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Full Leased Wire Dispatches TWay's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR LEGISLATURE 111 Usual Hustle and Bustle Preceds First Meeting of Law Makers FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS Joint Session Will Canvass I Vote and Announce Gov ernor's Election All if hustle and Initio at the Mute bouse upon the eve of the legislative session which convene ut 1) oVloeli Monday morning nnj will remain in session for 40 day. The hoo.ie of rep resentatives uml senate chambers, with the 'li'sl; ami other equipment, have Iieen put in perfect order by Huilding Superintendent George Dunsford mid his corps of extra assistants, and ev erything -will be in readiness to start the luw-iunking machinery in motion when Chief Clerk .full n V. Cochran, of the lust senate, and Chief Clerk Fred ibnger, of the last house id' represent nlives, sound their (ravels culling the separate bodies t i order". The first order of business will be to form temporary organization, by naming temporary officers of the re spective bodies, and then will ronie the regular organization by electing per uianeut officers, naming of committees, etc. It is not e.'.pccted that any time will be lost in the organization of eith er lo'uiien ot tue nssemhlv, unless a I close contest shou'd develop in the fight over the speakership, and (lie general plans are for the etinvass of the vote for governor and the inaugura tion of Governor-elect Withycombe and lie rending of his message, to take place on Tuesday morning. Governor West lias previously stated that his message will not be lead, but the mem bers will bo furnished with printed copies, unless he changes his mind and then decides to read his retiring mes- For the first time in 111 years (lie in auguration of a republican governor v. ill take pliico, and elaborate plans have been leade by the special conimil tee of the Salem liepiihlionn club, com posed of l'resiilcnt Seymour dunes, ns chairman, Carlo Abrams, Hen F. West. Mux (iehlhnr nud Hark McCallister, for nil informal reception and in uugurnl exercises to be held nt the state house beginning at S o'clock ia the ev ening. The reception to the governor and oilier stnte officers, including the sec relary of state, treasurer, justices of the supreme court, superinlendent of public instruction and state engineer unci their wives will take place in the governor's suite when the ladies' com in it too on decoration and reception will have charge. This committee is com posed nf Airs. C. 1'. Hishop, .Mrs. ,T. I). Sutherland. Mrs. 1'. 11. liaymond. Mrs. F. A. F.llintt. Mrs. H. Cur'twiight and is. Seymour .Tones, There is epected to be a special ,, L .. ...,V 1 " ,. Kit, nil.- 1I r, ( l. I I I-HUM Ml ( lf -- "rrinj; s iccrptioa, and the O. A. (', eliestrn, composed of 10 pieces, will be hi tin ml to render the musical part of einni: s program in the house ,n I uc ni iit i i... no- I mci ill I leniure l' which will be u sung by Mrs. W. ''arlton Smith. Salem's popular song bird, It is also probable (hat some short talks will be made by slate of ficials nud others during the evening. The whole affair is open to the public mil will be nlimilutely informal. nlniives. the pMneiiial feature IS DISTRICT Parts, .Inn -Fi sh gnius by dislnct vrc It was said .lilies in the Sni.s. p.iile.l heri' today fighting in AN'. the .t'iidi!y in violence, wilh (age nlternatiiig between iiid Germans. the the udnin - French The progress the allies were making Soissons was declared to indicate fiat they hud found a weak spot in the German line. It had been known for some time that the kaiser had withdrawn thou sands of men from the western war .mo for service against the Kussians mil repeated efforts had I n made to locate the spot he had weakened limit. This spot was believed to have been found nt Inst nnd the expectation was that n vigorous offensive would be as sumed, in tho hope of driving u wedge Into the German front. The weather whs moderating, render ing extensive operations easier t'i they have been for somo time pnst. OPEN 20TN OfENNUL SESSION ON MONDAY mm REPORT SI Work Done By Department Is Summed Up In Three Paragraphs "Sir: I huve the honor to report thut the receipts of the insurance department for the bi-i'iinial period IIM1-1!I12 were .lir),;Wli.:;i, and for the bi-cn-nial period 1H1:1-1(H4, Ji2:i2,:ili!. !I7, an increase of $2fi,!l733i(l. "The expenses for the bi ennial period 1SM1-I2 were K";i..'lli, and for the bi-ennial period 1!1.'I-1!U4, $2:1,205.0, a decrease of $l.liliS.28. "The net 'revenue to the state from the insurance de partment for the bi-ennial pe riod of liill 1P12 was $1", .122. M, and for the bi ennial pe riod i!U:i-i!iit, 2(m,i(i4.w, ii act ;ain of I .- " i'ours very respectfully," The above is the sum total and the substance of the biennial report of State Insurance Commissioner .1. W. Ferguson to Governor West, made vest erdny afternoon. If it is not actually, i it is one of the briefest f.iul most to t the point reports of u departmental head to -the duet executive oa record. It is shorter, by about fill words, than his previous report for the bienniiini of 1IM1-IW2. Although brief, shorn of all super fluous verbiage unit inuendos, it is strictly business and to the point, of the methods of conducting the affairs of the department, lint , when analyzed it speaks volumes, la short, it shows that during the two years just closed the receipts of his department have in creased tf2ii,!)7,'i.fill over those of the previous two years, the expenses of conducting the depart inent liae de- used sl,(!(iN.2S, ami the net uaiu in the nnionnt turned into the general fund for the payment of the expenses of state government, over uml nhove the cost of inaintaing the department, was 11,(111.114. When it is understood that the in surance department receives no appro priation whatever, not u single eeuf, from the lcgislariire for maintenance and the department is limited to tl.ri. 000 per your to pny nil expenses of nd ministrntion, of fill, 000 for the bien niiini, to lie retained out of the fees, licenses, etc., collected through the de partment, and that mi actual saving ot iii,Vli.'J2 has been made in the utiiount allowed the department for the two year period tuid this sum is turned into the general fund of the treasury, some idea mtiy be gained us to the true im port of the above statement mid the businesslike method that npplies to the tidniinistiation of the department. Some idea of the great volume nf business that is transacted by this do- jpaitnient, which is easily the greatest I revenue-producing department of the state's group wdien it is considered thut no stale funds are reipiired to conduct ,ils nl'I'uirs, muy be gained by the show ing made in the above brief statement, I which shows that of the 2:i2,:iiSi,H7 : collected for fees, licenses, etc., during ;the two years all but i.'liifi.us, de J ducted for defraying the expenses of ;the department, ' nr 20(i.lil.Mi. wns j turned inlo the general fund uml con Itribiited to the support of the other state institnlions, departments, com- n. etc Another very satisfactory feature of this masterpiece of departmental re ports, which, aside from the expense i :.. ii.A h. :..i'..... i ....i.ii.....:.... , . . , , of nil e vf endeil . .i . .. 1 ,,' in imi i ii a iu i-i iis M-ii us ill ine siu dellt of politicnl economy, is that while the receipts of the depart ment have In creased it-2ii.li7n.iill over the previous two years, indicating a pi opot I innate increase in the naiiiunt of work neces sary to handle the business of the de partment, tho expenses of conducting the departmetit', Inslciol of increasing with the volume of business transact ed, have shown a decrease of iM,ilils.2N as comp'ireil to tlie cost ot administer ing the work of the department for the previous two years. Hint H nil," quietly said Mr. For- rusoii, when asked lor the linlunce ot his report, which, in the vernaculnr of the streets, was equivalent to ".Nnl'f sod." VON WIEOAND GIVEN PER- WIT TO EEMAIN AT FRONT Iterliii, via The Hague, Jan. IL An order authorizing Corre- poiulent Karl II. Von Wiegnnd to remain with the trmips at the limit throughout the rest in the 1 var wa issued today by the Getuinu general stuff. A special pass and credentials from the kaiser's headquarters were granted him, with penni". 'f sioii to visit the scenes of light- ing. east nnd west, nt will. This was the first department from tho rule prohibiting for. eign cnrreapnaileiits from visit- . Ing the front except by prenr. ranged plan tu the case of each 'individual visit. ! 1 T 'T T J H HOI IN M P WAR FOR VHAT THEY lira of ii Were Forced Into Conflict According to Common British Belief EXPECT GERMANS TO BE .BADLY DEFEATED IN END England Planning to Acquire Much Territory When Peace Is Declared London, Dee. 24. (By mnil to New Vork.l o KncJHiiuiin will admit that Great Uritniii omjaged in tin prese.it Knropeaii war for what there was io he made out of il. ,or, for that mat ter, ili.l it iln so. Whatever may be the actual merits nt the case and it is not. for a neutral to judge tiieni the llrilish iiiiipiestiaunhly consider thut the wur was forced on them. Hut il is also a fact that thry do expect to profit by it. They nre confident, that the allies will win. Mere and there may he found one who will discuss the possibility, though he will nn; consider the likeli hood, of a draw. The idea of German victory is scouted on all hands. If, as n mutter of fact, Germany should be successful, it is hard to toil what might nr minht not happen. As suredly it would be a bad tiling for ilrcii Hr'itain. Hut it is doubtful il the (ioniums themselves look fur ii:i out nnd out victory. A draw, or moie pioperlv a slnleiiinte, is prohnhly the best they eoiini mi. And it is true that this would be in a certain sense a vic tory for them. That is because they, too, hold that the war was forced in thein. They i nut old that Hie Diilish wish to de stroy them. If the allies fail actually to beat, them, then, they may say that they failed in their destructive intent, hat the Germans defended liemselves successfully and that they are there for the victnrs.' And to the uciitiul onlooker here a sluleninie does seem the likeliest out come. A winning that such is the outcome, (Contiuiif.l on 1'uge Five.) CONCEALING ARTILLERY IS in. r v i - '. j . rr:ftifrj r? t ' ? v. : - -v, '-v" - . -'a v'- ; W.1'-- I BFLQIftrt GUM'S COtiCCftLtD rtliflK tilt.UFOKI. a.HCftVY f KthCH qotl The main thing In artillery warfnro Is to keep tho butteries so concealed thut the enemv rnnnnt locate them until tun late. The moment battery is located and thn rnngo obtained Ita position becomes unteiiiiblc. These pictuies how how cleverly ltclglan Bad French ciinnnu in tonecalcd with llruw or braiilios of trees. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1915 BAN 10 BE PLACED ON ALL "J Okott Would Have Governor Issue Permit For All Special Tips In order to eliminate or to prevent is much us possible tile taking of so-called "junketing trips" outside nf the state, by state officials or persons serving in semi-official capacities, at state ox pense, Secretary of State Olcott is con- templiiting the adoption of a rule u der wliini, unless the submission of 'i duun tor traveling expenses outside Jiie state is aecompauied by the written consent (if the governor, authorizing the expense and limiting the maximum amount to be paid bv the state, lie will i4iot audit the claim. In his report to the legislative as sembly Secretary of State Ol-jott will request that some legislation be enact ed which will make it the specific duty of anyone contemplating a trip outside the state to first secure the written consent of the governor to incur such expense and such permit should set forth the maxiniO'ii nnionnt for which the state shall be held liable. At present there is no specific law governing the liability of tlie state in the case of traveling expenses of stnte officials and employes wdien transacting official business outside of the state. Secretary Olcott states that "the pres ent law generally uiitlitiries tiio pay men of" the necessary expenses of the several departments, nud this is viewed i to include traveling expenses outside th state, this business has grown to such prop.'irlions that it would seem expe dient to regnluto it in some manner dif ferent from that which now obtains.'' In recommending that all traveling ex penses outside the stale be iiiithiri.eil by the governor, Seeietarv Olcott states that this is the procedure and practice in se oral oiier stati s. Bitter Fight to Follow Indictment of Labor Leaders Chicago. Jan. 9. One of the bitterest lights in the history of the organize. I labor wns predicted today, following in dictments returned hero against Charles W, Fry, business agent for the local machinists' union, and two others. The three uien were charged with preventing the delivery nf ice iiuichineiy from York, I'a., to the Knickerbocker Ice company of Chicago. The maximum penally for conspiring to interfere Willi interstiite delivery is a fine of .tlll,0U(l and five years' imprisonment. ! Prosperity has its thorns, and adver ' Hit V likewise has its roses. MOST IMPORTANT PART OF CANNON DUELS IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN CONFLICT V ' '-' i It '-' .V tJY.Jt,V . r ?.vi'ii?:.'e.- 'tJ" ,' , j ..... ' r fc'V.. Allies Have at Last Discovered Secret of Forty- Two Centimeter Gun By 3. W. T. Mason The western allies doubtless are (Former London correspondent for thoi counting, on their pnrt, on using tho United Press.) "42's" to shatter tho Germans' Hhine Kew York, Jan. 9. Tho most closely j defenses, if the kaiser is over driven guarded secret of tho European war is out of Franco nnd JSelgium. a secret no longer. j With such weapons in tho hands of Tho allies have discovered tho prin- their enemies the Germans' scientific ciplo of the Gorman 42 centimeter gun, I ally constructed rings of fortificatimns and Lord Haldnne, lord chancellor of at Strassburg, GerniarsOeim, Mnvnnco, .milium. i announces null, cnllsu x-1 pcrts are uow engaged in making mor tars as good as the Germans', . To bo sure, tho only present use any of the allies can make of the monster weapon is at the Russian sieoo of I'rzeniysl. For field operations small: pieees arc moro serviceable. The "42's" supremo value is for fortress bombard ment. Just now no fortress is being at- I tacked, with tho exception of Przemysl, ! ami at tins place the Austrians' stub boru resistance has been possibly only because tho ltussians have not yet ; revolutionized their mortars, as have : the Germans. Later however, there may bo a furth-j er demand for the big guns, especially! when the Slavs encircle Cracow, DOING GREAT DAMAGE Scouting In Alsace Respons ible For Victory of the Kaiser's Forces Berlin, by wireless to London, Jan. il. German nviatois are beeoinine; in creasingly active nt the western fight- ,ing front, according to stories told by war office officials here today Among tho aerial exploits mentioned j was nu attuck hy six ot the kaiser s aeroplanes on the allies' military de pots nt Struzellu uad Hiuebroiick, '" where tin1 birdnien 's bombs started a both . inn' mces. Hritisti to. pianos, nrlneil with rapid-fire guns, as cended to meet the Germans but ut latest iiccoants received here the out come of the engagement was nol known. A German nerial bomb had also set fire to the railroad station at Ariiien- tieres ami it was reported that many soldiers were killed at the same time. Three more aviators tossed bombs in to Fort Hossbonr, one of the Verdun defenses, but the result of this attempt could not be leal net. In Alsace, it . was stated that ti man uviatnri;' observations had enabled the kaiser's forces to defeat all French attacks. tt.i ? . '.."" 'I - t II m HIODEM TKTf- Bg HCHE-i 'A pmrw nun . v i onienz. i oiogiie wescl anil Motz would be ns vulnerable as the Ant.wern Maubeugo and Liege forts woro before the Teutonic fire. How long tho allies have known the basic principle of tho Teutonic inven- tion is unknown and it is impossible to determine how tho secret was revealed to them. The Buns have been so close ly guarded that it is said only Krupp engineers have been permitted to man Itenc eiilocs telitau' 'lnir vry them. Hence the discovery of their mechanism through espionage probably was out of tho question, It ia likely, too, that the Germans took enro to demolish any of tho giant weapons they were forced to leave bo- hind tlieui when retreating. Germans Continue On Defens ive and Lose Heavily In Night Attack l'etrograil, .Inn, il. Following a lull due to unl'avorable weuthijr, fighting tilling the Vistula had been 'resumed to day on an extensive scale. The (ioniums were on tho offensive. They were siicrificiny; thousands of men In efforts to take the Russian's outer positions. The most desperate encoun ters were between Sukhu and Mogheley. Along this line the Gerinaus delivered a brilliant iiixht attack, which won sev- eral positions fur them, but later they were ilislodgeil, , It had tinned cold and the svampi were frmen, which enabled both sides tu use all their I'or-'os, The Germans had been heavily rein forced with troops drawn from Franc" land Lelgiiim. Uussian military experts expressed the opinion that the present offensive was the kaiser's final attempt to taki Warsaw, Keports from the front in dicated that I lie GerinniiH had been checked at least, and it wns predicted that M tney sul len d an out and tin defeat they would have to withdraw oevoiui uien ii,vn i runner. Fielding in northern Poland, as well ns directly west of Wursaw, was of n desperate character. In Galicia there had been practicall.V no change in the situation. Virtually all of lliiliovina wns under the b'ussiaii control. The Slavs were luih'llllcmir tnwunl tli.i I Inn inn I',.,,, tier. The official statement was made th'il 111,(1011 A ii st riu ii m, with quantities of mil ilary supplies, had been captured, In Transcaiicnsiu lighting with the Turks had I a renewed. It was re- ported that Field .Marshal Vim Der Gull'., the Cerinuu iil'l'icer who organ ized I lie sultan's present nriny and went to I oiislaal iiiopln In direct th" Oltoinan campaign against lliissia, had inssiinieii i tie siipren ommaiul ut the I rout. Big Bakers Say 8 Cent Bread Is a Possibility Xi'v Viiili, .Inn. II, Mil' luiKciH Iii'n1 ' i("-hiiii toilny Hint H rent lnonl wiih u , K)HHili1l i'lni!M'llt tlh' 'ihllH 1 wht'iit Htninpi'ili'. TIim iit'iciit tlt tint itiii ' tht'y Hiiiil, witrt iiiiir'iM'i'iIrhli't. t " V(i nn niiiiir H" 11 Imrri'l for t'lmir in i iirliiii'l lntn,M siiid Hfrrnttiry Tiiylur (if llic SIiiiMh Ilrt'it'l ('i))iiiiiiiy, j " II' iln mlvfiiii)' ciinli lines we will hnvo ' tn iiHTf.-i-if' (lie iiii ( of 11 litnl' nf 1ut:ii 1 In H ri'iilH, IiiIi i- tu 7 Hint IImmi to , (Tllf. Nil Hlli'll ll'hlHHTH in wln'iil II 1 1 1 1 I flmir luivi' nt'i'iiriTi) kiiii'i1 Ihi' I'iimmmim Lcitci' ruriMT, j O, I, Cinliiniin nf tlx1 Ciiftimnii H 11 K iiil cci rn 1 fi 11 v h f iil Ih ti! iMit think the , iM'"i'iit mlvniM') Hern li'nil i mi 11 1 11 . 1 "I'rii-i'H will lie Imvcr,'' lin uti'nl, "wImmi the fi'llnws 111 rutiliol wimt. (linn l I--, iiimI not Ih'I'iho." ATTEMPTS HUICtlDE. Los Allgelcs, ('ill., dull. II.--eigllllOIS hcnriiig a shii' In the home nf Mrs. May lluiks, J7, hurried into the house today and found Mrs. Iturks uncon scious with n bullet hole III her head and a revolver by her side, I'hyslciiins say she hns a chance to recover. The Weather Oregon: Tonight and Siiudny 111I11; simtiierlv winds. ON THf J rT?TvrTa on teains and new v,in id STANDS FTVB CENTS SOUGHT WEAK SPOT Retreat of the Germans at Soissons Rouses Hopes of Allies ANTICIPATE OPPORTUNITY TO DIVIDE GERMAN LINE German War Office Denies All French Victories As Usual The allies have long been looking for a weak spot in Germany's western fronr. Tiny were sure there, must be ona at the point where the Kaiser had with draw 11 tho most men to fight tho Hun sinus. Today they thought they had found it at Hoissons. Tiny said they liiu't gained thoro and hoped to drive a wedge into tho Ucr 11111 11 line. French gains were claimed ulsn id the Argoiines. The Germans denied the whole story, suymg the enemy had beeu reputed illSt'Mll, F.ven the allies admitted Gorman sni cess"s in the Woevre district. The weather was better to there was hotter fighting along thu wholo lino. It. was better also in Poland, anil 'vest of Warsaw uml to tho northward fierce engagements ruged on tho frozen swamps, Tho Hussiiius hud gained almost com plete contrnl of linluivina province, Austrin, and theii vanguard was entee iug Hungary, which the Austrians woro concentrating to defend. The Turks, now cinniiinnded, it was said, by German Field Marshal Von Iter Goltz, were again giving battle to tho liussiaas in Tiaustuucasia. Onrmans Dony Victory. Merlin, by wireless to London, Jan. In its official statement, issued hero today, the German war office first ot all denied, us usual, all French claims uf successes in the western fighting .one. In Ihu Soissons and Argonno regions, the enemy, it was asserted, insteml at gaining, were repulsed with heavy losses. A ig other n,ierations espccihl ref erence wns Hindu to the storming by it Gorman garrison from Lorrnine, lielpid by tiie llessiun laiulwehr, of French po sitions in tl astern Argonnes, us il result of which Hie positions were cap tured and I -(III prisoners were taken, together with scleral mine Gnawers. In the vicinity of Fluey, it ivus said Hie (in 11111 ns IMi n, aliandisied :l trench which the French occupied, ivhereuiion the mine was exploded and the 'iiiilic troops weie all killed. (Ilierliiiriihiiupt wns nbo reported tak en from the French, Mm prisoners full ing into Hie Gei minis ' hands. In northwestern I'elgiuui and north ern France the torrential rains were, said In have overflowed tho Lys, in undating a large area. Two thousand pri"niern and seven machine guns were reported tultini ill I'olimd Thiiisilny, but tlie weather in the one was declared to'i had lor uctivo operal ions, ELEY IH THllEii CUHHION CHAMP. San I'niiicisi 0, Jan. P.- Tho tit l or I'acilic const tnree cushion billiard cliuiupioii belongs today to Frnnk Kle.v, I'li'lowing his dcl'cal heie last night of doe Cnrnev, toriner tille ludder, by 14 score of ."id to M7. W'ishiin;ton, Jan. P.- Dciuocrats and 1 epu Id icii us here ulike toduy genurallv I regiinleil l'resiilcnt Wilson's speech in liiditiiiapolis yc-tcrdav as nil aiiuouncO' I ment of his caudiilaiy for re elect inn. The demociiils said the single term Iphiuk in the Italliinoie plalfoiui would be brushed aside to clear t.ie truck. Kenieseiilatlve Muiulell, republican, of Wyoming, said: "Tlie deiniicialH have had a lot .rf ideas liilclv, all of which have been bad for the ciiuiitiy when put into effect. In the midst of the disasters and diffi culties his party has brought upon us, tint president slill appeals optimistic. "He said the republican party (ill a refuge fur these who are ntraid. If he had said it was II n'fugo for thiiia who nre afiald to trust the country fur- ther tu disaster and ruin, ho would have been mine necutate." "The president's federal employment Inilciiil idea Is nil excellent one," said Itepresenliilive Hhepheril, "and his at titude toward Mexico will ho endorsed by all the people, no matter how it P" penis to tho Jingoes," , BELIEVE THAT LONG HAS BEEN EOCATED