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THE MORNING pBEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JANTJABY 18, 1916. WASHINGTON HEARS OF BLOCKADE PLAN Britain Insists on Closing Neu tral Ports of Entry to Ger many and Austria. BITTER OPPOSITION LIKELY lo-slbillty of Strong Antl-Brltisn Sentiment In America Causes Diplomats to Move Infor mally With Caution. "'WASHINGTON. Jan- 17- Plans of fhe entente allies to declare a lormai blockade of German ports, it was Jrarned tonight, have been the subject f exchanges between diplomatic rep lesentatives of the allies here and the felate Department, in an informal way. According to information here the programme contemplates a virtual ex tension of the blockade to the Euro pean neutrals by rigid application of the "ultimate destination" doctrine, and dulay in putting the plans into effect J.h attributed entirely to reluctance on f ne part of France, and possibly Italy, to accept the British view of the rights of a belligerent in this respect. The subject has been approached liere with irreat caution and it was mid with a thorough appreciation of the probability of an outbreak of anti Uritish feeling in Congress. An effort is being made by the diplomats to ae 1 ermine the strength of American feel' Jng on this subject. Other Neutrals May Oppose. Application of the blockade to neu trals, for which the British contend the United States established a precedent in the Civil War, is fully expected to result In supplementing the opposition of the United States by the bitter pro tests of Holland. Denmark and Sweden und possibly Norway. Except for this feature, there might le little objection to the substitution of a real blockade for what are re garded here as the wholly illegal or ders In council. At Dresent the allies are stopping all commerce with the Teutonic powers directly by these orders in council. One of the Interested diplomatic representa tives pointed out today that the pro mulgation of a blockade really would not greatly change existing conditions so far as the admission of American poods into the Teutonic countries was concerned. Coaflscatloa Is Likely. A substantial difference, however, would be the claim of a belligerent which seized an American ship or cargo of the right to confiscate her if she bought to run the blockade, instead of merely detaining her and paying for 'tier cargo taken. France is said to object to the British view of the right to blockade a neutral power, realizing that in the future Franca might be cut off from the right to import goods from the United States through the adjacent countries Belgium, Spain or Italy. The British contention, however, is that such neu tral ports as Rotterdam in Holland and Malmo in Sweden to all intents and purposes are German ports during the war and only by closing them to Ger man commerce could the allies' plan of starving out Germany and Austria be made effective. These views have prevailed finally among the allies. It is said, and to Great Britain will fall the task of en forcing the blockade in the North Sea and France and Italy In the Mediter ranean. MEXICO HAS EPIDEMIC lOO .OOO OR MORE CASES OF TYPHI S ARB REPORTED. Aaierlraa Doctors Go 4a Ala Deaths at Pacaaca, With 50.000 Popula tion. Are 18SO la December. EL, PASO. Tex Jan. 17. Mexico is Infected with at least 100.000 cases of typhus fever, according to reports to lederal officials here. American physl t ians. armored in silk and rubber aeainst the infecting body vermin, are preparing tonight to go into the afflict ed country to combat the epidemic with the methods used lately in Serbia, ac cording to an announcement today by JJr. Carlos Husk, chief surgeon of the American Smelting'and Retining Com pany, which normally employs 60.000 men south of the international border. In the meantime the El Paso County Medical Society, including in its mem bership physicians attached to the mu nicipal, state and National health serv ices, discussed tonight measures to pre vent the entrance of tho disease into this country. Keports to Federal officials were that there were at least 100.000 cases of typhus in Mexico, 6000 of them being at Aguas Calientes. Out of a population of 20.U00 at Pachuca 19S0 died in the month of Iecember. The number of cases in Chihuahua and Sonora states is not known. Drs. Uebman and Olitsky, of Mount Sinai Hospital. New York, with Dr. Husk and a number of other physicians, will form the expedition which will be financed by the Guggenheim Interests. CORONER TO INVESTIGATE Request Made Before Death Sends Officials to Bandon. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) Coroner Fred E. Wilson and restrict Attorney I A. Liljeqvist will go to Bandon tomorrow to Investigate ; Pain -a the Back : 5 It often of the most violent m character, ye it is surpris- H S ing how quickly it disap- H pears when Sloan's Lini- JJ roent is used, not only for 8 backache bat for Rheumatism, M Neuralgia. Nerre Pains, Sloan's ftj m I .imm is rcuarasuiy oievu't. rj I Sloan's s Liniment KHJLS PAIN "Keep a bottle in your borne. rrke 23t, sue m the death of W. C. Park, who die suddenly on Sunday. The funeral has been set for 10 o'clock Tuesday, but will not occur until the officials have given permission. The investigation Is being held be cause friends of Dark told Constable Blackerby, of Bandon, that in case Mr. Dark should ever die suddenly he de sired that an investigation be made. Mr. Dark is reported to have been up ward of 60 years old. He left a wid ow aixi family. M'ARTHUR IS CANDIDATE Third District Representative Noti fies Secretary of State! SALEM, Or.. Jan. 17. Special.) C N. McArthur, Representative in Congress from the Third District, today notified Secretary of State Olcott of his inten tion to be a candidate for renomina tion on the Republican ticket. J. H. Wolsey. of Portland, who filed his declaration of candidacy for dele gate to the Republican National con vention, asks that the following slogan be printed opposite his name on the official ballot: "Republican victory means prosperity; Democratic victory means a continuance of present condi tions." A. W. Norblad. of Astoria, who an nounces his candidacy for the Repub lican nomination for Circuit Judge in the 20th Judicial District, wishes printed on the ballot: "My aim and W. AL JONES' JOB HANGS BALANG E Question of His Re-Election as State Fair Secretary to Be Settled Today. CLOSE BALLOT EXPECTED Report Is That Determination of Contest Will Depend Upon How Mrs. F.dyth Tojler Veatli erred Casts Her Vote. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) Whether W. AI Jones will be retained as secretary of the Oregon State Fair STATE FAIR SECRETARY AND MAN SPOKEN OF AS HIS POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR. r- , -" . - - s 9 - V , A ; V ' v - ' . - - ; 1 ! j ' j A. H. Lea Secretary W. A I. Joaca. ambition Is to be a just and Impartial judge." ARMY TAKEN ON WARSHIPS Surprise landing at Corfu Executed as Town Sleeps. LONDON, Jan. 18. Not a single transport was used in the surprise landing of the French on the Island of Corfu. Every man. gun. mule, horse, round of ammunition and pound of forage was embarked on French cruis ers, which, convoyed by a flotilla of destroyers, left an unnamed port on January 9. Steaming at 19 knots, tbey signted Corfu Monday night. With lights out. they crept up the narrow channel be tween Corfu and the mainland, which had been infested by hostile subma rine boats, and entered Corfu harbor at 2 o'clock in the morning. Such is the account from the Daily Chronicle's special correspondent at Corfu, who says that the troops were unloaded from four cruisers and rowed asbore while the town slept. SEVEN JUDGES WITNESSES Snbpcnas Served on Seattle Jurists in Damage Suit. cpiTTi.i? TV a i .Tftti 17. tSoecial.) Seven Superior Court judges are wit nesses in the personal injury suit brought by Mrs. a. A. wan againsi rw w.nV W r.nlnpr for 15000. They are Presiding Judge Mitchell Gilliam and Judges Kenneth Mackintosh. J. T. Ronald. Boyd J. xaiiman, averen Smith. R. B. Albertson and John IS. Jurey. ' Mrs. Kyan was me guesi oj. ui. Greiner and family when their car was in a collision September 6. After the collision two cars bearing the Su perior Court Judges homeward from an outing on Lake Cushman arrived on the scene. OIL LANDS WITHDRAWN President's Order Embraces Nearly 500,000 Acres. BILLINGS. Mont., Jan. 17. Montana oil lands totaling 498.000 acres have been withdrawn by President Wilson, according to a special dispatch to the Billings Gazette tonight from Wash ington. One order comprises lands in the south central part of the state, be lieved favorable for finding oil and gas -j it.. ,l thA nth.p nrrhrflCPH the UeptSPHS. a..u "-' Glendive rock formation in the eastern part of the state, wnere gas naa oeeu found. Agricultural development will not no i.j.,.fi maiA Rpprotarv of the Interior La in announcing the withdrawals. HILLSB0R0 HAS $3000 FIRE Bank President's Residence Burns Down as He Attends Suit. HILLSBORO. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) When Edward Schulmerich. president of the Hillsboro Commercial iJanK. was present at a lawsuit m Portland toaay his home at Sixth and Main streets, Hillsboro; waa gutted by fire. Deep snow interfered with the fire men and the loss on the house is total. A large proportion of household ef fects were saved. The loss is 13000. partly insured. FEDERAL CENSOR OPPOSED Samuel Gompers Says Present Movie Regulation Is Good. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. In a letter and a statement read to the House ed ucation committee tonight, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, opposed the Hughes-Smith bill, which would estab lish a Federal censorship over motion nirtures. Ile declared that the existing Na tional Board of Censors was doing good work and should not be disturoea. Mrs. Li. C. Carnegie Dies in Boston. BOSTON. Jan. 17. Mrs. Lucy Cole man Carnegie, widow of Thomas M. Carnegie .and sister-in-law of Andrew Carnegie, died of pneumonia yesterday -1 w hnm. a iHmiehl.r Mrs. Oli ver G. Ricketaoo, In Waverly. She was ii jem old. , Board or A. H. Lea, of Portland, elect ed in his stead, when the Board meets tomorrow, depends upon how Mrs. Edyth Tozier Weatherred casts her vote. Mrs. Weatherred, who arrived here tonight, declined to say for whom she would vote, although she declared that she believed Mr. Jones had not been given a fair chance. According to indications tonight. when the vote on secretary is taken it will find M. L. Jor.es and W. H. Savage in favor of Lea, with J. H. Booth and N. K. West for Mr. Jones, and Mrs. Weatherred holding the deciding vote. Both Mr. Booth and Mr. West assert ed that they could see no good reason for any change being made in the sec retaryship, declaring that Mr. Jones had made good and also that the stoclc men of the state desired him retained. "When I cast my vote for secretary tomorrow." said Mrs. Weatherred, "it will be without the thought of politics, but for the best interests of the fair. I want to say. however, that I do not think Mr. Jones has been given a fair chance. He has made a good secre tary, and the only criticism I have to offer is that he has allowed himself to be dictated to a little too much. I want to deny positively the report that Governor Withycombe has spoken to me on this subject and threatened my removal unless I voted for Mr. Lea. He has never talked to me about it." At a meeting of the Board last week. when all members but President Booth were present, a caucus was l)ld. It was declared then that Messrs. Jones and Savage and Mrs. Weatherred fa vored Secretary Jones' removal. No action was taken, however, because President Booth was absent. Declarations made in. a Portland newspaper that Governor Withycombe was after Jones scalp because he in' sisted on the prosecution of those accused of thefts of State Fair gate receipts, were denied positively at the executive's office today. The further assertion that the Governor had in duced Mr. Savage to favor Mr. Lea for secretary by intimating that he would award him Superintendent Hale's job at the State Training School, was branded as absolutely false. AMERICAN SHIP FIRED ON MEMBER OF CREW WOUNDED BY AUSTRIAN SHOTS. Submarine Confiscates Supplies. Hold ing Seaman aa Hostage While Goods Are Transferred. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. State De partment officials admitted today that they are investigating an affidavit by Captain Thompson, of the Standard Oil tank, steamer Petrol I te, which makes a sensational report of how an Austrian submarine on December 5 fired on and stopped the tanker off Alexandria, Egypt, and removed supplies. Captain Thompson's affidavit. State Department officials say, does not give all the facts they will need to pursue the case, but it is said to declare that 14 shots were fired at the ship, one of which crashed into the engine-room and injured a Danish seaman, and that the submarine commander took one of the Petrolite's crew aboard the sub mersible and held him as a hostage while he obtained provisions from the steamer. When details of what warning waa given the ship and what her response to the warning shots was are received, the case will be taken up further. A warship has a right to take provisions from a merchant ship under certain conditions. What these were in the present case has not been cleared up. HELLO GIRL IS BLAMED Wife Seeking Divorce Says Husband Favored Operator. It was a telepone girl who came be tween Laurine M. Bancroft and E. A. Bancroft In the Summer of 1912. de clares Mrs. Bancroft In a suit for di vorce Instituted in the Circuit Court yesterday with the filing of the com plaint. To this girl, whose name she did not Know, but whom her husband always referred to as the "telephone girl." Bancroft gave auto rides, a valu able ring belonging to his wife and other flattering attentions, according to Mrs. Bancroft. Mrs. Bancroft asks for 1500 alimony and to be allowed to resume her maid en name of Dn Bruille, Make Your Haulage A "Credit" To You Federalized Transportation is showing on the "credit" side of the ledger with some of the largest concerns in the Northwest. In every instance Federals have reduced haulage costs, saved time and increased transportation facilities. Federalized Transportation is more than just buying a Federal Truck it means the intelligent application by experts of Federal delivery, with all its advantages, to your own haulage problem. This work is done by the Federal Transportation Engineering De partment; a careful study is made of your ' own particular case and the most efficient and economical plan of hauling your goods is put into effect. Motor Trucks are backed locally by the strongest commercial car organization in the Northwest. When you buy a Federal in Portland you get the assistance of the most complete service station in Oregon. The fact that so many well-known houses in so many varied lines of trade and in your own business have found Federalized Transportation the most efficient delivery system, is all the more reason for you to investigate. Let us show you what you can do with the Federal. IVi-Ton Chain or Worm Drive ' $1800 3'zi-Ton Worm Drive $2800 F. O. B. Factory. Gerlinger Motor Car Co. East Third and Oregon Streets, "Just Across the Steel Bridge." Portland, Oregon. COURT SETTLEMENT PROBABLY IS FINAL FOR MULTNOMAH STRUCTURE. BmOK Iron Wrka Gets Compromise of 240O Presldemt Says Loss to Firm Nearly $8000. Multnomah County has made what is probably its final payment for its handsome tl. 500, 000 Courthouse. With the settlement of J2400 on the Herzog Iron Works, of St. Paul, Minn., the County Commissioners yesterday cleaned up all but one claim against the building, and the excepted, claim la a forfeit of 3000. Phil W. Herzog. president or tne iron .-nrkn. came to Portland in person to end the controversy, which has been unsettled for three years, and yester day signed a release of all claims with the payment of $2400. In a deposition made at the request of District Attorney Evans. Mr. Her zog told how his company had lost between 70U ana suuu on muir cm tract by the omission of one sheet from the figures submitted when their bid was-made. Their bid as submit ted was 110,000 less than the next low est bidder. The county had penalized the Her zog Iron Works $2400 for delay in fin ishing their, wora. wnereas tne worim hrnusrht a counter-claim of Z3600 for extras. This was dismissed when the county agreed yesterday to pay $2400. LIQUOR'S RETURN WORRIES Shall Official Give. Back Whisky Confiscated In Year 1912? nUOLDUIW, v,., in.. v-i' ' Whether or not whisky confiscated i iv. -1Q14 ...... Dy tne oincers iu two - - w. be returned to its original owner with out violating the prohimtion taw is tne question that is to be referred oy dis trict Attorney .euner, of this city, to Attorney-General Brown for an opin ion. Tho Uminr was confiscated from Ed ward Franklin, of Gardiner, and he later brougnt suit to replevin mo wbisay or its etiuivaieii. . ...... w . Neither District Attorney Neuner nor Justice of the Peace Haskell would as sume the responsibility for returning the liquor to Mr. Franklin without an opinion from the Attorney-General. GUSTAVE ASKS MORE MEN . . . Swedish Kulcr Says Increased Force Is Needed. LONDON", Jan. 17. King Gustave, in his speech from the throne, opening the Swedish Parliament today, said the government hopes to maintain its neu trality, but that in order to do this and also maintain the sovereignty of Swed en "increased forces on land and sea must be in readiness." King Gustave emphasized Sweden's part in upholding international law and the constant difficulties she is meeting in obtaining her economic rights on ac count of the attitude of belligerents. The government had been compelled more than once, he said, to resist at tempts to place the industrial and com mercial rights of the country under the usurped control of another power. DEBUT MADE BY BALLET Four Episodes Given by Russians in Jf cw Tork. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. The Diaghlleft Russian ballet made its American debut in the Century Theater tonight. Four episodes were given by the dancers be fore a large audience. 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