: FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916 FIERCE BATTLE RAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIN! AND KIWI STANDS FIVS CUNTS ON TWENTY-MILE FRONT Russians Report Capture of CzfVsk and Assault Upon Heights of Kovel-One MillioVi Are Also In Death Grapple In Vicinity of CzernovT 3Vienna War Office Is Being Held Still Contends That Slav Offff; In Check NORTHERN PACIFIC Interstate Commerce Com mission Holds That Act Is Legal Lnion. Jan- 8- A formidable battle rages alone a nine j.i uiii wi me iuver acyr. rne Kussians are attack ing 50 miles east of Kovel. their ohiertfvA in. Vnivr.?n After capturing Czartorysk according to Petrograd re- jijuxio, uj Muscovites assanea tne nights barring their advance to Kovel. m The terrific fighting there has temporarily detracted interest in the combat for Czernowitz, Bukowina and aiong tne larnopol-lrembowla line where nearly 1,000 000 men with several thousand euns are eno-no-pri The Vienna war office admitted that the Russians had approacned Lzartorysk, but claimed they had been driven Slav losses on the Strypa river and along the Bessar abian frontier in the New Year's fighting were placed by Vienna at KO Oflft i . w ""J"""- Berlin, via Amsterdam, Jan. 8 Max imilian Harden, one of Germany's most famous1 writers, lias been prohibited from public speaking or writing for the remainder of the war. His weekly, the Zukunft, has been suppressed for at tacking the government. between Germany and England was in- cvuuoie umoss tnere was a complete "right-nbout-fneo" in German policies. He said at that time: "The kaiser has two idem that in n war with J n land, the Mohammedan would rally to Germany's support and, HP llnnl.HI StlTnrncuinn !a inl 1.A nit. t r r ... , mm v. t.ii- uuiiiimiiv. i im n nrnnnnn nnnnn.n. most drastic acts of censorship since and Italy's occupataion of Tripoli ins tho war started and the cause is un- wers the first Tl nnn,i i k. known outside of Germany. Harden mini tn r h.... i 1, !...., 1 ine idea mat 11.1.1 uecu 111 uiiieuuy witn tho censor recently, however, for criticising food regulations and other government acts. He litis been one of' the most feared German publicists and also ono of the best known Germans. He was an inti mntae of the Iron chancellor, Hismarck. Ho gained his chief fame several years ago by a series of articles charg ing unspeakable immorality to the Inisor's entourage. Ho was" acquitted, however, of a libel charge, and the l.aiser dismissed by wholesale counts and princes of the "round table." The Zukunft circulation was im mense. On December 1. 3011, Harden gave tlie United 1'rcss an exclusive inter- t England would helu Jud an 111 a war with America." a his interview created a profound nriismiuii in jvurope. French Take Greek Island. Berlin, by wireless to Sayville t. I., nugio-p rencn rorees have oe cupied the. Orcok island of Milos, said :i ennuis uispnrcu today. This re ported the pcoplo indignant over this action. fliiios, or Melos, lies southeast of tho vrncinn peninsula proper, it has a guo.i niiroor. fit, ihia Uln...l if view in which he predicted that a war famous stetuo of Venus dcMilo. the SPECIAL MG Tourist and Publicity Depart 1 ment of Commercial i Club Acts and pub-Coinniercinl The tourist, conventions Jicity department of the -iun met today and decided to call a npecinl meeting of nil member of this department ns well as all other mom Juirs of the club to discuss letter writ ing week in Oregon. By proclamation of the governor, this letter writing week wni je from jummlv j; to Efforts are being made bv all the Com mercial bodies of the state to indole their members and friends to write their friends back oast of the tilings to be seen in Oregon. Not only is it hoped that all boost- SI Abe Elartin . . .' : am m or citizens will write of the scenic beauties of Oregon, but also call atten tion: to tho fact that Oregon is a fine stnto in which to live. In line with letter writing -.nir publicity department expects at the meeting next Wednesday evening to bring this before the public in order that tho letter writing will not be con fined to members of the club, but th.it every one interested in Oregon will manage to writo several letters. ' The movement originated with the Chamber of Commerce in 1'ortland, but has been extended to every city and town in tho stnto. Th with tho concerted action of the mem bers of every commercial club in the state, tho writing of thousands of letters to tneiids in the east will be of untold value to Oregon in creating an interest in the state and of bringing many tour ists hero next summer. Washington, Jan. 8. Tha interstate commereo commission today held that uih ureat iionnern racuic Btcamsnin company may operate steamers of tho Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines between Flavel and San Francis co. Tho Seattle, Portland and Spokane railway, a subsidiary of the Great ISorthern and Northern Pacific owns the steamship company, the commis sion found, but said that operation of the boats will not reduce competition between water and rail routes along me a -acme coast. 1 T STRIKE AT- YOUNGSTOVN Caused No Surprise. Portland, Or., Jan. 8. Tho decision of tho interstate commerce commission permitting the operation of tne steam ers ureat .Northern and Northern Pa eific between I'lavcl and San Fran Cisco caused no surprise in the S. P and 8. officoB here today. It had been anticipated, and, in fact, tncticly un derstood that this would be tho dcei sion. "The decision is on a purely techni cal point," an official of the company uui. - a no operation or tnese steam ships really increases rather than de creaBea competition. The shins cut in to a class of express and froight which wie rauroaiis neretofore nave had ex clusively." F! S Head of Reed College Is Very Much Opposed to War Preparation After nil, look in' f.i' part Is main thing. Nolinddy is ns full o' vise ns a failure. Ford Peace Expedition Arrivesat Amsterdam Amsterdam, Jan. 8. The Ford peace i-Ajfinuun arrived nere today nfter re ceiving very considernto treatment in their passage ncrosB Germany. Several members of tho party said mat tne friendliness of the Oermans emphasized Germany's desire for peace. Stock Market Recovers From Recent Decline (Copyright 1015 by the New York Ev ening Post.) New York, Jan. 8. Tho tendency of the stock murket to recover continue tn. any. tins was offset, however, by re newed selling. This may have been he- cause the Austrian attitude on the Per sia ease will still be in doubt over Sun dny. It is more urobable. though that tho hostility shown by numerous high practical authorities towards specula tions in wnr stocks left a sense of un- 'ertainty on Wall street. These stocks "bowed a hesitant or .reactionary ten lency most distinctly. Kti.i.l knni nowever, did likewise, and although railway slmres wcro strong, even they moved with no grent decision. Sterling exchange recovered sharply from yesterday's decline. Berlin ex-' chnngo recovered too, probably by reas on of a nnturnl speculative reaction fol lowing the extraordinary three cent break this week. The amount of monoy expended on a drendnnught could be much better ex pended by the government on a national university in which the principles of na tionnl and world wide arbitration should be taught, was tho view taken on preparedness last evening by President William T. Foster of Eeod college, in his address at the Salem public library. Dr. FoBter takes the view held bv many educators that tho world's trou bles should bo subject to arbitration, and that tho nation with tho biggest army is pretty sure to be the first one to become engaged in war. ji. largo army is not necessarily a guarantee of pcaco, nor will a treaty Keep a country rrom oecoming engaged in wur, ciuuncu jir. roBter. 'lucre is only one way to avoid war. and that is tnrougu an international law or agree ment of nations. As to his opinion of Roosevelt, mid President Wilson, Mr. Foster believes that if Roosevelt had boon presidont, we would have been at war with sev eral Kuropean powers as well as Mexico, and for this reason, President Wilson was the man of tho hour for his efforts in favor of peaco and also in keeping mis country out or trouliie. He felt that this country should havo nothing to fear from tho Kuropean powers as they will havo been weakened and drained by tho present wnr. " Where thero aro no guns, there is no fighting," snid President Foster. The hivh cost of pnsolino seems to be worrying simo people these days more than the high cost of living. Report Spies Buying and Destroying Food To Starve Out Germans By Carl W. Ackerman. Berlin, Jan. 8. Reports that Bpies nro purchasing and destroying food in Germany, as Part of a plan to Rflirvn mo nation into submission, wero cir emoted hero today. In view of these stories, the mngistrato at Witincrsdorf, nm juubuhuuii over part of tlie .lis tribution of food in Berlin, restricted the purchasing power to a single mem ber of each family. Such purchaser must display his credentials at the storos. It was reported other mngls trntes would take similar action. BOSTON BRAVES BOLD DE ENDED TODAY Plot Discovered and Frus trated to Blow Up Republic SteelWorks OVER SIX THOUSAND MEN DRUNK AND UGLY Labor Organizer Advises Ac ceptance of Company's Wage OiFer HIGH SPOTS IN THE EAST YOUNOSTOWN, OHIO, STRIKE AND RIOT Unidentified steel workor, : aged S3, shot and killed. ' ; Thirty -seven wounded, thrco : of thorn fatally. Drunken, rioting mobs fired : the business district, leveling : 3U business houses. Thirty houses and 10 tene- : ments destroyed. Burned ami looted area cov- : cred stretch ono mile long, : three quarters of a mile wide. Damage estimated at Jtl.OOOV : 000. ' ' . Fifty 'strikers wrested. : Six thousand five hundred : men, largely Austrians, out in : mills of V'oungstown Sheet and 1 Tube company, Republic Steel J and Iron company; Youngs- 1 town Iron and Steel company, : and Brier Hill Steel company, : demanding 25 cents an hour : pay. , 1 May Eei (settled, s Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 8. 1 The strike of fl,500 Btcel work- , ers here may be settled before night through tho men's ac- eeptance of an offer of 22 cents per hour aagiust previous wage of 19c. The organizer of the MUST MAKE PUBLIC I Lodge Succeeds In Getting Resolution Through Upper House Today Washington, Jan. 8. The senate to day unanimously instructed Socretary of the Navy Daniols to make public Admiral rietcner's August lyia repo" which declared that a foreign fleet could land on American shores. Tho action came on a resolution by Senato ioflgo, or Massacnusctts. reauestin such publication. Daniels has opposed publication on tuo ground mat lie did not wish for eign nations to know its contents. The resolution was passed without debate. First BUI to Pass. Washington, Jan. 8. The first bill to pass the senate in this session was Senator Smoot s today, providinir commission to modify and codify min ing laws. Twenty-five thousand dol lars was appropriated for hearintrs in urn mining siuius ana AiasKa. Rivera and Harbors Bill. Washington, Jan. 8. With framing 01 me nvors and narbors bill started, the house committee in charge decided today that tiie appropriations sought thoreunder will call for about 40.000.- 000 for continuing present projects and $4,000,000 for . maintaining completed projects, UNITED Government Protests, wasningron, Jan. . TUis govern ment nas rormaiiy protestod British seizures of mail from steamers touch ing at Great Britain. The protest will oe made puouc within a few days. Much American mail has been held up rocently. Ono suggestion was that Great Britain has been Becking to get uuiius mm oiner uerman aocuments being forwarded to America after hav ing been seized in France and Belgium The seizures have caused loss ana dc lay to American business houses and have called forth considerable co plaint. BoBton, Mass., Jan. 8. Tho Boston National league team was sold today to 1'crcy Haughton. Harvard conch, and Arthur Wise, banker. Haughton will be president. It is understood that Wise represented now moneyed owners. Onffney retains control of the Braves' 1,000,000 park, however. The selling prico of the club was estimated at .r,00,000. Owner Gaffney sold beennso his con tracting firm requires his personal at tention and ho did not fnel (lint 1.,. could swing both propositions FEE E1S BILL PASSED. Washington, Jan. 8. Tho Fnrrl water power conservation bill passed the house late this afternoon on a viva voco vote. lounestown. Ohm. .Tnn s a nif to blow up tho li'cpublic Steel plant, in the wake of a night of rioting, was intstratel here today when disguised militiamen overheard 'the plotters and reported to their superiors. Tho firf 01 tne national guurdsmen wero immo diately detrained to euanl tlm Twenty high salaried tube company mm annum pay ranging Irom T,000 upward, stoked furnaces ti.lnv If the fires were permitted in n,,f the furnaces would be ruined. Ouiet prevailed during tho morning, following cessation of tho lust nf II... noting about 3 a. m. lliere will bo a strikn nf unnnn steel workers, in the Mahoning Valley wituin a week unless this trmitiin settled soon," John Granry, local or ganizer, snid lodav. The strike was called when tho con cerns, an " independents" refused to grant the workers' demands for 2.1 cms per Hour: t lev nffnrn.l promise plan of raising rntes from liKi penis to cents an hour. After this plot liinl I. cm, 1, ,!, Brigadier General Speaks disnutched wo of his comnniiics tn tlm Mirn,n. nun iu miles distant, ns strikers tlm.nr to destroy it. Destruction nf dm iiincturc, ,1) leet uiuh mid Hon font "ii(, wouni menu demolition of tlio own or mrutliers. v 1 .w uuu.i! were seni into tno business district, lest their presence incite the stiickeis to new rioting. Most of the lorces were maintained in tho tubo plant, thrco miles from the ruined dis trict. Citizens heard with joy this after noon reports that tlho n(triko might come to an end with acceptunco of company tenirs; but, tiiey feurcd if tno struggle is prolonged tho city will see a bloody clash with troops after nightfall. No Investigation. Washington, Jun. H. The depart ment of justice found nothing In tho Youngstown strike situation to warrant an Investigation, said Chief Bioluski of tho investigating bureau today. Stock Takes Slump, Cleveland. Ohio. Jan. 8. Ynnnrr.tnu,. Sheet mid Tube company stock dropped 10 a share on the exchange today. Tho price wus -50 bid, win no sulos. Wages Advanced. Knst Chicago, Ind.. Jim. 8. Tlm Hn. public Irorf and Steel compnny whose luuiigsrown pinni is on Btrikc, posted notice today of a voluntary wngo in crease, effective MondtiV. of two cents over the present 20 cent rnto. LAND BILL IS PASSED. Washington, Jan. 8. The l'ittmmnn bill for development of Nevada public' Innds passed the senato today. It pro poses giving any man prospecting rights for subterranean water on 2,500 acres. If his work proves a success, he would get a section with the wntcr riizhts. and the rest would be sold for the benefit 1 ' .I.- .-..I .;. .. . vi iiu- rci-iiiinuiiuu service. Jewish Relief Dav. Washington, Jan. 8. President Wil son toduy named January 27 aa Jewish relief day. Hd will proclaim;tho needs oi me jews us a result of the war. Suffrage Makes Frosress. Washington, Jan. 8. Tho senato suf frage committee favorably reported to day tno oiisnn a. Anthony federal suf frage amendment proposal. ' 1 WJrand Jury Returns Seven Indictments atPresent Session The Marion county grand jury re ported seven truo bills this afternoon in the cases that have been up for in vestigation. Four cases wero reported "not truo bills" and a number of so cret indictmonts were returned for per sons not yet in tho custody of officers or out under bonds. Hurry Walling was indicted on a chnrgo of non-support, William Porter was indicted on a chnrgo of lurccny from a building. Clarence Mason was indicted on a chnrgo of tho larceny of a horse but Sarah Mason, his wife, wns not indicted on any charge though she was arrested at tho timo her husband wns and is now out under $?fl bonds. iiureneo jMoletto wns indicted on a chnrgo of forgery, Clarence MoEIrath was also indicted on a charge of petit mrceny nuu juines Swobodn and Klla Swoboila wero indicted on a charge of nssauit. J. 1.. Minim was indicted on a Btntutory chnrge. Not true bills wero found in Hie cases of Hum Gee, charged with malicious de struction of property, M. K. Nicewood, charged with the larceny of a check; (hire Brook, charged with nssnult; and Sarah Mason, charged with larceny. STATES SETTLES WITH CENTRAL POWERS Submarine Controversies Are Brought To Close By Pledge of Germany to Respect In Full Regulations Insisted Upon By United States-Disavowal of Unlawful Acts of Commanders and Full Indemnity For Losses Is Guaran teed By Central Powers Washington, Jan. 8. Complete and final settlement of all submarine coitroversies with the central powers, in cluding the Persia and Lusitania cases seem near today, following overtures from Germany yesterday. Pessimism has been dissipated. From Austria and Germany, the government has formal binding pledges concerning future conduct of submarine warfare in accordance with international law. These were contained in Austria's Ancona note and ia Germany's submarine message yesterday. . Now the administration is concerned only over repar ation in the Persia and Lusitania cases. Germany's promised disavowal of the Persia incident if it should prove one of her submarines was responsible. is believed to be the fore-runner of , similar action on Austria's part. Having promised reparation in the Lusitania case, the only thing now necessary to a settlement is a disavowal. WHAT GERMANY PROMISES She pledges herself to obey international law witii regard to both passenger ships und merchant vessels. She will give time for those aboard to reach places of Bufo- She will grant indemnity and punish the commnud'sr if it proves a German submarine torpedoed the liner Persia. Sho agrees with America that safety for passengers is not afforded by small boats unless the sea is calm and land nenr. Henceforth she will seo they are not set adrift in rough weather in small boats. Sho promises reparation for the American Lusitunia victims. Further evidence of a settlement of controversies came today in the Ger man note of November 30 in the Wil liam P. Fryo sinking caso, made pub lie by Socretury Lansing. In thin was revealed a complete agreement witlt the American position, Germany pe cificly agreeing that passengers shall not be put to sea in small boats unless the sea is calm and land near. Thoro was no nutiiority today for tlm statement that the administration will not, Insist upau an unequivocal disa vowal of the Lusitania torpedoing. Germany's promise of reparation may bo considered sufficient, howover, tu meet American demands in tha rase. The failure of Austria and Germany to receive any report of tho Porsit. sinking led to the bolicf that the cause may never bo known. Consul Gaulin of Marseilles report ed that Rev. Homer Salisbury of tha District of Columbia, reported missing in tho Persia caso, was traveling un der a London permit. Millionaire Defendants Still On Anxious Seat New York, Jim. 8. Millionaire de fendants in the government's conspir acy chnrgo caso against New York, New Hnven nnd Hnrlford directors, whose time is enormously valuable, lost much time today pacing the corridors of the federal building today awaiting the verdict. William Rockefeller-) who is ill, was absent. Humors snid the jury stood 1 1 to 1 for acquittal. Dur ing tho forenoon, tho jurors asked for a transcript of certain testimony. REDFIELD GIVES WARNING, Washington, Jan. H. Though bo held America is now extremely prosperous, Secretary of (.'oininorce Kedfleld In a review published today held that the "vision mid energy" of tho nation will determine whether it shall rcmnin in tho foro rnnk after the end of the war has closed the unusual channels of prosperity now ope. "Tho war order", ho snid, "must be repluccd by the pence order." RESERVISTS ARE LOST Cettinjc, Montenegro, Jun. 8. Of ficial confirmation of reports that nt least 200 Montenegrins from America coming homo to enlist, perished when nu Italian steamer wns mined nenr Sciitnrl, was given hero today. They wero en route from hrlndlsl, Italy. Two hundred and twenty-fivo othen aboard wcro rescuod. I WILL SELL STOCK Attorney Job Harriman's Scheme Legalized by State of California Sacramento. Cal., Jan. 8.--Whllo per- mittinir Llano Del llio compnny, tho socialist colony oignnizution started by .lob llHrriman, to proceed with tho Bale of Its Khares under certain restrictions, Htuto Cornorution Commissioner tarn nhnii, In a pemit signed today, ciiIIb t ho attention of prospective subscribers to a report on tho project ty deputy II. W. ISowmnn, severely criticising tho present course of management. Tho report indicates that tho enter prise, established ns a self supporting, co-operntivo colony, in winch every stockholding member should have abso lutely equal rights, has developed into 1111 Autocracy ruled by Job llurrimnn; that the rit'lit of protest is practically denied to the colonists under peniilty of dismissnl and that tho penalty 1b particularly severe in view of tho fact that most of the colonists 1invc invest ed their all In the company 'b stock and have no way ot recovering their in vestment except by help of the com pany whoso displeasure they have in curred. Tho company, capitalized at 2,()00,- 000, was formed for the purpose or holding tho colony property, situation in the Mojnvo district on Dig Hock crook in Los Angeles county. About II.1O, men, women and cliiiarcu now 101 111 1110 community. "In the company's liternture." says tho report, "there is n studied effort to induco the belief that the influence of each stockholding colonist in tho control of tiie company's nffnirs is equal to that of any other. Tho fact Is that the colony is ulmoHt autocratically dominated anil controlled by one mun .lob Harrimnn. Ho hns not hesitated to use his Influence with the board of directors in the most harsh and drastic manner to enforce subjection to Ins control." Tho employment contract which culls for a wngo of iM per day is declared by Deputy Ilowuiun to be a misrepre sentation. "In practice," says How man, "tho nverngo daily wnge of the average stockholder maintaining him self and two others at tho colony is 1.40 or less." No criticism is made of tho diame ter of tho project but it Is held that the success of the colony depends up on a high degreo of intelligence, abil ity and industry and superior manage ment. "As tho company is now being; oporated," Bays tho report, "it's plaa is unfair, unjust ami inequitable to s, substantial proportion of its stock holders, and unless further colonists' are obtuined to pay off indebtedness and carry it along with cash payments tho project must fail entirely and a ma jority of too colonists who havo put everything they hpd Into the com pany's stock will be wholly pauperized and left destitute" In his permit, Commissioner Carna hnn cuts the commission to be allowed on sales of shares to 10 per cent of the amount actually paid In cash to tha company. Ho nUo provides that col onists may withdraw from tho project nnd tho company must assist tiiem to recover 00 per cent nf their cash or property investment through ro-sulo of their shares. Battle to Unseat Gary As Head of Steel Trust Now York, Jan. 8. A battle to un seat K. H. Gary as chairman of th stool corporation executive committee ia imminent, uccordiug to rumors in Wull Btroot todny. Henry C, Frick was re ported to be tho opposition candidate. ItcusotiH for tho Impending atrnggle wero assigned as Gary's championing of Colonel Roosevelt and his pessimistio recent warning against dangers of In flation after tho wnr Frick is reported to havo cnused Issuanco of the steel compnny 's increased wngo plnn Immedi ately after Gary Issued his warning. French war experts predict Orr- mnnr's dcront this year, but, an tnn psalmist says, "There Is no more any prophet; neither is there among ua any that knoweth how long." TIIE WEATHER rtif, J (Ml NOU' th .(MS VHU Off v.. Oregon: To night and Hun day rain or snow; southeast erly winds. r