Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WENDESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS &jg&A&$S8l V .. " : STILL1C0NTINUES DESPITE WEATHER (French War Office Admits Loss of Some Ground , Near Soissons RU IN ITALY REGISTERED Latest Casually List Shows 840,343 Prussians Killed or Wounded (By William Fhilip Sims,) (I'nitod Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, .hui. I-".. Despite hail weather, v.-hi.-h makes it difficult to maintain mi itl'fensive, severe fighting continue I (oiinv in tlii vicinity oi Spur II12, n positjuii running east anil west ut' So:s- .OIIS. The nffieinl statement issued by tin' win1 all' iii' this ultiMiinon, in milking this nnnniiu'.'omoiit, nilmitted tin I'Veiich tore.,, there h.id been cumpollo I to yield SOII10 ground bllt denied that tiny inipu taut positions had been toliniinisii The Germans have boon heavily loiul.iree.l there an. I have tiiaintaiiu'il a wivago ot't't'i'si'.e continuously since yesterday. ) J-L'lwoen Noiuport and Vpres tin nr-j trllcry duel fi'Mturi'.l tlio fighting dur-, in;; tin' past -1 hoars, with the advun-1 tigo resting with tlu' Fieiu-h, according tfi the statement. A heavy gale is' .wcping the sand dunes in ttiat viriit- making ininutrv operations diffi-! .ult. ' i Prom I'.erry An Ihi.1 to Suisscus Loth rules aid niftiiitainiii1,. u In1. ivy artillery lire. Thp French claim to have dropped many shells in the Gemini artillery u-1 i'it-io'is niiil to have ilone groat iluiunge. 1 The dispatch ivpiots severe cannon a.liiti from An.jiens ro tin1 Argonae-i. I)1. it togs ure hampering operations in Alruce anil the Yosges regions. j Rnnip, .Inn. 111. Thp Italian (overa.; inent was iMiniim'il today ia reiisterim I ull flecnians ninl Aiistnaas in the eoua-i try. It was said the puliee wanted loj locate tlietn with a view to nn iinined-i i te roundup, it necessary. ( 'npeiihafien, .Ian. lit. The l'JIst (ler n ii ii insiialty list lnonht the Prussian army's liilled, wounded mid capture I up to Hl(l,:ii;l, Rceonliii); to advices r." eoix-ed hero from llerlin today. This was I'lir the I'russiuus alone and did not include the l'.:i uriiins, Saxons tinil iV.hers. The majority of those included in the latest list were eii);a(;ed in the campaign in Poland. Portland Man's Affections Damaged r ... ..,..l..u f..l t... ! rei . v.orld smiled apiin today on Samuel S. ,sprecher, n Portlandbu.; ss manwho filed suit here yesterday uKainst Mrs. lbdlie Mntoon, of Portland. askiiiB I lO.nnn for her aliened breach of : i i.i? ...if.. t... x,.. K"oa has relented, Sprcclier happily deidnreil, nml the couple will be mar- ned nfter all, "Come wliei convenient : will be married. Dolly. " This wns the text of a telegram re ceived, last evenini from San Francis. co, where Mrs, Maroon had hastened iniiuediulely after the papers in the suit were served. What occasioned Hie billy's chnnge of mind, Sprecher was unnble to sny, but lie was satisfied with things as thev nre. "I filed the suit Just to bring Iter t i her right mind," Sprecher snid.l '"and to get her oat of the influence (f my enemies." lie refused to eluli-, ornte on this statement, lie will leave for San Francisco late this week. Sprecher 's suit will not be dropped,! however, until he is safely wed. His: attorney, William II. .lames, made nn emphatic statement tu that effect to-1 day after Sprecher had toid him of the teleinain lie bad received. Mr. Sprecher believes Hint It Is til pirt of Wisdom to let matters rest i.h !, .. -.r.. ., 41..... .Ini.,1 ,..,111 f. M... ....... I..,...,,...,,. I bis'wife, the lawyer said. "After thai? Well, it will be easy just to let tho suit up. Kvervnnn be iinppy then. Force Prohibition On Nation's Capital 1 11 Ik .loiire ami men, the nrgiv trium . Washington, Jan. 1.1. It appeared vir.it.' on whom tho hopes oi' France certain todnv thnt the senate will ndd'nre centered, Koch coinniund" the tu the District of Columbia npproprln t on bill a rider by Senator Sheplinrd. of Texns, forcing prohibition in Wush ing city. A vote on the bill was ex-p.-ctcil this afternoon. The "drys" Insist 'lie rider will be passed ns nn example to the rest of the 'i itlon. If the bill, with the rider at tached, is passed. by the senate, its sac cess in the limine win generally predicted. SUSPECTED m 1 , - I I- I fi. , !3l ' J HI PM f ' ' - 't ' " f' Sr. , - i 3 - SOSPf This so that pieturo shows French seliliers he cniinut set1. In this war sus General Paul Pan's Opera-! tions In Alsace Have Not Been Satisfactory By J. W. T. Mason (Former Kiiropenn niiinnrrr of the I' n i t oil l'ress.) New York, .Tun. l.'l. If the Paris re port is true that General (inllieni has taken command of the operations in Alsace, it is probably the most import unt of the western developments, since the battles of Flanders are shortly to occur in the district between the Vus- n1 iiiomnuin u no iae nniiie. miner !" ';'"""'H,1 '!" l'ea direct "" 'l' . ""'riV' 1At1t,:r "f V"','."' ,'r'""'1 'l:',v,' " " , ' " """. f eoverine; Alsace was hailed with t :i - itriotie rejoicing tlirourrliout I ranee. ! Hut Pan accomplished little dilrinif I his tenure of office. This was Honor- ally attributed to the small number of! men France was ablp to send to Alsace' jbut the present report thnt (leneral Uiallienl bus tukea full command sug- j Igests the belief at hendipiarters thnt General Pan has not done what. was ex- j pecteil of Ii i ill . Unless, in fact, then" iinve been shortcomings in (leneral j Pan's policy he would not have been i i replaced, for In hi in the French pen- 'pie have personified their luilitnty vir- toes. i The selection nf flenerul Gnllieal mentis that General .loffre has assigned is most l, nil, lint sulionlinate t p - Hire ,nc upper Kiniii. territory, linlli- mi(i i, .,, ,t,,..,. hmvever, that the jeni was mude military governor of , i,.,t eommnndunt at Dover hud not Paris ami it was lie who delivered the vol mintu a repoit. flank attack ngainst General Voti ; " (Kluck's nnny whicJi forced the (ler-!. Sail Frnniisco, Jan. PI. .1. (', Wil niaii retreat from Paris late In the son and H. A. Wilbranil, brokers, nc , summer. It Is now nppnrent that Gul- j cased jointly of cmhc.ling 4. ; '. .1 , X i (J en 'llenl succeeded in striking too soon, trusted to them by clients, were in- Itl . . li. 1 .l,A . . . .1! . .1 1 :....'...! I ...1 l. I V 7 ' """ " '"; 1 duet their retreat successfully, but at t,",,t. ,',1,n ' tliought dangerous wait too long, because, It the Snxoinwhen they nnny got through the French center, a flank nttmk from Paris might have failed. While Gnlllcni's army did not cntch Von Kink, It undoubtedly saved Paris, (lencrnl (Inllieni forms, with Goner- French armies in Flanders. The as signment of (Inllieni to Alsace sug gests that the Kliitie operations nre to become secondary only to the campaign in northern Franco nnd Helglum. Gen eral Joffre has seemingly concluded that General I-'ocli must look to l'.ng land for reinforcements while the new strength of the French nru.y is to be used to be used to permit Gallienl to resume Msnce. , WITH SACK OVER HEAD, BROUGHT INTO CAMP FOR EXAMINATION BY FRENCH SOLDIERS - XTED SPY HREESTEO IH FRENCH LIMES ltrinine; a snspecl into the French c pecteil spies are linniht to heail'piait GERMAN SUBMARINES I REPORTED 'SUNK London, ,lan. l.'l It is report ed here this nftentooii that two (lerioan sulnnurines tit tempted to mid the harlior of Dover, Kiiolnnd, and were sunk liy the land batteries, ; : :: ! rc :t ' I.ONIioN, Jan. 1M Fp to 1 o'elo.l; this al'teruouii t lie admiralty had mude j no announcement reardiu the fate ol jthe twci subuiarines which were tired iua by the shore tints at llover. All the newspapers, however, priutid toiur disiiiiti-lics t'loiii llovei clniiniior that both submarine had been hit and' had sank. ' The KveniiiK News' Dover eorrespoa Ideut said (jerniaa aeroplanes itccoinp'.iii' ' ied the submarines. Th 1 News dispatch says: "Persistent rainori) are in eireiilut ion reL'nrdiuii the presence over the eliaa inel and shore towns of luidile erafl. These reports nre fiom eorrespoudents liisonMy reliable." The Star says the submarines wo'c i sighted well outside too enlianee to I Dover liarbor, but wi re not fired on nil I til thev were within ranu'e. Until dis- ippciircd, says tlie Mar, and the iirlto-h gunners lire contiileiit that thev sans. The Star declares the big guns at Hovel castle fired twice on the sub marines at inlet-Mils of HI minutes. The attack was mude lit dawn, the dispatches say, but the searchlights on the shore forts discovered the enemy some time before they fired. A news agency disputed from Dover rconrts t h:it. alter the and torts had fired on the submarine, senrchliirhls from hostile air crut't swept the skiesiother ravenous minimis In the govern - for more Hum half an hour. nicut-owncd lauds of (be western slope. It was stated at the inliaiialty toaignt ,1lt onlirmntiun had been receivd ; of reports that the submarines had been I "" "'" ''" '" """' " '"' ,""".; - - tore Superior Judge ( abmiiss. Their tnVasc wns continued until Siitiinlny, culled upon to " will be ' plead. The Weather Oregon: Tonight nnd Tout's. lay rain southerly winds. I Gee i'd" V HKE To :i in ; i. His lieail is covered i1 ra I'or I'xaiiiinatiiiii, n unck Upper House Has Uneventful Session-Only Three New Bills Introduced The session ia the senate this morn was very ipiiet ami uneventful, no thing of uny ,'ieat importance demand' in); the attention of the members of the upper house. Rev. F. T, Poller, of the First Chris tian church, offered the opening pray er ia keepinc; with the resolution adopt ed yesterday reipiestiii). that mine min ister of the tjospel lie present each morning and open thp body with pray er. The first business of the inorning was concerned with the disposing of u reipiest from the regents of the Orerron i "K ' "", i"1""" institution and view the work being done there. A committee consisting ut three senators will be nnined to con- for with n ciiinaiittee from the house as to the adv isnbility nnd time of. making the visit. A joint nicniiiritil was Introduced by Senator lluigcss, iiiemoi inliing cong - i ,.t ,. li -ii in i ii hi i- I M-.S 10 iiiii.. ii- (j--1" ,"" hi ' termination of cougars, wild cats ami I I he resolution states taut llicre in an, - urea ut 2". 1, linn, mm acres of government lands III the western slope that belongs! per day and the conimon clerks if.'! per to the government 11 ml is the priripal idav for their scrvii retreat ot wild beasts, 1 he rales werei suspended nnd the memorial passed. A resolution introduced by Senator the llsptist church of Salem, nnd Dale! Garland, asking that the sergeant at 1 llinkle, of llermiston. son of Hepresen arms gulher up all newspapers remain- tatlve llinkle, of I'mutiHa, wns up ing on the desks each evening nnd turn pointed messenger to the senute, and; them over to II. 11. Goodwill, of the 1 Walter Ilettick, of Haleal, was appoint-: state board of control, for distribution I ed printer's messenger, both to receive i to the Inmates of the different state it per day, I institutions, was passed following n The proposed mucinlcd rules also, suspension of the rules, j contemplate the luerense of the person-1 Another resolution Introduced by m l of the committee on alcoholic truf-I Senator (Jul In ml leferred to the com- j tie from three to five members, and' inittei' on resolutions uskh that n com- inittee of three from the senate aud four- from Hi" house be iippointcil to I investigate the working of the slate In i sane tisyluin. I Three bills were introduced this ninrn Ing. Senate I'.ill No. 2.", bv Senator llaw iev, pun l ies an nppropiialion of ..11.11011 for iiiitrucling and equipping J t,..ehers Gaining building at the Ore gon Animal si 11001, Senate Hill No. 2d, Introduced by Sen ator J. I . Nuiilh, provides the regula tion of fishing on the Rogue liver, Senate Hill So. 27, Introduced by Hena.or I. S, Smith, provides fiir dis tributing copies of the code nnd e- sion laws to the county oftlclnls. THE CLERK II QUESTION IS STILL iEEBHEJE HOUSE Proposition of Holding Up Appropriations Until 20th Day Fails HOUSE IN COMMITTEE OF WHOLE MOST OF TIME Eaton Compromise Proposed Is Expected to Meet With Favor Tlio most impnrtnnt business to oc cupy tho attention of the bouse at this morning's session wns tho majority re- jiort of tlio committee on rules and !joint rules which offered several amendments to the rules which govern ed tlio Inst session, the most vital of ,which wero tho proposition to hold up all special appropriation bills until the 20th day of tho session when all should be reported in liv tlio committee nn ways and means nccompnuicd with u detailed statement of amounts, pur poses of, etc., which was rejected in .eommitteo of the whole, and tho prop osition to provide clerical help for the entire session by the contract system. While the house was still in eommit teo of the whole when adjournment was .taken ut 12:15 until 2 p. in., nnd de bate upon the question wns not con cluded, It Ib certain that this proposi tion will be rejected by un overwhelm ing vote and that a compromise oiler ed by ltepresenativ Knton, of l.ane county, whereby the expense of cleri cal help will bo reduced nearly one half that of the last session, will In1 adopted. Over two hours were con- sunied in the argument of the contract jiropositioa this murium," and it was continued over into the afternoon ses sion, , Hcpreseutative Katoa's compromise proposition on the clerical help prob lem, which, it is understood, meets with the favor of th majority of members of the house and will prevail, conteni .plates the segregation of the member ship into groups of two which will be entitled to employ one competent sten ographer to do the work of the group, and into groups of four, each group to ie entitled to one common clerk. In other words each group of four mem bers will be entitled, if they so elect, to the services of two competent sten ographers and one enminon clerk. In addition to this tho house wjll be pro vided with u chief of hojiso clerks, to be appointed by the speaker and to Iinve charge of all clerical help, at a salary of $il per day. Fvery npplieunt t, for u position shall sign an agreement lmt no overtime will be nskeil unless J overtime Is actually given. 1 It is also provided that the clerical help secured under the grouping sys tem shall constitute the cleilcul force :of the house, except, the clerks of she- iciul committee provided for in rule (ill. excepting if auy member or group of members fieri thnt more clcrh ul help is needed, such nddil ional assistance can be obtained by written reiiiest to I the speaker. This eleiicnl help shall also, as far as possible, do the work (if the house committees, Including thel'"'1 enrolling nnd engrossing comiuiltecs, tUe members of the committees having I first choice of their assistants. The committee on clerkships slmll 'select a room conveniently located i j where nil clerks shall be found unless' 1 assigned work w hich takes them iiwny, i 1 1 i. : ..i ..t ...i. ..i ..ii i. . , nun un- i-iin-i cicis, snail seep a r old of their nttendiiiice, and refusal to 1 work or repoit shall be sufficient cause ; for discharge. This power in vested In the chief of clerks. I I lie stenographers are to receive The morning session of the house was opened by Hev. Hurry V., .Marshall, of 1 Hie committees on judiciary nail revi sioii of laws from five to seven mem bers ench. Other proposed amendments to the house rules which were offered by the commit Ice on rubs follow: Kills i2. Amend Rule 42 by striking nut the words "except to Incorporate n city or town, or a bill of purely locul Import- anro shall not be printed unless other wise ordered.'1 Any. etc. find by milling thereto the following words! "No bill shall go to Its final vote 1111 til It lias been printed and placed iipon the desks of the members at least three (Continued nn Page Two.) TODAY'S WAE NEWS IN BRIEF. Kngland Two German sub marines attempt raid on Dover harbor; shore batteries fire, re ported both sunk. liussia Petrograd claims Turkish transport Maria Rosetta sunk and cruiser Mcdjideh dam aged in Hlack sea naval cngnge nient January 8. Austria Vienna declares Aus trian artillery repulsed Russian attempts to cross Nida river. Ponies reports Prozomysl of fered to surrender; claims Rus sians defented in Carpathians nnd lower l-ng valley. Italy Germans fleeing from Ttaly believing Italy soon will join allies. Italian government registering German and Aus trian residents. Persia Petrogrnd announces Turks occupied Tabriz,, second city in Persia. Turkey Fighting resumed in Caucasus. France Fighting for 21 hours for Spur l.'I'J, near Soissons; Germans attacking savagely day and night. Germans claim cap ture of a series of French trenches near" I.aniiHse. F.lsif where western front quiet. Gerinnny 121st German ens unity list. Ihows Gorman casual ties so far SIO.IICI, excluding Snxoas nnd Ilavnrinns. LARGE LOSS OF LIFE E Reports Reaching Rome In dicate That Some Sections Suffered Greatly Home, Jan. ill, Reports received this afternoon from outlying districts near here indicated that tho ciirlhquako which shook Homo and vicinity at 7:."ll this morning caused loss of life A number of buildings were destroyed In the outskirts of Homo, it is re ported that IS persons wero killed lit Pereto, 11 village in the CompartiHiaentw ol Abrazzi, The shock was very severe outside of Home. Telegraph and telephono com mimical inn with ninny towns has been interrupted. The royal tobacco fuctory and one of the railroad stations wero damaged. The Ainealian Column, in the heart of the city also was damaged slightly. There were two shocks, tho first, a slight tremor at "1 u. 111. Tlio second came nearly three hours Inter. The Church of St. Charles Oattiaaria wns badly damaged when the cnupola wns shaken off. The main building nt the Church of St. Agalu Goti, tho scut of the lfisli college, was badly cracked. A lion of the left, end of St. Peters wns also cracked slightly. Officials here declare the quake wns tho most severe ever felt here, nnd they I'ear that a large death list will be shown when full details are obtain able. It was reported this afternoon that fliere hud been considerable loss of life and enormous damage ia the province of Abriizi. The entire province suf fered and many small towns lire said to have been nearly wiped out. Sev ernl towns in the province of Rome also suffered. Latest advices, which arn still very 'meagre, report the greatest damuge was sustained In the towns of Capelle. Mng liano, Frosinone, Monte Hotondo, Ve roly, Viibnontone nnd Albnno, Many suns ure reported ro nave 1 n I caught in tne ruins or inese unvns mm crushed to death. The various barrin lis in the vicinity of the worst of the damuge have been denuded of troops, who have been rush ed to assist ia the work of rescue, The minister of the interior and the minis ler of war Iinve directed Iheir subordi I , . . , 1 ; , ; il,,,;,. ,,iVc ... ... ,. ., l, When the town of trosinoiic wns dinkea the prison there was paitially leslrovcil. T invicts mutinied when I an attempt wu ide to keep them In side the wnlls, In spite of the dninngi1. WILL NOT FILE APPEAL. Attorney W. W curdwell staledj yesteidny that In1 did not think he would file nn nppcnl in the case nf Roy Fariiain. who was yesterday luken In the penitentiary, following conviction on a charge of 'statutory rape. On the contrary, Mr. Canlwe.ll said hi! would prolinbiv Icircuhite a pitlitlon fur a piiidua as soon as tho young mini nan served his minimum sentence of three Veins. Attorney Curdwell snld he vus already assured' that the petition would be liberally signed ia the vicinity of Kama m'a home, on Cow Creek. Hose burg Review. fc . . ZAPATISTAS liBAVti CAPITAL OF MEXICO Galveston, Texns, Jan, III. Mexico City li it n been iivacuat ed by the Zapatistas, nccnrtling to a cablegram from Vera Crar, r 'ived by John T. Harns, Carriia.lsln consul here, There Is no confirmation. j 1 U GERMAN ADVANCES ARE REPORTED IN Capture of a Series of French Trenches at LaBasse Is Announced RUSSIANS HAVE RENEWED FIGHTING AT CAUCASUS Turks Credited With Occupy ing Important Persian City After Battle Herlin, by wireless to Sayvillc, I,, I. Jan. 111. General German successes along (he western battle front, especial ly the capture nf a series of French trenches at Pullinsburg, a suburb of l.ullasse, were uauounced in an of ficial statement issued by tho war of fice this afternoon. Artillery duels continued in tho vi cinity of Nieiiport where tho French have suffered heavily as the result of tho German shell fire. The French of fensive at liiilloiselle nnd Touvron Hill is declared to have been repulsed with heavy losses. fn the vicinity of Cronv, thn two main French positions have been taken, tho statement asserts, 1,700 prisoners, four cannon and several machine, gun having fallen into the Germans' hands. The French attempted to recapturo the ruined forts near St. Mihiel but were repulsed with heavy losses. The Germans hold the hills north anil northwest of Nolueny. Turks Take Offensive. 1'elroginil, Jan. HI. Announcement of tho resumption nf fighting in th Caucasus, of the Turkish occupation of Tabriz, Persia, nnd of some of tho do tails of the naval engagement between Turkish and Russian warships in the lllnck sen January (1 was contained in an official statement issued hern today. In the Caucasus, the Tenth Turkish nrmv corps after linving been driven buck, succeeded ill rnllying. nnd is now milking n determined stund. The statement says Tabriz wns oc cupied by the ndvancp guard of the Turkish forces operating in Persia. Considerable importance is attached to this movement, as Tabriz is the second! largest city in Persia. Supplementing an enrlier account, of the engagement in tho Hlaclt sen oil Jnnunry (I, the official statement snid: "The Turkish transport. Haria Roset ta was sunk and the warship Medjideh was liailly duinngcd. A Hussian squad ron was pursuing the Medjideh when the Turkish cruisers Ilreslau nnd Hutn jidch were encountered. The llreslau'ii senrchlii'lits were sho( nwnv, and both vessels fled. The Ilreslau, by an error, bouilinidcd Turkish troops near I.ininn, coatpellinif them to evacuate their posi tions, which were occupied by Hussian troops.' ' Balkv Horses Is Suhiect of Much Expert Testimony Holding Unit W. A. Dread did not lit t 1 1 1 1 1 1 to 1 ol 11 in the much afflicted tciiui tu ,1. C, Morris, the man from whom the tenia was purchuseil, until nt lir the note hihl fallen due, the jury ia the circuit court, lust night brought in a vcr.lirt in favor of the plaintiff J. C, Morris. Hy the verdict Mr. Ili-cml is required to pay the sum of frill nnd interest from September (I, Hill and nn 1nMitMn1.il sum of 1-'o fur uttorney's fees. On tiie sIiiihI Mr. Ilread, the dolYiid unt, tnllied at length upon thu sub ject of Kale's bulliyncss which callcil for some expert testimony on balky horses. Henry Van.lerMiil, a farmer residing near Turner, suid that h" lui'l owned Hie auiuial and that although she was luiM-.v si ould be worked if the driver hi her pull when she win 1. i .ii. 1 hoi , I . . 1 v Ih.t sliii-tiinr. ,, . , . , . , 1 M.i kill herself pulling", said Mr. Vaa.ler vort "but if she is nut allowed to start when she has the nut inn she won't) pall the hat "f ll,lr ln'ad." At torney Walter Wlnsiow appeared f(" the plaintiff and Attorneys A. O. ('011- 1 dit ninl Georue lliughuiii tor tu Icl'endnut. NEW FRUIT EVAPORATOR We clip Ihe followdng from "Th People Friend'', of Rogers, Arkansas, lilted January ft, 1111.1; "Tom D. Morgan has goan to th fruit belt nf Oregon to introduce 'unpolled machine for evaporating fruit mid of his own Invention. We huvo s 1 it nperate and believe It Is a good, thing.'' The Morgan Sainlnry I'.vnporator it now operaiing at Hie Public Market building. Will dry ull Muds of fruit, potatoes or anything that can bo dried. Kvery fruit I'luwer should call and see this machine. 1 m ' TT.J BERLIN DISPATCH