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3 Full t Leased Win Dispatches ? Today's iVetus Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH Yl R SALEM,-OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS 2j$i&&3g FRENCH HI OFFICE I E OPTIMISTIC STATE! T HOTEL AT SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND, BATTERED BY SHELLS FROM RAIDING GERMAN-CRUISERS Allies Successful at Many Points Says Late Paris Dispatch GERMAN CLAIM OF VIC TORY AT ARRAS FALSE Allies Vacated Trenches Be cause They Had Become Too Muddy Paris, Jan. S. Olio of its Sliest tiinistic statements sim o the war began wns issuod today ly the government. ISuitcsson by the allies wore claimed at ninny poiuts, anil it wuh Haiti that no where liiiil the Germans been able to resume, n serious offensive. Renewed fighting in JJelgiuin north of Saint Georges ami about Lombnortzvde, wns icported. In this district it was assorted Hint the allies wore advancing. To (ierinan stories of gains in the vicinity ol Arras the cxplamititiii was Ki vtn that certain trenches had been ileui, lulled voluntarily by thr French boi-a.isc the mini hud filled them and thov wore no louver eervieeable. The Gallic forces were said to hoibl the highway between Lnlioiszle and A veiny, and in the woods in its vicinity they were reported to hnve mounted ai tillory in n strong position. The French also were gaining the upper linnd in the artillery duel whicj has been raging for days in the Aisn" district. West of Kl.ciins it was stated that a German blockhouse had boon do iiiolishcd, nnd the Gorman mine thro.v ei's, which have caused much damage, hud been silenced by the French can-nrm-ido. The stntoment spoke of some fight ing In the Mouse region but said It was ol comparatively small importance. In the Argonnes, the Germans wore liivon credit for blowing up sonio of the French trenches, but it was denied that tlie former were able to hold the ad vintage they gained by this exploit. There was said to have been no 'linngo in the situntirtn in Alsace. The wnr office confirmed reports that two Turkish transports had been sunk. one Inst Saturday anil the other the ensuing Tuesday, and that the Ottoman cruiser Medijidoh had been damaged fur the filth time in a fight with two Rus- einn cruisers, from which it oscnped ni ter an exchange ol snots. 'A Here these incidents occurred was not stated, but from the reference to Russian cruisers it was surmised that their scene, was the lllack sea, Asyl si 1ffigife Sri SsSl A I JPiTP if " ' -...v.-i ."5s,.. .. - Jf -t.;.- y.4$t. rr.iy.V'US,' ! a Mh,ii,..m.iii fifjv' efc-i- "ff.!i'i!'.;!;y'i, ''" "", HOLE N GRAND HOTtL,SCARBOgQUah "j By J. W. T. Mason (Former London correspondent for the United Press.) New York, Jan. 8. The Turkish army's defeat by the Russians in Trans caucasia is being laid by tho Mohamme dans to the troops' Herman command ers, who insisted that a winter cam paign be undertaken against tho czar's forces. The Turks say thov protested nirainst the pressing of military operations in cold weather but that the Germans overruled them. This explanation of the Ottoman dis aster is not satisfactory. Winter war fare's disadvantages boar as heavily upon one side as upon the other, so the Kussians must have labored under as serious disndvantng"s as have the Turks. In short, it is impossible to reach nnv conclusion but that the Russian slnvs have proven themselves ns superior to the Ottoman forces as did the Balkan Slavs in tho recent conflict on the Balkan peninsula. The significniice of the Turkish ex cuse is not in its explanation of mili tary conditions but in the quick desire it shows to plnce all responsibility upon the Hermans. This undoubtedly moans thnt German domination of military affairs at Con stantinople is without the Turks' cor dial consent. Apparently thov do not The gaping hole in the front of the Grand hold nt Scarborough, Englnnd, whs made bv shells from the Gerinun cruisers that raided that city and two others on the North sea const recently. This is one of the first pictures to roach tho t'uited Mates from Scarborough. The people there as well as in other towns in York along the coaBt have armed themselves and have dug trenches, In case t"e Germans secretly lauded a small force of soldiers it is probable that there would be a great loss of life among the armed citizens, as they are unorganized anil not drilled. 811'ipiug by them would bring re prisals by the Germans, Ten Russian Aeroplanes Brought Down Like Wild Ducks by Germans Berlin, by wireless to London, Jan. orations had won slight gains for th s.-Tea Russian aeroplanes were Germans at a few points. hrnmrht duii like wild dock, l.v n..r. A'"K the Galiciuii-II uiigniiun border ., whore the Kussians have been trying ma,, uoroKiiuuers .u ino i.uoz-i.u icz to brPnk thrmlRh 1B Carpathians for uisrnci in roianu mis wook, ir wn an invasion of the country southward stated today at the war office hero. ( fcrtillery fighting was said to be in hlnv aviators were said to have been i iiiogross, but not on a largo scale. unusually active in tho eastern war y it was admitted that the Austrlans none since, luosday, but it was assiwrr; md retronted before the Slavs in Kuko tnnt tney proved easy targets n tueivinn, reinforcements having reached wrecked crutt were either killed or the latter In such numbers that the wrecgKou erart were either kiliVd captured. The general situation in ruin ml or province's defenders were unable to re sist their pressure. two Uermun aviators were ronortc urn Patient Returned After 4 Months' Wandering After wnndering leisurely and aim lessly about the country since July 1, hen, as a trusty, ho just ns quietly and vimitontntiously shambled away frfin the state insane asylum, J. (J. ilnmlin, w ho was an inmate of the hospital from J:ick.on county, wns brought back io the institution las night from t'entnl 1'oint by an officer i'rom the asylum. ilnmlin is not of the dangerous class of Insane patients nnd has born work ing mi farms through the vnlloy until be arrived at Central Point nnd put up at A hotel where he had no hesitancy in informing the proprietor who he wns mid whore he came from, Aftor think. iug the mnttcr over for awhile it Was finally decided to notify tho hospital nnthoi ifies nnd nu attendant was sent aftor him yesterday. reported to have undergone litfK,fo have thrown bombs into the Fronc change, though mining and sapping op-.pout of Dunkirk again Thursday. It is easy for a knocker to get largo audience becauso the show free. USE PRESS TO IIP 11 if Franco and Relglum. Allies, highly nptimhtlo, claim gains at many points, asserting German efforts to resume offensive have failed everywhere. Germany. llussians clnim to have pierced kalser't east Prus sian defense line. Russia. Germnn Invaders tell of shouting down 10 Slav aero planes; weather puts damper on on operation! In J'olund; fiO.OUO Turks snld to have been captur ed iu Transcauss. Austria. Austrian! retreating before superior Russian forces in llokoviua; minor fighting in Cnrpnthlnns; efforts in progress to raise new army for defense of Yiennl ami lludnpost, and for new Sorvlnn Invasion; revolu tionary muttering!. Knglnnd. Lord Itoseberg Issues warning to Midlothian civilians not tn fight ia event of German invasion. l'otrogrnd, Jan. 8. Russian troops engaged in a movement against Kast Prussia had pierced the Germans' out er lino of defenses of this district to day, according to a dispatch received hero from the front this afternoon. It was said the Hluvs were gaining slow ly, despite the unfavorable weather. Klsewhero along tho battle front weather conditions were reported so bud that important military opera tions were an absolute impossibility, and the result wns that thorn had been no change in the situation. In Transcaucasia, it was stated, the Russians hnd taken more than 60,000 Turkish prisoners, Including several Xcnernls and hundreda of officers ol lesser importance. SILVERTON BOY DIES IN HOSPITAL Washington, Jan. 8. A system of "pitiless publicity" will be the Anieri can government ' policy iu Its shipping controversy with England. Prompt pub ueiition of all diplomatic exchange the matter will be insisted on by Am erica, it was learned today from a liable source here. England' preliminary reply to Pros ident Wilson's protest against interfer ence with American shipping by th British Hoot wus expected to reach Washington tomorrow nnd it will published simultaneously here and London. No exception will be taken it was announced, to Knglnnd defer ring Itilcfinitn miniver. America's re joinder likely will request prompt ac Hon on tho demands voiced iu its pro test. Hilverton, Ore,, Jan. 8. Harry Ed ward Suuer died at the Hilverton hos pital Inst Sunday morning as the ru suit of an attack of peritonitis. He wns born in St. I'tiil, Minn., July 1, 1HP1I, and was left at the South Port land baby home when about l'j years old. His mother is supposed tn hnve been drowned In ltKil, and nothing -s known as to the whereabouts of his father. In If 04 he was taken from the Imby home by Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Hodges, of this city, who, in lfltl, adopted the boy. When he wns 7 years old he contracted asthma, but was cure I nf this atntclt one your ago. Although a frail little fellow physlcnlly, ha had an exceptionally good mini, al ways receiving high marks In his school work. He never know anv parents but those of his adopt ion. Funeral servires were held Monday from the chapel, conducted bv the Christian Science society, nnd burial may tie was made at the oilverton cemetery, julu Structural Ironworkers Before Parole Board Today ictory of Slavs Credited Winter Campaign of the Kaiser's Generals PRESIDENT TELLS POLICY IN HO TO EUROPEAN YAR Thousands Hear President Speak at Indianapolis Today SAYS GREATEST DUTY OF NATION IS TO ITSELF Removing Shackles From Business One of His Main Desires Indianapolis, Tnd., Jan. 8. President Woodrow Wilson wns accorded a re nmrk.ible demonstration, in Tonilinson 's hull hero this afternoon when he ap peared as tho principal speaker at the lucksou dny celebration, Fivo thousnnd persons were packed insido the flag draped hall. "I advise vria," President Wilson told his hearers, "to keep your moral powder dry. If there nre republican! present I hope they will t'ool the com pelling influence of Jackson day. "Andrew Jackson wus n fighting mail, and only men who will fight nre worth while. The trouble with the re- 4 J : 'II V AUSTRIA-HUNGARY MAY SOON BE FGRCED TO SUE JR PEACE Country Now Engaged la Supreme Effort to Raise More Men LACK OF ENTHUSIASM IS PROVING DRAWBACK Forces Are Not Properly Equipped and New Sup plies Very Scarce consider themselves responsible for the piiblicnns is Hint they hnve not hint n campaign a strategy nnd nre fighting as reluctant mercenaries. It has already boon roninrked In this olunin thnt Turkey's ronl interests point in Hie direction of Egypt rather thiin in that of the Caucasus. Nevertheless no serious Turkish military movement has been directed against Egypt. On tho contrary, all available troops niip'enr to have boon sent to the Russian frontier, that "the Slav pressure ngaiust the German and Austrian fronts might bo relieved. The Mohammedan Turks certainly cannot approve of fighting for Christian interests, while Ignoring their own co religionists in hgypt. iet Germany, by securing the support nt Constanti nople of a few strong men in the sul 'nn's government headed by War Minister Knver Pasha, has succeeded In making its own objective paramount. The ottomnn morale seems to have suffered seriously from this subordina tion of Mohnnimcdun desires to Chris tian requirement!. Indeed, the present situation does nnt suegest that, the Turks will be par ticularly valuable to tun Germans in future operations. Still, from the standpoint of Teu tonic Interests and disregarding those of the Turks, existing conditions have their advantages, The Russian forces in the Caucasus and those which will lie out to invade Asia Minor if the war ontinues will mean so many loss for the Gerninns nnd Austrian! to fight. The Cnucnsinn cnmpnlgii, therefore, while n serious ilofeut for the Turks has Its oomnonsiitlnns for Turkey's partners in the wnr, Leavenworth, Kan., Jnu. 8. eleven teen members itf the International As socintion of llrldgc lc Structural Iron Workers still confined In t'lo federal prison here, following their conviction at Indianapolis of illegnlly transporting dynamite, were up fur parole today be fore a bmrd of federal officials. Tho cose of Frank J. Kyan, former president of the Iron workers' union, who wns sentenced to seven years' Im prisoument, remains to be heard. The 17 men seeking pnrnle today are under sentences of six years' Imprisonment. Each has now served one-third of his term and is mm eligible for pnrole. The case of Herbert S. Ilui kin, former treas urer of the iron workers' union, was nmohg those considered today. Every Preparation Is Being Made for German Invasion London, Jan. 8 As Luril Lieutenant of Midlothian, Lord Itoseberg Issued u proclamation today to the civilian pop ulation of the district, urging the poo plo to remain In their homos and leuve fighting to the soldiers iu the event of a Gorman Invasion. This was taken as additional cvldcn e that the military authoritlei looked for an attempt by tho kaiser s forces to make a descent on the Island. There have been many threats Hint If the Germans raino they would meet with just such attacks by civilians as they punished so dinHticallv in llidglum Those suggestions have all along been dcpiociitcd by persons at tho head ol the government. " Preparatlmi! for resisting a Gorman raid continued to go hirwurd briskly, especially along the east coast If ynii fuss about the weather, It a sign thnt you are getting The Weather C-'SnRSr) Oregont Rain to night and Hutur day; wlndi mostly southerly. new idea frtr 30 years. They have had leaders in that time who suggested ideas, but nothing was done. I do not speak with disrespect of the republican party, for I respect the past. This par ty is still the cover for those who nre afraid. They take their advice from old men and are afraid of young men who have something up their sleeves. "I got tired of staving in Washing ton and saying secret things. I wanted to say what I think. Politics no long or depends upon the regulars of cither pnrtv, "Tho country Is guided in its policy by independent voters." The president sold about one-third or tho republicans nre progressives and thnt two-thirds nf the democrats are progressives. He branded himself ts an "animated conservative." "Tho democratic party," he contin ued, "is the only party that has car ried out what the real progressive! want. The present congress hns car ried out the wishes of the people who do not desirn wrongly, "1 have asked business men if this is not the first January they hnve not felt a mitney stringency. They any it is. The reason is that the federal re servo board has emancipated credits. These things were done for tho great and for tho small. The democrat io party Is still on trinl. It must prove that it will nnt succumb to the enemies of those things." Tho president solemnly warned nnv man who endeavored to break democrat ic achievements thnt he would bo in nn unenviable positimi, He praised the eo nperatlon nt Ins colleagues, nnd said the present congress was the greatest on record since the civil war. He do elared these wore extraordinary times nnd "that half the world was on fire and the world wns looking tn us to serve in the time of need. Pleading fur the passage of tho gov ernment ship purchase bill, the presi dent said the country's merchants and farmers could not pi of it because of ex tortionate ocean rates, " Republican! self styled friends of business nre trying to balk tho bill,'' continued the president. "Who oom missioned them a minority to do this) They arc trying to hail' the bill when hiimaiiitv la suffering nnd needs relief." The president chnrgod that the mi nority proposed talking the bill tn deatli. He said the foes of the bill "were blind nnd most of them Ignor ing," nnd that he could not speak of them In parliamentary language, "I hold that the people are empow ered to determine what kind ol a gov eminent Mexico wants, I'ntil recently 1(1 per cent of the Mexican people have had no soy, It 'a none of your business, and none of mine, how long It takes thorn to got their liberty. "A! long Ba 1 am president nobody shall Interfere with this!" he thunder ed, while the crowd jelled "Hurrah for Wilsonl " "I am proud to belong to a nation which holds that this (repressed nntion, which we pnuld have crushed, shall have liberty," the president added, Ho !Uggcstei that business men de sired pence and liberty in Mexico. Ho said he did not entirely rely upon the judgment of the editor! of the na tion. "There may come a time when the American people can Judge whether I know what I am doing," he said, while the crowd broke into fresh cheering. Congress had prepared big, construc tive legislation, he snid, Included In this was a water-power bill. lie said I'the republirana were opposing this, be cause they wanted to lock up the na tural resource! of the country. "But don't misunderstnnd me," he added. "Some men on the other side of the tiible stand with us." Showing grout emotion, the president almost aliouted: "Sometimes when look toward tho struggling mass of hu manity I fool thnt wo should do some thing for thom." Then ho advocated tho creation of a federal employment bnronu. Advertis ing through pnstofficcs, ho snid, had connected .')0,000 men with work. "No thing during my term of otfice has given mo such joy us this," he said. The prosidont declared the courts ot tho nation wore many decades behind those of other countries. "If the cost of justice is so groat," ho exclaimed, "that wo liuvo to bo rich to got jus tice, then there is no justice!" Replying to the republicans who want a tariff board, he said that the federal trade commission law provides ample machinery to derive tho facts dosired by tha republicans. Analysing tho Inst election, he do clurcd the democrats would have had a majority of 80 in the electoral col lego if J"U had been a presidential year. "Hut neither party has a mnjoritr," he declared. "Tho Independent! nre our boss. They do not lovo nny party which dons not nttond to tho imincdiute pressing needs of Ainoricn, " The crowd, at this juncture, broke into its first heavy sweep of applause. "I want nil tho independents to como into tho democratic party," the president continued, "whero there is emotion nnd onthusiasm. I hnvo a grent enthusiasm for human liberty. I want to any n word in roforenco to American business, the prosidont said: "Thorn is nothing tho matter with American business' except its state of mind. All tho nntion needs is tn be lieve in the future, nnd it enn believe In it with tho democratic party. It, lias seemed for a timo that we were the enemien of business. Hut the enmity has been only corrective. Business needed the suggestion! nnd corrected tho evils. Vienna, via Rome, Jan. 8. Austria engnged in a supreme attempt to iso a new army for the defense of Vienna and Budapest against expected Russian nttacks and for a simultaneous renowal of tho Servian invasion. Failure to accomplish this task will mean thnt the Austrian government must riio for peace, independently of Germany, or udmit to the latter that the Anstriuiis cunnot defend themselves and must depend on Germans to defend them. Thousands of men and boys who wero previously rejected, us unfit fnv mili tary service, are being called to tho colors. In fact, only thnse actually un able to fire a gun are being exempted. Individuals who are only partially dis abled ure being dratted into the homo guards. Thero is a great lack of equipment. Some of the soldiers oro armed with ancient single shot rifles. Bayonets) and entrenching tonls are son roe. Much, equipment picked up on already-fought- over Giilieiiiu battlefields is being re- listributod. The uniforms served out to the latest onucripts show the signs of previous use nt the front. Superannuated or wounded non-com missioned officers are drilling the re cruits nt tho prr'nts where they hnva boon concentrated to await orders send ing thom to the front. It seems to be generally accepted that Vienna and lludnpost must stand sieges. They are being strongly entrenched and defended. fhn people, realizing the acuteaess of the situation, arc beginning to mutter fiercely ngninst the government which brought such hardships and dangers up on them. There are threat! of revolu tion. Tronps hnvo been necessary to quell several demonstration! in Hilda- post, ((rent numbers of arrest! Iiavo been mnde. Speech at Richmond. Speak hip; from the platform of Ilia car at Uii'liiinind, I ii I . , while on his way io Indianapolis, President Wilson told llotitl persons this afternoon that this nation was hooding what was "none n your business" iu I'.imipo s nllnirs, This declaration was voiced in a semi playful, soini-nuriiest manner, character istic of the president. In place of this, he counselled serious deliberation of America's business, its future nnd tlie part it is to play In i omplishing th lint torment, of inuuklud. The president said this country must maintain Its eiiuilibrium. Ho declared it must face the problems ol tho future, now that his administration hud en den vured to break the shackles from busl HOBS. The Richmond speech wns preliminary to the address to be delivered by the president in Indianapolis this nil or noon "I have been confined to n couple years at hard labor," snid the presi dent. "I nm out on parole for a day r two. One thing wo hnvo to think nbout in Washington Is the best, thing for you, but It is very hard to find out, particularly when you are not thinking about your own affairs, and cnustnntly thinking about what Is none of your business what 's going on on the other side nf the water. "I suv that In playfulness, but I menu It half III earnest, "It doesn't do to divert your atten tion from the nffuirs of this country. A duty wnich this country has Io per form lor the rest (if the world largely depend! upon the wny in which It per forins Its duty to ili'elf. I have always thought, with regard tn Individuals, that if a mn n Is trim to hi in self he will be true to others. I believe this applies to a country like ours and that a na tion habitually true to it! own exalted principle! of uclicm will know how to serve mankind when the opportunity offers. Timt'i a deep philosophy of life which Is thoroughly worth living up to. Wo have numerous things tn do here that we can do only ir we seep our entilllbrium; raily If we think and speak justly about one another and only if we try tu do the Just thing in our daily tasks, "We have been trvlng In Wnshlng ton to remove some of the shackles from American business. Hut after the suae slim are removed you must deter- DOLLAR AND A HALF WHEAT IS PREDICTED Price Continues to Soar To day and High Mark Ex pected Soon Chicago, Jan. 8. Hollar and a half wheat appeared a strong possibility ia tomorrow's trading on the Chicago Hoard of Trade, following ulmost un precedented excitement and sonrinn prices today. The high murk today was l.-H .'1-4 at 1 o'clock. The early trading was marked by much nervousness. Soon, however, tha grain started a steady upward oliniti, which continued until near tho closo, when n slight recession occurred. As prices advanced, with no indica tions in sight of a break, traders bo urne wlbllv excited and the ruD to buy was kept up until checked almost to the end of the session. Kansas mills paid a price equal to 1,11! ' cash for number - hard whom tndny. Responsibility for the null movemcni was placed upon the lack of an outlet for the Russian crop thiongh tha Dardanelles, the entiice of Italy into the market, presumably foreshadowing; that country's participation Iu tha European wur, and a rush of small buy ing orders. .Inly wheat closed at 1.2 8-H. The high innrk for that month was 1.27 1-8. mine what yon are going to do with your liberty. There are many tasks ta perforin for mankind. There ure msny things to lie bettered iu the world, which we must set ouisolvei to better. " Whnt I want tn say to you Is mere ly this: Let us sock sober and rommoa counsel nbitit our own arfoirs, then when the time comes nnd when we act in a larger field, there will be no nili tnko concerning whnt America ii to do for the peace of tho world, bavin found our own pence and established justice In our own uilnd." ....