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Newspaper Page TextiMverslty Or,,2on Library ' 0 FORECAST WEATHER Maximum Yesterdiiy 'Mil M iiiiimiiu TtHluy SO. J'nlr TunUtlit; I'robnbly Snow; Thursday Wanner. Fortv-lx'li Tear. P;iHv- Eleventh Yar. GERMANY T Germany Serves Notice Upon All Neutrals That All Restrictions on Naval Warfare Have Been Remov ed in Its Struggle for Existence , Ships to Be Sunk Regardless of Nationality or Cargoes, in Barred Zones. I .J. .j. .3. .j. .j. S 1 BEIU.IX, Jan. 31. The of- ficlal statement issued today by the German government an- nounces that neutral ships ply- ing within the new barred zones will do so at their own risk. Precautions will be taken ! to protect neutral ships, which S- sailed for those zones prior to February 1. v I i v; I v ; 5- i 4 ' I WARN KEEP I WAR ZONES 11KUL1X, Jan. ,'U. (icrimmv lias I ton, denied that information came transmitted a new note to the I'nituH I through R. W. Boiling, the presi States government. The note refers j dent's brother-in-law and a member lo the president's recent speech be-i of his firm. He said it was gathered lore the sennle. merely from general talk about The note, which was handed to ; Washington. James Y. Clcrard, the American am- Kills Subpoened, buKsudor, reads: j Hutton today said thai althougli "Your excellency had the kindness j in possession of the information as to eoniniuniWilo on the 'J2d ul' this: to the president's note at least two month the message which the presi-; hours before the market closed on dent of the United States on Hie same' December -'0, neither he nor any of day addressed to llie American sen-! his eight partners had takou advan nle. Tile imperial government lookttage of it. Ills customers had an knowledge of the contents of the nics sngo with that earnest attention wliich is becoming (o the explanations of the president, inspired by his sense of responsibility. Freedom of Seas Sought. ''H affords her great satisfaction to slate that the general lines of this remarkable manifestation in the wid est sense agree "with the principles and wishes of Germany and her al lies. To those belong, in the first place, the right of sclf-govennient and the cipinl rights of all nations. Keeognizing this principle, Germany would gladly welcome il if nations like Ireland and India, which do not i enjoy the blessings of an independent , slate, should now obtain liberty. "Alliances which drive nations into j competition for hegemony and incline them towards any stdfish intrigues are likewise refused by the German people. On the oilier hand, it is en thusiastic for co-operation -in all en deavors which aim at the prevention I'm- fntii,.,, .,...,z Tl,,. I', ,l.,m .J 11... 11 ' . ' .... .. '! free and peaceful intercourse between nations, as well as the open door for trade, always have been guiding prin ciples of German policy. Precautionary Measures. "Germany, in the, peace to be eon eluded willi Belgium, merely minted lo lke precautionary meusiires so that that country with which the imperial j government wishes to live in good neighborly relations, could not be ex ploited hy adversaries for the pro- (Contlnued on Page Two.) 141 PERISH ON T PARIS, Jan. JJO. Olii.-ial an nouncement was made here tonight that the transport Admiral Miiann, which was taking HfiO soldiers to Sal oniki, escorted by the destroyer Arc, was torpedoed by u submarine on January 'J."). (If those on board SOU were saved. A statement from the German ad miralty on Monday said that on Jan uary 2'i a German submarine at a point about '.'50 miles east of Malta, sank an armed hostile transport sleamer which was proceeding east ward, convoyed by a French torpedo boat. The steamship, which was filled with troops, was said to have gone down in leu minutes. Mil? Huttcn Ignorant o,f Origin Treated It as Mere Rumor Neither Cus tomers Nor Firm Profited by Ad vance Knowledge, to Which Little Importance Was Attached. XEW YOUK, Jan. 1 Finding fur ther examination today of H, F. Hut ton barren of result as far as show ing the origin of the information on which the slock brokerage firm of ! ft. F. llufton and company warned Its customers that President Wilson's peace I10t0 wag i0 foe lulled, the eon-! irrossiomi "Itmli" investiuaLinir pom- mittec today decided to summon George A. Kills, Jr., the member of, tlio firm, who wrote the warning! telegram. Ellis, according to Hut-1 ton, is ill in Ueorgln, but the com-j mittec nevertheless decided that he j i must appear. F. A. Connolly of F. A. Connolly and company, the Washington bro kers, who furnished the Hut ton firm witli the information, was expected to take the stand later today. Con- nolly, on his arrival from Washing- hour's leeway to sell before the mar ket closed. They were long in the aggregate about 3 10,000 shares. He was of the opinion that few heeded the warning, but promised the com mittee to furnish the exact amount of selling orders that came in, Hutton said that Information he had on the peace note made little impression on him. "What killed the market was Secretary Lansing's 'verge of war' statement, " he said, the day the president's note was for warded. Customers of the Connolly firm diiring the "peace period'' In the I niprkct lost $10,000, It was brought cut. I.cak Is Traced. The telegram was dispatched from the Wall street brokerage house of 10. V. Hutton and company to its scores of correspondents throegL-vit the country more than ten hours be fore the note W'as released for publi cation. IJoHing's firm, F. A. Con nolly an 1 u'vipany, 's one of these correspondents. The information on which ilij iii-sage was based, K. F. Hutton. head at the Hutton linn, testified yest'.'rday, originated with !'. A. Connolly and came to Xciv York over a private wire betwxer. he two houses. Hutton finally fixed the time of I lie receipt of the Connolly tnessaso las . ctween li'jl ana i:u o cock n0 jri this must be the time, as the "H. G." message of 12:57 was based on rumor in New York, while the message sent at 1:15 referred to advices being received from Wash ington. (Iianges in Wording. Whipple developed that the word (Continued on Page Two.) BRITAIN TO KEEP I.ONitdN', Jan. ;.-. The colonics captured from Germany iluriiiir. the war will never be returned, said Wal ter Hume Long. ecreliirv of state for the colonic.-, speaking as a represen tative of llie Over-eas dominions in an inlilre-s today. "We acquired pne .inn of differ ent (ionium colonies in vitiimt pail o' the world a- a ooli-oouetioe of thi. wur," lie said. "Let no man think thee terntorie- will ever ret-iru to lierman role." WAMNI w row il KDFOUD. ARES CONSPIRACY i , ! Three Suffragettes and Ohjcctor to i i Compulsory Military Service Given j Hearing at Derby Mother, Twoj Daughters and Sou-in-Law Are Ac- j cused. ! I IlKliliY, Jan. ,'U. l''our persons I were arraigned quietly in the police! court at the Derby Guild hall this I morning, charged with plotting the j murder of Premier Lloyd George and i Arthur Henderson, the premier's right hand man in the war council. The j aeeu-cd persons indignantly denied ; the charges, declin ing thev had been j trumped up as punishment for their conscientious objections lo eompnls- ory military service j Pi-occeiling's Formal. Proceedings at the Guild hall, overt which the mayor presided, were mere -! ly of a formal nature. Xo details of ihc charges ur evidence were divulg ed, although gossip has been busy with rumors of various details since the news of the arrest was received lale yesterday. The accused per sons, who are well known here, are Mrs. Alice WhechUm, her two daugh ters, Miss Aim Wlioeldon and Mrs. Alfred George Mason, and the hitler's husband. Two of the women are school teachers. The prisoners made no formal defense move at today's hearing, merely 'pleading ' not 'guilty. Xo l'ail l!'quested. They did not demand, release on bail, apparently realizing that the charges were too serious for consid eration by the court of such a re quest. They were returned to their cells lo aiail resumption id' the ease next Saturday. For the man in the street Ihe case was a great sensation, particularly as the accused persons belonged lo two classes against which there is much feeling suffragettes and conscientious objectors. l'.oth Mr. I.loyd George and Mr. Henderson are known as very demo cratic and accessible. Kecelltlv there has been some agitation for betler protection of the nation's leaders. IlKltliY, Eng., Jan. 31. Mrs. Alice Wlioeldon, her two daughters and the husband of one of them, Al fred George .Mason, were charged at the Guild Hall hero today with con spiring to murder Premier I.loyd George and Arthur Henderson, mem ber of the house committee and the war council. Information laid by an inspector of Scotland Yard charged that the defendants on diverse days between December 25 and the date of laying this Information "(lid amongst them selves unlawfully and wickedly con spire, confederate and agree together against the Right Honorable David I.loyd George and the Hight Honor able Arthur Henderson, with malice aforethought to kill and murder, against tho peace of our lord, the king, his crown and dignity." Trial on Satiiidny. The information Is signed by A. H. Modkin, prosecuting on behalf of tiie crown. After formal evidence concerning the arrest had been given the ease was adjourned until Saturday. Mrs. Wheeldon, who Is 50 vears of age, resides In Derby with her (Continued on Page Six.) PEACE PREVAILS IN COSTA RICA SAX .JHKK, rnstn Hicii, .l;in. I V:ico reniiiins niMli.-tnrbetl through out the country, notwithstanding tin (U io-.it if hi lii--t Sjitnulitv of President (ionzjile-. AM the hJtnk imve t Tererl their J'ull 'ieiit jind support to the pre-nlencv ol' l-'eilerieo Tinoeo, who i mini-ter of wur in the ijnii.up eiihilli't. 'l'lie I'i 'tv i-inii;l lioverninent todii v iued :i decree lrr eleefjnn4 oil vp- ri! 1 I'or i conres whi.-h will meet mi S-T 1 to lira v u a new eon-titu-tion. FOUR UNDER ARREST OKM-XiOX. WKDXKSDA V, 1 UNRESTRICTED SUBMARIi TO URDER LLOVO GEORGE Tho ItiiKtiiitu offensfvo on tho nortlioru cud of tho Ritmitntun front has boon resumed with some measure of success. New ground lias been gained along the Kimjolung-Jaco-beni railroad where tlio Russians are pushing south westward. Ilerlin today concedes tho capture from the AuKtro-Oermau forces of a point of support in the vicinity ol Vale Putna. The previous advance here was affected by the HiiHslans in a buttle fought last Saturday when Teutonic positions on a front of two miles were pleri-H, according 'to Pctrograd and Kome 1 , 1 "() men and 12 machine guns wore captured. On the northern cn.l of the Rus sian front, the Germans again tooit the offensive and stormed a Russian position on tho east bank of the River Aa, southwest of Riga, taking more than 900 prisoners and captur ing 1 ij machine guns. There has been sharp fighting on the Lorraine frontier on the French front. The French jnetrn!ed t"" lines of German trenches here, Paris reports. li BLUFFS U-BOAT roPKXILWiKN". dan. :S1. --Accord, iii'j to (he Kk-h hl.nl.-l. the ruplmu of the 1 ); ni-h steamer I'i--. which arriv ed at rupenhuui'ii "it Tue-day. delicd a fieiuian -sidiMuti ine w Ith li t lircat eiicd to sink n -hip .mil eouipelJed the ulimariue comtnii rider to permit him to pa---.. The 1 1 i eneoiinl civ-n! t he suhnuuine while it was enacd in sinking itiiother boat. The lnni-h era ft wa onlcied to .( and was hoarded by the Mihmn ritic eaplain, wlir) in-peeed it- paper and ordered tite crew to take to Hi" small boat-. The llani-b rapt a in lel'it-ed, say in t: that the Iris wa bound ip-m one eeiitrnl (''runtiv to another, and had no contraband "it hoard. lie added: "You may 'ink u, but 1 and my men " ill remain on h"ard." Atter tlireat-, and argument- had railed to jiller the determination of the eaplnin of the his the -ubmariuc commander returned to bin ov ti -hip and allowed iln slcarner to proceed. .I.WTAI'V 1917 E RIVER FISH BILL MEETS DEFEAT SALKU, .Ian. . Mouse hill 2 -IS, submitted by tlio majority of the house fish committee as a substiluto. for tho Thomas hill, barring somes and set nets from tlio Rogue i Irel and its tributaries was defeated in the house today. Representative Thomas, of Jackson, who is leading tho fight in the bill's behalf, will move for a reconsideration, hut pros pects are that It will not, secure pan- sagn of the rueasnre. The vole Mood 2! to L'7. A lobby, consisting oT . F. Isaacs and Chris (iottleib of Med ford, C. 1). Ilriggs of Ashland, and C. 11. lini'iVigton of Cold Reach Irive been acting in beh;ilf of the meas ure. .Senator .f. C. SiuIMi of (iranta Pass is leading a f lit to extend the Jose ph Ine c .urit y tiei i ing season from (II) days as at present, to four months. L SHIPS DECLARED UKRI.IX, Jan. :: t. - The admiralty today made the following announce ment : "The German government has con vincing evidence in hand that hostile hospital ships frequently are mis used for the transportation of am munition and troops. The govern ment has communicated these proofs to the lirltish and French govern ments by Mfplomalfe means. At the same lime it declared that hospital ships passing on the military route of the hostile army engaged in France and licit-in in, within the lines of Flaniborough Head-'I erseh- elllng on the one hand and the Tliames-Liindsend on the other , shall be no jnore treated as such. Hostile j powers are fire to use hospital ships' for the transportation of wounded J and fih-k members on ways outside these dislrlcis, The iiarrimc of other sea routes is reserved in nve of fur thr misuse of hospital ships in vio lation of international law.'' third Seattle r it German-American Mercantile Bank Fails to Open Runs in Progress on Othor Banks Payments Are Promptly Made Clearing House and Federal Reserve Bank Aid. SAN r'UAXt'lSCO, Jan. lit.--Sixty-eight million dollars was offer ed today by llie federal resone bank of Sun Francisco lo six member mi -lioiial banks in Scuttle, in case thev should need it, in connection with bunk failures there yesterday and to day. The messiigc read : "'fhe federal reserve bunk of San Francisco slnmls ready to net in stantly in supplviug money in ex change for the coiiiiucrciiil, industrial or agricultural paper of the member banks of Seattle if (hey should de sire it. Ilesides .t'JII,00(l,OU(l of gold, we have 20, (1(111,11(1(1 of federal re serve notes in Sun Krnnoiseo and !fH,l)(l(l,ll()(l additional available for immediate shipment from Washing ton." ' 1 The telegram was sent by John Pcr riu, chairman of Ihc hoard of the hoard of the twelfth dislricl federal reserve bank. SKATTLF, dun. :tl. The (lennau Auierienu Mercantile hank, situated at Second avenue and. Marion direct, did not open I'or business thin morn ing. Ol l icers of the bank had staled earlier in the day that the bank would open. A line of odd persons had yalhi'i'cd at I lit bank before 10 o'clock. At that time notices were posird thai the hank was in the hands of Ihe state bank examiner. The (term a n- American bank is capilalized at fllWMIOO. Xo recent statement of ils affairs has been pub lished. In the last published MM of officers Horace Middauyh was chair man of (he oai'fl of directors and I. .1. Riley eahier. ,t ( 'b aring-l louse Hank. The bank is not a member of the clearing house, The clearing house held a long session beginning at !2 o'clock this morning and decided to iihv fullest aid to all of its members. The condition of llie (ieituan-American was considered at this meeting. Half an hour before the People's Savings bank, on Pike street, opened, ."iOO pcr-oiis were stretched in a long do u 1)1 e line from tin ha nk's doors east on Pike street, policemen keep ing Ihe line -Irai-jht and llie side walks clear. Mo.-t of tin line wn composed of women, wearing furs, the day bciiii; the coldest of the win ter. The crowd was larger when the bank opened, promptly at I". Kvery efl'orl was made bv the bank, which i- one id the strongest in llie Pa cific nort hwc-l , to expedite payment--. The run is regarded as cntirdv due h the bank's location near the Northern Hank, which failed yesterday. Runs on Other Ranks. The lobbies of the Senndimtv ian Aiuciieaii bank and the Xorlhuesl Trust it Sitfe lepo-Mt company were tilled, but there wa-' )iu croud in the -trcct. Rolh ihe.-c hanks paid depositor- wil bout a - k iiii! qucM ion--. The American Savings Hank it Trust company, vilucli had more than (he iiiial crowd in its lobby, demanded sixty day-' police of withdrawals of -a vim..'- dcpo-.il-. There was no imu-uul crowd at the I nii'ii Savings Trust bank, one of the largest in the t hui n);i J di-ti'ict. (Continued on Pi Two.) ALL OVER OREGON PnUTLAXH, Or.. Jan. :tl. -Cold weaf her w.'t- reported from all -ce-lioris of wc-tern Oregon today. In Porlland at dawn the tbermomcter l-e-iIel. 1 :'. ileejct- jl,oe, the loW- e-t mail, of tin' winter. Seeiiotis of the city were -till cowied wish '-now lioro a recent fall. At The Dalle- ihc temperature whs 1(1 above, BftlmbLU5LUt)I Willi UULU WAVt DEPOSITORS RUN IN CENTRALIST XO. 2(fi iiiiti i nni n umr Worst Stcrm of Winter in Nebraska; and Dakota Most Frigid Temper aturcs of Year Over Rocky Moun- tain Region Snow Blockade Againj Broken Traffic Delayed. WASHINGTON, Jan. .'II. A severe) and prolonged cold wave in nearly alC districts east of the liocky mottntninM was forecast today by the wenthcu bureau. Havre, Mont., reported 20 degrees! below zero this morning v Helena, 2(i below; Yellowstone Park, VJ below; Sheridan, Wyn., "Jli below; Williston, X. II. , ,Ui below; llnpid City, S. U., 2(1 below; Valentine, Neb., 18 below, and Moorhcad, Minn., l(i below. ltli.iii(l Is Raging. XoliFOLK, Xeb., Jan. III. One ofl llie worst storms of the winter is rag ing all over northern Xebraska and southern Soulh Dakota, Trains nr-' riving over the Chicago & Northwes tern are about four hours late. X. high northwest wind accompanied by about two inches of snow and tem peratures n round '11, degrees below, zero is making conditions serious. Winner, S. 1., reports 20 degrees Ihm , low zero, while at Chamberlin it iss "24 below. At Deadwood and liup'ul City there are indications Hint thu storm is abating, but around Miimcr ib rages so fiercely that it rs impossibly to see across the street. APKKDKKX, S. I)., Jan. Ml. Tint wois storm of the season is slill! raging in northern Soulh Dakota early today. All traffic is deinoraU iz(ul. -j lthckalo Itroken. CIIKYKXXK, Yyo Jan. 111. All trains were running on the I'nion Pa-. cifm lines through Yyomiug again following a-brief recurrence of lh snow blockade. The blockade, which! was small, was cleared away early to day. , Trains now are less than four hours lale. SPOKA X I-!, Jan. 'A 1 .Tempera -lures below Zero were reported ill eastern Washington, northern Idaho and .Montana today by the .weather bureau. The coldest reported from, .Montana was 'Mi degrees below . at Havre. Helena reported 2(i below zero and Hillings 112 below. The temperature in Spokane was fc' below. loi-e, Idaho, hud a tempera lure of Iti degrees above. The cold est repotted lo the weather bureau was at Kthnoiilon, Alberta, where tho tjiermometer regi-t ered -!2 degrees below zero. Trains from the east are delayed iiiiiiiv hours. ( 'old in .Montana. Pd TTK, Mont.. Jan. :tl.- -With a minimum temperature ol' 1(1 below zero during the nihl, and with ( be low at 111 o'clock this morning, tho outlook is for colder tonight. Rail road traflic i- seriously handicapped. Train- are runuiiii; many hours be hind schedule and a gang id! yardmen arc -tatiotied at the Northern Pacific station as each pa -sender I rain comes in. Tbe-e men Use a slenin hose lo (day upon the ears to keep the trains from freezing to the tracks. One train wa- delayed nearly an hour dm in -r llie nijjhl beciiu--e the brakes bad ligbleiicd to the wheeU am only thu -team ho-e could loosen them. BACK FROM FRONT LOXHOX', Jan. :i. Chancellor Yon Itctliuiann-llollwcg and Foreign Seerdaiv initncruia u have returned to Ilerlin front headquarters at the front, where a complete agreement on mea-nre- to be taken bv Germany on land and water was reached, ae-i-orditm to a Hcilin telegram trans initted by Peuter's Amsterdam iMin'e-pondi-nt.