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N FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . V fj I s -i- mnnf rf l mTAT in OVER 4000 DAILY 'Ay? THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 PUIPT TVVn r'Ti'MTC! 0N TRAILS AND NEW AVlUJCi X V J Vjllill lo STANDS FTVF 0KNT9 ( RUMANIA PREPARING TO HIKE li WAR Turk and Bulgar Forces Are Order to Meet Threatened Berlin Reports State That Overcrowding and Severity of Winter Weather Is Stamping Great White Plague Upon Russian Prison CampsAmerican Nurses Fear Plague Will Sweep Empire London, Feb. 7. While Rumania continues her appar ent preparations to plunge into the war struggle, Bulgar and Turk forces are moving on the Rumanian border to meet the concentration move there, said Milan messages today. From another source, it was reported that the central powers had demanded a partial Rumanian demobilization, along with a pledge of benevolent neutrality toward the Teutons. This, it was said, was ignored. Newspapers here dealt at length with the situation today, and corroborated exclusive United Press dis patches Saturday showing Rumanian activities that lead to the belief that Rumania intends soon to link herself with the allies. From the Milan correspondent of the Chronicle came a report that the central powers have pro tested against the sale by Rumania of 80,000 carloads of grain to the allies. Rumania, it was stated, replied that this move was necessary to safeguard her economic in terests. From this statement, it is believed Rumania is convinced that the. allies might be in a position to deal harshly with her if she did not meet their desires. Yet another report of the situation said that Austria had protested against the nomination of two Rumanian parliament candidates pledged to acquisition of Transyl vania. Sudden Rumanian concentration within fifty yards of the Austrian lines was reported by the Chronicle's Mar monitz correspondent. Berlin, Feb. 7. Overcrowding, coup led with the severity of the Russian winter, is stamping the great white plague upon the prison camps of Rus sia. Miss Louise AYarneckp, of Hartford. Conn., and Miss T.ouise Koshert, of Wheeling, W. Va., Red Cross nurses re turning to America after several weeks among the ISlav camps, reported to Am bassador (lerard that this plague will sntVp the .Muscovite empire, unless measures are taken to stop the spread of tuberculosis in the camps, Russia has refused permission for rontiniinnce of tho Red Cross relief . i rapidly this afternoon, rivermen pre- , . ! dii'ted that no great damage will re- flmrlrpcf Jnaur tin Rornrrl'suit. i Miviivvi lliuil VII IIVWVIH Has Made Torrents of Many Oregon Streams i,.,-fi,.tt.i r,- Vivi, " r.nn..nA i , . V ",i llli v a game of see saw no di,.!: astrou, floods were anticipated as a Abo Martin GOrEfr. Among th' other things a feller gits t' bWievin' after he rounded utty i? that ever' girl he remembers rturin his young manhood witr. an ole sweetheart o' his'n. I.afe Bud has a gns mask t' wear in crowded in terurban cars. pfy rontier In Enemy- work, so the entire unit of workers is returning to the L'nited States. Durazzo Threatened. Rome, Feb. 7. The Albanian port of Dnrazzo is threatened by early Austrian occupation. Austrian cavalry has reached the Ar sseni river four miles away, according to dispatches today, and this group is awaiting the arrival of the main body of Austrians who crossed the Ishmi Sun day after defeating the Serbs. The lat ter arc retiring southward to escape envelopment by the Bulgarians at El bnssan. result of the quick thaw which follow ed the unusually heavy snowstorms of the past month. Although the upper Willamette was ! on a ramp.ige, had passed the flood I stage at nany points, and was rising The thaw melted snow chiefly in the valleys. The channel of the Willam ette river can easily carry away all this water, because the Columbia river is low and a swift current is running. fly the time floods strike the Colum bia, the Willamette torrent will have stiumt'H, n was preiucieii. Water will cover the lower docks in Moving Towai Attack From I Mrs: m.M. after-1 if. , TVi",, a .Tt'nV,mon'n. ttt? ""I01"1 that she had pre- ....,. UL i feet by Thursday was predicted by the I weather bureau. Itiver bottom farms i throughout tne entire vnlley will be flooded, but they meet this fate every yea r. Three warnings were issued by the local weather bureau today. They wre against high water along the' river front, avalanches in the mountains and a storm off the Oregon coast which may endanger small craft, i, , , . i Schools were opened in Portland to-! day for the first time since last Tries day when the snow and sleet storm forced them to close. The quickest thaw on record strik ing one of the heaviest snows on record was expected to bring unprecedented floods. From the headwaters to the mouth of the Willamette x rapid thaw and rising waters were reported. At Hoscburg the I mpqua was said to be on a rampago. At Canyonville the mountain streams were running back full. Outside of the Willamette vnllev the fiaw was uot so ranid. Great 'tm. nge to fruit trees was feared at Hood Kiver. where sleet fell heavilv durine i the night on top of 36 inches 'of snow, Hirli Water At Eugene. Kueene, Or., Feb. 7. The Willam ette river spreads out for neailv a mile opposite Kugene today. With" a total precipitation of 2.5 inches in 30 hours the river is seven feet jbove flood stage u.iay nnri still rising. The high et point of the flood is expected this afternoon. The ram has ceased. Some) '""'"f "Turieq io larms along the river bottoms, but farmers were, prepared for floods and the suffering is comparatively slight. I YANKEE TOILERS v V 1 I MRS WALDORF ASTOR- at. , son wjaiAM New York, Feb. 7 Tlie contributions of American workers to British war funds have bought a baronial title for William Waldorf Astor, expatriated American. Astor is the son of John Jacob Astor, the first. He has a arm, Waldorf As tor, and a grandson, William, aged 7, who would rather be called "Hill." The latter 's mother was formerly Miss .Nellie Langliorne, one of a family of i girls whose beauty was made famousj by the pencil of Charles Dana Gibson. CHISEL FOUND AT I Dark Stains Will Be Analyzed i by Chemist For Traces of Blood A heavy, dark stained chisel w'.iich was found in one of the upstairs rooms of the J. R. Hinklo residence is in the tossession of the police today and is the only new development in the mur der mystery that has apparently baf fled the local officers. The chisel is one of the kind used by wood workers and is about IS inches long with the wooden handle and is one and one fourth inches wide. The blade is stain ed with rust anil some of the darker stains ire red as coagulated blood. These stains could easily be rust and the chisel may be discarded-as a clue after an examination by a chemist. AH other chics that have been of fered md the various theories that have been advanced have been run to eartn and found to lead to no defin ite conclusion except that the deed was1 buildings and munitions factories committed by someone who was famil-j s'ce the wlice found plans of the par iar with the premises and who was' liament buildings and several harbors evidently recognized by the murdered woman. , narea tor ncr itinera . H ie hm ni-An I pinned a note fo tlc Rarinent giving full directions for tiie funeral with the have been received by oi'.fcers of the request that the shroud bo used for herIM)l'''t.v tlie newspaprs. During the at her death. It happens that she had ! niasriueralp, the dancers were guarded just recently finished the making of the garment. She had been sufh-.inir from a slight illness for some time and had been under tho doctor's care re peatedly according to intimate friends of the family. - . it. ucniiu aim iiaiur- ally frail discounts the theory th it she lliat she was in ill health and natur- fought for her life with her assailant There were no marks on her hands or arms to indicate titat she even threw up her arms to ward off the plows ami it is probable that she wis felled by the first blow and the others rained on her head after sho was Iving on tho floor. At the coroner's inquest which was held Saturday afternoon no new fea tures came to light and the story as sold by the witnesses was substantial ly the same as outlined in the news stories. The members of the family and close neighbors testified as to events which tok Placo ft" the mur der was discovered but any clues that might lead the police to the guiltv parties were missing. The husband of the murdered wo man, J. R. Hiuklc, said he left, the house about 7 o'clock in the evening and went over to the home of his son in-law for a few minutes before going down town. lie returned about fl o'clock and found his totise dark and the front door locked, lie then went to the rear door which he also found 1Mked. Thinking that his wife had (Continued on Pa Tore.) BUY TITLE FOR EXPATRIATED LANDLORD VW.K - .' Will ' While son Bill is in line of succession for a baron's coronet, he makes no se cret of the fuct that ho would prefer to be a ball player like Ty Cobb. Astor is immensely wealthy through the ownership of ancertral land in New York city. He left his native land in lrt'.H), vowing never to return, but the growth of population in New York has much more than doubled the value of his holdings, while he was three thousand miles away hobnobbing with nobility. RUMOR OF NEW PLOTS CA USES CANADIAN OF FICIALS TAKE ACTION Ottawa, Out., Feb. 7 Sensational re ports of new plots against Canada were in circulation today as parliament prepared to assemble to discuss fires that de-itroyed the parliament build ings and two plants last week. Lending strength to the belief that spies .ire operating in Canada came word today that a supposed plotter had been fired on as he rowed toward the international bridge connecting tho United (States and Bridgeburg, Ontario. This, taken with other recent suspicious incidents, added to the spirit of appre hension here. Tim Ninth Overseas battalion of 1150 men arrived today at the Welland canal to reinforce two regiments al ready guarding the canal and munition plants there. This added precaution was taken as a result of rumors of a plot to destroy tho canal At the same time, tho military replaced civilian guards at tlie plants, sentries were, placed at public buildings and a con-J tinuons guard will be maintained for, the canal and bridges. The existence of plots to wreck pub- the trunk of a German named Sciiweiber, who wrote from tho socic-! ty 's annual masquerade ball Haturday "JK" an.i to uynaimte tde nan .lose. .Mcrcury-neraid unless it nnntci tne threat. A dozen threatening letters l,J policemen in plain clothes, who held up all persons carrying bundles or suitcases. The police, however, would not con firm the story concerning the maps, and ti.e manager of the hotel where the trunk was left, denied the cliim, saying that only a few letters in Ger man and some clothes were contained. Despite all of these suspicious oc currences, it was expected that Pre mier ISorden would express the convic tion that the parliament fire was ac cidental. Bridge Are Guarded. New York, Feb. 7. Ifaliee authori ties declined today to iveal specific reasons why they bad been asked to place guards at the Brooklyn and the Manhattan bridges -as the cruiser Washington steamed in from Jliiti yes terday. The only suggestion was that this was to guard (gainst possible bombs being thrown from the two structures as sho passed beneath, but they would not sav whether they had actual knowledge that such an attempt was planned. Suspicious Action! Bridgeport, Ont.. Feb. 7. Another development in the alleged anti-ally plotting against bridges, munition plants and public buiklinga in Canada was seen today when J. man in a row bout was reported to have approached a pier of the international bridge spanning the Niagarft river between I'.ridgcburg and ltulf.'ilo. i BAROfJ ASTOR New York 's annual tribute in ground rent to tho new made baron is estimat ed at three million and nearly a mil lion" of this goes to the British gov ernment in special war tax on income. His loyalty to the .country of his adop tion in its present crisis won for Astor what years of watchful waiting had failed to bring, nud that was a se.it in the House of Lords. American dollars also purchased for him the estate of Cliveden, Prom the Duke of Westminister, for $ii,000,000. Thus he becomes the first American landed aristocrat to wear a title. He had to leivo America for tho title, but tho income that supnorts it is still sent willingly ahroail by the thousnnds of Americans who toil mid hustle on tho ancestral Astor lands in New York city. The man in the boat pulled to the American Bide aud escaped after the guards had fired on li i in. As a precau tion, the number of guards has been increased. Governor Johnson Is Still Progressive Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 7. At his of fice today liovernor Johnson issued a written statement that is quite signifi cant politically. "I do not abate one jot my progress ivism," he wrote, "nor shall I. "At Chicago in June when tho re publicans and progressives assemble for their national conventions, if they can meet upon a common ground and select a candidate in svmpathy with progressive principles, 1 assume they will unite and go forward together. $ A case of smallpox was dis covered at the peintentinry yes terday morning and about" 40 prisoners who had been ex posed to the malady were im mediately vaccinated and tho case was isolated in the prison hospital. Tho disease was brought to the prison by I.afe Wilson, a pnrolcd prisoner who was returned from Albany about two weeks ago after he had been exposed on tho outside. Prison officials stated today that there was uo cause for alarm as the ease was taken care of at once and that it did -not originate from the inside and that it wns believed that an epidemic would be averted by the prompt action. Visitors who come to the prison are in formed of the conditions and if they care to take the risk are still shown about the prison mid The prison is not under strict quarantine. t THE WEATHER Oregon: Tonight aud Tuesday rain ami colder to night; and strong winds from the south in interior, moderate south westerly gales all nlnng the coast; dangerous avalan ches in the moun tains probable the next 24 hours. THIS IS AMERICAN DEMANDS E NOT BEEN CHANGED Secretary of State Lansing Makes Denial of Report IssceJ by Secretary Zimmerman at Berlin Position of This Government Same As First Taken He DeclaresPresi dent and Secretary Will Confer As To Advisability cf Making Concessions In Order to Meet German View cf Lusitania Incident Washington, Feb. 7. The statement attributed to Under Secretary Zimmerman at Berlin, that America had increased its demands in the Lusitania case, was called false by Secretary of State Lansing today. "The government has not increased its demands as set forth in the notes of May 13, June 9 and July 21," Lansing said. "I doubt very much if Zimmerman ever made such a statement as he must know it is utterly false." The secretary had prepared a statement saying, "this government has not increased or reduced its demands." Before continuing, he explained that he wished to with draw the "or reduced'' portion as irrelevant. His statements were appropos of a news agency quota tion of Zimmerman as saying Friday: "I do not under stand America's course. We thought the submarine is sue was settled and the Lusitania question on the way to an arrangement we had agreed to pay an indemnity and all that when the United States suddenly made its new demands which it is impossible for us to accept. "You must not push your demands too far. You must not attempt to humiliate Germany." The secretary's announcement gave the Lusitania con troversy a sensational turn. Many held that the flat declaration that this government has not reduced its de mands bodes ill for German hopes that the administra tion might meet compromise offers half way. Washington, Feb. 7. Whether tho United States government shall make a compromise to . meet tho German compromise in the Lusituniu situation wis slated for decision at a White House conference today between Presi dent Wilson and Hccrctnry of State Lansing. . German representatives intimated today that tho Hcrlin foreign office has made several concessions and this apparently constitutes an important Uu-tor in tho case. iSecrctary Lansing, however, has tie ulared that tho "American situation remains unchanged" from that taken in the note demanding Germany disa vow tiie Lusitania torpedoing ami to characterize it as illegal. Moreover, the Whito House has said the same thing insistently. In view of the seeming deadlock in negotiations, officials are impressed with tho gravity of tho situation, de spite Lansing's stntement Saturday to tho United Press "there can be no deadlock as long as informal negotia tions continue." It is known that the president has gono over the moinorandiim liernstorff presented last week. He talked briefly over the phono with Lansing prvious to the scheduled conference, and it is understood ho expected Lansing to have tho whole matter in shape for de cisive action following the conference. The only White House expression ob tainable before tho conference was: "There will be no quibbling over PORTLAND LAWYER Joseph N. Teal Will Refute Certain Charges of Mis conduct at Hearing Washington, Feb. 7. Joseph Teal, Portland attorney, indicated today he oxpects to refuto charges of miscon duct slated to bo made against Louis D. Itrandeis, President Wilson's choice for the supremo court bench, when sen ate committee hearings opeif'Wcdnes day. i Particularly Teal will attempt to dis credit the reported claim of Clifford Thorne, Iowa railroad commissioner, th it Itrandeis "threw the western rnilway rate rase to the railways" at President Wilson's insistence. According, to the story Thome's friends tell, Thorne intends to claim llrnndeis threw the case, believing the president would suffer politically if the railroads were not given tho increase, particularly at a time when prosperity was not at full tide. "Iliandeis' letter of employment from tho interstate commerce commis sion shows that they retained him as an expert, and not to advocate either side," said Teal today. "There is no more reason for criticising hi action than there would be to criticise an at words and there has been none." It is known that the White Houso is impatient at German activities in re porting that differences between tho two nations is only a matter of phras ing, but it is not determined whether there will be a rebuke at such a course. "Certain Germans have been very diligent," was the phrnso one official used in discussing these German activ ities. Tho German embassy said it had no knowledge about tho alleged Zimmer man interview. "We do not know whether he said tt or why, if ho did," an official said. "Maybe he gave it out just as some 'crisis' rumors aro put out here." Germans say that tentative propos als for closing up the Lusitaniu case embody so complete a concession on Germany's part that a compromise by America will not be necessary. They said that in effect, the latest German memorandum contains a paraphrase of President Wilson's declaration in his last note,- that however, justifiable the sinking might have been as a reprisal step, it was not justifiable when it en dangered tho rights of neutrals. More over, Germans said that the paraphrase offers a complete agreement with the American viewpoint. During tho forenoon, Chairman Stone after talking with President Wil son said: "The Lusitania case seems settled according to the newspapers." Ho did not, however, Indicate his own opinion. torney whom you had engaged to ex amine a title and who informed you of facts that would both prove and dis prove your contention." Teal was engaged to watch the case for coast shippers. In this capacity, ha was allied with Thorne. (juite an array of witnesses had been mustered against Itrandeis. One of the charges will lie that he "played both, sides" in a Boston case. Again, ha will be accused of drawing legal docn meats for the United Shoe Machinery company ami then taking x casa ngainst the company for a St. Louis firm. The party lineup is Vi democrats and 40 republicans. Fight or nine of tha republicans, at least, will be for tha confirmation of tho "people's lawyer" as Itrandeis is known. Starting really with 31 or 32 votes, the republicans must align 10 or 17 democrats to maka a tie. To win, Itrandeis must have a clear majority 49, and Vice-President )t irsh ull has no vote. . , . .. . -Thome is expected to state to tha hearing that Itrandeis' statement timt the railroads needed monoy was made it Wilson's request. According to Thorne, Itrandeis believed the futura of Wilson's political career was men-, aced by lack of railroad prosperity. . . BEAT MUTES SIVO fit. Louis, Mo., Teb. 7. In the sign language,. oue hundred def mutes "snug" "Nearer My God to Thee" at the funeral of an instructor.