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CENTRAL POW
1 SALON
ERS READY
Drive Into Greece Will Sooa Begin According to Apparently
Reliable Advices Russians Retjfi Steady Progress and
Claim to Be Driving Austrians k Along Wide Front
With Heavy Losses la Ku led ant,
tt soners
ntral powers are
'.ndicated today
alonika saying
re the Grecian
London, Jan. G. The forces of th
about to sweep into Greece. This v
from United States Press advices fro
the Bulgarians are again concentrating
border after having withdrawn a safe" distance tempor
arily.
Meanwhile allied aerial scouts are extremely active
along tne uuigar tront, while the allied troops are hasten
ing preparations for the expected attack.
The Frankfurter Zeitung today declared Field Marshal
Von Mackensen has been ordered to proceed immediately
to Salonika. To facilitate such a move, the Serbian rail
ways, shattered during a recent Serbian operations, have
been repaired and munitions are now moving to the new
front.
Further evidence of the anticipated invasion came in
Athens dispatches saying that Bulgar forces, returning
Irom the Albanian campaign, are massing with their com
rades at the Hellenic frontier. Rome messages, too, de
clared that the first battle in Greece is imminent.
PREPARE FOR BIG BATTLE IN, REGION OF THE SUEZ CANAL
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; Russians Steadily Advance.
London, Jan. 6. Though the Petrograd war office
failed today to confirm reports of Slax occupation of
Uzernowitz, the otiicial report told of further gains in
that region.
"Northeast of Czernowitz," said the statement, "sharp
fighting continues. We have taken further hostile posi
tions and inflicted huge losses on the enemy. One unit
captured 18 officers and 1043 men."
South of the Pripet, the enemy was driven back, while
in the middle Stripa region, Muscovite positions were consolidated.
London, .Tun. rt. Great Britain's fuil
tire to Bend 50,000 reinforcement re-1
quested by Uenernl Ian Hamilton,!
ennseil collapse of the Dardanelles ex-
edition, Ilnmiltou eaid today in Lis
final report.
lln rmlton made nn equallv sensational I
diwlosure as to the reason for his re
eull from the Dardanelles operations, to
lo replaced by Uenernl Monro.
"Karl Kitchener," said his report,
"sent me a message, suRgsting the pos
sibility that we evacuate tho Gnllipoli
peninsula and nbnndun tho uttempt to
reacii I'onstnntinople. 1 replied thnt
ASSAULT IN 24 HOURS
Salonika, Jan. 5. (Delayed.)
The eemrnl powers' assault on
Salonika is expected within Et
hours. Two hundred thousand
of their forces have been een-
centrnted for this purpose,
aerial scouts reported.
!
The statement declared flint despite
flvl.Dfnr.imi 1... T .1 1. -
this wn, unthinhnble, whereupon I lavH ,,,, not n,,,, nPar 'cr'now
Tecnlled. I wns informed on arriving u, i,n..on.i ii. r.nni,- n,i. n, ...
iu London that the government wanted
fresh, unbiased opinion from nnother
commander concerning the possibilities
of cnrlv evacuation."
A four days ngo, John Redmond told
parliament thnt information concerning
the Gnllipoli nbniidonment was "some
thing of n scandal," but he refused to
divulgo then whnt lie knew of it. The
Hamilton report is believed to be what
ho referred to.
sinns hove held for months
"The Russian claims remhind one of
General Cadomn's reports of the Itul
iun advance," said Vienna. "They are
issued nt Tctrograd for obvious reasons."
Hussion Claims Deniod.
Berlin, by wireless to Snyville, I.,
.T:in. 0. Tho Viennn war office today
telegraphed an official denial that Czer
nowitz, Dukowinn, has been evacuated,
ns recent press advices claimed.
Industrial War Stocks
Influenced By Gary ou,li,,'ins th
' ipnrednesB p
TurkUb artillery at Jerusalem; Enver Pasha, premier-of Turke; (left); map showing where war operations are
i likely to occur in Near Eat; Held Marshal von- tier Colli.
Travelers who have been in the Suez
region report preparations for a great
buttle betwoen a Turkish army led by
Field Marshal Von Dcr Goltz and a
British army.
The Turks are said to have con
structed a double track railroad leading
from Damascus through Jerusalem (A)
and Gaga (B) to a point well past the
frontier of Egypt. How far it has gone
is not revealed. At Gaza 70,000 men
are supposed to have been gathered,
and at Jerusalem 100,000.
The British arc said to have 240,
000 troops in gypt and to be land
ing more constantly. They are strongly
fortifying the Suez cunaC
War material is being sent daily to
Asia Minor.' It includes numerous Ger
man heavy guns.
It is rumored Turkish forces already
have crossed into Egypt south of El
Arish, and have been engaged by Bri
tish outposts.
The invaders evidently propose to
follow the caravan route, which strikes
tho Suez canal near Ismailia.- The Bri
tish have constructed strong fortifica
tions to bar this route. Most of the
defenders are colonials.
News is being spread in Constanti
nople of the Buceewf ul work of Turkish
emissaries sent to Arabia, Persia and
Africa to preach a holy war against the
enemies of Turkey.
It is an open secret, however, that
the fate of many of these cmisaries is
unknown. Those sent to the Sudan and
Egypt wcro orrested.
REJECT PREPAREDNESS
FACE CONSCRIPTION
VIEW OF SECRETARY
Abe Martin
IIpI
We miulit nil take a hunch from th'
fwt thnt posts never bother th' apple
tree that stays in the background, Th '
pMisnn so many fellers marry butter
flies is l.e aue it's next t' Impossible
t' put anything over on a rog'lur wo-fnn.
(Copyright 1915 by the Xew York Ev
ening Post.)
Xew York, Jan. 0. From the view
point of Wall street, the renewed break
jiu Industrial issues today especially in
war stocks was attributed to the pub
lished Gary Interview concerning the
financial and industrial future. His
judgment, however, (toes not appear to
differ greatly from the consensus of ex
pert forecasts, already published nt the
year-end. Virtually all of these warn-
ou against tho possibility of overdoin
traiio expansion insofar ns it is base
on war material.
Tho break wus helped, too, by the
fact one war company announced a 20
jier cent dividend, whereas more had
been prophecleil. Even steel- shures
yielded sharply despite conditions of
the trade and announcement of a wage
increase.
The extraordinary contrasting move
ment in English and Gorman exchange
continued, sterling reached 4.7fJ 1-2,
more tliuii a cent above yesterday's
and the highest since July. This was
ascribed to largo sales of American
securities by London, Hut since there
has been equally hci.ry selling before
wmioui sucn results, it is reasonable
to suppose that the proceeds of the
recent .r0l),000,000 loan and the skill
ful employment of the special bankers'
credit is nt Inst having Its anticipated
influence.
(fn,EK STEAMER IS DUE
New York, Jan. 0 The Greek steam
er I'utris with the .100 passengers from
the crippled liner Thessnlonika is due
here, tonight, nsd the Perugin is due
tomorrow with her crew of H1,
The coast guard cutter Heneca Is
seeking to destroy the Thessalonika as
Washington, Jan. 0. Tho American
people must adopt voluntary military
training or lauo conscription, as tug
land now does, Socretary of War Gar
rison warned today m opening the army
prepurcdnesB hearing before the house
military committee
Ho declared a large standing army
is not only undorsirablo. but also "ut
terly futilo," while he termed relianco
on tho militia as "uttorly unwarrant
ed" and based on an "unstable founda
tion." Tis continental army plan, he
held to be the only feaaiblo alternative
if compulsory training and conscrip
tion are to bo avoided.
If you adopt a system based on vol
untary action, as is tho continental
army plnn, and that fails, then policies
based on universal service or some lonn
of compulsory service will bo enacted
ns the only remaining remedy," ho de-
lureu.
Thereupon ho rend a long statement
o administration army pro-
irogram, indicating an In-
! crease of tho standing army to 140,000
men. Creation of a continental army ot
4(10,000 volunteers trained a portion of
the year for several years, increase of
the nation 'a munition supplies, and
strengthening of Const fortifications.
Measures Must Be Taken.
"Tho people," ho said, are insist
ing that such proper measures for na
tional defonso shnll bo taken. The na
tion's integrity, its .-ry cxistenco may
depend upon whnt is done at this time.
People have passed beyond the point of
requiring further demute or reasons for
such action.
army, he declared, would cost tho na
tion $500,000,00 annually. .
"It ii also impossible under present
conditions," ho said, "to enlist over
50,000 men each year, iurthor, in a
democracy, the defense of the nation
should rest upon its citizens and not
upon a professional paid force."
As for the militia, he suggested that
federalizing it is impossible because the
government lucks such authority. He
disapproved tho federal militia pay bill
and recommended thut the militia be
given the right to enter the continental
army, "grade for grudo."
"Thus," ho continued, "free discre
tion and choice would bo given the mil
itiamen to stay in the militia, which
will be conserved and built up on an
even more liberal scnlo than at present,
or to enter the continentnl army with
out a lower rank than they now have."
Would Not Injure Militia.
The secretary denied that the conti
nental army plan would injuro the mili
tia. He said tho continental plan calls for
recruiting men from privato military
schools and high schools us well ns
from the rank ami 1 lie of tho nation.
All American military experts, ho de
clared, endorse tho idea.
"There is absolutely nothing now in
this suggestion," he sti id. "It is morel;'
a system of federal volunteors. raised.
organized, equipped and trained in
times of pence, llio occasion calls for
wise, sensible adequate military policy
on permanent lines, lor (lefinito ends.
"If compulsory servlco is now do
sired, then a short provision in the act
SWEDEN FEARS
RUSSIAN
VICTORY
IN PRESENT 11
Hatred of Slays Is Dominat
ing Sentiment In
Scandinavia
NORWEGIANS WOULD BE
BACK OF SWEEDE MOVE
Danes Are Positive Pro-Ally
and Will Not Join In
Northern Alliance
STEEL WORKERS RECEIVE
ADVANCE IN WAGES
New York, Jan. 6. The Uni
ted States Steel Corporation to
day granted an increase of
wages to all its employes. Com
mon laborers were advanced 10
per cent
The increase affects 200,000
men in the concern's steel and
iron companies alone but ad
justments of wages of its min
in subsidiaries are under con
sideration. It is effective February 1
and will aild from $10,000,000
to $12,000,000 to the annual
payroll.
The company announced tho
gratuitous "raise" was made
"in view of existing prosper
ous conditions."
SUBMARINE NOT SEEN
BY
Consul Garrels at Alexandria
Furnishes All Desired
Information
either n regular standing urmy or by
the militia."
Concerning tho idea of invoking the
Swiss or Australian system of universal
training, the secretary commented!
" Neither is believed to be practica
ble nt this time. Tho national govern
ment has no jurisdiction over the public
school systems of tho states, and hence
a constitutional amendment would be
required to introduco such a program.
Furthermore, it is not believed thnt the
people have decided that compulsory
military service will bo necessary.
Present Force Inadequate.
"Our presont military forne Is to
tally Inndcqtinto to our responsibilities.
The chaos which a crisis always pro
duces makes it certain that several
mouths would Intervene after the out
break of a wnr, before any considerable
number of volunteers would bo ready.
"Thero is a disposition among some
persons to feel that wo aro now facing
a crisis. This is not the proper view, but
there is a common agreement that we
should have half a million men subject
to Instant cnll."
He pointed out that It would be both
impossible and enormously eipensivo to
mnilitliin it fitnndinir nrniv nt thnt num.
with her sencocks open she may ge a her, particularly inasmuch ns present
Hunting menace In tho path of trims- accommodations could only care for G0,
oeonnie vessels. 000 additional men. A C00.000 standing
Wo may not relieve our problem by will accomplish it. But a smull, highly
trained, effective regular army, exnnn
sible in character; with federal volun
teers rnised and officers trained in
time of peace; plus a stato militia Is Hie
best solution."
Business Conditions
Papidly Become Normal
Ran Francisco, Jan. Business condi
tions throughout tho Pacific coast dis
trict, particularly in California, arc
"good" ami show a "noteworthy im
provement over those a year ago, when
they were really bad," commented
Manager Perrin, of the 12th federal
reserve district todny. His statement
was siimdcmentnry to the federal re
serve board report issued last night
in Washington, This noted continued
good conditions throughout the nation.
Concerning the coast, It said railroad
earnings are excellent nnd that this is
booming the lumber business as the
roads aro buying freely of ties. Need
of shins is Increased since tho Panama
canal is closed.
Oregon siioiiffs and district attorn
eys snv tho prohibition law will bo en
forced, but the real issue as time goes
on will bo whether their statement can
be made In the present tense.
By Charles P. Stewart.
(United Pross Staff Correspondent.)
Copenhagen, Jan. 0. Sweden does
not inctnd to let Germany lose the war
struggle, even if Sweden is forced to
join the central powers to prevent such
ix conclusion.
She may not insist on an out and
out German victory, but bIio feels thnt,
for her own safety, she cannot allow
tho Russians to beat Gerninnv, Sweden
is not particularly pro-German, nnd yot
she is now pro-ally, but she is anti-ltus-siun
with her whole soul. She will
fight with Germany before she will sec
Russia win, ami siio believes her
strength would bo the deciding factor
in tho lust resort.
This outline constitutes tho outstand
ing facts in the SiaudinnviiiH situation
ns presented today to tho United i'ress
by reliable sources.
As fur back as tho Swedes can re
member, they have been In terror of a
Russian attempt to secure a coveted
warm water port on tho west coast of
the Scundinanvins peninsuln, This
could bo attained only nt .Norway's ex
pense ami Norway could only be
reached through Sweden.
The Swedes claim that they could
put Into the field 1,000,000 troops.
While military experts doubt these fig
ures, they concede that tho Hwedes arc
admirably trained, well armed and ten
aciously courageous,
In event of hostilities they would In
vado Finliind, expecting the Finns to
join them in a campaign to capture the
Russian capital, Petrograd, nnd then
they would sweep southifurd to join
the Germans near Riga.
The Norwegians sympathize with
England from sentiment and in conse
quence of trade relations. Moreover,
they uro mindful of the ruin that Kn
hind 's navy could work on the Nor
wegian merchant fleet- tiie Inrgest ex
cept England's and Germany's. While
Norwegian army men are mostly pro
German by reason of their German
(Continued ra Page Three.)
Washington, Jan. 6. A dispatch to
day from American Consul Garrels at
Alexandria indicated that tho govern
ment now lias all the information on
the sinking of tho liner Persia that it
is likely to obtain, except from Vien
na or Berlin. His message said that
Burvivors' affidavits throw no more
light on the situation.
Garrels said that no submarine or
other boat was seen by survivors from
whom he had obtained affidavits.
The state dopartment admittod that
the affidavit of the officer whom press
icpurm quoteu as saying be had seen
tho wake of a torpedo was Included in
those Garrels obtained. Hence it was
considered significant that Garrels re
ported no further information was ob
tained. Jn view of Garrels' report, it
meatis that the dqpartment has no proof
that a Hubmnrino 'Was 'responsible' for
me vessels sniKing.
Specially was Garrels' noint consid
ered important in view of Secretary
Lansing s repeated assertion that it is
not certain the Persia was sunk bv a
1. . . .
suuiuurinc. juenatime. jansinir is
keeping an open mind in the situation.
. Ambassador Penfield at Vienna
informed tho department that he had
formully requested the foreign office
to give him information on the caso.
Other Americans Perished
London. Jan. 0. Americans other
than Consul McNeoly may have por-
isnea with the minted liner Persia.
Cabled reports of an interview with
Lord Montague, ono of tho survivors
landed at Malta, quoted him as saying
there wero several Americans aboard-
very nice fellows, they seemed."
What becamo of them ho did not
know, though tho reports said positive
ly that McN'cely perished.
Montagu tolii of being sucked into
the maelstrom the ship caused ns she
went down, of drifting for somo hours
while human beings bobbed up besido
him and while many died, unablo to
continue longer their struggles in the
ocean. Ho was picked up with others
by the liner Ning Chow.
A number of explosions occurred
when water hit the Persia's boilers.
LABOR LEADERS ;
L HEAVY BLOW
TO TREARi BILL
Resolution of Protest Against
Conscription Is Again
Presented
BRITISH CABINET PLAN
IS SOUNDLY SCORED
Newspapers of London Con
sider the Internal Crisis
Especially Grave
May Nevor Protost.
Washington, Jun. 0. Tho United
States may never protest tho sinking
of the P. and 0. liner Persia, with tho
loss of many lives, including that of
American Consul McXeely.
Only on a stnrtlingly f runk statement
from Austria thnt the vessel was tor
pedoed without wurning could the gov
vernment muko a protest, two high
stato department officials said todBy.
And, they pointed out, such an admis
sion, unless accompanied by unques
tionable evidence that tho attack was
justified, would mean renunciation of
the Anconn concession Austria has
made.
Consul Gnrrels' statement that no ad
ditional information, bhiI nono to show
torpedoing, was obtainable at Alexan
dria, indicated that the administration
must look solely to Austria for details
of tho Persia cose.
House la London.
London, .Tan. 0. Colonel House,
President Wilson's special envoy on a
diplomatic mission to Europe, arrived
here today and breakfasted with Amer
ican Ambassador Page, He will remain
in London for a fortnight and then con-
tlnuo nn to Franco to confer with Am
bassador Shnrpe,
Minister Is Missing.
Washington, Jan. 6. Rov. Homer
Salisbury of the District of Columbia,
who boarded tho liner l'erlsa at Mar
seilles for India, Is believed to havo
been lost, the American embassy at
liondon wired todny,
MAY ADVANCE WAOES
New York, .Inn. 0. L, McKlsslcw.
assistant to the president of the Wes
tern t nl on, said today ho know noth
ing of a report that the company pin
ployea will get n 10 per cent wuge In
crease February 1.
Lqndon, Jan. 0. Labor leaders dealt
today a heavy blow against conscrip
tion. Tho executive committee of the
national labor congress presented! to)
that body in tho uamo of 3,000,000
trados unionists a resolution In protest
against tho government's compulsorj
servico plans.
Cries of approval greeted the commit
tee document which expressed regret
that the "nation's solidarity had been
gravely imperiled and industrial and
political liberty menaced by the atti
tude of the conscriptionists."
Nine hundred delegates, representing;
400 organizations, including the most
powerful of England's labor bodies,
were present. A majority of them wer
outspoken against any form of con
scription. Ono group even demanded
that Arthur Henderson, labor member
of the cabinet, resign.
Harry Gosling, president, and a num
ber of labor members of parliament
wore present.
Preceding Introduction of the resolu
tion, the executive committee reported
"labor's doep-rootod, traditional and
uncompromising; hostility to conscrip
tion." --
"This hostility cannot be outraged
with impunity," snid the committee
chairman amid wild applause, "and
especmially since tho wngo earners hove
voluntoered with such splendid chiv
alry. The eyes of the nation is centered
on tho congress. It is expected that
the delegates will pass the resolution.
though th government hopes that strong;
loaders will opposo it nnd win many
over to their way of thinking.
That the congress will condemn
conscription was indicated by a test
vote on a motion to support a modified
conscription plan which would draft
ainglo men who had not volunteered
undor tne Derby pinn. The motion
covered the same persons as the A
quith bill, except for tho widowers.
This was defeated by 2,121,000 to 5-11,-000
according to ballots representing
thoso numbers of workers and cast by
tho latter 's delegates.
The Wows today viowod tho conscrip
tion situation with pessimism, predict
ing not only that labor member Hender
son will quit the cabinet but likewise)
thnt tho insuo will forco a grave domes
tic crisis leading to a general election
within a fow weeks and resulting in
formation of a conservative ministry
of which Lloyd Georgo will be a mem
ber. This paper declared that tho pres
ent cabinet lacks vitality.
The Mail declared tho government
is facing the greatest internal erisiw
of tho war. Tho Chronicle, Kxpress and
Post attacked tho bill, but the Times
and Telegraph supports it.
The general viow horo is that uesmtn
tho opposition of laborites and Irish
members, parliament will pass the bill.
A preliminary test voto was slated
today.
i
Austria Will Punish
Submarine Commander
Washington, Jan. (1. Austria's reply
to tho second Anconn note, made pub
lic this afternoon, was substantially tho
Bamo as reported in pross dispatches.
In it, Austria agrees to punish tho
commander who wrecked the Anconn,
nnd declnres her readiness to subscribe
to tho rules of international law, recog
nised as governing submnrino warfare,
by providing places of safety for neu
tral citizens on enemy vessels. She also
agrees to reparation for American lives
lost.
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WEATHER
To-
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Oregon:
night and
day unsettled,
probubly rain
west, snow or
ruin east por
tion; southwest
erly winds,
strong near
coast.