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WILSON PLANS
10 ASK PUBLIC
HELP IN FIGHT
President Will Carry His Pre
paredness Plans Before
BefOre
the People and Ask Their
Moral Support for Program
TO CONCENTRATE Hl$
EFFORTS ON DEFENSE
International Situation Is Ex
pected to Clear Rapidly
This Week.
Washington, Jan. 10. i I". IM
President Wilson taking charge of the
battle for his military preparedness
program, will take his case squarely
to-the people, and ask that they give
him moral support.
His first appeal will probably be
January 7, either at the banquet of the
Merchants' & Manufacturers.' associa
tion at Baltimore or at the Railroad
Business Men's association In New
York. In either case preparedness will
be his subject.
The White House stated today that
ttie president expects the international
situation to clear rapidly, and thai
when this is out of the way, he will
"concentrate'" his efforfs on national
defense.
That his personal direction of the
situation is evident from the embar
rassing problem the administration
faces in congress, in view of the fact
that reports say the rank and file of
the party in the central states are op
posed to the program, while the Demo
cratic floor leaders are not actively
supporting the plan.
Controversy Near Knl.
Washington. Jan. 10. (I.'. I
Within the week the country can ex
pe. t a formal announcement tnat tn- . points along the Gallclan and Bessaia
T.tmitania controversy With German v .... ...., J ....
lias been settled. Germany, it Is
known, has conceded the main conten
tions of principle observance of Inter
national law and the rul'js of hu
manity In mibmariue warfare on
which America baaed, her original pro
tests. ... jvtuir & q.a-n.ltoin't tm f M.lftm.ta,U,'-'n ,
ference between Secretary of State
Lansing and German Ambassador von
Bernstorff. held at the former's re
gutft. Bernstorff frankly hinted that
he believed the United States will be
pleased at the outcome of tiie Lusi
tama situation.
The president rejected certain terms
of the l.usitania agreement which Lan
sing and Bernstorff practically reached
last week. It is umlerstook that these
related to the question of disavowal,
the president being unwilling to con
cede as much as Lansing to prevent
Get many from being embarrassed.
Bernstorff thereupon forwarded the
amended agreement to Berlin, and it
is regarded that formal approval will
reach here soon.
BRITISH FORCE IS CUT
0FFBYTURKS;10,000
Turks Are Attacking Main
Defenses of Kut-ei-Amara,
Says Berlin Announcement
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, L. I.,
Jan. 10. (U. P.) Ten thousand British
troops have been surrounded by the
Turks at Kut-el-Amara, Mesopatomia,
according to Constantinople advices t
day. The Turks are attacking the main
defenses of Kut-el-Amara.
The 10,000 surrounded British con
stituted a detachment left behind to
cover the main body of General Town
send's English forces. By an envel
oping movement, the Turks cut off
the retreat of this detachment.
Woman and Girl
Narrowly Escape
Death in Flames
j Mrs. A. y. Ashcroft and
Ifr her granddaughter were taken
through the window of the Ash-
croft home to safety about 2:30
thla morning when fire, origi-
natlrig from an overheated blue.
caused total destruction oT the
ifr house and contents. The Ash- 4f- i
croft home was at 6Hj Eighty-
$. seventh street, S. E, 4(r.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashcroft re-
4- turned home late last night.
after a fire had been started in
$ a stove, retired. The blaze was
discovered by Patrolman Dra-
it i peau. who summoned Engine 31.
3fr ' Neighbors and the husband as-
sisted ' In the rescue of the
women. The house was prac-
' tically destroyed when the fire-
men arrived, after a two mile .
drive over bad roads.
The loss is 13500 with in-
su ranee of about $1000.
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Charles H. Burnett Dies.
r. Tacoma, Wash.. Jan. 10. (C. P.)
Charles H. Burnett, aged 69, a well
known pioneer mining operator of Pu-
- get sound and a prominent lodge man
- of Tacoma, died at Seattle. He had
'been iU for several months. - Burnett
-was .the first city treasurer of Seattle.
MEN ARE ENDANGERED
Americans Are
Not Scientific
SaysDernberg
Hence Tliejr Fail to Understand
Germans; Excitable Natures Also
Produce Hostile Feeling.
Berlin, Jan. 10. (I, N. .) Speak
ing In Berlin at a public lecture on
America Dr. Bernr.ard Dernberg passed
tn following judgment on the United
"Anybody who regards all the Amer
icans aa pure materialists does them a
wrong They, indeed, are English In
language, habits, religion and puritan
Ism, but they carry a great deai of
moral baggage about with them. The
people are ant l-mtlltarlstic and consid
er strong armaments unnecessary,
while they regajrd a numerous army as
too dangerous in the hands of the
president.
"The Americans, moreover, content
themselves with a minimum of scien
tific knowledge. Tills fact, together
with their excitable nature ana their
imaginations fed upon lying reports
of utrocltles, produces Jheir sentiment
al feeling hostile to us.
"The American woman is deeply anl
simply religious and will not bring her
j son up to be a soldier. German deeds
of heroism inspire in her a m.xed feel
ing of horror and fear.
"It is very regrettable that the two
peoples understand each other so lit
tle. The best way to clear our re
lations with America would be to put
them on an ethical basis."
Teuton Losses in the
East Reach 60,000
Kussia Claims Anstro-aennacs Have
Had 40,000 Killed and Wounded, and
20,000 Taken Prisoner Is Straggle.
Petrograd, Jan. 10.' I. N. S. The
two weeks' battle which culminated
In the capture of Ceartorysk hy the
Russians and the driving of the Tec
tonic allies across the Strypa river re
sulted in a losft of 00,000 men to the
Aust ro-Germans, according to offloiul
announcement here today. The state-
meni .-a a uie ivussians iouk -uuu-. j
p I 11 e i 3, ttiivi utni mo .icuii'iio aui
It-red 40,000 casualties.
Russian Attacks Cease.
Vienna, Jan. 10. II. N. S. ) The
Russians have been repulsed at all
bian frontiers and have ceased their
attacks, according to an official Btate
nient issued from the war office here
today.
"Only intermittent artllltrylng," the
statement added, "is tn progress now.
The statement added:
"The Austrian have almost reached
campaign. FlgMing jalso is progress
ing In the region ot Cattaro.
"Tiie Austrians have stormed and
occupied the heights northeast of
Berane."
Woman Injures Man
And Takes Own Life
Prominent Church Worker SHjfhtly In
jures Wealthy Maaufacturer Vote
Says She Was Terribly Wroaftd.
Jollet. 111.. Jan. 10.- (I. N. S.) M!s3
Lillian Ogden Piper, prominent church
worker, today shot 4nd killed herself
In the offices of .Tojin R. Roberts, a
wealthy matiufa' tifrer, after firing two
shots at Roberts, one or which missed
and the other inflbited a superficial
wound in the neck. The young wom
an, who lately had been seen frequent
ly in Roberts' company, was waiting at
the offlt-4 when Roberts arrived. Sh
addressed him, but the manufacturer
told her he wanted nothing more to
do with her.
Roberts turned, and. opening his
mail, was gazing at a bill from a hard
ware store, which contained, among
other items, a revolver purchased by
Miss Piper and charged to him, when
she opened fire. The third shot she
sent into her own bfain.
In a note found on her person was
the request that her father in Rich
mond. Va., be notified of her death.
The note ended "with ''The wages of sin
are death. I have been terribly
wronged."
Exhaustion i Cause of
Death on Skiing Trip
Harold Grlajrtead. , University of
Nevada Preabmaa, Victim; Party
Z.eavss Keno on Skis to Recover Body.
Reno, Nev.. Jan. ; 10. (V. P.) A
party of college men on skis set out at
daybreak today; in ah effort to reach
the body of HaYold Qrinsteadi a Uni
versity of Neva&da freshman, who dieo
Sunday morning at Allen Creek while
on tC skiing trip. Two companions of
Grinstead are with the body. While
on the last mile of the eight mile trip,
Grinstead became exhausted. He was
carried to Allen Creek, and two of the
party returned 'to summon aid.
i A rescue party set out last night
jfclbut was forced .to return by a blinding
jfc. snowstorm. ',
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j Another Explosion
In Du Pont Plant
Wilmington. Del.. Jan. 10. (I. X. S.)
A heavy explosion of gunpowder oc
curred this afternoon in the drying
house of the pu Pont Powder com
pany's plant at Hes'.ey, three miles up
the Brandywine. There were no casu
alties, so far as known.
The concussion was felt In every
town between here and Philadelphia
and hundreds of windows were broken
at Chester.
Swats First Fly and
Is Given Gold Medal
New York, Jan. 10. (U. P.) John
Lynch is wearing a geld award for kill
ing 92.000.001 flies, potential and act
ual. He Ewatted one fly. the first one
of this year, thereby cutting off the
92.000.000 descendants
EVACUATION OF
GALLIPOLI HAS
COST NO LIVES
Premier Asquith Tells House
of Commons General Mon
ro's Feat Has Never Been
Equaled in All History.
NEW COMMANDER FOR
MESOPOTAMIA NAMED j
Sir Percy Lake Will Replace
General Nixon, Who Is
Reported "III."
The Dardanelles' Cost.
The British campaign In the'
Dardanelles Is Known to have
cost the government 114,550 of
ficers and men killed and
wounded. This does not in
clude 96,683 who were invalided
on account of sickness, nor do
the figures Include the number
of killed and wounded in the
withdrawal from Suvla Bay.
They were issued on December
i4 last, and were to Decem
ber 9, inclusive.
Contradictory reports 'were
current regarding the losses
during the withdrawal. Pre
mier Asquith officially an
nounced the withdrawal had
been accomplished with "one
man wounded." The official
statement from Constantinople,
however, declared that "heavy
losses had been inflicted upon
the British."
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London, Jan. 10. (I. N. S.) "The
evacuation of the Galllpoll peninsula
has no parallel in military and naval
history."
So declared Premier Asquith In the
house, of commons here today
"It was effected without the loss
of a single life.
"King George ha Teen advised to ,
give special recognition to the gener-
als. admirals and others concerned."
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waa undesirable to
Hamilton's report
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trier, .ana nas relinquished commanrtr
... Aiespoam.a. ,le nas Deen sue- , Wln4 x, nitrmiuz 50 Miles an Kon
cceded by sir Percy Lake. I . , . .
The following announcement was! nd Temperature JTear Bsro. Win
made In the house of commons by J. ! dow Blown On of TJniTeralty.
Austin Chamberlain. secretary for j Mrsioula. Mont.. Jan. 10. (U. P.)
India: TVi'tl, th. xi-lnrl hlowlnir F0 miles an
neavy ngniing occurred f riaay on
both banks of the Tigris river. In
(Concluded on Pi ElrT-u. Column Two
FIRE IN KRUPP PLANT
AT ESSEN DESTROYS
PART OF BIG WORKS
Sheds, Wheel Works and
Models Are Destroyed As
cording to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam. Jan. 10. d. N, S.)
Part of the Krupp works at Essen
have been destroyed n' fire, according
to dispatches received here today. The
plant's shed and wheel works and
models were destro . ed.
WAR SUMMARY
BY J. W. T. MASON
Former European Manager
the United Press.
of!
New York, Jan. 10. British aban
donment of the Dardanelles campaign
brings into prominence a new leader
on whom Great Britain will Inevitably j
build her future hopes. This man ii j
General Monro, who since retirement j
of General Ian Hamilton, has been In (
charge of the ill-starred expeditioM. j
He has shown large qualities of d-v I
cislon, independence and efficiency
since
lipoli
he was appointed to the Gal-
campaign In October.
He immediately recommended evac-
uation of the peninsula, but his re- I congratulations on the Mikado's coro
port was not taken as the final word I nation and also his thanks for Japan
In the situation until Earl Kitchener ese aid in the war. The grand duke
confirmed his view through a per- ; will decorate the emperor on behalf
sonal inspection of that region. j of the czar.
Monro was thereupon giver, the task Everything is being done to em
of accomplishing the withdrawal. This ! phasize the Russo-Japanese entente,
was one of the most difficult duties of I orders have been given for everybody
the whole war, but Monro fulfilled it j to display Russian and Japanese flags,
with practically no losses, and it Is The grand duke sailed from Fusan
f'ard to match his feat in the annals j (Korea) yesterday on a Japanese
of successful retreats. i cruiser and is due at Kobe on Tuesday.
Monro now goes to France to sue- At Kobe he will board a train for
ceed Sir Douglas Halg. as chief of Tokio where the emperor will meet
s-taff. Upon Monro will devolve the him at the train.
direction of the expected offensive In,
the spring, a move that niay be
fraught with Importance for the allies'
arms.
The failure of the Turks to punish
the retiring British confirms criti
cisms of the ability of the TurRs when
It comeg to staging an effective of
fensive. This view has the effect in
England of strengthening the general
Idea that Egypt is secure from any 'of
fensive by the sultan's followers.
Sofia Is Bombarded
By French Aviators
Salonlkl. Jan, 10. (U. P.)--Consld-erable
damage was wrought when
French airmen bombarded Sofia, capi
tal of Bulgaria, according to advices
Cows Wander
In Cement Bed,
Are Held Fast
Workmen Returning to Uridpe
Abutment Find Aniiiialn Standing
Upright, Held in htone.
j Roundup, Mont.. Jan. 10. (U. P.)
i Two venturesome cows become invol-
ur.tary living statues with their feet
, end legs solidly fixed In five feet, of
i cement which had been placed for the
abutments to a bridge which Is being
constructed across the Musselshell
river at Slaytun, near here, and it re
quired the efforts of the entire force
I of workmen several hours early this
j morning to extricate them.
The excavations for the abutments
had be?u with cement whltc,;r:e'ts
covered with manure to prevent freez
ing and left over night to set. It Is
believed the animals ventured on the
unstable footing In search of food and
sank through the thin covering into
the cement which closed about their
legs and held them as in a vise.
When the bridge gang appeared this
morning to continue work, the cows
were standing upright in the cement
which had set firmly about their legs.
They were dug out after considerable
tedious labor and appeared none the
worse for their novel experience.
Says Only Colonel
Can Defeat Wilson
Boossvslt May Try to Stampede -
pnbllcan Convention, It Is Inti
mated; Bali itooae to Meet.
Chicago. Jan. 10. lU. I'.) Wheth
er Colonel Koosevelt plans to stam
pede the Republican national conven
tion, George Perkins. Bull Mooser,
refused to say upon his arrival here
with Roosevelt's secretary, J. W.
McGrath. But, added, Perkins, ":ie
will likely stampede the Progres
sive convention."
Perkins admitted that "something
will be sprung" at tonight's banquet
of national committeemen, prelimi
nary to tomorrow's session but re
declined to intimate what this will be.
Roosevelt, himself, will not be on
hand for the committee gathering.
Only Roosevelt can beat President
Wilson, declared Cecil Lyons, Texas
committeeman. Perkins added that
the Bull Moosers had reserved the
Florentine room at the Congress ho-
tel durine the time of the Republican
convention as a precaution In event
of simultaneous sessions,
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hour and the mercury flirting wl.n
the zero mark, western Montana is
today in the grip of one of the worst
blizzarus which has swept this part
of the country In a good many years.
Because of the number of windows
broken in the building at the Uni
versity of Montana, early today, all
class and laboratory work was prac-
i tically suspended at noon today.
Fresno Han Snow.
Fresno. Cal.. Jan. 10. a . P.)-
The
second snowfall of' the season ' visited
it. r, ,.Hav l.MHr-
I half hour that the ground was cov-
ered, all business stopped downtown
j while Impromptu snowball fights were
1 staged.
j This Is the fourth snowfall here in
! six vears. There was a heavy snow
fall in the Sierras and telephone lines
are down.
Slide Iluries Mail Carrier.
Yreka. Cal.. Jan. 10. (T P.) Two
mules kicked up their heels today
from the last of a heavy snowdrift
that had burled them since Friday Be
tween Sawyer's Bar and Aetna Mills,
at the same time dissipating a report
that their owners -Uncle Sam's mall
carriers- had perished, for it was the
I carriers who dug them out. Animals,
mail carriers and mall were caught be
j neath a snowsllde Friday, but the men
j managed to reach safety In a miner's
shack, later returning to rescue the
' animals and their burden.
Japan Will Welcome
Emissary of the Czar
Grand Soke Hichaelovitch, Czar's
Uncle, Is Bringing Thanks of Russia
to JPn for Helping la the War.
Tokio, Jan. 10. (I. N. S.) Excep-
! tional preparations are heing made for
the reception of the Grand Duke George
: Michaelovitch, uncle of the czar, who is
i bringing here the Russian monarch's
Husband Is Arrested
On Torture Charge
Egg Harbor. N. J., Jan. 10. (U. P.)
Mrs. File Henderson. 20. mother of
three children, had her husband ar
rested, complaining he burned her legs
with hot coals, hung her up by the
thumbs and broke horsewhips and
broomsticks beating her.
William Shook on Trial.
The second trial of WHliam Shook
of Marshfield on white slavery charge
was begun in federal court this aft
ernoon. .A Jury disagreed at a former
trial. The government has many wit
nesses who were , brought from. Cooe
Bar to testifi
Late Telegraphic NeSs
Give Up I'nion Charter.
Clifton. Ariz.. Jan. 10 (I N.
Relinquishment of the Western Fed
eration of Miners' charter in compli
ance with the demand for mlniiif, com
panies was decided upon hre today at
a meeting of representative of strik
ing miners. A new proposition hy the
companies will now b submitted to
the miners tonight
- Argue Over I'olj-Ramy.
Washington, Jan. 10 i I. N. S.)
The senate today became embroiled In
a spirited controversy or the provi
sion in the. Philippines Mil tolerating
for the present polygamiUs marriages
amonir the Moro tribes but forbidding
them In the future.
Senator Borah opposed interference
in any manner with native customs.
To Deport Chinese.
Washington. Jan. 10. tr. P.) The
appeal of Choy Gum against Immigra
tion Commissioner Backus of San
Kranclsco for a supreme rourt review
of the order for her arrest and depor
tation was dtnled in the supreme court
today.
Say Austrians Caused Strike.
Washington. J;m. 10 (U. P. Re
ports that Austrians had been sent
from New York to Youngstown to
start the strike there caused the de
partment of Justice today to order
Cleveland agents to go to Youngstown
to investigate.
Coke Employes Strike.
Karrell. a.. Jan. 10. (I". P
Three hundred employes of the Car
negie Coke works struck Jiere today
lor higher wages. While it Is quiet,
tears are felt that there will be a
repetition of tbe Youngstown, Ohio,
rioting.
S. P. DIFFERENTIAL UP
State Public Service Commis
sion Alleges Discrimination
in Favor of California,
Washington, Jan. 10 d. X. S. i
The public service commission of the
state of Washington today complained
to the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, that Seattle, Portland, Tacoma
. --.m , 1
nd other northwestern cities were be-
f.var'f Han Francis? r and Lou An-
favor "f Han lancisc r and ixn An-
reles by central and outhern trans
continental railroads. The complaint
said these railroads Maintain lower
passenger fares to ilfornia points
from the east than the northern roads,
and that this deprived the northwest
of business 'which was being diverted
to California points. Readjustments
of the rates was asked.
The complaint filed by the Washing
ton public service commission is a re
vival of agitation for removal of the
so-called $17.50 differential exacted by
the Southern Pacific as Its share of
the revenue from passengers on
through tickets traveling from Port
land to San Francisco.
The railroads of the northern group
I maintain rates to northern terminals
that are equal to the rates of the
southern group to California terminals,
but in getting from the northern point
to the southern by rail the Southern
Pacific contends that without the ex
tra charge U would be without any
adequate revenue at all.
The subject has been the subject of
discussion for several years.
"Follow-Up" Plan on
Writing ot Letters
As a follow-up to letter writing
week the bureau of publicity and con
ventions of the Chamber of Commerce
has prepared blank forms upon which
letter writers are requested to place
the names and addresses of those to
whom they write, the form to be sent
to the chamber.
Through the "Ask Mr. Foster" tour
ist agencies scattered in all parts of
the country the chamber will see thul
Oregon literature is sent to the ad
dresses given, that representatives of
Mr. Foster make persoi.al calls in the
interest of Oregon.
In this way It Is expected to reach
thousands of eastern r. provided Ore
gon people do their p irt In writing the
letters.
Mark Woodruff, il charge of the
publicity for the campaign, was busy
this morning sending bundles of let
ter writing week circulars to the cham
ber of commerce and commercial clubs
In all parts of the state.
Attention is called te the form let
ters in the circulars for the use of bu?y
men, All one has to do is to tell the
stenographer to copy letter No. 1 cr
8 as the case may be, and indicate to
whom it should be addressed.
Peace Party Press
Becomes Vegetarian
Correspondents Art Smokeless, Uaaor
less; Heatless ; rrieadly Stockholm
Kay Get Permanent Peace Trlbual.
By Chaa. P. Stewart.
The Hague, Jan. 10. tU. P.) Corre
spondents m the Ford party today wee
compelled by reason of shortage of
hotel accommodations to put up at a
vegetarian sanitarium. There tney
were smokeless, liquorless and meat-
leas, but they had plenty of nuts, cere
alH and vegetables.
Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones predicted
today that tbo permaaenf Ford peace
tribunal will b established at Stock
holm instead of here, on account of
the more friendly feeling toward the
project manifested In the Scandina-
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AGAIN ON COMPLAINT
FROM WASHINGTON
Marriage Costs Vo. ine.
Los Angeles, Jan. 10. t"'. N. S )
Because he married Alice HcNamara,
who is said to have been mentioned li
his divorce case from the first Mrs
Duffill, Harry Duffill. pronlnent club
man, today was deprived of $12,500 an
nual income by the wfll of his late
mother. Mrs. Eugenia A. DtiffiH. The
entire fortune will now go o Duf fill's
son by his first marriage. y
Rail Clerks May Quit.
Kankakee. 111.. Jan. 10. tL'. V.)
International officers of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks threatened to
day to call a sympathetic. trlke with
the New York Central brBch unless
two local clerks were reinstated by
6 o'clock tonight.
Insurrection on Satnnog.
Athens. Jan. 10. (I. N. S.) Insur
rection, due to food scarcltjfl has brok
en out on the Greek lsland-Jeamnos.
The cruiser Helli and destroyer Leon
are enroute to the island to quell the
disturbances. "
Motorcyclist Is K,1el.
I-os Angeles. Jan. 10. ' ?. N. S.)
Thrown 76 feet through Fne air. Ar
thur Kly, IS, was killed n- ftr here to
day when his motorcycle i kidded into
a telegraph pole.
Russia Would Borrow .of L. S.
Stockholm, Jan. 10. (I. . 8.) Rus
sian officials en route to'the l ulled
States to open negotiation- for a loan
of $100,1100,000 arrived here, today.
95,000 Irish Unlisted.
London. Jan. 10. d. . S 1 An
nou n rem ent was made in : parliament
today that Irish enlistment.) to Decem
ber 15 totaled 95,000.
MILLIONS OF MEN ARE
REQUIRED TO DEFEND
U:S.SAYSR,SCOTT
He Tells House 2.000,000
Should Be Raised -by Con
scription for Publi Defense
Washington. Jan. 10. N. 8.)
General Hugh Scou told , the house
committee on military affairs today
that the United States should have an
army o from l.Oop.QOQ to 2.000,000
j i. . C
mn adeauateiy of Co red and raised
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created a mild sensation among the
committee members-.
Replying to a question as to why
1.000,000 men were needed. General
Scott said they wr? nece9ary to pro
tect the t'nlted 'States against Euro
pean invasion.
"Rut 1,000,000 men are loo many,"
objected Representative -Jithony of
Texas.
"Two mlllirn men don 1 frighten
me." said General Hcolt. ' "I would
like to inform you that At stria could
land 72.000 men on the first expedi
tion sent to this country and 108,000
on the second. The rest of the .Eu
ropean nations could land as many or
more.'" t
"But England." said representative
Quinn. "resorted to compulsion only In
time of war." .
"It would have been faa better for
her If she had reached that point he
fore war was upon her," answered
Scott.
General Soott said the European na
tions i-ould keep large armies on the
expenditures necessary toj keep our
small one. He said he did not believe
that branch military academies were
necessary. Short training1 under the
continental army plan, ha said, was
better. -
Representative Kahn suggested a
two year enlistment term ti the regu
lar army wnicn, ne said, would make a
large reserve force available.
Philippine Hill to Pans.
Washington, Jan. 10. CI. N. S.
The passage in the seriate of the
Philippine bill this week seemed prac
tically a certainty today. '!
nly a few Republicans are actively
opposing the hill, while a majority of
the Democrats favor the measure.
After the Phillipine Mir is disposed
of, the suffrage advocates Intend to
press the Sutherland ret)utlons, pro
viding submission of the "Susan I!.
Anthony" amendment to the state leg
islatures. The administration's new shipping
bill, carryings an appropriation of 150.
000,000 to buy ships, is scheduled for
introduction this week.
Impeachment I Itefused.
Washington, Jan. 10. 1 1. N. R.)
After listening for two houra.to Rep
resentative Buchanan'4 charges
against United States' District Attor
ney Marshall of New Vorjc, the house
Judiciary committee today decided that
Buchanan had not developed sufficient
evidence to warrant a -, formal im
peachment Investigation.
Buchanan was given further time In
which to amplify his cfcuirges.
Negro Xot to Be Recorder.
Washington, Jan. 10 (L P.)
President Wilson today refused to ap
point a nesro as recorder of deeds,
though the post had lorig been held
by a negro. This action', taken after
southern Democrats told him they
would not confirm such, an appoint
ment, was communicate to Bishop
Walters, president of the Colored Dem
ocratic league. .
Mail Service on New
Road to Begin Soon
Notice was received frm the post
office department today jfthat electric
car mail service would bi Installed on
th Willamette Valley Southern be
tween Oregon City and 1 olalla. Janu
ary K. This service supplants a star
route that formerly started out at
Canby.
Law Asked to
Punish Banks
Guilty of Usury
Comptroller of Treasury's Report
Also Favorable on Working of
Federal Reserve System.
Washington. Jan. 10. V. P.) Leg
islation to empower the department of
justice to prosecute national banks
guilty of usury, and also a law to pre
vent bank failures were advocated by
Comptroller of the Treasury Williams
in his annual report.
He showed that for the first year of
operation of the federal reserve sys
tem, national bank deposits Increased
J2, 081, 530. 164, while, he said, experi
ence had proved the calamity prophets
wrong luasmuch as the national bank
reserves November lo exceeded any
pievious records by $57,OoO.OOO.
He recommended establishment of
branch- national banks in Alaska an 1
the Insular possessions as well as 1m
the 1'nlted States. At the same time,
he called attention to artlflc.al Infla
tion of deposits, and counselled penal
izing banks which overdraw persist
ently. GABEL MAINTAINS
SHOT THAT KILLED
MRS. LEE ACCIDENT
Man Held on Murder Charge
Says Gun Pointed in Jest;
Prisoner Bound Over,
"T shot her accidentally. It couldn't
have been otherwise. If I had meant
to kill her. the police would never
have gotten me. at least as s-vin an
they did. I gave myself up because I
know I am innocent."
This was the statement today of
Albert F. Gabel. who killed Mr Min
nie Dee, TO years old. The shooting
occurred yesterday afternoon after 4
o'clock In a boat house owned by Wom
fatey Babich. on Willamette Plough, a
mile north of Kenton and near the
plant of the Coast Culvert & Flume
Co.
Gabel was arraigned In munlclnal
court this morning, waived examina
tion and was bound over to the grand
Jury on a charge of murder.
lnxntlv to kill the woman is salfl..
"c ".u V"" """n ".
psny with her since Thanksgiving when
tney became acquainted.
An Inquest will be held at the public
morgue, where the body of the young
woman is now held, at S o'clock to
night. Mrs. Lee, since becoming estranged
from her husband last summer, had
been living with her mother, Mrs.
Newton Stout, at 1 K50 Burrage street,
about a mile from the scene of the
shooting.
Mrs. Cnot Twice.
Gabel, who is ; years old. has been
driving a motor delivery truck for his
brother's bakery, located at 122 Al
berta street.
Mrs. Dee was shat twice, once
through the heart, the other bullet
penetrating Just below it. The police
iVmrlnted on Vmgr Fl. Column Tore.)
Atlantic Fleet and
Pacific Use Phone
Wireless Telephone Used by Admiral
pietcbsr Off Cap Xsary to Talk
With Vassals at Gruaymaa, Xexloo.
Washington, Jan. 10. (I. N. 8.)
Admiral Fletcher, commanding the At
lantic fleet, from the bridge of the
flagship Wyoming, off Cape Henry,
talked by wireless telephone with Ad
miral Wlnslow, commander of the Pa
cific fleet, on board the flagship San
Diego at Guaymas, Mexico.
This la the longest distance between
two water stations yet covered by
wireless telephony and the navy de
partment is Jubilant over the feat,
which It is declared will prove invalu
able In lime of war.
Fierce Offensive Is
Begun by Germans
Champagne Scene of Four Attacks
Along PIT Mil Proat; French
Trenches Takea in Two Locttiou.
Paris. Jan. 10. (U. P German
forces began a violent offensive In the
Champagne yesterday, following a bom
bardment with asphyxiating gas shells,
the war office announced today. They
were, however, repulsed except for oc
cupying portions of advanced trenches
at two points.
In four separate attacks along a five
mile front south of Tahure to Mount
Tetu, the French riddled the Germans
and halted their offensive before day
break. War Broke Up Trust
Before Court Acted
United .State Supreme Court Decide
War alas Mad Unnecessary Salt Vo
Braak TTaas-Atlantlo Steamship Pool.
Washington. Jan. 10. (I. N. B.)
The supreme court today ordered dis
missal, "without prejudice to the gov
ernment's right to bring action at somo
future date" of the government's suit
for dissolution' of the o -cal led steam
ship trust.
Grounds for the dismissal were that
the case was not a moot one. the
European war having effectually ac
complished th result sought.
The suit was directed against a
general pool agreement between the
principal trans-Atlantic line for th
distribution and allotment of steerage
traffic and for th fixing of rate
therefor.
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L
OF II STATES
ARE IN SESSION
Morning Devoted to Persona),
Inspection of Portland's
Educational Centers; Vis
itors Guests at Luncheon.
WOMEN EXPERTS ARE
JOINING IN MEETING
School Questions Are Being
Discussed at Conference
This Afternoon, ' -
State and county and city school
superintended ts and members of
school board and, school clerks from "
many cities in Washington and Ore
gon are today In Portland attending
the second convention of school Off 1- .
cials to be held in the northwest.
Recause this is a meeting of 'school
hoard members and s- hool adminis
trative officers it must not be SS
sumed that it Is a gathering of meii
only. St-vtral women are among the
number. One of the most prominent
educational leaders of the northwest 1 -Mrs.
Corliss Preston. superintendent "
of public Instruction of Washington
state. She is here.
Women members of school board
are alv. lure. One is Mre. G. Da we
McQuesten. vice president of tne Ta
coma Kchoui board, and another is Mrt.
Robert M'-Murphy. a member tfC the
Lugene school board.
The school officials gathered at the
school board's offices in the court
house this morning, and at t o'clock
left in automobiles for a visit tp iomi
of Portland important educational -centers.
They went first to the. Boiys'
and Girls' School r Trade., -whete'
much interest was tiiken in tbe indus
trial work being done.
From Jhere they were taken to 111
Kennedy school, where the latest type
of one room school building was In
spected. The Vernon hchool, Vhera "
superintendent Alderman's new- tw
group plan is being perfected, was vis
ited. Next the visitors were shown -the
new Bhattuvk school, which 1 the"
last word in a modern school building.,
JSuperUi ten wUrtatfHXt; A Softool "
Clerk Thomas and Director Plutamer
acted hosts and piloted the vWtors '
through the various schools. ,
At noon the visitors were guests
at luncheon with the fnembers' coun
cil of the Chamber of Commerce.
Short talks were made by visiting
school toard members and administra
tive school officers.
This afternoon the educators are
In tension in the green room of the
Chamber of Commeicc, and varlouM
questions reloting to school admin
istration and school finances ar5 t4
Irfr discussed.
At 6:30 tonight dinner will .e
served the visitors at the UnoolT
high school by the domestic science
departme .t under the direction of Hu
pervisor I.ilisn Tingle. This will b
followed by an evening si Sf Ion in ths
Lincoln high auditorium. ,
VISITING EDUCATORS :
GUESTS OF CHAMBER
AT LUNCHEON TODAY
CHO
HEADS
Visiting educators from Oregon and ' ;
Washington in Portland for a confer- f'
ence were guests at luncheon thi -noon
of the members' council of the
Chamber of Commerce.
E. L. Thompson did the honors far"-""'
the chamber and a toy dog. mad tn .
the local trade school, was Intro
duced by O. M. Plummer to roak
the welcome a hearty one.
The dog. In fact, created a sensation 1 '
--so much ho that It. William Trufant
Foster, president of Reed college, da-
voted hifc entire time to It, calling it'"
"an attenuated dachshund.' and wind- . .
Ing up, without apologies, with that '
time honored pun, "doggone It."
Superintendent of He hool Alderman . I
made the addrena of welcome, being
followed by a number of the visltora.
Among them were Mrs. Josephine v
Corliss Preeton. superintendent -of -s
education in Washington; B. J, Miles, : '
chairman of the .Halem board of edu
cation; Judge K. O. Potter of Eugene;
Dr. Allan Welch Smith of the Portland
board; Dr. Nathan I.. Thompson, vlc .'
president of the Everett school board: ";
Mrs. Robert McMurphy of Kugene; Dr.
William Trufant Poster; O. M. Plum
mer; Reuben W. Jones, secretary Of th
Seattle board of education; John Gray .
Imil. superintendent of schools tt A " -
torla: Alfred Lister, business manager
of the Tacoma schools, and a brother of
Governor Lister; W. 11. Woodruff."
member of the Newberg awhoo! board; J
K. P. Carleton, assistant superintend- --. -ent
of public instruction of Oregon: -and
Rev. Harry B. Handley. presWleiit
of the Tacorna board of education. '
Frank Branch Riley addressed tha
meeting on letter writing week. '
Trade For Dentist
Must Sell Jewel
The reason hundreds of PorN
landers use Journal Want i Ads
month in and month out" and
year in and year out is because
they get returna That's reaaoo
enough.
Per Sal lDeUanotta IS
1 Ml'PT sell my lady's aulltaira. '
karat diamond. . -
gacaang al Xstat '
WHAT have you to ' trad for .
deed to 160 acres good land
with buildings, near Coos bay?.
Swap 85 "
TRADE sign work for dental or
tailoring. . t : r ?ti -
." .- 1 t -
Treat vour bank account Musr.
Save when yon can, and yoli ean "
save by watching the Want .Ads
.on page 11-11. , . -.;