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(Ik Dflib FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ... FORTIETH YEAR NO. 20 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1917 "PRICE TWO CENTS nllnnmtl E OF SENATE TODAY Bills Are Passed Upon Without Debate This Morning ONE BILL MAKES THEFT OF HEIFER A CRIME Deschutes Counnty Bill Pro vokes .Discussion In House It was purely business in the senate t'.ig morning. There was no disputes,! i 'i debates; and the bills and other mat ) U-rs went through like cement through a mixer, ami as some of the bills were i, BUSINESS MARKED SESSION on third reading it mar be stated that wfls 0-T. ,,! attMMid ... . ' fock mar1kpt' Attorney Whipple of the ... .. . ' B e 01 a n Bl"co,"eo l,t " 1,1011 house leak note committee, this after- Key, like the cement, are now In CO uere Saturday night by Claude lie-! noon called for stcok exchange clear "'.lion for hardening and will soon be j Cullocu, attorney for the committee, and j ing house records for the period of reaaj ior ue. line or tne urns, , : -hows the niceties of distinction the I wyers make, for the bill was said to ba necessarv to cure a defect the legal fraternity hud found in the existing law The old law provides a penalty tori "stealing any house, gelding, mare, ule, ass, jeunet, or foal. bull, steer,, row: culf, hog, dog or Bbeep." The i.ew bill makes no change in the old! law other than to insert the word: "heifer.'' The introducer ot' the bill j : ated that a case of theft in his conn- tv was beaten when it was shown th animal stolen was a heifer. the law made no crime of Heifer. The bill passed Senate bills 12(J to 121, inclusive were i ad second time an dreterreit witn tnei cceu'.ioii of bill 123 which was placed on the calendar for tomorrow. H. B. tH, fixing salaries oi', officers of Ijiun county, passed. S. B. 100 fixing emoluments of sher iff of Baker count v was referred to committee on revision of laws S. li. 76, relative to practice of op tometry, passed. S. B. 71, mentioned above, passed. 8. B. 12, relative to bonds of adminis trators and executors, passed. 8, 1!. 90, to changing hours during v lich polls shall be open In school elec tions and making the closing hour 7 o'clock instead of (!, passed. .. B. 98 relating to l'iling of survey ors report passed. S. B. 110, providing for support of il!egitimate children, laid on table on account of absence of author of bill, Senator Olson. House bills 78, 84 and IS,", were read second time and -referred. Three house bills enme up for final wissagc as follows: H. B. 14, fixing salaries of officers r Deschutes county, passed. It. B. 20, providing for taking school census in f'rst week of November, pass ed. II. B. 39; regulating the distribution school funds, passed. 8. B. 10! was roe-referred to commit tee on revisios of laws. It related to sheriffs fees in counties of less thon IftO.OOO population. .Senate joint resolution, 8, was intro duced, it was concerning the differen tial rate charged tourists over the north i-i-u route as compared to tne same large over the sou hern route and gave tlie.public service commission pow .to so far as possible rente My tnis una WO lioproprtued l,avu to pay ior me c.- rAB th. i v - nc-nse in so doing. . S. B. ,-G was reported back bv the OmmtttOO Oil rCWSlon or ia SHI (Continued on page seven.) ?Jt j! j(s . ABE MARTIN Who can 't recall when a pound o ' utrong butter used t' upset th' family -ver' few dayst Th' smile that won't i - lie off is a good thing, but a water irrHf complexion is a real asset. Two German Torpedo Boat Destroyers Sunk i ni .in n ..i 1 A in wortn sea Battle Ion, Jan. 23. Two German de s "J were sunk by the British in tw .over engagements in the North ea.e .e British admiralty announced to night. The first fight took place close to the Dutch coast, and British forces destroy ed one German vessel while scattering the squadron of which this vessel was a part The German sea forces were "considerably punished" according to the admiralty statement. The second engagement occurred in the vicinity of .Schcuwenbaiik. There a destroyer struck a torpedo and was later sunk by British ships. Three German officers and i 1 men were killed. L E DRAFT IS READY Bill Proposed by Committee of Various Organizations Is Completed Finn! draft (if the rnn.l rode nrnnnuail ,,. j ,i ,;,,., District Attorneys Neuner, of Douglas, and Bell, of Wasco counties, members of tho district attorney's committee, and the code will be introduced la the form of a bill Monday. Others at the meeting were: O. W. Taylor, chairman Or the committee; J. 1. Brown, presi- w or uie rnrmers i uiou. an, I J. A. Smith, of Gilliam county. The code in -substance will Provide for one-half -mill tax for state road purposes- Provide for a state highway com mission of throe members, w ith the r. and that! state engineer acting exoffieio as one t stealing aiof the members, and the other two i j - - ' members to be non-salaried and an pointed by the governor on recommonda- nations submitted bv the Oregon good roads committee. The committee will submit a number of recommendations ior the executive to choose from. Assistants to be Appointed. The highway commission will have power to appoint assistants, including an expert engineer, or a competent road builder, as it sees fit. The work of tne commission will be confined to state roads and roads may be added by law or the commission to the pres ent highway as now mapped. Tho bill will create a county engi neer for each county, to be employed by the. county court, or the court may (Continued on page seven.) Bone" Dry Hearing Draws Large Crowd and Various Interests Are Represented "Like a shot out of hell," is the way isepresentative Thomas, of Jack - sou county, described how automobilists returning home from a Sunday trip to Hornbrook just across the Oregon line dashed down the grade from the sum - mit of the SUkirou mountains along the fsoo.ouo highway the people Of A&L L ... , .... tin BitA&vjiB una uinr iamiiiei were . t : T ,, - ,7, " I . . ".. , , . i ul "": ." His talk came as a sort of climax to T. I the open meeting held last night lw. lMi i- I nn- uuurv- ui ravreBVniMlvn ior me uis - ; . i. . , . -. . . , . .. cusniou oi me -none ary law oy ine senate and house committees on alcohol- ie traffic. About a thousand people were : present and the large hall was filled : with thoKe who ...ma to ,lia,.,wu ,,,.! , v no , lO IISICU. r ! Representative Thomas' talk was "Crescent City is in the same way. ! forceful and eoitomized the spirit of'AU the wnm aml ,lebris humanity soutneru iJroon m rt-eard to the i.ass - . .m . . D . . . . nitf ul un t'Tloctive ami nbsn ut-Iv bone dry" Inw. He enntinna,!- "I come from a county that wants a; drv law. .Multnomah county wants to I go easy. We don't want to go easy. ' We want a dry law and are entitled to have our sentiment in favor of it. ! "In the maiu the people feel that! j the penalty is too light it ought to be (largely a juil sentence. When the man; i engaged in the bootlegging business. i can make a gallon of alcohol into a vat of liquor, monev count no figure, and punishment must be measured bv the penalty. This may be severe but is perhaps the result of local condi tions. "In Portland there are many cellars! stocked wirh the wherewithal to with-i stand a long dry spell. Many men arej going to have booze for them selves and their friends long after the law j goes into effect, if the provision that all that is on hand when it goes into effect can be kept. "I have no sympathy with those whoj have shipments out which will require! jierhaps a week to get and who fear i to lose their money. They knew thisj was coming. Perhaps the date ought to; be set for the lime of going into ef-i feet say July 1 or the Fourth, so that! the stock on hand can be gotten rid of.! I CONCERTED BEAR DRIVES SUBJECT OF "LEAK" PROBE Stock Exchange Clearing House Records Are Wanted by Attorney PRESIDENT NOBLE ON WITNESS STAND TODAY Other Prominent Stock Oper ators Are Waiting to Give Evidence By Carl D. Groat, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Jan. 23. After hinting at possible congressional aetiou to prove "concerted" bear drives on the December 111 L'.'i. He also called for all New York brokers' records for the same time, along with names of their big customers. President Noble, of the stock ex change, promised delivery of the clear ing house records. Whipple threatened to send the committee, into every brokerage house is the city if the broker records were not produced. Whipple wanted to sift out the big speculators in his hunt for possible beneficiaries of a leak on President I ir:lrt J.. i i i l.hi """"" ' T wusrwwn-. Af '? r, "l"?h Noble promised I . I . i ; - . t I i . . , , , , i i i . i . t , . . I. K . , . . . . . . . , . tu take the. request up to the govern ing board of the exchange forthwith. Noble, himself, had held there was nothing immoral or unethical iu creat ing a pool fund with which to increase a selling movement- started by bad news. Most of the morning session was taken up with an A. B. O. lesson in New York stock exchange methods. Resuming its sessions here, the body had President Noble of the exchange us its first witness. He shied at ques tions on ''manipulations" of the mar ket to "raise or lower the market." He ''had read" about such move ments to lower prices, he said, but had no "personal, direct knowledge of such . (Continued on page seven.) "Mcdford is the center of the.Itogue 1 river valley. The people have built a j highway, hardsurfaced, across the coun tv up to the divide of the Sisgiyous at I a cost of $200,000. Over the line lies ' Hornbrook. The people of Ashland havo Pea l7''0no ? making their park SftK ,uv ,J"'1 Ht became the head aniHflta for iho HistHhution of Honor. 1 . ; . . ..it ,1 scum of creation took to going there from sunrise until about noon. 1 a"tl tht' highway is filled with automo- i bileu Aftnrnnnn Hum start to rnmn hack nm come down t roni ttie Alvlno i:., , ... . . lilrn ,1-ila mi.Llouu v- ffiniit,,, ,.l,i,r ",""f"i j ......., disregarding decent people out riding Wlth their families. We have been driven off our $200,000 highway by these people who drive without any re ' 1 ,u' n 111 WJ nt "a,1L fi !,., il,ai 4 ...1 - .... 1 1 . ,.l .. ( .1 wf ' van l,K 11 "V ''J 'law. , (Continued on page two.) ,1 iKJtll AM f.ei-CIN efM on Billy Sunday Received Over Fifty Thousand Boston. Mass., Jan 13. Billy Sun lav, with a certified check for $50, M2S.IU and a total list of !3,71(i Boston trail hitters in his pocket, left Boston eailv today. The personal collection i onVy was behind that of other fities, but it is believed later received will bring this also to the top of the list. One hundred thousand endeavored to get into the tabernacle for one of the I four meetings yesterday. The collections j had to be carried to the bank in a huge I sack by two stalwart policemen. Boston expenses, cleaned up over a jwiek were greater than of the other ; cities in which campaigns have been i held. Thev came to over $S0,0U0. L FROM MEXICO NOW Outposts Have Already Been Drawn In and Main Body Will Follow Washington, Jan. 23. Withdrawal of General Pershing's forces from Mexico is under way. The outposts have already been drawn in and the general movement northward toward the border will follow immedi ately, it was officially learned todav. The last chapter of the expedition to get Villa is being written. Villa is .til! at large. Following Pershing's withdrawal, the question of lifting the embargo on arms will imemdiately come to the front. There is intention of lifting thc em bargn now, however. It is the desire of this government to furnish the Car ranza government with all the arms il needs from now on, but it must first be definitely determined the arms wi'l get into Carranza's and not Villistas' hands before the ebargo is lifted. It is learned officially no definite date has been set for sending Ambas sador Fletcher to Mexico City. Stock Market Neglected By investors Today New York, Jan. 23. The New ork Evening Sun financial review today says : Between the digestive process neces sary to an understanding of the presi dent's peace address before the senate and the lure ot Uie "leak" inquiry now in progress at the custom house, the stock market was left much to its own devices today. There was but little in the overnight news developments. part, narrow and quite devoid of siguifi- Ihe price changes were for thc most The copper group was narrowly irreg ular. The industrial list as a whole had a firm undertone. At one time the sugar shares made a good show of strength, but there was a reaction of a point orj:i2S slightly hurt in the explosion of a so later. The shipping stocks turned soft after early gains. Movements were variable throughout thc specialty list, but little importance was attached to them. Business was practically at a standstill after midday. Prices tended to firmness with few exceptions. The railroad list was feat ured by strength in Long Island and weakness in New- Haven, the latter los ing more than two points. Some of the specialties which were react ionary early recovered and ad vanced to substantial gains. Steel moved idly near 113. The shipping shares lack ed support and eased off to some extent. The oil and gas issuos were strong. Employment For Guardsmen Is Planned Washington, Jan. 2.3. The I'nited States employment bureau today an- nounced that it has competed nlans with the war department to obtain cm- ployment for national guardsmen rc- turning from the border who may out of work. , . , Large numbers of the guardsmen re- eently ordered home are known to face I 'TTT. i "T ' Z I cm 1 1 i if Anli ut i n rr in i no mmm nl Thn tniu. . "v rrr r eminent, it was said, feels a certain ... .... . I 1 I, f..w Iklu n.l .w, ..u uao ..vam. nuently agreed to assist. UNDER THE BIG CAPITOL r - v ...iia; oo 1st iu.7Jui .BAaese AM MuitiPAi. lawj rtc,vyue icst$ ERIN CLAIM SUPREMACY IN Official Figures at Berlin Give Them Majority of Victories ONE HUNDRED CAPTIVES FROM RUSSO-RUMANIANS WSLfiU"- jltuhuvii muiuuuua 1 torn Exploded Berlin, via wireless to the United Press, .Ian. 23. Germany still main tains her supremacy of the air. ' Of ficial figures announced for 1910 here, today showed German aviators victors in a majority of the Aerial battles on all fronts and that Germany lost fewer battle planes than her antagonists. The official figures show the total Iossor of aeroplanes on both sides dur u u"" 'V thc 5? lost 'St' f"? ing 1910 to have been 1,00). Of these mans 221. On the west front alone both sides lost 920 and of these just ISO were German war planes Capture One Hundred. Berlin, via Savville wireless, Jan. 23. Capture of a hundred prisoners in an engagement against Busso-Ruinan-ian forces between the Hlanic and Cutna valley and pushing back of thc enemy forces, was announced in to day's official statement. ' Along the Duena and northwest of track," the report asserted, "artillery fire has temporarily increased. West of Duenaburg our trench garrison drove awnv a Ifussian raiding detach ment which at dawn had entered our fist line positions." British Repulsed. Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan. 23. Repulse of British detachments ad vancing against German positions northwest of Fromelles and a success ful rcconnoitering raid by Bavarian regiments, northeast (f Armcntieres, were reported in today's official state ment. The Bavarians brought prison ers and machine guns back after en tering the enemy trenches. Elsewhere on the western tront a hampered artillery and fly er ac- Many Victims of Explosion. Txmdon, Jan. 23. Sixty-nine persons were killed, 72 seriously injured and munitions plant ''in thc neighborhood of London" last Friday, according to official figures issued today. This, it is said, is believed to be a complete i list of casualties Wheat Is Weaker In Chicago Market Chicago, Jan. 23. Uncertainty oi political developments caused an ntti tude of eonsi-ervatism on the Chicago market today. Wheat started firmer but a weak feelina developed in May j. few minutes later. May wheat opened ! up half cent, but later tost one, goin-; j to M.8fi'-i. July opened up 1-8, later ; gaining 3-4, to $1.5.'! 7-8. September j wheat opened up Vi and -'aincl M, go : ing to $1.:17'm. Trading was light and j nervous. i 'rn had a Strong undertone. May i opened up 1-8 and ginned :, goin r to i 1 J?fer opened down I S and later K"""'1' aolna to $l.oo Onts wen- but little changed at tne J SX'wUt May oats opened up 1-S, later gaining 1 3-8, going to 88 3-4. July opened tin- changed and gained ', going to 50 ' . .. , ..... .JP(.t.( ,.a,ised provisions to advance '. - 1 CmailfT nog arrivals man were -a ghorpl)'. DOME BAM KCH tNVE IT MC Ml RECENT AIR EIGHTS r ! German Raider's Operations May Cause End of War Detroit, Mich., .Ian. 23. Pigmy sub-1 marines, caried rby the German South Atlantic commerce raider, as described in fnited Press cable dispatches from Buenos Aires, may go far toward bringing an early ending to the war, I In the opinion of Henry Ford. I tig warships, Hie IVtroit iiacifist ' believes, are doomed to the junt pile if it develops that the Germans have,' ' .More than I year and a half ngoj Ford outlined plans on which he was; working for the building of "jitney"! submarines, which he believed would i constitute adequate defense for thej I'nited States coast line. Ford be-1 lievea that the German 18 foot sub marines are an adaptation of his idea. " Manufacture oi tne pigmy sun marines is a step toward general dis armament," Ford declared today, ''for there will be no profit in the building of huge warships in the future. It may mean an earlier ending of the war than has been hoped for." I Rogue River Situation Comes Before Legislature For Settlement That there is a big fight brewing on the fishing bills, and especially the bill to prohibit the use of set nets and seines in the Rogue river, is the belief of those who arc interested in the case. This morning a marked copy of the Coos Bay Harlmr, printed at North Bend, was placed on the desk of the representatives. The issue contains a half -page of matter concerning the, Rogue River Fisheries and alleged that the ruin of one of the leading indus tries of southeastern trregon will re sult, that the greater part of Curry county will be destitute, and more than $2(10,(1(1(1 lost to the people of that country if commercial fishing is pro hibited :it the mouth of the river. THe representatives of southera Ore gon who arc interested in the bill de clare that the measure will not. pro hibit cotmrrercial fishing in tho river but will prohibit the sweeping of the mouth of the river with set nets and seines, which they state leaves nothing for the independent fisherman. These representatives state the demand for a free and equal chance to fish in the waters of the Rogue river is universal and the only one who is inlcrested in the present status of affairs is Rodcr ick Macleay, owner of the fishing monopoly there. The representatives of southern and southeastern Oregon declare that Ecu tor McOaaiel of the Coos Bay HarlMir is going too far when he declares that it will ruin commercial fishing on the Rogue river, as there is nothing in the bill which prohibits such . fishing ex cept with set nets and seines. Thc use of drift nets is declared to be nl lowed under thc provisions of thc act, which is aimed to give the independent eiuher nn eriual chance to catch fish and make a living as the Macleay fish ing interests. Should tVte Macleay interests con tinue to stir up controversy concern ing the fish bills now up, it is declared a bill will be introduced into the house that will absolutely prohibit commer cial fishing in that river. Pistiict Attorney Buffington of Cur rv county, who is here to watch the progress 'of these bills, declares there is onlv one man in the whole county A.t ,'.-.,,,( the Inw as it now is and that is Itoderick Macleay. What Senators Say of President's Speech . ,11 U....n.. Till. Washington. .iun. -w " ,an discussing the patent s to the senate said: "I look upon the i iresulent s auurcss In the senate this afternoon as the ost startling and noblest wmw iniiiin ',M" . ,. II, ill kaa fallen from human lips since ST 5JJL2 ' , . ' Imlencndence. be- mil vii. ' - -i i liutiee and liberty cause it h linnet the rue bedrock principles of modern l . mn oniric y .., v ', t i vn llAB. "The program he maps out for our country is a giunt stride in internation al comity and it took a giant to make it. It is the very quintessence of tree self government distilled and double distilled." Pew republicans would comment. Other comment follows: u, rrmiri "The nresident's message is a startling thing that ut-j fords food for reflection. " Henntor Hhaf roth " The greatest mes sage of thc century." I R-a.lnr Nuwlaiids ' ' The message of the president was a remarkable produc tion, as startling in its application to international life aa wns the declara tion of independence regarding nation al life. "It applies the principles of freedom and democracy to international prob lems of the highest gravity at a time when they will arrest the attention of tho world and do much tp advance pop ular rights and free institutions. Among tho most important of these is the right (Continued on rage tlx.) BRITISH EDITORS NOT SO KEEN TO L Experience Over Peace Note Cause of Less Hasty Criticism iinrnii DDCCC DDAICEC LlDCuuAL lIULdd rKAlutjU WILSON'S HIGH IDEALS French Press Is More Open and Frank In Its Public Announcement By Ed I. Keen (I'nited Press staff correspondent) London, Jan. 23. Mindful of the error into which they were drawn on President Wilson's pence note by over hastiness, British editors today were generally cautious iu their attempts to analyze and interpret the president" . speech in the snate. They evidntly feared a misconstruction of his remarks Must of the comment, however, hing ed on the American executive's nse of the term "peace without victory." Tin' papers owned by Lord Northeliffa insisted that there cannot be a drawn wftr between the spirit with which tho allies are animated, on the one side, and on the other the spirit of Prussian militarism. The Morning Post answered Wilson assumption that neither side desires victory by pointing out sections of tho kaiser's recent proclamations and let ters in which he emphasized Germany 'a determination for a complete victory. As a whole, the liberal press ap plauded the lofty principles apparent in the president's statement, but. balk ed at some of the applications thereof, notably the reference to freedom of th seas. The general impression among both press and public seems to be that tb speech was intended neither pre-ally nor pro-Orman but rather pre-Ameri-ean designed primarily for American consumption. The Pall Mall Gazette expressed no doubt of Wilson's " disinterestedness niul his high mindedness, " but only re grets the "exercise of these qualities in n purely theoretical atmosphere." "Victory for the allies." the news pa'r continued, "is the first essential safety after that we can talk about) permanent suprossion of war at our leisure." The Times' editorial today illustrat ed the desiro of British editors to "go slow ' ' in commenting on thc Wilson speech. "Its language," the editorial said, "has evidently been weighed with so much nicety and care that premBturo comment must overlook or ininisterpret the precise shade of meaning which par licular passages are intended to bear. "The president's project is nothing less abitious, less splendid than thc es tablishment of a perpetual and univer sal reign of peace. ' ' Continuing the limes lauds WHson as the lirst individual in a big nation who advances as a practical plan "the dreams of many thinkers for a great number of centuries," although express ing doulrt that such an appeal to the imagination and hearts of peoplo will result in their un reserved approval. "The allies belies e that a, victory peace is essential," the Times conclud ed, "as Lincoln believed it. essential iu the civil war. They- believo it es sential for thc attainment of those very aims of the moral and ideal kind which President Wilson regards as iadiltPM Ible to the foundation or a sojil peaco such as America might help to guaran tee." The Daily News also thinks tho speech should be welcomed in Kugrand, although asserting the argument con- h , ,.i ', ,, which Kmr- - --"not agree. Speaking of the ! ;.v,, ,nrv" ns3!re. i-u, ,"' r the editorial iieciaren: Extracted from the context, mat ( ..u ;l.t fa invite cnmmiri- ; in.it"- ....... ----- son with one or two unfortunately ar- btguous passages in previous speeches and notes emulating from tne. wn,ra !,. hut observation of the, scnteuces immediately following makes it clear thai President Wilson is laying down a principle that goes little, if at all, be yond the declaration made to him by 'the allies a fortnight ago, that they (Coutinued on page twe.) THE WEATHER Oregon: To night aad Wed nesday partly cloudy; westerly winds. .li A I PRESIDENT fU SElLThis rflR FoP A