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SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JAUARY 2, 1915
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French Activity in Alsace
Alarms Germans Who
Make Counter Attacks
PLAN TO RID FRANCE
OF GERMAN ARMIES
'Germans Make Fierce Attacks
. and Cannonading Is Un
usually Heavy
Paris, Jan. 2. With the new year,
OK-perts were of the opinion today that
ttie "second period" of the pending
campaign in the western war zone, had
ECOND Pit
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111 WESTERN
i'guu. was said that most ot America's corn
That is. they believed a point had j,laints were ignored completely,
ripen reached where (loneral Juffre con- i .
Hidered the nllies strong enough to P)T)irir QUftT UWi
bold tho Germans at bay in the ex ! uADMCLLL JUUl llliU
tieme north and that the offensives he DTP MICE Up WA? MEAN
wns developing in the Argonnes and DLLriUut IiEi liAO lilLlli
the Vosges were designed to force the j
invaders from France T.m Angeles. Cul., .fan. 2. Miss' G.v
V reach activity in Alsace plainly was ! -j.,. is mij(, ,01(IV , ,ho
alarming the Germans. They had been (h(( fm ,.
strongly reinforced and were deliver- ( . ' , hp n,su,t ()f le f,ltll,
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lines in tne Ainsoue mm mouse rc
gions and strong counter nttac.ks in tho
Argonnes. These were interpreted as
attempts to divert Gallic, attention
from Alsace, but it was said at the war
office
thnt the kaiser was failing to
juake any material gains in any of the
quarters mentioned.
Along the allies' left wing fierce ar
tillery fighting continued.
An attempt by the Franco British
forces to take German positions in La
Basse region had tailed, but
bad a German counter attack
io also
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saiup district.
It was clear that Genernl Joffre was
not worrying concerning the situation
along his left, since till his reinforce
ments hnve been dispatched to his cen
ter and right.
War Is "Mining Engineering. "
Paris, dan. 2. L'xtensive mining and
counter mining operations have mark
ed the conflict between the allies and
the Germans in tho western war zone
in the pnst 3(1 hours.
German sappers accomplished their
must important success by demolishing
the French caissons between ltoniiiuotz
mid Aehicotirt. The French retaliated
by undermining and blowing up the
German trenches at Parvillers and in
the forest of Sella.
Tho war office admitted that the
Germans hurled fierce nttac.ks against
the nllies' lines at many points Thurs
day, but declared they were repulsed
everywhere.
Violent artillery fighting wus In
progress nmong the sand dunes in Nieu-
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CIRCULATION FIGURES THAT ARE EXACT.
Following is the correct statement of the actual
circulation of the Daily Capital Journal of Salem,
Oregon :
Total average daily circulation for the 28 days of
publication during the month ef Q CZ A 1
December, 1914.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day
of January, 1913.
DORA C. ANDRESEN,
t (Seal)
The above circulation statement of the Daily Cap
ital Journal is a real and bona fide statement. It
represents the actual subscription list of the paper
with no padding and no trial or short-time subscrip
tions. All are regular subscribers secured in a legi
timate and business-like way.
Back of this circulation statement are the books
and mailing lists of the office, which are open to the
inspection of all advertisers, who are entitled to
know what they are paying for when they purchase
space in a newspaper.
The Capital Journal's circulation is far in excess
of that of any other daily newspaper circulating in
Marion and Polk counties, and, more than this, 97
per cent of its circulation is in this immediate territory.
Ignoring Series of Informal
Protests by England Caused
President to Act
Washington'. Jan. 2i "Exhausted
patience" with England precipitated
America's shipping protest. Jt was
learned from a reliable source today
that l'resident Wilson's forbearance
had reached the breaking point and
thnt he. reluctlantly felt compelled to
protest
The formal noto was the culmination
of a series of informal protests. The
I British foreign office either temper
lzed or entirely disregarded the in
formal complaints and the only alter
native for the Uuited States then, it
wns said, was to protest vigorously rnd
make it impossible tor r.nglnnd to ig
nore the complaints.
A state department official said to
day that of a score of complaints made
apparently only a few were officially
considered in London. In some eases
expressions of regret for the situation
were received but they came infoimal
Iv and through Sir Cecil Spring-Rice,
the Uritish ambassador. So far as the
i,0,on foreiga office was concerned it
I shooting of Leonard Topi:
shooting of Leonard Topp. Miss tiurmy
killed Topp lute last 'night in a retail
, liquor store, giving as her reason "he
was too men n to mo."
Topp recently came here from Ari
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girl, and was on Ins way to call on lier
when lie was killed. ,
While Topp stood before a counter
in the liquor store, the girl entered,
drew a pistol from her muff ami shot
him through the breast. As he fell
foj.ri Knipplti with her and bore iier to
the floor, where ho choken her until
his itrength failed.
Miss Darlbv was revived at the re
ceiving hospital. Sho refused to discuss
the affair in detail.
Roseburg's council has authorized a
plan for extinguishing tho city's $70,
mm indebtedness, taking one bond is
sue at u time, by tho creation of a
sinking fund. The $,'1.1,1)00 street im
provement issue will bo taken on first.
port's vicinity; at Zonnebeke and in
the Arms, Albert and Rove regions.
The French rannnn had succeeded,
however, in silencing the Germna bat
teries in the Aisne and Hheims dis
tricts. ily a series of bayonet charges the
French had also made material nd
nnees in the wooded region of l'erthes
and regained part of 'the ground they
Inst In the Argonnes.
Slow, steady gnins were reported,
too, In the Woevre district.
In Alsace there was desperate fight
ing about Steinbnch.
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CIIAS. H. FISHER,
Publisher.
Notary Public for Oregon.
Bl ENGLISH FLEET
IS KEPT IN HIDING
To Prevent Torpedoing Is
Kept Held Up but Ready
in Case of Need
ONLY ONE FIRST CLASS
BATTLESHIP SUNK
Dreadnaughts Would Be On
Their Way Instantly Should
German Fleet Move
(By J. W. T. Mason, former London
Correspondent of the United Press.)
New York, .Inn. 2. In the Formid
able, the Uritish lost Friday their first
capital vessel sunk in the Knglish ehan
net or the North sea since the war be
gan.
Other war craft sent to the bottom
in niese wnters were ot secondary im
portance. The Formidable alone among
me MCTims wbh ot rirst-liue urmnmoiit
and even in the Pormidnblo's enso the
ship s pre-dreudnaught design lessened
ttie emphasis ot its loss.
Due battleship destroyed in German
coastal waters in five months in not
an encouraging record for the "whit
tling down" policy ndvoratcd by ltem
hardti. This is tho paramount lesson from
the dostructinn of the Formidable the
Germans have failed in fivo mouths of
warfare to make an important inroads
upon Great llritains nuval preponder
ance. The loss of the Riilwnrk was nil Occi
dent, as improbable of duplication us
the wlf-destrnction of the Gerinun
cruiser Vorck. The Audacious Incident
also was a chance affair, in.; the result
of scientific calculation, which cannot
bo repeated frequently enough to
threaten the British command of tho
sens.
llio llnti"h navy has succeeded in.jts
prune duty.
It hiis preserved tho country's first
line naval strength, upon which tho em
pire's security and the allies' success
essentially depends.
1 Ins object has been attained bv
keeping the principal lliitish battleship
strength ill hiding, just as the German
tleet has been preserved by the protec
tion of the kaiser's fortified harbors.
Watching for Germans.
The Furmidnldc 's use for open chan
nel service undoubtedly was exception
al and it is prolialile it was simply
changing harbor stations when over
tukeii by disaster.
This theory is strengthened by a re
port that tho vessel left Chatham the
day before it was blown up, while tne
work of destruction seemingly was dune
off Portsmouth,
Presumably the ltritish battleships ol
tho pre-dieadiinught type have been as
signed to ports on the Uritish east and
south coasts, with orders to emerge only
upon the nppeuiance of the German
high sea's licet.
This would mean that to tho For
midable and its sisters had been assign
ed tne duty of delaying tho Germiin
war fleet in the North sea, if ever the
Kaiser should order n decisive naval
battle. While tho enemy wus thus de
layed, the Uritish diciiilnuughts doubt
less would appear from their retreat on
tho Knglish west const, where apparent
ly they nre now kept secure against
mines and submarine raids.
This squadron would sail around the
island to the north or the south, or
divide and circle L'nglnnd from both
llreclions, ns circumstances dictate.
and then would come the great battle,
probably determining thil oiiteoino of
the war,
To bo constantly prepared for this
emergency Is a vital principal of ltrit
ish naval strategy, How well tho prob
lem linn been met is demonstrated by
the fact that only one battleship ,111
each side of the Islam) has been de
stroyed by the Germans in five month.
POLK COUNTY TAX
ESTIMATES FOR 1915
, A crowd of taxpayers that filled the
court room and overflowed into the lob
liy of the court house wns In attend
ance nt the meeting with the county
court Wednesday forenoun to discuss
the annual county budget and make the
tax levy for county expense. It op
pcarcd from the Interest manifested
that the taxpayers had made a close
study of the budget, as printed In the
local papers, anil some of them who
were present were not slow In point
ing out to the court how, In their opin
ion, the various estimates of county ex
pense could be cut down. The result
was thnt the levy as finally determined
upon lit the meeting stood lit l'.t.O mills.
This tins Inter ruiscd by the court to
even 20 mills, the udditlomil .4 of a
mill to be applied to the genernl road
fund, which shows a deficit this year.
Independence Itcmlter.
T AVOID DISASTER
PAPERS RAISE PRICES.
Oakland, Cal.. Jan. 2. The
Oakland Knquirer printed notice
of increase in price from one to
two cents per copy, and to 35
cents per month delivered by
carrier.
Tho notice gives as cause for
the increase, increased cost of
telegraph service cost of ma
terial and print paper due to the
European war.
Tho Tribune also increased its
rate to two cents.
In San Francisco, Too.
San Francisco, Jan. 2.' Tho
Call and the Bulletin, both San
Francisco afternoon newspapers,
announced today nn increase in
price from one to two cents per
copy, or 40 cents per month.
Latest Reports Show 151
Saved which Would Leave
the Death List at 559
London, Jan. 2 That the battleship
Formidable, which was sunk in the
Knglish chnnnnl Friday was torpedoed
was considered certain here todnv.
This was not official opinion but it
wns the judgment of competent naval
authorities. The admiralty wns with
holding details of the disaster.
It was coming in for more sharp
criticism, too, the popular view being
that Gerinnn subinaniies have made u
much better Bhowhig in tho present
war than have Great Uritain's,
Latest accounts were that llil of the
Formidable ' crew had been accounted
for as saved. 801110 hopes were still
entertained that fishermen had mnde
a few moro rescues but they were not
very strong. Assuming the survivors
to have numbered l."il, tho deaths must
have totalled ri"'Q taking as a basis the
admiralitv's figures, which however
were only approximate, concerning tho
number of' men on board the lost ves
sel. The Formidable it was learned, sank
in ten minutes after the explosion which
destroyed it.
The survivors declared their escape
little short of miraculous.
Directly following the explosion, the
lifeboats were ordered munched, but
the time wns so short and the sea so
high that only one cutter floated after
leaving the davits. Several boats were
smashed against tho Formidable 's sides
as they were being lowered.
The men who were rescued escaped
bv leaping overboard and swimming to
the cutter or to some 0111c of a few
flouting life mils and clinging fast
until thev were picked up.
The admiralty Issued this afternoon a
list of (he Formidable 's 115 ollicers,
headed by Captain Loxley, with tho
comment ihat all were believed to have
perished.
Happened at Portsmouth.
Paris, Jail. 1!. French naval experts
hero agreed today that too reports in
dicated It wns a siibmurlue which sank
the British battleship Fonuiiluble Fri
day. Accounts received here also spoko uf
the disaster as having occurred oft
Portsmouth.
Statements given by the Uritish ad
miralty did not mention the Incident's
exact scene, referring to It merely as
having occurred in the channel.
SALEM BOY KILLED
IN EASTERN OREGON
Ralph llrown who, nccording to a
dispatch, from North Junction, Oregon,
was shot nnd killed nt that place 011
New Year's morning, bv nn employe, on
his fin 111 ranch neur Knskeln was the
sou of Willis W. Drown who was bom
nnd raised In Snlem and wns formerly
engaged in the sheep and cattle busi
ness in this county in partnership with
Jasper INI Into, son of John Minto nnd
formerly sheriff of Murlon county.
Tho shooting was done by a farm hand
nnmed Clarence Itettis. who ran amuck
and turned a rifle upon llrown and his
wife, the latter being under fire of
tho r raxed vonth tor soma time before
he took to (lis heels nnd csenped to the
hills, The sheriff of Wasco county has
posses searching In every direction in
the effort to capture tho assosslu.
llrown the murdered man, will be
buried at The Dalles today, which Is
the home of his father, who Is now a
member of the firm of Drown-I.yle
Cattle company, of Crook county.
The Weather
Oregon: Tuulght
nod Hunduy riilu;
southeast crly
winds.
Aft
yfi LIKE
THESE.
RUSSIANS
DRIVING
AUSTRIAN FORCES
.Badly Beaten Austrians Are
Fleeing Through Carpath
ians to Hungary
THAT, HOT GERMANY IS
RUSSIAN OBJECTIVE
ting with Germans Con
tinues with Tremendous
Losses for Both
Petrograd, Jan. 2. Russian interest
was divided today between tho fight
ing in Galicin ami Trauscaiicasin,
in tho former field the SlavB had cap
tured four Carpathian mountain passes.
The Austrians were retreating into
Hungary. It was admitted that the
czar's forces had beaten them at the
expenso of heavy Iqsses. Nevertheless,
they were pressing their advantage. The
war office said frankly that it planned
a supreme crtort to crush tho main Aus
trian defense of the Carpathians finally
ami definitely.
In connection with their Carpathian '
operations, the war office remarked
that tho Slavs had carried tho fortifi
cations of the village of 'Malionku, near
Gorlice, 0110 of the points from which
they nre advancing through the moun
tain passes, tuliing 30UU prisoners and
10 guns.
In that region fighting wns still in
progress today, the Austrluns directing
a brisk counter attack ngainst tho Rus
sians, fighting at the point of the ba
yonet, with grenades and front armored
automobiles.
There were points in Poland where
some slight Gorman gains were mudo,
nut tney were not ot such a nature as
to threaten any of the Hussinns' strat
egic positions.
HUBBiun river steamboats, armed with
heavy artillery, bombarded tho Gorinans
on the island of dnnyshew, opposite
Vysogrod, forcing them to evacuate the
position after they had lost heavily.
Itetween the lower Vistula and the
Pilica rivers a fierce German attack was
mnile with some slight gitina, which
subsequently were but, however, in a
fight which cost both sides large num
bers of killed and wounded.
An unsuccessful nttnek was mndo al
so Friday night on tho town of Lys
kow, on the Hzura river.
Tho invaders were busy likewise in
the vicinity of Hnwa.
in western Gulicia and southern Po
land operations were also being pushed
with nil possible energy.
Further to the northward, in Russian
Poluud, the Germans mniln a vain nt
tempt to renew their offensive in tho
Mlawn region. Though they failed, the
el tort was inurkcit hy severe lighting.
Fighting in Trnnscaucasin was in
creasing in volume and intensity. The
Itusso Turkish front stretchod aiong a
70-mlle crescent. Doth sides were
bringing up strong reinforcements.
Hungary May Quit.
Vienna, via llerliu und London, Jan.
l''our enormir.iB Russian columns
were driving today through the Car
pathian mountain pnsses from N'vsy
kow, Skyi, Turku and Goilice, in Gn
licin into Hungary.
Hungary, instead of western Gnlicin
or Germany, it had become clear, was
the main object of tho Slavs' campaign.
It was evident nlso that, tho present
advanco was not liko tho Inst 0110 across
tho Carpathians, nut much moro than a
rei'onnoisnnco in eonsidcrublo force, but
a genuine invasion with a view to over
running Hungary.
Much uneasiness wns felt hero con
cerning the Bitiintiun nt liudnpest. The
Hungarians' peril, it wus feared, might
lead to n split between them ami Aus
tria, There wero signs of such a break
when the Slavs crossed tho Carpathians
t tvfl)rv
Loading the nrmy of Invasion was tho
crack Uigiit Russian corps.
Amorn lights a Draw.
Philadelphia, ,1 it 11 . 2. Local sport
writers wero agreed todny that lust
night's six-round contest here between
Young Ahenrn of Brooklyn and Jack
Dillon of ludiniiupoliH was a draw.
Ahenrn conceded Dilliin eight pounds
in weight, but his cleverness enabled
him to offset Dillon's nggrcsrtivcucss.
SITUATION IB SEEIOUB.
Washington, Jan. 2. -The sit-
untlon at Naco was regarded so
lerlous this afternoon that t-'oiiu-
sellor Lansing of stnto depart-
ment mimed to Vtlnto llisiso
and conferred fnr srsno time
with President Wilson.
Later Lansing, who Is acting
as secretary of state, canvassed
reports from Mexico with high
army officinls.
Kiirique I.lorente, General Vil-
la's representative here, was
called into conference.
BACK TO MOUNTAINS
I
Attorney General Thinks the
Governor Overlooked One
Clause of Constitution
In the opinion of Attorney General
Crawford, given orally in response to
numerous requests as to the legal
status of the appointment of Dexter
Rice, former county judge of Douglas
county, as Btate senator to succeed
State Senator George Neuner resigned,
Governor West went without tho pale
of his constitutional authority in ap-
pionting to fill a vacancy in the mem
bership of the legislative assembly, his
sole duty and power in such an emerg
ency being to call a special election in
tho district in which tho vacancy tran
spires for the elction of a successor to
the retiring member of either branch of
the legislature. The seating of Judgo
liice, however, is a matter tha rests
purely and solely with tho logislntivo
assembly,
In naming Judgo Rico stnto Bonntor
for Douglas county to succoed Senator
George Nouner, who tendored his resig
nation with the secretary of state yes
terday, to accept the appointment of
district attorney to fill out tho unex
pired term of Attorney Gonernl-oloct
Brown. Governor West gave as his an
thoritv for such action section 16 of
article S of tho constitution which pro
vides that the governor shnll appoint
to fill any vacancy which might cc-.ir
in any state office between elections.
In doing so according to the attorney
general, ho evidently overlooked sec
tion 17 of the same article of the con
stitution which provides that: "He
(the governor shall issuo writs of elec
tion to fill such vacancies as may have
occurred in the legislative assembly,"
Attorney Genernl Crawford is of tho
opinion that this latter section of tho
constitution was drafted for the ex
press purpose of meeting just such an
emergency ns transpires ns the result
of the resignation of Senntor Neuner,
presumably to prevent a governor from
enininir control over a legislative ub-
inblv thrnuuh the rower of appoint
mcnt, nnd thnt its provisions expressly
excludes members of the legislative as-i
BCiubly from tho power of appointmcnti Japnneso authorities, ns I found them
vested in the governor in tho proceding in Japan twice, had quite enough of
section. I thnt sort of trouble in Forraosn. I had
At nny rate it is too lato for a two conferences with the .Tnpnncse nu
special election t" 'IC tot ',n p,"c thoritioB, nnd I am quite sure they
tion of a successor to former Senator wml,i noj yg to owa the Philippine
Nouner between now and the time of :au,i8,"
the convention of tho legislature, a s'inr Jnichcnck. nf Nebraska.
little over 0110 week hence, and the
seating of Judge Rice, ill the ovent. of.
nn nt tempt on his part to qualify for
the position, will rest solely in the leg
islative assembly which sits in judg
ment of tho qualifications of its mem
bers and it is not. under nny con
sideration, n question for the courts to
decide as they have no jurisdiction in
such matters.
DEXTER RICE WILL
REFUSE TO ACCEPT
Rnseburg, Or., Jan. 2. Dexter Rice
will probably not accept, the appoint
ment of state senator from Douglas
county to succeed Georgo Neuner. re
signed. U'l..... li.lnrt'lixL'.t.l lit a TF.tt'lnw pntlrn.
sentntive this afternoon Mr. Rice said
he hud not been ndviscd us to such an
appointment and had not been con
sulted In regnrd to it. in any manner,
lie added that he. would not accept the
office, if It was offered to him. Re
gardless of the iitlitu.le displayed by
Mr. Rice in the mutter, many of his
friends are using their influence in tho
hope he may be persuaded to accept the
iinsillnu nnd thereby represent Douglas
County in the senate during the coining
session of the legislature.
Attorney Dexler Rice is a native ot
Douglas County and is considered one
of the most uble Inw.yers in tho state.
n ,, y,.hi.,l tlm iieiiiibi of Doiiclas
"WORLD AT
The Capital Journal has
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 16 pages, they con
sist of 24 large, highly-illustrated pages, printed on heavy
enameled book.
The atlas contains splendid 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 $1.50, but we are having
them made up in large lots and buy them at a price which
allows us to give them away to subscribers on very easy
conditions.
All who pay three months subscription, old or new,
back subscription or in advance, in case their paper is de
livered by carrier, will receive one of these atlases free.
AH mail subscribers, old or new, who pay a year's sub
scription ($:3.00), either back subscription or in advance,
will also be entitled to receive an atlas without extra
charge.
This is the most liberal
aver made.
SAYS THE ISLANDS
ARE NOT HEADY FOR
SELF-GOVERNMENT
Ex-President Taft Tells Sen
ate Committee About the
Philippines
JAPAN DOES NOT WANT
TO POSSESS ISLANDS
Japs Have Had Too Much
Trouble in Formosa to be
Looking for More
Washington, Jnn. 2. One or two gen
erations should pass before the natives
of tho Philippine islands should ba
given their independence, William
Howard Tuft, formor president of the
United States and governor of the is
lands, told the senate committee on
Philippine affairs here today.
"I do not care for American power
in tho Philippines," tho former chief
executive said. "I would like to see
the United States get out of tho is
lands, so fnr ns America alone is con
cerned. But I am thinking about tho
poor Filipinos. They are not fit for
Belf government. They do not like mo
beeniiBO I told them so, but I told them
tho truth.
"However, if tho Philippine islands
wore strongly fortified, I think any one
of tho European nations now at waf
would regard it as an element of
strength, rathor than of weakness.
Has No Longing for Them.
"Tho only power to which the is
lands hnvo generally been considered
desirable Japan does not caro
the islands nt nil. I think, and
for
tha
. pr.,t.,slinr T..ft whether Japan
might not seize the islands and ask
us what we were going to do about it,
if the Japnneso wero aggravated by
our treatment of the Japanese in Cal
ifornia. "That might happen," answered th
witness, "but I don't think they would
Bei.o the Philippines for any desire for
the islands themselves. Tt iB quito truo
that the islands nre far from this coun
try, and in thnt sense they might bo
regarded ns a source of weakness."
"In the event of that kind of tron
ble," asked Senator Lane, of Oregon,
"would we not have to fight tho Fili
ninns nlsot"
"It the Filipinos get the Japanese)
or tho GermniiB for masters," Profes
sor Tnft declnred emphatically, "they
would learn a few things about self
, government."
County in tho legislature, as well a
holding other public positions of trust.
For the pnst 17 months Mr. Rice has
been county Judge of Douglas County, a.
position which he filled with great
credit to himself anil his constituents.
Judge Rice will retire from the offico
of County Judge, this evening, when ha
will become associated with Attorney
A. N. Orcntt ill the prnctice of lnw.
Prior to being appointed county Judg
to fill the unexpired term of Judui
VYiinucntt, Mr. Rice was practicing his
prolcssion niul wns roiineriy a meiuui-r
of tho law firm of Coshow ft Rico,
WAR" ATLAS
just received a new shipment
offer the Capital Journal has