- CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY . FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES - jc 9c sfi s( sjj sfc sf ss st )(c )Jt jjs THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 264 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916 ddtpi1 rmrn nwra on train g akd Nswa line llliy r.a E CUTS OFF RE1 fEAT OF ONE Dl IQN Ten Batallions, One Squardon ' and Six Batteries Captured CLAIM TEN THOUSAND CAPTURED YESTERDAY Teuton Troops Being Sent to Monastir. Where Next Fighting Is Staged Berlin, via Sayvillo wireless. Dee. R. The (ieruuui advance un the line be yond Bucharest and Ploesti tins proceed ed so rapidly that Kuntmiiau ioiccs ou the f flintier mountains in the Predenl nd Altschanz pauses Imve hud their retreat cut off, today's official war of-I'ie-e Htntenieut asserted. These liumnniaii forces, it was said, encountered the (lei mnn-Austro-Hungar- ian troops as they sought to return1, and, licady living pressed from the north, ft majority of the Kumauiaus have al ready fallen prisoners. In the whole section of Rumania be tween the mountains and the Danube the (ierman pursuit uf the eiu'.my con tinued.. The Gorman Ninth army yesterday timk over JO.UU0 prisoners. On the Alt, the statement said, the trap nguinst the ltinnnninii forces eut oil1 in the western part of the country "had been fulfilled." "Colonel Von Szivo wjth his Austro-Oi-rmnn troops on , December 0 forced these In surrender," the statement ex plained. "Ten battalions, vone squadron and i:; batteries, numbering . 8.000 men, nith six eiinnnu, laid down their arms." Retreat Well Conducted. London, Dee. 8. Fred details of the (iriniin occupancy of Bucharest receiv ed today added to the belief here that the Hiimauitin retirement had been mas terfully executed and with a minimum ol' losses. The Itiimnninn army still is intact, mid with reorganization and re-equip-jn.'iit may again become a formidable force. Vresuiunbly the Rumanian forces , -which evacuated the capital and tho other cities iu -1 lie territory taken by the Germans are planning their reor ganization northward in that part of Kiiinnuia just below Moldavia. Ruman ia narrows in this part nnd the flank of such an army would be well protect ed by natural obstacles against an en emy. Moreover the Rumanians established here would be closer to their sources of Kiipply in Hussia and better able to draw reinforcements in men from the czar 's legions. A renewul of bitter fighting in Dob niil.ja was looked for here today as the immediate result of the flumnuiiin re tirement. Disciplining Greece. London, Dec. 8. Disciplining of Greeks by the allies begins today. A blockade of Greek ports was to be for mally annouueed by the French gov eiiiinciit, which, combined with previous British and French oiders against move ment of Greek vessels from their liar li"rs was expec ted absolutely to cut the kingdom off from supplies.' Dispatches from Athens today said the Italian colony was the only colony (Continued on page eight.) Tou can convince some folks o' most anything 'cent that they can't aing. If ther a anything a man would rather do than push carpet sweeper it ' drive n electric. PrDAHJlM A ni A ULHiKIrli. HUVfl v ' ' ' - ' SEATTLE WOMEN TO FIGHT Seattle, Wash., Dec. 8. Fdtir thousand housewives of Seattle are expected to attend the mass meeting at the Hippodrome at 2 o'clock this afternoon to out line a campaign to reduce the cost ot living. Members of the dairymen's association pleaded with tho women yesterday afternoon at a conference, not to boycott butter, saying it would be a play into the hands of the can- ned milk concerns, as long as feed' prices remain high. Kuibargo measures on all nee- essities, it was argued would be the fairest means of rcdue- iug prices. Manipulation of prie- es has hurt the farmer and con sit sumer alike, they argued. CECILHOTEL BAR Mirrors Smashed and Fix . tures Demolished in Seat- tie's Swell Joint Seattle, Wash., Dec. 8. Broken glass and splintered mahogany was all that i remains of the New I 'ceil hotel bar, attef a police wrecking squad luid down their axes at four o'clock this morn ing. The $40,000 establishment, operated by John K. Savage in connection with, his styled "livest dry cafe in Auieri ta was ordered demolished by May or (till alter Sergeant of Police Put nam of the dry squad had convinced the executive that investigators ex changed marked money for liquor. The cafe, connecting with the bar, was not wrecked. It was closed down early lust night when the police prepared to wreck the bar fixtures, but will continue to run with its corps of entertainers. Savage denied booze had been sold over his bar, but two marked bills were tumid in the cash register. The bar was one of the finest in Se attle, and the restaurant facilities in the same room wero destroyed with it. Great plate glass mirrors said to be among the lnrgest and met expensive on the const were demolished at a single blow. Will Not Be In Line cf Cab inet Changes, But Chang ing of Staff Paris, Pec. 8. Like Kuglntid, France is preparing a "reconstruction govern ment". The change w ill not be one of cabinet, however, but will lie in a new organiza tion of tho general staff and u concen tration of tho war's conduct under re stricted direction. Tlte "organization," "concentra tion" nnd "restricted direction" phrases were those included iu the lan gunge of a resolution of confidence ndoptcd by the chamber of deputies last night, HH to 100. It followed n stormy secret session. The meeting was the tenth closed session held recently in which it is believed the Briniid minis try came dangerously near dissolution Last night, it is assumed, the-deputies found satisfaction in certain promises of reforms looking to more rigid con duct of the war made by Briniid and thereupon registered their support of his ministry. A number of deputies nt last night '9 session bitterly assailed "stutiionnry warfare,' 'and demanded a "speeding up" on France 'g part. SHOT CASHIER IN BACK Point, Texas, Dec. 8. C. A. Glass, cashier of the First State bank.died to day from wounds received when a ban dit 'stood him against the wall of the bank after robbing the safe Inst night and fired three shots into his "buck. Iespitc his wounds Glass crawled on his knees half a block to the home of Will Thome, a deputy sheriff, and gave the alarm. o trace of the bandit could be found earlv today. He obtaiued about $-50 in cash. SENTENCES COMMUTED iWashington, Dec. 8. Jail sentences npk t. l.advinkn, James Ontea, V'-t'- c'ihen and Fannv Sullens. la- I !" or-"nizers, who participated in the fliest Virginia coal mine atrifco in I in and who wero convicted, they claimed, on tne testimony of one detective, wore today commuted by President Wilson to expire at once. SLOPPY AT TACOMA Tacomn, Wash., Pee. 8. Rain which began tailing early today rapidly melt- Pli the inch of anow that come down during the night. It was the fint anow storm of the winter and la nniunal at 'thU season. RAILROADS USED TO HELP GAMBLERS 25,000 Freight Cars Held at Chicago and Detroit for Unloading INTERESTS CONTROL DISPOSITION OF CARS These Have Withheld Food Supplies in Order to Boost Prices Washington, Dec. 8 Tho government has T' damaging ovidc-nce'' of a wide spread, illegal speculation in tho food marKets of the country, n high official intimately connected with the. food prico probe said to tho I'nited Press today. This official expressed the belief that the investigation, so far tends to show "a gross abuse of the transportation facilities of the eountry." It was declared the inquiry so far tends to show that "certnin interest" ablo to control to some extent tho move ments of largo numbers of freight cars have been acting ' in vicious and ille gal collusion" to withhold food sup plies from largo markets, notably at Chicago. These charges arc considered deeply significant in view or the conference yesterday between George. W. Ander son, special assistant to the attorney goucral in charge of the federal food probe, and Commissioners Meyers and MeChord of the interstato commerce commission. Additional significance is nttacluid to the charge in view of a statement by the Auiericnu railway as sociation today that more than 33,000' treight cars are lietu up at uniengo anu Detroit awaiting unbinding. It was stated at tho White House to day that much evidence wanted by the administration has be'en laid boforo the president in the past twenty hours and that all government branches active in the campaign have done 'exceptional" work. Until every investigation is com pleted, however, the president will for mulate no plans for remedies. When he is ready, though, it as declared today, "ho 111 strike quickly and strike hard, if striking is necessary." Tho -high cost of living problem was to occupy considerable time during this afternoon's cabinet session. Commerce Seeetnry Redfield will confer with tho president afterwards on tho woik his department has done. Government Gets Bu3y Washington. Dee. 8. The govern ment food price probe took definite shape today. While official statements regarding plans for investigation and action in this sort of work nrc withheld, the Unit ed Press learned authoritatively that the department of justice has been giv en carte blanche in the matter. This plan is known to have tho complete ap proval of President Wilson. The investigations on under tho su nervision of the agricultural and com- imoreo departments and by the federal trauP and interstate commerce coinmia idfilis are nlso to be pushed with vigor. TI..I ...t :..i-.l1..HlnH r.P tlmao )f n llMt ROB CONSUMERS Jill L 1ft IK-r I- iiiirniiniumn lwu i ' -' ' ' - iw " i i J nm-11 jes of the government run into evidence A small additional number of guurds i of food or coal prico conspiracies the were placed at the international bound jdatu will be turned, over immediately arv ,lu(. to reports of an imminent re 'to the department of justice. ! volt of the Juarez garrison caused by Wherever the trails of agents of . dissatisfaction over receiving their pay these government ornnencs cross uc- , paper notes. pnrtinont of justice trails, tho former will defer to the latter. Dr. Fisher Killed. Special Assistant Attorney General Washington, Dec. 8. Tho state de Anderson approved this pjan of enm-1 ,,ai.tn)OIlt received official reports 'today paign on the ground that the prooe 01 prices will thereby centered and con sequently have more power behind it. Think Wreckage .. Came from the Daisy Astoria, Or., Dec. 8. Shipping men today, were inclined to believe that wreckage which drifted ashore south of here was from the lost deckload of the steamer Daisv, rather than evidenco ! that the steam nehooiier Santa Barbara had been damaged. The Daisy lost her deckload only a few miles from Cape Mears, where most of the debris was sighted. A life pre server marked "Santa Barbara" float ed among the rubbish. This gave rise to tho report that the Santa Karburn was in trouble. Tugs which went out to look for signs of disa-itor returned here without having sighted the Santa' P.urbara or nny more wreckage. Milwaukie, Ot., . Dec. 7. Milwaukie schools closed today on account of an outbreak of in fantile paralyi i a. Rernice Noakes, age 7, is believed to be Buffering from the disease. El ALL FOREIGNERS E Reported American Rancher, Named Foster, Burned at Stake MURDERED WILL SNYMAN SON OF BOER GENERAL Fifteen Hundred Carranza Troops Desert to Join Bandits By Webb MiUer. (United Psess staff correspondent.) F.1 Taso, Texa9, Doc. 8. With the re opening of telegraphic communication between Chihuahua t'ity and the border, information of massacres and outrages upon citizens and foreigners in nil parts of northern Mexico is reaching relatives and the United States authorities here. Indications seen in reports to United States department agents last week that Villa's attitude toward "griu goes" and foreigners hnd changed proved to be misleading and every scrap of information now reaching the border points to the fact that the bandit chief id sparing lives only when it is in his own interest- Ynez Salazar, Villa 's chief lieutenant, saved the million dollar American-owned Alvarudo mines and also saved the town of Pnrral from destruction by arguing that both the mine and the towu would be useful to Villa when he obtains con trol of the country. Authentic information has been ob tained Oit nt least 1.G00 government troops deserted and joined Villa during the attack upon Parra!. .' On the northward march toward Chi huahuu City Villistus murdered Will Snymau, sou of the famous Boer gen eral, W. D. Snyuiun, at San Pablo De Moqui, 50 miles south of the northern capital, according to a telegram to friends hare, but no details of the mur der wero reported. From vnrious sources reports are reaching government ngents here today that nn American rancher named Foster has been slain near Torcron by Villistns. Department agents obtained a letter from Torreou received by a Mexican here stating that Villistui had killed Foster by burning him at the stake. After entering Parral, a month ago, parties of bandits detailed by Villa searched for Americans in the town for several days. The bandits knew the names of all "gringoes," refugees say, and intended to execute them, .t. Additional details of the Villista raid upon Chihuuhua City have reached the border. Tho homo of Donald tiillis, an American, was wrecked nnd Howard Snyder's store looted. The first passenger train from Clii liua hua City since the bandit attack upon the city arrived at the border dur ing the night. Jose Bnrio, Italian, and his daughter, who was reported kid naped, vere passengers. Apprehension wns aroused here by the movements of bodies of Aiicrican troops during the night. General Bell, commanding, said the movement had no significance but was merely part of a preparedness program and to accustom . , 1. n l...... ..iirlit mnl'nmnnld ; tJn, nr j.;s,)ri an American, hnd been killed by bandits at Suntn Rosalia. The killing is said to hnveanccurred some days ago but this is the first re port from an official source to the de partment iu this case. Officials said today they classod overnight reports from tho border which told of 'the killing of the Americans, (ray, Foster and Wnyman, with "wild reports of killings in Chihunhuu City last week." Did Mot Harm Americans. Jose Hovio, an Italian refugee from Chihuahua City, today told United States authorities here the first authen tic story of the sacking of the north ern Mexican capital by Villistns. Bovio had four conversations with Villa who told him he would harm no foreigners . . i : ii i r : 1 llUt ni.'lUlt-LI ui'wiU UUl MUU UlUl-iriii him to roun.i up all th merchants in the citv and tell them to come to him (Vii- la)'. From them the bandit chief do- marded two hundred thousand pesos. .i-:n- i:..-.i ...r:i Villa singled Hovio out nnd ordered VILLA MURDERING TORTURES SUM Ing the five days be was in Chihuahua ' e timated the losses on both sides , r6eommendations in 0 report submit Citv " aaid Bovio. "He did not eo out during the battle for possesion ot the ted to the mayor and city council to- 'A i. tr" ?.i tured and in good health. He walk. with a cane, but can mount bis horse without assistance. "From the first day of the bandit entrance into the city, systematic loot- ing went on. Every day a train or two loaded with hoot pulled out on th. Mexican Northwestern railway. Tho LIBERAL M i E TO LLOYD GEORGE Express Confidence in As quith But Will Aid New Minister . PROSECUTION OF WAR DESIRE OF ALL PARTIES New Force Injected Into Conflict and Great Results Expected By Ed L. Keen. (Tinted Press staff correspondent.) London, Dec. 8 All doubt that David I.loyd-Oeorge would have complete eup port for his new government in parlia ment was swept away today when the Liberal party menfbers, iu conference, formally resolved to support tho new regime in tho prosecution of the war. The action means tho new premier will not only be backed up by the Un ionists and the Lahorites totalling 324 votes out of the 070 in commons but also tho Liberal block of votes 200 more. The Irish Nationalist group is the only one of any strength now re maining in commons whose position to ward the new ministry is not yd clear. The Liberal conference today adopt ed resolutions of confidence in its lead er, former Premier Asquith, but de clared itn determination to support the new government iu the prosecution of the war. About 200 Liberals from both houses of parliament, including a number of former ministers, attended the meeting of the purty, held at noon in the Re form club. Asquith, smiling and ap parently happy, was accorded an en thusiastic ovation by the crowd which gathered nt the entrance to the club. . Han Confidence of All. Former Premier Asquith presided at tho meeting of the Liberals. He ex plained in full detail all the circum stances leading up to the chunge in gov ernment, particularly defining his own position in the crisis which led to disso lution of the coalition cabinet. The new premier's whirlwind mastery of the political situation yesterday was universally taken as indicctivc of his future general conduct of the adminis tration in tackling difficult problems, either foreign or domestic. Tin' general admiration for Lloyd George's energy, organizing ability and gift of conciliation wns expressed by the Pall Mull Cazette today. "The success and rapidity with which Lloyd-Oeorge is fulfilling his commission," the Gazette asserted, "in dicntes lie will shortly have on adminis tration not only witli a strong personal ity and practical talent, but nrmede with the nation's confidence. Yester day's achievement gives a more vivid impression than anything else of the striking gifts of leadership which the new premier possesses." Loudon does not expect formal an nouncement of the personnel of the new ministry until next Tuesday, to which date the house of "ominous adjourned vesterday. In the interim Lloyd-George has plenty of time in which to make his selections and utilize his gifts as a conciliator infuser of enthusiasm nnd orgnuizer. Railway Emhargoes Weakens Wheat Prices Chicnoo. Dec. 8. Widespread food iiiobcs and railway embargoes served to depress the market early today, but Pi SUPPORT IiriCCS UIUI U lliwuilll.r ,:... ..v.j J inus .cr out III once. 1 no SCICCWUli ui )ecember wheat was down 1 cent below unlt waii v(i to General Funston. lie today's opening ut 4L(I; May up 1-41UB j,.HiKnntcd the following organiza at tl."7 1-4, and July up 1 1-8 at '.-tions for this purpose: 4S 7-8- Ambulance company number 2, New Corn was weak nfter a lower opening. December wns down :i-4 nt 91; May down half at 92 H-4, and July unchanged , brigade headquarters, New York-, sce nt 93. Iiind bultalion engineers, New York; Oats declined slightly. December was down 1-8 ut f)2 7-8; May down 5-8 ut .'id 7-8; July down 3-8 nt '53 C-8. Provisions were steady. OEEGON HENS TO COMPETE Portland, Or., Dc. M. Oregon hens in large numbers will Invade Washing ton state next week uud seek prir.es nt the Seattle Poultry Show. 11. V. Marx, sniierintendent of a local exhibit, said 200 Oregon birds were entered nt Se attle. . ";"" . " ., . , J of "mmniii U on We were al- 'H 4abouf the ? rcet8- ivcry th' w q order ly. - declared that V ,11a ha about 5.000 men with him in Chihuahua City. city at about 500 dead and wounded. Although .l a dec lared h would hill AJD"":;" U'e Cy,-h m ah to hurt them, Bovio: saic L A11 l? ".r,0 "ft.Vu? ev"ua'ed1 ,he hfto" td arranged another conference I merchants Saturday, but marched out tor the advance of General Mur- BLAME THE GRAPE JICE Portland, Ore., Dec. 8 Super stitious seamen saw something significant today in the fact that the new auxiliary schooner Alpha halted abruptly on tho ways after having been chris tened with a bottle of grape juice. A big crowd attended tho event. Amid cheers the vessel started sliding. "Crash!" and Miss Myrtle Knudson awing the bottle against the prow. Grape juice trickled over the ship, and she stopped dead, having only moved six feet. Labor Is Scarce, Wages High and Unionism Is Spreading San Francisco, Dec. 8. Tho pros perity which the war has brought Japan hn9 just been strikingly exem plified in the announcement that the Nippon Yuscn Kaisha, that country's largest steamship company, cleared a not profit of 17,243,809 yen ($8,017, 404.90) during tho first half of the present fiscal year. Word to this effect reached here from Japan today. A dividend Of 2S percent was declared November 28. Members of the imperial Japanese household own a large percentage of tho stock. Labor Is Scarce. Tokio, Nov. 21. (By mail.) War timo prosperity has brought to Japan an actual shortuge of labor and has given a strong impetus to tho trade union movement in the empire, accord ing to observers who have watched the situation closely. In the fountry where only a short timo ago the strongest coolie could be hired for a few sen a day almost all industries are s'nding agents through out the provinces seeking more men. Not long ago there wns talk of over population and tho birth statistics wero used to explain the urgent need of expansion abroad, but conditions ure different now. Wages have risen as tonishingly and with the advancement in position of tho workmen trade un ionism is beginning to flourish. The government prohibits organiza tion of labor unions, but collective bargaining has come into existence through the formality -of application to tho home office. E Selection Left to General Funston- Oregon Boys Must Stay Awhile Washington, Dec. 8. Six thousand national guardsmen will be sent home from the border ut once for muster out, it wus announced today. The war department statement carry ing this inf'oriniitioii said: "In continuation of the general poli cy of the department to relieve nation al -utird units as conditions permit j(i ooo guardsmen wi he sent hpme for York; field hospital number 2. New York; signal battalion, New York; one lOiirhtconth infantry. Pennsylvania; bat tery A, Utah; First battalion field ar tillery, California; First battalion, field artillery, Missouri; No. 1 Massachu setts ambulance company; Second in .aiitry, Idaho; 'First infantry, lowu; First battalion field artillery, Iowa; signal company, District of Columbia; battery A, Karfaas. Tacoma May Have Municipal Markets Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 8. The estab lishment of municipal markets where vegotables and other food stuffs rais ed by the farmers mnv be sold at cost direct to tne consumer, is ono oi mu ilav hv the committee appointed to in vestigate' high food price here. Legis lation is proposed to permit farmers to have access to the facilities of the pres ent rmhlin mnrlcpf. Illncfl and to disOOSe of their products without the aid of middle men; also an orainaneo airecien at commission merchants who are chnrg ed w-th destroying 'holesome foods. in order to keep un nnccs, II All IA MAKES SUBMARINE SITUATION GRAVE Germany Admits Act ,But Bases Defense On -"Presumptions" DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS MAY BE SEVERED BY IT Germany Openly Flouts the American Interpretation of Submarine Rules By Carl D. Groat. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, Dec. 8. After considera tion of the Herman "explanations" in the Arabia case, President' Wilson to day instructed Secretary Lansins; to lor ward an outline of the renly to KntT- land, with tho request that any facts. the British government might huvo as to the status of the ship when she wis sunk would be welcome to this govern ment. On the results of inquiries by agents- of this government and on what facts hngland may be able to Bhow therefore. will depend this government's format opinion on the Arabia attack. I he ctinn taken today, it was ex plained, will necessarily delay for sev eral days at least any chanco of final decision in the mutter. The Arabia case was to bo thoroughly discussed at this afternoon's cabinet meeting. America's policy toward the Uermnn submarine situation remains exactly what it was when this government told Uermnny she must stop her ruthless methods o'f torpedoing. This was stated officially today, but tbiire was reason, to believe that the United States had not unalterably put np the gates at least to brief discussion of serious subma rine problems now before tho adminis tration. Taken at its face, the statement that tho American government stands pat en her uttitude expressed in the Sussex notes, menus that she would break dip lomatic, relations if Germany trans gressed. There is growing belief that in the Arabia case, at least, and per il up. in the Marina, she had overstep ped America's mandates. lint in line with a policy or averring anything that might ultimately lil to war, the administration is regarded as likely to steer clear of n break up to the. lust possible point. Kxpcrts ln'licve that the Aralim case presents a situation in which Germany openly flouts American interpretation of subninrino rules nnd American rights in tho matter. Briefly, Germany admits that her commander built up a structnre of presumption thnt the (rabia was a transport and hence win like,-nnd then proceeded to sink her. The other ide of the picture lies in (he American memnrndnin of March 25. Whilo Hint applied to armed merchantmen anil armament does not enter into the Ara bia consideration it laid down tho principle: "Tho determination o'f wnrliko char acter must rest in nn case upon presump tion but ution conclusive evidence, De- canso the responsibility for tho destruc tion of life and property depends en the nctnu facts of the case anu cannor. bo avoided or lessened by n standard of evidence which a belligerent, may nn- nounco ns creuting a presumption or hostile character.'' Woman Arrested Over Everett mis Kverett, Win ii., Dec. 7. Mrs. E.Utu. Frenette, I. W. W. agitntir, nrrosled in connection with the dock tight ar several weeks ngo in which a number of persons were hilled, is today bound over to superior court to stund trinl for nlle"c.l first decree assault on Sheriff Don Me line, while ne was being car ried, wounded, to the hospital after tku ''Former Police Officer John Molin testified he saw Mrs. Frenette draw a revolver nnd point it toward McHae. lie ordered her not to shoot and she then lint up 'I'1 weapon. THE WEATHER Oregon: To- night and PaUr- , day rain west, ) ruin or saw J east poriios; fresh southerly winds interior, fresh southerly gale along tho coast. . j d3& more -y