VOL. L.V. C 16,960. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ft TRIANGLE OF DEATH LIES NEAR WARSAW Country Ideal for Rus sian Defensive AMERICAN SOLDIER DIES IN COLON RIOT THREE OTHERS SHOT BY PANi- MA POLICE AND CIVILIANS. GERMAN ADVANCE IS COSTLY Invaders of Poland, However, Learn Lesson of Waiting. PRISONERS REPAIR ROADS Czar's Troops Are Natural Borrow ers, and Are Making Masterly Use of Every Advantage That ; 1 Country Gives Them. IL - ' BT JAMES O'DOXXEti. BEXNETT. fWtr correspondent of the Chlcairo Trlb- uns. opynpcnt, iv-o, or we iriDunst. mo- llahed by arrangement.) United States Troopers Unarmed When Trouble Begins; Slayer Is Under Arrest. COLON, April 2. Corporal Langdon, of the United States Coast Artillery, was shot and killed and three other American soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, in a riot here today. The soldiers were engaged in patrol duty in the tenderloin district. The shooting, which resulted in a general fight, was the outgrowth of an argu ment between a soldier, who is alleged to have been drinking, and a Panama policeman. Many shots were fired by the Panama police, the civilians and soldiers all be ing unarmed. Brigadier-General Clar ence R- Edwards, commander of the American forces in the Canal Zone, who is here to meet Maior-General Leonard Wood, commander of the Department of the East, tomorrow, immediately took charge and ordered all soldiers from the street. A thorough Investigation Is being made by both the military and Pan ama authorities. None of the Panama policemen or civilians was injured. The policeman who shot Langdon wss ar rested by order of the military au thorities and was confined in a guana house. It is said that none of the three soldiers Is fatally injured. The shooting occurred near the ball- grounds, where a team representing EITEL IS READY FOR QUICK DASH TO SEA Men of Crew Resigned to Any Fate. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS FEELING ON RAIDER IS TENSE Bunkers Full, Stores Taken Ahead of Schedule. TIME OF DECISION NEAR BOLIMOW, Russia, March . Here are the dimensions of the triangle of the Fifth United States Infantry was death within which Germans and Rus- I Dlavlntr the Cristobal nine. Some 2000 sians have been shattering one another la uninterrupted field sieges since just before the first of this red year: From the town of Lowicz a line run southeast to the smaller town of Skier- nlewice, 12 H miles away, will for great part be paralleled by the River Eklernlewka, which passes In front of Low lex near Arcadia, one of the splen did seats of Prince Radzlwlll. Run a line 14 miles northeast and you strike the town of Sochaczew, which lies about five miles below Zelazowa-Wola. where Chopin was born a century ago. Along the inside of this northeasterly line the River Bzura goes straggling. Triangle Cat by Rivera. Join Skierniewlce on the south and Eochaczew on the north by a 20-mile line and you have the base of the tri angle of death, and that base roughly Indicates the battle front. Sochaczew lies almost due west of Warsaw and Is less than 50 miles from the heart of that city. The northern half of the triangle is much cut up by the Rivers Rawka, Sucba and Pisia. where they wind and straggle across it to empty into the Bzura on the northeast. In a few hours ' the Bzura has carried their waters to the mighty Vistula, into which it empties opposite Wyszogrod, some doz en miles north of the northern point of the triangle. When you read In the dispatches of operations to the left of the Vistula they are likely to be taking place in the neighborhood of the triangle of death. The whole value of the triangle lies in the fact that its fanlike spread comprehends the approach to Warsaw. Country Ideal for Defense. I soldiers of the Fifth, Tenth and Twen ty-ninth Infantry regiments, who were witnessing the ball game, became greatly excited on hearing of the shooting. Some missiles were thrown and several persons were injured. The excitement continued until army offi cials arrived and ordered the men to take trains for their Btations. BIG ESTATE JJ0RR0WS $175 Executor of $500,000 Property Un able to Pay Taxes. ROSEBURG, Or., April 2. (Special.) Although the estate of which ho was appointed administrator is valued at 1500,000, John Parker, of Roseburg, was today compelled to borrow 175 with which to pay taxes and insurance on property of the estate located in Oregon. John M. Keith died in ban Francisco six months ago. With the exception of property In iouglas County valued at fiObit. the estate la in California. There are 60 heirs. One of whom will receive a one sixth interest of the property. Othe: heirs will receive as little as a 1-7 interest in the estate. Two women who befriended Mr. Keith during his lifetime will receive 150,000 each. while a third was bequeathed his au tomoblle. FRAUD CASES ARE ARGUED Golden Role Is Pleaded Before Jury at Indianapolis. Many on Board Believe Orders Will Be to Attempt to Slip Through Cordon of Allied Warships Off Virginia Capes. INDIANAPOLIS, April 2. A. O. Stan ley. ex-Representative In congress, who is representing Mayor Roberts -You will cover the 20 miles that lie and the majority of the 28 Terre Haute between you and the Warsaw fortifi cations," said a Russian prisoner to German officer. "Yes, I think you will do it But at what a cost! The road will be paved not with bodies but with skull. But I suppose you will do it. All thla region, which is cut up by the Rawka, the Sucha and the Pisia, is bad offensive but good defensive coun try making hard work, in other words, for the invading army and relatively easy work for the troops fighting on their own soil. To the west of the three rivers are few forests only great stretches of fiat farming coun try. till you strike into the Skiernie wics country, where rises the Szar's bunting forest. Beyond the Rawka. beyond the Sucha, beyond the Pisia, the Russians have cut up the country with their wonder ful trenches. To the east they lie for miles upon miles, hidden in thick forests, sheltered in ravines, and con stantly making masterly use of every advantage the lay of the land offers them. They, in a word, are in the good defensive country. RuasJana Barrow Like Moles. "They are like moles, these Rus sians," says a German officer. "Let men on trial in the Federal Court here on charges of election fraud, began the closing arguments for the defense late toriav. LMstrict Attorney Dailey will begin the arguments for the Govern ment tomorrow. Mr. Stanley urged the jurors to con sider the golden rule In reaching a verdict. He said he admitted mere were many illegal acts commmea in connection with the election in Terre Haute, but asserted that, unless it were shown that these acts were in support of the conspiracy, the Jury in the pres ent case had no power to take them into consideration in determining the guilt or innocence of the defendants. FRANCIS JOSEPH IS WELL Aged Monarch Passes Through Win ter Without Cough or OoM. VENICE, via London, April 2. Count Stephen Tlsza, the Hungarian Premier, in speaking today of his recent trip to Vienna, when he had an audience with Emperor Francis Joseph, said that the Emperor appeared to be surprisingly well and had gone through the Winter without the slightest cough or cold. The them assume a position and in half an aged ruler showed the liveliest inter hour they have burrowed. They are i est in all the affairs of state, said the cleverer and quicker than we are at I Premier. this kind of thins, and we have lost I The Hungarian government is requl- many men by not Imitating them I eltloninir all grain and flour in the arlier." I country. Count Tisza today denied that This matter of speedily Intrenching Hungary intended to withhold food and doing your fightinp from trenches stuffs from Austria and declared that is partly constitutional. The German I any surplus would be sent to her. aoiaier is irameo. in advancing ano fighting. This burrowing and waiting Is distasteful to his mind. He wants to get on and finish the business. But he has learned his lesson now, and that is the principal reason why the war goes more slowly. From Lowicz to the town of Bolimow a great road cuts straight across the ThB February grand jury will con triangle of death a little south of Its tinue its sessions through the month of VOTE PROBE IS TO GO ON February Grand Jury to Continue Sessions Through April. center. That road is never empty. Sometimes most of the time, indeed it is an almost unbroken ten miles of marching troops, ammunition wagons, provision wagons, and loads of hay and straw. ADril. An order to this effect was drawn up yesterday by Deputy District Attorney Charles C. Hindman. who has charge of the grand jury, and will be presented to Presiding Judge McGinn today. The reason for holding tne oia grana Endlessly this pageant of invasion jury is that numerous cases which have moves along between the white, un- I come before it are incomplete. Among fenced fields, the crows wheeling above these, and perhaps of most importance, it and the light wounded soldiers who wi!l not wait for transportation back to Lowicz but are making the ten miles on foot, threading their way In and out amid the crush. . Highway Becomes Triple Road. The first time I rode along this high way It carried a single column of traffic. Two days later when I made anothrr trip the traffic had overflowed to each cide of the original highway I is the investigation into election frauds in Precinct 37. where more than ion votes were changed in favor of Tom M. Word, who was running for Sheriff at the general election last November. Berlin Eggs Cost 2 1-2 Cents Each. BERLIN. April 2. (By wireless to Sayvllle. N. T.) On the Berlin Produce Exchange eggs are quoted at 11 pfennig (about thie) apiece. Pota toes cos t between 10 and 11 half marks (11.30 t o 13.11) according to quality tor 100, kilograms (220 pounds.) NEWPORT NEWS, Vs., April 2. Whether the German raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich will steam to sea and at tempt to slip past the cordon of allied warships off the Virginia capes, or will submit to Internment, remained a mys tery tonight. If her orders are to sail, the Eitel appears well prepared. Her bunkers are filled with coal enough to take her to the nearest German port, her stores have been replenished, her machinery has been repaired and her officers and crew are resigned to any fate and wait ing for the word. United States Tugs on Guard. . When the. Eitel had finished taking on supplies that originally were noi to have been delivered until- Sunday, two United States tugs stood guard at her stern. Coast artillerymen patroiea her pier and rain and darkness were propitious for a possible dash to sea. Late today the situation aboard the Eitel was tense. Every officer and sailor was on board, although at times some were permitted to receive friends on the pier. That many of them be lieved they were going to sea was evl dent. Time for Decision Is Near. Just when they might be ordered to go, tliey said they did not know, but ; 11 asserted there was not much time left for the vessel to remain in Ameri can waters, unless she should intern. Reports that two more British war ships had joined the foreign fleet off the capes could not be verified here. Late today, however, one British war ship was seen from an incoming jner- chant ship, lying about five miles out and directly south of the Bhlp lane. The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 66.0 degrees; minimum, 55.2 degree. TODAY'S Showers, southwesterly winds; Probably fair Sunday. War. James CDonnell Bennett describes "triangle of death" that leads to approach to Warsaw. Fate 1.. Dutch, Norwegian and three British ves sels sunk h. R.mn siihmnrtnes and I mine. Page . Plans of Germans upset by allies' attacks In cnampagne and Neuve Chapelle. Page 7. British army at front is scientifically wielded as monstrous fan. Page 6. Britain denies cables to messages relating to trade of enemy countries. Page 1. Britain will continue to isolate submarine crew prisoners despite German threats of reprisals, pago 6. Foreign. . -Britain making preparations against ex pected decree of prohibition. I'age 1. National. Government's farm-to-tabie campaign said to be growing In popularity. Page 2. Germany refuses to modify embargo on potash in favor of United States. Page 3. American soldier killed and three shot by Panama police and civilians. Page 1. Domestic. World's greatest art collection to be sold by J. r. Morgan. Page 2. Railway expert says rates should not be fixed on basis of stocks and bonds, but on cost or roads. Page 2. Sport. Coast League results yesterday Portland 1, ios angeles J; San Francisco n, uat land 8; Salt Lake 2, Venice 5. Page lis Jack Johnson's noted "golden grin" planted by Portland dentist. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Supreme Court legalizes $375,000 Oregon City water project bond Issue. Page 5. Shingle men of Oregon and Washington cast Interests with West Coast Manufac turers' Association. Page S. Commercial and Marine. Wheat markets are influenced by rumors of peace. Page 17. Advance In cotton is great relief to depres sion in South. Page 17. Arrangements made for starting work on Coquille Jetty. Page 17. . Portland and Vicinity. Noted Japanese will visit Portland today. Page l. Road bond Issue being indorsed uniformly. Page 11: St. Johns decides Monday on merger pro posal. Page 1-1. General white appoints staff. Page 14. Jitney law Is passed without emergency clause over Mayor's protest. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. BRITAIN PREPARES ' FOR PROHIBITION Friday's War Moves Stores of Lv''uor Hid- den for Emergency. SUDDEN "DROUTH" IS FEARED Shutting Off of Drink May Come Suddenly in Night. IRELAND GROWS POPULAR Shock Will lie Greatest Country Ever Experienced, and Movement Is Regarded by Many as Invasion of Rights. Mayor's Frog Friends Go. The city park bureau is in bad with Mayor Albee because of the removal of a multitude of frogs from a swamp in Laurelhurst Park close to the Mayor's home. The Mayor says for years he has enjoyed the music of the frogs at night There were thousands of them in the marsh, he says. The park bureau, in making plans to convert the swamp into a lake, drained all the water out. As a result the frogs have all gone. PARKHURST IS ON GRILL New York Presbytery Sends for Let ters Opposing Prohibition. SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. (Special.) Receipt today by the Oakland presby tery of a request from the clerk of the New Tork City presbytery for copies of all letters passing between the Oakland presbytery and Dr. Charles H. Park hurst, pastor of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church of New Tork, has opened again the situation that devel oped when Dr. Parkhurst sent to C: A. Sbarbaro, of this city, a telegram that expressed surprise at the "danger" of prohibition's carrying in this state nearly a year ago. The telegram was made a principal weapon of tho liquor interests and shortly after it was posted on many billboards throughout the state the Oakland presbytery adopted a resolu tion of protest that was sent to the New Tork presbytery. The letters will be sent. Woman's Club Asks Lower Car Step. SALEM, Or., April 2. (Special) The Social Service Club of Oak Grove, through its president, Veleria G. Ben vie, today complained to the State Railroad Commission that the etepa of the cars of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company were too high. The club asks that the company be compelled to lower them. Com plaint that the cars are not adequate for the passengers also was made. LONDON, Apyril 2. (Special.) If prohibition of the sale of liquor in Great Britain comes, as It is believed it may In a few days, it will be the biggest shock ever felt in this country there can be no two opinions about that. The Norman conquest, the Tork-Tancaster civil war and the drastic dictatorship of Cromwell will bear no comparison to it. and this statement is made seriously. Britons place much stress on their per sonal rights, even in war time. The sudden shutting off of the sale of drink is certain to be dramatic. It is likely that it will be done at night by the police and the inland revenue offi cers, as happened in Russia at the be ginning of the war. Saloonnien Not Napping;. The general opinion among the Britons is that such a method might do for the simple Slavs but would not "go" here in England. They suggested that the rest of the night would be spent in unscrewing the backs of tho cupboards, substituting empty bottles and replacing the backboards. It is not likely, however, that the saloonkeepers of Britain will be caught napping. The rolling of distant thun der presaging a storm has been heard and, like the wily Bedouins worrying the Suez Canal, the massed formation of bottles is being rapidly split into smaller contingents and these are again divided Into single units fleeing from the wrath to come. Liquor Now Being Hidden. In brief, wine and beer are already being hidden on an extensive scale. Beer is being buried in back yards, hidden In attics, stowed under cellared coals and pushed up into unused chimneys. The suburban gardener Is getting sudden orders to cancel plans to use the sequestered patch of rich, loamy soil for a lettuce crop and is told to utilize the co-operation of the full moon, which is illuminating Great Britain at this crisis, for vesperal trenching. He is told to have the trenches dug by 10 o'clock and then to go home to bed. When he comes the morning he finds the ground smooth again and a message from the master that If he is observed conducting THE Russians now are on the of ..j fenslve along the whole of their ' ont, from the Baltic Sea to the Rou manian border and In the Caucasus, and, according to a Stockholm dispatch, they have concentrated an enormous number of soldiers on the coast of Fin land to prevent any attempt by the Germans to land there. All the Russian advances, according to Petrograd advices, are proceeding with Buccess. The Russian official re port issued tonight makes the assertion that the Germans in. North Poland are being pushed back to the east border and that in the Carpathians between the Lupkow and TJzsok Passes the Rus sians have captured still another strongly fortified ridge overcoming in doing so almost insurmountable dif ficulties, such as the scaling of steep, ice-covered declivities and penetrating cleverly arranged barbed-wire and tim ber obstructions. The Russians also have taken the of fenslve against the German forces in the region of Koziouwka, near the Uzsok Pass, which long has been launching attacks against the Russian position. In that district a large num ber of prisoners Is reported to have been captured. Against these reports of Russian sue cess the Austrians make the assertion that they have repulsed all the Russian attacks in the Beskid Range of moun tains, farther east. LONDON BARS FOES TRADE CABLEGRAMS All Messages Are Lia ble to Be Stopped. UNITED STATES IS NOTIFIED The Russians say they have success fully countered an Austrian raid into Bessarabia, in Chotin. Their reports say that units of the Forty-second Honved division of tho Austrian army, which undertook this diversion, were virtually annihilated and that more than 2000 of the survivors were cap tured. It is declared that the' Turks have now been entirely cleared out of Trans. caucasla and that the Russians hold the Turkish Black Sea coast as far as Ark have. On the western front the battles are of a scattered nature.' Beyond artillery engagements, the only fighting that has taken place Is In the forest of Le Pretre, west of Pont-a-Mousson, where the French are trying to reach the roads leading from St Mihiel to Metz, and to tho south of Peronne, where the French also are on the offensive. During the last 24 hours news has been received in London of the sinking of the British steamer Eston (formerly the South Point), the Norwegian bark Nor and three British trawlers by Ger man submarines, and of the Dutch steamer Schteland, presumably by a mine. The sinking of the trawlers, it is al leged in London, is a violation of The Hague convention of 1907, which ex empts fishing vessels from molestation. (Concluded on Page 6.1 NOW OREGON CONGRATULATES MR. BRYAN ON HIS GREATEST DISCOVERY, j . . t OSCOVmEO THE PAClFtC OCEA.M yifS. "((Jill1) 1 LI VJ& r was sane oscove f T V ' )viMAJjTi I -C3r LruicESj MOW YOUVE Aowe-AL vAHcouvjr. bCiL DISCOVERED l J I A Al- V. I l v -.W . r ..i-M vsc, ill In connection with the submarine warfare, the German protests, made through the United States, against the refusal of Great Britain to recognize the captured crews of submarines en gaged in attacks on merchant ships as prisoners of war, and the British foreign secretary s reply thereto, are creating deep interest in London. The British reply declared that while more than 1000 sailors belonging to war ships destroyed by British men-of-wa had been rescued by tho victors, not a single British sailor had been picked up by the Germans when they were successful. Last Means of Wire Communi cation Is Made Doubtful. , BRITONS AFFECTED, TOO Even Dispatches Between -Neutrals ltegnrdlng Commerce With Brit ain's Enemies Will Not Be Permitted to Go Through. MAJOR BIERCE AIDS ALLIES Famous American Author is lght ing- With British. BLfOOMINGTON", 111., April 2. (Spe cial.) Major Ambrose Bierce, of New York, the famous author and Journal ist, who has been sought by his fam ily for six months, has been found The mystery was cleared up today by the receipt of a letter from him by his daughter, Mrs. Helen Cowden, of this city. This brought the surprls lng information that her father was a member of the staff of Lord Kitchener and was fighting for the allies in Eu rope. He left Mexico early last Fall and has since been actively engaged at the front in France. Major Bierce wrote that he had escaped injury and was In good health. The State Department in Washing ton has been engaged since last Fall In trying to find Major Bierce in Mexico. He was thought to have been murdered there. DYNAMITER JRLES MOTION German Officer Asks Writ of Habeas Corpus In Federal Court. BOSTON. April 2. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed In the Federal District Court today in behalf of Werner Horn, who Is under Indict ment for alleged illegal Interstate transportation of explosives, prior to the attempt to wreck the international railroad bridge at Vanceboro, Me., Feb ruary 2. By order of Judge Morton, the United States Marshal will produco Horn in court Monday for a hearing on the petition. The petition reiterates the contention of the defense that Horn, as an of ficer of the German army and a bel ligerent. Is not answerable to the courts, but to the Department of State, for any acts performed In a neutral country against a nation with which his own country is at war. WASHINGTON, April 2. Great Brit ain's intention of stopping all mes sages sent over cables under British control relating to trade In contraband or non-contraband "to which a resident In an enemy ootintry Is one of the parties" has been communicated to the United States Government through Am bassador Page at London. A memorandum given fo Mr. rage and cabled by him to the State Depart ment today contained the first formal announcement of Great Britain's cable censorship policy since tho early days of the war, when neutral nations were reminded of the right of tie British government to stop all communication over the cables it controlled. Only Few Mmmseh Pasaed. At that time It was announced that In order to minimize Inconvenience to the public, messages In plain Knglish or French would be accepted for trans mission subject to censorship. All .cable communication between America and Europe has had to pans through Great Britain since the cutting of the German cable at the beginning of the war. It Is said that few messages known to relate to business transac tions In Germany or Austria have been passed at any time, but there has been much doubt as to Just what policy was being followed and the State Depart ment has received many Inquiries on the subject. Necessity Declared Obvious. Under the latest notlca officials hera understand, in lino with the allies' blockade programme, messages cannot be sent from the United States to Italy or any other neutral country if they re fer, in any way. to a transaction which a resident of Germany, or Turkey, Is Interested. The memorandum, after quoting the original notice of Great Britain's rights over her rabies given through the International bureau at Berne, said: "The necessity for control of rubles In Its relation to matters which may be described generally as being of a purely naval or military nature Is ob vious and needs no demonstration. All M-ble to He Stopped. "In addition to this. It Is clear that In view of the great Importance of restricting the enemy's supplies and withholding facilities from them for carrying on their trade, his majesty's government cannot be expected to af ford the use of British cables to en able neutral and enemy count rlun 19 make arransments with each othof for the conduct of that trade and the principle on which the consoishlp of commercial telegrams is conducted Is to withhold, so far as British cables are concerned, all facilities for carry ing on trade directly or Indirectly with an enemy country. Accordingly, all cables arc liable to be stopped which show clear evidence either by the text of the telegram or by the known facts as to the sender or addressee that they refer to a trans action, whether In contraband or non- contraband, to which a resident In aa enemy country is one of the parties. Brltona Affected, Too. This principle, it will be observed. is applied Impartially to British, allied or neutral subjects, who endeavor to trade with the enemy through the medium of British cables." In Austria LIFE SENTENCE IS SPEEDY Man Begins Term Less Than 24 Hours After Murdering Woman. SAGINAW, Mich., April 2. Robert Smith, of Cleveland, was sentenced to life Imprisonment today for the mur der late yesterday of Mrs. Grace Steln hauser, of this city, whom he was to have married last night. Smith began serving his sentence less than 24 hours after the murder. Smith met Mrs. Steinhauser In the county Jail recently, while serving a sentence for vagrancy. . ! LEPER IS WITH SMART SET Man Will Be Held In Exclusive Chi cago Suburb Until Deported. CHICAGO. April 2. Highland Park, an exclusive suburb of Chicago, must entertain Angelo Lunardl. a leper, un til war conditions In Europe permit his safe return to Italy on the same vessel of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company which brought him to this country. This decision of ths immigration authorities In Washington was received here today by Dr. Percy L. Prentis. head of the' local Immigra tion bureau. Lunardi was employed as a watch man at the Exmoor Country Club when physicians discovered he was afdictud with leprosy. EDUCATOR T0G0 TO WAR Former Idaho University President to Leave With Canadian Troops. MOSCOW, Idaho, April t. (Special.) Dr. James Maclean, ex-president of the University of Idaho, now of the University of Winnipeg, has been called to the colors, and will leave wtth the next regiment of volusteera He enlisted at the outbreak of tho war and had been drilling at Winnipeg. He resigned a year ago. His wife waa a Moscow girl. Conduced oa Fae 2.)