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M SRl (l HTM 111? J lip tiMwi JiiriEi Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AMD HBWI STANDS FIVB 0iMT 1 ITU 1 BILL 10 BE BP IN BOBS E T in p.m Drastic Opposition to Taking AH Limit Off of Amount of Wine 10 BE AIMED Germans Sound the Warning Which May Force Other Nations Into Warfare i ABA II N MOVE IS MADE AT REQUEST OF PRIESTS Effort Will Be Made To Pass Bill Requiri.ni; Absolutely Dry State Springing up like n mushroom growth rtrong opposition lulu developed over night, lis it were, to tho prohibition bill, H. H. H(i2, nnd when it comes up in the house for consideration on special or der lit 2 o'rlnck tomorrow afternoon there promises to be a battle royal over Nuine of tho provisions which have lieeu inserted in the measure by the nl'Miholic traffic I'ommittee. While it is not lie lieved that strength enough will ilevel ii to defeat the mensinc in the house n determined effort will he made to make some drastic amendments in com Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, L. I., vcK i. "German submarines will be "1 to attack neutral ships unless ' ''tions prevent Englund from Oj. '-flags." In. J "niiig sounded here today in . 'n the Krause Zeitiiig nn ulti .tivc militarist organ. Tho dcclara. , followed pub lished reports that tho Hritish admiral ty had ordered English merchantmen to use neutral flags in order to escape tier. nan wnrships. "The Hritish order," continued the editorial, "is practically nu admission by Clrent Britain that it is no longer aide to protect its flag. The order, too, is a violation of international law, ami as a consequence, a neutral flag can no longer protect ni'utrnl shipping because Cerman naval officials will be unable to tell whether rightfully borne." the flag is Superior Forces West of Pilk alien Forces Czar's Forces to Halt ALL POLAND IS ONE BLOODY BATTLE FIELD Serious Reverses Sustained By French West of es By Ed L. Keen. London, Feb. i. The Russians have abandoned their march upon Koings berg. For the l'uat three days no mention of the progress of the cam paign northeast of Insterburg has beeu contained in official dispatcher from Potrogrnd. Advices received here to day said that the czar's armies have Will Make Test Case. Washington, Feb. 4. That Germnuv has placed before the United Slates n concrete case that she. believes will test American neutrality, was learned encountered superior forces of the on officially toilnv, emy west of 1'ilknllen and have been In a fnrt her note transmitted to the forced to halt their advance. slate department by Ambassador Von A Ifussian force southeast of luster- liernstortf, regarding the consignment! tiurg, on its wnv to Komgstierg was re mittee of the whole calculated to niake of food aboard the steamship Wilhel-I pulsed by the Germans despite heavy it absolutely dry nnd it will be passed ! minn, assurances wore given by the losses. imlv over the protest of several mem- Merlin foreign office that American; Northeast of Tustorbitrg the Russians liers. consuls in Germany can supervise the , encountered unexpectedly large forces The strongest objection to the bill as it has been amended recently is against the provision which has been inserted by the committee eliminating nil limit upon the umouiit of liiptor which shall l.c shipped into the state for sacrament-,-il purposes. This provision has been thrown absolutely open for the benefit of .. the Catholic nnd Kpiseopuliun churches in the si.iti nnd this action on the part of the committee will be bitterly fought out on the floor of Un ionise when the bill conies up for con sideration in committee of the whole, Some of the members of the house, who ice ill favor of making the law iiIimi lately prohibitive, reseat this discrim ination us purely class legislation while others do not believe that there shouh be an exemption mnde in any case ami these forces have united to wage buttle against the measure in its present form. Priests have been largely in attend mice nt the meetings of the committee and contend that there should be no limit as tiny require a large glass of wine each morning for sacramental purposes. It nppenrs that the opposition is be ing led by Representatives Lewis, l.af f"ity and Kuchn, for different reasons nod all seeking the same cud, that the shite be made strictly dry and llo'V have mustered up u strong following. While the bill will undoubtedly pass some of the members will vote for i under protest, others will vote against it nnd then change their votes to nyc afterward while others will maintain their opposition to the bill ns it now stands to the end. distribution of such food and see Ihnt l of (lennans concentrated west of it does not reach Germany's armed foreeii, (iennany holds, it was learned, that if the r'nited States insists strongly that Americans have the right- to ship food to Herman non-coiubntnnts as it iloes arms and ammunition can be ship ped to the ullio'i, her neiitralily will be proved. llnt if the dccisljn is aoi'.in Germany, that government, will feel that the t'nited States is not impartial. B,"din believes, it a.us stated, that if Great Hritain seizes the cargo of fool oil the Wilhcltiiiua it will be "pure piracy'' and Germany further insists that "Fnglnnd has nut a leg to stand on" in ils announced intention of taking all food consigned to Ger many. P. (. White, the veteran feed and seed mini, innde a trip to Dallas this morning nud from there to his farm, five miles north of that city, to look over the condition of his grain crops. 1'ilkallen. TODAY'S WAE LINE-TO. Germany. British war ox nerts think Russians abandoned drive against Konigsberg. Ger muus lust heavily in battle near iurkomen but 'prevented Slavs crossing Angernp river. War committee of German town re fused American Christmas gifts saying American neutrality hypocritical. France and' Belgium. Ger mans renewed attacks on Ver-' lull. Kaiser's t roups, heavily reinforced, renewed offensive Arras to Belgian coast. Can nonading heavy at most points. Thawing in Vosgcs, causing fluo.ls and hampering activities. Berlin claims big German ad vunco and serious French defeat between Verdun and Kheinis. 1'olnud Furious fighting along the Bzura river. Russian aviators bombarding German camps southwest of Warsaw. Pe trograd announces stubborn hindtoiinnd fighting day and night, claims victory along Vis tula, indicating resumption of Thorn drive. Austria-Hungary Slav ad vance iutu Hungary admittedly meeting resistance. Vienna claims Russian repulse in Car pathians, 1000 'men nnd several in lull i no guns captured. United States Stute depart ment admits Knglund asked ex tradition to Canada of Werner Van Home, German who at tempted dynamite Canadian Pa cific bridge between Vance boro, Maine, and Canadian ter ritory. Stated, if request regu lar would be' granted. Van Home formally charged with "defacing and injuring buildings." PORTLAND lllES 1 FIGHT 01 DUCK BAITING QUESTION Silk Stocking Sportsmen Still To Be Favored With Monopoly si we ran in in ia u IHMISMTBnM LaFoIIet Bill and Brown Gopher Bounty Bill On List Approved BILL MAKING FEEDING UNLAWFUL IS KILLED Electing Delegates to Na tional Convention Two bills of especial interest and im portance to Marion county passed the house this morning, one of which has ulrcady passed the senate and ih now up to tho approval of the governor. One is tho amended bill as originally in troduced in the sonata by Seuator La Follette exempting fruit cannorics, nud other industries from tho operation of the nine-hour labor law in cases of em ergency, and the other is Representa tive Thus, Brown's bill providing a bounty of 10 cents upon gophers and n , n t mm f moles in Marion county. 1) nth bills Senate KeVISeS Manner Olil)!ls8l'J prm-tU-nlly unanimously, Hcp- reseniutive reireo of Coos and Curry, ueing me oniy uisscnting veto on tliu canneries' bill. , Gophor-Mole Bounty Bill. Tho Brown gopher and mole bounty bill is of especiul importuned to the farmers of Marion county in that the 10 cents bounty offered by the county on sculps will servo us an inducement to encourage the boys to hunt out am destroy tho pests, which operato to the damago to crops in this section of the valley to the extent of thousands of dollars every yenr. Representative Hrowu, in spunking for tho bill ex plained that the gophers and moles had gained such headway in this county that it was impossible for farmers to ope with the situation und thut dam Tn the words of Senator Dimick the "Silk stocking crowds of Portland won a victory over the valley in' this senate this morning when Senate Bill No. 53 by Senator Dimick making it unlawful to feed or bnit ducks for the purpose of killing them wns indefi nitely postponed. The bill came beforo the senate from the committee on game with a divided report, the majority of the committee favoring the pnssage of the bill nnd Steamship Iowa Sinks In Lake Michigan l'etrograd, Feb. 4, All Poland, from Warsaw west to the Russiun frontier is now u bloody battlefield. Ofliciul dis patches tola," reported furious German attacks along the Bzuru. Sanguinnry fighting preceded the capture by the l: issiaus of Skempe. north of Hie Vis tula. Southwest of Warsaw, the czar's I aviators rained bombs with deadly ef fect upon German concentration camps. j Both sides suffered severe losses west of Warsaw, it is admitted. Victory for the Russians around the Vistula aroused enthusiasm here today. j Serious Reverse For French. Berlin, by wireless to A'l.vville, L. I.. I Feb. -I. A serious reverse has been I suslninoil by the I'Ycneh troops north west of Mussiges, between Verdun nn 1 ' Uheinis, the war office announced to- (Continued From Page One.) German Troops Defend Hungary Is Conclusion of War Expert By J, W. T. Masou. (Former 1'iiropcan Manager of the . I'nited Press.) New York, Feb. 4. Gorman troops mi important move since they were forced back, after the failure of their second effort to reach Budapest. As far as is knuwn, the Austriiiiis .1.- .. a . ! "g" "s iiiuicieu ll loll everv Vnnetv in'- iniiiiiiii (-uiif ini nil; ui r":im"in a . , " Binghnm and Perkins recommending "f V.lrm c.r"',' every season, with the ex- the indefinite postponement of the;-''' """. '" '" 'r- , 1;H. liepresciitntivo Weeks also spoke in With the execution of Hiiiuham nnd fuv"r uf '"H fn 'ho farmers Cusick nil of the Willamette Vallev '"" . "f vu'w "'"t'''1 '"'t f the senators favored the pnssngo of 'c hill "n l"'1'"mu Inw it would encourage ns nnniliflt Gin Molt nontllli enlll mem- the boys to trap und kill the nets bv Chicago, Feb. 4. Tho Sid ton steam- h.,rs ,v) . ', Hnlidlv for the coutinu- tl10 wholesale nnd serve the double pur- ship lown, of the Goodrich line, sank ,, nf ,10 pro.,-v'lnw even the ir- "m of exterminating the unimals nnd in Lake Michigan about niM" tins I reiiressible Pan Kellaher standing in arroru tho boys opportunity to muke a morning, three miles off the mouth of 1 with the Multnomah crowd for one little hionnv u( their ,in during (lie the Chicago river. time. 1- The Iowa mimed n crew of 'wtwocn t The vnlle.- senators Including Senator 07 nud it is not in in u k ice floes which cnused the stenmer to men minle a strong plea for the passage sink. of the bill. Thev argued that at pre News of the steamer's sinking wns i cut all the ducks slop nt Columbia received from the lown's wireless by I slough and nearby lakes nnd slouehs the local agents of the line. As fur j where feed Is put nut In such quantities as the line officials know, the message that it is needless for them to go CATHOLIC LECTURE ,175 ...on. ,U1 left the boat, bull T.aFolett, 8-..Mor. Garland, Senator! ,. , C """icH on page two. tklng their way to safety over the j representatives of the lip-valley sports-' J()JjfJ LbWSOH Tdls How Union Operates (By John Edwin Nevln.) New York. Feb. 4. Itesnniine- bin wus sent .just before the snip went rainier in searca ot reen nun ns a n- testimony het'ore the federul industrial down. "ll the iip-vallev counties are pincti- relations commission, which is investi- II. W. Thorp of the Goodrich line said cnlly without duck hunting as has been gating the Rockefeller and other foiin he had oalv received very meagre do- j complained of by sportsmen in this dutinus, John R. I.awsnn, district mem tails in the wireless from Cnptain Stuf- section for some tune past, .r "for Colorado of tho United Mine f cue. T ie message apparently wns sent just before the vessel went down. Cnptnin Stnfflene reported that the members of his crew were endeavoring to reach the shore over the ice. It wus believed thut the sides of the lown were stove ia by ice floes. Life savers hurried out from Chi cago to uid the town's crew. They were uceompauied by a score of dock workers. The Iowa carried no passengers. The wife nnd daughter of V. A. Peck, The senator from t hickamas mn"e Worker of A rlnn ,.v,,li,.,l (...i the further statement that the only t, operations of the miners orgauizn ones benefiting In Multnomah county tjolli were the silk stocking crowd who Commissioner Weiiiftock called alien owned the entire feeding grounds nud timl , wlt h(, ,,,,,,, NM,(,ifil. (,. that, the other lakes near the scene nf f tn,t ,m,kj,1(, ,)y ,,, mU.n he annual slaughter hud been olflcial- . ,,, ..,,,.,,, Htrikes." ,wn lv designated as res lag lakes by he ,,;,, (Mll,,ti,,lv t,,t , . Stn e (.me Warden thus confining he B,,re ever to blnn.e for these dispatches. duck hunting exclusively o ponds ,,,,, controlled by he moneyed porlmuPn, f immiHHion so, a lied, who drnw the ducks r uht un ., , . , .... . . . II,..!, blinds ,! then sbiuuhter Hiem " """-v'. '''""'. who, ns re. ; :. , . , " . resell tut i ve or the ,,,"'P.,"'"lk''.,lH; trying to connect I Ml' VIM ' Ull 1 "t miwirnn r nnn m in ii. i . , ,, Knight of Columbus and An Anti-Catholic Lecturer Are Both Dead PROMINENT CATHOLIC HELD -FOR MURDER Town of Marshall, Texas, Ia Deep Stir As Result of Tragedy ) Marshall, Texas, Feb. 4. Marshall was deeply stirred today when th coroner's inquest wus opened into the, deaths of William Black, ox priest of Hellaire, Ohio, and Julia Rogers, a lead ing Knight of Co umbiis of Marshall. Pluck's revolver in evidence showed no shot had been fired by him, whil ho was struck in five vital spots by bullets following a religious quarrel. Papers were being prepared today to charge V. V. Hull of Ht. Paul, Minn., with murder. John Copeland, also a leading Knight of Columbus, who ac companied Rogers, in a dying state ment today charged Hall with engag ing in the revolver buttle in Muck's small room in the Capitol hotel beret last night. Copeland wus shot through, the stomach nnd cannot survive. George Ryan, a third prominent local Catholic lined a murder charge for the .Instil of Black. Miss Sallie Black, adopted daughter of the Knights of Luther, lecturer, was hysterical today under police gourd nt a friend 's house here. Friends of llnll were- today trying fo raise bnnit so he 41 A take Black's place in delivering ilnH-Cuthollc lec tures wdilch were inWortised. A lec ture by Black Tuesday night led to tha visit from the three Catholic church men and the shooting, The county jail where Hull is held, Is under heavy guard to prevent nn at tempt to liberate him as well as to) protect him from attack. Hyaa, at liberty under $10,1100 bond, is guarded by friends at his home. The fiut that n negro from Cope Inn, I 's bank nccomiianicd the party of Catholics to Black s room and was armed also was brought out nt the in quest.. The negro did not fire, his re volver showed. yers, has been United Mine :i $ ) ij sje $ ii ic SIX-CENT BREAD BOON. It! it: (!)!(i(!i(t Denver, Colo., Feb. t. Sis cut bread within In days was the prediction of the bakers of Denver today. Following a lengthy session of the .Muster Bakers' nisocinlloii, it was stat ed that money is being hist by "oiling bread for live cents wiHi (1. nr steadily rising in price. are now .tcleiiiling Hungary. I oe iilone compeiict ine miiv retirement in change in the distribution of the kui- to the Carpathians. Now that Gorman ser's eustera iirinv. necessitated bv the reinforcement have arrived, it is dil'fi- Magvar threat of revult, has been coin- cult to see how the Russians can pro pleled na, I Germans are nuw engaged grews unless they aie heavily reinforced, ill the Carpathian lighting. I Whether Nicholas has additional men I'etrogrud announces for the first is 11 question depending for answer on til ontirtnalioa of reports ol the pics- the amount of war supplies nt his dis- once 01' the tlerinuns there. It says thermal. Germans are being coiisideiably rein- Bucharest's aniionnceiiient that Un forced. I inn 11 in has 110 Intention of entering the Tudor the circumstances, no conl'i-'war at present indicates that those den -o can be placed in dispatches by 'nearest the Hungarian scene of opera individual l'etrograd correspiindeiits as- Hons are able to judge conditions dis serting that the Russians me pouring passionately nud don't expect un lia into Hungary nnd that the Austriuns portnnt Russian victory, have "lust hope." It is evident thut ! At present it seems 11s If a Carpathian excessive optimism again reigns In I'e- deadlock had been caused, the breaking trognid. .no general ndvai of'Rus of which will depend un which side is sinus Is apparent nnywhore in Hungary 1 able to bring the largest reinforce nud Trniisvlvania, They haven't made 1 iiients. the proprietor of the Salem Taxicab Co.,1 fnr nmo , nr minutes when : V,.'"u' W,'i'' 'I'" In'l""l'i"1, Wrk"'' arrived in this citv Inst, night trom Portland to make their homo in Salem, the Multnomah county representatives. The Weather 1 1 Oregon; Tonight nud Friday prob ably occasional rain west, fair east portion; cold er east portion to ll I g lit; variable winds, mostly southerly. uf the World, referred til the former ns found that Senator Dav. lender of the " '."" ,'' orgaui.aiion. senate, was nbsent when the time for . ' omiuissiony ()'( onncll, represent voting enme. This delav was nil that n l",mr' ,,,"1'k '" exception to tins, curried the measure ns the minority re- 11,1 ''""'"'I H' ""'" hnd voluii- port was adopted bv mdv HI votes. "my broken liny contmets, declaring Hcnnte Bill No. 151 bv Senator Smith "",' ll"' eonlrnry, the mine owners of Cos nnd Cnrrv was pn 1 Ihis themselves were responsible for con, II- morning. The bill revolutionizes the Hons In the Colorado coul fields, system of electing delegate to nntlon-i Lnwson continuing his testimony, nl conventions and presidential electors, read 11 report of the Colorado military Heretofore each voter has a vote fnr commission which stated that the l.ud one president elector and one delegate j low tent colony wns burned by "mine to the national convention. 1 guards and militiamen, ncompniiicl by Pniler the new bill delegates In the, the usual looting." nntinnal convention nre elecled by con- A deposition by George W. Kirchivcy, I ercssioiial districts, with the excep- former douu of Columbia university Retired German Officer Gets Jail Sentence Vaucelioro, Me., Fob, -t. Werner Van llorne, reputed retired German army officer, was found guilty here this aft ernoon by Justice Smith of. defacing Villi, chore buildings and was sentenced to 'Ml dnvs' iinprisii'iinciit. Hundreds of windows ill vanceboro were shattered when Van llorne r utly ultempted tu dynamite the Canadian Pacific bridgs over the Ht. Croix river. tion of four who nre elected from the (Continued on Page Five.) was read into the record. It declared that the Rockefeller, Sage and Carne gie foundation were unconslitutiouully crcuted by stute Icgislutures. England Would Extricate. Washington, Feb. -I, State Depart ment Solicitor Johnson admitted this afternoon that n request from Kir Cecil Spring Rice, the Hritish uinbussuibii', f,r Hie t nn 1 1 1 i 11 11 of Werner Van llorne, a German, charged with ul tempting t dynamite u Canadian Pacific bridge nver the St. Croix river, had been turn ed iver to him. Juhnson refused to disclose what action he would take, bub Indicated that if the request was regu lar Boron's extradition would be ,ir , lore I. Some Characteristic Poses of the Solons Who Enliven the Present Session VTnrT 4 Vltv I far U1 ' II V A.rf AAtlKtE(i WWW " 1 lUIH II l 1 VI 1 M UJ V.l l I LOUIS 4 yKUEHM lOrfMAWf NT t ...rM'vni"-''! 1 r ill 1 1 1 1 1 L j.i it in lAI 1.1 I T C C v uNfie johm .Ml SIU7 X .DN (HI n X - A v' a n,M.