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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1915
IURKISH FORTS REPLYING
li FURIOUS GUN FIR
New uns of Heavy Calibre Miuntel On Heights Above Scu
tari To Defend Dardanelhs Against Attack of Anglo
French Fleet British Cruisers Reported Disabled and
Relumed to Malta-Big Events Taking Place But Cen
sorship Suppresses Details
lin bv wiro!t' to Sayville. L. T.,1 Event of first magnitude are be
I Veh lis Tlic TurV have placed new! llevcd to be taking place at the Dani
sm on Fort Ki"i Kill" U,i,r tho en'i I,npllns Sny"a. A rigid censor
to the Partl.nielles, and are re-! ship is in effect, however, and it is iin
'u.. tumir u the first from the i possible to get any details.
Ar.do-Freneh' fleet, according to
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n jtate.1 tliiit two British cruisers,; have started an attempt to reduce the
w of which had been struck 20 fortress at Ossowotz, it was officially
have hwn brought to Malta,-' j announced hore today. It was also ad-
' Imitted. that "the enemy was bringing
Big Events Taking Place. fits batteries closer, but it wns claimed
Atlm, March 1(1. Feverish prepara-; the advantage in the fighting rested
'iui to 'ik'feml the straits of Bosph-lwith tho Russians. This wns the first
tn against on attack by the Russian admission from the war office that the
Mid fleet are being made by the .Germans were on the offonsive in tho
Turkish officials, advices received to- j vicinity of OssowetJ!,
Ijyitatnl. dims of enormous caliber; "The Germans," the statement eon
whriiit; moanied on the heights near tinned, "have entrenched north and
fnUti ami other elevations, supple-' northwest of Przasnysz and nro bom
iwliiig the nermanoMt fortifications barding Russian positions on the out
line urn narrow nnsrige. skirts of the town, but the enemy lias
Braorta were circulated here to.lav
tat part of the allied expeditionary
force rrfentlv sent to participate in
im (ihtin(t in the near
'uW in Aia Minor and
unlaid toward Smvrna.
been held at a safo distnneo from the
town proper.
"The Austriang have trained no
st has been ground for several weeks despite sav-
proceeding age atraeKs in attempting to relieve
j rrzemysl. "
Italian Colony In San Fran
cisco Is Threatened With
New Outrages
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Only Habeas Corpus Proceed
ing Now Blocks Return of
Prisoner to Asylum
N'ew York, March 10. Harry K.
Thaw will not be returned to ' New
Hampshire from which he was ex
tradited to stand trial on charge of
conspiracy to escape from Matteawan.
The motion filed by bis counsel when
he was acquitted of the conspiracy
charge, that he be set free was denied
by Supreme Justice Pago today.
The writ of habeas corpus blocks
Thaw's immediate return to Mat
teawan, however. Before the date e,t
for the hearing it is expected the case
will be taken to the supreme court of
the United -8Utes.
Justice Page held that the state had
shown no lack of good faith and
Thaw's indictment and trial on charge
of conspiracy were regular. The state's
right to roturn the prisoner to Mat
teawan is unquestioned he said. He is
an escaped prisoner and it is imma
terial how he was brought to this
state from New Hampshire.
Noted Sculptress Free To
Follow Love For Japanese
PRK E TWO CENTS tS
EUROPEAN TURKS FLEE TO ASIATIC TURKEY AS
ALLIES PUSH ON TOWARD CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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TURKS FLEEING FROM CONSTANTINOPLE- feT
SALEM'S BIG HOSTELRY
UNDER M MANAGER
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Manager Crowe Resigns Position and Will Be Succeeded
Next Monday by J. W. Church-New Board of Directors
Elected to Serve During Ensuing Year-Prosperous
Year In Prospect i
Turks are reported to bo fleeing from Kuropean Turkey by way of Constantinople. This picture, taken during
a flight of the Turks in the Balkan war, shows a scone that is being duplicated now, Cable reports Btnte there
is a wild scramble to got to Asia. The allies nro forcing their way farther through the Dardanelles, and tho possi
bility of the capture of Constantinople is not remote. ,
ENGLISH FORCED TO
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RETIRE AFTER THREE
DAY
OF FIGHTING
Berlin Dispatch Reports Vic
tory Near St. Elois
Other Engagements
THE WAE LINE-UP.
PARIS CLAIMS VICTORY
IN SAME DISTRICT
Russian Dispatch Says Ger
mans Bring Heavy Guns
Nearer to Ossowetz
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San Francisco, Mar. 1(1, Mrs. Ger
trude Boyle Kanno, the noted sculp
tress and principal figure In the "love
tangle" which has excited Ban Fran
cisco art circles, left the detention hos
pital a free woman todnv when Super
ior Judge Thomas Graham dismissed tho
insanity churge which had been Indued
of I against her by hor sister, Miss Helen
"oyie.
Just what she intends to do in re
gard to her husband, Takeahi Kanno, a
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Refuses TnRo n,..j
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Copenhagen, March 10. Tho
totul Prussinn losses in killed,
wounded and missing since the
war started have been l,0!jfJ,!!09
according to dispatches received
from Berlin today.
These declared that the last
eight Prussian casaulty lists to
talled 33,1-12, The losses sus
tained by the Bavarians, Haxons
and other parts of the German
empire are not available.
Berlin via Cayville, March 1(1. After
three days of fighting, the Germain
have driven the Knglish from their po
sitions on the heights near Ht. Kluis,
south of Ypres, according to a state
ment issued rroin the war office here
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Knglnnd. First test strength
of neutral protests against llrit
isii blockade of Germany ex
pected follow halting of neu
tral vessel by British wurships.
Admiralty active.
Turkey. Reported ' Turks
feverishly preparing to defend
Straits of liospliciius against
lfussian elect. Huge guns mount
ed on .Scutari Heights and else
where. Iteported part of al
lied expeditionary force landed
near (Smyrna.
France no. I Belgium. Berlin
claims British driven from po
sitions near ot... Eloi, below
i pres. in Argonne, renewed
French assaults repulsed.
Poland i'etrogrud announces
Germans attempting reduce Os
sowetz, fortress but admitted
"enemy bringing its batteries
closer." Berfin declares des
perate Russian assaults along
PrzasnyHz Mlawa road repulsed.
America, Administration re
ceived text of British order es
tablishing German blockade.
American protest will be sharp
est of any war communications.
1 8. DISAPPROVES
OF II
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Jupnneso poet, and Eitnro lsliigaki, a today. Uiigagements also were said to
Japanese sculptor, to whom she admits l1"1 1,1 Pr"K"'N for possession of n clift
her love has been transferred, Mrs. ,'n the Lorette hills, northwest of Arms.
Kanno would not sny. "Renewed French assaults" contin-
"I will leave my "wife free to net in!uc3 t'10 statement, "have been re
whatever wav she wills." said Kanno. 'pulsed. Heverul trenches have been
captured in me irztinnc.
"The engagement in the Vosges con
tinues. "Ten thousand Russians hnvo .been
taken prisoners in fighting in the vil
lage of Jcdgnrozck. Desperate fight
ing is in progress along tlic Przasnysz
.Mlawn road where Russian attacks
have been repulsed.
"The situation south of tho Vistula
is unchanged."
"t will not force her to come back to
me, I will not anneal to her svmnn-
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had
thies but rnthor to her intellect
will return to mo when she has
time to think.''
I to.lav t ' 1""'"K1i "lfl youtii airs. Kanno ue
,, 0 clnres she wil marry if she can get a
,fl'sin' "J'i divo.ee from her husband, is still in
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FOEMER PORTLAND WOMAN I
Plainfield, N. J March HI. Robert'
Trenches Reported Captured.
Paris, .March 10. That tho British
the
a bearing Fitz.imm,,.,.' f",...or Lvr..iBlif elmm-! had captured n row of trenches south
against-; ;i... -ill M, T..t.,n 'west of Ht. Klois after enpturing that
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Sln,!., ,li.-,nl .if.. ,.t It.-.- slum. ! village wns reported In an official
in, a wealthr resi.lent of Portland, Or., : statement Issued by the war office here
here next Saturday night. This will today. Their coniiiMintling position in
make Fitzsiminons' third matrimonial the village, it was declared, forced the
venture jGermnns to evacuate other trenches
, (southwest of the town under a heavy
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Two Women Dead
Five Persons Hurt
Los Angeles, C'al., March 18. Two
women are dead and five other persona
are badly burned as the result of an
early morning blaze which swept tho
Woodbury apartments, a twostory
frame structure in North Olive street,
iiere shortly after midnight.
The dead:
Mrs. M. M. Ifichardson, aged 70..
Mrs. A. Ii. Crew, 45.
Tho fire starterl from defective wir
ing in the upper story of the frame
building while ull the occupants of the
housa were asleep and had gained con
siderable headway before tho choking
smoke awakened them. By tho time
firinen arrive! the upper story was a
mass of flaincs and the windows wore
filled with tiiinti.',. partially dud per
st his.
The damage to tiic building, amount
ing to approximately Itiltj.oijll, jH covered
by Insurancs. l""1
Ten of tho 1- apartments at th
Woodbury wero occupied when the firt
started. Most of tho Inmates mad
their escape in their night clothing.
Many complaints were made to the po
lice today that money had been Ion!
in the punic. Hue wicnnn declared
that she had lt 410U.
Joii'ph I). Mcl'oruiiek, a one-legged
mnu, ref'UNc.l to leave his apartment
when the fiieiiicn wnrnetl him, until
thev aided him to strap on his wooden
leg."
LONGSHOREMEN MAY SETTLE.
International Situation Claims
Time of Meeting of Wil
son's Cabinet
WILL NOT AID ALLIES
TO STARVE OUT GERMANY
Following the annual meeting 0f tho
stockholders of the Mnrion hotel, which
took plnco last Saturday, a new board
of directors was elected and a clinngo
of management will tako place next
Monday morning when Manager Jack
Crowe, who has conducted the affairs
of the popular hostelry in a most suc
cessful manner for the pnst three years,
will rctiro and ho will be succeeded by
J. W. Church, who hns been a resident
of Salem for tho past two or three
years. As yet no other changes are
contemplated in the staff of em
ployes of tho hotel, but a readjustment
may come later on, tho details of
which have not been worked out ns
yet.
The new hoard of directors, which
was elected Saturday night to servo for
the ensuing year is composed of
Theodore ltoth, ns chairman or presi
dent, i . . Hamilton, Daniel J. Frv.
lames Ii, Linn and Kola Nois. The
board has beea iu almost constnnt ses
sion since yesterday morning and is
still working out tho details of re-
orngni.ntinn but tho formal announce
ment of the change in management was
nor mule until tins morning.
This change was nindo necessary on
account of the resignation of Manager
Crowe, who desires to retire from
active business life for a season, and
is contemplating moving, out nnnn his
ranch, in tho southeastern outskirts of
Salem to. get a touch of nature from
tho soil. Mr, ( rowo has been think
lug of retiring for some months and
was only prevented from doing so bo
cause of tho inability of tho directors
of tne Hotel association to secure a
suitable man to replaco him, Mr.
Crowe has been ndively engaged in
the hotel business for the greater part
of his life ami, in his retirement from
the ninnngcmciit of tho Marion the
Trade Balance In Favor of
America Totals Forty-Two
Millions In One Week
Washington, March 16, Bo fraught
with possibilities is tho international
situation which has grown out of Eng
land's announcement of a blockade of
Germany that practically the entire
meeting of the cabinet today was de
voted to a discussion of the two-latest
notes from London1 that announcing
the blockade and that rejecting the
American suggestions In the sub
marine and food wnr.
Kvidenee of just what the latest de
velopment means to American business
was indicated in Secretary Rcdfinld's
announcement that the American for
eign trade Inst week had broken all
records. Kstimiites hove been recolved
Indicating, that the weeks trade bal
ance in America's favor would reach
42,000,000 ami that cotton exports to
Germany represented a considerable
part of this.
It is understood the cabinet decided
that frank protest must be nindo If the
I'nitetl States is not to be put in the
position of aiding the allies to starve
out Germany. It is believed the first
step to be taken will be (he dispatch
ing of a note t Kiiktlaml slating that
the 1'nitcd States disapproves of the
position of the allies in its entirely.
The seriousness of the situation
which has resulted from Great Brit
ain's uncompromising attitude toward
America's foreign trade was Indicated
today by President Wilson's refusal to
discuss any phao of the matter.
He took the position that until the
board of directors express keen rogrot
In losing such a competent man who
hns become so popular with the patron
age of tho hotel, in bis comparatively
short engagement hero, and has given,
such untpinlificd satisfaction,
Mr. Church, who succeeds Manager
Crowe next Monday morning, hns been,
employed with the Portland Flouring
Wills company, in tho capacity ot
resident malinger in Walla Walla.
Washington, nnd olsewhero in thn
Northwest for tho past fifteen year.
He hud charge of tho Salem mill of tha
same company as manager up to last
year when tho outbreak of the Euro- '
pean war nindo it necessary for ths
company to reduce it payroll and Mr.
iiiircn went to work tor tho Salem
Water compnnv. During tho last ses
sion of tho legislnluro he was employed
ns calendar clerk of tho sennto nnd hud
just completed his work in thnt canacl-
ly when the hotel management was of
fered him and ho accepted, He is)
possessed of a family consisting of a
wife ami three children, hns a very
engaging nnd pleasing personality ami
ii is nenovcii tnnt no will necomo quite
popular in his new vocation;
1 ho prospects are cxceedinirlv
bright for a prosperous future for (he
Hotel ', said President Until, of tha
board of directors, in discussing the
matter this morning, aftor tho boant
had completed tho work of going ove
the records for Hie past year. "W
find everything in a most satisfactory
condition at present, and with the
great amount of tourist travel that Is
expected during the coming sumnior
we have a right to expect a very suc
cessful business year. As a matter of
fact business is looking up in all lines)
and Salem ought to prosper from thi
time on and the hotel business will
cert n Inly get its shnro of tho pros
perity,' '
Longshoremen Clash
With Non-Union Men
Seattle, Wash., March HI. Several
clashes have already occurred hero as
the result of difficulties between union
longshoremen anil four steamship ein-
panics. Three arrests havo been made.
T. P. Barry, president of the Seattle
Longshoremen 's union, declares that
tho trouble here is not tho result of the
Vancouver strike. He disclaims the
statement that tho union men havo
gone on strike nnd says that the union
men havo been locked out by the
Hawaiian-American, the Great North
ern, the Pacific Cmst. nnd the Alaska
Steamship companies. The unions, he
snitl, askeil that tho longshoremen be
employed in rotation, so that the work
may be divided among them all. This
the companies refuse. I to do, claiming
the privilege of selecting their own
men. When the union men appeared
for work Mmidny morning, they found
their places taken by iioii iininii men.
List night a gang of non-union men
who hail been at work at the Great
Northern docks were stoned ns they
wero leaving tho dock.
Most Powerful Warship
Launched At Newport News
Newport News, Va., March I.1 To
the accompaniment of cheers from tha
vast throng gathered to witness tha
event and the shrieking sirens of ves
sels in tho hnrbor, tho United States
dreadnought Pennsylvania, the most
powerful fighting ship afloat, wns
launched at the navy yards at 10:13
a. m.
Despite the fact that the lanuohing
of this ship follows so closely Great
Britain's "might makes right" de
claration establishing a blockade of
Germany nnd putting restrictions on
neutral shipping, Secretary Daniels in
an address following the launching de
clared "President Wilson hopes tha
Pennsylvania will never be called up
on to demonstrate her powess in war."
Ships representing nearly all tha
warring nations of Kurope were in tha
harbor ami participated in the demon
stration when the giant of the sea slid,
down the ways. Not tho least vocifer
ous of these was (he Prins Filel Fried
rich, the converted German cruiser
which recently came hore for repairs.
Might, Not International
Law, Is Right in War Time
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statement, "the French
Even men
too much.
who say but little
talk tured by the Germans yesterday near
l.Suuiiin and ia the woods of l.al'etre.
Portland, Ore., March 1(1. John
Keen, heml of the lii'igHlinreinen 's un
ion, is on his way to Sun frnncisco to
consult with employers regarding set
tlement of the lonirminremen 's strike in
north coast ports. The view was ex-
prc mI here today that the result of
this t inference would either result in
culling off the strike or cause it to
spread to San Francisco and other
ports.
The Weather
The French nlso re-enpturrd a trench
dear Rclchnckcrkopf.''
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Fair tonight;
Wednesday fair,
except rain near
the coast and ex
treme no r t b east
portion; southerly
winds.
By J. W. T. Mason.
New York, March 1(1. Knglnnd Is
trviiiu to starve Germany into submis
sion by means not s Honed by in'er-
national law. Germany, for all prac
tical purposes, is largely inland ter
ritory, and the new problem facing
the allies is how to crush the iicnnomic
life of an inland enemv, International
luw provides no incthmi, so Knglnnd has
thrown usi.le tne luw ami nils pro
claimed h new way of meeting the
issue.
.Neutral stales are to be drawn with
in the war area and they nro notified
that they must not act ns intermedi
aries In handling German goods. In
e licit, Holland and the Scandinavian
countries are no- blockaded by the
British flctd. Knglnnd cannot pre
vent an exchange of goods between
Herman' and Holland ami Germany
ami Scandinavia. German railroads
run directly Into Holland ami German
merchant ship can cross tho Baltic to
Scandinavian ports.
Hut Knglnini declares, In effect, that
the Dutch ami the Scandinavian mer
chants cannot buy goods abroad for re
selling to Germany, nor can they send
other countries commodities purchased
from Germnny. Only one reason per
mits Kngluud to do this, and that Is
the known fact that no neutral will gt
to war to maintain commercial rela
tions with (Inrnmny.
The might of tho British navy I
sufficient to ciiiiho every neutral to)
rest content with the protest. If there
were any neutral navy of sufficient
strength to overawe the British, the
; present situation would not have
arisen,
On tho other hand, it is beyond
doubt that any nation possessing Kits
power to enforce its orders will ro
om Itc, liilcrnntionnl luw for war time
to suit lis own needs.
The British order In council means
that ways devised in peace timo for
limiting the power of belligerents to
harm an enemy will not bo respoctcj
when hostilities occur.
No neutral nation hereafter can be
certain of retaining its rights, baaed
only on peaceful "paper resolutions,"
The advance of civili.atioa baa
brought such devastating possibilltlea
In war time and so ninny Interests for
a modern nation to defend, that no
country cugnged in what may be u
death grapple will permit "scraps ol
paper" to hinder tho full employment
of its strength. This wur is emphasis
ing the fact that in war time might
makes right, not international law, ,