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FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ft V'? THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916" ON TRAINS AND NEW 8TAND9 FTVB OENTW PRICE TWO CENTS J3EVV SECRETARY It 1 BE o Private Si tary to Postmaster Gene Wilson Under Cleveland rr MAYOR OF CLEVELAND FOR TERM OF FOUR YEARS Is Studious, Small and Spec tacled and Noted for Hav ing No Close Friends WHAT MBS. BAKER SAID Cleveland, Ohio.. Mar. C Mrs. Newton 1). Hiker, wife of the new secretary of war-elect, was prosecuting a number of al leged had egg dealers as leader of the Housewives League when she heard the news. She said: "I seems to he fate that .Mr. T)nl;er, who belongs to .tltuost every peace society in the world should he named, lint I feel he owes this duty to his coun try, which is demanding every service that can he given. I am a pacificist, hut not a 'peace at any pricer. ' " Washington, Mar (i. Newton D. Bak er, former mayor of Cleveland, is Presi de. it Wibon's choice for secretary of r, the White House admitted today. He twice declined the portfolio of sec retary of the interior when President Wilson formed his cabinet. Newton Diehl Baker retired as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, on January 1, after four years service in that office. His first experience in public life was in Washington as private secretary to Postmaster General M illiam L. Wilson, in (Irover Cleveland's second adminis tration. Wilson came from Baker's state, West Virginia. After the elec tion of McKinley to the presidency, Baker moved to Cleveland and became junior law partner to a close friend of Tom I.. Johnson, afterward the fa mous "people's mayor," of Cleveland. Johnson was attracted by the your man, and when, in 1901,' Johnson be came mayor he had Baker named as as sistant city solicitor. Shortly afterward Maker became city solicitor, and served in that office until Johnson was de feated in 10(19. In 1011 Baker himself was elected mayor of Cleveland, and was re elected in 1013. He was not a candidate in 3!'15 when his party went out of mu nicipal office in Cleveland. Baker is studious, small, spectacled man. He is noted in his home city as having no intimate friends, preferring to bury himself in his study when not engaged on public business.' His friendship for President Wilson dated from Baker's fight In the nation al democratic convention at Baltimore, when he made the fight against the unit rule that practically insured Wil son's nomination. Baker led the mii orltv of the Ohio delegation that favor ed Wilson. Baker was born in Mnrtiushurg. W. Va., December 3. 1S71. and was grad uated from Johns Hopkins and Wash ington and I.ee universities. (Continued on rage Five.) ! Aba Hartia $ - Mrs. Tilford Mots has sent a cnr.l t' her niece in Flor'nly savin'. "You hain't got not bin' on us. We're eatin' or-uiges an' snon balls both. Wis!; you yiu here." IF 11 EWIUN BAKER 3i lifcyy Ml I Hp Wmjm WEDDERBURN IN DANGER Mtmihfield, Or., Mar. G Wed derburn, a little town at the mouth of the Kogue river, may slide into the river if rains do not cease today. The slide already lus begun and citizens have fled to houses on the hills. Kleven inches of rain have fallen in less than a week. The river is rising. The general store, hotel, warehouses and cheese factory are said to be in immediate dinger. Saskatchewan Scandal To Be Probed To Bottom Reginn, Sask., March (1. When the house met today, Acting Premier Cald er, replying to the Bradshaw charges of Fridav involving cabinet ministers, stateif everything would be referred to a royal commission and the fullest investigation invited. All of the gov ernment 's 'facilities would be placed at the disposal of the judiciary, he de clared. For the ministry he entered complete denial of w rong doing. The chief sub ject discussed in " parliament building circles today is the sudden death of John F. Lindsay. He was under arrest charged with stealing li.OUII from the road fund. It is now feared that un less John Brown, the absconding clerk, is brought back, the utmost difficulty may lie experienced in uncovering the alleged gigantic road work fraud. Idaho Democrats Split On National Committeeman Boise, Idaho, March 0. With an open split between factions of the party threatened as a result of the fight for national committeeman between Robert II. F.lber. present committeeman, and Jerome J. Day, of Moscow, tho demo cratic state central committee met it day to name the time and place for holding the convention to name dele gates to the St. Louis convention. The Day faction is insisting on a preferen tial primary. If this is denied it is understood a separate convention will be held and contesting delegations sent to St. Louis. Nevada Banker Wants To Go to the Senate Reno, Nov., March fi. A. H. Howe, secretary of tho Ooldfiebl Consolidated Mines company and vice president and general manager of the John S. Cook company bank of Goldfield, today an nounced his candidacy for the repub lican nomination for United States senator to succeed Senator Key Pitt man. Howe was formerly private secretary to United States jjjenator Thomas H. Piatt, of Xew York. FRANCIS IS CONFIRMED Washington, March 6. The senate this afternoon confirmed President Wilson's appointment of David R. Fran cis to succeed George T. Marye as am bassador to Rirssia. 445 PASSENGERS DROWNED London, March C. Reports from Santos, Brazil, to Lloyds today declared 44"i or more pas- sengers and crew of the Span- ish steamer Principe de Astorias were missing and believed lost in tho wreck of the vessel on a reef, off the South American coast. She was en route to Bue- nos Aires from Barcelonia, Spain. RAIDER MOEWE SAFE, DODGES BLOCKADERS RE A CHING Berlin, Mar. fi. Within a few weeks i liie German commerce raider Moewel will again defy the British navy to put ' to sea from illielmshavcn to renew its attacks on trailing vessels accord ing to statements to-lay. It is to carry the same crew that; manned it on i's last expedition which resulted in the reported capture or sink-j ing of fifteen allied merchantmen, in-1 eluding the Appani, the seizure of 10 prisoners and 1,(0,000 marks in gold, liars, which she carried into Wilhelm-i shaven with her, successfully eluding the British block iders. Before starting out again, the Moewej is to he placed in drydock, S'-raped and i overhauled. She is iu remarkably good shale, though bearing the marks of heavy storms, and shell cur showing that in my of her nrine l victims wentj dow ii t'i-litini.'. I T-.e Moewe's triumphant return over shadowed the Verdun fighting iu Ger many's newspapers. The lierlin Lokal Aiieier said: "The Moewe's hravej daring has inscribed her name on every Gorman heart,'' while the Vusischc Zeitung asserted the exploits had prov-: o-i to (Ireut Britiiu that Germany is still iiiiconijiierable on the sea. The Moewe's exploits, it is believed, will go down in history ns among t.io ; E Germans Claim to Have Cap tured 100 Square Miles of Territory WRECK FRENCH FORTS BUT FAIL TO PIERCE LINES Fifteen Days of Battle Finds Combatants Still Locked In Death Grip London, Mar. fi. Official announce ments from both Paris and Berlin today indicated th.it, following the repulse of the Germans on the Douaumont plateau where they concentrated their attacks cn the French center, Teuton troops withdrew and did not attempt any fresh assaults last night. It is believed that no more advances Will be launched in that region until plenty of heavy ar tillery is available to support tho in fantry. Elsewhere around Verdun infantry fighting almost ceased during the night. On the east bank of the Meuse, north or' Yeidi'n, Berlin said there were min or cper.itions, which resulted in the cap ture of 14 French officers and 0114 men. Paris did not mention this, dismissing all infantry engagements with the state ment that they were "unimportant." There was, however, severe artillery battling on the left bank of the Meuse, west of Douaumont and on the Woevrc lain. In the Cheppy woods ind along the Avocourt-Malancourt road German ros't.i""" were swept with heavy ar- ti'lci'.. nil niuht. thollirh nn at tempt wu. jnade to seize those works wim h sunereil from tne continuous ex plosions. , London, March fi Pounded night and day by a rain of heavy caliber German shells, Forts DeVaux, De Tavn ies a Moulainville, defending Verdon, have been almost completely destroyed, ac cording to Amsterdam dispatches to day. Another report said 10,000 Germans lirve been heavily repulsed, with con s'dciable slaughter, while attempting to thaw pontoon rricges across the Mouse in the vicinity of Samogneux. Latest Berlin official disp'.tchcs did not confirm the report tint fc'ort Diep pe, two miles northeast of DeT,ivnnn"s had been stormed and captu'ed by the Teutons, after artillery n pn:alion had laid it in ruins. On this, the fifteenth day if the g.vr-t battic, the Germans iiw renter. i g fin-' terrific attack on the I reach c r tv, on the plateau of Pounuino'i;. There lave been sanguinary clashes in the Fvosncs woods which nr.i littered with" du'.d and mangled. The mair. struggle, r.rwever, is raging on a tvo mile troni f. orn tlaudremont woods to Dououmoiit id .'iincing under a curtain or' shrap::el anii high explosive shcii fire, the F.cnch are reporting !aunc!-.r;g repent ci counter attacks in a desperate effort to recapture the important keyst-iic position of Douaumont. At Least 60,Ci;o Dead. Combined losses of the tw-j armies, recording to tho latest estimnies total r."rc than 200.0OP. The dei'i will, it is be!i'(d, number over i'l.OoO. I i run declares that in their Yerd a ! (Continued on Paae ThreO HOMEPOR T greatest of the world war. In command of Captain Burgrave Count von Dohna Sc-hohlien, the little vessel, with its picked crew, slipped out of Wilhelm shaven, dodged the British cruisers an-l early in .laniury created n reign of ter ror on tho sea. The Moewe's identity was first learned by the world when our of her victims, the Appani, with a prize crew ill charge, entered Newport News. Other prizes were sent to neutral poits. and a number were destroyed. The crew has been decorated with iron crosses. London Doubts SIotj, London, March li. Several London newspapers expressed doubt today that the German raider Moewe had eluded the British blockading 'fleet and return ed safely to Wilhelinshnven, as an nounced by Berlin They believed tin snry was circulated to throw pursuing British warships off the trail. The Times war expert, however, ac cepted the Berlin statement as true, lie wrote: "The possibility uf nn pntrrprising captain breaking the blockade inward ns well as outward has frequently been demonstrated. The Moewe's cnplaln cer tainly executed a desperate adventure of skill and courage." COMBINED E EE PLACED AT 200.000 3jC jjc 5C (t 3(c 5( 3C 3jC 3fC 5c BAKER ACCEPTS PLACE Cleveland, Ohio, March 6. Newton D. Baker, former may- or of Cleveland, announced to- day that he had accepted Presi- dent Wilson's offer of the sec- retary of war's jortfolio. " Sail Over Several Counties Killing Three Men, Four Women, Five Children London, ' March (i. Zeppelin raiders killed 12 persons and injured 33 in an attack on the northeast const of Eng land last night, it was officially an nounced today. Two raiders dropped bomb in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Hut land, Huntington, Cambridge, Norfolk, Essex and Kent. The dead are three men, four women and five children. Although tho original admiralty statement declared two Zeppelins par ticipated, it is now believed three took part in the attack. Forty bombs were dropped, wrecking nouses on two terraces and damaging several shops. The counties of Yorkshire. Lincoln shire, iS'orfolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, r.ssex, tvent and Kntland, raided by Zeppelins, extend along the east coast of England from the southermost part of the island almost to tho Scottish border. They are thickly populated and fringed with seaside resorts. The raid's extent is perhaps the greatest in the war's history. It was the twenty-first and Drought the total of killed by German air bomlrs up to 242, while 4D2 have been injured. Sev eral largo munition manufacturing towns arc within the affected area. The counties of Essex and Kent adjoin Lon don. "Soaring high over the towns and cities in their path, the Zeppelins showered high explosive a id 'M endiir.v bombs on the homes of workingmen, according to the admiralty account. One entire block crumpled in a whirl of fire and smoke as the missies descended. In the ruins of a wrecked dwelling an aged woninn, bedridden seven years, was found uninjured. She did not re ceive a scratch. After crossing inl.ind from the east coast, the air fleet moved eastward. It was ovserved to change its course re peatedly, finally soaring in a huge circie nign overhead, evidently uncer tain of its position. Finally one of the Zeppelins detached itself from the squadron and hovered motionless over a village, dumping a veritable hnil of ex plosives upon the houses, until its sun- ply was evidently exhausted. Then it rose suddenly to a great hcightn and vanished, the glare from burning build ings illuminating it dimly against the skv until it wis lost to view. Southern Pacific Sits Up and Takes Notice of Some i Caustic Criticism The visit of William Spronle, presi dent of the Southern Pacific, railway system, to the offices of t lie Public Ser vice Commission today was productive of two personal promises from the pres ident which indicate that the present car shortage will begin to decrease at once. President Sproule promised the public service commissioners that Su perintendent l. W. Campbell would be returned to Oregon within ,'tlt d ijs to nssuine personal charge of the traffic situation in this state and that u car distribution bureau would be estab lished at once to facilit ite the efforts of the commission to relieve the cur shotage. The public service commission has made a careful study of the present car shortage which today is siiid to be about 2,001) cars In Oiegon on tho S. P. lines ind Commissioner Frank Miller states that it is an ab-olute fact that the en tire shortage exists on the Southern Pa cific lines where thero is no competi tion. Tiie records of the office show H at there is no severe car shortage in California and although Mr. Sproule maintains there is no discrimination in iiregon it is admitted that with his headquarters in San Francisco he is out of clo-e personal touch wit.i condi tions in Iregon. When I). W. Campbell was iu Oregon the commission was nbie to treat direct ly with an officer of the company who had the authority to settle question but vhen Mr. Campbell was removed to San Francisco it was necessary to make tel-era;dii'- complaints which were unsat isfactory Had viith VHI miles of rail mud hetwein the cause of the trouble and its remedy the car shortage in creased rather than decreased, so the commission chose another remedy. Publicity Bring Results. ' The railroad commission begun giv- (Cont.niicd on paa Two) GERMAN POSH F 01 DRJHECKSHER Leader In Reichstag Holding Place Similar to That of Senator Stone SUBMARINE IS LEGAL BUT ARMED TRADER NOT Says United States Should Pay No Attention to England's Illegal Blockade . By Carl W. Ackeiman. (I'nited Press staff correspondent.) Berlin, via Amsterdam, March 6. "Armed merchantmen arc the sjiipers of the sea," declared Dr. Heckscher, reichstag leader, "and the British ad miralty by instructing merchantmen to fire on submarines, began franctircur wai'fLre on the seas." Dr. Heckscher whoso position in the reichstog is similar to that held by Senator Stone as chairman of the sen ate foreign relations committee, dis cussed the German-American contro versy over armed merchantmen at some length today. "If an officer and 10 men in a hos tile country saw a group of civilians across the street armed with two or three rifles the officers couldn't wait until he had warned the civilians before ordering his officers to shoot," said Dr. Heckscher. "That is an exam ple of f ranctircuring and the same principle applies on tho seas to mer chantmen who snipe at submarines. "The submarine is a legal sea weap on as Secretary Lansing himself has admitted, ana tne suiimnnne tnar ar tempts to wnrn nn armed merchantman puts itself iu grave danger, sinco it is easily damaged. "It i-s said that tho I'nited States wants to settle the submarine question with Germany before taking up her trade relations with England, holding that questions affecting human lives should be first. Conceding this view point, does America realize how many thousands of women and children in Germany and Poland lack nourishment today became America doesn't insist on tho right to send milk and food to the German people. Isn't that a ques tion of lives toot "Germany has waited for months for America to take steps against Eng land's illegal blockade, but nothing has been accomplished. Now Germany, finding the English admiralty instruc tions aboard tho steamer Woodfiehl must act for herself. Germany's of ficial declaration is but the counter- step any belligerent would tnke against an enemy." Lumber Laden Schooner Is Breaking to Pieces Seattle, Wash., Mar. fi. Caught ia n gale, the lumber laden schooner Thomas Wand, owncil by the William Olson Steamship company of San Frineisco which left Fugle Harbor Sunday for San Pedro is reported breaking up off Tattoosh Island. The steamship Admiral Dewey, of the Admiral line has put I line aboard and is towing the Wand toward the straits. Part of the schooner's deekload is overboard and two of her three masts are lost. The Dewey is in wireless communica tion with the port warden's office in Seattle. The gile is blowing sixty miles an hour outside Cape Flattery and has been raging since Sunday. The Dewey came alongside the schooner nt fi:.'HI o'clock this morning. The Thomas Wand is of liil) tons reg ister. She curries x crew of 21) and was built in Aberdeen in ltlOO. ED RE ENGLAND WILL WAGE COMMERCIAL WAR ON ALL OTHER NATIONS By Wilbur S. Forrest. (I'nited Press staff correspondent.) London, March li. Lngland ' com merciul campaign ugaiust Germany null Austria after the war will have n de-; moralizing effect on American export ! trade. American business men with large interests in London declared to day. Prohibitive tariffs on foreign goods are considered certai i after the war ' Knglish manufdcturers, merchants niidi bankers are almost iinaiilinous in their: demand for a high tariff, and a heavy: tnx on the foreigner. These measures, initially uimed tit Germany ami Aus-i tria, cannot help but have a disastrous fc 5$C fc sjc sjt JC 5! (( jft C 5(C )(c 5(C 5jt SfE FRANCIS IS NAMED Washington, March 6. Presi- dent Wilson today nominated David K. Francis, of St. Louis, as ambassador to Russia. Ho will succeed George T. Mayre, of San Francisco, who resigned on account of. ill health. Francis is a former governor of Missou-, ri, was secretary of the inter- ior under President Cleveland, and president of the Louisiana purchase centennial exposition in 1U04. Think Dope Sellers Killed Betrayer San Francisco, Mar. 6. Detectives today hunted two alleged drug dealers suspected of having murdered a, man supposed to be Thomas Murray for be traying the hiding place of their co caine and morphine. Shortly liter police hnd raided on O'Farrell street lodging house, seizing the contraband, Murray's body was found in a front room of the establish ment. Death was caused by a bullet through the brain. Other lodgers heard shots, followed by the sound of men running, just before the body was dis covered. Santa Monica Mayor Will Tackle the Minister Santa Monica, Cal., March (i. "Rev. Boyd's sermon was an insult to every body living in Califointa. I will reply to it even if I have to hire a theatre to do so," Secretary R. Haddon, Snntn Monica chamber of commerce, said to day, referring to the sermon of Rev. W." J. Boyd, delivered Inst night at the Ocean Park Methodist church. Denouncing the proposed bathing suit Easter Sunday parade, the minister said iu part: "An Easter Sunday parade is an in sult to Christianity. Many people com ing to this stnte have left all religious training behind them have forgotten, once this state is reached, all of the lessons they have been taught in their eastern homes, churches and Sunday schools." Report Heavy Storm All. Along the Coast San Francisco, Mar.eh 6. Coasting vessels arriving here from tho north told of u severe southeast gale sweep ing the sea above Mendocino county today. Two lives have already been loBt, and others are imperiled. Mrs. Marrie Miller, aged 07, died of heart failure caused by fright when the steamer Sea Foam was buffeted by huge waves. August Olson, -seaman of tho Roanoke, was swept overboard and drowned just after his vessel crossed Columbia river bar, outward bound. Several other sailors were injured by sens which swept the decks. Practically nil shipping north of the Golden Gate is delayed. MRS. BOOTH ON TRIAL McMinnville, Ore., March fi Mrs. Anna Booth was placed on trial for the second timo today for the murder of her husband lust October. William Branson, indicted with her, was convict- ed of second desire muDler three weeks ago. Airs. Booth's first trial resulted in a hung jury. COPIES OF THE ENGLISH ORDER3 ARE RECEIVED - Washington, March C Tho state department today received appendices and photographic copies of the alleged llriti-sh admiralty orders directing arm- cd merchantmen to attack sub- marines. The documents wero forwarded to Washington by if- Germany, ns reasons Tor tho Teuton campnigii or torpedoing tinned ships without warning. effect on American export trade to Fngliind and her colonies. Germany and Austria before the wur underbid "the Knglish merchant on the small, inexpensive articles. America has provided the more costly products, such as automobiles iind machinery. The three nations were Knglund's principal commerce invaders. Men in close touch with the parlia mentary situation say it is certain par liament will heed the demand for mea sures to proceed with an Knglish com mercial defensive ngaiast the whole world after tho war. The result will be, it ntipears certain, that uiaiiv American business men will shut up shop and go home. PLANS COMPLETED FORSHQVDQVN IN HOUSE TOMORROW Developments In Suhmanm Tangle Are Rapidly Coming Into Shape BRYAN AT CAPITAL BUT WILL NOT OPPOSE W1LS0H Vote Will Be On Tabling Le- more's Resolutions An other Vote Later Washington, Atar. C Developments which may guide the administration in its future handling of the submarine question took rapid sh ipe here today. Plans were practically completed tor a "show clown in me nouiw luruur row on the resolutions warning Ameri cans not to sail on armed belligerent vessels. Col. K .M. House, President Wilson's personal envov to Europe, returned and was scheduled to give tho president im portant information concerning the at titude of Germ.uiy and other warring nations toward the United States. Tho photographer copies of alleged British admiralty orders for armeJ mer chantmen to attnek suoniarines were due to arrive at the state department. These documents were obtained by Ger many and sent here to justify the order for submarines to torpedo uruiuu snips without warning. Another sub-surface influence was the presence of W. J. Bryan at the cap itol. He planned to entertain eight rep resentatives nt luncheon, but he and his frionds denied plans for open opposition to President Wiison's preparedness and submarine policies would be discussed, liryan leaves late today for Wilming ton, Deleware, from which city he wilt start west on a lecture tour. Despite the clamor for a test on the morits of tho warning resolutions it be come certain today that the vote in tlwt house would bo on the proposition of tabling Representative McLemore'g res olutions. Ultimately, however, leaders believe a ballot strictly on the merit of warnings will be una voidable. Negro Gets Life Sentence For Murder of His Wife Oakland, Cal., March 0 After acting; insane for the past two months to mien, a degree that bis attorney, Lawrcuce Sledi'e. asked to withdraw from his case, James Foster, an aged negro whif killed Ins wife, Jiary, wnn a snoiuii last December, today changed his pie to guilty after District Attorney Hyues had ensured him he would not he hanged. Upon Jlynes recommendation, su perior Judge F. B. Ogden sentenced Fouler to life imprisonment in Fol nom. "I think your course is an unwise one," he told Foster in referring to. his preference for life imprisonmeut instead of hanging. "I would rather be hanged at once than spend tbe rest of my life in prison. It would be a liv ing death." Whether feigning insanity or not, Foster this morning appeared not to un derstand the arrangements made for his sentence of life imprisonment. "Please don't kill me, judge," ho pleaded just before sentence was pro nounced. "It is Foster's weak physical condi tion nlono that buds us to offer him this chance to save his life," declared llynes in recommending the lighter punishment. "We believe him to lie perfectly sane, and feel certain that a piry would 'find him guilty of first degree murder." JUDGE IRWIN DEAD Aberdeen, Wash., March fi. Superior Judge Mason Irwin died nt his home at Montesnno nt noon today. Grief over the death of his wife a year ago is be lieved to have hastened the end. Since her death his health has been poor ami ho has mourned unceasingly. TIIE WEATHER '7a y i'iJi". Tr3' Oregon: Tonight and Tuesday gen erally fair; w'Si. erly winds.