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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1915
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STANDS ' FTVB CENT
FERN HOBBS
TO LOSE HER
MIR AT INPl
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Bill Reducing Number of
Commissioners Passes
Senate Today
SENATORS ALL DENY
TAKING DIG AT WEST
Schuchel Bill Repealing Con
tinuing Appropriatons
Also Approved
MI33 HOBBS BTILL SAFE.
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Lute this afternoon the house
refused to concur in the senate
amendment!) appointed Schubol,
Littlcficld and Stowurt a con
ference committee. This com
mittee fiivom the threo com
missioner plan nnd it in possible
that Miss Hobbs muy retain
her position.
BUMMER LEASE APPROVED
The sennto thin afternoon
adopted a minority rort of
the committee on Public Lends
. on Forbe's House Bill Hit -4
ratifying the lease of Summer
Abort Lakes.
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Following one of the fiercest word
buttles of this session the senate this
morning passed TTouse Bill TZ'l by
Sohuebel amending the inw of HH.'i
oroiiting the Stnle Industrial Accident
Commission with senate amendments
reducing the number of commissioners
from three to one and attaching an
emergency clause.
The argument over changing the
number of commissioners from three to
one wns the most heated. The change
im charged by many to be a movement
with no purpose but to take another
dig at ex-Governor West by removing
Kern Jlubbs from office. Every sennlor
speaking for the innovation carefully
recited the fact, that It made no dif
ference to him how long Miss llobbs
held office thnt his vote was Influenced
by other motives.
Senator liny in speaking for the
measure took occasion to answer news
paper charges that he was boss of the
annate stcBm roller referring pnrtiou
Inrlv to a story of how a fut man runs
the steam roller with the quotation
that "Nobody loves a fat man." Ho
slated further "I feel thnt hostility
of the members of the senate most
severely. I have made no effort to
impress my persouul views upon the
legislation of this body." Hpeaklng
in regard to the views of the state or
ficials in the matter he said, "You
nil know that every time you leave
Miis hall you ato confronted with an
organization that bents any football
team that was ever lined up. State
officials are upou the floor of this
body all the time attempting to tell
members of this body how we should
conduct our business, 1 am tired of
it.. T nin glad as I look buck over the
majority of measures that have passed
this session to observe that in most
cases inr views linve been In con
formity with the majority of this
body."
Henutnr Bingham who had prepared
ami fought for. a bill introducing the
Michigan system of hnving the cas-
jiu ill ui iu
unity companies handle the buslliossi ,H Htt to pack their product In
made a strong protest against the billniper or dust proof containers was
stating "In side of another year a Hcriously opposed by llcprcsentutive
Hpecinl session of the legislature will Vnwter and olhcrs on Ihe ground that
be called to repeal this law an. I kcepl j, .,, discriminative legislation
the stale from going bankrupt." against Oregon reducers and In favor
Although many protested a t the of outaiilo interests, who would not be
form of the bill "only three senators1 nffootcl bv the bill If It should pass
voted agninst Its passage. They wero,id nni referred to Representative
( larke, Kellnher and Smith of Coos;
and Curry.
House Hill No. S by Sohuobol repeal-!
itig continuing appropriations was alsol
passed this morning being (alien from
the table nnd approved without any
discussion,
Senator Kellaher'a resolution known
as Senate .loint Resolution No. i!.l pro -i
vidiog for the appointment of n rntn
niitlee to draft a commission form of
government was- indefinitely post
poned. About fifty neigiibors and I'rieti.ls of
Mr. and Mr. licorge Wolf, of North
Liberlv street, took possession of thpir
home Inst Friday night, tendering them
a surprise In honor of Mr. Wulf 'a birth-
dny. Onniing was the diversion of the
evening, a most njnynble time being
had.
HOUSE RUNNING ON
lilSH SPEED PASSES
f!f BILLS TODAY
Ten Measures Approved, and
Jm Killed and Nine Post-
'"0,
This Morning'
TWO APPROPRIATION
BILLS ARE PASSED
State Hatchery Is Allowed
$12,000 For Coming
Biennum
At the rate of speed which the house
showed this morning in the disposal
of both house and senate bills there la
yet some grounds for hope that the
legislature will catch up with its work
sufficiently to adjourn at the end of
the week. During the morning session
a totnl of ten, both house and senate
bills passed, two failed to pass, seven
senate bills aud two house bills were
indefinitely postponed, and, at noon
there were SI house and sennto bills
up for third reading iu the house,
During the session to date there have
been a total of 478 bills introduced in
the house of which 110 have been post
ponod, .'II failed to pass, 4H were with
drawn and 284 passed the house, leav
ing a totnl of !B house bills yet to be
acted noon. This However, does not
include the big grist of appropriation
bills that are due from the ways and
menus-committees which will aggre
gate over (SO separate bills. The com
mittee will report in 25 appropriation
lulls this afternoon, aggregating over
U.Suu.tHH) for the different boards, do
artmeuts and institutions and will pass
upon all of the bnlnnce at tonight's
session. As the house will be re
.mired, under its rules, to go into coin
mittee of the whole for tho consider
n t ion of every appropriation bill, the
passing upou all or. those lulls will re
mire a great amount o time ami, ir
nnv fight is to be made upon any of
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them, (he work of the session will be
hampered to a greater extent
Among the most important bills to
have been passed this morning was the
game coile bin, which was omonued in
the house committee of the whole Won
day night, in which several Important
chiinus have been made iu the present
game laws. Among these are the
changing of the opening of the deer
season from August 1 to August I.)
the embargo upon Chinese pheasant
hens has been raised to permit of the
killing of not to exceed two hens In
anv dnv's bag of five birds or ltl
birds in seven consecutive davsi the
season bus been closed absolutely upon
(pinll of all varieties with the cxeep
tion of Klamath county, where 10 days1
shooting will be permitted in October
with u limit of 10 buds per day, and
I lie protective law upon ducks and
geese In five counties along the
Columbia river In I'.nslcrn Oregon has
been opened up to April 1st in order
to permit the farmers to protect their
grain fields from the ravages of geese
during the seeding season. This bill
hns beca passed upon by the guaie com
nilllces of both branches and little or
no changes are anticipated from it
present form
Two appropriation bills' were passed
bv the house this morning, one being
fur I lie appropriation of 1 2,((t0 for
hatchery purposes on coast streams
south nf the month of the Columbia
river; l!0,0(ll) having been exended for
the snmo purpose the pnst two years,
ii nd the other was the John Hunter
claim for I,(II!I.'-'H for time lost in
the construction of the Roscburg arm
ory. This bill nlso continued a pro
vision to niako good a check for IfiMVi
which was received by Hunter In part
pnymcnt on the contract which proved
worth less.
House Hill .11)11, by llorne, requiring
all tiiaiiiitncturcrs of I or t In n if cement
Vawter and llorne for amendment sol
as to make It more general In its scope
nnd effect,
Another Important bill passed by the
house this morning was somite bill I'll!
requiring the comity clerks to clear the
registration roll of Ihe names of all
aliens not entitled to vole under the
constitutional amendment mnking full
ili7ciihip a necessary requisite to the
ritfht to Mile In the stale and this bill
makes the constitutional amendment
retroactive to the extent nf purging the
records of all names of those who voted
under the previous laws ami not on
tilled to vole St present. Senate Hill
making liability of Indemnity in
nrniice companies absolute upon judg
ment of Ihe trial court, which hilled
In m nt Inst night s session and was
! laid on the table because of Ihe Inck
of a working ipiorum wss taken up this
UNITED STATES VITALLY
PLAN
Following the Von Tirpitz plan of trying to starve out flrent Britain by submarino blockade and destruction
of merchant ships, the Gorman government bus notified the world that from February 18 attacks will be made on all
enemy merchant ships and that neutral merchants will be In danger. The United States is vitally concerned. Its ships
may bo sunk. The map shows by shaded portion the new naval war one declared by the Germans. Roar Admiral
vou Tirpitz suggested several weeks ago that the only method to pursue with England was to blockade hor harbors
AT
Awful Catastrophe In Saw
mill Boarding House
Early Today
Marshfield, Or., Feb. 17. Six per
sons nro dend and ten seriously In
jured or badly burned as the result of
a fire winch destroyed the Hoarding
house of the O. A. Smith Lumber com
pany here early today,
It will lie several hours before the
bodies of the dead can be identified.
A number of those injured are in
such a serious condition that they can
not tell their names, j
Forty-five persons lodged In tho
boarding house including the regular
workers at the mill.
For a time the office building and
other structures of tho Smith plant
were In danger, but heroin efforts on
the part of the fire department con
fined the flames.
The fire had such a start before It
was discovered that the large boarding
house was doomed before the depart
ment arrived.
A. A. Craig, father of George Craig,
proprietor of the boarding house, was
suffocated In his room. He Is an In
valid and was unable to help himself.
He was carried out of the building
before the flumes reached him, but life
was extinct.
Five other bodies were removed from
the smouldering debris, horribly
burned. Four of them are believed to
be those of Iioiiis Kallnowskl, a IV
Innder, William (Hover, V. Ward nd
Louis I'cppas, a (I reck, all mill hands.
The fifth body was so badly burned, It
lioro little resemblance to a human be
in It.
Ilyron Craig, twelve year old son of
the proprietor of the hotel, was so bad
ly burned thnt ho Is not expected to
live.
Fireman Max Kruger, was badly
scorched in nltemptlng to effect
rescues.
llcnjamla Olson, a boarder, was seri
ously injured when he leaped from I
third story window during the progress
of the fire.
An automobile rushing Paul Znclhy,
scorched In the fire, to the hospital,
overturned, Injuring the driver. Zeelk
ly was transferred to another car and
taken to North llend.
All the electric lights In Marshfield
and North Dend were cut off on ac
count of the fire. The taking of the
killed nnd Injured to places mil side the
fire rone was very difficult because
of the darkness.
In some Instances surgeons dressed
the wuuuds of the Injured by candle
light.
Later Particulars.
Marshfield, tire., Feb. 17. Seven men
were burned lo deutli and seven men
and one boy were seriously injured u
liadly burned In a fire which destroyed
Ihe boarding house of the C. A. Smith
Lumber compiiny here early tolny.
The dead ore:
A. A, t'rnig, an invalid, father ol
(leoryc Craig, proprietor of the board
ing House.
I .i ns Kalinowski, a I'ulish laborer.
William llliiver, a mill worker,
W. Ward, laborer.
Louis 1'ei'i'U', a (I reck laborer.
(Continued on Pure Si.)
morning and defeated again, on the
ground that It denied the Indemnity
compniiics tho right of appeal.
CONCERNED IN GERMANY'S
TO ATTACK MERCHANT SHIPS IN WAR ZONE
Senate Democrats Will At
tempt to Force -Through
House Compromise Bill
Washington, Feb. 17, The crucial
fight by the administration democrats
to force through tho senate the Weeks
Goro compromise ship purchase bill will
begin in the senate this afternoon when
tho measure, as passed by tho house
early today, will reach that body. The
house passed the bill at 1:20 a. in. by
a vote of 215 to 121.
Last night's session of the house was
noisy throughout, causing Speaker
tlurK to declare at oae Juncture: "The
house will be in order. This is neither
a beer garden nor a vaudeville show
Administration lenders in the senate
are confident of getting tho amended
bill through fl at body.
The ship purchase fight having shift
ed to the senate, It was reported thn'
revolutionary and "strong arm'1 meth
ods may be resorted to to uoss the br
regardless of rules, before the enoof
the week. One report was that the
democrats plan to have a friendly sen
ator supplant Vice-President Marshall
In the chair temporarily and arbitrarily
refuse to recognize the fitlbusterers. If
this Is dune, it was snld, the republicans
will leave the sen rue chamber in a body.
The doubtful clement in the plan was
whether Senators Norrls, Knnyon and
LaFollette would refuse to joint the
democrats, thus leaving them without
a majority to pass a "gng" rule. Some
of the leaders favored postponing
action until Ihursdny In order to per
fect the administiatioa's new plans.
Trial of Fountain
On at Sacramento
Sacramento, Oil., Feb. 17. When
the trial nf David Fountnln for the
murder nf Murgnret Milling In this
oil v Inst December was resumed today,
fully 2IKI women were among the spec
tators. The firs) witness wns Mrs. Milling,
the girl's mother, When she told the
slory of Margaret's departure for what,
she thought was the Sunday school
sewing circle, she broke down nnd was
led from the stnad.
John Milllnir. the girl's father, fol
lowed Mrs. Milling on the stand,
was closely watched by officers to
prevent any attempt to attack Foun
tain. He told of his acquaintance
wllh Fountain while the latter was
janitor nt the Germnn Lutheran church.
County Phvsician Jones testified
that the condition of the girl's bodv
showed the abuse to which the child
had been subjected before her death
The Weather
Oregon: Tonight
and Thursday un
settled: probably
rain; cooler to
nigiit; southwest
erly winds,
ft (ANT 0tit
5 nni ?. nM Tll?PIT7
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Advocates of Municipal Quiet
Must Take Back Seat On
Next Saturday
San FVanoisoo, Feb. 17. Anti-noise
advocates will have to take a back seat
when the Panoma-I'acific Exposition
opens Saturday. i
It will be the noisiest day in ban
Francisco 'a history.
Plans laid by the official noiso com
mittee today contemplated starting the
big noise nt 6 : ,'i 0 a. m., when the big
guns of all the forts around Ban
Francisco bay will boom a salute to
Exposition liny. It Is the plan to make
the din as deafening as possible, for
at least one hour, as a siga to those
who want to remain In bed that they
ought to get up and take part in the
fair opening,
Here are some of the noises that
will be produced during the first, hour:
All church bells will ring.
Conductors and motornien on street
cars will clunk their bolls incessantly.
All policemen will blow their whis
ties as loudly as they can and beat at
Intervals with thoir batons on trolley
Poles.
All sirens and stcoul whistles on fire
npparntoa and In fire houses will be
sounded continuously.
Factories having steam in their boll
era will blow their whistles.
Jitney busses ami other automobiles
will honk their horns, engineers of
steamships and locomotives will sound
thoir whistles, newspaper carriers will
ring the doorbells of subscribers, anil
numerous other expedients will bo
adopted to add to tho general din.
and indicated tho terrible struggle
which she put up to save hor honor.
During the testimony, Fountain
chewed tobacco Incessantly and rubbed
the arms of his chair. He appeared
calm, and whispered to his attorneys
from timo to timo.
No Sailings Will Be
Suspended By British
(By Ed L. Keen.)
London, Feb. 17. Hardly a single
regular Bailing of any llritish steamer
will be suspended on ncount of the
German submarine blockade, announced
ml : to begin tomorrow
Following a conference here of man
agers of lilies coduotlng cross chunncl
service, It was announced tonight thnt
their vessels would sail as usual. Her
vice to Irish ports also will continue
I Pi
usunl, though it had been reported
channel and Hi it lull mnil service would
stop,-
Stenmers cleared as usual tonight for
Scandinavian ports, Lifeboats, fully
provisioned, swung from their sides,
and the passenger lists were smuller,
hut this fact was chiefly due to the de
sire of the steamship rompnnlca to dis
courage travel.
It was considered certain that Ger
man submarines were nt their bases
ready for the attack on British mer
chant men.
A number of steamers from America
nro due off. the Irish const tomorrow,
niul these proliubly will be directed to
change their route. It was reported that
some of the vessels from the I'nitcd
Slates would be diverted to Irish ports,
but official information on any subject
regarding the blockade was unobtainable.
BRITISH NAVY El
READY TO MEET ANY
SUBMARINE ATTACKS
Admiralty Only, Knows Plans
That Will Be Carried
Out b War
GERMANS CAPTURE
50,000 PRISONERS
General Battle From Swiss
Frontier to North Sea
Starting
(By Ed L, Keen.)
Loudon, Feb. 17. The British navy
is ready to meet Germany's submarine
ra'uU. Only the admiralty knows just
what the plans are, but there is evi
dence of a more confident feeling than
has existed at any time since Germany
served notice of hor intention to estab
lish u war rone.
Escorts, it was believed, will bo pro
vided for the British merchant floot
and a majority of the sailings will pro
ceed on schedule time. A flotilla of
destroyers and torpedo bouts will bo
assigned to duty along the steamship
lanes.
It was believed the Germans will
attempt to strike hard at the outset
in nn effort to terrify ship owners and
keep English vessels in ptirt. The sink
ing of tho Dulwich was accepted as
the opening of tiio Gorman submarine
campaign. Advicos from Havro say the
crew was given time to collect its ef
fects, but officials bore declare they
have information to the contrary.
Government officials hero say the
German submarine launched a torpedo
and then disappeared immediately. The
rew escaped, they said, oaly because
tho Dulwich diil not sink at once.
All Scandinavian vessels reaching
English ptirts today hail natiunnl col
ors painted on thoir upper works and
their names permanently displayed.
60,000 Prisoners Taken.
Berlin, bv wireless to London, Feb.
17. More than 50,000 prisoners, 50
cannon, 00 machine guns and enormous
quantities of war materials are the
prizes of Field Marshal von minion-
burg's latest drlvo through East Prus
sia, the war office here announced to
day. The Russians have been crush-
ingly defeated.
Tho ground over which tho Knssinns
are retreating aro covered with dead
and wounded. Most of tho latter un
doubtedly will die, ns they are alum-
loned by their fleeing comrades in the
worst weather of the wholo war.
A graphic, recital of tho recent events
iu Prussia is contained in an official
statement of tho war uffico Issued to-
lay.
"For nine days," it says, "tho bat
tle railed in the Maxurian region. It
resulted in tho overwhelming defeat of
the entire Russian Tenth army, which is
now A disorganized mass. Wo have notjented thnt they did not Intend to fol-
only driven them from strong positions
but have forced them across their fron
tier and havo defeated them at every
point."
Too statement continues mm inn
remnants nf tho Hussian army is being
pursued, that tho Hussion losses were
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United States Not Only Nation
Seriously Concerned Over Blockade
By J. W. T. Mason.
(Foimer European Manager of the
I'nitcd Press.)
New York, Fob 17. Thn United
States is not the only neutral nutiim
serbnsly concerned about the Gorman
submarine "blockade." The Scandi
navian countries nnd Italy uini noiiunu .oiisiei-u noniier.
cugiifti in shipping within the nmv war The Hutch nro now holding their
line. army on a war footing. On nn In
N.it ninny Italian vessels are thus ! slant 's notice it Is probable that it
employed, and tho Inw of chnneo makes j minimum of 1110,000 good men could b
is linproluibln that nny nf them will i thrown ngainst tho German communi
ty i I.l.nitiillv liirneiliied. Hut Sean- cations between Aix Lu Chappcllo an I
diuavia and Holland have large fleets:
of nerohantmen plying within the dim
ger ''one. If liny mistakes are mime
bv the submnrino commanders, Danish,
Norwegian, Swedish nnd Dutcii ships
tire more probable victims
The three Scandinavian countries ro-
ceutlv agreed to act In common tor
Iheir own defense throughout tho war.
They nte so situated geographically,
himever, that it would be very diffi
cult tor them to retalinto effectively
on Germany. A sudden dash might be
made overland, through Denmark,
against the Kiel canal, but it is I til -probable
thnt more than slight damnge
would result.
Could an English army land In Den
mark and nltack Germany on the flank
a serious situation might nrlso, but it
would be a dangerous undertaking to
transport trmps through the North sea
to the Dniilsh const. If, howovor, tho
NO CHANGE
NWARZONE
SITUATION
America Still Awaits Answer
From Great Britain and
' Germany
KAISER'S MANDATE TAKES
EFFECT TOMORROW
Twenty-Eight Steamers Car
rying Over 10,000 Speed
ing Toward War Zone
VESSELS IN DANGER
.
Liverpool, Feb. 17. Twenty- '
eight steamers from New York,
carrying more than 10,000
Americans are speeding toward
tho war none today and may be
subject of the retaliation order
by Germany against England
beginning tomorrow.
The liner Adriatic, with 400
passengers and a cargo of food
Is duo here tomorrow or Fri
day. About tho same time the
Norwegian steamer Bergensf
jord will enter the danger one.
A dozeitr freighters Bad smal
ler vessels, some with valuable
cargons, are due to enter the,
extended German war zone a
few hours after the kaiser's de
cree goes Into effect. Five of
these are British ships and two
Bre American vessels.
Trailing these are 14 other
steamers which sailed from
New York for English and con
tinental ports Inst week,
i
Washington, Fob. 17. What protec
tion the government of the United
States intends to give the thousands!
of Americans who are on steamer
headed for British waters included in
the extended German war r.one and
commerce In the futuro Is a diplomatic
.secret,
When nsked about the administra
tion's plans today, Secretary of Stat
Kryan declined to "outline any
policy." Neither would ho iudlcnl
whether his silence was due to tho
non-arrival of Germany's answer to
the Amerlciin protest In this regard.
State and navy officials denied they
had received a suggestion from Ger
many that American warships coulil
j safely convey American morchantmea
! through the danger r.onc. They indi-
low such a course.
Between thn fires of England's de
termination to starve the Germans lnt
submission and Germany's resentment
of such tactics, the government Is ad-
mlttcdly troubled as to what will be
tho answers of the two belligerents to
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submuriiie "blockade," by sinking;
Dutch ships, forces Holland into thn
war, Gerniiiny may have to change her
entire military strategy,
The Hutch army is in nn ideal posi
tion to ntlaoli the prlncipul German
line of communications, which eiiteis)
Helgiiiiu a few miles south nf Holland
Cologne. This is the main artery of
- supplies fur the (leinians In Helgiuul
ami r ranee, ii iirui.cn lor row ...
serious conlnsioii wouiii prevail aionn
the German front, permitting ino ov
lies to begin on offensive under til
most favorable conditions.
Holland 's assistance would permit
Kngl.tinl to send nn army Into Bel
gium's northern field for a flank at-
tuck nnd for an Invasion of Germany njr,
way of the liiadeipiatcly defended lower
Ithine district. At t lies same time tins)
ability of the nllied warships to use ths)
Scheldt river, the mouth of which i
controlled by llnllnod, proliubly woubl
fore j the Germans to evacuate Ant
werp. This would be an added menaesi
In Ineir hold in Hclgloin. ,
Probnbly these considerations of mil.
itarv strategy will make the Uerniaa
subiii'irines particularly wary about fir
ing ou vessels flying tho Dutch flug. ,