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Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today' s News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS WIISnM HFTIIHHS;,pnLDWEATHERIS lUUIGRATIllll niiKN' IIIIIIMUIiriMUII UILL will I S V I Does Not Approve Literacy Test Required by the Measure SAYS ACT IS CONTRARY TO TRADITIONAL POLICY Executive Says He Does Not Believe People Desire Bill to Become Law Washington, .Tun. 28. President Wil son's veto of tlio Dillingham Immigra tion Will wag received by the lower Ixsise of congress shortly before noon. The president rejected the measure, n hieh Inn I passed both houses, because of tho provision for n literacy test for immigrants. The president's message to the house, in connection with the veto, said: "It is with unaffected regret that I find myself constrained, bv clear con- ictiou, to return the bill. Not only do J feel it is a most serious matter to exercise the veto in nny ease, because it involves opposing the single judgment f the president to the judgment of a majority of both houses but candrv and u seme of duty with regard to the re--.lo.u.hility so clearly imposed Upon me by the const ituliun in matters of leg islation leave me no choice but to dis mi ut. The measure says that two particulars in the hill einliiilied a radical departure fioni the country's traditional policy 'in which the people have conceived the very character of their government (rnntinucd on l'ng Ktght.) Advance of Turks on Egypt Is Discussed By War Expert ' By J. W. T. Mason inrmy of 17,000 natives and ninny i former European niunnger of the whites. The number qf whites in this Cited Press) inrmv is a closely guarded secret, but v i t ,iu n i .i J there nre probubly 15,000 and UO.ODO ,JSZ t"' ' ' "',',Vr ,. '! i composed of Australians, New Zealand. 120,000 Turks are advancing ... Kgyit . d , trilorWlli are probably exaggerations. Die, A mininnml d(,fo,1HO for,p of ,00,000 Turks have not this number of 'l' j t,.nim,d vl,illllll(, ,0 ,)ri,tw,t to spare, unless they have rn.liei. ly nl-; Kgvpt. There is u probability that this tore, their strategy or untrained men ; wml,(, b(, lmf(ivirBi ,0 f,. nre being used for the Kgypliun ex j KlmrJ ,pir ,pr.j,nrv f Kgypt proper. tttion. I N() aff()rt) however, has been uiude to There lire 500,000 trained troops In defend t, Mi nni peninsula, which con the Turkish army. In Co.isti.ntliiople i.Vvpt and Asia Minor. The pe- and assigned to the Dardanelles und j the Bosihorus defenses nre some 000, while iipproxiinntoly 100,000 inure nre in I'.uropenn I urkey. lliese troops ' r0U( ,,f approach to the F.gyptiun bur r'nlly nre being held for operation if! dor, which is represented liy the 100 the Hi.lkan states enter the war oa t' ' mill stretch of the Suez, side of the allies. There are 1 2.1,00(1 , Tne Turks must make their way troops assigned to the Cuucnsian ...id lrIim joj ni(n of panda before they Persian campaigns and about 25.000 j m,i, (10 ,( Kgyptinn defenses. For are concentrated about Smyrnn gani j,, large force, equipped with heavy suiing Palestine nnd the district south modern weapons, this must be an ex- el' Bagdad. ' Initiating ra.ninign. Afterward will This leaves at most 110,0(10 trained come the rent battle, which will re men for the Kgyptinn campaign. It is solve itself Into nn attempt to cross the probable that the number is eomlder-: Hue?., defended by warships nnd 100, n'dy less. There may be udditions of '000 troops with sufficient railway ser nut mined levies to' the disciplined vice nt their disposal. The effect of fighting forces but their value Is not (the British warship fire on the Belgian of serious account. .roast Is sufficient to suggest the im- To oppose the Turks, lliiglnnd Is un-' menso difficulties which confront the del-stood to have 70,000 Indian troops Turkish operations before the Hue cil ia Kgypt, besides the Kgyptinn home ' mil. UN rSC(WOR. OVER I EAST Many Stafis In Grip of Zo;o Temperature Coldest In Alberta Chicago, Jan. 28. Tho entire central, middle and northwestern sections of the country were in the grip today of the worst cold wave of the winter. Below znro temperatures were reported from a dozen, states. Two deaths from the cold were re ported In Chicago. At 9 a. m. it was 8 below here, witu a. high nortnwest wind blowing. Suffering in the poorer sec tions of the city and among the unem ployed was intense. As the day ad vanced the thermometer rose slightly. The cold wnve was sweeping eastward rapidly. Below zero weather was pro dieted for tho Atlnntie states by to night. I'riuce Albert, Canada, with 30 be low, was tho coldest point reporting. St. Paul, Minn., and Houghton, Mich., reported 32 below, and at Winnipeg, Duluth and Mooriiead, Minn., it was 28 below. Charles City, Iowa; reported HO below zero; Kscannbn, Mich., 22; Devlin Lake, 21; Bismarck, N. D., 20; Dubuque, Iowa, 20; Davenport, 111; Des Mo'hihb, 1(1; Omnliu, 24; Lincoln, 20; Hioux City, 1(1; Green Bny, Wis., 20; Milwaukee. 10. MEXICAN PRESIDENT JAILED. Galveston, Texns, Jan. 28. The im nrisonmeiit of Provisional President Uurzn. of Mexico, by "General Zapata was renorted this afternoon in a dis- natch from Laredo, received here by the locul constitutionalist consul. While the sumo message declared that Villista .troops, hud abandoned Monterey, no mention was made of the evacuation of Mexico City, reported in dispatches from the Mexican capital lust night. LOADED WITH WHEAT. , Portland, Ore.. Jan. 28. The British steamer Ilenniston left port today with 228,078 bushels of wheat for (lie L'uited Kingdom. ni,1HUu in a wild muuntalnous region on itlie south and a desert on the north. j nrthern part contains the only Here Is a Collection of Dignified CM4 Miff DAN ST KEUAHtR. HA 11 111 FRANCE ESTIMATED AT ONER 20.000 Three Day Fight at Craonne Resulted In Loss of Over 10,000 BIRTHDAY OF KAISER BLOODY DAY FOR ARMY German War Office Denies Report and Says Reverse Is True By William Philip Sims. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. 28. The German losses iu France and Flanders In the fighting during the last three davs have been at least 20,000. This was the claim made by tho French war office in an official state ment this afternoon. The official communique declares tho Germans lost botween 7000 and 10,000 in killed and wounded during the three days' fighting for uosseasiou of the heights of Crnonue. The French repulsed these attacks.' it is declared, and their own losses wepj not more than 800. i Savage assaults launched at the Brit-1 tsh positions near LuHussce cost the kaiser's forces frcrn 2000 to 3000 killed i and wounded. A dozen attacks were do-1 livcr:d at thnt point, says the state-1 ment, all of them having been met by a murderous fire. The birthday of the kaiser was a bloody day for the German i.rniy, Tho hillsides about Craonne and other points on the battlefield nre declared to be, covered with dead and woinded, the victims of desperate efforts to achieve a brilliant victory and signalize the! emperor s titty sixth anniversary. To- lav there wus a noticeable lull i ii n the regions which saw such furious at-! tacks a few hours lino. Today the . I . -i . I I.,. hi.ii.u Imrieil n ii, I iimlniiniici. were beunng uwuy tl.e wounded vie- thus. ' An advance of nenrlv a quarter of a mile north of I'ont nMoiisson, where tne French have taken the olfensive, and substantial gains iu Alsnce were claimed by the official statement. In llelgium British artillery destroyed some (lermnn trenches along the Lys j rivor, preventing uermnn attempts to concentrnto there. Artillery filing con-. tinues at Arras, Hove, Noyon und Sois sons but no Infantry uctivity is report ed -it any of these places. ! Say Trench Losses Heavy. . . Herllu, by wireless to London, .lan.l 28. French losses running far into the thousands during the inst three duys fighting on the heights of Crnonne were claimed iu the official statement issued by the war office thifl after noon. "We found 1,500 dead French iu the trenches we occupied," snid the slute ment. "In addition, 1,100 French were taken prisoner." The bulletin declares the German at tacks on the hills near Crnonue have been resumed and that 500 yards of French trenches have been take.., com manding other strong French positions, French attacks it. the Vosges and Alsace are declared to have been re milnc, 1, one officer and 50 men having been captured iu ona oigugcmcnt in Alsnce. Warships of the allies have resumed bombardment of portions of Middle kerke mid Shu has been shelled, many buildings having been wrecked there. SENATOR drVUfnD France Official statement declared 20.000 Germans killed and wounded during fighting in northern France during the lust three duyB. Declares all enemy's assaults repulsed. Ber lin denies this, Buying French losses are thousands. German attacks on Craonne resumed. French claim ndvancCB on ront-a-Mnusson and Alsnce. Cannonading nt ArraB, Roye, Noyou and Soissons. , Belgium Allied warships bombarding Middlekerke and Slype; fatalities reported nu merous. Egypt Fighting reported be tween British outposts and Turkish horsemen, Turks retir ing. Turks attacked British garrison at Bir llclefi. Germany German batteries breuking ico in Inster river, East Prussia, to prevent lius sian invaders crossing, advanc ing against Konigsberg. Un confirmed reports Austriun Foreign Minister Von Hnjecz Bent to Berlin to confer with kaiser regarding possibility of ending war. Russian Poland Artillery fir ing on large scale along lower Vistula. Tho Russian advance against Thorn, reported, con tinues. Galicia Austrian offensive developing general battle. Caucasus and Persia Turkish troops resuming activity. England Admirulity odmits German submarines covered re troafof Germnn squadron on Sunday's nuvnl battle, prevent ing complete British victory. Russian movements in East Prussia and Poland ar doclared to be without importance. Attacks by the Slavs in those districts have been repulsed, tho stutoment asserts. Austria Wants to Quit. Ba.de, Jan. 28. Private advices re ceived today from Vienna state that Emperor Franz Josef has sent Baron Von linjec?., the new Austrian foreign minister, to Germany to confer with the kaiser with a vie of bringing tho of forestry and repeal eomptilsory firu war to an end. There is no coiifirma- j law arousing strong feeling uniting tiin tiou from nny oilier source. jber owners ngninst you your premises ' lure nil wrong nnd you have made a A DIVIDED SESSION. igravo mistuke. Investors esteem Ore- Capitol, Sucramento, Cul., .Inn. 2S. 'gon's advanced forest administration The assembly adopted a resolution day calling for adjournment on Sutur- day noon of this week and to reconvene Tuesdnv. Murch 2. The senate mis noiiiy-ninc aim one num.reu. us yer coacurreu ... iius, on. me upper 'house is willing to remain ill session until Siito'day ulthougu it previously adopted a r. solution to.oiljourn today. OPEN CANAL JULY 4. Washington, .Inn. 2S. The formal opening ot the I'nnuma canal probubly will be postpon ed until about July 4., President Wilson told congres sional callers today thnt this date had been luggested as a more satisfactory one for the exercises than thnt of March (I. The president indicated t lint he npprovod of the July 4 duto. The Weather , IH'S (S Oregon: H I n west, i u in or snow east portion to night nnd Friday! warmer Intorlor west pmtioti to night; Buulheniit' erly winds, In crenslug along the const, State Senators, as Cartoonist ii Y" 4 V I I SENATOR BINGHAM THREATENED WITH RIIDICULE AND ABUSE Bills Abolishing State Board of Forestry Creates Strong Feelings WOMEN'S CLUBS CALLED TO ARMS BY PRESIDENT General Impressipn In Regard to Matter Wrong Says Bingham Senate bills No. 09 and 100, intro duced by Senator Bingham, abolishing the Stat Bnurd of Forestry, havo call ed forth such a protest ia the slinpc of letters and telegrums to members of the upper house that Senator Bingham this morning roBO to the point of personal privilege aad after explaining how hard hit & number of tho men who had been drawing down fat salaries under the present system would be, usked that the senators after they hud ans wered tho letters in each cuso would turn the remonstrances over to him and ho would seo that in ouch case they were provided with all the information obtainable in regard to the mutter. Tho senator himself is in personal re ceipt of a telegram which threatens him Willi ridiculo und abuse u he does not withdraw tho bills. TliOj telegram fol lows: Portland, Ore, J'" '". 1011 I. II. Bingham, 1 .f'' Senate Chamber. .. V.iS Your measure to ubolisii state board to-land will condemn changes you propose you will bo ridiculed and abused. We I urge you to withdrnw senate billa nine- Jiimea 1). l.ncey & Company, Hy II. 1). l.ungille. The majority of the other telegrams received are from tho different wo men's clubs of the stute and lire the re sult of n request from tho president of the Htnte Federation of Women's clubs that the protest be mode. This fnct Is made apparent by the following tele- j8rum Pendleton, Ore., Jan. 2S, llllij. Senator J. N. Burgess, Salem. Oregon, President Stute Federation Women's Clubs wired us urge county delegation oppose disturbing present forestry laws. Women favor forest protection. Thursday Afternoon Club, Mrs. Ilartmnn, President. The whole movement Is interpreted by supporters of the bills us a strenu ous effort on the part of the present Stntn Forestry Hoard to continue the present expensive system. Senator Hinghum charges that In the neighborhood of 70 per cent of the up nrotiriution Is spent for office help ut the stute house office rather than for any actual work In the field, The budget submitted for this year asks for a total nppropriutlon of a hundred thousand dollars, The linger portion of this goes for big salaries, 'stenographers and central office ex pense, Tl.e report of the state forester to the governor shows that out of a to- (Continued on I'nire Two.) W km w 1; Effort To Resurrect Bill Doing Away With Supreme Court Reporter Fails Despito tho efforts of Representative uuvey, who fought the mattor out alouo on the floor thin morning against overwhelming odds, the houso killed Ins bill, providing for tho abolishment of the emergency board and delegating legislative power to provide for de ficiencies, by the indefinito postpone ment route. The houso also ViXlei Represontntivo Thoa. Brown's bill pro viding for a revision downward of tho schedule of foes of justices of the peace, which Mr. Brown represented would oliminato tho possibility of graft on tho part of unscrupulous justicos and work a saving to tho taxpayers, by a voto of 48 against to B in favor of tho bill. Court Reporter's Job Protected. An attempt wns made in the house this morning to resurrect houso bill 73, by Bowman, which was designed to legislato Supremo Court Reporter Frank A. Turner out of a job, when Represen tative Cobb moved tho suspension of the rules in order thnt tho bill, which was killed by indefinito postponement on Tuesday, bo brought buck for con sideration, but the movement was de feated as the motion to suspend tho rules, was lost it having failed to re ceive tho necessary two-thirds ma' jority. Representatives Davcy and Brown (Thoa.) of Marion, came to tho rescue of Mr. Turner in opposing tho rovlvul of the bill, churging that it wus conceived out of spite and animosity for tho purpose of legislating an of ficer out of a job for the suko of n saving of but $200 per year and of giving the work to a Sun Francisco printing firm. On the other hand, it wnB claimed thnt, by I ho repeal of the clause allowing the court reporter 500 per volume for compiling the reportB, .1 would work a saving of $1 ,801) per year io inn state, It,mr,.imllll!vi TVi.mv 1.. .l.,fnn.o nf his bill for the nuolishment of emergency board, put up tho ronton - ('Continued on 1'nrre Two, I Wheat Reaches Highest Price Recorded for Many ears Chicago, .Tun. 28. .1 nines A. Put ten's prediction Unit $1.50 wheut would be seen before the end of the Kuiopcau wnr wns realized today when Mny touched 1.50 nnd set u figure which has been exceeded only five times in tho history of the Chicago honrd of trndo. Predictions that !! wheat will come before the new crop were freely mnde hy traders tins afternoon. Ilieir fore- ast was bused, they mini, on their est.- until thnt only 50,1100,000 bushels of the u mi ii 1 export whent supply is still nvniluble. Alter opening nt 1.50 exnetly, which was 1 uhovo yesterday 's close, May fluctuated nervously. Shortly before noon It touched iH.50 und a slight flurry Inter sent it to l.n(l, the high in ii k of the day. It closed ut 41.10. July also soured. Eurllor Boport. Chicago, Jan, U.S. Dollar und a half wneat hits come, Mnv opened on the bonril (it tn.de today ut that figure, showing nil ml vaiici or 1 (i s. cents over yesleniay s closiiig, July nu.de the sn.no guilt, op cuing nt l.:i5. I.aler both May and July receded slightly. Other grains weru up also. Before noon May wheat took another spurt Slid went to 1.50 5-H. This is the highest prlcn of wheat, with only five exceptions, since tho civil war. Tho Wade Sees Them SENATOR FARRELL'S BILE E H UK SALARIES IS KILLED Senate Gives Ax To Measure Affecting Officers Now Receiving $3,000 SPECIAL TRAINS BRING VISITORS HERE TODAY Delegations From CorvalKs and Monmouth Watch Law Makers Work The senate this afternoon defeated senate bill No. 81, by Senator FarretL, reducing salaries of all state and coun ty officers now receiving $3,000. Sen utors Fnrrell, Kcllaher and Wood ioteo for tho bill. When tho senate was called to order this morning tho chumber was filled with visitors from Corvullis and Mon mouth who are here today watching the. law makers at their work. A special train brought 140 students, from tho Stute Normal School, headed by Superintendent Aekermnn, and they have been visiting the legislative hulU and points of interest about tho stats cnpitol building, Another speoiul from Corvullis car ried 172 pupils from the seventh and eighth grades of that city's publio schools into the city thnt they might also be privileged to witness the solona In action, The first excitement of tho morning n tllC UlU'Cr hOUSO WUS CttllfU fOrtll OT ue'the considemtioii ,( .ewto rsr'uMi j No. "". introduced liy wonutor ueunner, (Continued on pilgo six.) PRICEB OF MEAT. Washington, Jan. 2S Tho de partment of agriculture exports scoffed today ut tl.e predictions that meat would go to 50 cents a pound and shoes to $10 a pair because of a shortage of cuttlo and hogs. They nnnounced thnt there lire 1,212,000 more beef cattle in the country now thnn n year ago. The report also showed that there nre (II,(I1H,00() hogs In the United Stutes now, against BH,n:i;i,000 in 1014. hluhest on record was around 'i ia 1 Hit t . During the Keller comer in whent went to I.Hfi, and it touched fl.iio while Junius A. Pntten was ope'e utiuii his comer In 100!). Duiiiiu this moriiiuu 's flurry No. X - 1 1 nl mid No. 2 hard also went tu 1.511 IIS. Lenders of the pit said tho price tulay wero the highest on the local board, governed by the legitimate law of supply and de.iii.nd, since tl.e civil wit.', except that In 17.1, wheat totirlicii 1.115 nnd In liss, when Hutchinson, had a cortier on the grain, it went high as 2. irtfi-