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Dail FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES liouraal CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY FORTIETH YEAR NO. 21 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1017 DAY FOR DEBATE 01 PEACE SPEECH IS DEFEATED Effort of Senalor Cummins . Causes Bitter Senate Debate POLITICS, PERSONALITIES ENTER INTO DISCUSSION Message of President May Now Be Discussed at Any Time By Robert J. Bender, (I.Tmted l'ress Staff Correspondent.) Washington, .Jan. 21. Failing to act on Senator Cummins' resolution pro viding a day at least of general debate I 'resident Wilson's address to the sennte Monday, the senate this after noon left the way open for general disc union of the president's ideas a! My time. The. senate's action followed two hours of bitter discussion during which HWMtor Stone urged that the resolu tion be referred to the foreign rela tions committee. While effectually preventing, for to il iy. passage of the Cummins resolu tion, which provides specifically for debate next Monday, senate democrats failed to eliminate the ''danger" of prolonged discussion on the. president's i liens. After two hours of wrangling, aerim itous debate, the Cummins resolution iritomntieally went to the calendar, whence it can be called up at any time on Cummins' motion. Action on the resolution can be taken without a vote, but the senator's inert" motion to haw it called up can precipitate de bt, to. Following the senate's failure to act on the motion, Cummins declared he will take advantage of his privilege to rail it up at every chance. The senate faces the probability of -in extra session if Cummins carries out hia threat. Calling up of the motion will mean several hours delay every tiuie it occurs. Democratic leaders offered as their principal argument against setting reside a special day for debate of the address "the danger of tying up legis lation to the point where an extra scs :6a would be necessary." Discussion in the senate was devoted almost entirely to whether the Uuni QUBl resolution should be referred to t'ie foreign relations committee or to -..artisan dispute. Cummins contended the president's proposal was vastly more important t-'iian "any legislation pending. He explained the resolution called f ir no extended debate at this time be yond the point: Ought the senate in the near fu ture do the country the justice and render the president the respect of in forming the people and advising the president of ouriviews concerning this vital subject. "It matters not whether the pres ident if right or wrong. 'In either case his pronouncement js the most important ever made by aa executive of the United States. The hole country so looks upon it and foreign nations so regard It. "T am led to believe that those who oppose this resolution are his true f fiends, " Cummins went on. (Continued o- nage six.) ABE MARTIN Titer's lots o' good tonkin' wemei that haint built that w y. What "s be come o' th' ole time brimstone preach erf t cir i i 0 ymaii aunraee Leaner r m WV n m 9 Approves f eace Message ton, .Ian. 24 Approving pnr Ibe phrase "uovtrnment bv the i.l i Hit' governed," Mrs. Wal 1"; . ,') Miller, president of the Na tional it nan 's Suffrage association. and Mi m!ico l'nul. national chairman of tin- (itfO'es.sionnl l'nion for Woman Suffrage, said today that women every where will give heartiest support to the president's suggested league to cniorce peace. "As suffragists we are much pleased at the emphasis which the presi dent laid upon the 'consent of the gov i iinil,' " said Mrs. Miller. "And here i think it is not overstepping the bounds on such a historic occasion to liken us-the women of the United States to ' the governed. ' In the future the heretofore silent masses of man kind everywhere must be given the light to say they shall give their blood lor - their country' and when they shall tP pouring it out. The s.-inie likeness between women and 'the governed' is seen .inent the president's declaration that there can be no stability when the will is in rebellion. "Women make the greatest sacrifices in war. Women in this present terrible conflict not only are making the same sacrifices they always did but thev have added to their burdens bv takin up i the work left by their men when tin latter marched otf to the blood-soaked Irene lies. WILSON'S PEACE SPEECH FAVORABLY RECEIVED BY PEOPLE OF GERMANY By Carl W. Ackerman. (United Press staff correspondent.) Berlin, Jan- 24. President Wilson V. senate speech was telegraphed to the kuiser and Field Marshal Von Hinden burg at the front today. Ambassador florari conferred for 40 minutes with Foreign .Secretary Zimmerman last night, and later cabled the state depnrt nietn at Washington a confidential out line, of the German foreign office im pression of the statement. Meanwhile, the presidem'.. entir,ents e fully echoed public.y and officially , are in Germany They are viewed with in-1 terest and favor. Whether Germany can take official cognizance of the declara tions is not yet clear. It is pointed out by men in respons ible official positions that the Ameri can president's declarations are a step toward the peace for which the people of the world long. Informal discussion by foreign office officials, however, de veloped the belief that Germany cannot take official cognizance of the address. This belief is based on the following premises: First Because the allies' reply to President Wilson has never been' of ficially received by Germany. .Second It is believed that Germany cannot mate further efforts toward peace after the insulting reply to her own peace suggestions made by the al lies. Third Because officials desire to wait senate debate on the president 's address, feeling that a statement from Germany even ouo discussing peace terms would be an interference in Am erican affairs. Fourth Germany does not consider the time opportune to state her terms, though being willing to dismiss the speech itself. Men in responsible positions did not hesitate today to express their satisfac tion over the piesident's argument for ;" freedom ot the sens." From the first Germany has insisted this was the big gest question involved. These same officials pointed out that Germany ! showed she favored an independent Po land another point on which the presi dent laid strcan by her proclamation j of November. t Except for a small conservative group ! among the socialists, all of President j Wilson's ideas "found ready support to ' day- It was believed Ambassador Ger ard found the foreign office's impres sion likewise favorable, i But if Germany views the president's speech as a distinct step toward peace. she is not stopping gigantic prepara- tions for war. The evidence grows ; daily that the nation is straining every 1 ounce of economic and physical energy i for the expected final engagements be 1 1 ween England and Germany which will I decide and end the conflict, j As an evidence of power the govern j meut and the people are forging togeth er on every front to make the final : battle count in Germany's favor, is the I j successful voluntary enlistment of old I i and young men and women for "home! j war service." The same spirit is ex hibited in today's press notice that' j hereafter no unnecessary freight will be I i moved by the railroads, that shippers! : must first obtain permission from an officer of the war service depart ment. All private interests are now being! submerged to the state's interest and! mill is now centered upon winning of the war. From marine circles one obtains the ! impre-sinn thai in the final engagement ! between England and Germany the sea I forces, in an unexpected manner, will ple.y an important role. In the decisive RCtloa which all expect, everyone is con- fident Germany will w in. The positions of nentraU may un avoidably become worse ia this situa tion to come. An officer who has just 'visited neutral nations in an effort to "V - New York. .Ian. 21. There was "years without victory" at the con clusion of the ciil war, the New York World, administration supporter, declared today, in interpreting the phrase in President Wilson's senate speech, which aroused criticism in en tente countries. Foreign editorial comment has as serted with emphasis that Lincoln would not have listened to Wilson s protsal. "Tin' North completely crushed the Military power of the Southern con federacy," the. World editoiial said. "It made an end to slavery and seces-i sion. but it imposed no conqueror 's j terms upon the 1nnqnished. The southern leaders were restored to j citizenship without pains or penalties.' Peace without victory," the World I declares, "places no limitations upon j the extent or completeness of military occupations but it emphatically affirms that the terms of peace ought not to be dictated by the success of such oper-; at ions. A peace without vic tory does I iniplv a war without victory, but it most certainly implies that a durable peace must be-a pence of justice and humanity, not merely a peace of the word. ' ' The peace the president has in mind does not mean that the allies shall not occup', r.erlin or the ln'i, nails invade England if thev can the editorial obtain their impressions, returned here with the conviction thai neutrals want the war to end, no matter who wins. The magnitude of the preparations be ing made for the "greatest engagement since the beginning of the war" is evi denced also by unofficial reports from the front, as well as by rumors which spread from lip to lip in Berlin's homes. On all fronts the battles have reached inotner tension stage Doth sides are jookeying for positions; both desire the otli" si'!e m"ve fir8t ,. , . ol ., ,'B"t whatever happens, '.hief of Stint Hi"aeb?,08 Food difficulties or coal shortages will have been forgotten when Europe's millions of armed and homed forces N6W WSL , meet in what is expected to be this the debate were lawyers the discussion ing hearing and it appeared likely ad 'ear '"' tlny 'l(1"M"''- was not as to the merits of the bill upon journmeut to Washington would bo WORTHY OF DISCUSSION Amsterdam, Jan. 24. "President Wilson's statements are surely worthy of discussion," said the Cologne Ga zette today, according to dispatches re ceived here, "but it is hard to see how peace is to be promoted unless the Ta, i, ;, -Z-y i r i T rivpsn ent 's Hienrio nv n nrncT.ienl not- icy. ' ' Had Constantino of Grcwce not been a king, he should have become one of, the greatest catchers our national game has ever known. PERMISSION GUN TO PLANK BRIDGE President Joseph Albert, of the Commercial Club, this afternoon received a mes sage from the bridge committee now in Portland, that General Manager Dyer, of the S.P. lines in Oregon, had granted permission for the planking of the railroad bridge at Salem. Mr. Dyer made only one stipulation of importance and that is that the planking is not to be done until the contract for a new wagon bridge is .signed. This action is taken in order that the railroad company may be assured that their bridge will not be used indefinitely for general traffic. It is no doubt a wise provision as it will stir the county courts of Marion and Polk to immediate action, and if there is unneces sary delay the blame, if any there is, may. be placed where it belongs. The members of the bridge committee of the club, who cotnoWw! the negotiations in Portland today, are: Chas. A. Park, F. G. Deckebach, and Fred W. Steusloff. t i Ly SCHOOL OFFICIALS MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE RECALL: Senate This Morning Passed Bil! Providing For Such Action ILLIGiTIMATE CHILD BILL MET STRONG OPPOSITION Lower House Passed Seven Measures at Forenoon Session When the senate opened this morning U had six bills up for third reading and final passage, and it passed one. That was senate bill No. 98, making school directors subject to the provisions of the recall law. The final vote was taken just before adjournment. It seems there has been considerable trouble in several localities over school matters, especially in Port land and down at Roseburg. While the bill was pretty generally discussed, Ed dy was its champion. He pointed out that the school directors held office for five years and if the people made a mis take in selecting them it took from two to three years before they could get rid of them. Eddy presented an array of indorsements from Roseburg, the nuuisiuriai nssocmi ion, tno mayor, -women's clubs and most of the lending c itizens setting forth a prettv bad con- .... . .. i dition in thn citv. He alan in n, nt. ... . . . dition in that citv. He also called at tention to conditions in Portland where there has been a disgraceful school row- going on for soe months. He said, and Dimiek indorsed the statement. tliVt th passage of this bill would put an end to this eternal wrninrlinir Tl,. l.;n rangling passed with but four dissenting votes. Senate bill No. 16, by Olson, was an other that causd lengthy discussion. It, provided for the care and protection of illegitimate children. Senator Olson ex- ,tB workings and effect, and while the other senators .,. nM v.nicti tneir waa a general expression that its intent was all right, but as to its wording. The legal members seemed to rear tnc wording might place the in noeent in leoparcly and open the gates for blackmailing those whose bank ac- count would tempt the mother to make provision for her child. One of the features of the bill is that ' provides that the child, once its pa . . ....... 7 rentage is established as provided in the bill shall inherit from the father just the same as his children born in In ful wedlock. Some of the senators (Continued on page three.) SOME PROMINENT OREGON LAW HON. ICO. POIilwOOD ifTaiS(, oiumvy I C SMiTM STH.V. TiMBtH. mm J 4 EFFORT TOWARD OF E This Is Most Probable Out- come of "Leak" In vestigation STOCK EXCHANGE HEAD STILL ON WITNESS STAND Committee Will Probably Ad journ to Washington Today By Carl D. Groat (United Press staff correspondent) New York, Jan. -1. The house note leak committee this afternoon adjourn ed its session to Washington. There it will hold auo'.her meeting and announce the time of. resuming here. This action came after the commit' tee had been informed that it might be physically impossible to get stock ex change records as quickly as desired. The stock exchange was asked to use" a form of presenting this Informa tion that would expedite returns. What Result Will Bo Recommendations for corrective mcas arcs toward the New York stock ex change are practically certain to be tho ouieome of the present "leak" A prominent democratic member of Vw. It-..-- llwi 1... Li. , iVi , , , n I vestigation admitted todav that ones- .. fi , . ' .' . lions anil veiled Units ot congressional action, voiced bv Attorney Sherman I Whipple, has the definite purpose of Tarnishing the committee information on which to make recommendations to congress. The comittee particularly is aftei short pools who lig the market and ac centuate bad news by manipulation. Likewise, the committee may recum mend a change in rules concerning u.C pothecation of securities. The comittee planned to hold an ex ecutive session at the close of the morn taken tins afternoon At the o'lening of the hearing I'res ident Noble of the New York stock ex change served formal notice of what he had previously intormallv commuui i cated tic governors' vote to "re quest" members to produce recorda showing business and customers from December 10 to 23 and moreover, to say whether they had any advance in foration from abroad on the president ':i recent note. Noble thought that the first rcspons es could be expected by tomorrow and (Contiuued on page six.) MAKERS HON F8 flCHE NOR 'His.oNi.y reof t i in Lire is that', r i.BANOfATrttr 0ISC0O6R6 0 PORJ. s'L CORRECTION Ml ITU ii- .ju,?-g war fz&m HI "V . V VW VVC&- I ! ELECTORAL VOTE LOST Washington. Jan. 24 Lost a messenger bearing Utah's of ficial count of her votes for president. The final chapter of the last election is being held up pending the arrival of the man from l'tah. The secretary of state of L'tah has been notified that the mes seuger is lost, hns strayed or stolen and has been instruct ed to get from the United States district judge there one remain ing copy of l'tah 'a official count and rush another messenger to Washington with it. All official (mints were to have been in last Monday. Utah was the only state missing. NEWSPAPERS OF EFFETE EAST TAKE 111 Suggestion of Secretary Mc Daniels Arouses Staid Old Bay State City j, early today in the official announce ment, detailing the sinking of one Ger If one's bump of humor i-s not largely man destroyer and desruction of a Bri- dovelopcd or if one's senile of publicity iL1 TV t'Vpe' j . ' ,.' Dispatches from Ho and said the and advertising ,s not very active, the I)utch' authorities were considering the idea was all wrong that the secretary ( internment of the badly damaged Ger of the Salem Commercial club should j ""in destroyer V-69, which arrived at do such an unheard of thing as to write) muiden barley afloat and with a score the other 2S Salen.s in the United Btatos "1 '2?v t,,"'!"nn sailor8' I",,h" to get off the map or change their i.ames. However, if one's -sense of humor, coupled with a opCd, the idea produce results. iblicity sense is devel looked like it might And it did. notwitnstanaing the tact that saiem, Oregon, is the home of what will be soon known as the national drink loganberry juice some of the good and solemn citizens of Haleie, Massachus etts, were greatly incensed at the sug gestion, nnd were so mad about it that the newspaper began to say a lot of things about a city in the west that had never been heard of. Then the newspapers of Boston, Mass., began saving things and all at once the home ot the famous loganberry juice I I ,1 it. TIT - oecanie kiiov.h hii over uie, new um land slates. And then people began talk - ing about that far off town of Salem, n" , j. , , , m Oregon, where lived a ma,, who had the nerve to ask that good old stand-by Na- lem, .Mass., to enauge its name. And the call came n . j. for more inform., - tion about that citv on the other side of the T. S. A., until finally the At lantic News service, a company supply ing nnd receiving news from 80,000 cities, wrote Ivan (1. McDaniel, secre tary of the Commercial club as follows: "Much interest has been aroused in Boston over the story in the Boston Herald that your club had requested the c .( , t i. IV OT Sflleni MflHS In chfnuro iu ndinii j . ., ' , '. . "b iiuo in me repiy sent oy tno mayor or cji r ii id! ' . . W e won Idhke to secure for use , a special article a bunchy f good views of Salem. Oregon, including the principal . points of interest, any unique features or special industries, parks and school buildings, together with any book ets This will be an opportunity for Salem,! flcn.oo, tr, ,.t ,.,,,,i,looKI ..,.l,ll,.i I II iF ',. ; , yj . jar, nicuame, nas ncen nusy today eonecung views or all Kinds 01 Malem I and the surrounding country, whereby the good obi citizens of Plymouth stock may be properly informed as to what a' city named Hnlein should look like Through the Atlantic News service and the large dailies served by this ser vice, New England will soon know thut Salem, Oregon, hns a civic, center unsur passed by any in the New England states and that its business section will ! compare favorably with any city of its jsize in New Kngland. And of what is of greater import. New Kngland will be : properly informed that as the whole U. ; S. will soon be on the prohibition wag on, the national drink so favored by William Jettnittga Bryan will soon be the delicious loganberry juice and that j Salem, Oregon, is and always will be, the loganberry center of the whole 1'. K,'V . When it comes to a civic center, there j is nothing like that of Snlem, Oregon, land when it conies to the national drink, Salem is ready to supply the whole country. PIONEER JURIST DEAD j Judge D. L. Watson, one of the best' known and mosl highly respected of Coos Bay pioneers, died at his homo at j'oos City, on Isthmus Inlet, Sunday morning at 5:20 after a lingering ill-; ! ness of a complication of diseases. I Of recent years, in fact since 11100, he had not taken an active part in af-. it'airs. but had confined himself to the. ; home ranch at Coos ( ity and was not I so Well known to th later arrivals on ( j'he Bay. However among the older! resident, "Judge Lowry Watson" Ml j one of the most popular and highly re Spotted men. For years he was leading ; I Member of the CoOS county bar. Marsh! i field Times. SAY IT FAVORS GERMANS Stockholm, .Ian. 21. Swedish news i apers of both parties interpret I'resi dent Wilson's speech as that of a Ger iraiiophile antagonistic to the entente nations. MANY GERMAN T IN NORTH SEA Persistent Reports To That Effect Reach London From Holland ONE BADLY DAMAGED BOAT MAY BE INTERNED The German Official Report Claims Steady Progress In Rumania London, Jan. 21. Persistent reports from Holland today were that from b!x to 1(1 German destroyers had been unnk In Monday night's engagement between British nnd German sea forces. The admiralty had made no chance . (((. u - 'i- are :iiuruwir the v-69 and her cre It was reported today that still anoth er German warship, greatly damaged, was en route to a Dutch port. The Dutch correspondents of London newspapers, today quoted wounded Ger man sailors as expressing the belifff that seven German vessels were sunk or rendered useless. British Destroyer Sunk. Berlin, Jan. 21. One British destroy er was sunk in the naval action off the Dutch coast, yesterd.ny and one of th German torpedo boats reached a Dutch harbor, a Oenpian official statement de clared today. I he rest of the German vwa.t. i -i.l jiti , -"""'i nuui losses. n t.. .. n -n ... 1 , 'Zu 'V;"0"',0" Br'"ih I " ? JJP 7,;. VT "f "'a'1"? nonts re AC nod a I) ten luiruor: ihp. rrst UlnMed with slight losses." Th,. ii,..i;,, ......... t ii I ...lllll ,-( U I III I (-( I ll'll" W io I III' :ic- ; ti(m rt(,(, , ft British admiraltv i as hnving occurred in the North sen on I Monday evening and stated to hnvo i been between torpedo destroyer flotil las. Germans Beufcrt Progress. Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan. 24. -Huccessful progress of German forces Koiuimn whs aea re orieu . . . " in to- ,ftv - official statement. 'On the north bank of the George," the statement said, "Tuleea , ,,,,,. 0 other fronts in the eastern war ,neutr( le , ,,0ll botll H'i(les f riv Aa ani s(iu,h ,;f Ri onts devel took ; ?avoran,, to ' in i ....i,,,i... i i. , j .. " ' " ." nK the severe cold there was only locally Hvolv artillery tire and torefield en- j gagements. ' ' Berlin, via Sayville wireless, .Tan. 2. -Enemy forces lost six aeroplanes on tl.c western front, today 's official re port asserted. The bright weather re sulted in numerous air engagements and the enemy losses were incurred by Ger man defensive fire. French Raid Trenches. t Paris, Jan. 24 Successful French raids on German lines at different points south oftt'hilly and in tho Woevre were announced in today's of ficial statement. The report also said there was great activity of patrols ia the region of the Seille, but calm else where along the front. President's Speech Received. Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan. 24 " Ambassador Gerard transmitted to the foreign office the text of President Wilson's message to the senate," said th official press bureau today. Bulgarians Defeated ' Petrofjrad, Jan. 24. A severe bloar I struck upon a Bulgarian battalion, which had crossed the Georjpef rivor branch of the Danube under advantage of the fog and remained opposite Tul- (Continued on page rix.) :Y. :: THE WEATHER Oregon: To night end Thurii d :i y parti t clmidy; coldet east portion to ni u fit ; southerly v inds, moderate near tho north const. DESTROYERS LOS f I'vt Pi H AR d I .