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VOL,. LiV. NO. 16,973. rORTLANDt OREGOX, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIRE LOSS $250,000 AT 4TH AND ANKENY Blake-McFall 6-Story Block in Flames. TWENTY FIREMEN OVERCOME Property Worth $500,000 Is .Threatened by Blaze. 5 TAKEN TO HOSPITAL 'Falling Estate, Owner or Building, and Paper Company Heaviest losers Insurance Covers Greater Tart of Damage. FACTS ABOUT NIGHT FIRE IN HEART OF WHOLESALE DISTRICT. Where Blake - McFall Paper C o m p a n y's six-story building. Fourth and Ankeny, southwest corner. Building- owned by Fail ing estate, built in 1909 at cost of $150,000. Frontage, 160 feet on Fourth, 93 feet on Ankeny. Time Seven o'clock Sunday night. Loss Estimated at 10 P. M. at $250,000, including part of $200, 000 stock of Blake-McFall Com pany, valuable engraving plant of Hicks-Chatten Company and stock of smaller firms. Inscurance Loss practically covered. Features. Practically all apparatus in city called out. outlying districts sending in men and equipment. Fifteen lines of hose playing on fire from Ankeny side alone. Two companies of Oregon Naval Militia pressed into service. Building was unoccupied at time fire started, so far as known', and electricity was sup posedly cut off. Fire walls isolate fire from other buildings. Fifteen firemen overcome with smoke. Joe Mufholland and Fred Williams, of Engine Com pany No. 2, and F. L. Hoffman, of Engine Company No. 13 taken to hospital at 9 o'clock. Oxygen helmets were brought Into nervlce at 9:30 by three of the fire cap tains, to enter tbe building; and search for some of the firemen who were mlsa lug and were supposed to be lying un conscious In the smoke. Captain Arch Smith, of Eiglu 4; Captain Farmenter, of Truck Company 3, and Carl Gunster, of Engine 3, donned the helmets and made the search. Property worth half a million dol lars is threatened by a Are which started in tne Blake-McFall six-story building, Fourth and Ankeny streets, in the heari of the wholesale district, at 7 o'clock last night, and in a few minutes turned the structure Into a raging furnace which no firemen could enter. The probable loss at 10 P. M. Is estimated at $250,000, with 90 per cent covered by insurance. The origin of the Are is unfixed. Practically all the Are-fighting ap paratus in the city had been summoned by 8 o'clock. The Areboat David Camp bell stretched three lines of hose from the river. Twenty Firemen Overcome. Twenty firemen were overcome by emoke, five of whom were rushed to the hospital in a precarious condition. The other firemen were taken to the Multnomah Hotel, where they were taken care of by Assistant City Physi cian Harding. Nearly all were from engine company No. 2. Blake-McFall Heaviest Loser. The heaviest losers are the Falling estate, which owns the building, and the Blake-McFall Company, which oc cupies three-fourths of the building. Nine other firms have offices in the building. They are: The Hicks-Chatten Engraving Com pany. The Kelley-Clarke Company. , The Portland Stationery & Wooden Vork Company. George P. Ide Sc Co. The O. E. Fletcher Sales Agency. The Western Dry Goods Company. Marshall Field & Co. T. Crowe & Co. Montague-O'Reilly Company, contrac tors. C. D. Bruun, president of the Blake McFall Company, estimated the com pany's probable stock loss at $200,000. Mr. Bruun said that part of the com pany's stock was in the burning build ing, and the remainder in the ware house. He was unable, he said, to make an accurate estimate of the stock in cither building last night. The Blake McFall Company, Mr. Bruun said, car ried insurance equal to 90 per cent of the total .value of the stock. Smoke Hampers Firemen. The building was erected in 1909 at a cost of $150,000. The loss will prob ably be at least $60,000. The other losses will consist chiefly (.Concluded on Fags !). AIRMEN FROM SUEZ CANAL RAID TURKS FRENCH CKX'ISERS ACTIVE IX EAST JIEDITEKRAXEAX. Camp Near EI Arish Is Bombarded and Another 40 Miles Southwest of Jerusalem Later Slielled. CAIRO, via London, April 18. The following official communication was issued today: "On the 15th three aeroplanes made a flight from the canal to Flsirr, some 25 miles south of El Arlsh, dropping bombs, which were effective. From 150 to 200 tents were seen. The dis tance flown was more than 170 miles. "No other enemy troops were seen this side of Flsirr, though one or two small posts of about 20 men are known to exist. "On the same date a French cruiser bombarded a camp near El Arish, a seaplane directing the fire. No large number of troops were seen, though enemy guns opened fire both on the cruiser and the seaplane. Neither was hit, however. "On the 17th a French cruiser again, assisted by a seaplane, bombarded the enemy's camp well to the south of Ghazzeh (some 40 miles southwest of Jerusalem.) Considerable damage was done." DRYS MOVE ON CAPITOL Plans Laid to Surround Congress With Prohibition Thousands. WASHINGTON, April 18. (Special.) One .of the picturesque developments in the fight of the anti-liquor forces tb secure Nation-wide prohibition came to light here today with the announce ment that at the next Congress there will be an "on-to-Washingtot" move ment of those who sympathize with the prohibition propaganda. The plan is to have many thousands of men and women reach Washington on a concerted date and surround the Capitol to give a demonstration of pro hibition sentiment. The demonstration will be known as "blue ribbon day in Washington." WHEAT KING AFTER RECORD George Drumlieller Wants More Than $200,000 for 1915 Crop. WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 18. (Special.) George Drumheller, whose $200,000 check for his wheat crop last Fall brought him notoriety, expects to get a larger one this year. Believing that the price will be as high or higher than last year, when he received $1 a bushel, he has planted 8500 acres of land to wheat, which sets a new rec ord for individual wheat growing in the Inland Empire. He declares the outlook for more than an average crop Is bright and expects 30 to 35 bushels an acre. He had to reseed 700 acres damaged by frost. RAILS SENT TO ALASKA First Shipment by Government to Be feed for Working Terminals. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 18. The first rails for the Government railroad in Alaska were shipped tonight on the steamer Mariposa, which sailed for Cook Inlet. The shipment consisted of two carloads to be used in building working terminals at Ship Creek, which will be the base for this season's oper ations. The Mariposa also carried large shipments of lumber, construc tion equipment and supplies for the Alaska Engineering Commission. Lieutenant Frederick Mears, of the Alaska Engineering Commission, and 45 surveyors were among the 291 pas sengers on the steamer. ALBERT ECKMAN IS SUICIDE Bullet Is Sent Through Heart Fol lowing Repeated Threats. Albert Eckman, of 1069 East Thirty third street North, shot himself through the heart late yesterday. His wife found his body In the chicken yard at the rear of their home. Mr. Eckman, who was about 47 years old, had threatened numerous times to end his life and several weeks ago pur chased a revolver. His wife gave it to a neighbor. Her husband laughed at her precaution and last week purchased another gun. An investigation will bo made to find where he purchased the weapon. He is also survived by a daughter. DEATH DARED TO SAVE BOY Walla Walla Woman Drives Auto Into Pole and Injures Own Son. WALLA WALLA. Wash., April IS. (Special.) Choosing to imperil her own life to save a young boy, Mrs. Welford Gross drove an auto this afternoon into a telephone pole, the impact hurling her own son through the windshield. He received some bad cuts and scratches on the face and it was feared at first his jaw was broken. The lad in dan ger, Thomas Drumheller, was saved. The Gross boy is doing well tonight, no bones being broken. YUKON ICE BREAKS EARLY River free to Lake Labargo Days Ahead of Last Year. 16 DAWSON. X. T., April 18. The Yukon River ice is breaking up the earliest in its history. The river is already open from White Horse, the head of naviga tion, to Lake Labarge, 16 days earlier than last year. The ice on Labarge is so thin that crossing is dangerous. JAPAN HOT TRYING TO ESTABLISH BASE Only Salvage Opera tions Carried On. AMERICAN CRUISER REPORTS Commander Irwin Describes Conditions at Turtle Bay. ASAMA IS STILL AGROUND Only Other Vessels Present Are Re pair Ship and Two Colliers Re port Made Following Csual "Visit of Courtesy." Washington. Arpn is. comman der Noble Irwin, of the cruiser New Orleans, reported to the Navy Depart ment today that he had investigated the Japanese naval activity in Turtle Bay, Lower California, and found no indications other than salvage work on the stranded cruiser Asama. The commander's report was sent by wireless to Admiral Howard, command ing the Pacific fleet, who telegraphed it to Secretary Daniels, as follows: "The Asama still aground in San Bartolome Bay. Only other vessels pres ent one repair ship and two colliers. No indications of- other than salving work." Special Report Called For. Secretary Daniels had called on Ad miral Howard for a special report in view of press dispatches telling of the assembling of a squadron of foreign warships in Turtle Bay, of a large camp established by the Japanese ashore and of mines laid in the harbor. The Asama has been aground in the secluded Mexican haven since Decem ber and the reports indicated that the presence of other ships aiding in get ting her afloat was being made the ex cuse for the establishment of a perma nent base of operations. . Report Already Denied. The Japanese embassy issued a state ment declaring the operations were solely for salvage purposes and deny ing that there was any intention of es tablishing a naval base, and later Gen eral Esteban Cantu, Military Governor of Lower California, telegraphed the Villa authorities that the Japanese ac tivities were limited to salving the Asama. Admiral Howard sent orders by wire less . yesterday to the New Orleans, which had left San Diego for Mazatlan, Hex., directing Commander Irwin to stop at Turtle Bay, exchange the usual visits of courtesy and report on what was going on there. All Stores Closed Sunday. TILLAMOOK. Or., 'April 18. (Spe cial.) Notwithstanding that Judge Morrow decided the Sunday closing law unconstitutional, District Attorney T. H. Goyne closed all stores in the city today. : - i YOU RE HAUNG PI$ llll AWARD TJNJE A. X RAISING THAT INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTER DAT S Maximum temperature. 7 degrees: minimum, 47 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. War. Ear Grey urges model public houses, rather than prohibition, as solution of drink problem In Britain. Page 2. German Ambassador to Turkey says United States injures itself by not observing- true spirit of neutrality. Page 2. Russians treat people of Galicia -with con sideration. Page 2. Russia says task in Carpathians Is complete with capture of principal chain. Page 1. British airmen and French warships bombard Turks In Sues Canal region. Page 1. British battleship Majestic hit by fire' of - forts at Dardanelles. Fags 3. Bernhardl says victorious Germany would benefit America. Page 1. National. American cruiser finds Japanese are mak ing no effort to establish base at Turtle Bay. Page 1. Domestic. Twenty-two Illinois towns to vote on pro hibition Tuesday. Page 3. Constance Dreacel, American nurse on way to The Hague, says women should domi nate peace movement. Page 3. Sport. Pacific Coast League results: Venice 11, Portland 2; Salt Lake 4-2. Oakland 3-1 morning game l'J innings); tjan Fran cisco 3-5. Loa Angeles 2-G. Page 10. Eugene golfers give Portland Club team - sound drubbing. Page 11. Long throw by Ty Cobb saves game for Detroit. Page 11. Record Sunday crowd gathers at Oregon City falls to fish, page 10. Citv League scores: West Side 11, Piedmont 1. East Side 6. Sellwood 5. Page 11. Pacific ' Northwest. Forgers get $ 700 from Marsh field and North Bend merchants. Page S. Problem of employing convicts in Oregon made difficult by statute, Frank Davey points out. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Peace Sunday observed in Portland. Page 14. Cement plant at Oswego may be completed and put Into operation. Page 9. Plan for selection of Rose Festival Queen suggested. Page 9. Canadian soprano and Orpheum male chorus charm in Heilig concert. Page 14. Orpheum has varied and pleasing bill. Page IS'ew film thrills are keen. Page 7. Fire in wholesale district at Fourth and Ankeny does $250,000 damage. Page 1. Steamer reaches Portland after capture by Japanese. Page 11. LIVE BIRD IS HAT TRIMMING Canary in Lace Cage Heralds Girl's Appearance on Fifth Avenue. NEW YORK, April 18. (Special.) This is the tale of a bird in a cage on the hat of a girl in Fifth avenue. The girl appeared at Forty-second street about noon today. Caged in a cone of gauze on top of a wide-brimmed affair of lace and net, 'the canary hopped and chirped. He seemed to enjoy the ride, but the crowd was too much for the wearer. She was so confused that she took a taxi. A press agent of a Broadway show asserted that he was rponsor for everything but the taxi bill. He said the girl was Bessie Ryan and had a photograph taken of bird and cage and hat and girl ensemble, to prove it. MILITIA SHOOTS ON RANGE National Guardsmen Hold .Target Practice at Clackamas. With more than 100 men on the fir ing line the Second Battalion of the Oregon National Guard, under the com mand of Major Smith, began record tar get practice at the Clackamas range yesterday. Some good shooting was reported and many men qualified. The previous days at the range had been spent by the battalion in practice shoot ing. The members of Battery A of the Field Artillery were also at the range practicing mounted field drill. Colonel C. McLaughlin was among the officers at the range. HONORABLE INTENTIONS ARE ALL RUSSIA COMPLETES CARPATHIAN TASK 400,000 A",vo-Ger-mans Lose Battle. 70,000 REPORTED PRISONERS Principal Chain of Mountains Is Controlled by Czar. LOSSES ARE STUPENDOUS Desperate Resistance of Defenders Is Broken in lfuce of Most Try ing Difficulties and Position Secured, Says Petrojrrad. PETROGRAD, via London, April 18. Tbe following official communication concerning the progress of the cam paign was issued from general head quarters tonight: "At the beginning of March, in the principal chain of the Carpathians, we held only the region of the Dukla passes, where our lines formed an ex terior angle. All other passes of Lupkow and further east were in the hands of the enemy. "In view of this situation our armies were assigned the further task of de veloping, before the season of bad roads due to melting snows began, our posi tion in the Carpathians which domi nated the outlets into the Hungarian plains. Difficult Terrain Covered. "About the period indicated, the great Austrian forces which had been con centrated for the purpose of relieving Przemysl were in a position between Lupkow and Uzsok Pass. It was for this sector that our grand attack was planned. Our troops had to carry out a frontal attack under difficult condi tions of terrain. "To facilitate their attack, therefore, an auxiliary attack was decided upon on a front in the direction of Bartfeld. as far as Lupkow. v Secondary Attack Is Sueceno. "This secondary attack was opened March 19 and was completely developed. On March 23 and 28 our troops had already begun their principal attack in the direction of Baligrod, enveloping the enemy positions from west of Lupkow Pass, and on the east, near the source of the San. "The enemy made a most desperate resistance to our offensive. "They had brought up every avail able man on the front from the direc tion of Bartfeld as far as Uzsok Pass, including even German troops and num bers of cavalrymen fighting on foot. The enemy's effectives on this front ex ceeded 400 battalions. (An Austrian or German battalion numbers 1000 men.) Moreover, our troops had to overcome great natural difficulties at every step. Task Completed in 18 Days. "Nevertheless, by April 6, that is, IS Concluded on Page ) O. K. Sunday's War Moves ""HE British, as an offset to their .a success In destroying a Turkish ..rpedo-boat which attacked the trans ccess in destroying a Turkish port Manltou off Chios yesterday, lost the submarine E-15, which, while car rying out a difficult reconnaissance in the Dardanelles mine field, ran aground on Keppes Point, the crew being made prisoners. According to the Turkish report, seven of the crew are missing. British airmen In Egypt have been dropping . bombs on the Turkish en campment near the border, while a French cruiser, the fire of which was directed by a seaplane, has been throw ing shells on the Turks near El Arish, where the army for the invasion of Egypt has its headquarters. These operations were undertaken presumably to harass the Turks, as the Turks have not shown any intention of attacking the British since their last repulse along the canal. In the Carpathians there has been fighting, but no battle to be compared with those which the arrival of Spring brought to a close. The Austrians of ficially report that they have repulsed Russian .attacks to the southeast of Lupkow Pass. Inflicting heavy losses on their adversaries, but elsewhere comparative calm prevails. The French have again been active in the Vosges, capturing an important height near MetzeraL The British, too, have attacked the Germans in the neighborhood of Tpres, where fighting still was In progress when the last report was dispatched. It is again said that the German ef forts to bring about an accord between Austria and Italy have failed, a re port, which, if confirmed, is likely to magnify in the eyes of the Italians the frontier Incident of Saturday. Accord ing to the latest reports, the Austrians, who were passing over Italian terri tory, actually fired on the Italian troops, who repulsed them, and in re turn penetrated into Austrian terri tory. The sinking of the Greek steamer Ellispontos by a submarine off the Dutch coast is believed likely to bring about soine friction between the Greek and German governments. The Ellis pontos was destroyed while on a voy age from Tmuiden, Holland, to Monte video, in ballast. LOST GREEK'S CREW LANDS Wounded Captain Says Submarine Gave Xo Warning of Attack. LONDON. Aril 18. The crew of the Greek steamer Ellispontos, torpedoed yesterday by a- submarine five miles west of the North Hinder lightship, has arrived at Flushing, according to a dispatch to Reuters Telegram Com pany. The captain, who was badly wound ed and taken to a hospital, said his steamer was torpedoed without warn ing. The crew got away safely in boats, however, and rowed to the light ship. It is reported from North Hinder that German aviators yesterday tried to drop bombs on two British ships and fired on them but without result. ACTION AT SEA IS DENIED Xo Naval Kngagcment Has Occurred for Month, Says Churcliill. LONDON. April 19. Winston Spencer Churchill. First Lord of the Admiralty has Issued the following denial of re cent rumors: "There has been no naval action of any kind in the North Sea during the past month, nor any action of any kind in the Dardanelles, other than local bombardments and reconnoissances by single ships. "Since March IS only two or three men have been hit in the Dardanelles and there has' been no loss or injury to French or British ships." GERMANY WILLING TO PAY Damages and Apolo&y Promised Holland if Teuton Sank. Kalwjk. BERLIN", April 18. by wireless to Sayville. Among the items given out for publication, today by the Overseas News Agency was the following: "An official investigation of the tor pedoing of the Dutch steamer Katwyk, near the North Hinder lightship in the North Sea on April 14, still is pend ing. If it is shown that the vessel was sunk by a German boat, Germany will be ready at once to pay damages and apologize according to the provisions of international law. No tension be tween Holland and Germany Is feared." AUSTRIANS DEMAND BREAD Demonstrations in Interior Against War Hcrjorled on Increase. VERONA, via Taris, April 18. Travel, ers from the interior of Austria bring reports of increasing unrest resulting from the Insufficiency of the bread al lowance which, although it has been In creased, still is considered inadequate. Demonstrations against the war are said to be increasing in number and violence, especially in Vienna and at points in Bohemia, where mobs are re ported to have sacked storehouses in which were stocks of provisions for the army. TRIESTE IS WITHOUT FLOUR Bakers in Austrian City Will Have Xo Work to Do Today. '. ROME. April IS. (Special.) An un censored dispatch from Trieste says the supply of flour has been exhausted. There will be no work for the bakers tomorrow and the city will be without bread. The prices for rice paste are prohibitive. BERNHARDI SCOUTS FEAR FOR AMERICA German General Fore casts Var's Effect. WORLD EMPIRE IS NOT HOPE Victory for Kaiser Would Ben efit United States, He Says. BRITAIN REGARDED MENACE Growth of Xavy Thought Cause of English Jealousy General De clares His Hooka Have Ilecit Distorted in Translation. BY KARL. II, VON' WIEGAXD. (Special Htarf correipondcnt of the TVorlil. Copyright, ly the Pres l'ubllehlng Company (The New York World). Pub lished by arranKmctit.) SGIIAVKXIIAGU, Poser. March 1. via London, April 12. (Delaved In trans mission from Germany.) Here are some of the things General Krledrhh. von Bernhardl, whose books have been used to make out a case against Ger many In this war, -: told me today In the first interview granted any Jour nalist since the war began v That victorious Germany would benefit America In stead of endanger ing it. That he has never been an ad vocate of war for war's sake. That he Is not a 4 Krl II. Von lVlefCAIMl. militarist, but has merely dwelt upon the historical fact that the day of wars has not yet passed and ha pointed out that wars have not been w ithout then good points in the evolution of the world and the development of civiliza tion. World i:iniire mt .Mm. That Germany does not and never has ireamed of world empire or world conquest. That his writings have been mlsin terpreted and iti some instances wil fully distorted. General von Bernhardt has written some urticles with his own pen In hm own defense for American imperii, but until today ban consistently declined to talk to lie WFpapcrnien. Danger to Anrrlra froulrd. "Nothing could be more absurd than the statement that our victory will be a future danger to the United Slklcs In South America." General von Born hardi declared to me. Quite the con trary. Jf America has reason to fear u clash with any European power, that power Is Kn gland. Its murine mili tarism and .the absolute dominion or the seas which England claims for herself, wherewith you will have t reckon In lime; that's your danger if England comes out the stronger. "Victorious Germany would counter balance and to some extent paralyze England, uhh-h could only bu in th interest of America. There's, hardly even a bare possibility that Germany and America could ever bu involve!. You have only to loolc back into your history and to watch the trend of events in this war so far to become convinced that the possibility does ex ist of the Interests of America and England, which touch ou countless more points than America and Ger many, clashing. American nr (.ronth Feared. "Quite aside from the possibility of clashing coinmercialinterests.it lsniott doubtful if England, jealously claim ing, as she does, the absolute dominion of the water, will look with particu lar pleasure at the growth of the great American Navy; and it Is most proba ble that America will both want and have a big Navy in the future. I emphatically deny absolutely that Germany has or does entertain any idea of world conquest or world em pire, as so often represented. That 1 a falso representation and a distor tion, so far as my writings are con cerned. Jf you will read my books In the original German you will lind I don't speak of world conquest, world power or world dominion, but of Ger many as a world power alongsldu. equal states other world powers en titled to the same consideration. 'Con quest,' empire" and 'dominion appear only In English editions, for whose translations I am not responsible, but which have been used to create an erroneous, false, unjust impression in America and elsewhere. South America Hold Imposnlblr. "That victorious Germany would seek expansion or political advan tages in South America is, from the. purely military standpoint, so absurd that I am surprised any thinking per son could consider it seriously. It would be such an utter military Impos sibility for us to maintain ourselves there; would bring all South America, not to mention England and France, against us, and for what purpose? Vhat possible chance would We have'.' "A legitimate commercial rivalry with the United States, yen. That ex isted In South America before tiie war and will return again after tlio war; but any political purposes or hope of political advantages on our part? Out of the question." Only 65 years old and looking younger: tall, erect, with tbe nnmlr- iCur.cluUeil on ra.o u.) 0