A Ml 1 fe sr t j., FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . . .. . . CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY lllliJlffl. - THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS ScS mrarttfiiKf vc.. yt jiL, looi .in J T EUTONS W ALUES OUT OF SERBIA Expeditions Are In Grave PiV and Only Safety Seems To Be In Retreating Into Grei -Teutons Pursuing May Insist On Their Being Intern? Or Else Follow Them In to Grecian Territory Situatk Such Greece Certain To Be Embroiled Fighting Else .nere Halted HUNGARY WANTS PEACE London, Dec. 10. Hungary has resolved on pence without the consent of either Austria or Germany, the Exchange Tele- graph's Geneva correspondent reported today, saying lie had learned it "reliably." sjc "Peace demonstrations," bo said, "arc occurring through- out Hungary." Atliens, Dec. 10. Serbia mny soon be left entirely to its fate. The allies continue their retreat toward Greece. Their position is serious. Already, the Bulgarian advance hosts tire reported to have reached Greece. The Brit'sh forces are bearing the brunt of the fighting, and thc.ii- work i more bitter because of intense cold. Meantime, the Teutons arc pressing i ipidly onwurd in southern Serbia to connect with the Bulgnrs. The expe ditions of the allies therefore nro in grave peril unless they fleo through Greece back to their Salonika base, without pursuit into Grecian territory. This phase of the situation is caus ing grave speculation. Should the Bui gars or Teutons carry the fighting di rectly upon Oreek soil, the Greeks must then decide with whom they will cast their lot. ' Probably, Greece will not irond idly by aud permit such a situa tion. The British war office Inst night ad mitted superior forces of Bulgnrs on December 7 drove the British from the Lake Doiraii region. The following day, tlie Bulgar attacKs .wore repulsed, but Mio British withdrew to now lines "to conform with the general alignment." Wants Definite Terms. Home, Dec. 10. Returning to Ger many with the pence sentiments of the consistory, Cardinal Hurtmann will try to obtain definite pence proposals for transmission to the allies through the Vatican. Rioting lu Berlin. Paris, Dec. 10. Rioting, in which uteres and cafes wero smashed, and in which citizens and soldiers participat ed, were reported in Berlin, as pence demonstrations, from Swiss sources to day. Other reports said the riots ex tended even to Dresden and Leipzig, and that the masses had become con vinced pence could come only through revolution. ( Kaiser Visits Brussels. 'Amsterdam, Dee, 10-Kniser Wilhelm will visit Brussels Sunday planning to remain there threo days. It is report ed too, that he iutenrts to go to Water loo, Conscription In Sight, London, Dec. 10 Lord Derby's house to house canvass to obtain necessary en listments, expiring tomorrow, will not bo extended. If it fails of its purpose, the government is expected to give se rious attention to the subject of con scription. British Hold Ground. Amsterdam, Dec. 10. That the Bri tish are making a successful stand nt Ivntel-nmnrn was Indicated bv the of- 4- Abe Martin lie Tell llinkley says he'd rather put oil tire thuu a dress suit. Tber's no hereafter ivr a feller that's dead politically. CD ficial Constantinople report today, which told of heavy British attacks. In the Gallipoli region, the Turks, it was said, scattered attacking troops and drove enemy transports on the shoals of Kimikliman bay. Rumored Naval Battle. Athens, Dec. 10. That a naval bat tle perhaps occurred off Albauia yes terday was reported here today. The story went that an Italian squad rou ap peared while the Austrians were bom barding San Giovanni Di Medua, but no details were added. Danish Steamer Sunk. London, Dec. 10. A German subma rine sank tho 1,200 ton Danish steamer Stilish. Tripolitans Revolt. Constantinople, Dec. 10. Well organ ized bands of Tripolitans and Hinter land natives have revolted and severely defeated the Italians in Africa accord ing to reports today. Tho Italian losses were (1,000 dead and wounded and i rebels arc snid to bo within nn hour and a half march of the city of Tripoli, Dupont Powder Works Es cape Fire But City of Shanties Has Vanished Hopewell, Vn., Dec. 10. The Dupont Powder works on the edge of this war time bomb town, with a few scattered residences, loomed up today amid charred- and smoking ruins all that wus left from yesterday's conflagration. A dense pillar of smoke murked the funeral pyre of the city. But the firo which swept this place almost off the map did not kill the spir it of its 25,000 pioneers who had build ed it in a few mouths on the strength of war orders. They tfot to work to reconstruct, along more permanent sub stantial lines. Temporary shacks in town and nt Pe tersburg and City Point housed refu gees who shivered under the sting of a cold wave. Firemen still played streams of water upon (10. acres of smoldering debris to prevent spnrks from igniting the powder works. Not until lute last night did they succeed in controlling the bliuo. Sev eral times it threatened to spread to the powder factory. Wild disorder followed. Tho city, like a new Alaskan gold camp harbored within its gntes adventurers and bad men following in the wake of the boom. A liegro, caught looting, was lynched just as two companies or crack militia from Richmond pulled into town. Spe cial policemen had their hands full to check disorder until tho soldiers ar rived. More than 300 homes, it was estimat ed today, went up in smoke, icuving thousands homeless, Several Reported Killed. Petersburg, Va., Dec. 10. Reports of wild disordor at Hopewell, the destroy ed boom town, reached here by courier today following failure of wire com munication. Two persons are said to have been killed and one negro lynch ed. The negro wus reported hanged to a telegraph pole. Several others, includ ing an Italian Insane over loss of his money in a burned bnnk, were Bnid to have been shot down by soldiers. St: another report declared an Italian shot fivo persons who attempted to prevent him from entering the burning bank. , The only communication with th' city is by automobiles and wagons over ronds filled with refugees and sight seers. Refugees said that only a handful of employes reported this forenoon for work at. tho Dupont plant. Many, spent the night searching among ruins for their valuables, while others, more for tunate, slept in the open beside the little they had saved. , Included in the refugees are law yers, doctors and real estnte men, who though wealthy from the boom, lost all, They, however, are busy with plum for a new city, SUBMARINE GOT ONE London, Dee, 10. The Italian steam er Dante Alighlorl has been submarined according to dispatches today. TO BE BUILT ON COAST One Costing $15,000,000 Will Be Built At Mare Island Nayy Yard Vnllejo, Oal., Doc. 10. Vallejo cele brated today the success of the Mare Island navy yard in securing the con tract for battleship No. 44 which was awarded by Secretary of the Navy Daniels at Washington yesterday. The Buperdreadnaught will be of 32, 000 tons and will cost nearly $15,000, 000 when completed. Mare Island bid $7,41.'),l.r0 for tho hull and driving con struction. The keol of the new battleship prob ably will be laid next August and the vessel will be finished about two years later. Construction will be under the supervision of Naval Constructor Hen ry M. Gleason, who propared the bid. Tho contract menus much to the state. In the next two years approxi mately 4,000,000 will be spent in wages, and about four thousand moa will be ketit steadily employed. Speculative Fever Is Slowly Dying Out (Copyright 1015 by the New York Evening Post.) New Yarn, Dec. 10. That the mar ket today should have responded with a sharp decline, instead of an advance, to tho publication of nn unexpectedly favorable United States steel corpora tion of unfinished business showed that the speculative impulse has turned for the present in a direction away from that to which tho street has com mitted itself recently. Only in October HU2 did the corpor ation issue such a largo report of un finished business. .jcIoio it was made public nt noon, the street believed it to be about six or seven hundred thousand tons; instead it showed an in crease of 1,020,000 tons. Steel common fell rapidly in price afterword sending the whole," list down ward and disappointing those who had hoped speculation would expaud. Stolen Plans Are Recovered In Raid Snn Francisco, Dec. 10. Plans said to detail military fortifications and de fenses of California, Oregon oud other Pacific const points, as well as the Philippine islands, alleged to have been stolen threo months ngo from the quar termaster's department nt tho Presido, were recovered today iu a raid on the homo of James McDonald, in Glenn Park. McDonald, discharged as nunrtermas- tor several months ago, was arrested. Ho will be arraigned on the charge of violating penal code 442, which deals with tho theft of federal secrets. Tho warrant was sworn out by Cnptnin B L. Dinley. Tho recovered papers are said to havo contained information invaluable to a hostile nation. Wife Will Clerk While Little Hubby Will Cook Tncomn, Wash., Dec. 10 The perilous encroachments of tho female of the species upon the time honored prerogn five of the mule office holder in this suffrage stnte, is emphasized hero to day by the result of Tuesday's munici pal election nt Republic. J. C. Caie was city clerk and a enndi date for ro-clection. Mrs. Eva B. Cnie, his winywus also a candidate for the office on a non-pnrtisan ticket. Cnie, however, thought, he had a cinch. But he knows different today, for his bet ter hulf was elected and the defeated husband will now be given n chance to show how good he is lit housework while friends of his wife look after the city's business affulrs. Marriage In the Way of Holding the Job Marslifiold, Or., Dee. 10. The vil lage of I')ast Side, near Marslifiold, is in a quandary today. At a recent elec tion it made' Mrs. jlen Wright a mem ber of the town council. It developed today that Mrs. Wright's husband is not a citizen, and the council, with Mrs. Wright a member, fciirs that busi ness it may transact will be illegal. The attorney general of Oregon prob ably will be asked to pass on tho case. LiiCitTRE POSTPONED. Washington, Dec. 10. With congress reconvening today after its brief re cess, advocates of cloture rules in the senate announced they hnd dropped their fight until n real filibusetr ap pears. The sennte turned to organiza tion of committees, while in the bouse a resolution for continuing war taxes after new years was ready to be of fered. Other revenue measures, it is expected, will be postponed until af ter the holidays, while the ship pur chnso bill will not be reached until next month. ANOTHER "MUNITION" FIRS. Montreal, Que., Dec. 10 Fire In tho Grand Trunk munitions shops at Point St. Charles today was con fined to Hire 1 buildings, E L PRE INSISTS PEACE I STILJLFAR OFF Say Chancellor Yon Hollweg's Speech Has Made It Now Impossible RESENT CHANCELLOR BLAMING THE ALLIES Intimate War Must Go On Until Germany Is Brought To Terms By Ed L. Eeene. (United Press staff correspondent.) London, Dec. 10. German Chnnrellor Von Bethmnnn-Hollwegg's pronounce ment of Germany's peace terms has practically ended all talk of early peace so far as Great Britain is concerned. Several high officials, whom the United Pres3 interviewed today, declar ed their conviction that not even the most anient pacificists see a quick end ahead. Newspapers riot only shared this view, but some of them declared that peace is more remote as a result of Hollwegg's speech, than at any time since the war began. All resented the chancellor's attempt to place responsibility on the allies; it was regarded as for home consumption to appease the growing demand for peace within Germany. Referring to the chancellor's sar castic fling at England concerning al lied view of German violation of Bel gian neutrality the Westminster Ga zette said: "If Germany had entered Rclgium on invitntion and then ha' found herself iu difficulties through a sudden chnngo of Belgian policy, the analogy might begin to be debatable." Tho Evening Stuhdard commented: "It is certain that Germany aims to surpass her previous efforts this win ter and next spring. Let us therefore be forewarned aud forearmed." The Star's comment was: "Wo see now, as we saw iu August, 1014, that Prussia's military domination is incom patible with the liberty ami public law of Europe. We have no delusions left. Wo accept proudly tho foremost place in this war of liberation. We havo counted the cost and weighed the sac rifice. We have endured much bnt we are ready to endure to the end." English Press Angry. London, Dec. 10. Angry comments, mingled with sarcasm, constituted the London press reception tojlny of Chan cellor Bethmann-Hollwegg's pence talk in the German reichstag yesterday. The papers referred to the chancel lor as "merely repeating the old bluff and brag. ' ' The Daily Express: "He had the temerity to warn us thnt the longer thft war continues the harder will be Ger munys terms, when in fact it is com mon knowledge that Germany is neces sarily becoming weaker daily and less able to carry out the giiindioso plans of her rulers. Fortunately for the world, tlx' leader of Germany has de termined to rush on to irretrievable dis aster. The allies will read his speech with relief ami satisfaction." The Chronicle: . "Speaking of so cialist Schiedemnnn's warning that Ku ropo will commit suicide nnd tho Uni ted States will be victor that is a re flection which Germany might hnvc taken to heart before plunging into the war. But it isn't nn argument for stop ping when the situation is most advan tageous to those who provoked it. "The allies do not regard Germany as invincible, und no mure so because llollwegg asserts it." Standard Oil Company Only Partly Dissolved Washington, Dec. 10. The Standard Oil corporation is only partly dissolved, said an interstate commerce commission correspondent to the sennte today. The report said that the stockholders in producing companies are ulso Inter ested in pipe lines. The South Penn sylvania company was nnmed ns ex ample of this. In a general way the condition is good, it wus said, STEEL STOCK JUMPS. New York, Dec. 10 With the steel corporations announce ment that It hnl 1,0!M,0!I7 in creased unfilled tonnnge In No vember, over October, the stock went up 7i points immediately. EXPLOSION IN TUBE PLANT South Bethlehem, Pn., Dec, 10. One man was killed and 13 seriously hull In an explosion Bt the lledlngton Fuse plant, u part of the Bethlehem Hteol company this afternoon. The explosion was in the powder pellet building. E AH the Judges Concur In Con clusions Two Write Separate Opinions LAW GOES INTO ACTIVE , OPERATION JANUARY 1 All Quihbh'ng and Red Tape Niceties of Law Are Swept Aside Olympia, Wash., Dec. 10. By a unan imous vote of the supreme court of the Btnte, the prohibition law, adopted through the initiative by the people, is sustained in a decision handed down nt 11 oclock this morning, Six of the judges concurred in the opinion written by Judge" Parker, while Judges Chndwick and Fullerton wrote separate opinions arriving at the same final result, however. Judge Bailsman, recently appointed to the supreme bench, did not partici pate in the decision beenuse he was not a member of the bench when the case was argued. Concurring in the opinion written by Judge Parker are Chief Justice Morris and Justices Ellis, Holcomb, Main and Mount. The Tarker opinion is contained in 5,'i typewritten pnges. It held the court would not tnko judicial notice of de fective or insufficient publication of election notices, even though the attor ney general consented thnt it should do no. It was on this point thnt Justice Chndwick wrote a soparatc opinion, de claring that he was not entirely in ac cord with the other judges in their opin ion of "judicial notice," but that it had no .hearing in determining his vote upholding the dry law. Technicalities Ignored. Judge Fullerton 's opinion stated gen erally that he did not agree with all of tho reasoning oftho majority but there was no question about the correct ness of tho final conclusion. The Farkcr opinion held that the court must presumo all the necessary steps had boon taken by the secretary of state which tho lnw requires him to take in tho way of giving election no tices and other publications; that the prohibition law did not fail of public ity, as a matter of fact; that the inter state commerce act was not violntod by the provisions of the lawj thnt the Ken-yon-Wobb federal act established the constitutionality of tho Btato law; that though the initiative amendment to the constitution provided for laws to go in to effect 30 days after the people's ratifying vote, and the prohibition lnw provided it should not go into effect for over a year, thero was no defective inconsistency. The court held tho "prohibition lnw was in effect since December 1, 1014," though its active operation is not to be gin until January 1, 1010. Other objections ruised by Attorney Howo in behalf of the "wets," the court held, nro not proper ones for con sideration in the present suit. M. and K. Gottstein, wholesale liquor deulers of Seattle, wero the original, contestants, represented by Attorney, Harold Preston. Later several other parties joined in tho suit as co-coin-plninants, including the Hotelmens as sociation anil n number of breweries. ' GERMANY RECALLS THEM Washington, Dec. 10. At- Inches Vou Pupon and Boy-cd of the German embussy have been recalled by their govern- me nt ns requested by the Uui- ted States government on nc- count of their displeasing activ- ities in America. Ambassador Von Bernslorff so telephoned Secretnry of State Lansing this afternoon. At the same time the ambas- sndor requested America's good offices to get from England snfo conducts for the attaches and their successors. The sue- ccssors have not yet been mimed. Safe conducts for their sue- ccssors, however, are in grave doubt, ' The kaiser himself recalled the two attaches becuuso he personally appointed them. He intimated that ho gave tho mat- tcr deep consideration and do- sired to preserve nmlrnble re- lutions between the two nn- tions. Bernstorff conferred fur n sort time with Secretary Lain- lug during the afternoon, but afterward declined to discuss the nature of his cull. COURT UPHOLDS DRY LAV III WASHINGTON Say Announcement of Terms Is "Satisfactory" They Are to Them By Carl W. Ackerman. (United Press staff correspondent.) Berlin, Dec. 10. Socialists of the reichstag are with the government in its peace attitude. In caucus, they do cided today that the chancellor's an nouncement of terms yesterday was sat isfactory. With only a few radicals, in cluding Herr Liobknecht dissenting, they voted, therefore, that thero is no reason for hostility toward the govern ment "whose enemies are continually stating that Germany favors annexa tion of conquererd territory." -From the press today camo unanim ous approval of Hollweg's stand. The Lokal Anzcigor commented typi cally: "The chancellor expressed clear ly that Germany's desires are peaccablo now just as they were before the war started. He notified tho world that wo are willing for pence tho sooner tho better, if it brings what we absolutely want." The public, is almost as much interest ed in Prosidont Wilson's rocent attack on "hyphenated Amoricans" as in Hollweg's decision. The general view is that he meant Austrians and Ger mans. And, an admiralty official told me that he could not help believing thnt Washington is unfriendly toward Ger many. ALLIES DEBATE AS THEJEUTONS AC! Each Is Watching For Own Interests Hence So Much Dilatory Action By J. W. T. Mason. (Written for the United Press.) New York, Dec. 10. Indications are that the nllies general war council is meeting with the common fate of coali tions and is failing to satisfy. . l'or sistent reports from Paris report se rious differences of opinion among the military leaders. In fact tho council is proving itself no grand general staff for direction of tho war, but insteud an exchango bureau for examination of policies. The council now is ongngcd in examining the advisability of con tinuing the Balkan campaign. Mean time, British and French forces are be ing hurled back from Houthorn Serbia. This examination into tho Balkan problem, however, is not a mntter of determining how to defeat the Teutons and Bulgars, but rather what is good for the individual allies, A truly united policy acceptable to all the allies is impossible. Russia wunts the Balkan situation continued for the sake of ber prestige In the' region, while tho otlfer allies are not entirely content with continuing on and neglecting possibilities of another ma jor offensivo in tho west. Britain takes a leading part In oppo sition to Russia's desire to have the Balkan campaign nt all costs. Italy is reluctant, to contribute mon ns Ion" the central nllies keep out of Albania the territory on which sho keeps her jealous eye. At the same time, France wants to reserve her forces for her own defense. A compromise, therefore, would lenvo misgivings, if not actual suspicions among the contending groups. None of the allies, however, can op pose Russia, with un easy mind, for despito her agreements with ull the other entente powers, she might make n separate pence if thwarted in her Balkan desires, and this would be a serious blow to the ambitions of the entente. Senator Hoke Smith Scores Acts of England Washington, lce. 10. England was accused of bold nnd reckless disregard of the laws of nations today when Sen ator Hoke Smith of Georgia mnJo the first speech of the senate session. "The stato department, lie said, 'has failed and congress must act if America ii rights on tho sens nro to ho protected. Diplomatic protests to Great i.ritnin against her orders in ouncil havo brought only increased lawlessness. "In fact, England s conduct has been in bold and reckless disregard of International law, Ilnr crime is the more flagrant because sho sends to neutral nations the snino materials, wiiii'h she docs not permit us to send. "Knilnnd and (leriniinv havo both been our foes, but America owes to her citizenry to maintain tho neutral rights of all citizens." AHEAD Of RECORD. New York, Dec, 10. Tho eleven leaders In the six duv hlcyclo race had covered lill miles at 4 o'clock this afternoon, which Is -II miles better than the previous record. WW imirop ip IfllllLOO 10 DISCOVERED Hi CROWLEY CASES Both Crowley and Von Brinck en Are Gay Baron Brings Wife MAY BE GUNNING FOR GERMAN CONSUL State Department Officials Ir ritated by Bopps Criticisms San Francisco, Dec. 10. Hearing in tho cases of Baron George Wilhelin. Von Brincken and C. C. Crowloy, charged with German bomb plotting, went over today to Tuesday upon the government's request. In the mean time, it is expected, indictments win do mado against them. Crowlev was in high spirits and joked with attendants of the United States commissioners office and news papermen. His attorney said ho would be freed luter, undor absolute proof of innocence Bnron Von Brincken, dashing cav alry officer of the kaiser, created a, stir bv coming to tho hearing with his beautiful wifo. He laughed and chat ted, too, never onco losing the monocle thnt ho wore with almost English ac curacy. His lawyer his fnthor-in-law expressed himself ns anxious to have rue caso xrieu sunn, ho me puuuu wwim know thnt the baron had been malign ed by his arrest. It May Be for Bopp. Tiiia unnftlnuinn frnlned around lierA todny in connection with work on th alleged nnti-nlly bomb conspiracies of Baron Von Brincken and C. C. Crow lav, Bopp's employes. Preliminary hearing In the two case seemed likely to be postponed. ronfimn mitlinritieti hart rounded up a new witness, Mrs. Margaret Corn ell, admitted secret helper of Crowley. From her t'nov gained no information. Laughing at 'the offieors, sho defied them to' indict her, as sue ays moy threatened to do. Hl, iwlimttnil allA tinil WfirllCil for. Crowley, but this was all officials; could get from Her. nno rurnisneii unii. Mn ehnrirn is laid against her: sho it held merely as a witness. Intimations thnt tho crippled liner tu intmuntii liml linnn ilniiiiiire.l bv Ger man agents drew from Bopp today tho ut.itnntif tlint hn liml i nf nrmul inn that tho boilers wero in bad shape whon she loft rucnttie and mat ner uisuuiiiig was from natural causes. Criticisms Irritate. ' Wnshintiton. Dec. 10. Although the stato department has no official knowl edge of tho recent statement issued by Gormnn Consul Bopp of San Francisco, such statements irritate state depart ment ol'iiciuls. it was admtited today. Newspaper reports of his remarks. criticising, uirerentiuliv nt least, inact ivity of federal officials against the San Francisco British consul elicited til is comment, "Austria and Gormiinv fail to ronli.a tho uroat difference between a con spiracy to disrupt and destroy Ameri can industry and commerce, and viola tion or the uiitieiilisimeni law wun, which Britishers were charged. "The former is a direct slap in the, faco nt America; too latter merely in volved iu a minor degree, our neutral ity toward belligerents." Suggestions that pernnps .nuaciio Von Pnnen of the German embussy bud mime hand in alleged nnti-nlly activi ties un the Pacific coast during his September visit there havo been heard, but the department or. .insiico inti mated it had proven nothing of this nature His visit Is believed to havo been merely the result of his desire to escape unplciisuut nntority. GERMANY 1IEAR3 OF IT llnrtln lb in Virxf official ncwa ii..,f A iti.ii'Hin lnw) iiwlcctl recall nf At taches Von I "a pen and Boyod was printed todny in tins announcement: "Tim American government hns ex pressed tho wish that Germany recall its military nnd naval attaches at the embassy nt Washington. Further details concerning the request are not at hand. Neither m it Known on wnat gruuima America came to mis pumamuun. THE WEATHER t 'wt ti! lfit? Si' C4R. Oregon: Tonight and Saturday in west, rain; raiu or snow in cast portion; wiirmer tonight, in south and east portions, increasing south crly winds. teas 0