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VOL. LV.-0. 1C938. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. EfllPMICNOTE United States Insists On Improved Conditions, . $140,000 LOST IN D0WN-T0WN FIRE JONES' CASH STORE, OX FRONT STREiET, IS DESTROYED. EARLY CHANGE DEMANDED Three-Story Building Is Badly Dam aged River Boats Aid in Fighting Flames. The three-story brick building on the southeast corner of Front and Oak streets, occupied by Jones' Cash Store, waa Dartlv burned last night, the entire contents of the building being nracticallv destroyed. The stock was valued at aDDroximateiy $100,000. The loss is mostly covered by insurance. Damasre to the building la estimated at about $40,000. The flames were observed at 10:30 American Warships Assembled y ponce at the station at second ana ua&, a itw mutna " " alarm given, which was followed by a second. Both of the fireboats were brought into play from the river. A Great Northern freight car, which had been run down on the track in front of the building for unloading, was pushed by hand up the street be fore it bad been much damaged. For a time it appeared that the es tablishment of M. L. Kline, wholesale Amhassarinrs anrf Ministers at plumber, m the adjoining bunding. .....WHWWMWW.W M. SM W w. " I V. J. mno-A4 Kilt hA ftPA TX-Q controlled before it had spread that far. UNDER-SEA RAIDERS lin r .. .,f o i uii mi vinrn iYtv.. rmmirn UIIULII Captured Crews Wil Get No Honors. BRITAIN ADOPTS NEW POLICY to Be Rushed to Vera Cruz for Big Demonstration. NOTE'S LANGUAGE URGENT Prisoners From Submarine U-8 Come Under Ruling. TRIALS MAY BE DEFERRED Statement by Admiralty Admits That Proof May Be Hard to Obtain. Loss of Steamer With Women and Children Causes Action. Washington See Change in Administration Policy. ONLY CRUCIFIX SURVIVES of Church Interior Burns After Bombardment. WASHINGTON, March 8. General Rest Carranza has been informed in a note I mm t Vi r Tin itfil Stgtse nm-ornmput I I LONDON", March S. With the sole exception of a crucifix, which was un- conditions with respect to foreigners touched, everything in the church at . Messines. a Belgian town six miies ana tneir interests in Alexican terri-i outh of Tpres wa9 destroyed as the tory under his control, such steps as result of fire following a bombardment may be necessary will be taken by ne TtTss with ihl tne American uovcrnment to obtain British headquarters staff, whose story the desired protection. includes a description of the remark- . . . ,, . , able resistance of medieval buildings to a iic nui-e is uic Biruugesi ana mosl8heH fire emphatic document that has been sent Great blocks of masonry were blown by the Washington Government to ff tbo Messines church, the belfry was ,.... , . , shot away and the interior was com- ii-au.u smie mc correspondence wiui ,e(ely burned out, but the framework, Huerta a vear atro. Carranza islthouch irrerular in outline and full l,f tt:j et.4 l... of gaping holes, is etill standing. n a. i lieu Liia a. liic ii i i- x .11 j i - iimi i TtAU41 With AfV AnAvn w-k ine complaints bv foreigners t?enfrT- PRINCE'S MESSAGE FOUND Jy against his administration of af fairs and now, in effect, demands an early change. Many See Change in Policy. The contents of the communication was revealed to several of the Ambas sadors and Ministers here, who ex pressed satisfaction at its urgent lan guage. Some regarded it as an en tire change of policy toward Mexico! ing. the enemy fortified in new posi- on the part of the United States. Kaiser Sad Following losses, Says Ifclr, Telegraphing Wife. VRJS. March 8. The Revue Blue prints the diary of a German sergeant major, who had charge of the tele srraph service In the Verdun district. In which the following telegram, sent by the German Crown Prince to his wife September 3, was preserved: 'After a hard fight we have toTced the passage of the Meuse, always find American Consul Silliman should have presented the note to Carranza today. A copy of it was sent to the tions. This means terrible losses, nut we advance. Fapa, last night at Mar- ville. was very sad. Von Wedel has been killed. Steray is beautifully sit uated but has been severely treated. I am stavlnc at a pretty house belong Brazilian Minister at Mexico City to ing to an old lady. he shown to General Ohi-po-on. the "Remembrances. Guillume. Carranza commander. In the meantime some movements EDITOR NELSON IMPROVING of American warships have been or Phjskians Say Change Is Xot Posi tively One for Better. KANSAS CITT, March 8. A slight improvement which occurred late today in the condition of "William Rockhill Nelson, editor of the Kansas City Star, dered, the effect of which will be a naval demonstration such as, it is hoped by some officials, will convince General Carranza of the determina tion of the American Government to obtain a change in conditions in Mex-lwas apparent tonight. His physicians announced that the change could not be described as a positive change for the better. Mr. Nelson has been ill at his home here since early last December. Sinew Friday he has been unconscious most of the time. ico City. Warships to Go to Vera Cruz. Secretary Daniels conferred with President Wilson tonight over the prospects of sending additional war ships to Vera Cruz. Only one vessel. the battleship Delaware, has been at VOTES CHEAP IN CHICAGO Vera Cruz for several weeks, but five warships will be in that vicinity in a few days. It has been planned to send the Delaware to Guantanamo Boon to join the Atlantic fleet in its Spring maneuvers. As a result of the latest develop ments the Delaware will remain at Vera Cruz indefinitely; the cruiser Indictments Follow Testimony Election raymcnts of 25 Cents. CHICAGO. March S. Testimony be fore the grand Jury that votes had been bought in the recent primary for 25 to 50 cents and in some cases for a break fast or a 'night's lodging resulted today in the indictment of four Democratic workers in the First Ward. Those indicted are Dan Evans, eleC' LONDON, March 8. The Admiralty announces that it Is not justified In extending honors to the captured crews of German submarine boats, owing to their methods, and that it is intended to segregate them under special re strictions, pending their possible con viction at the conclusion of peace. The Admiralty states that this ruling applies to the 29 officers and men of German submarine U-S, which was sunk recently off Dover. Mnrder Trial Possible. The policy to be adopted toward the crews of German submarines is in answer to the demand of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, retired, and others, that such men be tried for murder, and the Admiralty statement indicates that the Government has this In mind. The statement refers to the generous treatment accorded German officers and men. numbering upwards of 1000, and then says with reference to the U-S: This vessel had been operating in the Straits of Dover and in the English I Channel, and there is a stropg prob- J ability that she has been guilty of at tacking and sinking unarmed merchant men and firing torpedoes at ships car rying non-combatants, neutrals and women. In particular, the steamer Ori ole is missing, and there is grave reason to fear that she has been sunk with her crew of 20. Evidence May Be Lacking. 'There is, of course, great difficulty In bringing home particular crimes to any Individual German submarine, and it may be that the evidence necessary to establish conviction will not be ob tained until after the conclusion of peace. Meantime persons against wnom such charges are pending must be sub ject to a special restriction and cannot be accorded the distinction of their rank or be allowed to mingle' with other prisoners of war." A report received from Rear-Admiral the Honorable Horace Hood on the sink ing of the U-8, as made public by the Admiralty, shows that the submarine was finally destroyed by the torpedo- boat destroyers Gurkha and Maori. The other Destroyers which took part in the hunt were the Viking, Nubian, Mohawk, Falcon, Kangaroo. Cossack. Lev-en, Fawn and Ure. Tne operations were direi ted by the officer commanding the flotilla. Captain C. D. Johnson, and were narked by skill and promptitude, ac cording to the report. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TODAY'S Probably fair: easterly winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62.6 degrees; minimum, 40.7 degrees. ' War. Three more forts In Dardanelles are silenced by Anglo-French fleet. Page o- Carolyn Wilson writes of experience In Ger man jail, page 1. Britain announces plan of treatment of American cotton cargoes. Page ii. Sultan punished official who expelled Jewa, says uerman Ambassador, .rage a. Three thousand Germans killed at Notre Dame de orette. Pago 8. Austrians report scattered gains over Bus ftians. Page 2. Captured officers and men of German cub marines to be held for possible murder trials. Page 1. British Admiralty admits loss of collier. Page 1. National. United States sends peremptory note to Car ranza. page l. Domestic. Railroads argue that higher wage scale makes rate increase necessary. Page 5. Thaw trial opens and reveals that prisoner is fighting for liberty. Page 1. Sports. Derrick and Ca risen arrive at Fresno after strenuous trip. Page 22. Portland trades school to apply for admit tance to interscaoiasuc league. Page McCredle sends Beavers to mat for Spring training. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Colonel B. K. Lawson dismissed as peniten tiary head for insubordination. Page liL Robbers make second attempt to burglarize at. paui store, page 6. Major Bowlby hopes to have Columbia High way open to Astoria by July 4, alter viewing Columbia County link. Page 6. Complaints against Major Bowlby shown to come from numerous sources. Page 6. Idaho Legislature passes important bills and aajourns. page 7. Washington legislators assail university's so cialistic trend. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. but Local wheat prices sharply advanced. aait's are iew. -it. Chicago wheat market soars on prospect of ataiy ana ureece entering war. Page IT. Report of general trade improvement stim ulate stock market. Page 3 7. Active cattle trade at North Portland yards. Page 16. Joseph Supple awarded cormact at $16,178 ior government tender. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. rire in Jones Cash Store causes heavy dam- Age, raw i Jitney ordinance coming up today. -Expect- ea to precipitate clash. Page 11. Forger blames laundry, not dairy for ending ui seven-year career, page 11. Portland banks show gain in deposits. Page 9. inurcn workers near opportunities among: immigrants discussed at conference. Page 18. THAW IS BATTLING AGAIN FOR LIBERT! Trial for Conspiracy Reveals Effort. BRITISH COLLIER SUNK BY TORPEDO THOUSANDS AVITXESS SU'1AY DISASTER. AT SKA, OUTCOME HINGES ON SANITY Crew of 33 Men Are Iiescucd by "earby Ships Attack Is With out Warning. LONDON, March S. The Admiralty announces that the British collier Ben grave was sunk Sunday, probably by a torpedo, off Ilfracombe, which lies ten miles northeast of Barnstaple, County Devon, England. ILFRACOMBE, England. Sunday (de layed), via London. March 9. The Brlt- lllegal Detention at Time Of steamer Bengrove was seen In dis- , i iress ana suunain ner sjren ine imics Flight IS Defense S Stand. off this shore at l:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Forty minutes later the ship's bow rose from the water and she sank by the stern. Thousands of yjQT"Lrr QP""3 PRISONER peopI stood on tne sore and watched Two steamers were In the vicinity, one of which, the Faignton. of Liver pool, rescued the crew of 3?, and local lifeboats brought them ashore amid the cheers of the populace. The captain of the Bengrove made this statement: "We had no warning. There was a loud explosion forward, which threw everybody on board off their feet and covered them with debris and coal, but nobody was seriously hurt. We took to the boats quickly and orderly. We watched the ship sink end then came ashore through the agency of the raignton." Jury Is Cliosen and Kich Youns Defendant, Who Appears to Be Glowing With Health, Says He Is Satisfied With Men. 6 DAYS III GERMAN PR SDN FRIGHTFUL Carolyn Wilson Tells of Being Held as Spy. APPEALS FOR AID UNHEARD American Newspaper Woman Gets No Consideration. CELL COLD AND NARROW SEIZED COPPER RELEASED British Prize . Court Rules Cargo Cannot Be Requisitioned. LONDON", March 8. Xo belligerent government has a right to requisition a cargo belonging to a neutral gov ernment, according to a decree given out by the prize court today. The question at Issue arosa over 1000 tons of copper sent from the United States to Gothenberg. Sweden, for the use of contractors to the Swed ish government. This cargo was cap tured by a British warship and exparte order was made by the' registrar of the prize court, releasing the copper to the British government. PRUSSIAN LEADER KILLED IMttfurdi J)ics on Battlefield in Foland. BERLIN', via London, March 8. Major-General von Dittfurth, command er of the Landwehr Brigade, and a member of the Prussian Diet, was killed battle near Lomza, In Poland, last Saturday. He had been well known as a writer on military subjects. GIRL 1400 FEET UP LEAPS Daughter of Inventor Demonstrates Aerial Life Preserver. SAN' DIEGO. Cal., March 8. Briga dier-General George P. Scrivan, chief of the aeronautical corps of the United States Army, a visitor to the Panama Pacific Exposition today,, witnessed his first demonstration of an aerial life preserver. Leaping out of an aeroplane from an altitude of 1400 feet, the 18-year-old daughter of Charles Broadwick, in ventor of the apparatus, made a safe landing. NEW YORK, March S. In the room where he twice faced a jury for the murder of Stanford White. Harry Ken dall Thaw went on trial today lor conspiring to escape from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Matteawan. With him, as co-defend ants, were five men, who, the state charges, were parties to me auesen Major-Ccncrnl Von conspiracy. ine entire aay whs ic quired to complete the jury. Taking of testimony will begin tomorrow From the outset it was evident that the trial would be another fight on Thaw's part to gain his freedom. His attorneys plainly intimated that they intended to try. to prove their client was sane when he escaped from the asylum. Such being the case, they said in examining talesmeii, the de fendant was being illegally detained at the time of his flight. Questions fhow Tendency. They asked prospective jurors wheth er they would be prejudiced against a man. who, providing ho was of sound mind, used any means at his command to escape from a hospital for the insane. John It. Stanchfield, Thaw's chief counsel, said later a writ of habeas corpus would be demanded if Thaw were acquitted, on the ground that his detention would be illegal because the Jury, Mr. Stanchfield1 said, would have established his client's sanity by their verdict. The lawyer would not say what he would do If Thaw wenj found guilty. The contention of the state, as outlined in questioning talesmen, is that Thaw, although insane at the time of his escape, was nevertheless com petent to enter into a conspiracy and that therefore he should be punished accordingly. BERNHARDT ABLE TO SIT UP Condition of Actress, Following Am putation of Leg, Said to Be Good. BORDEAUX, March S, via Paris. The bulletin issued today by Dr. Denuce, who is attending Sarah Bern hardt at the hospital here to which she is a patient, following the recent am putation of her right leg, says: Madame Bernhardt is able to sit up today.' Her condition is excellent. Mondays War Moves HE British and French fleets have tnte Has 30 Witnesses. Deputy Attorney-General Kennedy. In charge of the prosecution, said Thaw would be immediately returned to Matteawan if found guilty. The state, he said, was prepared if neces sary to place 60 witnesses on the stand to prove its case. In obtaining the jury each side used only three of its five allotted peremp tory challenges. Thaw, smiling broad ly now and then, assisted his attorneys In selecting the jurymen. His co-defendants offered scarcely any sugges- (Concluded on rage 5.) Tacoma left Port au Prince, Hayti, tion judge; Emanuel Sommers, precinct challenger, and Ben Barnett and John Marshall,, precinct workers. today under orders to proceed at once to Vera Cruz; the gunboat Petrel al- 7::ZV7 EMBARG0 IS BROKEN from Progresso to Vera Cruz, while Liner Leaving Xew York Tomorrow the gunboat Sacramento is at Tam pico. Entire Fleet Near By. Other available light-draft vessels more valuable than battleships in tropical waters are the gunboats Wheeling and Nashville, being held in readiness with the armored cruiser Washington, in Haitien and Domini can waters, while the entire Atlantic fleet of 21 first-class battleships is at Guantanamo, within two and a half days sail of Vera Cruz. Mr. Daniels gave this summary of the position of the warships, but de clined to discuss future movements. Tbat conditions again have reached an acute crisis was admitted at all the Government departments. When asked whether the United States in tended to use physical force to obtain Concluded on Fas ft.) to Take Letters to Falmouth. NEW TORK, March 8. Announce ment was made today that the mall embargo between this country and Great Britain, which threatened to hold out until March 17, when the White Star liner Arable sails for England, had been broken. The Ryndam, of the Holland-American line, will start Wednesday for the other side and leave all the British mail at Falmouth. PET. DOG FOILS ROBBERS Holdup Men, Covering T. E. Clark, Flee at Sound of Bark. A pet dog saved T. E. Clark, 1281 East Twenty-fourth street, from rob bers who attempted to hold him up while he was backing his automobile into the garage late Sunday" night. Two armed men ordered him to hold up his hands when he slowed down the machine, but fled when the dog ran out from the bouse barking. I IS IT LOADED? j ' - j to Constantinople, not, however, with out damage to the ships engaged, and the battle royal for the 'Dardanelles continues. More Turkish forts on the Asiatic side have been silenced, ac cording to a statement by the British Admiralty, but the Turkis are making a terrific resistance and the shells from their German-made guns , have found more than one mark on the attacking naval force. This struggle for the gateway of the Ottoman capital Is at present the big feature of the war new, and closely linked .with this is the sus tained excitement in Greece, incident to the resignation of the cabinet of M. Venlzelos, who, deeming Greece's en try Into the hostilities on the side of the Triple Entente imperative, could not agree with his King and resigned. The retiring Premier, according to Athens dispatches, plans to leave for a rest. From the number of ships engaged and the size and range of the guns, the battle of the Dardanelles is unlike anything in history, according to naval experts. At 21,000 yards the huge battleship Queen Elizabeth, of the British Bquadron, assisted by emallcr ships, is still hurling shells across the Gallipot! Peninsula into the Turkish strongholds on the Asiatic shore. The Admiraljty statement carries the opera tlons through Sunday and admits that the Turks not only scored three minor hits on the Queen Elizabeth, but that the majority of the ships inside the straits, both French and British, were struck. None was sunk and there were no casualties. The Turkish forts Rumill Mcdlldlch Tabia and Hamidiehl Tabia fringing the Asiatic shore line, which previous ly had withstood the bombardment were silenced, as was the Mount Dar- danus battery further south. The Turkish casualties are unknown. A Turkish official statement from Constantinople, issued prior to the Ad miralty statement, insisted that the fiehting In the Dardanelles was de veloping in favor of the Turks. It was said that no batteries were be ing destroyed and that the hostile ships were forced to retreat. Aeroplanes, taking wing from the decks of the warships, are playing a notable part In the operations. One British machine became unmanageable and dived Into the sea and another was hit by the Turks 28 times. An air raid by British fliers on the German submarine base at Ostend, Bel gium, was announced by tho Admiralty last night. Six machines participated and returned safely. What damage they inflicted, if any, is not known. One of the most picturesque bits of the day's news is a report from Bucha rest, Roumania, saying that ex-Sultan Abcul Hamld of Turkey has regained his freedom and is gathering his friends and supporters around him. It Is as serted that he may seek to play an im portant part in his country's affairs. More progress by tTie British fleet before Smyrna, by which Turkish bat teries were silenced. Is announced in an Admiralty statement. Kaiwr's Officials Described a Mu- pid and Women .1 oilers as Cruel. Tliouaud of Question Akcd ly Suspicion!) aplor. BY CAHOI-YN WII..SON. (Cnpv-iKh. lfl. t-v th Trunin l'rmipnr Vubllvln.d hv Aniingi'iiicm null lh c'.w cngo Tribunr. ) BERNE. Switzerland, Feb. 1 T. I went into German)' rare free, joyou i as on returning home after a long b. neiicc and I left it fkulkinir tearfully across the border afraid lest at thi last moment some one should srrcot me again. I went over to Berlin from Frame by way of Ilamourg, expecting to get In the German capital where I had onro lived and studied for f-oein year--news of what people there were doing and thinking; newn especially of womankind that would provo interest ing to the women who would tea my letters. I am now in Switzerland, en route back to Paris, with an abundance of experience, the most vivid being a memory of six days It a Berlin prison. I have been broken on the wheel of German militarism. For tho six d.i In the German prison all the power of the Embassy, tho Consulate, the For eign Office, of scores of old friend In Berlin, or the help of loyal now.spspe' colleagues, could not get me out. ticrraan Official Lulled MuplH. However, I don't wnnt to prcJudM ft you in the ftrrt place by giving the Im pression that I have eome out of Ger many furious with the entire govern ment, anxious to do an tiling I ran for revenge. That is absolutely not the case. I think German officialdom Is stupid hopclesly, painstakingly stupid. And It seems to aie when every mem ber of our Aine.rlcaa Kinbas.'y and the Consulate went Individually and In chorus to each of tho different bureau which were concerned with me and demanded my release, and were willing to be personally responsible for nie until such time as the government could be satisfied with my claim, that I should have been releed before clx days of solitary Imprisonment hsd gone by. Of course I realize that when a com plaint Is made they must trae it to the end In there perilous time?-, and the Incident has In no way prejudiced me nsalnst the wonderful condition of affairs In Germany. It will III no -nay affect the articles 1 flnill write on the spirit among the German people and their lives during these wai days. I did see something of Gerninn life in Hamburg and en route to Berlin before I was arrested. Arreat Mot Iiprcted. Do you want to hear about pili-ou life? Are you interested In the trials of a "spy" presumed to be lr the pay of the French government And. fhall I start right at the beginning? Thev came to set me while I was at luncheon on Saturday. February 1 nice, gentlemanly looking policeman, who looked through all my things, took all my papers, and requested me to go with them to tho police station. It was all done so quietly, so courteous, ly, that I thought It w the usual thing for Americans to have such ex aminations. They asked me a thousand or to questions, harping on tlie fnrt thai I was inimical to Germany. Incidental ly I got so tired of the two words, "deutschfeindllch" and "dcutschfreun-J-llch," that I hope 1 never hear them again as long as I live. At about 4:30 in the afternoon, when they were tired out ahklng me every thing about my past life, my plans for the future, and my hope of Immortality they smilingly Informed nie, much with the air of hosts giving an invitation, that they were regretfully obliged to detain me there for the night. I was slightly staggered, but their pleasant faces calmed nie. and I haw In pros pect a room, not too large, but com fortable, a student's lamp, perhaps, by which I could read until midnight, ami then early in the morning out again. "Can't anything be done." I asked. Can't I phone to the Embasy or the Consulate, where I am known, and let them explain for mel" They would not give me permission to phone either of the American repre sentatives, but said I might send word to the American Woman's Club, where was staying, in order that they shouldn't worry about me there. I didn't want to make a usclesr bother over just one night, so I lather laughed over the matter on the tele phone to the secretary of the club, and asked her to accept for me a dinner engagement which I bad Ju.st received for tho following night so sure was I that I should be out. For they assured roe at the polire bureau that an officer would come and got me In the mornin- and take me befoie the commandant. I asked the club secretary to send (Concluded on l'aic 2. . v ''