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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. L.V. NO. 16,949. RUSSIAN FRONTIER IS BITTERLY GOLD All Clothing Men Can Wear Not Enough. FOG PENETRATES TO VITALS Correspondent Describes His , Ride Through War Zone. POLISH CITIES STRICKEN (Columns of RussianFrisoners Mile Long, Marching Five Abreast, Are Met on 'Way; Chill Deso lation Is Everywhere. ' BT JAMES O'DONNEIib BENNETT. (War correspondent of the Chlcaao Trlb Wne. ropvrl?ht. by the Chicago Trib une ruo'lished by arrangement.) LOWICZ, Russia, Feb. 19. Ton "would best put on all you have for the tide we are going to take today. Even then you will be cold. All you have, if your equipment Is fright, should include two suits of woolen underwear and two pairs of Btockings, and you will make no mis take if you put on both shirts and the four stockings; a woolen band to go i round the middle of the body, thick riding breeches reinforced with leather, a woolen sweater, a well-padded jacket, Ither lined with chamois skin or going ever a chamois akin waistcoat: leather leggings, a long overcoat, fur-lined and Xur-collared. fur-lined gloves, which will strap over the overcoat sleeve this last, as you will discover in the first 10 miles. Is important; a close-fitting, fur-lined hood of black leather, such as the aeroplane men- wear and don't forget the leather fare piece that but tons across it. and a cloak of thin rub ber so thin that when you are not -wearing it, it can be carried in a coat pocket. Tough Goggles deeded. ' Not becauee of dust, but because the ayes must be protected from wind, and enow, you must have motor goggles, and be sure to get a pair provided with the new kind of tough glass that does not splinter when struck by a flying clod. What with the knapsack you must take on these trips, a rug is going to be bothersome to carry in case you have any marching to do, but in the auto it will be worth all the trouble It later may cost. The most tryins part of these 100 and 200-mile jaunts Is the misery from cold feet. Eleven hours of pretty steady wretchedness are ahead of us hours of surpassing interest, and of large pictorial value, too, if you are inter ested in the wayside and countryside evidences of the great Teutonic strug gle to keep Russia from sweeping into the airest provinces of Eastern Ger many the supreme Teutonic struggle against the Slavs since the. Teutonic Knights of St. Mary were overthrown by Poles and Tartars at Tannenberg 05 years aso last July. Ancient Battlefield Revisited. Before we get back to Posen, please God. we shall visit that same battle field of Tannenberg, where only last August Teutons and Slavs met again, but with results profoundly otherwiso. Into Russia, from the ancient Polish capital of Posen. we are going to the ancient Polish-Russian town of Lowics. where, as we lie shivering in quarters without a pane of glass in the win dons, we shall hear the Austrian 20 centimeter guns roaring all night long at Bolimow, 10 miles agay. and Boli mow ig less than 40 milej from War saw. Going by the highways, as we shall go, our ride will cover between 130 and 140 miles. In ordinary times and Jn ordinary weather an auto would easily do the distance in five hours. Kpw, the times being troubled and pregnant with delays, we shall be 11 Iiours on the road. Roidi Shocking, Accidents Probable. Leaving Posen at 7 in the morning, we shall be lucky enough if we reach Lowics at 6 in the evening in time to hunt quarters and some food before it is pitch dark. That is, barring acci dents. The roads are shocking, and accidents are probable. On the way we shall pass through the important Polish-Russian towns of Kluuca. Kolo. Krosniewlce, liolina. Kladowa. Kutno. Konin. Important as Polish-Russian towns go a touch of strangeness about them: green and gold domes that belly out in the middle in the Russian man ner. . staring white chuches with fres coes in red and green and gold in the outer walls, and squat cottages of stone and plaster painted a bright blue. Hints of Russia, too. in the tall astra khan caps of the farmers piloting their low-hung wagons through the deep ruts, and in the long, black gowns of the Polish and Russian Jews stand ing in the doorways of their dark shops, their arms folded and they peer ing furtively out at the pageant of conquest rolling steadily by all day and every day. -Warming Drink: Is Blessing. We shall rush through market squares where brass samovars, resting on boards laid over trestles, are sending up faint wreaths of blue emoke. In one village square I counted 40, tended by Concluded oa rage 2.) AMERICA FIRES ON GERMAN STEAMER SAX JUAN FORTS PRETEXT DE PARTURE WITHOUT PAPERS. Vessel Ignores Warning Shells From Big Gun, but Stops When Small Shot Hit Her.. SAN JUAN, Torto Rico, March 21. The German merchant steamer Oden wald, which attempted to leave port today without obtaining clearance papers, was stopped as she was passing out the entrance to the harbor by two bows from a five-inch gun and direct shots from a Maxim. She then returned and was taicen in charge by the collector 'of customs. Ti-mlaalnn In nail refused the Odenwald by the collector, pending in Ei.rimn from Washington. The steamer has been at San Juan since August 6. She was bound for European ports from the West Indies with freight and passengers and sought refuge here. She began coaling and taking on pro visions three days ago. Vaiiimr in obtain the necessary ciear- on mnrriL her .commander apparent ly decided to risk the attempt to put to Bea. A heavy gun on Morro Castle sent two shots across her bows as a trminir. hut it was not until the ma chine gun opened a direct fire that the steamer stopped and headed back to port. FOE HOLDS FRENCH PLANTS Nearly Half of Nation's Industries Controlled by Invader. BERLIN, March 6. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.; ie " , i i nimnui . i r or tne manuiat- turins Industries of France temporarily into tne nanas 01 me woni". . .iiotia nthAi-r. bv Dr. iu. v. a.. Brotorv of the Germany Iron Manufacturers Association. He finds that noteless, than 43 per a. v-. a otAom nnwpr in r iaiit.t: ln the districts ocuupieu vy mans. The nignesi percBi.u-.Bv " iniincii-iAa whr nearly 69 per cent of the power is now in Ger man nanas. xoe nunms n...fFi follow, with 45 per lllUIUUlUb Muli" - 1 Irnn nrwi Tnetal-WOrK- lns industries are not far behind, with 64 per cent. i . rrU - An,4 nrAll 1 1 rt Q i TA 11 St fieS. Cflellll- cal paper and book-making and elec- . . . . . an r.w,A A t: nar trlclty all nave ueiweeu v nuu ac cent of their power in German hands. while lower percenmsea c v i i -i w..iii:n niifl sratn rriTi ,n agriculture, uuiiums -- cerns. SPRING CANOEISTS UPSET Dusty Roads, Straw Hats, Shirt Sleeves and Swimming at Eugene. EUGENE, Or., March 21 (Special.) Two canoeing accidents, several ar rests for motor speeding and the river bank lined with small boys swimming marked the first day of Spring today. The thermometer, which yesterday registered 75, only reached 74 today, but the humidity was greater and the suffering from Spring fever was more intense. For the first time this year motor cars were able to kick up a dust and the mud in the roads had. completely disappeared. The roads leading to and from the city resembled a belated parade from 9 o'clock this morning un til late at night. Straw hats and an absence of coats, with necks bared, were seen on every suburban walk. MEDF0RD TEMPERATURE 91 Day Is Warmest in March In Three Years and Straw Hats Appear. MEDFORD, Or. March 21. (Special.) The thermometer registered 91 de grees here today, the warmest March day in three years. Summer dresses, straw hats and barefoot children ap pealed on the streets, while the tennis season was opened both on the Country Club and the City courts. The Pacific Highway from Ashland to Central Point was crowded with automobilists taking advantage of the wonderful sunshine. The cold nights of the past few weeks, local orchardlsts say, have held back the fruit buds sufficiently to re duce a danger of damaging frost. LOCUSTS HIT PALESTINE Great Damage to Crops Reported, According to News From Egypt. CAIRO, Egypt, via London, March 21. The following statement was issued officially here today: - "There has been nothing to report sines the last official communications. Patrols and aeroplane reconnaissances show that there is little activity among the outposts of the enemy, which re main in the same places as before, some four days' march from the canal. "The work on the railroad near Lldda is being continued slowly. "Locusts are reported" as causing great damage to crops in Southern Palestine." SARAH TO ACT UNTIL DEATH Bernhardt 'Writes Former Leading Man of Kapid Improvement. NEW YORK, March 21. (Special.) In a letter received today by Lou Tel legen, formerly her leading man, Sarah Bernhardt says: "I am continuing to improve rapidly, you ask if I will go on playing. How can you askr Until the other leg is buried in my grave, I shall never cease to go on acting. I keep up my spirits and have a ravenous appetite for get ting back to work." Scientific Management leader Dies. PHILADELPHIA. March 21. Freder ick Winslow Taylor, originator of the modern scientific management move ment, died here today from pneumonia. He was 59 years old. E BY TWO ZEPPELINS Persons in and Near Capital Injured. FIFTY BOMBS ARE DROPPED War Balloons Escape Pursuers in Mist and Darkness. ONE AIRSHIP BELIEVED HIT Cradle- Containing Babe Is Only Ar ticle Left Vnwrecked in Home Destroyed by Explosion ; Center of City Not Beached. PARIS. March 21. An official report w riven out today regarding the Zep pelin airships that raided Paris early today and dropped a dozen bombs. The riamnir done was unimportant. Seven or eight persons were wounded, one seriously. Four of the aircraft started for tne capital, following the Valley of the Oise, but only two reached their goal. Missiles also were dropped at Com piegne, Ribecourt and Dreslin Court, but without serious result. People More Curious Than Afraid. Residents of the city exhibited more curiosity than fear as to the aerial In vasion. Trumpets gave the signal that all lights must be extinguished as soon as warning was received of the Zep pelinB' approach. Searchlights were turned on the clouds, anti-aircraft guns opened fire and aeroplanes rose to at tack the Germans, but their operations .were hampered by a heavy mist. Thousands watched the invasion from balconies. Four Start on Journey. An official communication regarding the raid says: "Between 1:15 and 3 o'clock this morning four Zeppelins started toward Paris from the direction of Compiegne, following the Valley of the Olse. Two were compelled to return before reach ing 'Paris, one at Ecouen, ten miles north of Paris: the other at Mantes, on the Seine, St miles from Paris. "The other two were attacked by anti-aircraft guns and only passed over outlying districts of the northwestern nrt of Paris and neighborihg suburbs. They withdrew after having dropped a dozen bombs, some of which did not explode. The damage done wis unim portant. : "The different stations for aircraft opened fire on the Zeppelins, which constantly kept illuminated by searchlights. One appeared to have been hit. The aeroplane squadron toon part in the action, but mist hampered pursuit. "Summing up, the Zepplin raid on Paris was a complete failure." Official reports are that eight bombs (Concluded on Page 2.) RAID ON PIS ID INDEX OF TOWS NEWS The -Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temueraturo, 78.5 degrees: minimum, fil.6 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; not bo warm: easterly winds. , War. Two Zeppelins in raid on Faria wound eight persons. Page 1. German steamer prevented from leaving San Juan by American shots. Page 1. Heavy battles are raging near Augustowo and in Carpatnlans. rage z. Unfavorable weather causes. lull in attacks on Dardanelles. Page 3. American woman In Serbia says nurses see none ot "glorious" aspects . of war. Page 2. ' c ' ' Reneral Von TMsslnir tells what Germans ai- dolng in effort to Improve Belg.'ffl. Page 3. ' -v Eastern frontier bitterly cold. Page 1. Russia Invites trade from United States. Page 3. Germans capture two French positions on heights In Vosges. rage 2. National. Work la being rushed on super-dreadnought Pennsylvania. 1'age o, Jtooieettc. Business conditions of country fast returning . .. -n-ai Kn.i. Pah 1 - Negro arrested for killing family with axe Deiievea to nave eiain v yvioyum m lar way. Page 5. Piece of wood worth 2000 , feature of Ore: gon cxbiblt at San Francisco. Page 11. Sports. Beavers defeat Chicago Giants, 7 to S. Page 10. Young man dives from Morrison bridge into coid waters ot Willamette stiver, City 1-rcag-ue teams hold final practice be fore opening season. Page lO. Portland and ' Vicinity. Sheriff raids game pit near Gresham and 31 are arrested. Page 1. Warmest March day since 1886 marks entry of Spring. Page 1. Girl in Lincoln High graduating class is instructor's wife, but secret long kept. Page 8. Southern -pacific heads visit lines in Ore gon. Page 8. Lombard! Italian grand opera company to appear at Baker Theater at popular prices. ' Page 14. New film plots are varied. Page 8. Liquor must vanish at midnight, last of year, prohibition law provides. Page 9. Dr. F. M. Pottinger preaches fresh-air gos pel to prevent disease. Page 9. Man confesses to stealing food -to feed fiancee and her child and mother. Page 7. TORPEDO SINKS STEAMER British Vessel Is Destroyed in Eng , lish. Channel. LONDON, March 21. The British steamer Cairntorr was torpedoed to day off Beachey Head in the English Channel and sank, according to a Cen tral News dispatch from East Bourne. Her crew escaped. When the steamer was struck, rescue boats put out to her and attempted to tow her Into port. She sank eight miles out, however. The Cairntorr was bound from Newcastle for Genoa with coaL The Cairntorr was a vessel of SZtS tons and was built in- '.Sunderland in 1904. She was owned by the Cairn line, of Newcastle. SALEM STILLHAS SUMMER Mercury Reaches 82 Degrees at Capital City. , SALEM, Or., March 21. (Special.) This was another warm March day in the Capital City, the mercury register ing 82 degrees, two higher than Satur day, which was the warmest day here since August 24, 1914, when 85 degrees was registered. So beautiful was the weather few per sons remained indoors, the Statehouse grounds and City Park being the great est attraction for those not fortunate enough to possess antomobiies. SUKE SIGN OF THE EQUINOX. TRADE IS RESUMING ITS NORMAL BASIS Seasonable Pnvival Is Sp h Lines. BIG MACHINERY ORDERS IN Heavy Business Expected to Result From Good Crops. BANKERS ARE PREPARING Wealth Accumulated From Last Har vest to Double F.ffect of An other Largo Yield; Bank Clear ings Also Show Gains. CHICAGO, March 21. (Special.) Trade in general lines all over the country has shown seasonable improve ment. Encouraging reports come from all sections of the country, embracing the centers of large industries. Significance attaches to the Increase in last week's bank clearings at the agricultural centers, Kansas City show ing a gain of 26.5 per cent over figures of a year ago. Minneapolis gained 23.8 per cent. Omaha increased 10.5 per cent. .St. Paul and Duluth gained 4 per cent each. Machinery Orders Heavy. Enormous orders for machinery are a feature In the trade situation, both for domestic and foreign account. The steel and iron business has held its own. Railroad financing progresses and steel and equipment orders are be ing placed with more freedom for the more urgent requirements of transpor tation lines. Steel mill operations averaged around 69 per cent in the past week, which shows that specifications against con tracts are holding up. Bankers Prepare for Revival. Unmistakable evidence of strong underlying confidence that great busi ness activity will come to the United Statei Is reflected in preparations now being made by bankers to meet the conditions. General business has been creeping steadily back to a normal basis and, as it moves ahead, each week gatheririg stronger momentum, the country is nearing another agricultural harvest. Winter crops never before furnished such an encouraging outlook and, in view of high prices received for the last yield, dealers believe it is safe to as sume that Spring plantings of all grains and cereals will be greatly larged in acreage this season. ' Bis Trade Is Expe ted. Bankers have gone inV ' seasonable conditions like this before, probably not exactly the same in respi ct of circum stances which the foreign war has brought up, but they know what the (Concluded on Page 2.) WHERE S YOUR HUSBAND (fe SMITH? JJ2 SPRING COMES ON REAL SPRING DAY TKMPKRATCHE IS HIGHEST IN MARCH SINCE i886. Straw Hals Appear, Open Cars and Autos Carry Many to Country and Craft Dot Willamette. Portland's warmest March day since 1866 marked the entry of Spring yes terday. The temperature reached 79 de grees, and the weather was typical of June at its fairest. The mercury was highest at 3:45 P. M. and all afternoon varied only a part of a degree from that figure. The lowest reading of the day was 51.6 degrees early in the morning. There was the longest possible period of sunshine, or 12 hours and 13 minutes. Straw hats blossomed out on the streets. Open streetcars were out, load ed with crowds going to the country. Automobile owners were in their glory. The Willamette was dotted with canoes, rowboats and motor - boats. Crowds were draavn to the waterside and some could not resist the tempta tion to swim and dive. Parties who sought the coumtry re turned late in the day laden with great bunches of early wild flowers. Those few persons who stayed at home spent the time puttering around flower beds or in their gardens. Last night was as beautiful as the day and brought crowds down town. The forecast for today is fair, with the weather not quite so warm. Sunday's War Moves THE relations between Italy and Aus tria are believed to have reached an acute stage. A dispatch from Rome says Austrian and German subjects have been advised by their consuls to leave Italy in the shortest possible time and that several Germans who recently arrived in Italy are being watched be cause of the suspicion that they are military spies. There have been reports for some days that Germany's efforts to secure the continued neutrality of Italy by in ducing Austria to cede Trente and other territory to her were not meet ing with success. Italy, it was said, is demanding that the territory be handed over to her at once, but the Teutonic allies desired to make the transfer after the war. Following this came reports that Austria had begun strengthening her southern frontier, ' and according to a dispatch received in Paris from Rome yesterday, Italian officers of all arms belonging to the first line, who have been on hand, have been called to the colors. In military circles of the allies, this order is -considered significant, it being contended that these officers be long to the public administration, from which they would not be called unless the situation were serious. No Aus trian news on the subject is available in London, the censor in that country having, it is said, prohibited any com ments. There also are reports that Greece is preparing to adopt a more active atti tude,. Followine a series of prolonged Cabinet meetings at Athens, the Greek Minister of Marine is quoted as having said that the Greek government had oooivxil all guarantees, and to have indicated that the country was about to engage in some enterprise. a. the chief obiectlon to ex-Premier Venizelos' policy of helping the allies against Turkey was aeciarea to " h.n that Greece had no guarantees that she would receive adequate com pensation, this statement 01 tne Aiin- 4,tBr nf Murine la consiaereu in uiku circles in London as an intimation that the new Greek government is now sat isfied with the allies' guarantees. Th allied fleet is said to be prepar ing for a renewal of the attack on the Dardanelles, which has been delayed oy unfavorable weather. At a council of the admirals aboard the Frerfch battle ship Suffren, it is reported that a de cision was reached to make a new general attack in which all the war ships will take part. Germans early yesterday made an ttav on Paris with aircraft. Four Zeppelins started for the city, but only two reached It. These dropped bombs, wounding several persons and setting fire to buildings. The irrencn airmen whose duty it is to guard the city set out in pursuit of the Germans, but owing to the mist, they were unable to overtake the airships. a far as the land operations are concerned the Eastern front holds tho most interest. The Russians, ae- onit. th awamDV condition of the ground, are slowly, according to Petro- grad dispatches, pressing tne wrmo back to the East Prussian ironiier, thoir latest achievement being to de feat three Germap columns which had set out on the, road to Ostrolenka from MvBzvnlec. which is not far from the German frontier. From the same source comes a statement that Presemysl is at Its last gasp and that thA carrison is getting rid of its ammu nition, preparatory to surrendering. Tn tVi Wtst the chief news comes from the German official report, which tells of successes in Champaigne, north of Beausejour, and in the Vosges, where they stormed and captured the crest of Reich s Arkerkopf, in each case taking a couple of hundred French prisoners. In England the leaders of public opinion are devoting their attention to the question of Increasing the output of munitions and of generally speeding up the manufacture and movement of supplies required by the army. Threat ening disputes are . being settled by granting war bonuses to the men, while other questions are, being referred to arbitrators. On the whole the situa tion has improved. There is less con gestion st the London docks, the men there having arranged their dispute with the employers. COCKFIGHT RAIDED; 31 ARRESTS IDE Gresham Pit Indicates "Sport" Is Common. 17 LIVE, 5 DEAD BIRDS TAKEN Cards and Dice Also Used to While Time Away. BETTING BRISK AT RING When Scramble Comes lo Escape One Man Is Fished Out of Gunnysack MTiilo Another Gets Hung l"p in Fence. , Sheriff Hurlburt and a posse of depu ties, led by Lewis W. Tltts. humans officer, swept down yesterday on a game cock pit on the farm leased by Harry Osborne, near Gresham. and arrested 31 men. many of whom had birds entered In the competition in which aconslder able sum of money is supposed to have changed hands. From out of gunnysacks Into which men had crawled in hope of escaping arrest, the sportsmen were yanked, and in the wild scramble of others to get away one almost aufceeded, but caught his foot on a fence and fell dangling into the hands of the law. IT Birds Captnrea. Seventeen primed birds, all wesrlnf keenly sharpened steel spurs, were seized as evidence. Charges of cruelty to animals were Disced against most of the men by Deputy District Attorney Koblson, but some will be arraigned under the gam bling statute. Those arrested and held were: J. U. Wright. Frank Edgar, J. C. Johnston. E. Tracy. William Klingler, J. L. Floyd, Elmer Hale, Li Peterson, A. D. Tost, Ben Jensen, Dick Harding, Fred David, W. Donahue. Louis Kapus, Harry Krlck- son. H. Miller. C. Hyde. R. Louttll. V. P.elphs, K. Relphs, E. Fletcher, Nelten Williams. Walter Ray, George Adams, Oscar Hedlund, Nel Eck, Charles Adams, Evan Morgan, R. Lawrence, I. Lun- nerick and J. C. Smith. Outfit Held as F.rldrarr. When the Sheriff and his deputies arrived at 12:45 yesterday seven fights already had been staged In which five birds met death and two severe Injury. The 17 live birds were hanging on the rafters awaiting their turn for con flict The spectators and bettors made a wild scramble to escape, and three of the men arrested managed to crawl into gunny sacks in the basement be fore the officers closed in. Seven au tomobiles carried the prisoners to Portland arriving last night at 5:20 o'clock. The 17 birds, scales in which they were weighed, 13 pairs ot steel SDurs. dice and other kindred para phernalia were brought. In for the prosecutor's use. Offense Not First la Assertion. According to Humane Officer- Pitts, the principals in yesterday's matches have held tournaments for sometime at the Gresham pit To make the birds fight more fiercely the spurs were filed down close, in some cases draw ing blood. Large steel gaffs were then adjusted to each limb and wen sharpened. Thus equipped the birds were turned into the pit and death was the almost certain portion of the loser. Humane Officer Pitts learned ot the illegal sport almost by accident. He overheard a conversation Saturday night of a proposed game cock fight to be held Sunday, but he learned only that it was to be on Sandy road. Ac cordingly he traveled over Sandy road looking for prospective "sportsmen." His search at first was In vain, but by applying at a farmer's house on pretense of buying some game cocks he got the desired- information and went to a barn in the woods to which he was directed. - Aamlsalon at First Denied. Admission at first was denied, but after a parley with the ticket taker he paid 50 cents and was ushered in. "When I entered the barn there was a fight on, the first of the day. I think." said Mr. Pitts, in discussing the raid. "There were about 40 men a-.ound a concrete pit and Just as soon as one of the birds was killed everybody would exchange' money. I couldn't estimate the amount. One man spoke up and said that he would wager nothing less than 110 on his cock when he started him. Immediately after the first fight I went to Gresham and notified the Sheriff's office, and when I got bick I saw several dead birds. Some of the owners passed the time away with cards or dice while waiting for opportunity to match their birds. There was a lot of beer there, and everybody wn feel ing pretty good." A number of those arrested expressed regret afterwards that they did not have a chance to match their birds. A number of the cocks that were confis cated by the Sheriff are valued highly by their owners. Hearings Set for Today. That cock-fighting hss been going on a number of months st the scene of yesterday's raid is the opinion of Sheriff Hurlburt. The concrete pit Is regarded as evidence that yesterday's performance was only one of man. The place Is so equipped that a per son .who wasn't on ihe inside would never suspect anything. It Is said, A (Concluded oa l'se S.) sw