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ft (c )Jc sjc sc )jc J sjs ijs sjc sjc ijc fc ifc Jfc FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS mrr1!? Annn FIATTV - THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR r,DTnp mVrt rrC-MTTG-0NTRA1NS AND NKWJi PRICE TWO CENTa stands ttvb obnt SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1916 P Ifift Till m mmuwi ISiS 1 ABOVE Zeppelin Destroyed Yesterday Makes q renty-Fifth Since ! War Began British Inflict Heavy s On Germans I 1 Latter Capture 800 Yards of. Tren s Turks Evacu i: ating Eastern Armenia British and Kussian Forces Will ' Soon Get Together -London, Feb. 22. The Paris official announcement of destruction of the 25th Zeppelin during the war, coupled with Rotterdam reports that the British had dealt severe losses to the Germans aroused the British public to a high pitch of enthusiasm today. The newspapers pointed out that in air battles and raids yesterday, 100 aeroplanes participated on all fronts and that the allies more than held their own. The Rotterdam dispatches told of British grenade at tacks on the west front, of bomb throwing from trench mortars and of occasional bayonet charges, all of which caused heavy Teuton losses. To meet the attack, it was said German troops were sent from Ghent to the British front around Ypres. Meantime, large numbers of German wounded, arriv ing at Ghent and Bruges, showed the bloody results of the English efforts. The offensive movement continues at several points from Steenstraete to south of Ypres. The Germans charged after making gas and artillery attacks for several hours. The first line trenches were destroyed at many points by the "Busy Berthas" and afterward the Teutons used nearly 8,000 men for succes sive attacks alone a front of less than a mile. Answering the German shrawnel. machine eun fire advancing men, and directed third line trenches. Strone artillery fighting: ed as possibly the beginning of another German offensive in that vicinity. The official statement revealed that the Germans had penetrated the French first line trenches east of Bra-bants-Sur Meuse, that two German attacks east of Sep pois had been repelled, and that a Zeppelin had raided Luneville last night, doing slight damage. Paris, Feb. 22. Seven German bat talions curried more than a half mile of first line French trenches and 'sec ond line trenches at many points of the'Bois Givenchv region, it was offici ally admitted today. tiv counter attacks, however, the French drove the invaders from prneti-. rally all sections of the lines. The (ier- mans lost henvilv. Germans Capture Trenches. Berlin, Feb. 22. The Germans cap fined 800 vnrils of French t re lichen audi .'i'.'li prisoners east of Souehez, the war office annouueed today. The fighting along the Aisne and Champngne fronts was described as growing more violent. "Northwest of Tahure," said the statement, "French grenade attacks failed." Bombard Biblical City. j Athens, Feb. 22. Three allied war Khips have bombarded the suburbs of; Kphesus, biblical city in Asia Minor. I Constantinople advices said four per- nuns were killed and several wounded,; i ; hh Elartia $ ; ! When th' nianufacturer'h o' some article git t'gether an' deride t' raise th' price of it, they give out a "pre diction" that we'll have t' pay more fer it. Vmi M think s,me fdlk' names wii. on th' program by th' way they try1 t' show oil' in a the-ater. j if Ml BATTLE moves, the French streamed and explosive shells upon the counter attacks from the around Verdun was regard but that the temple of Diana and other famous places were not damaged. Turks in Full Retreat. London, Feb. 22. As the Turks are retiring before the Russians along a 210 mile front British reinforcements are being sent up the Tigris to Kut-el-anr.ira to meet the menace of a possible Turki.di junction there with forces al ready on hand. If the weather permits, the new Br' tish troops will relieve (feneral Tow shed's garrifon at Kut-el-amnra am1 then engage in a new offensive toward Bagdad. The Turks are completely evacuating Armenia between Krzarum and Mush, while the Russians are approaching Bash Chifdik and Oghnat. Australia is Loyal. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 22. Austrulia stands ready to make even greater sac rifices than she already has made in the aid of Great Britain, declared Premier W. H. Hughes, of Australia, today, here en route to London to confer with the cabinet about the war. "Australia," he said, "will send ,100,000 more troops, equipped, trained and maintained by Austrulia; to the aid of Great Britain before the year ends. 1 am hopeful that the war will end this year, but however long it continues, Australia will aid with all her resour ces." Turks Lost 40,000. Petrograd, Feb. 22. Forty thousand Turks were killed, wounded or taken prisoners in the capture of Krzerum and subsequent nxration, said dis patches today. Other Turks arc being taken prisoners daily. Zeppelin Shot Down. Berlin, Feb. 22. That a Zeppelin was shot down last night near iicv eigny was officially admitted today. (The above apparently refers to the same airship which the Paris war of fice last night claimed had been destroyed. SENATOR WAXES WBATHY Chairman Stone of the senate military committee indulged himself today in st raight f rom-the-shoubler language, in refer ring to reports that he and President Wilson had consid ered warning Americans to keep off armed merchantmen. "It's a damned lie," he said, "and the man who said it is a damned liar." $ IK FATE OF COMPANY ENLISTED FROM KING'S ESTATE A MYSTERY; O V WILDLY CHARGED INTO GALLIPOLI FOREST, NEVER RETURNED Loinlon, Fob. 22. (Special.) A niys-jed tery hangs over the fate of the gallant ! meniDers or tnc r inn rsorrolK regiment, who duplieated the "charge of the Im mortal Mx Hundred" into a (iallipoli forest and have since been lost to sight and sound. All the eligible men of King George's Snndringham, estate enlist- 1812 HEADGEAR IN STYLE Amsterdam, Feb. 22. On ae eouat of the lack of military equipment, Herman soldiers at (Sinlerwick on tnc Dutch fron tier now we.ir headgear dating back to 181.'!, which was worn by the Prussians who fought against Napoleon. This head gear is not far out of styie as compared with the modern hel met. The Germans call them "Helmets of Victory." TO KEEPOFF ESPAGNE Warning Similar to That Sent Before Sailing of the Lusitania New York, Feb. 22. Shipping of """ I'lintrsscu louuy 10 ICOI 110 1111- easiness about warnings of peril for the French liner Espagne, received bv American passengers booked to sail on her for Bordeaux Friday, indeed, they claimed not to have seen any of me warnings. An investigation is known to bo under way, however, as to the source of n warning sent to Mrs. F. B. Hilton, one of those scheduled to sail. The Espange offices refused to ex press an opinion as to whether the warning came from a responsible source. Officials refused to believe that the warnings portend a repetition of the Lusitania case, though they recollected that like warnings had been sent be fore that vessel left port last spring. The present warnings called attention to the fact that Austria and Germany are about to put into effect a policy of submarine attacks against armed merchant ships. The warning letter to Mrs. Hilton said : "Madame: It is understood you in tend to sail within a few days upon the Espange for Bordeaux. You are doubtless aware of the intended sub marine policy coming into effect any day which will be carried out vigor ously and irrespective of the national ity of passengers. Therefore, assuming that you are nwure of the unusual and unnecessary danger to which you are subjecting yourself, you arc requested to accept this warning as a definite one, w hich you are requested not to I question, but to accept for the safety of yourself and family." The sailing of the Espange, slated for Thursday, was'postponcd today to Fri day, but officials declared this was not due to the warning. Villa With Army of 900 Lays Siege to Guerrero El Paao, Texas, Feb. 22. Guerrero, state of Chihuahua, is under siege by General Francisco Villa and 000 fol lowers. So hard pressed is the citv. that the commander of the Carrnnza ! garrison has appealer for assistance, Inlying that his forces are outnumbered, but that he w ill try to hold out until reinforcements arrive. I Villa has executed HO prisoners tak en near Cusihuiriachio in dispersing a Carr inzistn column under General CnMihos, sent to exterminate him. Through this victory, Villa repleni-hed bid More of ammunition. w ' . rr f T.H?A,"r 1 Fifth Norfolk regiwpnt. a a fooly in the regiment. The ' j,, personally knew iinictieally : every member of the company and j besidea had a hearty interest in thcii beis of the company. The photo adventures. The regiment was as- shows the "march out" of the corn signed to (iallipoli, and there all pnny before its departure for the trace of the men was lost. King Dardanelles. 11IZED GANG Or BLACKMAILERS IWN Warrants Issued In Seattle for Isabel Ciayberg and Lillian Peterson SEATTLE MILLIONAIRE LUMBERMAN IS VICTIM Lured Victims to Room Where Compromising Pictures Were Secured Seattle, Wash., Feb. 22. Warrants have been issued here today for the ar rest of Miss Lillian Peterson, of Bil lings, Montana, and Miss Isabel Clay berg, of Los Angeles, whose address is given as (i75 South Coronado street. They are charged with black mailing a millionaire Seattle lumberman. According to a statement alleged to have been made to Deputy Sheriff M. K. Hally and Prosecutor Alfred II. Lun ilin last night by a woman examined in connection with the affair, the two women named on the warrants are mem bers of a syndicate who have preyed upon a small army of wealthy and in fluential men on the Pacific 'roust for several years. Millionaires, multimillionaires anil mm of national as well as internation al affairs are said to be among the victims. According to the alleged statement of the woman, the two women nnmed in the warrants worked hand in hand here with a prominent firm of attorneys in luring the wealthy "dupes" to hand somely furnished bouses situated in var ious parts of the city, where by clever manipulation photographs were made of the victims in compromising situa tions. Pictures Made Them Pungle. Fabulous sums of money, frequently as much as $10,000 and $l."i,00O, It is declared, were obtained when the vic tims were confronted with the photo prnnhs and were sold the neentives. The list of victims reads like a "blue book " of Seatthj society. Actual photograph of some of the prominent men in financial and com mercial affairs heie, bankers, owners of downtown skyscrcpers and others are held in the sheriff's office as evidence against the several persons to be ar rested. The alleged gang has extended its operations all up and down the Pa cific, coast, it is charged. Warrants arc to be asked for by Sheriff Bob Hodge and Deputy Hally for the arrest of sev eral other women. Arrests of the high er ups ii the affair are expected to follow. The story of the plot and its unfold ing, of the quiet, cautious investiga tions by Peputy Sheriff Hally, rends like fiction. (ieorge Henley, a county jail prisoner, ns he was beiu booked for ulleged liurglnrly, eight weeks ago, muttered the remnrk. ' ' This is a f mine up on the part of certain members of the police department to get me. 1 know too much about tneni." PREYS ON R (i.ontinucd ou Pai Eight.) (leu ice has ordered cvcrv i.ossiblo inquiry to be mnilo tliroimh diplo- matic channels regarding the mem- :. WAR NEWS OF ONE YEAR AGO TODAY The American cotton steam er Kvelyn struck a mine off the German coast and sang. Ger mans made a second air raid on Knglisb coast towns. Petiogr.ul said the Teutons attempt to wipe out the Russians in Kast Prussia failed, but admitted continuance of the Russian re treat. !s X Tong War Stirs District Attor ney to Action Killing Must Be Stopped Portland, Ore., Feb. 22. A general cleanup of Chinatown probably will be ordered by District Attorney Evans to day as a result of the tong bnttlo yes terday when four Hop Sing highbinders chased Wong Ching, nn aged member of tho Bow Leong tong, down the street and emptied two revolvers into his body. Wong Ching, the aged Bow Leong tongman who was chased and shot yes terday afternoon by four alleged Hup Sing gunmen, died this morning. Four bullets had penetrated his stomach. Julian Alaliero, a Chinese-Filipino hy brid, is in the city jit i I suspected as one of the shooters. It was Alnbero who was identified in November, 1011, as the Hop Sing highbinder who entered the restaurant of Aim Wong, a prominent Suev Sing, nnd stabbed him in the back ns he snt eating his bowl of rice. For some mysterious reason Alnbero was released after his deed had stirred up the tong war, of which the present trou bles nre a part. Double patrols of police have been or- I dered to Chinatown by Chief Clark. Re- iiuns limn i ,m minute, i ne wanes, ncai tle and other cities, tell of suspicious arrivals and departures in Chinntown. The Bing Kong member who was badly cut nnd beaten nt La Grande last week is still in a serious condition. The Hop Sings, most powerful of the war tongn in the northwest, have been badly worsted in most of the clashes j thus far. Their opponents, tho Bing I Kongs, Bow Leongs and Suey Sings, jhave kept to their homes, coming into the open only tontrike viciously and fn j tally, then disappearing behind barred doors again. I Yesterday's blow was struck bv the Hop Sings and cnlls for the shedding of more Hop Sing blood at the hands of the allies. Their victim, however, wtis hardly worth thn c.hnse. Poor old Wong Ching couldn't run fast enough to give the litho Hop Sing gunmen a merry chase. The War in Seattle. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 22. Tontr wnr j in Seattle is hanging in the balance. I Detectives in the confidence of peace ( seeking Chinese, said this morning that j word may be sent out of Snn Francisco or Portland any minute that will result in wholesale bloodshed. The Bow Leong tong, said to be in a majority in Seattle nnd Portland, but grentlv out numbered in Sail Francisco by the Hop sings, nre said to be mndn up of the more wealthy and powerful Chinese in the United States. The Bow Leongs are said to have gained the upper hand in Seattle, nnd (Continued on Pago Eight.) WANT DECREE AGAINST ARMED German Public Solidly Behind Kaiser In Determination Ta Attack Armed Merchantmen-Americans Must Keep OIF Such Ships Or Take the Consequences-United States Stands Firm In Demanding Assurances That Ships Be Warned Before Attack By Carl W. Ackerman, United Press Staff Correspondent. Berlin, Feb. 22. With Germany's patience toward America vanishing, riot the slightest desire is manifest here to postpone operation of the Teutonic decree of war fare aeainst armed merchantmen because of United States protests. The popular feeling is that Americans musc surrer me consequences if they embark on armed ships, instead of seeking passage upon neutral, unarmed vessels. The patience. Germany displayed toward America during the Lusitania negotiations no longer exists, because the popular feeling is that America already has hindered 'so many of Germany's plans. For the past two days, the newspapers have not dis cussed the American attitude toward the Austro-German decree. It is known here, however, that German-American difficulties have not been solved and while some quar ters believe an adjustment will be reached, others are ex tremely pessimistic. The public is impatiently awaiting the proposed un dersea attacks against armed merchantmen, while the anti-English feeling, always evident, has become intensi fied as a result of the German-American dispute. This spirit has been shown in the favorable comments upon German air raids against the English., . , Officials who have read Secretary of State Lansing a statement to Ambassador Von Bernstorff are surprised, in view of unofficial reports, that America is willing to warn citizens to keep off armed ships. Germany is apparently united in its approval of sub marine attacks against armed ships, for all parties are urging that there be no compromise in the matter. Washington, Feb. 22. The adminis tration today practically decided to end the informal conferences between Sec retary of State Lansing and (iermnn Ambassador Von Bemstnrf f over diplo matic questions, and to disputch a form ..i ....t t (1,,1-nmnv emntiasi.ing tho need for unequivocal assurances about Teutonic sulunarine wariurc. The only thing that can intervene to frustrate this plan is the arrival of def inite assurances that the Teuton procla mation of warfare against armed mer chantmen will not become effective March 1 as ordered. .Moreover, Ger many must make such assurances square with the primuses given during mo Lusitania negotiations. i. :.. .,.,1 tlmt the ndministrn- tion hns concluded that the confidential discussions of the situation nave out lived their usefulness in view of the present apparent impasse and the per sonal bad feeling between tho secre tary and envov. Secretary of State Lansing and the president conferred today for half an hour at the White House on the Lusi tania situation, but Lansing, upon leav ing, refused to say what they had dis cussed. Friends arc putting pressure on tho president to have him convey to the country a clear idea of the stutirs of pending negotiations, exactly what is demanded by the Cnited States and how long the administration is going to pursue its "diplomatic chase" in the Lnsitnina situation, in rcspousii n . demand, the president is planning to throw a little additional light upon the negotiations. It wns deemed significant that tin Teuton envoy has absented himself from the state department and has kept silent, since Lansing vigorously indi cated his displeasure at the conduct of Von Bernstorff and the apparent Ger manic "propaganda" efforts. Authorities expressed concern over the receipt of nuonymmis warnings by American passengers booked to 'sail Thursday from New York on the French liner L'spngne. In this connection, they recalled that similar warnings were giv en passengers of the Lusitania before she sailed out of New York to her de struction by n (Iermnn torpedo. The president conferred Inst night with Chairmen Stone and Flood of the senate and house foreign committees, and is now prepared to co opernte with congress in every step of tho future ne gotiations with (iermany. Senator Stone is preparing to mako a speech in defense of the administra tion 'a course toward the decree and it is expected he will outline the principles followed by the government in its ro f until to accept tho proclamation as valid. It is understood the state depart ment gave Stone information concern ing its attempts to secure a promise from the allies that they would disarm merchantmen. Stone is expected to show IPS ENFORCED that Austria and fic.nr.ny prccipitate.l a gravo issue a blunder according to tho dopartujnt view by proclnimnig; the new warfuro instead of waiting t learn what tho allies would do toward the American request for disarmament. In tho Kspagno case, tho government hns no evidence that the warning to passengers originated from official Ger man sources, nor is it informed that tho Kspngne falls within the armed merchantman class. What the foreign offico will do aft erward the embassy docs not know. "We have heard frequently that Americans were warned not to suil on a belligerent ship. Often these are sent out by cranks, but we can't afford to tnko chances," snid an embassy of-, fieinl. Tho German embassy's ciew was th-t tho warning was the work of a crank. An official f.aid that as tho Kspngne is on unarmed ship, (Iermany is not con cerned about her. It is either a case of keeping Amer ican cit.ir.eim off armed ships or sever ing diplomatic, relations, which would lend to war," said a prominent demo cratic, congressman in discussing the situation today. "I favor kcepiug citi zens off the ships." He believed that n resolution calling for a warning would bo introduced itt tho house and senate. Increase Regular Array to 150,000, and Raise Militia Strength to 450,000 Washington, Feb. 22. America will hava available at tho end of five year moro than ,OUI),0()0 trnued soldiers it plans of house leaders materialize. These plans, on which tho military com mittee is now working to frame its bill, call for the following: increase of tho regular army to JjU,- 000 men. Jncreusn of tho militia, under a plan of federalization, to 425,1)00. Provision for i reserve of -73,000 reg ulars ami 100,000 militiamen through, annual retirement. Whether I'res'dent Wilson will ac cept tho houso plan for federalizing tho militia is uncertain. As it now stands, this plan would provide tor merely nom inal stuto control, for drafting tho mil itia iu c 110 of war, .ind would bar th militiamen from federal pay unless titers were uniform federalized, trail