i ft--- f " r" '" "T Full Leased Wire Dispatches n a. I V Today's News Printed Today "' .-,.,'.. . A A A. J 1 - TIIIRT.Y-SEVENTH YEAiv a SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS ?&B "53 i J FOUR KILLED AND NINE INJURED WHEN BOILER EXPLODES Cruiser San Diego Has Severe ' Explosion Following Annual Test . LOW WATER IN BOILER TUBE GIVEN THE BLAME Accident Occurred Off Coast of Mexico Last Night About Sundown Han Diego, Col.. .Tan. 22. The futnl explosion on board the United Htntes 'miner Hnn Diego, liup'ship of the Pacific fleet, off Ouaymas. last niuht cuno nt the end of tho most severe f test to winch tinted Slates cruisers are subjected, it was annoiiuced here today. The rrii isor left LnPnza early yes lordny to begin the annual 24 hour test inquired of all vessels in the navv. For four hours of this 24 the cruiser -fc is under foreed draft, the most, stren uous test possible. Under foreed draft the San J)iego is capable of making 22 hunts. It was during this test or soon after ward, according to naval c ficials here today, that the explosion 0n board the Sun Diego occurred. The wireless station here was not notified until ten o'clock last niulit. At that time the San Diego was making her way to Cunyinas, the medical corps on board doin all in its power to care for the injured. The details of the accident received here were forwarded at once to Wash ington and tliu order for an official investigation of the causes which led up to the accident followed. , Two ff the victims of the explosion enlisted in San Diego, anil had seen service in ihe unvy for only a sliort time. Oscar .1. Wyatt, whose mother, Mrs. Sadie Poster, resides in El Centro, r.ime here from Los Angeles to enlist only three weeks ago. He jjassed thei dilution for second class fireman was at once assigned to the San elimination J 1 1 1 1 Diego, A. L. Hordes of Joplin, Mo., en listed here last September after serv ing with the United Stales marines here. The Fan Diego was formerly the California. The cruiser was re-christ-toned the Sail Diego last fall, when It ,vus decided to give the name "Cali fornia" to a droadnauylit. Jf Early Report of Explosion. Wushington, Jim. 22. Four men were killed and nine seriously injured by an explosion on board the United States cruiser flan Diego, off the west coast of Mexico, at tl o'clock lost night, according to a dispatch received to day by the nnvy department. Low water in a boiler tube caused the ac cident. The San Diego is the flagship of Ihe Pioifie fleet. Few details of Ihe dis aster were given out nt the navy de partment. Secretary Daniels toilnv ordered an investigation to fix responsibility for tun explosion. . The accident was reported by Ad miral Tloword. The cruiser hail just completed a speed trial when she mane 21.1.1 knols, and it is believed Mint the Machinery may have been put to loo severe a test. It is presumed that Ihe excitement of the test and- Ihe. possi ble negligence of the crew iniiv have let the water net too low. The .lis- pilch did not give the exact cause nf the explosion and did not say where it curred. lie nan I'icno ici r ju ms .minim, V for Acnpulen. Cnplnin Ashley U. Robertson is com Tiiiinilor of the San uiogo. At. noon the nuw department mn.le ...,1,11.. ..1,.. f.l,vlii,; revised lis. of the ....i ..... :..i,..i. ..-nil 111111 tiiiun-.t. Dead. ' William K. Elliott, of P.rooklvn. ,mll.i lower than thut wiien Ihev wcre.."r l'r" ''orporutlon heads all Ambus L. Harden, of Joplin. Mo. lover some of the towns in Norfolk. ",VI'r. "'",''' I( I'0""''" minority Clifford A. Western, of Hnvenport. 1 Ktockholders to secure more recognition Califnruia. I It is ndilressed "to the press of hnn on the bunrils of directors, according Oscar .1. W vn It, of Kl Cenlro, Oil. jlUego" and says that although nil thejto its author, Henntor Langgufli, It f.' All of the dead me second class fire-j men ln were killed or injured' were j nsscrted Hint under the present sys ti, on. jgien sufficient time to escape, (hey torn, minority stockholders riinnot elect Seriously Injured. stuck to their posts, seeing only duty; -a representative on the board of di Second elnss firemen It. V. Cliddcn thnt the lives of many others of the on- j rectors, but under the proposed system of ludiniiiipolisi William IK Miller, of gineer's crew in the compartment be-1 where there are five directors to elect liowns, Kan.; Ilenjamin Tucker, of low might be spared. They remained persons holding one-fifth of tho stock Londinine, Mo., and Krnest A. Ledwilh, to open the safety valves und to take would be able to elect ouo director, of Pueblo Colonidn. other precautions to prevent the com- thereby receiving representation in pro Less seriously injured: George Ohm. ' pnrtmouls from filling with the .loudly portion to their holdings rulher than water tender, of Vutiin. Neb.; Dnrroll stenni. It mount dentil nnd injury to, having persons who owned one shun Vnriiuilo, second class fireman, of Port them, but if they had not stayed, raid j more Hunt half of the stock elect Ho Arllinr. Texas; Charles W. Peterson, Cnplnin Holicrtson, scores of lives entire benid of directors, second class fireman of Kncine, Wis.;1 might have been lost. There has boon a heavy lobby again.! I'liianool A. Minpi'l. seaman, of l.n Cuptitin Holicrtson reported thnt the the bill and the bystanders lire watch Porte, hid., nnd Patrick A. Merriman, 1 overheating and blowing out of sev- ing will, interest the sennturs who lire coal passer, of Woll.ach. Neb. ,,rn tubes, probably caused by low w a-, opposing the lull nnd the rensons the. How Firemen Died. ter In the boiler, nppnrently was the present for not favoring It. "It is the Sntt Diego. Oil., .Inn. 22. llow fin;-' rni.se of the neolilent. find monsiiri tlo' favoring of whic men, went to their dentil and others1 Admiral Howard, he said, lias up would Indicate a senator was standing fiiced death like real heroes yesterday , point"d a commission to investigate the in with the cnrporntions. " said one ol when nn explosion in n boiler tube on cause of the trouble, headed by Fleet the regular members of the senate oil tlio Pniteil Mntes cruiser Han Hiegn in Commander P. K. Oliver. dieiice this morning, "and I l.n. tun- the Gulf of California shook th" flag-1 Watches tiere being catingi-d In the Ions to see how the members will liio ' ip of the 1'nitcil States Pacific fleet, engine loom nt the time nf the explo-.up ou the proposition." i told in n radio message ent here to- sin... Officers of the .Maryland wen- After muki.ig this bill n special or dny by Cnplnin Ashlev If. luibertson, ucthig ns umpires of the tests w hen the tier of business for l():.'Hl Motiilcy in romiuanil of the Hnn Ulcgo. jtccident huppened. , . urn I dug the senate udjourneil until that - ' I 11 sians Pushing Advance Toward Prussia With Vigor By J. W. T. Mason (Former European Manager of the United Press.) New York, Jan. 22. Tho Russians are pushing their new advance vigor ously toward Thorn. This has sudden ly become the most important move ment in any of the war zone's. The Slavs appear once more to have changed their plan of campaign to have returned to their original resolve to overthrow the German defenses on the Vistula, which are second only in strength to the defenses on the Rhine. The absence of news of the Russian advance toward Budapest and the ap parent inability of the Slavs to follow up their recent defeat of the Turks in the Caucasus suggest 1 1 1 n rv instead of sending sufficient reinforcemnts to support these movements, Russia re gards the new offensive againet the Hermans along the Vistula as for the moment the dominant factor in her strategy. There are, in fact, six different campaigns now being conducted by tho Russians. The first is in East Prussia, the second toward Thorn, the third be fore Warsaw, the fourth iu Oalicia, the fifth in Bukovina ami against Buda pest, and the sixth in the Caucasus. Six campaigim require a serious division of the Slav offensive, and, what is moro satisfactory to the Gor man general staff, Petrograd has been templed into a policy to indecision. BURNED EARLY TODAY All Passengers Were Rescued; Some From Icy Waters of Chesapeake Bay Baltimore, Md Jau. 22. The steam er Maryland, belonging to the Mnrv- ...... 1 .'... ... 1 !:..:..!.. .j,..........!.. it,..,., i.i-iaivnif mm . i.ul.liM m ruu.oii , , company burned early today in Cl.es,, - peake Buy. The H5 passengers wore1 rescued, some of them from the icy wniers mio which mey nun leaped iiur- ing the fire. That there were no fntobtios was due promptness of the liners City of "nltiniore and City of Norfolk in rush - ...g in ...e " "' " .' julor linrland this morning informed outs saw the blazing Maryland. thl, ,,, t,mt had , . , It is feared some of the passengers s J( and that liis result" Exposure" eMtW .rU were nimed not at the senator Tne MlrvZ, will 1 a total loss. ! Jiv ' '? VT" Utt"Cki"K X' She caught fire when between Sandy I Point and Mngothy and whisth'd for1 , K"tlllyn aenntor-cleet aid. To save the passengers the cap-,trom DuKl county, made her ap tnin ran her on tho beach. Owing to I'curunee and was extended the. courte the great draught nf the stenmers City , H1" tll l,nnte, being given a scut of Baltimore and City of Norfolk, they J1' t1'" ''ck which she will occupy Mon could not approach close to the Mary-tl,ny " an active member of the upper bind ami were forced to mil their boats 'muse, a mi e to the burning sum Dining the Interval bclwe.'u thei beaching of the Maryland nnd the nr- ed the courtesies of the sonntn. Until rival of the rescue bouts, mnuy of the last session he was a member nf the passengers leaped into the wnlor.. senate from l.inn county, being the old Most of them were in their berths est member of tliut body in point of when the fire wns discovered. The service cause of tho fire is not vet known. House bill No. 02, Allen, prohibit- ' ' '"K county clerks from giving legal nd- BERLIN CREDITS ZEP- 'milking food for domestic animals in PfllVQ WITH RAin f,"T.' ,"f, f,lraily expense, were both In I Ei.UaJ IIIIIl lYttll definitely postponed by adopting un- favorable committee reports. Sonnte Says Huge Aircraft of Latont Typo IU sponsible for Bomb-Dropping In Brit Co, hngen, Jan. is genera.,- opted . 1 1 ... 1 - .... .1.- 1 itcriin mui 1 in- mi sin 1 ,,,, .liMnnuui,,,, i ... T, ' ' ." , vv t li trospnssors aim niso ns to tno pro--d tho const of Kngland ear- V'" "J" ''V "f Viou. good reputation that Grosser had which rnide ly this week wore Zeppelins, according to dispatchc from the German capital I .These advice, y f.m Zeppelin, used - j were of the latest resign, having ex - eopnnnni s .ecu. 1 nev orosseu roe .orin ; sea flving nt a greot height, and us sunn u llicv i-ciclied ll nnst descended to !. nf 'loon i-.,.,. Tl,.,... ,li. ........ ..... , I patches declare flint the airships flow There appear to be variable cliques of strategists at Petrograd, each of whom, in turn, seems to impress its desires ou tho general staff. Instead, therefore, of holding fast to one objective, iu spite of all ob stacles, every stumble sends the Slav off seeking an easier track. Presumably the situntioh In tho southeast was. more puzzling than at first anticipated so tho Petrograd mili tary authorities decided to try their troops again in the Rosso-German northwestern war zone. While trying to reach Thorn early in tho war the Slavs suffered their first great defeat amid tho marshes of East Prvssla. The experience gained doubtless accounts for the fact that the new advance is not through the, East Prussian glacial bogs but along the Bussian Toads a few miles to the south. The seriousness of the Thorn' of fensive depeiuls on the strength of the Slav armies. It will require an enormous force to make the movement successful. The difficulties of crossing an un defended portion of the Vistula river in Russia are so great that Field Mar shal Von Ilindenburg bus been unable to move from the south to tho north bank of that stream. It seems, there fore, as if the problem of forcing a passage of tho Vistula into Germany, which is protected by a line of inodern fortifications, may be as perplexing for the Slavs to solve. FORTHOMPSON FUNERAL Upper House Adjourns Until Monday Morning After Lively Session This morning's session of tho senate was tho livest that has boon held this , . .. t . , . . . , , tcr'" nf thp ''K'1t-e, matters before 'he body calling torth manv warm nr i gumeiita upon the-merits of different pills. contrast to his attitudo toward Senator Jloser yesterday afternoon luring the debute upon the Dimick bill , abolishing the state nnvol militia, Son A. .Miller, now Internnl revenue collector nt Portland, was also extend ;inil Ao. .1.1, hy Senntor Gurliisd, suf . fored a like fate. ! Senate bill No. ,1S, ,y Senntor Gar I J-'t all bids anil UmZyZ . -'-ed toho iiiiui, nuinorizing county Courts to - " ""!. nun nL'nwnvs n nr . - l.inn i iiiiiii v cnniu ihh oners were ex - foiled l.v ,,,,. ,i;rf,., . , , ioiie.1 ny many different member anil I sorrow expressed that the other comi , W(.i.rt .,t r..rt .. t, vXy on, , tv '"'U"mtC! U8 th" "l'I'"r , R ' , bill No tn 1 . I He 1 . ' - . I"""'rl" '"'cinnuintiv V . Corporilt Inn stockholders, yum, pomnitring lu-cimiulntivo volino called If"" "I'" warmest discussion of the "'"""". . " ""Mod o series SUMMABY OF LATEST WAR MOVES. England. German submarine torpedoed and sank British steamed Durwald off British coast. Crow rescued. Believed indicates Germany inaurugating systematic attack on British merchantmen advocated by Vice Admiral Von Tivpitz. France. Germans bombarded Saint Die, historic city. Feared ancient buildings be' damaged. tso fatalities reported. Paris admits Germans checked French advancing against Met., Ger- mans themselves advancing. ( French gained slightly at Loiu-' bacrtzyde and Berry-an-bac. Belgium. Germans bombard- ed Nionport. British repulsed tlfrec German night attacks near Visny. Cannonading between Oiso and Yior. , Turkey. Constantinople as- seits Russian offensive iu Cau- casus "brought to a stand- still," denies Turks routed. Austria. Petrograd declares Austrian commander at Pola committed s'.iicido when learned his forts shelled the Austrian oattleship Rabecky in orror. Germany. Germans every- where Bccept that Zeppelins, not aeroplanes, bombarded Norfolk, England, Tuesday night. Declare new type airships participated. Alsace lliinil to-luui l fighting reported near Hartmaunswciler, nui th west of Muelhaiison. Cross Examination Gives In- dications of Course De fense Will Take . With the testimony of Deputy tther Jff V. I. Nendhnm the state concluded jts case nguiust Blasius Orasser, charg ed with the murder of Minor Bucon. From the trend of the questioning of Attorney John A. Carson the council ,for the defendant, it wns apparent that the defense would be that Grnsscr had been bothered from time to time bv trespassers and that he finally decided to take the law Into his own hands when ull other melius failed. Miss Gnr field, a ourt reporter, who took the testimony of the witnesses in the cor oner's inquest, was called to II40 wit ness stund. Her testimony win lurge ly directed to a sentence that appeared in the testimony of Sheriff Ksch nt the coroner's inquest, in which the sheriff is alleged tot have sold: "Well, if you know nnything obout it, you had best make a clean briust. of it." Mr, Ksch did not deny that ae might liave Used the words, but lie said posi tively thnt he had made no promises of idonienoy to the defendant for 11 confes sion. The testimony of Sheriff Ksch ,wm corroborated by the testimony of Mr. Noedhnni. Attorney ( arson not moke the usual formal motion for a non suit nfter the caso had concluded .its case. The court room wns packed land every available seat wns occupied. L ho corridor outside the door was nlsn full anil us soon ns anyone left the court room another left the throng out ride to edge into the nlreudy Jammed fourt room W .1 Hull wns tho second witness 'called for tho defense. Mr. Hull, who! ih nf !,;. eiiv I '"'W oVlrti Cl'rnss" Orasser nbout his onv was lis to the trouble that Grosser hud luul .... 1 ... 1 Tt i .i . u t i Ibomo In the neighborhood i ,. ,". .,., The jury returned from the scene of the sliooling alioiit 1:1.1 yestorilay even-1 .ln,,,B which attempted to break ing, ami Alva llncon, the fotlior of Kl-j through the (leriniin lines east, of Huiut mer llncon, was the first witness culled ; y, Wm eouiph'te, according to the to the slnml by Prosecuting At trtrm-.V j fri'itil statement, issued by the war of Itingii. Ilnciui told a Btraiglilforward (,ri, this afternoon, story of the shouliiig ami the events j( wllN tlm Onnoiinceil thnt, tho (Contlmud on Pngn Five.) time, leaving at IHi.'lO on a special train for Albany, whore they will attend the fiinerul of the h.te Hufus Thompson, father of Presi'lent I.nir Thompson, this afternoon. Senators 1 nfollctte. Ill.L'silllle. J. f Smith and Wood were appointed on the Hit n row oi i,e,ic.,.-s ...... ... .."...... committee to investigate the F.nstern . th"' ' .l','"!"v'!: , , . t. , . Oregon insane Asylum und, together! Artillery tir.ng eont, lines at out i nice fro,,. (I,e I, , I inoinson. Helerr.ng to the situntion In will leave ill midnight tonight to nt tend to that duty. The Weather Ws HAr$ I Oregon: Fair to night and Snt nt day; winds, .1 1 1 1 , I ' '" " 1 1 r 1 HISTORIC CITY OF T Six Shells Are Dropped In Heart of City By German Gunners INHABITANTS FLEE WHEN SHELLING BEGINS Russians and Germans Have Bloody Struggle Along Forty Mile Front By WiMain Philip Stum. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. 22. Bombardment of the historic city of Saint Die by tho Ger mans wns announced in the offic.inl statement issued this afternoon by tho French war office. Six shells fell In the heart of the city, one striking near the famous cathedral built in the 11th century. It is stated unofficially that a school which dates back to tho oighth century was slightly damaged. Tiie war office announcement docs not mention any fatalities, but declares the inhabitants fled in a wild panic when the German shells began to full. Great indignation is expressed hero over tho shelling of the picturesque city. Tho statement admits that the Ger mans continue to cheek tho French noar Paint Mihiel and those attempting an offensive against Met.. The at tempt to drive a wedge Into the Ger man linos at that point hits failed mid the Hermann continue tho advance re ported ourlic'r In tho week. The official statement says In part: "Our forces., under a violent bom- bnrdment, have been compelled to evac uate 150 yards of trenches southeast of Saint Mihiel. Tho enemy also recap tured part of the trenches wo took northwest of Pont-A-Mousson." German bombardment of Nieuport has boon resumed, the announcement Bays. The French cluiin an advance near Uombuert.yilo and slight gains in the vicinity of Bcrry-au-bnc. A sharp Gorman attack near Bcanso jour is, declared to iiavo been repulsed with considerable loss. From tho Oise to the Yser. the statement says, activity Is laigoly canfinod to an artillery duel, the ndvantiigo resting with the I'rcncn. Near lliirtinanusweiler, northwest of Mucihausen, hand to-haiid lighting is in progiess, indicating the trcnoii are push.ng their olfenslvc in Alsace with determination. Fighting Is Bloody. Pctrnurad. Jan. 22. The bloodiest en gagement since the inauguration of the new liussmn ollensive against ller- 11T DIE QBJEC OF BOMBARDMENT didJmany wus in progress today along a -IU- m 0 fruit, the waroinco norc an nounced today. Doiqioroto fronting, in fact, was reported from everywhere. Tciiil'ie fighting, the war office state ment snid, was in progress along the banks of the Muln river. The losses oil both sides wore hcuvy, The HiiBsians, after capturing Skempe storday, it was stated, were luiircinng toilllV lllioi. Thorn. J lie right Wlllg 01 the Ilussian army wns said to bo only III miles fru:n the Prussian border. I It was unoltinniiy aniinn mi inn . Ihe German ailvnnoo en Warsaw .inn ! ngu'.u been linitcil. French Defeat Complote. I!,rli... bv wireless to Huvville, L. I., ,,.. ''''.The defeat of tho Preach French essayed an assault upon I lie but crown nrinoe's army nt Verdiin, wero thrmvii back upon their own de fen ses, "Our entire front Is now entirely cleared of the enemy 's forces near Haiut Mihiel," the announcement read. "The French have been compelled to evacii- Alsiice the stalen.ent declares I lie French wen f' I to abandon their positions III Ihe hills lit llarluiniins weiler, the (lormni.s having cnptureil two officers and l-" 1 A galling French fire, it Is declare.!, compelled the Germans to i.baudoa a trench at Kerry ru boo, but it was dy namited before the French could occupy it. Ciuuonailing continues around Ar ms. J. E. Hosmor, the Bllvorton editor, '.who i charged with crl.nlnnl libel, ni- v i pea rod in court this morning witn his ' 1 u . I,:.,...... I ,l.,.l a HlliM,!', c. 1, n n in. i ii-.mi, mm.i jii.ii .Ico.u.rer in the M.o. Mr. Hi, hurdson stated that Mr. Winner, who Is an at torney, would also appear Iu his own defense and should be considered ns onii of the attorneys in tho caso. Alleged Wife Murderer Died on Scaffold Protesting In nocense of Crime San Qucntil, C'al., Jan. 22. Louis A. Larson, a barber, was hangod in tho state prison here today for the murder of his wife, Mary Larson, in the Ver dtigo hills, near Los Atgelcs, Juno 22, The trap was sprung at 10:41 o'clock. Larson's body was cut down at 10:51. His neck was broken by the drop, and ueatn was practically instantaneous. Larson went to his death bruvoly. He walked up the scaffold with a firm step, and there bid Wnrdon Johnston and the other prison attaches good-byo. Larson protested his innocence to tho very last. Ho cluimed that his 17-year-old daughter, Luella, had given false testimony, but ho freely forgave her. Just before ho dropped to hio death, Larson prepared the following state ment for tho newspaper men: "There are people who testified, against ma and upon whoso evidenco 1 am going to die. Afy dear Warden Johnston and fellow men, I again suy before you nnd before God that I 11111 innocent. My duughtor did not tell the truth, and to you, Sir. Bradfield (the officer who traced tho crime to Lar son), what will yon sny whoa you are tho victim and God is your judge? Will it not rjng in your ears that the rope or siinme tooK Larson's lite I" Luraen also left a letter to Miss Lu hi Carpenter, the womnn for lovo of whom ho was convicted of slaying hif wifo. Among tho papers found in his cell was the following verso: "Head askew, node is broken, EyVs are bloodshot and protrude : And a tongue so black nnd swollen Mpenks a wordless interludo." Court Will Not Act. San Francisco, Jan. 22 Louis A. Lnr sen must hang at fan Qunntin prison fur the murder of I. is wifo near Los Angeles in I'.IKI, The California sii prume court hero, to which Larson 's ut torneys nppealcd, refused to intorforo In Ins hcualr. Larson was scheduled to hang nt 10 a. in. today, but Warden Johnston ut Hnn Qncntin dclnycd tbo execution, ponding tho -supremo court s action. Last Effort Falls. Han Qncntin, Cal Jan. 22. Imme diately after receipt of tho news from Hun Piiincisco that, the stntu supreme court would not interfere with Louis Larson's execution, Warden Johnston announced that tho murdered would be sent to his dentil before noon. An nppllcntiiin lor a writ of habeas corpus was filed in Los Angeles by Lur son's attorney late yesterday. This fact was lolegrapned immediately to mom hers of the supremo court in Han Prim ciscn. The message, however, did not reach the Wells Kitrgo building, where tho court Is silting hero, until o'clock last night. The janitor of the building found the telegram and put it on Chief Justice Angolntli's desk. Justice Angolotti found the telegram when ho reached his of I ice at H o'clock this morning. At 0 : 1 fi o'clock ho re ceived n telephone cull from Warden Johnston, of Hnn (j.ieutin, saying that ho was holding up tho execution pend ing tho action nf tho supremo court. Johnston wiintod tn know what the court intended doing. Justice Angolotli then culled up Governor Johnson, but refused to sny what, tho governor hail told him regarding tho Uirsoii ease, At. I ' i : IS n'clii'k Juslico Angololli denied the writ without comment, ami notified Warden Johnston to this ef fect. License For Operating Fish Trap Increased Hundred Per Cent Today Pin, lically without .imposition the house this morning mlopted the Hchne l.el bill, providing for nu iiicreusn of about inn per cent Iu Ihe amount of nil- ttui.i licenses to be pnid by the open.lors of fish traps, seines, fish ;whecls (both scow and slatio.iuiy), and fish .'minors in district io. 1, applying tn the Co lumbia river and coi;trlbulary siren ins, with Ihe i.iiilerstiiinliug that the amount of license will be increased ill tlio sen ate so ns to make the state commer cial fidi department self sustaining. The senate will supply such ainoiiilu.enls re gHriling the liicreno of licenses when n joint i-ommillee in conference with the Washington authorities will have miolo ils report. House bill No. U, Hohiiobcl ' contin ual nppropriti.ri repeal bill, proposing to cot off all annual appropriations for the support and iiiuiiftchuuoo of state boards, dciiutniciits am! ii.stitutions, which is expected to precipitate) a live- (.Continued on Pngn Hit.) HENRY FORD IS LIVE WITNESS AT HEARING IN NEW YORK TODAY Says Justice Not Charity Is What American Work men Require COULD MAKE CITIZENS OF SING SING INMATES No Man In Ford's Employ Re ceives Less Than Five Dollars Per Day By John Edwin Nevin. New York, Jan. 22. "Justice and not charity is what tho American workmen require." This, was tho declaration lioro today of Henry Ford, multi-millionaire auto mobile manufacturer of Detroit, white testifying before the federal indus trial relations commissions investiga tion of tho Rockefeller, Rago and i arnegio foundations. Ford mndo an imp,essivo witness, Ho said tho meth ods in vogue in his factory would per mit the taking over of the entiro population of Sing f.ing prison nnd making good citizens of the inmutes. "All my employes liavo been revolutionized by our profit sharing plan," Ford said. "I have little uso for charities nr philanthropies, ns such. My idea is to nid the men to help themselves. Nearly all are willing to work for an ade.piute reward. "Wo have nil kinds of cripples in our employ., They are making good, too; We also havo ninny employe who hnjo served prison terms, Thoy, toe, are making good. And it also may he said that they are gaining in self respect and In strength of character." Ford explained his profit sharing, plan at length. He said tho wages paid, bv his concern were 15 per cent higher thnn those of other automobile plants, and that, In addition, those eligible were participating in tho profits. "Not ono of my employes is re ceiving less than $o for an 8-hour dnv," said Ford. The plan was established, he said, 111 justice to his workers, without whom he would not have accomplished any thing. Daily absentee from tho plant, he said, had decreased from ten per cent to three tenths of ono per cent since the profit shilling plan had been In practice. "Fear and worry la tho struggle for n livelihood and tho dread of what might happen if they lost thnir job has been prniiicully eliminated among our workmen." snid Ford. As a re sult, the efficiency of our employe hns increased at least 20 per cent. No one is discharged at our plant without groat cause." Ford said the bank noeonnt nf hi employes Increased MO tier cent tho first, six months after the plan win established, life, insurance Ml per cent nnd the value of homes owned outright by employe N7 per cent. "Kiuhl thousand famllie havtf moved from sipinlid homes to healthful and sanilury uuarlers," ' Ford said. "A Ford employee is rnrelv ever ar rested. Iliinl drinking, too, hns almost entirely .lisappcnred. The company's) school attendance has Increased from 2IMI lo uiiproxlmutoly 1,100." Ford admitted that, despite hi profit-sharing plan, his profits Inst year were either 2.1,000,000 or 2H.000.0(iO. Ho said tl oncern was n close cor- porntlon, capitalized nt (f2.000.000 and owned and cootrolleil bv eight people. The witness declare,! he di I M,t think a man could bring up a family In his own home on nn ordinary inl 'if nnges. He said he d'ul not Ihink men were able tn do good mental ami physical work for more thnn K hour a dnv. "If over-enpiliilit'.l corporations," sui.l Ford, "'must ounress labor tn make a showing, I believe II would bo) better nnd wiser lo make mnuy inert coinf.irtable thnn tn make a few rich.' flcnrue W. Parkin, recnllcd tn con tinue his testimony begun yesterday, snid the steel trust was paving th highest wages In the l.islorv of the In dustry, lie denied Ihat the corpora lion's slock purchase scheme put premium on Ihe loyally of lis em ploye, Perkins said lie believed tho profit sharing plan would prove to ha in,, 'niisslnir link'' between the em ployer nnd emplove ami would elimin ate industrial unrest. "This year," said Porhlns, , "(hi steel coi'iiointioii will ant have n,. profits In divide, but the men renlleil we were not to blame und them linn bee., no cnu.pli.ini. The depression In the stool industry, nnd, for that mutter, over? other Industry, is due tn lh present tariff bill. We have tn com note will, the cl.eup labor of Kurnprt. I'nlcss there is a chance In the tariff the end of Ihe wnr will find a greater depression thnn ever in Ihe Pnileil Stales, "The present tnriff law Is unscien tific. The fact Unit bueliies men don't knew where they stand In tho eves of Hie law I the real cnusu of the unemployment Bllunlion."