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VOL. LVXO. 17,130. " PORTLAXD, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1915. PRICE FIVE CKXTS ITALIAN LINER'S FLIGHT IN VAIf Rome Hears Ancona Made Effort to Escape. BOATS. REPORTED SHELLED Man, Woman and Two Chil dren Said to Have Been l Killed by Gunfire. 370 SURVIVORS LANDED American Woman Is Among Those Saved Other Ameri- . cans on Passenger List. ROME, Nov. 10. How many per sons lost their lives in the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona by a subma rine in the Mediterannean has not been definitely ascertained, but latest advices from Naples say that 320 sur vivors have been landed at Tunis ports and 50 at Malta. The number of pas sengers on the Ancona is placed at 482 and the crew has been estimated vari ously from 60 to 160. The Ancona carried boats for the accommodation of 2500 and it is pos sible that some of the boats are still afloat and may bring in additional 6urvivors in the next 24 hours. Attempt Made to Escape. The Ancona was torpedoed Tuesday morning and a Tunis dispatch to the Giornale d'ltalia gives a dramatic, though brief, account of the attack. "A submarine approached the An cona toward noon," says this account, "and as soon as this steamer saw it an attempt was made to escape at full speed. "The Ancona was overtaken and stopped. Then the submarine fired on the Ancona, Kinking her, amid the des perate cries of the passengers. Lifeboats Reported Shelled. "The lifeboats were next attacked, the submarine likewise firing on them. A woman, a man and two children were killed by gun fire. Their bodies are at Bizerta. "The submarine then disappeared. Before sinking, the Ancona was able to send out a wireless call for help. This was heard by the station at Bi zerta. Aid was sent promptly and thus 160 passengers and 10 sailors were saved. They were taken to Fer ry ville (in the environs of Bizerta), where they were attended by physi cians and the Consul. j Minds of Survivors Shattered. ' "Among the survivors are several wounded emigrants, nearly all Vene tians, and 10 Greeks. Several of the survivors seem to have lost their rea son as the result of their terrible ex periences." The official list of survivors as is sued in Rome includes one American woman, Mrs. Cretle Greil, of New York, 143 Italians, 16 Greeks and one Russian. The statement is made that 24 of the Ancona's passengers were natural ized Americans. Of these nothing is known at present. One of the notable passengers on board the Ancona was the Prince of Cassano, head of one of the oldest Neapolitan families resident in Rome. NO TKNSIOX IX WASHINGTON Officials Believe At luck, lo Have Been Legalized by Flight. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. About 27 .Americans are believed to have been lott with the torpedoed Italian liner Ancona. according: to a cable to the Slate Department tonight from Ambas sador Pucp at Rome. The Ambassador said the probable victims of the tragedy were Alexander ratattivo. his wife and four children, cif New York, and Mrs. Frances Ma.scolo Lamina and about 20 unnamed third class passengers. .Mrs. Cecil L. Greil, first reported Grey, was named as the one known American survivor among the pas censers. Ambassador Page and American Con. g:s throughout Italy were Instructed today by Secretary Lansing to cable Immediately all information they could Bather concerning the torpedoing of the liner. Tress dispatches caused con cern In official quarters, but there was no real tension, because news dis patches which referred to the shelling if the Ancona by the. Austrian subma rine led to the belief generally among officials that the Italian vessel I snored warning and was attempting to escape. This, in the view of this Government, would justify a submarine comu-ander in the use of torcc. GIRL RESCUES FOUR IN BURNING HOME LAI) OF 1 3 DIES IX ATTEMPT TO FLEE THROUGH FLAMES. Miss Hilda Honla Carries Mother and Three Children Down Ladder to SafetS'. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) One by one Mrs. John Baretich and her three children were carried down a ladder from the second story of their burning home to safety early this morning by Miss Hilda Hopla, who was staying at the Baretich home while Mr. Baretich is in Seattle in search of work. All other avenues of escape were blocked by the flames. Percy Kelshaw, the 13-year-old son of Mrs. Baretich, died in the attempt to make his way through the flames in the lower part of the house and fell almost within sight of the rescuers. Mrs. Baretich is in a critical condition from burns that she sustained before she was taken from the building. ' All efforts to reach Mr. Baretich failed today. UMATILLA HOLDS WHEAT Crop Is Estimated at Nearly 3,000, 000 Bushels. PENDLETON. Or.. Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) Wheat to the value of 13,150,000, or practically equal to $150 for every man. woman and child in the county, is being neld by the local growers at the present time. Conservative estimates made by Pendleton buyers and growers place the yield of Umatilla County for 1915 at 4.500.000 and 5.000,000 bushels of wheat. The consensus of opinion is that 20 or 25 per cent has already been sold and that the remain der is being held by the growers for higher prices. The price at which the value of the wheat is estimated is tijg average price as given by the Government on the first day of November. Last year at this time practically all the wheat of the county had been either sold or con tracted. BIG GOLD STRIKE REPORTED i Gicciiliorn Mine Owners Expect to Keach $10,000 in 3 Months. BAKElt, Or.. Nov. 10. (Special.) One of the richest strikes In the Green horn district In years has been report ed to William Barker, of this city, who has received samples from the Petty Ac Abies property in that section, show ing a high content of free-milling gold. What was thought at first to have been merely a pocket in the mine was struck some time ago, but recent de velopments have shown a vein assay ing nearly $1000 to the ton, and, al though it has been opened up for 60 feet, neither end ha- been located. One pan of dirt, taken out six feet below the surface ran $.400. and four tons of ore milled yielded J3000 The mine is at the head of Olive Creek, two and one-half miles east of Greenhorn. The owners expect to take out $10,000 within the next three months. JITNEY CASE IS APPEALED Oregon City to Test Injunction Granted Against Ordinance. OREGON CITY. Or.. Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) On motion of Henry M. Temple- ton, chairman of the street committee, the Council tonight voted to 'appeal from the permanent injunction granted by Circuit, Judge Bagley against en forcement of the jitney ordinance passed a month ago. The Council voted for the appeal with the understanding that it would cost the city nothing. C. D. Latourette, who assisted City Attorney Sehucbel in de fending the ordinance, will pay all ex penses. . . The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company is back of the appeal, according to members of the City Coun cil. TITLED MATE SET TO WORK Count Kalnia'ii Czaky to Sell Cigars to Please American 'Wife. NEW YORK. Nov. 10. (Special.) To "make good" and please his American wife. Count Kalman Czaky, understood to be the third cousin of Count Sze chenyi, whose wife was Gladys Van derbilt, is to open a cigar store in East Forty-ninth street. The count came here from San Fran cisco in May. His wife remained there with the understanding he would join her as soon as he found a job that would enable him to make a living. The wife was Mrs. Maud Howard Bryan, who inherited a considerable fortune from her first husband. Mont gomery Bryan, a publisher, of San Francisco. The count and Mrs. Bryan were married in 1908. ADVERTISING AIDS CHURCH Generous Space Is Taken in Dailies by Unitarians. PITTS BC KG, Nov. 10. Advertising as tho means of increasing, church membership received the strong in dorsement of Rev. Edwin A. Rumball. of Boston, at the Slst annual meeting of the Unitarian Conference of the Mid dle States and Canada here today. The Unitarians." he sajd, "arc pre pared to spend thousands of dollars on their publicity and advertising work. Last year alone showed an increase of 200.000 pamphlets distributed." He also referred .to the generous space taken by the various churches of the denomination in the daily newspa pers 1. PARIS POOR FACING PROBLEM OF LUG Prices of Necessities Seriously Higher. COW SEASON IS PREDICTED Food, - Clothing, Fuel Almost Out of Reach. EVEN SOAP IS - DOUBLED Famous Amusement Itesort Is Con verted Into Root Factory All- Xiglit Cafe Still Exists in Spite of Law. Br CAROLYN WILSON. (Correspondent of the Chicago Tribune in Fiance. Published by arrangement.) PARIS, Oct. 21. Winter is going to be very hard in Paris. Already priced have mounted so high that I do not see how the poor live. If the first attack of cold weather and the consequent diminution of fresh vegetables and fruit is going to make as much differ ence as the tables of prices have shown, I dread thinking of - a long, cold Winter which is the .present scientific prediction for France. Ordinary necessities clothes, shoes, gloves, lingerie have all increased in prices. A suit which last year cost 30 would cost $50 this year. All the little standbys. like cotton or buttons or hooks and cye3. which one is accus timed to thinking of at a fixed price, have become more expensive. Store Killed With Shopper. Yet the stores are full. It is agony to go shopping at the Ualeries Lafay ette any time during the afternoon. It takes sometimes 15 minutes to get an elevator, so thick is the crowd. I watch people buying furs an article which no Parisian woman would ht without, no matter what other thing she economized on. Skins have in creased 60 to 80 per cent, but people seem to buy just the same. During the past week milk has been increased from 8 to 10 cents a quart and in many sections of the city has been really scarce. The reason given for this Is the large number of in valids in the hospitals men who for merly never touched milk and also it is due partly to the fact that with' the farmers away at the war the wives hesitate to buy new cows and the sup ply is really seriously diminishing. Food Price Much Higher. Fish has gone up 25 per cent and in spite of the effort to introduce frozen meat it is still held at the big central markets and doesn't get to the small distributing centers at all. I heard a woman complainimr the other day at one of the big markets. "My basket is only half full," she said, "and my money is all goue. I've bought a dozen eggs that's 40 cents a pound oC chops that's 50 a cabbage for 14 and a quart of string beans for 20. Now, a year ago I could have had the eggs for (Concluded on Paq- -J. Culunin ;'.. (foooy 8 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 48 degrees; minimum, 3d degrees. TOD A Y'S Occasional rain; southwesterly wind. Land Show. Grcsham will invade Land Show tomorrow. Page 8. Land Show is in hands of Chinese today. Page S. Ad Club luncheon begins college day at Land Products fcliow. Page S. War. Rome hears Ancona was trying to escape when attacked, and. that lifeboats were fired on. Face 1. British cruiser forcibly searches American c learner in Mexican harbor. Page War costing Britain - fJlr7oO,00O a day. Page 5. Veles, Serbia, recaptured by French. Fa fie u. Four steamers sunk by German submarined. Pago Foreign. Japanese Emperor himself reads edict at second corronatton ceremony. Page L American women gorgeously gowned, at Jap anese coronation. Page O. United State credited by Japanese Premier for - Inaugurating progn-ua of empire. , Page o. 1 National. Senators Borah and Smith, of Michigan, come out strcni- for Justice Hughes for Presidential nomination. Page Domestic. Sight of able-bodied men amazes woman from war rone. Page & Exposition music marked feature of great lair now nearing close. Page o. Twelve killed and more than lOO hurt by tornado at Great Bend, Kan. Page 1. Sports. Baseball stars show marked ability as trap shooting experts. Page Northwest has two big games in store for Saturday. Page 14. Minor leagnrs to map out economy pro gramme Friday. , Page 15. Aggies cr nfiUen. of victory over Oregon. Page 14. Pacific Norttiwentt. Girl rescues four in fire at Aberdeen. Page 1. Testimony in trial of Centralia's publisher completed. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. Oregon Hopgrowers Association effective in advancing market. Page 19. - Grain higher at Chicago, as rush of Spring movement is over. Page 19. Lumber cargoes for Mexico to begin mov ing November 20. Page lti. W. F. McCombs, Democratic National Chair man, denounces seaman's law. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Members perplexed as to status of Women's Political Science club, following "row." Page -JO. City budget comes before Council this aft ernoon for final . adoption. Page 13. "Mora! squad" is sued for S25.O0O by owner of Hotel Van Gorder. Page 13. Coronation of Emperor is observed by Port land Japanese. Page 7. Movie operator confesses theft of two pianos Page 8. Wild streetcar hits two others and six. are hurt, pige 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. ITALIAN OFFENSIVE WANES Cologne Has Report That Drive lu Isonzo District lias Failed. BKf.LlS, Nov. 10. (By wireless to Say vllle. N. Y.) "The third Italian offen sive in the Isonzo district can be con sidered to have definitely failed." says the Cologne Gazette's correspondent at Austro - Hungarian headquarters, as quoted by the Overseas News Agency, "since only feeble attempts to advance are still being made by the Italians. "During this last struggle the Ital ians have suffered immense losses, be sides having had 6387 men captured, among whom were 106 officers." OREGON GOATS IN LEAD Mammoth Entries Promise to TakeJ All Honors at Exposition. . . ORKOON BUII.DING. EXPOSITION GROUNDS, San Francisco. Nov. 10. (Special.! "William Hidden & Sons, of Monmouth, took three first prizes in three sections for Angora goats in to day's judging. The prospects are that they will sweep everything over Texas, New Mexico and California in the Angora goat entries. The judging continues tomorrow. JF SANTA CLAUS ONLY COULD! I 1 : r 50 DIE IN TORNADO IN GREAT BEND, KAN. Half of City Reported to Be in Ruins. REIGN OF CONFUSION FOLL.: Water and Light Plants and Mills Are Wrecked. COMMUNICATION CUT OFF Santa Fe Railway Station Is One of Buildings Demolished Heavy Property Damage Indicated in Meager Messages. : GREAT BEND. Kan.. Nov. 10 Be tween SO and 60 persons are believed to have been killed in a tornado which swept this town shortly after 7 o'clock tonight. The storm passed over the southern part of the city, wrecking-the water works and electric light plant. The town is in darkness, and con fusion reigns. Telegraph and telephone wires were put out of commission. Half of City Wrecked. According to reports which reached the long-distance telephone office when wire communication was re-established with outside points, the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe Railway station was demolished and half the houses of the city were wrecked. Three large flour mills and a num ber of grain elevators were in the path of the storm. DENVER, Nov. 10. A cyclone early tonight swept through Great Bend, Kan., causing heavy property dam age, according to reports of a. local telegraph company, which said their wires failed after meager reports had been received. All IV Ires Are Dona, " All telegraphic communication failed shortly before 7 o'clock. Railroad of fices in Denver also reported their wires down, and were also without defi nite information. Many persons are reported killed in the cyclone which struck Great Bend, Kan., early tonight. This report, i re ceived at the railroad offices at Pueblo, of the Missouri Pacific, also said that great property damage was sustained. Western Union officials declared that at Holsington, Kan., many buildings were swept into a heap of debris. - Detail Not Obtainable. Details were lacking, owing to wire conditions. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 10. All wire communication with Great Bend, Kan., failed tonight after the flrst brief bul letins Tiad been received here over a single telephone wir from the Great Bend telephone operator. Portland Folk to Wed at Chchulis. CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) Charles D. Schreiter and Rose C. Daley, both of Portland, obtained a marriage license here yesterday. i " I' II .. i Wednesday's War Moves THE renewed activity of German and Austrian submarines, especially those in the Mediterranean, as evi denced by the sinking of the Italia liner- Ancona and the attack cm the British transport Mercian, has again brought to the front the unceasing vigilance required by the navies of the allies to secure the safe transport of the troops needed in the Near East. The news of tca Jtinkinir ftf thA An. j cona. whicfr-i J the British public I 'ast - m. dispatch from Ne 'o'V" -eated a sensation and was -pared with the destruction of the Lusitania, the London evening papers heading the report of her Joss with the words: "Another Lusitania." Naval writers believe that the navy will be able to contend with the sub marines in the Mediterranean, as was done in the waters around the British Isles, and already two of them are re ported to have been sunk, but for the moment there is natural anxiety for the transports which are proceeding east and because of the possibility of interference with the campaign in the Balkans, where troops are so neces sary. The Anglo-French troops already there are believed to be more than holding their own on the repeated at tacks of the Bulgarians, who are try ing to destroy the little army before reinforcements can reach it. As the Serbians, however, arc driven back by the Austro-Germans and Bulgarians and the latter receive additional sup plies of munitions, they will be able to assume stronger - offensive In the south. With the French occupation of Veles, however, the position of the Bulgarians at Uskup and west of that town Is precarious. On the other fronts there is much fighting, despite unfavorable weather conditions. The Russians, who. by re peated attacks, regained some ground around Riga and Dvinsk, have driven the Germans farther back from the Dvina River, and in the south are re peating their thrusts, with the object of preventing the Germans and Aus trians from entrenching. In fact. Gen erals Ruzsky and Ivanoff and their col leagues are proving that it is danger ous for the Germans to weaken their fronts to support the Balkan western lines. The Italians, likewise, continue their aggressive tactics and have added an other mountain position to their gains in Trentino. The British are having a rather quiet time, while the French in the western zone have had to contend with Dnly a few minor attacks. There is a report current that the Germans contemplate another nfFenlv in the west, such as they put into effect a year ago. November 11, 1814. British gunboat Niger is sunk by German submarine in North Sea. Japan sends big guns to Russia to aid her in the war. King George opens Parliament, which will take up war measures only. k HAWAIIANS DEFY TRUST Sugar Planters to Sliip Product to Independent Refineries. HONOLULU, T. II., Nov. 10. The Hawaiian sugar men have broken re lations with the American Sugar Re fining 'Company, the so-called combina tion of refiners, according to announce ment made here today, and all 1916 sugar for the Atlantic Coast will be shipped to the Pennsylvania Sugar Re finery, of Philadelphia, and the Na tional Refinery, of New Jersey, inde pendent refiners. It is understood that the Hawaiian growers declined to meet new terms demanded by the American Sugar Re fining Company. FEWER BRITONS GET DRUNK Anti-Treating Order Proves Kffec tive, Says Lloyd George. LONDON. Nov. 10. In response to a question in the House of Commons to day regarding the effect of the order against treating. David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, said there had been a marked decrease in the num ber of convictions for drunkenness in the metropolitan district in the first three weeks after the order took ef fect as compared with the previous four weeks. Police reports show that drunkenness among women has decreased.. GERMAN PARCELS STOPPED Service to America Suspended Be cause of British Interference. BERLIN. Nov, 10. (By wireless to Sayville. N. Y.) The suspension of the parcel post service rrom Germany to America, is explained in official circles as having been due to the fact that the Holland-American line informed the German authorities it was unable longer to carry parcels owing to the interference of the British.. Parcel post traffic from the United States to Germany, however, ha6 not been interrupted. BRITISH DESTROYER LOST Louis Stranded In Mediterranean, but Kntire Crew Is Saved. LONDON. Nov. 10. The British torpedo-boat destroyer Louis, Lieutenant Commander Harold D A. Hall, has been stranded In the Eastern Mediterranean and has become a total wreck. All of the officers and crew are safe. The Louis- was one of the "L" class of destroyers, built in 1913. Her normal complement -was 100 men. CORONATION EDICT READ BYJFV1PER0R Rite Held in Purple Hall of Mysteries. FAMOUS TREES STAND GUARD Cherry and Orange Starting Point of Decorations. SACRED SCEPTER TAKEN Monarch Promises to Strive for Ad vancement of People and Cries or "Banzai" Swell From v Throats of Populace. KIOTO. Japan. ' Nov. 11. Following the first coronation ceremony yesterday, in which the Emperor Yoshihito in formed the spirit of his grand ances ters of his formal acquisition of the three sacred treasures, there came a second ceremony, belonging in a spe cial way to the people, for it was de dicated to the purpose of announcing to them the accession of the Mikado. The Emperor actually mounted the throne and read an address to his sub jects. The function was held in the re nowned Shishiiden Hall, where the illustrious monarch, Mutsuhito. became Emperor and which, except for recon struction in several directions, retained its ancient simplicity and beauty. Shishiiden. which signifies "purple hall of mystery," faces soilh and is made of the sacred hinoki wood, with its roof thatched from the bark of the same tree. High Dignitaries Aasrmlile. The two main gates leading to the Shishiiden were opened in early morn ing, the court police acting as guard. At the appointed time in the afternoon the police guard was replaced by troops. The high dignitaries and their wives who had attended the coronation Shin.tr service before the Imperial sanctuary in the morning arrived in front of the two side gates of the Shishiiden and assembled . in a hall preliminary to entering the ceremonial pavillion. The American ladies, as well as the other ladies of the diplomatic corp.-, for the most part wore the same couvt dresses with train as during the morn ing. Mrs. Guthrie, wire of the Ameri- . can Ambassador, was an exception. She wore a gown, of white liberty satin witli a specially designed court train embroidered in gardenias and star jasmine in gold running over a trellis of silver. Classic Trees on Kither Side. On either side of the stairs leading to the interior of the Shishiiden stood the famed cherry tree and the noble orange tree. These classical trees were the starting point of the courtway dec orations which grew, into a splendid picture as the various officials in their fascinating gowns of ancient Japan marched in. one by one. and took their allotted stations. To the south of the cherry tree was a tall banner of scarlet brocade bearing the embroidered figure of the sun, while south of the orange tree was a banner . of white brocade worked with the figure of the moon. Next to the sun banner w;aa a. larger banner with the pattern of the 'Good-omened Clouds of Five Colors" and an embroidered figure . of the Yaragarasu. or the eight-headed crow, which traditionally is supposed to have guided the first Emperor Jimmu Tenno in a successful expedition against native tribesmen. Kmperor In Regal Vestment. A great, stillness followed as the last beatof the announcer's gong died away. Then the Emperor appeared from the recesses of the palace. He wore a regal vestment of dark orange-colored silk. The Japanese describe it as '"the yellowish red - brown - colored august robe." The hue is supposed to be that presented by the sun when in the morn it has just risen above the horizon. The dress gave an impression of massive ncss and its general form might be described as cubist. This effect was heightened by the huge square-cut long sleeves and the pair of lacquer shallow . wooden shoes which just showed under the hem of the kimono. The Emperor, ascending the northern staircase leading to the imperial throne, took his scat provided under the dome! The chamberlains placed the sacred sword and jewel on the tables to the right and left of the imperial throne within the curtains. Then they handed ' His Majesty a baton or scepter made or ichii wood. This the Emperor held up right and rigid against the lower part of his chest giving an appearance of dignity, which is its object. Emperor Reads Edict. The Emperor then read an edict an nouncing his accession to the throne as ruler of the Empire. It was an address to his subjects and at the same time a communication to the .powers of the world that he had been consecrated sua Mikado, or, speaking more truly, that he had consecrated himself as Mikado. To his people Yoshihito announced that, following the example of his Im perial ancestors, he hoped to rromote the welfare and happiness of the na tion and that he would strive for the advancement of the state and at the same time endeavor to strengthen the basis of national prosperity with the support and co-operation of his loyal subjects. In former times this edict was read out by a court official in the courtyard. (Uoncludod on Page 7, Column 0.)