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iff kn $ I ImiYh Full Leased , Wire Dispatches Today s News Printed Today ol ni r n n n ON TRAINS AHD NTBW PRICE TWO CENTS sTAiroa, nvn oBim THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR BALEM, OEEOON, THUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1911. ! MILLIONS STARVING L V I I li I I II 1 vH lr! CHINA White Men Familiar With Sit uation Say It Is One of Ut most Horror ONE-THIRD OF PEOPLE Will STARYFTOnFATH1!' government but the leading ad lllbb OinUfli lUliUtlU, dresses uoon tho vital points of tho bill Roots, Weeds aSfftefuse De vouredpa Cannihalism Is Resorted To Hongkong, Oct. 15. The hor rors of the famine situation in Quangtung and Quangsi prov inces are beyond adequate de scription. The Chinese government, ' as usual has been able to do prac tically nothing for the sufferers, Ordinarily the British at Hong kong would have been active in relieving the ncutest of the dis tress but the war has paralyzed relief work. Missionaries have accomplished a little but condi tions are so frightful and involve audi enormous numbers that oven a widespread and financial ly powertul organization would be swamped. As a result, the wretched Chinese have been left almost wholly to their fate. As is invariably the case in China, even approximately cor rect figures are unobtainable but j I; is, at any rate, safe to say that the famine stricken number mil lions. Perhaps 1,000,000 have died pp. till, . . . ' I nu miui iid.i lim tunny I mi .'tlready well into the hundrerds of thousands. White men who have traversed the famine sec tions of the two provinces esti mate conservatively that well to ward a third of their population will succumb ultimately. The foulest refuse, grass roots and leaves, bark, everything even nuggostive of edibility, is greed ily devoured. In places the peo ple have pulled down wooden 1 tortious of their houses, pounded the timber into meal and tried to 'at it. There undoubtedly have been cases of cannibalism. The famine is due to the crop destruction incidental to the floods of last summer. Capable engineers any they could be whol ly nreventiu by a proper system of drainage and dyking but the money for it is IscKinir. At in tervals there have been such visi tntions inunemorially but the present one Is unprecedented in its severity. The provinces are .lmong the most thickly settled in China, which aggravates the situation's seriousness. PHILIPPINE BILL GOES OVER SESSION Washington, Oct. IB. Action by the eennte on the Jones Philippine bill. )issed by the house lnte yesterday by ti vote nf 211 to fin, will not be tnkcu until the December eesslon, leaden of the eonate asserted today. The pur pose of the measure Is to affirm the In tention of the United Htate to give Die Philippines ultiinnte Independence, It provides thnt this shall occur as soon lie stnnie government -ran ue eatall- l.ehrd. D. H. Mosher, tho tailor, and A. II. JlcVoe, the shoe man, the Damon and I'ythlaa of the devotees of the allure ment! of fed and gun, are home from mother expedition to the mountains, Their ears are remnrknbly sensitive and ihey ran easily and frequently hear the nil of the wild. This time they were not ealled la vain, for they eame hack enveloped In amlles, laden with honey, burdened with venison and covered with lice stings and satisfaction In ahnnt equal parts. They were accompanied lir I.ouis Krepla and only the three if them knew where they went, as ther liave a litis private hunting ground, U location of which (her keep a mri torlotn aeeret. The bee tree which they lobbed contained about One hundred pounds of honey, only about sixty of which they were able to oring home. I jsion Manager" Form Recommended Election Noy. 2 or Dec. 7 The proponed amendment to the Sole in charter, providing for a commission manager form- of government for the oity, wns discussed in detail of lts,fuost important features and from every angle at the regular monthly, Meeting of tho promotion department' of the com mercial club at the Jfarlon hotol last evening at which Here was a large at tendance. .Iohn'"lI. Scott presided as chairman ot'the meeting. Numeirus ttnlka were made upon the eft'octa of the iirnnnsed chntinca in the for the new charter were made by Post master A. Huckestcin, Dr. J. N. Smith, County Clerk Max llchlhar, A. A. Lee, ami H. B. Thielsen. The proposed amendment will probably bo taken up for consideration by the city council at its Monday night meeting when a date for the election upon It will bo fixed and, in all probability, the date of the regular city election, Deccmbor 7, will be chosen although it is possible that it may be voted upon at tho city primnry election November 2. Considerable stress was laid upon the duties and powers of tho manager, un der the proposed new form of govern ment, ami Dr. Smith elaborated upon this phase of the discussion stnting that any attempt to tnlic away any of the powers lodged in this official would re sult in the crippling of the entire sys tem. It was also stated by tho speak ers that the "commission manager form of government httu been selected in preference to the "commission " form lifter a careful study of tho con ditions existing in other cities which hn I fin t both svstems to the test on. I it was found that the most of the failures in either form experienced were in the case of the "commission" form, In adopting the commission manager system for ruloin the speakers stated thnt thev tin t patterned niter the man ngenient of the great corporations of the country whose business was con ducted by a board of directors ami n malinger at the head of all to be chosen by this board, or commission, Under the comiuinsion form, it was pointed out, each of the commissioners wns given charge of the management of a depart ment of the city's affairs and each of the commissioners chief aim nnd ambi tion wns to sec how much nionev he could secure for his own department and i . 1. 1... I, i I,., i... ,i. . wow mum or cuiuu spoou. i.'iiuer UK' nmnnuor svstem. however, an nimrniiriii tiou of fund for running the city gov eminent is made and it is up to the manager to see that it is expended In the most economical manner consistent with the best results to be obtained. The commercial club's note, held by I, mid & Hu-li bnuk, for the money ex pended in securing and fitting up the club rooms on Liberty street was also "officially paid and burned" with due ceremony upon this occasion, (leorge K. Dodgers presented the note to llul I).1, I'atton of the finance committee, who, In turn, handed it over to William H. Wiillnu, cahicr of Ladd St Hush bans, together with the sum of the Indebted ness, Mr. Wnlloii stumped the note "paid In full" with the bunk's private stamp and tho document was Immediate ly offered up In sncriflce to the great fire god, who devoured it with a keen rrelish. The names nf the business men who signed the note and were extended due honors upon this occasion werei Then. Both, Win, Mctlllchrlst, dr., Curtis 11. Cross, V. 0. Khlplev, Hal 1). ration, B. C. Itlshon, E. Kekorlcn, .1. A. Wilson, I'red R, llvnon, Russell Callln, P. It. I) 'Any, C. Van I'atton, .1. (!, I'nrrv, Aug. Konrborger, II. 0. White, ,1, I,, Stockton, Otto Hansen, John II. Hcott, .lldin .1. Huberts, W, P. Kvaus, ('. 0. Horltclinch. ' Because the man that he wanted to appoint could not serve longer than January 1, It 10. (lovcrnor West linn dei'ldcil to bIIow the office of county judge of Josephine county, which was made vacant br the death of the late Judge Jewell, to remain vacant until his successor Is chosen at the coming election. Considerable excitement wns created In the home of Utile Wing Knng, the Chinese merchant, at 1113 North High street the other morning, when he was routed from his bed at 5 o'clock and found the kitchen enveloped In flames and smoke. His son, Kred, lit years old, na 1 arisen eariy io goi nis own wrens- fast. He lluhtnd a roal ell lamp and set it on top of the warming oven of the range. The heat of the stove ran the flame high until It reached inme clothes suspended from a tine. The fire was put nut after it had caused a loss of about tit). At tho city hall yesterday flOQ voter were registered and aecording to the crowd about the booth the indications were that more than S.'.n would be reg istered today. City Iteferder Klgln es timates that about 1 (h)0 more will be registered before the brake close Nat urday, On account of report elr minted that the bonks wmild close nn October IS, many who were waiting for the last day before relstrin were disappointed today to find the bonks would not close until Maturday the 17th. About ""0 votert hare registered o far. VON BOH FAILS TO BLOCK RETREAT OF ALLIED' FORCES - Failure to Cut Off Retreating Allies Robs German Victory of Importance MAY FORCE BRITISH TO ABANDON OSTEND Allies However Command Railroads, Endangering German Position (By J, W. T. Mason, former London correspondent for the United Press ) New York, Oct, 1,1. General Von Boolims, commanding one of the kaiser's armies in northern France, failed in his efforts to block the southward retreat of the allied forces from Ostend, it was evident today. The French occupation of Vpres proves that the road is open for these sorely fatigued Ilelgians with the Brit ish reinforcements, to escape. Vpres is i5 miles south of Ostend and cominnnds n junction of throe or four main highways from Ostend south to the allies' military lines. Its retention by the French is a tfircnt against the southern flank of flenernl Von Heeoler'a Oermau nrmv. If the Oallic forces can. strike f mi Vpres tward the Hiver Lys, which Von Reseler Is using us protcr tion for his left, the (lermons will be forced to retreat to avoid having their wing turned A series of other similar strokes and counter strokes are threatened through out the buttle area In western Holglnm and northern l-rance; Forcoa About Equal. From this glvo and iaka It appons that tho rival forces are nhout equal in strength, Hoth are divided, von Host ler's victorious Antwerp nrmv has not joined Von ltoehm, to the southwest wnnl and, so far an known, the Anglo Belgian troops who fled the city on the Hchcldt have not yet united with the rescuing French corps. If the British and Belgians are not too much exhmstcd, they iniuht, by joining the French nt Yprcs, deliver an attack in overwhelmingly superior numbers against either of the two Her man commands. There is every In Men tion, however, that the Anglo -Belgian army urgently needs tinio for recuper at inn. it undoubtedly retains a reserve of defensive strength but the spirit for n determined oftonslvo probably must wait for n recovery from the fatigue ot nearly a fortnight's incessant fighting, Gain No Advantage. Germans' march to the sea will give them no military advantage if the re treating allies escape. The most they can accomplish by it ioni n strategic standpoint will be to force the llritlsh to abnnilon I Intend and perhaps some nf the northern French ports as supply bases and choose others farther to the southnard. A German occupation of no North fen or channel port can threaten the Knglish const, so long as the Hrltlh retnin cninniaiiil of the sea, rendering It tin-, possible for German transports to as semble for an Invasion, and seaboard Zeppelin stations will be subject to destruction hv bombardment from the allies ' warships, A permanent' occupation of llelulan j. . .' ni.u i i . , i, .mint ,r, ,,, nuiui, seriously lengthen and weaken the German battle line unless it coincided with a retirement from the kaiser's present positions near the Alsne. There may, however, be diplomatic reasons for such a change In strategy. When the tlmo comes for peace negotia tions, the Oermnns will he In a position to demand much better terms If they hold llelglnn nnd French ports thin would be the case If they were In occu pation only of Interior towns, since in the former Instance Great llritain as well as Prance would bo vitally eon corned while in the latter it would be only France. i Washington, Oct, ITThat leprosy may yield to the min istration of science as a result f the apparent successes nf a new treatment, was the inimrt. ant announcement given nut here today In the form of a statement by .the public health service bureau. Chaulmoogra oil, a tropical product, was said to he the basic element of the new treatment. "Chaulmoogra oil," the state ment said, "produces apparent cures In some cues, greatly Im proves others, and arrests the progress of the disease in al most, every instance." The statement added that e perlnientt made In the Philip pine 'Inlands were "most en Suggest Appropriations Be Made for Fiscal Year, and Reports the Same As a final solution of the difficulties and exasperating situations arising out of the present system of making ap propriations for the maintenance of the various departments and institutions of the state and the requiring of reports of the heads of the departments for the biennial period closing September 30 on even years, Secretary of State Oleott and other state officials suggest ap change in the system to conform to the federal government system of making annual appropriations to cover the fis cal year ending Juno 30 and requiring annual reports of the state officials covering the same fiscal period. There are numerous arguments ad vanced in favor of the change suggested but the most important of them are that, under the fiscal year system of mailing appropriations and annual re port periods, the financial troubles of tho stuto departments and institutions, which frequently occur under the men nia I porlod system through various causes but most generally duo to defects In legislation and overnight, would be eliminated, and in ehanuinir tho close of the report period from September ,10 to .In n ft JO of each year the officials would have more time iu which to close up their books and inuko their reports to the legislature in plenty of time he roic Hint body convenes. In order to put the fiscal period ava tern into effect from the standpoint nf departmental and institutional main tenance it would be necessary for the next legislature to make appropriations to cover a period of 30 months, which would provide for the maintenance of the different departments until June 30, 1017, instead nf the usual biennial period of 21 months closing Jnniinry 1 of the odd years. This would require a seeiniimly heavy appropriation for tho approaching session, since nu extra six months would have to be provided for, but after that the i rocedurn would be the same as It hns Veir in the oust aiidUnslUuHs In this nelolilifiid'ooil." the system would be self regulitting in the future. Hiuce the nrprnprlntlon measures passed by the legislature would not be come of effect until July 1 of tho venr of enactment there would be plenty of. time In which to subject them to a thorough enaniiimtlon for defecta or "jokers" and to correct the errors at. the Juno election, as provided for by the initiative and referendum nnionil ment to the constitution and it wniitl also give plenty of time to refer such measures to a vole of the people In ease of dissatisfaction over an overt or apparently extravagant act of the leg islature, without subjecting any of the state departments to inconvenience or leiny In their respective duties by rea- son of being deprived of the necessary menus of subsistence. I'nder the present system of dating appropriation measures to rover the biennial period beginning January 1 nf the odd years all of the departmental work Is carried on after aiinary 1 nf the odd years until the legislature makes provision for their maintenance upon a purely prospective and altogether un certain basis and, 111 rase a defect Is found In the appronrlalalon inensure nfter the adjournment of the legislature tnern Is no cure for the evil at hand short of a special session of the leuisln- tnre or a special election In the June following. Moth of these corrective means are exceedingly expensive and altogether undesirable from the stand point nf the taxpayer who is called upon to foot, the bills. Then, too, there Is the Interest to pay In the ease of the necessity or endorsing wnrrants "not paid for luck of funds" where the UV!?""."' "",'H',,"inr8 "I1011 '""I' I'""'" in inr inv rniann BRITISH TAKING HOPEFUL VIEW OF IT London, Oct, 14. The British were trying today to take a hopeful view of the lloer rebellion in Hon t li Africa. In most pnrts of the Union ia was declared the Doers wero pledging their loyalty to the government, Although he resigned as colonial military Com mander In chief rather than fight tin Germans, Genernl lleyera was not be lieved to be actively antl Mrltlsli, Gen erals Dewet and llertr.ni were two oth er influential llnera nn whom the rebels were thought to have counted too con fidentlr. Message from Cape Town admitted, however, that Colonel Merita, now a German general, the rebel leader, had a formidable force under him, counting hoth the lloer and the Germane who have Joined Msrltx'i republican stand ard. xrx IftAUT fr Oregon t To night and Friday rain In northwest portion. Cooler Friday) southerly winds. If ii mi i ail a i The Weather l ; 1 GOAL) All NORTH Say They Have Marked Ad vances Between Arras and Albert THEY ALSO CLAIM GAINS IN CENTER "Have Made Advances to the North Along Verdun Line Toward Melz" Paris, Oct. 15. Succosses by tho al lies aualnst the Germans at a number of points along tho fighting lines in the north were claimed in the war office's usual daily report on the situation, re ceived horo from Bordenux at three this afternoon. "On out extreme left," said thestato ment, "in Belgium, tho enemy, moving from Antwerp, notched the neighnor- hood of Bruges and Tlnelt Wednesday, "The Germans have abandoned their positions on the left hank of the lilver I, vs. Between this section and Ia Basse the situation la unchanged. "We have made a marked advance between Arms and Albort. "Between the Momma and Oise rivers there have been no new developments Tho Germans attached our lines with artillery but did not venture on any In- fnntrv assaults. "Along tho center we have advanced towards Cranuuo, an advnnce which wns especially marked on the road from Berrv-Au-Bnc to llhelins and north of Priinny. We forced the enemy tirnmeiit from a number of entrenched "'llaving drlvn bnek night attacks hv tho enemy on October 1.1 and II between the Mouse and the Moselle rivers, we have pressed forward towurd l the north along tho Verdun lino towurd Mete. 'On our extreme right the (Ioniums have censed their occasional resump tions of the offensive north of Ht. Hie. "In the ltussinn theatre of wnr, the battle continues along the Vistula. Hun and Dniester rivers. The situation in Kant Prussia Is unchanged." Allies Are Driving Wedge Into Right Wing in Effort to Turn It London, Oct, 15. German nttcmpts to cut off and capture or destroy the Anulo-llclirian force nt Ostend has full ed, It wns learned hero today nn excel lent though unorflclal authority. On the contrary, the Hritlsh and Belgians were said to have been Joined by French reinforcements end repulsed the knlser' troops, The Germnn line stretching from the northeast to the southwest across the Kranen-Helglan frontier wns reported bent hack by the strength nf (tin allies' attack. The Hritlsh were understood to be bearing the brunt of the fighting In this region, but tho official war infor mation bureau did not state their num ber or whether they had recently re ceived reinforcement from home. The occupation of Ostend by the Germane was accepted as inevitable ul tlmately, hut It wa declared this had already been discounted and that a blockading fleet could easily render the port useless as a base for Zeppelin raids to the Hritlsh Isles, by shelling the Zeppelin hangars. Latest accounts were that the Ger man front stretched from the region of Antwerp, almost directly to the southward, across the Frnnco-Ilelglan frontier. The right of the army under General Vonlleseler, who took Antwerp, rosta on the North aen near Hiaiiaen- nergho) It left on the l.y river near Courtral. Advancing, and driving a wedge Into till line, the allies were try ing today to turn Vonlieseler' left, It waa expected here today that the German would occupy the rest uf Ilel gium's port but It wai believed of fensive operation by the allies slightly Inland would keep the Teutonic troops so busy that their control ot tne const line would be practically no advantage to tbem. TTJKK IIAI NO MONEY, London, Oct, 1.1. Demoblllrallon of the Turkish army la about to become necessary owing to lack of funds, It. wa asserted today nr ine i enirni newt Home correspondent, who attributed his Information to a Constantinople dispatch. , . , 'F, Austrians and Germans Cross the Vistula Driving Rus sians Back Berlin, by wireless via Bayville, Oct. IB. Pressing their advantage against, the Hussians in Poland, German and Austrian forces were crossing the Vis tula rivor today, tho war office an nounced, to push their invasion farmer eastward into the czar's territories. Communications had alroady been severed, it was stated, between tho Bus siun fortresses of Wursaw aud Ivan gorod. To the northward, continued the re port, the battle of Wirbnllen, which has ueen rugiug siucu umuuor t, bum i-uu-tinned, with the advantage in the Ger mans favor. The Russians wero said to have made repeated attempts to storm the kaiser's trenches but wore in variably beaten buck with terrific losses. A Gorman officer was quoted as ac cusing a Russian major on the Fast Prussian frontier of compelling tho in habitants of German villages to join the Hussians in the bitter's trenches nnd nf using German women as shields for Russian machine guns. Later, it wns added, this major was shot by the Germans. Austrian! Beat Russians. The statement included the first of ficial announcement of the raining by tho Austrinus of the siege of Przomysl The Hussians, driven buck, were ro ported entrenching along a line through Htory, Knmbor and Meilykn, in a general easterly direction from Przemsyl, with the Austrians attacking them fiercely, German Imperial Chancellor Von Bethinniin llollweg, whoso resignation, when ho offered it to tho hnlser some tlmo ago, wns not accepted, arrived with his suite at Brussels Wednesday, said the war otrio, Heferrring to the fighting at Antwerti the report declared that Belgian Bud British losses were enormous. Saved the Oathodral. When Gorman entered the city, It. was sunt, run muunnga nnout. -VxMlrrl we-e burning end the. eat lied-1 "'v'K .'J,Him iii-uim cin rnl itself would have been destroyed if , ' Ht .and then abandoning it tt tho kaiser's soldiers hnd not managed i its fate adding that his assertion to get the flniues under control und saved the structure, The number nf civilians killed.by the Antwerp bombardment was said not to exceed 12, the losses having been In flicted almost solely on the defenders of the forts. The Hussian claim thnt two of the German submarines which attacked and sank the cziir's cruiser Palludu wero themselves sunk in turn was denied. Superintendent Clanton Says 30,000,000 Eggs Were Taken This Year That the take of salmon eggs for hatchery purposes Is greater this year than ever before in the history of arti ficial propagation of siilmon In this stato and that I lie supply of spawn on hand III consequence Is so great that n large portion of the eggs token will be turned over to the government hatch-' eric to take care of, Is tho statement of Hiiperliilendcnt It. K, Clanton, who I In tho city in nttcnilnncn upon the regular meeting uf tho Fish nnd Game Ciimmisslon, ' Mr. t'lnnton says the take of salmon eggs this senson, principally nf the early chlnonk variety, will nggrcgnte more than ;i(l,ntl(l,Otltl. The Itonnevllle central hatchery station la equipped to cure for aliout ir,),oiu,uiiu or ttieso eggs nnd the fry realised from them, and to feed them In the retaining ponds until they attain the required site anil age for turning them into the streams or the stute, the capacity navmg neen this vear as in past years, as the trout ilu not spawn every year as do the nth er varieties of migratory fish and this seem to have been an otr senson lor them. The Immense run uf bluedinek snlmon whltiu waa oipcrlrnrcd this year, re sultlnl from the bnby fish turned out of the hatuhnrlee four years ago, estalv llshe beyond a (loutit that tnn present method of taking and earing for young fish by the hatcherlna I a success and this I demons! ruled by tho liberal con tribution of tho cannery ownera who are subscribing to a fund nt (511110 ti aid In the hatchery operation nf the state, whereas, liefurn It wa like pull lug teeth to get money out of them be cause nf lack uf fnlth In the system, The Fish and Game Commission met at the state house this morning nnd will continue In session all day but nothing except routine matter were transacted at this morning's session. Tito solicitor for fund for tho Balm Y. M, C. A, are meeting with good re sponse according to the subscriptions turned in and about l0 ha been raised lit tho first day' work. Tho committee has et out to raise 4,lli() for th ensuing year. GERMANS .HAVE CITY OF BRUGES ' ; ' Failed in Attempt to Bottle U? ians and British ia Antwerp WILL STOP BRITISH LANDING AT OSTEND It Is Admitted that AH Belgira Will Soon Be In German Control Ignoring all considerations of neutrality, Congressman Gard ner of Massachusetts, in the house of representatives today, denounced Germany for its part in the European war, demanded that the United States reorj?nn IzeMts military forces with a view to eventualities and offered a resolution providing1 for a com mission to investigate the coun try's preparedness for hostili ties. Germnn Arnfwssador Von Rernstorff accused Great Britaia i.i! n i..i. ! i,u would be proved later bv docu mentary evidence. ' ' Tho Germans failed in their attempt to bottle up the Belgian and British army which escaped from Antwerp. Instead, tho allies, in occupa tion of Ypres, struck smashlnprly at the force under General Von Beseler, the Antwerp victor, threatening to turn his left win?, on the River Lys. The Germans, however, occu pied UriiKes. The French claimed Rains le tween Arras and Albert, alow? their center in the direction of Craonne and towards Metz. Despite all this, it was tactily admitted the Germans would soon control the Belgian and probably some of the French coast, ho the British transferred their landing base from Ostend to Dunkirk, Franco. In the east, the Germans claimed a victory over the Rus sians, They Hnid the battle of Wir bnllon, in its eleventh day, wiw turning in their favor. Another victory over tho Rus sians was claimed In the Warsaw region. Germans and Austrians weru crossing the Vistula for a further march Into the RuhsIiiii Interior. Beaton back from the San river, In Galicla, tho Russian entrenching east of Przemysl, the Austrians attacking them fiercely. Servians and Montenegrins told of another victory over thti Austrians near Serajevo. British transports were off the I'ortuguess coast, mipposedly, to take rortugueso troops to South Afrlcn. WHITE SOXWINS SERIES ' At Chicago It. IT. R. National .20000000 0-11 S I American. 00030000 a ,1 9 Humphries, Vaughn and Archr Hcott, ('lentte and rtcbalk. American win eerie. )) EUOENE RODBI1R CAU011T. Portland, Ore., Oct. IB. Ar rested on suspicion today, 1. D. Lasaii, according to the author ities, confessed to robbing the home of Hamiiel II. Kriendly at Kugene, Ore.. Oct. 9, when ll ver plate Tallied at 1W0 wa eeciired. The plate wa recover ed her by detective. ! ,