CIRCULATION IS 1 OVER 4000 DAILY FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 276 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS SHSSnP ill hi 1 I mm y&iiv 41 41 W m m mr W WBlBili ,MMU !, HUM jSfp! MflffiEl- vw . KING PROROGUES PARLIAMENT INDIGATli ENGLAND IN NO MOOD TO mm PEACE Feeling In England Is Intensely son's Peace ProposalBonar Law Outlines Government's' Position In House of Commons and Is Generally Ap-. plauded by Press of Empire-Intervention by United States Is Feared by Allies the -811168 to give up all principles and . retract all official utterances regarding London, Dec. 22. Prorouging parliament today until the war's aims that have been 30 em Ffebruary 7, King George added the weight of his words phaticaiiy announced heretofore, to the allies stern rejection of a German made peace. I Am"" correspondents tonight i i "The vigorous prosecution of the war must be our ZlJt vTi ove.yw,,,,,v . ' i i u i-i i t i su'ong the government nuinorities over 6 ingle endeavor, ne declared, until we nave vindicated the peace note, in sumo quarters con the rights 30 ruthlessly violated by our enemies and J3G!&2S established the security of Europe on a sound foundation, upon Germany that the United states King George thanked the house of commons for its "unstinted loyalty" in providing funds to cover the bur dens of the war. "In this sacred cause," the king declared, "I am assured of the united support of all my peoples. I pray God may give us his blessing." "My government," the king continued, after sum marizing the nation s aims in the war, was reconstructed 4-1 i U44. 4,..4-u..: 4.1 wiui me ssuit; uujecL tu iu uieiiiig muse aims miiuiei eu and unimpaired. "I am confident," the king's address continued, "that however long the struggle may be, my army and my navy, with those of my faithful allies, aided by subjects throughout the empire will achieve victorious consumma tion of the aims for which I entered the war." King George was not present in person before the house of loards, and his prorogation address was read office announcement today. there by the lord chancellor. h-ah i. teamed Egyptian town T , 1 p ,1 i 1 i i .011 the Palestine border at the mouth In the house of commons the king's address proroguing 0f the River wady-ei-An3h (or "Biver parliament was read by Speaker Lowther. By Ed L. Keen, ( t'nited Press Staff Correspondent.) '.ondon, Deo. 22. The more England digests President Wilson's peace note, the more bitter it feels. That was thn conclusion to be drawn from news p'lper editorials in the afternoon papers .which went even farther than those of the morning editions in denunciation i' the American executive's move. The afternoon press was a unit in it-s reentf ttlness. This bitterness w.is pi rticularly manifested against Wil- aon s aasertior which all boll that aronts the objei ts for riving were w re nearly the 'I t is singular Standard declare (f Wilson pesapic t e delusion that deed he KveniiH ; tatcsmai labor unde can lOVC id' his to elcomed by th( f the situatioi intervention i resident Wilsoi immentcd, "bu nil peace .ies. The 1 iould warn 1 desired. "We since ul( not 1 the (Slob iiave grave II being." Our feeling! hi to slop till 1 objects lm ly what Pies 1 decessor felt 'fi II been attained lent v. hen VVils it threatened with1 British Army Keeps Busy Plugging Away on West Front By William Phillips Simms (United Press staff correspondent) With the British Armies in the Field, Bee. IP. (Delayed) While the Preach are rolling back the German crown prince's army before Verdun, the lirit-i.-!i army is not idle. Through the heavy snow and driving rain with a cold tang in the air remi- aueem 01 i nnstmas the ISntish armv Js plugging away in perfect accord with me oongnty Heroes defending the his- j toric citadel of Verdun. J ff the news from this end of the lirfe! at present isn t very sensational, it is because the allied plans decree it so. No one need doubt that absolute unity ol retion exists along this front, from th? salt water to the Swiss mountains. After the latest victory at Verdun th? British army straightened for a moment to applaud its brothers in arms 1 and then Lent back to its task. That the British do not intend that the enemv shall have any more rest un til the end of the war is apparent. Vis its to back areas give this impression as distinctly as those to the front lines. There is a vast' war plant there buzzing HM a great, busy mill. In the trenches powerful mortars are -: .mining away continually, mcthodical ly lobbing over sinister bombs from the size and shape of a wine bottle to those of a footbsil almost keg size. I Bitter Over President W - I European intervention in the middle of ! the civil war," declared the Westmin ster Gazette. "But if President Wil- I son has knowledge, hitherto denied US, that the enemy is willing to ackn rwl- : edge our statements, he well knows we. : would be the last to reject his good : offices. ' ' The favorite remarks With which the Wilson note has been greeted were that ! it. was ''ill timed," "inopportune," "doubtless well intcntioned but ill ad vised" and ''deplorable blunder." Pew question the motives or the spirit which impelled the note, but I most of the editorials point out that it was unhappily conceived and tactlessly worded especially in its references to ((smal nations. " This it was contend- j ed, conveyed the impression that the allies were equally guilty with the cen tral powers in this respect. What Bonar Law Says Entire appreciation was vioiced h the press utt sauc 1 ght ind by the public in ances of Chancellor Bonar Law. in corn- of the E regarding peace. His construed as a direct rica. rv well to sav 'let us Ann (Continued on page three.) Snipers Brack away at every head that shows itself for a second. Planted further back field guns add to the havoc wrought by high explosives in the opposing trenches. Now and then mines placed by sapping under ene my 's positions explode like the disinte gration of the world. Apparently it is the British policy to keep the enemy everlastiagiy on Ii i - ueeuies and pins wearing down nerve day and night. British raiding parties suddeulv ap- pear oetore German trenches, scatter ing death among itn occupants with grenades and taking prisoners. Rapidly body-to-body struggles in which the British excel and which the Germans dislike are often a feature of these raids. Dugouts are frequently raided where the Teutonic defenders, sleeping the sleep 0 i'exhauBtion, have been awakened from the arms of Mor pheus to find themselves in the arms of British Tommies. All this contributes to the highly ner vous state almost daily manifested a long the lines. While these things repeat themselves until they become routine along the front lines, in fhe back the organiza tion and preparation goes on. Britain ' punching power tn French is daily becoming mightier. PROPOSALS tEf5&22V1iM In Sending Peace Proposal By Ed L. Keen. (t'nited Press staff correspondent.) London, Dec. 22. British official cir- cles refuse to believe that America, in the note by President Wilson, is asking may tie torcecl eventually to enter the war on the side of the allies, unless Ger many accedes to the allies' demands. But as a rule, utter inability to under stand the motives behind the presi dent's note were apparent. The Evening News' head to the text of the Wilson note was the triple nega tive, in big type, "No! No! No!5' witli the further caption "This la Britain's Answer, Wiven Without Hesitation to President unison's surprising Note." !' President Wilson's seal for human ity has evoked a step which will create the bitterest resentment of all those who fighting, working and dying for the very principles he has at heart," declared the Pall Mall Gazette. WAR BULLETIN Loudon. Dec 2L After two venrs oc cupation by the enemy British forces 1 ... 1 ... I I J' . i - ot Egypt") on the Mediterranean sea. ( The war office said the Egyptian city had been taken by the British troops yesterday. Cannonading in West. Paris. Dec. 22. Violent cannonading last night in the region of Louvenioat, , north of Verdun, was reported in to day's official statement. Elsewhere filling the western front it was quiet. The statement also detailed an artil lery duel yesterday north of Monad ir.' yvlucli is still continuing today. Pa trol engagements on the Struma front were also reported. Bulgarians Wiped Out. trograd, Dec. 22. The greater part r oi a Bulgarian detachment advancing eastward to Lake Babadag from Enisal (in Dobrudja) was forced into Lake Ibolota and many were drowned, to day's official statement declared. The Russian troops took 115 prison ers. 1 A1MF0 BY VILLA S FORCES , Only News of Attack Comes In Brief Bulletin to 1 Paso El Paso, Texas, Dec. 22. Villa's forces attacked Torreon at 4 O'liioCkl this morning ami a ba tie for possession of the city was raging at daybreak to- j day. This information reached here by) wire to Mexican government officials. The only news of the attack was a j brief bulletin sent out of Torreon to ! Chihuahua City by the government wire less as the assault started. The message reached El Paso by land wires. Early yesterday Villistas Captured Bermijillo, about thirty miles north of Torreon, after the garrison had fled to the latter city. Torreon is the railway key to north ern Mexico, many lines converging at his point. In possession of Villa, the bandit chief could dominate the rail ways leading to the northeastern bor der. The population of Torreon is a bout 40,000. Villa with 5,000 troopB was reported yesterday as approaching Torreon and driving back government troops sent north to oppose his advance. Military observers here point out that Villa should have little difficulty in taking Torreon, as the garrison there was weakened when General Murgia marehed northward to the aid of Chi huahua City. There are over 800 independent com peting railroads in Uncle Sam 's land. The express companies still use dog! cledges in parts of Alas':a. sfc sjc 3(c -4 4 4 4 4 4 CAR SHORTAGE CAUSED IT Washington, Dec. 22 Adjust ment of the nation-wide car !nt t ! declare by federal authorities to be largely respon sible for the present high cost of living is lieing hindered by re fusal of eight railroads to co operate with the American Rail way association, according to a statement of the car shortage commission of the association tod aw INTERSTATE BRIDGE COMPLETE Vancouver. Wash-, Dec. 22. With on ly a light breeze to make the operation nil in till, mi- mm :m ui me iinei- ; state bridge between Oregon and Wash ington was towed into the Columbia riv er today to be floated into place. The work will probably take all day. If the wind becomes strong, bridge engineers may halt the job and attempt it tigain tomorrow. E T 1st tl I TedlllP3 That HP FynPnitpil IGMIIICa lildl IK LApemitU Large Sum For German Government dun Fraueisco, Dee. 22. Franz Bonn, German consul general here, admitted on the witness stand today that he had purchased eontrabrand of war for the German government and that he had spent "a great deal of money" in suchll purchases during the months sueeeediiiL' 1 the declaration of war. He made these statements in cross examination by I'nited States District Attorney Preston during the trial ol'' himself ami associates on charge of neutrality violations. When Hupp ad mitted having purchased rubber and nickel in lame Quantities. Preston In sisted that these two products are both I munitions of war, but Bopp denied this, i The district attorney questioned Bopp at length regarding the so called "se jcret fund" said to have been placed at the disposition of the consulate bv the I Berlin government. This fund is said I tO have amounted to tlO&OOO. Mono said he used "a great deal" of money, but wouldn 't specify the total. Bopp said that he personally was in charge of this fund and that he made reports regarding disbursements direct lo (he Merlin government, send'nur all vouchers, etc., there. For this reason, be he could not detail the dis- bursements, as he had no! ken! anv roc ords for himself. "What expense, need or desire did you have for $100,000 in March W15t" Preston asked. "That has nothing to do with this ease." was Bopp's peppery answer. Asked who had requested the so call ed "secret fund" from the German government, Bopp replied merely: "Ask Von Sehaack," (the vice consul). Bopp finally stated, however, that he needed such a fund to make extensive purchas es of rubber and nickel, When asked direct whether he had purchased "mu nitions of war" he said he hail not and refused to admit that rubber and nickel W i Ud you purchase Pre: "I will not tell," said the witness. Bopp was questioned at length re tfding the employment of C c. Crow ley as consulate agent ami he repeated the testimony given earlier in the week by Vice Consul Von . chaack. He spoke with a good deal of contempt of the bomb model which Van Sehaack had purchased from Johannes YnnKoolbei gen for $2o. Bopp said the bomb had lain around the consulate for a long time "and we occasionally took it Up ami played with it." Roosevelt alius goes some place where nobuddy knows him after an election. Th' best scheme is t' love yourself and take no chances on your neighbors. I . : . LI w rmKHsn Statements of Lansing Are Transmitted Abroad ; Allies Will Reject Peace By carl D. Groat (I'nited Press staff correspondent) Washington, Dec. 22. Secretary nf State Lansing's two statements of yes terdav, in interpretation of President Wilson's pence note, were forniarded today to American diplomats abroad. Tl... 11akI :., !.,, ,;,!!.. it,.. .,..,.';. .I,-',. fcJ might be no misunderstanding or mis interpretation of the text abroad, fhe diplomats will be free to inform foreign offices of these official texts peace terms. and it is felt that the second statement in the house, Representative Bailey will serve to correct any misconstrue- inuwetl that that body go on record as Hon which might lie placed upon the approving the president's action. The first. I resolution was referred to the foreign Dispatch of the two notes will prob- j atiairs committee . ably obviate the necessity for a supple-1 Tn the senate. Senator Hitchcock, Ne menta note, which Lansing said he bskn, offered a substitute to his reso would send if his first " verge of war") lutim, of yesterday. The substitute remarks were misinterpreted. ! rrad The fact that the texts are forward- I" Resolved, That the senate approves ed to the diplomats will enable them to Jrongly endorses the action taken by I present to the Ruropean courts as the (n0 p,,,8inpnt in sending diplomatic of ficlal attitude of this government the EotM of December 18 to the na idea that the Tinted States regards Ni.-. .imffed ;,, wnr. suirirostini; transgressions on its rights as increas - ingly grave, but as thus tar causing no I'onsHterntion neutrality policy ., f ,.l,i,,.... ,. 11,.. in the WiU N0t Flatly Reject Washington, Deo. 22. For the same ,easons that Great Britain and lo r al lies did not f In 1 1 v reject the peace pro DO sals of the Teutonic powers, thev will 1 1 ,, -.. not tlatlv turn down the suggestions made bv ' President Wilson in his pence messages, was the expressed belief ol some entente diplomats here today. This opinion was voiced to a I'nited Press correspondent in intimate and con fidentlal talks at two of the most im portant entente embassies in Washing' ton. At these embassies two reasons wen given for the above opinion: To show officially and formally ' "'S"'et " over the president's peuee any sug gestions by tint I y refusing 111s request for specific terms would be playing di rectly into (ierniauv 's plans, since Ger many then would have opportunity to reiterate oft repeated protestations that the entente allies are responsible for prolonging the war. Such a flat turndown would tend to weaken what sympathy there is now in the United States for the entente al lied cause. These allied diplomats did not hesi tate to admit "chagrin" over the pros blent 's suggestion that specification of war objectives is necessary. They said allied speakers have been specifying their objectives for two years and n half and that they ought to be appar ent to all students of the war. It was this phase of the president 's note one which seemed to cause more regret than bitterness which wus particularly em phasized by the diplomats. SOUTHERN DIPLOMATS MUM By Charles P. Stewart (i'nited Press staff correspondent) Beunot Aires, Dec. 22. The first) Statement of the American Secretary j ot State Lansing, caused officialdom here to close up clam-iike. His subse quent modification failed to restore talkativeness. Officials evidently con sidered the situation too delicate to dis cuss. Neither the Wilson note nor the Lan sing statements have yet materially af fected South American markets. A ma joritv of the traders do not expect any speedy results from either. Press comment is typical of this view. Editorials agree that the note is ii la.nl and sensible and expresses the tinients of belligerent peoples as as neutrals." The newspapers agree that the 1 Fourth Member of Alleged Bank Robber (km Arrested in Seattle I Seattle, Wash., Dec. 22 - Albert Wolf, married, a real estate man, was arrested at his home in Bainier Valley, near the Taylor mill, by detectives at six o'clock this morning, as the fourth member of the gang of bank robbers implicated ii, the emifessiiiil nf ( Isen r I, owe. one of the alleged Bothell bandits, a few hours tier (liber inula mi. exnoetcd to- day. I Ed Hagen. a suspended patrolman, has uncovered operations of the alleged band of robbers and was instrumental jin rounding them up early today, i Oscar Lowe, age 27, a blacksmith, ar i rested in Tacoma by Hagen and Do j tective Cochran, at the Park hotel there has admitted being one of the three ate bandits who look $2,790 from the j Bothell State Hank, December 0, ac I cording to the police, ami made confes ( alone revealing the names of the oth ers connected with u series of daring crimes in the northwest. Hagen worked up the case, and ar rested A. .1. Hounds, who recently pur chased a blacksmith shop at Auburn, j Thursday afternoon. At .1 0 clocK tins morning nagen aim Acting Captain of Detectives Kent, ar rested Walter McDonald, a longshore man, at his home here. These two men ami Wolf have refused to admit any part in the robberies, but Lowe, the youngest of the prisoners has implicated them, according to de tectives who worked all night on the case. Wolf is not believed to have had an active part in the Bothell bank robbery but was a planner lor the others who have operated for more than a year, in the vicinity of Seattle ami Tacoma, ac cording to detectives today. nosis President Wilson seeks is obvi ously necessary to cure the present disease. Another Resolution Washington, Dec. 22. Representative Bailey, Pennsylvania, today introduced a resolution calling on congress to en lorse and approve" the president's act ion in sending notes to belligerent nn lions of Europe asking a statement of , rH.0mmeuding ,iat those nations! ,t t, , w , . . .. ... - properly be discussed. Hitchcock said he introduced the sub .i stitute because his first resolution had been sent to the foreign affairs com mittee, where it probably would re main. GUalA ft.lltH.ua ,.l,;l.l !,:.. . , , .. , .7. . J .., ,, 1 that action be deterred until after the . ,. . ll0'luayB; ., 1 ne ftimev resolution was almost a. verbatim copy of William Jennings Bry an's telegram of congratulation to the 1 president yesterday, it was very simi lar to that id' Hitchcock. He declared the president has rendered an invaluable service to a "war stricken world," and has afforded the belligerents un oppor tunity which it is fervently hoped they may not disregard. "It would be a reflection upon the nations at war to doubt that they know the ends for which they are fighting or 10 assume that they have any purpose which they are unwilling to reveal," the r .solution said. A statement by both sides, it was said, no matter how divergent, would (dear (he way for pence by giving a basis lor negotiations, "because we be lieve neither side will consent to as sume responsibility for continuing the unspeaaanie norrors 01 tuts conflict, any reasonable terms can se secured. The resolution asked that the presi-j dent be congratulated by congress for ,lls s,a"'1- Beady to Name Terms .. .. ... The Hague Dec. -.-Germany will, dlKloM her ch.et peace terms imnied.-, ately, if the forthcoming note from 11. ,11, loo eilieine powers, in it in 10 ieui- iiiaiin-Ilollweg's peace proposals leaves the peace door open, German dispatches said, it was semi-oi 1 icially announced 1 today. President's Free Hand Washington, Dec. 22. Congress will let the president have free hand in his attempt to find a common ground upon which European belligerents can meet to formulate plans for a lasting peace. Both houses today refused to endorse or tuke any action on the president 's action in dispatching his now historic notes to Europe's warriors. The senate tor the second time today refused to net on a resolution of ap proval. -Hitchcock Fuili Washington. Dec. 2:;. Again L -ceiiHiui iiiicu- COC railed tOUay m ms seconu uuempi to have the senate endorse the action (Continued on page ",ix.) WiOsam Jennings Bryan Wires His Commendation to President Wilson Washington, Dec. 22. From William Jennings Bryan the president today re-l eeived a long telegram Congratulating him on the "invaluable service to war tvlrtleflti emmtpies ' 1 nt'fercd iii the com- nuinirations 01 tin i belligei cut nation I'nited States to the Bryan's telegruiu follows: "You have rendered an invaluable purpose is to oesiro.v. ku service lo a war stricken world in ask-j the (termini public, it is feared, will ing the belligerent nations to set forth j even more strongly support the very in specific terms the conditions und as- government England is bent upon "is'" siiranees which thev deem necessary to tegrnting and will demand more 111th the establishment of a lusting peace, ft . U-ss, more unrestricted and more deter would be a reflection upon the nations mined pursuit of the war, on the sea at war to doubt that they know the particularly. This would endanger Am ends for which thev are fiUhtlnfl or assume that they have any purposes which they are unwilling to reveal." Butter and Cheese Makers Come to Salem The seventh annual convention of the Oregon Butter and Cheese makers association will meet in Salem Decem ber 28 and 29. The dairymen of the county will meet on the 29th. The meetings will be held in the nud itorium of the Commercial club. Ad dresses will be made by W. K. Newell, president of the Oregon Dairymen's as nidation, on "Value of Improved Breeding." W. K. Ilannermnn is on the program for an address on " Results of Cow Testing Work." E. V. Eiling ton, assistant director of the western dairy division, who lives in Salt Leks city, will speak on "The Work of, Dairy Division for the Producer" OFFICIALS EXPECT MOVE FOfl PEACE BY BELLIGERENTS Resentment On Part of Allied Nations Is Calming Down HOPE THAT PROPOSALS MET RESPONSIVE CHORD Secretary Lansing's Two Statements of Yesterday Mystify Diplomats By Robert J. Bender. (I'nited Press staff correspondent.) Washington, Dec. 22. Recovering slowly from the dizzy whirl of yester- day'o history making developments, government officials and foreign diplo mats here today looked to the foreign effiee of the belligerent nations for the IK xt peace move. As outlined in early reports strong exception was at first taken to Presi dent Wilson's overtures in both English ami Canadian press. The outspoken ex pirssion, seemingly (oday has been toned down, the move now being called mere ly "inopportune." The attitude of al lied diplomats here also shows a trend in the same direction. The ndministra(ion believes, how ever, this feeling is not sufficient to east any real gloom over the situatioa- It appears the same surprise and won derment was occasioned in Europe by the president's overtrures as woer mani fest hero when his move became known. The first wonderment over, the presi dent believes the warriors will feel far more inclined at least seriously and rarefnUy to consider his suggestions. Accurate sounding of the allied gov ernment's attitude cannot be-definitely known for several days at least. Thi eovernment is meanwhile convinced it."., . ... ,...... smmdic i. tak Hhow the proposals struck a ' . J . , 1 r rr"t'0'' what Did Lansing Mean? Aflt-v struggling with attempts to Mm just what lay behind Secretary Lansing's two announcements yestorflny ,,unlifying the other so as praeti- H J uf t nom cMt lim, diplomats here meaning- , n . , . , , reacneu mo ioiiowiog day: President Wilson has mnde his first step in a more vigorous course deter mined upon to maintainAmerican rights during the wnr. He has warned both sides that in the event of any herculean and final des- neral effort to win-should present pence overtures collapse- met tea must not be made to suffer. The move was prompted primarily to bring peace before further blows may be struck at tho structure of interna tional law. II was made not only in the interests of the United States but wus lnflueneeo by the appeals from all neutrals to this country for some strong positive stand. The United States government is de- terminer! to renin .1 fn renin rr out ot the war It - ., , , , , IlP -- .,, pin siiiie, inn warns 1 ne uhmk'- i"" , ' :. ... . , ,,; ' . olwiidd strieicil linmun ujr un..Sv.v... i t he SI I' I T e c o 1 1 1 1 11 it ' . t he si nte continue So far its attitude on neutrality is concerned, President Wilson has not changed. He has not switched from his strong ivietion that the country docs not want war if peace can be maintained with honor. He will use every human means pos sible to keep the country uloof from the struggle. But he sees in the possible failure or present pence negotiations uciite datig- er troin the iniuieuce 01 un tu..... Jieopie. This government s view nas 1 been that hould the allies refuse to discuss pence with Germany, the Ger man people will be convinced England a erica. Allied diplomats believed Secretary (Continued on page six.) THE WEATHER i. Ore gon : To night and Satur day rain west, portion; increas ing winds, mostly southerly, with rain or snow east moderate to fresh gale along the eon coast. A dt