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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Mother Killed Family by
Mistaking Arsenic for Flour

Danforth ILL.,, Jan. 3l.-Mrs 0. ].
Meints, wife of farmer living west of
here killed her four sons and her grand
son by mistaking arsenic for pancake
flour. In the farm house today are the
bodies of Theodore, Irving, Mino and
lred Meints, sons and Clarence Meints
grandson, son of Sebo Meints,
Discovering that her supply of pan
cake flour was exhausted while she was
preparing breakfast, Mrs, Meints re-
turned to the pantry and by mistake Sc.
cured a can of arsenic Her husband did
not partake of the poisoned cakes and
Mrs Meints, discovering that they were
bitter ate none herself. Her discov-
cry came too late, however, as all her
sons and grandson had eaten heartily.
Two of them, Fred and Clarence, be
came ill shortly before noon and died
yesterday afternoon. Irving and Theo-
dore died last night and Mino, the last
one to be kept alive by emergency treat
ment administered by physicians who
hurried to the farm house, died today.
With the exception of Clarence, the
grandson, who is seven, all the dead
were adults. Together with the.> Faith
er they worked the large family farm
The mother is grief stricken today and
physicians fear the shock may prove
fatal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Totals 1874 17,764 2,92S
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Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan 81.
-Storming of several Russian positions
in a forest on the east bank of the Riv-
er Aa (Riga 'front.' and repulse of coun-
ter attacks, was reported in today S of
fcial statement.
More than nine hundred Russian sol
diers were captured, with II officers
and 10 machine guns
The statement said Russian forces,
after two strong attacks, succeeded on
a third assault in entering into "the
Point d 'Appunn of German positions
south of the Valeputna road, on Prince
Leopold S front The attacks were pre-
ceded by a violent fire of artillery.
Repulse of strong reconnoiterng de-
tachments by Turkish outposts near the
Danube was reported from Field Mar
shal Won Mackensen S front in Rumania
From the Macedonian front the state
mcut reported several italian prisoners
brought in from raid by German re-
coanaissance parties on the Cerna Bend.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Plot to Poison Lloyd George
Creates Sensation in Britain

plot was not made apparent by the first
dispatches passed by the censor. Lloyd
George has been a friend of the suff-
rage movement, however.
News of the poison attempts comes,
strangely enough, at the same time the
committee on electoral reform. Eng
land issues its formal recommendations
for extension of the franchise in some
elections to all British women more than
thirty or thirty five years of age. This
announcement was made in London last
night. 1t had long been expected such
step would be taken.
The recommendations. however, were
entirely unsatisfactory to the suffrage
parties in England, according to a
statement issued by Miss Sylvia Pank-
hurst. She held majority of women
wage eaaers were between % and 30
years of age and it would be unfair to
exclude them.
OF late the militant suffragettes have
turned their attention to vigorous agi
tation against peace meetings and al
legged office holders in England having
Ia slight sympathy for the Germans
Viscount Gray, former foreign secre
tary, and Viscount Haldane have beer
particularly the objects of their at
tacks because of the supposed GermaniC
leanings of these statesmen, which, il
is charged, leads them to deal leniently
with prosecution of the war.
Lloyd-George, because Of his deter
mination to wage the war unrelenting
ly, has from the first had the support
of this class of suffragettes
&C. O. 's''-Or conscientious OBJ
jcctors against the war-have FIRE
quently been encountered in applica
tion of the military conscription law
Most of the mare Quakers or else they
swear to a belief in the wrong of kill
ing fellow creatures, approaching TN
Quaker belief.
( The combinations of supposed suffra
gettes and conscientious obiectOr il
plot against Lloyd-George is there
fore bizarre one, totally inexplieabl
on any grounds of general similarity il
] the apparent political and economic be
/ liefs of the piotters.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Think Monroe Doctrine
Extension Would Cause
Doctrine to Lose Its Force
By Charles P. Stewart.

Omitted Press staff correspondentl
Buenos Aires Jan. 3l.-Frank belief
that the extension by America of the
Monroe doctrine policy to all nations as
suggested by President Wilson s senate
speech would cause that doctrine to lose
its American force and character was
expressed in 4 signed editorial today by
forge AIitre, editor of La Nacion, South
America s leading newspaper
Mitre is recognized as one of the most
brilliant of South American analysists
and publicists.
The "threatencd hypcrtrophy of the
Monroe doctrines principles is not
rew," AIitre declared, but has "hither-
to lacked authoritative sanction. :"
"In the past" the editorial con
tinues "the tendency of the doctrine
has been to maintain and strengthen
the democracy of the Americas by keep.
ing them apart from the ambitions of
European powers. Because it has been
concretely based on a geographical fact
God knows how many apctites it has
thwartcd.
ga re-alianra could not have been
more effective. Probably South America
has not fallen into European hands
simply because Of the doctrine. But il
it is universalized the principle is
bound to lose its American force and
character. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Mother Driven Insane
Commits Terrible Crime

Paterson, N. j., Jan. 3l.-Derange-
mcnt through poverty, knowledge Of
the fact that she was about to bring
another child into the world, and wor-
roy over the condition Of her husband,
i'll of tuberculosis, to-
day believed by the police here, to
have caused Mrs Anna Goldstein to
murder her baby boy, aged three.
Mrs. Goldstein was arrested follow
ing an Indictment by the grand jury.
They found her with two children, half
naked, crawling about the floor Of a
dingy shanty, while her husband lay
on a soiled pallet, apparently in the
last stages of tuberculosis,
The woman was taken to the Passaic
county jail, together with her children.
They later were taken to an asylum.
The father was to be taken to a hos
pital today.
The boy was killed by knife thrust
through his back. The blade was then
plunged into his neck. His body was
found by neighbor. 1t was lying al
the foot of the basement steps in the
Goldstein home.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
By Ed L. Keen
tied Press staff correspondent

IIr,;4ol D,,.- ,+,re eao,,oa,,14\
'N'" -
London Jan. 3l.--Arrest OF four per
sons charged with conspiracy to pois
on Premier David Lloyd George became
known today through arraignment of
the quartet at Derby.
The defenders called to the bar today
were Mrs. Alice Wheelton, her daugh
ter Harriet, and another daughter, Mrs.
Winifred Mason, with Albert Mason,
husband of the last named daughter.
Mason is an expert chemist and has
been known as sc. o. (conscienti-
Gus objecter to war and service) rs they
are known in England. The women are
all supposed suftragettes.
The conspiracy was reported to Scot
land Yard Saturday and was followed
up by the secret service with character
istie efficiency and thOroughness, Chief
Inspector Parker himself assuming
charge.
Mrs. Mason was arrested at South
hampton. The other three alleged con
spirators were taken in custody at Der
by.
Arthur Henderson, the laborite mem
Der of Lloyd-George s war council, was
also the object of poison attempt, 1t
was later announced.
Publication of the charges against
the four persons arrested created an
immediate sensation, coupled with gen
ieral Indignation that England s man
Of the hour should have been the OBJ
jeet of such a plot. The TACT that the
- Ham Il
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
BY Robert j. Bender.
lited Press staff correspondent.

Omitted Press staff correspondent)
Washington. Jan. 3l.-A conference
of all nations will be necessary to de-
termine arrangements for future world
peace, according to official opinions eX-
PRESSED here today.
In view of this conviction, the i'm
preston has gained ground during the
last two weeks that when the president
moves again it will be formally to sug
gest such a conference.
However, there will be no develop
ment in the peace maneuvers until after
Germany s response to President Will
sons senate address-announced In an
exclusive United Press dispatch from
Berlin Mondays received here.
Specific questions have been answered
during the last two weeks by the high
est authorities in the government One
of these replies, given yesterday, was:
"Those details (the form Of future
guarantees and means employed to en-
force them)) would have to be worked
out by some conference Of nations.
Chief interest, therefore, has centered
in the time such a conference would oc-
cur, whether actual negotiations for
ending the present war are under way,
while the belligerent nations are discus
ing terms or after peace or truce
comes. The president has repeatedly
said in his speeches that the war
must first end'' before details can be
worked out.
On the other hand, il is the entente
contention that the war cannot end un-
til all nations are actually guaranteed
safety from future unwarranted aggres-
sion.
Such conference, it is held in these
quarters, would have TO be under way
within four weeks or all belligerentS
will 90 forward to carry out the un
precedented preparation they have made
for tremendous spring campaign.
Peace then would be postponed unit
after the results of the campaign were
determined.
| It is understood on high authority
that new outline Of this government Z
position on the armed merchantmen
question is in the process Of incuba
| tion.
Tn official reports that Germany
plans no unrestricted submarine war
fare and intends to stay within th'
limit of activity established by thi
goverdnment were received with graft
fication here, but no comment wa
forthcoming.
The Swiss minister today requested
and was granted an audience with Presi
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31

Omitted Press staff correspondent
New York. Jan. 3l.-GeOrge El'is,
member Of the NJ r. Hutton & Co.
brokerage house, was today summoned
to reaurn from Georgia to throw light
on the Hutton leak message before the
house note leak committee
Accounts of the Connolly firm, in
which the presidents = brother-in-law is
interested, showed net losses Of $40,-
600 between December and %, Hutaon
testified.
This testimony served TO indicate that
if Connolly got "inside" toips he and
his clients did not benefit.
Despite the inwardness of F a. Con-
noly's interpretation wired from
Washington to the L. f. Hutton & Go.
brokerage house concerning the note on
December 20, Connolly contends that
he had no "inside information. More
over, he denies that n. W. Boiling,
President Wilson brother-in-law and
member Of +. A. Connolly & Co, gave
him any line on the message, and Boil
ing himself denies any inside track.
Gossip Gave Him the Zip
On the other hand, Connolly claims
tOiunlUi GuofiD IL W tOh SHfN
him the news about the note, which
e. F. Hutton & Co. spread on their
wires the afternoon before publication
of the document.
Strangely enough, the Hutton version
mentioned the idea Of a warning to bel
ligerents not to eneroach on neutral
rights further. And, newspaper men,
confidentially informed of the message
ON the goth, did not generally get this
warning angle until the afternoon of
December q, when Secretary Lansing
made his first Interpretation of the
note in his "verge Of war" state
ment.
Hutton and Connolly were slated as
todav's witnesses.
Before the end of the week the COM
mittee expects to have several spectacu-
lar account rcords of Wall street plung-
ers before it. One well posted commit
teeman said significantly today:
~ wouldn be surprised If we get
some very interesting things before
we re done"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Mine Blockade Worries

Rotterdam, Jan. 3l.-Newspapers and
shippers generally are unperturbed over
the new British mine blockade. Some
even considered it advantageous, as
likely to render more difficult the pa
trolls of the Dutch coast by German
submarines and torpedo boats.
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
today declared:
England is absolutely right in at
tempting to protect against the subma-
rines. If she succeeds in reducing the
peril many neutrals will be thankful.
The above dispatch, which passed
throsgh London and the British cea-
sors, is the first definite reference to
the danger" specified in recent
British official announcement of new
''aanger zone" in the North sea as a
niue blockade.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Vote Was Tie On Roll Call
Until Representative
Thomas Changed
ROGUE RIVER COM
PROMISE MET DEFEAT
Senate Attends Strictly to
Business alld There Are
Few Speeches Made

The independent fishermen of the
Rogue river lost out this morning in
their fight against the Maceay fishing
monopoly and the house turned down
the compromise fishing bill that was
presented by the committee on fisheries
as a substitute for the three fishing
bills that were designed ito prohibit
comemrcial fishing on that river by
means of seines and set nets. The vote
was close, in fact it was a tie-28 for
and 2S against, with two members alb
sent and one excused-until Representa-
tive Thomas, of Medford, who made the
strong speech Of the session so far,
voted against the measure, making the
vote % for and 30 against.
Those voting against the bill were
Ashley, Barber, Brown, Brownell, Bur
dick, Callan, Cartmill, Childs, Clark,
Corbett Cornelius Fuller, Hodgen, Al
Jones, Kubli, Mackay, Mann, Martin,
Matthieu, Meek, Peck, Rowe, Schimpff,
Small, Stephens, Stott, Thomas, Willett,
and Speaker Stanfield.
Those voting for it were Anderson,
Bean, Belland, Bowman, Brand, Burton
Dedman, Eaton, Elmore, Goode, Cor
dom Gore, Griggs, Seymour Jones, Wal
ter B. Jones, Laurgaard, Lafferty,
Lewis, Lunger, Mueller, Porter, Port
wood, Ritner, Sheldon, Staffrin,
Sweeney, Thompson, Tichenor
Excused-Crandall; absent, Elgin and
Forbes.
More oratory was spilled this morn
ing on the fishing bill, which prohibits
fishing, except with hook and line, in
! Rogue river below Doyle's rock, than
in the entire session SO far 1t looked
as if the champions Of the independent
| fishermen, the men who are asking to
be allowed to make a living III the wa
| ters of the river and not be squeezed
out by the monopoly using set nets and
seines, were going to pull the measure
through, but before the voting progress
ed far it was evident that the Macleay
interests had been lobbying hard to kill
| the measure.
Representative Belland, as chairman
of the fisheries committee, took the
| floor in behalf Of the bill. He said he
believed the members knew just about
how they were going to vote but he de
clared he thought it a good bill, for the
people and against the predatory inter
| ests.
Representative Tichenor took up the
defense and said he also believed th'
members had made up their minds re
garding the bill
He said it was local question and al
the people of southern Oregon were il
4 favor of it.
Debate Becomes General
! DIR. Sweeney took up the cudgels anC
said the bill was compromise on al
the bills introduced and that it looked
to the interest of the commercial sid
and to the sportsmen side. 1t wa
i introduced TO suit all those living OF
the river and is the nearest approach t.
, neutral ground. The aim is not to in
, jure commercial fishing, he said tn
the people must conserve the resource
Of the state and make it attractive 70
. investors. This bill, accordingly, cam
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Her Views Of Life
As a Married Woman

New York, Jan. 3l.--Mrs. Esmeralde
Collie, age 26, who thinks cit might
have been just as we'll if I had mar
ried man who had past and knew
all about me, I" introduced her personal
view in her divorce suit here.
After declaring she married a drug
store because her husband "seldom
leaves the neighborhood store, she
opines that q woman needs this recrea'
ti0n:
Two nights a week for bridge OF
poker.
One night for dancing.
One night for the theatre.
''Two a. M she says, "is too early
for married men to retire.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
fierce BLIZZARD IN
|NTERMOUNTAIN STATES
PARALYZES RAILROADS
Several Overland Trains
Reach San Francisco Far
Behind Schedule

Denver, Colo, Jan. 31,-The inter
states arc again THE grip
of a severe blizzard today with heavy
SHOWS and below-zero weather reported
at many points. Railroad traffic is
greatly impeded.
After partial lifting of the block
ade on the Unipn Pacific line in
Wyoming, heavy snow drifts again
tied up traffic near Laramie last night,
while snowstorm is raging near Rock
River and with high winds blowing,
pihng the snow in huge drifts in the
cuts One thousand coal miners and a
trainload of laborers from Omaha are
assisting the snow plows today near
Lookout and Rock River.
Salt Lake City reported the worst
snowstorm of the winter paralyzing all
street car traffic in the city. Two
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31

December 90, IL a. m.-Secre-
tary Of State Lansing conf
dentialll informed reporters Of
: the presidents forthcoming
; note, which he said was not
; peace message nor an offer of
; mediation but dealt with ques-
; tions Gin which the United
; States was interested if the war
; continues. -
December 20, 12:4S p. m.
; Chicago correspondent of h. +.
; Hutton & Co, New York, wired
; about the Forthcoming note, de.
seribing it as intended to pro-
; mote peace prospects"
; December 20, l;l4 p. m.-Hut
; ton house wired that their Wash
( ington wire gave similar infor-
: nation, which they were putting
( out to their clients.
( December Missing link
< (to be supplied today).-F. A.
< Connolly wired from Washing
< ton message on which the
( above was based.
4 December 20, 1854 p. m.
4 Hutton house put out note tip
4 Interpreting it as warning that
( "neutral rights must not be
Z further encr0ached upon"
( December 20, about 2 p. m.-
< Ticker carried rumors
(
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
STORY OF ALLEGED
TORTURE INFLICTED BY
ASYLUM ATTENDANTS
Washington Hospital For In
sane Of SteilacOom VIII
Be PrObed

Olympia, Wash, Jan. 31.-Stories of
alleged tortures inflicted by attend
ants on patients at the Western state
hospital for the insane at Foit Stella
COON, told by former patients who have
since been declared sane, have started
a sweeping investigation of the insti
tuition today by the senate committee
on state charitable institutions.
DR.. William n Keller, superintend-
ent Of the hospital; DR.. Frank D..
Wilt, assistant superintendent, and an
inmate attendant, Kate Knowles, have
been summoned to appear before the
committee this afternoon.
They are wanted to explain what
they know of the death of Mrs. Leone
c. Peck in the institution on June IS
last, when, it is alleged, she was beat
en-, dragged by the hair and tortured
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
say French Repulsed

Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan. 81.
Defeat Of French attacks against
part of the German positions on the
Lorraine front near Leintrey. was an
nouaced in today official statement.
The attacks were preceded by violent
artillery duel.
For the most part the statement sad
fighting activity on the western front
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
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NOT EATEN BY WOLVES

Portland, Or. Jan. 3l.-John
Hammersley, supposed victim of
timber wolves, is safe and well
today and il is now believed
that the man killed near Will
low Flats last week was John
Dorando, a prospector.
Hammersley returned from a
hunting trip late yesterday.
When he reached Winner, in
Jackson county, his appearance
created great astonishment, in
asmuch as everyone supposed
him dead and eaten. His
friends Immediately communi-
Gated with relatives here.
Hammersley, who is govern
mcut hunter, viii participate in
the effort to identify the man
slain by wolves.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31

Portland, Or, Jan. 3l.-Ow-
ing to the car shortage, which
prevented movement of potato
and onion crops, the price of
those commodities rose approx
imately 1925 a hundred pounds
today. Growers get the benefit
of the increase.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
10 BELOW AT LAPINE

Bend, Or, Jan. al LaPine
reported a temperature of 23
below zero today. In Bend the
mercury was down to l6 be-
low, Every water pipe in town
was frozen On account of
heavy snow to the southwark,
wagon and automobile travel
in that direction has been
suspended.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 31-The Ger
man American Mercantile Bank failed
to open its doors tcday. 1t was closed
following the failure yesterday of the
Northern Bank and Trust Company.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
General Wood Admits
He Was Unequal to Task

Washington, Jan. 3I-Reealled by the
senate military committee for cross fire
grilling by Senator Lee, Maryland,
staunch national guard supporter, Ma
jor General Leonard Wood today admit
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
Conference of all Nations
Necessary to Arrange Peace

dent Wilson for tomorrow. He declined
to state the purpose of his mission, but
it is understood to bear on peace deyel
Opments,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
BONE DRY" ALAS

Washington, Jan. 81 Z x
senate today passed the AL Z =
"bOne dry prohibition bill x
The bill not only prohih -
the manufacture and sale -
intoxicating liquor in Alaska p
but will not permit it to b& :
shipped into the territory.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31

The Leader states editorially that
Weston is full of mad dogs-with
muzzles on.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-31
ENGLISH LOSSES
FOR JANU AIRY
ARE VERY HEAVY
Over Thirty Thousand Killed,
Wounded and Taken
Prisoner
BERLIN REPORT CLAIMS
ALL ATTACKS REPULSED
French and Russians, How
ever, Report Successful
Attacks
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!; London, Jan. 81. - England !
!; lost 1854 officers and men
!; killed in January. :
4 The total was announced in )
< the official casualty lists. The )
4 full figures of killed wound )
!; ed and missing, as officially )
\; stated were: :
x Killed Wounded Missing ;
!; Officers 4l9 6l5 ...-.... Z,
4; Men 1885 17,l49 2.92S ,
:; ,
x Totals 1874 17,764 2,92S ;
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ANOTHER SEATTLE BANK CLOSES

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In Spite Of Alleged Inside
''Iiip" COnnOIly's Firm
Lost $4,000
BROKER TESTIFIES GOSSIP
RESPONSIBLE FOR TIP
Telegraph Operator viii Be
Asked To Tell Origin
Of Message
LINKS IN THE LEAK CHAIN

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POTATOES AND ONIONS soA

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By Carl D. eroat.

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