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VOL. LV NO. 16.074. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. T. R. LOSES FIRST CLASH IN ACTION Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Suit. SEVEN REPUBLICANS ON JURY Reporters to Tell Today of Offending Statement. COLONEL IGNORES BARNES Jlbel Cao Opens With Courtroom Jammed to Capacity Students Serenade Tloosevelt; Says Ho Wishes They "Were Jurors. SYRACUSE, X. T.. April 39. The jury which will try William Barnes" suit for alleged libel against Theodore Roose velt was completed in the Supreme Court here late today. It is composed of seven Republicans, three Progres sives and two Democrats. Twenty-two talesmen were examined before both sides announced that they were satis fied with, the 12 men in the box. The list is as follows: 1. (Foreman) Henry Hoag, clerk. Republican. 2. Irving J. Mills, woodworker. Re publican. 3. "Walter J. Zuill, .manager. Repub lics n. 4. Franklin S. Khoades. farmer. Pro gressive. 5. Leonard K. Ilungerford, painter, rroffressive. 6. F. W. Pierce, carpenter. Repub lican. T. ' Warren . IT. Somcrs, grocer. Re publican. 8. Ray Tanner, farm hand. Demo crat. 0. John "W. Brown, farmer. Repub lican. 10. George Boschert, manufacturer, PrcKreeeive. . 11. lidward Bums,' motorman. Re publican. 12. Peter Bcncke, coal dealer, Demo crat. .Motion to DinmlM Denied. Immediately after the jury had been completed counsel for Colonel RooBe velt made a motion to dismiss the com plaint agaiust their client on the ground that such allegations as he made in the statement upon which the suit is based were privileged, and that in naming air. Barnes and Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Hall, as the con trollers of "rotten government" In the State of New York ho did not mean anything personal, or- to imply that either of the two men named had in any way profited by the alleged "rot tenness." The motion was. denied by Justice William S. Andrews, .presiding. Actual taking of testimony will be gin tomorrow on the conclusion of the opening address of "William M. Ivlns, chief of Mr. Barnes" legal staff. NcTTBpapermrn Called First. The first witnesses will be newspa permen to whom Colonel Roosevelt is sued the offending statement. Other newspaper reporters who have inter viewed Colonel Roosevelt during the last five years also will be called and photographs of nearly 100 newspapers from various sections of the United States In which alleged libelous state ments alleged to have been made by Colonel Roosevelt, appeared, will be presented in evidence, it was said. This testimony will be offered In an effort to prove publication of statements is sued verbally and in writing by Colonel Roosevelt. Counsel for Mr. Barnes ald tonight that they would make an effort to show that Colonel Roosevelt began to make statements which they consider libelous during the Syracuse convention of 1910, when he defeated James S. Sherman, former Vice-President of the United States, as candidate for chair man. Statement Before Trip Considered. The Barnes attorneys said further that some of the newspaper reporters would be called on to testify regard ing certain verbal " statements Mr. Roosevelt made to them in amplifica tion of written statements he had pre pared. One of these statements, it was said, was made when Colonel Roose velt was sailing for Spain to attend the wedding of his son, and another was made when he was about to leave New York for South America on a hunting trip. After Mr. Barnes' attorneys have pre sented this evidence the defense will begin Its case. As only two of the great number of witnesses summoned for the defense were In Syracuse to night. It was presumed that Colonel Roosevelt's first witness would not be called before Wednesday, If then. Although there was room in the court for less than 60 spectators, a great crowd of curious men and women stood in the corridors and outside the build ing all day. Fifty policemen preserved order. Colonel Ignores Mr. Barnrs. If Colonel Roosevelt saw his oppo nent at any time during the proceed- . ings today he showed no sign of hav ing done so. Colonel Roosevelt seemed to be the more serious of the two. He was intensely interested in the selec tion of the jurors and the questions asked talesmen. While his attorney - was arguing -upon the motion to dis miss the complaint he leaned far for tConcludcd on Pace 2.) SQUATTERS RUSH TO ALASKA LAND WOMEN AMOXG ARMED HOLD EKS OF RAILWAY TRACT. Report That 60 Acres of Terminal Is to Be Opened Starts Stam pede Despite Snow. SEWARD, Alaska, April 19. Rumors that the Alaska Engineering Commis sion had decided to throw open to set tlement the 60-acie terminal tract here acquired by the Government with the purchase of the Alaska Northern Rail road caused a stampede of squatters who have occupied almost all of the tract. Many prominent business men and several women are among the squat terB, who have armed themselves with rifles to prevent claim jumping. There have been several minor quarrels, but as yet no one has been hurt. United .States District Judge Fred M. Brown had planned to obtain use of this tract as a temporary camp for the hundreds of men who are hurrying to' Seward from all parts of Alaska and from the United States as a result of the announcement that Seward would be the tidewater terminus of the Gov ernment railroad to Fairbanks. Despite a snow storm, which blanketed Seward today, the stampede continued and squatters were busy setting up tents and clearing their lota. WOMEN "HIKE .60 MILES L'nivcrsity or Oregon Faculty Ex plore Part of Oregon Coast. EUGENE, Or., April 19. (Special.) Five Eugene young women walked 60 miles along the Oregon coast last week, unarmed, and unafraid of stories of bears told them at virtually every place they stopped. They carried packs weighing almost 20 pounds, and took their chances at finding shelter each night. They returned to Eugene yes terday. The "hikers" were: Miss Frieda Gold smith. Miss Harriett Thompson, Dr. Bertha Stewart, Miss Mary Perkins and Miss Myrrha Hepburn. Four are mem bers of the University of Oregon fac ulty and the latter is a guest. BRITAIN CHARGES MURDER Admiralty Declares Trawler Was Fired On "While Saving Life. IONDON,, April 20. The -Admiralty issued the following statement this morning: "Sunday a German submarine tor pedoed and sank the trawler Vanilla. The trawler Fermo endeavored to res cue the crew, but was fired at and driven off. "All the crew jof the Vanilla were lost. This killing of fisherfolk for no military purpose should not escape at tention. It is the second murder of this character committed within a week. A careful record is kept of these events." ATTACK ON KIEL FORECAST ltrilain Itullds Vessels to Carry 300,000 Troops, Says Report. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 19. That 300 scow-shaped, self-propelled light ers, capable of carrying SfrO.OOO troops, are being constructed in Great Brit ain is the information received by A. E. Short, of this city, who is a member of an English shipbuilding firm. These lighters are to be completed by June 1. Mr.- Short gave it as his opinion that the scows would be used to land troops on the German coastline of Schleswig-Holstein and that the Kiel Canal would be the objective point. TROOPS, MOVE ON STRAITS Operations Against Dardanelles to Resume, Berlin Hears. BERLIN, April 19. A cablegram re ceived here from Athens says that un usual activity prevails at the Port of Mudros on Lemnos Island In the Aegean Sea off the entrance to the Dardanelles Straits. Almost ail the French troops on the island have been sent away on transports. A total of 35,000 British and French soldiers were landed at Mudros last week. It is reported that the operations against the Dardanelles are about to be resumed. GREEN ALLIGATOR DONATED Fireman Gives to ' "Washington Park Zoo Five-Year-Old Reptile. A green alligator 29 Inches in length yesterday was added to the collection of reptiles at Washington Park Zoo. He was given to the Zoo by A. F. Reeves, a fireman, who has had him for about two years. The alligator is 5 years old. He was brought here from Florida about four years ago by Rose James, of 797 East Thirty-second street- He was turned over to Mr. Reeves two years ago. PITCHED BALL IS FATAL Player Who Threw Deadly Missile Is i Held for Manslaughter. SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. Joseph Cafidl was hit by a pitched ball in a baseball game here yesterday but con tinued to play. He was found dead in bed today with his skull fractured. Andrew Knox, who is said to have pitched the barll which struck Cafidi, was arrested and charged with manslaughter. BRITISH EARS SHUT TO TROTHS OF WAR Conditions in Germany Not Understood. POLICY GRADUALLY CHANGING Guiding Spirit Fine, Unity of People Lacking. BAD EXAMPLE SET ALLIES Carolvn Wilson Agrees That Knj land Needs Sharp Boating, but Adds She Believes Germany Deserves One, Too. BY I'AROLYX W1T.PON. Copyright, Ifn.-... hy tli- Chios Tribune. Published 1 Arrangement.) IONDON, March 26. When I landed here on February 23 it was three months to a day since I had last heen in England. In tne meantime I had seen and admired the spirit of the peo ple in Germany and I had marveled as I have seen these eight months gone by at the courage and endurance of the French. When I was in London before it seemed to mc there was a great deal wrong with the English. I even dared to say so and got promptty reproved by those whose business bids them be on the English side. I had been told in these three months that the situation was entirely changed that I should find England as whole-souledly in the war as France or Germany, and I came back hopeful. This is an experience I had the first r day. A sub-editor for one of the big dailies, hearing that I had -just . been out of a German jail a few days, asked me to write up the experience for his paper. ' i . Harrowing Experiences Wanted. "Make it as harrowing as possible," he said: "and if you have any other in teresting experiences we should be glad to have a couple of articles from you." "I can write you two articles," I said. "One on the comforts and nor mality and gaiety of German life, if you like. I have some rather inter esting data on their complete resources in foods, ammunition and men.! should hardly like my prison article to stand by itself as if that meant my whole German experience to me." "O, that would never do," he ex claimed. "The public doesn't want to hear complimentary things about Ger many." So I didn't write any of the articles. I went to one of the government of fices. As usual, full of the conditions in Germany, I chatted on to three men well up in political circles and tried to give them a picture of what Germany was really like. Writer Suspected of Ilelng Spy. After I had gone, one, whose name is known to every AmerTcan, said: jv very impressionable young woman (Concluded on Pnge 5.) r. ........................... .......-.... ...........-...... ....... . a . PORTLAND'S ARMY OF FISHERMEX IS NW IN FULL OPERATION. j $ YOUi.1. F1MQ TA" 070- i fi?'SAfiZA14r Strr" ""-""l' C J 7H BANKS OJ" WJ5-- N. ' V 1 t - svo ess&- S-o!y fX - Gos to o?r&os cyy iy . I ! (ySc.J.y -t os sS wwrroy foz. eC " fcs! jjfj INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. TT.2 degrees; minimum temperature, 4tf de crees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. War. . Spanish ex-Premier urges nation to choo iis friends in war. Page 3. Austria ns jrive up efforts to recapture posi tions, says Russia, race li. Carolyn Wilson says British will not try t- understand conditions in Germany. l'ag 1. - - National. Suprine Court rul"t- at;a lust I.eo Frank, convicted of Georgia murder. Page 2. President Wilson, in addressing: Daughters of American Revolution, urges calm duririfj Uuropcan crisis. Page 3. Quick drath for K-4 crew is now hope of commandant, l'&se 2. Pomotir. Motion by Roosevelt's attorneys to dismiss Uarnes' libel suit denied. Paje 1. WeMern Union to sell losing California line for $1. rage 3. Firt bi x social event In Oregon building i decided success. Pago y. United St:: es Steel i Corporation sacrifices dividend t, keep wages up. Page 5. Japan is unjustly suspected in America, says church missionary, after tour. Page 1. Sports. InfU-Idor Murphy, ex-Oak., obtained from New uriejins and will join Heavers imme diately. Page JV. Bezdek pleased with performance of arsity team on trip. Page 10. Non hwes; ern League season begins today. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Squatters ruh to take possession of valuable Alaska railway terminal. Page 1. State Treasurer Kay gives reasons for re moval of State Road Engineer Bowlby. Pase n. Cancellation of 64,000-acre grant of ThieT Valley project sought. Page o. Commercial nd Marine. Hop trading resumed with purchase of thousand bales of futures. Page la. Ch iraso whoa t f mscs higher, despite heavy m latter pa.rt of session. Pa ice lo. t-teel leads stock mar lie, on early advance and latr decline. Page Jo. Captain II iile. of Christian P-ors, held by Japanese, says he learned German's identity late. Page 12. 'Portland and Vicinity. Dr. Victor H. Smith leaves estate to friends, while family get $1 each. Page tl. East Side shippers and railroad representa tives have get-t-.'seUier luncheon. Pace 7. rikf-SJoFHll Company's blaze proves stub born and ti'.t firemen hurt. Page 11. The Oaks will reopen May Page W. Triple gain in April period is estimated for parcel post. Page lu. Pantages show delights. Page 9. Mary Edgett Baker and Walter Gilbert ap pear at Empress in sketch written by Frank J McUettigan. Page 11. MISSIONS SAVED BY WEST Contributions I'rom heat Belts Knablc Societies to Continue. NEW YORK, April 19. Contributions from churches in the great wheat belts of the West saved, the financial situa tion for nine of the protestant mis sionary societies of America, acording to e-.t. analysis of their recent annual reports made public today. In the South the low' prices received for cotton seriously affected gifts from the churches. WORK TO FLOAT SHIP FAILS Liner Minnesota Is Still Fast on J took In l-ir East. LONDON, April IS Reports were re ceived by Lloyds today that efforts to float the American steamer Minnesota have been fruitless. The liner grounded on a rock off Iwajima. at the entrance of the Inland Sea of Japan, last week. Suit I'iled 30 'ears Afterward. ALBANY. Or.. April 19. (Special.) Thirty years after they had been sep arated. Mrs. Permelia Smith, residing near Albany, filed suit today for di vorce from C. 11. Smith. The complaint filed in State Circuit Court alleges that the husband deserted her in September. 1885. The couple had lived together only three years before the separation. JAPAN SUSPECTED UNJUSTLY, IS VIEW American Observers Return From Tour. BETTER UNDERSTANDING PLEA Opportunity for Friendship Is Declared Ripe Now.v T0KI0 SENDS PEACE WORD Policy in China Not Tliouglit Above Question, but Promise to Keep Workmen From Pacific Coast Kept, It Is Asserted. NKW YORK, April 19. At a dinner here tonight welcoming them home from their recent mission to Japan as representatives of the Federal Coun cil of the Churches of Christ in Amer ica, Dr. Shailer Mathews, dean of the University of Chicago, and Dr. Sidney I Gulick expressed the necessity in this country of a better understanding of the Japanese in order to allay what they described as the unjust suspicions entertained for the motives of Japan. Both speakers brought messages of peace and friendship for tho United States from Count Okuma, the Jap anese Prime Minister, and other Jap anese statesmen. Krlendly Auurmrra Ponaible. The dinner was attended by members of the council, of the Japan society, of the New York Peace Society and the Church Peace Union. Tho present situation as regards China furnishes a supreme opportunity for the United States and Japan to show the meaning not only of their friendship for each other, but for China as wen. declared. Dr. Mathews. It was difficult at present, he said, to hold an unqualified conviction that Japan's plans toward China were magnani mous in the interests of China, and herein "the ITnited States and Japan have an opportunity to demonstrate the power of diplomacy based on the giv ing of Justice." (tilneae Self-Control Pavored. Dr. Mathews, discussing the demands made on China by Japan, said that if Japan's only purpose was to build up on Asiatic Monroe Doctrine the Amer ican people can hardly fail to sym pathise with her. particularly a we recall her need for territory in which to expand. "Hut the analogy of the Monroe Doc trine," continued Dr. Mathews, "will not justify the direct or indirect, whole or partial, control of China by Japan in the interests of Japanese commer cial or territorial expansion. The pol icy of Japan may be likened to that of the Monroe Doctrine chly insofar as it seeks to protect itself in checking European aggressions in China, but it is 'quite different insofar as it may involve the establishment of Japan as a recognized predominant influence (Concluded on Page 3.) 7 I ; Mondays War Moves ACTIVITY prevails along the West ern battle line, but seems to par take of the nature of Isolated engage ments instead of a general offensive. Artillery duels have taken the place of fierce hand-to-hand fighting, which has been the feature of the recent struggle along tho Meuse and near the Lorraine border, but the latter type of combat continues In the Vosges, where the of ficial statements of both sides agree snarp fighting is taking place on Ger man territory. Corroboration, however, cods with this fact, the French claiming; to have occupied -dominating; positions here, and the Germans declaring that the attacks of the I'rcnch have failed: From the Britlah end of the line comes H via officially issued by O l-AorftO " -ondon, that Hill 60, Zillebeke, Belgium, has been captured from the Germans. The German communication tells of driving the British out of minor Ger man positions which were occupied by them to the southeast of Yprea. This is in the neighborhood of Hill HO. Petrosrad continues to report minor successes in the Carpathians, showing that the fighting has not been entirely suspended near the passes, but the Kus siari, Austrian and German official re ports agree that Spring has virtually put an end to all activity along the re mainder of the Eastern front. Various rumors are current retard ing the central powers. Austria, through the medium of Venice, is cred ited with receiving with consternation the news of the extension of the land sturm service to all classes between the ages of 18 and 00 years, while Home i3 sponsor for the statements, attrib uted to a high German authority, that the German general staff ban discarded all plans for an advance on the Kronen front, deciding simply to remain on the defensive. It is again unofficially announced that operations are under way in the Dardanelles, where the Turks are re ported to be building defenses with all speed against landing parties, but the news of the breaking up of the ice at Archangel, tlio only large seaport on the north coast of Russia, may induce the entente allies to be more deliberate in their attempts to unlock the gate to the IJlack Sea. The irritation in Holland over the torpedoeing of the Dutch ship Kalwijk has been greatly allayed by Germany's expression of her willingness to make an apology and pay an indemnity, if it is found that the sinking of the vessel was due to a Uerman submarine. PIONEER IS LAID TO REST Mrs. America li. Cochran Survived by Ijur Married Daughters. KUGENli Or.. April 19. (Special.) The burial of Mrs. America II. Coo'. ran in Kugene today marked the passing of another of the Oregon pioneers who crossed tho plains by ox team and who is well known throughout the state. She was S4 years old. bWie was born In Kentucky. On No vember 21. 1S4S, she was married to David M. How o In iissouri. In 1SU3 the family crossed the plains, arriving In Ia Grande in the Kali of the year. Mr. Howe died there in November, and the wife and the children were left to face the trip through the wilderness alone. The following year they crossed to Hrownsville. In 1SG3 she married II. Ji. Cochran, of Cohurg, Senator from Iane County for several years and who. at one time, was President of the State Senate. four daughters are living. These are: Mrs. Mary P. Slater, of Salcin; Mrs. Sadie Gunters, of Salem: Mrs. Al cinda Keyes, of Seattle, and Mrs. Julia Cochran, of Colfax, Wash. ROCKEFELLER WINS POINT Bill of Particulars Granted as Right In New Haven Charges. NEW YORK. April 19 William Rockefeller Is entitled to a. bill of par ticulars specifying the exact offenses charged In the indictment on which he and 20 others connected with the New Haven Kailroad management, past and present, are accused of criminal con spiracy, p'ederal Judge Hunt so de cided today on' the motion made in be half of Mr. Rockefeller and 11 co defendants, that the Government be re quired to furnish a bill of particulars. Tho 11 defendants who benefit with Mr. Rockefeller by the court's decision are Charles I". Brooker, George Mac Cullough. D. Newton Barney, James S. Hemingway, Lewis Cass Lcdyard, A. Heaton Robertson, Kredertck K. lire w ster, Henry lv. McIIarg, Alexander Cochrane, Robert W. Taft and Charles M. Piatt. 2 WHO MULCT BARS FREED Court Acquits Pair AYho Refused to Pay for Sunday Prinks. CHICAGO, April 19. Two men who were arrested after they refused to pay for drinks which they ordered in a sa loon yesterday were discharged by Judge Gemmlll in the. Municipal Court here today. "You don't have to pay for drinks you get In Chicago on Sunday," de clared the judge. "If the saloons are open tbey are open in violation of the law." MARRIAGE AT 14 UNHAPPY Husband. Now CI, Accused of Cruelty. CK.NTnAl.IA, Wash.. April 19 (Spe- ial l A divorce fcutt filed in the ! County Superior Court yesterday by ! Carrie P. I'oore against l"loyd I'oore j resulted from a marriage in which the principals were exceedingly young. They were married December 9, 191!. tho bride being but 14 years of age and the husband 19. Cruelty is alleged. QUICK DEATH IN M IS HOPE NOW HELD Explosion IsConsidered Probable Cause. SUBMARINE IS LIFTED 12 FEET Sunken Craft Is Dragged To ward Hawaiian Shore. COMMANDER'S REPORT IN Long. Heroic i:fforls Made by Oilier Crews, Three Days Without Mccp, Arc lCM-ribed in Letter lo Naval Department. WASHINGTON. April 19. Hope thnt the crew -of the ill-fated submarine F-4 di-d quickly, escaping the torture cf suffocation as the vessel lay at the bottom of the entrance to Honolulu harbor, is held out in n mail report received at the Navy Department tod:iy from Rear-.Vlmlral Moore. Experts on the scene, the Admiral . said, believe the 21 officers and men were killed by an iiitern.-il explosion. "Thre is no positive information ai. hand on which to base a reli:ib!c theory as to the cause of the accident." said i tlie report, "but It is believed lv tho submarine experts hire thiit tho men in tho boat were killod by rome sort rf internal explosion. They beliove that had there been one man loft alive he could have made signals, or blown the lank .nid thus caused tho submarine to rite." Submarine l Moved. incc this report was written ten days ago. Navy divers from the New York Navy-yard with him-ImI equip ment have reached Honolulu to aid in tho efforts to rai.-fe the K-t. IJnes have been attached to the sunken hull, and it is boin gradually hauled into shallower water. A dispatch from 1 lonul :i n. t on1 it y .sav f ; "The l'nit"d States siliiia.rin submerged on tl-e ocean floor outside the harbor since March 20, was raised 12 feet today and towed inshoro until it rested on the upward-Inclining bottom. "The salving crew worked .all night accomplishing this and postponed fur ther work until the lifting tackle was strengthened. "Tl:e satisfactory work done thus fir in towing tin- submarine, it is believed, will make unnecessary tho pontoon method of raising the craft. Illier Is Hrcot rrln-x. "Diver Loughman. who bee-nine en tangled in the lifting OHble Saturday and was rescued by f'hief Gunner's Mate Crilly at a depth of 220 Tect after four hours' work. Is recovering slowly from the effects of Ms experience.'; Admiral Moore's report, in part, fal lows: "On Thursdaj- afternoon. March 2... 1 received a telephone message tbat the P-4 had gone out to drill In the morn ing and hud not returned and that they were searching for her. "I placed all facilities of the Naval station at the disposal of the command ing officer of the submarine division to assist In the search and authorized him to press Into service any vessels that he desired. Kaeape From Suffering. Hoped. "After arduous labor the only success achieved has been the location of tho F-4 lit about 43 fathoms of water. Hono lulu harbor light bearing 24 degrees. The submarine K-l went out to look for the F-4 and submerged to listen to her bells. No sound of any kind has at any time been heard from the F-4. I "rum this fact it is concluded that the crew were the victims of some sort of dis aster that promptly killed them and it is hoped that they were not subjected to a long period of suffering due to the fact of their submersion. "The efforts up to Sunday evening, March 23. consisted of sweeping for the vessel over the spot where bubbles and oil were seen to be rising. On Friday K.fternon it was believed with a de gree of certainty that lines had been swept under tho submarine and efforts were ma.de to drag her into shallow water, but the lines which had been taken to the Navajo parted and it was necessary again to sweep. Part of K Metal found. "When the Navajo's line which fuid parted was hauled in, a piece of bronze metal was hauled up which was recog nized, I am informed by the commana lng officer of the submarine division, as a piece of the talrwater of the F-4. thus confirming the idea that the Navajo had had hold of the submarine. "Saturday was spent in setting an other hold on the submarine and it was believed that we had again caught the vessel, but on riunday morning on heaving up wo found that we had caught a heavy anchor which had been lost by a steamer some time previously. The rest of the day was spent in clear ing lines and it was then decided that there was no hope for the rescue of the men in the submarine and that the ter rible strain under which the rescue party had been for so many duys could not longer be endured without Injury, as practically no one engaged in the, rescue work had had any sleep since Thursday. The work whs. therefore, suspended until Monday morning. ttwell Hamper Work. "On Monday second lines were swtpi under the submarine and crossed to that they held and during the night of i Concluded oa fi:c 2.)