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., I I FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 3900 DAILY . ..:.;,.: THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR GERMANY 1ST DISAVOW SINKIiiG IF U Administration Is Still Insist ant On Main Point at Issue THIS STATEMENT WAS OFFICIALLY MADS TODAY Situation Is Still Critical But Outlook Is Regarded As Hopeful By Charles P. Stewart. ( I'nited Tress Staff Correspondent.) Washington. Sept. 14. The German foreign office lias assured American Ambassador Gerard that it supports Ambassador Von Bernstctrff 's assuranc es that liners will not be torpedoed if tliey do not resist, aiiil do not attempt to attack submarines, according to an unofficial report from reliable sources, niriViit amu.ig diplomats this afternoou. The administration', it was officially utnted, has abandoned plans to arrest .lames Archibald, American correspond ent, used by Austrian Ainbussador Liumba as message bearer. lie will bo questioned, however, when he arrives in New York Saturday or Monday, a.id further action will depend on the account he gives concerning his course. It had been feared lately that Von Bernstorff bad lost his influence with Berlin, but if the roports concerning the Gerard assurance are bctrne out, tension with Germany will be greatly losseaed. Germany Must Disavow. Washington, Sept. 14. The adminis tration' insists that Germany disavow its sinking of the liner Arabic. President-Wilson is not considering arbitrat ing the question of loss of lit' o on the Arabic. This was declared flatly today in 0 statement from the White House. The statement threw light on the de lay in negotiations between American nml Germany, inasmuch as it idieatcd the administration is awaiting a reply i tneso requirements. It was understood too, that the ad ministration has refused also to arbi trate the justifiability of the torpedo ing under the mistaken idea that the Arabic was about to ram tho attacking submarine. While tho issue was still critical, the :utlook was more hopeful than yester day. Secretary lousing hopes to begin his vacation the latter part of the week, indicating that no immediate crisis is expected. Wilson Against Arbitration. Washington, Sept. 14. Reports that I'resident Wilson is favorably consid ering arbitration of the question of rep aration for lives lost in! the torpedoing it the liner Arainc were denied today iu high administration circles. Arbitration is not the issue, and it was not discussed in the Benistorff Lansing conference yesterduy, it was slated. Only a disavowal of the act of the submarine will satisfy America, it was "Hill. The nilmi.iistrntion has settled down t a wnitirfj game. In his conference yesterday, Secretary Lansing again put up to Ambassador Von Hemstorff the administration views on Germany's submarine warfare, ami these were for warded to Berlin. No. action is possl Me until Berlin replies. Berlin's replv to tho American views is expected in four or five days. Oftieiuls feel that affairs are at a Hume fellers even fergit t' give a fountain pen back. Pinky Kerr wiir. "'iiinted int th' Palm Beach Club. J'xterday, an' aworn t' secrecy, How 'Her, we're reliablv Informed he l'id $2.75. 8 3$ A it critical stago anil that everything de pends upon this answer. Peudiug its receipt, the administration will nut dis cuss any other phase of the internation al situation with Bernstorff. To Deal With Archibald. Washington', Sent. 14. Solicitor Gen eral Davis of the department of iusticp mm msirici Attorney ivinrsiinll or JNew York are considering tr.lay how to deal with James F. Archibald, American cor respondent, message bearer for Austri r; .... x . , " . an Ambassador Dumba. Archibald is due to arrive Saturday and Sunday at New York end his detention lias been ordered. Whether he will bo prosecut ed criminally for his part in the Dumb-i affair remains unsettled. What his intent was in carrying the messages tor million, ami also tor At tache Von i'apen' of tho German em bassy, is the issuo involved in his case. Archibald himself has maintained that lie knew nothing of the contents of tiic messages, and professed to feel that Dumba had made him a scapebout, when it was revealed they bore on the plan! to cripple American munitions in dustries. The German embacGy was annoyed to day -over publication of the- message Bernstorff transmitted for Dumba to the Vienna foreign office saying, "1 beg your excellency to recnll me. on leave of absence for personal report." Officials pointed out that tho Ameri can request for Dumba 's departure specified a "recall," niot a mere lenve of hbsence. If Dumba 's government decides only to give him a vacation, as he requested in the Bernstorff message, it is believed more vigorous representa tions will be se;it to Vienna, and that perhaps this government may go as far as to summarily hand Dumba his pass ports. linmors Rumors were current tolny thut Attache Von Papen, who is in the administration's bad graces for his part in tne utimon arrair, will never return to tho German ecbassv. Dumba Is Inaccessible. Lenox, Mass., Sept. 14 Austrian Am bassador Dumba was inaccessible today, but it was understood that packers will soon come to his summer home to pre pare his furniture in anticipation of his enforced departuro from this country. I Session Met Today to Consid er Taxation, Conscription and Munitions Problems London, Sept. 14. Parliament met today. Questions of conscription, taxation nnd munitiois threatened to provoke sharp verbal clashes, and possibly crit icism of governmental measures. The government lender.) sought to dis courage dcbalo but there was a pos sibility that, radicals might force the issue nad cause discussion of many im portant matters, The government forces maintained that debate would be "rontrnry to public policy." At the outset.it was understood that the cabinet stood twelve to nine against pnssnge of conscription legislation. Lord Kitchener wns non-committal. It was believed, though, that because of tho strong labor opposition to compulsory enlistment, tho measure would nut be forced. In the taxation proposals the govern ment seeks to meet a dailv war expen diture of $20,000,000. To' do this, the proposal was to increase the income tax, lowering tho exemption figures, so as to include, salaries of $10 weekly. Furthermore, tho government proposed to put heavy taxes on "war profits" of big employers; and to tax imported luxuries. When tho session opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the attendance of mem bers and visitors wns extremely heavy. Premier Asquith announced that he would move for a further war credit tomorrow. Tho taxation budget is ex pected to rone up next. BASEBALLTODAY National League. R. 11. K. Philadelphia 4 11 0 Pittsburg 0 Chalmers u;ui Hums; Adams, Hill nml Gibson. Hill replaced Adnms. H. 11. K. New York 8 Cincinnati u 1,1 1 Schauer, Muthewson arid Duoin, Wen dell; Lenr nnd Wingo. Hitter replaced Mnthcwmin. H. 11. K. Huston ' 1 1 - Chicago 1 3 u Rudolph n;nl dowdy; Lavender and IlrcKiiiiliiiii. Stiuilrigc rcpln-cd Laven der. R. H. K. Hroiklvn - u 1 St. Uuis t. 0 11 U .Mnrqnanl and MeCarty; Boardmnn and Snyder., Clio. ley replaced Mur quard, American League. K. II: K. Detroit "' 1 New York 2 2 Londcrmilk and Htnnnge; Miyrulgc and Alexander. Oldham replaced Loud- "rmilk' r. n. e. yo ' 2 ; Hoston ; 1 A llenr, ami Nchalk; Kuth and Thomas. Russell replaced Ben.. R. It. K. ,12 11 3 St. Louis UNCLE SAM'S AERONAUTIC CORPS JO BE GREATLY STRENGTHENED, - AS PART OF NATIONAL DEFENSE PLAN; SKILLED PILOTS SCARCE fiWi- " r.. I : yr' f First aero squadron of the U. S. army; Lieut. Col. Samuel Reber (left) and Brig. Gen. George P Scriven. Comprehensive plans for the im provement of the aeronautic branch of the war department as part of the general scheme of national defense are being prepared by tho signal corps under 'the direction of Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven and Lieut. Col. Samuel Reber. Col. Reber has just returned from the Pacific coast, where he went as member of a commission authorized by congress to report upon available locations for an aviation school for extension of this branch of the serv ice. It is said that trips will soon be made to seek location on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Col. Reber says that San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane were visited, and various sites well looked over. There is need of more aviators for army work; the machines can be turned out whenever necessary. -"To furnish pilots in event of war is the difficulty. WIFE'S TALK JARRED "It Gets My Goat," He Ex plained to Wife In Note Before He Disappeared San Francisco, Kept. 4.--Kp in Alas ku. where John Neiltion has Ix-en seek ing his fortune, he heard no talk. He liked the "great silent places," but there enme a day when he wanted to get buck to civilization to the wife and kiddies here. So he came. Yesterduy was the great fete tiny. Ncilson seemed luippw, even proud, flint he could tuko the wife and kiddies to the restaurant, theatres and automobile riding. But John wnsn't exactly happy. Late lust tiight ho and the wife and kiddies stopped their automobile at a beach cafe for just one final round be fore going home. "(live them anything they want," Neilson whispered to the waiter as he excused himself and went inside. An hour passed. The joyful wife an tho now sleepy kiddies, grew restless. Finnlly desperate and fearing some thing untoward hnd befallen Neilson. his wife sent a wuiter inside to find out about Neilson. flhe learned. "Dear wife I have been in the great silent places for so long thnt you 'r talk gets my goat. I will send you money from time to time. Good-bye, John," wns the message he hurriedly scribbled nml Nont buck, Thnt's wliut she told the assistant district attorney today. Stocks Open Quietly But Later Are Irregular (Copyright 1!I by the New York Evening Post.) New York, Kept. 14. The stock market opened quietly, but with prices well maintained, grew somewhat irreg ular by mid-day with tuitrary move ments in a narrow orbit. Perhaps because the recovery of rail way stocks Imd slackened professionals devoted tliemfselves afresh to "war stocks." Having lately made lip its mind thut the propnslicd loun to the allies will u through with flying colors, nnd would perhaps be doulde the amount origin ally suggested, the stock exchange ex perienced 0 reaction. Philadelphia 4 5 1 Pnrkes and Leary; Knowlson, Wye koff and McAvoy. Anker replaced Wvckoff. Knob replaced Parlies.' it. II. E. Cleveland 0 2 1 Washington 3 0 ' Curter nnd O'Neill; Duuiont i:d Hi-lift'. Federal League. K. If. K Baltimore 1 12 1 ! Chicago H ID 2 Hugijs and llunsell; Brown and Wil son", llendrix replaced Brown. Johnson replaced Huggs. Owens replaced Ku-seil. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1915 The law under which the aviation corps has been organized provides that army aviators must be lieuten ants, unmarried, a id less than thirty years of aire. Force of Two Thousand Comb Cameron and Hildalgo Counties MEXICANS ARE MASSING FOR CONCERTED ATTACK Americans In Sonera Have Been Warned To Leave the Country Brownsville, Texas, Kept. 14. Two thousand soldiers and rUU civilians and Texas rangers combed Cameron "and Hidalgo counties today for Mexicans believed to bo massing in the direction of Harlingcn for a big attack. Hang ers pursued an armed force in that vicinity, while niithoritieg held every suspicious Mexican for investigation. Tho government has ordered thnt male Mexicans be excluded from cross ing to tho American side, following the influx of (too on the ferries yesterday. Half of these were men. Then, too, iDO families ciiine across the Matamoros bridge into Brownsville. United Stntc troops are digging trenches near Fort Brown, opposite the Carrnnzistn trem lies at Matamoros, ns a safeguard niinst possible attack across the river. Warn Americans To Leave. Nogales, Ariz., Wept. 14. Ainericniis owning properly in Honora where white men ure worl'.ing suid today they had received notice that Washington wants all Americans to get out of Mexico im mediately. Several automobiles l,nv gone across the border to fetch the Americans working in the mines ami on the ranch es. Consul Frederick Himplch at Nogales, Sonont, refuses to confirm or deny the report. He slates that he is unable to discuss the matter. That some kind of warning hits been received is indii iited, however, by the statements of the men notified, who say Simpich received an urgent telegram from Washington asking him to get all Americans in his Mexican territory across (he boundary at onco. i Keep Mexicans Iu Mexico. Laredo, Texas, Hept. . I'ncle Ruin is preparing to confine the Mexicans' celebration of their "fourth of July" Thursday strictly to the Mexican side of the border, to this end, the border patrols are being strengthened, and probably no pretext whatever will be accepted as a reason for admission to the American side Thursday. The Mexican military commander (Continued oa Page Tbrea.) RANGERS AND TROOPS ACTIVE TRAILING RAIDERS Plan to Borrow Billion Dollars May Find Obstacles To Defeat It - jc)(jjc)cjt)jc)(!c )t Jjt )fi jt (C S$4 jjc )( OERMANS AGAINST LOAN 5 Milwaukee, Wis., Kept. 11. 4s (ferninns and (iennnnAmciicnns jj in Milwaukee will withdraw se their savings from any bank en- sjt tering into the proposed loan of a billion dollars to the allied i'ii'jinciul commission, a proinin- ent banker said tivlny. Tho majority of bankers, jjc however, were silent as to re- , ports that just such a mow i jje would follow in the west if tio jije deal were consummated. sfc Washington, Sept. 14. A portentous new complication was injected today in to the already complicated internntinn al relation's, shall the United States government become the allies' "bank erf" I This uucstion wns raised as a n-Hiilt .of the proposed gigantic Anglo French loan, which big bankers and the allies' fir.'iinciiif enmmission are now trying to arrange in New York. Officials regard ed the subject as almixt as important as the controversy with (ierinany over submarine warfare. In fact the two are inter-related. It was reported thut the Teutons will protest against the loan as unneutral. A treasury department official is In formally meeting with the conferees. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo is keeping the closest watch on the pru (-ceilings. Reports here were that the American bankers will sound out the ndininjstra lion before closing the negotiations. In this connection it was pointed out that the government has nlremlv frowned iipu i loans to belligerents. From auth oritative sources it was reported that if nllics' bondi, otherwise nii'securcd, are tho only security offered for the proposed billion dollar loan, the lulioiu istrution will be disposed to prevent coiiHiiinmiitioii of a plan as a grossly unneutral net, America, in effect would be financing the allies, it VU1S held. Strenuous objections to fulfillment of present indicated plans at New York are an'tii-imiled from Ucniinn sources. The Herman ambt-ssndor is watching THE WEATHER J Oregon: Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy and nccu'uomillv rainy west; fuir oast portion; warmer east portion Wed nesday; southerly winds. iij PRICE TWO the conference closely and is reporting developments tn Berlin. , . Numerous objections are coming from western.' banks against using the proposed loan lor purchase ot mu nitions. In some cases the objection is the banker's personal one; in others, it is said, depositors have complained. It was believed that tieriuan, lntlu- ences were responsible for this situa tion. But it did not mako tho problem any easier for the financiers convened at the clearing house. iintisto treasury bonds were suggest ed as ono form of security But, one conteruo dei lured, mi savings bunk in his territory would buy theiu. A New lork banker, assuming that n .in It ml- liou loan could bo arranged, recently canvassed tho west, but, as a result, estimated that less than $100,000,00(1 could bo arranged. Lord Heading, lord chief justice of Knglund, and member of the commis sion is laying particular stress oa Kng htnd's desire to "stnbibzo exchange" and thus inuke possible the export of tood stuffs, ilu Ignores the question of munitions. Want Ono BiUlon Dollars. New York. Sept. 14. Ono billion dol lars is the figure at which the allied financial commission stood pat today in its efforts to got a loan from lend ing American bunkers, according to ro liulilo informution. This amount wns wanted without se curity other thnn notes of bankers of tho allied nations, iieraUns in closo touch with the situation said. That there might bo n hitch over tiiis pro posal was hinted. Somo baukurs gasped at tho idea. Others seemed not to be surprised. In eftoct, they sunt, it was a proposal to plnco the credit of Knglnud and r ranee heretofore regarded ns strong es tlibrnltnr behi'id the lonn, The gen oral opinion, however, hnd been tnfit the tulies would oner gilt cilge Ameri can Beciiritiou, h-jlil in Europe, as col lateral. The loan gave somo difficulty on the question of neutrality. It was ques tioned whether tho government would regard tho propcnnl, particularly with only nllied notes as backing, us un neutral, Schwab Is Making Millions But House of Morgan Will Be Greatest darner Chicago, Sept. 14. America is breed ing a new crop of millionaires. The Chicago Tribune's tublu of stock advances siuco tho war started showed today that tho market vulua of thirteen representative listed coiupanics, benefit ing from war orders, has increased $102,(100,000 since January 1. Scores of largo unlisted corporations, ns well as hundreds of smaller firms, were nlso described an "wullowing in wnr pros jporityi" though iex!nci;ry Blow inuch was not indicated iu tho tabulation. Charles M. Schwab's steel properties hnd a market value of $7,(100,000 be fore 'orders for wnr goods piled up. Today tho value bus snared to $111,000, 000. "Over all of this, astride the stntes l-ke a Collosus shunting into his coffers the golden st renin that has poured from every corner of the land," suid the 'I ribuno, "looms tho figuro of .1. P. M orgnn. "Not millions, but hundreds of mil lions, according to the estimiite of per sunn on the inside, will have come to the Hiiuho of Morgan when the last dcnth dciiling shell explodes in lii'll en tangled Furope. Tho Hoc.kefellers will be outdistanced." The Tribune point out that it Is not spy plots that the cuptniiis of Indus try four tit this time of their gigantic prosperity, hut rather tho growing in sistence of workers for a more equal share in the profits of these enormous industries. Going After Public Utility Corporation Rates Portland, Ore., Kept. 14 A. C. Hough of Grants Puss, nppeariug before the state public service commission ns at torney for the (,'alifornia-Oregon Pow er company in a hearing to determine whether rates and service are equuble admitted today that champiigne glusses, highball glussen, and claret tumblers are not necessary adjuncts in conduct ing a public utility. Commissioner Aitchison precipitated the subject in the course of his ex amination. The use of the company's building at (told Kny, Ore., was under discussion. It developed thut the third floor of this building hiis used ns a club house for employes. The drln' ing glasses appear in the inventory of the company's holdings. The investigation is a result of com plaints filed by the cities of Kliimnth Falls, Medford and (Irants Pass. ALASKAN SCHOOLS MAY CLOSE. Juni-uu, Alnslui, Sept. 11. Unless congress nppropruitcs additional fun-Is Immediately, tie Nelson schools, scat tered over tho territory outside of in- I corjKirnted towns, and Intended for white children, will either have to close, ' - . in i.- -I . . .1 rt. . Or llie icrilin win on niiurieurM. i .in I schools' percentage of the Alaskan I fund Inn been overdrawn to meet the I expense of erecting 11 new school build-Ingi, CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS TIVB OEWTd Fl Seventy-five Thousand Sol diers Killed la First Year Of War FRENCH AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST GERMAN TRAINS Russians Will Continue Re treat By Evacuating Vilna . TOTAL BRITISH LOSSES. . . London, Sept. 14 British cas- unities lor the first year of tho war totalled 381, IW2, Under Sec- rctary Tennnnt announced in parliament today. . Theso figures includes 7.1,957 killed, 251,0(18 wounded and O t,- 0."7 missing. Paris, Sept. 14. French air forces are waging a terrific campaign against ucrinan railrond junctions to aid the men in tho trenches who are battering the renewed German assault. Apparently hoping to chock some ot the supplies for the Teutons, hlrdmen, in flotillas, attacked a number of these junctions nlnivg tho (.lerman front, it was officially announced today. . A number of bmnbs were hurled. The Argonno battle continue with m'ftbated fury. In that reglon lust night French artillery damaged (lerman bat teries In the Montmnre forest, and wrecked li trench In this salient. Vilna W1U Be Evacuated, l'etrogind, Sept. 14. Evacuation of Viln'n Is destined to follow the Teutonic cuttiifg of the Vilnn-Petrturad railway, it. was sumi-ollicialiy admitted today. The (lennnn forces reached the rail way midwny betwee:i Vilna and Bviusk mid now one (lerman force Is sweeping eastward to the north of Vilna, while author is making un eastward dash ironi orony. ltussiaa retirement from this salient will probably bo necessary within ton days. The battle ta tho southeast of Riga is daily growing morn furious. Field Marshal Von llindenburg has rein forced (leiienil von Itessler in the tat ter's efforts to slintter tho Dwinn front from lh'hiNk to within ,'Hl miles of Kiga. Tho Teuton hordes are again attempt ing tit rross the Hwinii near Linden, un der the curtain of a terrific artillery fire. The Teutons from the southwest hnvn udvnnced five milcH a!nng tho Vilko- min road toward Dvinsk, it. Is ndmitted, but assaults directed ut Dvinsk from the west, it is stated, have proved fruitless-. Kngngcmentfl of the bitterest kind ant raging from east of (1 rod net to (lallciu, but without results. Russians continue their victories around Tarnopol, ami huvu taken a number of prisoners. Austrian forces In tho extreme south east have suffered heavily In their ef forts tit innke counter moves against tho onslaught of tho Slavs. Prepared for Zeppelins. London, Sent. 11. When Count Zep pelin's ui-rial warships return they will Mild London ready. The city's del'ense against the rniderx has been radically changed, following iiltnelis Inst, week and Kiinday and thut on the Kentish const yesterday. A conference hint night took steps ti gunnl London from a repetition of the visitations. Admiral Scott, an authority on naval gunnery wns named to take charge of tho defenses ugainst Zop lieliiH. Other secret plans were formu lated, It is known, hitwever, that oiu- of tint plans urged was adoption of thn I'nris system, in when a strict nir pntrnl is miiintiiiiicd. This method has I a found efficaci ous, lis it has kent the eiioolins nwnv 1 1'rom tint h"nrt of the city proper most or llie time for week s past, though some biinlis have been' dropped on outlying towns. The conferees ndvi.catcd innintcniini'S of a niuhtly patrol along the east const of Knulaiul, to give warnli.'g of tin raiders nppituch. Hammering at Dardanelles, London, Sept. II.- Hy land und sen, the allied forces have resumed their hammering at the Dunlurlelles, Alliens dispatches indicated, thnt after com punitive quiet for some time, tiio al lies iince prepared for a concerted at tack against Scd-nl huhr und the Stivlu ; bay region. Two British cruisers, making their way Into the strait, wrecked batter lies which hnd been shelling the allied treu'hc at the southern tip of (InllipoU peniiisulu from across tho strait. Then, moving in closer, th crniseri hurled their shells nt thn Turkish left wing on tho peninsula. (Contluuod on I'ngu Tbrea. J OFFICIAL BRITISH LOSSES NEAR FOUR HUNDRED THQUSAND