VOL. L.VI. NO. 17,281.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 191G.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MAN AND GIRL DIE;
MYSTERY IN NOTES
Walla-Walla Hotel Is
Scene of Tragedy.
MRS. JOE HOWARD
COMMITS SUICIDE
GERMANS IN MASS
ATTACK ARE MOWED
CITIZENSHIPCHANGE
BRITAIN If! ROLE OF
CHAMPIONS OF WEAK
CAUSES ODD TANGLE
CAPTAIN OF SAILING SHIP IE
I IES BRITISH CUIISEK.
ACTOIt-WRITEjrS Bit IDE OF 4
WEEKS SHOOTS SELF.
WIFE OF ALIEN ACTS AS KEG
ISTKAK AT HARLOW.
MINES AND SHELLS
BESET NORWEGIAN
T. R. "PERNICIOUS"
OECSo'lRflES
i
Candidacy Is Described
as Periodical.
POISON AND REVOLVER USED
Couple Are Student, 18, and
Marriage Relative, 50.
CORONER'S INQUEST IS ON
Cause of Young Woman's Dentil Xot
I'ull.v Determined Deaitse of
Pair Makes Third by Vio
lence in 2 1 Hours.
"WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April 10.
Special.) The result either of a mur
der and suicide or a double suicide, the
bodies of Mary Hawn, IS, and C. M.
Frazier. 50. were found on a bed in a
room in the Grand Hotel this evening, j
Both were fully dressed, except tliat
the man had removed his coat. The
man's head was at the foot of the bed,
the girl's at the head. Coroner Cook
erly estimated they had been dead 12
hours.
It i.s supposed that the girl's death
was due to poisoning, as some small
apsules containing a white powder
were found near, though marks on the
neck may show strangulation. The
girl's face was not distorted, however.
The man used a revolver on himself,
muffling the report with a blanket.
Considerable time elapsed after death
before the bodies were discovered.
Faniillett Are Related.
A daughter of the man married the
girl's father several years ago, after
the death of the girl's mother, making
him the girl's step-grandfather. The
girl's home is in Toppenlsh. and she
had been attending St. Vincent's Acad
emy here. The man is said to be a
traveling man, though he looks more
like a retired farmer. He had been
at the hotel two weeks. He is supposed
to be from the central part of the
state.
Two notes were left. There is a
mystery in this, both being in the
same handwriting. The girl's simply
raid: "Notify ' Mr."'-"TViinie" Hebbs, 410
South Toppenish avenue, Toppenish,
Wah." The man's said: "bear
Daughter: This is to say good-by. I
hate to do this, but am powerless to
prevent it. You will find my papers
In my satchel. May God forgive."
Papers found in his valise showed
he owned a restaurant in Prosser and
some stock in a Wendell, Idaho, mine.
Inspection of the satchel's contents
tonight showed the papers were rela
tive to his business affairs, and a mu
tual benefit policy for $1500 from
T'nited States Railway Mail Service;
$300 of the sum was to go to the girl
end the balance to his daughter. The
correspondence showed that he had
planned to transfer it all to the girl.
I.dhk Walks Taken.
The man and the girl have been in
the habit of taking long, walks to
gether. He has been paying for her tuition
et St. Vincent's Academy and has vis
ited her frequently.
The girl left the academy yesterday
afternoon about 2 o'clock and did not
return.
The discovery was made about 3 :0
this afternoon by the chambermaid.
She was sent up from the office to
learn if Miss Hawn was in the room,
an inquiry having come from St. Vin
cent's Academy because of the girl's
nonappearance. The man had been
in the habit of sleeping until about
noon, or later.
A Coroner's jury was called for to
night and adjourned till tomorrow
morning. An autopsy will be performed
on the girl tonight to determine the
cause of death.
The girl's father is L. O. Hawn, who
lives at Ellensburg. He-has been noti
fied, and is expected to arrive tomor
row. .
This is the third violent death here
In. 24 hours. Alice Welles committed
t-'iiiclde last night by taking carbolic
acid. She left a note, but gave no
reason for the act.
TURKS REPULSE BRITISH
Attack on Lines at Tigris ISiver
Fails to Break Through.
I.OXDOX. April 10. Lieutenant-General
Sir Percy Lake, commander of the
Pritish forces in Mesopotamia,' reports
that the British attack on the Turkish
position at Sannayyat. on the Tigris
liiver just below Kut-el-Amara, failed
to break through the Turkish lines.
The report says the operations were
much hampered by floods, which are
extending.
LA FOLLETTE HAS 15 VOTES
Majority of Wisconsin Ielegates In
structed for Him.
MILWAUKEE, April 10. The list of
La Follette delegates to the Republican
National Convention was Increased to
day when the official count of the
Second District showed that both La
Follette delegates were elected instead
of one.
The latest figures now show that La
Follette will have 15 delegates from
Wisconsin and Governor Philipp 11.
Order to Stop in Dangerous Part
of Sea Disregarded Despite
Four Shots From Warship.
NEW YORK, April 10. The Brab
loch, a Norwegian sailing vessel, which
arrive,! today from Kolding, Denmark,
reported escaping from a choice of de
struction between floating mines and
guns of a British cruiser when she was
beating through the passage between
the Orkney Islands and Scotland.
When off the coast of Scotland the
Brabloch encountered winds so heavy
that she was driven into 'the Orkney
passages, which, unknown to her cap
tain, are mined and closed to all but
naval vessels.
When half way through a British
cruiser ordered the ship to lay to. Be
ing at the helm of a "windjammer" and
a gale blowing, the captain declined to
maneuver in the dangerous waters.
Four shots from the cruiser stili
failed to convince him that he was In
more danger from the cannon than
from the mines and he kept on. It was
not until he reached open waters that
he hove to and received a boat from
the pursuing cruiser.
The naval officer threatened to take
the Brabloch into' a prize court, but
when the captain convinced him that
the ship was in ballast and bound for
New York for a munitions cargo for
England he allowed her to proceed.
INSULT TO FLAG PROBED
Lalior Official Accused of Shouting:
'Down With Stars' and Stripes!"
NEW YORK, April 10. Mayor Mitchel
today requested President William G.
Willcox, of the Boaad of Education, to
investigate an alleged insult to the
American flag at a. meeting held here
last night in the Washington Irving
High School. Pointing out the state
law covering such offenses, the Mayor
said :
"It seems to me unspeakable that
there should be heard in a public school
in this city such utterances as I under
stand were made."
The speaker-to whom the alleged in
sult was attributed was James H.
Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor. In oppos
ing the proposed establishment of a
state constabulary in New York, he
was quoted as having shouted:
"Down with the Stars and Stripes!"
LAKE PORTS ICE-POUND
100,000,000 Tons of Iron Ore and
drain Await Shipment.
CLEVELAND. April 10. Backward
ness in the opening of the navigation
season, together with great increase in
demand, has caused a congestion of
freight in Lake ports amounting to
100,000,000 tons of iron ore and grain,
according to a statement issued by the
Lake Carriers' Association.
The weather continues to hold the
ice in Upper Lake ports and it probably
will be May 1 Tiefore navigation really
is under way, says the statement.
VOTE FOR WILSON GAINS
Milwaukee Total 10,0 00 More
Than for Clark and Wilson, 1916.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 10. President-Wilson
polled as Presidential can
didate at the recent primary election
21,299 votes in Milwaukee County, with
several precincts still missing.
This, compared with four years ago,
shows that President Wilson received
practically 10,000 more votes in Mil
waukee County than was polled for
both himself and Speaker Clark in
1!12. when the total was 14, SCI.
DEFENSE FOLK USE D0D0
Emblem of Extinct Bird Portrays
"Defenselessness."'
CHICAGO. April 10. A wood and pa
pier mache figure of a dodo, emblem of
defenseless, carried on a ponderous mo
tortruck, was drawn through the down
town streets of Chicago today. ,
It was the answer of preparedness
advocates to a demonstration of last
Saturday, when a huge figure of a
dinosaur labeled "all armor and no
brains," was paraded through the
streets by anti-preparedness forces.
CIVILIANS TO HAVE CAMP
Applications for Enrollment Pour
In to General .Wood.
FORT TERRY. N. Y April 10. A
civilian military encampment "on lines
similar to the Plattsburg camp. It was
learned today, will be held here during
July. It is expected that between 500
and 1500 men will be in quarters dur
ing that period. ' .
Many applications for enrollment, it
is said, have been made already to
Major-General Leonard Wood.
HYDE CASE IS REOPENED
State Files New Poisoning Charge to
Prevent Dismissal.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 10. Anew
information, charging Dr. B. Clarke
Hyde, of Kansas City, with poisoning
Colonel Thomas H. Swope, millionaire
philanthropist, by strychnine and cyan
ide of potassium, was filed by the Pros
ecuting Attorney today.
The new information was made nec
essary by motions for the defense, who
sought to quash further prosecution.
SUPPORT WILL NOT BE GIVEN
j Sporadic Support Ascribed to
L Declarations for Defense.
BOSTON REPORT DENIED
Statement Calls Attention to Simul
taneous Appearance at "Boston
of Mr. Koosevclt and Story
of Xew York's Fealty.
NEW YORK. April 10. (Special.)
The enmity between William Barnes
and Colonel Roosevelt that began in
1910 over the Republican Gubernatorial
nomination and has continued with in
creasing bitterness on both sides ever
since is not going to tie patched up
this year. Mr. Barnes emphasized that
fact today when he issued a statement
denying there was any truth in a re
port from Boston that at a recent
Harvard dinner he had said there was
a possibility of the Colonel's obtain
ing the Republican nomination this
year and that he would be prepared to
support him for election.
Mr. Barnes hinted there was a con
nection between appearance of- this
story from Boston and Mr. Roosevelt's
appearance in that city.
T. It. Called I'ernlelou.
The very idea of his recognizing the
likelihood of the Colonel's nomination
and that he would support him in this!
event Mr. Barnes described as a char
acteristic slander upon his knowledge
of political conditions as well as upon
his character. He went still further
and made this comment on the Colonel:
"Mr. Roosevelt Is an enemy of the
American Republic and the most per
nicious influence in this country upon
the public' mind not even excepting
Mr. Bryan."
Mr. Barnes issued the following
statement:
"This year the periodical candidacy
of Mr. Roosevelt for President of the
United States Is based upon ".Vmeri
eanism,' and such sporadic support as
he Is receiving comes from his declara
tion in behalf of proper National de
fense. IlisrhiM of Other Ignored la ('barge.
"Mr. Roosevelt is not responsible for
any natural phenomenon nor has he
a patent on the obvious. That this
country should be properly defended
as It is not deefnded now is not open
to debate.
"There is a principle of Americanism,
however, which is foreign to Mr.
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Hotel in Omaha Is Scene of Tragedy,
Following Xervous Attack.
Father Is Millionaire.
OMAHA. Neb., .April 10. Mrs. Joseph
E. Howard, daughter of Michael Kil
gallon, millionaire steel magnate of
Chicago, and wife of Joseph E. How
ard, actor and writer of popular songs,
committed suicide by shooting at a
local hotel tonight. An actress ac
quaintance, who was with her at the
time, said Mrs. Howard was tempo
rarily demented.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard were married In
Los Angeles four weeks ago. In Omaha
today she saw her husband for the sec
ond time since her marriage. Mrs.
Howard was described as being nerv
ous. She told him she intended to leave
for Chicago in the afternoon, but later
changed her mind.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Howard tele
graphed her father to meet her in Salt
Lake City. The father complied, but
it is reported did not see his son-in-law.
Joe Howard monopolized the spot
light in Portland about two months ago
when he was made the defendant in a
sensational breach of promise suit
brougHt by Mrs. Edah Witherspoon, of
7402 Fifty-sixth street Southeast. He
was playing at the Orpheum Theater
at the time.
Mrs. Witherspoon, who is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. I' Reiman. con
tended that Howard had failed to keep
his promise to marry her, so she asked
$50,000 damages.
Howard did not seem to take the suit
seriously. He admitted that he had
promised to marry Mrs. Witherspoon.
He insisted he was not in earnest. He
left town without even filing an answer
to the suit.
He allowed it to come to trial by de
fault. Mrs. Witherspoon, on March 22,
obtained judgm.-.nt for $6833.
RELIGION HELDJOO CHEAP
God Gets Part of Surplus After Dis
sipation, Says Minister.
NEW YORK, April 10. "New York
spends $1,000,000 a day in dissipation
and the Nation $500,000,000 a year for
moving pictures, but our religion is not
costing us enough," declared the Rev.
W. A. R. Goodwin, of Rochester, N. Y.,
at the New York convention of the Lay
men's Missionary Movement here to
night. "We give God a part of what we have
left after we have amply provided for
ourselves," he added.
UNFILLED ORDERS BIG
Itecord for March Greatest in His
tory of Steel Corporation.
NEW YORK. April 10. The monthly
statement of unfilled orders of the
United States Steel Corporation, Issued
today, again broke all .records.
The orders stood on March 31 at
9,331,001 tons, an increase of 762,035
tons over February 29, when they were
8,568,966 tons, the previous high record.
Assault by 80,000 Ends
1 00 Yards From Foe.
HALF FALL IN VERDUN BATTLE
Three Attempts Made on 10
Mile Front; One Point Taken.
2 CORPS, IN ALL, ENGAGED
Onslaught Is Most Determined and
Results Are Less Than Any of
50-Day Battle, Says Paris.
French Arc Encouraged.
PARIS, April 10. Abandoning the
new open formation and the lately es
tablished practice, of night attack, the
Germans yesterday engaged two army
corps (80,000 men) in dense masses
against the French positions northwest
of Verdun, between Avocourt and
Cumieres.
Forces numbering at least a division
and a half (about 30,000 men) charged
the line between Avocourt and Bethin
court. They approached within 100
yardspf the French trenches, and
seemed insensible to the fact that hun
dreds of their men were falling by the
way; but notwithstanding their cour
age and the weight of their masses
they were stopped. There-was a dead
line beyond which they could not pass.
French I.lnc Holds Firm.
When the attacking columns were
thinned out by artillery and machine
gun fire so that a reformation became
necessary, the order to retire was
given.
Twice they were obliged to fill up
the gaps in their ranks, but none of
their three onslaughts shook the
French line, which had been consider
ably strengthened in the region of
Bethincourt by the withdrawal of
forces from the dangerously exposed
salient to commanding positions be
hind the village.
Two fresh divisions attacked Dead
Man's Hill while the assault was in
progress on the Bethoincourt line, other
forces at the same time trying to elip
through the ravine near Cumieres.
Action Proven I nmici c ul.
To aid the maneuver, an attack was
simultaneously made on the east bank
of the Meuse in the region of Champ-neuville-Vacherauville.
The few hun
dred men who had succeeded in pene
trating the ravine were left on "the
field after the action proved unsuc
cessful, y
A third attack at the same time was
delivered on a position strongly or
ganized by the French northwest of
Avocourt. the object seemingly to be
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Xew Official Named When Facts Are
Discovered Voters Must Uc-
Itegister Situation Xew One.
OREGON CITY, Or.. April 10. (Spe
cial.) The t wlce-changed citizenship
of W. F. White, of Barlow, has re
sulted In an entirely new kind of reg
istration tangle, affecting SO voters of
that town. County Clerk Iva Harring
ton made a trip to Barlow today to
straighten out the mess.
Mr. White was born in England, and
was naturalized here many years ago.
Later he spent seven years in Canada,
where he took a part in Canadian poli
tics and bought land from the Canadian
government. He was not aware of
the fact that his activity in the domin
ion in the north had revoked his citi
zenship In the United States, he said
today.
When the time came to appoint reg
istrars throughout the county. Clerk
Harrington named Mrs. A. M. White,
his wife as registrar. Mr. White pro
duced his naturalization papers as
registered, believing that he was a
full citizen. Mrs. White, acting in good
faith, proceeded with duties as regis
trar and enrolled the names of SO vote
ers on the poll records.
Saturday- Clerk Harrington heard of
Mr. White's residence in Canada and of
his loss of citizenship through his ac
tivities there. She appointed George
Berg registrar to take the place of Mrs.
White today, and it will be necessary
to re-register all the voters in the
precinct.
INTERNED SHIPS MAY SAIL
Britain to Consider Permitting Xeu
tral Vse of Germans.
LONDON, April 10. Any proposals
put forward by neutral governments
with the idea of obtaining immunity
from capture for vessels owned .In na
tions at war with Great Britain and
placed in service by neutrals will re
ceive careful consideration from the
British government.
The War Trade Minister. Lord Rob
ert Cecil, made this statement today in
response to a question In the House of
Commons. He said the government con
sidered the question of employment of
vessels belonging to hostile nations and
sheltered in neutral ports was a matter
lor neutral governments to decide.
OUTLAW REPORTED AT BAY
Fugitive From Auburn. Cal., Said to
lie Surrounded by Posse.
AUBURN. Cal., April in. James Cox,
who fled from Auburn yesterday, with
his brother, Roy, after seriously
wounding Constable I-''. H, Dependener,
was reported tonight surrounded at
Truckee, Cal., by a crowd of mure than
loo persons.
Constable Dependener was near death
tonight. A Sheriff's posse of l'M men.
headed by a pack of bloodhounds, was
on the trail of the Cox brothers.
ASSASSINS THROW BOMBS
Amov, China. Police Chief Is Target
but He Escapes.
AMOY, China. April 10. An attempt
was made today to assassinate the chief
of the military police. A bomb thrown
through a window of his residence dam
aged the building badly, but no one was
Injured. The assassins escaped.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati
arrived here today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, "
degrees ; minimum, 47 degrees.
TOD A Y'S Showers ; w esterly winds.
Mexico.
Troops from border patrol to be pent into
Mexico. Paso 2.
War. .
Nine nrnrp starrtPrs torpedopd. Pai: 3.
Norwegian saHiiifc phip defies British
cruiser and escapes destruction by mines.
1Jage 1.
Ofrmans in ma.offl attnfk aro mowed down
at Verdun. Pase 1.
Premier Asquith gives I3rl tain's position as
champion of weak peoples. Page 1.
Nat ional.
Oreeon delegation to confer w!th Secretary
Daniels on Astoria naval baso on
Wednesday. Pape 1G.
House approves Oregon and "Washington
features in rivers and harbors bill.
Pae 5.
Tariff on dyestuffs rejected. Pace i.
Domestic.
Grandnephew of Zachary Taylor on trial
for alleged murder. Page li.
Illinois to hold elections today. Page 4.
Paciic Mail to resume steamship service to
Orient. Page 4.
Sports.
Rose Festival regatta plans laid. Pace 1
O'ympic games called off until li20. i-'aso 12.
Boxrs will vie at Rose Otty Club tonight.
Pago
Pari fir North wet.
Girl, IS. man. 4-f d io in Walla Walla hotel
ra ged y. Pa go 1 .
Klection registrar at Barlow is found to be
an alien. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Continued demand from East for wheat.
Page 17.
Chicago wheat market advances on poor
crop reports. Page 17.
Improved international situation benefits
stock market. Page 17.
Active cattle and hog trade at local yards.
Page 17.
Third message sent advocating Astoria as
naval base. Page 16.
Rumor of big boat building contract heard.
Page 16.
Portland and Vlolnity.
Fine hazards are found in moving picture,
plants. Page 10.
TJnited States Bureau of Commerce estab
lishes local office. Page 16.
Business men's excursion to Yakima val
ley Ls planned. Page 0.
Mrs. Beekman gives her version of High
way motor accident. Page 7,
Engineers accused of bias threaten to with
draw from sewer Investigation, Page 18.
Portland musicians give luncheon for Walter
Damroseh and Joeef Hofmann, Page 4,
Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT,
Intent Not to Destroy
Foe, Says Asquith.
DEFEAT POSSIBILITY SCORNED
Premier Says Prussia Shall
Not Sway Free Peoples.
DICTATION IS OPPOSED
Destruction of Military Domination
Only Sought Woe of I Topic of
Poland and "Belgium Cited
Sample of Gorman Plan.
LONDON', April 10. On the occasion
of a government reception to visiting
French Senators and Deputies at Lan
caster House tonight. Premier Asquith
took the opportunity to reply to the
speech recently delivered in the Reich
stag: by the Imperial Gorman Chancellor,
Dr. von Bethniann-Hollweg.
Those present Included Earl Ivit-li-ener,
the Marquis of Lansdowne. Sir
Edward Grey, J. Austin Chamberlain.
Sir "Walter Runcimun, Lewis Harcourt.
Viscount Dryce, -V. J. Balfour and Lord
Robert Cecil. The Premier, in propos
ing1 the toast, '"Our Guests," referred
to Von Bcthmann-Hollweg's claim to
readiness on the part of Germany to
negotiate peace, and said:
"The German Chancellor wants us -to
assume the attitude of a defeated foe
to a victorious adversary, but we are
not defeated: we are not going to b--defeated.'
Allien Itrfune to Amend Terms.
Reiterating that the entente allies
were prepared only for peace on the
terms of his declaration of November.
1914. Mr. Asquith proceeded:
"The Chancellor first misquotes my
language, then proceeds to distort its
obvious meaning- and intention. Great
Britain and France entered the war not
to strangle Germany or wipe her off
the map of Europe; nut to destroy or
mutilate her national life: certainly not
to interfere with, to use the Chan
cellor's language the free exercise of
her peaceful endeavors.
As a result of the war we intend to
establish tlie principle that interna
tional problems must lie handled by
free negotiations on equal terms be
tween free peoples, and this settlement
shall no longer he hampered or swayed
by the over-mastering dictation of a
government controlled by a military
caste. That is what I mean by the de
struction of the military domination of
Prussia nothing more, but nothing
less."
Germanic Poland Said to Be Aim.
Referring to the fate of Serbia and
Montenegro following a similar fate
suffered by Belgium, the Premier said:
"We are in this struggle the cham
pions, not only of treaty rights, but
of the independent status and free de
velopment of weaker countries. In the
circumstances cynicism could hardly go
further than in the Chancellor's claim
that it is for Germany of all powers
to insistt when peace comes, upon 'giv
ing various races a chance for free
evolution along the lines of their
mother tongue and national individ
uality. Apparently this principle is to
be applied, I suppose, on approved Prus
sian lines, both in Poland and Bel
gium." Contending that the Poles have had
an illuminating experience of the Ger
man ideas of a free evolution of this
kind. Mr. Acquith continued:
"The attempt to Germanize Poland
has been for the last 20 years at once
the strenuous purpose and colossal fail
ure of Prussian domestic policy. No
body knows this better than the Chan
cellor, for he has been one of its prin
cipal 'instruments.
rnufln llrntality Cited.
"The wholesale strikes of Polish
children against the attempts to force
the employment of the German lan
guage, the barbarous floggings in
flicted upon them, the arrest and im
prisonment of their mothers form :i
black chapter even in the annals of
Prussian culture. I is with this rec-.
ord that the Chancellor sheds tears
over the fate of what he calls the long
suppressed Flemish race. I wonder
what the Flemish race itself thinks of
the prospect the Chancellor opens to it?
"The Chancellor says that after the
war there must be a new Belgium,
which must not be a Franco-English
vassal, but between whose people and
the Germans, who burned their
churches, pillaged their towns, tram
pled their liberties, there is to be in
the future 'the coljaboration of neigh
bors.' "My answer is a very simple one.
The allies desire and are determined
to see once again the old Belgium. She
must not be allowed to suffer perma
nently from the wanton, wicked in
vasion of her freedom, and that which
has been broken down must be re
paired and restored."
700,000 Jews Xeed Aid.
BERLIN. April 10. At a meeting of
the relief committee for Indigent Jews
the president said that 700,000 Jews in
the occupied districts of Poland re
quired assistance.
Thus- far nearly 000, 000 has been
tipent in relief work, which has been
made possible largely by help of Jews
in America.
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