ffl !fft. f! 'fwk off ft M? fl FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES & s . & .: & a - CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY M jj THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS S'nSI GERMANS NO EGYPT IS LATEST REPOR Carl Ackerman Sends News From Berlin That Work Will Be Left To Turks, Assisted By German i lions Premier of Japan States That Germany Ha fed Separate Peace Terms to Russia and Japan Wl Were Rejected By These Nations By Carl W. Ackerman . (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Berlin, Jan. 7. Germany, it is believed here, will not send an army to the Suez, but instead will rely on Turks, officered by Germans and supplied with German munitions to invade Egypt. Authorities point out that the Turks now have more than 1,000,000 men in the field, and that these will soon be thoroughly equipped for campaigning. German officers who have lived in Egypt and understand the problems of warfare there will be assigned to the invaders. It is now possible to send supplies to Constantinople and thence to Damascus faster than ever, as the result of German improvements in the Serbian railroad. The situation in Greece for the present lacks interest in view of the possibilities of the Egyptian campaign. Critics declare the Bulgarians can sweep the Salonika allies into the sea anytime they want to invade Greece, and that there are enough submarines in the Mediterranean to in flict disastrous results upon transports retreating from Salonika. Would Make Separate Peace. London, Jan. 7. Germany has made overtures to Japan and Russia for a separate peace, but these have been rejected, Count Okuma, Japan's premier told interviewers today, according to the Tokio correspondent of a-news agency. Okuma attributed Germany's desire for peace to the. acute situation oi her tinances. Salonika, Jnii. 7. Two hundred thou sand fully equipped troops of the cen tral powers nre massed before the Gre cian border ready to invade Greec in mi attack on Eiilonika, the allies' base. Their blow probably will not be long delayed. The Bulgars nro advancing in masses between Doirau nnd Gicgveil. Fifteen thousand of them nre concentrated at Monastic Only a single Bulgar division is operating in Albania. Avintors reported that the Austriuna nro forming on tho Bulgar right near Mon astir, while four German divisions are behind tho Bulgar center. At least heven Bulgar divisions are within, a few hours march of the border, nnd other hordes nro coming up to join them. .Meantime the allies nre extremely ronfident thnt they can bent back the tido of Teutonic invaders Salonika is well protected by n fortified line running liko a giant steel half moon in a 37 milo line around tho bay. The nllies tit the border expect to retire to this lino if superior forces drive, nt them. 1 Italy Receives Pay. Berlin, by wireless, to Snyville. T,. I., Tun. 7. Italy received $100,000,000 from tho nllies for her recent agree ment not to conclude a separate peace, according to thn Zurich None Zuorich er Zeitung today. One clause of the agreement was said to operate against co operation with the Vatican. ' Trench Liner Eecapes. Marseilles, Jan. 7 .Tusf as the French liner Karnnk came In vesterdnv after Abe Martin "VVlio remembers when thcr wuzn' su.li a thing ns a prominent an' hard t' do fnrmerf It takes a pretty good President t' handle grave international problems on' spark nt th' anme time. 11" 0 a thrilling submnrine chase, the French liner Meinnm diil today. The submarine hurled at least 100 shells after tho flee ing Meinnm, but none of them hit. Passengers said the liner sizzngged as tho big speedy submarine, with guns fore and aft, kept plugging shells at her Several members of the submarine crew could be seen on the deck by the aid of field glasses. All the shells fell a few rods astern, but one flew overhead. The Meinam was a sister ship of the Karnnk. Russian Press Attack. London, .Inn. ". Russian aviators re cently bombarded the Czernowitz, Buk owinn Hint ion repeatedly, according to Bucharest dispatches toduv, Slav forc es meantime, captured two sections of Austriiu trenches n few miles distant, ....... iiu-ii meir uauinierina at the Austrian front. Submarine Sinks. London, Jan. 7. A British subma rine sank off tho Dutch island of Tcxel yesterday, according to official an nouncement today. A Dutch cruiser rescued the crew. OF All AMERICAS Pan-American Nations Have Reached Basis For Har monious Action Washington, ,Tnn. 7. The "States of America," a firm, friendly nlliunco be tween all the Americns, came out of the realm of dreams today into the more substantial realm of probable accomp lishment following President Wilton's official o. k. placed openly on the plan last night. As he announce it, it was substantial ly ns outlined by the United Press sev eral days since. Secretary of State Lansing's overtures for a Pun-American alliance that, in erfect, would hold forth a warning hand against Kuropoun aggression in the western hemisphere was heartily approved by the chief ex ecutive in addressing the Pan-American Scientific congress, "If America Is come into her own, into her legitimate own," said the pres ident, "in a world of pence nnd order, she must establish the foundations of nmily so that no ono will hereafter doubt them." lik announcing his endorsement of the "Slates of Amcricu," program, the president reiterated his view that the Monroe doctrine must forever stand. , But, at the same time, ha told his Huuth i and Central American listeners that the United states wants to sweep away OF S Vessel Arrives In New York Port After Many Days of Delay New York, Jan. 7. Mutiny added to tho terrors of passengers on the strick en Greek liner Thessalonika on tho night aftor Christmas as she wallowed in tho Bcas after springing her plates, passengers said today when they ur rived on tho rescue ship I'atris. All but threo of the crew, after much muttering over their plight, led a wild assault from the steerage to tho bridge where they found Captain Goulandis sleeping. Aroused by their onslaught, ho faced tho mutineers bravely and drove them all below. The story of tho Thessalonik a's first trouble when tho liner Stampalia stood b-; her later efforts to proceed here. and her second disabling and final nbandonmont were detailed by William Williams, a former American cavalry man returning from a visit to his mother. Ho embarked at Athens De cember 1(1. "Wo encountered a hurricane on the 21st," ho said, "and some plates were sprung and the ongine room was flood ed, it was not serious, however, and the ,crew pumped out the water. Trouble began on the 22nd when a sec ond storm overtook tho vessel. Cap- ram uouianjis reinsert to transter the passengers to tho Italian liner Stam palia then standing by in response to her calls. Those in the Btcerage came up and demanded that the Stampalia tow us. Goulandis refused. "Then as the Stampalia steamed off. the steerigo passengers gathered on tne wave-swept deck about a little al tnr, and prayed all night with Father Fallis Traitos. "Christmas day was pleasant and clear, but we wore ueirly famished, for we had had no meat for 15 days, and only a half cup of water daily. "Tho real mutiny came on the 26th when the storm swept off a lifeboat. On the night of the 28th, the chief of ficer wirelessed for aid contrary to onlers. Forty one women, and 20 chil dren, including four infants were t iken on the Paris at daybreak Sunday, while the men waited. The sea was comparatively calm," Williams said that the Tatris irrived while officers wore dickering with the siruiuniiip jiun&ui lor u tow. ine rw ris snapped each time and the two ves sels finally drifted apart under the lashing of the storm. Finally, however, the I'atris took off nil the 170 passen gers md proceeded to port. Officers of too rntns tliougut that tho Thessalon ika was still afloat though her seacocks were open. The crew is due on the freighter Per- ugia tonignt. The Thessalonika 's inability to re port her position was explained by the i a it. ui.it tne sun was bidden. Nicholas Anastasopolus. a wealthy Sau Francisco Greek, with his bride, mother and three nephews were among i ne i iicss uonma pnssongcis. tho vestirrn of susnicinn thnt lliiu ilip trine is in any way unfriendly to the mu urns sou i n or tnis nation. His program, based on "the solid eternal foundations of justice and humanity" would provido in short a united front of all the Americas to mninlnin tho political and territorial in tegrity of all tho states. It would settle old boundary disputes amicably; it would have other disputes arranged by arbitration; and it would prevent revolutionary states from getting sun- idles from ntlinr Htnti-M i ne president Hold tnut the bonds of common ideals nnd interests are rapid ly cementing the Americas and paving the road to realization of such an alli ance in the west. Back of tho alliance, administration lenders sco a combination really intend ed to forestall any aggression from nbroad on alliance to combat any un friendly moves by European or Oriental nations in tho wake of Europe's dis astrous war. VETERAN CATCHER SOLS Philadelphia, Pa., dan. 7. Manager Connie Mack, of the Athletics today released Catcher Lapp to the White Sox. Owner CotnUkey of the Sox takes over tho contract which hus a year to run. FORD PEA CEPAR TY,ANY THING BUT PEACEFUL, ENROUTETOTHE HAGUE By Charles P. Stewart, (United Press staff correspondent.) Copenhagen, Jan. (I. Again all Is not pcaco with tho Ford peace party. Par ticularly shattered is tho party 's peace of mind. The Bonnet Tourist agency today theratened to sue tho expedition for 13,5110, alleging thnt the delegates can celled engagement for a ship to take them to The Hague, after they had ob tained permission to cross Germany. Still another unpenceful symptom wns the threat of liexford Holmes, dis charged pnrty stenographer to sue for alleged slander, though attorneys coun selled against such action. Then, to add to tho gnyety of the situation, the newspapers hero print lurid reports of tho Austro-Ammican STILL NO LIGHT TORPEDOING OF Austria Answers That She Has No Information Re garding Affair GENERAL DIPLOMATIC SITUATION CONSIDERED Agreement Reached With Ber lin Over Sinking of Liisitania Washington, Jan. 7. Long consider atioa by the cabinet of tho sinking of tho liner Persia today left the situation as before dependent upon Austrian in formation for solution. But, Austria has no information thus far, Ambas sador Penfiold said the foreign office bad told him. - The senate foreign committee facing the Bame Absolute lack of knowledge, of circumstances as the cabinet, ad journed without discussing the Persia issue. Certain members of tho cabinet how ever, manifested impatience over the situation. One mentioned "broken promises" and said the situation called for a "complete roundup on the whole submarine question," but he was un willing to say how. Information Lacking. Washington, Jan. T. Tho govern ment's policy ia the sinking of the liner Persia with its vast toll of human life, including Consul McNecly, Amer ican, was considered today by both the president's cabinot and congress. The cabinet meeting was tho first in a month. To it, the resident and sec retary of Btate, Lansing, presented tho scant evidenceat hand regurding tho in cident. At the same time, both tho senate and houso foreign committees took up the enso informally nnd mapped out a program for co-oporatioa with the White House and state department. This called for putting a quietus on in cendiary speeches in both houses. Administration leaders admitted that their hands are tied as far as any action in the case is concerned, until they have received further evidence. The Vienna foreign office kas'replied to Ambassad or Penfield's request for information by saying it hus had no report con ceruine the Persia, the state department announced today . This may be due to the fact that the submanno communu er has not had time to report, or it may indicate that an Austrian submarine was not responsible. Authorities regard it bb unthinknblo that Austria will dony responsibility for the torpedoing and withhold in formation if one of her undersea boats sent the liner to the bottom. In event it was an Austrian vessel, it la expected thnt Austria will disavow tho incident, unless the Persia fled or was subject to an unwarned attack by reason of being armed. The latter defense might bring the question of arming merchantmcnt to a head. Meanwhile the government's has altered its nttitudo toward suc.n arming, but is waiting full information as to how effective the 4.7 inchcr aboard the Persia really was. The cabinet and the foreign commit tees considered policies, it was pointed out in this connection for an under standing with the central powers as to future submarine attacks; a second, was the possibility of putting forth a declaration that if an American citizen in an unarmed vessel, not attempting to flee, were injured or jeopardized the nn t ion owning the attneking submnrine must accept responsibility. Another point for discussion wns issuance of a caution notice for Americans to select i carefully tho vessel on which they w ill (Continued on Pago Seven.) situation, and this makes somo of the delegates fear thnt trouble will break out. while they aro crossing Germany. And, too, they hear terrible stories of the war bread they must cat as they go through as interned passengers. A Swedish delegation of 10 accom panys tho party to Tho Hague. In tho Danish delegation will be Louis Frann kct, a Zionist, who expects to mnko the nationalization of Pnicstino a condition for peace. Before departing for The Hague, the managers contributed 42,500 to local peace societies. S. S. McClure, New York publisher, has quit the party and Is going to Ber lin; ltev. Charles F. Aked, of Ban Fran cisco, denied a report that be has re signed his pastorate. LINER PERSIA All Facts Concerning Sub k marine Operations Will Be Fully Communicated Washington, Jan. 7. Gormany pledged herself .today to communicate to America any facts in regard to the sinking of tho liner Persia "if the cir cumstances warrant;" to punish any commander who violates orders for con duct of submariud warfare in the Medi terranean and to make reparation for American deaths or injuries. In effect, the statement revealing Gcrmnny's instructions to her Mediter ranean commanders was an advance dis avowal of the torpedoing and a promise to punish any offenders. In tins light, it aroused speculation as to whether Germany anticipates information that one of her undersea boats was tho of fender. The statement submitted to Secre tary of State Lansing by Ambassador Von Bornstorff said commanders had been ordered to conduct the warfare in the Mediterranean with respect to in ternational law, and to provtdo safety for those aboard in caso the torpodoed ship did not resist attack or attempt to fleo. As for measures of special re prisal, existent about the British isles, tho Mediterranean commanders were excluded. Tho statement declared: "German submarines in tho Mediter ranean, had, from the beginning of the war, orders to conduct their warfare against enemy merchantmen only in ac cordance with the general principles of j international law. In particular meas ures of reprisal, as applied around tho British isles, they were excluded. "German submarines, therefore, have been permitted to destroy enemy mer chantmen in tho Mediterranean that is, passenger vessels as well as freight ers insofar as they do not try to escape or resist only after passengers and crows have been accorded safety, "All cases in the Mediterranean tn which German submarines are concern ed, are made the subject of official in vestigation, besides being submitted to rcgulur prize court proceedings. Inso far as American interests aro con cerned, the German government will communicate the results to America. This will also be done in the Persia caso if tho circumstances warrant. "If the commanders of German sub marines did not obey orders, they will be punished; furthermore Germany will make reparation for damnges caused by death or injurios to Americans." If the statement was intended to dis poso of tho Lusituia controversy, au thorities held that it docs not go very far unless it is morcry a preliminary step, for in this caso tho administration insists on a specific disavowal, not one by inference. The fact that the anibnssndnr ex tended insurances for safety of thoso aboard freighters as well as passeng er ships gave some ground of possibil ity thut tho government perhaps will bo willing to forego a specific Liisitan ia disavowal, however, fur a high Btate department official recently said that the govorncmnt is prln.cip.tlty con cerned with tho future, not the past. This, in connection with tho promise regarding tho future also may help Germany to escape tho nocessity of a speciiic disavowal. "White Sales" Prohibited In Berlin To Conserve Sup ply of Cotton By J. T, W. Mason, (Written for tho United Press.) New York, .Ian. 7. That Germany is beginning to feel tho pincn of short age of textiles is evidenced in the re port that the authorities hnvo prohib ited "whito sules" in Berlin. Appnr enlly tho intention of this movo is to limit consumption of cotton, linen and woolen goods, and to discourngo pur chases beyond the people's needs, However, no substifuto for theso ur tides of clothing has been devised, thniign Uormnn, pcicutists lu.vo suc ceeded in producing many laboratory substitutes for goods blocked by the ullies. For instance, they have been enabled to put together the constituent elements of riibher and to make what is known as synthetic rubber, but thus lar they bavo not been able to make synthetic clothing. Kconomiats havo predicted for somo mouths thnt Germany is ipproiicning a crisis in the matter of textiles. While it is improbable that tho crisis has actually appeared, thero can be do iloulit as tn tho symptoms of such, a sit tuition. This will not only prove dis comforting but the closing of textile mills for want of wool, cotton and flax, will throw hundreds of thousands out of employment. This illustrates the silent but per hups docisivo work thnt the British licet has done in bottling up Germany and preventing nor rrom getting uocd ed supplies. DARDANELLES FIASCO MAY BE INVESTIGATED When General Hamilton's Report of Failure To Send Rein forcements Is Published Nation Is Astonished, ari Newspapers Demand Probe Soldiers Led by Inex perienced Officers, Suffered Untold Hardships and Were ' Slaughtered With Little fighting Show For Their Lives , London, Jan. .-rThe whole Dardanelles expedition fail ure may be investigated it was reported today, as a result of General Ian Hamilton's report. General Stopford ha3 demanded that the war office immediately investigate the Suvla Bay failure, the Pall Mall Gazette announced. England had heard humors of the startling nature of Hamilton's report, but .when the full import of the mes sage dawned upon them today there was consternation mingled in many places with anger. Hamilton laid the failure of the expedition to the fact that he was not given reinforcements at critical times, that some of his men and officers were not sufficiently trained, and last but not least to the disorganized manner in which the water supply was arranged. His picture of men lapping the beads of water from the bags of liquid the mules carried, furnished a truly pathetic picture. : General Stopford's request for investigation supposed ly is based on Hamilton's report that he lacked support, and more particularly on his statement that Stopford's disinclination to make frontal attacks was the root of our failure to make use of the priceless daylight hours of August 8. London. Jan. 7. The government found itseuf today in a most critical position. f irst, it laceu tne nosiuity ot organ ized labor toward its conscription meas ure. Second, it was uuilor fire be cause Of tho Dardanelles xpodition failure, as revealed in tho frand roport of General lan Hamilton, deposed lead er of tho forces on the Uallipoli pen insula. Tho press generally divided Its space between reports or tne opposition engendered in the labor congress by tho conscription bill and the startling Hamilton report, imposition news papers seized upon the Hamilton revol utions as a new basis for attack on the followers of Premier Asquith, us ing the Dardanelles information to bol ster up Lloyd-George's now famous "too Into" remarks. However, powerful men of all par ties are aiding tho government to pro vent a gcueruV election in tho midst of tho war. On tho other hand, soveral government supporters believe thut in such a test tho pcoplo would ondorso tho conscription move overwhelmingly, and return Asquith to power with a People of Germany Suffering For Food Portland, Or., Jan. 7. Thousands of pcoplo in Uermnny are getting bnrely enough food to live on, according to Mrs. Ntanislaw Miller, who has just ar rived hero from Poseu, Germany. Sol diers often go several days without bread, she says. Mrs. Miller hud somo difficulty get ting out of Gerinnny. fho wns do tained nt the border, and a woman ac companying her was not allowed to leave tiic country hecauso she carried 1,IK;0 marks in gold. In l.'openhagen sho was again searched, this timo by Danish soldiers, Mrs. Miller said. Tho liner United States, on which sho crossed the Atlantic, was buffeted by the storm which shook tho pcaco ship Oscar H. Tho ship was overhauled and detained four duys by a Hrilish battle ship ncur- Christiunia, said Mrs. Mil- ITALIAN STEAMER ESCAPES Washington. Jan. 7. Tho Italian steamer Guiscppo Verdi, which reached New Vork yesterday witii two il-nicb guns mounted on her, will not bo in terned as a warship, nor will this gov ernment insist on removal of tho guns, before sho sails again, if the report of Collector of Port Dudley Field M ilono ii: followed, lie hell no violation of American neutrality is involved. RAILEOAD CASE ENDED. New York, dun. 7. Judge Hunt to day began his elinrgo to the jury In the trial of wenlthv New York, Now Haven nnd Hartford railroad directors charged with conspiracy to pyramid transportation lines of New England in a giant combine. Tho cio went to tho jury at 1:.10 o'clock. BABIES UKY iUU BUUjVl New York, Jan. 7. Givo us milk, Is tho cry of millions of German babies, under the pres sure of war time scarcity, ac cording to Pr. Milch, who is socking to arnngo for shipping condensed milk and fats to tho fatherland. vote of confidence that would stifle op position to him for the balance of tho war. Another source of gratification to supporters of tho conscription plan was the vote of 403 to 105 on the first read ing of tho measure. Resignations of Arthur ' Henderson, Iaborite leader, and two other laboritcs, an undersecretary and the lord commis sioner of the treasury revived rumors that would hurt, but these reports were not generally credited. One of the most serious factors in the whole situation was the bint or President Bellamy of tho railway mens order that they might strike and tie up England's vital rail lines if con scription is actually attempted. Tho Mail and Telegraph today enter tain tho view that a gcnoral election muBt result from labor s opposition to the conscription plan. "The consensus of opinion tn parlia ment, notwithstanding the labor vote, is thnt a majority of the people favor compulsion," said the Mail. "Tho government may take advantage of la bor to obtain tho country's mandate) and so dispose of criticism." EA1SE IN CHARTERS Portl.ind, Or., Jnn. 7. It cost $.')() a ton to charter wheat ship out of Argcntino for tho United Kingdom, according to information received here to- day. Hhippcrs received this sfc nows with consternation. He- foro tho war the riiarter rate wns from Argcntino and $10 je from the Pacific northwest. Ki- i pcrts declaro tho present prices prohibitive and gloomily pre- dirt Unit Pacific coast wheit shipments this yenr will be less than ever before. MES. MOHR'S TRIAL Providence, H. I., d in. 7. Tho trial of Mrs. Klizabeth Mohr, slated for trial for complicity in tho alleged mur dor of her doctor husband whilo ha rodo with an affinity, took a new turn whon tho Mohr negro c'uuuffeur Jlealia turned state's evidence and plcadwl nolo enntendro to a chargo of man slaughter. STRIKERS ARB RIOTING Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 7. With o third of the Youngstown Shoot 'Jnil Tuba company's 9,hh men on strike, rioting broke out early today in whichi ono man Is known to bo Injured. Pick ets stopped men from going to work, (tones wero hurled at cars, and work ers wore drugged therefrom. THE WEATHER : Oregon! To night und Satur day rain or sniiw) southeast erly winds, fresh, to strong neat tho const. , feel"! WHITE. " Itop SMofsara