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VOL. LV. "0. 16,962. PORTLAND,. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 6. 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GRANTS PASS LIE TO OCEAN ASSURED Twohy Brothers to Pro vide $5,000,000. EARLY COMPLETION PLEDGED Southern Pacific Thought Be hind Project. NEW COAST ROUTE THEORY GERMAN JORPEDO : SINKS ITALIAN SHIP FATE OF STEAMER'S CREW NOT YET DETERMINED RIGHT OF EMBARGO IS NOT ADMITTED Road of 91 Miles Connecting With , Crescent City to Open Vp Vast ( Area Rich In Soil, Timber and Mineral Resources. Completion of the California A Ore eon Coast Railroad from Grants Pass to Crescent City, CsU at a cost ap proximating $5,000,000 -was assured yesterday, when Twohy Bros., railroad contractors of Portland, arranged with the city officials of Grants Pass to finance the project and perform the wot v. i The people of Grants Pass already have bonded themselves for $200,000 to pay for the first 10 miles of the work. This portion of the road, from Grants Pas to Wllderville. has been built. The remaining portion, from Wilder ville to Crescent City, is approximately 1 miles long. It is estimated that the work can be completed this Sum mer. Twohy Bros, are prepared to put a large force of men to work there within the next few weeks. Early Opera-tloa Expected. The road . is bonded for 15,000,000, and it is understood that Twohy Bros, have made adequate arrangements for disposing of the bonds, as a means of financing the project. It is reported that Canadian and European capital ists hare agreed to take some of the securities, which, on account of the glowing reports regarding the terri tory to be served by the new roads. are expected to sell at a high figure. "We hope to complete arrangements and arry thewbrlt to -a successful conclusion within a very short tims said James F. Twohy, a member of the firm, last night. Dr. Reddy Makes Deal. Arrangements for financing the pro ect were completed in Portland a few days ago. Dr. J. F. Reddy, one of the original promoters of the road, repre sented the City of Grants Pass in the negotiations with Twohy Bros. , The new road will be an 'important factor in the future development of Grants Pass and all the territory in the southwestern corner of the state. It will open up a rich section hereto fore undeveloped and will give Grants Pass and the southern part of the state an easy outlet to the sea. Strategic Importance Noted. More significant than these facts, however, is the possibility that the new road will become a future link in through traffic between Portland and an Francisco. For this reason, it is believed that the road eventually will pass into the hands of the South ern Pacilic Company. Twohy Bros., It is understood, are acting for the Southern Pacific. They have done much work for the Southern Pacific in the past and are not apt to engage in railroad operation themselves. When the road is completed to Grants Pass a link of only 75 miles between Crescent City and Trinidad, Cal., will , remain to be built to give the Southern Pacific a new through line between Grants Pass and San Francisco. Line From Trinidad Bnllt. The road between Trinidad and San Francisco now is completed. It is ap proximately 500 miles long. This road the Northwestern Pacific, originally was projected under the joint owner i-hip of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe. From San Francisco to Willlts Cat., a distance of 139 miles, the part nership arrangement was carried out. but northward from Willits to Eureka and Trinidad the Southern Pacific did the work alone. It Is presumed, therefore, that the Southern Pacific will take over the Grants Pass-Crescent City road as soon as it is completed. Cult Route Desired. For many years the Southern Pacific has been looking for a routo between Portland and San Francisco, approx imating the shores of the Pacific Ocean and avoiding the heavy grades of the present main line across the Siskiyou Mountains. When the road between Eugene and Coos Bay first was started it was be lieved that this line eventually could be used as a link in the new Portland San Francisco line, but recent surveys . show that the road from Grants Pass to Crescent City will accomplish the came end and save about 100 miles in distance. It Is probable, therefore, that the Coos Bay line, for the present at least, will end at Coos Bay and not be extended southward along the coast, as was planned originally. Tlmker Omen to Coa tribute. The California A Oregon Coast Rail road Is the successor of the Grants Pass Jfe Crescent City Railroad Company.' It Is incorporated for $5,000,000. Its or ganisers were Dr. J. F. Reddy, H. L. Gilkey and W. W. Harmon. It haa an authorized bond issue of 5.000,900 of which the city of Grants Pass has sub scribed for 1300.000. It Is understood Submarine Attacks Vessel En Route From Baltimore to Genoa With Coal, Says Report. - ' GENOA, Italy, via Paris, April 5. A German submarine has sunk the Ital ian steamer Luigi Parodi. which left Baltimore January 22 with a cargo of coal for Genoa, according to word re ceived here today. The report has caused a profound impression here, and there are many expressions of resent ment. Great excitement prevails and the authorities have taken strong meas ures to protect the German colony and German ships from reprisals. Nothing known as to tbe fate of the crew of the Luigi Parodi, which was made up entirely of Genoese. The Luigi Parodi was a steamer of 2762 tons. She sailed from Baltimore January 22, her destination being given as Augusta, Sicily. The last marine records simply report her as "overdue. Apparently nothing further has been heard from her. If the Luigl Parodi was sunk by a German submarine it would seem to indicate that ' German's underwater boats are covering a wide field of op erations, extending far beyond the wa ters of the British Isles. The Lulgi Parodi was built in 189 in Stockton, England. She hails from Genoa. BIBLE H0PE0F SAFETY American In Italy Wants Birth Rec ord to Avoid Arniy Service. WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 6. (Special.) Vincent WarfieW, an Amer lean in Italy, relies on a family Bible In possession of his brother, S. H. War field, of Milton, to keep him out of the Italian army. Warfleld looks like an Italian and speaks the language flu ently and he fears the officers will try to force him into uniform. The family Bible shows he was born in Pennsylvania. The certificate will be prepared and forwarded by Immi gration Inspector Wells. Warfteid has been in Italy 12 years, being in charge of a steel mill. THREE GOVERNORS INVITED Withycombe. Lister and Johnson Asked to Attend Road Congress. SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. A resolu tlon was adopted by the board of super visors today inviting Governors John son, of California; WINiycorabe, of Ore- gon, and Lister, of Washington, to at tend the Pacific Coast Good Roads congress. The meeting will be held in this city beginning August 2 under the auspices of the Tri-State Good Road's Associa tlon. American Notes Sent to London and Paris. PREVIOUS BRITISH YIEW TAKEN Submission Would Be Unneu tral Act, Says Washington. REPARATION IS EXPECTED Order-in-Councll Stopping . Trade Between Germany and Peaceful Nations Is Declared Violation of International Laws. $30,000 DAMAGES ASKED Prominent Families Figure In Alien ation Snit at Dallas. SALEM, Or., April 7. (Special.) J. S. Billings, of Dallas, filed suit in the Circuit Court there last Saturday against H. L. Fenton, also of Dallas, demanding $30,000 for alleged aliena tion of the affections of "Mrs. Bllimgs. Both families are prominent here and highly connected. Billings is rep resented by Attorney Guy Smith. IVeacUuiei oa Page 8. j DUTCH ISSUE WARNING Netherlands Government Will Not Let Other Nations Cse Its Flag. WASHINGTON, April 5. The Nether lands government has notified the United States that any foreign ship misusing the Dutch flag or using other means to make a pretense of possessing Dutch nationality will not be allowed to depart from or pass through waters under the jurisdiction of The Netherlands. KING ORDERS TEETOTALISM No Wines or Spirits to Be T-'sed in Any of Royal Houses. LONDON. April 5. Teetotalism will be enforced in all the King's house hold, beginning Wednesday. An offi cial announcement just issued, dated April S, says: "By the King s commands no wines or spirits will be consumed in any of His Majesty's houses after today." WASHINGTON, April 5. The United States Government today made, public its note to Great Britain announcing that it could not "admit" either the right of the allies or their assertions for justification In placing an embargo on all commercial intercourse between Germany and neutral countries. To admit It," says the communica tion, "would be to assume an attitude of unneutrality toward the present en emies of Great Britain, which would be obviously inconsistent with the solemn obligations of this Government in the present circumstances, and for Great Britain to make such a claim would be for her to abandon and set at naught the principles for which she has con sistently and earnestly contended in other times and circumstances." Reparation Is Expected. The note reviews at length the legal phases of a blockade of belligerent ter ritory and virtual blockade of neutral coasts. Ill conclusion the United States as serts its expectation that Great Britain "after having considered" the possibili ties of "serious interruption of Ameri ican' trade under the Order-in-Council, "will take steps to avoid them and in the event that they should unhappily occur, which under tne rules or inter national law constitutes a violation of neutral rights. . ' Valawful Excuse Not Suspected. The American communication inter- pretes the circumstances under which Great Britain pretends to be justified in adopting retaliatory measures to ward her enemies as "merely a rea son for certain extraordinary activities" by her naval force "and not an ex cuse for or a prelude to any unlawful action." If the course of the present enemies of Great Britain," the note adds, "should prove to be In fact tainted by illegality and disregard of the principles of war sanctioned by enlightened nations, it cannot be supposed, and this govern ment does not for a moment suppose, that His Majesty's government would wish the same taint to attach to their own actions." Ambassador Sharp at Paris was in- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weathe-f. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65.6; minimum, 42:0. TODAY'S Fair, westerly -winds. - War. French captain kills wife he loved to avert dismissal from army. Page 2. Russia and Austria both report victories. Page 2. Maxlne Elliott aids wounded in Belgium and works' In mud. Page 2. Labor Issue Is made by British women. Page 2. GIfford Pinchot expelled by Germane from .Belgium. Page 1. Italian steamer reported suck by German submarine. . Page 1. x National. American notes to allies does not admit right of embargo on trade with Germany. Page 1. Northwest's share in fund for improving rivers and harbors is large. Page 6. , Domestic General manager of Pullman Company says upa were not considered in fixing por ters' -wages at 127.60. Page 2. Noted French feminist prophet, Jules Bois, to give lecture series at lair. age . Sports. Jess Willard wins world heavyweight box ing championship from JacK jonnson. Page 1. - Bat Masterson tells story of knockout t negro pugilist. Page 13. 1 Fall of negro is blamed en weakness of race, dissipation. Page 12. I Boxing experts are surprised by fall of Jack Johnson. Page - 13. Boosters are busy. Page IS. Pacific Northwest. Stage robbery near Baker nets highwayman 4000. Page 7. Railroad and mill to be built at Roseburg t cost of J 1,000, 000. Page 7. W. A. Bel), Eugene business men's candi date, leads for Mayor. Page o. Commercial and Marine. Margins on future trades will be required by Aicrcnantd' Exchange, fage it. Export demand for Jfay wheat lifts Chi cago market. Page 17. Record prices for year scored in Wall street. rage i. Ainsworth dock to -have extensive repairing done. Page 14. Portland and Vsainlty. Twohy Brothers to complete line from Grants Pass to Crescent City. Page 1. Remote voter to hear plea for bonds and highways. Page 11. 'Serpent of the Nile" Is fascinating skit at Pantages. Page 14. St. Johns' vote for annexation to Portland is decisive.. . Page'.l. - Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. ST. JOHNS VOTES TO JOIN PORTLAND GERMANY EXPELS GIFFORD PINCHOT TOKJIEK O'UKr FORESTER PUT 'yJOF BELGIUM. Maiontv of 302 fcil-uT J v 1290 for Annexation. .ilemhep of Amr-rlran Relief Com mission Not Wanted Because Sis ter Is Wife of British Diplomat. RATIFICATION IS DUE IN JUNE Women Assist in Active Cam paigns on Both Sides. . ELECTION UNDER NEW LAW SEX COURSEJJRGED LATER Dr. W. T. Foster Would Have Teach ers Instructed First. SAN FRANCISCO, April E. The teach ing of sex hygiene In the public schools at this time was declared .today to be impracticable by Dr. William T. Foster, president of Reed College at Portland, Or., In an address before the World's Social Congress In session here. Dr. Foster said not one teacher in 50 equipped to teach such a delicate subject and suggested compulsory ed ucation on the subject for the teachers In the normal -school? as the prelim inary to general education. Prineiual Advantages Cited Are "Better Water and Schools, Fire : and Police Protection and Lower Rate of Taxation. PORTLAND SOON TO VOTE ON MERGER. Portland people will vote at the June election, undoubtedly, on annexing St. Johns to this c-ily. It may be submitted to the voters here at any time within a year from yesterday cither by the Council or initiative, petition. It requires a majority of the vot ers ct the city to carry the merge.. If ir.o merger carries at Port land's election, it becomes ef fective automatically within SO days without further legal process. The merging of the two cities, if it becomes an accomplished fact, will be by virtue of a con stitutional amendment carried at the state election last November and ratified by the recent ses sion of the Legislature. This measure had this consolidation in mind and it also opens the way for similar action else where that it may be found de sirable. The bill was introduced at Salem by D. C. Lewis and was the first to be considered at tho last session. THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, April 5. Gifford Pinchot, ex-Chief Forester of the United States, who. It is under stood, has been acting as special agent for the State Department at Washing ton in the European war xone, has been expelled from Belgium by the German authorities. WASHINGTON. April B. Gifford Pin chot, according to advices to the State Department, reached Antwerp, Bel glum, but was not permitted to pro ceed further in his work as member of the American relief commission In Bel gium, although detailed as a special diplomatic agent of the American Gov ernment. The German authorities objected be cause Mr. Pinchot s sister la Lady Allen Johnstone, wife of the former British minister to Denmark, who Is still in the'Brltlsh diplomatic service. Germany has Insisted from the begin ning that all agents and consuls of the American Government In Belgian ter ritory under German military occupa tion should have no connection, how ever remote, with her enemies. It la understood that the State De partment will assign Mr. Pinchot to other work in the war zone. JESS VVILlARD IS MIDI n'CPUHMDlfllJ HUIILU tl Ullttllll u Giant Kansan Wrests Title From Negro. JACK JOHNSON KNOCKED OUT Challenger Wears Down Black and Finally Ends Him. FINAL BLOW IS IN 26TH TIGHT SHOES ATTACKED (Concluded on Page 4.) SEAPLANE DOCK LOCATED cw Yorkers Will TTse Craft to Go to and From Homes. NEW YORK, April 6. The Aero Club of America has established a landing place, for .hydro-aeroplanes in this city for the use of its members who desire to use these craft for their daily trips between New Tork and their country homes. The place of landing Is at Seventy-second street and the East River. About a dozen members, it was said today, will -travel to and from their homes along the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound in hydro-aeroplanes. St. Johns has voted to 'become a part of Portland. By a majority of 302 votes out of a tote.l of 1290 cast,- the 'people of St Johns, Portland s populous suburb on the north, voted- yesterday to surrender their charter and become a part of the Greater Portland. It remains now for the electors of Portland to ratify this action at the regular city election In June. The consolidation of the two cities will become a reality in 30 days after an affirmative vote by a majority of the Portland electors. Both Precincts Favorable. Both precincts of St. Johns returned a favorable vote on the merger issue. The vote In detail was as follows: For. As'st. First precinct 32S 27T Second precinct 28, 217 Total . 706 494 Majority for . . - S02 The merger contest was the big issue (Concluded on vair 11.) Fred B. Smith Warns Y. M. C. Secretaries of Efficiency Loss. A. Secretaries of the T. M. C. A. who wear tight shoes and have corns are short-changing the Lord and would get better results from a chiropodist than from lengthy prayer. To this effect, Fred B. Smith, for years at the head of the International religious work of the Y. M. C. A., and one of the authors of the men-and-re-liglon-forward movement that swept the country two years ago. advised Portland Y. M. C. A. secretaries in con ference. Mr. Smith said that secretaries who could not produce 100 per cent efficien cy were not keeping up with the pro cession. He pointed out plans and methods of work and counseled on asso ciation problems. The visit to Portland was part of a business tour. A NEW PUGILISTIC STAR HAS RISEN CHINA-JAPAN WAR RUMOR Report of Declaration Made at The Hague and Denied by Ministers. THE HAGUE, via London, April & A xeport was circulated in Berlin to day tbat war had been declared be tween China and Japan. - Both the Chinese and Japanese Min isters at The Hague deny that there is any truth in the report. CRUISER SENJT0 BEIRUT Chester Ordered to Sail From Boston Navy-Yard to Mediterranean. WASHINGTON. April 5. The scout cruiser Chester, at the Boston Navy Yard, was today ordered to the Medi terranean to relieve the cruiser North Carolina. The North Carolina is now at Beirut, Asia iiincr. 'CK I foFr? S THE' rV 1 ?'r0rA CHAJOA j I f- 1 0 Vr,. DR. LOVELAND MUST REST Pastor Ordered to Seashore as He- suit of Illness From Overwork. Acting under the orders of his phy sician, Dr. Frank L. Loveland, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will leave this morning for Gearhart for a complete rest. Dr. Loveland conducted an efficiency campaign in his church last week and worked untiringly for its suces. A large addition o( members was tae re sult, but on Sunday morning alter the service Dr. Loveland fainted and ha been ill ever since. To ward off nervous breakdown the trip to th beach was ordered. The pastor will return to Portland next Sunday to oc cupy his pulpit, if possible. His assist ant, Itev. ti. G. Greene, has gone to Exiled Negro Holds Lead for 19 Rounds, Then Weakens, but De pit Fearful Beating Is Not -Knocked , Cnconsclous. Newport, where he Sunday. will preach nex WELFARE SHOW HELD UP Public Performance by Children Without Permit Prevented. Whi working hard for the Child Welfare Commission, the sponsors for the Child Welfare benefit matinee at the Heilig Theater bumped into the law in the person of Mrs. June Nlssen Juvenile Court officer, shortly before the curtain rose yesterday. The flock of children was arranged ready for the exhibition to start when Mrs. Nlssen entered. "Have you a permit for these chil dren to appear on a public stage?" she inquired. The sponsors gasped. They had not. They didn't know it was nacessary. A hurried call on Judge Gatens brought the desired permit and the show pro ceeded. HUNGARY NOT FOR PEACE Count - Andrassy Denies That His Country Will Act Independently VIENNA, April 5. "If our enemies set great hope that the internal dis sensions of Hungary will bring about a separate peace, their disappointment will be equally great. Count Julius Andrassy, former Premier of Hungary, said today in reference to rumors tbat tho Hungarian opposition desired to conclude peace. 'Certainly everyone desires peace. he continued, "but only a peace culcu lated to end these evils we are iight- Ing." FORCE OF SHELLS DOUBLED France Keeps Details of Its New Explosive Secret. -PARIS. April 5. The Army Bulletin today makes the first official reference to the new powder, which has been talked about mysteriously for months. The Bulletin says that without en tering into details which cannot be divulged, it may be said that the new explosive ro.-ently put Into use doubles the explosic effect of the shells of three-inch guns. HAVANA, April S Jack Johnson, ex lied from his own country, today lost his claim to tlstlc fame as the heavy weight champion of the world, the title being wrested from him by Jess Wil lard, the Kansas cowboy, the biggest man who ever entered the prlserlng. Today's fight probably has no parallel In the history of' ring battles. For 20 rounds Johnson punched and pounded Willard at will, but bis blows grew per ceptibly Ipss powerful as the ftght pro gressed, until at last he seemed unable or unwilling to go on. Johnaon brni Weaker. Johnson stopped leading, and for three or four rounds the battle between the two huge men was little more than a' series of plastic poses of white or black gladiator. So It was until the 25th round, when Willard got one of his widely swinging, windmill right-hand smashes to John son's heart. This was the beginning of the end. When the round closed Johnson sent word to his wife, that he was all-in. and told her to start for home. She was on the way out and was passing the ring In the 26th round when a sting ing left to the body and a cyclonic rif lit to the jaw caused Johnson to crumple on the floor of the ring, -where he lay partly outside the ropes until the ref eree counted 10 and held up Willard hand in token of his newly-won laurels. Johnson Net Cnee-aaHeas. There is much discussion tonight, and probably will be for a long time, among the followers of the fighting game as to whether Johnson was really knocked out. In the sense of being smashed into unconsciousness, he certainly was not put out. The concensus of opinion is that John son expected and knew that there wis no possibility of his winning; so when knocked down, he chose to take the count rather than rise and stand fur ther punishment. Johnson has often stated that fight ing is a business, and he would not foolishly submit to reprated knock downs when he found he had met his master. A second or two after Jack Welsh, the referee, had counted 10, Johnson quickly got up.. It was well that he did so, for a moment later a rush of spectators to the fighting plat form all but smothered the puglltvt. For an Instant it seemed as If trouble was threatened, but some 50 or more of the several hundred soldiers sta tioned about the fight arena Jumped into tbe ring and formed circles around the vanquished and victor. Soldiers Form Kerert. Under escort of the soldiers Willard and Johnson left the ring and went to their dressing-rooins, while the crowd cheered and broke Into wild discussion. Willard was out of his dressing-room In a few moments and In an automobile on his way back to Havana. He was escorted half way to the city from the Mariana race track, where tbe fight was held, by a troop of Cuban cavalry. Crowds lined the streets and narrow roadways, and the new white cham pion was loudly cheered. He was de cidedly the favorite of the crowd all through the flsht, and tonight Is the hero of the island. White Flaae Fly. Automobiles returning to the city from the fight flew white flag's and thus the news spread far and wide that the white challenger had defeated the ne gro champion. As Willard came along, the crowds in the streets waved riaxs and handkerchiefs tied to sticks. At one point a group of negro children, who had evidently heard that Johnson was the victor, waved black flags at the white champion, who was much amused. . Willard probably is the most modei.t champion who ever stepped out of a prize ring, taking his victory as philo sophically as he had looked forward to the fight. Neither he nor Johnson showed much evidence of having been engaged in a heavyweight champion ship battle. The new champion's Hp, right ear and left cheek showed slight cuts, but at no time was there more than a drop or two of blood in evidence. Contrast With Rest Marked. In this respect the tight was In great contrast to the Johnson-Jeffries fight at Reno, five years ago, when Jeffries was ut to pieces and blood splashed over the spectators at the ringside. Evi dently thinking that this condition mlsrht prevail agsin today, Johnson ob jected to the presence of a white wom an in the newspaper seats Jut outside lie ropes, and she was relegated te a lace farther back. On the contrary, no fight between eavyweights that has gone to a flnirlt was cleaner or less nrutai. jonnsou s (Cuncludtd oa 1 f 12.) f