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SI) Dotl ft FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES louraal CIRCULATION B , OVER 4000 DAILY FORTIETH YEAR NO. 33 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1917 PRIfT? TWA PFXTTO ON TRAINS AND NKWB it j wtiii xo RTANrw vtvtb mm CASCAD COUNTY E KILLED BY SENATE THIS MORNING i 1 1 Senator Dimick Set Off the Oratorical Fireworks As Usual IN SPITE OF HIS SPEECH SENATE VOTED BILL DOWN Anti - Cigarette Bill Special Order In House at 10 A. M. Tomorrow PortlanVater Supply i 0,er Heavy Guard ed guards w v-ushed today to the intake 01 rtland's water supply near M, Hood and to the power plant' Oregon City. Thin followed . vor Albee s receipt of an anonymous warn ing that destruction of the in take and plant by dynamite had been plotted. Regulars for Bridge Vancouver, Wash., Feb. ". Major Waldron, commanding Vancouver barracks was asked today to establish a guard of United States regulars on the four mile interstate bridge span ning the Columbia river here. Officials of Portland and Van con or united in the request. The bill creating Cascade county iva killed. The insurance code, bill Xo. 252, wa pass'nl. Thai was Hie work of the senate this morning. House bill No. MS, was the first reporter by the committee and its report was n recommendation that it do not pass. It looked like the re port of the committee would be adopted without debate which would have indef initely postponed the bill, but such was not to be. Senator Orton, chairman of the com mittee on counties, said in explanation of Ihe report that the committee had examined into Ihe merits of the bill, had heard delegations from the proposed county and from all sections of the old county, and there was nothing shown to justify the creation of the county- It was a certainty that the report of the committee would lie adopted, but Dim ick was loaded and proceeded to air the proposition and show up all its weak nesses. He had a map of the proposed county which showed the originators of the idea wanted to be good to Mult nomah county and had generously left a strip 33 miles long and from four to five miles wide between the proposed county and Multnomah, believing the latter' would like to have it. This left good old Clackamas in the shape of a carpenter's square. Dimick showed the vote on the propo sition and that but two precincts had voted in favor of the division. He showed lots of other things, so many in fact, that the senators as well as the audience got tired of the show. Dimick however, was not tired, but fresh as a daisy, and finally Orton suggested that UK in iiho u lull that was the special order for 10:30 lie would like the sen ntor to make his remarks as brief as possible. Tha president also urged brev ity, but the 'floodgates of the Clacka mas' senator's oratorical reservoir were open and the tide rushed out in !. torrent. He evidently could liTive talk ed all day but cut his speech short : I ter alien! an hour. As soon as the senators got a chance they adopted the report of the committee and the hopes of a county seat at Kstacada went glim mering. The Insurance Code Passed, lniniediatelv following: this, senate bill Xo. 252. the insurance code, was; world." Hungary Strongly Approves German Submarine Policy As Justified by Conditions Amsterdam. Feb. 7. Hungary strong ly approves Germany's unlimited sub marine warfare. Count Stephen Tisza, Count Apponyi and other leaders were quoted in Budapest dispatches receiv ed here today as strongly endorsing the policy in speeches to the Hungarian I arliainent. The only opposition came from Count Kaiolvi. who asserted that he could not approve of unrestricted submarine warfare because it was inimical to world peace. Tis.a 'a speech was t vigorous defense of the Submarine plan "made neces sary because our existence is threaten ed and all means at our disposal arc justified, ' ' ' ' Especially is this true," he added. "in view of the new British mine field blockade. "We still adhere to President Wil son's proposal for a peace basis and are Still prepared to negotiate." Count Tisza charged entente subma rine! with sinking Austrian cargo and passenger ships without warning. Count Apponyi expressed the hope that the new submarine warfare would accelerate peace. He Justified its oper ation on tlie same ground as did the Hungarian premier and added as an additional motive the failure of Amer ica to restrict Great Britain's encroach: ments on international Taw. TRIO OF BOOSTERS AND BOOMERS r m nt j i - f- siaBlHSlSHlLl m mm mm VilHERAC CASCADE COUNT i SKV JLSi Ft A WOT iN V ARM ? B6L.LAND (AARK TWA.IN OF ke6i5-ATtJrie HON . J .D Ml U P .1 OARYAN0FOO0 't)MONSTr?Art tCUJ TO A CHlCKt Wheat Market Was Sensitive and Nervous : j Chicago, Keb. 7 - Wheal was aensi I tivo and nervous today, traders show mg no disposition to lead. On the open I ing- trade was moderate but later the I market broke on heavy selling. May j wheat opened lip V, later declining 1 1-8 to $1.72 18. uly opened down H ana remained unchanged at 1 . 1 7 U. Sep tember opened down 3 4, later gaining 1 to $t.7H. ' Corn was very quiet, reflecting the weakness in wheat. May openel nn changed and remained that way, stand ing at $1.01. uly opened down I S, later gaining V4 to Oats started unchanged, but eased off slightly, May losing 1-8 and July gaining I-S. May stood at fttfa and July at 53 5-1 at noon. Provisions were steady, showing var iations of scarcely a eent all morning. COUNTRY WITHIN E SENATE ENDORSES ATTACKING SHIPS German Submarine Disap- ared Without Offering Aid Struggling Sailors PRESIDENT'S BREAK WITH GERMANY Head of Steamship DANGER ZONE" IS OFFICIAL RELIEF No Indication Received That Germany WiD Recede From Position NO AMERICAN SHIPS SAILED SINCE BREAK Company Is Killed National Capital Is Calm But Preparations For War Proceed New York. Feb. 7 Robert Barber of! the Barjber Steamship company was killed and two chorus girl companions were probably fatally injured on Riv erside Drive early today when Barber's car crashed into the limouBine of Mrs. Bessie Abbot Story, opera singer. Mrs. Storv was but slightly shaken. Barber, whose father founded the Bin her Steamship company, was thrown. i V . j ! i :i n, . n o 1 men snornv hlicikhiu hi a. uuiii. Statement Regarding Sinking Madeline smith, age 20, a 0 D j- ,r ,,,,,1 v rtv aiin nfi y win peareo Without uttermg to Long uebate louay in Which ot ships issued by Many Senators Take Part Admiralty REPUBLICAN LEADERS DUTCH SITUATION SERIOUS The Hague, Feb. 7. Premier Van Per Linden told the second chamber today that, although the situation in Holland through the German submarine policy was serious, "there was no reason for extraordinary uneasiness. " London, Feb. 7. No mention ofj warning before the attack, of resist ! auce by Ihe vessel attacked, or of an! attempt to escaue the submarine, was! made in American Consul Frost V of-1 STftftNPEQT IN QlfDDADT ficial report to the American embassy OlIWIlULtJI lH dUllUM today on the shelling and sinking by a: German submarine of the British1 steamer Eavestone. P , tr i v one America.,, uichard wmiacc, a ' senator vardaman, Democrat. i , tins I. , !!,.:! Iw - I. ....... ,.1 . '....II.. . - which the German fired at the open boats carrying survivors. After hiving thus shelled the sur vivors, the German submarine disap peared without proffering aid, the con sul declared. Consul Frost said the sea was ''mod erately rough at the time of the at tack and that the lifeboats with the Kavestone's crew, living and dead, drifted about for sevteral hoars before a Danish steamer finally sighted them and brought them into port. London, Feb. 7. "Germany's with drawal of her pledge to the 1'nited States not to sink passenger ships with out warning, is emphasized," an ad miralty announcement stated toilay, "in By Robert J. Bender. (United Pres9 staff correspondent.) Washington, Feb. 7 The United twenty I'ect against an iron railing an.li States is now well within the "danger zone" of relations with Germany. No indication is forthcoming that the imperial government intends modifying the submarine program which brought the break. In view of Foreign Secre tary Zimmerman 's utterances, officials here believe Germany will go through to the end with her U-boat campaign. The general situation was described today as being the same as last Bat urday, when the president went to con- Rerlin. via Snvville wireless, Feb. 7JRr,,ss and notified the world of the tcr Garden show girl, with whom Bar ber started on a joy ride from Church ill's restaurant, are said to be dying. New Turkish Cabinet Is Formed, Says Berlin Advocates Peace at Any Price (Continued on page tws.) Washington. Feb. 7.- The senate stands behind President Wilson's sev erance of relations with the German empire. By a vote of 78 to S the senate late this afternoon passed the Stone reso lution endorsing the president 's action taken as a result of Germany's decla ration that in a certain "barred zone" and under certain specified restrictions her submarines will sink all shins in sight. The vote came after a day of debate in which the president wa both criti cised and praised for taking the histor ic step he did. Many senators who voted for the en dorsement, sonic of whom were staunch More than 1.000 motor trucks with j democrats, declared that, while they sup i j , . . , , . ; ported the Stone resolution because rot By Webb Miller. experienced drivers, wireless and tract-, , ,,f, s() fegult mislm(ershui,,. (United Press stff Correspondent.) lor-niotor outfits: complete equipment of I ing abroad, they thought the resolu El Paso. Texas, Feb. 7. After 11 goulash cannon," or portable cooking tion "unwise."" General Pershing's Command Is Finest Fighting Machine months' rigorous training under war1 wagons; 100 road building machines; conditions la the field, General Uersh- caterpillar tractors for hauling heavy ing' expeditionary forces inarched Rons; scores of aeroplanes with men along the -border to their posts today, trained under war flying conditions; the ' 1' ollette. Wisconsin, republican; Varda "the finest fighting machine in the ; development ot air photography; prac-lnian, Mississippi, democrat; Works i i. -Formation of a new Turkish cabinet , . ,., ; the torpedoing on Saturday of the Bri- was announced by the official press come necessitating more visrorous action tish steamer Port Adelaide, en route bureau today. The Turkish grand I by this government, those immediately iiim" i.i." ". in in .Lusuaiiu. The admiralty lays special emphasis viyie.r. Sni.l Halim Pasha, resigned on associated with the president it is mere- in admiralty lays special empliasis ' ' ... 7 . ,iy a matter of time before some U-bont on tlie tact that there was no warning , uui " -"--. - t commllnd(,r wm accomplish bv over of any kind to the Port Adelaide. the Interior Talat Bey was charged with j 7,Pai0UHeBB the fatal mnvn Tkni n . . rv. .i:...u.. t .1 4...-l.u. . f ..Wl Hi.,. - "TT'T' " V uou'i'iiij ouikiuoum u iuih iv, me ,''i,,i"'i " i V i f I i'carful lest tne country lie unduly lulled HIIU1BI.IY, u "i,t, '' into a sense of security. l.acti itny that passes without a dan gerous incident, however, brings relief. Th attitude of official Washington is that of one holding his ears in anticipa tion of o tremondous explosion. it lias now Decu 48 Hours since tho attacks: "It is interestine to note simultane-1 lowing ously this dual affront to two neutral' Grand Vizier, Talat Bey (also min states in view of the German wireless ister of finance.) boasting of the consideration shown the Minister of War, Envcr Pasha, interests of neutrals." - Minister of Marine, Dyemal Pasha- The admiralty statement also an- "The' cabinet change," said the of nounced the sinking in Spanish waters ficial bureau, "means no change day established by Germany for sinking on Sunday, of the Peruvian sailing ship policy. The new cabinet decided to con-1 everything in sight within her barred Mvrnwn iiie vns suojua i i neii. x ester- j unue tne vvwi on mc me ui iiiwn ihuw 1 zone, lie tlie ship belli'rerent or neutral day's official statement regarding the with the utmost energy until a final vie-or unarmed. Port Adelaide said that 00 of those! tory was achieved. The retiring grand I s)0 far the Eavestone attack looks tho 'VirTer, Prince Said Halim, belongs to mu8t gt,riou9) but no decision has been (Continued from page one.) the family of the Egyptian khedive. j reached. It is admitted that the more ' days that pass without a U-boat fl w w i MM atrocity, the better arc the chances for Uerard In Berne bays messags, th I At jircscnt no American ships are IT Jk W 1 M7 '11 J 6ai,i,1K a"d 'he diplomatic break baa JT rOTYl TYlu CL SSQ.U.O T W Ilia ru. 1 ,hl s ",u i' "i" ' an official " mmm-mmr v rw vf I warning to Americans against protniscu- tons sea trips. Hence, utter American ships which Washington, 1'eb. 7. A slate de-icate with Gerard in Berlin. He rc purtinent official message loday said j plied tha' he had rcceivt-d a message Ambassador (lerard had gone to Berne, I from Heine, signed Gerard, and asked another said that he would leave soon; i if he should forward the cominunica-1 There will be few persons taking pass previously a message nail come inrli- lion to tne stale department, uerani ,ge, it is believed were on tho high seas when the break came reach port, the danger (if sinking either an American vessel or injuring an American passenger will lie ."mall. taken up, it being the special order Senator Orton. chairman of the commit tee, explained the bill and how it was A foreign military attache who saw- Kitchener tram his million Britom Those voting against the resolution were: lil-nilll nrth ll;ilr.,fo ,il.-,. can; lirbv, Arkansas democrat' La-I''a" K l,K 'ci "run govvriiiiicni was ; may ov m i-nu-, inn mis sui-m i i iii.s aiso conrorms to tne view tiiKen luiiiing nis irausfioriHiiou uuiii ivim w wynyiw imtt some iimm.hj n one or lVUfsl von nernsiorii s aso- knew l ount lienistoitl has satislac . saw- Germany's hordes in action andtra,ina tiee of bomb dropping from the air, ! ' alifornia, republican and the equipment of ambulance trains: Senator Underwood was one of those with motor trucks and hospital railway 'who thought the resolution uiiwis Several senators, among them Van! prepared by a committee appointed bv;who saw Japan's armies fighting Kus-; From a physical viewpoint, Gem,, ... amaii, democrat, Mississippi, a pacifist, Governor Withycombe at the last ses-j sinus in the Russo-Japanese war, stood ' Pershing:.' army is in the finest fignting HQlulced beforehand they would re sion of the legislature, and this commit-'at the international line south of Col-; trim. In straight away hiking every : fuse to vote in favor of it. tee had drafted the bill which contains ! umbus as the American artsy marched in'atfyntB of the expedition had! Party lines were smashed when the 124 pages and covers everything con-across. 'hiked at least 500 miles in the past 11 vrtt, was taken. nected with insurance. " Without doubt, it is the finest fight-' months. On the withdrawal march to Sherman, Illinois, one of the presi- Senator Eddy attacked the bill bitter-' ing machine in the world," he de- tlie border the foot troops made a rec- ent opponents, had declared "any ly, claiming it pift the insurance bus!-' elared. lord hike o'f 23 miles across the desert other action than that the president jiess of the state entirely in the hands j " 'his globe there is no army of stretch in Chihuahua known as " Hell 's ' , would hav e been an act of cowurd of the board companies and n combine! its size to compare with the little armviHihe," under a blazing sun. - lcc- of Cortland gentlemen. I of Americans. They are equipped to I The men in the cavalry regiments had There was a sort of six-day -go-as-yon- perfection. Not even a buckle on thei'idden from 1.000 to 3,000 miles in the . ! mules ' harness is lacking. And with it Villa chase and in patrol service in (Continued on pace three.) is the spirit of the American soldier. Mexico. hat it is I cannot say. but it ig ther Debate In Detail Washington, Feb. 7. Following the i severe criticism by Senator Works, re torily passed, while still another mes sage indicated there was no difficulty and. all was being arranged agreeably. attaciie may nave gone aneaci or tne; nates, wno declared openly that if a ambassador and sent the message to ! week passes without an American in Madrid, signing Gerard's name. The! jury, the danger will be over, state department has now cabled to j There is a psychological atmosphere This conflict of reports puzzled of ! the A iean minister at Berne asking 1 1 bout Washington that is altogether uu- the United .if (lerard is there. :v,ariine. ficials, though thev told thi Press Hint the latest report indicate that matters were adjusting them-1 selves and that Gerard would be! quitting Germany very soon. At any rate, officials did not be lieve there will be more than a tern-1 Murderer of Olson (Continued on page three.) i ITS 1111 mm sksj):551n the swing of their bodies and the , set ot their shoulders 1 could see it." j , ! ABE MARTIN li. jn DDCICKIT i nearly one year of service on the thi-! fjllLlX III 111 L V L ll I 1 bualiiKi desert, swung over the sun bak-jv IIL I Lll I I rd plains o'i New Mexico and Arizona to, j their stations. Every detail of a perfect-1 I ly equipped army was complete. Although the chase after Villa was' 'halted by international complications,! j ine wur ucpariiiieui iiui not nnii in us; llllil i efforts to make the armv efficient. UIHIl 'While the column remained innctive' stretched across the Mexican desert, it was busy experimenting and perfecting. The lessons of the great war in progress I in Europe were taken to heart. The equipment of every branch of the 9erv- j l, e was changed to conform to the ad vance in military science. In the infantry branch, the new style i ot trench warfare as developed in Eu (Continued on pace ix.) There is not any excitement. A calm, amounting almost to indifference, has settled over the city. There is a. notable Cairo Ctoin Miici Vtkttn Ulm ' '"' k "f ' hustle and action generally UOjS Olaie illUSl tVeep nim 'attendant upon preparation for a gi- 'guntic struggle such as may be tbreuteu Olvinoiii. Wash.. Feb. 7. The coo i ........, porary cheek to Gerard's hove coming. Lrtion of John Van Dell, the mur- Thi, may be due to the influence of A message saying Gerard was in ,,crcl.( that he 1Vould make the state President Wilson, who has counselled Borne WK received from Ambassador j tak(. .a,u of )linl for thc rc8t of Msstrongv against "panic and Haste." Willard to Madrid, but in view of life," is still ringing in tho ears of the Also it may be due to activity going """-""8 ""- ' ,?." V i memncrs or tne legislature. ine 0n which no one knows about partment was noi sure n niuru n in- urination was accurate. Willard has been asked to coinniuni- Bolivia Will Support This Country on Submarine Issue By Charles P. Stewart (United Press staff correspondent) Buenos Aires, Feb. 7. Bolivia is to support the I'uited States in its stand Interned Ships Have Not Been I Seized. However As Wa I hy tK,ivivvli!iis,rr pwm today dciare.i u V - w-y . j sinii-ilieiil luiiunn, .,',-, ui n OIIW I crime, con, nutted almost within tneir eriul, secret activity tending to avert sight, has carried them away on a tido,, crash which would involve this coun j of indignation. They are still demand try in war. 'ing the passage of the bill to restore n this connection a mystery as deep i capital punishment to the statute as ever continues regarding tho course books. of action to be adopted toward Austria, To learn at first hand thc views of which haH sent this government, a uoto j thc woman who, of all society, was j on I'-boat warfare practically identical 'struck most deeply by the murder, a! with the German declaration. I reporter of the United Press, visited' 1 lOlson's ho mc i EIGHT TELICISTAS KILLED I Olson'.-, sister, still white and trcm-. jbling from the shock of the brother's l-arcdo, Texas, Feb. 7. Eight Felicis- - A , .- death, opened the door. Mrs. Olson l'"" ltllld and 25 captured in a icy. Unofficial indications have point- pI.o;tra,ed and could not be seen, I battle between 80 Felicistas and 56 ar ed to a formal decision by the Beunosl.n. B(lii but she would be irl-id to 1 """"tUB a t Kodi iguez, 5(1 miles west of Aires government not to support the convey the question to her United States. The Buenos Aires I the border, Monday altenioou, it was I. hope the legislature will not pass : lv rP?fff here !"' , . ... r . . . 1 I ! i i i , . ' , , . i , .1 1 ,lt , 1' t . ., A l,"iin .r rja. ; the bill restoring the dth penalty. rtp wmuhtu' r "it I h r -t. i . j m it- . ,i in:imi i umi uwu lur iiu1 iiiiin Reported I note of formal protest to Berlin againsjj i the German unlimited submarine polit who Carranzista. troops was seat -'from .Micvo i.nreoo 10 nociriguez msi nigtii ll'resident ingoyen deemed tlie inter ! ..lw sh.,lll(1 madu to ufflr a f ests of the United States and Argen i have suffered iimm csHivti on n-i ru i iii iii- j.,- -- "' i ner are ine woras oi Airs, vjihoii , Washington, Feb. 7. Because this! Ho far Bolivia alone of the South Am-1 situation forecasting adoption of an ! and this is just the way she feels about 1 rope was taugat tae troops Uunng tae K0Verllm(nt h8 re!orered eriean republic, has definitely announc ! Argentine policy opposed to that of the were drilled in trench fighting K.-.!? - IV The aSe, therefore, of the three jfrom every angle. Throwing hand ' - llTZZl dispatches from Santiago today de- powerful "A. ft. C." nations show, a grenades from trencties was taught and '(? JM to sink these rtB-LJX -UnJrtarial MtuSil there had I decided difference of opinion. Argen- oractieed. and thc use of rife urenades s lo eusiruci. me pons, me govern- , j ... .... ,.!.,.,: ,;n r.,tiv rf... ft. ,n.nnr' " i . i ... onrraiiutu uui 10 luuuui I ,, was shown. I ment has taken precautionary mcas- j In the artillery branch, barrage and ures t0 prevent such action, it was curtain fire and fire protection for in- i learned today. No German vessels jfautry attacks was taught. Strategems! have been seiwd, however. gathered from the great war in regard Secretary Baker today submitted the States. United tine will apparently refuse its auppor to President Wilson s plan for joint ac- Thcr 5 arc the words of Mrs. Olson TUC WPAThRR UU IlLUllHUII aji it," said the sister. "The only trouble is," she added, unconsciously express ing her own feelings, "that it is so easy for a man, if life imprisonment is the only penalty, to regain his freedom, after 18 cr 20 years. "But," -she checked herself ''I mil, I I. ....... I,,- ....,,.,. Ilrnvil ..uniu mr.wT i nn-,:, lull, His wit,' ll (him, ,,,, "T ,u,ii,,.,. ,.., , ........ - , ::.. I tHialv t lend its -id -hut f, the ores-! 00n 1 lo ''xpress my own up,....,,. irerod nver ,.-,.,,rtH frnm the United lent will confine its action merely to a. """J"-1- States that the American navy depart formal and energetic protest. Chile, ac 'lie was mv brothei- he was always to concealing guns were put into use. following memorandum on the question ment am t0 seiie swbmarines now iin-i cording to the information aiready re opposed to the death penalty. rot long During moBUta of constant scottting : ot snip seizures to the white house: . i der construction in the United States ferred to, has formally determined not'oeiore oi uemu i ,,,,,, , '""" RllT THIS 1 ' J Y.ii 're more nnt I ' lie remembered if von don't uive somebuddv somethin ' . ai,d patrol service the cavalry was tn-; ''In the harbors of Manila and else- fer ( hristmas tbau if vou do. It's not"' efficiency as never before. where in the Philippine Islands, and reflection on a fe'ler these davs t' say i Some modern additions made to the! at Colon, Panama, the German mcr- ihat he isn't stand prosperity.' 'armv equipment during the campaign in Mexico are: i (Continued on page three.) for Chile. j 'O cooperate with the I nite,! Stare, todav to weigh, its friendship for the j Villa and Carranza may settle' it be i ment had been abolished and how he- ! him tell a friend of his, an attorney, j how glid he was that capital punish United States against Argentine's own tween themselves as to which "chased i hoped that capital puntsnment would lintcrests in the lierman submarine pol Pershing out of Mexico." i never dine back in this state. Oregon: To night nii Thurs day fair east, un settled, probably occaswionaV' rain w est portion; south easterly winds .MS-- WIIWl I ill