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9 THE MORXrXG OEEGOXIAX. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 19J5. JURY LOCKED UP IN MORAL SQUAD CASE Evidence in $20,000 Suit by Married Couple Consid . ered Since 3 o'clock. POLICE FLAYED BITTERLY TV. H. Warren Declared to Be 'Power , Behind Throne' and Director of Raids Warrant Service Is Vital Issue, bays Court. instructed to bring in a pealed ver 1irt if they reached a conclusion in the $20,000 damagre suit brought by Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Ingersoll against- W. H. Warren, private secretary to Mayor Albee, and three members of the police "moral squad," the jury was still locked up at a. late hour last night after con sidering the evidence since 3 P. M. yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. Inpersoll were arrested on "John Doe" warrants in a raid on tho Minook Hotel last February. V T. Hume, attorney for the lnyer solls, bitterly flayed the "moral squad." lnd the policy of the city administra tion in raiding hotels. Contrary to ex pectations, Stanley Myers. Deputy City Attorney, made little attempt o answer he bittor charges made by Mr. Hume In his argument. Ofllccra Declared Within I-nvi. lie contented himself with a brief nummary of the case, a few quotations from alleged "wild statements" in Mr. JIume's opening argument, and declared that the officers were acting clearly within the law when they made the flrrcsts on "John Doe" warrants in the Minook Hotel. Mr. Hume, declaring that Mr. War ren was the real "power behind the throne" in the Mayor's office, read a portion of an interview on the subject which Colonel C. K. S. Wood had given. "The Mayor," said Colonel Wood's statement, "is a good man, filled with good intentions, in which respect he resembles hell. Mr. Warren, the real power in that office, is filled with bad intentions, in which respect he also resembles hell. The difference is that the Mayor does not carry out his good intentions and Mr. Warren does carry out his bad intentions." Hotel Jm Defended. Some of tho jurors laughed when Mr. Hume read the newspaper clipping. "Then, then." shouted Mr. Hume, " the man who sent for Mr. Miller, owner of the Minook Hotel, and gave him a week in which to clean it out, with the alternative that it would be raided and his business ruined if he did not. Mr. Hume referred to the hotels which had been raided as "white repulchers which represented invest ments of thousands of dollars." "This hotel is no worse than any other hotel in the city." he declared. "These unfortunate women have been driven from place to place until they were scattered and sought refuge in the best and the worst hotels in Port land." Protection for Wise Charge. He told the story of ex-Patrolman Wise, once a member of tho "moral equad," and who is one of the defend ants in this suit. Wise disappeared from Portland soon after the Minook raid, and it was later learned that he ran away with Mrs. Oooding. whose husband Wise and Lieutenant Harms had convicted of white slavery. Mr. Hume charged that Lieutenant Harms had shielded Wise from prosecution for white slavery himself. Whether or not Lieutenant Harms, Patrolman Martin and ex-Patrolman Wise had the warrants with them and actually served them on Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll. is the chief question to be decided by the Jury, according to Judge antenbein's instructions. He had ruled that the "John Doe" warrants signed with Municipal Judge Stevenson's rubber stamp were valid warrants as far as the officers who served them were concerned Warrant Service I Issue. The officers had the warrants with them and actually served them, then the Ingersolls had no alternative but to submit to the arrest, and the of ficers were not liable. If, however, the officers did not have the warrants with them or did not serve them they are liable for damages for false arrest. The officers all testified that they had the warrants with them and that Lieutenant Harms read the "John Doe" wnrran to Mr. Ingersoll. The Ingersolls said they did not see a warrant, but that one of the officers said they had "John Doe" warrants, whereupon Mr. Ingersoll said: "That's not my name.-' Mr. Hume declared in his argument that the warrants, written on a type writer, some of them carbon copies, and stamped with a rubber stamp, might easily have been made out since the beginning of the suit and prepared for the purpose. All day yesterday the courtroom was packed. SHERIFF'S JURY DECIDES Lumber Company Wins Case at Eu gene, With Deputy Presiding. Circuit Judge Davis has refused to sign the temporary injunction restrain ing the city from enforcing the new jitney ordinance. The jitney men have filed a suit to break the ordinance. The temporary injunction was one of their demand.". Judjre Davis said the previous case against a Jttney ordinance was heard by Judge Gantenbein and. although he might hear the new suit, which had been assigned to his court, he could not sign the Injunction. The jitney men attacked the ordi nance on various grounds of unconstitutionality. JITNEY INJUNCTION DENIED Demand in Suit to Break Xew Ordi nance Is Kefnsed. Mr. and Mrs. James Hervey Simpson Bates, of New York City, arrived in Portland yesterday on their way to the Panama-Pacif io Exposition and are stopping at the rortland Hotel for a few days. Mrs. Bates formerly was Mrs. Edward W. Bingham, wife of the well-known Portland attorney who was known as the father of the Australian ballot law in Oregon. Mr. Bingham died 11 years ago. Until ten years ego Mrs. Bates' home was in Portland. She has visited thts city only once since. LONDON'S HEART IS HIT ContlnnMl From First rage.l that the British Press Bureau, in an nouncing the result of the attack, con fined itself to an account of the casu alties, making no reference to prop erty damage as was done in earlier an nouncements of the kind. The German War Office was almost as reticent, saying in its official state ' ment that bombs were dropped on docks and other port establishments in London and vicinity and that "the ef fect was very satisfactory." Whether or not extensive damage is done to property in the center of the city, it is apparent that London was deeply stirred by the attack. It may be inferred that the bombardment was of so serious nature as to arouse fears on the part of the Americans in Lon don that their friends in this country would be alarmed for their safety. Ail Americana Reported Safe. The censor passed a dispatch saying that there were no Americans among the dead or wounded, according to re ports made by the American embassy and the American consulate. A cable gram from the London office of the Chicago Daily News said that all there were safe. Carefully worded articles in London newspapers conveyed a sim ilar intimation. The Pall Mall Gazette, speaking Of the raids, says "Londoners' had their first glimpse of the war at close quarters. ITALIANS AT SWISS LINE PREPARATION FOR FRENCH AGRES SION CHARGED. Move Is Made Simultaneously With Hritiah Accusation of German In fluence, Says Berlin Airency. BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville.'N. T., Sept. 9. According to reliable pri vate information, says the Overseas News Agency today, "considerable forces of Italian troops have been shifted from the Austrian frontier to the southwestern frontier of Switzer land. The move has attracted the at tention of the Swiss military authori ties, especially In connection with the fact that the French have concentrated troops on the Swiss northwestern frontier. "The Italian measure." continues the news agency, "might be intended as a demonstration that the Swiss forces could be hemmed in in case a violation of Swiss territory in the northwest were attempted. The measures appear especially significant in the light of the simultaneous appearance in British newspapers of accusations that the Swiss people were submitting to anti British influences and that German agents were trying to drag Switzerland into the war by violating Swiss neu trality. "They suggest also that the Swiss government, under the pressure of an overwhelming German force, might order a withdrawal of the Swiss mili tary to the inner line of defenses, leav ing the way clear for an army to march through and invade France." Insinuations such as these, the Over seas News Agency declares, are in its belief thrown out "to prepare the way for French aggression."' F-4 BODIES SENT HOME FOl'R KNOWN DEAD, NINE UNIDEN TIFIED, IN EIGHT CASKETS. Coast Artillery Acts as Escort at Hono lulu and Funeral Ship Sails at Once for San Francisco. HONOLULU, Sept. 9. The dead of the submarine F-4, the eight caskets draped with the flag they honored, were placed aboard the United States steamer Supply today to be sent home. It was a service that marked the fu neral at the naval station here of the 13 fragmentary bodies recovered from the hulk of the submarine that went down outside of the harbor with its crew of 21 men. commanded by Lieu tenant Louis Alfred Hde, on March 25. As the funeral cortege, escorted by three Coast Artillery companies and a military band, moved through the streets with the eight caskets, to the muffled beat of drums, crowds stood with bared heads and the flags over the city sagged at half mast. The four identified bodies taken from the submarine, those of George T. Ash croft, Ivan L. Mahan, Charles H. Wells and Frank N. Herzog, were placed in separate coffins. The unidentified were sealed in four others. The identified dead will be sent to their relatives; the others to the Ar lington National Cemetery at Arling ton. Va. The Supply left today for San Francisco. GERMANS SAY GAIN BIG FRENCH LINE PENETRATED ON FRONT OF MORE THAN MILE. Advance of From 300 to SOO Meters Made In Argonne and More Than 1200 Prisoners Are Captured. LONDON, Sept. 9. The French offi cial report today says there was violent fighting last night in the Argonne region. The Germans attacked the French lines with great ferocity, but with one exception these lines everywhere held fast. The French took some prisoners and a machine gun, says the Paris account. The German War Office an'nounces the affair as an "important victory." and says that French positions over a front of two kilometers (lvi miles. and 300 to 500 meters deep, were captured. The official report from Berlin sa-ys: "In the Argonne. northeast of Vienne le Chateau, Wuerttemburg and Lor raine regiments began yesterday an at tack, which was supported effectively oy artillery. The infantry charged and took possession of positions of the enemy at several points of support, over a front of more than two kilo meters and from SOO to 500 meters deep. We captured 38 officers. 1109 men, 4S machine guns, 64 mine throwers and one cannon." BRITAIN NOT READY TO CONSIDER PEACE Even With United States as Mediary, Proposals Would Have Little Chance. STIPULATIONS INSISTED ON EXEMPTS TO BE EXAMINED Germans Say New Law Does Not In crease Army Age Limit. BERLIN. Sept. 9. by wireless to Tuck erton. N. J. Among the items given out today by the Overseas News Agency for transmission abroad was the fol lowing: "Reports that a bill had been passed by the Reichstag for an increase in the age limit for army service aro Incor rect. The Reichstag bill orders medi cal reinspection of persons hitherto ex empted from service for various shortcomings." bantiseptlc for a Perfect Complexion Present. Desutif ies. soften.. wblrm. no r.pldly cleum .kin of .11 Pr??5T like iu cie.au, bealthy odor. AUto full Concurrence of Allies Would Be Necessary, Also Destruction or Military Domination of Prussia Demanded. (Special cable to the New Tork World. Copyright. 1915. by the Press Publishing Company. Published by arrangement.) LONDON Sept. 3. Peace proposals, even though they come through the United States as intermediary, have absolutely no better chance in Great Britain today than they had six months or even a year ago. That is the uni versal opinion in official circles here. Although no member of the govern ment would be quoted in a discussion of the possibility of peace terms, one responsible official, in a position to speak with authority, gave the World correspondent a statement of Great Britain's position. In the first place, he denied explicitly and categorically that peace rumors have any foundation in any action on the part of the British government or in any statement from responsible sources. Pact With Allies Blndlnc. "Great Britain undoubtedly would listen courteously to the United States should that power act as a peace in termediary, but Great Britain is abso lutely bound not to enter into peace negotiations without the full concur rence of her allies, and there is no chance of our allies lending a sympa thetic ear to peace proposals until certain stipulations have been met. "These stipulations were set forth by Prime Minister Asquith in hts Guildhall speech on November 9. 1914." In this speech the Premier declared that Britain would not make peace un til Belgium had refrained. all and more than she had sacrificed; until France is secured adequately against future ag gressslon; until the rights of the small er nations in Europe are placed on a secure foundation and until tho mili tary domination of Prussia is wholly and finally destroyed. Conference Not Even Hinted At. The officially Inspired interview given the World correspondent also made it clear that there had been no hint of a conference of the allies to discuss peace terms from any quarter, nor had the opinion of any of those directing the nations' fortunes as ' to the necessary duration of the war been revised downward in the slightest de gree. ' Even should Germany show a dispo sition to meet Great Britain on the ground proposed by Mr. Asquith, the World correspondent gathered from this interview and from other author itative sources, Great Britain would consider herself bound to make no move until she had consulted with her allies. For example, the security of France must be pledged on France's terms and according to France's own ideas of what is necessary for her safe ty, and not on England's. Regarding Germany's withdrawal of the illegal aspects of her submarine campaign, the British position is that this need not be followed by .a relaxa tion of the blockade of Germany, be cause Great Britain is yet to be con vinced that her blockade is illegal. Russia Steadfast as Ever. Furthermore. Russia, despite her re cent reverses, is steadfast as ever, ac cording to a thorough British convic tion. "Germany has made absolutely no headway in Russia for a separate peace," the official already quoted said. Officials here decline to discuss Car dinal Gibbons' peace mission to Presi dent Wilson until more is known re garding the Cardinal's message and the resulting conference, and they take the position that German's supposed peace terms, recently put forward, concerning freedom of the seas, free dom for Poland and equal rights for the Jews are too vague and too ob viously put forward for effect to be worth consideration. WILSON WARY OF EXCUSES (Continued From First Page.) Bel sought to ram the submarine," the latter thus acting in accordance with the "new" policy. There is no apology of any kind in the note received today by Secretary Lansing from Ambassador Gerard. The note regrets the loss of American life, refers to the instructions issued for the protection on liners and proposes that the questions of reparation and com pensation for the Americans sacrificed be referred to The Hague. The Administration is in a quandary. It notified Germany that the destruc tion of another liner would constitute a "deliberately unfriendly act." The torpedoing of the Arabic was the German answer to this declaration. The- German government was per mitted to explain, and now to defend the destruction of that vessel. Explanation Is Not Satisfactory. Both the explanation and the defense are unsatisfactory. But can the Administration say to Germany that the facts as it has stated them are not correct, and its assur ances as to its future conduct are not worth the paper they are written on? So far as the facts are concerned, this Government is certain of their character, not from British sources, but from American officials. The reports made by the latter establish that the Arabic, seeing a vessel sinking turned to rescue the survivors. On this errand of mercy the liner was torpedoed. It is definitely established that the President is not disposed at this mo ment to break off relations with Ger many. The note received this morning will be answered, probably in this fashion: The United States cannot believe, in view of the reports it haa received, that the Arabic intended to ram the submarine, but it fully expects that no other incident shall occur in which doubt may creep and that German sub marine commanders will carry out scrupulously tbe spirit and. the letter of the German assurances regarding the security of liners from attack without warning. Next Nate to Be Final. This will be the final note sent to Germany on the submarine question. To write others merely would confirm the weakness of the- United States and its willingness to accept any excuse to void action. The Administration officials are quot ing the statement of. Lincoln that you "can't fool all of the people all of the time." They have been looking up the records of German excuses and they And: The liner Lusitania was sunk be cause she carried concealed guns and munitions of war. The American steamer Gulflight was attacked because it was believed she was under convoy. ' The American steamer Nebraskan ; was attacked because it was believed that she was an English vessel. The American ship William H. Frye was sunk because she had foodstuffs intended for England in her hold and because of the fear of the approach of English men-of-war. The Arabic was sunk because tho Ger man submarine commander "thought" the steamer intended to ram his boat. If the Hesperian was sunk by a sub marineand not by a mine, as officially asserted by Berlin the defense un doubtedly -will be that she was armed with a six-inch gun. It is evident that a variety of ex cuses can be offered by the German government. But no more will be received. The President has made up his mind on that point. RUSSIANS REPEAT VICTORY Prisoners Taken In Balicia In Few Days Number More Than 17,000. PETROGRAD. via London, Sept. 9. An official communication made public here, announces another big success for the Russians in Eastern Galicia. Following their reported victory at Tarnopol, it is said that southwest of Trembowla during the 7th and 8th the Russians took as prisoners 150 officers and 7000 men and that theTeutons re treated hastily' toward the river Strypa. Teh communication adds that the Russian captures since September 3 on the Sereth front total 383 officers and nearly 17,000 men and a great quantity of guns. Grays Harbor Bans Road Signs. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) No billboards will be allowed along Grays Harbor County roads, the Commissioners on Tuesday having adopted a rule prohibiting these. In their places will appear county signs warning speeders about sections of the new automobile law. French Airman Equals Itecord. PARIS, Sept. 9 The French mono pianist, E. X. Demars, it was announced last night, has equaled the world's alti tude record of 6600 meters (21,398 feet) established by the German airman, Ofto Linnekogel, in an aeroplane at Johan nisthal July 9. 1914. NOTED CHEMIST SUGGESTS SIMPLE HAIR REMEDY Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Famed Pure Food and Drug Expert, Has Own Idea of Tonic for Hair and Scalp. In a report based on an analysis of many remedies and tonics extensively advertised and used for the hair and scalp. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, noted chemist and former chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Ag riculture of the United States Govern ment, has suggested, as containing the general stimulative principles, a sim ple formula for a tonic for the hair and scalp. Dr. Wiley states that he is not going into the hair tonic business, but the active principles of his formula have been compounded In the convenient form of a powder by the Esbencott Chemical Laboratories, of this city, who have undertaken its local distribution to those who may be interested. Thousands who are troubled with dandruff, who are losing their hair, or have scalp trouble, will welcome this opportunity to try a tonic made after Dr. Wiley's formula. A nominal charge of One Dollar Is being made by the Esbencott Laboratories for a sufficient quantity of the powder to make sixteen ounces or a pint of tonic, and may be obtained by mail by addressing them at Portland, Oregon. Park. W. Park, nr. vVasb'n. ' Bargain Matinees Today and Saturday Any seat in the house. FRANK RICH COMPANY In Musical Comedy. "Two Married Men." A Show That's All Snap and Ginger. 20th Century Maid Chorus of 12. Three shows daily, 2:30. 7:30 and 9 P. M. Prices Night. Sunday and holiday matinees. 25c and 15c; weekday matinees, 15c and 10c; children half price. (mm XjgJU Iks" THE TALK OF THE CITY GRIFFITH'S foOO.OOO MASTERPIECE Accompanied by augmented orchestra Secure Vonr Seats Early. Hood Seats to Be Had For Every Performance. IHuly Matinee, S P. M. Price 2. Hc Every evening. S P. M. Price 50c. 7&c All Seats Keserveti. Three Hour of Gripping. Appea Mng Blood -Un Un. soul-stirring Inter. i "XOTJ CAN DO BETTER FOR IESS OX THIRD STREET' Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. M. On Saturdays 9:00 A. M. Pacific Phone Marshall 50S0 The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. On Saturdays 6:00 P. M. Home Phone 2112 Our 7 74th Bargain Friday "Let the Following Items Speak for Themselv es of the Superiority of Our Great Offerings This great sale offers exceptional buying opportunities. Place your expecta tions high and you may still be sure they will be realized, for Friday's bargains are above the average merit. 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