FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
llouraal
CIRCULATION IS
OVER 4000 DAILY
FORTIETH YEAR NO. 6.
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS S?ALg?&g
TEUTONS CAPTURE
FIVE MORE TOWNS
STILL ADVANCING
arians Leave neuner
Russian Nor Native In
Romania
RUSSIAN BATTALIONS
BEATEN BY AUSTRIANS
vaiser Calls, Allies' Refusal
of Peace Offer An "Ar
rogant Crime"
Berlin, via Sayville wireless. Jan. 6.
Tiie Onward sweep of Teuton:" armies
in Rumania and Dobrudjii was described
i today's official statement which an
nounced capture of five new towns, ar
rival of Herman outposts detachments
f. the Sereth river line and a tiew men
ace to (Jalatz, the most important Ru--i
nninn city left in the hands of the Ru
manians ami Russians.
The statement detailed storming ad
duce movements by Teutonic columns
iu the Carpathians.
Capture of Braila, announced last
right, was described in thee word9:
"On the niht of January 4-5. Russian
troops desisted from further resistance
aftttta of the Hprcth against the Danube
army of General of Infantry Kosch and
retreated to the north bank, sacrificing
strong rear guards.
"In Braila Geaman-Bnlgarian cavalry
eatered from, the west, while German
end Bulgarian infantry came from the
east across the Danube."
Sumrqfcg up the results of the victory
at Braila, the statement said:
"In Dobrudja, the third Bulgarian
army under command of General Xer
zoff, definitely fulfilled it task to
leave no more Russinn nor Rumanian
soldiers iu the land.
"Intended new operations have been
introduced, " the statement continued.
"Galatz is in our fire."
In the Carpathians.
Describing the fighting in the Car
iithians, the statement said:
. "There were strong fire engagements
in the forest of the Carpathians. Aus-tro-Hungarian
troops repulsed Russian
battalions northeast of Kirlibaba. South
of the Trotosul valley, Bavarian-Austro-Hungarian
regiments stormed and ex
tended hostile defensive establishments
between Cotumba and Faltucanu. To
the enemy's heavy sanguinary losses
IfH udded 300 prisoners captured by
Ofrman forces."
While this fighting was going on
F-eld Marshal Von Mnekensen, in Bu
Uiania proper, reported:
. "After efiicient fire preparation, di
visions of Lieutenant Generals Schmidt
Vim Knoblesdorf (Heimich) and Von
Oetinger, commanded by Lieutenant
General Kuehne, stormed the strongly
constructed barbed wire barricades and
flanking establishments of the Russians
from Tartaru to Rimniceniu, capturing
those ton in themselves and advanced
across the swampy river sector to the
ercth."
Aii Arrogant Crime.
London, Jan. 6. Kaiser William re
gards the allies' rejection of Germany's
peace terms as "an arrogant crime"
end responsibility is upon them for
further bloodshed," according to an or
ider issued to the German army and
navy reported iu Amsterdam dispatches
today.
The kaiser is quoted as saying that
the allies' "hunger for power" makes
t em desire destruction of Germany
aud as urging that the amy and navy
may stand firm as steel to force the
Continued on I'ago Seven. )
Th' stylishly dressed yonag man o'
t 'day looks like he Wuz rctrievin ' from
a well aimed kick. Wash tirimffa. ush
er at th' Nickelodeon, fcs engaged t' a
can nro, essional.
!
1
Lloyd George's Head
Is Getting Larger
M Not Swelled
London. Dec. 15. (Bv inai,v A'ovd-
fleorge's head is a growing ift '- ion.
Prof. J. Milieu Severn, a c ug
phrenologist, examined the Brit t-
niier's head back in and fo,
measure nearly ii.i inches nrours.
perceptives. A later cxanmi,
showed that the lapse of vears hail
creased the circumference more thai
quarter of an inch.
"This goes to prove that as the inin(,
la ...,.,.,l.,.l II,., I..I., I I ...... I ., ..
subject to a larger development." said
I'rofessor Severn. "This growth can
continue after the subject has reached
adult age."
When he examined Lloyd-George)
head the second time Severn told the
present premier of the development. Hid
judgment was borne out by the man
who makes the leader's hats. He said
Lloyd George was taking a larger bon
net thau before.
Severn has not had an opportunity
to examine the premier's head since
the new cabinet was formed.
WHAT THEY SOWED
NINE YEARS AGO
Prevented Son Marrying
Mazie Colbert, As Being
Beneath Family
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 6 The body of
Bernard Wesley Lewis. Colbert case sui
cide, was brought to Pittsburg today. It
arrived at the Union Station aboard a
fast Pennsylvania train on which it was
secretly shipped at Philadelphia last
night.
Upon its arrival it was taken at once
to an undertaking establishment in
Sixth avenue. From there it will be
removed sometime today or tonight to
the Lewis honfe for the. funeral tomor
row. The family had the co-operation of
police and railroad officials in its ef
forts to keep transportation of the body
quiet. There was no crowd at the de
pot when it arrived.
The elder Lewis was more determined
than ever today to push the investiga
tion into his son's death. It is known
that he has had his legal representatives
in Philadelphia delve into , the stories
of several of those who were informants
of the Philadelphia police He is con
vinced as a result of their probe that
the Philadelphia police have given too
much attention to JJaeir theory that hii
son was the murderer ol the vivacious
model. '"
He is far from satisfied with the po
lice construction, in the light of the
story of the Misses Kyle, believingit
impossible that his son could have pent
an entire Sunday with them in blood
stained clothing, his hands bearing
marks of the crime and his pockets car
rying blood stained handkerchiefs and
have shown no discomfort or apparent
nervousness.
The chain of circumstantial evidence
the police have woven about tbc name
of Lewis was almost complete today.
It was learned that the day afterMiss
Colbert waa beaten nnd then strangled
to death Lewis engaged "rooms at the
Hotel Adelphia under an assumed name.
Definite information is in the hands oi
the police now, showing that he had an
engagement with Miss Colbert the day
she met her death.
Lewis and Miss Colbert met nine
years ago when the model was 17 the
police said today. They expected to be
married. Urfwis' parents Objected, it is
said, and the engagement was broircn.
From the minute social distinctions
sepjarated her from Lewis, Mazie Co'
bert entered the career that ended in
death.
Miss Colbert and Lewis did not meet
again until three years ago. The old
infatuation once more gripped him and
their acquaintance grew, the police say.
until the murder. .
Say H Is Insane.
Chicago, Jan. (j. Bernard Lewis, sui
cide and murderer of Mazie Colbert,
pretty Philadelphia model, was in Chi
cago about a month ago and left behind
a trnil of bad checks and borrowed mon
ey, when he went to Xew York in search
of pleasure. Representing himself to
be a British munition buyer, Lewis,
suave, prosperous looking and debonair,
worked hotels and acquaintances to the
limit. Then when his credit failed, he
left -suddenly for the east.
W. M. Stewart, owner of the Blue
Gooae Ion, a north side cafe, who has
known Lewis for 20 years, waa one of
the victims.
"I'm positive Lewig was insane,"
said Stewart today. "A woman, other
thau Mazie Colbert, figured in his lifts
la a letter, received from her two day
ago, she told me of many queer actions
of Lewis."
Stewart said he would under no cir
cumstances divulge the "other woman's
name."
The Hood River Glacier iovfnllv ro-
fleets that 'ln jnst two months the
dogtooth violet will be blossoming in
I protected covers back of the Button
I place."
PARENTS
REAPING
SEVERE CARPATHIAN WEATHER CALLS OUT!
f SOLDIERS INGENUITY; MAKE
.
HUT CONSTRUCTED OF
Probably nowhere in the grct war is
the ingenuity of the fighters in winter
more severely tested than in the Carpa
thians, where weather conditions are ex
tremely severe at this time of the year.
The Carpathians are notorious- for their
SAY PEACE NOTE IS
WAR THREAT CLUB
Lewis Says We Are Sure To
Be Drawn In If War
Continues
SPEECH TAKEN TO MEAN
'SEVERING RELATIONS
This When He Said "Apology
and Punishment Will Not
Be Accented''
By Carl D. Uroat.
(I'uited Press staff correspondent.)
Washingtoi, Jan. (i. The administra
tion is wielding anew its war threat
club agaiust Germany to force her into
line on making peace terms, according
to the views o'f experts on the interna
tional situation today-
Their conclusions were based upon the
fact that one official said frankly, more
tha u a weeli ago, that, the threat of a
break, or war, over submarining might
be used and Senator Lewis, majority
whip, close to the administ-.-ation, de
clared openly yesterday, in effect, that
the United States is done with accept
ing the time worn German reparation,
apology and punishment of the offend
ing commander.
Moreover, he warned that continu
ance of the war must inevitably draw
in this nation, though he qualified bin
remarks by aying he did uot assume to
bind anyone by them.
Abroad this assumption can hardly
hold, authorities say, in view of hi
closeness to the administration and his
acknowledged position as administra
tion defender and spokesman.
Is Direct Threat.
Taken in connection with Secretary
t BIT Iff 1 recent "verge or war inter
pretation of Wilson's note to belliger
ents, the senator's statement wan re
garded here today as a direct threat
that the United States government is
convinced it will have to break rela
tions with Germany over submarining-),
if peace maneuvers fail.
It has been said President Wilson is
doubly anxious for peaee, in order to
avoid the consequences of being in
volved in war over submarining.
Senator Lewis contended opealy that
any one eould see the war hand writing
on the wall, but belli it to be a "sland
er of the administration ta say th: t its
per.ee efforts were prompted merely by
a desire to dodge trouble.
Continued on Page Seven.)
'
AGAINST
GERMANY
SKIS BY RUSTRMN SOLDIERS IN CRRPRTHIRNS
gales and heavy snows, with low temper-
atures, often going below r.ero. The
roads arc few and far between, and the
paths over the mountains are virtually
impassable at this season- The soldiers
of the battling armies are hard put to it
Kaiser Declares War
Must Go On; Manifesto
Issued to Army and Navy
Berlin, via .Sayville, Jan. 6. The text
pi a manifesto issued by the kaiser to
the army and navy, placing responsibil
ity for continuation of the w,r on Ger
many's enemies, and declaring the war
will be continued, was announced by
the semi-official news agency today' as
follows:
"To my army and navy: together
with the allied rulers, I had proposed
to our enemies to enter peace negotia
tions, our enemies refused my offer.
Their hunger for power wants Germany 's
destructior. The war will continue. Be
fore God and humanity, to the hostile
government exclusively incumbs the
heavy responsibility for all further ter
rible sacrifices which my will would
have spared you.
"Justly independent about our enem
ies resumption therefore and animated
by the will to defend our holiest goods
aud secure a happier future you wiL
become like steel. Our enemies did not
accept the understanding oifered by me
and now with God's help our arms will
force them to it.
"Wiltielni, Great Headquarters, Jan
nary 5." t
IHE OLD, OLD STGRY
IS
I
Young Mother Tells Again
Story As Old As History
Itself
I With her eyes swimming with hfi't
j tears of shame, and her voice choked
with an emotion she could not control,
: Miss Fanjny Shajffer, pretty 18-year
old daughter of Samuel Shaffer, whose
: home is at 126ft North Fourth street,
I late yesterday afternoon told to the
court the story of her alleged seduc
I tion by Karl Gardner, whose home at
that time was just across the street
I from hers. -
Bravelv attempting to control her
voice and tell her story, many times
she broke down and ihc court waited
in silence for her to resume the pitiful
story of a girl's shattered confidence
)in the man who she alleges promised
to marry her. Realizing the tejynble
strain which the young mother was
undergoing, both the attorneys for the
plaintiff and for the defense were
kind and considerate while bringing
out the necessary details of the events
that preceded the birth of her child.
Her father, her younger sister, ahd
her mother, in whose charge the 9
months old baby was placed when she
was on the witness-stand, were in tho
ftourt room. As with broken vbic the
girl related the story, her Aother sob
bed as if her heart would break.
She told of coming to Salem with
her father in 1912 from Utah by way
e -
tuoatiauad ob page seven.)
HUTS OF SKIS f
for shelter and utilize every means of
' protection when not fighting. The bodv
, . gol(Jier8 fc h ic.
, . r ...
I ture have constructed a shelter or hut
with their skis as a framework.
ALLIES CONFER TO
CONSIDER WAR; NOT
TO TALKQF PEACE
At Some rune Central Pow
ers Hold Conference at
Kaiser's Camp
MEETING AT ROME IS
JUST TO GET TOGETHER
Opinion Is Peace Notes
Be Answered hy Fierce
Fighting
London, Jan. ft Interest centered to
day in v.a:' not in peace. Two con
ferencesthe one by the allies, the oth
er by higher officials of the central
powers were cited to indicate that
lioth sets of belligerents intended to
make answer to the various peace notes
with the force of arms.
The allies' conference was at Rome.
It was a meeting of the prime ministers
and cabinet officials of the entente na
tions. For Kngland Premier Lloyd
Oeorge and Lord Miluer, members of
the "war council," were present.
France was "represented by Premier Bri
and, Minister of Wur Lyautey and Min
ister of Munitions and Manufactures
Thomas. Russia sent General Palitzin
of the general staff.
It was officially characterized as
"get together" session for interchange
of views. It was taken here to forecast
a more vigorous prosecution of the wur.
The Germanic conference was report
ed iu dispatches emanating from Vien
na, detailing "an. important confer
ence" at the field camp of Kaiser William-
Present were the kaiser, Jrfch!
Marshal Archduke Frederick, command
er in chief of Austria-Hungary's armies,
Field Marshal Von Hoetzendorff, chief
of staff of the Austrian armies; Crown
Prince Boris, of Bulgaria; Field Marshal
Von Hindenburg and Quartermaster
General Von Ludendorff.
No Hint of Object.
The Teutonic censors did not permit
dispatches to detail what was consider
ed at this conference, nor the reason
why it was called. But opinion here re
garded it as a meeting of war chiefs to
discuss what had happened to plans for
a German-made peace.
It was a htm assumed that this confer
ence of military chiefs was connecttd
in some way with the conference ealled
for Berlin next week of -president of
parliaments and premiers of all central
powers nations.
(Continued on page seven.)
Wheat Up Four Cents
On News About Note
Chicago. Jan. 6. All grain rallied
today on reports that President WH
IM will not send a new peace note to
the allies. The sellers of yesterday
were the buyers of today and the ad
vance was retained during the short
.. : .. r i . , ....
.-murium. wiivhi oKneu up SYi
and subsequently gained 1 7-8 more,
closing at $1.85 1-8. July wheat ojien
e.l up 1 point nnd later" gained 1 7-8,
going to $1.51 3 8.
Com had a strong undertone on a
general rush to buy. Offerings were
small. Map- opened unchanged, but
later advanced l'i to flftVi. During the
session May corn went over the dol
lar mark. July corn opened up 3-4
aud later gained 7-H, closing at 98 1-8.
There was a general and liberal buy
ing in oats. May opened up quarter
and later gained 7-8 going to 57 5-8.
July opened up 1-8 and later gained
one full point, closing at 54 3-4.
Provisions were a shade higher on
light commission buying, but the mar
ket was small nnd irregular.
VILLA IS WHIPPED
BEYOND REPAIR
IS LAST REPORT
General Murguia Says So,
But Officials Say It Is
the Other Way
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 6. Details of
an "irreparable defeat to Villa" were
sent to tho Mexican consulate here to
day by General Murguia, commander of
the government forces in the field
against the bandit leader. Three hun
dred Villistas have been killed in the
fighting south of Chihuahua City, 600
wounded and 600 capMired and executed,
according to consulate's interpretation
o'f Murguia 's report.
"The euemy advanced in three col
umns," read Murguia 's report, "with
Villa in command of the main column.
Ho remained until last moment before
tne rout of the MHistas, then tied in an
ii hi ii iii 1 1 n i n wirn rtumzftr, nis emer lieu-
tenant. Our cavalry killed 50 of Villa's
personal bodyguard of "golden ones."
We captured three thousand cartridges,
a large amount of dynamite and other
munitions and a number of guns.
"We lost 60 men killed. My chief
lieutenant, Colonl Valdez, and 15 other
officers were wounded.
Villa Coming North.
El Pas(, Texas, Jan. 6. That Gen
eral Murguia has administered a severe
defeat to the Villistas near Jiminez
v,Tas the claim made in an announcement
by the Mexican consulate here today. A
bulletin issued by the Carranza officials
claims that Villa and Salazar are flee
ing in an automobile while the bandit
loaders forces have been scattered in
flight. The bulletin declares the Vil-
lista dead, wounded and captured num- being told in confidence anil would be,
fcer 1,500 while the losses sustained bylheld responsible for the "tip," rep
tne government forces were placed at
.100.
Boports from Carranzrsta sources as
sert that Murguia drove the Villistas
back five miles during the fighting of
the past three days below Chihuahua
City, using machine guns and artillery
against the bandit forces.
Beports obtained by United States de
partment agents here, howevor, place
the battle nearer to Chihuahua City and
assert that the result was no Carranza
victory but that Villa is steadily forg
ing his way northward.
Another Girl Is
Victim of Rage
of Jealous Lover
Boston, Mass., Jan. 0. Death may
seal tonay tne mystery of a taxi trag
edy w herein Miss Mildred Melzian, of
a wealthy Brooklin family was shot ii!tj8' information was based upon state
trie side and her fellow occupant of ,110Hts of others.
the taxi thrice wounded, in the head, I "With whom did you confer before)
thigh and abdomen. The police theory, j introducing the resolutions t " asked
based on fragmentary statements ob-1 Harrison, but the question was rnled
tained from tho girl, was that James1 out as irrelevant.
J. Riley, Miss Melzian 's fellow pas-j It was then that Harrisn made tha
senger in the taxi, shot her in a fit of flat statement in answer to a question
jealous rage and then attempted sui-' by Representative Campbell, Kansas,
eide. Riley is dying and only an ex-1 that he thought there was a leak ana
ccedingly delicate operation can save : furthermore, it went through represenl
the girl's life, is the opinion of physi-1 atives of the financial journals,
eians It was brought out that Wood did
Taxi Drivfcr Eawrcnee J. McDonald I
was driving his machine with the man I
anil woman inside along University!
Bond and waa within a few yards of
Miss Melzian 'a homo when he heard
five shots from cab. He stopped im
mediately and the door burst open,
Miss Melzian staggering out and run
ning weakly toward her home. Hh
fell unconscious on her own doorstep.
In the cab McDonald found Riley,
blood gushing from his three wounds.
The girl's wrist was broken appar
ently in a struggle in the taxicab.
Biley is 33 years of age and a claim
agent for the Boston elevated railway.
Miss Melzian is 19.
Did Prank Vanderlip say we are a
nation of economic illiterates 1 Then
Lord help us all when some of the
rest of us get really educated.
TICKER REPORTS
SHOW STREET HAD
RELIABLE HUNCH
Published Rumor Four Hours
Before Note Was Made
Public
WOOD MADE AN ANGORA
BY ANONYMOUS WRITER
Evidence Points to Financial
Journals As Betrayers of
Confidence
By J. P. Yoder
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Jan. 6. Representative)
j Gardner, Massachusetts, today support
led his emphatic charge that there was
a teak of advanee information to Wall
Street on the president's note to bel
ligerents, by reading a dispatdh which
... I. ..... I 1L. t
B atriiw uut. u.v lilt? mm- .nines mrws
Ticker service shortly attcr 2 o'clock
of the afternoon before the note m
released for publication.
Gardner made his declaration and
read the copy of the news tickers re
port to the house rules committee when
it reconvened to probe the eharga t
iicpesentative vvooiir, Indiana, that
some one "tipped off Wall Street and
precipitated an unprecedented down
wind price movement on the Now York
Stock Exchange. "
Suspicion of responsibility for a leak
on President Wilson's note to European
belligereats today practically narrowed
down to financial writers and embas
sies attaches abroad.
Subpoenaos were issued for the en
tire Washington staffs of the Wail
Street Journal and Financial America.
There was a suggestion that tho Jour
nal of Commerce and New York Com
mercial representatives will be nielud-
The Ticker Reports
Gardner quoted the. ticker report as
j follows:
"The renewed selling in the warket
is due to a report received by bsofterrf'
private wires from Washington to the
effect that the administration will in
the near future address to tho biibg
erents some suggestion of proposals in
legard to peace. Nothing defiBtte is
obtainable in administration eir.les. "
"Mind you," said Gardner, "thia
statemcnt was made four hours before
the news of the president's note was
given out. There is your proof of a
leak. Miracles don't go on the stock
exchange
Dow Jones and company
are not prophets. ' '
Discussing Secretary Lansing's state
ment to reporters on the afternoon bo
fore the president's note wis mad
public that such a communication had
hceu sent and tint newspapermen were.
resentative Harrison ucciareo.
' ' Apparently other reporters kept
faith, but the Wall Street Journal u-ad
Financial America sent out that tip on
their tickers."
Wood Blissfully Ignorant
Heprcsentativo Wood was recalled to
the stand when the hearing opened.
Representative Harrison asked him
why he made no effort to find "A.
Curtis" who in a letter told him about
alleged conferences of Barueh and
Secretary Tumulty and the rest o yes
terday 's rumors.
Wood said he had written Curtis ft
letter addressed "Wall Street, Neir
Vork," but had received no reply.
"Don't you think you should have
made Inquiries as to who this A. Our
tis ist" asked Representative Harri
son, "in view of the fad that you de
manded an investigation, insisted upon
it and claimed it was a question of
personal privilege 1"'
Wood reiiliea inai me icuur r
lfnr itH,,i He said he understood Cur-
Continued on Page Seven.)
THE WEATHER
CorVO tVl
PiLK, DOWN
Oregon: Tonight
and Sunday gener
ally fair south and
east, unsettled,
probably rain
northwest portion;
winds utoetlj
southerly.