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Newspaper Page TextFULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES ( Satin. ru mi liauraal CIRCULATION IS OVER 4300 DAILY mznt ii.tii FORTIETH YEAR NO. 54 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917 PRICE TWO f.FMTQ OH TBAINB ANB Him ' OTAND8 WVB OENTB AN AN IS NH S mm Uttl ; SENATE WIIH Mill Opposition to Armed Neutrality Statement Is Read-President Will Sign Bill At Once and j Issue Orders for Arming Merchant Ships for Defense Details of Enormity of Plot Are Still Withheld By Robert J. Bender, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, March 3. Germany's unabashed knowledgment today of conspiracy to align Japan and Mexico for invasion of the United States appears to have removed the last vestige of opposition in the senate to the armed neutrality bill. First news of the Berlin admission was conveyed to the senate in United Press dispatches, read into the record at the request of Senator Brandegee. They created a profound impression on Senators, be ing re-read by unanimous request. It made absolutely certain that before midnight Pres ident Wilson will have the fullest authority of congress to arm American merchantmen against submarine at tacks and uphold American rights at sea, "through other instrumentalities." Republicans, amazed at what some called "brazen" ad mission from Berlin, announced that the measure would have their ungrudging support. LaFollette Is Silent. Senator LaFollette loomed as great unknown quantity, up to noon he had maintained an om inous silence. Kcuublicans and demo rats alike were in the dark as to his! intentions. ! "Of course, if LaFollette wants to, ' ' one leader said, "lie can defeat the bill I A roll call will be demanded, and it is question whether be will undertake to go on record before the country as re fusing to uphold the president 's hands in lliis crisis. ' ' Senator Brandegee, Connecticut. Duell ed the debate on the bill at the close of the morning routine, urging unison 0f : "inching course now than in an uuter all factions in a face-about against Uer-' tai" Senator Hitchcock declared. many. He declared war should inline diately result if Germany should sink another American ship after arming by the government. "If another of our vessels is sunk ift this action by the congress then i tero would be war if this country is Stone Qives K UP- fit to live," shouted Brandegee "The! As "''hale progressed there was more president says ships should bo armed ' auJ more evidence that the measure ul l it becomes necessary. Great God, I ,illlat'1.v w" go through. Even Senator Mi. President, isn't it necessary if We 'ot if be known that while he op keep to the ;ions at all? posed it he will not prevent its pass- Moii't you stand up ami fight like , men, or will you lie on vour backs? "Shall we sit supinely by and allow the edict of a foreign potentate to de Btroj American commerce? " Must we wait until the slaughter r.e t ually comes? ' ' "It. is timidity, as the president says, for our merchantmen to hug the shores," Brandegee continued. "It would be manslaughter, however, for them to leave without being armed Rgainat the homicidal mania that is now scouring the seas. "Germany is even now waging war against us and wc hesitate to defend ourselves. Would Grant Full Power. "I am willing to vote this authority to the president and further direct him to use any menus necessary- to bring this state of war to a successf.jl end." Senator Fail, New Mexico, followed Brandesroe. stntinf thai ihn ncni, r,t in. ion woiiiu ue. irtual declaration 01 war. "The president knows if congress pa-ses this bill it amounts to a declara tion of unlimited w ur. " Asked by Senator Reed, Missouri, the 4 ABE MARTIN Miss Tawney Apple has been pre sented with a handsome sniokin' iacket by her skatin' class. Who remembers when beauty i-sed t' be only skin deep insreaa or nearly an inch: Bill Ceases As Zimmerman ac- lattitudc of congress as to a declaration I Of actual war, Fall retorted: "Congress would declare war in 15 minutes if . , necessary. I The 1 '"' Reneral attitude of senators was that arming of merchantmen! would lay the country open to actual war, but that 11 11 musr c01" otter America's un questioned pat ience, then let it come. ' ' "If an American ship is now sunk," Senator Brandegee said, "or, in view of the German attitude, if one of our arm ed ships sinks an approaching sub marine, war will come-" mere is tar more safety in an un oenaior ran declared mat it would be 8 public calamity for congress to re main in session during the next two j months, and held that the duty to pro tect American rights is manifestly vest- 0J ,h'' executive branch. ' " There was one bis Question mark in the whole proceedings. Bob LaFollette. fighting senator, who has "gone it alone" before in the mat ter of opinion, refused early this aft ernoon even to be "counted out." While Brandegee and Fall were speak ing, he retired to the cloak room and was soon lost in restful sleep. He has always before taken such restful cat naps before starting out on his noted filibustering expeditions. Just before turning his face to the wall he was asked about his attitude by another senator. He replied that! lie resented any questioning on the niut-j ter. After holding the floor for more than' an hour Senator Fall concluded bvj pledging his support to the bill. Senator Stone then got the floor, and said: "The president has kept us out pf war with Mexico; ne has kept us out Of "or in Europe (t- - - . , I would rather trust him than the, horde of w eaklings about him who dail try their kites to see which way tnu wind is blowing " Would Trust Fresiaent. Stone declared he would rather trust the president than the "jingoes who are so prevalent in some sections of the country.' ' "Iu congress," he added, "I am sor ry to say that the men who are clamor ing for war arc dominant. He said he was opposed to involving the United States in the great wai without "infinitely more provocation than we have had." I Stone said he believed the president , "is in sympathy with this view." 1 "The president wants oeace." he said. "I think he is hone-st about it. ' Congress can put us into the war, but the president can do more than all oth ers to keep us out of war." I Referring to the Mexican situation, Stone said that Americans had been ruthlessly killed in Mexico and that the 1 president had been subject to great pressure 10 torce to war upon .Mexico. "Instead of wanting to hurt .Mex ico," he said, "the president wants to help Mexico." Before beginning the speech Stone of fered his amendment to both the senate end house armed shin bills. The Ston aniendment would prevent Uuited States ; sailors from being assigned to merchant ' vessels to operate guae would refuse gun to ships carrying munitions, and supplies to belligerent nations, nud re fuse convoys to such ships. "Such Men Aa We." for four years," Stone said. "I've worked by the side of the president and enjoyed his friendship and esteem- I've (Continned on page six.) V I ft January 19. Foreign Hecre tary Zimmerman forwarded lli much Ambassador Vou Benin torff a letter Haying "we shall give financial support aud Mex ico in to reconquer New Mex ico, Texas anil Arizona. The president of Mexico should coin niunicate with .Japan suggesting adherence to this plan " February 27 Speaking in the reichstag, "Chancellor Hethmnnn Hollweg said: "Friendly rela tions between us and America had been carefully promoted. We honored them as an heirloom of Frederick the Great. President Wilson brusquely broke off relations. This break ing of relations is without prece dent in hietory. ' ' March 3. Foreign Secretary Zimmerman admits and justifies attempt to have Mexico and Japan war on America on the ground no action was intended unless America declared war and also because America hail herself "plotted" against Ger many in urging neutrals to make common cause against her. I VILLA AGENTS ID They Were In Detroit To Buy Autos and Repeated Story Toledo, Ohio, March 3. "The ac tivity of Germany in Mexico, revealed in the German plot letter, was known among Detroit motor ear manufactur ers at least three weeks before the let ter was given to the public," said Theodore F. MacManus of Toledo and Detroit, one of the country's leading advertising men. here today. """" Fancho Villa V secretary, an Ameri can, and his brother, were in Detroit recently, trying to buy two hundred automobiles for Villa ' army. They had plenty of money and certificates, They were unable to get the cars, Mae Manns said, the manufacturers taking the po sition that the sale would -lie unfair considering the strained relations be tween the countries. "The secretary seemed very much surprised and during one of the con ferences he made the statement that Carranza was being financed by Her man money and that Villa was receiv ing backing from Japan," said Mac Manus. "This information has been in the hands of the government at Washing ton for days. "The secretary said that 50 per cent of the men in Villa 's command are American army deserters. Ho said only ! session immediately though they admit one, a machine gun operator, very bit-! ted that failure of pending supply bills ter against the United States, would ' might mnke it necessary to haven sea fight for Mexico against the United sion in June or threreabouts for appro States, however. priations. "The secretary made it plain that Congress Should Be Siting. Villa had plenty of money. He said. Republicans said an extra session was of course, the ears could be secured, essential; that war was evidently at but he hoped to get them at factory. ' prices." (Continued on page three.) "Rain or Snow" Is Prediction for Inaugural Ceremonies Washington. March .'!. A n.lmr r. , -- foggy day,, pervaded with gloom of the! sort that only V aslnngton inaugural i weatiier can Dung, dawned today to greet the thousands of Americans who! from the exclusive political clubs from came to town to see the president in- big-town districts that maintain the a) augurated. ( principles of the democ racv by force of Regiments of tanned troops fresh i free meals and fists were parading in- from the border; regiments of marching ; to town with high hats and fa ney urn- clubs from every town big enough toibrellas. l support a cornet band; regiments of uhildren under the care of loquacious mothers and dispirited fathers rumbled into L'nou stution on regiments of trains and slopped up Pennsylvania nveuue in the cold, clinging rain to hotels and boarding house, which already were fill, ed with earlier birds. Mingled wth the music of the bands of soldiers aud marching clubs and the wails of infant children, were the taps of the thousands of hammers thumping incessantly up and down the avenue from the capitol to the White House, putting finishing touches to the parnde stands, the parade decorations and the court of honor before the White House- Kvery " Socsa " in this part of the country some in red uniforms ai some in purple inarched in Trora the ; station at the head of his puffing i bandsmen, marched through the streets, defying tho ran, playing marches, ana: stopped at one or all of the leading ho tels to go through its repertoire. Hoping for Monday Clear. The weather report said today lacon ically "Rain or snow." The weather , man was to say this afternoon what I Monday would bring. Ho would do it earlier, remembering the fatal day in 1909, when, in the face of a "clear and warm" prediction, Washington greeted j isuurs wan nonn poie weatner, mclud-; ing a foot of slush and almost certain pneumonia. A hint, though, early today, that it IN GALLERIES AS SESSION CLOSES Appropriation Bills May Be Held Up To Force Extra Session ADJOURNMENT WILL BE SOMETIME TOMORROW Republicans Serve Notice They Will Force Pres ident's Hand By Carl D. Groat. (I'nited Press stiff correspondent.) Washington. March 3 The second session of the Sixty-fourth congress will adjourn sine die at noon tomorrow, president wants it will go through both erni Hours arter noon Sunday, but to night the congress clocks will be stop ped and set right again only after the present congress is history. There will be no extra session until June at the earliest unless interna tional possibilities make it essential that senate and house meet sooner. President Wilson today sent word to his legislative leaders that he would not call the Sixty-fifth congress into extra ordinary session unless the Sixty fourth fails to paee the armed neutrality meas ure. It is confidentially predicted by leaders of both parties thiii bill as the president wants it will go through bith houses. The first work of the next congress when it is called in, and after the month or more that may be necessary for or ganization, will be to pass any appro priation lost in the ruck by the dying congress. Wilson Stands Firm. Even it' the army appropriation bill one. of the most important which con gress handles is lost, the president is determined not to call the extra session Senator Lodge and other republican leaders have been openly fighting for. Admission a Clincher. Washington, March 3. Germany 's admission today in a United Press dis patch from Berlin that she plotted Mex ico against the United States clinched republican determination for an extra ses-sion of congress. This admission, they held, showed Germany's spirit a spirit heedless of bringing on v.ar, and perhaps even real ly desirous qif having the I'nited States as an enemy, ITp to the time of the receipt of the! German admission, however, administrn tion leaders said there will be no extra ia ,'',, - ,,,,1,1,,'. ..( ,.i i..nl . u u. LIU ( i ,111, Illlil, I lUU'M raised spirits, only until it was found that it coutdu 'I, be any more cloudy. ! Mnrchinif clubs that ran the annm i The spectators greeted the soldiers regulars, militamen, military school' cadets and boy scouts, each contingent headed by the usual band. j Many of the crack military organiza-i tions of the country were here today or, were to be here tonight, including the I Culver Black Horse troop that win cs-l cort the vice-president aud the cadets j from the military and naval academics.; Takes Oath Tomorrow. In addition to the bad weather, there was another rift in the inangural lute the host of sure-thing gamblers and pickpockets who came to town without any bands to meet the visitors. They I were met by almost as many police from big cities. Public buildings will be lighted to- Bight and the parade course will be bright heavy lines of colored lights, At noon tcmorrew President Wilson will take the formal oath of office, of ficially launching him upon his second term as president of the United States. Chief Justice White will administer the oath in the president's room at the capitol Members of the cabinet and the inv mediate families of President and Mrs. Wilson will be present. There have been very few especially invited to attend as the president desires to have the function extremely simple. He will take the oath the second time on Monday in public when he will deliv er his inaugural address. New Tork, March 3 That the Zimmerman letter proposing that Mexico and Japan make war with Germany on the I'nited States wan "intercepted on its Way to Mexico City by Amer ican secret (service agent, at San Antonio, was hinted today by a well known Mexican, who ' re cently arricd here from Mexico City. "That's a question thai 's been bothering a lot of us Mex icans." said he. "but the Sn,, Antonio story seems to be a pretty well grounded us picion. ' ' A hundred persons, many of them Germans, applied for and received passports to Mexico from the Mexican consulate in New York in the last 21 hours. i i ! ! It's No Cinch To Be a Lady Cop In London London. Feb. . WANTED Ladies to act as policemen; must be well edu cated, and not afraid of work; salary H a week." It's no easy matter for a lady to be come a "bobby" in London. After she has assured the authorities that she's a "perfect Inch" and a demon for work, she must go through the severe course of sprouts before she can start drawing her six per. Here 'a the test : Keport Tor roll call at 9:30 morning of the week. Start at one patrol work, and Inter go on duty at the ponce station. In the afternoon more pa trol work and attendance at the child ren's court. From 4:00 to 5:00 Lnstrue tions from inspectors in special duties from .VOU to 10:00 more patrol wort to finish up the day. The lucky ones' who pass the test arc then sent to the munitions factories ii ineir joo doesn't go up in the sir they get a uniform and after reporting to "Millie" Dawson, chief officer of the Womens Police Service, start at work keeping the pace. Ambassador Fletcher Pre sents Credentials to Mex ican President Guadalajara, Mevico, March 8. I'nited States Ambassador Kletcher formally presented his credentials to First Chief Carranza today, marking the complete restoration of diplomatic interchange between Mexico and the I'nited States and the final step in en- eminent. The occasion was to be made the foromal occasion for a ceremony of great pomp. Ambassador Fletcher was received with extraordinary honors, ac corded the salutes of a general division in the ni my and granted respectful tribute by officials and the people at large. Fletcher's first official a bassador was expected to bi t as am-prescntn-Mi'xicai. statement I tion of an inquiry at th foreign office requesting I from that government as to its position with regard to the United States. The ! inquiry was ordered from Washington tin view of the revelations of Germany's I attempt to align Mexico and' Japan 'against America. Jn view of the government's dis- avowal that such a plan was ever j broached bv the German Ambassador, formal answer reiterating .Mexico 's !.. .:. iv. n:ij Ullllllllt II II, I I I , I . I I ' JUI IIIU III,''. States is expected at once. I (Continued on page four.) . ! , KING DANGEROUSLY ILL Rome, March 3. King Ferdi nand of Bulgaria, is dangerously ill at an Austrian health resort, according to advices here today. Hi King Ferdinand was lio years old on February 2fi. He assumed the government in 1887 after ab dication of Prince Alexander. The above ia the first word of his illness. Ho was last report ed in attendance at the confer ence at the German kaiser's headpuarters on January 27 when the unlimited submarine warfare was decided upon. t . THE WEATHER I Oregon: To night and Sunday cloudy and oeca s ionally threaten ing weather, slight tempera t u r e changes; trly winds. frntS IS THE LATEST IN SECRETARY ZIMMERMAN ADMITS LETTER GENUINE Justifies Action On Account of What He Calls "America's Pro Ally Sentme-Was No More Plot Than the United States' Attempt to Align South America Against Germany -Letter Was Not To Be Used, He Says, Unless War Was Declared Berlin, via Sayville wireless, March .'.Foreign Secre tary Zimmerman today justified Germany's action in seeking to ally Mexico and Japan against the United States. Such a course, he said, was merely a defensive measure not to be carried out except in case the United States declared war on Germany. "Moreover," he said, "it was no more a 'plot' than the 'plot' which was reported in South America newspapers as having been undertaken against Germany by the United States when America sought, avm-dino- tn Smith American and other newspapers reports to line up the American repuoiics in common action against Germany. The foreign secretary commented on America's pro-ally sympathies. He refrained from admitting specifically his authorship of the letter to Minister Eckhardt at Mex ico City and his entire discussion of the matter was, he was careful to state, based on 'English reports' of the 'German plot to get Mexico to declare war against the United States and to secure Japan's aid against the United States'." Zimmerman's Statement. Berlin, March 3. (Via Sayville wiieless.) The official press agency to day issued the following statement: "Foreign Secretary Zimmerman was asked by a staff member of the official German press bureau about the English report of a 'German plot revealed to get Mexico to declare war against the I'nited State; and to secure Japan's aid against the United States.' "The state secretary for foreign af fairs answered: " 'You understand that it is impos sible for me lo discuss the facts of this 'revealed plot' jusl at this time nncl under these circumstances. 1 therefore may be allowed to lim - it my answer to what is said in the! hnglish reports, which most certainly were not inspired by svmnathv with Germany. " 'The Knglish reports expressly state tnnt itcrmauy expected and wish ed to remain with the United States on terms of friendship, but that in case the l nited States declared war attains! Germany, we prepared measures of de fense. I fail to see how such a 'plot' inspired by unfriendliness on our part. 'It would mean nothing but that we would us1 means universally admit ted in war in case the United States de clared war. " 'The most important part of the al leged pint H it's conditions and form. rhe w hole ' plot ' flails flat to the gTound in case the I in ted States does not de clare war against us. And it v.e really, as the report de clares, considered the possibility of a hostile act, by the I'nited States against us, then we really had reasons to do in ''An Argentine newspaper which primed n story a .short while ago really ,' P"'1 to, w umwy tupi thi1 I nited States last venr 111 tir (mated .- I" t,"e otner American republics common "'"" against i.erniany and lier allies,' the foreign secretary continued. 'This 'plot' was apparently not . AMERICAN LOSSES THROUGH GERMANY'S SEA WARFARE Washington, March 3. Twenty-three American ships have been at- tacked, 12 havo been destroyed by mines or submarines, four Amen- cans have been killed and six have, been wounded in Germany's naval operations against American shipping since the start of the war, ac- cording to official statistics available today. The casualties arc exelu- sive of those resulting from sinking or attacks on British ships, surh as the Lusitania and Laconia. The list follows: Bate. Name. Casualties. Particulars. Feb. 19, 1915 Evelyn I Spaniard Struck mine, lost Feb. 22, 1915 Carib 3 lost, 1 Am Struck mine, lost. April 12, 1915 Greenbrier none Struck mine, lost May 1, 1015 Gulfhght 3 Americans Torpedoed. May 25, 1915 Nebraskau none Injured by torpedo attack. July 25, 1915 Leelanaw nono Hunk by submarine. Nov. 18, 1915 Helen W. Martin.. none Struck mine, lost. Dec. 3, 1915 Communipaw ...... none Fired on by usbmariae, proceeded. Dec. 15, 1915 Petrolite 1 wounded, not Am Attacked by Austrian submarine proceeded. June 18, 1916 Seaconnct none . . Damaged by mine or torpedo. July 9, 1916 Goldshell none Damaged by mine. Aug. 14, 1916 Oswego nono Fired on by submarine. Oct. 1916 Kansan 6 injured .Hunk, probably by a mine. r Oct. 28, 1916 Lanao none Sunk by submarine. Nov. 7, 1916 Columbian none Hunk by submarine. Nov. 26, 1916 Galena none .. Fired on within ,1 mile limit. Nov. 26, 1916 Chemnng nono .. Sunk by Austrian submarine. Dec. 10, 1916 St. Helens none Attacked by submarine. Dec. 14, 1916 Rebecca Palmer... .none Fired on by submarine. Jan. 9, 1917 Sacramento none Fired on by submarine. Jan. 21, 1917 Westwego ........none Htoppcd by submarine, undamaged. Feb. 3, 1917 Housatonlc none Sunk by submarine. Feb. 13, 1917 Lyman M. Law ...none Sunk by submarine- conditional in the least. The news as published by the newspaper I .a Ptensa well agreed with the interpretation giv en, for instance, by the American news papec man, Edward P. Bell of lndon, who said that the United States was only waiting for the proper moment in order opportunity to assist the entente. America Aiding Allies. " 'The same American stated that Americans from the beginning of the war really participated in it by puffing the immense resources of the United States at the entente's disposal and that, the Americans had not declared war on ly because they felt sure that assistance by 'friendly neutrality would be dunng that time much more efficient for t.lm , i ntente than direct participation in the war. "Whether this American ewspeper man reported the facts exartlv. we wei. at a loss to iudae in satisfactory fash- ion. since we were more or less com- pletely cut off from real coin iniinicn- tion with the United States. " 'But there were other facts which seemed lo confirm thin and similar as- su ranee. " 'Everybody knows these facts and I need not repeat them. "The entente propaganda services have sufficiently hearnlded all theso pro-entente demonstrations in the Uni ted States. And if you link these demon strations, together with the actual at titude of the United States, then it is obvious that the consideration was not ftivolous on our part of what defensive measures we should take if we were at tacked by the United States.' " DISTRICT 'BONE DRY' Washington, March 3. Presidejit Wilson today signed the postoffiee ap propriation till, carrying the "bone dry" prohibition provision. SIGNED LITTLE BILL Washington, March 3 President WH son today signed the t -111,000)000 rev enue bill.