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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
PONTOON BRIDGES
ACROSS MEUSE ARE
WRECKED BY FRENt1i !
Austrian Army Reported As
Being Very Heavily
Reinforced
KAISER'S TROOPS GOING
TO AID AUSTRLANS
7
French Advance In Lower
AlsaCe Has Been RepuIsed
With Big Loss.
By william PhilIp Sims.

Paris, Jan. 25.--Pontoon bridges
thrown across the Meuse river by the
Germans at Saint Mihiel have been
blown up by the French. German guns
for hours shelled the French batteries
in an effort to silence them but failed
when the French succeeded in bring
ing up additional artillery. During this
duel several shells fell in the town OF
Saint Mihiel, causing losses to the
Germans.
Except this fighting and slight
French gain east of Saint George, nc
important changes in the western bat
Gle zone were announced in the official
communication issued by the war Of
flee this afternoon
A number of prisoners were taker
when French infantry surprised a de.
tachment of Bavarian troops ia Lor
raine. Attacks by the enemy at Berry
au-bac and in the Argonne we're re
pulsed with loss. In the Champagne
region, French sappers demolished Q
section Of German earthworks and
shelters.
A dense fog iRterefers with opera
tions in the Yosges mountains and IN
lower Alsace From the I.ys to The
Disc river there has been intermittent
canuonading.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
MANY BILLS DISPOSED
OF IN HOUSE TODAY
Huston Bill Correcting Defec-
live Titles Approved By
Lower Body

The house this morning got down to
the business of disposing Of house bills
on the calendar for third reading as a
result Of which five bills were passed,
one was laid on the table at the request
Of its author to await decision Of the
attorney general bearing upon the con-
stitutonality Of the salient features Of
the measure; another was laid upon the
table until tomorrow to permit Of fur
ther investigation Of its provisions, and
still another, Lewis bill, providing FOR
the licensing and regulation Of employ.
ment agencies, was made a special or
der Of business for O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Probably the most important Of the
bills which passed the house this morn
ing was that of Representative Huston
"to correct defects in deeds or other
instruments affecting or purporting tc
affect the title to real property and tC
cure defects in judicial sale or real
property by executors, administrators
and guardians. This bill provides foi
the curing Of defects in deeds, wherein
there appears q defect or complete alb
sence in the acknowledgment of sucl
instrument, and some question was rails
ed by Representative Davey, as to whe
ther or not the valuation Of deeds and
other instruments affecting the proper
ty Of deceased persons without witness
CT acknowledgment night open the way
for Wholesale fraud in the execution Of
such instruments The bill, however
passed without opposition.
In holding up the Lewis, bill, for the
licensing and regulation Of employment
agencios, which was made q special or
der for 9 O'Clock tomorrow, Represen
tative Eaton explained that he did moi
thoroughly understand some features Of
the bill aud particularly that which
fixes an annual license Of $50 upon al
employment agencies and he feared thii
would work too great hardship upor
the small agencies in small towns whicl
could not afford to pay such n heavy
license. Representative Aliens bill
providing the manner in which patients
may be parollod from the insane asylum
during periods when they are not in
sane, was laid upon the table In orde
that it's effects may be investigated in
to more thoroughly before final actor
Is taken upon II,
Ona Of the bills passed this morninI
was that Of Representative Forbes
which provides that the counties o
eastern Oregon may appropriate money
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
Accumulatiye Voting Bill Is
Killed By Vote Of
1910 10
DIMICK CHARGES HOUSE
WITH LACK OF COURTESY
Bill Allowing Women to Serve
On Juries Passed by
Senate


Miss Kathryn Clark Of Glendale was
officially sworn in this morning by
Chief Justice Moore following the pre-
sentation Of her certificate Of election.
She was at her desk in the senate ala
morning her election certificate fin.
ally arriving after special committee
consisting Of Senators Won der HELEN
and Strayer and escorted the Chief
Justice to the chamber the usual cere-
mony Of administering the oath fol-
lowed
The first business Of the morning
was the disposing of Senate Bill No.
l6 by Senator Langguth providing for
accommodating voting by stockholders in
corporations. After long and heated
discussion the measure was killed by
vote Of 10 to 10.
Senator Dimick attracted consider
able attention when he rose and made
a statement in regard to his bill re-
pealing the census law which was
passed by the senate among the first
three bills the upper house approved,
and been transmitted to the house and
killed there because another bill in
troduced in the house by Representa-
tive billiard covered the same ground
with some changes. Senator Dimiclc
stated that according to common Gus.
toms Of the house and senate every
since he had been member his bill
should have received the right Of way
amendments being made II necessary.
His bill was introduced first and
passed the senate before the Dillard
bin was up in the house and was trans-
mitted To- that body in ample time 10
have been considered Of the billiard
bill and amendments made IL such
were necessary however for some rca-
son or lack Of reason the house killed
the bill, the senator accordingly moved
that tho billiard bill which was on the
table in the senate be taken up and
referred TO the proper committee stat
ing that he wanted 70 be big enough
and broad enough TO overlook such
petty work.
Senate Bill No. % by Senator In
Follett amending the present law so
that u would be legal for Marion
county to pay two,thirds Of the cost
Of building o new steel bridge across
the river and Polk county one.third
was passed by the senate.
Senate Bin No. rs by Senator Dimick
was also approved by the upper house
this morning This bill abolahes tho
Orepon Conservation Commission. In
speaking for the bill Senator Dimicle
characterized the commission az gomo
little hot air commission through which
Joe Teal secured considerable publicity.
Women may hereafter serve on iuries
IL thev no elect should Senate Bill No.
~ which received the approval Of tho
senate this morning pass the house.
Tho bill gives all women the right Ia
serve on iurics unless in the case OF
women they do not 80 elect Six sem
niors voted against the passago Of tho
hill, they oroi Burgess, Hawloy, Kid
ale, strayer, Wood and President
Thompson.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
AUsTRIANs REINFORCED.
BY Alicn Rohe.

Rome, Jan. 25.-The Austrian east.
ern army, having been hearily rein.
forced by It's own first line troops and
by some Of the best brigades in the
German army has broken the Russian
offensive against Hungary and is
threatening the cars hold on the
province Of Bukovina.
Official dispatches from Vienna re.
ported today the capture Of several
Russian trenches in the Carpathan
mountains, which command imporatnt
passes leading into Transylvania and
the plains of Hungary.
An important change Of war plans is
reported to have taken place as the
result Of councils Of war held recently
in Berlin. The Germans are rushing
large bodies of troops into Hungary
to assist the Austrians in blocking the
Russian invasion. In return for this aid
the Austrians are reported to be send
ing troops into France and Flanders
There forces are said TO be made up OF
the regiments which participated in the
disastrous Servian invasion. They
probably will be used in the west "a
guard the German communications and
secondary defenses.
Vienna correspondents say all adj
vices tend to confirm these reported
changes.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
y 4 *********** 4
THE WAR LINEUP.

England.-Berlin asserts Brit
ish battle cruiser sunk in Sun
days North sea battle when
British sank German cruiser
Bluecher. Holland wires four
funneled German cruiser, bad
ly damaged, sighted off mouth
Of Ems river.
France. - French destroyed
German pontoons at st. MihieI,
foiled German attempt to silence
French guns. Slight French
gain east Of st. George. No 9TH
er important engagement in
west.
Alsace. - German statement
claims French repulsed with
heavy loss in lower Alsace.
GermRny.-Dutch dispatches
say Krupp automobile works and
400 automobiles were destroyed
by allied airmen > bombs drop.
ped at Essen Lass week.
Poland. - Fe.rograd claims
brilliant victory along 40.mile
front in southern Poland, Ger
man advance defeated at Ivan
gorod. Fighting continues.
Russian offensive near Kiloka,
northern Poland, declared salts.
factory.
Belgium. - London alleges
German airmen who bombarded
Dunkirk Friday painted French
flag on their aeroplanes and
wore allied uniforms. Reported,
unconfirmed, two German air
men captured in allied uniforms
were executed.
Austria.-Official Vienna dis
patches say Austrians, reinforc-
ed, broke Russian offensive
against Hungary and threaten
ed ears hold on Bukovina, Re-
ported Germans sent to defend
Hungary, in return Austrians
aiding Germans in west.
X x X 4: X X X y Il X X 4; X ;
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
.PENDER- -SIERCKS CASE
BEING INVESTIGATED
Microscopic Investigation Be-
ing Made at the Cover
nOr's Office

For the purpose Of identifying the
strands Of hair that were found clutch.
ed in the death grip Of Mrs, Daisy
Wehrman, who was murdered in Colum.
bia county, in September, 1911, a micro.
scopic inspection Of the hair found in
the dead woman's hand and also hair
taken from the head Of John Arthur
Pender, who stands convicted Of tho
crime and is serving life sentence in
the penitentiary, and also hair taken
from tho head Of John G. II. Siercks,
the idotic patient at the insane asylum,
who confessed TO having murdered Mrs.
Wahrman and her little three.year-old
son, will be conducted in the chambers
Of Governor Withycombe this after.
noon. It is proposed to make a close
comparison Of the samples Of hair In
order to establish the guilt or innocence
Of Pender and Siercks Of the crime.
This is the first step TO have been Ia.
ken by Governor Withycombe in his ef.
fort to clear up the mystery surround
ing the double murder, actuated by the
friends Of Pender, who are trying to
secure his pardon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
STRICTLY NEUTRAL,
SAYS THE PRESIDENT
Administration Officials De-
clare That They Purpose
to Treat All Alike

Washington, Jan. 25.-The United
States government issued yesterday a
lengthy defense of its Interpretation OF
the rights and duties of q neutral in
the European war.
The document, prepared by President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan and Counsel
lor Robert Lansing, of the state depart
ment, after several days Of consulta.
tion, was made public in the form of a
letter from the secretary of state to
Senator Stone, Of Missouri, chairman
Of the senate committee on foreign re-
lations.
After answering 10 specific charges
and calling attention to the fact that
the United States has promptly taken TO
task Great Britain as well as Germany
and every government which in any
way mas infringed upon the rights Of
this county, the letter concludes with
the following declaration on the much
discussed question Of expectation Of
war munitions:
4" If any American citizens, partisans
of Germany and Austria. Hungary, feel
that this Administration is acting in a
way injurious to the cause of those
countries, this feeling results from the
fact that on the high seas the German
and ro-Hungary naval power is
thus far inferior to the British. / tis
the business of a belligerent operating
on the high seas, not the duty OF q
neutral, to prevent eontraband from
reaching an enemy"
Secretary Bryan 5 statement regard
ing che policy of the government re-
garding its neutrality attitude was con-
tained in lengthy letter sent by him
to Senator Stone, chairman Of the SEN
ate foreign relations committee, The
letter was the absorbing topic Of Off
cial discussion today. 1t was written
by Secretary Bryan after series Of
conferences with President Wilson and
Counsellor Lansing of the state depart
ment and constitutes an authoritative
pron0uncement on the subject.
1t was intended by the administration
as an answer to the charges of those
persons who have been accusing the. ad
ministration Of discriminating in favor
of the allies. Secretary Bryan asserted
that the United States could not be ex.
pected to attempt to counerbalance the
British naval superiority which was re
sponsiblc for the failure Of Austria anC
Germany to get as much ammunition
and contraband as France and England
cit is the business Of belligereni
operating on the high seas" the letter
said, "and not the duty Of a.neutral tt
prevent contraband from reaching al
enemy"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
Naval Ba. J In North Sea
Yesterday Resulted In
Large Loss
SECOND BOMBARDMENT
OF ENGLAND CHECKED
Large Number Of BIuecher's S
Crew Perished When
Cruiser Sank

Berlin, by wireless to London, Jan.
25.-That British battle cruiser was
sunk by the German warships in the
naval battle fought in the North sea
yesterday was the declaration by the
German government in an official state.
ment issued this afternoon. 1t is ad.
mitted that the German armored cruiser
Bluecher was sunk. The other German
ships returned to their base without
sustaining material damage.
The German battle cruisers Derf.
Finger, Seydlitz, Moltlle and Bluecher,
four small cruisers and two torpedo
boat flotillas were engaged, the state.
ment declares. The British fleet con
sisted of five battle cruisers, several
smaller cruisers and 20 destroyers.
The statement does not estimate The
casualties on board Of any of the Ger.
man ships, nr does its attempt to offer
an estimate Of the damage to the Brit.
ish squadron except to insist that one
Of the encmy's ships was sunk.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
PIONEER SALEM women
PASSES away TODAY
Mrs. Thomas Kay SuCCumbs
at Family Home This
Forenoon

Mrs. Thomas Kay, mother Of State
Treasurer Thomas B. Kay, passed away
this morning al the Kay residence on
N. Liberty street, at the age Of n
years. She has not been afflicted with
any disease, her demise being assigned
to senility due to advanced age.
Mrs. Thomas Kay, nee Ann Slingsby
was born at Shipley, Yorkshire, Eng
land, October 81, 1887 She was mar
ried to Thomas Kay in 1856 and came
to America In 1860 Mr. and Mrs. Kay
came to Oregon by way Of the 1sthmul
Of Panama. They made their residence
in this state first at Brownsville il
Linn county, whore Mr.. Kay was man
ager Of the Woolen mills Of that place
Mr. and Mrs. Kay and their family
moved to Salem In August, 1889, wher,
Mr. Kay built the Thomas Kay Wool
en- mills. Mr.. Kay died In April, 1906
in this city ut his home at 35i
North Liberty street whore Mrs. Kay
has continued to reside.
Mrs. Kay is survived by five chill
drcn, Mrs. Charles p. Bishop, Of Salem
Thomas B. Kay, Of Salem; Mrs. v. p
Coshow, Of Roseburg; Mrs. Carl \
Roberts, Of Portland; Mrs. Ralph y
Fisher Of Portland, and by thirteei
grand children and four great grant
children. Two sisNrs In Yorkshire
England, survive her, Mrs. Phoebl
Raisluck, and Elizabeth Bateson, ans
another sister in Lawrence, Mass, Mrs
Greenwood Deacon
Mrs. Kay has been a devoted Nom
Der Of the Baptist church for the pas
i5 years taking special interest II
missionary work She has been mem
Der Of the First Baptist church IN thi
city since her arrival in Salem an,
was one Of the most highly respcctc,
members Of the congregation. Durinl
her residence In this city Mrs. Kay ha
formed host Of friends who offe
their sympathy TO the family IN tbei
bereavement. The funeral will be hell
AT 2i30 tomorrow afternoon at the Firs
Baptist church, Rev. II. y. Marshal
officiating, lnierment will be in th
|. o. o. + cemetery.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
FRENCH WERn Rnpu1anp.

Berlin, via wireless to Sayyille, Il. l.,
jan. 25.-Trench efforts TO advance
in lower Alsaee have been repulsed
with heavy losses, according to a
statement issued by the war office
here today. II was admitted, however
that the French had captured trench
southwest Of Berry.au-bae. The state.
ment also told Of how German artillery
had halted French charge, l0C
Frenchmen meeting death and several
hundred others being captured,
Elsewhere in the west, and par
ticularly at Nieuport and Ypres, the
statement said, heavy artillery engage
ments are in progress.
"In the east, " contiuuor the state
ment, "seyeral attacks near Gumbin
men were repulsed aud Russians north
Of there were forced to eyacuate sew
eral positions.
Ono important changes have oc
CURED along the Vistula."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
RussrANs o1ArM v1cToRY.

Petr0grad, Jan, ga brilliant Rus.
sian victory In southern Poland and
development Of the Russian offensive
menacing Lode were announced IN an
official statement issued by the war
office this afternoon.
II declares that the German armies
advancing towards lyangorod were roll.
ed back with heavy los after a deter.
mined resistance, Ivangorod is the main
fortress protecting Warsaw against an
advance from the south.
The Russian victory was most sweep.
ing in this region, the statement rs.
sorts. The slays are declared to have
occupied Kielce aud Opozno and 10 have
driven the kaiser's forces back from
20 to 30 miles along 4O.mile front to
the Pilica river. Fighting in that re.
gion continues, the battle eeniering at
Vincentynof, east Of Tomasof and at
the railroad bridge over the piloa river
10 miles from Lodz.
The Russian offensive IN northern
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25

not to exceed $4,000 in any year, the
state TO furnish like amount, to be
expended for the determination Of jack
rabbits, which, according TO Mr.. Forbes,
are damaging crops to the extent Of
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars every
year and the settlers are poweress TO
cope with the situation under the scalp
bounty law. The Oregon Agricultural
college claims to have a process for the
wholesale poisoning Of the pests and
tho work OF determination Ia To be con.
Quoted under the supervision Of the col
lege officials.
The other bills passed were those Of
Olson, Of Multnomah relative TO ex'
empting certain personal property from
execution Of attachment, merely ex.
tending the provisions Of the present
law 80 as To include domestic fowls TO
the value Of $50, and Stott's bill, rolat.
ing to the filing Of laborcrs' claims for
wages against an estate or property
which has gone into the hands Of re-
cover or an assignment.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
BUILDING IS
SAVED FROM FLAMES
Secretary Of State Olcott
Leads Fire Brigade That
Gains Control

A small scare was thrown into the
couple of dozen Of people, legislators,
their wives and some Of the state house
employees, shortly after 8 o'clock yes
terday afternoon when some waste oil
which had formed into a small pool in
front of the furnace in the basement
of the capitol building caught fire and
caused such a smudge Of black smoke
that, for time, looked as thought the
whole basement of the building was in
Flames. Through the presence Of mind
Of Engineer Joe Bernardo and other
state house employees, with the aid Of
the Salem fire department, the flames
were soon extinguished and the damage
was confined to that caused by the
smoke in the engineroom and on the
outside Of the building where It oozed
out the windows.
There were not more than three score
of people in the building all told when
the alarm OF fire was sounded and
these rushed around to be in position
to be Of assistance in case of a serious
conflagration. Secretary of State Oh
colt, with his little baby, was in the
hall of representatives when the cry Of
" fire" rang Trough the lobby, and,
leaving the baby in the care Of the
nurse and some Of the wives Of the
members, he rushed to the basement
and assisted in subduing the flames.
Had The blaze occurred when the legis.
lature was in session and the building
filled with legislative clerks, officials
and employees panic might have ensued
as the smoke rolled out Of the basement
in great black volumes and was enough
to trighten any one not acquainted with
the building and the source of the
smoke.
Althomgh the old state house is we'll.
equipped with a chemical fire.fiqhting
apparatus and with adequate means Of
combating fire Of more dangerous
proportions, part of which equipment
was brought into play to put out the in
cipient blaze yesterday, had the fire
gained good headway and spread to the
exposed flooring Of the building it
might have caused serious damage. At
no time during the burning of the old
on the furnace room floor yesterday
was there any danger of the fire reach.
ing the old tanks and causing an ex.
plosion as the tanks are located in the
street and nearly hundred feet from
where the old was burning, and one
of the first acts Of Engineer Bernard
was TO shut off the flow Of oil in the
eve1t of a more serious fire.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25

London, Jan. 25.--An attempt by a
German cruiser squadron to repent the
attack recently made ON Scarborough
the Hartlepcols and other British coast
towns was frustrated today by the Brit.
ish patrolling squadron.
In a running figat the German ar.
mored cruiser Bluocher was sunk and
two German battle cruisers were seri
ously damaged.
The official report issued by the
Press Bureau gives the following no.
count Of the engagement;
Early this morning a British pa.
trNlirg squadron Of battle cruisers and
| light cruisers under Viee.Admral Sir
David Beatty, with DESTROYER flotilln
under Commodore Tyrwhitt sighted
four German battle cruisers and several
light cruisers and several destroyers
steering westward and apparently max
ing for the English coast.
The enemy at once made for home
at high speed They were at once pur.
sued and about $3.50 n. m. action was
joined between the battle cruisers Lion.
Tiger, Princess Royal, New Zealand
and lndminitable ou the one hand and
the Derflinger Scydlitz, Moltke and
Bluecher on the other A well.contest.
ed running tight ensued shortly after
o clock the Bluecher, which had pre-.
vionsly fallen out Of line, capsized and
sank.
I" No British ships have been lost and
our casualties in personnel as at pres.
ent reported are slight, the Lion, which
led the line, having only II wounded
and no killed.
" One hundred and twenty.three sur.
yivors have been rescued from the
Blueeher's crew of sS5, and il is posi-.
bic that others have been saved by some
of our cruisers and dostroyers No re,
ports Of any destroyer or light cruiser
fighting have yet been received az tbe
admiralty, though some has apparently
taken place.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25

and the allevlation Of human suffering,
I shall feel that Il haa been possible 70
realize the highest purpose Of my life,' -
Central office detectives were much
In evidence while Rockefeller was on
tho stand.
He told of the publicity campaign
ho mnuguratcd in connection with tho
Colorado strike hut pleaded Ignorance
In regard TO the details OF the man
agemcnt Of the Colorado Fuel q Iron
company Rockefeller was eyasive Ia
many instances but said that Ivy Il.
Loe was sent 20 Colorado IA try to
correct some Of the bad Impressions
which had formed in tho public's mind
regarding the operators.
lie said tho operators folt they were
not getting "aquare deal from .
publicity standpoint and that no en-
paged Lee personally md paid him
Al 900 monthly, Leo, no said, bccamc
n director OF the Colorado Fuel 3 Iron
company and Of tho western Maryland
railroad January !. ~
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-25
The English Story.

London, Jan 25-The growing con.
yiction in England that the German
losses in Sundays naval battle in the
North sea were greater than was indi-
Gated by the officials of the admiralty
was strengthened today when reports
i'rNn Holland stated that a four.fun.
neled German cruiser of the type of the
Strassburg or the Room had been sight.
ed, badly damaged, off the Holland
coast. The cruiser was reported to be
going at half-speed toward the Ems
river