Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, September 06, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES I' I . ' i CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 PADLYi il I. if.' . u P MM) ovji.ii.il ii "W"1 ' i p u n J r. m : in ii ii ii )i i ii n ii ;i 11 sf THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 186 SALEM OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AMD KBWt STANDS ma OBNTS tf H ii I; GERMANY MAKING VIGOROUS EFFORT 10 TAKE CAPITAL Following Usual Tactics At tempts to Force War On Rumanian Soil ALLIES RECENT GAINS GREATEST OF BIG DRIVE Germans Admit Russian Gains Along the Hungarian Frontier By Wilbur S. Forrest. " (United Press staff correspondent.) London, Sept. C. A bold German stroke, aiming at the early capture of Bucharest, capital of Rumania, was re vealed in dispatches from Berlin to day. The Germaus and Bulgarians have concentrated artillery and men against -the strongly fortified Rumanian bridge- htad at Tutrakan on the Danube, only 4M miles southeast of Bucharest, lue German war. office this afteruoon an nounced the capture of seven Rumanian works near Tutrakan following the oc cupation of advanced positions an nounced yesterday. Tutrakan lies at the end of a railway lending along a river vallev directly to Bucharest. The Germans, it is be lieved here, bone to cross the Danube, strike down this valley and inflict a severe blow on. the morale of the Ru manian people by seizing their capital, while the mniu Russian army is invad ing Transylvania. Bucharest dispatches, however, assert tbnt the southern frontier is well pro tected and that Bucharest is in no dan ger from that direction. The Rumanian war office today announced the repulse of the German-Bulgarian invaders ev erywhere on the Dobrudja frontier and reported the capture of another Tran sylvanian town. . . On the Somme battle front the allies won further victories in last night ' fighting. The British captured the whole of Lense wood, pushing their ad vance to within a mile of Combles while French troops are already at the out skirts of that strongly fortified town. The German war office this afternoon admitted for the first time the loss of Clery to General Foch's troops. The Russian war office announced ' further progress near the Hungarian frontier and the. loss of ground in that region was admitted at Berlin. The lnvs have taken 4,500 prisoners in fighting around Halitz. Germans Losing Spirit. I'nris, Sept. 6. Repeated German at tacks against the newly won French positions south of the Somme were brok en up by French barrage fire last night, it was officially announced today. The German assaults reached their greatest violence at Deniecourt and Berny-en-santerre. North of the Somme the Germans made no counter attack during the night but artillery was ac tive on all points. The lack of spirit displayed by the Germans in counter attacks of the Inst two days offers evidence, according to French military men, of the severe shock to the German morale of the Anglo-French viotories in this week's fighting on the Somme. The second anniversary of the begin ning of the battle of the Marne which turned the German tide from the gates of Paris was celebrated here today while Paris took stock of the new suc cesses on the Somme. The principal celebration, however, will be held next Sunday. In their ndvance since Sunday both north and south of the Somme, the (CoDtlaiuid on Faux FIt.1 WEE Npthin' retards' digestion like hatin' Bomebnddy. It's a good thing ther liaint any seven-passenger canoes. i i i i i .1 . 11 i . V. , V jjc RICHARDSON'S BODY FOUND Portland, Ore., Sept. 6. Backing out of its slip the steamer Georgiana today churn- ed up from the bottom of the Willamette river .the body of A. B. Richardson, promiuent Portland business man and Multnomah club member, who drowned while swimming near Windemuth last. Saturday. Members of the harbor patrol, called to the scene after a rope had been placed around the corpse, made the ideutification. Richardson went bathing alone Saturday. He was not missed u-'U night, when the bath house tf. .losed, and his garments V found in a locker. . O ': one-aI d robber &! in seattle John Hildebrandt, Paroled Prisoner, Shot in Pistol Duel with Officer Seattle, Wash., Sept. (1. For several weeks the police here have been receiv ing reports from persons robbed on the streets by a one-armed man. The search of detectives and patrol men ended Inst night when John Hjlde brandtf. paroled criminal whose right hand is amputated at the wrist, and his boy partner, Walter Healy, were shot down in the street after a hold-up, by Motorcycle Officer M. S. Arbogast, who was himseilf wounded in the wrist by a bullot fired by the older man of the pair. Hildebrandt admitted his identity while the city physicinns examined the location of the bullet in his spiual column which they say probably will prove fatal. Hildebrandt was sentenced to life im prisonment in 1904 after he and Gid White, later hanged for the crime, had killed Matthew Murphy while robbing the Conway saloon here. Hildebrandt was paroled from the Walla Walla prison few months ago bv uovernor l.iBter. ...-., Gives Improbable Event As Cause of Trouble Coining Between Them Chicago, Sept. 0. Mrs. James R. Barnes, whose husband was found dead with three bullets in his body in Wash ington Park last night, early today confessed to killing him, according to police, "because he refused to live with her any more." Barnes was the Chi cago agent of a New York soap con cern. "I asked him to withdraw his di vorce euit and he refused," police de clare she said. "We quarreled and I shot him two or three times, r don 't know just how many. After that my I mind became a blank. V j Mrs. Barnes made her reported con fession afte a six hour grilling by po lice. Barnes was found dead by a park policeman. MrB. Barnes was standing over the body wringing her hands and crying: "He shot himself; he shot himself." I Mrs. Barnes told police that her hus band had sued her because he found I her with another man in their apart- I ments. She told the police the man hnd caught her parrot and had asked to come in and wash his hands. She told him he could, and, according to her account he turned suddenly, grabbed her and carried her into the next room. Just then her husband came, home and found them in the house. That was the beginning of their trouble, she said. "I did it. T fired tho shot. I killed him," snid Mrs. Barnes, according to police. "I wanted him to withdraw his di vorce suit. He refused and when I begged him, he raised his fist and I thought he was going to hit me. So I drew a revolver from my purse and shot him. T don't know how many times I fired.' Barnes had been shot three times. Mrs. Barnes will not be booked until after the inquest which will be held this afternoon. No Military Honors for German Aviators London. Sept. . The bodies of the IS Zeppelin sailors, burned to aeatn when their airship was brought down is Sunday morning s raid, were ouriea three miles from Cuffley today but not with military observances The church of England burial service was used Objection had come from many quarters to the suggestion that the Zepeplin crew be buried with military honors since Inoncombatants had been their victims. SHARP CONFLICT E Administration Will Hit Back at Every Act of Dis . crimination COMMERCIAL REPRISALS STRONGLY HINTED AT Law Places Weapons In Pres ident's Hands with which to Strike Washington, Sept. G. A sharp diplo matic conflict between the allied gov ernments and the United States is ex pected to follow retaliatory measures incorporated in the revenue bill passed by the senate late last night. With agreement to the amendments by the house conference committee anticipated today, it is thought the allied govern ments probably led by Gtrat Britain, maj begin shaping counter retaliations. The belief of many officials, how ever, is that the conflict will be strict ly commercial. It was said on the other hand that the United States government is going into the "issue with Its eyes open and prepared to Bee it through. The course decided on legislation that hits direct ly back at every discrimination pro nounced against American business in terests grew out of thorough considers tion by the state department and other executive departments of the probable consequences, it was declared today. It is the hope of the administration one official snid, that the drastic legis lotion enacted may result in putting an end to the blacklisting policy of the oritiRD government, the discrimination against American commerce,- interfer ence with American mails and embar goes on American products. While-diplomats representing allied governments here have strongly hinted at commercial " reprisals,'. ' officials are inclined to view that such a contest is not wanted. This country, they believe, noiuB tne upper n and for the present at least, and would undoubtedly be bet ter auie to enuure a condition or non intercourse. The effect of the new legislation will depend in large part on the degree to which President Wilson chooses to util ize it. Heretofore he has been without weapons with which to strike back against alleged unfair trade practices. Once the new measures are law he will have very definite powers the employ ment of the land and naval forces being speeiricaiiy authorized for enforcement of the provisions of the revenue act amendments. The president is permitted to carrv forward the retaliatory measure until reciprocal liberty of commerce and equal facilities of trade have been re stored. AS Carranza Troops Avoiding . Hun Since He Whipped Them Recently By Webb Miller (United Press staff correspondent) r.i raso, Texas, sept, ti. " Villa is rapidly looming up as a menacing fac tor in northern Mexico," said a high military otrmal today, after receiving from secret service men reliable infor mation that Villa with one thousand men was hiding in Santa Clara canvon "It was said, and it was true a short time ago, continued the military au thority, "that he was not a factor in the situation. No doubt he is timing his latest activities for their effect upon negotiations by the American Mexican border commission. "Carranaa troops are letting-Villa severely alone since he whipped them badlv several times recently. The ban dit chief knows that if American troops move south toward him it will put Car ranza in a position where he will be compelled to order tbem to bait, or to back down before his own people. Scouts have been sent out from Gen ernl PerBhing's outposts to determine the position and strength of Villa's forces, according to reports from Co lumbus. General Funston characterizes the Villa report as " rumor." TELEGRAPH STRIKE OFF. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. fl. Northern Pacific telegraph operators today sign ed a working agreement with the rail road, thus averting a threatened strike Arrangements made for the strike were cancelled.' E GOME OVER RETALIATION Imaginary Husbands Give Wrong Impressions Stanford University, Cal., Sept. 8 Men of the university are up in arms against the imaginary husbands of the women in the home economics depart ment, who this year are managing the financial affairs of imaginary families on an imaginary income. The men say these pjiantom husbands will give the women the wrong idea of life, as they will allow their wives to go where they please, with whom they please, when they please, have no place in the home except the bringing in of the necessary income, have no allowance for smoking costs, and must let their wives even select and pay for their clothes. . The idea of "imaginary Husbands was introduced by Dr. Jessica Peixotto, in charge of the home economics de partment as a practical way to teach girls to live within an average income. POLICY IN DANGER Japan's Demands On China If Conceded ' May Prove Dangerous Washington, Sept. 6. Inquiries will be made immediately by Ambassador Guthrie at Tokio and Minister Reinsch at Peking, regarding Japan's newde- mands on -China, the state department announced today. The published de mands, although they have not reached the stats department officially are con tinued by private advices to officials. The only one of the demands which may possibly interfere with American interests, it is said, is that requiring Japanese police powers in inner Mon golia - and Southern Manchuria.' . The extent of these powers will determine whether or not the United States will be affected. Commenting on the latest develop ments in Japanese relations with China, a caginet official said: "The only thing which greatly' in terests the United States in this situs,- tion is whether -or -vnt .this country's trade Tights are to be jeopardized. Japan has repeatedly given, us assur ances that no matter what attitude, or action or negotiations she took, or car ried on with China, there, would bo no interference with the open door in any policy." i UNITED STATES STEELPASSES PAR Other Stocks Go Up In Sym pathy and Railroads Show Strong New York, Sept. 0. United States Steel common crossed par today ami sold at 1.01 in a morning of excited bull activity in which 1,000,000 shares were traded on the floor and many other new records made. Steel sold in blocks of five and six thousand shares as the price nioved-tip to par, then halted as stop orders flood ed the floor and thcu started upward and climbed to its new high record. Fireworks meanwhile broke out else where in the market. International Mercantile Marine was bid up to a new high price for both common and pre ferred. Crucible leaped forward four points to Hi B-8 and Baldwin Locomo tive advanced two points to the same figure. Bethlehem steel moved up 3 points. Railroud shares turned and started upward this afternoon under leadership of Reading which jumped three points to 107 3-4. Short selling by speculators who lust week hoped to reap a rich harvest in the event of a railroad striko was one factor in today's market. Covering by these shorts, coupled with the natural buoyancy which followed from the strike threat, gave the bulls an easy way when the upward bidding started. Sales at one o'clock bad reached 900,000, nearly a million share day in three hours trading. More than 170,000 steel sharese changed. Common quoted at 100 5-8. Mexican Petroleum which had jump ed four points to 114 while the war brides were performing dropped , back to 112 12. Steel sold at 101 18 shortly after 2 o'clock, the new record prico being 8 14 above yesterday's closing. There was only a slight clackening in the activity on the market this afternoon. The enthusiasm and ex citement on the floor rivalled that of the days of skyrocketing wur brides early in the war. The trading was cen tered around a few posts then. Today the brokers were clustered around many posts, the- industrial group in general claiming constant attention. Outside on the curb market Midvale jumped to 64 and other steel and muni tion stocks joined in the boom. The tensile strength of rolled man ganese steel is 140,000 pounds to the square inch. WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN ARMY FIRSTJUESTION American-Mexican Commis sion Holds First Meeting Today WILL DEVOTE DAY TO ARRANGING DETAILS Will Endeavor to Correct Bad Conditions and Rehabilitate Country By Carl If, Groat. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New London, Conn., Sept. 0. With drawal of the American expedition from Mexico ib destined to be the first ques tion discussed by the American and Mexican commissioners who held their first meeting today in the joint confer ence designed to Bettle all Mexican troubles. The commissioners met here for their first session during the morning in a big room of the hotel Griswold over looking the river and the sound. The session of today was not expected to bring any great results. Most of the time would be taken up, it was under stood, in exchanging credentials, get ting acquainted and then a general dis cussion of the withdrawal proposition. While a definite program has not been agreed upon, the general plan of the conference provide, first for the discussion- of withdrawal of" the Per shing expedition, arranging of a proto col for reciprocal crossing of the bor der, and an investigation' of the. inter ests behind border raiders. - . With these. subjeeU -disposed of, the commissioners will deliver into the ba ilie problems of Mexico's disintegration with a view to correcting existing con ditions and rehabilitating the country. Speedy arrangements for the with drawal of the American punitive ex pedition are expected in view of Gen eral Funston 'a recommendation now generally known, that the troops leave Mexican terrrtory. The First Session. New London, Conn., Sept. 0. The first formal session of the Mexican American commission adjourned this afternoon to meet again Friday morn ing. -- Chairman Cabrera in an official state ment voiced the desire to bring the conference to a conclusion "profitable alike to Mexico and America," aud de clared that the Mexicans are willing to meet the American commissioners in a "spirit of utmost frankness." The members exchanged views in gen eral about the situation In Mexico, es pecially on the border, with a view to making a preparatory study, it was stated. . The commissioners reviewed the growth, control strength of the consti tutional government which has become every day stronger during the last two years and particularly since its recogni tion as a de facto government. I Wages $3 a Day, and No Danger of Being Forced Into Military Service Word has been sent to the State La bor Commission O. P. lloff, that 30, 000 farm hands are wanted in western Cauadd to harvest the immense crop there, and that a day and board are paid. The Canadian government through its agents is offering low rail road rates' from all boundary points, and the announcement is made that there is no conscription and absolute ly no military interference. The points where labor infgormatiou is furnished are Winnipeg, Kegina, North Portia, Saskatoon, Ft. Frances. Kings Gute, B. C; Coutts, Calgary, Alberta. Chicago experts have estimated that tho entire wheat erop of the northwest will be less than half a crop. Farm hands who left Oregon to work in the wheat harvest of Minnesota have sent word to the commissioner of labor of Oregon, thut while wages are good there, the crop is short. That thousands of acres in Minnesota . will not yield over 12 bushels to the acre. That there are fields that will not pay for the harvesting. The commissioner is also the recipient of Broomhull's estimate for the year ending August 1, 1017, in which he says that the impart demand for wheat in Europe by countries ac cessible to the United States will reach 52,000,000 bushels, but should the war end before that time the demand will be 832,000,000 bushels. - VILLA IS ALIVE AGAIN San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 6. Pancho Villa's in again. This time he is reported to be marching upon the Santa Clara valley in South Central Chihua-' hua to attack the Americau ex-: peditionary force main base at. El Valle, about 75 miles south of . General Pershing's headquar- ters, Colonia Dublan. The often dead bandit leader i-s now said to havo quite a number of followers variously estimated at 75 to 750.' It was stated at army headquarters here today that there are enough United States troops at El Vallo to lick as many as Villa can gather. E OF Trial of Bennett Thompson for Ristman-Jennings Murder Begins Hillsboro, Ore., Sept. 0 Jurors in the murder trial of Bennett Thompson to day visited the Gore ranch near Tuala tin where he is alleged to have killed Mrs. Helen Jennings and Fred Rist- mnn, a jitney bus driver. , Tho jury was shown the room in the ranch house where Mrs. eJunings' body was found, then walked over the trail to the place where Eist man's batter ed corpse was discovered near his blood stained jitney bus. . District Attorney Tongue in his open ing statement charged that Thompson hired Ristman to drive him to Mrs. Jennings' house, went inside and killed her, and then disposed of Ristman as "dead men tell no tales." The evidence' against Thompson. Is purely circumstantial, consisting prin cipally of a blood stained shirt, found near the sueue. It is alleged the shirt was given to Thompson shortly before the murder. DISPDSffl 10 BE GAY Ride In Which He Met Death Not Unusual Event In His Career New York, Sept. 6. Groping for a clue to the identity of two masked men who shot and killed Attorney Dwight Dilworth as he sat in an auto mobile with a young woman companion in VanCortlundt Park Sunday night, the police had detained and were question ing three men today. Bernard Decio, aged 21, was arrested early today near the scene of the mur der. Tony Garina was arrested in Mt. Vernou fallowing a hold-up there, and George Teyden, who was with Gudina at the time of his arrest, is also held. Stories began to come to light today of Mlworth's life on Broadway. The police were told he had a wide acquaint ance in theatrical circles. They were also told of Dilworth 's fondness for women, which ended in his forced with drawal from a firm here. Whether some enemy made in his Bohemian life was responsible for his dcuth is a new anglo being investigated by the police while the clue thut he was a victim of blackmailers is still being run dowu. New York, Sept. 0. Detectives to day turned to the white lights of Broad way In hopes that they may cast some light on the murder of Dwight Dil worth, lawyer, in "lovers lane", Van Cortland Park, Sunday night. Thut Dilworth was well known along Broadway and in its resortB, became known when "Dolly" Rogers, an act ress, said she hail introduced Dilworth to Mary McXiti, who was his compan ion on the night of crime. Jealousy of some of Broadway's women is being put forwanl as a pos sible cause for the murder. "Dollv" Kodgers, however, express ed the opinion to detectives that "dear old Dwight" might have been murder ed by private detectives frightened out of their caution while trying to get something on him. Sari it Waa a Woman Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 0 Declaring she knows her husband was killed by a woman and not by robbers, Mrs. Grace Dilworth early today assigned jealousy as the probable motive for his murder in New York Pundaynight. "As soon as I received the telegram I was certain a woman had killed my husband," she explained. "I will nev er rest until the true facts are known. The police hnve been told a lot of lies concerning Mr. Dilworth and myself, to make it appear as .if some woman had come between us. The cause of the murder Is unknown to me now, but I am convinced jealousy i back of it. AUTO LICENSES AND SPEED LIMIT FIXED BY COUNCIL Autos for Hire Must Pi SI Year-Ac- Pay $25 to cording to Capacity PASSING STOPPED CARS SPEED LIMIT SIX MILES Parks, "Pens" and Paving Acted On and Unsightly Weeds Discussed Automobiles operating for hire in tho city of Salem will hereafter be requir ed to pay a license of from 25 to $50 a year, according to their passenger carrying capacity. Also motor ve hicles will be compelled to observe a speed limit of not to exceed six miles an hour when passing a street car which has stopped to take on or let off passengers. Ordinance amendments covering these two matters wcf up for final passage before the city council at its regular meeting last night. The license) amendment was passed by a vote of 9 to 3, and the speed amendment by a, voto of 7 to5. A report from Deupty Health Offi cer Bryan as to the sanitary condition of a stock pen belonging to G. W. Eyre near the Southern Pacific depot was favorable, but the introduction of the report started a discussion. Alderman Cook' stated it to be his understanding that the pen had been ordered out, and made a motion that such removal should be attended to at once. Alder man McClellan rose to the defense of the pen, asserting that its removal would injure Mr. Eyre's business' and that there exists no good reason for its removal, inasmuch is its canltaty con dition is above criticism. "It isn't a question of sanitaiton," retorted Cook; "the pen is contrary to city law." At this juncture Alderman Mills suggested that the pen be put under injunction, which caused the laughter it was in tended to cause, Alderman Ward-lead-' ing in the expression of hilarity. The) matter was finally disposed of by" Al derman Cook, who withdrew his motion and substituted one to the effect that the question be referred to ' the city attorney, to report at the next meet ing. Farm, Health and Weeds A communication front P". H..p.'.Are'jr was read. , Mr. D 'Arcy proposes ty erect a drinking fountain in front or his property on Court street if the city will agree to maintain the same. This waa referred to the committee on tin and water. A letter from Congressman Hawley to the city attorney was read, in which. Mr. Hawley states that the fence be longing to him in University addition had been moved according to the or ders of tho council, but that he was not convinced as to the correctness of the measurements which in the opin ion of the street committee made the removal of the fence necessary. Stating that the services of a depu ty health officer are necessary, ami that the time, for which the present deputy had been engaged by the coun cil was almost expired, Alderman Un roll introduced a motion that he ba refined until January 1 or until Buci time as the council sees fit to dispense) with his services. Alderman Cook here expressed himself as being favorable to the retention of the deputy health of ficer, but he desired some Information as to what the officer was doing. "For instance," said he, 'what about wocdsf I want to hear from the city attorney as to why the weeds about town are not cut." City Attorney Macy thereupon ex plained as to weeds, a question which has beon asked by many Salem people, who have understood that provision was made in the city regulation! for the cutting thoreof. "The charter pro vides," said the attorney, "that the park board shall have authority to reg ulate all matters in connection with the cutting and planting of all hinds of plants, trees, etc., along the parkways. The health department and the park board cannot have authority at the same time, so it looks to me that the (Continued on Pase Six.) j, THE WEATHER : Oregon: To night and Thurs day fair; north westerly winds. (gats "U COAttffc)