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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1915
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BRILLIANT VICTORY
IBYUI
German Attack Is Repulsed
With Frightful Loss
of Life
KAISER'S TROOPS ASSUM
ING OFFENSIVE AGAIN
Belgian Advance Forces Ger
mans to Withdraw From
Peroyse
By William PhiUp Elms,
(t'nited Press Stuff Correspondent.)
Paris, Jan. 20. A brilliant victory
for British arms west of Lnhnsson nn',1
in the region between the Lys and Oiso
rivers was announced this afternoon
li.v the official statement issued by
I he French war office. German as
''""Us on the English positions at these
points were thrown buck with frightful
losses, the statement asserted.
The Hrilisli forces hud taken up posi
tion at (lirenchy and ('uinchv, coin
lunnding the roads to Ijillnsse'e. The
fiermnns, attempting the offensive, ad
vanced in force ulong the roads and
IS WON BY ENGLISH
NEAR LYS AND OISE
simultaneously nttempted to envclnnol'llie draft of the rirohihition bill in fh
(lie towns in the vicinity. The British
withheld then- fire until the kaiser's
mops Were a most lit their whe on -
Itinglomcnts f (.ivenchy. Then the
-igiml wns given, and the German ml -
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I'OIICI lli.irve. dllVlllir til"',,
i n ,, ho.lv ol the enemy buck to Ln -
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runs s ee e, 1 wV'T "f1","Tn"U
" est succeeded. After five desperate
enn ges nn.t iieen repn sod, one section
oecupung n tren. li but was compelled
to eviiennte it when the main liodv of
the kaiser's troops was driven hiuk.
At Cuinchy, llrilish artillery rnlied
tile (leriunns nl lenmllnir tn ti.li'fiine
.in.l the eltort was nhnndoned after
nenyy losses Had l.een siistmned. ."' " " 'e.i u.e pruicip,,, none or ,,.,,,, it At ihu iu,,tr(1 A(lor.
Ihere nre also iudieulions that (he ! ""iitention n the committee fur morel y t, Bnn wh ,,,, or f;mHSP1.
enemy is Irving to ussuine the offfii-1 tlmn a week, came in the nature of n trin, stiited thnt he wished to
sive from the sea to a point south of 'compromise. Representatives Htowait j rnI1r(,r with bin client ns to the state
Arras. " and Lewis, of the committee, held nut 0fl lp tniKht be appealed.
I he statement declares a violent to the lust for not permitting a single Tll(1 . , n . t. permission, Mr,
(eiinan infantry nttnek east of Yores ' drop of alcoholic, liquors-to be shipped ( ,UW, (lieu told Ornsser uot to sny
bus been repulsed wilh loss. M0 (ler-; Into the state and the other members anything nbout the shooting but. could
niiiii deed having been left on the; of the committee favored tho adortio nnyt)iing else he wns mind to.
field. Two rows of French trenches' of the Washington state restriction, (l,usser replied to the court that upon
were taken by the enemy west of; which' Is three qunrts of whiskey and the nilvice of his attorney he had noth-
rnoune after a fine charge, but the three gallons of beer (12 quarts)' in , ing to stiv.
t'reneh Inter succeeded in recapturing diiys, nnd the majority of the commit- ' ,
the positions. itP0 finally yielded to the persuasion'
An advance by the Belgians south of f Stewart liud Lewis to the extent of I Brownsville cannery put up HI tons
Pervyse forced the Germans to with-! cutting down the whiskey nllownnce to Mif ben ns and several tuns of pump
draw from positions Ihere. and to stop : f , r,.0 nnnrts and 15 quarts, respective-j kins. Cash sales $J(!,."77.
hlielling Burnes. Thiinn, Lembncli nnd Vi j nv no ,nys' period. ,
I'llnheini (Cerntiv). in Aknee. lmvei v J .i. . ... a ,j ii... I
been subieeted to a (lerninn bombard-i
rnent.
British Bombard Mlddlekcike.
Berlin, bv wireless In London, .Inn.
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- 1 ooi nit 1 non-11 1 01 inn H-iM-i iu: nun
Westende bv Mrllish wniships wns n 11 -1
uounccl bv 'the Oorman war of flee this
nf.ernom,: Mnnv person, have bee,,;
tilled r wounded, the statement ,,,. :
elnres. Including the liurgoinnster of
Mnlillelierlie. Shells wrecked niniiv I
liuil.liiu.s. bnrvliur nnn-coinliatnnts In
die mi ns.
Tim -statement also lakes Issue with
the French official statement nnd nu
noiinees the rupture of a strong llrilish
position west of LiiHassee. The en
emy's losses were severe. The tier
nines are declared to have delivered
niniullatieoos assaults from both sides
K'ontimie.l nu Pa ire FnnO
fossiu
STCWART
WHO SAVjHt
CAN STAND
ANyTMiMO
TEMPTATION
few If
AJi - I MAYO (I mM:I-T5 i N . 1
Russia's Progress Disappoints Allies
According to War Expert's Views
By J. W. T. Mason
(Farmer European manager of tbe
United Press.)
New York, Jan. 20. Russia's west
ern allies expected to bear tbis week
that Slav cavalry bad reacbed tbe out
skirts of Budapest, Russia, howover,
again disappointed the nations that
wont to wur witb ber. Instead of Bud
apest being threatened, the Slav bold
on Bukovina - and even Galicia, was
menaced.
England and France bad counted
lurgcly on the progress of the Slavs
through Bukovina. This route to Buda
pest was chosen in preference to the
northern route from Onlicia, because it
permitted the extensive use of cavalry.
The Curpathians arc extremely precipi-
' tous along the Gnlician-Hungary boun
dary, but become tar more easily ac
cessible about Bukovina and permit the
passage of horsemen without difficulty.
Russia' mounted infantry strength
was expected to make itself felt with
telling effect during a new attempt to
strike at tbe heart of Hungary. In
Committee Wants Two Quarts
of Whiskey and Fifteen of
Beer Every 20 Days
After a long-drawn-out fight over
! joint committee on alcoholic traffic,
which has been waged in the committee
:fr the past two weeks, it was fini.llv
decided to fix the amount of li'.iuoV
: 'which will be ullowed to be shipped
it the state from the outside, when
'!' Prohibition amendment to the con-
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nil in wmi nil ujirmirr, nir inn will;
I... reported about Monday morning. ,
Hie fixing of the limit tor liquors
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mnv be slnppeil into the state.
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not been in attendance nnd the infer-
once Is drown from this that the senate
Intends letting the house fight out the
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"'"I'Mlie house draft. 1 he res trie ions
I'lnoc.l upon dr.ig stores uro particularly
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nient, ami the second offense by fine.
Itnhrisoninent nnd six months suslien
sion of license, and the third offense
! by Imprisonment und ubsolute revoca
tion of license.
Tiie) world's most northern inlliond,
In Lnplnml, is to be electrified, power
beinii iililliiued from nearby wnter
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Cartoonist Wade Sketches Prominent Legislators in Characteristic Attitudes
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stead of this, the Slavs are known to
have undcrtakea a second Budapest
campaign with insufficient men. Aus
trian troops have re-entered Bukovina
and Russian reinforcements are being
hurried there to relieve the situation.
It is possible that the new Bukovina
army is uot a fresh force but is being
withdrawn from troops in Galicia. This
deduction is based on the fact that
simultaneously witb I'etrograd's an
nouncement that reinforcements had
been sent to Bukovina, came claims
from Vienna that the Russians had
been pushed back ,10 miles in Galicia
and that the Slavs also had tempor
arily abandoned tbe siege of Przemyal.
By giving ground In Bukovina and
Galicia, with the offensive njong the
Vistula in the direction of Thorn sus
panded and the Budapest offensive
united, the Russians are becoming seri
ously entangled in the Austro-Gorman
net. They give constantly recurring
evidence of being ensily exhausted by
short and rapid offensive dashes and
by underestimating the number of men
necessary for a set task.
FIFTEEN YEARS IS
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After Consulting Attorney
Convicted Man Receives
Sentence
Blnisns flrnsser, convicted of man
slaughter for the killing of Klmer
lliicon, the l(i year old son of Alva
Bacon, received a sentence of from one
to 15 years in the penitentiary and to
pay a fine of $10 from .ludgo Percy It.
Kelly in the circuit, court this morn
ing. ' The Htnte will recover its cohIs
and disbursements in the action. Be-
lore imposing tne sentence .noigo ru'iiv ;
ilUI llin C ,,u I mi,, it in,, m-lii-li tu II
ways asked by the. trial judge before
the sentence is imposed: . . '
""av you anything to say ns to
whv sentence should not be Imposed
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ooestion nnd flinsser nnswercd throuuh
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1 HIGH RECORD FOR WHEAT.
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Chicago, .lan. '.'d. New high
water marks were touched today
by wheat on the t hicngo board
of frnde. At 1 o'clock May
reached l.lil 7-8 and July
Llll'i, advances of Ml ceuts
over the opt iling prices.
Mnv corn wns quoted at
H'l Il-le; .Inly, Kl u-Sc; May
oats, filV-ic, und July cuts,
,'tl S-Hc,
In the last 1" inliiiites the
inarket eased oil', and all op
tions except May nut's closed
slightly below the day's high
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SENATE HAS STORMY
ra ti OVER HE
SINGLE jTEM VETO
Resolution Refering Matter
to People Approved by
Vote of 17 to 13
SCHUEBEL LOBBYIST BILL
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
Senator Kcllaher Accuses Day
of Workng for the Big
Business Interests
Vote on Senate Joint Resolution
Submitting tbe Single Item
Veto to the People.
Yeas hinglmni, Bishop, But-
ler, Clarke, Cnsick, Dimick,
Parrel!, Gurlnnd, Kellnher, Kid-
die, Lnngguth,, l.einenwcber,
Itngsdule, Smith of Coos and
Curry, Htentirt, Vinton, Wood,
17.
Nays Barrett, Burgess, Day,
Hitwley, llollis, l.u Toilette, Je
Bride, Alosor, Perkins, Smith of
Josephine, Strnyer, Von der
ilellen, President Thompson.
13.
S(C 5C S 3)c S(C 9fc SC JC j(C jC SC :
After spending over mi hour und a
half in heated debute on the merits of
Semite Joint Resolution No. 'i by Kel-
h,r ,,;,, to ,. ,,,,!,, a ,.,;
tutiontil amendment giving the gover
nor the single item veto power, the
sen.ire this morning noopreu tne resolu
tion by a vote of 17 to J II.
No measure before the upper house
this session 1ms called forth more heat
ed argument than was given this mut
ter. The ablest speakers of the senute
were very evenly divided on the ques
tion, thus giving each side strong sup
port on the floor. '
President Thompson called Senator
Hullis to the chair and opened the at-
Sack upon the measure which he brand
ed un untimely piece or legislation tor
which there was no justification. Sen
ator Dimiek was among the first to de
fend the measure nnd the matter of
submitting it to the people. He stated
that had such nn amendment been writ
ten Into the constitution at aa earlier
dute the state would have been saved
thousands of dollars. According to the
senator from Clackamas, nil the useless
boards nnd commissions thut have been
created could
have been dune awuy
v h.,.. tfnr.rnlli.il
with hud they not been log-rolled
through as riders to appropriation bills.
He took one specific instance, the state
board of fon-.itry, which received an
appropriation of f7S,()00, saying that In
all probability this appropriation was
et
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The Weather
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Rockefeller Extends Olive Branch
To "Mother Jones", Labor Leader
By John Edwin Kevin.
New York, Jan. 28. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., son of the world's richest
man, today extendod the, olive branch
to "Mother" Jones, the famous woman
strike leader, and she was ready for it.
The advances were made by the multi
millionaire, wTio, evidently, has for
given the aged strike leader for the at
tacks she directed at Rockefeller and
his father during tho life of the Colo
rado coal strike.
As detectives were escorting Rocke
feller from tho stand at today's in
vestigation of tbe federal industrial re
lations commission of the Rockefeller,
Sage and Carnegie foundations, he saw
"Mother'' Jones among the spectators.
Rockefeller bowod and she como over
hurriedly and shook both of his hands.
"I wish you would come over to my
office at your convenience," Rocke
feller said. "There are so many things
on which you could enlighten me. We
may not work nt cross purposes if we
freely discuss what you know. You've
been out there in Colorado among the
men and know them intimately. Can't
you como soont"
"Mother" Jones was non plussed for
a moment . Then sbo smiled broadly
and said:
"Of course. I'll be clad to accent.
I'll come to your office whenever it
suits you."
Rockofoller tben turned to Ivy Lee
who arranged for an Interview Inter
in the week. "Mother" Jones again
smiled at the millionaire as he walked
awav.
"I will tell him," said "Mother"
Jones later, "what I think he can do
to prevent further trouble in Cold
rndo. " , .
Members of tho commission sought
to show some connection between the
FATE OF SILVER IS
Defendant andtliers Testify'
at This Forenoon's Session
of District Court
The fate of M, Silver, charged with
burning with intent to defraud an In
surance company, was turned over to
the jury a little before fuur o'clock
this afternoon 111 the circuit court.
The Into nfteriioou session yesterdny
was taken up with the witnesses for
the state. The state rested nt 1 o'clock
this morning ami tho examination of
witnesses for the defense began after
Judge Kelly overruled the motion for
a directed verdict nindo by Attorney
lsane Hwett for the defense.
M. Hilver was called to the stand In
hia own behalf this morning at 10:ir
and for 45 minutes he assured the jury
that ho knew nothing fo the fire or Its'
j UHn ."" Kv" 11 '"Uulo,! account of
I actions after leaving the store nt.
II 0 clock on the evening of January
2 when tho fire occurred, Hilver said
on the stand that he and his clerk, E.
L. Irwin, left the store nnd went to a
cigar store where they pun based
cigars and then he went to a barber
shop and after waiting about 2"i min
utes got into the chair where he re
maincil until about three minutes be
fore the train left for J'orilaiul at 7:."i.1
p. 111.
K. T,, Irwin testified that the store
was In good shape when he returned
lifter Iiiiii'Ii lu the evening nnd that he
saw nothing out of the ordinary when
he left In company with Hilver. II. (.
Irwin, n brother of the witness, stilted
( that he was In the store shortly be-
fore (1 o'clock and he saw nothing out
'of the ordinary. L. P. (jiiimhy, of
' I'nrllnuil, n former lintel owner, and
Inter state giiine warden, testified ns
lo the character of the accused. Albert
V. ('loss, a niniiiifiicturing jeweler tes
tified ns tu his relations und the luisi-
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Rockefeller foundation and the labor
policy of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company. They failed completely.
With this end in view, Frank P.
Walsh, chairman of the commission
questioned John D. Boctyofeller, Jr.,
for sevoral hours, but hia efforts were
in vain. Rockefeller was extremely
skillful in evading Walsh's questions.
His favorite replies wore 'I can't say;
I have no opinion; I have not studied
the question,"
, Tbe witness flatly denied that he was
opposed to orgnuiztd labor. Ho said
that his testimony boforo the congres
sional committoe which investigated
the Colorado striko, has been miscon
strued. Rockefeller asserted he behov
ed that men should be accorded the
right to organize for mutual protec
tion, but whother corporations should
recognize ami do business with them
was a matter, ho said, for each corpor
ation to settle itself.
Asked what tho commission would do
to prevent further unrest in Colorado,
Rockefeller said:
"I would not presume to tell the
commission what to do. The commis
sion was named to investigate indus
trial conditions and make recommenda
tions. I had hoped you would make
specific recommendations. If you do, I
shall try to co-opernte with them."
"Mother" Jones, who accepted the
olive branch of penco extended by
Rockefeller this morning, beamed on
him as he resumed tho stand this aft
ernoon. "I havo never held him personally
responsible for the Colorado situa
tion," sho told nowspnucr men. "lie
simply did not know. Ho was deceived
by those in whom he placed confidence.
I-don't ljelicve he is us bad as ho is
pointed,
Opposition to Changing Work-
MghienstGiiipcnsalunto
Favor Companies
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Oregon Htnto Federation of Labor now
holding its session at Union J I nil was
addressed yesterday nftornuuu by
Governor Wilhyeoniiio.
C. C. Connors of tho Farmers' 1,'ninn
nildresHeil tho ilelcgales uiukiug an in
teresting talk on how to get tho pro
duce u the consumer. Ho ulso spoke on
means or financing tho farmer by tne
government nnd rural eredtis.
Replies were rocc-Wod from about
twenty of tho state legislators la an
swer tu an inquiry from tho Federation
asking how they stood on tho work
men's compensation proposition.
The Federation is opposed to any
chaiiue iu the cnmiicusiaiou net that
would permit casualty companies to do
business in tho state. Most of tho leg
islatura who expressed their views were
willing to givo the law further time.
The first, resolution introduced was n
memorial to the legislature to provide
a law Inhibiting future legislators
fruiu restricting or amending laws!
punned by the people,
A resolution was ottered providing!
thut the next delegate to tho American
Federation of Labor will bu rcipiircil
to introduce u lull culling lor the up
pniiiliiient. of u coiiimllteu of 12 to in
estigate the feasibility of the plan
of orgiini.nlion by industries.
Another resolution offered was that
the Federation wants the legislature
to restore the employes liability act to
Its original inclining. Tho supreme
court of th( stntn has ruled that the
contractor or the sub-contractor
i.ii'Hi 1 in, or is
liable to the employe. The I'Vilcrutlon
claims Hint. Hie law'really lute,,, that
th. iplover, contractor and nub con -
tractor were all jointly nnd severally
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HOUSE REPEALS IRE
FREE TEXT BOOK LAI
BY VOTEJF 39-17
Causes Strife on Religious
Ground Say Multnomah
Representatives
SUPREME COURT RE
PORTER NOT ABOLISHED
Eleven House Bills Pass Low
er Body at Session This
Morning i
Pesplto a strong nppeol to retain the
free text book law un the Btatutcs, as
a means of bringing about a general
free text book system in tho publie,
schools of the state, the house this
morning passed the bill introduced by
the committee on judiciary " repealing
the act of tho 11)13 session of the legis
lature providing that, la the discretion
of the board of directors of any publio
school or officers of any private school,
textbooks be furnished free to such
students as may not be In position to
purchase them. The repeal measure
was adopted by a vote of M9 to 17.
Tho principal argument against the
present free textbook law, ns rando by
Itepi'eHontutivo Olson, Lewis, Huston
and others for tho abolishment of tlio
system, wns that it was tho constant
source of ntrifo before school boards
and dissention among the patrons of
public schools upon religious grounds,
HepresesJuJive Lewis condemned tli
system us dangerous- ns '" a means of
spreading of contagious and infectious
diseases, .(tu the other hand, Represent
tnfrm Hiultli, of Crook,' (Imnt K1nm
nth nnd Luke, saw no reason for the
repeal of the bill inasmuch as it wns)
purely optional with a school board and
officers of private Institutions as to
tho adontion of its provisions.
Iieprcsentntivo Thomas Brown, of
Marion, did not think the lit 13 net had
been given a fair trial and should bo
retained on the statutes as ho felt it a
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One Killed When Steamers
Collide Off Cape Henry
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 26. Or
man wns killed and 30 were
rescued with great difficulty
today when an unidentified
schoonor collided with the
American-Hawaiian stoamslilp
Washlngtonlan fifty miles off
Cape Honry. The schooner dis
appeared lmtnodlatoly after the
accident while the Washington
Inn foimdored a few mlnuts
after she was struck.
He
Km folk. Vn.. .Inn. 2d. Two vessels
,,,,. Bl,nt, tll tin bottom of the Atlantia
curly today, and one man perinatal
when the schooner Kliuiheth Palmer
cii'lldcd with tho Aiiiericiiu-Ilawaiisn
steamship Wusliingtmiiiiu fill miles off
Cape Henry. The shock of the collis
ion was so great that the Washington
si 11 went down nl once, while the Pul-
iner liiiiinlered shortly aiierwiirii.
The old Dominion liner liaiuilton res
iled the crews of both salist, execptinr
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! It-lie si.ul the life saving c rew, 0, ,
three stations hud ru-he,l to the scene,
hut; oid not Inilicnte whether them
would bo any ndilltionnl loss of life.