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J 111 S? 11 E ?! Ii H H U H VOK. Kill.- NO. 16,583. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914. PRK FIVE CENTS V K SUBMARINE HELD AT BOTTOM OF OCEAN British Craft With 11 on Board Trapped. HALF DAY RESCUE WORK VAIN Darkness Halts Efforts to Lo cate British A-7. NAVY MEN RETAIN HOPE (Several of Seamen Jn Crew Were Making First Dive Below Waves, Grappling Irons Drag .Bay j Southwest of Plymouth. RECORD or i-rvus IXJST IN BRITISH SUBMARINES. Boat, year Death. A 1 1904 12 No. 4 190S A 61906 4 a s ltoe is C S 1907 4 c ii isoa 13 A S 1911 11 B a 1911 IS Total 74 PLYMOUTH. England. Jan. 16. Two ei officers anu nine men, the crew of the British submarine "A-7." are trapped tonight In their crart beneath the waters of Whltesand Bay. about five miles southwest of Plymouth. Whether the men are dead or alive has not been established, but navy officials expressed the opinion tonight that all had perished. The exact spot where the little vessel sank has not been definitely fixed. GrapF'lBK-Irona at 'Work. The "A-7." In company with the "A-8" and "A-9." made a plunge about noon today while engaged In maneu vers. Her sister ships came to the sur face, but nothing has been seen of the "A-7" since she opened her valve ad dived. 'It was believed at first i7 the men on the other submarines that the "A7" was merely overstaying her al loted time beneath the water, out when the officers realized that their sister boat was in distress they sent out sig nals for aid. Rescue boats were .mmediatoly rushed to the vicinity where he "A-7" went down. They threw out grappling irons and dragged the bay until dark ness et In. Their efforts were truii- less, however, for never once waa thei a. tug at a chain to Indicate 11' at ;he Iron sides of the plunger had been Btruck. Hope Still Held. The grappling operations -will begin at daylight tomorrow, and in the hope that the submarine will b-j found a boat capable of lifting her to te t-p of the water has been ordered to White- sand Bay. The "A-7" was in chargo of Lieu tenant Gilbert M. Welman. A number of the seamen aboard were making their first trip In a submarine. Whether the submarine's naihinory became disabled or whet.ter she . tore a hole in herself on some sun'-en ub ject is the merest speculation. Kav il officers estimate that in cae te ves sel's hull has not been punctured the men on board her might live. The Navy men say the crew might live 12 hours. This Is the sixth submarine 'of class "A" which has come to grief and the Question is being raised whether the government ought not to abandon this type of boat in favor of the more mod ern vessels of the "C" and "D" classes. Craft Built la 1004. The "A-7" waa built In 1904 and measured ISO feet In length. Her sub merged displacement was 204 tons. Her engines developed, 600 horsepower, which gave her a surface speed of 16 knots and a submerged, speed of nine knots. Of the class "A" submarine which have caused the British government grievous losses in men through acci dent were the A-l, wrecked In 1904, on board which 12 men were drowned ; the A-5, in 1905, with a loss of four lives the A-8, in 1906, when 15 men perished and the A-3, In 1912, when 11 officers and seamen went to their doom. First Report Corrected. The "A" submarines, however, do no rank alone In disasters, for C-8 was los In 1907, with four men; the C-ll in 1909 wiiii xi, ana tne a-z tne same year, with 16. Confusion was caused when the accl Cent occurred today by the annonuce ment that the "A-7" went down In Cawsand Bay, on the western shore Plymouth Sound, and that the depo ship Onyx had succeeded in getting into communication with the submerged men. This report was dissipated to night by information from the admiral ty that the accident had occurred 1 Whltesand Bay, which extends from Itame Head to Looe Island, off the coas of Cornwall. Heavy Sea Hinders Rescue. The flotilla of submarines left Devon port at 8 o'clock this morning for man euvers. Arriving at Whltesand Bay the "A-7" separated from her sister ships and dived for the purpose of flrln torpedoes. There was a moderate sea running and conditions otherwise were favorable. When the "A-7" had been below half an hour an unusual tim (Concluded on Pas 2.). GRANTS PASS HAS 2 POLICE FORCES LEGAL ADVISER RESIGNS AND CITIZENS FACE PUZZLE. Odd Situation Dne to Refusal of New Council to Ratify Bonds of Mayor's Appointees. GRANTS PASS. Or., Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) Grants Pass has two police forces. One wears stars; members of the other have badges. The situation is the outcome of the new Council's refusal to confirm the appointments made by the Mayor. Incidentally, the resignation of City Attorney Norton, handed In when the other appointments were turned down, leaves the city with out legal advice to who Is a policeman. The new Councilmen took office last night. It had been rumored that at the meeting the Mayor's appointments would be rejected. A large crowd was present. After the preliminary speech making and other essentials In launch ing a new administration in a perfect ly proper manner, the meeting was ad journed until today. The matter of passing upon the bonds of the new of ficers was set as the business to be transacted. At the session held according to sc'iedule Mve Councilmen refused to follow the Mayor's suggestion. City Attorney Norton was called upon and gave his advice. The Council still re fused to accept the bonds, and the City Attorney quit. Thereupon the meeting adjourned. The old police force Is still in of fice. The new policemen are on duty. Councilmen and Mayor remain ob durate. M'KINLEY RELICS SELL LOW Last of Martyr'1 President's Gifts, Held 'by Xlecc, Go at Auction. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16. (Special.) The last of the President McKInley relics were sold at auction here today and brought small prices. They real ized only $990. which was consid erably less than the original value of the gold plate given by the men of the Union Iron Works to President McKIn ley on the occasion of the launching of the battleship Ohio. This plate cost 1500 and was sold for $325, or about the value of the gold. Other articles were a gold plate given by the Native Sons, books and a painting of the big trees. These relics were given by Mrs. McKInley to Mrs Ida McKinley Morse Cooper. WILSON PUTS IN LONG DAY President Works From 8:30 to 7 and Gets Coon Cap as Gift. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. President Wilson had one of the busiest days of the Winter today. He reached his of fice at 8:30 A. M. and, with the excep tion of an hour for luncheon with his ecretary, was continuously occupied with callers until 7 o'clock tonight. He mltted his usual game of golf. Among the callers was Edward F. Goltra, National committeeman from Missouri, who presented Mr. Wilson with a raccoon skin cap of Davy Crock ett style, which the President laugh ingly tried on. Mr. Goltra recently wrote Secretary Tumulty, asking what iz hat the President wore, and the ecretary wrote: "The same size as usual." 'HONE GIRLS SAVE LIVES Potomac Valley Residents Attribute Safety to Signal Brigade. CUMBERLAND, Md.. Jan. 16. That the breaking of the huge dam at Dob bin, W. Va., which sent a wall of water down the Potomac River Valley, re sulted In no loss of life and compara tlvely small property loss was attrib uted to the signal brigade of telephone girls organized by the residents of the river towns. Telegraph and telephone linemen suc ceeded In restoring communication along the valley and all residents In the lowlands returned to their homes. Engineers of the West Virginia Public Service Commission today began an In vestigation into the breaking of the dam. NOVICE MAKES AIR LOOP Machine Tarns Over and Record Is Made In Righting It. NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Sergeant Sam uel Katzman, an artilleryman stationed at West Point, involuntarily looped the loop In an aeroplane today and estab lished a record for this feat among military aviators In the United States. The aviator, who Is a novice, was fly Ing about 2000 feet high, when his ma chine turned over and dropped 500 feet. Katzman remained In his seat and in righting the aeroplane made a complete loop. He landed unhurt, but confused. LEWIS DECRIES "BLUSTER' Senator, Speaking In London, Takes Americans' Cojiduct as Topic. LONDON. Jan. 16. Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, and the Right Honorable James McNamara, a prominent radical member of the House of Commons, ex-Parliamentary secre tary to the British Admiralty, were the guests of the American Luncheon Club today. Mr. McNamara spoke of the good the world would derive from con tinued Anglo-Saxon amity. Senator Lewis took as the text of his speech "The American Citizen Abroad," who," he said, should conduct himself with consciousness of his power, but with no evidence of bluster. BIG BARGE CANAL GRAFT DEMANDED FailuretoPay$1 50,000 Costs Contract. 'MR, GAFFNEY' IS MENTIONED Prosecutor Thinks Man High in Tammany Is Meant. OTHER NAMES ARE GIVEN "Mr. Carroll" Thought to Be Tiger' b Treasurer, and "Mr. Cram" to Be Another Prominent Poli tician of Tammany. NEW YORK. Jan. 16. Evidence tend ing to show that the State Canal Board in 1913 declined tn award two con struction contracts to James C. Stewart after his refusal to contribute 5 per cent of his $3,000,000 bid to a "Mr. Gaff ney," was adduced today, at District Attorney Whitman s Inquiry Into po litical graft. Stewart was unable to tell Mr. Whit man whether the alleged solicitor of the money was James E. Gaffney, po litical and business assistant of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. He said that the man had merely in troduced himself as "Mr. Gaffney," and announced that he had come to collect a contribution In view of the bid Stewart's company had submitted on the barge canal contracts. Carroll and Cram Mentioned. The visitor told him, Stewart said, that he had come in place of "Mr. Car roll, who was dead," and "Mr. Cram," who was not collecting any more." Mr. Whitman believes the two men referred to were the late Joseph D. Carroll, ex treasurer of Tammany Hall, and J. Sergeant Cram, a prominent Tammany Hall politician. How much did he ask you to sub scribe?" asked Mr. Whitman. Five per cent on the contracts. which waa about $150,000." Did you think it was peculiar for hlra to ask you to subscribe when there was no campaign on?" Refusal Costa Contract. "I resented and let him know that resented it. He was a stranger to me. He left and said he'd see me again." District Attorney Whitman then brought out that although Stewart's compan ' was the only bidder, he did not get the contract. Stewart said he had always contrib uted freely to the Democratic party. He gave $10,000 in 1908 and his as- (Concluded on Page 2.) AN OLD ) i ill- n 8! . rVS ' lfSL SSL ALASKA "ORIENT sf ( -SfoS STREET av " - COLUMBIA1 MmMJl ip- - river Mb mMk INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather.. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4T degrees: minimum. 44 degreea. . TODAY'S Occasional rain; variable winds. .Foreign. British submarine with 11 aboard held at bottom of ocean. Page 1. Powers sounding- each other on statna quo in Pacific and Far East. Page . Eyewitness tells of great devastation wrought by eruption in japan. n . National. Ex-Senator Turner resigns $7500 Job and will run for Senate. Page 1. Senator Chamberlain thinks Regular Army and Mllltla should be prepared for war. Page 2. Bill eliminating "rule of 'reason" offered after conference with Wilson. Page 1. Domestic. Tammany accused of demanding $150,000 graft from canal contractor. Page 1. Carl Browne, chief aide of "General" Coxey, -dies In National Capital. Page 6. Woolmen advised to breed up their flocks. Page 2. Man says woman hired him to kill New Jersey lumber dealer. Page 2. Rockefeller Investigator says vice regulation is proved failure Page 2. Mrs. Oelrtchs and Mrs. Vanderbtlt must de fend fraud charges. Page 4. Pports. Federals offer Ty Cobb 115,000 a year for five years. Page 10. " ' Rltchle-Murphy and Petrosky-Clabby fights declared off. Page 10. New baseball learue causes shift of Port land players and may raise clubs' rating. Page 10. Multnomah athletes take all honors In inter club meet. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Idle army driven from Albany cursing and threatening.- Page 1. Plan under way to merge Hammond. War renton, Clatsop and Flavel into one city. Pago 6. Japanese barber and American "actress" obtain license to wed. Page 8. Grants Pass has two police forces and no legal adviser. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Japan may require large quantities of wheat, owing to famine. Page 14. Chicago wheat lower on free Australian of ferings. Page 15. Stock bears raid Wall street market, but bonds are strong. Page 14. Revival In general business becomes more pronounced. Page 15. Southern harbor to be dredged to depth of 80 feet. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. "Initial special" to be run on valley line today. Page 8. Philip H. Dater appointed City Engineer at salary of ft-00. Page 7. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11. Warrants ready In payment of 122 widows' pensions totaling S237. Page 7. Mayor and ex-Mayor testify in graft inves tigation. Page 11. High School Association gives dances for football squad. Page S. Standardization of Oregon Public 'Utility bervice agreed. Page 8- Warning of possible move against Audi torium sounded. .Page 11. POLARIS ADRIFT IN GALE Schooner Being Towed Breaks Away ..- and Wreck Is. XTxpected,. -' SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16. The steam schooner Polaris with a crew of 15 men in tow of the steamer Wilming ton, broke loose tonight passing Bui- bury Reef, Just outside San Francisco Bay. Marine observers reported that she could not avoid piling up on the reef. A gale was blowing and a heavy sea was breaking over the bar. The Wil mington returned to port, reporting that she had lost her tow. Tugs and llfeaaving crews started for the Po laris. LANDMARK THAT MUST BE HEW BILL STRIKES AT 'RULE OF REASON' Measure Is Designed to Meet Wilson's Views. JURISDICTION IS EXTENDED Attorney-General Not Essen tial to Trust Prosecution. INDIVIDUAL HAS REMEDY Author of Proposed Law Confers With President but Disclaims It Is to Be Orriclal Admin istration Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 Represen tative Stanley, of Kentucky, after a conference wltn President Wilson, In troduced late today an amendment to the Sherman law which would make illegal the monopolization of restraint of trade "in any degree." It is designed to eliminate the "rule of reason" laid iown by the Supreme Court In the Standard OH case. The amendment also would invest the Cir cuit Courts of the United States with the Jurisdiction to restrain and pre vent violations of the act, irrespective of the Attorney-General. It was drawn to meet the wish of the President, expressed in his last message to Congress to reduce the de batable area surrounding the Sherman act. Three Words Inserted. Representative Stanley discussed the measure with the Presld-it today, and previously had corresponded with him on the subject. The Kentucky mem ber, who was chairman of the special committee which investigated the United States Steel Corporation, does not offer the measure as an Adminis tration amendment, but bel'' it will be of service to the committee of Con gress which will draft the anti-trust legislation after the President's special trust message is delivered next week. The Stanley bill would amend the second and fourth sections of the Sher man law. In section 2, into which the Supreme Court injected the "rule of reason," the words "In any degree" are inserted so that the section would read: "Every person who shall monopolize or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize ln any degree' part of the trade of commerce among the several states or with foreign na tions, shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding (Concluded on Page 2.) REMOVED. TURNERSEEKSTOGA, RESIGNS $7500 JOB TUMULTY'S HOSTILITY CAUSES EX-SENATOR TO HASTEN. President's Secretary Said to Have Wanted Place on Waterways Body for ex-Go. Glenn. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash, lngton. Jan. 16. After placing in the hands of President Wilson his resigna tion as a member of the International Waterways Commission, ex-Senator Turner left Washington tonight for Spokane to begin activity in his cam paign for the United States Senator ship. For some time Mr. Turner has held the Senatorshlp in contemplation, but he had not Intended to begin his cam paign until late in the Summer, at which time he proposed to retire from the Commission. Recently, however, it was whispered about that Mr. Tumulty, private sec retary to President Wilson, was urging Mr. Wilson to call for Turner's resig nation, in order to provide the $7500 office for ex-Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, a staunch Wilson leader. When the reports spread In official circles. friends of Turner informed the Presl dent and Mr. Tumulty that Turner was the backbone of the American Commis slon, and insisted that he be continued to cope with the Canadian Commis sioners. "To h with Turner." it is said was Tumulty's tart answer to those inter ceding in Turner's behalf. "He made us too much trouble at the Baltimore convention." When Turner learned there was such opposition to him on the part of the. President's secretary he decided to re sign promptly. SCHOOL HAS NO PUPILS But Teacher Goes Each Day and De, niands Money Each Month. PASCO, Wash.,' Jan. 16. (Special.) Franklin County has a unique condi tion prevailing in one of the rural school districts. There were but two pu-tls in the district at the tlmo the directors contracted with a teacher for six months school. The mother of the two pupils, owing to some dissatisfac tion witn tne teacher, and being a teacher herself, decided to open a priv ate school for her boys, according to laws of the state. The teacher goes to the school each day and has done so for two months, but has never had any pupils. The teacher demands hia warrant and receives It at the end of each month. ROME RENOUNCES TANGO Society Leaders Con for pi to Orders of Vicar-General. ROME. Jan. 16. A majority of the women of the Roman aristocracy have decided to conform to instructions Is sued yesterday by Cart Inal Basllio Pompili, vicar-general of Rome, and banish the tango from their salons and otherwise discourage the dance. Cardl nal Pomplll, representing Pope Plus, de nounced the tango and said it must be prohibited in Rome. FLORENCE, Jan. 16. The archbishop of Florence. Most Rev. A. Mistrangelo, in a letter to the local diocesan news paper. Joins Cardinal Pomplll in his condemnation of the tango. The arch bishop enclosed in the letter a sub scription for use In printing a pamph let which will be used to combat the dance. HEAVY EARTHQUAKE FELT Towns Near Japanese Volcano Beset by New Terrors. IC AGO SHIM A, Japan. Jan. 16. Al tnougn tne volcano batcura-jima was not active today, severe earthquake shocks were felt in t- of Ta rumizu and Ushlne, in the Province o Ozumi, which lies across Kagcshlma Bay to the east. The inhabitants fled these In terror, There were many casualties. Numer ous houses were destroyed. In variou place the movement of the earth caused large crevasses. The large quantities of lava and rock thrown out by Sakura-Jlma hav formed a neck which connects the is land on which it Is situated with th Province of Ozumi, a distance of jbou a mile. CARMEN'S WAGES RAISED Boston Elevated Employes Satisfied With Arbitrators' Award. B03TON, Jan. 16. Increased wage3 for many of the 9470 employes of the Boston Elevated Railway Company are provided for in the report of the arbi tration committee which had under consideration for six months the griev ances presented by the Carmen's Union. This report was mole today it a meet ing of the union. The advance awarded varied from a fraction of a cent an hour to 11 per cent of the weekly wages. Both sides had agreed to abide by the decision for at least one year. Tl-.e men expressed satisfaction with the award. SPECK OF RADIUM ARRIVES Government Receives $1500 Particle From Paris for Experiments. WASHINGTON, "Jan. 16. A tiny particle of radium, on which the Fed eral Bureau of Standards will base its experiments in an effort to standardize radium In the United States, was re ceived from Paris today. It weighs 20 milligrams and cost $1500. Only 30 grams of this substance is known to be In existence. DLE ARMY,- DRIVEN OUT, GU RSES ALBANY Return to Salem Is Re ported Intent. TV0 ARMIES MAY JOIN FORCES 'Ian to Hold Up Train Alleged, Dr. Marie Equi Takes Hand. TWO FIREMEN RESENT CALL Assistant Chief and Another Member Dismissed for Remarks Regard ing Plan to Turn Hose on Stnbborn Marchers. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) With Its members cursing the city and threatening to return later. Idle Army No. 1 was driven from Albany at 9:30 o'clock, today by Sheriff Bodl-". Chief of Police Austin and a number of spe cial officers, some 200 citizens follow ing. The men were Induced to leave only after the fire department had been called out and the hose made ready to drench them. As a result of this ac tion two firemen were dismissed when they criticised the spirit prompting the- call. Tonight the army is sheltered in an old schoolhouse at Shedds, 12 miles south of this city. Holdup Pinna Alleged. It Is reported here that the army. which Is considering abandoning Its southward march. Is planning to hold up a train and ride back northward to Join Army No. 2, which is marching southward from Oregon City, the plan being for the combined army to go to Salem and demand work from the Gov ernor. There is no definite foundation for this report, however. Dr. Marie Equi, a woman agitator, of Portland, is in Albany tonight and is understood to be-in tuch with Leader Rimer, of Army No. 1. Rimer was en deavoring to telephone to her at Salem when his cohorts were escorted out of town today. She left her hotel after dinner and has not returned. Keturn la Asitatcii. When Sherltf Boaine and the local police officers who remained with the army unt" " was about two miles be yond Albany, left the men this morn ing a meeting was held and many were In favor of coming back to this city, feeling aggrieved at the treatment they received here. Others counseled a southward advance, and the men went to Tangent, where the people provided a big dinner at 4 o'clock upon the promise of the army to move on as soon as It was eaten. Contrary to usual custom. Rimer and his wife walked with the army today. With the city officers remaining Arm in their determination not to provide food the army went to bed supperless last night. Shortly after midnight, though, a number of local men aroused them and fed them. Wishing to have tr.e men In a proper humor for marching, the city officers provided each man with a cup of cof fee and two big sandwiches this morn ing. Chief of Police Austin then in formed them that the army would have to move as soon as this breakfast was eaten. men Refuse to March. When the time came to march, Mr. and Mrs. Rimer were not present, hav ing gone to a telephone office. The men insisted on waiting until their re turn, but the city officers ordered them out. The men refused to move, so Chief of Police Austin sent In a call for the fire department. But by the time the firemen had the hose ready they thought better of it and marched out. No real trouble came until Mrs. Rimer caught up with the army and tried to turn them eastward. The men began to follow her but the police promptly turned them southward again. Mrs. Rimer only marched two blocks. Seventy-seven men marched out of Albany In the army this morning. Lead, ers asserted that S? men answered rollcall last night. For making the statement that never again would they respond to a call simi lar to that of today, when the fire de partment was summoned to use a stream of water in ejecting the army of unemployed, Edward C. Krause and Otto Swenson were discharged from the department. Krause was assistant chief of the department. IDLE ARMY NO. 2 AT M'COY Limited Facilities Prevent Orfer of Jobs by Railroud Man. M'MINNVILLE. Or., Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) Idle army No. 2, that was cared for here last -light by the city, left here this morning Immediately after breakfast had been given the men. The members were escorted out of the city by Sheriff Henderson, who report ed this evening that he left them at the boundary line between Tolk and Yamhill counties. The marchers camped at McCoy, in Polk County, tonight. Dinner was provided at Amity. At Whlteson. six miles south of here, the foreman of a crew -vorklng on the overhead wires would have given them employment, out did not have any quarters or place to shelter them. r