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Section One Pages 1 to 16 74 Pages rv. Six Sections 4 sS5' .. ttat cnvn A V irnRTPr. FKRRTTARY 7. 1915. IMIICE FIVE CENTS. . vn f- . rUKItiilii UJVijuuii, I 4 I i BRITON FLIES OLD American Flag Used in Irish Sea. . VOYAGE MADE FULL SPEED Passengers Tell of Lusitania's Ruse to Avoid Foe. CAPTAIN JUSTIFIES ACT Washington Stato .Department Ex amines Laws and Precedents, Finding That Misuse or Stars I- and Stripes Is Not Illegal. LONDON". Feb. 6. The British teamer Lusitania, of the Conard line, -which sailed from New York January SO and arrived at Liverpool today, flew the American flag from the time she passed Queenstown until she entered the Mersey. This 1 vouched for by .American passengers who crossed on her. According to a statement by Will Jrwin. an American writer, the Lusi-t.-inia carried the regulation large American flag at her stern, -with a small American flag and mail pennant at the forepeak. Fact Accepted by All On Board. Ex-United States Senator Young, an other passenger, while he did not per sonally see the flag flying, said it was accepted as a fact by all on board. The Lusitania received a wireless message from the Baltic, of the White Star line, that two submarines had "been sighted from that vessel. The captain of the Lusitania, in reply to a question of one of the passengers, declared that he had a right to fly the Jlag of a neutral country for the pro tection of neutral passengers and mails which his ship was carrying. Yoyajce Made Full Speed. After being delayed by heavy storms, which raised seas deck-high and in jured 11 passengers, the Lusitania ar rived off Queenstown late yesterday, the cruised oft the Irish port for two hours, and without picking up a pilot, as Is usually done, proceeded for Liver pool at full speed, arriving at the Mersey channel at daybreak, with the Stars and Stripes still flying. The British merchant shipping act passed in 1S94 contains the following paragraph: 'If a person uses the British flag and assumes the British national char acter on board a ship owned in whole or in part by persons unqualified to own a British ship, for the purpose of making the ship appear to be British, the ship shall be subject to forfeiture under this act, unless the assumption has been made "for the purpose of es caping capture by the enemy or by a foreign ship of war in the exercise of some belligerent right." MAC'S MISUSE NOT FORBIDDEN Mate Department Kinds Ruling by Secretary Evarts in 1879. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Federal of ficials examined United States statutes tonight, following the report from l.omlon that the Lusitania went into -port flying the American flag, to see what provisions are set down for such rases. They found that there is no law prohibiting the misuse of the American flag by foreign vessels, though the Department of State has in the past ordered its Consuls always to (Concluded on Page 5.) GLORY I N WAR ZONE CGEE I Got AfOrt&Y S -A OfZUCr NOTE WRITTEN ON WARLIKE PAPER CHINESE BKAW SINISTER CON CLUSION FROM WATERMARK. Warship and Cannon in Under ground of Japanese Demands lor New Leases, More Open Ports. PEKIN. Feb. 7. A newspaper article by Liang Chi-Chiao, ex-Minister oi in th r-hinese cabinet, emphasizes the statement that the paper on which the Japanese demands upon Liima written is watermarked with warships anH cannon It is said from a source which is nnnsir.H reiiahiA that the outline of the Japanese demands, which appeared in the Tokio newspaper. Asani snim Dun, in a special edition, which was promptly suppressed. Is correct. Re garding these demands, the Asalii Shimbun said: "Japan asks China to solve the Man churian and Mongolian questions by of the lease of the Port Arthur, Darien & Scuth Manchuria Raiiwav zone to 99 vears. and by grant ing to Japanese the right of residence and land ownership in Mongolia and Manchuria, and to solve the Shan-Tung question by transferring to Japan the concessions hitherto held by Germany. Japan also asks for the opening of ira-rwti-tant cities through the country as treaty ports and the opening of various rivers to foreign navigation. She asks also railway concessions. Japan declared her sphere of influ ence over Inner Mongolia three years ntrn thrrcbv offsetting the Russian recognition of the autonomy of Outer Mongolia. Chinese of high oinciai ranK HMcired that the Japanese demands in cluded a participation in the policing and general administration or the country- and concessions conflicting with those of other nations. Including Great Britain. RUSSIANS CHANGE TACTICS Night Attacks in Carpathians New Order In Fighting. VENICE, via London. Feb. 6. A tel egram from Budapest says that the Russians appear to have changed their tactics. Contrary to their usual cus tom, they are now making night at tacks, it is said. They made three desperate attempts one night to force the Austro-Hun-garian front and break through Dukla Pass in the Carpathians. The Russians have collected large forces there with the object of panalya iitr the Austrian offensive. Severe fighting is in progress, but the opera tions are Impeded Dy snow. ISLAND TO BE THEATER Pjthians Will Produce Play Willi Crater Lake Scenic Surrounding. ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Dn the Island In Crater Lake this Sum mer "The Lesson of Friendship." based on the story of Damon and Pythias, will be presented by members of the order of Knights of Pythias. Th Mndford lodge will be the hosts and the lodges of Grants Pass, Ashland and Klamath Falls are planning to at tend. Many officers of the Grand tjxrisro of Oresron are expected, with scores of members from various parts of the state. NEW MONOPOLIES FAVORED Russian Control of Matches, Tea, Oil, Tobacco and Insurance in Sight. pETnnr.RAD. via London. Feb. 6. The ways and means committee of the Duma unanimously recommended toaay that the government declare a monop oly on tea. tobacco, oil, matches and insurance of all kinds. The recommendation virtually assures the passage of the bill by the Duma, it is said. Ashland Dogcatcher Disappears. ASHLAND. Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Bill Cook, municipal dogcatcher, has disappeared, fook U about 25 years old and slightly deaf. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS -Tl OA W" ii yeas -iTxw rrretrj- it v a .cpn ioziaw i - n. vrovww i i i i - . WHEAT PRICE IS DOUBLED BL1R Traded Say Farmers Have Reaped Profit. WINNINGS WIDELY DIVIDED Quotation 87 Cents in July, Recently Around $1.70. MANY ARE WAITING FOR $2 Growers as Well as Speculators Op timistic, but See Possibility of Drop if Allies Should Open Passage of Dardanelles. CHICAGO, Feb. 6. (Special.) In the six months since the war began the price of wheat has about doubled on the Chicago Board of Trade. The nw point for cash grain last Summer was around 87 cents. In the last week the prije has varied between J1.55 and $1.70. Not all the wheat has brought the top price. Millions of bushels were shipped to Europe months ago, more millions were ground into flour, and that process has gone steadily on while the price of the grain has moved up ward. Many Have Been Enriched. Still there are many millions of bush els left and wheat in the bin today is worth almost twice what it was six months ago. The rise from 87 cents has enriched a great many. Who has made all the money? The best informed men at the Board of Trade say the American farmer has reaped the richest profit. Some of the farmers assert that the "gamblers at the Board of Trade" have benefited most and there are wild stories afloat about the fabulous winnings of a lot of Wall-street speculators who have been active in the Chicago market. Traders "frightened Out. - It is true that both Wall street and tbe Board of Trade have made money out of the rise in the price of wheat In the aggregate the farmer's profits are believed to have far outrun all that the speculators have made. For the farmers have lost nothing by the ad vance and many a speculator has. Some of the biggest traders were frightened from the market before the wheat passed $1.60 a bushel and they failed to get the real cream of the rise. James A. Patten says he has had no wheat since the price left $1.40, but he had a lot before it got there and his profits have been estimated from $250, 000 to $1,000,000. Armour's Fronts Large. J. Ogden Armour has been a bull on wheat since the war began. Estimates of his proflts are futile, but when he trades it is usually on the large scale his enormous wealth makes possible. C w". Partrige, brother of the cele wrtaA "jr. in renorted to have cleaned up $250,000 before wheat reached $1.50. Around the Board are many men who have won from $50,000 to $150,000. and numerous small fry are reported to have picked up from $20,000 to $50,000. Advance has brought the usual stories of "pikers" running "shoestrings" up to $20,000 and $25,000. Wall Street In Market Early. Wall street got into the market early, and, being closer to the export buyers than Chicago, has been consistently bullish. Foreign speculators are believed to have made large . winnings also, but their deals, like those of the Wall-street crowd, have been handled over private (Concluded on Pape 2.) ONCE AGAIN CARTOONS SOME OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN THE NEWS OF A LIVELY WEEK. " - . , nssnnBssnnnnnnasfcssnBnnnnnnnsnnnsansani m??!! 9 7 I I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 52 degreea; minimum, -42.6 degrees. TODAY'S Probably occasional rain; south east wind. War. Old culture burled in ruins of Dixmude, still under incessant fire of heavy suns. Section 1. page 1. British liner Lusitania files American flag while crossing Irish Sea at full speed. Section 1, page 1. German governor of Belgium admits people live in hope of liberation. Section 1, page U. Petrograd believes Germans and Austrlans have inaugurated tremendous offensive movement in Poland. Section 1, page 0. Germans Issue official statement Justifying anion in declaring war zone. Section 1. page 5. Mexico. . Carrania's effort to remove capital to Vera Cruz causes anxiety in Washington. Sec tion 1, page o.. Legislatures. House has disposed of three big Issues and has four on calendar for tins week. Sec tion 1. page 1. Oregon legislators pass 30 acts In 27 days. Section 1, page 1. ' Appropriation bills pending, including those approved by Joint committee, amount to -.:i.0(tt,Su4 Section 1, page 10. Wets undaunted by passage of prohibition bill in house. Section 1, page 10. Wets plan tax on liquor to pay for special Washington election. Section I. page 11. Senate to have busy week in considering im portant measures. Section 1, page 11. Idaho House passes $800,000 appropriation bill for state schools. Section 1, page . Foreign. Japanese note to China written on paper water-marked with warships and cannen. Section L. page 1. "National. Plan agreed on to extend clearing-house functions of. reserve banks. Section 1. Page 2. fnique international question involved in Vnlted States' aid to wrecked Japanese cruiser. Section 1, page 2. German war zone proclamation makes I ex ception of route north of Shetland Islands. Section 1, page 5. Domestic. Price of wheat doubled by war: farmers chief gainers. Section 1. page 1. Pacific Northwest. Solution of civic and rural problems sought at conference. Section 1, page 9. raclfic University students start new semes- ter-activities. Section 1. page 8. Answers to eight "posers" asked of tjnlver- slty of Oreegon law students, bection l, page . Boise grand Jury returns 28 indictments. Section 1, page 8. Governor greets editors of Willamette Val ley at Agricultural College. Section 1. page 2. sports. Pat Eastley sold to Salt Lake City. Section 2, page 1. Hockey war ends in complete victory for Coast League. Section 2, page 2. Hayward seeking four quarter miles to rep recent Oregon in Pennsylvania games. Section 2, page 2. Stewart gives Aggies chance In thousand so win title. Section 2. page D. Hope of boxers for Mecca in New Orleans wilts. Section 2, page 5. Oregon team now is on way to Moscow to play Idaho. Section 2, page 3. Leonard Myers to carry motorboat's club ap peal on Astoria faces. Section 2, page 4. imperial Amateur' Club lifts ban on to--. -baccc--for tomorrow's smoker. Section 2, page 5. Hockey Is game of speed and courage, says manager of Uncle Sams. Section j.age 2. Golfers from two Portland clubs plan days sport at Gearhart. Section 2, page 4. Football rules concerning forward pass changed. Section 1, page 5. Automobiles and ltoadsl Support of Portland auto dealers won for Yellowstone Trail. Section 4, page 6. Automobile tiro prices are cut 25 per cent. Section 4. page 6. Samuel Hill gives out Interesting data for benefit of autolst who would visit Fair in car. Section 4, page 6. Commercial and Marine. Unusual advance In wheat and heavy barley selling in local market. Section 2, page Id. Chicago wheat lower because of uncertain export situation. Section 2. page 13. Fewer than 100 lives lost in 1914 marine disasters along pacific Coast. Section 2, page 6. Honolulan makes fast voyage between coasts and carries record cargo for flag. Section 2, page 6. Beal Kstate and Building. New buildings costing $1,000,000 to rise. Sec- P.ealty transfers indicate market activity. Section 4. page a. Superstructure of new Meier Sc. Frank build ing now complete. Section 4, page 8. rortlana and Vicinity. Portland hearing by frultmen shows all are for co-operation. Section 2, page 16. Schools and societies prepare to honor anniversary of Lincoln's birth, February 12. Section 2, page 16. City beautiful committee offers 31.000 rose tiushes at cost. Section 1, page 14. Mrs. l.-jella Sauers bound over on kidnaping charge. Section 1. page 15. Annual report is made on Associated Char- ilies. Section 1, pago 13. Mr. Dieck wants authority to hire good men and discharge poor ones. Section 1, pa-;e 12. City Auditor to ask removal of Precinct 37 election officials. Section 1. page 13. Ordinance -revived by Mayor to make movies obey censors. Section 3. page 13. ' 1 OLD CULTURE LIES E City Under Incessant Hail of Shells. PEOPLE LIVE UNDERGROUND German Commandant Barri caded in Damaged Mansion. WAR CONDITIONS TERRIBLE Earth Trembles, Walls Crumble and Fall, and In Midst or All Quaint Clock Chimes: "Only Sub mit to Will of God." BERLIN. Jan 23. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) William Scheuermann, one of the best-known of the German war correspondents, has recently visited Dixmude, which has become famous through the heavy fighting around it in October and No vember, resulting finally in its cap ture by the Germans. He writes: "The enemy greets any and every movement along the road to Dixmude with a prodigious rapid fire. For more than a mile this road runs parallel to the French trenches, 400 yards dis tant. In order to present as unfavor able targets as possible we broke up our party into a long chain, with in tervals of some 20 paces between each two men. Often, too, when the rapid fire grew too hot we had to go forward by Jumping from one tree to the next, although these were not large and had been mostly shot oft by the artillery. They offered little protection, and, be sides, the numerous branches strewn in the road were a great hindrance to our progress. French Have Exact Aim. "Thus we approached Dixmude, until we Anally gathered In a bunch for a moment near the ruined railway sta t!on;for here was -the most dangerous point in our Journey. The crossing Is peculiarly exposed to the French fire. At their intrenchments the French have set up rifles exactly tried out and aimed for this bit of ground, and they Are these whenever any living thing shows itself here. We got across safely and soon had the protection of the ruined walls of the houses, "Dixmude presents a picture of de struction such as I had not regarded possible, notwithstanding all that I have seen in this war. No house here has escaped. The large market square is strewn with shells and in order to reach the point where the beautiful town hall and the parish church of St. Nicholas used to stand, one has to pick one's way among deep holes gouged into the pavement by the heavy shells. The church Is still to be recognized from an arch In the wall and a piece of the apse. Inside the debris lies as high as a man's head. Dixmude Grave of Culture. "Dixmude is dead, the grave of an old culture more touching than any city of the antique world unearthed after thousands of years, for here one sees everywhere mementos of men still liv ing, whose household goods are scat tered in the streets and whose most precious belongings, half-charred, are rotting away in the rain. "I got some idea of the loss from an examination of the archives which I discovered half-buried among the ruins of the town hail. Manuscripts on fine old hand-made paper and parchment reaching far back into the Middle Ages lay there, singed, torn and thrown topsy-turvy by exploding shells, being (Concluded on Page 7.) BURIED Saturday's War Moves NEUTRAL opinion of Germany's threat of a submarine blockade of the British Isles, together with possible action by the governments of the United States. Holland and the Scandinavian countries, is today com peting with the big battle In Central Poland . for first place in the public interest in England. The threat itself has not yet dis turbed the sea-borne trade of the coun try; steamers are running as usual, in surance rates remain as they were; shipowners declare that there will be no change in schedules. In fact the general belief in Iondon Is that Germany is not in a position to interfere to any great extent with ship, ping and the possibility of Germany be coming involved with neutral countries over this action looms large in British minds. What effect the action of the captain of the Lusitania in flying the Ameri can flag will have on .the question Is yet to be seen. The Lusitania crossed the Irish Sea, according to American passengers, with American flags at her stern and forepeak, but this fact rs not yet known to the English public Of the battle in Central Poland, little news has come through from either Petrograd, Vienna or Berlin. It is believed that the fighting con tinues and that it will be some days before a final decision la reached, if the Russian success in crossing the Bzura River is strongly supported and pushed it might lead to the shortening of this engagement. From all accounts the Germans flung great masses against the Russian lines and although they gained ground at some points, the assault did not succeed in breaking through the Russians, and the latter were able to take the offen sive in parts of' the field. With the tremendous concentration of artillery and rifle fire and bayonet work, the losses must have been great. One cor respondent at Petrograd places the Ger man loss at 30,000. In the Carpathians and in Bukowina hard fighting is also going on. The Russians, wilh a strong force, are making desperate efforts to drive the Austrians from Dukla and other passes, and although the snow lies deep in the mountains, the battles continue night and day. , Along the Western front, so far as official reports disclose, this has been one of the quietest days for weeks. The artillery, of course, has been busy, but, as if by mutual consent, the armies have refrained from infantry attacks. There has been no further fighting in Egypt, but statements from Turkish prisoners show that the Turks brought a great number of boats across the desert, drawn by oxen. They were somewhat surprised to find a strong force awaiting them, and were com pelled to surrender when troops got behind them and hemmed them in. In some cases the Turks were allowed to launch their boats before the Britl opened fire and sank them. Earl Grey, addressing a meeting yes terday said that War Secretary Kitch ener in August asked him to appeal to the miners of Northumberland for five new battalions. Instead, they raised 20 battalions. COLON'S COMPANY IS SAFE Cruiser Maryland Transferring Those on Board to Shore. OM BOARD U. S. S. SAN DIEGO. Feb. S, via radio to San Diego. All of the passengers and crew of the steamer Colon, which is aground Inside the breakers off Topolobampo, Mexico, will be saved. The cruiser Maryland and the gunboat Annapolis are standing by and transferring the passengers and crew from the grounded steamer to the Maryland and ashore. The Colon is fast In the sand and leaking badly. Passengers aboard the vessel bound for Topolobampo are be ing put ashore in small boats from the Maryland and Annapolis. Those bound elsewhere will remain aboard the Mary land and will be landed at Mazatlan. There is little prospect of floating the stranded vessel, as her captain. It. J. PaulBen, reported her in an unfavorable position. m THREE BIG ISSUES PASSED BY HOUSE Liquor, Compensation and Irrigation Out. FOUR IMPORTANT BILLS LEFT Appropriations, Game Laws, Roads and Taxation Next. SAVING PLANS HAVE FOES General Fund Act 1 O. K.'d and Sent lo Senate Ieonomy In Ho Kffcclrd Principally by Halting Improvements. STATE CAt'ITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. . (Special.) Three of the moat Impor tant Issues before the present Legisla ture were disposed of by the House this week. They are: Prohibition, work men's compensation and irrigation. Four Important Issues wltl be up for consideration next week. They are. Game laws, appropriations, roads and taxation. Prohibition legislation Is considered by many persons In and out of the Legislature as the most imporlant Item of all. Inasmuch as it affects every part of the slate and virtually every claaa of society. So far as the House Is concerned, It Is through with this sub ject. Tha average House mrmber Is satisfied with the bill parsed, drspltw the contentions of some that it Is not sufficiently drastic. Accident Prevention Aimed. The House also utte-cd Its last word on the subject of workmen's com pensation. Tho bill passed early In the week provides a series of amend ments to the present law, reclassifying the industries and graduating the rales in proportion to the risk. It also is intended to prevent accide.iti by offer ing rewards to employers who Install safety devices and providing punish ment for those who do not. The al most unanimous vote on this measure is taken to indicate thst tie House will not act favorably on the Bingham bill In the Senate, which la said t resemble the Michigan law and which would permit casualty companies t- compete with the state. The Michigan law was criticised severely on the floor of the House in the debate on the other measure. If the Senate does not concur in the measure sent over by the House it Is probable that no work men's compensation law will be en acted by this Legislature. Irrigation Kuad Falls. The House disposed of the Irrigation problems by rejecting the propoird appropriation of $450,000. There still remains before the ways snd means committee the bill to levy one-half mill for Irrigation purpose, fcut the decisive vote on the direct appropriation Indicates that this meas ure will not win the favor of the House. "We still have a lot of light left In us," aald Representative Hinkle. who is conducting the Irrigation campaign. A few minor concessions to the Irri gation interests were granted this week, however. Four Irrigation bills were passed. One gives irrigation dis tricts the right to sell surplus elec trical power, another makes state lands subject to Irrigation assessments, another gives Irrigation districts the power of municipalities for bondlns purposes and tho fourth empowers the state to buy approved Irrigation bonds. i;rsrnl Kunal Bill I'aaard. Another Important Mil passed by the t'oiicluld on Has JO.) 4 1