nn water-power was Impossible; there t i