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VOL. LV.-XO. 17,099. PORTLAXD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BERH5TQRFF WILL DISMISS VON PAPEN German Ambassador to Clean House. SAFE CONDUCT TO BE ASKED Demand for Recall Thus Will Be Made Unnecessary. ISSUE WILL BE AVOIDED Opinion In Vienna Is That Request Regarding Dumba Will Be Com piled With and Xo Retal t iatory Steps Taken. F BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN. 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. (Special.) These highly important developments took place today in connection with the events consequent upon the revela tions in the Dumba case: Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, will call on Secretary Xansing tomorrow and will intimate that Captain Franz von Pa pen, German jnilitary attache, will be sent home. If a safe conduct for him can be obtained from the British government. Auntria Expected to Comply. Ambassador Penfield has cabled his personal impression that Austria-Hungary will comply with the American re quest for the recall of Dr. Dumba, leaving her interests here in charge of the counsellor of the embassy. Count von Bernstorff will explain tomorrow the exact connection of Cap tain von Papen with the Dumba strike plans. There is no question that the Ambassador feels that members of his staff should have no connection with strikes or the creation of disorders in Industrial factories. He does not hold, however, that Germany as well as Austria-Hungary has no right to warn her subjects that employment in fac tories making munitions for the allies is a crime against the laws of their country and that if they should return home they will be punished. German Reaerv.HtM I'nder Ordem. Germany, it is pointed out In Ger titan circles, had the rie-ht to cnll home all reservists in the United States. She I was unable to exercise this right be- cause of the British command of the ! tea and the men have been forced to remain in this country. The right to i tell these men that they must not work; lor the allies the German Ambassador holds to be as sound as the right to , tell them to return to fight. However, it is apparent the Ambas- j pador has no intention to make an issue i in respect to Captain von Papen. If this Government will obtain a safe con- ' duct for the officer he will be ordered to Berlin. Such action would obviate a demand for his recall. It would do snore. It would show conclusively the desire of Germany to .remain in friend ly relations with this country. It would mean also that the Dumba incident with Austria-Hungary in the end will be ad justed satisfactorily to the United (States. Penfield Rot to Be IMsmlssed. The impressions reported by Mr. Pen field to the State Department are purely personal, and gathered by him in the course of his interview with various Austrian officials, including Count Bu tian. Minister of Foreign Affairs. It seems to be the view in Vienna that the request of the United States is to be complied with, and Ambassador Penfield will not be dismissed as a re taliatory measure. Should the Vienna government assert, however, that it will not replace Dr. Dumba by an agent ranking as an Am bassador. President Wilson will with draw Mr. Penfield. Should it make no reference to the dispatch of a new Am bassador to the United States, this Government will allow a reasonable time to elapse, say four or five months, when it will request an expression of intention. At that time the State Department will serve notice that unless a new Ambassador Is appointed Mr. Penfield will be withdrawn and the affairs of the American Government will be con Itded to the Secretary of Embassy, who w ill rank as Charge dAffaires. AnimitlM to Be Observed. To the lay mind this may appear un important, since both governments will be represented in each other's capital and will maintain diplomatic relations. Among nations, however, courtesy ever nas required that agents ac credited to- two countries shall bear precisely the same rank. It Is regard ed as offensive fqr one country to withdraw its envoy and leave its af fairs in the hands of a subordinate officer who does not rank with the envoy of the other. It is freely admitted in official circles that there are four courses Austria Hungary can pursue, as follows: 1. Withdraw Dr. Dumba in com pliance with the American request and declare he exceeded his instructions. This would be highly gratifying to the President and American people. 2. Withdraw Dr. Dumba. eupport his conduct and announce that the Austro llungarian interests would be confided to the Counsellor of the Embassy as Charge d'Affalres. This would be ir ritating and result in the recall of Ambassador Penfield, leaving the Em bassy in charge of the secretary. Refuse to withdraw. Dr. Dumba and force the United States to dismiss FINE COTTAGES AT GEARHART BURNED FIRE DESTROYS MAX HIRSCH AM) I MtrEDIiAXDEK. HOMES. Flames Originate in Unoccupied House and Spread for Lack r Apparatus Loss Is $8000. GEARHART, Or., Sept. 12. (Special.) Fire at 2:30 o'clock this morning originated in the beautiful Summer home of Max Hirsch, on Ocean avenue, completely destroyed that cottage and spread to the cottage of Felix Friedlander, adjoining, burning it also to the ground. The homes were both built this Summer at a cost of about $3500 each. The loss of furniture in the Hirsch dwelling is estimated at about $1000. There was partial insur ance on each dwelling. The Hirsch cottage was unoccupied, having been closed recently for the Summer. The origin of the fire is an utter mystery, A caretaker had been in the house Saturday. The Friedlander cottage was occu pied by Mrs. Friedlander, her daughter and a maid. There was plenty of time for the family to dress and- leave the cottage before the flames spread from the Hirsch dwelling, but lack of a fire department or equipment at the Sum mer resort made it impossible to stay the spread of the flames. The few men remaining at Gearhart worked hard, aided in saving all the furniture in the Friedlander cottage and prevented fur ther loss. In this they were assisted by the fire department from Seaside, which arrived after the two cottages had been completely destroyed. The automobile owned by Mr. Friedlander was also removed from the garage be fore the fire reached the building. The cottages were rated as among the finest on the Oregon coast. KELSO HUNTERS FILL LAKE Duck-Shooters Pump River Drled-Cp Marshes. Into KELSO, Wash., Sept. 12. (Special.) Low water in the Columbia this Spring and the lack of rain for the past six weeks has caused the disap pearance of the large lakes and marshes on the West side, thus threat ening the destruction of duck hunting for the present season. Not to be denied this sport, E. E. Brown and Grover L. Thornton, of the firm of E. E. Brown & Co., are pump ing' their bunting lake on the A. G. Huntington place full of water. A six-inch centrifugal pump, capable of handling 1000 gallons of water a minute, has been installed on the bank of the Columbia and has been working for the past week creating a lake for hunting purposes. This is the first time that such a novel scheme has been employed here and the work is attracting much attention.' ROOSTER ROCK CLIMBED Mazamas on Hike Succeed in Nego tiating Difficult Peak. On their customary Sunday outing yesterday, the Mazamas had Rooster Rock (In the Columbia Gorge) as their objective. The ascent and descent, the latter being the more difficult, were made by T. Raymond Conway and R- L. McLeod last June. Mr. Conway led yesterday's climb of f ellow-Mazamas He first ascended the summit and anchored ropes, by whose aid those following made the climb in safety. The others reaching the top were: C. H. Wortman. Arthur S. Peterson, K. E. Rose, A. K. Trenholm, H. G. Johnson. H. C. Craner, Miss Margaret Griffin and Miss Mary Hart. The Mazama party first tramped over the Columbia Highway from Bridal Veil to Crown Point before vis iting Rooster Rock. A party of 71 made the trip. NIGHT SCHOOLS ARE NEXT Conference Probable Today to Dis cuss Courses. With the day school semester launched and running smoothly, school officials will turn their attention to day to arrangements for the night schools, which are scheduled to open October 4. It is probable a conference will be held today in the School Board quarters to consider plans. It is uncertain yet how extensive the district will go into the night school proposition this year. It is expected, however, that the schools will be en larged and made to cover more ground in their courses than they did during the last semester. WOODLAND FARMER KILLED Kobort Simpson, Victim ot Runaway, Found Lying Beside Hock Crusher. WOODLAND, Wash.. Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Robert Simpson, owner of a J10.000 ranch on the edge of town, was killed today in a runaway four miles northeast of the city. He died a few minutes after he was found, lying by a rook crusher, by neighbors. Bobbers entered the home of P. W. Troutdale today and obtained $35 in cash and silverware. RUSSIANS STILL RETIRING Gorman Say Attacks in Galicia Have Been Repulsed. FKRL1X, via London, Sept. 12. Fur ther progress for the Herman troops at various points along the battle line in Russia is asserted in an official state ment issued today at the headquarters of the General Staff, hut no mention is made of operations in the Riga dis trict. The assertion is made that Itus- sian attacks in the Galicia district WOOD AND GMI50N iMAY CLASH AGAIN General Would Train Unemployed in Army. THRUST FELT BY DEMOCRATS Effort Made to Show Every body Is at Work. SECRETARY WILSON BUSY Department of Labor Collecting Fig ures in Larger Cities to Sup port Statement That Indus tries Are Normal. WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. (Special.) Another clash between Secretary Garrison and General Leonard Wood, ex-chief of staff, is expected in offi cial circles. General Wood, according to reports from New York, suggests drilling the idle men of the country, the men who will work and want work, but can't get it, to support the reserv ists. He estimates there could be thus raised an army of more than 1,000,000 men. The statement, if made by General Wood, conveys a dangerous political thrust at the Democrats. The Admin istration has been busy for months denying declarations of Republican leaders that there is a great army of unemployed throughout the country due to the depressed general business conditions. Effort Made to Disprove Statements. Secretary of Labor Wilson, at the suggestion of the President, started in to make a canvass of the larger cities to disprove the statement. He opened also a Federal employment agency to find jobs for the idle work ers. The incomplete statistics given out are made to show that there is no unusual number of unemployed. Secretary Garrison is at Seagirt, N. J., and it is not known whether he will interpret the statements by General Wood as an attack on the Democratic party. General Wood was reprimanded recently by Secretary Garrison for per mitting ex-President Roosevelt to re flect on the Administration in a speech to the civilian soldiers at Plattsburg. Colonel Roosevelt quickly gave a po litical twist to the controversy and the Secretary may look with disfavor on the recent statements by General Wood, who Is Colonel Roosevelt's friend. Wood Says Many Are Idle. Dispatches from New York quote General Wood as saying: I do not necessarily refer to those who are too lazy and Inefficient to work, but to the thousands of men who are ready and willing to do what ever they can. The streets are full of them, as well as the parks and lodging- houses. "They have become one of the great municipal problems and if every little town in the country, to say nothing of (.Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, Rs degree; minimum. 49 degrees. TODAY'S Probably showers, -westerly winds. War. Ambassador von Bernstorff will send Von Papen home. Page 1. German describes desperate flg-httnsT for pos session of Grodno. Page 2. Mexico. ' O Carranza's men behind border plot.r" o- -National. General Wood arouses administration with plan to train unemployed in military re serve. Page 1. Daniels announces personnel of Naval advis ory board. Page 2. Domestic. Robber besieged by police commits suicide aiter eix-iiour battle. Page 1. i Late millionaire's agents Beek to prove Mrs. j uay m baoy js myth. Page 3. i Oregon growers urged to send exhibits to fan Francisco. Page 5. Sports, ! Pacific Coast League result: Oakland 6-8. , Portland 3-1, emon 4-3, Salt Lake 3-4, San Francisco 8-0, Los Angeleo 4---Page 10. Waverley golfers win match from Portland Club team. Page 10. Oregon football stars return to college. Boston Braves yield second place to Brook lyn. Page 10. Nobodv knows who won McFaVland-Gibbon light. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. University of Oregon registration expected ,io snow increase 'I uesday. page o. Eugfne Bible University plans campaign to provide xou.uuu enuowment. page o. Heavy rains fall at many points up Colum- Dia -ana Willamette Rivers. Page o. Prosperity smiles on Aberdeen. Page 5. Financial and Industrial. Chicago bankers threatend with withdrawals if they participate in loan to allies Page t. Assessor Heed discusses fixing of valuations. rCt V. . Henry Clews predicts re-establishment ot British credit. Page a. Portland and Vicinity. Romance of business world leads to wedding of A. E. Phillips and Miss Florence Ryals. Page 14. Visiting Easterners praise exploitation of Oregon game resources by V. I Kinley. Page i 1. Steamer John A. Hooper f rrlves for lumber and flour. Page 11. American singer says London has no fear of Zeppelins. Page 14. Frank Rich Musical Company scores another hit at National. Page S. Peter Hume, pioneer Sellwood banker. Is dead. Page 7. Schlappl lads set adrift through divorce ot parents. Page 14. Rev. J. H. Boyd blames philosophy of ease for world's troubles. Page 8. County Fair to open at Gresham tomorrow. Page S. Orpheum opens with excellent bill. Page 8. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 1L PACKER'S S0N TO FIGHT Blancliard S. Forbes to Go to Front With Canadian Forces. RICHMOND, Va.. Sept. 5. Blanchard S. Forbes, prominent in social and business circles and son of W. S. Forbes, millipiinire "meat packer of this city, has Joined the Canadian force now in training at Camp Valcartier and trill be sent to the battlefields of Europe with the next contingent. A few years ago Forbes married Miss Mamie Hyson, of Chicago, who returned home recently and will remain there while her husband is fighting: for the allies. IOWA MOOSE STAY INTACT Progressives Vote to Put Tickets in Field Next Year. DES .MOIXES, la., Sept. 6. Iowa Pro gressives at an informal conference here recently, determined to put a full ticket in the field for state and county offices at the elections next year. Resolutions were adopted declaring the speech of Elihu Hoot at Albany, N" Y indicting invisible and alleged bi partisan politfcs of the two old parties, indicated the necessity of the nen party. IT'S JUST A TOY. E BATTLE POLICEMEN tier" 1 1 i o i r une is anoi in mot at Linnton. CAPTAIN BATY IS BADLY HURT Reserves Rush to Scene of Anti-American Outbreak. ONLY ONE SHOT IS FIRED Patrolman Long Uses Gun to Pro tect Detective Hammersly, Who Is Felled by Kiotcr Joe Ko tos e May Die From Wound. An an tl -American demonstration be gun by drink-maddened Austrlans at Linnton early last night developed into a riot in which Joe Rotose was perhaps fatally shot by Patrolman Long, De tective Captain C. E. Baty and City Detective Tom Hammersly seriously injured, and a Linnton resident, who resented insults offered American women, beaten unconsciois. Five plain-clothes men who rushed to Linnton in an automobile at the call of Patrolman Long, who had arrested three Austrlans single handed at the beginning of the riot, were driven back to Fortland by the crazed men, who outnumbered them six to one. A pa trol with 16 officers, headed by Police Captain Circle, was dispatched and finally got the situation under control. Insult Shouted at Women. The affair started shortly before 7 o'clock with a small gathering of Austrlans in a vacant lot near an American home. There were women on the porch of the home, and the men cursed loudly and Jeered, and capped the climax by vile insults. An Ameri can, whose name could not be learned last night, called Officer A. G. Long, who Is stationed at Linnton. The two ad'anced.upon the Austrians. At their approach the two men were attacked. At bay before five men. Pa trolman Long was helpless to aid his companion, who was struck over the head with a heavy board, knocked un conscious and beaten and kicked. Flay ing right and left with the butt of his gun. Officer Long plowed his way to his friend, who was on the ground, and, grabbing a stick from one of the assail ants, stood off the crowd with drawn gun, his finger on the trigger. Call Sent for Aid. The officer succeeded in getting the injured man into a house and proceeded to arrest three Austrlans who were climbing into an automobile to flee. Because of a growing demonstration he deemed it wise to telephone to the head quarters at Portland for help. An automobile bearing Detectives Hammersly, Hill and Howell and Pa trolmen Morris and Sims sped to Linn ton, and found the suburb in a state of riot. The crowd of Austrlans, most of whom -were employed by. the Clarke- (Concluded on Pate li. Column 3.) DROI AUSTRIAS SHIP CARRYING 1600 RESERVISTS AFIRE FRENCH STEAMER SAXT AXXA SENDS "S. O. S." Ill Addition to Italians Returning to Europe to Fi ght , Vessel Carries Merchandise. HALIFAX, N. S.. Sept. 12. The French steamer Sant Anna is on fire at sea, according to a wireless message re ceived by the marine department from the Cape Race station late tonight. The message said: s "Steamer Sant Anna in distress, on fire and in need of assistance. Latitude 30:23 north, longitude 47:30 west." The position given is in the track of trans-atlantic line's. The Sant Anna registers 6814 tons and is owned by the Faber line. Cap tain Pavy is in command. She is bound from New York to Mediterranean ports. XEW YORK, Sept. 12. Between 1600 and 1700 Italian reservists are passen gers on board the Faber line steamer Sant Anns!, bound from New York for Mediterranean ports and reported afire at sea, according to the local agents of the liner, James L. Elwell & Co.. here tonight. The ship also carries a large cargo of merchandise. The Santa Anna carried no muni tions of war or inflammable mate rials of any kind, according to Howard K. Jones, a member of the firm of local agents. Her cargo consisted chiefly of foodstuffs. Nearly all of the Italian reservists were among the steerage passengers, Mr. Jones said, there having been comparatively few first and second cabin passengers. HOLY LAND ARMED CAMP Airmen Hover Bethlehem. Soldiers Maneuver on Mount of Olives. JERUSALEM. Aug. 23. (Corres pondence of the Associated Press.) Armed airships and aeroplanes are con tinually flying over the birthplace of the Prince of Peace at Bethlehem, ac cording; to the Bote Aus Zion (Messen ger from Zion), a paper published in Palestine by a Swiss missionary. Soldiers are meaneuvering every day on the Mount of Olives, at Golgotha and Jerusalem. Between Judea and Jericho, where transportation was by mule pack in the days when Christ came to bring: "peace on earth." a road is being constructed for armored motor cars. Fast dromedaries of the camel corps maintain communication between the camps in Palestine and the Turkish headquarters. It is supposed that the concentration of the young: recruits in the Holy Land is with a view to another attack on Egypt. BLACKS FIGHT RAZOR DUEL Waiters on Train From Portland Are in The Dalles Hospital. THE DALLES, Or.. Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Two negroes' employed by the O.-W. It. & X. Company as waiters are In The Dalles hospital suffering from many cuts as the result -of a fight with razors in which they participated FrI day night on the train between Ar lington and The Dalles. The men whose names are W. II. Whitney and Will- Griffin, were rushed to the hos pital, where their faces and . neck were sewn up. The two waiters refus to divulge the cause of the. quarrel other than they experienced a "slight misunderstanding." Whitney and Griffin are residents of Portland. EVERETT RUNAWAY'S GOAL Boy, 15, Asks Chicago Police Aid In Kcaclilng His Aunt. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. (Special.) Richard Alpine, 13 years old, Pittsburg, an orphan, walked into the Detective Bureau tonight and asked Lieutenant Benjamin Knright to help htm reach Everett. Wash. 'I lived with an aunt in Pittsburg," he said, "but she abused me so I ran away. I am going to Everett to live with another aunt. My parents died several years ago.' Lieutenant Enright had the boy taken to the Juvenile Home. He in tends to communicate with "his aunt in Everett. KAISER DISMISSES GENERAL Man Held Responsible for Cheek in Galicia Retired With Pension. LOXDOX, Sept. 12. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Amsterdam says: "Emperor William has dismissed Gen eral von Kluege, commander of the eighth division, who was held responsi ble for the Austro-German check by the Russians on the Sereth River in East Galicia. "General Kluege, according to the German newspapers, retired from the service at his own request and with a pension." TYPHUS APPEARS IN BERLIN People Instructed Against Use of Unboiled Milk. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12, via London, Sept. 13. The Berlin Vorwaerta reports that, owir.s to the fact that some cases of typhus fever have been discovered in the western district of Benin, the police have cautioned the pub'ic Against the use of unboiled milk. Precautions as to the use of water CORNERED ROBBER ENDS HIS OWN LIFE Room Is Riddled in Six Hour Battle. FLEEING LODGER IS WOUNDED Police Use Bishop's House as Point of Vantage. 60 OFFICERS IN CORDON Crowd In San Francisco Residence District Watches Siege in. Which Searchlight and Variety of Weapons Are Employed. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. A thrill- ins six-hour battle between 60 police men and George Nelson, 25 years old, wanted for complicity in the robbery last month of a Los Angeles bank, ended at dawn today when Nelson's bullet-riddled body was found stretched on a cot in a rooming-house. He had ended his own life by sending- a bul let through his head. The house where he had successful ly held the police at bay since before midnight is in a populous residence district. Escaping; I.odr Seriously Shot. Hugh JlacBcth. a lodger, who at tempted to escape from the building when the battle began, was shot twice through the head, probably fatally, by the cross-fire. Policeman Peter Hammond was shot through the arm and legs by Nelson. All night long the police directed an intermittent fire into Nelson's room from an upper window In the home of Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, across the street, and from adjacent windows and housetops. A powerful searchlight was placed in the window of a dwelling across the street, directly facing the bandit's room and by its glare the police directed their fire. Room Riddled With Lead. Shotguns, repeating rifles and re volvers were used and hardly a square inch of Nelson's room escaped the bul lets. Shortly before 4 o'clock Nelson fired a single shot and the effort of the police to bring a further response was futile, although a score or more shots were sent into the room. With the coming of day the offi cers entered the building from the rear and side entrances and joined two of their fellow police who had been in side 1 night, and who had been un able to get out or locate definitely Nelson's position in the room. Repeated requests to Nelson to surrender brought no reply and then the police burst through the door. Man Had Three Revolver. Nelson had been dead more than two hours. Three automatic revolvers and a quantity of ammunition lay on the table near the body. The floor was littered with glass and splinters of wood and the walls were riddled with shot. There was a bad wound near the elbow of Nelson's right arm and in his efforts to staunch the flow of blood he had. fashioned a rude bandage from a towel. The police believe that Nel son's intense sufferings, combined with the knowledge that daylight would re sult in his capture, caused him to send a bullet thiough his head, ''our hun dred dollars was found among Nel son's belongings, a part of the loot, it was believed, from the Los Angeles bank. Companion Betray Hiding IMare. The police learned of Nelson's where-' abouts through the arrest last night of William Juber. a companion in the Los Angeles robbery. Juber was shot in the arm in the bank robbery and had just left the office of a physician when he was taken into custody. A complete confession, the police said, followed. When detectives went to Nelson's room and attempted to place him un der arrest he opened fire. Then be gan the most spectacular battle in the history of the police department. Several times in the night Nelson strove vainly to shoot out the police searchlight, whose dazzling rays strept his room. Thousands of spectators, in cluding hundreds of women, crowded the streets and watched until the end the progress of the battle. THIIU) SUSPECT IS AISUKSTKO Sweetheart Also Taken on Wa to t;ive Warning or Darrger. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12. William Calish. aged 29. who since boyhood hs been a companion of William Juber. the bank robber suspect held by the San Francisco police, and Mary Slgpl. sweetheart of Calish. were arrested here today. Both are being held by the police on suspicion of being impli cated in the robbery of the Boyle Heights branch of the Home Savings Bank on August 20. Calish was taken into custody at his home in Hollywood, where the police said Juber also had lived from the time he came here from Seattle until the day of the robbery. Miss SIgol was arrested as she was hurrying to the home of Calish to inform him of the arrest of Juber in San Francisco and the battle between George Nelson and the police offU'ers. Neither Calish nor Miss Siyol would XCoadudcd, on Fags 2, Column 1-1 were repulaed. AMM A-t-J UtH Also re enjoined, . .(.Concluded va. fage 2. Column 4-X . o