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ft Full Leased Wire Dispatches THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR "I0E1 Nil ZONE WIUST EXPECT S BERLIN PAPER REPOR Editorial of Leading German Daily Says Measure Result of Illegal Methods of Germany's Enemies-Travel to Continent From England Discontinued Today SITUATION NOT SO BAD, Washington, Feb. 19. Fol lowing a meeting of the cab inet today, dovoted almost en tirely to the consideration of international problems, one of the president's advisers said: "The situation is not half as bad as it is painted." Tlerlin, via Amsterdam, Feb. 1H, "Who ever enters the danger .one must expect to perish." This was the warning voiced today by ;he Loknl Anzeiger, which reflects the viewpoint of the highest govern ment officials, in a leading editorial. "Heenuse of the Illegal and unwai- -rnnte.l me hails of her enemies, th paper said, "Germany was forced to begin yesterday a defensive fight to re tain her place as a world power. Her people were threatened with starvation. We are now engaged in a fight for life ninl must push aside nil considerations of third parties toward us. VThe light into which we have en tered must be fought with all reckless ness or not at all. Henceforth wo are resolved to tight without regard to thi' consequences. "There is no intention on the part Jif this government to wage a commer cial war on neutral shipping, but who ever enters the danger r.one. must expect to perish, " Waiting and Watching. I Washington, Feb. IH. " Watchful Orleans to Amsterdam, toduy struck a waiting" characterized tho pnlic "line In the Straits, of Dover and sank, adopted todav bv the administration lii ,',,r crow wa" "vi,a the International problems confronting l'n,"r ""'vices stated thut the Hcl America ami particularly those raised , rillK wn" torpedoed nnd not mined, by llermanv's proposed submarine i rrPW took to the bouts and landed blockade of the liritish coast. jnt WaJmar, in miles from Dover, One government official declared I that the state department wanted tnj Spain Takes Action. wait until It could be seen how the J Mnirid, Feb. The 8 ish gov- (Serman plans develop. The American I ,,, tl),ttV look t,,,m t0 ,)r(.vt.t relations with Germany are not regard-j disaster to Kpauish merchantmen which ed as ominously as they were before nmv hereafter travel through endiin the receipt yesterday of tho kaiser's' gered British waters, reply to the American protest although The official (lazotto todav advises nil some officials admitted, they were still captains of Hpnnlsh vessels' to be ready grave, to display their papers at all times and Germany I professions of coimdetn ' .ton l'niiii,ii,itclv n .l,rl,ti,i friendship for the United Hates have iiiisd the authorities to believe that, with tho exercise of reasnnable precau tious, no merchant man will be sunk In the 'iidnngered Hrltish waters. It Is admitted, however, that liritish mer chantmen t'lv the American flag, the German submarines might easily make a mistake which would enu disastrously At (!l0 ,,, (h(, ,rnlrnltv declur t" A "ena commerce. , no report hnd been received of any Traffic Suspended. Weshlngtoii, Feb. 111. The state do- Americans Should All Reports f By J. W. T. Mason. (Former Kuropean Manager of the Vnitcd Press,) New York, Feb. Il. Amcrlcn mint exercise reserve In acceptive reports concerning alleged unprecedented ubil- ities of new Gcrmnn submarines. SuHi descriptions, however, are bound to be circululed, but there is nothing tu war- rant the belief t In t link nnwu aui4 terri- fviii-l exploits, beyond the rapacity of ntlier submarines, may be expeited from1 the new German types. Germany did not suddenly inherit a I'lntilin of Milmnrii,, fuiMtnit-toil if t'nnliiitf to tih'ii! of .Inlet Yltiih, It rctiuitvs more tlmi tin i inn mi tion of Vcrno to initko Hca woni iimt mort tlmu n intiir wiIj to tT.-ati' ft new lloot of mvn the mnnlltt nrm,iiN. Whnt I ho (ii'iniutu pimm' In mib iititriiun they hnve hnd, with potihly u, few fxrrpttoiiK, for ft roiiMilernhli tim loriii tliift pcriO'l, Kntfluihl hn.i Ikm'M trmi'i'ortiitK thoiiMunl of troops ovit th Kuttlinl) channel to KrniH'e. Yet. i not i imiKle t'utuHtroi'he lue to tii't-mnn initiative hai oveurrnl. This fnM, itself, i 1 UT: jpartment was advised today that all travel between nngland and the con tinent had been suspended by order of the Hritisli admiralty until further no tice. The new order Is taken to mean that Oreat Britain regards the. German uiocKaue seriously and does not pro pose to risk the lives of passengers in tne iJuugcr 7.0110. At the same timo the state depart ment was advised that the Uernian mill ury ruthorities are now requiring that every man, woman or child who enters Germany must have an individual pass port. Htnto department officials said the British order would not prevent Amer ienn merchantmen from traversing the war zone if they no desired, it was not clear, howover, whether the liritish would grunt clearance papers to ships touching Kngliah ports en route from America and the. continent. The mess- nx0 ,,ai,i .'l traveling" but the state lepu'tmeiit was inclined to believe that this referred only to passenger trav eling. Hutch shipping will suffer most if the order means that vessels now in Knglish ports cannot return to the con timVit, regardless of nationality, or if it prevents neutral vessels from tra vel sing lie war zone to Knglund. Official reports of toduy's submarine attacks have convinced the administra tion officials that the Germans are in deadly earliest. Norwegian Tanker Sunk. London, Feb. 19. The Norwegian tuna steamer Hclmlgo, bound from New ,riiie. no matter whnt Its untionnlitv British Btcamers Safe. London, Feb. IB. With the German blockade of the Hritlsh const in exis tence HO hours Lloyds had no record this afternoon that, nnv liritish Ntentn- ots W(.r(1 overdue at their destination. u M ,,inti( In ntl ni'lc im.rclin n ( viu,,li II ml (Continued from Pnge Six.) Not Accept About Submarines is co letusive proof (if the strictly lim ited ot tensive rnparity of submarines. l.i rmnuiii weriiiiin snomnnncs aim propei.lv guard home waters, Knglnnd 1 1 ,i o., i V . p,.sse;,sc more than 200 torpedo boats and destroyer. M liuiit cruisers nnd .'il) submarines built since ll0". Part of 'his fleet, of cunse, must continue to wutch German naval buses, so warn- ing may be given if the (lernuin sipiud- run .'nines furtli; while troop truusports must be properly protected. Heavier ships are axuilnble, loo, fur some of this work. It is iinihiililc that llrltiiin can assiun thrve or pusHibly foot Hyht venelH to hunt down curb Hitlmnriiie (Um tunny U (npii'ilc of iisinu in the wur wme, t'n i tor the riri'iitiintutii e the nrtinti of l.lov.U In il.vllniiiK to raise iiixnruio'e rnti'i un llrilinli iin'ri'litiutriitMi i easily umlerstouii, As niruhiiHi have foiled to exi'rt ti ertiiMN intflcinM' on thtMMirlusi(Ni of ixMiliticn, every Indication points to the 1 lilure of thn prufKtfiril Ceimun uuli muri'io rnitls. The Firth's nrfai'e con timi.-s to he the punmount factor la warF ire. IGT Two Consolidation Bills Held Up Until Senate Amend ments Are Printed The work of the house this morning was confined to the consideration of somite, bills on the third reading, eight of which were passed anil two were held over for the printing and consid eration of proposed amendments. The most important of the senate bills passed by the house this morning was senate bills 85, by Henntor Mixer, and 04, by Henutor Perkins, the first of which provides that on school districts in which no county or district high schools are lucated a special levy of taxes may be provided to constitute a high school tuition fund which will en able the pupils of one district to attend high school in another and his or her tuition is to be paid out of tho county fund. ' This bill met with very littlo opposi tion in the house, some objections hav ing been raised by lieprcsentative .Tones of Wallowa, who claimed that the high school question had been settled in his county and that Ins constituents wore opposed to further legislation which would revive the subject, and Repre sentative i'ortcr did not think it right for the legislature to force the issue upon counties nnd districts which did not want it, Representative Darcy, however, expluincd that the special levy was not compulsory but gave the ;uu", lh "l'','u" uf vtublisliing high schools or providing means for sending their children tu high schools in adjoin ing counties or districts where high schools nro ninintnined. ' Hcnntor Mower's bill provides for changing the time of holding county teachers' examination from tho third to the last Wednesday in June, substi tutes the subject of physiology for physical geography in the list of sub jects for one year teachers' certificates, and limits the number of excuses which the school superintendent may grant to pupils for nbscucc to five days la any three months. Hevernl sennte bills, which were pass ed by the senate yesterday, came over to the house this morning and were passed up to third reading and ordered printed, Included among which were the two consolidation bills one of which provides for the merging of the cor poration department with the Insur- (Continued ou Pane Two.) Missouri Congressman Ac cuses Newspaper of Print ing Yile Calumnies Washington, Feb. II). The declara tion Hint Germany is not getting justice In the I'nlted Htntes wns made today by Representative liartholdt of Mis souri, in nn address In the house. He voiced a demand for "honest neutrality" and accused the news papers of printing "vile calumnies" un the fatherland. Hhould the United Stutes be embroiled In war, ho suid, the Geriunns would roily tu the stars and stripes. "We hnve not had the same consid eration as our Knglish brothers," he said. "Not. a word has been said jahniit Hritish and .Tupnnese violations I of Chinese neutrality. Have wo pro- . . , . . : ui, fi.,.n "'",u 7"""1 "" "- ""' names being dragged from neutral i ... ,,,,,,,,:.,.,,.,, Iolirv to starve German niinciinibatnntsf Or against Knglnnd dccluring the North sea In the war f.unif No. Hut when Gcrnmny did the sntnc thing we ills patched' a stiff note to Berlin and a milder one to Knglnnd.'' The Weather ' Do I iook like 1 Oregon; Fair to night, Haturday fuir cast, probab ly rain west pur tion; easterly winds shifting to houtiierly. 7 I Win SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915 GENERAL REPORT OF It Fl MP IU Five Officers 'and 479 Men Taken In; One Days Engagement MORE THAN 1,100 MADE PRISONERS Report From Sir John French Tells of Fierce Fighting Through Battle Berlin, by wirelosa to Bayville, L. I., Fob. -RepulBB of French troops at all points where they have assumed tho offensive was claimed in an official statement issued today by the war of fice here. "On the road to Lille and Arras," said the statement, "tho French have been driven from the section of German trenches the former carried February 1(1. Renewed French assaults were at tempted in the Champagne district but they broke down before a withering German fire. More than ,100 of the enemy were taken prisoners. V Five officers .nd 479 men have been captured n1h Tesnlt of a French attack un the Itoiireuilles-Vnuquois lino. The French also have been repulsed east of- Verdun. "(lermnn troops stormed Hoight No. 0 south of Lusz, uud captured it, with two machine guns. " lOngageinents with retreating Rus sians uurthwest of Grodno are Hearing an end with the Germans everywhere successful. Fighting continues north west of Kolno. "Further reports from the Mu.uriu lake district enphusize the German suc cess. It is doubted whether much re- iiiuins of the five Russian army corps engaijed in that battle." Sir John French Reports. London, Feb. 111. Another report from Field Marshal Sir ,lohu French, coiiiiiiuiiiln" In chief of the liritish forces in the field, was made public to day. It admits severe fighting along the entire front in northern France anil Flanders, with neither side able to gain a material advantage. The report reviewed the operations up to yesteiduy, paying a high tribute to the spirit of the Hritlsh troops and the achievements of the liritish air men. "The enemy has displayed consider able activity southeast of Ypres during the last few days," the report says. "Tho fighting hns been severe. At cer tain points the Germans have occupied some of our trenches, but they wore driven out by determined counter at tacks. At one point (IU dead were left on the ground, while we took a number of prisoners ami blew up ono of the enemy's trenches. ' Austrian! Claim Victory. Viennu, Feb. 19. The greatest vis tory of the war to date was claimed today by the Austrian war office. (Continued on Page Mix.) ffl TROOPS IS REPORTED AT BERLIN J.l7. TV-:: 0UDG linitflCLD WHO me 0Rl6lrVAl KlIMfM ' y el V IMPORTANT OFFICERS Upper House Passes Measure Giving Relief to Alsca Bay Fishermen Tho senate managed to get around to final action on two consolidation meas ures this morning adopted by over whelming majorities bills consolidating the desert land board with tho state land board and the office of state highway engineer with that of state engineer. For one time tho corporation inter ests did not have the main roller be hind them and a bill giving the common fishermen of Alsoa bay protection act ually pnssed the senate The till is hous') bill No. 4(H introduced by the house committee on fishing industries. The small fishermen on Alsca bay have been practically put out of busi ness, acording to reports made to the legislature by one of their number, by the seniors of the Elmore Packing com pany who have recontly established ono of thoir canneries there and with their power launches and big seines swoop the still net and the drift net fishermen right out of their path. Ac cording to the report tho power boats made no effort to avoid still nets or the drift nets but rather gave them all tho annoynnce they possibly could. The bill makes fishing with seines in the bay ana river unlawful. Diralck Btlrs Up Fnss. Senator Dimick created a mild sensa tion this morning when following the reading of the committee reports he asked whnt had become of house bill No. 187 providing for organizing u stato board of chiropractic examiners. He stated that the bill had been refer red to the committee on medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, hnd a majority report attached to it signed by Henntors Von iter Hellen, Langguth and Vinton recommending thnt It pass but was be ing held up by tho other two members of the committee J, U. rJmith, chair man and W. D. Wood, who arc practic ing physicians and surgeons. Ho charged them with being unfair to the members of a profession thnt were just as much entitled to consideration as they were. While the senator was still making his charges, President Thomp son announced that tho report had ap peared upon tho desk and would re ceive attention. A move to Indefinite ly postpone tho bill was thwarted and tho measure was referred to tho com mittee with instructions to make some minor changes and report it at 8 o'clock this afternoon. Many Bills Pass. Rills pnssed by the sennte this morn ing included sennte bill No. 310 relat ing to the width of county roads; sen ate bill No. 2H8 providing an additionnl judge for Union nnd Wallowa counties; senate bill No. U77 providing that dis trict attorneys shall moke reports to the attorney general; senate bill No. Mil consolidating tho desert Inndl board with the stnte land board; sennte bill No. M" providing that tho court may allow expenses of witnesses summoned from outsido of state; sennte bill No. 307 changing manner of buying sup plies In Multnomah county; sennte bill consolidating office of state highway engineer with tho offlco of state engin eer; senate bill 291 renlting to turning bulls on the ranges In eastern Oregon, Murray Wade Discovered These at the State Home LIKES Right ofs' TR1IN0 TO out nut V n - r . r 1 1 J r 1 v-v - i - ; ll' -..9 v; s. ' i '1' - pipk Tivn nwyjTa oh trains ajtd wbw sa IIIU nr?iT i fin BURLY LEADER OF SENATE AIDS SECTARIAN SCHOOL IN ITS FIGHT FOR MONEY I Fight to Prevent Elimination of Present Members of In dustrial Welfare Commission Tie Up All ConsoEdatioa Measures Many Members Anxious to Leave Both branches of the legislature aroj in complete deadlock over an aggra vated situation, in which sectarian charitable institutions, aided and abet ted by the arch manipulator of ' tho destinies of the senate, have organized conspiracy which has tied tip com pletely all legislation pertaining to ap propriations until Chairman Day, of the senate ways and means committee, disgorges tho house bill appropriating $49,200 for the support and mainten ance of the girls' training school, and the fight between the two brnnchos of tho auecmbly over tho consolidation embroglio, which, unless a compromise is roachca some time today, threatens to hold tho legislature in session in definitely. Perhaps that phase of the delicate situation which hus aroused the strong est teehng of bitterness between the two branches of the legislature is thel insistence of the senior branch upon the complete elimination of the present personnel of tho industrial accident commission and consolidation of tho department with tho bureau of labor and industrial, welfare commission which a Binall following of Hpenkcr Helling anil Representative Scliuebel declare they will fight to the last ditch and will not give an inch. The senate is just as stubbornly determined to re orgnni.e the whole system, as built up by former Governor West, and if a new proposition which has been sug gested as a compromise does not pre vail Die legislature will adjourn leuv ing tho situation bofore either sido will give in. The compromise proposition which has been offered and which will bo presented for consideration some time todnv Is that tho industrial accident com in i his i on, the bureau of labor and Industrial welfare commissions be merged with Lubor Commissioner Hoff at the head of the department ns chair man, to serve during tho balance nf tho term for which be has been elected, and with two commissioners to be up pointed by tho governor. This seems tho most likely nnd reasonable solu tion to the situation and It is known thnt, if the smnll following that is fighting principally to retain Com missioner Fern Hobbs In her present position to which she wns elevated by former Governor West, still Insists up na holding nut and blockading progress of legislation they will receive no sup port or coiisiileriillon nt the hands of the majority of tho house and this com promise proposition will curry, It is conceded by the majority members of thn bouse. Fight for Miss Hobbs. Thn principal contention raised by Representative Hehucbel and Stewart, who are putting tip the big fight to 7 im Today's News Printed Today X kJ STANDS MVS OEKTi GOVERNOR MAT TAKE HAND It wns reported late this af ternoon that the governor might take a hand in forcing the contending factions to com promise. Until yestorday every bill that came to his desk was immediately disposed of but within the lust two days he has allowed 00 measures to stack up on his desk. Representative Ol son' is reported as preparing a compromise plan of his own. save Miss Hobbs1 job for her, is that the personnel of the accident commis sion should not be reduced to less than threo members and the compromise of fered bv the above combination of of fife" 'wiu remove that objection, la tho light of tho other members of the houso, and they will not tolerate any further obstructionist tactics for tha sake nf saving the political head of ony department. Ho far tho tleiip over the appropiia tion measures is concerned the whole) situation revolves around that effort to comjicl Hcnntor Day to disgorge the girls' industrial home appropriation bill, which, it Is claimed, he is pack ing around in his inside pocket and re fuses to givo It up until the house is forced to put through the appropria tions providing state aid to the several sectarian institutions around Portland, and, as a result of this the house hasj npprnprintinn hills, ugrogating a total of itS,IWil,2H7.:i, lying upon its desk which It absolutely refuse to act upon until Hcnntor Day lets loose his h.iltl upon the girls' industrial school ap propriate bill. The great majority of the member of both branches of the legislature ara getting tired and anxious to adjourn and go to their several homes and nn effort was mnde In the house lust night, through the introduction nf at resolution by Representative Hmith, of Klamath county, which provided that the legislature stand adjourned with out, a dav nt tl o'clock this evening. This resolution, however, wns objectr.l to by Representative Kntnn and no further effort has been made to brini tho mailer In a focus. Thn majority, however, Is getting weary of the dila tory tactics and political manipula tions of thn bosses and a revolt Is) threatened to tnke place at any tiiua nnd williuut a moment's notice or warning. COLLEGE TEAMS MEET. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 1(1. The an nun I relay rnco between Williams amt Amiieist drew hundreds nf collegians tt Hartford today. CP