PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LY. NO. 1G,932. ROBBER DROPS III RUNNING BATTLE Grocer Fells Man Who Tries to Rob. WOUNDED MAN'S PAL ESCAPES Closing-Up Hour Is Set Desperate Trick. for FRANK RUPERT STUNNED Jefferson and Eleventh Streets Store Scene of riot to Rob Money Taken l"rom Cash Register Re covered Pursuit Hot. Pistol shots ran? out in the busy West Side streets last night, and be fore the bewildered eyes of the theater going crowds Oscar Johnson, with a criminal accord, and Frank Rupert, a groceryman. engaged in a desperate running duel. Johnson was brought to bay with . a bullet wound in his leg. A sack of coins. J33.94 in value, that he had taken from Rupert's store at Eleventh and Jefferson streets, was found in bis pocket at the police station. Rupert is suffering from a deep gash In his forehead Inflicted by the robber striking him with his revolver. He is not seriously hurt. Twa Katrr Store Together. Johnson and a pal entered the Rupert store at 7:15 o'clock, just as the grocer was about to close up for the night. Rupert and Chester Stinnett, a 11-year-old boy who assists him about the store, were the only persons In the place. "We want some clears, " said one of the men. Then the two began talking in whispers. Rupert grew suspicious. He went to his cash register, where he habitually keeps a revolver. The men evidently grew suspicious of Rupert. They stepped toward him briskly. One of thrm pointed a sun to Rupert s t-toma.-li. "Throw up your hands!" he de manded. Grerrrtnaa la MtiKcrd. Rupert slowly put up his hands, but before he had elevated them to a level with his head he grappled with the stranger. They scuffled. jOne of them rapped Rupert over the head. The croccryman was stunned. The men then proceeded to tho cash register and rifled it with ease and deliberation. F.r tbe time they went out the door Rupert had sufficiently recovered from the blow to start in pursuit. lie seized his revolved and bolted after them. The men ran west on Jefferson street to Twelfth. Rupert, in close pursuit, fired three shots before they turned the corner at Twelfth and Jefferson streets. The men hesitated for a moment and sped north on Twelfth street. The pis tol shots attracted people from nearby apartmcnt-hnusea and caused others on their way to the- theaters to stop in alarm. Many joined In the chase. At Twelfth and Main streets the two men separated. Mudeat Tries Tackle. One of the pair continued ou Twelfth street to Salmon, thence to Fourteenth, where Anthony Iadc, a student, tried to tackle the fleeing robber, football style. Just then Rupert took another shot and the bullet whistled past young Lane's ear. The lail quickly stepped into a convenient doorway. Leo Koochet attempted to stop the man at Twelfth and Salmon streets, but with no success. Meanwhile the crowds kept iolg!ng between the rob- ber and his relentless pursuer and pre sented Rupert from firing effectively. The robber dodged back and forth through) the streets, evidently trying to work his way toward Washington street. At Thirteenth and Alder streets Rupert emptied his revolver and the robber turned and fired two shots, which went wild of their mark. Ru pert's last shot took effect. Ex-Pallremaa Urtn Surrender, At that moment II. A. Foster, an ex- policeman, came up, revolver in hand, and demanded the holdup man's sur render. Tho man threw tip his. hand and dropped his revolver to the side walk. Suffering pain from his wound, be sank to the ground. He was taken quickly to a drugstore at Thirteenth and Washington streets. Ex-Sberiff Stevens and several pa trolmen took him to Good Samaritan Hospital. The man refused to talk to the police and would not give his name. The money that he had taken from Ru pert's cash register was found in an ' outside coat pocket. It is probable that the other man also got some of the loot. The man who got away is described by Rupert as probably 2i years of age. weighing 155 pounds, dark complex ioned, . smooth, faced, square Jawed, wearing dark clothes, soft shirt and soft hat. COSTUMES CAUSE BLUSHES Carter Harrison Objects to Garb of Women Riding Horseback. CHICAGO. March 1. Society women riding horseback on Lake Shore Drive wear costumes to make the most hard ened blush. Mayor Harrison said today, la refusing to permit interference with the conduct of Saturday night dances among working girls. H. J. SCHULDERMAN SUCCEEDS WATSON PORTLAND IAWVER TO BE COR PORATIO.V COMMISSIONER. (.nveirmr Suvs Change Will Soon Be Made Under Authority Con ferred by Moser law. Henry J. Schulderman, of Portland l.aa been designated, by Governor Wlthycombe to succeed Ralph Watson as Corporation Commissioner. The appointment will be made in the near future under authority given the Gov ernor by the Moser bill, but the change is not expected to become effective for several weeks. Mr. Schulderman is an attorney and lives at Nineteenth and Glisan streets. He la 40 years of age. the son of P. H. Schulderman, of this city, and a native of Oregon. He was graduated, from Bishop Scott Academy and from the law department of the University of Oregon. He has served several terms of enlistment In the Oregon National Guard. Before beginning the practice of law he was for about 11 years manager of the Merchants' Express & Transporta tion Company, operating between Port land and Vancouver, Wash. Later he was superintendent, under his father, of the screened mail-wagon service for the Federal Government, having con tracts for transporting the mail be tween the Portland postofflce and the railway stations. Mr Schulderman has been a close friend of Governor Wlthycombe tor many years and had an active part in managing his primary campaign last Spring. Mr. Watson is a former Portland newspaper man and for the nrsi mo years of Governor West's term was private secretary to the Governor. When the "blue sky" law was 'passed he was appointed Corporation Com missioner. He has been admitted to the bar and in anticipation of the change has arranged to come to Port land and probably will begin to prac tice law here. MARCH ENTERS AS LAMB Springlike Appearance Bodes Fury of Lion on Exit Read Signs. 'Ware the Hon on March 31. That is, if there is any truth in signs, for March came in yesterday like a lamb, with a blue and soft-clouded Spring sky. This is supposed to indi cate that tho exit of the month will be as stormy as Its entrance has been peaceful. However, the groundhog prediction fell through this season, and it is pos sible that the prediction of March going out like a lion may fall aa well. Spring will not be here officially until March 21, but it certainly made an un official call yesterday, for every school playground had the unmistakable Spring playtime appearance, with from half a dozen to half a hundred boys out with their mitts and baseballs. MILK IN NATIONAL TEST Portland Product to Be Entered In Contest at San Francisco. Portland is going to prove its right to the oft-made assertion that It has the purest milk supply of any oily in the United States. Dr. D. W. Mack, head of the city's milk inspection bureau, announced yesterday that Portland milk will be entered In a Na tional contest at the Panama Pacific Exposition. According to Government records Portland has had the best milk supply for about a year. In a contest of cities of the Northwest last Fall first place was accorded Portland. Competition will be for certified, pasteurised and market milk. ASSASSIN STRIKES IN VAIN Envcr Pasha and Talaat Rey Objects of Unsuccessful Attack. PARIS. March 1. 5:40 P. M. The Temps prints a dispatch from Sofia saying that news has been received there from Constantinople that an un successful attempt was made yester day to assassinate Envcr Pasha. Turk ish Minister of War, and Talaat Bey, Turkish Minister of the Interior. An attempt on the life of Talaat Bey was reported from Sofia February 26. He was fired at by a man In tbe street, but was uninjured. LIQUOR KEPT FROM CLUBS Whisky's Best Uses Preserving Dead and Killing Lire Men, Court Says. JACKSON, Miss., March 1. The Mis sissippi Supreme Court today upheld the May-Mott-Lewis law prohibiting the keeping of Intoxicants in social clubs. In its decision the court quoted the following: "Whisky Is a good thing in its place. There is nothing like It for preserving a man when he is dead. If you want to keep a dead man. put him in whis ky; if you want to kill a live man, put whisky in him." UTAH HOUSE VOTES DRY Senate Measure Is Amended, How ever, Affecting Chu relies. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. March 1. The Wooten state-wide prohibition bill passed the House today by a vote of 40 to 5. It passed the Senate about two weeks ago. The Senate bill was amended by the House to prohibit the manufacture of wine for sacramental or personal use. and to make it effective July 1, 1916, instead of June 1. 1916. GERMANY CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC Allies' Fleets to Stop All Ships En Route. BRITAIN'S STAND RETALIATORY Asquith Cheered as He Gives England's New Policy. TERM BLOCKADE NOT USED Premier In Carefully Prepared Statement Announces That Com bined Fleets Will Keep All Supplies From Germany. C:iU2AT TRADE CUT OFF. WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. (Spe cial.) By the "unlimited block ade" of their enemies, the allies hope to cut off their trade with the world, which prior to tho war was valued as follows: Germany. $4,800,000,000. Austria-Hungary. Jl, 200, 000,000. Turkey. $275,000,000. The trade of these countries with the United States during the last year of peace was valued at: Germany. $5.15.000.000. Austria-Hungary. $51,000,000. Turkey, $12,263,000. LONDON, March 3. If the combined fleets of Great Britain and France can prevent it no commodities of any kind except those now on the seas shall henceforth, until the conclusion of the war, reach or leave the shores of Ger many. This is England's answer to Ger many's submarine blockade and it :s to be effective forthwith. Premier Asquith, reading from a pre pared statement, made this announce ment in the House of Commons this afternoon at a session which will be historic. Studiously avoiding the terms 'blockade'" and "contraband" for these words occur nowhere in the prepared statement the Premier explained that after this day the allies considered themselves Justified In attempting, and would attempt,- to "detain and take Into port ships carrying good of pre sumed enemy destination, ownership or origin." Melf Defease rlea Made. The Premier emphasized, however, that vessels and cargoes so seized were not necessarily liable to confiscation and begged the patience of neutral countries in the face of a step through which thcywere likely to suffer. He added that in making such a step the allies had done so in self defense. "We are quite prepared," he went on, "to submit to tb- arliltraraont of (Concluded on Piffe UNCLE SAM I'LL BE HANGED INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather, YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 53.S degrees: minimum. 39.0 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; northwest wind. War. Premier Asquith declares absolute blockade of Germany. Page 1. Germans are keeping pact In Belgium and permit distribution of relief supplies. Page 3. Hoax that Russians had reinforced British troops in France is laid to Kitchener, i'age 2. Domestic. Oreeon rules majestically at Panama-Pacific Exposition for day. Page 1. Japanese think little of Chinese boycott. Page 1. ( Fair by night is insplrer of awe, writes Anne Shannon Monroe. Page 4. Sports. McCredle, at Fresno, announces Beavers will get only two meals a day Jn training season. Page 6. "Pop"' Dillon has the Angels lined up al ready. Page 6. Federal aid Is pledged in biological survey for Oregon. Page tt. Pacific Northwest. Frank Stelngrandt, of Foster, walks 43 miles in race to court. Page 1. Seattle criticised for extravagant construc tion of public ducks. Page I. Commercial and Marine. j Local wheat holders not alarmed declines in Eastern market. Page lo. Chicago wheat slumps on- embargo an nouncement. Page 15. Stock values not seriously affected by de velopments abroad. Pago la. rorlland and Vicinity. Y. M. C. A. plans whirlwind close in cam paign forluOO members. Page 11. Ninety idle win relief for families by clean ing uo gulches. Page 11. Clubmen parade In interest of show to raise Inarch Trail funds. Page 11. State convention of Daughters of American Kevoluttoti opens tomorrow. Page lo. $25,000 LEFT TO NURSE Chicago Banker Makes Bequest to Resident of Roscburg. ROSBBURG. Or., March l.-T-(Special.) In appreciation of her kindness and efficiency while attending members of his family during illness, W. J. Wilson a wealthy banker of Chicago, has be- aucathed $25,000 to Miss Florence Brooks, a trained nurse of this city A. telegram announcing that Miss Brooks was to share the estate was received here today. During her resi dence in Chicago in 1910 and 1911 Miss Brooks twice nursed Mr. Wilson, and she also attended his wife during her last illness. Miss Brooks, who is employed as a nurse at Mercy Hospital here, refused to comment on her legacy further than to say that she loved her work and would continue to be a nurse. Miss Brooks has lived here about two years. BAN PUT ON ROLLER SKATE Salciu Ordinance Provides Penalty for Use in Business District. SALEM. Or., March 1. (Special.) The City Council tonight passed an ordinance prohibiting roller skating on streets in the business district. This form of amusement has flour ished in Salem for the past year. Sev eral skaters have had narrow escapes from serious injury. A fine of from $1 to J5 is the penalty for, a violation of this ordinance. English Author Is Bead. LONDON". March. 1. Frank T. Bul len. the English author and lecturer, died today at Madeira. He was best known as a writer of sea stories. He was born in 1857. IF I CAN SEE ANYTHING TO BE 'C PIIIC ATovivilLES WALKED OREGON U NULL IS Building Is Center of Vast Human Mass. THOUSANDS FEAST ON APPLES Formalities Give Way to Gen uine Cordiality. ALL INVITED TO STATE Robert A. Booth, Representing iov crnor Wlthycombe, Declares Loy alty of States to JSach. Other. Woman Also Is Speaker. BY ASXE SHANNON MONROE. OREGON BUILDING, San Francisco, Mac. L (Special.) Blue skies and sunshine blessed vOregon's formal nncnlnr todav at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. People began filling the grounds early and by i o'clock it seemed that a large proportion of them had neara about those Oregon apples which were to be distributed after the dedicatory services, for the crowd gathered about the building made a black seething mass, which no attempt could be made to seat. The speakers' stand was arranged on the north veranda o the handsome log building, directly in front of the tall est flag pole In the world, where Ore- eon's flag was to be unfurled, ana overlooking the lovely blue waters of San Francisco Bay. Building Amazes Kaalcra Folk. The elements had done their best, every flag was waving gaily about the building and the structure itself al ready a point of intense interest to Kastern visitors stood out iir acceler ate majesty and dignity, its huge col umns of native trees seeming to re spond, to the admiration they evoked. On the speakers' stand were Commis- ioncrs and hostesses ' from nearly every building on the grounds, in addi tion to state, city and lair officials who were to participate. Judge Wolverton, of Portland, was chairman of the day. and Robert A. Booth, of Eugene, representing Governor Wittycombe, of Oregon, made the principal address, followed by D. O. Lively. There wero addresses from William B. Lamar, chairman of the United States Commission; .Jlayor James Rolph, Jr., of San Francisco, and Arthur Arlett, on behalf of Governor Johnson. Mr. Hale, vice-president or the Panama-Pacific International Ex position, presented the commemorative bronze plaque, which is a token of ap preciation from the Fair officials. After the Mayors speech the hand Ct'oncludod on Pace ) EXCITED ABOUT, THEODORE. FAR MAJESTIC iim pApr th rniiDT in unvsu i u vjuuh i FOSTER FARMER HURRIES TO ALBANY TO SAYK BOXD. Frank Stcingrandt, Accused of Threats Against Brother, Sees Train Leaves and Hikes ALBANY, Or., March 1. (Special.) Though he had walked 29 miles Sunday to reach Albany in time for the open ing of Circuit . Court this' morning. Frank Stelngrandt, of Foster, missed the train at Lebanon this morning and had to walk 14 miles more. Steingrandt had been bound over to keep the peace and, to prevent the for feiture of a $250 bond, had to bo In court at 9 o'clock this morning. To be sure to reach Lebanon at night, hd left his home. 13 miles above Sweet Home, at 2:30 in the morning yester day. He walked faster than he ex pected and reached Lebanon at 1:30 in the afternoon. He spent the nigh at the home of a friend near Leba, non and when lie went to the icpo this morning to take tho train for Albany it had been gone 10 minutes. Undaunted, he set forth on foot and walked to .Albany, covering the 1 miles in two and one-half hours. The complaining witness agalns him, his brother, failed to appear and the case was dismissed. Ilia brothc had alleged that Frank had threatened to shoot him. The charge was denied Stelngrandt Is one of the tallest men in Linn County, standing six feet five, and he used his long stride to good advantage in coming to court. PARTY SEEKS PUBLICITY Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Heads Xcw Republican Association. WASHINGTON, March 1. Organlza. tion of the Republican Publicity Asso ciation to conduct an educational cam paign in the interest of tlicfHcpublican party was announced here tonight. Its officers arc: President, Jonath Bourne, Jr.; vice-president. Senator Gallingcr, of New Hampshire; treas urer, Representative Madden, of 1111 nois; secretary, Anson W. Presoott. A statement announcing the asso ciation's purposes declares It will not participate in any campaign for the nomination or election of any indi vidual to office. CANAL BREAK FLOODS FARM Water FYccd Near Jxho Misses Rail- road and Does Little Damage. ECHO, Or.. March 1. (Special.) A 40-foot break In the Government canst near Echo early today was caused by- cracks made by the recent cold weather in the four-Inch concrete with which the canal was lined. The break occurred within 100 feet of the railroad track, but, fortunately, on the opposite side which faces the river. A part of the Ramos Elder and Whitworth farms were flooded, as well as the Esteb place on the edge of town. No great amount of damage was done Monday's War Moves ENGLAND and her allies have made answer to Germany's declaration that the waters around the British Isles constitute a war zone, by re taliatory measures which will be under taken immediately and which have as their object the prevention of com modities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany. These measures will be enforced bv the British and French government as the text of the British note puts it "without risk to neutral ships or to neutral or non combatant life and in strict observance of the dictates of humanity." The announcement of these meas ures was made by Premier Asquith in the British Parliament yesterday, and, so far a. 3 can be observed, the action of ihe government is a matter of supreme satisfaction to the British public and press. It is declared almost certain in of- liclal quarters at Washington that protest will be made against the anion of the allied nations, which is regard cd as an unprecedented and novel step and one likely to work Injury to com uierco betwern the United States and the countries with which she is at peace. The British Parliament has voted the total sum of Jl. 810. 000,000 asked for by Premier Asquith for the proaecutloi of the war, covering the expenses ot the current year up to the end of the present month, and in his speech in the House of Commons the British Prime Minister, after discussing the proposed reprisals of the allies against Germany, made reference to "whispers of peace," saying that it was not time to talk of peace that this timo would arrive only "when the great purposes of the allies were In sight of accom plishment." The operations of the Anglo-French fleet in the Dardanelles have been in terrupted again by unfavorable wea ther, but considerable progress Is indi cated by an Athens dispatch, which re ports that Fort Dardanus. 12 miles up the straits on the Asiatic side, has been silenced. 9 That an agreement which will give Russia free passage of the Dardanelles has been reached between Great Brit ain, France and Russia is the asser tion by a Paris newspaper. There also arc reports of rioting and panics in Constantinople and unsuc cessful attempts to assassinate the Turkish Ministers of War and the In terior. , Little of importance has occurred in the western theater of the war, and of the operations in the East the Rus sians are claiming much and the Ger mans saying little. SEATTLE CRITICISED FOR DOCK EXCESSES Legislative Restraint of Officials Sought. INVESTMENT DECLARED POOR Pride of Ownership Regarded as Principal Merit. WARNING FOR OREGON SEtN R. G. t'allvert Think This State la Avoided Washington's lirror hj .Defeat of If ydro-U.lcclilc Rill Last Session. in- r.ONAi.n .;. cai.i.vhrt. OLYMPIA, Wash.. March 1 (Staff Correspondence.) Occasionally some of our Portland public dock enthusiasts look across tho ISO mile. of interven ing territory to Seattle harbor and la ment that the Washington metropolis is preparing with far greater enrrsy than the Oregon metropolis for some sudden. tremendous growth in water borne commerce. The gathering of statesmen, lobbyists and watchful taxpayers now In Olyin- pia has served to reveal one fart with certainty: Tliero is a laicc and Influ ential clement in Seattle which " lews with alarm" the growth of the public dock sjstem and Ihe financial respon sibilities it entails upon the people of that city. I'.iprodllurr Itraeh S,0on,fMM. Tho Port of Seattle lias expended somewhere in tho neighborhood of J5.000.000 for dock sites, public la k. warehouses, terminals and ferries hut the expenditure does not 'iid there. The County Commissioners of Kinw County, in which Seattle Is ocat d, have also become enthralled with the public dock Idea. They are or have been ex pending JaOO.OOO for an nrcan d-tck on the DuwamUh River and have been buying dock sites on Iuke Union. At the mouth of the Tinvmth tho Port Commission Is also preparing for deep- water commerce. Conditions have brought forth for Ihe consideration of the Legislature several bills designed to curtail the activities of the port commissioners and County Commissioners. Iteieaara Declared Ton Low. In the course of the debate on one of these bills It was declared by one Kins County Senator that if there were add ed to tho present revenues of all of Seattle's public docks tho total rev cnues of all of Seattle's many private docks the income would not be siiffl- icnt to Py operating expenses and In terest on the bonda issued by the Tort of Seattle for public docks. The Legislature so far has dcfciiio'l two of the bills designed to reach th public dork situHtion In Seattle. Our would have deprived County Commis sioners of nuthority over construction and maintenance ot public dork. 1 he other would have taken control of mu nicipal docks out of the hands of tho port commissions and turned it over to the Stato Public Service Commission. I In I on Topic of lHactjaalnn. In respect to the lnst-n.-. med bill, it a peculiar circumstance tliat sonic of the Eastern Washington .senators and some who represented Island and fishing constituencies objected to In passage on the ground that it would end to Increase public dock rates In Seattle. It was assorted that the public dooks offered lower rates than the pri- ate docks and wero therefore ot ad vantage to grain, proouco und iim.i hlppcrs. It was presumed that if the Public Service Commission rrot control 11 would attempt to put municipal locl rates on a basis Wiat promised to giv some return on the Investment. Yet on the following day at a mass ineetlno In Seattle called to enter protest against the passage of another dork bill, one of the Tort Commissioners af.ierted that, owing to certain differences in man agement, such as the requirement thst municipal dock patrons do part of t!.eli own freight handling, and other cir cumstances, the municipal dock late were no lower than the private dock rates. Pride f Onarrahla Blamed. It thus appears that Srattles mu nicipal dock system has It chief merit In pride of ownership. The people of that city can look with satisfaction upon empty warehouses, uniucd docks, ferries losing J1000 a month and realUa that these monuments to cnterpti.-e arc all theirs. That Is all. 1 here Is not enough commerce to keep the docks and warehouses occupied; the rates are not so low that they induce a flow of traffic that otherwise would go else where. Tliey are a continual burden of expense. They are not even a s.ifn Investment for the future. Seattle, it is true, may ome day be come so great an entrepot that It will require all the docks and warehouse it now possesses, but It will not reach that pinnacle In a day, or a year, or likely In a decade. Docks are commer cial facilities, not creators of com merce. A city-s commercial supremacy is created by the extent of the produo lug or consuming country tributary t It. Great warehouses and ocean docks will not Invito shipments of forelan coods for which there Is no demand They will not in thcmsrlw- bring forth exports that are, not produced. That this fact Is now realUed by a portion at least of tho Seattle lxpuy. (Concluded on rag J. ', ,,. ...... ,,T r - - - I