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FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . - CIRCULATION IS OVER 4010 DAILY FORTIETH YEAR NO. 29 v SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS OK TRAINS AND NBW8 STANDS ma 0KBT8 PRESIDENT IS GOING SLOW IN SERIOUS CRISIS Belief Is Prevalent That Action Has Not Been Decided Upon CABINET HOLDS MEETING TO CONSIDER SITUATION Ambassador Von Bernstorff Evidently Expects to Re ceive His Passports $ MAY BE READY TO ACT Washington, Pch. 2, Preal- dent Wilson eam from tin' white house to his executive of lice and entered the cabinet room shortly after 2:, '10 o'clock this afternoon. At that hour Secretaries Kane. I.'eclfield, Baker and Postmaster General Burleson arrived. Sec retary Lansing reached the white house a ivw moments lat er and the balance of the cabi net soon followed. The president took with him rrom Ms study, an envelope wild) may be the'text of his deoision to be considered by the cabinet this afternoon. He walked down the hall into the cabinet room with a brisk step but greeted his advisers solemnly. No cabinet enibors would dismiss the situation in any Wty upon- entering the session. I J-1 ! By Rcbert . Bender (United Press statf correspondent) Washington, l-'eb. 2. Strong official hint that some announcement of this government.' course with l'fgtrrd to Germany's announced intention-of wag ing unrestricted sea warfare may be looked for within twenty four hours, csime from the state department today. " othing has gone forward to Ger many yet." was the onlv official defi nite statement forthcoming up to noefT. The statement, however, that the I American steamship Hue might be given instructions which it has requested as to perittiug iis ships to sail "by tomor row,'' :is taken to mean some course might be determined upon by that time. "Such instructions could only be giv en after this government's position is taken." Prcrident Takes Time Today there is every indication that President Wilson had not made up his mind, but was still struggling with what officials openly admitted is the most serious situation this nation has faced since the Kuropoan war started its flood of bloodshed across a score of countries. The official statement quot ed obviously means t ha- the adminis tration had not, at that time, eommuni-j cited in any way with Ambassador Von Bernstorff since the Teuton envoy pre sented Germany's announcement-of heri new sea order. , .An announcement mav come after! h i,;.,f ..,.no ;,.t .i,.,i ,i, -1,1.. -;it a he the most historic meeting since the war with Spain this afternoon. iio.'U. cabinet Meeting The c.nbinet meeting was set fT tw thirty. Usually these meetings take up from thirty minutes to an hour. The one this anernoon was expected to run well on toward evening. Preceding the cabinet meeting Pros (Continued 'on page two.) ABE MARTIN 5 T' hear some fellers kick on th'-high cost o' livin ', you'.f think they set th' best tables in town. Th ' Olhitt demoral iziu' thing in this world is a rich loafer. I V JXlf) Hat Statement That Ail Neutrals Fill Be Sunk m larr sunk, ficinl n iilgton, Feb. 2. A flat state t oil ships within the German , neutrals included, will be 'taiued in the German of ndum handed to the state depurtmt .st night. This ivt revealed thi afternoon, when the department made the text ,,,,u;.. it aaiA t..., ik :..,,.,., : tends 'to use submarines -to accomplish j her purpose. Germany takes back the freedom of action which she reserved in her note' addressed to the United States gov ern-1, mcnt May 4 last. I This means that she is definitely I casting overboard all her Sussex pledges. While previous versions said neutral i ships would enterthe barred zone at the war, twelve 4 1-2 inch guns, eight their peril, the memorandum is the 3 pounders and two torpedo tubes, first statement that ' all ships would j Rio de Janeiro, at the times when be sunk." 'the raider scare was at its height. The note added: "The Imperial quoted one of the survivors of eaplur govjernment is confident that thisied ships as asserting that the raider measure will result in n speedy term-! carried three submarines about 19 feet illation of the war, and in the restor-j iu length. Later reports said the raid ation of peace which the government i er was acting as ''mother ship" to a of the United States has so much at i number of German submarines of the heart." I regulation war type. STORY IN DETAIL OF FINAL CHAPTER IN "BONE" DR '.lust like good old Methodist meeting. That '.vas what President Mosrr said of the situation in the senate shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon as jj-jtlin senate was at ease and a genwrnl celebration over the demise of old Dem otion Hum was In progress. It was about iu wnen rresiuent .vioser, ino iasi ionntor to answer the roll call on the bone dry bill said "aye", and made the vte unanimous for the passage of the bill that will make Oregon the driest state in the l.'nion, when t'.ie governor affixes his signature at 4 p. m. to day. As soon as the vote was announced nnd the applause thnt followed had died dovvr the president said the senate would be at ease for afevv moments andf Mrs. Kemp, president of the local V. C T. U., was escorted to the president's chair to express the thanks of the so ciety as well as her own to the senate for its prompt action in carrying out i lie expressed will of the people. She caught her big audience at once with the statement she said was customary with womankind on being asked any thing by asserting "this is so sudden." She spoke briefly outlining somewhat the battle that had been tought. to its present finish, and of the part the wo- men with unfaltering faith had taken in it. A Thirty Years War. She was followed by Mrs. Unruh, lender of the fight so far as the women Of the state were concerned. She, too, spoke of the long fight and of the battle carried into the schools nearly 30 years ago when the evil effects of the use of alcohol were first taught, and which work had no'T borne fruit. Appeal Against Is Issued By Xew York, Feb. 2. A movement for tunity as a fighting leader of the peo national appeal for nnimpaaafOned pic of this country is at hand. The men consideration of the crisis with tier- many,' by President Wilson, congress ind the press and suggesting final M f er of mediation in the war w as start- Ha cltit-t- ed here today by a communication I dressed to the president and signed bv 2li persons, including Amos Piuchot. i " Xo citizen would criticise the presi Paul H. Kellogg. George W. Kirch we v I dent at this time," said President But and Oswald Garrison Villard. The ap-iler, of Columbia- "The best educated peal was printed in half page advertise- people in the world are at wnr. It is a meats in newspapers and at the bottoai grave situation for all nations." was appended a line asking alt persons who indorse, sentiments ceiytained in j th" message to telegraph President Wrb ! ' son at once. 1 "We recognize the perplexity of the problem before you," the telegram to; 'the president read, "and we wish to: I express our confidence in your vvisdonTt iand your power of leadership." " I i The president is asked, however, not to allow the nation "to be dra'gooried into the war at the very end of'acts of desperation committed by any of the belligerents." The following suggestions of a course are then made to the president: - 'First That you call on congress and the press of the United States for a deliberate and unimpassioned con sideration of the international question with the future of man kind in mind as well as in the present crisis. "Second That you call on the bellig- lerents, to meet as the central powers have already offered m,do and also to "4tate their "terms, as the allies a I read v havo done. "Third That you address tu the sov ereigns and executive heads of the gov 'ruments a final and pertosal offer of mediation. ' ' The message reminds President WH IM tnat nasty reactions of the public press have not in earlier crises repre sented the fundamental feeling of the people. ' ' The message concludes with the fol lowing: "We believe that your great oppor- British Cruiser Damaged by Submarine Fight By Charles P. Stewart, (t'nited Press Staff Correspondent.) Buenos Aires, Feb. The British cruiser Amethyst has arrived at Per nnmbueo damaged after a fight with a German submarine and an auxiliary cruiser, according to dispatches from ,hat "T Xv. The encounter, it was said, occurred on January 29, uorth of Pernambuco. According to the reports received .. . '-. ., e thl' AlnPtn.vst 881,1 ,ho 'Ormans withdrew li nm the tight and escaped The Amethyst is protected of 3000 tons and has a speed of 2:i knots. .She was built In, IMS and carried, before Y PROGRAM While the celebration was going au instead of house bill No. 104 being in evidence sail bottles of " Phez" were served, one to each senator, stenog rapher, and the reporters. The senators sampled it, though some with a sort of it hasn 't-much-l'.iek-to-it sort of expres sion, recognizing nothing familiar about it save and except the straw- The glee-club from O. A, ('. came in and gave a couple of selections, "Ore- gon"' and a college song. There were some magnificent voices, two of which belonged to Chinese boys, and the boys got a warm round of applauses, and they deserved it too. Attending the Funeral. At 1 o'clock the crowd began gather ing in the senate chamber and when the gavel fell at 2 o'clock there was stand- ing room only and this was in the cor ndors. The women predominated in the audience, and this showed where the dry movement had its greatest strength. It was their victory and they vvera there to repoice and celebrate. A.s for tho deceased, the late John D, Barleycorn, alias Old Man Booze, Whose passing was the occasion of the peculiar funeral ob sequies, "there seemed to be no mourn ers. When the. bill had been read which required three-quarters' of an hour, Sen ator Shanks as chairman of tho commit tee on alcoholic traffic, said he had not intended to make any remarks con cerning the bill as every senator was deeply interested in and had sttidied the bill in all its phases, but a beautiful bouquet on his table which greeted him as he came into the chamber this after noon naturally suggested a funeral, and (Continued on page three.) Hasty Action New Yorkers vu"'" Jv" i nd women who V'ou in the must extreme measures fur '0C'l''nX th's country clear of any " r-1 "l " . " . . . J. l n a BtruKlflc mi nmsi-ei wnirn i not their own." (Continued on page two.) GROUP This trio is doing,' NEUTRALS AWAIT ACTION BY THIS GOVERNMENT United States Now Holds Cen ter of Stage In Great World War PEOPLE OF HOLLAND ARE WATCHING ACTS CLOSELY Other Small Neutral Nations of Europe Feel That Crisis Has Arrived By Lowell Mellett (United Press staff correspondent) London, Feb. !i. In the presence of what may be tho supreme cisis in the wnr, word is awaited from America by the neutrals . f Europe Vith more Higuant interest than by the bellig erents. The smaller neutrals notably Hol land look to Washington to determine the issue which may mean their own lite or death. Messages today from Amsterdam, Rot terdani and Trie Hague indicate fear that the Netherlands is doomed to be crushed between German land and un dersea forces. An actual blockade, cor respondents declare, means starvation. Present supplies of foodstuffs in Hol land may last a mouth or two ranohes, according to varying estimates. The concentration of troops on the (lerman-Dutch frontier is the cause of constant speculation and today it was felt such action, which has been in pro gress for the past few weeks, was tak en in advance of the new sea step. The Uondou Times' correspondent in Holland today declared: "While the Dutch, predominately cautious, teel a disposition to stand or fall bv their rights, their eyes are turn ed anxiously toward the United Sta n's the- greatest ) utral -to sen whether she will abandon her little .isters :o their fate." Dispatches from Amsterdam quoted the newspaper Telegraaf as asking "Whether America will withdraw her protecting hand over neutrals and non-1 ..,l,ntn(u " ! The Amsterdam Handelsblad declar es: "If America holds to the spirit of the notes and ultimatums she has sent to Germany, she must declare war." Switzerland faces a situation similar to Holland. The blockade cuts off all French ports except Cette, and that means, cutting off of essential food stuffs and raw materials. EVea Spain America 's enijmy of the days of 1898 awaits America's de termination. On the other hand, the British press today continued temfierate with refer ence to the United States' action on the German note, the editorials gener ally leaving it up to America to decide her own course. Some newspapers re newed the iuofev.ion that participation in the war with the allies might possi bly react against the entente in the end. the Daily Mail observing Jhat "it might be a positive disadvantage to be thus hampered in peace negotiations bv the influence of German-Americans' Six More Ships Sunk London. Feb. -. Six more shifi sunk in the second day of Bern were lily's! new "barred zone campaigi ternoon. First was the Xorwerjian Portia. Then ame word oi tin tion of the Kav enbourne with three members of the crew sinking of the Norwegian llekla. this af-i steamer! desi rue a loss of and, the steamer Lloyd follows: lists the ships mentioned (Continued on pago two.) OF SAGEBRUSH STATESMEN a lot to spread the Witnesses Saw Bomb Drop to Sidewalk San Francisco, Feb. I. Two wit - nesses testified todav for the defense ,. . ,. . . . m the Thoma-s .1. Mooney bomb murestr trial thst they saw a dark ob.iect, pre- sumably a bomb, drop to the sidewalk mt explode at Steuart and Market . , streets July 22. The witnesses today were ('. K. Holl-J fraternal uses, business continued good j felder and Louis Eris of Oakland. Twifor a11 common earriera. One of the other witnesses tesliTled to substanti-1 ,offiie" ,"w?1 l 5i0 .ord"' ,. , 1 during Januarv snd as all were tor the ally the same thing yesterday. jimit cf two quart,, it figures out tha: ' .-.upporiing rnis lesnmony, .miss jen-With other common carriers. .1,100 nie Compton of-Chicago testified that, quarts of booze were shipped into Snlem from her sixth floor room opposite aud-about 15 cases of beer. The general where the explosion occurred, she saw opinion is that liquor can be delivered a man walk to the edge of the roof j for five days after the law hn-s been and look over. A moment later the: signed by the governor. This applies explosion occurred. 'only to shipments which were in the This testimony was offered to re-j possession of the. express companies or fute the prosecution claim that the: common carriers prior to the tine the bomb was contained in a suitcase, planted on the sidewalk by Mooney and his associates. SUFFRAGE IN OHIO. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 1. By a vote of 79 to .0 the Ohio house o' reiire- sentatives this afternoon passed the j " exjpress companies, a chance to re Reynolds bill giving presidential suf-fu!M shipments if they cannot, arrive! frago to Ohio women. The bill goes to the senate. BY NAVAL OFFICIALS Steps Are Also Taken To Place Safe-Guards Around Panama Canal Washington, Feb. 2. The navy cle partment this afternoon shut down the lid on tho matter of location of war ships, heretofore published daily. Secretary Daniels held that "it woulS not be advisable at this time to reveal whero the American vessels were lo cated." Nothing more specific was available than the fact that the bulk of the At lantic fleet is at Guantanamo, with a few reserve shipi and neutrality patrols along tho Atlantic, and Pacific coasts. To Guard Panama. Canal Washington, Feb. '2. Because of the possibility of danger from the present international situation, army officials have taken steps for extra precautions at tlwrPanamn canal, it was learned to day. Stronger watches have been placefl over the locks "since Tuesday" lest there bo some attempt to damage them and thus make the whole canal system useless. Special care is being taken through out the country to guard against any (rman plotting, and secret service men MS keeping tabs on any possible conspiracies. Wall Street Puzzled And Stocks Are Irregular Because of Uncertainty New York, Feb. 2. The New York Evening Bun financial review today says: With the attitude of this government toward the German submarine menace still unexpressed offieiallv. Wall street was in something of n quandary today. The stock market was highly irregular in the early trading, but it soon became apparent that there was considerable I quiet buying going on, mainly for cash, which caused prices in the general list to advance several points in most cases. This movement was snpported by exten sive covering of the short interests, the present level of prices being indeed very attractive both to those who have . money to invest and those who are (Continued on page six.) fame of the Deschutes Express Company Receipts i When the dry law passed at the elec ! ' tion IU" December there was a great i scare among those who must have their' , and wine, picked up wonder ; fully for the Hornbrook crowd and oth-1 er liquor dealers- With the feeling thst I Prohibition meant that within a short! lime no liquors coum tie snipped into 1 t n,.. l, . ,i law went into effect. In other words any shipment of liquor that have been shipped before the law goes into effect, can be de'ivered within the five day limit. Other shipments will hsve to be transported out of the state. The five day limit gives the common carriers. which in this case applies especially to j vvithin the five day period after the law I goes into effect. IN FAVOR OF NEW They Do Not Believe, How ever, That United States Will Declare War By Carl W. Ackerraan (t'nited Press staff correspondent) Berlin, Feb. 2. Few Oormans believe America will declare war. If this belief is borne out, then Kng land will be compelled to make peace through Germany's new blockade or der. In the united chorus of approval of the limitless sea warfare just announc ed, this was the opinion generally ex pressed here toijny And announcement of a submarine has erased all political ditter - blockade dices. i.3K,?a? IZ' ' "0"lU,(l na,,0n With all its forces cooperating .nil uri us luievs cwurnmuB. Kepresentiitivc Oonnaiis who were asked today why Germany announced her policy of limitless submarinings with its unknown dangers( mado two replies. First, they were convinced that, the war can be ended sooner. The present move is regarded as a decisive one against allied shippinc a so-called "cutting of the allied blood vessels." Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's co'nV vietion that neutrals desire a quick end to the war, and that therefore every means must be used to end it( quoted In this connection. was Scondlv, it was explained bv num irons Oermans now unity was now com- plete, all forces cooperating and co-jed. operating convinced thnt. F.ngland can! Representative Ritnet i-alled for be compelled to make peace, unless ' previous question, which carried. America declares war which tew ex pect. Nothing since Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz's first announcement of a block ade early in the war has enthused the navy aa much as the submarining poll cy upon which Germany has now em barked. Captain Persius, the Tageblatl s nnv- ,.l JU ,.r.;r.t.,.l nut twlnv I ll It 1 lllllliT tl, Zimtmm Itomeinv ,..,,,,,. lose her submarines as before, when, under strict compliance with the pun iple of visit and search, they ways subject to attack while unprepar ed by armed allied merchantmen. PTess is Jubilant Amsterdam, Feb. 2. Jubilation and firm conviction that America must see the jus. ice of flermuny's position, are expressed in rovineinl German newspa per editorials, evoked by the Herman "barred zone" order. I "No law is more urgent than that Germany consider her own welfare," I declared the Duesseldorfer General An zieger. in dispatches received here to day. "We hope neutrals will try to un derstand our position, but regardless of their decision the die is cast." The Rheiniscli Wostfaolische Zietung "a id: "We Wilson rltaf idntly expect to warn Americans Presidcu from tin I war zone. The Cologne Volks Zeitung jubilantly predicts victory "over England ' bru ! tul arbitrariness and villnny." ! : 3k $ $ ALASKA "BONE' DRY 4 Washington, Feb. 2. - The house today passed without roll call, its first prohibition bill the one that makes Alaska bone dry January 1, 1918. It has already passed the senate. 3it 3 LEAK PROBE ADJOURNS Xew Vork, Feb. 2. Tap bouse leak committee ndiourned shortly after o'clock this afternoon to meet at 10 a m. tomorrow In Washington. The testimony of George A. Ellis will be taken up in Washington. SCHOO OFFICERS MAY BE OUSTED BY RECALL PLAN House Passed Senate Bill This Morning After Hard Fight GOES TO GOVERNOR FOR HIS SIGNATURE Many Senate Measures Are Re-referred to Various Committees Two senate bills were passed by the house of representatives this morning, j several house bills indefinitely post ! poned. and I fight staged over the snb- stitution of a minority report for n ma jority report on another bill. Senate bill fto. Hi, to provide for the I support and maintenance of illegitimate children, introduced by Senator Oiseu, and recommended by the committee on health nnd public morals for passage, was passed without, much discussion. Senate bill No. 95, by Senator Fldy, declaring school directors BUDjcCt to recall and providing a method for ueh I recall, provoked a flow of oratory that took up considerable time, j On motion of Representative Brand itho house resolved itself g into u con imittee of the whole with Representa tive Mann as chairman. Ono particular 'change was made in the bill in that the; I per cent, of voters required to sign a le- eall petition was reduced from 25 per cent to 13 per cent. Mr. Laurgaard was in favor of the measure because a director who w:vs not iu sympathy with the, people could bo re moved. Mr. Forbes declared that the school directors stood in high favor of the community and that it was an over sight that they were not subject to the recall. Representative Gore sew m reason why tho law should be changed. Hepresentatlve Goode declared fc H ,(, , he fa- direct' deal of oney, in' tact, more thou IkZ av- ..I...... . . 4.. , ... 1 . i 4t:..i..i i.i.i w. . erase official and should be subject t( check; Mrs. Thompson also favored the recall and saw no reason why a good uinn should fear it. She said there was gn insistent demand all over the stale for legislation of this hind. Itepresentntive Thomas believed us did Mrs. Thompson regarding the recall. Fie said he umiM not see why they should be exempt. Both Hepresentafiv.M Small anrl Al Jones were for the recal1, and th" lat ter declared he could not see why it should not be applied to rchool din. ters iust the sauio as to other officials. He thought that if the school director wn not iioing ins iiuij u should be recall- the On the vote tho measure passed and it will now go to the governor. Mrs. Thorrpion Won. When house bill Xn. 93, by Mrs. Thompson, to prohibit the collection of fees by employment agents, came up with an adverse report by the commit tee on judiciary, Mrs. Thompsou nshed that it be referred to the committee on i lllborllll U industries. This motion was lost and the question then came on tho Indefinite postponement of the bill. Sho .,. declared she had not been given un opportunity to appear before the. com mittee to detenu and explain IU Dill, and the motion to indefinitely postpone was lost bv a vote of 22 to 20, with sev eral absent. Fight Over Irrigation. The real fight of the morning devel oped over house bill No. 883, by Repre sentative Stott, granting the public ser vice commission authority and control of Curey act irrigation projects, which was reported buck with an adverse re port of the committee on irrigation. Representative Forbes declared ha did not believe the committee) on irriga tion gave tho bill the careful considera tion it was entitled to. He said an ir rigation propect was a public, utility tha same as a railroad or telephone and that propects under the Carey act come un der tho provisions. Ho moved that tha minority report, which was favorable. (Continued on page si-) 3 v THE WEATHER J(3!C3K3!S I ik $ Oregon: To night and Satur day rain west, rain or suow east portion, warmer tonight cast por tion; fresh south erly winds inter ior, i resh sonth erly gale along the coast-' f 3ic y ,s Fierce 2, -wy I if. if. if- i