The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 17, 1915, Image 39

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Newspaper Page TextINTERESTING GLIMPSES OF PEOPLE AND PLACES THE WORLD AROUND SSfiBWl ? ihfLl -hi Vid-kh. kJ & ft. te? v-.v;r! All Principal Events Of Week Briefly Sketched for In .; formation of Busy Readers European War NOItWAY atated that owing to tta I' demands made Ibt preserving her neutrality, hc jcould not spare tny war vensels for fhe naval proces sion through the Panama canal. Bulgaria gave out allegedtext of an agreement whereby Germany fur nishes Turkey with arms, munitions, money and officers and agrees to give Turkey ona-f if th of the war Indem nity if the Qermans win, in exchange for aid of the Turkish soldiers. It Is further stated that should Ger many Jose she will introduce into the (peace treaty a clause providing for the integrity or xpe unoman empire." " Berlin denies' French, - charges that German soldiers arq .guilt oClnhuinaa acts In the present war. , , (, . " Japan and China are said to have reached "near the breaking point as re sult df Japan's resenting a note sent by China sayfng that the war sons In the Hhantung' peninsula bad been abol ished.; Fighting In Russian Poland was confined to the positions along the ltawka river where the Germans pei- ist in their efforts to drive a wedge through the Russian lines toward Warsaw. Elsewhere in the eastern theatre of war the armies have been hampered by bad weather and have been com pelled to confine their activities to long range artillery duels. -Near Bolimow, the Germans ars re ported to have lost heavily during the last rew days in an effort to force the Russian positions in the hills. In Gallcia there has been no fight ing or consequence, rne roads are completely blocked by snow-and it is Impossible to move artillery or heavy ' transport. Similar conditions prevail la ths Carpathian mountains. - . Grand Duke Nicholas, Russian com mander in chief; is sending large forces of infantry and cavalry Into . Bukovina. This. Is believed to indl cats, serious operations by Russians 1p Transylvania. The attempt of the Turks to resume the offensive in - the Caucasus has been blocked by heavy snows. It is now thought that further operations there, on a large scale will not be un dertaken before spring. Desplt bad weather, which makes It difficult to maintain an offensive, severs fighting continued in the vicin ity of Spur 132, a position running east and west of Soissons. ' The official statement issued by the war office in making this announce' m en t. admitted the French forces there had been compelled to yield some ground, but denied that any im portant positions had been relln quished. The Germans' have been .. heavily reinforced, imery auci xeaturea tne fighting dur ing the past 24 hours, with the ad Vantage J-esting with the French, ac cording to the statement. - From Berry-au-Bac to Soissons both sides srs maintaining a heavy artillery fire. The French claim to have dropped many shells on the German artillery positions and to have done much dam sge. ' Tns statement reports severe. can cnading from Rheims to the Ar gonnes. Dense fogs are hampering op erations in AUace and the - Vosges mountains. Kttore Patrizl, editor of the Dally New of Ban. Francisco, was notified that; the Turkish - government has granted ' the demands contained, iu the Italian ultimatum, including tho salute to the Italian flag and the re lease of the British consul at Hodeida. The abandonment of attempts by tbtf Russians to force a . crossing i of th Nida river was announced in an offi cial statement at Vienna. 'The Musco vites are reported to have sustained . 'heavy losses when Austrian artillery a raked their, advance column, f , Austrian penetrated the main Rus sian .lines, reached the residence of the commandant and succeeded in captur ing him and his bodyguard of six men. The Austrians then successfully re treated to their own lines. - -, , : The fighting In the Austrian theatre of war was confined , to operations .along the lower Nlda river. The Rus sians were repulsed attempting to foree a crossing. There was consid ' able cannonading st all points.; The Telegram at Amsterdam 1 an nounces that British aviators, have succeeded In dropping bombs on the German positions at - Antwerp. The damage done is not known, liowever. - Japanese torpedo boat-destroyers, are on - their way to ' aid the steamship Nile of the Peninsula . and Oriental' line, ,wh Icb. . Is - reported, -ashore -on-a reef in the Inland sea. Tne radiogram which brought the report did not carry any details. . The Inhabitants of Trieste are in a panic fearing bombardment of the city by the Franco-British fleet In the Ad riatic. Refugees from there arriving say there are indications that the allies plan to shell the city. The. senate adopted the Xodge reso lution calling upon the secretary of war to stats the amount of ammuni tion owned by the government at the beginning of the year. - ' General German successes along the western battle front, especially the capture of a series of French trenches at Pallinsburg, a suburb of La Basse, were announced in an official state ment Issued by the Berlin war office. Artillery duels continued nearNieu- port, where the French have suffered heavily as a result of the recent Ger man shell fire. The French offensive at La Boiselle and Touveron hill is de clared to hays been repulsed with heavy losses. in the vicinity or crony, the two main French positions have been taken,' the statement asserts, 1700 prisoners, four cannon and several ma chine guns having fallen into the German hands. The French attempted to recapture the ' ruined forts near St. Mihiel but were repulsed with heavy, losses. The Germans hold' the hills north and northwest of Nomeny. Extraordinary precautions are being taken, both at London and Paris, to guard against aerial raids by German Zeppelins operating from Belgium. The frequency of the airship at tacks on Dunkirk, one of the strongest ports of the allies in. their operations in France, has served to warn officials that the enemy is contemplating an at tempt to fly across the channel. The Germans have established a big Zeppelin and aeroplane base 'on tha outskirts of Ghent and are daily vis iting -Dunkirk and other towns near there, dropping bombs. A number of civilians are known to have been killed In this way, but the censorship is so rigid that it is impossible to get de tails.. The German base is completely equipped, all the hangars being pro tected from hostile bombs by nets. It is expected the long predicted Zeppe lin attack on England will start from this point. One hundred and fifty British sol diers were either killed or wounded when two battalions attempted to surprise a force of Turks near Karm The English were ambushed, the dis patch received here declared. 1 Unofficial dispatches, from Constan tinople also mentioned the landing of British troops from the cruiser Doris. at Sarlseki on the Syrian coast. Fresh troops are being rushed into the French trenches both east 1 and west of Rheims. and a strong- effort is being made to arive wedges into tho German lines and force the enemy to lift the siege of the cathedral city, This plan was decided on after the French had made vain efforts to carry the main positions of the enemy by frontaf attack. .The French com mander decided that the Germans were too strongly entrenched to dislodge by this method, v ' If the new method of attack should succeed, the French believe the enemy will be compelled to retire or else face the danger of an assault from the war. The entire contingent left on tho steamship Princess Adalaide for Van couver, whence they proceeded east over the Canadian Pacific railway. More than 250 British soldiers lea Victoria In a single day for active ser vice in the European war. These men ' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, " PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, " JANUARY c- 17, ' 1915. have been especially picked from the j Local overseas contingent to .reenf orce the Princess Patricia regiment now on the 'firing line. Confirmation of the French an nouncement of severe fighting at vari ous points along thef western - battle front, : but claims of success at the same points where the French claim victory were contained in the official statement issued by the . French wax office. ' A Zeppelin raid on Paris was looked for by the military authorities. The ground for this belief .was not made public but there was no question that it was held, for preparations were-being made to resist the attack. War Minister Miller and Military Governor Gallieni held a conference, at which It was agreed to dim. the city's lights still. further. An address also was being drafted telling the people what to do In the event of an aerial bombardment. It is-declared that since Friday one French major, three captains, three lieutenants and 1000 soldiers have been captured by the Germans In the Argonne. The total French losses in this vicinity since Friday are placed at 3500. South of St. Mihiel the French es sayed an assault in force, but were repulsed with heavy Idsses. The attempts of the Russians to ad vance in northern Poland have failed. Simultaneously the German, advance west of the Vistula river is progress ing satisfactorily. Legal and Criminal rfitlE grand Jury resumed Its investl I gation of the case of Mrs. Ida a Snifon "Waltri-'Roo'ra Anointed of murderine- her two Children ' by feed ing them bichloride of mercury tab' lets after she herself had swallowed some of the poison. Railroads whose locomotives kill livestock In Arizona hereafter will be compelled to wind the carcasses In red tape and exhibit them to public gaze. if a bill Introduced in the legislature by Senator Campbell becomes a law. Senator Campbell would compel sec tion foremen to skin any animal killed, cure its hide and keep it on ex hibitlon for 60 days. Also he must post the facts of the animal's death, its age. sex and -previous condition of servitude. . Friends of James S. Hill, wealthy president of the Dixon, Cal., Cham ber of Commerce, were unable to offer any explanation for his action In end ing his own life by sending a bullet through his heart, until the contents of three notes left by him are di vulged. Charges that her. husband locked her in a bathroom, turned on the gas. and said "Now die," won an Interlo cutory decree of divorce -. - for Mrs. Gladys Smith from Dr. L. A- Smith. The decree was signed by Superior Judge Shortall, of San Francisco.. Ray Bogart deputy sheriff, and Tom Collins, merchant, were shot to death in a duel in the county jail at Westwood.' Cal. Bogart had arrested Collins on suspicion of running blind pig in "dry" territory. - S. Foster Kelley, former Seattle banker, who deserted his ; wife - and babies and eloped to San 'Francisco with Mrs. Ivy - May ; Henry. Inserted the following advertisement: "1 ofer 100 reward for the name of the sten ographer who. about -November filled out a bogus doctor's bill for Ivy May Henry or May Arey for op eration, s&oo.'" . Attorney A. Leo Weil of Pittsburg, representative of the Manufacturers' Light and Heat company, was released at Charleston, W, Va., after furnishing 126.000 nau, on a cnarge or offering a $10,000 bribe to Public Service Commissioner Bronson of Charleston. His hearing was set for January 19. A letter left to his mother by James S. Hill said that he had become de spondent because he could not win the I 111 t. uif :"t;,. &4ttfox&$:t yJ Hill v ' 'issSSi -, x',. s v v , , ,,f ' II A ' wx .v T'i " .V-in" 'W- A t Vt 7 - ll Njw. xrk V. &Ji - -V Tyy T : i ; : : : ' 3Tl 'V''i '. &jtY, tf 'I 'IV- ' pric of brad or cut the f the lvV ' 5 'JStH SCUJ loaves, owln . to the higrh co.t of 1 One of the 70Q Btibway passengers orercome by smoke In New York. January 6, being revived with a puimotor. j f 2 -Distributing bread among the British soldiers along the Yser. 3 Cardinal Mercler of Antwerp, Imprisoned by German military authorities because of his alleged ac tivities In Inciting the Belgians against the Germans. 4 French long-range aeroplano gun in action in Belgium. 5 A Belgian soldier being Inoculated against typhoid. 6 King Haakon of Norway, King Gustav of Sweden and King Christian of Denmark, who met De cember 18 and reaffirmed the neutrality of their respective countries. 1 Flight Commander Claude Graham-White (at right) conversing with a British army officer and a French airman, somewhere in France. S French soldiers snatching a short rest outside of their trenches in Northern France.. love of the bride whom, he married four months ago. Governor Johnson of California re fused to interfere with the hanging of Sam Raber. : The Union Lithograph company at San Francisco filed suit against the West Sacramento company on behalf of about 200 creditors of the latter concern, for $5,000,000. .' Suit for separation "with suitable alimony" was filed against Edward j B. Alsopp, Washington and Pittsburg milionaire, by Mrs. Effle Pope Hill Alsopp, a former society girl of 'At- lanta, Ga. Chief of Police . Sebastian believed today' that many recent holdups at Los Angeles will be traced to Gilbert Herringa, who. was , killed Saturday night in a revolver fight with detec tives after he bad shot and killed Marshal Charles Smith of Tropico, a suburb. .--v. Burglars chloroformed S. Golden- burs' while he slept and stole $183 and a gold watch from beneath his mattress. They entered bis room by ireans of a key filed to fit a wax im pression of the lock. -. -v ; L. Plarta, a saloon" porter," commit ted -suicide ;.by shooting himself through the heart, at Los Angeles. Chanting a weird East Indian song as he fearlessly mounted the scaffold. Mewa mngn, ine ,.auu : wno . mur dered Immigration Inspector Fred Hopklnson In Vancouver last falL was hanged in the provincial jail yard at New Westminster. In spite of . strenuous objections by the defense, the trial of' Percy Tug well on a charge of murdering Mrs. Maude Kennedy was continued, at Los Angeles, until January 1. Stealthy noises In the room of Vio let Zerboni, 14. awakened her grand mother. The woman hurried to the lit tle girl's room and found two . men bending over her bed. The men fled. leaving .behind a chloroform - soaked rajf. ' - Wllliard B. Thompson, secretary to William Harkness, an official of the Standard Oil company, was arretsed at New York on a grand larceny charge. Thompson was specifically charged with the larceny of $480,- but Harkness alleged his peculations, cov ering a period of four years, would ex ceed $50,000. . i V . ' Executive TUB senate adopted the conference report on the Dillingham Immi gration bill.. It included the lit erary test opposed - by President Wil son. After its formal ratification by the house, the bill will go to the presi dent. He is expected to veto it forth with. A committee of senators, headed by Senator - Stone of Missouri, visited President Wilson In an effort to straighten out the patronage fight In ue senate, i-ater Senator. Stone an nounced that no agreement was reached. . . England's preliminary " renlv to America's shipping protest was dis cussed at length at a meeting of Pres ident Wilson's cabinet.. ; ; Representative Towner ' introduced a bill in the lower house authorizing the president to sell $$5,000,900 worth of bonds to be need An purchasing Or Duuoing an American merchant ma rine. ' That the parcel post is making big: inroads into the business of the ex press companies was shown by a state ment made to the Interstate commerce commission. . Net operating revenue of nine companies during September. 1914. was $413,081 less than during Septem ber. 1913. s .-- Secretary of the Navy Daniels an nounced that the contract for the con struction of a new seagoing submarine had been let to the Electric Boat com pany of Quincy. Mass., for $1,350,000 The Electric Boat company wa awarded the contract for three coast defense submarines at $450,000 each to be built at Seattle by the Seattle Construction Dry dock company and subcontractors. . The Interstate commerce commis sion ordered the Southern Pacific rail road to make reparation to the Arling ton Heights fruit Exchange and other producing associations, as a result of excessive rates charged ; during the past year on lemons, in carload , lots, from California to points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. . v The senate confirmed the nomina tion of George D. Shannon, to be post master at Anacortes. Washington. . A resolution authorising the presl dent to appoint a peace investigating 1 commission, two members of which may be women, t study the European war and to recommend steps for the United States to take in bringing about peace, was introduced In the bouse. Secretary of the Navy Daniels an nounced that President Wilson would make a brief stop in Los Angeles on his trip to the Panama Pacific expo sition in March. Senator Smoot has asked the president to stop over also In Salt Lake City. A bill aimed to meet the present wheat situation was introduced In the house by Representative Gorman of Illinois, making it .unlawful for any food to be exported from the United States when the wholesale price ex ceeds the average price for 1913. In a letter to the house naval com mittee Secretary of the Navy Daniels estimated that the Puget Sound navy yard could be fitted up for the con struction of submarines at a cost of $29,000. Commercial and Industrial a FTEB three weexs or invesuga A tioo, Samuel S tod el announced that there were "125.000 unem ployed women in New Tork with the alternative of starvation of a life of shame." "The vital question," said StodeL "is whether this great city Is going to see an army of Innocent women forced into immorality, wblle various charitable organizations are investigating whether they are de serving aid." . - A federal land mortgage banking system for long time loans was urged by Secretary of Agriculture David Houston in an address to the mem bers of the etate board of agriculture at Topeka, Kans. "There has been much misconception as to what Is meant by rural credits and Its prac tice and results," Secretary? Houston said. The 12 ounce loafxof bread for five cents may become extinct in " San Francisco If the plans of the Califor nia Bakers association are carried to a successful conclusion. . All that can save the popular 12 ounce loaf is the temporary suspension of a city ordi nance which regulates the weight of five cent loaves. San Diego bakers agreed that they would either be forced to raise the Mexican Situation. CONFIRMATION of the reported defeat of Carrnnslstss at SaltiHo. after three dags of fighting, was received at the state department. Gen eral Carranza's troops, the dispatch said, were being forced back In the direction of Monterey. j . American and other foreigners are said to be leaving Monterey for La redo. A later dispatch declared that General Garza had been elected to the peace convention in session at Mexico City. Secretary of State Bryan cabled American consul Canada at i Vera Crux. Mexico, a protest to General Carranxa's decree confiscating for eign oil properties. Confirmation' of a report that Gen eral Gutierrez had been reelected pro visional president by the peace con vention in Mexico City had not been received at the state department up to a late hour, this afternoon. ' Advices received at the state depart ment indicated-that Carranzlsta troops bad been completely routed after four days of fighting at Monterey, Mexico. General, Newt. THE passengers and crew or u P. and O. liner . Nile, I which stranded at Swalii. Janan. were all saved and taken to Kobe, it was an nounced st the steamship office at London.' Submission of a suffrage amend ment to the voters of Iowa in 191$ was. urged in his initial message to the state legislature by Governor Clark. He also suggested that rail roads and telegraph lines be taxed by the stats, and urge,d appropriation for an Iowa building at the Panama Pacific exposition. Announcement was made that the San Diego' exposition In its exhibit showing1 (he development of man hsd the only '"copy in existence of a fa mous cast, known, as 'The Spy Man." and constructed on the basis of bones of a man of long ages ago, found un der an old Eu ropes a forest. Voicing vigorous opposition to further anti-alien i legislation : of any sort, a ; statement wap j issued signed by - presidents and i deans of all southern California colleges. The statement reviews the historic friendship between-Japan ' and the United States, and asserts that the thoughtful people of the coast desire to preserve this : friendship. The statement is signed by the heads of Pomona, Occidental, Throop, Los An geles and Whlttleri colleges; Red lands University and the nnlverslty of South ern California. - , - John S. . O'Callaghan of San Fran cisco was appointed' by Governor John son as a member of the state board of pharmacy, to succeed v Charles B. Whilden, whose term expired. ! 'Taken immediately to a hospital on his arrival at Pasadena. CaL. in b's private car, A. A. Gilroy, a -wealthy Winnipeg merchant; is in a "very pre carious condition. - ; Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, the operatic star, was confined to her bed at Chicago, threatened with an attack of bronchial pbeunomna. Sb :7 hsd planned to leave for California, : " Since the corporation and ratlroaa lobbies now before the legislature make no secret of their mjasion here, ' little objection is anticipated to the stringent lobby law introduced in the assembly by Henry Ward Brown. Governor Whitman of Albany an nounced that he expected to visit the . Panama Pacific exposition, which . opens in San Francisco February 24, In May. The Oregon legislature opened 'its session and Ben Selling of Portland, was elected speaker of the bouse over Eaton of Eugene. Ex-governor Oswald West of Oregon, following the expiration of his torm. became special legislative correspond ent for The Portland Journal. James Withycombe' assumed his Of ficial position as governor of Oregcn succeeding Oswald West. ' , , Upwards 'of 100.000 people are said ' to have been killed or injured In earthquakes in Italy. Buildings in ' Rome were damaged and some other towns were practically destroyed. BUY. 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