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JlwTititli VOL. LV. NO. JC94.1. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LINCOLN BEAGHEY FALLS 10 HIS DEATH U-29 TORPEDOES FRENCH STEAMER, GER.U.W SlBM.inJ.NE GIVES MEX 10 JIIXITES TO LEAVE. Monoplane Crumples in 3000 Foot Descent. PERPENDICULAR DROP FATAL Body Under Machine Recov ered From Waters of Bay. FLIGHT SECOND OF DAY .Aviator Attempts Thrillinc Feat From Height Tragedy Seen by Thousands, Including Brother on Nearby Vessel. " FN FRANCISCO. Starch 14. The spectacular career of Lincoln Beachey. one of the most daring of American aviators, waa ended today when he fell to his death at the Panama-Pacific Ex position in plain sight of thousands of cpectators. Beachey waa completing hia second flight of the day at S:45 P. M. when the fatal accident occurred. Having previously electrified the crowd with a series of aerial somersaults, the In trepid airman sought to add an addi tional thrill . by making one of the sensational perpendicular drops which featured his flights. w Monoplane Tried Flrat Time. The accident was attributed to the fact that Beachey entrusted his life today for the first time to a new mon oplane and an exceptionally large crowd was attracted to see whether he would attempt the same breath-taking stunts In the new machine that had made him and his trim little bi-plane famouj. On the first flight of the day every thing worked properly and all the fa miliar evolutions were indulged In with the exception of the perpendicular drop. This Beachey had saved for the final climax and this. too. proved too much for the fabric of the monoplane. Perpendicular Drop Fatal. The machine was at an altitude of bout 3000 feet when Beachey shut off his power. For several hundred feet the machine dropped head on for the earth and then the aviator grasped his control levers to adjust the planes for the graceful descent which character ized bis previous flights. At this instant the wings crumpled like a collapsed umbrella and the aero plane, turning over and over In its fall plunged into San Francisco bay, nar rowly missing a vessel lying at the Covernment transport docks. Only Fragments Seen Surface. , Thousands of horror-stricken spec tator rushed to the nearby waterfront, but with the exception of a few splint ered fragments of the aeroplane float ing on the surface of the bay no sign or the wrecked machine could be seen. launches put out Immediately equip ped with grappling hooks, and a boat's crew from the battleship Oregon, which was anchored in the stream a short distance away, joined in an attempt to recover the body of the aviator, who was strapped to his machine, under ' feet of water. The body was recovered shortly after I o'clock. Body Recovered by Divers. Divers from the Oregon, searching tlie shallow Inshore waters of the bay, found the crushed form of the airman entangled in the twisted rod's and torn tanvas of the machine. With axes the divers freed the body from the wreckage and brought it to the sur face. Hillary Beachey, a brother of the avi ator, saw the tragedy. He was stand ing on the deck of the United States transport Crook, watching the flight. He said he heard a crackling sound like the breaking of a ship's mast. He cried out as the monoplane began to plunge toward the bay. It fell only a few feet away from the transport. That Beachey was still alive when he struck the water and had sustained no major Injury as a result of the fall except a broken leg. was the opinion expressed by Dr. David E. Stafford, autopsy surgeon, who examined the body at the morgue tonight. Death Due to Drowning. The face, said Dr. Stafford, was dis rolored from choking and strangling, indicating that death was due to drowning. Cuts vn the aviator's hands were taken to indicate that he had made desperate efforts to release himself from the mesh of twisted wires and rods in which he was entangled. When the machine fell, Beachey was protected by the engine, propellers and hood of the monoplane, which struck the water first. It was pointed out that, if Beachey could have disengaged himself, he probably would have man aged to keep afloat long enough to be rescued. Comma nder Says He Is About io Keturn Home, but There Will Be Another to Take His Place. FALMOUTH, via London. March 14. The Auguste Conscil was sunk Thurs day by the Gorman submarine U-29. Her crew arrived here today on the Danish steamer Kxcellence Peske. Members of the crew say that the commander of the German submarine leave them 10 minutes in which to leave their ship, after which she was dentroveH With bombs. The German commander told them he left Cuxhaven six days ago and waa about to return. He said another submarine would take hia place. BORDB'iUX, via Paris, March 14. The steamer Auguste Conseii, from Car diff for Rouen with a cargo of coal, was torpedoed by a submarine off Start Point, near the southern extremity of Devon, England, Thursday. The crew of 28 men is reported to have been saved by a Danish steamer and taken to Falmouth. The Auguste Conseii. belonging to the Society les Affreteurs Reunis, was of 1852 tons. She sailed from Hyeres, France, on January 25 for Havre, where she arrived February 5. Maritime' rec ords contain no information concern ing her movements after that date. HOSTILE WARSHIPS AWAITPRINZ EITEL Four Anglo-French Are Off Virginia Capes. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS ARMY OFFICER ARRESTED Company Commander In Sixtecntn ' Infantry Detained After Speech EL PASO, March 14. O. E. McHaelis, First Lieutenant and company com mander of the Sixteenth Infantry, was placed under arrest today in camp near El Paso. McHaelis spoke recently before the convention here of the Southwestern Cattlemen's Association. In his re marks he referred to phases of military life. but. it is said, made no reference to foreign affairs. About this time a general Army or der was Issued by the War Depart ment, conveying specific warnings against the discussion of military mat ters by Army officers, especially re garding European or Mexican affairs. McHaelis served in China, Cuba and the Philippine Islands. Previous to hia Army service he was a newspaperman in San Francisco. FIGHT OR INTERN IS CHOICE German Auxiliary Nearby Dur ing Battle in South Seas. WIRELESS GIVES DETAILS Commander of Commerce Destroyer long Without Xews of Progress of War in Europe Spirit of Women at Home Praised. POHTLAXD REMEMBERS KEATS First Message by Airship Carried VTom Here by Beachey. Lincoln Beachey carried the first message in history to go by airship. The feat was one of the spectacular events of the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion here in Portland in 1905. The message was sent by Theodore Hardee, assistant to President Goode, of the exposition, to General Constant Will (Concludd on 1'age . HOW'S LEGACY UP TO VOTE King of Tramps to Let Others Decide What to Do With $250,000. ST. LOUIS, March 14. "Casual" or seasonal workers. James Eads How, the welfare worker, said yesterday will decide how he shall dispose of a 1250, 000 legacy left fcim hy his mother. whose will was filed here yesterday. This was announced by Mr. How. At the National convention of the Brotherhood Weltare Association, which is composed of "casual laborers," How will submit a plan by which groups of the brotherhood in various cities may vote on tus disposition of his new for tune. The National convention will meet in Baltimore April 10. How suggested that the casual work ers may decide to use part of the money to establish a newspaper, or that they may decide to build hotels iir various cities where the unemployed may find cheap lodging while looking for work. SCOLDING WON; NO DECREE Judge at Vancouver Tells Aged Woman to Patch t'p Difficulties. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 14. (Special.) Mrs. Amelia Wilson, an aged woman, and mother of five children, who has been married to her husband, Henry Wilson, since 1878. Is suing for a divorce. He is about 70 years old, and she is nearly that age. When the plaintiff had placed her testimony before Judge Kenneth Mac Kintosh, of Seattle, sitting here for Judge Back, the judge said he would not hear any more testimony. He lec tured the old couple and said it is a shame for tnem to aisagree aner nii ing reached their present age with crown children. He advised the chil dren to get together with their parents and patch up their difficulties. LEGISLATOR WITHOUT BAIL Colorado Member of House Accused of Perjury May Lose Seat. DENVER. March 14. Attempts by Representative Howland, arrested yes terday on a charge or perjury, to se cure bail today were unsuccessful. The charge against Howland grew out of his testimony before a special House committee investigating circumstances surrounding the receipt of a package of money by Howland at his desk Feb ruary 9. The investigating committee win meet again tomorrow, when it will de cide whether further testimony shall be taken. Members of the committee, including Speaker Stewart, chairman, said that its report probably would recommend that Howland's seat be ieclared vacant. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 14. French as well as British warships are cruising outside the "Virginia capes waiting to pounce on the German com merce destroyer Prinz Eitel Friedrich if she should attempt to make for the high seas again. There are said to be four of them, two British and two French, and they have come to stay until the Eitel Friedrich reappears or interns for the war at this port. How the Eitel, rolling among great seas, listened with its wireless to every move in the battle off the Chilean coast November 1, which toek Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock and his three cruisers to the bottom was told quietly here today by Commander Thierichens, of the Eitel. Battle Heard but Xot Seen. "I didn't see that battle but I heard it," the commander said. "I was with our operator and I heard the Scharnhorst giving orders when the British fleet was sighted. I heard the flagship call, 'Clear for action.' Then I listened to every command until the battle was ended and I knew that the Monmouth was sinking. "That was the nearest we came to real 'action." The Eitel. he said, was not within wireless range December 8 when Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee' de stroyed five German cruisers off the South Atlantic coast, and Thierichens did not know about it until long after ward. Of the fighting in the Dar danelles he knew nothing until his ar rival here. Hindenburg's campaign around the Tdazurlan lakes In East Prussia and other contemporaneous events also were news to him. Time for Repairs Undecided. Some one showed him today a fac simile of the iron rings German women wear to show their gold has been given to the fatherland. "Ah," he said, "that makes me proud." The commander has not notified port authorities, although he has been asked twice, how long he wants for repairs to his cruiser. The naval board of survey will begin tomorrow an investi gation to determine how much time he needs. i Tbe Weather. TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65.2 degrees; minimum, oa-8 degrees. TODAY'S Rain and cooler; southwesterly winds. - Mar. Germans in critical position, say British Gen erals. Page 2. Belgians make progress on Yscr. Page 8. Russians check Gerirlana near Przasnysz and capture villages. Page 2. German submarine U-29 torpedoes Jrencn steamer in channel. Page 1. - Australia sending more men to front. Page -. Four hostile warships waiting for Frmz Eitel friedrich if she should put to sea. Page 1. - Domestic, v Lincoln Beacliev killed In sensational tempt to make perpendicular drop from altitude of 8000 feet. . Page 1. Katherlne Britton. heiress chum of Nona McAdoo. engaged after short courtship a coa. Page 5. Orient meets Occident at San Francisco fair. - Page 1. Beachev. lone-famous for daring feats In aviation. Page 3. Funeral sendee for Mrs. Rockefeller held at Pocantico Hills. Page 5. Sports. Beavers again lose to Indianapolis. Page 10. Eddie Collins says Manager Rowland, of White Sox. has goods and will make good.' Page 10. Frank Templeton wins Fred Gilbert trap shoot trophy. Page 11. Pacific Northwest. Attorney-General Brown lectures at Salem, explaining prohibition law. Page o. Bill passed by Legislature makes Olympia &eat oi state government. rage -14. Commercial and Marine. Glengyle will not come to Portland tbls trip. Page 11. rortland and Vicinity. Girl. 11 years old, goes out to play and falls to return home, page 14. Hypodermic Injection is new treatment for colds. Page D. Fun of kind that appeals found at Orpheum Page 14. New films fill .theaters. Page 9. Works of some of foremost American artists in exhibit at Art Museum. Page 8. Early date for bond election is hope of ad' vocates. Page 9. White Temple filled to hear woman preach sermon. Page 14. Many hear famous suffrage workers speak it Baker Theater. Page S. "Tees of the Storm Country" huge success at Baker Theater. Page 7. Portland orchestra is entrancing in immortal symphony. Page 8. OCCIDENT MEETS I Sunday's War Moves NATION GROWING IN nniriiT IT UHlW'-oVrniil Hub of Civilization Moves to Pacific. RELIEF SENT TO PALESTINE Collier Takes Supplies Purchased by Jewish Committee. PHILADELPHIA, March 14. Load ed with food and clothing contribut ed toward the relief of the needy of the Holy Land and supplies for the United States battleships North Caro lina and Tennessee, now In the Med iterranean, the United States collier Vulcan sailed from this port today for Jaffa, Palestine. The relief cargo represents an ex penditure of $150,000 by the American Jewish relief committee and Us prin cipal constituent is flour. L. H. Levin, of Baltimore, and E. W. L. Epstein, of New York, sailed on the vessel and will dlcect the distribution of the food at Jaffa. GREEKS URGED TO FIGHT Ex-Premier Says Nation Has Chance to Quadruple Itself. ATHENS, March 14. Via London, March 15. Ex-Premier Venizelos pub lished a statement In the Lthnos, in which he appeals to the new govern ment to abandon neutrality. The article urges that the present moment offers Greece a chance to quadruple itself. It adds that if the new ministry will embrace the oppor tunity, M. Venizelos will guarantee it the support of the majority in Parliament. ANTIPODES ADD TO WONDERS Anne Shannon Monroe Is pressed by Showing. Im- PEACE NOTE IS DOMINANT Tremendous Interest Blots Out Con sciousness of Conflict and De sire for World Tranquility Is Manifest Everywhere. JiY ANNE SHANNON MONROE. OREGON BUILDING, Exposition Grounds. San Francisco. March 11. More letters than I can conveniently answer come to me from readers of The Oresonian asking if now is a good time to visit the fair and if it is really complete. Yes. to the first, for large the crowds are they are not so large as they will be later, and now it is quite possible to havo lovely nooks and corners, special "beauty spots" almost to one's self at times. There is an opportunity to see without being hurried by a crowd Just behind. To the second question, no; it is not complete. The buildings are complete, the illumination is as perfect as it will ever be, and many, many exhibits make trip now thoroughly worth while; but I doubt if everything will be in stalled before May or even June. However, I wonder if these question ers realize that there is a great deal to be seen at this magnificent fair that is not fenced off in exhibit booths? While these state displays are unques tionably the thing that brings the peo pie, the people themselves soon be come the great exhibit. Center of Civilisation Moved. There is- an atmosphere quite amaz ing:" and altogether thrilling. lor In stance, the old world seems to nave slipped a cog In some way, and the center of civilization has changed to the Pacific Ocean. Always before everything has radiated from the East; now everything- radiates from the West. All the countries that we know bordering the Pacific are here in splendid form. In one day we visit Australia, whose building was dedi cated yesterday, and which assuredly has sent "samples" of every industry and every product an avalanche of wool, hides, livestock, products In cold storage, native woods, model fruits and egetables everything in the world we ever heard about coming from Aus tralia and a lot besides, to say nothing of opals such as are ehown nowhere else in the world. Then New Zealand, a near neighbor, not quite so large but just as magnifi cent, and not far away, China won- EPORTS from the battle front in Flanders and '"ranee yesterday in dicate that the Belgian army continues to gain a little ground at the bend of the river Yser and in Champagne. In the Argonne and the Vosgea there has been fighting of varying intensity. The Germans have again bombarded Ypres. Soissons and Rheinis. In the latter two towns the cathedrals have suffered further damage. The French have occupied Embur menil, on the railway between Lune- ville and Rixengen, on the border of Lorraine. The London war offlco re ports that British troops have success fully resisted counter attacks made on tlicm, and that British airmen also have been active again and havo de stroyed a train nt Don, a short distance from Lille. POWER-REDFIELD News from the eastern war zone con tinues to be scant. The German and Russian armies which are concentrat ing for a big battle around Frzasnysz apparently have not yet come into touch. The fighting thus far reported has hardly been more than an affair of outposts. The bombardment of the Dardanelles and Synirna forts continues on days when the weather permits. Reports from Athens say that the super dreadnought Queen Elizabeth has de stroyed, by indirect fire from tho Gulf of Saros, several shore batteries. At the same time a violent duel is going on between the Turkish forts and the ships of the allies and the Turkish troops have come under the lire of the warships. The Smyrna forts were bombarded again yesterday. Secretary Optimist As He Views Events. TREMENDOUS SHOCK ENDURED America Only Country Keeping Its Head in Crisis. VAST OPPORTUNITY NEAR Arms of World Extended for .Money and Goods Which This Country Alone tun Supply t.'rowler Has Xtr K.cuo. The situation in Italy is reported to be reaching a climax. Considerable feeling has been aroused by the dis covery of a large number of old French rifles, which, it is alleged, are belns sent by the Germans to Tripoli. From Vienna comes the statement that the whole ministry, including Baron Burian, is now supporting Em peror Francis Joseph in his refusal to make any territorial concessions to Italy in return for Italy's continued neutrality. SPINSTER LEAVES $80,000 Woman, 90, in Will Says Fiance of 30 Years Shnll Have Kstate. BOSTON, March-T. Miss Frances Martia Wilson, of Charleston, who died at the age of 90 years on February 11 last, left all the residue of her estate to George A. Nelson. 30 years old, the man she was recently going to marry, but for which marriage the city offi cials refused to grant a license, accord- ins to her will filed in the Suffolk pro bate office. She Is reputed to have b'io worth $80,0(10. The will filed from the office of Attorney John P. B'eeney was made on December 4 last, and the aged woman siened it with her mark. A petition for the appointment of an administrator of her estate was filed by William C. Rogers, a lawyer, alleging she left no will. He asked to have Caro lina Bartlett. a sister, appointed. The first knowledge the relatives had of a will came through the filing of the in strument in the probate court. NEW JAPANESE ARMY GOES Despite Chinese Mobilization, Tokio Believes Clash Will Not Kesult (Concluded on Page 2.) THIS IS THE LIFE. BERLIN LOSES POPULATION Census Shows Decrease, Not Deduct ing Soldiers at Front. BERLIN, Feb. 22. (Correspondence of The Associated Press) In conse quence of the war the population of Berlin (exclusive of the suburban towns) has again dropped below the 2.000,000 mark, which it had crossed several years ago. The population at the beginning of January was return ed at 1.982,154. which signifies a loss of 87,000 for the year. This loss, however, does not take ac count of the men who have gone into the war, who are still counted as if present; it seems to be due mostly to the removal ot working people to the suburbs and. to more distant districts. r You BET.' ' -v-V cs ME-FOR f yfWi TOKIO, March 14. The first contin gent of troops has started for Man churia. General Hongo, of the Seven teenth Division, which will follow, con ferred today with Lieutenant-General Oka, Minister of War. and will be re- ceived by the Emperor tomorrow. Port Arthur Is reported to be a busy spot. Temporary barracks have been erected along the Manchurian railroad. Despite reports of activities in the Chinese army, the feeling at Tokio at present is that the negotiations between Japan and China will be completed without a resort to arms. "GREEN" EXHIBIT PLANNED Valley Association to Arrange to Keep Fair Display Fresh. ALBANY. Or.. March 14. (Special.) The Willamette Valley Exhibit Asso elation will meet in this city next Wednesday to arrange to make fre auent shipments of fresh fruits and green vegetables to the Panama-Pacific Exposition for use in the Willamette Valley exhibit. It is the plan to keep a section of the exhibit "ever-green. Arrangements will be made for each county to furnish certain products W. F. Groves, of Corvallis, who has been at the fair as a representative of the association, will be present. Ciacka mas. Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton, Polk Yamhill and Washington counties will be represented. WOMAN'S CAR HITS CHILD Vernon Scott, Seven, Is Hurt by Mrs. Charles T. Early. Mrs. Charles T. Early, wife of the manager of the Oregon Lumber Com pany, collided with 7-year-old Vernon Scott, 99 East Forty-sixth street North, while driving an automobile at East Forty-seventh street and Sandy boule vard yesterday. Tho boy received In juries to his head and possihly a frac tured skull. Mrs. Early took the child to the Good Samaritan Hospital and later reported the accident to the police. BV WILLIAM COX KKiH'IKLH. Secretary of L'o?nincrce in Cabinet of Trsl d''iit Wilron. WASHINGTON, March 14. I pupppta if we say a man Is a pessimist we mean he looks nt everything on the daik side, leaving tho bright things out of lew and presenting, therefore, a distorted Judgment. In the stock market ho would be called a "bear" on everything. On the other hiind. we would possibly say an optimist whs he who looked t things onlv on the bright side and left the dark things out. He is a "hull" on everything and he has a more or less distorted vision also. There is, however, between these two extremes a type of thought which e may call practical optimism. I'rldr In Country Justified. A man with this view point look calmly at the whole field. No Ameri can can look at the record of the last coven or eight months calmly, leaving passion and partisanship aside, with out a Just pride In the strength ami tho growing power of his country, llo will see, in such a review, that H has endured successfully the groste-t financial nnd industrial shock that ever struck a modern people and bus emerged not only unhurt, toil with added preslise nnd might from out of the things t!mt were at the he.-1 doubtful, and at the wort thrcnlcnfnK. This same candid American will can away habits of thought that run In grooves, like cars, and will look nlout him with an even balance of vision; h will see that also which should give him strong faith In his country and In her future. Arnia of World Kxtendrd. I do not mean by this tht. political future, but the industrial and commer cial present and future, o far from our being threatened by any dl.ittr, much less disaster, the arms of the world are extended to us for the money and the goods which we alone, amonc the nations, are In a position to supply. There is no place else to which they can go with the certitude with which they can and do come to us. Whether they stay with us will de pend largely on how we treat them while they are here, hut they are com ing to us In Increasing measure. It Is strange that in this time ot opportunity. when both belligerents and neutrals the wide world found are looking to ua with hope and are depending upon us to supply their financial and economic goods, the voice of the growler should still be heard in the land. GENERAL PAU PRAISES FOE German Army Host of Heroes, Says Frenchman, According to Berlin. BERLIN, March 1. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) The following was given out tonight by the Overseas News Agency: "At a reception In Bucharest to tjen eral Pau. the French commander, dur ing his recent visit to Rotimania, the General said: 'He who has not seen a (JermHn army cannot ima;ine it. It Is a host ot heroes, unique in history.' " Resource All but t'ntuurhed. Certain things are true about Amer ica now. Her resources, numan, agri cultural, mineral, industrial are all but untouched. No blight of war or earth quake has Injured them, or threatens so to do. The brains ot America have not been damaged. They are, Just as able to think and plan, are Just as alert and acute as ever they were and they have Just as much to work with as they ever did. They are free from cer tain hampering dangers of the past. They once were bound by a rigid sys tem ot finance, which is gone. They once felt their way falteringly out Into the great International markets to e what they could find therein, and now those markets come to them and beg to be admitted to their consideration. Those tame sood American brains were once hampered, though they did not always know it. by sflsli meth ods, that would graxp on the one hand and exclude with tho olhcr. Hut tli sober conscience behind the brains had long ago rejected those tilings and the brains are free to act. t onutrtictLin Movement lleaun. Of course there are problem lfl. There always will be problems left. It would be unfair, however, to sua-'etit that any controlling part or Amcm .in thoncht Is of pessimist ic . Ihss. Let u. be thankful however, for Industrial nun of vision, true cuptalus of militant In dustry, men of nilni nu leaning. " have blazed the pathway nrst nn.i men built broad, straight roads ot cotn- erce through which our merena noma flows with Increasing freedom through out the world. In due time others will take tonr to follow In their footstep I neir drift Is outward and upwatd. The tile world of commerce wants us a much as we need It. We have In America the means and the men ami the brains to meet the present opportunity. Wo Into the material, the equipment, nay, we have the pilots to show I he roxd and guide our course on the srow Ina lido of industrv and commerce. It Is no lime for the bears, for a consttuiliv movement has bectin ami Is Koins on. Biomarrk'a Urnnddaualitrr Wedded. BERLIN. March 14. (By wireless t" Sayville. N. Y.) Tho mairlano of Countess Hannah voti Risinan k, srand. daughter of the famous t'hiiticrllor, to Captain von Pcredow was announced to day by the Ovtrmas News AaV'iirj.