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VOL. XI. NO. 42. CITY EDITION PORTLAND,. OREGON, SUNDAY ; MORNING, JANUARY 10, 4915. , t PRICE FIVE CENTS MSTERSOF DEEP BATTLE; EU 111 British Battle Cruiser Invin cible Sinks German Battle Cruiser, von der Tann Off : Pernarnbuco, Is Unharmed Herself, v 12-INCH DUNS TOO MUCH '"FOR GERMAN'S 11-INCH Von der Tann Was Sent From Helinoland to Rein- ' force Admiral von Spee; Irivincible's Guns Carried 111 -2 Miles Farther. (t nltfd Press Leased Wire. t Ko Dc Janlero, Jan. O. Reports reaching here tonight say that the German - battle cruiser von der Taiui, which wil recently reported as Jeaviug Heligoland to reinforce the! German squadron of Admiral Ton Spec, has been sunt with all on board In a battle with the Brit lh .battle cruiser Invincible. Ac cording to the latest report received here, the Invincible' was unhurt, and has reached port. The reports say that the battle took place off Pernarnbuco. ' j - The first, report reaching here said that both the Invincible and the von der Tann had been sunk In tho battle. Later, however, the Brazilian government received a re port by wireless, which said that ' the, von der Tann had sunk, and that the Invincible was still afloat. Whether there was any loss of life on board the British warship was -still unknown. All that hasi reached bore is wireless dlsnatch which ftells jpI,.tU batjieaud-thoj; govern ment Is Milkwithtrslr-details. The von der" Tann was one of the German- battle crulisera which was built t Hamburg In 1909. She wan 562 feet ion, fully ai-morea, witn a i &tam or 86 feet and a displacement or i,w tons. ? Iter speed at her trlaUs was 27 knots an hour. Her' .armahient was Krupp armor, a complete beljt ot about 13 feet wide, for tnree-rourtn or net entire length. She carried ,10 11-lnch (45 calibre) guns in pairs In turrets, ' on forward, two diagonally jamldBhips and two aft; 10 6-lnch gu its and 16 24 pounders. In addition there wets four torpedo tubes. The von der Tann carried a crew of 910 men. The Invincible was the first of her class to be laid down, her sister ships being the Inflexible and the lndom lnable. The British cruiser outranked 'tbe German In battery power, her main battery being made up ot eight 12-inch -(Concluded on I'sse Sis, Column Four) Anti-War; Meetings : Are Called in Berlin Br. X.iebknost and Br. David rrans : Vofcrlng- Address Meetings Attended ; by Sathaslastlo Workers, Bays Farla Paris, Jan. 9. Anti-war meetings of organised socialists are being held frequently in Berlin, according to the ' Ilumanlte. The principal speakers "have been Dr. Llebknecht and Dr. Da Tid Fran Mohrlng. The meetings have been attended by many enthusiastic workers, the reports state. 'Germans Leave Ostend. Amsterdam, Jan. 9. Tfie Sluis cor respondent of the Telegraf reports the German civilians are leaving Os tend as the allies I are within ten miles of tueirt, Used Horses, Anno 1736 a nd a Gray Kitten ' ' Here are; a few offers which may interest you. . Over one thousand others are published today in The Journal Want Ada. WArTTEP sCTSCTEITiraOTJa 5 "WANTED New or used horses. - animals or settees for BO foot amusement wheel,. State price and particulars," i BWAF OOJ.VMV as "WANT dentistry in exchange for painting, papering, tinting." ", "A PAINTKK. desirous of work. . may make arrangements to paint house as initial payment on lot, terms to suit on balance." ,' , ' i iff , "OLD violin for sale. 'Faclebat An tonlus Stradivarlus in Cremona Anno 1V36." t - .nL -LclT.?J-Fpy??-uli1,.18j -IST-Bmair gray kitten, near L. 15th and Belmont. Reward." jgCmAls-OE BTBAI. ESTATE 84 GOOD Income property to trade iwr u. v ruorn nousc; mate price -d locution in first letter." Th nntna nf lht1a..tftnntiA which it appears " today precedes tach of these Journal Want Ada. NEWS INDEX SECTION. OXE 10 PAGES . Fase. 1. .German CruUer Suck. ' : Germans Reoocupy Stefnfcaeh. ; Iutlatu Convenes Monday.1 Irrigation Congress Is Ended. Russian Grand Duke Slain. 1 , Trade Commluioner te Be Named. 2. McAdoo tlrces Merchant Marine.. Expert Review of tte War. ' Furious Battle Safins Aisne. Britain's iBeplr to Protest Received. 3. Opportunities ror Woolen Products. i. Irrigation Congress Resolutions, Federal Inquiry Into Wheat Prices. , New Public Market About Ready. Gresham Grange Meats Today. t. Columbia Hig-nway to Be Shown at Fair. - Former Portlander With " German . army,:' -' -- . Chances in Illinois Prison Urged. t 6. Liquor Amendir.ant Sought. Mis. Charles Gates to Wed. Folic Busy During; Tear, '. Lumbermen Diacnose Ills. 7. "Tommy Atkins" an Abl 3 .ri)wt Relief Bureau Aids " Needy. 8. Resume of West Administration. " .' CoU- Martin to Return to Regiment. Btott Opposes Carrying Firearms. -.4 ; Mazaoias Publication Creditable. J. Amo Bosch Sees Belgians in .Battle! TTse Of "Dumdums' Refuted. " - Vast Undeveloped Resouroea t in ', i , Country. , , 1012." News of the Northwest. "13. Th 'Journal's. Trade and Ciroulatioa . contest. -. : 14. Motner Moras of Children's Death, 'Girl Wins Honors at Soldier, - . Speakership Fight Is Keen. . 15. Half Century in White House' Service, Norwegians Trged to Visit . Portland. Ski Running on Mt.' Hood, -IS. Convict Turns Author. SECTION TWO- 16 PAGES Page. ' "; ' " '" " " ' l-o. - Sport News. ' ? . . 6-7-8. Automobile sad Geod Roads News. B. Marine. v . 10. Markets and Finance. 11-19. Want Ads. 11. Real Estate and Building News. SECTION THREE 10 PACES Page, ' ' " 1. Chuagoan Urges Tax Reform. X. In Stageland. 8. -Photo-pvay News. 4. Eoitorial. t. Town Topics. -Statesmen. Real and Near. 6. Mews from Foreign Capitals. 7. Illustrated .News Review. . . Rudyard Kipling Visits Canadian Troops in Camp. Facts About Far Places. 9, The Kinship of Language Fran Boas. End of War By September. Pre diction. . In Wake of Christmas Ship. 10. University and College News. . SECTION FOUR 10 PAGES Page. , . 1. Seattle Society Letter. 8-3-4-6. The Week in Society. 8. The . Realm of hiuaic. 7. Women's Club Mews. Parent-Teacher Affairs. Social Service Activities. 8. What WeU Dressed Women Will Wear Anne Rittsnhouse. A Matter of Clothes (short 'story) W. Werner. . . 9. What Every Woman' Wants te Know. 10. New York News Letter. San Francisco News Letter. . The ' Christmas Ship A Poem. ' SECTION FIVE EIGHT PAGES ! (Magazine.) Page. r 1. With Rod and Gun (Pioterial). 2. Dr. Eliot und Jacob Schiff Disease Ways to Peaoe. , 8. Maeterlinck Begs V, S. to Save Best of Belgium, -4-6. Photographs From the War Zone (Pic- S. New Rulers of Egypt. ' 7. Our btreec (Short Story) 'Charles 8. Smile. Smile, bmfle Lillian "Ru'sSbH: SECTION SIX FOUR PAGES (Comic) "Pa" Beats Cupid; Groom Seeks "Ma" New York, Jan. 9. Pa's strategy out- maneuvered Dan CuPid at the pier ot a steamship , company late today; the Bermuda-American liner Oceana, sailed for Bermuda 'with L. K. Pollard, wealthy Missourian and his daughter, a weeping bride, and old Kid. Romance and Clyde Oliver, university of Mis souri student, consoled each ether on the pier. . ' " ; , Oliver met Miss Pollard at the uni versity.. They eloped to Kansas City, were mtfrried, and then unguardedly let out the information that they would honeymoon in Bermuda." "Pa' Pollard was at the gangplank an hour before sailing time. There was considerable scene. Then "Pa" led his daughter aboard ship and dared his youthful son-in-law to ascend the gangplank. Oliver sidestepped. He said tonight he believes "Ma" Pollard, who is at West Plains, Mo., will take his side. IRRIGATIONISTS LAUNCH ft A ' V -:.:y- ;v ' u-J- '. x--.-. j Scene at Fourth Annual Oregon IRRIGATION MEtJ END CONGRESS, TAX IS FAVORED Decision to Ask' State. Aid Made by Delegates . After Resolution Committee . Had Failed to Reach Agreement! ' ' -r THOMSON REELECTED PRESIDENT. OF f BODY Resolution Opposing Anti- ; Railroad Legislation Is Adopted at Session. ':": e Officer of Oreg-on Irrlratlon e Consrrese for 1915. e President, t ASa B. Thomson, e Echo J Secretary, Fred N. Wallacis, Laidlaw. Vies presidents, J, W. Brewer, Portland; John Rigby, Vale; A. M. Crawford, Salem. The Oregon Irrigation congress closed yesterday evening Its . fourth and "largest annual session. It had been a pacific and harmoni ous congress until its last hours when. as If to race beyond all memory of differences to past congresses, it ended with one grand, pyrotechnic climax of combative eloquence. The millage tax for irrigation upon which the irrigation congress at its morning meeting had taken positively approving position was the entire cause of the ruction. The delegates voted then en masse directing the resolutions committee, which itself had been in contentious, executive. session- for nearly 24 hours, to bring in a resolution asking the legislature to levy A " mlHi. tax (enough to pro duce: 1500,000 annually) with which to earrjr on Irrigation , In Oregon. A majority of the resolutions com mittee brought in the resolution as per orders but recommended that it not pass, Two members of the com mittee Q. Laurgaard and Frank Sloan -filed a; minority report favoring the tax. . ' j. ,fi ' The delegates)-,-w'b- -ij:Ticeftedvr thA first time. in Ortsrtn"lrrieratioiihl- tory "an Irrigation cengWsfstitTl'the4 lists with its , resolutions committee on all Important issue. The commit tee's disobedience was punished; the proposition to levy the half-mill tax was .carried with but a few scattering, negative votes. V , - J. II. Brewer, chairman of the. reso lutions committee, introduced C. C. Chapman as champion of the commit tee's position and Mr.. Chapman de clared that economy dictated adverse ly to a milage tax for irrigation. , J. T. Hinkle, a member .of the legis lature: and former secretary of .the congress, called upon Joseph K. Teal, chairman of the state conservation commission, to answer and Mr; Teal said it was a, false economy to reffaln from a tax no property owner would feel whn by levying it as much more could . assuredly be obtained from the federal government. M. J. Lee of Canby said the tax would be unpop ular and William Hanley declared It was a small way to go about a big business. Mr. Hinkle said .Willamette valley lumMer interests would support it because construction of Irrigation projects would furnish sadly needed market for lumber. , Porter J. Neff of Medford strongly stated that southetsn Oregon would approve the tax. N. G. Hedden spoke (Concluded 00 Pare Four. Column Two) Irrigation Congress. Joseph T. - - .. . ana seated at, ms ngnt nana TRADE COMMISSI 0 BE ACTUALLY TARIFF 1 If Either J, N, Teal or Gov ernor West Is Named for It Honor Will Be 'Great.: (Washlftrton Bnreno of The Journal.) Washington D. C, Jan. 9. Two of the men most prominently mentioned for place on the spon-to-be-named fed eral trade commission being former Governor West and J.'N. Teal, one fea ture of President Wilson's Indianap olis speech - has special significance for1 the northwest." . This is his revela tion that the trade commission "Wilt' in reality be a tariff commission. !-'- - The one progressive step Kepubn- cans have talked of In tariff matters will be rendered unnecessary, the pres ident's speech showed. - 1 The trade commission will have tre mendous powers. Many think it will be the most powerful executive' body In the government. i Representative Underwood Is given credit for so drafting the measure that Its imnortance was not grasped until the president chose to reveal li yes terday. The revelation was like a dash of cold water to capital Republicans. Talk' of "scientific revision' ceases t6 be political propaganda since Just such revision is beifigr provided, for the Sew commission, unlike that cre ated by Taft, is a permanent body. No person can gain an Inkling of whom the president is most seriously considering for membership on the board. He has made three lists and torn them up, he told newspapermen Tuesday. Why he Is so careful ;Js now understood. One thing seems certain. President Wilson- fs not allowing, geo graphical reasons to move him. very much,, believing the consequences of his appointments transcend any such considerations. 1 The announcement of the appoint ments Is expected one day next week. ON OMMSSION SHOWN NEW POLICY OF STATE AID AT Hinkle, of Umatilla county. Is leading is J. v. urewer, or irtiana, first SWARMING! WEST TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS IN THE JOURNAL The dally discussion of leg islative proceedings which Gov ernor Vest is to contribute " to The Journal after he retires from office next Tuesday, will interest deeply every citizen who is' striving in the cause of , bet ter government. Governor west's articles will be essentially constructive in purpose. The knowledge and experience which he has gained as state land agent, as railroad commissioner, and as the state's chief, executive have given- him unusual equipment for the-' dis cussion of the many important subjects which are' to come? be; fore the' legislature. tinseifkil devoUonu to theinter5t&t;4J44i(dxtnce of Aserbaijan, Kurdistan, In people has markea . -uswaia West's public careei,. The same purpose of serving; the peo pie will - be the keynote of the articles which he is to write for The Journal. Germans Announce Mercier Is Quelled Official' Statement Bays Belgian Car- dinal Admits Conner Xetter Should Be XUcalled, Writes Substitute. Berlin, Via Wireless, Jan. 9. An of ficial statement issued tonight an nounces that Cardinal Mercier gave the governor general of Belgium both written and verbal assurances that he intended in a pastoral letter to calm the populace of Belgium, and to exhort thenv witbjout hurting their patriotic feelings, to submit Jto the German authorities. The cardinal agreed that his recent pastoral letter should not be circulated. the delegates' discussion of "Irrigation Law,1 vice-president I3otn were re-elected RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER, RELATIVE OF CZAR, WAR VICTIM Married Emperor's Sister and Was Very Influential; Vis ited in Lt, S. in 1913, (By tbe International News Service.) Berlin, Jant S, via wireless to Say vllle, The Imperial press- bureau makes tbe folowing announcement: ,; "An official statement -from Con stantinople ' says Grand Duke Alexaa eV.i3Ileireelovitch, brother-in-law of thA, Ctok was killed In the flo-htina- at. 'iilandab (Merhemetabad) in the i Persia," Grand Duke Alexander was not only a brother-tn-law of the czar of Rus sia, but he was also a second cousin. He visited America in the fall of 1913 and was a guest of Mrs. , John Astor at Beechwood, Newport. His mission at the time to this country was a secret one, according to reports at the time and had to do, with the placing of a large order for a rapid fire, air-cooled automatic aeroplane ri fle for the Russian government. Before the war he was 'mentioned as the probable commander-in-chief of the Muscovite forces though his bent was navaL - There was none who enjoyed such a great amount of Influence over the Russian emperor as .this energetic and progressive scion of the house of Jto manoff. He was a determined cham pion of peace and ! his advocacy of peace plans is believed to have influ enced the czar to appoint Grand Duke Nicholas to command his forces In preference to Alexander. He was 44 years old. He was the fourth son of Grand Duke Michael and grandson of Nicholas I. His mother was tbe Princess of 'Baden. The grand duke was tall, dark, with ( Concluded on Psf e Seven. Column Three) SESSION JUST and President Asa B. yesterday for the ensuing year, 281 H SESSION DF LEGISLATURE OPENS MONDAY Senate's Meeting Tomorrow Bids Fair to Be Dry and Decorous; Not So With House, However. EATON-SELLING FIGHT MUST BE DISPOSED OF Selection of Temporary Of ficers "and Credential Com mittee First Work. Organization of the twenty-eighth legislative assembly of the state of Oregon 'will begin tomorrow morning on the stroke of 10. In the senate, prospects are for a dry and decorous day, with all the usual exchanges of courtesies and harmony In general. In the house, however, the. setting- afoot of portentous legislation ' may hang awhile until the Eaton-Selling fight over the speakership, is out of the way. The last session began at 10 a. m January 13, 1913. Because be was the clean of the upper house, Milton A, Miller called the unorganized senate together and the first thing he did was to open nominations for tempor ary president. There was only one nomination that of Senator Calkins of Lane county and he was elected He then took the chair and opened nominations for temporary clerk. John P. Hunt of Marion county was chosen. The same procedure will be taken tomorrow. Just who is the dean of thin' senate Is a trifle in doubt, though it looks as If Senator W. D. Wood of Hillsboro is the man. The senators elect will confer on this procedure to night after they get to Baiem. Beport of Credentials Committee, "With the selection of a temporary nresident and temporary chief clerk. a committee on credentials will be ap pointed which shall secure from the secretary of the state the certificates of election of the various senators. A committee on permanent, organization and "nrocedure will then be named. which, will, report after the senate knows officially Just who are entitled to seats. While the two cpmmlttee are preparing , their reports, --rtu. -sen at will take a recess, . . Then will come the reports- of these committees and the swearing In of those senators,, whom the credentials committee finds eligible to place. At the 1913 session Chief Justice Thomas A. McBride . officiated, a committee having been appointed to tender hits the senate's oificiat invitation to per form that function. One Candidate for President. The organization committee will pre sent its suggestions for the permanent workings of tbe body, including elec tion of president,, chief clerk, assist ant chief clerk, calendar clerk, read lng clerk, sergeant-at-arms, mailing clerk and doorkeeper. Then will come the nominations for these officers and the election by roll call vote. There is but-one candidate for pres ident of the senate, W. Lair Thomp son, of Lake county. The , organization of the house cf representatives will be along similar lines. W. F. Prager, of Marion coun ty, chief clerk at the 1913 session,, will call the unorganized body to or der, an Invocation will be offered by one of the Salem pastors and the clerk will open nominations for a tempor ary speaker and temporary chief clerK. Usually there is no bickering over this temporary organization,: however bit- (Concluded on Psge Bftrni Column 1wi CLOSED Tlsomson, ' of : Echo, is presiding, UPIED Town in Alsace Which1 French Captured From Germans a Week Ago Is Retaken, French Retreating, With Losses to Thann. ALSATIAN CAMPAIGN IS PREOCCUPYING PARIS Germans Being ; Heavily Re- miorcea in v Alsace and French Admit .; Loss of Burnhaupt-le-haut, Owing to Being Outnumbered. (By the International News Servle. Berlin, via Wireless to Sayrillc. Jan. 9 -It is .announced by the Imperial Press llureau ; that a dls patch received from Basel Switzer land, states that the Germans have again fully occupied Steinbach, th French retreating, - with heavy losses, to Thann. Steinbach is eight miles, west of Muelhausen, in Alsace. It was oc cupied by the French a week ago after a terrific bombardment and severe hand-toUand fighting In the streets. Thann is the French base three miles west of Steinbach. CONTROL OF ALSACE " IS PLUM FOUGHT FpR BY ARMY UNDER PAU -... :M - By, : William Philip 81ms. Llnited Press Staff Correspondent.? Paris. Jan. 9-Not sine the Qer mans were aporoachinr Puri tim h : 'wf4AjsHaUpen so Interested s tfwas to" njgni. -Tne reason was the straggle for the "lost provinces, where Gen eral Paul Pau, one-armed hero of the present '.war, is contesting for control of upper Alsace and the "gateway to ; the Rhine." , - The Alsace campaign is rfBidJy s suming the greatest importance In' the eyes of the IFVenchi - Excluding ths deep sentiment that is felt in its canV paign It is admitted that success there will quickly advance the clearing, of Germans out of France and Belgium It Is because of this 'knowledge that General Joffre, the French chief, has given General Pau all of the men he can use. ;The armies heretofore held in reserve, at Nancy, Toul and Belfort, are in action. It is winter campaign ing with a vengeance. The wooded hills and valleys of Alsace and the great stretches of forest are filled with snow. But through It all the troops are pushing ahead literally a foot at a time, with Mulhausen and Altkirch the first objectives and a (Concluded on Tags Six, Colotno roor) GreatAuditorium : a Opens in Bay City) Exposition Clvio Center Btroetnre, Costing gaoo.ooo, Dedicated with a Tuhlio axasked. IaU lut Kignt. San FVancisco, Cal., Jan. . San. Francisco's magnificent exDositlorr civic center auditorium, built at a Lcost of nearly 2,000,000, was formal' ly dedicated tonight with a publlo : ball en masque, in which 20,000 " per sons participated. The auditorium waC Duiit oy the exposition company orf city land, under agreement that It be turned over to the city at ' the eon iusioa-f-. the Panama Pacffio Inter national exposition. Tbe dedication program, in addition to costume danc ing, consisted of an elaborate musical program and addresses by exposition and city officials. The scores of conventions scheduled .for San Fran elsco during 115 wilt be held in the' building. Christmas Gifts ; Arrive at Berlin1 Six Carloads of Presents front Amer ican Children Xeaoh Berlin, Are to Be Gives to Zlttle Orpaans. ' " ; Berlin, : Jan., 9. (Via wireless) i ' Six railroad cars . containing S3.000 kilograms of Christmas presents for' German children of soldiers in action. have arrived here. The authorities express their thanks for the klndnessv wbich prompted the gifts from the people of the United States. TURKS CLAIM A VICTORY Berlin. Jan. 9. Wireless - to SayW vllle. The Imperial Press Bureau to night published, the following official statement - received from Constantino ple. The Turks have occupied Kutour, In Aserbeidshan, east of Lake Van. The Russians have retreated to the northward."- ' ' . ; ' Eight Generals Wounded. Berlin, via, wireless. Jan. 9. Dis patches from Swiss sources declare -. that eight Russian generals were serl-; otisly wounded in the fighting at Low-; les and Loda. , t