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JOHN; BULL HAS
HUNCH KAISER
PUIS A PARTY
Tomorrow, Wit Be William's
56th Birthday and Two
New Zeppelins Have Been
Sent to Belgian Coast.
BLUECHER'S SURVIVORS
: ARE LANDED AT LEITH
Fifty, Including Captain Erd
' mann, According to One
Report, Put Ashore.
The War Xlnrap.
. Germany War- office insist
on British battle rrulocr and
two dentroyers sunk in Bun-
day's naval tattle. Copenhagen
4 wren German JiRlit cruiser
Gazelle torpedoed in Baltic.
Dam Hr untcnown. Fnderal
council Ordered all food sup-
pU8 conserved, ordered confls-
cated wheat, corn and flour.
Kn glared BritlHh expe:t Zep- 4
peltn raid tomorrow in eclebra-
tioti of halspr's birthday. Hwlt-
serland reports two new Zcp-
pellnn moved to Belgian coast.
British aeroplanes patrolling
east KriKllflh coast. German V
claims British losses In North
sea scouted. Fifty Bluecher
survivors reached Lelth.
Franei French statement
claims jBrltlsh repulsed re-
pcated German assaults near
Labassee. German statement
claims British defeated there.
Germans captured two rows of
trenches near Craonne.
Belgium British warships
bombarded Middlekerke and
Westende. Belgian army forced
Germans to withdraw south of
Pervyse. Paris claims German
assaults near Yprea repulsed.
Austria. Official Austrian
statement declares Russian ad-
vanes against Hungary broken,
Slavs being routed back from 4
Dakla Pfss, In Carpathians, to ft
Roumanian border.
Poland! and Turkey SItua- 4
tlon unchanged. .
..... ,
Jlf Ed li. Keen, United Press Staff
; Correspondent.
London. Jm. 26. England is pre
pared for a raid by German Zeppe
lins tomorrow, the birthday of the
kaiser, I .
: Defeated
Undoubtedly
km the water, Germany
will take' to the air, ac
cording to Che belief of British gov
Irnment officials. Foundation for this
belief is seen in dispatches from
(Concluded oja Pjte Three, Column Four.)
L
GERMAN ASSAULT ON
LA
Attempt
to Envelop Towns
! Held
by Expeditionaries
Provei Deadly to Kaiser.
By William Philip Sims, United
Press (Staff Correspondent.
Paris, Jain. 28. A brilliant victory
for British! arms west of La Bassee
and In the region between the Lys and
' Olse rivers was announced by the of
ficial statement this afternoon Issued
: by tha French war office. German as-,
raults on th English positions at
these pointk were tnrown back with
frightful losses, the statement as
serted, j
; The British forces had taken up po
sitions at Glvenchy and Culnchy, com-
,mandlng tle roads to La Bassee. The
Germans, attempting the offensive, ad
vanced in'j force along the roads and
.simultaneously attempted to envelop
fthe towns in the vicinity. Th Brit
ish withheld their fire until the Kai
ser's troops were almost at their wire
, entanglements at Giverichy. Then the
signal was given, ana the German ad
vance melted under the English fire.
At tffe came time the British defenders
leaped from their trenches and deliv
ered A bayonet charge, driving the
main body of the enemy back to La
i Bassee.
At one point the Qerman assault al-
. moat succeeded. After five desperate
' charges had been repulsed, one section
of th enemy's left wing succeeded In
f occupying a trench, out was compelled
to evacuate it when me main body of
' the Kaiser's troops was driven back.
. At Culnchy, British artillery raked
the Germans attempting to advance.
, uu mi eiiwi waj aoanaoned alter
heavy losses had been sustained.
. ; - Thev are also IndlcaUons that the
t jenemy is trying to assume the off en-
ive front! the sea to a point south of
J Arras. i
;.. The statement declares a violent Ger
man uuaniry atiaca east or Ypres hag
' been repulsed with losses, 800 German
dead having been left on the field. Twe
rows of French trenches were takn
by the enemy west of Craonne after a.
fin. charge, but the French later suc
ceeaea in i recapturing ine positions.- !
. An advance by tne Belgians south
withdraw I from positions there and
to stop shelling Furnes Thann, Lem-
t. nacn ana eennneim . tv;ernay),: in Al
i sacc, havo been suojected to a German
' raiiaf dn
BRITISH
HUH
BACK
BASSE
POSITIONS
FOOD TO GLADDEN HUNGRY BELGIANS PUT ABOARD HERE
4
, i -y- -
y! ;
Left to right Samuel Hill, who has engineered movement In Port
land and Oregon to gather provisions for war stricken people,
on bridge of Steamship Cranley. Dr. O. J. Goffln and J. Van
Hoomlssen, two of commissioners on Belgian relief board, car
rying milk for. babies aboard mercy ship.
GERMAN
E
CONFISCATES SUPPLY
OF GRAIN, CORN, FLOUR
Central Distribution Office.
Will Apportion Food; Eng
land Feeling High Prices.
(United Press Ieased Wire.)
Berlin, by wireless to London, Jan.
26. The federal council took steps to
day to conserve the food resources of
the empire against the probability of
a long war.
An order was Issued that munici
palities must prevent waste In use of
meats and provisions. No further busi
ness transactions In flour will be per
mitted. All owners of wheat, corn
and flour have been ordered to file
at once reports showing the amounts
of those products held by them. The
government will confiscate these, pay
ing for them a price to be determined
later. A central distributing office
will be established to apportion the
food among the various districts.
The council In its public statement
said it was evident the people were
using their supplies with economy.
The newspapers assert that the or
der of. confication does not imply that
the food situation in Germany is se
rious but declare that there is urgent
need to practice economy.
(Cooelnded on Page Tea,. Column Six)
GOV
RNMENT
Late Telegraphic News
DENIES BZ MENTIONED BBYA2T
Hew York, Jan, 26. Recalled to tb
stand in the state department's offi
cial Investigation of. the oosdnot of
United States Minister Sullivan of
Santo Domingo, "W. E. Davis, a con
tractor, denied today that he had ever
threatened to Implicate Secretary of
State Bryan, former Governor Glynn
of New York, and Representative Ham
mill of Hew Jersey in the Santo Do
mingo affair. He declared stories told
by other witnesses tnat He made state
ments Implicating these officials were
"malicious lies.
Frevioa witnesses had testified that
Davis declared certain of flciala bad to
be "seen" before contractors could
ffet work in Santo Domingo.
OH. OBDEBT HOT BESCTBTDED.
Washington, Jan. 26. A telegram
from Mexico to the state department
tfrtF afternoon asserts that General
Tennstiano Carransa had denied that
lie had rescinded the order issued by
1.4m retarding' the development of the
Tnxpam and Tampico oil fields, as rep
resented by England land the United
States,' t " 1 f.
EXPECTS BXUCS TO PASS .
Washington, Jan. 26-President Wli
oa this afternoon expressed the belief
that the ship pnxclias bill and the ap
propriation measures would be passed
durtxur the present regala session.' He
WASHINGTONIANW
.BOTH LOST;
IS
American - Hawaiian Boat,
Frequently in Portland,
Founders Off Cape Henry.
ninltfrt Pres Leasrt Wire.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 26. Two ves
sels were sent to the bottom of the
Atlantic early today, and one man
perished when the schooner Eliza
beth Palmer collided with the j.meri-
can-Hawailan steamship Washing
ton ian, fifty miles off Cape Henry-
ine snoot oi tne collision was so
great that the Washlngtonlan went
down at once, while the Palmer foun
dered shortly afterward.
The Old Dominion Liner Hamilton
rescued, the crews of both ships, ex-
cepting one man, according to a wire
less dispatch from her captain. - Latest
dispatches said the llf esaving crews
from three stations had rushed to
the scene, but did not indicate whether
there would be any additional loss of
life.
The Washlngtonlan was en route
from Honolulu to New York,' 22 days
out 'from the Hawaiian port, when the
collision occurred, having passed
through the Panama canal. She re
ported at Cristobal January 19 and was
due to reach New York, according to
(Concluded on Pace Tea. Column Six)
was not aware, he said, of any at
tempts to force an extra session.
OEBMAH SUCCESS CLAIMED.
Berlin, Jan. 2& Southeast of aone
the Germans have taken several Preach
positions on the heights of Craonne.
French attacks in the Argonne have
been repulsed and BO soldiers taken
prisoners."
la the eastern theatre the war office
declares the Russians have been unable
to resume their : advance against
Thorn, which was ; recently halted at
KikoL The Slav advance from Kieloe
has also been stopped. It Is unoffi
dally reported that the Bnsslans have
been forced to evacuate Xielce. This
is not confirmed, however.
Senate Kills the
Proposed Auto Bill
Salem, -Or., Jan. 26. The senate
killed senate bill 42, by the Marion
county delegation, which provided that
automobile ' registration should be
made with county clerks instead of
with the secretary of state. It was
stated that the cost-of administration
would be much greater under the pro
posed Diu man it is at present.
i he " senate passed house Joint
memorial wo. z,- asking for the nan.
stoning of the. veterans of Indian wars
Of 1873-73 and 1878." . ,
SCHOONER
ONE
MAN
DROWNED
MERIY SHIP CRANLEY, LADEN WITH FOOD FOR
STARVING PEOPLE OF WAR RIDDEN BELGIUM,
IS NOW IN READINESS FOR SIGNAL TO SAIL
From Portland Steamer Will Go to California Ports Be
fore Starting on Long Voyage to Rotterdam; Canned
Salmon Contributed by Astorians Loaded Here.
The "mercy ship" Cranley has aboard
the condensed mlk given by Willam
ette valley condensarles for the thou
sands of tiny Belgian children that
have been pitifully hungry since Bel-glum-
was Invaded. The preserved
fruits given by a housewife, with the
message on It that It was all she had
to give, but If handled carefully and
not dropped more than' three feet- it
would maha several people happy, was
placed gently in the hold , of the food
Ship. The evaporated pears, the dried
peaches, the sacks of beans and peas,
and the great quantity or nour pro
vided for the starving Belgians have
all been stowed snugly away and today
at noon Captain Henderson announcea
readiness to salL .
Before the Cranley sets out on ner
way directly for Rotterdam, the port
where the cargo of food for the Bel
gians will be discharged, she will touch
at San Francisco and probably San
Pedro, the harbor of Los Angeles, to
add to her burden of substantial cheer
for the millions of distressed peopie
in the war ravaged country.
Soma contributions of food and
money were received yesterday by the
GERMAN CRUISER HIT
BY TORPEDO, REACHES
PORT BADLY DAMAGED
r
Light Cruiser Gazelle At
tacked by Submarine in
Baltic Sea; Is Slaking.
London, Jan. 26Ths Copenhagen
correspondent of the Evening Star
says hostile submarines attacked the
German Baltic fleet off the south
coast of Sweden.
It Is reported that the German light
erulser Gaselle was torpedoed and
reached Sassnits In a sinking condi
tion.
Copenhagen, Jan. 26. Reports re
ceived here ', today from Malmo
declared the German light cruiser. Ga
selle had been torpedoed In the Baltic
sea. The extent of the damage was
not stated.
Eockef eller Has
Given Quarter of
a Billion Away
e.'" New York, Jan. 26. -John p..
Rockefeller, senior, - has given
e ' $250,000,000 to philanthropy.
Most of It was given through
' the Rockefeller Foundation, the
Rockefeller general education
S board, the Rockefeller Institute
for Medical Research and . the
e Chicago university.
John 1). Rockefeller, Junior,
pointed with pride to this fact
S today while ' testifying at the
federal industrial relations
commission's ; Investigation of
S the Rockefeller,' Sage and Car-
-negie Foundations. He said
S100,000,0d0 went to the
Rockefeller Foundation, 10,
000,000 to the institute for
e medical research, S3i.000.000
each to the Rockefeller educa-
iS tlonal . board and the -Chicago
e university, and the - remainder
in various other ways.
"And X want. to say." added
e Rockefeller, "that -1 . think the
money disbursed in - this way
e has done more good for human-
e Ity than if it had been dis-
e trlbuted among . my father's
e employes."- - - e
Oregon Belgian relief commission and
haste was the rule In buying supplies
with the cash and getting all the con
tributions on board the Cranley before
she sailed. The acknowledgments of
the day were as follows:
Foodstuffs, Etc
Approximate
' value.
Previously acknowledged . . .$29.90S.6
ci. a. xnurcton, wens, or..
fb
street, oruana, rive bar
rels flour ......
W. Wachlia, Stevenson.
Wash., 6 14 sacks flour.... 10.0
E. V. Lamotte, Portland, one
package clothing 16,00
S J-, Roseburg, Or., one sack
rice, one sack beans 10,00
R. G. Scott, Sherwood, Or,
one sack tried peas-. 2.5ft
J. E. Banton. Condon, or., one
package overalls K.00
Total
S29.9S3.0S
Cash Contributions.
Previously acknowledged. . . .S13.215.SS
A Friend. Portland 2.60
J. J. Havlik, Scappoose 1.00
xnrougn Mrs. D. W. L. Mac-
Uregor. Portland 4.00
Jachetta & Colistro, Port
land 5.00
A Friend. Portland 100
J. N. Alden, Portland 1.00
citizens 01 Waldport, Or. ... 6.00
313.236.18
Sixteen tons of canned salmon and
fish products, contributed by people of
Astoria, were brought to Ash street
dock by boat, transferred to municipal
dock and then loaded on the Cranley.
The contribution was put aboard In
Portland to save the red tape Incon
veniences and delays that would have
occurred had the Cranley stopped at
Astoria to take the contributions
aboard.
SEEING THINGS.
CA?SH. buy ( '' lHB : FOR- MI J
Verx7- Kill rTi K )
; ; 5 - : rr, : ; r ; ; ' ' 1
MOTHER JONES
t " .
ROCKEFELLER'S
INVITED GUEST
John D. Jr., Sees Her at Fed
eral Industrial Relations
Commission Hearing and
They Shake Hands.
"OF COURSE I'LL COME,
SHE TELLS MILLIONAIRE
Meeting Is Arranged for
Later In the Week' at
Rockefeller's Office.
By John Edwin Verio.
New York. Jan. 26. John D. Rocke
feller Jr., son of the world's richest
man, today extended the olive branch
to "Mother" Jones, the famous woman
strike leader, and she was ready for
it. The advances were made by the
multi-millionaire, who, evidently, ha
forgiven the aged strike leader for
the attacks she directed at Rocke
feller and his father during the life
of the Colorado coal strike. As de
tectives were escorting Rockefeller
from the stand at today's investiga
tion of the federal industrial rela
tions commission of the Rockefeller,
Sage and Carnegie foundations, he
saw "Mother Jones among the spec
tators. Rockefeller bowed and she
came over hurriedly and shook both
of his hands.
"I wish you would come over to
my - office at your convenience,"
Rockefeller said. "There are so many
things on which you could enlighten
me. We may not work at cross pur
poses if we freely discuss - what you
know. You've been out there In
Colorado among the men and know
(Cooelnded on . Pace FIts. Column Four)
BMCalls for Eight New Judges
tt ( St St S st st n st St St S
Emergency Clause Attached
st st st st
K St
i axpagers
Discussions of ' legislative matters by Ex-Governor West will be a
daily feature of The Journal during the session'of the legislature.
Wn
Oswald West.
upon to appropriate $107,000 for the support of our courts; 10 years later
they received, $201,500, and in another 10 years (1903) they demanded and
received $382,000. These several appropriations cover rertain expenses
of the supreme court, the salaries of circuit judges and the salaries of
district attorneys, but do not cover moneys appropriated for the support
of the. supreme court library, printing and binding supreme court reports,
(Concluded on Pace
SINGLE III VETO
APPROVED BY SENATE
AFTER LIVELY DEBATE
President Thompson Takes
Floor to Oppose Resolution
for Amendment.
(Salem Buriin of Tne Journal. 1
Salem. Or, Jan. 26. By a vote of
17 to 13 the. senate today passed the
Kellaher resolution submitting to the
voters of the state a constitutional
amendment giving the governor the
power of vetoing single Items in ap
propriation bills. The resolution will
now go to the house for considera
tion.
President Thompson, for the first
time at this sesion. took the floor to
oppose the resolution.
"I am unalterably opposed to It,',
he said. "I believe It places In the
hands of the governor power he could
wield to creat injury to Oregon."
Thompson said the governor would
be in position to coerce . members of
the legislature. He said he was op
posed to submitting the question to
the people, and giving It the indorse
ment of the senate. t
, "it is nothing more than right that
we should submit the question to the
people," declared Senator Bingham.
"It will never be settled until the
people pass upon the question. If we
do not submit it, the amendment will
be initiated."
"I agree that this will be a great
power to place in the hands of the
governor," stated Senator Butler, "but
I believe that the power will be wleld
ed'for the good of the people of the
state to an extent that will greatly
outweigh the bad.
"The time of the tyrant has passed,
when an official can whip or coerce a
member of the legislature to coincide
withk-his views. The people have a
club in their hands, the recall, which
will prevent that,
"Our past experience has taught us
the necessity of such a provision In
our constitution."
President Thompson spoke again
and puggeHted that, instead of adopt
ing the pending resolution, a resolu
tion should be prepared to provide
(Concluded on Page Thr?e. Column four)
St St St St
Heavy Burden
Salem, Or., Jan. 26.4-Somebody who evidently
knew what he was talking about, said years ago that:
"The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that
smiles in your face while it picks your pocket; and
the glorious uncertainty of it is of more use to the
professors than the justice of it."
Every legislature has its Senator Amicus Curiae,
with a bill to create more courts, provide for more
judges and raise more salaries. How refreshing it
would be to the public and how particularly pleasing
to the taxpayers if some one would occasionally
father a bill to abolish a court or reduce its ex
penses. While the population of our state has increased
but 100 per cent during the last 20 years, the cost of
our courts has increased over 250 per cent, and is
still going up. In 1893 the leeislature was called
Three, Corn inn Three)
ATTORNEY
TRIES TO SWING
Penitentiary Warden Lawsqn
Told How He Can Be As
sured of Retaining His Po
sition With the State.
GOVERNOR WITHYC0MBE
DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE
Treasurer Kay and Secretary
Oclott Know of No Basis
for Proposal. ' :
(Salem Bnreao nT Tl.o Jmin,al.)
Salem, Or.. Jan. 26. Whence does C.
T. Haas, of the law firm of Woerndle '
& Haas of Portland, get his authority
in state affairs?
This question Is very pertinent and
has been put to Governor Wlthycombe
and the other members of the state
board of control, who deny knowledge.
Within the last few days Mr. -Haas
has twice gone to Warden B. K. Law
son of the state penitentiary and in
formed htm that he represented the
powers that be and If Warden Lawsch
would consent to Mr. Baas naming th
deputy warden, head bookkeeper, parole
officer and engineer at the prison then
Mr. Lawson could .be assured of re
taining his position.
It is reported thnt Warden Lawson
refused to enter into such an agree
ment. - .. . .
Governor WithyYombe said today
that Mr. Lawson spoke to fyim about
the matter vesterrlKv IT. -n t, v i.ij
Mr. UwBOn that Haas had no author
ity to speak for him, that his office
would never enter Into such a political
deal and that the demand was made
out of whole cloth.
, The governor said Haas was' In to
see him a few minutes a day or two
ago. but he never mentioned political
appointments. He said he barely had
speaking acquaintance with Mr. Haas.
State Treasurer Kay and Secretary
of State Olcott each said he knew noth
ing whatever of any understanding or
basis on which Haas could make such
a proposal to Lawson.
There can be no doubt tha Haas
made the proposal to Warden Lawson.
So there is speculation about the Capi
tol as to who is playing and what game
js being played In connection with cos-'
sible appolntments-atk state ins tit u
ttona When shown the above dispatch today '
Mr. Haas said:
"It's a lie out of whole cloth. There
is absolutely nothing to It. That is
all I care to say about it,"
FREE TEXT BOOK LAW
REPEALED BY HOUSE;
ONE BILL WITHDRAWN
Civil War Veterans Permit
ted to Hunt and Fish With
out License,
(Salem Bnrtaa of Tb Journal. 1 "
Salem, Or, Jan. 26 Free text books
were dealt a death blow in the houss
this morning when the judiciary com
mittee's bill repealing the present law
was passed. Representative Schuebel
had Introduced an amendment to the
present law restricting free books to
public schools. :
Mr. Olson explained that the com
mittee had decided mere was no de
mand for the law, sine hardly any ;
school districts had taken advantage
of it and there had been much con
troversy, , Wesley O. Smith protested
that his district had adopted the free
text book Idea. Mr. Lewis talked of '
gorm and disease transmitted through
books from pupil to pupil.
Th bulk of tho morning session was
taken up with th submission of re
ports from committees, 28 blll be.
ing reported out-
Boxing Bin Withdrawn.
Mr. Lewis suddenly withdrew his
bill legalizing box in j, and the Huston
bill allowing women to serve on Juries
was tabled after the Judiciary commit -
te had amended It to taxe out -the op
tional feature.
The house passed the. Blanchard bin
allowing veterans of the Civil war to
PATRON
CLUB
nuni ana zisn witnout payment of 11- ;
cense fee. Mr. Blanetiard explained
that this little courtesy Is emntv. be
cause he apprehended no rnnr
among the deer from the activities of
the old soldiers. There was no opposi
tion. .
. The Barrow crab protection bill was
passed after its author explained its
intent was to stimulate a small crab
cannery on Coos bay. Mr. Lewis sug
gested that after January 1, wlea
there will be no more beer, the crab In
dustry will lag anyway, so he opposed.
: Printing Sills Passed.
The bouse printing committee bad
Introduced a series of bills requiring
that the printing used by the different
institutions be paid for out of their
general appropriations, and not uf ef
the printing fund. . Mr. Schuebel pro-
tested that this would tend to throw'
the state prlntery Into disuse and give
work to outside concerns.
Mr. Davey explained that the ide
was to retain In the state printing of-,
flee such work aa it can do, but not to
enlarge its scope much. The bill
finally passed 'with vote in opposition
GeraiM
line Farrar am Prima- Xorma.
York. Jsn. Jo. The premiere of
Giordano's new, opera, ""Mme, etna
Gene," was given with Geraldlns Ft
Far a prima donna, .