Full , t Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS riVB CENT - ARTILLERY DUEL I STILL Id II E" 91 French Claim Advance from 200 to 600 Yards Germans Deny It of ORDERED TO HOLD EVERY INCH GAINED Unconfirmed Reports Say Al lies Are in Complete Pos session of Dixmude Paris, Doc 10. Gain? by tho French center of from 200 to (100 yards wore reported in the official communication received here today from tho Bordeaux wnr office. Artillery duel, it was stated, wore still in progress along the Aisne and in the Champagne region. Their gen eral trend tonight was said to be in fnvor of the nllios. OontimiPil progress 'U being made by the French, according to the com munication, in the Argonne district. "Ciilm," said the text of the state ment, "prevailed in Belgium and tho region of Ann December Mil. "In the region of Cuosnoy ami An dechy wo gained from iiOII to dtlu yards, Hiking several trenches. "The French artillery continue to gain advantages in the Aisno and the 'liunipngue regions. "Our progress in the Arg-uiue dis trie'- eoutinties, "Additional trenches have been tn kon be the French In Lc I'lv'tr", for 0t." ' Lines Strengthened. Paris, Dee. 10. A general stiffen ing of tho allies' lino was observable today all the way from the North son into Alsace. The Clemum were being pushed backward slowly. The allies were grad ually advancing their outer defenses. A Gorman attempt at a counter offen sive imib deemed n possibility. With this in view, the allies wero doubly strengthening every position they se cured. II was evident that Generals doff re end French hnd ordered their men to hold every inch of ground they gained, no matter what it might cost to do so. The French artillery wero support in! the infantry admirably. Fighting was brisk in tlio vicinity of Vpres and along the lino from the const to I.ille. Vpres, it was reported, had again been hiuiibnrdcd. lTncoiifirmed reports were current tluit tho nllles were in complete pos session of Dixnitidc, Repulsed, Bay Oermans. Berlin, by wireless to London, Dee. 10. French attacks on tho Germans nt Uncroi, Cotireulllos nnd in the eastern Argonne district Wednesday wero bro ken, the war oftico announced today, by a heavy firo from tho Teutonic masked batteries, The Gallic forces wore said to have lost heavily. In the l.ouvniu district, It was re ported that the French shelled the Gor man trenches but attempted no infan try u hsu ti Its, "On the eastern front," continued the official stutoaiont, "there have been nrlillerv encounters onlv in the .Ylnziirinn Lake region. "In northern Poland, our troops, op erating on the right bank of the Vis tula river, stormed and took Piv.unys, capturing lloo prisoners and some inn chine guns. Also III northern l'oland, soM'ral llussiau attacks were repuls ed." SAN FRANCISCO MURDERER ARRESTED IDA 11 Inn Francisco, Dec. 10 Advices re-! held their first practice period Inst I reived here todny from Kansas City' night and from the showing made Sh-1 mini that 1'letro Torturioi, wanted In Iciii 1 assured of a wealth of bnsket-i Hun Francisco In connection with the 'bull talent this year from which to' murder nine years ago uf Haggle Vilnr- pick a team of stnrs to represent the do, wns under arrest hero. A detective city In contests with other teams of probably will leave for Knnsns City to- the valley. No scores were kept of the nielil to bring buck the prisoner, giiinos, and ninny of the players were The murder nf Vilnrd.i was one nfjn t, floor for the first time since the most brutal In the history of Snn!nt your, They lire nil keen for pruo Friiiii lsen, In April, 1l'Ui5, the liondles flee, ' however, and betori" the season and limbless trunk of a human body: is over the players will be on their wn found ill a house on Vnllelu street, toes for every inlvuntnge that I to bo One day Inter n hurley snck, containing gulm-d from consistent training and in- liiininn head, arm nnd Ioqs, was fish od from the buy by school boys. Friends Identified the head ns Hint uf Villi rdo. Torturleo nnd Vllnrdo hnd been liv ing toiiotlier on tlreen street nnd when detective went there Torturioi hnd disiippenrod tuition wide search wni Instituted, but no trace of Torturioi wn found until ho was arrested in Knnsns City. The di'itlflcd wife U proof of her hiinbnnd ' failure sometimes. Leave Trail of Blood and Are Now Surrounded in Woods Near Seattle Seattle, Wash., Doc. 10. At day break todny a score of policemen and deputy sheriffs advanced on a timber ed area n mile north of Greenwood Station, just inside the city limits, in an effort to route out two wounded bandits who late last night cntored the A.jax pharmacy at Greenwood Station and took $BO from the cash register. The men wore cornered last nighi ami n cordon of officers was thrown about a space several blocks square to await daylight. The men had no chance to got away, declared Chief of Police Lang, who heads the posse. The bandits received their wounds when the proprietor of the pharmacy, Charles A.jax, who had been tied hand and foot and placed in a chair, worked 0'ie arm free, and, drawing his revol ver, emptied it at them. Neither man fell, but a trail of blood extended from the store to the street. At this juncture C. I.. Gurnor enter ed the store, hearing Ajnx's shouts from the rear, and cut tho ropes winch bound him. Word was sent to police headquar ters, where a posse was formed bv Chief of l'olice I.ang. The robbers eutered the store nt 10:20 o'clock. Neither was masked. Drawing their guns, they commanded A.jnx to raise his hands. One of the men then held Ajax while the other tied him with a rope. He was then taken to the reur of tho store, where he could not bo observed from the street. Ajax himself has boon robbed sev eral times since locating nt Greenwood anil ulwny rarried a revolver strap ped to his side. Admiralty Confident Other Two Cruisers Will be Over taken and Sunk London, Dec, 10. Unconfirmed re ports were current here today Hint tho Unnnnn cruisers Kurnberg and Dresden wero badly damnged, though they es caped destruction in the engagement with Admiral Hturdnc's British stpiud rnu which sank the Sohnrnliorst, (luois ennu and Lcipsic. off the Falhhead Islands Tuesday morning. The admiralty was deluged with de mand for additional information con cerning tho battle. It wns ablj to furnish no more, however, than an ex pression of confidence Hint, the iNum berg and Dresden would be overtaken and sunk by the British warships which pursued litem liom iho scene of th" tn-inurement. The British public was fairly wild .was i xprossod In (.''I'ioiul circles here with joy nt the news of the victory. today in the Homo "Idea Nutioniilo's" In the nbsonee of officiul reports ltjin t .oifloit in n delayed dispatch filed was supposed that Admiral on Hpee,i. . , , ., , ., .. ., . the Herman coninmnder, had perished. r,s,ln.v- 1 U" l,",,luw Concerning tho fashion In which tho the kaiser's new niiibi.ssa lor to King British warships emtio through the en-1 Victor 's capital, was iiuthoriz, .1 to at gngomont, no nnnouiicenient was made j range the Cnnst'i" of the AtMriuii but in view of the statement t tint but I'm. nice uf Trent to Italy In return three British sailors wero liilleil or wounded, It was Inferred that the ves sels could hnve suffered little. How secretly the admiralty under took the task of avenging the crullers (luiiil Hope and Monmouth, which Von Spec's squadron sank, wits evidenced bv iho fact that the public had sup- posed Adinlriil Htm doe was still at hi desk In London ns chief of the tinvnl war stuff, BASKET BALL LEAGUE HAS PRACTICE GAMES I The six tenuis of the ('immcrciul llluidtothiill leniriio of the Y. M. I'. A. t 'lligent application to the finer points ul' l he uiiiue. 'die tenuis appear to bo about evenly ' mulched at this enrly part of the sea MI mid niitneroiiH hot contest are pn iniNoil. The tennis Were matched asl follow Inst niilit: llimer ltro. vs. utt hhipps, Capital National Bunk vs. i Capital Business College, Until tlrocery i Co, vs. Hiilem Woolen Mills Co. A bachelor snv love I a rnpsttle ued to digest the bitterness of nintrl tnonv. WOULD RE-ORGANIZ E Plan Is to Reduce Number of Commissions and Fix Responsibilities GOVERNOR-ELECT IS PRESIDING OFFICER Each Department Now Is Sprouting Branches which in Turn Send Out Twigs One board of regents for the Uni versity of Oregon, the agricultural col lege and the state i:ormal school, one of which to be the superintendent of public instruction, to be chosen for executive and udmiirstrative ability. Secretary to governor to act as sec retary of board of control nod state land board, in addition to his regului duties. Insurance and corporation depart ments should tie conducted by clerks in the department of secretary of state us originally. Bureau (if labor coininissiouor, indus trial accident commission, industrial welfare commission and hoard of in spectors of cliiid labor should be con solidated under the iieud of commission of labor uud industry; In bur commis sioner to serve as member of this com mission for period of four yours. Offices of state forester, fish am! game commission, gume warden and master fish warden should be conso'i- late 1 under head of forestry and gume coiniiiissiou, with one head to the de partment'. ' ' - Duties of state engineer and state highway engineer should be merged to be performed by state engineer. State printer to net ns secretary of state printing board and foreman of state printing o i foe. Stale bunk cxamiuir should bo made a bureau under the supervision of the department of state treasurer. Depaitiuent of agriculture should be (Continued on' i'age Two.) Will PAY ITALY 10 IN NEUTF Italian Paper Says an Austrian Province Is Bribe Offered to Keep Her Out London, Dec 10. Lively Interest for the hitter's promise to renuiin neu tral throughout the wnr, Aicnriliiitf to the "Idea Niitioniilo, " the piiiti wns lor Austria til proclaim the iroviuco's independence nnd fur Ituly to occupy it, with only u perfunc tory protest on Austria's part nnd with tleiiiinuv s loeogiiition ot the tern tui-y ' acquisition by the Miliums. It wils stilted that the snuio pnhlli u t'uiii oven snld stt'iic persons hnd as sorted th" Austrian port ol Trieste wool I bo declared a free eilv, under mi Austrian protectorate, it had been repeatedly reported tluit Austria was prepared to cede to llaly nil or a part of lis Italian provinces ns the piiee of tile Kingdom's continued neutrality. There was in itieans, how ever, of confirming the "Idea Nu tiniiiilo's" statements. SAY TURKS AT KORNA HAVE SURRENDERED London, Dee, 10. -New of the sur-1 render to the British nf Hie Turkish, force nt Koran, together with the tin noiincemout that the former were Iu control of nil tlio territory from' tin junction of the I'.uplirntes nnd Tigris rivers to the Porsiun golf, cuused sur prise hero today, us well its iitislac Hon, It was known thnt a British force wn operating noitliwiird from the head of the gulf but It hnd not been I Uetiernlly supposed It wns In sufficient '.strength to occupy so extensive ll lor tltorj. From the gulf to the Junction of Hie two si renins I nlioul 80 mile and the country Is extremely rich, The Brl jtish troop wero uid to bo mostly In I jiuiis. DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT By Great Exertions Labora tory Was Sayed 6,000 Thrown Out of Work West Orange, N. J., Dec. 10. With the exception of the inventor's labora tory, the world-famous Thcnias A. Edi son plant here was in ruins today. It will be rebuilt immediately. The loss was estimated today at 17,000,000, with insurance of $2,000,000. Construction expert wer astonished over the fire. - They had believed the plant was tho last word in fire proof construction. "I intend to start till over again, al though I'm more than 67 years old," said Mr. Kdison today.' "I'm pretty well burned out but there will be a mobilization here and as soon as the debris has cooled sufficiently it will go right to work to reconstruct the pant.' ' Tho fire sturtcd at 5:30 p. m. It spread with amazing rapidity and destroyed an entire square block of modern reinforced concrete buildings. Kspeciul efforts, nndor the personal direction of Mr. Edison were made to save the laboratory and these were sue cessful. Ju nil ll buildings were destroyed. The firemen were hnmperod in their work by the large quantities of chemi cals stored in the larger buildiims. Explosions occurred frequently and four firemen were injured. Employes who wore nt work in the various departments nil escaped safely, the firo drill boll being sounded ami men nnd women marching out in virtually perfect order. Seven thous and men and women were cimilnved in tho Kdison plant. About 000 will be thrown out of work until the buildings are rebuilt. Most girls quit having their pictures taken titter they get married. E Mexican Officials Claim War Supplies Are Furnished by Citizens of Naco 101 Paso, Tex., Dec. 10. "U the United States would oloso the port of Naco, all danger to the American town would be eliminated. I suggested this to Iho Mexican agent nt Washington nnd T know all Mexicans will agree. This would eliuiiiinto all ilnuger of in tcrnntloiiul complication, r'nrrui'..lsta are doing HO per cent of the shooting over tho border. They have boe'i get ting their supplies from the United Slates nnd tills has enabled them to hold out ns long as they hnve." This was the declaration hero today of C, Ramirez, (lonorul Mnvtoronas fiscal agent In HI l'n so, Itninlr. also declared that (leneral Maytorcnn has .lust received a large shipment of am munition preparatory to a final attack soon on inoo, Sonorn, A statement from Washington t lint the three batteries of field artillery sent to the intermit ionnl lino bv 1'resl dent Wilson will be ordered to return tho fire if the contending Mexican forces do not cease firing Into American territory has angered Mexican offb inls. Mn n y uf them said lh"p considered (he declaration a warlike net, Think It Will Stop Them. Washington, Dec, 10. Instructions elinriicterizeil by government officials as "eluwtlc" have been sent (lenetnl Tusker II. Bliss, who Is en route to Naco, Ariz., from Hun Antonio, It wn announced hero todny. While It was announced Hint no net of "uggre slim" wn coiiteinpliited, It wns ex plained Hint government, official draw a distinction between aggressive nnd defensive notion. It wns understood here Hint Heere tary Itrynti believes Hint when nihil tioiiiil artillery mid cnvnlry reach Naco and the Mexicuns realize that further failure ti trol the direction of their fire niiiv result iu Iho Hholllng of Na- eo, Sonorn, Kiev will change their tiic - tie and nut lie certain that their bullet will not fall in American territory. , r , ... i I i I i - A me ho em w in s so diun ,, , , , , ,-, . , , j i 1 1, ii io tool' hhe n hi vo i r or t ie i li n i I period tunlios n fine wife, The Weather HCrTfB AtKEA begun; fioircriilly fair tonight and Tliitriluyi castor ly winds. fuffi-OFlNf (WE A' A) EXPERT COMMENTS El L Says Admiral Sturdee's Trap ping of Germans Was Fine Bit of Strategy GERMANS ERRED IN LEAVING PACIFIC Swifter Boats, Heavier Guns and Longer Range Won Victory for British By J. W. T. Mason (Former London Correspondent for tho United PrcsB.) New York, Dec. 10. The difference in the accomplishments of British navat rorces when efficiently and inefficient ly handled is aptly illustrated by a comparison of the results of fighting off the South American const in one case on the I'ncific and in the other on the Atlantic side, The trapping of Admiral Von Slice's Herman cruiser squadron off tho Fnlk bind Islands was not onlv a remark ablo piceo of strategy but it was also the result of unprecedented rapid and secret action by tho British naval authorities following tho sinking of the cruisers Uood Hope and Monmouth off li, j . . . , . Tho Loudon government hns nskod the homo newspapers not to speculnte concerning the means adopted to. ilOHtl-nV thn (inrmnii aliiits uiima tliiipa' is more work still to ho done at sea. Consequently authoritative informa tion is lacking. It is not difficult, however, to reconcn.-ict, in blond out line what wns done. Three days before the Chilean dis aster nnd two days after the super- ilreadnauglit Audacious had boon sunk, Lord Fisher succeeded Prince Louis of Hnttenlierg as British first sea lord, His first important set seems to have been to create a special very speedy squadron to run down Von Kpee and destroy his fleet of highly efficient but (Continued on Page Thrco.) Says There Is a Possibility of America Yet Getting Mixed Up in War Washington, Deo. 10 Thnt the Unit ed States face the possibility of be coming Involved in the grout i'.iiropeua war was admitted by Secretary of the Navy Daniels this afternoon before the hoiiHO naval committee, "Hut," ho lidded, "I think Presi dent Wilson will keep us out of trou ble. But with fire nil about us there Is danger of a conflugrntioii, Delicate ipiestiiini are continually urising." Hoc ret n ry Daniels told the niuitlee that President Wilson ' 'recent message to congress mount Hint Anioricii ought not to do more than heretofore in na val building and ought not to act dif ferently biTiiiiso of the Luropciiu war. "I hope to see the time," he aniil, "when there will bo mi international agreement to reduce this feverlsl m- petition of sliip-building, but I think it would be n grave inislulie to stop our building on this hope nlono, No one nation ctin m mplisli this agr moat, We could nut nid it by not cur rying out our usual naval program." Wants Four Battleships. Mr. Dnnlels admitted In1 would re eoiuiiieiiil, If funds permitted, four but tleslnps insloiid ot two n the vonrlv I proginm. lie nlso mlmitteii the senr- "'".v "'' """I"'"' ship but said he felt ,l"H .v""r' appropriation should bo np- I'1""1 t0 mttloslnp, declaring Hint ""' program proposed America's -security would bo good, Secretnrv Daniels also Insisted thiil ,. , .... , ., , the nnvv wns not ut e on v minuted. - . . . in' jponiivo inn 1 1 oi o,n,, now,. ,o,- I hnd enlisted in the lust fifteen mouths, Mr, Dnnlels recommended the creation nt a trained reserve force from Hi" ranks of form.r tuny men who retire to private life at the rule of from .'I, noil to l.ooil nniiiiiillv. lie ndmitted enlistment sintuiiird ' bur many from tho navy. bt said he did not think it necessary to have enough men to mini every ship, il- nisi, mmic it plain that HI, OOO men could lie tnlien Into the ser vice from the rniiks of former members I In ten ilnvs In mi omerueni'v. - The secretary told the committee lie . ..v I...I t nu , r.i nntl ... land that he Intended to keep abreast I of the building program by iipplylng the niivy with men as the need devel I ope. I, A A VICTORY HA K MIIJIRM i IIIIIVLU lUlllllilll. KAISERS CONDITION . LUMBER INDUSTRY, SAID TOJE SERIOUS OREGON'S GREATEST; Reports as to Nature of At tack Conflicting, May Be Acute Bronchitis London, Dec. 10. The kaiser had a bad coughing spell this meriting, ac cording to a dispatch received here to day from Amsterdam. It was said ho was not relieved until his wifa nnd the count physician had worked over him for an hour. The fact was accoptcd that his majesty's illness was serious. A strict censorship prevailed in Berlin but re ports were received from various points and from most reliable sources. The attack was described in some dispatches as pneumonia, in somo as bronchitis in some as influenza anil in some as nervous prostration. Condition Unchanged. London, Dec. 10. Latest Berlin re ports received hero today, bearing the marks of official approval, declared the kaiser's condition unchanged. The people had supposed his majesty was still in Breslau until the Lokal Anzeiger announced his presence in tho capital. He returned here last Thurs day night. The authorities forbade demonstrations about the palaco, cwing to his illness. In 1912 he suffered from bronchial trouble and from muscular rheumatism. One report was that the kaiser con tracted a cold during a hasty visit to Vienna. ILL HEALTH, THEN 8UIOIDE Han Frnnclsco, Dec. 10.Mrs. Eva Hymen was found dead la bed by her 1 1.n.wl 1 A.n Ul. ..,. mMllo hy BPn,Ull(f ' -a blljPt int0 llpr ho8rti Mrs. llyiimii, her husband said, had been in poor health for months. Rides Out Gale in Safety But Comes Out of It Pretty Badly Crippled Point Arguello, Cal., Doc, 10. With her boilers disabled, one anchor lust nnd her wireless npparntus out of com mission, tho stennior Centralla lay five miles south nf Point Arguello today after n hard Imtllo with a storm that swept upon her during the night. Distress calls from the Ceiitrnlia were picked up at 2::i5 o'clock this murniiiB' bv the Point ArBuello wire- loss station. The culls wore heard by the steamships Boar mid ilurvuril, which hendisl full speed for the locu tion given by' the Contralin. Two hours' later the Harvard report ed that she wits alongside the Centra Ha. The Hour then turned back her course. Later the Harvard reported that the Centriilia had safely ridden out of the storm and told of the damage the ship hud sustained. The sou was fulling, the Harvard snld, nnd the Centrnlin appeared to bo safe. Her wireless ap paratus had been disabled after lior cull fur help. ONE IS KILLED IN EDIHON FIRE. West.f (limine. N. .1., Dec, 10. The body of William Trader wa recovered todiiv from plant of the Thomas A. I'ldisini company, destroyed by fire yesterday. Another mini and a girl wore lop'orted missing. Troder was em plovcd in tho film inspection building. "WORLD AT The Capital Journal has just received a new shipment of the "World at War" atlases. They are of a later and revised edition, compared with those we have been giving away to our subscribers. Instead of 10 pages, they con sist of 21 large, highly-illustrated pages, printed on heavy enameled book. The atlas contains spjendid colored maps of all the warring countries, with'routes of travel and railroad lines; many tables of army and navy and general statis ticsin fact, the work is a complete ready-reference li brary for students of the great war. It is a book which would ordinarily sell for $1.00 or .$1.50, but we are having t hem made un in large lots and buy them at a price which ullows us to give tnem away to suDscriDei's on very easy ,,mi;r;nna I COntHUUIlS. , AH who pay three months subscription, ok! or new. t subsc ri tt ion or in advance, in case their paper is de- I "ul""'1 iwy.. . . , , t Uvcrcd by carrier, will receive one of these atlases free. All mail subscribers, old or new, who pay a year s sub scription ($:!,00), either back subscription or in advance, will also be entitled to receive an atlas without extra chai'RC This i3 the most liberal ever made. -11' SHOWING The Total Production of the State Is 2,871,198,000 Feet, Board Measure VALUE $28,711,980 WAGES $10,000,000 L Army of 20,000 Employed Marion County Is Seventh in Amount Produced An army of over 20,000 people, men and women, nro given employment in Oregon every year in the different branches of the timber industry, th state's greatest natural resources, to whom is paid out annually in wages and salaries approximately $10,000,000, according to statistics compiled from the reports received by Labor Commis sioner lloff for am tuenuial report, which will bo ready for distribution in a very short time. The report also shows that the total output of all branches of the industry, which includes, sawmills, shingle mills, planing nulls, box lactones, furniture factories, etc., is 2,871,198,000 feet (board measure) of lumber last year whicu was n dull year in the lumber business which, at the lowest estimnta of $10 per thousaau foot at the mill, represents a total valuution of $28,711, UHll. The aggregate total value of all plants treated iu the report is $19,242, lit). la Marion county, sreording to the report, 'there wns a total of GdO per sons employed In the industry during the report year to whom was paid in wages ami salaries an , aggregate of $101,082, ami the average number of days these mills mid factories was op erated during the year prior to Septem ber 30, lit 1 4, was but 2S!l, whica rep resents a very short year. The total outpit and consumption of tho mills and factories of this county for tho your was 124,4:15,000 feet, board meas ure, representing an aggregate value of Al,244,:i.'i0, uud the totul value of all plants amounted to $11118,000. Tlio report covers tne opcruiioiis ol the sawmills, shingle mills, planing mills, bux fiictoriiis and furniture fuu torics in every county of tho state; shows the number of skilled and un skilled workmen employed iu all brandies of Hie industry together with the average daily wugo of each class of labor, the average number of duys employed during t-ie year aad the kind il lid amount of power used. The, data is eonpiled in tubulated form and is the first time thnt the tremendous scope of this groat Industry has boon prepared in this comprehensive man ner. The following tnblo shows the total output of nil of the mills and factories iu the state during tho your, in hoard measure feet, and the value of thn (Continued from Pago Hix.) WOULD BTOP EVERYTHING. Washington, Dec 10. A bill, provid ing that not only contriibrind of war but that f I or liny other thing which aids In the slightest degree the prolong ing of the war shall bo barred from export fr the I'nited Sttito, wus In- trodiiied In the senate today by Sena tor John D. Works, of California. WAR" ATLAS offer the Capital Journal hai " "TITH