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... . FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES k ! b J if p p T T I I I CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY PRICE TWO CENTS XTcS THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1915 imirtrirftiT tfsr fl 1 (fill mi iSJSIssg fit INiENEui OVERRUN BYAUSTRIANS Austrian Troops Are Marching Against Her Weather Is Terrible and Mountain Passes Are Piled With Snow Allies and rhs Retreating In Serbia While Bulgars Drive Tow, MonastirGoritz In Ruins But Is Still Held by Am. ns Who Have Been Reinforced 4 Vienna, Nov. 30. nortfiern Sorbin subdued, Monteiu 's to be completely overrun by Au forces, it wns officially announced v. Aus tria has launched a treme. . cam paign against the Monten. fti'ins and AiiHtrinn troops already are across the River Lim. The weather is terriblo. The moun tain defiles are piled with snow and coated with ice. There will be, how ever, no suspension of the invasion. The iuonteuetrrins, it is behoved, are not as well prepared for winter cam paigning lb are the Austrian, iience (ho war office is determined to press its advantage to the limit. Allies in Retreat. Sofia, Nov. 30. Serbian, French and .British forces operating in southern Heroin, are in general retreat, the war oiuce declared today. Meantime, tne main Bulbar army is driving at Mon astir, realizing that while victory is ap parently inevitable, they will meet with stubborn resistance from the Serb deten.lers. The Serns "Inst riostion at Ornare jclta lias been occupied; the French are "-'eatinff along the Tzcrna, burning bridges to hnit the pursuers. Judg A II . e uverruies motion. to Dismiss Case Against Steamship Officials . New Vorlt, Nov. 30. Motion for dis ' missal of indictments against Hamburg-American Steamship toinpany of ficials, charged with customs violations wns denied today by Federal "Judge Howe. This action followed his refusal to eliminate from the record testimony! Concerning the steamer Queszada which the government contends, was one of the ships chartered by the Hamburg American officials as a vessel to supply German commerce raiders at sea. Ie fense Attorney Oanz then contended that tnje government had failed to prove violation of federal laws, and usked dismissal of tho indictments. In making his motion, Gams said: "We are ready to concede, and even boast thnt, nt the call of the father lnnd, these men sent supplies to Ger man ships at sea. But this did not vio late nny laws." "I agreo with you," answered the judge, ''but if there was intent to de ceive the customs officiuls, it is a dif ferent matter." "There vo certain phases of the rase I believe the jury should pass up on," Howe commented in malting his decision. Nero, the Washington park lian, will have a wife if $.00 can be found to HOcuro her. Here's hoping it will be n eugenic ninrringo Abe Martin 'Another strange coincidence is thnt IV very folks who can't spare th' time t' take In th' Panama exposition can't rpare th' jnonejr either. We have ao word from th' sorghum crop, but If it's 1! MUST PASS ON OFFICIALS ACTIONSj ' , J good it'U be bad, WILL BE Italians Gain Slowly. Rome, Nov. 30. Though Goritz is littlo more than a shell, Austria has thrown new levies into its defense. This was revenlod by the war office todav when it reported particularly bloodv combats in tnat region. For a time, the fortunes of battle swayed toward the Austiians, but Inter, the war office claimed, tho Italians drove them out. Around Monte San Michele and to ward San Martino, the Italian offen sive resultel in fresh successes, in which the Italians took more than 700 prisoners. Elsewhere on the Austro-Italian front the war office claimed gains. Boys Called to Colors. Paris, Nov. 30. The class of 1917 was called to the colors by a vote of the chamber of deputies today. This call sends boys of 18 to the trenches, and means thnt France will have an additional 22.3,000 troops. Socialist members tried vainly to prevent passage of. the call, insisted that it be delayed until March at the earliest, and even then withheld until every other available man had been uniformed. OREGON BUILDING IS JUNK San Francisco, Nov. 30. The state of Oregon will receive $1,!)20 for the magnificent Ore gon building nt the Piuinma Pneific exposition which - cost the stato $63,000 to build. As soon as the exposition closes, P. E. O'llair, of a local wrecking concern, will begin wrecking tho structure. The building was sold to O'llair, whose bid was the highest of six submitted. Testimony Shows, To Say the Least, a Remarkable Mem ory for Faces Los Angeles, C'nl., Nov. On the wit ncss stand today G. T. McCachren, uen do.v, pointed out Matthew A. Schmidt, on trial as a MeN'amnrn ne. complice, as the man who, in company with J. B. McNamarn, stopped at the Argonaut hotel in Han Francisco a day or two oetorc the Times explosion. uno ot the two men carried a suit case," the bell boy testified. "They left the hotel, nnd were going to take the S o'clock train for Los Anireles. " A tense silenco prevailed the court cnnniuers as Deputy District Attorney uoyes led tip to the identity of Schmidt as "A. O. Perry." who rer- istered at the hotel witli ,T. B, Price, irice is mo aims assumed by J. a. Me rininarn. "Is this ninii, the defendant, sitting there, the man who accompanied incoi hskcu iveves. every eve in tne court mum cm fixed on the defendant. Schmidt looked sten iilv and cnlmlv at the wit ness, ns McCnehren branded him as the travelin companion of the man who eoniessea to wrecking. the building. in a scnininir cross-exam nation De fense Chief Counsel Nnto ('null Inn tried to prove by the witness thnt Hrice nnd Perry were the only guests of hundrers thnt he could remember. McCachren is tne man who Identified J. B. McXa niara after his arrest hero. JAPAN GETS STO&v CRAZE. Tokyo, Nov. 30. The wild est skyrocketing of war stocks In the history of Japan today forced temporary suspension of the stock exchange. In a fran tic bull -arket, aomo of the leading Issues rose R500 during the oarlv hours of the session, thus forcing the governor's to close operations. The boom resulted from the heavy munitions sales to Rus sia, which nation la floating a heavy credit here to lnsuro the prompt payments. The first snowfall was another ro minder of that Christmas shopping. HIGH SCHOOL B07S BANDITS Spolinne, Wash., Nov. 30. The bold, boy bandits who have been terrorizing tho city for several days nave been cap tured. They are three high school boys, all under 10, and crimes to which they confess include the stealing of twenty automobiles. Two women they robbed were compelled to give up all their clothes. A China man who resisted was persuad- ed to "come through" wnen the boys poured coal oil around his house and threatened to burn it. DISCUSSED PEACE Food Riots and Troubles At Home Said To Have Caused Meeting B. J. W. T. Mason. (Written or tho United Press.) New York, Nov. 30. The kaiser's trip to Vienna for a conference with Emperor iTanz .losef is not due to re ports that Austria is planning to con clude a separate pence, but rather to the increasingly serious domestic situ ation within Austria and Germany, and especially with relation to food and economic dangers. A separate penco would have been of more advantage to Austria in the spring. Then, Russia nold Gahcia and threatened to overrun Hungary; Ttaly was then about to enter. Hut, now, it is extremely unlikely thnt there will be a break in the alignment between Aus tria and Germany, for since spring, the Hussions have been thrown buck in tia licia, and Italy lias failed to make hendwn- with her campaign. That the domestic situation is really serious is indicated Jrom the tact that Germany has stopped the foreign cir dilation of tho Cologne Gazette and tho Frankfurter Zcitung, tho principal independent German newspnpers. This was probably because they printed crit icisms of the government and accounts of disquieting occurrences of which the euemv ought to be kept in ignorance, Reports of fond riots hi Austria nnd Gcrmnny have been too frequent of lato to be unrounded. The latest, re port declared thnt women before tho kaiser's palace cried out for tho re turn of their husbands. That the two emperors discussed pos sible peace is regarded as likclv, in view of the disturbing situation within their own borders and the prospects of news and serious trouble for them on the southeastern front. Y ARE KILLED Thirty Are Killed, Fragments of Bodies Scattered Long Distance Wilmington, Del., NoNv. 30 Thirty persons were killed today in an explo sion of a packing house at the Ihipont I'owder company's big powder works, ac cording to official announcement from the company this afternoon. Twenty-seven persons wero employed in tne paciiing House when a- wagon load of powder standing outside ex pinned setting off tho packing house. An ambulance nttachelH report aaid that 18 had been killed and 17 hurt. . Fragments of bodies scnttcrcd a long distance wero shoveled up nnd put in noxes. Officials refused to make any stato inent concerning the explosion until the investigation is completed. The cause of the explosion was not determined. . The company said, however, thnt the origin would probably always remain mystery. The destroyed packing house was frame building IS by 20 feet, divided into six rooms in which n mvnher persons' were engaged in preparing ex plosives for shipment, Foreman Allen Thaxter was blown clear across the Brandywino river, nnd was identuied only by hiB tindercluth in If. Some idea of the force of the explo sion mny be gained from the fact that in tho littlo packing house was an estimntod quantity of 8,000 pounds of pciiet prismatic powder. Bodies of the victims were mangled ondiy in many instances. The explosion was the worst in th history of the company, the next larg est number of victims having 14 In an accident in 1880. Elmer Mace, who was killed, drove a team drawing two cars of black powder, Just as he arrived at the packing bouse the terrific explosion occurred, slink ing the earth nnd striking terror to the populntion for miles around. No trace of Mnco has been found, so it Is believed thnt his body was grounc into bits. His horses were found crush ed Into Atoms, wbilo half a mile away a uorscs leg wns rouna oesiue inei body of man burned beyond recognl-j tion. WHAT GERMANY EXPECTS TO FACE ira BALKANS Maps Out Line of Offense and Defense In Drive To Constantinople FIGHTING TO BE LIGHT UNTIL SPRING OPENS Despite Sweeping Victories, German Position In Balkans Is Far From Safe Amsterdam, Nov. 30. Germany fore sees today the prospect of powerful as saults against her to prevent fruition of her aim to join hands with the Ti nt Constantinople. Though the snows are driving bitterly throughout, th southeastern wnr theatre, Germany nn- iiciparos Bniitnn attacks sooner or Inter follows: (1) From tho Russians nnd rierhans the Ruinaniuns on the north. (2) Russian attempts nt Inndini? un the Bulgarian Black sea coast. (J) Onslaughts from the French. British and remnants of the Serbs in the south. (4) From the Italians nnd !Moiiene- grins advancing through Albania. Though some reports suggested the kaiser's conference with Emncror Franz Josef nt Vienna dcult with meas ures to meet these formidable prospects, it is not believed here thnt defense plans were talked. Moreover, .reports lint Austria wants a scparutc peace arc not credited. Owing to the severity of the Balkan winters, major fighting from nny of the above sources is unlikely until spring. Moreover, no Geivnnn drive against Egypt ; . anticipated until the Kaiser bus made Uis positions in the Balkans safo and experts feel that de spite successes for his arms, ho is still, far from having attained Biich a posi tion. In connection with tho prospective attack from Russia and Rumania, Ger many plans to hurl against the lnvadors a force of Bulgars, a few Germans and as many Turks as are needed to i the gaps. To thwart Hussian landing attempts on the Black sea coast the Turks will be utilized, while for the expected smash in the south, Turks, strong Gc man rorces and enough Bulgars to rep resent Bulgaria's claim to possession of Macedonia will be thrown into the struggle to check the entente forces. Austrian troops will be charged v the task of preventing success of Itnl inn and Montenegrin assaults via Al bania. Rumania Still Neutral. Cope'nhligen, Nov. 30. Rumania earnestly wishes to remain neutral; therefore the Russinu navy nannot en ter the Dnnubo river, which is mined. Ibis notice tins I icon sent to itus- sin, according to Buchnrest dispatches today. Moreover, it is assumed that the Rumanians will object even moro strenuously to a movement of Russiun troops overland across Rumanian tor irtory, as apparently is proposed by tho c.ar. While there Ib considerable pro-ally sentiment in Rumania, it is re ported that a patriotic leaguo lias neen ormert at Bucharest to wrest Bessar abia from Russia by joining tiiu cen tral allies, Russia Makes Slight Gains. London, Nov. 30. Increuse in the intensity of firo on the Riga front, with scottcriug Russiun guins else where were claimed, by tho nfficiul statement received here early today. From Dvinsk to the Pripet, the struggle is nt more or less of a standstill. British Retreating. Berlin, by wireless to Tuckertou, N. J., Nov. 30. With the Turks pursuing thorn, the British are still rctrcuting from Bagdad. Constantinople reported today. An English cavalry officer wus reported as one of the thousand dcau dead left on the Held in tnat region. Prisrend Captured. London. Nov. 30. Capture of Prls rend, near the Albanian border, in western Serbia was claimed by Berlin ofiicially today. THE WEATHER Oregon: Tonight, and Tuesday, oc casional rain in west, and rain or ' snow in the east portion; east to south winds. (ip HKE. To oM 4 Important Developments Expected in the Balkans London, Nov. 30 Imminent and pos- settlement Is near between the allies sibly epochalty important develop- and Greece. The allies are understood ments among the entente powers in the to be willing to waive their demand for Balkan situation are predicted here to- demobilization of the Greek army, pro day on the strength of following sig- vided the Greeks will agree to with nificant moves: draw their forces from Salonika where Further urgent represtations in no- the allies are landing, gotiations with Greece. Kitchener's visit in Paris is believ- Earl Kitchener's conference last ed to have dealt chiefly with the prob night with French War heads, presuui- lem of seeding vast reinforcements to ably on future Balkan operations. the Balkans. Announcement that the Italian cab- . The Rome statement is expected to incljwill send an important communi- relate to Italian operations, possibly al cation to the Italian parliament when ready begun, witn Sedbia as the ob it convenes tomorrow. jective. The czar's presence with his troops at Reni, on the Rumanian border, sug- gesting an early move into Serbia or Bulgana. Meantime, it Is believed here tnat a 10 ' . HAT PLACE Revenues Take Second Place Or May Give Way To Ship Purchase Bill By Bond P. Geddes. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Nov. 30. Lest revenue questions arise to perpex and vex ad ministration leaders, the Wilson pro gram for the new congress will be pre pnrcdncss first revenues afterward. It was learned today that the president has counselled leaders to hold the rev enue sup.iect ia abeyance until the oth er problem is settled, thus centering the firo on tho preparedness question without entangling any endangering it with money matters. Congress lenders however, hope to tako up tho bill extending the present war tax expiring in December, before consideration of tho preparedness is sues. They nrc agreeable, however, to waiting on other revenue bills, includ ing mcasuros to continue tne sugur tar iff, to increnso the productivity of the income, tux, and to tax gasoline and the horsepower of automobilo and motor boat engines. Meantime, democratic, lenders are working on an inheritance tax measure. Some of tho proposals already made aro regarded as so sweeping that they would fuil of passage, but many mem bers of congress apparently arc favor able to a" reasonable tax 01 this kind. Postponement of revenue measures until tho fate of tho ship purchase bin has been determined is known also to he considered. This arises from the fact that revenue bills would be af fected by the question of whothor twonty-uve or fifty millions were ap propriated for buping and building ships. EPS! Congratulations and Expres sions of Appreciation Are Pouring In San Francisco, Nov. 30. With the Inst day of the Punaiiin Pucific exposi tion close nt hand, expressions of ap urcciation nnd congratulation nre pour ing in upon the fair directors today, which will bo followed by President Wilson's nulion-wide toast tomorrow. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt wired from Oyster Buy, Joe Cannon added his senti ments nnd liny W. Howard, president of tho Unitcll Tress paid a tribute to tho extiosition. 'Through President -Moore, " said Roosevelt, "I desire to thank your body in tho name of nil good American ltr.ens for the invnliiiinle worn this ex position has doao for the whole country. You have rendered all the people or. tne Unitod States tho debtors of Cali fornia." . Cannon paid a glowing tribute: "Tho Panama-Pacific exposition takes Its place in tho world's greatest exposi tions," be wired. "I congratulate Han KTancisco, the stnte of California, the Pacific coast and the whole country over your magnificent success. Its in fluence will tend to bring the orient and occidont closer together for the benefit of the whole world." "Human bottermcnt," said Howard, "and tho world progress are dependent upon humanity and the world gutting together. The exposition has Deen a groat got together placo. Its influence will be felt for years to come. If the United Press has been able to contribute to its success, our action hnS been a privilege." BOV8 "TOOK THE CAKE" Portland, Ore, Nov. 30. The girl students of Fnirvicw sciiooi were hu miliated today because two boys won tho cake baking and biscuit making events in a cooking contest. Clyde Peterson's cake was ao easy winner, according to the Judges, and Clifford Biirlingame's biscuits were like mother used to make. As for the czar's presence on tho Ru- nianian border, it is thought that he would not review his forces there un- less the plan wero to have them take the fieid immediately. L ASKLAND POSTMASTER E. J. Kaiser Seriously Wounded-Assistant Then Shoots Himself jj jj GREENFIELD DEAIf. Ashland, Or., Nov. 30. Wil liam Greenfield, the postal clerk, who shot and dangerously wounded Postmaster E. J. KaiB er and then himself today, died this afternoon. 4t 4f sl iV I' Ashland, Or., Nov. 30. Postmnstor E, J. Kaiser was shot nnd seriously wound ed here today oy William Urcenfield, a postal clerk who then shot himsolf. Greenfield will probably die. Tho shoot ing occurred in the postofficc. Kaiser was sitting nt. his desk when Greenfield, without warning, fired, the nniiet tniung effect behind his victim's ear. Greenfield then placed the re volver in his own mouth and pulled the trigger. The reason for the shooting has not been ascertained but it was reported that Kaiser had lodged complaint against ureenrietd with tho police be cause of his alleged annrchistio views. Greenfield cniue to Ashland two vcars ago, being transferred from the Now iork City postoffice. Miss Merrill, a postal clerk, was tho only witness to the shooting. Kaiser iB one of tho most prominent men in south ern Oregon. Ho wns owner of tho Ash land Record at tho time of his appoint ment as postmaster. IS L A Straight Ticket For 1916, With Roosevelt for Presi dent Is Program , New York, Nov. 30. "No combine with the O. O. P." stunds today us tho bull moose slogaa. This decision against amiilgn,nntion hns been readied by the national executive committee Nothing has been renched by tho na tional executive. Nothing but a straight, ticket for 101(1 will do, leaders declared. Moreover, they hinted that Colonel Roosevelt might bo culled to lend the hosts, with possibly Johnson of Califor nia, ns a running mate. The national cominitteo will moot January 10 in Chicago to fix tho con vention date and place. Chiiirmnii Perkins of the oxecutivo committee said today ho felt that ro- publicans cannot win, particularly, no hinted, as he regarded their 101(1 prosi- France Sends the Flower of Her Youth to The Trenches By William Philip Bimms. I (United Press staff correspondent.) Paris, Nov, 30. Over tho strenuous objection of socialist deputies, Franco today determined to send into the trenches her lads of 18 yearn. Through the vote of the chamber of deputies, the class of 11117 was called to tho colors. Socialists vainly tried to have the nation exhaust all its other supplies of men before culling upon tho boys. They sought to huvo tho date of the boys entry deferred to March nt the earliest. Thoir pleas though fell on deaf ears, however, and within prob ably six months a quarter of a million new soldiers will bo on their way to the front. Ooneral Onlllenl, war minister, prom ised to use the boys on tho firing line only in an Imperative case. Few, however, believe the need will not arise soon. Moreover, Oiillienl promised thnt tho nation will take every possible precau IMMIGRATION TO ALMOST CEASE WARE Commissioner of Immigration Thinks This Result Is a Certainty ONLY 300,000 WILL ARRIVE THIS YEAR Millions Killed Other Millions Physical Wrecks, Will Keep Able Bodied at Home Sacramento, iCM, Nov. 30. Tha Europenn wnr has cut down immigra tion in t'.io United States to the rate of about 300,000 annually says A. ( nmin otti, United Hiates commissioner of im , migratiui, who is in the city today. "Boforo the war the number of im migrants was about one million a year," he snid. "Tho first year of th war reduced the number to 650,000 and tho second year will reduce the num ber to about 300,000. "Tho great falling off In immigra tion is affording an opportunity for closer inspection of immigrants with tho result thnt where three persons wore excluded formerly because of phy sical or mental deficiency, ten persona aro now boing excluded.' Cnminotti is of the opinion that im migration will be decidedly slack for years to como because of the war. "Milions have boen killed," he says, "millions hnve been wounded and are thereby physical deficient whilo a great many who will get through tho war without death or permanent in jury will bo mentally deficient because of the continuous booming of nionstor guns, terriblo fightinc in tho trenches and tho use of poisonous gases, fur thermore tho warring countries will probably induce men to remain after tho strugglo is over to help build up the places now being devastated." L Military Experts Expect Great Results From General Kitchener's Visit London, Nov. 30. Earl Kitchener arrived today following his trip to the near oast, Italy and Paris. With his return it was bolioved here, that a definite and more active Balkan campaign will be mupped out. In Paris, Inst night, Kitchener conforrcd witli war leaders, nnd it is thought ho reach ed an agreement for stronger co-operation niul reinforcement of armies in tho Bulkuns. Moreover, his conference with the Ituliun king and General Cadorim is seemingly bearing fruit, in view of Italy's apparent intention to cross Al bania to Herbin. After his Gullipoli visit, too, came roports of a renewed offensive thero. Military experts see prospects of big; results from his journey. Kitchener will report to the kiiiR soon concerning the outcome of his trip. His return is regarded aB disposing of rumors circulated when ho left, that ho would tuko personal command in th Bulkuns. dontiul timber ns unsuited to tho coun try's needs. tion to protect the health of tho coun try's lust offering of young manhood. Clothing, equipments, depots und camps whore these boys will do armed, no said, have undergone scrupulous inspec tion by tho nmiy's most able sanitary exports. Though memtiers or mo emss aru young they nrc considered the flower of. France's regenerated manhood. Re strictions imposed on the sale of alco hol, and the encouragement givon by tho country to athletic sports have, worked wonders. These lads will go to tho front, clean nnd strong of body and keen of mind, . For a year, thousaads of them hav boon training volunturily. Most of them, havo already had medical examinations, and these have shown fewer rejoctieim than ever before In tho history of tho republic. Plans aro complcto for moving them at an early moment, so It is beliovi thoy will be iu the trenches within lis months. J