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MA tJi )Jc (c sfc sjc jc ijc )(( iff )( j( jff ift n FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES & CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY m . . & THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TBAINI AND KSWS 8TA.ND8 mi CENTS SMNNS OF GLENGYLE COMPLICATES TEL President Wilson Starts For Washington In Special Train No Lives Lost On Glenjjyle, P- Its Being Torpedoed Indicates Austria Is Deliberi Showing Contempt : for America-Situation Is Ten ind May Result In Severing of Relations doYen t Will Be Forced to Take This Course Washington, Jan. S. The gravity the international situation caused by torpedoing of the British liner Glen gyle, coming on the heels of the sinking of the liner Persia, caused President Wilson today to determine to cut his vacation short and return here, arriving tomorrow morning. The Southern railway took immediate steps to fetch him quickly here and at once set to work to send his private car to Hot Springs. He should be in the capital early tomorrow, according to present plans. Meantime, official circles awaited details of both the Persia and Glengyle sinkings with most anxious fore bodings. Their worst fears were realized in the death of American Consul McNeely of Adam and the reports that the torpedoing was without warning, as required by inter national and humane law. While it was reported that the president will call a cabinet session immediately upon his return, the state de partment showed the real gravity of the situation when it said, "no effort should be made to minimize the serious ness of the situation." Moreover, it was intimated that an understanding with all the central allies as to submarine attacks will be demanded immediately. Gun Not An Excuse. '. The presence- of a 4.7 inch -gun on t'-ie Persia, m reported by Consul Gar rets At' Alexandria, together witii the fact that" there Wore 25 British ottieer en route to. Egypt aboard was regarded as of minor importance inasmuch as the administration recognizes the right of nit . ihantmen to parry small guns for defense. The soldiers among the pas sengers, it was held, could not give the vessel the status of a "troop ship," li able to attack without warning. Later a special train was rushed to Kot Spring, Vo., to bring President Wilson back to Washington. He may arrive before tomorrow morning. The state department expected that Austria or Germany which ever own ed the attacking the submarine would anticipate a protest or ultimatum from America, and hence would voluntarily disavow the torpedoing of the Persia. The situation seemed the more serious from the fact that tho Persia incident, followed so closely upon Austria' re assuring note in the Ancona case; and flint the Fersia sinking was in turn suc ceeded by the Glengyle torpedoing. Was It Mine Or Submarine . ' Ilefore any action can be taken, how ever, the administration must first set tle whether n submarine or a mine was responsible fur the Persia sinking, and, if it was a submarine, what its nation nlity wns. The state department is determined to obtain fiouv the rentrnl powers a binding prninUe that ill future submn ri no nt tacks, the safety of non-combatants not only on liners but on mer chantmen shall be assured. One result of this position will be n showdown in tlio I.imtnnia cue, inasmuch a Ger many's pledges in this incident have thus far extended only to liners. Meanwhile, hinge d' Affaires Zwicdinck of the Austrian embassy nought to have tho public withhold judgment. ,. lie pointed out that it had not been definitely established that a submarine fnnk tho Persia, and moreover, that the Abe Martin J (!rnnV.rw pnh has n beautiful rew four hundred an' fifty coupon humidor. Th' hmn has seen his best day, an ' so ha ho.i sense it seemJ. circumstances', aurroundinff the incident had not been -entiwly jwoved. -.-HenecJ he asserted, no one knows wuotnor there was justification. ' In any event, he suggested that Austria through her Ancona reply indicated her readiness to do right. He expressed himself as confident and hopeful that, if the sub marine proved to be Austrian, his gov ernment would take immediate step toward n satisfactory settlement. . No Official Information, In this connection, officials suggest ed that possibly the contents of the Austrian note, and instructions to sub marines, contingent thereon had not reached the submarine commander who sank the Persia; if indeed, it was an Austrian diver. Charge d' Affaires Zwiedinek called at Secretary of State Lansing's office at noon anil spent some time there. An hour previous, Presidential Sec retary Tumulty visited the premier to learn' news of the Persia and Glengyle, but was told thai no official informa tion concerning '' vHengyle had been received. Prom some quarters came a demnud for tho immediate recall of German Ambnssador Von llernstorff and Baron Zwiedinek. Rut, a number of senators called on Secretary Lansing nnd urged that he go slowly. In the lack of offi cial information, however, the secre tory was in no hurry to act. I'.nnsiiiir admitted that a note to Bul garia and Tin key is contemplated to head off submarine outrages by these nations if the Austrian difficulty is cleared up. American Marines Pacify Black Republic Washington, Jan. 3. In marked con trast to the fate of the French army in its conquest of Haiti when thousands fell victim to plague and pestilence, is the experience of the United States Mnriit,, (ifiriu in ttu nneifientinn work iii that war-torn little Caribbean repub lic. Medical officers, in reports just received by headquarters of the Marine' corps in this city, stnte that the health uf the marines could not be better de spite the fact that they have otten been culled hi in n to march 20 miles a day over rough mouutnin ronds, under a blistering tropical sun, and under con ditions of nctunl warfare. Hititi. nccordimr to these medical of ficers, has had for over a hundred years tlio repuxuiiou or ooiog one m me mini unhealthy spots in tin- world, and it has been the common belief that no white man could live there when subjected to hardships and exposure. But it re mained for our marines to disprove this theory. They have had great experience In climates closely resembling that of llniti. ninl have learned to take the necessary precautions so essential to the maintenance or ported ueaim in m tropics. Foot troubles were few and far be tween, thp mcdicnl officers snr. nnd the deaths have been caused by bullets, not di--ease. "INNOCUOUS DESUETUDE" Portland, Or., Jan. 3. Dancing and lognnberrg juice have superseded liquor in Portland's cafes nnd grills today. A citv ordinance prohibited the sale of liquor In dance halls, and for that reas- on dancing in cafes had never been in I trodnced. Double Track Road From Petrograd To Ice Free Port Boon For Russia Petrograd, Jan. 3. (Special.) It has been apparent since the early stages of the war nnd is at present doubly so that Bussia greatly needed an effic ient and reliable mcuns of communica tion with tho outside world. The war conditions in the Baltic and the Black sea left her with only very scanty means of obtaining supplies and muni tions. The three chief means were (1) the Archangel route; (2) tho Trans- Siberian railway; and (3) the Trans- vik-lornea route. All of these have great drawbacks. The port of Arch angel is closed by tho iron grip of the Arctic winter for six months in the year from October to May and its railway communication with the capitul is poor and indirect. The Transoibei'ian route is useless tor the rapid transit of supplies and mu nitions, and the Nirvik-Tornea route involves shipment at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, which causes delays and dangers. The New Harbor in the North. Bussia realized that her success depended, and still depends, on re ceiving promptly and in large quan tities munitions of war. Though the Arctic ocean is the last place in the world where one would expect to find an all-tho-yenr ice-free port that is, one that is open all the year round yet it is so at Kknterina har bor according to the result of the of ficial investigations. This harbor is situated about 200 miles east of North Cape in Norway, and tho anomalous ice-free features are due undoubtedly to the effect of the Gulf Stream which before finally losing itself in Arctic waters back washes along tho . Lapland and Mur man coast, and prevents more than a thin film of ice water forming in Ekaterina harbor.- To connect this harbor with Petrograd by an effici ent railroad was the chief considera tion, of Russia. American engineers and contractors were consulted and thousands . of men were engaged for the work, which was begun simul taneously at both ends. Largo gangs of workmen wero sent to intermedi ate points and ordered to -build to wards the ends. Building the Railroad. Tho result was that in September this triumph of modern engineering was declared complete three weeks. in dvancer-of contract time. . The - new road has been built through -difficult country a land of . morass and swamp whore every foot. had to bo made, and yot at such pressure was the work carried on that 100 miles of doublo track per month was ac complished. Russia now has an open door through which she may look at tho outside world. . All that is needed FEDERAL LAW AFFECT- 1NQ LIQUOR SHIPMENTS . . 4c Unlawful to ship intoxicating liquor to any person except $ true consignee, or to any ficti- 4c tious namo. . $ Unlawful for express or rail- road company to act as agent ic for consignor or consignee in liquor shipments. ijc All interstate shipments of liquor must have plainly mark- cd on package the naturo and sjc quantity of contents and true 4c nnmo of consignee. ' Unlawful to ship liquor by 4c mail. 4c 4c Penalties for violation of 4 4c these laws are severe, including 4c 4c heavy fines nnd imprisonment, 4c 4c and confiscation of goods. 4 4c4csc44!4444c44i4c44:44: G. C. SUCCEED ICY AS Frank Ward to Head Police Committee-Many Candi dates Sanitary Officer In all probability O. f. Milled will be chosen by tho members of the city council to succeed B. W. Macy as coun cilman of the seventh ward. Mr. Mncy resigned to accept the position as city attorney and Mr. Willett was the re-, tiring councilman from this ward anil! the matter of choosing the successor ot Mr. Macy was left to Councilman-elect X. I). Elliott and Mayor Harley O.; White. Both of these men have agreed upon Mr. Millctt and as ho appears to' bo the only candidate in the licld will probably -e chosen by the council. Mr. Millett served a term as councilman from this ward ami made an excellent record in the work of putting in sew ers lant winter. ' Another officer to be chosen at this evening's sossion of the city council Is tlio snnitnry ami plumbing Inspector. There are about a dozen candidates in the field and the scrap for the job ap pears to be anything but lacking in in terest especially since tho office yet remains to be created. The bill for an ordinance creating the office of sant- (C'obUbu4 oa Page Three.) y 'V-i " OCEAN P L A N A WS' n1lela3gjcnisula 'Z&f ' '. ' I NEW DOIieicI . 1 J : yjr TRACK R.R, I . TSifal f 'jy ' ' FTTRObRAD fl. -v toarctic ' v j V. Finland 'K ) Iolo simohI Jta VJ , . JJ I TRACK R.R. ' ' 1 ' mJSCiC I I ARCHANGEL ' Pouble track railway from is . the rolling Btock, and this will probably be largely American, built to Russian Specifications. The en gines will be of the Mallet type with up-take arranged, for burning wood. The Russian railway works at Ko lomna Will' also supply engines and carriages; "" The route .of the new road is from. Petrograd, round the southern shores of Lake Ladoga to Petrozavodsk,! from, thence by way of Kem-Kandolax - Aa ' Kola direct . to Kkaterina harbor: . Archangel and Ekaferinfti Ekaterina- has no extremely shel tered anchorage, wnerw the waters are nearly always calm, even when Arctic storms ' are raging. Ekaterina Island, with its steep cliffs, forms an effioient windbreak, and allows- th' work of unloading cargo to be car F HAS 75 MILE GALE One Killed, Many Injured One Killed In Oakland and Many Hurt RAINFALL FOUR INCHES BIG TUNNEL IS FLOODED School Buildings Damaged, Kids Get Holiday Storm Sweeps Whole Coast San Francisco, Jan. 3 Tho wind and rainstorm which has held San Francis co and the bay district in its grip for two days is today centered off the mouth of the Columbia river, and the worst of it is being felt In northern California, Oregon nnd southern Wash ington. Northern California received the brunt of tho rainfall. The temperature has risen during tho Inst 12 hours from six to 2i degrees in various parts of the stato. In the in tmior California valleys and in south ern California, storm conditions are practically the same as in Han Fran cisco. Tho wind abated here today but became more violent in the northern part of the state. The Key Kouto ceased operations earlv today after a futile attempt to operate its trains and boats. From 10 to 12 feet of water stands in the Em eryville pier tunnel, completely block ing traffic. Officials stated traffic possibly will be resumed tomorrow. Reports of heaw damage; and in some places, loss of life, came In today from vurious parts of the bay district. Farm Land Flooded. Twenty-eight persons were rescued in Oakland from inundated homes by a special police suuad organized to aid waterbound families. Fifteen Chinese were rescued from the second story ot a tenement after a part of the wall was chopped caway. (Continued on I'aije Eive.) SAN R WORST Petrograd to Ekaterina Harbor. ried on at all time. The water is from. 60 to 90 feet deep, and thus the largest of modern vossels can be ac commodated. During - the present winter the new road .will no doubt 1 used at high pressure, and it if hoped hore that its effectiveness will be seen-in the renewal of. the Rus sian offensive.. It is of interest t( note that Kola, near -Ekaterina. was made a fortress town by Peter the Ureat, but in 17 HO, during the reign of Catherine . IT. ' the"v fortress wb pulled down and the arsenal and ordnance stores removed to Ekater ina harbor, where it was proposed to construct a naval depot. The idea was not carried out till 1501, and in 1809' the place -was -destroyed by the English, and Kola suffered the ume fate in 1855. 4c4i 4c 4: 4c FIRST UP MT. HOOD. 4c 4e Portland, Or., Jan. 3. Chas. 4c E. Warner and William Evans 4c wero lionized by tho Mazama .' 4t club today, for they hold an 4c absolutely unique mountain 4e climbing record. 4c 4e They scaled Mt. Hood from 4c 4c the north side Friday, saw the 4c 4c new year dawn from the sum- 4c mit, nnd descended to Cloud 4 Cap inn after daybreak Satur- He 4c day. They were the first to 4c climb the mountain in the win- 4c 4c ter from the north side, and the 4c 4c first who ever held a new K year's watch party on top of "fr 4c the peak. 4c 44c4!9!c4c IS IN SEE-" OF VESSELS Was 9,000 Ton Freighter Jap Ship Kenkon Mam Also Torpedoed London, Jan. 3, Fresh toll of life was believed to have been taken with tho torpedoing of tho llritish steamer Ulengyle, largest of England's ships except the Lusltnnia nnd Arabic, to succumb to undesea attacks. About 100 aboard her were rescued, but while it is believed she carried no passengers, (Continued on Paaa Three.) THE WEATHER lr(S RopE Oregon: To night and Tues day snow or rain, warmer west portion; winds becoming westerly, 250 MS LOST There Was No Panic But All Faced Death BraYely-Big Liner Went Down In Six Minutes Listed, to Port So Boats On Starboard Were UselessPassengers at Loach When Explosion Came Sailors Stuck to Post and Were Trying to Let Down Another Boat When End Came Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 3. Officers of the sunken P..& O. liner Persia were ponitive todav '.that she was the vic tim of a submarine and not a mine, us, some sources tended to indicate. That the loss of life aboard here will run past the 250 mark seemed certain. In cluded in the lint of dead is probably Consul K. X. McXecly, of Aden, re- fiorted missing and said to have been ast seen struggling in the water as the ill-fated liner went down to a watery grave. Various reports of. tho . sinking indi cated the vessel was sunk without warning.' The nationality of the at tacking submarine, however, was not determined for officers claimed not to have sighted the diver, though they said positively they had seen the wake of her torpedo. .'"' Tho second officer 'said he saw. the white streak, of a torpedo but no sur vivor reported getting an actual sight of the diver. . Graphic details of-the liner's last moments were told here today by Leon ard Moss, an English survivor.'. - Passengers Cool and Brave. "There was.no panic, and. the loss ot life was due to two things,"., he said. "First, the Persia sank in less than six minutes, and second, most, of 'those aboard were having luncheon at the time, and were not thinking of subma rine. , . - ' ; "Wa were making' 18 knots when the first dull bqom came, followed by a funny cracking sound. , H seemed only a second when the big ship began to list. ' : ' "Those on deck rushed to the boats, but tnose on the starboard side were worthless because they lislod heavily. People ran up from below while Women and children were erying, but thore was no wild -scrambling 'and everybody was pretty cool. - "Tho first two boats got away all right but the next rolled over as she hit the water.- There wore a lot of women in that one. The first boat launched tried to pick up thoso of tho overturned boat, but the waves kept bumping the rescuer against tho Per sia, threatening to capsizo the life boats that had pulled away. -Crew Went Down Doing Duty. "The noit two cleared a minuto be fore the Persia sank. ' . . Italians Have Not Drawn on Great Reserve Strength By Alice Bohe, Home, Jan. 3. When the orchestrul guns have boomed their last salvo and the big asbestos curtain of peace drops on Europe's war-torn stage, doubtless the world will begin to appreciate tho role by King Victor in the present greateht tragedy of history. Act II wus well iiiuler way beforo Italy .joined the players and King Vic tor With his tuft of rooster feathers appeared from the wings. He had fre quently been mentioned in the lines, ami no sooner had he strode upon the stage than ho oml the veteran actor Franz Josef came to blows. "Vernon will fall before Gorizia," shouted the Austrian, "(lorizia first," retorted Victor and itio play went on. "It was not until May of this yenr that Italy declared war on Austria. Im mediately the Italian General Stuff outlined the following land program: 1. An aggressive, systematic opera tioa on the mountainous northern fron tier, Trentino and the Cnrnic Alps Ion" fortified by Austria, designedly to malic an Austrian invasion of Italy easy standing impregnable against Italian invasion. 2. An offensive on a large scale against the valley of tho Ison.o which barred Italy's way toward the Julian Alps on the east nnd the Istrian pen insula to the south. The Naval Program. The naval program was this: De struction of Austrian commerce on the Adriatic and nd.iiicent waters and the bottling up or destruction of the Aus trian fleet. . On land today Italy faces the New Venr as the only one of the allied pow ers whoso main army is firmly en trenched on the soil of an enemy. On water the Duke of Ahruzzl's fleet Is supreme. The Austrian main fleet, ref uged in Pola harbor, refused the Ital ian challenge just as tho German fleet defies the Hritish In the Kiel canal. Like Germany, Austria in unable to give enfo convey to her own com merce. With an ormy of more than $2,230, 000 men in uniform; with reserves of 1,7,'.0,000 men between 18 and 38 yet to be called to tho colors; with ahuuu snt eaninment. esneciallv heavy artil tery; backed by a splendid industrial IN "Some of the crow wore trying to get over another boat for passengers who were mostly grouped on the deck. Women clung to men and children cried. Then the waves broke over too stern and I was thrown into the) water." ' , The number of survivors- reaching -here was placed close to 160. Many suffered from exposure and it is pos sible the death list will run higher by reason of this exposure Many of thd women were lightly clad and men were, taken from the, water. without coats. Warships and fishing vessels are) seeking bodies off C'rote and it is re garded possible that Greek trawlers reseued some alive in the water. . Charles II. Grant, of Boston, all ad vices showed, was saved; while E1- . ward Hose, of Denver, left the vessel at Oibraltar.' .. . ? Survivors had no doubt McNeely perished, and some -advices said flatty he was (load. Consul Keely Drowned. London,' Jan. 3, American Consul General Skinner todny cabled Consul Garrets at Alexandria to obtain a. statement of the liner Persia sinking from Charles II. Grant, of Boston.- Upon this statement may depend whether. America will take drastic ac tion in the case. - ' - Consul Robert McNeely, on roufn to his post at Aden, was lost when ttu big liner " went down. . He ' was taut seen struggling in the water as life boats pulled away.' "i " ' ' The sinking of the Persia horrified the English press. today; they Spceutnt ed efterisively as to America's course now, 'and, were tfnaulmous- in' tbir ex- , pressions that the central powers r-. gard America with contempt and, through the Persia case, are flout iuj her with their scorn." : ' ; Despite reports that there was no panic, it was deemed significant herS that only 59 out of 241 passengers wero saved, and 94 of the crew of 150 to 200. .' . " " . Moreover, only 17 out of 87 women, and 2 out of 30 children passengers were rescued and landed by a warship at Alexandria. mobilization capublo of feeding muni tions for any emergency, Jtuly looKs to tho futuro with the utmost confidence. This feeling was vividly reflocted in the recent utterances or liaron non nino, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in tho chamber, in which lie announced not only Italy's agreement with the al lies not to conclude a separate peace, but her purpose to extend the cam paign ncroHS the Adriatic in support of stricken Serbia. Italy Helping Serbia. In answer to the latter pledge, C0.00O Italian troops have already landed in Albania where pioneers nro buBy at road-building nnd other means of transport through the pathless moun tains. Food and clothing by the ship load are being sent by tho Italians for die Serbian refugees. Seven mouths of fighting along tho lines of the General Stuff's plan of campaign havo produced tar greater results than tho daily communiques havo indicated. On the Isonzo front tho offensive has reached tho stage where on Italian occupation of tho en tire Istrian peninsula, as well as ef fective thrusts northward and east ward, is believed to bo possible early in 101(1. The northern cumpnign, in the Tren tino and Carnio regions, has closed with the object attained. After months of tho severest anil most difficult mountain warfare, heroic struggles on precipitous battlegrounds, the Alpino troops, Kersnglieri and infantry witb heavy artillery, sometimes drawn up. the mountainsides with ropes, have bat-' tored fort nfter fort Into dust, stormed nnd euptured hitherto . impregnable! Austrian defences, and consolidated : the conquered crags and valleys against, a successful counter-offensive. Tha, floodgates of invasion for which Aus-: tria had been preparing since 18(W and which she has boasted would give her the city of Verona oeiore Italy eouM reach-(lorizia, are now closed agaiust her with doublo bar and lock Weeks of desperate fighting against , terrific odds where sometimes required. by the Italians to take a single fort ress or position in this phase of the , campaign. (CoatinueU on fax Hive.)