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xji r VOL.. L.VI. C 17,526. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1917. TRICE FIVE CENTS. ENFORCED-PEACE URGED BY WILSON WOMAN, 106, DIES SPEECH DESIGNED MILE OF TRACKS BONE-DRY BILL AT MAYORESS TO GIVE INAUGURAL BALL SENATE VOTES TO IN FIRST ILLNESS COVERED-WITH ICE TO KEEP IDEA ALIVE OLYIf IA UP TODAY ABOLISH TAX BOARD DEATH ENDS RESIDENCE OF 60 BUTTE CUT OFF WHEX RIVER WOMEN OFFICIALS AT UMATILLA YEARS IX BROOKLYN HOUSE. OVERFLOWS, THEN FREEZES. PLAN BIG EVENT. y V President Puts Issue Up to Senate. NATIONAL POLICY REVERSED Sudden Move Bewilders Offi cial Washington. NO VICTORY" IS DESIRED Peace Made by Conqueror Held Not Permanent President Says He "Would Extend Monroe v Doctrine to World. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Whether the United States shall enter a world peace league and. u many contend, thereby abandon its traditional policy of isola tion and no entangling alliances, was put squarely before Congress and the country today by President Wilson in .a personal address to the Senate. -For" the first time in more than hundred years a President of the United States appeared in the Senate chamber la discuss the Nation's foreign relations after the manner of Washington, 1 Adams and Madison. The effect was to leave Congress, all official Quarters and the foreign diplomats amazed and be wildered. Immediately there arose a sharp division of opinion over the pro priety, as well as the substance, of the President's proposal. Opinion Sharply Divided. "Startling!" "Staggering!" "Astound ing!". "The noblest utterance that has fallen from human lips since the Dec laration of Independence," were among the expressions of 'Senators. The Presi dent himself, after his address. Bald: "I have said what everybody has been longing for, but has thought impossi ble. Now it appears to be possible." The chief points of the President's address were: That a lasting peace in Europe can not be a peace of victory for either side. Concert of Power Required. That peace must be followed by a definite concert of power to assure the world that ho catastrophe of war shall overwhelm It again. That In such a "concert of power the Veteran New Jersey Editor and Re-1 publican Organizer Parses at 91. General Grant's Cousin Dead. NEW YORK. Jan. 22. In her 106th year Airs. Alice Bennett, the oldest woman In Brooklyn, died here today after the first illness of her life serious enough, according to her relatives, to keep her In bed. Seven great-grand children are among those who survive her. She had lived "60 years in one house. She never wore glasses. MORRISTOWN. N. J.. Jan. 22. Alan. son A. Vance, veteran New - Jersey newspaper editor, and one of the 14 men who organised the Republican state party In New Jersey In 1856, died at bis home here today. He was 91 years old, and for 43 years previous to 1895. when he retired, was publisher of the Jerseyman, of Morris town. MACON, Mo, Jan. 22. Mrs. Louisa Boggs, 92 years old, died here today. Mrs. Boggs was a cousin of U. S. Grant, and had charge of Grant's three chil dren in St. Louis while the General was commanding the Union armies in the Civil War. Prior to the war Mrs. Boggs' hus band was Grant's partner in the real estate business in Rt. Louis. Peace Movement About to Come to End. MUCH OPPOSITION FORECAST- Antagonism to Change of Pol icy Is Expected. GREAT STRUGGLE BEGUN Administration Planning Wide Cam paign to Convert Home Opinion. Both Sides Abroad Likely to Show Hostility. WASHINGTON." Jan. 22. The address which President Wilson today de livered before the Senate was sent to Backwater Covers Northern Pacific - Leading- to City and 23 Be low Zero Day Follows." BUTTE. Mont.. Jan. 22. By a mile of ice in the meadows between Logan and Three Forks, Butte is cut off from all through traffic on the Northern Pacific Railroad as result of the cold weather freezing the overflow from the ice lammed la the Madison River,' through which the passenger trains had" been running for two days. For nearly a square mile the low lands just west of Logan are covered with Madison River water backed up by ice Jams, and for two days trains were run through water which covered the tracks. Sunday night the tempera ture dropped to 23 below zero at Logan and the overflow froze solid,- stopping traffic Railroad officials who examined the Ice-covered track could offer no imme diate solution of the trouble' and It may be several days before the tracks are in condition to permit travel. $1000 IS ASKED FOR DOG American diplomats In the belligerent Policeman and Surety Company Are Sued for Death of Pet. . ASTORIA. . Or., Jan. 22. (Special.) Damages of $1000 for the death of dog are asked by H. S. Gllnett. in a suit In the Circuit Court today against Vincent F. Bakotlch and the National Surety Company. The complaint avers that Bakotlch is an Astoria policeman carrying a $500 surety bond. On December 24 of last year says the United States received the note from Minister Balfour, of the British Foreign Office, supplementing the en tente reply to his peace note, and on the same day that German Foreign Minister Zlmmermann declared it was Impossible for the central powers openly to lay down their terms. The President's address was intend ed as an open messago to the world of the conditions under which he would urge the United States to enter a world federation, to guarantee future peace. Russian spaniel dog belonging to the plaintiff and valued at $1000. Judgment In the sum of $500 is asked against Bakotlch and the Surety Com pany and a separate judgment for a similar amount is asked against Bako tlch personally. United States cannot withhold ltd par ticipation to guarantee peace and jus tice throughout the world. That before a neace - is mads the I Mexicans. United States Government should frankly formulate the. conditions upon which It would feel justified' in asking the American people for their formal and solemn adherence. "It is clear to every man who thinks," the President told the Senate,, "that there is In this promise no breach In either our traditions or our policy as a Nation, but a fulfillment rather of all that we have professed or striven for. Monroe Doctrine Made World-Wide. "I am proposing, as It were, that the nations should with one accord adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the world; that no nation should seek to extend its policy over any other nation or people, but that every people should be left free to de termine its own policy, its own way of development, unhindered, unthreatened. unfrald. the little along with the. great and powerful. i 'I am proposing that all nations henceforth avoid entangling alliances which would draw them 'nto cornpetl tlons of power, catch them in a net of intrigue and selfish rivalry and disturb their own affairs with influence In truded from without. .There is no en tangling alliance in a" concert of power. When all unite to act in the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in the common Interest, and are free to live their' own lives under a common protection. ' . V Smaller Arnimenti ProposcJ. "I am proposing government by the consent of the governed, that freedom of the seas, which In international con ference after conference representa1- tlves of the United States have urged with the eloquence of those who are the convinced disciples of liberty, and that moderation of armaments which makes of armies and navies a power for order merely, not an instrument of aggression or of selfish violence. -"Thfcsa are American rjrinelnles. American policies. ' We could stand for no others. And they also are the prin ciples and policies of forward-looking men; and women everywhere of every modern nation, of ' every enlightened community. They are the principles of mankind and must prevail."' - While the President was speaking. copies of his address had been forward ed to American "diplomats In all the bel ligerent countries for the information of the Foreign Offices and were being prepared for representatives of neutral governments here. Jarller Pence Hoped For. Back of the fundamental proposal for some 60rt of international sanction for preservation of the future peace of the world, now already accepted in princl pie by both sets of belligerents in their replies to President Wilson's peace note, lies the possibility which the President today openly expressed that - thereby may be laid . the groundwork upon which an approach may be made to an end of the present conflict. In public utterances the President has hitherto expressed the conviction that the complaint. Bakotlch shot and killed No' unt11 word had bcen received from me diplomats aoroaa mat tne copy oso been received did President Wilson ar range to make the address to the Sen ate. Response Is Expected, There is nothing in the address or in the Instructions accompanying its presentation that will of Itself necessi tate. an answer, accordinar to the Ad ArrfcAL IVIAUt rUn rmtS I O mtnl8tratlon vlew Dut 8on,e response nevertheless is expected from both State Department Asks Carranza to 1 groups of belligerents. Confidential in . I formation that tne entente reply to Bpare XWO Xrtves. President Wilson had convinced Ger manr that another step by her would WASHINGTON, Jan. 33. An appeal be unwise convinced the American of to General Carranza to spare the lives fic)als that unless the United States of two Roman Catholic priests arrested g.aVe a further opening the whole peace near .Mexico t-ity lasi wees, ana cnargea movement would come to an end. with Bedltion, has been made by the The addresssto the Senate was taken State Department. , I as a possible means of avoiding that The priests were to be tried today result. under an old law giving the court the Fear of a "leak" surrounded th right to impose tne death penalty sending of the address abroad with without appeal. One Is an archbishop. I Euch seCrecy " as has "seldom been Monsignor Francisco Orozco, of Guada- equalled In the State Department. Only lajara, ana tne otner is aisnop Miguel president Wilson. Secretary Lansing de la Mora, of Zacatecas. Both are -nd the men who transmitted it are COUGAR-VISITS HOOD RIVER Girl Faints When Faced by Animal Leaving Tracks 5 Inches Wide. HOOD RIVER, Or, Jan. 22. (Spe cial.) Residents of the heights sec tion along Indian Creek were thrown into a panic last night, when a full' grown cougar invaded the town. Ap pearing In the back yard, the cries of the huge beast frightened Miss Margie Jennlson so baJ4y that she fainted. A posse of men with dogs took the trail this morning, but were unable to round up the big cat. the tracks of which were five Inches across. LABOR FOR DAYLIGHT BILL Gompers "and His Executive mi t tec Approve Plan. Com Measure to v Return Without Emergency. VOTE IS EXPECTED TOMORROW Pullman Declares University Blocked on Courses. FIRST-AID BILL IS READY Clarke Senator Follows Governor's Suggestion With Blanket Primary Ballot Bill Lobbyists and . ' Schemes to Be Registered. NEW TORK. Jan. . The New York daylight-saving committee's plan to ad vance the clock one hour during the five months beginning May 1 has been ap proved by the American Federation of Labor through its president. Samuel Gompers, and Its executive committee. A bill to put the daylight-saving plan of the "committee Into effect now Is be fore Congress, and a convention to con sider it will be held here January 20 and 31. . FARMER FROZEN TO DEATH Blizzard in North Dakota, Followed by Sub-Zero Temperatures. ' MORE NORMALS PROPOSED Referendum Suggested to Provide for Other Sections of State. '. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or, Jan. 22. (Special.) Representative Sheldon, of Jackson County, is preparing a joint resolution submitting to the referen dum of the voters at the next general election a normal school plan for the entire state. The measure proposes to maintain the present school at Monmouth,, but to establish another at Ashland and third at some point in Eastern Oregon to be designated by the regents. A maintenance fund of one twenty-fifth of 1 mill is provided T or each school. (Coocluo.. OB Pm . Column 4.) known definitely to have been aware of it. . ' , Both French and British Ambassa dors denied any knowledge of its ex istence, even after it had been deliv- (Cocluded on Page 4. Column 3.) FARGO. N. Jan. resulted from the severe snow storm that swept North Dakota Sunday. John Smythe, a farmer of near Alfred, was found frozen to death in a sleigh which his team apparently had brought un guided to his door. Sub-zero temperatures followed in the wake of the storm today, James town reporting the lowest mark at 37 l-degrees below zero. OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. 22.w-SpeclaL) Backed by a favorable report of the committee on public morals, the anti- saloon league "bone-dry" bill will be returned to the House tomorrow with every prospect of finding a place on the House calendar for Wednesday morning. That it will carry by. a decisive ma jority is indicated In a House poll. partly completed tonight, wherein 52 members out of 97 expressed no objec tion to "the bilL Some sentiment de veloped In favor of attaching a refer endum clause, but it is believed the measure will pass the House without the clause on the theory that liquor Interests may refer it by petition if they so desire. Sennte Next Likely to Oppone. There Is more feeling In the Senate that the dry bill should be referred to the people, since the present antl-sa- 1 loon law was initiated, but. the prospect is that the same argument for letting liquor interests attend to this that appears to prevail In the House will finally prevail in the Senate. Pro ponents of the bill say no attempt will be made to attach an emergency clause, which would, bar the bone-dry bill from a referendum. If sustained. . , Supporters of the Washington- State College In Its fight with the State Uni versity over division of studies, claim 'tonight to have any further effort, to deprive the state college of courses effectually blocked. - To claims of ma jority strengfh in, the Senate they now add a similar claim for the House. That a fight, against increase of uni versity building requisitions' will be 22. One . death carried into the appropriation com mittees as a last resort. Is a wedge that is being used by state college sup porters. It is believed to be peculiarly effective this year because-of the uni versity's need, of more room.. In the meanwhile the university . is standing solidly on the survey commission re port. . - The House first aid amendment to the Invitations to Be Sent Through County for Convivial Function to Be Held February 1. PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 22. -(Special.) -Mayoress Laura Starcher and her coterie of women officials are to have an Inaugural ball at Umatilla. The little Umatilla County town is to be the scene of the biggest social event of her history in years on February. Now that they have set the tongues of the entire, country a-wagglng by electing an entire women's administra tion they are bound that not only their administration affairs be carried out In a strict businesslike fashion but that Umatilla's - social activities shall be absolutely up-to-the-minute. Invitations to surrounding towns will be sent out and the spirit of good fellowship rather than formality, as the feminine council would suggest, will be the keynote of the affair. A Pendleton orchestra will be hired for the oc casion. Mayoress Starcher may possibly not be present at the ball, as she Is leav ing this week for a sojourn In Cali fornia with relatives of her husband. E. E. Starcher. She goes for the pur pose of benefiting her health. It Is thought that her illness has been caused somewhat by overwork In con nection with the recent election cam paign and administrative affairs. Mrs. Starcher, however, hopes to return in time to take her proper place in the receiving line. Measure Is Carried by 26 to 2. CONFERENCES END DISPUTE Clackamas Chairmen Launch Merger Programme. MOST DEMOCRATS SUPPORT, STOCKMEN MAKE PROTEST i Eastern Oregonians Want Grazing Area Left Out of Park. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 22. All members of the Oregon Congressional delegation today received protests from the Eastern Oregon Stockmen's Association ' of Wasco County against the creation of a Mount Hood National Park which will Include the grazing areas on the east slope of tl e mountain. .There Is no indication that Senator Chamberlain will try to get action this session on his Mount Hood Park MIL WHEAT SHIPPED TO MAINE Three Cars of Grain Sent From Boyd. Or., to Portland Me. ; DUFUR. Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.) Central Oregon today made Its first transcontinental shipment of grain when three cars filled with wheat were tarted from Boyd, Or, to Portland, Me. Today's was the first shipment of the season to the Easf and was the first in the history of this section to Maine. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) THIS WOULD BE GOING SOME. LONDON INQUEST BEGINS Mayor Says 1000 Homeless Explo sion Victims Are Cared For. ' I LONDON, Jan. 22. The inquest over the victims of last Friday night's ex plosion was opened today in East Lon don, formal evidence being given. The Mayor of the borough testified that homeless persons numbering 1000 now had been provided with temporary shel ter, and that everything was being done to relieve distress. A representative of the Ministry of Munitions announced that all proper claims for injury vr damage would, Je met by the Ministry. .' STRANGE VESSEL APPEARS t- Craft Supposed to Be German Sub marine Anchors at New London. - NEW . LONDON". Conn.. Jan. 23. A strange vessel, reported in marine cir- fcles to be a German submarine, an chored in the outer hssrbor several miles from shore shortly after 3 o'clock this morning. Efforts to obtain verifl cation from officials of the Eastern Forwarding Company were unavailing. It is known, however, that a launch from the 'North "German Lloyd . liner Willehad has ben. cruising at the en trance of the harbor during the night. WICKERSHAM SURE VICTOR Bristol Bay Election Returns Give Candidate Plurality of 3 4 Votes SEWARD, Alaska, Jan. 22. The Bris tol Bay election returns, opened to day at Valdez. were favorable for James Wickersham. independent Republican candidate for re-election as delegate to Congress, and. adding the Bristol Bay totals to those already compiled at Juneau, gives Wickersham a plurality of 34 over Charles Sulzer, Democratic candidate. i i vvo- --j 7i? rru-jJi .r" w i x vr ttrr?A, -77-J I ,m M. It NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TE9TEBDArs Maximum temperature, 45 deg-reea? minimum, 38 degrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy; northwesterly winds. Legislature. bill to abolish Tax Board. Senate passes Paz 1- - Washington dry hill to be reported today. Pa.se 1. Ro&d legislation absorbs lawmakers. Pago a California liquor lobby la busy at Salem. Governor 'ithycombe says. Page 6. Idaho Legislature wants to know why Guardsmen die. Page A. Country press answers attack of Journal on advertising rate. .Page a Legislative sidelights. Page 6. Bone.dry law as- framed apparently satls- -flee public Page 7. War. Sinking of German raider and sighting of another reported. Page 4. -Mexico. Pershing -preparing for Immediate with drawal. Pago 2. National. Wilson urges that Nation enter Into league to enforce peace.- Page 1. Text of President's speech. Page 5. Supreme Court upholds bloe-sky lawa Page 4. President's speech .designed chiefly to keep peace issue alive. Pago 1. Editorial comment on Wilson's speech. Page 5. v T. Xomestle. . Woman, ion, d!es In first Illness.. Page 1. Conaul-General Bopp and aides sentenced to prlnon. fage a. Battery A shows increased proficiency. Page 3. Italian tenor wins court fight agalwst A trlan prima donna wife over their child. Pag 2. Ice on tracks enta Butte off from trans portation. Page 1. - Sport. Ed Mater says pennant race was "fixed.' Page 14. Six good boxing bout on programme for to- nlght s smoker. Page 15. Washington High School defeats Sermon Tech at basketball. Page 14. Fnelfle Northwest.' Labor Federation opens 14th annual eon ventlon at Salem. Page T. Mayoress of Umatilla to give Inaugural ball. Page i, - Commercial and Marine. Wheat market firmer, but country bids are not raised. Page 10. Fluctuations In wheat at Chicago due t President's address. Page 19. Stock market rallies after President' speech. Page 1ft. , Higher price ruling ' at . North Portland Stockyards. Page In. Entrance to Portland Harbor among safest of all, reports Captain Sneier. Pag 13. Portland nnd VletnHy. Anti-plrketlng rally held at Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Pag IX Plea made for fatherless youth of Prance. Pag a. J. Adams Puffer makes first address on vocational selection. Page 13. - " David S. Rose. ex-Mayor of M llwauke. say Portland aa trad opportunity In China. Jitney scale proposed - by union Is con1 demned. Pag 8. - T. W. c. A. campaign for funds continues. Page 13. . Investigation of promulgation of fir In- suranc rates urged. Pago 5. Chrla Kvmnc. famed desperado, to pass last days at County Farm. " Pag 16. Deatha of three in lodglnr-hous fire laid to ownes of place. Pag v. Weather report, data and forecast. Pag 1 Opera Mlgnon" pronounced artlatio uq fag 9. Differences Between Two Brauclica Are Adjusted and Second Con solidation BUI Is Expected to Appear Today. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.) With colors flying, the first consolidation measure of the ses sion went through the Senate today by a vote of 26 to 2. The measure was substituted Senate bill No. 18, introduced by the Senate committee on consolidation, of which Senator Dlmlck is chairman. It abol ishes the : State Tax Commission and confers its powers and duties on the Public Service Commission. The only Senators voting no were Pierce of Union and Wallowa, and Strayer of Baker, both Democrats. In the lively debate preceding the roll call, however. Republicans and " Democrats alike disclaimed that any. political issue was Involved.- Three Democrats Senators Garland. Baldwin and Wilbur Joined the Republican ma jority in voting for the consolidation. . Real Progress In Made. With the passage by so nearly a unanimous vote of this measure, a real beginning has been made In- the promised consolidation programme of the present Legislature. And that start has been made at the beginning of only the third week of the session. There still remain nearly four weeks in which to complete the programme for elimination of various boards and commissions, or . their consolidation with., others. But if no action had been taken today on substitute Senate bill No. 18. the consolidation outlook still would be brighter tonight than at any time this session. This Is due to the fact that Senator Dimick and Representative Brown ell. chairmen, respectively, of the Senate and. House consolidation committees, got together at the noon adjournment and agreed to hold Joint meetings C the two committees to co-operate in the preparation of efficient consolida tion measures. Bnbarranmnt la 1'naaed. The first of the joint meetings i to be held either tomorrow or Wednes day. The Senate committee desires to have the first meeting tomorrow, but Mr. Brownell prefers Wednesday and there is no disposition by the Senate committee to crowd the issue. The success of this conference be tween the Senate and House consoli dation leaders has disposed of an em barrassing situation, and has done so to the satisfaction of all concerned. Ever since the House turned down the original Dimick resolution tor a Joint consolidation committee from both houses, after the resolution had been adopted by the Senate, and ap pointed a separate committee of Its own. the subject has been a tender one on both sides. The Senators have felt Resentful of the apparent disposi tion of the House to play a lone hand, and members of the House havo been inclined to put up their backs at any thing savoring In the least of dictation from the Senate. Garland Move Tnbled. The result was to endanger the suc cess of tho whole consolidation pro gramme. But the atmosphere has now been cleared without loss of prestige by either -body. There seems to be every .prospect that the co-operation between the committees will be a real one and productive of results. Early today Senator Garland Intro duced a resolution that the consolida tion committees of the two houses en deavor to co-operate. The success of Senator Dlmick's conference with Rep resentative Brownell made a vote on It unnecessary when It came up as a special order of business this after noon, and it was tabled. In the meantime the Senate con solidation committee, at a brief meet ing follonvlng adjournment tonight, de cided to report out a second consolida tion bill In the morning. Another Merger Bill Dne. This bill will be a substitute for Senate bill 20. by Barrett, and Senate . bill 43, by Pierce. The fight for the passage of the con solidation committee measure to abol ish the State Tax Commission and con fer Its powers and duties on the Pub lic Service, Commission was led by Sen ator Pierce, who said the Tax Commis sion should not lose its Identity. . There was a preliminary skirmish over Senator aHawley's motion to re commit the bill to the committee, with a view to having it discussed by the joint Senate and House committee. Tlio motion was voted down heavily. "The committee checked over this bill most carefully and stands a unit behind it." explained Dimick. "To tho the people that, we mean business. In tend to carry out our promises for an efficient. buBiness-like consolidation of commissKions we should pass this bill. IcvMv'ibd on Paife 4. Colurau !.