J I i.5. QUICKLY LACED OBI M BASIS , i ; ' I . ! : ; 1 hi Equipping and Train L j Army Now Under Amer ican Fhg Greatest: of Any I&afa World ! , SEffiETAilT BAKER REFLIES fO CRITICS llzrs Tlzn 1,500,000 Now VzIzt Anns and Big Force Is in France j WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 0. Every pbase of the war department's prep aration) for battle against Germany was outlined and defended by Secre tary Baker-today before the senate military .committee., lie ? answered those who have criticised the depart ment during the committee's Inves tigation wjth the assertion that no such army as that now under the , American flag had ever been raised. 'euaipped or trained so quickly and that never before had such provi sion been made for the comfort and health of an army. 1 s - The secretary read an exhaustive ' statement when' he took the stand and when it. Was concluded questions Lea to fly from every side 'of the committee table, launching a cross examination that probably : will con . Unite all day tomorrow. : !';; Chairman Chamberlain 'and other committee men wanted to "know par ticularly about delays In furnishing machine tune and rifles and muca attention, was devoted to the army's -pplr purchasing. system.. Mr. Baker admitted, there had been some mis tikes and delays, but declared that all fighting men in France were ade quately equipped -and armed, l and tiat all sent over would be, j He took fall responsibility for delay !a improving a machine tun. holding V t the value of the Browning g us" to- developed was worth it. He al so said the superior weapon obtained , lr bavins the Dritish Enfield rifle re-chambered for American ammuni tion compensated for the delay there More than 1,500.000 Americans to are ondef arms. Secretary Baker fa id, and an army of substantial sixe already la la France ready for active Enrvlee. ; w :?jh , s : -i,;. Members of the committee were (Continued on pace 2) DW'T RISK THE HEALTH li. OF VOUR By neglecting to provide them with proper t . GOLD WEATHER MERCHANDISE .. . ,. - Of every kind as it will probably be needed for the next three months or longer. ' , , VJIWTER UNDERWEAR la now selling at prices that can never again be duplicated. COTTON UNDERWEAR will be fully 50c higher next sea son. WOOLEN UNDERWEAR will be practically unobtain able or if any is to be had the price will be almost prohibi : tive- . You should fit out your entire family, from present stocks not only for, present use but for next season as well. UNION SUITS Are becoming more popular every year because they fit better and are more ' comfortable to wear, V We arc showing a complete range of LADIES, MEN'S AND CfflL pSEN'S UNION PUTTS in cotton, cot ton and wool mixed and in all-wool. Every garment is made in full liberal ' dimenkions and is properly finisbc-d. . Our store closes at 5uJ0 every 3 o'clock. .'- 1:. ' WEATHER JilAKES REVOLUTION IN SUBMARINE WAR , . Cruiser Types i Do Most of Sinking Vhile Small U Boats Lay Mines EXPERIENCE IS GUIDANCE - ' ' "T ?;l Super-Crafts Thought Re sponsible for Greatest Destruction LONDON, Jan. 1 0. The subma rine war. has gradpally takon on a new phase since the wintry weather set In. Submarines of the so-called cruiser type are now doing; most of the sinkings, while the smaller sub marines, apparently are confining th'r wrrk largely to mine layin?. ' The reason for : this- shif ting of German technique is that small sub mai lues are not good' surface craft In stormy seas, while the cruiser type has proved wonderfully seaworthy, being;; actually more manageable than the modern torpedoboat de stroyed In heavy weather. " ? ' - These cruiser submarines - carry two 5.9 suns , and sixteen torpedoes and rB remain at atv vmVi The Germans have built a consider able, number of the?e super-submarines since the f frfr nnn vlsltori American waters, , but so many of them, have-been ost that there are now not more than seven or eight operating. These, however, are manned by the pick of the whole German navy, and thtlr power for harm may, be Judged from the fact that these seven cr eight vessels are able to keep up such a heavy toll ol sinkings arnoir allied shipping. New Cnaiw Guns tied. ' ". A considerable proportions of the recent sinkings have been aecom- submarine crnns no longer w of the old type, which folded into, toe Douy n fth irati -when it submersed and had to be unfolded before a U-boat could set into action. ;Tne new suns are of a species known technically as a. . VaImm AAfiafiiHarrtl 9 Trl9 wei anus, wnun tvunn mvm , terial which sea water , does not harm.. They are, mounted on 'Station ary platform.- Therefore, thoy are always ready and can be fired the Instant the deck of an emerging boat is dhove water. An American torpedoboat destroy er had an encounter with one of thMA submarine cruisers a few days ago. The German was engaged la sinking , three armed merchantment ( Continued on paseB FAMILY it evening except Saturday at T 1 " ' ' : ' : ' Z7 . n (L (C-MAlJlrPM LOSS COSTS MORE THAN WAR VICTORY Senator Kenyon, Back From Vjsit to Battle Frost, Says This Is No Time To Talk J Peace With Germany :.. : SPEEDY ACTION TO . DETERMINE OUTCOME Better Institutions Predicted ' for America at Close of Struggle WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. -Senator Kenyon who recently Returned , I rsja a visit to tho French front and to England, today warned the senate against Germany's peace offers, and stories that the country was exhausted.'- :': 1 - ... 'Nothing could assist , Germany more, he declared.V'Those who are trying to help In bringing, about a patched up peace and lend their. In fluence In that direction, are weaken ing American preparation.', he said, "and they had' best 'remember that it will cost us more now to lose this war than to win it." Senator Kenyon in relating his ex periences, saldvthaf what ho had seen in France had aroused him to such a pitch that lie wished the kaiser might b compelled to be at sea In an open boat that was being shelled, that the palaces, of the German ruler might be blows UP and that he might be r placed where bombs dropped round him during a London air raid, . W -. ;,- . Pointing to the fact' that it took England two years or more to get ready to fight, he declared there was no; reason for gloom In this country now but "the saddest words this na tion can ever write if it fails In this emergency by reason of delay will be the worda tto late. t'WeVmust bring to the Western front-two .million men and have a mill ion in reserve", enator, Kenyon declared. "We must do it as quickly as possible.' We must cat red tape; stoa quarreling abuot the - guns and like things, and carry this thing through on business like principles ta Is not possible for each individual in this country to quit thinking about what some one else would do ana re solve to' do everything be can-do? It is not enough, to do our bit.' We must our blt-i There is too much grandstanding and limelighting; too much patriotic posing and not enough sacrifies. ? . "Out of this war will come great things to Cuf people. ; We will have no hyphenated Americanism In this country, U4s not a time (or partisan ship nor politics and I may say it is not time for -inefficiency ia mnjr de partments of our government s Senator Kenyon said that in this "spirit of nonpartlsanshlp," he would like to see a coalition cabinet in cluding Elibu Root and Theodore Roosevelt and that the services of William H. Taft might be used tin some of the commissions sent abroad. Chief of Police Cooper In Critical Condition The condition oT Chief of Police E. E. Cooper, early this morning was critical and It was feared that he might not survive. Chief Cooper has been ill for nearly a week, with lobar pneumonia and has shown improve ment during' the last two or three days, but his condition tpok a more alarminc tum . yesterday afternoon. Three physicians were .In attend- ance. Record It Hade by lien m of Local College of Law One hundred per cent of the grad uates or the lajr college of Wlllam- ftte university, class of 19 if, passed he state bar examinations and wera admitted. to the practice of law in Oreson. a record which is said is unequaled by anv other law 'school In the state. This statement was made at the meeting of the board of trustees of Willamette university in Portland Tuesday by I. H. Van Win Kle. dear of the law college.' The class of, 1917 numbered twelve graduates. Several' of- them are now in war service. . ' I" -" - ( - t -' " 1, i - i - . 4 - """. " T Chicago Egg Prices Reach New High Hark I CHICAGO, Jan. 1 Egg . prices In Ch'caeo today reached a new high, level forf the season, selling up to 65 cents a.doxen In wholesale lots fto the retailer. Cold storage egss were advanced 2 cents a doten to 43 cents, and Commissioner Priebo. local rep resentative of the butter and di vision under .Commissioner Hoover, took advantage of the rise, to notify dealers that any further increase would be considered as taking advan tage of the unusual weather, to ob tain unjust profits ' . . GERT.1AN-PRESS BITTER AGAINST . U. ,S. WAR M.1S Wilson's Demands ' Even "More Brutal Than Those of Lloyd George" TERMS CALLED IMPUDENT Requirements on Alsace-Lorraine anid Polish Peoples " Given Comment ,i . AMSTRDAil, V Jan) 10. Com menting upon President Wilson's ad dress, the Xorddeatsche Allgemeine Zeitons Berlin, says: j "The fourteen points do . not form a program for . w orld peace, but a real sympatbony of will too peaee. Beginning with his joyful fanfare of freedom of .the . seas and other things, on which the world is agred, evert" .lN.diveraJty of opinion exists regarding the, meOiad of realization, Mr 2 Wilson's . Intervention is not wanted.'. Having the opportunity of serving peace h has not only failed, but has clearly expressed v contrary intention. - . : "Appealing to the stlf-determlna-ticn of nations he presume to In terfere in-, the internal . affairs . of r Austria-Hungary, and proclaims the policy of . doing violence 'tothe na tions with disregard' lor all histor ical and racial fcts , , - - f grefUlloo; Is Charged. ''WIUi equal nonchalance, he flnl rea-Ton.for the partition' of Turkey, such ait eonld-only be-voiced by a man whose policy afrns at playing off, one against another of peoples and parts of peoples- who, belong te sether and are conscious ; of .their homogeneity. The Kolhlsche Volks Zeltung saya: "President Wilson's program sub. stantlally squares with Lloyd George's. It is as unacceptable for us as is the. British and U more brut si sfjll thr that cf Llcyd , George, lie demands the" severance from Ger many of -Alsaeo-Lorrane, . which Is nine-tenths I Inhabited by Germans and h nndisfiniseijly demands the severance fro mtae empire of parts of Rossis inhabited by the Poles. The Berliner Lokal Anxelger In an article under the heading "entente's wire puller" speaks of the , unbrac ed impudence with which the lead ing statesmen of the ; multiple al liance deceive the whole world. . France Praise U. R.'EUilcii. PARIS, Jan. 10- Paul Deschanel, presiding today at the reopening of th'e chamber of deputies, delivered tfn eloquent speech during which cheering greeted his reference to each of France's allies. There was an ovation when M. DeschaneV de clared that "the, United States, which from- Washington to' Lincoln, and from Uncoln to Wilson, has added brilliance to universal ethics as It haji added new stars to It flag- Cries of "lone live Wilson " and "long live the league of nations!" greeted the speaker's words. ' The enthusiasm was renewed when Iff. Deschanel in conclusion de clared .that France would never yield to the 'enemy. The chamber passed a resolution providing for the placarding of M. Deschanel's j speech throughout France. Aunt Han' Xewspaper Comment. ( !" AMSTERDAK, Jan. 10. The Vi enna newspapers, according to dis patches from that city,, consider President Wilson's proposed peace conditions such as could only be im posed. If the quadruple alliance was completely defeated. The Fremdenblatt in declarlr.a Continued on Pace SI GOOD-BYE SAD) TO SALETil MEN Elvin, Halvorsenland Watson Leave-f o Y. E C A. Work in France . "Goodbye, papa," cried some little folks, whose sweet voices runs out and above the large crowd of Salem ites who gathered at the Oregon Electric depot yesterday afternoon to bd good-bye to a trio of promi nent Salem ' men who were leaving for , France.: I1 The men were Rev. f James Elvinj George J. Waton and O. . E. Halvorsen. who will do war work In the jr. M. C. A. in France. Several hundred people -gathered before the trajj arrived to say fare wells and give the France-bound tri) little messages for dear ones across the water As the limited was a few seconds late in departing, late com ers shook hands with Messrs. Elvin, Watson aad'Halverson on the train steps. As the coaches pulled away, cheers of good wishes rent the air and the men waved their-hats and wjamen and children their handker chiefs. . The men are hastesins to New York to be ready for an early sailing to France. r HUNS WANT SWEDEN TO BE Germans Omit United States in Desire for Negotiations. Peace Not Talked at Brest Litovsk Meeting BULGARIA AND RUJSSIA SIGN SEPARATE PACT Trotzky Demands Justice: and Threatens With Democ- 5 racy's Weight I . LONDON. Jani 1 0.' Unoff Icikl' re ports J received here concerning "the firstession of the peace conference ajt Brest-Lltovisk which wae ressmed Tuesday with Leon Trdttfcyr the Bol sheviki foreign minister, at the head of the -Russian delegates, , says that Trotzky in a speech Insisted on a re moval bf the conference to Stock holm. Trotzky declared the. Russians came to. Brest-Litovsk. not as rep resentatives of a conquered Country and did not intend to sak for pity, but wobld' continue to act as true revolutiionists. He is reported to have- tojd the German and Austrian delegates that if they did not accede to his request they would feel the Lvelght ot the- voice ot the democra cies ot the central powers and the weight of arms of 'the Russia ao- mocarcy. . ? ' . ' The Evening Post asserted that the Germans replied, they did not decline to carry on the peace negotiations. but tnat they failed to specify where, Hweden Mediation Wanted. The German delegation in petro- fcrad is imported to have expresned the desire to the Swedish legation that Sweden act. as' the co-bet ween with Greit Britain, France and It aly. f-J.,y- The Rufekan delegation at Brest Lltovsk Includes, in adMition to Trot sky, who is serving as It president, one woman, Madame Blthenko. a former exile, and M. Joffe M. Kam eneff, M. Pokrocsky and three coun sellors. , . " , . Nikolai Lenino, the Bolshevikl premier, has gone to a Finland sani tarium for several days rest, v 1 , (WAR SUMMARY) t , . 0 i On the-fighting frontSjtbe Infantry IK inactive except for small : rawing operations, but the artillery cutis continue intense on various sectors. Uln Northern Italy snow has fallen to a depth of from three to five feet bringing the operations to a halt. The movement of supplies to the en emy "arrhie In the hills 4s being greatly impeded and theindlcationsj at present are that fighting of great intensity will be impossible while the snow lies on the ground. - Unofficial dispatches dealing with the deliberations between the Bol shevikl and the Teutonic allies at Lrest-Litovsk Indicates that for the present peace is not being discussed but that the proposition of the Bol shevikl to change the scene of the negotiations to Stockholm is the par amount Issue. Trotzky, the Bolshev ik! foreign minister, is said to have threatened the delegates of the cent ral powers that Itf they do not accede to his request for a transfer of the pourparlers to Swedes the voice of their own people and the strong arm of the Russian democracy will be felt by them. The German delegates in Petrograd have requested Sweden to act as go-between with the allies. BaUcarls Signs Pact. A dispatch emanating from Swit zerland - asserts that Bulgaria and Russia have signed a separate peace compact, but that the Russian have Lrejected. separate peace terms on the proposals offered by Turkey. Meanwhile, .lighting continues In Central, and Southwestern Russia be tween the Bolshevik! forces and the Cossacks - of General Kaledines and General Dutof f , The latest accounts of the operations Indicate that the Polsbevlki for th? time being have the upper hand, both Kaledines snd Dutoff having been compelled to flee after defeats in battle. i f . Germany has announced her inten tion to send 00 French prisoners in to Russia and 400 French women into the Duchy of Brunswick as a reprisal for the alleged retention of inhabitants of Alsace-Lorraine by the French.".;. I -'-'x-.- ' Vxv Man Mokes Baby Carriages' and Is Exempt From Army NEW' YORK, Jan. 1 0 The manu facture of baby carriages were trun dled into the ranks of "essential war industries" here today when a man who mattes go-carts, ad twho wat called for service Hn the national arrry. asked the- district 'board .for deferred classification on the ground that his calling was Indispenslble to the needs of the country! 1 He ' ei trp the claim that when called in the first draft, exemption had been rc omiaeBdcd by presidential order. A etatement by the chairman of his1 local board that the cla'ni should be granted "in- deference to the pres ident" drew-a protest from a mem ber or the district board and the case was continued pending investigation. MEDIATOR MAYOR GILL IS DISBARREDFROiil LAW PRACTICE Unprofessional ' C o n d u c t, I Hurting Police Court Bus V - iness. Charged I FAINT' SMILE RESPOIiDS Despite Recent Attacks, May or Ma Alk for Re-election to Office SEATTLE, Jan.. 10.-r-Declared guilty of unprofessional conduct by the , state " board Vof law' examiners. Mayor II. C Gilll and ft wo'- members of the law firm bearing his name Iim., Hoyt 'and It. JI., Frye-V-were. late today disbarred, from. practice. In the state of Washington for on year. -Notice of appeal to the state su preme court was filed immediately by the defendants and pending the outcome of this action, they will be allowed to practice. " i r - - .-Mayor Gill smiled faintly when the decision was read 'but beyond saying that an appeal would be taken, he de clined to comment. It Is" understood he will file tomorrow as a candidate for re-election IB' March. " The written decision of the board. read at the conclusion of the hearing by Chairman A. W. Davis of Spokane, condemned the firm of'Oill, Jloyt Frye from accept! sc. the business Of the Merchants' ' Protective corpora tion, declaring' that it was s flagrant violation of all professional stand ards.and code of ethics, j . ... JUayor Gill,, who testified; that he had withdrawn fronwpractice when elected,, was charged with having permitted the use of bis name In the solicitation of police court business,' tlon undertook to furnish members with, legal services whenever requir ed. , When tha recent unsuccessful movement for Mavor Gill's impeach ment was at its height it was charged that)the presence of hia name on the contortion's membership cards' prom inently displayed, deterred the police from dolag their fuljduty In sup pressing, questionable resorts. TemperctSre Below Zero ' In Rocky Mountain Region DENVER, Colo.. Jan. 10. Below sero weather temperatures prevailed today and' tonight throughout the en tire Rocky Mountain region with prospects fori only ; slfght improve ment tomorrow,' according to the lo cal weather bureau. TN weather generally was talr' and 1 ft tie suffer ing -was reported, while virtually normal train service was maintained. In Denver the maximum; tempera ture today was ' fur degrees below zero and at 9 o'clock tonight the mercury had drowned to seven be low. Cheyenne, Wyo., tonight re ported a temperature of fifteen de grees below zero. -The eolf wave ex tended west Into Nevada; north into Montana, and south into Texas, the mercury registering five degrees be low zero at Amarillo tonight.- Five inches of snow. fIl at, Amarillo. , i ALGERIA miY . HEAD IS CHOSEN General NivcIIc, Fcnser Com mander, cn rsca Front, Appelated;; i ii i i . - -4 PARIS. Jan, lO.-pr General Robett George Nlveile has been appointed to command the army serving in - Al geria. The appointment of -General Nivelle is considered . by ! the news papers as tbe'eommencement, of rep aration to the former generalissimo for the discredit into which, he feU as the result pf the April offensive. General Nfvelle was 7n command of the French forces when the great offensive ' Was ; launched; asainst the Germsan on a-twenty-fiye mile front between Solssons "and U RhelmS in April, 19171 Although big gains were made by. the, French . troops." there was much controversy over it. In the chamber off deputies if was dis cussed at length ;and many charges were made that tbe offensive bad been - checked and that the French bad paid too dearly, for the enter M. Ribot. then premier, acknowl- el ged that the fa ttaek had been cost ly, but' declared that instead;, of sav ing been checked, it was a reai sue cess,- Paul Painleve. the then m in later of war, said he could not deny that serious faults had been ' com mitte d and, that the, responsible chiefs, amonr them General Nivelle, bad been Telieved f command. Ni velle was succeeded' as commander in chief in May of last year. a little more" than a month after the Aisne offensive by General Petaln.-and claced in command" of a croup of armies. . HOUSE VOTES SUFFRAGE BY TO Wild Applause Greets An nouncement of Result ; Wo men in Galleries Sl:zzl "Glory, Glcry, Hd!:uj-!i" CHANGE IN VORDIIiG .OF MEASURE BEATEII Advocates Hope for Ezrly Passage ia Senate Mrs. Catt Is Grateful WASHINGTON, Jan. lO-.Woman suffrage by federal Vonbtitutlonal amendment won in the house tonight with exactly the required numl-er of affirmative votes, i While members, in their soata an 1 throngs in the galleries waitM with eager interest; the house adopted l,v a vote of 274 ta t28 a resolution providing for submission to th states of the uxalled Suscn II. An thony amendment-for national en franchisement of women. But' for the promise of Fpc. ili r Clark to cast bis vo!j fmm the chair .foY..the resolution If Ifwas nee! the iChange of a rlsgnr-Yole-to .tho opposition vould have meant df.it. Republican leader Mann, who ca; from a Raltlmore hospital, where i. has been under treatment ever e!r i congress, convened land Reprf r.!i tive Sims Of Tennessee, Just out. r a sick bed, and hardly able to walk t his seat, brought the yce wLi u settled the Issue. . , Pasture in Senate Moid, The house hardily bad aCJurr. 1 oeiore ine sunrasre tnampions l their fight for favorable artioa ' the senate ride of Jthe oaj Itol. II cent polls there have ladlrntf-d V. the necessary two-thirds vo? co : not be mustered, but encouracrj the boa we Tlctory and couiitln up on the Influence of President V, 'i: i who camo to their snprrt Li t r.l l tho suffragists hope to 1 r.L- 7 t senate into line so as to have t amendment before the stat-; leM tures durlne the coming vcar. 1 : y feel sure at least of forcing: a v In the senate before the pre. .: -1 1 -sion ends. , Advocates of the amendment 1 been supremely confident of tt i -suit In the house after Pre--" t Wilson : advised ' tho members t. :.- called upon his last nipht to slirr t It. jThey were so confident that 1' elpse vote was received with amn - ment, and some of the eppom were almost as much surprise. I. When the, first roll call was f 1 1 -ished unofficial counts put the re In doubt, "and before the r; . u' r could make, an announcement tl. : wasi a demand for a rfccapitulat! . Then the name of eacn member's r 1 the way hejwas recorded was r - a Women Wildly JuLUait. ' Announcement of the votn t i greeted with, wild applause. Wo:. 1 in the galleries literally fell upon each other'a necks, kissing and eri- bracing, and shouting "glory, plor halleujatt. "The resolution as au, ; - ed follows: "Joint resolution, proposing r amendment to the constitution i,t t United States extending the rip ' t of suffrage to women. Reo!?. , by tha senate and house, etc., tv -thirds of each .bouse concurri- therein. that the following arU : be proposed to the legislatures the several' states as an amen.li. ' to the constitution of the Un;! : States, which, when ratified ' three-fourths of said legislatur , shall, be valid- as part of sai l cc - stitution; namely: i "Article 1. section 1-r-The rifl t citizens of the United States to v shall not be denied or abridged l the United States or by any state c account of sex. S oc t i o n Co n " r i Fhall bare power,, by appropriate I islation, to enforce the provisions ;' this article." Change in Wonting Defeated. Every attempt made to amend th ' language was beaten. Represent - live Card of Ohio, tried nnsacre - fully to put on it the same !in:itr- tlon carried by the resolution 1 the prohibition constitutional amen I- ment, tnat it must bo ratmea ny u j states within seven years from th s dat f lt admission. ' Rerresenta- tlve Moores of "Indiana, sought t have a referendum or special r-onven- tlon in each state- Teq'iired. - Th Card amendment was rejected, IT. ) to 146 and tho. Moores amendment, 131 to 272. J Whejt. the final -votepcame on t: resolution Representative Austin, or Tenjnessee.; Challenged the vote cr Representative Dominlck of RoutU Carolina who appeared late rin tne roll call and; raid he had not herml his name called. Mr. Domfnirk to! 1 the speaker he was In tbe ball pe l listening and did not henr his nan called. Ills jvote was then recoru . The speaker watched tne vri-. prepared to cast his own Into tn breach If nrcesnary. "One more r.f ative vote,," he explained 8ftorwr.ru, as he chuckled over the victory, "would have changed the sitn.HF - "tContinued on pa 50 2) 1 274