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ft (D) D aitsyMal Journal N FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY i M ft THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 270 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1916 STANDS FTVB OEHTS fiFRMJN" vuii inn i o DISHING AND WORLD PEACE ENT1MENT IN niro a nrninrn numinr iaio a mm mm Feeling Now Is That the Allies Should Consider the Offer, and Make a Statement of Terms That Would Be Satis factory to Them Germany's Willingness To Consider Disarmament and World Peace Causes Change By Robert J. Bender, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 15. For nearly two hours today President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing con sidered the question of supplementing the forwarding of the German peace proposals to allied capitals with some suggestions from this government. At the conclusion of the conference neither the presi dent nor Secretary Lansing would throw any light upon what, if any, decision was reached. "I have nothing to say now. There is no announcement to be made at present. There is no conclusion to discus sion," summed up Lansing's reply to inquiries from news papermen. It was indicated after the conference that, the state department at least has little on which to work in the way of expressions of public sentiment in this country, except as voiced in the newspapers. In the past the department has been flooded with tele grams, giving individual views of what ought to be done, but in this instance none has come. Cabinet Takes It Up. Washington, Dec. 15. The whole sub ject of peace and the part America can jplay, it' any, will undoubtedly be thresh ed out in this afternoon 'a cabinet ses sion. Confidential Information from Secre tary Crew of the American Berlin em bassy dispatched with Germany 's pro posals, is scheduled for presentation to the members along with consideration -' past official reports and recent un official versions of foreign attitude to vard peace. The state department was reliably un derstood to be collecting this forenoon a'l its past information bearing on the subject of peace. This, taken with news messages, indicated a sentiment ou the rtilies' part against yielding up the struggle to diplomacy at this. moment. Would Discuss Points. Meantime, German official hints here pointed to a willingness to talk at least B partial disarmament and likewise a v.illingness for introduction of a world guaranty of peace. The administration now feels that t! ere may be instructive discussion of t ie peace proposals among the allies, lut has had no reason to believe that the present proposals themselves will at once point the way to peace. Petrograd 's semi-official statement that Germany is deluding her own peo ple and trying t1 east the responsibility for continuance of the war elsewhere. Is regarded as a general allied view point. In these circumstances President Wil ton and his advisers are admittedly still T jwled to 'know just what attitude and what action, if any, to take. It was expected that the cabinet ses sion would serve to clear the official 'atmosphere and that it might be pro tective of some definite information to Men may be lookiu' further ahead 'We proposed to mediate to the ene t:esc days, bat not as high. Who re my," the kaiser was quoted as saying. members when a feller used t' h!-- : per when he ordered a plate o' beansf 1 (Continued on page two.) WILLING TO DISCUSS ENGLAND the public as to what this government proposes to do. English Feeding Changes. By Ed L. Keen. (United Press staff correspondent.) Loudon, Dec. 15. A steady increase in sentiment that the allies in refusing German peace plans should set forth their own terms of peace, was manifest here today. Notwithstanding the con tinued illness of Premier Lloyd-George, it is known that the allies, through the foreign office, have already logon an informal exchange of views on Von Bethmann-Hollweg's proposals There are three views entertained as to the course which the allies should adopt in answering the German note, based on the realization that the en tente powers must carefully avoid the pitfalls of the Teutonic nations. Three plans are: First A blunt rejection of the note. The advocates of this course are con vinced that this will be the only way in which to prevent the situation being maneuvered to advantage by Germany. Opponents of the plan hold, on the other hand, that.it would be a serious mistake not .to meet the issues raised by Vou Bet lima nn-Hollweg. Second That Germany name her terms on the assumption that these terms yet to be made known officially, really may be worth considering and might be considered without damage to allied prestige. May State Their Terms. Third That the allies do not ask Ger many's terms, but detail their own sen timents as to peace; their terms and conditions. Suggestions made in the press of neu tral nations and particularly develop ment of such an idea in the United MlateThas aided in developing senti ment for this third course. Moreover, it is seen by the news from Germany, that the government did not expect a favorable response to its proffer: there fore Knglaud regards the main purpose of Von Bethmann-Hollweg's proposals as manifestly two-fold, to impress neu trals and the German public. Advocates of the policy of the allies listing their tefms argue that in such a situation as presented now, the entente have a splen did opportunity to put before the out side world as well as the people of. Ger many whom they have always believed generally ignorant of the real issues of the war a clearest, definite united pronouncement of the allies' aims and purposes. There was every indication today that the allies will adopt their course. It is fully expected that J.luyd George will be sufficiently recovered from his illness on Tuesday to give in his speech before the house of commons n more or less positive statement of the allies' position. By Carl W. Ackerman ..(United Press staff correspondent) Berlin, Dec. 15. Germany expressed i .... ;a willingness to enter peace negotia , tions because she is now fully victori ous. Kaiser Wjlhclui told German troops in -visace. in an nmircsa !W1NTER WEATHER ; nnrc m ir.f with uu,u MU ,UL """ Russian armies German Advance Losing Momentum-Russian Activ ity Increases London, Dec. IS. The allies have made known in semi-official statements their rejection of German-made peace at this stage and today their armies in the field were backing up that re fusal by force of arms. Statements from the cast indicated winter has caused no let up in Russia's Offensive in the Carpathians. Nor has there been any diminution of the fight ing in Rumania, The German advance is slowly losing its momentum in the face of the Rumanians' strong rear guard resistance, made ns they retreat to the strategic line of the Basau river. Before long there will be complete consolidation of the Buzau river line of Rumanian defense with the Rus sian Carpathian line of offense. Russia is likely to reinforce this whole line strongly. Great interest was manifested here in a dispatch from Paris connecting op Monday's violent German attack ou the French lines nearest Pasis with Von Bethmann-Hollweg's peace pro posals of the same day. The assault was declared to have been carried out by the flower of the German troops and I with a force of probably 10,01)0 men. The attack has not been specifically mentioned in official statements. Apparently bitter fighting is still go ing on in Macedonia, with the allied forces under General Herail continuing satisfactory progress. England looks to see division of German forces to aid the Bulgarians here very shortly with a consequent increase in the intensity or' the fighting. French Attacks Fail. Berlin, via SayviHe wireless, Dec. 15. Three vain attacks by French forces on the west bank of the Meuse were reported in today's official statement. The assaults were directed against trenches ou height No- .104 southeast of Malencourt, captured by German forces a short time ago. - On the east bank of the Meuse the French also repeatedly launched attacks preceded by a strong artillery prepara tion, which extended far into the ter rain behind the lines. Further "storming waves" frif?ed on the Pepper Ridge. Development of an attack on the south slopes before Fort Hurdumout was made impossible by the Germans' destructive fire. Germans Take Buzah. Berlin, via SayviHe, Dec. 15. Bu.ah has been captured by the German forces, today's official statement declared. " Under the most unfavorable weath er conditions," the statement said, "the allied troops rival each other in the plan liot to let the enemy rest on the inarch. On the mountains the en emy offered resistance in forcficld posi tions, but were pierced. "Buzau was captured. "Tho Ninth army reported four thou sand prisoners as captured yesterday and day before yesterday. Near Fete sti strong Bulgarian forces crossed the Danube." Russiansd Make Gains. Berlin, via SayviHe wireless, Dec. 15. "On the hcjght the enemy succeeded tin gaming a tooting, said today s OI- ticial statement, describing the tCnsslan offensive in the Carpathians. The attacks on the Transylvania fronts failed, as on preceding days- Burned the Villages. Berlin, via SayviHe, Dec. 15. Bus I sian forces retreating in Kumania left burning villages through great Walla ehia, today's official statement report ed. Rumanian Cabinet Quits. Copenhagen, Dec. 15. Resignation of the Rumanian premier at .Tassy, the new capital of that monarchy, was an nounced in dispatches received here yes terday A new cabinet has uot yet been formed. 4 $ i( TO PROMOTE PERSHING Washington, Dec. 15. In ac knowledgement of his service in Mexico, President Wilson to day recommended the promotion of Brigadier General .lohn J. Pershing to be. a major general. He also recommended the pro motion of the following colon els to bo brigadiers: Kben Swift Francis H. French, Kdwin St. Greble audjt'harles D. Treat. SEATTLE WOMEN'S BOYCOTT Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 13. Boy cott ou potatoes, butter and eggs has beeu started by Seattle wo men members of the Hoinekecp ers' club, it was announced to day. They held three mass meet ings to discuss wuya of reduc ing the high cost of living be fore they to6k action. There nbout l.uot) women members of the club and they intend to work among their neighbors. The resolutions rule against po tatoes costing more than l1-.. cents a pound; butter over 40 cents s pound; fresh eggs over 45 cents a down and storage eggs over 35 cents a dozen. PRICES HUNT CELLAR War Brides Worst Hurt But Whole List Feels the Jolt New York, Dec. 15. The fourth day of panicky Jumping of stocks on the, stock exchange, which was started on luesday by Germany s announcement of peace proposals, saw new low lev els established this afternoon. United States Steel, which has felt the force of the pounding hour after hour since the Initial upset, wns quot ed at 109 1-8 at one time todav and at that figure showed a loss of 20 a share from the high record price estab lished recently. The mad scramble to unload has re sulted in four days trading averaging two and a quarter million shares or more. At uoon todav 1,300.000 shares had been dumped on the exchange rloor, a inrge aprt 01 it on orders from business men of the country who had played the hup i side consistently through two mouths of the greatest bull market Wul( street hus known since TH! ' Ww""-' Koassuring statements that no brok erage houses have been weakened or endangered by the near-panic which has seized the country's speculators have been issued during the past 24 hours. The extent to which fortunes have been made or wiped out by the 2,000, 000 share market is yet a matter of guess. Country traders suffered in the first clash and hundreds, perhaps thou sands, saw their speculative nest egg wiped off the boards. Professional trad ers, in many instances, had sold short and coined money on Tuesday. Since then the market has been whip sawed this way and that, uowling amateur dabblers and professional speculators without preference. yesterday a man died of heart fail ure in a broker's office while reading tin? ticker. Today it was reported that one brokerage firm declared a bonus, only to have their employes nipped of theirs Christmas presents, with which they had taken flyers in the market. Two million four hundred thousand shares Tuesday, 1,780,000 shares Wed nesday, 2,300,000 shares yesterday and an outlook for a two and a half mil lion day today tells the story of the rush to unload. The loss in the four day bear market (Continued on page two.) Expect to Save Submarine If Storm Does Not Prevent It Eureka, Cal., De?. 15. Plans to drag the I'. S. submarine 11-3 out Of the breakers where she has been rolling and pitching for 24 hours were rushed to completion today by Lieutenant Com mander William B. Howe, following the rescue tit' tin' 2(3 members of the crew through the medium of a breeches buoy. Despite the divers' perilous position, Howe declared today he believes she can be taken off if a storm does not blow up. In response to a request sent to the -Mare Island navy yard for n vessel with geur for handling the sub marine, tto- coast guard si M el 'nUoch came here todt the work. prepan expedite The two officers and 20 men who were tuken off the submarine just be fore nightfall yesterday are all suffer-, ing from severe bruises and some broken bones but none is in a con requiriug more than temporary N'one of the men would discus w i t h litiou Sid. the accident in de ail but from their stor ies it was clear that the submarine lost its way in the dense fog and drifted into the breakers when its engines de veloped trouble. Members of the crew said that, until they were rescued, they had no definite idea as to the location of their vessel. So dense was the fog that it was impos sible to get their bearings yesterday morning and Lieutenant Bogusch b- lievecr he was several miles south of Humooldt bay when he suddenly found his craft inside th line of breakers.! A moment later she began to scrape,! the men said and tho engines went outj of commission. This left the craft helpless. For PANIC HIIS WHEAT GAMBLERS; PRICES ARE TORPEDOED While Pit Howled Price Drop ped 9 Cents In Few Minutes DROP SINCE SATURDAY IS EIGHTEEN CENTS Saks Enormous and Market ancM Opening Chicago, Dec. 15. After a rally just before noon, wheat again started down and fell as much as five points before the close at 1:15 p. m. December closed at $1.42 1-2, 11 points below yester day's close and 4 1-2 blow's today's op ening. May closed at $1.55 1-2, 11 1-8 below yesterday's close, and 7-8 below the opening. July was $1.32 1-4, 10 3-8 below yesterday's close, and li 1-4 under the opening. Peace Talk Caused It. Chicago, Dee. 15. Grain took a big tumble today when news that Germany is willing to consider proposals for the limitation of armament frightened spec ulators into turning loose heavy hold ings. Wheat fell heavily when the market opened, losing as much as nine cents shortly after trading began, in a tumult uous pit. Before noon the market, re covered a little of its losses and Decem ber was $1.47 1-2 up, 1.8 above today's opening and six cents below last night 's close; May was $1.58 1-4, down 4 1-4 be low today 's opening and 8 2-8 below yesterday's close.' July was $1.38 1-8, down 2 3-8 below today's opening, and 0 1-2 below yesterday's close. The mar ket was still very weak and nervous. During the morning transactions were, enormous and price changes quick and heavy. Bciow is a comparison with wheal prices last Saturday and at noon today: Last Noon Month- Saturday, today. Off. j December 1.H5 1-2 1.4 7 1-2 1.77 1-2 1.58 1-4 .1.49 3-4 1.30 1-8 1H May 1!) 1-4 13 5-8 duly . Corn 'followed wheat in the early drop, but later recovered and at noon i today December was at 88 5 8, up 1 5-8 j above today's opening and 3-4 below yesterday's close; May 89 3-8, up 3-8 lover today's opening and down 1 3-4 j below yesterday's close; July 89 1-4, up 7-8 above today's opening and 1 1-2 be low yesterday's close. Oats showed heavy fluctuations for ! that commodity, losing more than two points at the opening. Later recovery left December at 18 at noon, up one over the day's opening and 1 3-4 below yesterday's close; May at 51 5-8, down 3-8 below today's opening, and 1 7-8 below yesterday's, July at 4!l 1-2, up 1 1-8 over today's opening and 1 3-8 be- I low yesterday. Provisions were higher than at to I day 's opening. hours, they said she about wildly at the Several times the . wholly submerged, lurched and swung nercy of the waves. mining tower was ! .red, so sharp was thej the bout reeled. Hut the ! angle at which I no serious discomfort ! it into the batteries and van released. This forced r to abandon the interior in til water g 'lilorine gns ii a i m I and to stmt a under the 128 men sat his crew off in conning tower. a tiny roo rhere the huddled togetlfTi best they, might pitched and tosi bans ted when 1 aboard that tin strength to mal might never hac not been for th Werner Sweinns. he lentK'd from ; i clinging together as while the submarine Bd. They were so ex- j fe lines were- shot I y did not have the i e them fast. They I 1 been reseued hull it 1 i courage of Surfman i Despite his own peril, surfbont to the slip- pery deck of the submarine and finally I made fnst a line after he had twice been washed off and (twice had fought his way back. Sweinns wns the hero of Lureka today. Commander Howe declares that he expects to have salvage work well under i i 41... .:,u 41... wav neiore noon uno mm, wmi combined efforts of the monitor Chey enne, parent ship of the submarine flo tilla, and the McCulloch he believes the 113 will be saved. Naval officers here were advised dur ing the morning that Admirnl Caperton, commanding the Pacific fleet, was pre paring to call a board of inquiry to in vestigate the accident to the H-3. Crowds still lined the shore today watchiug the salvage work being con ducted under supervision of Lieutenant Commander Howe of the Cheyenne. GRANT SAFE CONDUCT London, Det 15. According to the request of the I'nited States, the allies have consent ed to grant Count Tamowsky, the newly appointed Austro Hungarian ambassador to Wash ington, safe conduct to America. Count Tsrnowsky was appoint ed ambassador to the I'nited States to succeed the Count Dumba, who returned to Vienna because he wss no longer per sona grata to America. The I'nited States made known its displeasure at Dumba's action and he was recalled. When Tar nowsky was appointed his suc cessor several weeks ago, the allies refused him safe conduct, first on the ground that his en tourage was entirely too large to be bona fide. America made formal request for Tamowsky 's safe passage. It remained unanswered and second request was recently made of England. CREW TELLS GRAPHIC That Crew Was Saved Due to Heroic Act of Life Guard Sweinn Eureka, Cal., Dee. 15 The exact causes of the wreck of the I'nited States submarine 11-3, which stranded in the breakers of Humboldt bay, will not bo known until on official investi gation is begun by the naVy depart ment. Lieutenant H. E. Bugseh and Lieu tenant Kric F. Zeemke, officers of the diver, and Lieutenant Commander Howe commanding tho submarine flotillri, ab solutely refused today to discuss for newspapermen the details off the mis hap. One of the members of the rescued crew, however, gave the I'nited Press a graphic story of the experience. "We knew that we were in the vicin ity of Eureka but we could see only a short distance from the boat," he said, "The fog was very dense and we moved slowly, even though we thought our ship well out from shore. "Suddenly there came a scraping, followed by a heavy bump which threw us all to the floor of the boat. "By the time we found out the trouble, the ves sel began to careen. It rolled tremend ously, milking it impossible for us to stand or to make deck. It seemed that every moment the craft would turn tur tle, so fearfully did she roll and pitch. "We lashed ourselves to the nearest objects on the vessel. Finally, after the tossing ceased somewhat, we made deck and signaled to shore, but could acocmplish little because of the tre mendous roll which was so heavy that the periscope touched the water fre quently. Our wireless apparatus WnS useless anil our efforts to signal with the whistle proved ineffective. Swcimu a Hero. "Finally, us the fog lifted, one of the boys got on dock and announced that he could see people on shore and that they seemed to be signaling to us to keep up our courage. Then the fearful rocking began again and we had to get under deck, I'ltimnlely this rolling in the surf brought water into the interior, flooding the batteries and generating chlorine gas. "We saw to do sometl iuted. So mads our w where we lr. Kor several that we would ba ickly or be aspbj lened ourselves a the conning tow ogether in the co ,o waited there, n died daring to venture on t Then we learned that ippei di g' shot a line aboard but we couldn't inak it fast. Finally the life guards senl a bout and a Surfman that man Sweinns did about the bravest thing I ever saw when he stuck to the job ami made that line fust in spite of the danger to himself. 1 take my hat off to that man. "After he had got through with his work it was easy to get all hands ashore. Lieutenant. Bogusch was the hist man to leave the ship. ' ' Lieutenant Hogusch today paid a high tribute to the courage and discipline of his men. "If it hadn't been for the splendid courage und discipline of the men we wouldn 't all have been rescued. At all times they showed perfect discipline un der most trying circumstances and in the face of the gravest danger. It was an honor to command such a body of men. ' ' Work of salvaging the vessel proceed ed rapidly today. Take Russian Trenches. Berlin, via SayviHe wireless, Dec. 15. German forces entered Kussian trenches north of the railroad from Mzloczov to Tarnopol and brought back M prisoners, today's official statement asserted. Gergo Is Better. , London, Dec. 15. Premier Lloyd George was much better today, his ill ness having subsided. His physicians indicated he would be able to speak in commons Tuesday- ESTIMATES SHOW MOST CROPS ABE UP II AVERAGE Wheat Is Only 88,359,000 Bushels Below Crop's Fire Year Average CORN NOT MUCH SHORT SPUDS 30 PER CENT SHY Oats, Apples and Hay Are e Excess Cotton One Fourth OIF Washington, Dec. 15. The total es timated production of wheat in tho I'nited States during 1916 was 639, 866,00 bushels for U15 and 738,225, 000 for a. five year average, the Wait ed States bureau of estimates reported today. The totai production r.t rorn (taring the year was 2,883,241,000 bushels a guinst 2,01)4,793,000 bushels for 1915 and 2,732,457,000 bushels for fiva year average. Total productions of cotton during 191(i, according to latest estimates, was 11,511,000 bales against 11,1,820 in 1915, and 14,259,000 bales for a five year average. Total production of tobacco was 1, 150,622,000 pounds against 1,062,237, 000 pounds and 991,958,000 as a fivo year average. The total production of winter wheat was 481,744,000 bushels, and 01 spring wheat 158, 1 42,(100 bushels. Tiw. ,,., I r,M,.iin ,,f . I QK1 . 992,000 bushels against 1,549,030,000 D 11 Basis tor 1915 and 1,107,961,000 bnsn els as a five year average. To'.al production of barley was 180, 927,000 bushels against 228,831,000 in 1915, and 186,208,000 as a five ysar average. Total production of rye' was 47,383, 00(1 bushels against 54,050,000 bushels in 1915 and 37,508,000 for a five year average. Total production of buckwheat was 11,840,000 bushels against 15,056,000 bushels in 1915 and 17,022,000 bushels for a fivo year average. The total production of tame hay was 89,991,000 tons against 85,920,000 tons in 1915 and 66.234,000 for a five year average; of wild hay 19,795,000 tons against 21,343,000 ton's for 1915. Total production of apples was 67, 695,000 barrels against 76,670,000 bar rels in 1915 and 65,966,000 for a five year average. Total production of potatoes was 883,437,000 bushels against 350,721,000 bushels in 1915 and 360,772,000 for a. five yenr average. Total production of oranges wns 23, 835.000 boxes against 21,220,000 boxes in 1915. , - Additional Reply To American Protest Received Berlin, via SayviHe wireless, Dec. 15. An additional portion of the Oer ! man reply to the American protest over deportation of Itelgian workmen waa made public here today. It said tha Belgian unemployed had been sent front central receiving places in Hal l tengradow, (lube, Kassel, Mesehede, ; Mnenster Soltau and Wittenberg. 'Of course," the note said, "occn j pillions to which a hostile population, according to international law, cannot be coerced are excluded. ''If the American government at taches importance to this matter, it 1 will be a pleasure to admit a member of the embassy in Berlin to obtain ia- formation about conditions under which these, persons live by a personal visit. t'The German government highly de plores that both the slandering press I campaign of her enemies' the con j ililions .explained above have been com ! pletely distorted in the I'nited States. Tho German government, likewise not the least in the interest of th I Belgian population would greatly de j plore it if by these distortions the i highly beneficial action of tho relief i committee should be hamiiered and asks a way in which they may be aon ! tinned." THE WEATHER : -0 (ftt Auto Oregon : To nigh t and Satur day fair; wiods mostly southerly.