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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1915
THIS flit
THAT OREGON WILL
IEBIGH0PCR0P
ENEMY WARSHIPS COULD OUTSHOOT AMERICAN GUNS,
OFFICIAL BOARD REPORTS; POSITION OF ATLANTIC
FLEET IMPORTANT IN CASE CRISIS SHOULD ARISE
PRICE TWO CENTS E2SS3Z
' lb Roots Wintered Excep-
tionaHy Well and Are now
MARKET FOR NEW HOPS
IS REPORTED STRONG
Hal. B. Bolam, Leadinsr Salem
Dealer, Pleased With
Oatlook
AtforJinft to reports received by TIal.
V. Bolam, the well known hop merchant
,1 this city, as well as those received
il headquarter of Hie hop growers 1 as
million, the hop roots of the Wilkin
trlt rallcy have wintered in excellent
iwlition anil the indications are at
ttt present time for an increased and
unusually fine crop nf hops for the
( jeason. Market conditions are
also reported stronu at 15 fonts for
iboire Hilt, ntnl little or no contract
ion if bring done for futures, although
li eeuti in hcing offered on n one-year
fsilrii't and 12.j cents for three years.
Time it nothing doing nlisolntely on
(diilraeti f any description over one
wr, however.
' 0iK to the sadly confused records
nailing lirenue in Oregon it is mi
Mi to give an accurate estimate
rtUp in this state at the present
tiwVilMr, rtiilain places it at about
SHUttis, nith a possible variation
tllMm or less. At present there
m m (u Wfcit 220(1 Pales of-lWI4
tyn in growers hands in Oregon, the
'!'r haviun been wild out for a long
for, wl there are not mure than MOO
Wfof old, nf Mils, i first or deal
' lunula in this state.
The unsettle.! coiiililions in Europe
iniii-atr tlial rliere ivill be short crop un
tw other aide of the Atlantic Ihix von p..
Pineipally ,ne to the inability to' oul-
tne crop under war conditions,
i'l llio quality of the freia eron will
wqiieiilly m,t ,c p to 1P usual
laiidard. This will be a strong Item'
vor of the American vru.tm-t and
"'"to hear out the Indications of an
H" M' '!'" a decrease in the
"ic eoart aercnue, ,v,i,, was tire
Maml atroiiKlv indiraled under the
. ii TtUmt prevailed dur-
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to "rf 8,ll' hops plowed up last
I none were pnwo,l up' this
"'HI of any coiwPtU,.,.,.t ,,,, owi
o increased demand nd conse-
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SHIP PURCHASE KILLED.
Washington, March 3. All
hopo of passing a government
ship purchase bill was abandon
ed this afternoon, when tho
compromise measure was finally
and formally killed by its ad
vocates in tho sonato.
Be Office Admits That PRESIDENT WILL TAKE
Large Russian rorce Moves
Toward Frontier
PETROGRAD EXPECTS BIG
VICTORY IN BUKOVINA
Are Shelling Capital and Ex
pect to Recapture Land
Recently Lost
GLOBAL WEAVER and MAP SHOWING POSITIONS Of AMERICAN WARSHIPS
Washington, March 3. The report of the Bieekenridge board which was appointed by Secretary Garrison to in
vestigate nnil report whether changes should be . made, in the coast defenses of the United SStntOB was made pub
lie by the house committee on npproprhtions recently. The report shows that guns at present mounted on American
HciifouHt defenses, including those at Suidy Hook, have a shorter range than tho guns carried on the modern super
dreiidiioughts of Clreat Hritain, Clermauy and other navies. In discussing th's report Itrigadier Gen. Weaver, chief
of tho const artillery, who wus n member of the board, made the statement that in ease of war an enemy would
undoubtedly make an attempt to bom mid big cities on the Atlantic coast. The board's recommendation! in part
follow: Thiit the old type 12-inch guns and mortars nre not equal in range cud power to major caliber guns afloat.
That by such minor changes in the carriage of the old typo 1-inch guns i t present emplaced as will permit
nu elevation of fifteen degrees and by the provision of n certain proportion of lighter projectiles of approximate
ly 700 pounds weight an effective ran;e of nbout 20,000 yards can be given these guns; that these changes should
lie made. That the great majority of our fourteen inch guns with certain slight changes which have already been
oril'.MC.l and by the supply of a portion of the projectiles of lighter weight than the heayie.it now furnished are
siiitnble in power and range to meet a iv that may now be brought against them. That the present emplacements
are as a whole satisfactory, with tho posiblc exception of come of the older magazines, which should be more thor
oughly protected against plunging fire; that this protection should be furnished. That wherever it may be neces
sary to construct new wgyks, especially at important points, such as the entrances of 0'ir principal harbors, naval
bases, etc., the major or.libor gun slioald be at least a sixteen inch 45 cabiler gun mounted so as to have the great
est possible protection nnd an all ro-.inu lire where it may be necessary to have Biieh fire. That the mortars to
be iiistulled in future should be of not less than twelve inch cnbiler with a range of at least 21.000 yards. In view
of a possible grave International crisis in case American lieutrnl ships not carrying contraband are sunk the po
sition of American warships at this time is interesting. The accompanying inao is approximately correct.
Berlin, by wireless to London, JIareh
3. A serious KusBian reverse west of
Lipsk was announced in an official
statement issued today by the German
war oftice.
It declared that tho Slavs were de
feated when they attempted lo march
from Grodno, northeast of Warsnw, to
Augustof. In their efforts to cross the
Bobr river, west of Lipsk, they en
countered a strong German column
which repulsed them with heavy losses
Fifteen hundred prisoners were taken
The war office admits that a large
Russian foreo is moving toward tho
Prussian frontier from Ostralenka
German advance guards a few miles
inside the frontier of Poland havo been
forced to retiro in the face of over
wheliningly superior numbers. Slav
troops are also advancing townrd
(Mlawa from Przasnysz, but their out
.pouts ' we'e . driven back bv tho Oer
wins, it(. s declared. Kussinn attacks
elVwhsre1 in Poland havo been repulsed.
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''fWWi1Mllfir!d bAttle,hai occurred nt
a number of points. The Germans are
declared to have advanced through the
Vosges mountains along a five mile
front.
Two British companies attempted to
take some German trenches south of
Vprcs, the war office declares, but were
thrown back with heavy loss after n
bloody engagement. The French nt
tucks in the Argnnne nnd in the
Champagne region have been broken
down tho kaiser's troops' having
gained 400 yards of trenches.
Further German successes in the
region of Badonvillicr are claimed,
French attempts to re-copture that
place having been repulsed, it is declared.
TURKISH DISPATCH
SAYS FRENCH FLEET
FORCED TO RETIRE
Executive Is Far From Being
Pessimistic Over the Pres
ent Situation
Washington, March 3. After chn-
grcsB adjourns President Wilsou will
take personal charge of tho negotia
tions to be conducted by tho United
States in tho international sitnution re
sulting from the European war.
It was stated authoritatively toduv
that ho is far from pessimistic, nnd that
he believes tho outlook is good for an
amicablo agreement between Great
Hritain and Germany regarding the
present food war.
President Wilson has been compelled
to devote most of his nights to consid
eration of tho issues in tho controversy
between Germany and tho nllies, his
days being fully occupied with legisla
tive matters. Frequently ho has been
up until midnight studying tho mo-
mcntms international nuestinns and the
strain is beginning to tell. He will not
iniikij any engagements with callers ex
cept when it, is absolutely necessary,
Adds That Shelling of Land
Forts Was Not Proving
Successful
TURKISH AVIATORS '
DROP MANY BOMBS
Turkish Fortress Napoleon
Reported Destroyed by
Paris Office
Constantinople, March 3. via Ber
lin, That tho Anglo-French fleet was
toreod to retiro yesterday after bom
barding the forts in tho Dardanelles
tor three hours was claimed in an of
ficial statement issued hero today. Tho
shelling of all land batteries by the
fleet, according to tho statement, wns
unsuccessful. It was ulso claimed that
lire from four French cruisers at Turk
ish positions' in the Gulf of Saros was
ineffective, and that tho French wero
compelled to withdraw,
Turkish aviators, tho statement ad
ded, dropped bombs on several of the
enemy's ships near Arnlt, but no men
tion or damage wns made.
(Continued on Pago Five.)
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Russian Aircraft Fights Off j State's Executive Complies
Austrian's With Machine
Gun Attack
rctrogrnd, March 3. For the first
time in history, an neroplunc has been
used to transport n prisoner of war.
With AO Recommendations
of Parol Board
All Public Buildings Are Be
ing Closely Watched
Today
New Tork, March 3. Frank Abarno
and Charles Carbonno, anarchists ar-
Five convicts were paroled and one
restored to citizenship by Governor
Withvcoinbo vesterdnv afternoon, unon rested following tho frustration of
Terenti Paschaloff, a Kussinn aviator,! the recommendation of tile parole to o u ,
has been recommended for a medal for I nonr.l. lie also granted a coMmo""',., wori, indicted this afternoon.
pardon to another convict, and, It Is
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trin n lines In an aeroplane, Paschaloff
was forced to descend when something
went wrmigfiwith, his craft. The aviator
unit liis mechanician, while working on
l.Vvenr sentence for manslaughter. The
list follows: David Golden, committed
for urson, paroled May lit, 1913, grant
ed restoration to citizenship; C. Hoys,
their aeroplane, were surprised by n inrceuv, from Wnsco county, condition
patrol of six Austrian soldiers. Their i pardon; Charles McCarthy, assault
with Intent to rape, from .Multnomah
count v, paroled; N. W. Gardner, ob
taining money under false pretences,
l rush upon the two Slavs was checked
itibiuptly by the fire of a machine gun
mo ii n tea on the nlr crntt. vtnn tins
gun Pitschnloff killed five of the patrol, l from Mult mil county, paroled; I, can
while the mechanician raptured the
sixth.
With the neroplnne repaired, the Mus
sina airmen seated their prisoner on
the frnnie, tied his hands to un upright
and started back toward their own
lines,
When .1,000 feet In the air the
Austrian managed to loosen his bonds.
PiiBchnloff grappled with him while the
tneohnnicinn operated the plune. Pas- , .
chuloff ended the aerial struggle by n Washington. March 3. Agreeing to
blow with n wrench on the prisoner's the conference report on the naval ap-
bend. The Austrian soldier wns then I preprinting lull, tne senate mis alter
Abarno wus charged with setting off a
bomb and Cnrhonne with manufactur
ing one.
The maximum penalty for the offense
of which they ure accused is 25 years
in the penitentiary. District Attorney j
Perkins declared he would prosecute the
enses with vigor as soon as indictments
have been returned,
Meanwhile extraordinary precautions
aro being taken to prevent any an
archist from carrying out the plot
which yesterday's arrests frustrated.
lro Cortavitoi te, assault with intent to ''The homes of dohn 1). Rockefeller, his
rape, from Malheur county, parrVed; son, Andrew Carnegie nnd Cornelius
.luck Miller, larceny, from .lacKson
county, paroled, und Benjamin F. Ath
erton, obtuiniiig money under false pre
tences, from .Multnomah county, pa
roled. STOP WATCH SYSTEM EXOLUDED.
re-strupped to the machine and uuccess-
fully brought into camp.
noon excluded the Taylor stop watch
efficiency system from any nsvy de
partment work.
It tnkes a smart man to dispose of The senate also agreed to tue con-
his property in a way that will shut ference reports on t ie diplomatic, .eg.
out h lwv,r. well ss his rc- islntive, ud.c.nl and executive appro-
jtives. ' priutioa bills.
Vnnderbilt were heuvlly gunrded, nnd
many public buildings were also being
watched by private detectives.
BILL IS OPPOSED.
St. Paul, Minn., March 3. Legislat
ors today freely expressed the opinion
that a bill intended to combine the two
cities of St. l'uul und Minneapolis will
fail. Jealousy between the two is
thought to be tho cause.
HEAR TAP LINE OASES.
Washington, March 3 The Interstate
cominercs commission toduy re-opened
heurlngs on the "tap line eases." These
involve charges allowed to short rail
road lines, connecting industrial plants
with main line railroads.
New Russian Offensive Strong.
Petrogrnd, Man 3. Tho new of
fensive which the Russinns hnve de
veloped in Gnliciu and liukovina re
vived the belief in official circles here
today that tho Slavs wero about to
sweep the Austrians and Germans out
of the two provinces.
Lcmbcrg dispatches declared the
Austrian losses in tho Carpathians and
eastern (lalicia during the past few
days have totaled ten thousand In
killed, wounded and prisoners. Fight
ing continues in both of these fields.
Hussions, using their heaviest artil
lery, are shelling Czernowitz, capital
of Hukovlna, at long range, The field
commanders are confident that they
will be able to tako all parts of the
crown lnnd recently evacuated to the
Austrians, A strong offensive there
has already begun,
The war office asserts that the com
bined Austrian nnd German forces have
been routed at threo different points
in the Carpnthinns and Galicia,
Food Situation Dosperate.
Berlin, March 3. A nut her drastic
step in the plan to give tho government
control of all food supplies in the em
pire was tnkon today when heads of nil
households wero ordered to furnish the
government estimates of ull the flour
they now have on hninl.
This is in accordance with the order
issued by the federal council some
time ago viitunlly taking over the
wheat, flour nnd corn supplies of the
nation as n war merisiire.
IMPEACHMENT ORDERED.
Washington, March . The house ju
diciary committee this afternoon or
derel the impeachment proceedings
ngniiist I'liited States Dist.ict Judge
Dayton, of West Virginia, dropped.
This was done at the recommendation
of the house investigating committee,
The Weather
Oregon: Generally
fair tonight ami
Thursday ; varia
ble winds.
IT
Cost of Constructing Three
New Residences Will Ag
gregate $10,000
Among tho new residential improve
ments that are planned for Snlem dur
ing tho coming spring nnd summer will
be threo handsome residences for three
justices of the supremo court, Justice
Bean, Benson nnd Harris, all of which
will be strictly modern in every par
ticular and since tho plans have been
drawn nnd accepted and the contracts
let for their construction, work will he
gin upon ull of them at tho earliest pos
sible moment. The cost of the three
residences will uggrcgate in the neigh
borhood of $10,11110.
i, N. Moores will construct n mod
ern two-story, H rooin, colonial dwelling
upon Ins property, Hum t hemeketii street
adjoining his own residence, for Justice
II, .1. Beau of the supremo court, winch
will cost in the neighborhood of
000.
Henry Vandevort will construct a
handsome und strictly modern Dutch
coloiiiul dwelling upon his property, on
North Summer street, near I) street, in
Oaks addition, to be occupied by Jus
tice Henry L, iluuson, ot the supreme
court, lit an approximate cost of over
$.1,000. Plans have been limited und
approved and the contract let for con
struction.
M, P. Dennis, will construct a modern
bungalow, handsomely finished inside
Turkish Force Routed,
London, March 3. Lato dispatchos
from tho Near Fast state that a land
ing party from the allied fleet hail
routed a small Turkish tarco on the
Asiatic sulo and has moved northward
in an attempt to attack Fort Chanuk.
Tho assault was conducted whilo tho
guns of the allied flept poured a heavy
fire into tho fortress.
Reports from Sofia and Athens this
afternoon emphasize the gravity of tho
situation at Constantinople, Demands
tor immediate pence which have been
made during the past few days at the
Turkish capital arc now being" heard In
tho cities of tiie interior, A revolution
is said to be threatened. Evldoutly
the Turkish people generally are com
ing to iiudcrshiml the real situation at
tho Diirdauellca.
Fortress Napoloon Destroyed.
Paris, March ,'l. It wus officially on
uoincc.l this afternoon that tho Turk
ish fortress Napoleon was destroyed by
tho French liallleship Gaulois during
yesterday's bombardment of tho Dar
danelles forts, Shells set fire to tho
barracks and the garrison fled.
It was also announced tout tho
French battleship Sufl'ern had success
fully l i ii 1 1 hi 1 1 1 i I Fort Sultan, on tho
Asiatic side, and that the French bat
tleship llouvet hud partially wrecked a
bridge over the Cuviick river, Tho Brit
ish bombnidinciit of Turkish forts on
the Kiirii;iciin side, it was stated, con
tinues. Co:if Munition was also received of a
dispatch from Athens which told of an
attempt by the allies to send a landing
party ashore above llulair. Bombard
ment of tiie llulair fortifications by a
French sipinilroii ulso was said to bo
in progress,
The Fort Siillan referred to In tho
French announcement undoubtedly is
Fortress Kale Sultuniu, ulso known us
Fortress Chaiutk. There is no Fort Ntt
poI'Mii listed among the Dardanelles do-fenses.
nnd out and equipped with sleeping
porch and all other up-to-date conven
iences, on his property on Kast Stute
street, between Ifith and Pith streets, to
be occupied by Justice 1 T. Harris of
tho supreme court. This cottage will
pi so cost in the neighborhood of $.'1,000.
New War Rules Being Made by
Developments in Great Conflict
(By J. W, T. Mftflon.) , iIooh occur. H 1m irri.uil)lo tho framer
'iuf Vnrlt. MllM-h 'A. Till lil'l 111'
1,,1.,,'of future law will take into considera-
of International law are being revised
by the necessities of the present F.uro
penn war. The most fur-reaching iirece
dents, such as limiting the rights of
neiiti ils and lion eombiitaats, are being
tlon the fact that as the world becuuifs
moro democratic, civilians with votes
must be held uccnin.tuble for declara
tions of war,
This iiiiiv be the last great wur in
which a belligerent population escapes
elabllsheil, ami it is doubtful whether 1 personal risks because it doesn't wear
Hie present warring powers will con
sent to their disestablishment by fu
ture peace congresses.
Ilnlcs or warlure, adopted Hi times
of pence, are not, proving adequate to
develop all the strength of a belligerent
nation. The consequences of defeat to
a great modern empire are so over
whelming that deliberate limitation of
hostile strength by peace time agree
ments is now seen to be a sin against
a nation's vital Interests.
Humanitarian considerations probab
ly will not dominate International Inw
in the future. Or, rather, it will be
maintained thnt liiiinanlUriaiilsm may
best be served by making war more
ruthless, and, therefore, less likely to
occur and more quickly ended when it
uniforms, It seems certain that no
nit ion hereafter will limit its power to
apply economic pressure in war time by
agreeing to permit food und raw ma
terials for manufacture to pass to civil
ian incmics,
Neutral nations must suffer by thesei
apparently iiicvltiiblo changes of meth
ods. Hut it is not improbable that
statesmen will see In this a moro prac
tical move for universal peace than tha
adoption of academic resolutions at Tho
Hague. If neutral nations know be
forehand how seriously war will affect
them, they doubtless will demand thej
right to be heard In times of an inter
national crisis, although they may not
have a direct interest in the immediate
Ibsucs.