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CRISIS DRAWING
NEAR IS BELIEF
AT WASHINGTON
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Two Factors Which Exert
Powerful Influence Upon
Situation
W BERNSTDRFPS
GERMAN EMPIRE
CALIFORNIA TORPEMING;
DETENTION OF GERARD
Germany Thought To Be With
holding Action Until Bern
: ; storff Is Safe
She Will Be Exited with Hus-i Contention Is Made That Ex
band Party Wffl Sail From istence of Empire Justifies
New York Next Week
Washington, Feb. 8. When Count
Von Bernstorff puts to sea next week
aboard the Frederik VTil, probably
next Tuesday, banished bv this govern
ment, his wife, an American born wo
man, will be exiled with him.
The countess was Miss Jeanne Lueke-
Any Methods
Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Feb. 8.
"The German empire fights for it
self; in order to preserve and regain
its life, it must be victorious and in
order to be victorious it must use all
fighting means at. its disposal," de
clares Tages Zeitung in commenting on
meyer of New York, born of German.1 the. breaking off ot German-American
parents. When she wedded the 'lemon-; relations
ic diplomat she took the citizenship of
her husband
The embassy staff has about com
pleted all arrangements for leaving,
probably some time Sunday. Whether a
special train will be chartered or mere
ly two special cars coupled on a regular
train had not been determined today.
Goods at the embassy are all packed,
most of the papers and documents
which the Swiss minister will need, as
representative of Germany, have been j press bureau are:
The Quotation was included in a num
ber of editorial extracts circulated by
the official press bureau today. The
Tages Zeitung was also quoted as say
ing that the last clauses in Germany's
Sussex note were never withdrawn, and
as pointed out that the United States
during the past nine montlis "did notc
ing to make England return to inter
national law."
Other quotations circulated by the
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ELEVEN VESSELS
HAVE BEEN S
BY SUBMARINES
Consul General Skinner For
wards Lloyd's list of
Recent Losses
NO CONCERTED ACTION
OF NEUTRAL NATIONS
South American Republics
Will Be Unable to Agree
FIVE BOATS WERE ADDED
TO THOSE TORPEDOED
Brazilian Warship Fires Upon
American, Mistaking Its
Signal
(Continued on page two.)
(Continued on page two.)
TWENTY FOUR HOUR
DEVELOPMENTS IN
THE GERMAN CRISIS
Gerard held in Berlin until
Bernstorff safe conduct assured.
Anchor liner California sunk
without warning.
Lansing refuses to advise re
garding sailing of American lin
ers and says they may arm for
defense.
Fourteen vessels, 30,000 tons,
sunk.
Spain and Brazil protest :i
galnst barred zone.
Senate votes approval of
break with Germany,
Copenhagen reports 19 Danish
sailors killed when Belgian re
lief ship Bars lvruse sunk.
Officially reported the Kave
stone, on which an American
sailor lost his life, was shelled
and sunk without warnings
Administration confirms dam
aging of German ships ..eld in
American ports.
German gold transferred from
this country to Argentine.
Germany Detaining Gerard
and Many Other Americans
By Carl W. Ackerman. I Margaret Glenn, Governor's Island,
tnft- enrresimndent.) i New York, remaining.
Berlin, Feb. 8. The German govern-1 Dr. Elliott Lyons, of New York, go
ment will not permit American Ambus-j ing to Copenhagen,
sador Gerard, officials of the Ameri- Arthur Bates and family, of New
can embassv, American newspaper cor , York, going to Copenhagen,
respondents or American citizens to j W. H. Owen, of New York, going to
leave Germany until it receives hifor-. Copenhagen.
mation that a' safe conduct has been! Fremont Biggens, of New York, going
granted German Ambnssador Bernstorff ; to Holland.
and his staff. ! O. W- Fox. of Brooklyn, remaining.
Passports to Americans n'so are con- Frank Hail, of Saratoga, N. Y., going
tingent upon Berlin ascertaining Wash- to Switzerland.
ineton's attitude toward the old Prus-1 Fred V. Rente, of Detroit, Mich., go-
Bias treaty permitting citizens ot vter- ing to wenmarn..
iminv and" of the 1'nited States nine! A. C. Shearer, of Springfield, Ohio,
months after a cessation of diplomatic ; going to Copenhagen,
relations between the two nations, in A. W. Heuiung, or Chicago, going to
which to adjust their business. : Copenhagen.
Most of the American newspaper car- Andrew Foresell, of Titusville, Fa.,
going to copennagei
By Robert J. Bender
(United Press stni'i correspondent)
Washington, Feb. 8. A crisis in the
present strained situation between the
United States and Germany appeared
to be drawing nearer today.
Two factors, at least, contributed to
the t'eeling in official circles, that the
break in diplomatic relations now ex
isting may quickly develop an even
more serious phase.
First was the official version of the
torpedoing of the Anchor liner Califor
nia, carrying 200 passengers and crew
including many women and children.
Second, United Press advices that
Germany, contrary to all international
diplomatic, usuge, was withholding is
suance of passports to American Am
bassador Gerard and American citizens
i lino information from Washington
a to America's granting of a safe
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connuci it) weiJuaii awwMww'
torff, as well as to Washington's inter
pretation of old Prussian treaties.
The fact that the "one American"
aboard the California John A. Lee of
Montgomery, Ala., mentioned as such
in P cable from Consul Frost at Queens
lawn, was saved, may prove the slender
thread bv which President Wilson will
hold to the existing tacit peace with
Germany.
There were some officials, however,
who admittedly feared this thread
would not hold. They cited America's
freouent wnrnins that American lives
must not "be placed in jeopardy
Germany's unlawful subinarinings
respondents here desire to leave with
Ambassador Gerard. But a list of these
correspondents, submitted to the foreign
Office has not yet been approved, de
spite the fact that other correspondents
have been officially granted permission
to remain.
Ambassador Gerard announced today
Uiat he would not leave unless the Am
erican correspondents and other Amer
ican citizens could leave also.
Berlin continues quiet. There are no
demonstrations.
The following Americans have signed
the registry book in the Berlin office
of the United Press, indicating their
decision to leave or remain in Ger
many: Jacques Mayer and family. New York,
remaining.
Oscar M. Plug, of Florida, going to
Switzerland.
A. Bienenwald and wife, of Hamil
ton, Ont., remaining.
Mabel Jacobs, of Minenapolis, re
maining at Leipzig.
Agnes Schneider, of Brooklyn, re
maining. Oscar King Davis (newspaper corres
pondent) and family, of Rochester, N.
Y., going to Switzerland.
Philip M. Powers and wife, of Boston,
going to Switzerland.
James O'Donnell Bennett (corres
pondent of Chicago Tribune) and wife,
remaining.
Frances Macintosh, New York, re-
Washington, Feb. 8. Consul General
Skinner today forwarded from London
a Lloyd 's report listing eleven steam
ers of 27,958 tons total as sunk.
Skinner formally reported the Cali
fornia sinking and added the following
list previously reported by cable:
' ' British Steamer Azule, 1,987 tons,
sunk, twelve rescued.
''Swedish steamer Bravalla, 880
tons, sunk by submarine, crew landed.
"British steamer Corsieam Prince,
1.70.1 tons, sunk seventh, part crew
landed.
"British steamer Crown Point, 3,
301 tons, sunk.
"Italian steamer Ferruccio, 1,368
tons, sunk, crew landed, one missing.
"Peruvian bark Lorton, 1.297 tons,
sunk, fourth, within ( Spanish waters,
crew landed.
"British steamer Palm Leaf, 3,206
tons, sunk, crew landed. Captain and
chief engineer captured.
"British steamer Saxon Briton, 832
tons, sunk by submarine, crew landed,
two killed.
"Norwegian bark Thar II, 1,9(55 tons
sunk.
"British steamer Vcstra, 615 tons,
sunk
"British steomer Torino, 2,702 tons,
torpedoed without warning, crew res
cued.
Total 27,958 tons.
(Continued on page twa.)
Both Houses Grind Hard
to Clean Up Session's Work
Fired Upon American
Rio De aneiro, Feb. 8. The Ameri-
nu steamer Evelyn was fired upon by
the Brazilian battleship Minesgeraes
on account of a misunderstanding us to
signals, it became known hero today
The Evelyn was not damaged but re
turned to harbor to clear up tne mis
nnrierstftlliline'.
The incident shows tsrazu s strict.
tiOi fnr nnv violation of neutrality
and is evidence of the whole hearted
support of the government 's position
against Germany on account of the new
submarine decree.
It was stated on highest authority
today that Brazil's note to Germany de
dares the Teutonic submarine blockade
plan illegal and asserts that Germany
will be held responsible for any Bra
cilian losses.
The Commercial Navigation company
owners of the steamer Gurupy today
denied a rumor that their vessel had
been torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine. The rumor caused the wild
est excitement here.
By Charles V. Stewart
( United Tres staff correspondent)
Buenos Aires, Feb. 8. Hope of fur
ther concert of action, or continuance
of the "A. B. C. " unity of action a
mong South American republics appar
ently is at an end. Inability of Arjen
tine, Brazil and Chile to agree on the
answer to Germany's announcement of
unbridled submarining, or in their re
plv to President Wilson 's appeal to
neutral nations, was believed by diplo
mats today to indicate complete disso
lution of the plan.
According to highest information to
day, Argentine's note to Germany re
grets that the imperial government has
adopted such extreme measures, but
announces Argentine's strict adherence
to the principles of international law
meaning apparently that Buenos Aires
intends to maintain entire neutrality.
Brazil, on the other hand, has prac
tically joined with the United States
in ndiudging Germany s blockade it
gal. No break in relations has been
made, however, the government, for
the present, merely contenting itself
with a vigorous statement of its views.
Official information from Chile is
lacking, but dispatches from Santiago
today predicted that nation would
side with Brazil.
The greatest interest is manifested
here in Spain's attitude on the sulmia
rinings. A dispatch received from La
Nacion 's Madrid correspondent today
declared that Germany was "negotiat
ing with Spain" as to that nation s
fruit cargoes and had announced its
purpose to avoid sinking Spanish ships
carrying such Commodity, even if des
tined for the allies.
Count Von Bernstorff
Granted Safe Conduct by
Britain; Must Touch Halifax
Washington, Feb. 8. Great Britain
and France today granted safe conduct
to German Ambassador Von Bernstorff
The British government stipulated
that in returning home isornstorff and
his staff should touch at Halifax for
examination of papers.
This avoids routing the ship by way
of Falmouth and through the German
submarine area.
Bernstorff will sail on the Frederik
VIII Feb. 13 from New York, touch -t
General Espionage
Introduced in Congress
Washington, Feb. 8. A general es
pionage bill, introduced by Chairman
Webb of the judiciary committee, was
agreed on by the committee today aad
will be reported to the house late tq
day or tomorrow.
the committee today conferred with
Assistant Secrctarv of the Treasury
Peters regarding another bill by Webb
regulabng conduct ot vessels m I ntcd
States porta.
The espionage bill enacts heavy pen
altics for spying on ships, forts and oth
er government reservations by aero
planes or otherwise; for giving nation
al defense secrets and for general con
epiracies.
A fine of $ 10,00 or imprisonment for
two years or both is provided for spy
ing, taking military papers, conspiring
to take military papers, or giving away
military secrets n time of peace.
For giving information to a foreign
government or for spreading false in
formation in" time ofwar, the penalty
of life imprisonment "is prescribed.
ANTI-CIGARETTE
DHLS BOTH PASS
THIS M ORN HE
Thirty-Five Representatives
Are In Favor of Drastic
Legislation
IN-FIRM LANGUAGE
SENATE WRANGLES OVER
GILL'S FISHING MEASURE
Bill Is Passed Today In Spite
. of Dhnick's Vigorous
I
New Order Regarding Sub
marines Create "Painful
Impression" It Says
Madrid, Feb. i. Couched in firmest
tones of protest and characterizinc
Genua nv's new sea methods as "out
side the legal principles of internation
al life" Spain has forwarded her note
to Berlin in reply to the German gov
ernment's announcement of the "bar
ber zone."
It concludes with the expression that
Spain "does not doubt that the Im-
Both anti-cigarette bills before the
house of representatives were passed
this morning after a fight that lasted
about two hours, or from 10:30 o'elock,
when they were made a special order of
business, until 12:30 o'clock, when the
final vote on H. B. No. 268 was taken. ,
When the reading clerk started to
read H. B. No, 268, which is the Sween
ey bill to which so much objection has
been made on account of its drastic, pro
visions, Forbes moved that H. B. No.
436 be considered first. This motion
carried.
Stott, father of H. B. No. 436, ex
plained that the law at present allows
the merchant to sell to boys between
the ages of 18 and 20 years and be
cause so much complaint had been made
about boys smoking between thos
ages, he raised the age limit to "I
years. Mis bill he said eliminated the
features whereby a boy could forge his
parents' name in order to get cigarettes
perial government will find means ofjas can be done now. He said the limit
by
4c
(Continued on page two.)
ABE MARTIN t
On the movine of the senate vester-! state aid from the industrial accident
flnv afternoon Senator Garland stating fund, was killed. By some this is con
that it was impossible for him and heisidered one of the most important bills
for most of the other senators, : of the session and it is claimed would
to attend to their correspondence iu the ; have saved the state $100,000 yearly,
morning, owing to some lobbyist bother- The Portland manufacturers evidently
ing them at every minute" when the did some good work around the big hole
senate is not in session, moved that the 'between the two houses.
! sergeant at arms be instructed to per-; Another holiday for the schools was
wit no one not entitled, to come inside created. The Fourth Friday in October
Itlie railing between the hours of 0 a. m. ; being set aside as Fran
land 11 p. m. It was carried. ! day.
A lone list of bills, 24 in all, were, Tnsr before the close of the session sailinir shin Lorton.
reported. Most of these were rccom-, representative Thompson 's measure for Krauss was declared 1o be a
mended for passage, but S. B. No. 240, increasing the standard of the public
declaring all county roads in city of sc,ools came up, and as she was visiting
Seaside, to be streets of said city, was -lD tne senate chamber, on moton of
indefinitely postponed. Senator Orton, the prvileges of the
S. B. No. 143, known as the Ojegon j
German Captain Taken
Lima, Peru, Feb. 8. A British aux
ilinrv cruiser late last night stopped
the Chilean steamer Maito a short dis
tance off l allao, boarded her and took
off Captain Krauss, marine superin
tendent of the Kosmos line, a German
steamship firm.
Krauss was charged by the ilntish
officers, according to Information re-
eived here today, with giving t.erman
E. Wil'ard t;.i information relative to the cai
go and ine sailing umc or ma "u
Halifax and then skirt the north of
the Shetland Islands and then down
the Norwegian coast to Christiania.
There is now no need for other safe
conducts from other allied govern
ments, it was stated.
The safe conducts are tor Bornstortf,
his personal and embassy employes and
all German consuls in the United States
Former German Consul ilopp at Ban
Francisco will not be permitted to de
part under the genera! safe conduct,
since he has been convicted of viola
tion of a United States federal statute
and his case is now pending upon an
appeal.
Wheat Market Nervous
Because of Uncertainty
Chicago, Feb. 8. With the uncer
tainty etill surrounding the interna
tional situation, wheat continued to
remain nervous today. The market j
was depressed and buyers were scarce.
May opened down one, and subse-1
que'ntly lost 1 5-8 to $.ti.S 3-8; July
opened down , later losing to
$1.46; September lost half on the open
ing, but gained half later going back to j
$1.36 3-4.
Corn started out lower in sympathy
with wheat, but later reacted. May
corn opened down htili', later gaining
half to $1.01. July opened down 3-S,
subseouentlv regaining Vi to 0!) 3-4.
civinc satisfaction to Spain s claims
These claims, the note sets forth,
"are based on the. inexorable duty
which binds a government to prootect
the lives of its subjects and maintain
the integrity of its sovereignty, so that
the course of national existence may
not bo interrupted." They arc that
Spain's shipping and the lives of her
citizens be not menaced oy suosu
tuting by Germany for the indisputable
right of capture in certain caws, a pre
tended right of destruction."
Germany's new warfare, it is de
clared, "causes very painful impres
sion on the Spanish government."
The attitude of strict neutrality
which
Spain adopted from the begin
ning and has maintained with loyalty
(Continued on page ix.)
PASSENGER LINERS
aient of the German admiralty
activities have been under
for some time.
His arrest was hailed in Lima will
ttcrei
1 ' whose
uspicion
.v a- ! 4 5j? -if st; 5fe
i. f i i i i i i i .
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Next t' a circus ther haint nothin'
lhat packs up an' tears out any quick
er 'n th' Christmas spirit. "Wilson
trOTt MB r.n f a' war flow let him keeD
us out o' th' poor houe," said Ole
Ez Fash t 'day.
workmen s compensation act. aim sen
ate joint resolutions Nos. 11 and 10.
were indefinitely postponed- They were
proposals to submit constitutional
amendments.
The bills went through the hopper ;
I with little or no noise until S. B. .No. 5;
came up. which was introduced by Sen
ator Barrett, requiring the state high-1
1 way commission to adopt standard spec-1
ificatious for paving. Then Senator'
Dimick dropped a money wrench some-;
where in the interhal works that stmt-
led the sparking plugs on the Victrolas
and phonographs. It started ims own i
first, but the record was a short one.
I Clackamas county owns its own plant
and this would put it out of business. I
Senator Olson indorsed the bill and I
dodged rather smoothly but somewhat
painfully, announcing the question as to
Whether or not the bill would compel ,
county commissio"ners to invite bids be
ttn thev could do the work themselves.
The bill certainly provided just that
but it wa nowhere admitted bv anyone.
The royalties paid by Multnomah county
on the Columbia highway, said Dimick..
were $207,000, and the Warren Con-!
gtruction company was the whole thing.
There was no honest competition. It
was not intended there should be. The
bill passed, having 16 votes, just the
uecessarv number.
LaFoUette Bill Killed
Senator I.a Follette's bill eliminating
(Continued on nage six.)
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i whether American shif
! armed for defensive purposes i
consider! d by officials of the
ican line today.
The oufstion was raised by
Oats were weak, little trading oeingliary m
in evidence, May opened down 1-8 and forming
remained unchanged at 84 1-8. Julylpanie
opened down 1-8, later losing ..-8 to 88
1-8.
Provisions showed slight gains over
opening figures.
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of the penalty was also raised frum $.'
as a minimum and $50 as a maximum to
$50 as a minium and $250 as a maximum,
for violations. Circuit and justice courts
are also given original and concurrent
jurisdiction- For smoking in publia
places the old fine of from $5 ;o $10
was raised to $10 to $50. With, these
provisions in his bill he thought it ought
to pass:
I Representative Forbes said H. B No.
208 was absolutely unconstitutional and
that No. 430 wa not objectionable. He
said the supreme court of the United
States held that bills similar to No. 2riK
were unconstitutional. He said the
Webel Kenyon act put the teeth in the
prohibition bill but as there was no
such act regarding the interstate ship
ment of cigarettes, it could not be en
forced. He stated that cigarettes ore a
legitimate article of commerce and can
be sold in original packages and no one
can prevent it. He cited four decisions
of the Bipreme court to justify his
stand.
I Representative Lewis admitted thnt
although laws were passed against imir
I der, treason, arson, drunkenness, yet
people would do these things, and he
thought that no matter what law was
i passed against cigarettes they would lie
j secured. He was in favor of the bil'.
I Baton thought No. 208 was undoubted
ly unconstitutional but that the legisla
ture did not dare adjourn without tak
ing some action regarding the raeasui, -To
Representative Klmore, chairman
of the committee on health and public
morals, the question wns the most per
plexing the committee had to deal with.
He said the assistant attorney general
told him shipments of ciragcttes into.
j the state could nof be prevented. He
8,-The question of the tremeadoue demand for such
shaii be ""rrr" v'.i:";.v .
1 SOmvMlUlK l'"'- Mini ruiin-iuiw niiuun
i be practicable.
I, uugcr asked if the statement of the
tobacco manunfactiireis that tbey would
help in enforcing the law if passed as
II. B. No. 436 was not merely a. grand
stand play, or if they were in earnest,
and Elmore v.ns not able to answer.
Representative Ritner naiil they had
1 about 40 bills to discuss today and call
ed for the previous question. It carried,
and when the vote was taken the bill
I passed with 37 ayes, 20 noes and 3 ab-
Secretary Lansin&Makes This
Suggestion to American
Steamship Companies
being
Amcr-
State Lansing, who, in m
Americnn stcamptthip com-
that the government cannot ad
vise tnem Tcgaruing mnip '
"A neutral vessel may, if it owners
believe it is liable to be unlawfully at
tacked, tnke any necessary measures
to nreveut or resist such attacks.
It is uncertain, n tne eveui ine iwhw m.
decide to arm their vessels for defeu- j Those voting for the bill were: Bar
iive ptirposts, as foreign lines have ber, Bowman, Burdick, Callan, Cart
done 'for some months, whether they I mill, Clark, Corbett, Dedman Katon,
would furnish their own guns and gun Elgin, Elmore, Forbes, Fuller, Hodgen,
crews or whether the United States .Seymour Jones, Al Jones, Kubti, l.af
navy would assist. ferty Lewis, Mnekny, Mann Martin,
There was a report here, todav that Matthieu, Mueller, l'orter, Fertwood,
o ,n,h of three and six inch euns! Ritner, Hehimpff, She'dou, Htafnn,
Jl uiic " . . It,.... I U.. Tl...,..u U;M.;ft ,.n,l
had been shipped from the .Norfolk "r. "'"Vc '""""" """
navy yard to various coast cities to j Speaker Stanfield.
be used in arming merchant, ships.
Shipping ont of this port was in a .
ehaotic state today. No mails have.
left for England since January 2,. &t kTUCD
The Hoi la nd-American liner Ryndam, Hit WKAIHKK
after having come within twelve hours
of the dai.ger zone, is speeding back to I'"
America foday, with barely cosi ano i
Continued on page three.)
supplies enough to last out the round
trin. The liner Stockholm of the Swed
ish-American line will not sail from
((Gothenburg on Saturday, as sched
uled, officials announced.
The American liner St. Louis, with
five thousand sacks of mail and 3.300
tons of general cargo, is still held in
port, wi'.h her sailing indefinitely post
poned. The mail situation will remain
without relief unless it is decided to
transfer mails to the White Star liner
Cedric, ccheduled to sail for Liverpool
Snturd.iv or Sunday.
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Oregon: Tonight
and Friday fair
except iDereasiug
cloudiness and oc
casionally threat
o ii i n g Friday
northwest portion;
cooler west portion
Friday; smtt
easterly winds.
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