::.. 1 fnflil ffhM J A daily feature AV" AK I Yi T V JLv IrSfSlflSX HUULl W Avlvlvlv ) Ewfej. '.t "h ,8 tr o n r for children and EDITIOM- ' f CVV t northerly T winds; PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY. 2. 1915. SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS OK THAIKB AND KIEWJ TAk'DS IVK CEJJXS VOL. XIII. NO. 283. .l SENATE PASSES - BILL TO KILL FREE BOOK LAW If Governor Signs Measure There Will Be No More -r Gratis Text Books in State op Time Being. KELLAHER, PERKINS SEEK POSTPONEMENT Argued That Effort to Have -: Only, Public Schools Includ-! ' ed Will Be Made. . -fpalrm Bur.m of Ibr .1 m r iim I . Haletij, orj. Keb. - ---Only the sovor ttot'n .BlcnaUirp !. ?l, B. 1.ri-' is now npeVto rppral (ho Trfr trxtbook law. 'ThHriiate tin..sfd tli bill this morh- Jngr. - Thm bill caino up as ti 'special ortlfr .of bufinnss-Ht JO o'clock tlvis niornlnj. It tiad bec-n considered by the judiciary rommitt'ee, which had made aiajortty report favora' le to the bill aiTi u iorty report opposed to the bill The ftiajority report was adopted last week. , Chief opposition to the repeal of the law ourqe from those Interested In pa rochial nchools, -vhii-h. nndfr the law, are pntltleil f free text ;books when :i school diftrii-t votes for free bonk th ram as public school . Fpar was x pressed t ha if this law is repealed a bill will come up to pipovide for free text books In public 'schools only. Senator I)un Kellaher declared thJ4 would be Hie result ifthe present law Is repealed. He saij Kepresentat i ve KotMiehPl now has a bill pending be fore th house judiciary committe; tat provides for free text books for public schools. Ho njoved to indefi nitely postpone the b1l. His motion was seconded by Perkins. On roll call tho nu&tion was lost with 1 voles Jgaint it. . Scbnabcl to Withdraw Bill. Senator DLnih it then said that h- had. been advised by the cliairiuan of -the lioti6 jndiciajry connnitt.o and Mr. hiiebel that if the present law is re feall his. biM. i ihjw beforo the judi ciary committee, will be withdrawn. Senator Day sanl the pres'.-nt law la v Idem, n.U liquid be ixpaled. ' - T?tj ' hi 1 1 to repeal was carried by -a vH4f 13 ti 10. r5Birtt--tiaxiiei. jvho . it pilll kejit at home by Illness, was. th'tnly absent member. The vote was' &m follows: To rcpeiil the present law Harrett Hingthain. Ulshoit. SiurKess, Day. Dim irk, Karrell. Jlawley, Mollis, I-angguth, MfBride. Mostr Ragsdale Smith of Jowephitit' Stewart, Vinton, Wood, Mr. PreKldent. Against the repeal Butler, Cusick. Oarland, Kellaher. I.a KolUett, Keinen ,,'wibfr, I'erkiiis Smith of Coos, ytraycr, A'on, der Hellen. f - Tlmixing BiU Special. After r-aiistlo remarks by a number Of tsenators, the senate overrode iiin Ick'a obje-tions and made the Oill 1 i II. pTovldlnier for the closInR of the Wil lamette1 river below the falls at Oie Kan City to commercial fishinR-, a spe cial order for '2 o'clock, next Monday afternoon. Dimick soiifSit to have the 4CiclulPl.n Nine. Column Two.) GOVERNOR WILL INSIST ON POWER TO LAW !E- Leaves Matt ( Judiciary Cl Senate, 't Entirely to mmittee of the NOT ENFORC NEW (Sfrfem BorHn nf Ttie "Journal. Salem, Or., Feb. 2. Governor Jam's v WUhycombe, although he asked in his inaugural message that the legisla ture jfUbmlt to the people a constitu tional amendment giving the governor power to remove district attorneys and 't " sheriffs when they fail or refuse to l erfonn their, diity, has jiow taken th poaitlon that it is Immaterial to .him "whether the legislature carries out his V- recommendation or not. lie said ti- - v Iay that he would leave the question . entirely to the .senate Judiciary com - . mittes and -whatever the committee de--cldeife was est would be satisfactory to "him. i Tite - 'renolution Introduced by Se-i- atorKathryn Clarke, to carry ouf the V governorB recommendations, has been referred to the committee on resolu te ttona. ' Senator lloser, chairman of the Judiciary committee, is opposed to sub naltting.the amendment to tht. people. - Those who are interested in law i' enforcement, and particularly the en v it-nJenjcnt, of the prohibition law when ' the state becomes dry, a.re anxious 3 that th governor be given more power J. oveni Off iclals who are derelict in per forming their duties. They point, out that the responsibility for seeing that " the .laws . are enforced is placed upon the'. governor and yet he is not given authority to require the proper offi ' tlals to do their duty. ijenator-Clarke's resolution is now 1 In vthe hands of Attorney General Brown for redrafting, to make it less . stringent than . It was when first t drawn. " ' ' 1 Xf "aentiment for the amendment ap ; pears; too. strong to be disregarded, it f Is reported that the judiciary;icommit vS ' tee will rnegt tl. situation; by putting c in an " amendment which will !not ie s . elf-executing. -It will be aii araend- Bient merely to give the 4egislature, au jhority at some future time to pass ' .i s- It sees fit regarding the removal of derelict orricia is. FIRST PICTURE W- PfF " .... ' -'jagg? ' s r . " 'iff v. o M&d?'i W' 1 Whut was formerly COMPENSATION BILL PASSES HOUSE; ONLY 2 Brown of Marion Makes Only Speech Against Workmen's Act Amendment. Nalm riur-Hti of The .lonrnat. Salem, fcr., T-Vb. 2. With the dis senting vote of but two members. Bar vow of Coos county, and Thomas Urown, of Marlon, the house this morn ning passed the Schnebel b.ll strength ening the workmen's compensation act in Oregon. Mr. Brown was the only member who made a plea against the bill, which- sme(3 the present law to reclassify the employes according to their hazards. Mr. Clark of Gilliam aftked to be excused from voting and Mr. Jrvin and Wesley O- Smith Iter absent. When the bill came up for passage, Thomas -Brown moved tnat a eonimit te be appointed from the house to confer with a like committee from the senate and consider the various com pensation bills now pending. He de clared that the matters are of such sei'ions import that they must not be lightly hurried throagh. He com plained that the waiting period of six days before .compensation shall begin had been eliminated from the bill, and that, as drawn, the measure shuts out competing casualty companies. Strong Forces Favor. Mr. EJaton answered that now is the time to settle the question because it is favored by the industrial accident commission, by the la bar forces, and by the -employers of labour. To defer action would be to prevent the accom plishment cf what the people demand a better law and a better protection for labor. Mr. Brown was openly charged with favoring the casualty companies and he replied that he did not consider it fair that his motives should be im pugned because he did favor them. He denied any vicious purpose, but assert ed that business lias been harassed un til capital won't stay in Oregon. Ije favored the Michigan law, which, is covered in a bill introduced by Senator Bingham in the senate, and under it, he said, 95 per cent of the employers of Michigan are now workings He de clared the Oregon law costs $75,000 in administration, while the Michigan law costs only $35,000. The motion to refer was overwhelm ingly lost and the debate, on the merits of the bill began. Schuebel. author of the bill, declared the present measure is favored by every employer of labor who. favored the idea of compensation (Concluded on Page Twelve, Column Four) STUMP LAND AND M0T0RB0AT The name of the classification in which it appears today precedes each of these Journal Want Ads: Swap Column 35 "TO TRADE 1 B. Presto tank " and fittings; 1 30x3 Ms chain tread tire; 1 34x4 tube; pair -33x4 weed chains; Stewart M. C. speed ometer; 5x7 camera outfit. What have you?'' . Exchange Seal Estate , 24 "3S0 ACRES of first ciass wheat land in Saskatchewan, 300 under 'cultivation, good house, large barn, granary. 2 wells. Want to excltange for small farm in val ley." Foxnlsbed Flats 50 "VERY nicely furnished . flat on main floor; everything clean and desirable: , gas. bath, range and gas stove. Only $18." Easiness Opportunities 20 "FOR SALE Moving picture-theatre in Astoria. Seats 490; $1000 cash will handle; bal. time. launches and Boats - 64 "NEARLY new 20x5 Vs motorboat, 10 H. P., top. cushions. $150." Wanted Seal Estat 31 'WAKTEp Iarge - tract" stump land for colonisation purposes. State location and price." MEMBERS DISSENT OF THE TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY tlie main street in Avczzhho is now Steam Roller 9 K t Little Program Gets Publicity e i? wt v. wt m. wt t Wild Claims of Economy Made Discussion of legislative mattery by Ex-Governor West will be a daily feature of The Journal during the session of the legislature. I i i iMfc.i i i i iim licitynouldUiekiven the plan submitted until tin opportunity to look into its merits . anci a turiucr meeting was nau. It-now-develops that tbe proposed plan had been long prepared and was part of a steam-roller program which certain senators hoped to.ptft throtrgh. - h-its-anxiety to carry out this program, the senate -committee ignored- it obligations to the house and gave the matter to the press, and with the information that it would save $500,000 annually to tbe taxpayers. Saving That Is Not a Saving It now develops that the total annual appropriations of the boards and commissions it is proposed to consolidate or abolish (based on 1913-14 appropriations) amount to just about thesaid sum of $500,000, and that to accomplish a like saving all said boards would have to be abolished out right.. An analysis of the proposed plan-will show how wild was tbe statement as to economy given out to the press. Department 1, State Board of Control There being no change in this department, no saving would be made. . No. 2, Department of Education A new board to be created consist ing of the superintendent of public instruction and four persons to be ap pointed by the governor. This board would take over the duties of the state board of education, state textbook commission, board of higher cur ricula, O. A C. hoard of regents, U. of O. board of regents, and the board of regents of the State Normal school. Might Mean Added Expense Inasmuch as these are all non-salary boards, not to exceed $1000 per annum would be saved by this consolidation. Furthermore, if the four appointed members of the proposed new board draw salaries, the sug gested change can maen nothing but added expense. If, on the other hand, the positions are to be non-salaried, it will simply mean that one man; the superintendent of public instruction.'by reason of his being continually on the job, will control and dictate the policy of every educational institution and department in the state. -' (Concluded on Page WOMAN CAN DRESS $40 A YEAR, IN EXPERT'S Statement Doubted by Some . Members of Fair. Sex at Home-Mafcers' Meeting, (Staff Correspondence.) -. Corvallis, Or., Feb. 2. The women who are attending the home making conference in connection with farmers' week at Oregon Agricultural college have been counting on their fingers ever since yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Kedzie-Jones, home economics expert from Wisconsin, said "to one of the largest audiences of women ever assembled from every part of Oregon: 'A woman can dress on $40 a year." The trouble was that Mrs. Kedzie Jones did not' say how many dresses, how many hats, how manv pairs of shoes and other things could be had from this not over-munificent allow ance, or whether .the bargain counter or home manufacture would have to be thief dependence. "It can't be done." insisted most of the ladies in the buizing conversation that followed the address. Thii morning for The; Journal how ever, Mrs. Kedzie-Jones cleared up the tnystery.c ' ? , - $ -;-!- Th . woman who . dresses on $40 a (Concluded on Pace -uree. CoIubb Two) OPINION At spot to tlie a mass of ruins. Was 7V7 oo iotsv ft l Salem. Or., l cb. 2. home days ago a joint com mitlee three from llic senate and four from t lie house was appointed for the purpose of investipat inv; the question the consolidation and abolisli-liu-nt of certain of mir ixiards and commissions. Before this commilftcc had had a reasonable oppor tunity to o into tjie question a meeting vas called .and a scheme submitt?i -hy the .senate members which ealled for pe cricatton of 12 different de partmentswhich were to absorb practically all the "existing boards and commissions. -Jt was pointed out, Jiawcver, by: 4lie scnalcu'coniz: niittee that this plan was, of xour.se. only tentative, and was merely offered that itcould be investigated along with such other plans that might be submitted ttee It was understood that no otlb- Twelve, Column SeTeD SAYS BIG INTERESTS BACK FIGHT ON HIS PAVING BILL Measure Intended to Call on Paving Graafters, Says. Halt He (Salem Bureau of The Journal. 1 Saiem. Or., Feb. 2. Branding it as a despicable attempt oh the part of the big paving interests to maintain a grip on non-competitive bidding in the construction of public roads and high ways. Senator Bingham today excori ated an article appearing in a Portland evening paper yesterday, which assert ed his S. B. No.. 158 was in the, interest of big business. J "My bill is designed purely and sim ply to open the way for free bidding, so that contracts must be awarded to the lowest bidder in the construction of highways. The Evening Telegram, In an extensive article, asserted that my bill was fathered by the big In terests. "My bill was fathered to rid the state of those very Interests and their parasites who linger around the cities to buy up city councllmen and keep ,a grip on the paving and road work for the paving trust. The overhead charges of some of. the big paving con cerns i represent 60 cents a yard to maintain a "-system of men .who are paid good salaries and given liberal (Concluded. -on Paze Tnree, BINGHAM Column Tw) . ' - -v Cnpyrifflit by Internationn 1 News Service. right 48 people perished. SELF-STYLED GE OFFICER PUTS BOMB UNOER MAINE BRIDGE Tries. to Wreck International Bridge Across St., Croix fer, But Fails; Arrested. (I nitpd I'rrs-i leased Wire. V Vanceboro. Maine. . FVh. 2. -A man giving the name of llorne and claim ing to lc a Cierman officer is being held by the authorities here, follow ing the attempt made early today to wreck the international bridge ac.ross the St. "roix river. The bridge ' was only, slightly damaged. An explosion of to at- t -4iier . on - -the Canadian f sld twisted a pier. Train service waa held up a short tim. No charge has been lodged sgainst Tlo'rne. The Canadian officials are conducting an investigation Into the dynamiting as it occurred on their side of the bridge. That ITorne wiil be turned over to them is not known. AVord is awaited here from thelTplted States marshal's office. Home was tiiken int' custody at the Page hotel by Deputy Sheriff George W. . Ross, 'le admitted he was guilty of dyna miting the. structure, according to of-1ii-ers. He is alleged to have declared h tried to wreck the bridge "because it was within bis rights to do f-o." Tie said "he was an officer in the German army. A German flag and a crart or tnis section were xouna in Home's pockets. He stated that he came from New York last Friday. Damage Is Slight. Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 2. An explo sion of dynamite "slightly wrecked" the railroad bridge over the St. Croix river at Vanceboro. Maine, at. -2 o'clock this morning, according to an official announcement from the Canadian Pa cific offices here. A great many shipments of food and horses destined for Europe have been routed along the line this way. The bridge is the joint property of the Canidlan Pacific- Railroad com pany and the Maine Central Railroad company. The damage to the bridge, it was" stated at the Candian Pacific office, consisted of a twisted steel beam and the displacement of six bridge ties. Kaiser to Inspect The German Fleet He Will Go to "Wilhelmshaven" Tomor row and Confer With Uaval Com. mudetii Slight Gain In Poland. Berlin, via Amsterdam, Feb. 2. Kaiser 'Wilhelm will go to Wilhelms haven tomorrow to inspect the Ger man fleet and confer with naval com manders. Slight gains have been made by the Germans attacking the Russian lines along the Bzura, west of Warsaw, of ficial dispatches statea'toflay. North of ' the Vistula Hhere have beem skirmishes between Russian Cos sacks and German outposts southeast of Lipno and also near Biezun, north west of Sierpe. Patsy H. McNeff Dies in His Office Well Known Hop Kan Had Recently Suffered Attack of Pneumonia in Portland, Where He Has Relatives. North Yakima, Wash.. Feb. 2. Pat sy H. McNeff. of McNeff Brothers, hop growers and brokers, of this city and Portland, died in his office chair about noon today. His brother, John, arid two other men were with him in the room and a physician was summoned immediately. His death is attributed to collapse of thft lungs, following pneumonia, an at tack of which he suffered recently in Portland. - Mr. McNeff was In Port land about- twj weeks and returned bus recently. ; . - He leaves a wife and three brothers, two of whom are In Portland, dnd tw- sisters, one of whomVia Alrs ' Harry Cahalen. ,, -' J MAN COMPROMISE IS ATTEMPTED ON SHIPPING BILL Progressive Republicans See President Wilson and Ask Elimination of Leasing Plan From the Measure. NORRIS AND KENYON FAVOR SOME CHANGE Old-Line Republicans Alarmed at Attitude of Progressives Toward Bill. (I'nltoil Pr"5 I.eHS -d B trr. i Washington. Feb. 2. ITnless the rcmocratie. caucus tonight will accept two amendments to the ship purchase bill that measure, will have; to take its chances in the hostile commerce com mittee from indications late this after noon. One of these prevents the leasing of ships for longer than six months. The other would prevent the purchase of in terned ships. WnHiirgtnn, Feb. 2. That Presi dent Wilson agreed to modlficationr. of the administration's ship purchase bill, in conference with Senators No'r ris a nd Kenyon, Progressive Repub licans, was broadly Intimated today after tbe session. The senators stood pat for their proposal 10 .eliminate from the hill the leaslncr nlan and to make the system permanent. The president indicated later to newspaper men that he was agreeablo to changes to meet Progressive Re publican demands, although tin-so shifts, he held, would he for the pur pose of making the plan more defi nite. As to the Norris proposal to make certain that no belligerent ships would be purchased. the president said the senator wanted a. policy do fined and not a right surrendered. The executive also declared that thn question of turning the ship lines over to private capital would be up to sub sequent congresses. The Democratic bolt, however,, he sajTB, did not seem to be permanent.. . , Old Uses ASXmv Xenyoa. oajw":iapp fn his -conference with the president frankly declined to "talk turkey." lie Is said to have told th president that he did not consider the president's interest in legislation be fore congress to be an executive func tion. Senators Kenyon and Norris were underst!od ;to have had a satis factory talk. They also were reported to have laid before the president the views of Senator l,a Follette. Frantic and visible efforts to get Senator Kenyon back with the old line Republicans in their opposition to the bill were made tin his return from the White House. A resolution was introduced by Sen ator Burton -. of Ohio calling on Secre- tary of State Bryan to know whether ! any protests had been made by any of the foreign countries over the proposed Bnip ,,rrhafiP( bi,j , am particularly the ! nnssihl. buvinir of interned Caucus Karnes Committee ' A committee to confer with the in dependent Republicans who may . be won over to the ship purchase bill, and with the Democrats who have kicked over the party traces,' was ap pointed by a Democratic senate cau-' cus after two hours of discussion to day. Senators Martin. Simmons and Fletcher, were appointed as the envoys. Ship purchase, bill amendments lim iting to six months the length of 'tirpe that the government may fix minimum rates under the lease and In valiHntlno-' the lease itself if these terms are vio lated, were introduced in the upper ho)se this afternoon by Senator La Follette. It was reported they repre sented the agreement between the president and the independent Repub licans with whom he had conferred. Without taking up the ship purchase bill at all, the senate adjourned until 12 o'clock Wednesday, immediately on the conclusion of routine . this after noon. There was objection from either side. HUNTER WANDERS FOG UNTIL BARKING DOGS DIRECT HIM Dick Turpin, Tone, Has Ex perience in pabbit Lands of Morrow County. (Special to Tbe Journal.) . lone. Or., Feb. 2. Lost in the fog and wandering, dazed. In the barren stretch of 30 miles between Tone and the Columbia. Dick, Turpin traveled 2ft miles before searching parties found him and brought him to his lorae. He is little the worse for his experience. Turpin left his home Sunday after noon with a party to hunt jackrabblts In the sandy country nearby. During the afternoon a heavy fog" developed, and Turpin became separated from his companions, who decided it best to return home and leave again in a body for organized search. ' The searchers left lone at 1J o'clock In five automobiles, and late in the night, which was wet and cold. Turpin .was found. He 'was about five mile from the, home of a rancher, and was headed in that direction, fol lowing the barking of the ranch house degs. , : ' . - ." : , . WASHINGTON SOL TAKE SLAP AT THE OF STATE Passles Hfiuse McArdle' Tax Bills Which Commission Abolish Executive Control. - Olympia. Wakh.." Feb. 2 -passed the tliijee McArdle The house Republican tax commission - bills abolish the 'state tax today. They commission and place that v Gxk with the land coir.jnts sioner,' and -fwipe nut executive "con trol of the state lanf board, and the state, board of equalization. Tjie morning session., in the house was given up to partisan discussion of the bills. Afore members took oc casion to air their vit-w today than had heretofore been heard this ses sion. - The senate dawdled along on a rtis cussioji of n drainage measure, In the indigna-tion of the afternoon newspa per representattVTS, who wanted haste so that action be taken on the bill per mitting' boxing, which was further down the calendar. Campbell, representative of organ ized labor, tried to have the senate memoriallzn congress to pass the lit eracy test Immigration bill over the president's veto, but was snowed un der by nearly a unanimous vote. Senator Leonard, who comes from f'entralia, where the banks failed. In troduced another of his bills to regu late such financial institutions. This provides no one mrfy be n bank stock holder unless he flies a. list of assets showing he can pay a double assess ment on his stock, or else, files a bond to cover such payment. Brown, of Whatcom, whero they have township organization, offered a bill which will permit the voters to go b-aek to thn old system. Another new senate bill is a code covering third class cities. Announcement has been tnndw of-the committee which - will nieet a llko committee of the Oregon legislature ,t(i discuss Joint fish legislation. The mYmhers are Senators Ivleeb of Pa cific, and Wahkiakum counties, Franch of Clarke, Imus off ?owlitz. and Ste venson of Skamania. Representatives Sims of Jefferson,. Harris of Chehalis, howrnan of Skagit, Sly of Skamania, and lleinly of Pierce. Constables Guard Berlin Bake Shops Council Said to Xm Appointed 13,000 to FrTt mioteri-Attacklnc. the Bakeries. Amsterdam, Feb. 2. The Berlin Tageblatt, according to dispatches re ceived here today, announced that the council of greater Berlin has appoint ed 12.000 Special constables to guard baker shops because of the fear of riots. Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, L. T-, Feb. 2. The Tageblatt today offered a group of statistics relating to the grain supply' now on hand to prove that Germany is in no danger of be ing starved out Xintil the next crops are harvested. . . Hohenzollerns Buy New York's Bonds German Imperial Family Secures X.arge Blocks of American Securities to Preserve Port one Against Disaster, London, Feb. 3. Purchases by the German imperial family of large blocks of New York state bonds to preserve part of the Hohienzollern fortune, in the event of Gerrnan disaster is an nounced by the Daily Kxpregs today, in a cablegram from Its New York correspondent. Four Dardanelles . Forts Destroyed Travelers Prom ; Turkey Say Anglo rrench Pleet Xa Demolishing Prln. clpal porttfUations Officials Plee. Petrograd, Feh. - Travelers from Turkey declare that the AnglO-French fleet bombarding the Dardanelles has destroyed foui of the principal forts. Turkish of ficials along the Dardanelles fled. j Italian Reservists Told to Get ReaJy All Those in England notified Tola Afternoon to Bs In Readiness to Join tbe Colors on Call. London. Feb. a. All Italian reserv ists in England, were this afternoon notified to hold 1 themselves in Madi ness to rejoin the colors on call. TO ELECT "BLACK POPE" Rome, Feb. 2.1 Leadjng Jesuits of the entir.e world"-assembled here today for the election j of new leader popu larly known as the "blade -pope."' The position was made vacant by the pass ing away of Father Wernz, whose death w almost -simultaneous witn that of Pope Pius X.' Father Lado kosky, a noted Polish Jesuit, was prominently mentioned for the . place. Rock Island New York. Feb. I) free torn Sued. 2. Directors of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail, way company, of 1908 were totday made defendants' In a suit to recover $7,500,000 Alleged to have been re moved "from the company's ' treasury without benefit to the stockholders. The suit hinges jupon th issuance by thi Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Railway company Of $7.t00,000 debeni tu re- bonds. ONS GOVERNOR CANADIANS - mm ammm fll LA BASSEE BET HERY BAPTISM Princess Patricia's- Can ada's Crack Regiment Performs Brilliantly, Bear ing Brunt of Attack. NON-COMBATANTS FALL UNDER AVIATORS' FIRE Fleet of German Sky Raiders Leaves" Metz, Bombard- . ing French Cities. 5.V Henry Vmm1, I'nifed Vrrsn Staff 'rreKHuenf . ari, 2. The Princess Patri cia's. Canada's crack regiment, bore the brunt of -another furious German charge west of LR Basse, according to dispatches from the front today. The Canadians fought brilliantly.. Hurling1 the enemy back with severe loss. Then ..ii.7. -oum-r-a iiucKea ni t-up.Jreir position along the'--eanal to' Bcthuno which was occupied by the (jerniaiiK l last week's fighting. ' J renewal' of . tllo bloody lufantl V 'en gagements between La Basse and Bethune and violent cunnnading of tho Belghm positions jiear Ypre were the principal features in today' d vices from '.'the front. These ad vices said thw German are tow shell ing the Bcl-siai trencticH.- 'Another;; series of Infantry charges Is sntUU pa ted. - . . ' , . - . French shells set fire to a Oermsu supply "depot near' Noyon. Along th msne -me jhe.itcii gunners s)ineeu several German batteries. " V Slight progress bus been made la the Pert hew region, j Bomlll Kill r German uviutors hurled bombs with deadly effect- in t-ie region southeust of Verdun, according' to word received (Concluded on Vuur Miih. t'olnian Ttire ALBANY EDITOR GETS PUbTuhMINIblhRIU SIAM- IS YOUNG MAN William H, Hornibrook, 30 Years Olci, May Be Young est of U,;S, Diplomats. r lilted I'rHK4 Leum-il Wire,)' Washington, Feb. 2. President Wil son today selected WUHum II. Horni brook of Albany,- Or., as minister to Slam. Ale Sweck of Portland wns previoirsly named for this pst, but hU confirmation was effectually opposed in the seriate. iiornihrook Is I'rofcresmive 3Ian. Albany, br.. Feb. 2. -William If, Hormibrook,.wlio is 30' years of agn. was born in Iowa, and located In Twin Falls, Idaho, seven years ago. . He was elected to the state senate from the Twenty-first" district, a Republican stronghold, by a 'majority of 1000 Jn 1910: He left before the term expired, and came to Albany, where he pur chased the Democrat -lie has been its editor and .publisher for the past three years. In Idaho n was president of the Idaho Direct Legislation league, and led the fight for the initiative and ieferendum.1 During his residence there he was prominent Jn state politics. Probably Mr. Hornibrook - will be the youngest diplomat in the service. ! 1b a. graduate of Drake university,. De Moines, and the : National University Law school, - Washington, . D. C. . j Ha was admitted to the bar,; but has fol lowed the newspaper buii ness all his life. He is president of the Willam ette Valley 'i'ress association, and sec retary of the Democratic, sfdte com-, mlttee. Hei is state committeeman from L.inn. r : .1 Orccon .roBtinatcr' Confirmed. (Waffblnfctrm Bureau ut Tbf Journal.) Washington. Feb.. 2. The senate has confirmed .the following nomina tions: ' :.: James A. Smizer, to be United States district attorney, for division No. 1. Alaska. - ." ' Calvin H. Stewart, postmaster, nt Tac-oma. ', -. .Oregon postmasters: Amity, D. ' K. Beaverton, j Mary R. Fitzgerald; Oer vais, Mary T. Mar.feold; -Jefferson, George C. Mason ; Joseph, W. O. Wil son; Madras. W.. R. Cook; Mount An gel, F. O. Ebner; Toledo, J. J. Jaither. H. C. Cross of Victor, Mont., was among the' assays commissioners ap pointed today -.by,-. President Wilson. Pesidi . Ilaldwin Admitted to Practice. -Washington. Feb.' 2. Kdward E. Baldwin of The Dalles, secretary to Congressman Sin not t, has been ad mitted to practice before the United States supreme' court. Senator Borah made, the motion on which he was ad mitted, f. f." Pension for Old Cavalryman. Washington, . Feb, 2. Sylvanus W. Shuman, : of Roseburg, Or., has been .allowed a pension at the rate of St 7 a month. 4 iTIwugh he rendered 'almoHt three year service - in companies 1 and 1, Four.th Wisconsin cavalry l;i the Civil war; his first application for relief was made to Representative Hawley only last summer. 0 4